Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao absorbed the Destruction Laws within the Power of the Two Realms and advanced them to Fourth-Tier Perfection in four days. After stabilizing his breakthrough, he planned to raise his Vitality Laws to the Fourth Tier while the Top Hundred Arena Battle continued.

• Qin Hao discovered that he could absorb the Destruction Laws from the Power of the Two Realms far faster than he could comprehend them, so he focused on cultivating them between arena matches.
• Qin Hao defeated a warrior from the Torch Dragon World and continued alternating between fighting and cultivation.
• Qin Hao advanced his Destruction Laws to Fourth-Tier Perfection after four days, and Qi Long faintly sensed that Qin Hao's aura had grown stronger.
• Qin Hao wondered whether Qi Long had noticed his breakthrough, then consolidated his Destruction Laws and decided to work on raising his Vitality Laws from Third-Order Perfection to the Fourth Tier.

In the Seventh Arena, Qin Hao faced the Confucian Youth, whose Six Doppelgangers were meant to overwhelm him and set up a surprise attack. Qin Hao quickly overpowered the doppelgangers, and the Confucian Youth retreated and resorted to a desperate move.

• The Confucian Youth summoned six doppelgangers, each wielding Origin Laws, and challenged Qin Hao to survive them.
• Qin Hao used Shadowless Trace to wound three doppelgangers almost immediately.
• The Confucian Youth joined the fight with two Great Sabers, hoping his doppelgangers would hold Qin Hao off long enough for a surprise attack.
• Qin Hao pressed forward and injured the remaining doppelgangers, leaving the Confucian Youth unable to reach him safely.
• The Confucian Youth retreated and shouted, "Explode!"

The Confucian Youth sacrificed three of his Doppelgangers in simultaneous explosions, but Qin Hao survived behind his Sword Net Defensive Barrier. Qin Hao then moved to attack, convinced the Confucian Youth had no chance left.

• The Confucian Youth ordered three wounded Doppelgangers to self-detonate while retreating with his remaining three.
• The explosions shook the arena, and spectators and King Zhenyan watched to see whether Qin Hao could survive.
• Qin Hao’s Sword Net Defensive Barrier endured the blasts, leaving him dusty and disheveled but uninjured.
• The Confucian Youth stared in disbelief as he realized Qin Hao had survived all three explosions.
• Qin Hao assessed the danger from the Confucian Youth’s remaining Doppelgangers, then vanished forward to attack.

Qin Hao survived the Confucian Youth’s Doppelganger explosions and killed him, winning the twenty-seventh match. As Qin Hao resumed cultivating, he sensed his Vitality Laws nearing the Fourth Tier and hoped to advance his Destruction Laws to the Fifth Tier before the Advancement Round ended.

• Qin Hao blocked the self-destruction of the Confucian Youth’s first Three Doppelgangers, then slipped past the remaining Three and appeared behind the Confucian Youth.
• Qin Hao knocked the Confucian Youth’s sabers away and killed him with the Setting Sun Sword, winning the twenty-seventh match.
• The crowd discussed Qin Hao’s strength and realized that killing the Confucian Youth’s True Self before his Doppelgangers could self-destruct was the best strategy.
• The revived Confucian Youth regretted not detonating all Six Doppelgangers at once and worried that others now knew how to defeat him.
• Qin Hao ignored the Confucian Youth’s resentment and cultivated the Power of the Two Realms, sensing that his Vitality Laws were close to the Fourth Tier.

Qin Hao continued his winning streak in the Advancement Round while cultivating, breaking through to Fourth-Tier Vitality Laws. By the end of the chapter, he had won seventy-three matches in a row, Mu Ziqing had won seventy-five, and both were positioned to reach the Top Twenty.

• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing extended their winning streaks, exciting the disciples and prompting Qi Yuelan and Qin Yuntian to debate Qin Hao’s chances of making the Top Ten.
• King Zhenyan recognized Qin Hao’s Near at Hand, Far Away as a High Rank Space-Transposition Divine Ability, while Ancestor Yanshi resolved to watch Qin Hao’s progress before acting against him.
• Mu Ziqing kept winning as Qin Hao cultivated, and Qin Hao broke through from Third-Order Perfection to Fourth-Tier Vitality Laws.
• Qi Long sensed Qin Hao’s breakthrough but dismissed him as no threat, while Qin Hao planned to consolidate his Vitality Laws and advance his Time Laws.
• Qin Hao’s streak reached seventy-three wins and Mu Ziqing’s reached seventy-five, putting both safely in the Top Thirty and potentially within reach of the Top Twenty.
• Yang Yi lost more than fifty of his seventy-odd matches, leaving his likely final rank between eightieth and hundredth.

