Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao held off Qiong Zhan as the Demon Spirit Race attacked the Heavenly Spirit Race, revealing how much his strength had grown over the past half year. When Qu Qi ordered a retreat and Jiang Yuanhe drove him off, Qiong Zhan fled, leaving Qin Hao to sense Yun Chang’s condition.

• Qin Hao repeatedly attacked Qiong Zhan with the Chaos Sword Art, growing stronger with each strike while his life divine power let him withstand Qiong Zhan’s Rising Sun Earth Veins.
• The Heavenly Spirit Race members watched Qin Hao hold off Qiong Zhan and marveled at his progress over the past half year.
• Qu Qi ordered the Demon Spirit Race to retreat as Jiang Yuanhe sped away from their battle in the sky.
• Qiong Zhan abandoned his attempt to kill Qin Hao and fled, and the earth dragon he had summoned crumbled away.
• Qin Hao recognized that he could not yet kill Qiong Zhan, then sensed Yun Chang’s condition as the demon spirit demonic qi dissipated.

Qin Hao learned that Yun Chang had nearly died protecting Jiang Yingying from the Demon Spirit Race, which seized her Heavenly Spirit Essence Blood to open the Spirit Realm. Jiang Yuanhe kept Yun Chang alive, but only a rare True God-level soul treasure such as a Saint Soul Pill could heal him, leaving the group hoping to find one in the Spirit Realm.

• Qin Hao rushed to Yun Chang and found his divine soul on the verge of dissipating, while Jiang Yingying and Jiang Yuanhe were also gravely weakened.
• Jiang Yuanhe explained that Qu Qi's group had attacked to seize Jiang Yingying's Heavenly Spirit Essence Blood, which could open the Spirit Realm early.
• Jiang Yuanhe revealed that Yun Chang had broken through his Rule Chaos Origin and taken a palm strike from Qu Qi's doppelganger to protect Jiang Yingying.
• Jiang Yuanhe used his own divine strength and half his Heavenly Spirit Essence Blood to sustain Yun Chang, making Yun Chang effectively part of the Heavenly Spirit Race.
• Jiang Yuanhe said Yun Chang needed a True God-level soul treasure, such as a Saint Soul Pill from the Spirit Realm, to recover his divine soul.
• Qin Hao told Jiang Yuanhe not to blame himself, saying Yun Chang had made his own choice and Jiang Yuanhe had done everything he could to save him.

After the Demon Spirit Race attacked the Heavenly Spirit Race, Qin Hao learned that his Self-World could slowly heal Yun Chang and might someday become a true Heaven and Earth. Jiang Yuanhe rallied the survivors to stop Qu Qi from finding the Spirit Venerable's Divine Sense in the Spirit Realm.

• Jiang Yingying insisted on entering the Spirit Realm to search for a Saint Soul Pill that could restore Yun Chang's divine soul, and Jiang Yuanhe agreed.
• Qin Hao placed Yun Chang's divine body in his Self-World and used its world power to slowly strengthen Yun Chang's life force and damaged divine soul.
• Yun Le described Qin Hao's Self-World as a Heaven and Earth Embryo and said it might eventually become a true Heaven and Earth.
• Qin Hao considered using his Self-World to shelter the True Martial Continent but concluded he first had to stop the Outer Domain demon spirits and the Demon Spirit Race.
• Jiang Yuanhe told the gathered survivors that the Blood Demon Emperor and Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable had betrayed them and joined the Demon Spirit Race.
• Jiang Yuanhe ordered the fallen buried in the Mausoleum and urged the Heavenly Spirit Race to stop Qu Qi from finding the Spirit Venerable's Divine Sense.

Jiang Yuanhe explained the dangers and rules of the Labyrinth Spirit Realm as the Heavenly Spirit Race prepared to enter it before the Demon Spirit Race. Qin Hao and the Star Sea cultivators agreed to join the expedition, leaving the Heavenly Spirit Race to consider the risks to their remaining forces.

