Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao tried to win the body of the Supreme Sword Tower, but Deng Yu deliberately raised the bid to twenty thousand battle merits, leaving Qin Hao unable to continue. Qin Hao began planning to seek help from Senior Sister, while Deng Yu panicked when he realized he might be stuck paying the enormous price.

• Qin Hao resumed bidding for the body of the Supreme Sword Tower, and Deng Yu countered with a bid of twenty thousand battle merits to provoke him.
• Qin Hao realized he had spent nearly all his battle merits and could not outbid Deng Yu, so he considered asking Senior Sister for help.
• Qin Hao closed his eyes to refine his plan as spectators assumed he had run out of battle merits and mocked Deng Yu for overpaying.
• Deng Yu saw that Qin Hao had stopped bidding and panicked at the thought of paying twenty thousand battle merits for the item.

Dongfang Wei won the body of the Supreme Sword Tower at auction and had it delivered to Qin Hao, revealing that her bid was meant as a gift. The hall was left stunned as she called it the first thing she had done for him.

• Deng Yu tried to make Wu Jianfeng share the cost of his twenty-thousand-battle-merit bid, but Wu Jianfeng refused.
• Dongfang Wei bid thirty thousand battle merit for the body of the Supreme Sword Tower, sparing Deng Yu from paying for it.
• The Masked Man declared Dongfang Wei the winner and began auctioning the next treasure.
• Dongfang Wei directed the maid to deliver the item to Qin Hao and tell him it was the first thing she had done for him.
• Qin Hao and the auction hall were astonished when the maid presented him with the treasure.

Dongfang Wei gave Qin Hao the Chaos Spirit Treasure Fragment, drawing the envy and fury of the auction crowd, while Qin Hao accepted it and prepared to leave the Black Market. As he departed with Jiang Cheng, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan, an unfamiliar yet strangely familiar sinister gaze fixed on him and then disappeared.

• Dongfang Wei sent her maid to give Qin Hao the Chaos Spirit Treasure Fragment she had bought for thirty thousand battle merits, and the crowd grew hostile and jealous.
• Qin Hao put the Supreme Sword Tower’s body into his Self-World and ignored the crowd’s murderous looks.
• The Masked Man announced that the Black Market had closed and said the next one would take place one epoch later.
• Qin Hao told Yan Yu and Wu Yan that he might enter seclusion and be unable to repay their battle merits soon, and Wu Yan invited him to their wedding.
• As Qin Hao and his companions headed out, he sensed a sinister gaze that felt familiar, but it vanished when he turned around.

Qin Hao left the Black Market after sensing a mysterious watcher and resolved to focus on cultivating with the Supreme Sword Tower's body. The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable planned to wait for the Nightfall Plan before targeting him, while Qin Hao prepared for secluded cultivation and heard about the upcoming Southern Frontier Tea Gathering.

• Qin Hao sensed someone watching him but could not identify the person, then prioritized merging the Supreme Sword Tower's body with the Supreme Sword Soul.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable realized Qin Hao had nearly detected him and decided to wait for the Nightfall Plan before attacking on the battlefield.
• Dongfang Wei walked past Qin Hao without speaking, and Jiang Cheng urged him to pursue her and thank her for buying the Chaos Spirit Treasure Fragment.
• Qin Hao told Yan Yu and Wu Yan that he planned to enter secluded cultivation at an inn, and Yan Yu invited him to consider attending the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering.
• Qin Hao made no commitment to attend the gathering and left to begin preparing for secluded cultivation.

Qin Hao began preparing for Secluded Cultivation and discovered that the Great Sun Sword Diagram resonated with the Heavenly Mist Sword Diagram. The diagrams released seventy-two Treasure Swords, whose purpose Qin Hao began to recognize.

• Qin Hao renewed his inn lease and brought out his Black Market gains, including eight hundred heaven and earth dao crystals, body refinement treasures, and the Great Sun Sword Diagram.
• Qin Hao gave the body refinement treasures to his devouring doppelganger and planned to use them to pursue the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body’s second turn.
• Qin Hao brought the Great Sun Sword Diagram and Heavenly Mist Sword Diagram together, and the mist revealed a familiar figure whose aura he recognized from the Heavenly Mist Sword Diagram.
• The Great Sun Sword Diagram released seventy-two streams of murderous sword qi, which circled both diagrams without attacking Qin Hao.
• The streams transformed into seventy-two Treasure Swords and flew off in different directions, and Qin Hao began to understand their purpose.

Qin Hao discovered that the Great Sun Sword Diagram contained a seventy-two-sword formation that rapidly improved his World Sword Domain. When he tried to have his Five Doppelgangers cultivate alongside him, the formation nearly tore apart their Divine Souls, forcing him to recall them.

