Chapter Summaries

Shi Xuan entered the Ancient Saint Academy with the Willow Deity’s help and uncovered saintly insights and golden blood within its ruined world. After perfecting his Cave Heaven Realm, he encountered Shi Yi at a hidden pool of golden blood and agreed to explore and divide the spoils together.

• Shi Xuan told the Heaven Mending Pavilion Master that he wanted to enter the Ancient Saint Academy to study its cultivation insights, and the Willow Deity opened a passage for him.
• Shi Xuan entered the Academy, found a world filled with corpses and ruined palaces, and discovered incomplete cultivation records.
• Shi Xuan found a stone that contained golden blood and a hand bone, then refined the blood to strengthen his cultivation.
• Shi Xuan opened a physical body Cave Heaven, completed his Cave Heaven Realm, and prepared to attempt a breakthrough into the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Shi Xuan and Shi Yi rushed toward a pool of golden blood when a hole opened in the sky, then agreed to explore together and split the resources.

Shi Xuan and Shi Yi explored the Ancient Saint Academy, where Shi Xuan gained powerful techniques and advanced his cultivation before encountering a mysterious woman with Double Pupils. After leaving the academy and returning to Heaven Mending Pavilion, Shi Xuan entered the Void God Realm for the first time.

• Shi Xuan and Shi Yi collected the golden blood, with Shi Yi taking about sixty percent, then entered the Ancient Saint Academy and memorized the runes of the Heaven Mending Stone.
• Shi Xuan obtained the complete Qilin Treasure Technique and comprehended the Heaven Mending Technique while exploring the academy.
• Shi Xuan refined the holy blood and broke through to Spirit Transformation, advancing through Fleshly Body Becoming Spirit and reshaping his True Self.
• Shi Xuan found the Double-Pupil Woman overpowering Shi Yi, and she failed to see through Shi Xuan, whose eyes he suspected were related to Spacetime.
• Shi Xuan and Shi Yi left the academy and returned to Heaven Mending Pavilion, where Shi Xuan entered the Void God Realm for the first time.

Shi Xuan shattered the Initial Place’s stele, set records throughout the Void God Realm, and drew the attention of Lord Bird and Essence Wall Elder. He followed them to a mysterious hall, where chained stone statues awaited.

• Shi Xuan tapped the Initial Stele until it cracked apart, then carved the name Xuan to claim the record for surpassing the Blood Moving Realm’s limits with pure physical strength.
• Shi Xuan set another record in the Cave Heaven Realm and later broke the Double-Pupil’s record by slaying fifteen Beast Kings.
• Lord Bird and Essence Wall Elder confronted Shi Xuan in the mountains, offered to give him his rewards, and led him onward.
• Shi Xuan followed the two elders past cultivation grounds and reached a Bluestone Road that led to an enormous ancient hall.
• Shi Xuan entered the dim hall and saw dozens or hundreds of stone statues bound by chains of law power.

Shi Xuan comprehended the True Phoenix Precious Technique inside the dangerous ancient hall and broke through from the Spirit Transformation Realm into the Inscription Realm. He left the hall and claimed the title of Supreme of the Spirit Transformation Realm, shocking the Void God Realm cultivators.

• A mark shot from Shi Xuan’s glabella and revealed the ancient hall’s interior, including the True Phoenix rune bone at its deepest altar.
• Shi Xuan comprehended the True Phoenix Precious Technique as his aptitude and understanding improved, while Essence Wall Elder and the other old man watched in surprise.
• Shi Xuan’s body was tempered by the hall’s eerie aura, and he broke through into the Inscription Realm after a day of transformation.
• Shi Xuan chose the Space-Time True Explanation and the Undying Scripture as the runes he would inscribe, then tested the power of his newly comprehended technique.
• Shi Xuan left the ancient hall, returned to the Spirit Transformation area, and claimed the title of Supreme of the Spirit Transformation Realm.

Shi Xuan left seclusion at Heaven Mending Pavilion and returned to Shi Village after nearly three years away. The villagers welcomed him home, and the Willow Deity praised his progress while warning him to protect his foundation.

