Recaps

Qin Hao revealed that he had refined the Stone Man Essence and used its rock armor to overpower Lei Yuanshui and drive Lei Yifei back. When Lei Yifei tried to withdraw, Qin Hao refused to let him leave and prepared to settle the score for the earlier sneak attack.

• Qin Hao covered himself in rock armor and repelled Lei Yuanshui with one punch, revealing that he had refined the Stone Man Essence.
• Tuoba Xin and Shi Yongbo realized Qin Hao had gained the Stone Man Essence's power, and Shi Yongbo abandoned his plan to attack him.
• Qin Hao struck Lei Yifei's Ink-Colored Spear with a punch and forced Lei Yifei backward despite his powerful thrust.
• Lei Yifei tried to retreat after acknowledging Qin Hao's increased strength, but Qin Hao drew the Blazing Sky Sword and challenged him over the earlier sneak attack.

Qin Hao overwhelmed Lei Yifei with sword strikes and declared that he would kill both him and Lei Yuanshui for their ambush. Lei Yifei swallowed a Dragonflame Pill and surged to triple his former strength, preparing to attack Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao tested the power of combining his sword force with his physical strength and wounded Lei Yifei with a single strike.
• Qin Hao struck Lei Yifei again, sending him flying and leaving the onlookers amazed by his strength and swordsmanship.
• Qin Hao told Lei Yifei that he and Lei Yuanshui would not leave the Stone Man Secret Realm alive, and Lei Yifei responded by swallowing a Dragonflame Pill.
• Lei Yuanshui recognized the pill and explained that it tripled Lei Yifei's strength at the cost of damaging his martial soul's foundation.
• Lei Yifei's aura surged to three times its former strength as he gathered true qi into his Ink-Colored Spear and prepared to kill Qin Hao.

Qin Hao used his sword intent to kill Lei Yifei despite the power of the Dragonflame Pill, then killed Lei Yuanshui as he tried to flee. The witnesses recognized Qin Hao as an exceptional sword genius whose strength surpassed theirs.

• Lei Yifei took a Dragonflame Pill and attacked Qin Hao with an ink-black Flood Dragon, while the onlookers believed Qin Hao was doomed.
• Qin Hao unleashed a sword strike called Ultimate Intent, revealing his sword intent and cleaving through Lei Yifei's Flood Dragon and body.
• The crowd realized Qin Hao had killed Lei Yifei with one strike and marveled that he had comprehended sword intent.
• Lei Yuanshui tried to retreat, but Qin Hao appeared before him and killed him with a streak of sword qi.
• Tuoba Xin admitted that he was Qin Hao's inferior, while Yue Zhou and the others admired Qin Hao's strength and talent.

After Qin Hao collected the Lei family heirs’ Storage Rings, he tried to kill Shi Yongbo, who escaped the Stone Man Secret Realm and accidentally worsened a spatial rift. Qin Hao sensed the realm’s power mend the rift before leaving, while the Stone Puppet King he had refined vanished; outside, Chi Zhenheng and Xiahou Lie noticed the realm’s instability and sensed people emerging.

• Qin Hao took Storage Rings from Lei Yuanshui and Lei Yifei while Shi Yongbo quietly tried to retreat.
• Qin Hao attacked Shi Yongbo, but Shi Yongbo deflected the strike with his saber, crushed a Stone Puppet, and escaped the realm.
• Shi Yongbo’s saber widened Qin Hao’s spatial rift, prompting the others to flee as the realm began to shake.
• Qin Hao sensed the Stone Man Secret Realm’s power repair the rift, then crushed a Stone Puppet and left; the Stone Puppet King disappeared just afterward.
• Chi Zhenheng and Xiahou Lie sensed the realm’s instability at Myriad Phenomena Palace, and Xiahou Lie noticed figures beginning to emerge.

The disciples returned from the perilous Stone Man Secret Realm, and the elders learned that someone had obtained the stone man essence. Qin Hao emerged last, and Tuoba Xin revealed that he was the one who had obtained it.

