Chapter Summaries

Yun Chang reached the Eighth Layer’s Heaven and Earth Labyrinth and chose the passage containing Space True Meaning, betting on the path that best suited his cultivation. Meanwhile, Qin Hao entered the Sixth Layer and narrowly dodged a devastating thunder arc.

• Yun Chang found that each labyrinth passage held a different first-rank true meaning and considered which one to enter.
• Yun Chang rejected the other passages and chose Space True Meaning because the way of space best matched his strengths.
• Qin Hao arrived in the Sixth Layer of the Demon Abyss, where thunder arcs could attack even those walking on the ground.
• Qin Hao flashed away from a massive thunder arc, which struck his former position and blasted a crater into the earth.

Qin Hao entered the Sixth Layer of the Demon Abyss and faced a lightning arc and a swarm of powerful Demonized Armored Soldiers. As he fought his way through them, he discovered their demon cores contained concentrated mysteries that he could refine.

• Qin Hao survived a lightning arc that struck him soon after he entered the Sixth Layer and wondered whether the Abyssal Devil Lord had already collected the Star Armor Shards.
• Qin Hao decided to continue toward the seventh, eighth, and Ninth Demon Abyss to search for the shards and find Yun Chang.
• The lightning arc attracted countless Demonized Armored Soldiers, and Qin Hao fled before they could surround him.
• Qin Hao used Reverse Sword and Void Sword Space to cut down two Demonized Armored Soldiers blocking his path.
• Qin Hao found demon cores inside the fallen soldiers and realized he could refine their concentrated heaven and earth mysteries while continuing to fight the others.

Qin Hao refined demon cores as he fought through the Sixth Layer of the Demon Abyss, rapidly strengthening his Void Sword True Meaning embryo. After escaping a swarm of Demonized Armored Soldiers, he resolved to continue toward the Seventh Demon Abyss and face the Abyssal Devil Lord's trial, while still considering how to break through to the Divine Lord realm.

• Qin Hao used two demon cores to advance his Void Sword True Meaning embryo and killed the remaining four Demonized Armored Soldiers.
• Qin Hao collected four more demon cores, then fled as thousands of Demonized Armored Soldiers converged on him.
• Qin Hao fought while retreating, killed nearly a hundred Demonized Armored Soldiers, and collected more than eighty demon cores before breaking through the encirclement.
• Qin Hao realized the demon cores could help bring his Void Sword True Meaning embryo to perfection, but he still needed to determine how to break through to become a Divine Lord.
• Qin Hao decided to head toward the Seventh Demon Abyss and seek the Abyssal Devil Lord's recognition, which could help him obtain the Star Armor Shard and leave the Ninefold Demon Abyss safely.

Qin Hao refined thirty Demon Cores at once in the Sixth Layer of the Demon Abyss, enduring severe damage to his divine body and soul. His heart will broke through under the strain, and his void sword true meaning embryo reached the perfection realm.

• Qin Hao decided to refine all thirty of his remaining Demon Cores at once before the Demonized Armored Soldiers caught up.
• Qin Hao absorbed the cores' concentrated heaven and earth mysteries, suffering grievous injuries to his divine body and divine soul.
• Qin Hao endured the pain until his heart will broke through, easing the strain on his divine soul.
• Qin Hao refined the Demon Cores more effectively and advanced his void sword true meaning embryo to the perfection realm.

After perfecting his Void Sword True Meaning embryo, Qin Hao used his newfound strength to kill Demonized Armored Soldiers and collect their demon cores in the Sixth Layer of the Demon Abyss. He found the Demon Vortex and entered the Seventh Layer, still worried about Yun Chang.

• Qin Hao realized both of his first-rank true meaning embryos had reached the perfection realm and believed he could now exchange blows with the Bloodthirsty Demon Marquis.
• Qin Hao killed seven Demonized Armored Soldiers with one strike, then fled before more could arrive.
• Qin Hao killed over a hundred more Demonized Armored Soldiers and collected their demon cores as he searched the Sixth Layer.
• Qin Hao found a restriction that revealed the Demon Vortex leading to the Seventh Layer and worried about Yun Chang’s safety.
• Qin Hao reached the enormous black Demon Vortex and plunged into the Seventh Layer of the Demon Abyss.

Blood Leech Divine Lord and the Demon God Hall Demon Kings searched the Fourth Layer of the Demon Abyss for Qin Hao but found neither him nor the entrance to the Fifth Layer. Windshadow Goddess watched them through the layer’s restrictions and began concealing signs that might lead them onward.

