Recaps

Qin Hao used Earth's Wrath to kill three Half-Step Venerables and discovered he could turn opponents’ Half-Step Laws against them. He fought through the Twelfth Layer as Zhuang Han failed on the Eleventh, then reached the Thirteenth Layer of the Heaven-Piercing Tower.

• Qin Hao killed three Half-Step Venerables and realized Earth's Wrath could borrow their Half-Step Laws to strengthen its attacks.
• Qin Hao fought a hundred Half-Step Venerables, killing more than seventy before deciding to use the Setting Sun Sword against the survivors.
• The crowd watched the Heaven-Piercing Tower as Zhuang Han emerged after losing on the Eleventh Layer.
• Zhuang Han believed he had reached the highest floor anyone managed that day, but white light appeared on the Thirteenth Layer and stunned him.

Zhuang Han learned that Qin Hao had reached the Thirteenth Layer of the Heaven-Piercing Tower and marveled at how far his former comrade had surpassed him. At the Tower Summit, the White-Robed Elder recognized Qin Hao’s three linked, powerful Divine Abilities and watched him test his defensive art against a Venerable.

• Zhuang Han saw Qin Hao’s name atop the Jade Stone Plaque after Qin Hao cleared the Twelfth Layer and entered the Thirteenth.
• Zhuang Han confirmed that Qin Hao was the same man he had fought beside in the Nether Demon World and was stunned by his growth.
• Zhuang Han learned that the Tower Master had refused factions’ requests to watch Qin Hao’s battles, then stayed with the crowd to follow his progress.
• The White-Robed Elder reflected that he had done what he could for Qin Hao by keeping the factions from observing him.
• The White-Robed Elder recognized that Qin Hao’s movement, offensive, and defensive Divine Abilities were connected and potentially of very high rank.
• Qin Hao tested the Great Heavenly Dipper Art against a First-Level Venerable on the Thirteenth Layer, and the White-Robed Elder watched closely.

As Qin Hao endured the Thirteenth Layer Guardian’s attacks with the Great Heavenly Dipper Art, the White-Robed Elder secretly guided him after benefiting from watching his techniques. Seeing waves collide and merge, Qin Hao realized he could redirect an enemy’s force, then faced an incoming Sword Shadow with a new idea.

• The White-Robed Elder watched Qin Hao repeatedly form Defensive Barriers and recognized the unusual power of his Divine Abilities.
• The White-Robed Elder decided to repay Qin Hao by subtly guiding him without letting him skip the Thirteenth Layer.
• Qin Hao fought the middle-aged Venerable, rapidly forming barriers as he became more proficient with the Great Heavenly Dipper Art.
• Qin Hao saw waves on a lake collide and merge, and realized his defense could yield and redirect force instead of relying only on hardness.
• Qin Hao let a Sword Shadow shatter his barrier, then raised his Treasure Sword as an invisible force acted on it.

Qin Hao used the Great Heavenly Dipper Art to learn the Force-Dissipating Way and turn enemy attacks back with the Backlash Way, then advanced through the Heaven-Piercing Tower. After defeating a hundred First-Level Venerables on the Fifteenth Layer, he reached the Sixteenth, drawing the attention of the Spirit-Scolding Sect.

• Qin Hao dispersed the middle-aged Venerable’s sword attack with the Great Heavenly Dipper Art and sent its force back, killing the guardian with the Backlash Way.
• The White-Robed Elder praised Qin Hao’s insight and watched him clear the Fourteenth Layer, then warned that the Fifteenth Layer’s hundred First-Level Venerables would challenge him.
• Qin Hao struggled against the hundred attackers on the Fifteenth Layer, then combined Near at Hand, Far Away, Earth's Wrath, the Setting Sun Sword, and the Destruction Laws to defeat them.
• Qin Hao cleared the Fifteenth Layer and reached the Sixteenth, while Ke Cheng urged the Spirit-Scolding Sect to watch his progress.

