Recaps

Qin Hao fled deep underground from Lei Junyao, then vanished into the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror just as Lei Junyao attacked. Lei Junyao could not find him and continued tearing apart the earth in fury.

• Qin Hao used eight Canglan Water Dragons to dig deeper underground while Lei Junyao pursued him through the soil.
• Qin Hao realized Lei Junyao was closing in and decided to enter the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror rather than risk exposing it aboveground.
• At a depth of four hundred meters, Qin Hao vanished into the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror as Lei Junyao's lightning fist struck the earth where he had been.
• Lei Junyao searched the surrounding earth with his divine sense but could not locate Qin Hao.
• Lei Junyao furiously blasted the earth, creating a vast underground clearing while cultivators aboveground fled from the lightning and shockwaves.

Qin Hao recovered from Lei Junyao’s attack inside the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror and realized he could not safely leave while Lei Junyao searched for him. He decided to use the time in hiding to improve his cultivation, beginning to comprehend sword-related true meaning.

• Qin Hao entered the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror just as Lei Junyao struck, and the power that followed him through the passage depleted seventy percent of his life divine power.
• Qin Hao healed most of his injuries in half an hour by drawing on his reserves in the void cave world, while Lei Junyao continued attacking the ground outside.
• Qin Hao concluded that Lei Junyao would kill or capture him if he left, and considered the strength gap between himself and Outer Domain cultivators.
• Qin Hao decided to stay hidden until Lei Junyao left and focused on raising his cultivation, with the Canglan Myriad Forms Scripture as his main path.
• Qin Hao began comprehending sword Dao true meaning and considered combining it with the true meaning of a gentle breeze.

Qin Hao cultivated inside the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror and mastered the third-rank Gentle Breeze True Meaning in a month. When three Divine Kings arrived and one sensed his presence, the High Divine King ordered Lei Junyao to leave.

• Qin Hao continued comprehending the Gentle Breeze True Meaning while Lei Junyao searched for him outside the mirror.
• After a month, Qin Hao mastered the third-rank Gentle Breeze True Meaning, which mingled with his Sword Dao intent.
• Lei Junyao stopped attacking the area after searching underground and across the surrounding land.
• Three Divine Kings appeared beside Lei Junyao, and Qin Hao recognized that their auras surpassed his.
• A High Divine King sensed Qin Hao's presence through the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror, then told Lei Junyao it was time to leave.

Lei Junyao reluctantly left the area to search for Cloud-Pattern Stone after Divine King Lie Kong reminded him that the Red Moon World Stone was their priority. Qin Hao stayed hidden inside the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror, watching the empty surroundings and suspecting Lei Junyao had departed.

• Divine King Lie Kong sensed Qin Hao nearby but could not pinpoint his location, while Lei Junyao demanded help finding him.
• Divine King Lie Kong and his companions urged Lei Junyao to prioritize the Red Moon Cave Abode and the Red Moon World Stone.
• They told Lei Junyao that Qin Hao had kept Lei Junhui alive, and Lei Junyao agreed to search for Cloud-Pattern Stone before pursuing him again.
• Lei Junyao and the others left the area, and Qin Hao remained motionless inside the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror.
• After half a month without anyone passing by, Qin Hao suspected Lei Junyao had truly left.

Qin Hao stayed hidden in the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror and continued cultivating while Lei Junyao searched for him. After four months, Lei Junyao left to oversee the Myriad Thunder Sacred Court’s affairs, leaving three Half-Step Divine Kings to watch the passage for Qin Hao.

• Lei Junyao vented his anger by blasting the passage with lightning, then departed without finding Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao concluded that Divine King Lie Kong had likely left and resumed cultivating wind-aspected true meanings to fuse with his sword dao true meaning.
• After another month and a half, Lei Junyao returned with three Half-Step Divine Kings and suspected Qin Hao was hiding with the help of a treasure.
• Lei Junyao decided to leave and take charge of the Myriad Thunder Sacred Court’s wider affairs, since Qin Hao would not emerge and the Red Moon Cave Abode would eventually close.
• Lei Junyao ordered the three men to watch the passage and notify him if Qin Hao appeared, rewarded the scar-faced man, and departed.

Lei Junyao left the Underground Tunnel after stationing three half-step Divine Kings to guard against Qin Hao, and paid them ten million Low-Grade Origin Crystals. Qin Hao listened from inside the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror, considered the value of the crystals, and resumed cultivating while the three guards waited outside.

