Chapter Summaries

Shi Hao discovered that Upper Realm prodigies had provoked the Barefoot Fire Crows while trying to steal a treasure, but he chose not to join the conflict. After a second enormous swarm appeared, he considered raiding the clan’s ancestral land before Little Pagoda noticed its hidden defenses.

• Shi Hao overheard Upper Realm prodigies lamenting that hundreds of thousands of Barefoot Fire Crows prevented them from stealing a treasure from the clan’s ancestral land.
• Shi Hao realized that the prodigies had provoked the Barefoot Fire Crows and decided not to help them or pursue the treasure.
• Shi Hao rode Nine-Headed Golden Lion away, then saw another swarm of at least 150,000 Barefoot Fire Crows closing in.
• Shi Hao considered sneaking into the apparently undefended ancestral land, but Nine-Headed Golden Lion turned away with him.
• Little Pagoda spotted a hidden formation and several Divine Fire Realm creatures inside the Barefoot Fire Crow Clan Ancestral Land.

Shi Yi and Moon Chan found eight pools of Earth Fire Liquid after Shi Yi drove off a Golden Crow, and they divided the treasure between them. As they gathered it, Moon Chan revealed she planned to use Azure Moon Flame to Ignite the Divine Fire.

• Shi Yi and Moon Chan traveled through the Ancient Treasure Realm, where Shi Yi sensed that the incomplete world limited its Native Residents to the Divine Fire Realm.
• Moon Chan spotted eight pools of Earth Fire Liquid, and Shi Yi used his Double Pupils to search for danger nearby.
• Shi Yi suspected that the pools belonged to the Golden Crow he had driven away, and Moon Chan agreed they could collect the liquid.
• Shi Yi offered Moon Chan half the Earth Fire Liquid, but she gave him seventy percent because he had scared off the Golden Crow.
• Moon Chan said she would use the Earth Fire Liquid to prepare to Ignite the Divine Fire with Azure Moon Flame, while Shi Yi gathered the liquid into his Ten Celestial Passages Small World.

Moon Chan asked Shi Yi to guard her while she ignited her divine fire with Earth Fire Liquid, and he agreed to protect her for three days. Elsewhere in the Ancient Treasure Realm, Shi Hao discovered a pool of Stone Milk and shared it with the Nine-Headed Golden Lion.

• Moon Chan asked Shi Yi to stand guard while she ignited her divine fire, and he agreed after seeing her determination.
• Shi Yi released the pressure of his purple Double Pupils, driving away a Golden Crow that had been watching from afar.
• After two days, Moon Chan had absorbed nearly all the Earth Fire Liquid while Shi Yi kept watch beside her pool.
• Shi Hao found a cave dwelling filled with Stone Milk and drank his fill.
• The Nine-Headed Golden Lion drank a few mouthfuls of Stone Milk and said the spiritual essence was worth decades of cultivation.

Shi Hao and the Nine-Headed Golden Lion drained a pool of Stone Milk, then learned that combat outside was over a Golden Crow Precious Bone containing the Golden Crow Precious Technique. As they prepared to pursue it without Shi Yi, who could not arrive until the next day, the bone revealed an enormous formation and what appeared to be the Golden Crow Clan Ancestral Land.

• Shi Hao and the Nine-Headed Golden Lion drank the Stone Milk until they emptied the pool, while Little Pagoda dismissed it as useless for its recovery.
• Shi Hao sensed powerful creatures hiding near the cave and saw ferocious beasts and Ancient Treasure Realm Native Residents fighting outside.
• A glowing Golden Crow Precious Bone appeared, and Shi Hao and the Nine-Headed Golden Lion recognized it as containing the Golden Crow Precious Technique.
• Shi Hao contacted Shi Yi, who said he could not arrive until the next day because he was protecting someone, leaving Shi Hao and the Nine-Headed Golden Lion to wait.
• The Golden Crow Precious Bone broke free of the battlefield and revealed a vast ancient formation that the watching creatures identified as the Golden Crow Clan Ancestral Land.

The Golden Crow Precious Bone cracked and lost its runes as the ancient sealing formation collapsed. The formation revealed a vast Magma Sea with boats sailing across it, and powerful creatures recognized the Golden Crow Clan’s ancestral land and a greater opportunity beyond.

• The Golden Crow Precious Bone cracked, releasing brilliant golden light that blinded the gathered creatures while an unseen Three-legged Golden Crow phantom attacked the formation.
• The Golden Crow Precious Bone became ruined, and the creatures lamented that its destruction had erased its value for learning the Golden Crow Precious Technique.
• The ancient formation disintegrated, revealing a boundless Magma Sea filled with surging crimson magma and wooden boats racing across it.
• A red-furred Venerable Realm creature identified the ancestral land of the Golden Crow Clan beyond the Magma Sea.
• A mountain-sized Venerable Realm creature sensed vast Life Essence in the depths, while a group of Array Formation Realm creatures prepared to compete for the opportunity.

