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Qin Hao struggled to injure three Ninth-Layer Venerables of the Blood Demon Race, whose Blood Demon Battle Armor resisted his strongest attacks. As Lingxiaozi received a Secret Art from the Ancient Emperor, Qin Hao realized he could strengthen his Sword Moves by summoning Jian Yi, Jian Er, Jian San, and thousands of Treasure Swords.

• Qin Hao repeatedly used Pressure Orbs to suppress the three Venerable Armored Soldiers and focused his attacks on the nearest one.
• Lingxiaozi identified the armor as Low-Grade True Treasure Blood Demon Battle Armor and warned that Qin Hao lacked the cultivation to break through it.
• Qin Hao rejected Lingxiaozi’s suggestion to flee because Ancestor Yanshi had the combat strength of a Creation expert.
• Lingxiaozi appealed to the Ancient Emperor, who refused to intervene but taught Lingxiaozi a Secret Art to conceal his aura as a Five-Star Treasure.
• Qin Hao decided to strengthen his Sword Moves and summoned Jian Yi, Jian Er, Jian San, and more than ten thousand Treasure Swords.

Qin Hao unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin, combining more than ten thousand Treasure Swords with Sword Heaven and Earth to break through a Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldier’s defense. The soldier died, while the surrounding fighters turned in shock.

• Qin Hao used Soul Suppression to freeze the three Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers closing in on him.
• Qin Hao summoned more than ten thousand Treasure Swords, including over a hundred Spirit Artifacts, with Jian Yi, Jian Er, and Jian San at their core.
• Qin Hao launched Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin, strengthened by Sword Heaven and Earth, at one of the frozen soldiers.
• The colossal sword shattered the soldier’s Blood Demon Armor and pierced his chest, killing him.
• The Top Hundred Talents fighting nearby stopped and stared at Qin Hao’s strike in shock.

Qin Hao killed three Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers, inspiring the Human Race’s fighters as they struggled against the Blood Demon assault. Demon Ancestor Yin ordered Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi to act and called for a formation to kill Qin Hao.

• Qi Long and the other geniuses saw Qin Hao kill a Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldier, while they struggled to survive their own fights.
• The Human Race’s High-Rank Venerables, King-Rank Creations, and Saint Martial Grandmasters were shocked and heartened by Qin Hao’s feat.
• Qin Hao surveyed the battlefield, saw Qiao Chuyu, Yang Yi, Xiang Wuqing, Kong Yan, and other geniuses gravely wounded, and spotted Han Yong among the dead.
• Qin Hao used Soul Suppression and Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin to kill the two Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers still attacking him.
• Qin Hao charged toward other enemies, while his actions rallied the Human Race’s fighters and helped them hold back the Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers.
• Demon Ancestor Yin berated Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi, then ordered a Blood Demon Minor Formation to kill Qin Hao.

After Qin Hao killed three Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers, Demon Ancestor Yin, Ancestor Yanshi, and Elder Tianyi resolved to kill him. Qin Hao broke through a ten-soldier formation with his Pressure Orbs, but Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi attacked him as the Holy City’s onlookers recognized them as traitors.

• Demon Ancestor Yin ordered Qin Hao killed, while Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi also decided to act against him.
• Ten Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers formed a formation and charged Qin Hao, worrying Mu Ziqing, Qi Long, and the other tournament fighters.
• Qin Hao overwhelmed the soldiers’ combined Willpower with thirty Pressure Orbs, stunning all ten.
• Qin Hao launched Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin against the stunned soldiers.
• Ancestor Yanshi struck Qin Hao with a palm, and Elder Tianyi joined the attack.
• The Holy City’s Saint Martial Grandmasters identified Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi as traitors and condemned the Shi Family and Five Elements Sect.

