Recaps

Qin Hao learned that his mother, Qi Yuelan, was alive but had been taken by the powerful Shadow Guard, and Qin Yuntian warned him to grow stronger before seeking her. As Qin Hao rode toward the Myriad Phenomena Hall, a surge of monsters from the Crimson Flame Mountains and an emergency summons drew his attention.

• Qin Yuntian told Qin Hao that Qi Yuelan was alive, that the Shadow Guard had taken her, and that Qin Hao must reach at least the meridian opening ninth layer before investigating.
• Qin Hao revealed his fifth-rank martial soul, but Qin Yuntian still urged him to return to the Myriad Phenomena Hall for safety and strength.
• Qin Hao left Tianshui City, resolved to rescue his mother, advance to the Inner Hall, and improve his cultivation and physical strength.
• Qin Hao heard an unusual number of monster roars coming from the Crimson Flame Mountains and suspected the monsters had moved closer.
• A firework displayed the words “Myriad Forms,” and Qin Hao recognized it as an emergency summons for Myriad Phenomena Hall disciples.

Qin Hao arrived in Hengshui City as a medium-scale beast tide approached and joined the Myriad Phenomena Hall disciples gathering to fight it. After he easily defeated Wen Peng for attacking him, Bronze Ranking genius Fei Zi'ang confronted him, and Qin Hao refused to give his name.

• Qin Hao heard that a beast tide of about a hundred thousand monsters, led by three tier 3 high-grade monsters, was advancing on Hengshui City and feared Tianshui City could be next.
• Qin Hao joined the Myriad Phenomena Hall disciples gathered in Hengshui City, hoping to obtain monster inner cores and sect contribution points.
• Wen Peng attacked Qin Hao for sitting in Senior Brother Tian's spot, but Qin Hao sent him flying with one kick.
• Fei Zi'ang, ranked ninety-fourth on the Bronze Ranking, stopped Wen Peng and demanded Qin Hao's name.
• Qin Hao told Fei Zi'ang he was not qualified to know his name, angering the Bronze Ranking genius.

Qin Hao defeated Fei Zi'ang and refused Tian Yunfeng's demand that he acknowledge him as his master. The two began a fierce fight, and Qin Hao held his own against the Bronze Ranking Fifty-Eighth genius despite being at the peak of Body Tempering.

• Qin Hao struck Fei Zi'ang back and stunned the Myriad Phenomena Hall disciples with his strength.
• The disciples recognized Qin Hao as the Rookie King who had killed Pei Shan, while Fei Zi'ang seethed at his defeat.
• Tian Yunfeng approached and demanded that Qin Hao follow him, but Qin Hao refused and told him to step aside.
• Fei Zi'ang urged Qin Hao to kneel before Tian Yunfeng, who revealed his Bronze Ranking rank and threatened him.
• Tian Yunfeng attacked Qin Hao, and Qin Hao cut his hand with perfection sword force before the two exchanged more than a dozen blows without Qin Hao losing.

Qin Hao fought Tian Yunfeng to a standstill before Elder Chi Zhenheng interrupted them as the beast tide approached Hengshui City. As the disciples took their positions on the city wall, a formidable young man resembling Zhu Jingsheng approached Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao and Tian Yunfeng traded powerful attacks, and Tian Yunfeng increased his strength without defeating him.
• Tian Yunfeng charged at Qin Hao in anger, but Chi Zhenheng's pressure stopped them and he ordered them to settle their grudge after the beast tide.
• Tian Yunfeng threatened Qin Hao before heading to the city wall with Fei Zi'ang, Wen Peng, and the others.
• As monsters drew near Hengshui City, Chi Zhenheng ordered the disciples onto the walls, where they prepared to face the beast tide.
• Qin Hao noticed that a powerful, restrained young man who resembled Zhu Jingsheng had approached him.

As the beast tide attacked Hengshui City, Qin Hao joined the battle and charged toward a Silvermoon Wolf King to claim its inner core. Tian Yunfeng dismissed Qin Hao as doomed, while Zhu Jingming wagered a Beast-Congealing Pill against fifty thousand contribution points that Qin Hao would kill the wolf king.

