Recaps

Qin Hao and his companions discussed the strongest competitors in the Azure Flame Grand Tournament and the abilities they had shown during the Elimination Round. Qin Hao recognized how formidable the Top Ten were as the group considered which other geniuses they might face.

• Qin Hao reflected on how unlikely he was to reach the Top Ten and wondered what a Chaos cultivation technique could offer his two Doppelgangers.
• Fang Lang described Qi Long killing a genius with at least Fifth Tier Origin Laws, prompting the group to consider the power of Qi Long and Dongfang Lin.
• Chen Jianqing and Lin Zhang said Xiang Wuqing had defeated them instantly, while the group discussed the other Top Ten competitors and their reported strengths.
• Zhuge Hong revealed that Jing Hong had mastered at least Sixth-Order Great Wilderness Laws, and Mu Ziqing said she might contend with him if he had only recently reached that level.
• The group identified Sikong Xuan, Wu Xuan, Pang Xuan, and Kong Yan as additional threats, then Mu Mingxuan celebrated Qiao Chuyu's Top Hundred ranking and Qin Hao said she deserved a higher one.

After his companions departed to gain experience, Qin Hao proposed to Mu Ziqing, and she accepted. With the Azure Flame Grand Tournament’s Challenge Round approaching, Qin Hao assessed his weaknesses and asked Lingxiaozi about his Self-World.

• Zhuge Hong, Chen Jianqing, and the others set out on journeys across the continent, while Yang Yi left to cultivate in seclusion before the Advancement Round.
• Qin Hao proposed to Mu Ziqing with a ring made from Falling Star Treasure Crystal, and she shyly agreed to marry him.
• After spending the afternoon together, Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing parted to prepare for the coming Challenge Round.
• Qin Hao reviewed his Origin Laws and concluded that his Self-World was the foundation of his strength, possibly connected to the Dao Governing Laws.
• Lingxiaozi appeared and urged Qin Hao to hold his rank and aim for the Top Ten, while admitting that taking first place would be difficult.

Qin Hao told Lingxiaozi that comprehending Dao Governing Laws had formed a Self-World in his Dantian, and Lingxiaozi urged him to test its power. Qin Hao’s Sword Heaven and Earth technique transported Lingxiaozi into the Self-World, where the artifact spirit felt immense pressure.

• Qin Hao explained how his study of the Power of the Two Realms had led him to comprehend Dao Governing Laws and form a Self-World.
• Lingxiaozi reasoned that Qin Hao’s new cultivation might raise his strength enough to compete for the tournament’s top places, and asked him to bring forth the Self-World.
• Qin Hao and Lingxiaozi went to the Supreme Sword Tower Space so Qin Hao could test his power safely.
• Qin Hao failed to move the Self-World out of his Dantian directly, then tried channeling it through the Setting Sun Sword.
• Qin Hao used Sword Heaven and Earth to send the Self-World’s power through the Setting Sun Sword and into the Lingxiao Divine Sword.
• Lingxiaozi found himself inside Qin Hao’s vast, hazy Self-World and felt an immense force that could destroy him.

Qin Hao manifested his Sword Heaven and Earth, a Self-World that let him govern its space and suppress opponents, and learned the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram was a Dao Foundation of one of the Azure Flame Sect’s Nine Peaks. As Qin Hao prepared to train for the tournament, a mysterious voice awakened inside the Supreme Sword Tower and demanded to know who he was.

• Qin Hao unleashed his Sword Heaven and Earth, leaving Lingxiaozi unable to see him and overwhelmed by the pressure of its Heavenly Dao.
• Qin Hao entered the Sword Heaven and Earth and discovered he could sense everything within it and that his connection to the Supreme Sword Tower had strengthened.
• Lingxiaozi revealed that the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram was the Dao Foundation of one of the Azure Flame Sect Inner Gate’s Nine Peaks and urged Qin Hao to fight for first place.
• Qin Hao decided to spend the three days before the tournament mastering the Sword Heaven and Earth and practicing his Four Great Sword Moves.
• A hazy voice awakened inside the Supreme Sword Tower, sensed the Great Dao of Heaven and Earth, and asked Qin Hao who he was.

Qin Hao encountered the Ancient Emperor, a powerful Ancient Race leader imprisoned on the Supreme Sword Tower’s Eighth Floor, and learned more about the Heaven and Earth Great Dao. He remained determined to pursue that difficult path.

