Recaps

Qin Hao survived Great Commander Qiyue’s Demonflame Burst and emerged unharmed, then overpowered Qiyue in their ensuing fight. He left Qiyue gravely wounded, and the watching cultivators recognized Qin Hao as a Limit Half-Step Divine Lord.

• Great Commander Qiyue anticipated killing Qin Hao and advancing to the Demon King realm, but saw Qin Hao walking out of the deep-blue flames.
• Star Lord Lingguang and the watching cultivators realized Qin Hao had survived as the flames went out around him.
• Qin Hao challenged Great Commander Qiyue and sent the Heavenly Abyss Sword at him.
• Qin Hao’s sword cut through Qiyue’s fists and pursued him as he tried to flee.
• Qin Hao struck Qiyue in the back, gravely wounding him and reducing his life demonic qi by at least seventy percent.
• The watching Half-Step Divine Lord cultivators declared Qin Hao a Limit Half-Step Divine Lord and Number One beneath the Divine Lords.

Qin Hao proved himself a Limit Half-Step Divine Lord by severely wounding Great Commander Qiyue, who fled toward the Red-Eyed Demon King. The Red-Eyed Demon King attacked Qin Hao from five star regions away, and Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord moved to intercept the blow.

• Star Lord Lingguang and Great Commander Qiyue recognized that Qin Hao had reached the strength of a Limit Half-Step Divine Lord.
• Great Commander Qiyue fled toward the Red-Eyed Demon King, and Qin Hao pursued him with another sword strike.
• Great Commander Qiyue grew an extra pair of legs to speed up his escape and cried out to the Red-Eyed Demon King for help.
• The Red-Eyed Demon King decided to save Great Commander Qiyue and attacked Qin Hao with a powerful punch from five star regions away.
• Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord reacted to the Red-Eyed Demon King's attack and slashed at the incoming fist with his warblade.

The Red-Eyed Demon King struck at Qin Hao while Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord was occupied stopping a second attack. Qin Hao used his final moments to kill Great Commander Qiyue before the demon king’s punch reached him, leaving Qin Hao facing the incoming blow.

• Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord recognized Qin Hao’s strength and tried to intercept the Red-Eyed Demon King’s punch aimed at him.
• The Red-Eyed Demon King blocked Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord’s slash with a second full-strength punch, allowing his first attack to race toward Qin Hao.
• Great Commander Qiyue rushed toward the incoming punch, hoping it would save him from Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao prepared to endure the attack using his void space, self-void world, and Star Armor’s breastplate, while deciding to kill Great Commander Qiyue first.
• Qin Hao accelerated the Heavenly Abyss Sword and split Great Commander Qiyue in two, killing him before the Red-Eyed Demon King’s punch arrived.

Qin Hao killed Great Commander Qiyue, then survived the Red-Eyed Demon King's long-range punch by combining three Dao Divine Weapons. Badly injured, he escaped the Void Land and began healing, vowing to kill the Red-Eyed Demon King next time.

• Qin Hao killed Great Commander Qiyue with a single sword strike just before the Red-Eyed Demon King's fist reached them.
• The Red-Eyed Demon King's punch shattered Qin Hao's Void Space and Self-Void World, then drove him into the Void Land.
• Qin Hao used the Star Armor's Breastplate, the Supreme Sword Tower, and the Primordial Feathered Wings to block most of the punch's power, but he suffered grievous injuries.
• The Red-Eyed Demon King's fist dissipated, and Qin Hao swallowed healing treasures and pills while circulating the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art.
• Qin Hao vowed to kill the Red-Eyed Demon King and cleaved open space with the Heavenly Abyss Sword to escape the Void Land.

Qin Hao returned from the Void Land alive after surviving Red-Eyed Demon King's punch, stunning both the Heavenly Palace cultivators and the Outer Realm Demon Spirits. Red-Eyed Demon King's plan to claim the Blood Soul Stone was ruined, while Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord rejoiced that Qin Hao had survived.

• Red-Eyed Demon King and Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord fought to a stalemate, while Red-Eyed Demon King celebrated what he believed was Qin Hao's death and his coming reward.
• Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord and the other Heavenly Palace cultivators grieved, believing Qin Hao had perished in the Void Land.
• A streak of sword radiance tore open space, and Qin Hao emerged from the Void Land, badly injured but alive.
• Star Lord Lingguang, Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord, and the surrounding Half-Step Divine Lords reacted with shock and relief at Qin Hao's return.
• Red-Eyed Demon King raged when he realized Qin Hao had survived and his deal with Blood Leech Divine Lord had failed.

