Chapter Summaries

Qu Qi ordered his followers to prepare an assault on the Heavenly Spirit Race to obtain Spirit Venerable bloodline essence and open the Spirit Realm, despite the dangers of using Blood Spirits. Meanwhile, Qin Hao mastered the Heaven-Splitting Branch Vein of the Destruction Chaos Origin at the Spirit Pool, astonishing the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable.

• Qu Qi told Qiong Zhan, Bu Yan, Wu Yiyan, Zhu Wanning, and the others that they had only one era to find the Spirit Venerable's Divine Sense and gain control of it.
• Zhu Wanning warned that repeated use of Blood Spirits could damage their minds or consume their divine souls.
• Qu Qi ordered the group to prepare for an attack on the Heavenly Spirit Race and seek Jiang Yingying or the essence blood of her Spirit Venerable lineage.
• Qin Hao comprehended the Destruction and Life Chaos Origins at the Spirit Pool and mastered the Heaven-Splitting Branch Vein.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable realized Qin Hao had made striking progress while he himself had gained none in the darkness chaos origin.

Qin Hao used greenwood vine essence and the Spirit Pool to rapidly strengthen his life divine power while working toward mastering the Life Chaos Origin’s rhythm branch vein. After half a year, Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable had made almost no progress from watching Qin Hao, while Yun Chang gained only some insights into the Rule Chaos Origin.

• Qin Hao consumed greenwood vine essence to deepen his comprehension of the Life Chaos Origin, strengthening his life divine power without yet mastering a branch vein.
• Over half a year, Qin Hao repeatedly consumed greenwood vine essence and steadily advanced toward mastering the Life Chaos Origin’s rhythm branch vein.
• Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable grew envious of Qin Hao, became distracted by his progress, and made virtually no cultivation progress.
• Yun Chang continued comprehending the Rule Chaos Origin and gained some insights, while admiring Qin Hao’s rapid improvement.
• Yun Chang noticed that Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable had made no progress and felt better about his own limited gains.

Yun Chang visited Jiang Yingying at her mother's tomb, where she told him how her mother had died protecting her. He promised to protect her, and Jiang Yingying let him call her Yingying, while his plan to seek her guidance on the Cause and Effect Chaos Origin slipped his mind.

• Yun Chang grew restless while studying the Rule Chaos Origin and decided he might ask Jiang Yingying to help him explore the Cause and Effect Chaos Origin.
• Yun Chang found Jiang Yingying mourning at her mother's tomb on Mountain Peak.
• Jiang Yingying told Yun Chang that Qu Qi had gravely wounded her mother during an attack eight epochs earlier, and her mother had died protecting her.
• Yun Chang shared that he had also witnessed his mother's death and promised Jiang Yingying he would protect her.
• Jiang Yingying smiled and told Yun Chang to call her Yingying, then said they could discuss his promise after he comprehended the Rule Chaos Origin.

As Yun Chang studied Jiang Yingying’s Cause and Effect Chaos Origin, he gained a first glimpse of Rule Chaos Origin. Their moment was interrupted when a violent shock wave and dense Demon Spirit Demonic Qi announced an attack on the Heavenly Spirit Race Territory.

• As Yun Chang and Jiang Yingying descended from the mountain Mausoleum, she said Jiang Yuanhe’s injuries had considerably recovered.
• Jiang Yingying showed Yun Chang her Cause and Effect Chaos Origin, explaining the Time Reversal and Time Deceleration Branch Veins.
• Yun Chang gained insight into Rule Chaos Origin by observing Jiang Yingying’s aura, surprising her.
• A thunderous rumble and shock wave struck as Demon Spirit Demonic Qi spread in from outside the territory.
• Jiang Yingying recognized that the Demon Spirit Race was approaching through the churning Gray Mist.