• Jiang Yuanhe revealed that the Spirit Realm was a labyrinth created by the Spirit Venerable, filled with treasures, trials, and dangers, including three kinds of armored soldiers and deadly dead ends.
• Jiang Yuanhe explained that the labyrinth would remain open for one epoch, after which its armored soldiers would hunt down anyone still inside, and said only thirty people could enter while others defended the Blood Spirit Land.
• Ancestor Yanyu asked Jiang Yuanhe to let the Star Sea cultivators enter, and Azure Flame Profound Venerable, the Myriad Seas Palace Master, and others insisted they had nowhere else to retreat.
• Jiang Yuanhe asked Qin Hao what he thought, and Qin Hao agreed that they should all enter the Labyrinth Spirit Realm because they had no way back.

The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and the Blood Demon Emperor failed to persuade imprisoned Star Sea Sovereigns to join the Demon Spirit Race, then were summoned as Qu Qi opened the Spirit Realm. Qu Qi sent them inside with the Demon Spirit Race’s search party to find the Spirit Venerable’s Divine Sense.

• The Eight Desolate Puppet Ancestor, the Desolate God Hall Master, and the other prisoners denounced the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and the Blood Demon Emperor for betraying the Star Sea and rejected their offer to join the Demon Spirit Race.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and the Blood Demon Emperor left the dungeon and discussed their hope of escaping the Star Sea Heaven and Earth someday.
• Wu Yichuan summoned the two traitors to meet Qu Qi, who was examining Heavenly Spirit Essence Blood and preparing to open the Spirit Realm.
• Qu Qi opened the Spirit Realm and ordered Qiong Zhan, Wu Yiyan, Zhu Wanning, and the other Demon Spirit Race members to search for the Spirit Venerable’s Divine Sense.
• Qu Qi sent the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable, the Blood Demon Emperor, and Wu Yichuan through the Spatial Vortex, hoping the Star Sea cultivators might find the Divine Sense by fortune.

Qin Hao and the others entered the Spirit Realm to keep the Demon Spirit Race from claiming the Spirit Venerable’s divine sense. After the rival groups reached the Labyrinth Spirit Realm, Qin Hao raced toward its entrance, where the restrictions would lift and Qiong Zhan’s group could attack him.

• Jiang Yuanhe sent Qin Hao and the others into the Spirit Realm and warned them to return within one epoch.
• Qin Hao’s group appeared in a clearing alongside Qiong Zhan, Wu Yiyan, and Zhu Wanning’s Demon Spirit Race group.
• Qin Hao told his allies to avoid fighting and urged Yin Huachen and Shui Yizhuo to search for the Spirit Venerable’s divine sense.
• Qin Hao, Yin Huachen, Shui Yizhuo, and the Demon Spirit Race members set off for the Labyrinth Spirit Realm.
• Qin Hao flew ahead toward the entrance, while Yin Huachen and Shui Yizhuo struggled to keep pace.

Qin Hao and the others entered the Labyrinth Spirit Realm and rushed through the First Gate, where six powerful Copper Armored Men attacked them. Qin Hao realized the armored guards made reaching the treasures—and finding the Spirit Venerable's divine sense—far more difficult than expected.

• Qin Hao used his Primordial Feathered Wings to race into the Labyrinth Spirit Realm ahead of most of the group, with Qiong Zhan close behind.
• At a crossroads, Qin Hao, Shui Yizhuo, and Yin Huachen headed for the First Gate, while Qiong Zhan, Zhu Wanning, and Wu Yiyan followed.
• All six passed through the First Gate's shimmering curtain and were immediately struck by six Copper Armored Men.
• Qin Hao blocked a Copper Armored Man's punch with the Heavenly Abyss Sword but was sent flying and lost two percent of his life divine power.
• Qin Hao observed that the Copper Armored Men made the Labyrinth Spirit Realm's treasures and the Spirit Venerable's divine sense difficult to reach.

Qin Hao fought the Copper Armored Man in the First Gate and discovered that the trial guardian wielded the same life and destruction chaos origins he had mastered. As Qin Hao escalated to the Chaos Sword Art, he saw the Copper Armored Man’s life chaos origin swiftly heal the wound he had inflicted.

