Recaps

Qin Hao chose the Blazing Sky Sword from the Treasury Hall, believing the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art would let him benefit from its special attributes. Meanwhile, Mu Ziqing asked her grandfather Mu Changfeng for permission to study the Sword Monument and prepared to prove she had mastered the Eighth Sword of the Nine Swords of the Azure Lotus.

• Qin Hao explored the Treasury Hall and chose the Blazing Sky Sword, whose fire attribute and true-qi-purifying effect suited his cultivation.
• Qin Hao registered the Blazing Sky Sword and returned to his courtyard to plan his training and prepare to reach a fifth-rank martial soul.
• Mu Ziqing asked Mu Changfeng to let her study the Sword Monument, and he told her she first had to master the Eighth Sword of the Nine Swords of the Azure Lotus.
• Mu Ziqing drew her sword and unleashed a powerful surge of sword force as she began to demonstrate her skill.

Mu Ziqing demonstrated her mastery of the Eighth Sword of the Nine Swords of the Azure Lotus as Bai Ze revealed Qin Hao’s achievements and the Azure Flame Ancient City discovery. The chapter ended when a Purple-Gold Jade Pendant ordered them to guide Qin Hao to the Sword Monument instead of excavating the ruins.

• Mu Ziqing performed the Nine Swords of the Azure Lotus through the Eighth Sword, impressing Mu Changfeng.
• Bai Ze arrived and told Mu Ziqing and Mu Changfeng that Qin Hao had mastered the Sixth Sword, possessed exceptional physical strength and willpower, and earned an Azure Flame Sect Inner Disciple Token.
• Bai Ze explained that Qin Hao’s martial soul was only first-grade and asked Mu Changfeng to accompany him to Clearheart Island to investigate Azure Flame Ancient City.
• Mu Changfeng agreed and suggested examining Qin Hao’s Inner Sect Disciple Token for clues to the ruins.
• A Purple-Gold Jade Pendant appeared and ordered Bai Ze and Mu Changfeng to guide Qin Hao to the Sword Monument instead of excavating Azure Flame Ancient City.

Sea Ancestor and Stone Ancestor recognized the Azure Flame Sect Inner Disciple Token Qin Hao had obtained as an extraordinary opportunity and ordered that he be allowed to visit the Sword Monument. Mu Ziqing took on the task of guiding him, while Qin Hao remained unaware and examined his trial rewards.

• Sea Ancestor and Stone Ancestor discussed Qin Hao's hidden fourth-grade martial soul and his Azure Flame Sect Inner Disciple Token, then decided to let him comprehend the Sword Monument.
• Sea Ancestor sent his Purple-Gold Jade Pendant to Bai Ze and Mu Changfeng, who agreed to follow his order and give it to Qin Hao.
• Mu Ziqing volunteered to guide Qin Hao to the Sword Monument, accepted the pendant, and sought out Xu Hongying to learn about the trial.
• Qin Hao practiced with the Blazing Sky Sword for three days until he could wield it naturally.
• Qin Hao laid out his trial rewards and wondered what the Azure Flame Sect Inner Disciple Token was for.

Qin Hao calculated how many contribution points he needed to advance his martial soul and headed to the Mission Hall to earn more. He accepted over a dozen missions at once, while Qin Peng and Qin Feng watched and wrongly assumed he had cheated during the Initiation Trial.

• Qin Hao decided to keep his valuable treasures and realized he needed hundreds of Origin-Nourishing Pills to advance his martial soul to fifth rank.
• Qin Hao went to the Mission Hall to find missions that would earn him contribution points.
• Liu Changqing revealed he had moved into the neighboring courtyard to practice swordsmanship with Qin Hao, then trained harder after Qin Hao left.
• Qin Hao found most mission rewards too low and accepted more than a dozen easier missions at once.
• Qin Peng and Qin Feng saw Qin Hao at the Mission Hall and accused him of hiding during the Initiation Trial and using the Azure Origin Fruit to raise his cultivation.

Qin Hao completed thirteen missions in two days, earning contribution points and shocking the Mission Hall disciples. He immediately took on more missions and became known as a Mission Maniac, while Mu Ziqing arrived to ask why he needed so many points.

