Recaps

Mo Heyue threatened to seize the Red-Bi Phoenix Lotuses and targeted Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing, but Qin Hao revealed his powerful Wind-Rain Sword Domain and wounded him. As Mo Heyue activated the Crimson Blood Sect’s Blood Soul Sacrifice, he and the others sensed something wrong with the nearby lake.

• Mo Heyue announced he would seize the Red-Bi Phoenix Lotuses, drawing angry challenges from Chen Jianqing, Zhuge Hong, and the others.
• Mo Heyue ordered Lei Zhen to attack Qin Hao and threatened to cripple Qin Hao and assault Mu Ziqing.
• Qin Hao unleashed a hundred-meter Wind-Rain Sword Domain and declared his intent to settle his debts with the Crimson Blood Sect.
• Qin Hao and Mo Heyue exchanged blows, and Qin Hao’s rain-forged Giant Sword wounded Mo Heyue’s palm.
• Mo Heyue began activating the Blood Soul Sacrifice, but he and the others suddenly noticed something amiss at the nearby lake.

Qin Hao and the others fled when hundreds of Purple Profound Crab Monsters erupted from the lake, led by an intelligent monster that commanded them to kill all humans. The monsters caught up with the fleeing groups, and two Endless Horizon Sect disciples died as Qin Hao headed toward Zhuge Hong's group.

• The lake erupted with waves, revealing hundreds of powerful Purple Profound Crab Monsters, and Mo Heyue and the others fled.
• Mu Ziqing explained that Purple Profound Crab Monsters were intelligent ancient beasts with diluted Ancient Divine Beast blood, while Qin Hao sensed that the strongest rivaled the true martial realm.
• The crab leader spoke and ordered the monsters to kill the humans, and the monsters pursued the fleeing groups at high speed.
• Zhuge Hong told the groups to split up, and Qin Hao led Mu Ziqing and Jian Changfeng toward the Myriad Phenomena Hall disciples.
• Two young Endless Horizon Sect disciples fell behind and were killed by the pursuing Purple Profound Crab Monsters.

Qin Hao escaped Lei Zhen’s ambush and the Purple Profound Crab Monsters by fleeing into the woods, where he healed his wounds before trying to reunite with the others. He reached the valley’s outskirts but found an enormous mound of earth blocking his way.

• Lei Zhen ambushed Qin Hao while the group fled, badly injuring his back before escaping into the woods.
• Qin Hao used his Wind-Rain Sword Domain to knock back one Purple Profound Crab Monster, and Zhuge Hong struck another with his staff to help him escape.
• Qin Hao ran into the woods as Zhuge Hong led Mu Ziqing, Jiang Yue, Guo Tao, and the others into the valley.
• Qin Hao hid in a tree, took Healing Pills, and used the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to heal his wounds.
• Qin Hao headed back toward the valley but found a towering mound of earth blocking the route between the woods and the valley.

Qin Hao discovered that the valley was a scar left by an ancient battle and began cultivating in the Dense Forest, suspecting that something there frightened the Purple Profound Crab Monsters. Meanwhile, Lei Zhen encountered Di Yuannan, who demanded the Darkbone Crystal Dragon Shuttle.

• Qin Hao recognized the enormous mound as lingering law power from a great battle and concluded he could not soon reunite with Zhuge Hong and the others.
• Qin Hao suspected a dangerous presence in the Dense Forest had kept the Purple Profound Crab Monsters from pursuing them, then began refining Red-Bi Phoenix Lotus petals with the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art.
• Qin Hao broke through to the middle stage of the Meridian Opening seventh layer while rapidly refining the lotus petals.
• Lei Zhen learned that Qin Hao had survived and continued through the woods, still intent on dealing with him.
• Di Yuannan and several Imperial Extremity Valley disciples confronted Lei Zhen, and Di Yuannan demanded that he hand over the Darkbone Crystal Dragon Shuttle or die.

