Chapter Summaries

Yun Chang revealed that he had become a Five-Tribulation Sovereign and killed the Jinmi Sovereign with two spear strikes before returning with Qin Hao to the True Martial Continent. Back at Sword Martial Palace, Qin Hao examined a damaged Jade Slip that reacted to the Guangyin Tiger Tally and appeared to contain information about the Origin World.

• The Jinmi Sovereign tried to block Yun Chang, but Yun Chang broke his metal arms and killed him with the Antique Long Spear.
• Yun Chang and Qin Hao traveled back to the True Martial Continent, evading several Sovereigns who pursued them.
• Yun Chang told Qin Hao he would enter seclusion, then left after they reached the continent.
• At Sword Martial Palace, Qin Hao reunited with his Devouring Doppelganger and received more than three hundred Great Dao Origin Crystal Stones and a damaged Jade Slip.
• Qin Hao brought out the Guangyin Tiger Tally, which caused the damaged Jade Slip to flash, and concluded that it was native to the Origin World and held fragments of information about it.

Qin Hao discovered that a damaged Jade Slip described the Star Realm, a subspace that may contain enough Xuanhuang Qi to help him dissolve the Great Dao Miasma. He traced its incomplete coordinates to the Outer Domain Lands and concluded that he would need to search there with his True Self.

• Qin Hao read the damaged Jade Slip and learned that the Star Realm had separated from the Origin World before it shattered and might still contain Xuanhuang Qi.
• Qin Hao matched the Jade Slip’s incomplete coordinates to a point near the edge of the Star Sea, in the Outer Domain Lands.
• Qin Hao suspected the Origin World’s main body might lie beyond the Star Sea and noted that several clues pointed to the Outer Domain Lands.
• Qin Hao realized that dissolving the remaining Great Dao Miasma required vastly more Xuanhuang Qi than he could likely find in the Origin World Fragments.
• Qin Hao decided he would have to search the dangerous Outer Domain Lands with his True Self because his Doppelganger was too weak.

Qin Hao found that refining more Great Dao Origin Crystals barely dissolved the Great Dao Miasma, so he decided to search the dangerous Outer Lands for a surviving piece of the Origin World that might contain enough Xuanhuang Qi. Before leaving with his True Self, he promised Mu Ziqing he would return and began a final journey with her across the True Martial Continent.

• Qin Hao absorbed the Xuanhuang Qi from more than three hundred Great Dao Origin Crystals, but dissolved less than a tenth of the remaining Great Dao Miasma.
• Qin Hao told Mu Ziqing he planned to travel alone to the Outer Lands in search of a surviving part of the Origin World that might hold enough Xuanhuang Qi.
• Mu Ziqing accepted that Qin Hao had to go and promised to wait for him on the True Martial Continent; Qin Hao promised he would return.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing walked through Absolute Immortal City, where Qin Hao remembered his past and reflected on the people who had died over the years.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing set off to visit Southern Reach before his departure for the Outer Lands.

Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing returned to the Southern Reach and visited Tianshui City, where Qin had grown into the continent’s strongest lineage. As they explored Qin’s ancestral residence, Qin Hao learned how much it had expanded and remembered the relatives lost in the Devil Race invasion.

• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing traveled leisurely through the continent and saw how the Profound Sun Domain and Blood Refinement Domain had changed before reaching the Southern Reach.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing visited the thriving Myriad Phenomena Hall and learned that Qin had become the True Martial Continent’s strongest lineage, with Qin Ming and Qin Yue both Three-Tribulation Sovereigns.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing entered Tianshui City and noticed that its Warriors spoke quietly under Qin’s strict rules; Qin Hao questioned how Qin Ming and Qin Yue were managing the city.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing explored the Young Master’s Residence, where Qin Hao recalled practicing swordsmanship and preparing for the Myriad Phenomena Hall’s Genius Tournament.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing remembered Qin Xiongfeng and others who had died defending Tianshui City during the Devil Race invasion five Epochs earlier.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing saw that the expanded Qin Family Residence housed more than ten thousand descendants, and Qin Hao wondered how large Qin had become across the continent and Star Sea.

Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing returned from their travels and sensed that their old friend Jing Hong was in Eastpeace City, so they headed there to meet him. At the Fang Family’s Eastpeace Inn, a despondent stranger drank wine while patrons discussed Qin’s new Inspector, until Qin Tao arrived and ordered the inn cleared for his guests.

• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing entered the Profound Sun Domain and recognized Jing Hong’s aura below them in Eastpeace City.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing decided to visit Jing Hong instead of returning straight to the Sword Martial Palace.
• Warriors at Eastpeace Restaurant discussed Qin’s new Inspector, Qin Tao, and worried about the trouble Qin’s disciples might cause.
• A disheveled man drank heavily at the inn, paid with a High-Grade Spirit Stone, and drew wary attention from the patrons.
• Qin Tao arrived at Eastpeace Inn and announced that he had reserved the whole establishment for his friends.

Qin Tao arrived at the Eastpeace Inn and tried to drive out a disheveled drunk who had ignored his order to leave. When Qin Tao reached for him, an overwhelming force immobilized Qin Tao, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Guests fled the Eastpeace Inn after learning Qin Tao was coming, while a disheveled man continued drinking on the second floor.
• The manager welcomed Qin Tao, the Eastpeace City Inspector, and Qin Tao announced that he had cleared the inn for a banquet with Yan'er.
• Qin Tao offered the disheveled man ten High-Grade Spirit Stones to leave, but the man ignored him and asked for more wine.
• Qin Tao reached to seize the man, but an overwhelming force froze him in place.

Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing arrived at the Eastpeace Inn and found Jing Hong gravely wounded and reduced to a low cultivation level. After learning of Qin Tao’s abuse of his status and the Qin family’s misconduct, Qin Hao ordered Barto to investigate the entire family, including Qin Ming and Qin Yue.

• An unseen force immobilized Qin Tao while his Guards failed to locate the attacker.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing appeared at the inn and greeted the disheveled Jing Hong, whom Qin Hao recognized as a gravely wounded friend.
• Qin Tao recognized Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing, fell to his knees, and begged them to spare his life.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing said the Qin family’s behavior had earned the resentment of Eastpeace City’s residents.
• Qin Hao summoned Barto and ordered him to take Qin Tao and investigate the entire Qin family, including Qin Ming and Qin Yue.

Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing comforted Jing Hong over King Yongtai’s death, and Qin Hao gave him hope that beings beyond Sovereigns might one day make resurrection possible. After Qin Hao left, Jing Hong took the Healing Pills and began to recover his former spirit.

• Jing Hong told Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing that he could not move on from King Yongtai’s death and had lost the will to fight.
• Qin Hao said that beings beyond Sovereigns might exist and that reviving King Yongtai could be possible, though Jing Hong would have to pursue it himself.
• Qin Hao left Healing Pills for Jing Hong and departed with Mu Ziqing for the Central Continent Domain.
• Mu Ziqing asked whether beings beyond Nine-Tribulations Sovereigns existed, and Qin Hao called them gods.
• Jing Hong swallowed the Healing Pills, and his wretched appearance and deathly aura gave way to his former spirited self.

After Barto’s investigation uncovered severe crimes among Qin disciples, Qin Hao ordered a public judgment to reform the clan before he left for the Outer Lands. Barto began arresting those named on the list, and the first prisoners were taken to the dungeon awaiting trial.

