Chapter Summaries

Wang Lin accepted Bai Wei’s offer to take the Extreme Yang and make Tian Yunzi miscalculate, provoking Tian Yunzi to attack him. Qin Hao rescued Wang Lin and fled into the Starry Sky as Tian Yunzi’s attack pursued them.

• Bai Wei urged Wang Lin to take the Extreme Yang and oppose Tian Yunzi, but Wang Lin hesitated over the consequences.
• Wang Lin chose to help Bai Wei and tried to take him away, but a surge of yin energy disrupted his escape technique.
• Bai Wei gave his life to transform the gathered yin energy into a golden point of Extreme Yang, which Wang Lin reached for.
• Tian Yunzi sensed Wang Lin’s actions and sent his Finger Usurps Heavenly Fate divine ability to suppress him.
• Qin Hao froze Tian Yunzi’s colossal finger, seized Wang Lin, and escaped into the void, while the finger pursued them.
• Marquis Lingtian decided to follow and lend the Four Sacred Sect a hand.

Qin Hao protected Wang Lin from Tian Yunzi, while his hidden Main Body intervened when Tian Yunzi's clone attacked. After Tian Yunzi withdrew, Qin Hao kept his Main Body's identity secret and declined Sword Master Ling Tianhou's invitation.

• Qin Hao split Tian Yunzi's descending finger with the Sub-Void Nirvana Sword, and Sword Venerable Ling Tianhou arrived to fight the wind dragon threatening Qin Hao and Wang Lin.
• Gray-clad Tian Yunzi attacked Qin Hao with ten strands of true Slaughter Qi after Qin Hao declared he would not let anyone take Wang Lin.
• Qin Hao's concealed Main Body struck down gray-clad Tian Yunzi and crushed a green-robed Tian Yunzi in his place.
• Tian Yunzi arrived with a trident, but he chose not to challenge Qin Hao's hidden Main Body and left after asking who it was.
• Qin Hao told Sword Master Ling Tianhou that the mysterious protector was a friend, then declined his invitation to visit the Daluo Sword Sect.

Qin Hao obtained and refined the Divine King Shield after Wang Lin returned to Blood Star with the Green Light Shield. Ten days later, Qin Hao and his companions joined powerful experts at the East Sea Demon Spirit Gate, where Tian Yunzi opened the Demon Spirit Land and entered first.

• Qin Hao received the Divine King Shield when Wang Lin returned to Blood Star carrying the Green Light Shield, and he finished refining it over the next ten days.
• Tian Yunzi sent invitations announcing that the Demon Spirit Land would open and grant entry to the Immortal's Cave Mansion.
• Qin Hao, Wang Lin, Qingshui Immortal Lord, Blood Ancestor, Yao Xixue, and Situ Nan traveled from Blood Star to the East Sea Demon Spirit Gate.
• Tian Yunzi arrived carrying an Ancient God Tu Si trident, and Wang Lin recognized the weapon's origin.
• Elder Sun arrived after Sword Master Ling Tianhou said he had invited him, and Elder Sun noticed Qingshui among the gathered experts.
• Tian Yunzi used a command token to open the East Sea Demon Spirit Land, warned that all four Immortal Mansions had to be opened to reach the true cave abode, and entered first.

Qin Hao returned to the Demon Spirit Land, rewarded its people, and helped Thirteen advance before joining the others in the fourth Virtual Mansion. There, Flower Consort revealed that only a particular person could open the Immortal Mansion and save Immortal Emperor Qing Lin, and Wang Lin appeared to be that person.

• Xu Kong Zi arrived and led Ling Tianhou and the Cultivation Alliance experts into the Demon Spirit Land.
• Qin Hao returned to the Heavenly Demon Kingdom, where Thirteen, Ouyang Hua, Gu Yundun, and the people welcomed him; he distributed treasures and left them a Forbidden Banner.
• Qin Hao helped Thirteen, Ouyang Hua, and Gu Yundun improve their cultivation, then went to the fourth Virtual Mansion.
• Qin Hao and the others encountered Flower Consort, who said the Immortal Mansion could only be opened with a particular person present.
• Qin Hao identified Wang Lin as the person Qing Lin had said could save him, and Flower Consort invited Wang Lin to follow her.

After the fifth cave mansion opened, Qin Hao entered the Bottle World and defeated its guardian, Nether Sea, while claiming the Immortal Emperor’s sword. He began using the guardian’s Burning Heaven technique to awaken Vermilion Bird for a second time.

