Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao ambushed Demon King Guwen and killed him with a single sword strike, then pursued the fleeing Red-Eyed Demon King. As the Red-Eyed Demon King called for the Blood Leech Divine Lord and other Demon Kings to help, Qin Hao pressed his attack and refused to let him escape.

• Qin Hao struck Demon King Guwen from hiding and pierced him with one sword strike, killing him almost instantly.
• The Red-Eyed Demon King realized Qin Hao could kill him just as easily and fled.
• Qin Hao activated the Primordial Feathered Wings and pursued the Red-Eyed Demon King through the self-void world.
• Qin Hao attacked the Red-Eyed Demon King with two Reverse Sword strikes, ignoring his plea to stop.
• The Red-Eyed Demon King shouted for the Blood Leech Divine Lord and other Demon Kings to come help, but Qin Hao vowed they could not save him.

Qin Hao killed the Red-Eyed Demon King and Demon King Guwen, then escaped before the other Demon Kings arrived. He hid in a stone chamber with forty-five Demon Abyss Ice Flowers and prepared to cultivate his true meaning embryos in hopes of reaching the Divine Lord Realm and avenging Yun Chang.

• Qin Hao killed the Red-Eyed Demon King with two sword strikes and collected his Storage Star Ring, then collected Demon King Guwen's ring and fled.
• Seven or eight Demon Kings arrived and realized Qin Hao had killed both men in only a few breaths.
• Blood Leech Divine Lord and the Ruling Demon Kings arrived, and Blood Leech Divine Lord ordered a search for Qin Hao.
• Some Demon Kings abandoned the hunt to look for Demon Abyss Ice Flowers, while others continued searching for Qin Hao in hopes of becoming Ruling Demon Kings.
• Qin Hao inventoried the two dead Demon Kings' belongings in a hidden stone chamber and found forty-five Demon Abyss Ice Flowers.
• Qin Hao prepared to cultivate the flowers to advance his Sword Dao True Meaning embryo and Void Sword True Meaning embryo, hoping to reach the Divine Lord Realm and avenge Yun Chang.

Qin Hao advanced his Sword Dao True Meaning embryo and Void Sword True Meaning embryo to the major accomplishment realm using Demon Abyss Ice Flowers, then discovered a faint restriction in his cultivation chamber. With the Fourth Layer too dangerous and no Star Armor fragments found there, he set out to locate the entrance to the Fifth Layer, unaware that the restriction began to flicker after he left.

• Qin Hao refined Demon Abyss Ice Flowers until both his Sword Dao True Meaning embryo and Void Sword True Meaning embryo reached the major accomplishment realm.
• Qin Hao used his remaining five Demon Abyss Ice Flowers to consolidate his progress, but noticed almost no further change.
• Qin Hao sensed a faint restriction in the stone chamber and considered how the Ninefold Demon Abyss's restrictions could threaten even powerful Divine Lords.
• Qin Hao decided to leave the Fourth Layer, since he had found no Star Armor fragments and the Demon Kings made it too dangerous.
• Qin Hao entered his self-void world and headed toward an unexplored direction to search for the Fifth Layer's entrance.
• After Qin Hao left, the restriction in the stone chamber began to flicker faintly.

Qin Hao tested his newly strengthened sword techniques by killing twenty-one Demonized Armored Soldiers in a swamp and harvesting seven Demon Abyss Ice Flowers. Demon King Huyan tracked the sword qi to him and attacked, leaving Qin Hao facing an imminent fight.

• Qin Hao discovered a vast swamp containing seven Demon Abyss Ice Flowers, a restriction, and twenty-one High Rank Eternal Divine Lord Demonized Armored Soldiers.
• Qin Hao used Reverse Sword to kill the first seven Demonized Armored Soldiers with one strike, then continued fighting the group.
• Demon King Huyan sensed the nearby battle's sword qi and hurried toward it, believing Qin Hao was the source.
• Qin Hao killed all twenty-one Demonized Armored Soldiers, collected a demon core, and harvested the seven Demon Abyss Ice Flowers.
• Demon King Huyan arrived and brought down a demonic palm to suppress Qin Hao, who recognized him and prepared to fight.

