Recaps

Qin Hao obtained the Stone Man Essence, killed Lei Yifei and Lei Yuanshui, and entered the Inner Hall, where the Lei family repeatedly attacked him. After surviving Zong Han’s intervention and exposing the elders’ bias, Qin Hao challenged Lei Hai to a life-and-death battle and began combining wind force, sword force, and rain force.

• Qin Hao refined the Stone Man Essence, killed Lei Yifei and Lei Yuanshui, and escaped the collapsing Stone Man Secret Realm as Shi Yongbo fled.
• Chi Zhenheng rewarded Qin Hao and the other survivors, while Tian Zhongtian plotted revenge and Qin Hao became an Inner Hall disciple.
• Qin Hao studied the Wind and Rain True Scripture and learned the Nine Transformations of the Profound Dragon as Lei family disciples set out to confront him.
• Lei Xiong and the Lei family attacked Qin Hao’s companions, and Qin Hao arrived to defeat them with his movement technique and sword intent.
• Qin Hao struggled against the Lei family’s coordinated attacks, then resisted Lei Hou’s poisonous strike and crippled the attackers as Chi Zhenheng and Xiahou Lie tried to protect him.
• Zong Han attacked Qin Hao, but the Sea Ancestor Jade Pendant shielded him and Bai Ze and Mu Changfeng intervened before the witnesses exposed the Lei family’s ambush.
• Qin Hao accused Lei Hai of joining the attack and demanded a life-and-death battle, then used the delay to comprehend rain force and form a Wind Greatsword within it.

Qin Hao advanced his martial soul and cultivation in the Myriad Forms Pagoda, then returned to the Inner Hall amid new threats from Lei Zhen and Huang Hongwu. After strengthening his body with the Glazed Stone Soul, he confronted Huang Hongwu and defeated his two companions.

• Qin Hao formed a Wind-Rain Sword Domain, defeated Lei Hai, and killed him despite Lei Yunkui's demand to spare him.
• Qin Hao cultivated on the Fifth Floor of the Myriad Forms Pagoda until his Little Sword Martial Soul advanced to seventh grade and the Pagoda Guardian Elder closed the pagoda for a year.
• Qin Hao returned to the arena and overwhelmed Tuoba Xin's eighth-grade martial soul, then learned of a powerful artifact-spirit treasure in the Ink Forest Mountains.
• Huang Hongwu tried to seize Qin Hao's table at the Heavenly Drink House, but a True Martial Realm expert expelled him and his companions.
• Mu Ziqing gave Qin Hao a Profound Soul Leaf and revealed that Lei Zhen had sent men after the Qin family, while Jiang Ni explained that she and Fang Wenlong had driven them off.
• Fang Wenlong conspired with Bu Yunfeng and approached Lei Zhen about targeting Qin Hao, while Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing cultivated together and exchanged gifts.
• Qin Hao transformed his Stone Man Martial Soul into a Glazed Stone Soul through the Pure Yang Tyrant Body Fist, greatly increasing his strength.
• Huang Hongwu confronted Qin Hao at his courtyard with two companions, but Qin Hao broke both attackers' hands and sent them flying with two punches.

Qin Hao pursued Mu Ziqing and Jiang Ni into the Ink Forest Mountains, where he imprisoned Tian Zhongtian, killed Huang Hongwu and Fang Wenlong, and rescued the women. The arc ended with Qi Lei attacking Qin Hao after striking Little One and recruiting Bu Yunfeng.

• Qin Hao defeated Huang Hongwu and accepted the deacons’ punishment, while Huang Hongwu threatened revenge and Lei Yi vowed to eliminate Qin Hao.
• Tuoba Xin warned Qin Hao that Shi Yongbo was a Night Soul Bureau spy, and Mu Ziqing arrived as warriors fought over mysterious black iron in the Ink Forest Mountains.
• Lingxiaozi revealed the Supreme Sword Tower’s seal, then Qin Hao learned Fang Wenlong had taken Jiang Ni and hurried to the mountains as a secret realm opened.
• Tian Zhongtian ambushed Qin Hao, but the Cloudwing Beast protected him while Qin Hao reached major sword intent, freed Lingxiaozi, and sealed Tian Zhongtian inside the Supreme Sword Tower.
• Qin Hao learned Huang Hongwu had helped lead Tian Zhongtian to him, killed Huang Hongwu, Liu Ruojie, and their companions, then followed the Cloudwing Beast to Mu Ziqing and Jiang Ni.
• Qin Hao fought Fang Wenlong while his glazed body grew stronger, defeated and killed him, and treated Jiang Ni and Mu Ziqing after they were weakened by Hundred Fragrance Powder.
• Qi Lei attacked Little One and offered Bu Yunfeng protection in exchange for joining him, then confronted Qin Hao, whose punches could not withstand Qi Lei’s near-True Martial strength.

Qin Hao claimed a Black Sword tied to the Nether Demon World, pursued the Time Sword inheritance, and prepared to enter the secret realm. After learning the Shadow Guard belonged to the Northern Yan Dynasty, he traveled with Tuoba Xin and discovered that Princess Orchid Moon was Qi Yuelan, stirring his anger.

• Qin Hao helped drive back Qi Lei and Bu Yunfeng, then claimed a Black Sword spirit artifact after it responded to his Azure Flame Sect token.
• Qin Hao returned to the Myriad Phenomena Hall, trained in the Time Hall, and learned that Tian Zhongtian might break free within a month.
• The Venerables planned to use the Six-Ray Sword Formation and the Voidrealm-Breaking Formation to send two hundred Meridian Opening Realm warriors into the Nether Demon World.
• Tuoba Xin told Qin Hao that the Shadow Guard was the Northern Yan Dynasty’s intelligence organization, and Qin Hao resolved to visit its lair.
• Qin Hao rejected Lei Yunkui’s demand for the Black Sword, then agreed to lend it to help prepare for entry into the Nether Demon World.
• Sea Ancestor and Stone Ancestor advised Qin Hao on the Sword Heart Realm, and Stone Ancestor gave him the Concealed Aura Art before he left with Tuoba Xin.
• Qin Hao mastered the first level of the Concealed Aura Art on the road, traveled under the assumed name Liu Wei, and arrived with Tuoba Xin in Hetai City.
• Tuoba Hong told Qin Hao that the Northern Yan Dynasty planned to send Princess Orchid Moon as a concubine to the Crimson Blood Sect’s sect master, and Qin Hao learned her real name was Qi Yuelan.