Chapter Summaries

True Lord Yuanlong supported recommending Qin Hao for the Kindling Realm, while Ji Youzi ordered him watched and waited for his death. As Qin Hao’s reputation spread across the realms, a disguised demon spirit learned of his rise and left to kill him, only to be confronted by the Crimson Flame Star Lord.

• True Lord Yuanlong regretted not recruiting Qin Hao into the Nine Heavens Tower and proposed recommending him for the Kindling Realm, earning the other Ancestral Gods’ support.
• Ji Youzi learned Qin Hao had reached Two-Star Ancestral God and disrupted the Yan Family’s plans, then ordered guards to monitor him and report whenever he left the Qiankun Sect or Qiankun Continent.
• News of Qin Hao’s victories and powerful secret art spread across the Heavensea and beyond, drawing discussion from cultivators throughout the realms.
• A black-robed demon spirit heard that Qin Hao had killed Commander Kun Yun and decided he had to be eliminated before he grew stronger.
• The black-robed man flew away from Crimson Flame Star, but the Two-Star Ancestral God Crimson Flame Star Lord pursued him and demanded to know who he was.

Great Commander Hai Dong killed a Two-Star Ancestral God and destroyed Crimson Flame Star before returning to the Demon God Hall. There, he learned that the High Priests and commanders were already debating whether to target Qin Hao and whether the Heavenly Palace would send him to the Kindling Realm.

• Great Commander Hai Dong seized a Two-Star Ancestral God and killed him after demanding to know whether Qin Hao was still in the Qiankun Sect.
• Great Commander Hai Dong revealed his Six-Star Perfection Ancestral God power and destroyed Crimson Flame Star, killing its cultivators.
• Great Commander Hai Dong returned to the Demon God Hall and paid his respects to the seven High Priests, including High Priest Eternal Night.
• Commander Mad Demon proposed placing a bounty on Qin Hao and assassinating him, while Commander Qiyue argued that the Heavenly Palace might not make Qin Hao a Daoist Seed.
• Great Commander Hai Dong realized the Demon God Hall was already discussing Qin Hao's possible entry into the Kindling Realm.

Great Commander Hai Dong argued that Qin Hao posed a serious threat and urged the High Priests to take stronger action against him. He revealed that he planned to activate a sleeper agent on the Heavensea Qiankun Continent to assassinate Qin Hao.

• The seven High Priests issued a Bounty Order of ten million merit points for Qin Hao, deciding he was unlikely to be sent to the Kindling Realm yet.
• Great Commander Hai Dong challenged the bounty as too low and recounted how Qin Hao had thwarted his plans, advanced rapidly, and created a high-rank peak secret art.
• High Priest Eroding Heart rebuked Great Commander Hai Dong, but High Priest Eternal Night intervened and let him explain his concern.
• Great Commander Hai Dong revealed that he had a sleeper agent on the Heavensea Qiankun Continent and intended to activate the agent to assassinate Qin Hao.

Great Commander Hai Dong gained the High Priests’ approval to activate his Five-Star Ancestral God Sleeper Agent and kill Qin Hao. He ordered the agent to wait for Qin Hao to leave the Qiankun Sect, but the agent feared the consequences of attacking.

• Great Commander Hai Dong proposed using his Sleeper Agent to eliminate Qin Hao, and High Priest Eternal Night questioned the plan and the agent’s strength.
• Hai Dong explained that the agent had risen to Five-Star Ancestral God and was deeply concealed; the seven High Priests accepted the proposal and Eternal Night ordered Hai Dong to handle it personally.
• Back in his palace, Hai Dong contacted the Sleeper Agent on the Qiankun Continent and ordered him to kill Qin Hao.
• The agent objected that Qin Hao was inside the Qiankun Sect, so Hai Dong told him to wait for Qin Hao to leave while settling the people he had moved from Star Sea Heaven and Earth.
• The agent feared he would die even if he killed Qin Hao, but Hai Dong assured him that Qin Hao’s Two-Star Ancestral God cultivation made him easy to defeat.

Great Commander Hai Dong recruited a hidden Five-Star Ancestral God to assassinate Qin Hao and promised to help him escape to the Demon Spirit Race. Back at the Qiankun Sect, Qin Hao worked to improve his Heavensea Ruins Diagram, but struggled to make its illusory world feel real.

