Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao and his companions entered Heaven-Splitting Valley, where dense Demonic Qi hindered their vision and Divine Sense. They encountered three Heaven and Earth True God Outer Realm Demon Spirits, which launched an attack.

• Jiang Cheng told Qin Hao about Heaven-Splitting Valley’s ancient treasures and the Military Camp’s Battle Merit Black Market.
• Yan Yu warned the group to stay quiet and use their Divine Sense to watch for ambushes as they entered the valley.
• Qin Hao found that the Demonic Qi had reduced his Divine Sense’s range by at least a third.
• Yan Yu sensed movement ahead, and Qin Hao detected Demonic Qi surging to their front left.
• Three Heaven and Earth True God Outer Realm Demon Spirits appeared and attacked Yan Yu, Wu Yan, Qin Hao, and Jiang Cheng.

Three Outer Realm Demon Spirits attacked Qin Hao, Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan on the Southern Frontier Battlefield. Qin Hao shielded Jiang Cheng from a fatal blow and survived unharmed, leaving Yan Yu and Wu Yan astonished by his strength.

• Three Outer Realm Demon Spirits launched attacks, sending one after Yan Yu, one after Wu Yan, and the strongest after Qin Hao and Jiang Cheng.
• The Heaven and Earth True God perfection demon spirit struck at Jiang Cheng, but Qin Hao rushed in front of him and took the blow.
• Yan Yu and Wu Yan killed the two demon spirits fighting them, then Yan Yu pursued and killed the third as it tried to flee.
• Qin Hao stood up from the crater unharmed and told the others he was fine.
• Jiang Cheng thanked Qin Hao, while Yan Yu and Wu Yan wondered how an ordinary True God had survived the attack.

Qin Hao saved Jiang Cheng from an Outer Realm Demon Spirit and learned that the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm was nearing collapse. As the group continued through Heaven-Splitting Valley, Jiang Cheng promised to take Qin Hao to the Black Market, while Qin Hao learned that competition for Battle Merit would soon intensify.

• Qin Hao helped Yan Yu and Wu Yan kill an Outer Realm Demon Spirit after it sent him flying, earning twenty Battle Merit for saving Jiang Cheng.
• Yan Yu scolded Jiang Cheng for failing to stay alert, and Wu Yan urged them to move on.
• Qin Hao picked up a brittle fragment that Jiang Cheng identified as a worthless Chaos Spirit Treasure shard.
• Jiang Cheng promised to show Qin Hao the Black Market, where more valuable treasure fragments could be found.
• Jiang Cheng told Qin Hao that the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm was nearing collapse and that disciples from several major factions were preparing to enter it.
• Jiang Cheng predicted that newcomers to the Southern Frontier Battlefield would make Battle Merit harder to earn, especially for those unwilling to venture deep into the battlefield.

Qin Hao, Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan fought Outer Realm Demon Spirits in Heaven-Splitting Valley as Qin Hao used one battle to practice Myriad Forms Sword Prison. After sensing a larger battle nearby, the group flew toward it to assess the situation and possibly help.

• Yan Yu assigned Qin Hao and Jiang Cheng to fight two Ordinary True God Outer Realm Demon Spirits while he restrained a Heaven and Earth True God opponent.
• Qin Hao struggled against his opponent as he practiced Myriad Forms Sword Prison, while Jiang Cheng attacked at full strength and eventually killed his demon spirit.
• Qin Hao killed his opponent, deepening his understanding of the sword art, and Yan Yu then effortlessly killed the remaining demon spirit.
• The group continued through Heaven-Splitting Valley, fighting Outer Realm Demon Spirits and quickly leaving each battle site to avoid being surrounded.
• Yan Yu sensed a battle involving at least a dozen cultivators and led Qin Hao, Wu Yan, and Jiang Cheng toward it, intending to see whether they needed help.

Qin Hao and his companions encountered Deng Yu leading Sword Alliance disciples against Outer Realm Demon Spirits, but Yan Yu warned them not to interfere and risk being accused of stealing Battle Merit. Deng Yu harvested the kills and earned thousands of Battle Merit while the group departed, and Yan Yu explained that they should only help fellow cultivators when asked.

• Qin Hao and his companions approached a battle and discovered Deng Yu fighting alongside Sword Alliance members against more than twenty Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• Yan Yu advised the group not to intervene because Deng Yu might view their help as competition for Battle Merit.
• Deng Yu killed an Eternity True God-level Outer Realm Demon Spirit and noticed Qin Hao and the others watching.
• Qin Hao and his companions concealed their auras and left, while Deng Yu mocked their alliance and continued fighting.
• Deng Yu claimed the killing blows against the Outer Realm Demon Spirits and gained several thousand Battle Merit.
• Yan Yu told Qin Hao and Jiang Cheng not to help fellow sect disciples on the battlefield unless they explicitly asked for assistance.

