Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao overpowered the Blood Sea Heaven-Swallowing Sword and killed Pei Jinye after Pei Jinye’s cultivation and life force collapsed. As Qin Hao collected Pei Jinye’s Storage Star Ring, a vast force of Qiankun Sect disciples rushed toward him, declaring they intended to eliminate him from the Qiankun Sacred War.

• Qin Hao used the Heavenly Abyss Sword’s gravity and power to crush the Blood Sea Heaven-Swallowing Sword, while Pei Jinye’s cultivation fell and he coughed up blood.
• Qin Hao shattered the Blood Sea Heaven-Swallowing Sword, leaving Pei Jinye gravely wounded despite the Blood Sea Fiend Qi still surrounding him.
• Qin Hao noticed that two kinds of killing intent surrounded Pei Jinye, then slashed him with the Heavenly Abyss Sword and killed him.
• Qin Hao collected Pei Jinye’s Storage Star Ring as at least a hundred thousand Qiankun Sect disciples charged toward him, shouting that he must die for the Qiankun Sacred War.

Phantom Baleful Poisoness’s influence drove tens of thousands of Qiankun Sect Disciples to attack Qin Hao after he killed Pei Jinye. Heavenly Martial Ancestor and the sect’s elders pursued the fleeing Phantom Baleful Poisoness, while Phantom Shadow True God suspected she had targeted Qin Hao for the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body.

• Tens of thousands of Qiankun Sect Disciples, affected by phantom baleful power, charged at Qin Hao after he killed Pei Jinye.
• Heavenly Martial Ancestor and more than a dozen Qiankun Sect Ancestral God elders left the Qiankun Immortal Palace to pursue the intruders.
• Old Devil Lie Kong escaped through a spatial rift, while Phantom Baleful Poisoness teleported away and used Phantom Baleful Shift to flee her pursuers.
• Phantom Shadow True God realized Phantom Balefal Poisoness had manipulated Pei Jinye to kill Qin Hao and joined the pursuit.
• Phantom Shadow True God suspected Phantom Balefal Poisoness wanted Qin Hao’s Nine-Turn Indestructible Body.

The Phantom Baleful Poisoness escaped the Heavenly Martial Ancestor by using her Thousand-Phantom Baleful Clones, leaving the Qiankun Sect struggling to save disciples infected by her Phantom Baleful Power. Just as the Heavenly Martial Ancestor considered what to do, an elder noticed that one disciple had recovered completely.

• Phantom Shadow True God suspected that the Phantom Baleful Poisoness had targeted the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body as the Heavenly Martial Ancestor and other elders attacked her.
• The Phantom Baleful Poisoness unleashed her Thousand-Phantom Baleful Clones, and the Heavenly Martial Ancestor destroyed them, but she escaped and threatened the Qiankun Sect.
• A burly elder explained that Old Devil Lie Kong had helped the Phantom Baleful Poisoness use Pei Jinye to spread Phantom Baleful Power through the sect.
• The elders saw more than a hundred thousand affected disciples converging on Qin Hao and realized that removing the power could injure or kill them.
• As the Heavenly Martial Ancestor struggled to decide what to do, someone announced that a disciple had returned to normal and was free of Phantom Baleful Power.

Qin Hao fought off the Qiankun Sect Disciples driven mad by Phantom Baleful Power, killing over a thousand before he absorbed the power and freed the next wave. The restored disciples regained their senses and realized Qin Hao had saved them, though he still carried a considerable amount of baleful energy.

• Venerable Nine Suns revealed that Phantom Baleful Power had vanished from several hundred Qiankun Sect Disciples, while Heavenly Martial Ancestor confirmed Phantom Baleful Poisoness was still alive.
• Phantom Shadow True God identified Qin Hao as the one who absorbed the Phantom Baleful Power from the disciples.
• Qin Hao killed over a thousand attackers with two sword strikes as more than a hundred thousand Qiankun Sect Disciples surrounded him.
• The next wave of disciples regained their senses, and Yun Chang, Gu Xiu, and Gu Fengchen realized they had lost their memories of the attack.
• Tu Wufeng examined his divine soul, recognized that Qin Hao had removed the baleful power from them, and thanked him.

