Recaps

Mu Ziqing urged Qin Hao to advance to the Inner Hall and bet that he would not manage it before she returned, while Qin Hao confidently accepted the ten-month challenge. Elsewhere, Lei Zhen ordered Yang Benhong to kill Qin Hao and planned to help Liu Ruoxue’s family destroy the Qin family.

• Mu Ziqing warned Qin Hao that Lei Wu and Lei Yi might target him outside the Myriad Phenomena Hall and advised him to seek the Bronze Ranking and Inner Hall membership.
• Qin Hao said he would reach the Inner Hall before Mu Ziqing returned, prompting her to challenge him to do so within ten months and storm away.
• Bu Yunfeng watched Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing but chose not to follow her.
• Yang Benhong told Liu Ruoxue and Lei Zhen that Qin Hao had revealed a fifth-rank martial soul and killed Pei Shan.
• Liu Ruoxue regretted rejecting and humiliating Qin Hao, but Lei Zhen reassured her that he was superior and ordered Yang Benhong to kill Qin Hao while he was away on a mission.
• Lei Zhen promised to accompany Liu Ruoxue to Tianshui City and help her family take over the Qin family.

After Bu Yunfeng attacked him over his connection to Mu Ziqing, Qin Hao returned to his courtyard and began practicing the Nine Swords of the Azure Lotus. He left determined to grow strong enough to defeat Bu Yunfeng and continued searching for the insight that would let him master Lotus Blossoms with Every Step.

• After leaving the Heavenly Drink House, Qin Hao considered how sword intent, the Sword Monument, and further cultivation could help him advance.
• Bu Yunfeng stopped Qin Hao, insulted him, and demanded that he stay away from Mu Ziqing; Qin Hao answered that his relationship with her was none of Bu Yunfeng's concern.
• Enraged by Qin Hao's reply, Bu Yunfeng struck him with a punch that sent him staggering and left him with broken ribs, then threatened him and departed.
• When Outer Hall deacons arrived, Qin Hao denied that anyone had attacked him and returned to his courtyard to heal his injuries with the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art.
• Qin Hao vowed to repay Bu Yunfeng and practiced the Nine Swords of the Azure Lotus, studying their moves for clues to Lotus Blossoms with Every Step.

Qin Hao advanced through the Sword Monument’s techniques and discovered that the sixth sword move carried sword intent. After surviving its overwhelming willpower, he realized that sword intent came from willpower and resolved to forge a true willpower swordlet.

• Qin Hao failed to reproduce the spirit of Lotus Blossoms with Every Step and went to the Sword Monument to continue his training.
• Qin Hao perfected the first five sword blades, then comprehended the third through sixth sword moves.
• Qin Hao’s sword-force blades were overwhelmed by the sixth move’s sword intent, which attacked his consciousness instead of his body.
• Qin Hao’s nascent willpower sword resisted the attack until the sword intent faded, and he realized that sword intent was an expression of willpower.
• Qin Hao resolved to temper his willpower and form a true willpower swordlet.

Qin Hao tempered his willpower against the Sword Monument and spent three months perfecting seven sword moves while gaining a trace of sword intent. As he prepared to seek treasures to advance his cultivation, he met Jian Changfeng, an Inner Hall Disciple who also possessed sword intent.

• Qin Hao endured the seventh through tenth sword moves, sharpening his willpower, but stopped before the eleventh because it was beyond his ability.
• Qin Hao focused on the sixth sword move and spent three months studying the monument, practicing Lotus Blossoms with Every Step, and cultivating the Pure Yang Tyrant Body Fist.
• Qin Hao perfected seven sword moves and gained an initial grasp of Lotus Blossoms with Every Step and a trace of sword intent, but his Sacred Embryo Chapter cultivation remained slow.
• Qin Hao decided he needed heavenly materials and earthly treasures to advance beyond the body tempering realm.
• Jian Changfeng approached Qin Hao, recognized his trace of sword intent, introduced himself, and offered to help him in the future.

Qin Hao sought a mission in the Crimson Flame Mountains to find resources for cultivating his golden body, then asked Dong Fei about the Bronze Ranking and Inner Hall advancement. He left determined to pursue his own plan despite her warning that challenging the ranking was beyond his current strength.

• Qin Hao decided to visit the Crimson Flame Mountains for crimson flame golden ginseng and crimson flame stones, and stopped at the Mission Hall to look for a mission.
• Dong Fei offered Qin Hao a mission to collect crimson flame grass and crimson flame stones, and he accepted it.
• Qin Hao asked Dong Fei how the Bronze Ranking related to advancing to the Inner Hall, and she explained the rankings and cultivation deadlines.
• Dong Fei told Qin Hao that Bronze Ranking disciples often suppressed their cultivation to attempt the Stone Man Secret Realm, and that he had to defeat the Ten Bronze Men before challenging anyone ranked.
• Qin Hao thanked Dong Fei and left the Mission Hall, while she wondered whether he could advance before Mu Ziqing returned.