• Qin Hao used God-Subduing to meet the Copper Armored Man’s punch and cut a wound into his fist.
• Qin Hao recognized that the Copper Armored Man wielded the same life and destruction chaos origins as he did.
• Qin Hao saw Qiong Zhan gain the upper hand against his own Copper Armored Man while the others struggled to hold theirs off.
• Qin Hao unleashed the Chaos Sword Art, but its first three moves failed to pierce the Copper Armored Man’s defenses.
• Qin Hao noticed that the Copper Armored Man had completely healed the sword wound with his life chaos origin.

Qin Hao unleashed the Chaos Mystic Sword and pierced the Copper Armored Man’s chest, but the man rapidly healed the wound with life chaos origin. The others watched as Qin Hao’s apparent advantage gave way to uncertainty.

• Qin Hao realized the Copper Armored Man used life chaos origin to heal by applying it more skillfully than he could.
• Qin Hao’s sword forms gradually cut into the Copper Armored Man, though the wounds barely weakened him.
• Qin Hao fused all thirteen forms into the Chaos Mystic Sword and pierced through the Copper Armored Man’s chest.
• Qiong Zhan, Zhu Wanning, Wu Yiyan, Shui Yizhuo, and Yin Huachen sensed Qin Hao’s powerful strike and watched the fight.
• The Copper Armored Man rapidly closed the hole in his chest with life chaos origin, prompting Wu Yiyan and Zhu Wanning to mock Qin Hao.

Qiong Zhan overwhelmed his Copper Armored Man and was drawn deeper into the Secret Chamber, while Qin Hao continued fighting and sought to understand his opponent’s use of destruction and life chaos origin. Shui Yizhuo and Yin Huachen feared Qiong Zhan might find the Spirit Venerable’s divine sense, and Zhu Wanning remained locked in combat.

• Qiong Zhan used his Rising Sun Earth Veins to smash his Copper Armored Man’s armor and destroy him.
• Shui Yizhuo, Yin Huachen, Wu Yiyan, and Zhu Wanning realized Qiong Zhan had surpassed the Copper Armored Men’s strength limit.
• A mysterious power carried Qiong Zhan deeper into the Secret Chamber, and he lamented that he could not kill Qin Hao first.
• Shui Yizhuo and Yin Huachen worried that Qiong Zhan might find the Spirit Venerable’s divine sense, while Zhu Wanning resumed attacking her Copper Armored Man.
• Qin Hao recognized that his Copper Armored Man could heal from his Chaos Mystic Sword strike and resolved to study its use of destruction and life chaos origin.

Qin Hao endured the Copper Armored Man’s attacks to study how it condensed destruction and life chaos origins into a devastating new power. After using condensed life chaos origin to recover from a nearly fatal blow, he fused both origins into a sword strike and discovered annihilation power as the attack met the Copper Armored Man’s fist.

• Qin Hao let the Copper Armored Man drive him away from Shui Yizhuo and the others while he studied the power in its attacks.
• Qin Hao was struck in the shoulder, lost half his life divine power, and realized the Copper Armored Man’s condensed destruction and life chaos origins created a power that both damaged his body and blocked healing.
• Qin Hao condensed his life chaos origin power in his shoulder, halting the attack’s effects and beginning to heal.
• Qin Hao raised the Heavenly Abyss Sword and condensed and fused destruction and life chaos origins into his strike.
• Qin Hao recognized the emerging power as annihilation power when his sword struck the Copper Armored Man’s fist.

Qin Hao defeated the Copper Armored Man with his new Annihilation slash and entered the depths of the Secret Chamber, where he found a Destruction Crystal Stone from the Sword-Splitting Lineage. His arrival gave Shui Yizhuo and Yin Huachen hope of stopping Qiong Zhan, who remained unseen.