Qin Hao and his companions hunted Outer Domain demon spirits in Heaven-Splitting Valley, where battle helped him master the second stage of the Minor Evolution Sword God Art. After Jiang Cheng gave him a Heaven and Earth Dao Crystal, Qin Hao sensed its world power and began to understand how it could help him cultivate a Heaven and Earth Domain.

• Yan Yu led Qin Hao, Jiang Cheng, and Wu Yan to hunt nearby Outer Domain demon spirits rather than venture deeper into Heaven-Splitting Valley.
• Over several years, Qin Hao and Jiang Cheng earned more than two thousand Battle Merits each by fighting Heaven and Earth True God-level spirits alongside Yan Yu and Wu Yan.
• Qin Hao mastered Myriad Forms Sword Prison through repeated battles and sensed that his understanding of the Heaven and Earth Domain had deepened.
• Jiang Cheng gave Qin Hao a Heaven and Earth Dao Crystal to aid his cultivation.
• Qin Hao sensed world power inside the crystal, explored its colorful inner world with his divine sense, and began forming ideas about how it could help him cultivate a Heaven and Earth Domain.

Qin Hao studied the Heaven and Earth Dao Crystal and realized its power could help his self-world manifest as a Heaven and Earth Domain. He and his companions then encountered four unusually powerful Outer Domain demon spirits and charged into battle.

• Qin Hao recognized the crystal's power as a miniature version of world power that could guide an inner world to manifest.
• After half a day of studying the crystal, Qin Hao, Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan encountered four Outer Domain demon spirits in the mist.
• Yan Yu assigned the opponents and warned the others to hold their ground if the unusually strong enemies proved difficult.
• The demon spirit leader ordered his brothers and Fourth Sister to attack, and the two groups charged at each other.
• Yan Yu and the hundred-zhang-tall demon spirit collided as Qin Hao and Jiang Cheng advanced against their assigned foe.

Qin Hao and Jiang Cheng fought the Seventh Outer Realm Demon Spirit while Yan Yu battled another demon spirit nearby. After the demon spirit began breaking Qin Hao’s sword prison, Qin Hao tried to bring down his self-world like a Heaven and Earth Domain.

• Yan Yu was blasted back by an exchange with an Outer Realm Demon Spirit, while Qin Hao and Jiang Cheng faced the Seventh Outer Realm Demon Spirit.
• Qin Hao trapped the Seventh Outer Realm Demon Spirit in Myriad Forms Sword Prison as Jiang Cheng attacked it, but Jiang Cheng’s slash failed to pierce its defenses.
• The Seventh Outer Realm Demon Spirit hammered at the prison until its sword threads began snapping apart.
• Qin Hao used Self-World and made it descend like a Heaven and Earth Domain, seeking to strengthen his control and contain the demon spirit.

Qin Hao manifested a Heaven and Earth Domain for the first time, though his Self-World limited it to a small area. The domain strengthened his Myriad Forms Sword Prison enough to trap the seventh Outer Realm Demon Spirit, and Jiang Cheng began attacking the captive.

• Qin Hao manifested his Self-World as a real Heaven and Earth Domain, gaining its aura despite the domain covering only about twenty or thirty meters.
• Jiang Cheng was shocked that Qin Hao had deployed a domain so quickly, then observed that its range was unusually small.
• Qin Hao realized that his Self-World's resistance had limited the domain, but its power stabilized the Myriad Forms Sword Prison and increased its strength tenfold.
• Qin Hao asked Jiang Cheng to handle the trapped seventh Outer Realm Demon Spirit, and Jiang Cheng released a compressed domain and attacked.
• The seventh Outer Realm Demon Spirit raged and battered the prison, but Qin Hao repaired its minor damage with more sword threads.

Qin Hao considered how to strengthen his newly formed Heaven and Earth Domain while Jiang Cheng attacked Seventh, an Outer Realm Demon Spirit, trapped in the Myriad Forms Sword Prison. The battle worsened when Fourth Sister revealed Eternal True God Great Accomplishment strength and gravely wounded Wu Yan, then charged to kill her.

• Qin Hao reflected that infusing another power into his Heaven and Earth Domain could strengthen it, but his Self-World made doing so difficult.
• Jiang Cheng furiously attacked Seventh, but neither his blows nor Seventh's attacks made significant progress against the Myriad Forms Sword Prison.
• Qin Hao sensed another powerful Outer Realm Demon Spirit arrive, and Seventh recognized her as Fourth Sister.
• Fourth Sister struck Wu Yan and sent her flying with a grave wound, while Yan Yu could not break away from fighting the leader.
• Fourth Sister charged at Wu Yan to finish her off, and Yan Yu watched in alarm.