Qin Hao tried to flee Demon King Huyan, who attacked him under the Void Emperor’s orders and severely weakened him. With no chance of winning or escaping, Qin Hao rushed toward the Ninefold Demon Abyss restriction, hoping its suppressive power would stop his pursuer.

• Qin Hao activated the Primordial Feathered Wings, but Demon King Huyan anticipated his move and blocked his escape with a palm strike.
• Qin Hao defended with Reverse Sword, yet Demon King Huyan’s attack overwhelmed his sword radiance and drained thirty percent of his life divine power; the Star Armor’s Breastplate kept him alive.
• Demon King Huyan recognized the Breastplate as a Dao Divine Weapon and revealed that the Void Emperor had ordered him to kill Qin Hao and deliver his possessions.
• Qin Hao counterattacked with the Heavenly Abyss Sword, but Demon King Huyan struck him again, leaving him with less than forty percent of his life divine power.
• Qin Hao spotted the transparent restriction of the Ninefold Demon Abyss and rushed toward it, hoping its suppressive power could stop Demon King Huyan as another palm strike came at him.

Qin Hao unleashed his full strength against Demon King Huyan, but the Demon King’s attacks left him near death. Qin Hao triggered a Ninefold Demon Abyss restriction to escape, only to be pulled inside as its power disappeared.

• Qin Hao used his sword techniques and true meaning embryos to resist Demon King Huyan’s attack, but the blow left him with little life divine power remaining.
• Qin Hao rode the shockwave toward a nearby restriction while Demon King Huyan prepared to pursue him.
• Demon King Huyan sensed mortal danger when Qin Hao struck the restriction with the Heavenly Abyss Sword and fled.
• The restriction’s power struck Qin Hao, and a sudden suction force dragged him inside despite his attempt to escape with the Primordial Feathered Wings.
• Qin Hao vanished into the restriction, and its erupted power immediately receded.

Demon King Huyan searched for Qin Hao after Qin Hao vanished when a restriction’s power abruptly subsided. The chapter revealed that Qin Hao was alive inside the restriction, where a mysterious woman in purple stood near him.

• Demon King Huyan realized the restriction’s power had vanished and Qin Hao had disappeared.
• Demon King Huyan suspected Qin Hao had entered the restriction but did not dare approach or touch it.
• Demon King Huyan searched the area, then hid and watched for more than half a day before deciding Qin Hao had left.
• Demon King Huyan departed to continue searching for Qin Hao, unaware that Qin Hao remained inside the restriction.
• A woman in purple looked at Qin Hao in the sealed space inside the restriction.

Qin Hao reunited with Feng Ying, the Windshadow Goddess, after she rescued him from Demon King Huyan and discovered that he was the disciple accepted on her behalf. He explained that he had entered the Ninefold Demon Abyss to seek a Dao Divine Weapon fragment and find her, leaving Feng Ying moved by his efforts.

• Feng Ying pulled Qin Hao into the Ninefold Demon Abyss restriction to save him from the pursuing Demon Kings.
• Qin Hao recognized Feng Ying as his teacher, and she learned that Phantom Shadow True God had accepted him on her behalf several hundred epochs earlier.
• Feng Ying accepted Qin Hao as her disciple, though she felt she had little left to teach him.
• Qin Hao said he had come to seek a Fragment of a Dao Divine Weapon and to find Feng Ying.
• Qin Hao told Feng Ying that Star Lord Lingguang had used cause-and-effect divination to locate her in the Ninefold Demon Abyss, moving her with their efforts.

Qin Hao told the Windshadow Goddess how Yun Chang died while saving him, but she argued that Yun Chang might still be alive in the upper layers of the Ninefold Demon Abyss. She revealed that those layers held the Abyssal Devil Lord’s trials and legacy, and explained that she had reached the Eighth Demon Abyss before being eliminated.

