Chapter Summaries

Azure Dragon Dao Venerable gave Qin Hao a Divine Lord Heaven and Earth Token containing the cultivation insights of Divine Lords throughout history, then coordinated the Heavenly Palace’s response to the Demon God Hall’s invasions. As Qin Hao prepared to leave, Dao Lord Zhǐtiān warned him that time was running short and that Demon Kings and Blood Leech Divine Lord might target him at the Ancient Heavensea Ruins.

• Azure Dragon Dao Venerable gave Qin Hao a token containing records of Divine Lords’ breakthroughs, insights, and cultivation experiences.
• A Divine Lord reported that the Dark Star Battlefield faced two thousand Ancestral Gods and five Ordinary Demon Kings, and other Divine Lords described worsening battles across dozens of fronts.
• A Divine Lord reported that the Netherworld Battlefield faced three thousand Ancestral Gods and seven Ordinary Demon Kings, while the Heavenly Palace had only five Eternal Divine Lords stationed there.
• Azure Dragon Dao Venerable assigned Divine Lords to reinforce and defend the various battlefields before dismissing the council.
• Dao Lord Zhǐtiān told Qin Hao that the Heavenly Palace could not resist the Demon God Hall indefinitely and urged him to keep the plan to reshape the Origin World secret.
• Dao Lord Zhǐtiān warned Qin Hao that Demon Kings might target him at the Ancient Heavensea Ruins and that Blood Leech Divine Lord intended to harm him.

Qin Hao realized Blood Leech Divine Lord was secretly targeting him and feared the Divine Lord Heaven and Earth Token could reveal his location. Divine Lord Redcloud explained the threat and showed Qin Hao how his void abilities could block the token’s detection, leaving him able to take it to the Ancient Heavensea Ruins safely.

• Qin Hao sensed Blood Leech Divine Lord's intense killing intent in the Heavenly Palace but failed to locate him before he vanished.
• Qin Hao worried Blood Leech Divine Lord could use the Divine Lord Heaven and Earth Token to track him after he left the Qiankun Continent.
• Divine Lord Redcloud escorted Qin Hao out of the Heavenly Palace and told him that Blood Leech Divine Lord had paid Red-Eyed Demon King with Blood Soul Stones to kill him.
• Divine Lord Redcloud explained that Qin Hao's void world true meaning embryo and void true meaning could block the token's detection.
• Qin Hao placed the Divine Lord Heaven and Earth Token in his self-void world and confirmed its sensing ability diminished.

Divine Lord Redcloud warned Qin Hao that Blood Leech Divine Lord could track him to the Ancient Heavensea Ruins, then arranged for Profound Venerable Yun Chen to keep Blood Leech occupied. Qin Hao planned to enter the ruins within a month and concluded that Blood Leech likely belonged to the Surrender Faction within the Heavenly Palace.

• Divine Lord Redcloud warned Qin Hao that Blood Leech Divine Lord could find him despite his ability to block perception.
• Divine Lord Redcloud offered to have his senior brother, Profound Venerable Yun Chen, visit Blood Leech and keep him occupied.
• Qin Hao agreed to enter the Ancient Heavensea Ruins within a month, and Divine Lord Redcloud left to contact Profound Venerable Yun Chen.
• Qin Hao suspected Blood Leech Divine Lord had joined the Demon God Hall and reflected on the War, Peace, and Surrender Factions within the Heavenly Palace.
• Qin Hao reasoned that Dao Lord Zhǐtiān, Dao Lord Suxin, and likely Azure Dragon Dao Venerable belonged to the War Faction.

Qin Hao planned to enter the Ancient Heavensea Ruins with his six doppelgangers while leaving Yun Chang and Pang Qingyun in Dragon Marquis City to protect his allies and disguise his whereabouts. Blood Leech Divine Lord resolved to kill Qin Hao before he could break through, but Profound Venerable Yun Chen arrived to seek his guidance on blood river true meaning.

