Chapter Summaries

Gu Xi's immense pressure revealed to Chang'e how much stronger he had become, while the powerful beings who considered moving against him were warned by the Heavenly Dao. The chapter leaves them convinced that Gu Xi is protected by, or one with, the Heavenly Dao.

• Gu Xi's pressure swept across the clear sky, leaving Chang'e and Little Stone unable to stand but causing them no harm.
• Chang'e realized Gu Xi had grown far stronger since she last felt his power, despite her belief that his cultivation had barely advanced.
• Chang'e recalled how Gu Xi had helped her reach the Saint realm and how his guidance had shaped the Human Race's struggle against Dao Ancestor Hongjun.
• The powerful beings sensed Gu Xi's arrival and considered attacking him, but the Heavenly Dao warned that they would be annihilated if they acted.
• After seeing the Heavenly Dao protect Gu Xi from even powerful opponents, the beings concluded that he was inseparable from its authority.

Ancestral God Gu Xi had reached the Primordial Great Luo Immortal realm and was advancing toward the Zenith Heaven Boundless Golden Immortal realm, leaving Chang'e overwhelmed by his presence. After Gu Xi teased her and Little Stone, Chang'e returned to her statue-like form, while the Saints around her discussed how much they missed his daily guidance.

• Ancestral God Gu Xi's cultivation had advanced beyond the Primordial Great Luo Immortal realm's threshold and into the fourth level of the Great Dao.
• Chang'e flattered Ancestral God Gu Xi, who scolded her and Little Stone for plotting to pull his beard.
• Chang'e suddenly cried out, covered her chest, and flew back into the sky, returning to her motionless statue-like state.
• Chang'e realized her undergarments had disappeared, and she told Peacock that she had merely thought of Ancestral God Gu Xi.
• Kong Xuan and the other Saints recalled how Ancestral God Gu Xi's daily lectures had rapidly improved their cultivation and hoped to learn from him again.

Chang'e offered to either train Little Stone to break through the limits of every realm or defeat the Divine Beasts for him, and he chose to rely on his own strength. She began explaining how he could push his Void God Realm cultivation closer to its extreme.

• Chang'e explained that Little Stone's foundation was solid but that reaching the limit of every realm could make him many times stronger.
• Chang'e offered to train Little Stone for three years or defeat the Divine Beasts in his place, and Little Stone immediately chose to train and fight the Divine Beast Water Qilin himself.
• Little Stone asked whether freezing time outside while he trained would exhaust Chang'e, and she assured him she had more than enough strength to do so.
• Chang'e explained that Little Stone needed to transform more of his body's essence into human qi to reach the Void God Realm's limit.
• Little Stone resolved to stand his ground and defeat every opponent with his own strength, recalling Ancestral God Gu Xi's teachings.

Chang'e sensed that Ancestral God Gu Xi could detect people thinking about him, while Gu Xi accepted her plan to train Little Stone for three years. Gu Xi considered the time before the Desolate Domain calamity and the hidden strength of the Eight Domains, and the chapter ended with the account of An Lan facing five Immortal Kings.

• Chang'e felt that Ancestral God Gu Xi had noticed her discussing him, and Gu Xi sensed her thoughts before turning his attention away.
• Chang'e planned to train Little Stone for three years, pushing his cultivation through the mortal realms and the Earth Immortal and Golden Immortal realms to their limits.
• Gu Xi trusted Chang'e’s strength and accepted the longer training period, despite originally expecting Little Stone to spend only about a month in the Void God Realm.
• Gu Xi considered the years remaining before the Desolate Domain calamity and planned to use the time to arrange matters for Little Stone in the Eight Domains of the Lower Realm.
• The account described the Eight Domains’ hidden history and the Foreign Domain’s An Lan, who faced a joint assault from five Immortal Kings.

Ancestral God Gu Xi recalled how An Lan defeated the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, how the dark power and the Immortal Domain’s betrayal shaped the later war, and how Little Stone was eventually abandoned and forced into the Foreign Domain. He wanted Little Stone to avoid that fate, while judging the boy’s current strength against An Lan and other Immortal King Giants.

