Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao killed Yun Ye and fled toward the entrance to the Heavenly Cloud World, with the Yun Family’s leaders pursuing him. The Heavenly Cloud True Lord raced ahead but feared Qin Hao would escape and alert the Heavenly Palace before he could be caught.

• Qin Hao killed Yun Ye and vanished from the Yun Family’s Ancestral Gods using his concealment secret art.
• Yun Muzhou, Yun Xiao, Yun Lie, and Yun Yang pursued Qin Hao toward the Heavenly Cloud World’s entrance, while the Yun Family realized his strength could threaten them all.
• Yun Muzhou and the others fell farther behind as Qin Hao’s Wings gave him extraordinary speed.
• The Heavenly Cloud True Lord overtook the pursuers and suspected Qin Hao’s Wings were a high-grade Chaos Peerless Treasure.
• The Heavenly Cloud True Lord feared Qin Hao would leave the realm and inform the Heavenly Palace, bringing a Divine Lord down on the Yun Family.

Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun fled the Heavenly Cloud World while the Heavenly Cloud True Lord summoned the Demon God Hall and pursued them. The Yun Family forces followed through the spatial vortex, leaving the chase unresolved.

• The Heavenly Cloud True Lord crushed a Blood Jade to summon the Demon God Hall, then demanded Qin Hao hand over the World Spirit and Spirit Crystal.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun escaped through the Self-Void World as Pang Qingyun identified the Primordial Feathered Wings as an incomplete Dao Divine Weapon.
• Qin Hao warned that both the Heavenly Palace and the Demon God Hall could send Divine Lord-level experts, and refused Pang Qingyun's offer to sacrifice himself as a decoy.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun reached the spatial vortex and escaped the Heavenly Cloud World before the Heavenly Cloud True Lord could seal its entrance.
• The Heavenly Cloud True Lord pursued them through the vortex, followed by Yun Muzhou, Yun Xiao, Yun Lie, Yun Yang, and the Yun Family's Ancestral Gods.

Divine Lord Redcloud and the Phantom Nightmare Demon King confronted each other near the Cloud Lake Star Region, alarming its inhabitants. Great Commander Hai Dong and Qin Hao’s other pursuers rushed toward the region amid uncertainty over what had happened inside the Heavenly Cloud World.

• Yun Family Ancestral Gods guarding the Heavenly Cloud World entrance worried about Qin Hao’s visit and hoped he would leave soon.
• Divine Lord Redcloud and the Phantom Nightmare Demon King unleashed clashing pressures that shook the Cloud Lake Star Region, and observers identified the two powerful beings.
• Great Commander Hai Dong arrived at the edge of the Cloud Lake Star Region after receiving Yun Xiao’s message and feared that events inside the Heavenly Cloud World might let Qin Hao escape.
• Great Commander Hai Dong charged into the star region, while Stone Venerable, True Person Wu Zhu, Flame Dragon Demon Venerable, and Phantom Baleful Poisoness watched the confrontation in alarm.

Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun escaped the Heavenly Cloud World as Divine Lord Redcloud confronted Phantom Nightmare Demon King in the Cloud Lake Star Region. With Heavenly Cloud True Lord pursuing them and their escape route blocked by Great Commander Hai Dong, they faced a new obstacle.

• Bald Stone Venerable led True Person Wu Zhu, Flame Dragon Demon Venerable, and Phantom Baleful Poisoness into the Cloud Lake Star Region to pursue Qin Hao.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord emerged from the Heavenly Cloud World and immediately chased after someone without addressing the Yun Family Ancestral Gods.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun realized that Divine Lord Redcloud was holding off Phantom Nightmare Demon King, leaving them to rely on themselves against their pursuers.
• Pang Qingyun urged Qin Hao to leave the Cloud Lake Star Region before Heavenly Cloud True Lord caught them, and Qin Hao agreed that Heavenly Palace reinforcements might save them if they could escape.
• Great Commander Hai Dong appeared directly in front of Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun, blocking their path.

Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun fled into the Cloud Lake Star Region but discovered that Great Commander Hai Dong and Stone Venerable were closing in from ahead. With pursuers behind them and powerful enemies blocking their route, they turned deeper into the region, hoping to find a way out.

• Pang Qingyun realized the Yun Family had arranged for Great Commander Hai Dong to intercept them after they left the Heavenly Cloud World.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun spotted Stone Venerable approaching with several of the Void Emperor’s other doppelgangers.
• Qin Hao identified Stone Venerable as the Void Emperor’s earth doppelganger, a Peak Six-Star Ancestral God who coveted Qin Hao’s treasures.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun changed direction and headed deeper into the Cloud Lake Star Region, seeking their only remaining chance to escape.

Great Commander Hai Dong caught up with Qin Hao and realized Qin Hao was using his speed to flee through the Cloud Lake Star Region while buying time for the Heavenly Palace army to arrive. Hai Dong persuaded the other pursuers to attack together near Cloud Lake, and they launched a sweeping strike to block Qin Hao’s route.

• Great Commander Hai Dong attacked Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun, but Qin Hao escaped the demonic qi palm with his overwhelming speed.
• Great Commander Hai Dong deduced that Qin Hao was heading through the depths of the Cloud Lake Star Region to escape and stall until the Heavenly Palace army arrived.
• Great Commander Hai Dong sent a voice transmission to Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Stone Venerable, and the other pursuers, proposing they block Qin Hao’s only route around Cloud Lake.
• Stone Venerable and Heavenly Cloud True Lord agreed that the pursuers should blanket the space ahead of Qin Hao, forcing him toward Cloud Lake or into their attacks.
• Great Commander Hai Dong and the others launched their attacks across the route ahead of Qin Hao.

Qin Hao was trapped by the Yun Family’s attacks and chose to flee into Cloud Lake, despite its reputation as a deadly forbidden land. Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Stone Venerable, and Great Commander Hai Dong followed him for their own reasons.

• Great Commander Hai Dong and the Yun Family’s Ancestral Gods attacked the space ahead of Qin Hao to block his escape.
• Qin Hao realized every route was sealed except Cloud Lake, then took Pang Qingyun into it using the Self-Void World.
• The pursuers were stunned when Qin Hao entered Cloud Lake, which had swallowed even a Divine Lord.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord entered to recover the World Spirit and Spirit Crystal, while Stone Venerable followed to protect the Primordial Feathered Wings and Supreme Sword Tower.
• Great Commander Hai Dong hesitated, then followed them into Cloud Lake.

Qin Hao fled into Cloud Lake with Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Stone Venerable, and Great Commander Hai Dong, while the Yun Family’s Ancestral Gods pursued him. Divine Lord Redcloud could not intervene because Phantom Nightmare Demon King kept him occupied, and the chapter ended with Redcloud attacking his rival.

• Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Stone Venerable, and Great Commander Hai Dong entered Cloud Lake after Qin Hao, and the Yun Family’s Ancestral Gods followed to capture him.
• Thousands of True Gods in the Cloud Lake Star Region learned of the Yun Family’s rebellion and feared that Qin Hao and the others would die in Cloud Lake.
• Divine Lord Redcloud watched Qin Hao enter Cloud Lake but could not help him because Phantom Nightmare Demon King used the Phantom Demon Grand Art to hold him back.
• Phantom Nightmare Demon King taunted Divine Lord Redcloud over Qin Hao’s fate, while Redcloud recalled Qin Hao’s achievements and recognized him as one of the finest Heavenly Palace Daoist Seeds.
• Divine Lord Redcloud summoned a long spear and thrust it at Phantom Nightmare Demon King.

