Chapter Summaries

Demon Ancestor Yin arrived with a vast Blood Demon force and gave Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi Azure Gu Netherworld shards to refine. Elder Tianyi realized the shards could conceal the invaders inside their holders and let them bypass the True Martial Continent’s World-Guarding Formation, but he had no choice but to comply.

• Demon Ancestor Yin appeared before Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi in his Eight-Armed Demon God form, overwhelming them with his King-Rank Creation pressure.
• More than two thousand Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers and twenty-one Creation Great Experts emerged behind Demon Ancestor Yin.
• Demon Ancestor Yin gave Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi an Azure Gu Netherworld shard each and ordered them to refine the shards.
• Elder Tianyi recognized that the shards contained Blood Demon Aura and could hold over a thousand people, allowing Blood Demon forces to enter the True Martial Continent undetected.
• Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi refined their shards, and Origin Demonic Qi invaded Elder Tianyi’s brain and lay dormant.

Demon Ancestor Yin revealed his plan to attack the Azure Flame Tournament Top 100, but the arrival of Xuanmo Sovereign showed that the Blood Demon Race had brought a Sovereign to confront the True Martial Continent’s leaders. Xuanmo Sovereign agreed to hold off King Zhenyan and the other three King-Rank Creation experts while Demon Ancestor Yin led the assault into the Azure Gu Netherworld.

• Ancestor Yanshi questioned whether Demon Ancestor Yin could face the True Martial Continent’s four King-Rank Creation experts alone.
• Demon Ancestor Yin called for Senior Brother Xuanmo, and Xuanmo Sovereign appeared amid overwhelming Origin Demonic Qi.
• The Blood Demon Race Armored Soldiers and Creation Great Experts greeted Xuanmo Sovereign, while Elder Tianyi recognized the newcomer as a Nirvana Sovereign.
• Xuanmo Sovereign said he would hold off King Zhenyan and the other three leaders, but warned that the Blood Demon Race had to finish quickly because Sovereigns were not supposed to intervene directly.
• Demon Ancestor Yin ordered everyone to enter the Azure Gu Netherworld and attack the Azure Flame Tournament Top 100.

King Zhenyan brought a Starry Sky Spirit Martial Ship to escort the Azure Flame Grand Tournament’s top contestants, while Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi passed through the True Martial Continent’s World-Guarding Formation. As Han Yong gave Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing a wedding gift, a sudden blade attack threatened the crowd boarding the ship.

• King Zhenyan revealed the Starry Sky Spirit Martial Ship No. 102 and ordered the tournament contestants to board with him as their escort.
• Han Yong apologized to Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing for missing their wedding banquet and offered them a gift.
• Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi passed through the World-Guarding Formation, and Ancestor Yanshi declared that the Blood Demon Race would soon destroy it and take the world.
• Han Yong presented Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing with a Storage Spirit Ring as they walked outside the Holy City.
• Qin Hao sensed danger as a massive blade light appeared and rushed toward the boarding crowd, and he shouted a warning.

A sudden Blade Light attack targeted Qin Hao and devastated the Azure Flame Grand Tournament talents, leaving Han Yong gravely wounded. After the kings destroyed a second strike, Han Yong used his final words to reveal that the attacker was powerful enough to withstand the Yongtai Token, a King-Rank Creation’s blow.

• A surprise Blade Light struck as Qin Hao and the other talents prepared to board the Starry Sky Spirit Martial Ship, and Qin Hao’s Azure Wood Radiance met the attack first.
• Qin Hao expanded Sword Heaven and Earth to shield Mu Ziqing from the Shockwave, but it failed to reach Han Yong in time and nearly collapsed under the impact.
• The Shockwave passed, leaving several talents dead or wounded near Qin Hao; he realized the first strike had been aimed primarily at him.
• A second Blade Light appeared, and King Zhenyan shattered it with Sword Radiance.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing found Han Yong barely alive, and he mentioned the Yongtai Token, leading Qin Hao to realize the attacker was a King-Sealing-level Creation.

