Recaps

Little Fellow and Xiao Zi hid while the Fierce Beasts fought over the Suanni’s supposedly dead body, but the Suanni suddenly revived and attacked the Demonic Ape and Blazing Fire Ox Demon. The two beast kings escaped badly injured, leaving the Suanni alive at the mountain site while Little Fellow watched from the clouds.

• Little Fellow and Xiao Zi hid behind a boulder as the Fierce Beasts fought over the Suanni Treasure Body, and Little Fellow killed a purple rat that attacked Xiao Zi.
• A Demonic Ape appeared, killed and ate an Eagle Bear, and cleared rubble from around the Suanni.
• The Blazing Fire Ox Demon arrived and battled the Demonic Ape, while Little Fellow watched from the clouds and hoped to eat them.
• The Suanni suddenly revived and ambushed the two beast kings, tearing off the Demonic Ape’s arm and breaking one of the Blazing Fire Ox Demon’s horns.
• The Suanni fought both kings with its precious techniques, and the Demonic Ape and Blazing Fire Ox Demon fled into the mountain range badly injured.

Shi Hao and Xiao Zi recovered the Suanni’s corpse and other treasures, then Shi Hao erased the attackers from Wolf Village before returning safely to Stone Village. The chapter ended with a renewed battle over the Mountain Treasure drawing the attention of powerful clans and rulers from distant lands.

• After the Suanni died, Shi Hao and Xiao Zi collected its body, the Blazing Fire Ox Demon’s horn, and the Demonic Ape’s arm for the village’s upcoming baptisms.
• Wolf Village archers ambushed Shi Hao and Xiao Zi for their treasures, but Shi Hao unleashed his power and erased the attackers and Wolf Village.
• Shi Hao returned to Stone Village with the treasures, and Chief Shi Yunfeng organized the villagers to prepare them for the children’s baptisms.
• A Little Red Bird fought a gigantic golden-clawed creature in the depths of the Great Wilderness, renewing Stone Village’s concern about the Mountain Treasure.
• Over the following half month, distant clans prepared to visit the battleground, while a powerful ruler learned that the Archaic Remnant Species were still fighting over the Mountain Treasure.

As powerful clans sent their heirs to investigate the sacred object in the Great Wilderness, Shi Yunfeng taught Shi Hao and Stone Village’s children about Bone Script and the Dao. Shi Hao rapidly transformed his runes into power within his body, and Shi Yunfeng told him that the path ahead would eventually require him to seek knowledge beyond the Great Wilderness.

• Heirs from Marquis Purple Mountain, Marquis Thunder, and an ancient hidden clan were ordered to travel toward the barren wasteland and test one another’s strength.
• Shi Yunfeng began teaching Shi Hao how Bone Script drew on the patterns of powerful creatures and the order of heaven and earth.
• Shi Hao said he had already reached the Blood Moving Extreme Realm and urged Shi Yunfeng to use the precious True Blood to cleanse Tiger Girl, Skinny Monkey, and the other children instead.
• Shi Yunfeng taught the children beneath the willow, explaining how formed runes could merge into the body and refine its flesh and spirit.
• Shi Hao transformed his runes into power throughout his body within days, astonishing Shi Yunfeng and delighting Stone Village.
• Shi Yunfeng explained that Shi Hao’s future path might lead him to develop his own primeval imprint and precious technique, and that he would eventually need to explore beyond the Great Wilderness.

Little Lone Mountain Town drew powerful clans whose children prepared to duel over precious blood, while Stone Village carried out a painful baptism for its young children using rare beast remains and medicines. Little Fellow examined a bone from the Suanni Treasure Body and discovered the symbols of the Suanni Precious Technique.

• Armored visitors from the Luofu Great Marsh arrived in Little Lone Mountain Town, where Jiao Peng threatened to kill the guardian spirit before his uncle stopped him.
• Marquis Purple Mountain's uncle and members of the Thunder Clan arrived, and the rival adults arranged a wagered contest between their young geniuses.
• Shi Yunfeng prepared Stone Village's children's baptism with the Suanni Treasure Body, the Blazing Fire Ox's horn, the Demonic Ape King's arm, medicines, and poisonous creatures.
• The adults plunged the children into the boiling cauldron, and the village endured a day of painful screams before the baptism ended.
• Little Fellow inspected a bone from the Suanni Treasure Body and saw the symbols of the Suanni Precious Technique.

