Recaps

Qin Hao decided to confront the pursuing Wu Ge after his Self-World transformed and gained a World Spirit and World Boundary Power. He sent Yun Chang and the others away as clouds of Blood Demon Qi surrounded him.

• Wu Ge survived the explosion of his Yang Dao and Lunar Great Dao Sword, then split into clouds of Blood Demon Qi that pursued Qin Hao from multiple directions.
• Qin Hao gave Yun Chang the Storage Star Rings he had taken from Shang Cheng and decided to fight Wu Ge rather than keep fleeing.
• Qin Hao assessed how his Self-World had expanded and gained a World Spirit containing World Boundary Power, and considered devouring Wu Ge's Blood Soul Great Dao to strengthen it.
• Despite Yun Chang, Kang Yihou, Marquis Fengyun, and Marquis Liulang urging him not to risk a fight, Qin Hao used his Divine Strength to push all four away and told them to escape with Yun Chang's Spatial Divine Ability.
• Dozens of clouds of Blood Demon Qi surrounded Qin Hao while Yun Chang and the others watched in alarm.

Qin Hao countered Wu Ge’s Raging Blood River with repeated Heaven-Sealing Sword Art strikes and blocked the attack. Wu Ge was left surprised as the two continued their confrontation.

• Wu Ge taunted Qin Hao and summoned a bloodred Warblade to unleash Raging Blood River.
• Qin Hao’s initial sword strikes weakened the blood-colored river but failed to stop it from advancing.
• Yun Chang, Kang Yihou, Marquis Fengyun, and Marquis Liulang watched from a distance as Marquis Liulang argued that Qin Hao could still withstand Wu Ge’s attack.
• Qin Hao unleashed dozens of Heaven-Sealing Mountain-Cleaving strikes, dispersing the blood-colored river.
• Wu Ge reacted with surprise when Qin Hao blocked Raging Blood River.

Qin Hao and Wu Ge continued their fierce battle, drawing Creation Experts from across the Ancient Xuanhuang World. Yun Chang and the three marquises pursued them through space as more observers converged on the fight.

• Wu Ge unleashed the Blood River Baleful Blade, and Qin Hao answered with Heaven-Sealing Origin-Return as their attacks clashed in the sky.
• Qin Hao deliberately led Wu Ge away from Yun Chang and the others, while his remaining Divine Strength carried them farther from the battle.
• After Qin Hao's Divine Strength shattered, Yun Chang decided to take Kang Yihou, Marquis Fengyun, and Marquis Liulang with him to catch up.
• Yun Chang used his Space Dao Resonance to shift the group hundreds of thousands of meters at a time, but Qin Hao and Wu Ge remained far ahead.
• Devil Race, Insect Race, Demon Race, Soul Race, and Spirit Race Creation Experts sensed the battle and cautiously approached, hoping to discover its cause.

Qin Hao fought Wu Ge near the Ancient Xuanhuang World's central region, matching the powerful Devil Race fighter despite having only forty-one strands of Dao Resonance. The Ten-Thousand Poisons King and Demon Ancestor Yin recognized Qin Hao and hoped Wu Ge would kill him, while Wu Ge grew alarmed by Qin Hao's strength and Purple Treasure Sword.

• Qin Hao and Wu Ge clashed in a battle that tore open Spatial Rifts, drawing frightened onlookers who judged their strength near Sovereign level.
• The Ten-Thousand Poisons King and Demon Ancestor Yin spotted the battle near the central region and recognized Qin Hao fighting Wu Ge.
• The Ten-Thousand Poisons King realized Qin Hao had risen from Ordinary Creation to Limit Creation in half a year and feared the gulf between their strength.
• Demon Ancestor Yin hoped Wu Ge would kill Qin Hao, recalling the history of their hatred and his attacks on Qin Hao's allies.
• Wu Ge grew furious and alarmed when his attacks failed to suppress Qin Hao, then noticed Qin Hao had mastered only forty-one strands of Dao Resonance and studied the Purple Treasure Sword.

