Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao cultivated in the Azure Flame Spirit Pool with his Time Doppelganger and Devouring Doppelganger, and both Doppelgangers broke through to the Venerable Martial Realm. After a day, the Devouring Doppelganger reached the Second Layer, while Xu Xiao celebrated his rapid rise to the Fourth-Level Venerable Martial Realm.

• Qin Hao summoned his Time Doppelganger and Devouring Doppelganger to cultivate with him in the Azure Flame Spirit Pool.
• Qin Hao used the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to temper his body as both Doppelgangers absorbed Spiritual Energy.
• The Time Doppelganger and Devouring Doppelganger each broke through to the First Layer of Venerable Martial Realm.
• The Devouring Doppelganger cultivated for a day and unexpectedly advanced to the Second Layer, which Qin Hao suspected was due to his strong physical body.
• Xu Xiao woke after two days of cultivation at the Fourth-Level Venerable Martial Realm and expected to reach his limit in another two days.

Xu Xiao advanced to the Fifth Layer of Venerable Martial Realm in the Azure Flame Spirit Pool and expected his superior cultivation technique to give him an advantage as spiritual energy dwindled. Qin Hao assessed his selves and discovered that his Devouring Doppelganger had reached physical strength equivalent to the Fifth Layer in just one day.

• Xu Xiao broke through to the Fifth Layer of Venerable Martial Realm and saw that most core-region cultivators had reached the fifth or sixth layer.
• Xu Xiao noticed Qin Hao's two Doppelgangers and reasoned that his Flowing Cloud Immortal Canon would let him absorb more spiritual energy as the pool's supply declined.
• Qin Hao found that his True Self's physical strength had risen to the Second Layer of Venerable Martial Realm, while his Time Doppelganger had reached the Fourth Layer in cultivation.
• Qin Hao discovered that his Devouring Doppelganger's physical strength had jumped from the First Layer to the Fifth Layer of Venerable Martial Realm in one day.

Qin Hao let his Devouring Doppelganger consume the Azure Flame Spirit Pool’s Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy to strengthen its physique, even as the rapidly thinning energy began affecting other cultivators. After the Doppelganger advanced from the Fifth Layer to a level comparable to the Seventh Layer of Venerable Martial Realm, people in the core region began to notice the worsening decline.

• Qin Hao realized his Devouring Doppelganger was devouring Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy so quickly that it was visibly thinning the Azure Flame Spirit Pool’s Core Region.
• Qin Hao chose to let the Doppelganger cultivate at full force, put away his Time Doppelganger, and used the Great Dao Spirit-Seizing Art to supply it with more energy.
• After half a day, the Doppelganger’s physique grew several times stronger and reached a level comparable to the Sixth Layer of Venerable Martial Realm.
• As Qin Hao continued assisting it, cultivators in the core region noticed the energy dropping but assumed it was because so many people were cultivating.
• After another half day, the Doppelganger’s physique advanced again, and Qin Hao judged its punch comparable to a Seventh Layer Venerable’s full-force strike.
• Many cultivators sensed that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy had fallen sharply once more.

As Qin Hao and his Devouring Doppelganger cultivated in the Azure Flame Spirit Pool Core Region, they absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy so rapidly that no one nearby could cultivate. Three Marquis-Rank Creation Deacons traced the disruption to Qin Hao’s Second Layer Doppelganger, while the Storm Sovereign also opened his eyes and looked toward them.

• Xu Xiao struggled to advance from the Fifth to the Sixth Layer of Venerable Martial Realm as the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy in the core region dwindled.
• Xu Xiao and the other cultivators discovered they could no longer absorb Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, while warriors outside the core region continued cultivating and breaking through.
• Xu Xiao sensed the energy rushing toward Qin Hao and his Devouring Doppelganger, and was shocked that they absorbed it faster than his Fourth Rank Divine Ability Cultivation Technique could.
• Three Marquis-Rank Creation Deacons traced the disruption to Qin Hao’s Second Layer Devouring Doppelganger and worried that it was preventing the others from cultivating.
• The Storm Sovereign opened his eyes and looked toward Qin Hao and his Devouring Doppelganger.

