Chapter Summaries

Du Lei saw Qin Hao race ahead through the Heavenly Ruins and tried to catch up, convinced his mastery of seven sets of Ninth-Order Origin Laws would let him surpass Qin Hao. Du Lei reached his limit, but Qin Hao continued nearly five thousand meters farther ahead, leaving Du Lei stunned and despairing.

• Du Lei recognized Qin Hao racing ahead and guessed that Qin Hao had recently broken through.
• Du Lei rushed onward, confident that his seven sets of Ninth-Order Origin Laws would let him overtake Qin Hao.
• As the pressure increased, Du Lei slowed while Qin Hao maintained his speed and opened a gap of about three thousand meters.
• Du Lei pushed himself forward again, but eventually stopped on a Meteorite at his limit, with Ji Yuanjie and the other two six thousand meters behind him.
• Du Lei saw Qin Hao moving nearly five thousand meters farther ahead and despaired at how much deeper Qin Hao could go.

Du Lei failed to follow Qin Hao deeper into the Heavenly Ruins, while Qin Hao found another set of the Carefree Swordsman's Cultivation Notes and witnessed a sword strike that pierced through space. The sight stirred an insight in Qin Hao, who continued studying the notes.

• Du Lei advanced another hundred meters, felt the Heavenly Ruins' pressure nearly crush him, and retreated three hundred meters before sitting down to comprehend the Origin Laws.
• Qin Hao reflected that his Ninth-Order Destruction and Vitality Laws had strengthened his Self-World, then continued searching for the Carefree Swordsman's Cultivation Notes.
• Qin Hao sensed the Carefree Swordsman's aura from a Meteorite, found inscriptions left by the swordsman, and began studying them.
• Qin Hao watched the inscriptions form a sword whose strike pierced through the Heavenly Ruins and shattered a mountain peak in a lower-level Great World.
• Qin Hao felt his Self-World stir with insight and resumed studying the Carefree Swordsman's notes.

Qin Hao studied the Carefree Swordsman’s notes, developed the Heaven-Shaking Sword Strike through his Self-World, and advanced several Origin Laws to the Ninth-Order. He successfully executed the strike and believed it could easily slay a Half-Step Creation expert.

• Qin Hao realized the Heaven-Shaking Sword Strike used the Self-World’s influence over space and began deducing how to execute it himself.
• Qin Hao decided to cultivate the Gold, Wood, and Water Laws while his Time Doppelganger cultivated the Time Laws.
• After Half a Month, Du Lei advanced past Qin Hao and claimed the lead in exploring the Heavenly Ruins, then stopped to cultivate at his limit.
• Qin Hao mastered the Gold, Wood, and Water Laws at the Ninth-Order while continuing to study the Carefree Swordsman’s notes.
• Qin Hao successfully performed the Heaven-Shaking Sword Strike and judged that it could easily slay a Half-Step Creation expert.

Qin Hao realized the Carefree Swordsman’s Heaven-Shaking Sword Strike might be part of a complete Sword Art and set off to search the depths of the Heavenly Ruins for more Cultivation Notes. His incredible speed stirred the Origin Laws and Great Dao’s Dao Resonance, drawing the attention of Du Lei and the other disciples.

• Qin Hao concluded that the Heaven-Shaking Sword Strike used Self-World and belonged to the Manifestation realm of the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram.
• Qin Hao sensed the strike was only one move in a larger Sword Art and wondered whether the Carefree Swordsman had left more Cultivation Notes in the Heavenly Ruins.
• Qin Hao decided to search deeper into the Heavenly Ruins and sped away at a pace far beyond his previous limits.
• Qin Hao’s passage disrupted the Origin Laws and Great Dao’s Dao Resonance around Du Lei, who recognized Qin Hao racing deeper into the ruins.
• Ji Yuanjie, Song Jingchen, and other Ninth Layer Venerable Martial Realm disciples also saw Qin Hao speeding away.

