Recaps

After creating the Heavensea Blazing Flame Diagram, Qin Hao met with Xuan Seventy-One and the others, who recognized his breakthrough. Qin Hao agreed to spar with Xuan Seventy-One to test his new secret art, and the chapter ended as the two prepared to fight.

• Qin Hao arrived at the stone pavilion, where Xuan Seventy-One, Xuan Sixteen, Xuan Thirty-Two, and Xuan Fifty-Two noticed his breakthrough.
• Qin Hao confirmed that he had created a powerful high-rank Peak secret art and explained that later arts could be easier to create, though greater understanding brought new challenges.
• Xuan Seventy-One invited Qin Hao to spar, and Qin Hao accepted so he could test the Heavensea Blazing Flame Diagram.
• Xuan Thirty-Two and Xuan Fifty-Two doubted Qin Hao could seriously threaten Xuan Seventy-One, while Xuan Sixteen watched to see how much he had improved.
• Qin Hao and Xuan Seventy-One took positions outside the pavilion as Qin Hao gathered strength with his three secret-art diagrams ready.

Qin Hao challenged Xuan Seventy-One to a sparring match and revealed how much his strength had grown. He left Xuan Seventy-One stunned when he concealed the Heavensea Blazing Flame Diagram inside the Heavensea Ruins Diagram, overpowering Xuan Seventy-One's defense.

• Xuan Seventy-One enclosed Qin Hao and himself in a ward before they began sparring.
• Qin Hao attacked with the Heavensea Ruins Diagram, and Xuan Seventy-One blocked it with his Rotating Wheel.
• Qin Hao's sword strike shook the Rotating Wheel, impressing Xuan Seventy-One with his improved strength.
• Qin Hao unleashed the Heavensea Blazing Flame Diagram from within the Heavensea Ruins Diagram, and the flames weakened the Rotating Wheel.
• Xuan Seventy-One realized his Rotating Wheel could not stop Qin Hao's two combined high-rank peak secret arts.

Qin Hao unleashed a sword strike combining three high-rank peak secret arts, breaking Xuan Seventy-One’s first two defenses and forcing him to use the Heaven and Earth Wheel. The strike failed to break through the final defense, but left Xuan Seventy-One injured and disheveled as Qin Hao stopped attacking.

• Qin Hao shattered Xuan Seventy-One’s Rotating Wheel and drove his sword into the Yin-Yang Wheel.
• Qin Hao’s sword produced countless shadows empowered by the Heavensea Ruins Diagram, the Heavensea Void Realm Diagram, and the Heavensea Blazing Flame Diagram, astonishing Xuan Seventy-One and the observers in the Stone Pavilion.
• Qin Hao’s sword shadows shattered the Yin-Yang Wheel, leaving Xuan Seventy-One unable to block the strike with his existing defenses.
• Xuan Seventy-One formed the Heaven and Earth Wheel to protect himself rather than counterattack Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao’s sword shadows struck the Heaven and Earth Wheel until they were spent, leaving the wheel intact but trembling and Xuan Seventy-One bleeding from the mouth.
• Qin Hao stopped attacking and looked at the disheveled Xuan Seventy-One, who flushed with embarrassment.

After Qin Hao defeated Xuan Seventy-One in a spar, his companions advised him to develop defensive and speed secret arts alongside his offensive ones. They then told him the outer realm demon spirits had conquered the Cloud River Sea, leaving Qin Hao and the others grimly aware of the heavy losses.

• Xuan Seventy-One conceded after Qin Hao's secret arts overcame his defenses, and Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Fifty-Two praised Qin Hao's skill.
• Xuan Seventy-One, Xuan Sixteen, and Xuan Fifty-Two advised Qin Hao to create defensive and speed secret arts for future life-and-death missions.
• Xuan Seventy-One told Qin Hao that the outer realm demon spirits had launched a sudden invasion and conquered the Cloud River Sea.
• Xuan Thirty-Two explained that the cultivators had gathered at least a hundred Ancestral Gods to resist, but dozens died before the Cloud River Sea fell.
• Xuan Seventy-One condemned the demon spirits for invading the cultivators' remaining realms, while Qin Hao stayed silent.

