Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao entered Kindling Flame Cliff with Xuan Seventy-One and Xuan Sixteen and began studying the powerful remnants left by past cultivators. After contemplating a Blue Ice Spike for several years, he moved to a spot with an overbearing blade light that stirred his sword intent.

• Qin Hao arrived at Kindling Flame Cliff with Xuan Seventy-One and Xuan Sixteen and sensed the dangerous powers lingering there.
• Xuan Seventy-One warned Qin Hao not to venture into places with dangerously overbearing power before the three began cultivating at separate spots.
• Qin Hao found a Blue Ice Spike whose aura held at least a low-rank perfect secret art and contemplated it for several years without grasping its mysteries.
• Qin Hao moved away from the Blue Ice Spike and encountered an intensely overbearing blade light that provoked his sword intent.
• Qin Hao chose to study the blade light's overbearing nature, expecting it to strengthen his sword intent and secret arts.

Qin Hao studied the powerful remnants left by predecessors on Kindling Flame Cliff, then found a vast flame region that resembled the spaces in his existing secret arts. He decided to use it to create a third high-rank Peak secret art, while his six doppelgangers also began cultivating in the Kindling Realm.

• Qin Hao spent ten years comprehending a blade light and gained insight into a domineering yet restrained sword intent.
• Qin Hao spent half an epoch studying the cultivation remnants scattered across Kindling Flame Cliff.
• Qin Hao discovered a vast flame region and realized he could use it to develop a Heavensea Blazing Flame Diagram from the Heavensea Ruins Diagram.
• Qin Hao summoned his six doppelgangers, confirmed they could cultivate in the Kindling Realm, and sent them to study the remnants.
• Qin Hao entered the flame region and began cultivating in hopes of creating a third high-rank Peak secret art.

After three epochs of cultivation in the Kindling Realm, Qin Hao mastered the first layer of the Heavenly Derivation Book, Primordial Beginning, and learned to shape the Heaven and Earth Rule Power in his cultivation chamber. After consolidating his progress for a hundred thousand years, he answered Xuan Seventy-One’s invitation to join the others for a drink.

• Qin Hao shaped Heaven and Earth Rule Power into an invisible treasure sword and realized he controlled the rules within his cultivation chamber.
• Qin Hao cultivated the Heavenly Derivation Book while studying the flames at Kindling Flame Cliff, eventually mastering its first layer, Primordial Beginning.
• Qin Hao sensed that Primordial Beginning had made his self-world, the Heavensea Ruins Diagram, and the Heavensea Void Realm Diagram stronger.
• Qin Hao advanced from the early stage to the middle stage of the Two-Star Ancestral God realm during the three epochs.
• Qin Hao spent a hundred thousand years consolidating his cultivation and Primordial Beginning.
• Xuan Seventy-One invited Qin Hao to join the others for a drink, and Qin Hao accepted.

Qin Hao attended a gathering with Xuan Seventy-One, Xuan Sixteen, Xuan Thirty-Two, and Xuan Fifty-Two, who urged him to balance cultivation with rest. The next day, he chose to return to Kindling Flame Cliff, confident that his improved heart will and Heavenly Derivation Book would help him endure its pressure.

• Qin Hao arrived at the Antique Pavilion and reunited with Xuan Seventy-One, Xuan Sixteen, Xuan Thirty-Two, and Xuan Fifty-Two, whom he considered friends.
• Xuan Seventy-One and the others encouraged Qin Hao to join their gatherings more often, while Qin Hao explained that he wanted to master a perfect secret art.
• Xuan Sixteen told Qin Hao that perfect secret arts were extremely difficult to comprehend, but urged him to keep working toward his goal.
• Qin Hao and the others drank and talked together for a day, then Qin Hao decided to resume cultivating at Kindling Flame Cliff.
• Xuan Seventy-One and the others warned Qin Hao about the Divine Lord pressure, but Qin Hao trusted his strengthened heart will and Heavenly Derivation Book to help him endure it.

