Chapter Summaries

After Zhao Wei conceded their friendly match, Qin Hao completed a sweep of three victories for the Azure Flame Sect. Xuan Sha Sovereign offered Qin Hao lavish rewards to join the Myriad Seas Heavenly Palace, but Qin Hao declined, choosing to remain with the Azure Flame Sect.

• Zhao Wei conceded to Qin Hao and left the Phoenix Feather Armor behind, saying their friendly exchange's wins and losses mattered little before Creation.
• The Storm Sovereign praised Qin Hao's three victories, while Xuan Sha Sovereign took the Phoenix Feather Armor and approached him.
• Xuan Sha Sovereign praised Qin Hao and invited him to join the Myriad Seas Heavenly Palace, promising Heavenly Ruins cultivation and doubled rewards.
• Lingxiaozi urged Qin Hao to accept the offer, but Qin Hao refused to change allegiances because he had already joined the Azure Flame Sect.

Qin Hao refused the Xuan Sha Sovereign’s offer to join the Myriad Seas Heavenly Palace, choosing to remain loyal to the Azure Flame Sect. After the Storm Sovereign took him and the sect’s Disciples away, the Xuan Sha Sovereign explained that Qin Hao’s rapid growth in the Heavenly Ruins was why he had tried to recruit him.

• Qin Hao refused the Xuan Sha Sovereign’s offer, saying he would follow his Original Heart and stay with the Azure Flame Sect.
• The Xuan Sha Sovereign gave Qin Hao the Phoenix Feather Armor, then pressed him to reconsider until the Storm Sovereign angrily intervened.
• The Storm Sovereign carried Qin Hao away, and the Azure Flame Sect Disciples boarded the Void Judgment Battleship and departed.
• Other Myriad Seas Heavenly Palace Sovereigns questioned why the Xuan Sha Sovereign had offered Qin Hao such generous rewards.
• The Xuan Sha Sovereign described Qin Hao’s unusual progress, including comprehending the Power of the Two Realms and absorbing nearly all the energy in the Azure Flame Spirit Pool.
• The Xuan Sha Sovereign said Qin Hao’s astonishing growth after three months of cultivation in the Heavenly Ruins had truly caught his attention.

Xuan Sha Sovereign argued that Qin Hao might be a rare Late Stage genius, while the other Sovereigns doubted his potential. On the journey back to the Azure Flame Sect, Storm Sovereign warned the disciples not to grow complacent, and Qin Hao resolved to focus on cultivation and attempt the Third Floor of the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower.

• Xuan Sha Sovereign called Qin Hao a possible Late Stage genius, but the other Sovereigns said his victories over Fu Ze, Xing Shijie, and Zhao Wei came from training three months ahead of them.
• Xuan Sha Sovereign sent the Myriad Seas Heavenly Palace disciples to cultivate in the Meteorite Belt and warned them to obey the rules.
• Storm Sovereign cautioned the Azure Flame Sect disciples that their three-month head start in the Heavenly Ruins explained Qin Hao’s victories and reminded them that only Creation Great Experts could protect themselves in the Star Sea.
• Qin Hao dismissed the risk of becoming arrogant, sat down to cultivate, and inspired the other disciples to follow his example.
• Qin Hao told Lingxiaozi he did not regret refusing the Myriad Seas Heavenly Palace and planned to enter seclusion at the Azure Flame Sect to pass the Third Floor of the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower.

Qin Hao returned to the Azure Flame Sect and learned about the Inner Gate’s Nine Peaks, which new disciples could choose as their cultivation focus. After sensing the peaks, he remained drawn to Two Realms Peak and its Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram.

• Lingxiaozi warned Qin Hao that clearing the Third Floor of the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower within thirty years would be extremely difficult, then resumed guiding Qin Hao’s Time Doppelganger.
• Qin Hao decided to consolidate his Origin Laws during the journey and postpone further comprehension until he returned to the Azure Flame Sect.
• The Void Judgment Battleship reached the Azure Flame Sect and brought Qin Hao and the other returning Inner Disciples to the Main Peak.
• The Storm Sovereign explained the different cultivation paths of the Nine Peaks and said the disciples could sense them before choosing.
• Qin Hao considered choosing Two Realms Peak, then began sensing the Nine Peaks and felt the intense killing intent of Heavenly Fortune Peak, the domineering power of Creation Peak, and the defensive thunderclouds of Heavenly Thunder Peak.