As the Demon Spirit Race attacked the Heavenly Spirit Race Territory to search for Jiang Yingying, Qin Hao completed the Destruction Chaos Origin Heaven-Splitting Lineage and the Life Chaos Origin Pulse Lineage. He left the Spirit Pool to confront the attackers and reached the outskirts, where he encountered a Demon Spirit Race member.

• Qu Qi ordered Qiong Zhan and the others to search for Jiang Yingying while he went to hold off Jiang Yuanhe.
• The Demon Spirit Race attacked from across the Heavenly Spirit Race Territory, and Jiang Yuanhe sensed Qu Qi and flew to confront him.
• Qin Hao completed two chaos origin lineages and decided to focus his cultivation on Destruction Chaos Origin.
• Qin Hao sensed the attack and found Yun Chang missing, while Azure Flame Profound Venerable, Ancestor Yanyu, and the others set out to intercept the Heavenly Demon Race.
• Qin Hao left to stop the attackers and reached the Gray Mist, where he saw a middle-aged man surrounded by Demon Spirit Demonic Qi.

Qin Hao killed a Blood Spirit-empowered former Heavenly Spirit with one sword strike as fighting spread across the Heavenly Spirit Race Territory. He then sensed a clash between Jiang Yuanhe and Qu Qi overhead.

• Qin Hao recognized the black-robed man as a former Heavenly Spirit who had sided with the Outer Domain Demon Spirits and gained a Blood Spirit.
• The black-robed man attacked Qin Hao with his Blood Warblade, but Qin Hao countered with the Heavenly Abyss Sword, infused with World Power, the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way, and Destruction Chaos Origin.
• Qin Hao shattered the man's Five-Star Treasure saber and killed him with a single strike that destroyed his body and divine soul.
• Qin Hao observed that the fighting between the Demon Spirit Race and the Heavenly Spirit Race had intensified across the territory.
• Qin Hao looked up and saw Jiang Yuanhe and Qu Qi fighting in the sky.

Jiang Yuanhe fought Qu Qi while the Demon Spirit Race attacked the Heavenly Spirit Race, and Qin Hao joined the battle to protect their forces. As Qin Hao hurried toward Ancestor Yanyu and the others, two hidden figures watched the fighting and chose to stay out of it.

• Qu Qi urged Jiang Yuanhe to submit to the Outer Domain Demon Spirits, but Jiang Yuanhe rejected him and continued fighting with his Origin Sun Spear.
• Qu Qi searched for Jiang Yingying while fighting Jiang Yuanhe, hoping to capture her and seize the Heavenly Spirit Essence Blood.
• The Demon Spirit Race attacked across the Heavenly Spirit Race territory, and Qin Hao killed more than a dozen of its members.
• Qin Hao sensed Ancestor Yanyu, Azure Flame Profound Venerable, Spirit Domain Blade Venerable, and Myriad Seas Palace Master fighting the Demon Spirit Race, then hurried toward them.
• Two figures hiding behind a palace agreed that the others were courting death and trusted their concealed hiding place to keep the Demon Spirit Race from finding them.

Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and Blood Demon Emperor watched from hiding as Bu Yan and two Heavenly Demon Race fighters overwhelmed the Heavenly Spirit Race cultivators. Qin Hao arrived to aid the defenders, and Bu Yan threatened to kill him.

• Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and Blood Demon Emperor hid nearby and assessed the three Demon Spirit Race fighters, recognizing Bu Yan as a powerful top-tier half-step true god.
• Bu Yan struck Spirit Domain Blade Venerable and Azure Flame Profound Venerable, severely wounding both despite the defenders’ greater numbers.
• Qin Hao appeared beside Azure Flame Profound Venerable, and Ancestor Yanyu and the others welcomed his arrival.
• Bu Yan recognized Qin Hao from their earlier encounter and vowed to kill him, while Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable secretly hoped Qin Hao would die.

Qin Hao faced Bu Yan and two Demon Spirit Race fighters, who believed their Blood Spirit power made them strong enough to kill him. After Qin Hao slew one attacker with a single sword strike, Bu Yan charged him, unaware that Qiong Zhan was also searching for Qin Hao elsewhere.