Powerful clans arrived at Stone Village during the children’s baptism and fought over Willow God’s remaining branch, while Stone Village’s children dismissed their young geniuses as weak. The visitors began to sense that the village and Little Fellow Shi Hao were far more dangerous than they appeared, as Jiao Peng’s threats against Willow God drew Shi Hao’s lethal attention.

• Powerful figures from several clans reached Stone Village, and their children Jiao Peng, Zi Shan Kun, and Lei Mingyuan argued over Willow God’s branch before battling one another.
• Stone Village’s children watched the fight and judged the outsiders weak, then joked about hunting the visitors’ unicorn and flying jiao for food and medicine.
• The powerful figures heard that Stone Village’s hunters had chased a unicorn and that its children had eaten Suanni meat, leaving them stunned by the village’s apparent strength.
• Jiao Peng grew furious at the village children’s remarks, while Shi Hao watched him with a calm expression that made the visitors feel a sudden, unexplained terror.
• The twins on the Snow Feather laughed at how the Stone Village children were provoking Jiao Peng.

Experts from the Purple Mountain Clan, Luofu Great Marsh, and other powers entered Stone Village to investigate its people and ancient cauldrons after Er Zhuang twice defeated Jiao Peng with casual blows. They discovered the villagers’ extraordinary strength and learned that the cauldrons had been used in connection with a Suanni, while Little Fellow silently judged which visitors would live.

• Er Zhuang struck Jiao Peng back with a single punch, then sent him flying again with a casual slap when Jiao Peng attacked a second time.
• Little Fellow told the visiting girls he was almost four, and the village children said he was their strongest and had brought back the Suanni Treasure Body with Xiao Zi.
• Zi Shan Shou asked permission to enter Stone Village, and the visiting experts examined the village and its silent old Willow Tree.
• Er Meng lifted a thousand-jin bronze cauldron, and Skinny Monkey caught it after Er Zhuang hurled it across the village to impress the visitors.
• Er Meng's father suggested keeping the captured flood dragon to breed, while Little Fellow silently marked Jiao Peng, Lei Mingyuan, and their companions for death because they had set their sights on Willow God.
• Lei Yun Kun and Jiao Peng questioned the villagers about the blood on the cauldrons, and Snotty Kid said they had been used for a Suanni.

Stone Village’s visitors mistook Willow God for an ancient deity, then discovered the village was not a hidden clan and began coveting its Suanni bone and three fledglings. When Jiao Peng and others tried to seize the birds, Little Fellow unleashed a terrifying aura that immobilized them.

• The visiting experts feared Willow God after Er Meng said it accepted being called a god, and they stayed in Stone Village to investigate its origins and Mountain Treasure.
• The experts realized Stone Village was not a hidden clan and suspected its people possessed a Suanni’s precious bone, stirring their greed.
• Jiao Peng confronted the villagers, then claimed the three fledglings as prey and drew his bow as Zi Shan Kun and Lei Mingyuan moved to capture them.
• Little Fellow blocked the attackers, and an overwhelming pressure erupted from him, freezing the visitors in place and filling them with terror.

Shi Hao erased the forces that had threatened Stone Village, spared the Cloud Heaven Palace girls and stripped their grandfather of his strength before sending them home. As Stone Village prepared for a coming calamity, four supreme creatures fought over the Mountain Treasure deep in the Primordial Mountain Range, driving the onlookers to flee.

• Shi Hao destroyed Zi Mountain, Luofu Great Marsh, Thunder Clan, Golden Wolf Tribe, and their gathered experts after warning that he would protect the people close to him.
• Shi Hao spared the two Cloud Heaven Palace girls, removed their grandfather’s strength, and sent all three back to Cloud Heaven Palace.
• Shi Hao told Stone Village that Willow God had warned of a great change, prompting the villagers to preserve the mounts’ meat and stockpile supplies.
• A huge green-eyed creature fought an unseen opponent with an iron staff in the Primordial Mountain Range, while precious bones fell and stabilized the mountains.
• A Little Red Bird appeared and fought another terrifying creature as four supreme beings battled deep in the mountains.
• Experts in Little Lone Mountain Town heard the fighting and fled after the pressure from the battles made many of them fall to their knees.