Qin Hao's Devouring Doppelganger consumed the Azure Flame Spirit Pool's spiritual energy so rapidly that the other geniuses could no longer cultivate. The Storm Sovereign stopped the experts from interfering and watched as the energy formed vortices around Qin Hao.

• A Marquis-Rank Creation expert tried to stop Qin Hao's Devouring Doppelganger from consuming the pool's spiritual energy, but the Storm Sovereign restrained him.
• The Storm Sovereign ordered the three Marquis-Rank Creation experts to let Qin Hao cultivate and studied his Devouring Doppelganger with interest.
• The Storm Sovereign recognized the Devouring Laws in the doppelganger and wondered how much energy it could consume.
• The geniuses in the pool's core region found that they could no longer absorb spiritual energy and saw it draining into vortices.
• The spiritual energy vortices all converged on Qin Hao, drawing the core region's attention to him.

Qin Hao’s Devouring Doppelganger absorbed Spiritual Energy so quickly that the Disciples in the Azure Flame Spirit Pool’s core region had to leave and cultivate elsewhere. Mu Ziqing stayed behind to guard Qin Hao, then noticed the Doppelganger’s aura resembled the soul-devouring power used by the Undying Lord.

• Qin Hao’s Devouring Doppelganger formed nine Spiritual Qi vortexes and drew in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Energy, forcing Xu Xiao to leave the core region and continue cultivating outside it.
• Disciples recognized Qin Hao from his tournament victory and his record of killing dozens of Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers, then left the core region to resume cultivating elsewhere.
• Ji Yuanjie judged Qin Hao a worthy opponent who could last ten moves against him, while Du Lei and other powerful Disciples took note of Qin Hao before departing.
• Mu Ziqing stayed beside Qin Hao, ready to protect him, as the core region emptied of everyone but the two of them and the Doppelganger.
• Mu Ziqing noticed that Qin Hao’s Doppelganger’s aura resembled the soul-devouring power the Undying Lord had used in the Great Gang Hidden Land.

Qin Hao’s Devouring Doppelganger drained the Azure Flame Spirit Pool, disrupting cultivation across the pool and forcing hundreds of thousands of Disciples to leave. As the seven-day cultivation period ended, the Storm Sovereign announced that the remaining rewards would be distributed.

• Mu Ziqing left the core region to continue refining spiritual energy, leaving Qin Hao alone there with his Devouring Doppelganger.
• On the fifth day, Qin Hao’s Devouring Doppelganger drained all the spiritual energy in the core region and began devouring energy flowing in from surrounding regions.
• On the sixth and seventh days, the pool’s spiritual energy rapidly dwindled, and at least half a million people left because they could no longer cultivate.
• Sun Wei, Jing Hong, and the others marveled at Qin Hao’s absorption, while Qi Long vowed to surpass him and Mu Ziqing quietly felt happy for him.
• The Storm Sovereign observed that Qin Hao’s Physical Body had grown stronger but that reaching the Creation Realm still required mastery of the Origin Laws.
• The Storm Sovereign declared cultivation in the Azure Flame Spirit Pool over and announced that the remaining rewards would be distributed.

Qin Hao stopped cultivating in the Azure Flame Spirit Pool and discovered that many competitors from other Great Worlds had reached far higher cultivation levels than the talents from the True Martial Continent. After the Azure Flame Points were awarded, Qin Hao received his tournament prize plus a bonus for killing Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers.

• Qin Hao sent his Devouring Doppelganger into the Supreme Sword Tower, where it flew to a Meteorite and began devouring its matter.
• Qin Hao left the Azure Flame Spirit Pool and met Du Lei, a Ninth Layer Venerable who blamed him for disrupting his cultivation and warned him to remember his name.
• Qin Hao sensed eighteen Ninth Layer Venerables, more than nine hundred Eighth Layer Venerables, and many other powerful competitors in the crowd.
• Storm Sovereign announced the Azure Flame Point awards, and Qin Hao received his twenty thousand points for first place.
• Qin Hao learned that the Mysterious Tower Spirit had added 1,800 points as a reward for killing the Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldiers.

