Recaps

Mu Ziqing learned that Qin Hao had supposedly died in Cloud Lake and refused to believe he would not return. Meanwhile, pursued deep into Cloud Lake, Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun followed the Bronze Tiger Tally after it responded to a mysterious summons.

• Mu Ziqing received news from the Heavenly Martial Ancestor that Qin Hao had fallen into Cloud Lake, but insisted he would survive and return to her.
• The Yun Family was wiped out, and Divine Lord Redcloud and the Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord restored order in the Cloud Lake Star Region.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun fled deeper into Cloud Lake as the Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Great Commander Hai Dong, the Stone Venerable, and more than twenty Ancestral Gods pursued them.
• Qin Hao sensed that Cloud Lake's destructive power resembled the power within the Bronze Tiger Tally as the danger grew deeper in the lake.
• The Bronze Tiger Tally vibrated, broke free from Qin Hao's grasp, and flew northeast after responding to a mysterious summons.
• Unable to find their way out and still pursued, Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun followed the Bronze Tiger Tally into the depths of Cloud Lake.

Qin Hao fled deeper into Cloud Lake with Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Stone Venerable, Great Commander Hai Dong, and the other Ancestral Gods pursuing him. The chase ended near a vast island surrounded by lethal Turbid Baleful Qi, which Heavenly Cloud True Lord recognized as the sign of a great opportunity.

• Great Commander Hai Dong realized the mist had hidden the way out, while Heavenly Cloud True Lord grew furious over the time lost and the likely destruction of the Yun Family.
• Qin Hao changed direction, and Stone Venerable, Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Great Commander Hai Dong, and more than twenty Ancestral Gods followed without attacking because the dense power of destruction made combat dangerous.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord spotted Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun ahead, then saw the enormous island surrounded by destructive energy and baleful qi.
• Great Commander Hai Dong, Stone Venerable, Yun Muzhou, Yun Xiao, True Person Wu Zhu, and the others identified the substance around the island as Turbid Baleful Qi.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord realized the Turbid Baleful Qi might conceal rare treasures and felt overjoyed by the prospect of an opportunity.

Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun discovered Lakeheart Island, a vast island surrounded by deadly turbid baleful qi, while Heavenly Cloud True Lord and the others pursued them. Qin Hao entered the island to escape, and after the qi destroyed Heavenly Cloud True Lord’s attack, the True Lord charged in after him.

• Heavenly Cloud True Lord spotted the turbid baleful qi and decided to kill Qin Hao before exploring the island.
• Qin Hao identified the immense island as Lakeheart Island, while the Bronze Tiger Tally pulled strongly toward it.
• Pang Qingyun warned Qin Hao that turbid baleful qi was extremely dangerous and urged him to enter the island to escape their pursuers.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord attacked Qin Hao as he crossed the island’s perimeter, but a burst of turbid baleful qi destroyed the True Lord’s claw.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord severed his connection to the claw and then charged into the turbid baleful qi after Qin Hao.

Qin Hao crossed the dangerous region of turbid baleful qi toward Lakeheart Island while the others entered after him. After Pang Qingyun was swept away by white mist and Yun Guan died, Qin Hao spotted Yun Muzhou and moved closer, hoping to kill him.

• Heavenly Cloud True Lord, the Yun Family Ancestral Gods, Stone Venerable, True Person Wu Zhu, Flame Dragon Demon Venerable, Phantom Baleful Poisoness, and Great Commander Hai Dong entered the region of turbid baleful qi.
• Qin Hao narrowly dodged a pillar of turbid baleful qi, then watched white mist envelop Pang Qingyun and transport him away.
• Qin Hao continued toward Lakeheart Island, using heaven and earth rule power to detect attacks as the turbid baleful qi grew more frequent.
• Qin Hao heard Yun Guan die and recognized Yun Muzhou's voice nearby, then decided to use the scattered group to try to kill him.
• About an hour later, Qin Hao spotted three indistinct figures cautiously moving through the region.

