Recaps

Qin Hao cultivated the Heavenly Laws Chapter after his Time Domain reached the Ninth Order, greatly improving his ability to perceive and comprehend Origin Laws. The next morning, he left the Supreme Sword Tower for the Hidden Dragon Gathering, where Lin Zhang, Ding Qiongwei, and Ning Qianxue noticed that his aura had changed.

• Qin Hao sensed that his Time Doppelganger had advanced its Time Domain to the Ninth Order, allowing him to begin cultivating the Heavenly Laws Chapter.
• Qin Hao visualized the Destruction World and discovered that he could perceive its Laws and the Origin Laws around him with extraordinary clarity.
• Qin Hao comprehended the Destruction and Vitality Laws, and his Vitality Sword Domain rose from the Seventh Order to the Eighth in four hours.
• Qin Hao resolved to keep cultivating so he could pass the Black Mirror Ninefold Trial and find Ziqing in the Primordial Domain.
• Qin Hao left the Supreme Sword Tower the next morning, and Lin Zhang, Ning Qianxue, and Ding Qiongwei noticed his changed aura and wondered if he had broken through again.

After Qin Hao made another breakthrough, he and Ding Qiongwei, Lin Zhang, and Ning Qianxue traveled to Absolute Immortal Peak for the Hidden Dragon Gathering. They learned that entry to the Rough Stone Gathering was restricted and that its auction-style Stone Gambling could bring either enormous profits or ruin.

• Qin Hao told Lin Zhang, Ning Qianxue, and Ding Qiongwei that he had made a small breakthrough but still could not pass the Black Mirror's ninth trial.
• Lin Zhang and Ning Qianxue argued as the four left Absolute Immortal City for Absolute Immortal Peak.
• Qin Hao saw Warriors from several domains gathered at the foot of the peak, where vendors had set up stalls.
• Lin Zhang and Ding Qiongwei explained that entrants to the Hidden Dragon Hall needed to be Saint Martial Grandmasters and generally had to belong to a faction.
• Ding Qiongwei and Lin Zhang explained that Rough Stones were sold through Auction Bidding, with high costs and uncertain outcomes, and that the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion linked the gathering to its Auction.

Qin Hao joined Qi Mu, Zuo Yichuan, and their companions at the Hidden Dragon Gathering, where they discussed his recent Stone Gambling find. Zuo Yichuan invited Qin Hao to watch his selected Rough Stone being cut.

• Qin Hao saw the costly Rough Stones in the Hidden Dragon Hall as Lin Zhang warned him about the risks of bidding on them.
• Lin Zhang led Qin Hao, Ding Qiongwei, and Ning Qianxue to Qi Mu's private box, where they met Zuo Yichuan, Ling Ni, and Zuo Shan.
• Qi Mu thanked Qin Hao for helping Lin Zhang at Dragon Refining Mountain, and Ling Ni and Zuo Shan asked about Qin Hao's Nine Radiance Crimson Mystic Crystal.
• Qin Hao said he had never encountered Stone Gambling before and attributed his discovery partly to luck.
• A Heavenly Treasure Pavilion attendant announced that Zuo Yichuan's selected Rough Stone was next to be cut, and Zuo Yichuan invited Qin Hao to watch.

Qin Hao learned that Xu Batian intended to target him over Xu Zhongjie's death, while Zuo Yichuan arranged for Duanmu Xuan to protect him at the Tea Gathering. The two then joined Zuo Yichuan's father and Master Qiu Yuan to inspect Rough Stones.

• Zuo Yichuan told Qin Hao that Xu Batian was investigating Xu Zhongjie's death and would likely make a move against him at the Tea Gathering.
• Zuo Yichuan said Duanmu Xuan knew what had happened in the Demon-Suppressing Pool and would intervene to protect Qin Hao.
• Zuo Yichuan brought Qin Hao to meet Zuo Hong and Master Qiu Yuan at the Rough Stone cutting platform.
• Master Qiu Yuan warned that Zuo Yichuan's eight-million-Low-Grade-Spirit-Stone Rough Stone was unlikely to yield a big gain, but confidently predicted that his own two choices would profit.
• Qin Hao asked to examine the three Rough Stones, and Zuo Yichuan introduced him to Zuo Hong and Master Qiu Yuan.

