Chapter Summaries

The Undying Lord sealed Qin Hao’s Dantian and began devouring his Little Sword Jian Wu Martial Soul to take over his True Self. Qin Hao’s Glazed Stone Soul then appeared, and after the Undying Lord swallowed it, it began devouring him instead.

• Lingxiaozi urged Qin Hao to self-detonate before the Undying Lord could seize his body, but the Undying Lord sealed Qin Hao’s Dantian and blocked him.
• Qin Hao unleashed his Willpower Swordlet against the Undying Lord’s Devouring Soul, scattering it briefly before it reformed and resumed devouring his martial soul.
• A Glazed Stone Soul emerged from Qin Hao’s Mindscape, and the Undying Lord recognized it as the Devouring Essence he had left behind.
• The Undying Lord swallowed the Glazed Stone Soul, then felt a strange sensation as Qin Hao realized the Glazed Stone Soul was devouring him.

Qin Hao realized his Glazed Stone Soul had inherited the power to devour and could turn the Undying Lord’s Body Seizure attempt against him. He directed it to attack the Undying Lord’s Soul Crystal, then began refining the soul power it consumed.

• The Glazed Stone Soul began devouring the Undying Lord’s Devouring Soul from within after he swallowed it.
• Qin Hao understood that the Glazed Stone Soul had inherited the Stone Man Essence’s devouring power and could target the Undying Lord while his Undying Soul was held back.
• Qin Hao used the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to control the Glazed Stone Soul and locate the core of the Undying Lord’s Devouring Soul.
• The Glazed Stone Soul bit into the Undying Lord’s Soul Crystal, causing him pain and shock.
• Qin Hao felt the Glazed Stone Soul nearing its limit and activated the Spirit-Seizing Chapter to refine the consumed soul power.

Qin Hao used the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to devour the Undying Lord's Soul Crystal from inside the Undying Lord's Devouring Soul. The Undying Lord retaliated by devouring Qin Hao's Little Sword Martial Soul, leaving both locked in a desperate contest with their souls at risk.

• Qin Hao's Glazed Stone Soul grew stronger as it devoured the Undying Lord's Soul Crystal, and Lingxiaozi realized that the art and Qin Hao's Devouring Essence made the feat possible.
• The Undying Lord raged at Qin Hao's attacks but hesitated to strike inside his own Devouring Soul for fear of damaging his Soul Crystal.
• The Undying Lord chose to devour Qin Hao's Little Sword Martial Soul in an attempt to win the contest and complete his Body Seizure.
• Qin Hao felt the pain of his Little Sword Martial Soul being eaten and redoubled his efforts to devour the Undying Lord's Soul Crystal.
• Lingxiaozi watched as Qin Hao and the Undying Lord frantically devoured each other.

Qin Hao survived the Undying Lord’s attempt to seize his body by devouring the Lord’s Devouring Soul, though his Little Sword Jian Wu Martial Soul was shattered. Lingxiaozi urged him to risk splitting his damaged soul and turn the transformed Glazed Stone Soul into a Devouring Doppelganger, and Qin Hao resolved to try.

• Qin Hao’s Glazed Stone Soul devoured the Undying Lord’s Devouring Soul after the Undying Lord had nearly consumed Qin Hao’s Little Sword Jian Wu Martial Soul.
• Qin Hao regained consciousness in his Mindscape and discovered that only the hilt of his Little Sword Jian Wu Martial Soul remained.
• Lingxiaozi explained that Qin Hao had devoured the Undying Lord and that his Glazed Stone Soul now contained the Lord’s powerful Devouring Soul.
• Lingxiaozi urged Qin Hao to split his soul and form a Devouring Doppelganger while remnants of the Undying Lord’s power remained.
• Qin Hao weighed the danger to his damaged soul and resolved to seize the chance to create a Devouring Doppelganger.