Shi Hao refused to cross the dangerous Magma Sea with the Upper Realm geniuses, while a Sun God Tree appeared in its depths. Far away, Shi Yi and Willow Deity discussed the tree, and Shi Yi reassured her that he would never trade her for it.

• A Five-Colored Deer tried to fly across the Magma Sea, discovered the flight-restriction domain, and retreated with its fur burned.
• Shi Hao refused to let the Nine-Headed Golden Lion risk crossing the Magma Sea and declined an invitation to explore it with the Upper Realm geniuses.
• A powerful fluctuation revealed a golden Sun God Tree and a shining hall in the depths of the Magma Sea, stunning the creatures watching.
• Shi Yi recognized the Sun God Tree, and Willow Deity told him it might transform into a World Tree.
• Shi Yi promised Willow Deity that he would not covet the Sun God Tree or trade her for a World Tree, easing her cold response.

Shi Yi comforted the Willow Deity, then turned his attention to the Witch, who asked him to help find Immortal Seed Divine Material so she could Ignite the Divine Fire. The Witch had grown eager to advance after seeing Moon Chan prepare to become a deity under Shi Yi’s protection.

• Shi Yi reassured the Willow Deity that she was the one he wanted most, easing her fear that another tree might replace her.
• After returning to the present, Shi Yi apologized to the Witch for keeping her waiting and explained that he needed to protect Moon Chan.
• The Witch and her Heavenly Fox Fairy spirit body complained that Shi Yi treated Moon Chan better than he treated them.
• The Witch asked Shi Yi to help her find suitable Immortal Seed Divine Material so she could Ignite the Divine Fire.
• The Witch admitted that seeing Moon Chan prepare to Ignite the Divine Fire had made her anxious not to fall behind her rival.

The Witch bargained with Shi Yi for help finding a Sun God Tree Sapling, while Moon Chan Ignited the Divine Fire and confronted them. Shi Yi pulled Moon Chan away from the Witch’s taunts, and the group headed toward the Sun God Tree.

• The Witch offered Shi Yi her Heavenly Fox Spirit Body if he obtained a Sun God Tree Sapling for her, and Shi Yi agreed only to keep an eye out.
• Moon Chan Fairy Ignited the Divine Fire with Azure Moon Flame, and the azure moon announced her breakthrough across the Ancient Treasure Realm.
• Moon Chan found Shi Yi with the Witch and the Heavenly Fox Fairy, then pulled him away from them.
• The Witch mocked Moon Chan for giving Shi Yi her secondary body, and Moon Chan tried to attack her.
• Shi Yi grabbed Moon Chan’s wrist and led her away toward the Sun God Tree.

Shi Yi led Moon Chan and the Witch to Shi Hao at the Magma Sea, where they sought a way to reach the Sun God Tree. After a divine bone proved able to float across the magma, Shi Hao realized his ancient Supreme Bone might help them cross.

• Moon Chan held back from fighting the Witch but continued to resent her as she followed Shi Yi and Moon Chan.
• Shi Yi brought Moon Chan and the Witch to Shi Hao and the Nine-Headed Golden Lion beside the Magma Sea.
• Shi Hao told Shi Yi that the sea’s heat destroyed treasure artifacts and that he had found no way across.
• A Venerable Realm creature’s treasure artifact melted in the magma, but a divine bone offered by an Upper Realm prodigy floated on its surface.
• Shi Hao produced an ancient Supreme Bone whose runes had worn away, recalling that Shi Yi had stopped him from trying to transplant it into himself.

Shi Hao turned the ancient Supreme Bone into a boat so the group could cross the Magma Sea. Shi Yi chose Moon Chan over the Witch, leaving the Witch behind as they prepared to depart.

• Shi Yi recalled stopping Shi Hao from transplanting the ancient Supreme Bone and explained how he used his ancient Double Pupil to nourish himself.
• Shi Hao transformed the ancient Supreme Bone into a white boat, and the Nine-Headed Golden Lion boarded with him.
• Moon Chan told the Witch that it was time for them to part ways, while the Witch pleaded with Shi Yi to take her along.
• Shi Yi chose Moon Chan, took her hand, and prepared to leave the Witch behind.

Shi Yi chose Moon Chan to travel with him, while the Witch hid her hurt feelings as the group set out across the Magma Sea. At the Sun God Tree, Golden Crow Daoists tried to bar the creatures from entering, but powerful outsiders challenged their claim.