Qin Hao learned that the outer realm demon spirits had breached Yunjiang Sea as Xuan Sixteen, Xuan Seventy-One, and their companions prepared for secluded cultivation and their Life-and-Death Missions. After drinking with them, he returned to his Manor to consider how to strengthen himself before his own missions.

• Xuan Sixteen explained that the invasion left the cultivators with no choice but to fight the outer realm demon spirits to the death.
• Xuan Sixteen, Xuan Seventy-One, Xuan Fifty-Two, and Xuan Thirty-Two said they planned to enter secluded cultivation to prepare for their Life-and-Death Missions.
• Qin Hao learned that Yunjiang Sea had fallen and worried about the threat to Heavensea and True Lord Xuyang.
• Xuan Seventy-One reassured Qin Hao that he had time to keep cultivating, and the group drank together before returning to their Manors.
• Qin Hao considered attempting to create a Peak Rank Peak secret art, but judged it unlikely he could do so within the seventy-five epochs before his Life-and-Death Missions.

Qin Hao focused on creating more high-rank Peak secret arts during secluded cultivation, while Xuan Sixteen departed for her Life-and-Death Mission. After thirteen epochs away, she returned safely, though she revealed that she had nearly died.

• Qin Hao decided to spend the next seventy-five epochs creating high-rank Peak secret arts before attempting a Peak Rank Peak secret art, while his six doppelgangers cultivated independently.
• Qin Hao secluded himself at Kindling Flame Cliff and created several more high-rank Peak secret arts, including the Heavensea Meteor Diagram.
• Qin Hao and the others gathered to see Xuan Sixteen off as she began her Life-and-Death Mission.
• Ten epochs passed without Xuan Sixteen returning, and Qin Hao and the others worried as they continued cultivating.
• After thirteen epochs away, Xuan Sixteen messaged Qin Hao that she had returned, and he hurried to meet her.
• Xuan Sixteen told Qin Hao and the others that she had nearly died during her mission, but she had returned without injuries.

After Xuan Sixteen returned from a dangerous mission, she warned Qin Hao and the others that the outer realm demon spirits were attacking across every front and urged them to strengthen themselves. Qin Hao collected his cultivation rewards and devoted himself to advancing to Three-Star Ancestral God.

• Xuan Sixteen returned after being discovered and hunted by outer realm demon spirits, then told Qin Hao and the others that war raged across every front and Divine Lord Redcloud had fought a Divine Lord Demon God.
• Xuan Sixteen warned Xuan Seventy-One, Xuan Fifty-Two, Xuan Thirty-Two, and Qin Hao to improve their strength before their Life-and-Death Missions.
• Qin Hao returned to his Manor, where Elder Fu gave him a mid-grade and a High-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure for completing Cultivation Progress Plan objectives.
• Pang Qingyun learned that Qin Hao had created nearly a hundred high-rank Peak secret arts and hoped Qin Hao could help him leave the Kindling Realm.
• Qin Hao cultivated with the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art, absorbing spiritual energy, divine power, and origin matter to break through to Three-Star Ancestral God.

Qin Hao advanced to Three-Star Ancestral God and continued studying secret arts, but he struggled to create a Top-Tier Peak Secret Art. When Xuan Seventy-One, Xuan Fifty-Two, and Xuan Thirty-Two prepared to leave on Life-and-Death Missions, Qin Hao went to see them, knowing his own mission was approaching.

• Qin Hao absorbed resources for half a month and broke through to Three-Star Ancestral God.
• Qin Hao spent more than six months consolidating his cultivation before returning to Kindling Flame Cliff to study.
• Nearly eighty epochs after arriving in the Kindling Realm, Qin Hao read Dao Repository Manuscripts and reflected on why he could not create a Top-Tier Peak Secret Art.
• Xuan Seventy-One messaged Qin Hao that he, Xuan Fifty-Two, and Xuan Thirty-Two were about to depart on Life-and-Death Missions.
• Qin Hao left the Dao Repository Hall to meet them at the stone pavilion and realized he would need to undertake his own mission in about ten epochs.