• Zhu Jingming thanked Qin Hao for saving Zhu Jingsheng and offered to help if Tian Yunfeng targeted him during the beast tide.
• The monster horde reached Hengshui City, and the defenders fired crossbows and catapults before warriors charged into battle.
• Qin Hao slew numerous tier 1 monsters, then spotted a tier 2 low-grade Silvermoon Wolf King and rushed toward it.
• Tian Yunfeng mocked Qin Hao for challenging the wolf king, while Zhu Jingming wagered his Beast-Congealing Pill against fifty thousand contribution points on the outcome.

Qin Hao gained sudden enlightenment from observing the Silvermoon Wolf King's movements and advanced Spirit Concealment Flash to major accomplishment. He wounded the beast king and severed its foreleg, but its inner core flew toward Tian Yunfeng, Zhu Jingming, and the others.

• Qin Hao fought the Silvermoon Wolf King, was knocked back, and realized the beast controlled its muscles to move faster.
• Qin Hao comprehended the wolf king's technique and broke through to major accomplishment in Spirit Concealment Flash, astonishing the onlookers and impressing Elder Zhou.
• Qin Hao used his increased speed to evade the Silvermoon Wolf King and repeatedly strike it with his sword.
• Qin Hao unleashed Lotus Blossoms with Every Step, severing the Silvermoon Wolf King's foreleg and piercing its abdomen.
• The Silvermoon Wolf King's jewel-like inner core shot toward Tian Yunfeng, Zhu Jingming, and the others.

After Qin Hao killed the Silvermoon Wolf King, Tian Yunfeng tried to take its inner core and avoid paying Zhu Jingming the fifty thousand contribution points he owed. Tian Yunfeng defeated Zhu Jingming with a single spear thrust, while Qin Hao realized the attack drew on wind force and deepened his understanding of force.

• Qin Hao killed the Silvermoon Wolf King, and its inner core flew toward the others.
• Tian Yunfeng raced Zhu Jingming to seize the inner core, but Qin Hao deflected it with sword qi and caught it.
• Tian Yunfeng attacked Qin Hao for the inner core, but Zhu Jingming blocked him and demanded the fifty thousand contribution points Tian Yunfeng owed after losing their wager.
• Tian Yunfeng revealed a powerful spear technique and defeated Zhu Jingming with one thrust, shocking the watching disciples.
• Qin Hao recognized that Tian Yunfeng's accelerated spear thrust used wind force, and his willpower sword prototype grew sharper.

Tian Yunfeng used his newly comprehended wind force to overwhelm Zhu Jingming and attack Qin Hao, but Qin Hao began understanding wind force by observing him. The chapter ended with Tian Yunfeng unleashing his Whirlwind Spear Technique against Qin Hao.

• Tian Yunfeng defeated Zhu Jingming with a single thrust and revealed that he had comprehended wind force.
• Tian Yunfeng attacked Qin Hao, and Zhu Jingming tried to protect him but was wounded and beaten back by another thrust.
• Qin Hao dodged Tian Yunfeng's spear and sensed the wind force, causing his Spirit Concealment Flash to become lighter and more agile.
• Tian Yunfeng and the onlookers realized that Qin Hao was beginning to comprehend wind force by watching him.
• Enraged, Tian Yunfeng unleashed his Whirlwind Spear Technique and sent a whirlwind of azure light toward Qin Hao.

Qin Hao gained an initial grasp of Wind Force while fighting Tian Yunfeng, allowing him to combine it with Sword Force and nearly match Tian Yunfeng. Unable to risk revealing his trump card, Tian Yunfeng used Gu Demon Powder to draw nearby monsters toward Qin Hao.