• Qin Hao explained that the Demon God Hall had hunted him and Yun Chang, and that Yun Chang died after intervening to save him from the Blood Leech Divine Lord.
• The Windshadow Goddess suggested that Yun Chang might have survived because Qin Hao had not witnessed his death.
• Qin Hao asked whether Yun Chang could still be in the Third Demon Abyss, but the Windshadow Goddess guessed he was in the Seventh or Eighth Demon Abyss, or possibly the Ninth.
• The Windshadow Goddess explained that the upper three layers of the Ninefold Demon Abyss tested candidates for the Abyssal Devil Lord’s legacy.
• The Windshadow Goddess revealed that she had barely passed the Seventh Demon Abyss, been eliminated in the Eighth, and survived by entering a restriction.

Windshadow Goddess explained how saving a companion led her to the Seventh Layer of the Ninefold Demon Abyss and gave Qin Hao hope that Yun Chang had survived. She urged Qin Hao to seek the Abyssal Devil Lord’s legacy, then gave him her hoard of Demon Abyss Ice Flowers as a gift for taking her as his master.

• Windshadow Goddess recounted how she saved a companion in the Third Layer, triggered the Abyssal Devil Lord’s legacy, and was drawn to the Seventh Layer.
• Windshadow Goddess explained that the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Layers tested willpower and comprehension, and that she had failed to advance beyond the Eighth.
• Qin Hao realized Yun Chang might have survived and reached the Seventh Layer of the Demon Abyss.
• Windshadow Goddess explained that perfecting a true meaning embryo alone was not enough to become a Divine Lord.
• Windshadow Goddess told Qin Hao to seek the Abyssal Devil Lord’s legacy as his best chance to escape the Demon Abyss and contend with the Demon Kings outside.
• Windshadow Goddess gave Qin Hao more than six hundred Demon Abyss Ice Flowers as a gift for taking her as his master.

Qin Hao accepted Windshadow Goddess's Demon Abyss Ice Flowers and began refining them after healing his injuries. As he rapidly strengthened his Sword Dao True Meaning embryo, Windshadow Goddess admired his talent and hoped he could reach the Ninth Layer and obtain the Abyssal Devil Lord's legacy.

• Windshadow Goddess told Qin Hao she could not improve her cultivation with the Demon Abyss Ice Flowers and explained that the restriction protected her from even the Ruling Demon King.
• Windshadow Goddess offered to teach Qin Hao to sense the restrictions, which could help him find the next layer's entrance through the Thunder Arc Demonic Miasma.
• Qin Hao stored the flowers, healed his injuries with a pill and the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art, then began refining the Demon Abyss Ice Flowers to advance his Sword Dao True Meaning embryo.
• Windshadow Goddess sensed Qin Hao's two first-rank true meaning embryos and marveled that he had survived Demon King Huyan's attacks.
• Windshadow Goddess hoped Qin Hao would reach the Ninth Layer and find the Abyssal Devil Lord's legacy, then noticed he had already refined dozens of flowers and that his Sword Dao True Meaning embryo was surging in power.

Qin Hao risked refining all his remaining Demon Abyss Ice Flowers at once and successfully advanced his Sword Dao True Meaning embryo to the perfection realm. He could now meet the requirement to advance to divine lord, but still needed to gain insight into that realm.

• Qin Hao refined more than five hundred Demon Abyss Ice Flowers, pushing his Sword Dao True Meaning embryo to its limit without reaching perfection.
• Qin Hao refined all his remaining Demon Abyss Ice Flowers at once, enduring severe pain as his life divine power fell to seventy percent.
• Qin Hao's Sword Dao True Meaning embryo broke through to the perfection realm, producing pressure strong enough to shake the stone chamber's restrictions.
• Qin Hao sensed that his perfected Sword Dao True Meaning embryo was at least a hundred times stronger and could let him slaughter a Peak Rank eternal divine lord.
• The Windshadow Goddess congratulated Qin Hao, who explained that he still needed insight into the divine lord realm before he could advance.

