Chapter Summaries

Shi Yi and the Sixteenth Princess arrived at the Stone Country Royal Auction House, where she revealed that the Stone Country Human Emperor planned to make Shi Hao the Desolate Heaven King. After Moon Chan Fairy’s Secondary Body and the Sixteenth Princess pulled Shi Yi away from the Heavenly Fox Fairy, they entered the auction house and found the remains of a Ya Zi on display.

• Shi Yi spotted Shi Hao at the auction house, and the Sixteenth Princess confessed that she had summoned him because the Stone Country Human Emperor intended to confer the title of Desolate Heaven King upon him.
• The Heavenly Fox Fairy teased Moon Chan Fairy’s Secondary Body, then flirted with Shi Yi until Moon Chan Fairy’s Secondary Body and the Sixteenth Princess each grabbed one of his ears and dragged him inside.
• Shi Yi and the others entered the lavish auction hall and saw the complete skeleton of a Ya Zi displayed as a specimen.
• Shi Yi asked how the Stone Country Human Emperor had obtained the Ya Zi’s remains from the Fire Kingdom, and the Sixteenth Princess said she trusted her father’s reasons.

Shi Yi and Shi Hao attended the Stone Country Royal Auction, where the first item was presented as a possible Heavenly Bone. Shi Hao resolved to win it, while doubts spread over whether the bone was genuine.

• Shi Hao explained why Ya Zi's remains were displayed, but the crowd soon turned to praising Shi Yi and his reputation among the human race.
• Shi Yi took a VIP room with the Sixteenth Princess, Moon Chan Fairy's Secondary Body, and the Heavenly Fox Fairy, while Shi Hao chose another room with the Nine-Headed Golden Lion's human-form Law Body.
• The auction opened with an incomplete treasure bone that Shi Yi recognized as similar to the Original True Understanding, and Shi Hao decided he had to obtain it.
• The auction hosts claimed the bone might be a Heavenly Bone, prompting excitement and talk of the Supreme Bone; Little Pagoda urged Shi Hao to win it in exchange for one move.
• Auction-goers questioned the bone's authenticity and criticized the Royal Auction House for presenting it as the first item.

The auctioneer presented an incomplete Heavenly Bone, and the bidding climbed as guests competed for it. After Moon Chan Fairy’s Secondary Body pointed out its unusual qualities, Shi Yi was urged to bid while Shi Hao trusted Little Pagoda and offered thirty thousand Essence Wall.

• The aged old man explained that the Heavenly Bone had lost its runes but remained an exceptionally durable forging material, then suggested its faint lines might reveal traces of runes to a gifted person.
• Guests began bidding for the incomplete Heavenly Bone, and the Zixiao Marquis’s daughter offered ten thousand Essence Wall and a Primordial Treasure Bone.
• The aged old man appraised the girl’s Primordial Treasure Bone at a conservative ten thousand Essence Wall, and VIP Box No. 5 bid thirty thousand Essence Wall.
• Little Pagoda urged Shi Hao to secure the Heavenly Bone, and Shi Hao agreed, placing the thirty-thousand bid.
• Moon Chan Fairy’s Secondary Body told Shi Yi that the Heavenly Bone was unusual, while the Heavenly Fox Fairy encouraged him to bid.

At the auction, Shi Hao won an incomplete Heavenly Bone after spitefully outbidding the Zixiao Marquis's daughter, while Shi Yi recognized that the bone was likely a weathered Supreme Bone. Little Pagoda revealed that the bone concealed a Supreme Precious Technique, and Shi Hao decided to have his brother uncover its secret.

• Shi Yi told Moon Chan Fairy's Secondary Body that he would never yield when it came to his woman, then felt guilty when Heavenly Fox Fairy teased him about his relationship with Shi Hao.
• The Zixiao Marquis's daughter escalated the bidding by offering Dragon Iron Bone, but Shi Hao won the Heavenly Bone for one hundred and fifty thousand Essence Walls.
• Shi Hao paid for the bone using Martial King Manor's assets and received it at VIP Box No. 5.
• Little Pagoda offered to act twice if Shi Hao gave it the bone, then said only an existence like itself could reveal the bone's secret.
• Shi Hao refused to give Little Pagoda the bone and said his Brother could uncover its secret.