• Shi Xuan learned that Shi Hao had joined Heaven Mending Pavilion, reached the Ten Cave Heavens, and helped the Sacrificial Spirit save the pavilion from powerful attackers.
• Shi Xuan thanked Xiong Fei, then left Heaven Mending Pavilion to return to Shi Village on his own.
• Shi Xuan fought his way across the Great Wilderness, killing more than ten powerful Fierce Beasts before reaching the village after over ten days.
• The children mistook the bloodied Shi Xuan for a wild man, but his childhood companions recognized him, and he showed the villagers the beast corpses he had brought back.
• Shi Xuan greeted the villagers and the Willow Deity, who praised his realm and urged him to pay attention to his foundation.

Shi Xuan gave the Willow Deity several ancient scriptures and spent a year and a half cultivating in Shi Village, reaching the peak of the Inscription Realm. After learning that Shi Hao’s grandfather, the Great Demon God Shi Zhongtian, had appeared in the Shi Kingdom Imperial Capital, Shi Xuan went there and witnessed him fight the Martial King and confront the Rain King.

• Shi Xuan gave the Willow Deity the first sections of several ancient scriptures and said he would pass on more when they appeared.
• Shi Xuan stayed in Shi Village, hunted powerful fierce beasts, and reached the peak of the Inscription Realm over a year and a half.
• The Willow Deity told Shi Xuan that Shi Zhongtian had appeared in the Shi Kingdom Imperial Capital, and Shi Xuan asked her to send him there.
• Shi Zhongtian broke the Stone Clan Three-Kill Formation and defeated the Martial King after accusing the clan elders of mistreating his son and grandson.
• Shi Zhongtian spared the Martial King and said he wanted to see how far Shi Hao could rise, but the Rain King arrived and challenged him.

Shi Xuan rescued Shi Zhongtian and A Man from Martial King Manor, then brought them across the Great Wilderness to Shi Village. He introduced them to Willow Deity and reunited them with the village, where the children eagerly welcomed him.

• Shi Xuan defeated Rain King with the Qilin Fist, revealed that Shi Hao was alive, and took Shi Zhongtian and A Man away from Martial King Manor.
• Yue Chan and Sister Sky Fox tried to recruit Shi Xuan, but he refused both sects and said he was already a disciple of Heaven Mending Pavilion.
• Shi Xuan crossed the Great Wilderness with Shi Zhongtian and A Man, defeating powerful Fierce Beasts and teaching A Man to cultivate.
• Shi Xuan returned to Shi Village after half a year and greeted the children, who swarmed him and asked about his companions.
• Shi Xuan brought Shi Zhongtian and A Man beneath the willow tree and introduced Willow Deity, whom Shi Zhongtian respectfully greeted.

Shi Xuan chose the Third Killing Formation for his breakthrough into the Array Formation Realm, while Shi Zhongtian learned that Shi Hao might soon return and help search for his missing parents. Shi Xuan left the village to prepare for seclusion, and Shi Zhongtian agreed to wait for Shi Hao.

• Shi Xuan asked the Willow Deity about Heaven-Opening Killing Formations and received the inscription method for the Third Killing Formation.
• Shi Yunfeng welcomed Shi Zhongtian and A Man to Shi Village and told Shi Zhongtian that Shi Hao's parents had gone to seek sacred medicine at the Ancient Divine Mountain.
• Shi Zhongtian considered going to Mount Eternal to search for his son and daughter-in-law, but Shi Xuan advised him to wait until Shi Hao returned.
• Shi Xuan told Shi Zhongtian that Shi Hao was exceptionally powerful and could help investigate Mount Eternal with the village's other resources.
• Shi Xuan gave Shi Yunfeng more than ten Array Formation Realm beast corpses for the children's baptism and said he would enter seclusion to break through.

After breaking through to the late Array Formation stage, Shi Xuan gave Shi Hao several powerful techniques and helped him prepare for his coming battle with Shi Yi. He then brought Shi Village to a hidden underground cultivation space and left for the imperial capital, where he encountered a shop selling fox girls.