Qin Hao devoured the Undying Lord’s Devouring Soul, leaving his Undying Soul weak enough for Gang Juezi and the Skyward Gang Sect’s Remnant Souls to attack. The Undying Lord escaped Gang Juezi’s body, but Gang Juezi pursued him to Suppress him.

• Qin Hao devoured the Undying Lord’s Devouring Soul, abruptly weakening the Undying Lord’s Undying Soul.
• Gang Juezi recognized the Undying Lord’s weakness and urged the Skyward Gang Sect Remnant Souls to attack for the sect’s glory.
• The Skyward Gang Sect’s eighteen Creation Great Expert Soul Bodies struck the Undying Lord, shrinking his Undying Soul to the size of a human head.
• The Undying Lord forced his way through Gang Juezi’s palm and fled as a streak of dark green light.
• Gang Juezi extended his right hand after the fleeing Undying Lord to Suppress him.

Qin Hao returned to the battle and used the Supreme Sword Tower to pull the Undying Lord’s weakened Undying Soul inside, while Gang Juezi struck at it. The Undying Lord vanished, freeing the Saint Martial Grandmasters, who mistakenly believed Gang Juezi had killed him.

• Gang Juezi failed to catch the Undying Lord as his Undying Soul fled from Gang Juezi’s body.
• Qin Hao learned from Lingxiaozi that the Undying Lord was escaping and decided to suppress him with the Supreme Sword Tower.
• Qin Hao returned to his body and activated the Supreme Sword Tower, whose suction halted the Undying Lord’s flight.
• Gang Juezi struck at the halted Undying Lord, who vanished as the Supreme Sword Tower drew him inside.
• Gang Juezi and the other Saint Martial Grandmasters felt the restraining force disappear, and they stared in disbelief, thinking Gang Juezi had killed the Undying Lord.

After Gang Juezi struck the Undying Lord, he realized the enemy had vanished rather than died and suspected Qin Hao was involved. Qin Hao tried to split his damaged martial soul to create a Devouring Doppelganger, but the attempt threatened to destroy his Willpower Swordlet as Mu Ziqing held him and pleaded for him to endure.

• Gang Juezi's palm strike appeared to kill the Undying Lord, leaving the hidden land stunned and wary.
• Gang Juezi sensed that the Undying Lord had vanished and suspected Qin Hao had caused the enemy's sudden weakness.
• Gang Juezi remained in the Great Gang Hidden Land, waiting to learn whether the Undying Lord had truly been suppressed while his body and soul neared collapse.
• Qin Hao saw the Devouring Vortex shrinking and used the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art and Soul-Splitting Art to try to create a Devouring Doppelganger.
• Qin Hao convulsed in agony as the crack in his damaged Little Sword Jian Wu Martial Soul widened and his Willpower Swordlet began to break apart.
• Mu Ziqing embraced Qin Hao and begged him not to frighten her, while Lingxiaozi feared the attempt would destroy Qin Hao's Divine Soul.

Qin Hao endured the repeated collapse and reconstruction of his Willpower Swordlet, then successfully began forming a Devouring Doppelganger by placing part of his Little Sword Martial Soul into the Glazed Stone Soul. Meanwhile, the Undying Lord entered the Supreme Sword Tower and discovered Heavenly Spirit Race armor inside.

• Qin Hao repeatedly rebuilt his Willpower Swordlet through agony until it grew stronger, astonishing Lingxiaozi.
• Qin Hao split his Little Sword Martial Soul and, with Lingxiaozi's guidance, drove half of its Sword Hilt into the Glazed Stone Soul.
• The Glazed Stone Soul shook as the Devouring Vortex in its chest spun faster and released waves of suction.
• The Undying Lord recognized the Supreme Sword Tower and entered it, finding thousands of Treasure Swords on the First Floor.
• The Undying Lord spotted a piece of Heavenly Spirit Race Cloth Armor and a damaged Gauntlet floating in the tower.

