Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao agreed to rescue Lan Zancheng's clansmen and showed Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two his Self-Void Void World, helping them understand Low-Rank Perfect Secret Arts. Pang Qingyun then arrived to notify Qin Hao about a Life-and-Death Mission and hinted that he could first cultivate in the Chaos Spirit Pool and earn a Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure.

• Qin Hao agreed to go rescue Lan Zancheng's clansmen despite the danger posed by the Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• Qin Hao demonstrated his Self-Void Void World and explained its World True Meaning to Xuan Sixteen and Xuan Thirty-Two, who gained valuable insights.
• Xuan Sixteen praised Qin Hao's loyalty to Lan Zancheng and reflected on Dong Jianhong's betrayal.
• Pang Qingyun appeared in the Stone Pavilion, congratulated Qin Hao on mastering a Low-Rank Perfect Secret Art, and told him to undertake a Life-and-Death Mission.
• Pang Qingyun reminded Qin Hao that he had not yet visited the Chaos Spirit Pool and mentioned the Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure reward tied to his Cultivation Progress Plan.

Qin Hao earned a Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure reward and visited the Chaos Spirit Pool, where Pang Qingyun hoped Qin Hao would choose him as his master. Qin Hao began absorbing the pool’s dense energy, aiming to replenish his Self-Void World and advance his cultivation.

• Qin Hao realized he had fulfilled the Cultivation Progress Plan’s requirements for a Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure reward.
• Pang Qingyun offered to guide Qin Hao to the Chaos Spirit Pool, hoping Qin Hao would choose him and take him out of the Kindling Realm.
• Qin Hao considered Pang Qingyun’s strength but decided to visit the pool before choosing a treasure.
• Pang Qingyun escorted Qin Hao to the Chaos Spirit Pool and explained its abundant cultivation energy.
• Qin Hao entered the pool and activated the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to absorb its energy and refine it into ancestral god power.

Qin Hao cultivated in the Chaos Spirit Pool, advancing from the Three-Star Early Stage to the Four-Star Ancestral God realm in a year and a half. He continued absorbing energy to consolidate his cultivation and stock his self-void world, while Pang Qingyun waited outside and discovered that the pool’s energy had greatly dwindled.

• Qin Hao broke through from the Three-Star Early Stage to the Three-Star Middle Stage almost immediately after entering the Chaos Spirit Pool.
• Pang Qingyun sensed Qin Hao’s breakthrough and decided to wait for him so he could leave the Kindling Realm with Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao spent nearly half a year reaching the Three-Star Peak Stage, then another half year advancing to the Four-Star Early Stage.
• Qin Hao resolved to stay clear-eyed about stronger foes, then continued cultivating to consolidate his realm and store ancestral god power in his self-void world.
• Pang Qingyun waited ten years and discovered that the energy in the Chaos Spirit Pool had dwindled enormously.

Qin Hao absorbed more than half the energy in the Chaos Spirit Pool, then learned from Pang Qingyun how a Chaos Spirit Treasure could be nurtured into a Chaos Peerless Treasure. Pang Qingyun asked Qin Hao to choose him as his Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure, but Qin Hao decided to inspect the available treasures first.

• Pang Qingyun watched Qin Hao absorb an astonishing amount of energy from the Chaos Spirit Pool and realized Qin Hao’s growing strength could benefit him.
• Qin Hao released his Self-Void World and filled it with the refined ancestral god power he had stored, then stopped after consuming more than half the pool’s energy.
• Qin Hao left the pool and asked Pang Qingyun to guide him to collect his Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasure reward.
• Pang Qingyun explained that a Chaos Spirit Treasure could become a Chaos Peerless Treasure if its wielder nurtured it with their Dao Heart, and he advised Qin Hao to choose a weapon.
• Pang Qingyun revealed that he wanted to leave the Kindling Realm with Qin Hao, but Qin Hao said he would first inspect the available treasures.

Qin Hao examined the Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasures in the Kindling Realm and learned that the Dawn Sword was incompatible with his Sword Dao. After finding the other treasures unsuitable as well, he asked Pang Qingyun how much of his strength Qin Hao could unleash.

• Qin Hao saw Pang Qingyun’s true body and six other Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasures in the cabin.
• Qin Hao tested the Dawn Sword, and its Sword Spirit explained that their different sword hearts prevented Qin Hao from wielding its full power or nurturing it further.
• Qin Hao examined the remaining five treasures and found none especially suited to him.
• Qin Hao asked Pang Qingyun how much of his strength Qin Hao could unleash with his current cultivation.

