Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao fled Stone Venerable and the others by heading for the Central Mountain Range, where an ancient demon lay dormant. When the demon did not stir, Qin Hao flew toward two wind caves, hoping to awaken it with the Bronze Tiger Tally.

• Qin Hao struck Stone Venerable with the Supreme Sword Tower hilt and Heavenly Abyss Sword, but Stone Venerable’s glazed body withstood his attacks.
• Qin Hao escaped toward the Central Mountain Range, and Stone Venerable pursued him with True Person Wu Zhu and Flame Dragon Demon Venerable.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord and the remaining Yun Family Ancestral Gods chased Qin Hao, while Great Commander Hai Dong stayed back out of fear of the ancient demon.
• Qin Hao reached the Central Mountain Range, but the ancient demon remained asleep.
• Qin Hao flew toward the two wind caves, intending to approach the ancient demon and use the Bronze Tiger Tally to awaken it.

Qin Hao raced to awaken the Ancient Demon because Heavenly Cloud True Lord and the others were closing in to kill him. The Ancient Demon awoke, protected Qin Hao, and prepared to end the pursuit as it revealed that it had been watching them all along.

• Qin Hao flew toward the Ancient Demon's head while Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Stone Venerable, True Person Wu Zhu, and Flame Dragon Demon Venerable attacked him.
• Yun Muzhou and the others sent attacks ahead of Qin Hao to block his path, while Great Commander Hai Dong stayed back.
• As the attacks neared Qin Hao, the Ancient Demon raised its head and redirected a torrent of Turbid Baleful Qi around him.
• The Ancient Demon's Turbid Baleful Qi erased the pursuers' attacks, and the Ancient Demon rose into a cross-legged sitting position.
• The Ancient Demon addressed the eighteen people on Lakeheart Island and revealed that it had watched the seventeen pursuers hunt Qin Hao, but would now end their pursuit under its master's orders.

The Ancient Demon awakened on Lakeheart Island and transported Qin Hao and seventeen others to meet him. Calling himself Eugene, he offered them a chance to obtain his master's legacy, while Qin Hao wondered where Pang Qingyun and Divine Lord Longqi were.

• Eugene awakened, and his immense power shook Lakeheart Island as everyone watched in fear.
• Eugene transported Qin Hao, Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Great Commander Hai Dong, and fourteen others to the center of the island.
• Eugene appeared as a pale young man, recognized Hai Dong as an outer realm demon spirit, and introduced himself as Senior Eugene.
• Eugene said the group had earned the chance to approach his master's legacy by giving him a show to watch.
• Qin Hao recalled the deadly stone statues and wondered where Pang Qingyun and Divine Lord Longqi were.
• Eugene announced that he would give the group an opportunity to obtain his master's legacy.

Yin-Yang Youth Eugene revealed that his master, Profound Cultivation Great Venerable, had left an inheritance in Cloud Lake and explained that anyone seeking it must survive a deadly challenge. The trial began as a powerful Humanoid Demon appeared in the arena, leaving Great Commander Hai Dong horrified.

• A Yun Family Five-Star Ancestral God interrupted Eugene to ask about the inheritance, and Eugene killed him instantly for interrupting.
• Eugene named his master as Profound Cultivation Great Venerable and said the master had created Cloud Lake while cultivating there.
• Eugene explained that seekers had to defeat the opponents Profound Cultivation Great Venerable had arranged, or die if they failed.
• Eugene summoned a vast arena surrounded by dense turbid baleful qi, and a powerful Humanoid Demon appeared inside it.
• Great Commander Hai Dong recognized the Humanoid Demon as a Demon Fiend and cried out in horror.

The contenders learned that Profound Cultivation Great Venerable’s inheritance required them to kill a powerful Demon Fiend, and Eugene forced Heavenly Cloud True Lord to face it first. Heavenly Cloud True Lord entered the arena and was immediately overwhelmed, leaving his survival uncertain.

• Great Commander Hai Dong identified the Humanoid Demon as a Demon Fiend, and Eugene explained that killing it was the way to reach his master’s inheritance.
• When no one volunteered, Eugene selected Heavenly Cloud True Lord to fight first and threatened him with death if he refused.
• As Heavenly Cloud True Lord approached, the Demon Fiend’s power rose to at least the Half-Step Divine Lord level, terrifying the onlookers.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord entered the arena, resolved to stake everything for a chance at the inheritance, and the Demon Fiend lunged at him.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord struck the Demon Fiend and tried to retreat, but it seized his right hand and pulled him back toward its attack.

Heavenly Cloud True Lord fought the corrosive, immensely powerful Humanoid Demon Fiend while Qin Hao observed and identified that the fiend was rapidly consuming its Demonic Qi. Though the fiend’s power began to fade, Heavenly Cloud True Lord was gravely wounded and nearly out of power, and he prepared to stake his life on one final attack.