Qin Hao realized Pei Jinye’s killing intent had driven over a hundred thousand Qiankun Sect Disciples into a frenzy, though its focus on Qin Hao left him suspicious. He refused to kill the affected disciples and began clearing the Phantom Baleful Power from them himself.

• Tu Wufeng told Yun Chang and the others that Pei Jinye’s killing intent had invaded their divine souls, and Qin Hao confirmed he had expelled it without harming them.
• Qin Hao questioned why the affected Qiankun Sect Disciples had coordinated against him instead of attacking one another, while Yun Chang suggested killing them all.
• Qin Hao told Yun Chang, Gu Xiu, and the others to stay back and went alone toward the still-frenzied disciples.
• Qin Hao activated the First Turn of the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body and absorbed the Phantom Baleful Power as he moved through the attacking crowd.
• The blood-red color faded from the eyes of disciples near Qin Hao, and they gradually regained their senses.

Heavenly Martial Ancestor and the Qiankun Sect elders discussed Qin Hao’s role in the deaths of over a thousand disciples while he dispelled phantom baleful power. Phantom Shadow True God defended him, and the elders suspected she had a personal reason for protecting the young disciple.

• Heavenly Martial Ancestor asked Phantom Shadow True God about Qin Hao’s recruitment and learned that Old Devil Lie Kong had attacked the assembly and captured thousands of Half-Step True Gods.
• Phantom Shadow True God connected Old Devil Lie Kong’s attacks to Qin Hao, while Heavenly Martial Ancestor concluded that Lie Kong had sought Ancestral God Lingchang’s inheritance.
• Venerable Honglian asked whether Qin Hao should face consequences for killing over a thousand sect disciples, and Phantom Shadow True God argued that he had acted in self-defense and was helping others.
• The elders speculated that Phantom Shadow True God wanted to take Qin Hao as her disciple and noticed that he resembled someone from her past.
• Venerable Honglian recognized the resemblance and stopped pressing the matter.

Heavenly Martial Ancestor cleared Qin Hao of wrongdoing after he killed Pei Jinye and praised his ability to dispel phantom baleful power. He revealed that the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm would collapse soon, prompting the sect to hold a contest for one hundred extra entry slots, though Phantom Shadow True God feared Qin Hao would miss his chance to enter.

• Heavenly Martial Ancestor ruled that Qin Hao had acted out of necessity when he killed Pei Jinye and had done nothing wrong.
• Qin Hao flew over the affected Qiankun Sect Disciples and absorbed their phantom baleful power, restoring their clarity.
• Heavenly Martial Ancestor explained that the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm might collapse within twelve eras and that Qiankun Ranking disciples would enter it in ten eras.
• Heavenly Martial Ancestor announced an arena contest for one hundred additional entry slots, open to Eternal True God disciples.
• Phantom Shadow True God regretted that Qin Hao might not reach the Qiankun Ranking in time to enter the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.

After Qin Hao saved over a hundred thousand Qiankun Sect Disciples from Pei Jinye’s killing intent, Phantom Shadow True God arrived at the devastated sect. She summoned Qin Hao and took him away, leaving him uncertain why she wanted to see him.

• Heavenly Martial Ancestor ordered the others to investigate Phantom Baleful Poisoness and Old Devil Lie Kong and to guard the Sect Headquarters against approaching Ancestral Gods.
• Qiankun Sect Disciples recovered their senses, learned Qin Hao had dispelled the killing intent invading their divine souls, and thanked him for saving them.
• Qin Hao wondered whether Pei Jinye had released the killing intent deliberately, then sensed an Ancestral God approaching.
• Phantom Shadow True God arrived, surveyed the disciples, and told Qin Hao to come with her.
• Qin Hao followed Phantom Shadow True God into the sky, wondering whether she intended to punish him for fighting Pei Jinye.

After Phantom Shadow True God took Qin Hao away following his battle with Pei Jinye, his companions worried about his fate. Tu Wufeng concluded that Qin Hao was probably safe and suspected Phantom Shadow True God intended to take him as a disciple, while Yun Chang and the others went to wait at Qin Hao’s cave abode.

