Recaps

As cultivators fled the collapsing Red Moon Cave Abode, Lei Junyao spotted Qin Hao and charged at him to avenge his brother. Qin Hao prepared to fight, then heard Eugene and Blood Crow calling to him and went to meet them.

• Cultivators raced to escape the Red Moon Cave Abode as Profound Venerable Jiemo overwhelmed the Red Moon World Spirit.
• Lei Junyao recognized Qin Hao, blamed him for Lei Junhui's death, and released his killing intent.
• Qin Hao sensed Lei Junyao and resolved not to flee or surrender when Lei Junyao attacked him.
• Lei Junyao transformed into a bolt of lightning and charged toward Qin Hao while other cultivators continued escaping.
• Qin Hao drew the Heavenly Abyss Sword, then heard Eugene and Blood Crow calling from the Rubble Forest and hurried to them.

Qin Hao returned to the Rubble Forest amid Profound Venerable Jiemo’s assault on the Red Moon Cave Abode, only to learn that Yun Chang had been missing inside the Red Moon Palace for half a day. He rushed to find him but was stopped and injured by the palace’s restriction.

• Lei Junyao saw Qin Hao descend toward the ground and pursued him, vowing to kill him and avenge his brother.
• Qin Hao reunited with Eugene, the Blood Crow Captain, Succubus, and the others in the Rubble Forest, then asked where Yun Chang was.
• The Blood Crow Captain told Qin Hao that Yun Chang had entered the Red Moon Palace to exchange for treasures half a day earlier and had not come out.
• Qin Hao suspected something had happened to Yun Chang, drew Eugene, the Blood Crow Captain, and the others into the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror, and hurried to the Red Moon Palace.
• The palace’s restriction repelled Qin Hao with crushing force and left blood at the corner of his mouth, preventing him from entering.

Qin Hao watched Profound Venerable Jiemo batter the Red Moon Palace and prepared to enter once its weakened restrictions allowed him to search for Yun Chang. As the Red Moon Cave Abode began to collapse, spatial rifts formed across it and swallowed numerous fleeing cultivators.

• Qin Hao saw Profound Venerable Jiemo strike down the Red Moon World Spirit’s red pillar of light and realized the Red Moon Palace might soon collapse with Yun Chang still inside.
• Qin Hao sensed the restrictions weakening, equipped the Primordial Feathered Wings and Star Armor, and prepared to enter the Red Moon Palace to find Yun Chang.
• Three Peak-Stage Dao-Origin Divine Lords flew toward the exit, but a spatial rift caught the burly man among them and began pulling him in.
• The burly man’s two companions abandoned him, only to be caught by spatial rifts themselves; he laughed as they were dragged away.
• Spatial rifts appeared throughout the Red Moon Cave Abode, killing numerous cultivators, especially Half-Step Divine Kings and Lower Divine Kings.

As Profound Venerable Jiemo’s assault brought the Red Moon Cave Abode close to collapse, Moon Spirit faced defeat and noticed Yun Chang trapped in the Red Moon Palace. She considered making him the inheritor, but Jiemo struck the palace before she could act, leaving both of them under his power.

• Cultivators fled the Red Moon Cave Abode as Profound Venerable Jiemo’s attacks widened the breach in its restrictions.
• Moon Spirit, gravely wounded while trying to defend the Red Moon Palace, despaired that the abode would be destroyed and no one would avenge Profound Venerable Red Moon.
• Yun Chang tried to leave the palace but discovered he needed Moon Spirit’s help to escape.
• Moon Spirit reconsidered Yun Chang as a possible inheritor because Jiemo’s attack allowed her to act according to circumstances.
• Profound Venerable Jiemo struck the palace, injuring Yun Chang and declaring that Moon Spirit would serve as his world spirit.

With Profound Venerable Jiemo closing in, Moon Spirit activated the Red Moon Grand Array and offered Yun Chang the Red Moon World Stone. Yun Chang accepted, and Moon Spirit proposed faking the Red Moon Cave Abode’s destruction so he could escape with it unnoticed.

