Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao learned that the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable had avoided paying a wager and might target him, while his companions urged him to prepare carefully for the Ancient Fiendish Grounds. After the guests departed, Qin Hao considered the path to transcendence, and Yun Chang pressed to join him on a future expedition.

• Venerable Luoji told Qin Hao that the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable had failed to deliver the Half-Step Divine Artifact Warblade he owed Ancestor Yanyu and had used a Secret Art to evade the Heavenly Dao Oath.
• Venerable Luoji and Venerable Qiyan warned Qin Hao that the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and the Blood Demon Emperor were powerful, experienced, and likely to possess dangerous trump cards.
• During the three-day banquet, Venerable Qiyan shared his insights into the Space Great Dao with Yun Chang.
• Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, and Yun Chang saw Venerable Luoji and the other guests off, and Qin Hao resolved that exploring the Ancient Fiendish Grounds was necessary to transcend the Sovereign Realm.
• Yun Chang insisted on joining Qin Hao in the Ancient Fiendish Grounds, but Qin Hao told him to cultivate and grow stronger before they decided.

Qin Hao consolidated his new Nine-Tribulations Sovereign cultivation while news of his advancement spread across the Star Sea. Leader of the Mysterious Spirit Cult fled toward the Abyssal Land, and in the Abyssal Prison World, Lord Guxuan learned that a seal was weakening and received orders from the creature trapped beyond it.

• Qin Hao reached Nine Tribulations and continued cultivating the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way, the Destruction and Vitality Great Daos, and his Six Doppelgangers.
• After learning Qin Hao had killed Nether Demon Venerable, Leader of the Mysterious Spirit Cult feared being targeted and chose to hide in the Abyssal Land.
• News of Qin Hao's advancement spread through the Star Sea, alarming those who had tried to kill him and relieving those who had stayed out of the conflict.
• In the Abyssal Prison World, Lord Guxuan heard a roar and went to the seal, where a black-scaled creature told him the seal and Heavenly Dao were weakening and urged him to act.

Lord Guxuan sacrificed his body and Essence Blood to break the Seal of the Abyssal Prison World and free the black-Scales beast. After devouring him, the beast’s aura rose to the level of a Nine-Tribulations Sovereign, while Lord Guxuan’s last wisp of Divine Soul remained.

• Lord Guxuan saw that the weakening Heavenly Dao had weakened the Seal and stabbed himself to corrode it with his Essence Blood.
• At the black-Scales beast’s command, Lord Guxuan drove the dagger deeper into his heart and widened the breach in the Seal.
• The black-Scales beast smashed through the multicolored light and emerged from the Abyssal Prison World as other Demonic Beasts watched from within.
• Lord Guxuan offered himself as flesh and blood, and the black-Scales beast devoured his Divine Body.
• Lord Guxuan’s remaining wisp of Divine Soul watched as the beast’s aura surged to the level of a Nine-Tribulations Sovereign.

Lord Guxuan allied with Black Demon General and helped him escape the Abyssal Prison World to attack Qin Hao. When Sovereign Huaqian entered the valley, Black Demon General and Lord Guxuan ambushed him, leaving his fate uncertain.

• Black Demon General promised Lord Guxuan power and revenge on Qin Hao in exchange for opening the Abyssal Prison World.
• Sovereign Huaqian decided to visit Lord Guxuan and persuade him to abandon his feud with Qin Hao.
• Sovereign Huaqian found the valley engulfed in unusually dense Demonic Qi and discovered Lord Guxuan was missing from the Palace.
• Lord Guxuan attacked Sovereign Huaqian alongside Black Demon General, a Nine-Tribulations Sovereign Demonic Beast.
• Black Demon General pierced Sovereign Huaqian, tearing apart his body and Divine Soul.

Black Demon General devoured Sovereign Huaqian, gathered Demonic Beasts, and prepared to break out of the Abyssal Prison World and open passages elsewhere in Star Sea. Meanwhile, Qin Hao began practicing the Chaos Sword Art and discovered that even without Great Dao Power, its sword radiance could match a Nine-Tribulation Sovereign’s strength.