Qin Hao chose Pang Qingyun as his war soldier, refined him, and learned about the life-and-death missions he had to complete. He selected three difficult missions, including one in Lan Zancheng’s homeland, then received a mission token and a warning not to act recklessly.

• Pang Qingyun explained that he could currently unleash Five-Star Middle Stage combat power and possessed a body as strong as a Seven-Star Ancestral God’s.
• Qin Hao chose Pang Qingyun over the incompatible Supreme-Grade Chaos Spirit Treasures and refined the Silver Armored Man, while Pang Qingyun agreed to be treated as a friend.
• Pang Qingyun led Qin Hao to the Mission Hall and explained that creating a Low-Rank Perfect Secret Art had raised the difficulty of his life-and-death missions.
• Qin Hao chose the Infinite Sea mission in Lan Zancheng’s homeland, which required him to kill the Five-Star Late Stage Ironbone Commander, then selected missions to kill the Traitor Black Demon Dragon and investigate the Yun Family.
• A stern-faced middle-aged man gave Daoist Seed Heaven Nine a mission token and warned him not to act rashly if the missions became too dangerous.

Dong Jianhong struggled to open an ancient Bronze Gate hidden in the occupied Infinite Sea, fearing Commander Iron Skeleton would discover it. Meanwhile, Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun reached the Infinite Sea, where Qin Hao hoped Xuan Seventy-One’s clansmen had survived.

• Dong Jianhong failed to force open the Bronze Gate and retreated when its power slammed it shut.
• Dong Jianhong recalled betraying the Heavenly Palace and joining Commander Iron Skeleton to kill Lan Zancheng in exchange for a chance to claim the gate’s treasures.
• Dong Jianhong decided to try for one more epoch before leaving to keep the Bronze Gate hidden.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun reached the Infinite Sea’s entrance with the Star Chart and sensed the dense demon spirit demonic qi.
• Qin Hao entered the Infinite Sea, hoping Xuan Seventy-One’s clansmen were still alive.

Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun entered the Infinite Sea inside Qin Hao’s self-Void World to investigate and search for Xuan Seventy-One’s surviving family and friends before confronting Ironbone Commander. Ironbone Commander sensed faint spatial fluctuations but found nothing, then continued planning the Demon Spirit Race’s conquest and devoured an Eternal True God cultivator.

• Pang Qingyun offered to hold off Ironbone Commander, but Qin Hao said they would investigate the Infinite Sea first because it was Xuan Seventy-One’s homeland.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun entered the Infinite Sea while concealed inside the self-Void World, producing a faint spatial ripple.
• Ironbone Commander sensed the ripple and searched the Infinite Sea, but found no intruders and dismissed it as a spatial tremor.
• Ironbone Commander recalled Dong Jianhong’s betrayal and considered why he had come to the Infinite Sea and remained after killing Lan Zancheng.
• Ironbone Commander celebrated the Demon Spirit Race’s coming conquest, seized three Eternal True God cultivators, and devoured one of them.

The Ironbone Commander devoured three Eternal True Gods and reflected on how consuming cultivators strengthened his demonic body. Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun entered the Infinite Sea, began secretly rescuing its surviving inhabitants, and searched for the world where most of them were imprisoned.

• The Ironbone Commander devoured three Eternal True Gods and grew stronger, then restrained his hunger to preserve the remaining cultivators as future prey.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun watched the Ironbone Commander from within the Self-Void World and realized other captives were likely being held.
• Qin Hao led Pang Qingyun away to rescue the Infinite Sea’s living beings before confronting the Ironbone Commander.
• Qin Hao secretly drew nearby survivors into the Self-Void World while the two traveled through worlds filled with death and torment.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun searched the Infinite Sea’s many small and great worlds for the place where most survivors were imprisoned.

Bloodshadow Commander terrorized the imprisoned survivors of Skyblue Great World and discovered Lan Yun, Lan Zancheng’s younger sister. He told Lan Yun that her brother was dead and confronted her and their father, Lan Xiong.

• Bloodshadow Commander tormented a mother and daughter until the daughter detonated herself, then devoured the mother.
• Bloodshadow Commander decided to search the Lan Family for promising cultivators to devour.
• Lan Yun waited with her father, Lan Xiong, believing her brother Lan Zancheng would come to save them.
• Bloodshadow Commander appeared before them, revealed that Iron Skeleton Commander had killed Lan Zancheng, and targeted Lan Yun.
• Lan Xiong shielded Lan Yun as she broke down upon hearing that her brother was dead.