Du Lei discovered that Qin Hao had studied the Carefree Swordsman's Cultivation Notes, which helped explain Qin Hao’s rapid progress through the Meteorite Belt. Du Lei began studying the notes himself and realized he had overlooked a valuable path to improving his strength.

• Disciples including Qi Long, Ji Ziqi, Ji Yuanjie, Song Jingchen, and Du Lei saw Qin Hao far ahead in the Meteorite Belt and marveled at his progress.
• Du Lei recalled that Qin Hao had mastered the Fifth-Tier Destruction Laws and Fourth-Tier Perfection Vitality Laws, then wondered how he could have advanced so quickly.
• Du Lei suspected Qin Hao had studied Cultivation Notes left on a meteorite and went to inspect the meteorite Qin Hao had occupied.
• Du Lei found characters carved into the meteorite that identified the Carefree Swordsman's notes and recognized their powerful Sword Force.
• Du Lei sat down to study the notes while comprehending Origin Laws, gaining new insights despite failing to resonate with the Sword Dao.
• After less than half a day, Du Lei concluded that Qin Hao had improved by studying experts' Cultivation Notes and regretted overlooking them.

Du Lei and several Inner Disciples grew stronger after studying the Carefree Swordsman’s cultivation notes, prompting others to search for expert insights. Unable to find more of the Carefree Swordsman’s notes, Qin Hao began shaping his own Sword Art and started studying Qingling’s inscriptions while cultivating the Origin Laws.

• Du Lei advanced another thousand meters after studying the Carefree Swordsman’s notes, and Ji Yuanjie, Song Jingchen, and the cold-eyed Woman went to study them too.
• Ji Yuanjie, Song Jingchen, and the Woman left stronger, and other disciples began seeking and studying cultivation notes throughout the Meteorite Belt.
• Qin Hao found no further notes from the Carefree Swordsman and decided to create a third Sword Move based on the power of his Self-World.
• Qin Hao reached a meteorite bearing Qingling’s insights into the Origin Laws and breaking through to Creation, then studied her inscriptions alongside the Origin Laws.

Qin Hao spent nearly three months in the Heavenly Ruins studying Cultivation Notes and Origin Laws, reaching new heights in his cultivation and creating the Void Sword. As he continued deeper into the Meteorite Belt, a catastrophic Shockwave swept toward him, and Lingxiaozi warned that worlds in the Chaos Space had undergone World Shattering.

• Qin Hao studied the Cultivation Notes of more than a dozen powerful cultivators and raised twenty-seven Origin Laws to Ninth-Order, nine to Eighth Rank, and dozens to lower ranks.
• Qin Hao created his third great Sword Move, the Void Sword, by combining insights from the Carefree Swordsman's notes with his own Heaven-Shaking Sword Strike and Battle the World.
• Qin Hao resolved to spend his final nine days in the Heavenly Ruins finding more Cultivation Notes and studying Origin Laws, though he regretted not finding the Carefree Swordsman's third set of notes.
• A muffled explosion shook the depths of the Meteorite Belt, and a multicolored Shockwave vaporized countless meteorites as it swept toward Qin Hao.
• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao that Great Worlds and Small Worlds in the Chaos Space had undergone World Shattering, while Qin Hao saw at least three Sovereigns die in the Shockwave.

A World Destruction erupted in the Chaos Space, sending a lethal Shockwave through the Heavenly Ruins and killing Sovereigns and Creation Great Experts. The Storm Sovereign rushed into the Meteorite Belt to rescue Azure Flame Sect disciples, hurling a group of trapped novices toward safety.

• A multicolored Shockwave swept through the Heavenly Ruins, killing several Sovereigns and Creation Great Experts as others fled.
• The Storm Sovereign recognized the eruption as a rare World Destruction and hurried toward the Meteorite Belt to save the Azure Flame Sect's new Inner Disciples.
• The Storm Sovereign entered the Meteorite Belt despite the violent Origin Laws and Dao Resonance, while Nirvana Sovereigns flew from Heavenly Ruins City toward the Chaos Space.
• The Storm Sovereign found dozens of weak Inner Disciples unable to move and used his power to hurl them toward the outer edge.
• The disciples were battered as they struck Meteorites but continued flying outward, escaping the immediate danger.