• Barto reported that Qin Ming and Qin Yue had committed no crimes, but Qin Ming bore responsibility for the Qin’s decline as clan chief.
• Qin Hao and Mu Ziqing read Barto’s findings and learned that 1,263 Qin disciples had committed grave offenses, including murder, robbery, and abduction.
• Qin Hao ordered Barto to summon every Qin disciple and invite powers from across the True Martial Continent to a judgment in the Holy City in Half a Month.
• Qin Hao told Mu Ziqing he wanted to set the Qin right before leaving for the Outer Lands, and promised he would return safely.
• Barto led Venerable Martial Venerables into Tianshui City and arrested Qin disciples named on the list, including a pale-faced young man who protested his innocence.

Qin Hao’s arrests threw the Qin Family into turmoil, and Qin Xiaoyu sought help for his imprisoned son, Qin Tao. Qin Ming and Qin Yue confronted Mu Ziqing over the crackdown, but after reading the evidence, Qin Ming began to grasp the severity of their descendants’ crimes.

• Mass arrests spread through the Qin Family, and news broke that Qin Hao would personally hold a trial in the Holy City in half a month.
• Qin Xiaoyu visited Qin Tao in the dungeon and learned that Qin Hao would judge the cases himself.
• At Qin Tao’s urging, Qin Xiaoyu left to ask Qin Ming for help.
• Qin Ming and Qin Yue arrived at the Sword Martial Palace and questioned Mu Ziqing about Qin Hao’s arrests.
• Mu Ziqing showed them a Jade Slip detailing their descendants’ crimes, and Qin Ming admitted he had not known about their actions.

Qin Hao prepared to punish more than five thousand Qin Family Disciples for their crimes, despite Qin Ming and Qin Yue's pleas to spare them. On Judgment Day, the prisoners were brought before the gathered powers of the True Martial Continent while Qin Hao remained absent from the platform.

• After reading the list of crimes, Qin Ming and Qin Yue sought to persuade Qin Hao to spare some of the offenders, but he refused to see them.
• Mu Ziqing supported Qin Hao's decision, while Qin Ming and Qin Yue lamented that Qin Xiaoyu had offered to accept Qin Tao's punishment in his place.
• Qin Hao contemplated the Great Dao and considered returning to the Azure Flame Sect to ask his Teacher whether the Star Realm lay in the Outer Lands.
• Half a month later, Barto arranged for more than five thousand Qin Family Disciples to be brought from the Dungeon to a platform outside the Holy City of the Central Continent Domain.
• Warriors and Qin Family Disciples gathered to witness Judgment Day, and Qin Ming and Qin Yue watched anxiously after failing to see Qin Hao for half a month.

Qin Hao oversaw the trials of Qin Family Disciples and ordered more than a thousand convicted criminals executed. He also punished Qin Ming for failing to manage the family, leaving the executions carried out and Qin Ming sentenced to a million years in the Dungeon.

• Qin Hao arrived with Mu Ziqing and Yun Chang, took the main seat, and ordered Barto to announce the verdicts.
• Barto sentenced more than a thousand Qin Family Disciples, including Qin Yuantian, to death for their crimes.
• Qin Hao declared that Qin Family Disciples must not abuse their power and ordered the executions to begin.
• Qin Ming and Qin Yue pleaded for leniency, but Qin Hao confined Qin Ming to the Dungeon for one million years for dereliction of duty.
• Barto killed the condemned disciples with the Origin Laws as the crowd watched.

Qin Hao punished Qin Family Disciples for their crimes and appointed Qin Jun as Qin Clan Chief before preparing to leave for the Outer Lands. After nearly ten years of cultivation, Qin Hao brought his Destruction Great Dao Essence to Perfection and set out stronger than before.

• Qin Hao sentenced Qin Family Disciples to imprisonment or death and ordered Barto to guard those sent to the Qin Dungeon.
• Qin Hao appointed Qin Jun as Qin Clan Chief and warned all Qin Family Disciples to follow the Qin Family Rules.
• Qin Jun took charge of Qin and restored its operations under stricter discipline.
• Qin Hao resolved to improve his strength before traveling to the Outer Lands and focused on cultivating his Destruction Great Dao Essence.
• After nearly ten years, Qin Hao brought his Destruction Great Dao Essence to Perfection and prepared to leave, confident he could defeat Lord Zhiyuan.