The Mountain Treasure appeared in the Vast Mountain Range, drawing four supreme beings into a battle that lasted for days and shattered the mountains’ ancient restraints. As the beings ordered the Great Wilderness’s creatures to attack the surrounding lands, the Blazing Fire Ox Demon led a beast tide toward a village.

• The Mountain Treasure emerged, and the Little Red Bird, a giant vicious bird, a staff-wielding being, and a towering green-eyed creature fought over it.
• The Little Fellow secretly protected Stone Village from the distant battle while reassuring Great Peng, Little Azure, and Purple Cloud that they were safe under Willow God’s protection.
• After the battle continued for several days, the four beings broke through the mountain range’s restraints and ordered creatures across the land to kill and destroy.
• The Blazing Fire Ox Demon led a vast horde of Fierce Beasts out of the mountains toward the surrounding lands.
• A village’s guardian spirit abandoned its people and fled into the beast tide as the Blazing Fire Ox Demon and the horde approached.

A beast tide devastated villages and towns as four supreme beings battled over the sacred object, while Stone Village remained protected. When the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow attacked a territory of tens of millions, a colossal dharma idol appeared, killed it and Qiongqi, and sealed the Vermilion Bird and Zhu Yan, leaving the Great Wilderness transformed and the two survivors powerless.

• The Blazing Fire Ox Demon and other Fierce Beasts razed villages, and the Golden-Haired Lion destroyed Little Lone Mountain Town and killed its sacrificial spirit.
• The Little Fellow sensed the widespread slaughter, decided to end the calamity, and sent out a wisp of divine will.
• The Vermilion Bird, Zhu Yan, Qiongqi, and the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow fought over the sacred object as their battle devastated the Vast Mountain Range.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow attacked a kingly marquis's territory and began drawing tens of millions of people into its mouth.
• A colossal dharma idol seized and crushed the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow, then made Qiongqi explode in blood.
• The dharma idol sealed the Vermilion Bird's and Zhu Yan's cultivation and bloodlines, reducing them to a small red bird and a tiny golden snub-nosed monkey.

A golden dharma idol moved Stone Village to a beautiful new land, where the villagers discovered abundant spiritual creatures and Shi Hao asked to leave and temper himself. Little Red arrived gravely wounded, and Shi Hao healed it with a willow leaf, while Willow God remained asleep.

• A golden dharma idol lifted Stone Village from the ground and carried it away, leaving the Lower Realm's Eight Regions' ancient powers to wonder at its strength.
• Stone Village appeared beside a river and lake filled with rare fish, colorful birds, and unicorns, and Shi Yunfeng told the villagers to explore their new surroundings carefully.
• Shi Hao told Shi Yunfeng he wanted to leave Stone Village and temper himself, determined not to fail the Fatty Girl again.
• Little Red fell wounded near the village willow tree, and Shi Hao began treating it despite the villagers' fear of the powerful sparrow.
• Shi Hao placed a willow leaf on Little Red, restoring its inner vitality; Little Red thanked the Willow Tree, unaware that Willow God was asleep.

After leaving Stone Village, Shi Hao found the injured Maoqiu and spent two years helping it recover while exploring the Great Wilderness. He then rode toward an ancient country, but Maoqiu and his unicorn sensed danger in a barren mountain range, where strange cracking and chain sounds rose behind them.

• The Vermilion Bird left Stone Village after giving the villagers a scarlet plume, and Shi Yunfeng gave the plume to Little Fellow before he departed.
• Shi Hao crossed the ruined battlefield and found Maoqiu trapped in the dried lakebed, then secretly strengthened its potential while pretending to meet it for the first time.
• Maoqiu shed its old skin, revealed its small golden form, and accompanied Shi Hao as he hunted Fierce Beasts and gathered food for two years.
• After Maoqiu recovered, Shi Hao set out toward an ancient country on a subdued unicorn, but Maoqiu sensed danger and rushed toward a barren mountain range.
• Shi Hao and Maoqiu crossed into a lush region, then heard cracking and clattering chains from the mist-shrouded mountains behind them.

Little Fellow and his companions fled across the Great Wilderness, and Maoqiu stole an egg from a Five-Colored Peacock, drawing the furious Archaic Remnant Species into pursuit. They escaped by diving into a mysterious black river, though the freezing water left Little Fellow, Maoqiu, and Little Bai badly chilled.