• Tian Yunfeng attacked Qin Hao with the Whirlwind Spear Technique, and Qin Hao grasped how Wind Force could strengthen Sword Force as they clashed.
• Qin Hao advanced his understanding of Wind Force and exchanged fierce blows with Tian Yunfeng, astonishing the onlookers with his rapid progress.
• Tian Yunfeng considered using his trump card but withheld it because he wanted to save it for the Stone Man Secret Realm.
• Tian Yunfeng shattered a Crystal Bottle of Gu Demon Powder and used Wind Force to scatter the powder onto Qin Hao.
• Nearby monsters were drawn to the powder and charged at Qin Hao.

Tian Yunfeng coated Qin Hao with Gu Demon Powder, drawing a swarm of monsters and a powerful Ironback Bear into the battle. Qin Hao was badly wounded by the bear, but he spotted a mysterious piece of black iron on its chest.

• Tian Yunfeng used Gu Demon Powder on Qin Hao, causing monsters to swarm the area and killing a nearby warrior caught in the powder.
• Qin Hao dodged attacks from the surrounding monsters as Zhu Jingming worried that no True Martial Realm expert could rescue him.
• A tier 2 high-stage Ironback Bear charged in, swept aside the monsters, and attacked Qin Hao with apparent hatred.
• Qin Hao fought back with his Blazing Sky Sword but was repeatedly struck and badly wounded by the Ironback Bear.
• Qin Hao noticed black mist and a piece of black iron on the Ironback Bear's chest, from which he sensed a terrifying surge of sword qi.

Qin Hao discovered that the Ironback Bear’s mysterious black iron contained terrifying sword qi and attacked it, triggering the qi to kill the bear and nearby monsters. He secretly took the iron fragment and claimed the bear’s inner core, swallowing it just as Tian Yunfeng confronted him.

• Qin Hao saw black aura carrying sword qi flow from the mysterious iron in the Ironback Bear’s abdomen and decided to attack the fragment.
• Qin Hao charged the Ironback Bear and struck the iron with his sword, but the bear’s paw hit him and sent him flying.
• Black Sword Qi burst from the fragment, pierced the Ironback Bear, and slaughtered nearby monsters.
• Qin Hao secretly grabbed the ejected iron fragment and stored it in his Storage Ring while black aura hid him from view.
• Qin Hao reached into the dead bear’s chest and took its inner core as Tian Yunfeng rushed to claim it.
• Qin Hao swallowed the inner core, leaving Tian Yunfeng stunned.

Qin Hao swallowed a Tier 2 High-Stage Inner Core and used the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to refine its energy, killing Fei Zi'ang with one strike and advancing his physical strength. He then confronted Tian Yunfeng, who unleashed an earth-grade spear technique, and Qin Hao answered with the Pure Yang Tyrant Body Fist as his body neared another breakthrough.

• Qin Hao refined the raw inner core's berserk energy with the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art while onlookers feared it would harm him.
• Fei Zi'ang attacked Qin Hao, but Qin Hao killed him with a single sword strike.
• Qin Hao broke through to the Thousand Mountains Realm and accused Tian Yunfeng of using Gu Demon Powder to harm him.
• Qin Hao and Tian Yunfeng fought, and Qin Hao's ongoing refinement of the inner core increased his physical strength.
• Tian Yunfeng used the low-tier earth-grade spear move Sky-Breaking against Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao drew more energy from the inner core and countered with the Pure Yang Tyrant Body Fist as he neared the Bedrock Realm.

Qin Hao consumed inner cores during his battle with Tian Yunfeng, breaking through to the myriad forms realm and gaining the upper hand. As he tried to cripple Tian Yunfeng, a Life-Saving Jade Slip shielded him from Qin Hao’s sword.

• Qin Hao blocked Tian Yunfeng’s strongest spear strike and realized that intense combat helped him refine the Ironback Bear’s inner core faster.
• Qin Hao swallowed the Silvermoon Wolf King's inner core and others while fighting Tian Yunfeng, and the Black Sword Qi began attacking tier three monsters.
• Tian Yunfeng fled, but Qin Hao pursued him and broke through to the myriad forms realm, gaining a hundred thousand jin of strength.
• Qin Hao caught Tian Yunfeng, broke his leg, struck his back, and aimed for his dantian while declaring that Tian Yunfeng’s martial path would end.
• A Defensive Barrier repelled Qin Hao’s sword, and Tian Yunfeng identified it as the protection from his grandfather’s Life-Saving Jade Slip.

