Chapter Summaries

The Blood Leech Divine Lord discovered that Qin Hao had entered the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground and used the Soul-Locking Lamp to track him there. In Great Luo City, Luo Xian recognized Qin Hao as he appeared in the sky above the city.

• The Blood Leech Divine Lord realized the vanished Heaven and Earth Island was the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground and inferred that Qin Hao had entered it.
• The Blood Leech Divine Lord used the Soul-Locking Lamp to sense Qin Hao to the west and flew toward the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground, intending to kill him.
• Qin Hao arrived above Great Luo City, where the residents continued their repeating routines.
• Luo Xian and four companions discussed his recent breakthrough to Five-Star Ancestral God and the dangers facing the Heavenly Luo Tribe.
• Luo Xian noticed a powerful fluctuation of time, saw Qin Hao above the city, and recognized him with fury.

Qin Hao returned to the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground seeking the Time Crystal and discovered it contained many origin divine crystal shards. Luo Xian attacked him over their old grievance, but Qin Hao effortlessly crushed his saber and slammed him into the ground.

• Qin Hao sensed that Blood Leech Divine Lord had not followed him into the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground and resolved to kill him if another opportunity arose.
• Qin Hao sensed numerous origin divine crystal shards throughout the sacred ground and considered discussing their removal with the Sky Luo Clan Elders.
• Luo Xian recognized Qin Hao and the Sky Luo Bracelet, then charged at him with a saber.
• Qin Hao ignored Luo Xian's attack and struck him with his left hand, shattering his saber and smashing him into a crater.

Qin Hao returned to the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground to obtain the Origin Divine Crystal fragments, where he effortlessly defeated Luo Xian and revealed his overwhelming strength. After Qin Hao wounded Clan Elder Duchuan with the Heavenly Abyss Sword, Duchuan recognized that Qin Hao had become a half-step Divine Lord.

• Qin Hao sent Luo Xian flying with a single slap and considered bringing the trapped Ancestral Gods of the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground to the Heavenly Palace.
• Clan Elder Duchuan appeared and accused Qin Hao of attacking the Heavenly Luo Tribe, then tried to capture him alive.
• Qin Hao said Clan Elder Duchuan was no match for him and struck his arms with the Heavenly Abyss Sword.
• Clan Elder Duchuan sensed the sword's true meaning embryo, realized Qin Hao had held back, and identified him as a half-step Divine Lord.

Qin Hao revealed that he had become a Half-Step Divine Lord and confronted the Heavenly Luo Tribe’s Clan Elders. Clan Elder Ji Yan recognized why Qin Hao had returned, but Qin Hao insisted he would take the origin divine crystal shard, leaving the tribe’s elders and members on the brink of conflict.

• Luo Xian and Clan Elder Duchuan realized Qin Hao had held back because he was a Half-Step Divine Lord.
• Clan Elder Ji Yan arrived with Clan Elder Yaoshan and Clan Elder Banfan, and the three assessed Qin Hao’s strength without attacking.
• Qin Hao greeted the Clan Elders, and Clan Elder Ji Yan said he had expected Qin Hao to return after leaving the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground.
• Qin Hao inferred that Clan Elder Ji Yan had allowed him to leave before because he could overcome Luo Xian and evade the time loop’s effects.
• Clan Elder Ji Yan guessed that Qin Hao had returned for the origin divine crystal shard, and Qin Hao confirmed that he intended to take it.
• Luo Xian and the others grew hostile and prepared to fight after Qin Hao insisted he would take the shard.

Qin Hao learned that Luo Hou had founded the Heavenly Luo Tribe to guard the origin divine crystal shards as part of the Four Divine Envoys’ plan to reconstruct the Origin World. He urged the clan elders to open the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground and send its million Ancestral Gods to aid the Various Realms, but the elders had not yet answered.

• Clan Elder Ji Yan recognized that Empress Tian Xuan and the Spirit Venerable had helped Qin Hao and confirmed that Luo Xian’s earlier challenge had tested him.
• Clan Elder Ji Yan revealed that Luo Hou was the forefather of the Heavenly Luo Tribe, which guarded the origin divine crystal shards for the Origin World reconstruction plan.
• Qin Hao told the elders that he still needed the three Dao Divine Weapons, a perfected Heavenly Derivation Book, the origin divine crystal shards, and the Origin World's Largest Fragment to attempt reconstruction.
• Qin Hao warned that the Demon God Hall’s attacks on the Various Realms were worsening and proposed sending the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground’s million Ancestral Gods to support the battlefields.
• Clan Elder Ji Yan, Clan Elder Yaoshan, and Clan Elder Banfan considered Qin Hao’s proposal while Luo Xian and the others reacted uncertainly.