A King-Rank Creation expert’s Blade Light struck Qin Hao as the group prepared to leave for the Azure Flame Sect, killing Han Yong despite the defenders’ efforts. Demon Ancestor Yin appeared with Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi, revealing himself as the force behind the attack and confronting King Yongtai.

• The Yongtai Token shielded Qin Hao from the Blade Light, but its shockwave gravely wounded Han Yong and killed or injured other Top Hundred Talents; King Zhenyan stopped a second strike.
• Han Yong gave Qin Hao his Storage Spirit Ring and asked him and Mu Ziqing to visit the Azure Flame Sect and see the world in his place, then died.
• Qin Hao accepted Han Yong’s blessing and promised to see the world for him as the crowd realized he had been the Blade Light’s target.
• Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi appeared above the Starry Sky Spirit Martial Ship, and King Zhenyan and the other King-Rank Creation experts demanded answers.
• Demon Ancestor Yin appeared as a hundred-zhang Eight-Armed Demon God and challenged King Yongtai, while Qin Hao recognized him from their earlier clash at the Demon-Suppressing Pool.

Demon Ancestor Yin revealed a Blood Demon Brigade of 2,222 Venerable armored soldiers and prepared to confront the Human Race forces. As King Zhenyan and the other three King-Rank Creations charged Yin, he summoned Senior Brother Xuanmo, whose overwhelming aura changed the balance of the battle.

• Demon Ancestor Yin summoned more than 2,200 Blood Demon Race Venerables, revealing an entire Blood Demon Brigade and alarming the Human Race forces.
• Qin Hao warned Mu Ziqing that the Blood Demon Race likely had a trump card and told her to prioritize staying alive once the battle began.
• King Zhenyan, King Yongtai, the Bloodthirsty King, and King Lingyi charged Demon Ancestor Yin to kill him before the enemy's plan unfolded.
• Demon Ancestor Yin called on Senior Brother Xuanmo, and the three-headed man appeared with an aura that surpassed Yin's and stunned Qin Hao.

Xuanmo Sovereign’s arrival turned the battle for the True Martial Continent against the Human Race, forcing its fighters to stall the Blood Demon forces until reinforcements came. As the battle spread, Demon Ancestor Yin ordered Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi to attack Qin Hao and the other young geniuses.

• King Zhenyan recognized Xuanmo Sovereign as a First Tribulation Nirvana Sovereign, and Lingxiaozi warned Qin Hao that the Human Race had to delay the enemy until reinforcements arrived.
• Xuanmo Sovereign attacked, and King Zhenyan, King Yongtai, Bloodthirsty King, and King Lingyi drew him high above the continent to contain their fight.
• Marquis Zhanyun and Marquis Shayu moved to hold off Demon Ancestor Yin while Marquis Yanshan, Marquis Chiling, and the other Human Race fighters engaged the Blood Demon Creation experts and Venerable Armored Soldiers.
• Demon Ancestor Yin ordered Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi to kill Qin Hao and the other geniuses before Human Race reinforcements arrived.
• Demon Ancestor Yin confronted Elder Tianyi over his slaughter of Five Elements Sect elders and his hidden ties to the Devil Race, leaving Elder Tianyi shaken.

The Blood Demon Race launched a full assault on the Human Race, while Elder Tianyi and Ancestor Yanshi turned their attention toward Qin Hao. The chapter left Qin Hao and the other tournament finalists facing a hundred Ninth Layer Venerable Martial Realm soldiers as King Zhenyan feared they would be overwhelmed.

