Recaps

Qin Hao returned to the battle and used the Supreme Sword Tower to pull the Undying Lord’s weakened Undying Soul inside, while Gang Juezi struck at it. The Undying Lord vanished, freeing the Saint Martial Grandmasters, who mistakenly believed Gang Juezi had killed him.

• Gang Juezi failed to catch the Undying Lord as his Undying Soul fled from Gang Juezi’s body.
• Qin Hao learned from Lingxiaozi that the Undying Lord was escaping and decided to suppress him with the Supreme Sword Tower.
• Qin Hao returned to his body and activated the Supreme Sword Tower, whose suction halted the Undying Lord’s flight.
• Gang Juezi struck at the halted Undying Lord, who vanished as the Supreme Sword Tower drew him inside.
• Gang Juezi and the other Saint Martial Grandmasters felt the restraining force disappear, and they stared in disbelief, thinking Gang Juezi had killed the Undying Lord.

After Gang Juezi struck the Undying Lord, he realized the enemy had vanished rather than died and suspected Qin Hao was involved. Qin Hao tried to split his damaged martial soul to create a Devouring Doppelganger, but the attempt threatened to destroy his Willpower Swordlet as Mu Ziqing held him and pleaded for him to endure.

• Gang Juezi's palm strike appeared to kill the Undying Lord, leaving the hidden land stunned and wary.
• Gang Juezi sensed that the Undying Lord had vanished and suspected Qin Hao had caused the enemy's sudden weakness.
• Gang Juezi remained in the Great Gang Hidden Land, waiting to learn whether the Undying Lord had truly been suppressed while his body and soul neared collapse.
• Qin Hao saw the Devouring Vortex shrinking and used the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art and Soul-Splitting Art to try to create a Devouring Doppelganger.
• Qin Hao convulsed in agony as the crack in his damaged Little Sword Jian Wu Martial Soul widened and his Willpower Swordlet began to break apart.
• Mu Ziqing embraced Qin Hao and begged him not to frighten her, while Lingxiaozi feared the attempt would destroy Qin Hao's Divine Soul.

Qin Hao endured the repeated collapse and reconstruction of his Willpower Swordlet, then successfully began forming a Devouring Doppelganger by placing part of his Little Sword Martial Soul into the Glazed Stone Soul. Meanwhile, the Undying Lord entered the Supreme Sword Tower and discovered Heavenly Spirit Race armor inside.

• Qin Hao repeatedly rebuilt his Willpower Swordlet through agony until it grew stronger, astonishing Lingxiaozi.
• Qin Hao split his Little Sword Martial Soul and, with Lingxiaozi's guidance, drove half of its Sword Hilt into the Glazed Stone Soul.
• The Glazed Stone Soul shook as the Devouring Vortex in its chest spun faster and released waves of suction.
• The Undying Lord recognized the Supreme Sword Tower and entered it, finding thousands of Treasure Swords on the First Floor.
• The Undying Lord spotted a piece of Heavenly Spirit Race Cloth Armor and a damaged Gauntlet floating in the tower.

The Undying Lord explored the Supreme Sword Tower, discovering its rare treasures and realizing it held an entire Destruction World. When he tried to retreat from the Fourth Floor’s entrance, a force reached out and pulled him through the Water Curtain Formation, and Qin Hao and Lingxiaozi sensed his disappearance.

• The Undying Lord tried to seize the Lingxiao Divine Sword, but its Violet Sword Qi pierced his right hand and forced him back.
• The Undying Lord searched the empty Second Floor, then entered the Third Floor and discovered a Small Destruction World within the Supreme Sword Tower.
• The Undying Lord concluded that the tower was a Peerless Treasure born of Heaven and Earth and approached the staircase to the Fourth Floor.
• The Undying Lord sensed mortal danger beyond the Water Curtain Formation and cautiously tried to withdraw his foot.
• A force from the Fourth Floor seized the Undying Lord and pulled him through the Water Curtain Formation.
• Qin Hao and Lingxiaozi sensed that the Undying Lord had vanished into the Fourth Floor.

