Recaps

As Qin Hao approached his fiftieth consecutive victory, the Heavenly Fiend Organization’s Thousand-Man Slayer arrived to challenge him. The Sword Pool City Lord ordered Thousand-Man Slayer to be Qin Hao’s fiftieth opponent, intrigued by Qin Hao’s concealed Time Domain and potential to reach a hundred wins.

• Steward Liu ordered B-Rank Swordsmen to prepare to stop Qin Hao if he reached sixty consecutive wins.
• Jiao Hong watched Qin Hao’s streak near fifty victories and feared the City Lord’s Manor would protect him.
• Thousand-Man Slayer entered the Plaza, and the crowd recognized the feared assassin as he headed for Qin Hao’s Arena.
• Steward Liu objected that Thousand-Man Slayer was too powerful and that the challenge violated the rules.
• The Sword Pool City Lord noticed Qin Hao’s hidden Time Domain and ordered him to face Thousand-Man Slayer in his fiftieth match.

Qin Hao faced the Thousand-Man Slayer, a Heavenly Fiend Organization killer hired to assassinate him, in the Sword Pool Tournament. As their Domains clashed, Qin Hao realized the killer knew his past and intended to kill him, and both fighters prepared to begin a battle to the death.

• The armored man contacted a B-Rank Swordsman at the city lord's estate and ordered him to stand ready to intercept Qin Hao.
• Elder Huang recognized the Thousand-Man Slayer as a top Silver-Plate Killer, while Jiao Hong celebrated having hired him to kill Qin Hao.
• The Thousand-Man Slayer entered the Arena as Qin Hao's opponent for his fiftieth match, drawing the crowd's attention and stirring hopes that Qin Hao would lose.
• Qin Hao sensed that the Thousand-Man Slayer wielded a distinctive Sword-Killing Domain and judged it more dangerous than Qi Hai's Sword Domain.
• The Thousand-Man Slayer revealed his knowledge of Qin Hao's past and declared that his sword only killed; Qin Hao challenged him and unleashed his three Sword Domains.

Qin Hao fought Thousand-Man Slayer, who used the first two moves of Ten Thousand Swords Kill to pressure him with a powerful Sword-Killing Domain and Mirror-Image Attacks. After recognizing the technique’s unusual space-based method, Qin Hao considered how he could use Mirror-Image Space with his own Destruction Sword Domain.

• Thousand-Man Slayer opened the duel with One-Sword Kill, suppressing Qin Hao’s Wind Greatsword with his Sword-Killing Domain.
• Qin Hao evaded the attack and used his Wind and Rain Sword Domains together to strike back and weaken Thousand-Man Slayer’s domain.
• Thousand-Man Slayer unleashed Two-Sword Kill, splitting his sword into two real attacks that pushed Qin Hao’s greatswords back.
• Elder Huang identified Ten Thousand Swords Kill’s technique as a Mirror-Image Attack formed through Inverted Space.
• Qin Hao realized both swords were real and wondered how to apply Mirror-Image Space to his Destruction Sword Domain.

Qin Hao studied Thousand-Man Slayer’s Two-Sword Kill, discovered how its mirrored attacks worked, and grasped the principle of Mirror-Image Space. When Thousand-Man Slayer unleashed Three-Sword Kill, Qin Hao answered by creating three swords of his own, leaving the duel poised for their clash.

• Thousand-Man Slayer used Two-Sword Kill, and Qin Hao defended against the attacks with his Wind Sword Domain and Rain Sword Domain.
• Qin Hao noticed the left sword was reversed and distorted, then struck it with his Wind Greatsword and Rain Greatsword to test his theory.
• Qin Hao dodged the right sword’s follow-up strike and realized that reversal was the key to Mirror-Image Space.
• Thousand-Man Slayer launched Three-Sword Kill with three swords, but Qin Hao created three Long Swords with the power of the Wind-Rain Greatsword.
• Thousand-Man Slayer stared in shock as Qin Hao said he could do the same and pressed down with his sword.

