Recaps

Qin Guan discussed Xue Wanzhong, the Blood Sword Alliance, and his Chaos Body with Bei Ming and Bai Fuzi before returning to Nan Rou. The chapter ended with Nan Rou jealous over Yue You's flirtation, while Qin Guan enjoyed her reaction.

• Qin Guan told Bei Ming and Bai Fuzi how he had met Xue Wanzhong, and Bai Fuzi warned him that the demonic sword could corrupt his mind.
• Bai Fuzi revealed that he had guessed Qin Guan possessed a Chaos Body, and Bei Ming warned Qin Guan to keep it secret.
• Qin Guan agreed to honor his promise to become Blood Sword Alliance Leader while remaining in Xuantian Sect, then gave Bei Ming and Bai Fuzi five wisps of Chaos Qi each.
• Bei Ming said Xuantian Sect would face more trouble and Bai Fuzi went into seclusion to strengthen himself for Qin Guan's sake.
• Nan Rou confronted Qin Guan about Yue You's flirtation, and Qin Guan's silence made Nan Rou jealous.

Qian Hun visited Xuantian Sect to meet Qin Guan, accepted his decision to remain there, and gave him valuable resources as the Blood Sword Alliance’s new leader. A drunken old man watching from a nearby mountain recognized Qin Guan’s position and planned to send the Blood Sword Alliance a “great gift” over its old grudge against the Dao Sect.

• Qian Hun met Qin Guan and confirmed that Qian Jie had been his Junior Brother, but insisted Qian Jie deserved his death for doubting the Alliance Leader Token.
• Qin Guan declined to return to the Blood Sword Alliance or manage its affairs, and Qian Hun gave him Spirit Crystals, Dragon Blood Crystal Stones, and rare spirit fruits.
• Qian Hun told Ding Lao to arrange secret protection for Qin Guan and treat Xuantian Sect disciples courteously.
• A drunken old man watched Xuantian Sect, recalled the Blood Sword Alliance’s role in destroying the Dao Sect, and decided to send the alliance a great gift.

Qin Guan repeatedly fed Sword Qi into the sealed light ball, hoping to make its restriction burst, but learned that the explosion could endanger him and Little Black Tower. He planned to ask Bai You for help with defensive formations and sought more cultivation resources from Yu Zhaonian.

• Qin Guan explained that combining the two parts of the Huan Yuan Sword Art would let him feed the light ball enough Sword Qi to burst its restriction.
• Qin Guan spent seven days absorbing spirit stones and Blood Qi-enhancing items and pouring Sword Qi into the light ball, but it only grew brighter.
• Little Black Tower warned Qin Guan that the light ball's eventual explosion could destroy them and suggested asking his Senior Sister to use overlapping defensive formations.
• Qin Guan left Little Black Tower and asked Sect Master Yu Zhaonian for one million Mid-grade Spirit Stones and large quantities of Qi-and-Blood-enhancing resources.

Qin Guan and Bai You prepared a large pit in a valley, but a powerful old man ambushed them and overwhelmed them with Reincarnation Power. Qin Guan escaped with Bai You briefly before the old man dragged him back, while Bai You’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Qin Guan dug a pit thirty zhang across and ten zhang deep while Bai You studied formations nearby.
• The old man appeared with four red-clad Shadow Guards, who attacked him and were erased in an instant.
• The old man pressed Qin Guan into the pit with Reincarnation Power, and Bai You’s spear attack was stopped by Spatial Power.
• Qin Guan struck back with Bloody Sword Light and five Drawing Swords, cracking the old man’s barrier before fleeing with Bai You.
• The old man dragged Qin Guan back from thousands of zhang away, then noticed Bai You’s aura was gone.
• Qin Guan asked the old man if he had mistaken him for someone else.

Qin Guan revealed that Feng Wujiu had chosen him as the Dao Sect Saint Son, then refused Jiu Tuzhi’s demand to leave the Blood Sword Alliance. Jiu Tuzhi insisted Qin Guan would remain the Saint Son, leaving the old feud between the factions unresolved.