Mu Ziqing, one of the tournament’s undefeated dark horses, faced Ji Yunfei, a powerful contender for the Top Ten, in a pivotal match. The crowd and top contestants expected Ji Yunfei to win, and the chapter ended before the fight began.

• Qin Hao continued cultivating while spectators marveled at his and Mu Ziqing’s undefeated records and his apparent composure.
• Mu Ziqing went to the fifth Arena for her match, where she was paired against the undefeated Ji Yunfei.
• Qin Hao recalled Ji Yunfei’s Fifth Tier wood-aspected Origin Laws and her victories over formidable opponents, including Kong Yan and Pang Xuan.
• Sun Wei and Wu Xuan said Ji Yunfei was exceptionally strong, while the crowd and the Venerables watched the crucial match with most expecting her to defeat Mu Ziqing.

Mu Ziqing and Ji Yunfei fought to a stalemate in the Azure Flame Grand Tournament before agreeing to decide the victor in three moves. Ji Yunfei unleashed her full strength by transforming her green vines into a towering tree, while Mu Ziqing prepared to answer.

• The kings discussed how the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram had arranged Mu Ziqing and Ji Yunfei's match early, and expected Ji Yunfei to win.
• Ji Yunfei attacked Mu Ziqing with Fifth Tier Green Vine Laws, while Mu Ziqing countered with her sword and Purple Spirit Sword Art.
• Mu Ziqing and Ji Yunfei exchanged three hundred moves without either gaining the upper hand, as Ji Yunfei's vines healed the wounds Mu Ziqing inflicted.
• Qin Hao judged that Mu Ziqing had not shown her full strength and considered how his Destruction Laws could suppress Ji Yunfei's healing.
• Mu Ziqing and Ji Yunfei withdrew, agreed to decide the victor in three moves, and Ji Yunfei formed her vines into a towering green-vined tree.

Mu Ziqing fought Ji Yunfei’s Green Vine Giant Tree with her phoenix Divine Beast and Flame Laws, eventually overwhelming the tree with fire. After the tree collapsed, Mu Ziqing placed her sword against Ji Yunfei’s chest and declared victory.

• Ji Yunfei summoned the Green Vine Giant Tree, whose immense roots and vines made it nearly impossible to approach her.
• Mu Ziqing conjured a phoenix Divine Beast and attacked with her sword imbued with Flame and Wind Laws.
• Ji Yunfei directed Green Vine Space to defend her and strike at Mu Ziqing and the phoenix as flames engulfed the arena.
• The flames burned through the tree’s vines and weakened its ability to regenerate until the Green Vine Giant Tree collapsed.
• Mu Ziqing leveled her Treasure Sword at Ji Yunfei’s chest and told her she had lost.

Mu Ziqing defeated Ji Yunfei and earned a chance to contend for the Azure Flame Grand Tournament’s Top Ten, shocking spectators and delighting her allies. As the Challenge Round continued, Qin Hao advanced in his Time Laws, drawing Qi Long’s wary attention.

• Mu Ziqing defeated Ji Yunfei with her Phoenix divine fire, and Ji Yunfei accepted the loss while keeping hope of reaching the Top Ten.
• Yang Yi praised Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing, then renewed his resolve to cultivate after watching their success.
• Elder Shuixian, Mu Changfeng, and the Myriad Phenomena Hall Elders celebrated Mu Ziqing’s chance to fight for the Top Ten, while experts in the Holy City wondered whether the Two Realms Diagram Spirit had recognized her strength.
• Qin Hao continued cultivating between his Challenge Round matches, and time froze briefly in his Self-World as his understanding of the Time Laws advanced.
• Qi Long sensed Qin Hao’s aura strengthen for the third time and began studying him with suspicion.

Qin Hao reached his eighty-fourth consecutive victory in the Advancement Round, drawing attention alongside Mu Ziqing. His next opponent was revealed to be Xiang Wuqing, the Eastern Splendor Continent’s second-ranked genius and sixth on the Points Ranking, leaving Qin Hao’s chances uncertain as the match began.

• Qi Long judged Qin Hao to be only half an opponent and dismissed his recent growth as insufficient to threaten him.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing each surpassed eighty consecutive wins, becoming two of the twelve undefeated competitors.
• Qin Hao prepared to fight his eighty-fifth match on the Ninth Arena while Mu Ziqing encouraged him.
• Xiang Wuqing stepped onto the Ninth Arena as Qin Hao’s opponent, stunning spectators and observers across the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram.
• King Zhenyan said the match could decide who remained in contention for the Top Ten, while Marquis Zhanyun predicted Xiang Wuqing would win.
• Ancestor Yanshi also predicted Qin Hao would lose and believed he would finish among the bottom ninety.

Ancestor Yanshi watched Qin Hao’s tournament match against Xiang Wuqing and plotted to kill him if he remained a threat. In the Holy City, Marquis Zhanyun revealed that Xiang Wuqing had created a Third-Grade Divine Ability called the Heartless Blade Technique.

