Recaps

Yan Zihong kept Ba Lin and Ba Yan from confronting him by proposing they wait for Qin Hao and the others to attempt breaking through the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier. He recruited Luo Haoze into the Yan Family, while Ba Yan remained furious and warned that failure to complete the commanders’ mission would trap them in the realm.

• Ba Yan threatened Yan Zihong over the missing Qin Hao, Xie Haiqing, and the others, and Yan Family disciples prepared to fight when Ba Yan showed killing intent.
• Yan Zihong proposed waiting for Qin Hao and the others to disturb the spatial barrier as they tried to escape, and Ba Lin accepted the plan.
• Yan Zihong offered Luo Haoze a place in the Yan Family and promised to speak with Commander Luo Wei; Luo Haoze accepted.
• Ba Yan mocked Yan Zihong and Luo Haoze over the mission, but Yan Zihong challenged him to consider what would happen if he and Ba Lin failed as well.

Qin Hao gathered the cultivators to explain his plan to break through the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier, claiming it had a ninety-percent chance of success. His True Self appeared beside his black-clad self and announced that they would begin immediately.

• Xie Haiqing brought Chai Jinzhu and other Nine Immortals Tower geniuses to meet Qin Hao and join the effort.
• Chai Jinzhu questioned how feasible Qin Hao’s plan was, and Qin Hao said it had at least a ninety-percent chance of success.
• Chai Jinzhu asked when they would begin as the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s collapse drew near.
• Qin Hao’s azure-robed True Self appeared without warning beside his black-clad self.
• Qin Hao’s True Self declared that he would break through the spatial barrier and ordered everyone else to leave.

Qin Hao's True Self returned as a half-step Ancestral God, astonishing the cultivators gathered in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm. He agreed to break through its spatial barrier and organized the gathered Eternal True Gods to help hold the breach open before the realm collapsed.

• Yun Chang welcomed Qin Hao back, while Xie Haiqing, Chai Jinzhu, Ke Yin, and the others were stunned by his half-step Ancestral God cultivation and uncanny arrival.
• The gathered Eternal True Gods grew excited to see Qin Hao, and Chai Jinzhu apologized for his earlier impatience.
• Qin Hao said they could not wait for more cultivators because the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm was close to collapsing.
• Qin Hao instructed the gathered cultivators to channel their strength into the breach after he opened it so they could stabilize it and let more True Gods escape.
• Qin Hao warned everyone not to act recklessly while maintaining the breach, since the realm's space could injure or kill them.

Qin Hao used the Heavenly Derivation Book’s First Layer to form a Rule Sword and began cleaving the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier so everyone could escape. The barrier started to split, but the outer realm demon spirits had not yet appeared.

• Qin Hao assigned the Half-Step Ancestral Gods positions to help hold open the spatial barrier, while Yun Chang was tasked with suppressing spatial fluctuations and protecting Yan Yu, Wu Yan, and the others.
• More than forty thousand Eternal True Gods assembled in square formations beneath an aura-concealing formation.
• Qin Hao perceived the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s laws and used them to alter the astral wind and origin matter.
• Qin Hao invoked the Heavenly Derivation Book’s First Layer, Primordial Beginning, and formed the invisible Rule Sword.
• Qin Hao thrust the Rule Sword toward the sky, opening a black fissure that quickly grew to the size of a fist.

Qin Hao pierced the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier, creating an opening through which its trapped inhabitants could escape. As the True Gods joined forces to widen it, the three Ancestral God commanders were left stunned.

• Qin Hao opened a small hole in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier, shocking everyone who saw the world beyond it.
• Xie Haiqing, Chai Jinzhu, and thousands of Eternal True Gods poured their power into the opening to help Qin Hao widen it.
• Chai Jinzhu felt the barrier’s dangerous backlash but continued assisting Qin Hao.
• Yun Chang and a small group maintained the formation to keep the Outer Realm Demon Spirits from detecting them for as long as possible.
• The opening expanded to roughly a dozen meters as True Gods throughout the secret realm celebrated the chance to escape.
• Commander Luo Wei, the Green Demon Commander, and the Lotus Commander were stunned to see the barrier pierced.

