Chapter Summaries

Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng fought Outer Realm Demon Spirits while eyeing a ripe, nine-petal Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Lotus worth more than two hundred thousand Battle Merit. After knocking their opponents back, both rushed to seize it, leaving them racing against each other.

• Deng Yu struck his Outer Realm Demon Spirit with Heaven-Supporting Dragon Slash, but the demon's high-grade divine artifact armor helped it withstand the attack.
• Deng Yu judged the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Lotus's value and realized Wu Jianfeng was also a rival for the treasure.
• Deng Yu decided to seize the lotus during an opening after knocking his opponent back, while Wu Jianfeng independently resolved to make the first move.
• Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu each blasted their demon opponents backward and rushed toward the ancient tree at the same time.
• Deng Yu offered Wu Jianfeng a favor in exchange for the lotus, but Wu Jianfeng rejected him and charged ahead.

Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng fought over the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Lotus while two Outer Realm Demon Spirits closed in, but the lotus disappeared before anyone could harvest it. The four discovered traces of spatial fluctuations and the lotus’s aura, then turned their anger toward the unseen thief.

• Deng Yu attacked Wu Jianfeng to buy himself time to reach the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Lotus, and Wu Jianfeng retaliated with his two Treasure Swords.
• Wu Jianfeng raced ahead as the two Outer Realm Demon Spirits charged back, but he found the pool empty and cried out that the lotus was gone.
• Deng Yu, Wu Jianfeng, and the two Outer Realm Demon Spirits gathered at the pool and confirmed that the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Lotus had vanished.
• Deng Yu detected faint spatial fluctuations, and Wu Jianfeng sensed the lotus’s aura and realized someone had stolen it.
• One of the Outer Realm Demon Spirits struck the surrounding space with four arms, trying to expose the hidden thief.

Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng identified the aura of the person who stole the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Lotus and tried to pursue it, but two Outer Realm Demon Spirits attacked them. Qin Hao escaped through his self-world, carrying the stolen lotus as his pursuers were delayed.

• Deng Yu recognized the thief's faint aura, and Wu Jianfeng memorized it as well.
• Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng sensed an inner world receding through deep-layer space and realized it had helped the thief steal the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Lotus.
• After detecting the thief's aura in a distant attack, Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng moved to pursue it.
• The two Outer Realm Demon Spirits mistook Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng for the thieves and attacked them, preventing them from giving chase.
• Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng swore to hunt the unknown thief as Qin Hao flew rapidly through his self-world.

Qin Hao stole the ten-thousand-year ice lotus while Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng fought, then saved Lu Jingxuan from an Outer Realm Demon Spirit before leaving. Recognizing Qin Hao’s strength and reflecting on Wu Jianfeng’s exploitation, Lu Jingxuan resolved to endure, heal, and seek a breakthrough to Eternity True God.

• Qin Hao used his Self-World to steal the ten-thousand-year ice lotus while Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng fought over it.
• Qin Hao killed the Outer Realm Demon Spirit threatening Lu Jingxuan, then left without revealing himself.
• Lu Jingxuan recognized Qin Hao’s aura and marveled that he had instantly slain an opponent at Heaven and Earth True God Peak.
• Lu Jingxuan recalled how Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng exploited the Sword Alliance members to earn and seize battle merits.
• Lu Jingxuan decided to endure until he could break through to Eternity True God, then healed while observing Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng’s battle.

Qin Hao returned to the Military Camp after deciding to save the ten-thousand-year ice lotus for later, then met Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan as a newly advanced heaven and earth true god. He shared breakthrough advice with Jiang Cheng, who immediately began cultivating in hopes of following his example.

• Qin Hao chose not to refine the ten-thousand-year ice lotus until he had gathered more materials for the Second Turn of the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body, and returned to the Military Camp.
• Jiang Cheng messaged Qin Hao that the Black Market was about to open, and Qin Hao decided to go see whether he could buy heaven and earth dao crystals.
• Qin Hao met Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan at a teahouse, where they were astonished that he had become a heaven and earth true god.
• Jiang Cheng asked Qin Hao for breakthrough advice, and Qin Hao suggested adding something such as lightning or saber dao to a heaven and earth domain.
• Jiang Cheng eagerly sat down to cultivate and try to break through on the spot.

Qin Hao learned that the Military Camp’s Black Market would open in half a month and that it would offer rare body-refinement treasures and Ancient Treasures. Yan Yu and Wu Yan told him an Ancient sword formation could help him comprehend a Heaven and Earth Domain, leaving him eager to learn whether it would be sold or auctioned.

