Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao told Xie Haiqing and the others that his true self would arrive within half a month, then planned to break through the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm's spatial barrier and bring every cultivator out. As the group began contacting others, Commander Luo Wei, the Green Demon Commander, and the Lotus Commander waited at the exit, ready to oppose them.

• Xie Haiqing and the others agreed to trust Qin Hao and help him break through the spatial barrier when his true self arrived.
• Qin Hao urged the group to contact as many cultivators as possible so everyone could gather and leave the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm together.
• Xie Haiqing proposed using Message Jade Slips to spread Qin Hao's plan throughout the realm within half a month.
• Qin Hao considered how to defeat the three Ancestral God Commanders and wondered about the Spirit Venerable's purpose for Heaven and Earth Mountain and the Heavenly Derivation Book.
• Commander Luo Wei, the Green Demon Commander, and the Lotus Commander guarded the realm's exit as the furious Green Demon Commander searched for Qin Hao and his allies.

The Green Demon Commander failed to kill the hidden group despite striking four times, while Commander Luo Wei continued searching for Qin Hao and discovered people concealed near the exit. Luo Haoze prepared to lead his followers out, but they witnessed figures enter the demonic qi without provoking a fight.

• The Green Demon Commander grew furious after his fourth attack failed, and Commander Luo Wei and the Lotus Commander told him the hidden group would die if the exit stayed sealed.
• Commander Luo Wei kept searching for Qin Hao, worried that he might have died, then sensed Luo Haoze and several dozen eternal True Gods concealed nearby.
• Luo Haoze told his followers that his formation hid their auras and promised to help them leave the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.
• Luo Haoze's followers spotted more than a dozen figures entering the demonic qi, but no battle followed, leaving them astonished.

Luo Haoze led a group of Eternal True Gods toward the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm Exit, planning to use the Azure Dragon Mystic Formation and concealment to rush past the Outer Realm Demon Spirits. The group entered the demon spirit demonic qi, where their concealment failed and azure dragon phantoms appeared around them.

• Luo Haoze identified the figures guarding the exit as Outer Realm Demon Spirits and revealed the defensive Azure Dragon Mystic Formation.
• Liu Jinfeng, Zhuo Ning, and five other Eternal True Gods agreed to operate the formation with Luo Haoze.
• Luo Haoze explained that they would approach under concealment, then withstand the first attacks and rush into the black vortex passage.
• The group set out toward the exit, while Luo Haoze resented Dongfang Wei for trusting Qin Hao and privately wished them all dead.
• Luo Haoze's group entered the area filled with demon spirit demonic qi, their concealment formation stopped working, and azure dragon phantoms appeared around them.

Luo Haoze’s group was crushed by a single distant strike from the Green Demon Commander and left trapped beneath its pressure. Meanwhile, Qin Hao reached the half-step Ancestral God Realm in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm and began to understand the Heavenly Derivation Book’s power over laws.

• Luo Haoze led his group toward the black vortex passage, but an enormous palm struck them as soon as they entered the demon spirit demonic qi.
• The palm killed more than a dozen Eternal True Gods, shattered the Azure Dragon Mystic Formation, and severely wounded Luo Haoze, Liu Jinfeng, Zhuo Ning, and the others.
• Luo Haoze and the survivors recognized the three Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God Commanders and despaired as their life divine power continued to drain beneath the palm’s pressure.
• One member of Luo Haoze’s group cried out that he surrendered and begged the commanders to spare him.
• In the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm, Qin Hao cultivated amid abundant energies until he reached the half-step Ancestral God Realm.
• Qin Hao sensed that the Heavenly Derivation Book distorted laws around him and wondered whether mastering it could let him influence the heaven and earth rules across an entire region.

Qin Hao continued comprehending the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s laws as he prepared to use the Heavenly Derivation Book to escape. At the exit, Commander Luo Wei attacked Luo Haoze’s group, then paused when he realized they might know something about Qin Hao, while Luo Haoze offered to surrender and shattered his companions’ trust.

• Qin Hao sensed Ancestral God aura from the secret realm exit and resumed studying its laws so he could control them with the Heavenly Derivation Book.
• Commander Luo Wei struck Luo Haoze and the cultivators who had charged the blockade, killing or wounding more than half of them.
• Commander Luo Wei stopped his attack when he suspected the cultivators might know something about Qin Hao.
• Luo Haoze called out that he was willing to surrender to the Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• Liu Jinfeng, Zhuo Ning, and the other survivors protested Luo Haoze’s surrender, but he told them he had to survive, leaving them staring at him in disbelief.