After Qin Hao passed the Fifteenth Layer, the Spirit-Scolding Sect and Spirit Martial Academy competed to recruit him, with the Spirit-Scolding Sect offering generous cultivation time in its Holy Land. On the Sixteenth Layer, Qin Hao faced an identical white-robed copy who matched his abilities and attacked him with his own techniques.

• Qi Zhiyuan told Ke Cheng that the Spirit-Scolding Sect’s hall master had offered Qin Hao membership and three months of cultivation in the Spirit-Scolding Holy Land.
• Ke Cheng, Qi Zhiyuan, and He Kai agreed to treat Qin Hao courteously, while Spirit Martial Academy also tried to recruit him with a less generous offer.
• Qin Hao confronted a white-robed duplicate on the Sixteenth Layer, and the two exchanged challenges.
• Qin Hao attacked with Near at Hand, Far Away and the Setting Sun Sword, but the duplicate used the Great Heavenly Dipper Art to weaken his strike and force him back.
• The duplicate used Qin Hao’s movement technique and launched a Destruction Laws sword attack at him.

Qin Hao battled the White-Clothed Youth, whose abilities and fighting style matched his own, while his True Essence dwindled against the Guardian’s endless reserves. He realized he needed to change his attacks to surprise his opponent and launched a counterattack, but the White-Clothed Youth answered with the same Destruction Laws.

• Qin Hao countered the White-Clothed Youth with the Great Heavenly Dipper Art and Earth's Sword, but the Guardian used the same abilities and forced him into a prolonged clash.
• Qin Hao realized his True Essence was running low while the White-Clothed Youth remained at full strength as a magical projection.
• Qin Hao considered his weaknesses and concluded that improving them was not possible in the short term, so he decided to change his fighting style and catch the Guardian off guard.
• Qin Hao shifted from defense to offense and attacked with Destruction Laws, but the White-Clothed Youth met his strike with Destruction Laws of his own.

Qin Hao defeated his near-perfect copy on the Heaven-Piercing Tower’s Sixteenth Floor, then was killed in one move by three copies of himself on the Seventeenth. He concluded that he needed to create a stronger sword move to overcome the next floors and planned to focus his training on doing so.

• Qin Hao used Earth's Sword to overpower the White-Clothed Youth's defense and defeat his copy on the Sixteenth Floor.
• The Heaven-Piercing Tower announced that Qin Hao had cleared the Sixteenth Floor, and the Seventeenth Floor lit up.
• Wang Xiaoling and the crowd realized Qin Hao had advanced, while Zhuang Han, Ke Cheng, and Qi Zhiyuan reacted with shock and envy.
• Qin Hao emerged from the tower after three copies of himself killed him in a single move on the Seventeenth Floor.
• Qin Hao decided that creating a stronger Self-Created Sword Move was necessary to clear the Seventeenth and Eighteenth Floors.

After clearing the Heaven-Piercing Tower’s Sixteenth Layer, Qin Hao reflected on how to create his own sword move and planned to train at Heaven-Piercing Azure Mountain. His achievement drew invitations from several major powers, including Spirit Martial Academy, leaving his choice open.

• Qin Hao resolved to study what he had learned in the tower and planned to train at Heaven-Piercing Azure Mountain at a reduced cost.
• The crowd admired Qin Hao’s achievement, and Zhuang Han admitted Qin Hao had surpassed him.
• Qu Yongyuan invited Qin Hao to join North Pole Palace as a Core Disciple with access to its best resources.
• Wang Xiaoling explained that the major powers sought Qin Hao because he was unaffiliated and had shown exceptional potential.
• Representatives of the Western Wasteland Sect, Eastern Sea powers, and the Heavenly Baleful Alliance invited Qin Hao to join them.
• A refined young man invited Qin Hao to join Spirit Martial Academy and offered him access to the Spirit Martial Holy Land.

After Qin Hao cleared the Heaven-Piercing Tower’s sixteenth floor, Spirit Martial Academy and the Spirit-Scolding Sect competed to recruit him with offers of access to their holy lands and cultivation resources. Ke Cheng’s generous terms came with the requirement that Qin Hao sever all ties to other sects and factions, leaving his decision unresolved.