• Shi Xuan emerged from two months of seclusion after inscribing the Third Killing Array into his body, reaching the late Array Formation stage and gaining the power to overwhelm Venerables.
• Shi Xuan gave Shi Hao the Qilin Treasure Technique, True Phoenix Precious Technique, Undying Scripture, and Space-Time True Explanation, and Shi Hao said he would fight Shi Yi in the Void God Realm in three months.
• Shi Xuan shared ancient saints' essence blood with Shi Hao and asked him to consider why he cultivated; Shi Xuan declared that he sought to transcend time, space, and karma.
• Shi Xuan opened a rift and led Shi Village, Mao Qiu, Xiao Hong, Er Tuzi, Qinglin Eagle, and others to a vast underground space with complete Great Dao laws, where Shi Hao planned to cultivate.
• Shi Xuan left Shi Village and traveled to the imperial capital, where he passed a giant spider fighting a glowing being and entered the bustling city.
• A woman invited Shi Xuan to buy fox girls, and he said he had only stopped to satisfy his curiosity.

Shi Xuan attended the Bone Gu Auction House, where he acquired an auction item sought by the Nineteenth Prince and a Sky Fox woman, then revealed his connection to Shi Kingdom’s First Ancestral Land and declared that he would defend it. His reputation spread through the imperial capital as he awaited the Stone Emperor’s birthday banquet.

• Shi Xuan visited the Bone Gu Auction House and watched the auction, where Marquis Hun Tian bought the Blood Demon Ruler, Martial King Manor acquired a precious technique, and the Sixteenth Princess won the Fire-Repelling Pearl.
• The Nineteenth Prince arrived with a veiled woman and asked Shi Xuan to sell her the item he had won, but Shi Xuan refused; the Sky Fox woman also offered to buy it.
• The veiled woman recognized Shi Xuan as a young Supreme, and he identified himself as a member of the First Ancestral Land of Shi Kingdom.
• Shi Xuan declared that even the experts of the Eight Regions could not threaten the First Ancestral Land and vowed to cut down anyone who dared attack it.
• Shi Xuan’s declaration spread through the imperial capital, and he toured the city until the Stone Emperor’s birthday banquet.

Shi Xuan and Shi Hao attended the Stone Emperor’s birthday banquet, where Shi Hao provoked the Venerable of Demon Spirit Lake after killing his grandson. As the Venerable demanded Shi Hao’s life, the Stone Emperor intervened to enforce the palace’s rules, and Shi Hao declared he would settle the dispute himself.

• Shi Xuan arrived at the imperial palace and saw Shi Hao, whose cultivation and physical strength had greatly improved.
• Huo Ling'er and Yun Xi arrived as representatives of the Fire Emperor and Heavenly Deity Mountain, and Shi Hao greeted both with embarrassing nicknames.
• Shi Hao introduced Shi Xuan to Huo Ling'er and offered Primordial Golden Spider legs, angering a Venerable from Demon Spirit Lake.
• The Venerable attacked Shi Hao, but the imperial palace’s ancient formation blocked his strike and the Stone Emperor warned him not to break the rules.
• Shi Hao told the Stone Emperor he would handle the matter himself and challenged the Venerable to fight, vowing to break his eight legs.

Shi Hao killed the Venerable of Demon Spirit Lake with a single sword strike, shocking the banquet guests. The Stone Emperor then sent divine wine to Shi Hao and Shi Xuan and announced that both would receive noble titles.

• Shi Hao severed the Venerable of Demon Spirit Lake’s leg, then evaded his attack and donned dark gold armor.
• Shi Hao bound the giant spider with the Four Strikes of the Primordial Vermilion Bird and killed him, erasing his soul and primordial spirit.
• Shi Hao collected the spider’s corpse and boasted as Huo Ling'er and the other guests reacted to his victory.
• The Human Emperor sent Nine-Dragon Cups of divine wine to Shi Hao and Shi Xuan, who suppressed its power before it forced them to advance.
• A messenger announced that the Stone Emperor would confer titles on Shi Hao and Shi Xuan, naming them Heavenly Kings.