• Qin Hao asked Yan Yu when the Black Market would open and learned that it would take place in the Military Camp in about half a month, with an entry requirement of twenty thousand Battle Merit.
• Yan Yu explained that Purple Immortal Copper was a rare body-refinement treasure from the Southern Frontier Battlefield, and Qin Hao realized it could help his cultivation of the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body.
• Wu Yan told Qin Hao that the Black Market would also feature other body-refinement treasures, and Qin Hao said he was interested in attending.
• Wu Yan and Yan Yu revealed that an Ancient sword formation at the Black Market could aid Sword Dao cultivators in comprehending and deducing a Heaven and Earth Domain.
• Qin Hao asked whether the sword formation would be sold or auctioned at the Black Market.

Qin Hao discussed an incomplete Sword Formation that might be auctioned at the Black Market, then learned Yan Yu and Wu Yan had become engaged. He accepted a hundred Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals from them and resolved to keep growing stronger so he could return to Star Sea Heaven and Earth.

• Yan Yu told Qin Hao that an incomplete Sword Formation would be auctioned, and Wu Yan explained it could offer good value despite its limitations.
• Qin Hao decided to spend the half month before the Black Market opened practicing Cultivation, and Yan Yu recommended that he use an inn.
• Yan Yu gave Qin Hao a hundred Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals as thanks for saving him and Wu Yan.
• Yan Yu and Wu Yan revealed that they were engaged and planned to marry, and they invited Qin Hao to their wedding.
• Qin Hao accepted their gift, congratulated them, and resolved to become an Ancestral God quickly so he could return to Star Sea Heaven and Earth and save its people.

Jiang Cheng broke through a bottleneck after Qin Hao shared his cultivation insights, expanding his heaven and earth domain to ninety thousand meters. As Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan left for secluded cultivation, Qin Hao began a fifteen-day cultivation session with his six doppelgangers, hoping they would advance to heaven and earth true god.

• Jiang Cheng incorporated the light chaos origin into his heaven and earth domain and increased its range from eighty thousand to ninety thousand meters.
• Jiang Cheng thanked Qin Hao and promised to repay him, while Yan Yu and Wu Yan expressed surprise at his remarkable progress.
• Yan Yu told Jiang Cheng to consolidate his breakthrough through secluded cultivation, and Jiang Cheng left after inviting Qin Hao to the Black Market in half a month.
• Yan Yu and Wu Yan took their leave, and Qin Hao rented a room at the inn to begin secluded cultivation using Yan Yu's hundred heaven and earth dao crystals.
• Qin Hao summoned his six doppelgangers and gave each one, along with his True Self, a heaven and earth dao crystal to cultivate; the Destruction Doppelganger appeared closest to breaking through.

Qin Hao used Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals to strengthen his world sword domain and help his six doppelgangers develop their domains. Meanwhile, Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu searched for the person who stole the ten-thousand-year ice lotus and planned to look for it at the Black Market.

• Qin Hao and his six doppelgangers cultivated with Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals, and Qin Hao's world sword domain expanded while the doppelgangers made progress.
• Qin Hao distributed more crystals and continued secluded cultivation for half a month.
• Wu Jianfeng asked Deng Yu whether they had found the thief, and Deng Yu said the culprit was unlikely to leave the Southern Frontier Battlefield.
• Deng Yu suggested they visit the Black Market the next day in case the thief offered the ten-thousand-year ice lotus for auction.
• Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu discussed their stalled cultivation before parting to wait for the Black Market to open.

Qin Hao observed the domains of his six doppelgangers and decided to leave the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body cultivation to the devouring doppelganger, who had greater talent for body refinement. He discovered that a crystal taken from Pei Jinye had developed Slaughter Aura, strengthening the Destruction Doppelganger’s domain, and wondered where the crystal had come from and where its missing pieces were.

• Qin Hao and his six doppelgangers cultivated their domains, while the devouring doppelganger advanced close to completing the first turn of the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body.
• Qin Hao decided to make the devouring doppelganger the sole cultivator of the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body for now, since supporting both him and his true self would require too many resources.
• Qin Hao sensed that the Destruction Doppelganger’s destruction sword domain contained a power that greatly enhanced its cultivation and strength.
• Qin Hao recognized the power as Slaughter Aura and had the Destruction Doppelganger reveal the broken killing-intent crystal taken from Pei Jinye.
• Qin Hao realized the crystal had gained dense Slaughter Aura since he had given it to the Destruction Doppelganger and wondered about its origins and missing pieces.

