Recaps

Danzō confessed that he had orchestrated the destruction of the Senju and Uzumaki Clans, while Snake Princess warned that hostile cosmic powerhouses were heading for the ancestral planet. As the Leaf turned against Tsunade, Kaguya emerged from her body and revealed she was pregnant; the chapter ended with Hashirama identifying Jiraiya as Tobirama’s illegitimate son.

• Danzō recounted how he had used Dan Kato to destroy the Senju and Uzumaki Clans and admitted he had threatened Tsunade to ensure the plan succeeded.
• Nawaki accused Danzō of plagiarizing Dan’s books, and Danzō defended himself by saying their proceeds funded Project Hope.
• Snake Princess warned that many hostile powerhouses from the universe were heading for the ancestral planet, prompting Leaf residents to blame Tsunade and demand she leave.
• Tsunade transformed into Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, and Six Fists stopped Naruto from attacking her before Black Zetsu emerged and said she had slept for forty-eight days.
• Kaguya revealed that she was carrying children nearing their thirtieth birthday, while Orochi Hime reminded Jiraiya that Tsunade was his niece.
• Hashirama recognized Jiraiya as Tobirama’s illegitimate son, shocking everyone in the Hokage’s office.

Orochi Hime warned the Leaf that the Sage of Six Paths planned to reclaim the ninja world's Chakra and would arrive with other cosmic powerhouses within three days. She revealed that their only chance was to resurrect Dan-kun, whose survival might be restored using the force inside Tsunade, leaving the group uncertain whether he could defeat their enemies.

• Orochi Hime taunted Jiraiya about the Third's motives, while Hiruzen Sarutobi demanded that she leave the Leaf.
• Senju Nawaki slapped Hiruzen Sarutobi, removed his Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan and transplanted organs, and replaced them to keep him alive.
• Orochi Hime told Tobirama Senju that the Sage of Six Paths had lured cosmic powerhouses to the ancestral planet and would reclaim the ninja world's Chakra.
• Naruto Uzumaki accused Orochi Hime of lying, but Kakashi Hatake stopped him and told him to listen.
• Orochi Hime estimated the enemies would arrive within three days and said they needed to resurrect Dan-kun to have a chance against the Sage of Six Paths.
• Kaguya Otsutsuki asked how Dan-kun could be resurrected, and Hashirama Senju questioned whether he would be strong enough to win.

Orochimaru and the others summoned Wang Hao back to the Naruto Universe to face the newly powerful Sage of Six Paths, and Tsunade greeted his return by beating him. Wang Hao effortlessly dragged Devil Star into place, while the arriving army prepared to meet the Shinobi World and confront the Leaf, leaving Killer B worried about Mito Uzumaki meeting Hashirama Senju.

• Xiao Mengmeng explained that a summoning through the Great Dao of Force had diverted Wang Hao to the Naruto Universe, where Tsunade beat him while he was in an Impure World Reincarnation body.
• Orochimaru told Wang Hao that she had gathered his true spirit to help defeat the Sage of Six Paths, who had grown much stronger and nearly wiped out their forces.
• Wang Hao recognized Tobirama Senju and blasted him apart, then learned that Senju Nawaki and A Yotsuki were using the Bifrost to transport Devil Star.
• Wang Hao used spatial power to drag all of Devil Star over at once, astonishing Orochi Hime, Tsunade, and the people on the planet.
• The Third Raikage ordered A Yotsuki to take the army to the Shinobi World, while Killer B worried that Mito Uzumaki would meet Hashirama Senju.

The Third Raikage and the others arrived to find Wang Hao revived through Impure World Reincarnation, while Mito Uzumaki recovered her sealed memories and confronted Hashirama Senju over the Leaf’s destruction of her family. Wang Hao then learned about several pregnancies and met the daughters who carried his bloodline, leaving him to welcome them as his children.

