Someone appeared next to the Dragon master. Feng Yan.

Rage burned in her eyes. They further deepened to hatred when she looked into the distance.

“Do you hate them?” asked the Dragon master.

“I do!” Feng Yan seemed to have grown up overnight. She had been like a child when facing her mother, but now was much more subdued and brooding.

Li Hao!!

That human had killed her mother and caused the deaths of countless Phoenix exalted emperors. He’d ended the phoenix race! Without their world, they would all die!

“You should hate them, but hate won’t change anything,” the Dragon master said softly. “You’ve set foot into seventh rank, but only just barely. You didn’t do so through a dao domain, but forcefully swallowing the strength of seventh rank.

“You do not measure up to the real wandering cultivators of seventh rank. Those have formed their own system through the dao domain. You... can only count as a seventh rank in a dao universe!

“Do you know that you are my child?”

“I do.” Feng Yan nodded after a long silence. She may not have known before, but once her mother repeated certain things again and again, she became aware.

“I have many children, but at the same time I do not have that many,” laughed the Dragon master. “You are the only one to have made it to seventh rank. Although some luck is involved in your ascension, it is what your mother wrought for you!

“This is not enough if you wish to become a true premier powerhouse. Seventh rank... and this kind of forced ascension... is a far cry from Li Hao’s capabilities!

“He can kill Treasure Seeker with one blow. The same will be your fate if you face him!”

Feng Yan listened quietly.

“You once signed a dao treaty with him. You might be the only one thus far with any sort of tie to the human. Li Hao may not have paid attention to this point or care about a seventh rank chaos tribulation, but this is the kind of oversight that is sometimes an opportunity!”

“Dragon master, I...”

“You are my child,” the dragon interrupted her. “I wish to give you a chance, but I don’t know if you can fully grasp it!

“I hope for you to surprise Li Hao. Through his plans and various setup, I can tell that he is a highly alert and very strategic cultivator. He is not the quick-witted, impulsive type that is the Human King.”

The Human King preferred adapting to the situation and more mobility. The Silver Moon king leaned toward setting up plans ahead of time, such as the subterfuge he’d exercised when slipping into Dragon Region.

“He knows me, so it’ll be very hard for me to kill him. Even though I’m stronger than him, I may not be able to catch him and kill him!”

Feng Yan continued to listen silently.

“In his eyes, you are a fire cultivator. You were the active party in the agreement, he was the passive follower. Therefore, you can sense him and he may not be able to sense you...” The Dragon master suddenly turned to his world. “Look at that!”

Feng Yan followed his gaze with confusion. Look at what?

“Dragon major world is very big, isn’t it?”

Feng Yan nodded.

“Is it very strong?”

“Yes!” Feng Yan nodded again with some admiration and yearning. “It’s very, very strong!”

“No, it’s actually not,” smiled the Dragon master. “I wasn’t the one who created this world, I simply seized it from another! The chaos race is not skilled at creating our own dao universes. There aren’t that many of us who can truly build a dao universe!

“Ninety-nine percent of our worlds are taken from humans! Tell me, Feng Yan. Are you confident of setting foot into eighth rank if I give this world to you and you inherit the position of dao master?”

Feng Yan froze, thinking that the Dragon master was joking and testing herself. “Feng Yan would never dare!” she quickly protested.

“No, I mean it.” The Dragon master gazed upon Dragon major world. “I’ve seen through everything, that a world is actually a burden for the chaos race at the very end. We are a carefree species who do not suffer from the loss of a world!

“In fact, we gain more freedom and flexibility!

“Many of our kind were killed this time in large part due to this inflexibility. Had they not been saddled with a world, your mother and the rest wouldn’t have been so caught on the back foot. Qingqiu and the others wouldn’t have sacrificed some powerhouses to save their worlds.

“As for me... it is time for me to abandon my world!” sighed the Dragon master. “At my heights, perhaps not even seizing Skyward will give me a chance of making it to ninth rank. I want to take Skyward not because I want to break through, but for the purpose of verifying something I want. It will help me craft my own dao domain!”

Feng Yan did not understand. The chaos race didn’t have such a clear perception of dao. It was particularly true for her since she’d been forcefully propelled into seventh rank.

“I’ve controlled Dragon major world for many years and you are of my bloodline. It will be much easier for you to inherit my position as dao master. The world and dao universe will not reject you. However... you may not be able to reach my level.

“Regardless, being able to set foot into eighth rank will be enough. Li Hao should not be able to fight an eighth rank yet!

“If you can break through before he does, you will be the only possible victor in a match with him!”

A stunned Feng Yan flicked a glance at the Dragon master out of the corner of her eye. Basking in the light of the major world, she suddenly felt that her unfamiliar father was so grand!

This was true majesty!

A peak eighth rank major world was just a burden to him? 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

“You will have some advantages as my descendant, but they might turn out to be disadvantages instead!” continued the Dragon master. “You know the form, but not the function when facing seventh and eighth ranks. You lack a true consolidation of the dao. Even if you force your way to eighth rank, you might have to remain at that level for the rest of your life!

