Chapter Summaries

Huo Ling'er and Shi Yi entered the Ancient Sacred Emperor Palace's stone gate, which awakened part of each of their bloodlines. Shi Yi learned his dormant bloodline held immense power, then turned his attention back to Huo Ling'er.

• Huo Ling'er explained that her teacher could not enter the palace, then stepped through the stone gate and had her bloodline awakened by its flames.
• The flames burned away Huo Ling'er's dress but left her unharmed, and a Vermilion Bird mark appeared between her brows.
• Shi Yi entered the gate and felt his powerful dormant bloodline awaken, though only a small portion of it stirred.
• Shi Yi recognized that his strength had more than doubled and held off breaking through to the Venerable Realm because the Wild Domain Calamity was approaching.
• Huo Ling'er asked why Shi Yi was looking at her so intensely, and he pretended not to understand.

Shi Yi gave Huo Ling'er a Thousand Transformations Spirit Garment after she discovered the flames had burned away her clothes but left his untouched. As Huo Ling'er tried the treasure and teased Shi Yi about the name Xi Yi, he ended the chapter thinking about introducing stockings to the world, perhaps starting with the Willow Deity.

• Huo Ling'er confronted Shi Yi about her burned-away clothes, and he explained that his own clothing was a modified armor treasure.
• Shi Yi gave Huo Ling'er a copy of his clothing treasure and a Communication Treasure Xi Yi.
• Huo Ling'er activated the red sphere, which spread over her body and changed her gown into a purple outfit resembling Yun Xi's clothes.
• Huo Ling'er teased Shi Yi about the name Xi Yi, and he named the clothing treasure the Thousand Transformations Spirit Garment.
• Shi Yi recalled the treasure's origins and considered promoting stockings, imagining the Willow Deity wearing black stockings.

Shi Yi and Huo Ling'er explored the Ancient Sacred Emperor Palace and followed a chanting voice to the Sacred Emperor Ancient Scripture, a complete Fire Dao cultivation text. They reached the scripture without facing any trials, and the crimson bell above it fell silent as they approached.

• Shi Yi stopped Huo Ling'er from flirting so they could explore the Ancient Sacred Emperor Palace.
• Shi Yi and Huo Ling'er crossed the vast golden hall and heard chanting that Huo Ling'er recognized as the lost Fire Clan treasure scripture.
• Huo Ling'er identified the scripture as the Sacred Emperor Ancient Scripture, which was suited to her cultivation of the Great Dao of Fire.
• Shi Yi and Huo Ling'er followed the chanting and the crimson bell's manifestations for eighty-one steps to a red crystal platform.
• Shi Yi and Huo Ling'er found the ancient scripture on the platform, and the crimson bell stopped ringing as they approached.

Shi Yi and Huo Ling'er entered the Fire Kingdom’s Ancient Sacred Emperor Palace to study the Sacred Emperor Ancient Scripture, but Shi Yi found it unremarkable. He recited the Dao De Jing, which strengthened Huo Ling’er, before the Willow Deity summoned him and questioned where the scripture came from.

• Huo Ling'er recognized the Sacred Emperor Ancient Scripture and explained that its teachings could only be absorbed by listening to it.
• Huo Ling'er sat beside the scripture and began to receive its power, while Shi Yi found its chanting boring.
• At the Willow Deity’s suggestion, Shi Yi recited the opening lines of the Dao De Jing, but he could not continue past the word “Gate.”
• Golden lotuses, flowers, and Daoist True Words from Shi Yi’s recitation merged into Huo Ling'er and strengthened her foundation.
• The Willow Deity pulled Shi Yi into the Ten Celestial Passages Small World and asked where he had learned the scripture.
• Shi Yi refused to reveal its source, and the Willow Deity raised a willow branch toward his lower back.

Shi Yi was warned by the Willow Deity to keep his scriptures secret, then clung to her despite her scolding and was sent back to the Fire Kingdom Ancestral Land. There, he opened the Sacred Emperor Ancient Scripture and considered the thirteen Supreme Dao Scriptures in his soul consciousness.

• The Willow Deity warned Shi Yi not to reveal his scriptures and told him that some things had to be taken rather than waited for.
• Shi Yi wondered whether he could preserve his desire for a million years, then bounced into the Willow Deity's embrace, and she tossed him out through a passage.
• Shi Yi returned to the Ancient Sacred Emperor Palace and found Huo Ling'er meditating on the platform.
• Shi Yi opened the Sacred Emperor Ancient Scripture without resistance, read its first page, and put it back.
• Shi Yi recalled the thirteen Supreme Dao Scriptures in his soul consciousness and their potential to help him break through from King to Emperor.