Qin Hao grasped the principles of Ten Thousand Swords Kill during his fight with Thousand-Man Slayer and matched his opponent’s sword-splitting attacks. As the battle continued, spectators recognized Qin Hao’s Mirror-Image Space and marveled at how quickly he was improving.

• Thousand-Man Slayer attacked with three blades, but Qin Hao split his sword into three and blocked them using Mirror-Image Space.
• Qin Hao understood how Mirror-Image Space worked, though he noted that it consumed too much True Essence and was less flexible than a true Domain space.
• Thousand-Man Slayer flew into a rage and increased his attacks to Four-Sword Kill and Five-Sword Kill.
• Qin Hao split his sword to match every blade Thousand-Man Slayer produced, and the two clashed across the Arena.
• A young spectator identified both fighters’ use of Mirror-Image Space and explained that Qin Hao had grasped Ten Thousand Swords Kill during the fight.
• The crowd erupted in disbelief and awe as spectators realized Qin Hao was growing stronger through each battle.

Qin Hao used Mirror-Image Space to withstand Thousand-Slayer’s attacks, while Jiao Hong feared the assassination plot would fail. Thousand-Slayer then unleashed his unfinished ultimate move, One Sword Becomes Ten Thousand Swords, leaving his life force almost extinguished as blades filled the mirrored space.

• Elder Huang, Steward Liu, and Jiao Hong reacted to Qin Hao grasping Mirror-Image Space, with Jiao Hong worrying that the Heavenly Fiend Organization’s assassination would fail.
• Thousand-Slayer split his weapon into six blades with Six-Sword Kill, and Qin Hao countered with six Wind-Rain Greatswords.
• Qin Hao judged that Mirror-Image Space consumed too much True Essence and relied on inflexible copied attacks, while Thousand-Slayer’s reserves were also running low.
• Thousand-Slayer admitted he had not mastered his strongest move, One Sword Becomes Ten Thousand Swords, and warned that he could not control its power.
• Thousand-Slayer unleashed the move, creating an enormous mirrored space filled with blades as his life force dwindled almost to nothing.

Thousand-Man Slayer unleashed a sword technique that filled the Arena and threatened spectators, but Qin Hao defeated it with his Destruction Sword Domain and Sword of Destruction. As Thousand-Man Slayer collapsed, he revealed that he had been hired through the Heavenly Fiend Organization, though he did not know the client's identity.

• Thousand-Man Slayer created countless Fourth-Tier Peak Sword-Killing Domain swords, and Steward Liu stopped the uncontrolled blades from reaching the spectators.
• Qin Hao told Thousand-Man Slayer that the attack would not last because it had exhausted his True Essence, while Thousand-Man Slayer vowed to kill him even if they died together.
• Qin Hao merged his Wind Sword Domain, Rain Sword Domain, and Sword Domain into the Destruction Sword Domain, which weakened Thousand-Man Slayer's swords.
• Qin Hao struck with the Sword of Destruction, destroying the countless swords and leaving Thousand-Man Slayer gravely injured.
• Thousand-Man Slayer asked why his strongest move had failed, and Qin Hao asked who had hired him to kill him.
• Thousand-Man Slayer said he was a Silver-Rank Killer of the Heavenly Fiend Organization and had taken a job from an unknown client.

Qin Hao defeated Thousand-Man Slayer in his fiftieth Sword Pool Tournament match and reached fifty consecutive victories. Thousand-Man Slayer died after sharing his final words about the Sword Dao, while Fang Lang celebrated winning the wagers.

• Qin Hao suspected Jiao Hong had hired the Heavenly Fiend Organization to assassinate him.
• Qin Hao explained the flaws in Thousand-Man Slayer's Ten Thousand Swords Kill and described the principle of Mirror-Image Space.
• Thousand-Man Slayer revealed his regret at being forced to rely on the flawed technique, urged Qin Hao to keep pursuing the Sword Dao, and died.
• Qin Hao won his fiftieth consecutive Sword Pool Tournament match and silently vowed to climb to the Sword Dao's summit.
• Fang Lang celebrated his winnings as the sharp-faced man who had wagered a hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones spat blood in regret.