Feng Ying Goddess explained how Qin Hao could locate the entrance to the next layer of the Demon Abyss by sensing its restrictions. After Qin Hao briefly influenced one restriction with the Heavenly Derivation Book, Feng Ying Goddess took him toward the Fifth Layer to search for Yun Chang, while Qin Hao resolved not to leave her behind.

• Feng Ying Goddess showed Qin Hao how demonic vortices in the restrictions pointed toward the entrance to the next Demon Abyss layer.
• Qin Hao used the Heavenly Derivation Book to twist the restriction's lines briefly, but stopped when its force resisted him.
• Feng Ying Goddess explained that her freedom to move through the restrictions came from Abyssal Devil Lord's approval, not from controlling them.
• Feng Ying Goddess said Yun Chang was likely in the seventh or Eighth Layer and offered to take Qin Hao to the Fifth Layer.
• Feng Ying Goddess and Qin Hao traveled through the restrictions, and Qin Hao vowed that he would not abandon her or Yun Chang if he found a way to leave.

Qin Hao entered the Fifth Layer of the Demon Abyss after Windshadow Goddess escorted him to its entrance. His arrival drew Blue-Faced Demon King and Bloodthirsty Demon Marquis to follow him inside, leaving the Fifth Layer to hold all three.

• Windshadow Goddess guided Qin Hao to the Fifth Layer entrance, warned him to be cautious, and watched him enter the Demon Vortex.
• Blue-Faced Demon King sensed spatial fluctuations, discovered the entrance, and decided to enter in search of Demon Abyss Ice Flowers that could help him become a Ruling Demon King.
• Blue-Faced Demon King entered the Fifth Layer, producing spatial fluctuations that spread nearly a hundred thousand meters.
• Bloodthirsty Demon Marquis found the entrance and entered the Fifth Layer to explore.

Qin Hao entered the Fifth Layer of the Demon Abyss and searched for Demon Abyss Ice Flowers and the restriction leading onward, though the Star Armor Fragment was not there. The Blue-Faced Demon King and the Bloodthirsty Demon Marquis also arrived and began exploring, with the Bloodthirsty Demon Marquis wondering whether Qin Hao was nearby.

• Qin Hao found that the Fifth Layer’s dense thunder arc miasma limited his divine sense and made flying dangerous, then set out to search for Demon Abyss Ice Flowers and the restriction to the sixth layer.
• The Blue-Faced Demon King was struck by hundreds of lightning arcs while flying, but they vanished when they came within ten meters of the ground, revealing that flight was forbidden.
• The Blue-Faced Demon King hurried along the ground to search for Demon Abyss Ice Flowers and other treasures.
• The Bloodthirsty Demon Marquis entered the Fifth Layer, sensed the Blue-Faced Demon King’s recent presence, and set off to search for treasures and possibly Qin Hao.

Qin Hao explored the Fifth Layer of the Demon Abyss, fighting powerful Demonized Armored Soldiers and finding Demon Abyss Ice Flowers and demon cores. He followed mysterious bell tolls to a spacetime projection of an arena, where he recognized the Abyssal Devil Lord.

• Qin Hao defeated two Peak Rank Eternal Divine Lord-level Demonized Armored Soldiers with his Heavenly Abyss Sword.
• Qin Hao searched the Fifth Layer, found dozens of Demon Abyss Ice Flowers, and collected five demon cores to refine and strengthen his Void Sword True Meaning embryo.
• Qin Hao heard three bell tolls and followed them while concealing his aura.
• Qin Hao discovered an arena filled with figures that his divine sense could not detect, then realized the scene was a spacetime projection from the past.
• The black-and-gold-robed middle-aged man at the arena's center addressed the crowd, and Qin Hao recognized him as the Abyssal Devil Lord.

Qin Hao watched a spacetime projection of the Abyssal Devil Lord preach in the Fifth Layer of the Demon Abyss and gained insight into Dao intent. As the Devil Lord answered a Half-Step Dao-Origin Divine Lord’s question, the man showed signs of a breakthrough, while the Bloodthirsty Demon Marquis hurried toward the sound of the bells.

