Recaps

Qin Hao tested his Supreme Clarity Sword Control Art against Lin Zhang, then unleashed his Wind-Rain Sword Domain and overwhelmed him. Lin Zhang was left stunned after losing to a Myriad Phenomena Hall disciple.

• Qin Hao and Lin Zhang exchanged hundreds of attacks, with Lin Zhang gaining a slight advantage despite his wounded palms.
• The Sea Ancestor judged that Qin Hao had only basic mastery of the Supreme Clarity Sword Control Art and was not yet strong enough to defeat Lin Zhang with it alone.
• Qin Hao activated his Wind-Rain Sword Domain, fusing wind, rain, and original heart sword intents into a domain.
• Lin Zhang recognized the danger and rushed toward Qin Hao, but Qin Hao turned the raindrops into thousands of tiny swords that surrounded him.
• Lin Zhang realized he had lost and stood in a daze as the spectators reacted to his defeat.

Qin Hao defeated Lin Zhang, who refused to accept the loss and challenged him to fight again without his sword. Qin Hao agreed to use fist arts instead, then revealed he could teleport through Lin Zhang’s Lightning Net and struck him, leaving Lin Zhang flying backward.

• Qin Hao defeated Lin Zhang with the Setting Sun Sword and Wind-Rain Sword Domain, but Lin Zhang refused to honor their wager, claiming Qin Hao’s low-grade Spirit Artifact made the victory unfair.
• Qin Hao agreed to spar again using fist arts and no sword, then activated a glazed body-refining technique as Lin Zhang eagerly accepted.
• Lin Zhang attacked with his Thunderclap Tyrant Palm, filling the Arena with lightning-laced palm shadows that Zhuge Hong and Situ Nan thought would stop Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao teleported through Lin Zhang’s Lightning Net, astonishing the disciples and shocking Venerable Hun Yan, the Sea Ancestor, and the Stone Ancestor.
• Qin Hao appeared in front of Lin Zhang and landed a powerful punch that sent him flying backward.

Qin Hao defeated Lin Zhang in their second sparring match, and Lin Zhang left the Myriad Phenomena Grounds in humiliation. Venerable Hun Yan departed after urging Qin Hao to reach the Saint Martial Realm and enter the Azure Flame Sect within three years.

• Qin Hao reflected on his teleportation ability and other trump cards after defeating Lin Zhang.
• Lin Zhang admitted defeat, paid Qin Hao the mid-grade spirit stone, and challenged him to fight his senior brother in the Absolute Immortal Domain.
• Lin Zhang fled on the Silvermoon Dragon Flood Serpent as the crowd mocked his losses, while Qin Hao praised him for delivering the Soul-Nourishing True Pill.
• Venerable Hun Yan reminded Qin Hao to visit True Person Ling Yuan and gave Sea Ancestor and Stone Ancestor a Token before leaving for the Endless Sea.
• Venerable Hun Yan privately told Qin Hao to reach the Saint Martial Realm and enter the Azure Flame Sect within three years, suggesting they might meet in the Starry Sea.

After defeating Lin Zhang, Qin Hao prepared to leave for the Primordial Domain and refined his remaining liquefied spirit milk. He did not reach mid-grade glazed body great completion, but his strength rose to five and a half million jin as he prepared to depart.

• Sea Ancestor urged the disciples to pursue the saint martial realm or higher, then left Myriad Forms Plaza with Stone Ancestor.
• Qin Hao agreed to attend Chen Jianqing's gathering in Ningwu City before leaving, while Jiang Yue declined to travel and asked him to give Mu Ziqing her regards.
• Qin Hao returned to his courtyard and decided to visit the Hall Master and Great Elder Mu Changfeng before departing for the Primordial Domain.
• Qin Hao refined five bottles of liquefied spirit milk using the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art and Pure Yang Tyrant Body Fist, causing his chest bones to begin turning to glaze.
• Qin Hao's strength rose from roughly four and a half million jin to five and a half million jin, though he did not reach mid-grade glazed body great completion.

Qin Hao prepared to leave the Myriad Phenomena Hall and travel to the Primordial Domain to find Ziqing. After receiving warnings, supplies, and an old map from his elders, he set off with the Cloudwing Beast, beginning his journey toward Ningwu City.

