Chapter Summaries

Yun Xi rejected the Heavenly Human Race and chose to leave with Shi Hao, who took the Destiny Stone as compensation. With Liu Shen’s protection, Shi Jue had the Deputy Lord of Heavenly Kingdom killed, while the other factions and the Heavenly Human Race were left terrified.

• Shi Hao told Yun Xi he did not blame her and asked her to leave with him, and she agreed.
• Yun Xi renounced the Heavenly Human Race and offered the Destiny Stone to the Old Heavenly Human, but Shi Hao seized it and declared it compensation.
• The Old Heavenly Human accused Yun Xi of plotting with Shi Hao, but she denied responsibility for his failure to catch the stone.
• Shi Jue asked Liu Shen to kill the Deputy Lord of Heavenly Kingdom, and her golden Willow Leaf pierced through his glabella and destroyed his Primordial Spirit.
• Liu Shen warned the gathered factions that she would not keep intervening, and Shi Hao dismissed the need to attack the Heavenly Human Race while showing them the Destiny Stone.

Shi Hao and Shi Jue secured the Destiny Stone for Yun Xi, while Ye Qingxian summoned the Old Heavenly Human to fulfill the Primordial Covenant and go to the Border Pass. Shi Hao left with Yun Xi, and Ye Qingxian stayed behind with a willow branch from Liu Shen.

• Shi Hao refused to press the Heavenly Human Race further after Yun Xi obtained the Destiny Stone, and Shi Jue mocked their threats.
• Ye Qingxian invoked the Primordial Covenant, and the Old Heavenly Human agreed to leave for the Border Pass despite the danger.
• The Old Heavenly Human told his descendants they would learn about the covenant only if they restored the Heavenly Human Race as the imperial race of the Three Thousand Provinces.
• Ye Qingxian claimed Immortal Linglong as compensation and received a willow branch from Liu Shen for protection.
• Shi Hao took Yun Xi with him, while Liu Shen slapped away Shi Jue's attempt to approach her.

After leaving the Heavenly Human Race, Shi Hao and his companions headed to Heavenly Immortal Academy to find Qingyi, with Shi Jue supplying directions and Yun Xi keeping the Destiny Stone. They found the academy and encountered a young man pursuing Yun Xi and the Witch, just as Qingyi arrived to intervene.

• Liu Shen left to break through after warning Shi Jue not to get himself killed, and Shi Jue joked that he would stay alive so she would not become a widow.
• Shi Hao decided to visit Huo Ling'er and Qingyi, and he offered Yun Xi the Destiny Stone, which she urged him to keep before he passed it back to her.
• Shi Jue told Shi Hao that Qingyi was likely at Heavenly Immortal Academy and Huo Ling'er was in Sin Province, so the group set out for the academy.
• Shi Jue's group arrived at the imposing Heavenly Immortal Academy and admired its grounds and reputation.
• A refined young man approached Yun Xi and the Witch to ask if they planned to join the academy, and Qingyi appeared and told him to apologize.

Shi Hao and Shi Jue confronted a young man who had offended Yun Xi, then reunited with Qingyi at Heavenly Immortal Academy. Qingyi burned Shi Hao with Azure Moon Flame after he admitted using it to cook, and Shi Hao asked whether she had seen Yue Chan’s Main Body.

• Qingyi warned the young man to apologize, but Shi Hao and Shi Jue seized him and beat him after he invoked his family’s name.
• Shi Hao greeted Qingyi, who explained that Azure Moon Flame had guided her to Divine Gold near the forbidden zone.
• Qingyi recalled that Shi Hao had once used Azure Moon Flame to barbecue food and struck him with a cluster of the flame.
• Shi Jue and Shi Hao questioned the battered young man, and Qingyi said she did not know him but cautioned them about Heavenly Immortal Academy.
• Shi Hao asked Qingyi whether she had seen Yue Chan’s Main Body.