Qin Hao chose Two Realms Peak and learned its strict cultivation rules before joining the ninety-two other first-place tournament winners at the Scripture Repository. There, the Storm Sovereign began explaining the difference between Great Dao and Chaos Cultivation Techniques and revealed that the Azure Flame Sect possessed four Chaos Cultivation Techniques.

• Qin Hao sensed his Self-World resonate with Two Realms Peak and chose it, while the other new Inner Disciples selected peaks suited to their paths.
• The disciples received tokens for their chosen peaks, and Qin Hao learned that Two Realms Peak allowed ten days of study each month, with extra study costing Azure Flame Points and its illustrations requiring sequential mastery.
• The Storm Sovereign summoned the ninety-three disciples awarded Chaos Cultivation Techniques and brought them to the Scripture Repository.
• A powerful presence swept over Qin Hao and the others before they entered a mysterious space inside the repository.
• The Storm Sovereign explained that Great Dao Cultivation Techniques cultivated the Thirty Thousand Minor Daos, while Chaos Cultivation Techniques led to the Eighty-One Great Daos, and said the Azure Flame Sect had four Chaos Cultivation Techniques.

Storm Sovereign revealed four Chaos Cultivation Techniques to Qin Hao and the other disciples, and Qin Hao weighed their origins and strengths. He was especially drawn to the Nether Azure Flame Scripture and the Gods and Devils Heaven-Suppressing Art, which suited his Devouring Doppelganger, but he had not yet chosen one.

• Storm Sovereign presented the Nine Heavens Profound Dragon Art, the Void God-Slaying Record, the Nether Azure Flame Scripture, and the Gods and Devils Heaven-Suppressing Art to Qin Hao and the others.
• Lingxiaozi told Qin Hao that the Profound Dragon Ancient God had been a supreme Human Race Sovereign who might have fallen before the Time Sword Lord rose to prominence.
• Qin Hao considered the Void God-Slaying Record for its Divine Soul power, which could strengthen his Soul Suppression and Sword Heaven and Earth attacks.
• Qin Hao favored the Nether Azure Flame Scripture because the Azure Flame Sect founder had mastered it and other sect members could offer cultivation experience.
• Qin Hao recognized that the Gods and Devils Heaven-Suppressing Art suited his Devouring Doppelganger, and Lingxiaozi explained that the Demon Venerable of the Spirit Domain had raised it to Chaos Cultivation Technique level.

Qin Hao weighed the four Chaos Cultivation Techniques and learned how difficult they were to master and complete. The Storm Sovereign offered the group the choice to give up a technique in exchange for one million Azure Flame Points, revealing that he had made the same choice himself.

• Qin Hao listened as Lingxiaozi explained the strengths and costly cultivation requirements of the four Chaos Cultivation Techniques.
• Qin Hao considered the Gods and Devils Heaven-Suppressing Art for his Devouring Doppelganger, but hesitated over the rare treasures it required.
• The Storm Sovereign warned that few Azure Flame Sect geniuses succeeded with Chaos Cultivation Techniques and that the group had only thirty years to cultivate at the Sect.
• The Storm Sovereign explained that later volumes required sufficient progress and at least ten million Azure Flame Points to obtain.
• The Storm Sovereign offered each person one million Azure Flame Points if they gave up the Chaos Cultivation Technique, and said he had chosen to give one up himself.

The Storm Sovereign offered the new Inner Disciples a choice between a Chaos Cultivation Technique and one million Azure Flame Points paid in installments. More than seventy disciples gave up the technique, while Qin Hao and eighteen others kept their chance, and the Storm Sovereign asked Qin Hao which technique he would choose.