Fang Lang collected his winnings after Qin Hao won fifty consecutive matches, and Qin Hao chose to rest for three days before continuing the tournament. Meanwhile, Jiao Hong’s failed attempt to have Qin Hao killed brought an icy visit from a woman representing the Heavenly Fiend Organization.

• Fang Lang collected 4,360,000 Low-Grade Spirit Stones after the City Lord's Manor took its ten-percent share.
• Steward Liu offered Qin Hao a break of up to three days, and Qin Hao accepted so he could reflect on his battles and the Sword of Destruction.
• Fang Lang celebrated Qin Hao’s winning streak, angering losing bettors who accused him of deceiving them, but he refused to return their Spirit Stones.
• The Cloudwing Beast left Fang Lang’s shoulder for Qin Hao’s, and Qin Hao and Fang Lang headed to the Sword Pool Restaurant.
• Jiao Hong smashed the room in fury over the Thousand-Man Slayer’s failure to kill Qin Hao, and a woman from the Heavenly Fiend Organization appeared and rebuked him.

Jiao Hong agreed to keep Heavenly Fiend’s contract to kill Qin Hao, though its top killers would have to wait until Qin Hao left Sword Pool City. Meanwhile, Qin Hao and Fang Lang celebrated their winnings at the Sword Pool Restaurant before a powerful swordsman’s pressure announced someone’s arrival.

• The Woman offered Jiao Hong the choice to continue paying Heavenly Fiend to kill Qin Hao or abandon the deal and lose any claim to Qin Hao’s Storage Spirit Ring.
• Jiao Hong chose to continue the deal, and the Woman said one of Heavenly Fiend’s Top Three Silver-Rank Killers would pursue Qin Hao after he left Sword Pool City.
• The Woman departed, and Jiao Hong concluded that Heavenly Fiend’s relentless pursuit would eventually kill Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao and Fang Lang entered the Sword Pool Restaurant, where diners praised Qin Hao’s fifty straight wins.
• Fang Lang gave Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast shares of their winnings, and the three ate Sword Pool Fish together.
• A domineering pressure of at least Fifth-Order Sword Domain spread from the stairwell, drawing the diners’ attention.

Qin Hao and Fang Lang encountered Fang Ming and his companions at a restaurant in Sword Pool City, where Fang Ming mocked Fang Lang for supposedly failing to seek Fang Family Tokens. Fang Ming revealed that he had collected two Tokens, leaving Fang Lang facing a public challenge to his efforts in the family trial.

• Qin Hao sensed that the leading young man among three newcomers had a Fifth-Order Peak Sword Domain, while the others bragged about their tournament prospects.
• Fang Ming recognized Fang Lang and insulted him, then introduced him to Brother Lu as a useless member of the Fang Family.
• Fang Ming claimed Fang Lang had been admitted to the family trial despite being unworthy and had stayed in Sword Pool City instead of searching for Tokens.
• Fang Lang denied Fang Ming's accusations and demanded to know how he could claim Fang Lang had not looked for Tokens.
• Fang Ming displayed two Fang Family Tokens and taunted Fang Lang for having none and lacking the courage to leave the Profound Sun Domain.

Fang Ming accused Fang Lang of obtaining his two Fang Family Tokens through hired help and demanded that he hand them over. When Fang Ming attacked Fang Lang, the Cloudwing Beast struck at him before Qin Hao could intervene.

• Fang Lang revealed that he had two Fang Family Tokens, matching Fang Ming's count.
• Brother Lu suggested Fang Lang had hired others to obtain the Tokens, and Fang Ming accused him of doing so.
• Fang Lang said he had earned the Tokens himself, then refused Fang Ming's offer of a thousand Spirit Stones and told him to get lost.
• Fang Ming attacked Fang Lang with his Third-Order Domain, overpowering Fang Lang's Second-Order Earth-Shadow Domain.
• The Cloudwing Beast launched a Claw Arc at Fang Ming as Qin Hao prepared to intervene.

The Cloudwing Beast attacked Fang Ming, but Lu intervened with his Fourth-Order Sword Domain and turned the confrontation toward Fang Lang and Qin Hao. Qin Hao remained calm and stopped Lu’s attack with his Wind Sword Domain and Rain Sword Domain, leaving Lu staggered and astonished.