• Huang Liang offered Qin Hao a place at Spirit Martial Academy and access to the Spirit Martial Holy Land, but Ke Cheng challenged the offer’s limits.
• Ke Cheng invited Qin Hao to join the Spirit-Scolding Sect as a Core Disciple, with resources worth up to two million High-Grade Spirit Stones and three months in the Spirit-Scolding Holy Land.
• Zhuang Han urged Qin Hao to accept the Spirit-Scolding Sect’s offer so he could gain resources before the Azure Flame Grand Tournament.
• Qin Hao asked what cultivation chambers he would receive, and Ke Cheng promised one month in a Heaven-Class chamber and two months in an Earth-Class chamber.
• Qin Hao asked what joining would require, and Ke Cheng said he would have to acknowledge only the Spirit-Scolding Sect and sever ties with every other sect and faction.

Qin Hao refused the Spirit-Scolding Sect’s offer because joining required him to sever ties with the Myriad Phenomena Hall. He stood by his decision despite others calling it foolish, and Zhuang Han began to understand his reasoning.

• The Spirit-Scolding Sect offered Qin Hao generous resources and Sacred Land cultivation in exchange for acknowledging the sect, but Qin Hao refused to abandon the Myriad Phenomena Hall.
• Ke Cheng accepted Qin Hao’s final answer and left with Qi Zhiyuan and He Kai, while Huang Liang, Qu Yongyuan, and the other recruiters departed as well.
• Ke Cheng told Qi Zhiyuan and He Kai that Qin Hao’s refusal could not be changed, and they grumbled that he had rejected a valuable opportunity.
• Qin Hao reassured Zhuang Han that he preferred freedom and already had enough Spirit Stones, then asked whether Zhuang Han would cut ties with the Five Elements Sect for the same offer.

Qin Hao learned about the cultivation chambers and their occupants on Heaven-Piercing Azure Mountain, then chose Shi Chengtian as his challenger. The chapter ended with Qin Hao preparing to contest Earth-Class Cultivation Chamber Number Ten, held by a member of the Shi Family that had vowed to hunt him.

• Qin Hao told Zhuang Han that denying his past would not necessarily help his future cultivation, and Zhuang Han explained that Huangfu Yi was cultivating at Heaven-Piercing Azure Mountain.
• Wang Xiaoling sold Qin Hao intelligence about Heaven-Piercing Azure Mountain's cultivation chambers and their occupants for a thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Qin Hao learned that the eighteen Heaven-Class Cultivation Chambers were occupied by geniuses who had cleared the Heaven-Piercing Tower and that the Earth-Class chambers varied in quality.
• Qin Hao reviewed the strongest Earth-Class chamber occupants and decided not to challenge for Chamber Number Four because its occupant might be stronger than him.
• Qin Hao chose to challenge Shi Chengtian for Earth-Class Cultivation Chamber Number Ten after learning that their cultivation and tower results were comparable and that Shi Chengtian belonged to the Shi Family.

Shi Chengtian felt an ominous unease while cultivating on Heaven-Piercing Azure Mountain and learned that Ancestor Yanshi had ordered him to kill Qin Hao if they met. At the mountain entrance, Qin Hao paid one million High-Grade Spirit Stones to begin cultivating.

• Shi Chengtian grew restless in Earth-Class Cultivation Chamber Ten and wondered whether his unease was connected to the Shi Family.
• He read Ancestor Yanshi's message ordering him to kill Qin Hao, then decided to focus on cultivation and clearing the Heaven-Piercing Tower.
• Shi Chengtian resumed comprehending the Origin Laws, which had reached First-Order Perfection.
• Qin Hao told Zhuang Han he intended to cultivate until he created a suitable Sword Move, and Zhuang Han offered to share his extra Spirit Stones if needed.
• Qin Hao paid one million High-Grade Spirit Stones at the entrance, astonishing the stern-faced attendant.

