Recaps

Qin Hao escaped Dragon Refining Mountain with the Cloudwing Beast after taking the True Dragon Skeleton and its treasures, but a Soul-Severing Sect expert attacked and tried to hold them back. The sect’s fighters closed in as the Cloudwing Beast was forced to defend itself.

• Qin Hao found a jade plaque engraved with Fang inside the limestone cave, took it, and left with the Cloudwing Beast.
• The Black-Robed Elder ordered the Soul-Severing Sect fighters to stop Qin Hao, and a sinister woman in floral clothing led the pursuit.
• Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast teleported through the cave’s restriction and flew out through the summit opening.
• The woman struck Qin Hao with poisoned Black Iron Claws, but his body withstood the attack without breaking the skin.
• When Qin Hao tried to leave, the woman attacked the Cloudwing Beast to delay them, allowing many Soul-Severing Sect experts to catch up.

Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast fought the Soul-Severing Sect’s forces as they tried to trap and kill him on the mountaintop. Qin Hao stopped the formation and contained the Evil Woman’s poisoned needles, but the Black-Robed Elder’s attack left him facing a deadly crisis.

• The Soul-Severing Sect’s experts began forming an Illusory Binding Formation, but Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast attacked before it could be completed, killing more than half of its flag bearers and breaking the formation.
• Qin Hao killed one disciple with a punch and cut down another after the middle-aged man in black used him as a shield.
• The Evil Woman attacked Qin Hao with refined-iron claws and then launched ten poisoned silver needles, while Qin Hao countered with the Supreme Clarity Sword Formation.
• The Black-Robed Elder charged at Qin Hao and unleashed Soul-Severing Seven Kills, killing a disciple in his path as the other Soul-Severing Sect experts retreated and then turned on the Cloudwing Beast.
• Caught between the Evil Woman’s needles and the Black-Robed Elder’s attack, Qin Hao used the Wind-Rain Sword Domain to suppress the needles and struck at the elder with the Setting Sun Sword.

Qin Hao battled the Black-Robed Elder and the Evil Woman, enduring their attacks until poison weakened him and the elder’s soul attack threatened to kill him. He repelled the soul attack with Near at Hand, Far Away and the Heavenly Dragon Armor, then turned the fight against the Black-Robed Elder.

• Qin Hao blocked the first six strikes of the Black-Robed Elder’s Soul-Severing Seven Kills while the Evil Woman attacked him from behind.
• Qin Hao focused on the elder and used the Wind-Rain Greatsword to meet the fifth strike, then resisted the sixth strike’s giant hammer.
• The Evil Woman tore a tiny breach in Qin Hao’s high-grade glazed body and poisoned him as the Black-Robed Elder unleashed his seventh, soul-targeting strike.
• Qin Hao used Near at Hand, Far Away and the Heavenly Dragon Armor to repel the soul attack and destroy the square seal.
• Qin Hao appeared before the Black-Robed Elder and struck him with the Setting Sun Sword, then pursued him with repeated slashes and kicks.

Qin Hao overwhelmed the Black-Robed Elder despite the Evil Woman’s poison weakening him, then killed him with the Wind-Rain Greatsword. The Black-Robed Elder revealed he was the Soul-Severing Sect Master, but Qin Hao showed no hesitation and left the Evil Woman to Fang Lang.

• Qin Hao battered the Black-Robed Elder with his sword and fists while the Evil Woman’s poison began weakening him.
• Fang Lang appeared and offered to hold off the Evil Woman as the Cloudwing Beast remained surrounded.
• Qin Hao formed a Wind-Rain Greatsword and prepared to finish the badly injured Black-Robed Elder.
• The Black-Robed Elder revealed he was the Soul-Severing Sect Master, a ninth-layer peak Saint Martial Grandmaster, and threatened Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao ignored the threat and cleaved the Black-Robed Elder in half, killing him.