Qin Hao learned that rebuilding the Origin World required the Heavenly Luo Tribe to surrender its Origin Divine Crystal Shards and risk losing its sacred ground. Clan Elder Ji Yan agreed to help but warned that people from the outer realm were trapped in the tidal spaces, leaving Qin Hao asking what he meant.

• Clan Elder Duchuan warned that canceling the time loop could shatter the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground, and Clan Elder Ji Yan explained that taking its Origin Divine Crystal Shards would destroy it anyway.
• Clan Elder Ji Yan persuaded the tribe that rebuilding the Origin World was necessary to resist the Demon God Hall and the outer realm demon spirits.
• Clan Elder Yaoshan and Clan Elder Ban Fan explained that several divine crystals, including the wood, fire, and water crystals, were trapped in tidal spaces.
• Clan Elder Ji Yan offered Qin Hao the tribe's divine crystal fragments and support, but said they first had to deal with people from the outer realm in the tidal spaces.
• Qin Hao asked Clan Elder Ji Yan what he meant by people from the outer realm.

Clan Elder Ji Yan and Clan Elder Yao Shan told Qin Hao how three powerful Outsiders had invaded the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground to seize the Origin Divine Crystal and were trapped in the tidal space. They offered Qin Hao the tribe’s origin divine crystal shards and help against the Outer Realm Demon Spirits, but insisted the Outsiders had to be dealt with first.

• Clan Elder Ji Yan explained that Outsiders had descended into the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground about seven hundred Reincarnation Epochs ago seeking the Origin Divine Crystal, and three Clan Elders had died resisting them.
• Clan Elder Yao Shan revealed that only three Outsiders had arrived, but each was a Half-Step Divine Lord wielding multiple first-rank true meaning embryos and possessing Divine Lord-level combat strength.
• Clan Elder Ji Yan said he and Clan Elder Yao Shan had created the tidal space with Time and Space Divine Crystal shards to trap the Outsiders in endless time loops.
• Clan Elder Ji Yan told Qin Hao that the Outsiders had seized the complete wood, water, and fire divine crystals before the tribe trapped them.
• Clan Elder Ji Yan offered Qin Hao the tribe’s origin divine crystal shards and its help against the Outer Realm Demon Spirits, but said the three Outsiders had to be dealt with first.

Qin Hao decided to enter the tidal spaces and kill the Three Outsiders to reclaim the divine crystals needed for the Origin Divine Crystal. Clan Elder Ji Yan gave him a Time Divine Crystal shard, and Qin Hao asked him to free Jiang Han from the time loop.

• Clan Elder Duchuan, Luo Xian, and others warned that the Three Outsiders were too powerful for Qin Hao to defeat and urged him to preserve the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground.
• Qin Hao insisted on entering the tidal spaces to reclaim the Wood Divine Crystal, Fire Divine Crystal, and Water Divine Crystal, and rejected the suggestion to seek help from the Heavenly Palace.
• Clan Elder Ji Yan gave Qin Hao a Time Divine Crystal shard that could alter time within a tidal space and help him survive against the outsiders.
• Qin Hao spotted Jiang Han in a courtyard and asked Clan Elder Ji Yan to remove his senior brother from the time loop.

Clan Elder Ji Yan freed Jiang Han from the time loop, and Qin Hao reassured his senior brother before asking to be sent into the tidal space. The elders warned him about the powerful outsider, and they wondered whether Qin Hao could survive long enough to protect the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground.

• Clan Elder Ji Yan used the power of time to free Jiang Han from the loop, and Jiang Han recognized Qin Hao and urged him to flee the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground.
• Qin Hao told Jiang Han that Clan Elder Ji Yan had rescued him and promised to explain their missing teacher’s whereabouts after returning.
• Qin Hao asked Clan Elder Ji Yan to send him into the tidal space, while several elders warned him to stay cautious of the outsider.
• Clan Elder Ji Yan sent Qin Hao into the tidal space, and Clan Elder Yaoshan questioned whether the elders had taken too great a risk.
• Clan Elder Ji Yan said they lacked time to let Qin Hao cultivate elsewhere and worried that the outsider might kill him immediately.

Qin Hao crossed the tidal space’s time barrier using the Time Divine Crystal fragment and entered a desolate world, where a Black-and-Gold-Robed Youth attacked him. The youth’s first-rank true meaning embryo suppressed Qin Hao’s three true meanings as killing-intent swords closed in.

• Qin Hao examined the tidal space’s outskirts and prepared his defenses before entering the time barrier.
• The time barrier subjected Qin Hao to extreme variations in time, but he used the Time Divine Crystal fragment to pass through it safely.
• Qin Hao emerged into a lifeless, gray world and saw a Black-and-Gold-Robed Youth radiating immense killing intent.
• The Black-and-Gold-Robed Youth launched countless killing-intent swords at Qin Hao, and his first-rank true meaning embryo suppressed Qin Hao’s three true meanings.

