Chapter Summaries

Shi Xuan, Shi Hao, and Shi Yi crushed the traitors and foreign enemies who challenged their authority in Shi Kingdom, while Yue Chan escaped and the Stone Emperor remained missing. After Shi Hao took the throne, the Human Emperor Seal emerged and recognized Shi Xuan, who sensed an unexplained connection to it.

• Shi Xuan used his overwhelming power to pressure the gathering and killed Kun King after warning the Rain Clan, Kun King, and Lan King against opposing him.
• Shi Hao and Shi Yi rejected the Rain Clan's and Butian Sect's appeals, then joined Shi Xuan in killing the attacking kings and nobles.
• Shi Hao pursued Yue Chan, but she broke through Shi Kingdom's blockade and escaped; Shi Chong reported that the Stone Emperor had disappeared and might have been captured.
• Shi Hao sat upon the throne as dragon energy and holy light sealed the area off from the outside world.
• The Human Emperor Seal rose from underground and circled Shi Xuan, who recognized its name and felt an inexplicable familiarity with it.
• The Willow Deity spoke of the ancient Human Emperor, and Shi Xuan told the others to go and assist him.

Shi Hao received the Stone Emperor’s decree and ascended the throne as the new Human Emperor, while the Human Emperor Seal revealed its power and ancient origins. The decrees also appointed prime ministers, and Shi Hao planned to search for his parents after dealing with his enemies.

• The Human Emperor Seal protected Shi Hao, spoke to the God-Slaying Stone, and revealed its connection to the ancient Human Emperor lineage.
• Shi Hao’s aura gathered around him as the Stone Emperor’s final decree appeared, declaring him the new emperor.
• The people of Shi Capital hailed Shi Hao, and their reverence gathered into Imperial Dragon Qi around him.
• A decree appointed Wushuang King Left Prime Minister, and another appointed Mysterious Heaven King Right Prime Minister.
• Shi Hao became Human Emperor, and he planned to seek his parents after wiping out Mount Eternal, the Butian Sect, and the Western Sect.

Shi Xuan declined the Stone Emperor’s position and reconciled with Shi Hao and Shi Yi as they focused on cultivation. When a terrifying presence descended from the Upper Realm, the Willow Deity showed them the Medicine Capital, where an ancient divine root was about to emerge.

• Shi Xuan refused to become the Stone Emperor, and Shi Hao and Shi Yi set aside their old grievances and agreed to pursue cultivation together.
• Shi Hao studied the Suanni Treasure Technique and let Yue Chan serve him, then struck her when she asked about the Kunpeng Technique.
• Shi Xuan cultivated in seclusion at Xuan Prince’s Residence while drawing close to a breakthrough.
• A colossal foot descended through nine-colored lightning, and Little Pagoda said the arrival had come for the Supreme divine treasury.
• The Willow Deity showed Shi Hao, Shi Xuan, and Shi Yi a view of the Desolate Region and the Medicine Capital, where a former foremost divine root of the Upper Realm was about to emerge.

Shi Hao and the others watched Upper Realm powerhouses descend upon the ruins and learned that the Supreme Divine Treasury held the middle volume of the Original True Explanation. Human Emperor Seal revealed ancient secrets about the First Generation Human Emperor and the text’s origins, then turned its attention toward Shi Xuan.

• A purple hand descended and shattered the surveillance formation, but Shi Hao and Little Pagoda restored it to watch the Upper Realm powerhouses arrive.
• The Upper Realm figures stabilized the devastation, and Little Pagoda explained that forbidden beings could not remain in the Lower Realm without severing their foundations.
• A giant turtle appeared in the ruins, but Willow Deity said it was fake; then the Third Killing Formation erupted, startling Little Pagoda.
• Shi Xuan explained the Third Killing Formation’s history, and Human Emperor Seal revealed that the First Generation Human Emperor had once ruled over all races before vanishing at the Boundary Sea.
• Blood burst from beneath the ruins, and Willow Deity told Shi Hao that the Supreme Divine Treasury contained the middle volume of the Original True Explanation.
• Human Emperor Seal described the text’s three volumes and their creators, then looked thoughtfully toward Shi Xuan.

Shi Hao, Shi Yi, Shi Xuan, the Willow Deity, and Little Pagoda witnessed an ancient battle over the Upper Realm’s first spiritual root, in which the Double-Pupil Woman seized a flower and escaped with help from the paper-boat woman. Before vanishing, the paper-boat woman said Shi Xuan had defied the River of Time and achieved nirvana before the eternal ages, leaving the others to realize he had come from the future.

