Chapter Summaries

Ke Yin failed to ascend to the Ancestral God Realm and joined the others in reinforcing the Spatial Mirror Formation to protect Xie Haiqing and Luo Haoze. Outside the formation, Chen Chengxiu and the Demon Spirit Society watched, waiting for the Green Demon Commander to attack again.

• Ke Yin’s breakthrough failed, and he recovered quickly before turning to help protect Xie Haiqing and Luo Haoze.
• Ke Yin saw cracks forming in the Spatial Mirror Formation and poured his divine strength into it to keep it standing.
• Chen Chengxiu arrived with dozens of Demon Spirit Society members and watched the cultivators attempting their breakthroughs.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable asked Chen Chengxiu whether they should attack the formation, but Chen Chengxiu chose to wait for the Green Demon Commander to strike again.

Luo Haoze failed to reach the Ancestral God Realm because his impatience destabilized his breakthrough, while Xie Haiqing remained the group's last hope. Luo Haoze then saw Qin Hao arrive alive at the Peak of eternal true godhood, leaving him shocked and furious.

• Chen Chengxiu predicted that Luo Haoze's narrow-mindedness and impatience would prevent him from becoming an Ancestral God.
• Luo Haoze's aura collapsed before the Green Demon Commander's third attack landed, and his breakthrough failed with backlash.
• The gathered experts recognized Luo Haoze's impatience as the cause of his failure and turned their attention to Xie Haiqing's ongoing breakthrough.
• Luo Haoze struggled to accept his failure, then saw Qin Hao arrive with a group of figures and discovered Qin Hao had reached the Peak of eternal true godhood.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable recognized Qin Hao and Yun Chang, and felt jealous and resentful at their cultivation compared with his own.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang reached the Spatial Mirror Formation as the Green Demon Commander launched two enormous palms toward them. Inside, Qin Hao reunited with Dongfang Wei and realized Xie Haiqing, Ke Yin, and Luo Haoze had all been attempting to break through to the ancestral god realm.

• Chen Chengxiu recognized Qin Hao and feared his rapid rise made him too dangerous to leave alive.
• The Green Demon Commander sent two enormous palms hurtling toward the Spatial Mirror Formation, and the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable hoped they would kill Qin Hao and Yun Chang.
• Dongfang Wei opened a gap in the formation for Qin Hao, Yun Chang, and their companions, while Luo Haoze grew furious at her warm welcome.
• Qin Hao entered the formation, greeted Dongfang Wei, and identified the auras of Xie Haiqing, Ke Yin, and Luo Haoze beneath it.
• Qin Hao realized that Xie Haiqing, Ke Yin, and Luo Haoze had been attempting to advance to the ancestral god realm together.

Qin Hao and the others tried to defend the Spatial Mirror Formation from the Green Demon Commander’s two enormous palms while Xie Haiqing continued his breakthrough to the Ancestral God Realm. The formation began to buckle, and the thousands of defenders struggled to hold even one palm back.

• Qin Hao noticed that Ke Yin and Luo Haoze had failed to advance, while Xie Haiqing was still attempting the breakthrough, and Yun Chang reacted to Luo Haoze’s open murderous intent toward Qin Hao.
• Ke Yin urged everyone to protect Xie Haiqing, and Luo Haoze joined the others in reinforcing the Spatial Mirror Formation.
• The Green Demon Commander’s two palms descended, and Qin Hao, Yun Chang, and thousands of Eternal True Gods poured their strength into the formation to hold them back.
• Ke Yin split the defenders’ efforts and led Luo Haoze and Ouyang Jin in trying to destroy the left palm by folding space around it.
• The formation began corroding the left palm, but Ke Yin, Luo Haoze, and Ouyang Jin could not sustain the spatial folding, while the Eternal True Gods were overwhelmed by pressure and some coughed up blood.

Qin Hao realized the Spatial Mirror Formation could not hold out much longer and devised a way to destroy the Green Demon Commander's left palm from within. He used Yun Chang's speed to reach the palm, leaving his allies stunned as the formation began to falter.

• The Spatial Mirror Formation and the fighters supporting it struggled to withstand the Green Demon Commander's two enormous palms, while folded space corroded only the edge of the left palm.
• Qin Hao concluded that someone might be able to enter the left palm and attack its interior, since destroying it from outside had stalled.
• Qin Hao asked Yun Chang to use his Space Dao Domain and Star Rotation Shift to send him inside the left palm, and Yun Chang agreed despite the danger.
• Qin Hao entered his Self-World, and Yun Chang swiftly moved him beside the Green Demon Commander's left palm as the formation's balance began to tilt.
• Ke Yin, Ouyang Jin, and Luo Haoze saw Qin Hao appear beside the palm and called for him to return, while Luo Haoze began to feel excited.