Qin Hao killed the Black-Robed Elder and the Evil Woman, turning the battle against the Soul-Severing Sect in his and Fang Lang’s favor. As the Cloudwing Beast routed the fleeing disciples, Qin Hao pursued the black-robed middle-aged man who had escaped farthest.

• Qin Hao cleaved the Black-Robed Elder in two with an enormous sword, and the Soul-Severing Sect disciples lost their nerve.
• The Evil Woman fled, but Qin Hao caught up and demanded an antidote; she handed over a Crystal Bottle and warned that the Soul-Severing Sect Master was on his way.
• Qin Hao and Fang Lang attacked the Evil Woman from opposite sides and killed her.
• Fang Lang introduced himself as “Lord Lang,” while Qin Hao collected the woman’s Storage Spirit Ring and went to help the Cloudwing Beast.
• The Soul-Severing Sect disciples fled, and the Cloudwing Beast killed one as it pursued them; Qin Hao set his sights on the escaping black-robed middle-aged man.

Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast wiped out the Soul-Severing Sect forces at Dragon Refining Mountain, then fled with Fang Lang to a concealed temple to escape the approaching Sect Master. As Fang Lang revealed his interest in Qin Hao’s Token, a powerful spiritual sense found them, and Fang Lang began using four Sun, Moon, and Stars Statues to hide them.

• Qin Hao killed the middle-aged Soul-Severing Sect leader and collected his Storage Spirit Ring while the Cloudwing Beast slaughtered the sect disciples.
• Qin Hao warned Fang Lang that the Soul-Severing Sect Master, a ninth-layer peak Saint Martial Realm expert and possibly a half-step venerable, was approaching, so Fang Lang fled down the mountain.
• Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast followed Fang Lang to a dilapidated temple several hundred miles away, where Fang Lang concealed them with his Earth-Hiding Domain.
• Fang Lang explained that Qin Hao’s fused original hearts gave his Wind-Rain Sword Domain power comparable to a first-order domain, then asked to see Qin Hao’s Token.
• Fang Lang sensed an overwhelmingly powerful spiritual sense probing their hiding place and summoned four Sun, Moon, and Stars Statues, chanting for their protection.

Jiao Hong failed to find Qin Hao and his companions near the Small Temple, then discovered the destruction at Dragon Refining Mountain and learned Qin Hao had taken its treasure. He mobilized the Soul-Severing Sect to search the entire Great Scarlet Reach as he pursued them northeast.

• Jiao Hong's spiritual sense failed to detect Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast near the Small Temple, while Qin Hao sensed that the Four Statues held profound mysteries.
• Jiao Hong found his doppelganger, the Evil Woman, and the Soul-Severing Sect disciples dead at Dragon Refining Mountain, then destroyed the mountain in a rage.
• Jiao Hong killed a Soul-Severing Sect disciple who named Qin Hao, then demanded that the survivors report which way Qin Hao and his companions had gone.
• After learning they had headed northeast, Jiao Hong ordered every Soul-Severing Sect disciple in the Great Scarlet Reach to search for Qin Hao and raced after them.
• The Soul-Severing Sect mobilized hundreds of thousands of disciples, drawing the attention of factions across the Great Scarlet Reach.

Jiao Hong failed to find Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast after they escaped Dragon Refining Mountain, and learned they had taken the True Dragon Skeleton. He ordered a massive bounty and mobilized Soul-Severing Sect elders to hunt Qin Hao and recover the treasures.

• Jiao Hong searched up to a million meters from Dragon Refining Mountain but found no trace of Qin Hao, Fang Lang, or the Cloudwing Beast.
• Jiao Hong concluded that Qin Hao had used a long-distance teleportation treasure and realized he had also taken the True Dragon Skeleton.
• Three Soul-Severing Sect elders joined Jiao Hong and reacted with shock when he told them Qin Hao had escaped with the skeleton and might possess a low-grade spirit artifact.
• An elder urged Jiao Hong to issue a bounty for Qin Hao’s whereabouts, arguing that he was likely still somewhere in the Great Scarlet Reach.
• Jiao Hong ordered a bounty of one million low-grade spirit stones and sent Soul-Severing Sect Saint Martial Realm elders throughout the region to hunt Qin Hao.

