Recaps

Qin Hao killed Yan Zijun despite Luan Bing’s warning that the Yan Family would seek revenge, while Luan Bing escaped the Lingchang Cave Abode with a powerful talisman. After Yun Chang reported killing Duanmu Jie, a voice in Qin Hao’s mind praised him and revealed that everyone might otherwise have been trapped with its master.

• Qin Hao killed Yan Zijun with the Heavenly Abyss Sword, and the others watched in fear.
• Luan Bing warned Qin Hao to surrender Ancestral God Lingchang’s inheritance and offered to protect him, but Qin Hao rejected her threats.
• Luan Bing used an Octagonal Talisman to teleport out of the Lingchang Cave Abode, leaving Qin Hao to wonder about her background.
• Yun Chang told Qin Hao that he had killed Duanmu Jie and recovered his Rule-Type High-Grade Divine Artifact.
• Qin Hao collected Yan Zijun’s Storage Star Rings, and a voice in his mind praised him for defeating Yan Zijun.

Qin Hao received Ancestral God Lingchang’s inheritance, and the Amber Crystal Man sent him and the other half-step true gods out as the Lingchang Cave Abode and its inheritance vanished. Outside, the Formless Ancestor, Phantom Shadow True God, and Starfall Lord waited in vain and began questioning why Ancestral God Lie Kong had attacked the contestants.

• The Amber Crystal Man told Qin Hao that Ancestral God Lingchang’s cave abode would disappear now that it had found an inheritor, and warned that others would hunt him for the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body.
• The Amber Crystal Man transported Qin Hao and the other half-step true gods out, and the Lingchang Cave Abode was annihilated.
• Qin Hao resolved to reach the Ancestral God Realm to save Star Sea Heaven and Earth and considered joining the Qiankun Sect.
• The Starfall Lord, Phantom Shadow True God, and Formless Ancestor realized the cave abode had remained silent for months and feared the contestants had failed to obtain the inheritance.
• The Formless Ancestor asked what they had learned about Ancestral God Lie Kong’s attack, but the Starfall Lord and Phantom Shadow True God had found no answers.

After escaping the Lingchang Cave Abode, Qin Hao and fewer than three thousand survivors were transported to the Qiankun Sect’s elders. Formless Ancestor welcomed all of them into the sect, while Qin Hao suspected the elders knew someone had gained Ancestral God Lingchang’s inheritance but would not investigate.

• Ancestral God Lie Kong escaped Formless Ancestor, Phantom Shadow True God, and Starfall Lord through his mastery of space.
• Qin Hao and fewer than three thousand other half-step true gods emerged alive from the Lingchang Cave Abode, carrying the gains they had gathered there.
• Formless Ancestor, Phantom Shadow True God, and Starfall Lord transported the survivors to the Palace and realized that someone must have obtained Ancestral God Lingchang’s inheritance.
• Formless Ancestor invited every survivor to join the Qiankun Sect without checking their Points Tokens.
• Qin Hao suspected Formless Ancestor knew about the inheritance but had no intention of investigating who obtained it.

The Formless Ancestor offered the Lingchang Cave Abode survivors the chance to exchange their treasures for Chaos Spirit Crystals at the sect’s highest value, warning them of the dangers of keeping valuables they could not protect. Many accepted, and Yun Chang exchanged his treasures for a generous payment while Qin Hao chose to keep his own.

• The Formless Ancestor and Starfall Lord explained that exchanging treasures was voluntary, but warned the Half-Step True Gods about the risks of holding treasures beyond their strength to protect.
• A burly man exchanged his treasures for Chaos Spirit Crystals, and his delighted reaction prompted many others to follow.
• Qin Hao told Yun Chang to exchange what he did not need, while deciding to keep his own treasures.
• Yun Chang handed the Formless Ancestor three Storage Star Rings, which contained nine treasures each worth as much as a High-Grade Divine Artifact.
• The Formless Ancestor gave Yun Chang five Storage Star Rings of Chaos Spirit Crystals, and Yun Chang returned to Qin Hao excitedly asking him to guess how much he had received.