• Wang Lin activated the passage, and the cave mansion formations flooded the Demon Spirit Land with Immortal Qi, transforming it into the Immortal Spirit Heaven Realm.
• Thirteen and Ouyang Hua established defenses around the Heavenly Demon Kingdom as the gathered experts entered the fifth cave mansion.
• Qin Hao arrived in the Bottle World, recognized its ninety-nine inner worlds, and advanced through the black sand toward a Scattered Devil Tower.
• Qin Hao defeated the sand giants and devilish figures, seized the Square Bamboo sword from Nether Sea, and refined it with his Dao Ancient Power.
• Nether Sea unleashed Burning Heaven, but Qin Hao killed him and summoned Vermilion Bird to devour the nine-colored flames for its second awakening.

Qin Hao completed the Vermilion Bird Spirit’s second awakening, escaped the Bottle World with the Great Desert Lone Smoke Painting, and freed his companions. He confronted the Rune Clan’s Saint Ancestor Qiu Yao in the Burial Immortal Pool, where Qing Lin’s Restriction avatar sealed her and revealed her betrayal and hatred.

• Qin Hao’s Vermilion Bird Spirit absorbed the flames and completed its second awakening, sending its cry across the realms.
• Qin Hao broke through the realms, obtained Qing Lin’s Great Desert Lone Smoke Painting, and tore open the final realm to leave the Bottle World.
• Qin Hao seized the bottle from the Scattered Devil and released Clear Water, Blood Ancestor, Wang Lin, Situ Nan, Tian Yunzi, and the others.
• The Scattered Devil opened a vortex into the Burial Immortal Pool, where Qin Hao and his companions encountered Qiu Yao, the Rune Clan’s Saint Ancestor.
• Qin Hao struck Qiu Yao down, but she tried to break free of her crimson sinew bindings before Qing Lin’s Restriction avatar appeared and sealed her attacks.
• Qiu Yao accused Qing Lin of deceiving her, exploiting her love, and gouging out her eyes to seize the power of the Primordial Beginning.

After Qiu Yao’s self-destruction, Qin Hao descended into the Burial Immortal Pool, found a second Sub-Void Nirvana Sword, and fought off the crimson-thread creature guarding it. He entered the Immortal Emperor’s Cave Mansion, where Xu Kong Zi attacked him and was effortlessly seized, leaving Xu Kong Zi stunned by Qin Hao’s strength.

• Qiu Yao merged her remaining soul with the Burial Immortal Pool and triggered a destructive blast, so Qin Hao used the Chaos Bead Space to escape the storm.
• Qin Hao descended to the pit’s bottom and found the frozen head of an Eight Star Ancient God with a Sub-Void Nirvana Sword embedded in its neck.
• Qin Hao melted the ice, took the sword, destroyed the charging Immortal Corpses, and drove the crimson-thread creature away.
• Qin Hao entered the Immortal Emperor’s Cave Mansion and encountered a village girl and a black-robed man, who proposed dividing nearby treasures among them.
• Xu Kong Zi arrived and threatened to kill Qin Hao to cut off the Vermilion Bird Lineage’s inheritance, but Qin Hao shattered his attack and grabbed him.

Qin Hao crushed Xu Kong Zi, traversed the Immortal Emperor’s Cave Mansion, and absorbed a fire dragon to strengthen his Vermilion Bird spirit. In the eighth level, he seized and began refining a split soul of Ancient Devil Taga.

• Qin Hao crushed Xu Kong Zi’s body, refined his Primordial Spirit into a Bean Soldier, and continued deeper into the cave mansion.
• Qin Hao passed through the cave mansion’s levels and gained ten Imperial Azure Pills when Wang Lin received an Azure Pill.
• Qin Hao reached the seventh level, summoned his Vermilion Bird spirit, and let it devour the world’s fire-attributed energy.
• A giant hand dragged the village girl into the lava, and a fire dragon emerged from a coffin; Qin Hao weakened it and fed it to the Vermilion Bird spirit.
• Qin Hao entered the eighth level, seized the devil pursuing Marquis Lingtian, recognized it as a split soul of Ancient Devil Taga, and began refining it.

Qin Hao exposed Tian Yunzi’s scheme to free Ancient Devil Taga by revealing that the apparent battle was an illusion and that destroying the palace’s Restrictions would help Taga escape. Taga began taking over Qing Lin and unleashed devil qi across the Alliance Star Domain, prompting Qing Lin’s former betrayers to rush toward the East Sea Demon Spirit Land.

