Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao and his allies defeated the outer realm demon spirits, freed their captives, and turned the battle into a rout. Jiang Cheng then told Qin Hao that Yan Yu and Wu Yan had been captured and taken deeper into Heaven-Splitting Valley.

• Qin Hao, his doppelgangers, Qu Zheng, and Yun Chang routed the outer realm demon spirits, leaving Qu Zheng and the others astonished by Qin Hao's strength.
• The demonic qi vanished, breaking the captives' chains and restoring their powers.
• Wu Yongqi and the freed fighters pursued the fleeing demons while Qin Hao waited for the captives to vent their anger.
• Jiang Cheng told Qin Hao that Yan Yu and Wu Yan had been captured and sent deeper into Heaven-Splitting Valley.

Jiang Cheng told Qin Hao that Yan Yu and Wu Yan had likely been taken to the Blood Demon Array, and Qin Hao agreed to search for them. After freeing hundreds of cultivators, Qin Hao returned their Storage Star Rings and began arranging their next steps as the danger in Heaven-Splitting Valley worsened.

• Jiang Cheng told Qin Hao that Yan Yu and Wu Yan had stayed behind to hold off the Outer Realm Demon Spirits and were likely captured and sent deeper into the battlefield.
• Jiang Cheng explained that the captives were being gathered for the Blood Demon Array and urged Qin Hao to rescue Yan Yu and Wu Yan before they were taken farther away.
• Qin Hao promised to search for Yan Yu and Wu Yan, while recognizing that the vast battlefield and powerful enemies could make the rescue difficult.
• Wu Yongqi and hundreds of freed cultivators thanked Qin Hao and offered to help him repay their debts of gratitude.
• Qin Hao returned the cultivators' confiscated Storage Star Rings and warned them that Eternity True God Divine Realm Outer Realm Demon Spirits were already appearing on Heaven-Splitting Valley's outskirts.

Qin Hao organized the rescued True Gods to hold the frontline while he and Yun Chang ventured into the depths of Heaven-Splitting Valley to search for other captives. The others agreed to stay and defend the area against outer realm demon spirits.

• Qin Hao urged the True Gods to hold the frontline under the Eternity True Gods so outer realm demon spirits could not spread demonic qi toward the Military Camp.
• Qin Hao announced he would venture deep into Heaven-Splitting Valley and other areas to find captured True Gods, and several people offered to accompany him.
• Qin Hao explained that a large group would attract hordes of demon spirits and leave the frontline exposed, so he told everyone else to remain behind.
• The True Gods, including Wu Yongqi, Qu Zheng, and Cai Zhicheng, agreed to hold the line and vowed not to let any demon spirits pass.
• Qin Hao called Yun Chang to join him, and Yun Chang went with him as Qin Hao's six doppelgangers entered his self-world.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang searched the battlefield for Yan Yu and Wu Yan but found no trace of them. When outer realm demon spirits attacked, Qin Hao killed their Eternity True God leader with one strike while Yun Chang quickly slew two of the four half-step Eternity attackers.

• Qin Hao left Wu Yongqi, Qu Zheng, Cai Zhicheng, Jiang Cheng, and the others to organize patrols while he and Yun Chang flew deeper into the battlefield.
• After several days of searching and killing outer realm demon spirits, Qin Hao and Yun Chang still had not found Yan Yu and Wu Yan.
• Four half-step Eternity outer realm demon spirits and one at Eternity True God Major Accomplishment charged at Qin Hao and Yun Chang.
• Yun Chang used his Space Field and pale-gold staff to fight the four half-step Eternity attackers, killing two of them.
• Qin Hao used Sword Domain Form to destroy the leader's shield, knock away his spear, and kill him with a single strike.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang searched the battlefield for Yan Yu and Wu Yan while Qin Hao considered the unusual invasion by the Outer Realm Demon Spirits. After their Military Tokens detected other Cultivators, they met Ouyang Jin and Qiao Shan—and found Yan Yu and Wu Yan alive among their group.

• Qin Hao and Yun Chang searched for several days without finding other Cultivators, while killing many Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• Qin Hao considered the growing numbers and strength of the Outer Realm Demon Spirits, their capture of Cultivators, and the mysterious Blood Demon Array.
• Yun Chang detected several Military Tokens ahead, and Qin Hao and Yun Chang raced toward them to meet the Cultivators.
• Qin Hao recognized Ouyang Jin and Qiao Shan, along with a group of powerful Cultivators and many Eternity True Gods.
• Qin Hao spotted the injured but living Yan Yu and Wu Yan among the group as Ouyang Jin and Qiao Shan arrived with about thirty people.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang encountered Ouyang Jin and Qiao Shan in the Panlong Mountain battlefield and learned that outer realm demon spirits were using captured Cultivators to sustain a Blood Demon Array. The group headed for the Panlong Mountain base while waiting for Xie Haiqing and others to locate the array and its connection to three breaches in the Qiankun Demon-Subduing Grand Array.