The Storm Sovereign rewarded Qin Hao with eighteen hundred Azure Flame Points for killing a Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldier, then challenged the disciples to earn a far greater prize by passing the first three floors of the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower within thirty years. He prepared to take them to the Heavenly Ruins, a sacred cultivation ground, leaving Qin Hao eager to see what awaited him there.

• The Storm Sovereign awarded Qin Hao eighteen hundred Azure Flame Points for killing the Blood Demon Venerable Armored Soldier, provoking envy among the disciples.
• The Storm Sovereign rebuked the jealous disciples and offered ten million Azure Flame Points, a Chaos Cultivation Technique, and a place under an Inner Gate Peak Master to anyone who passed the first three floors of the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower within thirty years.
• Qin Hao considered the challenge and wondered whether he could meet its demanding requirements.
• The Storm Sovereign summoned a Starship and told the disciples to prepare to leave for the Heavenly Ruins.
• The Storm Sovereign explained the Heavenly Ruins’ cultivation benefits, while a disciple lamented that placing second had cost him the chance to go.

Qin Hao learned that Heavenly Ruins cultivation was an exceptionally valuable reward, but only a little over nine thousand disciples qualified under the tournament rules. He also discovered that completing his Chaos Cultivation Technique would require at least ten million Azure Flame Points, while many other disciples resented missing out on the Heavenly Ruins.

• Qin Hao realized that his three months in the Heavenly Ruins were worth thirty million Azure Flame Points and could greatly aid his future cultivation.
• Qin Hao, Qi Long, Ji Ziqi, and other top disciples gathered beneath the starship, where they noticed that only a little over nine thousand people had received places in the Heavenly Ruins.
• A Marquis-Rank Creation explained that the Top Three qualified only in tournaments jointly held by at least three worlds, while the Chaos Cultivation Technique was awarded only to first place in tournaments jointly held by five worlds.
• Qi Long and Ji Ziqi compared their Great Dao Cultivation Technique rewards, and Qin Hao learned that he would need to spend at least ten million Azure Flame Points to obtain the final section of his Chaos Cultivation Technique.
• Disciples who had not qualified for the Heavenly Ruins grew resentful and wondered whether they could have placed in the Top Three in a tournament held across more worlds.

The Storm Sovereign explained that tournament placements alone did not grant access to the Heavenly Ruins, but disciples who cleared the first three floors of the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower within thirty years could earn at least ten years of free cultivation there. Qin Hao and the other disciples left for the Heavenly Ruins while the rest began their training at the Sect Headquarters.

• Tournament finishers protested the reward rules until the Storm Sovereign silenced them and warned that anyone who objected could leave the Azure Flame Sect.
• The Storm Sovereign revealed that disciples who passed the first three floors of the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower within thirty years would receive at least ten years of free cultivation in the Heavenly Ruins.
• Qin Hao, Qi Long, and Ji Ziqi were shocked by the reward, and Qin Hao resolved to conquer the tower's first three floors.
• The Storm Sovereign ordered the tournament champions and top-three finishers to board the Starship, while Qin Hao told Mu Ziqing to cultivate at the Sect Headquarters until he returned.
• The Starship departed with more than nine thousand Inner Disciples, and a Marquis-Rank Creation led the Preparatory Disciples and Outer Disciples toward their new training grounds.

Qin Hao and the Azure Flame Sect’s Inner Disciples traveled aboard the Void Judgment Battleship, where Du Lei showed off its power and taunted Qin Hao. After several days, the battleship reached the Heavenly Ruins, where the group sensed powerful Origin Laws and the Dao Resonance of the Great Dao.

• Du Lei identified the Void Judgment Battleship as a Half-Step Supreme Treasure and described how its Judgment Cannon Platforms could kill even Xuanmo Sovereign.
• Du Lei tried to provoke Qin Hao, but Qin Hao ignored him and sat down to rest.
• Du Lei decided Qin Hao was no threat and resolved to surpass Ji Yuanjie, Song Jingchen, and the other geniuses in the Heavenly Ruins.
• After several days, the Void Judgment Battleship passed through a Spatial Barrier and stopped near a vast Chaos-filled hole surrounded by a Meteorite Belt.
• The disciples saw the Heavenly Ruins and sensed dense Origin Laws and the Dao Resonance of the Great Dao around them.