• A voice from the Eighth Floor startled Qin Hao and Lingxiaozi, and Qin Hao cautiously greeted the speaker as a senior.
• The Ancient Emperor explained that he had entered the Supreme Sword Tower willingly, then asked Qin Hao about the Ancient Race and the outside world.
• Lingxiaozi recognized the speaker as the Ancient Emperor, who had once led the Ancient Race to prominence in the Star Sea.
• The Ancient Emperor asked Qin Hao and Lingxiaozi to find a way to help him leave the tower.
• The Ancient Emperor explained that the Heaven and Earth Great Dao was a rare Great Dao path, and Qin Hao resolved to keep cultivating it.

Qin Hao finished cultivating Sword Heaven and Earth and joined the one hundred and eighty contestants as the Azure Flame Grand Tournament’s Challenge Round began. After King Zhenyan announced the harsh rules, the contestants entered the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram, where the last-ranked competitor prepared to choose his opponent.

• Qin Hao spent three days cultivating Sword Heaven and Earth and learned to move freely through its space.
• King Zhenyan ended the celebration and explained that contestants would challenge in Points Ranking order, with losers eliminated and each person allowed one challenge.
• King Zhenyan sent all one hundred and eighty contestants into the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram, while Ancestor Yanshi hoped Qin Hao would not reach the Top Ten.
• The contestants appeared together on Two Realms Island, where a conjured referee announced that the contestant ranked one hundred and eightieth had half a quarter-hour to name his opponent.
• The thick-bearded contestant ranked one hundred and eightieth stepped forward and considered whom to challenge.

A bearded Warrior challenged Qiao Chuyu, believing her to be an easy opponent, but she killed him with one strike. The Challenge Round continued as Yang Yi selected Zong Kun as his target.

• The bearded young man assessed the Top Hundred and chose to challenge Qiao Chuyu, ranked ninety-eighth in the intelligence he had gathered, though she was announced as ninety-seventh.
• Yang Yi suspected Qiao Chuyu was stronger than the rumors suggested and chose Zong Kun as his own opponent.
• Qin Hao told Mu Ziqing that Qiao Chuyu had exceptional talent and likely possessed a trump card.
• Qiao Chuyu and the bearded young man entered the Arena, where she warned she would finish the fight with one strike.
• Qiao Chuyu cut through the bearded young man's throat before he could counterattack, killing and eliminating him.

Qiao Chuyu killed the bearded young man in one strike, and the Challenge Round continued as contestants fought for a place in the Top Hundred. Yang Yi stepped onto the Arena and called out Zong Kun, leaving the crowd waiting to see their match.

• Qiao Chuyu killed the bearded young man with a single sword strike, and Yang Yi recognized her as a formidable opponent.
• A challenger defeated Wang Changdong and took his place, but was eliminated in his next fight.
• Several challengers lost, and the contestant ranked one hundred seventieth, Yang Yi, stepped onto the Arena.
• Yang Yi revealed his strength and called out Zong Kun, who stepped forward with a darkened expression.

Yang Yi challenged Zong Kun, the eighty-seventh-ranked contestant, and revealed a sword technique he had created to counter Zong Kun’s overwhelming saber attacks. Zong Kun realized that their many past fights had helped Yang Yi develop the skill, Softness Overcomes Hardness.

• Qin Hao sensed that Yang Yi and Zong Kun had both mastered Fourth Tier Wind Laws at Perfection, while Yang Yi wielded Fourth Tier Law of the Sword and Zong Kun wielded Fourth Tier Blade Laws.
• Yang Yi and Zong Kun recalled their history of repeated fights, including a recent bout in which Zong Kun had suppressed Yang Yi.
• Zong Kun attacked with his Heavy Saber, but Yang Yi evaded his first strike and calmly faced his next two slashes.
• Yang Yi met Zong Kun’s heavy attacks with a gentle sword technique that drained their force and left Zong Kun unable to use his strength.
• Yang Yi revealed that he had created Softness Overcomes Hardness after their many past fights, and Zong Kun reacted in shock.

Yang Yi used his self-created Sword Art, Softness Overcomes Hardness, to defeat Zong Kun and secure his place among the Top Hundred. After the match, True Person Ling Yuan resolved to travel to the Star Sea after the tournament to seek a breakthrough to Creation.

• Yang Yi countered Zong Kun's Heavy Saber with Softness Overcomes Hardness, steadily weakening its force.
• True Person Ling Yuan discussed Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, and Yang Yi's prospects with Venerable Tianming, then decided he would go to the Star Sea after the tournament to seek a breakthrough to Creation.
• Yang Yi knocked Zong Kun's Heavy Saber away, pursued him before he could recover, and thrust his Long Sword through Zong Kun's chest.
• Zong Kun reappeared beneath the Arena with one chance left to challenge another contestant, while the Referee declared Yang Yi the winner and called the next match.
• Yang Yi returned to Qin Hao's group as the challengers watched him with envy and wariness.

