Recaps

Qin Hao’s Three Swords repeatedly cut apart Yan Xing’s Blood Cloud Mist Sea, but it quickly recovered and left Yan Xing unharmed. As Yan Xing tightened the Spatial Cage around him, Qin Hao awakened the Destructive Sword Intent within the fused Destruction Crystals, and its aura surged toward a terrifying level.

• Qin Hao struck Yan Xing with the Three Swords, but Yan Xing merged into the Blood Cloud Mist Sea and emerged uninjured after it reformed.
• Yan Xing taunted Qin Hao and used the Sun and Moon God-Trapping Token to accelerate the Spatial Cage closing around him.
• Qin Hao realized that killing Yan Xing required destroying the entire Blood Cloud Mist Sea and resolved to rely on the Destruction Crystal.
• Qin Hao activated the fused Destruction Crystals, causing a rapidly intensifying aura of great destruction to pour from him.
• Yan Xing laughed at Qin Hao, then sensed the overwhelming destruction aura and felt dread.

Qin Hao unleashed his Destructive Sword Intent against Yan Xing while Yan Xing tried to use the Spatial Cage to suppress him. Yan Xing merged into his Blood Cloud Mist Sea for protection, but Qin Hao’s attack began corroding and destroying it.

• Yan Xing grew increasingly uneasy as Qin Hao’s destruction aura built, and he used the Sun and Moon God-Trapping Token to hasten the Spatial Cage’s descent.
• Qin Hao completed his Destructive Sword Intent and sent it surging toward Yan Xing.
• Yan Xing chose to stay and control the Spatial Cage rather than retreat, trusting that Qin Hao could not destroy his vast Blood Cloud Mist Sea.
• Qin Hao struck Yan Xing with the full force of his Destructive Sword Intent.
• Yan Xing merged into the Blood Cloud Mist Sea, but Qin Hao’s sword intent pierced it and began destroying patches of the sea.

Qin Hao’s Destructive Sword Intent rapidly corroded Yan Xing’s Blood Cloud Mist Sea, leaving Yan Xing terrified as his life divine power dwindled. Qin Hao refused Yan Xing’s pleas and threats, then formed a Destruction Greatsword and struck at him.

• Qin Hao’s Destructive Sword Intent corroded most of Yan Xing’s Blood Cloud Mist Sea, and Yan Xing replenished it from his larger eternal Dao domain.
• Yan Xing discovered the Blood Cloud Mist Sea could not expand because Destructive Sword Intent surrounded and continued dispersing it.
• Yan Xing’s panic destabilized his control of the Spatial Cage, causing it to drift away from Qin Hao.
• Yan Xing begged Qin Hao to stop and offered to talk, but Qin Hao increased the Destructive Sword Intent and asked whether Yan Xing would have shown him mercy.
• Yan Xing threatened Qin Hao with Brother Linhan and the Yan Family as his Blood Cloud Mist Sea shrank further.
• Qin Hao recalled Yan Xing’s refusal to kneel, formed a Destruction Greatsword from the Destructive Sword Intent, and slashed toward him.

Qin Hao continued using his Destructive Sword Intent to destroy Yan Xing’s Blood Cloud Mist Sea, leaving Yan Xing desperate as Yan Linhan remained unable to help without losing control of the Sun and Moon God-Trapping Formation. Yan Xing tried to bargain and then vowed to take Qin Hao down with him, but Qin Hao declared that he had already lost the chance to make a last stand.

• Qin Hao struck Yan Xing with the Destruction Greatsword, causing terrible pain and shrinking the Blood Cloud Mist Sea.
• Yan Xing called for Yan Linhan to save him, but Yan Linhan stayed at the Sun and Moon God-Trapping Formation and threatened Qin Hao instead.
• Qin Hao ignored Yan Linhan and continued attacking, reducing most of Yan Xing’s Blood Cloud Mist Sea.
• Yan Xing begged Qin Hao to spare him, but Qin Hao refused and Yan Xing regretted trapping Qin Hao and Yun Chang with Spatial Lockdown.
• Yan Xing tried to mobilize the remaining Blood Cloud Mist Sea for a desperate attack, but Qin Hao said Yan Xing had already lost the right to make a last stand.