• Moon Spirit activated the Red Moon Grand Array to stabilize the collapsing Red Moon Palace and buy time against Profound Venerable Jiemo.
• Moon Spirit offered Yun Chang the Red Moon World Stone, explaining that she would rather entrust it to him than let Jiemo capture her or allow the Cave Abode to fall into his hands.
• Moon Spirit warned Yun Chang that refusing would force her to self-destruct the Red Moon Cave Abode, and Yun Chang agreed to accept the World Stone despite Jiemo’s threat.
• Moon Spirit explained that Jiemo would become suspicious if she and Yun Chang vanished together, so she proposed making him witness the Cave Abode’s apparent destruction while Yun Chang escaped with the World Stone.

Moon Spirit arranged for Yun Chang to escape with the Red Moon World Stone while making Profound Venerable Jiemo believe the Red Moon Cave Abode had been destroyed. After Yun Chang vanished in the shockwave, Moon Spirit began detonating the abode to keep Jiemo from claiming it.

• Moon Spirit explained that the Red Moon Cave Abode had to be genuinely damaged, though the Red Moon World Stone could restore it, and planned to hide Yun Chang inside the red moon.
• When Profound Venerable Jiemo shattered the Red Moon Formation, Moon Spirit transferred Yun Chang into the red moon as a shockwave appeared to kill him.
• Profound Venerable Jiemo entered the Red Moon Palace and demanded that Moon Spirit submit to him in exchange for any favor she wanted.
• Moon Spirit demanded that Jiemo avenge her master, Profound Venerable Red Moon, and rejected his demand when he refused.
• Moon Spirit began detonating the Red Moon Cave Abode, declaring that Jiemo would die with her and her master.

Moon Spirit triggered the destruction of the Red Moon Cave Abode, forcing Profound Venerable Jiemo to flee as the palace and its surrounding space collapsed. Qin Hao worried about Yun Chang, but Lei Junyao attacked him, leaving Qin Hao to merge his six doppelgangers and face the fight.

• Moon Spirit dispersed as she triggered the Red Moon Cave Abode's destruction, and Profound Venerable Jiemo failed to stop her.
• The Red Moon Palace shattered and spatial rifts opened, killing fleeing cultivators as Profound Venerable Jiemo escaped.
• Qin Hao reached the collapsing palace and feared Yun Chang might still be inside.
• Lei Junyao attacked Qin Hao with a powerful bolt of lightning while the fragile space blocked Qin Hao from escaping into the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror.
• Qin Hao summoned his six doppelgangers and used the Thousand Shadows Spirit Transformation Art to merge them into his True Self, greatly increasing his power.

Qin Hao merged his Six Doppelgangers and blocked Lei Junyao’s attack, astonishing the Lower Divine King. As the Red Moon Cave Abode collapsed, cultivators outside witnessed their fight and realized Qin Hao was only an Early-Stage Dao-Origin Divine Lord.

• Qin Hao merged all Six Doppelgangers into his True Self and unleashed Crimson Moon Origin-Returning Slash with sixteen Canglan Water Dragons.
• Lei Junyao attacked Qin Hao to avenge his brother Lei Junhui and threatened to destroy Qin Hao’s family, friends, and the Desolate Dust Turbid Domain.
• Qin Hao’s sword strike split Lei Junyao’s lightning, and the sixteen Canglan Water Dragons overwhelmed it and forced Lei Junyao to stop.
• Cultivators escaping the collapsing Red Moon Cave Abode spotted Lei Junyao and Qin Hao fighting inside.
• The onlookers saw Qin Hao block Lei Junyao’s attack and were shocked that an Early-Stage Dao-Origin Divine Lord could withstand a Lower Divine King.

Qin Hao’s clash with Lei Junyao astonished the cultivators watching the Red Moon Cave Abode, while the Myriad Thunder Sacred Court faced the prospect of returning empty-handed. After Profound Venerable Jiemo fled the collapsing abode without obtaining its World Stone, he attacked the escaped cultivators to seize their treasures, leaving the survivors in terror.