The Challenge Round continued with only six challengers succeeding, and Teng Zihai chose to challenge Qin Hao, the competitor ranked thirty-sixth. Qin Hao drew his Setting Sun Sword, and spectators recognized him as the swordsman who had defeated Kong Yan.

• Yang Yi defeated Zong Kun, then most challengers lost their matches as the Challenge Round progressed.
• Teng Zihai, ranked 107th, decided to challenge Qin Hao after noticing Qin Hao had mastered only the Fourth Tier of the Origin Laws.
• Teng Zihai challenged the competitor ranked thirty-sixth, startling the crowd when Qin Hao stepped forward.
• Teng Zihai sneered that Qin Hao would lose, but Qin Hao accepted the match and leaped onto the Arena.
• Qin Hao drew his sunset-like sword, and a spectator recognized him as the Setting Sun Sword Swordsman who had defeated Kong Yan.

Qin Hao faced Teng Zihai, who recognized him as the Setting Sun Sword Swordsman and resigned himself to a difficult fight. Qin Hao overwhelmed Teng Zihai with Shadowless Trace, leaving Kong Yan shocked by how much stronger the technique had become.

• Ji Ziqi asked Kong Yan about his loss to Qin Hao, and Kong Yan warned her to watch out for Shi Tingyan.
• Teng Zihai recognized Qin Hao as the Setting Sun Sword Swordsman and regretted choosing him as an opponent.
• King Zhenyan learned that Qin Hao had defeated Kong Yan and decided to study the match against Teng Zihai for clues about Qin Hao's strength.
• Teng Zihai steadied himself and asked Qin Hao to fight with full strength, and Qin Hao agreed to use half the power of Shadowless Trace.
• Teng Zihai hurled his Long Spear at Qin Hao, but Qin Hao's Shadowless Trace shredded it and struck Teng Zihai with more than a hundred bloody wounds.

Qin Hao defeated Teng Zihai with a stronger-than-before Shadowless Trace, while King Zhenyan began to suspect Qin Hao was hiding an unusual secret. The Challenge Round ended with the Top Hundred confirmed, and King Zhenyan opened the Advancement Round.

• Qin Hao defeated Teng Zihai with Shadowless Trace, and the Referee declared him the winner.
• Qin Hao told Mu Ziqing to stay careful in the Advancement Round, and King Zhenyan studied Qin Hao's strength and suspected he was hiding a secret.
• The remaining challenge matches ended without another challenger winning, finalizing the Azure Flame Tournament Top 100.
• The Myriad Phenomena Hall celebrated Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing's success, and Sea Ancestor and Stone Ancestor decided to erect statues of them.
• King Zhenyan announced that the Advancement Round had begun and said he would explain its rules.

The Advancement Round began with each contestant set to fight all ninety-nine others, with rankings determining their rewards. Qi Long entered the fourth arena and killed his first opponent with a single sword strike, leaving the tournament’s battles underway.

• King Zhenyan announced the arena-battle rules and explained that contestants’ rankings would determine their rewards.
• The hundred contestants drew lots to determine their battle order, while the Creation experts watching elsewhere discussed how the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram controlled the matchups.
• Qin Hao learned that his first fight would be the second match in the third arena, and Mu Ziqing and Yang Yi shared their arena assignments with him.
• The first battles began, and Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, and Yang Yi noticed that Qi Long was already fighting in the fourth arena.
• Qi Long’s opponent, a contestant ranked in the seventies, said he would not give up, but Qi Long killed him with a single sword strike.

Qin Hao noticed that fighters’ deaths and revivals produced abundant Power of the Two Realms, giving him a chance to improve his Origin Laws during the Advancement Round. He quickly defeated his next opponent and sat down to comprehend the power generated by the man’s revival.

• Qin Hao recognized Qi Long’s attack as Gale Laws and judged that he could face Qi Long with his Self-World.
• Qin Hao realized that deaths and revivals across the arenas repeatedly produced the Power of the Two Realms, which contained Origin Laws he could study.
• Qin Hao faced a Heavenflame Continent genius ranked sixty-fourth, who urged him to surrender before attacking with a spear and Flame Laws.
• Qin Hao used Shadowless Trace at fifty percent strength to kill his opponent and found the technique about ten percent stronger than before.
• Qin Hao drew his next match and sat down to comprehend the Power of the Two Realms released when his defeated opponent revived.

Qin Hao absorbed the Destruction Laws within the Power of the Two Realms and advanced them to Fourth-Tier Perfection in four days. After stabilizing his breakthrough, he planned to raise his Vitality Laws to the Fourth Tier while the Top Hundred Arena Battle continued.