After Huo Ling'er awakened from meditating on the Sacred Emperor Ancient Scripture, Shi Yi recited it and triggered the crimson bell, which offered him a choice of rewards. He chose the Vermilion Bird Treasure Technique, bringing the Little Red Bird’s projection into conflict with him as she tried to stop him from claiming it.

• Huo Ling'er awoke after three days of meditation, feeling energized and believing the Sacred Emperor Ancient Scripture had strengthened her foundation.
• Shi Yi kept the Dao De Jing’s true nature secret and recited the Sacred Emperor Ancient Scripture, manifesting a powerful heavenly-fire phenomenon.
• The crimson bell revealed choices of runes, Treasure Techniques, and treasure artifacts, and Shi Yi selected the Vermilion Bird Treasure Technique.
• The Little Red Bird’s projection appeared above the bell and attacked Shi Yi for choosing the technique, while Huo Ling'er recognized her teacher.
• Shi Yi trapped the Vermillion Bird Phantom in his Myriad Lightning Sky Prison, and she retaliated with a pillar of fire while complaining that he was bullying her.
• Shi Yi blocked the fire and insisted he liked his choice, leaving the Vermillion Bird Phantom furious.

Shi Yi unleashed the Lesser Great Stellar Array of the Heavens against the Vermilion Bird Phantom, defeating her with a nuclear-fusion sphere. The Willow Deity watched and judged his performance not bad.

• The Vermilion Bird Phantom attacked Shi Yi with blazing heavenly flames, and Shi Yi drew on the Lesser Great Stellar Array of the Heavens.
• Shi Yi formed a nuclear-fusion sphere and teleported Huo Ling'er away before launching it at the Vermilion Bird Phantom.
• The Vermilion Bird Phantom charged the sphere, but it overwhelmed and devoured her projection in a huge explosion.
• The Little Red Bird woke in her nest and sensed her projection being swallowed by Shi Yi's attack.
• Shi Yi marveled at his power in the mushroom cloud, and the Willow Deity called it not bad.

Shi Yi comforted Huo Ling'er after sending her away from a devastating mushroom cloud, and they continued exploring the vast Ancient Sacred Emperor Palace. When Shi Yi teased her about always talking of legends, the fog ahead cleared to reveal a brilliantly lit hall and the sound of water.

• Huo Ling'er returned after an hour and reproached Shi Yi for throwing her far away without warning.
• Shi Yi explained that he had sent her away to protect her from the mushroom cloud, then comforted her as she leaned against him.
• Huo Ling'er asked why Shi Yi was so powerful despite being in the Array Formation Realm, and Shi Yi admitted he did not know.
• Shi Yi and Huo Ling'er spent several days exploring the vast palace through endless fog.
• Shi Yi teased Huo Ling'er about her habit of citing legends, and she kicked him as the fog ahead thinned to reveal a radiant hall and the sound of water.

Shi Yi and Huo Ling'er found the legendary Nirvana Pool, where they soaked in its Nirvana Nectar before settling down to cultivate. Huo Ling'er formed a golden cocoon in the pool as a powerful heartbeat sounded from within.

• Huo Ling'er recognized the glowing pool as the legendary Nirvana Pool and pointed out the pale golden Divinity Substance inside.
• Huo Ling'er pulled Shi Yi into the pool and they spent three hours together in the Nirvana Nectar.
• Shi Yi stopped fooling around and sat cross-legged to absorb the nectar, while Huo Ling'er joined him.
• Huo Ling'er became enclosed in pale golden strands that formed a large cocoon, and a powerful heartbeat sounded from within.

Huo Ling'er absorbed the Nirvana Nectar and emerged from the cocoon with greatly strengthened talent, while Shi Yi explained why he had given the treasure to her. They returned to the Fire Kingdom Ancestral Land, where Little Red Bird's greeting left Huo Ling'er protesting that she mattered too.

• Huo Ling'er broke out of her cocoon after absorbing nearly all the Nirvana Nectar, and Shi Yi saw that she had awakened crimson wings.
• Huo Ling'er challenged Shi Yi for yielding the treasure, and he explained that the Nirvana Nectar would do little for him but had been a major opportunity for her.
• Huo Ling'er remained suspicious but soon reconciled with Shi Yi and asked to return home.
• Shi Yi and Huo Ling'er went back to the Fire Kingdom Ancestral Land after agreeing it was time to check in.
• Little Red Bird welcomed them back and stressed that Shi Yi's safety mattered to the Two Great Ancient Countries, prompting Huo Ling'er to ask if she was unimportant.

