Chapter Summaries

After Wu Jianfeng denied deliberately targeting Qin Hao, Xie Haiqing asked Qin Hao what punishment he wanted and overruled Luo Haoze’s attempt to dismiss the matter. Xie Haiqing rejected execution but proposed an additional fifty thousand battle merits in compensation, leaving Qin Hao to respond.

• Luo Haoze argued that Wu Jianfeng should be let off, but Qin Hao said Wu Jianfeng had acted deliberately and demanded that he be executed on the spot.
• Xie Haiqing challenged Luo Haoze for trying to make the decision alone, and Luo Haoze fell silent when the other organizers backed Xie Haiqing.
• Xie Haiqing explained that killing was forbidden without the Military Camp Camp Commander's approval, though Wu Jianfeng could not simply escape punishment.
• Xie Haiqing proposed that Wu Jianfeng pay Qin Hao another fifty thousand battle merits, or treasures of equal value, and asked Qin Hao what he thought.

Qin Hao accepted a settlement that spared Wu Jianfeng from execution but required him to pay treasures worth fifty thousand battle merits. After Wu Jianfeng handed over the penalty and fled, Qin Hao received his winnings and the Qiankun Fruit for earning twenty-five consecutive victories.

• Qin Hao agreed to Xie Haiqing’s compromise, while keeping his grudge against Wu Jianfeng unresolved.
• Xie Haiqing pressured Wu Jianfeng until he admitted guilt and surrendered treasures worth fifty thousand battle merits, then Wu Jianfeng fled.
• Ouyang Feng gave Qin Hao the Immaculate Ice Soul and treasures worth one hundred thousand battle merits as his winnings and compensation.
• Qin Hao examined the Immaculate Ice Soul but could not sense the mysterious presence Yun Chang had seen.
• Ouyang Feng awarded Qin Hao the Qiankun Fruit for winning twenty-five consecutive victories, prompting an uproar at the gathering.

After winning the Qiankun Fruit, Qin Hao received Ouyang Feng’s advice to consume it immediately and pursue a breakthrough. He left the platform as the sparring resumed, then showed the fruit to Yun Chang and Lu Jingxuan at the Stone Pavilion.

• Ouyang Feng told Qin Hao that he had solidified his domain enough and should not delay further cultivation, and advised him to consume the Qiankun Fruit at Southern Frontier Peak.
• Qin Hao agreed to consume the fruit soon, and Ouyang Feng resumed the sparring with the same rewards for twenty-five consecutive wins or fifty total victories.
• Qin Hao returned to the Stone Pavilion, where Yun Chang and Lu Jingxuan praised his victory and his defeat of Eternity True Gods.
• Qin Hao took out the Qiankun Fruit and let Yun Chang and Lu Jingxuan examine it.

Qin Hao ate the Qiankun Fruit and used its qiankun power to rapidly expand his world sword domain. As he cultivated under Yun Chang and Lu Jingxuan’s guard, Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu plotted against him, while Xie Haiqing considered helping him.

• Yun Chang and Lu Jingxuan urged Qin Hao to eat the Qiankun Fruit immediately because its power was leaking away, then agreed to stand guard.
• Qin Hao ate the fruit and felt his divine strength, chaos origin, divine soul, and divine body grow stronger as qiankun power bolstered his world sword domain.
• Qin Hao brought his world sword domain into his self-world and expanded it by ten thousand meters with almost no effort.
• Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu feared Qin Hao would become a Half-Step Eternal true god and hoped to kill him after he left the Military Camp for the battlefield.
• Xie Haiqing reflected on Qin Hao’s connection to Phantom Shadow True God and decided that helping Qin Hao could make it harder for Luo Haoze to deal with him.

After consuming the Qiankun Fruit, Qin Hao expanded his world sword domain to one million meters and broke through to Half-Step Eternal True God. His breakthrough drew the attention of the other cultivators at the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering.

