Chapter Summaries

Shi Hao reflected on his powerlessness and considered pairing Shi Yi with Senior Sister Xia Youyu, while Shi Yi’s rescue of Mending Heaven Pavilion won it recognition as a branch of Heaven Mending Sect. The chapter ended with the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow and Qiongqi fleeing the Upper Realm’s grasp and suspecting Shi Yi had exposed them.

• Shi Hao voiced his envy of Shi Yi, and Little Pagoda said Shi Yi’s flaws weakened his prospects while Shi Hao had a firm Dao heart.
• Shi Hao considered introducing Senior Sister Xia Youyu to Shi Yi, since he had no interest in women himself.
• Mending Heaven Pavilion celebrated the return of its ritual spirit and Shi Yi’s recognition of it as a lower-realm branch of Heaven Mending Sect.
• A branch of Heaven Mending Sect in the Sixth Cosmos Region learned of Mending Heaven Pavilion’s new status and decided to visit and repair their strained relationship.
• The Heaven Swallowing Sparrow and Qiongqi fled invisible hands sent by Upper Realm mighty figures, and Qiongqi suspected Shi Yi had revealed their whereabouts.

The Heaven Swallowing Sparrow and Qiongqi fled toward the Yan Huang Empire, hoping to take revenge on Shi Yi by slaughtering its people. They met the empire’s million-strong border army, whose soldiers used the Form and Will Method to block them, leaving the two ferocious beasts trapped and unable to massacre humanity.

• The Heaven Swallowing Sparrow recognized Shi Yi’s Double Pupil and, with Qiongqi, turned toward the Yan Huang Empire to attack its people.
• The Upper Realm power slowed its pursuit and let the beasts escape the Great Wilderness toward the empire’s Borderlands.
• A million elite border troops stood against the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow and Qiongqi, while Zhu Yan and the Vermilion Bird raced to reinforce them.
• The border troops’ unified formation held off the two Venerable Realm beasts as they prepared to charge into the ranks.
• The soldiers summoned phantom ferocious beasts through the Form and Will Method, and the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow and Qiongqi realized they could not slaughter humanity.

Upper Realm mighty figures watched the Eight Regions and debated the human race’s prospects while avoiding the Dao Lineages tied to their own forces. In the Eighth Desolate Region, Hu Niu Shi Qingxuan led the Yan Huang Empire’s million soldiers and Stone Village’s fighters against Qiongqi and the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow, with Shi Potian moving to hold off the latter.

• Upper Realm mighty figures searched the Eight Regions for Venerable Realm beings and discussed the imprisoned human lineages, while refraining from attacking one another’s Dao Lineages.
• Hu Niu Shi Qingxuan commanded the Yan Huang Empire’s million soldiers as nine Dragon Forms and hundreds of thousands of ferocious beast phantoms attacked Qiongqi.
• The Heaven Swallowing Sparrow tried to swallow the human army, but the soldiers held their formation despite the beast’s soul-burning aura.
• Hu Niu Shi Qingxuan ordered Shi Potian to lead half the troops against the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow, and he charged with his men.
• The Great Stellar Array of the Heavens spread the power of the stars evenly across the soldiers, giving Shi Potian’s force strength to resist the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow.

Shi Yi’s Great Stellar Array let a million human soldiers battle the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow and Qiongqi, forcing the Upper Realm powerhouses to recognize humanity’s strength. As Qiongqi neared death, Hu Niu, Shi Qingxuan, prepared to finish it with Shi Yi’s original Dragon Form.