Lei Zhen intimidated Di Yuannan and the Imperial Extremity Valley disciples with the threat of destroying the Darkbone Crystal Dragon Shuttle, then persuaded them to join him in hunting Qin Hao for his red-bi phoenix lotuses. Meanwhile, Qin Hao finished cultivating to the peak of the meridian opening eighth layer and set out to find heaven soul grass.

• Lei Zhen threatened to detonate the Darkbone Crystal Dragon Shuttle, preventing Di Yuannan and the Imperial Extremity Valley disciples from seizing it.
• Lei Zhen offered to help Di Yuannan kill Qin Hao and give him Qin Hao’s red-bi phoenix lotuses and other treasures.
• Di Yuannan accepted Lei Zhen’s proposal, and the group headed deeper into the woods to search for Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao finished refining two red-bi phoenix lotuses and advanced to the peak of the meridian opening eighth layer.
• Qin Hao resolved to find heaven soul grass so he could raise his martial soul’s grade and cultivate the Heaven and Earth Chapter.

Qin Hao learned that reaching a tenth-grade martial soul would let him cultivate the Heaven and Earth Chapter, which contained three eighth-grade divine abilities. He then followed nearby monster cries and discovered the Cloudwing Beast fighting a powerful Shadow Bear in the Nether Demon World.

• Qin Hao considered how the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art's third chapter contained the eighth-grade Heaven and Earth Divine Ability, with movement, offense, and defense forms.
• Qin Hao wondered about the mysteries of the Supreme Sword Tower and its higher floors.
• Qin Hao heard monsters fighting nearby and flew toward the sounds, hoping to find a treasure.
• Qin Hao spotted a Shadow Bear whose strength matched a True Martial Third Layer expert.
• Qin Hao recognized the Cloudwing Beast, whom he had met in the Ink Forest Mountains, battling the Shadow Bear and wondered how it had entered the Nether Demon World.

Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast fought together to kill a powerful tier three low-rank Shadow Bear. After the battle, they discovered three stalks of heaven soul grass beneath a rock behind the bear.

• The Shadow Bear wounded the Cloudwing Beast, but Qin Hao arrived and struck the bear, allowing the Cloudwing Beast to escape its grasp.
• Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast agreed to attack the Shadow Bear’s weak points together.
• Qin Hao used his Sword Heart realm to pierce the Shadow Bear’s defenses while the Cloudwing Beast attacked alongside him.
• Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast fought for an hour until the Shadow Bear collapsed and died.
• The Cloudwing Beast led Qin Hao to three stalks of heaven soul grass beneath a huge rock behind the Shadow Bear.

Qin Hao consumed three stalks of Heaven Soul Grass and raised his little sword martial soul from the seventh grade to the peak of the eighth. He set off with the Cloudwing Beast toward the Palace, while other groups also made for the same destination.

• The Cloudwing Beast gave Qin Hao three stalks of Heaven Soul Grass after defeating the Shadow Bear, and stood guard while he refined them.
• Qin Hao directed the Heaven Soul Grass's medicinal power into his little sword martial soul and advanced it to the eighth grade.
• After refining the third stalk, Qin Hao brought his martial soul to the peak of the eighth grade, close to reaching the ninth.
• Qin Hao collected the Shadow Bear's claws, then followed the Cloudwing Beast deeper into the woods toward the Palace.
• Zhuge Hong, Mu Ziqing, and their companions headed toward the Palace, as did Chen Jianqing, Ji Fenglan, Chu Xu, and the others.

Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast traveled through the Nether Demon World toward the Palace, discovering an active volcano in their path. A sudden disturbance spread across the entire world as its spatial barrier cracked, destruction poured in, and nine mysterious figures entered.

• Qin Hao learned that the Cloudwing Beast had awakened a spatial divine ability and continued traveling with it while avoiding powerful monsters and collecting spirit herbs.
• After several days, Qin Hao broke through to Meridian Opening Ninth Layer Early-Stage as the pair approached an enormous active volcano blocking their route to the Palace.
• Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast felt a sudden, ominous dread, which Zhuge Hong, Mu Ziqing, Di Yuannan, Lei Zhen, Chen Jianqing, Ji Fenglan, and the others also sensed.
• Space throughout the Nether Demon World trembled as cracks opened in the sky and spatial barrier, letting an aura of destruction and desolation pour inside.
• Nine figures descended through the crack into the Nether Demon World and vanished, shocking everyone who witnessed their arrival.

