Chapter Summaries

Yun Chang traveled to the Southern Frontier Battlefield after breaking through to the heaven and earth true god realm, while Qin Hao went to the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering. Qin Hao reached the gathering’s entrance and presented the invitation bearing his name.

• Yun Chang entered the Qiankun Sect’s Teleportation Array and set off for the Southern Frontier Battlefield, surprising the disciples guarding it with his low cultivation.
• Qin Hao wondered whether Yun Chang might arrive without telling him, then decided to head to the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering.
• Qin Hao reached Southern Frontier Peak and learned from the crowd that only qualified geniuses could attend the famous gathering.
• Qin Hao showed the welcoming women the Invitation Letter from Phantom Shadow True God, which displayed his name.

Yun Chang arrived at the Southern Frontier Battlefield and found Qin Hao at Southern Frontier Peak, where the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering was being held. After reuniting, Yun Chang was invited to attend the gathering with Qin Hao.

• Yun Chang reached the rear Military Camp and used his Message Jade Slip to locate Qin Hao.
• Yun Chang hurried down the street toward Southern Frontier Peak, surprised by the number of powerful cultivators there.
• Ya'er recognized Qin Hao's Invitation Letter and offered to guide him to the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering.
• Yun Chang spotted Qin Hao and excitedly reunited with him, commenting on Qin Hao's cultivation.
• Qin Hao asked Ya'er whether Yun Chang could attend the gathering, and she agreed.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang arrived at the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering, where they discovered a gathering of powerful cultivators. The sight of so many experts stirred Qin Hao’s interest in exchanging insights, while Yun Chang felt overwhelmed by their strength.

• Yun Chang asked why they were attending the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering, and the maid explained that it gathered the Southern Frontier Battlefield’s geniuses.
• Qin Hao and Yun Chang climbed Southern Frontier Peak and discussed who might attend the gathering.
• Qin Hao and Yun Chang sensed many Eternity true god auras, including pinnacle experts, near the summit.
• Qin Hao became eager to exchange insights with the gathered geniuses after sensing their powerful presence.
• Qin Hao and Yun Chang reached the platform, where everyone they saw had at least reached heaven and earth true god peak.
• The maid asked Qin Hao and Yun Chang to wait while she went to notify Senior Brother Ouyang.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang arrived at the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering and saw that the Eternal True God Pinnacle Experts occupied stone pavilions while others stood on the platform. Qin Hao met the hostile gazes of Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu, and the crowd's attention soon turned toward him and Yun Chang in astonishment.

• The maid led Qin Hao and Yun Chang toward the stone pavilions, where Qin Hao recognized that every pavilion held an Eternal True God Pinnacle Expert.
• Qin Hao sensed concealed killing intent from an Eternal True God Perfection Expert and shielded himself and Yun Chang with his world sword domain.
• Qin Hao spotted Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu, who had both reached the Eternal True God Perfection Realm, and also noticed Lu Jingxuan among their group.
• Lu Jingxuan, Wu Jianfeng, and Deng Yu were shocked that Qin Hao had advanced to Heaven and Earth True God Perfection in only Half an Epoch.
• Thousands of true gods on the platform turned to stare at Qin Hao and Yun Chang with astonishment and disbelief.

Ouyang Feng welcomed Qin Hao to the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering, shocking the gathered True Gods because Qin Hao was only at Heaven and Earth True God Perfection. Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu resolved to kill Qin Hao, while Lu Jingxuan saw the invitation as his chance to escape the Sword Alliance.

• Ouyang Feng emerged from the Stone Pavilion with an invitation and personally welcomed Qin Hao to the gathering.
• The True Gods on the platform were stunned that Ouyang Feng had come out for Qin Hao, who appeared far weaker than the other attendees.
• Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu realized Qin Hao’s talent made him a growing threat and renewed their determination to kill him.
• Lu Jingxuan decided to leave the Sword Alliance and stepped toward Qin Hao, hoping to escape Wu Jianfeng.
• Qin Hao and Yun Chang greeted Ouyang Feng, and Yun Chang resolved to reach the Eternal True God realm before the contest.

Qin Hao received a stone pavilion at the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering and welcomed Lu Jingxuan after he left Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu. As the gathering was about to begin, Lu Jingxuan explained the value of the Qiankun Wine and thanked Qin Hao for helping him.

