Chapter Summaries

Chen Jianqing broke through to the Ninth Layer of Saint Martial Realm in the Great Gang Hidden Land, then rushed to help Mu Ziqing and Ji Yue when Jiao Hong attacked them. He shielded them from Jiao Hong’s golden palm and urged Mu Ziqing to find Qin Hao, as a purple sword beam suddenly flew toward Jiao Hong.

• Chen Jianqing recovered in the Great Gang Hidden Land, reached the Ninth Layer of Saint Martial Realm, and raised his Law of the Sword to the Eighth Rank.
• Hearing a battle nearby, Chen Jianqing investigated and learned that Jiao Hong was attacking Mu Ziqing and Ji Yue because they knew Qin Hao.
• Jiao Hong shattered Ji Yue’s sword and wounded both women, but Mu Ziqing refused to abandon Ji Yue.
• Chen Jianqing appeared beneath Jiao Hong’s golden palm to protect the women, and the attack shattered the bones in his right arm.
• Chen Jianqing urged Mu Ziqing and Ji Yue to flee and told Mu Ziqing that Qin Hao had come to the Primordial Domain.
• Someone shouted Jiao Hong’s name as a purple-qi sword beam streaked toward him.

Qin Hao arrived in the Great Gang Hidden Land and struck Jiao Hong with the Lingxiao Divine Sword to save Mu Ziqing and Ji Yue. Jiao Hong was injured by the attack, and Qin Hao charged at him for another strike despite the sword’s backlash.

• Qin Hao’s Violet Sword Qi shattered Jiao Hong’s golden palm and split his Gold Laws barrier, leaving Jiao Hong injured and stunned.
• Mu Ziqing and Ji Yue recognized Qin Hao, while Ji Yue caught the badly injured Chen Jianqing as he fell.
• Lingxiaozi warned Qin Hao that using the Lingxiao Divine Sword twice in less than an hour would strain his cultivation.
• Qin Hao learned that Chen Jianqing had lost his right arm while holding Jiao Hong off, intensifying his fury.
• Qin Hao charged at Jiao Hong with the Lingxiao Divine Sword, and Jiao Hong sensed a deadly threat from the approaching strike.

Qin Hao's two sword strikes wounded Jiao Hong and made the Venerable Martial Venerable hesitate to continue fighting. A phoenix-like cry then echoed across the Great Gang Hidden Land, and Mu Ziqing recognized its source as the Undying Phoenix Remnant Soul.

• Jiao Hong formed a palm of Gold Laws to block Qin Hao's second Violet Sword Qi strike, but the attack shattered his palm and wounded him again.
• Qin Hao's True Essence was nearly drained and he suffered severe backlash, while Jiao Hong grew uncertain that he could defeat him.
• Mu Ziqing, Ji Yue, and Chen Jianqing watched Qin Hao's strength with shock, and Mu Ziqing realized he had come to the Great Gang Hidden Land to find her.
• A loud, pained phoenix cry rang across the Great Gang Hidden Land, drawing the attention of Qin Hao, Jiao Hong, and the others.
• Mu Ziqing identified the enormous phoenix soul Phantom Image as the Undying Phoenix Remnant Soul, one of the Nether Demon World's three supreme treasures and the remnant soul of the Three Tribulations Lord of Nirvana, the Nether Demon Lord.

Qin Hao and the others recognized the Phoenix Phantom Image as the Undying Phoenix Remnant Soul, while Jiao Hong mistook it for a treasure of the Skyward Gang Sect and rushed toward it. Qin Hao survived the confrontation but was badly injured, and Chen Jianqing was left with a shattered right arm that threatened his future cultivation.

• Ji Yue and Chen Jianqing were shocked to learn that the Undying Phoenix Remnant Soul had appeared in the Great Gang Hidden Land, and Qin Hao wondered whether Shi Ye was there too.
• Jiao Hong mistook the Phoenix Phantom Image for a supreme treasure of the Skyward Gang Sect and decided to seize it so he could grow strong enough to kill Qin Hao.
• After hearing fighting near the ruined Floating Pavilion, Jiao Hong threatened Qin Hao and hurried away to claim the remnant soul and other treasures.
• Ji Yue and Chen Jianqing thanked Qin Hao after Jiao Hong left, but Qin Hao suddenly vomited blood and fell from the air.
• Mu Ziqing caught Qin Hao as Violet Sword Qi damaged his body, while Chen Jianqing tended his shattered right arm and feared it would hinder his breakthrough to the Venerable Martial Realm.