• The Third Raikage and the others recognized Wang Hao and realized he had been summoned through Impure World Reincarnation.
• Hashirama Senju rushed toward Mito Uzumaki, but her five eldest children attacked him to protect their mother.
• Killer B gave Mito Uzumaki her sealed memories, and she confronted Hashirama Senju about the Shinigami Blade and the Leaf’s role in her family’s deaths.
• Orochi Hime revealed that she was pregnant with her thirteenth child by Nawaki and that Princess Tsunade was also pregnant with children created from powerful abilities within her body.
• Black Zetsu Otsutsuki explained that Mother and Mama Tsunade shared one body with two souls, and that the children in Tsunade’s belly were their sisters.
• Haruko Kaguya, Yuki Ōtsutsuki, and Liuyue Ying brought their daughters to Wang Hao, who welcomed the girls and called them to him for presents.

Boruto confronted Naruto over Sasuke leaving the Leaf, while Wang Hao's teasing sparked confusion about Naruto and Sasuke's past. After Tsunade punished Jiraiya for Wang Hao's schemes, Sasuke tried to explain Naruto's past to Boruto, but Wang Hao's reaction made Boruto suspect he knew more.

• Boruto demanded that Naruto explain why Sasuke was leaving the Leaf, while Kakashi said Boruto was too young to understand what had happened.
• Wang Hao greeted Sasuke, Sakura, and Hinata, and Kakashi used genjutsu to show the women what had happened in Naruto's office.
• Wang Hao teased Naruto and Sasuke about their first kiss, leading Boruto and Sarada to misunderstand their fathers' relationship; Sasuke punched Boruto and called it an accident.
• Jiraiya asked Wang Hao whether he had created Danzō's famous works, and Wang Hao began advising him to pursue a vast harem before Tsunade threatened him.
• Wang Hao blamed Jiraiya for his advice, and Tsunade sent Jiraiya flying with a punch; Tobirama approved of Wang Hao's willingness to yield to her.
• Sasuke began explaining Naruto's difficult past to Boruto, but Wang Hao snickered, prompting Boruto to ask whether he knew more.

Wang Hao questioned the Ino-Shika-Chō trio about their training and explained that Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha’s power came largely from inherited chakra and outside help. The chapter ended as Sasuke Uchiha realized Wang Hao had revealed a danger in the Six Paths Yin Power he had received.

• Shikamaru introduced himself and the previous generation of the Ino-Shika-Chō trio to Wang Hao, who then learned Shikaku Nara had never completed the cultivation method he had provided.
• Shikaku Nara explained that the Third Hokage’s surveillance had kept him from changing methods earlier, and that the Fourth War’s chakra changes later made the method unusable.
• Shikaku Nara pleaded for a new cultivation method, but Wang Hao warned that he lacked time to complete the switch.
• Wang Hao asked Chōji Akimichi, Ino Yamanaka, and Shikamaru Nara what they had eaten as children, then contrasted their diets with Naruto Uzumaki’s instant noodles and expired milk.
• Wang Hao told Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha that their achievements relied heavily on inherited chakra, tailed-beast power, Sharingan evolution, and the Sage of Six Paths’ gifts.
• Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha questioned how much they had achieved through their own effort, and Sasuke Uchiha noticed something wrong about the Six Paths Yin Power he had received.

Wang Hao removed the Chakra from Sasuke Uchiha, Sakura Haruno, and Sarada Uchiha, then helped Sasuke and Sakura prepare to regain their strength while Sarada was sent to safety. As Hiashi Hyuga sought his help with the Hyuga Clan’s bloodline defect, Wang Hao freed Neji Hyuga from the Caged Bird Cursed Seal and told him to discard his Chakra; the chapter left Hiashi asking Wang Hao to save the clan.

• Sasuke Uchiha asked Wang Hao to remove the hidden danger in his body, and Wang Hao extracted the Chakra from him, Sakura Haruno, and Sarada Uchiha, repairing their bodies and giving them cultivation methods.
• Sasuke Uchiha and Sakura Haruno chose to stay and fight the Sage of Six Paths, while Sarada Uchiha was ordered to go to Devil Star for her safety.
• Wang Hao examined Sasuke Uchiha’s Chakra origin and discovered traces of the Power of the Heavenly Dao, which he believed explained the Sage of Six Paths’ sudden increase in strength.
• Naruto Uzumaki told Hinata Hyuga that he still did not trust Wang Hao, while Hiashi Hyuga arrived with Neji Hyuga and asked to pay his respects.
• Wang Hao praised Neji Hyuga’s progress in the Taiji Divine Art, broke his Caged Bird Cursed Seal, and told him to discard the Chakra in his body.
• Hiashi Hyuga explained that the Caged Bird had damaged the Hyuga Clan’s bloodline and pleaded with Wang Hao to resolve the clan’s defect.