• Ouyang Jin and Qiao Shan warned Qin Hao and Yun Chang about the dangers of the Battlefield Hinterland and invited them to the Panlong Mountain base.
• Yan Yu and Wu Yan recognized Qin Hao, and he chose not to explain why he had come to the battlefield after noticing Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu nearby.
• Ouyang Jin told Qin Hao that the outer realm demon spirits had captured Cultivators for the Blood Demon Array, and that many early captives had already been sacrificed.
• Ouyang Jin explained that Xie Haiqing had uncovered the alliance between the outer realm demon spirits and the Demon Spirit Society, which had opened three breaches in the Qiankun Demon-Subduing Grand Array.
• Ouyang Jin said Xie Haiqing, Senior Brother Ke, and others were searching for the breaches so the Cultivators could destroy the Blood Demon Array and repair the grand array.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang joined the group deep in Panlong Mountain, where Qin Hao reunited with Yan Yu and Wu Yan and explained that he had come looking for them. The chapter left Dongfang Wei noticing Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu’s hostility toward Qin Hao and resolving to honor the two favors she still owed him.

• Qiao Shan warned Qin Hao and Yun Chang that the group was near the Qiankun Demon-Subduing Grand Array and ordered them to stay alert.
• Qin Hao greeted Dongfang Wei, then went to Yan Yu and Wu Yan, stirring Dongfang Wei’s jealousy before she spotted Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu watching him maliciously.
• Yun Chang pointed out Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu, and Qin Hao agreed they would have opportunities to deal with them on the battlefield.
• Yan Yu warned Qin Hao and Yun Chang that Panlong Mountain was dangerous, and Qin Hao explained that he had come to find Yan Yu and Wu Yan after Jiang Cheng told him they had been captured.
• Yan Yu realized Qin Hao had slain a powerful Eternity true god outer realm demon spirit to rescue Jiang Cheng and the others, and he and Wu Yan were moved by Qin Hao’s effort to reach them.

Qin Hao and the others learned that most of the captured Qiankun Continent Cultivators had been taken away by the Outer Realm Demon Spirits, and they discussed the need to counterattack the enemy strongholds at the three breaches. Yan Yu revealed that Star River Ancestor had arranged for reinforcements, though they were not ordinary True Gods.

• As the group flew toward Panlong Mountain Outpost, Yan Yu thanked Qin Hao and Yun Chang for coming to the Battlefield Hinterland to find them.
• Qin Hao learned that more than a hundred Cultivators had been captured with Yan Yu and Wu Yan, but most had been separated and escorted away by the Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• Yun Chang and Yan Yu condemned the enemy's brutality, while Yan Yu explained that the factions were searching for the Outer Realm Demon Spirits' strongholds to begin a counterattack.
• Qin Hao questioned whether their forces could take the three breaches in the Qiankun Demon-Subduing Grand Array, and Yan Yu explained that the Ancestral Gods on both sides were holding back to avoid triggering a larger battle.
• Yan Yu told Qin Hao and Yun Chang that Star River Ancestor had arranged reinforcements, but they were not ordinary True Gods.

Yan Yu told Qin Hao and Yun Chang that powerful True Gods, including half-step Ancestral Gods, were being sent to the Southern Frontier Battlefield, and warned Qin Hao that Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu might target him. As the group traveled through the Battlefield Hinterland and defeated small bands of Outer Realm Demon Spirits, Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu discussed killing Qin Hao before he grew stronger, but feared Ouyang Jin, Qiao Shan, and Dongfang Wei would intervene.

• Yan Yu revealed that top experts, including half-step Ancestral Gods, were being mobilized and told Qin Hao to keep their deployment secret.
• Wu Yan warned Qin Hao that Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu might attack him, while Yun Chang vowed to defend Qin Hao if they tried.
• Qin Hao, Yun Chang, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan followed the group with their divine senses extended as they traveled through the Battlefield Hinterland.
• The group encountered several small bands of powerful Outer Realm Demon Spirits, which Ouyang Jin, Qiao Shan, and the other experts swiftly defeated.
• Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu watched Qin Hao from the rear of the group and decided they had to kill him before he advanced further, but worried that Ouyang Jin and the others would stop them.

Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu planned to use outer realm demon spirits to kill Qin Hao, but the groups they encountered were too weak. As the party traveled toward Panlong Mountain Base, they faced a vast force of powerful demon spirits.

• Deng Yu rejected the idea that Luo Haoze would kill Qin Hao himself, and he and Wu Jianfeng resolved to wait for a chance to use outer realm demon spirits against him.
• The group repeatedly encountered small, weak bands of outer realm demon spirits, which Ouyang Jin, Qiao Shan, Dongfang Wei, and the others dispatched with ease.
• Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu hoped that the party would meet a stronger band as it neared the Qiankun Demon-Subduing Grand Array and Panlong Mountain Base.
• Qin Hao sensed at least four hundred outer realm demon spirits ahead, including more than twenty at eternal true god Peak, and the enormous force emerged from the demonic qi.

Ouyang Jin and Qiao Shan ordered the cultivators to scatter and flee when more than four hundred powerful Outer Realm Demon Spirits blocked their path. The enemy pursued and encircled them, while Ouyang Jin, Qiao Shan, Dongfang Wei, and the other experts stayed to fight.

• Ouyang Jin and Qiao Shan discovered that the approaching force included five half-step Ancestral Gods and many other powerful Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• Ouyang Jin ordered the group to split up and flee while he, Qiao Shan, and other peak experts held the enemy back.
• Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu fled, and Qin Hao, Yun Chang, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan escaped in another direction.
• The enormous Outer Realm Demon Spirit called the Military Lord ordered his forces to kill the Qiankun Continent cultivators and prevent anyone from escaping.
• Hundreds of Outer Realm Demon Spirits pursued and intercepted the fleeing cultivators as Ouyang Jin, Qiao Shan, Dongfang Wei, and the other experts began fighting the strongest enemies.

Qin Hao rejected Yan Yu and Wu Yan’s plan to stay behind and cover the retreat, then charged the outer-realm demon spirits blocking their path. He killed all six with a burst of sword techniques, leaving the group’s escape still underway.

• Ouyang Jin and the others intercepted outer-realm demon spirits while more than thirty pursued Qin Hao, Yan Yu, Wu Yan, and Yun Chang.
• Yan Yu and Wu Yan told Qin Hao and Yun Chang to flee toward Panlong Mountain Base while they stayed behind to buy time.
• Qin Hao refused to leave Yan Yu and Wu Yan behind and charged six outer-realm demon spirits at the minor-accomplishment stage of the Eternity True God level.
• Qin Hao unleashed several sword techniques and killed all six demon spirits with six streaks of sword radiance.

Qin Hao instantly killed six Eternity True God demon spirits with one sword strike, stunning allies and onlookers as he led his group onward. Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu, fleeing a much larger demon horde, saw Qin Hao’s feat from afar.

• Qin Hao killed six minor-accomplishment Eternity True God demon spirits in one strike, astonishing Yan Yu and Wu Yan.
• Yun Chang cheered for Qin Hao, while Yan Yu and Wu Yan realized how far his strength had surpassed theirs.
• Qin Hao led Yan Yu, Wu Yan, and Yun Chang toward the remaining demon spirits, who recognized him as a dangerous Qiankun Continent prodigy and rushed to stop him.
• Cultivators trapped nearby watched Qin Hao’s strike and marveled that a Half-Step Eternity True God could kill Eternity True Gods so easily.
• Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu fled twenty-six pursuing demon spirits, then froze when they saw Qin Hao kill six demon spirits with one strike.

Qin Hao effortlessly slaughtered Outer Realm Demon Spirits while leading Yun Chang, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan to safety, astonishing Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu. As Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng fled from their pursuers, Deng Yu devised a plan to divert the demons toward Qin Hao, hoping to save themselves and get Qin Hao killed.

• Qin Hao instantly killed six minor-accomplishment Eternity True God Outer Realm Demon Spirits, leaving Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu stunned by his strength.
• Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu continued fleeing together as their pursuers closed in, while Deng Yu considered how he might escape without sacrificing himself.
• Qin Hao led Yun Chang, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan through the demons, killing another dozen or so and making their group’s flight seem relatively safe.
• Deng Yu realized the demons pursuing him and Wu Jianfeng might have witnessed Qin Hao’s slaughter and could be lured into attacking him.
• Deng Yu hoped the stronger demons would kill Qin Hao while their diversion gave him and Wu Jianfeng a chance to escape.

Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng tried to divert the outer realm demon spirits pursuing them toward Qin Hao, hoping to escape while Qin Hao fought them. Qin Hao killed another powerful demon spirit and sent Yun Chang, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan ahead while he stayed behind.