• Demon Ancestor Yin rejected Elder Tianyi's hopes of returning to the Five Elements Sect and sent a hundred Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers to attack Qin Hao's group.
• Ancestor Yanshi spotted Qin Hao beside Mu Ziqing and decided to wait until the soldiers surrounded him before attacking; Elder Tianyi also resolved to join the Blood Demon Race and kill Qin Hao's group.
• King Zhenyan, King Yongtai, King Lingyi, and the Bloodthirsty King fought the Xuanmo Sovereign while Marquis Zhanyun and Marquis Shayu fought Demon Ancestor Yin.
• The Blood Demon Race's numerical advantage left the Human Race's High-Rank Venerables struggling against multiple opponents, and some fell from the sky.
• King Zhenyan saw a hundred Ninth Layer Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers charging Qin Hao and the other tournament finalists and grew alarmed that reinforcements had not arrived.

A hundred Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers charged Qin Hao and the other surviving tournament geniuses, while Ancestor Yanshi blocked their escape aboard the Wave-Cleaving Flying Boat. Qin Hao and the others were left surrounded and outnumbered as the soldiers attacked.

• The True Martial Continent's Venerables tried to stop the hundred Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers from reaching Qin Hao and the other geniuses but could not break through the melee.
• Qin Hao called for everyone to board the Wave-Cleaving Flying Boat and pulled Mu Ziqing toward it as the others rushed aboard.
• Ancestor Yanshi struck the Wave-Cleaving Flying Boat with a palm, shaking it and ruining the group's chance to escape.
• The hundred Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers surrounded the surviving geniuses, and three of them targeted Qin Hao while another attacked Mu Ziqing.

Qin Hao used Pressure Orbs inside Sword Heaven and Earth to briefly suppress three Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers and evade their attacks. He prepared to exploit the opening to kill them one by one.

• A hundred Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers surrounded Qin Hao and the other Top Hundred geniuses while distant observers could only watch.
• Three Ninth Layer Venerables attacked Qin Hao from different directions, but he summoned Sword Heaven and Earth to strengthen himself.
• Qin Hao struck the three attackers with Pressure Orbs, briefly disrupting them, then escaped their combined attacks with Near at Hand, Far Away.
• Qin Hao struck again with Pressure Orbs and realized he could use the brief suppression to pick off the Armored Soldiers individually.
• Qin Hao continued using Soul Suppression to hold the three Armored Soldiers in place as he prepared to kill them one by one.

Qin Hao struggled to injure three Ninth-Layer Venerables of the Blood Demon Race, whose Blood Demon Battle Armor resisted his strongest attacks. As Lingxiaozi received a Secret Art from the Ancient Emperor, Qin Hao realized he could strengthen his Sword Moves by summoning Jian Yi, Jian Er, Jian San, and thousands of Treasure Swords.

• Qin Hao repeatedly used Pressure Orbs to suppress the three Venerable Armored Soldiers and focused his attacks on the nearest one.
• Lingxiaozi identified the armor as Low-Grade True Treasure Blood Demon Battle Armor and warned that Qin Hao lacked the cultivation to break through it.
• Qin Hao rejected Lingxiaozi’s suggestion to flee because Ancestor Yanshi had the combat strength of a Creation expert.
• Lingxiaozi appealed to the Ancient Emperor, who refused to intervene but taught Lingxiaozi a Secret Art to conceal his aura as a Five-Star Treasure.
• Qin Hao decided to strengthen his Sword Moves and summoned Jian Yi, Jian Er, Jian San, and more than ten thousand Treasure Swords.

Qin Hao unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin, combining more than ten thousand Treasure Swords with Sword Heaven and Earth to break through a Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldier’s defense. The soldier died, while the surrounding fighters turned in shock.

• Qin Hao used Soul Suppression to freeze the three Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers closing in on him.
• Qin Hao summoned more than ten thousand Treasure Swords, including over a hundred Spirit Artifacts, with Jian Yi, Jian Er, and Jian San at their core.
• Qin Hao launched Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin, strengthened by Sword Heaven and Earth, at one of the frozen soldiers.
• The colossal sword shattered the soldier’s Blood Demon Armor and pierced his chest, killing him.
• The Top Hundred Talents fighting nearby stopped and stared at Qin Hao’s strike in shock.