• A gigantic azure claw chained beneath the earth briefly broke through the ground before sinking back down, and Little Fellow left the ruined area with Maoqiu and the unicorn.
• Little Fellow traveled toward the ancient kingdom's border while a powerful mottled insect relentlessly pursued them.
• Maoqiu returned with a radiant five-colored egg, and Little Fellow realized it had stolen the egg of a fierce bird as the Five-Colored Peacock began searching for them.
• A group led by a woman in white pursued the Peacock's egg, while Little Fellow and Maoqiu fled from the enraged bird and Maoqiu bit open the egg to drink its contents.
• Little Fellow jumped with Maoqiu and Little Bai into a wide black river, whose waters concealed their traces from the Five-Colored Peacock.
• After the Peacock gave up its search and left, Little Fellow, Maoqiu, and Little Bai emerged from the river frozen and covered in ice.

Little Fellow encountered Xia Youyu and her companions in the Great Wilderness, where his attempt to pass as an innocent child ended when Xia Youyu tested his strength. After recognizing his extraordinary potential, she gave him a token for Butian Pavilion, while her group discussed the risks of giving it to him.

• After Maoqiu ate the Ancient God bird descendant’s egg, Little Fellow continued through the mountains and encountered Xia Youyu’s group.
• Little Fellow pretended to be a harmless child traveling with his grandpa, but Xia Youyu attacked to test his strength, and he briefly seized her before she escaped.
• Little Fellow introduced himself as Haotian, and Xia Youyu gave him a token to take to his elders and use to enter Butian Pavilion.
• Little Fellow left with Maoqiu on the unicorn, while Xia Youyu’s companions questioned her decision to give him her final token.
• Xia Youyu said Little Fellow had tens of thousands of jin of divine strength and warned that Butian Pavilion would regret losing him to Zhulu Academy.

Little Fellow reached Chongyun Town after crossing the Great Wilderness and witnessed its sacrificial spirit repel a beast tide. He recognized a Rain Clan official connected to Shi Ziling and learned that the clan was plotting against a sick child.

• Xia Youyu and the others realized Little Fellow had eaten an Archaic Remnant Species egg and suspected Maoqiu was a Zhu Yan.
• After nearly a year crossing the Great Wilderness with Maoqiu, Little Fellow arrived near Chongyun Town and encountered a beast horde outside its walls.
• Lord Chongyun used three flying swords concealed in its flowers to kill the horde’s leader and drive the beasts away.
• Little Fellow recognized someone inside the city from his original memories and grew cold toward the Rain Clan.
• A Rain Clan official asked about Shi Ziling and the child at a rundown estate, while his steward suggested arranging the child’s accidental death.

Shi Hao punished the Rain Clan steward who had tortured the child standing in for him, then reached the Shi Clan’s Second Ancestral Land and found the child and his dying great-grandfather. He used Immortal Emperor laws to put his great-grandfather into a ten-year sleep and healed and transformed the other child, while preparing to settle matters with the Rain Clan and Shi Clan.

• Shi Hao revealed his identity to the Rain Clan steward, killed the other Rain Clan members present, and left the steward alive but crippled as punishment for harming the child in the Second Ancestral Land.
• Shi Hao traveled to the ruined Second Ancestral Land and watched the frail child endure loneliness, cruel servants, and the approaching death of his great-grandfather.
• Shi Hao entered the manor and told his great-grandfather that his injuries had healed and that he had gained immense strength, giving the old man relief in his final moments.
• Shi Hao wrapped his great-grandfather in Immortal Emperor laws and placed him into a ten-year sleep so he could begin a second life afterward.
• Shi Hao used the same laws to heal the child’s injuries and improve his aptitude, leaving him with the potential to become a Quasi-Immortal Emperor.

Little Fellow cared for the orphaned child in the Shi Clan’s Ancestral Land and promised to take him to Butian Pavilion, while the Rain Clan continued plotting against him. After the child chose the name Shi Qingfeng, Uncle Hai arrived to take him in.

