Chapter Summaries

Situ Yu learned that Qin Hao had an extraordinary Colosseum record and resolved to watch for a chance to kill him and seize the Heavenly Mist Sword Diagram. Since Qin Hao did not leave Dragon Marquis City and the Qiankun Sect Disciple Recruitment Assembly was near, Situ Yu postponed his revenge and went to train for the final six months.

• A Situ Family member reported that Qin Hao had a ninety-seven percent win rate against Silver Badge Gladiators and was likely as strong as a Gold Medal Gladiator.
• Situ Yu called Qin Hao a prancing clown and demanded to know when he would leave Dragon Marquis City so he could kill him outside the city.
• The young man explained that Qin Hao had never left the Colosseum except to register for the recruitment assembly, and Situ Yu blamed Xiao Mingxuan for his loss of the Heavenly Mist Sword Diagram.
• Situ Yu explained that the diagram's sword qi could help improve his blade arts, but rejected the plan to abduct Qin Hao because it could disrupt his recruitment prospects.
• Situ Yu ordered the young man to monitor Qin Hao for six months, then went to the Colosseum to train in the Random Arena.

Qin Hao studied the Heavenly Mist Sword Diagram and gained an initial insight into the ten thousand swords realm, while recognizing that its cultivation path was incompatible with his own. He continued studying its sword qi, hoping to master the realm without abandoning his unique sword dao.

• Qin Hao examined the Heavenly Mist Sword Diagram, a High-Rank Peerless Art created by the ordinary true god Tian Hao, and learned that its energy-circulation method turned various forces into mist and then swords.
• Qin Hao compared the diagram’s method with his Unerring Sword Scripture and Chaos Sword Art, then realized that forming mist into swords had revealed the ten thousand swords realm to him.
• Qin Hao understood that the ten thousand swords realm meant limitless swords within one’s heart, not a requirement to possess exactly ten thousand swords, and recognized it as a realm beyond the no-sword realm.
• Qin Hao decided not to reshape his sword dao to cultivate Tian Hao’s art, since his own path centered on his self-world and the heaven and earth ancient way.
• Qin Hao resumed sensing the diagram’s sword qi, seeking to master the ten thousand swords realm.

Qin Hao entered the Insight Space and was unexpectedly drawn into the Eternal True God Tian Hao’s insights after the creator of the Heavenly Mist Sword Diagram sensed it on him. Tian Hao demonstrated a vast ten thousand swords realm, and Qin Hao watched closely to remember it.

• Qin Hao used his Colosseum Token to enter the Insight Space before his opportunity expired.
• An enormous Eternal True God-level star approached Qin Hao and pulled him inside.
• Qin Hao recognized the mist and the white-robed man as Tian Hao, creator of the Heavenly Mist Sword Diagram.
• Tian Hao told Qin Hao to watch and unleashed countless mist-formed swords, shattering the star with his Sword Qi.
• Qin Hao sensed a ten thousand swords realm stronger than the one he had learned from the diagram and tried to memorize Tian Hao’s display.

After Qin Hao shattered a star in the Insight Space, his sword qi alarmed Dragon Marquis City's lord and Mo Chengzhi, who mistakenly believed an Eternal True God had appeared. Back in his Cultivation Chamber, Qin Hao used what he had witnessed to create and refine his own sword move as the Qiankun Sect's Disciple Recruitment Assembly approached.

• The city lord and Mo Chengzhi sensed powerful sword qi, searched for the cultivator, and left an invitation before returning to the manor when no one appeared.
• Qin Hao was ejected from the Insight Space when the star shattered and began recalling the white-robed man's sword strike.
• Qin Hao used the ten thousand swords realm to imitate the strike and produced sword qi for the first time.
• Qin Hao combined his understanding of sword, no-sword, and ten thousand swords with his own powers to refine a self-created sword move.
• Nearly half a year passed as Qin Hao practiced, and the Qiankun Sect's Disciple Recruitment Assembly drew closer.

After months of cultivation, Qin Hao created the first form of his peerless sword art, Ten Thousand Sword Hand, and prepared to test his improved strength before the Qiankun Sect Disciple Recruitment Assembly. In the Random Arena, he faced the confident Ji Ping of Heavenly King City and attacked him with the Heavenly Abyss Sword.

• Qin Hao used Ten Thousand Sword Hand’s first revolution, Twin Sword Form, and damaged the Cultivation Chamber’s powerful formation.
• Qin Hao reflected that his new sword art and progress in the ten thousand swords realm had greatly improved his strength, but he lacked time to create a second form before the recruitment assembly.
• Qin Hao entered the Random Arena to test his Unerring Sword Scripture and met Ji Ping, who claimed no half-step true god in Heavenly King City could match him.
• Qin Hao dismissed Ji Ping’s boasts and launched a swift sword strike, causing Ji Ping’s pupils to contract.