• Shi Yi used the Lesser Great Stellar Array of the Heavens as its core so the soldiers could invoke stellar power by standing in its formation.
• Upper Realm powerhouses watched the battle and envied the Heaven Mending Sect for having Shi Yi as its Holy Son.
• The Heaven Swallowing Sparrow’s attacks were weakened by the array, while the Stone Village fighters shielded the soldiers and kept casualties below a hundred.
• Qiongqi condemned humanity as lowly, and Hu Niu, Shi Qingxuan, reminded it of the humans the Four Ferocious Beasts had killed.
• The Vermilion Bird and Zhu Yan reflected on the harm their battles had caused, while Qiongqi fell into a dying state.
• Hu Niu, Shi Qingxuan, invoked the Dragon Form, Shi Yi’s original Form and Will Method, to attack Qiongqi.

Shi Yi refused the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow’s plea for mercy, and Zhu Yan and the Vermilion Bird killed it while the human army killed Qiongqi. After a month of the Upper Realm powers hunting Venerable creatures for food, the great calamity ended with Shi Yi untouched.

• Qiongqi was pinned down and torn apart by the human soldiers as its strength failed.
• The Heaven Swallowing Sparrow begged Shi Yi to spare its life, but Shi Yi said it only feared death and ordered its execution.
• Zhu Yan restrained the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow while the Vermilion Bird burned it from within, and the two creatures later devoured it; the human army consumed Qiongqi.
• Upper Realm powers captured Venerable creatures and took them away as flesh-and-blood medicines, while Shi Yi refused to intervene despite their pleas and curses.
• A month passed, and the great calamity ended with Shi Yi still beyond the powers’ reach.

Shi Yi confided his sorrow over the Upper Realm’s devastation of the Lower Realm to the Willow Deity, who reassured him and discussed ways to protect the Eight Regions. Later, Shi Yi considered a proposal to march into the Great Wilderness and unify the Wild Domain, then asked Qin Yining for her opinion.

• Shi Yi asked the Willow Deity whether he had done something wrong, and she comforted him as he mourned the destruction of most Lower Realm Dao Lineages.
• Shi Yi asked whether he could someday lead the human race to ascend to the Upper Realm with the entire Eight Regions, and the Willow Deity warned that it would be extremely difficult.
• The Willow Deity suggested that Shi Yi could instead become strong enough to Sever Heaven and Earth and seal the passage between the Upper and Lower Realms, and Shi Yi accepted the alternative.
• Shi Yi reviewed memorials proposing a march into the Great Wilderness to unify the Wild Domain, where the human race now sought to expand into territory weakened by the loss of ferocious-beast Venerables.
• Shi Yi asked Qin Yining what she thought of the proposed campaign.

Qin Yining rejected Shi Yi’s suggestion to attack the Great Wilderness while the human race recovered from the calamity. Shi Hao then showed Shi Yi the Small Primal Chaos River Luo Array he had deduced, and the brothers entered the Void God Realm to fight at the same cultivation level.

• Qin Yining told Shi Yi that the human race needed time to recover and could not move against the Great Wilderness yet.
• Shi Hao told Shi Yi that he had deduced a prototype of the Primal Chaos River Luo Array and named it the Small Primal Chaos River Luo Array.
• Shi Hao demonstrated that he had inscribed the array within his body and reached the Array Formation Realm.
• Shi Yi and Shi Hao entered the Void God Realm’s Fifth Domain to test Shi Hao’s array in a spar.
• Shi Yi summoned countless purple Double Pupils across the sky, and Shi Hao activated his Supreme Bone as their fight began.

Shi Yi instantly defeated Shi Hao in the Void God Realm, then explained that his awakened bloodline and stable Dao foundation had given him the advantage. He encouraged Shi Hao to focus on cultivation before taking Yu Yuexian out to Chang'an’s night market, where he affirmed that beasts could live in the human domain only if they obeyed its rules.