Qin Hao killed three Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers, inspiring the Human Race’s fighters as they struggled against the Blood Demon assault. Demon Ancestor Yin ordered Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi to act and called for a formation to kill Qin Hao.

• Qi Long and the other geniuses saw Qin Hao kill a Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldier, while they struggled to survive their own fights.
• The Human Race’s High-Rank Venerables, King-Rank Creations, and Saint Martial Grandmasters were shocked and heartened by Qin Hao’s feat.
• Qin Hao surveyed the battlefield, saw Qiao Chuyu, Yang Yi, Xiang Wuqing, Kong Yan, and other geniuses gravely wounded, and spotted Han Yong among the dead.
• Qin Hao used Soul Suppression and Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin to kill the two Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers still attacking him.
• Qin Hao charged toward other enemies, while his actions rallied the Human Race’s fighters and helped them hold back the Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers.
• Demon Ancestor Yin berated Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi, then ordered a Blood Demon Minor Formation to kill Qin Hao.

After Qin Hao killed three Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers, Demon Ancestor Yin, Ancestor Yanshi, and Elder Tianyi resolved to kill him. Qin Hao broke through a ten-soldier formation with his Pressure Orbs, but Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi attacked him as the Holy City’s onlookers recognized them as traitors.

• Demon Ancestor Yin ordered Qin Hao killed, while Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi also decided to act against him.
• Ten Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers formed a formation and charged Qin Hao, worrying Mu Ziqing, Qi Long, and the other tournament fighters.
• Qin Hao overwhelmed the soldiers’ combined Willpower with thirty Pressure Orbs, stunning all ten.
• Qin Hao launched Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin against the stunned soldiers.
• Ancestor Yanshi struck Qin Hao with a palm, and Elder Tianyi joined the attack.
• The Holy City’s Saint Martial Grandmasters identified Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi as traitors and condemned the Shi Family and Five Elements Sect.

Qin Hao used Soul Suppression to slow Ancestor Yanshi, Elder Tianyi, and ten Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers as they attacked him. He discovered that Ancestor Yanshi’s palm had Ordinary Creation-level combat power, and the chapter ended with Yanshi renewing his attempt to crush Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao sent his Treasure Swords against Ancestor Yanshi’s palm and used Pressure Orbs to suppress the attackers.
• The Pressure Orbs briefly stunned Elder Tianyi, Ancestor Yanshi, and the ten Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers, slowing their attacks.
• Qin Hao’s sword attack left only a shallow mark on Ancestor Yanshi’s palm, revealing that Yanshi’s strike possessed Creation-level combat power.
• Ancestor Yanshi recognized that Qin Hao’s Soul Suppression could stun his Divine Soul and resolved to kill him before he grew stronger.
• Ancestor Yanshi poured his strength into the Black Flame Giant Palm and drove it down toward Qin Hao.

Qin Hao was trapped between the Blood Demon forces and Ancestor Yanshi’s descending Black Flame Giant Palm, while his dwindling Pressure Orbs bought him only a few breaths. As he searched for a way out, a white-haired Saint Martial Grandmaster flew from the Holy City to fight for the Human Race.

• Qin Hao used repeated Soul Suppression to hinder Ancestor Yanshi, Elder Tianyi, and ten Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers while striking Ancestor Yanshi’s Black Flame Giant Palm with Ten Thousand Swords Return to the Origin.
• Qin Hao realized retreating or redirecting his attacks would let Ancestor Yanshi kill him, and that the dwindling Pressure Orbs could hold the enemy back for only a few more breaths.
• Human and Blood Demon forces continued fighting, with many Human High-Rank Venerables falling as observers feared Qin Hao’s death would devastate the Five Directions Worlds.
• A white-haired Ninth Layer of Saint Martial Realm elder declared that the Blood Demon Race would have to step over his corpse and flew toward Qin Hao and the others.