Qin Hao killed Ji Ping with the first strike of the Unerring Sword Scripture, Saint Emperor Slash, and realized how greatly the ten thousand swords realm had strengthened him. With twelve days left before the Qiankun Sect's Disciple Recruitment Assembly, he continued dueling and studying sword insights to improve further.

• Qin Hao's Saint Emperor Slash overwhelmed Ji Ping's defenses, severed both his fists, and cleaved him in two.
• Qin Hao reflected on the Unerring Sword Scripture's power and concluded that mastering the ten thousand swords realm had greatly increased his strength.
• Qin Hao entered the insight space, studied the remaining stars for three days, and then returned to Random Arena battles.
• Gladiators across the Colosseum began buying their freedom under Qiankun Sect rules, while the Colosseum filled with cultivators seeking duels before the recruitment assembly.
• Qin Hao defeated a second Random Arena opponent with one strike, then entered the insight space for another three days of contemplation.

Qin Hao continued winning Random Arena battles and improving his sword insights as the Qiankun Sect Disciple Recruitment Assembly approached. Situ Yu planned to kill Qin Hao after the assembly, but their final Random Arena matches paired them against each other.

• Qin Hao won four consecutive Random Arena battles, earned more than twenty thousand Chaos Spirit Crystals, and made new progress in understanding the Minor Evolution Sword God Art.
• Situ Yu learned that Qin Hao had begun competing in the Random Arena and ordered a subordinate to watch him, planning to kill him after the recruitment assembly.
• Situ Yu entered the Random Arena for another bout, confident in his undefeated record and hoping to face a worthy opponent.
• Qin Hao and Situ Yu appeared opposite each other in a dense forest, and Situ Yu vowed to torture Qin Hao for offending him.

Qin Hao fought Situ Yu in the Colosseum and revealed that his swordsmanship and speed were far greater than Situ Yu had expected. The chapter ended as Qin Hao’s rapid attacks broke through Situ Yu’s defensive saber shadows, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Situ Yu threatened to cripple and torment Qin Hao, but Qin Hao answered that he would grant Situ Yu’s wish to suffer.
• Qin Hao and Situ Yu clashed with Saint Emperor Slash and Raging Wave Demon Saber, and neither gained the upper hand.
• Qin Hao followed with Wasteland-Breaking Slash and two more sword strikes, using astonishing movement speed to attack from multiple positions.
• Situ Yu recognized that Qin Hao had hidden his strength and used Destruction Saber to defend against the incoming attacks.
• Qin Hao’s first strike cleaved through more than a dozen of Situ Yu’s saber shadows, and another sword strike immediately followed.

Qin Hao overwhelmed Situ Yu with the Unerring Sword Scripture, forcing him to abandon his defense and counter with Heavenly Origin. The clash left Situ Yu wounded by sword qi that suppressed his chaos origin and ate away at his divine body, while Qin Hao pointed the Heavenly Abyss Sword at him.

• Qin Hao relentlessly battered Situ Yu with the Unerring Sword Scripture, steadily breaking through the saber shadows of Destruction Saber.
• Situ Yu replenished his weakening defenses with chaos origin, tribulation power, and divine strength, then faced Qin Hao’s Heavenly Thunder Wheel with Heavenly Origin.
• Their attacks collided and drove both fighters back, but Qin Hao’s earlier sword moves struck Situ Yu in several vital places.
• The sword qi entered Situ Yu’s wounds, suppressed his chaos origin, and began eating away at his divine body.
• Qin Hao pointed the Heavenly Abyss Sword at Situ Yu and asked whose life was worse than death.

Qin Hao overwhelmed Situ Yu in the Dueling Space, dismembered him, and killed him after Situ Yu refused to concede. Both fighters then left the Dueling Space.

• Qin Hao’s sword qi suppressed Situ Yu’s chaos origin, leaving him unable to fight back.
• Qin Hao severed Situ Yu’s arms and legs and told him to concede, but Situ Yu refused and threatened to kill him outside the Dueling Space.
• Qin Hao unleashed more than a hundred strikes of the Chaos Sword Art, mangling Situ Yu’s divine body until he died.
• Qin Hao and Situ Yu left the Dueling Space.

After Qin Hao defeated Situ Yu in the Random Duel, Qin Hao calmly returned to cultivation while Situ Yu struggled with the humiliation of his loss. Situ Yu vowed to find and kill Qin Hao at the Qiankun Sect's Disciple Recruitment Assembly, which was three days away.

