Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao and his companions registered for the Azure Flame Grand Tournament and learned about its three rounds and extraordinary rewards. When Qin Hao discovered that the Top Three could cultivate in the Heavenly Ruins, Lingxiaozi reacted with shock and revealed that even the Former Master had paid an enormous price to enter.

• Lin Zhang and Fang Lang fled the private room, and Yang Yi led the others to register for the Azure Flame Grand Tournament.
• Qin Hao registered successfully and examined an identity Jade Slip that showed his cultivation, age, points, and rank.
• Qin Hao and the others learned that the tournament had three rounds and could last more than half a year, with a severe first-round elimination.
• The group learned that the Top Hundred could join the Azure Flame Sect and that the Top Three would receive three months of cultivation in the Heavenly Ruins.
• Qin Hao asked Lingxiaozi about the Heavenly Ruins, and Lingxiaozi revealed that the Former Master had paid an enormous price to enter.

Qin Hao learned that the Heavenly Ruins were a Human Race sacred cultivation land and resolved to reach the Azure Flame Grand Tournament’s top three to enter them. Five days before the tournament, a Flying Boat arrived through a Spatial Rift carrying Saint Martial geniuses from the Torch Dragon World and the Ten Directions World.

• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao that the Heavenly Ruins were a true Human Race Sacred Land close to the World Origin and urged him to reach the tournament’s top three.
• Qin Hao resolved to seize the chance to enter the Heavenly Ruins despite the difficulty and uncertainty of future tournaments.
• A massive Spatial Rift opened above the Holy City, alarming the crowd and prompting Qin Hao to suspect a Blood Demon attack.
• Lingxiaozi identified the rift as a passage to the Star Sea, and a huge Flying Boat emerged from it.
• Geniuses from the Torch Dragon World and the Ten Directions World descended from the Flying Boat, and the True Martial Continent’s competitors eagerly awaited the tournament.

With the Azure Flame Grand Tournament five days away, Qin Hao returned to train but was confronted by Shi Fang, who threatened him on Shi Youbing’s behalf. Qin Hao promised a surprise at the tournament, and Shi Youbing mistakenly believed Qin Hao would help him enter the Azure Flame Sect.

• Geniuses from other worlds arrived for the Azure Flame Grand Tournament, and Qin Hao and Yang Yi chose to train while Lin Zhang and Fang Lang stayed to look around.
• Qin Hao rented an ordinary Guest Room and began preparing for the tournament as Mu Ziqing focused on strengthening her Undying Phoenix Remnant Soul.
• Shi Fang visited Qin Hao and demanded that he support Shi Youbing, threatening the Myriad Phenomena Hall and Tianshui City.
• Qin Hao told Shi Fang to promise Shi Youbing a tremendous surprise at the tournament, then sent him away with a threat.
• Shi Youbing heard Shi Fang’s report and wrongly concluded that Qin Hao would help him become a disciple of the Azure Flame Sect.

As the Azure Flame Grand Tournament began, Qin Hao and the others joined hundreds of thousands of young Saint Martial Grandmasters gathered outside the Holy City. The crowd included many participants from other worlds, and dozens of Creation Great Experts appeared overhead as the tournament was about to proceed.

• Shi Youbing reviewed his improved Gold and Earth Laws and expected to enter the Azure Flame Sect with his Inner Disciple Token and Qin Hao's support.
• After five days of cultivation, Qin Hao heard the announcement that the Azure Flame Grand Tournament was beginning and regretted not having more time to strengthen his Four Great Sword Moves.
• Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, and their companions left the Holy City with thousands of other participants, and Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing promised to try to join the Azure Flame Sect together.
• The participants assembled on a plain in numbers far exceeding expectations, including many Warriors from the Torch Dragon World and the Ten Directions World.
• Dozens of Creation Great Experts appeared above the gathered participants.

King Zhenyan announced that five worlds would compete in the Azure Flame Grand Tournament, making the contest far more difficult. He revealed greatly increased rewards for the Top Hundred, including a Chaos Cultivation Technique and entry to the Heavenly Ruins for the Top Three, and Lingxiaozi urged Qin Hao to win first place.

• Qin Hao watched dozens of Creation Great Experts arrive, and King Zhenyan identified himself as the tournament inspector.
• King Zhenyan announced that the True Martial Continent, Torch Dragon World, Ten Directions World, Heavenflame Continent, and Eastern Splendor Continent would compete.
• King Yongtai silenced the uproar with his pressure after Warriors from the original three worlds protested the last-minute additions.
• King Zhenyan announced that the Top Three could enter the Inner Gate and cultivate in the Heavenly Ruins, while first place would receive a Chaos Cultivation Technique.
• Lingxiaozi grew excited in the River of Time and urged Qin Hao to claim first place.