• Yun Chang worried that Phantom Shadow True God had taken Qin Hao to punish him, but Tu Wufeng argued she would have arrested him publicly if she meant him harm.
• Tu Wufeng suspected Phantom Shadow True God had taken a special interest in Qin Hao and might accept him as her disciple.
• Tu Wufeng left to enter Secluded Cultivation after gaining insights from Qin Hao’s battle with Pei Jinye.
• Yun Chang, Gu Xiu, and Gu Fengchen went to Qin Hao’s cave abode to wait for him, while Yang Hong, Duan Guang, and Duan Cheng departed with Tu Wufeng.
• The Qiankun Sect Disciples dispersed, speculating that Phantom Shadow True God might make Qin Hao her disciple.

Qin Hao met with Phantom Shadow True God, who explained that Old Devil Lie Kong and Phantom Baleful Poisoness had secretly controlled Qiankun Sect Disciples with phantom baleful power. The chapter left Qin Hao shocked and confused about why the two Ancestral Gods were targeting him.

• Phantom Shadow True God challenged Qin Hao over killing Pei Jinye and more than a thousand Qiankun Sect Disciples, but Qin Hao said he had no resentment and no regrets.
• Phantom Shadow True God asked about Qin Hao’s Nine-Turn Indestructible Body and said she had no interest in it.
• Phantom Shadow True God revealed that Pei Jinye and the other disciples had been secretly controlled by phantom baleful power.
• Phantom Shadow True God named Phantom Baleful Poisoness and Old Devil Lie Kong as the culprits and explained their powers and roles in the attack.
• Qin Hao realized the two Ancestral Gods had targeted him, but could not understand why.

Phantom Shadow True God warned Qin Hao that the Phantom Baleful Poisoness and Old Devil Lie Kong were targeting him, and offered him safety in the Qiankun Sect or on the Southern Frontier Battlefield. Qin Hao revealed that he came from Star Sea Heaven and Earth and had fought Outer Domain demon spirits there, prompting Phantom Shadow True God to explain that the Heavensea and other realms were also under invasion.

• Phantom Shadow True God explained that Qin Hao could stay in the Qiankun Sect or go to the Southern Frontier Battlefield to avoid Old Devil Lie Kong and the Phantom Baleful Poisoness.
• Qin Hao reacted with killing intent when Phantom Shadow True God mentioned the Outer Domain demon spirits and asked whether they had begun invading the Heavensea.
• Qin Hao told Phantom Shadow True God that he had slain Outer Domain demon spirits but had never visited the Southern Frontier Battlefield.
• Qin Hao revealed that he came from Star Sea Heaven and Earth, where a legion of Outer Domain demon spirits led by Commander Kun Yun was stationed in the Ancient Fiendish Grounds.
• Phantom Shadow True God explained that Outer Domain demon spirits had occupied more than half of the one hundred and eight heavens and earths, and had invaded the Heavensea, including the Qiankun, Immortal Thunder, and Golden Palace Continents.

Phantom Shadow True God explained Heavensea’s history and the growing threat of the Outer Realm Demon Spirits to Qin Hao. Qin Hao inferred that the Qiankun Sect was secretly more radical than the Nine Heavens Tower, and Phantom Shadow True God said this was one reason she was sending him to the Southern Frontier.

• Phantom Shadow True God told Qin Hao that the Outer Realm Demon Spirits’ faster growth in Ancestral Gods had shifted the balance of power against Heavensea.
• She explained that the shattered Origin World had brought outsiders to Heavensea, while the Qiankun Sect had been a native power there from the beginning.
• Phantom Shadow True God described the Nine Heavens Tower as forcing True God disciples to fight and seeking to conquer other realms, while the Golden Palace Venerable Emperor took a more conservative approach.
• Qin Hao reasoned that the Qiankun Sect held back its disciples so they could grow stronger, and concluded that it was concealing its ambition to drive out the invaders and unify Heavensea.
• Phantom Shadow True God praised Qin Hao’s judgment and said it was one reason she was sending him to the Southern Frontier, away from Phantom Baleful Poison Venerable and Old Devil Lie Kong.

