Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao traveled to the Hundred Immortals Palace aboard the high-grade True Treasure Wave-Cleaving Flying Boat he received from King Yongtai for winning the Azure Flame Grand Tournament. After discussing his Self-World and Sword Heaven and Earth with Lingxiaozi, he arrived with Mu Ziqing to a crowd of welcoming disciples.

• Qin Hao flew across Holy City in the Wave-Cleaving Flying Boat, and its residents learned that King Yongtai had awarded it to him for winning the tournament.
• Qin Hao spoke with Lingxiaozi about the Two-World Diagram Spirit’s appearance and the difference between his Self-World and Sword Heaven and Earth.
• Lingxiaozi advised Qin Hao to study the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram at the Azure Flame Sect and suggested he ask the Ancient Emperor or sect experts about his questions.
• Qin Hao piloted the flying boat from Holy City to the Hundred Immortals Palace in half an hour.
• The Hundred Immortals Palace Master and thousands of disciples welcomed Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing, and the disciples admired the champion and Mu Ziqing’s fiancé.

Qin Hao and his companions departed the Hundred Immortals Palace for the Southern Reach, while Elder Tianyi secretly changed course after leaving. At the Myriad Phenomena Hall, Qin Hao’s tournament victory brought a stream of congratulatory visitors, and the Golden Cicada Sect presented his parents with a lavish gift.

• Mu Ziqing bid farewell to Elder Shuixian, and Qin Hao and his companions thanked the Hundred Immortals Palace before flying south aboard the Wave-Cleaving Flying Boat.
• Elder Tianyi left the palace claiming he was headed to the Five Elements Sect, but changed direction once he was outside its territory.
• Bai Ze and Mu Changfeng welcomed leaders and envoys who arrived at the Myriad Phenomena Hall to celebrate Qin Hao’s championship.
• Sea Ancestor, Stone Ancestor, Limitless Ancestor, and Ancient Sword Venerable honored Qin Yuntian and Qi Yuelan with seats beside them at the gathering.
• The Golden Cicada Sect’s envoy gave Qin Yuntian a Storage Spirit Ring containing five hundred thousand High-Grade Spirit Stones and numerous treasures.

After Qin Hao won the Azure Flame Grand Tournament, faction leaders showered his family with gifts, hoping to gain his favor. Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing returned to Myriad Forms Plaza, where they were celebrated as heroes and promised their loyalty to the Myriad Phenomena Hall.

• The Golden Cicada Sect envoy gave Qin Yuntian valuable treasures and arranged to visit the Qin family, hoping to build ties with Qin Hao.
• Leaders and envoys from many factions crowded around Qin Yuntian and Qi Yuelan, offering gifts in Qin Hao's name.
• Qin Hao piloted King Yongtai's Wave-Cleaving Flying Boat from the Holy City to Southern Reach in less than half a day.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing emerged from the boat and received an enthusiastic welcome from the Myriad Phenomena Hall Disciples and visiting faction leaders.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing paid their respects to the elders and reunited with their families.
• Qin Hao vowed to protect the Myriad Phenomena Hall, and Mu Ziqing affirmed that it was her home.

After returning to the Southern Reach, Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing celebrated their Azure Flame Grand Tournament success with family and warriors from across the region. Qin Hao urged the crowd to venture beyond familiar territory, adapt their cultivation, and remain true to their purpose on the Martial Way.

• Qin Hao reunited with Qin Yuntian and Qi Yuelan after True Person Ling Yuan, Venerable Tianming, and Yang Yi left at Absolute Immortal City.
• Qin Yuntian congratulated Qin Hao and warned him to stay vigilant and humble as he joined the Azure Flame Sect.
• Qi Yuelan grew emotional at the thought of Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing leaving for the distant Star Sea, while Mu Ziqing promised they would visit home often.
• At Qin Yuntian's request, Qin Hao addressed the gathered warriors at Myriad Forms Plaza about cultivation and the Martial Way.
• Qin Hao advised the warriors to abandon rigid views, gain experience beyond the Southern Reach, and remember why they began.
• A True Martial Realm Ninth Layer warrior realized that fear of leaving the Southern Reach might have held back his breakthrough to the Saint Martial Realm.