At the Stone Pavilion, Qin Hao learned that the outer realm demon spirits had conquered two more worlds and devastated Xuan Seventy-One’s homeland. The group was shocked to hear Qin Hao had created 189 high-rank Peak secret arts, and Xuan Thirty-Two questioned whether any matched a Peak Rank secret art in power.

• Qin Hao arrived at the Stone Pavilion and found Xuan Sixteen, Xuan Seventy-One, Xuan Fifty-Two, and Xuan Thirty-Two subdued.
• Xuan Fifty-Two told Qin Hao that the outer realm demon spirits had conquered two worlds, killing countless True Gods and hundreds of Ancestral Gods.
• Xuan Seventy-One revealed that his homeland had been invaded and that many friends and relatives had died or been wounded.
• Xuan Seventy-One urged Qin Hao to prepare for his future Life-and-Death Missions and asked how his Peak Rank secret art cultivation was progressing.
• Qin Hao said he had created 189 high-rank Peak secret arts, shocking Xuan Seventy-One and the others.
• Qin Hao explained that none of his secret arts reached Peak Rank, and Xuan Thirty-Two asked whether any matched Peak Rank secret arts in power.

Qin Hao discussed his inability to create a Peak Rank Peak secret art with his companions in the Kindling Realm, and Xuan Seventy-One suggested he try creating a low-rank perfect secret art directly. Qin Hao decided to enter seclusion and attempt it, while his brothers prepared for their Life-and-Death Missions against the outer realm demon spirits.

• Qin Hao explained that despite creating a hundred and eighty-nine high-rank Peak secret arts, he had not managed to create a Peak Rank Peak secret art.
• Xuan Seventy-One suggested Qin Hao bypass that step and try creating a low-rank perfect secret art before his Life-and-Death Mission.
• Xuan Sixteen supported trying the approach, while Xuan Fifty-Two warned that forcing it could cause qi deviation and Xuan Thirty-Two urged Qin Hao to decide for himself.
• Qin Hao thanked the four companions and said he would enter seclusion to attempt a low-rank perfect secret art.
• Qin Hao shared fruit wine with the group as Xuan Seventy-One and Xuan Thirty-Two vowed to avenge their families and friends by fighting the outer realm demon spirits.

Qin Hao struggled to advance the Heavensea Ruins Diagram, first believing he had found the right path and then remaining stuck at a bottleneck. A Kindling Realm announcement revealed that Xuan Seventy-One had been killed by the traitor Xuan Fifty-Two, leaving Qin Hao stunned.

• Qin Hao began secluded cultivation to develop a perfect secret art using the Heavensea Ruins Diagram as its foundation.
• After an epoch of scant progress, Qin Hao realized he needed to improve the Heavensea Ruins Diagram itself rather than build a secret art around the Ancient Heavensea Ruins.
• Qin Hao spent five more epochs refining the diagram, but it remained stuck just short of becoming a Peak Rank Peak secret art.
• A bell rang across the Kindling Realm, and an announcement declared that Xuan Seventy-One had died in an ambush by Xuan Fifty-Two.
• The announcement said Xuan Fifty-Two had joined the Outer Realm Demon Spirits and that the Kindling Realm had issued a Pursuit Order; Qin Hao froze in disbelief.

Qin Hao learned that Lan Zancheng, formerly known to him as Xuan Seventy-One, had died because Dong Jianhong betrayed the Myriad Races. His grief and fury revealed how his Self-World could become the core for advancing his secret arts, but he knew he needed to grow stronger before he could take revenge.

• Qin Hao learned that Lan Zancheng, Xuan Seventy-One, had been killed and blamed Dong Jianhong, Xuan Fifty-Two, for betraying the Myriad Races.
• Qin Hao recalled Lan Zancheng mentioning that his homeland had been attacked, and suspected Dong Jianhong had used that information to discover and intercept him.
• Qin Hao's Self-World spread and overlapped with the Heavensea Ruins Diagram, making the shared area seem distorted and nonexistent.
• Qin Hao realized that his Self-World, rather than the Heavensea Ruins Diagram alone, had to be the core for creating stronger secret arts.
• Qin Hao resolved to grow stronger to avenge Lan Zancheng and remembered that Dong Jianhong had reached the Peak of Five-Star Ancestral God.