Qin Hao and Zhuang Han entered Heaven-Piercing Azure Mountain to find cultivation chambers, where they witnessed fierce contests over occupied chambers. Zhuang Han stayed behind in the Yellow-Class area while Qin Hao continued toward the Earth-Class chambers and encountered a smaller crowd of stronger Warriors.

• Qin Hao paid one million High-Grade Spirit Stones and received a Golden Token, while Zhuang Han paid fifty thousand before they entered the mountain together.
• Qin Hao and Zhuang Han saw a Great Saber wielder defeat a Bearded Man and learned that Warriors fought to claim occupied Yellow-Class Cultivation Chambers.
• Qin Hao and Zhuang Han watched multiple chamber challenges, most of which the challengers lost, and Qin Hao assessed the combatants as powerful.
• Zhuang Han decided to remain in the Yellow-Class area, and Qin Hao continued deeper into the mountain.
• Qin Hao reached a Plaza with 216 chambers and a few hundred Warriors, many of whom had reached the Half-Step Laws Perfection Realm or wielded Origin Laws.

Qin Hao entered the Earth-Class Cultivation Chamber area and challenged Shi Chengtian for the Number Ten chamber. Shi Chengtian emerged furious at the interruption, then recognized Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao witnessed a Blue-Robed Youth kill a challenger at a Mystic-Class Cultivation Chamber and continued deeper into the plaza.
• Qin Hao reached the Earth-Class area, learned that the chambers beyond Number Twenty had used up their challenges for the day, and headed for Number Ten.
• Onlookers warned Qin Hao that Number Ten was occupied by the powerful, ruthless Shi Chengtian, but Qin Hao took the chamber's Golden Token and began the challenge.
• Shi Chengtian's Blade Laws fell into disarray when the chamber door rumbled, and he rushed outside in anger.
• Shi Chengtian stepped out, froze in astonishment, and recognized Qin Hao.

Qin Hao confronted Shi Chengtian, who attacked him on Ancestor Yanshi’s orders to kill him. Qin Hao evaded one strike and repelled another, while studying Shi Chengtian’s fusion of Killing Intent and Blade Laws; Shi Chengtian then launched another attack.

• Shi Chengtian recognized Qin Hao and revealed his intent to kill him for offending the Shi Family, while the watching geniuses discussed Qin Hao’s and Shi Chengtian’s achievements in the Heaven-Piercing Tower.
• Shi Chengtian struck Qin Hao with Blade Laws, but Qin Hao reappeared a hundred meters away after the blow hit only his afterimage.
• Shi Chengtian unleashed Time Baleful, and Qin Hao blocked the attack with the Setting Sun Sword and Great Heavenly Dipper Art, forcing Shi Chengtian to retreat more steps than he did.
• Qin Hao realized Shi Chengtian had fused Killing Intent with Blade Laws and considered how he might apply the same principle to his own swordsmanship.
• Qin Hao challenged Shi Chengtian to use everything he had, and Shi Chengtian attacked with Solar Baleful Intent.

Qin Hao faced Shi Chengtian’s Seven Baleful Saber Technique and used his Divine Abilities to withstand its powerful strikes. After Shi Chengtian unleashed Year Baleful, Qin Hao redirected part of its Killing Intent back at him, leaving Shi Chengtian wounded and reeling.

• Shi Chengtian attacked Qin Hao with Moon Baleful, but Qin Hao dodged its core with Near at Hand, Far Away and blocked the remaining force with Great Heavenly Dipper Art.
• The crowd realized Qin Hao had blocked Shi Chengtian’s third strike and began to take his strength seriously.
• Shi Chengtian unleashed Year Baleful, whose dense Killing Intent threatened to overwhelm Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao used Earth Doppelganger’s Wrath to draw away part of the Killing Intent and turn it against Shi Chengtian.
• Their strikes clashed, and both men staggered back, but Shi Chengtian retreated hundreds of steps with blood at his mouth while Qin Hao held his ground.

Shi Chengtian realized Qin Hao had not yet used his Destruction Laws and feared he could not win. After Qin Hao countered his Earth Baleful attack with the Destruction Laws, Shi Chengtian fled, leaving Qin Hao to hold the Number Ten Cultivation Chamber as the crowd learned Shi Youbing was also at Heaven-Piercing Azure Mountain.

