Recaps

After entering the Blood Refinement Domain, Qin Hao and his companions continued onward while Jiao Hong followed in pursuit, intent on claiming Qin Hao’s treasures and advancing his cultivation. The chapter left them flying through the dangerous domain and healing their injuries as Qin Hao absorbed its impure spiritual energy.

• Most pursuers abandoned the hunt, but Jiao Hong and four others chose to enter the Blood Refinement Domain after Qin Hao.
• The Rogue Cultivator and the Soul-Severing Sect elder parted ways with Jiao Hong, while Jiao Hong continued alone, suppressing his aura as he flew after Qin Hao.
• Jiao Hong resolved to kill Qin Hao and take his treasures, while carefully avoiding a confrontation that might attract the domain’s Venerables.
• As Qin Hao, the Cloudwing Beast, and Fang Lang flew onward, Fang Lang asked why Qin Hao had not used his Demonic Qi Black Spheres to kill Jiao Hong and Old Ghost Lü.
• Qin Hao explained that Jiao Hong might have deadly trump cards, so the spheres served as a deterrent rather than a safe way to attack.
• The three began healing while flying, but Qin Hao found that the Blood Refinement Domain’s mixed and impure spiritual energy slowed his cultivation.

Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast approached Heavenly Mountain Peak, where Qin Hao sensed a powerful Venerable in seclusion. He decided to fly past quietly while leading Jiao Hong and four other pursuers toward the mountain.

• Qin Hao observed how few settlements and Warriors remained in the Blood Refinement Domain and reflected on the threat of the Blood Demon Race.
• Fang Lang explained that Heavenly Mountain Peak had once housed the Heavenly Mountain Sect, whose ruins might still contain treasures.
• Qin Hao sensed danger growing as they neared the peak and concluded that an exceptionally strong Venerable was cultivating there.
• Qin Hao told Fang Lang and the Cloudwing Beast to descend and keep a low profile as they passed the mountain.
• Qin Hao proposed leading Jiao Hong and the four other pursuing Grandmasters toward Heavenly Mountain Peak, hoping the Venerable might turn on them.

Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast approached Heavenly Mountain Peak while avoiding a Venerable’s attention, as Jiao Hong followed behind them. The Venerable attacked Jiao Hong, who appeared to die but then sprang up and escaped, prompting a surprised remark from the peak.

• Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast sensed a Venerable’s aura near Heavenly Mountain Peak and continued onward cautiously.
• The four Grandmasters pursuing Qin Hao decided not to attack in the Blood Refinement Domain, while Jiao Hong stopped after sensing danger.
• Jiao Hong realized a Venerable might be cultivating at Heavenly Mountain Peak, just as a golden fist shot from the summit and targeted him.
• Jiao Hong used his Blade Laws Domain and a blood-made disc to defend himself, but the golden fist struck him and his aura vanished.
• The golden fist turned toward the other four Grandmasters, and Jiao Hong suddenly rose and fled as a streak of blade light.
• An aged voice from Heavenly Mountain Peak expressed surprise that Jiao Hong had feigned death.

Qin Hao and his companions fled after a mysterious Venerable killed four of Jiao Hong’s five Grandmasters, but the Venerable captured them and ordered Qin Hao and Fang Lang to become his attendants at Tianshan Mountain Peak. As the Venerable noticed the Cloudwing Beast’s familiar aura, Qin Hao remained powerless to resist.

• Jiao Hong escaped the Venerable’s golden fist by feigning death, while the fist killed the other four Grandmasters.
• Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast fled toward Tianshan Mountain Peak’s right flank, but the Venerable stopped them with his pressure.
• The Venerable recognized Qin Hao’s fused Destruction Sword Domain and commanded him and Fang Lang to serve as his attendants.
• The Venerable suppressed Qin Hao’s powers and seized control of the three companions.
• The Cloudwing Beast struggled against the Venerable’s power, prompting him to recognize the beast and question its familiar aura.