Qin Hao killed Yan Xing inside the Sun and Moon God-Trapping Formation, then collected Yan Xing’s treasures and Golden Spring Water. He and Yun Chang escaped the formation while Yan Linhan remained pinned in place by its pressure.

• Yan Linhan offered Qin Hao ten drops of Golden Spring Water and an apology if he spared Yan Xing, but Qin Hao continued his attack.
• Qin Hao’s Destructive Sword Intent destroyed Yan Xing’s Blood Cloud Mist Sea, killing Yan Xing and leaving behind his token and Storage Star Rings.
• Ouyang Feng and the other eternal true gods attacked the formation, preventing Yan Linhan from leaving his position to pursue Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao collected Yan Xing’s belongings and found thirty-two drops of Golden Spring Water in one of the Storage Star Rings.
• Qin Hao joined Yun Chang, who collected two nearby drops of Golden Spring Water, and they escaped through the formation’s Defensive Barrier.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang left the Sun and Moon God-Trapping Formation with four Golden Spring Water drops, while Qin Hao also took Yan Xing’s thirty-six drops after killing him. Yan Linhan shrank the formation to preserve it, and the chapter ended with the other eternal true gods wary of attacking Qin Hao.

• Yan Linhan realized Qin Hao had taken Yan Xing’s thirty-six drops of Golden Spring Water and raged over Yan Xing’s death.
• As the Sun and Moon God-Trapping Formation began to crack under the eternal true gods’ assault, Yan Linhan ordered the Yan Family disciples to retreat and shrink it.
• The formation’s barrier recovered, leaving the eternal true gods outside unable to break in, while Qin Hao and Yun Chang emerged with their Golden Spring Water.
• Ouyang Feng, Zhang Jiuming, Ge Bin, Zhuang Xiao, and the others praised Qin Hao for killing Yan Xing despite his lower cultivation.
• Qin Hao explained that his Destructive Sword Intent countered Yan Xing’s Blood Cloud Mist Sea, and the others held back from trying to rob him.

After killing Yan Xing, Qin Hao refused his companions’ advice to flee, choosing to remain in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm and prepare for Yan Linhan. The chapter left Qin Hao beginning to cultivate with Ouyang Feng and the others keeping watch, while they wondered if he could reach Eternal True God Peak before Yan Linhan broke through.

• Ouyang Feng warned Qin Hao that Yan Linhan might refine his Golden Spring Water and advance to Half-Step Ancestral God, then urged him to leave.
• Qin Hao refused to flee, saying Yan Linhan would eventually seek revenge and might target his companions if he left.
• Qin Hao acknowledged Yan Linhan’s strength but said he believed he could fight him, and Yun Chang enthusiastically backed him.
• Ouyang Feng and the others agreed to keep watch while Qin Hao cultivated with his Golden Spring Water.
• Ouyang Feng wondered how quickly Qin Hao might advance from Eternal True God perfection to Eternal True God Peak.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang secluded themselves to cultivate, planning to strengthen their cultivation and prepare for Yan Linhan while keeping their long-term goal of returning to Star Sea Heaven and Earth in mind. As they began refining Golden Spring Water, Du Can watched from afar and decided to wait before making a move.