• Shi Chengtian concluded that Qin Hao had held back and decided to escape rather than risk dying.
• Shi Chengtian unleashed Earth Baleful, and Qin Hao used his Destruction Laws with Earth Doppelganger's Sword and Earth Doppelganger's Wrath to meet the attack.
• The clash injured Shi Chengtian, who used the impact to flee toward the passage to the Mystic-Class Cultivation Chamber.
• Qin Hao considered pursuing Shi Chengtian but stayed to keep control of the Number Ten Cultivation Chamber.
• Shi Chengtian threatened Qin Hao from afar and revealed that Shi Youbing was at Heaven-Piercing Azure Mountain, prompting the crowd to fear for Qin Hao.

After defeating Shi Chengtian, Qin Hao claimed the Number Ten Cultivation Chamber at Heaven-Piercing Azure Mountain and began secluded cultivation. Half a month later, his Time Laws, Destruction Laws, and Vitality Sword Domain had all advanced, while he continued studying how to create his own Divine Ability.

• Qin Hao let Shi Chengtian escape but resolved to confront Shi Youbing at Heaven-Piercing Azure Mountain.
• Qin Hao used his Golden Token to enter the Number Ten Cultivation Chamber, stunning the onlookers who had witnessed him drive Shi Chengtian away.
• Lingxiaozi praised the chamber’s pure Origin Laws and urged Qin Hao to create a Divine Ability by studying his existing abilities.
• Qin Hao summoned his Time Doppelganger and practiced sword moves while comprehending the Origin Laws.
• After half a month without challengers, Qin Hao advanced to First-Tier Time Laws, brought his Destruction Laws near the next level, and reached Half-Step Vitality Laws.

After consolidating his Destruction, Time, and Vitality Laws, Qin Hao decided he needed a fierce battle to inspire a Martial Skill of his own. He left Heaven-Piercing Azure Mountain and headed toward the Heaven-Piercing Tower, drawing a crowd as he went.

• Qin Hao spent another half month consolidating his three Laws and concluded that he still lacked a clear idea for his own Martial Skill.
• Qin Hao decided to challenge the Seventeenth Floor of the Heaven-Piercing Tower to push himself in battle, and his Time Doppelganger vanished as he left the Cultivation Chamber.
• Geniuses in Earth Character Plaza rushed to claim Qin Hao's empty Number Ten Cultivation Chamber, while others followed him out to see where he was going.
• Warriors from the Mystic-Class and Yellow-Class Cultivation Chambers recognized Qin Hao and joined the crowd following him, as he recalled his previous attempt at the Seventeenth Floor.

Qin Hao returned to the Heaven-Piercing Tower and faced the three Guardians on the Seventeenth Floor again. He used his improved Time Laws to escape their opening attacks and revealed that his Destruction Laws had advanced as well, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Qin Hao returned to the Heaven-Piercing Tower, drawing attention from the crowd and skepticism from Wang Xiaoling, Ke Cheng, Qi Zhiyuan, and He Kai.
• The registration attendant told Qin Hao that he would appear directly on the Seventeenth Floor, and Qin Hao entered the tower.
• The three Guardians immediately attacked Qin Hao with Earth's Wrath, Sword of Destruction, and Space-Time Reversal.
• Qin Hao used his improved Time Laws to counter the Guardian's influence and escape the combined attacks.
• The Guardians recognized that Qin Hao's Time Laws had advanced, but dismissed them as insufficient to defeat all three.
• Qin Hao revealed his First-Rank Perfected Destruction Laws, surprising the Guardians with his progress in two Laws.

Qin Hao challenged the three Guardians on the Seventeenth Floor and met their combined strength with his newly enhanced Earth's Sword. As their ferocious strike collided with his, he began to understand how to create the Sword Move he needed.