The Slovenly Venerable confronted Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast, then recognized that the beast carried the Golden Roc Venerable’s aura. After Qin Hao explained their history in the Nether Demon World, the Slovenly Venerable accepted the Cloudwing Beast as Old Gold’s junior and released them.

• The Slovenly Venerable appeared and overwhelmed Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast with his pressure.
• The Slovenly Venerable sensed the Golden Roc Venerable’s aura on the Cloudwing Beast and asked about its connection to Old Gold.
• Qin Hao identified Old Gold as the Golden Roc Venerable and reminded the Cloudwing Beast that the Golden Roc had saved it in the Nether Demon World.
• Qin Hao explained that the Golden Roc Venerable had escaped the Nether Demon World, and the Slovenly Venerable confirmed his account from their own encounter.
• The Slovenly Venerable said the Golden Roc had left to seek a way to reach the Creation Great Expert realm, then spared the Cloudwing Beast and released Fang Lang from his pressure.

The Shabby Old Man gave the Cloudwing Beast the Beast God Five Claws and warned Qin Hao not to rely on schemes or external treasures instead of his own strength. After the group continued their journey, Jiao Hong recovered from his injuries and concluded that Qin Hao had deliberately led them toward the Venerable on Heavenly Mountain Peak.

• The Shabby Old Man warned Qin Hao to pursue true strength and gave the Cloudwing Beast his Beast God Five Claws, a martial skill stronger than a Heaven Grade skill.
• The Shabby Old Man vanished, and Qin Hao resolved to rely less on his Demonic Qi Black Spheres and armor while tempering his own abilities.
• Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast bowed toward Heavenly Mountain Peak and continued their journey cautiously, detouring around places that seemed dangerous.
• Jiao Hong escaped the Venerable's attack with the Feign-Death Secret Art, then treated his severe injuries for several days until his cultivation stabilized.
• Jiao Hong suspected Qin Hao had sensed the Venerable early and deliberately lured him and the others toward Heavenly Mountain Peak, and he feared the other four had died.

After traveling for half a month, Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast crossed from the Blood Refinement Domain into the Profound Sun Domain, where Qin Hao broke through to the mid-stage of the True Martial Realm Ninth Layer. They headed for Sword Pool City to sell treasures, and Qin Hao sensed powerful Sword Qi rising from the city.

• Jiao Hong swore to hunt Qin Hao down and kill him after suffering another setback at his hands.
• Fang Lang and Qin Hao noticed the purer Spiritual Energy near the Profound Sun Domain, while the Cloudwing Beast continued studying the Beast God Five Claws.
• Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast crossed the boundary stele into the Profound Sun Domain, where Qin Hao's cultivation advanced to the mid-stage of the True Martial Realm Ninth Layer.
• Fang Lang told Qin Hao that Sword Pool City was a busy trading hub, and Qin Hao agreed to sell some of their treasures there.
• Qin Hao and his companions reached Sword Pool City, where Qin Hao sensed a powerful surge of Sword Qi.

Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast reached Sword Pool City, where they learned about the Sword Pool Tournament and its hundred-win prize: entry to the Sword Grotto of Liu Asheng, the One-Armed Sword Saint. Meanwhile, Jiao Hong followed Qin Hao into the Profound Sun Domain and vowed to kill him in Sword Pool City.

• Qin Hao noticed the Sword Qi growing stronger as he approached Sword Pool City, and he saw that the northern city was crowded with powerful Warriors.
• Qin Hao and Fang Lang entered Sword Pool City and went to Sword Pool Restaurant to try its famous Sword Pool Fish.
• Jiao Hong reached the boundary of the Profound Sun Domain after secretly tracking Qin Hao, then flew toward Sword Pool City with a plan to kill him.
• At the restaurant, Qin Hao overheard Warriors discussing the Sword Pool Tournament and its challenge of winning one hundred consecutive matches.
• Fang Lang told Qin Hao that a hundred-win streak would grant entry to the Sword Grotto, where they could study Liu Asheng's Sword Dao insights.

