Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao demonstrated a high-rank peak secret art to help Xie Haiqing, Ouyang Jin, and the other Ancestral Gods improve their cultivation, then spent tens of thousands of years guiding others and accompanying Mu Ziqing. Divine Lord Redcloud arrived with Qin Hao’s rewards and a large supply of cultivation resources, citing the increasingly tense situation.

• Qin Hao showed Xie Haiqing, Ouyang Jin, and the others a Sword Radiance containing the Heaven and Earth Mysteries of his high-rank peak secret art, and they studied it for several years.
• Qin Hao told everyone that mastering the Mysteries they had comprehended could help them create high-rank peak secret arts, and the grateful cultivators left to resume their cultivation.
• Qin Hao pondered searching for Windshadow Goddess and rescuing Jiang Han from the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground after reaching the peak of seven stars with Chen Xiuwen.
• Qin Hao spent time with Mu Ziqing and guided Qin Ming, Qin Yue, and other Half-Step Ancestral Gods; Ancestor Yanyu subsequently broke through to the Ancestral God Realm.
• Tens of thousands of years later, Divine Lord Redcloud appeared before Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing and gave Qin Hao dozens of Storage Star Rings filled with resources, explaining that the Heavenly Palace was issuing them early because the situation had grown tense.

Divine Lord Redcloud gave Qin Hao cultivation resources and ordered him to become the lord of Sky Chief Star in the Netherworld Battlefield. Qin Hao agreed to leave the next day, while Mu Ziqing received Redcloud’s Snowglow Sword and worried about his safety.

• Qin Hao accepted the cultivation resources from Divine Lord Redcloud, who revealed that two Great Demon Kings had targeted him.
• Divine Lord Redcloud gave Qin Hao transfer orders to serve as lord of Sky Chief Star, the vital hub of the Netherworld Battlefield’s Eastern Region.
• Divine Lord Redcloud gifted Mu Ziqing his mid-grade chaos spirit treasure, the Snowglow Sword, and urged Qin Hao to depart quickly.
• Qin Hao decided to leave for the Netherworld Battlefield the next day and reassured Mu Ziqing that his true strength exceeded what their enemies knew.

Qin Hao left Mu Ziqing and his children protected in Dragon Marquis City and traveled with Pang Qingyun to the Netherworld Battlefield, where he was assigned to command the vital Sky Chief Star. After arriving amid fierce fighting, Qin Hao headed for the star as Yun Chang waited eagerly for him.

• Qin Hao left three doppelgangers in Dragon Marquis City to protect Mu Ziqing and the others, then departed with Pang Qingyun for the Netherworld Battlefield.
• On the way, Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun discussed the threat posed by the Demon God Hall’s Half-Step Divine Lord commanders and Sky Chief Star’s importance to the Eastern Region.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun teleported from the Qiankun Sect, where True God Disciples admired Qin Hao’s rise from Half-Step True God to Ancestral God.
• After several more teleportations, Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun reached the Netherworld Battlefield and sensed its chaotic demonic qi and distant battles.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun set out for Sky Chief Star, while Yun Chang waited there for Qin Hao’s arrival.

Qin Hao arrived at the Netherworld Battlefield with Pang Qingyun and discovered a fleeting spacetime passage in the Nether River that drew his Dao Divine Weapons. He restrained his urge to investigate and continued to Sky Chief Star, where he reunited with Yun Chang.

• Yun Chang waited for Qin Hao on Sky Chief Star, proud of reaching the Four-Star Ancestral God realm and his reputation for killing outer realm demon spirit commanders.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun approached Sky Chief Star and sensed the Supreme Sword Tower and Primordial Feathered Wings yearning toward something in the Nether River.
• Qin Hao spotted an unstable spacetime passage in the river and sensed that the pull attracting his Dao Divine Weapons came from within it.
• Qin Hao resisted entering the passage and headed to Sky Chief Star with Pang Qingyun.
• Yun Chang greeted Qin Hao excitedly, and Qin Hao praised his cultivation while Pang Qingyun said Yun Chang could become a Heavenly Palace Daoist Seed.