• Shi Yongbo emerged from the secret realm before the other disciples, worrying Dong Fei and Zhu Jingming about Qin Hao's fate.
• Tuoba Xin and the other survivors returned, and the elders praised them for clearing the trial and qualifying for inner hall advancement.
• Chi Zhenheng asked whether anyone had obtained the stone man essence, and Tuoba Xin confirmed that someone had.
• Qin Hao emerged from the secret realm holding the Blazing Sky Sword as the disciples noticed Lei Yifei and Lei Yuanshui had not yet appeared.
• Tuoba Xin announced that Qin Hao had obtained the stone man essence.

Qin Hao returned from the Stone Man Secret Realm with the stone man essence and a breakthrough to Meridian Opening Second Layer, astonishing the disciples and elders. After Tuoba Xin recounted how Qin Hao obtained the essence and killed Lei Yifei and Lei Yuanshui, Chi Zhenheng endorsed Qin Hao and declared the secret realm concluded, with rewards to be distributed.

• Tuoba Xin acknowledged Qin Hao’s strength, and the crowd reacted with shock when they learned Qin Hao had obtained the stone man essence and advanced to Meridian Opening Second Layer.
• Qin Hao greeted Chi Zhenheng, Xiahou Lie, and the other elders, then confirmed that he had obtained the stone man essence.
• Tuoba Xin praised Qin Hao and recounted the mutated Stone Puppet King’s attacks, Qin Hao’s victory, and his refinement of the essence.
• Tuoba Xin reported that Qin Hao had killed Lei Yifei and Lei Yuanshui after they tried to seize the essence.
• Chi Zhenheng ruled that Qin Hao could keep the essence and declared the Stone Man Secret Realm concluded before announcing the distribution of rewards.

Qin Hao received rewards for clearing the Stone Man Secret Realm and confronted Shi Yongbo after other disciples congratulated him. Above the Myriad Phenomena Hall, Sea Ancestor and Stone Ancestor discussed a mysterious spirit treasure in the Ink Forest Mountains and decided to announce it, leaving its discovery open to the disciples and rival factions.

• Chi Zhenheng gave Qin Hao, Tuoba Xin, Yue Zhou, and the other six survivors tokens for their contribution points, a Mystic Tier Middle Rank martial skill, and Myriad Forms Pagoda cultivation time.
• Chi Zhenheng told Qin Hao that the stone man essence was his special reward and invited him to ask the elders about it or cultivation.
• The disciples congratulated Qin Hao and the others on advancing to the Inner Hall, and Zhu Jingming praised Qin Hao for proving his potential.
• Shi Yongbo confronted Qin Hao, who challenged him to attack again and warned that he could send him to keep Tian Yunfeng company.
• Sea Ancestor and Stone Ancestor discussed the spirit treasure and demonic qi they had found in the Ink Forest Mountains, connected it to the beast tide at Hengshui City, and decided to let disciples investigate it.

Qin Hao exchanged his token for Inner Hall status and learned that powerful enemies might target him over the deaths of Tian Yunfeng and members of the Lei family. As he and the newly promoted disciples headed toward the Martial Arts Hall, he heard that veteran disciples would compete to take their Myriad Forms Pagoda cultivation time and became intrigued by the pagoda’s soul power.

• Shi Yongbo refused to fight Qin Hao and left after warning him that he would not remain arrogant for long.
• Tuoba Xin warned Qin Hao that Elder Tian Zhongtian might retaliate for Tian Yunfeng’s death and that the Lei family could seek revenge for its slain members.
• Qin Hao exchanged his token at the Internal Affairs Hall, became an Inner Hall disciple, and learned he had sixty thousand five hundred contribution points.
• Yue Zhou explained that the Myriad Forms Pagoda enhanced comprehension and that veteran Inner Hall disciples often seized newly promoted disciples’ cultivation time.
• Qin Hao wondered whether the pagoda’s soul power could help his martial soul advance to seventh grade.