• Qin Hao recognized the seventy-two Treasure Swords as the Great Sun Sword Formation and suspected the Great Sun Sword Diagram had been left by Divine Lord Tian Yan.
• Qin Hao cultivated within the formation and expanded his World Sword Domain by three thousand meters in a few breaths.
• Qin Hao realized the formation could greatly accelerate his Cultivation and might help him reach the Heaven and Earth True God Peak within one Epoch.
• Qin Hao summoned his Five Doppelgangers to cultivate in the formation, but the strain threatened to tear apart their Divine Souls.
• Qin Hao recalled his Five Doppelgangers before the Great Sun Sword Formation could severely injure or annihilate them.

Qin Hao prepared a guarded space to examine the Supreme Sword Tower’s body, the most valuable item he had obtained at the Black Market. He discovered that the damaged three-tier tower was distinct from the Tower Soul he possessed, but could not determine who had auctioned it.

• Qin Hao concluded that the Great Sun Sword Formation could not support multiple cultivators, so his Five Doppelgangers would use Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals while his True Self remained inside the formation.
• Qin Hao set up his world sword domain, world power, and the Great Sun Sword Formation to detect and defend against intruders.
• Qin Hao decided to summon the Supreme Sword Tower’s body, keeping the Tower Soul in his Mindscape.
• Qin Hao examined the ancient, damaged three-tier tower and noticed its many carved patterns, which the Tower Soul lacked.
• Qin Hao wondered how the tower’s body reached the Southern Frontier Battlefield and who had auctioned it, but decided that investigating might expose the Supreme Sword Tower.

Qin Hao summoned the Supreme Sword Tower’s Tower Soul and watched it merge with the damaged first three floors of its tower body. The fusion unleashed terrifying sword qi that pierced his defenses and tore into Deep-Layer Space, where two sudden sounds left him stunned.

• Qin Hao summoned the Supreme Sword Tower’s Tower Soul, and the damaged first three floors of its tower body expanded and merged with it.
• Qin Hao saw that the first three floors resembled a sword hilt and blade base, and suspected the Supreme Sword Tower’s current form was not its original appearance.
• The completed fusion released a terrifying surge of sword qi that pierced Qin Hao’s world sword domain and self-world power.
• The sword qi passed through the Great Sun Sword Formation, tore open a rift into Deep-Layer Space, and raced away as Qin Hao tried to pull the Supreme Sword Tower into his mindscape.
• Two sudden sounds came from the sword qi, leaving Qin Hao momentarily stunned.

Qin Hao sensed that the Supreme Sword Tower’s Sword Radiance had killed someone hidden in Deep-Layer Space. The dead intruders were Old Devil Lie Kong and Phantom Baleful Poisoness’s doppelgangers, who had infiltrated the Southern Frontier Battlefield to hunt Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao sensed life being extinguished through his faint connection to the Supreme Sword Tower’s Sword Radiance and realized someone was inside Deep-Layer Space.
• Old Devil Lie Kong and Phantom Baleful Poisoness advanced through Deep-Layer Space using Half-Step Ancestral God doppelgangers to hide from the Ancestral Gods in the Military Camp.
• Phantom Baleful Poisoness located Qin Hao, and the pair approached the Inn where he was staying.
• A streak of light pierced Phantom Baleful Poisoness’s doppelganger before she could evade it.
• The same light killed Old Devil Lie Kong’s doppelganger, leaving both pursuers furious and unable to identify their attacker.

An Ancestral God stationed at the Southern Frontier Battlefield detected Phantom Baleful Poisoness and Old Devil Lie Kong’s approach and destroyed their doppelgangers before they could capture Qin Hao. The two escaped, realizing this was likely their last chance to seize Qin Hao and his Primordial Feathered Wings, and they argued over whether an Ancestral God was protecting him.

• A refined man in the rear military camp sensed a powerful fluctuation, revealed himself as an Ancestral God, and identified Phantom Baleful Poisoness and Old Devil Lie Kong.
• The Ancestral God tore open a spatial rift and unleashed an attack that killed Phantom Baleful Poisoness and Old Devil Lie Kong’s doppelgangers.
• Phantom Baleful Poisoness and Old Devil Lie Kong spat blood from the backlash and lamented that their attempt to capture Qin Hao had failed again.
• Old Devil Lie Kong recalled their previous failures and concluded that Qin Hao’s departure from the Qiankun Sect had given them their final chance to capture him and seize the Primordial Feathered Wings.
• Old Devil Lie Kong suspected an Ancestral God was protecting Qin Hao, but Phantom Baleful Poisoness insisted that was impossible.

Phantom Baleful Poisoness and Old Devil Lie Kong fled when Star River Ancestor cornered them in Deep-Layer Space, and his attack badly injured them. Star River Ancestor returned to the military camp to investigate the mysterious Sword Qi that had destroyed their doppelgangers.