An aged Saint Martial Grandmaster sacrificed himself to wound the Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers threatening Qin Hao, while shielding him from their attacks. Inspired by the old man's courage, other Ninth Layer Saint Martial Grandmasters charged toward the battlefield, ready to fight and die to protect the young geniuses.

• An aged Ninth Layer Saint Martial Grandmaster rushed to Qin Hao's aid and warned him to escape before preparing to self-detonate.
• The old man self-detonated, wounding eleven Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers and disrupting the attacks of Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi.
• The old man's sacrifice left the watching Saint Martial Grandmasters stunned as they saw the battlefield's devastation and realized he was gone.
• A young Ninth Layer Saint Martial Grandmaster urged the others to protect the Top Hundred geniuses and fight to defend their homes.
• Saint Martial Grandmasters, especially those at the Ninth Layer, followed the young man toward the Starry Sky Spirit Martial Ship, prepared to battle the Blood Demon Race.

Hundreds of Human Race Grandmasters at the Ninth Layer of the Saint Martial Realm charged the Starry Sky Spirit Martial Ship and used Self-Detonation to protect Qin Hao and the younger generation. Their sacrifice devastated the Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers and stirred Qin Hao’s understanding of human nature, while the battle continued around them.

• An elderly Human Race Grandmaster reached Qin Hao’s ship, declared that the Human Race would endure, and used Self-Detonation.
• Hundreds of Ninth Layer Saint Martial Grandmasters rushed from the Holy City and detonated themselves against the Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers.
• King Zhenyan, King Yongtai, the Bloodthirsty King, and King Lingyi continued fighting the Xuanmo Sovereign as other Creation experts battled Demon Ancestor Yin and the Blood Demon Race.
• Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing, Qi Long, Ji Ziqi, and the surviving Azure Flame Tournament Top 100 talents watched the explosions, while Lingxiaozi and the Ancient Emperor reflected on the sacrifices that sustained their races.
• The blasts killed nearly half of the hundred Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers and gravely wounded the survivors, as Qin Hao sensed he had begun to grasp the spirit of human nature.
• Even fiercer explosions erupted where the Human Race’s Venerables fought the Blood Demon Venerables.

As Human Venerables used self-detonation to turn the tide against the Blood Demons, Qin Hao sensed a spirit within his Self-World and began breaking through to the Venerable Martial Realm. He reached the Second Layer in moments as the battle continued around Holy City.

• Human High-Rank Venerables self-detonated in the melee, inflicting heavy losses on the Blood Demon forces and shifting the battle toward the humans.
• Demon Ancestor Yin realized his assassination operation had gone badly awry and noticed Qin Hao's aura changing as Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy raged around him.
• Qin Hao reflected on the fallen fighters and sensed that his Self-World had a spirit of its own, causing it to tremble.
• Qin Hao activated the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art and absorbed vast amounts of Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, breaking through to the First Layer of Venerable Martial Realm.
• Qin Hao continued absorbing energy and immediately advanced to the Second Layer of Venerable Martial Realm.

Qin Hao used the energy of his Self-World and the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to break through from the Ninth Layer of Saint Martial Realm to the Third Layer of Venerable Martial Realm. His breakthrough stalled when the surrounding Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy ran low, but a strange sensation then stirred within him.

• Qin Hao discovered that his Self-World helped him rapidly absorb and refine Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, carrying him to the Second Layer of Venerable Martial Realm.
• Qi Long, Mu Ziqing, and the other observers reacted with shock and relief as Qin Hao’s breakthrough drained spiritual energy from around the Holy City.
• Ancestor Yanshi and Elder Tianyi blamed the Saint Martial Grandmasters’ Self-Detonations for interrupting their attacks, then decided to kill Qin Hao before he grew stronger.
• Qin Hao’s Cultivation Realm rose again to the Third Layer of Venerable Martial Realm, but his breakthrough halted when nearby spiritual energy ran short.
• Qin Hao sensed a sudden strange change within himself just as he thought his breakthrough had ended.