Recaps

The Prison-Suppressing Demon King granted Great Commander Qiyue access to a Demon Well and ordered him to kill Qin Hao afterward. Qin Hao, Yun Chang, and Pang Qingyun returned to the Qiankun Continent, while a furious Divine Lord’s outburst shook a palace on the neighboring Golden Palace Continent.

• The Prison-Suppressing Demon King offered Great Commander Qiyue a chance to cultivate in a Demon Well and possibly advance to Demon King.
• The Prison-Suppressing Demon King ordered Great Commander Qiyue to kill Qin Hao after his visit to the Demon Well, and Qiyue agreed.
• Great Commander Qiyue sent Blood Leech Divine Lord a message blaming Qin Hao for True Lord Cold Crow’s death and the deaths of other commanders, then destroyed the Message Jade Slip.
• Qin Hao, Yun Chang, and Pang Qingyun arrived outside the Qiankun Continent, and Yun Chang spoke of returning to Star Sea Heaven and Earth someday.
• A furious Divine Lord shouted Han’er’s name inside a palace on the Golden Palace Continent, and his pressure silenced the mountain.

Blood Leech Divine Lord learned that his only son, True Lord Cold Crow, had died and discovered Qin Hao was responsible. After hearing Qin Hao had returned from Cloud Lake and was assigned to the Netherworld Battlefield, he focused his fury on the Sword Martial Lord.

• Blood Leech Divine Lord summoned his armored soldiers and killed two of them with a glance when they entered his ruined palace.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord demanded to know who Qin Hao was and explained that True Lord Cold Crow’s life soul had shattered.
• A Half-Step Divine Lord soldier identified Qin Hao as the Qiankun Sect’s Sword Martial Lord and recounted his rise and return from Cloud Lake.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord recognized the significance of Qin Hao’s return from Cloud Lake and concluded that Qin Hao had killed his son.
• The four surviving soldiers realized the scale of Qin Hao’s strength and feared that Blood Leech Divine Lord would seek revenge.

Blood Leech Divine Lord learned that Qin Hao had returned to Qiankun Continent, where the Heavenly Palace could protect him, and resolved to wait for a chance to take revenge. He ordered the Yan Family Intelligence Network to watch Qin Hao and alert him when Qin Hao left the continent.

• Blood Leech Divine Lord killed four Half-Step Divine Lord armored soldiers while demanding Qin Hao's whereabouts.
• Two remaining soldiers reported that Qin Hao was on Qiankun Continent, and Blood Leech Divine Lord killed them when they hesitated to go after him.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord decided he could not attack Qin Hao on Qiankun Continent and would wait until Qin Hao left.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord ordered two guards to keep Qin Hao under surveillance and notify him when Qin Hao left Qiankun Continent.

Qin Hao returned to Dragon Marquis City, reunited with Mu Ziqing, and attended a banquet celebrating his return. The Star Sea Clan’s members greeted him as their Clan Chief, leaving Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing stunned.

• Qin Hao sensed a Three-Star Ancestral God watching him and Yun Chang and Pang Qingyun, but chose not to pursue the man.
• Yun Chang hurried into Dragon Marquis City to see Jiang Yingying and Yun Meng, while Pang Qingyun left to explore and asked Qin Hao to take him to the Ancient Heavensea Ruins.
• Qin Hao found Mu Ziqing in the Sword Martial Palace and embraced her before they spent time alone together.
• The Star Sea Clan held a banquet attended by tens of thousands of True Gods, who eagerly awaited Qin Hao’s arrival.
• Qin Hao appeared at the banquet with Mu Ziqing, and the gathered Star Sea Clan members knelt and greeted him as their Clan Chief, surprising them both.

After becoming chief of the Star Sea Clan, Qin Hao accepted responsibility for protecting the clan and strengthening it, then began planning his next steps toward greater power and origin world reconstruction. The chapter left him immersed in Dao Lord Zhǐtiān's cultivation insights.

