Chapter Summaries

Shi Yi’s group reached the Heaven Bone Forbidden Zone, where endless bones and a bone stele marked a vast and ominous burial ground. As the group reacted with fear, several women clung to Shi Yi, and Yun Xi asked whether she could call him Yi.

• Shi Yi asked Yun Xi why she liked him, and she said liking someone did not need a reason.
• Shi Yi and his group crossed the Gobi Desert and reached the Heaven Bone Forbidden Zone, a land covered in countless bones.
• Shi Hao, the Nine-Headed Golden Lion, the Fiery Red Bird, and the Stone Village group reacted to the graveyard, while the War Goddess remained calm beside Xia Youyu.
• Huo Ling'er, Yu Zimo, Yun Xi, and Hu Niu clung to Shi Yi as he scolded them for being frightened.
• Yun Xi asked Shi Yi if she could call him Yi directly.

Shi Yi led his companions through the White Bone Forest Sea toward the Spirit Communication Divine Flower, while Shi Hao searched for Primordial Treasure Bones. They reached a sea of red Other Shore Flowers, which Shi Yi recognized as flowers said to guide the dead and awaken their memories.

• Yun Xi embraced Shi Yi and called him Yi, while Hu Niu stomped the ground in a show of fear and cracked it apart.
• Shi Yi asked where the Spirit Communication Divine Flower was, and God Striking Stone pointed east as the group followed him.
• Shi Hao rode Nine-Headed Golden Lion away from the others to search the bones for Primordial Treasure Bones, and other people began searching too.
• Shi Yi and his companions came upon a Sea of Flowers among the white bones, and Shi Yi identified the flowers as Other Shore Flowers, also called Manzhushage.

Shi Yi and his companions defeated the Spirit Communication Divine Flower and learned that the God Striking Stone had lied about how it was awakened. As the Hundred Shattered Mountains neared its end, Shi Yi stopped Shi Hao from gathering more treasure bones and prepared to leave.

• The God Striking Stone recognized the giant made of Other Shore Flower petals and called it an old hag, prompting the giant to attack Shi Yi.
• Hu Niu, Yu Zimo, Huo Ling'er, and Yun Xi joined forces to defeat the giant and subdue the Spirit Communication Divine Flower.
• The Spirit Communication Divine Flower accused the God Striking Stone of lying, and the stone admitted it had been sentient all along and wanted to visit the Stone Kingdom.
• An explosion shook the Small World, and Yu Zimo warned that the Hundred Shattered Mountains would close within half a month.
• Shi Yi stopped Shi Hao from collecting more Primordial Treasure Bones and told him it was time to leave.

Shi Yi’s group traveled toward the exit of the Hundred Shattered Mountains as its Native Residents broke free and began hunting the outsiders. The residents avoided Shi Yi’s direction, leaving his group unchallenged for the moment.

• The Nine-Headed Golden Lion warned Shi Hao that the Native Residents would hunt intruders during the final half month before the Hundred Shattered Mountains closed, and Shi Hao saw the danger as an opportunity.
• Shi Yi’s group traveled toward the exit while Mending Heaven Pavilion and Deer Chase Academy celebrated their gains and acknowledged how much they owed to Shi Yi’s protection.
• The War Goddess of Deer Chase Academy knocked a boastful disciple into a mountain wall, then apologized to Shi Yi; Shi Yi told her she did not need to change herself for him.
• The opening passage freed powerful Native Residents across the Hundred Shattered Mountains, including enormous bats, a silver leopard, a crimson wild bull, and a Green-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast.
• A Five-Colored Peacock and a Golden Peng announced that the residents’ feast on the outside geniuses would begin, while the Native Residents avoided Shi Yi’s direction.

Shi Hao’s group traveled safely through the Hundred Shattered Mountains under Shi Yi’s protection, while native beasts slaughtered other outsiders. Shi Yi and Shi Hao watched Bi Fang and the Dandelion Devil Tree fight a powerful True Hou, each predicting a different winner.

• The Nine-Headed Golden Lion explained that the Hundred Shattered Mountains were deadly and that the group’s safety came from Shi Yi’s protection.
• Native Residents attacked outsiders, and a True Hou killed a Golden Beast and three ferocious bird cubs belonging to Bi Fang.
• Bi Fang and the Dandelion Devil Tree joined forces against the True Hou, using attacks and Curse Devil Whisker to wound it.
• The True Hou used its higher cultivation realm and ferocity to suppress Bi Fang and the Dandelion Devil Tree.
• Shi Hao predicted that Bi Fang and the Dandelion Devil Tree would win, while Shi Yi favored the True Hou and stressed that survival decided the victor.

Shi Yi and Shi Hao watched the Native Residents of the Hundred Shattered Mountains slaughter outside lifeforms as the passage’s closure approached. When a Golden Peng Bird began hunting across the mountain ranges, Shi Hao called out to Shi Yi, who appeared ready to confront it.