Shi Jue and the Witch descended into a forbidden abyss in Fire Province, where they discovered the Three Lives Bronze Coffin and a True Dragon. The coffin triggered fleeting, painful fragments in Shi Jue’s mind, leaving him unsure what he had seen.

• Qingyi told the Witch that she could block Yue Chan’s connection and said she expected to take control when they eventually merged, while Yun Xi and Qingyi silently clashed over Shi Hao.
• Shi Jue and the Witch traveled to Fire Province and entered its vast Great Rift Valley, protected by the Five Elements Mountain.
• As they descended, Shi Jue found traces of Chaos Flame and asked whether the Witch wanted a flame seed; she said she hoped to find Yin Fire.
• The ground split open and revealed a bronze coffin on a Dao Platform with a True Dragon beside it.
• Shi Jue suffered a brief headache as scattered fragments appeared in his mind, then reassured the concerned Witch that he was fine.

Shi Jue and the Witch found the Three Lives Bronze Coffin in the underground palace, but Shi Jue could not reveal its owner without risking a catastrophic backlash. After leaving the Abyss, he discussed the coffin’s mystery with the group, and Ye Nan confirmed that she had once encountered it in the starry sky.

• Shi Jue and the Witch entered the underground palace and saw nine True Dragon skeletons surrounding the Three Lives Bronze Coffin.
• Shi Jue asked Five Elements Mountain if it could take material from the coffin, but Five Elements Mountain said even Liu Shen could not move it.
• The Witch urged Shi Jue to leave, and he photographed the coffin and shared it with the group.
• Ye Fan recognized the coffin as the Nine Dragons Pulling Coffin, while Ye Nan said she had encountered and stopped it in the starry sky after becoming an Empress.
• Ye Nan sensed that Shi Jue knew the coffin’s secret but could not reveal it, and Shi Jue confirmed that speaking of it could provoke the High Plateau.
• Five Elements Mountain carried Shi Jue and the Witch out of the Abyss, where the Witch explained that she feared an existence they could not resist.

Shi Jue and the Witch found Black Lotus Fire after nearly two years of searching, and the flame chose the Witch as its master. As she prepared to adapt to it before igniting Divine Fire, a rare Hui Snake attacked Shi Jue while he tried to pluck the lotus.

• Shi Jue asked the Witch about the black-haired monster she had glimpsed on the Three Lives Bronze Coffin, and she said it had appeared only briefly.
• Shi Jue and the Witch traveled through more than a dozen provinces and explored several secret realms before finding Black Lotus Fire in their final destination.
• The Witch touched Black Lotus Fire without being harmed, while it burned Shi Jue with a freezing flame when he tested it.
• The Witch absorbed Black Lotus Fire, gaining the prospect of the Dao essence of destruction, but remained at the peak of the Venerable realm while her body adapted.
• A black snake bit Shi Jue as he reached for the lotus, and the Witch identified it as a rare Hui Snake that could eventually transform into a dragon.

Shi Jue and the Witch befriended a powerful Hui Snake and named her Hua Yun, while Five Elements Mountain warned them about the danger of her eventual transformation into a flood dragon. The Witch and Shi Jue then headed back to Heavenly Immortal Academy to reunite with Shi Hao and the others.

• The Witch invited the Hui Snake to accompany her, and the snake showed its agreement by rubbing against her.
• Shi Jue proposed naming the snake Little Black, but the Witch named her Hua Yun instead.
• Shi Jue jokingly threatened to suppress Hua Yun with Five Elements Mountain, which explained that a Hui Snake faced a deadly Heavenly Tribulation when transforming into a flood dragon.
• Shi Jue reassured the Witch that he would help Hua Yun if she could not withstand the tribulation.
• Hua Yun shrank to a few inches long and coiled around the Witch's shoulder, and the Witch and Shi Jue returned to Heavenly Immortal Academy.