Qin Hao shattered the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier, and Commander Luo Wei recognized his aura and suspected he had used his two Peerless Treasures. Luo Wei, the Green Demon Commander, and the Lotus Commander all held back from attacking as they watched one another and prepared to seize Qin Hao’s treasures.

• The Green Demon Commander, the Lotus Commander, and Commander Luo Wei were shocked when they sensed that the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier had been shattered.
• Commander Luo Wei recognized Qin Hao’s faint aura and concluded that his two Peerless Treasures had enabled him to break through the barrier.
• Commander Luo Wei restrained his urge to attack because he feared the Green Demon Commander and the Lotus Commander would discover Qin Hao’s treasures.
• The Green Demon Commander suspected Qin Hao possessed an extraordinary treasure and decided to observe before striking.
• The Lotus Commander also chose to watch Qin Hao and the other commanders, and all three prepared to attack rather than let Qin Hao leave freely.

Qin Hao broke through the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier, provoking Yan Zihong, the outer realm demon spirits, and Luo Haoze’s group to attack before he and the others could escape. The chapter ended as Luo Haoze and Ba Yan struck at Qin Hao while Yan Zihong and Ba Lin charged Xie Haiqing, Chai Jinzhu, and the others.

• Qin Hao’s attempt to break the spatial barrier astonished Yan Zihong and plunged Luo Haoze and the eight surrendered eternal true gods into regret and anguish.
• Ba Yan ordered the group to attack Qin Hao and avenge his wife, while Ba Lin and Yan Zihong also commanded their forces to stop the cultivators from leaving.
• Luo Haoze and the surrendered gods joined the attack, blaming Qin Hao for their predicament and refusing to let him escape.
• Yan Zihong, Luo Haoze, Ba Lin, and Ba Yan led several thousand cultivators and demon spirits to Qin Hao’s gathering place.
• Luo Haoze slashed at Qin Hao and Ba Yan grabbed at him as Yan Zihong and Ba Lin charged Xie Haiqing, Chai Jinzhu, and the others.

Qin Hao widened a breach in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier, prompting thousands of cultivators to rush for escape as the Three Ancestral God Commanders moved to stop him. Luan Bing flew to help Qin Hao, while Yan Zihong led forces against him and many Yan Family disciples hesitated to leave.

• Qin Hao’s breach expanded, and thousands of Heaven and Earth True Gods and Eternal True Gods flew toward it to escape the secret realm.
• Luan Bing headed for the breach to support Qin Hao after spotting Luo Haoze, Yan Zihong, and Outer Realm Demon Spirits approaching to attack.
• Luan Bing recognized Luo Haoze and Yan Zihong and became furious that Heavensea geniuses were fighting alongside the Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• Many Yan Family disciples stopped on seeing Yan Zihong lead an attack against Qin Hao, while a few continued toward the breach.
• Commander Luo Wei, the Green Demon Commander, and the Lotus Commander rushed to stop Qin Hao, and Commander Luo Wei launched a giant palm of demonic flames at him.

Qin Hao used the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s law power to block attacks from three Ancestral God Commanders while keeping the spatial breach open. The cultivators began escaping through it as the realm collapsed, while Qin Hao faced further attacks from Luo Haoze and the outer realm forces.

• Commander Luo Wei, the Green Demon Commander, and the Lotus Commander attacked Qin Hao to stop him from opening the breach.
• Qin Hao raised his hand and used the realm’s law power to make all three attacks explode before reaching him.
• The heaven and earth true gods and eternal true gods, including Luan Bing, rushed through the breach while Qin Hao held it open.
• Luo Haoze, Yan Zihong, Ba Lin, Ba Yan, and their forces attacked Qin Hao, Xie Haiqing, Chai Jinzhu, and the others.
• Qin Hao sensed that Primordial Beginning’s law power had blocked the three commanders’ attacks despite the realm’s incomplete laws.

