Chapter Summaries

Shi Jue met Shi Hao in the Void God Realm, where the two drew attention with their records and outrageous behavior. Deer Hunting Academy and Heaven Mending Pavilion tried to recruit them, but the chapter ended with both invitations in doubt after Shi Jue asked for Dao Companions and Shi Hao requested roasted luan birds.

• Shi Jue reached Shi Hao and teased him about his record and his embarrassing name, while the crowd recognized Shi Jue as the Big Black Hand.
• Shi Jue struck down a mocking onlooker with his Movement Secret Technique and warned the crowd not to provoke people beyond their ability.
• The Goddess of War invited Shi Hao and Shi Jue to join Deer Hunting Academy, while women from Heaven Mending Pavilion offered them a place there as well.
• Shi Jue asked whether either group provided Dao Companions, then proposed that the women of Heaven Mending Pavilion become his companions together.
• Shi Hao joked that he would join if the Goddess of War roasted several Five-Colored Luan Birds for him, prompting her to reject his recruitment.

Shi Hao shattered the Initial Ground passage and Record Stele, earning an expulsion from the Void God Realm. Shi Jue was expelled alongside him despite insisting he had done nothing, while Bird Lord and Crystal Wall Grandfather revealed they had arranged it.

• Shi Hao and Shi Jue turned down recruitment pitches from Ancient Aristocratic Families and said they would decide later where to join.
• The Rain Clan and Martial King's Mansion ordered an investigation into Shi Hao and Shi Jue after Shi Hao broke Shi Yi's record.
• Shi Hao smashed a bluestone to pry out a Treasure Bone, and Shi Jue found Divine Gold inside but realized he could not take it out of the spiritual world.
• After the Void God Realm warned Shi Hao for shattering the Initial Ground passage, Shi Hao punched the Record Stele and destroyed it.
• The replacement stele expelled Loves Eating Beast Milk for two years and Yin for one year, and Shi Jue protested that he had not smashed anything.
• Bird Lord and Crystal Wall Grandfather snickered and admitted they had arranged Shi Jue's expulsion as a warning.

Shi Hao and Shi Jue returned from the Void God Realm after being expelled for breaking its landmarks and setting a record for ambushing people. Back in Stone Village, Shi Hao announced that he and Shi Jue would go to Heaven Mending Pavilion to seek battle and further his training.

• Shi Hao and Shi Jue were expelled from the Void God Realm, where Shi Jue joked that he would return in a year with his slab brick.
• Liu Shen learned that Shi Hao had smashed the Initial Passage’s bluestone and broken the Record Stele, while Shi Jue had knocked out a hundred people from behind in half an hour.
• Liu Shen refused to help Shi Hao reenter the Void God Realm and suspected Shi Jue had been expelled as a warning before taking them back to Stone Village.
• The villagers asked Shi Hao and Shi Jue about the Void God Realm, and Shi Hao recounted his adventures and expulsion.
• Shi Hao told the villagers that he and Shi Jue planned to go to Heaven Mending Pavilion so he could seek battle and avoid stagnating.

Shi Hao, Shi Jue, and Shi Qingfeng prepared to leave Stone Village for Heaven Mending Pavilion, while Shi Jue arranged protections with Liu Shen against dangers ahead. After a day of rest, the villagers gathered to farewell the three, and three powerful birds arrived at the village entrance.

• Shi Hao and Shi Jue decided to set out with Shi Qingfeng for Heaven Mending Pavilion after resting, while Shi Yunfeng urged them to stay cautious and return before their twelfth birthday for the baptism.
• Shi Jue asked Liu Shen about Demon King Pu, and she said she could not defeat it if it had recovered to the Supreme Being Realm.
• Liu Shen gave Shi Hao and Shi Jue willow-branch fragments so they could summon her in a life-or-death crisis, and agreed to assist against the Venerable Sky Swallowing Sparrow.
• Shi Jue and Shi Hao teased Furry Ball, whose killing intent toward the Sky Swallowing Sparrow surfaced.
• After a day of rest, Shi Hao, Shi Jue, and Shi Qingfeng set out as the people of Stone Village gathered to bid them farewell.
• Three strange, powerful birds landed before the departing boys, and they asked Ziyun whether it had come to see them off.