Qin Hao entered the Green Demon Commander's giant palm and attacked it from within, weakening it enough for Ke Yin and Ouyang Jin to advance the Spatial Mirror Formation. As the formation corroded the palm, Qin Hao escaped at the last moment, leaving Luo Haoze stunned.

• Qin Hao entered the Green Demon Commander's giant palm to attack it from within, while Ke Yin and Ouyang Jin worried and Luo Haoze hoped he would die.
• The Spatial Mirror Formation began to crack under the palm's pressure, leaving Yun Chang and the others struggling to hold it together.
• Qin Hao's Sword Radiance pierced out from inside the palm, prompting Ke Yin and Ouyang Jin to pour more divine strength into the formation.
• The spatial folding enveloped the giant palm and began corroding it, while Luo Haoze joined in and hoped the corrosion would kill Qin Hao.
• Ke Yin and Ouyang Jin tried to stop the corrosion when they realized Qin Hao was still inside, but Qin Hao appeared before them, shocking Luo Haoze.

The Green Demon Commander unleashed his Ten Thousand Thunder Seal, causing his remaining demonic palm to split into thousands of explosive pieces and shatter the Spatial Mirror Formation. As Qin Hao and the others faced the blasts, Xie Haiqing arrived and cleaved through the demonic palms, though his cultivation was only half-step Ancestral God.

• The Green Demon Commander began using his sole peerless secret art, the Ten Thousand Thunder Seal, on his surviving palm.
• Qin Hao warned Luo Haoze, while Ke Yin and Ouyang Jin confronted him over his suspicious actions and threatened to report him to the Qiankun Sect.
• Qin Hao, Ke Yin, and Ouyang Jin reached the Spatial Mirror Formation, where the giant demonic palm split into thousands of smaller palms and began exploding.
• The explosive shockwaves shattered the Spatial Mirror Formation and left Qin Hao, Ke Yin, Ouyang Jin, and the people below in peril.
• Xie Haiqing arrived with a warblade and a single slash cleaved apart the demonic qi palms, despite his half-step Ancestral God cultivation.

Xie Haiqing failed to break through to the Ancestral God realm after stopping the Green Demon Commander’s attack, leaving the cultivators convinced they had to risk a desperate fight. Just as Qin Hao began forming a plan, he sensed that his true self was about to emerge from seclusion.

• Xie Haiqing used his blade and the Spatial Mirror Formation’s power to destroy the Green Demon Commander’s demonic palms, but the formation shattered and Xie Haiqing’s breakthrough failed.
• The cultivators fell into despair, then rallied around the decision to stake their lives against the outer realm demon spirits.
• Yun Chang told Qin Hao that they had to escape the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, while Qin Hao considered how three One-Star Ancestral God Commanders made a direct escape seem nearly impossible.
• Qin Hao sensed that his true self had advanced in the mysterious space and was about to emerge from seclusion, prompting him to form a new plan.
• In the Dense Forest, Chen Chengxiu watched Xie Haiqing and the others through the astral winds and smiled faintly as Xie Haiqing took action.

Chen Chengxiu planned to use the Green Demon Commander to kill Qin Hao, Yun Chang, and the others after Xie Haiqing failed to advance to the Ancestral God Realm. He offered the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable the chance to help lure the commander to them, then challenged him to carry the formation himself.

• Chen Chengxiu concluded that Xie Haiqing's breakthrough had failed and judged that Qin Hao had exceptional potential to reach the Ancestral God Realm.
• Chen Chengxiu decided to let the Green Demon Commander locate Qin Hao and the others, then asked the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable if he wanted to kill Qin Hao and Yun Chang himself.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable eagerly accepted, and Chen Chengxiu explained that a portable formation could imitate the Spatial Mirror Formation's aura and reveal their location to the Green Demon Commander.
• Chen Chengxiu told the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable to carry the formation closer, but he feared Xie Haiqing would discover him before he could use it.
• Chen Chengxiu argued that the Green Demon Commander's attack would arrive before Xie Haiqing could act, then mocked the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and offered to go himself.

Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable used Chen Chengxiu’s formation flag to reveal the survivors’ location, prompting the Green Demon Commander to attack again. As the trapped cultivators prepared to fight the Outer Realm Demon Spirits, Qin Hao announced that he might know a way out of the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.