Qin Hao completed the Heavensea Blazing Flame Diagram after fifteen epochs of cultivation, greatly strengthening his ability to withstand the Blazing Flame Region and contend with Five-Star Ancestral Gods. After receiving a message from Xuan Seventy-One, he prepared to join the others and wondered why he would not see him for a long time.

• Qin Hao spent fifteen epochs cultivating in the Kindling Realm while his six doppelgangers made major progress in secret arts.
• Qin Hao completed the Heavensea Blazing Flame Diagram, reducing the Blazing Flame Region’s pressure on him and giving him confidence that he could fight Lord Qingming.
• Qin Hao reflected that his new high-rank peak secret art could earn him a low-grade chaos spirit treasure under the cultivation plan.
• Xuan Seventy-One messaged Qin Hao to join him, and Qin Hao decided to go after missing several gatherings during his cultivation.
• Qin Hao wondered whether Xuan Seventy-One was entering a long period of secluded cultivation after hearing he would not see him for a while.

After creating the Heavensea Blazing Flame Diagram, Qin Hao met with Xuan Seventy-One and the others, who recognized his breakthrough. Qin Hao agreed to spar with Xuan Seventy-One to test his new secret art, and the chapter ended as the two prepared to fight.

• Qin Hao arrived at the stone pavilion, where Xuan Seventy-One, Xuan Sixteen, Xuan Thirty-Two, and Xuan Fifty-Two noticed his breakthrough.
• Qin Hao confirmed that he had created a powerful high-rank Peak secret art and explained that later arts could be easier to create, though greater understanding brought new challenges.
• Xuan Seventy-One invited Qin Hao to spar, and Qin Hao accepted so he could test the Heavensea Blazing Flame Diagram.
• Xuan Thirty-Two and Xuan Fifty-Two doubted Qin Hao could seriously threaten Xuan Seventy-One, while Xuan Sixteen watched to see how much he had improved.
• Qin Hao and Xuan Seventy-One took positions outside the pavilion as Qin Hao gathered strength with his three secret-art diagrams ready.

Qin Hao challenged Xuan Seventy-One to a sparring match and revealed how much his strength had grown. He left Xuan Seventy-One stunned when he concealed the Heavensea Blazing Flame Diagram inside the Heavensea Ruins Diagram, overpowering Xuan Seventy-One's defense.

• Xuan Seventy-One enclosed Qin Hao and himself in a ward before they began sparring.
• Qin Hao attacked with the Heavensea Ruins Diagram, and Xuan Seventy-One blocked it with his Rotating Wheel.
• Qin Hao's sword strike shook the Rotating Wheel, impressing Xuan Seventy-One with his improved strength.
• Qin Hao unleashed the Heavensea Blazing Flame Diagram from within the Heavensea Ruins Diagram, and the flames weakened the Rotating Wheel.
• Xuan Seventy-One realized his Rotating Wheel could not stop Qin Hao's two combined high-rank peak secret arts.

Qin Hao unleashed a sword strike combining three high-rank peak secret arts, breaking Xuan Seventy-One’s first two defenses and forcing him to use the Heaven and Earth Wheel. The strike failed to break through the final defense, but left Xuan Seventy-One injured and disheveled as Qin Hao stopped attacking.

• Qin Hao shattered Xuan Seventy-One’s Rotating Wheel and drove his sword into the Yin-Yang Wheel.
• Qin Hao’s sword produced countless shadows empowered by the Heavensea Ruins Diagram, the Heavensea Void Realm Diagram, and the Heavensea Blazing Flame Diagram, astonishing Xuan Seventy-One and the observers in the Stone Pavilion.
• Qin Hao’s sword shadows shattered the Yin-Yang Wheel, leaving Xuan Seventy-One unable to block the strike with his existing defenses.
• Xuan Seventy-One formed the Heaven and Earth Wheel to protect himself rather than counterattack Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao’s sword shadows struck the Heaven and Earth Wheel until they were spent, leaving the wheel intact but trembling and Xuan Seventy-One bleeding from the mouth.
• Qin Hao stopped attacking and looked at the disheveled Xuan Seventy-One, who flushed with embarrassment.