Wang Hao rejected Hiashi Hyuga’s plea to cure the Hyuga bloodline, while Neji revealed that Hiashi had destroyed the clan’s chance to perfect the Taiji Divine Art. As a cosmic enemy approached, the heroes prepared to defend the Shinobi World, and Mito Uzumaki and Wang Hao hinted that Naruto was not entirely Kushina’s son.

• Wang Hao told Hiashi Hyuga that the refined Tenseigan could no longer repair the Hyuga bloodline, and Neji blamed Hiashi for losing the final level of the Taiji Divine Art.
• Hiashi Hyuga collapsed in despair, and Wang Hao promised to refine the Taiji Divine Art further and leave its cultivation methods to Tsunade.
• Wang Hao sensed an approaching enemy and sent A Yotsuki, Killer B, and the Third Raikage into space to intercept it while Mito Uzumaki organized the planet’s defenses.
• Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki appeared through Impure World Reincarnation, and Kushina embraced Naruto before suspecting Minato of infidelity.
• Mito Uzumaki and Wang Hao told Kushina that Naruto was not entirely her son, leaving the gathered family confused.

Wang Hao extracted Naruto Uzumaki’s original consciousness from Asura’s possession and gave it a new female body, leaving Naruko Uzumaki furious with Kushina Uzumaki and Minato Namikaze for helping Asura take over. He then reunited with Danzō Shimura, who demanded full-month gifts for the thousands of children he and Nonō Yakushi had produced through a rotating collection of clones.

• Wang Hao explained that Asura’s Chakra had consumed Naruto Uzumaki’s original consciousness, then restored that consciousness in a body made from Kushina Uzumaki’s and Minato Namikaze’s genes.
• Naruto Uzumaki awakened as Naruko Uzumaki, rejected Kushina Uzumaki’s embrace, and accused her and Minato Namikaze of helping Asura take her body.
• Naruto Uzumaki struggled to accept that he had taken someone else’s body while Hinata Hyuga and the others watched with concern.
• Wang Hao visited Danzō Shimura, who demanded full-month presents for the 8,341 children born since Wang Hao had last been there.
• Danzō Shimura revealed that Nonō Yakushi used 365 clones to bear children in rotation, leaving Wang Hao stunned by their plan to rebuild the Shimura Clan.

Wang Hao warned Danzō that he was leaving and asked him to protect Tsunade, then accepted Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s proposal after learning she had borne him fifteen daughters. The Sage of Six Paths unleashed a Heavenly Dao-powered Infinite Tsukuyomi that killed the Chakra-bearing population and targeted the fighters in space, as Wang Hao challenged Six Paths to appear.

• Wang Hao assured Danzō that his Cultivation Method could be adapted for all of Danzō’s children, then asked him to assist Tsunade after Wang Hao left.
• Kaguya Ōtsutsuki confessed to Wang Hao, and Black Zetsu explained that she had borne Wang Hao fifteen daughters using Tsunade’s body; Wang Hao agreed to be her husband.
• Wang Hao captured Naruto Uzumaki in a spatial ripple, while Hinata Hyuga, Boruto Uzumaki, and the others left Naruto to his fate.
• The Sage of Six Paths projected a Rinne Sharingan across the solar system and used the Power of the Heavenly Dao to unleash Infinite Tsukuyomi, which devastated the Chakra-bearing people of the Shinobi World.
• Hiruzen Sarutobi’s secretly cultivated Sarutobi Clan defended itself with the Ten Thousand Crimson Ray Formation, but Infinite Tsukuyomi drained the great shinobi clans and then the Sarutobi Clan, including Jiraiya and Hiruzen.
• Wang Hao realized that the Infinite Tsukuyomi also targeted the fighters in space and called out to Six Paths.

Wang Hao confronted the Sage of Six Paths, revealed the overwhelming power of his Perfect Haki, and seized control of the battle. After Naruto Uzumaki learned that his children had died and Hinata Hyuga killed herself, Wang Hao used the Sage’s Rinnegan to revive people he approved of.