• Leng Linjiang and other observers watched Qin Hao block Lei Junyao’s lightning, while Xuan Yinchen decided to publicize the Holy Son’s failure.
• Divine King Lie Kong resolved to report the Myriad Thunder Sacred Court’s losses and resented Lei Junyao for their failure to obtain any treasures.
• Profound Venerable Jiemo escaped the collapsing Red Moon Cave Abode after the Red Moon World Spirit refused to submit to him.
• Profound Venerable Jiemo decided to take the escaped cultivators’ treasures and lives, then killed several Half-Step Divine Kings and took their Storage Star Rings.
• The remaining cultivators watched in horror as Profound Venerable Jiemo prepared to claim more victims.

Profound Venerable Jiemo attacked the cultivators leaving Red Moon Cave Abode to seize their treasures, forcing most to flee with teleportation Jade Slips. He killed dozens of Divine Kings, while Xuan Yinchen escaped and Zhong Bo was left dying; Divine King Lie Kong teleported away badly wounded, and Dao Lord Zhǐtiān and the other weaker cultivators escaped unnoticed.

• Profound Venerable Jiemo found two treasures on the level of Low-Grade Divine Weapons, then killed another group of Half-Step Divine Kings and searched their Storage Spirit Rings.
• The surviving cultivators realized Profound Venerable Jiemo was hunting them for their treasures and began teleporting to the Outer Domain with Jade Slips.
• Profound Venerable Jiemo targeted the strongest cultivators, and Zhong Bo shielded Xuan Yinchen before being struck down as Xuan Yinchen escaped.
• Divine King Lie Kong activated a teleportation Jade Slip after Profound Venerable Jiemo blasted him, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Profound Venerable Jiemo killed dozens of Divine Kings, while Dao Lord Zhǐtiān and many weaker cultivators escaped without being noticed.

Qin Hao struggled to withstand Lei Junyao’s overwhelming Divine King strength as the Red Moon Cave Abode collapsed around them. He spotted a way to exploit the spatial rifts, then launched a combined attack while telling Lei Junyao that his brother had killed himself.

• Lei Junyao’s lightning overwhelmed Qin Hao’s sixteen-aspect Canglan, and Eugene and the others realized Qin Hao was close to defeat.
• Qin Hao recognized that a spatial rift might pull Lei Junyao in and give him a chance to escape.
• Qin Hao unleashed sixteen Canglan Water Dragons and five Crimson Moon Origin-Returning Slashes at Lei Junyao.
• Qin Hao told Lei Junyao that he had not killed Lei Junhui and claimed Lei Junhui had killed himself, driving Lei Junyao into greater fury.
• The water dragons and sword radiances struck Lei Junyao.

Qin Hao trapped Lei Junyao in the collapsing Red Moon Cave Abode by exploiting its spatial rifts, then searched for Yun Chang despite the danger. As the cave abode continued to collapse, Qin Hao headed toward a region of shattered space where Yun Chang might be trapped.

• Lei Junyao dismissed Qin Hao's attacks and charged at him, relying on his lightning defense to withstand the Canglan Water Dragons and Crescent Sword Radiance.
• Qin Hao revealed that the fight had caused spatial rifts to spread around Lei Junyao, accelerating the cave abode's collapse and trapping Lei Junyao in the pull of the rifts.
• Lei Junyao realized Qin Hao had used the spatial collapse against him and cursed him as the suction grew stronger.
• Eugene and the Blood Crow Captain urged Qin Hao to leave before the Red Moon Cave Abode collapsed, but Qin Hao insisted he would find Yun Chang alive or recover his body.
• Qin Hao headed toward a distant region of shattered space, believing Yun Chang might be trapped there.

As the Red Moon Cave Abode collapsed into Spatial Islands and spatial rifts, Qin Hao risked searching for Yun Chang despite his companions urging him to leave. He found no trace of Yun Chang, and Lei Junyao arrived in a fury, threatening to kill him.

• Qin Hao probed a nearby Spatial Island with his divine sense, found no sign of Yun Chang, and watched the island collapse into a Spatial Death Land.
• Eugene, Blood Crow Captain, Succubus, and Demon Blade urged Qin Hao to leave or accepted that they would face danger alongside him, but Qin Hao continued searching.
• Qin Hao searched seven or eight more Spatial Islands and found nothing, deepening his fear that Yun Chang had met with danger.
• Lei Junyao approached Qin Hao at great speed, collapsing space in his path and vowing to kill him.