• Marquis Lingtian opened the formation to the ninth level, and Qin Hao followed him into the hall where Ancient Devil Taga sat amid the Black Mist.
• Tian Yunzi, Wang Wei, and Qingshui Immortal Lord prepared attacks against the hall while battling seemingly endless devil shadows, but Qin Hao stopped them and warned that damaging the Restrictions would help Taga escape.
• Tian Yunzi questioned Qin Hao’s claim about Qing Lin’s rule, so Qin Hao revealed that the battle was an Ancient Devil illusion and dispelled the devil shadows.
• Ancient Devil Taga’s possession of Qing Lin advanced as the light between Qing Lin’s brows vanished, and Taga rose with overwhelming devil qi that immobilized everyone and spread into the outside world.
• Devil qi transformed spirit beasts and Immortal Beasts in the Immortal Spirit Heaven Realm, while Taga’s laughter reached the Alliance Star Domain.
• A Ninth-grade Immortal Lord at the Cultivation Alliance headquarters ordered the execution of the Immortal Emperor, and the surviving Immortals rushed toward the East Sea Demon Spirit Land.

Ancient Devil Taga battled Qin Hao after discovering that Qin Hao was a Seven-Star Dao Ancient, while Tian Yunzi and his allies tried to break the ninth-floor seal. The fight left Taga still imprisoned as the surrounding experts clashed over whether to free him.

• In the Kunxu Realm, Mu Bingmei awoke and failed to locate her final avatar, while Lu Yun ordered the Four Sacred Sect to head to Tianyun Star with its sacred artifacts.
• Tuo Sen dismissed the Eight-Star Ancient Devil and declared that he expected to escape his prison in a few hundred years.
• Taga attacked Qin Hao, who shattered his demonic blade and revealed himself as a Seven-Star Dao Ancient, stunning Taga and the other observers.
• Taga tried to devour Qin Hao with devil phantoms and burn him with Demonic Fire, but Qin Hao destroyed the phantoms and consumed the flames.
• Taga urged Tian Yunzi to break the ninth-floor seal; Tian Yunzi and his avatars attacked it as Qingshui, Yunxian, and Yunxian's dao companion fought them.
• Marquis Lingtian tried to break the seal but Zhou Yi stopped him, while the Tianyun Nebula experts attacked the Blood Progenitor, Situ Nan, and Wang Lin; a black-robed man vowed to free Taga and obtain Qing Lin's blood.

Qin Hao defeated Ancient Devil Taga on the ninth level and blasted him into the Outer Realm, where Taga broke free of the level’s restrictions. Flower Consort confronted Taga while Qin Hao went to check on the Vermilion Bird Spirit’s third awakening and the fire seed forming within him.

• Qin Hao used the Qiankun Cauldron to bring Luo Hou before him, destroyed Luo Hou’s body, and captured his Primordial Spirit.
• Qin Hao fought Taga with the Spirit Fixation Technique and the Spirit Control Seal, overcoming Taga’s Star Burial and blasting him through the ninth level.
• Taga emerged into the Outer Realm’s Starry Sky, celebrated his freedom from Qing Lin’s rules, and planned to gain ancestral reversion.
• Flower Consort appeared before Taga, rejected his offer to become his consort, and attacked him.
• Qin Hao headed to the seventh level as the Vermilion Bird Spirit approached its third awakening and a source fire seed began condensing within Qin Hao.

Qin Hao led the allied forces against Ancient Devil Taga and defeated him with the Godslaying Spear and Spirit Fixation Technique. After the Four Sacred Artifacts sealed Taga within Qing Lin, Qin Hao killed the Immortals who tried to destroy Qing Lin, leaving the others stunned by his Third Step strength.

• Qin Hao left the Immortal Emperor's Cave Mansion as the surviving Rain Immortals and their cultivator army joined the battle against Ancient Devil Taga.
• The Four Sacred Sect, the Kunxu Elder, Mu Bingmei, and Qin Hao's group arrived, and Qin Hao summoned the Godslaying Spear to challenge Taga.
• Qin Hao and Taga clashed with their powerful weapons, collapsing the Starry Sky and opening a vortex to the land of void.
• Taga tried to escape through the vortex, but Qin Hao froze him with the Spirit Fixation Technique and struck him back.
• The Four Sacred Artifacts attacked Taga and sealed the ancient devil true spirit, restoring Qing Lin's immortal appearance.
• The surviving Immortals charged at Qing Lin, but Qin Hao annihilated them with the Godslaying Spear, shocking the assembled factions.