Qin Hao learned that nine mysterious people had entered the Nether Demon World and hurried toward the Palace, worried about Mu Ziqing and the others. Meanwhile, Lei Zhen led Di Yuannan and the Imperial Extremity Valley disciples toward Qin Hao, where a dangerous lava crossing ended in a fatality and a confrontation.

• Qin Hao saw nine mysterious people enter through a rift and continued toward the Palace with the Cloudwing Beast, hoping to reunite with Mu Ziqing and the others.
• Di Yuannan urged the Imperial Extremity Valley disciples to keep pursuing treasures, and Lei Zhen sensed the Darkbone Crystal Dragon Shuttle's aura and led the group toward Qin Hao.
• Lei Zhen crossed a lava-filled valley gap to reach the woods, and Di Yuannan followed with the disciples despite the danger.
• A lava eruption struck Junior Brother Liu, killing him as he tried to cross the gap.
• Di Yuannan blamed Lei Zhen for Junior Brother Liu's death, and Lei Zhen challenged him while summoning the Darkbone Crystal Dragon Shuttle.

Di Yuannan and Lei Zhen followed the Darkbone Crystal Dragon Shuttle’s aura in search of Qin Hao, while Mo Heyue entered the volcano behind them. Elsewhere, nine cultivators from the Sky Wolf Secret Realm arrived in the Nether Demon World and split into groups, with Shi Xiu leading his companions toward the distant palace in search of the Origin World Crystal.

• Lei Zhen told Di Yuannan that Qin Hao was responsible for Junior Brother Liu’s death, and Di Yuannan ordered him to lead the way toward Qin Hao.
• After Di Yuannan and Lei Zhen left the volcano, Mo Heyue arrived with four companions and crossed the magma field toward the forest.
• Nine powerful young cultivators were pulled from the collapsing Sky Wolf Secret Realm into the Nether Demon World, which they recognized as an unclaimed world secret realm.
• Shi Xiu claimed the Origin World Crystal for himself, threatened anyone who tried to take it, and made lewd remarks toward Ji Yue, Tang Huan, and Yu Jingyi.
• Shi Xiu departed with Shi Ye and Shi Jun toward the palace, while Lin Zhong, Zhuang Han, Huangfu Yi, Ji Yue, Tang Huan, and Yu Jingyi agreed to travel there together and gather spirit herbs.

Qin Hao discovered ordinary spirit milk at the active volcano and spotted liquefied spirit milk in its crater, prompting him to ride the Cloudwing Beast there despite the danger. Below, Di Yuannan, Lei Zhen, and their companions recognized Qin Hao and realized the tier three Cloudwing Beast made him harder to kill.

• Qin Hao noticed a heat-resistant stone turn into ordinary spirit milk after lava flowed over it.
• Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast flew high above the volcano, where Qin Hao spotted liquefied spirit milk in the crater.
• The Cloudwing Beast carried Qin Hao toward the crater while they dodged eruptions and drew the attention of nearby monsters.
• Di Yuannan, Lei Zhen, and their companions saw Qin Hao flying on the tier three Cloudwing Beast and worried about confronting him.
• Lei Zhen recalled the Cloudwing Beast from Clearheart Island and concluded it had helped Qin Hao survive Tian Zhongtian in the Ink Forest Mountains.

Di Yuannan risked crossing the erupting lava to investigate the crater, where Qin Hao found liquefied spirit milk and began cultivating with the Cloudwing Beast standing guard. As Qin Hao endured the pain of refining it, Mo Heyue arrived at the volcano having advanced to the first layer of the true martial realm.