• Blood Leech Divine Lord searched the Fourth Layer for months and concluded that Qin Hao might have found the entrance to the Fifth Layer.
• Bloodflame Demon King, Demon King Huyan, and the other Demon God Hall Demon Kings also searched for Qin Hao and wondered where the Fifth Layer entrance was.
• Windshadow Goddess watched the Demon God Hall forces and resolved to hinder them from leaving the Fourth Layer.
• A Demon God Hall Demon King followed a light and fluctuation through dense Thunder Arc Miasma, but they vanished as he arrived.

Windshadow Goddess continued hiding the entrance to the Fifth Layer of the Demon Abyss while Qin Hao had already reached the Seventh Demon Abyss. After he tested the perilous void and encountered two powerful silver-armored Demonized Armored Soldiers, one warned him that entering the void would have killed him.

• Windshadow Goddess watched the entrance to the Fifth Layer of the Demon Abyss reappear and wondered how far Qin Hao had progressed.
• Qin Hao stood at the bottom of the Void Steps in the Seventh Demon Abyss and saw the entrance to the Eighth Layer beyond a stone platform.
• Qin Hao sent a low-grade chaos spirit treasure toward the entrance, but a powerful bolt of lightning shattered it and warned him away from the void.
• Two silver-armored Demonized Armored Soldiers appeared and revealed that they were powerful Law Divine Lords.
• Qin Hao greeted the soldiers respectfully, and the saber-wielding soldier mocked him and said he would have been a corpse if he had entered the void.

Qin Hao reached the Seventh Demon Abyss and insisted on challenging the Abyssal Devil Lord’s trial despite the guardians’ warnings about the deadly Void Steps and Immortal-Slaying Platform. He learned that a powerful cultivator had recently crossed the platform and entered the Eighth Demon Abyss, raising the possibility that it was Yun Chang.

• Qin Hao rejected the silver-armored soldiers’ warnings and said he would attempt the Abyssal Devil Lord’s trial.
• The soldiers explained that the Immortal-Slaying Platform had defeated even Law Divine Lords, but the rules allowed cultivators of any level to try.
• Qin Hao asked whether anyone had recently passed through the platform and entered the Eighth Demon Abyss.
• The saber-wielding soldier said a powerful cultivator had taken nearly half a month to cross the platform and had displayed first-rank true meaning.
• Qin Hao wondered whether the cultivator was Yun Chang, while the soldiers warned that Qin Hao might perish as soon as he stepped onto the platform.

Qin Hao climbed the Void Steps and reached the Immortal-Slaying Platform, astonishing the two silver-armored soldiers with his immense willpower. When no trial appeared, he decided to proceed to the Eighth Layer of the Demon Abyss in pursuit of the Star Armor Shard.

• Qin Hao realized that Yun Chang had likely passed the Immortal-Slaying Platform before him and set out to attempt it himself.
• The two silver-armored soldiers warned Qin Hao that the Void Steps and Immortal-Slaying Platform would overwhelm his willpower, but he continued climbing.
• Qin Hao resisted the Void Steps' pressure and reached the Immortal-Slaying Platform so quickly that both soldiers were stunned.
• Qin Hao waited on the platform but felt no willpower trial, then decided to head for the Eighth Layer of the Demon Abyss.

Qin Hao entered the Eighth Layer of the Demon Abyss and plunged into the Heaven and Earth Labyrinth to reach Yun Chang, who was surrounded by powerful Demonized Armored Soldiers. After racing through the labyrinth and fighting off its guards, Qin Hao neared the sound of Yun Chang’s battle.

• Qin Hao passed the shocked silver-armored soldiers and entered the Eighth Layer of the Demon Abyss.
• Qin Hao spotted Yun Chang in the Heaven and Earth Labyrinth and saw two Eternal Divine Lord-level Demonized Armored Soldiers closing in on him.
• Qin Hao entered the labyrinth, killed a Peak Rank Eternal Divine Lord Demonized Armored Soldier, and escaped an Early-Stage Law Divine Lord pursuer with his Primordial Feathered Wings.
• Qin Hao used his aerial survey to choose the correct passages, repeatedly killing or knocking back Demonized Armored Soldiers as he hurried onward.
• Qin Hao passed through more than a dozen passages and began to hear Yun Chang’s battle.

Qin Hao reunited with Yun Chang in the Heaven and Earth Labyrinth, but their escape toward the Ninth Layer of the Demon Abyss brought them under attack from multiple Law Divine Lord Demonized Armored Soldiers. They passed two guards together, but the pair pursuing them was faster and nearly caught up.