Qin Hao used his Destruction Sword Domain to assess three Rough Stones at the Rough Stone Gathering and predicted the results of cutting them open. Zuo Hong's group lost value on the first stone, broke even on the second, and made a huge profit on the third.

• Qiu Yuan criticized Qin Hao for trying to examine Rough Stones with his Domain, but Zuo Hong and Zuo Yichuan persuaded him to allow it.
• Qin Hao sensed that the first Rough Stone held little Life Aura while the second and third held much more, and he learned their purchase prices from Qiu Yuan.
• Qin Hao told Zuo Yichuan that the stones could not be returned and said Qiu Yuan's picks were mostly accurate, though the first stone was a loss.
• The first Rough Stone yielded an Azure Spirit Crystal worth only five hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, disappointing Zuo Yichuan.
• The second Rough Stone yielded a Treasure Crystal worth exactly ten million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, leaving Qiu Yuan shocked.
• The third Rough Stone yielded Black Ancient Stone worth forty-two million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, prompting startled cries from the crowd.

Qiu Yuan’s Rough Stone yielded Black Ancient Stone, and Qu Changxian revealed that the Auction’s final lot was the damaged True Treasure, the Immortal-Devouring Staff. As excitement over the treasure spread, Zuo Hong realized the Zuo Family would need a vast fortune to compete for it.

• Qiu Yuan uncovered Black Ancient Stone worth forty-two million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, earning praise from the crowd and Zuo Hong.
• Qu Changxian greeted Qin Hao and revealed that the Auction’s final lot was the damaged True Treasure called the Immortal-Devouring Staff, which could let a Saint Martial Grandmaster fight a Venerable.
• Qin Hao realized Qu Changxian had publicized the treasure’s power to fuel bidding for both the staff and Rough Stones.
• Zuo Hong estimated that the Immortal-Devouring Staff would sell for far more than the previous Auction’s final lot and told Qiu Yuan the Zuo Family was counting on him.

Xu Batian set a plan in motion to make the Zuo Family suffer at the Hidden Dragon Convention. Meanwhile, Zuo Hong and Qiu Yuan competed with Chu Peilin and Su Song for Rough Stones, and the chapter left the Zuo side holding most of the stones they contested at inflated prices.

• Xu Batian declared that the Immortal-Devouring Staff would belong to the Xu Family and ordered Chu Yu to begin their plan against the Zuo Family.
• Qiu Yuan selected a Rough Stone priced at twenty million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, but Chu Peilin and Su Song joined the bidding.
• Qiu Yuan raised his bid to sixty million, and Chu Peilin ultimately let the Zuo Family take the stone.
• Chu Peilin and Su Song repeatedly challenged Zuo Hong and Qiu Yuan whenever they chose Rough Stones priced above ten million.
• Zuo Hong and Qiu Yuan won most of the contested Rough Stones, while Chu Peilin and Su Song bought several as well.

Chu Peilin and Su Song conspired to make Zuo Hong and Qiu Yuan spend heavily on Rough Stones that Dongfang Ting believed were likely to fail. At the Hidden Dragon Hall, Chu Peilin and Zuo Hong’s families drove one stone’s price to 190 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, while a Liu Family Rough Stone master praised its apparent value.

• Su Song told Chu Peilin that Dongfang Ting had examined Zuo Hong’s Rough Stones and believed a catastrophic loss was more likely than a surge in value.
• Su Song pointed out a Rough Stone that Qiu Yuan wanted, and Chu Peilin claimed the Chu Family would buy it.
• Zuo Hong bid 90 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and Chu Peilin and Qiu Yuan traded higher bids until Su Song raised the price to 190 million.
• Onlookers gathered as a Liu Family Attendant and renowned Rough Stone master said the stone’s God patterns and aura suggested it could contain Treasure Crystal worth hundreds of millions.