• Ancestor Yanshi celebrated Qin Hao’s eighty-four consecutive victories but feared he could reach the Top Ten and join the Azure Flame Sect as an Official Disciple.
• Ancestor Yanshi decided to discover who was helping Qin Hao and find a way to kill him.
• Marquis Zhanyun told the gathered Creation Great Experts that Xiang Wuqing had suppressed his cultivation and trained for five years to prepare for the Azure Flame Grand Tournament.
• Marquis Zhanyun revealed that Xiang Wuqing had created the Heartless Blade Technique, which he and King Huayao had confirmed was a Third-Grade Divine Ability.

Marquis Zhanyun praised Xiang Wuqing’s self-created Third-Grade Divine Ability and challenged King Yongtai to bet on Xiang Wuqing’s fight against Qin Hao. King Yongtai accepted by staking the Thunderclap Bow, leaving the wager set before the battle began.

• The Creation Great Experts learned that Xiang Wuqing had created a Third-Grade Divine Ability and praised Marquis Zhanyun.
• Marquis Zhanyun asked King Yongtai to wager on Xiang Wuqing defeating Qin Hao, offering a Hundred-Refined Worldstone.
• King Yongtai hesitated because he could not be certain Qin Hao would win.
• King Yongtai accepted the wager and staked the Thunderclap Bow, a Mid-Grade Spirit Treasure as powerful as a High-Grade Spirit Treasure.

Qin Hao faced Xiang Wuqing in the ninth Arena as Xiang Wuqing unleashed the Heartless Blade Technique with Fifth Tier Perfection Blade Laws. Qin Hao met the escalating attacks with Watertight Defense, and the battle continued beneath Xiang Wuqing’s relentless Saber Force.

• Marquis Zhanyun accepted King Yongtai’s wager of the Thunderclap Bow against the Hundred-Refined Worldstone, with King Zhenyan and the others witnessing it.
• Xiang Wuqing revealed his Fifth Tier Perfection Blade Laws, alarming the contestants who knew the power of his Heartless Blade Technique.
• Xiang Wuqing began the fight with Mountains and Rivers Never Meet, and Qin Hao answered with Watertight Defense.
• Qin Hao steadily strengthened his Sword Net as Xiang Wuqing unleashed successive moves of the Heartless Blade Technique.
• Xiang Wuqing’s unending Saber Force engulfed Qin Hao and his Sword Net as their battle continued.

Qin Hao defended against Xiang Wuqing’s relentless Heartless Blade Technique, switching between defensive sword moves as Xiang’s strikes repeatedly tore through his Sword Nets. After Qin Hao survived all eight strikes, the watching contestants recognized the terrifying strength of both fighters, and Kong Yan realized Qin Hao had not used his full strength in their earlier battle.

• Xiang Wuqing unleashed the first four strikes of his Heartless Blade Technique, forcing Qin Hao to raise Watertight Defense to full power before the Sword Net broke.
• Qin Hao switched to Gap-Seeking, but Xiang’s fifth and sixth strikes broke through its fifty-percent defense and drove Qin Hao backward.
• Qin Hao increased Gap-Seeking’s defensive power as Xiang’s seventh and eighth strikes tore through the Sword Net, then used Watertight Defense to stop the final strike.
• The contestants praised Xiang Wuqing’s attack and Qin Hao’s defense, while Kong Yan concluded that Qin Hao had held back during their previous fight.

Xiang Wuqing unleashed his ninth strike, a two-blade attack whose Heartless Blade Technique carried a trace of the Way of Cause and Effect. The strike disrupted Qin Hao’s defense and mind, but Qin Hao recovered his clarity as the attack continued.

• Creation Great Experts watching the fight judged that Xiang Wuqing had the advantage, though neither fighter had shown his full strength.
• Qin Hao blocked Xiang Wuqing’s eighth strike using most of his defensive power and felt eager to push his sword moves further.
• Xiang Wuqing launched his ninth strike with two blades, combining Heartlessness triumphs over feeling with the five elements’ transformations.
• A Creation Great Expert identified a trace of the Way of Cause and Effect in the strike, and Marquis Zhanyun explained that Xiang Wuqing’s Heartless Blade Technique had touched that Great Dao.
• Qin Hao’s Sword Net faltered under the strike’s influence, but he quickly regained his clarity and realized the technique had tried to affect his mind.

Qin Hao resisted the influence of Xiang Wuqing’s Way of Cause and Effect and countered his powerful saber strikes with layered defenses and a phantom image. He appeared behind Xiang Wuqing and severed his right arm, shocking the spectators.

