Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao learned to draw insights from the Power of the Two Realms whenever Heart-Eater Bugs revived, rapidly strengthening his Four Great Sword Moves. After two months of breakthroughs, he realized his earlier approach to deducing the Laws Method had been fundamentally wrong.

• Qin Hao sensed the Power of the Two Realms as a Heart-Eater Bug revived and used the insight to break through all four Sword Moves.
• Qin Hao studied the power again during the next revival and gained further insight into the Laws Method.
• Qin Hao continued contemplating the Power of the Two Realms at each revival, raising his Four Great Sword Moves to sixty percent power.
• Qin Hao’s Four Great Sword Moves reached seventy percent power after half a month and eighty percent after another month.
• Qin Hao concluded that his earlier deductions had followed the wrong direction and that the true Laws Method was entirely different.

Qin Hao realized that the Laws Method meant using himself as a Dao to govern Origin Laws, rather than simply applying them. He began considering how to make Destruction, Vitality, and Time Laws his own, but had not yet found the answer.

• Qin Hao recalled Lingxiaozi's explanation that the Great Dao governed Origin Laws and kept worlds from collapsing into chaos.
• Qin Hao concluded that the Laws Method meant making himself the Dao and controlling Origin Laws through rules.
• Qin Hao credited his insight to studying the Power of the Two Realms and the Heart-Eater Bug's repeated revivals.
• Qin Hao recognized that the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram controlled laws already present in its world rather than creating them.
• Qin Hao reasoned that he would need to absorb Origin Laws and make them his own, then wondered how he could do so.

Qin Hao cultivated in seclusion to merge the Destruction, Vitality, and Time Laws into himself, bringing him close to achieving Dao Governing Laws. He left his Cave Abode to seek a large group of Monsters and create a stronger opportunity to comprehend the Power of the Two Realms, unaware that his Dantian had undergone earth-shaking changes.

• Qin Hao realized that comprehending the Power of the Two Realms increased his compatibility with the three Origin Laws and drew them into his body.
• Qin Hao spent another month and a half cultivating as the Heart-Eater Bug revived fifteen times, bringing the Four Great Sword Moves close to doubling in power.
• After five more Heart-Eater Bug revivals, Qin Hao could wield Fourth Tier Destruction, Fourth Tier Time, and Third-Order Perfection Vitality Laws, but he remained just short of merging them completely.
• Qin Hao decided to kill dozens or hundreds of group-dwelling Monsters so their simultaneous revival would produce more World Boundary Power.
• Qin Hao left his Cave Abode with a month and a half remaining in the Azure Flame Grand Tournament elimination round, unaware that his Dantian had changed dramatically.

Qin Hao unknowingly developed a mysterious world within his Dantian as he pursued the Power of the Two Realms. A hidden watcher noticed his progress and created a large Monster gathering in his path, while Cai Yunfeng and eleven allies searched for Qin Hao so they could eliminate him.

• Qin Hao left his Cave Abode, unaware that his Dantian had become a chaotic sea containing a hazy world threaded with Destruction, Life Force, and time.
• A concealed entity recognized that Qin Hao had comprehended the Power of the Two Realms and intended to exploit Monster revivals to understand it further.
• The entity made more than a hundred Level Four High Rank Monsters appear in a forest along Qin Hao's route, then vanished to visit the True Martial Continent.
• Cai Yunfeng gathered eleven Ninth Layer Saint Martial Realm Warriors and told them he had encountered Qin Hao four months earlier.
• After searching the Mountain Valley repeatedly without finding Qin Hao, Cai Yunfeng's group wondered whether he had already been eliminated.

Cai Yunfeng argued that Qin Hao was probably still nearby in secluded cultivation, despite the group’s months of fruitless searching. He persuaded Fen Hui, Qiu Jian, Li Hongyu, and the others to expand their search before giving up.

• Cai Yunfeng showed Fen Hui that Qin Hao’s points continued to change, suggesting Qin Hao had not been eliminated.
• Li Hongyu said he had sensed traces of Sword Qi resembling Qin Hao’s Destruction Laws, though he thought the traces came from an earlier attack.
• The group assumed Qin Hao had left, and several members prepared to abandon the search.
• Cai Yunfeng insisted Qin Hao might be stronger than the group believed and reasoned that his stable rank and slowly rising points meant he was still in secluded cultivation.
• Cai Yunfeng proposed expanding the search around the valley, and the group agreed to look once more before leaving.

Cai Yunfeng persuaded the others to keep searching the mountain valley for Qin Hao, while Qin Hao found a vast gathering of monsters and prepared to use their revival to strengthen his sword moves. In the Holy City, Kong Yan rose into the Elimination Round’s Top Hundred before a Nirvana Sovereign appeared in the grand hall.