“Well, opportunities might present themselves later on if you comprehend more dao. But you might also fully lose yourself after entering eighth rank!

“Feng Yan, would you want the world if I gave it to you?” asked the Dragon master.

Feng Yan shook from a mixture of agitation, fear, and excitement. She didn’t know what to say!

“There’s no need to react thus,” murmured the Dragon master. “Li Hao dares let the Thunder master find his way to eighth rank and the New Martial supreme permits Fog Mountain to enter eighth rank...

“I, Long Zhan, am not worse than them. Even if I am... you are my direct descendant. They can give these opportunities to complete strangers, much less me giving something to my daughter.

“None of them had been eighth ranks, now they are probably all eighth rank. However, I am a peak eighth rank!” Here, the Dragon master sighed. “Perhaps I should’ve given this world to your mother a long time ago or to someone else. That might’ve produced another eighth rank among us. I was not open-minded or magnanimous enough. I just felt that it was enough for me to be the only eighth rank...”

He was rather regretful now. I probably should’ve given up Dragon major world a long time ago! If Phoenix had control over it, she would’ve been an eighth rank for a while. None of what’d happened would’ve taken place if she was an eighth rank.

The Dragon master had been pondering a lot these days, ultimately deciding that it was time to relinquish his world.

What do I want Dragon major world for?

I should be preparing for my own dao domain in the true sense of the notion. No, it was no longer a dao domain, but the dao world that he needed to build to enter ninth rank!

“Dragon master, I... I...” Feng Yan stammered from extreme nerves. She jumped when the Dragon master raised his hand.

However, he simply caressed her head with a smile. “What are you afraid of? What is there to be apprehensive about? No one can instill such fearlessness in us throughout the chaos. The chaos race isn’t as savage, barbaric, or crazed as others think we are...

“Humans eat monster spirits, monster spirits eat humans. Humans eat beasts, beasts eat humans. I had you learn human culture not to make you human. Human is what humanity defined itself as. No one decreed that the chaos race cannot be humans!

“If I am strong enough, I would say that we are the humans, and humans are beasts or food. No one would refute me then!” the Dragon master said faintly. “The four regions are tiny and may not be our final designation! Even though New Martial and Silver Moon are our biggest threats at the moment, they may not be the only trouble we need to resolve!

“Strengthening ourselves and keeping up with the times is key. We also need to posture for revenge. Privately speaking between us, I will tell you that they are very hard to kill or defeat. They’re much thornier opponents than we anticipated!

“Therefore, we need to grow stronger! There are more secrets in the chaos than just the four regions. Where did the Skyward master and his people go? Where have all the ninth ranks gone all these years?

“Is there really only one newly ascended ninth rank in the entire chaos? I’ve once met this so-called Exalted Chaos Sky Emperor. There’s nothing much to him!”

He instructed his daughter in matters of statehood and the race’s future. A momentary defeat did not dishearten him. Finally, the entrance to a dao universe appeared in front of them.

“Go on, don’t mind what Li Hao and the rest are doing. It’s just a combination of comprehending dao, building dao domains, and perfecting their heritage. There isn’t much of a point to stopping them. We should not be exhibiting our strength through their weakness.

“What we want to do is to meet our foes with an equal amount of strength! Strong enemies are at the door. Being buttressed by a need for vengeance might actually be a good thing. That will give us more motivation. Black Tiger is about to become an eighth rank because of it!”

Feng Yan simply worshiped her father at this point. He was all-knowing, all-powerful, and wholly unafraid of anything!

“The dao of Dragon major world is based off body dao. Strengthening our bodies is the core of our being, so this dao is very suited for us. It is why I have stayed here and not moved to another world!

“Fortify your body. You have inherited both my bloodline and your mother’s. A being like you is very rare...

“When your body is so strong that it tests the limits, defies the world, chaos, and tribulations with it. Produce an internal universe with it—that is the ultimate peak of this dao!

“The Human King has created an internal world, but his is a human body. Li Hao has built one thousand worlds and combined them, but they are separate from him. Humans have their pros and cons, whereas the chaos race has the even greater advantage of our bodies!”

The Dragon master shared a large amount of instruction with his daughter. At the same time, he was looking back over his own dao legacy. He taught his daughter how to refine Dragon major world. And as he passed on knowledge, he stripped his heritage bit by bit from the world. It was an incredibly smooth transition!

This was the first time that someone had voluntarily handed over a world when their life wasn’t on the line. And this was an eighth rank world!

No eighth rank world master would dare say that he would be able to give away their world like that. Light’s son was exemplary, but he never mentioned passing his world onto his son.

How would one gain anything without losing something first?

Being able to set something down was key. The Dragon master felt that his understanding of this concept came later, but it was not too late. Perhaps letting go was the only way to entering ninth rank.

He wasn’t aware if Chaos Sky had really let his go. Could someone like that let anything go? Perhaps he’d taken a shortcut.