Luo Haoze surrendered to the outer realm demon spirits in hopes of surviving, but the commanders doubted his loyalty and questioned him for useful information. As Commander Luo Wei ordered the cultivators killed, Luo Haoze began offering news about their departure from the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.

• Luo Haoze declared that he was willing to submit, and Commander Luo Wei teleported him, Liu Jinfeng, Zhuo Ning, and the other cultivators to the commanders.
• The Lotus Commander mocked Luo Haoze's claim that he had long wanted to join the demon spirits and demanded proof of his value.
• Luo Haoze offered to help attack the cultivators, but he could not confirm where they were gathered because they might have moved.
• Commander Luo Wei realized Luo Haoze had no information about Qin Hao and ordered the demon spirits to kill the captives.
• As the demon spirit demonic qi closed in, Luo Haoze shouted that he knew news about cultivators leaving the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm.

Luo Haoze revealed Qin Hao’s plan to break through the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier, giving Commander Luo Wei a reason to keep him alive. Commander Luo Wei demanded that Luo Haoze prove his allegiance by killing his former companions, and Luo Haoze turned toward them with murderous intent.

• The Green Demon Commander prepared to kill Luo Haoze, but Commander Luo Wei intervened to hear what information he had.
• Luo Haoze told the commanders that Qin Hao had reached the Eternal True God Peak and was gathering cultivators to break through the secret realm’s spatial barrier.
• The Green Demon Commander and the Lotus Commander mocked the plan, while Commander Luo Wei secretly believed Qin Hao might succeed because of his two Peerless Treasures.
• Commander Luo Wei ordered Luo Haoze to kill the cultivators who refused to submit as his pledge of allegiance.
• Luo Haoze turned toward Liu Jinfeng and the others with killing intent, shocking them.

Luo Haoze killed Liu Jinfeng, Zhuo Ning, and several other Eternal True Gods after they refused to surrender to the Outer Realm Demon Spirits, while seven survivors submitted. Commander Luo Wei assigned the survivors to Luo Haoze and used Yan Zihong’s alleged collusion to prevent him from leaving.

• Liu Jinfeng and Zhuo Ning denounced Luo Haoze for betraying Heavensea and refused to surrender.
• Luo Haoze killed Liu Jinfeng and Zhuo Ning, then slew several more Eternal True Gods as they cursed or begged for mercy.
• The seven remaining Eternal True Gods knelt and declared their willingness to submit, causing Luo Haoze to stop attacking.
• The Green Demon Commander and the Lotus Commander praised Luo Haoze, while Commander Luo Wei recognized that he could use him to search for Qin Hao.
• Commander Luo Wei placed the seven survivors under Luo Haoze’s command, promised rewards for loyal service, and threatened Yan Zihong with exposure if he tried to leave.

Luo Haoze learned that Yan Zihong and the Yan Family core disciples had arrived with a Gods and Devils Order, compelling the three Ancestral God Commanders to let them leave the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm after helping hunt Qin Hao and Xie Haiqing. Yan Zihong and Luo Haoze set out for the Heavenly Gang Zone, while Commander Luo Wei resolved to wait for a chance to kill Qin Hao and seize his treasures.

• Yan Zihong arrived with more than a dozen Yan Family core disciples, including five half-step Ancestral Gods, surprising Luo Haoze.
• Yan Zihong told the three commanders he was prepared to act, and Commander Luo Wei ordered him and Luo Haoze to deal with Qin Hao, Xie Haiqing, and the others in exchange for letting the Yan Family core disciples leave.
• Yan Zihong asked Luo Haoze to lead the way to Qin Hao and the others, and the two groups flew toward the Heavenly Gang Zone.
• Commander Luo Wei and the other commanders discussed Yan Zihong's Gods and Devils Order and acknowledged they could not disregard it.
• Commander Luo Wei planned to wait for Qin Hao to emerge from hiding so he could kill him and take his two Peerless Treasures.

News spread that the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier would be breached in a few days, giving trapped cultivators a final chance to escape. Meanwhile, Ba Lin and Ba Yan led an army to track down Qin Hao and Xie Haiqing, but found their former base abandoned.

• Cultivators across the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm learned that the spatial barrier would soon be breached and hoped to escape before the realm collapsed.
• Qin Hao, Xie Haiqing, and their allies told most cultivators to leave as soon as the barrier opened, while asking nearby eternal true gods to help and guard the breach.
• Ba Lin and Ba Yan led thousands of eternal true god outer realm demon spirits alongside Yan Zihong’s Yan Family disciples to search for Qin Hao and the others.
• Ba Yan confronted Luo Haoze after the group found their destination empty and questioned whether he had led them there truthfully.
• Yan Zihong confirmed that Qin Hao and Xie Haiqing had once been at the site, sensing traces of their auras and easing Luo Haoze’s predicament.