• Chen Chengxiu gave Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable a formation flag and assigned eight eternal true gods to accompany him toward Qin Hao’s group.
• Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable activated the flag, amplifying the Spatial Mirror Formation’s lingering aura without alerting Xie Haiqing.
• The Green Demon Commander sensed faint folded space in the Heavenly Gang Zone and struck toward it, convinced the survivors were still alive.
• Xie Haiqing, Ke Yin, Ouyang Jin, Luo Haoze, and the other trapped cultivators prepared to attack the Outer Realm Demon Spirits after their attempts to advance failed.
• Qin Hao sensed a change in his true self, flew to Xie Haiqing and the others, and said he might have a way to leave the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.

Qin Hao prepared to reveal his way out of the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, but the Green Demon Commander attacked after the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and the Demon Spirit Society exposed their location. The assembled cultivators struggled to withstand the commander's enormous palm without the Spatial Mirror Formation.

• Qin Hao's companions asked him how he planned to leave the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, while Luo Haoze dismissed his claim and Yun Chang and Xie Haiqing rebuked Luo Haoze.
• Qin Hao began to explain his plan, but the Green Demon Commander's demonic pressure descended upon them.
• Yun Chang spotted the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and eight black-clad figures using a formation flag to reveal their location to the Green Demon Commander.
• Xie Haiqing and the others sensed Chen Chengxiu and his companions nearby, then joined Qin Hao, Yun Chang, and thousands of eternal true gods in resisting the attack.
• The Green Demon Commander's enormous palm continued to descend despite their combined attacks, which could not match its strength without the shattered Spatial Mirror Formation.

Qin Hao entered the Green Demon Commander's enormous palm of demon spirit demonic qi to attack it from within. His Destructive Sword Intent pierced the palm and slowed its descent, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The Green Demon Commander's descending palm struck the defenders with terrifying backlash, killing several Eternal True Gods while Xie Haiqing and the Half-Step Ancestral Gods struggled to hold it back.
• Qin Hao realized the palm could be weakened from within and asked Yun Chang to teleport him to an opening made by Xie Haiqing and the others.
• Xie Haiqing ordered everyone to cover Qin Hao as Yun Chang used his Space Dao Domain to send him into the palm.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable mocked Qin Hao from afar, convinced he could not break the palm without the Spatial Mirror Formation.
• Qin Hao's Destructive Sword Intent burst from within the palm, dissipating demonic qi and slowing its descent, stunning the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable.

Qin Hao fought inside the Green Demon Commander's giant palm, using his destructive sword attacks to slow its descent despite the rapid corrosion of his Self-World. Inspired by his resistance, the cultivators outside joined the fight, and the severely wounded began detonating themselves against the palm.

• Qin Hao found that the demon spirit demonic qi was rapidly consuming his Self-World, leaving him little time to act.
• Qin Hao repeatedly struck the Green Demon Commander's giant palm with his destructive sword, piercing it and slowing its descent.
• The cultivators outside recognized Qin Hao's attacks and rallied to attack the giant palm together.
• Severely wounded cultivators charged the palm, and a young eternal true god perfection cultivator swallowed pills, burned his divine strength, and detonated himself against it.
• A second wounded eternal true god detonated against the palm, and a third arrived to do the same.

Qin Hao and the Eternal True Gods fought to destroy the Green Demon Commander's giant palm, while the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable fled after betraying their location. Qin Hao used Yun Chang's Star Rotation Shift to catch up with him at the Dense Forest, where he struck down the eight Demon Spirit Society members and closed in on the fleeing traitor.

• Hundreds of gravely wounded Eternal True Gods detonated themselves against the Green Demon Commander's palm, while Qin Hao and the others continued attacking it.
• Qin Hao realized the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable had used a formation to reveal their location, and the giant palm began to collapse under the assault.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable fled toward the Dense Forest, but Chen Chengxiu and the Demon Spirit Society members abandoned him.
• Qin Hao entered his Self-World and asked Yun Chang to use Star Rotation Shift to move him to the place where the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable had activated the formation.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable reached the Dense Forest, but Qin Hao appeared behind him and his Sword Radiance pierced the chests of the eight pursuing Eternal True Gods.

Qin Hao caught up with the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable in the forest despite the astral wind and the trees, then moved to kill him. The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable dropped to his knees and pleaded for his life, claiming he had been forced to betray Qin Hao.

• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable fled into the forest after Qin Hao killed eight Eternal True Gods from the Demon Spirit Society.
• Believing he had escaped, the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable vowed to destroy Qin Hao’s sect, lineage, friends, family, and the True Martial Continent.
• Qin Hao appeared beside the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable and revealed that he had followed him into the forest.
• Qin Hao swung his sword at the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable, who fell to his knees and begged for mercy, blaming the Demon Spirit Race and Commander Kun Yun for forcing him to act.