Qin Hao traveled to the Crimson Flame Mountains to search for crimson flame resources, fighting monsters along the way. After finding a pocket of concentrated crimson flame power and digging up five pieces of crimson flame stone, he discovered that practicing the Pure Yang Tyrant Body Fist there increased his strength.

• Qin Hao rode a Lightning Steed to the Crimson Flame Mountains and passed ordinary people searching its dangerous outskirts.
• He entered a red forest, killed a high-grade Flamecloud Leopard and another monster, then continued into the Red Rock Region.
• After searching two peaks for two days without finding any crimson flame resources, Qin Hao ventured deeper into the mountains.
• Qin Hao sensed concentrated crimson flame power in a sunken basin and dug up five pieces of crimson flame stone.
• Qin Hao practiced the Pure Yang Tyrant Body Fist amid the crimson flame power, felt his physical strength increase, and threw another punch.

Qin Hao absorbed crimson flame power from the stones, reaching the late ninth stage of Body Tempering and gaining enough strength to defeat an Endless Horizon Sect disciple with one punch. The sect members had demanded his stones and revealed they were capturing Body Tempering warriors for a mission, and their leader prepared to confront him.

• Qin Hao drained five crimson flame stones, broke through to the late ninth stage of Body Tempering, and raised his physical strength to forty thousand jin.
• Qin Hao dug up nine more crimson flame stones and noticed six approaching Endless Horizon Sect disciples.
• The disciples demanded Qin Hao's stones and said they needed to capture a hundred Body Tempering warriors for their mission.
• Li Yuan attacked Qin Hao, but Qin Hao broke his hand and knocked him down with one punch.
• The stern leader accused Qin Hao of committing a grave crime and threatened him.

Qin Hao killed the Endless Horizon Sect disciples who had been capturing Body Tempering Realm warriors and learned that Yuchi Yu planned to cross the Flame Marsh to capture a Cloudwing Beast cub. Determined to reach the cub first, Qin Hao continued into the Crimson Flame Mountains and arrived at the dangerous lava-filled marsh.

• Qin Hao defeated five attackers with Sword-Sweeping Slash, killing two and gravely wounding the others.
• Li Yuan fired a signal flare before Qin Hao killed him, and Qin Hao killed a girl who tried to bargain for her life.
• Senior Brother Wang and another youth revealed that Yuchi Yu had ordered them to capture Body Tempering Realm warriors to scout the Flame Marsh for a Cloudwing Beast cub.
• Qin Hao killed Senior Brother Wang and the other youth, took their valuables, and decided to pursue the cub before Yuchi Yu could capture it.
• Qin Hao traveled deeper into the Crimson Flame Mountains, avoided the numerous monsters, and reached the lava-covered Flame Marsh.

Qin Hao found Imperial Extremity Valley disciples forcing captives to test a route through the Flame Marsh, and confronted them as Zhu Jingsheng was about to risk his life on the last rock. Yuchi Yu ordered Li Cheng to have a disciple capture Qin Hao, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Yuchi Yu refused to help Wang Zheng and the others after seeing their distress flare, while his disciples continued using captives to scout the Flame Marsh.
• An Imperial Extremity Valley disciple forced Zhu Jingsheng to test the last rock, threatening his fellow Myriad Phenomena Hall disciples and the girl if he refused.
• Qin Hao arrived and challenged the Imperial Extremity Valley disciples for exploiting their captives.
• Zhu Jingsheng and the other Myriad Phenomena Hall disciples urged Qin Hao to flee, warning him that Yuchi Yu was ranked ninety-third on the Bronze Ranking.
• Yuchi Yu ordered Li Cheng to send someone after Qin Hao, and an Imperial Extremity Valley disciple volunteered to capture him.

Qin Hao killed an Imperial Extremity Valley disciple with one palm and fought off Li Cheng and three others. When Yuchi Yu intervened and demanded Qin Hao submit, Qin Hao mocked him, setting the stage for a fight between them.