Qin Hao shared his insights into resolve, domains, and the Origin Laws, prompting warriors across the Southern Reach to achieve breakthroughs. He then stunned everyone by proposing to Mu Ziqing.

• Qin Hao urged warriors to strengthen their resolve and explained that mastering domains and Origin Laws required finding a path suited to each person's circumstances.
• A True Martial Realm Ninth Layer warrior understood Qin Hao's advice, broke through to the Saint Martial Realm First Layer, and thanked him.
• At least ten warriors broke through at the foot of Main Peak, and a Saint Martial Realm Ninth Layer Grandmaster advanced to the Venerable Martial Realm.
• Qin Hao credited the breakthroughs to the warriors' own efforts, then declared that meeting Mu Ziqing was his greatest realization and proposed to her.
• Mu Ziqing froze, then blushed scarlet as everyone looked on.

Qin Hao publicly proposed to Mu Ziqing at Myriad Phenomena Hall, and she accepted, prompting the families to begin planning their wedding. After a day-and-night celebration, Qin Hao returned to Tianshui City with his family, where Qin Xiongfeng welcomed him and said the Qin Family's celebration banquet would become a wedding feast.

• Qin Hao proposed to Mu Ziqing before the gathered factions and disciples, and Mu Ziqing shyly accepted.
• Qin Yuntian and Mu Changfeng agreed to choose an auspicious wedding date and arrange the betrothal gifts as guests congratulated them.
• Envoys spread news of the engagement across the True Martial Continent, while Myriad Phenomena Hall held a day-and-night banquet.
• Mu Changfeng sent invitations to Elder Shuixian, the Hundred Immortals Palace Master, and other guests for the wedding.
• Qin Hao traveled to Tianshui City with Qin Yuntian, Qi Yuelan, and Qin Family Elders aboard the Wave-Cleaving Flying Boat.
• Qin Xiongfeng welcomed Qin Hao at the city gate and suggested turning the Qin Family's celebration banquet into a wedding feast.

As the Qin prepared for Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing’s wedding, his parents planned the betrothal gifts and gave him their family’s Unity Lock. Qin Hao returned to the Supreme Sword Tower to cultivate and consult the Ancient Emperor.

• The Qin celebrated Qin Hao’s tournament victory and began preparing for his wedding to Mu Ziqing.
• Qi Yuelan chose dates for the betrothal gifts and wedding procession while Qin Yuntian prepared the gifts.
• Qin Yuntian and Qi Yuelan settled on three million high-grade Spirit Stones and eight hundred and eighty-eight weapons and pills as betrothal gifts.
• Qin Yuntian and Qi Yuelan gave Qin Hao their Unity Lock, explaining its four leaves represented hope, giving, love, and happiness.
• Qin Hao left his parents to handle the wedding preparations and went to the Supreme Sword Tower to cultivate and ask the Ancient Emperor about the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram and the Celestial Phenomenon Realm.

Qin Hao consulted the Ancient Emperor about the Supreme Sword Tower and his cultivation, learning that the Ancient Emperor remained trapped by the Eighth Floor's Seal and that Qin Hao's Sword Heaven and Earth needed further development. The Ancient Emperor advised him to focus on manifesting the Power of the Two Realms, and Qin Hao realized his Sword Heaven and Earth might be able to attack on a spiritual level.

• Qin Hao visited the Supreme Sword Tower and found that the Ancient Emperor still had no clear way to escape the Eighth Floor's Seal.
• Qin Hao told the Ancient Emperor that he had won the Azure Flame Grand Tournament and planned to grow stronger at the Azure Flame Sect so he could undo the tower's Seals.
• The Ancient Emperor warned Qin Hao that famous geniuses in the Star Sea often died before reaching their potential, and said he would seek his own way out unless he needed Qin Hao's help.
• Qin Hao explained his cultivation and the Two Realms Diagram Spirit's guidance to the Ancient Emperor.
• The Ancient Emperor identified Qin Hao's Self-World as the beginnings of the Heaven and Earth Great Dao and urged him to develop the Power of the Two Realms through his Sword Heaven and Earth.
• Qin Hao realized that his Sword Heaven and Earth might be able to attack on a spiritual level.