Qin Hao recovered from the Lingxiao Divine Sword's backlash after defeating Jiao Hong and reunited with Mu Ziqing, Ji Yue, and Chen Jianqing. Ji Yue and Mu Ziqing gave Chen Jianqing Immortal Dew of Undying to restore his severed arm and Qin Hao Undying Grass to help him heal, while Qin Hao wondered what connection the Great Gang Hidden Land had to his Glazed Stone Soul.

• Qin Hao reflected that the Lingxiao Divine Sword's backlash had nearly destroyed his meridians, though its power had let him suppress Jiao Hong, a Venerable Martial Realm warrior.
• Qin Hao told Mu Ziqing he would recover soon and thanked Chen Jianqing for protecting her and Ji Yue, while Chen Jianqing lamented losing his right arm.
• Ji Yue revealed that Chen Jianqing's severed arm could be restored with Immortal Dew of Undying, which she and Mu Ziqing had found in the Great Gang Hidden Land.
• Mu Ziqing explained that the women had found three drops of Immortal Dew of Undying and had also found Undying Grass that could aid recovery from injuries.
• Ji Yue gave Chen Jianqing the last drop of Immortal Dew of Undying, and Mu Ziqing gave Qin Hao Undying Grass so they could heal before facing further danger from Jiao Hong.

Qin Hao and Chen Jianqing recovered with the help of Undying Grass, while Qin Hao learned that the Great Gang Hidden Land’s formation trapped everyone inside. As the group considered how to escape, they spotted Shi Ye surrounded by attackers, including several members of the Shi Family and the Teng Family.

• The Undying Grass healed Qin Hao and restored him to full strength, while Chen Jianqing’s severed arm regenerated and his cultivation improved.
• Lingxiaozi speculated that a powerful treasure with an undying quality might be sustaining the Great Gang Hidden Land, and urged Qin Hao to find it.
• Mu Ziqing and Ji Yue told Qin Hao that the Seventy-Two Heavenly Gang Grand Formation allowed people to enter the hidden land but prevented them from leaving.
• Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, Ji Yue, and Chen Jianqing saw Shi Ye fighting more than a dozen attackers, including Shi Yan, Shi Haiqing, Shi Qian, Teng Keshu, and Teng Jinsong.
• Chen Jianqing explained that Shi Qian and Teng Jinsong had pursued him into the great lake, which had led him into the hidden land.

Qin Hao realized Jiao Hong was close to defeating Shi Ye and feared he would claim the Undying Phoenix Remnant Soul, so he and his companions rushed toward the battle. As Shi Ye weakened under Jiao Hong’s assault, he suddenly charged into the mysterious Floating Pavilion.

• Qin Hao recalled that Chen Jianqing’s wounds had healed after he fell into the Great Gang Hidden Land and suspected the place held a secret connected to the Skyward Gang Sect’s collapse.
• Qin Hao saw Jiao Hong overpowering Shi Ye and decided to stop him from obtaining the Undying Phoenix Remnant Soul, then flew toward the battlefield with Mu Ziqing, Ji Yue, and Chen Jianqing.
• Jiao Hong’s attacks weakened Shi Ye, while Shi Yan planned to strike Jiao Hong when he lowered his guard and Shi Haiqing contacted the other Shi Family disciples.
• Shi Ye’s aura grew feeble, and he suddenly plunged into the mysterious, dilapidated Floating Pavilion.

Shi Ye entered the Floating Pavilion ahead of Jiao Hong, but an expanding shockwave from within extinguished his Undying Phoenix remnant soul and immobilized those it touched. Qin Hao recognized the shockwave as carrying the Way of Immortality, and he and the others faced its inevitable approach.