• Qin Hao judged that the Humanoid Demon Fiend was too fast and corrosive to face head-on, while the others feared they could not match it.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord struck the fiend with his Chaos Spirit Treasure saber, but the fiend’s Demonic Qi corroded both the saber and his hand.
• Yin-Yang Youth Eugene promised the fiend freedom if it killed Heavenly Cloud True Lord, prompting it to attack again.
• Qin Hao noticed the fiend’s Demonic Qi thinning and realized that surviving its early attacks could exhaust its strength.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord recognized that the fiend had consumed much of its Demonic Qi, but, gravely wounded and nearly out of power himself, resolved to risk everything in one more attack.

Heavenly Cloud True Lord fought the Humanoid Demon Fiend and broke through to the Azure Thunder True Meaning Embryo stage at the brink of death, allowing him to defeat his opponent. He survived the battle and prepared to receive Profound Cultivation Venerable’s inheritance.

• Heavenly Cloud True Lord launched Azure Thunder Miasma, punching a hole through the Humanoid Demon Fiend and leaving himself exhausted.
• The Humanoid Demon Fiend charged through the lightning and tore into Heavenly Cloud True Lord, who could not evade.
• As Heavenly Cloud True Lord fought for his life, he broke through and formed an Azure Thunder True Meaning Embryo.
• The strengthened lightning sphere overwhelmed the Humanoid Demon Fiend, who collapsed and died.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord realized he had passed Profound Cultivation Venerable’s trial and could receive the inheritance.

Heavenly Cloud True Lord defeated a Half-Step Divine Lord Humanoid Demon Fiend and was sent to the Golden Profound Tower to receive the inheritance. Eugene then chose Yun Lie, whose weaker opponent still killed him within a few exchanges, leaving Qin Hao wary of the trial.

• Heavenly Cloud True Lord advanced his Azure Thunder Miasma into an Azure Thunder True Meaning Embryo and killed the Humanoid Demon Fiend.
• Eugene sent Heavenly Cloud True Lord to the Golden Profound Tower to receive the inheritance for a hundred epochs.
• Eugene randomly chose Yun Lie as the next contestant and transported him to the arena.
• Yun Lie faced a seven-star early-stage Demon Fiend, a weaker opponent than Heavenly Cloud True Lord had faced because Yun Lie's cultivation was lower.
• The Demon Fiend tore Yun Lie apart after only a few exchanges, and Qin Hao realized that the trial remained deadly even against weaker opponents.

Yin-Yang Youth Eugene sent Yun Family Ancestral Gods into the void arena, where demon fiends killed three of them in succession. When Qin Hao was selected, Yun Muzhou urged Eugene to raise the challenge, and Eugene boosted the demon fiend’s strength to the six-star peak.

• Eugene sent another Yun Family Five-Star Middle-Stage Ancestral God into the arena, where a Six-Star Middle-Stage demon fiend killed him instantly.
• Eugene chose a fifth challenger, and another Yun Family Ancestral God died after briefly blocking the demon fiend’s attack.
• Eugene sent Qin Hao into the arena, where a Six-Star Early-Stage demon fiend awaited him.
• Great Commander Hai Dong and Yun Muzhou told Eugene that Qin Hao’s combat strength exceeded his cultivation, and Yun Muzhou asked him to make the trial harder.
• Eugene declared that his word was law and raised the demon fiend’s strength to the six-star peak.

Eugene raised the Humanoid Demon Fiend’s strength to peak six-star, forcing Qin Hao into a deadly fight. Qin Hao used the Primordial Feathered Wings to outpace the fiend and wound it, but the fiend then multiplied into thirty-two peak six-star copies.

• Yun Muzhou and Great Commander Hai Dong welcomed Eugene’s decision to strengthen the Humanoid Demon Fiend to peak six-star, while Qin Hao prepared to fight for his life.
• The Humanoid Demon Fiend lunged at Qin Hao, but Qin Hao used the Primordial Feathered Wings to evade it and counterattacked with the Heaven-Burning Sword.
• Great Commander Hai Dong accused Qin Hao of cheating with his wings, but Eugene said treasures were part of a fighter’s strength.
• Eugene recognized Qin Hao’s wings as a broken Dao Divine Weapon, while Bald Stone Venerable resolved to reclaim the wings and the Supreme Sword Tower.
• Qin Hao wounded the Humanoid Demon Fiend and weakened its demonic qi, but the fiend split into thirty-two copies, each with peak six-star strength.

Qin Hao survived the Humanoid Demon Fiend’s attack after it split into thirty-six, then exploited their reduced speed and strength to destroy them with the Heavenly Abyss Sword and Supreme Sword Tower. He won the arena battle, leaving the spectators stunned.