Yun Chang shared the riches he had gathered at the Flame River with Qin Hao, and the Qiankun Sect recruitment assembly concluded. The Formless Ancestor transported everyone to his inner world, where Qin Hao began studying its spatial dimensions and saw the assembly’s successful recruits.

• Yun Chang told Qin Hao he had exchanged his treasures for over eleven thousand bottles of Chaos Spirit Liquid and gave Qin Hao sixty million Chaos Spirit Crystals as his share.
• Qin Hao accepted the crystals because cultivating the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body required enormous resources, and he and Yun Chang reaffirmed their resolve to become Ancestral Gods and save Star Sea Heaven and Earth.
• The Formless Ancestor declared the Qiankun Sect Disciple Recruitment Assembly concluded and used his power to transport the gathered Half-Step True Gods.
• Qin Hao recognized that they were inside the Formless Ancestor’s inner world and began analyzing its stable, complex spatial dimensions.
• The Half-Step True Gods noticed tens of thousands of recruits who had qualified to join the Qiankun Sect standing among the distant mountains and rivers.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang reunited with Ancestor Yanyu, Wu Yin, and Ancestor Xu after all five qualified to join the Qiankun Sect, while Qin Hao continued studying the Formless Ancestor’s inner world. The Formless Ancestor and his companions suspected Qin Hao had obtained Ancestral God Lingchang’s inheritance, but did not question him.

• Ancestor Yanyu, Wu Yin, and Ancestor Xu reunited with Qin Hao and Yun Chang, and they discussed how each had qualified for the Qiankun Sect.
• Wu Yin explained that she had made the cutoff after several high-ranked candidates’ names vanished from the rankings.
• Yun Chang urged everyone to keep cultivating, and Ancestor Yanyu, Wu Yin, and Ancestor Xu sat down to cultivate beside Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao continued analyzing the Formless Ancestor’s inner world and discovered spatial methods he could apply to his own self-world.
• The Formless Ancestor, the Starfall Lord, and Phantom Shadow True God discussed Qin Hao’s survival, strength, and possible possession of the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body.
• The Formless Ancestor chose not to question Qin Hao and was satisfied that the inheritance’s recipient would become a Qiankun Sect disciple.

Qin Hao and the other newly admitted disciples arrived at the Qiankun Sect and received Qiankun Rings marking them as registered disciples. After the vast sect scattered the newcomers, Qin Hao’s group examined their rings and wondered what to do next.

• Phantom Shadow True God distributed Qiankun Rings and told the newcomers to cultivate toward becoming eternal true gods or Ancestral Gods.
• Qin Hao, Yun Chang, Ancestor Yanyu, Wu Yin, Ancestor Xu, and Gu Fengchen descended together and noticed a restriction that made flying uncomfortable.
• The group landed on a mountain path and marveled at the sect’s size, scenery, and dense chaos origin.
• Yun Chang and the others found ten pieces of glowing Precious Jade in each Qiankun Ring alongside a Registered Disciple Token.
• Gu Fengchen admitted he knew little about the sect’s inner workings, and Yun Chang asked Qin Hao what they should do next.

Qin Hao and his companions explored the Qiankun Sect and met Jiang Bingrong, a senior disciple who offered to explain the sect while hinting that he wanted a favor. Elsewhere, Gu Xiu sensed that a blood relative had just arrived at the sect and set out to find them.

• Qin Hao led his group along a trail toward a Mountain Peak after they found no suitable place to cultivate.
• Gu Fengchen spotted three Qiankun Sect disciples, and Jiang Bingrong approached the group after the other two hurried away.
• Gu Xiu felt that a blood relative had arrived at the Qiankun Sect and left his cave abode to look for them.
• Qin Hao introduced his companions to Jiang Bingrong and asked him to explain the sect's rules.
• Jiang Bingrong described how new disciples could settle in an unoccupied cave abode and said he had a favor to ask.