• Qin Hao warned Yun Chang not to rush to eternal True God perfection and urged him to stabilize his cultivation for the sake of reaching Ancestral God in the future.
• Qin Hao revealed that his five other doppelgangers were approaching and planned to use the thirty-two drops of Golden Spring Water gained from killing Yan Xing to strengthen them against Yan Linhan.
• Qin Hao and Yun Chang discussed their uncertainty about Qin Hao's true self in Heaven and Earth Mountain, then began cultivating with Golden Spring Water.
• Yun Chang sensed the Golden Spring Water's concentrated energy and focused on consolidating his cultivation and Space Dao Domain.
• Du Can watched Qin Hao and Yun Chang cultivate but held back because Ouyang Feng, Zhang Jiuming, and the others were monitoring him.

Qin Hao secretly brought his five other doppelgangers to the Heaven and Earth Divine Lake and gave them Golden Spring Water to cultivate with. As the six doppelgangers began refining it, Qin Hao prepared to face Commander Luo Wei and the other threats.

• Three drops of Golden Spring Water erupted from the Heaven and Earth Divine Lake, prompting another competition among the cultivators.
• Qin Hao's Life Force, Darkness, Light, Devouring, and Time Doppelgangers arrived secretly after reaching the eternal true god realm.
• Qin Hao distributed twenty-five drops of Golden Spring Water among the five doppelgangers, who entered the Self-World to cultivate.
• Qin Hao considered the dangers posed by Yan Linhan and the ancestral god commanders, especially Luo Wei, and resolved to strengthen himself before the realm forced everyone to leave.
• Qin Hao and his five doppelgangers began refining Golden Spring Water, while the contest for the three newly erupted drops ended.

The Heaven and Earth Divine Lake stopped producing golden spring water after nearly three months, and the gathered experts chose to remain and cultivate with their gains. Ouyang Feng and the others prepared to race Yan Linhan toward the half-step ancestral god realm as the Sun and Moon God-Trapping Formation weakened.

• Du Can failed to seize golden spring water in one eruption but later claimed and swallowed a drop when four drops emerged.
• The Heaven and Earth Divine Lake stopped erupting after producing around a hundred drops of golden spring water, and the experts discussed staying to cultivate.
• Ouyang Feng told Zhang Jiuming and the others that he would refine his five drops of golden spring water and attempt a breakthrough to the half-step ancestral god realm.
• Zhang Jiuming, Zhuang Xiao, and most of the other Eternal True God Peak experts decided to remain and cultivate rather than risk leaving the region.
• Ouyang Feng saw Yan Linhan and the Yan Family disciples cultivating inside the shrinking, dimming Sun and Moon God-Trapping Formation.

Qin Hao sensed a familiar aura from his true self on Heaven and Earth Mountain, then continued cultivating while the cultivators around the Heaven and Earth Divine Lake waited for breakthroughs. After the divine lake dried up and astral wind swept through the area, a powerful fluctuation announced that someone had reached half-step ancestral god, and everyone looked toward Ouyang Feng and Du Can.

• Ouyang Feng decided to stay and cultivate despite the danger, while he and the others doubted they could reach half-step ancestral god.
• Qin Hao sensed a familiar aura from his true self on Heaven and Earth Mountain, wondered whether it involved the Spirit Venerable, and resumed cultivating.
• Several Eternal True Gods advanced to eternal true god perfection or Peak, but no one reached half-step ancestral god.
• The Heaven and Earth Divine Lake dried up, its spring eyes moved elsewhere, and astral wind began tearing through the area.
• A sudden fluctuation and immense pressure made the cultivators believe someone had broken through to half-step ancestral god, and they turned to Ouyang Feng and Du Can.

Yan Linhan broke through to half-step Ancestral God before Ouyang Feng and Du Can, becoming the strongest cultivator at the Heaven and Earth Divine Lake. Enraged over Yan Xing’s death and the stolen Golden Spring Water, he charged toward Qin Hao.

• Ouyang Feng and Du Can were revealed not to be the ones who had first broken through to half-step Ancestral God.
• Yan Linhan emerged as a half-step Ancestral God, stunning the gathered cultivators.
• Yan Linhan savored his newfound power and looked down on Ouyang Feng, Du Can, and the others.
• Yan Linhan spotted Qin Hao inside the formation and Space Dao Domain, then charged at him, vowing revenge for Yan Xing and the stolen Golden Spring Water.

