Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao and the others flew toward Heaven-Splitting Valley as the demon spirit demonic qi grew denser, and Yun Chang demonstrated his powerful Space Field, which briefly disrupted Qin Hao’s control over the surrounding space. They encountered a group of Outer Realm Demon Spirits that included an Eternal True God, and the two sides charged into battle.

• Qin Hao, Yun Chang, Qu Zheng, Cai Zhicheng, and the others sensed the growing demonic qi and prepared for possible Eternal True God-level enemies.
• Yun Chang released his Space Field, whose control over space briefly disrupted Qin Hao’s World Dao Domain.
• Qin Hao sensed that the approaching group included three Half-Step Eternal True Gods, numerous peak Heaven and Earth True Gods, and one newly advanced Eternal True God.
• Qu Zheng and the others charged to fight the Outer Realm Demon Spirits after they surrounded the group and threatened the cultivators of the Qiankun Continent.
• Qin Hao targeted the Eternal True God-level Outer Realm Demon Spirit and slashed at it with the Heavenly Abyss Sword.

Qin Hao confronted Gu Fan, an Eternity true god who sought to capture him and claim a million battle merit points. Gu Fan summoned a dangerous Demon Cage, but Qin Hao answered with a strike using the World Dao Domain.

• Gu Fan recognized that Qin Hao and six other cultivators were splitting up to attack his forces, and Qin Hao advanced to face him.
• Qin Hao cut through Gu Fan’s demonic shield with one sword strike, narrowly missing him and carving a massive crater into the ground.
• Gu Fan recognized Qin Hao and revealed that a million battle merit points had been offered for his capture, leaving Qin Hao wondering who had placed the bounty.
• Gu Fan summoned an iron Demon Cage that locked onto Qin Hao and threatened to imprison him.
• Qin Hao refused to evade and struck the Demon Cage with the World Dao Domain.

Qin Hao was trapped in Gu Fan’s Demon Cage and realized it carried a wisp of pressure from an outer realm demon spirit Ancestral God. He prepared to break free, determined to face the unknown enemy behind the bounty on him.

• Qin Hao struck the Demon Cage with his World Dao Domain, forcing it back but failing to break through its defenses.
• Gu Fan sent the Demon Cage down again as Qin Hao noticed that Gu Fan’s strength and survival did not make sense without someone backing him.
• After confirming Qu Zheng, Cai Zhicheng, and Yun Chang were safe, Qin Hao let the Demon Cage enclose him so he could investigate it.
• Gu Fan boasted that the cage could contain Qin Hao because he was Qin Hao, leading Qin Hao to detect the pressure of an Ancestral God within it.
• Qin Hao resolved to resist the unknown Ancestral God and invoked Twin Sword Form and Break to attack the cage from within.

Qin Hao broke Gu Fan’s Demon Cage, overcame the Ancestral God’s demonic pressure, and defeated Gu Fan. Before Gu Fan died, he refused to reveal who had placed the million-battle-merit bounty on Qin Hao, so Qin Hao sent word of the threat to Phantom Shadow True God.

• Qin Hao cut through the Demon Cage’s ancestral god pressure with the Heavenly Abyss Sword, causing the cage to crack apart.
• Gu Fan saw the Demon Cage failing and fled, but Qin Hao’s World Sword Domain blocked every route of escape.
• Qin Hao asked Gu Fan who had offered a million battle merit for his capture, but Gu Fan refused to answer and attacked him.
• Qin Hao killed Gu Fan with a sword strike and retrieved his Storage Star Ring, finding divine artifacts that suggested Gu Fan had killed Qiankun Continent Cultivators.
• Qin Hao sent a message to Phantom Shadow True God about the Ancestral God who had placed the bounty on him.

Phantom Shadow True God learned that the Outer Realm Demon Spirits had placed a million-point bounty on Qin Hao because of his talent and potential. Star River Ancestor assigned the Ancestral Gods to patrol the rear front and guard against enemy Ancestral Gods crossing the Qiankun Demon-Subduing Grand Array.