The Undying Lord explored the Supreme Sword Tower, discovering its rare treasures and realizing it held an entire Destruction World. When he tried to retreat from the Fourth Floor’s entrance, a force reached out and pulled him through the Water Curtain Formation, and Qin Hao and Lingxiaozi sensed his disappearance.

• The Undying Lord tried to seize the Lingxiao Divine Sword, but its Violet Sword Qi pierced his right hand and forced him back.
• The Undying Lord searched the empty Second Floor, then entered the Third Floor and discovered a Small Destruction World within the Supreme Sword Tower.
• The Undying Lord concluded that the tower was a Peerless Treasure born of Heaven and Earth and approached the staircase to the Fourth Floor.
• The Undying Lord sensed mortal danger beyond the Water Curtain Formation and cautiously tried to withdraw his foot.
• A force from the Fourth Floor seized the Undying Lord and pulled him through the Water Curtain Formation.
• Qin Hao and Lingxiaozi sensed that the Undying Lord had vanished into the Fourth Floor.

Qin Hao contained the Undying Lord’s Devouring Soul inside the Fourth Floor and began refining a Devouring Doppelganger while recovering from his Divine Soul injuries. As Qin Hao remained motionless, Shi Yan ordered five Shi Family experts to kill him, leaving them to decide whether to approach.

• Qin Hao instinctively sensed danger in the Fourth Floor after it swallowed the Undying Lord, then began refining a Devouring Doppelganger and using the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to stabilize his injured soul.
• Mu Ziqing comforted Qin Hao as he stood motionless, while Gang Juezi sensed that the Undying Lord’s Devouring Soul and Undying Soul had vanished.
• Jiao Hong and Shi Yan’s group suspected Qin Hao possessed a valuable treasure, but hesitated because Gang Juezi remained a threat.
• Shi Yan summoned five Shi Family Saint Martial Grandmasters and ordered them to kill Qin Hao.
• Shi Cheng and the other four were startled by the order, aware that approaching Qin Hao could cost them their lives.

Shi Haiqing persuaded five Shi Family branch members to attack Qin Hao by promising them his Divine Ability, while Jiao Hong and others waited for a chance to claim Qin Hao’s treasures. The five attacked Qin Hao together, and Gang Juezi turned toward them.

• Shi Haiqing convinced the five Shi Family branch members that Qin Hao was vulnerable and offered to share his Divine Ability if they killed him.
• Jiao Hong decided to let the five test Qin Hao’s defenses and planned to strike if an opening appeared.
• The five approached Qin Hao while Gang Juezi remained motionless, and Shi Yan, Shi Haiqing, Shi Qian, and Jiao Hong watched eagerly.
• The five unleashed their domains and attacked Qin Hao together.
• Gang Juezi turned his head and asked, “Why kill each other?”

Gang Juezi killed the five Stone City attackers with the force of the Skyward Gang Sect’s Remnant Souls, protecting Qin Hao while the gathered experts realized they could not escape the Great Gang Hidden Land. Qin Hao’s Glazed Stone Soul completed its transformation into the Devouring Doppelganger, leaving the hostile experts waiting for Gang Juezi to fall.

• Gang Juezi’s Killing Intent froze the five attackers from Stone City, and waves of the Skyward Gang Sect’s Remnant Souls passed through them until they exploded and died.
• Jiao Hong realized Gang Juezi’s Remnant Souls had killed the five and concluded he could not kill Qin Hao while Gang Juezi remained alive.
• Qin Hao regained awareness as his Glazed Stone Soul transformed, recognized Jiao Hong and the Shi Family disciples as enemies, and resolved not to spare them.
• Shi Yan, Shi Haiqing, Shi Qian, and Jiao Hong considered leaving, but the Formation sealed the Great Gang Hidden Land, so they waited for Gang Juezi to die.
• About half an hour later, Qin Hao’s Devouring Doppelganger appeared in the River of Time, and Bronze Qin Hao announced that its transformation was complete.