• A heaven and earth true god peak cultivator earned a Qiankun Fruit after winning fifty battles, while Lu Jingxuan and Yun Chang joined the arena and Yun Chang suffered repeated defeats.
• Qin Hao continued cultivating as the Qiankun Fruit's power rapidly expanded his world sword domain without needing refinement.
• Qin Hao's world sword domain reached one million meters, exhausting the Qiankun power and triggering a surge in his strength and domains.
• Lu Jingxuan and Yun Chang sensed Qin Hao's breakthrough, while Eternal True Gods including Xie Haiqing turned to observe his formidable domain.
• Qin Hao advanced from the Heaven and Earth True God Perfection Realm to Half-Step Eternal True God, becoming the focus of attention at the Summit of Southern Frontier Peak.

Qin Hao broke through to Half-Step Eternal True God after consuming a Qiankun Fruit, astonishing the cultivators at the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering. He studied his strengthened World Sword Domain, considered obtaining more Qiankun Fruits for his doppelgangers and Yun Chang, then prepared to compete for the remaining fruits.

• Qin Hao became a Half-Step Eternal True God, and the gathered cultivators marveled at the breadth and power of his Heaven and Earth Domain.
• Qin Hao examined how his World Dao Domain had merged into his World Sword Domain and judged that his strength had increased severalfold.
• Qin Hao considered whether his six doppelgangers could consume Qiankun Fruits and thought Yun Chang could benefit from one as well.
• Qin Hao quickly stabilized his cultivation, withdrew his World Sword Domain, and saw that only a dozen or so Qiankun Fruits remained.
• Qin Hao said he intended to compete for more Qiankun Fruits, and Lu Jingxuan asked whether he could continue after already obtaining one.

After breaking through to Half-Step Eternal True God, Qin Hao returned to the platform to seek more Qiankun Fruits, but no Eternity True Gods volunteered to fight him. Xie Haiqing summoned him into his inner world to explain why he should stop competing, leaving Qin Hao awaiting the reason.

• Lu Jingxuan told Qin Hao that further Qiankun Fruits would not benefit him after he had already consumed one.
• Qin Hao stepped onto the platform and invited opponents to fight, but the Eternity True Gods stayed silent.
• Xie Haiqing privately told Qin Hao to stop sparring at the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering and promised to explain in person.
• Qin Hao returned to the Stone Pavilion and allowed Xie Haiqing to bring him into his inner world.
• Xie Haiqing praised Qin Hao’s victory streak and first Qiankun Fruit, then said his situation was special and he did not need to compete further.

Qin Hao learned that the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering’s rules left him with few suitable opponents, so Xie Haiqing offered him Qiankun Fruits as personal compensation. After Qin Hao accepted, Xie Haiqing asked how many he needed and was shocked when Qin Hao requested at least seven.

• Xie Haiqing explained that stronger Eternal true gods would gain little by defeating Qin Hao and risk humiliation if they lost, while the rules kept them from challenging him.
• Xie Haiqing offered Qin Hao Qiankun Fruits personally, saying the tea gathering’s sparring matches no longer suited him and the gift would compensate him.
• Xie Haiqing revealed that he had issued Qin Hao’s invitation letter, which Phantom Shadow True God had obtained from him.
• Qin Hao accepted the offer after realizing Phantom Shadow True God trusted Xie Haiqing, and Xie Haiqing concluded their relationship was unusually close.
• Xie Haiqing offered two or three Qiankun Fruits, but Qin Hao said he needed seven and would gladly take eight, nine, or ten, prompting Xie Haiqing to object.

Qin Hao received seven Qiankun Fruits from Xie Haiqing and learned that Luo Haoze might be targeting him because of his closeness to Dongfang Wei. After leaving Xie Haiqing’s inner world, Qin Hao spotted Luo Haoze watching him with hostility.