Yan Linhan used his new Half-Step Ancestral God strength to overpower the Qiankun Continent experts who tried to stop him from reaching Qin Hao and Yun Chang. After Du Can and Tang Yifei fled, Yan Linhan vowed that everyone would be buried with Yan Xing.

• Ouyang Feng and the Qiankun Continent experts rushed to intercept Yan Linhan while Qin Hao and Yun Chang were still cultivating.
• Yan Linhan's Eternal Dao Domain blocked their attacks, and he struck back with two enormous palms, blasting Ouyang Feng, Zhang Jiuming, and the others into the ground.
• Du Can and Tang Yifei realized Yan Linhan might seek revenge for Yan Xing's death and fled.
• Yan Linhan ignored the fallen Qiankun Continent experts, declared that no one would escape, and thrust a palm toward the fleeing Du Can.

Yan Linhan overwhelmed the eternal true gods at Eternal True God Peak after becoming a half-step ancestral god. He killed Du Can, gravely wounded Tang Yifei, and turned his fury toward the remaining cultivators.

• Yan Linhan's palm strike caught Du Can and Tang Yifei as they tried to flee, and their attacks failed to stop it.
• Yan Linhan's palm destroyed Tang Yifei's High-Grade Divine Artifact Long Staff and shield, while its force badly injured both men.
• Yan Linhan's palm engulfed Du Can and reduced him to flying ash, killing him outright.
• The palm blasted Tang Yifei into a crater, leaving him barely alive, while Ouyang Feng and the others remained too injured to fight.
• Yan Linhan declared that the cultivators were paying for causing Yan Xing's death and turned toward the survivors.

Yan Linhan ordered the Yan Family to slaughter the Eternal True Gods and prepared to kill Ouyang Feng and the other Qiankun Continent experts. Qin Hao emerged from seclusion at Eternal True God Pinnacle and stopped Yan Linhan’s attack, leaving their confrontation to begin.

• Yan Linhan ordered the Yan Family disciples to hunt down the fleeing Eternal True Gods, and a battle erupted around the Heaven and Earth Divine Lake.
• Yan Linhan turned on the badly wounded Ouyang Feng and reached to seize him while Zhang Jiuming and the others could not intervene.
• Qin Hao appeared and sent a sword strike toward Yan Linhan, demanding his consent before Yan Linhan killed someone from the Qiankun Sect.
• Yan Linhan caught the sword radiance, but Qin Hao’s Destructive Sword Intent cut through his palm and ravaged his hand.
• Yan Linhan realized Qin Hao had broken through to Eternal True God Pinnacle and was much stronger than before.

Qin Hao reached the Peak of the eternal true god realm and faced Yan Linhan, who had just become a half-step ancestral god. As Yun Chang tended to the injured Ouyang Feng, he insisted Qin Hao could match Yan Linhan and lamented that he had not tried to break through himself.

• The onlookers were stunned when Qin Hao broke through to the Peak of the eternal true god realm.
• Yan Linhan revealed his half-step ancestral god cultivation and shattered Qin Hao's Destructive Sword Intent.
• Yun Chang arrived and mocked Yan Linhan, then left at Qin Hao's request to heal Ouyang Feng and the others.
• Yun Chang reassured Ouyang Feng that Qin Hao could at least match Yan Linhan, leaving Ouyang Feng astonished.
• Yun Chang lamented that he had not recently tried to reach eternal true god perfection so he could join the battle.

Yun Chang healed Ouyang Feng and the other injured cultivators while Qin Hao confronted Yan Linhan. As Yan Linhan attacked, Qin Hao revealed that his five other doppelgangers had all reached eternal true god perfection, and the six prepared to end the fight quickly.