King Zhenyan announced extraordinary Azure Flame Grand Tournament rewards, prompting Qin Hao and other contenders to resolve to fight for first place. He then began explaining the three-round tournament, starting with a six-month battle inside the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram.

• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao that the tournament's top three would enter the Inner Gate and that its prizes included Chaos and Great Dao Cultivation Techniques, which were rarer and more powerful than Divine Abilities.
• Qin Hao realized the expanded tournament and generous rewards might signal a major development among the Star Sea Myriad Races, but he resolved to compete for first place.
• Sikong Xuan and Pang Xuan each resolved to claim first place after considering the tournament's rewards.
• Jing Hong learned that his teacher was King Yongtai, a King-Rank Creation Great Expert, and vowed not to disappoint him; Shi Tingyan also looked toward the tournament with renewed hope.
• King Zhenyan announced that the Azure Flame Grand Tournament had three rounds and that the elimination round would place participants in the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram to fight for six months.

The Azure Flame Grand Tournament began, and Qin Hao was transported to Two Realms Island for the six-month Elimination Round. He chose to spend the first five months cultivating, but Kui Huo appeared and attacked him before he could reach a secluded place.

• King Zhenyan explained the Elimination Round's rules, including the contestants' revival chances, scoring, and advancement ranks.
• The entrants were transported into the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram, and Qin Hao arrived alone in a mountain valley.
• Qin Hao discovered he could contact his Time Doppelganger but not Lingxiaozi, then decided to cultivate for five months before gathering points in the last month.
• Qin Hao set off toward a nearby mountain to find a secluded cultivation spot.
• Kui Huo of the Heavenflame Continent appeared, mocked Qin Hao for lacking an aura of Laws, and attacked him with a fist wreathed in Fire Laws.

Qin Hao killed Kui Huo with a single sword strike, then hid in a cave to continue deducing the Laws Method as the Azure Flame Grand Tournament’s battles escalated. At the Holy City, King Yongtai asked Marquis Zhanyun about King Huayao’s injuries, and Marquis Zhanyun said they were not good.

• Qin Hao revealed his Fourth Tier Destruction Laws and killed Kui Huo with one swift sword strike.
• Qin Hao checked his jade slip, saw his score rise to one and his rank reach 506,378th, then carved a cave and concealed himself to cultivate.
• Contestants across Two Realms Island fought and died, and some began to be eliminated within half a day.
• Creation Great Experts and Venerables watched the tournament in the Holy City as Marquis Zhanyun recalled that he was the only survivor among the top ten from his tournament.
• King Yongtai asked Marquis Zhanyun about King Huayao’s injuries, and Marquis Zhanyun replied that they were not good.

The Creation experts discussed the Alien Race threat and the lack of King-Rank guardians on the Heavenflame Continent and Eastern Splendor Continent. As they watched the Azure Flame Grand Tournament, Xiang Wuqing slaughtered contestants, while Zhuge Hong appeared in the projection at the Myriad Phenomena Hall.

• The experts learned that King Tianyan and King Huayao were recovering from grave injuries, leaving their worlds without King-Rank guardians, and pledged mutual aid through King Zhenyan.
• King Yongtai asked King Zhenyan about the Heavenly Ruins, the Chaos Cultivation Technique, and the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram, but King Zhenyan had no major news.
• King Zhenyan and the other experts watched Xiang Wuqing kill contestants with his Blade Laws, including Lin Zhang, while Marquis Zhanyun identified him as a talent from the Eastern Splendor Continent.
• True Person Ling Yuan lamented Lin Zhang's wasted potential and focused instead on his eldest disciple, Yang Yi.
• The crowd at the Myriad Phenomena Hall watched the projection as Zhuge Hong appeared holding a black staff.

Zhuge Hong defeated a Third-Order law wielder from the Torch Dragon World with his Nine Ritual Staff Technique and rose to rank 364,568 in the Azure Flame Grand Tournament. At the Myriad Phenomena Hall, the gathered leaders and Disciples watched Zhuge Hong, Jian Changfeng, and other Southern Reach contestants compete.

• Zhuge Hong fought a dual-blade Warrior from the Torch Dragon World, who had reached Third-Order Blade Laws.
• Zhuge Hong unleashed his Nine Ritual Staff Technique, disarmed the Warrior, and defeated him, using the opponent's first revival chance.
• Zhuge Hong checked his jade slip and saw that his rank had risen to 364,568, though he knew he still needed to climb higher.
• The Sea Ancestor, Stone Ancestor, Limitless Ancestor, Ancient Sword Venerable, and others watched the tournament at the Myriad Phenomena Hall as its Disciples cheered Zhuge Hong.
• The virtual Projection showed Jian Changfeng, who had been killed by a genius from the Ten Directions World after defeating several contestants, and had reached 500,000th place.