• Qin Hao turned in the items for thirteen missions, stunning Qin Peng, Qin Feng, and the disciples who had expected him to fail.
• Dong Fei confirmed Qin Hao had completed all thirteen missions and credited him with 1,300 contribution points after he sold his monster materials.
• The disciples discovered Qin Hao was the Initiation Trial Rookie King, while Qin Peng and Qin Feng hurried away, embarrassed.
• Qin Hao accepted more than twenty missions and left to complete them; over the next half-month, he finished nearly a hundred missions and earned the nickname Mission Maniac.
• Mu Ziqing came to the Mission Hall and wondered why Qin Hao was rushing to earn contribution points despite receiving 5,000 from the Initiation Trial.

Qin Hao returned to the Mission Hall after half a month of relentless work, bringing his contribution total to 17,360 and drawing Mu Ziqing’s interest. He reunited with his fellow disciples, accepted Zhu Jingsheng’s Medicine Hall discount token, and returned to cultivate, while someone on the Third Side Peak vowed revenge for a brother Qin Hao had killed.

• Qin Hao turned in missions and monster materials, bringing his total to 17,360 contribution points, while Mu Ziqing watched him and considered guiding him to the Sword Monument.
• Qin Hao accepted another twenty-odd missions, then agreed to join Liu Changqing and the others for a gathering on the Ninth Side Peak.
• Deng Mingxuan and Zhu Jingsheng declared their intention to surpass Qin Hao, and Qin Hao welcomed their challenge as he reaffirmed his goal of reaching the pinnacle of the martial Dao.
• Zhu Jingsheng gave Qin Hao a Medicine Hall credential token that provided a ten-percent discount on pills, and Qin Hao accepted it gratefully.
• Qin Hao dispersed the alcohol in his body with the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art and began cultivating after returning to his courtyard.
• On the Third Side Peak, an enraged person shouted that Qin Hao had killed their second brother and swore they could not coexist with him.

Pei Shan came to Qin Hao’s courtyard to avenge his younger brother, but Qin Hao’s sword force and Mystic-Tier weapon surprised him. Dong Fei intervened before Pei Shan could strike again, and Xu Hongying arrived to check on Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao stopped cultivating and headed out after someone kicked open his courtyard gate.
• Pei Shan confronted Qin Hao over Pei Yangrong’s death and attacked him despite Qin Hao’s explanation that Pei Yangrong had attacked first.
• Qin Hao countered Pei Shan’s palm with the Blazing Sky Sword, injuring himself but revealing his sword force and Mystic-Tier weapon.
• Pei Shan launched another deadly attack, and Dong Fei blocked it, accusing him of attacking a disciple without cause.
• Xu Hongying and Dong Fei asked Qin Hao if he was all right, and Qin Hao wondered why they had arrived together.

Qin Hao challenged Pei Shan to a life-and-death battle after Dong Fei stopped Pei Shan from taking him away. Pei Shan accepted, setting up a deadly fight at the Life-and-Death Arena one month later.

• Dong Fei confronted Pei Shan and defended Qin Hao, while Qin Hao and Liu Changqing accused Pei Shan of abusing his Enforcement Hall authority.
• Pei Shan struck Liu Changqing, but Dong Fei drew her Treasure Sword and warned Pei Shan that he would not touch Qin Hao.
• As Pei Shan prepared to leave, Qin Hao challenged him to a life-and-death battle one month later at the Life-and-Death Arena.
• Dong Fei, Xu Hongying, and Liu Changqing urged Qin Hao to reconsider because Pei Shan had reached the Meridian Opening First Layer.
• Pei Shan accepted Qin Hao's challenge and began plotting against him.

Qin Hao accepted a life-and-death battle with Pei Shan, scheduled for one month later, and went to the Pill Hall to find pills that could help him advance his martial soul. He discovered Spirit-Gathering Pills suited his needs, but their higher-grade versions cost far more than he could afford.