• Phantom Shadow True God told Star River Ancestor and the others that an Outer Realm Demon Spirit had offered a million points of battle merit for Qin Hao's death.
• Hongjin True Person and Starfall Lord explained that Qin Hao's performance at the Southern Frontier Tea Gathering had made him a target, and Phantom Shadow True God passed their assessment and Star River Ancestor's warning on to him.
• Star River Ancestor warned that Qin Hao should avoid Eternal True God-level enemies, while the group agreed that the bounty was a natural threat to a promising genius.
• Star River Ancestor ordered Hongjin True Person to patrol the east and Phantom Shadow True God and Starfall Lord to guard the western battlefront, while he stayed at the Military Camp.
• Star River Ancestor suspected the Outer Realm Demon Spirits were trying to break through the rear after failing to advance at the front.

Qin Hao learned that the Outer Realm Demon Spirits had placed a million-battle-merit bounty on him, but his companions chose to keep traveling with him. As the group headed deeper into the battlefield, a huge breach in the Qiankun Demon-Subduing Grand Array concealed an invasion, and a furious Demon Spirit prepared to pursue Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao learned that the Outer Realm Demon Spirits had placed bounties on the battlefield's geniuses, including a million-battle-merit bounty on him.
• Qin Hao warned Qu Zheng, Cai Zhicheng, Yun Chang, and the others that traveling with him could put them in greater danger, but they insisted on staying together.
• Qin Hao and the other six set off deeper into the battlefield while one of them extended his divine sense to watch for ambushes.
• Unknown to Qin Hao, the Outer Realm Demon Spirits had blasted a thirty-thousand-meter breach through the Qiankun Demon-Subduing Grand Array and poured into the battlefield.
• A burly male Outer Realm Demon Spirit recognized Qin Hao, shouted his name in fury, and prepared to cross into Qiankun Continent territory.

Grand Commander Hai Dong stopped Luo Wei from leaving the array to pursue Qin Hao, warning that his exposure could alert Star River Ancestor and endanger the Nightfall Plan. As demons poured through the breaches with Qiankun Continent captives in chains, Luo Wei was left waiting for a chance to take revenge on Qin Hao.

• Hai Dong halted Luo Wei with his pressure and warned him not to reveal his Ancestral God aura to Star River Ancestor.
• Hai Dong explained that Luo Wei, Green Demon, and Lotus were essential to the Nightfall Plan and ordered Luo Wei to focus on maintaining the array breaches and gathering Flesh and Blood.
• Hai Dong confronted Luo Wei over the bounty and Demon Cages he had prepared for Qin Hao, then told him not to intervene personally.
• Hai Dong promised to guide Qin Hao toward Luo Wei for a chance at revenge before disappearing into the demonic qi.
• Luo Wei watched as Outer Realm Demon Spirits flooded through the breaches, bringing hundreds of bound and powerless Qiankun Continent cultivators with them.

Outer Realm Demon Spirits used cultivators’ flesh and blood to keep a breach in the Qiankun Demon-Subduing Grand Array open, while Qin Hao’s group searched the Southern Frontier Battlefield for demons. The group sensed trouble ahead and flew toward a forest where Jiang Cheng and hundreds of cultivators were surrounded.

• An Eternal True God Divine Realm Outer Realm Demon Spirit threw cultivators into the array breach, where a hidden formation consumed their flesh, blood, and souls to resist the array’s repairs.
• The demon spirit sacrificed more captives, and the breach showed signs of expanding as he returned to seek additional cultivators.
• Qin Hao, Yun Chang, Qu Zheng, Cai Zhicheng, and three others flew toward Heaven-Splitting Valley and found the demonic qi far denser than expected.
• Qin Hao’s group decided to patrol the area and hold their position while Xie Haiqing and the others investigated farther inside.
• Qin Hao and Yun Chang sensed fluctuations in the demonic qi, then led the party toward them and discovered hundreds of cultivators surrounded by Outer Realm Demon Spirits, including Jiang Cheng.

