Chapter Summaries

Shi Jue stole the imitation Five Elements Ring from Qin Shoucheng, then Shi Hao defeated and beheaded Qin Shoucheng. Shi Hao looked toward Immortal Mountain, worried about his parents there, while Shi Jue promised to bring Liu Shen when they went to confront it.

• Shi Jue, Shi Hao, the Witch, Yue Chan, and Yun Xi left after their teasing drew attention.
• Shi Jue struck Qin Shoucheng from behind, took the imitation Five Elements Ring, and stored it away.
• Qin Shoucheng demanded the ring back, but Shi Jue taunted him and let Shi Hao handle the dispute.
• Shi Hao defeated and beheaded Qin Shoucheng, then looked toward Immortal Mountain and worried about his parents.
• Shi Jue told Shi Hao they would bring Liu Shen when they went to Immortal Mountain.

Shi Jue, Shi Hao, and their companions traveled to Medicine Capital to find ingredients for divine medicine, where Shi Jue bought a mysterious object concealing a dense Life Essence. The group continued searching among the city’s medicine stalls, while Shi Jue planned to have Liu Shen examine his purchase later.

• Shi Hao and Shi Jue discussed Stone Village’s pill recipes, and Huo Ling'er suggested searching for their ingredients in Medicine Capital.
• The group traveled to Medicine Capital, where they saw its abundant medicine fields and rare spiritual medicines.
• Yue Chan offered Shi Hao and Shi Jue resources if they joined the Heaven Mending Sect, but Shi Hao refused and the group began gathering medicines.
• Shi Jue sensed dense Life Essence inside a rough, stone-like object at a stall and bought it without revealing his excitement.
• The stall owner grew suspicious after Shi Jue paid readily, but assumed he was merely a wealthy young master.

Shi Hao and his companions gathered their medicinal ingredients before Shi Jue sensed the Double Pupils Woman and led them to her. She admitted taking Shi Yi, praised Shi Hao’s Unique Cave Heaven, and revealed that all ancient cultivators who tried creating one had died or been crippled.

• The Witch handed Shi Hao the collected Spiritual Medicine, teased Yue Chan about joining their group, and agreed to discuss the pill recipe after they returned to Stone Village.
• Shi Jue said his opportunity lay in the coming great calamity, then sensed the Double Pupils Woman and called for her to make them a path.
• The Double Pupils Woman appeared and guided Shi Hao’s group along a Golden Light Path, where she greeted Shi Jue and praised Shi Hao’s talent.
• Shi Hao learned that the Double Pupils Woman had taken Shi Yi from Demon Spirit Lake, and Shi Jue identified her as an ancient figure famed for never being defeated.
• The Double Pupils Woman explained that the legend was false and that ancient geniuses who formed Unique Cave Heavens had all died or become crippled; she predicted Shi Hao and Shi Jue would surpass her.

Shi Hao and his companions left the Double Pupils Woman and looted the Divine Medicine Sect in search of medicine and the Imperial Butterfly. They found the World Treasure Box containing it but could not open it, leaving the butterfly out of reach.

• The Double Pupils Woman sent Shi Hao and the others down a golden avenue to the Divine Medicine Sect, then suffered a backlash while trying to glimpse their futures and began preparing to break through.
• Shi Hao and the Primordial Remnant Species tore through the Divine Medicine Sect until Lin Kun agreed to hand over its treasures.
• Shi Jue claimed that the group’s royal titles made their word the law, and Lin Kun revealed the location of an Imperial Butterfly in exchange for keeping its existence secret.
• Lin Kun gave them the sect’s four rare medicines, and the group followed him to the World Treasure Box.
• Shi Hao and the others failed to open the box, and Lin Kun left without seeing the Imperial Butterfly.

Shi Hao and Shi Jue brought Witch, Yue Chan, Huo Ling'er, and the others back to Stone Village to meet Liu Shen and learn about the mysterious divine formation. The visitors were awed by Liu Shen's overwhelming presence, while Shi Jue's bold claim that she was his future Dao Companion earned him a willow-branch strike.