Qin Hao held Wu Ge at bay with the Lingxiao Divine Sword, while Wu Ge realized the sword was the source of Qin Hao’s strength. Wu Ge engulfed Qin Hao in Blood Demon Qi and began devouring his Life Divine Power and Essence Blood.

• Wu Ge concluded that Qin Hao’s sword was a powerful Supreme Treasure that let him withstand the Blood Soul Divine Body and Great Dao.
• Qin Hao noticed that his sword strikes opened Spatial Rifts revealing Chaos Currents and World Boundary Power beyond them.
• Wu Ge evaded Qin Hao’s Violet Sword Ray and surrounded him with Blood Demon Qi.
• Wu Ge identified Qin Hao’s sword as a Two-Star Supreme Treasure and declared that Qin Hao would become nourishment for his Blood Soul Divine Body.
• Wu Ge merged into the Blood Demon Qi cloud, which began devouring Qin Hao’s Life Divine Power and Essence Blood.

Qin Hao used his Self-World to devour Wu Ge’s Blood Soul Great Dao while Wu Ge continued draining Qin Hao’s Life Divine Power and Essence Blood. As spectators watched the two remain motionless inside the Blood Demon Qi, the battle became a race to see whose power ran out first.

• Qin Hao realized he could not stop Wu Ge’s Blood Demon Qi from devouring him, so he ordered his Self-World to consume the Blood Soul Great Dao within it.
• The World Spirit’s devouring force made the Blood Demon Qi around Qin Hao fade, and Wu Ge sensed his Blood Soul Great Dao rapidly disappearing.
• Wu Ge recognized that Qin Hao was devouring his Great Dao, but decided to drain Qin Hao’s Life Divine Power and Essence Blood before his own power was consumed.
• Thousands of Creation cultivators watched Qin Hao and Wu Ge hang motionless inside the Blood Demon Qi as their abilities continued to devour each other.
• Yun Chang and Marquis Liulang feared that Wu Ge would drain Qin Hao before Qin Hao could consume the Blood Soul Great Dao.

Qin Hao and Wu Ge devoured each other in a fierce battle, with Wu Ge draining Qin Hao’s Life Divine Power and Essence Blood while Qin Hao consumed Wu Ge’s Blood Soul Great Dao. As Wu Ge’s Great Dao weakened, Qin Hao’s Self-World grew stronger, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Qin Hao and Wu Ge fought by devouring each other, while Shang Cheng watched and hoped they would destroy one another after Wu Ge had devoured one of his Myriad Laws Doppelgangers.
• Creation Experts across the Ancient Xuanhuang World sensed the battle and recognized Qin Hao as a powerful Human Race genius.
• The Crimson Ancient Eagle watched Qin Hao and Wu Ge’s fight from the Palace beneath the Sky-Piercing Light Pillar, then looked forward to seeing how many Xuanhuang Stones the entrants would find.
• Wu Ge drained Qin Hao’s Life Divine Power and Essence Blood to less than twenty percent, but Qin Hao devoured Wu Ge’s Blood Soul Great Dao and slowed Wu Ge’s attack.
• Qin Hao sensed that refining Wu Ge’s Blood Soul Great Dao had strengthened his Self-World and increased his World Boundary Power by about half a strand.

Wu Ge withdrew his Blood Soul Great Dao after Qin Hao devoured much of it, then transformed his Blood Soul Divine Body into a colossal form to unleash his full strength. Qin Hao recognized the dangers of relying on devouring to grow as Wu Ge’s immense aura left the onlookers fearing for him.

• Wu Ge recalled his Blood Demon Qi after losing at least sixty percent of his Blood Soul Great Dao and resolved to kill Qin Hao, though Qin Hao’s abilities made him wary.
• Qin Hao gained half a strand of World Boundary Power and concluded that devouring Great Daos was an unstable shortcut that could cause Demonic Transformation.
• Wu Ge gathered the Blood Demon Qi into his body and expanded his Blood Soul Divine Body until he towered hundreds of thousands of feet high.
• The Ten-Thousand Poisons King and Demon Ancestor Yin celebrated the prospect of Qin Hao’s death, while Shang Cheng also hoped Wu Ge would kill him.
• Yun Chang, Kang Yihou, Marquis Fengyun, and Marquis Liulang watched Wu Ge’s immense transformation from afar.