• Yun Chang used pills and Space Dao Domains to heal Ouyang Feng, Zhang Jiuming, Ge Bin, Zhuang Xiao, and the other injured cultivators.
• Yan Linhan grew furious at Qin Hao and Yun Chang and launched a powerful palm strike at Qin Hao.
• Yun Chang anticipated that Qin Hao's five other doppelgangers had made major breakthroughs and could help defeat Yan Linhan.
• Qin Hao summoned his five doppelgangers, revealing that they had all reached eternal true god perfection.
• Qin Hao told his doppelgangers to finish the battle quickly before the disturbance attracted the Outer Realm Demon Spirits.

Qin Hao’s six doppelgangers combined their attacks against Yan Linhan, overwhelming the half-step Ancestral God with linked sword domains and a devastating devouring punch. Yan Linhan tried to stop the Devouring Doppelganger’s fist, but his palm remained trapped as he reached for it with his other hand.

• Qin Hao’s Destruction Doppelganger and five other doppelgangers attacked Yan Linhan simultaneously, their combined pressure forcing back Yan Linhan’s half-step Ancestral God pressure.
• The Destruction Doppelganger and Life Force Doppelganger wounded Yan Linhan’s palm, while the Light and Darkness Doppelgangers’ sword domains burned his divine strength and made his palm difficult to sense.
• The Time Doppelganger’s Fate Sword Domain caused the earlier sword-domain attacks to repeat, further damaging Yan Linhan and filling him with fear.
• Qin Hao explained that his six doppelgangers embodied chaos origins of the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way, then the Devouring Doppelganger struck with a punch powerful enough to threaten Yan Linhan with grave injury.
• Yan Linhan tried to withdraw his wounded palm, but it would not move, so he burned his divine strength and grabbed at the Devouring Doppelganger’s fist with his left hand.

Qin Hao’s six doppelgangers overwhelmed Yan Linhan, forcing the half-step Ancestral God to threaten self-detonation when Qin Hao refused to let him go. Just as the two faced off, a terrifying force swept across the battlefield and made space shake.

• Qin Hao’s six doppelgangers shattered Yan Linhan’s left hand and steadily drained his life divine power and life aura.
• Yan Linhan’s desperate situation stunned the fighters, while Yun Chang cheered for Qin Hao.
• Yan Linhan asked Qin Hao to end the fight, then threatened to self-detonate when Qin Hao refused.
• Qin Hao remained unconcerned because he believed the Self-World could contain Yan Linhan’s self-detonation.
• A terrifying force swept across heaven and earth, and Qin Hao and the others looked toward its source.

Tremors shook the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, and Qin Hao realized they came from Heaven and Earth Mountain, where his true self was located. Yan Linhan escaped Qin Hao’s doppelgangers by severing both arms and vowed to return after reaching the Ancestral God Realm.

• The Eternal True Gods debated whether the realm-wide tremors signaled a treasure’s appearance or an Ancestral God breakthrough.
• Qin Hao recognized that the fluctuations originated from Heaven and Earth Mountain and sensed a faint connection to his true self.
• Qin Hao tried to use the threadlike connection to learn about his true self, but could only vaguely sense a towering peak surrounded by distorted time.
• Yan Linhan decided he could not kill Qin Hao and would return after becoming an Ancestral God.
• Yan Linhan broke both arms free from Qin Hao’s doppelgangers, plunged into the astral winds, and vowed to kill Qin Hao.

Yan Linhan severed his arms and fled into the raging astral winds, but Qin Hao trapped him inside his self-world. With Yan Linhan’s strength suppressed and Qin Hao closing in, Yan Linhan chose to self-detonate rather than face death alone.