• Qin Hao killed a ninth-layer Body Tempering disciple with a single palm, shocking the onlookers and Zhu Jingsheng.
• Li Cheng ordered three companions to attack Qin Hao, but Qin Hao’s Sword-Sweeping Slash forced them back.
• Li Cheng unleashed Heavenly Tyrant Saber, and Qin Hao countered with the first strike of the Nine Swords of the Azure Lotus, revealing that he had comprehended sword force.
• Yuchi Yu stopped Qin Hao’s strike before it could hit Li Cheng and recognized Qin Hao’s sword force and mystic-tier weapon.
• Yuchi Yu offered to spare Qin Hao and his fellow disciples if Qin Hao submitted, then gave him three breaths to kneel.
• Qin Hao rejected Yuchi Yu’s offer and mocked his claim to superiority.

Qin Hao fought Yuchi Yu and proved that his sword force and fifth-rank martial soul could match and surpass the Bronze Ranking expert. After Yuchi Yu proposed a retreat, Qin Hao refused to spare him and demanded that he lead his men into the Flame Marsh to find a safe passage.

• Yuchi Yu attacked Qin Hao with Blazing Sun Imperial Blade, but Qin Hao blocked it with Lotus Blossoms with Every Step.
• Yuchi Yu summoned his fifth-rank saber martial soul, and Qin Hao revealed his own fifth-rank sword martial soul.
• Qin Hao and Yuchi Yu exchanged hundreds of blows until Qin Hao sent Yuchi Yu flying.
• Yuchi Yu learned that Qin Hao was a new Myriad Phenomena Hall disciple and offered to let him and his companions leave.
• Qin Hao rejected Yuchi Yu's offer, condemned the Imperial Extremity Valley for forcing captives to scout the Flame Marsh, and demanded that Yuchi Yu's group find a safe passage.

Qin Hao defeated and killed Yuchi Yu after overpowering his movement and blade techniques, while the other Flame Marsh captives dealt with Yuchi Yu’s fleeing allies. He claimed Yuchi Yu’s Storage Ring and discovered the lower mystic tier movement technique Spirit Concealment Flash inside.

• Zhu Jingsheng and the other warriors urged Qin Hao to punish Yuchi Yu for killing Myriad Phenomena Hall disciples and other captives.
• Yuchi Yu used Spirit Concealment Flash and the Blazing Sun Imperial Blade to attack Qin Hao, but Qin Hao combined Lotus Blossoms with Every Step and Sword Blade to shatter his strikes.
• Yuchi Yu fled, but Qin Hao’s sword blades struck him from behind and killed him.
• Zhu Jingsheng blocked Li Cheng and the other three Imperial Extremity Valley disciples as the freed warriors attacked them; Li Cheng fell into the Flame Marsh through a suspended trap.
• Qin Hao searched Yuchi Yu’s Storage Ring and found treasures, pills, three martial skills, and the lower mystic tier movement technique Spirit Concealment Flash.

After defeating Yuchi Yu, Qin Hao acquired Spirit Concealment Flash and rescued the injured Cloudwing Beast Cub from a Flame Lion in the Crimson Flame Mountains. He stayed to guard the cub and began cultivating the new movement technique as monster roars echoed nearby.

• Qin Hao took Spirit Concealment Flash from Yuchi Yu's belongings and decided to save the other martial skill manuals for his father.
• Qin Hao thanked Zhu Jingsheng and the Myriad Phenomena Hall disciples, then watched them leave the Crimson Flame Mountains.
• Qin Hao heard the Cloudwing Beast Cub's cries and raced into the Redwood Forest, where he killed the Flame Lion threatening it.
• Qin Hao gave the wounded Cloudwing Beast Cub three bottles of Healing Pills and guarded it while it recovered.
• Qin Hao studied Spirit Concealment Flash and began practicing the lower mystic tier movement technique.

Qin Hao mastered Spirit Concealment Flash and followed the healed Cloudwing Beast into the Crimson Flame Mountains, where they found crimson flame treasures guarded by a leopard. After defeating the leopard, Qin Hao discovered crimson flame golden ginseng and stored it for a future breakthrough.

• Qin Hao practiced Spirit Concealment Flash for several days until he could execute it, and the Cloudwing Beast awoke with its injuries healed.
• The Cloudwing Beast led Qin Hao to a hollow containing crimson flame stones and crimson flame grass, guarded by a tier 2 low-grade Redflame Leopard.
• Qin Hao had the Cloudwing Beast distract the leopard, then ambushed and killed it with his sword.
• The Cloudwing Beast ate the crimson flame grass while Qin Hao used the crimson flame stones to raise his physical strength to the early stage of divine strength.
• Qin Hao dug beneath the hollow and uncovered crimson flame golden ginseng, which he placed in his Storage Ring for later refining.

Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast searched the Crimson Flame Mountains for treasures, grew stronger, and drew the attention of three men who planned to capture the beast. The men marked Qin Hao so they could pursue him after completing a mission in Tianshui City.