• Qin Guan identified himself as Feng Wujiu’s chosen Dao Sect Saint Son and gave Jiu Tuzhi a note explaining that the Tianshu Alliance had killed Feng Wujiu.
• Qin Guan released Bai You from the tower, and Bai You warned him that the Dao Sect and Blood Sword Alliance had a blood feud.
• Jiu Tuzhi demanded that Qin Guan leave the Blood Sword Alliance, but Qin Guan refused because he had given his word and promised to restrain the alliance’s abuses.
• Qin Guan said he would take neither side in the feud, though he offered to avenge Feng Wujiu if he gave up the Saint Son position.
• Jiu Tuzhi rejected Qin Guan’s offer to relinquish the position and declared that he would remain the Dao Sect Saint Son even in death.

Jiu Tuzhi tried to recruit Bai You into the Dao Sect, but she rejected him for being too poor. Qin Guan comforted Jiu Tuzhi with a gift of Spirit Stones and explained that his ruthless approach to enemies was why he was richer, leaving Jiu Tuzhi impressed by his way with people.

• Jiu Tuzhi praised Bai You's Spatial Power and offered to teach her if she joined the Dao Sect, but she refused because she was already Peak Master Yan's disciple.
• Jiu Tuzhi compared Bai You to Qin Guan, and Bai You called Qin Guan a dog who would accept anything; Jiu Tuzhi laughingly dubbed him a Three-Surname Dog Slave.
• Bai You refused to join the Dao Sect because Jiu Tuzhi was too poor, and Qin Guan tried to console him.
• Jiu Tuzhi cursed Qin Guan as a turncoat, so Qin Guan handed him a Storage Bag holding more than three hundred thousand Mid-grade Spirit Stones.
• Qin Guan told Jiu Tuzhi he would kill bandits and wipe out their den, explaining that this ruthlessness made him richer.
• Bai You scolded Qin Guan for speaking casually about her death, and he promised he would risk his life to save her; Jiu Tuzhi privately admired his way with people.

Qin Guan brought the Little Light Ball to Xuantian Sect’s defensive formation to test whether it could contain the blast, with Jiu Tuzhi and Bai You helping him prepare. After Qin Guan fed it Sword Qi for half an hour without triggering an explosion, he revealed that opening it had cost at least sixty million Mid-grade Spirit Stones and claimed the Blood Sword Alliance had paid half.

• Qin Guan found Jiu Tuzhi preaching at Yuxiao Peak and called Bai You away to take him to the formation.
• Jiu Tuzhi examined the Little Light Ball and admitted he did not know whether the formation could withstand its power.
• Jiu Tuzhi lowered the Little Light Ball into the sealed pit, and Bai You set up a Space Energy Belt as a fuse.
• Qin Guan poured Sword Qi through the belt for half an hour, but the Little Light Ball showed no sign of exploding.
• Qin Guan ate Crimson Flame Fruits and absorbed Spirit Stones to recover, then told Jiu Tuzhi that the costs had reached at least sixty million Mid-grade Spirit Stones and that the Blood Sword Alliance had paid half.

Qin Guan’s Little Light Ball exploded with enough force to devastate the surrounding land and nearly overwhelm Xuantian Sect’s defenses. After the sect’s strongest experts survived the shockwave, they found Qin Guan missing and began searching the crater for clues to where he had gone.

• Bai Fuzi warned everyone of the approaching shockwave, and Bei Ming and the Xuantian Sect elders reinforced their barrier as the blast swept toward them.
• Bei Ming ordered weaker disciples to retreat behind the Sect Protection Grand Array before the barrier shattered, and the remaining force strained but did not destroy the sect’s array.
• Bei Ming searched for Qin Guan, but Bai You told Nan Rou that he had made a mess and run away; Jiu Tuzhi then flew toward the blast’s center with Bei Ming and Bai Fuzi following.
• Jiu Tuzhi and the others found a crater more than three thousand zhang across, but Qin Guan was nowhere to be seen.
• Jiu Tuzhi said Qin Guan had detonated an energy ball because he believed something good was hidden inside, then used a jade talisman above the crater to search for where Qin Guan had gone.