Qin Hao used Soul Suppression to slow Ancestor Yanshi, Elder Tianyi, and ten Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers as they attacked him. He discovered that Ancestor Yanshi’s palm had Ordinary Creation-level combat power, and the chapter ended with Yanshi renewing his attempt to crush Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao sent his Treasure Swords against Ancestor Yanshi’s palm and used Pressure Orbs to suppress the attackers.
• The Pressure Orbs briefly stunned Elder Tianyi, Ancestor Yanshi, and the ten Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers, slowing their attacks.
• Qin Hao’s sword attack left only a shallow mark on Ancestor Yanshi’s palm, revealing that Yanshi’s strike possessed Creation-level combat power.
• Ancestor Yanshi recognized that Qin Hao’s Soul Suppression could stun his Divine Soul and resolved to kill him before he grew stronger.
• Ancestor Yanshi poured his strength into the Black Flame Giant Palm and drove it down toward Qin Hao.

Qin Hao was trapped between the Blood Demon forces and Ancestor Yanshi’s descending Black Flame Giant Palm, while his dwindling Pressure Orbs bought him only a few breaths. As he searched for a way out, a white-haired Saint Martial Grandmaster flew from the Holy City to fight for the Human Race.

• Qin Hao used repeated Soul Suppression to hinder Ancestor Yanshi, Elder Tianyi, and ten Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers while striking Ancestor Yanshi’s Black Flame Giant Palm with Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin.
• Qin Hao realized retreating or redirecting his attacks would let Ancestor Yanshi kill him, and that the dwindling Pressure Orbs could hold the enemy back for only a few more breaths.
• Human and Blood Demon forces continued fighting, with many Human High-Rank Venerables falling as observers feared Qin Hao’s death would devastate the Five Directions Worlds.
• A white-haired Ninth Layer of Saint Martial Realm elder declared that the Blood Demon Race would have to step over his corpse and flew toward Qin Hao and the others.

An aged Saint Martial Grandmaster sacrificed himself to wound the Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers threatening Qin Hao, while shielding him from their attacks. Inspired by the old man's courage, other Ninth Layer Saint Martial Grandmasters charged toward the battlefield, ready to fight and die to protect the young geniuses.

• An aged Ninth Layer Saint Martial Grandmaster rushed to Qin Hao's aid and warned him to escape before preparing to self-detonate.
• The old man self-detonated, wounding eleven Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers and disrupting the attacks of Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi.
• The old man's sacrifice left the watching Saint Martial Grandmasters stunned as they saw the battlefield's devastation and realized he was gone.
• A young Ninth Layer Saint Martial Grandmaster urged the others to protect the Top Hundred geniuses and fight to defend their homes.
• Saint Martial Grandmasters, especially those at the Ninth Layer, followed the young man toward the Starry Sky Spirit Martial Ship, prepared to battle the Blood Demon Race.

Hundreds of Human Race Grandmasters at the Ninth Layer of the Saint Martial Realm charged the Starry Sky Spirit Martial Ship and used Self-Detonation to protect Qin Hao and the younger generation. Their sacrifice devastated the Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers and stirred Qin Hao’s understanding of human nature, while the battle continued around them.

• An elderly Human Race Grandmaster reached Qin Hao’s ship, declared that the Human Race would endure, and used Self-Detonation.
• Hundreds of Ninth Layer Saint Martial Grandmasters rushed from the Holy City and detonated themselves against the Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers.
• King Zhenyan, King Yongtai, the Bloodthirsty King, and King Lingyi continued fighting the Xuanmo Sovereign as other Creation experts battled Demon Ancestor Yin and the Blood Demon Race.
• Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, Qi Long, Ji Ziqi, and the surviving Azure Flame Tournament Top 100 talents watched the explosions, while Lingxiaozi and the Ancient Emperor reflected on the sacrifices that sustained their races.
• The blasts killed nearly half of the hundred Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers and gravely wounded the survivors, as Qin Hao sensed he had begun to grasp the spirit of human nature.
• Even fiercer explosions erupted where the Human Race’s Venerables fought the Blood Demon Venerables.

As Human Venerables used self-detonation to turn the tide against the Blood Demons, Qin Hao sensed a spirit within his Self-World and began breaking through to the Venerable Martial Realm. He reached the Second Layer in moments as the battle continued around Holy City.