Phantom Shadow True God explained to Qin Hao that advancing from an ordinary true god to a heaven and earth true god required mastering a Heaven and Earth Domain. She recommended that he go to the Southern Frontier Battlefield, revealing that its secret realms were the main reason.

• Phantom Shadow True God described the Southern Frontier Battlefield’s dangers and its abundance of treasures, then recommended Qin Hao go there.
• Qin Hao realized Phantom Shadow True God was advising him on his cultivation and asked about the difference between ordinary and heaven and earth true gods.
• Phantom Shadow True God explained that a cultivator needed to master a Heaven and Earth Domain to advance to the heaven and earth true god realm.
• Qin Hao understood that a Heaven and Earth Domain formed when his inner world merged with the surrounding True World, and learned how domain size marked the realms of heaven and earth true gods.
• Phantom Shadow True God said her main reason for recommending the Southern Frontier Battlefield was its heaven and earth secret realms.

Phantom Shadow True God explained that the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm was an unstable Chaos Secret Realm expected to collapse in about twelve epochs, prompting the Qiankun Sect to hold a contest for one hundred entry places in ten epochs. She revealed that she had urged Qin Hao to the Southern Frontier Battlefield so he could advance to Eternal True God cultivation and compete for a place, leaving the choice to him.

• Qin Hao wondered whether the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm might contain Heaven and Earth Mountain and asked Phantom Shadow True God why she connected it to the Southern Frontier.
• Phantom Shadow True God explained how Origin World fragments became Grand Void or Chaos Secret Realms and described the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm's value and instability.
• Phantom Shadow True God said the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm would likely collapse in around twelve epochs, so the Qiankun Sect planned a contest for one hundred entry places in ten epochs.
• Phantom Shadow True God revealed that Qin Hao would need to reach Eternal True God cultivation to compete and explained that this was why she had suggested he go to the Southern Frontier Battlefield.
• Qin Hao understood her plan, while Phantom Shadow True God stayed silent and left the decision to him.

Phantom Shadow True God advised Qin Hao to go to the Southern Frontier Battlefield so he could advance to Eternity True God and qualify for the heaven and earth secret realm. Qin Hao resolved to pursue the opportunity despite the danger, then began wondering why Phantom Shadow True God was guiding him so generously.

• Phantom Shadow True God explained that Qin Hao needed to become an Eternity True God within Ten Epochs and that the Southern Frontier Battlefield offered the best chance through combat, resources, and experience.
• Qin Hao considered the deadline and the secret realm’s collapse in twelve epochs, concluding that he could not afford to miss the chance to seek Heaven and Earth Mountain’s inheritance.
• Qin Hao asked Phantom Shadow True God whether Heaven and Earth Mountain was in the secret realm, and she said she had never heard of it.
• Qin Hao decided to strive for entry into the secret realm even if Heaven and Earth Mountain was elsewhere, prioritizing the chance to gain treasures and become an Ancestral God.
• Phantom Shadow True God sensed Qin Hao’s resolve, while Qin Hao wondered why she treated him like a teacher and offered him such extensive guidance.

Qin Hao confirmed that he would enter the Southern Frontier Battlefield to grow stronger and eventually save Star Sea Heaven and Earth, while Phantom Shadow True God explained why the Qiankun Sect could not safely send ancestral Gods to help. She revealed that she would not take him as her disciple, but invited him to become her junior brother instead.

• Qin Hao told Phantom Shadow True God he intended to enter the Southern Frontier Battlefield and attempt to reach the Heaven and Earth secret realm.
• Phantom Shadow True God warned Qin Hao that the Qiankun Sect could not send ancestral Gods to Star Sea Heaven and Earth without drawing the Outer Domain demon spirits and endangering it further.
• Qin Hao accepted that he needed to become an ancestral God himself and return before the demon spirits noticed him.
• Phantom Shadow True God said she would not take Qin Hao as her disciple because she was not proficient in the Sword Dao and believed he might eventually surpass her.
• Phantom Shadow True God offered to have Qin Hao become her junior brother so he could learn the Sword Dao from her teacher, leaving him astonished.

Phantom Shadow True God told Qin Hao that her teacher, the seven-star Ancestral God Windshadow Goddess, had not returned to the Qiankun Sect for a very long time. She revealed that she intended to take Qin Hao as her disciple on Windshadow Goddess’s behalf, leaving Qin Hao to realize that his prospective master was absent.