Su Song revealed that Dongfang Ting had judged most of the Rough Stones won by Zuo Hong to be likely losses, exposing a trap by the Chu and Xu Families. Qin Hao suspected the scheme was connected to Zuo Yichuan's refusal to explain what happened at the Demon-Suppressing Pool, and the crowd waited for the stones to be cut.

• Zuo Hong let Qiu Yuan decide whether to bid, and Qiu Yuan raised the price of the Rough Stone to two hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Su Song revealed that Dongfang Ting had examined the stone and considered it likely to be a disastrous loss, then said Dongfang Ting had inspected more than sixty percent of the Rough Stones Zuo Hong had won.
• Qiu Yuan demanded that the Rough Stones be cut, while Zuo Hong clung to the possibility that Dongfang Ting had misjudged them.
• Qin Hao and Zuo Yichuan concluded that the Chu Family and Xu Family had set up the Zuo Family, possibly over the Demon-Suppressing Pool.
• Qin Hao agreed with Zuo Yichuan to have the purchased Rough Stones cut, drawing the crowd's attention to the platform.

Zuo Hong and Qiu Yuan watched their nine rough stones get cut, leaving the Zuo Family with a loss of nearly four hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones. After the loss put the Immortal-Devouring Staff out of reach, Qin Hao noticed a hostile young man watching him from a private box.

• Qiu Yuan’s first three stones yielded crushing losses, and he spat blood before insisting the remaining stones be cut.
• The fourth, fifth, and sixth stones yielded modest gains, but they failed to offset the earlier losses.
• The seventh and eighth stones were crushing losses, and Zuo Hong reassured the guilt-stricken Qiu Yuan that the Zuo Family would bear the cost.
• The ninth stone yielded Treasure Crystal worth only ten million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, bringing the Zuo Family’s total loss to nearly four hundred million.
• Zuo Yichuan lamented that the Immortal-Devouring Staff was now out of reach, and Qin Hao noticed a burly young man glaring at him from a private box.

Qin Hao offered to help the Zuo Family recover its losses at the Rough Stone Gathering by selecting stones himself, despite Zuo Hong and Qiu Yuan’s warnings. As Qin Hao began choosing Rough Stones with Zuo Yichuan, Lin Zhang rushed to stop him.

• Qin Hao recognized Xu Batian as Xu Zhongjie’s elder brother and understood his silent threat that Qin Hao would be next.
• Qin Hao offered to pick Rough Stones for Zuo Yichuan, promising to bear any losses and give the Zuo Family any profits.
• Zuo Hong and Qiu Yuan warned Qin Hao that Stone Gambling was risky, but Zuo Yichuan persuaded his father to let Qin Hao choose a few stones.
• In Ling Yuan Hall’s private box, Lin Zhang and the others discussed the Zuo Family’s four-hundred-million-Low-Grade-Spirit-Stone loss and Ning Qianxue urged Qi Mu to punish Xu Batian at the Tea Gathering.
• After seeing Qin Hao grab a Rough Stone, Lin Zhang rushed out to stop him, while Ling Ni held Ning Qianxue back.

Qin Hao selected a Rough Stone for the Zuo Family while trying to draw out Su Song and Dongfang Ting. The stone proved to be a major loss, but Qin Hao saw it as a way to make Su Song underestimate him.

• Chu Yu, Mo Hong, and Xu Batian agreed to carry out a plan to ruin Qin Hao's reputation, while Su Song and Chu Peilin watched him select Rough Stones.
• Qin Hao examined several Rough Stones by sensing their Life Aura, then chose a six-million Low-Grade Spirit Stone stone that Zuo Yichuan and Lin Zhang believed would be profitable.
• Qin Hao had the Zuo Family pay for the stone and asked for it to be cut immediately, drawing a crowd's attention.
• The stone contained a Treasure Crystal worth only five hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, prompting Zuo Yichuan and Lin Zhang to lament the loss.
• Qin Hao accepted the loss because he wanted Su Song to lower his expectations of him.