Jiao Hong issued a bounty for Qin Hao and searched for him, unaware that Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast were concealed in a small temple by the Sun, Moon, and Stars Statues. After the danger passed, Fang Lang revealed his ties to the Central Continent Fang Family, and Qin Hao showed him a Jade Plaque bearing the character “Fang.”

• Jiao Hong ordered a million-low-grade-spirit-stone bounty for information about Qin Hao and sent his men to search nearby.
• Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast hid in a small temple whose four statues blocked Jiao Hong’s spiritual sense.
• After Jiao Hong’s search moved on, Fang Lang explained that the statues embodied principles of world-origin laws.
• Fang Lang revealed that he was a descendant of the Profound Sun Domain Fang Family and was competing for a chance to join its Central Continent main clan.
• Qin Hao took out a Jade Plaque marked “Fang,” and Fang Lang recognized it with excitement.

Qin Hao returned Fang Lang's Jade Plaque, learning that Fang Lang had come to Dragon Refining Mountain to find a Token for his family's trial. Grateful, Fang Lang offered Qin Hao a chance to study the four Sun, Moon, and Stars Statues, and Qin Hao sat down to begin.

• Qin Hao realized the Jade Plaque was the Fang Family Token Fang Lang had come to find and asked why it was inside Dragon Refining Mountain.
• Fang Lang explained that his Ancestor had scattered ten Tokens across forbidden lands and death lands, and that whoever found the most could go to the Central Continent.
• Qin Hao handed the Token to Fang Lang, who gratefully accepted it and explained how difficult the trial was.
• Fang Lang offered Qin Hao a chance to study the four Sun, Moon, and Stars Statues, which could be studied only three times and had helped Fang Lang comprehend the first-order Earth-Hiding Domain.
• Qin Hao accepted Fang Lang's offer and sat cross-legged before the Statues to study them.

Qin Hao studied the four Sun, Moon, and Stars Statues and grasped their world-origin laws, gaining insight into the Heart-Soul Realm. After seven days of meditation, he broke through, greatly strengthening his Wind-Rain Sword Domain.

• Qin Hao recognized the sun, moon, black hole, and white dwarf statues as interconnected symbols of life, death, destruction, and the future.
• Fang Lang marveled at how quickly Qin Hao understood the statues, while the Cloudwing Beast failed to comprehend them and struggled to cultivate.
• Fang Lang and the Cloudwing Beast stayed inside the Small Temple for seven days as Jiao Hong's spiritual sense searched outside without finding them.
• A powerful sword force erupted as Qin Hao's sword original heart entered the Heart-Soul Realm and his wind and rain original hearts reached grand perfection.
• Fang Lang sensed the increased danger of Qin Hao's still-fused Wind-Rain Sword Domain and estimated that it was at least twice as powerful as before.

Qin Hao broke through his sword original heart to the Heart-Soul Realm and discovered that his Wind-Rain Sword Domain had grown much stronger. The domain absorbed most of the world-origin laws in Fang Lang’s statues, leaving their next study session barely viable, and Fang Lang asked Qin Hao to demonstrate the domain again.

• Qin Hao’s Wind-Rain Sword Domain expanded to a thousand-meter range and gained fierce sword force after his sword original heart reached the Heart-Soul Realm.
• Qin Hao and Fang Lang discovered that the domain was absorbing world-origin laws from the four Sun, Moon, and Stars Statues, which developed cracks as the laws seeped out.
• Fang Lang put the statues away and found that the domain had absorbed at least three-fifths of their remaining world-origin laws.
• Qin Hao apologized and offered to help Fang Lang, who accepted that the loss was not Qin Hao’s fault because he had agreed to let him study the statues.
• Fang Lang asked Qin Hao to release the Wind-Rain Sword Domain again so he could judge whether it had reached the level of a second-order domain.