Qin Hao set out for the Martial Arts Hall with the other new Inner Hall disciples while looking forward to Mu Ziqing’s return. After learning that Tian Yunfeng had died in the Stone Man Secret Realm, Tian Zhongtian killed a witness and ordered Inner Hall deacon Hou Kai to kill Qin Hao, but Hou Kai objected that murdering disciples violated the Hall Rules.

• Qin Hao said goodbye to Zhu Jingming and Dong Fei, then went to the Martial Arts Hall with Tuoba Xin, Yue Zhou, and five other disciples.
• A survivor told Tian Zhongtian that Tian Yunfeng had died after the Stone Man Puppet King devoured his martial soul, and that Shi Yongbo had fled while Qin Hao advanced to the Inner Hall.
• Tian Zhongtian vowed revenge on Qin Hao and Shi Yongbo, then killed the survivor in a fit of rage.
• Tian Zhongtian summoned Hou Kai and ordered him to kill Qin Hao, but Hou Kai questioned the order because murdering disciples was forbidden by the Hall Rules.

Hou Kai refused Tian Zhongtian’s order to kill Qin Hao and said he would investigate the case by the Hall’s rules. After Qin Hao’s achievements became public, Liu Ruoxue grew resentful, while Qin Hao explored the Martial Arts Hall and studied cultivation notes.

• Tian Zhongtian ordered Hou Kai to kill Qin Hao, but Hou Kai refused and promised to investigate the case thoroughly.
• Tian Zhongtian seethed after Hou Kai left and vowed to kill him when he had the chance.
• Disciples at the Myriad Phenomena Grounds spread word that Qin Hao had cleared the Stone Man Secret Realm, obtained the Stone Man Essence, and killed Lei Yifei and Lei Yuanshui.
• Liu Ruoxue saw Qin Hao pass without acknowledging her, blamed him for her regret, and hurried to inform Elder Lei Wu about the deaths.
• Qin Hao entered the Martial Arts Hall as an Inner Hall disciple and began reading cultivation notes on the Fifth Floor to help him practice the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art.

Qin Hao discovered the incomplete Wind and Rain True Scripture on the Fifth Floor and realized it described a path to combining forces into a domain. Inspired to develop a personal sword domain, he headed to the Sixth Floor and found the Nine Transformations of the Profound Dragon.

• Qin Hao read cultivation notes on the Fifth Floor and found a damaged Jade Slip containing the Wind and Rain True Scripture.
• Qin Hao realized the scripture explained how wind force and rain force could attack, defend, and combine into a powerful domain.
• Qin Hao recognized that he could use the scripture as a guide to fuse wind force and sword force and develop his own sword domain.
• Qin Hao went to the Sixth Floor to search for the Nine Transformations of the Profound Dragon, a Mystic-Tier High-Grade Movement Technique.
• Qin Hao found the Nine Transformations of the Profound Dragon Jade Slip after nearly an hour of searching.

Qin Hao selected the Nine Transformations of the Profound Dragon and began cultivating it in the Martial Arts Hall, quickly demonstrating astonishing speed. Meanwhile, Lei Wu organized Lei family Inner Hall disciples to confront Qin Hao, unaware he was already training on the Sixth Floor.

• Qin Hao spent all sixty thousand contribution points to exchange for the Nine Transformations of the Profound Dragon and began cultivating it in the Martial Arts Hall.
• Lei Yun learned that Qin Hao had advanced to the Inner Hall and killed Lei Yifei and Lei Yuanshui in the Stone Man Secret Realm.
• Lei Wu urged Lei family members to retaliate against Qin Hao, and Lei Hai agreed to lead a group of Inner Hall disciples to challenge him.
• Lei Yun, Liu Ruoxue, and other Lei family members followed the group toward the Main Peak, expecting Qin Hao to be defeated.
• Qin Hao used the Nine Transformations of the Profound Dragon to vanish and reappear hundreds of meters away, astonishing Tuoba Xin, Yue Zhou, and Luo Yuanjie.

