Recaps

Bai Fuzi urged Bei Ming to reform Xuantian Sect and warned him to handle Qin Guan’s case carefully. Bei Ming went to the Law Enforcement Hall, where his ambiguous orders nearly led Yan Yao to execute Qin Guan before he insisted that the rules be followed.

• Bai Fuzi called for reforming the Law Enforcement Hall, ending unfair privileges, and distributing resources more fairly, while Bei Ming worried that sweeping changes could destabilize Xuantian Sect.
• Bai Fuzi warned Bei Ming that Qin Guan would not accept mistreatment, and Bei Ming agreed to handle the matter carefully.
• Bei Ming summoned Yan Yao to the Law Enforcement Hall and asked why Qin Guan’s case had not been decided despite Ye Wushuang’s death.
• Yan Yao said conflicting witness accounts and Bai Fuzi’s involvement had stalled the case, and Bei Ming berated him for failing to resolve it.
• Bei Ming’s angry questions led Yan Yao to order Qin Guan executed immediately, but Bei Ming stopped the Elders and demanded that everyone involved and all witnesses be brought to the main hall.

Bei Ming held a hearing over Qin Guan’s killing of Ye Wushuang, and witnesses gave sharply conflicting accounts. The chapter ended with Lin Yuan demanding justice for his dead disciple while Qin Guan waited to see how Bei Ming would rule.

• Bei Ming questioned Qin Guan, who admitted killing Ye Wushuang and said he had acted in self-defense.
• Nan Rou and Bai You testified that Ye Wushuang attacked Qin Guan first, while Bei Ming recognized their exceptional talents.
• A Heaven Sword Peak disciple and three others accused Qin Guan of ambushing Ye Wushuang and claimed Nan Rou and Bai You were lying.
• The Heaven Sword Peak disciple alleged that Qin Guan killed Ye Wushuang out of jealousy after Ye Wushuang brought flowers for Nan Rou.
• Lin Yuan urged Bei Ming to deliver justice for Ye Wushuang, whose body remained in Divine Body Hall.

Qin Guan refused Yan Zhaoxue’s demand that he join Yuxiao Peak, but negotiated a truce by offering her five Spirit Origin Fruits and promising to help her peak if needed. Yan Zhaoxue left with Bai You, and Qin Guan stayed with Nan Rou as they prepared to return to Great Strength Peak.

• Yan Zhaoxue tried to take Nan Rou and Bai You back to Yuxiao Peak, so Qin Guan followed and spoke with her privately.
• Qin Guan refused to join Yuxiao Peak, while Yan Zhaoxue threatened to tell Nan Rou about his past treatment of her.
• Qin Guan threatened to expose that he had spanked Yan Zhaoxue, then promised to help Yuxiao Peak if it needed support.
• Qin Guan gave Yan Zhaoxue a Storage Bag containing five Spirit Origin Fruits, and she left with Bai You.
• Qin Guan took Nan Rou’s hand and stayed behind after Xu Dahong departed; Nan Rou asked how he had dealt with her Master.

Lin Yuan stopped the Divine Body Hall disciples from challenging Qin Guan and planned to have Wu Chen and Duolan kill him in the Illusion Sea Heavenly Realm. Qin Guan received no punishment for killing Ye Wushuang, then struggled to learn calligraphy from Nan Rou and ended their lesson with a teasing threat.

• Lin Yuan forbade the Divine Body Hall disciples from withdrawing or challenging Qin Guan, and decided Wu Chen and Duolan should kill him in the Illusion Sea Heavenly Realm.
• News spread that the Old Ancestor had rewarded Qin Guan and demoted Yan Yao after Ye Wushuang's death.
• Bai Fuzi taught the Dao Scripture while Qin Guan practiced calligraphy, and Nan Rou advised him to write with greater finesse.
• After the literature class ended, Nan Rou taught Qin Guan calligraphy at the Cultivation Cave Mansion and scolded him for losing focus.
• Qin Guan put down his brush and teasingly asked Nan Rou whether her skin was itching.

After Shen Ge clashed with Qin Guan, Xu Dahong tried to reconcile with his disciple and offered him a new Cultivation Cave Mansion. Shen Ge accepted the compensation but resisted apologizing to Qin Guan, confident that his breakthrough to the Tenth Realm made him nearly unbeatable.