• The Sage of Six Paths appeared with a nearly fatal wound, and Wang Hao learned that his ocular technique was Soul Split.
• Wang Hao unleashed Perfect Haki, suppressed the Naruto Universe’s will, and overwhelmed the Sage of Six Paths.
• Wang Hao pulled Naruto Uzumaki away from the Rinne Sharingan, and Naruto discovered that Boruto and Himawari were dead.
• Hinata Hyuga blamed Naruto for their children’s deaths and killed herself, while the Sage burned himself to merge with Naruto and complete his rebirth.
• Wang Hao restrained the transformed Sage and used the Outer Dao: Samsara of Heavenly Life Technique to revive people he approved of, including Hashirama Senju and his brother.

Wang Hao saved Hagoromo and Hamura by giving them new bodies, then left the Naruto universe as its will threatened to destroy him. After Xiao Mengmeng twisted Tsunade’s memories against him, Tsunade turned dark and vowed to pursue him, while Wang Hao returned to the Primordial Wilderness seeking a stronger cultivation inheritance.

• At Kaguya Ōtsutsuki’s plea, Wang Hao restored Hagoromo and Hamura’s true spirits in female bodies, destroyed Hagoromo’s original body, and entrusted the sisters to Black Zetsu.
• Wang Hao prepared to leave the collapsing universe, told Princess Tsunade to name their fifteen daughters, and departed with Xiao Mengmeng as the universe’s will gathered against him.
• Xiao Mengmeng left Hashirama Senju’s Wood Release Chakra necklace for Tsunade, and her copy gave Tsunade false memories portraying Wang Hao as a manipulator.
• Princess Tsunade turned dark, swore to hunt down Wang Hao in the Primordial Wilderness, and frightened Hashirama Senju, Tobirama Senju, and Danzō Shimura.
• Back in the Primordial Wilderness, Wang Hao worried that he needed a stronger cultivation inheritance to integrate his Pirate King Universe cultivation and prepare for his next dungeon world.

Wang Hao and Lie Fu reached an abandoned Nine Li main city to seek the inheritance in its Wu God Hall, after Mo Dao died protecting them on the journey. The beasts drove Wang Hao into the hall’s protected core, but its enormous doors were too heavy to open, so he searched the ruins for another source of inheritance.

• Lie Fu led Wang Hao toward the fallen frontier city, explaining that Great Demon God Chiyou had built and reinforced its Wu God Hall.
• Mo Dao sacrificed himself during a beast tide, and Wang Hao and Lie Fu continued to the ruins alone.
• A crocodile-like beast struck Wang Hao, so Lie Fu burned his Essence Blood to hold it back while Wang Hao fled toward the core area.
• Wang Hao crossed into the protected core, where the Wu God Hall’s presence healed him and kept the pursuing beasts outside.
• Wang Hao reached the Wu God Hall but could not move its enormous Black Nether Stone doors, so he searched the ruins for inheritance among the fallen soldiers’ remains.

After ten years of cultivation, Wang Hao entered the world of Nine Songs of the Moving Heavens hoping to find a way past the limits of his understanding. He arrived in Xinzheng during the crisis surrounding Han Fei and Ying Zheng, then revealed himself to them as the wanted Mount Shu fugitive Mo Yu.

• Wang Hao reached the peak of the Heaven Realm in his six foundations but could not advance, so he saved one million Fortune Points and asked Xiao Mengmeng to send him to the next instance world.
• Xiao Mengmeng sent Wang Hao to the Nine Songs of the Moving Heavens period, and he headed for Xinzheng hoping to visit the Purple Orchid Pavilion.
• Wang Hao learned that the Purple Orchid Pavilion had burned down half a month earlier and secretly made his way to Han Fei's residence.
• Wang Hao entered the residence unnoticed while Ying Zheng, Han Fei, Yan Lingji, Gai Nie, and Wei Zhuang discussed their dangerous predicament.
• After Wang Hao appeared inside, Ying Zheng stopped Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang from attacking him, and Zi Nu identified him as the Mount Shu fugitive Mo Yu.