Qin Hao mastered the first transformation of the Nine Transformations of the Profound Dragon, redeemed it along with the Wind and Rain True Scripture, and learned he had ten extra days to cultivate in the Myriad Forms Pagoda. Meanwhile, Lei Xiong and other veteran Inner Hall Disciples blocked Tuoba Xin’s group and demanded to know where Qin Hao was, threatening to break Tuoba Xin’s limbs.

• Qin Hao practiced the Nine Transformations of the Profound Dragon until he had barely mastered its first transformation and doubled his movement speed.
• Qin Hao inspected the earth-grade martial skills on the Martial Arts Hall’s Seventh Floor, then registered the Nine Transformations of the Profound Dragon and the Wind and Rain True Scripture.
• Yu Jingmiao told Qin Hao that his trial at the Bronze Men Combined Formation had earned him ten extra days of cultivation in the Myriad Forms Pagoda.
• Lei Xiong and numerous veteran Inner Hall Disciples blocked Tuoba Xin and the other newly promoted disciples on the only path to the Myriad Forms Pagoda.
• Lei Xiong demanded to know why Qin Hao was absent and threatened to break Tuoba Xin’s limbs if he lied.

Qin Hao arrived at the Myriad Forms Pagoda and stopped Lei Xiong from attacking the newly promoted Inner Hall Disciples, quickly defeating him. Lei Hai then ordered Lei Yuanwei to cripple Qin Hao and take him away.

• Lei Xiong injured Chu Wenxuan and Tuoba Xin, then demanded that the disciples bring him Qin Hao and surrender their pagoda tokens.
• Lei Xiong knocked Luo Yuanjie aside and prepared to attack Yue Zhou and the others.
• Qin Hao rushed in using Nine Transformations of the Profound Dragon, overwhelmed Lei Xiong, and pinned him beneath his foot.
• Qin Hao stomped Lei Xiong again after the Lei family disciples demanded that he let him go.
• Lei Hai ordered Lei Yuanwei to break Qin Hao's limbs, cripple his dantian, and bring him back alive.

Qin Hao grievously wounded Lei Yuanwei with sword intent, prompting Lei Hai and the other Lei family disciples to gang up on him. As Qin Hao fought them on the Tree-Shaded Path, Jian Changfeng sensed his sword intent and headed over to investigate.

• Lei Yuanwei attacked Qin Hao, but Qin Hao used his immense physical strength and sword intent to wound him severely.
• The furious Lei family disciples charged Qin Hao together while Tuoba Xin went to seek help from Chi Zhenheng and Xiahou Lie.
• Qin Hao fought the Lei family disciples with the Nine Transformations of the Profound Dragon and repeated strikes of sword intent.
• Lei Hai watched the battle, alarmed by Qin Hao's sword intent and resolved that he could not be allowed to live.
• Jian Changfeng sensed the sword intent near the Tree-Shaded Path and hurried over to see who had mastered it.

Qin Hao fought five Lei family members on the Tree-Shaded Path while Jian Changfeng and Hou Kai watched. As Qin Hao struggled to overcome their teamwork, he realized he could try combining wind force with sword intent, but his first attempts weakened his attacks and left him on the verge of defeat.

• Jian Changfeng recognized Qin Hao and watched him battle the Lei family, while Hou Kai secretly observed and decided not to follow Tian Zhongtian's order to kill him.
• Qin Hao struggled to break through the five opponents' coordinated attacks, realizing his rudimentary sword intent could not overcome them alone.
• After evading a strike, Qin Hao realized he could use wind force as a vessel for sword intent and tried to fuse the two.
• Qin Hao's unfamiliar fused strikes lost power, and the Lei family drove him back as spectators predicted he would lose.
• Yue Zhou and the others grew anxious because Qin Hao could not hold out much longer and Tuoba Xin had not returned.

Qin Hao struggled against five Lei family members while trying to fuse wind force and sword force, and Lei Hai’s interference gave one attacker a chance to strike him with Yin Poison Heart-Eater. Qin Hao was injured but showed no obvious effects from the yin poison as the chapter ended with him glaring at his attacker.