• Qin Guan and Nan Rou left Xu Dahong’s cave to find a new place to live.
• Xu Dahong stopped Shen Ge at the Teleportation Array, apologized for hitting him, and offered him a new Cultivation Cave Mansion.
• Xu Yan and Tie Zhan arrived, and Shen Ge announced that he was no longer Xu Dahong’s disciple before explaining his quarrel with Qin Guan.
• Xu Dahong asked Shen Ge to apologize to Qin Guan, but Shen Ge objected and claimed Qin Guan was only a Martial Cultivator.
• Shen Ge revealed that he had reached the Tenth Realm and boasted that only Xiao Xuan could defeat him across the Five Peaks.
• Tie Zhan doubted Shen Ge could match Qin Guan, who had killed Ye Wushuang in a single move.

Qin Guan and Nan Rou built a home in a secluded valley and left to shop for a Spirit Vein. Xu Dahong and Yan Zhaoxue searched for them, while Bei Ming appeared at their new home and criticized Xu Dahong for not providing a mansion.

• Tie Zhan told Xu Yan that Shen Ge deserved to apologize to Qin Guan and reassured him that Qin Guan would not leave Great Strength Peak over the incident.
• Qin Guan and Nan Rou chose a site in a beautiful valley and built a small mansion with Nan Rou's design.
• Qin Guan decided to buy a Low-grade Spirit Vein, and he and Nan Rou left for the Teleportation Array after bathing.
• Bei Ming appeared inside the new cave and cursed Xu Dahong for failing to provide Qin Guan with a Cultivation Cave Mansion.
• Xu Dahong accused Yan Zhaoxue of hiding Qin Guan, but both grew worried that Qin Guan and Nan Rou might be in danger.
• Xu Dahong received a Thousand Mile Sound Transmission from his Master and hurried away from Yuxiao Peak.

Qin Guan and Xiao Xuan drove up the price of a Youth Preserving Jade in a public bidding contest. Qin Guan paid two hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones for it, leaving Xiao Xuan and the watching disciples stunned and pleased that he had spent so much.

• Xiao Xuan arrived with Lu Jun and Shen Ge, and Little Black Tower told Qin Guan that Xiao Xuan carried Thunder Dragon Sword Intent.
• Xiao Xuan challenged Qin Guan by bidding sixty thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones for the Youth Preserving Jade.
• Qin Guan raised the bid to one hundred thousand, then two hundred thousand, while Xiao Xuan kept trying to provoke him.
• Lu Jun warned Xiao Xuan that Qin Guan might not have enough Spirit Stones, so Xiao Xuan stopped bidding and declared Qin Guan the winner.
• Qin Guan paid the stall owner two hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones, astonishing the crowd and delighting Xiao Xuan and Lu Jun.

Qin Guan accepted a challenge against five of Heaven Sword Peak’s strongest disciples, including Xiao Xuan and Shen Ge, after provoking them at the Immortal Treasure Pavilion. News of the challenge and his two-hundred-thousand-Mid-grade-Spirit-Stone purchase spread through Xuantian Sect, leaving Xu Dahong stunned.

• Shen Ge urged Xiao Xuan to accept Qin Guan’s challenge, and the two agreed to meet him at the Enmity Platform the next morning.
• Qin Guan taunted Shen Ge for being discarded by Great Strength Peak, prompting Shen Ge to curse the peak and vow to tear Qin Guan apart.
• Nan Rou worried about Qin Guan facing five opponents, but Qin Guan said he planned to win enough money to multiply the two hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones he had spent.
• News of Qin Guan’s challenge and his purchase of a Youth Preserving Jade spread through Xuantian Sect, and Xu Dahong was stunned to hear both reports.

Qin Guan faced Xiao Xuan, Shen Ge, and the three Lu Jun in a Life and Death Duel after they signed contracts under the sect rules. He crushed Shen Ge’s palm attacks and blocked the others’ ambush, then sent Xiao Xuan flying before suddenly vanishing from the arena.