• Cai Yunfeng convinced Fen Hui, Qiu Jian, and Li Hongyu to widen the search for Qin Hao, and the twelve searchers split up.
• Qin Hao discovered more than a hundred Level Four High Rank monster corpses and planned to gather their Power of the Two Realms when they revived in three days.
• Kong Yan killed two contestants, brought his total to 1,356, and saw that he had reached fifty-seventh place in the Points Ranking.
• The Bloodthirsty King and other Creation Great Experts praised Kong Yan’s strength as he advanced into the Top Hundred.
• King Zhenyan, King Yongtai, the Bloodthirsty King, and King Lingyi sensed a powerful presence, and a square-faced middle-aged man they recognized as a Sovereign entered the grand hall.

A powerful Sovereign arrived at the Azure Flame Grand Tournament, and King Zhenyan revealed that he was the Two Realms Diagram Spirit. The Diagram Spirit watched the tournament and paused at a golden-armored contestant, calling him interesting.

• King Zhenyan greeted the square-faced man as Lord Diagram Spirit and offered him the seat of honor.
• King Yongtai, the Bloodthirsty King, and King Lingyi recognized that the visitor was the Two Realms Diagram Spirit, spirit of the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram.
• The Two Realms Diagram Spirit took control of the tournament projection and watched the contestants fight.
• The Two Realms Diagram Spirit stopped the projection on a free-for-all and zoomed in on a young man in golden armor wielding a flaming Great Saber.
• The Two Realms Diagram Spirit called the golden-armored young man interesting, though the onlookers could only see that he had mastered Fifth Tier Fire Laws.

Shi Tingyan revealed his overwhelming strength by defeating Kong Yan and a Torch Dragon World contestant with a single saber strike. His mastery of Fifth-Tier Fate Laws stunned the observers, while Kong Yan revived and remained shaken by the encounter.

• Only Kong Yan, a woman from the Torch Dragon World, and Shi Tingyan remained in the melee.
• Kong Yan and the woman attacked Shi Tingyan together, but his words disrupted their control over their Origin Laws.
• Shi Tingyan split his flaming saber strike and killed both opponents, cleaving Kong Yan in two and cutting down the woman without resistance.
• Kong Yan revived after learning Shi Tingyan's name, while the other watching contestants fled in fear.
• King Zhenyan, King Yongtai, and King Lingyi recognized that Shi Tingyan followed the Way of Fate and had mastered Fifth-Tier Fate Laws.

The Two Realms Diagram Spirit watched the Azure Flame Grand Tournament as Qin Hao continued cultivating instead of climbing the rankings. When Qin Hao’s defensive Origin Laws transformed into spinning swords and slew dozens of Monsters, the spectators realized his Fourth-Tier Destruction Laws had become extraordinarily powerful.

• The Two Realms Diagram Spirit watched the tournament as the contestants dwindled and the remaining battles grew fiercer.
• After three days in the Holy City hall, the Two Realms Diagram Spirit showed a match where Qin Hao cultivated amid a swarm of Monsters.
• King Zhenyan, King Yongtai, True Person Ling Yuan, Elder Shuixian, and the other spectators recognized Qin Hao and wondered why he was cultivating outside while ranked around five hundred thousand.
• Qin Hao’s defensive Origin Laws transformed into countless spinning Little Swords that pierced and killed dozens of Monsters.
• The spectators recognized the attack as Fourth-Tier Destruction Laws whose power rivaled Fifth-Tier Origin Laws.

While Qin Hao comprehended the Power of the Two Realms on Two Realms Island, he achieved Dao Governing Laws and discovered that his Dantian had formed an embryonic Self-World. He realized the world could grow as he cultivated more Origin Laws and kept it secret as his trump card for the Azure Flame Grand Tournament.

• Qin Hao continuously comprehended the Power of the Two Realms as over a hundred Monsters revived at slightly different times.
• Qin Hao achieved Dao Governing Laws, merged the Destruction, Vitality, and Time Laws with his body, and doubled the power of his four sword moves.
• Qin Hao's Three Great Origin Laws formed little swords that spontaneously killed over a hundred Monsters.
• Qin Hao sensed that his Dantian had transformed into a chaotic realm containing the Destruction, Vitality, and Time Laws.
• Qin Hao recognized the realm as a Self-World created by the opposing Destruction and Vitality Laws, and realized it could grow as he cultivated and merged more Laws.
• Qin Hao decided not to test the power of his Self-World and kept it hidden as a trump card for the Azure Flame Grand Tournament.