Qin Hao ambushed and killed Yun Ni while the Yun Family group struggled through the turbid baleful qi. He turned his attack on Yun Cheng, who fled toward Yun Muzhou just as a pillar of turbid baleful qi appeared in his path.

• Qin Hao approached Yun Ni while Yun Muzhou, Yun Cheng, and Yun Ni dodged the turbid baleful qi.
• Qin Hao struck Yun Ni from behind when two pillars of turbid baleful qi forced him to evade.
• Yun Ni was cleaved in two by Qin Hao's sword and then swept away by turbid baleful qi.
• Qin Hao attacked Yun Cheng, who panicked and rushed toward Yun Muzhou.
• Qin Hao pursued Yun Cheng as a pillar of turbid baleful qi appeared directly ahead of him.

Qin Hao fought Yun Muzhou and Yun Cheng amid the Turbid Baleful Qi, then fled as the deadly pillars grew denser. After three months of evading them, he reached Lakeheart Island, where he looked back on the perilous crossing.

• The Turbid Baleful Qi killed Yun Cheng before Qin Hao's sword could reach him, and Qin Hao severed Yun Muzhou's arm while the pillars trapped him.
• As the Turbid Baleful Qi grew denser and Yun Xiao approached, Qin Hao abandoned his attempt to kill Yun Muzhou and flew toward Lakeheart Island.
• Qin Hao evaded or diverted the deadly pillars as he advanced, while losing track of Pang Qingyun and encountering none of the other powerful figures.
• After three months of struggling through the Turbid Baleful Qi, Qin Hao crossed into the air above Lakeheart Island and saw the dense streams behind him.

Qin Hao reached Lakeheart Island, where the Bronze Tiger Tally drew him toward a perilous Mountain Range and its wind caves. As other survivors emerged from the baleful qi, they too sensed the danger and scattered across the island, while Qin Hao went to inspect a stone statue.

• Qin Hao found himself alone on Lakeheart Island, sensed the Bronze Tiger Tally being summoned by the Mountain Range, and descended into a forest to avoid Heavenly Cloud True Lord and the others.
• Qin Hao spotted a carefully carved stone statue in a Thicket and flew toward it, hoping it might reveal clues about the island.
• Great Commander Hai Dong emerged from the turbid baleful qi, recognized the Mountain Range and wind caves, and cautiously set off to find Qin Hao before leaving.
• Stone Venerable and Heavenly Cloud True Lord reached Lakeheart Island, sensed the danger around the Mountain Range, and headed elsewhere.
• Yun Muzhou, Yun Xiao, Yun Lie, Yun Yang, and several Yun Family Ancestral Gods emerged over the next few days, while many others had perished in the baleful qi.
• True Person Wu Zhu, Flame Dragon Demon Venerable, and Phantom Baleful Poisoness emerged together and headed into Lakeheart Island.

Qin Hao discovered Ancestor Di Yan’s jade slip, which revealed that Lakeheart Island’s Central Mountain Range was an Ancient Demon guarding an Ancient Era cultivator’s legacy. After Qin Hao approached a giant wolf statue, it came to life and attacked him, leaving him facing the powerful creature.

• Qin Hao found Ancestor Di Yan’s jade slip beneath a skeleton and learned that a Dao-Origin Divine Lord had cultivated on Lakeheart Island.
• Ancestor Di Yan’s message identified the Central Mountain Range as an Ancient Demon and warned Qin Hao that the island’s stone statues could awaken and attack.
• Qin Hao discovered the Storage Star Ring Ancestor Di Yan had left beneath his bones and took its treasures.
• The giant wolf statue awakened behind Qin Hao and struck at him, but he blocked the attack with the Supreme Sword Tower and was hurled through the forest.
• Qin Hao steadied himself with the Heavenly Abyss Sword, Primordial Feathered Wings, and Supreme Sword Tower as the living stone wolf charged at him.

Qin Hao fought the giant wolf sculpture awakened in the Central Mountain Range, using his speed and weapons to break it apart after discovering its defenses were weak. With the sculpture finally shattered, he realized that the Central Mountain Range itself was an Ancient Demon.