Qin Hao contained the Undying Lord’s Devouring Soul inside the Fourth Floor and began refining a Devouring Doppelganger while recovering from his Divine Soul injuries. As Qin Hao remained motionless, Shi Yan ordered five Shi Family experts to kill him, leaving them to decide whether to approach.

• Qin Hao instinctively sensed danger in the Fourth Floor after it swallowed the Undying Lord, then began refining a Devouring Doppelganger and using the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to stabilize his injured soul.
• Mu Ziqing comforted Qin Hao as he stood motionless, while Gang Juezi sensed that the Undying Lord’s Devouring Soul and Undying Soul had vanished.
• Jiao Hong and Shi Yan’s group suspected Qin Hao possessed a valuable treasure, but hesitated because Gang Juezi remained a threat.
• Shi Yan summoned five Shi Family Saint Martial Grandmasters and ordered them to kill Qin Hao.
• Shi Cheng and the other four were startled by the order, aware that approaching Qin Hao could cost them their lives.

Shi Haiqing persuaded five Shi Family branch members to attack Qin Hao by promising them his Divine Ability, while Jiao Hong and others waited for a chance to claim Qin Hao’s treasures. The five attacked Qin Hao together, and Gang Juezi turned toward them.

• Shi Haiqing convinced the five Shi Family branch members that Qin Hao was vulnerable and offered to share his Divine Ability if they killed him.
• Jiao Hong decided to let the five test Qin Hao’s defenses and planned to strike if an opening appeared.
• The five approached Qin Hao while Gang Juezi remained motionless, and Shi Yan, Shi Haiqing, Shi Qian, and Jiao Hong watched eagerly.
• The five unleashed their domains and attacked Qin Hao together.
• Gang Juezi turned his head and asked, “Why kill each other?”

Gang Juezi killed the five Stone City attackers with the force of the Skyward Gang Sect’s Remnant Souls, protecting Qin Hao while the gathered experts realized they could not escape the Great Gang Hidden Land. Qin Hao’s Glazed Stone Soul completed its transformation into the Devouring Doppelganger, leaving the hostile experts waiting for Gang Juezi to fall.

• Gang Juezi’s Killing Intent froze the five attackers from Stone City, and waves of the Skyward Gang Sect’s Remnant Souls passed through them until they exploded and died.
• Jiao Hong realized Gang Juezi’s Remnant Souls had killed the five and concluded he could not kill Qin Hao while Gang Juezi remained alive.
• Qin Hao regained awareness as his Glazed Stone Soul transformed, recognized Jiao Hong and the Shi Family disciples as enemies, and resolved not to spare them.
• Shi Yan, Shi Haiqing, Shi Qian, and Jiao Hong considered leaving, but the Formation sealed the Great Gang Hidden Land, so they waited for Gang Juezi to die.
• About half an hour later, Qin Hao’s Devouring Doppelganger appeared in the River of Time, and Bronze Qin Hao announced that its transformation was complete.

Qin Hao tested his newly formed Devouring Doppelganger, rapidly raising its cultivation and physical strength by consuming Spirit Stones. He returned to his friends after surviving the Undying Lord’s possession, while Gang Juezi wondered whether the Undying Lord had truly perished.

• Qin Hao used more than a million mid-grade Spirit Stones to raise the Devouring Doppelganger to the Ninth Stage of Body Tempering Realm and greatly strengthen its body.
• Lingxiaozi warned Qin Hao that practicing the Way of Devouring would make him a target, so Qin Hao resolved to keep it secret and stay cautious.
• Qin Hao returned his consciousness to his True Self and awoke in the Great Gang Hidden Land as Gang Juezi sensed his return and found no trace of the Undying Lord’s souls.
• Mu Ziqing, Chen Jianqing, and Ji Yue rejoiced when Qin Hao awoke, and Qin Hao promised Mu Ziqing he would not leave her without her consent.
• The crowd learned that Qin Hao had survived the Undying Lord’s attempted possession.

Gang Juezi brought Qin Hao to an illusion of the ancient Skyward Gang Sect and asked about the Undying Lord. After Qin Hao assured him the Undying Lord would never escape, Gang Juezi and the sect’s lingering souls were freed from their obsession, and Gang Juezi offered to take Qin Hao as his disciple.