Qin Hao drove Tian Yunfeng to Hengshui City’s Defensive Barrier, where Deacon Cui intervened before leaving to investigate the black sword qi. Qin Hao returned to the battlefield to collect monster corpses and inner cores, then sensed a familiar aura from the mysterious sword qi.

• Tian Yunfeng fled from Qin Hao and called on Deacon Cui, who struck Qin Hao back to protect him.
• Deacon Cui recognized Qin Hao as the Rookie King and left to investigate the black sword qi after it slew several tier three monsters.
• Qin Hao resumed attacking Tian Yunfeng, whose Defensive Barrier blocked the sword blossoms but could not prevent their force from worsening his injuries.
• Tian Yunfeng reached Hengshui City, and Qin Hao stopped pursuing him when he could not break through the barrier.
• Qin Hao returned to the battlefield to claim monster corpses and inner cores, then sensed a familiar aura from the black sword qi.

Black Sword Qi slaughtered the monsters and drove the beast tide into retreat, then killed an elder who tried to seize it before dissipating. Qin Hao returned to Hengshui City with Zhu Jingming, where Tian Yunfeng and Deacon Cui confronted him.

• Black Sword Qi killed the Giant Demon Ape and Dragon-Tiger Leopard, terrifying the Ironclad Rhino and the other monsters into retreat.
• An elder of the Endless Horizon Sect tried to seize the Black Sword Qi, but it severed his arm, shattered his shield, and killed him.
• Qin Hao recognized that the Black Sword Qi carried an aura resembling the Azure Flame Heavenly Stairway and suspected the mysterious black iron came from the Azure Flame Sect.
• After the Black Sword Qi dissipated, Qin Hao collected more than twenty inner cores and reflected on his gains during the beast tide, including comprehending wind force and reaching perfection in his Myriad Forms Realm.
• Qin Hao and Zhu Jingming returned to Hengshui City, where Tian Yunfeng confronted Qin Hao alongside Deacon Cui, who ordered Qin Hao to kneel and surrender.

Qin Hao challenged Deacon Cui’s biased attempt to arrest him, but Cui Feng severely injured him before Chi Zhenheng intervened and forbade deacons from attacking disciples. As the group prepared to return to the Myriad Phenomena Hall, Tian Yunfeng and Cui Feng remained determined to have Qin Hao killed, and Cui Feng took out a Message Jade Slip to report to Tian Zhongtian.

• Qin Hao accused Cui Feng of ignoring Tian Yunfeng’s provocation and Gu Demon Powder plot, but Cui Feng attacked him to arrest him.
• Cui Feng’s palm strike severely injured Qin Hao, who nevertheless stood again with the Blazing Sky Sword.
• Chi Zhenheng arrived with Zhao Yuanji and Lou Shao, knocked Cui Feng back, and declared that deacons could not intervene in disciple disputes.
• Chi Zhenheng praised Qin Hao’s performance during the beast tide and announced that the disciples’ rewards would be issued at the Myriad Phenomena Hall.
• Zhu Jingming and Qin Hao left Hengshui City, while Tian Yunfeng demanded that Cui Feng arrange Qin Hao’s death.
• Cui Feng took out a Message Jade Slip to report the incident to Tian Zhongtian.

After defeating Cui Feng, Qin Hao healed his injuries, broke through to Meridian Opening First Layer, and learned that the Stone Man Secret Realm would produce stone man essence next month. Zhu Jingming warned him about Tian Zhongtian and explained that the essence could strengthen a martial soul and might even grant Qin Hao a clone.

• Qin Hao used the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art and five inner cores to heal his injuries and stabilize his Myriad Forms Realm while Zhu Jingming guarded him.
• Qin Hao broke through to Meridian Opening First Layer, forming true qi and largely recovering from his injuries.
• Zhu Jingming warned Qin Hao that Tian Yunfeng's grandfather, Enforcement Hall Elder Tian Zhongtian, could target him, and said entering the Inner Hall would offer protection.
• Zhu Jingming told Qin Hao that the Stone Man Secret Realm would mark its six-hundredth anniversary next month and produce a drop of stone man essence.
• Zhu Jingming explained that stone man essence could merge with a martial soul, strengthen its attributes, and possibly create a stone man clone.