Qin Hao struggled to escape the Heavenly Ruins as a Chaos Space upheaval sent a deadly Shockwave through the Meteorite Belt. Hundreds of Nirvana Sovereigns temporarily stopped it, but a second destruction in Chaos Space broke through their defenses and sent the Shockwave surging outward again.

• Qin Hao fled toward the outer reaches of the Meteorite Belt but could barely move through the raging Origin Laws and power of the Great Dao.
• Lingxiaozi explained that worlds were being born inside Chaos Space and warned that their destruction could unleash deadly Great Dao Patterns across the Heavenly Ruins.
• Qin Hao saw Nirvana Sovereigns from Heavenly Ruins City and nearby areas converge on the Shockwave, with hundreds joining the effort.
• The Nirvana Sovereigns halted the Shockwave's advance, but a second explosion in Chaos Space broke through their defenses.
• Lingxiaozi urged Qin Hao to run as the Shockwave began spreading outward again.

Qin Hao fled the Chaos Space Shockwave until the Heavenly Ruins City Lord's Sword Doppelganger arrived and suppressed it with a single strike. The City Lord entered Chaos Space to quell the turmoil, but a Great Dao Pattern flew toward Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao tried to reach the Storm Sovereign as the Shockwave broke through the Nirvana Sovereigns' defense and closed in on him.
• The Heavenly Ruins City Lord's Sword Doppelganger appeared and struck Chaos Space, shattering the Shockwave and settling the chaotic laws.
• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao that the City Lord had existed longer than the Time Sword Lord and had three doppelgangers.
• As Great Dao Patterns shot from Chaos Space, the Heavenly Ruins City Lord entered it to suppress the collapsed worlds within.
• A pale Great Dao Pattern pierced through the Meteorites and tore open Spatial Rifts as it hurtled toward Qin Hao.

A Great Dao Pattern hurtled toward Qin Hao in the Heavenly Ruins, and neither he nor Storm Sovereign could reach safety in time. The pattern engulfed Qin Hao, leaving his fate unknown.

• Hundreds of Great Dao Patterns shot through the Heavenly Ruins after the Chaos Space erupted again, and the Sovereigns and Creation Great Experts dodged them.
• A Great Dao Pattern raced toward Qin Hao, whose Fifth Layer of Venerable Martial Realm strength was too low to evade it.
• Storm Sovereign and the Azure Flame Sect disciples spotted Qin Hao and realized Storm Sovereign could not reach him before the pattern struck.
• Storm Sovereign prepared to block the pattern, while Du Lei, Ji Yuanjie, Song Jingchen, and the others shut their eyes.
• The Great Dao Pattern struck Qin Hao's position and engulfed him.

Qin Hao was struck by a Great Dao Pattern in the Meteorite Belt and struggled to block it, while observers assumed he had died. The pattern pierced his chest but then recoiled, and Qin Hao realized the Heavenly Spirit Race Cloth Armor and Incomplete Gauntlets had saved him.

• Qi Long and Ji Ziqi watched the Great Dao Patterns catch up to Qin Hao and feared for his life.
• The Storm Sovereign and other powerful cultivators saw the Great Dao Patterns stop around Qin Hao and assumed his terrible luck had doomed him.
• Qin Hao fought the Great Dao Pattern with the Lingxiao Divine Sword until his strength failed and it pierced his chest.
• Lingxiaozi noticed the Great Dao Pattern retreating from Qin Hao's body, and Qin Hao identified the Heavenly Spirit Race Cloth Armor and Incomplete Gauntlets as the cause.