• Qin Hao discovered that he could absorb the Destruction Laws from the Power of the Two Realms far faster than he could comprehend them, so he focused on cultivating them between arena matches.
• Qin Hao defeated a warrior from the Torch Dragon World and continued alternating between fighting and cultivation.
• Qin Hao advanced his Destruction Laws to Fourth-Tier Perfection after four days, and Qi Long faintly sensed that Qin Hao's aura had grown stronger.
• Qin Hao wondered whether Qi Long had noticed his breakthrough, then consolidated his Destruction Laws and decided to work on raising his Vitality Laws from Third-Order Perfection to the Fourth Tier.

In the Seventh Arena, Qin Hao faced the Confucian Youth, whose Six Doppelgangers were meant to overwhelm him and set up a surprise attack. Qin Hao quickly overpowered the doppelgangers, and the Confucian Youth retreated and resorted to a desperate move.

• The Confucian Youth summoned six doppelgangers, each wielding Origin Laws, and challenged Qin Hao to survive them.
• Qin Hao used Shadowless Trace to wound three doppelgangers almost immediately.
• The Confucian Youth joined the fight with two Great Sabers, hoping his doppelgangers would hold Qin Hao off long enough for a surprise attack.
• Qin Hao pressed forward and injured the remaining doppelgangers, leaving the Confucian Youth unable to reach him safely.
• The Confucian Youth retreated and shouted, "Explode!"

The Confucian Youth sacrificed three of his Doppelgangers in simultaneous explosions, but Qin Hao survived behind his Sword Net Defensive Barrier. Qin Hao then moved to attack, convinced the Confucian Youth had no chance left.

• The Confucian Youth ordered three wounded Doppelgangers to self-detonate while retreating with his remaining three.
• The explosions shook the arena, and spectators and King Zhenyan watched to see whether Qin Hao could survive.
• Qin Hao’s Sword Net Defensive Barrier endured the blasts, leaving him dusty and disheveled but uninjured.
• The Confucian Youth stared in disbelief as he realized Qin Hao had survived all three explosions.
• Qin Hao assessed the danger from the Confucian Youth’s remaining Doppelgangers, then vanished forward to attack.

Qin Hao survived the Confucian Youth’s Doppelganger explosions and killed him, winning the twenty-seventh match. As Qin Hao resumed cultivating, he sensed his Vitality Laws nearing the Fourth Tier and hoped to advance his Destruction Laws to the Fifth Tier before the Advancement Round ended.

• Qin Hao blocked the self-destruction of the Confucian Youth’s first Three Doppelgangers, then slipped past the remaining Three and appeared behind the Confucian Youth.
• Qin Hao knocked the Confucian Youth’s sabers away and killed him with the Setting Sun Sword, winning the twenty-seventh match.
• The crowd discussed Qin Hao’s strength and realized that killing the Confucian Youth’s True Self before his Doppelgangers could self-destruct was the best strategy.
• The revived Confucian Youth regretted not detonating all Six Doppelgangers at once and worried that others now knew how to defeat him.
• Qin Hao ignored the Confucian Youth’s resentment and cultivated the Power of the Two Realms, sensing that his Vitality Laws were close to the Fourth Tier.

Qin Hao continued his winning streak in the Advancement Round while cultivating, breaking through to Fourth-Tier Vitality Laws. By the end of the chapter, he had won seventy-three matches in a row, Mu Ziqing had won seventy-five, and both were positioned to reach the Top Twenty.

• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing extended their winning streaks, exciting the disciples and prompting Qi Yuelan and Qin Yuntian to debate Qin Hao’s chances of making the Top Ten.
• King Zhenyan recognized Qin Hao’s Near at Hand, Far Away as a High Rank Space-Transposition Divine Ability, while Ancestor Yanshi resolved to watch Qin Hao’s progress before acting against him.
• Mu Ziqing kept winning as Qin Hao cultivated, and Qin Hao broke through from Third-Order Perfection to Fourth-Tier Vitality Laws.
• Qi Long sensed Qin Hao’s breakthrough but dismissed him as no threat, while Qin Hao planned to consolidate his Vitality Laws and advance his Time Laws.
• Qin Hao’s streak reached seventy-three wins and Mu Ziqing’s reached seventy-five, putting both safely in the Top Thirty and potentially within reach of the Top Twenty.
• Yang Yi lost more than fifty of his seventy-odd matches, leaving his likely final rank between eightieth and hundredth.