Jiang Bingrong asked Qin Hao and the others to spar with him, claiming he wanted to break through to the Heaven-Earth True God Realm, then proposed wagering Qiankun Jade. Gu Xiu arrived to expose Jiang Bingrong’s scheme and recognized Qin Hao.

• Jiang Bingrong told Qin Hao and the others he had been stuck at the peak of the ordinary true god realm for over a hundred eras and asked them to spar with him.
• Jiang Bingrong said he would suppress his cultivation to the half-step true god realm, and Qin Hao agreed to spar.
• Jiang Bingrong asked to add a wager of Qiankun Jade, making Qin Hao and the others realize he had been targeting their jade.
• Gu Xiu emerged from the woods, accused Jiang Bingrong of swindling newly admitted disciples, and recognized Qin Hao.

Qin Hao reunited with Gu Xiu, the Ancient God’s doppelganger, in the Qiankun Sect and learned that Jiang Bingrong had cheated Gu Xiu and other new disciples for their Qiankun Jade. Qin Hao agreed to spar with Jiang Bingrong despite Gu Xiu’s warning, then challenged the fairness of Jiang Bingrong’s offer to suppress his cultivation.

• Qin Hao recognized Baldhead Ancient God as Gu Xiu, the Ancient God’s doppelganger, and the two happily reunited.
• Gu Xiu confronted Jiang Bingrong for cheating new disciples out of Qiankun Jade, and Jiang Bingrong left angrily.
• Qin Hao stopped Jiang Bingrong and said he was willing to spar, surprising Yun Chang, Gu Xiu, and the others.
• Jiang Bingrong offered to suppress his cultivation to Half-Step True God, while Gu Xiu warned Qin Hao that Jiang Bingrong would still have a major advantage.
• Qin Hao said he understood the danger but pointed out that sparring would remain unfair because Jiang Bingrong was a Heaven and Earth True God.

Qin Hao agreed to wager all ten of his Qiankun Jade against Jiang Bingrong’s forty in a sparring match, despite warnings from Gu Xiu, Yun Chang, and the others. After both men signed a binding Qiankun Contract, the disturbance drew a crowd of disciples who expected Jiang Bingrong to defeat the new disciple.

• Jiang Bingrong offered to stake forty pieces of Qiankun Jade against Qin Hao’s ten, and Qin Hao accepted.
• Gu Xiu, Yun Chang, Gu Fengchen, Ancestor Yanyu, and the others warned Qin Hao that Jiang Bingrong’s strength and experience made the wager dangerous.
• Jiang Bingrong formed a Qiankun Contract with the terms of their sparring wager, and he and Qin Hao each signed it.
• The contract stirred the Qiankun Grand Formation, drawing more than a hundred disciples from their cave abodes.
• The watching disciples recognized Jiang Bingrong and assumed Qin Hao and the other new disciples were about to lose their Qiankun Jade.

Qin Hao challenged Jiang Bingrong to a wagered duel and revealed formidable swordsmanship despite Jiang Bingrong’s higher cultivation. Their first clash sent Jiang Bingrong reeling, leaving the outcome of the fight uncertain.

• Gu Xiu worried that Qin Hao had accepted Jiang Bingrong’s wager and decided he might give Qin Hao ten pieces of Qiankun Jade if he lost.
• Jiang Bingrong suppressed his cultivation to the half-step true god realm as the Disciples cleared space for the duel.
• Qin Hao summoned the Heavenly Abyss Sword, and his powerful Sword Might surprised Gu Xiu and the watching Disciples.
• Yun Chang trusted Qin Hao to win, while Jiang Bingrong believed he could easily claim the wagered Qiankun Jade.
• Qin Hao unleashed the Unerring Sword Scripture and Heavenly Thunder Wheel, sending a swift, thunderous sword strike at Jiang Bingrong.
• Jiang Bingrong blocked with his Azure Curved Blade, but Qin Hao’s thunder-infused force drove him backward and shocked him.

Qin Hao overwhelmed Jiang Bingrong in their wagered sparring match while keeping his Nine-Turn Indestructible Body secret. Jiang Bingrong realized he had underestimated Qin Hao and regretted staking forty pieces of Qiankun Jade.