• Great Commander Hai Dong persuaded the blurred figure to kill Qin Hao and promised to meet him outside the Qiankun Continent for a safe escape.
• The blurred figure accepted Hai Dong's orders, eager to gain territory and authority among the Demon Spirit Race.
• Hai Dong ended the image and reflected that Qin Hao's past conflict with him made it necessary to strike first.
• At the Sword Martial Palace, Qin Hao tested the Heavensea Ruins Diagram, crushing nearby mountain peaks before restoring them with the spatial formation.
• Qin Hao recalled his recent battle against Commander Kun Yun, Old Devil Lie Kong, and Phantom Baleful Poisoness, then focused on making his secret art less illusory to increase its power.

Qin Hao practiced his sword and discussed the future of Star Sea Heaven and Earth with Mu Ziqing. He prepared materials to revive the heroes who had died, then returned to cultivation while Heavenly Martial Ancestor interrogated Old Devil Lie Kong.

• Mu Ziqing told Qin Hao that Qin Ming had become a True God after cultivating in the Sword Martial Palace.
• Qin Hao explained that Mu Ziqing should help manage Star Sea Heaven and Earth’s people when Heavenly Martial Ancestor found them a territory.
• Mu Ziqing asked Qin Hao to revive King Yongtai and the others, and Qin Hao revealed that he had already arranged for resurrection materials.
• A Qiankun Sect disciple delivered the materials, and Qin Hao advised him to improve his eternal dao domain before pursuing a breakthrough.
• Qin Hao asked Mu Ziqing to keep the resurrection plans secret, then resumed sword practice as she cultivated beside him.
• Heavenly Martial Ancestor interrogated Old Devil Lie Kong in his Palace.

Heavenly Martial Ancestor contacted Divine Lord Red Dawn to recommend Qin Hao as a Daoist Seed, but Red Dawn warned that the Heavenly Palace’s resource shortages made acceptance uncertain. When Heavenly Martial Ancestor began discussing several suspicious figures, Red Dawn recognized True Person Boundless as a time doppelganger, startling him.

• Heavenly Martial Ancestor failed to make Old Devil Lie Kong reveal who was directing him and left him alive for Qin Hao to deal with.
• Heavenly Martial Ancestor used his Heaven and Earth Token to contact Divine Lord Red Dawn and recommended Qin Hao as a Daoist Seed.
• Divine Lord Red Dawn agreed to report the recommendation but warned that the elders would decide and that Qin Hao’s chances were poor amid the invasion and resource shortages.
• Heavenly Martial Ancestor brought up Old Devil Lie Kong, Phantom Baleful Poisoness, Flame Dragon Demon Venerable, Stone Venerable, and True Person Boundless.
• Divine Lord Red Dawn reacted to True Person Boundless’s name and revealed that he was a time doppelganger.

Heavenly Martial Ancestor and Divine Lord Redcloud discussed the rumors that True Person Boundless was a doppelganger and agreed to investigate the threat against Qin Hao. After two months of cultivation, Qin Hao attended his elder induction ceremony at the Qiankun Sect, where the gathered disciples looked on in admiration.

• Divine Lord Redcloud told Heavenly Martial Ancestor that True Person Boundless was rumored to be a doppelganger and promised to investigate Qin Hao's pursuers.
• Heavenly Martial Ancestor asked Divine Lord Redcloud to report Qin Hao's situation to the Council of Elders for consideration as a Daoist Seed.
• Qin Hao refined the Heavensea Ruins Diagram into his sword, reducing its preparation time and increasing the number of times he could use it, though its illusory flaw remained.
• Qin Hao considered asking Heavenly Martial Ancestor about the connection between creating secret arts and cultivation breakthroughs at the upcoming ceremony.
• More than two months later, the Qiankun Sect gathered at Qiankun Plaza for Qin Hao's elder induction ceremony, with his friends and family in attendance.
• Heavenly Martial Ancestor and the Ancestral God elders stood before Qiankun Hall as Qin Hao faced them, while the disciples admired him.