• The Humanoid Demon Fiend split into thirty-six, and all of them attacked Qin Hao at once.
• Qin Hao retreated with his Primordial Feathered Wings, but several Demon Fiends struck him and sent him flying toward the edge of the arena.
• Qin Hao regained control of himself, noticed the split Demon Fiends had weakened and slowed down, and attacked with the Heavenly Abyss Sword.
• Qin Hao’s Heavenly Abyss Sword and Supreme Sword Tower cut down all thirty-six Demon Fiends, and the original Demon Fiend died after lamenting that splitting apart had cost him the battle.
• Qin Hao remained alone in the arena as the shocked spectators watched him win.

Qin Hao defeated thirty-six Demon Fiends and entered the Golden Profound Tower to receive the Profound Cultivation Great Venerable’s inheritance. He learned he had one hundred epochs to comprehend all ninety-nine floors and began exploring the first floor as his Self-Void World activated.

• Qin Hao slew all thirty-six Demon Fiends, stunning Yun Muzhou, Great Commander Hai Dong, True Person Wu Zhu, and the others.
• Eugene praised Qin Hao and promised him an additional boon if he completed the inheritance within one hundred epochs.
• Eugene sent Qin Hao to the Golden Profound Tower and then sent True Person Wu Zhu to face a five-star Ancestral God Demon Fiend.
• Eugene warned Qin Hao that he had to emerge from the tower’s ninety-ninth floor within one hundred epochs or die, and promised to take him to a coveted opportunity if he survived.
• Qin Hao noticed the Heavenly Cloud True Lord comprehending the mysteries on the fifth floor, then entered the first floor, where his Self-Void World activated on its own.

Qin Hao entered the Golden Profound Tower and chose to focus on the destruction Sword Dao, with the Void World Sword Dao as a secondary path. After comprehending the First Floor’s destruction mysteries, he found a staircase to the Second Floor and continued upward.

• Qin Hao discovered that the Golden Profound Tower made countless Heaven and Earth Mysteries manifest as specks of light, each containing distinct attributes and inheritances.
• Qin Hao chose to cultivate the destruction Sword Dao as his main path and the Void World Sword Dao as a supplement, and the tower brought destruction mysteries before him.
• Qin Hao immersed himself in comprehending the destruction mysteries while Heavenly Cloud True Lord spotted him from the Fifth Floor and resolved to kill him and reclaim the Spirit Crystal after leaving the tower.
• Qin Hao comprehended the First Floor’s destruction mysteries to a certain degree, causing a staircase to appear, and he stepped onto it to reach the Second Floor.

Qin Hao and the other survivors cultivated in the Golden Profound Tower, progressing through the legacies left by the Profound Cultivation Great Venerable. Qin Hao created a low-rank perfect secret art and advanced to the tenth floor, leaving the Heavenly Cloud True Lord stunned at his speed.

• The Bald Stone Venerable, Yun Muzhou, Great Commander Hai Dong, True Person Wu Zhu, a Yun Family ancestral god, and Yun Yang entered the tower after passing the Demon Fiend's trial, while no more survivors arrived.
• Qin Hao suspected that the Bronze Tiger Tally had prompted Ancient Demon Eugene to save him, then set aside the question and continued comprehending the Destruction Sword Dao legacy.
• Qin Hao created several destruction-attribute top-tier peak secret arts and advanced to the fifth floor, while the Heavenly Cloud True Lord reached the ninth floor ahead of him.
• Qin Hao reached the ninth floor and realized he needed to create a low-rank perfect secret art to proceed to the tenth.
• After half a month, Qin Hao created the secret art and entered the tenth floor, shocking the Heavenly Cloud True Lord, who had not yet created his own.

Qin Hao advanced through the Golden Profound Tower by creating secret arts from several sword daos, while the others steadily climbed behind him. After reaching the Fortieth Floor, True Person Wu Zhu saw that Qin Hao had already left the Sixty-Third Floor and felt jealous of his talent.

• Qin Hao passed the Nineteenth Floor, then changed his approach on the Twenty-Fourth Floor and created the Sword of Nothingness from the Void World Sword Dao.
• Over the following epochs, Qin Hao mastered the life force, Light, Darkness, and time sword daos, while the others continued climbing the tower.
• After forty-seven epochs, True Person Wu Zhu reached the Fortieth Floor and found his combat strength had grown enough to challenge a Peak Six-Star Ancestral God.
• True Person Wu Zhu compared the climbers' progress and saw that Stone Venerable had reached the Fifty-Second Floor, Great Commander Hai Dong the Fifty-Third, and Heavenly Cloud True Lord the Fifty-Ninth.
• True Person Wu Zhu looked for Qin Hao on the Sixty-Third Floor, found him gone, and felt jealous as the gap between them widened.