• The Rain Clan leader ordered the steward’s body removed and sent people to investigate who had visited the town, after the steward’s soul resisted a search.
• Little Fellow placed Great-grandfather in a jade coffin, comforted the grieving child, and promised to take him to Butian Pavilion.
• Maoqiu sent a golden human bear to maim the two gatehouse servants who had mistreated the child.
• Yu Meng questioned his people about Shi Ziling and the child, then ordered them to kill the child without leaving evidence.
• The child changed his name to Shi Qingfeng and asked to visit Big Black before leaving the Zhuangzi.
• Uncle Hai arrived at the Zhuangzi to take Shi Qingfeng in, while Little Fellow hid from view.

Little Fellow rescued Shi Qingfeng, burned the Shi Clan’s Second Ancestral Land, and set off with him for the clan’s true ancestral land. The Stone Emperor ordered a full investigation as nobles and troops departed for the Western Frontier, while the two children neared Stone Village after more than twenty days of travel.

• Uncle Hai took Shi Qingfeng to meet Big Black, while Little Fellow killed Rain Clan agents sent to attack the village.
• Yu Meng ordered his manager to capture the father and son, but Little Fellow warned the Hai family to flee and burned the Shi Clan’s Second Ancestral Land.
• Yu Meng panicked at the prospect of an investigation, and the Stone Emperor ordered the arson investigated as three nobles and battle troops set out for the Western Frontier.
• Little Fellow left with Shi Qingfeng, said he would return to his true ancestral land and formally meet the Willow Tree, and carried Qingfeng through the Great Wilderness on a unicorn.
• After more than twenty days of travel, Little Fellow and Shi Qingfeng approached Stone Village in bloodstained, tattered clothes.

Shi Hao returned to Stone Village with Shi Qingfeng, revealed his identity and plans to Willow God, then secluded himself to study the Original True Solution. After a fierce breakthrough, he entered the Cave Heaven Realm and opened a volcanic crater cave heaven above his head.

• Shi Hao and Shi Qingfeng returned to Stone Village, where the clanspeople welcomed them and the children helped Qingfeng learn to swim.
• The children stole Little Luan Bird eggs and celebrated with roasted eggs and Dragon Whisker Fish.
• At midnight, Shi Hao told Willow God who he was, shared a memory of the future, and declared that he would destroy the Dark Source without becoming the Desolate Heavenly Emperor again.
• Shi Qingfeng settled into village life while Shi Hao studied the Original True Solution and prepared to enter the Cave Heaven Realm.
• After comprehending the God of War Diagram, Shi Hao broke through and opened a grayish-brown volcanic crater cave heaven that drew in the essence of heaven and earth.

Little Fellow sealed his future cultivation and began a new path by opening Three Thousand Cave Heavens, then spent the following months cultivating in Stone Village. The chapter ended with Willow God recovering and growing five new branches.

• Little Fellow reopened his cultivation from the Cave Heaven Realm and created Three Thousand Cave Heavens, each beginning to nurture a Great Dao Law.
• Little Fellow went into the mountains to test his strength, causing the local Fierce Beasts and vicious birds to flee before he killed several beasts for Stone Village.
• At a village feast, Little Fellow said he planned to take Qingfeng to Butian Pavilion after they trained in the Void God Realm, while the adults teased him about marriage.
• Over the next several months, Little Fellow deepened his understanding of the Three Thousand Great Dao Laws as the children and adults of Stone Village grew stronger.
• After nearly a year of dormancy, Willow God revived, healed her injuries, and grew five new branches as the villagers gathered to worship her.

Little Fellow entered the Void God Realm and astonished the onlookers by prying a Primeval Precious Bone from its passage. After learning that he could earn rewards by breaking an extreme limit in the Initial Land, he began testing his physical strength against the bluestone passage.

• Willow God recovered enough to end her slumber, and Little Fellow told her he wanted to forge a higher-level world to overcome the future darkness calamity.
• Little Fellow informed Shi Yunfeng and the clan elders about the dangers of the Void God Realm, then entered it through a gate opened by Willow God.
• In the Initial Land, Little Fellow tried to pry rune bones from the bluestone passage while the gathered onlookers explained how the realm worked.
• Little Fellow pulled a Primeval Precious Bone from the passage, stunning the crowd, then declared that he would attempt to surpass the speed extreme limit.
• Little Fellow used pure physical strength to strike the bluestone, discovered that it cracked when he avoided rune power, and continued attacking it.