After Qin Hao defeated Xuan Seventy-One in a spar, his companions advised him to develop defensive and speed secret arts alongside his offensive ones. They then told him the outer realm demon spirits had conquered the Cloud River Sea, leaving Qin Hao and the others grimly aware of the heavy losses.

• Xuan Seventy-One conceded after Qin Hao's secret arts overcame his defenses, and Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Fifty-Two praised Qin Hao's skill.
• Xuan Seventy-One, Xuan Sixteen, and Xuan Fifty-Two advised Qin Hao to create defensive and speed secret arts for future life-and-death missions.
• Xuan Seventy-One told Qin Hao that the outer realm demon spirits had launched a sudden invasion and conquered the Cloud River Sea.
• Xuan Thirty-Two explained that the cultivators had gathered at least a hundred Ancestral Gods to resist, but dozens died before the Cloud River Sea fell.
• Xuan Seventy-One condemned the demon spirits for invading the cultivators' remaining realms, while Qin Hao stayed silent.

Qin Hao learned that the outer realm demon spirits had breached Yunjiang Sea as Xuan Sixteen, Xuan Seventy-One, and their companions prepared for secluded cultivation and their Life-and-Death Missions. After drinking with them, he returned to his Manor to consider how to strengthen himself before his own missions.

• Xuan Sixteen explained that the invasion left the cultivators with no choice but to fight the outer realm demon spirits to the death.
• Xuan Sixteen, Xuan Seventy-One, Xuan Fifty-Two, and Xuan Thirty-Two said they planned to enter secluded cultivation to prepare for their Life-and-Death Missions.
• Qin Hao learned that Yunjiang Sea had fallen and worried about the threat to Heavensea and True Lord Xuyang.
• Xuan Seventy-One reassured Qin Hao that he had time to keep cultivating, and the group drank together before returning to their Manors.
• Qin Hao considered attempting to create a Peak Rank Peak secret art, but judged it unlikely he could do so within the seventy-five epochs before his Life-and-Death Missions.

Qin Hao focused on creating more high-rank Peak secret arts during secluded cultivation, while Xuan Sixteen departed for her Life-and-Death Mission. After thirteen epochs away, she returned safely, though she revealed that she had nearly died.

• Qin Hao decided to spend the next seventy-five epochs creating high-rank Peak secret arts before attempting a Peak Rank Peak secret art, while his six doppelgangers cultivated independently.
• Qin Hao secluded himself at Kindling Flame Cliff and created several more high-rank Peak secret arts, including the Heavensea Meteor Diagram.
• Qin Hao and the others gathered to see Xuan Sixteen off as she began her Life-and-Death Mission.
• Ten epochs passed without Xuan Sixteen returning, and Qin Hao and the others worried as they continued cultivating.
• After thirteen epochs away, Xuan Sixteen messaged Qin Hao that she had returned, and he hurried to meet her.
• Xuan Sixteen told Qin Hao and the others that she had nearly died during her mission, but she had returned without injuries.

After Xuan Sixteen returned from a dangerous mission, she warned Qin Hao and the others that the outer realm demon spirits were attacking across every front and urged them to strengthen themselves. Qin Hao collected his cultivation rewards and devoted himself to advancing to Three-Star Ancestral God.

• Xuan Sixteen returned after being discovered and hunted by outer realm demon spirits, then told Qin Hao and the others that war raged across every front and Divine Lord Redcloud had fought a Divine Lord Demon God.
• Xuan Sixteen warned Xuan Seventy-One, Xuan Fifty-Two, Xuan Thirty-Two, and Qin Hao to improve their strength before their Life-and-Death Missions.
• Qin Hao returned to his Manor, where Elder Fu gave him a mid-grade and a High-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure for completing Cultivation Progress Plan objectives.
• Pang Qingyun learned that Qin Hao had created nearly a hundred high-rank Peak secret arts and hoped Qin Hao could help him leave the Kindling Realm.
• Qin Hao cultivated with the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art, absorbing spiritual energy, divine power, and origin matter to break through to Three-Star Ancestral God.