After surviving the Red-Eyed Demon King’s punch, Qin Hao avoided confronting him directly and retaliated by slaughtering the Outer Realm Demon Spirits’ Half-Step Divine Lords. He had killed more than thirty when the Red-Eyed Demon King finally demanded that Qin Hao face him.

• The Divine Lords watching were astonished that Qin Hao had survived the Red-Eyed Demon King’s punch.
• Qin Hao charged at a nearby five-clawed Outer Realm Demon Spirit rather than risk fighting the Red-Eyed Demon King.
• The Qiankun Sect Half-Step Divine Lord held the Five-Clawed Commander in place, allowing Qin Hao to kill him with one sword strike.
• Qin Hao raced through the star regions and killed more than thirty Half-Step Divine Lord Outer Realm Demon Spirits as other cultivators helped prevent their escape.
• The Red-Eyed Demon King, angered by the mounting losses, roared at Qin Hao to stop and face him directly.

Qin Hao continued killing the outer realm demon spirits while the Red-Eyed Demon King was held off, until Dao Lord Suxin joined Profound Lord Mingji and forced the demon forces to retreat. After the battle turned, Qin Hao watched the Dao-Origin Divine Lords fight and discussed the Divine King Realm and the great Dao origin with Star Lord Lingguang.

• Qin Hao killed the Half-Step Divine Lord outer realm demon spirit despite the Red-Eyed Demon King's demand that he stop.
• The Red-Eyed Demon King tried to reach Qin Hao, but the Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord kept him occupied.
• Dao Lord Suxin arrived to aid Profound Lord Mingji, and together they drove back the two Great Demon Kings.
• The Great Demon Kings ordered the demon spirits to retreat, and the Red-Eyed Demon King withdrew without killing Qin Hao or obtaining the Blood Soul Stone.
• Qin Hao watched Dao Lord Suxin's swordsmanship and told Star Lord Lingguang that Divine Lords needed to comprehend the great Dao origin to advance to Divine Kings.

Qin Hao learned that the Windshadow Goddess was likely in the dangerous Ninefold Demon Abyss, where he already needed to go to find a Star Armor fragment. He resolved to head there as soon as possible, despite the Demon God Hall’s control of the region.

• Qin Hao explained the Outer Realm Demon Spirits to Star Lord Lingguang and revealed that he had become a Limit Half-Step Divine Lord.
• Qin Hao thought about finding Jiang Han in the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground and obtaining the Time Crystal fragment in the Ancient Heavensea Ruins.
• Star Lord Lingguang revealed that he had spent nearly a hundred epochs divining the Windshadow Goddess’s whereabouts.
• Star Lord Lingguang said the Windshadow Goddess was likely in the Ninefold Demon Abyss, a perilous region controlled by the Demon God Hall.
• Qin Hao realized the Ninefold Demon Abyss also held a Star Armor fragment and resolved to go there as soon as possible.

After the battle, Qin Hao learned that Windshadow Goddess might be trapped in the dangerous Ninefold Demon Abyss and vowed to prepare before seeking her. Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord warned that the Demon God Hall would target Qin Hao more fiercely, then summoned him to meet Dao Lord Suxin and Profound Lord Mingji for a reward and protection.

• Star Lord Lingguang told Qin Hao that Windshadow Goddess might be in the Ninefold Demon Abyss, and Qin Hao said he would prepare before going to find her.
• The surviving Half-Step Divine Lords thanked Qin Hao for killing most of the enemy Half-Step Divine Lords and saving them.
• Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord praised Qin Hao and warned that the Demon God Hall might send Ordinary Demon Kings or even Ruling Demon Kings after him.
• Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord told Qin Hao that Dao Lord Suxin and Profound Lord Mingji had summoned him to grant him a reward and protect him.

Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord brought Qin Hao before Dao Lord Suxin and Profound Lord Mingji, where Dao Lord Suxin examined his destruction Sword Dao True Meaning embryo and offered him guidance. After seeing Qin Hao demonstrate Sword Annihilation, she gave him a scroll of her sword dao insights to help him improve.

• Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord took Qin Hao away from the Half-Step Divine Lords to receive a reward and protection from the threat of the outer realm demon spirits.
• The remaining cultivators speculated about Qin Hao’s reward as they returned toward Qiankun Continent, and Star Lord Lingguang hoped Qin Hao might one day rescue Windshadow Goddess from the Ninefold Demon Abyss.
• Qin Hao paid his respects to Dao Lord Suxin and Profound Lord Mingji, and told Dao Lord Suxin he had recently grasped the destruction Sword Dao True Meaning embryo and created a Pseudo-Mid-Rank Perfect Secret Art.
• At Dao Lord Suxin’s request, Qin Hao used Sword Annihilation to demonstrate his sword strike, impressing the gathered Heavenly Palace Divine Lords with its power.
• Dao Lord Suxin assessed Qin Hao’s sword strike and gave him a scroll of her sword dao insights to help strengthen his destruction Sword Dao True Meaning.

Dao Lord Suxin gave Qin Hao her Sword Dao insights and brought him to the Heavenly Palace, where he learned about its defenses and the rarity of Divine Lords. Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord declared that Qin Hao’s talent made him almost certain to become a Divine Lord, perhaps even a Dao-Origin Divine Lord.

• Dao Lord Suxin gave Qin Hao a scroll containing her Sword Dao insights and offered to answer his questions.
• Dao Lord Suxin brought Qin Hao and the others into the Heavenly Palace, a sealed world that was itself a Dao Divine Weapon.
• Dao Lord Suxin warned Qin Hao not to reveal his Origin World Reconstruction plan because she suspected traitors within the Heavenly Palace.
• Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord explained how Divine Lord Heaven and Earth Tokens allowed entry to the Heavenly Palace and said Qin Hao might receive one for his contributions.
• Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord told Qin Hao that the Heavenly Palace had eighteen Elders and 1,729 Divine Lords, then said Qin Hao might become a Dao-Origin Divine Lord.

Qin Hao arrived at the Heavenly Palace for an Elders' Council convened in his honor, while Blood Leech Divine Lord learned of his exceptional strength and secretly observed the meeting. Dao Lord Zhǐtiān’s divination revealed that Blood Leech Divine Lord had arranged the attempt on Qin Hao’s life, prompting Divine Lord Redcloud’s fury.

• Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord told Qin Hao that the Heavenly Palace’s Eighteen Elders had convened an Elders' Council and that he would be its central figure.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord learned that Qin Hao had survived the Red-Eyed Demon King’s attack and possessed the strength of a Limit Half-Step Divine Lord.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord received notice of the Elders' Council, suspected it concerned Qin Hao, and used his token to observe the Heavenly Palace remotely.
• Divine Lord Redcloud learned from Dao Lord Zhǐtiān’s divination that Blood Leech Divine Lord had offered the Red-Eyed Demon King a Blood Soul Stone to kill Qin Hao.
• Divine Lord Redcloud concluded that Blood Leech Divine Lord had been behind the Red-Eyed Demon King’s attack on Qin Hao.

Qin Hao attended an Elders’ council at the Heavenly Palace, where Azure Dragon Dao Venerable praised his battlefield merits and asked about his path to becoming a Divine Lord. The Elder proposed that Qin Hao remain in the Heavenly Palace until he reached that realm, while Blood Leech Divine Lord recognized the plan as a threat to his designs.

• Divine Lord Redcloud decided he needed to warn Qin Hao about Blood Leech Divine Lord and began planning how to prevent an attack at the Ancient Heavensea Ruins.
• Qin Hao entered the Heavenly Palace and paid his respects to the Eighteen Elders and the assembled Divine Lords.
• Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord identified Azure Dragon Dao Venerable as the council’s presiding Elder and explained his favorable view of Qin Hao.
• Azure Dragon Dao Venerable praised Qin Hao’s strength and asked how he planned to break through to the Divine Lord realm.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord suspected Azure Dragon Dao Venerable intended to keep Qin Hao protected in the Heavenly Palace.
• Azure Dragon Dao Venerable invited Qin Hao to stay in the Heavenly Palace and cultivate until he attained the Divine Lord realm.