Qin Hao and the other cultivators arrived at the Heavenly Ruins, where the dense Origin Laws immediately helped Qin Hao break through to Fourth-Tier Perfection Vitality Laws. The Storm Sovereign explained the deadly rules and urged them to seek cultivation insights among the Meteorites, and the group set off to cultivate for three months.

• The Storm Sovereign put away the Void Judgment Battleship, exposing everyone to the Heavenly Ruins' dense Origin Laws and Great Dao resonance.
• Qin Hao broke through to Fourth-Tier Perfection Vitality Laws, surprising the other cultivators and showing signs that his Destruction Laws might also advance.
• The Storm Sovereign warned the cultivators not to enter Heavenly Ruins City, disturb others' cultivation, approach Chaos Space too closely, or release their other selves to comprehend the Origin Laws.
• The Storm Sovereign told the group that the Meteorites held Human Race experts' cultivation insights and gave them three months to cultivate before gathering again.
• The cultivators thanked the Storm Sovereign and sped toward the Meteorite Belt.

Qin Hao and his companions entered the Meteorite Belt, where the surging Origin Laws and Dao Resonance forced most of them to stop and cultivate. By using Sword Heaven and Earth to resist the pressure, Qin Hao continued deeper than even the Ninth-Layer Venerables, leaving his limits unclear.

• Qin Hao sensed the growing pressure and saw powerful cultivators meditating on meteorites deep within the belt as Lingxiaozi urged him to make the most of his three months in the Heavenly Ruins.
• Qin Hao and the others entered the Meteorite Belt and struggled against pressure dozens of times stronger than before.
• Many companions stopped to cultivate, and Ji Ziqi halted after advancing only a short distance farther.
• Qin Hao activated Sword Heaven and Earth, weakening the pressure enough to continue deeper into the belt.
• Qi Long reached his limit and sat down, while Qin Hao pressed on with fewer than twenty others remaining.
• Du Lei stopped in surprise as Qin Hao, despite being at the Fifth Layer of Venerable Martial Realm, kept pace with the Ninth-Layer disciples.

Qin Hao advanced through the Heavenly Ruins' Meteorite Belt despite its violent Origin Laws, leaving Du Lei astonished by his endurance. He sensed a powerful Sword Force in a nearby meteorite and landed on it to investigate the sword-carved words.

• Du Lei saw Qin Hao approaching calmly and, unwilling to be surpassed, pushed onward using his many high-rank Origin Laws.
• Qin Hao assessed Du Lei and the other disciples, then realized his integrated Origin Laws and Self-World let him endure the Heavenly Ruins' pressure.
• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao that meteorites deeper in the belt contained insights left by powerful Human Race cultivators and urged him to seek a Sword Dao expert's legacy.
• Qin Hao sensed a terrifying Sword Force from a nearby meteorite and changed course toward it.
• Qin Hao landed on the meteorite and felt an astonishing force as he saw words carved into a central rock with a sword.

Qin Hao discovered the Carefree Swordsman's sword inscription in the Heavenly Ruins, which advanced his Little Sword Martial Soul and convinced him to cultivate there. Lingxiaozi advised him to release his Doppelgangers to study the Great Dao alongside him, and Qin Hao summoned his Time Doppelganger.

• Qin Hao read the Carefree Swordsman's inscription, and his Little Sword Martial Soul advanced from Earth Grade Seventh Grade to Earth Grade Eighth Rank.
• Qin Hao considered searching deeper for more of the Carefree Swordsman's insights but decided to cultivate where he was first.
• Lingxiaozi urged Qin Hao to have his Time Doppelganger and Devouring Doppelganger cultivate alongside his True Self, explaining that their separate Great Daos let them withstand the Heavenly Ruins' pressure.
• Qin Hao released his Time Doppelganger, while his Devouring Doppelganger remained in the Star Region on the Fourth Floor of the Supreme Sword Tower.

Qin Hao and the other Azure Flame Sect disciples pushed through the pressure of the Heavenly Ruins and settled on meteorites to cultivate. Du Lei assumed Qin Hao was no match for him, unaware that Qin Hao had killed a Half-Step Creation opponent with one sword strike, while Qin Hao's Devouring Doppelganger appeared beside him.