Shi Hao and Shi Jue left Stone Village on Green Scale Eagles, while Shi Jue followed the Chat Group and welcomed three new members, including Empress Ruthless and Emperor Wushi. The newcomers’ arrival revealed that Wushi was confronting the Undying Heavenly Emperor in a strange space and that Ruthless Person had long possessed the power to become an Immortal.

• Shi Hao, Shi Jue, and their companions mounted Green Scale Eagles and left Stone Village after the villagers saw them off.
• Ye Fan told the Chat Group that he had opened a golden Sea of Bitterness, and Shi Jue discussed the challenges Saint Bodies faced in cultivation.
• Shi Jue announced that the group could invite new members, and Empress Ruthless, Emperor Wushi, and Little Moon of the Ji Family joined.
• Empress Ruthless reminded Duan De that he had taken the lid of the Heaven Swallowing Devil Pot from her burial ground, leaving him terrified.
• Shi Jue asked Emperor Wushi where he was, and Wushi explained that he was locked in a stalemate with the Undying Heavenly Emperor in a strange space.

Shi Jue recruited Ye Nan and Wushi to help fight Demon King Pu, and Liu Shen shared information about the enemy. Shi Jue then joined Shi Hao and Qing Feng on a journey to find other tribes, though the three had no idea which way to go.

• Wushi and Ye Nan joined the Chat Group, and Ji Ziyue stayed silent after recognizing their identities.
• Ye Nan criticized Ye Fan for his slow cultivation, then warned Shi Jue not to distract him.
• Shi Jue asked Ye Nan and Wushi to help defeat a severely injured enemy who had once reached the Above Immortal realm, and both agreed.
• Shi Jue told Liu Shen he had found two Supreme-level experts, and Liu Shen described Demon King Pu so he could inform Ye Nan and Wushi.
• Shi Hao sent the Green Scale Eagle back toward Stone Village and admitted he did not know the way to their destination.
• Shi Jue, Shi Hao, and Qing Feng chose directions and used rock-paper-scissors to decide whose route they would follow.

Shi Hao, Shi Jue, and Shi Qingfeng crossed the Great Wilderness, enduring repeated dangers before reaching Stone Country’s borderlands. After Qing Feng gathered news in the Void God Realm, they learned that Shi Yi wanted to meet Shi Hao and challenge Shi Jue.

• Shi Jue scolded Shi Hao for leading the group into danger, and Shi Hao went into the forest to catch a fierce bird for them to ride.
• Over the next half year, the three endured attacks from dangerous beasts while collecting Spiritual Medicine, ores, and Fierce Beast Treasure Blood.
• The three finally left the Great Wilderness, and Shi Jue opened his third Heavenly Passage as Shi Hao noted that he had six.
• Shi Hao asked Shi Qingfeng to enter the Void God Realm, contact Bird Lord and Crystal Wall Grandfather, and announce that Yin was at Heaven Mending Pavilion.
• Shi Qingfeng returned with news that Shi Hao and Shi Jue were notorious in the Void God Realm and that Shi Yi wanted to meet Shi Hao and spar with Shi Jue.
• Shi Hao welcomed the prospect of facing Shi Yi, while Shi Jue judged that Shi Yi was not yet strong enough to challenge Shi Hao.

Shi Hao, Shi Jue, and Shi Qingfeng traveled toward Heaven Mending Pavilion as rumors about them spread, while Shi Hao and Shi Jue weighed the threat posed by Shi Yi. After changing their appearances to avoid attention, the three arrived near the pavilion, where Shi Hao eyed the powerful beasts accompanying the other youths.

• Shi Hao considered Shi Yi’s strength and concluded he could not beat him in a direct fight, though a surprise attack might give him a chance.
• Bird Lord and Crystal Wall Grandfather discussed Shi Hao and Shi Jue, and Bird Lord praised Yun Xi’s promising features before agreeing to tell her about the two geniuses.
• Shi Hao, Shi Jue, and Shi Qingfeng bought new clothes after months of travel and continued toward Heaven Mending Pavilion among a large crowd of young cultivators.
• Shi Hao and Shi Jue changed their appearances so they could enter the pavilion without drawing attention, while Shi Qingfeng kept his familiar look.
• Shi Hao proposed eating the descendants of Primordial Remnant Species and taking a few back to Stone Village, leaving Shi Qingfeng exasperated.