Qin Guan encountered the Demon Dragon imprisoned by Yang Tianni and was forced into a fight despite being badly outmatched. After evading its attacks, he countered its crushing claw with a powerful Sword Qi strike.

• A Black Dragon emerged from underground and revealed that Yang Tianni had imprisoned it there to fight whoever was chosen to enter.
• Qin Guan tried to leave, but the Black Dragon chased him and attacked as he escaped through the Illusion Gate.
• The Black Dragon told Qin Guan that only one of them could leave, then blasted him with Dragon Breath.
• Qin Guan dodged and struck the dragon's belly with Sword Qi, making it feel a faint pain.
• The Black Dragon's roar shook Qin Guan, then its claw drove him into the ground before his rising Sword Qi forced it back.

Qin Guan opened the Killing Gate and fought the Black Dragon with increasingly powerful, reckless attacks, burning his Essence Blood as his injuries mounted. The Black Dragon blasted him into a sea of fire, but Qin Guan rose unharmed, revealing his Chaos Body and shocking his opponent.

• Qin Guan lost control of his consciousness to the Slaughter Qi and told Little Black Tower to care for Rou'er if he died.
• Qin Guan charged the Black Dragon and traded a furious series of sword attacks and blows with its claws, but could inflict only minor injuries.
• As Qin Guan’s wounds worsened, the Killing Gate increased his battle power at the cost of his Essence Blood, and he repeatedly attacked the Black Dragon.
• The Black Dragon struck Qin Guan into a pit and poured Dragon Breath over him, believing the attack had reduced him to ash.
• Qin Guan stood up amid golden-red flames, unharmed by the Dragon Breath, and the Black Dragon realized he was a Chaos Body.

Qin Guan drew on the thought of Nan Rou to unleash a devastating sword attack against the Black Dragon, but the battle left him near death and his Black Cloud Sword broken. He took up a sinister Great Sword and charged the Black Dragon, whose black flames could not stop it.

• Little Black Tower told Qin Guan that Nan Rou was going to die and wanted to see him one last time, jolting him into a surge of power.
• Qin Guan used five sword images to wound the Black Dragon and cover it in a Bloody Sword Net.
• The Black Dragon attacked again, and its claw broke the Black Cloud Sword and sent Qin Guan crashing to the ground.
• Qin Guan summoned a crimson Great Sword whose Evil Nature began turning his hair and eyebrows blood-red.
• Qin Guan charged the Black Dragon with the Great Sword, melting away the black flames it spat at him.

Qin Guan met Yang Tianni, who explained how to develop his acupoints and taught him that a strong, fearless state of mind mattered more than overpowering force. The chapter ended with Yang Tianni asking Qin Guan to draw his sword and cut him.

• Qin Guan introduced himself to Yang Tianni and explained that he had broken the Secret Realm restriction by pouring Sword Qi into the Little Light Ball.
• Yang Tianni explained how Qin Guan could open the restriction and said his One Hundred and Eight Acupoints could expand without limit.
• Yang Tianni criticized Qin Guan's Sword Dao and state of mind, then showed that the Blood-colored Great Sword's demonic aura feared him even without his cultivation.
• Yang Tianni taught Qin Guan that the Killing Gate's strength came from fearlessness and urged him to face opponents with a heart that rose above theirs.
• Yang Tianni beckoned Qin Guan to draw his sword and cut him, and Qin Guan took out a sword in astonishment.

Qin Guan escaped the collapsing Secret Realm after defeating the Black Dragon and received Yang Tianni’s final guidance as his successor. Back at Xuantian Sect, he reassured Yu Zhaonian about the sect’s resources and found Nan Rou had reached the Eight Realms.