• Ouyang Feng presented Qin Hao with an Invitation Letter and escorted him, Yun Chang, and Lu Jingxuan to a stone pavilion.
• Lu Jingxuan left Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu and joined Qin Hao, who introduced him as a senior brother from the Qiankun Sect.
• Ouyang Feng showed Qin Hao the pavilion, then left to welcome other guests as Qin Hao noticed the surrounding pavilions formed spectator stands.
• Yun Chang drank Qiankun Wine, and Lu Jingxuan explained that it came from the Qiankun Secret Realm and was worth at least ten million Chaos Spirit Crystals per cup.
• Lu Jingxuan thanked Qin Hao for saving him before and for helping him escape Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu's control, prompting Yun Chang to ask who they were.

Lu Jingxuan explained how Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu had controlled cultivators on the Southern Frontier Battlefield, then revealed that an invitation to the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering signified recognition and high standing. Qin Hao learned that he was an extraordinary exception among the invited guests, who were nearly all Eternal True God Pinnacle Experts.

• Lu Jingxuan told Qin Hao that Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu had lured cultivators to the Southern Frontier Battlefield, forced them to fight Outer Realm Demon Spirits, and claimed most of the battle merit.
• Yun Chang condemned Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu, while Lu Jingxuan thanked Qin Hao for helping him escape their control.
• Qin Hao confirmed that Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu had tried to attack him after suspecting he obtained the Ten-Thousand-Year Ice Lotus.
• Lu Jingxuan explained that invited guests received Stone Pavilions and treasures from the Qiankun secret realm, while other attendees stood on the platform outside.
• Lu Jingxuan said invitations recognized both battle record and standing, and that Qin Hao was a rare Heaven and Earth True God invited despite nearly all guests being Eternal True God Pinnacle Experts.

Qin Hao learned how the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering ranked its guests and discovered that many of its attendees would be rivals in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm Contest. He exchanged a brief, charged look with Dongfang Wei, leaving Lu Jingxuan convinced the rumors about their closeness were true.

• Qin Hao asked Lu Jingxuan who organized the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering and learned that its initiators held leading positions on the Qiankun Ranking.
• Lu Jingxuan introduced Qu Zilong and other powerful Eternity True God Peak guests as potential rivals in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm Contest.
• Yun Chang noticed that guests seated nearer the center of the pavilion arrangement were stronger, and Lu Jingxuan pointed out Dongfang Wei and Chen Chengxiu among the ranked attendees.
• Qin Hao looked toward Dongfang Wei, who noticed him, blushed briefly, glared at him, and closed her eyes again.
• Lu Jingxuan declared that the rumors about Qin Hao and Frost Beauty Dongfang Wei being close were true.

At the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering, Qin Hao drew hostility for his invitation and closeness to Dongfang Wei, then learned that five top-ranked Qiankun Ranking experts organized the gathering. As Lu Jingxuan wondered whether Qin Hao might win a Qiankun Fruit, the story left him eating Spirit Fruits in Qin Hao’s pavilion.

• Lu Jingxuan and others noticed Qin Hao’s connection with Dongfang Wei, and many attendees resented his invitation and pavilion seat.
• Qin Hao ignored the hostile attention as Lu Jingxuan introduced the five organizers: Luo Haoze, Qiao Shan, Ouyang Jin, Ke Yin, and Xie Haiqing, all ranked in the Qiankun Ranking’s top hundred.
• Lu Jingxuan explained that many top-ranked experts were absent because they were cultivating, hunting outer realm demon spirits, or uninterested in attending.
• Qin Hao wondered whether Phantom Shadow True God had arranged his Invitation Letter through one of the five, then set the question aside.
• Qin Hao invited Lu Jingxuan to enjoy the Spirit Fruits, and Lu Jingxuan accepted and began eating.
• Lu Jingxuan thought about how difficult it was to obtain a Qiankun Fruit, then wondered whether Qin Hao’s talent might let him win one.

At the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering, Ouyang Feng presented Spirit Fruits from the Qiankun Secret Realm, then revealed a hundred Qiankun Fruits that could enhance a True God’s heaven and earth domain. Qin Hao recognized their value, while Lu Jingxuan realized he might be able to pursue one; the chapter ended with attendees discussing the victory requirements for claiming a fruit.

• Lu Jingxuan considered telling Qin Hao about Qiankun Fruits, but Ouyang Feng interrupted to welcome the gathering’s attendees.
• Ouyang Feng conjured three Stone Tables laden with Spirit Fruits for the True Gods without Invitation Letters.
• The attendees sampled the fruits and discussed how Qiankun Fruits could help them advance their cultivation.
• Ouyang Feng revealed a jade Stone Table holding a hundred Qiankun Fruits, and Qin Hao sensed their heaven and earth domain energy.
• The attendees grew eager to claim a Qiankun Fruit, and one True God explained that past rules required fifty victories or twenty-five consecutive victories.