• Qin Hao used crimson flame treasures to reach early-stage divine valor, while the Cloudwing Beast consumed crimson flame grass and broke through to tier 2 low-grade.
• The Cloudwing Beast proved stronger and faster than Qin Hao, then led him to another volcano, where their monster hunting drew out a tier 2 high-stage monster and forced them to flee.
• Three men in brocade robes spotted the Cloudwing Beast and decided to mark Qin Hao before capturing it after their mission.
• Shorty approached Qin Hao in the forest, asked for directions to Tianshui City, and secretly left a tracking mark on him.
• Shorty reported back to the Bearded Man and the other man, and the three hurried toward Tianshui City to complete their mission.

Qin Hao returned to Tianshui City after parting from the Cloudwing Beast and learned that the Qin family had fallen into ruin. He found former Qin family servants beating Qin Xiongfeng and two younger boys, and an overwhelming killing intent stopped the lead servant as he attacked.

• Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast divided their spoils, and the Cloudwing Beast flew away with the Crimson Flame Grass.
• Qin Hao reviewed his gains and cultivation progress, then traveled back to Tianshui City using Spirit Concealment Flash.
• A merchant recognized Qin Hao at the city gate, where people mocked him and blamed him for the Qin family's decline.
• Qin Hao noticed that the Qin family's shops were staffed by strangers and hurried toward the Qin Family Residence.
• Qin Xiongfeng condemned former Qin family servants for betraying the family as they beat him and two younger boys.
• The lead servant raised his leg to attack the boys, but an intense killing intent enveloped him and filled him with terror.

Qin Hao returned to Tianshui City and killed the Liu’s servants who had beaten Qin Xiongfeng and other Qin Family Disciples. After learning that the Liu had driven the Qin from the city and gravely wounded his father, Qin Hao headed to the Liu while Qin Xiongfeng went after him and two disciples rushed to summon help.

• Qin Hao arrived and killed the Liu’s servants for attacking Qin Xiongfeng and the other Qin Family Disciples.
• Qin Xiongfeng warned Qin Hao that Tianshui City had changed and urged him to return to the Myriad Phenomena Hall.
• A Qin Family Disciple told Qin Hao that Liu Ruoxue and Lei Zhen had helped the Liu seize the Qin’s businesses and drive the family from the city.
• Qin Hao learned that Lei Zhen had gravely wounded his father and gave Qin Xiongfeng pills before setting off for the Liu.
• Qin Xiongfeng followed Qin Hao, while two Qin Family Disciples hurried to notify the Family Head and elders.

Qin Hao returned to Tianshui City and confronted the Liu family, whose leaders had been suppressing the Chen family and driving the Qin family from the city. The chapter ended as Qin Hao’s voice rang through the Liu Residence, summoning the Liu family outside.

• Liu Fangzhi demanded that the Chen family surrender three hundred Body Tempering Pills each year and keep no more than ten shops, but Chen Yuntian refused to become a vassal.
• Chen Yuntian presented Liu Ruoxue with a congratulatory letter from her grandfather, the Wang family head, and Liu Fangzhi agreed to waive the pill tribute while allowing the Chen family ten shops.
• Chen Yuntian reflected that the Chen family had fared better than the Qin family and wondered how Qin Hao would react to its downfall.
• Qin Hao smashed the Liu Residence’s gate and shouted for everyone in the Liu family to come out.
• Chen Yuntian recognized Qin Hao’s voice, while the Liu family and the Chen family reacted with shock.

Qin Hao stormed the Liu mansion to confront Liu Ruojie and the Liu family, overwhelming their guards and disciples with ease. He crippled Liu Ruojie and struck down the New Great Elder of Liu as the family elders arrived.

• Qin Hao smashed open the Liu mansion gates, killing two Liu Family Guards as Qin Xiongfeng followed him inside.
• Liu Ruojie taunted Qin Hao about his father’s injuries and the Qin family’s fate, then ordered the guards to seize him.
• Qin Hao used Spirit Concealment Flash to defeat the Liu Family Guards and killed their burly leader.
• Qin Hao slapped the Liu Family Disciples and Liu Ruojie, then destroyed Liu Ruojie’s dantian despite the elders’ arrival.
• The Elder of Liu attacked Qin Hao, who slapped him into a wall and left him limp.

Qin Hao overwhelmed the Liu family and wounded Liu Fangzhi in a fierce confrontation at the Liu mansion. After Qin Yuntian arrived visibly injured, Qin Hao reassured his father that he was safe.