Qin Hao went to the Southern Frontier Battlefield’s Black Market with Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan, while assessing the powerful cultivators gathered outside. The Treasure-Topped Palace opened, and the market was about to begin.

• Qin Hao stored the baleful Fragmentary Crystal Stone for the Destruction Doppelganger, paid twenty thousand Chaos Spirit Crystals to cover the damage to his Guest Room, and left for the Black Market.
• Qin Hao contacted Jiang Cheng, who sent him the address of the Black Market at a Treasure-Topped Palace in the Military Camp.
• Qin Hao arrived at the plaza and sensed several dozen Eternity True Gods, including an expert at the Peak of the Eternity True God realm.
• Jiang Cheng explained that the Black Market would open after five hundred people arrived, while Yan Yu remarked on Qin Hao’s cultivation progress and Jiang Cheng complained about falling behind.
• The Treasure-Topped Palace’s doors opened, and Jiang Cheng announced that the market had begun.

Qin Hao and his companions arrived at the Black Market as powerful guardians opened it and experts from across the Qiankun Continent gathered. Qin Hao recognized formidable potential rivals among the arrivals and resolved to keep advancing before the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm contest.

• Jiang Cheng explained that the Black Market Guardians enforced a strict no-fighting rule and that visitors needed twenty thousand battle merit to enter, while private boxes required two hundred thousand.
• Qin Hao, Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan paused when Meng He, Qu Zilong, and Zhou Wei entered the Plaza as renowned Eternity True God Pinnacle experts and Seed Candidates.
• Qin Hao watched the arriving experts without envy and focused on surpassing them, aware that the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm Quota Contest would begin in a little over nine epochs.
• Mu Long, Mu Huijing, Li Huayuan, and Lei Wanhe arrived, prompting the crowd to speculate about the auction and the treasures it might offer.
• Qin Hao recognized the four faction representatives as potential opponents in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, though his current cultivation remained far below theirs.

Qin Hao waited outside the Black Market Palace as Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng recognized him as the thief who had taken their ten-thousand-year ice lotus. The Plaza fell silent when Frost Beauty arrived, and Qin Hao reacted strangely as he looked at her.

• Qin Hao spotted Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng in the crowd and dismissed their hostile stares, confident he could protect himself and knowing they could not attack at the Black Market entrance.
• Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng recognized Qin Hao as the one who had taken the ten-thousand-year ice lotus and vowed to deal with him after he left the Military Camp.
• A man and a veiled woman entered the Plaza, drawing everyone's attention and bringing the crowd to a sudden silence.
• Jiang Cheng identified the woman as Frost Beauty, the Qiankun Sect's Number One Beauty, while Yan Yu stared until Wu Yan pinched him and scolded him.
• Qin Hao looked toward Frost Beauty with an odd expression.

Qin Hao learned that Dongfang Wei, the Frost Beauty he had rescued in Heaven-Splitting Valley, ranked among the Qiankun Sect’s strongest disciples. When she approached him in the Plaza, the onlookers were stunned, and Jiang Cheng asked whether they knew each other.

• Jiang Cheng told Qin Hao that Dongfang Wei ranked nine hundred and twenty-third on the Qiankun Ranking after only several hundred eras of cultivation.
• Qin Hao recognized Dongfang Wei as the veiled woman he had rescued and recalled her promise to do three things for him.
• Jiang Cheng identified Dongfang Wei’s companion, Chen Chengxiu, as a powerful disciple who had ranked one hundred and eighty-seventh in the last Qiankun Sacred War.
• Dongfang Wei stopped in the Plaza and walked past an excited young man toward Qin Hao.
• Jiang Cheng stared at Qin Hao in disbelief and asked whether he and Dongfang Wei knew each other.

Dongfang Wei approached Qin Hao in the Plaza and invited him to share a private room, drawing the attention and jealousy of the gathered cultivators. Qin Hao declined to avoid attracting enemies, and Dongfang Wei and Chen Chengxiu continued toward the Treasure-Topped Palace without him.