At the Heavenly Palace's Elders' Council, Qin Hao rejected the safer option of staying to cultivate and chose to face life-and-death trials while pursuing the origin world reconstruction plan. The Elders unanimously entrusted him with an unknown treasure, leaving its purpose and power a mystery.

• Azure Dragon Dao Venerable and the Divine Lords urged Qin Hao to stay in the Heavenly Palace, where he would be protected from the Demon God Hall and receive guidance.
• Qin Hao considered Dao Lord Zhǐtiān and Dao Lord Suxin's quiet support for his plan to reconstruct the origin world and decided that staying would hinder his search for fragments.
• Qin Hao told Azure Dragon Dao Venerable that life-and-death trials could bring great breakthroughs and achievements, and that he would not hide away from danger.
• Azure Dragon Dao Venerable praised Qin Hao's resolve and asked the Elders for their opinions; they agreed to let Qin Hao venture out.
• Azure Dragon Dao Venerable announced that the Elders had unanimously entrusted Qin Hao with an item and sent a streak of golden light into his body.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord wondered whether the unknown treasure could protect Qin Hao or help him become a Divine Lord.

The Heavenly Palace awarded Qin Hao the Heaven-Piercing Banner, a damaged Pseudo-Dao Divine Weapon that could protect him from powerful attacks. Azure Dragon Dao Venerable also gave him a Divine Lord Heaven and Earth Token, leaving Qin Hao with ways to defend himself and call for help if the Demon God Hall targeted him.

• Blood Leech Divine Lord decided that after killing Qin Hao, he would claim the treasure the Heavenly Palace had granted him.
• Qin Hao found a golden triangular banner in his Mindscape and sensed that it could contend with the Supreme Sword Tower.
• Azure Dragon Dao Venerable explained that the Heaven-Piercing Banner was a damaged Pseudo-Dao Divine Weapon capable of blocking attacks from powerful opponents.
• The Heavenly Palace gave Qin Hao the Heaven-Piercing Banner to improve his chances of surviving an attack from the Demon God Hall.
• Azure Dragon Dao Venerable gave Qin Hao a Divine Lord Heaven and Earth Token that let him contact Heavenly Palace Divine Lords for help.

Azure Dragon Dao Venerable gave Qin Hao a Divine Lord Heaven and Earth Token containing the cultivation insights of Divine Lords throughout history, then coordinated the Heavenly Palace’s response to the Demon God Hall’s invasions. As Qin Hao prepared to leave, Dao Lord Zhǐtiān warned him that time was running short and that Demon Kings and Blood Leech Divine Lord might target him at the Ancient Heavensea Ruins.

• Azure Dragon Dao Venerable gave Qin Hao a token containing records of Divine Lords’ breakthroughs, insights, and cultivation experiences.
• A Divine Lord reported that the Dark Star Battlefield faced two thousand Ancestral Gods and five Ordinary Demon Kings, and other Divine Lords described worsening battles across dozens of fronts.
• A Divine Lord reported that the Netherworld Battlefield faced three thousand Ancestral Gods and seven Ordinary Demon Kings, while the Heavenly Palace had only five Eternal Divine Lords stationed there.
• Azure Dragon Dao Venerable assigned Divine Lords to reinforce and defend the various battlefields before dismissing the council.
• Dao Lord Zhǐtiān told Qin Hao that the Heavenly Palace could not resist the Demon God Hall indefinitely and urged him to keep the plan to reshape the Origin World secret.
• Dao Lord Zhǐtiān warned Qin Hao that Demon Kings might target him at the Ancient Heavensea Ruins and that Blood Leech Divine Lord intended to harm him.

Qin Hao realized Blood Leech Divine Lord was secretly targeting him and feared the Divine Lord Heaven and Earth Token could reveal his location. Divine Lord Redcloud explained the threat and showed Qin Hao how his void abilities could block the token’s detection, leaving him able to take it to the Ancient Heavensea Ruins safely.

• Qin Hao sensed Blood Leech Divine Lord's intense killing intent in the Heavenly Palace but failed to locate him before he vanished.
• Qin Hao worried Blood Leech Divine Lord could use the Divine Lord Heaven and Earth Token to track him after he left the Qiankun Continent.
• Divine Lord Redcloud escorted Qin Hao out of the Heavenly Palace and told him that Blood Leech Divine Lord had paid Red-Eyed Demon King with Blood Soul Stones to kill him.
• Divine Lord Redcloud explained that Qin Hao's void world true meaning embryo and void true meaning could block the token's detection.
• Qin Hao placed the Divine Lord Heaven and Earth Token in his self-void world and confirmed its sensing ability diminished.