• Bei Ming chose not to disrupt Qin Guan’s plan, while Bai Fuzi warned that indulgence could harm the sect’s disciples.
• Qin Guan and Xiao Xuan’s group signed Life and Death Contracts, and the Law Enforcement Elder sealed the arena with a Spatial Array before starting the duel.
• Shen Ge revealed that he had reached the Tenth Realm and attacked Qin Guan with the Great Strength Divine Palm while Xiao Xuan and the three Lu Jun prepared a pincer attack.
• Qin Guan shattered Shen Ge’s Golden Palm Seals with one punch, then blocked Xiao Xuan’s lightning-wreathed sword and the three Lu Jun’s Sword Qi with his Gang Qi Shield.
• Qin Guan punched Xiao Xuan and sent him flying, then turned toward the three Lu Jun with a wicked smile before vanishing from the arena.

Qin Guan defeated Xiao Xuan and the other four opponents in the arena, even swallowing Xiao Xuan’s Thunder Dragon Sword Intent. After arranging the five men in a row and taking Xiao Xuan’s Flowing Light Sword, he stood over them while the crowd waited to see what he would do.

• Xiao Xuan unleashed his strongest Thunder Dragon sword attack, but Qin Guan shattered it with a single punch and struck Xiao Xuan down.
• Qin Guan seized the weakened Thunder Dragon Sword Intent, battered it until it shrank, and swallowed it.
• Xiao Xuan failed to contact his Sword Intent, and Qin Guan seized him by the throat and knocked him unconscious despite Wu Ning’s command to stop.
• Qin Guan knocked down Lu Jun and the other two remaining opponents, while his right arm bled from the strain of blocking Xiao Xuan’s sword.
• Qin Guan arranged all five defeated men in a row, picked up Xiao Xuan’s Flowing Light Sword, and approached them as the crowd watched in silence.

After Shen Ge betrayed Great Strength Peak and insulted it, Tie Zhan ordered Qin Guan to kill him. Qin Guan then demanded a ransom for Xiao Xuan, and Wu Yin paid before taking his disciple away, leaving Qin Guan with the winnings and a new threat.

• Shen Ge cursed Great Strength Peak and said joining it was his greatest regret, so Tie Zhan told Qin Guan to kill him.
• Qin Guan regretted not demanding more for Shen Ge’s life and decided to recover his losses from Xiao Xuan.
• Qin Guan demanded one and a half million Mid-grade Spirit Stones for Xiao Xuan, and Wu Yin left to gather the payment.
• Wu Yin returned with Spirit Stones and materials, and Qin Guan handed over the unconscious Xiao Xuan.
• Wu Yin demanded Xiao Xuan’s Thunder Dragon Sword Intent, but Qin Guan said he had refined it with Gang Qi.
• Wu Yin threatened Qin Guan and flew away with Xiao Xuan, while the Law Enforcement Elder gave Qin Guan the earlier bet’s stakes.

Qin Guan refined Xiao Xuan’s Thunder Dragon Sword Intent and fed its Lightning Power to the True Dragon Sword Intent, greatly increasing its strength. After discovering that the strengthened Sword Intent let him unleash a slash with Eleventh Realm power, he celebrated while Little Black Tower asked to watch him play with women.

• Bai Fuzi praised Qin Guan’s extortion of Wu Yin as a step forward for Xuantian Sect, while Bei Ming worried that Qin Guan might tear the sect apart.
• Qin Guan returned with Nan Rou to their new Little Nest, then entered the Little Black Tower to deal with Xiao Xuan’s Thunder Dragon Sword Intent.
• Following Little Black Tower’s advice, Qin Guan used Chaos Power to refine the Thunder Dragon Sword Intent into pure Lightning Power.
• Qin Guan fed the Lightning Power to the True Dragon Sword Intent, which endured a painful transformation and grew from over thirty meters long to over sixty.
• Qin Guan tested the strengthened True Dragon Sword Intent and tore open space with a slash, then told Little Black Tower to focus on healing after it said it wanted to watch him play with women.

Lin Yuan suspected Qin Guan’s unusual power came from a treasure and discussed killing him inside the Illusion Sea Heavenly Realm. At the Dao Seeking Academy, Bai Fuzi taught Qin Guan a three-stage method for compressing Gang Qi, which Qin Guan quickly used to punch a Black Hole into space.

