Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao escaped the Ten-Thousand Poisons King's attacks by turning their force into speed, while his Divine Strength repeatedly returned to its peak without him taking any pills. Marquis Nightveil recognized Qin Hao as the one who killed the Three-Eyed Marquis and led the Poison Demon Race in pursuit, as the Ten-Thousand Poisons King grew unsettled by Qin Hao's unexplained recovery.

• The Ten-Thousand Poisons King chased Qin Hao, believing he replenished his Divine Strength with rare High-Grade Spirit God Pills.
• Marquis Nightveil recognized the Three-Eyed Marquis's lingering aura on Qin Hao and realized he was the one who killed him.
• Marquis Nightveil and more than twenty Poison Demon Race Creation experts abandoned the Li Family Merchant Guild and rushed after Qin Hao.
• The Ten-Thousand Poisons King repeatedly struck Qin Hao with the Five Poisons Entangling Silk Hand, but Qin Hao used each attack's force to increase the distance between them.
• Qin Hao's Divine Strength returned to its peak after every attack, though the Ten-Thousand Poisons King saw that he never took a pill.

Qin Hao survived the Ten-Thousand Poisons King’s attacks while fleeing through the Star Sea, astonishing the onlookers with his rapid Divine Strength recovery. A Puppet Race vessel watched from afar, and the Blood Nether Marquis recognized Qin Hao as the Azure Flame Sect disciple who had defeated the Blood Cloud Saber Demon.

• The Ten-Thousand Poisons King realized Qin Hao used his attacks to maintain distance and rushed in to capture him alive.
• Creation Realm onlookers suspected Qin Hao’s fighting strength rivaled a Marquis-Rank expert after he survived repeated attacks without losing his Divine Strength.
• Puppets aboard a Puppet Race Starry Sky Battleship watched the pursuit and decided not to intervene.
• The Blood Nether Marquis recognized Qin Hao and recalled their encounter at the Blood Cloud Stronghold, where Qin Hao had forced him to abandon his puppet doppelganger.
• The Blood Nether Marquis was stunned that Qin Hao had reached the Creation Realm and survived the Ten-Thousand Poisons King’s hunt.

Blood Nether Marquis realized that Qin Hao’s rapid growth might qualify him for recruitment by the Dao Alliance as a Kindling. He concluded Qin Hao was a prospective Human Prodigy on the Must-Kill List and saw killing him as a chance to gain the resources to advance.

• Blood Nether Marquis recalled Qin Hao’s rapid progress and recognized that his strength had grown far beyond the Priority Hunting List’s original assessment.
• Blood Nether Marquis questioned why Qin Hao had left the Azure Flame Sect and inferred that something had changed there after his Puppet Doppelganger lost contact.
• Blood Nether Marquis reasoned that Qin Hao might have cleared the Myriad Worlds Mysterious Tower’s Third Floor and come to the Chaotic Star Sea to complete a Dao Alliance Assessment.
• Blood Nether Marquis concluded that Qin Hao was a prospective Human Prodigy and grew excited about the rewards for killing him.
• Blood Nether Marquis restrained himself after remembering that Ten-Thousand Poisons King would be difficult to deal with.

Qin Hao confronted the Ten-Thousand Poisons King after failing to lure him to a secluded area, using his Heavenly Dipper Domain and Purple Sun Shield to defend himself. He counterattacked with the Lingxiao Divine Sword and Heaven-Sealing Cloud-Flow, wounding the Ten-Thousand Poisons King and leaving him eager to seize the sword.

• Blood Nether Marquis realized the Ten-Thousand Poisons King had caught up to Qin Hao and worried that he would lose the promised reward if the king killed him.
• Qin Hao decided to face the Ten-Thousand Poisons King alone because nearby Creation Experts made it too risky to summon his Devouring Doppelganger.
• Qin Hao used the Heavenly Dipper Domain to block the king's Demonic Qi, but the king shattered the domain with his attack.
• Qin Hao raised the Purple Sun Shield and drew the Lingxiao Divine Sword, prompting the Ten-Thousand Poisons King to recognize it as a Half-Step Supreme Treasure.
• Qin Hao's Heaven-Sealing Cloud-Flow cut through the king's Demonic Qi and split his right palm, costing him three percent of his Divine Strength.
• The Ten-Thousand Poisons King blamed the sword for Qin Hao's power and resolved to claim it, while Qin Hao was satisfied with the strength of his mastered technique.