• Heavenly Desolation rose from the North Sea and struck the ruins, while a silver humanoid survivor was wounded by the Third Killing Formation.
• The group witnessed the Ninth Killing Formation sacrifice its victims to restore the first spiritual root, then saw the Dao Bell, Chaos Disc, and a damaged pagoda fight over it.
• The spiritual root’s flower broke free, but the Double-Pupil Woman caught it and escaped through a passage she opened across realms.
• Upper Realm giants pursued the Double-Pupil Woman until the woman who folded paper boats blocked their attacks with a small black boat.
• The paper-boat woman recognized Shi Xuan as someone who had traveled against the River of Time and achieved nirvana before the eternal ages, and then vanished.

As Upper Realm powers harvested the Lower Realm, the Human Emperor Seal, Willow Deity, and Little Pagoda intervened, leaving many giants dead and the Eight Regions shaken. Shi Hao and Shi Xuan reflected on their paths to power, while the chapter ended with Shi Hao meeting Witch after the crisis.

• An old woman captured a Venerable from Demon Spirit Lake, and Shi Hao and Shi Xuan resolved to pursue greater power and eventually storm the Upper Realm.
• An old peasant woman seized a horned dragon, but the Human Emperor Seal killed her and rescued the dragon.
• The Human Emperor Seal obliterated the Lower Realm harvesters, while Willow Deity and Little Pagoda stopped those seeking the first spiritual root.
• Little Pagoda returned damaged and explained that Willow Deity had gone searching for the legendary Fortune after learning important information.
• Little Pagoda told Shi Hao and Shi Xuan that the Human Emperor Seal's intervention had devastated Upper Realm powers and inflicted heavy losses on the Western Sect, Mount Eternal, and Butian Sect.
• Witch visited Shi Hao and admitted that she was pleased by the deaths of giants because she hoped to take one of their positions.

The Witch warned Shi Hao that Fairy Yue Chan might harbor a sealed divine consciousness, and the Human Emperor Seal explained that her incomplete primary-and-secondary body technique could be dangerous. When Mount Eternal sent Shi Hao a decree, he decided to go there and search for his parents.

• The Witch told Shi Hao that Fairy Yue Chan might have a sealed divine consciousness in her Sea of Consciousness and proposed investigating it together.
• Shi Hao teased Fairy Yue Chan and tried to make her appear with him before the world, but she resisted and fled in embarrassment.
• The Human Emperor Seal told Shi Hao that Yue Chan's incomplete primary-and-secondary body technique could cause the secondary body to develop its own will.
• A noble from Mount Eternal presented Shi Hao with a golden decree, and Shi Hao read it after resisting its pressure.
• Shi Hao accepted the decree's summons and ordered King Xuan and the Wushuang King to be summoned before setting out to find his parents.

Shi Hao, Shi Yi, and Shi Xuan traveled with Qin Ming toward Mount Eternal to bring Shi Hao’s parents home. On the way, they encountered Upper Realm prodigies aboard Mount Eternal’s warship, who became intrigued by the three youths’ strength and age.

• Shi Hao waited for Shi Xuan and Shi Yi, then traveled with them and Qin Ming through a formation from the Desolate Region to the Mysterious Region.
• The group learned that Upper Realm visitors had taken Mount Eternal’s VIP cabins, and Shi Hao mocked Mount Eternal’s disciples for yielding to them.
• Shi Hao used his ten heavenly passages to make Qin Ming and the others lose consciousness, but learned nothing new about Mount Eternal or his family.
• Upper Realm prodigies sensed Shi Hao’s ten heavenly passages and visited his group, led by a polite woman in blue.
• Shi Yi, Shi Xuan, and Shi Hao said they were eighteen, fifteen, and fifteen, respectively, astonishing the Upper Realm visitors.

Shi Hao, Shi Yi, and Shi Xuan met a group of Upper Realm prodigies, who praised their talent and warned them about the Lower Realm’s limitations. After Shi Hao sparred playfully with Hong Huang, Shi Xuan asked how far Upper Realm prodigies could fight beyond their cultivation realms.

• Lan Yu and Shui Yue praised the Stone brothers’ cultivation and potential, while the Upper Realm women sensed that the three were exceptionally powerful.
• Shi Hao flirted with Hong Huang, then met her attacks with his own technique and matched her crimson phoenix with Zhuque.
• Hong Huang and the other women teased one another about her exchange with Shi Hao after she landed away from him.
• Lan Yu and Shui Yue explained that the Lower Realm was an incomplete prison where prolonged cultivation could hinder the brothers.
• Shi Xuan asked about the Upper Realm and how far its prodigies could fight above their realms, surprising the visitors with the possibility that the brothers could do the same.