• Qin Hao accepted his role as Star Sea Clan chief and resolved to protect the clan and help it grow stronger.
• At the banquet, Qin Hao and Yun Chang guided younger Star Sea True Gods, helping several advance and two become Eternal True Gods.
• Qin Hao entered the Cultivation Chamber and planned to study Dao Lord Zhǐtiān's insights and improve the Heavenly Derivation Book.
• Qin Hao considered creating three Pseudo-Mid-Rank Perfect Secret Arts to raise his strength, then began studying the void true meaning notes in the jade slip.

Qin Hao spent epochs cultivating void true meaning, the Heavenly Derivation Book, and his combat power, reaching a ten-zhang void space before hitting a bottleneck. He then began designing a Pseudo-Mid-Rank Perfect Secret Art for his destruction Sword Dao True Meaning Embryo, but his first attempt lacked destructive power.

• Qin Hao studied Dao Lord Zhǐtiān's insights and cultivated for seven hundred thousand years, advancing to the late stage of Seven Stars.
• After an epoch of cultivation, Qin Hao expanded his void space to three zhang and realized he could use it to imprison and kill True Lord Cold Crow.
• Over two more epochs, Qin Hao expanded his void space to ten zhang, reached a limit, and concluded that only elevating his embryo into genuine void true meaning could improve it further.
• Qin Hao reached the Perfection Realm of Seven Stars and used the Heavenly Derivation Book's Two-Yi layer to command the Qiankun Continent's heaven and earth rule power.
• Qin Hao began creating a Pseudo-Mid-Rank Perfect Secret Art for his destruction Sword Dao True Meaning Embryo, then recognized that his first sword slash was too weak because it contained no destructive qi.

Qin Hao emerged from five epochs of secluded cultivation after reaching seven-star peak, then watched Jiang Yu fight in Dragon Marquis City’s sovereign tournament. Jiang Yu’s sword art inspired Qin Hao to rethink how to create a secret art from the Destruction Sword Dao True Meaning Embryo, and he resumed his deductions with a new insight.

• Qin Hao spent three epochs trying to combine destructive qi and sword dao into a secret art, while his cultivation advanced to seven-star peak without him noticing.
• Qin Hao realized he had spent five epochs in secluded cultivation and had developed signs of demonic transformation from obsessing over his deductions, so he left to take a break.
• Qin Hao sensed controlled fighting at the Southern Frontier Battlefield and discovered a sovereign martial competition underway in Dragon Marquis City.
• Qin Hao watched Jiang Yu’s sword art turn the battle against Luo Yunfeng and recognized its resemblance to the Nine Swords of the Azure Lotus.
• Qin Hao concluded that a sword could embody both life and annihilation, realized he had pursued the fusion in the wrong direction, and began deducing again.

Qin Hao gained insight into the destruction sword dao while watching the Star Sea Genius Tournament, then tested an ordinary-looking sword strike in his self-void world. Yun Chang witnessed the strike and was horrified by the destruction it contained.

• Qin Hao arrived above Dragon Marquis City's Central Plaza and began cultivating after gaining an insight, while Yun Chang stopped Ancestor Yanyu and Wu Yin from disturbing him.
• Jiang Yu defeated Luo Yunfeng with a sword strike and advanced as the tournament continued.
• Yun Chang noticed that Jiang Yu was the only one-tribulation sovereign among the final four contestants, while Qin Hao remained motionless in the sky.
• Qin Hao opened his eyes, entered his self-void world, and was followed inside by Yun Chang.
• Qin Hao lightly slashed with the Heavenly Abyss Sword, and Yun Chang sensed overwhelming destruction in the ordinary-looking strike.

Qin Hao created Sword Annihilation, a powerful killing move based on the destruction Sword Dao True Meaning Embryo, after gaining insight from Jiang Yu’s sword art. As Yun Chang congratulated him, they watched Venerable Luoji offer to take Jiang Yu as his master, but Jiang Yu remained silent.