Qin Hao manipulated Su Song into overpaying for Rough Stones while quietly choosing stones based on the Life Aura he sensed inside them. The chapter ended with Su Song realizing he had spent six hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, while Qin Hao had spent four hundred million.

• Qin Hao sensed a powerful Life Aura inside a seven-million-Low-Grade-Spirit-Stone Rough Stone and decided to return to it later.
• Qin Hao baited Su Song into buying a Rough Stone for forty million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, then selected another stone whose Life Aura suggested its Treasure Crystal was worth about forty million.
• Qin Hao continued bidding against Su Song, sometimes raising the price and then abruptly backing out, leaving Zuo Yichuan and Lin Zhang uneasy as Zuo Yichuan paid for Qin Hao's purchases.
• Su Song repeatedly followed Qin Hao's bids until Chu Peilin stopped him and warned that he had spent six hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Su Song learned that Qin Hao had spent four hundred million, accused him of being sly, and agreed to go cut their Rough Stones.

Qin Hao used his ability to judge Treasure Crystals to outbid Su Song and choose profitable Rough Stones, while Zuo Yichuan worried about the Zuo Family’s mounting costs. As the stones were cut, Su Song’s losses passed one hundred million while Qin Hao’s group gained one hundred million, and Lin Zhang mocked Su Song as the “Master of Losses.”

• Qin Hao explained that he deliberately raised Su Song’s bids on overpriced Rough Stones while choosing stones he expected to profit from.
• Zuo Yichuan paid for Qin Hao’s purchases, bringing the Zuo Family’s total spending to eight hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and Qin Hao urged him to continue.
• Ding Qiongwei criticized Lin Zhang for joining Qin Hao’s stone gambling, while Qi Mu and Ling Ni said Ling Yuan Hall could help cover any losses.
• Su Song’s first three Rough Stones were busts, costing him forty million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Qin Hao’s first two stones broke even, then six more earned one hundred million as ten of Su Song’s stones left him more than one hundred million down.
• Lin Zhang celebrated Qin Hao’s gains and mocked Su Song as the “Master of Losses.”

Qin Hao’s Rough Stones brought huge profits while Su Song’s brought massive losses, leaving the Chu Family down four hundred million low-grade spirit stones. Su Song fainted from rage and was carried away, while Qin Hao dismissed Chu Peilin’s threat and reminded the Zuo Family he had chosen the stones to help them.

• Qi Mu explained that Su Song lost money because he kept bidding too high while Qin Hao knew when to stop.
• The cutters opened the remaining Rough Stones, and Qin Hao’s five yielded huge profits while Su Song’s nine caused losses exceeding three hundred million.
• Su Song’s total losses reached four hundred million low-grade spirit stones, and he spat blood before collapsing after Qiu Yuan taunted him.
• Chu Peilin ordered two Chu Family disciples to carry Su Song away, and Qin Hao told him to tell Xu Batian that he was not qualified to be his opponent.
• Lin Zhang and Zuo Yichuan praised Qin Hao, who said he had only been helping the Zuo Family choose Rough Stones.

Qin Hao decided to keep examining Rough Stones, aiming to draw out Dongfang Ting, who had come to confront him on behalf of the Xu Family. Meanwhile, Venerable Tianming demanded five million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones from the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion to fund prizes for the Hidden Dragon Ranking.

• After settling the Rough Stone purchases, Qin Hao declined to take credit for the Zuo Family’s gains, and Zuo Hong and Zuo Yichuan praised his loyalty.
• Qin Hao said he would keep looking at Rough Stones despite the gathering nearing its end, focusing on a seven-million-Spirit-Stone stone filled with dense Life Aura.
• Xu Batian called on his uncle, Dongfang Ting, to deal with Qin Hao, and Dongfang Ting left the Xu Family’s private box to meet him.
• Venerable Tianming appeared beside Pavilion Master Qian and demanded five million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones for the Hidden Dragon Ranking’s top-ten prizes.