• Qin Hao hid behind a Rock on a meteorite and began seeking insight into the Carefree Swordsman's Sword Dao and the Great Dao.
• Du Lei, Song Jingchen, and a cold-faced woman stopped to cultivate, while Ji Yuanjie continued farther before settling on a meteorite.
• Du Lei spotted Qin Hao about five hundred meters behind him and felt relieved that Qin Hao had not gone farther.
• Du Lei dismissed Qin Hao as no match for him and claimed he could become the Rookie King of the new Azure Flame Sect disciples.
• The chapter revealed that Qin Hao had killed Elder Tianyi with one sword strike and could have traveled much farther into the Heavenly Ruins.
• Qin Hao's Devouring Doppelganger appeared on his meteorite.

Inside the hundred-zhang Meteorite, Qin Hao comprehended the Carefree Swordsman’s Sword Heart and discovered his own: to act without hesitation and live with a clear conscience. Resonating with the Swordsman’s incomplete notes revealed a peerless sword strike, but it vanished before it could land, leaving Qin Hao eager to see its completion.

• Qin Hao sensed that the Carefree Swordsman’s Sword Intent disrupted the Origin Laws and Dao Resonance around the Meteorite, so he focused on the Swordsman’s notes while his Time Doppelganger and Devouring Doppelganger moved away.
• Qin Hao read the notes and realized that their Sword Intent embodied the Carefree Swordsman’s Sword Heart: to live free and unfettered, roaming the worlds and cutting down injustice.
• Qin Hao recalled humanity’s battle against the Blood Demon Race and formed his own Sword Heart: to act without hesitation and live with a clear conscience.
• Qin Hao’s Little Sword Martial Soul resonated with the notes, transforming their characters into a peerless Treasure Sword that began a world-shaking strike.
• Qin Hao saw the Treasure Sword vanish before its strike landed, realized the notes were incomplete, and urgently wanted to witness the full sword stroke.

Qin Hao cultivated in the Meteorite Belt, rapidly advancing his Origin Laws so he could travel deeper and search for more of the Carefree Swordsman’s Cultivation Notes. After reaching Ninth-Order Destruction Laws and Vitality Laws, he flew farther into the belt, hoping to find the next notes.

• Qin Hao realized that the Meteorites orbited the Chaos Space at nearly the same speed and concluded that the Carefree Swordsman may have left more Cultivation Notes farther along his path.
• Qin Hao began comprehending the Destruction and Vitality Laws, while his Time Doppelganger and Devouring Doppelganger advanced their own laws.
• After one day, Qin Hao’s Destruction Laws reached Sixth-Order, his Vitality Laws reached Fifth-Tier Perfection, and his Doppelgangers’ laws also advanced.
• Qin Hao continued cultivating until his Destruction Laws and Vitality Laws both reached Ninth-Order, greatly strengthening his Self-World and expanding Sword Heaven and Earth.
• Qin Hao flew deeper into the Meteorite Belt, expecting his strengthened Sword Heaven and Earth to let him travel about ten thousand meters in search of more Cultivation Notes.

Qin Hao sought the Carefree Swordsman's Cultivation Notes while learning about cultivating more Origin Laws, as Du Lei raised seven Origin Laws to Ninth-Order in the Meteorite Belt. The chapter ended with Du Lei seeing someone race deeper into the Heavenly Ruins ahead of him.

• Qin Hao recalled the Carefree Swordsman's Heaven-Shaking Sword Strike and hoped to find more of the swordsman's Cultivation Notes.
• Lingxiaozi advised Qin Hao to cultivate other Origin Laws before attempting to comprehend the Great Dao's Dao Resonance.
• Qin Hao asked Lingxiaozi whether a Venerable Martial Venerable's breakthrough to Creation depended on the Origin Laws they commanded, but Lingxiaozi did not know.
• Du Lei raised five more Origin Laws to Ninth-Order in seven days, bringing his total to seven, and considered advancing farther into the Meteorite Belt.
• Du Lei saw a figure race past him toward the depths of the Heavenly Ruins and wondered who it was.