• Black Demon General absorbed Sovereign Huaqian’s Divine Body and revealed that his current strength was only a fraction of his former power.
• Black Demon General summoned the Demonic Beasts from the Abyssal Prison World, and Lord Guxuan offered to guide him to other passages.
• Black Demon General led the assembled forces toward the grand formation surrounding the Abyssal Prison World, making it tremble across the Azure Flame Great World.
• Qin Hao sensed that Heavenly Dao Power had weakened after his advancement to Nine-Tribulation Sovereign and considered the Chaos Sword Art’s power and requirements.
• Qin Hao practiced all thirteen forms of the Chaos Sword Art, and by his tenth attempt his sword radiance tore a vast rift through the Starry Sky without Great Dao Power.

Qin Hao tested the Chaos Sword Art and unleashed a strike powerful enough to tear open the sky, then felt an ominous tremor shared by the other Sovereigns. Azure Flame Profound Venerable reported that Demonic Beasts from the Abyssal Prison World had emerged and were besieging the Azure Flame Sect.

• Qin Hao’s sword strike tore open the sky above the True Martial Continent, startling Qin Ming and the people of Holy City.
• Qin Hao discovered that the Chaos Sword Art could greatly amplify his strength and that its ultimate move, the Chaos Mystic Sword, might rival an Ordinary True God’s attack.
• Qin Hao felt a sudden, dangerous tremor in his heart, and Yun Chang arrived saying he felt the same unease.
• Mu Ziqing, Qin Ming, Qin Yue, and other Sovereigns gathered at Sword Martial Palace after experiencing the same foreboding sensation.
• Azure Flame Profound Venerable appeared and told Qin Hao that Demonic Beasts from the Abyssal Prison World were besieging the Azure Flame Sect, urging him to reinforce it.

Qin Hao realized the Azure Flame Sect’s peril could be part of a catastrophe threatening the entire Star Sea and rushed there with Yun Chang. The Azure Flame Sect was overwhelmed by an enormous Demonic Beast army as True Lord Tianyan and the other leaders confronted the Black Demon General.

• The Azure Flame Profound Venerable told Qin Hao that a powerful Demonic Beast threatened the Azure Flame Sect and asked him to save it.
• Qin Hao brought Yun Chang toward the Azure Flame Sect, suspecting the danger extended across the Star Sea, while Mu Ziqing and the others stayed behind.
• Jing Hong ordered the True Martial Great Formation activated and the True Martial Continent sealed against intruders.
• Millions of Demonic Beasts attacked the Azure Flame Sect, devouring cultivators and growing stronger as they fed.
• True Lord Tianyan and the other leaders surrounded the Black Demon General, who mocked the divided Human Race.

The Black Demon General slaughtered the Azure Flame Sect’s defenders and grew stronger by devouring their power. True Lord Tianyan and the Flamefire Realm Master were badly injured, while the Storm Sovereign struggled to protect the Azure Li Lord as the sect fell into chaos.

• Lord Guxuan warned the Black Demon General that powerful Dao Alliance Sovereigns might arrive and urged him to kill everyone present first.
• The Black Demon General pierced a wounded Peak Master with his claw and devoured his Flesh and Blood, Divine Soul, and Life Divine Power.
• The Storm Sovereign drove off a Demonic Beast that was attacking the Azure Li Lord, but found that his sword could not injure it.
• The Black Demon General sent True Lord Tianyan and the Flamefire Realm Master flying, then seized and devoured two more Peak Masters.
• The Black Demon General grew larger as the Azure Flame Sect’s defenders faced mounting losses.

The Azure Flame Sect struggled against an overwhelming Demonic Beast invasion as Qi Long and Ji Ziqi used the Yin-Yang Swords to slay one Sovereign-level beast. With True Lord Tianyan and Flamefire Realm Master badly wounded and the other Inner Gate Peak Masters fallen, reinforcements from the Dao Alliance arrived through the Teleportation Array.