• The True Hou killed Bi Fang and the Dandelion Devil Tree, then evolved into a Pure-Blooded True Hou after bathing in their blood.
• Shi Hao questioned why the two beasts had lost, but Shi Yi told him that talent could not overcome an enemy who allowed no time to grow.
• The Native Residents began slaughtering fleeing outsiders, with a Xiezhi and then a Green-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast blocking routes and devouring their victims.
• The Golden Peng Bird searched the Heaven Bone Forbidden Zone for prey, found nothing, and then rampaged across the mountain ranges while outside lifeforms fled.
• Shi Hao urged Shi Yi to act against the Golden Peng Bird, and Shi Yi began to respond.

Shi Hao and the Nine-Headed Golden Lion charged the Golden Peng Bird, and Shi Hao used the Form and Will Method to withstand its attack. As Shi Yi watched over the fight with Yun Xi, Huo Ling'er teased him about once needing Shi Hao to protect him.

• Shi Hao thanked Shi Yi for letting him challenge the Golden Peng Bird, and Shi Yi agreed to cover for him.
• Shi Hao invited the Nine-Headed Golden Lion to fight beside him, and the lion charged with him toward the Golden Peng Bird.
• The Golden Peng Bird attacked with a Wind Blade, but Shi Hao summoned a dragon phantom with his Ten Celestial Passages to shield himself and the lion.
• The Golden Peng Bird coveted Shi Hao's Treasure Technique and threatened them, while Shi Hao answered with a taunt.
• Yun Xi worried that Shi Hao was acting recklessly, and Shi Yi said he would protect his younger brother.
• Huo Ling'er mocked Shi Yi for having once been unable to endure hardship and needing Shi Hao to protect him.

Huo Ling'er confronted Shi Yi about his mother’s revelations and recalled Yu Yuexian’s plan for her and the Sixteenth Princess to marry him after their journey. In the Hundred Shattered Mountains, Shi Hao and the Nine-Headed Golden Lion battled the Golden Peng Bird until Shi Hao summoned the Hand of Heaven, leaving the bird facing defeat.

• Huo Ling'er told Shi Yi that Yu Yuexian had shared his embarrassing childhood stories and revealed that she and the Sixteenth Princess would marry him after the journey.
• Huo Ling'er recalled Yu Yuexian urging her and the Sixteenth Princess to settle their status with Shi Yi before he took more wives.
• Shi Hao and the Nine-Headed Golden Lion fought the Golden Peng Bird for a day and night without a victor, while Shi Yi watched.
• The Nine-Headed Golden Lion taunted the Golden Peng Bird, then realized it had begun thinking of Shi Hao as its master.
• The Golden Peng Bird charged Shi Hao in a rage, and Shi Hao summoned the Hand of Heaven to strike it down.

Shi Hao defeated the Golden Peng Bird but collapsed from exhaustion after Shi Yi praised him. Later, Shi Yi’s group left the monkeys’ peaceful gathering and reached the exit, where three king-level beasts were slaughtering those trying to escape.

• Shi Hao defeated the Golden Peng Bird with his Hand of Heaven and fell asleep after Shi Yi praised his fighting.
• Shi Yi and his companions attended a banquet hosted by the golden Monkey King, while Shi Hao drank Monkey Wine straight from a barrel and became drunk.
• Huo Ling'er traded four hundred spirit medicines for four hundred barrels of Monkey Wine, and the group rested with the monkeys.
• With three days left before the passage closed, Shi Yi's group thanked the Monkey King and set out for the exit.
• Shi Yi's group found the Green-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast, the Five-Colored Peacock, and a Golden Peng killing creatures trying to leave, and Shi Hao was shocked to see another Golden Peng Bird.

Shi Yi reached the exit of the Hundred Shattered Mountains, where three Pure-Blooded Ferocious Beasts guarded the passage, and secured the injured White Tiger’s release. Shi Hao also won passage after learning that the Golden Peng welcomed the death of the Golden Peng Bird.

• Shi Hao recognized that the Golden Peng was a more powerful Pure-Blooded Peng, while Shi Yi’s group considered how to deal with the three beasts blocking the exit.
• The Green-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast held the wounded White Tiger down and demanded its Divine Medicine, but Shi Yi asked the Five-Colored Peacock to let the White Tiger go.
• The Five-Colored Peacock deferred to Shi Yi, who offered Monkey Wine in return and received the White Tiger, then healed it with the power of Unceasing Growth.
• The Golden Peng told Shi Hao it had wanted the Golden Peng Bird dead and allowed him to pass, while Shi Hao questioned why it was so pleased.
• The three beasts continued guarding the illusory exit gate, though they treated Shi Yi’s group with unusual leniency.