• Shi Yi led Moon Chan onto the White Bone Boat, and Shi Hao drove the boat toward the Sun God Tree while the Witch concealed her disappointment.
• Shui Yue invited the Witch to travel with her, Lan Yu, and Hong Huang as the other creatures launched White Bone Boats across the Magma Sea.
• Two Golden Feathered Daoists descended from the Sun God Tree and warned the travelers away from the Golden Crow Clan's ancestral land.
• The Golden Feathered Daoists sent waves of magma surging through the sea, forcing nearby prodigies and powerful creatures to dodge the deadly spray.
• The Nine-Headed Snake, the Golden Giant, and the Iron-Blooded Ancient Tree challenged the Golden Crow Clan's claim to the Sun God Tree as Shi Yi sat beside Moon Chan.

A Purple-Gold Divine Ant joined the creatures demanding access to the Sun God Tree, and the Golden Feathered Daoists retaliated against the boats crossing the Magma Sea. Shi Yi protected Moon Chan from the fire rain while Shi Hao used the Nine-Headed Golden Lion as a shield, leaving the lion furious.

• The Purple-Gold Divine Ant and other creatures challenged the Golden Crow Clan's claim to the Sun God Tree.
• The two Golden Feathered Daoists gave up arguing, threatened the creatures, and departed.
• The Golden Feathered Daoists sent a massive wave of magma crashing toward the White Bone Boats.
• The Iron-Blooded Ancient Tree detonated treasured artifacts to break apart the magma waves.
• Shi Yi shielded Moon Chan from the fire rain, while Shi Hao held the Nine-Headed Golden Lion over his head as a shield.
• The Nine-Headed Golden Lion attacked Shi Hao, and the Witch sat on her boat with her legs in the magma, unharmed.

The group crossed the Ancient Treasure Realm’s Magma Sea as the Golden Crow Clan attacked them with waves of scorching magma. Shi Yi protected Moon Chan while explaining that the Sun God Tree’s afterglow made the magma dangerous and corrosive.

• The Witch questioned Shui Yue, Lan Yu, and Hong Huang for entering the Ancient Treasure Realm despite their limited cultivation, and they defended their choice.
• The Golden Feathered Daoist sent raging magma waves toward the group, while the Iron-Blooded Ancient Tree, Nine-Headed Snake, Golden Giant, and Purple-Gold Divine Ant each used different means to withstand them.
• Shi Hao shielded the Nine-Headed Golden Lion from the magma, while Shi Yi continued holding Moon Chan despite her protests.
• Shi Yi used his innate Double Pupils to identify the Sun God Tree’s afterglow as the source of the magma’s danger and warned that it could corrode those it touched.

Shi Yi and the others approached the Sun God Tree as ghost ships gathered around the travelers crossing the Magma Sea. As the dead urged the ghosts to kill the outsiders, Shi Yi warned Shi Hao to be careful, while Shi Hao welcomed the chance to fight the battle-hardened spirits.

• Shi Yi saw that the radiant Sun God Tree was hollow and decayed, and he worried that its lingering radiance might taint Moon Chan.
• Shui Yue, Hong Huang, and Lan Yu maintained a shield against the magma until the Witch used a Treasure Technique to stop the wave.
• The Witch evaded Shui Yue's question about whether she had used the Heaven Severing Technique.
• Ghost ships surrounded the travelers, and black mist revealed armed, hollow-eyed figures among corpses and severed limbs.
• Shi Yi heard the dead whispering that the outsiders should be killed, but the other living beings seemed not to hear them.
• Shi Yi warned Shi Hao to protect himself, while Shi Hao looked forward to fighting the battle-hardened ghosts.

Shi Yi and the others fought off Ghost Soldiers as cursed ships attacked the Bone Ships across the Magma Sea. The danger kept growing, and several powerful beings escaped using Secret Treasures while Shi Yi remained with the women he had rescued.

• Thousands of Ghost Ships rammed the Bone Ships, and their Ghost Soldiers launched a slaughter across the Magma Sea.
• Shi Hao fought through the Ghost Soldiers while the Nine-Headed Golden Lion hunted those who got past him.
• Shi Yi rescued Shui Yue, Lan Yu, Hong Huang, and the Witch after their Bone Ship capsized, then noticed that most of the Ghost Ships and Ghost Soldiers were still hidden in the fog.
• An Upper Realm prodigy used a stone arch bridge Secret Treasure to open a spatial passage and lead the others away.
• The Iron-Blooded Ancient Tree escaped through space using a silver shuttle Secret Treasure.