• Human High-Rank Venerables self-detonated in the melee, inflicting heavy losses on the Blood Demon forces and shifting the battle toward the humans.
• Demon Ancestor Yin realized his assassination operation had gone badly awry and noticed Qin Hao's aura changing as Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy raged around him.
• Qin Hao reflected on the fallen fighters and sensed that his Self-World had a spirit of its own, causing it to tremble.
• Qin Hao activated the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art and absorbed vast amounts of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, breaking through to the First Layer of Venerable Martial Realm.
• Qin Hao continued absorbing energy and immediately advanced to the Second Layer of Venerable Martial Realm.

Qin Hao used the energy of his Self-World and the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to break through from the Ninth Layer of Saint Martial Realm to the Third Layer of Venerable Martial Realm. His breakthrough stalled when the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy ran low, but a strange sensation then stirred within him.

• Qin Hao discovered that his Self-World helped him rapidly absorb and refine Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, carrying him to the Second Layer of Venerable Martial Realm.
• Qi Long, Mu Ziqing, and the other observers reacted with shock and relief as Qin Hao’s breakthrough drained spiritual energy from around the Holy City.
• Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi blamed the Saint Martial Grandmasters’ Self-Detonations for interrupting their attacks, then decided to kill Qin Hao before he grew stronger.
• Qin Hao’s Cultivation Realm rose again to the Third Layer of Venerable Martial Realm, but his breakthrough halted when nearby spiritual energy ran short.
• Qin Hao sensed a sudden strange change within himself just as he thought his breakthrough had ended.

Qin Hao’s Little Sword Martial Soul surged from Mystic Tier Ninth Rank to Earth Grade Seventh Rank, greatly strengthening his Divine Soul and comprehension. He used that newfound power to compress the pressure of his entire Sword Heaven and Earth into a sword and kill a wounded Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldier.

• Qin Hao’s Little Sword Martial Soul rose to Earth Grade Seventh Rank, strengthening his Divine Soul and allowing his thoughts to divide without limit.
• Qin Hao realized his stronger Divine Soul could draw on and compress the pressure across his entire Sword Heaven and Earth at once.
• Qin Hao compressed all the pressure into a fingernail-sized orb and transformed it into a half-meter-long pressure sword.
• Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi sensed the overwhelming pressure gathering around Qin Hao and stopped before striking.
• Qin Hao sent the invisible pressure sword into a wounded Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldier’s head, killing him.

Qin Hao used the Pressure Sword to kill the wounded Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers with soul-piercing strikes, revealing his mastery of the Might of the Two Realms. As the Human Race rejoiced at his power, Xuanmo Sovereign demanded a retreat within ten breaths, and Demon Ancestor Yin ordered Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi to kill Qin Hao at once.

• Qin Hao's Pressure Sword pierced the Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldier's Divine Soul and killed him instantly.
• Qin Hao killed dozens of wounded Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers, while nearby fighters watched in shock.
• Elder Tianyi recognized that Qin Hao's attack was an overpowering form of Soul Suppression, and King Zhenyan identified it as the Might of the Two Realms.
• Xuanmo Sovereign told Demon Ancestor Yin he would leave after ten breaths, and Demon Ancestor Yin ordered Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi to kill Qin Hao immediately.

Demon Ancestor Yin activated the Sunflame Nether Spring within Ancestor Yanshi, turning him into a Death Soldier and sending him with Elder Tianyi to kill Qin Hao. Qin Hao’s Soul Suppression injured Elder Tianyi but failed to slow Yanshi, leaving the two traitors closing in on him.

• The Xuanmo Sovereign gave Demon Ancestor Yin ten breaths to finish the battle before he fled to avoid Azure Flame Sect Sovereigns.
• Demon Ancestor Yin activated the Sunflame Nether Spring, stripping Ancestor Yanshi of his will and turning him into a Death Soldier with Creation-Level Combat Power.
• Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi charged toward Qin Hao as the Human warriors realized they could not reach them in time to intervene.
• Qin Hao struck both traitors with Soul Suppression; Ancestor Yanshi continued unhindered, while Elder Tianyi suffered soul pain and fell behind.
• Elder Tianyi recognized that the Sunflame Nether Spring had made Yanshi immune to Qin Hao’s attack and followed behind him toward Qin Hao.