• Shi Hao rejected Small Pagoda's offer to help and asked Witch and Yue Chan to keep Liu Shen's existence secret; Yue Chan agreed and accepted the possibility of having her memories sealed.
• Shi Hao and Shi Jue set off for Stone Village with the women and their companions, joking about carrying them until Huo Ling'er and the others punched Shi Hao.
• As the group approached Stone Village, Liu Shen's aura overwhelmed the newcomers and forced them to leave the Void Beast Skin and continue on foot.
• The visitors reached Stone Village and saw its spiritual medicines and towering willow tree, then Witch and Yue Chan compared Liu Shen's power favorably to their sect leaders.
• Shi Jue declared Liu Shen his future Dao Companion, and Liu Shen sent him flying with a willow branch; Shi Hao reassured the stunned onlookers that it was normal.

Shi Jue and Shi Hao returned to Stone Village with their friends and consulted Liu Shen about a teleportation formation that could reach the Upper Realm. Liu Shen joined the village feast, leaving the villagers puzzled as food disappeared around her.

• The Old Clan Chief welcomed Shi Jue, Shi Hao, and their companions, then sent the women off with the village aunties while the men went to find Liu Shen.
• Shi Jue told Liu Shen about the Heavenly Human Race’s teleportation formation connected to Yun Xi, and Liu Shen said she could assess it after seeing it in person.
• Liu Shen recalled that many of her old fellow Daoists had died or been left crippled in battles against the Other Domain.
• Shi Jue promised to avenge Liu Shen once he became an Immortal King, and Liu Shen accepted his promise as a goal for him and Shi Hao.
• Shi Jue invited Liu Shen to the bonfire feast, where she agreed to eat with them despite not needing food for sustenance.
• The villagers watched food vanish as Liu Shen ate, while Shi Jue and Shi Hao discussed her presence and the group enjoyed Stone Village’s meal.

Liu Shen retrieved the Imperial Butterfly from Medicine Capital and brought it back to Stone Village, where it emerged from its Golden Core form. The newly awakened larva began feeding on Liu Shen’s willow branch, while Shi Hao wondered about its future Precious Technique.

• Liu Shen opened the World Treasure Box, and Shi Hao discovered that the Imperial Butterfly was in Medicine Capital.
• Liu Shen traveled to Medicine Capital, noticed the Double Pupils Woman undergoing a breakthrough, and retrieved the Divine Ice Jar without disturbing her.
• Liu Shen opened the jar and removed the Golden Core containing the Imperial Butterfly.
• The Golden Core unfurled into a Golden Silkworm, which flew to Liu Shen’s willow branch and ate a bite of it.
• Shi Hao asked whether the Imperial Butterfly had a Precious Technique comparable to those of the Ten Fierce, and Shi Jue said it might manifest after the larva spun a cocoon and transformed.

Shi Hao and his companions traveled with Second Baldy to Heavenly God Mountain, where he sought Meng Lan and reignited his old feud with Yun Canghai. The chapter ended with Second Baldy hiding behind the group and calling Shi Hao Yun Xi’s future husband to protect himself from Yun Canghai.

• Liu Shen identified the Imperial Butterfly larva as a unique insect that did not belong to their world.
• Second Baldy teased Yun Xi about her missing Lingxi Pendant, and Huo Ling'er and the Witch revealed that Shi Hao had bitten it off.
• Liu Shen brought the group to Heavenly God Mountain, where Shi Hao immediately coveted its Eight Treasures Chickens.
• Yun Canghai recognized Second Baldy and mocked him, then noticed Shi Hao and Shi Jue and recalled his painful past with them.
• Second Baldy demanded that Yun Canghai bring out Meng Lan, but retreated behind the others and invoked Shi Hao as Yun Xi’s future husband when Yun Canghai threatened him.