• The Cloudwing Beast tore through Fang Ming’s Third-Order Greenwood Domain, but Lu blocked its claws with his Fourth-Order Sword Domain.
• Fang Ming accused Fang Lang of ordering the attack, and Lu prepared to punish Fang Lang and the Cloudwing Beast.
• The onlookers whispered that Qin Hao had killed the Thousand-Man Slayer, while Fang Ming demanded that Lu kill the beast and destroy Fang Lang’s Dantian.
• Lu’s Sword Domain reached Qin Hao as he calmly drank tea, but Qin Hao’s Wind Sword Domain and Rain Sword Domain struck back and forced Lu to stagger.
• Lu realized Qin Hao had used two Second-Order Domains to suppress his Fourth-Order Sword Domain, while the richly dressed young man watched with interest.

Qin Hao defeated Lu Yuan with three Sword Domains and rejected Wang Xuan’s offer to become his follower. The restaurant learned Wang Xuan was the Fastest Sword of the Absolute Immortal Domain, ranked thirteenth on the Hidden Dragon Ranking.

• Lu Yuan attacked Qin Hao with his Flowing Light Sword, but Qin Hao suppressed him with three Sword Domains and injured him.
• Wang Xuan caught Lu Yuan and acknowledged that Qin Hao was skilled with Domains and the Sword Dao.
• Qin Hao sensed a trace of the Time Domain in Wang Xuan and refused his offer to become his follower.
• Fang Ming and Lu Yuan revealed that Wang Xuan came from the Absolute Immortal Domain, and Fang Lang identified him as the Hidden Dragon Ranking’s thirteenth-ranked Fastest Sword.
• The restaurant erupted in awe and fear after hearing Wang Xuan’s identity.

Wang Xuan, the thirteenth-ranked genius known as the Fastest Sword in the Absolute Immortal Domain, confronted Qin Hao and demanded that he surrender the Fang Family Token. After Qin Hao refused to submit, Wang Xuan challenged him to a public fight at the Sword Pool Tournament and pressured Fang Lang, prompting Qin Hao to unleash his Destruction Domain.

• Fang Lang warned Qin Hao that Wang Xuan had mastered a Fifth-Order Peak Sword Domain and a Fast-Slow Domain that made his sword extraordinarily fast.
• Wang Xuan demanded that Qin Hao kneel and apologize, but Qin Hao ignored him and tried to leave with Fang Lang.
• Fang Ming and Lu Yuan blocked the way and demanded the Fang Family Token, while Qin Hao warned them not to cause trouble.
• Wang Xuan declared that he would kill Qin Hao at the Sword Pool Tournament to prove his strength and pursue a hundred consecutive wins.
• Wang Xuan pressured Fang Lang to hand over the Token, and Qin Hao countered with the Destruction Domain formed from his three overlapping domains.

Qin Hao accepted Wang Xuan’s challenge, with Fang Ming’s and Fang Lang’s family tokens wagered on their future fight. After Qin Hao’s resolve changed Fang Lang’s outlook, they began secluded cultivation to prepare for the coming contest.

• Wang Xuan challenged Qin Hao to fight at the Sword Pool Tournament and wagered Fang Ming’s tokens against Fang Lang’s.
• Fang Ming accepted the wager, while Qin Hao agreed to fight Wang Xuan and left the restaurant with Fang Lang.
• Wang Xuan decided to enter the tournament the next day and fight Qin Hao after winning fifty matches in a row.
• Fang Lang realized that fear of Wang Xuan would hold him back from pursuing the Martial Dao Peak, and resolved to grow stronger.
• Qin Hao rented a secluded room to review his fifty battles, while Fang Lang began secluded cultivation and Cloudwing Beast trained with the Beast God Five Claws.

Qin Hao refined his Sword of Destruction through repeated simulations and unexpectedly reached the True Martial Realm Ninth Layer Peak. His breakthrough was interrupted when Lingxiaozi warned that the Seal on the Supreme Sword Tower's Third Floor had loosened.