• The three Guardians noticed that Qin Hao had improved his Destruction Laws and Time Laws, then insisted he could not pass the floor.
• Qin Hao chose to confront their attacks directly and unleashed Earth's Sword with perfected Destruction Laws and Half-Step Vitality Laws.
• The Guardians combined their Destruction Laws, Vitality Sword Domains, Time Laws, and other power into one devastating sword strike.
• Qin Hao realized their combined power had transformed in quality and began to understand how to create his own Sword Move.
• Qin Hao's Setting Sun Sword clashed with the central Guardian's combined strike as he prepared to withstand the attack.

Qin Hao defeated the three Guardians on the Seventeenth Floor and resisted their attempt to frighten him away from the Eighteenth. He entered the Eighteenth Floor, where a hundred copies of himself appeared, while the crowd outside learned that he had cleared the Seventeenth.

• Qin Hao broke through the three Guardians' combined attack and used his Time Laws to trap them.
• Qin Hao killed two Guardians, then rejected the last Guardian's offer to help him hone his Sword Art and killed him too.
• Qin Hao cleared the Seventeenth Floor and faced a hundred Guardians who looked like him on the Eighteenth.
• The crowd in Heaven-Piercing Plaza watched the Seventeenth Floor go dark and the Eighteenth Floor light up, realizing Qin Hao had advanced.

Qin Hao passed the Seventeenth Floor of the Heaven-Piercing Tower, astonishing the challengers in the plaza and enraging Shi Chengtian. Qin Hao failed to pass the Eighteenth Floor, but Shi Chengtian realized he still could not defeat him and sought help from Shi Youbing.

• Ke Cheng, Qi Zhiyuan, He Kai, and the crowd reacted with disbelief when Qin Hao's name appeared on the Jade Stone Plaque for passing the Seventeenth Floor.
• Shi Chengtian received news of Qin Hao's achievement and grew furious, recalling his own repeated failures on the Seventeenth Floor.
• Shi Chengtian watched the Eighteenth Floor's glow dim and laughed when Qin Hao emerged from the tower without passing it.
• Shi Chengtian acknowledged that Qin Hao was still too strong for him and sent a message asking Shi Youbing for help.
• Shi Chengtian received no reply and worried that Shi Youbing was cultivating in a Heaven-Class Cultivation Chamber.

Shi Chengtian decided to recruit Teng Jinshui to deal with Qin Hao while Shi Youbing remained in seclusion. After clearing the Seventeenth Floor of the Heaven-Piercing Tower, Qin Hao returned to his cultivation chamber and began developing a Sword Art that incorporated Near at Hand, Far Away.

• Shi Chengtian decided to seek Teng Jinshui's help in killing Qin Hao because Shi Youbing was in Secluded Cultivation.
• Qin Hao left the Heaven-Piercing Tower after studying the combined formation on its Eighteenth Floor and clearing the Seventeenth Floor.
• Wang Xiaoling watched Qin Hao depart and marveled at his talent.
• Qin Hao returned to the Number Ten Cultivation Chamber, reclaimed it from a young man, and began practicing swordsmanship.
• Qin Hao incorporated Near at Hand, Far Away into a sword thrust, making its attack appear several meters away, but continued working to remove the technique's delay.

Qin Hao practiced creating a faster sword technique by using the spatial pulling force behind Near at Hand, Far Away to make one thrust produce thousands of real, powerful Sword Shadows. He strengthened the new wide-range attack with the Destruction Laws and planned to test the Vitality Laws and Earth's Wrath next.

• Qin Hao repeatedly practiced sword strikes while his White Robes Time Doppelganger studied the Time Origin Law and Qin Hao also studied the Destruction Laws and Vitality Laws.
• Qin Hao used the spatial pulling force from Near at Hand, Far Away to make a single thrust produce thousands of Sword Shadows across hundreds of meters.
• Qin Hao decided to improve the strike’s force by incorporating the Destruction Laws, Vitality Laws, and Earth's Wrath, and considered applying the Sword Formation from Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin.
• Qin Hao infused the new strike with the Destruction Laws and found its Sword Shadows carried a force several times greater than Earth Doppelganger's Sword.