Qin Hao used the Divine Strength stored in his Self-World to keep fighting the Ten-Thousand Poisons King, repeatedly counterattacking and weakening him. As their battle intensified, a powerful newcomer appeared and struck at the Ten-Thousand Poisons King while calling out to Qin Hao.

• The Ten-Thousand Poisons King struck Qin Hao's Purple Sun Shield at close range, nearly draining Qin Hao's Divine Strength and hurling him backward.
• Qin Hao's Self-World restored his Divine Strength, and he charged back at the Ten-Thousand Poisons King with the Lingxiao Divine Sword.
• Qin Hao's Heaven-Sealing Cloud-Flow wounded the Ten-Thousand Poisons King and reduced his Divine Strength, astonishing the watching Creation Great Experts.
• The Ten-Thousand Poisons King launched a frenzied assault, but Qin Hao kept defending and counterattacking as his Divine Strength repeatedly returned to Peak.
• A newcomer with pressure as mighty as the Ten-Thousand Poisons King's appeared, recognized Qin Hao, and sent a huge golden fist toward the Ten-Thousand Poisons King.

Baldhead Ancient God's Doppelganger rescued Qin Hao from the Ten-Thousand Poisons King and overwhelmed the Poison Demon Race Chief. The Ten-Thousand Poisons King fled, while Qin Hao realized the newcomer was Baldhead Ancient God.

• Baldhead Ancient God's Doppelganger appeared and attacked the Ten-Thousand Poisons King while he was fighting Qin Hao.
• The Ten-Thousand Poisons King countered with Five Poisons Entangling Silk Hand, but Baldhead Ancient God's golden fist crushed the attack.
• Baldhead Ancient God's punch struck the Ten-Thousand Poisons King and drained thirty percent of his Divine Strength.
• The Ten-Thousand Poisons King recognized his opponent's superior power, threatened Qin Hao, and fled into the distance.
• Qin Hao recognized Baldhead Ancient God and noted that his Doppelganger's combat power exceeded that of ordinary King-Sealing Creations.

The Baldhead Ancient God revealed himself as a Limit Creation and forced the Ten-Thousand Poisons King and the Poison Demon Race forces to flee. Blood Nether Marquis escaped into the Chaotic Star Sea, still hoping to reach Qin Hao after the Baldhead Ancient God was gone.

• The Baldhead Ancient God sent three golden fists after the fleeing Poison Demon Race forces.
• Marquis Nightveil sacrificed three of his own Ordinary Creations to weaken the fist pursuing him, then continued to flee.
• The other Poison Demon Race Creations failed to coordinate their defense, and at least ten died, including two Marquis-Rank Creations.
• Marquis Nightveil blamed Qin Hao for the losses and swore to kill him.
• Blood Nether Marquis fled deeper into the Chaotic Star Sea, relieved that Qin Hao was alive but wary of the Baldhead Ancient God.

The Baldhead Ancient God rescued Qin Hao from the Ten-Thousand Poisons King and gave him two Great Dao Patterns, urging him to strengthen himself for a major opportunity hidden in the Calamity Demon Land. He revealed that the opportunity might let Qin Hao become a Nirvana Sovereign and loosen the Seals trapping him in the Supreme Sword Tower, though success was unlikely.