Wu Yan faced death after the Fourth Sister Outer Realm Demon Spirit wounded her, while Yan Yu and Jiang Cheng struggled to reach her. The Seventh Brother Outer Realm Demon Spirit was suddenly killed by the Myriad Forms Sword Prison, but Wu Yan remained in immediate danger.

• The Fourth Sister Outer Realm Demon Spirit grievously wounded Wu Yan, and Yan Yu tried to reach her but the Big Brother Outer Realm Demon Spirit blocked his path.
• Yan Yu urged Wu Yan to flee, while Jiang Cheng realized he lacked the strength to protect her from the attacking demons.
• Wu Yan, weakened and unable to escape, accepted that she might die and hoped Yan Yu would survive.
• The Fourth Sister Outer Realm Demon Spirit closed in on Wu Yan and swung her claw as Jiang Cheng tried to rush to her aid.
• The Myriad Forms Sword Prison pierced the Seventh Brother Outer Realm Demon Spirit, killing him instantly.

Qin Hao rushed to protect Wu Yan from Fourth Sister, an Outer Realm Demon Spirit at the Eternal True God Great Accomplishment, after killing her Seventh Brother. Fourth Sister shattered his defenses and pressed her attack, leaving Qin Hao to unleash Heavy Sword Form as the others urged him to flee.

• Jiang Cheng realized Qin Hao had killed the seventh Outer Realm Demon Spirit, and Qin Hao flew toward Wu Yan at startling speed.
• Fourth Sister recognized Qin Hao as her Seventh Brother's killer and attacked him in a fury.
• Qin Hao's Three Thousand Sword Threads failed to pierce Fourth Sister's claw, and she shattered his Myriad Forms Sword Prison.
• Wu Yan and Jiang Cheng urged Qin Hao to run while Yan Yu tried to reach him but remained engaged by the Big Brother Outer Realm Demon Spirit.
• As Fourth Sister's claw neared, Qin Hao gathered his divine-body, Chaos Origin, and earth power into the Heavenly Abyss Sword and used Heavy Sword Form.

Qin Hao used Heavy Sword Form to block and wound the Fourth Sister Outer Domain Demon Spirit, but the demons moved to overwhelm him. Yan Yu burned most of his divine strength and unleashed his forbidden Thunder Soul Blade against Big Brother.

• Qin Hao's Heavy Sword Form gathered immense gravity and pierced hundreds of holes through the Fourth Sister Outer Domain Demon Spirit's claw.
• Jiang Cheng, Wu Yan, and Yan Yu were relieved when Qin Hao blocked the demon spirit's attack, while Big Brother ordered Second Brother to help Fourth Sister kill him.
• Second Brother rushed toward Qin Hao, and Yan Yu realized their group was still in danger because Wu Yan could not fight and Jiang Cheng could not meaningfully help.
• Yan Yu burned seventy percent of his divine strength and transformed as he prepared to use his forbidden technique.
• Yan Yu unleashed Thunder Soul Blade at Big Brother, who sensed a terrifying threat to his life.

Qin Hao used the Heavenly Spirit Battle Armor to resist Fourth Sister and protect Jiang Cheng from Second Brother, but both he and Jiang Cheng were struck down. Fourth Sister was shocked that Qin Hao survived her attack.

• Qin Hao summoned the Heavenly Spirit Battle Armor, whose spiritual power suppressed Fourth Sister and Second Brother’s demonic qi.
• Second Brother attacked Jiang Cheng while Fourth Sister pressed Qin Hao, and Qin Hao sent sword qi to intercept Second Brother’s strike.
• Second Brother redirected his attacks toward Jiang Cheng, but Qin Hao’s sword qi injured one of his claws before the other claw struck Jiang Cheng and sent him flying.
• Fourth Sister broke through Qin Hao’s sword defenses and blasted him backward with her claws.
• Fourth Sister realized that a powerful force had absorbed much of her attack, leaving Qin Hao alive.

Yan Yu attacked the Outer Realm demon spirits, grievously wounding Big Brother and killing Fourth Sister with his Thunder Soul Blade. Afterward, Yan Yu suffered a sharp decline in life force, leaving Qin Hao, Wu Yan, and Jiang Cheng alarmed.

• Qin Hao used the Heavenly Spirit Battle Armor and his self-world to defend against Fourth Sister while keeping Jiang Cheng alive with his sword qi.
• Yan Yu struck Big Brother Outer Realm Demon Spirit, cutting half his body apart and forcing him to flee.
• Yan Yu charged at Fourth Sister and unleashed a stronger Thunder Soul Blade, killing her in one strike.
• Qin Hao sensed that Yan Yu's attack exceeded the power of an Eternal True God Great Accomplishment cultivator and longed to master such a strike.
• Yan Yu spat blood and lost life force after using the Thunder Soul Blade twice, so Qin Hao and Jiang Cheng hurried toward him while Wu Yan grew anxious.