Shi Yi silenced Little Red Bird after she bluntly ranked Huo Ling'er as less important, then traveled with them to Stone Kingdom’s Western Frontier. There, an old man told village children how the once-barren land had changed and how relations between the Wood Race and humans had turned hostile.

• Little Red Bird said Shi Yi mattered more than Huo Ling'er, so Shi Yi stuffed her into his sleeve until she agreed to stop speaking recklessly.
• Little Red Bird briefly transformed into her Vermilion Bird form to confront Shi Yi, but his glance made her shrink back into her small form.
• Huo Ling'er defended Little Red Bird as her teacher, and Shi Yi relented, cradling the bird as she continued chattering during their journey.
• Shi Yi had previously sent Stone Kingdom’s army to drive the Spirit Race from the Western Frontier without expanding the conflict into a ruinous war.
• An old man told children in a remote village that humans and the Wood Race had once planted trees together, before relations deteriorated and the Wood Race began kidnapping humans.

A young man asked an old man about the ancient conflict between humanity and the Wood Race, learning that human nobles had provoked it by cutting down the Wood Race for timber. The old man supported Stone Kingdom’s campaign and said he would accept Fire Kingdom uniting with Stone Kingdom under the current Human Emperor, and the young man left.

• The young man asked the old man to explain why humanity and the Wood Race had fallen out five hundred years earlier.
• The old man recalled that humans and the Wood Race had once lived in harmony until human nobles began cutting down living trees to build grand halls.
• The young man asked whether Stone Kingdom was wrong to send a million soldiers against the Wood Race, and the old man said the people welcomed the campaign because they saw the races as enemies and wanted a strong Human Emperor.
• The old man praised the current Human Emperor, while the young man admitted that the emperor often left governing to others.
• The young man asked whether the old man could accept Fire Kingdom and Stone Kingdom becoming one country, and the old man said he could if the current Human Emperor remained in power.
• The young man understood the old man’s reason and left.

Shi Yi traveled incognito through Stone Kingdom and Fire Kingdom, found that common people supported their unification, and returned to Shi City to oversee the merger. He struggled to choose a national name, while Qin Yining insisted the decision had to be his own.

• Shi Yi asked people across Stone Kingdom and Fire Kingdom whether they opposed the two countries becoming one, and most said they recognized the Human Emperor and did not care about the old divisions.
• Shi Yi reflected on how his strength, marriage to Huo Ling'er, and trusted appointments had secured his rule over Fire Kingdom without a massacre.
• Shi Yi returned to Shi City after traveling incognito and concluded that unification was necessary before the new country could expand across the Wild Domain.
• Shi Yi asked Qin Yining what the unified country should be called while resting on her thighs.
• Qin Yining refused to choose the national name for Shi Yi, explaining that he had to make the decision as Human Emperor.

Shi Yi struggled to name the new country formed by merging Stone Kingdom and Fire Kingdom, while Qin Yining and Moon Chan Fairy explained why the decision mattered. The chapter ended with Shi Yi realizing that the merger could greatly strengthen his authority as Human Emperor, though choosing a name and establishing a capital still awaited him.

• Shi Yi asked Qin Yining for a national title, but she told him only he had the right to name the new country.
• Shi Yi considered how Xi Yi had helped him rapidly unite Stone Kingdom and Fire Kingdom, then reflected on the vast distances that made ordinary travel impractical.
• The next morning, Shi Yi asked Moon Chan Fairy's Secondary Body what she thought of the merger.
• Moon Chan Fairy's Secondary Body explained that uniting the kingdoms would concentrate Faith Power and transform Shi Yi's authority as Human Emperor.
• Shi Yi realized he could not choose the national title carelessly, and Moon Chan Fairy reminded him that establishing a capital would be another task.

Shi Yi told Moon Chan Fairy's Secondary Body about a strange dream of two sisters, then recalled meeting them in a ruined world through a summoning formation. The sisters could not hear him, and the chapter left Shi Yi reaching out to them as they leaned into his embrace.

• Shi Yi told Moon Chan Fairy's Secondary Body that he had dreamed of a gentle older sister and a mischievous younger sister, and she accused him of having designs on her and another woman.
• Shi Yi recalled falling asleep beside Qin Yining and entering a dream of a ruined world with a clean courtyard.
• Two sisters tried to summon someone with a formation, and a blurry figure appeared before them.
• The sisters spoke to Shi Yi, but he could neither hear them nor make out their identities.
• Shi Yi reached toward the sisters, and the older sister leaned into his embrace before the younger sister joined her.

Shi Yi's dream reunion with the two sisters ended, and he later accepted Qing Yi's wish to take a name of her own. One month later, as Human Emperor over the former Stone Kingdom and Fire Kingdom, he founded the Flame-Yellow Kingdom.