Qin Hao learned about the Sword Pool Tournament, its Hundred-Win Kings, and the legendary Sword Grotto left by the One-Armed Sword Saint, Liu Asheng. Intrigued by the chance to obtain the sword art Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin, he asked how to enter the tournament.

• Fang Lang explained that the three statues in the Plaza honored Sword Cultivators who had each won a hundred consecutive tournament matches, and that the surviving Green Mountain Swordsman had reached the Ninth Layer of the Venerable Martial Realm.
• Fang Lang told Qin Hao that the One-Armed Sword Saint, Liu Asheng, had created the Sword Grotto before leaving for the Star Sea, and that it supposedly held treasures and the sword art Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin.
• Qin Hao suspected that Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin might be connected to his Supreme Clarity Sword Control Art and decided the Sword Grotto was worth exploring.
• Qin Hao asked how to join the Sword Pool Tournament, and Fang Lang explained that competitors entered by stepping onto an Arena and continuing until they lost or fell off.

Qin Hao learned the Sword Pool Tournament’s entry rules and how the city lord challenged contestants on winning streaks, then watched a Sword Domain wielder extend his streak to twenty-four victories. Qin Hao decided to enter the tournament despite the difficulty of achieving Hundred Consecutive Wins.

• Fang Lang told Qin Hao that tournament entrants had to be Sword Cultivators under thirty-five and explained that the city lord sent stronger opponents to test contestants on winning streaks.
• Qin Hao resolved to enter the tournament, while Fang Lang warned him that Hundred Consecutive Wins would be extremely difficult.
• Qin Hao, Fang Lang, and the Cloudwing Beast ate Sword Pool Fish as Qin Hao watched matches on the Plaza’s Arenas.
• A young man defeated a Woman with a single sword move, earning his twenty-fourth consecutive victory.
• Qin Hao recognized that the young man had mastered the Sword Domain.

Qin Hao watched the Sword Pool Tournament’s Arena fights and learned how its open challenges made winning streaks difficult and deadly. After seeing the Bearded Man defeat a Sword Domain wielder with effortless precision and another contestant die in combat, Qin Hao understood the tournament’s stakes.

• Qin Hao watched the Bearded Man defeat the high-nosed young man in one strike, then explain that mastery of sword techniques mattered beyond the Sword Domain itself.
• The high-nosed young man thanked the Bearded Man for the lesson and left the Arena as the Plaza crowd praised the swordsman.
• Qin Hao learned that tournament contestants could be challenged by spectators and previous competitors, making long winning streaks difficult to achieve.
• Qin Hao watched contestants continue fighting across the Arenas, where one young man was killed after failing to dodge his opponent’s sword.
• Fang Lang told Qin Hao that the tournament was no friendly spar and that a fighter who was outmatched could die.

Qin Hao entered the Sword Pool Tournament and challenged two Peak True Martial Realm Ninth Layer contestants at once. He used his Wind Domain to halt their attacks, leaving both men staggering backward.

• After a lavish meal with Fang Lang and the Cloudwing Beast, Qin Hao felt close to breaking through and went to watch the Sword Pool Tournament.
• Qin Hao raced two contestants to an Arena and arrived first, earning the right to compete.
• When the two men threatened him, Qin Hao challenged them both and drew a Mystic-Tier High-Grade Treasure Sword.
• The two contestants attacked with their Sword Domains as spectators mocked Qin Hao and Fang Lang waited expectantly.
• Qin Hao surged forward with the Wind Domain and struck both opponents’ swords, stopping their charge and forcing them backward.

Qin Hao defeated two True Martial Realm Ninth Layer fighters with a single sword strike, then faced a new challenger as Fang Lang wagered on his consecutive wins. The chapter ended with the Heavy Sword fighter challenging Qin Hao on the Arena.