Qin Hao survived a devastating attack from a powerful outsider by using the Time Divine Crystal fragment to escape behind the Time Barrier. He realized his opponent’s first-rank true meaning embryo vastly outmatched his own abilities, while the trapped young man raged against the barrier.

• The black-and-gold-robed young man unleashed thousands of killing-intent swords, shattering the Heaven-Piercing Banner’s defenses and slowing Qin Hao’s Primordial Feathered Wings.
• Qin Hao activated the Time Divine Crystal fragment, briefly slowing the swords, then escaped into the Time Barrier before they regained their speed.
• The young man recognized Qin Hao’s incomplete Dao Divine Weapon and lamented that he had missed the chance to take the Time Divine Crystal fragment and escape.
• The young man attacked the Time Barrier in fury, but his blows could not damage it; he could leave only by obtaining a divine crystal fragment or breaking through to Divine Lord.
• Qin Hao considered what the young man meant by a “turbid universe” and concluded that his own third-rank and fifth-rank true meaning embryos were insufficient to defeat an opponent with a first-rank embryo.

Qin Hao planned to advance his Sword Dao True Meaning by comprehending the life force branch, hoping eventually to form a first-rank complete Sword Dao True Meaning. Meanwhile, Blood Leech Divine Lord tracked Qin Hao to the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground and arrived at its entrance.

• Qin Hao concluded that he needed a first-rank true meaning embryo to have a chance against the black-and-gold-robed young man.
• Qin Hao reasoned that mastering and fusing five attribute-based Sword Dao True Meaning embryos could lead to a first-rank complete Sword Dao True Meaning.
• Qin Hao began comprehending the life force Sword Dao True Meaning embryo, drawing on his mastery of its opposite, the destruction Sword Dao True Meaning embryo.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord used the Soul-Locking Lamp to track Qin Hao and locate the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord reached the massive Heaven and Earth Island that was the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground.

Blood Leech Divine Lord reached the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground, but it shifted away just as he approached, preventing him from entering. He vowed to wait for Qin Hao to emerge, while Red-Eyed Demon King wondered whether Qin Hao had entered to break through to Divine Lord.

• Blood Leech Divine Lord sensed the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground through Qin Hao and hurried toward it, intending to kill him.
• As Blood Leech Divine Lord neared the island, it vanished and reappeared elsewhere, leaving him raging in the void.
• Red-Eyed Demon King, Bone-Eroding Demon King, and Poison Sting Demon King arrived and learned that Qin Hao was inside the shifting sacred ground.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord vowed to kill Qin Hao when he came out and seize any treasures he sought.
• Red-Eyed Demon King asked whether Qin Hao had entered the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground to break through to Divine Lord.

Blood Leech Divine Lord and the three demon kings failed to enter the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground and decided to wait outside for Qin Hao. Inside, Qin Hao rapidly advanced his life force Sword Dao True Meaning embryo but remained one step short of mastering it.

• Blood Leech Divine Lord argued that even if Qin Hao broke through to Divine Lord, the four pursuers could still defeat him, and they headed for the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord sent his blood river true meaning toward the Heavenly Luo Sacred Ground, but it vanished before reaching it, leaving him unable to enter.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord led Red-Eyed Demon King, Bone-Eroding Demon King, and Poison Sting Demon King to wait outside for Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao focused on mastering a first-rank true meaning embryo so he could contend with the Outsider in the first tidal space.
• Qin Hao's comprehension of life force surged, bringing him to the final step before mastering the life force Sword Dao True Meaning embryo.

Qin Hao mastered the Life Force Sword Dao True Meaning embryo after 283 epochs of cultivation and decided to test his strength against Li Chenxiao. As Qin Hao entered the tidal space again, Li Chenxiao spotted him and reacted with furious excitement.

• Qin Hao spent 283 epochs cultivating in the dark void and mastered the Life Force Sword Dao True Meaning embryo.
• Qin Hao considered how the Life Force and Destruction Sword Dao True Meaning embryos could help him fight Li Chenxiao and advance toward the complete Sword Dao True Meaning embryo.
• Qin Hao took the Time Crystal and Heavenly Abyss Sword and headed through the time barrier into the tidal space.
• Li Chenxiao, still trapped in the tidal space and seeking the world heart, saw Qin Hao returning and became excited at the chance to face him again.

Qin Hao returned to the tidal space, where Li Chenxiao attacked him in hopes of taking his Time Divine Crystal and escaping. Their sword clash began fusing Qin Hao’s life force and destruction Sword Dao True Meaning embryos, and the chapter ended as Qin Hao slowed time around himself to face Li Chenxiao’s renewed attack.