• An Lan killed several Immortal Kings, and the Foreign Domain fled after its plan to use the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands as cannon fodder failed.
• The great war shattered the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands and opened a crack that let in a wisp of dark power, which the realm’s experts sealed at the cost of their lives.
• The Immortal Domain closed its gate and condemned the Nine Heavens and Ten Lands, while the Foreign Domain turned against them and began a long war that led Little Stone to fight at the border pass.
• After Little Stone lost the power of his future blood, the Foreign Domain demanded his finger, traitorous families urged that he be surrendered, and he ultimately went alone into the Foreign Domain.
• Ancestral God Gu Xi wanted Little Stone to learn the Postnatal Sainthood Technique and Perfect World techniques so he could grow strong enough to avoid that tragedy.
• Gu Xi assessed An Lan as far stronger than Yu Tuo and said seven-year-old Little Stone, though only a Golden Immortal, could already contend with peak Primordial Unity Golden Immortals.

Xiao Ming reflected on why Little Stone needed to hone every cultivation realm before challenging powers like An Lan, and learned that Little Stone’s rise to Immortal Emperor depended on a rare opportunity involving the River of Time and the Self-Transformation Technique. The chapter left Xiao Ming considering how talent alone could not replace the comprehension, opportunities, and fortune required for a breakthrough.

• Xiao Ming reasoned that Little Stone could not resist the Divine Beast Water Qilin if it used even a small enhancement, and that secret arts could make Immortal King opponents far stronger.
• Xiao Ming considered An Lan’s many methods for increasing his strength and concluded that Little Stone needed to cultivate each realm to its utmost before facing him.
• Xiao Ming realized that An Lan’s lack of opportunity, rather than a lack of talent, had prevented him from reaching the Immortal Emperor realm.
• Little Stone used the Self-Transformation Technique and sent drops of his blood through the River of Time, allowing him to be reborn in different eras and eventually become an Immortal Emperor.
• Xiao Ming compared Little Stone’s breakthrough with the slow cultivation and fortuitous opportunities of beings such as Chang'e, Nuwa, Jieyin, and Zhunti.

Little Stone awakened after three years of cultivation in the Supreme Treasure Codex, having gained overwhelming power that astonished Chang'e and the Willow God. He insisted he was an adult as the chapter ended with his breakthrough complete.

• Chang'e praised Little Stone's extraordinary growth and blocked the power he released upon awakening from damaging his Sea of Consciousness.
• Little Stone thanked Chang'e and celebrated his breakthrough, sensing the immense strength he had gained.
• The Willow God recalled spending three years studying the Law of Time and increasing his own strength while waiting outside the Supreme Treasure Codex.
• The Willow God judged that Little Stone could contend with him despite his lower cultivation and Divine Sense, and recognized Little Stone's ability to overcome techniques with raw power.
• Chang'e smiled at Little Stone's adult height, and Little Stone declared that he was grown up and asked her not to treat him like a child.

Chang'e told Little Stone that his perfected Golden Immortal strength made him invincible in the Upper Realm, but urged him to ask Gu Xi about his plans before going there. She was astonished by the power Little Stone had built through three years of sealed, step-by-step cultivation, and the chapter ended as Little Stone looked at her delightedly and laughed.

• Chang'e praised Little Stone's resolve and warned that a hidden crisis was approaching his world.
• Chang'e said Little Stone could defeat anyone in the Upper Realm but advised him to consult Gu Xi before going there.
• Little Stone thanked Chang'e and joked that the Peacock looked strange and unappetizing.
• Chang'e's true body worried that Kong Xuan would be furious if he heard Little Stone considered him a delicacy.
• Chang'e sensed Little Stone's immense strength and recalled how she had sealed his power and body so he could test each realm's limits.
• Little Stone looked at Chang'e with delight and laughed.

After three years of preparation with Chang'e, Little Stone faced the Divine Beast Water Qilin again and revealed overwhelming power when the time confinement ended. The Divine Beast Water Qilin was left shocked and greedy for the secret art behind Little Stone’s strength.

• Chang'e urged Little Stone to hurry through the Supreme Treasure Vault and follow Ancestral God Gu Xi’s delayed plan.
• Chang'e lifted the time confinement, and Little Stone returned to his body, finding the Water Qilin’s freezing attacks no longer harmed him.
• Little Stone shattered the Water Qilin’s icy spikes and dismissed its claim that his power came from a temporary secret art.
• Little Stone stomped apart the Ice-Sculpted Lotuses and filled the vault with fire energy, dispersing its remaining frost.
• The Divine Beast Water Qilin marveled at Little Stone’s seemingly impossible strength and grew greedy for his secret art.

Little Stone defeated the Divine Beast Water Qilin and forced him to submit through a master-servant contract. The Water Qilin entered Little Stone’s Pet Bag, while Little Stone warned him against plotting revenge.