Qin Hao discovered that the Heavenly Spirit Race Cloth Armor and Gauntlets could suppress the Great Dao Patterns, revealing a strange character that Lingxiaozi could not explain. With the patterns restrained, Lingxiaozi urged Qin Hao to seize the chance to capture them.

• The Cloth Armor and Gauntlets emitted a force that drove the Great Dao Patterns away from Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao took out the artifacts, and a character meaning “command” appeared on them, freezing the Great Dao Patterns in place.
• Lingxiaozi admitted he knew little about the Heavenly Spirit Race and suspected the character made the artifacts extraordinary.
• Lingxiaozi described the Heavenly Spirit Race’s rumored existence since the Primordial Era, astonishing Qin Hao with the Star Sea’s ancient history.
• Lingxiaozi reminded Qin Hao of the Azure Flame Stele’s wisp of the Great Dao and urged him to capture the restrained Great Dao Patterns.

Qin Hao risked his life to seize the Great Dao Patterns, but his Self-World absorbed them before he could put them in the Supreme Sword Tower. He emerged into the Starry Sky alive, astonishing the watching Nirvana Sovereigns.

• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao that Great Dao Patterns could help him master Origin Laws and advised him to trap them in the Supreme Sword Tower.
• Qin Hao marshaled his Origin Laws and Self-World, then grabbed the Great Dao Patterns while the Heavenly Spirit Race Cloth Armor and Gauntlets suppressed them.
• The patterns’ Dao resonance inflicted excruciating pain on Qin Hao’s body and soul, but Lingxiaozi urged him to keep holding on.
• As Qin Hao prepared to send the patterns into the Supreme Sword Tower, his Self-World pulled them in instead, ending his agony.
• The white light faded and Qin Hao appeared amid the Starry Sky, where a Nirvana Sovereign exclaimed that he was still alive.

Qin Hao survived after the Great Dao Patterns pursued him through the Meteorite Belt, astonishing the Azure Flame Sect disciples and powerful experts who had thought him dead. The Heavenly Ruins City Lord’s return revealed that the Patterns had disappeared when the shattered world in Chaos Space was cleared, leaving Qin Hao alive by a stroke of fortune.

• Qi Long and Ji Ziqi mourned Qin Hao as the white sphere marking his position faded and revealed him alive.
• Ji Ziqi and Qi Long rejoiced, while the Azure Flame Sect Inner Disciples and the Storm Sovereign questioned how Qin Hao could have survived the Great Dao Patterns.
• The Heavenly Ruins City Lord flew out of Chaos Space after clearing away the shattered world inside.
• The Storm Sovereign and the others realized the Great Dao Patterns had dissolved as the shattered world was cleared, and they credited Qin Hao’s survival to good fortune.

After surviving the Great Dao Pattern’s attack, Qin Hao learned that his embryonic Self-World had absorbed the pattern after the Heavenly Spirit Race Cloth Armor and Gauntlets suppressed it. With nine days of cultivation remaining, Lingxiaozi urged him to focus on comprehending the Origin Laws.

• The Heavenly Ruins City Lord cleared away the shattered world and privately noted that Qin Hao had caught a Dao Pattern of the Great Dao.
• Qin Hao settled on a meteorite to recover, and the Storm Sovereign ordered everyone to continue cultivating for the final nine days.
• The Storm Sovereign left the Heavenly Ruins, while the Azure Flame Sect disciples and others resumed their cultivation.
• After his Divine Soul’s pain eased, Qin Hao discovered that the Dao Pattern was inside his Self-World rather than the Supreme Sword Tower.
• Lingxiaozi concluded that Qin Hao’s Self-World could absorb Great Dao Patterns, but only after the armor and Gauntlets suppressed this one.
• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao to use the remaining nine days to comprehend the Origin Laws.

After his three months of cultivation in the Heavenly Ruins ended, Qin Hao left the Meteorite Belt with the Azure Flame Sect disciples, having mastered thirty-nine Ninth-Order Origin Laws and many others. As the disciples prepared to board the Void Judgment Battleship, enormous ships suddenly appeared in the Starry Sky.