Divine Lord Redcloud warned Qin Hao that Blood Leech Divine Lord could track him to the Ancient Heavensea Ruins, then arranged for Profound Venerable Yun Chen to keep Blood Leech occupied. Qin Hao planned to enter the ruins within a month and concluded that Blood Leech likely belonged to the Surrender Faction within the Heavenly Palace.

• Divine Lord Redcloud warned Qin Hao that Blood Leech Divine Lord could find him despite his ability to block perception.
• Divine Lord Redcloud offered to have his senior brother, Profound Venerable Yun Chen, visit Blood Leech and keep him occupied.
• Qin Hao agreed to enter the Ancient Heavensea Ruins within a month, and Divine Lord Redcloud left to contact Profound Venerable Yun Chen.
• Qin Hao suspected Blood Leech Divine Lord had joined the Demon God Hall and reflected on the War, Peace, and Surrender Factions within the Heavenly Palace.
• Qin Hao reasoned that Dao Lord Zhǐtiān, Dao Lord Suxin, and likely Azure Dragon Dao Venerable belonged to the War Faction.

Qin Hao planned to enter the Ancient Heavensea Ruins with his six doppelgangers while leaving Yun Chang and Pang Qingyun in Dragon Marquis City to protect his allies and disguise his whereabouts. Blood Leech Divine Lord resolved to kill Qin Hao before he could break through, but Profound Venerable Yun Chen arrived to seek his guidance on blood river true meaning.

• Qin Hao decided to cultivate and search for Dao Divine Weapon fragments and Origin Divine Crystals in the Ancient Heavensea Ruins, bringing his six doppelgangers but leaving Yun Chang and Pang Qingyun behind.
• Qin Hao returned to the gathered Ancestral Gods, who greeted him with reverence and gratitude for saving them.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord concluded that Azure Dragon Dao Venerable had given Qin Hao a powerful treasure and resolved to kill him before he became a Divine Lord.
• Profound Venerable Yun Chen appeared in Blood Leech Divine Lord's palace and asked for guidance on blood river true meaning.

Profound Venerable Yun Chen kept Blood Leech Divine Lord occupied by asking him about blood river true meaning, while the Demon God Hall issued a decree rewarding anyone who killed Qin Hao with a rank increase. The Red-Eyed Demon King learned that killing Qin Hao could raise him from an Ordinary Demon King to a Ruling Demon King, and his desire to act grew.

• Blood Leech Divine Lord realized Profound Venerable Yun Chen had come to keep him from targeting Qin Hao, but he suspected Qin Hao might soon leave the Qiankun Continent.
• Profound Venerable Yun Chen displayed his blood river true meaning and asked Blood Leech Divine Lord for advice, forcing him to host the visit and answer his questions.
• The Demon God Hall announced that anyone who killed Qin Hao would be raised one rank, stirring excitement among its demon spirits and Demon Kings.
• The Red-Eyed Demon King recalled Qin Hao's strength and recognized that killing him could make him a Ruling Demon King.

The Red-Eyed Demon King considered how to kill Qin Hao and claim the chance to advance to Ruling Demon King. He agreed to join forces with the Poison Sting Demon King and Bone-Eroding Demon King, with rewards and the advancement chance determined by their contributions.

• The Red-Eyed Demon King believed he could kill Qin Hao in person, but recognized that other Demon Kings also wanted the reward for killing him.
• The Poison Sting Demon King and Bone-Eroding Demon King warned the Red-Eyed Demon King that the Heavenly Palace would protect Qin Hao and that many rivals were targeting him.
• The Bone-Eroding Demon King proposed that the three Demon Kings join forces to improve their chances of killing Qin Hao.
• The Red-Eyed Demon King asked how they would divide the rewards, and the Poison Sting Demon King and Bone-Eroding Demon King agreed to divide them according to merit.
• The Red-Eyed Demon King asked them to let him advance if they killed Qin Hao, but the Poison Sting Demon King said the chance should go to whoever contributed the most.