• Qin Hao reviewed how his battles had strengthened his Domains and concluded that advancing and compressing his Destruction Sword Domain would improve the Sword of Destruction.
• Qin Hao repeatedly simulated condensing the Destruction Sword Domain, making the Sword of Destruction more solid, but found that one-fifth of the Domain's power would not condense.
• Qin Hao's ninth Spiritual Vortex filled, and he broke through to the True Martial Realm Ninth Layer Peak.
• A thunderous pressure surged through Qin Hao's mind, and Lingxiaozi told him that the Seal on the Supreme Sword Tower's Third Floor had loosened.
• Qin Hao vanished from his Guest Room and reappeared inside the Supreme Sword Tower.

Qin Hao investigated the Supreme Sword Tower’s Third Floor after a terrifying pressure shook the tower and discovered that it contained a shattered world. Lingxiaozi urged him to study the chaotic Origin Laws and Dao patterns there, though Qin Hao had not yet entered the sealed floor.

• Qin Hao entered the Supreme Sword Tower and felt overwhelming power radiating from its Third Floor.
• Qin Hao and Lingxiaozi reached the Third-Floor Seal and found that it had loosened, though Lingxiaozi expected Qin Hao would need to reach Saint Martial Realm to undo it.
• Qin Hao and Lingxiaozi peered through the Seal and saw an entire world imprisoned inside the Third Floor.
• Qin Hao observed that the world’s landmass had shattered and that dangerous fragments of broken space swept past the Seal.
• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao the destroyed world’s chaotic Laws and Dao patterns could benefit his cultivation.

Qin Hao learned that the Third Floor’s Destruction World contained Origin Laws, Dao Patterns, and rare materials, and began studying its Destruction Laws despite the Seal. Meanwhile, Wang Xuan dominated the arena with one-strike victories as he continued his streak.

• Lingxiaozi explained the Destruction World’s Origin Laws, Dao Patterns, and treasures to Qin Hao, who resolved to break through to the Saint Martial Realm to undo the Third Floor’s Seal.
• Qin Hao realized he could observe the Destruction Laws even before entering the sealed world, so he sat down to comprehend them.
• Wang Xuan defeated a Saint Martial Realm Fourth Layer opponent with a single strike from his sheathed sword, leaving the man gravely wounded.
• Spectators praised Wang Xuan’s speed and debated whether Qin Hao could defeat him as Wang Xuan reached ten consecutive wins.
• More experts entered the arena to challenge Wang Xuan.

Wang Xuan reached fifty consecutive wins in the Sword Pool Tournament and announced that he still had one fight left: his promised duel with Qin Hao. The Plaza learned the reason for their clash and eagerly anticipated the battle as Qin Hao’s rest ended.

• Wang Xuan defeated challenger after challenger, reaching forty consecutive wins without drawing his sword and warning weaker fighters not to waste his time.
• Wang Xuan drew his sword against one challenger the next morning, beat him in three moves, and reached fifty consecutive wins that afternoon.
• Steward Liu offered Wang Xuan three days of rest, but Wang Xuan said he was waiting for stronger opponents and had one fight left.
• Warriors in the Plaza recalled that Wang Xuan had challenged Qin Hao after Qin Hao intervened in Fang Ming and Fang Lang’s Fang Family Trial dispute.
• The crowd learned that Wang Xuan and Qin Hao had agreed to fight for their sides’ Fang Family Tokens, and spectators began discussing a betting pool.

Qin Hao spent three days studying the Laws in the Supreme Sword Tower, strengthening his Domains and Sword of Destruction before leaving to resume the Sword Pool Tournament. The chapter ended with the Cloudwing Beast welcoming him back after making progress in its training.

• Steward Liu opened a betting pool for Qin Hao's match against Wang Xuan, and most bettors backed Wang Xuan.
• Qin Hao's Wind Sword Domain and Rain Sword Domain reached the Third Tier, his Sword Domain reached the Fourth Tier, and his combined Destruction Sword Domain rivaled a Sixth Tier Domain.
• Qin Hao observed Destruction Laws erasing matter and noticed opposing Laws restoring it, which he tentatively named Life Laws.
• Lingxiaozi reminded Qin Hao that his three days in the tower were nearly over and that the tournament would not wait, so Qin Hao left the Supreme Sword Tower.
• The Cloudwing Beast stopped practicing the Beast God Five Claws and leaped onto Qin Hao's shoulder when he returned to the inn.