• Qin Hao found Yun Chang fighting two Eternal Divine Lord Demonized Armored Soldiers and killed them with a sword strike.
• Qin Hao grabbed Yun Chang and fled through the passages as more than a dozen Law Divine Lord Demonized Armored Soldiers pursued them.
• Yun Chang guided Qin Hao toward the entrance to the Ninth Layer and used his Void True Meaning embryo to help them move faster.
• Qin Hao and Yun Chang fought two Early-Stage Law Divine Lord Demonized Armored Soldiers, knocking one back and halting the other long enough to escape.
• The two Demonized Armored Soldiers pursued Qin Hao and Yun Chang, and Qin Hao realized they would catch them within moments.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang raced through the Eighth Layer of the Demon Abyss while growing numbers of Demonized Armored Soldiers pursued them. Trapped in the final passage, Yun Chang self-detonated to hold back the pursuers and give Qin Hao a chance to escape, leaving Qin Hao devastated.

• Qin Hao refused to abandon Yun Chang as they fought past Demonized Armored Soldiers in successive passages and continued toward the Ninth Layer.
• Nearly thirty pursuers closed in on Qin Hao and Yun Chang as they entered the final passage, where four more Demonized Armored Soldiers blocked the way to the demon vortex.
• Qin Hao attacked the four soldiers, but they surrounded him and Yun Chang while the other pursuers poured into the passage.
• Yun Chang stepped away from Qin Hao, unleashed his void space true meaning embryo, and insisted that Qin Hao go on without him.
• Yun Chang self-detonated, blasting everyone in the passage away and leaving Qin Hao staring in anguish at the place where he had vanished.

After Yun Chang sacrificed himself to save him, Qin Hao lost hope, rejected Abyssal Devil Lord’s offer to stay in the Ninefold Demon Abyss, and was sent into a deadly ambush outside. As the demon lords overwhelmed him and his Dao Heart shattered, Qin Hao clung to the belief that Yun Chang was not truly dead, and a colossal sword appeared.

• Yun Chang self-detonated to hold off the Demonized Armored Soldiers, leaving Qin Hao grief-stricken as he fled into the Ninth Demon Abyss.
• Abyssal Devil Lord offered Qin Hao a choice between remaining in the Ninefold Demon Abyss forever or leaving to face the Demon Kings waiting outside.
• Qin Hao chose to leave, and Abyssal Devil Lord transported him into the Demon Abyss Star Region.
• Thousands of outer realm demon spirits attacked Qin Hao, while Blood Leech Divine Lord, Demon King Huyan, Bloodflame Demon King, and other powerful enemies joined the fight.
• As Qin Hao was battered by the attackers, his Dao Heart shattered, but he resolved that Yun Chang would not die if he refused to believe it.
• Qin Hao recalled Abyssal Devil Lord’s words about becoming a Divine Lord, and his Sword Qi surged into a colossal sword.

Qin Hao broke free of the Immortal-Slaying Platform’s illusion by awakening the Sword of Will and shattering the false starry sky. He emerged on the platform and learned that he had passed its trial in less than a hundred breaths.

• Qin Hao rejected the illusion of the Demon God Hall’s attack and slashed the starry sky with the Heavenly Abyss Sword and the Sword of Will.
• Qin Hao shattered Blood Leech Divine Lord, Demon King Huyan, Bloodflame Demon King, and the other figures in the illusion, causing the false starry sky to break apart.
• Qin Hao realized that Abyssal Devil Lord’s trial had trapped him in a realistic illusion designed to exploit his deepest feelings.
• Qin Hao concluded that Yun Chang had passed the Seventh Demon Abyss and reached the Comprehension Demon Abyss, though he did not know which layer she was in.
• Two silver-armored soldiers stared at Qin Hao in disbelief when he emerged, noting that he had passed the Immortal-Slaying Platform’s trial in less than a hundred breaths.

After passing the Immortal-Slaying Platform in fewer than a hundred breaths, Qin Hao entered the Eighth Demon Abyss and found its Heaven and Earth Labyrinth filled with mysteries and true meaning. He prepared to enter the labyrinth, hoping to find Yun Chang and eventually reach the Ninth Demon Abyss, where he believed the Star Armor Shard might be.

• The silver-armored soldiers marveled at Qin Hao’s swift victory, while Qin Hao realized the trial had strengthened his heart will and that his quick awakening had also depended on his talent.
• Qin Hao left the Seventh Demon Abyss and entered the Eighth Demon Abyss.
• Qin Hao confirmed that he was not in an illusion and recognized the Heaven and Earth Labyrinth as the Eighth Demon Abyss’s test of comprehension.
• Qin Hao sensed vast quantities of heaven and earth mysteries and true meaning in the labyrinth, but could not determine what he needed to comprehend to escape.
• Unable to sense Yun Chang, Qin Hao considered that he might be inside the labyrinth or already beyond it, then dropped into the labyrinth to search for him.

Qin Hao studied the Heaven and Earth Labyrinth and realized that its many first-rank true meanings were part of a trial requiring a careful choice. He chose to follow the Sword Dao and fixed his attention on the passage containing ten thousand swords true meaning.