• Gang Juezi transported Qin Hao to an illusion of the Skyward Gang Sect and explained that he blamed himself for its destruction.
• Gang Juezi asked Qin Hao whether the Undying Lord had been suppressed or killed.
• Qin Hao said he had devoured the Undying Lord’s Devouring Soul and guaranteed that the Undying Lord would never come out again.
• Gang Juezi and the Skyward Gang Sect’s Remnant Souls rejoiced, released their obsession, and began to fade.
• Gang Juezi asked Qin Hao to become his disciple.

Gang Juezi offered Qin Hao the Skyward Gang Sect’s vast treasures in exchange for rebuilding the sect, but Qin Hao proposed taking a disciple on the sect’s behalf instead. After accepting Qin Hao’s promise and giving him the treasures, Gang Juezi showed him the sect’s image shattering as he explained destruction.

• Gang Juezi explained that he was dying and offered Qin Hao every treasure of the Skyward Gang Sect if he would rebuild it.
• Qin Hao hesitated, explaining that he intended to pursue the Martial Dao Peak and travel to the Azure Flame Great World.
• Qin Hao offered to take a disciple for the Skyward Gang Sect, and Gang Juezi accepted that compromise.
• Gang Juezi gave Qin Hao a Storage Spirit Ring filled with the sect’s treasures, and Qin Hao regained his composure after seeing its contents.
• Gang Juezi asked Qin Hao what destruction was, then showed him the image of the Skyward Gang Sect shattering.

Qin Hao grasped the true Destruction Laws after realizing destruction and creation were linked, while Gang Juezi faded away and the Great Gang Hidden Land began to collapse. As Mu Ziqing and the others fled, Qin Hao pursued Jiao Hong and his companions.

• Qin Hao understood that destruction could also give birth to Heaven and Earth, and his Half-Step Destruction Laws transformed into true Destruction Laws.
• Qin Hao halted the Illusory Realm’s collapse with a Thought of Life, and Gang Juezi congratulated him before reminding him of their agreement.
• Gang Juezi dissolved into Dark Green Light, and Qin Hao silently resolved to fulfill his final wish.
• The Seventy-Two Heavenly Gang Grand Formation shattered, causing the Great Gang Hidden Land to collapse, so Chen Jianqing urged Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, and Ji Yue to leave.
• Jiao Hong fled as the hidden land collapsed, but Qin Hao sent Mu Ziqing and the others ahead and pursued Jiao Hong and his companions.

Qin Hao caught up with Shi Yan, Shi Haiqing, and Shi Qian inside the collapsing Great Gang Hidden Land as Jiao Hong prepared to take advantage of the clash. Outside the Skyward Gang Relic, three Half-Step Creation Great Experts arrived and saw Qin Hao strike down Shi Qian, enraging Ancestor Yanshi.

• Qin Hao used his Destruction Laws to catch up with Shi Yan, Shi Haiqing, and Shi Qian, while Jiao Hong fled ahead and watched for a chance to kill them all and seize their treasures.
• Saint Martial Grandmasters and Venerable Martial Venerables rushed toward the Skyward Gang Hidden Land after news of its appearance spread through the Primordial Beginning Domain.
• Elder Tianyi and Elder Shuixian arrived by twisting space, and Ancestor Yanshi soon joined them at the Skyward Gang Relic.
• Elder Shuixian recognized that the Great Gang Hidden Land was suspended above the relic, while Elder Tianyi identified it as a parallel space and Ancestor Yanshi realized its collapse could bury the relic.
• Ancestor Yanshi saw Qin Hao slash Shi Qian with the Setting Sun Sword, removing half of Shi Qian's head.

Qin Hao used the Destruction Laws to kill Shi Qian and Shi Haiqing, then attacked Shi Yan as Jiao Hong prepared to ambush him. Ancestor Yanshi intervened with a threat, but Qin Hao struck Shi Yan anyway.