Jiang Cheng and hundreds of cultivators were held captive by powerful Outer Realm Demon Spirits, while Qin Hao and his companions secretly watched from within his self-world. With help too far away to reach them in time, Qin Hao ordered Yun Chang to prepare for battle.

• Jiang Cheng worried that Yan Yu and Wu Yan had also been captured after they drew the Outer Realm Demon Spirits away, and he resolved to self-detonate rather than aid his captors.
• Jiang Cheng saw that Lu Jingxuan and hundreds of other cultivators were chained among the prisoners guarded by numerous Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• Qin Hao brought Yun Chang, Qu Zheng, and the others into his self-world to observe the captives without revealing their auras.
• Qin Hao recognized Jiang Cheng, Lu Jingxuan, and other captives but could not find Yan Yu or Wu Yan.
• Qu Zheng warned Yun Chang against charging the enemies, and Qin Hao said contacting Xie Haiqing or Ouyang Feng would take too long.
• Qin Hao ordered Yun Chang to prepare for battle, and Yun Chang transformed into an enormous Cloudwing Beast.

Yun Chang and Qin Hao left the self-world to confront the outer realm demon spirits, with Qin Hao claiming he would handle their six Eternity True Gods. Though Qu Zheng and Cai Zhicheng believed the fight was certain death, they and the other three chose to join them, and all seven emerged above the Dense Forest.

• Yun Chang revealed that his spatial control had grown stronger through battle, and Qin Hao opened the self-world to go fight the outer realm demon spirits.
• Qin Hao said he would handle the six Eternity True Gods, but Qu Zheng and Cai Zhicheng doubted he could overcome such a numerical and cultivation gap.
• Qu Zheng and Cai Zhicheng decided to join Qin Hao rather than leave captured Cultivators without help, accepting that they might die.
• The remaining three followed Qu Zheng and Cai Zhicheng, resolving to face death together and make the enemy pay.
• Qin Hao and Yun Chang emerged above the Dense Forest, followed by Qu Zheng, Cai Zhicheng, and the other three, alerting the outer realm demon spirits.

Qin Hao and six companions charged into the Dense Forest to rescue the captured cultivators, despite facing a host of Outer Realm Demon Spirits led by Qiu Longkui. As they clashed with the attackers, the prisoners realized Qin Hao had brought only six allies and feared the rescue attempt was doomed.

• Qin Hao sensed six Eternal True God Outer Realm Demon Spirits, including the Perfection-realm Qiu Longkui, and rushed toward the Dense Forest with his companions.
• Qiu Longkui allowed the other Outer Realm Demon Spirits to attack the seven newcomers while he and five other powerful demons stayed back.
• The imprisoned Jiang Cheng recognized Qin Hao and hoped he had brought enough reinforcements to rescue them.
• Wu Yongqi sensed that Qin Hao's group consisted of only seven cultivators and worried they could not defeat the demons.
• Seven streaks of light collided with the charging Outer Realm Demon Spirits, and the prisoners' excitement turned to alarm as they saw how few rescuers had come.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang intervened when Outer Realm Demon Spirits cornered Qu Zheng, Cai Zhicheng, and their companions. Yun Chang killed one enemy, and Qin Hao's sword strike then slew five more as the battle continued.

• Qu Zheng, Cai Zhicheng, and the other three prepared to self-detonate as more than a dozen half-step Eternity Outer Realm Demon Spirits attacked them.
• Qin Hao told Yun Chang and the five men to hold off the attackers while he went after their leader, an Eternal True God.
• Yun Chang used his Space Field to restrain an enemy and killed it with two blows of his Iron Staff.
• The remaining Outer Realm Demon Spirits charged Yun Chang to avenge their slain companion.
• Qin Hao unleashed a Sword Radiance that cut through and killed five Outer Realm Demon Spirits, clearing the space before Yun Chang.