• The Baldhead Ancient God defeated the Ten-Thousand Poisons King, who escaped, and collected six Origin Demon Crystals from the slain Poison Demon Race experts for Qin Hao’s Devouring Doppelganger.
• The Baldhead Ancient God revealed that his doppelganger was injured and showed Qin Hao two Great Dao Patterns, calling them only a small opportunity.
• The Baldhead Ancient God told Qin Hao to Refine the patterns and raise his cultivation before a greater opportunity arrived from the Calamity Demon Land.
• The Baldhead Ancient God explained that the opportunity might let Qin Hao become a Nirvana Sovereign and loosen the Seals on the Supreme Sword Tower’s Sixth and Seventh Floors.
• The Baldhead Ancient God admitted that he was helping Qin Hao grow stronger so he could escape the Supreme Sword Tower, despite the slim hope of success.

After Baldhead Ancient God explained that Qin Hao had to grow stronger to free his true self from the Supreme Sword Tower, Qin Hao prepared to refine two Great Dao Patterns and pursue Marquis-Rank Creation. He joined the Li Family Merchant Guild’s Starry Sky Battleship and ordered it to hurry to East Sun Star so he could cultivate safely.

• Baldhead Ancient God urged Qin Hao to refine the two Great Dao Patterns and warned him that he needed strength to seize the dangerous opportunity ahead.
• Baldhead Ancient God departed, and Qin Hao drew the Great Dao Patterns into his Self-World while considering the opportunity and his need to grow stronger.
• Qin Hao boarded the Li Family Merchant Guild’s Starry Sky Battleship and told Marquis Vastsea and Li Yuntong to head for East Sun Star at full speed.
• Marquis Vastsea ordered the Starry Sky Battleship to accelerate toward East Sun Star so Qin Hao could find a safe place to cultivate.

Qin Hao began setting up the Yin-Yang Cosmic Disk so his Doppelgangers could study two wisps of Great Dao Patterns, and used it to bring Barto to his Guest Room. A hidden Nirvana Sovereign detected the teleportation and headed toward the Transcendent Space, while Barto pledged his loyalty to Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao decided to set up the Yin-Yang Cosmic Disk and have his True Self and Doppelgangers cultivate with the two wisps of Great Dao Patterns.
• Qin Hao channeled Divine Strength and two hundred thousand Low-Grade Origin Crystals into the Yang Disk, connecting it to the Yin Disk held by his Devouring Doppelganger.
• The Devouring Doppelganger took Barto through the disk’s teleportation link to Qin Hao’s Guest Room, then changed his appearance.
• A hidden Nirvana Sovereign sensed the spatial fluctuations, recognized a Directional Miniature Teleportation Array, and flew toward the Transcendent Space.
• Barto recognized Qin Hao’s True Self, knelt, and pledged that he would die for his lord.

Qin Hao cultivated the Great Dao Patterns aboard the Li Family Merchant Guild's Starry Sky Battleship, allowing Barto to study their Origin Laws while learning more about his own Self-World. Four days later, they arrived at East Sun Star, one of the Chaotic Star Sea's two great Cultivation sanctuaries.

• Qin Hao made Barto his Guard and asked him to explain the Chaotic Star Sea.
• Qin Hao brought out a strand of Great Dao Patterns and cultivated with his Devouring Doppelganger while Barto studied the Origin Laws they released.
• Qin Hao sensed that studying Dao Resonance was enlarging and strengthening his Self-World, which he believed would be key to reaching the Nirvana Sovereign realm.
• After four days, Barto woke and discovered he had mastered more than seventy Ninth-Order Origin Laws, leaving him thirty short of the minimum needed to reach the Creation Realm.
• Barto announced their arrival at East Sun Star, and Qin Hao looked out at the bustling planet and its enormous Giant City.

Qin Hao arrived at East Sun City and learned how its satellite cities and cultivation chambers were organized. After hearing that Dao-Grade chambers altered the flow of time, he asked how to enter one while the East Sun Merchant Guild began dealing with Marquis Vastsea.