• Qin Hao decided to cultivate and search for Dao Divine Weapon fragments and Origin Divine Crystals in the Ancient Heavensea Ruins, bringing his six doppelgangers but leaving Yun Chang and Pang Qingyun behind.
• Qin Hao returned to the gathered Ancestral Gods, who greeted him with reverence and gratitude for saving them.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord concluded that Azure Dragon Dao Venerable had given Qin Hao a powerful treasure and resolved to kill him before he became a Divine Lord.
• Profound Venerable Yun Chen appeared in Blood Leech Divine Lord's palace and asked for guidance on blood river true meaning.

Profound Venerable Yun Chen kept Blood Leech Divine Lord occupied by asking him about blood river true meaning, while the Demon God Hall issued a decree rewarding anyone who killed Qin Hao with a rank increase. The Red-Eyed Demon King learned that killing Qin Hao could raise him from an Ordinary Demon King to a Ruling Demon King, and his desire to act grew.

• Blood Leech Divine Lord realized Profound Venerable Yun Chen had come to keep him from targeting Qin Hao, but he suspected Qin Hao might soon leave the Qiankun Continent.
• Profound Venerable Yun Chen displayed his blood river true meaning and asked Blood Leech Divine Lord for advice, forcing him to host the visit and answer his questions.
• The Demon God Hall announced that anyone who killed Qin Hao would be raised one rank, stirring excitement among its demon spirits and Demon Kings.
• The Red-Eyed Demon King recalled Qin Hao's strength and recognized that killing him could make him a Ruling Demon King.

The Red-Eyed Demon King considered how to kill Qin Hao and claim the chance to advance to Ruling Demon King. He agreed to join forces with the Poison Sting Demon King and Bone-Eroding Demon King, with rewards and the advancement chance determined by their contributions.

• The Red-Eyed Demon King believed he could kill Qin Hao in person, but recognized that other Demon Kings also wanted the reward for killing him.
• The Poison Sting Demon King and Bone-Eroding Demon King warned the Red-Eyed Demon King that the Heavenly Palace would protect Qin Hao and that many rivals were targeting him.
• The Bone-Eroding Demon King proposed that the three Demon Kings join forces to improve their chances of killing Qin Hao.
• The Red-Eyed Demon King asked how they would divide the rewards, and the Poison Sting Demon King and Bone-Eroding Demon King agreed to divide them according to merit.
• The Red-Eyed Demon King asked them to let him advance if they killed Qin Hao, but the Poison Sting Demon King said the chance should go to whoever contributed the most.

The Demon God Hall mobilized forces to hunt Qin Hao, while Qin Hao prepared to travel alone to the Ancient Heavensea Ruins. He left Yun Chang and Pang Qingyun to guard Dragon Marquis City and conceal his departure.

• The Red-Eyed Demon King, Bone-Eroding Demon King, and Poison Sting Demon King agreed to search for Qin Hao and ambush him when he left the Qiankun Continent.
• The Demon God Hall sent its available Half-Step Divine Lords to seek Qin Hao, while keeping its main forces focused on its offensive against the Heavenly Palace.
• Qin Hao told Yun Chang and Pang Qingyun that he had to go to the Ancient Heavensea Ruins, though he was not ready to advance to the Divine Lord realm.
• Qin Hao refused to let Yun Chang or Pang Qingyun accompany him, explaining that they could divert the demons' attention and protect Dragon Marquis City.
• Yun Chang agreed to guard the city and tell visitors that Qin Hao was in seclusion, while Pang Qingyun wished Qin Hao well.

Qin Hao advised his disciple Jiang Yu and promised Mu Ziqing he would return from the dangerous Ancient Heavensea Ruins, while reaffirming his ambition to reach the peak of the Martial Dao. He announced that he was entering Secluded Cultivation, leaving the Demon Spirit Society unsure whether he was truly preparing to break through or concealing another plan.