Yan Zihong kept Ba Lin and Ba Yan from confronting him by proposing they wait for Qin Hao and the others to attempt breaking through the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier. He recruited Luo Haoze into the Yan Family, while Ba Yan remained furious and warned that failure to complete the commanders’ mission would trap them in the realm.

• Ba Yan threatened Yan Zihong over the missing Qin Hao, Xie Haiqing, and the others, and Yan Family disciples prepared to fight when Ba Yan showed killing intent.
• Yan Zihong proposed waiting for Qin Hao and the others to disturb the spatial barrier as they tried to escape, and Ba Lin accepted the plan.
• Yan Zihong offered Luo Haoze a place in the Yan Family and promised to speak with Commander Luo Wei; Luo Haoze accepted.
• Ba Yan mocked Yan Zihong and Luo Haoze over the mission, but Yan Zihong challenged him to consider what would happen if he and Ba Lin failed as well.

Qin Hao gathered the cultivators to explain his plan to break through the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier, claiming it had a ninety-percent chance of success. His True Self appeared beside his black-clad self and announced that they would begin immediately.

• Xie Haiqing brought Chai Jinzhu and other Nine Immortals Tower geniuses to meet Qin Hao and join the effort.
• Chai Jinzhu questioned how feasible Qin Hao’s plan was, and Qin Hao said it had at least a ninety-percent chance of success.
• Chai Jinzhu asked when they would begin as the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s collapse drew near.
• Qin Hao’s azure-robed True Self appeared without warning beside his black-clad self.
• Qin Hao’s True Self declared that he would break through the spatial barrier and ordered everyone else to leave.

Qin Hao's True Self returned as a half-step Ancestral God, astonishing the cultivators gathered in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm. He agreed to break through its spatial barrier and organized the gathered Eternal True Gods to help hold the breach open before the realm collapsed.

• Yun Chang welcomed Qin Hao back, while Xie Haiqing, Chai Jinzhu, Ke Yin, and the others were stunned by his half-step Ancestral God cultivation and uncanny arrival.
• The gathered Eternal True Gods grew excited to see Qin Hao, and Chai Jinzhu apologized for his earlier impatience.
• Qin Hao said they could not wait for more cultivators because the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm was close to collapsing.
• Qin Hao instructed the gathered cultivators to channel their strength into the breach after he opened it so they could stabilize it and let more True Gods escape.
• Qin Hao warned everyone not to act recklessly while maintaining the breach, since the realm's space could injure or kill them.

Qin Hao used the Heavenly Derivation Book’s First Layer to form a Rule Sword and began cleaving the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier so everyone could escape. The barrier started to split, but the outer realm demon spirits had not yet appeared.

• Qin Hao assigned the Half-Step Ancestral Gods positions to help hold open the spatial barrier, while Yun Chang was tasked with suppressing spatial fluctuations and protecting Yan Yu, Wu Yan, and the others.
• More than forty thousand Eternal True Gods assembled in square formations beneath an aura-concealing formation.
• Qin Hao perceived the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s laws and used them to alter the astral wind and origin matter.
• Qin Hao invoked the Heavenly Derivation Book’s First Layer, Primordial Beginning, and formed the invisible Rule Sword.
• Qin Hao thrust the Rule Sword toward the sky, opening a black fissure that quickly grew to the size of a fist.

Qin Hao pierced the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier, creating an opening through which its trapped inhabitants could escape. As the True Gods joined forces to widen it, the three Ancestral God commanders were left stunned.

• Qin Hao opened a small hole in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier, shocking everyone who saw the world beyond it.
• Xie Haiqing, Chai Jinzhu, and thousands of Eternal True Gods poured their power into the opening to help Qin Hao widen it.
• Chai Jinzhu felt the barrier’s dangerous backlash but continued assisting Qin Hao.
• Yun Chang and a small group maintained the formation to keep the Outer Realm Demon Spirits from detecting them for as long as possible.
• The opening expanded to roughly a dozen meters as True Gods throughout the secret realm celebrated the chance to escape.
• Commander Luo Wei, the Green Demon Commander, and the Lotus Commander were stunned to see the barrier pierced.

Qin Hao shattered the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier, and Commander Luo Wei recognized his aura and suspected he had used his two Peerless Treasures. Luo Wei, the Green Demon Commander, and the Lotus Commander all held back from attacking as they watched one another and prepared to seize Qin Hao’s treasures.