At the Stone Country auction, Shi Yi learned from Willow Deity that the damaged soul banner was a catastrophic weapon from another world, while his investigation with his Double Pupils left him exhausted. The auction continued with an ancient Black Tortoise shell that no one had yet deciphered.

• Marquis Hun Tian bid thirty thousand Essence Walls for the damaged Ten Thousand Souls Banner, but Shi Yi bid against him from VIP Box No. 9.
• When Marquis Hun Tian threatened the rival bidder, Shi Yi used his Double Pupils to pin him to the ground, and Marquis Hun Tian begged for mercy.
• Willow Deity told Shi Yi the banner came from a world opposed to the Nine Heavens Ten Earths and could destroy a world if restored, but warned him not to probe it further.
• Shi Yi’s investigation overwhelmed him, so he rested with his head on the Sixteenth Princess’s lap while Heavenly Fox Fairy grew jealous.
• The auctioneer presented an ancient Black Tortoise shell bearing an undeciphered innate Treasure Technique and opened bidding at ten thousand Essence Walls.

Shi Hao recognized an innate array restriction rune on the Black Tortoise Shell and outbid a rival to win it, while the auction continued with a Fire Avoiding Pearl and a Land Shrinking Talisman. The old man then introduced the next item without revealing what it was.

• Shi Hao recognized the Black Tortoise Shell as containing the final piece he needed to deduce the Primal Chaos River Luo Array and won it with a bid of 500,000 Essence Walls.
• Shi Yi pretended to sleep while Heavenly Fox Fairy and the Sixteenth Princess tried to get him to buy the Fire Avoiding Pearl, and Moon Chan Fairy's Secondary Body watched them dismissively.
• Shi Yi reflected that Shi Hao might be the true origin of the Desolate Heaven Emperor and that the brothers were creating an uncertain new future together.
• A middle-aged man in the hall bought the weakened Land Shrinking Talisman for 49,000 Essence Walls after the VIP guests declined to bid.
• The old man announced that the next auction item would interest many people.

The auctioned Void Beast Skin drew fierce bidding as Shi Yi realized the Human Emperors were converting their collections into Essence Walls ahead of the Wild Domain Calamity and their ascent to the Upper Realm. The price reached 3.1 million Essence Walls, leaving Shi Hao nearly out of funds while a bidder in VIP Box No. 8 continued to challenge him.

• An alluring woman demonstrated that the purple Beast Hide could make its wearer vanish, and the elderly auctioneer identified it as a rare Void Beast Skin with a starting bid of 100,000 Essence Walls.
• Shi Yi recognized the skin and realized that the Fire Country Human Emperor was auctioning his treasures to gather resources for the ascent to the Upper Realm.
• Moon Chan Fairy's Secondary Body warned that even Venerable Realm beings would be hunted during the Wild Domain Calamity, while the Sixteenth Princess explained why the Human Emperors needed Essence Walls.
• Bidders raised the price of the Void Beast Skin to three million Essence Walls, and a burly man in VIP Box No. 8 ordered his maid to bid another hundred thousand.
• Shi Hao, bidding from VIP Box No. 5, wondered who kept competing with him and realized he had nearly exhausted the funds he could access from Martial King Manor.

Shi Hao could not outbid Taowu for the Void Beast Skin, which sold for three and a half million essence walls and valuable extras. Shi Yi bought a battered ancient battle puppet after the Willow Deity revealed that it contained the lost Puppet Craft of the Primeval Era.