Shi Yi and his group emerged safely from the Hundred Shattered Mountains and arrived at Broken Sky City, where powerful human and beast factions awaited their prodigies. The Nine Spirits King confronted Shi Hao over the Nine-Headed Golden Lion, and Shi Yi intervened as the argument escalated.

• Shi Yi faced the Five-Colored Peacock, the Golden Peng, and the Green-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast, who let him pass through the gateway.
• The Five-Colored Peacock struck the Green-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast twice for disrespecting Shi Yi.
• Shi Yi and his group emerged in Broken Sky City, where Huo Ling'er reunited with the Fire Emperor and told him about her journey.
• The Nine Spirits King emerged from the ancient war chariot palace and became furious when he saw the Nine-Headed Golden Lion beneath Shi Hao.
• Shi Hao called the Nine Spirits King an old dog, and the king's aura forced him back until Shi Yi dispersed the pressure.
• The Nine Spirits King challenged Shi Yi's authority and claimed to have powerful connections in the Upper Realm.

Shi Hao proved his strength to the Nine Spirits King, who accepted the Nine-Headed Golden Lion’s choice to serve as Shi Hao’s mount. After Yun Xi gave Shi Yi a Telepathy Pendant and left, the White Tiger reunited with her father, who thanked Shi Yi for protecting her.

• Shi Hao used the Form and Will Method’s Dragon Form to display his power, earning the Nine Spirits King’s respect.
• The Nine-Headed Golden Lion declared that she wanted to follow Shi Hao, and the Nine Spirits King accepted her decision.
• Yun Xi gave Shi Yi one of her purple Telepathy Pendants and promised to visit him before running off.
• The White Tiger reunited with her father, and the White Tiger Beast King thanked Shi Yi for helping his daughter in the Hundred Shattered Mountains.

Shi Yi reunited with his family after the Hundred Shattered Mountains, while the Stone Kingdom and Fire Country emperors warned him of the coming Wild Domain Calamity. They decided he should take over both kingdoms after his wedding, leaving Shi Yi uncertain whether he could protect their people.

• Shi Yi told the White Tiger Beast King to discipline his daughter for sneaking into the Hundred Shattered Mountains, then reunited with Yu Yuexian and Qin Yining.
• Qin Yining remembered Shi Hao and listened as he described the amusing parts of his journey.
• As the passage out of the Hundred Shattered Mountains neared its closure, elders feared their missing juniors had died, and an adult Dandelion Devil Tree struggled to contain its grief.
• The Stone Kingdom Human Emperor told Shi Yi that the Wild Domain Calamity would arrive in two years and that Venerables would be hunted by the Upper Realm.
• The Stone Kingdom Human Emperor and Fire Country Human Emperor revealed they planned to entrust both kingdoms to Shi Yi after his wedding, and Shi Yi doubted his ability to protect them.

Shi Yi was entrusted with protecting the Fire Kingdom and Stone Kingdom, while Shi Hao returned to the Mending Heaven Pavilion and sought to complete his formation research. The Undying Divine Spring revived the ancient Lofty Ancient Vine, though it still planned for Shi Hao’s Divine Vine to succeed it.

• The Stone Country Human Emperor and Fire Country Human Emperor urged Shi Yi to protect their kingdoms and hinted that he would inherit both positions.
• Shi Hao returned to the Mending Heaven Pavilion and boasted to his fellow disciples about his exploits in the Hundred Shattered Mountains and his Nine-Headed Golden Lion mount.
• Elder Xiong Fei gave Shi Hao a token granting him free access to the Hidden Scripture Pavilion, and Shi Hao went there to study the Primal Chaos River Luo Array.
• Xia Youyu presented the Undying Divine Spring to the Mending Heaven Pavilion’s Lofty Ancient Vine, and a white-haired elder poured it into the Vine’s roots.
• The Lofty Ancient Vine gained several hundred years of life and sprouted new buds, but told the elder to nurture the Divine Vine on Shi Hao as its future successor.

Shi Yi distributed the gains from the Hundred Shattered Mountains and arranged for the Stone Village youths to attend his wedding in three months. He left the God Striking Stone with the Sixteenth Princess, then learned that she expected their marriage to be more than a political arrangement.

• Shi Yi divided the expedition’s treasures between Shi Hao, the Stone Village youths, and himself, giving the youths shares they could handle.
• Shi Yi invited the Stone Village youths to his wedding, while Hu Niu remained displeased that she could not join him.
• The Fiery Red Bird chose to stay with the Stone Village group and help protect the village.
• Shi Yi gave the God Striking Stone to the Sixteenth Princess, who thought it resembled Stone Kingdom’s first sacrificial spirit.
• The Sixteenth Princess asked Shi Yi what he thought of their marriage, and he described it as a political arrangement to inherit the two Human Emperor positions.
• The Sixteenth Princess teased Shi Yi about whether he knew how to be a husband, and he objected that she was going too far.