• The giant wolf sculpture shattered Qin Hao’s Two-Yi Wheel and repeatedly attacked, forcing him to evade with the Primordial Feathered Wings.
• Qin Hao slowed the sculpture with more Two-Yi Wheels and attacked with the Heavenly Abyss Sword and Supreme Sword Tower’s hilt.
• The sculpture struck the Supreme Sword Tower’s hilt, giving Qin Hao an opening to smash its head with the Heavenly Abyss Sword.
• The headless sculpture continued attacking, so Qin Hao kept evading and slashing until he shattered its limbs and torso.
• Qin Hao looked toward the Central Mountain Range and realized it was an Ancient Demon.

Qin Hao killed Phantom Baleful Poisoness after True Person Wu Zhu and Flame Dragon Demon Venerable ambushed him, then prepared to face them. Stone Venerable suddenly attacked and demanded that Qin Hao surrender the Primordial Feathered Wings and Supreme Sword Tower.

• True Person Wu Zhu, Flame Dragon Demon Venerable, and Phantom Baleful Poisoness found Qin Hao and demanded his treasures.
• Qin Hao evaded their attacks with the Primordial Feathered Wings and broke through Phantom Baleful Poisoness's illusory realms.
• Qin Hao killed Phantom Baleful Poisoness with a single strike of the Heavenly Abyss Sword.
• Qin Hao turned toward True Person Wu Zhu and Flame Dragon Demon Venerable, but Stone Venerable struck him with an enormous punch and ordered him to surrender.

Qin Hao fled Stone Venerable and the others by heading for the Central Mountain Range, where an ancient demon lay dormant. When the demon did not stir, Qin Hao flew toward two wind caves, hoping to awaken it with the Bronze Tiger Tally.

• Qin Hao struck Stone Venerable with the Supreme Sword Tower hilt and Heavenly Abyss Sword, but Stone Venerable’s glazed body withstood his attacks.
• Qin Hao escaped toward the Central Mountain Range, and Stone Venerable pursued him with True Person Wu Zhu and Flame Dragon Demon Venerable.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord and the remaining Yun Family Ancestral Gods chased Qin Hao, while Great Commander Hai Dong stayed back out of fear of the ancient demon.
• Qin Hao reached the Central Mountain Range, but the ancient demon remained asleep.
• Qin Hao flew toward the two wind caves, intending to approach the ancient demon and use the Bronze Tiger Tally to awaken it.

Qin Hao raced to awaken the Ancient Demon because Heavenly Cloud True Lord and the others were closing in to kill him. The Ancient Demon awoke, protected Qin Hao, and prepared to end the pursuit as it revealed that it had been watching them all along.

• Qin Hao flew toward the Ancient Demon's head while Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Stone Venerable, True Person Wu Zhu, and Flame Dragon Demon Venerable attacked him.
• Yun Muzhou and the others sent attacks ahead of Qin Hao to block his path, while Great Commander Hai Dong stayed back.
• As the attacks neared Qin Hao, the Ancient Demon raised its head and redirected a torrent of Turbid Baleful Qi around him.
• The Ancient Demon's Turbid Baleful Qi erased the pursuers' attacks, and the Ancient Demon rose into a cross-legged sitting position.
• The Ancient Demon addressed the eighteen people on Lakeheart Island and revealed that it had watched the seventeen pursuers hunt Qin Hao, but would now end their pursuit under its master's orders.

The Ancient Demon awakened on Lakeheart Island and transported Qin Hao and seventeen others to meet him. Calling himself Eugene, he offered them a chance to obtain his master's legacy, while Qin Hao wondered where Pang Qingyun and Divine Lord Longqi were.