Yun Canghai teased Yun Xi about marrying Shi Hao, while Liu Shen recognized the aura of an old friend in the Heavenly Human Race teleportation array. The Golden Winged Great Peng Clan came to confront Shi Jue over a death in the North Sea, but Shi Jue defeated their prodigy Jin Yun Teng and tore off both his wings.

• Yun Canghai said he would approve of Yun Xi choosing Shi Hao, embarrassing Yun Xi and upsetting Huo Ling’er.
• Liu Shen recognized the teleportation array as the work of a powerful old friend who might still be alive in the Lower Realm, and agreed to seek him out with Yue Chan another day.
• Jin Luan Tian confronted Shi Jue over the death of his grandson in the North Sea, but Shi Jue denied responsibility and taunted him for lacking evidence.
• Jin Yun Teng attacked Shi Jue in his Golden Winged Great Peng form, confident in his strength.
• Shi Jue caught Jin Yun Teng’s wing, tore off both wings, and left him unconscious, stunning Yun Canghai and the gathered crowd.

Shi Jue relied on Liu Shen to defeat Jin Luan Tian and settle the Golden Winged Great Peng Clan’s attack at Heavenly God Mountain. After Yun Canghai revealed a route to the Upper Realm, Shi Jue’s group prepared to leave, while Yun Xi chose to remain with her family.

• Shi Jue collected Jin Yun Teng’s severed wings, provoking Jin Luan Tian to attack in his true form.
• Shi Jue called for Liu Shen, whose golden Willow Leaf swiftly cut off Jin Luan Tian’s wings and sent him crashing to the ground.
• Shi Jue claimed the wings as the price for the attack, and Yun Canghai persuaded him to spare the Golden Winged Great Peng Clan.
• Shi Jue told Yun Canghai that a formation led to the Upper Realm and the Heavenly Human Race, then announced that his group would leave.
• Yun Xi chose to stay with her family, and Shi Hao returned the armguard he had taken from Yun Canghai.

Shi Hao returned Yun Canghai’s armguard and faced Yun Menglan’s blunt suggestion that he marry Yun Xi, while Huo Ling’er reacted jealously. Yue Chan then asked Shi Hao for help avoiding a merger with her Main Body, and Liu Shen explained the origins and nature of the flawed main-and-secondary-body art.

• Shi Hao returned Yun Canghai’s armguard, and Yun Menglan urged him to propose to Yun Xi because she believed the two were suited to each other.
• Yun Canghai promised to let Yun Xi make her own decision, while Shi Hao postponed giving an answer until they met again in the Upper Realm.
• Huo Ling’er teased Shi Hao about becoming Yun Xi’s husband and showed her jealousy after the group returned to Stone Village.
• Yue Chan asked Shi Hao for help with her Main Body, and the Witch warned that merging could erase Yue Chan’s personality.
• Liu Shen connected the art to the Kunpeng Son, and Shi Jue concluded that Immortal Mountain had obtained it by studying him.
• Liu Shen explained that the art was flawed but that merging the two bodies would combine their cultivation insights and allow Yue Chan to grow stronger.

As the great calamity approached, Shi Hao and Shi Jue asked Liu Shen not to protect them so they could temper themselves, while she prepared Stone Village with a powerful Heavenly Array. The calamity began when a crack opened in the sky and a mysterious bell appeared, leaving the Lower Realm’s Venerables in panic.

• Liu Shen explained that Yue Chan could eventually sever her connection to her Main Body after igniting Divine Fire and promised to find someone to guide her after the calamity.
• Shi Jue and Shi Hao asked Liu Shen not to intervene during the calamity unless they requested help, and Liu Shen agreed.
• At fourteen, Shi Jue and Shi Hao had reached Array Formation Late Stage as Liu Shen completed a Heavenly Array to protect Stone Village.
• A month later, a crack split the sky and a gate appeared, bringing an aura that terrified Venerables and sent many fleeing or sealing themselves away.
• A huge bell appeared above the Lower Realm, and Shi Jue discussed its resemblance to Wushi’s bell with the group chat.