• Pei Shan left after agreeing to fight Qin Hao in a month, while Dong Fei and Xu Hongying worried that Qin Hao had challenged him too soon.
• Qin Hao explained that he had challenged Pei Shan to stop him from attacking again and said he would use the month to strengthen himself.
• Liu Changqing gave Qin Hao two thousand contribution points to help him prepare for the battle.
• Qin Hao visited the Pill Hall and concluded that Spirit-Gathering Pills were better suited than Origin-Nourishing Pills for helping him reach a fifth-rank martial soul.
• The Black-Robed Elder explained the prices and discount for different grades of Spirit-Gathering Pills, and Qin Hao realized he could afford only a limited number of the stronger pills.

Qin Hao refined Spirit-Gathering Pills, strengthening his martial soul and breaking through to the early ninth stage of the Body Tempering Realm. When he headed to the Ink Forest Mountains to complete missions, five disciples ambushed him on Pei Shan’s orders.

• Qin Hao spent eighteen thousand contribution points on sixty Middle Yellow Tier, ten Upper Yellow Tier, and one Lower Mystic Tier Spirit-Gathering Pill.
• Qin Hao refined the pills with the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art, strengthening his fourth-grade martial soul and advancing to the early ninth stage of the Body Tempering Realm.
• Qin Hao estimated that about ten more Lower Mystic Tier Spirit-Gathering Pills could advance his martial soul and set out for the Ink Forest Mountains to complete his missions.
• Five disciples followed Qin Hao into a forest and surrounded him; their leader revealed that Senior Brother Pei Shan had ordered them to keep Qin Hao from returning to the Myriad Phenomena Hall alive.
• The leading disciple lunged at Qin Hao with a claw attack.

Qin Hao killed five veteran disciples sent by Pei Shan, then returned to the Mission Hall after completing twenty-six missions. Mu Ziqing rewarded him with contribution points and offered to take him to the Sword Monument to study a heaven-rank sword art, and he left with her.

• Qin Hao defeated and killed the five veteran disciples who ambushed him, then vowed to repay Pei Shan.
• Qin Hao completed twenty-six missions in the Ink Forest Mountains and returned to the Mission Hall.
• Mu Ziqing credited Qin Hao with extra contribution points, privately paying the reward herself.
• Mu Ziqing told Qin Hao about the Sword Monument and its heaven-rank sword art of nine hundred and ninety-nine moves.
• Qin Hao recognized Mu Ziqing as the senior sister Xu Hongying had mentioned and agreed to follow her to the Sword Monument.

Mu Ziqing brought Qin Hao to the Sword Monument and explained its sword moves and the stages of martial skill mastery. At the restricted grounds, Lei Yi tried to bar Qin Hao, but Qin Hao borrowed Mu Ziqing’s Sword Monument Jade Pendant and invoked the Myriad Phenomena Ancestor’s decree.

• Mu Ziqing told Qin Hao about the Sword Monument, Black Wind Cliff, and the six realms of martial skills as they approached the monument.
• Qin Hao saw the Sword Monument’s immense sword force and learned that the hall’s strongest practitioner had comprehended only 198 of its 999 moves.
• Lei Yi stopped Qin Hao and claimed that only Inner Hall Disciples who had mastered sword force could enter the restricted grounds.
• Lei Yi suppressed Qin Hao with his pressure and mocked him, while Mu Ziqing showed Lei Yi her Sword Monument Jade Pendant.
• Qin Hao borrowed the pendant from Mu Ziqing and challenged Lei Yi to obey the Ancestor’s decree allowing its holder to enter.

Qin Hao forced Lei Yi to let him enter the Sword Monument grounds and accepted a wager to comprehend its first sword mark within ten days. After reaching the monument with Mu Ziqing, he recklessly looked at a powerful middle-section sword mark and narrowly endured its attack on his willpower.

• Qin Hao used Mu Ziqing's Sword Monument Jade Pendant to make Lei Yi let them pass, then threatened to report Lei Yi if he failed to guard the entrance properly.
• Lei Yi wagered ten thousand contribution points that Qin Hao could not comprehend the first sword mark within ten days, with Qin Hao agreeing to the bet.
• Mu Ziqing let Qin Hao keep the pendant and accompanied him to the Sword Monument, where she warned him to study the marks from the bottom upward.
• Qin Hao stared at a middle-section sword mark, and its sword move attacked his willpower, nearly shattering his willpower sword prototype before dissipating.