• Di Yuannan headed toward the crater alone after he and Lei Zhen suspected Qin Hao had found a precious treasure, and he narrowly avoided the erupting lava.
• Qin Hao discovered a pool of liquefied spirit milk and asked the Cloudwing Beast to guard him while he cultivated.
• Qin Hao began refining the liquefied spirit milk to advance toward the mid-grade glazed body, enduring intense agony as his strength grew.
• Mo Heyue arrived at the volcano, and Lei Zhen recognized that he had broken through to the first layer of the true martial realm.

Mo Heyue and Di Yuannan reached the volcano’s crater and discovered Qin Hao refining a pool of liquefied spirit milk. As Mo Heyue fought the Cloudwing Beast and Di Yuannan moved to attack Qin Hao, Qin Hao completed a breakthrough and struck with a punch that made Di Yuannan sense mortal danger.

• Mo Heyue spotted the liquefied spirit milk and hurried toward the crater, hoping to use it to strengthen his body.
• Qin Hao continued refining the spirit milk as the bones in his hands transformed into glazed bone.
• Mo Heyue reached the crater first, and Di Yuannan arrived soon after and recognized the treasure Qin Hao was absorbing.
• Mo Heyue agreed to hold off the Cloudwing Beast while Di Yuannan attacked Qin Hao in exchange for half the spirit milk.
• Qin Hao opened his eyes, rose after breaking through, and threw a punch that filled Di Yuannan with a sense of danger.

Qin Hao’s newly strengthened glazed body let him cripple Di Yuannan with one punch, but Mo Heyue intervened and revealed a powerful puppet to turn the fight against Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast. The chapter ended with the battle divided between Qin Hao and Mo Heyue, while Di Yuannan and the Black-Robed Elder faced the beast.

• Qin Hao used the Nine Transformations of the Profound Dragon to catch Di Yuannan and fracture both his arms with one punch.
• Lei Zhen realized Qin Hao’s body refinement had reached the level of a True Martial Realm expert.
• Qin Hao prepared to finish Di Yuannan, but Mo Heyue stepped between them and challenged him to a fight.
• Mo Heyue threatened to kill Qin Hao and his companions, then summoned a True Martial third layer puppet and ordered Di Yuannan to help it hold off the Cloudwing Beast.
• Lei Zhen recognized the Black-Robed Elder as Tian Zhongtian, now a lifeless puppet.

Qin Hao fought Mo Heyue and wounded him with a strike powered by his sword heart, but the attack shattered the Blazing Sky Sword. He charged at Mo Heyue again, determined to end the battle before his opponent could respond.

• Mo Heyue revealed that Tian Zhongtian had been turned into a puppet and demanded that Qin Hao submit to him.
• Tian Zhongtian and Di Yuannan attacked the Cloudwing Beast, whose claws could not pierce the puppet’s defenses.
• Qin Hao attacked Mo Heyue with his fists, but Mo Heyue’s curved blade and astral qi turned aside his blows.
• Qin Hao drew the Blazing Sky Sword and struck Mo Heyue with sword-heart power, cracking both weapons and cutting Mo Heyue’s chest.
• Qin Hao put away the broken Blazing Sky Sword and charged at Mo Heyue again while the Cloudwing Beast, Tian Zhongtian, and Di Yuannan remained locked in battle.

Qin Hao battled Mo Heyue while the Cloudwing Beast fought the puppet Tian Zhongtian and Di Yuannan nearby. When erupting lava wounded the Cloudwing Beast and sent it falling into the crater, Qin Hao rushed to save it but was struck by Di Yuannan and watched it disappear beneath the lava.

• Mo Heyue revealed his tenth-grade martial soul and used its power to strengthen his defenses as Qin Hao battered him backward.
• Mo Heyue began preparing to use Blood Soul Sacrifice while the Cloudwing Beast struggled against the puppet Tian Zhongtian and Di Yuannan.
• An eruption of lava struck the Cloudwing Beast's right wing and sent it plummeting toward the crater.
• Qin Hao rushed to the crater to intercept the falling Cloudwing Beast, but Di Yuannan struck him from behind.
• The Cloudwing Beast fell into the lava and disappeared, leaving Qin Hao devastated.

