Chapter Summaries

Qin Hao’s Great Dao Divine Body broke through after he drew down the Heaven and Earth Dao Art, but the achievement made the Great Dao Miasma in his Mindscape and Dantian denser. True Lord Lianyun summoned him to the Dao Alliance’s Dao Hall, where the Dao Guardians discussed a possible way to expel the miasma.

• Qin Hao sensed that his Great Dao Divine Body had grown far stronger, but realized the Heaven and Earth Dao Art had made the Great Dao Miasma more entrenched and further blocked his path to Sovereign.
• After the tribulation clouds dispersed, True Lord Lianyun congratulated Qin Hao and called him to the Dao Alliance’s Dao Hall; Qin Hao withdrew his Three Doppelgangers and hurried there, hoping to find a solution.
• At the Dao Hall, Azure Flame Profound Venerable learned that Qin Hao was a Disciple of the Azure Flame Sect and praised his achievements, while the Desolate God Hall Master and Spirit Domain Blade Venerable listened.
• True Lord Lianyun recounted Qin Hao’s rise and explained that the Great Dao Miasma had prevented him from drawing down a Heavenly Tribulation.
• Venerable Luoji told the gathering that the Primordial Six-Yang Formation was the best known way to expel the Great Dao Miasma.

The Dao Alliance leaders discussed the Great Dao Miasma remaining in Qin Hao and condemned the absent Void Overlord for withholding help while coveting Qin Hao’s Primordial Feathered Wings. Qin Hao arrived and asked the Azure Flame Profound Venerable to remove the miasma, but froze when told to let the leaders examine his Divine Body.

• Venerable Luoji explained that the Primordial Six-Yang Formation lacked a sixth Nine-Tribulations Sovereign Dao Guardian because the Void Overlord had entered Secluded Cultivation.
• The Desolate God Hall Master and Spirit Domain Blade Venerable revealed that the Void Overlord was targeting Qin Hao’s Primordial Feathered Wings after failing to take a Heavenly Wonder from the Celestial Pivot Daoist.
• Qin Hao entered the Dao Hall and remained composed under the scrutiny of its Great Dao Dominators.
• Qin Hao greeted the Azure Flame Profound Venerable, the Desolate God Hall Master, the Spirit Domain Blade Venerable, and Venerable Luoji, then thanked Venerable Luoji for arranging help.
• Qin Hao asked the Azure Flame Profound Venerable to drive out the Great Dao Miasma, and the Azure Flame Profound Venerable told him to open his body for examination.

Qin Hao let the Dao Guardians inspect the Great Dao Miasma suppressing his Dantian and Mindscape, while keeping the Supreme Sword Tower hidden. Azure Flame Profound Venerable and five Nine-Tribulations Sovereigns began the Primordial Six-Yang Formation, and the Power of Heaven and Earth poured into Qin Hao to expel the miasma.

• Qin Hao opened the areas of his Dantian and Mindscape suppressed by the Great Dao Miasma, and the Dao Guardians examined him without detecting the Supreme Sword Tower.
• Azure Flame Profound Venerable determined that the dense Great Dao Miasma could be expelled and told Qin Hao to relax while the Dao Guardians formed the Primordial Six-Yang Formation.
• Azure Flame Profound Venerable, the Desolate God Hall Master, the Spirit Domain Blade Venerable, Venerable Luoji, and two other Nine-Tribulations Sovereigns invoked six aspects of Great Dao Origin.
• Qin Hao began to comprehend their Great Dao Origin, but Azure Flame Profound Venerable warned him to clear his mind and focus on the expulsion.
• The six currents of Great Dao Origin opened a way into Chaos Space, and a torrent of the Power of Heaven and Earth descended into Qin Hao.

Qin Hao endured the Primordial Six-Yang Formation as six Great Dao Dominators tried to expel the Great Dao Miasma blocking his advance to Sovereign. Their attacks only made it more firmly rooted, and the Azure Flame Profound Venerable asked Qin Hao to reveal his Heaven and Earth Great Dao, suspecting it was no ordinary one.