• Jiao Hong tried to block Shi Ye from entering the Floating Pavilion with a wall of Gold Laws, but the laws formed too slowly and Shi Ye broke through.
• Shi Ye froze just inside the pavilion as his divine fire went out and the Undying Phoenix remnant soul around him weakened.
• A shockwave spread from the Floating Pavilion, prompting Jiao Hong, Qin Hao, and the gathered martial grandmasters to flee.
• Lingxiaozi identified the shockwave's aura as the Way of Immortality, and Qin Hao sensed his Glazed Stone Soul and Little Sword Martial Soul respond.
• The shockwave caught Teng Keshu, Teng Jinsong, Shi Yan, Shi Haiqing, Shi Qian, and other martial grandmasters, pinning them in place.
• Qin Hao and his companions realized they could not escape the shockwave as it continued spreading across the Great Gang Hidden Land.

A mysterious shockwave trapped Qin Hao and the others as a white-haired Creation Great Expert emerged from the Floating Pavilion, possibly Gang Juezi of the vanished Skyward Gang Sect. The man warned them to run, and Lingxiaozi identified him as the Nirvana Nine Tribulations Lord, leaving Qin Hao convinced that no one would escape.

• A shockwave from the Floating Pavilion imprisoned Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, Chen Jianqing, Ji Yue, Jiao Hong, and the other people in the Great Gang Hidden Land.
• A white-haired middle-aged man floated out of the pavilion, and Jiao Hong recognized his aura as belonging to a Creation Great Expert.
• Those trapped speculated that the man was Gang Juezi, the ancient Peerless Genius blamed for slaughtering the Skyward Gang Sect.
• Qin Hao asked Lingxiaozi about the man, and Lingxiaozi said Qin Hao was in deep trouble.
• The white-haired man forced out a warning to run, and Lingxiaozi identified him as the Nirvana Nine Tribulations Lord.

Qin Hao and the others learned that Gang Juezi had spent ten thousand years suppressing the Undying Lord, a Nirvana Nine Tribulations powerhouse who had controlled him and destroyed the Skyward Gang Sect. With Gang Juezi’s life fading, the Undying Lord broke free, leaving Qin Hao and the others trapped in the Great Gang Hidden Land.

• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao that the White-haired Middle-aged Man housed the soul of a Nirvana Realm powerhouse who cultivated the Undying Great Dao.
• The Undying Lord revealed that the Skyward Gang Sect had suppressed him for ten thousand years and that he intended to slaughter and devour again.
• Gang Juezi’s fading voice explained that the Undying Lord had controlled him, slaughtered the Skyward Gang Sect, and been sealed inside his body by eighteen Creation Great Experts.
• Gang Juezi’s aura disappeared, and the Undying Lord broke free from the suppression.
• Qin Hao realized the Undying Lord was a Nirvana Nine Tribulations Lord and feared that he and the others would die trapped in the Great Gang Hidden Land.

The Undying Lord threatened to devour everyone, so Jiao Hong and the Shi Family disciples pledged their allegiance to survive. The Undying Lord accepted them but rejected Teng Keshu and Teng Jinsong, declaring that the remaining people would become his Flesh and Blood.

• The Undying Lord surveyed the crowd and announced that he would devour their Flesh and Blood to increase his strength.
• Jiao Hong offered to serve as the Undying Lord’s vanguard and promised to tell him what had changed during the past ten thousand years.
• The Undying Lord freed Jiao Hong and accepted him as a subordinate after Jiao Hong knelt in submission.
• Shi Yan, Shi Haiqing, and Shi Qian pledged the Shi Family’s service and told the Undying Lord that their family had dozens of Venerables and a Creation Realm Ancestor.
• The Undying Lord accepted the three Shi disciples, but rejected Teng Keshu and Teng Jinsong as useless and said the rest would become his Flesh and Blood.

The Undying Lord silenced the people in the Great Gang Hidden Land and prepared to devour them, while Qin Hao searched desperately for a way to save Mu Ziqing, Chen Jianqing, and Ji Yue. He suspected his Glazed Stone Soul might be connected to the Undying Lord, but Jiao Hong urged the Undying Lord to devour Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing first.