Qin Hao infused the Lingxiao Divine Sword with World Boundary Power and merged with his Three Doppelgangers to meet Wu Ge’s enormous Blood Soul Divine Body. His World Sword severed Wu Ge’s descending foot, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Qin Hao recognized that Wu Ge’s Blood Soul Divine Body surpassed his own and drew World Boundary Power from his Self-World into the Lingxiao Divine Sword.
• Wu Ge attacked by stomping down on Qin Hao, tearing Spatial Rifts open with the force of his foot.
• Qin Hao channeled World Boundary Power into the Lingxiao Divine Sword, awakening nearly seventy percent of its might.
• Qin Hao summoned the Devouring Doppelganger, Time Doppelganger, and Fire Doppelganger, then merged them with his True Self to strengthen his power and the sword.
• Qin Hao named his attack World Sword and cut through Wu Ge’s foot, severing it and sending most of it crashing to the ground.

Qin Hao used World Boundary Power in the Lingxiao Divine Sword to sever Wu Ge’s right shin, then wounded his left leg as Wu Ge attacked. Both fighters fell toward the enormous Spatial Rift created by their battle.

• Qin Hao’s sword, empowered by World Boundary Power, cut through Wu Ge’s right shin and sent him toppling.
• Wu Ge swung both hands at Qin Hao, who pierced one palm but could not stop the attacks.
• Wu Ge struck Qin Hao twice, consuming most of the World Boundary Power protecting him and sending him plummeting.
• Qin Hao wounded Wu Ge’s left leg with another sword strike, further disrupting Wu Ge’s balance.
• Qin Hao and Wu Ge fell toward the enormous Spatial Rift between them.

Qin Hao and Wu Ge continued their fierce battle as both fell toward a vast Spatial Rift leading to Void Space. Qin Hao's attacks sent Wu Ge plunging faster, but the two remained on course for the rift as Yun Chang rushed to help.

• Wu Ge struck Qin Hao with both palms, breaking through Qin Hao's defenses and knocking him back toward the Spatial Rift.
• Qin Hao used the Purple Sun Shield and his Time, Devouring, and Fire Laws to resist Wu Ge, but Wu Ge's next attacks overwhelmed them.
• Unable to escape Wu Ge or the surrounding Spatial Rifts, Qin Hao attacked Wu Ge's palm and legs with dozens of Heaven-Sealing Sword Art strikes.
• Qin Hao's strikes disrupted Wu Ge's balance, sending both fighters falling toward the Spatial Rift as onlookers expected them to die.
• Yun Chang rushed toward Qin Hao in anguish as the crowd watched the fighters descend.

Yun Chang and the others watched Qin Hao and Wu Ge fall into a Spatial Rift, but Wu Ge severed most of his Divine Body and escaped before the rifts closed. Though badly weakened and unable to pursue his plans to become a Nirvana Sovereign soon, he discovered hundreds of nearby Creation Experts and turned his attention toward them.

• Yun Chang failed to reach Qin Hao in time, and Wu Ge forced Qin Hao into a Spatial Rift as his own Divine Body began sinking into it.
• Wu Ge severed his body through the chest, sacrificing the rest to escape the Spatial Rift before the rifts closed.
• Wu Ge realized his Blood Soul Divine Body and Great Dao had been devastated, delaying his hopes of becoming a Nirvana Sovereign.
• A nearby Spirit Race Creation Expert spotted Wu Ge alive, and Wu Ge sensed hundreds of Creation Experts around him before fixing them with a bloodthirsty gaze.

Wu Ge survived the Spatial Rift by severing his Divine Body and began devouring Creation Experts to restore his Blood Soul Divine Body. Yun Chang fled with his companions, vowing to avenge Qin Hao, unaware that the Spatial Rift did not lead to Void Space.