After returning to Heavenly Immortal Academy, Shi Hao and Shi Jue discussed their companions, Divine Fire, and the injustice against the descendants of the Seven Kings. Shi Yi appeared, revealed that he had investigated Sin Province and grown stronger, then left after warning that trouble might follow his killings there.

• Shi Hao and Shi Jue reunited with Yun Xi, Qingyi, and the Witch after two years and discussed their progress toward igniting Divine Fire.
• Shi Hao said he intended to find Huo Ling'er and vowed to clear the name of Sin Blood and punish those who slandered it.
• Shi Yi appeared and greeted Shi Hao calmly, showing that he had mastered greater control over his Double-Pupil.
• Shi Yi said a senior had saved him and helped him understand the Double-Pupil, and he agreed that he and Shi Hao would someday settle accounts over the Sin Blood accusations.
• Shi Yi explained that he had visited Sin Province, killed people who claimed he was descended from Sin Blood, and warned that his actions might cause unexpected trouble before departing.

Shi Hao and his companions reached Sang City in Sin Province and found that Shi Yi had killed cultivators who were hunting descendants of Sin Blood. Expecting the factions responsible to retaliate, they prepared to defend the city while searching for Huo Ling'er.

• The Witch asked whether Shi Hao could defeat Shi Yi, and Shi Hao said Shi Yi was the strongest First Generation he had encountered but that only a fight would decide the outcome.
• Shi Hao, Shi Jue, and their companions reached Sang City and found corpses left behind after Shi Yi killed members of Sword Valley, Immortal Hall, and other factions who had come to capture descendants of Sin Blood.
• Shi Jue warned that the factions would send reinforcements, so the group decided to protect the city, with Five Elements Mountain and Hua Yun prepared to face Heavenly Deities.
• Five Elements Mountain explained that it had sided with Shi Jue because it saw greater potential in him than in Qin Changsheng, prompting a playful exchange about suppressing it in a latrine.
• Qingyi explained that magical artifacts could identify descendants of Sin Blood, and Shi Hao realized this was likely how Shi Yi had been discovered.
• Shi Hao and his companions set out to find Huo Ling'er as powerful cultivators rushed toward Sang City, fearing revenge from a Sin Blood descendant.

Shi Hao and his companions found Huo Ling'er living modestly in Li Huo City and reunited with her after she recognized him. They caught up at her cottage, where she explained that her father had been traveling and she had grown accustomed to her life picking Fire Mulberry leaves.

• Shi Hao, Shi Jue, Yun Xi, Qingyi, and the Witch reached Li Huo City and secretly roasted Fire Silkworms with Qingyi's Azure Moon Flame.
• Shi Hao spotted Huo Ling'er picking mulberry leaves and followed her to her thatched cottage.
• Huo Ling'er recognized Shi Hao when he arrived, dropped her laundry, and greeted him through tears.
• Huo Ling'er reunited with her old acquaintances and teased Shi Hao about Qingyi, Yue Chan's Secondary Body.
• Huo Ling'er told Shi Jue that the Fire Emperor had been traveling and that she had adapted to picking leaves and exchanging them for money.

Shi Hao learned that awakening Huo Ling'er's inherited bloodline could strengthen her foundation enough for her to leave Sin Province safely. He and his companions confronted the forces that had come to destroy Sang City, with Five Elements Mountain appearing at Shi Jue's command.

• Huo Ling'er refused the Witch's offer to leave with them because she feared her weak cultivation would burden Shi Hao.
• Five Elements Mountain explained that Huo Ling'er could awaken the bloodline of the Seven Kings, using a formula and the Heavenly Deities who had arrived nearby.
• Dozens of experts gathered in Sang City, burned the exposed corpses, and agreed to destroy the city and its inhabitants.
• Five Elements Mountain descended through a rupture in space, and the Heavenly Deities recognized it as Immortal Mountain's core sacred artifact.
• Shi Jue declared that Five Elements Mountain now bore the Shi name and ordered it to restrain the gathered experts so none could escape.