• Eugene awakened, and his immense power shook Lakeheart Island as everyone watched in fear.
• Eugene transported Qin Hao, Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Great Commander Hai Dong, and fourteen others to the center of the island.
• Eugene appeared as a pale young man, recognized Hai Dong as an outer realm demon spirit, and introduced himself as Senior Eugene.
• Eugene said the group had earned the chance to approach his master's legacy by giving him a show to watch.
• Qin Hao recalled the deadly stone statues and wondered where Pang Qingyun and Divine Lord Longqi were.
• Eugene announced that he would give the group an opportunity to obtain his master's legacy.

Yin-Yang Youth Eugene revealed that his master, Profound Cultivation Great Venerable, had left an inheritance in Cloud Lake and explained that anyone seeking it must survive a deadly challenge. The trial began as a powerful Humanoid Demon appeared in the arena, leaving Great Commander Hai Dong horrified.

• A Yun Family Five-Star Ancestral God interrupted Eugene to ask about the inheritance, and Eugene killed him instantly for interrupting.
• Eugene named his master as Profound Cultivation Great Venerable and said the master had created Cloud Lake while cultivating there.
• Eugene explained that seekers had to defeat the opponents Profound Cultivation Great Venerable had arranged, or die if they failed.
• Eugene summoned a vast arena surrounded by dense turbid baleful qi, and a powerful Humanoid Demon appeared inside it.
• Great Commander Hai Dong recognized the Humanoid Demon as a Demon Fiend and cried out in horror.

The contenders learned that Profound Cultivation Great Venerable’s inheritance required them to kill a powerful Demon Fiend, and Eugene forced Heavenly Cloud True Lord to face it first. Heavenly Cloud True Lord entered the arena and was immediately overwhelmed, leaving his survival uncertain.

• Great Commander Hai Dong identified the Humanoid Demon as a Demon Fiend, and Eugene explained that killing it was the way to reach his master’s inheritance.
• When no one volunteered, Eugene selected Heavenly Cloud True Lord to fight first and threatened him with death if he refused.
• As Heavenly Cloud True Lord approached, the Demon Fiend’s power rose to at least the Half-Step Divine Lord level, terrifying the onlookers.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord entered the arena, resolved to stake everything for a chance at the inheritance, and the Demon Fiend lunged at him.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord struck the Demon Fiend and tried to retreat, but it seized his right hand and pulled him back toward its attack.

Heavenly Cloud True Lord fought the corrosive, immensely powerful Humanoid Demon Fiend while Qin Hao observed and identified that the fiend was rapidly consuming its Demonic Qi. Though the fiend’s power began to fade, Heavenly Cloud True Lord was gravely wounded and nearly out of power, and he prepared to stake his life on one final attack.

• Qin Hao judged that the Humanoid Demon Fiend was too fast and corrosive to face head-on, while the others feared they could not match it.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord struck the fiend with his Chaos Spirit Treasure saber, but the fiend’s Demonic Qi corroded both the saber and his hand.
• Yin-Yang Youth Eugene promised the fiend freedom if it killed Heavenly Cloud True Lord, prompting it to attack again.
• Qin Hao noticed the fiend’s Demonic Qi thinning and realized that surviving its early attacks could exhaust its strength.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord recognized that the fiend had consumed much of its Demonic Qi, but, gravely wounded and nearly out of power himself, resolved to risk everything in one more attack.

Heavenly Cloud True Lord fought the Humanoid Demon Fiend and broke through to the Azure Thunder True Meaning Embryo stage at the brink of death, allowing him to defeat his opponent. He survived the battle and prepared to receive Profound Cultivation Venerable’s inheritance.

• Heavenly Cloud True Lord launched Azure Thunder Miasma, punching a hole through the Humanoid Demon Fiend and leaving himself exhausted.
• The Humanoid Demon Fiend charged through the lightning and tore into Heavenly Cloud True Lord, who could not evade.
• As Heavenly Cloud True Lord fought for his life, he broke through and formed an Azure Thunder True Meaning Embryo.
• The strengthened lightning sphere overwhelmed the Humanoid Demon Fiend, who collapsed and died.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord realized he had passed Profound Cultivation Venerable’s trial and could receive the inheritance.