• Qin Hao told Bai Ze and Mu Changfeng that he was leaving to keep his promise to find Ziqing in the Primordial Domain.
• Mu Changfeng gave Qin Hao an old map and explained the dangers and domains along the route, advising him to seek a more detailed map at his first stop, the Great Scarlet Reach.
• Bai Ze and Mu Changfeng supplied Qin Hao with pills and urged him to travel cautiously, while Sea Ancestor and Stone Ancestor reminded him to use the Concealed Aura Art and hide his valuable equipment.
• Qin Hao returned to his courtyard, invited the Cloudwing Beast to travel with him, and watched it shrink into a small golden eagle that concealed its aura.
• Qin Hao left the Myriad Phenomena Hall and sped toward Ningwu City.

Qin Hao reunited with Ji Fenglan and other Southern Reach cultivators in Ningwu City, where they discussed plans to travel and temper themselves before the Azure Flame Grand Tournament. After they parted, Qin Hao set out toward the Great Scarlet Reach, unaware that Lei Yunkui’s agent had identified him and reported his route.

• Qin Hao entered Ningwu City and joined Ji Fenglan, Chen Jianqing, Zhuge Hong, Chu Xu, and other young cultivators at Ningwu Restaurant.
• Zhuge Hong sensed that Qin Hao’s body refinement had improved, and Qin Hao confirmed his breakthrough.
• Jian Changfeng and the others discussed their plans to travel, while Qin Hao said he would cross the Great Scarlet Reach toward the Central Continent.
• The group raised their cups to meeting again at the Azure Flame Grand Tournament in three years, then separated.
• Qin Hao left Ningwu City with the Cloudwing Beast and continued toward the Great Scarlet Reach.
• A middle-aged agent sent by Lei Yunkui identified Qin Hao and reported that he was heading toward the northern Great Scarlet Reach.

Lei Yunkui learned Qin Hao was traveling toward the Great Scarlet Reach and prepared to ambush him. Meanwhile, Qin Hao mastered sword flight, entered the Great Scarlet Reach, and saw firsthand how deadly its warriors were.

• A middle-aged man sent Lei Yunkui news that Qin Hao was coming through the Great Scarlet Reach, and Lei Yunkui decided to wait for him in the north.
• Qin Hao practiced the Supreme Clarity Sword Control Art while flying across the Southern Reach with the Cloudwing Beast.
• After three days, Qin Hao landed near the Great Scarlet Reach border and continued on foot, wary of attracting a Saint Martial Grandmaster's attention.
• Qin Hao crossed into the Great Scarlet Reach and noticed its spiritual energy was far denser than that of the Southern Reach.
• At Wuyi City, Qin Hao watched guards and bystanders ignore a fight in which three pursuers killed a warrior, and recognized the region's violent customs.

Qin Hao explored prosperous Wuyi City and learned about the mysterious Dragon Refining Mountain, where more than a hundred people had disappeared this year. He left the restaurant intrigued by the mountain and newly informed about the Great Scarlet Reach’s major factions.

• Qin Hao entered Wuyi City with the Cloudwing Beast, concealed his true cultivation, and surveyed the city’s bustling markets.
• Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast ate monster meat at a restaurant and discussed the meal’s ability to replenish true essence.
• A Bearded Man argued with his companions about searching for their missing Third Brother, who had vanished near Dragon Refining Mountain seven days earlier.
• Restaurant patrons explained that Dragon Refining Mountain lay near Dragon Refining City and that more than a hundred people had disappeared there this year.
• Qin Hao listened to accounts of the mountain and learned about the Five Poisons Cult, the Nine Nether Alliance, and the Crimson Blood Sect.

Qin Hao learned about the Great Scarlet Reach’s factions and talents, then visited the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to buy a current map of the True Martial Continent. At a nearby stall, he sensed an unusual aura from a battered iron fragment as its owner claimed it came from an Ancient Era weapon.

• Qin Hao listened to diners discuss the Nine Nether Alliance and Five Poisons Cult attacking the weakened Crimson Blood Sect, and learned about the Great Scarlet Reach’s Crimson Rankings.
• Qin Hao asked a waiter about buying pills, learned of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, and headed there to find a map of the True Martial Continent.
• Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast sensed a strange aura at a stall outside the pavilion and went to investigate.
• A customer challenged Yuan Laosan’s price for a dingy iron fragment, and Yuan Laosan claimed it was part of an Ancient Era heaven-grade weapon.
• The customer offered one low-grade spirit stone for the iron fragment and an iron-like scale.

Qin Hao learned from the Cloudwing Beast that a scale on Yuan Laosan’s stall carried the aura of a true dragon, then used a haggling act to buy it alongside a piece of iron. He left Yuan Laosan with four low-grade spirit stones as onlookers warned him that the items were worthless.