Shi Hao, Shi Xuan, and Shi Yi traveled to Mount Eternal, where Shi Hao intended to find his parents and demand answers. Their arrival enraged the clan, whose members prepared to make the Three Stones pay.

• Hong Huang, Yingying, Shui Yue, and Xuanming tried to recruit the Shi brothers, but Shi Yi challenged Xuanming over his offer to take in a battle servant.
• Shi Xuan struck down an Upper Realm genius who insulted the Lower Realm, and Shi Hao said he would overturn Mount Eternal if it failed to explain itself.
• The Shi brothers continued toward Mount Eternal, while Shi Hao rejected Qin Ming's advice about showing the clan respect.
• At Mount Eternal, Shi Hao said he wanted to see his parents, and Shi Xuan and Shi Yi promised to take them away.
• Mount Eternal learned that all Three Stones had arrived, and its younger generation and elders vowed not to let Shi Hao leave unpunished.

Shi Hao confronted Mount Eternal after arriving to seek his parents, who had been held there for over a decade. When Qin Fa tried to persuade him to stay and let his younger brother take his place as Human Emperor, Shi Hao rejected the offer and launched an attack, leaving the three companions to face Mount Eternal’s elders.

• Shi Hao used the ancestor’s decree to force the Mount Eternal crowd to kneel, then entered the God King Hall with Shi Xuan and the others.
• Qin Fa told Shi Hao that his parents were well but remained in the valley to cultivate, and revealed that Shi Hao had a gifted younger brother who might rule the Shi Kingdom in his place.
• Shi Hao realized Mount Eternal wanted control of the Shi Kingdom and declared that he would rescue his parents himself.
• Shi Hao attacked Qin Fa, and Shi Yi and Shi Xuan joined the fight against Mount Eternal’s elders.
• Shi Xuan confronted an elder who had ignited Divine Fire while Shi Hao and Shi Yi prepared to face the other Venerables.

Shi Xuan and Shi Hao battled the Qin Clan’s forces while Little Pagoda overturned Mount Eternal and exposed the living being imprisoned beneath it. As Five Elements Mountain rushed to suppress him again, the mysterious captive began to move.

• Shi Xuan fought Qin Wu, endured his divine attacks, and wounded him with the third step before severing both his arms.
• Shi Hao awakened Little Pagoda and offered it the Shi Kingdom’s treasury in exchange for help destroying Mount Eternal.
• Little Pagoda revealed itself, frightening Qin Wu, while Shi Hao and Shi Yi suppressed or slew the remaining Venerables.
• Little Pagoda overturned Five Elements Mountain and uncovered a shriveled living being bound by Five Elements Divine Chains.
• Little Pagoda’s Chaos Sword energy only cut a lock of the captive’s hair, and the living being moved as Five Elements Mountain hurried to suppress him again.

Shi Hao reunited with his parents after Shi Xuan broke the formation holding them, and the family shared their grief, joy, and regrets. Shi Hao reassured them that he did not blame them or his younger brother, Qin Hao, as they reflected on their long separation.

• A freed creature absorbed the essence of heaven and earth and the light of the stars, while Five Elements Mountain angrily confronted Little Pagoda for taking two people away.
• Shi Hao and Little Pagoda reached the trapped couple, and Shi Xuan shattered the formation that had kept them inside.
• Shi Hao reunited with Shi Ziling and Qin Yining, and the three wept as they embraced after years apart.
• Qin Yining recalled that she and Shi Ziling had found Shi Village destroyed when they went there to search for Shi Hao, and Shi Hao recognized the devastation as the work of the Heaven-Devouring Sparrow and Qiongqi.
• Shi Hao promised his parents that he would care for his younger brother, while Qin Yining explained that Qin Hao had long felt a knot in his heart and wanted to compare himself with Shi Hao.

Shi Hao reunited with Shi Ziling, Qin Yining, and Qin Hao, then joined Shi Xuan and Shi Yi in looting Mount Eternal before a pair of powerful beings disrupted their escape. Shi Xuan returned with the family to the Shi Kingdom Imperial Capital and prepared to take them to the village.

• Shi Hao introduced Shi Xuan and Shi Yi to his parents, and Shi Ziling and Qin Yining welcomed their returning son Qin Hao.
• Shi Hao offered Qin Hao the Supreme Bone and advised him to start cultivating anew, while Shi Yi encouraged him to learn from them.
• Shi Hao, Shi Xuan, and Shi Yi looted Mount Eternal's treasury, but the Heavenly Venerable of Mount Eternal and a Ten-Foot Golden Body appeared as an Undying Being fled toward them.
• The Ten-Foot Golden Body diverted to a newly opened Primordial Treasure Realm, and Shi Xuan chose to return to seclusion while Shi Hao and Shi Yi went to explore.
• Shi Xuan took Shi Ziling, Qin Yining, and Qin Hao by Void-Breaking Ship to the Shi Kingdom Imperial Capital, where he arranged their lodging and planned to leave for the village the next day.