Qin Hao continued cultivating after discovering how the Power of the Two Realms could help him develop his Heaven and Earth. Cai Yunfeng and eleven companions tracked his Sword Qi to the valley, while Shi Youbing found him first and ordered him to stop.

• Qin Hao resolved to use the time before the Azure Flame Grand Tournament’s Elimination Round to consolidate his Heaven and Earth and resumed cultivating.
• Cai Yunfeng, Fen Hui, Qiu Jian, Li Hongyu, and eight others traced Qin Hao’s Sword Qi to the Mountain Valley and set out to kill him.
• Shi Youbing heard Qin Hao’s Sword Qi and hurried to find him, hoping to recruit his help against Shi Tingyan and improve his ranking.
• Shi Youbing emerged beside Qin Hao’s Sword Qi Storm, saw Qin Hao cultivating amid Monster corpses, and realized how much stronger he had become.
• Shi Youbing ordered Qin Hao to stop, and Qin Hao opened his eyes as murderous intent surged through him.

Qin Hao killed Shi Youbing in the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram, then resolved to defeat the Shi Family by earning the Azure Flame Sect’s support. At the Shi Family estate, Ancestor Yanshi and the others watched Shi Youbing’s defeat in stunned silence.

• Qin Hao trapped Shi Youbing inside his Sword Qi Storm and blocked his escape underground.
• Shi Youbing threatened Qin Hao’s family and friends, prompting Qin Hao to stab him twice and kill him.
• Qin Hao decided that he would need to place highly in the Azure Flame Grand Tournament to use the Azure Flame Sect against Ancestor Yanshi and the Shi Family.
• Qin Hao returned to cultivating while Ancestor Yanshi and the Shi Family watched Shi Youbing’s defeat on a Virtual Projection.

After Qin Hao killed Shi Youbing, Ancestor Yanshi failed to activate the Ninth-Order Origin Laws he had planted in the Southern Reach and sent a Guard to investigate. In the Holy City, Creation Great Experts praised Qin Hao’s Sword Qi Storm, while the Two Realms Diagram Spirit watched as twelve strong opponents approached him.

• Ancestor Yanshi tried to destroy the Myriad Phenomena Hall and Tianshui City with his Ninth-Order Origin Laws but discovered he could no longer sense the formations in the Southern Reach.
• Suspecting that a powerful expert had intervened, Ancestor Yanshi ordered the Guard to gather information about the Myriad Phenomena Hall and Tianshui City without acting rashly.
• Shi Youbing raged after Qin Hao’s attack dropped his rank from just above one thousand to outside the top ten thousand, then burrowed underground to hide.
• Creation Great Experts in the Holy City praised Qin Hao’s Sword Qi Storm and judged that he could fight a Warrior who had mastered Fifth Tier Origin Laws.
• The Two Realms Diagram Spirit noticed twelve strong opponents approaching Qin Hao and wondered whether he could hold them off.

Qin Hao tested the Sword Qi Storm formed from his Self-World and began stabilizing that world. Twelve Warriors who had searched for him for four months arrived, intent on killing him before he could join the Azure Flame Sect.

• King Zhenyan judged that Qin Hao was too inexperienced to rank highly in the current Azure Flame Grand Tournament, though he might fare better in the next one.
• Qin Hao studied the Sword Qi Storm and realized that its power could grow tremendously as the three Origin Laws in his Self-World advanced.
• Qin Hao decided to stabilize his still-weak Self-World, but approaching figures interrupted his training.
• Twelve Warriors arrived together, and Qin Hao recognized Cai Yunfeng among them as the man who had previously said an Ancestor wanted him dead.
• One of the Warriors told Qin Hao that someone opposed his joining the Azure Flame Sect and threatened to kill him.

Qin Hao faced twelve attackers led by Cai Yunfeng, who tried to kill him before he could join the Azure Flame Sect. Qin Hao’s Shadowless Trace repelled their combined assault and wounded three, but Fen Hui, Qiu Jian, and Li Hongyu pressed their attack with powerful Origin Laws.

• Cai Yunfeng ordered the twelve attackers to kill Qin Hao, and they launched a coordinated assault.
• Qin Hao countered with Shadowless Trace, driving the attackers back and cutting off three of their arms.
• Cai Yunfeng realized Qin Hao had grown far stronger during the past four months.
• Fen Hui, Qiu Jian, and Li Hongyu blocked Qin Hao’s sword shadows and attacked with flame, wild-sand, and insidious-poison laws.