• The man in hemp clothing rejected Yuan Laosan’s ten-spirit-stone offer, prompting the crowd to mock the stallkeeper.
• The Cloudwing Beast told Qin Hao that the scale carried true dragon aura, and Qin Hao approached Yuan Laosan’s stall to inspect it.
• Qin Hao bargained Yuan Laosan down and chose the iron fragment and the scale for four low-grade spirit stones.
• Onlookers warned Qin Hao that Yuan Laosan was swindling him, but Yuan Laosan took the payment and declared the deal complete.

Qin Hao bought a seemingly worthless scale from Yuan Laosan, and the Cloudwing Beast revealed it was a True Dragon Scale. Qin Hao refused Chen Hai’s offer to buy it and left with the scale, while Chen Hai secretly followed him, intent on taking it.

• Qin Hao paid Yuan Laosan three low-grade spirit stones for the scale, and the Cloudwing Beast set it ablaze, revealing its golden sheen and powerful aura.
• Yuan Laosan tried to reclaim the scale and offered four low-grade spirit stones, but Qin Hao refused to return it.
• Chen Hai recognized the scale as resembling his older brother Chen Qing’s True Dragon Scale and offered Qin Hao four hundred low-grade spirit stones for it.
• Qin Hao refused Chen Hai’s offer despite learning he belonged to the Soul-Severing Sect, and Yuan Laosan pleaded unsuccessfully to buy the scale back.
• Qin Hao left with the scale, and Chen Hai followed him, determined to obtain it because it was tied to a secret of Dragon Refining Mountain.

Qin Hao bought a detailed map of the True Martial Continent at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion while Chen Hai secretly followed him, intending to kill him and take his spirit stones. After spotting Dragon Refining Mountain on the map, Qin Hao asked about the pavilion’s mystic-tier swords.

• Chen Hai followed Qin Hao into the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, planning to seize his spirit stones after killing him.
• Qin Hao chose a second-grade map for fifty low-grade spirit stones after learning that the more expensive third-grade map updated automatically.
• Chen Hai saw Qin Hao buying a map and resolved to stop him from leaving the Great Scarlet Reach.
• Qin Hao found Dragon Refining Mountain marked on the map and recalled Yuan Laosan’s claim that the scale came from there.
• Qin Hao asked the maiden about mystic-tier treasure swords, and she listed their prices by grade.

Qin Hao bought eight Mystic-Tier Treasure Swords in Wuyi City, drawing the attention of greedy warriors who followed him outside the city. When they attacked to stop his escape, Qin Hao prepared to fight back.

• Qin Hao bought seven mystic-tier middle-rank swords and one mystic-tier high-grade sword, and the purchase stirred greed among the people in the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion.
• Chen Hai decided to target Qin Hao and crushed a Message Jade Slip to summon Senior Brother Yang Zhu.
• Qin Hao left the pavilion and headed toward Wuyi City's gate as more than ten warriors and two true martial realm experts followed him.
• Outside the city, Qin Hao used the Supreme Clarity Sword Control Art to fly away on a treasure sword.
• The pursuing warriors attacked Qin Hao, and he warned them that he would show no mercy.

At Wuyi City, Qin Hao fought off a group of warriors and killed three before Yang Zhu and Li Feng arrived, drawn by his treasure swords and True Dragon Scale. Yang Zhu demanded that Qin Hao become his servant, but Qin Hao refused, and Li Feng attacked to knock him from his flying sword.

• Qin Hao used nine treasure swords and his Wind-Rain Sword Domain to defeat the attackers, killing three Meridian Opening ninth layer peak warriors.
• Chen Hai told Yang Zhu and Li Feng that Qin Hao possessed a True Dragon Scale, and the two Soul-Severing Sect disciples moved to claim it.
• Yang Zhu and Li Feng’s arrival forced the remaining attackers to retreat, while Qin Hao considered how to improve his sword formation.
• Yang Zhu ordered Qin Hao to kneel and become his servant, but Qin Hao refused and said they were not strong enough to kill him.
• Li Feng shouted for Qin Hao to get down and unleashed a true essence shockwave toward him.

Qin Hao killed Li Feng with his ten-sword Supreme Clarity Sword Formation, then faced Yang Zhu, who attacked to avenge his close companion. Yang Zhu was driven back by the formation, and the chapter ended with him struggling to understand Qin Hao’s strength.

• Qin Hao formed the Supreme Clarity Sword Formation with ten treasure swords and sent it against Li Feng.
• Li Feng’s warblade shattered against the formation, and Qin Hao’s leading sword cut off his head.
• Chen Hai and the surrounding warriors were horrified by Li Feng’s death, while Yang Zhu erupted in fury and attacked Qin Hao with two sabers.
• Qin Hao sent the ten-sword formation against Yang Zhu, whose sabers nearly slipped from his hands as the impact hurled him back several hundred meters.