Shi Xuan and Shi Hao were named Heavenly Kings and tested their strength against each other before their coming battle. At Demon Spirit Lake, Double-Pupil Shi Yi reconsidered why he cultivated, while the golden spider prepared to celebrate his expected victory and urged him to kill Shi Hao.

• The Stone Emperor named Shi Xuan the Mysterious Heaven King and Shi Hao the Desolate Heavenly King.
• Shi Xuan and Shi Hao fought in the Gods and Demons Battle Domain, matching each other’s techniques until Shi Hao stopped in frustration.
• Shi Xuan said he was invincible among Venerables and could even kill deities, drawing cheers from the watching villagers and beasts.
• At Demon Spirit Lake, the golden spider ordered invitations sent for a banquet celebrating Double-Pupil Shi Yi’s expected victory, but Shi Yi questioned whether he had ever cultivated for himself.
• The golden spider told Double-Pupil Shi Yi to kill Shi Hao outright, while Shi Yi remained cautious about the coming battle.

Shi Hao and Shi Yi met for their long-awaited decisive battle in the Sky Battlefield, where their first clash revealed terrifying Array Formation-level power. As the fight intensified, Shi Yi unleashed a devastating attack, leaving the outcome undecided.

• Shi Yi prepared to prove his strength by killing a Venerable and showing he was no weaker than Shi Hao.
• Crowds of rulers, kings, powerful beasts, and notable figures gathered to watch the duel, including the Fire Emperor, Huo Ling'er, the Witch, and Yue Chan.
• Shi Hao arrived through a torn spatial passage with Xuan, Shi Zhongtian, A Man, Qingfeng, and his companions, then traded taunts with Shi Yi and Demon Spirit Lake.
• The Domain Envoy led Shi Hao and Shi Yi to the Sky Battlefield, where they collided with force that shook heaven and earth.
• Shi Yi unleashed a surge of purple energy at Shi Hao, frightening spectators beyond the battlefield.

Shi Hao and Shi Yi fought an escalating duel on the Sky Battlefield, each revealing powerful techniques and manifestations. Shi Hao’s reborn Supreme Bone overwhelmed Shi Yi, leaving the battle’s outcome seemingly decided.

• Shi Hao met Shi Yi’s Qilin Treasure Technique with the True Phoenix Precious Technique, and their rapid clashes shook the Sky Battlefield.
• Shi Yi’s six-step footwork crushed Shi Hao with immense force, but Shi Hao endured and counterattacked with crimson phoenix flames.
• Both youths manifested a purple Qilin and a crimson phoenix, whose clash damaged the battlefield enough that the Domain Envoy sealed its broken rails.
• Shi Hao struck Shi Yi with the fourth strike of the ancient Zhuque, badly injuring him and making him spit blood.
• Shi Yi attacked with Heavenly Tribulation Light from Shi Hao’s stolen Supreme Bone, but Shi Hao absorbed the attack and awakened his own reborn Supreme Bone.
• Shi Hao tore into Shi Yi amid his divine radiance, and the injured Shi Yi realized that Shi Hao’s Supreme Bone had been reborn.

Shi Yi accepted his defeat to Shi Hao, gave him the bone containing the Qilin Treasure Technique and the method for cultivating martial dao heavenly eyes, and thanked Shi Xuan for his guidance. As the battlefield reeled from Shi Hao’s victory, a Divine Flame Man appeared and tried to recruit Shi Xuan, who challenged him to withstand one move.

• Shi Yi recovered with the Heaven Mending Technique, admitted defeat to Shi Hao, and tore out his rune-covered bone to give him the Qilin Treasure Technique and his eye-cultivation method.
• Shi Yi thanked Shi Xuan for his past guidance, and Shi Xuan told him that a Supreme was built through cultivation and struggle rather than inherited gifts.
• The crowd reacted to Shi Hao’s victory as word of Shi Yi’s defeat began spreading across the Desolate Region.
• A Divine Flame Man appeared on the Sky Battlefield and struck at Shi Hao and Shi Yi, but Shi Xuan shattered his giant hand with a flick of his finger.
• The Divine Flame Man invited Shi Xuan to join him, and Shi Xuan revealed his Double Pupils before challenging the man to take one move from him.