• Shi Hao learned from the golden-haired youth that Taowu was wealthier than he was and decided not to ask Shi Yi for more money.
• Shi Hao and the golden-haired youth wondered whether Shi Yi would bid at the last moment, but VIP Box No. 9 stayed silent as Taowu won the Void Beast Skin.
• The auctioneer presented a damaged black metal battle puppet, and no one bid until Shi Yi offered 1,100 essence walls from VIP Box No. 9.
• Shi Yi asked the Willow Deity about the puppet and learned that its true value lay in the Primeval Era Puppet Craft used to make it.
• The Willow Deity explained that the world had passed through several eras and that the Ten Ferocious had been born in the Primeval Era.

Shi Yi and the Willow Deity discussed ancient eras before the long auction ended with Shi Yi buying a blood-stained stone sphere at the Willow Deity’s request. Shi Hao returned to Martial King Manor after Shi Yi told him to stay for two days, and Qin Yining wondered whether she had overworked Shi Yi.

• Shi Yi envied those born in ancient eras, while the Willow Deity warned that life then was harsher and recalled the legacies of the Sacrificial Spirit Path and the Ten Fiends.
• The Willow Deity criticized Shi Yi for making a Small World in the Celestial Passage Realm and then cut off their spiritual connection.
• At the auction’s end, Shi Yi bought a stone sphere stained with the blood of gods and demons for less than three thousand Essence Walls at the Willow Deity’s request.
• Shi Hao rode the Nine-Headed Golden Lion into Martial King Manor and told Qin Yining that Shi Yi had asked him to stay for two days.
• Qin Yining hid her worry that she had overworked Shi Yi and scolded Shi Hao for not wanting to stay at home.

Shi Hao returned to Martial King Manor, where Qin Yining welcomed him and let him choose how long to stay. The next morning, Shi Hao showed Shi Yi an incomplete Heaven Bone, and Shi Yi identified it as a Supreme Bone.

• Qin Yining told Shi Hao he could stay at home as long as he wished, and Shi Hao knocked the Nine-Headed Golden Lion down after it mocked him.
• Shi Yi examined the ancient stone sphere from the Stone Country Royal Auction House while Yu Yuexian remarked that Qin Yining had changed.
• Yu Yuexian suspected Qin Yining had found a lover, then realized Shi Yi was the man and grew angry; when Shi Yi admitted fault, she praised him instead of scolding him.
• Shi Hao visited Shi Yi the next morning and asked him to examine an incomplete Heaven Bone.
• Shi Yi identified the Heaven Bone as a Supreme Bone whose runes had been worn away by time.

Shi Hao decided he wanted to replace his own Supreme Bone with the Heavenly Bone, despite Shi Yi’s warnings, and left the manor that night with the Nine-Headed Golden Lion. Shi Yi respected his choice and later resumed trying to discover the secret of the blood-stained stone ball.

• Shi Hao’s Supreme Bone trembled when he considered removing it, then he asked Shi Yi whether the Heavenly Bone could be revived.
• Shi Hao proposed replacing his own Supreme Bone with the Heavenly Bone, but Shi Yi warned him against risking his foundation.
• Shi Hao remained determined to try after making preparations, and he left Martial King Manor that night with the Nine-Headed Golden Lion.
• Shi Yi told Qin Yining to trust Shi Hao and chose not to interfere with his decision.
• Shi Yi studied the stone ball the Willow Deity had told him to bid for, and a new idea suddenly came to him.

Shi Yi used his own reasoning to conclude that the petrified godfiend eyeball concealed a second set of Double Pupils, then brought his discovery to the Willow Deity. She confirmed that the eyes had belonged to a powerful figure from the Immortal Ancient Era and said they had appeared in the lower realm.

• Shi Yi questioned his habit of relying on his Double Pupils and reasoned that the petrified eyeball might conceal another set of Double Pupils.
• Shi Yi briefly considered replacing his own eyes with the hidden ones, then rebuked himself and entered his Ten Celestial Passages Small World.
• Shi Yi found the Willow Deity reshaping the Small World and told her he had discovered the eyeball’s secret.
• The Willow Deity pushed Shi Yi away when he embraced her and confirmed that the eyeball held the Double Pupils of a great figure from the Immortal Ancient Era.