Heavenly Cloud True Lord defeated a Half-Step Divine Lord Humanoid Demon Fiend and was sent to the Golden Profound Tower to receive the inheritance. Eugene then chose Yun Lie, whose weaker opponent still killed him within a few exchanges, leaving Qin Hao wary of the trial.

• Heavenly Cloud True Lord advanced his Azure Thunder Miasma into an Azure Thunder True Meaning Embryo and killed the Humanoid Demon Fiend.
• Eugene sent Heavenly Cloud True Lord to the Golden Profound Tower to receive the inheritance for a hundred epochs.
• Eugene randomly chose Yun Lie as the next contestant and transported him to the arena.
• Yun Lie faced a seven-star early-stage Demon Fiend, a weaker opponent than Heavenly Cloud True Lord had faced because Yun Lie's cultivation was lower.
• The Demon Fiend tore Yun Lie apart after only a few exchanges, and Qin Hao realized that the trial remained deadly even against weaker opponents.

Yin-Yang Youth Eugene sent Yun Family Ancestral Gods into the void arena, where demon fiends killed three of them in succession. When Qin Hao was selected, Yun Muzhou urged Eugene to raise the challenge, and Eugene boosted the demon fiend’s strength to the six-star peak.

• Eugene sent another Yun Family Five-Star Middle-Stage Ancestral God into the arena, where a Six-Star Middle-Stage demon fiend killed him instantly.
• Eugene chose a fifth challenger, and another Yun Family Ancestral God died after briefly blocking the demon fiend’s attack.
• Eugene sent Qin Hao into the arena, where a Six-Star Early-Stage demon fiend awaited him.
• Great Commander Hai Dong and Yun Muzhou told Eugene that Qin Hao’s combat strength exceeded his cultivation, and Yun Muzhou asked him to make the trial harder.
• Eugene declared that his word was law and raised the demon fiend’s strength to the six-star peak.

Eugene raised the Humanoid Demon Fiend’s strength to peak six-star, forcing Qin Hao into a deadly fight. Qin Hao used the Primordial Feathered Wings to outpace the fiend and wound it, but the fiend then multiplied into thirty-two peak six-star copies.

• Yun Muzhou and Great Commander Hai Dong welcomed Eugene’s decision to strengthen the Humanoid Demon Fiend to peak six-star, while Qin Hao prepared to fight for his life.
• The Humanoid Demon Fiend lunged at Qin Hao, but Qin Hao used the Primordial Feathered Wings to evade it and counterattacked with the Heaven-Burning Sword.
• Great Commander Hai Dong accused Qin Hao of cheating with his wings, but Eugene said treasures were part of a fighter’s strength.
• Eugene recognized Qin Hao’s wings as a broken Dao Divine Weapon, while Bald Stone Venerable resolved to reclaim the wings and the Supreme Sword Tower.
• Qin Hao wounded the Humanoid Demon Fiend and weakened its demonic qi, but the fiend split into thirty-two copies, each with peak six-star strength.

Qin Hao survived the Humanoid Demon Fiend’s attack after it split into thirty-six, then exploited their reduced speed and strength to destroy them with the Heavenly Abyss Sword and Supreme Sword Tower. He won the arena battle, leaving the spectators stunned.

• The Humanoid Demon Fiend split into thirty-six, and all of them attacked Qin Hao at once.
• Qin Hao retreated with his Primordial Feathered Wings, but several Demon Fiends struck him and sent him flying toward the edge of the arena.
• Qin Hao regained control of himself, noticed the split Demon Fiends had weakened and slowed down, and attacked with the Heavenly Abyss Sword.
• Qin Hao’s Heavenly Abyss Sword and Supreme Sword Tower cut down all thirty-six Demon Fiends, and the original Demon Fiend died after lamenting that splitting apart had cost him the battle.
• Qin Hao remained alone in the arena as the shocked spectators watched him win.

Qin Hao defeated thirty-six Demon Fiends and entered the Golden Profound Tower to receive the Profound Cultivation Great Venerable’s inheritance. He learned he had one hundred epochs to comprehend all ninety-nine floors and began exploring the first floor as his Self-Void World activated.