• Qin Hao dismissed the threat of facing Situ Yu again and entered the Insight Space to cultivate.
• Situ Yu returned to his Cultivation Chamber with his injuries healed, and his subordinate congratulated him on his supposed victory over Qin Hao.
• When Situ Yu revealed that Qin Hao had been his opponent, his subordinate realized from Situ Yu's fury that Situ Yu had lost.
• Situ Yu blasted his subordinate out of the chamber, and the subordinate wondered whether Qin Hao might surpass Dragon Marquis City's three great geniuses.
• Situ Yu feared his humiliation could become an inner demon and vowed to kill Qin Hao at the Qiankun Sect's Disciple Recruitment Assembly.

Situ Yu returned to his Lineage after receiving a message from his father, while the Xiao Family prepared for the Qiankun Sect's Disciple Recruitment Assembly. The Xiao Family's Family Head revealed that the assembly would take place in an ancestral god's cave abode, likely the unexplored Lingchang Cave Abode.

• Situ Yu received a message from his father and left to return to his Lineage, setting aside his anger at Qin Hao for the moment.
• The Xiao Family's Family Head told Xiao Mingxuan and the other young members that at least one of them had to join the Qiankun Sect.
• The Family Head revealed that the assembly would be held in an ancestral god's cave abode and instructed the others to collect Points Tokens for Xiao Mingxuan.
• Xiao Mingxuan questioned whether the others could help him in such a dangerous place, but the Family Head insisted that he must join the sect.
• The Family Head suggested the venue was the Lingchang Cave Abode, created by the Five-Star Ancestral God Lingchang, and said the Qiankun Sect had not finished exploring it.

The Xiao Family Head revealed that the Qiankun Sect’s recruitment assembly would take place in the dangerous Lingchang Cave Abode, where half-step True Gods could seek the legacy of Ancestral God Lingchang. The chapter left the Xiao family aware of the chance to earn direct entry to the sect—and the deadly risks involved.

• The Xiao Family Head explained that the unexplored Lingchang Cave Abode was too dangerous for ordinary True Gods and half-step True Gods to enter.
• The Xiao Family’s Great Elder revealed that a Peerless Treasure lay within the cave abode.
• The Xiao Family Head described the cave abode’s three regions—the Swampland, the Sea of Mist, and the inner Lingchang Cave Abode—and said the Swampland would host the recruitment assembly.
• The Xiao Family Head disclosed that Ancestral God Lingchang was a powerful body-refining Ancestral God who had left a Chaos Peerless Treasure among his possessions.
• The Xiao Family Head explained that a grand formation would destroy the cave abode if an Ancestral God entered, making half-step True Gods the only candidates able to claim the legacy.
• The Xiao Family Head warned Xiao Mingxuan and the others that obtaining Lingchang’s treasures would be extremely difficult and told them not to go exploring.

As the Qiankun Sect Disciple Recruitment Assembly began, the Xiao Family Head warned his family against risking their lives for Ancestral God Lingchang’s treasures, while Qin Hao reached minor mastery of the ten thousand swords realm. Qin Hao set out for the assembly with Yun Chang and the others, who had gained confidence after learning he defeated Situ Yu.

• The Xiao Family Head told Xiao Mingxuan and the others to focus on collecting point Tokens and joining the Qiankun Sect rather than pursuing Ancestral God Lingchang’s inheritance.
• The Situ Family and Bao Family learned about the Lingchang Cave Abode, and its secrets began circulating among talents connected to powerful forces, while Qin Hao and his companions remained unaware.
• After three days of cultivation, Qin Hao reached minor mastery of the ten thousand swords realm and prepared to attend the Qiankun Sect Disciple Recruitment Assembly.
• Qin Hao emerged from his Cultivation Chamber to find Yun Chang, Ancestor Yanyu, Wu Yin, and Ancestor Xu waiting for him.
• Ancestor Yanyu praised Qin Hao’s rapid progress, and Qin Hao modestly remarked that Heavensea held many stronger talents.

Qin Hao and Yun Chang discussed the rumored cave abode and agreed to take the dangers of the Qiankun Sect Disciple Recruitment Assembly seriously. The assembly began as Envoy Mo Chengzhi announced its rules and prepared to teleport more than twelve million contestants to the Lingchang Cave Abode.

• Qin Hao warned Yun Chang, Ancestor Xu, Wu Yin, and Ancestor Yanyu to seize opportunities but withdraw if their lives were at risk.
• Qin Hao and the others reached Dragon Marquis City's square and found a far larger crowd than expected, including geniuses from other continents.
• Qin Hao realized the rumored cave abode likely drew the unusually large number of contestants, many of whom cared more about entering it than joining the Qiankun Sect.
• Envoy Mo Chengzhi announced that contestants would collect point tokens in the Lingchang Cave Abode's swamp region, with the top eighty thousand eligible to join the sect and rewards for the top hundred.
• Mo Chengzhi activated the teleportation arrays to send the contestants to the cave abode.