Shi Jue cleared the Seventh Battlefield of Heaven Mending Pavilion’s recruitment trial by knocking out nearly every candidate with a slab brick. The elders discovered what he had done, disqualified the unconscious children, and sent their furious families away.

• At Heaven Mending Pavilion, Elder Xiong Fei faced a crowd of powerful visitors as the elders began the recruitment examination and sent the applicants into eight regions of the Primordial Battlefield.
• Shi Hao and Shi Jue entered separate regions, and Shi Jue used the Movement Secret Technique to evade the Seventh Battlefield’s runes.
• After completing a circuit of the region, Shi Jue knocked out the struggling candidates with his Slab Brick and left a message saying he had cleared the battlefield for Heaven Mending Pavilion.
• The next day, the elders found fewer than a hundred candidates remaining in the Seventh Region and discovered Shi Jue’s message on a stone slab.
• Elder Xiong Fei declared the unconscious candidates had failed, and the clan elders retrieved them while threatening Shi Jue before leaving.

Shi Jue and Shi Hao entered the First Battlefield, where they encountered a powerful Beast King freed by damage to the battlefield formations. As they fled, Heaven Mending Pavilion’s elders realized the remaining disciples were in grave danger and rushed to intervene.

• Shi Jue and Shi Hao met at the First Battlefield barrier and agreed to enter together, with Shi Jue knocking out disciples and Shi Hao searching them for valuables.
• Shi Jue used the Movement Secret Technique to pass through the barrier, while Shi Hao smashed through it with the Suanni Treasure Technique.
• The Void God Realm erupted in discussion over Shi Jue knocking out thousands of disciples and Shi Hao damaging the Eighth Battlefield’s formations.
• Shi Jue explained the Movement Secret Technique to Shi Hao after they entered the primitive First Battlefield.
• A powerful remnant Beast King attacked Shi Jue and Shi Hao, who fled into the forest.
• Xiong Fei and the other elders realized damaged formations had released Beast Kings and hurried to the First Battlefield to protect the disciples still inside.

Shi Jue and Shi Hao stole and cooked eggs from a Great Peng Bird’s nest, then used the chaos to rob hundreds of geniuses during Heaven Mending Pavilion’s assessment. After the assessment, they blended in with the successful candidates, while Xiao Di complained about being robbed and Shi Jue overheard his threat of revenge.

• Shi Jue distracted the Great Peng Bird while Shi Hao stole its eggs and fried them.
• Shi Jue formed his fourth Heavenly Passage after eating the eggs, and Shi Hao praised his rapid breakthrough.
• The brothers robbed hundreds of geniuses in the First Battlefield, taking their treasures, Treasure Bones, and precious blood.
• The assessment ended with the elders injured and unable to find Shi Jue and Shi Hao among the candidates.
• Xiao Di told Xiao Tian that Shi Jue and Shi Hao had robbed him, and Shi Jue overheard Xiao Di vow revenge.

Shi Jue confronted Shi Yi at Heaven Mending Pavilion, while Shi Hao reunited with his brother and provoked Huo Ling'er. Huo Ling'er stormed away after elders stopped her from fighting Shi Hao at the mountain gate.

• Shi Jue was recognized as the Big Black Hand, drawing the attention of the youths gathered at Heaven Mending Pavilion.
• Shi Jue attacked Shi Yi with his Slab Brick, but Shi Yi blocked him with his Ten Heavenly Passages, and the two exchanged challenges.
• Shi Hao said he would need to open Ten Heavenly Passages or forge his own path to defeat Shi Yi.
• Huo Ling'er approached Shi Hao and Shi Jue, and Shi Hao called her fat and teased her about her figure.
• Huo Ling'er erupted in Vermilion Bird Flame and threatened Shi Hao, but Elder Zhuo Yun asked her to move the fight away from the mountain gate.
• Huo Ling'er stormed off, and Shi Hao scolded Shi Jue for standing aside while Shi Jue joked that Shi Hao had caused the trouble himself.