Qin Hao left the True Martial Continent for the Outer Lands, leaving Yun Chang behind to protect his family, and returned to the Azure Flame Sect to meet his Teacher. Hidden watchers noticed his arrival and began investigating why he had left, seeing an opportunity to kill him.

• Qin Hao told Yun Chang to stay on the True Martial Continent because the Outer Lands were dangerous and his family needed protection; Qin Yue promised to protect Mu Ziqing and Yun Chang.
• Qin Hao departed aboard a Starry Sky Battleship with his Devouring and Fire Doppelgangers, while his Time Doppelganger remained to guard the Sword Martial Palace.
• Yun Chang and Mu Ziqing resolved to grow stronger as Qin Hao set out, and Qin Hao asked Qin Yue to remind Qin Ming to focus on comprehending the Great Dao Essence.
• Qin Hao arrived at the Azure Flame Sect, greeted its Elders, and flew to Two Realms Peak to visit the Flamefire Realm Master.
• A hidden watcher learned that Qin Hao had come to the Azure Flame Sect and suspected he was pursuing Origin World Fragments, then decided to investigate his purpose and look for a chance to kill him.
• Infiltrators from various races observed Qin Hao's arrival and began watching him closely.

Qin Hao told Flamefire Realm Master that his Destruction Great Dao had reached Perfection in the Great Dao Essence and explained that he planned to enter the dangerous Outer Lands to seek Xuanhuang Qi and dispel the Great Dao Miasma. His teacher warned him that Sovereigns might hunt him, but supported his decision and gave him pills; Qin Hao then asked whether he had heard of the Star Realm.

• Qin Hao recognized that Flamefire Realm Master's Fire and Water Great Daos had touched the Great Dao Origin and revealed the extent of his own cultivation.
• Qin Hao explained that the Great Dao Miasma kept his Heaven and Earth Ancient Way from becoming a Complete Great Dao, and that finding enough Xuanhuang Qi was becoming harder.
• Qin Hao said he intended to search the Outer Lands, and Flamefire Realm Master warned him about shattered space and the Sovereigns who might pursue him, including members of his own race.
• Qin Hao stood by his decision to enter the Outer Lands, and Flamefire Realm Master gave him a Storage Star Ring of pills.
• Qin Hao asked Flamefire Realm Master whether he had heard of the Star Realm.

Qin Hao learned of an ancient legend about a mysterious place in the Outer Lands called the Land of Imprisonment and became convinced it was the Star Realm, which might help him dispel the Great Dao Miasma. After preparing to leave, he set out aboard the Starry Sky Battleship, unaware that Insect Race watchers had noticed his departure and planned to report it to their Ancestor.

• Qin Hao asked the Flamefire Realm Master about the Star Realm, and the Realm Master said he had never heard of it directly.
• The Flamefire Realm Master recalled an ancient legend of a Sovereign who entered a wondrous Outer Lands location called the Land of Imprisonment.
• Qin Hao concluded that the Land of Imprisonment was the Star Realm and decided to explore it despite the uncertainties.
• Qin Hao thanked the Flamefire Realm Master, visited the Storm Sovereign and Illusion Master Lingyan, then left the Azure Flame Great World.
• Qin Hao boarded the Starry Sky Battleship and entered seclusion during the journey, intending to perfect his Vitality Great Dao.
• Insect Race watchers saw Qin Hao leave the True Martial Continent and resolved to report his departure to their Ancestor.

Ancestor Louguo and the Void Overlord learned that Qin Hao was heading to the Outer Lands and set out to pursue him, while other powerful figures also mobilized. As Qin Hao studied the Vitality Great Dao aboard his ship, Lord Zhiyuan prepared to confront him in the Outer Lands.