After his sword original heart reached the heart-soul realm, Qin Hao discovered that his Wind-Rain Sword Domain had become far more powerful. He tested its new strength and left confident that his abilities had undergone a major transformation.

• Qin Hao spread his Wind-Rain Sword Domain and found that it covered a radius of a thousand meters and could lift him without true essence or physical strength.
• Qin Hao formed a Storm Greatsword from his wind original heart and sword heart soul, then a Rainstorm Greatsword from his rain original heart and sword heart soul.
• Qin Hao fused both original hearts with his sword heart soul to create a Wind-Rain Greatsword that was at least twice as powerful as before and nearly rivaled a second-order domain.
• Fang Lang judged that Qin Hao had surpassed him in combat strength, while Qin Hao decided he could now easily kill the Black-Robed Elder without the Heavenly Dragon Armor.
• Qin Hao tested his domain on the Cloudwing Beast and found it could suppress at least twenty percent of its strength, though the beast's Spatial Divine Ability could let it escape.

After Qin Hao and Fang Lang parted ways, Qin Hao disguised himself and the Cloudwing Beast before continuing north through the Great Scarlet Reach toward the Blood Refinement Domain. He reached the river-crossed northern region and traveled by boat among other warriors.

• Qin Hao refused Fang Lang’s invitation to seek a Token in the Sun Martial Reach because he needed to reach the Primordial Domain, and the two exchanged Message Jade Slips and promised to meet in the Profound Sun Domain.
• Fang Lang left using his Earth-Hiding Domain, and Qin Hao sensed its spatial fluctuations with his improved Wind-Rain Sword Domain.
• Qin Hao told the Cloudwing Beast to disguise itself, and it transformed into a low-tier Flame Bird while concealing its aura.
• Qin Hao changed his clothes and appearance, then traveled north at the speed of someone at the meridian opening ninth layer peak.
• Qin Hao reached the northern Great Scarlet Reach and crossed its rivers by boat, blending in with the local warriors.

Lei Yunkui learned that Qin Hao had escaped with treasures from Dragon Refining Mountain, including a True Dragon Skeleton, and decided to hunt him down. As Lei Yunkui headed to a nearby river to lie in wait, Qin Hao was already crossing it in disguise.

• Xie Zong reported that factions across the Great Scarlet Reach were searching for Qin Hao after Jiao Hong's million-spirit-stone bounty.
• Lei Yunkui explained that Qin Hao had entered Dragon Refining Mountain and obtained treasures after Jiao Hong unraveled its restrictions.
• Lei Yunkui ordered Xie Zong to use his river pirates to watch the northern waterways for Qin Hao.
• Lei Yunkui decided to seize Qin Hao's treasures to improve his doppelganger's potential, despite the danger of facing him.
• Lei Yunkui went to a river to wait for Qin Hao, who had already boarded a ferryboat in disguise.

Qin Hao learned that the Soul-Severing Sect had placed a million-spirit-stone bounty on him and tried to stay hidden among the hunters aboard a ferryboat. After a Five Poisons Cult patrol passed and a passenger revealed the Dragon Refining Mountain treasure rumors, Qin Hao realized his secret had spread and hurried to reach the Blood Refinement Domain.

• Qin Hao heard that the Soul-Severing Sect had issued a million-low-grade-spirit-stone bounty for his arrest across the Great Scarlet Reach.
• Qin Hao boarded a crowded ferryboat in disguise and watched the other passengers, many of whom were hunting for him.
• Three half-step grandmasters from the Five Poisons Cult searched the ferryboat from a Vulture Beast but did not identify Qin Hao.
• A young passenger announced that Qin Hao had taken the True Dragon Skeleton and legacy treasures from Dragon Refining Mountain, spreading the news among the crowd.
• Qin Hao decided he needed to reach the Blood Refinement Domain as quickly as possible.

Qin Hao continued north through the Great Scarlet Reach while the major sects searched for him and the treasures from Dragon Refining Mountain. After avoiding Lei Yunkui at a ferry crossing, he noticed a young man resting inside green mist on the opposite bank.