Qin Hao worked to transform his self-world and, over four epochs, created a Low-Rank Perfect Secret Art containing a trace of World True Meaning. After learning that Xuan Seventy-One’s death left Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two grieving and without hope of avenging him, Tu Ling promoted Qin Hao from Mystic Thirty-Six to Heaven Nine.

• Qin Hao decided to overlap his other high-rank peak secret arts with his self-world and began cultivating to transform it.
• Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two mourned Xuan Seventy-One and discussed Dong Jianhong’s strength and the outer realm demon spirits’ protection of him.
• Xuan Thirty-Two questioned Qin Hao’s character because he had not come to meet them, while Xuan Sixteen returned to her quarters.
• Four epochs later, Tu Ling sensed that Qin Hao had created a Low-Rank Perfect Secret Art containing a trace of World True Meaning.
• Pang Qingyun asked Tu Ling whether he could leave the Kindling Realm, but Tu Ling said Qin Hao would have to choose him as a reward.
• Tu Ling ordered that Mystic Thirty-Six be promoted to Heaven Nine.

Qin Hao created the low-rank perfect secret art Self-Void World and was promoted from Mystic Thirty-Six to Heaven Nine, stirring the Kindling Realm. Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two saw his advancement as a chance to avenge Xuan Seventy-One by killing Dong Jianhong, while Qin Hao tested his new art at Kindling Flame Cliff.

• The Kindling Realm announced that Mystic Thirty-Six had created a low-rank perfect secret art and been promoted to Heaven Nine.
• Heaven Three took notice of Qin Hao's rapid advancement and hoped to cross blades with him, while a burly man resented losing his Heaven Nine ranking.
• Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two contacted Qin Hao, hoping he could kill Dong Jianhong and avenge Xuan Seventy-One.
• At Kindling Flame Cliff, Qin Hao entered the Self-Void World and realized its illusory realm could conceal his position while empowering his secret arts.
• Qin Hao credited Xuan Seventy-One with helping him create the Self-Void World and recalled him with a cold glint in his eyes.

Qin Hao created the Self-Void World, a low-rank perfect secret art, and resolved to avenge Lan Zancheng, who had been killed by Dong Jianhong. Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two asked him to rescue Lan Zancheng’s family and clansmen from their homeland.

• Qin Hao completed the Self-Void World after four epochs of development and realized it could help him advance his other secret arts.
• Qin Hao left the Kindling Realm and went to meet Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two at the Stone Pavilion.
• Qin Hao declared that Dong Jianhong, who had betrayed the myriad races and caused Lan Zancheng’s death, must die.
• Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two explained that Dong Jianhong had joined the outer realm demon spirits and would likely hide from the Heavenly Palace’s Pursuit Order.
• Xuan Sixteen told Qin Hao that Lan Zancheng had accepted a mission to return to his homeland and rescue his family and clansmen from a powerful Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God, and asked Qin Hao to save them.

Qin Hao agreed to rescue Lan Zancheng's clansmen and showed Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two his Self-Void Void World, helping them understand Low-Rank Perfect Secret Arts. Pang Qingyun then arrived to notify Qin Hao about a Life-and-Death Mission and hinted that he could first cultivate in the Chaos Spirit Pool and earn a Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure.

• Qin Hao agreed to go rescue Lan Zancheng's clansmen despite the danger posed by the Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• Qin Hao demonstrated his Self-Void Void World and explained its World True Meaning to Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two, who gained valuable insights.
• Xuan Sixteen praised Qin Hao's loyalty to Lan Zancheng and reflected on Dong Jianhong's betrayal.
• Pang Qingyun appeared in the Stone Pavilion, congratulated Qin Hao on mastering a Low-Rank Perfect Secret Art, and told him to undertake a Life-and-Death Mission.
• Pang Qingyun reminded Qin Hao that he had not yet visited the Chaos Spirit Pool and mentioned the Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure reward tied to his Cultivation Progress Plan.