Divine Lord Redcloud and Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord drove off the Phantom Nightmare Demon King, but they could not tell whether Qin Hao and the others had survived in Cloud Lake. Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord then ordered the Yun Family exterminated.

• The Phantom Nightmare Demon King used layers of illusory realms to resist Divine Lord Redcloud until Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord arrived and attacked him.
• The Phantom Nightmare Demon King fled through his illusory realms, leaving Divine Lord Redcloud and Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord unable to catch him.
• Divine Lord Redcloud and Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord searched the edge of Cloud Lake but found no trace of Qin Hao, Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Great Commander Hai Dong, or the others.
• Divine Lord Redcloud messaged Heavenly Martial Ancestor about Qin Hao's likely death.
• Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord ordered the Heavenly Palace's True God Legion and Ancestral God experts to leave none of the Yun Family alive.

Divine Lord Redcloud told the Heavenly Martial Ancestor that Qin Hao had entered Cloud Lake while fleeing the Heavenly Cloud True Lord and his pursuers, and was presumed dead. Yun Chang learned the news during battle, broke through amid his grief, and slaughtered an outer realm demon spirit commander.

• Divine Lord Redcloud informed the Heavenly Martial Ancestor that Qin Hao had entered Cloud Lake after the Heavenly Cloud True Lord, the Phantom Nightmare Demon King, Great Commander Hai Dong, Stone Venerable, and Yun Family Ancestral Gods pursued him.
• The Heavenly Martial Ancestor mourned Qin Hao and sent the news to Yun Chang and Mu Ziqing, but withheld it from others for the time being.
• Yun Chang received the message during a battle in the Netherworld Star Domain and froze in shock, leaving an enemy commander an opening to attack.
• A two-star Ancestral God blocked the attack and warned Yun Chang to stay focused, but Yun Chang charged at an outer realm demon spirit commander in grief and fury.
• Yun Chang killed the commander with a powerful strike, revealing that he had broken through, while continuing to believe Qin Hao had no chance of surviving Cloud Lake.

Mu Ziqing learned that Qin Hao had supposedly died in Cloud Lake and refused to believe he would not return. Meanwhile, pursued deep into Cloud Lake, Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun followed the Bronze Tiger Tally after it responded to a mysterious summons.

• Mu Ziqing received news from the Heavenly Martial Ancestor that Qin Hao had fallen into Cloud Lake, but insisted he would survive and return to her.
• The Yun Family was wiped out, and Divine Lord Redcloud and the Heavenly Punishment Divine Lord restored order in the Cloud Lake Star Region.
• Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun fled deeper into Cloud Lake as the Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Great Commander Hai Dong, the Stone Venerable, and more than twenty Ancestral Gods pursued them.
• Qin Hao sensed that Cloud Lake's destructive power resembled the power within the Bronze Tiger Tally as the danger grew deeper in the lake.
• The Bronze Tiger Tally vibrated, broke free from Qin Hao's grasp, and flew northeast after responding to a mysterious summons.
• Unable to find their way out and still pursued, Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun followed the Bronze Tiger Tally into the depths of Cloud Lake.

Qin Hao fled deeper into Cloud Lake with Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Stone Venerable, Great Commander Hai Dong, and the other Ancestral Gods pursuing him. The chase ended near a vast island surrounded by lethal Turbid Baleful Qi, which Heavenly Cloud True Lord recognized as the sign of a great opportunity.

• Great Commander Hai Dong realized the mist had hidden the way out, while Heavenly Cloud True Lord grew furious over the time lost and the likely destruction of the Yun Family.
• Qin Hao changed direction, and Stone Venerable, Heavenly Cloud True Lord, Great Commander Hai Dong, and more than twenty Ancestral Gods followed without attacking because the dense power of destruction made combat dangerous.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord spotted Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun ahead, then saw the enormous island surrounded by destructive energy and baleful qi.
• Great Commander Hai Dong, Stone Venerable, Yun Muzhou, Yun Xiao, True Person Wu Zhu, and the others identified the substance around the island as Turbid Baleful Qi.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord realized the Turbid Baleful Qi might conceal rare treasures and felt overjoyed by the prospect of an opportunity.