Qin Hao studied the Sword Monument and rapidly comprehended its first two sword moves while making substantial progress on the third. After observing him for ten days, Sea Ancestor pulled him from the monument’s consciousness space and told him to strengthen his foundation before continuing.

• Qin Hao shattered the first sword move and mastered the Seventh Sword of the Nine Swords of the Azure Lotus.
• Qin Hao practiced the first sword mark for a day and formed a half-inch sword blade, then suppressed the second sword move and began studying its three blades.
• Qin Hao spent three more days learning to unleash three half-inch blades from the second move.
• Qin Hao spent seven days studying the third move and learned to unleash five blades, though he could not fully master its seven blades.
• Sea Ancestor watched Qin Hao for ten days, pulled him from the Sword Monument’s consciousness space, and advised him to digest the first two moves before attempting the third.

After recovering from ten days of studying the Sword Monument, Qin Hao revealed that he had comprehended a sword blade and confronted Lei Yi over their wager. Lei Yi paid Qin Hao ten thousand contribution points, then left vowing revenge.

• Qin Hao stopped studying when exhaustion overwhelmed him, recovered with the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art, and saw Mu Ziqing practicing Lotus Blossoms with Every Step.
• Lei Yi demanded that Qin Hao kneel for losing their wager, but Qin Hao drew the Blazing Sky Sword and demonstrated that he had comprehended a sword blade.
• Lei Yi shattered Qin Hao's sword blade with one palm, while Mu Ziqing recognized that Qin Hao had truly comprehended the Sword Monument's first move.
• Qin Hao demanded the ten thousand contribution points and threatened to take Lei Yi to the Enforcement Hall and expose him as a cheat if he refused to pay.
• Lei Yi handed Qin Hao ten thousand contribution points and left angrily, promising to make him pay for offending an Inner Hall deacon.

Qin Hao impressed Mu Ziqing with his rapid sword comprehension and refused to cancel his life-and-death battle with Pei Shan, though Mu Ziqing offered to protect it from Lei family interference. He then gathered pills to try to advance his martial soul to the fifth rank and unlock the Sacred Embryo’s Pure Yang Tyrant Body Fist.

• Qin Hao received ten thousand contribution points from Lei Yi, who left furious after Qin Hao’s success at the Sword Monument.
• Qin Hao told Mu Ziqing that he had comprehended Sword Blade in one day, breaking the Myriad Phenomena Hall’s seven-day record.
• Mu Ziqing warned Qin Hao that Pei Shan and the Lei family might be dangerous, but Qin Hao refused to cancel their life-and-death battle, and Mu Ziqing offered to ask an Outer Hall elder to prevent interference.
• Qin Hao completed more than thirty missions, collected twenty thousand contribution points, and bought eleven Lower Mystic Tier Spirit-Gathering Pills.
• Qin Hao returned to his courtyard and swallowed a Spirit-Gathering Pill, hoping to raise his martial soul to the fifth rank and cultivate the Pure Yang Tyrant Body Fist.

Qin Hao advanced his martial soul to the fifth rank and began cultivating the Sacred Embryo chapter of the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art. After learning that its Myriad Forms Realm had to be completed during the Body Tempering Realm, he practiced the Pure Yang Tyrant Body Fist and increased his physical strength, but the chapter left him exhausted after only three punches.

• Qin Hao consumed eleven Spirit-Gathering Pills and advanced his golden little sword martial soul to the fifth rank.
• Qin Hao cultivated with his new martial soul, reached the middle stage of the ninth stage of Body Tempering Realm, and consolidated his cultivation for a day and night.
• Qin Hao learned that the Sacred Embryo chapter required him to complete the Myriad Forms Realm during the Body Tempering Realm, and that heavenly materials and earthly treasures could speed his progress.
• Qin Hao began practicing the Pure Yang Tyrant Body Fist in the courtyard, but managed only three punches in nearly half a day as his physical strength rose by five hundred jin.