• Qin Hao wondered why Phantom Shadow True God was treating him so well and learned she wanted him to become her teacher’s disciple.
• Phantom Shadow True God revealed that her teacher was Windshadow Goddess, a seven-star Ancestral God.
• Qin Hao searched the Palace with his divine sense, but Phantom Shadow True God told him Windshadow Goddess was not there.
• Phantom Shadow True God clarified that she was taking Qin Hao as a disciple on Windshadow Goddess’s behalf, not following an expressed wish from her teacher.
• Phantom Shadow True God revealed that the Agarwood Pavilion’s pavilion master was her doppelganger and said Windshadow Goddess had been away from the Qiankun Sect for a very long time.

Phantom Shadow True God told Qin Hao that Windshadow Goddess and her junior brother Jiang Han had both disappeared after Jiang Han encountered Outer Domain demon spirits. Qin Hao realized his resemblance to Jiang Han might factor into Phantom Shadow True God’s offer to accept him as a disciple on Windshadow Goddess’s behalf, while the fate of both missing figures remained unknown.

• Phantom Shadow True God explained that Windshadow Goddess had been missing for a long time, despite a rumor that someone had seen her a few reincarnation epochs ago.
• Phantom Shadow True God described Jiang Han’s exceptional talent, including his ability to defeat Qiankun Ranking disciples at the Heaven and Earth True God Peak.
• Phantom Shadow True God told Qin Hao that he resembled Jiang Han in potential, mindset, and appearance, and Qin Hao suspected that resemblance influenced her offer to accept him as a disciple.
• Phantom Shadow True God revealed that Jiang Han had disappeared after encountering Outer Domain demon spirits, and Windshadow Goddess vanished while searching for him.
• Phantom Shadow True God said the Qiankun Sect had searched for Windshadow Goddess without success, while Outer Domain demon spirits targeted Heavensea’s powerful experts and promising geniuses.

Qin Hao accepted Windshadow Goddess as his teacher despite learning that she and her second Disciple were missing and that becoming her disciple could entangle him in her enemies’ conflicts. Phantom Shadow True God then prepared to show him the gifts Windshadow Goddess had left behind.

• Phantom Shadow True God told Qin Hao that Windshadow Goddess and Jiang Han were missing, and offered to guide and protect him if he joined the Southern Frontier Battlefield.
• Qin Hao agreed to become Windshadow Goddess’s disciple, and Phantom Shadow True God led him to the rear of the Palace to pay respects to her portrait.
• Qin Hao sensed concealed Sword Qi and a strange Sword Dao in the Palace, which he believed Windshadow Goddess had left behind.
• Phantom Shadow True God warned Qin Hao that Windshadow Goddess might be dead and that her enemies could target him, but Qin Hao performed the disciple’s obeisance and accepted her as his teacher.
• Phantom Shadow True God lifted Qin Hao to his feet and said she would show him the gifts Windshadow Goddess had left for him.

Phantom Shadow True God revealed that Windshadow Goddess had left Qin Hao thousands of statues filled with sword intent, enough to help him cultivate to Three-Star Ancestral God. She also explained the higher realms and the Origin Master's legend, leaving Qin Hao to contemplate the immense difficulty of advancing beyond Ancestral God.

• Phantom Shadow True God summoned thousands of statues, and Qin Hao sensed the powerful sword intent within them.
• Phantom Shadow True God explained that Windshadow Goddess had been a seven-star ancestral god and a Half-Step Divine Lord, then described the Divine Lord and Divine King realms.
• Phantom Shadow True God told Qin Hao the Origin Master had been a peak Divine King who vanished after the Origin World shattered during a battle against Outer Domain demon spirits.
• Phantom Shadow True God explained that Windshadow Goddess had condensed her sword intent into 3,639 statues after reaching Three-Star Ancestral God in the sword Dao.
• Phantom Shadow True God said the statues could help Qin Hao cultivate his sword Dao all the way to Three-Star Ancestral God, and Qin Hao was left astonished by Windshadow Goddess's achievement.