Shi Hao and Shi Jue captured nine Heavenly Deities to use their origins to cleanse Huo Ling'er, who awakened the Vermilion Bird bloodline and ignited Divine Fire. The Fire Emperor gave Huo Ling'er his blessing to follow Shi Hao, leaving her free to join him after her transformation.

• Shi Hao and Shi Jue used Five Elements Mountain to seal the area, kill the True One disciples, and bind nine Heavenly Deities.
• Shi Hao planned to visit the ruins of Stone Country with Huo Ling'er after her bloodline was awakened.
• After half a month of cleansing, Huo Ling'er awakened the Vermilion Bird bloodline, reconstructed her Heavenly Passages, and ignited Divine Fire.
• Shi Hao praised Huo Ling'er's new strength, but she worried about leaving her father behind.
• The Fire Emperor told Huo Ling'er to follow her heart and go with Shi Hao, warmly giving his blessing.

Shi Hao and his companions prepared to leave Sin Province, while Shi Jue searched the ruins of the Stone Clan’s former capital and uncovered a concealed underground passage. As they entered it, a bell rang across the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, announcing the start of the geniuses’ battle in Immortal Ancient.

• The Fire Emperor warned Shi Hao to treat Huo Ling'er well, then agreed to wait in Sin Province until Liu Shen could help him return to the Lower Realm.
• Huo Ling'er left with Shi Hao and the others after the Fire Emperor urged her to go and see the wider world.
• Shi Hao found a surviving village beside the Stone Clan’s ruins and vowed to settle the score with those responsible for destroying the kingdom.
• Shi Jue and the Witch searched the former Imperial Palace grounds, where Shi Jue discovered and opened a concealed passage beneath the rubble.
• Shi Jue and the Witch descended underground as a bell tolled throughout the Three Thousand Dao Provinces, signaling the coming Immortal Ancient battle.

Shi Jue and the Witch recovered an ancient talisman linked to the Stone Clan before the final bell signaled the start of Hundred Rivers Meet the Sea. They reunited with Shi Hao and set off for the Sin Province selection, leaving the village behind.

• Shi Jue identified the beast-hide talisman as a powerful relic made with diluted Immortal King Blood and used the Willow Deity Method to take it.
• Shi Jue and the Witch returned to the surface as the final bell rang and decided to meet Shi Hao and the others.
• At the village, Shi Hao spoke with an old man who hoped the Stone Clan’s descendants would erase their disgrace, while Shi Jue kept his discovery secret.
• Shi Jue’s group departed for the Sin Province selection on the Void Beast Skin Carpet, and the Witch handed out Heaven Cutting Sect tokens.
• Qingyi reluctantly accepted a Heaven Cutting Sect token because she lacked one from the Heaven Mending Sect, while the Witch explained that the Saintess position would soon be dispensable.

Shi Jue and Shi Hao entered the Spirit Realm selection with their physical bodies and launched a ruthless assault on the Demon Dragon Dao Sect and other forces hostile to Sin Blood. They continued slaughtering their enemies and absorbing their spiritual essence as the elders outside identified them as targets.

• Shi Jue explained that he and his companions had come to Sin Province while traveling, then entered the Spirit Realm alongside millions of Venerables.
• Shi Jue revealed that he had brought their physical bodies into the Spirit Realm and joined Shi Hao in targeting the Demon Dragon Dao Sect and Fire Cloud Cave.
• Shi Jue smashed a Venerable who tried to attack him with a Soul Suppressing Tower, then destroyed the tower with his Slab Brick.
• Shi Jue killed a Demon Dragon Dao Sect disciple with the Heavenly Flying Brick after the man challenged him.
• Shi Jue and Shi Hao attacked disciples from the Demon Dragon Dao Sect, Fire Cloud Cave, and Luofu True Valley, while Shi Jue absorbed their spiritual lights to strengthen himself.
• The elders outside the Spirit Realm recognized Shi Hao and condemned the group for killing their disciples.