Qin Hao struggled to keep the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm exit open while hostile demon spirits closed in and cultivators rushed to escape. On the Immortal Thunder Continent, Nine Heavens Tower Ancestral Gods realized the collapsing realm’s exit was likely blockaded and alerted True Lord Yuanlong.

• Qin Hao held the spatial barrier open as Yan Zihong, Luo Haoze, Ba Lin, and others attacked, while three Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God Commanders rapidly approached.
• The Nine Heavens Tower Ancestral Gods watched cracks spread across the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm exit and saw demon spirit demonic qi leaking through it.
• The Ancestral Gods concluded that outer realm demon spirits had likely blockaded the exit, leaving the Nine Heavens Tower disciples trapped in the collapsing realm.
• The Nine Heavens Tower Ancestral Gods decided to seek help, and their Four-Star Ancestral God sent a message to True Lord Yuanlong.

True Lord Yuanlong learned that the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm was slowly collapsing while hundreds of thousands of disciples remained trapped inside, and that breaking its barrier would destroy it outright. After sensing a spatial node on the Qiankun Continent, he traveled to the Southern Frontier Battlefield and discovered a second exit to the secret realm.

• True Lord Yuanlong arrived at the Nine Heavens Arena and confirmed that the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm was collapsing and leaking demon spirit demonic qi.
• True Lord Yuanlong warned that forcibly breaking the secret realm's spatial barrier would make it collapse immediately, endangering the trapped disciples of the Nine Immortals Tower, Qiankun Sect, and Yan Family.
• True Lord Yuanlong ordered the Ancestral Gods to guard the exit and care for anyone who emerged, while killing any outer realm demon spirits that came through.
• True Lord Yuanlong sensed fluctuations from a spatial node on the Qiankun Continent and left to investigate.
• True Lord Yuanlong reached the Southern Frontier Battlefield and discovered a second exit from the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.

The Ancestral Gods gathered at the Southern Frontier Battlefield debated who had opened a second exit from the collapsing Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, while Phantom Shadow True God worried about Qin Hao. As True Lord Yuanlong and Ji Youzi suspected the Outer Realm Demon Spirits, figures began emerging from the passage.

• Heavenly Martial Ancestor, Star River Ancestor, and the other Qiankun Sect elders examined the spatial breach and wondered who had torn open the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s barrier.
• Phantom Shadow True God anxiously hoped Qin Hao would escape through the new exit.
• True Lord Yuanlong and Ji Youzi arrived, and Ji Youzi suggested the Outer Realm Demon Spirits might be behind the breach.
• True Lord Yuanlong warned that the Outer Realm Demon Spirits would not escape if they were responsible, while the others feared the million Heavensea cultivators inside might be in danger.
• Heaven and Earth True Gods and Eternal True Gods began shooting out of the spatial passage.

Cultivators returned from the collapsing Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, but no Yan Family disciples or Qin Hao appeared, leaving Ji Youzi and Phantom Shadow True God worried. True Lord Yuanlong questioned Luan Bing, who began recounting what had happened inside.

• Thousands of cultivators emerged from the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, while Ji Youzi noticed that no Yan Family disciples had returned and Phantom Shadow True God could not find Qin Hao.
• The returning cultivators credited Qin Hao with opening a gap in the spatial barrier and holding off three Ancestral God Commanders so they could escape.
• True Lord Yuanlong summoned Luan Bing and several Nine Heavens Tower disciples to ask what had happened and why the secret realm collapsed.
• Luan Bing began explaining that the cultivators had been scattered after entering the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.

Luan Bing recounted how the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm began collapsing and how Qin Hao opened a passage for the trapped cultivators to escape. The gathered experts reacted with shock, and Luan Bing revealed that Qin Hao was a half-step Ancestral God.