Shi Jue offered Heaven Mending Pavilion’s dying Sacrificial Spirit Ancient Spring Water in exchange for its help killing the Sky Swallowing Sparrow. The Sacrificial Spirit accepted the deal and began recovering in seclusion, while the elders thanked Shi Jue.

• After Shi Jue vanished, the elders gave Shi Hao a beating to vent their frustration, then teased Shi Jue when he waited by the mountain gate.
• Shi Jue asked the elders to take him to Heaven Mending Pavilion’s Sacrificial Spirit and said he might be able to save it.
• The elders led Shi Jue to the dilapidated garden, where he found the withered Gourd Vine Sacrificial Spirit near death.
• Shi Jue showed the Sacrificial Spirit Ancient Spring Water, and it agreed to recover in exchange for luring the Sky Swallowing Sparrow to Heaven Mending Pavilion and killing it.
• The Sacrificial Spirit entered seclusion, allowing the elders to approve Shi Jue’s requests that did not harm heaven or violate justice; the elders bowed and thanked him.

Shi Jue encountered Shi Hao being followed by a ghostlike figure at Heaven Mending Pavilion, then returned to the Void God Realm and fought Shi Yi. He gained the advantage with his speed technique before withdrawing, leaving both their rivalry and the spectators’ excitement behind.

• Shi Jue used the Eye of Deriving Heaven to identify the ghostlike figure following Shi Hao and demanding his sword, while the elders took Shi Hao to seek the senior elders.
• Shi Jue entered the Void God Realm, where the crowd panicked at his return.
• Shi Yi attacked Shi Jue with a black beam, and the two exchanged powerful blows that shook the Void God Realm.
• Shi Jue used a modified Movement Secret Technique to appear behind Shi Yi and place a hand blade against his neck.
• Shi Jue withdrew from the Void God Realm, and Shi Yi left for the Sacred Academy as witnesses spread news of their clash.

Shi Jue gathered Liu Shen and visitors from other worlds at Hundred Broken Mountain, where Wushi confronted the recovering Demon King Pu. After mistaking Wushi for the long-dead Immortal King Wuzhong, Pu began summoning its Dao Fruit.

• Shi Jue met Liu Shen and learned that Demon King Pu had recovered to nearly Supreme Being strength.
• Shi Jue summoned Wushi, Ye Nan, Ye Fan, the Empress, Yan Ruyu, and Ji Ziyue to Hundred Broken Mountain.
• Liu Shen recognized that Wushi and the Empress carried the aura of immortals, while Wushi sensed a connection to Demon King Pu.
• Shi Jue asked the Empress to stabilize the battlefield as Wushi fought Demon King Pu alone.
• Demon King Pu mistook Wushi for Immortal King Wuzhong, unleashed its Demon Pu seeds, and ignited its origin.
• Wushi used his bell and a powerful punch to uproot Demon King Pu, which then tried to summon its Dao Fruit.

Wushi and Liu Shen defeated Demon King Pu in Hundred Broken Mountain, and the Empress learned that reaching a realm above Immortal Kings might hold the answer to reviving the dead. After Liu Shen shared gifts and advice with the younger cultivators, she and the others left them to explore the mountain on their own.

• Wushi used the Wushi Bell to cut off Demon King Pu's attempt to summon its Dao Fruit, then smashed its body while Liu Shen trapped and destroyed its fleeing soul.
• Liu Shen offered Demon King Pu's cracked Dao Fruit to Wushi and the Empress, but both refused it, and the three agreed to discuss their understanding of the Dao.
• Liu Shen gave Yan Ruyu and Ji Ziyue cultivation scriptures, while Wushi promised Ye Fan a Saint Body cultivation method hidden in Purple Mountain for him to obtain later.
• Liu Shen, Wushi, and the Empress left the group to explore Hundred Broken Mountain without their protection.
• Ji Ziyue teased Ye Fan about whether he could someday surpass her brother, and Ye Fan admitted he was currently too weak to compete.

Ye Fan, Yan Ruyu, Ji Ziyue, and Shi Jue explored Hundred Broken Mountain and gathered abundant resources before encountering Shi Hao fleeing from Yun Xi. The group learned Shi Hao had taken Yun Xi’s earring, and Shi Jue exposed the God-Striking Stone’s power by throwing it into Ye Fan.