• Qin Hao attacked Jiang Bingrong with three increasingly powerful swords from the Unerring Sword Scripture, each carrying a different attribute.
• Jiang Bingrong tried to retreat, but Qin Hao's sword strikes blocked his escape, forcing him to counter with Origin-Breaking Blade.
• Jiang Bingrong blocked all three attacks but was injured, while Qin Hao remained seemingly unaffected.
• Jiang Bingrong accused Qin Hao of deceiving him, but Qin Hao pointed out that his cultivation was truly Half-Step True God and Jiang Bingrong had proposed the wager.
• The watching Disciples praised Qin Hao and mocked Jiang Bingrong, while Yun Chang celebrated and Jiang Bingrong regretted risking forty pieces of Qiankun Jade.

Qin Hao defeated Jiang Bingrong in their wagered duel and won fifty pieces of Qiankun Jade. As Qin Hao turned to leave, Jiang Bingrong restored his full cultivation and attacked him again, intent on killing him.

• Jiang Bingrong launched his Azure Feather Blade at Qin Hao, who answered with All Things Return to Nothing and knocked him down, disarming him.
• The Qiankun Contract declared Qin Hao the winner, and the fifty pieces of Qiankun Jade flew to him.
• Qin Hao collected the jade and rejoined Gu Xiu, Yun Chang, and the others as the spectators recognized his strength.
• Resentful over his loss and humiliation, Jiang Bingrong recovered his Heaven and Earth True God cultivation and attacked Qin Hao from behind.

Qin Hao defeated Jiang Bingrong’s sneak attack after Jiang restored his Heaven and Earth True God cultivation, severing his hand and leaving him badly wounded. As Qin Hao approached to kill him, Jiang panicked and wet himself.

• Jiang Bingrong launched a full-strength sneak attack on Qin Hao after losing their earlier fight.
• Gu Xiu and Yun Chang tried to warn or protect Qin Hao, but Jiang Bingrong’s saber came too quickly for them to intervene.
• Qin Hao countered with two streaks of sword radiance, knocking Jiang Bingrong’s saber away and severing his right hand.
• Qin Hao advanced on the wounded Jiang Bingrong and declared that he would kill him.
• Jiang Bingrong begged Qin Hao to spare him and wet himself in fear.

Qin Hao defeated Jiang Bingrong, spared him, and took his treasures after Jiang Bingrong wet himself and begged for his life. Qin Hao then told Gu Xiu that Outer Domain demon spirits had occupied Star Sea Heaven and Earth, and Gu Xiu led him and his companions away to talk privately.

• Jiang Bingrong surrendered his Storage Star Rings and thirty Qiankun Jade to Qin Hao, who spared him and ordered him to leave.
• The Qiankun Sect Disciples mocked Jiang Bingrong and welcomed Qin Hao, impressed by his strength against a Heaven and Earth True God.
• Gu Fengchen and Gu Xiu said Jiang Bingrong had brought his humiliation upon himself, while Gu Xiu questioned Qin Hao about his strength.
• Qin Hao told Gu Xiu that Outer Domain demon spirits had invaded and occupied Star Sea Heaven and Earth.
• Gu Xiu urged Qin Hao and his companions to come with him somewhere more private, then asked who Yun Chang and the others were.

Qin Hao and his companions told Gu Xiu that Star Sea Heaven and Earth was under invasion by the Outer Realm Demon Spirits and that they needed to grow strong enough to save it. Gu Fengchen proposed asking the Qiankun Sect to send Ancestral Gods to help.

