Recaps

Qin Hao’s Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin could not withstand Li Xiuru’s Golden Mountain Flood, and the scattered swords left Qin Hao exposed to a thousand-zhang wave. Li Xiuru declared that their fight would decide who lived and brought the wave crashing down on Qin Hao.

• Li Xiuru unleashed Golden Mountain Flood, combining Half-Step Water Laws and Half-Step Gold Laws against Qin Hao’s ten thousand Treasure Swords.
• Gu Feng judged that Qin Hao was doomed because his Saint Martial Realm Sixth Layer cultivation limited the power of his sword technique.
• Li Xiuru’s waves overwhelmed Qin Hao’s sword formation, overturning Jian Yi, Jian Er, Jian San, and scattering the Treasure Swords.
• The remaining waves converged into a thousand-zhang surge and advanced toward Qin Hao as Li Xiuru declared that he would kill him.
• Li Xiuru brought the towering wave crashing down on Qin Hao.

Qin Hao revealed his Half-Step Time Laws during his battle with Li Xiuru, slowing time and shattering Li Xiuru’s towering wave. Qin Hao moved in to finish the fight, and Li Xiuru could only watch as the Setting Sun Sword approached his chest.

• Qin Hao used Near at Hand, Far Away to evade Li Xiuru’s wave, then charged straight toward him.
• Qin Hao released his Time Domain, revealing Half-Step Time Laws and shocking Li Xiuru and the spectators at Absolute Immortal Peak.
• Qin Hao slowed time and destroyed Li Xiuru’s wave with a light thrust of the Setting Sun Sword, leaving Li Xiuru injured and weakened.
• Qin Hao approached Li Xiuru under the Time Laws and told him the fight was over.
• Qin Hao thrust the Setting Sun Sword toward Li Xiuru’s chest as Li Xiuru watched helplessly.

Li Xiuru revealed his Devil Race identity by unleashing his Demonic Body to survive Qin Hao’s attack. Qin Hao continued fighting him, and Venerable Tianming held back so Qin Hao could gain experience.

• Li Xiuru realized Qin Hao’s sword strike would kill him unless he unleashed his Demonic Body, and Qin Hao welcomed the exposure.
• Li Xiuru transformed, grew two additional black arms, and weakened the effects of Qin Hao’s Half-Step Time Laws.
• The crowd recognized Li Xiuru as a Devil Race Member and suspected his four companions were Devil Race Members too.
• Venerable Tianming sensed the Demonic Qi, recalled the Blood Demon Race’s devastation, and prepared to intervene.
• Venerable Tianming saw Qin Hao fighting Li Xiuru and chose to let the battle continue as training for Qin Hao.
• On another battlefield, Gu Feng and Cai Yunni looked exhausted and afraid.

Gu Feng and Cai Yunni realized they had to escape Absolute Immortal Peak after Qin Hao forced Li Xiuru to reveal his Demonic Body, while Xu Batian struggled with the revelation of Qin Hao's strength. Gu Feng attacked Xu Batian and Xia Weize to clear his path, and Xu Batian was killed by a fragment of his own broken saber.

• Gu Feng and Cai Yunni recognized that the Venerables would investigate them as possible Devil Race members and decided to flee.
• Duanmu Xuan, Xia Weize, and Qi Mu welcomed Qin Hao's advantage over Li Xiuru and suspected Gu Feng and Cai Yunni were Devil Race members.
• Xu Batian grew furious and helpless after learning Qin Hao had cultivated the Time Domain, and Gu Feng turned on him and Xia Weize.
• Gu Feng attacked at full strength, breaking Xu Batian's Flame Dragon Saber and wounding both Xu Batian and Xia Weize.
• A broken half of Xu Batian's saber pierced his chest, and he died regretting his reckless decision to confront Gu Feng.

Qin Hao fought Li Xiuru at Absolute Immortal Peak Summit and used the Half-Step Time Laws to overwhelm him. After Li Xiuru began gathering True Essence to self-destruct, the battle was left on the brink of an explosion.

• Qin Hao and Li Xiuru fought fiercely in the sky while battles between Xu Batian, Xia Weize, Gu Feng, Duanmu Xuan, Qi Mu, and Cai Yunni continued elsewhere.
• Qin Hao spoke with his Time Doppelganger, who urged him to end the fight and pass the Black Mirror Ninefold Trial to reach Ziqing in the Primordial Domain.
• Qin Hao used the Half-Step Time Laws to slow Li Xiuru and pierced his chest with the Setting Sun Sword, severing one of his arms.
• Li Xiuru defended his choice to join the Blood Demon Race, but Qin Hao rejected his reasoning and severed another arm before continuing to attack.
• Li Xiuru laughed that more from the Devil Race would come after Qin Hao and began gathering True Essence in his Dantian to self-destruct.