Qin Hao and the other Half-Step True Gods entered the Lingchang Cave Abode for the Qiankun Sect Disciple Recruitment Assembly, where they had to find Points Tokens to compete for admission and rewards. After discovering that he was separated from his companions and could not use his True God doppelgangers, Qin Hao killed an Insect Beast and found a token marked Ten.

• Yun Chang, Qin Hao, and their companions learned that more than twelve million eight hundred thousand Half-Step True Gods would compete, with rewards reserved for the top hundred.
• A Teleportation Array sent Qin Hao and the others into the Lingchang Cave Abode, where Qin Hao sensed dense energy and heard roars from nearby Insect Beasts.
• Qin Hao found himself alone, confirmed that a formation prevented him from using his five True God doppelgangers, and set out to search for Points Tokens.
• An Insect Beast leaped from a marsh and attacked Qin Hao, who cut it in two with the Heavenly Abyss Sword and noticed its blood was poisonous.
• Qin Hao found a Qiankun Sect token inside the Insect Beast and saw that it was marked Ten.

Qin Hao discovered that Tokens awarded points and decided to hunt Insect Beasts for more, but a young man tried to rob him of his ten-point Token. Qin Hao revealed his formidable Sword Qi and blasted the attacker backward as hidden onlookers reconsidered their plans to ambush him.

• Qin Hao read his Qiankun Sect Token and learned that he had ten points and ranked 9,364,062.
• Qin Hao concluded that killing Insect Beasts could yield Tokens and decided to collect more points.
• A young man demanded Qin Hao's Token, and Qin Hao warned him to leave.
• The young man attacked Qin Hao, while half-step true gods watched from the Dense Forest and considered stealing the Token afterward.
• Qin Hao unleashed sharp Sword Qi with the Heavenly Abyss Sword, overwhelmed the young man's warblade, and blasted him backward into a crater.

Qin Hao killed a half-step true god who had attacked him, deterring the others hiding in the Dense Forest. He sensed the powerful Duanmu Jie leave for the Lingchang Cave Abode in search of Ancestral God Lingchang’s treasures, and wondered why he had abandoned their potential fight.

• A young man attacked Qin Hao, but Qin Hao badly wounded him with one sword strike.
• The young man begged Qin Hao to spare him and offered to gather Points Tokens, but Qin Hao refused and killed him.
• The half-step true gods hiding nearby reconsidered attacking Qin Hao after seeing how easily he had defeated the young man.
• Duanmu Jie observed Qin Hao and briefly considered fighting him, but decided to pursue Ancestral God Lingchang’s treasures instead.
• Qin Hao sensed Duanmu Jie’s fighting intent and watched him leave, wondering why he had suddenly departed.

Qin Hao discovered a strange crystal rich in cause and effect chaos origin in the Lingchang Cave Abode and realized it could greatly improve his comprehension. He set off to find a place to refine it before resuming his search for Points Tokens.

• Qin Hao decided to focus on finding Points Tokens and worried that Yun Chang, Ancestor Yanyu, Wu Yin, and Ancestor Xu might be in danger.
• Qin Hao inferred that the Lingchang Cave Abode was likely an Eternal True God's cave abode because of its immense size, though it was actually a Five-Star Ancestral God's abode.
• Qin Hao searched the crater left by his battle with the young man and discovered a faint multicolored light buried beneath the swamp.
• Qin Hao extracted a diamond-shaped crystal and sensed that it contained an extraordinarily rich cause and effect chaos origin.
• Qin Hao stored the Cause and Effect Crystal and the young man's Storage Star Ring, then went to find a place to cultivate.

Qin Hao hid in a cave to refine the Cause and Effect Crystal, hoping to master his cause and effect chaos origin quickly. Meanwhile, three Qiankun Sect Ancestral Gods watched the recruitment assembly from above the Lingchang Cave Abode as contestants faced deadly beasts.

• Qin Hao concealed himself in a former Insect Beasts' lair and began refining the Cause and Effect Crystal.
• Qin Hao sensed the crystal rapidly improving his cause and effect chaos origin and estimated he could master it within fifty to a hundred years.
• Phantom Shadow True God, Formless Ancestor, and Starfall Lord observed the contestants from a palace in the void between Heavensea and the Origin World.
• A True God-level Stealth Beast devoured a Half-Step True God contestant in the swamp, prompting Phantom Shadow True God and Starfall Lord to question the cave abode as the assembly's venue.
• Formless Ancestor said the outer Swamp Region had mostly been cleared and that the cave abode's dangers remained alongside its many treasures.