Recaps

Lei Yunkui devoured a young man to advance his cultivation and pursued Qin Hao, while Fang Lang and the Cloudwing Beast followed cautiously. At the Demon-Suppressing Pool, Demon Ancestor Yin hesitated to attack Qin Hao, who began destroying the Immortal-Demon Altars.

• Lei Yunkui tore through the young man's Domain, drained his True Essence, and killed him, advancing to the Saint Martial Realm Fifth Layer.
• Fang Lang and the Cloudwing Beast witnessed Lei Yunkui's actions and continued onward cautiously, avoiding fleeing devil prodigies.
• Demon Ancestor Yin weighed the cost of using his full power against Qin Hao, fearing damage to the Demon-Suppressing Pool and its altars.
• Qin Hao, Mu Mingxuan, Qiao Chuyu, and Zuo Yichuan confronted Demon Ancestor Yin, and Qiao Chuyu warned that a Venerable would come if they escaped and reported the pool.
• Qin Hao declared that the Demon-Suppressing Pool would be destroyed immediately and swung Setting Sun Sword at an Immortal-Demon Pillar with his Destruction Sword Domain.

Qin Hao destroyed the Immortal-Demon Pillar, but a powerful lightning-wielding attacker arrived and severely injured him and his companions. The chapter left Demon Ancestor Yin raging after the blast scattered his Demonic Body once more.

• Qin Hao struck the Immortal-Demon Pillar with the Setting Sun Sword, splitting it and causing the pillar and the Demon God Statue to collapse.
• Demon Ancestor Yin attacked Qin Hao, who escaped with Near at Hand, Far Away but was grazed and injured.
• A man wielding a powerful Lightning Domain arrived and struck Mu Mingxuan, Qiao Chuyu, Zuo Yichuan, and Qin Hao with lightning bolts.
• Qin Hao used Earth's Wrath and Near at Hand, Far Away to counter and evade the lightning, but the explosions badly injured him and his companions.
• The shockwaves destroyed Demon Ancestor Yin's Demonic Body again, and he demanded to know who had done it.

Lei Yunkui confronted Qin Hao in the Demon-Suppressing Pool, blaming him for his losses and threatening his family and allies. Demon Ancestor Yin tried to command Lei Yunkui to capture Qin Hao, but Lei Yunkui attacked him until Yin revealed his Blood Demon Race identity and forced Lei Yunkui to kneel.

• Qin Hao recognized Lei Yunkui, who had survived, undergone Demonic Transformation, and advanced to Saint Martial Realm Fifth Layer Early Stage.
• Lei Yunkui blamed Qin Hao for his ruined True Self and fallen clan, then threatened Qin Hao's Lineage and everyone in Myriad Phenomena Hall.
• Demon Ancestor Yin ordered Lei Yunkui to seize Qin Hao and imprison him so Yin could enslave him.
• Lei Yunkui dismissed Demon Ancestor Yin and shattered his reforming Demonic Body with Lightning.
• Demon Ancestor Yin revealed himself as a Blood Demon and used his Soul Power to force Lei Yunkui to his knees.

Demon Ancestor Yin forced Lei Yunkui to capture Qin Hao, and Lei Yunkui attacked him with his lightning powers. Qin Hao fought back with his Destruction Sword Domain and Treasure Swords, but the clash left him at a disadvantage as Demon Ancestor Yin watched for a possible Demonic Qi Black Sphere.

• Demon Ancestor Yin used his Soul Power to subdue Lei Yunkui, then ordered him to capture Qin Hao.
• Lei Yunkui accepted the order and attacked Qin Hao with eight lightning bolts empowered by his Fifth-Order Lightning Domain and Lightning Laws.
• Qin Hao chose not to summon White-Clad Qin Hao and used his Destruction Sword Domain and twenty-eight Treasure Swords to counter the attack.
• Lei Yunkui's lightning overwhelmed Qin Hao's swords, breaking two of them and forcing Qin Hao to use his reserves.
• Mu Mingxuan and the others worried as Qin Hao fell behind, while Demon Ancestor Yin wondered whether Qin Hao would use another Demonic Qi Black Sphere.