Qin Hao rapidly climbed the Golden Profound Tower, reaching the eighty-ninth floor and shocking the other cultivators. He revealed that his speed came from mastering at least seventeen related sword dao inheritances, but he still had not comprehended true meaning as he prepared to face the tower’s final ten floors.

• True Person Wu Zhu searched the upper floors and discovered Qin Hao had advanced from the sixty-third floor to the eighty-third, far beyond his own progress on the fortieth floor.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Stone Venerable, Great Commander Hai Dong, and the others were stunned to see Qin Hao on the eighty-third floor.
• Qin Hao quickly climbed from the eighty-third floor to the eighty-ninth, where he stopped to cultivate.
• Qin Hao reflected that mastering one sword dao inheritance helped him comprehend others, allowing him to create many Low-Rank Perfect Secret Arts and advance rapidly.
• Qin Hao acknowledged that none of his sword daos had reached the True Meaning Embryo stage and looked toward the remaining ten floors, suspecting they would be difficult.

Qin Hao reached the ninety-ninth floor of the Golden Profound Tower and began studying an ancient sword that held a complete sword Dao inheritance. When its sword qi entered his body and began tearing him apart, he fought to comprehend it, but another wisp suddenly struck.

• Qin Hao spent seventy epochs studying sword Dao inheritances and reached the ninety-ninth floor of the Golden Profound Tower.
• He found an ancient sword containing a complete sword Dao inheritance and sat down to comprehend it.
• A wisp of sword qi shot into Qin Hao’s body, suppressed his ancestral god power, and began destroying his divine body.
• Qin Hao used the Heaven and Earth Mysteries to repair himself while continuing to comprehend the sword qi through unbearable pain.
• His right thumb repeatedly disintegrated and regrew, becoming more crystalline as sword qi radiated from it.
• Just as Qin Hao neared complete comprehension and the pain eased, another wisp of sword qi shot into him.

Qin Hao endured the ancient sword’s countless wisps of sword qi as they repeatedly shattered and restored his divine body. After refining them all, he emerged with vastly increased Sword Dao inheritance and a Myriad Swords Body.

• Qin Hao continued comprehending and refining the sword qi as successive wisps entered him and tore his divine body apart.
• Qin Hao’s body was almost entirely destroyed, but the Heaven and Earth Mysteries restored him as the ancient sword’s sword qi ran out.
• Qin Hao fully recovered and realized that his prior Sword Dao inheritance had helped him survive the ordeal.
• Qin Hao discovered that his body had become a Myriad Swords Body, allowing him to contend with a seven-star ancestral god.

After surviving the Golden Profound Tower's ninety-ninth floor, Qin Hao transformed his divine body into a Myriad Swords Body and mastered Great Venerable Profound Cultivation's complete sword Dao inheritance. Eugene transported him to the ancient cultivation grounds on Lakeheart Island and revealed that Qin Hao might be one of the people Great Venerable Profound Cultivation chose.

• Qin Hao realized his Myriad Swords Body would help him grasp sword Dao true meaning and checked how much time had passed on the ninety-ninth floor.
• Eugene saw that Qin Hao had survived the ancient sword's dangerous inheritance and decided to send him to the Destruction Gate because he carried a Bronze Tiger Tally.
• Eugene transported Qin Hao away from the Golden Profound Tower, while Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Great Commander Hai Dong, Stone Venerable, and True Person Wu Zhu watched him disappear.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord resolved to improve his True Meaning Embryo, and Great Commander Hai Dong and the others hurried to progress through the tower.
• Qin Hao appeared above Lakeheart Island and recognized the ancient buildings below as Great Venerable Profound Cultivation's former cultivation grounds.
• Eugene told Qin Hao that the Bronze Tiger Tally suggested he was one of the people Great Venerable Profound Cultivation had chosen.

Eugene explained that Qin Hao’s Bronze Tiger Tally qualified him to challenge the Destruction Gate and potentially join the Destruction Legion, which promised free passage across Lakeheart Island and a guaranteed path to becoming a Divine Lord. He transported Qin Hao to the Destruction Gate, where the trial awaited.

• Eugene told Qin Hao that nine Bronze Tiger Tallies existed across different Cosmic Planes and that the Outer Realm Demon Spirits and Profound Cultivation Great Venerable came from outside Qin Hao’s plane.
• Eugene revealed that Divine Lords came to Lakeheart Island seeking the Destruction Gate, and that only one person had ever passed its trial and joined the Destruction Legion.
• Eugene explained that Qin Hao’s Bronze Tiger Tally gave him the chance to challenge the trial, and that joining the Legion would let him come and go from Lakeheart Island and guarantee he became a Divine Lord.
• Eugene transported Qin Hao to the Profound Cultivation Great Venerable’s cultivation residence, where Qin Hao appeared before the Destruction Gate.