• Barto explained that East City was controlled by the Divine Mechanism Tower and that visitors had to enter the Inner City through a satellite city.
• Qin Hao arrived at East City's harbor, noticed warriors of other races, and worried that the Ten-Thousand Poisons King could be tracking him.
• Barto told Qin Hao that Earth-, Heaven-, and Dao-Grade cultivation chambers were in the Inner City and described their different time-flow rates.
• Qin Hao asked how to enter a Dao-Grade chamber as a representative of the East Sun Merchant Guild began speaking with Marquis Vastsea.

Li Yuntong’s gamble on bringing the Li Family’s goods to the Chaotic Star Sea paid off when the East Sun Merchant Guild agreed to buy everything at a thirty-percent premium. Afterward, a Shadow Race young master named Liu Yu took an interest in her and invited her to a private welcome banquet, leaving Li Yuntong puzzled about his intentions.

• Liu Dong offered Marquis Vastsea and the Li Family a thirty-percent premium for their goods, and the family credited Li Yuntong’s decision to come to the Chaotic Star Sea.
• Li Yuntong met Liu Dong and thanked him as the Li Family prepared to complete the transaction.
• Liu Yu, a Shadow Race Ordinary Creation cultivator, spotted Li Yuntong and ordered a guard to find out who she was.
• The guard reported that Li Yuntong was the Li Family’s young lady and current Family Head, prompting Liu Yu to arrange a welcome banquet at the East Sun Inn.
• Liu Yu’s guard presented Li Yuntong with his Token and invitation, but she refused to take it and told Marquis Vastsea she had never met anyone from the Shadow Race on East Sun Star.

Liu Yu of the East Sun Residence invited Li Yuntong to a banquet, but she rejected him and eagerly went to greet Qin Hao instead. Qin Hao arrived at East Sun Star and learned how costly its Cultivation Chambers were.

• Liu Yu introduced himself as a young master of the East Sun Residence and invited Li Yuntong to the East Sun Inn.
• Liu Dong revealed that Liu Yu had reached the Creation Realm before age one hundred, impressing Marquis Vastsea and the others.
• Li Yuntong refused Liu Yu’s invitation without hesitation.
• Qin Hao emerged from the Starry Sky Battleship, and Li Yuntong happily flew over to him, angering Liu Yu.
• Qin Hao learned that East Sun City’s Earth-, Heaven-, and Dao-Grade Cultivation Chambers cost one thousand, ten thousand, and one hundred thousand Low-Grade Origin Crystal Stones per day, respectively.

Qin Hao planned to reach Marquis-Rank Creation by cultivating in a Dao-grade Cultivation Chamber, though he still lacked the Origin Crystal Stones to afford his intended stay. After arriving on East Sun Star, he accepted Li Yuntong’s invitation to dinner, where Liu Yu interrupted in anger.

• Qin Hao calculated that three months in a Dao-grade Cultivation Chamber could give him enough time to comprehend two Great Dao Patterns, but he was short more than a million Low-Grade Origin Crystal Stones.
• Qin Hao met Li Yuntong, Marquis Vastsea, and the others after leaving the Starry Sky Battleship, and explained that the black-clad man and Barto were Guards left to him by an elder.
• Qin Hao announced that he was leaving, but agreed to share a meal with Li Yuntong after she asked to thank him for helping them reach East Sun Star safely.
• Li Yuntong suggested they dine at the East Sun Inn, and Marquis Vastsea began arranging the gathering.
• Liu Yu arrived in White Robes with an antique fan and angrily objected after seeing Li Yuntong invite Qin Hao to dinner.

Liu Yu confronted Qin Hao after learning he had no interest in the East Sun Residence disciple’s status. When Qin Hao dismissed him and tried to leave with Li Yuntong and Marquis Vastsea, Liu Yu blocked his way and demanded that he kneel, but Qin Hao remained unaffected by his pressure.

• Liu Yu accused Qin Hao of barging in, and Qin Hao asked who he was.
• Liu Yu introduced himself as a Core Disciple of the East Sun Residence, and Barto explained the organization’s standing and privileges.
• Qin Hao asked whether the Lord of East Sun was Liu Yu’s teacher, then remarked that Liu Yu was not among the very finest geniuses.
• Qin Hao called to Li Yuntong and Marquis Vastsea and started toward the street, prompting Liu Yu to have his two Creation Realm Guards block the way.
• Liu Yu unleashed his pressure and ordered Qin Hao to kneel, but Qin Hao stood calmly and said Liu Yu was not qualified to make him kneel.