• Qin Hao explained that he wanted Qiankun Fruits for his six doppelgangers and Yun Chang, and Xie Haiqing agreed to give him seven.
• Xie Haiqing warned Qin Hao that Luo Haoze might be targeting him because of his connection to Dongfang Wei.
• Xie Haiqing sent Qin Hao back to the Stone Pavilion, where Qin Hao decided to postpone repaying Yan Yu and Wu Yan until he could earn more battle merit.
• Qin Hao withdrew his World Sword Domain and noticed hostile stares from Wu Jianfeng, Deng Yu, and Luo Haoze.
• Qin Hao and Luo Haoze met each other’s eyes across the Stone Pavilion.

The Southern Frontier Tea Gathering ended after six months of fierce battles, giving Qin Hao and many others insights into the Eternity Dao domain. As everyone prepared to leave, Dongfang Wei invited Qin Hao to join her in hunting outer realm demon spirits at the Southern Frontier Battlefield, enraging Luo Haoze.

• Qin Hao calmly met Luo Haoze's hostile stare and realized Luo hated him because of his connection to Dongfang Wei.
• Qin Hao watched the battles at the gathering and gained insights alongside Yun Chang and Lu Jingxuan.
• Ouyang Feng announced the end of the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering after half a year.
• Dongfang Wei approached Qin Hao and invited him to hunt outer realm demon spirits with her in three months.
• Luo Haoze angrily threatened Qin Hao after hearing Dongfang Wei's invitation.

Dongfang Wei invited Qin Hao to the Southern Frontier Battlefield, but he declined and planned to return to seclusion. As she left, Dongfang Wei wrestled with her unresolved feelings, while Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu worried that Qin Hao would grow even stronger.

• Dongfang Wei invited Qin Hao to accompany her to the Southern Frontier Battlefield, but Qin Hao refused because he did not intend to leave soon.
• Dongfang Wei recalled how Qin Hao had saved her and how their karmic ties had deepened, then flew away in embarrassment to vent her disappointment.
• Qin Hao led Yun Chang and Lu Jingxuan down Southern Frontier Peak while people discussed Dongfang Wei's invitation and Qin Hao's victory in obtaining Qiankun Fruits.
• Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu worried that Qin Hao might become an Eternal True God after entering seclusion, but decided they could still join forces to kill him.
• Luo Haoze's killing intent toward Qin Hao grew after Dongfang Wei left without speaking to him, while Xie Haiqing chose not to tell Phantom Shadow True God about the invitation.

After the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering, Qin Hao gave Yun Chang resources to cultivate with and prepared to help him improve on the Southern Frontier Battlefield. When Qin Hao revealed the Immaculate Ice Soul, both brothers saw the phantom of a huge bird rise from it and heard its sorrowful cry.

• Lu Jingxuan thanked Qin Hao and Yun Chang, then left to consolidate his cultivation after comprehending the Eternity Dao Domain.
• Qin Hao urged Yun Chang to cultivate in seclusion before attempting the dangerous Southern Frontier Battlefield.
• Qin Hao gave Yun Chang more than two hundred heaven and earth dao crystals and one Qiankun Fruit, while his six doppelgangers each took a Qiankun Fruit.
• Yun Chang learned that Xie Haiqing had given Qin Hao the Qiankun Fruits and rejoiced at the treasures they had gained.
• Qin Hao enveloped himself and Yun Chang in his world sword domain and brought out the Immaculate Ice Soul, which revealed the phantom of an enormous bird and gave a sorrowful cry.

Qin Hao waited as Yun Chang connected with the Mysterious Giant Bird Phantom and continued condensing his World Dao Domain. Yun Chang later revealed that the Immaculate Ice Soul contained the incomplete divine soul of Blackfeather, whose legacy could support Yun Chang's cultivation to at least the Five-Star Ancestral God level.