• Qin Hao used a Second-Order Wind Domain to knock two attackers from the Arena and sent them fleeing.
• Spectators debated how many consecutive matches Qin Hao could win, while Fang Lang insisted he could win thirty.
• Fang Lang wagered ten thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones each against ten bettors, changing his claim to fifteen consecutive wins.
• The Black-Robed Elder praised Qin Hao's sword speed, while a young man questioned whether Qin Hao met the tournament's requirements.
• A burly fighter carrying a Heavy Sword leaped onto the Arena, demanded Qin Hao's name, and challenged him.

Qin Hao used his fight against a heavy-sword wielder to hone his Wind Domain, then defeated him with a single powerful strike. As a new challenger entered the Arena, Qin Hao's third fight began.

• The heavy-sword wielder attacked Qin Hao, but Qin Hao repeatedly dodged using his Wind Domain and movement technique.
• Fang Lang and the spectators realized Qin Hao was training his Wind Domain during the fight.
• Qin Hao reached Minor Mastery in using his Wind Domain and decided to stop dodging and attack.
• Qin Hao struck the heavy-sword wielder once, knocked his weapon away, and sent him crashing below the Arena.
• Fang Lang celebrated Qin Hao's victory, while a sharp-faced man doubted he could keep winning; another challenger entered the Arena.

Qin Hao won fifteen consecutive arena matches using his Wind Domain and defeated Liu An, a fighter known for his previous twenty-three-win streak. After offering Liu An advice that helped him understand how to balance speed and steadiness in swordplay, Qin Hao remained undefeated, while Fang Lang collected his bet.

• Qin Hao defeated his third opponent and continued winning fourteen matches in a row, impressing the crowd with his growing command of the Wind Domain.
• Liu An entered the arena for Qin Hao’s fifteenth match and said he wanted Qin Hao to fight seriously so he could improve.
• Qin Hao countered Liu An’s fast sword strikes with a steadier attack and revealed a faint drizzle across the arena.
• Qin Hao explained that Liu An’s pursuit of speed made his swordplay unsteady and advised him to study the Water Laws.
• Liu An thanked Qin Hao, bowed, and left the arena after gaining insight into his swordplay, giving Qin Hao his fifteenth victory.
• Fang Lang laughed and demanded that the ten people who had bet against Qin Hao hand over their Spirit Stones.

After Qin Hao won fifteen consecutive matches using his Wind Domain, the tournament elder recorded his identity and revealed that Qin Hao had also mastered a Rain Domain. Fang Lang collected his winnings, then faced a new wager challenging Qin Hao to win fifty matches in a row.

• Fang Lang collected the Spirit Stones from the losing bettors and quietly agreed with the Cloudwing Beast that Qin Hao deserved a share.
• The Black-Robed Elder asked Qin Hao to give his name and origin after his fifteenth consecutive victory, and Qin Hao introduced himself as Qin Hao of the Southern Reach.
• The Black-Robed Elder recognized Qin Hao's Rain Domain and observed that he had incorporated both his Wind and Rain Domains into his Sword Art.
• The crowd debated how many matches Qin Hao could win, while the sharp-faced man offered Fang Lang a wager that Qin Hao would fail to reach fifty consecutive wins.

Fang Lang backed Qin Hao’s attempt to reach fifty consecutive victories by offering enormous odds, drawing bets totaling over ten million Low-Grade Spirit Stones. Qin Hao remained focused on his goal of a hundred wins and quickly defeated the next challenger, extending his streak to sixteen.

• Fang Lang offered odds on Qin Hao reaching forty, forty-five, or fifty consecutive victories after the Cloudwing Beast urged him to support Qin Hao.
• The Black-Robed Elder verified Fang Lang’s Storage Spirit Ring, and Warriors placed more than ten million Low-Grade Spirit Stones in bets against Qin Hao.
• Fang Lang worried that Qin Hao might lose the wager while the Cloudwing Beast remained confident in him.
• A Burly Man challenged Qin Hao, who struck him off the Arena with Wind and Rain Sword Blades before he could finish speaking.
• Qin Hao won match sixteen and continued pursuing his goal of a hundred consecutive victories.