• Luan Bing explained that the secret realm was collapsing, its exit was sealed by outer-realm demon spirits, and no cultivator had advanced to Ancestral God.
• A Nine Heavens Tower Disciple said Qin Hao had broken through the spatial barrier and created a passage to the Qiankun Continent.
• True Lord Yuanlong and the other experts expressed surprise as they recognized Qin Hao’s connection to the Qiankun Sect.
• Ji Youzi pressured the Nine Heavens Tower Disciples and demanded to know Qin Hao’s cultivation realm.
• Luan Bing reported to True Lord Yuanlong that Qin Hao was a half-step Ancestral God.

Luan Bing and the other disciples confirmed that Qin Hao had broken through the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier, though Ji Youzi doubted their account and suspected a conspiracy against the Yan Family. A Qiankun Sect disciple revealed that Yan Zihong, Luo Haoze, and the outer realm demon spirit commanders had attacked Qin Hao, but Qin Hao blocked every attack and remained unharmed.

• Luan Bing insisted that Qin Hao was a half-step Ancestral God who had broken through the spatial barrier, and other disciples corroborated her account.
• Ji Youzi accused the disciples of hiding the truth about the Yan Family, but Heavenly Martial Ancestor dispersed his pressure and urged him to wait for Qin Hao’s return.
• A Qiankun Sect disciple reported that Yan Zihong and Luo Haoze had joined the outer realm demon spirits in surrounding and attacking Qin Hao and his companions.
• Phantom Shadow True God asked whether Qin Hao had been injured, and the disciple said Qin Hao had blocked every attack, including those from the three Ancestral God commanders.

The Qiankun Sect’s experts learned that Qin Hao had blocked three Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God Commanders and broken the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier. Phantom Shadow True God revealed that Qin Hao came from the invaded Star Sea Heaven and Earth and had come to the Heavensea seeking a way to return.

• A Qiankun Sect Disciple reported that Qin Hao had withstood attacks from numerous half-step ancestral gods and three Ancestral God Commanders, astonishing the Ancestral Gods and relieving Phantom Shadow True God.
• Disciples explained that Qin Hao had blocked the commanders’ attacks with a defensive barrier that showed no divine strength or Chaos Origin fluctuations.
• Heavenly Martial Ancestor, True Lord Yuanlong, and Ji Youzi reacted with interest to the details of Qin Hao’s unusual defense.
• Star River Ancestor privately asked Phantom Shadow True God whether Qin Hao was her Disciple, then considered taking him as one himself.
• Phantom Shadow True God explained that Qin Hao was a Disciple she had accepted on behalf of Windshadow Goddess, so Star River Ancestor abandoned the idea.
• Phantom Shadow True God told Heavenly Martial Ancestor and Star River Ancestor that Qin Hao came from Star Sea Heaven and Earth, which the Outer Realm Demon Spirits had occupied, and had come to the Heavensea seeking a path to return.

Heavenly Martial Ancestor and Star River Ancestor praised Qin Hao’s loyalty and potential, while agreeing that he would need to conceal his strength when returning to Star Sea Heaven and Earth. As hundreds of thousands of True Gods escaped the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, Yan Zihong and Luo Haoze continued their futile assault on Qin Hao’s group, and Luo Haoze spotted a familiar figure.

• Phantom Shadow True God told Heavenly Martial Ancestor and Star River Ancestor about Qin Hao’s origins, plans, and intention to save Star Sea Heaven and Earth.
• Heavenly Martial Ancestor and Star River Ancestor agreed Qin Hao should conceal his cultivation and return to Star Sea Heaven and Earth without drawing the outer realm demon spirits’ attention.
• Hundreds of thousands of True Gods emerged from the black vortex passage, and Ji Youzi questioned Yan Family Disciples who confirmed Yan Zihong had joined forces with the outer realm demon spirits against Qin Hao’s group.
• Yan Zihong, Luo Haoze, Ba Lin, and Ba Yan attacked Qin Hao, Xie Haiqing, Chai Jinzhu, and the others, but their defenses could not be breached.
• Yan Zihong regretted cooperating with the outer realm demon spirits, while Luo Haoze brooded over his ruined prospects and spotted a familiar figure.