Li Xiuru tried to take the Southern Domain Group’s geniuses down with him by self-detonating after Qin Hao suppressed him. Venerable Tianming stopped the blast with a single palm, leaving Qin Hao awed by the gap between himself and a top Venerable.

• Li Xiuru gathered energy to self-detonate, and Qin Hao used his Half-Step Time Laws to slow the blast while the geniuses fled.
• Li Xiuru’s body vaporized as his self-detonation formed an expanding sphere that destroyed everything in its path.
• Qin Hao braced himself for the blast, while Gu Feng and Cai Yunni fled in separate directions.
• Venerable Tianming formed an enormous palm of energy and suppressed the sphere, shrinking it until it vanished.
• Qin Hao watched Venerable Tianming’s power and realized how far he still was from a Venerable.

After Li Xiuru’s self-destruction, Venerable Tianming and two other Venerables stopped Gu Feng and Cai Yunni from escaping. Qin Hao killed Gu Feng, ending the threat from all five Devil Race geniuses, and Venerable Tianming appeared before him.

• Gu Feng and Cai Yunni fled, but Venerable Tianming and two other Venerables attacked them.
• An elderly Venerable’s claw caught Cai Yunni and crushed her Demonic Body, killing her.
• Gu Feng surrendered and offered to reveal the Blood Demon Race’s plans, but Qin Hao refused to spare him.
• Qin Hao revealed that he had destroyed the Demon-Suppressing Pool, then used a multicolored ribbon to kill Gu Feng.
• Qin Hao dismissed his domains, and Venerable Tianming appeared before him with approval.

After Qin Hao defeated the five Devil Race geniuses, Venerable Tianming declared him first on the Hidden Dragon Ranking and redirected the gathering’s rewards to him to help him qualify for the Azure Flame Sect. Qin Hao received the gathered resources as the Azure Flame Grand Tournament approached.

• The crowd mourned Xu Batian’s death and marveled at Qin Hao’s victory over the Devil Race geniuses.
• Venerable Tianming ended the Hidden Dragon Gathering and announced Qin Hao as first on the revised ranking, followed by Duanmu Xuan and Xia Weize.
• Lin Zhang teased Ding Qiongwei about Qin Hao, while she kept her feelings to herself.
• Venerable Tianming announced that the Azure Flame Grand Tournament would begin in a little over half a year and urged the Southern Domain Group to reach the Top Hundred.
• Venerable Tianming assigned all the gathering’s treasures and resources to Qin Hao, and a pile of rewards appeared before him.

Qin Hao received eighteen million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and three High-Grade Heaven Purple Thunder Pills as his reward for winning the Hidden Dragon Gathering. After Venerable Tianming urged him to prepare for the Azure Flame Grand Tournament in Central Continent, Qin Hao left, promising to meet the others there.

• Venerable Tianming awarded Qin Hao eighteen million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones and three High-Grade Heaven Purple Thunder Pills, astonishing the crowd and leaving Duanmu Xuan and the others envious.
• Venerable Tianming explained that Central Continent had powerful Cultivation Chambers and advised Qin Hao to travel there soon to meet fellow Ascetic Cultivators before the Azure Flame Grand Tournament.
• Qin Hao accepted the rewards and advice, then collected all the treasures after Venerable Tianming vanished.
• Duanmu Xuan congratulated Qin Hao and said he planned to train for more than six months before challenging him at the Azure Flame Grand Tournament.
• Xia Weize urged Qin Hao not to disgrace the Southern Region Domain Group, and Qi Mu encouraged him to shine at the tournament.
• Qin Hao declined the celebration banquet and said farewell to the others, who agreed to meet again in Central Continent.

Qin Hao chose to cultivate with a High-Grade Heaven Purple Thunder Pill before attempting the Black Mirror Ninth Trial. He quickly advanced to the Saint Martial Realm Eighth Layer and raised his Little Sword Martial Soul to Mystic Tier Fourth Grade, then decided to take the trial next.

• Qin Hao returned to his residence in Ling Yuan Hall and chose to take a High-Grade Heaven Purple Thunder Pill instead of immediately challenging the Black Mirror Ninth Trial.
• Qin Hao swallowed the pill, and its power flowed into both his Dantian and Little Sword Martial Soul.
• Qin Hao used the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to refine the pill’s power and advanced to the Saint Martial Realm Seventh Layer as his Martial Soul reached Mystic Tier Fourth Grade.
• Qin Hao continued cultivating and rose to the Saint Martial Realm Eighth Layer, though his Martial Soul did not advance again.
• Qin Hao stabilized his cultivation and decided to attempt the Black Mirror Ninth Trial before taking his remaining two pills.