• A cry from the Mysterious Giant Bird Phantom shook Qin Hao's self-world, and a streak of flame entered Yun Chang's forehead.
• Qin Hao let Yun Chang continue sensing the phantom and focused on condensing his World Dao Domain.
• After more than half a day, Yun Chang emerged and explained that Blackfeather's divine soul had affected him.
• Yun Chang revealed that Blackfeather was an expert of the Yu Jia Clan and that he had received a fragmentary legacy from Blackfeather's incomplete divine soul.
• Yun Chang told Qin Hao that the legacy could support his cultivation to at least a Five-Star Ancestral God.

Qin Hao considered the power of the inheritance Yun Chang had received from Senior Blackfeather and urged him to cultivate it. As Yun Chang began training, Qin Hao prepared to refine his six doppelgangers and weighed whether the devouring doppelganger could advance the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body.

• Qin Hao realized Senior Blackfeather's shattered divine soul held an inheritance capable of guiding Yun Chang to Five-Star Ancestral God and encouraged Yun Chang to cultivate it.
• Yun Chang began cultivating with a heaven and earth dao crystal, and Qin Hao spotted a crimson immortal-bird image within his strengthened heaven and earth domain.
• Qin Hao entered the Great Sun Sword Formation and considered how six Qiankun Fruits could raise the cultivation realms of his six doppelgangers.
• Qin Hao judged that his True Self lacked the resources and body-refinement talent to master the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body's Second Turn.
• Qin Hao considered having the devouring doppelganger attempt the Second Turn because of its exceptional body-refinement talent and ability to devour and refine matter.

Qin Hao began cultivating to strengthen his Devouring Doppelganger and his True Self, hoping to gain the power to face Luo Haoze and other threats. Meanwhile, the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable learned of Qin Hao’s rapid advancement and reported it to Commander Luo Wei, anticipating that the coming Nightfall Plan would force Qin Hao onto the battlefield.

• Qin Hao decided to have the Devouring Doppelganger refine his body refinement treasures and attempt the Second Turn of the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body.
• Qin Hao’s True Self settled down to condense more Eternity Dao Domains and World Dao Domains while his six doppelgangers cultivated.
• A hidden man told the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable that Qin Hao had reached Half-Step Eternal true god after winning twenty-five consecutive victories at the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable, shocked and jealous of Qin Hao’s progress, sent Commander Luo Wei a full report through a Black Token.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable anticipated that the Nightfall Plan would draw Qin Hao out of seclusion and give them a chance to kill him.

While Qin Hao, his six doppelgangers, and Yun Chang made major cultivation progress in seclusion, an uprising of Outer Realm Demon Spirits caused battle merit rewards on the Southern Frontier Battlefield to rise by fifty percent. Yan Yu, Wu Yan, and Jiang Cheng recognized the surge as both a danger and a chance to earn merits, while wondering whether Qin Hao would miss the opportunity.

• Yun Chang broke through to Heaven and Earth True God minor mastery with the help of Heaven and Earth Dao Crystals, then devoted himself to studying Senior Blackfeather’s legacy while Qin Hao sealed the Qiankun Fruit.
• Qin Hao’s Destruction Doppelganger advanced to Heaven and Earth True God perfection, his other doppelgangers reached major mastery, and his Devouring Doppelganger began cultivating the second turn of the Nine-Turn Indestructible Body.
• After tens of thousands of years, Outer Realm Demon Spirits grew more numerous around the Southern Frontier Battlefield, and the military camp raised battle merit rewards by fifty percent.
• Jiang Cheng lamented that Qin Hao remained in seclusion, while Yan Yu explained that reaching Eternal True God required condensing the Heaven and Earth Domain into an Eternal Dao Domain over a long period.
• Wu Yan noted that rewards had been raised twice in a row, and Yan Yu said the demon spirit surge presented both a challenge and an opportunity to accumulate battle merits.

After eighty thousand years of cultivation, Yun Chang reached the Heaven and Earth True God Perfection Realm while Qin Hao focused on condensing his World Dao Domain. Three warning tolls suddenly rang throughout the military camp, leaving Qin Hao and Yun Chang to wonder whether the Outer Realm Demon Spirits had attacked.