• Qi Long and Ji Ziqi joined the Silver Feather Sword and Azure Feather Sword with the Yin-Yang Swords, piercing and splitting one Sovereign-level Demonic Beast while two more attacked them.
• Qi Long and Ji Ziqi fought to hold off the remaining beasts as Demonic Beasts overwhelmed the Azure Flame Sect and Creation Experts began self-detonating.
• Black Demon General devoured the seven fallen Inner Gate Peak Masters, grew stronger, and prepared to kill True Lord Tianyan and Flamefire Realm Master.
• Azure Flame Profound Venerable, Desolate God Hall Master, Spirit Domain Blade Venerable, and dozens of Dao Alliance Dao Guardians arrived through the Teleportation Array.

The Black Demon General overwhelmed the Azure Flame Sect defenders and Dao Alliance reinforcements, corroding their Divine Bodies and devouring fallen cultivators to restore his strength. As the defenders’ Life Auras vanished, he prepared to consume the remaining wounded Dao Guardians.

• Azure Flame Profound Venerable arrived with the Desolate God Hall Master and the Spirit Domain Blade Venerable to find the Azure Flame Sect reduced to ruins.
• Lord Guxuan urged the Black Demon General to kill the newcomers, and the Black Demon General abandoned True Lord Tianyan to fight them.
• The Black Demon General’s attack sent the three Sovereigns and more than thirty Dao Alliance Dao Guardians reeling, while his Demonic Qi corroded their Divine Bodies and drained their Life Divine Power.
• The Black Demon General devoured Dao Guardians whose Life Divine Power had reached zero, causing his Demonic Body and aura to grow.
• The Black Demon General turned on the wounded survivors and drained their remaining Life Auras as Lord Guxuan celebrated.

The Black Demon General overwhelmed the Azure Flame Sect’s defenders and began devouring their Flesh and Blood, leaving the sect on the brink of destruction. Qin Hao’s Sword Rain suddenly slaughtered countless Demonic Beasts, and the Black Demon General turned his fury toward him.

• The Desolate God Hall Master tried to hold off the Black Demon General and urged everyone to retreat, but the General declared that no one would escape.
• The Black Demon General drained the Life Divine Power and devoured the Flesh and Blood of the Desolate God Hall Master, the Azure Flame Profound Venerable, and the Spirit Domain Blade Venerable.
• The Storm Sovereign and others despaired as the Azure Flame Sect’s people blamed Lord Guxuan for releasing the Demonic Beasts; Qi Long and Ji Ziqi prepared to die together rather than flee apart.
• A Nine-Tribulations Sovereign-level Demonic Beast attacked Qi Long and Ji Ziqi, but Qin Hao’s Sword Qi killed it and swept across the sect, destroying countless Demonic Beasts.
• The Azure Flame Sect recognized Qin Hao’s Sword Rain as their rescue, while the Black Demon General stopped feeding, blocked the attack, and asked Ancient Suspended whether Qin Hao was the enemy he had mentioned.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang arrived at the Azure Flame Sect and found it under attack by countless Demon Spirits from the Abyssal Prison World. Qin Hao faced the Black Demon General, whose strength had recovered to the Half-Step True God level, while the wounded defenders could only rely on Qin Hao to save them.

• Qin Hao’s Sword Rain killed hundreds of thousands of Demon Spirits, and he recognized them as prisoners from the Abyssal Prison World.
• Qin Hao suspected the Demon Spirits had played a major role in the Origin World’s destruction and judged that the Black Demon General exceeded the power of a top Nine-Tribulations Sovereign.
• Qin Hao told Yun Chang to fight the other Demon Spirits while he confronted the Black Demon General, and Yun Chang entered the Azure Flame Great World with his Black Long Staff.
• Lord Guxuan identified Qin Hao to the Black Demon General, who revealed that devouring Sovereign flesh and blood had restored his strength to the Half-Step True God level.
• The Azure Flame Profound Venerable and the other exhausted defenders welcomed Qin Hao’s arrival but feared he might not defeat the Black Demon General.