Qin Hao challenged the Ninth Trial’s Black Mirror Man to temper himself and fought him to prove the strength of his Half-Step Destruction Laws. After Qin Hao won, the Black Mirror Man warned him that even greater geniuses had passed through the Black Mirror Space.

• Qin Hao entered the Black Mirror Space with his cultivation at the Eighth Layer of Saint Martial Realm and his Destruction Sword Domain at Half-Step Destruction Laws.
• Qin Hao and the Ninth Trial Black Mirror Man fought for over half an hour, and Qin Hao’s sword domain gained the advantage.
• The eight Black Mirror Men from the earlier trials watched the battle and hoped to learn how they might break through and leave the Black Mirror Space.
• Qin Hao wounded the Ninth Trial Black Mirror Man badly enough to secure victory, and the Black Mirror Man declared that he had passed the Ninth Trial.
• The Black Mirror Man told Qin Hao he ranked among the finest geniuses from ancient times, then described a sixteen-year-old Black Mirror Sect prodigy who had cleared the trials in a few days.

After passing all nine Black Mirror trials and reaching the Eighth Layer of Saint Martial Realm, Qin Hao decided to leave the Absolute Immortal Domain for the Central Continent. True Person Ling Yuan approved his departure, and Qin Hao encountered Qi Mu, Lin Zhang, Ding Qiongwei, Ling Ni, and the others as they arrived to see him.

• The Black Mirror Man ended the trial, and Qin Hao returned to the Cultivation Chamber to reflect on his gains and losses.
• Qin Hao met Ning Qianxue, told her he had passed all nine Black Mirror trials, and said he planned to leave for the Central Continent.
• Ning Qianxue was stunned by Qin Hao's achievement and sent word to Qi Mu, Lin Zhang, Ding Qiongwei, and the others.
• Qin Hao paid his respects to True Person Ling Yuan, who praised his progress and told him to head to the Central Continent and pursue the Azure Flame Grand Tournament.
• True Person Ling Yuan wished Qin Hao well as he left, and Qi Mu arrived with Lin Zhang, Ding Qiongwei, Ling Ni, and the others to confront him about leaving so soon.

Qin Hao left Absolute Immortal City to continue his journey toward the Azure Flame Grand Tournament, first heading into the Absolute Immortal Mountain Range to retrieve the Cloudwing Beast. He reached the Demon Race Secret Land and respectfully requested an audience with the senior within.

• Qin Hao declined his friends’ invitations to stay, explaining that he needed to reach the Primordial Beginning Domain and find Mu Ziqing before the Azure Flame Grand Tournament.
• Ding Qiongwei and the others bade Qin Hao farewell, while Lin Zhang vowed to cultivate harder and catch up to him.
• Zuo Yichuan and Zuo Hong met Qin Hao outside the city, and Zuo Hong paid him the ten million Mid-Grade Spirit Stones owed for the Heaven and Earth Force technique.
• Qin Hao left Zuo Yichuan and Zuo Hong and traveled to the Absolute Immortal Mountain Range to find the Cloudwing Beast.
• After fighting off powerful Monsters on the way, Qin Hao reached the Demon Race Secret Land and called out to request an audience.

Qin Hao met Crimson Eyes in the Demon Race Secret Land and learned that Cloudwing Beast had passed his trial and left the True Martial Continent for the Demon Race Sacred Land. Cloudwing Beast had left Qin Hao a Boundless Flower Fruit, and Crimson Eyes sent Qin Hao away, telling him to reach the Star Sea if he hoped to meet his brother again.

• Qin Hao confronted Crimson Eyes and insisted on learning what had happened to Cloudwing Beast.
• Crimson Eyes told Qin Hao that Cloudwing Beast had passed the trial three months earlier and left the True Martial Continent for the Demon Race Sacred Land.
• Crimson Eyes explained that Cloudwing Beast needed the Demon Race's support to develop his talent for the Way of Space.
• Crimson Eyes gave Qin Hao the Boundless Flower Fruit that Cloudwing Beast had asked him to pass along.
• Crimson Eyes urged Qin Hao to reach the Star Sea if he wanted to meet Cloudwing Beast again, then sent him away.

After Crimson Eyes sent Qin Hao to the outskirts of the Absolute Immortal Mountain Range, he set out to refine the Boundless Flower Fruit and strengthen his Martial Soul. He advanced to the Ninth Layer of Saint Martial Realm, while his Little Sword Martial Soul reached Mystic Tier Fifth Grade and continued absorbing the fruit’s energy.