• Qin Hao recognized that Xiang Wuqing’s saber strikes carried a trace of the Way of Cause and Effect but resisted their effect.
• Shi Tingyan, Ji Ziqi, Dongfang Lin, Jing Hong, Sikong Xuan, Wu Xuan, and Sun Wei watched the duel and assessed the fighters’ strength.
• Qi Long noticed that Qin Hao had not been affected and realized Qin Hao had grown stronger since the Advancement Round.
• Qin Hao used Gap-Seeking and Watertight Defense to form two Sword Nets, which Xiang Wuqing’s enhanced saber strikes shattered.
• Qin Hao’s phantom image drew Xiang Wuqing’s strikes while Qin Hao’s sword cut off Xiang Wuqing’s right arm.
• The spectators recovered from the strikes’ influence and realized Qin Hao had severed Xiang Wuqing’s arm.

Qin Hao used Spatial Teleportation to sever Xiang Wuqing’s arm, then struck him through the chest and won their match. Ancestor Yanshi realized Qin Hao was likely to enter the Top Ten and feared the consequences, while Demon Ancestor Yin reminded him that he had no choice.

• Qin Hao used Spatial Teleportation to evade Xiang Wuqing’s Heartless Blade Technique and severed Xiang Wuqing’s right arm with a counterattack.
• Qin Hao teleported in front of the wounded Xiang Wuqing and pierced his chest with the Setting Sun Sword.
• The Referee declared Qin Hao the winner after Xiang Wuqing vanished from the Arena.
• Ancestor Yanshi recognized that Qin Hao’s victory made him a strong contender for the Top Ten and worried that Qin Hao might join the Azure Flame Sect as an Official Disciple.
• Demon Ancestor Yin contacted Ancestor Yanshi and told him that he had no choice.

Ancestor Yanshi accepted Demon Ancestor Yin’s offer and fled, while Qin Hao defeated Xiang Wuqing in the Azure Flame Grand Tournament. King Zhenyan suspected Qin Hao was cultivating the Power of the Two Realms, and King Yongtai claimed Marquis Zhanyun’s wagered treasures.

• Demon Ancestor Yin promised Ancestor Yanshi a breakthrough to the Creation Realm, and Ancestor Yanshi agreed to leave with him.
• Qin Hao defeated Xiang Wuqing after blocking his Heartless Blade Technique and using a Spatial Teleportation Divine Ability.
• The Creation Realm experts praised Qin Hao, and King Zhenyan realized his strength far exceeded what his displayed Origin Laws could explain.
• King Zhenyan suspected Qin Hao had been cultivating the Power of the Two Realms inside the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram.
• King Yongtai took the Hundred-Refined Worldstone and Thunderclap Bow from Marquis Zhanyun as his winnings.

King Yongtai’s intuition about Qin Hao was vindicated when Qin Hao reached the tournament’s upper ranks, winning King Yongtai a wager with Marquis Zhanyun. King Zhenyan learned that Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing were engaged and came from the Southern Reach, while their allies recounted Qin Hao’s destruction of the Demon-Suppressing Pool.

• King Yongtai took Marquis Zhanyun’s Hundred-Refined Worldstone and Thunderclap Bow after Qin Hao’s victory, and Marquis Zhanyun admitted that King Yongtai’s judgment impressed him.
• King Zhenyan said Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing were among the tournament’s greatest dark horses and asked the True Martial Continent’s Venerables about their origins.
• Elder Shuixian revealed that Mu Ziqing was her personal Disciple from the Hundred Immortals Palace and that Qin Hao was Mu Ziqing’s fiancé.
• True Person Ling Yuan and Venerable Tianming explained that Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing came from the Southern Reach and had studied at the Myriad Phenomena Hall.
• True Person Ling Yuan recounted Qin Hao’s rise, and the assembled experts grew grim at his encounter with the Demon-Suppressing Pool before laughing when they learned he had destroyed it.

Elder Shuixian told King Zhenyan and King Yongtai that Ancestor Yanshi had threatened Qin Hao and trapped Tianshui City and the Myriad Phenomena Hall in formations to force Qin Hao to help Shi Youbing. King Yongtai investigated and returned to the Holy City even angrier, his killing intent filling the hall.

• True Person Ling Yuan and Venerable Tianming told the gathered experts that Devil Race Members had hunted Qin Hao again, prompting the leaders to suspect his talent was the real reason.
• Elder Shuixian reported that Ancestor Yanshi had threatened Qin Hao and placed two Ninth-Order Origin Law formations around Tianshui City and the Myriad Phenomena Hall to make Qin Hao help Shi Youbing enter the Azure Flame Sect.
• The Holy City's great hall erupted in outrage over Ancestor Yanshi's attempt to rig the Azure Flame Grand Tournament, and King Yongtai departed to investigate.
• King Yongtai returned to the hall with a darker expression and surging killing intent.