Qin Hao and Pang Qingyun discovered Lakeheart Island, a vast island surrounded by deadly turbid baleful qi, while Heavenly Cloud True Lord and the others pursued them. Qin Hao entered the island to escape, and after the qi destroyed Heavenly Cloud True Lord’s attack, the True Lord charged in after him.

• Heavenly Cloud True Lord spotted the turbid baleful qi and decided to kill Qin Hao before exploring the island.
• Qin Hao identified the immense island as Lakeheart Island, while the Bronze Tiger Tally pulled strongly toward it.
• Pang Qingyun warned Qin Hao that turbid baleful qi was extremely dangerous and urged him to enter the island to escape their pursuers.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord attacked Qin Hao as he crossed the island’s perimeter, but a burst of turbid baleful qi destroyed the True Lord’s claw.
• Heavenly Cloud True Lord severed his connection to the claw and then charged into the turbid baleful qi after Qin Hao.

Qin Hao crossed the dangerous region of turbid baleful qi toward Lakeheart Island while the others entered after him. After Pang Qingyun was swept away by white mist and Yun Guan died, Qin Hao spotted Yun Muzhou and moved closer, hoping to kill him.

• Heavenly Cloud True Lord, the Yun Family Ancestral Gods, Stone Venerable, True Person Wu Zhu, Flame Dragon Demon Venerable, Phantom Baleful Poisoness, and Great Commander Hai Dong entered the region of turbid baleful qi.
• Qin Hao narrowly dodged a pillar of turbid baleful qi, then watched white mist envelop Pang Qingyun and transport him away.
• Qin Hao continued toward Lakeheart Island, using heaven and earth rule power to detect attacks as the turbid baleful qi grew more frequent.
• Qin Hao heard Yun Guan die and recognized Yun Muzhou's voice nearby, then decided to use the scattered group to try to kill him.
• About an hour later, Qin Hao spotted three indistinct figures cautiously moving through the region.

Qin Hao ambushed and killed Yun Ni while the Yun Family group struggled through the turbid baleful qi. He turned his attack on Yun Cheng, who fled toward Yun Muzhou just as a pillar of turbid baleful qi appeared in his path.

• Qin Hao approached Yun Ni while Yun Muzhou, Yun Cheng, and Yun Ni dodged the turbid baleful qi.
• Qin Hao struck Yun Ni from behind when two pillars of turbid baleful qi forced him to evade.
• Yun Ni was cleaved in two by Qin Hao's sword and then swept away by turbid baleful qi.
• Qin Hao attacked Yun Cheng, who panicked and rushed toward Yun Muzhou.
• Qin Hao pursued Yun Cheng as a pillar of turbid baleful qi appeared directly ahead of him.

Qin Hao fought Yun Muzhou and Yun Cheng amid the Turbid Baleful Qi, then fled as the deadly pillars grew denser. After three months of evading them, he reached Lakeheart Island, where he looked back on the perilous crossing.

• The Turbid Baleful Qi killed Yun Cheng before Qin Hao's sword could reach him, and Qin Hao severed Yun Muzhou's arm while the pillars trapped him.
• As the Turbid Baleful Qi grew denser and Yun Xiao approached, Qin Hao abandoned his attempt to kill Yun Muzhou and flew toward Lakeheart Island.
• Qin Hao evaded or diverted the deadly pillars as he advanced, while losing track of Pang Qingyun and encountering none of the other powerful figures.
• After three months of struggling through the Turbid Baleful Qi, Qin Hao crossed into the air above Lakeheart Island and saw the dense streams behind him.