• Qin Hao unleashed Sword Annihilation, shattering hundreds of spatial layers without damaging the self-void world.
• Qin Hao explained that he had created the move using the destruction Sword Dao True Meaning Embryo, making it stronger than a Low-Rank Perfect Secret Art but weaker than a Mid-Rank one.
• Qin Hao told Yun Chang that witnessing the Star Sea Genius Tournament and Jiang Yu’s sword art had helped him reach his insight.
• Yun Chang and Qin Hao watched as Jiang Yu was announced as the tournament champion and Venerable Luoji offered to take him as his master.
• Jiang Yu did not respond to Venerable Luoji’s offer, and the crowd erupted in an uproar.

At the Star Sea Genius Tournament, Jiang Yu hesitated to accept Venerable Luoji’s offer because he aspired to become the Sword Martial Lord’s disciple. Qin Hao decided to take Jiang Yu as his disciple and asked him directly, leaving Jiang Yu’s answer pending.

• Venerable Luoji offered to take Jiang Yu as his disciple, but Jiang Yu remained silent.
• Yun Chang urged Qin Hao to consider taking Jiang Yu as a disciple, and Qin Hao agreed to observe him further.
• Qin Hao left the Self-Void World with Yun Chang while the other experts speculated about who could teach Jiang Yu.
• Jiang Yu resolved to refuse Venerable Luoji and cultivate alone rather than give up on becoming Qin Hao’s disciple.
• Qin Hao appeared before Jiang Yu and asked whether he was willing to become his disciple.

Qin Hao accepted Jiang Yu as a registered Disciple and set a three-epoch deadline for him to become an eternal true god before he could become a personal Disciple. Before Qin Hao could begin guiding him, an urgent call for aid came from the Southern Frontier Battlefield.

• Qin Hao offered to take Jiang Yu as his Disciple, and Jiang Yu knelt to accept.
• Qin Hao made Jiang Yu a registered Disciple and required him to become an eternal true god within three epochs to earn the status of personal Disciple.
• Jiang Yu accepted the challenge, and Qin Hao told him to cultivate at the Sword Martial Palace and rely on himself when gaining experience.
• Three urgent tolls sounded, and a command summoned all Ancestral Gods on the Qiankun Continent to support the Southern Frontier Battlefield.
• Pang Qingyun appeared beside Qin Hao as a powerful shock wave swept from the battlefield across Dragon Marquis City.

Qin Hao and his companions rushed to the Southern Frontier Battlefield after an urgent call for reinforcements, where they found a massive battle raging between the Qiankun cultivators and the Outer Realm Demon Spirits. As Qin Hao prepared to join the fighting, he sensed an ominous force and glimpsed three figures battling deep in space.

• Qin Hao left Mu Ziqing in charge of Dragon Marquis City and brought Yun Chang, Pang Qingyun, Ancestor Yanyu, and Wu Yin to the Southern Frontier Battlefield.
• On the way, Qin Hao met Lord Yunxi and Earthsplit Arhat, who warned that the battlefield had previously drawn thousands of Ancestral God Commanders and even Divine Lords.
• Qin Hao's group reached the battlefield and saw hundreds of millions of True Gods and more than six thousand Ancestral Gods fighting, with Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord battling a Demon King nearby.
• As Qin Hao prepared to enter the Ancestral God Battlefield, his vision darkened, he coughed blood, and he sensed three figures fighting far away in starry space.

Qin Hao and the reinforcements from the Qiankun Continent arrived at the Southern Frontier Battlefield as two Great Demon Kings fought a Dao-Origin Divine Lord. Qin Hao joined the battle and killed several outer realm demon spirit commanders, while the Immortal Thunder Continent cultivator he helped charged back into the fight with renewed resolve.

• Qin Hao sensed two Great Demon Kings fighting a Dao-Origin Divine Lord and was injured by the distant battle’s fluctuations as a star region shattered.
• Qin Hao led Yun Chang, Pang Qingyun, Lord Yunxi, and the arriving Qiankun Continent forces into the battlefield against thousands of outer realm demon spirit commanders.
• Qin Hao killed a Three-Star Ancestral God Commander and then a Four-Star Ancestral God Commander with single sword strikes.
• An Immortal Thunder Continent Three-Star Ancestral God recognized Qin Hao as the Sword Martial Lord and was inspired to pursue the Half-Step Divine Lord realm.
• The Immortal Thunder Continent cultivator charged at another three-star outer realm demon spirit commander.

