Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao created the Pseudo-Mid-Rank Perfect Secret Art Sword Life and Death after more than a hundred epochs of cultivation, then entered the Time Barrier to face Li Chenxiao again. Li Chenxiao noticed Qin Hao's return and reacted with fury.

• Qin Hao decided to create a Pseudo-Mid-Rank Perfect Secret Art based on his life-and-death Sword Dao True Meaning Embryo, using Sword Annihilation as his foundation.
• After more than a hundred epochs, Qin Hao created Sword Life and Death and tested it with the Heavenly Abyss Sword, tearing and restoring space with a single stroke.
• Qin Hao judged that his new move had greatly improved his strength, then entered the Time Barrier for a third time.
• The Heavenly Luo Tribe members watching the Virtual Projection erupted in excitement, while Clan Elder Ji Yan doubted Qin Hao could yet defeat Li Chenxiao but expected him to grow stronger.
• Li Chenxiao sensed Qin Hao's return in the Tidal Space, opened his eyes, and angrily exclaimed that Qin Hao had dared to come back.

Qin Hao challenged Li Chenxiao again and revealed that he had mastered the Second-Rank life-and-death Sword Dao True Meaning Embryo, though Li Chenxiao’s slaying demon power still overwhelmed him. Li Chenxiao then boasted of his Azure Universe origins and offered to take Qin Hao beyond the Turbid Universe if Qin Hao became his slave.

• Li Chenxiao unleashed his slaying demon true meaning embryo as Qin Hao entered Tidal Space and attacked with Life and Death of the Sword.
• Li Chenxiao recognized Qin Hao’s Second-Rank True Meaning Embryo and was shocked by how quickly Qin Hao had mastered it.
• Qin Hao’s sword attack collided with Li Chenxiao’s stronger power, forcing Qin Hao back more than ten steps.
• Li Chenxiao asked Qin Hao’s name, but Qin Hao said Li Chenxiao was not qualified to know it.
• Li Chenxiao claimed his Li Family came from an Azure Universe and offered to take Qin Hao out of the Turbid Universe if Qin Hao submitted as his slave.

Qin Hao refused Li Chenxiao’s demand for the Origin Divine Crystal and submission, insisting Li Chenxiao surrender the wood divine crystal instead. When Li Chenxiao attacked with two first-rank true meaning embryos, Qin Hao used the Time Divine Crystal to slow time and fled into the Time Barrier.

• Qin Hao learned that the Turbid Universe lacked Great Dao Origin and that a universe membrane made travel between cosmic planes difficult.
• Li Chenxiao demanded Qin Hao’s Time Divine Crystal and submission, promising that Qin Hao’s talent could make him a powerful future subordinate.
• Qin Hao refused to surrender the Origin Divine Crystal or serve Li Chenxiao, and demanded the wood divine crystal instead.
• Li Chenxiao attacked Qin Hao with the Demon-Slaying and Blood Butchery true meaning embryos.
• Qin Hao activated the Time Divine Crystal to slow time, then escaped into the Time Barrier.

Li Chenxiao failed to stop Qin Hao from escaping the Time Barrier and resumed cultivating, while Qin Hao began working toward mastering a first-rank Sword Dao True Meaning embryo. After more than fifteen hundred epochs in the Tidal Space, Qin Hao mastered three Third-Rank True Meaning embryos and prepared to fuse light and darkness.

• Li Chenxiao watched Qin Hao escape through the Time Barrier and returned to cultivating, hoping to gain enough strength to break through it.
• Qin Hao resolved to kill Li Chenxiao and reclaim the wood divine crystal, then focused on the light, darkness, and earth Sword Dao True Meaning embryos.
• Qin Hao cultivated the three embryos simultaneously, relying on his existing life-and-death Sword Dao True Meaning embryo and his sword-related abilities.
• After more than fifteen hundred epochs in the Tidal Space, Qin Hao mastered the light Sword Dao True Meaning embryo, the darkness Sword Dao True Meaning embryo, and the earth true meaning embryo.
• Qin Hao decided to fuse the light and darkness Sword Dao True Meaning embryos.

Qin Hao repeatedly challenged Li Chenxiao in the tidal space while fusing his light and darkness Sword Dao True Meaning embryos, eventually forming a second Second-Rank True Meaning Embryo. Li Chenxiao recognized Qin Hao’s plan to pursue a first-rank Sword Dao embryo, resolved not to abandon the wood divine crystal, and began cultivating for their anticipated final battle.