Qin Hao and Lei Junyao fought inside the collapsing Red Moon Cave Abode, where Qin Hao’s depleted strength left him unable to stop Lei Junyao’s attack. Their clash tore open more spatial rifts, leaving both men surrounded and at risk of being swallowed.

• Qin Hao realized Lei Junyao had escaped the spatial rift using a life-saving Life Token, while Qin Hao lacked the strength to flee or unleash another Crimson Moon Origin-Returning Slash.
• Qin Hao unleashed Sixteen-Aspect Canglan, sending sixteen Canglan Water Dragons against Lei Junyao’s lightning attack.
• Lei Junyao’s lightning destroyed all sixteen Canglan Water Dragons and continued toward Qin Hao, while their collision opened jagged spatial rifts.
• Lei Junyao stopped when he saw the spatial rifts surrounding him and recognized that the Red Moon Cave Abode was collapsing completely.
• Lei Junyao saw that Qin Hao was also surrounded by spatial rifts and believed he was about to die.

Qin Hao remained trapped with Lei Junyao in the collapsing Red Moon Cave Abode, while Profound Venerable Jiemo fled after sensing powerful observers in the starry sky. Yun Chang, revealed beside Moon Spirit above the shattered red moon, pleaded for her to save Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao accepted that the spreading spatial rifts might kill him, but regretted that he could not see Mu Ziqing again.
• Profound Venerable Jiemo counted the treasures he had plundered and lamented that he had failed to obtain the Red Moon Cave Abode.
• Profound Venerable Jiemo spotted Qin Hao and Lei Junyao trapped in the collapsing cave abode, then sensed a powerful presence and fled.
• Yun Chang watched Qin Hao's battle from above the shattered red moon, unable to help him himself.
• Yun Chang told Moon Spirit that Profound Venerable Jiemo had left and pleaded with her to save Qin Hao.

Moon Spirit explained why she had been unable to intervene while Profound Venerable Jiemo remained nearby, then prepared to save Qin Hao after Jiemo left. She warned Yun Chang to keep the Red Moon Cave Abode secret and stay until he could match a Lower Divine King, while Qin Hao and Lei Junyao remained trapped amid widening spatial rifts.

• Moon Spirit admired Qin Hao for risking his life to find Yun Chang and for fighting Lei Junyao with his powerful techniques.
• Moon Spirit told Yun Chang she could save Qin Hao, warned him not to reveal the Red Moon Cave Abode, and ordered him to remain inside until he reached Lower Divine King-level strength.
• Yun Chang agreed to Moon Spirit's conditions and urged her to save Qin Hao, who wanted to leave and help with the dangers in the Desolate Dust Turbid Domain.
• After confirming Profound Venerable Jiemo had left, Moon Spirit prepared to act without exposing herself.
• Qin Hao resisted the pull of expanding spatial rifts as Lei Junyao clung to a teleportation Jade Slip and a weakened Life Token Jade Slip, vowing to watch Qin Hao die.

As the Red Moon Cave Abode collapsed, Qin Hao was trapped among expanding spatial rifts while Lei Junyao delayed teleporting away so he could witness Qin Hao’s death. Yun Chang revealed that he was alive and, with help from Moon Spirit, froze the space around Qin Hao; he then told Qin Hao that he had received the Red Moon World Stone, a secret Moon Spirit wanted kept from Lei Junyao.

• Lei Junyao prepared his Life Token and teleportation Jade Slip but waited to see Qin Hao die before using them.
• Qin Hao struggled against the expanding spatial rifts and believed he could not escape.
• Yun Chang contacted Qin Hao from inside the Red Moon Interior and praised his fight against Lei Junyao.
• Moon Spirit unleashed Red Moon Power that froze the surrounding space and weakened the rifts’ pull on Qin Hao.
• Yun Chang told Qin Hao that Moon Spirit had given him the Red Moon World Stone, while Moon Spirit worried that Lei Junyao might learn of it.