Qin Hao was appointed an elder of the Qiankun Sect and named lord of Dragon Marquis City, giving the people of Star Sea Heaven and Earth a place to settle. After the ceremony, the Heavenly Martial Ancestor received a message from Divine Lord Chixia revealing that True Person Boundless was connected to the Void Emperor.

• The Heavenly Martial Ancestor appointed Qin Hao as Elder Jian Wu, and Qin Hao pledged to serve the Qiankun Sect, Heavensea, and the myriad races.
• The Heavenly Martial Ancestor made Qin Hao the city lord of Dragon Marquis City so the people of Star Sea Heaven and Earth could settle there.
• Yun Chang, Ancestor Yanyu, Ancestor Xu, Wu Yin, and the others celebrated the city appointment and recalled their past in Dragon Marquis City.
• The Heavenly Martial Ancestor received Divine Lord Chixia's message, learned the council of elders had not yet convened, and discovered True Person Boundless's connection to the Void Emperor.
• The Heavenly Martial Ancestor declared the ceremony over and told the disciples to cultivate diligently.

Heavenly Martial Ancestor explained to Qin Hao how Secret Arts shaped Ancestral God advancement and clarified the cultivation requirements for each realm. Qin Hao realized his existing Secret Arts had let him advance smoothly, then wondered what realms demanded Perfect and ultimate Secret Arts.

• After the elder ceremony, Heavenly Martial Ancestor dismissed the other elders and brought Qin Hao to the Heavenly Martial Palace for a private conversation.
• Heavenly Martial Ancestor said Ancestral Gods advanced by gaining insight into Secret Arts, and that reaching Four-Star required a high-rank Peak Secret Art or several Middle Rank Peak Secret Arts.
• He explained the Secret Art requirements for advancing from One-Star through Seven-Star Ancestral God, while noting that weak arts could require additional ones.
• Qin Hao understood that his Middle Rank and high-rank Peak Secret Arts had removed the bottleneck to his Two-Star advancement, while Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures had helped him build power.
• Qin Hao wondered what kinds of beings had cultivated Mid-Rank and high-rank Perfect Secret Arts or ultimate Secret Arts.

The Heavenly Martial Ancestor explained to Qin Hao how secret arts relate to cultivation realms and revealed the divisions of the Divine Lord Realm. Qin Hao learned that comprehending True Meaning and creating Mid-Rank Perfect Secret Arts required mastery far beyond ordinary Ancestral Gods, leaving the path to Divine Lord a distant goal.

• The Heavenly Martial Ancestor explained that Ancestral Gods could create no secret art above Low-Rank Perfect Secret Arts, while creating a Mid-Rank Perfect Secret Art required becoming a Divine Lord.
• The Heavenly Martial Ancestor told Qin Hao that the Divine Lord Realm comprised Eternal, Laws, and Dao-Origin realms, and that even an Eternal Divine Lord could easily kill seven-star Ancestral Gods.
• The Heavenly Martial Ancestor explained that Eternal Divine Lords could grasp True Meaning, which a Mid-Rank Perfect Secret Art contained, and that creating one also required mastering at least eighty-one Low-Rank Perfect Secret Arts.
• The Heavenly Martial Ancestor said that fusing eighty-one Low-Rank Perfect Secret Arts could potentially form True Meaning and revealed that he had created only twenty-seven after dozens of reincarnation epochs.

The Heavenly Martial Ancestor explained that grasping true meaning was only the first step toward becoming a Divine Lord, then revealed the Heavenly Palace’s Divine Lord Inheritance program and its Daoist Seeds. Qin Hao learned that his chance depended on the unanimous approval of the Eighteen Elders, and the Heavenly Martial Ancestor began to explain how his own achievements had earned him consideration.

• Qin Hao resolved to keep pursuing cultivation despite the difficulty of creating eighty-one secret arts and grasping true meaning.
• The Heavenly Martial Ancestor told Qin Hao that advancing beyond true meaning required grasping Dao Intent.
• The Heavenly Martial Ancestor revealed that the Heavenly Palace selected peerless geniuses as Daoist Seeds and sent them to the Kindling Realm to nurture more Divine Lords.
• Qin Hao realized the program could transform his cultivation prospects but remained composed despite not knowing whether he would be accepted.
• The Heavenly Martial Ancestor explained that Qin Hao’s creation of a high-rank Peak secret art as a Two-Star Ancestral God had prompted him to recommend Qin Hao to Divine Lord Redcloud and the Heavenly Palace’s Eighteen Elders.