After the Ancient Emperor suggested new ways to use Sword Heaven and Earth, Qin Hao realized he could develop it into a mental attack that suppressed an opponent’s soul. He immediately began testing the idea, while the Ancient Emperor watched with amusement from the Eighth Floor of the Supreme Sword Tower.

• The Ancient Emperor suggested that Qin Hao could use Sword Heaven and Earth for mental attacks or attach it to something for direct attacks, then sealed off the Eighth Floor.
• Qin Hao reasoned that Soul Attacks targeted the soul rather than the body and recognized that Shi Tingyan’s Fate Laws could weaken an opponent by making them feel fear and helplessness.
• Qin Hao concluded that he could take this principle further by suppressing an opponent’s soul, making their Willpower less relevant.
• Qin Hao thanked the Ancient Emperor and began testing Soul Suppression by concentrating the pressure carried by Sword Heaven and Earth.
• The Ancient Emperor watched Qin Hao from the Eighth Floor and remarked that the Human Race youth had good Comprehension.

Qin Hao began training to compress the pressure within Sword Heaven and Earth into a Soul Suppression technique, but the effort exhausted his Martial Soul. After resting and recovering, he managed to mobilize and start compressing the pressure within a yard of himself.

• The Ancient Emperor lamented that he had been trapped inside the Supreme Sword Tower and feared he would need Qin Hao to grow strong enough to break the Seal.
• Qin Hao unleashed Sword Heaven and Earth, whose pressure made the Treasure Swords on the First Floor tremble.
• Qin Hao tried to gather and compress the pressure throughout Sword Heaven and Earth, but could only mobilize the pressure within about a yard before suffering soul-deep exhaustion and backlash.
• Qin Hao recognized his limits, planned to master the pressure within a yard first, and fell asleep as Sword Heaven and Earth dispersed.
• After waking refreshed, Qin Hao quickly mobilized the pressure within a yard and began compressing it, feeling it contract despite the renewed exhaustion.

Qin Hao endured the strain of compressing the pressure of heaven and earth, completing the first step of Soul Suppression and gaining a technique that could threaten a Venerable Martial Venerable. After three days of training, his Little Sword Martial Soul had grown stronger, and he left the Supreme Sword Tower to attend the Betrothal Gift Presentation.

• Qin Hao compressed the pressure of heaven and earth around him to fist size, collapsed from exhaustion, and woke after his Little Sword Martial Soul grew stronger.
• Qin Hao tested the compressed pressure, expanding and contracting it at will, and realized its sudden eruption could threaten a Venerable Martial Venerable.
• Qin Hao began compressing pressure from other areas, repeating the strenuous training and recovery cycle over the next three days.
• Qin Hao noticed that his Little Sword Martial Soul had become sharper and larger, and considered how Martial Souls might transform into souls.
• Qin Hao left the Supreme Sword Tower to attend the Betrothal Gift Presentation as the prospective groom.

Qin Hao and his family brought betrothal gifts to the Myriad Phenomena Hall, where Mu Changfeng and the elders welcomed them. While Mu Ziqing waited with Jiang Ni and Dong Fei, Qin Hao secretly heard their conversation and reminded her that he would marry her in thirteen days.

• Qin Yuntian and Qi Yuelan led Qin Hao and nearly a hundred people from the Qin family toward the Myriad Phenomena Hall with carriages full of betrothal gifts.
• Myriad Phenomena Hall disciples cheered as the procession arrived, while some discussed a surprise they had planned for Qin Hao's wedding procession.
• Qin Yuntian presented the betrothal gifts to Mu Changfeng, and Qin Hao noticed that Mu Ziqing was absent from the welcoming gathering.
• Mu Ziqing waited in a secluded pavilion with Jiang Ni and Dong Fei, who teased her about her wedding and having children.
• Qin Hao secretly heard their conversation through his Spiritual Sense and told Mu Ziqing he would come to marry her in thirteen days.
• Mu Ziqing told Jiang Ni and Dong Fei about Qin Hao's message, and they realized he had overheard them.