• Qin Hao killed Shi Qian with one strike and then cut down Shi Haiqing with the Setting Sun Sword.
• Shi Yan realized Qin Hao's Destruction Laws suppressed his power, while Jiao Hong decided to attack Qin Hao before his talent made him too dangerous.
• Elder Shuixian and Elder Tianyi recognized Qin Hao's Destruction Laws, and Elder Shuixian spotted Mu Ziqing, Ji Yue, and Chen Jianqing alive.
• Ancestor Yanshi ordered Qin Hao to stop killing Shi Family descendants, but Qin Hao ignored him and struck Shi Yan with the Setting Sun Sword.

Qin Hao killed Shi Yan and two others, then faced Jiao Hong’s ambush as the Great Gang Hidden Land collapsed around them. Their fight began with both determined to settle their old scores, and Jiao Hong sensed something wrong as Qin Hao’s next strike drew him in.

• Qin Hao killed Shi Yan and two others with Slaying, while Jiao Hong attacked him from behind.
• Mu Ziqing warned Qin Hao, and Ancestor Yanshi raged but could not enter the collapsing hidden land.
• Qin Hao confronted Jiao Hong over his past attack on Mu Ziqing and struck his golden palm with the Setting Sun Sword.
• Qin Hao unleashed Earth's Sword, while Jiao Hong prepared to suppress him and felt a faint pull from the strike.

Qin Hao struggled to defeat Jiao Hong as the Great Gang Hidden Land collapsed, until Mu Ziqing joined the fight and helped him land a killing blow. Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing escaped the spreading collapse, while Jiao Hong was left behind.

• Qin Hao used Destruction Laws and the Devouring Doppelganger’s power to trap Jiao Hong, who refused to retreat and vowed to drag Qin Hao into the Sea of Nothingness.
• Jiao Hong blamed Qin Hao for his pursuit, including the Fang Family Ancestor’s attack in Profound Sun City, while Qin Hao defended taking the treasure at Dragon Refining Mountain.
• As Spatial Rifts spread through the collapsing Great Gang Hidden Land, Mu Ziqing arrived and attacked Jiao Hong with her Phoenix Martial Soul, Half-Step Fire Laws, and Half-Step Wind Laws.
• Mu Ziqing’s strike knocked Jiao Hong off balance, allowing Qin Hao to split him in two with the Setting Sun Sword.
• Qin Hao wrapped an arm around Mu Ziqing and used spatial leaps to escape the collapse as it reached their former position.

Saint Martial Grandmasters escaped the collapsing Great Gang Hidden Land and revealed that Gang Juezi had destroyed the Undying Lord. As Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing emerged from the Skyward Gang Relic, Shi Ye attacked Qin Hao, drawing Ancestor Yanshi’s attention and fury.

• Saint Martial Grandmasters fled the Great Gang Hidden Land as it collapsed, while some people were lost to the Sea of Nothingness.
• A survivor told Elder Tianyi, Elder Shuixian, and Ancestor Yanshi that the Undying Lord had been a Nirvana Nine Tribulations Lord hidden inside the land.
• The survivors recounted how Gang Juezi and the Skyward Gang Sect’s Remnant Souls destroyed the Undying Lord, convincing the three experts that he had fallen.
• Ancestor Yanshi suspected Qin Hao was hiding something and resolved not to let him go, remembering that Qin Hao had killed members of his Shi Family.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing emerged from the Skyward Gang Relic as Shi Ye attacked Qin Hao, prompting an uproar among the onlookers.

Qin Hao killed Shi Ye and secured the Undying Phoenix Remnant Soul for Mu Ziqing as they escaped the collapsing Skyward Gang Relic. After they emerged, the relic crumbled, and Qin Hao renewed his promise to preserve the Skyward Gang Sect Legacy.

• Shi Ye blocked Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing, demanding Mu Ziqing's Phoenix Martial Soul to suppress the Undying Phoenix Remnant Soul consuming him.
• Qin Hao attacked Shi Ye with the Setting Sun Sword, cutting through the Undying Phoenix Phantom Image and causing Shi Ye to fall into the Sea of Nothingness.
• Qin Hao captured the Undying Phoenix Remnant Soul and gave it to Mu Ziqing while Chen Jianqing and Ji Yue watched in shock.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing escaped the Skyward Gang Relic as it collapsed and was buried underground.
• Qin Hao promised Senior Gang Juezi that he would carry the Skyward Gang Sect Legacy forward.