Qin Hao charged into the Dense Forest and killed five half-step Eternity Outer Realm Demon Spirits, then faced four powerful attackers. He summoned six doppelgangers to engage the surrounding demons while he rushed toward Qiu Longkui.

• Qin Hao killed five half-step Eternity Outer Realm Demon Spirits with a single sword strike as he charged toward the captives.
• Four Eternity true god Outer Realm Demon Spirits attacked Qin Hao, and one recognized him as the man Commander Luo Wei had placed a bounty on.
• The bound captives feared Qin Hao would be overwhelmed, while Qu Zheng, Cai Zhicheng, and Yun Chang called out warnings.
• Qin Hao summoned six doppelgangers: five attacked the Eternity true god demons, while the darkness doppelganger flew toward the Dense Forest.
• Qin Hao used the opening created by his doppelgangers to charge at Qiu Longkui, the strongest demon present.

Qin Hao revealed six powerful doppelgangers, five of whom held off five Eternity-realm Outer Realm Demon Spirits while Yun Chang, Qu Zheng, Cai Zhicheng, and their companions fought the remaining attackers. Concerned that his allies could not last and that the battle depended on defeating the strongest demon spirit, Qin Hao sent his darkness doppelganger into the Dense Forest to rescue Wu Yongqi and the others.

• Qin Hao's five doppelgangers clashed with five Eternity-realm Outer Realm Demon Spirits and held them off, astonishing the Cultivators watching.
• Qu Zheng and Cai Zhicheng realized Qin Hao had been capable of overwhelming them, while the other Outer Realm Demon Spirits charged their group.
• Yun Chang froze an enemy with his space field, and he, Qu Zheng, Cai Zhicheng, and their companions joined the fierce melee.
• Black-Clad Qin Hao entered the Dense Forest and killed several guarding Heaven and Earth-realm Outer Realm Demon Spirits with a sweep of his hand.
• Qin Hao judged that his allies could not hold out for long and sent his darkness doppelganger to rescue Wu Yongqi and the others.

Qin Hao tried to free Wu Yongqi and the other captured cultivators, but learned that only killing the Outer Realm Demon Spirit Qiu Longkui could release them from the Demonic Chains. He refused to abandon his friends and rushed to aid the embattled cultivators, leaving the battle against Qiu Longkui to his true self.

• Black-Clad Qin Hao struck Wu Yongqi’s Demonic Chains twice with the Flowing Light Sword, but could not damage them.
• Wu Yongqi explained that only an attack matching an Ancestral God’s power could sever the chains, or they could be freed by killing their controller, Qiu Longkui.
• Wu Yongqi and Jiang Cheng urged Qin Hao to flee and told him that Yan Yu and Wu Yan had already been captured, but Qin Hao refused to leave his friends behind.
• Qin Hao flew to aid Yun Chang, Qu Zheng, Cai Zhicheng, and the other besieged cultivators while his true self faced Qiu Longkui.
• Qin Hao blasted away a half-step Eternal demon spirit threatening a wounded woman, gave her Healing Pills, and pursued the demon spirit he had injured.

Qin Hao and his doppelgangers fought Outer Realm Demon Spirits across the battlefield while Qin Hao's true self confronted Qiu Longkui, an Eternal True God Perfection expert. Qiu Longkui attacked after threatening to capture Qin Hao for the Blood Demon Array, and Qin Hao's Great Evolution Sword Wheel failed to penetrate his dense demonic qi.

• The woman swallowed healing pills from Black-Clad Qin Hao and charged another Outer Realm Demon Spirit, while Black-Clad Qin Hao rushed to protect Yun Chang from two attackers.
• Qin Hao's five doppelgangers fought powerful opponents, but none could quickly defeat them.
• Qin Hao and Qiu Longkui tested each other's pressure and divine sense before Qiu Longkui demanded Qin Hao's name.
• Qin Hao refused to identify himself and claimed he had recently killed more than a dozen Eternal True God Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• Qiu Longkui vowed to capture Qin Hao alive and feed him to the Blood Demon Array, then attacked with a demonic-qi-wreathed palm.
• Qin Hao struck with the Great Evolution Sword Wheel, but Qiu Longkui's dense demonic qi blocked it before it reached his palm.