Qin Hao learned that the Stone Man Secret Realm would open in a month and that its rare stone man essence would draw the Bronze Ranking’s strongest warriors. After returning to the Myriad Phenomena Hall, his clash with Tian Yunfeng made his name spread throughout the Outer Hall.

• Zhu Jingming told Qin Hao about the stone man essence, the prodigies who had obtained it, and the dangers awaiting challengers to the Stone Man Secret Realm.
• Qin Hao learned that the Shadow Guard might be based in the northern part of the Southern Reach and vowed to investigate the faction that had taken his mother.
• On the journey back, Qin Hao cultivated wind force, strengthened his movement and sword techniques, and reflected on his powerful true qi.
• Qin Hao and Zhu Jingming returned to the Myriad Phenomena Hall, where Qin Hao had earned over thirty thousand contribution points from the beast tide.
• News that Qin Hao had defeated Tian Yunfeng spread through the Outer Hall, astonishing the disciples and making Qin Hao’s name widely known.

Qin Hao comprehended sword intent from the Sword Monument and continued studying its sword moves as the Outer Hall prepared for the Stone Man Secret Realm. Meanwhile, Tian Zhongtian learned that Qin Hao’s defeat had left Tian Yunfeng’s meridians so badly damaged that he might never reach the True Martial Realm.

• Zhu Jingming warned Qin Hao to be cautious of Tian Yunfeng and reminded him to qualify for the Bronze Ranking before the Stone Man Secret Realm opened.
• Qin Hao overcame the Sword Monument’s tenth move and learned the Ultimate Intent sword form.
• Qin Hao endured the eleventh sword move for seven days, completing the transformation of his willpower sword prototype and comprehending sword intent.
• Qin Hao began studying the twelfth sword move while disciples across the Outer Hall entered secluded cultivation to prepare for the secret realm.
• A deacon reported Tian Yunfeng’s severe meridian injuries to Tian Zhongtian, who furiously realized his grandson might never break through to the True Martial Realm.

Tian Zhongtian plotted to obtain the stone man essence to heal Tian Yunfeng's damaged meridians and used Shi Yongbo's secret identity to force his cooperation. Tian Yunfeng intended to recover and take revenge on Qin Hao.

• Tian Yunfeng came to Tian Zhongtian seeking help after Qin Hao damaged his meridians, and Tian Zhongtian promised to heal him and kill Qin Hao.
• Cui Feng suggested the stone man essence could heal Tian Yunfeng, and Tian Zhongtian revealed that stone puppet blood essence could lure out the Stone Puppet King.
• Tian Zhongtian summoned Shi Yongbo and ordered him to seize the stone man essence for Tian Yunfeng, but Shi Yongbo refused.
• Tian Zhongtian threatened to expel Shi Yongbo and revealed that he was a spy for the Great Chu Dynasty, forcing Shi Yongbo to agree.
• Tian Yunfeng rejoiced that Shi Yongbo would help him obtain the stone man essence and vowed to kill Qin Hao after recovering.

Qin Hao mastered Ultimate Intent and strengthened it by incorporating wind force, then left to challenge the Bronze Ranking ahead of the Stone Man Secret Realm. Jian Changfeng recognized Qin Hao’s sword intent and growing strength, while Zhu Jingsheng and Zhu Jingming hurried him to the Martial Arts Arena on the final day for challenges.

• Qin Hao practiced Ultimate Intent, pierced space with the sword move, and discovered that it consumed nearly all his sword intent.
• Qin Hao made hundreds of attempts before successfully infusing wind force into Ultimate Intent, increasing its speed and power.
• Jian Changfeng noticed Qin Hao had comprehended sword intent and was surprised by his cultivation and strong aura.
• Qin Hao left the Sword Monument, and Jian Changfeng watched him go while declaring that he would remain the Inner Hall’s greatest Sword Dao genius.
• Zhu Jingming and Zhu Jingsheng told Qin Hao that today was the final day to challenge the Bronze Ranking, then led him to the Martial Arts Arena.