• Crimson Eyes sent Qin Hao from the Demon Race Secret Land to the outskirts of the Absolute Immortal Mountain Range, and Qin Hao vowed to place in the top ten of the Azure Flame Grand Tournament.
• Qin Hao flew north for three days, found a secluded mountain, and carved out a Cave Abode to refine the Boundless Flower Fruit.
• Qin Hao asked Lingxiaozi to keep watch, then swallowed the Boundless Flower Fruit and used the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to direct most of its energy into his Little Sword Martial Soul.
• After three hours, Qin Hao’s Little Sword Martial Soul advanced to Mystic Tier Fifth Grade, with much of the fruit’s energy still unspent.
• Qin Hao’s cultivation rose from the Eighth Layer to the Ninth Layer of Saint Martial Realm.

Qin Hao advanced his Little Sword Jian Wu Martial Soul to Mystic Tier Seventh Grade by refining the Boundless Flower Fruit and a Purple Thunder Pill, then traveled into the Primordial Beginning Domain. Near Heavenly Splendor City, he encountered a crowd watching two young men fight in the air.

• Qin Hao stopped cultivating his Saint Martial Realm and focused on raising his Little Sword Jian Wu Martial Soul.
• Qin Hao used a High-Grade Heaven Purple Thunder Pill to advance his Martial Soul to Mystic Tier Seventh Grade.
• Qin Hao left his cave and traveled north, crossing from the Absolute Immortal Domain into the Primordial Beginning Domain.
• Qin Hao reached Heavenly Splendor City and observed its size, crowds, and numerous young Saint Martial Grandmasters.
• Qin Hao heard blows outside the city and saw a crowd watching two young men battle with Treasure Swords.

Qin Hao encountered Chen Jianqing repeatedly challenging Teng Jinsong outside Heavenly Splendor City over his love for Teng Keshu. After Teng Jinsong revealed that Keshu had been promised to Shi Bin, Chen Jianqing refused to believe it and tried to enter the city to see her.

• Qin Hao passed Heavenly Splendor City and noticed a fight between Teng Jinsong and a battered young man.
• Teng Jinsong defeated Chen Jianqing and told him to stop challenging the Teng Family for Teng Keshu’s sake.
• Qin Hao recognized Chen Jianqing, his old companion from Southern Reach, among the crowd.
• Chen Jianqing insisted he would keep returning until he saw Keshu, despite Teng Jinsong’s warnings.
• Teng Jinsong told Chen Jianqing that the family head had promised Keshu to Shi Bin of the Shi Family.
• Chen Jianqing rejected the news and stumbled toward Heavenly Splendor City, while Teng Jinsong’s killing intent rose.

Qin Hao saved Chen Jianqing from Teng Jinsong’s lethal attack in Heavenly Splendor City, revealing his identity as the Southern Region Domain Group’s top-ranked genius. In the crowd, Jiao Hong recognized Qin Hao and reacted with renewed hatred.

• Teng Jinsong attacked Chen Jianqing with his Ninth-Order Sword Domain and Earth Domain, intending to kill him.
• Qin Hao intercepted Teng Jinsong’s sword strike and protected Chen Jianqing with his Life-Aura Domain.
• Teng Jinsong and the crowd recognized Qin Hao’s Ninth-Order Sword Domain and marveled at his cultivation and youth.
• People identified Qin Hao as the first-ranked fighter on the Southern Region Domain Group’s Hidden Dragon Ranking and recalled his victory over five Devil Race geniuses.
• Jiao Hong, concealed among the crowd, recognized Qin Hao and was consumed by hatred.

Qin Hao intervened when Teng Jinsong threatened Chen Jianqing, then faced Teng Jinsong’s Earth Sword Technique. The chapter ended as Teng Jinsong’s attack surged toward Qin Hao.

• Jiao Hong hid his hatred for Qin Hao and hoped Teng Jinsong would kill him.
• Qin Hao reunited with Chen Jianqing and stopped Teng Jinsong from attacking him.
• Teng Jinsong challenged Qin Hao, and Qin Hao said he could easily defeat him.
• Teng Jinsong unleashed the Earth Sword Technique, sending a forceful sword strike toward Qin Hao.

Qin Hao defeated Teng Jinsong with a single sword strike, shocking the crowd and revealing the gulf between their strength. After Teng Jinsong charged him again in a frenzy, Qin Hao struck twice more and left him gravely injured.