Qin Hao arrived on Sky Chief Star as its Lord and learned about the outnumbered defenders, the powerful Three-Wing Commander, and the unexplained spacetime passage in the Nether River. He reassured the gathered Ancestral Gods and sent them to cultivate, concluding that the passage had appeared long before his arrival and was likely unrelated to him.

• Yun Chang led more than forty Ancestral Gods, including the Icebound Lord, the Profound Purity Ancestral God, and the Six-Yang Ancestral God, to pay respects to Qin Hao.
• The Six-Yang Ancestral God told Qin Hao that Baleful Demon Star was led by the six-star peak Three-Wing Commander and held far more Ancestral God Commanders than Sky Chief Star's forces.
• Qin Hao learned that Outer Realm Demon Spirits had not attacked the Eastern Region for nearly half an epoch, though their forces continued attacking in the Western Region.
• Qin Hao asked about the spacetime passage in the Nether River, and Yun Chang and the Profound Purity Ancestral God explained that it had appeared more than twenty epochs earlier after a brutal battle and periodically vanished and returned.
• Qin Hao dismissed the gathered Ancestral Gods and urged them to focus on cultivation, offering to answer their questions.

Qin Hao welcomed the Ancestral Gods of Sky Chief Star and demonstrated secret arts before turning to cultivation and watching the vanished time passage in the Nether River. On Mystic Ice Star, Venerable Fang Heng learned that Qin Hao had become Sky Chief Star’s lord and recalled their past conflict.

• Qin Hao attended a day-long welcoming banquet on Sky Chief Star and demonstrated high-rank peak and low-rank perfect secret arts to the assembled Ancestral Gods.
• Yun Chang began cultivating with inspiration from Qin Hao’s demonstrations, while Pang Qingyun agreed to keep watch.
• Qin Hao examined traces of the vanished time passage and considered whether it might contain missing parts of the Supreme Sword Tower and Primordial Feathered Wings.
• Qin Hao began refining treasures with the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to raise his cultivation.
• On Mystic Ice Star, Venerable Fang Heng learned that Qin Hao had become lord of Sky Chief Star and recalled how Qin Hao had disrupted his plans and killed the Black Demon Dragon.

Venerable Fang Heng learned that Qin Hao had reappeared and warned Great Commander Crazy Demon and Great Commander Qiyue. On the Netherworld Star, Qiyue read Yan Fangheng’s message and began considering its implications.

• Venerable Fang Heng recalled how the Black Demon Dragon’s death cost him most of the Heavenly Treasure Glazed Dragon Liquid, though one bottle had helped him reach the five-star early stage.
• Venerable Fang Heng suspected Qin Hao had grown stronger after more than two hundred and fifty epochs and went to inform Great Commander Crazy Demon and Great Commander Qiyue.
• Great Commander Crazy Demon devoured a divine soul while Great Commander Qiyue warned that consuming souls would not help him break through to Divine Lord.
• Great Commander Qiyue and Great Commander Crazy Demon discussed Great Commander Hai Dong’s death and whether Qin Hao or Divine Lord Redcloud had killed him.
• Great Commander Qiyue received and read a message from Yan Fangheng, then fell into thought.

Great Commander Qiyue and Great Commander Crazy Demon debated Qin Hao’s strength and ordered the Three-Wing Commander to test him. On Sky Chief Star, Qin Hao broke through to the five-star middle stage and began cultivating his life force Sword Dao True Meaning Embryo while Yun Chang studied his sword technique.

• Great Commander Qiyue suspected Qin Hao might have killed Great Commander Hai Dong, but Great Commander Crazy Demon doubted Qin Hao could defeat a Peak Six-Star Ancestral God.
• Great Commander Qiyue accepted Great Commander Crazy Demon’s proposal to send the Three-Wing Commander and troops to test Qin Hao.
• After a period of relative calm on the Netherworld Battlefield, Qin Hao broke through from the five-star early stage to the five-star middle stage in half a month.
• Qin Hao demonstrated a High-Rank Peak Secret Art Sword Radiance again, and Yun Chang studied its Heaven and Earth mysteries.
• Qin Hao planned to pursue a complete Sword Dao True Meaning Embryo and resumed cultivating his life force Sword Dao True Meaning Embryo.