• Qin Hao began fusing his light and darkness Sword Dao True Meaning embryos and used the Time Divine Crystal to challenge Li Chenxiao in the tidal space.
• Qin Hao repeatedly returned to fight Li Chenxiao, using the battles to refine his cultivation as his strength steadily increased.
• Li Chenxiao discovered that Qin Hao had formed a second Second-Rank True Meaning Embryo, the light-and-darkness Sword Dao True Meaning Embryo.
• Li Chenxiao realized Qin Hao intended to grasp a first-rank Sword Dao True Meaning Embryo and feared how quickly he was progressing.
• Li Chenxiao decided he could not give up the wood divine crystal and began cultivating to prepare for Qin Hao’s expected final challenge.

Qin Hao mastered a first-rank sword dao true meaning embryo after eight thousand epochs in the tidal space, stunning the Heavenly Luo Tribe members watching him. He recognized the immense increase in his strength but knew he still needed to grow further to slay Li Chenxiao.

• The Heavenly Luo Tribe watched Qin Hao cultivate through a virtual projection as his two second-rank true meaning embryos grew stronger and began to fuse.
• Qin Hao repeatedly fought Li Chenxiao in the tidal space and resumed cultivating, while more than fifty epochs passed outside.
• Qin Hao mastered a first-rank sword dao true meaning embryo, releasing pressure that stunned the gathered tribe members.
• Clan Elder Duchuan abandoned his distrust of Qin Hao, and Clan Elder Ji Yan celebrated and saw him as the hope of the myriad races' cultivators.
• Qin Hao assessed his new strength as comparable to an ordinary Eternal Divine Lord, but concluded that his true meaning embryo was still insufficient to defeat Li Chenxiao.

Qin Hao realized that the void true meaning embryo, though classified as second-rank, possessed first-rank power and could not fuse with his other second-rank embryos. He concluded that he needed to combine it with his complete Sword Dao True Meaning embryo to advance it, giving him a possible way to strengthen himself against Li Chenxiao.

• Qin Hao judged that his complete Sword Dao True Meaning embryo was not enough to defeat Li Chenxiao, who had two second-rank embryos and a powerful secret art.
• Qin Hao resolved to fully enhance his Sword Dao True Meaning embryo, create a Pseudo-Mid-Rank Perfect Secret Art, and master another first-rank embryo.
• Qin Hao tried fusing the void true meaning embryo with his life-and-death and light-and-darkness Sword Dao True Meaning embryos, but they could not sense or touch it.
• Qin Hao released his other embryos and realized that his first-rank Sword Dao True Meaning embryo could touch and tear open the void true meaning embryo.
• Qin Hao concluded that he needed to fuse his complete Sword Dao True Meaning embryo with the void true meaning embryo to raise it to the first rank.

After ten thousand epochs of cultivation, Qin Hao left the Time Barrier to face Li Chenxiao in a final showdown. Li Chenxiao launched the first attack with his Slaying Demon True Meaning and a Low-Rank Perfect Secret Art as his sword thrust toward Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao fused his Sword Dao True Meaning embryo with his void true meaning embryo while continuing to cultivate his sword secret art.
• After ten thousand epochs in the tidal space, Qin Hao stopped cultivating and approached the Time Barrier.
• Li Chenxiao waited for Qin Hao, sensing his powerful killing intent as he emerged from the Time Barrier.
• Qin Hao rejected Li Chenxiao's demand for submission and warned him to hand over the wood divine crystal and leave.
• Li Chenxiao drew his Blood-Red Long Sword and attacked Qin Hao with Demon-Slaying—Life-Bearing Baleful Intent.

Qin Hao used his sword dao true meaning embryo to withstand Li Chenxiao’s escalating Demon-Slaying attacks, refining his embryo through their clashes. Li Chenxiao then unleashed Heavenly Baleful, intent on claiming the Time Divine Crystal and World Heart.

• Qin Hao blocked Li Chenxiao’s Life Baleful with the Heavenly Abyss Sword and his sword dao true meaning embryo.
• Qin Hao was driven back by Death Baleful but recovered and stopped Li Chenxiao’s second attack.
• Li Chenxiao unleashed Demon Baleful, overpowering Qin Hao’s strike and sending him hurtling backward.
• Qin Hao repeatedly attacked with his sword dao true meaning embryo, sensing it grow more refined as he diminished the demon baleful qi.
• Li Chenxiao unleashed Heavenly Baleful, and his presence surged a hundredfold as he declared he would take the Time Divine Crystal and World Heart.

Qin Hao unveiled Defiant Sword, a pseudo-Middle Rank perfect secret art, and clashed evenly with Li Chenxiao’s Demon-Slaying Heavenly Bane before being forced back. Li Chenxiao resolved to kill him and attacked again with the Blood-Red Long Sword.