Yun Chang told Qin Hao how he had obtained the Red Moon Cave Abode, and Qin Hao warned him to keep the Heavenly Venerable-grade weapon secret. As the collapsing abode remained dangerous, Yun Chang stayed behind to cultivate while Qin Hao prepared to leave.

• Moon Spirit watched Lei Junyao carefully but refrained from acting against him because powerful Venerables were monitoring the Red Moon Cave Abode.
• Yun Chang recounted to Qin Hao how Moon Spirit chose him after Profound Venerable Jiemo forced her to choose between submission and destruction.
• Qin Hao understood that Moon Spirit had tested and approved of Yun Chang, and he sincerely congratulated him on obtaining the Red Moon Cave Abode.
• Qin Hao warned Yun Chang that revealing the abode could draw pursuit and put them both in danger, noting that others already suspected he possessed a treasure.
• Yun Chang told Qin Hao he would remain inside the Red Moon Cave Abode to cultivate, while Qin Hao prepared to leave before the spreading spatial rifts became a deathtrap.

Qin Hao escaped the collapsing Red Moon Cave Abode with Moon Spirit’s help while Lei Junyao waited for him to be swallowed by a spatial rift. Lei Junyao failed to avenge Lei Junhui and swore he would kill Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao warned Yun Chang to be careful and thanked Moon Spirit, who cautioned him that his repeated use of the Mirror Lake Profound Heaven Mirror might draw suspicion.
• Moon Spirit agreed to send Qin Hao out of the collapsing Red Moon Cave Abode but refused to attack Lei Junyao.
• Lei Junyao used a teleportation Jade Slip and a Life Token to withstand the spatial rifts, then threatened to slaughter Qin Hao’s family, friends, and clansmen.
• Lei Junyao realized Qin Hao was unaffected by the spatial rifts, while Moon Spirit secretly stabilized the space around him.
• Moon Spirit sent Qin Hao hurtling toward the starry sky, and he passed through the spatial rifts and escaped.
• Lei Junyao raged over Qin Hao’s escape, swore to kill him, and spat blood as his aura withered.

After escaping the collapsing Red Moon Cave Abode, Qin Hao watched the region vanish and learned Lei Junyao had returned to the Outer Domain, still intent on revenge. Qin Hao planned to return to the Qiankun Continent and reunite with Dao Lord Zhǐtiān and the others.

• Lei Junyao escaped the collapsing Red Moon Cave Abode using his teleportation Jade Slip and a life-saving Life Token, vowing to kill Qin Hao.
• The Red Moon Cave Abode collapsed into a death zone, then vanished, leaving only empty starry sky and a hidden grain of dust containing the damaged but recoverable cave abode.
• Qin Hao observed that the Red Moon Cave Abode had been destroyed and confirmed that Lei Junyao had escaped to the Outer Domain.
• Qin Hao reasoned that Lei Junyao might seek revenge but would likely be occupied by punishment from the Myriad Thunder Sacred Court after its expedition suffered heavy losses.
• Qin Hao decided to return to the Qiankun Continent and reunite with Dao Lord Zhǐtiān and the other surviving Heavenly Palace cultivators.

Qin Hao returned to Qiankun Continent after the Red Moon Cave Abode and assessed how to prepare for the Demon God Hall’s plans to conquer the Desolate Dust Turbid Domain. He arrived above Dragon Marquis City, where Mu Ziqing saw him and rejoiced at his return.

• Qin Hao entered Qiankun Continent without being noticed by the Divine Lords watching nearby.
• Qin Hao planned to rebuild his five remaining doppelgangers and raise the cultivation of himself and all six doppelgangers to face the Demon God Hall’s leaders.
• Qin Hao learned that Demon Venerable Ten Thousand Balefuls and the other two Great Demon Gods had survived and that Ten Thousand Balefuls had obtained the Star-Shattering Ring.
• Qin Hao considered his old plan to reconstruct the origin world and realized that his increased strength gave him another chance to protect the Desolate Dust Turbid Domain.
• Qin Hao reached Dragon Marquis City, and Mu Ziqing saw him and greeted him with joy.