• Lei Junyao decided he had to leave and stationed Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min to watch for Qin Hao.
• Zhao Liechuan revealed that Lei Junyao had given the three guards ten million Low-Grade Origin Crystals, which they divided among themselves.
• Zhan Ze worried that Qin Hao might be nearby, but Zhao Liechuan and Zuo Min dismissed the danger and settled in to wait.
• Qin Hao heard the guards’ conversation from inside the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror and decided Origin Crystals would be useful to acquire.
• Qin Hao set aside his thoughts about Lei Junyao and the guards, then resumed cultivating his true meanings.

After three years of cultivation inside the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror, Qin Hao mastered Shadow-Stealing True Meaning and became a Top-Tier Law Divine Lord. He remained inside, wary of the Half-Step Divine Kings and the increasingly brutal struggle outside the Red Moon Cave Abode.

• Qin Hao observed through his doppelgangers that the battle outside had turned into pillaging and slaughter, while nearly all the lower-grade treasures on the virtual list had been claimed.
• Qin Hao mastered first-rank Shadow-Stealing True Meaning, bringing his total to six first-rank true meanings.
• Qin Hao recognized that his breakthrough had greatly strengthened and expanded the capacity of his Life Divine Power.
• Zhao Liechuan sensed a fluctuation of true meaning and wondered if he had imagined it, while Zhan Ze suggested he was close to condensing his divine core.

Qin Hao sensed an elusive force beneath Zhao Liechuan and the others, one that even powerful Divine Kings had failed to detect. He realized it was not a treasure but something naturally formed in the Red Moon Cave Abode, and the chapter left him startled by how strongly the unknown power drew his attention.

• Zhao Liechuan briefly sensed a fluctuation from Qin Hao's Shadow-Stealing True Meaning, while Zhan Ze and Zuo Min dismissed it as an echo from a distant battle.
• Qin Hao judged that he could not face Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min without advancing his cultivation and the Canglan Myriad Forms Scripture.
• Qin Hao detected a faint divine soul power penetrating the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror from beneath Zhao Liechuan and the others.
• Qin Hao attributed his discovery to the mirror's enhanced perception, his peak-stage Dao-Origin Divine Lord cultivation, and his strengthened divine soul.
• Qin Hao reasoned that the underground force was a natural formation rather than a treasure, then sensed another power resembling but differing from Red Moon Power.
• Qin Hao felt an intense, unexplained impulse as he sensed the power and realized it was important to him.

Qin Hao struggled to comprehend dao intent while cultivating Sixteen-Aspect Canglan, then realized dao intent came from melding true meanings. He recognized an elusive force beneath Zhao Liechuan and the others as tangible dao intent, giving him a valuable reference for breaking through to Dao-Origin Divine Lord.

• Qin Hao decided to focus on reaching Dao-Origin Divine Lord and fusing the Ninth Canglan Water Dragon while Zhao Liechuan and two others remained outside.
• Over several months, Qin Hao made only slight progress fusing the Ninth Canglan Water Dragon and transforming his Sword Dao true meaning into dao intent.
• Qin Hao reasoned that true meaning drew on heaven and earth’s power, while dao intent touched the deeper dao-origin through the fusion of true meanings.
• Qin Hao sensed wisps of mystic force beneath Zhao Liechuan and the other two in the Virtual Projection and recognized them as dao intent.
• Qin Hao realized the tangible dao intent could guide his cultivation and help him break through to Dao-Origin Divine Lord.

Qin Hao completed the Ninth Canglan Water Dragon and prepared to exploit a brief opening to approach the powerful Dao Intent buried beneath the Red Moon Cave Abode. He emerged from the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror while Zhao Liechuan and his companions were distracted, leaving his attempt just beginning.

• Qin Hao decided that rather than trying to obtain the buried source of Dao Intent, he would make a brief dash underground to get closer to it.
• Qin Hao spent half a year fusing the Ninth Canglan Water Dragon inside the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror, then strengthened it by feeding it Red Moon Power.
• Qin Hao finished preparing for his attempt, summoning nine Canglan Water Dragons and manifesting his Primordial Feathered Wings, Supreme Sword Tower, and Star Armor.
• Zhao Liechuan told Zhan Ze and Zuo Min that Wang Cheng had died and described the deadly fighting over cloud-pattern stones outside the Red Moon Cave Abode.
• Qin Hao vanished from the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror as Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min drank Spirit Wine and talked.

Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min were guarding the underground area when Qin Hao emerged and burrowed deeper toward a powerful source of divine soul power and Dao intent. He escaped into the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror just as the three tried to capture him, leaving them stunned.

• Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min agreed that staying behind to guard the area was safer and more profitable than searching for cloud-pattern stone.
• Qin Hao appeared with nine Canglan Water Dragons and drove them into the ground, startling the three guards.
• Zhao Liechuan recognized Qin Hao and realized that he had advanced from an Early-Stage Law Divine Lord to a Top-Tier Law Divine Lord.
• Qin Hao sensed powerful divine soul energy and Dao intent underground, but Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min rushed to seize him.
• Qin Hao vanished into the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror as the nine Canglan Water Dragons disappeared, and the three guards struck the ground where he had stood.

Qin Hao vanished into the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror, leaving Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min to suspect he possessed a treasure or ability that explained his concealment and rapid cultivation. The three grew greedy for the supposed opportunity while Qin Hao remained hidden, sensing the dense Dao Intent and divine soul power inside the mirror.

• Qin Hao and the nine Canglan Water Dragons suddenly vanished, leaving Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min unable to find him.
• Zhao Liechuan and Zhan Ze realized Qin Hao's concealment might explain why even Divine King Lie Kong had only vaguely sensed him.
• Zhao Liechuan told Zuo Min that Qin Hao's concealment, strength, and rapid cultivation pointed to an immense opportunity, possibly a treasure.
• Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min decided they had to get their hands on Qin Hao's supposed treasure before the Holy Son learned of it.
• Inside the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror, Qin Hao sensed unusually dense Dao Intent and powerful divine soul energy, but chose not to emerge while the three remained alert.

Qin Hao discovered that the Dao Intent and Divine Soul Power inside the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror were growing denser underground, and he committed himself to cultivating them alongside the Sixteen-Aspect Canglan. Outside, Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min waited for him to emerge, planning to capture him once the Holy Son obtained the Red Moon Cave Abode.

• Qin Hao identified the power as Red Moon Dao Intent and decided to cultivate it while continuing to fuse the tenth Canglan Water Dragon.
• Qin Hao recognized that absorbing the dense Divine Soul Power could strengthen his soul and help him withstand powerful enemies.
• Qin Hao settled into ascetic cultivation inside the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror.
• Zhan Ze and Zuo Min grew frustrated because Qin Hao had not emerged, while Zhao Liechuan told them to keep watch and wait for the Holy Son to obtain the Red Moon Cave Abode.
• Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min relaxed somewhat and resumed waiting, still intending to kill Qin Hao and seize his treasures when he appeared.

Thirty years after the fighting intensified in the Red Moon Cave Abode, Yun Chang, Eugene, Blood Crow Captain, Succubus, and their companions had gathered only 4.5 billion cloud-pattern stones and worried that the remaining treasures would be claimed before they could collect enough. They decided to keep searching until they had five billion and let Yun Chang exchange for a treasure, while Qin Hao remained inside the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror.

• Blood Crow Captain tallied the group’s cloud-pattern stones, finding that their combined total with Yun Chang’s was about 4.5 billion.
• Yun Chang and the others lamented that they had repeatedly lost chances to mine cloud-pattern stone because their strength was too low and Qin Hao was unavailable.
• Divine Lord Yunlan spotted another treasure worth three billion cloud-pattern stones turning gray on the Red Moon Palace list, which had dwindled to fewer than two hundred treasures.
• Eugene proposed that the group secure a treasure rather than keep waiting for Qin Hao, and Blood Crow Captain agreed to aim for five billion cloud-pattern stones.
• Yun Chang agreed to handle the exchange because the others were Mirror Slaves, and the group set off to resume their search.

After thirty years of cultivation inside the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror, Qin Hao decided to descend deeper underground to speed his breakthrough and leave the mirror to seek treasures. He appeared above Zhao Liechuan and the others, realized they could track Lei Junhui’s aura, and raced toward the earth to kill him.

• Qin Hao assessed his half-step Sword Dao Intent, doubled divine soul strength, and Eleven-Aspect Canglan, then decided to leave the mirror and descend deeper.
• Zhao Liechuan, Zuo Min, and Zhan Ze waited outside for Qin Hao, with Zhao Liechuan insisting Lei Junhui’s aura confirmed Qin Hao was still nearby.
• Qin Hao appeared overhead and heard the three discuss sensing Lei Junhui’s aura.
• Qin Hao realized Lei Junhui could let Lei Junyao track him, decided Lei Junhui could not be allowed to live, and shot toward the earth.

Qin Hao appeared with eleven Canglan Water Dragons and blasted a passage deeper into the Red Moon Cave Abode while Zhao Liechuan, Zuo Min, and Zhan Ze attacked him. He escaped into the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror, leaving the three half-step divine kings shocked when the clash’s shockwaves injured them.