Qin Hao held off the pursuers with his strengthened Sword Moves and killed three of them, leaving nine to face him. Fearing the Ancestor’s punishment if they failed, Cai Yunfeng and the others decided to use a move that would expose their identities, while Fen Hui urged them to conceal their involvement.

• Qin Hao blocked the combined attacks of Fen Hui, Qiu Jian, and Li Hongyu with Watertight Defense.
• Qin Hao counterattacked with Yellow Springs Road, and Fen Hui, Qiu Jian, and Li Hongyu threw three wounded Warriors into his strike as shields.
• Qin Hao killed the three Warriors, reducing the pursuers from twelve to nine as Fen Hui, Qiu Jian, and Li Hongyu retreated.
• Cai Yunfeng and the other pursuers feared the Ancestor’s punishment if they failed to kill Qin Hao and agreed to use a move that would reveal who they were.
• Fen Hui told the others to finish the fight quickly and keep their identities from becoming too obvious during the Azure Flame Grand Tournament.

Fen Hui and eight other infiltrators revealed their Devil Race forms and attacked Qin Hao during the Azure Flame Grand Tournament. The Two Realms Diagram Spirit discovered the attack, but held back when Qin Hao's Sword Qi Storm began overwhelming the nine attackers.

• Fen Hui and eight others transformed, concealed their Demonic Qi with Origin Laws, and charged Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao recognized them as Devil Race Members and realized they were acting under Demon Ancestor Yin's orders.
• The Holy City's experts saw the attack, and the Two Realms Diagram Spirit condemned the tournament's security and called for a purge of infiltrators.
• Qin Hao formed a Sword Qi Storm that trapped all nine attackers and wounded several within three breaths.
• The Two Realms Diagram Spirit marveled at Qin Hao's command of the Power of the Two Realms and postponed intervening.

Qin Hao's Sword Qi Storm trapped nine Devil Race fighters after they unleashed their Demonic Bodies, killing most of them and exposing their identities to the Azure Flame Grand Tournament overseers. The remaining fighters realized their plan had failed, while observers debated Qin Hao's strength and chances of reaching the top hundred.

• Fen Hui and the other Devil Race fighters struggled to escape Qin Hao's Sword Qi Storm, and Liu Wei died beneath its blades.
• Fen Hui, Qiu Jian, and Li Hongyu realized their leaked Demonic Qi could expose them, though the tournament overseers and the Two Realms Diagram Spirit had already witnessed their Demonic Bodies.
• The Sword Qi Storm killed three more fighters, including Cai Yunfeng, leaving Fen Hui, Qiu Jian, Li Hongyu, and one woman alive.
• Fen Hui and the other survivors accepted that they had failed to kill Qin Hao and planned to flee after the Elimination Round.
• Creation Great Experts and Venerables watched Qin Hao's fight and debated his strength, ranking potential, and chances of reaching the top hundred.

The Two Realms Diagram Spirit recognized Qin Hao’s control of his own Origin Laws and praised his potential. After discovering the Blood Demon Race infiltrators, he dragged all twelve into the Holy City and executed them, then began hunting the remaining Devil Race Members.

• The Two Realms Diagram Spirit praised Qin Hao’s potential and grew furious when he realized Devil Race Members had infiltrated the Azure Flame Grand Tournament.
• The Two Realms Diagram Spirit used the Power of the Two Realms to remove Fen Hui and three other Devil Race geniuses from Qin Hao’s Sword Qi Storm.
• After Cai Yunfeng and the other seven revived elsewhere in the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram, the Two Realms Diagram Spirit pulled them out as well.
• The Two Realms Diagram Spirit brought all twelve Devil Race Members to the Holy City and destroyed their bodies and Divine Souls.
• The Two Realms Diagram Spirit searched the virtual projection, seized another young man, and killed him in the hall.

The Two Realms Diagram Spirit executed the Devil Race Members inside the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram, allowing the Azure Flame Grand Tournament to continue. Qin Hao focused on consolidating his Self-World as the Elimination Round grew more brutal, leaving fewer than thirty thousand contestants alive with one month remaining.

• The Two Realms Diagram Spirit pulled the Devil Race Members from the diagram, executed them, and announced that the tournament would continue.
• Qin Hao realized Demon Ancestor Yin had ordered attacks on him, checked his new ranking of just over one hundred and thirty thousand, and decided to cultivate before pursuing more points.
• Qin Hao planned to spend half a month consolidating his Self-World and a month climbing the rankings, then used the monsters' revival two days later to absorb the Power of the Two Realms.
• As Qin Hao cultivated, contestants were eliminated from Two Realms Island until fewer than thirty thousand remained with one month left in the Elimination Round.