The Demon God Hall mobilized forces to hunt Qin Hao, while Qin Hao prepared to travel alone to the Ancient Heavensea Ruins. He left Yun Chang and Pang Qingyun to guard Dragon Marquis City and conceal his departure.

• The Red-Eyed Demon King, Bone-Eroding Demon King, and Poison Sting Demon King agreed to search for Qin Hao and ambush him when he left the Qiankun Continent.
• The Demon God Hall sent its available Half-Step Divine Lords to seek Qin Hao, while keeping its main forces focused on its offensive against the Heavenly Palace.
• Qin Hao told Yun Chang and Pang Qingyun that he had to go to the Ancient Heavensea Ruins, though he was not ready to advance to the Divine Lord realm.
• Qin Hao refused to let Yun Chang or Pang Qingyun accompany him, explaining that they could divert the demons' attention and protect Dragon Marquis City.
• Yun Chang agreed to guard the city and tell visitors that Qin Hao was in seclusion, while Pang Qingyun wished Qin Hao well.

Qin Hao advised his disciple Jiang Yu and promised Mu Ziqing he would return from the dangerous Ancient Heavensea Ruins, while reaffirming his ambition to reach the peak of the Martial Dao. He announced that he was entering Secluded Cultivation, leaving the Demon Spirit Society unsure whether he was truly preparing to break through or concealing another plan.

• Qin Hao told Jiang Yu to focus on harmonizing his heart and intent with his sword, then gave him cultivation notes suited to his Sovereign Realm cultivation.
• Qin Hao planned for Jiang Yu to travel the Qiankun Continent for tempering without revealing that Qin Hao was his teacher.
• Mu Ziqing assured Qin Hao that she would support him, and Qin Hao promised to return from his coming journey to the Ancient Heavensea Ruins.
• Qin Hao resolved to pursue the Martial Dao peak and seek the Divine King Realm, despite believing that the Cosmic Plane might lack a Great Dao Origin.
• Qin Hao announced that he was entering Secluded Cultivation to prepare for an attempt at the Divine Lord Realm, while the Demon Spirit Society checked whether Pang Qingyun had left Dragon Marquis City.
• The Demon Spirit Society confirmed Pang Qingyun and Yun Chang remained in Dragon Marquis City and feared Qin Hao might become a Divine Lord before leaving.

The Red-Eyed Demon King and his allies considered whether Qin Hao was cultivating in Dragon Marquis City, while the Blood Leech Divine Lord was convinced Qin Hao had already left. With Profound Venerable Yun Chen keeping his true self occupied, the Blood Leech Divine Lord revealed a hidden Divine Lord doppelganger and prepared to use it to kill Qin Hao.

• The Red-Eyed Demon King judged that Qin Hao’s cultivation was unlikely to let him advance to Divine Lord, and the three demon kings decided to keep watching Dragon Marquis City.
• The Blood Leech Divine Lord concluded that Qin Hao had left Dragon Marquis City but could not pursue him while Profound Venerable Yun Chen remained at his palace.
• Profound Venerable Yun Chen demonstrated his improved blood river true meaning, frustrating the Blood Leech Divine Lord as he kept him occupied.
• The Blood Leech Divine Lord awakened a hidden doppelganger concealed inside a meteorite fragment beyond the Golden Palace Continent.
• The Blood Leech Divine Lord revealed that his doppelganger had mastered a first-rank true meaning and believed it could kill Qin Hao alone.

Blood Leech Divine Lord sought Yun Xiezi’s Soul-Locking Lamp so he could track Qin Hao and avenge his son, Cold Crow. Yun Xiezi heard his account but demanded a treasure in exchange, leaving Blood Leech to decide what to offer.

• Blood Leech Divine Lord traveled to Cloudshadow Hall in a desolate Star Region and requested an audience with its Hall Master, Yun Xiezi.
• Yun Xiezi brought Blood Leech into a stone pavilion, where Blood Leech cautiously explained that he had come on his own.
• Blood Leech requested the Soul-Locking Lamp, and Yun Xiezi noted its value and asked why he wanted it.
• Blood Leech recounted how Qin Hao had killed Cold Crow and explained that the lamp could use Cause and Effect and the life soul to locate Qin Hao.
• Yun Xiezi said he had no obligation to help and demanded that Blood Leech exchange a treasure for the Soul-Locking Lamp.