Shi Yi agreed to marry Huo Ling'er in three months, seeing the marriages as a way to secure the Human Emperor positions and build his power in the Lower Realm. The next day, Yu Yuexian and Qin Yining argued over the gifts Shi Yi had given them before he arrived with pastries.

• Shi Yi told Huo Ling'er he would return in three months and agreed to marry her.
• Shi Yi explained that he chose to build his foundation in the Eight Regions rather than risk entering the Upper Realm without the power to protect himself.
• Huo Ling'er flew back to the Fire Country Human Emperor's Palace with the sleeping Little Wolf God, whose howl stirred wolf-type beasts throughout the Stone Kingdom.
• Yu Yuexian showed off the Taiyi True Water and Undying Divine Spring she had received, while Qin Yining revealed that Shi Yi had given her the Spirit Communication Divine Flower.
• Yu Yuexian grew jealous and insisted Shi Yi should have only her in his heart, then Shi Yi arrived carrying steaming pastries.

Shi Yi gave the Spirit Communication Divine Flower to Qin Yining and coaxed Yu Yuexian into accepting the gift by claiming the Saint Medicine was ominous. After Yu Yuexian agreed to cultivate and leave the Martial King Manor’s management to Qin Yining, Qin Yining joined Shi Yi in private and questioned his excuse.

• Yu Yuexian objected to Shi Yi giving Qin Yining the Spirit Communication Divine Flower and clung to Shi Yi for reassurance.
• Shi Yi persuaded Yu Yuexian to cultivate with her Taiyi True Water and Undying Divine Spring, leaving Qin Yining to manage the Martial King Manor.
• Shi Yi told Yu Yuexian that the Spirit Communication Divine Flower was ominous and that he gave it to Qin Yining to protect his mother from ill fortune.
• Yu Yuexian accepted Shi Yi’s explanation and praised the gift.
• In a quiet courtyard, Qin Yining asked Shi Yi how he had coaxed Yu Yuexian, then questioned why he had called the flower ominous.
• Qin Yining moved into Shi Yi’s embrace, while Shi Yi insisted they were only aunt and nephew.

Shi Yi learned that the Spirit Communication Divine Flower could heal Qin Yining’s damaged Divine Soul, then gave in to her advances and spent the night with her. The next day, he confided his regrets to the Willow Deity, while Qin Yining’s calm appearance left Yu Yuexian suspicious.

• Shi Yi explained that the Spirit Communication Divine Flower was a Saint Medicine that nourished the Divine Soul and could restore the damage Qin Yining suffered in the Wild Domain.
• Qin Yining urged Shi Yi to value his own strength over his title, drew him close, and took him away for a day and night.
• Shi Yi awoke regretful and withdrawn, but the Willow Deity summoned him and told him that neither Qin Yining’s circumstances nor their feelings gave him reason to fear their relationship.
• Shi Yi recited the Script of Salvation, and visions of golden lotuses and flowers appeared around him.
• Yu Yuexian remarked on Qin Yining’s rosy complexion, and Qin Yining calmly said she had slept well.

Shi Yi wondered why Willow Deity’s attitude toward him had changed, while she silently resented his intimacy with Qin Yining. After Qin Yining forced him to drink a restorative soup, Shi Yi realized the next morning that she had prepared it for herself.

• Yu Yuexian noticed Qin Yining’s flushed, healthy appearance and decided she had caught her rival out.
• Willow Deity advised Shi Yi to strengthen his Array Formation Realm and warned that his Great Stellar Array of the Heavens was beyond his current capacity.
• Shi Yi questioned Willow Deity’s new way of addressing him and grabbed her hand, but she rebuffed him and later drove him from the Ten Celestial Passages Small World.
• Yu Yuexian and Qin Yining told Shi Yi to rest, and Qin Yining brought him wolfberry and red date soup despite his refusal.
• Shi Yi drank the soup after Qin Yining insisted, then realized the next morning that she had prepared it for herself.

Shi Yi attended the Stone Country Royal Auction House with the Sixteenth Princess as Stone Kingdom’s returning young geniuses gathered there. Shi Hao arrived riding the newly transformed Nine-Headed Golden Lion, and a luxurious war chariot approached after he entered.

• Shi Yi reluctantly accepted the Sixteenth Princess’s invitation to the royal auction.
• Young geniuses returned to the capital, and onlookers discussed the coming change of Human Emperor and the achievements of Shi Yi and Shi Hao.
• Marquis Hun Tian arrived in a golden war chariot and entered the auction house.
• Shi Hao descended from the sky on the Nine-Headed Golden Lion, teased it about its new form, and threatened to discipline it after the auction.
• A fragrant breeze carried a rain of flowers as a luxurious war chariot approached from the horizon.