• Qin Hao traveled north cautiously, avoiding patrols from the Five Poisons Cult, the Soul-Severing Sect, the Soul-Slaughtering Sect, and Heavenly Demon Valley.
• Old Ghost Lü tried to delay Jiao Hong and questioned him about Dragon Refining Mountain, but Jiao Hong left to continue searching for Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao arrived at a ferry crossing and recognized Lei Yunkui, whose weaker doppelganger was searching for him.
• Qin Hao chose not to attack Lei Yunkui to avoid attracting the attention of nearby sect experts, and Lei Yunkui soon left.
• Qin Hao boarded the ferry and noticed a young man resting in a patch of green mist across the river.

Qin Hao spotted Zhou Likui, the Five Poisons Cult’s chief true disciple, waiting at a river crossing and considered fighting him if Zhou recognized him. Liang Shaoyu also arrived searching for Qin Hao, but turned to leave rather than face Zhou Likui as a ferryboat docked.

• Warriors at the crossing identified Zhou Likui by the poisonous green mist surrounding him and speculated that he was waiting to kill Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao watched Zhou Likui from the ferryboat, sensed his unusual strength, and resolved to fight if Zhou discovered his identity.
• Liang Shaoyu arrived with Liang Family True Martial Warriors while searching for Qin Hao and recognized Zhou Likui as an old rival.
• Liang Shaoyu decided to search other crossings rather than confront Zhou Likui, just as the ferryboat docked.

Qin Hao tried to escape Zhou Likui’s poisonous mist, but a sudden gale spread it across the entire ferry crossing and trapped thousands inside. Zhou Likui refused to spare even powerful sect experts, leaving them facing death as the mist continued to thicken.

• Qin Hao warned the Cloudwing Beast to stay alert as he and the crowd hurried away from Zhou Likui.
• A gale swept Zhou Likui’s poisonous mist across the ferry crossing, trapping everyone inside and killing warriors whose deaths made the mist more potent.
• Liang Shaoyu and his companions watched the slaughter from outside the crossing, then left after Liang Shaoyu condemned Zhou Likui’s ruthlessness.
• Lei Yunkui sensed the danger and headed toward the crossing, suspecting Qin Hao and a Grandmaster from the Five Poisons Cult were involved.
• More than a dozen ninth-layer true martial realm experts confronted Zhou Likui and demanded that he disperse the mist.
• Zhou Likui opened his green eyes and declared that the Soul-Slaughtering Sect, the Soul-Severing Sect, and Heavenly Demon Valley experts would become part of his poisonous mist.

Zhou Likui slaughtered the warriors gathered at the ferry crossing with his poisonous mist, using their deaths to strengthen it while searching for Qin Hao. Qin Hao finally attacked with the Cloudwing Beast, eighteen Treasure Swords, and the Setting Sun Sword, leaving the battle against Zhou Likui underway.

• Zhou Likui refused to disperse his poisonous mist and let it engulf the Nine Nether Alliance elders and other warriors at the ferry crossing.
• Zhou Likui’s poison overwhelmed the gathered experts, killing more than half of them within a few breaths and strengthening the mist.
• Qin Hao realized Zhou Likui had attacked everyone despite not knowing whether Qin Hao was there, then drew the Setting Sun Sword.
• Qin Hao told the Cloudwing Beast to move quickly before saint martial grandmasters arrived, and the beast transformed into a large, dark-gold form.
• Qin Hao unleashed eighteen Treasure Swords with the Supreme Clarity Sword Control Art and swung the Setting Sun Sword into the poisonous mist.

Qin Hao broke Zhou Likui’s poison mist barrier with a sword strike, allowing trapped warriors to escape and revealing his presence at the ferry crossing. Zhou Likui and the bounty hunters outside recognized Qin Hao, and Lei Yunkui and Liang Shaoyu moved in to seize the chance to kill him.