Qin Hao faced Yang Zhu, who unleashed his ultimate saber art, Heavenly God-Demon Transformation, but could not overcome Qin Hao’s sword formation. Qin Hao killed Yang Zhu, and Chen Hai fled.

• Yang Zhu questioned Qin Hao’s identity and announced he would use Heavenly God-Demon Transformation.
• Yang Zhu’s saber art strengthened him enough to hold off Qin Hao’s ten-sword formation through more than a hundred exchanges.
• Chen Hai began sneaking away when he saw Yang Zhu weakening.
• Qin Hao severed Yang Zhu’s right hand and then killed him with the remaining nine swords.
• Chen Hai fled after seeing Yang Zhu die.

Qin Hao chased Chen Hai after killing Li Feng and Yang Zhu, but Chen Hai appealed to Liang Qiyuan for help. Liang Qiyuan chose to intervene despite warnings that Qin Hao and his Cloudwing Beast might be dangerous, setting up a confrontation.

• Chen Hai fled while Qin Hao collected the dead warriors' Storage Rings and pursued him.
• Chen Hai spotted Liang Qiyuan and begged him to save his life, identifying himself as Chen Qing's younger brother.
• Liang Qiyuan learned that Qin Hao had killed Li Feng and Yang Zhu, while Uncle Liu revealed Qin Hao's true cultivation and the Cloudwing Beast's strength.
• Uncle Liu warned Liang Qiyuan not to risk their mission, but Liang Qiyuan decided to help Chen Hai and expected Qin Hao to back down.

Qin Hao faced Liang Qiyuan and his two powerful companions after Chen Hai sought their protection. Liang Qiyuan demanded that Qin Hao spare Chen Hai, but Qin Hao refused and warned them to leave.

• Liang Qiyuan agreed to help Chen Hai, while Uncle Liu and Xiao Zheng vowed to protect him.
• Qin Hao assessed Liang Qiyuan, Xiao Zheng, and Uncle Liu as powerful opponents as the crowd recognized Liang Qiyuan as a renowned Soul-Slaughtering Sect disciple.
• Liang Qiyuan asked Qin Hao to become friends and let Chen Hai go, but Qin Hao insisted Chen Hai remain to answer for hunting him.
• Uncle Liu threatened Qin Hao with the Liang Family's strength and nearby Saint Martial Grandmasters.
• Qin Hao called Uncle Liu's bluff and warned Liang Qiyuan, Xiao Zheng, Uncle Liu, and Chen Hai to leave or face him.

Qin Hao fought Liang Qiyuan’s companions after they launched a surprise attack to protect Chen Hai. He killed Young Xiao Zheng, while the Cloudwing Beast battled Uncle Liu and the confrontation continued.

• Young Xiao Zheng and Uncle Liu attacked Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast by surprise.
• Qin Hao countered with the Supreme Clarity Sword Formation as the Cloudwing Beast grew and fought Uncle Liu.
• Young Xiao Zheng knocked aside one sword, but the remaining swords and Qin Hao’s punch overwhelmed him.
• Qin Hao’s swords pierced Young Xiao Zheng, who fell dead.
• Qin Hao realized his combined abilities might let him challenge sixth- or seventh-layer True Martial Realm warriors.

After Qin Hao killed Young Xiao Zheng and revealed himself as the Southern Reach’s top genius, Liang Qiyuan challenged him in a fury. The chapter ends as Liang Qiyuan unleashes his Demon-Severing Mad Saber against Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao killed Young Xiao Zheng, leaving Liang Qiyuan enraged and Chen Hai terrified.
• The crowd recognized Qin Hao and recalled rumors of his role in the Crimson Blood Sect’s defeat.
• Liang Qiyuan revealed his identity as the Great Scarlet Reach’s ninth-ranked genius and vowed to kill Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao sent the Cloudwing Beast, whom he called Little One, to fight Uncle Liu while Liang Qiyuan advanced on him.
• Liang Qiyuan unleashed the Demon-Severing Mad Saber, filling the air around him with dense killing intent.

Qin Hao fought Liang Qiyuan, whose Demon-Severing Mad Saber matched Qin Hao’s sword control and powerful fists. As their domains collided, Chen Hai tried to ambush Qin Hao but was killed by the Wind-Rain Sword Domain, strengthening Liang Qiyuan’s killing intent.