• Qin Hao defeated Liu family members at the mansion gates, crippled Liu Ruojie, and demanded that Lei Zhen come out.
• Liu Fangzhi attacked Qin Hao with a saber, but Qin Hao cut his shoulder before the strike could land.
• Qin Yuntian arrived with the Qin family, appearing badly injured and exhausted.
• Qin Hao struck again, repelled Yue Yilin, and severed Liu Fangzhi's right arm.
• Qin Yuntian checked that Qin Hao was unharmed, and Qin Hao expressed remorse that he had arrived too late to help his father.

Qin Hao defeated Liu Fangzhi and Yue Yilin, then ordered the Qin family to seize the Liu family’s businesses and drive them out of Tianshui City. Liu Ruoxue left with her defeated family, while Qin Hao prepared to settle his debt with Lei Zhen.

• Qin Hao gravely wounded Liu Fangzhi with one strike, shocking the onlookers and Liu Ruoxue.
• Yue Yilin revealed her first-layer Meridian Opening Realm peak cultivation and challenged Qin Hao, but he defeated her with a single sword strike.
• Qin Hao ordered the Qin family to take over the Liu family’s businesses and expel every Liu family member from Tianshui City.
• Qin Yuntian warned Qin Hao that Lei Zhen might retaliate, but Qin Hao said he would deal with him.
• Liu Ruoxue led Liu Fangzhi and the Liu family elders out of the city after Qin Hao dismissed her and her family.

Qin Hao returned to the Qin family with healing pills and treasures, helping secure the family’s position after the Liu family’s defeat. He healed Qin Yuntian’s injuries, and his father’s cultivation began to recover.

• Chen Yuntian watched Qin Hao’s rise and left with Chen Huo and the Chen family elders after resolving to work harder.
• Leaders from Tianshui City gathered at the Qin residence to congratulate Qin Yuntian and Qin Hao on the Qin family’s victory.
• Qin Hao gave the family healing pills, weapons, and martial manuals, then helped Qin Yuntian take pills to treat his injuries.
• Qin Yuntian’s old injuries healed, and his cultivation advanced to the early stage of meridian opening second layer.
• Qin Hao was relieved that his father’s recovery had begun and expected him to regain his former cultivation.

Qin Hao trained and strengthened his cultivation at the Qin family estate while three assassins plotted to kill him. The assassins attacked his residence after midnight, and Qin Hao recognized one of them as the man who had asked him for directions in the Crimson Flame Mountains.

• Qin Yuntian announced a three-day feast to celebrate the Qin family's return and display its strength.
• Qin Hao practiced his fist and sword techniques, then used the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to reinforce his Body Tempering foundation.
• The Bearded Man, Fifth Brother, and a hook-nosed assassin discovered that Qin Hao was their target and decided to attack him that night.
• Qin Hao sensed a bamboo tube being placed through his roof and opened his eyes before the assassins could release poison.
• The two assassins burst through the windows as the Bearded Man broke through the roof, and Qin Hao recognized Fifth Brother from the Crimson Flame Mountains.

Qin Hao fought off three assassins who had underestimated his strength, killing Fifth Brother before Qin family reinforcements arrived. The Bearded Man stayed behind to confront Qin Yuntian while the Hook-Nosed Man fled into the courtyard, where Liu Wei and several elders blocked his way.

• The Bearded Man, the Hook-Nosed Man, and Fifth Brother attacked Qin Hao, whose sword force surprised them and exposed their faulty intelligence.
• Qin Hao wounded Fifth Brother with sword blades, then killed him while fending off the other two assassins.
• The battle alerted the Qin family, and Qin Yuntian arrived after recovering to the late stage of the second layer of the Meridian Opening realm.
• The Bearded Man charged Qin Yuntian to cover the Hook-Nosed Man's escape, but Liu Wei and several Qin family elders appeared beyond the courtyard wall.

Qin Hao and the Qin family defeated assassins from the Shadow Guard, but Qin Yuntian refused to explain their connection. The next morning, he brought Qin Hao to his mother’s room and revealed that Qi Yuelan was alive and her supposed death had been a staged accident.

• Qin Hao and the elders joined Qin Yuntian and Liu Wei in defeating the assassins, who carried Shadow Guard command flags.
• Qin Yuntian and Liu Wei refused to explain the Shadow Guard, and Liu Wei said Qin Hao might learn the truth after reaching the True Martial Realm.
• Qin Yuntian ordered tighter security at the Qin family estate and left Qin Hao without answers.
• The next morning, Qin Yuntian led Qin Hao to Qi Yuelan’s old room and showed him her portrait.
• Qin Yuntian revealed that Qi Yuelan was alive and that the mudslide that supposedly killed her had been deliberately staged.