Qin Hao tested his newly formed Devouring Doppelganger, rapidly raising its cultivation and physical strength by consuming Spirit Stones. He returned to his friends after surviving the Undying Lord’s possession, while Gang Juezi wondered whether the Undying Lord had truly perished.

• Qin Hao used more than a million mid-grade Spirit Stones to raise the Devouring Doppelganger to the Ninth Stage of Body Tempering Realm and greatly strengthen its body.
• Lingxiaozi warned Qin Hao that practicing the Way of Devouring would make him a target, so Qin Hao resolved to keep it secret and stay cautious.
• Qin Hao returned his consciousness to his True Self and awoke in the Great Gang Hidden Land as Gang Juezi sensed his return and found no trace of the Undying Lord’s souls.
• Mu Ziqing, Chen Jianqing, and Ji Yue rejoiced when Qin Hao awoke, and Qin Hao promised Mu Ziqing he would not leave her without her consent.
• The crowd learned that Qin Hao had survived the Undying Lord’s attempted possession.

Gang Juezi brought Qin Hao to an illusion of the ancient Skyward Gang Sect and asked about the Undying Lord. After Qin Hao assured him the Undying Lord would never escape, Gang Juezi and the sect’s lingering souls were freed from their obsession, and Gang Juezi offered to take Qin Hao as his disciple.

• Gang Juezi transported Qin Hao to an illusion of the Skyward Gang Sect and explained that he blamed himself for its destruction.
• Gang Juezi asked Qin Hao whether the Undying Lord had been suppressed or killed.
• Qin Hao said he had devoured the Undying Lord’s Devouring Soul and guaranteed that the Undying Lord would never come out again.
• Gang Juezi and the Skyward Gang Sect’s Remnant Souls rejoiced, released their obsession, and began to fade.
• Gang Juezi asked Qin Hao to become his disciple.

Gang Juezi offered Qin Hao the Skyward Gang Sect’s vast treasures in exchange for rebuilding the sect, but Qin Hao proposed taking a disciple on the sect’s behalf instead. After accepting Qin Hao’s promise and giving him the treasures, Gang Juezi showed him the sect’s image shattering as he explained destruction.

• Gang Juezi explained that he was dying and offered Qin Hao every treasure of the Skyward Gang Sect if he would rebuild it.
• Qin Hao hesitated, explaining that he intended to pursue the Martial Dao Peak and travel to the Azure Flame Great World.
• Qin Hao offered to take a disciple for the Skyward Gang Sect, and Gang Juezi accepted that compromise.
• Gang Juezi gave Qin Hao a Storage Spirit Ring filled with the sect’s treasures, and Qin Hao regained his composure after seeing its contents.
• Gang Juezi asked Qin Hao what destruction was, then showed him the image of the Skyward Gang Sect shattering.

Qin Hao grasped the true Destruction Laws after realizing destruction and creation were linked, while Gang Juezi faded away and the Great Gang Hidden Land began to collapse. As Mu Ziqing and the others fled, Qin Hao pursued Jiao Hong and his companions.

• Qin Hao understood that destruction could also give birth to Heaven and Earth, and his Half-Step Destruction Laws transformed into true Destruction Laws.
• Qin Hao halted the Illusory Realm’s collapse with a Thought of Life, and Gang Juezi congratulated him before reminding him of their agreement.
• Gang Juezi dissolved into Dark Green Light, and Qin Hao silently resolved to fulfill his final wish.
• The Seventy-Two Heavenly Gang Grand Formation shattered, causing the Great Gang Hidden Land to collapse, so Chen Jianqing urged Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, and Ji Yue to leave.
• Jiao Hong fled as the hidden land collapsed, but Qin Hao sent Mu Ziqing and the others ahead and pursued Jiao Hong and his companions.