• Phantom Baleful Poisoness and Old Devil Lie Kong wondered whether military camp experts had discovered their doppelgangers and killed them with a sudden flash of light.
• Star River Ancestor twisted the starry river around them, revealing himself as a Six-Star Ancestral God and frightening both intruders into fleeing.
• Phantom Baleful Poisoness scattered into poisonous-mist doppelgangers while Old Devil Lie Kong escaped into deeper layers of Deep-Layer Space and sent doppelgangers to delay pursuit.
• Star River Ancestor destroyed most of their mist and doppelgangers with a single attack, but the two escaped grievously injured.
• Star River Ancestor wondered what Sword Qi had killed their earlier doppelgangers and returned to the military camp to investigate.

Qin Hao concealed the Supreme Sword Tower after its Sword Radiance killed two people in Deep-Layer Space near the Inn, while Star River Ancestor searched the Military Camp for the powerful source of the attack. Qin Hao suspected the dead intruders had come for him and realized that, despite the tower’s immense power, he remained too weak to face Ancestral Gods safely.

• Star River Ancestor sensed extraordinary Sword Qi, returned to the Military Camp, and searched it thoroughly with Divine Sense.
• Qin Hao put away the Supreme Sword Tower and pretended to cultivate as Star River Ancestor’s Divine Sense passed over the Inn and failed to find anything suspicious.
• After Star River Ancestor’s searches ended, Qin Hao concluded that the tower’s Sword Radiance had killed two people in Deep-Layer Space just outside the Inn.
• Qin Hao considered whether Phantom Baleful Poisoness and Old Devil Lie Kong had been the intruders, but could not identify the dead with certainty.
• Qin Hao recognized the Supreme Sword Tower as his strongest trump card, yet worried that using it would expose it and that he could not defeat powerful Ancestral Gods.

Qin Hao began secluded cultivation with the Great Sun Sword Formation and Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals while Star River Ancestor watched him, suspecting he was connected to the deaths of Phantom Baleful Poisoness and Old Devil Lie Kong. After Qin Hao made rapid progress, Star River Ancestor considered taking him as a registered Disciple but continued observing him.

• Qin Hao summoned his six doppelgangers to cultivate with Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals while he used the Great Sun Sword Formation to improve his world sword domain.
• Star River Ancestor sensed Qin Hao's unusual cultivation, doppelgangers, and sword formation, and suspected he might be connected to Phantom Baleful Poisoness and Old Devil Lie Kong.
• Qin Hao faintly detected Star River Ancestor's divine sense and allowed him to watch while continuing his secluded cultivation.
• Tens of thousands of years later, Qin Hao expanded his world sword domain to a range of two hundred thousand meters.
• Qin Hao advanced to heaven and earth true god minor mastery within months and resumed refining his world sword domain.
• Star River Ancestor learned that Qin Hao was a recently joined Qiankun Sect Disciple and considered making him his registered Disciple, but chose to keep watching.

Star River Ancestor considered taking Qin Hao as a disciple while continuing to observe him, unaware that Qin Hao already had a teacher. Half an Epoch later, the Demon Spirit Society prepared a plot to kill the Southern Frontier Battlefield’s geniuses, and Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable received a token summoning a furious Ancestral God seeking his younger brother’s killer.

• Star River Ancestor admired Qin Hao’s cultivation speed and restraint, but decided to watch him longer before taking him as a disciple.
• Qin Hao spent Half an Epoch cultivating in seclusion while little changed on the Southern Frontier Battlefield.
• Members of the Demon Spirit Society announced the Nightfall Plan to trap the gathered Qiankun Continent geniuses and destroy their future succession.
• Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable accepted an ink-black token and waited until the others had left before activating it.
• An enormous Outer Realm Demon Spirit appeared through the token and demanded to know who had killed his younger brother.

Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable learned that the one-star ancestral god Luo Wei was searching for his missing younger brother, General Luo Ming. Luo Wei explained that after being gravely wounded in the Blood Spirit Land, Luo Ming fought into Star Sea Heaven and Earth and fell into Void Space, leaving no trace.

• Luo Wei confronted Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and demanded to know who had killed his younger brother.
• Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable guessed that Luo Wei meant Commander Kun Yun, but Luo Wei warned him not to speak presumptuously of the commander.
• Luo Wei revealed that his younger brother was General Luo Ming, a military lord in Commander Kun Yun's Demon Spirit Legion.
• Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable recalled Qin Hao's battle with Luo Ming in the Blood Spirit Land and argued that Luo Ming's injuries there should not have killed him.
• Luo Wei said Luo Ming had later fought his way into Star Sea Heaven and Earth, been attacked by numerous sovereigns, and fallen into Void Space without any word since.