After tens of thousands of years studying the life force Sword Dao True Meaning Embryo, Qin Hao discovered that the Spacetime Passage in the Nether River had reappeared and felt his Supreme Sword Tower and Primordial Feathered Wings pulling toward it. He found an Outer Realm Demon Spirit force preparing to test him, and the chapter ended as he approached Three-Wing Commander’s group.

• Qin Hao noticed the Spacetime Passage reappear in the Nether River and sensed his treasures urging him toward it.
• Qin Hao entered the Nether River, saw that the passage opened into the Void Land, and considered investigating further.
• Qin Hao detected more than sixty Ancestral Gods from Baleful Demon Star gathering near the passage and silently flew toward them.
• Three-Wing Commander told his forces that Great Commander Qiyue had ordered them to test Qin Hao’s strength and kill him if possible.
• Three-Wing Commander and Northern Plains Commander prepared to confront Qin Hao together.

The Three-Wing Commander led over sixty Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God Commanders toward Sky Chief Star to probe Qin Hao before launching a larger attack, but Qin Hao decided to use their plan to strike back. As the enemy force arrived, Yun Chang showed off his new secret art and the defenders rushed into battle.

• The Three-Wing Commander ordered his forces to probe Qin Hao and withdraw if the situation turned against them, then led them across the Nether River.
• Qin Hao overheard the plan and decided to wait for the larger attack so he could kill more Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God Commanders.
• Yun Chang demonstrated Heaven-Splitting Claw, a high-rank peak secret art he had mastered, and resolved to test it against the approaching enemy.
• Over sixty Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God Commanders appeared near Sky Chief Star, including the Three-Wing Commander and the Northern Plains Commander.
• Qin Hao, Yun Chang, and the defenders rushed into the starry sky to meet the attack.

Qin Hao and the defenders of Sky Chief Star fought off an invasion by Outer Realm Demon Spirit Ancestral God Commanders while concealing their true strength. After the first exchange with the Three-Wing Commander and Northern Plains Commander, Qin Hao was blasted tens of thousands of meters backward.

• Qin Hao told Pang Qingyun to fight at the level of an ordinary Six-Star Early-Stage Ancestral God while the invaders tested him, then charged the Three-Wing Commander and Northern Plains Commander.
• Yun Chang used his Heaven-Splitting Claw to wound a Four-Star Ancestral God Commander, but another Four-Star fighter joined in and forced him onto the defensive.
• The Icebound Lord, Profound Purity Ancestral God, Six-Yang Ancestral God, and other defenders struggled against the outnumbering invaders as Pang Qingyun killed his assigned opponent and moved to protect them.
• Pang Qingyun struck a Five-Star Peak Ancestral God Commander hard enough to make him call for two reinforcements, who tried to keep Pang occupied.
• Qin Hao exchanged his first blow with the Three-Wing Commander and Northern Plains Commander; all three were blasted backward, but Qin Hao flew tens of thousands of meters before stopping.

Qin Hao fought the Three-Wing Commander and the Northern Plains Commander while concealing the full extent of his strength. The two commanders mistook his sword strikes for Low-Rank Perfect Secret Arts, judged him to be around Six-Star Middle Stage, and withdrew to seek a Seven-Star Early Stage commander.

• The Three-Wing Commander and the Northern Plains Commander attacked Qin Hao together, and he realized their strength was far below his own.
• Qin Hao observed Pang Qingyun turn the battle against three Five-Star Ancestral God Commanders and Yun Chang hold off two Four-Star Ancestral God Commanders.
• Qin Hao clashed with the two commanders using high-rank peak secret arts whose traces of Low-Rank Perfect Secret Arts convinced them he had mastered one.
• Qin Hao pretended to be injured, leading the Three-Wing Commander and the Northern Plains Commander to estimate his combat strength at around Six-Star Middle Stage.
• The Three-Wing Commander decided they could not kill Qin Hao without a Seven-Star Early Stage commander and ordered a retreat.

Qin Hao and Sky Chief Star repelled an Outer Realm Demon Spirit attack, killing sixteen enemy Ancestral God Commanders without losing anyone. He reported the attack and his concealed strength to the Lord of Thunder and Daoist Nun Lingji, leaving them to reconsider how powerful he really was.