• Jiang Cheng and the other cultivators watched in shock as Dongfang Wei went to Qin Hao, while Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng worried about how her interest might affect their plans for the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Lotus.
• Chen Chengxiu joined Dongfang Wei and invited Qin Hao to their reserved private room, but Dongfang Wei told Chen Chengxiu to get another room because she would go with Qin Hao.
• Dongfang Wei's invitation caused an uproar, and the Plaza's cultivators glared at Qin Hao with jealousy and hostility.
• Qin Hao refused the invitation, saying he could enter the Black Market himself and had no need for a private room.
• Dongfang Wei left for the Treasure-Topped Palace, and Chen Chengxiu followed after telling Qin Hao they could talk another time.

Qin Hao entered the Black Market auction venue with Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan after refusing Dongfang Wei’s invitation to a private box. As the auction venue filled, Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu secretly resolved to target Qin Hao over the ten-thousand-year ice lotus, while Qin Hao settled in and cultivated as they waited for the auction to begin.

• Jiang Cheng teased Qin Hao about turning down Dongfang Wei, but Qin Hao denied knowing her and led the group into the Treasure-Topped Palace.
• Wu Jianfeng learned Qin Hao had taken the ten-thousand-year ice lotus and vowed to make him pay after they left the military camp, while Deng Yu shared his hostility.
• Qin Hao, Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan presented their Military Tokens and entered the Black Market venue, where Jiang Cheng explained its formation could accommodate up to a million people.
• Yan Yu chose seats beside a stone pillar to keep the group inconspicuous, and Qin Hao began working through the World Sword Domain while they waited for the auction.

Dongfang Wei and Chen Chengxiu watched the Black Market auction from Box Seven, where she agreed to attend the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering. Elsewhere, a man in ink-black robes recognized Qin Hao in the crowd and reacted with shock.

• Dongfang Wei told Chen Chengxiu that she had met Qin Hao only once, then rebuked him for speculating about their relationship.
• Chen Chengxiu invited Dongfang Wei to the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering, and she agreed after asking whether Xie Haiqing and Ouyang Jin would attend.
• Dongfang Wei and Chen Chengxiu took seats to watch the auction, where the Void Immortal Flame drew the interest of powerful guests.
• Chen Chengxiu noticed Qin Hao cultivating beside a stone pillar and wondered why Dongfang Wei treated him so courteously.
• A man in ink-black robes recognized Qin Hao below and exclaimed in shock, while the other people in his box looked toward the crowded venue.

At a Black Market auction, Li You recognized Qin Hao and was revealed to be the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable, a defector serving the Outer Realm Demon Spirits. He resolved to find a way to kill Qin Hao himself while preparing for the coming invasion.

• Li You recognized someone in the auction hall and hid his reaction when his companions questioned him.
• The stronger man warned Li You and his fellow disciple against infighting and urged them to buy treasures for the approaching campaign.
• The chapter revealed that Li You was the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable, who had betrayed the Blood Demon Emperor, surrendered to Commander Kun Yun, and been sent to hunt Qin Hao and his companions.
• After failing to find Qin Hao in Heavensea, the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable joined the Demon Spirit organization and traveled to the Southern Frontier Battlefield.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable saw Qin Hao at the auction and, consumed by resentment and jealousy, began plotting to kill him himself.

The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable resolved to kill Qin Hao when the Nightfall Plan began, while Qin Hao wondered who had directed killing intent at him in the Black Market. The auction opened with a lot of one hundred heaven and earth dao crystals, drawing the crowd’s eager attention.

• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable recalled how the Demon Spirit Society had helped him become a Heaven and Earth True God and resented Qin Hao for reaching the same realm without such aid.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable vowed to kill Qin Hao when the Nightfall Plan began.
• Qin Hao sensed a hostile gaze, ruled out Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng, and decided he was not afraid of whoever had targeted him.
• The Masked Man opened the Black Market auction, and Qin Hao recognized the influence of his powerful divine soul strength.
• The Masked Man presented the first lot of one hundred heaven and earth dao crystals, with bidding starting at three thousand battle merit.

Qin Hao watched the Black Market auction and learned how it grouped treasures and timed its sales of Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals. After five lots of crystals, the auction moved on to ancient treasures, beginning with Azure Flame Pills that drew an early bid.

• The Masked Man opened bidding on a hundred Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals, and the price climbed to 9,900 battle merits.
• Jiang Cheng advised Qin Hao not to bid during the initial frenzy, and Yan Yu explained the three treasure categories and the auction’s order.
• Qin Hao learned that Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals would be auctioned again at the end, when fewer bidders might still have battle merits.
• The first five auction lots were all batches of Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals, each selling for more than 9,000 battle merits.
• The Masked Man introduced ten Azure Flame Pills as an ancient treasure, and a bidder offered 600 battle merits.