• Qin Hao combined the power of his Self-World, the heaven and earth ancient way, and annihilation power to kill the Copper Armored Man with a slash he named Annihilation.
• White light carried Qin Hao into the Secret Chamber, while Zhu Wanning and Wu Yiyan realized he had passed the test; Wu Yiyan charged back at his Copper Armored Man, and Zhu Wanning seethed with jealousy.
• Shui Yizhuo and Yin Huachen welcomed the news of Qin Hao's success and continued fighting their Copper Armored Men.
• Qin Hao reached the chamber's dark depths, found a Destruction Crystal Stone on a round crystal table, and sensed that it held the Sword-Splitting Lineage's destruction chaos origin.

Qin Hao placed the Destruction Crystal Stone in his self-world, which absorbed its Sword-Splitting power and let him gain some mastery of the destruction chaos origin’s Sword-Splitting Lineage. As he prepared to seek another treasure, he sensed spatial fluctuations and realized Qiong Zhan was nearby.

• Qin Hao discovered that the Destruction Crystal Stone contained concentrated Sword-Splitting power and put it in his self-world before heading for the next chamber.
• Qin Hao’s self-world absorbed power from the stone, giving him Sword-Splitting insights and helping him grasp part of the lineage without direct comprehension.
• Qin Hao considered the benefits and risks of gaining mastery this way, deciding that a solid cultivation foundation mattered more than relying on shortcuts.
• Qin Hao sensed spatial fluctuations in the distance and recognized that Qiong Zhan had caused them.

Qin Hao hurried to find the Spirit Venerable's divine sense, hoping to seal the Outer Realm Passage and prevent an invasion. Meanwhile, Qiong Zhan returned with the Impermanence True Rock and attacked Shui Yizhuo and Yin Huachen, but Qin Hao arrived in time to stop his strike.

• Qin Hao left to search for the Spirit Venerable's divine sense and considered using it with world power and Yun Le's Heavenly Dao power to seal the Outer Realm Passage.
• Qiong Zhan obtained the Impermanence True Rock and returned from the Secret Chamber, where he found that Qin Hao had passed the Copper Armored Man's trial.
• Qiong Zhan scolded Zhu Wanning and Wu Yiyan, then attacked Shui Yizhuo and Yin Huachen to punish Qin Hao.
• Qiong Zhan's palm strike badly wounded Yin Huachen and bore down on Shui Yizhuo.
• Qin Hao arrived and used a sword strike to split Qiong Zhan's attack, saving Shui Yizhuo.

Qiong Zhan left the First Gate with Zhu Wanning and Wu Yiyan, vowing to torment Qin Hao and kill his companions. Qin Hao rescued Yin Huachen and Shui Yizhuo, but the Labyrinth Spirit Realm’s shifting formations separated them from Qiong Zhan, leaving Qin Hao unsure whether Jiang Yingying and the others would reach their location.

• Qiong Zhan seized Zhu Wanning and Wu Yiyan and left, threatening to kill Qin Hao’s companions one by one before tormenting Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao carried Shui Yizhuo toward Yin Huachen, then killed the Copper Armored Man attacking Yin Huachen with a single sword strike.
• Qin Hao rescued Yin Huachen and brought him and Shui Yizhuo out of the chamber, but Qiong Zhan and his companions had already disappeared.
• Shui Yizhuo explained that the Labyrinth Spirit Realm’s formations could send travelers to different locations, even when they entered together.
• Qin Hao asked whether Jiang Yingying, Ancestor Yanyu, and the others might not pass through their location.

Qin Hao and Shui Yizhuo parted ways at a labyrinth junction to search separately for the Spirit Venerable’s divine sense, while Yin Huachen stayed behind to recover from his severe injuries. Qin Hao found a secret chamber, claimed a bronze mirror armor plate, and left as the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable arrived and entered the chamber.

• Qin Hao used his life chaos origin pulse to stabilize Yin Huachen, whose injuries and damaged divine soul prevented him from continuing.
• Qin Hao gave Yin Huachen healing pills in a Storage Star Ring, then left with Shui Yizhuo to continue searching for the Spirit Venerable’s divine sense.
• At a crossroads, Shui Yizhuo took the left passage while Qin Hao went straight ahead, and both disappeared into separate routes.
• Qin Hao entered a secret chamber, defeated its Copper Armored Man, and took a bronze mirror armor plate from the Crystal Round Table.
• After Qin Hao left the chamber and found himself at a three-way junction, the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable appeared and entered the secret chamber.