Qin Hao strengthened his body and swordsmanship while preparing for his life-and-death battle with Pei Shan. The night before the fight, Pei Shan received powerful weapons and learned that Qin Hao had comprehended a sword blade, prompting Lei Yi to give him a Seven-Kill Pearl to counter it.

• Qin Hao alternated between fist and sword practice, increasing his physical strength and refining his swordsmanship over several days.
• Yang Benhong warned Pei Shan that Qin Hao had killed the five assassins and possessed the Blazing Sky Sword and Silver Moon Battle Shield.
• Yang Benhong gave Pei Shan lower mystic-tier Eight-Winged Treasure Armor and the high yellow-tier Thunderbolt Sword, and told him to make Qin Hao suffer before killing him.
• Yang Benhong told Pei Shan that Elder Lei Wu would attend the life-and-death battle.
• Lei Yi arrived and revealed that Qin Hao had comprehended a sword blade at the Sword Monument, then gave Pei Shan a Seven-Kill Pearl containing two sword blades to shatter Qin Hao's blade.

Lei Yi ordered Yang Benhong and Pei Shan to kill Qin Hao in their Life-and-Death Battle, while Qin Hao strengthened his body and discovered a mysterious sword beyond the Supreme Sword Tower’s Second Floor. The next morning, Qin Hao set out for the battle with his fellow new disciples, who encouraged him despite their worry.

• Lei Yi revealed that Mu Ziqing had taken Qin Hao to the Sword Monument and lent him its jade pendant, then demanded that Pei Shan make Qin Hao die in agony.
• Pei Shan assured Yang Benhong that Lei Yi’s Soft Armor, the Thunderbolt Sword, and the Seven-Kill Pearl would ensure Qin Hao’s death, while Yang Benhong planned to consult Elder Lei Wu.
• Qin Hao reached the Golden Body realm with thirty-five thousand jin of strength, advanced his sword techniques, and prepared for his battle with Pei Shan.
• Qin Hao entered the Supreme Sword Tower and glimpsed a rainbow sword inside the Second Floor, whose presence filled him with dread.
• Liu Changqing, Zhu Jingsheng, Deng Mingxuan, and the other new disciples met Qin Hao the next morning and encouraged him before he left for the Life-and-Death Battle.

Qin Hao and Pei Shan began their life-and-death battle in the Life-and-Death Arena, while powerful onlookers gathered to watch. Pei Shan threatened to slaughter the Qin clan, and the battle was poised to erupt.

• Thousands of disciples gathered to watch Qin Hao face Pei Shan, and Elder Lei Wu arrived with Lei Yi, Yang Benhong, and Lei Yun.
• Mu Ziqing and Dong Fei brought Elder Jiang Fengquan to oversee the duel and prevent anyone from interfering; Jiang Fengquan declared her confidence in Qin Hao.
• Pei Shan displayed impressive movement technique as he entered the arena, drawing spectators' predictions that Qin Hao would quickly lose.
• Qin Hao and Pei Shan entered the arena, and the referee confirmed that the duel would end with one of them dead before declaring it begun.
• Pei Shan blamed Qin Hao for Pei Yangrong's death, threatened to torture him, and vowed to slaughter the Qin clan in Tianshui City.
• Pei Shan stepped toward Qin Hao as his imposing force surged across the arena.

Qin Hao fought Pei Shan on the Life-and-Death Arena, matching him despite Pei Shan’s higher cultivation and later breakthrough. As Pei Shan attacked with his hidden strength, Qin Hao unleashed the Nine Swords of the Azure Lotus and reached the Eighth Sword, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Qin Hao drew the Blazing Sky Sword and knocked Pei Shan back in their opening exchange with his immense physical strength.
• Qin Hao and Pei Shan traded dozens of attacks, while the spectators and Lei Yun watched in disbelief at Qin Hao’s progress.
• Pei Shan revealed that he had reached Meridian Opening middle first layer and charged at Qin Hao with his increased strength.
• Qin Hao used the first through seventh swords of the Nine Swords of the Azure Lotus against Pei Shan.
• Qin Hao unleashed the Eighth Sword, silencing the venue and leaving Lei Wu astonished.