• The people in the Great Gang Hidden Land begged the Undying Lord for mercy, and he silenced them with a cold snort.
• Qin Hao asked Lingxiaozi how they could survive, and Lingxiaozi explained that the Undying Lord was a Nine Tribulations Lord whose immortal powers made him impossible for them to kill.
• Qin Hao refused to accept that Mu Ziqing, Chen Jianqing, and Ji Yue might die, and he searched for another solution.
• Qin Hao recalled that his Glazed Stone Soul had once been Stone Man Essence and wondered whether it was connected to the Undying Lord's Devouring Great Dao.
• Jiao Hong, Shi Yan, Shi Haiqing, and Shi Qian knelt before the Undying Lord, and Jiao Hong recommended devouring Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing first.

The Undying Lord devoured Teng Jinsong and several other Saint Martial Grandmasters, then turned his attention to Qin Hao at Jiao Hong’s urging. He discovered that Qin Hao carried one of the Devouring Essences he had released ten thousand years earlier, which Qin Hao recognized as the Stone Man Essence.

• The Undying Lord drained Teng Jinsong and seven or eight other Saint Martial Grandmasters, killing them and terrifying everyone nearby.
• Jiao Hong urged the Undying Lord to devour Qin Hao, while Shi Yan, Shi Haiqing, and Shi Qian warned that lingering could attract powerful Creation experts.
• The Undying Lord agreed to leave soon but asked who Qin Hao was, and Jiao Hong pointed him out.
• Qin Hao consulted Lingxiaozi about escaping the Undying Lord’s control with the Lingxiao Divine Sword, and Lingxiaozi agreed to help.
• The Undying Lord recognized a Devouring Essence within Qin Hao and explained that he had released hundreds of them before being sealed; Qin Hao realized it was the Stone Man Essence.

The Undying Lord targeted Mu Ziqing’s Phoenix Martial Soul and began devouring the life force of her and Qin Hao’s companions. Qin Hao broke free with the Lingxiao Divine Sword and struck at the Undying Lord, leaving everyone hoping he could defeat him.

• The Undying Lord recognized Mu Ziqing’s Phoenix Martial Soul and decided to devour it to restore his strength.
• The Undying Lord’s invisible force trapped Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, Chen Jianqing, and Ji Yue and began draining their life force.
• White-Clad Qin Hao and Lingxiaozi discussed using the Lingxiao Divine Sword and the Supreme Sword Tower against the Undying Lord.
• Qin Hao summoned the Lingxiao Divine Sword, broke free of the Undying Lord’s restraint, and struck with the power of his Laws and Vitality Sword Domain.
• Jiao Hong and the other onlookers were stunned by Qin Hao’s attack, while the Saint Martial Grandmasters rejoiced at the chance of being saved.

Qin Hao broke free of the Undying Lord’s restraints and attacked him with the Lingxiao Divine Sword, but Lingxiaozi’s intervention failed to overcome the Undying Lord’s power. With Mu Ziqing and the others still being drained, Qin Hao resolved to use the Supreme Sword Tower, which began to tremble in response.

• Qin Hao broke free of the Undying Lord’s restraints and charged at him with the Lingxiao Divine Sword, shocking Mu Ziqing, Ji Yue, and the others.
• The Undying Lord recognized the sword as a Five-Star Treasure and realized Lingxiaozi’s Artifact Spirit was unleashing its power.
• The Undying Lord’s Devouring Power overwhelmed the sword’s attack, forcing Lingxiaozi to retreat and warning Qin Hao to hide the treasure.
• Mu Ziqing told Qin Hao she wished they could spend another life together as the Undying Lord continued draining their life force.
• Qin Hao decided to use the Supreme Sword Tower to protect those beside him, and the tower began to tremble.

Qin Hao planned to trap the Undying Lord in the Supreme Sword Tower’s Third Floor, despite the risks to himself and Lingxiaozi. The Undying Lord recognized Qin Hao’s Five-Star Treasure as the Time Sword Lord’s God Sword and demanded to know Qin Hao’s connection to its former master.