• Little Stone saw through the Water Qilin’s thoughts and offered him the choice of submission or death.
• Little Stone struck the Water Qilin so fast and hard that he was knocked unconscious and left badly injured.
• The Water Qilin offered his treasures, but Little Stone refused and continued counting down until the Water Qilin agreed to become his pet.
• The Water Qilin gave Little Stone his blood essence and soul power, allowing Little Stone to control his life and death.
• Little Stone warned the Water Qilin not to plot against him, and the Water Qilin flew into Little Stone’s Pet Bag.

Little Stone entered the Supreme Treasure Vault’s third level after taking all of the Divine Beast Water Qilin’s treasures, where he sensed a Saint-level presence stronger than he could handle. He braced himself for the trial, but the level remained quiet as pink mist gathered and several figures approached.

• Little Stone ordered the Divine Beast Water Qilin to hand over its treasures, and the Divine Beast Water Qilin surrendered them.
• Little Stone sensed a Saint’s power beyond the third level and realized he might not survive the trial.
• Little Stone recalled Ancestral God Gu Xi’s advice to fight any unavoidable enemy with all his strength.
• Little Stone stepped into the third level and waited tensely, ready to teleport away if attacked.
• Little Stone saw the mist turn pink and noticed several figures approaching through it.

Little Stone defeated the three manifested opponents guarding the third level of the Supreme Treasure Vault and continued inward, where he discovered a lifelike village. Gu Xi realized that the villagers’ story about a woman who visited three years earlier referred to the Willow God, while Little Stone approached the children to investigate.

• Little Stone identified the Taotie, Water Qilin, and an unfamiliar young master as manifested opponents, then fought their coordinated attacks with the Kunpeng Treasure Art and shattered them.
• Little Stone continued deeper into the vault and found a town filled with villagers, shops, and children.
• Children welcomed Little Stone, and their father said a woman had visited three years earlier, bringing treasure trees and cultivation techniques.
• Gu Xi recognized the woman as the Willow God but could not tell through the mirror whether the village was real or an illusion.
• Little Stone decided to approach the children and investigate the village.

Little Stone explored the city, found that its children knew nothing of cultivation despite a hidden Saint’s presence, and heard a woman who sounded like Huo Ling’er being harassed. Unable to use his powers, he grabbed a little elephant and ran toward the children following him.

• Little Stone arrived in the city and learned from the children that they knew the outside world was vast but had never heard of cultivation.
• Little Stone sensed a Saint’s aura spread throughout the city and found no cultivators, even at its center.
• Little Stone heard a woman who sounded like Huo Ling’er crying as a man harassed her.
• Little Stone discovered he could no longer use his powers, picked up the little elephant, and ran as the children followed.

Little Stone rescued a woman named Huo Ling'er from hooligans and discovered that she had no memories or family in this world, though she knew her own name. He took her to find food before continuing his search for the Saint.

• Little Stone rushed into the alley and killed the hooligans who had cornered Huo Ling'er.
• Huo Ling'er thanked Little Stone and introduced herself by the same name as the Huo Ling'er he remembered.
• Little Stone realized this Huo Ling'er did not recognize him and might be unrelated to the woman in his memories.
• Huo Ling'er explained that she had awakened in this world alone and could not say how she knew her name.
• After hearing Huo Ling'er's stomach growl, Little Stone took her hand and led her toward a restaurant.

Little Stone took Huo Ling'er to a luxurious restaurant, where her fear of spending money and modest order revealed how much she had changed. He suspected the town was an illusion because every passerby wore the same expression, while a six-tailed demon fox watched him and Huo Ling'er from above.

• Little Stone carried Huo Ling'er to the restaurant and noticed that every passerby wore an identical expression.
• Huo Ling'er worried that the restaurant was too expensive, and Little Stone reassured her by showing her a large amount of silver.
• Huo Ling'er admired the menu but ordered only hot-and-sour soup because she did not want Little Stone to spend too much.
• Little Stone ordered all the dishes Huo Ling'er liked and worried about what she had endured.
• A six-tailed demon fox watched Little Stone and Huo Ling'er from high above, looking at Huo Ling'er with envy.

Little Stone realized the illusory food was erasing memories, but Huo Ling'er had already forgotten who he was and nearly everything about herself. He tried to reassure her and urged her to eat, leaving her caught between confusion and overwhelming hunger.