Ancestor Yanshi attacked Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing after they escaped the Skyward Gang Relic, but Elder Shuixian intervened to protect her Disciple. Yanshi agreed to let Mu Ziqing leave but refused to spare Qin Hao.

• Ancestor Yanshi struck at Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing, demanding the Undying Phoenix Remnant Soul and revenge for the Shi Family.
• Qin Hao used Half-Step Time Laws to delay Yanshi's palm, but the laws shattered and left him gravely injured.
• Elder Shuixian arrived and bound Yanshi's palm with her whisk, protecting Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing.
• Mu Ziqing told Qin Hao that Shuixian was her teacher from the Hundred Immortals Palace.
• Yanshi demanded the Undying Phoenix Remnant Soul, but Shuixian refused to surrender it.
• Yanshi declared that Mu Ziqing could leave, but Qin Hao would die that day.

Elder Shuixian and Elder Tianyi joined forces to stop Ancestor Yanshi from attacking Qin Hao, warning that the Five Elements Sect and Hundred Immortals Palace would overwhelm him if he escalated the conflict. Ancestor Yanshi threatened Qin Hao with the Shi Family’s vengeance, and Qin Hao vowed to destroy the Shi Family if he survived.

• Elder Shuixian refused Ancestor Yanshi’s demands to hand over the Undying Phoenix Remnant Soul and kill Qin Hao.
• Elder Tianyi stepped forward to support Elder Shuixian, leaving Ancestor Yanshi facing two Half-Step Creation Great Experts.
• Ancestor Yanshi threatened to summon the other two Shi Family Ancestors, but Elder Tianyi and Elder Shuixian warned that their sects’ reinforcements would arrive first and kill him.
• Ancestor Yanshi abandoned the confrontation but swore that the Shi Family would hunt Qin Hao without end.
• Qin Hao declared that he would wipe out the Shi Family as long as he lived, and Elder Shuixian and Elder Tianyi reacted with surprise and approval.

Ancestor Yanshi withdrew after Elder Shuixian and Elder Tianyi intervened, and Elder Shuixian brought Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, and Ji Yue to the Hundred Immortals Palace. Chen Jianqing continued north to train for the Azure Flame Grand Tournament, while Qin Hao prepared to answer Elder Shuixian’s questions about the Skyward Gang Relic without revealing his greatest secrets.

• Elder Shuixian and Elder Tianyi pressured Ancestor Yanshi into retreating, and Elder Tianyi left with the Five Elements Sect disciples.
• Elder Shuixian reunited with Mu Ziqing, praised Qin Hao for helping save her and Ji Yue, and invited him to the Hundred Immortals Palace.
• Chen Jianqing declined to rest at the palace and headed north to continue training, promising to meet Qin Hao in Central Continent.
• Elder Shuixian transported Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, Ji Yue, and the Hundred Immortals Palace disciples back to the palace as others fled the collapsing Skyward Gang Relic.
• Elder Shuixian summoned Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, and Ji Yue, and Qin Hao resolved to conceal his secrets about the Undying Lord and Gang Juezi.

Elder Shuixian welcomed Qin Hao, gave him Soul Mystic Wood, and urged him to remain at the Hundred Immortals Palace while he healed. In his guest room, Qin Hao began using treasures from Gang Juezi’s Storage Spirit Ring to restore his damaged Little Sword Martial Soul.

• Elder Shuixian confirmed that Gang Juezi had appeared and accepted Mu Ziqing’s account that he had fallen, then chose not to question Qin Hao about the Skyward Gang Relic.
• Elder Shuixian gave Qin Hao Soul Mystic Wood and advised him to stay at the palace to recover from his severe injuries.
• Elder Shuixian told Mu Ziqing and Ji Yue to attend the upcoming Elder Council meeting as Qin Hao left for a guest room.
• Lingxiaozi urged Qin Hao to restore his badly damaged Little Sword Martial Soul, and Qin Hao decided to use Soul Power treasures from Gang Juezi’s Storage Spirit Ring.
• Qin Hao swallowed an ancient pill, and the remaining half of his Sword Hilt began devouring its Soul Power.