Qin Hao advanced to Three-Star Ancestral God and continued studying secret arts, but he struggled to create a Top-Tier Peak Secret Art. When Xuan Seventy-One, Xuan Fifty-Two, and Xuan Thirty-Two prepared to leave on Life-and-Death Missions, Qin Hao went to see them, knowing his own mission was approaching.

• Qin Hao absorbed resources for half a month and broke through to Three-Star Ancestral God.
• Qin Hao spent more than six months consolidating his cultivation before returning to Kindling Flame Cliff to study.
• Nearly eighty epochs after arriving in the Kindling Realm, Qin Hao read Dao Repository Manuscripts and reflected on why he could not create a Top-Tier Peak Secret Art.
• Xuan Seventy-One messaged Qin Hao that he, Xuan Fifty-Two, and Xuan Thirty-Two were about to depart on Life-and-Death Missions.
• Qin Hao left the Dao Repository Hall to meet them at the stone pavilion and realized he would need to undertake his own mission in about ten epochs.

At the Stone Pavilion, Qin Hao learned that the outer realm demon spirits had conquered two more worlds and devastated Xuan Seventy-One’s homeland. The group was shocked to hear Qin Hao had created 189 high-rank Peak secret arts, and Xuan Thirty-Two questioned whether any matched a Peak Rank secret art in power.

• Qin Hao arrived at the Stone Pavilion and found Xuan Sixteen, Xuan Seventy-One, Xuan Fifty-Two, and Xuan Thirty-Two subdued.
• Xuan Fifty-Two told Qin Hao that the outer realm demon spirits had conquered two worlds, killing countless True Gods and hundreds of Ancestral Gods.
• Xuan Seventy-One revealed that his homeland had been invaded and that many friends and relatives had died or been wounded.
• Xuan Seventy-One urged Qin Hao to prepare for his future Life-and-Death Missions and asked how his Peak Rank secret art cultivation was progressing.
• Qin Hao said he had created 189 high-rank Peak secret arts, shocking Xuan Seventy-One and the others.
• Qin Hao explained that none of his secret arts reached Peak Rank, and Xuan Thirty-Two asked whether any matched Peak Rank secret arts in power.

Qin Hao discussed his inability to create a Peak Rank Peak secret art with his companions in the Kindling Realm, and Xuan Seventy-One suggested he try creating a low-rank perfect secret art directly. Qin Hao decided to enter seclusion and attempt it, while his brothers prepared for their Life-and-Death Missions against the outer realm demon spirits.

• Qin Hao explained that despite creating a hundred and eighty-nine high-rank Peak secret arts, he had not managed to create a Peak Rank Peak secret art.
• Xuan Seventy-One suggested Qin Hao bypass that step and try creating a low-rank perfect secret art before his Life-and-Death Mission.
• Xuan Sixteen supported trying the approach, while Xuan Fifty-Two warned that forcing it could cause qi deviation and Xuan Thirty-Two urged Qin Hao to decide for himself.
• Qin Hao thanked the four companions and said he would enter seclusion to attempt a low-rank perfect secret art.
• Qin Hao shared fruit wine with the group as Xuan Seventy-One and Xuan Thirty-Two vowed to avenge their families and friends by fighting the outer realm demon spirits.

Qin Hao struggled to advance the Heavensea Ruins Diagram, first believing he had found the right path and then remaining stuck at a bottleneck. A Kindling Realm announcement revealed that Xuan Seventy-One had been killed by the traitor Xuan Fifty-Two, leaving Qin Hao stunned.

• Qin Hao began secluded cultivation to develop a perfect secret art using the Heavensea Ruins Diagram as its foundation.
• After an epoch of scant progress, Qin Hao realized he needed to improve the Heavensea Ruins Diagram itself rather than build a secret art around the Ancient Heavensea Ruins.
• Qin Hao spent five more epochs refining the diagram, but it remained stuck just short of becoming a Peak Rank Peak secret art.
• A bell rang across the Kindling Realm, and an announcement declared that Xuan Seventy-One had died in an ambush by Xuan Fifty-Two.
• The announcement said Xuan Fifty-Two had joined the Outer Realm Demon Spirits and that the Kindling Realm had issued a Pursuit Order; Qin Hao froze in disbelief.