• Qin Hao spent the final nine days studying Origin Laws and raised his total to thirty-nine Ninth-Order laws and nearly a hundred other laws.
• A summons ended the disciples’ three months of cultivation, and Qin Hao flew out of the Meteorite Belt with the other Azure Flame Sect Inner Disciples.
• Qi Long and Ji Ziqi praised Qin Hao’s progress, while Qin Hao sensed that Ji Yuanjie had mastered at least forty Ninth-Order Origin Laws.
• The Storm Sovereign ordered the disciples to board the Void Judgment Battleship.
• As Qin Hao, Qi Long, and Ji Ziqi approached the battleship, enormous ships resembling it appeared in the Starry Sky.

Ten Void Judgment Battleships from the Myriad Seas Heavenly Palace arrived, revealing a hundred thousand powerful Disciples whose talent shook the Azure Flame Sect group. Qin Hao urged his companions to focus on the uncertain future, but the Heavenly Palace Disciples then mocked them, leaving Qin Hao and the others angered.

• Ten Void Judgment Battleships bearing the Myriad Seas Heavenly Palace's name arrived, carrying about a hundred thousand Venerable Martial Realm Disciples.
• Qin Hao and the others learned that even the weakest Heavenly Palace Disciples had reached the Seventh Layer of Venerable Martial Realm, while nearly ten thousand had reached the Ninth Layer.
• Qin Hao reminded the disheartened Azure Flame Sect group that the future remained uncertain, restoring their resolve to return to the Heavenly Ruins.
• Storm Sovereign declined Sovereign Xuan Sha's invitation to stay and have the two powers' Disciples exchange pointers, saying he needed to return to the Azure Flame Sect.
• Myriad Seas Heavenly Palace Disciples mocked the Azure Flame Sect's strength, and Qin Hao narrowed his eyes as the insults angered those aboard the Azure Flame Sect ship.

Storm Sovereign tried to leave with the Azure Flame Sect disciples, but Xuan Sha Sovereign stopped his battleship and proposed an exchange between the sects. Xuan Sha revealed the Phoenix Feather Armor as the prize, drawing the attention of both groups as the contest loomed.

• Storm Sovereign became angry after hearing Myriad Seas Heavenly Palace disciples look down on the Azure Flame Sect’s disciples.
• Xuan Sha Sovereign stopped the Azure Flame Sect’s battleship from closing its hatch and proposed an exchange between the disciples of the two sects.
• Qin Hao and the other Azure Flame Sect disciples recognized that Xuan Sha intended to let his disciples show off and defeat them.
• Xuan Sha Sovereign presented the Phoenix Feather Armor as a reward, and Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao it was an imitation of a Two-Star Supreme Treasure.
• Xuan Sha Sovereign announced that the Supreme-Grade Rare Treasure could withstand powerful attacks, and the gathered disciples stared at it eagerly.

Xuan Sha Sovereign offered the Phoenix Feather Armor as a prize for a contest between the Azure Flame Sect and the Myriad Seas Heavenly Palace, with the first side to win three matches in a row claiming it. Ding Jian faced an arrogant Myriad Seas Heavenly Palace disciple, who promised to defeat him with one strike, and their first clash began.

• Xuan Sha Sovereign proposed a three-consecutive-win contest for the Phoenix Feather Armor, and Storm Sovereign accepted.
• Xuan Sha Sovereign mocked the Azure Flame Sect disciples, prompting Du Lei to prepare to fight before a red-skinned young man stepped forward.
• A brocade-clad Myriad Seas Heavenly Palace disciple used Spatial Overlap to reach the arena, and Qin Hao judged that his speed put Ding Jian at a disadvantage.
• Ding Jian met the arrogant disciple in the void, where the young man claimed he needed only one strike to win.
• Ding Jian thrust his Long Spear, and the young man countered with an ordinary-looking Warblade strike whose power far exceeded Ding Jian's.