• Li Chenxiao recognized Qin Hao returning through the time barrier and attacked with a Blood-Red Long Sword, hoping to seize his Time Divine Crystal.
• Qin Hao met Li Chenxiao’s strike with the Heavenly Abyss Sword, carrying both his life force and destruction Sword Dao True Meaning embryos.
• The swords clashed, shattering and mixing Qin Hao’s two embryos until they began to fuse.
• Li Chenxiao noticed Qin Hao had gained a new True Meaning Embryo, was shocked by his progress, and introduced himself before attacking again.
• Qin Hao claimed Li Chenxiao was not qualified to kill him and used the Time Divine Crystal to slow time around himself.

Qin Hao escaped Li Chenxiao by using the Time Crystal to enter the time barrier, then resolved to develop a first-rank true meaning and fuse his two Sword Dao true meaning embryos. He began attempting the fusion in the void, but the opposing energies repelled each other.

• Qin Hao slowed Li Chenxiao's attack with the Time Crystal and escaped into the time barrier, which Li Chenxiao could not damage.
• Li Chenxiao revealed that his technique was slaying demon true meaning and vowed to kill Qin Hao the next time they met.
• Qin Hao recognized his progress in fighting back and decided to fuse his Destruction Sword Dao True Meaning embryo with his Life Force Sword Dao True Meaning embryo into a Life-and-Death Sword Dao True Meaning embryo.
• Qin Hao left the time barrier, sat down in the void, and brought his two Sword Dao True Meaning embryos together.
• The two embryos repelled each other before they could fuse, leaving Qin Hao puzzled.

Qin Hao discovered that he could ease the repulsion between his destruction and life force Sword Dao True Meaning embryos by scattering them before fusion. After enduring immense pain to scatter the destruction embryo, he began scattering the life force embryo and realized his heart will had improved.

• Qin Hao recognized that the embryos had shown signs of fusing when Li Chenxiao scattered them in tidal space, so he decided to scatter them himself before attempting fusion.
• Qin Hao slowly split apart his destruction Sword Dao True Meaning embryo, enduring severe agony that threatened to overwhelm his divine soul.
• Qin Hao completely scattered the destruction embryo into a vast net of heaven and earth mysteries.
• Qin Hao began scattering the life force embryo while maintaining the scattered destruction embryo and found the process less painful than expected.
• Qin Hao examined himself and realized that enduring the ordeal had strengthened his heart will.

Qin Hao broke apart the embryos of the Life Force and Destruction Sword Dao True Meanings and began merging them to form the Life-and-Death Sword Dao True Meaning. As the Heavenly Luo Tribe debated whether to keep waiting for him to defeat Li Chenxiao, the Virtual Projection suddenly rippled.

• Qin Hao used his strengthened heart will to break apart the Life Force Sword Dao True Meaning embryo, then began merging it locally with the Destruction Sword Dao True Meaning embryo.
• Qin Hao formed a small portion of the Life-and-Death Sword Dao True Meaning embryo and continued merging more of the two sword-meaning embryos.
• At the City Lord's Manor, Luo Xian and other Heavenly Luo Tribe members doubted Qin Hao could defeat the Outsider, while Clan Elder Ji Yan continued to trust him.
• Clan Elder Duchuan urged the others to take back the Time Divine Crystal, but Clan Elder Ji Yan rebuked him and challenged him to face the Outsider himself.
• The Virtual Projection suddenly rippled, drawing everyone's attention.

Qin Hao mastered a Second-Rank Life-and-Death Sword Dao True Meaning Embryo in the tidal space, astonishing the Heavenly Luo Tribe elders and giving them hope against the Demon God Hall. He recognized the power of his breakthrough but remained focused on finding a way to defeat Li Chenxiao.

• The Virtual Projection revealed Qin Hao’s Second-Rank True Meaning Embryo fluctuations, stunning Clan Elder Ji Yan, Luo Xian, Clan Elder Duchuan, and the others.
• The elders realized Qin Hao had achieved the breakthrough in only three hundred and ninety epochs inside the tidal space, and Luo Xian accepted that he could not catch up to him.
• Clan Elder Yao Shan, Clan Elder Ban Fan, and Clan Elder Ji Yan hoped Qin Hao might eventually master a first-rank true meaning embryo and help save the Heavenly Luo Tribe.
• Qin Hao tested his Life-and-Death Sword Dao True Meaning Embryo and saw that it far surpassed his separate life force and destruction sword dao embryos.
• Qin Hao considered mastering a first-rank true meaning embryo and creating a Pseudo-Mid-Rank Perfect Secret Art, then focused on countering Li Chenxiao’s first-rank slaying demon true meaning embryo.