• Qin Hao found eighteen passages, each containing a different first-rank true meaning, and resisted the urge to enter one immediately.
• Qin Hao observed the labyrinth’s immense array of scattered true meanings and reasoned that the trial tested comprehension through choosing and cultivating a suitable one.
• Qin Hao examined the first-rank true meanings in the passages and considered which best matched his path.
• Qin Hao reaffirmed his commitment to the Sword Dao and focused on the third passage on the left, which contained ten thousand swords true meaning.

Qin Hao chose the Myriad Swords True Meaning passage in the Heaven and Earth Labyrinth and advanced through successive Sword Dao passages, comprehending the Dao rather than focusing on mastering each true meaning. He emerged at the entrance to the Ninth Layer of the Demon Abyss with his Sword Dao transformed into the Myriad Tribulations Sword Dao.

• Qin Hao recognized the Myriad Swords True Meaning passage as the best fit for his Sword Dao and entered it.
• Qin Hao withstood the passage's overwhelming sword intent and began comprehending the mysteries of ten thousand swords.
• Qin Hao advanced through the passages, honing his Sword Dao and bringing his myriad swords body to major accomplishment.
• Qin Hao completed the Heaven and Earth Labyrinth and arrived at the entrance to the Ninth Layer of the Demon Abyss.
• Qin Hao felt his transformed Sword Qi and named his tribulation-tempered path the Myriad Tribulations Sword Dao.

After mastering the myriad tribulations sword Dao in the Heaven and Earth Labyrinth, Qin Hao entered the Ninth Demon Abyss, where he encountered the Abyssal Devil Lord’s lingering divine sense. The Devil Lord revealed that the final trial was the Dao Heart Demon Abyss, though Qin Hao had yet to learn how to pass it.

• Qin Hao reflected on the strength he had gained from mastering the myriad tribulations sword Dao and wondered whether Yun Chang had reached the Ninth Demon Abyss.
• Qin Hao entered the Ninth Demon Abyss, a vast region of chaos where he could neither find Yun Chang nor sense the Star Armor Shard.
• A powerful pressure suppressed Qin Hao’s true meaning embryos and ancestral god power, and the Abyssal Devil Lord’s divine sense appeared before him.
• Qin Hao respectfully asked what the Ninth Demon Abyss tested and how he could pass through it.
• The Abyssal Devil Lord named it the Dao Heart Demon Abyss and explained that willpower, comprehension, and dao heart were all necessary for cultivation.

The Abyssal Devil Lord offered Qin Hao three extraordinary rewards, including Divine Lord power, safety for his family, and dominion over the Cosmic Plane. Qin Hao refused to agree without knowing the price, and the Devil Lord demanded a portion of his divine soul to resurrect himself.

• The Abyssal Devil Lord explained that the Demon God Hall threatened the Cosmic Plane and mocked Qin Hao's hope of opposing it by becoming a Divine Lord.
• The Abyssal Devil Lord granted Qin Hao power comparable to a Law Divine Lord, though Qin Hao's strength exceeded what the Devil Lord expected.
• The Abyssal Devil Lord offered to resurrect Qin Hao's friends and family and let them enter the Ninefold Demon Abyss, which the Demon God Hall could not breach.
• The Abyssal Devil Lord promised Qin Hao sole dominion over the Cosmic Plane and asked whether he was satisfied.
• Qin Hao questioned what the Abyssal Devil Lord wanted in return and declined to agree without an explanation.
• The Abyssal Devil Lord demanded a portion of Qin Hao's divine soul to resurrect himself, leaving Qin Hao alarmed by the possible cost.

Qin Hao refused the Abyssal Devil Lord’s offer of power and safety, insisting that he must follow a path of cultivation that is truly his own. The Devil Lord’s words sparked a breakthrough in Qin Hao’s Dao Heart, and Qin Hao began advancing to Divine Lord as his might spread across the Ninefold Demon Abyss.

• Qin Hao refused the Abyssal Devil Lord’s offer, saying that power gained through a gift was not his own and that he would cultivate toward becoming a Dao-Origin Divine Lord himself.
• Qin Hao rejected the offer to move his friends and family into the Ninefold Demon Abyss, arguing that a life confined there would be meaningless.
• Qin Hao said his path extended beyond dominating the heavens, prompting the Abyssal Devil Lord to admire him and offer to teach him the path of Acting Against Heaven.
• The Abyssal Devil Lord’s words stirred Qin Hao’s Dao Heart, and Qin Hao realized that following or defying heaven were lesser paths compared with his own Dao.
• Qin Hao broke through toward Divine Lord, releasing pressure that spread across all nine layers of the Ninefold Demon Abyss.