• Wu Ge transformed into Blood Demon Qi and devoured a Spirit Race King-Sealing Creation to replenish his strength.
• Wu Ge imprisoned and began Refining fleeing Marquis and King-Sealing Creation experts, while the expanding cloud of Blood Demon Qi pursued more victims.
• Yun Chang prepared to attack Wu Ge, but Marquis Liulang and Kang Yihou warned that he could not defeat him.
• Marquis Liulang urged Yun Chang to cultivate with the Xuanhuang Stone in Shang Cheng's Storage Star Ring so he could become strong enough to avenge Qin Hao.
• Yun Chang used his Space Dao Resonance to take the other three away, while the narration revealed that the Spatial Rift's far end did not lead to Void Space.

After Qin Hao fell through a Spatial Rift during his battle with Wu Ge, he discovered that the world below the Ancient Xuanhuang World was not Void Space. As he continued to descend, he found himself cut off from the Supreme Sword Tower and Lingxiaozi, leaving him without his planned escape route.

• Demon Ancestor Yin, the Ten-Thousand Poisons King, and Shang Cheng celebrated Qin Hao’s apparent death and fled while Wu Ge swallowed nearby Creation Experts.
• The Crimson Ancient Eagle noticed that Qin Hao had entered a mysterious world beneath the Ancient Xuanhuang World, following another woman who had gone there earlier.
• Qin Hao continued falling through the dim world and realized it was not Void Space, since he could sense space and Chaos Currents.
• Qin Hao tried to reach the Supreme Sword Tower but discovered that the mysterious world had cut off his connection to it and Lingxiaozi.

Qin Hao fell through a strange space cut off from the Supreme Sword Tower, where dense Chaos Currents threatened to kill him. He survived a direct hit by drawing a current into his Self-World, but it began tearing that world apart just as he reached solid ground.

• Qin Hao wondered whether the space was the true Origin World or another layer within a fragment of it.
• As Qin Hao fell deeper, Chaos Currents filled the darkness and became increasingly dangerous.
• Qin Hao used Near at Hand, Far Away to evade three incoming currents, but the ability moved him only a few meters at a time.
• When another current rushed at him from behind, Qin Hao opened his Self-World and drew it inside, where it caused cracks throughout the world.
• Qin Hao landed on solid ground in a place without Chaos Currents while the current continued to batter his Self-World.

Qin Hao found himself in a barren wasteland beneath a sky packed with Chaos Currents, which had badly damaged his Self-World. After containing the strand inside it, he sensed a Ghost Soul like those from the Ancient Prison Dungeon emerging from the gray mist.

• Qin Hao sensed a desolate wasteland around him and dense Chaos Currents covering the sky above.
• Qin Hao failed to Refine the Chaos Currents in his Self-World, suffering a backlash as they tore through it.
• Qin Hao used the remaining World Spirit and World Boundary Power to contain the Chaos Currents, but realized his Self-World remained damaged and might collapse.
• Qin Hao decided to scout the area and look for a way back to the Ancient Xuanhuang World.
• Qin Hao sensed something watching him, then saw a towering, translucent figure emerge from the gray mist and recognized it as a Ghost Soul like those in the Ancient Prison Dungeon.

Qin Hao was trapped in a powerful illusion by an enormous creature that looked like a Ghost Soul, but he broke free by manifesting his Willpower Swordlet. After it tried to devour him, he realized the creature was the Remnant Soul of a Sovereign.

• Qin Hao sensed an enormous Ghost Soul and was engulfed by its vivid Illusory Realm.
• Qin Hao's physical sword strike failed, so he attacked the illusion with his Little Sword Martial Soul and manifested his Willpower Swordlet.
• Qin Hao's Willpower Swordlet shattered the Illusory Realm, revealing the Ghost Soul looming nearby.
• The Ghost Soul lunged at Qin Hao, who escaped with Near at Hand, Far Away.
• Qin Hao found that the creature held fragmented Great Dao Power and could not be affected by the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art.
• Qin Hao concluded that the creature was the Remnant Soul of a Sovereign, not a true Ghost Soul.