• Yang Tianni told Qin Guan to nurture Little Black Tower with Chaos Qi and absorb the Black Dragon’s Dragon Yuan to strengthen his body.
• Yang Tianni’s avatar vanished after naming Qin Guan his successor, and the Secret Realm collapsed around him.
• Bei Ming, Jiu Tuzhi, and Bai Fuzi met Qin Guan outside the Secret Realm and argued over his privacy before returning to Xuantian Sect.
• Yu Zhaonian asked Qin Guan whether he still needed resources to boost his blood and qi, and Qin Guan promised to repay the sect for its support.
• Qin Guan returned to his Cultivation Cave Mansion and saw that Nan Rou had broken through to the Eight Realms.

Qin Guan showed Nan Rou the Black Dragon he had killed, then invited Bai You to share its meat and Dragon Yuan. As Nan Rou’s Dragon Meat feast sent an extraordinary aroma across Xuantian Sect, the sect’s senior leaders followed it to Great Strength Peak.

• Qin Guan revealed the Black Dragon’s corpse to Nan Rou, who was terrified before learning he had killed it with one sword strike.
• Qin Guan cut off Dragon Meat and asked Nan Rou to prepare several dishes, and she suggested inviting Bai You to eat with them.
• Bai You collected Dragon Blood, asked Qin Guan for half the dragon and Little Black Tower, and watched him retrieve the Dragon Yuan.
• Nan Rou cooked the Dragon Meat for three hours, and its aroma spread across distant peaks, with some disciples breaking through in cultivation.
• Qin Guan, Nan Rou, and Bai You ate the Dragon Meat at Great Strength Peak as Xuantian Sect’s senior leaders tracked the aroma to them.

Qin Guan shared Dragon Meat with the Sect Disciples, whose powerful Vitality Power affected everyone who ate it. After leaving the feast behind, he walked out of his cave mansion and found dozens of glowing eyes watching him from below the cliff.

• Bei Ming and the other Sect Disciples followed the aroma into Qin Guan's cave mansion and learned that the meat on the table was Dragon Meat.
• Jiu Tuzhi and Bei Ming tasted the Dragon Meat, felt its Vitality Power, and prompted the others to rush the table for a share.
• Nan Rou and Bai You led Yan Zhaoxue to the kitchen, where she ate Dragon Meat while the two disciples went off to cultivate.
• Qin Guan walked out of his cave mansion and saw several dozen pairs of glowing eyes below the cliff.

Qin Guan’s deliberate farting in front of Yan Zhaoxue sparked an argument that Bei Ming eventually resolved after learning what had actually happened. After Bei Ming left with ten strands of Chaos Qi, Qin Guan brought raw Dragon Meat to Greedy Treasure Ape and Big Gold, whose reaction was wary rather than eager.

• Yan Zhaoxue attacked Qin Guan after he farted in front of her, but Qin Guan stopped her with his sword and said she was no match for him.
• Bei Ming intervened, misunderstood Yan Zhaoxue’s complaint as an attempted assault, and then laughed when Qin Guan explained he had only farted.
• Yan Zhaoxue left in anger after Bei Ming dismissed her grievance, and Little Black Tower and Bei Ming told Qin Guan to apologize to her.
• Qin Guan told Bei Ming that he had killed the dragon in the Secret Realm, offered him Dragon Meat, and gave him ten strands of Chaos Qi.
• Qin Guan brought raw Dragon Meat to Greedy Treasure Ape and Big Gold, and both animals bristled and eyed it warily.

Qin Guan rushed to Bai You’s cultivation cave after Little Black Tower warned that the Dragon Meat’s vitality might overwhelm her. With Yan Zhaoxue’s help, he absorbed the excess vitality and stabilized Bai You, then left after Yan Zhaoxue scolded him for seeing her and Bai You in their undergarments.