• Liang Qiyuan’s first Demon-Severing Mad Saber strike sent Qin Hao’s ten Treasure Swords flying, but Qin Hao’s three Pure Yang Tyrant Body Fist forms met the saber and left both fighters evenly matched.
• Liang Qiyuan unleashed the second form of Demon-Severing Mad Saber, filling the area with killing intent and greatly increasing his power.
• Chen Hai decided to circle around Liang Qiyuan and ambush Qin Hao while hiding within the killing intent domain.
• Qin Hao formed the Wind-Rain Sword Domain and clashed it with Liang Qiyuan’s killing intent domain.
• The Wind-Rain Fine Swords engulfed Chen Hai and killed him, and his blood and vital energy made Liang Qiyuan’s killing intent domain denser.

Qin Hao defeated Liang Qiyuan in a fierce clash of domains and ultimate moves, then killed him with the Setting Sun Sword. Liang Qiyuan’s death left the Great Scarlet Reach poised for upheaval and made Qin Hao famous.

• Liang Qiyuan realized Chen Hai had died, then clashed his baleful domain with Qin Hao’s larger Wind-Rain Sword Domain.
• Liang Qiyuan unleashed Soul-Slaying Heavenly Baleful Strike, but Qin Hao countered with his Wind-Rain Greatsword and wounded him.
• Qin Hao pressed the attack while the Cloudwing Beast kept Uncle Liu from intervening.
• Qin Hao ignored Liang Qiyuan’s pleas and killed him with the Setting Sun Sword.
• Witnesses recognized Liang Qiyuan’s death as a major blow to the Liang Family and the Soul-Slaughtering Sect, and remembered Qin Hao as the one who had made his name in a single battle.

After killing Liang Qiyuan, Qin Hao fought off Uncle Liu’s furious pursuit and escaped with the Cloudwing Beast. He left Uncle Liu badly wounded, his right arm severed by a strike empowered by time laws and the Setting Sun Sword.

• Qin Hao took the storage rings from Liang Qiyuan, Chen Hai, Young Xiao Zheng, Yang Zhu, Li Feng, and the others.
• Uncle Liu attacked Qin Hao, but the injured Cloudwing Beast struck him from behind while Qin Hao and the beast fought back.
• Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast fled into the sky, with Uncle Liu chasing close behind.
• Qin Hao used time laws to freeze Uncle Liu briefly and slashed off his right arm with the Setting Sun Sword.

Qin Hao escaped after wounding Uncle Liu and killing Liang Qiyuan, while sect disciples and the Liang Family learned of the deaths and began organizing a pursuit. Uncle Liu lost track of Qin Hao in the mountains and told the Liang Family to target anyone carrying a golden eagle.

• Qin Hao reflected on the battle with Uncle Liu and resolved to strengthen his Wind-Rain Sword Domain and Supreme Clarity Sword Control Art.
• Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast fled as Uncle Liu pursued them, despite his severed right arm.
• Warriors outside Wuyi City witnessed Qin Hao’s strength, and Soul-Slaughtering Sect and Soul-Severing Sect disciples arrived to investigate the deaths of Liang Qiyuan, Chen Hai, Yang Zhu, and Li Feng.
• The sect disciples reported the deaths to their headquarters, the Liang Family, and Chen Qing, and called for Qin Hao to be hunted down.
• Uncle Liu lost sight of Qin Hao in the mountains and sent a message urging the Liang Family to kill anyone carrying a golden eagle.

After defeating Liang Qiyuan and his companions, Qin Hao divided their spoils with the Cloudwing Beast and prepared to break through to the true martial third layer. A torn map found in Liang Qiyuan’s Storage Spirit Ring matched the map hidden within the Glazed Stone Soul, leaving Qin Hao shocked by the discovery.

• Qin Hao landed beside a waterfall with the Cloudwing Beast and said they did not need to fear Liang Qiyuan’s background while they trained in the vast Great Scarlet Reach.
• Qin Hao searched Yang Zhu and his companions’ Storage Spirit Rings, finding a Mystic-Tier Treasure Sword, spirit stones, and Scarlet Flame Pills.
• Qin Hao found over eleven thousand low-grade spirit stones and a copy of Liang Qiyuan’s Demon-Severing Mad Saber, then learned that its deadly killing intent risked demonic transformation.
• Qin Hao counted over fifteen thousand low-grade spirit stones and nearly a hundred bottles of pills, gave the Cloudwing Beast a scale to study, and prepared to take Scarlet Flame Pills.
• Qin Hao discovered a torn map in Liang Qiyuan’s Storage Spirit Ring and realized it matched the map hidden within the Glazed Stone Soul.