Liu Yu tried to use his status and pressure to intimidate Qin Hao, but Qin Hao remained unmoved and rebuked him. When Liu Yu ordered his Guards to cripple Qin Hao, Qin Hao’s Black-Robed guard struck Liu Yu and defeated both Guards, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Liu Yu’s pressure failed to affect Qin Hao, and Liu Dong warned Liu Yu that Qin Hao’s group were trading partners of the East Sun Merchant Guild.
• Liu Yu threatened Liu Dong, then grew furious when Qin Hao criticized his arrogance and ordered his two Guards to cripple Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao’s Black-Robed guard suddenly appeared and slapped Liu Yu to the ground.
• Marquis Vastsea recognized the Black-Robed guard as a formidable Body Refinement expert whose strength rivaled a Marquis-Rank Creation expert.
• The Black-Robed guard struck both of Liu Yu’s Guards with one punch, grievously wounding them.

Qin Hao’s Devouring Doppelganger defeated Liu Yu’s Guards and drove Liu Yu away after he threatened Qin Hao. As Qin Hao and the others entered East Sun City, Lingxiaozi sensed a Heavenly Spirit Artifact nearby.

• Qin Hao’s Devouring Doppelganger struck Liu Yu’s two Creation Guards with one punch, gravely injuring them and revealing his Marquis Conferment-level strength.
• Liu Yu recovered, demanded Qin Hao’s identity, and was dismissed; when he threatened Qin Hao, the Devouring Doppelganger slapped him away.
• Liu Yu fled with his injured Guards, and Qin Hao led Marquis Vastsea, Li Yuntong, and the others toward the East Sun Inn.
• The Li Family’s trade with the East Sun Merchant Guild earned them ten million Low-Grade Origin Crystals.
• Qin Hao sensed his Heavenly Spirit Race Cloth Armor and Gauntlet trembling near a large building, and Lingxiaozi announced that he sensed a Heavenly Spirit Artifact.

Qin Hao learned that the East Sun Merchant Guild would hold an advanced auction and that he could obtain an invitation through Liu Dong. After reaching the East Sun Inn, he heard Liu Yu might retaliate, while Liu Yu raged over his humiliation and swore hatred toward Qin Hao.

• Qin Hao realized his Heavenly Spirit Race Cloth Armor and Gauntlets resonated with something nearby, possibly another piece of their set.
• Li Yuntong and Marquis Vastsea explained the East Sun Merchant Guild's advanced auction and its invitation requirements to Qin Hao.
• Liu Dong offered Qin Hao an invitation to the auction and warned him that Liu Yu might cause trouble through the East Sun Residence.
• Liu Dong hosted Qin Hao and the others at the East Sun Inn, where they enjoyed a lively meal.
• Liu Yu, battered and furious in his ruined courtyard, vowed that he and Qin Hao could not live beneath the same sky.

Liu Yu learned that Qin Hao had slain Marquis Bloodbane, survived the Ten-Thousand Poisons King, and might be backed by a Limit Creation. Despite the danger, Liu Yu remained determined to take revenge and ordered his Guard to make Qin Hao's stay in East Sun City impossible.

• Liu Yu's Guard reported that Qin Hao had personally slain Marquis Bloodbane and survived the Ten-Thousand Poisons King's pursuit.
• The Guard revealed that a suspected Limit Creation had gravely wounded the Ten-Thousand Poisons King and might be Qin Hao's senior.
• Liu Yu dismissed his Guard's attempt to dissuade him and insisted that Qin Hao had to die for humiliating him.
• Liu Yu ordered his Guard to watch Qin Hao constantly and make him unable to take a step in East Sun City, ideally forcing him to leave East Sun Star.