Qin Hao overwhelmed Pei Shan with the Ninth Sword of the Azure Lotus and a swift sword blade, but Pei Shan survived by relying on lower mystic tier Eight-Winged Treasure Armor. The duel remained unresolved as the crowd debated whether either fighter had another trump card.

• Jiang Fengquan noticed Mu Ziqing's affection for Qin Hao and approved of the pair as a match.
• Qin Hao forced Pei Shan to use the strongest move of the Six Extremes Sword Art, then struck at him with the Ninth Sword of the Azure Lotus.
• Pei Shan manifested his fourth-grade martial soul, strengthening his aura, and clashed with Qin Hao's attack.
• Qin Hao followed with the sword blade he had comprehended at the Sword Monument, striking Pei Shan before he could use the Seven-Kill Pearl.
• Pei Shan revealed that his Eight-Winged Treasure Armor had blocked the sword blade, leaving the duel's outcome uncertain.

Qin Hao revealed that he had comprehended five sword blades, but Pei Shan countered with a Seven-Kill Pearl and shattered them. Qin Hao then unleashed his fifth-rank little sword martial soul, destroyed Pei Shan’s remaining attack, and left him horrified.

• Qin Hao surprised Pei Shan by unleashing two sword blades, then expanded his attack to five as Pei Shan tried to fend him off.
• Pei Shan took out the Seven-Kill Pearl and used its two powerful sword blades to shatter Qin Hao’s five half-inch blades.
• Mu Ziqing and Jiang Fengquan objected to Pei Shan’s treasure, while Lei Wu and Lei Yi insisted the battle continue under the rules.
• Qin Hao summoned his fifth-rank little sword martial soul and empowered five sword blades to destroy Pei Shan’s incoming attack.
• Pei Shan stared in disbelief as Qin Hao’s martial soul pressure overwhelmed his own.

Qin Hao revealed his fifth-rank martial soul and defeated Pei Shan in the Life-and-Death Arena, breaking his legs and hands before Pei Shan died. Lei Wu intervened and demanded the Eight-Winged Treasure Armor, but Qin Hao claimed it as the victor and asked for a hundred thousand contribution points.

• Qin Hao manifested his fifth-rank martial soul, shocking the disciples and making Lei Wu fear Pei Shan would lose.
• Lei Wu tried to stop the fight, but Jiang Fengquan blocked him and reminded him that the battle was a life-and-death contest.
• Pei Shan attacked Qin Hao with the Thunderbolt Sword and Seven-Kill Pearl, but Qin Hao injured him and broke his ribs.
• Qin Hao broke Pei Shan's legs and hands, and the referee refused to stop the fight because the arena ended only in death or exhaustion.
• Lei Wu struck Pei Shan with an invisible force, killing him as Qin Hao watched.
• Lei Wu demanded the Eight-Winged Treasure Armor, and Qin Hao claimed it as the victor before offering to consider selling it for a hundred thousand contribution points.

After Qin Hao defeated Pei Shan, Lei Wu left without the Eight-Winged Treasure Armor, and Qin Hao thanked Jiang Fengquan and Mu Ziqing for their support. While Qin Hao celebrated with his companions at the Heavenly Drink House, Bu Yunfeng watched from a private room and learned that he had previously met Qin Hao.

• Lei Wu refused to pay Qin Hao a hundred thousand contribution points for the Eight-Winged Treasure Armor and left with Yang Benhong and Lei Yi.
• Jiang Fengquan told Qin Hao that Mu Ziqing had personally asked her to uphold justice on his behalf, and Dong Fei revealed that Mu Ziqing had waited for him at the Mission Hall.
• Qin Hao invited Mu Ziqing, Dong Fei, and his other companions to celebrate at the Heavenly Drink House.
• Disciples praised Qin Hao for killing Pei Shan across a cultivation gap and speculated about how soon he might reach the bronze ranking and enter the Inner Hall.
• Bu Yunfeng watched Qin Hao from the Heavenly Drink House's third floor, learned that he and Qin Hao had met at the Martial Arts Hall, and ordered his informant to leave.