• Qin Hao told Jiang Yu to focus on harmonizing his heart and intent with his sword, then gave him cultivation notes suited to his Sovereign Realm cultivation.
• Qin Hao planned for Jiang Yu to travel the Qiankun Continent for tempering without revealing that Qin Hao was his teacher.
• Mu Ziqing assured Qin Hao that she would support him, and Qin Hao promised to return from his coming journey to the Ancient Heavensea Ruins.
• Qin Hao resolved to pursue the Martial Dao peak and seek the Divine King Realm, despite believing that the Cosmic Plane might lack a Great Dao Origin.
• Qin Hao announced that he was entering Secluded Cultivation to prepare for an attempt at the Divine Lord Realm, while the Demon Spirit Society checked whether Pang Qingyun had left Dragon Marquis City.
• The Demon Spirit Society confirmed Pang Qingyun and Yun Chang remained in Dragon Marquis City and feared Qin Hao might become a Divine Lord before leaving.

The Red-Eyed Demon King and his allies considered whether Qin Hao was cultivating in Dragon Marquis City, while the Blood Leech Divine Lord was convinced Qin Hao had already left. With Profound Venerable Yun Chen keeping his true self occupied, the Blood Leech Divine Lord revealed a hidden Divine Lord doppelganger and prepared to use it to kill Qin Hao.

• The Red-Eyed Demon King judged that Qin Hao’s cultivation was unlikely to let him advance to Divine Lord, and the three demon kings decided to keep watching Dragon Marquis City.
• The Blood Leech Divine Lord concluded that Qin Hao had left Dragon Marquis City but could not pursue him while Profound Venerable Yun Chen remained at his palace.
• Profound Venerable Yun Chen demonstrated his improved blood river true meaning, frustrating the Blood Leech Divine Lord as he kept him occupied.
• The Blood Leech Divine Lord awakened a hidden doppelganger concealed inside a meteorite fragment beyond the Golden Palace Continent.
• The Blood Leech Divine Lord revealed that his doppelganger had mastered a first-rank true meaning and believed it could kill Qin Hao alone.

Blood Leech Divine Lord sought Yun Xiezi’s Soul-Locking Lamp so he could track Qin Hao and avenge his son, Cold Crow. Yun Xiezi heard his account but demanded a treasure in exchange, leaving Blood Leech to decide what to offer.

• Blood Leech Divine Lord traveled to Cloudshadow Hall in a desolate Star Region and requested an audience with its Hall Master, Yun Xiezi.
• Yun Xiezi brought Blood Leech into a stone pavilion, where Blood Leech cautiously explained that he had come on his own.
• Blood Leech requested the Soul-Locking Lamp, and Yun Xiezi noted its value and asked why he wanted it.
• Blood Leech recounted how Qin Hao had killed Cold Crow and explained that the lamp could use Cause and Effect and the life soul to locate Qin Hao.
• Yun Xiezi said he had no obligation to help and demanded that Blood Leech exchange a treasure for the Soul-Locking Lamp.

The Blood Leech Divine Lord sought to trade for Yun Xiezi’s Soul-Locking Lamp and reluctantly offered two treasures from beyond the universe. Yun Xiezi accepted the Voidspirit Fruit Kernel in exchange for the lamp, while the Blood Leech Divine Lord left with his prize and Yun Xiezi kept the kernel.

• The Blood Leech Divine Lord offered Yun Xiezi a Flying Boat Fragment, but Yun Xiezi dismissed its value and pocketed it.
• The Blood Leech Divine Lord revealed a Voidspirit Fruit Kernel, and Yun Xiezi sprang up, excitedly recognizing it.
• Yun Xiezi asked whether the Blood Leech Divine Lord had more kernels, and the Blood Leech Divine Lord insisted he had no other treasures.
• Yun Xiezi gave the Blood Leech Divine Lord the Soul-Locking Lamp in exchange for the kernel.
• The Blood Leech Divine Lord departed, and Yun Xiezi offered to trade for future treasures from beyond the universe or avenge his son.

Blood Leech Divine Lord used the Soul-Locking Lamp to locate Qin Hao, who had secretly entered the Ancient Heavensea Ruins to travel toward the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground and cultivate. Qin Hao sensed an unknown danger and grew cautious just as Blood Leech Divine Lord discovered his location and prepared to pursue him.