• Qin Hao used Half-Step Destruction Laws and his eighth-rank Vitality Sword Domain to overwhelm Teng Jinsong and send him flying bloodied.
• The crowd stared in stunned silence as Chen Jianqing realized how far Qin Hao had surpassed him.
• Jiao Hong retreated warily and pinned his hopes on entering the Great Gang Hidden Land to advance to the Venerable Martial Realm.
• Teng Jinsong rejected his defeat and charged Qin Hao again, but Qin Hao struck him down and mocked his refusal to accept the truth.
• Teng Jinsong attacked a third time, and Qin Hao's repeated strikes left him coughing blood with grievously injured organs.

Qin Hao effortlessly defeated Teng Jinsong, then drove back the Teng Family elders when they tried to seize him. Teng Keshu arrived with the Teng Family Head and announced she would settle her grievances with Chen Jianqing.

• Qin Hao defeated Teng Jinsong with three slashes, leaving him badly injured and fearful.
• Teng Zhenfeng arrived with seven other Ninth Layer of Saint Martial Realm Grandmasters and ordered his men to seize Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao sensed that the young man beside Teng Keshu wielded two kinds of Half-Step Laws and was stronger than Teng Jinsong.
• Teng Zhenfeng's elders attacked Qin Hao, but Qin Hao's Destruction Greatsword forced them back and severed two of their hands.
• Teng Keshu stopped Teng Zhenfeng and said she would settle her grievances with Chen Jianqing and make him recognize the gap between them.

Teng Keshu rejected Chen Jianqing and revealed that she had used him for cultivation resources, while fawning over Shi Bin. After Chen Jianqing accepted their relationship was over, Shi Bin accused him and Qin Hao of killing Shi Xiu in the Nether Demon World.

• Teng Keshu told Chen Jianqing they were never right for each other and mocked his low status and cultivation.
• Teng Keshu admitted she had professed love to get Chen Jianqing to give her cultivation resources, which helped her reach the Ninth Layer of Saint Martial Realm.
• Teng Keshu praised Shi Bin and clung to him, while Shi Bin rebuked her for acting intimately before their marriage.
• Chen Jianqing gave up on Teng Keshu as she dismissed him in favor of Shi Bin.
• Shi Bin accused Qin Hao and Chen Jianqing of killing his Shi Family relative Shi Xiu in the Nether Demon World.

Shi Bin confronted Qin Hao over Shi Xiu’s death and offered to spare him if he became a Slave of the Shi Family. Qin Hao refused and spread his sword domains, leaving the two poised to fight.

• Jiao Hong learned that Shi Bin had challenged Qin Hao and eagerly hoped Shi Bin would kill him.
• Shi Bin silenced Chen Jianqing, while Teng Keshu disclaimed any intention of helping Qin Hao.
• Shi Bin offered Qin Hao resources and his life in exchange for becoming a Slave of the Shi Family.
• Qin Hao assessed Shi Bin’s strength and heard that he ranked fifth among the Shi Family’s younger generation.
• Shi Bin began a three-breath countdown, but Qin Hao refused to submit and threatened to kill him as his Destruction Sword Domain and Vitality Sword Domain spread.

Qin Hao faced Shi Bin after Shi Bin attacked him with two Half-Step Laws. Qin Hao revealed his Half-Step Time Laws and wounded Shi Bin, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Shi Bin unleashed his Half-Step Fire Laws and Half-Step Wood Laws to strike Qin Hao with a palm.
• Qin Hao countered with the Destruction Greatsword, blocking Shi Bin’s attack with his Half-Step Destruction Laws.
• Shi Bin attacked again, and Qin Hao used his Half-Step Time Laws to slow Shi Bin’s movements and pierce his palm.
• Shi Bin stumbled back, shocked that Qin Hao had mastered the Half-Step Time Laws, while Qin Hao told him he knew too little about his opponent.

Qin Hao countered Shi Bin’s Yama Palm by combining Earth’s Wrath with the Half-Step Destruction Laws, creating a sword strike that shattered Shi Bin’s attack and badly injured him. He named the move Earth’s Sword and began pondering whether the Earth Laws were better suited to Earth’s Wrath as everyone watched in shock.

• Shi Bin used the Shi Family’s First-Grade Divine Ability, Yama Palm, and the onlookers recognized its power.
• Qin Hao realized he could use his Half-Step Destruction Laws to activate Earth’s Wrath and combined it with the Destruction Greatsword.
• Qin Hao’s Earth’s Wrath shattered Shi Bin’s palm and inflicted severe backlash and injuries on him.
• Qin Hao judged that the attack’s power had increased at least threefold and named the new move Earth’s Sword.
• Qin Hao considered whether the Earth Laws were the true core of Earth’s Wrath while the witnesses remained stunned.