After the Cloudwing Beast seemingly died in the lava, Qin Hao flew into a rage and attacked Di Yuannan, but Mo Heyue sent Tian Zhongtian to stop him. As Di Yuannan stole the remaining liquefied spirit milk, a terrifying presence rose from the crater, and Qin Hao sensed that Little One might still be alive.

• Di Yuannan and Mo Heyue celebrated the Cloudwing Beast’s apparent death, and Qin Hao erupted in grief and fury.
• Qin Hao charged Di Yuannan, but Tian Zhongtian blocked him, and they fought as Di Yuannan fled.
• Mo Heyue became eager to turn Qin Hao into a puppet, while Di Yuannan seized five jin of liquefied spirit milk.
• The volcano’s lava began to churn under a vast pressure, and Mo Heyue fled with Tian Zhongtian.
• Qin Hao sensed Little One’s aura rising from the crater and wondered if the Cloudwing Beast had survived.

A Golden Roc emerged from the volcano and revealed that the Cloudwing Beast was a descendant of the Undying Clan. After Mo Heyue escaped, the Roc condemned the people who had threatened the Cloudwing Beast and began killing them.

• Lei Zhen recognized the liquefied spirit milk Qin Hao had found, then a terrifying presence from the crater immobilized him and the other disciples.
• A Golden Roc rose from the magma with the Cloudwing Beast perched on its claw, and Qin Hao realized Little One had survived.
• The Golden Roc attacked Mo Heyue, who sacrificed Tian Zhongtian to block its force and escaped with a Teleportation Talisman.
• The Cloudwing Beast chirped to the Golden Roc, which declared that the humans who had threatened its descendant deserved to die.
• The Golden Roc killed the Crimson Blood Sect disciples without visibly moving, leaving Lei Zhen, Di Yuannan, and the others helpless with fear.

The Golden Roc killed Di Yuannan, Lei Zhen, and the other humans after learning Qin Hao was the Cloudwing Beast’s brother rather than its master. He revealed the Cloudwing Beast’s Nether Demon Lord lineage and explained that the Nether Demon World’s hidden Origin World Crystal controlled the realm, before noticing a dense destruction aura.

• The Golden Roc questioned Qin Hao and spared him after the Cloudwing Beast showed they were brothers, then killed Di Yuannan and the others.
• Qin Hao recognized Lei Zhen’s role in the hunt, and the Golden Roc’s power killed Lei Zhen and his companions.
• Qin Hao gained further insight into the Way of Time as he reflected on the dead cultivators.
• The Golden Roc revealed that the Cloudwing Beast carried the bloodline of the Nether Demon Lord, his former master, who had died fighting a powerful foe.
• The Golden Roc explained that the Origin World Crystal controlled the Nether Demon World, but its location and form were impossible to sense.
• The Golden Roc noticed a dense aura of destruction in the Nether Demon World.

Qin Hao learned that a collapsing world secret realm threatened to destroy the Nether Demon World and that the Cloudwing Beast could claim the Undying Phoenix inheritance at the Nether Demon Palace. As Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast hurried there, Mo Heyue escaped the Golden Roc Great Demon and wondered why it had spared the Cloudwing Beast.

• The Golden Roc Great Demon explained that a collapsing world secret realm had opened a rift into the Nether Demon World, which could succumb to destructive qi within six months to ten years.
• The Golden Roc Great Demon told the Cloudwing Beast that it could inherit the Undying Phoenix legacy and directed Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast to the Nether Demon Palace, where they could also search for the Nether Demon Lord's treasures.
• Qin Hao collected the Storage Spirit Rings from Di Yuannan, Lei Zhen, and the fallen disciples before the Golden Roc Great Demon sent him and the Cloudwing Beast away from the Volcano.
• The Golden Roc Great Demon watched the Nether Demon Palace and said that the humans might be their only chance to leave the Nether Demon World, then plunged into the Volcano's crater.
• Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast raced toward the Nether Demon Palace, while Mo Heyue escaped to the Rubble Forest with a Teleportation Talisman and questioned why the Golden Roc Great Demon had spared the Cloudwing Beast.