• Yun Xiezi kept the Voidspirit Fruit Kernel and decided not to kill Blood Leech Divine Lord, while Blood Leech Divine Lord left Cloudshadow Hall grieving the cost of obtaining the Soul-Locking Lamp.
• Qin Hao secretly reached the Ancient Heavensea Ruins through his self-void world and began a long journey toward the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground, using the trip to study the ruins and develop his void world true meaning embryo.
• Qin Hao felt an inexplicable sense of danger, suspected Blood Leech Divine Lord, Demon God Hall, or Void Emperor, and used the Heaven-Piercing Banner to protect himself.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord used the Soul-Locking Lamp to pinpoint Qin Hao in the Ancient Heavensea Ruins and resolved to pursue him, despite the great distance.

Blood Leech Divine Lord located Qin Hao in the Ancient Heavensea Ruins and sent Red-Eyed Demon King after him with Poison Sting Demon King and Bone-Eroding Demon King. As Qin Hao developed a new Chaos Hole concept called Singularity Raindrop, the three Demon Kings searched only a few hundred million li behind him.

• Blood Leech Divine Lord used the Soul-Locking Lamp to locate Qin Hao in the Ancient Heavensea Ruins and told Red-Eyed Demon King where he was.
• Red-Eyed Demon King ordered Poison Sting Demon King and Bone-Eroding Demon King to find Qin Hao and keep him alive until Blood Leech Divine Lord had tortured him.
• The three Demon Kings set off for the Ancient Heavensea Ruins while battles across the Qiankun Continent intensified.
• Qin Hao traveled through the ruins in his Self-Void World and continued cultivating, strengthening his void world true meaning embryo.
• Qin Hao conceived Singularity Raindrop, an idea to compress his Chaos Hole to its utmost limit, while remaining alert to danger.
• Red-Eyed Demon King, Poison Sting Demon King, and Bone-Eroding Demon King searched for Qin Hao a few hundred million li behind him.

Red-Eyed Demon King tracked Qin Hao through the Ancient Heavensea Ruins by sensing traces from his void world true meaning embryo. Qin Hao detected the demon king closing in and fled, while his newly developed Singularity Raindrop remained unfinished.

• Red-Eyed Demon King split up with Poison Sting Demon King and Bone-Eroding Demon King to search the ruins for Qin Hao.
• Red-Eyed Demon King sensed lingering fluctuations from Qin Hao's void world true meaning embryo and raced toward them.
• Qin Hao tested his Singularity Raindrop, finding it powerful but difficult to maintain and too slow to form for battle.
• Qin Hao sensed Red-Eyed Demon King's demonic qi and pressure approaching from behind.
• Qin Hao recognized Red-Eyed Demon King, spread his golden wings, and fled at tremendous speed.

Qin Hao fled through the Ancient Heavensea Ruins at extraordinary speed after Red-Eyed Demon King tracked him down. Red-Eyed Demon King called Poison Sting Demon King and Bone-Eroding Demon King to intercept Qin Hao as they converged on his path.

• Qin Hao realized Red-Eyed Demon King was pursuing him and sped toward the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground with the Primordial Feathered Wings.
• Red-Eyed Demon King nearly caught Qin Hao, but was shocked when Qin Hao's speed matched his own.
• Red-Eyed Demon King contacted Poison Sting Demon King and Bone-Eroding Demon King and asked them to block Qin Hao from both sides.
• Qin Hao maintained his speed inside his self-void world while hazards in the Ancient Heavensea Ruins slowed Red-Eyed Demon King.
• Poison Sting Demon King and Bone-Eroding Demon King converged from either side, and Red-Eyed Demon King ordered them to attack ahead of Qin Hao.

Qin Hao fought off attacks from the Poison Sting Demon King and the Bone-Eroding Demon King while fleeing the Red-Eyed Demon King through the Ancient Heavensea Ruins. He escaped farther into the ruins after the Demon Kings’ attacks triggered Shockwaves that increased his speed and slowed his pursuers.