• Yan Yu, Wu Yan, and Jiang Cheng set out for the Southern Frontier Battlefield, planning to stay near its edges.
• Eighty thousand years after the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering, Yun Chang broke through to the Heaven and Earth True God Perfection Realm with a vast, stable domain.
• Qin Hao admired Yun Chang's progress and attributed much of his cultivation speed to the Qiankun Fruit and Blackfeather Legacy.
• Qin Hao and Yun Chang continued cultivating in their guarded guest room while Qin Hao worked to condense his World Dao Domain.
• Three deep bell tolls rang through the military camp, and Qin Hao and Yun Chang realized that a major warning had been sounded.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang learned that the Southern Frontier Military Camp had issued an urgent war order, forcing all cultivators to the battlefield to fight the Outer Realm Demon Spirits while doubling battle merit. They prepared to join the battle, aware that the order signaled an exceptionally dangerous invasion.

• Qin Hao and Yun Chang left the Inn after three chimes rang through the Military Camp and discovered that the Flight Restriction had been lifted.
• Qin Hao and Yun Chang saw the Southern Frontier War Order above the camp, commanding all cultivators to the battlefield and threatening death to anyone who disobeyed.
• The cultivators reacted with shock as they realized the order and doubled battle merit pointed to a massive invasion of Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• Yun Chang welcomed the chance to fight and earn battle merit, while Qin Hao warned that the enemy numbers and danger must be far greater than usual.
• The cultivators began forming groups and setting out toward the battlefield, determined to defend the Qiankun Demon-Subduing Grand Array.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang headed to the Southern Frontier Battlefield after learning that battle merit rewards had doubled amid an uprising of Outer Realm Demon Spirits. They met Qu Zheng, Cai Zhicheng, and three other Half-Step Eternal True Gods, who invited them to hunt deeper in the battlefield together.

• Qin Hao reviewed messages from Yan Yu and the others and learned that the Military Camp had raised battle merit rewards twice during his secluded cultivation.
• Qin Hao explained to Yun Chang that the Outer Realm Demon Spirits sought control of the Qiankun Demon-Subduing Grand Array, and Yun Chang vowed to stop their invasion.
• Qin Hao and Yun Chang encountered Qu Zheng, Cai Zhicheng, and three other cultivators, all of whom were close to becoming Eternal True Gods.
• Qu Zheng and Cai Zhicheng were astonished by Qin Hao's progress and Yun Chang's rise to Heaven and Earth True God perfection.
• Qu Zheng invited Qin Hao, Yun Chang, and the others to hunt Eternal True God-level Outer Realm Demon Spirits deeper in the battlefield.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang joined Qu Zheng, Cai Zhicheng, and three other Qiankun Sect disciples on their way toward Heaven-Splitting Valley, where an unusually large outer realm demon spirit invasion was underway. They learned the Demon Spirit Society might have helped breach the Qiankun Demon-Subduing Grand Array, and the group pressed on eager to fight and hone their strength.

• Qin Hao agreed to travel with Yun Chang, Qu Zheng, Cai Zhicheng, and the three other disciples toward Heaven-Splitting Valley.
• Qu Zheng and Cai Zhicheng explained that the Qiankun Demon-Subduing Grand Array had weak spots and that a large invasion might be connected to the Demon Spirit Society.
• Qu Zheng described the Demon Spirit Society as Cultivators who had sided with the outer realm demon spirits, prompting Qin Hao, Yun Chang, Cai Zhicheng, and the others to condemn the traitors.
• Qu Zheng explained that the invasion remained within the Qiankun Continent's control because no Ancestral God-level demon spirits had attacked and many True Gods had mobilized.
• Qin Hao reflected on his progress in condensing his world dao domain and looked forward to fighting Eternity true god-level demon spirits to temper himself.