• The Three-Wing Commander, the Northern Plains Commander, and their forces retreated into the Nether River, and Sky Chief Star's Ancestral Gods chased them back.
• Qin Hao ordered a battlefield tally, which recorded sixteen enemy commanders killed, five of his fighters severely wounded, and no deaths on his side.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun discussed the possibility of a full-scale invasion and decided to report the attack to the Lord of Thunder and Daoist Nun Lingji.
• Yun Chang entered Secluded Cultivation to study insights from the battle, while Pang Qingyun remained on guard.
• Qin Hao told the Lord of Thunder and Daoist Nun Lingji that the enemy had come to test him and that he had displayed only Six-Star Middle Stage combat strength.
• The Lord of Thunder and Daoist Nun Lingji realized Qin Hao could conceal himself from the Three-Wing Commander and began to question the limits of his strength.

Qin Hao warned the Lord of Thunder and Daoist Nun Lingji that the Outer Realm Demon Spirits might target the weak Eastern Region or use a feint, and he proposed letting them advance so they could be caught in a counterattack. After securing their support without reinforcements, he began refining treasures to raise his cultivation before the invasion.

• Qin Hao predicted that the Outer Realm Demon Spirits might redeploy two or three Seven-Star Ancestral Gods against the Eastern Region, which he guarded from Sky Chief Star.
• The Lord of Thunder and Daoist Nun Lingji worried about the Eastern Region's defenses, but Qin Hao said he could handle two or three Seven-Star Ancestral Gods.
• The Lord of Thunder agreed to Qin Hao's plan to let the enemy invade and strike back, while Qin Hao declined reinforcements to avoid alarming them or weakening the other regions.
• Qin Hao urged the Lord of Thunder and Daoist Nun Lingji to prepare for a possible feint, then ended their connection to avoid alerting Great Commander Crazy Demon and Great Commander Contract.
• Qin Hao considered the threat of facing three Seven-Star Peak Ancestral Gods and began refining treasures from Divine Lord Redcloud to improve his cultivation.

The Three-Wing Commander reported that Qin Hao had six-star late-stage combat strength, prompting Great Commander Qiyue and Great Commander Crazy Demon to discuss the threat he posed. Great Commander Qiyue planned a surprise assault on the Eastern Region and contacted Yan Fangheng to set further plans in motion.

• The Three-Wing Commander told Great Commander Qiyue and Great Commander Crazy Demon that Qin Hao had six-star late-stage combat strength and was difficult to kill because he wielded a low-rank perfect secret art and a powerful war soldier.
• Great Commander Qiyue ordered the Three-Wing Commander to prepare for war and said they would launch their full offensive within ten thousand years.
• Great Commander Crazy Demon dismissed Qin Hao as the likely killer of Hai Dong, while Great Commander Qiyue warned that Qin Hao could become a seven-star Ancestral God if given time.
• Great Commander Qiyue explained that he planned to feint an attack on the Western Region while striking the Eastern Region, and Great Commander Crazy Demon agreed to support him.
• Great Commander Qiyue contacted Yan Fangheng, Lord of Mystic Ice Star, and told him that Qin Hao now possessed six-star late-stage combat strength.

Great Commander Qiyue planned a total war and an internal counterattack to seize the Eastern Region, assigning Commander Pang Hai and Sixteen Aberrant Demons to kill Qin Hao. Yan Fangheng agreed to help, while Qiyue dismissed his doubts and concluded that Qin Hao would die even if his strength exceeded expectations.

• Great Commander Qiyue told Yan Fangheng that Qin Hao had six-star late-stage combat strength and a supreme-grade Chaos Spirit Treasure, so killing him would require at least a seven-star Ancestral God.
• Great Commander Qiyue proposed attacking the Western and Central Regions while Yan Fangheng launched a counterattack from within to seize Sky Chief Star and the Eastern Region.
• Great Commander Qiyue chose Commander Pang Hai and Sixteen Aberrant Demons to go after Qin Hao, despite Great Commander Crazy Demon's concern about weakening the Central Region.
• Yan Fangheng agreed to coordinate with Great Commander Qiyue and prepare to seize the Eastern Region when he received the signal.
• After dismissing Yan Fangheng, Great Commander Qiyue considered whether Qin Hao might be stronger than expected, then decided Pang Hai and Sixteen Aberrant Demons would still kill him.