Mu Ziqing and Chen Jianqing rose through the Azure Flame Grand Tournament rankings while Qin Hao's rank fell, puzzling everyone. When the projection revealed Qin Hao calmly practicing Cultivation, a disciple guessed he planned to wait before making his move.

• Chen Jianqing climbed into the top three hundred thousand, and Mu Ziqing broke into the top hundred thousand.
• The Limitless Ancestor acknowledged Ji Fenglan's disappointment and allowed her to travel for experience after the tournament.
• Qin Yuntian and Qi Yuelan admired Mu Ziqing and considered the formalities of a marriage between her and Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao's rank plummeted, so Sea Ancestor used Water Laws to reveal him practicing Cultivation amid the competitors.
• A Myriad Phenomena Hall Disciple guessed Qin Hao would cultivate for the first months, then fight for points near the end.

As the Azure Flame Grand Tournament continued, Qin Hao chose Secluded Cultivation while Shi Youbing relied on Mystic Gate Earth Escape to survive and climb the rankings. The chapter ended when Shi Youbing encountered seven or eight powerful Dragon-Riding geniuses from the Torch Dragon World.

• The leaders watching the tournament praised Qin Hao's plan to cultivate for most of the six-month Elimination Round before climbing the rankings near its end.
• More than a hundred thousand contestants had been eliminated after half a month, while Jian Changfeng, Duanmu Xuan, Xia Weize, and Lin Zhang had fallen around five hundred thousandth place.
• Ancestor Yanshi discovered that Qin Hao was in Secluded Cultivation and saw that Shi Youbing was hiding underground with Mystic Gate Earth Escape.
• Shi Family members celebrated Shi Youbing's growing ranking and his ability to evade danger using the Divine Ability.
• Shi Youbing stopped after sensing seven or eight Saint Martial Grandmasters ahead, and observers recognized them as powerful Dragon-Riding warriors from the Torch Dragon World.

Shi Youbing watched a powerful Torch Dragon World genius ride a conjured Golden Dragon across the tournament grounds, drawing attacks from warriors eager to claim his points. As Gao Bo joined the charge, Shi Youbing remained hidden underground and worried at how much stronger Gao Bo had become.

• Shi Youbing hid underground with Mystic Gate Earth Escape as a golden-robed Torch Dragon World genius rode a massive conjured Golden Dragon across the sky.
• Gao Bo killed a green-skinned warrior with one blow from his giant axe, raising his ranking into the top eighty thousand.
• Gao Bo and more than a dozen other warriors charged toward the dragon-riding genius, hoping to kill him and take his points.
• Shi Youbing recognized Gao Bo and realized the former Potential Rankings No. 43 had grown stronger than him and mastered at least Fourth Tier Giant Axe Laws.

Shi Youbing watched from underground as Qi Long, the Torch Dragon World's Dragon Holy Son, revealed Fifth Tier Origin Laws and slaughtered the Warriors who attacked him. Qi Long killed Gao Bo too, leaving his strength unmistakable.

• Shi Youbing decided to avoid the attackers and leave rather than risk fighting them.
• A Five-Clawed Golden Dragon appeared in the sky with a calm, horned young man standing on its back as Gao Bo and a dozen Warriors charged.
• The Five-Clawed Golden Dragon revealed Fifth Tier Origin Laws and killed three attackers with a sweep of its tail.
• The dragon pursued the fleeing Warriors, killing several more until Gao Bo was the only attacker left alive.
• Gao Bo suspected the young man was Qi Long, the Dragon Holy Son, and Qi Long's dragon tore him apart.

Shi Youbing hid underground after the young Five-Clawed Golden Dragon killed Gao Bo and the others, but the Torch Dragon World talent found him. Shi Youbing repeatedly tried to escape with Mystic Gate Earth Escape, only to realize his pursuer had cut off every route, and the chapter ended as the dragon struck him down.

• Shi Youbing watched from underground as the Torch Dragon World talent reached seventh place and announced that killing him would earn sixth.
• Realizing the talent had found him, Shi Youbing activated Mystic Gate Earth Escape and fled through the earth.
• The Torch Dragon World talent did not seem to follow, and Shi Youbing continued escaping until he sensed the talent ahead of him.
• Shi Youbing changed direction repeatedly, but each time the talent's presence reappeared in his path, convincing him that escape was impossible.
• The Torch Dragon World talent declared the game over, and the Five-Clawed Golden Dragon brought its claw down on Shi Youbing.