Qin Hao returned to Dragon Marquis City and reunited with Mu Ziqing, keeping his return and the Red Moon Cave Abode's destruction secret from her and the public. As news of the cave abode spread, a scholar in Torch Dragon Star revealed that someone other than Profound Venerable Jiemo had actually destroyed it.

• Qin Hao reunited with Mu Ziqing and took a walk with her, finally relaxing after his dangerous experiences.
• Qin Hao told Mu Ziqing about Yun Chang but withheld the Red Moon Cave Abode's destruction to avoid drawing the attention of mighty Venerables.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing spent several days traveling around the Qiankun Continent, keeping his return hidden until news of it spread and drew crowds to Dragon Marquis City.
• News of the Red Moon Cave Abode's appearance and destruction spread through the Desolate Dust Turbid Domain and the Outer Domain.
• At an inn on Torch Dragon Star, a scholar said Profound Venerable Jiemo was connected to the cave abode's destruction, but someone else had actually destroyed it.

An inn full of cultivators heard reports that Profound Venerable Jiemo destroyed the Red Moon Cave Abode and slaughtered dozens of Divine Kings to seize their treasures. The discussion also revealed that Lei Junyao returned from the expedition empty-handed after pursuing revenge for his brother, and the Myriad Thunder Sacred Court's Holy Lord imprisoned him.

• A scholar said Profound Venerable Jiemo tried to seize the Red Moon Cave Abode, whose world spirit destroyed itself rather than submit.
• The scholar reported that Profound Venerable Jiemo then killed dozens of Divine Kings, including High Divine Kings, and took their treasures.
• The scholar said Xuan Yinchen, the Seventh Prince of the Great Xuan Dynasty, gained the most, while many Half-Step Divine Kings also obtained treasures.
• The scholar revealed that the Myriad Thunder Sacred Court sent three High Divine Kings and dozens of Divine King-rank experts but gained nothing.
• A burly man said Lei Junyao neglected to seek treasures while avenging Lei Junhui, and the Holy Lord imprisoned him after his return.

Lei Junyao was stripped of his Holy Son status and confined by the Myriad Thunder Sacred Court after the losses caused by his failed dealings. Consumed by hatred for Qin Hao and unable to accept waiting until he grew stronger, Lei Junyao prepared to act against him despite his confinement.

• Divine King Zhaoqing told Lei Junyao that the Holy Lord had stripped him of his Holy Son status and ordered him to remain confined at Peak Summit.
• Lei Junyao blamed Qin Hao for his brother’s death, his lost status, and the Myriad Thunder Sacred Court’s losses, while Divine King Zhaoqing explained that the elders had passed the resolution.
• Divine King Zhaoqing urged Lei Junyao to cultivate past his inner demon and said he might regain his freedom and seek revenge after becoming a Middle or High Divine King.
• After Divine King Zhaoqing left, Lei Junyao rejected the idea of waiting to grow stronger and swore to kill Qin Hao wherever he was.
• Lei Junyao produced a Message Jade Slip.

Unable to leave his mountain, Lei Junyao tried to recruit the Demon God Hall’s three Lower Divine Kings to pursue Qin Hao. Back at their headquarters, the three survivors of the Red Moon Cave Abode weighed who would claim the powerful Star-Shattering Ring.

• Lei Junyao used the Message Jade Slips to contact Demon Venerable Ten Thousand Balefuls, Devil Master Thunder Prison, and Devil Lord Dao Devourer, hoping they could help him hunt Qin Hao.
• Demon Venerable Ten Thousand Balefuls, Devil Master Thunder Prison, and Devil Lord Dao Devourer recalled escaping the Red Moon Cave Abode before Profound Venerable Jiemo slaughtered dozens of Divine Kings.
• Demon Venerable Ten Thousand Balefuls revealed that they had obtained the Star-Shattering Ring, a powerful Low-Grade Divine Weapon suited to their Demon Spirit Race.
• Demon Venerable Ten Thousand Balefuls asked Devil Master Thunder Prison and Devil Lord Dao Devourer which of them would refine the ring, while concealing his own cold reaction to their greed.