Qin Hao won thirty-six consecutive Sword Pool Tournament matches without leaving his cross-legged position, using the Wind and Rain Domains to defeat each challenger while pondering how to unleash the full power of his Destruction Sword Domain. On a rooftop, a beggar boy’s master ordered him to challenge Qin Hao, though the boy doubted the reason and suspected his master wanted his chicken.

• Qin Hao realized that Domains could be applied in different ways and pondered how to fully use his Destruction Sword Domain.
• Qin Hao kept cultivating between matches and defeated challenger after challenger without standing, reaching thirty-six consecutive wins in less than an hour.
• The crowd grew angry and worried about losing their bets as Qin Hao’s sword qi intensified and he appeared to gain insight from each fight.
• A beggar boy criticized the tournament contestants, and his burly master scolded him for underestimating others and ordered him to challenge Qin Hao.
• The beggar boy questioned whether Qin Hao had hidden strength, then suspected his master was sending him down to keep the chicken for himself.

Qi Hai, a young beggar and Saint Martial Grandmaster, landed in the Arena and challenged Qin Hao, whose winning streak had reached thirty-six matches. After discovering Qin Hao had transformed his Wind Domain and Rain Domain into sword domains, Qi Hai became excited and launched his technique, Sword Pierces the East Sea.

• A burly beggar kicked the young beggar toward the Arena while the young man shouted for him to save a chicken leg.
• The young beggar landed face-first in the Arena, and Qin Hao and the crowd recognized his Saint Martial Realm First Layer Peak cultivation and Fourth Tier Peak Sword Domain.
• The young beggar introduced himself as Qi Hai, the East Sea Swordsman, and challenged Qin Hao to finish their match quickly so he could return to his meat.
• Qin Hao revealed that he had transformed his Wind Domain and Rain Domain into sword domains, surprising Qi Hai and earning his respect.
• Qi Hai summoned his Treasure Sword, released his Sword Domain, and attacked Qin Hao with Sword Pierces the East Sea while the burly beggar mocked the move from a nearby building.

Qin Hao revealed a Third-Order Sword Domain during his fight with Qi Hai, overcoming Qi Hai’s technique for absorbing attacks. Qi Hai remained confident and prepared to use his self-created Hundred-Sword Force.

• Qin Hao turned his Wind Domain and Rain Domain into sword domains and clashed with Qi Hai’s Sword Domain.
• Qi Hai used Sword Pierces the East Sea to absorb and disperse Qin Hao’s attacks, leaving himself unharmed.
• Qin Hao unleashed a Third-Order Sword Domain, pushing Qi Hai back and shocking the spectators.
• A richly dressed young man argued that Qi Hai’s focused Sword Domain would defeat Qin Hao, while the Black-Robed Elder watched with interest.
• Qi Hai admitted Qin Hao was strong but insisted he would win, then announced his self-created Sword Art, Hundred-Sword Force.

Qi Hai revealed his self-created Sword Art, Lone Sword Seeking, and gathered the Sword Qi in his Domain until his power rivaled a Saint Martial Realm Grandmaster. Watching the move, Qin Hao understood that Intermediate Domains reached their full strength by forming a space of their own, while Qi Hai stopped in surprise at Qin Hao’s insight.

• Qi Hai explained that he had created the Hundred-Sword Force Sword Art during his travels with his teacher and had devised one move, Lone Sword Seeking.
• Qi Hai drew the Sword Qi in his Sword Domain into his Long Sword, raising his aura to a level between the Saint Martial Realm Fourth and Fifth Layers.
• The Black-Robed Elder and spectators reacted to Qi Hai’s strength, while Qin Hao recognized similarities between Qi Hai’s technique and his own arts.
• Qin Hao realized that an Intermediate Domain’s core was forming a space belonging solely to that Domain, such as a Sword Space.
• Qi Hai stopped raising his sword and expressed surprise that Qin Hao had understood the principle merely by observing his move.