• Qin Hao endured the Primordial Six-Yang Formation while the six Great Dao Dominators used its power to attack the Great Dao Miasma inside him.
• The first round of strikes opened a crack in the miasma, but it healed and grew thicker around Qin Hao's vital points.
• The Azure Flame Profound Venerable led a stronger second round, but the attacks failed to shake the miasma and made it more firmly rooted.
• The Great Dao Dominators withdrew their power and realized they could not expel the miasma, leaving Qin Hao worried he might never reach Sovereign.
• The Azure Flame Profound Venerable asked Qin Hao which Great Dao he cultivated, and Qin Hao answered that it was the Heaven and Earth Great Dao.
• The Desolate God Hall Master suggested Qin Hao's path was unusually powerful, prompting the Azure Flame Profound Venerable to urge him to release his Great Dao.

Qin Hao revealed his Heaven and Earth Dao Resonance in the Dao Hall, where the Deputy Alliance Leaders identified his path as the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way. The Dao Guardians believed it made becoming a Sovereign impossible and left, while Qin Hao apologized to the Azure Flame Profound Venerable.

• Qin Hao released more than three thousand strands of Heaven and Earth Dao Resonance, astonishing the Dao Guardians with their depth and power.
• The Spirit Domain Blade Venerable recognized Qin Hao's path as the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way, and the Azure Flame Profound Venerable and Desolate God Hall Master confirmed it.
• The Desolate God Hall Master explained that the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way had drawn Great Dao Miasma to suppress Qin Hao and prevented him from summoning the Heavenly Tribulation.
• The Dao Guardians concluded that Qin Hao would likely never become a Sovereign and departed, though Venerable Luoji and True Lord Lianyun offered him brief encouragement.
• The Desolate God Hall Master and Spirit Domain Blade Venerable left without offering a solution, and Qin Hao apologized to the Azure Flame Profound Venerable.

Azure Flame Profound Venerable explained the Starsea Human Race’s ancient origins and revealed that Qin Hao’s Heaven and Earth Ancient Way was the powerful Seven Evolutions Great Dao. The Origin World’s shattering had cut off cultivation beyond Sovereign, leaving Qin Hao’s path uncertain.

• Qin Hao told Azure Flame Profound Venerable he would not give up on reaching the Martial Dao Peak despite the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way’s dangers.
• Azure Flame Profound Venerable explained that the Star Sea’s races had once all been known as cultivators, before resource struggles divided them.
• Azure Flame Profound Venerable said the Origin World had shattered, cutting off the path beyond Sovereign, though a higher realm had once existed.
• Azure Flame Profound Venerable revealed that Qin Hao’s Heaven and Earth Ancient Way was the Seven Evolutions Great Dao, combining Metal, Wood, Water, Fire, Earth, Time, and Space.
• Azure Flame Profound Venerable said Qin Hao’s Great Dao would have served him well in the unbroken Origin World, but that world had already shattered.

Qin Hao learned from the Azure Flame Profound Venerable that the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way could not reach the Nirvana Realm in the Star Sea, though its limits might differ in the Origin World. Refusing to accept that his Martial Way was over, Qin Hao chose to remain with the Dao Alliance and was assigned to investigate the Mysterious Feather Clan.

• The Azure Flame Profound Venerable explained that the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way had no known path to the Nirvana Realm in the Star Sea and that mastering its seven core Great Daos was impossible.
• Qin Hao realized his Heaven and Earth Ancient Way remained incomplete despite his progress in several Great Daos, and he thanked the Azure Flame Profound Venerable for explaining its limits.
• Qin Hao chose to stay with the Dao Alliance and continue trying to cultivate the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way, declaring that fate could be defied.
• The Azure Flame Profound Venerable reminded Qin Hao that he still owed two Assessment tasks and assigned him to investigate the Mysterious Feather Clan instead of risking the Outer Battlefield.

Qin Hao was appointed an Inspector to investigate the Mysterious Feather Clan, but learned that his Heaven and Earth Ancient Way left him unable to advance to the Sovereign Realm in the Star Sea. He refused to give up, insisting he would defy heaven and reach the Martial Dao Peak.