Wang Hao met Ying Zheng and Han Fei in Xinzheng, revealed his knowledge of Qin’s future, and said he intended to change it. After defeating Honglian, Wei Zhuang, and Gai Nie in a brief fight, he ended by criticizing their generation’s skill in diplomacy.

• Wang Hao told Ying Zheng that he could glimpse the long river of fate and predicted Qin’s unification, Ying Zheng’s death, and the dynasty’s eventual fall.
• Wang Hao said he intended to break that fate and dismissed the six states as weak opponents, earning Ying Zheng’s approval.
• Honglian attacked Wang Hao with Shark Tooth after he insulted her parents, but he deflected her strikes with his hair and knocked the sword from her hand.
• Wei Zhuang and Gai Nie attacked Wang Hao together, but Wang Hao injured Gai Nie with a finger flick and shattered his sword.
• Wang Hao blamed Ying Zheng for giving Gai Nie a poor sword, then criticized Wei Zhuang and Gai Nie for relying on swordsmanship instead of diplomacy.

Wang Hao exposed the hopeless odds Han Fei faced against Ying Zheng and neutralized Han Fei’s hidden weapon, the Reverse Scale Sword. After returning the sword and giving its spirit a cultivation method, Wang Hao turned his curiosity toward Zi Nu’s identity.

• Han Fei asked whether Wang Hao had foreseen the fall of Han, and Ying Zheng promised to spare Han’s royal clan if they submitted after Qin unified the realm.
• Wang Hao asked Han Fei and Ying Zheng how much of the realm they wanted, and Ying Zheng declared that he wanted to conquer lands beyond the seven states as well.
• Wei Zhuang considered killing Ying Zheng, but Han Fei hesitated over the consequences, while Gai Nie moved to protect Ying Zheng.
• Wang Hao summoned the Reverse Scale Sword, causing Han Fei and his allies to abandon their plans, then returned it to the Reverse Scale Sword Spirit with a cultivation method.
• Han Fei joked with Zi Nu about wine and the Purple Orchid Pavilion’s destruction bill, while Wang Hao offered to build her a grander pavilion if she revealed her identity.

Wang Hao promised Zi Nu a new Purple Orchid Pavilion and reforged Gai Nie’s broken sword into the Devil Sword Thousand Blades. He told Yan Lingji that he had come to Xinzheng to meet her and several others, leaving her suspicious of his intentions.

• Wang Hao promised Zi Nu he would build a new Purple Orchid Pavilion by the next day, and Zi Nu left with Han Fei to find a plot of land.
• Wang Hao refused Ying Zheng’s offer of help and gave Gai Nie the choice between a sword cultivation method and a repaired sword; Gai Nie chose to have his sword repaired.
• Wang Hao reforged Gai Nie’s blade fragments with his blood and Sword Qi, creating the Devil Sword Thousand Blades, which Gai Nie tested by piercing a rockery.
• Yan Lingji asked Wang Hao about his purpose in Xinzheng, and he said he had come to meet Brother Zheng, Zi Nu, Nong Yu, Yan Lingji, and half of Honglian.
• Yan Lingji suspected Wang Hao was actually interested in her master, Tian Ze, or Baiyue’s hidden power, and became wary of him.

Wang Hao gave Yan Lingji and Honglian powerful cultivation methods and explained that he wanted to raise experts who could help restore their dying world. He then moved the group from Xinzheng to a barren mountain with One Leaf Blocks the Eye, where he prepared to show Zi Nu how he would build the Purple Orchid Pavilion overnight.

• Wang Hao gave Yan Lingji the complete Zhurong Divine Instruction and Honglian the Karmic Fire Divine Instruction, then supplied Honglian with the basics of cultivation.
• Wang Hao decided to cultivate talented experts to help nourish the world's origin and chose not to teach Wei Zhuang or Gai Nie.
• Han Fei and Zi Nu bought a barren mountain ten li north of Xinzheng, and Wang Hao transported the group there using Wei Zhuang's Shark Tooth as a medium for One Leaf Blocks the Eye.
• Shark Tooth landed in animal dung, and Wang Hao washed it before returning it to an angry Wei Zhuang.
• Wang Hao shaped wooden umbrellas for Zi Nu, the other women, Ying Zheng, and Han Fei, demonstrating his ability to control and shape wood.
• Zi Nu doubted that Wang Hao could build the entire Purple Orchid Pavilion in one night, and he promised to teach her a lesson.