Qin Hao earned a Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure reward and visited the Chaos Spirit Pool, where Pang Qingyun hoped Qin Hao would choose him as his master. Qin Hao began absorbing the pool’s dense energy, aiming to replenish his Self-Void World and advance his cultivation.

• Qin Hao realized he had fulfilled the Cultivation Progress Plan’s requirements for a Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure reward.
• Pang Qingyun offered to guide Qin Hao to the Chaos Spirit Pool, hoping Qin Hao would choose him and take him out of the Kindling Realm.
• Qin Hao considered Pang Qingyun’s strength but decided to visit the pool before choosing a treasure.
• Pang Qingyun escorted Qin Hao to the Chaos Spirit Pool and explained its abundant cultivation energy.
• Qin Hao entered the pool and activated the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to absorb its energy and refine it into ancestral god power.

Qin Hao cultivated in the Chaos Spirit Pool, advancing from the Three-Star Early Stage to the Four-Star Ancestral God realm in a year and a half. He continued absorbing energy to consolidate his cultivation and stock his self-void world, while Pang Qingyun waited outside and discovered that the pool’s energy had greatly dwindled.

• Qin Hao broke through from the Three-Star Early Stage to the Three-Star Middle Stage almost immediately after entering the Chaos Spirit Pool.
• Pang Qingyun sensed Qin Hao’s breakthrough and decided to wait for him so he could leave the Kindling Realm with Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao spent nearly half a year reaching the Three-Star Peak Stage, then another half year advancing to the Four-Star Early Stage.
• Qin Hao resolved to stay clear-eyed about stronger foes, then continued cultivating to consolidate his realm and store ancestral god power in his self-void world.
• Pang Qingyun waited ten years and discovered that the energy in the Chaos Spirit Pool had dwindled enormously.

Qin Hao absorbed more than half the energy in the Chaos Spirit Pool, then learned from Pang Qingyun how a Chaos Spirit Treasure could be nurtured into a Chaos Peerless Treasure. Pang Qingyun asked Qin Hao to choose him as his Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure, but Qin Hao decided to inspect the available treasures first.

• Pang Qingyun watched Qin Hao absorb an astonishing amount of energy from the Chaos Spirit Pool and realized Qin Hao’s growing strength could benefit him.
• Qin Hao released his Self-Void World and filled it with the refined ancestral god power he had stored, then stopped after consuming more than half the pool’s energy.
• Qin Hao left the pool and asked Pang Qingyun to guide him to collect his Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure reward.
• Pang Qingyun explained that a Chaos Spirit Treasure could become a Chaos Peerless Treasure if its wielder nurtured it with their Dao Heart, and he advised Qin Hao to choose a weapon.
• Pang Qingyun revealed that he wanted to leave the Kindling Realm with Qin Hao, but Qin Hao said he would first inspect the available treasures.

Qin Hao examined the Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasures in the Kindling Realm and learned that the Dawn Sword was incompatible with his Sword Dao. After finding the other treasures unsuitable as well, he asked Pang Qingyun how much of his strength Qin Hao could unleash.

• Qin Hao saw Pang Qingyun’s true body and six other Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasures in the cabin.
• Qin Hao tested the Dawn Sword, and its Sword Spirit explained that their different sword hearts prevented Qin Hao from wielding its full power or nurturing it further.
• Qin Hao examined the remaining five treasures and found none especially suited to him.
• Qin Hao asked Pang Qingyun how much of his strength Qin Hao could unleash with his current cultivation.

Qin Hao chose Pang Qingyun as his war soldier, refined him, and learned about the life-and-death missions he had to complete. He selected three difficult missions, including one in Lan Zancheng’s homeland, then received a mission token and a warning not to act recklessly.