Shi Hao and Shi Jue climbed to the ninth level of the altar, where Shi Hao left the name “Sin” and claimed Supreme Liquid before the selected Venerables were sent into No Man’s Land. The group arrived in the peaceful-looking wilderness as Shi Hao remained confident about competing in Immortal Ancient.

• Experts from the Demon Dragon Dao Sect and other lineages mourned their dead disciples and resolved to rely on powerful entrants to kill Shi Hao.
• Shi Hao and Shi Jue climbed to the ninth altar level together, while their footsteps shook the altar and injured Venerables below.
• Shi Jue declined to leave his name, and Shi Hao inscribed “Sin” on the stele before taking the Supreme Liquid.
• A bell activated the grand formation, sending the selected Venerables from across the Three Thousand Dao Provinces into No Man’s Land.
• Shi Hao arrived with Shi Jue, Qingyi, the Witch, and the others, then reaffirmed his ambition to win Immortal Ancient as Qingyi warned him about its ancient monsters.

As the Immortal Dao Flower Bud reached its final bloom, Shi Jue and the Witch prepared to enter Immortal Ancient, while the opening gave cultivators a rare chance to comprehend the Great Dao. Shi Jue entered through one of the three thousand ancient paths and continued deepening his understanding of Yin-Yang Dao.

• Shi Jue decided to explore with the Witch and used Little White, his Spiritually Communicating Rat, to find treasures and several drops of Undying Substance.
• Qingyi sealed her Divine Fire cultivation so she could enter Immortal Ancient, while experts gathered outside to witness the flower’s final bloom.
• The Immortal Dao Flower Bud bloomed all three thousand petals, giving Shi Jue new insight and nearly causing the Witch to ignite her Divine Dao Flame.
• Three thousand gates opened, and Venerables entered the ancient paths leading to Immortal Ancient.
• Shi Jue climbed the stone stairways, refined his Yin-Yang Dao understanding, and formed a Taiji Diagram around himself.

Shi Jue learned that Five Elements Mountain had sealed Chaos Flame inside itself and planned to use the weakened flame to ignite Divine Fire. He and the Witch entered the Colorful World separately, while Shi Hao continued prying at the Azure Stone Stairs.

• Sect Masters marveled at Shi Jue's mastery of Yin-Yang and noticed Shi Hao trying to dig up the Azure Stone Stairs.
• Shi Jue asked Five Elements Mountain about Chaos Flame, and it warned that the flame could kill even a Heavenly Deity within breaths.
• Five Elements Mountain revealed that it had sealed Chaos Flame within its body and said the weakened flame might now be possible for Shi Jue to subdue.
• Shi Jue told the Witch they should seek separate places to ignite Divine Fire and urged her to stay safe.
• Shi Jue and the Witch entered the Colorful World, while Yun Xi and the others left Shi Hao to his prying.

Shi Hao’s identities as Huang and Sin were exposed in the Colorful Ancient World, and he revealed his true appearance to the watching factions. The outside experts then identified Shi Jue as well, who openly threatened their disciples.

• The Sect Masters inscribed Huang’s name, revealing that Huang was Shi Hao, and hostile factions recognized the youth who had defeated their people.
• The Demon Dragon Dao Sect and other lineages inscribed Sin’s name and discovered that Sin was also Shi Hao, who waved mockingly at them.
• The Immortal Hall inscribed Shi Hao’s name, confirming he was alive; Shi Hao then dropped his disguise and showed his true face to the outside world.
• The experts wondered whether Shi Jue had survived too, and an expert from Sword Valley inscribed his name, revealing his image in the petal.
• Shi Jue recognized Sword Valley’s watchers, insulted them, and threatened that none of their disciples would leave Immortal Ancient alive.