Qin Hao turned the battle against Lei Yunkui by using his Time Domain to slow the lightning and destroy six of its eight bolts. Lei Yunkui realized Qin Hao had mastered a High Rank Time Domain as Qin Hao moved to finish off the final two bolts.

• Qin Hao judged that Lei Yunkui's control of his Lightning Domain threatened to overwhelm his Destruction Sword Domain, then charged toward him with the Setting Sun Sword.
• Mu Mingxuan, Zuo Yichuan, and Qiao Chuyu prepared to intervene if Qin Hao was in danger, while Demon Ancestor Yin watched eagerly.
• Qin Hao activated his Time Domain, slowing two incoming lightning bolts and cutting them apart with his sword.
• Qin Hao destroyed four more bolts as Lei Yunkui weakened and recognized that Qin Hao had mastered a High Rank Time Domain.
• Qin Hao approached the last two slowed bolts and brought down his sword.

Qin Hao used his Time Domain to break Lei Yunkui’s lightning attack, then revealed ten Demonic Qi Black Spheres as Lei Yunkui tried to flee. Demon Ancestor Yin secretly prepared a decisive strike, while Qin Hao’s spheres closed in on Lei Yunkui.

• Qin Hao’s Time Doppelganger slowed the lightning, allowing Qin Hao to split Lei Yunkui’s final bolts and suppress his Lightning Domain.
• Demon Ancestor Yin decided to destroy his Projection and attack Qin Hao, despite the risk of damaging the Immortal-Demon Altars and Demon-Suppressing Pool.
• Qin Hao confronted Lei Yunkui, who insisted that fighting to the death could still harm Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao produced ten Demonic Qi Black Spheres, frightening Lei Yunkui and the onlookers.
• Lei Yunkui fled, but Qin Hao sent all ten spheres after him.

Qin Hao killed Lei Yunkui with ten Demonic Qi Black Spheres, then shielded Mu Mingxuan and the others from their blasts. As Qin Hao struggled with severe injuries, Demon Ancestor Yin completed his Projection and reached Half-Step Venerable strength, prompting Lingxiaozi to warn Qin Hao to enter the Supreme Sword Tower.

• Lei Yunkui was engulfed by the explosions of Qin Hao's Demonic Qi Black Spheres, and his curses faded as he died.
• Qin Hao rushed to Mu Mingxuan and the other two, shielding them from the remaining shockwaves with his Destruction Sword Domain and body.
• Demon Ancestor Yin watched Lei Yunkui's destruction while secretly channeling power from his True Self into his Projection.
• Fang Lang and the Cloudwing Beast felt the distant explosions and hurried toward Qin Hao.
• Demon Ancestor Yin's completed Projection reached Half-Step Venerable strength, and Lingxiaozi warned Qin Hao to enter the Supreme Sword Tower.

Demon Ancestor Yin drew on his True Self’s power to kill Qin Hao and his companions, bringing the World Boundary Power down on the Demon-Suppressing Pool. Qin Hao refused to flee into the Supreme Sword Tower and was left facing both threats alongside his friends.

• Lingxiaozi warned Qin Hao that Demon Ancestor Yin’s Venerable-level power would bring down the World Boundary Power and urged him to escape into the Supreme Sword Tower.
• Qin Hao refused to abandon Mu Mingxuan, Qiao Chuyu, and Zuo Yichuan, and worried that Fang Lang and the Cloudwing Beast were still inside the Demon-Suppressing Pool.
• The Cloudwing Beast and Fang Lang emerged from the Demonic Qi and joined Qin Hao’s group as Demon Ancestor Yin prepared to attack them all.
• Demon Ancestor Yin unleashed Origin Laws through four enormous palms, shattering Mu Mingxuan’s Water-Fire Domain.
• The World Boundary Power descended toward Demon Ancestor Yin, and Qin Hao refused Lingxiaozi’s final plea to escape because his friends were still outside.

Qin Hao and his companions faced Demon Ancestor Yin’s crushing Origin Laws while World Boundary Power attacked Yin’s projection. As Qin Hao endured the assault with his Heavenly Dragon Armor, the growing World Boundary Power gave him hope but forced him to consider using a hidden resource.