• Azure Flame Profound Venerable authorized Qin Hao to investigate the Mysterious Feather Clan and promised to intervene if a Great Dao Dominator openly tried to seize his Primordial Feathered Wings.
• Qin Hao reflected that his Heaven and Earth Ancient Way had left him with no hope of reaching the Nirvana Sovereign Realm in the Star Sea.
• Lingxiaozi admitted he had not realized Qin Hao was cultivating the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way, and Qin Hao told him he was still young and would not give up.
• The Ancient God confirmed he knew of no way to help Qin Hao ascend, while the Golden Radiance Lord offered help in exchange for his release from the Supreme Sword Tower.
• Qin Hao ignored the Golden Radiance Lord and declared that he would defy heaven and climb to the Martial Dao Peak; the Ancient God silenced the furious prisoner with his power.

News spread that Qin Hao’s Heaven and Earth Ancient Way prevented him from becoming a Sovereign, and Azure Flame Profound Venerable appointed him an Inspector to investigate the Mysterious Feather Clan. Lord Zhuyou postponed his plan to seize Qin Hao’s Primordial Feathered Wings and decided to wait near the Mysterious Feather Great World for an opportunity.

• Sovereigns and others in the Chaos Immortal Domain discussed Qin Hao’s blocked path to Sovereignty and coveted the Primordial Feathered Wings.
• Lord Zhuyou realized Azure Flame Profound Venerable’s appointment made an attack too dangerous, so he planned to wait for Qin Hao to reach the Mysterious Feather Great World.
• Huo Zongxiao asked Chi Zhong whether he had seen Qin Hao and lamented that Qin Hao might never become a Sovereign.
• Chi Zhong said he did not know where Qin Hao was, then returned to his cultivation residence after Huo Zongxiao left.

The Celestial Pivot Daoist learned that Qin Hao had cultivated the Heaven and Earth Ancient Way and resolved to seize the Primordial Feathered Wings before anyone else could. As Qin Hao teleported toward the Forget-Seated Palace on his way to the Mysterious Feather Great World, the Celestial Pivot Daoist set out to intercept him.

• The Celestial Pivot Daoist worried that Qin Hao would lose the Primordial Feathered Wings to another Great Dao Dominator and decided to strike first.
• He recalled that Azure Flame Profound Venerable had sent Qin Hao to investigate the Mysterious Feather Clan's rebellion and planned to use his familiarity with the Mysterious Feather Great World.
• The Celestial Pivot Daoist revealed that the body he had taken had secretly advanced to Three-Tribulation Sovereign, aided by Xuanhuang Qi, and left for the Mysterious Feather Great World.
• Qin Hao arrived at the Dao Alliance's central teleportation hub and used its array to travel to the Forget-Seated Palace beyond the Mysterious Feather Great World.
• After Qin Hao vanished into the teleportation array, the Formation masters and onlookers discussed his Primordial Feathered Wings and his inability to advance to Sovereign.

Qin Hao traveled to the Mysterious Feather Great World to investigate the Mysterious Feather Clan’s rebellion, while True Lord Zuowang secretly arranged to let the clan kill him. As Qin Hao arrived, Chi Zhong appeared from a hidden Formation nearby.

• Qin Hao arrived at Forget-Seated Palace, where a black-robed One-Tribulation Sovereign confirmed his identity and pointed him toward the Mysterious Feather Great World.
• The black-robed man reported Qin Hao’s arrival to True Lord Zuowang, who ordered the world sealed so people could enter but no one could leave.
• True Lord Zuowang decided not to attack Qin Hao himself and hoped the Mysterious Feather Clan would kill him for his Primordial Feathered Wings.
• Qin Hao flew for three months, reviewing what he knew about the missing Great Elder Lord Chunyu and the clan’s Second Elder, Chunhua Sovereign, and Third Elder, Chunyuan Sovereign.
• Qin Hao reached the Mysterious Feather Great World and descended toward it as Chi Zhong emerged from a hidden Formation nearby.

Qin Hao entered the Mysterious Feather Great World and headed for the Holy City to investigate the Mysterious Feather Clan. On the way, he witnessed clan members hunting Tong Yu, and their leader ordered three Half-Step Sovereigns to kill Qin Hao so the plan would remain secret.