Qin Hao swept through the Ancestral God Battlefield, killing Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God Commanders and rescuing Qiankun Sect elders. After learning Dongfang Wei was in danger and the Seven-Star Ancestral Gods needed support, he rushed to Dongfang Wei and saved her, leaving the battle still underway.

• Qin Hao slew more than a dozen Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God Commanders, easing the pressure on the cultivator Ancestral Gods, and saw Yun Chang, Ancestor Yanyu, and Wu Yin fighting on the battlefield’s outskirts.
• Qin Hao found Xie Haiqing, Ouyang Jin, Formless Ancestor, Starfall Lord, and other Qiankun Sect elders outmatched by more than fifty enemies, then killed all of their attackers with sword strikes.
• Ouyang Jin told Qin Hao that Dongfang Wei was surrounded, while Formless Ancestor urged him to support the Seven-Star Ancestral Gods deeper in the battlefield.
• Qin Hao located Dongfang Wei with his divine sense and rushed toward her, killing the nearby Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God Commanders along the way.
• Qin Hao appeared in front of Dongfang Wei and rescued her as the Qiankun Sect elders thanked him.

Qin Hao joined the Southern Frontier Battlefield after saving Dongfang Wei and gave her a mid-grade chaos spirit treasure before heading deeper into the fighting. He killed the two Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God Commanders attacking the Star River Ancestor, then moved to aid the Heavenly Martial Ancestor as his opponents fled.

• Qin Hao gave Dongfang Wei a mid-grade chaos spirit treasure soft armor, and she returned to the battle with the Qiankun Sect elders.
• Qin Hao flew deeper into the battlefield, killing more than three hundred Ancestral God Commanders along the way.
• Qin Hao found the Heavenly Martial Ancestor fighting two seven-star peak Outer Realm Demon Spirits and the Star River Ancestor battling two six-star peak ones.
• Qin Hao killed both six-star peak Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God Commanders with his sword strikes, saving the Star River Ancestor.
• Qin Hao went to help the Heavenly Martial Ancestor, and the two seven-star peak Outer Realm Demon Spirits fled toward the Half-Step Divine Lord battlefield.
• The Heavenly Martial Ancestor refused to let the fleeing opponents escape without a fight.

Heavenly Martial Ancestor awakened a Mountain-Suppressing True Meaning embryo during battle, while Qin Hao revealed that he had reached the seven-star peak realm and went to aid the half-step divine lord battlefield. After Qin Hao carved a path through the outer realm demon spirits, their half-step divine lords converged on him for the Demon Well reward.

• Heavenly Martial Ancestor severely wounded a Seven-Star Peak Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God with a punch, and Qin Hao killed the two demons with his sword.
• Qin Hao recognized that Heavenly Martial Ancestor's punch contained a Mountain-Suppressing True Meaning embryo, and Heavenly Martial Ancestor realized he had finally broken through.
• Heavenly Martial Ancestor noticed that Qin Hao had reached the seven-star peak realm and asked him to support Star Lord Lingguang and True Lord Xingtian on the half-step divine lord battlefield.
• Qin Hao cut down outer realm demon spirit ancestral gods as he traveled, clearing a vast area and earning the gratitude of the cultivators he saved.
• Outer realm demon spirit half-step divine lords recognized Qin Hao, heard that the Demon God Hall offered entry to the Demon Well for killing him, and turned to attack him.

Star Lord Lingguang fought two powerful outer realm demon spirits when Qin Hao arrived, drawing their attention away from the battle. Deeper on the Half-Step Divine Lord battlefield, Great Commander Qiyue badly wounded Venerable Hongyang.