• Pang Qingyun explained that he could currently unleash Five-Star Middle Stage combat power and possessed a body as strong as a Seven-Star Ancestral God’s.
• Qin Hao chose Pang Qingyun over the incompatible Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasures and refined the Silver Armored Man, while Pang Qingyun agreed to be treated as a friend.
• Pang Qingyun led Qin Hao to the Mission Hall and explained that creating a Low-Rank Perfect Secret Art had raised the difficulty of his life-and-death missions.
• Qin Hao chose the Infinite Sea mission in Lan Zancheng’s homeland, which required him to kill the Five-Star Late Stage Ironbone Commander, then selected missions to kill the Traitor Black Demon Dragon and investigate the Yun Family.
• A stern-faced middle-aged man gave Daoist Seed Heaven Nine a mission token and warned him not to act rashly if the missions became too dangerous.

Dong Jianhong struggled to open an ancient Bronze Gate hidden in the occupied Infinite Sea, fearing Commander Iron Skeleton would discover it. Meanwhile, Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun reached the Infinite Sea, where Qin Hao hoped Xuan Seventy-One’s clansmen had survived.

• Dong Jianhong failed to force open the Bronze Gate and retreated when its power slammed it shut.
• Dong Jianhong recalled betraying the Heavenly Palace and joining Commander Iron Skeleton to kill Lan Zancheng in exchange for a chance to claim the gate’s treasures.
• Dong Jianhong decided to try for one more epoch before leaving to keep the Bronze Gate hidden.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun reached the Infinite Sea’s entrance with the Star Chart and sensed the dense demon spirit demonic qi.
• Qin Hao entered the Infinite Sea, hoping Xuan Seventy-One’s clansmen were still alive.

Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun entered the Infinite Sea inside Qin Hao’s self-Void World to investigate and search for Xuan Seventy-One’s surviving family and friends before confronting Ironbone Commander. Ironbone Commander sensed faint spatial fluctuations but found nothing, then continued planning the Demon Spirit Race’s conquest and devoured an Eternal True God cultivator.

• Pang Qingyun offered to hold off Ironbone Commander, but Qin Hao said they would investigate the Infinite Sea first because it was Xuan Seventy-One’s homeland.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun entered the Infinite Sea while concealed inside the self-Void World, producing a faint spatial ripple.
• Ironbone Commander sensed the ripple and searched the Infinite Sea, but found no intruders and dismissed it as a spatial tremor.
• Ironbone Commander recalled Dong Jianhong’s betrayal and considered why he had come to the Infinite Sea and remained after killing Lan Zancheng.
• Ironbone Commander celebrated the Demon Spirit Race’s coming conquest, seized three Eternal True God cultivators, and devoured one of them.

The Ironbone Commander devoured three Eternal True Gods and reflected on how consuming cultivators strengthened his demonic body. Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun entered the Infinite Sea, began secretly rescuing its surviving inhabitants, and searched for the world where most of them were imprisoned.

• The Ironbone Commander devoured three Eternal True Gods and grew stronger, then restrained his hunger to preserve the remaining cultivators as future prey.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun watched the Ironbone Commander from within the Self-Void World and realized other captives were likely being held.
• Qin Hao led Pang Qingyun away to rescue the Infinite Sea’s living beings before confronting the Ironbone Commander.
• Qin Hao secretly drew nearby survivors into the Self-Void World while the two traveled through worlds filled with death and torment.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun searched the Infinite Sea’s many small and great worlds for the place where most survivors were imprisoned.

Bloodshadow Commander terrorized the imprisoned survivors of Skyblue Great World and discovered Lan Yun, Lan Zancheng’s younger sister. He told Lan Yun that her brother was dead and confronted her and their father, Lan Xiong.

• Bloodshadow Commander tormented a mother and daughter until the daughter detonated herself, then devoured the mother.
• Bloodshadow Commander decided to search the Lan Family for promising cultivators to devour.
• Lan Yun waited with her father, Lan Xiong, believing her brother Lan Zancheng would come to save them.
• Bloodshadow Commander appeared before them, revealed that Iron Skeleton Commander had killed Lan Zancheng, and targeted Lan Yun.
• Lan Xiong shielded Lan Yun as she broke down upon hearing that her brother was dead.