Qin Hao failed to damage Ancestor Yanshi and tried to flee until Human Race experts arrived, but Elder Tianyi intercepted him and left him trapped. As Qin Hao faced danger, he revealed a purple High-Grade True Treasure, shocking the watching Creation Great Experts and enraging Demon Ancestor Yin.

• Qin Hao’s sword attacks and Soul Suppression barely affected Ancestor Yanshi, whose Sunflame Nether Spring-enhanced power gave him ordinary Creation-Level Combat Power.
• Qin Hao used Near at Hand, Far Away to flee, but Ancestor Yanshi pursued him while Elder Tianyi raced ahead to intercept him.
• Elder Tianyi blocked Qin Hao’s path as Ancestor Yanshi closed in behind him, trapping Qin Hao between the two enemies.
• Mu Ziqing rushed to help Qin Hao, while the Saint Martial Grandmasters condemned Ancestor Yanshi and the Five Elements Sect for their betrayal.
• Qin Hao replaced the Setting Sun Sword with a purple High-Grade True Treasure, prompting Demon Ancestor Yin to suspect King Zhenyan and King Yongtai had given it to him.

Qin Hao used the Lingxiao Divine Sword’s concealed power to kill Elder Tianyi with one strike. As Ancestor Yanshi closed in, Qin Hao continued forward and prepared to face him next.

• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao that his Third Layer of the Venerable Martial Realm cultivation let him unleash more of the Lingxiao Divine Sword’s power, while the God-Deriving Mind Method concealed its aura.
• Elder Tianyi saw the sword and retreated, but Qin Hao used Soul Suppression to stagger him and struck with Yellow Springs Road.
• Qin Hao’s Lingxiao Divine Sword split Elder Tianyi in two, killing him with one strike.
• Qin Hao continued fleeing as Ancestor Yanshi drew within a thousand zhang, and he turned his killing intent toward his pursuer.

Qin Hao fought Ancestor Yanshi with the Lingxiao Divine Sword and Sword Heaven and Earth, holding his own despite the strain on his Divine Soul. An overwhelming power suddenly descended, killing Ancestor Yanshi and the Blood Demon fighters, leaving Qin Hao stunned and uncertain what had happened.

• Qin Hao wounded Ancestor Yanshi's palm and realized his new strength let him contend with an Ordinary Creation expert.
• Qin Hao and Ancestor Yanshi exchanged hundreds of attacks as Qi Long, Ji Ziqi, Shi Tingyan, Dongfang Lin, and the onlookers marveled at Qin Hao's growth.
• Qin Hao's Divine Soul neared its limit from maintaining Sword Heaven and Earth, but he kept fighting because he needed its amplification to withstand Ancestor Yanshi.
• A terrifying power descended, causing Ancestor Yanshi and the Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers and Creation Great Experts to struggle and burst into ash.
• Ancestor Yanshi briefly regained reason before crumbling to ash, and Qin Hao wondered what power had killed them.

Illusion Master Lingyan arrived during the Blood Demon Race’s attack and swiftly killed Xuanmo Sovereign, then turned his power on Demon Ancestor Yin. Demon Ancestor Yin escaped at the last moment with a Heaven and Earth Traversal Talisman, leaving Lingyan’s arm to vanish after him.

• Illusion Master Lingyan’s arrival killed nearly two thousand Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers and more than twenty Blood Demon Creation-stage fighters, while Demon Ancestor Yin lost three arms and Xuanmo Sovereign fled.
• Illusion Master Lingyan caught and killed Xuanmo Sovereign in an instant, returning with the Sovereign’s three heads.
• Qin Hao and the others witnessed Lingyan’s overwhelming strength as he turned his gaze toward Demon Ancestor Yin.
• Illusion Master Lingyan’s force caused Demon Ancestor Yin’s remaining arms to explode one by one.
• Demon Ancestor Yin activated a Heaven and Earth Traversal Talisman and vanished, and Illusion Master Lingyan’s outstretched arm disappeared after him.