• Qin Hao surveyed the Mysterious Feather Great World and set out for the Mysterious Feather Clan's Holy City.
• Qin Hao spotted Mysterious Feather Clan experts pursuing the injured Tong Yu, who cultivated the Space Great Dao.
• Tong Yu noticed Qin Hao but changed course to avoid dragging him into the pursuit.
• The First Tribulation Sovereign saw Qin Hao and suspected he might be connected to the Second Elder.
• The First Tribulation Sovereign ordered three Half-Step Sovereigns to kill Qin Hao and continued pursuing Tong Yu.

Qin Hao intervened when Mysterious Feather Clan experts attacked him and pursued Tong Yu, who had been gravely wounded. After killing three Half-Step Sovereigns with one sword strike, Qin Hao appeared before their shocked general and the other pursuers.

• Qin Hao realized Tong Yu had fled to avoid involving him, while the Mysterious Feather Clan experts targeted Qin Hao to keep their plan secret.
• The One-Tribulation Sovereign struck Tong Yu down, leaving him barely alive as the pursuers celebrated capturing him.
• Three Mysterious Feather Clan Half-Step Sovereigns attacked Qin Hao, and he killed all three with a single sword strike.
• The Mysterious Feather Clan general reacted with shock and anger, then moved toward Qin Hao.
• Qin Hao appeared directly in front of the general and the gathered Mysterious Feather Clan experts.

Qin Hao confronted Mysterious Feather Holy Hall fighters and revealed that he was a Dao Alliance Inspector investigating their factional violence. After Tong Yu welcomed him as a chance to save the clan, the general rallied the others to kill Qin Hao and flee their world.

• Qin Hao questioned the Mysterious Feather Clan general about hunting Tong Yu and learned that the fighters belonged to the Third Elder’s faction.
• Qin Hao identified the Holy Hall’s leaders and asked why its members were fighting and what they were trying to conceal.
• Qin Hao revealed his Dao Alliance Inspector’s Order, frightening the fighters and giving Tong Yu hope that the clan could be saved.
• Qin Hao demanded that the fighters either die or reveal everything they had done.
• The general declared that the Human Race had oppressed the Mysterious Feather Clan and charged Qin Hao, leading the others to attack with him.

Qin Hao tested his newly advanced Great Dao Divine Body against the Mysterious Feather Clan fighters and slaughtered them with ease. He cornered the surviving general and demanded that he reveal everything the clan had done.

• The Mysterious Feather Clan general ordered his fighters to kill Qin Hao despite knowing he was a Dao Alliance Inspector.
• Qin Hao put away the Lingxiao Divine Sword and used his Great Dao Divine Body to fight the attackers barehanded.
• Qin Hao killed the Half-Step Sovereign and the remaining Mysterious Feather Clan fighters with single blows.
• Qin Hao spared the general and demanded that he tell him everything the clan had done.
• The general's expression twisted as he struggled with his decision.

Qin Hao killed the Mysterious Feather Clan general after challenging his belief that humans were responsible for the clan’s decline. He then found Tong Yu near death from severe injuries and poison, and asked what was happening with the Mysterious Feather Clan.

• Tong Yu watched Qin Hao kill the Mysterious Feather Clan experts and wondered how a Half-Step Sovereign could be so powerful.
• The general blamed humanity for the Mysterious Feather Clan’s decline, but Qin Hao pointed out that humans had allowed the clan to keep its Great World and Spirit Spring.
• The general rejected Qin Hao’s argument and attacked him, so Qin Hao killed him with the Lingxiao Divine Sword and the Power of the Destruction Great Dao.
• Qin Hao offered Tong Yu healing medicines, but Tong Yu refused because his Spirit Body was breaking apart and poison had invaded his Space Dao Resonance.
• Qin Hao asked Tong Yu what was happening with the Mysterious Feather Clan.

Tong Yu told Qin Hao that Chunyuan Sovereign had betrayed the Mysterious Feather Clan, killed the Great Elder with the Soul Race’s aid, and seized control of the Mysterious Feather Holy Hall. He explained the importance of the Thirty-Six Mysterious Feather Crystals, leaving Qin Hao aware that the Third Elder had taken power and the Second Elder’s fate remained unknown.