• Little Black Tower warned Qin Guan that Bai You might not be able to control the vitality from the Dragon Meat, so Qin Guan hurried to check on her after settling Nan Rou.
• Qin Guan found Yan Zhaoxue transferring the surging vitality from Bai You, who had spat blood, and Yan Zhaoxue asked him to help absorb it.
• Qin Guan urged Yan Zhaoxue to transfer the vitality faster, and the energy nourished and tempered his meridians and Nine Battle Gates.
• Yan Zhaoxue stopped once Bai You’s vitality stabilized and confirmed that Bai You’s meridians were unharmed.
• Qin Guan gave the unconscious Bai You a Foundation Replenishing Pill and left after Yan Zhaoxue ordered him out for seeing them in their undergarments.

Yu Zhaonian learned that the Northern Barrens Ancient Battlefield Secret Realm was weakening and would open in about five days, so Xuantian Sect sent 120 qualified disciples toward it. As Yan Zhaoxue explained the battlefield’s origins to the disciples aboard a Cloud Ship, she revealed that it had formed from the aftermath of an ancient war against Outer Realm Sky Demons.

• Yu Zhaonian told the sect’s senior leaders that the Ancient Battlefield Secret Realm’s seal had begun weakening and ordered them to prepare the disciples.
• Xuantian Sect gathered 120 eligible disciples into ten groups and sent them aboard three Cloud Ships toward the Northern Barrens.
• Bai You learned from Nan Rou that Qin Guan was in seclusion attempting to break through to the tenth realm and would not enter the Secret Realm.
• Yan Zhaoxue warned the disciples about the Ancient Battlefield and said it had formed after countless cultivators died fighting Outer Realm Sky Demons more than twenty thousand years earlier.

The Four Great Powers demanded Spirit Stones from those seeking entry to the Ancient Battlefield Secret Realm, and Li Tianhe intimidated the Xuantian Sect and Taixu Sect when they objected. The groups reluctantly considered paying or entering later, while Qin Guan remained absent and unaware of the confrontation.

• Li Tianhe demanded payment for entry, and Yan Zhaoxue and Xuehong Shangren accused him of exploiting the other powers.
• Li Tianhe released a powerful pressure and threatened the Xuantian Sect and Taixu Sect, but Xu Dahong and the Taixu Sect Elders restrained their leaders.
• Li Tianhe announced the entry fees and left, prompting the gathered powers to discuss whether to pay or wait for a later day.
• Xu Dahong urged Yan Zhaoxue not to provoke the Four Great Powers, while Bai You and Nan Rou explained that Qin Guan had stayed behind to cultivate.
• Xu Yan argued that Qin Guan and the Blood Sword Alliance could have helped them resist the Four Great Powers, and Xu Dahong scolded him.

Li Tianhe forced the cultivators who had paid to wait until night before entering the Secret Realm, where Nan Rou was separated from her sect and found Xu Yan arguing with two Shenque Valley disciples over Spirit Gathering Grass. The men threatened the two women, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Li Tianhe announced that those who had paid a thousand mid-grade spirit stones would have to wait until nightfall, and fifteen Twelfth Realm powerhouses silenced the crowd’s protests.
• Wu She nearly drew his Black Heavy Sword, but Xuehong Shangren held him back and warned that a fight would endanger the Taixu Sect disciples.
• At night, Li Tianhe opened the restriction, and Bai You led the Xuantian Sect disciples into the Secret Realm through the Void Teleportation Path.
• Nan Rou arrived alone in the blood-dark Secret Realm and searched unsuccessfully for her fellow Xuantian Sect disciples.
• Nan Rou found Xu Yan confronting two Shenque Valley men over Spirit Gathering Grass, and one of them suggested that the two women attend to them.

Nan Rou and Xu Yan helped Xu Zhaodian confront the Blood Sword Alliance disciples who had taken his Earth tier cultivation method. Nan Rou defeated Senior Brother Wu, reclaimed the method, and left him threatening to invoke his master’s influence.