• A disciple asked whether the million Azure Flame Points would be issued immediately, and the Storm Sovereign explained that they would be paid in three installments over thirty years, as long as each recipient remained an Inner Disciple.
• A burly, red-skinned young man gave up the Chaos Cultivation Technique, prompting other disciples to follow his lead.
• Du Lei also gave up the technique, while Qin Hao, Ji Yuanjie, and Song Jingchen remained among those who chose to keep the opportunity.
• More than seventy of the ninety-three disciples gave up the technique and were teleported out of the mysterious space.
• The Storm Sovereign asked Qin Hao which of the four Chaos Cultivation Techniques he wanted to choose.

Qin Hao chose the Gods and Devils Heaven-Suppressing Art for his Devouring Doppelganger despite its immense cultivation demands, while most of the other disciples chose the Nether Azure Flame Scripture. After transmitting their chosen techniques, the Storm Sovereign revealed that each disciple had received a lethal restriction preventing the techniques from being exposed.

• Qin Hao rejected the Storm Sovereign's advice to choose the Nether Azure Flame Scripture and selected the Gods and Devils Heaven-Suppressing Art for his Devouring Doppelganger.
• Ji Yuanjie, Song Jingchen, and the other disciples chose their techniques, with most selecting the Nether Azure Flame Scripture and one or two choosing the Void God-Slaying Record.
• The Storm Sovereign transmitted the first volume of each chosen technique, overwhelming the disciples with a torrent of information.
• Qin Hao and the others sensed a restriction in their Divine Souls, and the Storm Sovereign explained that it would kill anyone whose soul was forcibly probed or who revealed a technique without the Azure Flame Sect's permission.

Qin Hao examined the Demon-Suppressing Volume, the first volume of the Gods and Devils Heaven-Suppressing Art, and discovered its immense potential and cultivation method. He found that only the first three levels were available, leaving him unsure how to access the rest.

• The Storm Sovereign warned everyone that revealing the Chaos Cultivation Technique would trigger a safeguard that destroyed their souls, and Lingxiaozi assured Qin Hao the restriction could not detect his other secrets.
• Qin Hao learned that the Gods and Devils Heaven-Suppressing Art had three volumes, but only the Demon-Suppressing Volume's title and contents were available to him.
• Qin Hao discovered that the Demon-Suppressing Volume had nine levels, with its power increasing from fifty-fourfold combat strength at the first level to at least a millionfold at the ninth.
• Qin Hao read that reaching the third, sixth, and ninth levels could let him clear the first three floors of the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower, potentially granting King-Sealing Creation-level combat power.
• Qin Hao entered a white space and watched a man in white demonstrate the first three levels with a punch, but found the space empty when he tried to examine the fourth level.

After choosing Chaos Cultivation Techniques and receiving the Storm Sovereign’s instructions, Qin Hao returned to the Inner Gate and settled at Two Realms Peak. He learned about the peak’s cultivation resources and the Mysterious Tower Space before entering his courtyard to begin cultivating.

• Qin Hao realized that the Demon-Suppressing Volume only revealed its first three layers and decided to focus on mastering them.
• The Storm Sovereign warned the nineteen disciples to keep their Chaos Cultivation Techniques secret and sent them away from the Scripture Pavilion.
• Song Jingchen urged the newly admitted Inner Disciples to stay in touch and strengthen themselves before the ten-year assessment.
• Fan Mingyu joined Qin Hao on the journey to Two Realms Peak and explained the Inner Gate’s assessments and lectures.
• Qin Hao and Fan Mingyu received neighboring courtyards, and Fan Mingyu told Qin Hao that the Mysterious Tower Space allowed disciples to study the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram and other peaks’ Dao Foundations.

Qin Hao learned that the Mysterious Tower Space was a restricted virtual meeting place for trusted Human Race experts, then focused on cultivating the Gods and Devils Heaven-Suppressing Art through his Devouring Doppelganger. He discovered that Origin Demon Crystals were costly, leaving him to weigh the needs of both his Doppelganger and his True Self against his limited Azure Flame Points.