Jiang Yingying and others challenged Copper Armored Men for the Spirit Venerable’s treasures, while Qin Hao collected rewards from many chambers without finding a Saint Soul Pill or the Spirit Venerable’s divine sense. A new Water Curtain Secret Chamber appeared before Qin Hao, and he sensed that the Spirit Venerable’s pressure inside was unusually strong.

• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable fled a chamber after failing to defeat its Copper Armored Man, while Jiang Yingying passed her trial but received no Saint Soul Pill.
• Ancestor Yanyu, the Azure Flame Profound Venerable, and other entrants struggled against Copper Armored Men as the scattered challengers searched for the Spirit Venerable’s divine sense.
• Qin Hao passed three chambers, gained a Low-Grade Divine Artifact and two True God-level Heavenly Wonders, and reflected that he had already explored twenty-six other chambers.
• A Water Curtain Secret Chamber appeared along the passage wall in front of Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao approached the newly appeared chamber and sensed that the Spirit Venerable’s pressure inside was much stronger.

Qin Hao entered the Water Curtain Secret Chamber and fought a powerful Silver Armored Man, whose strength forced him to steadily condense his destruction and life chaos origins. Two mysterious figures observed the battle and discussed the Spirit Venerable’s choice, noting that none of the chosen people had achieved anything yet.

• Qin Hao entered the snow-white chamber and was blasted backward by a Silver Armored Man’s punch, losing nearly seventy percent of his life divine power.
• Qin Hao recognized the Silver Armored Man’s fused destruction and life chaos origins and challenged him to a trial.
• Qin Hao attacked with the Chaos Sword Art, but his Sword Radiance could not penetrate the Silver Armored Man’s defenses.
• Qin Hao kept his distance with the Primordial Feathered Wings and condensed his chaos origins until his attacks could break through and his speed increased.
• A mysterious man and woman watched Qin Hao and the Silver Armored Man from an invisible space, and the woman said he was the one chosen while the man replied that many had been chosen and none had achieved anything yet.

Venerable Hun Yan persuaded the Spirit Venerable to guide Qin Hao, who defeated the Silver Armored Man by strengthening his annihilation power. After claiming a Spirit-Character Jade Plaque, Qin Hao was transported to an unfamiliar courtyard.

• Venerable Hun Yan argued that Qin Hao’s Primordial Feathered Wings and Sword Tower made him worth guiding, and the Spirit Venerable agreed to help him try, despite doubting he would succeed.
• Qin Hao used the Chaos Mystic Sword to split the Silver Armored Man in two, advancing his control over annihilation power.
• The Spirit Venerable recognized Qin Hao’s sword heart realm and Chaos Sword Art and noted that he might have visited the Inheritance Shrine.
• Qin Hao collected a Spirit-Character Jade Plaque from the Crystal Round Table after defeating the Silver Armored Man.
• When Qin Hao grasped the jade plaque, he was transported from the snow-white space to an old-fashioned courtyard.

Qin Hao found the Spirit Venerable with Venerable Hun Yan and learned that Hun Yan had arranged for their meeting. The Spirit Venerable offered Qin Hao a chance to survive the coming invasion, leaving him with a plan meant for him alone.

• Qin Hao entered a mist-filled courtyard where the Spirit Venerable's pressure was overwhelming.
• Qin Hao recognized Venerable Hun Yan beside the Spirit Venerable and greeted her as his sister.
• The Spirit Venerable revealed that Hun Yan had urged him to meet Qin Hao, though he saw nothing special about him.
• The Spirit Venerable warned that the Outer Realm Demon Spirits would destroy the Blood Spirit Land and the Star Sea Heaven and Earth.
• When Qin Hao objected that evacuating an entire world was impossible, the Spirit Venerable clarified that only Qin Hao would leave.