• Ji Ziyue teased Ye Fan about whether he could become a Great Emperor, while Yan Ruyu doubted that an Ancient Desolate Saint Body could reach that realm.
• Ye Fan and his companions nearly swept through Hundred Broken Mountain, collecting opportunities and absorbing Spiritual Medicine.
• Shi Hao ran to Shi Jue’s group while Yun Xi chased him, and he admitted he had provoked her by asking for beast milk and trying to carry her away.
• Yun Xi demanded her earring back, but Shi Hao denied having it; Shi Jue identified the stone in Shi Hao’s hair as the God-Striking Stone.
• Shi Jue pulled the stone from Shi Hao’s hair and tossed it at Ye Fan, whose abdomen was badly hurt; the stone then fled back to Shi Hao.

Shi Jue stole Monkey Wine from the Divine Monkey Treasure Land while Shi Yi and the others fought the Divine Monkey King, then joined Shi Hao and the others for a lavish feast. The group enjoyed the meat and wine under the moonlight, while Shi Jue sent three jugs to Liu Shen and two other watchers.

• Huo Ling'er and Yun Xi beat Shi Hao after he called Huo Ling'er a Fatty Girl and teased Yun Xi.
• Shi Jue revealed that he had reached eight Heavenly Passages and left to scout the Divine Monkey Treasure Land.
• While Shi Yi and the others distracted the Divine Monkey King, Shi Jue stole a Silver Peach Tree and two trees full of Monkey Wine, enraging the monkeys.
• Shi Jue returned to Shi Hao and the others, who watched the Divine Monkey King's forces clash with the intruders.
• Shi Hao prepared Golden Winged Great Peng and White Tiger meat, and the group shared the feast with Shi Jue's Monkey Wine.
• Shi Jue filled three jugs with wine and sent them to Liu Shen and two other watchers.

Shi Hao and Shi Jue feasted on Monkey Wine and Golden Winged Great Peng meat before both broke through to ten Heavenly Passages. Shi Jue forced his breakthrough with the Sacred Fruit’s essence and was left needing time to stabilize it.

• Wushi, Liu Shen, the Empress, Shi Hao, and the others drank Monkey Wine and ate Golden Winged Great Peng meat, gaining strength as they feasted.
• Big Red Bird drank a cup of Monkey Wine and passed out, while Huo Ling'er, Ji Ziyue, and the other women grew intoxicated.
• Shi Jue ate a fruit from an Immortal Medicine as he and Shi Hao prepared to break through away from the Void Beast Skin.
• Ye Fan opened the boundaries of his Sea of Bitterness, startling Yan Ruyu with its golden sea, lightning, and crashing waves.
• Shi Hao and Shi Jue each opened ten Heavenly Passages, shocking the onlookers.
• Liu Shen recognized that Shi Jue had forced his breakthrough with the Sacred Fruit’s essence, and Shi Jue admitted he would need time to stabilize it.

Shi Jue and the others left Hundred Broken Mountain after the Human Emperor defeated the divine monkey, while Shi Jue and Shi Hao continued exploring the Scripture Repository afterward. Shi Jue found a Five-Colored Divine Luan technique to study, and Shi Hao kept searching for a Precious Technique that suited him.

• Yun Xi and the sealers recognized Shi Jue's Ten Heavenly Passages, but Huo Ling'er advised them to preserve their relationship with him rather than try to recruit him.
• The Empress gave Shi Jue three hundred years to reach Great Emperor, and Wushi encouraged him before the Shrouding the Heavens group returned to their eras.
• As Hundred Broken Mountain closed, the Human Emperor struck the divine monkey down, allowing Huo Ling'er and the others to leave safely.
• Shi Hao teased Huo Ling'er about becoming sworn brothers with her father, then stayed behind while Shi Jue and the others departed; Yun Xi asked Shi Jue to keep a small earring safe.
• Shi Jue found a fragmentary Five-Colored Divine Luan Precious Technique in the Scripture Repository, while Shi Hao searched its shelves for a technique he wanted.