• The Green Demon Commander, the Lotus Commander, and Commander Luo Wei were shocked when they sensed that the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier had been shattered.
• Commander Luo Wei recognized Qin Hao’s faint aura and concluded that his two Peerless Treasures had enabled him to break through the barrier.
• Commander Luo Wei restrained his urge to attack because he feared the Green Demon Commander and the Lotus Commander would discover Qin Hao’s treasures.
• The Green Demon Commander suspected Qin Hao possessed an extraordinary treasure and decided to observe before striking.
• The Lotus Commander also chose to watch Qin Hao and the other commanders, and all three prepared to attack rather than let Qin Hao leave freely.

Qin Hao broke through the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier, provoking Yan Zihong, the outer realm demon spirits, and Luo Haoze’s group to attack before he and the others could escape. The chapter ended as Luo Haoze and Ba Yan struck at Qin Hao while Yan Zihong and Ba Lin charged Xie Haiqing, Chai Jinzhu, and the others.

• Qin Hao’s attempt to break the spatial barrier astonished Yan Zihong and plunged Luo Haoze and the eight surrendered eternal true gods into regret and anguish.
• Ba Yan ordered the group to attack Qin Hao and avenge his wife, while Ba Lin and Yan Zihong also commanded their forces to stop the cultivators from leaving.
• Luo Haoze and the surrendered gods joined the attack, blaming Qin Hao for their predicament and refusing to let him escape.
• Yan Zihong, Luo Haoze, Ba Lin, and Ba Yan led several thousand cultivators and demon spirits to Qin Hao’s gathering place.
• Luo Haoze slashed at Qin Hao and Ba Yan grabbed at him as Yan Zihong and Ba Lin charged Xie Haiqing, Chai Jinzhu, and the others.

Qin Hao widened a breach in the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s spatial barrier, prompting thousands of cultivators to rush for escape as the Three Ancestral God Commanders moved to stop him. Luan Bing flew to help Qin Hao, while Yan Zihong led forces against him and many Yan Family disciples hesitated to leave.

• Qin Hao’s breach expanded, and thousands of Heaven and Earth True Gods and Eternal True Gods flew toward it to escape the secret realm.
• Luan Bing headed for the breach to support Qin Hao after spotting Luo Haoze, Yan Zihong, and Outer Realm Demon Spirits approaching to attack.
• Luan Bing recognized Luo Haoze and Yan Zihong and became furious that Heavensea geniuses were fighting alongside the Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• Many Yan Family disciples stopped on seeing Yan Zihong lead an attack against Qin Hao, while a few continued toward the breach.
• Commander Luo Wei, the Green Demon Commander, and the Lotus Commander rushed to stop Qin Hao, and Commander Luo Wei launched a giant palm of demonic flames at him.

Qin Hao used the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm’s law power to block attacks from three Ancestral God Commanders while keeping the spatial breach open. The cultivators began escaping through it as the realm collapsed, while Qin Hao faced further attacks from Luo Haoze and the outer realm forces.

• Commander Luo Wei, the Green Demon Commander, and the Lotus Commander attacked Qin Hao to stop him from opening the breach.
• Qin Hao raised his hand and used the realm’s law power to make all three attacks explode before reaching him.
• The heaven and earth true gods and eternal true gods, including Luan Bing, rushed through the breach while Qin Hao held it open.
• Luo Haoze, Yan Zihong, Ba Lin, Ba Yan, and their forces attacked Qin Hao, Xie Haiqing, Chai Jinzhu, and the others.
• Qin Hao sensed that Primordial Beginning’s law power had blocked the three commanders’ attacks despite the realm’s incomplete laws.

Qin Hao struggled to keep the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm exit open while hostile demon spirits closed in and cultivators rushed to escape. On the Immortal Thunder Continent, Nine Heavens Tower Ancestral Gods realized the collapsing realm’s exit was likely blockaded and alerted True Lord Yuanlong.

• Qin Hao held the spatial barrier open as Yan Zihong, Luo Haoze, Ba Lin, and others attacked, while three Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God Commanders rapidly approached.
• The Nine Heavens Tower Ancestral Gods watched cracks spread across the Heaven and Earth Secret Realm exit and saw demon spirit demonic qi leaking through it.
• The Ancestral Gods concluded that outer realm demon spirits had likely blockaded the exit, leaving the Nine Heavens Tower disciples trapped in the collapsing realm.
• The Nine Heavens Tower Ancestral Gods decided to seek help, and their Four-Star Ancestral God sent a message to True Lord Yuanlong.