Qin Hao visited the Martial Arts Arena with Zhu Jingming and Zhu Jingsheng, where they watched Feng Han challenge the Bronze Ranking. Feng Han defeated the thirty-ninth-ranked Jing Huai with one sword strike, leaving Zhu Jingming asking Qin Hao whether he had seen how Feng Han drew his sword.

• Qin Hao, Zhu Jingming, and Zhu Jingsheng arrived at the Martial Arts Arena and examined the Ten Bronze Men and the current Bronze Ranking.
• Qin Hao watched several disciples challenge the Ten Bronze Men, with only two barely passing.
• Feng Han returned from the Northern Cold Lands and announced that he would challenge the thirty-ninth-ranked Jing Huai.
• Jing Huai attacked Feng Han, but Feng Han defeated him with a single sword strike.
• Zhu Jingming asked Qin Hao whether he had seen Feng Han draw his sword.

After Feng Han effortlessly defeated Jing Huai, Liu Ruoxue learned that the Ten Bronze Men trial could trigger a powerful formation with valuable rewards. Encouraged by Lei Yifei, she decided to challenge the Ten Bronze Men and try the Lei family's Plum Blossom Sword Art.

• Feng Han defeated Jing Huai with one strike, alarming the Bronze Ranking geniuses who had come for the Stone Man Essence.
• Liu Ruoxue watched with Liu Ruojie and the others, while Lei Chi dismissed Feng Han as inferior to the Lei family geniuses.
• Lei Yifei and Lei Yuanshui encouraged Liu Ruoxue to challenge the Ten Bronze Men and join them in the Stone Man Secret Realm if she reached the Bronze Ranking.
• Lei Yifei explained that the Plum Blossom Sword Art could trigger the Bronze Men Combined Formation, whose defeat granted contribution points, physical-strength feedback, and other rewards.
• Liu Ruoxue accepted Lei Yifei's advice and stood to challenge the Ten Bronze Men, wondering if she could trigger the formation.

Qin Hao watched Feng Han win a Bronze Ranking challenge, then headed to the Ten Bronze Men arena, where he saw Liu Ruoxue attempting the trial. Liu Ruoxue drove back four bronze men with the Plum Blossom Sword Art but grew exhausted without discovering how to trigger the Bronze Men Combined Formation.

• Feng Han defeated Jing Huai, claimed thirty-ninth place on the Bronze Ranking, and intensified the competition for ranking spots.
• Qin Hao decided to challenge the Ten Bronze Men after observing their strength and defenses, but recognized Liu Ruoxue at the arena.
• Qin Hao told Zhu Jingming that Liu Ruoxue was his former childhood sweetheart and revealed she was Lei Zhen's fiancée.
• Liu Ruoxue used the Plum Blossom Sword Art to drive back two bronze men, then drove back two more as she strained to continue.
• Liu Ruoxue realized four bronze men were her limit, but she still had not triggered or understood the Bronze Men Combined Formation.

Qin Hao challenged the Ten Bronze Men without using his sword arts, revealing astonishing physical strength and a hidden trump card. As he sent the bronze men flying with single punches, the spectators watched in shock.

• Liu Ruoxue failed the Ten Bronze Men trial, and her companions reassured her while Liu Ruojie vowed to take revenge on Qin Hao once his dantian recovered.
• Liu Ruojie spotted Qin Hao, and Liu Ruoxue and the others judged his cultivation and dismissed his chances against the Ten Bronze Men.
• Qin Hao began the trial without drawing his sword, intending to keep his sword intent hidden and test his physical strength.
• Qin Hao punched the bronze men aside and left a deep fist mark in one of their heads, astonishing the watching disciples.
• The bronze men Qin Hao had sent flying began making strange clacking noises on the platform.