• The Abyssal Devil Lord delivered a three-day discourse on cultivation, Dao intent, and the Dao, which Qin Hao listened to and memorized.
• After three bell tolls ended the discourse, the Abyssal Devil Lord invited the audience to ask three questions.
• A Half-Step Dao-Origin Divine Lord asked how to transform true meaning into Dao intent, and the Abyssal Devil Lord explained that it required fusion and harmonization.
• The Half-Step Dao-Origin Divine Lord showed signs of breaking through to Dao-Origin Divine Lord, astonishing Qin Hao.
• The Bloodthirsty Demon Marquis heard the bells nearby and rushed toward them, suspecting they might lead to a treasure left by the Abyssal Devil Lord.

Qin Hao listened as the Abyssal Devil Lord explained the mysteries of heaven and earth and the path to becoming a Divine Lord. The lecture revealed two approaches to cultivation, defying heaven and following heaven, and left Qin Hao struggling to grasp what it meant to be the lord of the mighty.

• The Blue-Faced Demon King heard the bell ringing again and headed toward its sound, excited by the Demon Abyss Ice Flowers he had gathered.
• In the Grassland Arena, the Abyssal Devil Lord answered an Eternal Divine Lord's question about improving true meaning, giving Qin Hao valuable insights.
• A Half-Step Divine Lord asked how to break through after perfecting his true meaning embryo, and Qin Hao eagerly listened because he had the same question.
• The Abyssal Devil Lord taught that cultivating the mysteries of heaven and earth meant using one's body as a furnace to smelt creation and ultimately replace heaven and earth.
• Qin Hao compared the teaching with the Heavenly Palace's Divine Lord insights and realized they described two approaches: defying heaven and following heaven.
• The Abyssal Devil Lord called a Divine Lord the lord of Ancestral Gods, gods, and the mighty, leaving Qin Hao sensing an insight he could not yet grasp.

Qin Hao grasped that the Abyssal Devil Lord’s teachings centered on a Strongman’s Heart, but remained uncertain whether to cultivate by Acting Against Heaven or Acting in Accord with Heaven. When the Bloodthirsty Demon Marquis and the Blue-Faced Demon King found him in the Fifth Layer of the Demon Abyss, he fled, while the Abyssal Devil Lord’s fading projection watched them with a possibly hostile glint.

• The Abyssal Devil Lord declared that a Divine Lord must possess a Strongman’s Heart and slay any god or demon that obstructs their path.
• Qin Hao realized that a Strongman’s Heart was needed to become a Divine Lord, but questioned which cultivation path suited him and how to complete the breakthrough.
• The Bloodthirsty Demon Marquis and the Blue-Faced Demon King arrived in the Grassland Arena and recognized Qin Hao.
• The Abyssal Devil Lord ended his sermon and ordered everyone to withdraw as Qin Hao prepared to escape.
• Qin Hao flew away using his Primordial Feathered Wings, and the Bloodthirsty Demon Marquis and Blue-Faced Demon King chased after him.
• The Abyssal Devil Lord’s fading projection showed a faint glint of coldness as the two Demon Kings crossed the arena.

Qin Hao outran the Bloodthirsty Demon Marquis in the Fifth Layer of the Demon Abyss and escaped into the mist. He then located the entrance to the Sixth Layer and headed toward it.

• The Blue-Faced Demon King failed to catch Qin Hao and abandoned the chase to search for Demon Abyss Ice Flowers.
• The Bloodthirsty Demon Marquis pursued Qin Hao but could not close the gap, and Qin Hao warned that he would kill him after reaching the Divine Lord Realm.
• Qin Hao vanished into the mist, leaving the Bloodthirsty Demon Marquis unable to find him.
• Qin Hao searched for the restriction leading onward and sensed that the entrance to the Sixth Layer of the Demon Abyss lay to the northeast.
• Qin Hao headed straight for the Sixth Layer of the Demon Abyss.