Heavenly Martial Ancestor told Qin Hao that his chance to join the Divine Lord Inheritance was uncertain because the Myriad Races were under pressure from the Outer Realm Demon Spirits. He also revealed that the Void Emperor had sent doppelgangers after Qin Hao, and Qin Hao realized Golden Radiance Lord might be the remaining one.

• Heavenly Martial Ancestor explained that Divine Lord Redcloud would recommend Qin Hao, but the Law Divine Lords would decide whether he could enter the Divine Lord Inheritance.
• Qin Hao thanked Heavenly Martial Ancestor and vowed to keep pursuing the martial dao even if he could not go to the Kindling Realm.
• Heavenly Martial Ancestor revealed that Old Devil Lie Kong, Phantom Baleful Poisoness, Flame Dragon Demon Venerable, True Person Wu Zhu, Stone Venerable, and True Person Boundless were the Void Emperor's doppelgangers.
• Heavenly Martial Ancestor said the Void Emperor was an ancient and powerful Divine Lord who was targeting Qin Hao, though Divine Lord Redcloud had not discovered why.
• Heavenly Martial Ancestor identified the doppelgangers' aspects and asked Qin Hao about cultivators who specialized in destruction.
• Qin Hao realized that Golden Radiance Lord might be the Void Emperor's destruction doppelganger.

Qin Hao learned that the Golden Radiance Lord was the Great Void Emperor’s Metal Doppelganger and that Qin Hao’s use of his golden soul had exposed traces linking him to the Primordial Feathered Wings and Supreme Sword Tower. After discussing the Great Void Emperor’s threat with the Heavenly Martial Ancestor, Qin Hao resolved to stay cautious and headed toward Dragon Marquis City.

• The Heavenly Martial Ancestor revealed that the Golden Radiance Lord was the Great Void Emperor’s missing Metal Doppelganger, and Qin Hao realized that refining his golden soul had left traces of cause and effect.
• Qin Hao asked whether the Great Void Emperor might come to Heavensea, and the Heavenly Martial Ancestor explained that he remained in the Great Void Sea and would risk attracting other Divine Lords by acting in person.
• The Heavenly Martial Ancestor warned Qin Hao that the Outer Realm Demon Spirits had placed a ten-million-merit-point bounty on him, while advising him to rely on his own strength against greater threats.
• Qin Hao left the Heavenly Martial Palace, concluded the Great Void Emperor would likely use doppelgangers against him, and resolved to be more vigilant.
• Qin Hao looked toward Dragon Marquis City and headed for the Sword Martial Palace to meet the Azure Flame Profound Venerable, Ancestor Yanyu, and the others.

Qin Hao brought Yun Chang, Mu Ziqing, and the others to Dragon Marquis City to settle the people of Star Sea Heaven and Earth. The city’s former lord and local forces welcomed him uneasily, while Situ Yun feared Qin Hao remembered the Situ Family’s past clashes with him.

• Qin Hao told Azure Flame Profound Venerable and the others they would leave for Dragon Marquis City immediately, then carried them there with his Ancestral God Power.
• Qiankun Sect disciples watched Qin Hao depart, while Phantom Shadow True God and other Ancestral Gods planned to visit him after he had settled the newcomers.
• Qin Hao and his companions arrived above Dragon Marquis City, whose immense scale astonished Azure Flame Profound Venerable and the others.
• Qin Hao recognized the former city lord and local representatives, including Bao Weiyuan and Xiao Mingxuan, and dismissed Yun Chang’s suggestion that he punish the Situ Family for its past actions.
• The former city lord and the gathered forces bowed to Qin Hao, but worried that the arrival of Star Sea Heaven and Earth’s population would diminish their resources; Situ Yun was especially afraid of Qin Hao.

Qin Hao met the leaders of Dragon Marquis City’s families after the Qiankun Sect granted him authority over the city, reassuring them that they could continue as before. He offered former city lord Liu Qingyang a place as an attendant of the Star Sea Clan, and Liu Qingyang gladly accepted.