Lan Yun learned that her brother Lan Zancheng was dead, then the Bloodshadow Commander captured her and suppressed her power. A mysterious silver figure attacked him, and Lan Yun was left falling toward the ground as her father and the other True Gods could only watch.

• Lan Yun learned from Lan Xiong and the gathered True Gods that Lan Zancheng had died.
• The Bloodshadow Commander recognized Lan Yun's pure soul and moved to seize her, so Lan Xiong attacked to protect his daughter.
• The Bloodshadow Commander struck Lan Xiong down, captured Lan Yun, and suppressed her power when she tried to self-detonate.
• A silver figure descended and punched at the Bloodshadow Commander, who fled while calling for help.
• The Bloodshadow Commander tossed Lan Yun aside as he escaped, and she plummeted toward the ground while Lan Xiong and the other True Gods could not reach her.

Qin Hao arrived to save Lan Yun and promised to avenge Lan Zancheng, then faced the Six-Armed Commander as he attacked the Skyblue Great World. The commander’s blows broke against Qin Hao’s unseen defense, leaving Lan Xiong to recognize him as a Heavenly Palace Daoist Seed.

• Qin Hao appeared before Lan Yun, identified himself as Lan Zancheng’s friend, and promised to avenge her brother.
• The Six-Armed Commander arrived and threatened Qin Hao and the cultivators of the Skyblue Great World.
• Qin Hao told Lan Yun not to resist and said he would take everyone into his inner world, but the Six-Armed Commander attacked before he could act.
• The Six-Armed Commander’s fists struck Qin Hao’s invisible defense and broke, while Qin Hao remained untouched.
• Lan Xiong recognized Qin Hao as a Heavenly Palace Daoist Seed, and the other True Gods grew excited at his strength.

Qin Hao unleashed the Heavenly Abyss Sword against the Six-Armed Commander, slaughtering nearly all the outer realm demon spirits in the Skyblue Great World with the strike’s residual force. He bound and killed the Six-Armed Commander, leaving the Ironbone Commander’s threatened arrival unresolved.

• Qin Hao summoned the Heavenly Abyss Sword and swung it at the Six-Armed Commander, unleashing overwhelming power across the Skyblue Great World.
• The sword strike’s pressure annihilated over ninety-nine percent of the outer realm demon spirits in the world before the blade reached its target.
• The Six-Armed Commander tried to flee, but Qin Hao’s Heaven and Earth Rule Power immobilized him.
• The Six-Armed Commander begged for his life and offered to submit, but Qin Hao refused, recalling how he had slaughtered cultivators of the myriad races.
• Qin Hao cleaved the Six-Armed Commander in two, and the sword qi destroyed his demonic power and killed him.

Qin Hao killed the Six-Armed Commander, then gathered the surviving people of the Infinite Sea into his Void World as the Ironbone Commander and a vast demon army arrived. The Ironbone Commander suspected Qin Hao might be a Heavenly Palace Daoist Seed and was excited by the possibility.

• Qin Hao killed the Six-Armed Commander in one strike, saving the beings in Skyblue City.
• The Ironbone Commander arrived with millions of Outer Realm Demon Spirits and dozens of Ancestral God commanders.
• Pang Qingyun killed the wounded Bloodshadow Commander and joined Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao used the Heaven and Earth Rule Power to gather more than thirty million survivors into his Void World.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun vowed to kill the Outer Realm Demon Spirits as the Ironbone Commander considered whether Qin Hao was a Heavenly Palace Daoist Seed.

Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun confronted Ironbone Commander and his forces in the Infinite Sea. Qin Hao’s hidden attacks nearly struck Ironbone Commander, who escaped both blows and realized he could not detect Qin Hao’s secret art.

• Ironbone Commander attacked Qin Hao and vowed to make the Skyblue Great World his grave.
• Qin Hao split Ironbone Commander’s spear with one sword strike, then sent Pang Qingyun to fight the commanders and demon army.
• Pang Qingyun was blasted away by the commanders but returned unharmed, revealing his strength as a Chaos Spirit Treasure War Soldier.
• Qin Hao attacked Ironbone Commander from the Self-Void World, but Ironbone Commander sensed the strike and dodged it.
• Qin Hao attacked again from concealment, and Ironbone Commander evaded the Heavenly Abyss Sword as it tore open a larger crater in space.