Qin Hao killed the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable for betraying Star Sea Heaven and Earth, then revealed that he was a Destruction Doppelganger while his true self received the Spirit Venerable Inheritance. With the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm nearing collapse and powerful Ancestral God Commanders guarding the exit, Qin Hao returned to join Yun Chang, Xie Haiqing, and the others.

• Qin Hao rejected the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable's pleas and cut his divine body in two with Destructive Sword Intent.
• The dying Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable taunted Qin Hao that Commander Luo Wei and two other Ancestral God Commanders had sealed the exit and that the secret realm would collapse.
• Qin Hao revealed that he was a Destruction Doppelganger and that his true self was receiving the Spirit Venerable Inheritance, allowing him to escape the secret realm.
• The Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable died after realizing Qin Hao's true self was elsewhere.
• Qin Hao judged that he was not yet strong enough to face Commander Kun Yun and chose to return to Yun Chang, Xie Haiqing, and the others to discuss finding a way out.

After the survivors defeated the Green Demon Commander's attack, Qin Hao returned and said he had killed the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable. He claimed he could help everyone leave the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, but Luo Haoze accused him of planning to use them as bait and escape alone.

• Qin Hao heard that the survivors had shattered the Green Demon Commander's palm, at the cost of at least a thousand true gods.
• Qin Hao reunited with Yun Chang and told him that the Nether-Shadow Soul Venerable was dead.
• Xie Haiqing and the half-step ancestral gods asked Qin Hao whether he truly knew a way out of the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.
• Qin Hao said he had a risky method that required everyone's help, prompting the crowd to hope for escape.
• Luo Haoze challenged Qin Hao's claim and accused him of using the others to distract the outer realm demon spirits so he could escape alone.

Qin Hao confronted Luo Haoze for accusing him of a plan to sacrifice everyone, then revealed that the Qin Hao with them was a doppelganger and explained a way they might escape the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm. The group would need to unite and lend their strength to help his true self break through the realm’s space.

• Luo Haoze rejected Qin Hao’s proposal and suggested that escape might require abandoning most people, so Qin Hao accused him of projecting his own intentions.
• Xie Haiqing and others rebuked Luo Haoze and defended Qin Hao, while Luo Haoze fell silent and grew more resentful.
• The group asked Qin Hao about his escape plan, and he revealed that he was a doppelganger while his true self had been cultivating elsewhere in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.
• Qin Hao told them that his true self had not reached the Ancestral God Realm but was cultivating a secret art that might break through the realm’s space.
• Qin Hao said everyone would need to unite and lend their strength so they could open an exit and leave the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.

Qin Hao said he could break open the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, but Luo Haoze accused him of deceiving everyone and urged them to attack the Outer Realm Demon Spirits’ blockade instead. Xie Haiqing chose to trust Qin Hao, leaving the others to decide whether to stay or go.

• Luo Haoze mocked Qin Hao’s claim, arguing that even a one-star ancestral god could not break the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier.
• Luo Haoze and several dozen Eternal True Gods urged the crowd to risk charging the Outer Realm Demon Spirits’ blockade, while he accused Qin Hao of planning to escape alone.
• Qin Hao told Luo Haoze and the others who doubted him that they could leave and try breaking through the blockade.
• After Xie Haiqing asked Qin Hao how confident he was, Qin Hao answered that he had a seventy percent chance of success.
• Xie Haiqing said he believed Qin Hao and would stay, adding that they could still attack the blockade if Qin Hao failed.

Most of the eternal true gods chose to trust Qin Hao and stay while he pursued his plan to escape the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm. Luo Haoze left with fewer than a hundred followers to attack the Outer Realm Demon Spirits’ blockade, leaving the two groups separated.

• Xie Haiqing, Ke Yin, Ouyang Jin, Dongfang Wei, and the Half-Step Ancestral Gods agreed to stay and trust Qin Hao.
• Yan Yu recalled how Qin Hao had repeatedly saved him and Wu Yan on the Southern Frontier Battlefield, and declared his faith in Qin Hao.
• More than ninety percent of the eternal true gods chose to stay, while Luo Haoze grew enraged and accused them of foolishness.
• Qin Hao said those who wanted to leave could do so, and Luo Haoze invited everyone willing to attack the Outer Realm Demon Spirits’ blockade to follow him.
• Fewer than a hundred eternal true gods joined Luo Haoze, and the group flew away into the raging astral wind.