Shi Hao challenged the Divine Flame Man after the man attacked Yue Chan’s admirers, and the two exchanged powerful techniques in the Sky Battlefield. Shi Hao wounded his opponent, who still demanded that he submit.

• Shi Xuan attacked the Divine Flame Man with beams from his eyes, but the man blocked them with a damaged circular disc.
• The Divine Flame Man summoned Yue Chan and burned several youths to ashes when they rebuked him.
• Shi Hao challenged the Divine Flame Man and mocked his strength, prompting the man to attack.
• Shi Hao countered the Divine Flame Man’s six precious techniques with seven golden True Phoenixes.
• Shi Hao’s Light-Shadow Phoenix Soar struck the Divine Flame Man and drew blood from his mouth.
• The Divine Flame Man demanded that Shi Hao submit to him, and Shi Hao rejected his confidence.

Shi Hao and Shi Xuan destroyed the Void God Realm’s Array Formation Realm with the Willow Deity’s help, then returned to Shi Village and advanced their cultivation. After more than a year of peace, a great calamity began as an enormous claw rose from underground and someone in the Upper Realm tried to breach the boundary.

• The Divine Flame Man attacked the Domain Envoy, whose shattered remains released Great Dao rule fragments that Shi Hao, Shi Xuan, and the others absorbed.
• The Void God Realm’s will awakened and sent chains of rules after Shi Hao and Shi Xuan, but the Willow Deity rescued them and shattered the Array Formation Realm’s Void God Realm.
• Shi Hao reached the late Array Formation Realm, while Shi Xuan entered the Venerable Realm; after more than a year in Shi Village, Shi Hao reached the peak of the Array Formation Realm.
• A great calamity began, and Shi Hao and Shi Xuan sensed the Upper Realm’s laws through spatial rifts.
• Shi Hao and Shi Xuan saw an enormous ancient claw rise from underground and strike at the clouds as a crack opened in the sky, signaling an attempt by someone in the Upper Realm to break through the boundary.

Shi Hao and Shi Xuan witnessed the Great Calamity begin as three ancient artifacts appeared and stars fell across the Desolate Region. After the disaster subsided, the landscape remained intact, but the Order Divine Chains had seized every fleeing Venerable.

• A colossal turtle carrying the Supreme Divine Treasury appeared, and Willow Deity said it was not the real one.
• The Gate of the Firmament exploded, and a great bell and part of Little Pagoda's tower body emerged from the volcanic crater.
• The artifacts announced the beginning of the Great Calamity, and the Daylight Stars appeared before countless stars plunged toward the Desolate Region.
• Order Divine Chains captured fleeing Venerables, while Shi Hao and Shi Xuan stayed hidden and absorbed the power of laws with Willow Deity concealing their Venerable auras.
• The falling stars and ominous fluctuations vanished, leaving the mountains and rivers intact.

Shi Hao and Shi Xuan learned that outside forces planned to seize the Shi Kingdom and headed to its Imperial Palace, where Shi Hao confronted the plotters. After Shi Yi and the War King backed him, Shi Xuan killed a hidden heckler, leaving the gathered nobles and experts wary.

• Shi Hao and Shi Xuan heard that Fire Kingdom had been devastated and that the Butian Sect, Mount Eternal, and Western Sect planned to seize the Shi Kingdom.
• Shi Hao and Shi Xuan headed for the Imperial Palace, and Shi Xuan killed a Western Heaven Sect monk who tried to stop them.
• Shi Hao and Shi Xuan reached the palace and learned that the Human Emperor had left an edict admitting them.
• Shi Hao ordered outsiders and nobles allied with them to leave or face punishment, then warned those who refused to turn back.
• Shi Yi joined Shi Hao, and the War King declared his support for the Desolate Heavenly King.
• Shi Xuan located and killed an old man who had mocked Shi Hao, silencing those with ulterior motives.