• Star Lord Lingguang struggled to defend himself against two Half-Step Divine Lord outer realm demon spirits with strength rivaling Great Commander Crazy Demon.
• After hearing that Qin Hao had arrived, Commander Moxian abandoned Star Lord Lingguang and charged toward Qin Hao, seeking the merit for killing the Sword Martial Lord.
• Star Lord Lingguang recognized Qin Hao as the Windshadow Goddess's disciple and attacked the remaining demon spirit to keep it from pursuing him.
• Great Commander Qiyue struck Venerable Hongyang with a palm, sending him flying and leaving him bloodied and badly hurt.

Venerable Hongyang confronted the vastly stronger Great Commander Qiyue and sacrificed himself in a self-detonation that nearly killed Qiyue. Qiyue survived battered, while the Qiankun Continent’s half-step Divine Lords mourned Hongyang and recognized how much Qiyue’s strength had increased.

• Great Commander Qiyue taunted Venerable Hongyang and demanded that he beg for mercy.
• Venerable Hongyang charged Qiyue, endured his palm strike, and seized the attack while preparing to self-detonate.
• Venerable Hongyang detonated himself, collapsing space and sending a devastating Shockwave across the battlefield.
• Great Commander Qiyue used a chaos spirit treasure shield to escape the explosion’s center, but the Shockwave shattered the shield and left him battered.
• The Qiankun Continent’s half-step Divine Lords grieved for Venerable Hongyang and blamed Qiyue for forcing his sacrifice.

Great Commander Qiyue spotted Qin Hao on the Southern Frontier Battlefield and rushed to kill him, while twelve Outer Realm Demon Spirit Half-Step Divine Lords attacked Qin Hao together. Qin Hao revealed he had lured them into one place and unleashed Sword Annihilation, leaving Commander Moxian and the others horrified by the strike.

• Great Commander Qiyue recognized Qin Hao, grew eager to kill him for merit, and flew toward him.
• Commander Moxian and eleven other Half-Step Divine Lord Outer Realm Demon Spirits surrounded Qin Hao and attacked together.
• Qin Hao revealed he had waited for all twelve to gather so he could face them at once.
• Qin Hao unleashed Sword Annihilation with the Heavenly Abyss Sword, and Commander Moxian sensed that he could not withstand the strike.

Qin Hao used one sword strike to kill seven Half-Step Divine Lord Outer Realm Demon Spirits and gravely wound the survivors, including Commander Demon String. His display stunned both sides of the battlefield, while Great Commander Qiyue realized Qin Hao had reached top-tier Half-Step Divine Lord strength.

• Commander Demon String dodged behind another Half-Step Divine Lord Outer Realm Demon Spirit and raised a defensive barrier to shield himself from Qin Hao's descending sword.
• Qin Hao's sword split the demon spirit in front of Commander Demon String in two and killed him, then broke Commander Demon String's barrier and blasted him away.
• Qin Hao's strike killed six more Half-Step Divine Lord Outer Realm Demon Spirits and severely wounded four others, leaving five survivors including Commander Demon String.
• Star Lord Lingguang, True Lord Xingtian, and the other cultivators saw Qin Hao's overwhelming attack and reacted with shock and excitement.
• Great Commander Qiyue witnessed the strike and concluded that Qin Hao had become a top-tier Half-Step Divine Lord.

Great Commander Qiyue accepted Red-Eyed Demon King’s offer to kill Qin Hao in exchange for guaranteed advancement to Demon King. As Red-Eyed Demon King battled Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord, he revealed that Blood Leech Divine Lord had promised him a Blood Soul Stone for Qin Hao’s death.

• Great Commander Qiyue judged that he could defeat Qin Hao and agreed to Red-Eyed Demon King’s offer of advancement to Demon King in exchange for killing him.
• Red-Eyed Demon King urged Great Commander Qiyue to finish the task quickly, and Qiyue flew toward Qin Hao.
• Red-Eyed Demon King told Blood Leech Divine Lord that he would kill Qin Hao and deliver his head.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord promised Red-Eyed Demon King a Blood Soul Stone for killing Qin Hao.
• Red-Eyed Demon King recognized the Blood Soul Stone as a treasure that could help him advance to Ruling Demon King.