Little Fellow broke Shi Yi’s record in the Void God Realm, drawing invitations from powerful factions before revealing himself as Shi Hao, the child born supreme. He attacked the Rain Clan members who had come to recruit him, and the chapter ended with him fighting off their attempt to kill him.

• Little Fellow leaped past both Twin Mountains with a single burst of physical strength, breaking Shi Yi’s record and shaking the surrounding ground and lake.
• The Female God of War invited Little Fellow to join Zhulu Academy, while Butian Pavilion and more than ten other powers also sought to recruit him.
• Little Fellow rejected the invitations for the moment and attacked the Rain Clan members, killing two with his fists.
• Little Fellow revealed that his name was Shi Hao and accused Shi Yi of using his Supreme Bone, shocking the Rain Clan members.
• The Rain Clan members surrounded and attacked Shi Hao, but he struck back and killed several of them with his fists.

After Shi Hao killed the Rain Clan members in the Void God Realm and threatened Martial King's Manor and the Rain Clan, he spent two years cultivating in Stone Village before setting out with Shi Qingfeng for Butian Pavilion. Their dangerous journey strengthened Qingfeng, while news of Shi Hao’s return stirred the Void God Realm into an uproar and drew many people to await him.

• Shi Hao crushed the Rain Clan members in the Void God Realm, revealed that the Rain Clan had stolen his Supreme Bone, and threatened to settle accounts with Martial King's Manor and the Rain Clan.
• After withdrawing from the Void God Realm, Shi Hao cultivated for two years in Stone Village and decided to take Shi Qingfeng to Butian Pavilion.
• Shi Hao and Shi Qingfeng left Stone Village with Maoqiu, traveled through the Great Wilderness, and fought dangerous beasts while Qingfeng advanced into the Blood Moving Realm.
• When they reached Stone Kingdom, Shi Qingfeng entered the Void God Realm and learned that Shi Hao had become a legendary figure and that people knew of his plans to visit Butian Pavilion and Zhulu Academy.
• In the Initial Land, visitors gathered to see whether Shi Hao would appear, while Uncle Hammer regretted letting the news of his destination slip.

Shi Hao and Qingfeng traveled across the Great Wilderness toward Butian Pavilion as powerful clans mobilized over Shi Hao’s return and the coming Sacred Academy. They reached Butian Pavilion’s outer region, where Shi Hao recognized the approaching Phoenix Carriage and the gathering of countless young geniuses.

• Grandpa Essence Jade and Grandpa Bird sold information about Shi Hao, while a purple-clothed woman and armored searchers sought news of him.
• Great powers, the Rain Clan, and Martial King's Manor discussed Shi Hao and sent people to find or kill him; rumors spread that Shi Yi would also come to Butian Pavilion.
• Shi Hao and Qingfeng journeyed hundreds of thousands of li through dangerous wilderness, riding fierce beasts and spiritual birds toward Butian Pavilion.
• Near Butian Pavilion, Shi Hao spotted the Fire Nation's Phoenix Carriage and thought of the figure inside as “Fatty Girl.”
• News spread that Butian Pavilion would open the Sacred Academy and that Shi Yi might attend, raising anticipation of a clash between him and Shi Hao.
• Shi Hao and Qingfeng reached Butian Pavilion's outer region, where tens of thousands of candidates from great tribes had gathered.

Little Fellow disguised himself and sent Qingfeng into Butian Pavilion with a talisman tablet as the sect began its disciple selection. When Shi Yi arrived on a powerful mount, Little Fellow revealed Shi Yi’s stolen Supreme Bone and challenged him to fight in the Stone Kingdom Imperial Capital in three months.

• Little Fellow disguised Maoqiu and himself, then persuaded Qingfeng to enter Butian Pavilion with the talisman tablet.
• Butian Pavilion began its selection and led tens of thousands of candidates through its mountain grounds, where they saw rare medicines and spiritual plants.
• Shi Yi arrived at Butian Pavilion on an Archaic Remnant Species mount, drawing the crowd’s attention and confirming rumors that he would join the Ancient Sacred Academy.
• Little Fellow sent a golden scroll to Shi Yi’s carriage, declaring that Shi Yi’s Supreme Bone had been taken from him and challenging him to a duel in three months.
• Shi Yi’s carriage fell silent after a hand took the scroll, and a light laugh came from within.