• Qin Hao asked Lingxiaozi about the Mysterious Tower Space and learned that Human Race Creation Realm experts and Nirvana Sovereigns used it to communicate, while access was restricted to those the Human Race trusted.
• Qin Hao decided to prioritize cultivation and passed the Gods and Devils Heaven-Suppressing Art to his Devouring Doppelganger.
• Black-Clad Qin Hao resolved to master the first three layers of the Demon-Suppressing Volume and began studying the white-robed man's punch.
• Qin Hao learned that even the cheapest Low-Grade Origin Demon Crystal cost three hundred Azure Flame Points, while he had only twenty-one thousand eight hundred.
• Qin Hao reconsidered redeeming a Sword Art Divine Ability because the Devouring Doppelganger needed Origin Demon Crystals and his True Self also needed cultivation resources.

Qin Hao spent three months studying the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram, strengthening Sword Heaven and Earth and perfectly integrating his Origin Laws into his Self-World. He was summoned to King Minluo’s lecture and discovered that his Devouring Doppelganger had broken through.

• The Mysterious Tower Spirit advised Qin Hao to wait for King Minluo’s lecture before choosing a cultivation path, and Qin Hao began studying the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram.
• Qin Hao studied the first three images, gradually strengthening Sword Heaven and Earth and perfectly merging his mastered Origin Laws into his Self-World.
• Qin Hao advanced to the fourth and fifth images as the months passed, and the Mysterious Tower Spirit reminded him to attend the King-Rank Creation’s lecture.
• Qin Hao realized three months had passed, sensed that Sword Heaven and Earth had grown several times stronger, and learned that his extra study time had cost two thousand Azure Flame Points.
• Qin Hao felt a sudden realization and discovered that his Devouring Doppelganger had broken through.

Black-Clad Qin Hao mastered the First Layer of the Demon-Suppressing Volume, while Qin Hao learned that Luo Xiao had earned a hundred thousand Azure Flame Points by clearing the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower’s First Floor. Eager to win the reward himself, Qin Hao began his own challenge before King Minluo’s lecture.

• Black-Clad Qin Hao mastered the First Layer of the Demon-Suppressing Volume after three months of training, raising his combat power fifty-fourfold.
• Qin Hao decided to attend King Minluo’s first Azure Flame Sect lecture and heard the Mysterious Tower Spirit announce that Luo Xiao had earned one hundred thousand Azure Flame Points.
• The Mysterious Tower Spirit explained that only the Top Ten new Inner Disciples to clear a floor within ten years received points, with the First Floor’s top reward going to its first victor.
• Qin Hao chose to challenge the First Floor before class, and the Mysterious Tower Spirit allowed him to conjure one High-Grade True Treasure as a weapon.
• Qin Hao flew toward the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower to begin his challenge.

Qin Hao challenged the First Floor of the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower and fought its Guardian, who wielded the Power of the Two Realms with overwhelming strength. Qin Hao’s Void Sword cut off some of the Guardian’s hair, but the Guardian declared him too weak to pass and attacked again.

• Qin Hao entered the First Floor and faced its young Guardian, who revealed the might of Creation.
• Qin Hao unleashed Sword Heaven and Earth, but the Guardian’s stronger manifestation overwhelmed it and forced Qin Hao to retreat.
• Qin Hao used Battle the World to gain an advantage, but the Guardian countered with an even more powerful strike.
• Qin Hao unleashed Void Sword and cut off some of the Guardian’s hair, but failed to defeat him.
• The Guardian praised Qin Hao’s command of the Power of the Two Realms, said he was still too weak to pass, and attacked again.

Qin Hao challenged the First Floor of the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower, earned 39.3 points, and realized he needed to master the first six diagrams more fully. As he headed to King Minluo’s lesson with Fan Mingyu, three figures blocked their path.

• The young man defeated Qin Hao after more than a hundred exchanges, prompting Qin Hao to resolve to study the first six diagrams again.
• The Mysterious Tower Spirit awarded Qin Hao 39.3 points, placing him somewhere past the hundred-and-forty-thousandth position in the Inner Gate Rankings.
• Qin Hao left seclusion and met Fan Mingyu, who invited him to go with him to King Minluo’s lesson.
• Fan Mingyu told Qin Hao that Luo Xiao had cleared the First Floor of the tower and was the only newly admitted Inner Disciple to do so.
• Three figures appeared ahead of Qin Hao and Fan Mingyu, blocking their way, and Fan Mingyu’s expression darkened.