Qin Hao caught up with Shi Yan, Shi Haiqing, and Shi Qian inside the collapsing Great Gang Hidden Land as Jiao Hong prepared to take advantage of the clash. Outside the Skyward Gang Relic, three Half-Step Creation Great Experts arrived and saw Qin Hao strike down Shi Qian, enraging Ancestor Yanshi.

• Qin Hao used his Destruction Laws to catch up with Shi Yan, Shi Haiqing, and Shi Qian, while Jiao Hong fled ahead and watched for a chance to kill them all and seize their treasures.
• Saint Martial Grandmasters and Venerable Martial Venerables rushed toward the Skyward Gang Hidden Land after news of its appearance spread through the Primordial Beginning Domain.
• Elder Tianyi and Elder Shuixian arrived by twisting space, and Ancestor Yanshi soon joined them at the Skyward Gang Relic.
• Elder Shuixian recognized that the Great Gang Hidden Land was suspended above the relic, while Elder Tianyi identified it as a parallel space and Ancestor Yanshi realized its collapse could bury the relic.
• Ancestor Yanshi saw Qin Hao slash Shi Qian with the Setting Sun Sword, removing half of Shi Qian's head.

Qin Hao used the Destruction Laws to kill Shi Qian and Shi Haiqing, then attacked Shi Yan as Jiao Hong prepared to ambush him. Ancestor Yanshi intervened with a threat, but Qin Hao struck Shi Yan anyway.

• Qin Hao killed Shi Qian with one strike and then cut down Shi Haiqing with the Setting Sun Sword.
• Shi Yan realized Qin Hao's Destruction Laws suppressed his power, while Jiao Hong decided to attack Qin Hao before his talent made him too dangerous.
• Elder Shuixian and Elder Tianyi recognized Qin Hao's Destruction Laws, and Elder Shuixian spotted Mu Ziqing, Ji Yue, and Chen Jianqing alive.
• Ancestor Yanshi ordered Qin Hao to stop killing Shi Family descendants, but Qin Hao ignored him and struck Shi Yan with the Setting Sun Sword.

Qin Hao killed Shi Yan and two others, then faced Jiao Hong’s ambush as the Great Gang Hidden Land collapsed around them. Their fight began with both determined to settle their old scores, and Jiao Hong sensed something wrong as Qin Hao’s next strike drew him in.

• Qin Hao killed Shi Yan and two others with Slaying, while Jiao Hong attacked him from behind.
• Mu Ziqing warned Qin Hao, and Ancestor Yanshi raged but could not enter the collapsing hidden land.
• Qin Hao confronted Jiao Hong over his past attack on Mu Ziqing and struck his golden palm with the Setting Sun Sword.
• Qin Hao unleashed Earth's Sword, while Jiao Hong prepared to suppress him and felt a faint pull from the strike.

Qin Hao struggled to defeat Jiao Hong as the Great Gang Hidden Land collapsed, until Mu Ziqing joined the fight and helped him land a killing blow. Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing escaped the spreading collapse, while Jiao Hong was left behind.

• Qin Hao used Destruction Laws and the Devouring Doppelganger’s power to trap Jiao Hong, who refused to retreat and vowed to drag Qin Hao into the Sea of Nothingness.
• Jiao Hong blamed Qin Hao for his pursuit, including the Fang Family Ancestor’s attack in Profound Sun City, while Qin Hao defended taking the treasure at Dragon Refining Mountain.
• As Spatial Rifts spread through the collapsing Great Gang Hidden Land, Mu Ziqing arrived and attacked Jiao Hong with her Phoenix Martial Soul, Half-Step Fire Laws, and Half-Step Wind Laws.
• Mu Ziqing’s strike knocked Jiao Hong off balance, allowing Qin Hao to split him in two with the Setting Sun Sword.
• Qin Hao wrapped an arm around Mu Ziqing and used spatial leaps to escape the collapse as it reached their former position.