Qin Hao confronted the Black Demon General, who revealed that Demon Spirits planned to turn the Star Sea into a second Origin World and attacked with power drawn from Chaos Origin. Qin Hao dodged the devastating claw, leaving Lord Guxuan stunned that he was still alive.

• Qin Hao arrived before the Black Demon General and recognized Lord Guxuan's Divine Soul clinging to its arm.
• The Black Demon General said the Heavenly Dao had weakened and declared that the Star Sea would become a second Origin World.
• Qin Hao resolved to defend his family, friends, and sect, and the Black Demon General lunged at him with a claw strike.
• Qin Hao recognized the Black Demon General's Chaos Origin power and used his Primordial Feathered Wings to evade the attack.
• The Black Demon General's claw shattered a peak and shook the Azure Flame Sect's Formation, but he noticed Qin Hao had survived.

Qin Hao survived Black Demon General’s attack by using the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way and revealed that he had mastered it to the Perfection level of Great Dao Origin. Black Demon General offered to spare Qin Hao and his loved ones if he became his Slave, leaving Qin Hao’s choice unresolved.

• Qin Hao dodged Black Demon General’s powerful claw strike, shocking Lord Guxuan and the gathered Sovereigns.
• The Desolate God Hall Master and others recognized that Qin Hao had used the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way to evade the attack, while Yun Chang celebrated his survival.
• Black Demon General identified Qin Hao’s Primordial Feathered Wings and realized Qin Hao had cultivated the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way to the Perfection level of Great Dao Origin.
• Qin Hao calmly said his mastery of the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way was enough to kill Black Demon General, who boasted that his Half-Step True God strength made him invincible in the Star Sea.
• Black Demon General offered to preserve Qin Hao’s Divine Soul and spare his family and friends if Qin Hao became his Slave, and Lord Guxuan grew anxious as everyone waited for Qin Hao’s answer.

Qin Hao refused Black Demon General’s offer to become his slave and fought him, but the general’s Chaos Origin-powered attacks proved far stronger. Qin Hao survived the first blows and used his Primordial Feathered Wings to evade another, though his sword could not pierce Black Demon General’s scales.

• Black Demon General threatened Lord Guxuan for overstepping, then offered Qin Hao a chance to become his slave and reach the True God Realm.
• Qin Hao refused, and Black Demon General attacked him with claws imbued with Chaos Origin.
• Qin Hao met the first attack with World Sword, was knocked flying, but survived thanks to the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way.
• Black Demon General attacked again, and Qin Hao used the Primordial Feathered Wings to evade the claws before striking back.
• Qin Hao’s sword hit Black Demon General’s scales but failed to break through them.

The Black Demon General unleashed his Domain Demon Net, suppressing Qin Hao and the Azure Flame Great World, but Qin Hao evaded his attacks by hiding within his Inner World. Qin Hao’s sword barrage drove the Black Demon General back without breaking his defenses, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• The Black Demon General spread his corrosive Domain Demon Net across much of the sky, weakening Qin Hao and alarming the Desolate God Hall Master, the Azure Flame Profound Venerable, and the others.
• The Black Demon General demanded Qin Hao submit, then attacked with a faster claw strike, but Qin Hao vanished before it could hit him.
• Qin Hao struck from his hidden Inner World, and the Black Demon General sensed the space and realized Qin Hao had concealed himself there.
• Qin Hao unleashed a rain of sword lights carrying World Power and the power of the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way, forcing the Black Demon General back without damaging his scales.
• The Azure Flame Profound Venerable and the others watched the barrage fail to pierce the Black Demon General’s defenses and grew worried.