• Deng Yu told Wu Jianfeng to fly toward Qin Hao so their pursuers would split off to attack him.
• Deng Yu and Wu Jianfeng changed direction and led more than twenty outer realm demon spirits toward Qin Hao and his companions.
• Qin Hao killed a badly wounded outer realm demon spirit at Eternal True God Major Accomplishment with a sword strike to the neck.
• Yan Yu and Wu Yan praised Qin Hao as they fought weaker demon spirits, while Yun Chang also held her own.
• Qin Hao told Yun Chang, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan to go ahead while he stayed to watch Ouyang Jin's battle.

Qin Hao tried to escape after cutting through the Outer Realm Demon Spirits, but Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu diverted their pursuers toward him. The chapter ended with ten demons attacking Yun Chang, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan as Qin Hao realized they were in grave danger.

• Qin Hao wounded an Eternal True God Perfection Outer Realm Demon Spirit and turned to follow Yun Chang, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan.
• Qin Hao spotted Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu approaching with pursuing demons and realized they had led the enemies toward him.
• Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu circled nearby, hoping to draw more demons away from themselves and toward Qin Hao.
• Three Eternal True God Perfection demons and seven Eternal True God Major Accomplishment demons broke away and charged toward Qin Hao.
• The ten demons attacked Yun Chang, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan, and Qin Hao saw that his companions were in danger.

Qin Hao and his allies fought off ten Outer Realm Demon Spirits, but his strength drew another wave of attackers toward him. Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu used the diversion to escape, leaving Qin Hao surrounded by the pursuing demons.

• Qin Hao summoned six doppelgangers, and they joined Yun Chang, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan in attacking the Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• Qin Hao held off three Eternal True God Perfection demons while Yan Yu and Wu Yan drove away another demon that attacked him from behind.
• The Outer Realm Demon Spirits sent three Perfection-level and seven Major Accomplishment-level demons to attack Qin Hao.
• Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu mocked Qin Hao and escaped while the remaining demons turned toward him.
• The six demons left behind abandoned their pursuit of Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu and charged at Qin Hao.

Qin Hao and his companions were trapped by outer realm demon spirits after Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu lured the enemies toward them. As Qin Hao hesitated over using a devastating move that could endanger Yun Chang, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan, he decided to attack while trying to spare them.

• Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu’s actions brought the outer realm demon spirits back, and most of the attackers focused on Qin Hao while others targeted Yun Chang, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan.
• Six Eternal True God Perfection demon spirits and twenty others overwhelmed Qin Hao’s True Self and six doppelgangers, wounding them and weakening their life auras.
• Qin Hao considered using a powerful wide-ranging move, worried it might strike his companions, then resolved to aim it carefully rather than let all four of them die.
• Yun Chang, Yan Yu, and Wu Yan watched Qin Hao’s group suffer and cursed Wu Jianfeng and Deng Yu for causing their predicament.
• Ouyang Jin and the others, still fighting powerful demon spirits, chose to hold their ground rather than retreat and bring more danger to Qin Hao.

The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable spotted Qin Hao being overwhelmed by Outer Realm Demon Spirits and explained why Commander Luo Wei wanted him captured. Just as the Demon Spirits seemed poised to kill Qin Hao, a Military Order Horn commanded them to retreat.

• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and other Demon Spirit Society members saw Qin Hao and his six doppelgangers being battered by Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• A black-robed Demon Spirit Society leader asked Li You about Qin Hao, and Li You revealed that Commander Luo Wei wanted him captured because Qin Hao had killed General Luo Ming.
• The Military Order Horn sounded, ordering the Outer Realm Demon Spirits to withdraw.
• The Demon Spirits fighting Ouyang Jin, Qiao Shan, Dongfang Wei, and the others reluctantly broke off and retreated.

Qin Hao unleashed his World Sword as the Outer Realm Demon Spirits withdrew under the Military Order Horn, killing more than twenty of them and gravely wounding the few who survived. The remaining Outer Realm Demon Spirits were left badly injured after Qin Hao’s devastating strike.

• The Military Order Horn sounded, and the Outer Realm Demon Spirits began withdrawing from the battlefield.
• Qin Hao prepared his World Sword, using his world sword domain and heaven and earth anchor to lock onto the clustered enemies.
• Qin Hao ignored the retreat and slashed with the Heavenly Abyss Sword, unleashing the World Sword against the anchored area.
• The World Sword killed more than twenty Outer Realm Demon Spirits, while those at the edges survived with grave injuries.