• Qin Hao introduced Yun Chang, Ancestor Yanyu, Wu Yin, Ancestor Xu, and Gu Fengchen to Gu Xiu, then brought them all to Gu Xiu’s cave abode.
• Qin Hao and the others explained that the Outer Realm Demon Spirits had invaded Star Sea Heaven and Earth under Commander Kun Yun, whose forces threatened to overrun it.
• Qin Hao said they needed to reach the Ancestral God Realm to return, and would need at least Three-Star Ancestral God strength to defeat Commander Kun Yun.
• Ancestor Yanyu said he, Wu Yin, and Ancestor Xu had little hope of becoming Ancestral Gods, leaving Qin Hao and Yun Chang as their best prospects.
• Gu Fengchen suggested reporting the invasion to the Qiankun Sect and asking it to send Ancestral God experts to Star Sea Heaven and Earth.

Qin Hao warned that asking the Qiankun Sect to intervene against the Outer Realm Demon Spirits could draw stronger enemies and endanger Star Sea Heaven and Earth, though he believed there might be a way to return once they reached the Ancestral God realm. The group resolved to keep cultivating, and Gu Xiu introduced the Qiankun Sect’s Three Treasures as he began explaining the coming sacred war.

• Yun Chang, Gu Xiu, and the others considered reporting Star Sea Heaven and Earth’s crisis to the Qiankun Sect.
• Qin Hao cautioned that the sect’s intervention could attract stronger Outer Realm Demon Spirits and turn Star Sea Heaven and Earth into a battlefield.
• Qin Hao suggested that reaching the Ancestral God realm could still let them save their home, and Yun Chang and the others vowed not to give up.
• Gu Xiu urged the group to cultivate and said the Qiankun Sect’s next sacred war could offer their best chance to become Ancestral Gods.
• Gu Xiu said the sect had three important treasures that shaped its disciples’ cultivation and asked Qin Hao and the others to learn about them.

Gu Xiu explained the Qiankun Ranking, the Qiankun Nine Stars, and the Qiankun Jade system to Qin Hao and the others. Qin Hao learned he had enough jade for extensive cultivation, while the group eagerly anticipated visiting the Nine Stars and breaking through.

• Gu Xiu explained that disciples became official or true inheritance disciples by ranking on the Qiankun Ranking, and that the Holy War determined places on it.
• Gu Xiu described the Qiankun Nine Stars as powerful cultivation grounds, including Sword Mound Star, which aided sword cultivators.
• Qin Hao realized the Nine Stars could help him master the cause and effect chaos origin needed for his breakthrough to the true god realm.
• Gu Xiu explained that disciples needed Qiankun Jade to enter the Nine Stars, and that one piece granted ten days on a single planet.
• Qin Hao learned he had eighty pieces of Qiankun Jade, enough for eight hundred days of cultivation inside the Nine Stars.
• Yun Chang and the others grew eager to cultivate on the Nine Stars and reach the true god realm.

Gu Xiu explained that disciples needed to queue to cultivate on the Qiankun Nine Stars, and Qin Hao and his companions chose planets suited to their paths. They reached the crowded Qiankun Spirit Palace and joined the lines for their chosen destinations, with Qin Hao heading to Sword Mound Star.

• Gu Xiu described the nine cultivation planets and explained that access required a Qiankun Ring, a Registered Disciple Token, and a place in line.
• Yun Chang chose Thousand Mysteries Star, Ancestor Yanyu chose Thunder Tribulation Star, Wu Yin chose Nine Palaces Star, Ancestor Xu chose Scarlet Pupil Star, and Gu Fengchen chose Sword Mound Star with Qin Hao.
• Gu Xiu recounted how he had accidentally entered Heavensea, risen to nine-tribulations sovereign, and joined the Qiankun Sect after earning a ninety-percent Colosseum win rate.
• Qin Hao and the others used their Qiankun Rings and Registered Disciple Tokens to travel to the Qiankun Spirit Palace.
• The group saw long queues at the nine spatial passages, and Qin Hao led the way to line up for Sword Mound Star while the others headed toward their chosen planets.

Qin Hao and Gu Fengchen headed for Sword Mound Star, cultivating as they waited and sensing increasingly profound Sword Qi near its passage. The chapter ended as Senior Brother Pei, a powerful Heaven and Earth True God, arrived with other Sword Dao cultivators and made his way toward the passage.