Wang Hao transformed the barren mountain into a lavish new Purple Orchid Pavilion and used Ying Zheng's Divine Ironwood scabbard to create a towering tree that could anchor its protective power. He left Nong Yu bewildered after emptying Han Fei's wine cellar and bringing her to the pavilion.

• Wang Hao reshaped the mountain into towers, pavilions, waterfalls, and mist, then explained that the estate needed a wondrous tree to maintain its protection.
• Ying Zheng gave Wang Hao the Divine Ironwood scabbard, and Wang Hao grew it into a massive tree with a pavilion in its canopy.
• Zi Nu and the others climbed to the pavilion, while Wei Zhuang brought up Han Fei, who promptly retched; Wang Hao declared the estate Zi Nu's property.
• Zhang Liang and Wei Zhuang recognized the tree's extraordinary material and cultivation benefits, while Yan Lingji wondered whether its power proved the Seven Po Magnetic Field Cultivation Method was real.
• Wang Hao encountered Nong Yu, returned her sword, and asked her to lead him to Han Fei's wine cellar.
• Wang Hao stored more than a hundred jars of wine in his space and brought Nong Yu back to the tree pavilion.

Wang Hao heard Nong Yu play the Melody of the Heartstrings, discovered a mysterious power within her, and awakened it as Void Realm Divine Power. He realized the power connected this world to The Legend and the Hero and feared that an ancient battle involving Taiyi Realm experts had left the world in decline.

• Nong Yu played the Melody of the Heartstrings, which Wang Hao and Brother Zheng heard and praised.
• Wang Hao examined Nong Yu and activated the mysterious power in her sea of consciousness, while Wei Zhuang, Gai Nie, Zi Nu, and Yan Lingji sensed its presence.
• Nong Yu identified her awakened power as Void Realm Divine Power and explained that it let her sense everything around her.
• Wang Hao recognized Void Realm Divine Power from The Legend and the Hero and discussed with Xiao Mengmeng how the two anime might reflect different layers of the world's history.
• Wang Hao connected other techniques to divine powers from The Legend and the Hero and feared that a war involving Tian and Taiyi Realm experts had devastated the world, leaving Nong Yu and the others confused by his reaction.

Wang Hao confirmed that Han Fei had glimpsed the future through a damaged trace of Void Realm Divine Power, then warned Ying Zheng that their world was weakening and might perish. He urged Ying Zheng to pursue cultivation, unify the states, and build Great Qin's strength, while admitting he had no plan yet to save the world.

• Wang Hao sensed Void Realm Divine Power in Han Fei and concluded that the Qin era followed the era of Wu Geng Ji.
• Wang Hao sent Zi Nu, Han Fei, and the others down the mountain as powerful visitors approached, then spoke privately with Ying Zheng.
• Ying Zheng worried that Gai Nie would betray him, but Wang Hao told him the future was not fixed, and Ying Zheng resolved to defy fate.
• Wang Hao described the Heaven, Earth, and Mortal cultivation realms, explained the Eight Great Divine Powers, and named Tian as a known Taiyi Realm being.
• Wang Hao told Ying Zheng that the world was weakening toward destruction and advised him to take control of Great Qin, unify the states, and strengthen the realm.

Wang Hao revealed the divine power and secrets hidden in Ying Zheng’s bronze box, then intervened when Xuan Jian attacked Ying Zheng. After Wang Hao revealed Xianxian’s soul inside Xuan Jian’s white sword, Xuan Jian pledged himself to Ying Zheng in exchange for her resurrection.

• Wang Hao told Ying Zheng that the Yin-Yang School sought the secret of the Seven Mansions of the Azure Dragon, and Ying Zheng showed him a bronze box inherited by the kings of the Ying clan.
• Wang Hao sensed a large source of Asura Realm Divine Power inside the box and agreed to explore awakening divine bloodlines, while Ying Zheng took charge of choosing candidates.
• Wang Hao and Ying Zheng went to watch Xuan Jian fight Gai Nie and Wei Zhuang, and Xuan Jian abruptly attacked Ying Zheng.
• Wang Hao caught Xuan Jian’s white sword between two fingers and revealed the remnant soul of Xianxian sealed inside it.
• Xuan Jian asked Wang Hao to resurrect Xianxian and pledged his loyalty to Ying Zheng, who accepted him as a subject.