• Lin Yuan told Nan Tianba, Wu Ning, and Duolan that Qin Guan’s power could suppress other forces and that his background was likely extraordinary.
• Lin Yuan suggested that Qin Guan could be killed inside the dangerous Illusion Sea Heavenly Realm without anyone knowing.
• Qin Guan visited Bai Fuzi with his calligraphy, and Bai Fuzi approved it before explaining that softness was the key to improving Gang Qi compression.
• Bai Fuzi taught Qin Guan to wrap compressed Gang Qi with special power, compress it in layers, and conduct it through his meridians.
• Qin Guan practiced for an hour and punched a Black Hole into space, while Bai Fuzi named the three stages of the method.

Su Qingyu persuaded Duolan to help kill Bai You in the Illusion Sea Heavenly Realm, while Qin Guan entered the trial for a place in the Secret Realm. After two grueling stages, Qin Guan reached the final trial and faced taunts from Wu Chen and Wu Ning.

• Su Qingyu revealed that Bai You had wiped out his clan and asked Duolan to kill him in the Secret Realm.
• Duolan agreed to avenge Su Qingyu and brought him to his Cultivation Cave Mansion in exchange for his favor.
• Qin Guan refused Xu Dahong's warning not to compete for a Secret Realm spot and prepared for the entry trial.
• More than three hundred disciples began the stair trial, but only twenty, including Qin Guan and Tie Zhan, reached the Illusion Combat Zone.
• Wu Chen mocked Qin Guan for staying silent, while Nan Batian and Wu Ning joined in taunting him.

Qin Guan entered the Final Trial intending to hide his strongest technique and lose to Wu Chen, but he surprised his opponent by enduring his lightning attacks. The fight continued with Qin Guan holding his ground against Wu Chen’s assault.

• Bai You warned Qin Guan that entering the Secret Realm would keep him from leaving until the Return Channel appeared, but Qin Guan confirmed he was going ahead.
• A Law Enforcement Elder split the twenty disciples into four groups, and the first match in Group One paired Qin Guan with Wu Chen.
• Wu Chen attacked with lightning, and Qin Guan took the first strike head-on before being driven back.
• Wu Chen trapped Qin Guan in Thunder Prison Heavenly Punishment, but Qin Guan broke through the Lightning Net with three punches.
• Wu Chen exposed Qin Guan’s concealed true body and sent him flying with a Lightning Palm, then rushed him with a barrage of lightning-charged punches.
• Qin Guan compressed his Gang Qi and traded blows with Wu Chen, surprising the onlookers and making Wu Chen suspect Qin Guan possessed a powerful treasure.

Wu Chen won the trials and joined Duolan, Qin Guan, Nan Batian, and Yang Feng as the five disciples selected to enter the Illusion Sea Heavenly Realm. Bai You warned Qin Guan that Wu Chen and Duolan were Eleventh Realm cultivators, while Qin Guan remained confident in his new technique; the chapter ended with Bai You worrying that killing Divine Body Hall disciples could provoke Lin Yuan.

• Wu Chen killed his challenger in one strike and finished first with nineteen victories, while Duolan placed second and Qin Guan third.
• Yang Feng defeated Bai You and took fifth place, and the judging Elder announced that he, Wu Chen, Duolan, Qin Guan, and Nan Batian would enter the Illusion Sea Heavenly Realm.
• Bai You warned Qin Guan that Wu Chen and Duolan might be Eleventh Realm cultivators, and Qin Guan confirmed that they were.
• Qin Guan told Bai You that compressing Gang Qi and Spiritual Power with Chaos Power strengthened him, but Little Black Tower said Bai You could not use the technique.
• Bai You asked whether Qin Guan would stay in Xuantian Sect after finding the Secret Realm inheritance, then warned that killing Divine Body Hall disciples could drive Lin Yuan into a rage.

Qin Guan entered the Illusion Sea Heavenly Realm Secret Realm with Wu Chen and the others, who planned to kill him after the entrance closed. He discovered an ancient tower that Little Black Tower identified as the true Secret Realm, leaving him to investigate it.