Shi Yi’s group held off Ghost Soldiers and wooden boats on the Magma Sea for six hours while the others used the battle to temper themselves. As their defense continued, Shi Yi brought out a dark banner called the Human Emperor Banner.

• Shi Yi explained the tiers of treasures and why his divine artifacts had let him defeat powerful foes.
• Shi Hao, Moon Chan, the Witch, Shui Yue, Lan Yu, Hong Huang, and the Nine-Headed Golden Lion defended the Bone Ship against Ghost Soldiers and wooden boats.
• Shi Yi urged his companions to retreat, but they insisted they could keep fighting and used the battle to temper themselves.
• After the Nine-Headed Golden Lion grew tired, Shi Hao helped relieve pressure on Shui Yue’s side, and the group fought for one more hour.
• Shi Yi took out a dark banner, identified it as the Human Emperor Banner, and the Witch asked why it kept spewing black smoke.

Shi Yi revealed that his black-smoke-belching Human Emperor Banner had once been a vicious weapon, but refused to restore it by slaughtering a world. After Shi Hao backed up his claim that the smoke was primordial purple qi, the banner rose above the Magma Sea and unleashed a vast canopy of smoke as it called the Ghost Soldiers’ souls to rest.

• Shi Yi recalled how the Willow Deity explained that restoring the banner required destroying a world and gathering countless Ghost Soldiers’ resentment, so he had abandoned the idea.
• Shi Yi told the others he intended to use the banner to contain the suffering Ghost Soldiers, but the Witch pressed him about its black smoke.
• Shi Yi claimed the smoke was primordial purple qi, and Shi Hao supported him, leaving the others uncertain about what they were seeing.
• Shi Yi tossed the banner toward the Ghost Soldiers, but it flew above the Magma Sea and began pouring black smoke across it.
• The banner’s smoke formed a canopy over the Magma Sea as it chanted for the dead souls to return to rest.

Shi Yi used the Human Emperor Banner to calm the Ghost Soldiers and let them enter a peaceful sleep, then traveled with Shi Hao toward the Sun God Tree. Along the way, he gave Shi Hao the Heaven Desolate Battle Halberd [Imitation] and learned that some Ghost Soldiers had once been outsiders.

• Shi Yi recited “Soul, Return!” and summoned the Ghost Soldiers into the Human Emperor Banner, where they could sleep without torment.
• The Ghost Soldiers sailed toward the dark canopy, yearning to return home, and Shi Yi realized they had once been Heavenly Soldiers, Generals, and sacrificial spirits who died protecting the Sun God Tree.
• After the Ghost Soldiers vanished and the Human Emperor Banner returned to Shi Yi, Shi Hao admired it, and Shi Yi let him keep the Heaven Desolate Battle Halberd [Imitation].
• Shi Yi and his group traveled across the Magma Sea for five days aboard the White Bone Boat and reached the Sun God Tree’s vicinity.
• Shi Yi spoke with a Five-Colored Deer, then noted that some Ghost Soldiers had been creatures from the outside world who had died earlier.

Shi Yi accepted the Five-Colored Deer as his temporary mount for the trip to the Ancient Treasure Realm, while the Witch and Moon Chan argued over whether following the right person was the easiest path to cultivation. The chapter ended with Shi Yi watching their dispute without intervening.

• The Five-Colored Deer asked Shi Yi to let it become a Nation Protecting Divine Beast for the Yan Huang Empire.
• Shi Yi accepted the Five-Colored Deer as his temporary mount for the trip to the Ancient Treasure Realm.
• Little Pagoda told Shi Hao that Shi Yi already had a palace chariot drawn by nine Azure Divine Dragons, and Shi Hao reluctantly acknowledged it.
• The Witch teased Moon Chan about advancing by following the right person, and Moon Chan accused her of speaking with hidden meaning.
• The Witch claimed she was simple-minded, Moon Chan challenged that claim, and Shi Yi watched without stepping in.

Shi Yi accepted Shi Hao’s challenge to race to the roots of the Sun God Tree, then set off with his companions on the Five-Colored Deer. The deer’s confidence in its speed left Shi Yi’s group racing after Shi Hao across the wasteland.

• Shi Yi challenged Shi Hao to race their mounts to the roots of the Sun God Tree, and Shi Hao eagerly agreed.
• Shi Hao set off first on the Nine-Headed Golden Lion while Lan Yu and Hong Huang argued over who would carry the others.
• Shi Yi reflected on Shi Hao’s relentless cultivation and the advantages he himself possessed.
• Moon Chan and the Witch joined Shi Yi on the Five-Colored Deer, followed by Shui Yue, Hong Huang, and Lan Yu.
• Shi Yi asked whether the Five-Colored Deer could catch up, and it raced forward as a five-colored streak.