Shi Yi asked Willow Deity about her past sacrifice and promised he would not let her give herself up for the common people. Willow Deity advised him not to replace his eye with an Immortal Ancient Double Pupil, then turned it into a sun for his Ten Celestial Passages Small World and told him to absorb its power gradually.

• Shi Yi told Willow Deity he cared only about her and urged her not to sacrifice herself for the common people.
• Willow Deity said the Immortal Ancient Double Pupil was too powerful for Shi Yi to replace his own eye with, and that he could borrow its power only because he was a Double Pupil User.
• Willow Deity removed the blood and stone shell from the Double Pupil, and the Ten Celestial Passages Small World devoured the broken stones.
• Willow Deity transformed the Immortal Ancient Double Pupil into a bright blue sun above the Small World.
• After Willow Deity explained that Shi Yi could not absorb the Double Pupil's power directly, he sat down and began circulating the Willow Deity Method.

Shi Yi strengthened his Immortal Ancient Double Pupils under the Willow Deity’s guidance as preparations for his wedding and succession to the Stone and Fire Kingdom thrones drew attention. In the Upper Realm, Heaven Mending Sect elders debated whether his rise to Human Emperor would interfere with his cultivation, while accepting that he and the Holy Maiden had chosen their own path.

• Shi Yi absorbed vitality from sunlight to strengthen his Double Pupils, while the Willow Deity guarded him and reflected on his extraordinary potential.
• News spread that Shi Yi would marry the Sixteenth Princess and Huo Ling'er and succeed the Stone and Fire Kingdom Human Emperors.
• Stone Kingdom princes protested Shi Yi’s succession, but the Stone Country Human Emperor suppressed their objections and remained firm.
• The Fire Country Human Emperor faced little resistance because he had no sons and had already purged opposition in his kingdom.
• Heaven Mending Sect elders discussed Shi Yi becoming Human Emperor and worried that his rapid cultivation might destabilize his foundation.
• The elders noted that Shi Yi and the Holy Maiden had chosen to pursue their own path, including developing a star-commanding formation instead of studying the Mending Heaven Technique.

Shi Yi prepared to unite the Stone Kingdom and Fire Kingdom through his marriages to Huo Ling'er and the Sixteenth Princess, while introducing elaborate wedding rites. The two brides arrived at Martial King Manor in ornate ceremonial clothing, ready for the wedding.

• People in the Heaven Mending Sect dismissed Shi Yi's succession as Human Emperor as unimportant to his status as Holy Son.
• Shi Yi secretly prepared to merge the Stone Kingdom and Fire Kingdom, recognizing that marrying Huo Ling'er and the Sixteenth Princess would help secure his rule over both.
• Huo Ling'er admired her wedding clothes while Little Red Bird complained that they bore a Phoenix rather than a Vermilion Bird.
• The Sixteenth Princess left the Stone Kingdom's imperial palace in a carriage drawn by eight Flood Dragons and headed for Martial King Manor.
• Yu Zimo, Hu Niu, Yu Yuexian, and Qin Yining objected to Shi Yi's extravagant wedding preparations, while he defended the ceremonies.
• Carriages drawn by eight Flood Dragons and nine Heavenly Steeds arrived above Martial King Manor, and the two brides emerged in red veils and Ornate Headdress and Robes.

Shi Yi married Huo Ling'er and the Sixteenth Princess in a grand ceremony at Martial King Manor, welcoming friends and guests from across the lands. As the wedding reached the bridal chamber, Huo Ling'er asked which bride Shi Yi would spend the night with.

• Shi Yi wore a Number One Scholar Uniform and used his Double Pupils to block intrusive gazes during the wedding.
• Shi Yi welcomed the people of Stone Village and accepted their wedding gifts.
• Shi Hao arrived on the Nine-Headed Golden Lion with an adult Ancient Descendant, and Qin Yining seized his ear and scolded him.
• The Witch and Moon Chan Fairy's Secondary Body discussed whether the Witch wanted to marry Shi Yi.
• After the banquet, Huo Ling'er asked Shi Yi whether he would choose her or the Sixteenth Princess for the bridal chamber, while the Sixteenth Princess said she did not mind.