• Bu Yan boasted that his Blood Spirit power made him a match for a top-tier Half-Step True God and threatened Qin Hao and his companions.
• One of Bu Yan's men attacked Qin Hao, who killed him with a single strike of the Heavenly Abyss Sword.
• Azure Flame Profound Venerable, Blood Demon Emperor, Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable, and the others were stunned by Qin Hao's strength.
• Enraged by his subordinate's death, Bu Yan ordered the remaining fighter to attack with him and charged Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao met Bu Yan's attack with a sword strike infused with Destruction Chaos Origin, while Qiong Zhan searched for him elsewhere.

Qiong Zhan searched the Heavenly Spirit Race Territory for Qin Hao and found him fighting Bu Yan and a Heavenly Demon Race youth. Qin Hao killed both opponents before Qiong Zhan could intervene, leaving Qiong Zhan to face him.

• Qiong Zhan killed a half-step true god of the Heavenly Spirit Race and searched the territory for Qin Hao.
• Qiong Zhan detected Qin Hao’s sword qi and rushed toward its source, surprised to sense Destruction Chaos Origin in the strike.
• Qin Hao’s sword strike pierced the chest of a Heavenly Demon Race youth and continued toward Bu Yan.
• Bu Yan tried to block Qin Hao’s sword with his bare hand, but the strike severed it and kept moving toward his head.
• Qiong Zhan shouted for Qin Hao to stop, but Qin Hao killed Bu Yan before Qiong Zhan could reach him.

Qin Hao killed Bu Yan before Qiong Zhan and challenged the furious traitor to battle. As Qiong Zhan unleashed a thousand earth dragons, Qin Hao began to counter with the Heavenly Abyss Sword and his newly mastered Destruction Chaos Origin.

• Qin Hao killed Bu Yan with a single sword strike despite Qiong Zhan's arrival.
• Qiong Zhan confronted Qin Hao and unleashed Thousandfold Earth Veins, summoning a thousand earth dragons.
• Ancestor Yanyu and the others feared Qiong Zhan's overwhelming power, while Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and Blood Demon Emperor expected Qin Hao to lose.
• Qin Hao called Qiong Zhan a heartless, faithless traitor, provoking him to send the earth dragons charging.
• Qin Hao vowed to shatter Thousandfold Earth Veins and attacked with a rapid sequence of fundamental sword moves.

Qin Hao used basic sword moves empowered by Destruction Chaos Origin to destroy Qiong Zhan’s Thousandfold Earth Veins. Qiong Zhan then revealed that he had a stronger move and prepared to unleash Rising Sun Earth Veins.

• Qin Hao’s sword radiance shattered hundreds of Qiong Zhan’s earth dragons before they could reach him.
• The onlookers were shocked that Qin Hao had blocked Thousandfold Earth Veins with basic sword moves, unaware that his Sword Heart Realm made them so powerful.
• Qin Hao reflected that Destruction Chaos Origin had greatly strengthened him, though he still needed to master all seven chaos origins to advance to the True God Realm.
• Qiong Zhan acknowledged Qin Hao’s progress but boasted that his own talent and strength were greater.
• Qiong Zhan announced that Thousandfold Earth Veins was not his strongest move and prepared to use Rising Sun Earth Veins against Qin Hao.

Qiong Zhan unleashed Rising Sun Earth Veins, summoning a world-sized earth dragon and overwhelming everyone with its pressure. Qin Hao fought back with Chaos Sword Art and wounded the dragon with its Seventh Form, leaving the battle raging as the onlookers fled the devastating shockwaves.