Venerable Tianming secured three million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones from Pavilion Master Qian to support the Southern Region Domain Group’s geniuses ahead of the Azure Flame Grand Tournament, and planned to give all the Tea Gathering’s treasures to its winner. He and Qu Changxian suspected Qin Hao could use his Domain to sense Treasure Crystal values, and Dongfang Ting’s arrival set up a coming test of Qin Hao’s prospects.

• Venerable Tianming bargained with Pavilion Master Qian for Spirit Stones, explaining that he wanted to help Southern Region Domain Group geniuses prepare for the Azure Flame Grand Tournament.
• Venerable Tianming showed Pavilion Master Qian three High-Grade Heaven Purple Thunder Pills and announced that the Tea Gathering’s treasures would all go to first place.
• Pavilion Master Qian gave Venerable Tianming three million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones after hearing that the resources would support the tournament’s contenders.
• Venerable Tianming asked Pavilion Master Qian and Qu Changxian to assess Qin Hao, and Qu Changxian suggested Qin Hao might use his Domain to judge the value of Treasure Crystals.
• Venerable Tianming said he had begun to believe Qin Hao could take first place, then pointed out that Dongfang Ting had arrived as Qin Hao waited for him.

Qin Hao challenged Dongfang Ting’s claim to a Rough Stone and bid five hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones for it, with Zuo Hong paying. The first cut revealed no light, leaving the Zuo Family facing losses of seven hundred million as the cutting continued.

• Dongfang Ting appeared in the Hidden Dragon Hall, prompting Qiu Yuan to urge Zuo Hong to call Qin Hao and Zuo Yichuan back.
• Dongfang Ting claimed a Rough Stone, but Qin Hao kept bidding against him until the price reached five hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Dongfang Ting mocked Qin Hao’s judgment and ordered the Rough Stone cut after Qin Hao won the bid.
• Zuo Hong paid for the Rough Stone, and Qin Hao led the crowd to the cutting platform.
• The cutter made the first cut, but no light appeared, and Zuo Hong and Zuo Yichuan feared the purchase would deepen the Zuo Family’s losses.

Qin Hao’s Rough Stone yielded a Treasure Crystal that everyone mistook for worthless until Qu Changxian activated it with True Essence and revealed it was Supreme-Grade. The crowd realized Qin Hao had uncovered a rare crystal, while Dongfang Ting’s confident judgment was overturned.

• Dongfang Ting declared Qin Hao’s Rough Stone worthless, and the crowd mocked Qin Hao as the stonecutter removed the crystal.
• Qin Hao asked Qu Changxian to appraise the ordinary-looking Treasure Crystal despite the crowd’s doubts.
• Qu Changxian suspected the crystal needed True Essence and channeled it into the crystal.
• The Treasure Crystal burst into multicolored light, and Qu Changxian identified it as Supreme-Grade.
• A white-haired Rough Stone master explained that Supreme-Grade Treasure Crystals needed True Essence to activate, leaving the crowd amazed.

Qu Changxian identified Qin Hao’s Rough Stone as containing a priceless Hundred-Refined Mystic Crystal, and the Zuo Family sold it to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion for one billion low-grade spirit stones. Qin Hao then headed back to choose more Rough Stones, drawing the excited crowd after him.

• Qu Changxian revealed that the Treasure Crystal was a supreme-grade Hundred-Refined Mystic Crystal, leaving the crowd amazed and Dongfang Ting regretful that he had dismissed it.
• Qu Changxian offered one billion low-grade spirit stones for the crystal on behalf of the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion, and Qin Hao let Zuo Hong decide whether to sell it.
• Zuo Hong accepted Qu Changxian’s offer, making the Zuo Family the gathering’s biggest-earning lineage with a net profit of eight hundred million spirit stones.
• Qin Hao continued toward the Rough Stone District to choose more stones, and the crowd followed while Qu Changxian noted that the promising stones had already been picked.

Qin Hao identified profitable Rough Stones for others while searching for a Treasure-Grade or better Treasure Crystal himself. When he finally claimed a Rough Stone, the crowd drove up the bidding, and Dongfang Ting entered with a five-hundred-million offer.