Demon Ancestor Yin escaped through a Heaven and Earth Traversal Talisman, and Illusion Master Lingyan’s pursuit drew a powerful Blood Demon Sovereign’s intervention from the Blood Demon Great World. Lingyan destroyed the Black Hole Passage and restored his sacrificed arm, while Qin Hao and the others were left furious that Yin had survived.

• King Zhenyan and King Yongtai identified Demon Ancestor Yin’s escape talisman as a costly, single-use Heaven and Earth Traversal Talisman.
• A Black Hole Passage appeared where Demon Ancestor Yin had fled, and a terrifying pressure surged from within it.
• Illusion Master Lingyan withdrew his arm from the passage and detonated it, collapsing the passage as a Blood Demon Sovereign threatened him.
• King Zhenyan identified the voice as Netherflame King’s, while Illusion Master Lingyan restored his arm and dismissed the threat.
• Qin Hao regretted Demon Ancestor Yin’s escape as the Human Race survivors shared his anger, then everyone greeted Illusion Master Lingyan with respect.

After the Blood Demon Race’s invasion, Illusion Master Lingyan praised the survivors and urged them to grow strong enough to avenge their fallen comrades. As the survivors prepared to return to the Azure Flame Sect, they honored the dead by raising the Tomb of True Martial outside the Holy City.

• King Zhenyan reported Qin Hao’s contributions to Illusion Master Lingyan, who praised Qin Hao and noted that most of the Azure Flame Tournament Top 100 had survived.
• Illusion Master Lingyan told the survivors they could avenge themselves on Demon Ancestor Yin by cultivating until they reached greater strength.
• Illusion Master Lingyan promised to report Qin Hao’s deeds to the Azure Flame Sect and said the sect would reward those who killed members of the Alien Races.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing mourned Han Yong, and Qin Hao vowed to kill Demon Ancestor Yin himself.
• Under King Yongtai’s direction, the survivors arranged the fallen warriors’ bodies and erected the Tomb of True Martial outside the Holy City to honor those who had defended the continent.

The Starry Sky Spirit Martial Ship carried Qin Hao and the other surviving tournament participants through the World-Guarding Formation and into the Star Sea. After entering a Spacetime Passage, they learned they would reach the Azure Flame Great World in seven days, while King Zhenyan watched them from the ship’s hall.

• The Starry Sky Spirit Martial Ship departed the Holy City with Illusion Master Lingyan escorting the seventy-three survivors, while King Yongtai and the other kings stayed behind to guard against the Blood Demon Race.
• The ship crossed the Thunder Punishment Land and passed through the True Martial Continent’s World-Guarding Formation.
• Qin Hao and the others mourned the twenty-seven tournament participants who had died and remembered Qin Hao’s role in saving them from further losses.
• The passengers saw the Star Sea for the first time and learned that travel to the Azure Flame Great World would take over a hundred years by ordinary flight.
• The ship entered a Spacetime Passage, and the passengers learned it would reach the Azure Flame Great World in seven days.
• King Zhenyan watched the passengers from the ship’s great hall and then walked out.

Qin Hao bound his Azure Flame Inner Disciple Token and entered the Mysterious Tower Space, where he learned that the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower tested disciples’ martial prowess and awarded Azure Flame Points. He discovered that the points could fund his cultivation and that the sect even offered Chaos Cultivation Techniques for exchange.

• King Zhenyan distributed official Azure Flame Sect disciple tokens and explained that they served as identification and access to sect resources.
• Qin Hao bound his gold Inner Disciple Token and entered the Mysterious Tower Space, where the Mysterious Tower Spirit welcomed him.
• The Mysterious Tower Spirit explained that the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower had nine floors that tested Martial Dao Realm, Divine Soul strength, and Martial Way technique while granting Azure Flame Points.
• Qin Hao learned that Azure Flame Points paid for sect resources, that his tournament victory earned him twenty thousand points, and that his first Azure Flame Spirit Pool session was free.
• Qin Hao discovered that Two Realms Peak’s Dao Foundation was the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram and that he could exchange enough Azure Flame Points for a Chaos Cultivation Technique.