The Red-Eyed Demon King accepted the Blood Leech Divine Lord’s offer to kill Qin Hao and sent Great Commander Qiyue after him, while the two Demon Lords continued battling. Unaware of the threat, Qin Hao stood over the corpses of seven enemies he had slain with one sword strike as Great Commander Qiyue approached.

• The Red-Eyed Demon King agreed to pursue Qin Hao for the Blood Soul Stone and asked Great Commander Qiyue to kill him, while the Red-Eyed Demon King and Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord continued their stalemated fight.
• The Blood Leech Divine Lord, enraged by his son’s death, arranged for Qin Hao to be killed and accidentally crushed the Seven-Star Ancestral God messenger with his surging pressure.
• Qin Hao used Sword Annihilation to kill seven Half-Step Divine Lord Outer Realm Demon Spirits, leaving five weakened enemies before him.
• Qin Hao reflected that deeper understanding of the destruction Sword Dao True Meaning embryo could make Sword Annihilation strong enough to contend with an Eternal Divine Lord, as Great Commander Qiyue continued toward him.

Qin Hao prepared another Destruction Sword Dao strike against Commander Moxian and four other Half-Step Divine Lord Outer Realm Demon Spirits, while Great Commander Qiyue concealed himself nearby and planned a sneak attack. Qiyue unleashed Demonflame Burst as Qin Hao's sword light emerged, leaving the Heavenly Palace forces shouting a warning.

• Qin Hao raised the Heavenly Abyss Sword and gathered his Destruction Sword Dao True Meaning to attack the five remaining demon spirits.
• Commander Moxian and the other four demon spirits joined forces, using demonic qi attacks to try to stop Qin Hao's strike.
• Great Commander Qiyue secretly watched the battle and decided to use Demonflame Burst to severely wound or kill Qin Hao, disregarding the five demon spirits fighting him.
• Qin Hao's sword light pierced the dense demonic qi as Great Commander Qiyue launched two blue-flamed palms with Demonflame Burst.
• The watching demon spirits recognized Qiyue, and the Heavenly Palace fighters shouted to warn Qin Hao about the sneak attack.

Qin Hao killed Commander Moxian and four other Half-Step Divine Lords, but Great Commander Qiyue unleashed a devastating blue-flame attack while allies were held off. Qin Hao was engulfed in the flames, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Star Lord Lingguang and more than a dozen Half-Step Divine Lord cultivators rushed to stop Great Commander Qiyue from attacking Qin Hao.
• Great Commander Qiyue urged the Outer Realm Demon Spirits to intercept Qin Hao's rescuers, and the two sides resumed fighting across several star regions.
• Commander Moxian and four other Half-Step Divine Lords joined forces against Qin Hao's sword radiance, but it pierced and destroyed them.
• Great Commander Qiyue's two demon-qi palms exploded above Qin Hao, spreading eerie blue flames that ignited the surrounding demon spirit demonic qi.
• The blue flames engulfed Qin Hao as the watching cultivators feared that the Sword Martial Lord was about to die.

Qin Hao survived Great Commander Qiyue’s Demonflame Burst by using his expanded Void Space to extinguish the Azure Flames. He walked through the inferno and prepared to strike back, while Qiyue still believed he had killed him.

• Great Commander Qiyue ambushed Qin Hao with Demonflame Burst after Qin Hao slew twelve Half-Step Divine Lords.
• Qin Hao resisted the Azure Flames with his ancestral god power but found they were too powerful to extinguish with Sword Annihilation alone.
• Qin Hao activated his Destruction Sword Dao True Meaning and Void World True Meaning, forming Void Space that extended ten zhang around him.
• The Azure Flames went out as soon as they entered Qin Hao’s Void Space, and he walked through the inferno unharmed.
• Qin Hao declared it was his turn to strike, while Great Commander Qiyue remained convinced the flames had killed him.