Shi Jue traveled through the Lower Realm during a ten-day artifact-led purge, furious at the slaughter but unable to stop it. After the devastation, he reached Stone Country’s Imperial Capital and reunited with the Witch.

• Ye Fan told the group that he had entered Purple Mountain, met Jiang Taixu, and obtained the Fighting Secret Technique.
• Shi Jue warned Ye Fan that the Black Emperor had taken an interest in his Ancient Desolate Saint Body and wanted an Innate Saint Body Dao Embryo.
• Shi Jue left Stone Village and witnessed three artifacts scour the Lower Realm, capturing Venerables and leaving widespread bloodshed and destruction.
• After the ten-day purge, Shi Jue reflected that Fire Nation had been devastated while Huo Ling'er and the Fire Emperor were likely safe under Liu Shen’s protection.
• Shi Jue arrived at Stone Country’s Imperial Capital and met the Witch at the Heaven Cutting Sect’s palace base, where he teased her about worrying over him.

Shi Jue and the Witch discussed the Upper Realm factions’ schemes and the succession to the Human Emperor’s throne. Shi Hao was named Stone Country’s new Human Emperor, then shared some of his Imperial Dragon Qi with Shi Jue.

• Shi Jue flirted with the Witch and asked why the Upper Realm factions were still in the Lower Realm; she explained they were pursuing its treasures and competing for power.
• The Witch offered to help Shi Jue become Human Emperor, but he said the Stone Emperor had chosen Shi Hao and that the throne was not his to claim.
• The Stone Emperor’s plan to pass the throne to Shi Hao became public, delighting Stone Country’s people and angering Immortal Mountain and the other factions.
• Shi Hao sat in the Imperial Palace surrounded by Imperial Dragon Qi, displaying the overwhelming bearing of the new Human Emperor.
• Shi Hao sent a five-clawed golden dragon of fortune to Shi Jue, sharing a portion of Stone Country’s Imperial Dragon Qi with him.

Shi Hao ascended the throne as Human Emperor of Stone Country and used the Imperial Dragon Qi to drive out the great sects. He left the surviving outsiders with a choice to leave or die, and they retreated from Stone Country.

• The citizens of the Imperial Capital acclaimed Shi Hao as Human Emperor, while Shi Jue received a share of the Imperial Dragon Qi.
• Shi Hao ordered the great sects to leave Stone Country, and an elder of the Heaven Mending Sect accused him of stealing the nation.
• At Shi Jue's urging, Shi Hao attacked the outsiders with a massive hand of Imperial Dragon Qi while Shi Jue blocked their escape route with the green brick.
• Shi Hao's strike killed the Array Formation Realm and Venerable experts in a rain of blood.
• Shi Hao warned the remaining experts to leave or die, and they agreed to retreat from Stone Country.

After becoming Human Emperor, Shi Hao left the Imperial Capital with Liu Shen and Shi Jue to confront Immortal Mountain and rescue the imprisoned Kunpeng Son. They reached Five Elements Mountain, where Heavenly Desolation demanded that it release the Kunpeng descendant.

• Shi Hao assured War King he would not abdicate, though he planned to leave the Imperial Palace and find his parents.
• Liu Shen arrived, and Shi Hao agreed to set out for Immortal Mountain with her, Shi Jue, and Heavenly Desolation.
• Shi Jue admired Five Elements Mountain and asked Liu Shen to take it later.
• Liu Shen sent Heavenly Desolation crashing into Five Elements Mountain, awakening its spirit and alarming the Qin Family.
• Heavenly Desolation confronted Five Elements Mountain over imprisoning the Kunpeng Son, and Five Elements Mountain fell silent.

Shi Jue and Shi Hao confronted Immortal Mountain, where Liu Shen defeated the Five Elements Mountain and freed Kunpeng Son. Shi Hao reunited with his parents and left with them for Stone Village, while Shi Jue took the subdued Five Elements Mountain and teased Qin Hao.