• Qin Hao urged the others to gather behind him and explained that World Boundary Power was destroying Demon Ancestor Yin’s projection, giving them a chance to survive if they could hold on.
• Demon Ancestor Yin brought down a massive palm, shattering the group’s Treasure Swords and Domains and leaving them badly injured.
• Qin Hao activated his Heavenly Dragon Armor and braced the Setting Sun Sword against Yin’s combined palms while the others were crushed beneath the Origin Laws.
• Qin Hao’s bones broke under the pressure, and the falling World Boundary Power increased the force on him as well as the backlash against Yin.
• Qin Hao realized his World could not withstand the World Boundary Power and Origin Laws together, and considered using a hidden resource.

Qin Hao used the shattered Immortal-Demon Altar as the signal to summon the Cloth Armor and endured Demon Ancestor Yin’s palm and the True Martial Continent’s World Boundary Power. As Qin Hao struggled beneath the crushing force, milky-white light erupted from his chest, while Demon Ancestor Yin recognized the radiance as Heavenly Spirit Qi.

• Qin Hao waited until a fissure split the nearby Immortal-Demon Altar, then summoned the Cloth Armor from the Supreme Sword Tower onto his body.
• Demon Ancestor Yin’s palm and the World Boundary Power crushed Qin Hao, while his armor reduced the force and his Willpower Swordlet grew stronger as he resisted.
• World Boundary Power rapidly corroded Demon Ancestor Yin’s Projection, and he declared Qin Hao dead until white light pierced his Demonic Qi.
• Demon Ancestor Yin recognized the light as Heavenly Spirit Qi and reacted with fear.
• Milky-white light burst from Qin Hao’s chest, vaporizing the Demonic Qi and easing the pressure on him.

Qin Hao’s Cloth Armor released Heavenly Spirit Qi, purifying Demonic Qi and forcing Demon Ancestor Yin to destroy his projection. The World Boundary Power then devastated the Demon-Suppressing Pool, where a fissure opened and began releasing even denser Demonic Qi.

• Qin Hao’s Cloth Armor activated under the Demonic Qi and released Heavenly Spirit Qi that pierced Demon Ancestor Yin’s attack.
• Demon Ancestor Yin recognized the armor as a powerful Heavenly Spirit Artifact and destroyed his projection to escape the pursuing Heavenly Spirit Qi.
• The Heavenly Spirit Qi purified the remaining Demonic Qi, and Lingxiaozi warned Qin Hao that the World Boundary Power’s aftershock was still falling.
• Qin Hao used his Destruction Sword Domain and Supreme Clarity Sword Control Art to resist as the World Boundary Power destroyed the Immortal-Demon Altars.
• A fissure opened beneath the Demon-Suppressing Pool, releasing denser Demonic Qi as several True Martial Warriors from the Great Scarlet Reach watched in alarm.

Jiao Hong and the Great Scarlet Reach Warriors waited outside the Demon-Suppressing Pool for Qin Hao, until a sudden upheaval split the pool and thinned its Demonic Qi. Jiao Hong ordered Elder Liu to descend and investigate while he guarded him.

• Jiao Hong and Old Ghost Lü waited more than a month outside the Demon-Suppressing Pool, where the Great Scarlet Reach Warriors feared to enter after earlier searchers vanished.
• Explosions shook the ground, and the crowd saw the Demonic Qi thinning as a vast rift opened through the pool and swallowed its water.
• Jiao Hong considered entering the pool himself but hesitated, suspecting that the upheaval meant something dangerous had happened inside.
• Jiao Hong ordered Elder Liu to descend and investigate, threatening him with death when he showed reluctance.
• Elder Liu submitted to Jiao Hong’s order, despite fearing the dangers below.

Elder Liu died after entering the Demon-Suppressing Pool, revealing that its remaining Demonic Qi had become too dangerous for anyone to enter. Inside, Qin Hao survived the destruction of the Immortal-Demon Altars and began treating his injured companions, including Qiao Chuyu, whose unveiled beauty flustered him.