• Jian Changfeng and Hou Kai noticed Qin Hao trying to fuse wind force and sword force as he fought the five Lei family members.
• Lei Hai shot a pebble at Qin Hao, disrupting his movement and leaving him open to attack.
• The monkey-like Lei family member struck Qin Hao from behind with Yin Poison Heart-Eater despite Chi Zhenheng and Xiahou Lie shouting for him to stop.
• Qin Hao’s stone-gray armor reduced the blow’s impact, and he turned on the attacker with killing intent without showing obvious signs of the yin poison.

Qin Hao used his fused wind force and sword force to defeat Lei Hou and cripple him, then turned on the four remaining Lei family disciples. Chi Zhenheng and Xiahou Lie blocked Lei Wu and Tian Zhongtian from intervening as Qin Hao continued destroying his opponents’ dantians.

• Lei Hou’s poisonous strike failed to overcome Qin Hao’s stone man essence, and Qin Hao counterattacked with a powerful sword strike.
• Lei Wu and Tian Zhongtian arrived and blocked Chi Zhenheng and Xiahou Lie from interfering in the fight.
• Qin Hao cut Lei Hou across the chest, severed both his arms, and destroyed his dantian without killing him.
• Qin Hao charged the four remaining Lei family disciples, while Chi Zhenheng and Xiahou Lie stopped Lei Wu from attacking him.
• Qin Hao gravely wounded another Lei family member and destroyed his dantian, enraging Lei Wu.

Qin Hao defeated the Lei family disciples who attacked him, but Lei Wu accused him of maiming fellow disciples and summoned Inner Hall Elder Zong Han. Zong Han arrived as Qin Hao stood ready to face the Lei family’s attempt to use its influence against him.

• Qin Hao crippled the remaining Lei family fighters after defeating seven warriors at a higher cultivation level.
• Lei Wu moved to attack Qin Hao and accused him of maiming fellow disciples, but Chi Zhenheng and Xiahou Lie defended Qin Hao as acting in self-defense.
• Lei Wu sent a message to Inner Hall Elder Zong Han, whose ties to the Lei family made Chi Zhenheng and Xiahou Lie fear he would take their side.
• Qin Hao remained unafraid and turned his attention to Lei Hai, remembering that Lei Hai had attacked him with a pebble.
• Zong Han arrived in the air above the crowd, and Chi Zhenheng and Xiahou Lie assured Qin Hao they would not let him be harmed.
• Qin Hao thanked the two elders and said he would face the Lei family, while Lei Wu respectfully welcomed Zong Han.

Elder Zong sided with the Lei family and tried to execute Qin Hao for crippling their disciples, despite witnesses protesting that the Lei family had attacked him first. Qin Hao survived Zong Han’s palm strike behind a pale purple-gold light, and the crowd noticed a jade pendant above his head.

• Lei Wu accused Qin Hao of attacking the Lei family disciples and urged Zong Han to execute him.
• Qin Hao challenged Zong Han for favoring the Lei family, prompting the witnesses to denounce the elder’s bias.
• Zong Han released his Saint Martial aura, injured Qin Hao, and formed a massive true essence palm to kill him.
• Chi Zhenheng and Xiahou Lie tried to stop Zong Han, but his power sent them flying.
• Qin Hao’s martial souls manifested as the palm struck, but pale purple-gold light shielded him and neutralized most of its force.
• The crowd saw Qin Hao survive and spotted a jade pendant above his head.

Qin Hao survived Zong Han’s attack thanks to the Sea Ancestor Jade Pendant and defied him despite his grievous injuries. Just as Zong Han charged to kill him, Bai Ze and Mu Changfeng arrived and blocked his attack.

• Zong Han recognized the Sea Ancestor Jade Pendant that had protected Qin Hao, and Sea Ancestor sensed its activation and summoned Bai Ze and Mu Changfeng to help.
• Qin Hao endured the palm strike, drew in spiritual energy, and stood to challenge Zong Han despite his injuries.
• Qin Hao cursed Zong Han and vowed to kill him one day, prompting Zong Han to charge at him.
• Bai Ze and Mu Changfeng arrived and stopped Zong Han with their power.