Mo Heyue brooded over Qin Hao’s apparent survival and planned to force Qi Lei to help him search for Origin World Crystals, but three powerful newcomers from Primordial City ambushed him. After Shi Xiu and Shi Jun beat him into submission, Mo Heyue explained where he came from and what he knew about the Nether Demon World.

• Mo Heyue concluded that Qin Hao had likely survived the Golden Roc Great Demon and cursed his rotten luck.
• Mo Heyue decided to recruit others by force, naming Qi Lei as his first target, then sat down to recover with a pill.
• Shi Xiu, Shi Ye, and Shi Jun approached Mo Heyue and questioned him about his origins and the Origin World Crystals.
• Shi Xiu slapped Mo Heyue, and Shi Jun beat him until he recognized their mastery of the everlasting realm.
• Mo Heyue submitted to the three young men and told them he came from the Great Scarlet Reach and was in the Nether Demon World, within the Southern Reach.

Shi Xiu forced Mo Heyue to reveal what he knew and set out for the Nether Demon Palace, while Qin Hao broke through to a ninth-grade martial soul and raced there with the Cloudwing Beast. After they crossed a dangerous swamp, an Elder Giant Crocodile recognized the Cloudwing Beast’s Phoenix Bloodline and hoped they could help it escape the Nether Demon World.

• Shi Xiu beat Mo Heyue into revealing the Golden Roc Great Demon, Qin Hao, and the Southern Reach group, then ordered him to help find the Origin World Crystal.
• Mo Heyue told Shi Xiu that the Southern Reach group was heading to the Nether Demon Palace, and Shi Xiu led his companions there.
• Qin Hao refined Heaven Soul Grass, advanced his martial soul to the ninth grade, and set off for the palace with the Cloudwing Beast.
• Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast skirted a swamp filled with ancient crocodile demons rather than risk a fight.
• An Elder Giant Crocodile sensed the Cloudwing Beast’s Phoenix Bloodline and hoped the pair could help it escape the Nether Demon World.

Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast found a field of rare spirit herbs before nearing the Nether Demon Palace, where Qin Hao learned that nine Otherworldly Prodigies had cornered the Southern Reach disciples and rushed to help. He arrived within sight of the battle, recognizing Chen Jianqing's Sword Qi and Zhuge Hong's staff as the fighting continued.

• Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast discovered and harvested the spirit herbs in a small medicine field.
• After three days of travel, Qin Hao met Jiang Kun and two other fleeing disciples in the rubble forest near the Nether Demon Palace.
• Jiang Kun told Qin Hao that nine Otherworldly Prodigies were at the mountain's foot seeking the Origin World Crystal and enslaving people to search for treasures.
• Qin Hao learned that Chen Jianqing, Zhuge Hong, Chu Xu, Ji Fenglan, and the others were surrounded, and that Mo Heyue was helping the Otherworldly Prodigies.
• Qin Hao hurried to the mountain's foot and heard the battle before spotting Chen Jianqing's Sword Qi and Zhuge Hong's silver staff in the distance.

Qin Hao arrived at the Nether Demon Palace and intervened as Shi Ye overpowered the Southern Reach prodigies. He matched Shi Ye’s punch, leaving the crowd stunned and drawing the attention of the otherworldly prodigies.

• Qin Hao reached the Nether Demon Palace and saw Chen Jianqing, Zhuge Hong, Ji Fenglan, and Chu Xu fighting the Otherworldly Prodigies.
• Shi Ye struck Ji Fenglan and Chu Xu, injuring them, while Chen Jianqing and Zhuge Hong struggled against Shi Xiu.
• Qin Hao rushed in and blocked Shi Ye’s punch with his own, forcing both fighters to retreat.
• The gathered disciples recognized Qin Hao, and Mu Ziqing greeted his arrival with relief.
• Mo Heyue grew resentful at Qin Hao’s appearance, while Huangfu Yi and Lin Zhong remarked on his strength.