• Shi Yi killed Shi Hao with a glance in the Void God Realm, and Willow Deity explained that Shi Yi’s awakened bloodline and complete cultivation foundation outweighed Shi Hao’s incomplete Dao.
• Shi Yi returned to the real world and found Shi Hao shaken by the defeat, then told him that underestimating an opponent had cost him the match.
• Shi Yi urged Shi Hao to turn his shame into motivation and cultivate, promising to find him a sister-in-law next year.
• Yu Yuexian overheard Shi Hao’s vow to cultivate, then reminded Shi Yi that he had promised to take her to Chang'an’s night market.
• Shi Yi and Yu Yuexian walked through Chang'an as he explained that ferocious beasts could settle in the human domain if they followed human rules.

Shi Yi accompanied Yu Yuexian through the Chang'an Night Market and reflected on cherishing his present family rather than worrying about distant troubles. After Yu Yuexian chose a purple dress, the chapter ended with Shi Yi calling out to her at midnight.

• Shi Yi considered the Human Emperor's unprecedented path and decided to focus on the people close to him.
• Yu Yuexian asked Shi Yi whether a purple dress suited her, and he sincerely praised it.
• Yu Yuexian bought only the purple dress, despite Shi Yi suggesting she buy the other clothes she had tried on.
• Shi Yi reflected on his bond with Yu Yuexian and affirmed that he was her biological son, distinct from the Shi Yi of a vanished timeline.
• Time passed until midnight, when Shi Yi called, "Mother!"

Shi Yi brought Yu Yuexian home, then learned that Shi Hao had figured out the secret between him and Qin Yining and warned him to take care of her. Shi Yi remained confused by their exchange and began studying Shi Hao’s Small Primal Chaos River Luo Array, finding room to improve it.

• Shi Yi persuaded Yu Yuexian to leave their outing early because he wanted her to live long enough to stay by his side.
• Three days later, Shi Hao left to temper himself elsewhere after leaving Shi Yi the Small Primal Chaos River Luo Array and taking the Lesser Great Stellar Array of the Heavens.
• Before departing, Shi Hao told Shi Yi to take good care of their mother and said he would still call him Brother if he had younger siblings.
• Shi Yi told Qin Yining what Shi Hao had said, and she hinted that Shi Yi should understand how he had been taking care of her.
• Qin Yining stroked her abdomen as Shi Yi left, while Shi Yi remained unaware that she was carrying a new life.
• Shi Yi studied the Small Primal Chaos River Luo Array and concluded that Shi Hao’s formation could be improved.

Shi Yi rejected Shi Hao’s crude Small Primal Chaos River Luo Array and decided to deduce a new one, while taking on Yan Huang Empire’s affairs as Qin Yining prepared for childbirth. The chapter ended with the Great Wilderness’s newly settled Stone City and the devastation suffered by its tribes during the calamity.

• Shi Yi judged Shi Hao’s Small Primal Chaos River Luo Array too dangerous and incomplete for anyone but Shi Hao to use.
• Willow Deity advised Shi Yi to create a new array rather than spend time improving Shi Hao’s version, and Shi Yi agreed.
• Shi Yi spent the following months deducing an array and learning to manage Yan Huang Empire’s affairs while Qin Yining rested during her pregnancy.
• Officials mistakenly believed Qin Yining had lost power, though she had only stepped back to nurture her unborn child.
• Stone City housed people and clans from the Great Wilderness who had joined Yan Huang Empire, many seeking protection after suffering devastating losses in the calamity.

Shi Yi entrusted Stone City to Shi Yunfeng before returning to the Yan Huang Empire, where he rejected Huntian Marquis's proposal to invade the Great Wilderness. The chapter ended with the Great Wilderness campaign postponed.

• Shi Yi appointed Shi Yunfeng lord of Stone City and asked him to keep watch over its people.
• Shi Yunfeng tested whether Shi Yi still intended to marry Hu Niu, and Shi Yi said he would marry her next year.
• Shi Yi left Stone City after entrusting it to Shi Yunfeng and the people of Stone Village.
• Huntian Marquis urged Shi Yi to send troops into the Great Wilderness while its powerful beasts were weakened.
• Shi Yi dismissed Huntian Marquis's proposal, saying the matter could be discussed later.