Qin Hao prepared for his wedding by cultivating for thirteen days, then began the Wedding Procession to fetch Mu Ziqing. Meanwhile, Demon Ancestor Yin confronted a mysterious black-robed visitor who questioned him about events on the True Martial Continent.

• Qin Hao saw how the residents of Tianshui City had decorated the city for his wedding and returned to cultivation.
• After thirteen days of cultivating, Qin Hao had compressed about a third of the Sword Heaven and Earth Pressure and expected his Soul Suppression to take shape soon.
• Qin Hao honored his ancestors with the Qin family, then set out with a grand procession to fetch the bride.
• Ancestor Yanshi continued training in a desolate Star Region and was interrupted by a black-robed man at Half-Step Creation.
• Demon Ancestor Yin arrived, and the black-robed man warned him to honor their deal.
• Demon Ancestor Yin asked what had happened on the True Martial Continent after losing contact with many of his Devil Race spies.

Demon Ancestor Yin learned that King Yongtai had destroyed his Devil Race spy network and planned to capture all the Azure Flame Grand Tournament Top 100 at Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing’s wedding. He revealed that the black-robed informant was Elder Tianyi, whom he controlled by threatening his son Fu Lei.

• The Black-Robed Mysterious Man reported that King Yongtai and King Zhenyan had crushed Demon Ancestor Yin’s Devil Race spy network after the Azure Flame Grand Tournament.
• The Black-Robed Mysterious Man told Demon Ancestor Yin that Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing were getting married, and Ancestor Yanshi urged an attack to kill the couple and the gathered geniuses.
• Demon Ancestor Yin rejected a limited strike and announced that he intended to catch every member of the tournament’s Top 100 in one net.
• The Black-Robed Mysterious Man agreed to cooperate and left after Demon Ancestor Yin warned him not to betray their deal.
• Demon Ancestor Yin revealed to Ancestor Yanshi that the informant was Elder Tianyi, First Elder of the Five Elements Sect, and that Fu Lei was his son and a Devil Race member whom Demon Ancestor Yin held as leverage.

Qin Hao arrived at the Myriad Phenomena Hall to marry Mu Ziqing and began facing the disciples’ wedding challenges. After drinking the Spirit Wine and handing out High-Grade Spirit Stones, he passed the first two trials and continued toward the Main Hall.

• Demon Ancestor Yin told Ancestor Yanshi that Elder Tianyi’s Offspring had become a devil and could never return to humanity, then left Yanshi to resume cultivating.
• The Myriad Phenomena Hall disciples and guests gathered to celebrate Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing’s wedding and prepared challenges along the road to the Main Hall.
• Qin Hao arrived in a grand procession of ninety-nine carriages, led by eight Tier 3 High-Grade Monsters driven by Qin Xiongfeng.
• Qin Hao drank the Spirit Wine laid out by the disciples and accepted their wedding blessings.
• Jiang Ni demanded good-luck gifts, and Qin Hao scattered tens of thousands of High-Grade Spirit Stones, passing the second trial as he continued up the road.

Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing completed their wedding ceremony at Myriad Phenomena Hall and traveled with a large procession to Tianshui City for the banquet. As the celebration began, the remaining members of the Azure Flame Grand Tournament’s Top Ten arrived at the Qin Family Residence.

• Qin Hao passed the Deacons’ final test, then took Mu Ziqing’s hand and received wedding blessings and gifts from their elders.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing left Myriad Phenomena Hall in a procession led by eight Tier 3 High-Grade Monsters, with elders and guests following in carriages.
• Zhuge Hong, Chen Jianqing, Qiao Chuyu, and the others met the procession near Tianshui City and joined the wedding party.
• Qin Yuntian and Qi Yuelan welcomed Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing at the city gates as faction leaders presented wedding gifts.
• Qi Long, Ji Ziqi, Shi Tingyan, Dongfang Lin, Sun Wei, and the other remaining tournament finalists arrived at the Qin Family Residence, completing the Top Ten’s gathering.

Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing celebrated their wedding in Tianshui City with friends and guests from across many worlds, then explored the Ink Forest Mountain Range and discussed their upcoming journey to the Azure Flame Sect. The chapter leaves them preparing to enter the sect, with Qin Hao likely to join Two Realms Peak and study its Dao Foundation.

• Qi Long, Dongfang Lin, Sun Wei, Jing Hong, Shi Tingyan, Ji Ziqi, Sikong Xuan, and Ao Xiner arrived to congratulate Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing on their wedding.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing hosted a bustling wedding celebration, and their guests departed after the banquet.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing visited the Ink Forest Mountain Range, where Qin Hao recalled how the Supreme Sword Tower had entered his mind and wondered why it had chosen him.
• Mu Ziqing told Qin Hao that the Azure Flame Sect had Nine Peaks in its Inner Gate, each with a Dao Foundation and a Great Dao leading to Sovereign.
• Mu Ziqing recommended that Qin Hao join Two Realms Peak because he had already begun comprehending the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram.

Mu Ziqing explained the Azure Flame Sect’s place among the Human Race’s factions, its strict disciple rankings, and the dangers and rewards of the Outer Battlefield. Qin Hao resolved to train hard to keep his Inner Disciple position and entered the Supreme Sword Tower.

• Mu Ziqing told Qin Hao that the Azure Flame Sect had at least forty-five Sovereigns in plain sight but ranked tenth among the Human Race’s factions, behind the three great factions.
• Mu Ziqing explained that Azure Flame Sect disciples could lose their standing if they performed poorly, and warned Qin Hao that competition in the Inner Gate would be fierce.
• Mu Ziqing described the Outer Battlefield, where the Myriad Races fought over territory and even powerful cultivators risked death for rewards and resources.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing returned to Tianshui City by dusk, agreed to focus on training, and went their separate ways.
• Qin Hao entered the Supreme Sword Tower from the Cultivation Chamber.

Qin Hao trained to develop Soul Suppression while Mu Ziqing advanced her Fire Laws, and both made progress during half a month of cultivation. As they prepared to leave for the Azure Flame Sect, they went to bid farewell to Qin Hao’s family.

• Qin Hao focused on compressing Sword Heaven and Earth Pressure into Pressure Orbs so he could develop Soul Suppression, while Mu Ziqing cultivated her Fire Laws in a neighboring chamber.
• After half a month, Qin Hao woke from training and found that his Little Sword Martial Soul had grown stronger and that he had formed more than a thousand Pressure Orbs.
• Qin Hao estimated that unleashing the Pressure Orbs together could seriously affect a Half-Step Creation expert and put pressure on a Creation Great Expert.
• Qin Hao met Mu Ziqing and saw that her Fifth Rank Fire Laws had reached Perfection, while she noticed that he had been developing a Soul Attack.
• Qin Hao took Mu Ziqing to the Qin family hall to pay their respects before their departure for the Holy City.

Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing left Tianshui City for the Azure Flame Sect, stopping to bid farewell at the Myriad Phenomena Hall and agreeing to search for Venerable Hun Yan in the Star Sea. Meanwhile, Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi met in the Star Sea as Demon Ancestor Yin appeared with the power of a King-Rank Creation expert, signaling the Blood Demon Race's move against the True Martial Continent.

• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing said goodbye to Qin Yuntian, Qi Yuelan, and the Qin family, then departed Tianshui City aboard the Wave-Cleaving Flying Boat.
• Qin Hao reflected on the resources he had left his family and decided he could focus on cultivation during the journey.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing visited the Myriad Phenomena Hall, where Sea Ancestor and Stone Ancestor asked them to look for Venerable Hun Yan in the Star Sea.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing left for the Central Continent Domain Holy City, where Elder Shuixian had already gone.
• Elder Tianyi appeared before Ancestor Yanshi in the Star Sea, and both realized the Blood Demon Race was preparing to attack the True Martial Continent.
• Demon Ancestor Yin appeared before Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi, revealing the overwhelming aura of a King-Rank Creation expert.