"The Great Dao Miasma is still suppressing you?" Mu Ziqing's delicate brows drew together, her eyes full of worry.
Qin Hao shook his head. "There's always a thread of hope."
Mu Ziqing's heart stirred, and she looked at him.
Qin Hao smiled faintly and nodded.
At that, a smile appeared on Mu Ziqing's face too.
As the person closest to Qin Hao, Mu Ziqing understood him better than anyone. She knew how he had changed over the years.
Though he had not said it outright, it was clear that, compared with before, Qin Hao now had some confidence.
"No matter what happens, Qin Hao, whatever you decide to do, I'll support you," Mu Ziqing said solemnly.
"And I'll support you," Qin Hao said with a smile and a nod.
Neither needed to say more or spell anything out.
Each knew what the other was thinking.
After Mu Ziqing passed her tribulation and advanced to Four-Tribulation Sovereign, Qin Hao did not leave. He remained in Secluded Cultivation at the Sword Martial Palace.
At his current Cultivation Realm, each period of Secluded Cultivation often lasted many long years. The Great Dao he needed to comprehend and adjust was too vast, and the changes too great.
While Qin Hao was in Secluded Cultivation, Sovereigns throughout the Star Sea learned what had happened on the True Martial Continent.
It caused an uproar!
A Half-Step Sovereign had slaughtered numerous Five-Tribulation Sovereigns and even driven off Lord Zhiyuan, a Six-Tribulation Peak Sovereign, sending him fleeing in disgrace!
And Qin Hao had done it without using the Primordial Feathered Wings.
The news shook every Sovereign. Though Qin Hao had not summoned a Heavenly Tribulation to advance to Sovereign, he already possessed strength no weaker than a Six-Tribulation Peak Sovereign.
Some even believed he could rival a Seven-Tribulation