Jiao Hong hired the Heavenly Fiend Organization to assassinate Qin Hao in Sword Pool City. Meanwhile, Qin Hao revealed that he could merge his three Domains into the Destruction Sword Domain during his duel with Qi Hai, shocking the crowd and a watching beggar.

• Jiao Hong found the Heavenly Fiend Organization's outpost in Sword Pool City and requested Qin Hao's assassination for two hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• The Heavenly Fiend Organization accepted Jiao Hong's deposit and promised to locate Qin Hao and complete the contract within three days at most.
• At the Arena, Qi Hai believed his Sword Domain had put him on the verge of defeating Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao revealed that he could merge his Wind, Rain, and Sword Domains to form the Destruction Sword Domain.
• The crowd, several High Rank Saint Martial Grandmasters, and a burly beggar watching from a nearby roof were astonished by Qin Hao's feat.

Qin Hao defeated Qi Hai after fusing three domains into the Destruction Sword Domain, then entered a state of enlightenment as Qi Hai conceded and sat down to gain insight too. Meanwhile, Jiao Hong learned that Qin Hao had defeated a powerful Eastern Sea swordsman, making the planned assassination more dangerous.

• Qin Hao clashed with Qi Hai using the Destruction Sword Domain and knocked him back to the edge of the Arena.
• Qin Hao sat down in the middle of the Arena and entered a state of enlightenment amid destructive Sword Qi.
• Qi Hai told the crowd not to disturb Qin Hao, conceded the match, and sat down to reflect on his own insight.
• In Sword Pool City, Jiao Hong waited for the Maiden and planned to claim Qin Hao's treasures after the assassination.
• The Maiden returned Jiao Hong's payment and told him Qin Hao had won thirty-seven matches, including an easy victory over a Saint Martial Realm swordsman with a Fourth-Tier Peak Sword Domain.

Jiao Hong hired the Heavenly Fiend Organization to assassinate Qin Hao for eight million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, while Qin Hao continued pondering his Sword Domain during the tournament. The chapter left Qin Hao creating a new Sword Move that seemed to manipulate space, astonishing Qi Hai and the spectators.

• The Maiden demanded eight million Low-Grade Spirit Stones to assassinate Qin Hao, citing his tournament victories and strength comparable to a Saint Martial Realm Fourth Layer Grandmaster.
• Jiao Hong paid a four-million-Low-Grade-Spirit-Stone deposit and agreed to pay the rest after Qin Hao was killed, insisting that Qin Hao's Storage Spirit Ring go to him.
• Jiao Hong returned to the square, saw Qin Hao meditating on the Arena, and waited nearby to watch him die.
• Qin Hao realized destruction was the defining trait of his Sword Domain and gathered destructive Sword Qi into a Sword of Destruction with Spatial Fluctuations.
• Qin Hao flickered in and out of sight as his new Sword Move formed, and Qi Hai marveled that he had created it in less than half an hour.

After defeating Qi Hai, Qin Hao continued his Sword Pool Tournament winning streak, refining his Destruction Sword Domain and Sword of Destruction as he fought. By his forty-ninth consecutive victory, he had become a favorite to reach fifty wins, while Fang Lang anticipated a huge payout.

• Elder Huang and a burly beggar marveled at Qin Hao’s strength after he defeated Qi Hai, and the beggar vowed to send Qi Hai into Secluded Cultivation.
• Qi Hai accepted his defeat, promised to train for the Azure Flame Grand Tournament, and left the Arena to be beaten by his master as the crowd laughed.
• Onlookers feared losing their bets as Qin Hao approached forty wins, while Fang Lang celebrated the prospect of earning millions of Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Qin Hao defeated his thirty-eighth and thirty-ninth challengers, both Saint Martial Realm Second Layer Grandmasters, with the Sword of Destruction.
• Qin Hao won forty-nine consecutive matches, growing several times stronger and more skilled with the Sword of Destruction.