Qin Hao used the Heavy Sword Form to pierce Qiu Longkui’s demonic qi defense and wound his palm, surprising both fighters and restoring hope to the cultivators watching below. Elsewhere, Yun Chang’s side gained ground while the Five Doppelgangers fought evenly against five Outer Realm Demon Spirits.

• Qiu Longkui mocked Qin Hao and pressed down on him with his enormous palm, but Qin Hao refused to back down.
• Qin Hao unleashed the Heavy Sword Form, splitting Qiu Longkui’s demonic qi defense and cutting a large wound into his palm.
• Qiu Longkui reacted with shock and fury, while Qin Hao realized the powerful defense of an Eternal True God Perfection opponent had only been breached, not overcome.
• The watching cultivators recognized Qin Hao’s gravity-based sword strike, and Wu Yongqi and Jiang Cheng regained hope as they saw his strength.
• Yun Chang’s side began to suppress the Outer Realm Demon Spirits with help from the darkness doppelganger, while the Five Doppelgangers and their opponents remained evenly matched.
• An Outer Realm Demon Spirit who had wanted to capture Qin Hao alive abandoned the plan after seeing one of Qin Hao’s doppelgangers contend with him.

Qin Hao unleashed the Sword Domain Form and severed Qiu Longkui’s palm despite his immense demonic defenses. Qiu Longkui roared in pain and rage as the watching true gods realized Qin Hao might be able to kill him, though they feared his next move.

• Qin Hao used the Sword Domain Form, channeling his five-hundred-thousand-meter world Dao domain into a sword strike.
• Qiu Longkui reinforced his palm with all his demonic qi, confident Qin Hao could not break through.
• Qin Hao’s strike cleaved through Qiu Longkui’s demonic qi and severed his palm.
• Qiu Longkui cried out in pain and fury, then feared Qin Hao’s strength after being badly injured.
• The true gods watching in the Dense Forest celebrated Qin Hao’s success but warned that Qiu Longkui might still have powerful techniques.

Qin Hao tested his strength against Qiu Longkui and repeatedly used the Sword Domain Form to sever the Eternal True God's arms. As Qiu Longkui realized Qin Hao could kill him, Qin Hao revealed his name and watched for his reaction.

• Qin Hao assessed the other battlefields and decided to continue fighting without using his trump cards.
• Qin Hao launched another Sword Domain Form, and Qiu Longkui attacked with all three of his remaining arms.
• Qin Hao repeatedly unleashed the Sword Domain Form and sliced through Qiu Longkui's three palms.
• Qiu Longkui felt his life force decline as Qin Hao's world dao domain ate away at his wounds, and he asked who Qin Hao was.
• Qin Hao told Qiu Longkui his name and studied him to see whether he recognized it.

Qin Hao killed Qiu Longkui after learning that Commander Luo Wei had placed a bounty on him, though Qiu Longkui did not know why. The surviving Outer Realm Demon Spirits fled after witnessing the battle, but Qin Hao intended to stop them.

• Qiu Longkui recognized Qin Hao and revealed that Commander Luo Wei had issued the bounty, then tried to flee and planned to report Qin Hao's strength.
• Qin Hao caught up with the wounded Qiu Longkui and ignored his pleas for mercy.
• Qin Hao killed Qiu Longkui and collected the Storage Star Rings, including the treasures taken from Wu Yongqi, Jiang Cheng, and the others.
• The Outer Realm Demon Spirits fighting Yun Chang and Qin Hao's Five Doppelgangers panicked and attempted to escape.
• Qin Hao decided not to let the fleeing Outer Realm Demon Spirits survive and spread news of his abilities.