Shi Yi returned to the Human Emperor's Palace and discussed with Qin Yining why officials and Upper Realm powers wanted him to send troops into the Great Wilderness and divide up the Eight Regions. He left her room the following noon and continued balancing cultivation, imperial duties, and his household.

• Shi Yi returned to the Human Emperor's Palace, where nine Azure Divine Dragons bowed to him and servants greeted him as the Human Emperor.
• Qin Yining asked whether officials had again urged Shi Yi to send troops into the Great Wilderness, and he complained that the empire's expansion would take time.
• Qin Yining explained that Upper Realm powers wanted titles and influence because the Eight Regions were a valuable Medicine Field, and that Shi Yi's status gave him authority.
• Shi Yi understood that those powers hoped to use him to divide up the Eight Regions, and Qin Yining urged him to ignore their demands and focus on humanity's gradual development.
• Shi Yi left Qin Yining's room at noon the next day and resumed cultivating, reading memorials, and visiting the women in his household.

Shi Yi spent time with A Man before learning that Shi Hao planned to seek the North Sea Divine Treasure without him. Shi Yi then received an invitation from a servant of Ancient God Mountain to explore the treasure together.

• Shi Yi asked A Man about her age and years of service, then told her to cultivate the Form and Will Method.
• Shi Yi spent three hours bullying A Man and carried her back to the Human Emperor's Palace.
• Little Pagoda urged Shi Hao to train harder so he could someday contend with Shi Yi.
• Shi Hao decided to travel to the North Sea for its newly appeared divine treasure with his Nine-Headed Golden Lion, refusing to involve Shi Yi.
• A Golden Beast from Ancient God Mountain invited Shi Yi to explore the North Sea Divine Treasure with its master.

Shi Yi considered the Nine Spirits King’s offer to help explore the North Sea Divine Treasure and realized it might mean raiding the Kun Peng Nest, the grave of the Undying Creature’s mother. After Qin Yining advised him to refuse, he reassured her that their child would not inherit her past injuries, then urged her to respect herself.

• The Golden Beast offered Shi Yi half the profits from the North Sea Divine Treasure in exchange for stopping the Undying Creature, the Son of Kun Peng.
• Shi Yi suspected the treasure was the Kun Peng Nest and realized the expedition would amount to robbing the last Kun Peng’s grave.
• Qin Yining advised Shi Yi to refuse, explaining that the Undying Creature had a damaged origin and had not inherited the Kun Peng Precious Technique.
• Shi Yi reassured Qin Yining that the Spirit Communication Divine Flower had healed her Divine Soul and that their child would not be innately flawed.
• Qin Yining began to express her feelings, and Shi Yi urged her to respect herself.

Qin Yining warned Shi Yi that the North Sea Divine Treasure was a trap meant to turn him against an Undying Creature, while Shi Hao traveled to the North Sea and killed a strange fish with his Supreme Precious Technique. The chapter ended with a chained prisoner awakening in the Heaven Mending Sect’s Extremely Cold Prison.

• Qin Yining told Shi Yi that the North Sea Divine Treasure was a trap and suspected the Nine Spirits King resented Shi Hao becoming the Nine-Headed Golden Lion’s master.
• Shi Hao traveled across the North Sea with Little Pagoda and the Nine-Headed Golden Lion, determined to grow stronger and surpass Shi Yi.
• Shi Hao used his Hand of Heaven to kill an ugly Ancient Descendant that tried to ambush him, then obliterated its body.
• The Nine-Headed Golden Lion regretted losing the rare beast as flesh-and-blood great medicine, and Shi Hao teased it about eating the remains.
• A chained shadow in the Heaven Mending Sect’s Extremely Cold Prison asked how many years had passed.