After his wedding, Shi Yi sent Stone Village’s younger generation to stabilize Fire Kingdom while he prepared to take the Human Emperor’s throne. Half a month later, Shi Yi ascended as Stone Country’s Human Emperor, with his rule beginning through the simple handover of the Imperial Jade Seal.

• Shi Yi spent his wedding night with Huo Ling'er and the Sixteenth Princess, then summoned Shi Potian to gather Stone Village’s younger generation.
• Shi Yi instructed Stone Village’s twenty-four youths to enter Fire Kingdom in his name, keep watch, and avoid clashes until he arrived to take over as Human Emperor.
• Shi Yi explained that the Stone Emperor and Fire Emperor were selling treasures and preparing to flee the coming Wild Domain Calamity.
• Half a month later, Shi Yi took the Dragon Throne in Stone Kingdom after the Stone Emperor handed him the Imperial Jade Seal.
• Shi Yi declared that he would protect the common people from harm by foreign races.

Newly appointed Stone Emperor Shi Yi heard conflicting advice about attacking the Wood Race and postponed a decision while he learned about ruling. After reciting scripture, he complained to Willow Deity, who reminded him that he still had the Fire Kingdom's Human Emperor position to inherit.

• Shi Yi opened court by asking his ministers to report their concerns.
• Xuanhai Marquis and Huntian Marquis urged Shi Yi to wage war against the Wood Race, while Zixiao Marquis warned that the Wood Race would scatter and hide if not exterminated at once.
• Shi Yi made no decision about the Wood Race, and the court session ended two hours later.
• Shi Yi entered the Ten Celestial Passages Small World, recited the Script of Salvation twice, and complained to Willow Deity about ruling.
• Willow Deity reminded Shi Yi that he still had the Fire Kingdom's Human Emperor position to inherit, and Shi Yi lamented the heavy burden.

Willow Deity encouraged Shi Yi to pursue his duty to protect humanity, and he ordered a campaign against the Wood Race on the Stone Kingdom’s western frontier. The armies set out to end the Wood Race’s abduction and slaughter of humans, while Shi Yi held back from intervening directly to avoid escalating the conflict.

• Willow Deity comforted Shi Yi as he struggled between abandoning his responsibilities and protecting the hundreds of millions of humans under his rule.
• Shi Yi explained that he wanted humanity to stand strong rather than let people become blood food for ferocious beasts, and Willow Deity urged him to act without fearing mistakes.
• Shi Yi announced that the Stone Kingdom would send troops to suppress the Wood Race on its western frontier.
• Huntian Marquis and Xuanhai Marquis each led five hundred thousand soldiers, supported by two million civilian laborers, toward the frontier.
• Shi Yi chose not to interfere in the fighting himself, wary of drawing Upper Realm forces into the conflict.
• The chapter described how the Wood Race abducted humans to plant trees, then used many of them as fertilizer.

Shi Yi visited Fire Kingdom, agreed to succeed the Fire Country Human Emperor, and learned that the Wild Domain Calamity would arrive earlier than expected. After taking the throne, he faced Little Red Bird's complaint that it had been left off the Ornate Headdress and Robes.

• The Western Frontier Iron Cavalry killed the Wood Race raiders and rescued more than ten thousand abducted humans.
• Shi Yi met with the Fire Country Human Emperor, who urged him to take the throne and explained that the Wild Domain Calamity had been moved forward.
• Shi Yi questioned whether he could rule two kingdoms, but the Fire Country Human Emperor said he did not know how Shi Yi would manage it.
• Shi Yi accepted the Fire Country Jade Seal and became Fire Kingdom's Human Emperor the next day.
• Little Red Bird confronted Shi Yi for not including it on the Ornate Headdress and Robes.