Qin Hao discovered that the Ghost Souls surrounding him were mindless Sovereigns' Remnant Souls and fled through the gray mist as they pressed in from every direction. He found broken tombstones, including one naming the Firmament Sovereign, and realized the area was a graveyard for Nirvana Sovereigns.

• Qin Hao recognized that the Ghost Soul before him retained Great Dao Power and was a Sovereign's Remnant Soul.
• Qin Hao sensed countless Sovereign-level Ghost Souls closing in and used Near at Hand, Far Away to escape.
• Qin Hao kept shifting through the mist, but Ghost Souls remained nearby and continually threatened him with Illusory Realms.
• Qin Hao detected a broken stele bearing the words “Sovereign's tomb” and then found one identifying the Tomb of the Firmament Sovereign.
• Qin Hao concluded that the area was a graveyard for powerful Sovereigns and wondered what had caused so many Nirvana Sovereigns to die.

Qin Hao fought through a seemingly endless swarm of Ghost Souls and their Illusory Realms, surviving only because his Willpower Swordlet kept cutting a path ahead. He regained his awareness badly wounded and found himself inside a protected area where the Ghost Souls could not enter.

• Tens of thousands of Ghost Souls attacked Qin Hao with overlapping Illusory Realms, forcing him to charge forward rather than fight back.
• Qin Hao's Willpower Swordlet shattered the illusions as he charged, splitting into two blades and growing stronger while he lost awareness of his goal.
• Qin Hao regained his awareness and discovered that Ghost Souls had torn chunks from his Divine Body, though he could heal the wounds with Divine Strength.
• Qin Hao detected Ghost Souls beyond a transparent barrier that prevented them from entering the area around him.

Qin Hao found that a weakening Fire Great Dao Shield was protecting him from the Ghost Souls, and he searched deeper for the source of its power and a possible escape. Elsewhere, Venerable Hun Yan sensed Qin Hao inside a ruined Palace surrounded by Ghost Souls.

• Qin Hao discovered that the barrier keeping the Ghost Souls out contained weak Fire Great Dao Power, and he realized the ordeal had strengthened his willpower.
• Qin Hao explored the protected area and found that the Fire Great Dao Shield was slowly shrinking as Ghost Souls gathered outside it.
• Qin Hao concluded that something deeper inside must be sustaining the shield and hurried inward, hoping it could help him escape.
• Venerable Hun Yan opened her eyes inside a ruined Palace and was surprised to sense Qin Hao nearby.

Qin Hao searched the Fire Great Dao barrier and found a stele beside a skeleton, then discovered that the figure in a Jade Slip was an Azure Flame Sect senior rather than the legendary Battleaxe Monarch. Sovereign Chengyu offered Qin Hao a Creation and a way out of the Abyssal Grave Realm in exchange for an Inner Demon oath and a promise.

• Venerable Hun Yan sensed Qin Hao inside the Abyssal Grave Realm and resumed Refining the Great Dao, worried that Ghost Souls could endanger him.
• Qin Hao searched the Fire Great Dao barrier and found a stele describing Battleaxe Monarch's rise to Sovereign at age thirty-nine.
• Qin Hao discovered a skeleton and a Jade Slip beside the stele, then used his Divine Sense to enter the Jade Slip.
• A middle-aged man appeared in the Jade Slip, and Qin Hao recognized the Azure Flame Token at his side.
• The man identified himself as Sovereign Chengyu of the Azure Flame Sect and offered Qin Hao a Creation and a way out in exchange for an Inner Demon oath and a promise.

Qin Hao activated a recorded image of Sovereign Chengyu, swore to fulfill the dead elder’s promise, and learned that the Abyssal Grave Realm was a burial ground for the Origin World’s fallen Nirvana Sovereigns. Chengyu explained that the only way out was to comprehend the realm’s World Boundary Power.