• The Red-Eyed Demon King ordered the Poison Sting Demon King and the Bone-Eroding Demon King to intercept Qin Hao by attacking the space ahead of him.
• Qin Hao used Sword Annihilation and Singularity Raindrop to weaken the two Demon Kings’ attacks as the ruins’ currents battered them.
• Qin Hao accelerated with his Primordial Feathered Wings and escaped before the weakened attacks could reach him.
• The two demonic qi palms struck the ruins and unleashed Shockwaves that increased Qin Hao’s speed by thirty percent while slowing the three Demon Kings.
• The Red-Eyed Demon King watched Qin Hao disappear deeper into the ruins as the Shockwaves scattered the currents in his wake.

The Red-Eyed Demon King, Poison Sting Demon King, and Bone-Eroding Demon King failed to capture Qin Hao after he escaped deeper into the Ancient Heavensea Ruins. Blood Leech Divine Lord used the Soul-Locking Lamp to pursue him, determined to kill him and claim his treasures, but worried that Qin Hao might be too fast to catch.

• Qin Hao vanished into the turbulent currents after escaping the three Demon Kings, leaving the Red-Eyed Demon King furious.
• The Red-Eyed Demon King contacted Blood Leech Divine Lord, who learned that Qin Hao’s wings let him move as fast as the Red-Eyed Demon King.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord suspected Qin Hao’s wings were a supreme-grade Chaos Peerless Treasure from Azure Dragon Dao Venerable, unaware of the Primordial Feathered Wings’ true origin.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord continued powering the Soul-Locking Lamp and raced deeper into the ruins as it became easier to pinpoint Qin Hao.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord vowed to kill Qin Hao for his son’s death but feared his doppelganger might not be fast enough to catch him.

Blood Leech Divine Lord raced northeast to get ahead of Qin Hao and set an ambush, while Red-Eyed Demon King, Poison Sting Demon King, and Bone-Eroding Demon King searched the region for him. Qin Hao continued toward the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground, unaware that Blood Leech Divine Lord was waiting in a field of Chaos Space Vortexes along his route.

• Blood Leech Divine Lord changed course to intercept Qin Hao and sent Red-Eyed Demon King northeast to search for him.
• Red-Eyed Demon King, Poison Sting Demon King, and Bone-Eroding Demon King headed northeast, hoping to find Qin Hao and become Ruling Demon Kings.
• Qin Hao flew at full speed toward the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground, condensed Singularity Raindrops along the way, and estimated he would arrive in half a month.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord reached a field of Chaos Space Vortexes and used the Soul-Locking Lamp to confirm Qin Hao would arrive within days.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord concealed himself inside a Space Vortex and prepared to kill Qin Hao in one stroke.

Qin Hao neared the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground, but the Blood Leech Divine Lord’s doppelganger ambushed him with a lethal blood river true meaning attack. The Heaven-Piercing Banner and Supreme Sword Tower intervened just in time to block the strike, though the banner’s crack widened.

• Qin Hao flew through a field of Space Vortexes toward the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground, using the Primordial Feathered Wings at great cost.
• The Blood Leech Divine Lord’s doppelganger attacked Qin Hao from a Space Vortex, and Qin Hao recognized the blood river true meaning.
• Qin Hao realized that the Red-Eyed Demon King and the other demon kings had likely helped the Blood Leech Divine Lord track him down.
• The Blood Leech Divine Lord appeared and declared that Qin Hao would not escape, then sent a blood-colored point of light toward him.
• The Supreme Sword Tower eased its suppression of the Heaven-Piercing Banner, which formed a milky-white barrier that blocked the attack as the banner’s crack widened.

Qin Hao survived Blood Leech Divine Lord’s ambush with the Heaven-Piercing Banner and fled toward the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground as Blood Leech pursued him. Qin Hao vanished inside the Heaven and Earth Island, which disappeared before Blood Leech could reach it.

• Qin Hao blocked Blood Leech Divine Lord’s surprise attack with the Heaven-Piercing Banner, then staggered him with five Singularity Raindrops and sped away.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord chased Qin Hao and repeatedly attacked him with blood river true meaning, widening the crack in the Heaven-Piercing Banner.
• Qin Hao accused Blood Leech Divine Lord of attacking a fellow member of the Heavenly Palace and raced toward the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground.
• Qin Hao’s bracelet released a surge of time power, carrying him into the Heaven and Earth Island, which vanished along with him.