Qin Hao used the Chaos Sword Art’s thirteen forms to break the Black Demon General’s defenses and drive him back. The Black Demon General struck into Self-World, but its power weakened as his claws crossed the boundary, allowing Qin Hao to evade.

• Qin Hao poured his Heaven and Earth Ancient Way and World Power into the Lingxiao Divine Sword and unleashed the Chaos Sword Art.
• The Black Demon General recognized the Peerless Art but could not block its dense Sword Radiance.
• Qin Hao’s Sword Radiance shattered a scale on the Black Demon General’s chest and pierced his flesh.
• As the Chaos Sword Art’s forms grew stronger, Qin Hao battered the Black Demon General backward and shattered more of his scales.
• The Black Demon General thrust his claws through space into Self-World, but their speed and force weakened as they crossed the boundary, and Qin Hao dodged them.

Qin Hao used a wisp of the Supreme Sword Tower’s Sword Soul to severely wound the Black Demon General, but the strain nearly overwhelmed the Lingxiao Divine Sword. As Qin Hao tried to form the Chaos Profound Sword, the wounded demon lunged to devour the gravely injured cultivators.

• Qin Hao infused the Lingxiao Divine Sword with the Supreme Sword Tower’s Sword Soul, the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way, and World Power, severing the Black Demon General’s claws and hurling him into a Mountain Peak.
• Qin Hao returned the Sword Soul to the tower when he felt the Lingxiao Divine Sword and Elder Ling could not withstand another strike, then realized the Black Demon General was still alive.
• Qin Hao began executing the Chaos Sword Art’s Thirteen Forms and trying to fuse them into the Chaos Profound Sword while his attacks struck the wounded demon.
• Lord Guxuan watched in terror from the Black Demon General’s severed arm as the demon rose and rushed toward the Azure Flame Profound Venerable and the other injured Great Dao Dominators to devour them.
• The Great Dao Dominators tried to retreat, but their injuries and the surrounding Demonic Qi left them unable to escape the Black Demon General’s maw.

The Black Demon General devoured more than a dozen Dao Alliance Dao Guardians, healing his wounds and growing stronger as Qin Hao continued attacking him. As the demon battered Qin Hao’s Self-World, Qin Hao repeatedly tried and failed to unleash the Chaos Mystic Sword, the only move that could destroy the demon’s core.

• Azure Flame Profound Venerable used the Ten Thousand Flames Heart Method to shield himself and several companions, but the Black Demon General devoured the other Dao Alliance Dao Guardians and restored his strength.
• Qin Hao kept striking the Black Demon General with the Chaos Sword Art, while the demon’s wounds and shattered scales rapidly regenerated.
• The Black Demon General recognized Qin Hao as a grave threat and attacked his Self-World from outside, trying to break through.
• Qin Hao completed the first thirteen forms of the Chaos Sword Art, but the Lingxiao Divine Sword faltered and prevented him from unleashing the Chaos Mystic Sword.
• As the Black Demon General’s blows cracked the Self-World, Qin Hao began the Chaos Sword Art again, determined to destroy the demon’s core.

Qin Hao struggled to fuse the Chaos Sword Art’s thirteen forms while the Black Demon General battered his Self-World. By testing incomplete combinations, Qin Hao discovered that the forms were divided into three parts, but the chapter ended before he could complete the Chaos Profound Sword.

• Qin Hao found that the Chaos Sword Art’s fusion snagged at the fifth form, so he skipped it and fused the others into a powerful incomplete strike.
• Qin Hao wounded the Black Demon General with the strike, and the Black Demon General realized Qin Hao could threaten him without relying on the Artifact Spirit.
• Qin Hao skipped the fifth form again and fused through the tenth, but the fusion snagged at the eleventh; his stronger strike cut deeply into the Black Demon General’s thigh.
• Qin Hao repeatedly attacked with incomplete versions while seeking an explanation for the fusion problems.
• Qin Hao realized the Chaos Sword Art’s thirteen forms were divided into three parts and understood why he could not fuse them all.