• Qiong Zhan activated Rising Sun Earth Veins and formed a colossal earth dragon whose pressure immobilized the surrounding fighters.
• Qiong Zhan taunted Qin Hao and sent the earth dragon to bite him, but Qin Hao met it with the Heavenly Abyss Sword.
• Qin Hao's ordinary sword strikes barely marked the dragon, so he unleashed Chaos Sword Art.
• Qin Hao's attacks grew stronger with each form, and the Seventh Form carved enormous wounds into the earth dragon's head.
• Ancestor Yanyu, the Insect Race Ancestor, Azure Flame Profound Venerable, Spirit Domain Blade Venerable, and the others retreated from the shockwaves.
• Blood Demon Emperor and Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable abandoned their hiding place and fled as the shockwaves depleted their Life Divine Power.

Qin Hao battled Qiong Zhan while the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and the Blood Demon Emperor fled, convinced the Outer Realm Demon Spirits could not be stopped. They encountered Wu Yiyan and surrendered, and the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable proposed helping him kill Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao's attacks wounded Qiong Zhan's towering earth dragon, while Ancestor Yanyu and the others watched from a distance.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and the Blood Demon Emperor fled the battle and discussed how Qin Hao could not prevent the Outer Realm Demon Spirits from invading.
• Wu Yiyan and three Blood Spirit-fused companions intercepted the pair, and the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and the Blood Demon Emperor immediately knelt and offered to submit.
• Wu Yiyan ordered Wu Yichuan to take the two captives back to the Demon Spirit Race, where the Eight Desolate Puppet Ancestor and the Desolate God Hall Master awaited them.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable proposed that they join Wu Yiyan and help kill Qin Hao.

Wu Yiyan learned that Jiang Yingying was near Mausoleum Mountain Peak and led his group there, while the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable saw Qin Hao severely wound Qiong Zhan's earth dragon. At the peak, Yun Chang used his Space Great Dao Origin to send two Demon Spirit Race sovereigns into the temporal chaos created by Jiang Yingying and Zhu Wanning, killing them as the battle continued.

• Wu Yiyan dismissed Qin Hao's fight with Qiong Zhan and set out for Mausoleum Mountain Peak after the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable reported seeing Jiang Yingying and Yun Chang there.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable saw Qin Hao carve a ravine into Qiong Zhan's earth dragon, severely wounding it, before Wu Yichuan carried him and the Blood Demon Emperor away.
• Jiang Yingying and Zhu Wanning fought with Time Reversal while Yun Chang and other Heavenly Spirit Race sovereigns battled Demon Spirit Race forces nearby.
• Yun Chang used his Space Great Dao Origin to shift a Demon Spirit Race sovereign into the women’s chaotic temporal field, where he died.
• Yun Chang repeated the maneuver and killed a second Demon Spirit Race sovereign, while Zhu Wanning attacked Jiang Yingying and other Demon Spirit Race members engaged Yun Chang.

Jiang Yingying protected Yun Chang from Zhu Wanning, whose taunts exposed Jiang Yingying’s concern for him. Wu Yiyan arrived with power comparable to a true god, blasted Yun Chang into a palace plaza, and left Jiang Yingying trapped by Zhu Wanning.

• Jiang Yingying blocked Zhu Wanning’s Cause and Effect Chaos Origin attacks while Yun Chang fought the Demon Spirit Race.
• Zhu Wanning realized Jiang Yingying cared about Yun Chang and threatened to kill him to provoke her.
• Jiang Yingying’s anger flared when Zhu Wanning invoked the loss of her mother, while Yun Chang insisted no one could kill him.
• Wu Yiyan arrived and rebuked Zhu Wanning for failing to subdue Jiang Yingying.
• Wu Yiyan struck Yun Chang and sent him crashing into a palace plaza, then Zhu Wanning trapped Jiang Yingying with Cause and Effect Chaos Origin as she tried to reach him.

Qu Qi’s doppelganger arrived while Jiang Yuanhe battled his true body, then seized Jiang Yingying’s Heavenly Spirit Essence Blood to open the Spirit Realm early. Jiang Yuanhe sensed the theft and flew into a rage, leaving Qu Qi alarmed as he held the blood.