Bai Ze and Mu Changfeng arrived after Qin Hao activated the Sea Ancestor Jade Pendant, and witnesses confirmed that the Lei family’s disciples had attacked him before Zong Han intervened. As Bai Ze moved to remove Zong Han from his post, the Lei Family Ancestor arrived and challenged the Hall Master’s judgment.

• Bai Ze questioned Zong Han for attacking Qin Hao, while Zong Han claimed Qin Hao deserved death for harming fellow disciples and showing disrespect.
• Qin Hao asked the Hall Master and Great Elder to hear witnesses, and Tuoba Xin testified that Lei Xiong, Lei Yuanwei, and Lei Hou’s group had attacked him in violation of the Hall’s rules.
• Jian Changfeng and Hou Kai arrived and confirmed Tuoba Xin’s account, strengthening the case against Zong Han.
• Bai Ze accused Zong Han of injustice and favoritism and said he was unfit to lead the Inner Hall’s Enforcement Hall.
• The Lei Family Ancestor arrived, defended Zong Han, and released the aura of a ninth-layer peak Saint Martial Realm cultivator.

Qin Hao forced the Myriad Phenomena Hall to punish Lei Wu and Zong Han after the Lei family’s attack, then challenged Lei Hai to a fight. The chapter ended with the crowd stunned by Qin Hao’s challenge despite his injuries and lower cultivation.

• Lei Yunkui defended Zong Han and argued that the seven Lei family members had deserved their injuries, while Zong Han offered to give up his Enforcement Hall post.
• Qin Hao accused Lei Wu of directing the ambush, and Bai Ze stripped Lei Wu of his Outer Hall Elder position.
• Lei Yunkui reassigned Lei Wu to external affairs, and Qin Hao rejected Lei Yunkui’s claim that the punishments should satisfy him.
• Qin Hao stopped Lei Yunkui from leaving and accused Lei Hai of joining the attack by ambushing him with a pebble.
• Qin Hao challenged Lei Hai to fight, shocking the crowd and drawing Lei Yunkui’s mocking scorn.

Qin Hao insisted on a life-and-death battle with Lei Hai and secured one hour to prepare, despite others believing he could not win. As Qin Hao studied the fusion of wind and sword forces, Lei Yunkui secretly ordered Lei Hai to kill him as soon as the battle began.

• Qin Hao rejected the elders’ offer to punish Lei Hai and demanded a life-and-death battle, which Lei Hai accepted.
• Qin Hao confirmed his decision to Bai Ze and Mu Changfeng, then asked for one hour before the fight.
• Bai Ze agreed to the delay, and Lei Hai mocked Qin Hao’s chances.
• Qin Hao demonstrated that he had fused wind force and sword force, surprising Bai Ze and Mu Changfeng.
• Lei Yunkui secretly instructed Lei Hai to kill Qin Hao immediately when the battle began.
• Qin Hao stood motionless after his sword strike, contemplating his forces while Lei Hai prepared for the fight.

Qin Hao comprehended rain force in less than half a quarter hour and expanded its range while preparing to fuse it with his wind and sword forces. The chapter left him forming a Wind Greatsword amid the rain force, apparently about to create a domain, while his enemies recognized him as a threat.

• Qin Hao used his insights into the Wind and Rain True Scripture to comprehend rain force, stirring gales and darkening the sky around him.
• Lei Wu cursed Qin Hao and hoped rain force would backlash against him, but rain began falling within a meter of Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao successfully comprehended rain force in less than half a quarter hour and expanded its range to five meters.
• Bai Ze and Mu Changfeng celebrated Qin Hao's achievement, while Lei Yunkui declared that Qin Hao could not be allowed to live.
• Qin Hao formed a Wind Greatsword from wind force and sword force amid his rain force, prompting Lei Yunkui and the others to suspect he was attempting to fuse all three forces into a domain.
• Jian Changfeng and Hou Kai watched Qin Hao in awe, and Jian Changfeng's fighting spirit stirred.