• Qin Hao appeared with embryonic sword dao intent and eleven Canglan Water Dragons, astonishing Zhao Liechuan, Zuo Min, and Zhan Ze with his strength.
• Zhao Liechuan, Zuo Min, and Zhan Ze attacked Qin Hao from three directions and demanded that he surrender his treasure.
• Qin Hao sent the eleven Canglan Water Dragons crashing into the ground, opened a passage nearly three hundred meters deep, and followed them underground.
• As the three half-step divine kings caught up, Qin Hao entered the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror while the Canglan Water Dragons blocked their attacks.
• Zhao Liechuan, Zuo Min, and Zhan Ze found Qin Hao gone and were struck by the lingering shockwaves, which diminished their life divine power.

Qin Hao realized he was not yet strong enough to defeat Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min, so he cultivated inside the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror to prepare to escape. Meanwhile, Lei Junyao sensed his second brother’s aura and pinpointed his location.

• Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min resolved to kill Qin Hao before his rapid growth made him a greater threat.
• Qin Hao assessed the three men’s strength and concluded he needed stronger cultivation, divine soul power, and Canglan Water Dragons to escape their encirclement.
• Qin Hao began cultivating with the denser Red Moon Dao Intent and divine soul power inside the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror.
• Qin Hao fused his Canglan Water Dragons, strengthened his Giant Sword divine soul, and refined his Sword Dao Intent.
• Lei Junyao sensed his second brother’s aura and pinpointed his location.

Lei Junyao learned that Qin Hao had emerged twice from the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror and resolved to acquire the Red Moon World Stone so he could rescue Lei Junhui and kill Qin Hao. He refused Divine King Lie Kong’s advice to spend their Cloud-Pattern Stones on other treasures, insisting they obey the Holy Lord’s command.

• Lei Junyao learned from Zhao Liechuan and the others that Qin Hao had appeared twice in the same place, and concluded that Qin Hao was testing whether he could escape.
• Demon Venerable Ten Thousand Balefuls told Lei Junyao about Qin Hao’s extraordinary strength, including his suppression of Lei Junhui, a Half-Step Divine King.
• Lei Junyao decided to save his Cloud-Pattern Stones for the Red Moon World Stone, which he believed would let him reach Qin Hao and rescue Lei Junhui.
• Divine King Lie Kong advised Lei Junyao to exchange their more than fifty billion Cloud-Pattern Stones for other treasures, but Lei Junyao rejected the suggestion and invoked the Holy Lord’s command.

Lei Junyao ordered his forces to gather Cloud-Pattern Stone by any means so he could obtain the Red Moon World Stone and save his younger brother. Meanwhile, Xuan Yinchen exchanged his gathered stones for a Moon Spirit Statue and was teleported away from the Red Moon Palace.

• Lei Junyao rejected Divine King Lie Kong’s objections and ordered his forces to search for Cloud-Pattern Stone, resorting to killing and plunder if necessary.
• Divine King Lie Kong left after Lei Junyao insisted on pursuing the Red Moon World Stone to draw out Qin Hao and save Lei Junhui.
• Xuan Yinchen returned to the Red Moon Palace after gathering more than ten billion Cloud-Pattern Stone, while Uncle Zhong also exchanged stones for treasures.
• Xuan Yinchen chose a Moon Spirit Statue, which could fight with the strength of a High Divine King, and exchanged ten billion Cloud-Pattern Stone for it.
• Red Moon Power teleported Xuan Yinchen away from the Red Moon Palace.

After ten years of chaos in the Red Moon Cave Abode, Qin Hao comprehended sword dao intent and strengthened his cultivation and Canglan Water Dragon technique during seclusion. He emerged more confident in facing the three Half-Step Divine Kings Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min, whose movements he watched through a Virtual Projection.

• Lei Junyao's rampage divided the Red Moon Cave Abode between his forces, Xuan Yinchen's Great Xuan Dynasty, and an alliance of rogue cultivators and factions.
• Dao Lord Zhǐtiān and the Heavenly Palace joined Xuan Yinchen's faction, gathered a billion cloud-pattern stones, and obtained a Low-Grade Divine Weapon.
• Dao Lord Zhǐtiān, Azure Dragon Dao Venerable, and Dao Lord Suxin worried about Qin Hao, whom Lei Junyao was hunting, but accepted that they could not help him.
• Qin Hao comprehended sword dao intent in the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror, transforming and strengthening his divine strength.
• Qin Hao consolidated the Twelve-Aspect Canglan Water Dragon, which he believed could help him withstand the three Half-Step Divine Kings and escape.
• After more than forty years in seclusion, Qin Hao watched Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min through a Virtual Projection.