Wang Hao resurrected Wei Xianxian as a spirit and accepted her as his disciple, then forged new swords and tailored cultivation inheritances for her and Xuan Jian. Yan Lingji left to obtain mystic yin withered bone, while Han Fei and Zhang Liang worried that Tian Ze might turn against her.

• Wei Xianxian chose to cultivate as a Ghost Dao spirit rather than receive a flawed bodily resurrection, explaining that she wanted to become strong enough to protect Xuan Jian.
• Wang Hao took the Tianwen Sword from Brother Zheng and reforged it with Xuan Jian's twin swords into a black sword for Xuan Jian and a white sword for Wei Xianxian, sealing cultivation inheritances within them.
• Wang Hao told Xuan Jian that his black sword needed mystic yin withered bone, and Zhang Liang identified the Corpse-Driving Demon's staff as a likely source.
• Wang Hao gave Yan Lingji the Secret Method for refining Soldier Man Blood Corpses to trade for the staff, and Yan Lingji left to meet the Corpse-Driving Demon.
• Han Fei and Zhang Liang feared Tian Ze would become wary of Yan Lingji because of her strength and the Zhurong Divine Instruction, while Zi Nu accused Wang Hao of scheming to win Yan Lingji over.

Yan Lingji and her allies survived Tian Ze’s betrayal with help from Wang Hao’s avatar, while Han Fei’s new base outside Xinzheng drew the attention of the city’s powers. Ji Wuye learned that Xuan Jian and the Hundred Birds operatives had vanished, leaving the mysterious force behind Han Fei a growing threat.

• Tian Ze attacked Yan Lingji to seize the Zhurong Divine Instruction, but the Corpse-Driving Demon and Wushuang Gui intervened and protected her.
• Wang Hao’s avatar appeared from Yan Lingji’s hairpin, flung Tian Ze away with Magnetic Field Power, and promised to teach the Corpse-Driving Demon witchcraft; Yan Lingji chose to spare Tian Ze.
• Nong Yu told Han Fei that Wang Hao had taken all the wine from his cellar, and Zi Nu left after discovering Han Fei’s hidden collection.
• The forces in Xinzheng investigated the barren mountain and found that its strange mist hurled intruders back unconscious and injured.
• Bai Yifei reported that Han Fei had bought the mountain, Yan Lingji had left with Wushuang Gui and the Corpse-Driving Demon, and Tian Ze had been severely injured.
• Ji Wuye learned that Xuan Jian and the Hundred Birds operatives sent to attack had not returned, and he and Bai Yifei feared the force behind Han Fei.

Wang Hao confirmed the origins of two divine-power sources and promised Ying Zheng he would develop a safer cultivation method, while planning to seek the Formless Realm source from the Taoist School's Heaven Sect. Ying Zheng recruited Yan Lingji's companions, and Wang Hao awakened their divine powers before transforming the Corpse-Driving Demon's staff into a component for Xuan Jian's sword.

• Wang Hao secretly took the Void Realm Divine Power source from King An of Han and showed it alongside the source from Ying Zheng, then warned Ying Zheng against fusing with the original sources and offered to create a cultivation method.
• Wang Hao asked about the Heaven Sect, and Ying Zheng promised to arrange a visit to investigate the possible source of Formless Realm Divine Power after returning to Great Qin.
• Ying Zheng offered Yan Lingji responsibility for resettling the people of Baiyue and vowed to let women hold office; she accepted the promise and allowed the Corpse-Driving Demon and Wushuang Gui to pledge loyalty to him.
• Wang Hao awakened the Corpse-Driving Demon's Ksitigarbha Realm Divine Power and Wushuang Gui's Vajra Realm Divine Power, and the two men thanked him and Ying Zheng.
• Wang Hao took Xuan Jian's black sword and the Corpse-Driving Demon's withered-bone staff, reshaped the staff into the sword blade, and made the weapon two and a half meters long.