Qin Hao used his self-Void World and the Heavensea Meteor Diagram to attack the Ironbone Commander, who countered with his formidable demonic body. When the Commander thrust his right arm into the self-Void World, Qin Hao prepared to sever it with the Heavensea Ruins Diagram, while the world’s force weakened the punch by at least thirty percent.

• Qin Hao attacked the Ironbone Commander twice from his self-Void World, but the Commander detected each sword strike and evaded it.
• Qin Hao used the Heavensea Meteor Diagram to attack from behind, and the Ironbone Commander chose to counter rather than dodge.
• The Ironbone Commander struck the Heavenly Abyss Sword with his fist, forcing it back and revealing his demonic body could contend with a Six-Star Ancestral God.
• The Ironbone Commander drove his right fist into Qin Hao’s self-Void World, where Qin Hao slashed at the arm with the Heavensea Ruins Diagram.
• The self-Void World weakened the Ironbone Commander’s punch by at least thirty percent, leaving him horrified by the loss of power.

Qin Hao used his Self-Void World to weaken the Ironbone Commander and sever his right arm, leaving the commander gravely wounded. Lan Xiong and Lan Yun witnessed the blow and realized Qin Hao could avenge Lan Zancheng.

• The Ironbone Commander attacked Qin Hao, but the Self-Void World steadily suppressed his strength as his fist approached.
• Qin Hao unleashed an enhanced sword strike inside the Self-Void World and severed the Ironbone Commander's right arm.
• Qin Hao's Sword Qi pierced the severed arm until it dissolved into black mist, while the Ironbone Commander suffered a grave injury.
• Lan Xiong watched Qin Hao wound Lan Zancheng's killer and said his son's spirit could rest in peace.
• Lan Yun was moved by the prospect of her brother's revenge and stunned by Qin Hao's strength.

Qin Hao pursued the wounded Ironbone Commander while Pang Qingyun overwhelmed the Ancestral God Commanders surrounding him. As the Ironbone Commander plunged through Qin Hao’s fiery sword attack, he called for Dong Jianhong, startling Qin Hao.

• The Ironbone Commander realized Qin Hao had severed his arm and that he could not defeat him alone.
• Pang Qingyun killed a Two-Star Outer Realm Demon Spirit Commander with a single punch and continued dominating the commanders besieging him.
• The Ironbone Commander fled into the starry sky as Qin Hao pursued him through his Void World.
• Qin Hao unleashed the Heavensea Blazing Flame Diagram, cutting off the Ironbone Commander’s escape and wounding him as he charged through the flames.
• The Ironbone Commander called out to Dong Jianhong and warned that Dong Jianhong would not survive if he died, causing Qin Hao to recognize the name.

Qin Hao learned that Dong Jianhong was hiding in the Infinite Sea while he continued to overwhelm the Ironbone Commander. Desperate for help, the Ironbone Commander headed for Dong Jianhong’s small world and secretly asked the Demon God Hall for aid.

• Qin Hao recognized Dong Jianhong as the traitor who had caused Lan Zancheng’s death and resolved to kill him.
• Qin Hao’s flaming sword radiance wounded the Ironbone Commander, burned his demonic qi, and further weakened him.
• The Ironbone Commander realized his Ancestral God Commanders could not save him and decided to force Dong Jianhong to fight alongside him.
• The Ironbone Commander secretly sent the Demon God Hall a plea for help, then raced toward Dong Jianhong’s small world to join forces against Qin Hao.

Qin Hao relentlessly pursued and weakened the Ironbone Commander, who fled toward Dong Jianhong’s small world. Underground, Dong Jianhong forced open a Bronze Gate and discovered a Bronze Tiger Tally within.

• Qin Hao repeatedly struck the Ironbone Commander with high-rank Peak secret arts, inflicting severe wounds but failing to kill him.
• The Ironbone Commander blocked a sword strike with his fist, suffered a deep wound, and sped toward Dong Jianhong’s small world.
• Qin Hao realized the Ironbone Commander was heading toward Dong Jianhong and continued attacking, determined to avenge Lan Zancheng.
• The Ironbone Commander’s injuries slowed him, making Qin Hao’s attacks easier to land as their pursuit continued.
• In a small world nearby, Dong Jianhong pushed open a Bronze Gate and saw a Bronze Tiger Tally floating above a stone pillar inside.