Luo Haoze and Yan Zihong tried to capture Yun Chang and then attacked Yan Yu and Wu Yan to force Qin Hao to stop. Qin Hao intervened with the power of laws, crushing Luo Haoze and breaking his ribs.

• Luo Haoze and Yan Zihong charged at Yun Chang, but his Star Rotation Shift let him evade them.
• Ba Lin, Ba Yan, and Yan Family Core Disciples joined the pursuit of Yun Chang while Luo Haoze turned on Yan Yu and Wu Yan.
• Luo Haoze's saber stopped in midair just before it struck Yan Yu and Wu Yan.
• Qin Hao halted the attack and confronted Luo Haoze, declaring that he would not let him kill his friends.
• Qin Hao used the power of laws to crush Luo Haoze, snapping his ribs.

Qin Hao killed Luo Haoze and intervened when dozens of half-step ancestral gods cornered Yun Chang. Yan Zihong, Ba Lin, and the others joined forces to attack Qin Hao after discovering Luo Haoze’s death.

• Qin Hao crushed Luo Haoze with the power of laws, killing him instantly.
• Ba Yan struck Yun Chang and left him badly wounded as dozens of half-step ancestral gods surrounded him.
• Qin Hao told Yan Yu, Wu Yan, Xie Haiqing, Chai Jinzhu, and the others to leave, then crossed space to appear in front of Ba Yan and protect Yun Chang.
• Ba Yan turned his attack on Qin Hao, while Yan Zihong noticed Luo Haoze’s corpse and realized Qin Hao had killed him.
• Yan Zihong and Ba Lin charged Qin Hao together, followed by dozens of half-step ancestral gods.

Qin Hao crushed more than thirty Half-Step Ancestral Gods with a single attack, though Yan Zihong survived by using a life-saving token. As Qin Hao prepared to pursue him, Yan Zihong fled and hoped the arriving demon commanders would distract Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao told Yun Chang to leave the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, but Yun Chang refused to go without him.
• Qin Hao used spatial laws to form a mountain that crushed the Half-Step Ancestral Gods, killing more than thirty of them.
• Yan Zihong escaped the attack with a token that teleported him away, while Qin Hao killed the remaining Half-Step Ancestral Gods.
• Yun Chang praised Qin Hao's strength, and Qin Hao thought of returning to Star Sea Heaven and Earth to protect his family and friends from Commander Kun Yun.
• Yan Zihong realized Qin Hao had noticed him and fled, hoping Commander Luo Wei, the Green Demon Commander, and the Lotus Commander would arrive in time to intervene.

Yan Zihong planned to flee the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm and hide with the Yan Family after Qin Hao exposed his alliance with the Outer Realm Demon Spirits. Qin Hao killed Yan Zihong effortlessly, leaving Commander Luo Wei and the other commanders shocked and coveting Qin Hao’s Chaos Peerless Treasures.

• Yan Zihong decided to return to the Yan Family, conceal his betrayal, and eventually find a way to kill Qin Hao.
• Yan Zihong raced toward Commander Luo Wei, the Green Demon Commander, and the Lotus Commander, believing their protection would let him escape the secret realm.
• An unseen force seized Yan Zihong, crushed his body and soul, and killed him before he could reach the commanders.
• Xie Haiqing, Chai Jinzhu, Ke Yin, Dongfang Wei, and the other witnesses reacted with horror, while the True Gods felt vindicated by Yan Zihong’s death.
• Commander Luo Wei and the other commanders realized Qin Hao had killed Yan Zihong and the other half-step Ancestral Gods, and Luo Wei grew greedy for Qin Hao’s two Chaos Peerless Treasures.