• Qin Hao realized Sovereign Chengyu was only a recorded image left behind by the Azure Flame Sect elder.
• Sovereign Chengyu offered to explain the Abyssal Grave Realm if Qin Hao swore to deliver a message for him.
• Qin Hao swore before Chengyu’s Fire Great Dao to fulfill the promise, and the Great Dao returned to Heaven and Earth.
• Sovereign Chengyu told Qin Hao that the Ancient Xuanhuang World was a fragment of the Origin World and that the Abyssal Grave Realm lay beneath it.
• Sovereign Chengyu explained that the Abyssal Grave Realm held the fallen Nirvana Sovereigns of the Origin World and that its only exit required comprehending its World Boundary Power.

Sovereign Chengyu explained that Qin Hao had to master the Abyssal Grave Realm’s World Boundary Power to breach its Spatial Barrier, but the route to the Ancient Xuanhuang World opened only when the worlds overlapped. Qin Hao realized he had at most two and a half years to escape before the opportunity vanished, and Sovereign Chengyu turned to the promise Qin Hao had made him.

• Qin Hao learned that World Power from his own Self-World could not breach the Abyssal Grave Realm’s Spatial Barrier, and Sovereign Chengyu said he needed to master the realm’s World Boundary Power.
• Sovereign Chengyu warned Qin Hao that breaching the barrier would lead into Void Space, where escape was perilous, unless the other side opened onto the Ancient Xuanhuang World.
• Sovereign Chengyu explained that the Ancient Xuanhuang World and the Abyssal Grave Realm overlapped only about once every hundred Epochs, and that he had tested the route himself.
• Qin Hao realized the current overlap gave him no more than two and a half years to master World Boundary Power and leave, or he might have to wait a hundred Epochs.
• Sovereign Chengyu told Qin Hao that it was time to discuss the promise Qin Hao had made him.

Qin Hao received a Jade Slip from Sovereign Chengyu, who asked him to deliver it to Lord Minhai of the Azure Flame Sect. After opening it, Qin Hao learned that Chengyu and Lord Minhai had been childhood sweethearts and that the Heartless Demon Master and Lord of Nightmares had driven Chengyu into the Abyssal Grave Realm, where he became trapped.

• Sovereign Chengyu asked Qin Hao to deliver his Jade Slip to Lord Minhai or another member of the Azure Flame Sect.
• Qin Hao accepted the Jade Slip and returned to the stone where Sovereign Chengyu's remains lay in the Abyssal Grave Realm.
• Qin Hao speculated that the Abyssal Grave Realm had been created to shelter Sovereigns' Remnant Souls from something that hunted them.
• Qin Hao used his Azure Flame Sect Inner Disciple Token to open the Jade Slip and view Sovereign Chengyu's recorded account.
• Qin Hao learned that Sovereign Chengyu and Lord Minhai had been childhood sweethearts and that the Heartless Demon Master and Lord of Nightmares had pursued Chengyu into the Calamity Demon Land.
• Qin Hao learned that Chengyu entered the Void Space to escape, was attacked by a Void Beast, and reached the Abyssal Grave Realm, where he could never leave.

Qin Hao learned how Sovereign Chengyu had been trapped in the Abyssal Grave Realm and died after repeated attacks from Ghost Souls and Void Beasts. As Ghost Souls gathered around the Fire Great Dao Shield, Qin Hao realized he had to escape soon and vowed to kill the Heartless Demon Master and the Lord of Nightmares.

• Sovereign Chengyu spent more than an Epoch comprehending the Abyssal Grave Realm's World Power before breaking through its Spatial Barrier.
• Sovereign Chengyu emerged into the Void Space, where Void Beasts exhausted his treasures and worsened his injuries, forcing him back into the Abyssal Grave Realm.
• Sovereign Chengyu left a message explaining that escape depended on reaching the Ancient Xuanhuang World when it overlapped with the Abyssal Grave Realm, then died as Ghost Souls overwhelmed him.
• Qin Hao realized his Life Aura would attract Ghost Souls and that the Fire Great Dao Shield could fail against stronger ones.
• Qin Hao vowed to escape the Abyssal Grave Realm and kill the Heartless Demon Master and the Lord of Nightmares.