• Qin Hao’s recommendations led buyers to profit from Rough Stones, while he passed on every stone he examined.
• Dongfang Ting watched Qin Hao’s success and concluded he was searching for a more valuable Treasure Crystal.
• At the last three Rough Stones, Qin Hao touched one and said he wanted it for himself, sparking a fierce bidding war.
• The Situ Family Head and others raised the price against Qin Hao, who kept bidding until he offered two hundred million.
• Dongfang Ting stepped forward and bid five hundred million for the Rough Stone.

Qin Hao lured Dongfang Ting into paying one billion low-grade spirit stones for a Rough Stone by making him believe it might contain a supreme-grade Treasure Crystal. Dongfang Ting cut it open and found only an Azure Spirit Crystal worth five hundred thousand spirit stones, leaving him ruined.

• Dongfang Ting outbid Qin Hao and the Zuo Family, raising the Rough Stone’s price to one billion low-grade spirit stones.
• Qin Hao pretended to concede the Rough Stone to Dongfang Ting, then left after suggesting Dongfang Ting had bought it without knowing its contents.
• Zuo Hong, Qiu Yuan, and the others realized Qin Hao had set a trap and Dongfang Ting had taken the bait.
• Dongfang Ting angrily cut open the Rough Stone and found an Azure Spirit Crystal worth only five hundred thousand low-grade spirit stones.

Qin Hao’s trap cost Dongfang Ting a billion Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and Dongfang Ting died after raging over the loss. The crowd recognized Qin Hao as the force behind the day’s events.

• The crowd realized Qin Hao had never claimed the Rough Stone would yield a Treasure-Grade or Supreme-Grade crystal, and that Dongfang Ting had been tricked into buying it for a billion Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Dongfang Ting spat blood, accused Qin Hao of tricking him, and lunged at him, but Qin Hao dodged and Dongfang Ting crashed into the floor.
• Pavilion Master Qian and Qu Changxian stopped Dongfang Ting and demanded he pay for the Rough Stone; Pavilion Master Qian ordered Dongfang Ting’s assets at the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion frozen when he could not pay.
• Dongfang Ting spat blood again, collapsed, and died, leaving the crowd stunned.
• The crowd reflected that Qin Hao had orchestrated the day’s events and wondered how he had accomplished so much after cultivating for only a few years.

After Qin Hao killed Dongfang Ting in the rough-stone contest, Venerable Tianming and the leading disciples of Dian Cang Sect and Mount Tai Sect reassessed his potential. Xu Batian blamed Qin Hao for ruining his plan and vowed to kill him before he left Absolute Immortal Peak.

• Pavilion Master Qian ordered Dongfang Ting's body returned to the Xu Family and the Rough Stone Gathering continued.
• Venerable Tianming said Qin Hao had mastered Domain and rough-stone appraisal, and might reach the Azure Flame Tournament Top 100 within a year.
• Xu Batian refused to take responsibility for Dongfang Ting's death, then ordered a proper burial and vowed Qin Hao would not leave Absolute Immortal Peak alive.
• Duanmu Xuan and Xia Weize watched Qin Hao and grew wary of how quickly his strength could develop.

Qin Hao’s victory over Dongfang Ting impressed the Hidden Dragon Gathering’s elite, and the Rough Stone Gathering ended before the Auction began. The auction opened with Shangguan Mo presenting the coveted Immortal-Devouring Staff, leaving the crowd in a fever of anticipation.

• Duanmu Xuan and Xia Weize judged Qin Hao’s strength to be growing rapidly, while Ling Yuan Hall’s group recognized how much he had helped the Zuo Family.
• Qu Changxian ended the Rough Stone Gathering and announced that the Auction would begin in the Hidden Dragon Hall.
• Zuo Hong invited Qin Hao to the Zuo Family’s private box and took Lin Zhang along, while Qin Hao accepted Zuo Yichuan’s invitation.
• Qin Hao watched the hall fill as Shangguan Mo took the auction stage and declared the Auction open.
• Shangguan Mo ordered the Immortal-Devouring Staff brought out, and the crowd focused on the covered tray as killing intent seeped from it.