Chapter 164, "Blood Changdao & Blood Reaper", is the clearest early answer because it turns Alec's situation into a concrete plot event. The setup is [ Ding!, Blood Changdao (Broken) found., but the pressure keeps building through ] [ × : Host has come in contact with a Divine-level weapon..

Chapter 413, "A Bloody Night (4).", is the clearest early answer because it turns Blood Changdao's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 444, "Blood Reaper.", is the clearest early answer because it turns Alec's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 445, "Blood Reaper (2).", is the clearest early answer because it turns Alec's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 661, "Blood Reaper 2.", is the clearest early answer because it turns Alec's situation into a concrete plot event. The setup is The blade swung back with a blood coated aura, spinning rapidly..., but the pressure keeps building through It was as if there was no resistance at all..
Chapter 660, "Blood Reaper 1.", is the clearest early answer because it turns Alec's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 489, "Blood for loyalty", is the clearest early answer because it turns Blood's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 164, "Blood Changdao & Blood Reaper", is the clearest early answer because it turns Alec's situation into a concrete plot event. The chapter turns that into something concrete by moving from [ Ding!, Blood Changdao (Broken) found.
Chapter 164, "Blood Changdao & Blood Reaper", is the clearest early answer because it turns Alec's situation into a concrete plot event. A useful checkpoint is the way the scene starts with [ Ding!, Blood Changdao (Broken) found.
Chapter 189, "George Gordons Out For Blood (1&2)", is the clearest early answer because it turns Flaming Hyena's situation into a concrete plot event.
Chapter 164, "Blood Changdao & Blood Reaper", is the clearest early answer because it turns Alec's situation into a concrete plot event. A useful checkpoint is the way the scene starts with [ Ding!, Blood Changdao (Broken) found.