• Qin Hao slew all thirty-six Demon Fiends, stunning Yun Muzhou, Great Commander Hai Dong, True Person Wu Zhu, and the others.
• Eugene praised Qin Hao and promised him an additional boon if he completed the inheritance within one hundred epochs.
• Eugene sent Qin Hao to the Golden Profound Tower and then sent True Person Wu Zhu to face a five-star Ancestral God Demon Fiend.
• Eugene warned Qin Hao that he had to emerge from the tower’s ninety-ninth floor within one hundred epochs or die, and promised to take him to a coveted opportunity if he survived.
• Qin Hao noticed the Heavenly Cloud True Lord comprehending the mysteries on the fifth floor, then entered the first floor, where his Self-Void World activated on its own.

Qin Hao entered the Golden Profound Tower and chose to focus on the destruction Sword Dao, with the Void World Sword Dao as a secondary path. After comprehending the First Floor’s destruction mysteries, he found a staircase to the Second Floor and continued upward.

• Qin Hao discovered that the Golden Profound Tower made countless Heaven and Earth Mysteries manifest as specks of light, each containing distinct attributes and inheritances.
• Qin Hao chose to cultivate the destruction Sword Dao as his main path and the Void World Sword Dao as a supplement, and the tower brought destruction mysteries before him.
• Qin Hao immersed himself in comprehending the destruction mysteries while Heavenly Cloud True Lord spotted him from the Fifth Floor and resolved to kill him and reclaim the Spirit Crystal after leaving the tower.
• Qin Hao comprehended the First Floor’s destruction mysteries to a certain degree, causing a staircase to appear, and he stepped onto it to reach the Second Floor.

Qin Hao and the other survivors cultivated in the Golden Profound Tower, progressing through the legacies left by the Profound Cultivation Great Venerable. Qin Hao created a low-rank perfect secret art and advanced to the tenth floor, leaving the Heavenly Cloud True Lord stunned at his speed.

• The Bald Stone Venerable, Yun Muzhou, Great Commander Hai Dong, True Person Wu Zhu, a Yun Family ancestral god, and Yun Yang entered the tower after passing the Demon Fiend's trial, while no more survivors arrived.
• Qin Hao suspected that the Bronze Tiger Tally had prompted Ancient Demon Eugene to save him, then set aside the question and continued comprehending the Destruction Sword Dao legacy.
• Qin Hao created several destruction-attribute top-tier peak secret arts and advanced to the fifth floor, while the Heavenly Cloud True Lord reached the ninth floor ahead of him.
• Qin Hao reached the ninth floor and realized he needed to create a low-rank perfect secret art to proceed to the tenth.
• After half a month, Qin Hao created the secret art and entered the tenth floor, shocking the Heavenly Cloud True Lord, who had not yet created his own.

Qin Hao advanced through the Golden Profound Tower by creating secret arts from several sword daos, while the others steadily climbed behind him. After reaching the Fortieth Floor, True Person Wu Zhu saw that Qin Hao had already left the Sixty-Third Floor and felt jealous of his talent.

• Qin Hao passed the Nineteenth Floor, then changed his approach on the Twenty-Fourth Floor and created the Sword of Nothingness from the Void World Sword Dao.
• Over the following epochs, Qin Hao mastered the life force, Light, Darkness, and time sword daos, while the others continued climbing the tower.
• After forty-seven epochs, True Person Wu Zhu reached the Fortieth Floor and found his combat strength had grown enough to challenge a Peak Six-Star Ancestral God.
• True Person Wu Zhu compared the climbers' progress and saw that Stone Venerable had reached the Fifty-Second Floor, Great Commander Hai Dong the Fifty-Third, and Heavenly Cloud True Lord the Fifty-Ninth.
• True Person Wu Zhu looked for Qin Hao on the Sixty-Third Floor, found him gone, and felt jealous as the gap between them widened.