Qin Hao refined the Skyward Gang Sect’s Soul Power treasures and Soul Mystic Wood to restore and strengthen his Little Sword Jian Wu Martial Soul, which advanced to Mystic Tier Eighth Grade. He considered the challenges of the upcoming Azure Flame Grand Tournament, then asked Lingxiaozi whether anything had happened in the Supreme Sword Tower.

• Qin Hao refined eleven of the Skyward Gang Sect’s thirteen Soul Power treasures, restoring only two-thirds of his Little Sword Martial Soul, and Lingxiaozi warned him that it needed to be stabilized for future breakthroughs.
• Qin Hao refined the remaining two treasures, bringing the Martial Soul close to full recovery but leaving its blade tip missing.
• Qin Hao chose to refine Elder Shuixian’s Soul Mystic Wood, and the Martial Soul’s tip emerged as its edge became more than ten times sharper.
• Qin Hao’s Little Sword Jian Wu Martial Soul displayed eight rings of Mystic Yellow Light and broke through to Mystic Tier Eighth Grade.
• Qin Hao reflected on the powerful competitors expected at the Azure Flame Grand Tournament and asked Elder Ling whether anything had happened inside the Supreme Sword Tower.

Qin Hao entered the Supreme Sword Tower to investigate the Fourth Floor after the Undying Lord's remnant soul was pulled inside. While crossing the Third Floor's Destruction World, he survived a Space Fragment strike but sensed a terrifying presence watching him.

• Lingxiaozi warned Qin Hao that the Undying Lord's fate was unknown and urged him not to enter the Supreme Sword Tower.
• Qin Hao decided to investigate the Fourth Floor, believing its Seal would protect him, and entered the tower.
• Qin Hao passed the Treasure Swords on the First Floor and crossed the empty Second Floor to reach the Third Floor.
• Qin Hao used Near at Hand, Far Away to dodge Space Fragments in the Destruction World, but one struck his chest and injured him through his Destruction Laws.
• Qin Hao found that his Heavenly Spirit Race Cloth Armor had stopped the fragment, removed it, and realized it was a valuable material for refining a Micro World.
• A cold, bone-chilling gaze fell on Qin Hao, filling him with dread.

Qin Hao encountered a powerful woman imprisoned on the Supreme Sword Tower’s Fourth Floor and helped her break free. She revealed that she had awoken inside the tower and devoured the Undying Lord’s remnant soul.

• Qin Hao felt the woman’s overwhelming pressure and learned that she was imprisoned behind the intact Fourth Floor Restriction.
• The woman demanded that Qin Hao release her, and he said he could not break the Seal Formation himself.
• The woman ordered Qin Hao to attack the Restriction with the Lingxiao Divine Sword, which appeared at his side.
• Qin Hao struck the Water Curtain Restriction, and the woman tore it apart and emerged from the Fourth Floor.
• The woman concealed her face and told Qin Hao she had awoken inside the tower and devoured the remnant soul of a Nine Tribulations Lord.

Qin Hao learned that the White-Robed Woman was a powerful Six Tribulations Lord, possibly only a Doppelganger, and watched her leave the Supreme Sword Tower. He discovered that the newly opened Fourth Floor contained an entire Star Region, giving him a vast new place to cultivate.

• The White-Robed Woman guided Qin Hao safely down through the Supreme Sword Tower and warned him to keep its presence inside him secret.
• The Woman left the tower despite its restrictions, and Lingxiaozi explained that she was a peak Six Tribulations Lord who might be a Doppelganger.
• Qin Hao decided to investigate the Fourth Floor, where the Woman had torn an opening in the Water-Curtain Restriction.
• Qin Hao saw that the Fourth Floor contained a Star Region from the Star Sea, filled with planets, stars, and a black hole.
• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao that the planets could offer cultivation and treasures, and Qin Hao recognized the Star Region as a resource for his Devouring and Time Doppelgangers.