Qin Hao reached Lakeheart Island, where the Bronze Tiger Tally drew him toward a perilous Mountain Range and its wind caves. As other survivors emerged from the baleful qi, they too sensed the danger and scattered across the island, while Qin Hao went to inspect a stone statue.

• Qin Hao found himself alone on Lakeheart Island, sensed the Bronze Tiger Tally being summoned by the Mountain Range, and descended into a forest to avoid Heavenly Cloud True Lord and the others.
• Qin Hao spotted a carefully carved stone statue in a Thicket and flew toward it, hoping it might reveal clues about the island.
• Great Commander Hai Dong emerged from the turbid baleful qi, recognized the Mountain Range and wind caves, and cautiously set off to find Qin Hao before leaving.
• Stone Venerable and Heavenly Cloud True Lord reached Lakeheart Island, sensed the danger around the Mountain Range, and headed elsewhere.
• Yun Muzhou, Yun Xiao, Yun Lie, Yun Yang, and several Yun Family Ancestral Gods emerged over the next few days, while many others had perished in the baleful qi.
• True Person Wu Zhu, Flame Dragon Demon Venerable, and Phantom Baleful Poisoness emerged together and headed into Lakeheart Island.

Qin Hao discovered Ancestor Di Yan’s jade slip, which revealed that Lakeheart Island’s Central Mountain Range was an Ancient Demon guarding an Ancient Era cultivator’s legacy. After Qin Hao approached a giant wolf statue, it came to life and attacked him, leaving him facing the powerful creature.

• Qin Hao found Ancestor Di Yan’s jade slip beneath a skeleton and learned that a Dao-Origin Divine Lord had cultivated on Lakeheart Island.
• Ancestor Di Yan’s message identified the Central Mountain Range as an Ancient Demon and warned Qin Hao that the island’s stone statues could awaken and attack.
• Qin Hao discovered the Storage Star Ring Ancestor Di Yan had left beneath his bones and took its treasures.
• The giant wolf statue awakened behind Qin Hao and struck at him, but he blocked the attack with the Supreme Sword Tower and was hurled through the forest.
• Qin Hao steadied himself with the Heavenly Abyss Sword, Primordial Feathered Wings, and Supreme Sword Tower as the living stone wolf charged at him.

Qin Hao fought the giant wolf sculpture awakened in the Central Mountain Range, using his speed and weapons to break it apart after discovering its defenses were weak. With the sculpture finally shattered, he realized that the Central Mountain Range itself was an Ancient Demon.

• The giant wolf sculpture shattered Qin Hao’s Two-Yi Wheel and repeatedly attacked, forcing him to evade with the Primordial Feathered Wings.
• Qin Hao slowed the sculpture with more Two-Yi Wheels and attacked with the Heavenly Abyss Sword and Supreme Sword Tower’s hilt.
• The sculpture struck the Supreme Sword Tower’s hilt, giving Qin Hao an opening to smash its head with the Heavenly Abyss Sword.
• The headless sculpture continued attacking, so Qin Hao kept evading and slashing until he shattered its limbs and torso.
• Qin Hao looked toward the Central Mountain Range and realized it was an Ancient Demon.

Qin Hao killed Phantom Baleful Poisoness after True Person Wu Zhu and Flame Dragon Demon Venerable ambushed him, then prepared to face them. Stone Venerable suddenly attacked and demanded that Qin Hao surrender the Primordial Feathered Wings and Supreme Sword Tower.

• True Person Wu Zhu, Flame Dragon Demon Venerable, and Phantom Baleful Poisoness found Qin Hao and demanded his treasures.
• Qin Hao evaded their attacks with the Primordial Feathered Wings and broke through Phantom Baleful Poisoness's illusory realms.
• Qin Hao killed Phantom Baleful Poisoness with a single strike of the Heavenly Abyss Sword.
• Qin Hao turned toward True Person Wu Zhu and Flame Dragon Demon Venerable, but Stone Venerable struck him with an enormous punch and ordered him to surrender.