Qin Hao and Fan Mingyu encountered Peng Kun and his companions outside the Martial Lecture Hall, where Qin Hao learned they had been exploiting newly promoted Inner Disciples in Wagering Duels. The two entered the hall, and Qin Hao realized the veterans had taken more than a million Azure Flame Points from disciples returning from the Heavenly Ruins.

• Fan Mingyu angrily confronted Peng Kun, who insulted Qin Hao for choosing the Gods and Devils Heaven-Suppressing Art.
• Peng Kun and his companions left for the Martial Lecture Hall, and Fan Mingyu apologized to Qin Hao for drawing him into their conflict.
• Fan Mingyu explained that Peng Kun had pressured him into Wagering Duels two months earlier and that he had lost all twenty thousand of his Azure Flame Points.
• Fan Mingyu said many disciples returning from the Heavenly Ruins had also been tricked by veteran Inner Disciples.
• Qin Hao estimated that the returning disciples had lost more than a million Azure Flame Points and entered the Martial Lecture Hall with Fan Mingyu.

Qin Hao attended King Minluo’s lesson on the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram and learned about its realms and the four aspects of the Celestial Phenomenon Realm. He discovered that the Spirit-Shaking Art could help him cultivate Surface Aspect and Form Aspect, and wondered how many Azure Flame Points it would cost.

• Qin Hao and Fan Mingyu entered the Martial Lecture Hall, where disciples from the Azure Flame Grand Tournament hoped Qin Hao would confront Peng Kun and his group for swindling them.
• King Minluo arrived and began teaching the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram, first explaining its three great realms.
• King Minluo described the Celestial Phenomenon Realm’s Object Aspect, Surface Aspect, Form Aspect, and Intent Aspect, revealing how each manifested the Power of the Two Realms.
• King Minluo said the Ninth Grade Divine Ability Spirit-Shaking Art could help disciples cultivate Surface Aspect and Form Aspect.
• Qin Hao connected his existing techniques and attempts to master Soul Suppression with the aspects King Minluo had described, then wondered how many Azure Flame Points the Spirit-Shaking Art cost.

King Minluo taught the disciples about the Two Realms Realm and explained how mastering and integrating Origin Laws could lead to Creation. Qin Hao gained a clearer understanding of Creation and Divine Strength, but still had two questions of his own.

• King Minluo explained that integrating Origin Laws and comprehending the first six images of the Two Realms Heavenly Dao Diagram could help disciples master the Power of the Two Realms.
• A disciple asked how the other peaks could break through to Creation if that breakthrough depended on the Two Realms power, and King Minluo clarified that both paths involved integrating Origin Laws.
• King Minluo said that breaking through to Creation required mastering and integrating one hundred and eight Ninth-Order Origin Laws, while higher ranks required more laws and transformations of the Spirit Body and Divine Soul.
• King Minluo explained that Creation cultivators possessed Divine Strength, which made them difficult to kill as long as any of it remained.
• Qin Hao listened to King Minluo's answers and gained new insight into Creation, but two of his questions remained unanswered.

Qin Hao asked King Minluo about the Divine Soul and the manifestation of the Power of the Two Realms during a lecture. King Minluo explained both concepts and demonstrated a manifestation that Qin Hao recognized as a Second-Level Space, similar to Sword Heaven and Earth.

• Qin Hao reflected on how Divine Soul transformation and the Power of the Two Realms related to his own cultivation.
• Qin Hao asked King Minluo how the Divine Soul differed from the Martial Soul, and King Minluo explained that they were the same, with different names used in different worlds.
• Qin Hao realized the Undying Lord had tried to devour his Divine Soul and that splitting his Martial Soul for his doppelgangers meant splitting his Divine Soul.
• Qin Hao asked how to manifest the Power of the Two Realms, and King Minluo said it required mastering that power and gaining some understanding of the Laws Method.
• King Minluo released dense Power of the Two Realms, and Qin Hao sensed a Second-Level Space similar to Sword Heaven and Earth.