• Zhu Wanning mocked Jiang Yingying while Jiang Yuanhe and Qu Qi fought overhead.
• Qu Qi’s doppelganger appeared, rebuked Wu Yiyan and Zhu Wanning, and ordered them to take Jiang Yingying’s Heavenly Spirit Essence Blood.
• Qu Qi immobilized Jiang Yingying and the nearby Heavenly Spirit Race members, then extracted Jiang Yingying’s essence blood as Yun Chang struggled to intervene.
• Qu Qi realized the blood could let him open the Spirit Realm early and seek the Spirit Venerable’s Divine Sense.
• Jiang Yuanhe sensed that Jiang Yingying’s blood had been taken, roared furiously, and left Qu Qi fearing his reaction.

Qu Qi’s doppelganger stole Jiang Yingying’s Heavenly Spirit Essence Blood and moved to kill her, while Jiang Yuanhe burned his life divine power trying to reach her. Yun Chang broke free of Qu Qi’s oppressive aura and knocked Jiang Yingying aside just as the claw struck.

• Qu Qi’s doppelganger extracted Jiang Yingying’s Heavenly Spirit Essence Blood, gravely weakening her.
• Jiang Yuanhe burned his divine power and wounded Qu Qi with the Origin Sun Spear, but Qu Qi trapped him with chaos origin and Demon Spirit Demonic Qi.
• Qu Qi’s doppelganger reached for Jiang Yingying while Qu Qi’s true self blocked Jiang Yuanhe from saving her.
• Yun Chang’s Space Great Dao Origin surged, letting him break free of Qu Qi’s oppressive aura and appear beside Jiang Yingying.
• Yun Chang knocked Jiang Yingying aside as Qu Qi’s claw came crashing down.

Yun Chang broke through to Rule Chaos Origin and took Qu Qi’s doppelganger’s fatal blow to save Jiang Yingying. Jiang Yuanhe forced Qu Qi to retreat, and the other fighters fled as he flew toward Jiang Yingying.

• Jiang Yingying was immobilized by Qu Qi’s doppelganger and faced his claw strike after losing most of her life divine power.
• Yun Chang broke through under Qu Qi’s pressure, shoved Jiang Yingying out of danger, and took the claw strike, leaving him gravely wounded.
• Jiang Yuanhe burned his divine strength and drove Qu Qi back with the Origin Sun Spear.
• Qu Qi retreated with Jiang Yingying’s Heavenly Spirit Essence Blood, and his doppelganger fled to avoid being destroyed.
• Wu Yiyan, Zhu Wanning, Wu Yichuan, the Blood Demon Emperor, and the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable fled as Jiang Yuanhe headed toward Jiang Yingying.

After Yun Chang took Qu Qi’s Doppelganger’s attack to save Jiang Yingying, Jiang Yuanhe used his Heavenly Spirit Essence Blood to preserve Yun Chang’s life, though Yun Chang remained unconscious with a severely injured divine soul. Elsewhere, Qin Hao continued attacking Qiong Zhan with the Chaos Sword Art, growing stronger as he practiced.

• Qu Qi, his Doppelganger, and the Demon Spirit Race members withdrew after Yun Chang saved Jiang Yingying by taking the Doppelganger’s palm strike.
• Jiang Yuanhe found Yun Chang’s life divine power exhausted and his divine soul dissipating, then used some of his Heavenly Spirit Essence Blood to sustain him.
• Jiang Yuanhe told Jiang Yingying that Yun Chang would remain alive but could awaken only after his divine soul recovered with help from heavenly wonders containing a True God’s soul power.
• Qin Hao repeatedly struck Qiong Zhan’s earth-dragon form with the Chaos Sword Art and pierced its head with the Chaos Mystic Sword.
• Qiong Zhan grew furious that Qin Hao was using him to practice swordsmanship and could withstand the Rising Sun Earth Veins.