• Shi Yi shared stories of his childhood in Stone Village with the two sisters before his consciousness left their world, and a Double Pupil summoned them home.
• After the memory timeline ended, Qing Yi told Shi Yi she wanted to stop being Moon Chan's substitute and choose her own name, and he supported her decision.
• Qing Yi renamed herself and told Shi Yi that their fates were bound together.
• One month later, Shi Yi addressed the officials of the Stone Kingdom and Fire Kingdom from his throne in Shi City.
• Shi Yi named their united nation the Flame-Yellow Kingdom, and Xi Yi spread the new title across the Great Wilderness as people celebrated.

After unifying the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm as Yan Huang, Shi Yi established Western Capital Chang'an and Eastern Capital Luoyang. When Qing Yi warned that the Wild Domain Calamity was arriving early, Shi Yi learned from the Heaven Mending Sect elders that Shi Hao had caused the delay by releasing a living being.

• Shi Yi announced a dual-capital system, renaming the former Fire Kingdom Imperial Capital Western Capital Chang'an and the former Stone Country Imperial Capital Eastern Capital Luoyang.
• A month later, Qing Yi told Shi Yi that the Wild Domain Calamity was arriving earlier than expected.
• Shi Yi projected his consciousness to meet the five Heaven Mending Sect elders and asked why the calamity had come early.
• The elders revealed that Shi Hao had released a living being, helping bring the calamity forward, and warned Shi Yi that Venerable Realm beings across the Eight Regions would be harvested.
• Shi Yi returned to Qing Yi and confirmed that Shi Hao was responsible for the calamity's early arrival.

As the Wild Domain Calamity began, Shi Yi protected the Yan Huang Empire while an Upper Realm giant’s Cavern Heaven and great bell appeared above the Eight Regions. Shi Hao learned that the descending white pagoda was the lost part of Little Pagoda’s body, which Little Pagoda said Shi Hao could not yet reclaim.

• Shi Yi had evacuated the Yan Huang Empire’s people and prepared to protect them as the Wild Domain Calamity approached.
• Three days later, the sky split open and an Upper Realm giant’s volcanic Cavern Heaven and great bell descended, sending bell waves across the Eight Regions.
• Shi Hao saw the great bell in the Great Wilderness, and Little Pagoda recognized it but refused to explain its origins.
• A two-level white pagoda emerged from the Cavern Heaven, and Little Pagoda revealed it was the lost part of its own body.
• Shi Hao apologized for teasing Little Pagoda and asked whether it could reclaim the tower, but Little Pagoda said he was not strong enough to take it from its terrifying owner.

As the broken supreme artifacts shattered the sky, Upper Realm experts began hunting Venerable creatures across the Eight Regions of the Lower Realm. Shi Yi watched the calamity unfold and recognized the Lower Realm as a pen where powerful creatures were raised for slaughter.

• Shi Hao promised Little Pagoda he would help reclaim its lost tower layers, then asked shamelessly for another chance before setting off for the Yan Huang Empire.
• The two tower layers searched the surroundings, then a damaged disk descended and joined the bell and tower layers in shattering the sky.
• An invisible hand captured the fleeing Chi Dragon with a chain of order, while another hand seized a powerful Bi An in the First Heavenly Region.
• A giant hand cut a Golden Crow in two, and Venerable creatures across several regions were captured or killed, except those protected by forces with Upper Realm Dao Lineages.
• In the Eighth Desolate Region, observers concluded that the calamity was controlled by a hidden mastermind who treated the Lower Realm as a pen for raising prey.

Shi Yi negotiated with the Upper Realm expert to free the Mending Heaven Pavilion’s Divine Vine sacrificial spirit, using the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow and Qiongqi as the price. He recognized the pavilion as a branch Dao Lineage of the Heaven Mending Sect and left Shi Hao awkwardly halted in midair.

• Shi Hao charged toward the invisible giant hand as it dragged away the Mending Heaven Pavilion’s Divine Vine sacrificial spirit.
• Shi Yi blocked the giant hand with his purple Double Pupils and argued that the Mending Heaven Pavilion could be considered a Dao Lineage of the Heaven Mending Sect because Shi Hao belonged to it.
• Shi Yi offered the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow and Qiongqi as ownerless things, and the invisible giant hand agreed to release the Divine Vine sacrificial spirit.
• The Divine Vine sacrificial spirit thanked Shi Yi, who formally recognized the Mending Heaven Pavilion as a branch Dao Lineage of the Heaven Mending Sect.
• Shi Hao stopped awkwardly in midair, and the Little Pagoda said Shi Yi was better than him in many ways.