Mu Ziqing, one of the tournament’s undefeated dark horses, faced Ji Yunfei, a powerful contender for the Top Ten, in a pivotal match. The crowd and top contestants expected Ji Yunfei to win, and the chapter ended before the fight began.

• Qin Hao continued cultivating while spectators marveled at his and Mu Ziqing’s undefeated records and his apparent composure.
• Mu Ziqing went to the fifth Arena for her match, where she was paired against the undefeated Ji Yunfei.
• Qin Hao recalled Ji Yunfei’s Fifth Tier wood-aspected Origin Laws and her victories over formidable opponents, including Kong Yan and Pang Xuan.
• Sun Wei and Wu Xuan said Ji Yunfei was exceptionally strong, while the crowd and the Venerables watched the crucial match with most expecting her to defeat Mu Ziqing.

Mu Ziqing and Ji Yunfei fought to a stalemate in the Azure Flame Grand Tournament before agreeing to decide the victor in three moves. Ji Yunfei unleashed her full strength by transforming her green vines into a towering tree, while Mu Ziqing prepared to answer.

• The kings discussed how the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram had arranged Mu Ziqing and Ji Yunfei's match early, and expected Ji Yunfei to win.
• Ji Yunfei attacked Mu Ziqing with Fifth Tier Green Vine Laws, while Mu Ziqing countered with her sword and Purple Spirit Sword Art.
• Mu Ziqing and Ji Yunfei exchanged three hundred moves without either gaining the upper hand, as Ji Yunfei's vines healed the wounds Mu Ziqing inflicted.
• Qin Hao judged that Mu Ziqing had not shown her full strength and considered how his Destruction Laws could suppress Ji Yunfei's healing.
• Mu Ziqing and Ji Yunfei withdrew, agreed to decide the victor in three moves, and Ji Yunfei formed her vines into a towering green-vined tree.

Mu Ziqing fought Ji Yunfei’s Green Vine Giant Tree with her phoenix Divine Beast and Flame Laws, eventually overwhelming the tree with fire. After the tree collapsed, Mu Ziqing placed her sword against Ji Yunfei’s chest and declared victory.

• Ji Yunfei summoned the Green Vine Giant Tree, whose immense roots and vines made it nearly impossible to approach her.
• Mu Ziqing conjured a phoenix Divine Beast and attacked with her sword imbued with Flame and Wind Laws.
• Ji Yunfei directed Green Vine Space to defend her and strike at Mu Ziqing and the phoenix as flames engulfed the arena.
• The flames burned through the tree’s vines and weakened its ability to regenerate until the Green Vine Giant Tree collapsed.
• Mu Ziqing leveled her Treasure Sword at Ji Yunfei’s chest and told her she had lost.

Mu Ziqing defeated Ji Yunfei and earned a chance to contend for the Azure Flame Grand Tournament’s Top Ten, shocking spectators and delighting her allies. As the Challenge Round continued, Qin Hao advanced in his Time Laws, drawing Qi Long’s wary attention.

• Mu Ziqing defeated Ji Yunfei with her Phoenix divine fire, and Ji Yunfei accepted the loss while keeping hope of reaching the Top Ten.
• Yang Yi praised Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing, then renewed his resolve to cultivate after watching their success.
• Elder Shuixian, Mu Changfeng, and the Myriad Phenomena Hall Elders celebrated Mu Ziqing’s chance to fight for the Top Ten, while experts in the Holy City wondered whether the Two Realms Diagram Spirit had recognized her strength.
• Qin Hao continued cultivating between his Challenge Round matches, and time froze briefly in his Self-World as his understanding of the Time Laws advanced.
• Qi Long sensed Qin Hao’s aura strengthen for the third time and began studying him with suspicion.

Qin Hao reached his eighty-fourth consecutive victory in the Advancement Round, drawing attention alongside Mu Ziqing. His next opponent was revealed to be Xiang Wuqing, the Eastern Splendor Continent’s second-ranked genius and sixth on the Points Ranking, leaving Qin Hao’s chances uncertain as the match began.

• Qi Long judged Qin Hao to be only half an opponent and dismissed his recent growth as insufficient to threaten him.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing each surpassed eighty consecutive wins, becoming two of the twelve undefeated competitors.
• Qin Hao prepared to fight his eighty-fifth match on the Ninth Arena while Mu Ziqing encouraged him.
• Xiang Wuqing stepped onto the Ninth Arena as Qin Hao’s opponent, stunning spectators and observers across the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram.
• King Zhenyan said the match could decide who remained in contention for the Top Ten, while Marquis Zhanyun predicted Xiang Wuqing would win.
• Ancestor Yanshi also predicted Qin Hao would lose and believed he would finish among the bottom ninety.