Qin Hao learned the Azure Flame Sect’s rules and the risk of losing his Inner Disciple status if he ranked too low in ten years. King Zhenyan asked Illusion Master Lingyan to secure Qin Hao and the other newcomers an extra cultivation reward, but Lingyan refused unless Qin Hao cleared the first three floors of the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower within thirty years.

• Qin Hao learned that Inner Disciples used Azure Flame Points for cultivation and could be demoted if they ranked in the bottom thousand in the ten-year Assessment.
• Mu Ziqing learned that Outer Disciples could qualify for promotion to the Inner Gate through an Assessment held every five years.
• King Zhenyan thanked Illusion Master Lingyan for intervening against the Xuanmo Sovereign and asked him to report the Blood Demon Race’s invasion.
• King Zhenyan described Qin Hao’s Power of the Two Realms and King-Sealing potential, then requested an extra cultivation reward for Qin Hao and the other talented newcomers.
• Illusion Master Lingyan said the sect would not grant an extra reward indiscriminately, but Qin Hao could earn one by clearing the first three floors of the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower within thirty years.

Illusion Master Lingyan explained to King Zhenyan why Qin Hao and Qi Long would not receive special cultivation rewards without first proving themselves through the Azure Flame Sect’s system. As Qin Hao and the others studied the sect’s rules aboard their ship, they arrived at an enormous world in a prosperous Star Region.

• Illusion Master Lingyan told King Zhenyan that talent alone did not guarantee success and that disciples earned rewards by meeting the sect’s goals and completing its tasks.
• King Zhenyan accepted Illusion Master Lingyan’s explanation, and Lingyan urged him to pursue becoming a Sovereign.
• Qin Hao and the others compared their Mysterious Tower Space information and learned about disciple promotions, assessments, and the thirty-year training limit.
• Qin Hao studied the Azure Flame Sect’s prices for treasures and wondered how many points the sect would award him for killing members of the Blood Demon Race.
• The Starry Sky Spirit Martial Ship emerged from a Spacetime Passage and approached a world more than ten thousand times larger than the True Martial Continent.

Qin Hao and the other tournament geniuses arrived at the Azure Flame Great World and were stunned by its immense spiritual energy and abundance of powerful experts. They disembarked at the Azure Flame Sect, where hundreds of thousands of young geniuses from other worlds had gathered.

• Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, and the others saw the Azure Flame Great World and learned that geniuses from other Small Worlds had arrived through spacetime passages.
• The Starry Sky Spirit Martial Ship entered the Great World, where the group sensed its rich Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy and saw numerous Venerables, Half-Step Creation experts, and Creation Great Experts.
• King Zhenyan announced their arrival at the Azure Flame Sect, and Qin Hao and the others flew down to a vast plaza among the mountains.
• Qi Long told Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing that 6,783 tournaments had selected a hundred top finishers each, bringing 678,300 young geniuses together.

Qin Hao and the other competitors arrived at the Azure Flame Sect’s Plaza and discovered how many powerful geniuses had gathered from other worlds. Qin Hao sensed a mysterious power in the Azure Flame Sect’s stele before the Storm Sovereign appeared to address the crowd.

• Qin Hao, Qi Long, and their companions sensed thousands of geniuses with high-order Origin Laws among the crowd, leaving the competitors from their worlds feeling pressured.
• The participants from Qin Hao’s group landed in the Plaza, where rival geniuses argued and fought while more Starry Sky Spirit Martial Ships arrived.
• Qin Hao noticed that the Azure Flame Sect characters carved on a towering stele stirred his Little Sword Martial Soul and Self-World, though those around him showed no sign of noticing.
• The Storm Sovereign appeared above the Plaza, pinning the crowd beneath his overwhelming aura, and everyone respectfully greeted him.