Qin Hao realized Commander Luo Wei had seen his two mysterious treasures and decided the three Outer Realm Demon Spirit commanders could not be allowed to leave the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm. Unable to confidently kill them, he planned to use the realm’s laws to seal or shatter its exit and trap them before the realm collapsed.

• Commander Luo Wei recognized the Primordial Feathered Wings and Supreme Sword Tower as Chaos Peerless Treasures and coveted them.
• The Green Demon Commander and the Lotus Commander feared Qin Hao’s strength and agreed that he had to die.
• Qin Hao recalled Commander Luo Wei’s past attempts to kill him and resolved to prevent the commanders from revealing his treasures.
• Qin Hao judged that he could withstand the three commanders but was unlikely to kill them while still a half-step Ancestral God.
• Qin Hao decided to use Primordial Beginning and the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s laws to seal or shatter the exit, trapping the three commanders inside.

Qin Hao blocked the simultaneous attacks of Commander Luo Wei, the Green Demon Commander, and the Lotus Commander by using the laws of the heaven and earth secret realm. After telling Yun Chang and the others to leave, he began suppressing everyone in the area with the realm’s power.

• Commander Luo Wei, the Green Demon Commander, and the Lotus Commander attacked Qin Hao together, while Yun Chang and the half-step ancestral gods rushed to help him.
• Qin Hao used Primordial Beginning and his Heart Will to form a defensive barrier from the secret realm’s laws, shielding himself and his allies from the attacks.
• The barrier held, leaving Qin Hao unscathed, though the residual force badly injured Yun Chang and the other half-step ancestral gods.
• Qin Hao told Yun Chang and the others to leave, then brought the power of the secret realm’s laws down to suppress everyone nearby.
• The Eternal True Gods, Outer Realm Demon Spirits, Yan Family Core Disciples, and Yan Family Disciples sensed the terrifying power gathering above them.

Qin Hao slaughtered the pursuing army and urged Yun Chang and the others to escape while he faced the three Ancestral God commanders. The commanders ignited their demonic bodies, but Qin Hao countered with the Rule Sword, leaving them sensing a mortal threat.

• Qin Hao used the power of laws to annihilate thousands of Outer Realm Demon Spirits and Yan Family disciples and core disciples.
• Qin Hao told Yun Chang and the others to flee, and after Yun Chang insisted on staying, he and the others finally left through the shrinking breach.
• Commander Luo Wei, the Green Demon Commander, and the Lotus Commander ignited their demonic bodies and attacked Qin Hao with their strongest moves.
• Qin Hao unleashed the Rule Sword, and the three commanders sensed a life-and-death crisis from his strike.

Qin Hao held off three Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God Commanders while the cultivators escaped the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, but he did not emerge with them. Outside the shrinking passage, Phantom Shadow True God and True Lord Yuanlong worried about his fate, while Ji Youzi learned that Yan Zihong had allied with the demons to attack Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao clashed with Commander Luo Wei, the Green Demon Commander, and the Lotus Commander as Xie Haiqing, Chai Jinzhu, Ke Yin, and the other cultivators escaped through the spatial opening.
• The cultivators emerged on the Southern Frontier Battlefield and saw that Qin Hao was still inside as the black vortex passage shrank.
• Phantom Shadow True God worried that Qin Hao had been delayed or killed, while True Lord Yuanlong summoned Chai Jinzhu and other Nine Heavens Tower disciples for answers.
• Ji Youzi questioned the escaped Yan Family Disciples and learned that Yan Zihong had allied with the Outer Realm Demon Spirits to attack Qin Hao, leaving many Yan Family Disciples trapped inside.
• Ji Youzi asked True Lord Yuanlong about Qin Hao and Yan Zihong, but Yuanlong raised a defensive barrier that blocked his probing.