An ancient prisoner endured a million years of torture rather than reveal a secret, while Immortals discussed Shi Yi’s potential and questioned whether his flaws were an act. In the Lower Realm, Shi Yi refused to join the Witch in exploring the North Sea Divine Treasure, but warned her that it concealed a calamity involving the Undying Creature.

• A chained shadow begged to be killed rather than reveal its technique, and its captors decided to let the Immortal Severing Curse slowly destroy it.
• Immortals discussed Shi Yi’s prospects, debating whether his apparent flaws were genuine or deliberately displayed.
• Shi Yi rejected the Nine Spirits King’s offer to explore the North Sea Divine Treasure together.
• The Witch asked Shi Yi to join her exploration, but he refused despite her attempts to persuade him.
• Shi Yi warned the Witch that the North Sea Divine Treasure was tied to a great calamity, and she identified the Undying Creature as a possible source.

Shi Yi declined to risk his safety for the North Sea Divine Treasure and toured the prosperous Yan Huang Empire with Qing Yi and the Witch. Watching ordinary people, he wondered whether every human could learn to cultivate, an idea Qing Yi and the Witch dismissed as unrealistic.

• Qing Yi invited Shi Yi for a walk, and he agreed, while the Witch objected to being left out.
• Shi Yi took Qing Yi and the Witch through the thriving Yan Huang Empire and jokingly asked if he qualified as the Human Emperor.
• The Witch urged Qing Yi to persuade Shi Yi to join her for the North Sea Divine Treasure, but Qing Yi said he did not have to go if he did not wish to.
• The Witch learned that Qing Yi and Shi Yi were together, and Qing Yi admitted it without hesitation.
• Shi Yi reflected on the lives of ordinary people and asked whether hundreds of millions of humans could all cultivate.
• Qing Yi and the Witch explained that humans lacked suitable physiques and cultivation methods, rejecting Shi Yi's idea as unrealistic.

Shi Yi defended his decision to spread the Form and Will Method among humans, while the Undying Creature drove intruders away from the North Sea Divine Treasure. Shi Hao was swept back to the Yan Huang Empire before he could reach the Kun Peng Nest.

• Shi Yi rejected Qing Yi and the Witch's objections and explained that he wanted humans to cultivate through a method suited to them.
• Shi Yi said he intended to spread the Form and Will Method, hoping to strengthen humanity and possibly increase his own power as Human Emperor.
• Dao Lineage factions headed for the North Sea Divine Treasure, unaware that the Undying Creature was guarding the area and seeking vengeance on intruders.
• The Undying Creature recognized Shi Hao's connection to the people who had freed him and chose to spare him while sending him away.
• Little Pagoda explained that the Undying Creature was Kunpeng's son and that the North Sea Divine Treasure lay near the Kun Peng Nest.
• A thousand-meter wave carried Shi Hao's boat from the North Sea back to a bustling town in the Yan Huang Empire.

Shi Hao returned to the Yan Huang Empire and told Shi Yi how the Undying Creature had destroyed Immortality Mountain in the Lower Realm after Shi Hao fought its people. Shi Yi reassured him that the Upper Realm branch had little connection to the Lower Realm branch, and Shi Hao planned to ask Qin Yining about their complicated relationship.

• Shi Hao emerged from a crater in the street and found Shi Yi concealed behind a modified water curtain Treasure Technique.
• Liu Ruyan offered to help Shi Hao, but he thanked her and broke free of her grip.
• Shi Hao recounted how he entered Immortality Mountain, fought its people, and was nearly suppressed by Five Elements Mountain before Little Pagoda released the Undying Creature.
• Shi Hao told Shi Yi that the Undying Creature had destroyed Immortality Mountain in the Lower Realm and asked whether Shi Yi blamed him.
• Shi Yi reassured Shi Hao that the Upper Realm branch had an ordinary relationship with the Lower Realm branch and suggested he ask Qin Yining about it.
• Shi Hao accepted Shi Yi's reassurance and decided to ask Qin Yining about the two branches.