Qin Hao learned that Lan Zancheng, formerly known to him as Xuan Seventy-One, had died because Dong Jianhong betrayed the Myriad Races. His grief and fury revealed how his Self-World could become the core for advancing his secret arts, but he knew he needed to grow stronger before he could take revenge.

• Qin Hao learned that Lan Zancheng, Xuan Seventy-One, had been killed and blamed Dong Jianhong, Xuan Fifty-Two, for betraying the Myriad Races.
• Qin Hao recalled Lan Zancheng mentioning that his homeland had been attacked, and suspected Dong Jianhong had used that information to discover and intercept him.
• Qin Hao's Self-World spread and overlapped with the Heavensea Ruins Diagram, making the shared area seem distorted and nonexistent.
• Qin Hao realized that his Self-World, rather than the Heavensea Ruins Diagram alone, had to be the core for creating stronger secret arts.
• Qin Hao resolved to grow stronger to avenge Lan Zancheng and remembered that Dong Jianhong had reached the Peak of Five-Star Ancestral God.

Qin Hao worked to transform his self-world and, over four epochs, created a Low-Rank Perfect Secret Art containing a trace of World True Meaning. After learning that Xuan Seventy-One’s death left Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two grieving and without hope of avenging him, Tu Ling promoted Qin Hao from Mystic Thirty-Six to Heaven Nine.

• Qin Hao decided to overlap his other high-rank peak secret arts with his self-world and began cultivating to transform it.
• Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two mourned Xuan Seventy-One and discussed Dong Jianhong’s strength and the outer realm demon spirits’ protection of him.
• Xuan Thirty-Two questioned Qin Hao’s character because he had not come to meet them, while Xuan Sixteen returned to her quarters.
• Four epochs later, Tu Ling sensed that Qin Hao had created a Low-Rank Perfect Secret Art containing a trace of World True Meaning.
• Pang Qingyun asked Tu Ling whether he could leave the Kindling Realm, but Tu Ling said Qin Hao would have to choose him as a reward.
• Tu Ling ordered that Mystic Thirty-Six be promoted to Heaven Nine.

Qin Hao created the low-rank perfect secret art Self-Void World and was promoted from Mystic Thirty-Six to Heaven Nine, stirring the Kindling Realm. Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two saw his advancement as a chance to avenge Xuan Seventy-One by killing Dong Jianhong, while Qin Hao tested his new art at Kindling Flame Cliff.

• The Kindling Realm announced that Mystic Thirty-Six had created a low-rank perfect secret art and been promoted to Heaven Nine.
• Heaven Three took notice of Qin Hao's rapid advancement and hoped to cross blades with him, while a burly man resented losing his Heaven Nine ranking.
• Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two contacted Qin Hao, hoping he could kill Dong Jianhong and avenge Xuan Seventy-One.
• At Kindling Flame Cliff, Qin Hao entered the Self-Void World and realized its illusory realm could conceal his position while empowering his secret arts.
• Qin Hao credited Xuan Seventy-One with helping him create the Self-Void World and recalled him with a cold glint in his eyes.

Qin Hao created the Self-Void World, a low-rank perfect secret art, and resolved to avenge Lan Zancheng, who had been killed by Dong Jianhong. Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two asked him to rescue Lan Zancheng’s family and clansmen from their homeland.

• Qin Hao completed the Self-Void World after four epochs of development and realized it could help him advance his other secret arts.
• Qin Hao left the Kindling Realm and went to meet Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two at the Stone Pavilion.
• Qin Hao declared that Dong Jianhong, who had betrayed the myriad races and caused Lan Zancheng’s death, must die.
• Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two explained that Dong Jianhong had joined the outer realm demon spirits and would likely hide from the Heavenly Palace’s Pursuit Order.
• Xuan Sixteen told Qin Hao that Lan Zancheng had accepted a mission to return to his homeland and rescue his family and clansmen from a powerful Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God, and asked Qin Hao to save them.