• Tong Yu told Qin Hao that Chunyuan Sovereign had allied with the Soul Race, killed the Great Elder, and attacked the Second Elder for refusing to betray the Human Race.
• Tong Yu explained that Chunyuan Sovereign had poisoned the elders with poison refined from the Mysterious Feather Spirit Spring, captured the Second Elder, and taken control of the Mysterious Feather Holy Hall.
• Tong Yu showed Qin Hao a Mysterious Feather Crystal and explained that the crystals sustained the Mysterious Feather Spirit Spring and awakened its Great Dao power.
• Tong Yu revealed that the Mysterious Feather Spirit Venerable had left thirty-six crystals, with the three elders each guarding twelve, and condemned Chunyuan Sovereign for betraying the clan and the Human Race.

Tong Yu entrusted Qin Hao with a Blackfeather Crystal and begged him to save the Mysterious Feather Clan before dying. Qin Hao buried him, gathered the other fallen warriors’ possessions, and headed for the sealed Holy City to investigate the rebellion and the Mysterious Feather Holy Hall.

• Tong Yu told Qin Hao that eighteen Blackfeather Crystals were needed to move the Mysterious Feather Spirit Spring and entrusted him with one, asking him to save the Mysterious Feather Clan.
• Qin Hao promised to do what he could, and Tong Yu died while kneeling before him.
• Qin Hao buried Tong Yu without touching his possessions, then collected the Storage Star Rings of the other dead warriors.
• Qin Hao decided to visit the Mysterious Feather Holy Hall and set out for the Holy City, wary of Chunyuan Sovereign’s alliance with the Soul Race.
• Qin Hao reached the Holy City, where Sovereigns, Limit Creation experts, and Half-Step Sovereigns guarded the sealed approaches and barred everyone from leaving the Mysterious Feather Holy Hall.

The Celestial Pivot Daoist infiltrated the Mysterious Feather Holy Hall and discovered Chunyuan Sovereign conspiring with World Master Lianxin to defect to the Soul Race. Their escape was delayed because the Forget-Seated Palace had sealed off the Mysterious Feather Great World, and the chapter ended with World Master Lianxin warning that Chunyuan Sovereign could not kill Qin Hao.

• The Celestial Pivot Daoist arrived at the Mysterious Feather Holy Hall through Heavencloud Palace’s Teleportation Array and hid near Chunyuan Sovereign.
• Chunyuan Sovereign used the Mysterious Feather Crystals and a Black Cauldron to summon World Master Lianxin’s projection.
• Chunyuan Sovereign reported that he had gathered the crystals and supporters ready to join the Soul Race, but World Master Lianxin told him to wait because the Forget-Seated Palace had sealed off the Mysterious Feather Great World.
• World Master Lianxin revealed that Qin Hao was coming to investigate the Mysterious Feather Clan’s rebellion, while the hidden Celestial Pivot Daoist realized the Soul Race was also interested in Qin Hao.
• Chunyuan Sovereign vowed to kill Qin Hao if he entered the Holy City, but World Master Lianxin told him he could not kill Qin Hao.

World Master Lianxin persuaded Chunyuan Sovereign to use the Mysterious Feather Spirit Spring to seal Qin Hao, promising the Mysterious Feather Clan ten Great Worlds in return. Chunyuan Sovereign accepted, while Chunhua Sovereign watched him in dismay.

• The Celestial Pivot Daoist judged that only powerful Sovereigns could capture Qin Hao, whose Great Dao Essence, Heaven and Earth Dao Art, and Primordial Feathered Wings made him exceptionally dangerous.
• World Master Lianxin told Chunyuan Sovereign that Qin Hao was a gifted Half-Step Sovereign but would never reach the Sovereign Realm because Great Dao Miasma suppressed him.
• World Master Lianxin asked Chunyuan Sovereign to trap Qin Hao in the Mysterious Feather Spirit Spring and bring him to the Soul Race, offering the Mysterious Feather Clan ten Great Worlds.
• Chunyuan Sovereign eagerly accepted the task, unaware that World Master Lianxin intended to seize the spring and Qin Hao's Primordial Feathered Wings without honoring his promise.
• Chunyuan Sovereign entered the side hall and boasted to the bound Chunhua Sovereign that he would lead the Mysterious Feather Clan to glory, but Chunhua called him mad.