• Xu Zhaodian told Xu Yan and Nan Rou that he was from Qingmu Peak and led them to the ruined Ancient Tomb.
• A Blood Sword Alliance disciple denied taking Xu Zhaodian’s cultivation method, and Nan Rou subdued him when he threatened them.
• Xu Zhaodian identified Senior Brother Wu as the one who had taken the method, and Nan Rou defeated him in a fight.
• Nan Rou took Senior Brother Wu’s Storage Bag and returned Xu Zhaodian’s Earth tier cultivation method.
• Senior Brother Wu threatened to start a war and asked whether Nan Rou knew whose disciple he was, but she ignored him.

As the Secret Realm darkened, Bai You and other disciples took shelter beneath a sand dune, where a reckless boy from Zangshen Abyss lit a fire despite warnings about the War Souls. A powerful War Soul arrived, killed the boy and several fleeing disciples, then left the survivors alive.

• Bai You led Xuantian Sect disciples to shelter beneath a sand dune as night fell.
• A Black Clothed Man warned the gathered disciples that fire could attract War Souls, but a boy from Zangshen Abyss refused to put out his fire.
• The boy made the flames grow brighter, drawing a huge War Soul with glowing red eyes toward the group.
• The War Soul entered the boy’s body and caused him to explode into Blood Mist.
• Several people fled and were killed by the War Soul, which then paced among the remaining survivors before leaving.

Bai You and the others investigated a Black Robe at the cave entrance and found a skeleton with a valuable Storage Bag. They sold and divided its contents, while buyers paid Bai You to keep their purchases safe as they continued through the perilous Secret Realm.

• Bai You illuminated the cave passage and discovered that the Black Robe had collapsed into a skeleton.
• Bai You found a Storage Bag among the bones containing a cultivation method, a saber, Spirit Stones, and pills.
• The Black Clothed Man proposed selling the indivisible treasures for Spirit Stones, and the group agreed.
• A middle-aged man bought the Ice Condensation Art and paid Bai You to safeguard it; an old man did the same after buying the Profound tier saber.
• Other buyers purchased the pills and also left them with Bai You for safekeeping.
• Bai You divided the proceeds according to the agreed shares, giving the Xuantian Sect seventy percent and the other group thirty percent.

Qin Guan opened his Tenth Battle Gate and began the Heavenly Gate tribulation, fighting his way up the nine-step Path to Heaven. After overcoming three steps, he advanced toward the fourth as the tribulation attacked his mind with illusions.

• Qin Guan opened his Tenth Battle Gate, summoning enormous tribulation clouds over the Xuantian Sect.
• A blood-red pillar from Qin Guan formed a nine-step staircase to heaven, and Qin Guan stepped onto its first step.
• Qin Guan endured the first step’s pressure and struck down its tribulation lightning, turning the step crimson.
• Qin Guan withstood a storm of blades on the second step, then laughed and continued climbing as it turned crimson.
• Qin Guan defeated the Thunder God phantom on the third step, but the backlash injured him and knocked out nearby disciples.
• Qin Guan stepped toward the fourth step as the tribulation filled his mind with Heart Demons and illusions.

Qin Guan’s master destroyed the Heavenly Dao for stealing his disciple’s opportunity, restored the laws of Baqi Continent, and fused the Invincible Great Dao into Qin Guan. After Qin Guan demonstrated his new power and discussed his master’s absence, Little Black Tower drew attention to Qin Guan’s stomach, and his master discovered he had undergone a Second Awakening.

• Qin Guan’s master struck down the Heavenly Dao and repaired the laws of heaven and earth.
• Qin Guan’s master fused the Crimson Invincible Great Dao into Qin Guan, healing and strengthening him.
• Qin Guan tested his newfound power with a punch that tore open a vast rift in space.
• Qin Guan showed his master the sword technique he had gained from Yang Tianni’s inheritance.
• Qin Guan asked why his master had stayed away, and his master said he feared the karma tied to Qin Guan’s Eternal Chaos Body.
• Little Black Tower pointed out Qin Guan’s stomach, and his master recognized that Qin Guan had undergone a Second Awakening.