Qin Hao cultivated in the Nether River while monitoring the spacetime passage, reaching the five-star peak over thirty thousand years. When Commander Pang Hai and Sixteen Aberrant Demons approached Baleful Demon Star to prepare for the invasion, Qin Hao watched them unseen and resolved to kill them.

• Qin Hao advanced to the five-star late stage, then focused on cultivating and comprehending the life force sword dao true meaning embryo while postponing his investigation of the spacetime passage.
• Thirty thousand years later, Qin Hao had reached the five-star peak and sensed two Seven-Star Ancestral Gods approaching Baleful Demon Star.
• Commander Pang Hai and Sixteen Aberrant Demons concealed their auras as they traveled through the Netherworld Battlefield, and Sixteen Aberrant Demons sensed that someone was watching them.
• Commander Pang Hai and Sixteen Aberrant Demons mistook the scrutiny for the Lord of Thunder and Daoist Nun Lingji, then continued toward Baleful Demon Star.
• Qin Hao watched the pair from his Self-Void World and decided that Sixteen Aberrant Demons would die in a few days.

Qin Hao returned to Sky Chief Star and prepared for the Outer Realm Demon Spirits’ long-awaited assault. As Commander Pang Hai and the Sixteen Aberrant Demons confronted him, Qin Hao vanished into an illusory space, leaving them shocked by his hidden advantage.

• Qin Hao returned to Sky Chief Star and watched Yun Chang practice his spatial secret art, Riftwalk.
• The Outer Realm Demon Spirits attacked Sky Chief Star with tens of millions of True Gods and nearly a hundred Ancestral God Commanders, including Commander Pang Hai and the Sixteen Aberrant Demons.
• Qin Hao assigned Yun Chang to fight the enemy forces and Pang Qingyun to support the defenders, while he took responsibility for the two Seven-Star Ancestral Gods.
• The Sixteen Aberrant Demons and Commander Pang Hai charged Qin Hao, who stepped into an illusory space and became difficult to locate.
• Commander Pang Hai realized Qin Hao could hide inside the space, while the Sixteen Aberrant Demons suspected Qin Hao had known of their arrival beforehand.

Qin Hao revealed two true meaning embryos and severely wounded Sixteen Aberrant Demons, turning the battle on Sky Chief Star in his favor. As the fighting spread, Great Commander Qiyue prepared to activate his hidden contingency, Yan Fangheng.

• Qin Hao ambushed Sixteen Aberrant Demons and cut off all five of his arms, leaving him severely wounded by a sword strike containing two true meaning embryos.
• Yun Chang, Six-Yang Ancestral God, and Sky Chief Star's forces surged into battle against the Outer Realm Demon Spirit commanders and legions.
• Three-Wing Commander and Northern Plains Commander realized Qin Hao had concealed his strength to lure them into a trap.
• Lord of Thunder worried that Qin Hao could not withstand the Eastern Region's attack, while Great Commander Qiyue kept him occupied in the Central Region.
• Great Commander Qiyue contacted Yan Fangheng and ordered his hidden contingency to act.

Yan Fangheng led the forces from Mystic Ice Star toward Sky Chief Star while secretly plotting with the Outer Realm Demon Spirits. There, Qin Hao killed Sixteen Aberrant Demons, leaving Yan Fangheng stunned as Qin Hao turned his attention to Commander Pang Hai.

• Yan Fangheng urged the Ancestral Gods and True Gods on Mystic Ice Star to reinforce Sky Chief Star while secretly coordinating with the Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• True Lord Xuyang doubted the lack of an attack on Mystic Ice Star but followed Yan Fangheng toward Sky Chief Star with the native Ancestral Gods.
• Yan Fangheng anticipated that Sixteen Aberrant Demons had defeated Qin Hao and imagined taking Sky Chief Star for the Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• Yan Fangheng and the others arrived to find Sky Chief Star's forces driving back the Outer Realm Demon Spirits.
• A Treasure Sword struck down the wounded Sixteen Aberrant Demons, and Yan Fangheng recognized Qin Hao's voice as Qin Hao challenged Commander Pang Hai.