Qin Hao used his self-world power to slow the destructive Thunder Soul Power inside Yan Yu, but Yan Yu remained in danger. The two surviving Outer Realm Demon Spirits returned to attack the group, leaving Qin Hao, Yan Yu, Wu Yan, and Jiang Cheng facing what seemed like certain death.

• Jiang Cheng caught Yan Yu as his life force drained, and Qin Hao discovered that the lingering Thunder Soul Power was destroying Yan Yu from within.
• Wu Yan explained that Yan Yu’s Thunder Soul Blade was a forbidden technique he had not mastered, and Qin Hao used his self-world power to slow the decline of Yan Yu’s life force.
• Yan Yu warned the group about the Big Brother and Second Brother Outer Realm Demon Spirits, who had stopped fleeing and approached while he was weakened.
• Wu Yan and Yan Yu each offered to stay behind so the others could escape, but no one left the group.
• The Big Brother and Second Brother Outer Realm Demon Spirits confronted the four, and Yan Yu and Wu Yan faced them with tenderness as Jiang Cheng despaired.

Qin Hao charged the two Outer Realm Demon Spirits despite Yan Yu, Wu Yan, and Jiang Cheng’s warnings, then killed them both with swift strikes of the Heavenly Abyss Sword. The survivors were left to face the aftermath of the battle.

• Qin Hao ignored Yan Yu, Wu Yan, and Jiang Cheng’s pleas and advanced toward the two Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• The two demons attacked Qin Hao, but he sensed their confidence was misplaced and struck with the Heavenly Abyss Sword.
• Qin Hao beheaded Second Brother Outer Realm Demon Spirit with a single sword strike.
• Qin Hao sent his sword after the fleeing Big Brother Outer Realm Demon Spirit and killed him as well.

Qin Hao killed two gravely wounded Outer Domain demon spirits, astonishing Yan Yu, Wu Yan, and Jiang Cheng. After Yan Yu's injuries worsened, the group prepared to return to the Military Camp, and Yan Yu asked Qin Hao what he planned to do next.

• Qin Hao earned seven hundred Battle Merit for killing the Eternity True God-level and Heaven and Earth True God Peak-level demon spirits.
• Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan expressed disbelief at Qin Hao's strength and thanked him for saving their lives.
• Yan Yu spat blood as the Thunder Soul Power in his body surged again, and Qin Hao found he could no longer suppress it with world power.
• Yan Yu said he could recover by resting somewhere safe, and Jiang Cheng and Wu Yan urged the group to return to the Military Camp to heal.
• Yan Yu asked Qin Hao what he planned to do next, and Qin Hao paused to consider his plans.

Qin Hao chose to remain in Heaven-Splitting Valley and continue cultivating rather than return to the Military Camp, while Yan Yu gave him ten Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals. As Yan Yu, Wu Yan, and Jiang Cheng headed back, Yan Yu recognized Qin Hao’s exceptional potential and anticipated that his dangerous solo trial could transform him.

• Yan Yu offered Qin Hao ten Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals, and Qin Hao accepted them before deciding to stay in Heaven-Splitting Valley.
• Yan Yu warned Qin Hao to return to the Military Camp if he faced trouble and cautioned him about other Cultivators; Wu Yan and Jiang Cheng also urged him to take care.
• After the three left, Qin Hao set off into the mist to find a safe place and use the crystals to consolidate his Heaven and Earth domain.
• As they traveled to the Military Camp, Yan Yu told Jiang Cheng that Qin Hao had killed a Heaven and Earth True God Outer Realm Demon Spirit instantly and could reach that realm within one epoch.
• Yan Yu urged Jiang Cheng to maintain his friendship with Qin Hao, then reflected that surviving the trial could bring Qin Hao a major transformation.

Qin Hao used a Heaven and Earth Dao Crystal to deepen his understanding of the Heaven and Earth Domain, then expanded his domain to over a thousand meters. He tested its stability in battle by attacking an Outer Domain demon spirit and killed it with one sword strike.

• Qin Hao spent three days cultivating with a Heaven and Earth Dao Crystal, gaining profound insights into the Heaven and Earth Domain before the crystal shattered.
• Qin Hao emerged from the cave and released his domain, expanding it from about twenty meters to over a thousand meters.
• Qin Hao decided that battle was the best way to stabilize his vast Heaven and Earth Domain and confronted an approaching Heaven and Earth True God-level Outer Domain demon spirit.
• Qin Hao's domain suppressed the demon spirit and reduced its combat strength, allowing Qin Hao to kill it with a sword strike.