Qin Hao drove away Mu Bingmei and the Kunxu Realm Elder, then demanded that the Immortals obtain the key to the Immortal Realm of Rain from Chong Xuanzi. Lu Yun named Qin Hao the next Vermilion Bird Holy Emperor and handed him the lineage’s symbols and sacred artifact.

• Mu Bingmei asked Qin Hao to arrange a meeting with her avatar, Liu Mei, and left with the Kunxu Realm Elder after he said he would ask Liu Mei first.
• Qin Hao ordered the departing Immortals to tell Chong Xuanzi to hand over the key to the Immortal Realm of Rain so he could revive Qing Lin and help the trapped Azure Dragon Holy Emperor.
• Qin Hao thanked Lu Yun and the Four Sacred Sect Elders for supporting him.
• Lu Yun appointed Qin Hao the next Vermilion Bird Holy Emperor and gave him the Holy Emperor Cloak, Vermilion Bird Holy Spirit, and Primordial Sacred Artifact.
• The Four Sacred Sect Elders knelt and welcomed Qin Hao as their new Vermilion Bird Holy Emperor.

After the Immortal Emperor’s Cave Mansion battle, Qin Hao brought the Immortal Spirit Heaven Realm and Blood Star to the Four Sacred Sect, while the Cultivation Alliance lost more territory and influence. Back in the eastern region, Qin Hao planned to rescue the Azure Dragon Holy Emperor and revive Immortal Emperor Qing Lin before cultivating the Vermilion Bird Nine Profound Transformation.

• Qin Hao took the Immortal Spirit Heaven Realm and Blood Star and led the Four Sacred Sect experts back to the Four Sacred Sect.
• News of the Cultivation Alliance’s losses spread, its front-line army retreated, and Luo Tian seized more territory.
• The Corpse Yin Sect claimed the southern region, Chuyun Nation and Ludi Nation joined the Four Sacred Sect, and the Cultivation Alliance’s control dwindled to less than one-tenth of the star domain.
• Qin Hao placed Blood Star and the Immortal Spirit Heaven Realm in the eastern region, then followed Lu Yun to the Vermillion Bird Sacred Sect.
• Lu Yun urged Qin Hao to cultivate the Vermilion Bird Nine Profound Transformation, but Qin Hao first planned to rescue the Azure Dragon Holy Emperor and revive Immortal Emperor Qing Lin.

Qin Hao prepared to open the Immortal Realm of Rain and rescue the Azure Dragon Old Holy Emperor while delaying the Cultivation Alliance’s request for help against Luo Tian. When he reached the Vermilion Bird Sacred Sect’s main star, the system raised his cultivation to the First Decline of Heavenly Human, and the decline’s decay had no effect on his body.

• Qin Hao received the Rain Crystal from the Cultivation Alliance’s envoy and postponed discussing the war against Luo Tian until after his return.
• Qin Hao ordered the Four Sacred Sect to prepare a grand formation to open the Immortal Realm of Rain and rescue the Azure Dragon Old Holy Emperor.
• Qin Hao told Lu Yun to guard Vermilion Bird Star, then met Yunxian's companion, Zhou Yi, Wang Lin, and Situ Nan and brought them to the sect’s main star.
• The system raised Qin Hao’s cultivation to Shattering Nirvana Great Perfection and then the First Decline of Heavenly Human after detecting a powerful cultivator on the main star.
• A star of decline descended into Qin Hao, but his Seven Star Dao Ancient body regenerated as the First Decline’s decay attacked him.

Qin Hao reached the First Decline of Heavenly Human and activated the gate to the Immortal Realm of Rain. There, he found the mountain sealing the Azure Dragon Holy Emperor, who warned that another dangerous thing was imprisoned alongside him.

• The Vermilion Bird Sacred Sect cultivators learned that Qin Hao's avatar had reached Heavenly Human Decline after just over a thousand years, while Lu Yun praised his disciple.
• Qin Hao dismissed concerns about stabilizing his cultivation and activated the Immortal Realm of Rain formation with help from the Four Sacred Sect and their allies.
• Qin Hao entered the realm with Qingshui Immortal Lord, Yunxian's dao companion, Wang Lin, Situ Nan, and nine Azure Dragon Sacred Sect elders, then halted the collapsing fragments with his Immobilization Technique.
• Qin Hao found the lock-shaped mountain, where Wang Lin and Qingshui Immortal Lord also heard cries for help and the elders recognized an Azure Dragon Sacred Sect palm imprint.
• A golden lock repelled the elders, and the sealed Azure Dragon Holy Emperor told Qin Hao to raise the mountain seven inches without releasing the other thing sealed inside.
• The oldest Azure Dragon Sacred Sect elder recognized the Holy Emperor's voice and begged Qin Hao to free him.