• Elder Liu descended into the Demon-Suppressing Pool and exploded near the lake, where concentrated Demonic Qi killed him.
• Jiao Hong and the others decided to keep watch outside the pool because even a Saint Martial Realm Third Layer Grandmaster had died.
• The upheaval at the Immortal-Demon Altars ended with all Eighteen Immortal-Demon Altars destroyed and the ground split by enormous cracks.
• Qin Hao regained consciousness among the badly injured Mu Mingxuan, Zuo Yichuan, Fang Lang, Qiao Chuyu, and Cloudwing Beast, then used Healing Pills to treat them.
• Qin Hao removed Qiao Chuyu's veil to give her a pill, saw her face, and hurried away to treat Zuo Yichuan after becoming flustered.

After recovering from the Demon-Suppressing Pool, Qin Hao’s companions thanked him for saving their lives, and Qiao Chuyu invited him to the Western Domain Group. Qin Hao chose to head to the Central Continent for the Azure Flame Grand Tournament, then learned that Xu Batian, the brother of the man he killed, ranked among the Southern Region Domain Group’s top three geniuses.

• Qin Hao used Healing Pills and the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to recover as Mu Mingxuan, Qiao Chuyu, Zuo Yichuan, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast healed from their injuries.
• Mu Mingxuan and Zuo Yichuan thanked Qin Hao for saving them, while Qiao Chuyu offered to take him to the Western Domain Group for protection from the Devil Race.
• Qin Hao declined Qiao Chuyu’s offer and said he planned to go to the Central Continent for the Azure Flame Grand Tournament.
• Fang Lang warned Qin Hao that Xu Zhongjie was Xu Batian’s younger brother, and Qin Hao revealed that he had killed Xu Zhongjie.
• Zuo Yichuan said Xu Batian was a Ninth Layer Saint Martial Realm genius ranked among the top three on the Hidden Dragon Ranking and might seek revenge for his brother.
• Qin Hao felt eager to face Xu Batian and believed he could grow strong enough to fight him with time.

After the group finished their journey through the Demon-Suppressing Pool, Qin Hao stayed behind with Fang Lang and the Cloudwing Beast as their companions departed. The three headed for the exit, where they found more than twenty Devil Race warriors, including Liang Shaoyu, waiting by the water.

• Qin Hao, Mu Mingxuan, Qiao Chuyu, and Zuo Yichuan said they would meet again in the Central Continent, and the three companions used Immortal-Demon Scrolls to leave.
• Fang Lang revealed that he and the Cloudwing Beast had found two Tokens and many treasures, then gave Qin Hao his share.
• Qin Hao accepted the treasures and agreed to let Fang Lang help him exchange them for spirit stones.
• Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast traveled for three days toward the exit, but the Cloudwing Beast found no more treasures.
• At the pool, Qin Hao spotted more than twenty Devil Race warriors, including Liang Shaoyu, and Fang Lang realized they had entered the Demon-Suppressing Pool and survived.

Qin Hao and his companions confronted the surviving Devil Race warriors in the Demon-Suppressing Pool, who demanded his treasures and tried to kill him. Qin Hao answered with a challenge, and two sword flashes struck down Liang Shaoyu and Elder, leaving them staring at their headless bodies.

• The surviving warriors recognized Qin Hao and gathered to seize his treasures, while Liang Shaoyu and Elder agreed to attack him and keep the True Dragon Skeleton for the Liang Family.
• Liang Shaoyu warned Qin Hao that Jiao Hong and other experts waited outside the pool, then revealed he had reached the Half-Step Grandmaster level.
• Qin Hao revealed that he had advanced to True Martial Realm Ninth Layer Early Stage and demanded that the crowd surrender its treasures and destroy its Dantians.
• Liang Shaoyu ordered an attack, but two streaks of sword light passed, and Liang Shaoyu and Elder saw their own headless bodies.

More than twenty True Martial Warriors emerged from the Demon-Suppressing Pool, each having reached the Ninth Layer or higher, and the crowd rejoiced at their survival. When Qin Hao arrived with the Cloudwing Beast and Fang Lang, he killed Liang Shaoyu and a Liang Family servant in two sword strikes, leaving the onlookers stunned and Liang Feng grieving.