At the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering, Qin Hao and Yun Chang learned that Qiankun Fruits were rewards for winning fifty matches or twenty-five consecutive matches. Lu Jingxuan explained that both paths required defeating Eternal True Gods in their final five matches, leaving the fruits highly coveted but difficult to obtain.

• Qin Hao and Yun Chang saw the hundred Qiankun Fruits and recognized their value to True Gods.
• Ouyang Feng announced that participants could earn a Qiankun Fruit with fifty wins or twenty-five consecutive victories, and that more fruits were available if the first hundred were claimed.
• Lu Jingxuan explained that treasure competitions were a tradition at the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering and that Qiankun Fruits had been used as rewards for only a few dozen epochs.
• Lu Jingxuan told Qin Hao and Yun Chang that after twenty consecutive wins, a participant had to face opponents of higher cultivation, making the final five matches against Eternal True Gods for Heaven and Earth True Gods.
• Lu Jingxuan added that participants could earn fruits while being challenged and that sparring itself could bring insight or a breakthrough.

Qin Hao learned the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering’s challenge rules and decided that only fighting Eternal True Gods would test his strength. As Xi stepped onto the platform to invite the first challenger, Qin Hao, Yun Chang, and Lu Jingxuan watched from the Stone Pavilion.

• Lu Jingxuan explained that participants could not challenge opponents of lower cultivation and that Qin Hao and Yun Chang would be treated as Heaven and Earth True God Peak experts.
• Qin Hao decided he would challenge an Eternal True God to test the strength he had gained during his seclusion.
• Lu Jingxuan warned Qin Hao and Yun Chang that each person could consume only one Qiankun Fruit, and Qin Hao toasted him in thanks.
• Yun Chang vowed not to forgive Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu for targeting Qin Hao, while Lu Jingxuan resolved to pursue a breakthrough to Eternal True God.
• Xi strode onto the platform with a Blood-Red Warblade and called for someone to fight him.

At the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering, Wu Xun used his lightning-fast movement techniques to overwhelm Manly Savage Xi Jian, but Xi Jian turned the fight around with a sweeping, powerful saber strike. Wu Xun was defeated, and Lu Jingxuan understood Qin Hao’s point that raw strength could overcome skill.

• Manly Savage Xi Jian challenged the gathering, and Wu Xun stepped forward to fight him.
• Wu Xun used lightning-based movement techniques to attack Xi Jian from every direction, forcing him to defend.
• Qin Hao told Lu Jingxuan and Yun Chang that Xi Jian could turn the fight around because his strength and broad-reaching attacks could overcome Wu Xun’s speed.
• Xi Jian unleashed the first blade of Eight World-Dominating Blades and struck Wu Xun with a blood-red slash.
• Wu Xun was sent flying and defeated, while Lu Jingxuan reflected on Qin Hao’s words about strength overcoming skill.

Manly Savage Xi Jian dominated the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering platform, defeating Wu Xun and another challenger with devastating blade strikes. As Xi Jian began a third battle, Qin Hao studied his technique and decided that only a fight against an Eternal True God would be worthwhile for him.

• Manly Savage Xi Jian defeated Wu Xun with one slash, astonishing the spectators and impressing Lu Jingxuan with Qin Hao’s ability to judge the fighters’ strength.
• Xi Jian taunted the crowd and accepted a challenge from another saber wielder, whom he defeated with the second blade of the Eight World-Dominating Blades.
• The crowd debated Xi Jian’s skill and winning streak as another challenger stepped forward to fight him.
• Qin Hao watched Xi Jian’s next battle, considered how his Divine Body Power differed from Qin Hao’s Nine-Turn Indestructible Body, and continued studying his technique.

Xi Jian won six matches at the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering before a Half-Step Eternal True God defeated him, and Qin Hao learned a powerful way to circulate Divine Body Power by studying his fight. The gathering then drew an Eternity True God pinnacle expert, Ge Bin, into a challenge against Qiankun Sect disciple Zhang Jiuming.

• Xi Jian won six consecutive matches before an unassuming Half-Step Eternal True God defeated him and stepped down.
• Qin Hao recognized the victor’s solid heaven and earth domain and learned from Xi Jian’s method of circulating Divine Body Power.
• Qin Hao tested a new circulation method with his Devouring Doppelganger, greatly strengthening its punch and improving its Divine Body Power.
• Ge Bin of the Four Symbols Church challenged Zhang Jiuming, a Qiankun Sect disciple, to a rematch on the platform.
• Zhang Jiuming appeared before Ge Bin through unusual spatial fluctuations that disturbed Qin Hao’s World Sword Domain.