• Li Chenxiao unleashed Demon-Slaying Heavenly Bane, a pseudo-Middle Rank perfect secret art that threatened to overwhelm Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao countered with Defiant Sword, his newly created pseudo-Middle Rank perfect secret art based on his Sword Dao True Meaning embryo.
• Their sword strikes collided, sending Li Chenxiao back a hundred steps and Qin Hao nearly a thousand steps.
• Qin Hao recognized the power of Defiant Sword but knew his Sword Dao True Meaning embryo still lacked the depth to overcome Li Chenxiao.
• Li Chenxiao, fearing Qin Hao might escape the cosmic plane and later kill him, attacked again with a blood-red sword strike.

Qin Hao revealed his Void Sword True Meaning Embryo and matched Li Chenxiao’s attack, pushing their battle to the brink of destroying the tidal space. When Li Chenxiao tried to break through to the Divine Lord realm and escape, Qin Hao summoned Void Sword Space to suppress him and keep the wood divine crystal.

• Li Chenxiao unleashed Demon-Devouring Blood-Drink, a pseudo-Middle Rank perfect secret art powered by two first-rank True Meaning Embryos.
• Qin Hao countered with his Void Sword True Meaning Embryo, surprising Li Chenxiao and matching his attack in a clash that tore open a vast spatial rift.
• Qin Hao’s Void Sword True Meaning Embryo swept toward Li Chenxiao and formed a pseudo-Middle Rank perfect secret art, making Li Chenxiao fear for his life.
• Li Chenxiao decided to break through to the Divine Lord realm and escape, abandoning his attempt to obtain the world heart.
• Qin Hao used Void Sword Space to envelop and suppress Li Chenxiao so he could not escape with the wood divine crystal.

Qin Hao overwhelmed Li Chenxiao after cutting him off from the Heaven and Earth mysteries, then killed him despite his pleas for mercy. With the Tidal Space collapsed, Qin Hao claimed the wood divine crystal.

• Li Chenxiao realized Qin Hao’s Void Sword Space had cut off his access to the Heaven and Earth mysteries needed for his breakthrough.
• Qin Hao attacked with his sword, Void Sword Space, and Heaven and Earth rule power, breaking through Li Chenxiao’s defenses and wounding his shoulder.
• Li Chenxiao offered to surrender the wood divine crystal, but Qin Hao refused to spare him, fearing the powerful Li Family would retaliate.
• Qin Hao pierced Li Chenxiao’s chest and crushed him with his attacks until his aura vanished.
• The Tidal Space collapsed, and Qin Hao took the wood divine crystal from Li Chenxiao’s body.

Qin Hao survived the collapse of the tidal space and killed Li Chenxiao, delighting the Heavenly Luo Tribe. After discovering a reference to the Ruin Universe and Great Venerables among Li Chenxiao’s belongings, Qin Hao prepared to enter the second tidal space.

• The Heavenly Luo Tribe watched the tidal space collapse and feared that Li Chenxiao might defeat Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao emerged alive with the wood divine crystal, and the Heavenly Luo Tribe celebrated Li Chenxiao’s death.
• Clan Elder Ji Yan congratulated Qin Hao and warned him that the other two Outsiders were also powerful.
• Qin Hao searched Li Chenxiao’s belongings and found a jade slip describing the Ruin Universe as a place where one might become a Great Venerable.
• Qin Hao put away the treasures and jade slips, then set off for the second tidal space.

Qin Hao entered the second tidal space to confront Kun Lie, an Azure Universe Outsider who possessed a first-rank earth-attributed true meaning embryo. Their first clash left Kun Lie’s fists badly wounded and sent Qin Hao flying backward.

• Clan Elder Ji Yan warned Qin Hao that Kun Lie possessed a first-rank earth-attributed true meaning embryo and opened the second tidal space for him.
• Qin Hao crossed the Time Barrier and found Kun Lie waiting inside the gray tidal space.
• Kun Lie mocked Qin Hao and declared that he would kill him, while Qin Hao revealed that he knew Li Chenxiao.
• Qin Hao attacked Kun Lie with Reverse Sword, and Kun Lie countered with his stone-cracking true meaning embryo.
• Qin Hao’s sword cut deeply into both of Kun Lie’s fists, but Kun Lie’s counterblow sent Qin Hao flying backward.

Qin Hao and Kun Lie fought to a standstill as their perfect secret arts clashed. Kun Lie accepted that Qin Hao could have killed Li Chenxiao, but Qin Hao ended their exchange by dismissing the geniuses of the Azure Universe.

• Kun Lie recognized Qin Hao's Reverse Sword as a pseudo-Middle Rank perfect secret art and asked whether he had killed Li Chenxiao.
• Kun Lie attacked with his Sinking earth true meaning embryo, sending two earth dragons toward Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao used Void Sword Space to stop the dragons and attacked Kun Lie with the Heavenly Abyss Sword.
• Qin Hao and Kun Lie traded dozens of blows, but neither could overcome the other's defenses.
• Kun Lie withdrew and acknowledged Qin Hao's ability to kill Li Chenxiao.
• Qin Hao said the geniuses of the Azure Universe were nothing special, angering Kun Lie.