Qin Hao freed the Azure Dragon Holy Emperor from Lock Mountain and learned that Heavenly Dao Blood had caused his transformation in temperament, while its origins raised questions about the Heavenly Dao. Qin Hao and his companions then searched for the Revered Hall of the Immortal Realm of Rain, uncovering it beneath layers of collapsing fragments.

• Qin Hao lifted Lock Mountain, freed the Azure Dragon Holy Emperor, and trapped Tian Yunzi beneath the mountain.
• The Azure Dragon Holy Emperor revealed that he had swallowed Heavenly Dao Blood to survive the fourth decay of heaven and man, and Hu Juan and Qingshui Immortal Lord explained what they knew about the blood.
• Qin Hao told the Azure Dragon Holy Emperor that the previous Vermilion Bird Old Holy Emperor remained alive, then declined to return to the Azure Dragon Sacred Sect with him.
• Wang Wei warned Qin Hao that consuming Heavenly Dao Blood could change a person's temperament, but Qin Hao said the Azure Dragon Holy Emperor posed no threat to him.
• Qin Hao and his companions went to find the Revered Hall, and Wang Wei shattered three layers of collapsing fragments to reveal the azure hall beneath them.

Qin Hao and the others used a formation to free Qing Lin from Ancient Devil Taga, and Qin Hao devoured Taga, breaking through to eight-star Ancient Devil cultivation. Qing Lin awakened and agreed to tell Qingshui Immortal Lord what happened when the Immortal Realm collapsed.

• Wang Wei opened the Honored Hall, where Hu Juan arranged Qing Lin and Qing Shuang’s bodies on a soul-reversing formation.
• The formation activated after Wang Lin added his blood, while Qin Hao stayed behind to restrain Ancient Devil Taga.
• Hu Juan, Wang Wei, Wang Lin, and Zhou Yi entered Qing Lin’s Sea of Consciousness and helped drive Taga’s soul out.
• Qin Hao swallowed Taga and refined him, advancing his Ancient Devil cultivation to eight stars.
• Qing Lin awakened, thanked Qin Hao, and accepted him as a brother.
• Qin Hao asked Qing Lin to explain the Immortal Realm’s collapse to Qingshui Immortal Lord, and Qing Lin agreed.

Qing Lin gathered allies to rebuild the Immortal Realm of Rain and invited Situ Nan and Wang Lin to become his disciples. After reforging the realm, he prepared to enter seclusion while Qin Hao and Wang Lin chose to leave in search of opportunities.

• Qingshui joined Qing Lin's new Immortal Realm, while Qin Hao said he planned to travel to other star domains.
• Qing Lin accepted Situ Nan as his disciple, but Wang Lin declined because he feared attracting Ancient God Tu Si, so Qing Lin offered him a single strike if needed.
• Qin Hao gave Qing Lin pills that could restore much of his cultivation and asked him to protect Qin Hao's relatives.
• Qing Lin used Qing Shuang's Immortal Power to stop the Immortal Realm of Rain from collapsing and reforged it into a new continent.
• Qing Lin gave Qin Hao a rune for entering and leaving the new realm, then prepared to enter seclusion.
• Wang Lin decided to leave with Qin Hao to seek greater strength before Tuo Sen broke free.

Qin Hao let Liu Mei choose whether to meet Mu Bingmei and then returned to the Four Sacred Sect to cultivate the Vermillion Bird Nine Profound Transformation. His breakthrough made him the new Vermilion Bird Holy Emperor, and its power was sensed across the starfield.

• Qin Hao told Liu Mei that Mu Bingmei wanted her to return and offered her several safe places to go.
• Liu Mei chose to meet Mu Bingmei herself and left with Qin Yimei, while Qin Hao placed a strand of divine sense on her for protection.
• Mu Bingmei appeared and invited Liu Mei and Qin Yimei to return with her to the Kunxu Realm.
• Qin Hao returned to the Four Sacred Sect and, guided by the Old Holy Emperor, unsealed the first transformation of the Vermillion Bird Nine Profound Transformation.
• Qin Hao’s breakthrough made him the Vermilion Bird Holy Emperor, and cultivators across the starfield sensed the resulting Origin Power fluctuations.