Qin Hao prepared to face Wang Xuan in the Sword Pool Tournament and bet a million Low-Grade Spirit Stones on his own victory. Fang Lang, worried for him, ultimately chose to back him and vowed to make his enemies pay if Qin Hao fell.

• The Cloudwing Beast showed a major increase in strength and neared a breakthrough, then accompanied Qin Hao toward the Plaza.
• Fang Lang worried that Wang Xuan’s fifty consecutive wins made him too dangerous for Qin Hao to challenge.
• Qin Hao calmly said he could settle things with Wang Xuan that day, despite Fang Lang urging him to avoid the fight.
• Qin Hao gave Fang Lang treasures worth a million Low-Grade Spirit Stones and told him to bet on Qin Hao winning.
• After Qin Hao left for the Plaza, Fang Lang decided to wager a million Low-Grade Spirit Stones and both Fang Family Tokens on him, and vowed to punish Qin Hao’s enemies if he died.

Qin Hao arrived at Sword Pool City's Central Plaza just as the crowd and tournament officials were preparing to declare him defeated for failing to appear against Wang Xuan. His arrival revived hopes of a match, but the chapter ended before the fight began.

• Wang Xuan waited nearly two hours in the Arena while the crowd speculated that Qin Hao had fled.
• Fang Ming and Lu Yuan discussed the Fang Family Tokens and Lu Yuan urged Fang Ming to pursue the Azure Flame Grand Tournament and the Azure Flame Sect instead.
• As Qin Hao remained absent, Lu Yuan told Fang Ming to ask the City Lord's Manor to declare Qin Hao defeated, and spectators anticipated winning their Spirit Stone bets.
• Steward Liu grew concerned as people pressed the City Lord's Manor to rule against Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao emerged from an Inn and headed toward the plaza, drawing the crowd's attention.

Qin Hao faced Wang Xuan in the Arena after breaking through to True Martial Realm Ninth Layer Peak, while Fang Lang and Cloudwing Beast watched from below. Wang Xuan began his promised Three Swords, and Qin Hao tracked the trajectory of the first strike as the duel opened.

• Fang Ming and Lu Yuan saw Qin Hao arrive and believed he had walked into a deadly challenge against Wang Xuan.
• Qin Hao left Cloudwing Beast with Fang Lang, reminded him to bet on the fight, and rose onto the Arena using his Wind Sword Domain.
• Wang Xuan offered Qin Hao a chance to follow him if he survived Three Swords, but Qin Hao rejected the offer and said Wang Xuan was not worthy of his friendship.
• Wang Xuan drew his Mid-Rank Earth Grade sword Lightning and launched the first of his Three Swords at Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao recognized the extraordinary speed of Wang Xuan's strike and caught its trajectory.

Qin Hao used his Third-Order Wind and Rain Sword Domains to weaken Wang Xuan’s first lightning-fast attack and dodge it, surprising the arena spectators. Wang Xuan launched a faster second strike with his Fast-Slow Domain, but Qin Hao sensed its path and perceived the sword as slow as a snail.

• Qin Hao formed Wind and Rain Giant Swords to blunt Wang Xuan’s first attack, then evaded the weakened strike.
• A seventh-level Saint Martial Realm Grandmaster explained that Qin Hao’s two Sword Domains had advanced to the Third-Order and praised his ability to react to Wang Xuan’s speed.
• Wang Xuan recognized Qin Hao’s Third-Order Domains and announced that he would show the true speed of his Sword Art with a second strike.
• Wang Xuan launched an even faster Lightning Sword attack, using his Fast-Slow Domain alongside his Fifth-Order Peak Sword Domain.
• Qin Hao recognized the Fast-Slow Domain’s connection to time and sensed Wang Xuan’s sword moving as slowly as a snail.