Qin Hao watched Ge Bin and Zhang Jiuming clash with their pinnacle-level Eternity Dao domains at the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering. Their battle revealed the gap between Qin Hao and the strongest Eternal True Gods, leaving him eager to improve and test his strength.

• Qin Hao sensed Zhang Jiuming’s powerful spatial Eternity Dao domain and considered how formidable his own World Sword Domain might become at that level.
• Ge Bin accepted Zhang Jiuming’s challenge, and Zhang Jiuming attacked with his Illusory Void Finger.
• Ge Bin revealed his dark Eternity Dao domain, and the two experts’ domains collided as their battle erupted across the sky.
• The spectators watched in awe and sought insight into Eternity Dao domains, while Qin Hao recognized that he still lagged far behind pinnacle-level Eternal True Gods.
• Qin Hao watched the battle with growing fighting spirit as he realized both Ge Bin and Zhang Jiuming were close to the half-step ancestral god realm.

Qin Hao studied Ge Bin and Zhang Jiuming’s Eternity Dao domains during their fierce battle and gained a sudden insight into how a domain could be condensed. After the two called their fight a draw, Qin Hao quietly confined his world sword domain around himself.

• Qin Hao and the other spectators watched Ge Bin’s darkness domain and Zhang Jiuming’s space domain, hoping to comprehend the path to becoming an Eternal True God.
• Qin Hao reasoned that his domain came from his self-world and wondered whether it could descend into and merge with the true world.
• Ge Bin and Zhang Jiuming separated after a heavy clash and ended their battle in a draw, with both praising the other’s strength.
• Seeing their condensed domains clearly, Qin Hao grasped an insight into Eternity Dao domains.
• The spectators regretted the fight’s end, but another cultivator soon stepped onto the platform to accept a challenge.
• Qin Hao silently released his world sword domain and confined it close around himself.

After watching Ge Bin and Zhang Jiuming fight, Qin Hao compressed his World Sword Domain and discovered how to imitate an Eternal Dao Domain. Lu Jingxuan began studying Qin Hao’s breakthrough, while Qin Hao turned to adapting the method for the Third Turn of Ten Thousand Sword Hand.

• Lu Jingxuan regretted that observing Ge Bin and Zhang Jiuming’s Eternal Dao Domains had not given him enough insight to advance.
• Qin Hao released and compressed his World Sword Domain, producing the aura of an Eternal Dao Domain and shocking Lu Jingxuan.
• Lu Jingxuan stopped watching the fights and began sensing Qin Hao’s condensing domain in hopes of gaining insight himself.
• Qin Hao concluded that an Eternal Dao Domain came from repeatedly refining a Heaven and Earth Domain, but stopped because his own domain was incomplete.
• Qin Hao decided to use the refinement method to develop the Third Turn of Ten Thousand Sword Hand through Sword Laws.

Qin Hao simulated and refined his world sword domain as he worked to create Sword Domain Form, discovering that smaller, repeated refinements reduced the pressure. Meanwhile, the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering grew more heated, though no one besides Manly Savage Xi Jian had won six consecutive matches.

• Qin Hao began researching Sword Domain Form, which would wield a Dao domain of Eternity as a sword, despite not yet being able to advance his own domain.
• Qin Hao found that refining a thousand meters of his world sword domain created overwhelming pressure, so he switched to refining increments of about Fifty Meters.
• Qin Hao successfully refined five thousand meters of his world sword domain, shrinking that portion to roughly a thousand meters and giving it the aura of a Dao domain of Eternity.
• Qin Hao decided the refined domain was still too large and weak for Sword Domain Form, and began another round of refinement.
• At the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering, at least twenty people fought on the platform at once, but only Manly Savage Xi Jian had won six matches in a row.
• Two fighters said their bouts had been exhilarating and credited Ge Bin and Zhang Jiuming's earlier battle with helping their gains.

Qin Hao realized he needed battle pressure to condense his world sword domain faster and opened his eyes, only to find Lu Jingxuan nearing qi deviation. Qin Hao’s calm reminder eased Lu Jingxuan’s condition.

• Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu resolved to have other True Gods target Qin Hao rather than attack him directly during the gathering.
• Qin Hao judged that fighting could speed up the condensation of his world sword domain, which was taking too long through meditation alone.
• Qin Hao stopped cultivating in the Stone Pavilion and noticed Lu Jingxuan’s unstable condition beside Yun Chang.
• Qin Hao recognized that Lu Jingxuan was nearing qi deviation from fixating on comprehending the world sword domain.
• Qin Hao told Lu Jingxuan not to expect to condense an Eternity Dao Domain overnight, and Lu Jingxuan’s complexion quickly returned to normal.