Qin Hao used the Primordial Feathered Wings and his true meaning embryos to defeat Kun Lie, who tried to break through to the Divine Lord Realm and then offered to surrender the Water Divine Crystal. Qin Hao killed him and claimed the crystal, leaving both Outsiders dead at his hands.

• Kun Lie insisted that Qin Hao could not defeat him, but Qin Hao revealed his incomplete Dao Divine Weapon, the Primordial Feathered Wings.
• Qin Hao attacked at tremendous speed and used the Void Sword Space to cut Kun Lie off from the heaven and earth mysteries he needed to advance to Divine Lord.
• Kun Lie offered Qin Hao the Water Divine Crystal and pleaded for his life, but Qin Hao continued attacking.
• Qin Hao overwhelmed Kun Lie with his true meaning embryos and heaven and earth rule power, killing him.
• Qin Hao claimed the Water Divine Crystal from Kun Lie's corpse.

Qin Hao entered the third Tidal Space seeking the fire divine crystal and met Leng Linjiang, who chose not to fight him. Qin Hao accepted Leng Linjiang’s offer of the crystal and began explaining that he also needed the World Heart.

• Qin Hao left after securing the water divine crystal and traveled to the third Tidal Space.
• The residents of Great Luo City celebrated Qin Hao for killing Li Chenxiao and Kun Lie.
• Qin Hao entered the third Tidal Space and found Leng Linjiang waiting beside the intact fire divine crystal.
• Leng Linjiang explained that he had inferred Qin Hao defeated the others and had decided to forgo the crystal rather than fight him.
• Leng Linjiang said he would soon leave after being trapped for hundreds of Reincarnation Epochs, and Qin Hao began telling him he had an important use for the World Heart.

Qin Hao told Leng Linjiang that the Heavenly Palace faced the Demon God Hall and that he hoped to protect the Turbid Universe by reconstructing its Origin World as a Sacred Land. Leng Linjiang warned him of the risks and urged him to leave, then explained the Four Universes and revealed that Spacetime Island controlled the region’s only Ruin Universe.

• Qin Hao explained that the Demon God Hall threatened the Turbid Universe and that he intended to transform the Origin World into a Sacred Land.
• Leng Linjiang warned that the Demon God Hall’s three Great Demon Gods far outmatched the Heavenly Palace and that Sacred Land reconstruction could sever the Cosmic Plane from the outside world.
• Qin Hao rejected the idea of abandoning his family, friends, and the cultivators of the Myriad Races, while Leng Linjiang urged him to seek better cultivation conditions elsewhere.
• Qin Hao asked Leng Linjiang to explain the Domain, Azure, and Ruin Universes and why traveling between universes was difficult.
• Leng Linjiang described the Four Universes as tiers of Cosmic Planes and said that Spacetime Island controlled the only Ruin Universe in their region.

Leng Linjiang explained the Four Universes and the Great Venerable realms to Qin Hao, then urged him to leave the Turbid Universe and seek greater strength. Qin Hao refused because he would not abandon his family, friends, and the myriad races to the Demon God Hall, and Leng Linjiang departed after giving him a token to find the Leng Family in the Azure Netherfire Domain.

• Leng Linjiang told Qin Hao about the four cosmic planes and explained that Great Venerables ranked above Divine Kings, with the Island Lord of Spacetime Island rumored to be a Dao Venerable or even stronger.
• Leng Linjiang urged Qin Hao to leave the Turbid Universe, grow stronger in the Azure Universe, and return to fight the Demon God Hall after reaching Divine King.
• Qin Hao refused, fearing that his family, friends, and the myriad races would fall to the Demon God Hall while he was away.
• Leng Linjiang gave Qin Hao a Leng Family jade slip and invited him to visit the Azure Netherfire Domain in the future.
• Qin Hao accepted the invitation in case he could resolve the Demon God Hall crisis, and Leng Linjiang took his leave.

Qin Hao learned more about the wider universe after Leng Linjiang departed, then returned to Great Luo City with all three intact origin divine crystal shards. The Heavenly Palace celebrated his victory, and Clan Elder Ji Yan invited him to meet Luo Hou.

• Leng Linjiang was summoned away by a powerful force, leaving Qin Hao to reflect on the cosmic planes and the Heavenly Palace's place among them.
• Qin Hao collected the Jade Slip and fire divine crystal Leng Linjiang had left behind, then left the tidal space.
• The people in the City Lord's Manor worried when the Virtual Projection showed no battle, but Qin Hao appeared safely before them.
• Qin Hao presented the wood, fire, and water divine crystal shards, and the gathered cultivators celebrated his success.
• Clan Elder Ji Yan praised Qin Hao and invited him to meet Luo Hou.