The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable told Luo Wei that Qin Hao was in the Southern Frontier Battlefield, prompting Luo Wei to order him to monitor Qin Hao until an opportunity to strike arose. Meanwhile, Qin Hao had reached the Major Accomplishment stage of the Heaven and Earth True God realm while deliberately suppressing his cultivation, then left his room after wondering why Senior Sister Phantom Shadow had summoned him.

• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable told Luo Wei that Qin Hao was responsible for General Luo Ming’s death and was currently in the Southern Frontier Battlefield’s rear Military Camp.
• Luo Wei promised the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable a reward and ordered him to watch Qin Hao and report any changes in his movements.
• After Luo Wei withdrew into the Triangular Token, the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable learned that Qin Hao was still cultivating at the Inn and then resumed his own cultivation.
• Qin Hao had reached the Major Accomplishment stage of the Heaven and Earth True God realm, with a World Sword Domain spanning four hundred and thirty thousand meters, but he suppressed his cultivation to refine it further.
• Qin Hao wondered why Senior Sister Phantom Shadow had called for him, then left his Guest Room.

Phantom Shadow True God summoned Qin Hao and warned that his current progress might not be enough to secure a place in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm within the time he had. She gave him an invitation to the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering, and Qin Hao agreed to attend before returning to cultivate.

• Qin Hao left his secluded cultivation to meet Phantom Shadow True God at an inn, where she teased him about his connection to Dongfang Wei.
• Phantom Shadow True God praised Qin Hao's rapid cultivation progress but warned that reaching combat strength equal to an Eternity True God Peak expert in time would be difficult.
• Phantom Shadow True God urged Qin Hao to attend the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering to assess the other geniuses competing for places in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.
• Phantom Shadow True God gave Qin Hao an invitation bearing his name, and he agreed to attend the gathering.
• Qin Hao left for his guest room, intending to reach Heaven and Earth True God Perfection before the gathering began.

Qin Hao broke through to the Heaven and Earth True God Perfection Realm while Star River Ancestor considered his ties to Windshadow Goddess and chose not to investigate his secrets. After looking forward to the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering, Qin Hao received a message that Little One had also advanced to the Heaven and Earth True God Realm.

• Star River Ancestor realized Qin Hao was Windshadow Goddess's Disciple and abandoned his intention of taking Qin Hao as a Disciple.
• Star River Ancestor suspected a treasure left by Windshadow Goddess had killed Phantom Baleful Poisoness and Old Devil Lie Kong's doppelgangers, but he withdrew his divine sense without probing Qin Hao further.
• Qin Hao focused on his breakthrough and reached the Heaven and Earth True God Perfection Realm after half an epoch of cultivation.
• Qin Hao planned to consolidate his cultivation before attending the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering and decided not to contact Yan Yu or Wu Yan.
• Qin Hao received a message from Little One and learned that Little One had also broken through to the Heaven and Earth True God Realm.

Yun Chang broke through to become a heaven and earth True God and decided to go to the Southern Frontier Battlefield to strengthen himself before the coming Quota Contest. Gu Xiu and the others accepted his decision and resolved to pursue breakthroughs of their own.

• Yun Chang became a heaven and earth True God, surprising and delighting Gu Xiu, Ancestor Yanyu, Ancestor Xu, Wu Yin, and Gu Fengchen.
• Yun Chang wondered how Qin Hao was faring on the Southern Frontier Battlefield and said he planned to join him.
• Gu Xiu, Ancestor Yanyu, and the others warned Yun Chang that the battlefield was dangerous and urged him to grow stronger first.
• Yun Chang explained that battle merits could earn him heaven and earth Dao Crystals, helping him increase his strength and eventually save his wife, children, and Star Sea Heaven and Earth.
• Gu Xiu, Ancestor Yanyu, and the others stopped trying to dissuade Yun Chang and resolved to become heaven and earth True Gods and follow him to the battlefield.

Qin Hao reached Heaven and Earth True God Perfection Realm and expanded his world sword domain to a radius of 450,000 meters. With all six doppelgangers now Heaven and Earth True Gods, he set out for the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering to assess his future rivals.

• Qin Hao broke through to Heaven and Earth True God Perfection Realm, and his world sword domain expanded by 20,000 meters to a radius of 450,000 meters.
• Qin Hao judged that the Great Sun Sword Formation would help him reach the Peak stage within the next Half an Epoch while preserving his domain's strength.
• Qin Hao discovered that all six doppelgangers had reached the Heaven-Earth True God Realm; the Destruction Doppelganger had advanced to Minor Mastery.
• Qin Hao reviewed the doppelgangers' cultivation paths, noting their different chaos origins and sword domains.
• Qin Hao left the Guest Room to attend the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering and see the talents who might compete for places in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.