Qin Hao discovered that his stronger Divine Soul Power could pass through the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror undetected and revealed a binding formation set by Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min. He planned to destroy a formation flag and strike the weakest opponent, but Zuo Min began sensing danger as Qin Hao replenished his strength.

• Qin Hao extended his Divine Soul Power through the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror and found that Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min could not detect it.
• Qin Hao used his Divine Sense to discover a binding formation on the underground platform and realized the three men planned to ambush him when he emerged.
• Qin Hao decided to destroy a formation flag and target Zuo Min first, judging him the weakest of the three.
• Qin Hao replenished the Divine Strength in his Void Cave World while Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min kept watch outside.
• Zuo Min felt an inexplicable sense of danger that grew stronger as he watched for Qin Hao.

Zuo Min, Zhao Liechuan, and Zhan Ze discussed whether Qin Hao might have become a Dao-Origin Divine Lord, but dismissed him as no threat and continued waiting to ambush him. As Qin Hao prepared for a battle against the three Half-Step Divine Kings, he sensed a strange force in his Mindscape and discovered it came from the Supreme Sword Tower.

• Zuo Min felt an inexplicable sense of danger and wondered whether Qin Hao had advanced to become a Dao-Origin Divine Lord.
• Zuo Min warned Zhao Liechuan and Zhan Ze of the possibility, but Zhao Liechuan and Zhan Ze dismissed his concern and claimed the three of them could easily handle Qin Hao.
• Zhan Ze suggested that he and Zhao Liechuan attack first while Zuo Min guarded, prompting Zuo Min to reject the idea and grow wary of their intentions to claim more treasure.
• Qin Hao continued consolidating his cultivation and storing divine strength before confronting the three Half-Step Divine Kings.
• Qin Hao sensed a sting in his divine soul, traced it to the Supreme Sword Tower in his Mindscape, and heard an enraged roar from its eighth floor.

Qin Hao saw Lei Junhui using a hidden divine weapon and regenerated divine strength to attack the Supreme Sword Tower. Since killing Lei Junhui would alert Lei Junyao, Qin Hao destroyed Lei Junhui’s divine body instead, leaving his soul alive and vowing to kill both brothers eventually.

• Lei Junhui used a Low-Grade Divine Weapon awl and recovered divine strength to attack the Supreme Sword Tower’s seal.
• Qin Hao realized Lei Junhui had hidden means to survive but chose not to kill him because Lei Junyao could sense his death.
• Qin Hao sent a sword strike into the tower, knocking Lei Junhui’s awl away and injuring him.
• Qin Hao destroyed Lei Junhui’s divine body, leaving only his weakened divine soul.
• Lei Junhui begged Qin Hao to kill him, but Qin Hao said he would send both brothers to hell together.

Qin Hao crippled Lei Junhui to keep him from interfering without risking Lei Junyao’s intervention, then attacked Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min. He exposed their formation and left Zuo Min facing the Twelve-Aspect Canglan Water Dragon’s charge.

• Qin Hao destroyed Lei Junhui’s divine body and life divine power, leaving him alive as a divine soul inside the Supreme Sword Tower.
• Qin Hao prepared to attack Zhao Liechuan, Zhan Ze, and Zuo Min, targeting Zuo Min as the weakest of the three.
• Zhao Liechuan sensed danger and warned Zhan Ze and Zuo Min, but Qin Hao’s sword qi appeared and struck Zhan Ze’s formation.
• The formation activated and raised a Golden Light Shield, while Qin Hao and the Twelve-Aspect Canglan Water Dragon appeared nearby.
• Qin Hao sent the Twelve-Aspect Canglan Water Dragon diving toward Zuo Min, who panicked under its pressure.

Qin Hao ambushed Zuo Min with the Twelve-Aspect Canglan Water Dragons, overwhelming the half-step Divine King with their uninterrupted assault. After the eleventh dragon tore open Zuo Min’s chest, his survival remained uncertain.

• Qin Hao activated the formation early and sent the first Canglan Water Dragon rushing at Zuo Min before Zhao Liechuan and Zhan Ze could intervene.
• Zuo Min’s divine strength shattered the first dragon, but the second and third struck him before he could recover.
• Four more dragons hit Zuo Min in succession, draining twenty percent of his life divine power and leaving him unable to defend himself.
• Three additional dragons shattered Zuo Min’s chest defenses, leaving him with only thirty percent of his life divine power.
• Zuo Min tried to protect himself with an Orb, but the eleventh Canglan Water Dragon struck before its Golden Light Shield could cover him and tore a hole through his chest.