• Xu Dahong escorted Qin Guan to the Secret Realm entrance and offered Wu Chen and the others a Storage Bag of gifts, hoping they would protect Qin Guan.
• Wu Chen promised Qin Guan would be safe if he stayed with the group, while Lin Yuan warned that the Divine Body Hall had no duty to protect him.
• An Elder explained that the Return Channel appeared only on the fifteenth of each month and forbade disciples from harming one another in the Secret Realm.
• When the Secret Realm opened, Qin Guan entered ahead of Wu Chen, Duolan, Ba Tian, and Yang Feng.
• Wu Chen revealed that the group planned to wait until the entrance closed before killing Qin Guan, but Qin Guan ignored them and examined the realm.
• Qin Guan spotted an ancient tower, and Little Black Tower told him that the true Secret Realm lay inside it.

Qin Guan killed Nan Batian with a single punch, then fought Wu Chen while Duolan briefly tried to intervene. Wu Chen unleashed the Thunder Saint Body’s power and left Qin Guan bloodied at the bottom of a crater.

• Qin Guan killed Nan Batian with one punch, shocking Wu Chen, Duolan, and Yang Feng.
• Wu Chen attacked Qin Guan with his full Lightning Power, but Qin Guan met his blows with Crimson Gang Qi.
• Duolan froze the space around Qin Guan and attempted to stab him, but Qin Guan broke free and forced her to retreat.
• Wu Chen challenged Qin Guan alone and invoked the Thunder Saint Body, summoning a storm of lightning.
• Wu Chen’s lightning struck Qin Guan and blasted him into a crater, where he lay bloodied with his clothes in tatters.

Qin Guan killed Wu Chen and fought Duolan, whose time-based attacks pushed him to hide and replenish his Spiritual Power. He ambushed her through the Little Black Tower, defeated her, and killed her when she begged to become his dao companion.

• After seeing Qin Guan kill Wu Chen, Yang Feng was startled, and Qin Guan cut off his head with a sword strike.
• Duolan attacked Qin Guan with Time Blades, but he used Chaos Power to counter their years erosion and fled to recover his Spiritual Power.
• Qin Guan hid in the Little Black Tower in a bird’s nest while Duolan searched the forest and discovered the tower.
• When Duolan approached the tower, Qin Guan’s Bloody Sword Light struck her abdomen, and he appeared behind her and severed both her hands.
• Qin Guan beat Duolan until she could no longer resist, then punched through her chest after she begged him to spare her.

Qin Guan killed Duolan, looted the four corpses, and entered Inside Tower to heal the injuries he suffered fighting Wu Chen. Meanwhile, Taixu Sect’s Xuehong Shangren brought three disciples to Xuantian Sect, where they challenged disciples from several peaks to spar; after agreeing, the story returned to Qin Guan beneath the Ancient Tower in the Illusion Sea Heavenly Realm.

• Qin Guan killed Duolan, took her Storage Bag, and then collected the Storage Bags from Wu Chen, Nan Batian, and Yang Feng.
• Qin Guan swallowed Healing Pills and entered Inside Tower to recover from the damage Lightning Power had dealt to his meridians and flesh.
• Xuehong Shangren arrived at Xuantian Sect with Wu She and two other disciples, and Yu Zhaonian welcomed them.
• Wu She asked to spar with the Divine Body Hall disciples, but Yu Zhaonian said they had entered the Illusion Sea Heavenly Realm.
• The Green Robed Man and Snow Clad Woman challenged disciples of Great Strength Peak and Heaven Sword Peak, and Yu Zhaonian agreed to let the younger generation spar.
• After healing, Qin Guan arrived beneath the Ancient Tower in the deep mountains.

Qin Guan entered the tower’s Seventh Layer, where it created an exact mirror image of him, including his Chaos Body. He fought the double in an even battle, with neither gaining the upper hand.

• Qin Guan spun the disc twice and was sent to the Mirror Layer after it first landed on Try Again.
• The burly man told Qin Guan that his own mirror image had killed him on the Seventh Layer more than ten thousand years earlier.
• Qin Guan entered the Seventh Layer, and the tower drew energy from him to create an identical double.
• Qin Guan asked whether his double could write, but the mirror image refused and demanded a fight.
• Qin Guan and his mirror image traded identical attacks and fought to a standstill, astonishing Little Black Tower.