• Master Ni watched Little Stone and Huo Ling'er from above, saying he would not interfere before the official test began at ten o'clock.
• As Little Stone and Huo Ling'er ate, the food's energy made Little Stone believe the illusory world was real and began affecting their memories.
• Little Stone warned Huo Ling'er to stop eating, but she no longer recognized him and could remember only her name.
• Huo Ling'er briefly regained enough clarity to realize she had lost her memories, while Little Stone understood how terrifying the effect was and embraced her as she struggled.
• Little Stone concluded that Huo Ling'er was too weak to endure the hunger and reassured her that the food had been prepared for her, prompting her to believe him.

Little Stone escorted Huo Ling'er through the Six-Tailed Demon Fox’s illusion-filled world and headed toward a place that could reveal more of its secrets. As the Six-Tailed Demon Fox watched, he remembered his tragic history with the Three-Legged Golden Crow and how Ancestral God Gu Xi had assigned the trials to humble Little Stone.

• The Six-Tailed Demon Fox watched Little Stone protect Huo Ling'er and praised the training and potential that came from his master, Ancestral God Gu Xi.
• The Six-Tailed Demon Fox explained that the townspeople and the burning sky were illusions he had created to test Little Stone, though his long absence from human society left the crowd’s behavior imperfectly realized.
• Little Stone took Huo Ling'er’s hand and headed toward a place he sensed could reveal much more about the world, knowing he would have to clear the third level to reach it.
• The Six-Tailed Demon Fox recalled how the Three-Legged Golden Crow had once been his close friend and teacher, then nearly killed him, leaving him with an unanswered mystery.
• The Six-Tailed Demon Fox remembered meeting Ancestral God Gu Xi, whose overwhelming power made him realize that Gu Xi had come to find someone to train Little Stone.
• Ancestral God Gu Xi designed the Taotie and Water Qilin trials to confront Little Stone with his limits and correct his belief that no one could defeat him.

Gu Xi used the Six-Tailed Demon Fox’s illusions to train Little Stone to recognize danger and resist temptation. As Little Stone and little Huo Ling'er headed toward the city’s central pillar, he realized that Huo Ling'er had been reduced to a homeless wanderer, and the illusory villagers grew more lifelike around them.

• Gu Xi watched the Six-Tailed Demon Fox prepare to test Little Stone with an illusion, while Little Stone led little Huo Ling'er toward the strongest concentration of Saint aura.
• Little Huo Ling'er explained that she knew the city’s streets because she had lived there and found food wherever she could.
• Little Stone grew furious upon realizing that Huo Ling'er had been treated as a homeless wanderer, though he could not explain the emotions he felt.
• Little Stone observed that the city’s residents seemed like indistinct silhouettes, but they became more solid and expressive as he approached the center.
• Gu Xi watched Little Stone investigate the changes and reflected that the illusion was meant to sharpen his perception of danger before he faced powerful schemers.

Gu Xi considered how to prepare for enemies who could revive instantly, while Little Stone and Huo Ling'er investigated the strange city. Huo Ling'er revealed that a huge pillar had fallen from the Ninth Heavens a month earlier, and the townspeople became confused only after its arrival.

• Gu Xi reflected that the battlefield's undying fighters required careful planning and that Little Stone should gain insight through his own cultivation.
• Little Stone brought Huo Ling'er to the city's center, where she showed him a seamless square pillar several dozen meters tall.
• Huo Ling'er recounted how thunderclouds and a vortex had appeared before the pillar fell from the Ninth Heavens into the city.
• Huo Ling'er explained that the townspeople had been normal before the pillar arrived, then all began wearing puzzled expressions.
• Little Stone realized the pillar had caused the change in the townspeople and asked Huo Ling'er to confirm it.

Little Stone discovered that the bamboo flute on the third floor had trapped the town’s people in a false paradise and struck the stone pillar to break its hold. He freed Li Da’s Divine Sense, but the pillar remained unharmed and many townspeople were still trapped.

• Little Stone realized the third floor’s Saint-like presence was connected to the strange town and decided to strike the stone pillar.
• Little Stone’s punch shook the city, and he caught Huo Ling'er as the townspeople fell, but the pillar showed no damage.
• Little Stone struck the pillar with hundreds of punches, causing several townspeople to regain their senses while others continued wandering mindlessly.
• Little Stone helped Li Da up and asked him what he remembered about the world he had experienced.
• Li Da recalled living for a month in a seemingly real paradise, and Little Stone understood that the pillar had drawn the townspeople’s souls into another world.