• Yan Linhan severed his own arms and raced toward the astral winds to escape Qin Hao.
• Yun Chang tried to catch Yan Linhan with Star Rotation Shift but could not close the distance.
• Qin Hao reassured Yun Chang and used his self-world to pull Yan Linhan inside, where the world pressure suppressed most of his power.
• Six Qin Haos appeared and prepared to kill Yan Linhan, who realized he had been trapped in Qin Hao’s inner world.
• Yan Linhan threatened Qin Hao with the Yan Family, then decided to self-detonate and drag him down with him.

Qin Hao used his self-world to contain Yan Linhan’s self-detonation, protecting everyone nearby. After suppressing the blast, Qin Hao and his five doppelgangers emerged unharmed, while Yan Linhan was completely erased.

• Yan Linhan chose to self-detonate, and Qin Hao’s six doppelgangers used the self-world to isolate the blast.
• The explosion terrified the eternal true gods around the Heaven and Earth Divine Lake, who believed they would be killed by its force.
• Qin Hao’s self-world confined the blast to a radius of about a thousand meters, leaving Ouyang Feng, Zhang Jiuming, and the others unharmed.
• Qin Hao’s Destruction Doppelganger pressed down with both hands and compressed the mushroom cloud until the energy was fully suppressed.
• Everyone saw Qin Hao and his five doppelgangers standing unharmed beside the crater, while Yan Linhan, his belongings, and even his bones had vanished.

After Qin Hao killed Yan Linhan by suppressing his self-detonation, the cultivators celebrated and hunted the fleeing Yan Family disciples. Qin Hao warned his allies that the explosion might have attracted outer realm demon spirits, and they prepared to leave.

• Yun Chang celebrated Qin Hao's victory, while the other cultivators recognized how frighteningly powerful Qin Hao had become.
• The surviving Yan Family Core Disciples and Yan Family Disciples fled, and the cultivators pursued them to avenge their fallen companions.
• Qin Hao reflected on the damage Yan Linhan's self-detonation had caused to his self-worlds and worried that its powerful fluctuations could reveal their location to outer realm demon spirits.
• Ouyang Feng, Zhang Jiuming, and the other cultivators approached Qin Hao and thanked him for defeating Yan Linhan.
• Qin Hao told everyone they needed to leave because outer realm demon spirits might have sensed the explosion.

After Yan Linhan’s breakthrough and self-detonation drew attention, Qin Hao and the others decided to leave the Heaven and Earth Divine Lake and split up to avoid the outer realm demon spirits. Qin Hao and Yun Chang continued exploring the Heavenly Gang Zone while Qin Hao worried about his true self inside Heaven and Earth Mountain, and Yun Chang sensed a nearby treasure.

• Qin Hao agreed with Ouyang Feng that everyone should leave the Heaven and Earth Divine Lake and travel in separate groups to avoid attracting the outer realm demon spirits.
• Yun Chang finished fighting the Yan Family disciples and joined Qin Hao, who told him they were leaving.
• Qin Hao withdrew his five doppelgangers, said farewell to Ouyang Feng and the others, and entered the astral wind with Yun Chang.
• Qin Hao decided to keep exploring the Heavenly Gang Zone because the outer realm demon spirits had sealed off the Divine Gang Zone, while he wondered what was happening to his true self in Heaven and Earth Mountain.
• Yun Chang sensed a treasure nearby, and he and Qin Hao changed course to investigate.

Li Kaixiao, Lü Lian, and Ban Zhong encountered a group of outer realm demon spirits led by the half-step ancestral god Ba Yan. Li Kaixiao charged forward to protect his companions, but Ba Yan struck him down as Lü Lian and Ban Zhong tried to flee.

• Lü Lian and Ban Zhong praised Qin Hao’s strength while Li Kaixiao urged them to cultivate harder.
• Li Kaixiao sensed outer realm demon spirits and spotted more than a dozen approaching, including a half-step ancestral god.
• Li Kaixiao pushed Lü Lian and Ban Zhong back and told them to escape while he held off the attackers.
• Ba Yan recognized the three as Heavensea cultivators and attacked Li Kaixiao, knocking him unconscious.