Recaps

Qin Hao conquered the Sword Grotto, reunited with Fang Lang, and continued toward Absolute Immortal City while sharpening his cultivation. True Person Ling Yuan gave him the Black Mirror Trial and a map to a dangerous mountain secret land, setting his sights on the Azure Flame Grand Tournament and leading him to seek the Twelve-Winged Silvermoon Dragon Flood Serpent.

• Qin Hao subdued the three Artifact Spirit brothers, collected the Sword Grotto’s Treasure Swords, and learned they formed Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin.
• Qin Hao left the collapsing Sword Grotto, promised Liu Jie he would greet the One-Armed Sword Saint, and resolved to win the Azure Flame Grand Tournament.
• Qin Hao returned to Profound Sun City with Fang Lang, sold the Demon-Suppressing Pool treasures, and bought an incomplete Heavenly Spirit Race Gauntlet that joined with his Cloth Armor.
• Qin Hao defeated Fang Xiong with one strike, then the Fang Family's Old Ancestor wounded Jiao Hong, who fled while Qin Hao continued north and advanced his Vitality Sword Domain.
• Qin Hao reached Absolute Immortal City and met Lin Zhang, Ding Qiongwei, and Ning Qianxue before entering Ling Yuan Hall to see True Person Ling Yuan.
• True Person Ling Yuan gave Qin Hao three Purple Thunder Pills and the Black Mirror, explained the coming tournament and its competitors, and challenged him to complete the nine-stage trial.
• True Person Ling Yuan gave Qin Hao a map to a dangerous secret land in the Absolute Immortal Mountain Range and said the Cloudwing Beast might be able to enter it.
• Qin Hao headed to Back Mountain to find the Twelve-Winged Silvermoon Dragon Flood Serpent, while Ding Qiongwei followed him and Lin Zhang and Ning Qianxue speculated about her feelings.

Qin Hao helped the Cloudwing Beast enter the Demon Race Secret Land, then advanced through the Black Mirror Trials by mastering his Destruction Sword Domain and its Laws. After clearing the Eighth Trial, he emerged from seclusion and headed to the Hidden Dragon Gathering, where Ge Tao and Wei Ranxuan were preparing to confront him.

• Ding Qiongwei led Qin Hao and the Cloudwing Beast to the Demon Race Secret Land, where its guardian warned Qin Hao away and the Cloudwing Beast began the assessment.
• Qin Hao passed the first five Black Mirror Trials, learned to gather his Swords of Destruction into a Greatsword, and reached the Major Accomplishment of the Intent Realm to clear the Seventh Trial.
• Qin Hao failed the Eighth Trial, then spent months cultivating in the Supreme Sword Tower and raised his Destruction Sword Domain to the Eighth Order.
• Qin Hao discovered Life Force within Destruction Laws, created Sword Annihilation, and defeated the Eighth Trial’s Black Mirror Man.
• The Ninth Trial’s Black Mirror Man defeated Qin Hao in three moves, so Qin Hao returned to cultivation and further advanced his Destruction and Vitality Sword Domains.
• Qin Hao emerged from seclusion, told Lin Zhang, Ning Qianxue, and Ding Qiongwei that he had cleared the Eighth Trial, and agreed to attend the Hidden Dragon Gathering.
• A Heavenly Origin Island disciple spotted Qin Hao heading to the Rough Stone Marketplace and informed Ge Tao and Wei Ranxuan, who set out to meet him.
• Qin Hao arrived at the marketplace with Lin Zhang, Ding Qiongwei, and Ning Qianxue, where they watched a shopkeeper cut open a customer’s Rough Stones.

Qin Hao used his Destruction Sword Domain to find valuable Treasure Crystals, defeat Ge Tao in a high-stakes Stone Gambling wager, and earn Qu Changxian’s invitation to the Rough Stone Gathering. As the Hidden Dragon Gathering approached, Xu Batian and others plotted against Qin Hao, who advanced to the Ninth-Tier Time Domain.

• Qin Hao sensed Life Auras inside Rough Stones and profited from his first purchases at the Dark Crystal Shop.
• Ge Tao challenged Qin Hao to a Stone Gambling wager, staking their Dantians and thirty million Low-Grade Spirit Stones each.
• Ge Tao’s Treasure Crystals were valued at 12.3 million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, but Qin Hao’s Crimson Mystic Crystal raised his total to 18.6 million.
• Qin Hao won the wager and destroyed Ge Tao’s Dantian despite Mo Hong’s intervention, then Captain Wang fined Mo Hong for attacking first.
• Qu Changxian identified Qin Hao’s crystal as a Nine Radiance Crimson Mystic Crystal, valued it at no less than sixty million Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and bought it while inviting Qin Hao to the Rough Stone Gathering.
• Xu Batian learned Qin Hao had killed Xu Zhongjie and plotted to kill him, while Mo Hong and Chu Yu proposed a Stone Gambling contest against Qin Hao.
• Xu Batian enlisted Chu Yu and the Chu Family to undermine the Zuo Family, while Gu Feng revealed Demon Ancestor Yin’s order to kill Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao continued cultivating in the Supreme Sword Tower and broke through to the Ninth-Tier Time Domain on the eve of the Hidden Dragon Gathering.

Qin Hao used his Domain to judge Rough Stones, helping the Zuo Family turn its losses into a huge profit while humiliating Su Song and Dongfang Ting. After Dongfang Ting died over a stone Qin Hao had tricked him into buying, the gathering ended and the Auction began with the Immortal-Devouring Staff on offer.

• Qin Hao arrived at the Hidden Dragon Hall with Lin Zhang, Ning Qianxue, and Ding Qiongwei, then joined Zuo Yichuan and the Zuo Family at the Rough Stone Gathering.
• Qin Hao examined stones for Zuo Yichuan, and the Zuo Family’s early purchases produced valuable crystals before later losses left them nearly four hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones behind.
• Qin Hao offered to select stones for the Zuo Family and baited Su Song into overbidding, while his own choices brought substantial profits and Su Song lost four hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones.
• Qin Hao won a Rough Stone for five hundred million Low-Grade Spirit Stones despite Dongfang Ting’s mockery, and its Supreme-Grade Hundred-Refined Mystic Crystal sold to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion for one billion.
• Qin Hao tricked Dongfang Ting into bidding one billion for a Rough Stone worth only five hundred thousand Low-Grade Spirit Stones, and Dongfang Ting died after failing to pay and collapsing.
• Xu Batian vowed that Qin Hao would not leave Absolute Immortal Peak alive, while Duanmu Xuan and Xia Weize grew wary of Qin Hao’s rapid progress.
• Qu Changxian ended the Rough Stone Gathering, and Qin Hao joined the Zuo Family’s private box as Shangguan Mo opened the Auction and presented the Immortal-Devouring Staff.