• Zhou Likui blocked eighteen Treasure Swords with a poison mist wall and began corroding them.
• Qin Hao slashed open Zhou Likui’s poison mist barrier, and the trapped warriors rushed to escape.
• Zhou Likui recognized Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast, then shouted Qin Hao’s name.
• The warriors outside heard Zhou Likui’s cry, realized Qin Hao was at the ferry crossing, and began sending messages and plotting to claim his bounty and treasures.
• Lei Yunkui and Liang Shaoyu led their companions toward the ferry crossing to attack Qin Hao.

Qin Hao confronted Zhou Likui at the ferry crossing, where Zhou trapped him in a poisonous mist powerful enough to threaten even Saint Martial Grandmasters. Qin Hao revealed that he could unleash a sword domain, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Zhou Likui recognized Qin Hao and taunted him, but Qin Hao insulted him in return, provoking Zhou to attack.
• Zhou Likui gathered his poisonous mist around Qin Hao, while Qin Hao used his five spiritual vortices and the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to suppress the poison.
• Qin Hao sent the Cloudwing Beast to deal with the others and struck the poisonous mist with the Setting Sun Sword, but the mist resisted and began corroding the weapon.
• Zhou Likui revealed that his heavenly poison carried the might of a domain and boasted that even a Saint Martial Grandmaster would die inside it.
• Qin Hao said Zhou Likui's power was still not enough and announced that he would counter with his sword domain.

Qin Hao revealed his Wind-Rain Sword Domain and attacked Zhou Likui, stunning the onlookers and making Lei Yunkui hold back. Zhou Likui countered by summoning a swarm of venomous creatures that overwhelmed Qin Hao’s Storm Greatsword, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Qin Hao formed his Wind-Rain Sword Domain, thinning the poisonous mist around the ferry crossing and startling Zhou Likui.
• Qin Hao struck Zhou Likui with Storm Greatsword, while witnesses outside the crossing reacted with shock at Qin Hao’s domain.
• Lei Yunkui decided to wait for Qin Hao and Zhou Likui to injure each other before making his move.
• Zhou Likui raised a wall of poisonous mist and summoned a vast swarm of venomous creatures.
• The venomous creatures swarmed over Storm Greatsword, gnawing it apart and forcing Qin Hao to recognize the danger of their potent venom.

Qin Hao fought Zhou Likui, the Five Poisons Cult’s foremost true disciple, and countered his swarms of poisonous insects with the Wind-Rain Sword Domain. Zhou Likui then unleashed the second form of the Five Poisons Heavenly Demon, and Qin Hao struck the behemoth it created with his Storm Greatsword and Rainstorm Greatsword.

• Zhou Likui offered to spare Qin Hao if he surrendered his treasures and became his slave, but Qin Hao refused and challenged him to fight.
• Zhou Likui sent swarms of poisonous insects at Qin Hao, who killed them with his Wind-Rain Sword Domain.
• Zhou Likui used Poison Against Poison to fuse the insects into a huge, poisonous behemoth.
• Qin Hao struck the behemoth with his Storm Greatsword, wounding it before it rapidly regenerated.
• Qin Hao followed with his Rainstorm Greatsword.

Qin Hao wore down Zhou Likui’s Poisonous Insect Behemoth with relentless sword attacks, forcing Zhou Likui to absorb its poisonous mist and transform into its final form. Qin Hao prepared to end the fight quickly before another Saint Martial Grandmaster arrived.

• Qin Hao realized that each sword strike thinned the poisonous mist sustaining the Poisonous Insect Behemoth and attacked it without pause.
• Qin Hao’s repeated Storm Greatsword and Rainstorm Greatsword strikes overwhelmed the Behemoth’s regeneration and weakened Zhou Likui.
• Zhou Likui detonated the Poisonous Insect Behemoth and absorbed its poisonous mist, transforming into a powerful humanoid version of the creature.
• Zhou Likui revealed that his final form had once fought a Saint Martial Realm First Layer grandmaster to a standstill.
• Qin Hao judged Zhou Likui’s transformation and decided to finish the battle before another Saint Martial Grandmaster could arrive.