• Ancestor Louguo learned Qin Hao was heading for the Outer Lands, killed the messenger who could not explain why, and vowed to avenge Shang Cheng.
• The Void Overlord learned Qin Hao was seeking a way to dispel the Great Dao Miasma, contacted Lord Zhiyuan, and left for the Outer Lands to kill him.
• The Azure Flame Profound Venerable realized he could not protect Qin Hao beyond the Human Territory, while many Great Dao Dominators emerged from seclusion and headed for the Outer Lands.
• Aboard the Starry Sky Battleship, Qin Hao studied the Vitality Great Dao and wondered whether the Heavenly Dao favored Destruction over Life Force.
• Lord Zhiyuan received the Void Overlord's message and, with his injuries healed and his Seventh Tribulation approaching, vowed to kill Qin Hao when he reached the Outer Lands.

Qin Hao’s Starry Sky Battleship drew a crowd of skeptical Sovereigns who coveted his Primordial Feathered Wings, but Qin Hao killed Old Devil Ling Xuan with one sword strike. The surviving Sovereigns fled, newly convinced of Qin Hao’s strength, as his battleship continued toward the Outer Lands.

• Sovereigns lurking near the Outer Lands debated whether the rumors about Qin Hao’s strength were true and watched his battleship for a chance to seize the Primordial Feathered Wings.
• Old Devil Ling Xuan, a Five-Tribulation Peak Sovereign, confronted Qin Hao and reached for his battleship while demanding the treasure.
• Qin Hao unleashed the World Power of his Self-World and killed Old Devil Ling Xuan with a single sword strike.
• The hidden Sovereigns fled in terror and accepted that the rumors about Qin Hao’s strength were true.
• Qin Hao remained calm aboard his battleship as it continued forward.

Qin Hao reached the Outer Lands after advancing his Vitality Great Dao and learned that Great Dao Miasma could limit his cultivation. He entered a Space Fragment, escaped when it was destroyed by a collision, and was left wary of the region’s deadly, constantly shifting fragments.

• Qin Hao reflected that his Vitality Great Dao had taken over two hundred years to reach the Perfection Realm and concluded that he needed to dispel Great Dao Miasma to advance further.
• Qin Hao judged that he could face Heaven and Earth Sovereigns but remained vulnerable to a Great Dao Dominator, so he left his Starry Sky Battleship and flew toward the Outer Lands with the Primordial Feathered Wings.
• Qin Hao reached the Outer Lands and saw countless swiftly moving Space Fragments filled with Killing Intent, death qi, and the aura of the dead.
• Qin Hao entered a Space Fragment and found it contained a gloomy world about half the size of the True Martial Continent.
• A collision shattered the Space Fragment and flooded it with lethal energies, but Qin Hao escaped using the Bone Wing Art.
• Qin Hao realized that moving Space Fragments continually destroyed one another throughout the Outer Lands.

Qin Hao entered the Outer Lands and used the incomplete Star Realm Coordinates to identify seven possible locations, choosing to search the two nearer ones for Xuanhuang Qi. News of his arrival drew powerful Sovereigns and Great Dao Dominators seeking the Primordial Feathered Wings, including Lord Zhiyuan, who had advanced to Seven-Tribulation Sovereign and vowed to kill him.

• Qin Hao grew cautious around the Outer Lands’ Space Fragments, then used his Primordial Feathered Wings to travel through them with increasing speed.
• Qin Hao compared the Star Realm Coordinates with a map and identified seven possible locations, deciding to investigate the two outer ones and sense for Xuanhuang Qi.
• Word spread among the Outer Lands’ Heaven and Earth Sovereigns and Great Dao Dominators that Qin Hao had arrived, and many began searching for him to seize the Primordial Feathered Wings.
• Lord Zhiyuan learned Qin Hao was in the Outer Lands and vowed to take revenge for his earlier defeat.
• Lord Zhiyuan revealed that he had advanced from Six-Tribulation Peak Sovereign to Seven-Tribulation Sovereign.