• Jiao Hong and the other Saint Martial Grandmasters watched the Demon-Suppressing Pool as its Demonic Qi dissipated and wondered whether everyone inside had died.
• A survivor emerged, then more than twenty True Martial Warriors arrived over the next three days, all at the Ninth Layer or above, including several Half-Step Grandmasters.
• Liang Feng spotted Liang Shaoyu among the survivors and celebrated his son’s strength and prospects for the Liang Family.
• Qin Hao, the Cloudwing Beast, and Fang Lang appeared, and the crowd recognized Qin Hao as the bearer of the True Dragon Skeleton and a Low-Grade Spirit Artifact.
• Liang Shaoyu and a Liang Family servant confronted Qin Hao, who killed both with two sword strikes, stunning the crowd.
• Liang Feng watched Qin Hao kill Liang Shaoyu and roared in anguish.

Qin Hao effortlessly killed a Half-Step Grandmaster and turned his attention to destroying the damaged Formation beneath the Demon-Suppressing Pool before the Blood Demon Race could restore it. As Fang Lang and the Cloudwing Beast finished off the Devil Race Warriors, Qin Hao plunged into the pool to attack its Formation Flags.

• Jiao Hong watched Qin Hao kill a Half-Step Grandmaster in one strike and resolved to kill him when he left the Demon-Suppressing Pool.
• Fang Lang and the Cloudwing Beast attacked the fleeing Devil Race Warriors while Qin Hao judged that they could handle the weaker enemies without him.
• Qin Hao decided the Demon-Suppressing Pool had to be destroyed and identified its damaged Formation Flags as the Formation's vulnerable points.
• Fang Lang and the Cloudwing Beast killed the remaining Devil Race Warriors and collected their treasures.
• Qin Hao plunged into the Demon-Suppressing Pool to destroy the Formation.

Qin Hao attacked the Grand Archmage Formation in the Demon-Suppressing Pool while Demon Ancestor Yin watched through his Divine Sense. Qin Hao destroyed the Formation, leaving Demon Ancestor Yin enraged and threatening revenge.

• Qin Hao struck the Grand Archmage Formation's flags with the Setting Sun Sword, but his first attack only cracked one.
• Demon Ancestor Yin sensed that the eighteen Immortal-Demon Altars had been destroyed and then felt more Formation Flags shatter.
• Demon Ancestor Yin sent his Divine Sense to the Demon-Suppressing Pool and saw Qin Hao attacking the Formation.
• Demon Ancestor Yin threatened Qin Hao and offered him treasures, but Qin Hao continued destroying the flags.
• Qin Hao used Earth's Wrath to blast apart the remaining Formation Flags, and Demon Ancestor Yin's demonic eye vanished as he swore revenge.

Qin Hao emerged from the destroyed Demon-Suppressing Pool with Fang Lang and the Cloudwing Beast, then faced nearly a thousand onlookers from the Great Scarlet Reach. After his Destruction Sword Domain shocked the crowd, Liang Feng charged at him to avenge his sons.

• Qin Hao destroyed the Grand Demon Guidance Array’s Formation Flags, causing the Demon-Suppressing Pool to lose its Demonic Qi and begin closing.
• Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast rose from the pool despite Fang Lang’s worry that Jiao Hong, Old Ghost Lü, and the crowd would attack them.
• Qin Hao and his companions emerged before nearly a thousand people, including Jiao Hong and Old Ghost Lü.
• Qin Hao spread his Destruction Sword Domain, frightening the True Martial Warriors and surprising the Saint Martial Grandmasters.
• Liang Feng shouted that Qin Hao had killed his son and lunged at him with two enormous palms.

Qin Hao killed Liang Feng with one strike after Liang Feng attacked him over his son’s death. Jiao Hong and Old Ghost Lü then tried to claim Qin Hao’s discovery in the Demon-Suppressing Pool, but Qin Hao rejected Lü Shan’s offer to join the Five Poisons Cult and exposed his true motive.