• Yun Chang, Ancestor Yanyu, Wu Yin, and Ancestor Xu took different passages, while Qin Hao and Gu Fengchen joined the queue for Sword Mound Star.
• Qin Hao considered using his Chaos Spirit Crystals to cultivate the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body after reaching the true god realm, but prioritized breaking through first.
• Qin Hao cultivated chaos origins while queuing, and Gu Fengchen followed his example, spurred by a desire to keep up with him.
• As they neared the passage, Qin Hao and Gu Fengchen sensed the profound Sword Qi surrounding Sword Mound Star and grew eager to enter.
• Senior Brother Pei arrived with a group of Sword Dao cultivators, and they headed toward the Sword Mound Star passage.

Pei Jinye and his group forced their way to the front of the Sword Mound Star passage, while Qin Hao and Gu Fengchen waited for their turn to enter. Ma Hou ordered them to give up their places, but Qin Hao calmly refused, leaving the two groups on the verge of a confrontation.

• Pei Jinye and his companions pushed through the line as other Qiankun Sect Disciples moved aside in fear of his strength and reputation.
• Qin Hao cultivated rule chaos origin while waiting with Gu Fengchen at the front of the line, expecting to enter Sword Mound Star soon.
• Ma Hou demanded that Qin Hao and Gu Fengchen move to the back so Pei Jinye's group could take their places.
• Qin Hao told Ma Hou to join the line at the back, and Ma Hou reacted with angry disbelief.

Qin Hao and Gu Fengchen faced Ma Hou while waiting to enter Sword Mound Star, and the crowd learned Qin Hao had wounded Jiang Bingrong despite being a half-step true god. Ma Hou attacked Qin Hao just as the spatial passage was about to open.

• Ma Hou demanded that Qin Hao and Gu Fengchen move to the back of the queue, but Qin Hao ignored him.
• Disciples revealed that Qin Hao had defeated Jiang Bingrong in four sword strikes and later cut off his arm with one strike.
• Ma Hou acknowledged Qin Hao's strength but threatened him and ordered him to leave the front of the queue.
• Qin Hao invited Gu Fengchen to enter Sword Mound Star with him as the spatial passage changed color.
• Ma Hou lost his temper and struck Qin Hao with a palm that unleashed fierce sword qi.

Qin Hao drove Ma Hou back with a palm strike, then entered Sword Mound Star with Gu Fengchen. Pei Jinye let them pass but ordered Ma Hou to watch Qin Hao and cripple him if an opportunity arose.

• Ma Hou attacked Qin Hao, but Qin Hao met his palm strike and forced him to retreat several steps.
• Qin Hao told Ma Hou he was someone he could not afford to offend, then urged Gu Fengchen to enter the spacetime passage to Sword Mound Star.
• Pei Jinye stopped Ma Hou from pursuing Qin Hao and Gu Fengchen, and the two entered the passage before it closed.
• Pei Jinye said the Qiankun Sacred War and the Qiankun Ranking mattered more than Qin Hao, then ordered Ma Hou to watch him and cripple him if the chance came.
• Pei Jinye, Ma Hou, and the other two young men entered the passage, while onlookers discussed Qin Hao's strength and Ma Hou's trembling hand.

After entering Sword Mound Star, Qin Hao ignored the threat posed by Pei Jinye and Ma Hou and focused on finding a place to cultivate. He located an area rich in chaos origin and began comprehending it, while remaining separated from Gu Fengchen.

• Disciples in the spacetime passage debated whether Qin Hao had made a mistake by refusing to yield to Pei Jinye and Ma Hou.
• A resolute young Disciple defended Qin Hao, arguing that a swordsman should press forward rather than retreat.
• Qin Hao arrived on Sword Mound Star without Gu Fengchen and sensed the planet's abundant Sword Qi, chaos origin, and profound powers.
• Qin Hao judged that he could potentially kill Ma Hou in a life-or-death battle and decided not to waste time searching for Gu Fengchen.
• Qin Hao found an area with especially dense chaos origin, sat on a flat boulder, and began cultivating.