Qi Long defeated Shi Youbing with a Spatial Divine Ability and the strength of his Five-Clawed Golden Dragon, while the Shi Family watched in shock. Shi Youbing adopted a cautious approach afterward, and the chapter left Qin Hao still in Secluded Cultivation, unaware of what had happened.

• Qi Long killed Shi Youbing with a powerful strike and checked his sixth-place ranking before riding away, confident he would claim first place.
• The Shi Family watched Shi Youbing repeatedly turn back toward Qi Long and heard Ancestor Yanshi identify the ability as a Spatial Divine Ability.
• Ancestor Yanshi assessed Qi Long as a contender for the Top Ten and told the Shi Family that Shi Youbing still had chances to recover after losing one life.
• Shi Youbing became cautious, avoided strong opponents, and held around one hundred thousandth place as Ancestor Yanshi complained that Qin Hao remained in Secluded Cultivation.
• Qin Hao continued studying the Laws Method in a cave, unaware of Shi Youbing's encounter with Qi Long.

Qin Hao continued deducing the Laws Method in seclusion, aiming to greatly strengthen his Four Great Sword Moves before the Azure Flame Grand Tournament’s first Elimination Round ended. His training was interrupted when Cai Yunfeng found his hidden Cave Abode and recognized him.

• After half a month of deduction, Qin Hao judged that his Four Great Sword Moves could soon grow fifty percent stronger and resolved to keep training.
• Cai Yunfeng revived in the Mountain Valley after losing to two geniuses who had mastered Fourth Tier Origin Laws to Perfection.
• Cai Yunfeng noticed dense Sword Qi concealed near the mountain and attacked the branches and weeds hiding its source.
• Cai Yunfeng exposed Qin Hao’s Cave Abode and shouted for him to come out.
• Qin Hao emerged at startling speed, and Cai Yunfeng recognized him by name.
• Qin Hao, who had never met Cai Yunfeng, calmly asked how he knew him.

Qin Hao killed Cai Yunfeng with a single sword strike after learning that Cai Yunfeng had been sent by an Ancestor to hunt him. Cai Yunfeng revived and planned to warn the others, while Qin Hao moved to a more secluded place to continue cultivating.

• Cai Yunfeng revealed that an Ancestor had ordered his group to kill Qin Hao and attacked him.
• Qin Hao used Shadowless Trace, empowered by his Laws Method, to kill Cai Yunfeng in one strike.
• Qin Hao wondered whether Ancestor Yanshi had sent Cai Yunfeng, then left his collapsed Cave Abode to cultivate elsewhere.
• Cai Yunfeng revived and decided to alert the others and stop Qin Hao from reaching the Top Hundred.
• A red-skinned young man rushed at Cai Yunfeng, who killed him with a sword strike.

Cai Yunfeng left secret markings around Two Realms Island to help his companions find Qin Hao, whom he expected them to eliminate. Qin Hao hid in a cave to cultivate during the tournament, drawing the attention of its watching experts, and remained focused on improving his sword moves.

• Cai Yunfeng carved more than a hundred secret markings around the island and planned for his companions to attack Qin Hao together.
• Qin Hao opened a concealed cave, killed a Level Four High Rank Heart-Eater Bug, and began cultivating in Secluded Cultivation.
• Qin Hao practiced incorporating the Laws Method into his Four Great Sword Moves, aiming to increase their power by fifty percent.
• King Zhenyan's Virtual Projection showed Qin Hao cultivating, prompting the experts to remark on his steady temperament and potential.
• Elder Shuixian judged that Qin Hao had hidden trump cards and could reach the Top Hundred, while King Zhenyan moved the projection to another battle.

Qin Hao continued refining the Laws Method but could not break through the barrier holding back his Four Great Sword Moves. After noticing that a Heart-Eater Bug repeatedly revived inside the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram, he began investigating the diagram’s hidden secret and waited to see if it would return again.

• Qin Hao trained for three days, but his Four Great Sword Moves still failed to break through despite growing stronger.
• A Heart-Eater Bug reappeared, and Qin Hao killed it with Destruction Laws before returning to his training.
• After another three days, the Heart-Eater Bug appeared again, and Qin Hao caught it to examine its body and power.
• Qin Hao realized that monsters and tournament contestants could revive inside the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram, despite entering it in their Physical Bodies.
• Qin Hao killed the Heart-Eater Bug again and waited to see whether it would reappear after three days.