• Fang Lang told the crowd that the Blood Demon Race had taken control of Liang Shaoyu and turned him into a devil, but Liang Feng attacked Qin Hao anyway.
• Qin Hao’s Destruction Sword Domain split Liang Feng’s palm, shattered his Domain, and killed him with a single blow.
• Jiao Hong recognized Qin Hao’s rapid growth and suspected that he had gained a treasure in the Demon-Suppressing Pool.
• Old Ghost Lü introduced himself as Lü Shan, Second Elder of the Five Poisons Cult, and invited Qin Hao to join, promising resources and a path toward becoming a Venerable.
• Qin Hao refused to change sects and told Lü Shan that he knew the elder wanted the treasure he carried.

Qin Hao faced the Five Poisons Cult and Soul-Severing Sect as they contested his treasures, then used ten Demonic Qi Black Spheres to kill a Five Poisons Cult elder. The surviving Grandmasters retreated in fear, leaving Qin Hao’s power on full display.

• A Five Poisons Cult Inner Gate elder threatened Qin Hao, prompting Jiao Hong and the Soul-Severing Sect Grandmasters to move between him and Old Ghost Lü’s forces.
• Qin Hao declared that none of them could take his treasures, and the elder advanced with a Seventh-Order Fire Domain.
• Qin Hao launched ten Demonic Qi Black Spheres into the elder’s Fire Domain, causing massive explosions that wiped out nearby True Martial Warriors.
• The blasts shattered the elder’s domain and left him fatally injured; he died as the onlookers recoiled in fear.

Qin Hao confronted Jiao Hong after killing a powerful Five Poisons Cult inner elder with Demonic Qi Black Spheres. Jiao Hong advanced under the protection of his peak ninth-rank Blade Domain, believing Qin Hao had only fifteen spheres and planning to attack once they were spent.

• Jiao Hong realized Qin Hao's black spheres were powerful treasures and suspected he had gained them in the Demon-Suppressing Pool.
• Jiao Hong unleashed his peak ninth-rank Blade Domain, revealing that he was a Half-Step Venerable, while the crowd feared for Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao summoned ten Demonic Qi Black Spheres, and Jiao Hong formed a defensive barrier and pressed his Domain toward him.
• Qin Hao produced five more spheres, bringing the total to fifteen and startling Jiao Hong.
• Jiao Hong decided to endure the spheres' blast and secretly layered his Blade Domain around himself as he advanced toward Qin Hao.

Qin Hao unleashed fifteen Demonic Qi Black Spheres against Jiao Hong, who survived but saw his Blade Laws Domain greatly weakened. As Jiao Hong and Old Ghost Lü advanced, Qin Hao revealed he had many more spheres and prepared to attack them both.

• Old Ghost Lü suspected Qin Hao had more Demonic Qi Black Spheres and held back rather than risk charging him.
• Qin Hao detonated fifteen Demonic Qi Black Spheres at Jiao Hong, causing a vast explosion that injured Qin Hao and killed some nearby Warriors.
• Jiao Hong survived the blast, though his Blade Laws Domain was weakened, and he began advancing toward Qin Hao.
• Old Ghost Lü joined Jiao Hong in approaching Qin Hao, believing the black spheres were exhausted.
• Qin Hao revealed more Demonic Qi Black Spheres, summoned additional ones, and said he would indulge both Jiao Hong and Old Ghost Lü.

Qin Hao used forty Demonic Qi Black Spheres to force Jiao Hong and Old Ghost Lü to let him leave with Fang Lang and the Cloudwing Beast. The assembled experts abandoned the idea of pursuing him, wary of both his weapons and the dangers of the Blood Refinement Domain.

• Qin Hao revealed forty Demonic Qi Black Spheres, and Old Ghost Lü retreated while Jiao Hong coughed blood from his earlier injuries.
• Qin Hao warned Jiao Hong to move aside, and Jiao Hong backed down rather than face the spheres.
• Qin Hao left north with Fang Lang and the Cloudwing Beast as the watching experts stood aside.
• Old Ghost Lü explained that the Blood Refinement Domain held powerful reclusive cultivators and declared he would not pursue Qin Hao.
• Some Five Poisons Cult Elders followed Old Ghost Lü, while two remained behind, undecided.