• Qin Fa challenged Shi Hao and Shi Jue, but Shi Jue pointed out that Liu Shen and Heavenly Desolation were fighting the Five Elements Mountain.
• After the Five Elements Mountain surrendered, Liu Shen freed Kunpeng Son, and Heavenly Desolation chose to follow him.
• Liu Shen ordered the Five Elements Mountain to serve Shi Jue and handed it over to him.
• Shi Hao reunited with Shi Ziling and Qin Yining, then invited them and Qin Hao to return to Stone Village.
• Shi Jue knocked Qin Hao on the head after Qin Hao challenged him, and Shi Ziling told Qin Hao not to be rude.

Shi Ziling and Qin Yining reunited with Shi Hao in Stone Village, where Qin Hao challenged his elder brother and was swiftly defeated. After Liu Shen strengthened the village’s defenses, she prepared to take Shi Hao and Shi Jue to meet the Lord of the Forbidden Zone.

• Shi Jue teased Shi Ziling and Qin Yining about how they would distinguish between Shi Hao and Qin Hao, and the family returned to Stone Village with Liu Shen.
• Qin Hao challenged Shi Hao, but Shi Hao defeated him; Qin Hao then challenged Shi Jue and was knocked unconscious with a Slab Brick.
• Qin Yining asked about Shi Hao’s wife, and Shi Jue told her about Huo Ling'er, Yun Xi, and Yue Chan.
• Liu Shen added layers of protection to Stone Village and said she would take Shi Hao and Shi Jue to meet the Lord of the Forbidden Zone.

Liu Shen brought Shi Hao, Shi Jue, and Qingyi to the Life Forbidden Zone to meet its Lord, an old Immortal King friend who survived as a remnant thought. Their reunion revealed the Lord's near-death state and Liu Shen's account of how Ao Sheng and others gravely wounded her, leaving Shi Jue vowing revenge.

• Liu Shen cautioned Qingyi against advancing too quickly, and Qingyi asked to be called by that name until she merged with her Main Body.
• Liu Shen led the group through the Life Forbidden Zone, where Shi Jue warned Shi Hao that the ground was protected by peerless killing formations.
• The Lord of the Forbidden Zone welcomed Liu Shen and her companions at his thatched hut, and Liu Shen recognized that only his skull and remnant thought remained.
• The Lord of the Forbidden Zone asked who had injured Liu Shen, and she explained that Ao Sheng and others attacked her while she was wounded, forcing her to flee to the Lower Realm and undergo Nirvana.
• The Lord of the Forbidden Zone condemned Ao Sheng and his allies, while Shi Jue declared that he would take their heads himself.

The Lord of the Forbidden Zone met Liu Shen’s companions, accepted Qingyi as his ninth disciple, and gave her a profound technique. As Qingyi studied it, the Azure Moon Flame appeared and chose her, leaving the flame to drift toward her.

• The Lord of the Forbidden Zone tested Shi Jue and Shi Hao, then recognized their talent and asked Liu Shen about Qingyi.
• The Lord of the Forbidden Zone reassured Qingyi that she was not Qingyue’s reincarnation and offered to take her as his disciple, promising to help with her primary and Secondary Body.
• Qingyi accepted and became the Lord of the Forbidden Zone’s ninth disciple, while he declined to take Shi Hao as a disciple but offered him guidance.
• The Lord of the Forbidden Zone passed an abstruse technique to Qingyi, and azure moonlight radiated from her as she studied it.
• The Azure Moon Flame appeared over the grasslands of Fire Province, prompting a bloody struggle before it vanished and appeared in the Lord of the Forbidden Zone’s hand.
• The Lord of the Forbidden Zone recognized the Azure Moon Flame as Qingyue’s Dao Flame, sensed it had chosen Qingyi, and let it drift toward her.