Qin Guan fought his mirror image through repeated, exhausting clashes while Little Black Tower searched for a way to resolve the trial. As Qin Guan recovered, Little Black Tower was lured toward the Mirror Tower by its promise of a beautiful woman.

• Little Black Tower and Qin Guan discovered that their counterparts were equally powerful, and the mirrored towers agreed to have their occupants fight.
• Qin Guan and his mirror image battled repeatedly, ending up gravely wounded and depleted after two days and nights of fighting.
• Little Black Tower gave Qin Guan spirit fruits to help him recover, and Qin Guan said he would think of a way to win.
• Little Black Tower approached the Mirror Tower, which tempted it with a description of a beautiful woman inside.
• Qin Guan shouted at Little Black Tower as it prepared to enter the Mirror Tower.

Wu She defeated Xiao Xuan with a single sword strike, then challenged Xuantian Sect’s disciples and learned that Wu Chen and Duolan had reached the Eleventh Realm. Lin Yuan claimed the Divine Body Hall was not valued by Xuantian Sect, leaving the sect’s disciples uneasy as they recalled Qin Guan’s pardon after Ye Wushuang’s death.

• Wu She stopped Xiao Xuan’s Thunder Dash with one sword and dismissed his swordsmanship as too slow.
• Wu She challenged Xuantian Sect to produce a disciple who could make him use two swords.
• A Xuantian Sect disciple said Wu Chen had reached the Tenth Realm Peak, but Wu Ning revealed Wu Chen and Duolan had already reached the Eleventh Realm.
• Xuehong Shangren praised the two Eleventh Realm disciples, while Lin Yuan boasted of their breakthrough and accused Xuantian Sect of failing to value the Divine Body Hall.
• Yu Zhaonian tried to reassure Lin Yuan, but Lin Yuan rejected his words, and the disciples recalled that Qin Guan had been pardoned after Ye Wushuang’s death.

Bai You identified Qin Guan as the opponent Wu She wanted to challenge, while disciples at the arena argued over Qin Guan’s strength and the danger he faced in the Secret Realm. The next day, Qin Guan finished consolidating his new abilities inside the Little Black Tower and gave it ten strands of pale-gold Chaos Qi.

• Bai You told Wu She that Qin Guan was in the Secret Realm and unavailable to fight.
• Xu Yan and the Great Strength Peak disciples defended Qin Guan against Heaven Sword Peak’s taunts, prompting Wu Yin to threaten that Qin Guan might die in the Secret Realm.
• Yu Zhaonian silenced the argument, and Xuehong Shangren dismissed the disciples’ quarrel as ordinary rivalry.
• Wu She learned about Qin Guan’s Ninth Realm cultivation and respected the difficulty of his achievement.
• Qin Guan woke after cultivating for a day and a night, having mastered the True Self State of Mind and his Chaos Body’s Second Awakening.
• Qin Guan gave the Little Black Tower ten strands of Chaos Qi, which had turned pale gold after his awakening.

Qin Guan fought the Demon Venerable Green Ox on the Eighth Floor and used Bai You’s Monster Locking Gourd to seal it. After suffering severe backlash, he recovered his strength and prepared to enter the final floor, where Yang Tianni’s inheritance might be hidden.

• Qin Guan appeared on the Eighth Floor and learned from Little Black Tower that the Green Ox was a Demon Venerable.
• The Green Ox overwhelmed Qin Guan in close combat, but Qin Guan wounded its face with a slash of Blood Red Sword Qi.
• Qin Guan activated Bai You’s Monster Locking Gourd and used the Nine Heavens Seal Demon technique to pull the Green Ox toward it.
• The Green Ox used its Demon Venerable Dharma Form to resist, but Qin Guan strengthened the gourd with his vital essence and sealed the ox inside.
• Qin Guan collapsed from the gourd’s Spiritual Power backlash, then swallowed two spirit fruits after a Teleportation Gate to the final floor appeared.