• The leaders of Dragon Marquis City’s families presented gifts to Qin Hao and waited anxiously, while Xiao Mingxuan, Xiao Mingyi, and Bao Weiyuan watched him with awe.
• Qin Hao warmly greeted Xiao Mingxuan and Xiao Mingyi, recalling their past kindness, and encouraged Bao Weiyuan to keep cultivating toward the Heaven and Earth True God realm.
• Qin Hao told the gathered families they could carry on as before despite Dragon Marquis City becoming part of his territory.
• Qin Hao explained that he needed to keep the city lord position in his own hands and asked Liu Qingyang to become an attendant of the Star Sea Clan.
• Liu Qingyang gladly accepted the offer, hoping to benefit from serving under Qin Hao and eventually reach the Ancestral God Realm.

Qin Hao accepted the major families’ offer to become vassals of the Star Sea Clan and appointed Ancestor Yanyu as Dragon Marquis City’s City Lord. He left the city with Mu Ziqing to establish the True Martial Palace and prepare to resurrect King Yongtai.

• Situ Yun offered to make the Situ Family a vassal of the Star Sea Clan to repair its relationship with Qin Hao.
• The Bao Family Head and other clan and tribal leaders also asked to become vassals, and Qin Hao agreed while keeping their circumstances unchanged in exchange for standard tribute.
• Qin Hao appointed Ancestor Yanyu City Lord of Dragon Marquis City and left him to manage the city and Star Sea Clan affairs.
• Qin Hao left Dragon Marquis City with Mu Ziqing, established the True Martial Palace on a nearby mountain, and designated the surrounding estate as the Qin’s ancestral home.
• Qin Hao told Mu Ziqing that he was ready to resurrect King Yongtai and brought out the precious materials needed to begin.

Qin Hao entered the River of Time to find King Yongtai’s divine soul and revive him, but discovered a Time Beast had swallowed it. He wounded the beast and launched another attack to kill it and rescue King Yongtai.

• Qin Hao entered the River of Time and searched the True Martial Continent’s past for King Yongtai’s divine soul.
• Qin Hao found divine souls of other Creation experts but could not locate King Yongtai, then heard a roar and suspected a Time Beast was nearby.
• Qin Hao found a Time Beast with countless swallowed divine souls inside it and spotted King Yongtai’s fading soul.
• Qin Hao struck the Three-Star Ancestral God-level Time Beast with the Meteor Form and wounded it.
• Qin Hao attacked the crippled Time Beast again with the Endlessness Style.

Qin Hao pursued and killed a young Time Beast in the river of time, gaining an insight into a new way to cultivate the Heavensea Ruins Diagram. With adult Time Beasts closing in, he escaped the river with King Yongtai, but one beast’s shock wave struck through the sealed space.

• Qin Hao realized he could improve the Heavensea Ruins Diagram by making it more illusory after seeing how time weakened his attacks on the fleeing Time Beast.
• Qin Hao sensed powerful adult Time Beasts approaching and unleashed the Heavensea Ruins Diagram to kill the wounded cub before they could reach him.
• Qin Hao gathered King Yongtai from among the scattered divine souls and fled as at least eight adult Time Beasts pursued him.
• Qin Hao tore open space and escaped the river of time just as two adult Time Beasts arrived, but one sent a shock wave through the sealed space toward him.

Qin Hao escaped the river of time with King Yongtai and the others’ divine souls and began resurrecting them in the True Martial Palace. King Yongtai awoke in Dragon Marquis City, learned Qin Hao had brought him back to life, and rapidly rebuilt his cultivation in his newly formed body.

• Qin Hao escaped the river of time after rescuing King Yongtai and the others’ divine souls, though the Time Beasts nearly caught him.
• Qin Hao began reconstructing physical bodies to resurrect King Yongtai and the others.
• King Yongtai awoke in the True Martial Palace and recognized Qin Hao while Qin Hao worked on King Qiyan’s body.
• Qin Hao told King Yongtai that he was alive in Dragon Marquis City on the Heavensea Qiankun Continent and that the Azure Flame Profound Venerable and Ancestor Yanyu would explain matters.
• King Yongtai began cultivating in his new body and reached the Peak of the meridian opening realm within a few breaths and the Peak of the saint martial realm after an hour.