• Qin Hao decided to lure the Undying Lord into the Supreme Sword Tower’s Third Floor and imprison him in its Destruction World.
• Lingxiaozi agreed to help Qin Hao, knowing the plan could make him pay a terrible price.
• The Undying Lord studied Qin Hao’s Five-Star Treasure and concluded it belonged to the legendary Time Sword Lord.
• The Undying Lord isolated Qin Hao from the others and asked what connection he had to the Time Sword Lord.
• Lingxiaozi explained that the Time Sword Lord had roamed the Star Sea for more than eight Epochs before falling.

The Undying Lord learned that Qin Hao wielded the Lingxiao Divine Sword and tried to seize his body to claim the Time Sword Lord's inheritance. Qin Hao activated the Supreme Sword Tower, trapping the Undying Lord's two souls in its terrifying suppressive pull.

• The Undying Lord deduced that Qin Hao was the Time Sword Lord's successor and decided to take over his body.
• The crowd watched the Undying Lord abandon his earlier target, Mu Ziqing, and speculated about why he valued Qin Hao.
• The Undying Lord released his Devouring Soul and Undying Soul and rushed toward Qin Hao to seize his body.
• Lingxiaozi warned Qin Hao about the two souls, and Qin Hao opened the Supreme Sword Tower.
• The Supreme Sword Tower unleashed a powerful suction that halted the Undying Lord's souls and filled him with terror.

Qin Hao combined the Supreme Sword Tower with the Destruction World to overpower the Undying Lord, who tried to fuel his resistance by devouring Essence Blood. Teng Keshu was caught in his attack and was left begging Chen Jianqing for help.

• The Undying Lord resisted the Supreme Sword Tower with his Devouring Vortex, but Qin Hao drove the Destruction World harder and renewed the tower’s pull.
• The Undying Lord tried to drain Mu Ziqing, Chen Jianqing, and Ji Yue for Essence Blood, but Qin Hao’s power swallowed his attack.
• The Undying Lord cast his Devouring Vortex across the Great Gang Hidden Land, trapping Teng Keshu and many others while Jiao Hong, Shi Yan, Shi Haiqing, and Shi Qian escaped.
• Teng Keshu begged Shi Yan, Shi Haiqing, and Shi Qian to save her, but they did not help; she then pleaded with Chen Jianqing to rescue her.

Teng Keshu died after the Undying Lord drained her life force, while Qin Hao struggled to contain the strengthened soul with the Supreme Sword Tower and the Destruction World. As the Undying Lord moved to seize Qin Hao’s body, Gang Juezi suddenly appeared and grabbed one of his souls, but the other continued toward Qin Hao.

• Teng Keshu begged Chen Jianqing to save her, but he refused, and she died consumed by regret.
• The Undying Lord drained the Essence Blood and life force of dozens of Saint Martial Grandmasters and more than a hundred Level Four Monsters, overpowering the Supreme Sword Tower’s pull.
• The Undying Lord sent his two souls toward Qin Hao, intending to take his Physical Body, while Mu Ziqing, Chen Jianqing, and Ji Yue watched helplessly.
• Gang Juezi appeared behind the Undying Lord and seized his Undying Soul, declaring that he would judge him for the lives lost at the Skyward Gang Sect.
• The Undying Lord split his souls, sending the Devouring Soul toward Qin Hao and using the Undying Soul to confront Gang Juezi.

The Undying Lord sent his Devouring Soul into Qin Hao to seize his body and devour his Little Sword Jian Wu Martial Soul, while Gang Juezi fought the Undying Lord's Undying Soul. The chapter left Qin Hao struggling to protect his Martial Soul as the Undying Lord continued to consume it.

• The Undying Lord's Devouring Soul entered Qin Hao's body and attacked his Little Sword Jian Wu Martial Soul in his Mindscape.
• Gang Juezi clutched the Undying Lord's Undying Soul and vowed to suppress it with the Skyward Gang Sect's remaining souls.
• The Undying Lord escaped Gang Juezi's grasp and moved through his arm toward his chest as the Skyward Gang Sect's souls attacked it.
• The Undying Lord destroyed countless of the Skyward Gang Sect's souls as they tried to stop it.
• Qin Hao repeatedly struck the Devouring Soul with his Little Sword Jian Wu Martial Soul, but the Undying Lord kept devouring the sword.