Shi Xuan returned to Shi Village with Shi Ziling, Qin Yining, and Qin Hao, where the family reunited and the villagers welcomed them. The visitors discovered how much the village and its inhabitants had grown, then watched Mao Qiu and Xiao Hong clash as divine fire burned around them.

• Shi Xuan brought Shi Ziling, Qin Yining, and Qin Hao to Shi Village, where Shi Zhongtian joyfully reunited with his son and daughter-in-law and met his grandson.
• Shi Xuan gave the villagers divine blood for a cleansing, while the Bear Boys and Da Zhuang joked about their training and Qin Hao met his little brother.
• Shi Ziling and Qin Yining met Shi Qingfeng and saw the village's spiritual herbs, silver sacred tree, and unusual creatures, including the returning birds and winged Xiao Bai.
• Shi Qingfeng explained that the Willow Deity had helped Mao Qiu and Xiao Hong recover, and the two fought every few days.
• Shi Ziling, Qin Hao, and the others watched Mao Qiu and Xiao Hong battle with divine-fire power, destroying mountains before retreating from each other.

Shi Xuan sparred with Mao Qiu and Xiao Hong, exchanged precious techniques with them, and left two techniques for Shi Village. After a year in seclusion, he reached Venerable Realm perfection and emerged to find Shi Hao and the others, including the unexpected Yue Chan.

• Shi Xuan defeated Mao Qiu and Xiao Hong in a friendly fight, impressing Shi Village with his strength and use of the True Phoenix Precious Technique and Qilin Treasure Technique.
• Shi Xuan offered to teach the two beasts precious techniques in exchange for their own; Xiao Hong and Mao Qiu agreed and passed on the Vermilion Bird and Zhu Yan Precious Techniques.
• Shi Xuan mastered the newly acquired techniques, gave the Qilin Treasure Technique to Mao Qiu and the True Phoenix Precious Technique to Xiao Hong, and placed both in Shi Village's underground secret realm.
• Shi Xuan entered seclusion to absorb his cultivation resources, while Shi Hao, the Willow Deity, and Little Pagoda returned and Shi Yi also went into seclusion.
• After a year of cultivation and a lightning tribulation, Shi Xuan reached Venerable Realm perfection and left the secret realm.
• Shi Xuan emerged to find Shi Hao and the others, including Yue Chan, whom he had not seen since the chaos at the Shi Kingdom palace.

After emerging from seclusion, Shi Xuan reunited with Shi Village and challenged Shi Hao to a match in the Gods and Demons Battle Domain. The two displayed their formidable bodies and mastery of several precious techniques while keeping their strongest methods in reserve.

• Shi Xuan met Yue Chan, Shi Yunfeng, Qin Hao, and the others after emerging from seclusion, and Shi Yunfeng thanked him and Shi Hao for helping him regain his youth.
• Shi Xuan and Shi Hao went to the Gods and Demons Battle Domain, where Shi Hao asked Shi Xuan to suppress his cultivation to the early Venerable Realm.
• Shi Hao opened with a physical attack, but Shi Xuan's stronger body sent him crashing into a mountain.
• Shi Hao and Shi Xuan exchanged the Vermilion Bird, Zhu Yan, True Phoenix, and Qilin techniques, unleashing clashes that devastated the battlefield.
• Shi Hao and Shi Xuan refrained from using their Kunpeng and Heaven Mending techniques, the Space-Time True Explanation, and the Willow Deity Method.

Shi Xuan returned to Heaven Mending Pavilion, helped its disciples grow stronger, and later traveled to Crane-Cry Mountain for a gathering of Upper Realm geniuses. There, he discovered a carving of the fearsome Pup Demon Tree and joined Shi Hao, Shi Yi, and the other arrivals.

• Shi Hao and Shi Xuan stopped their sparring after testing their strength and practicing the Undying Scripture.
• Shi Xuan returned to Heaven Mending Pavilion, where Xiong Fei and the disciples welcomed him; he shared the Heaven Mending Technique and guided their cultivation.
• Over the next half year, Shi Xuan trained the disciples, and Xiao Tian advanced to the Array Formation Realm.
• A giant palm reached from a crack in the sky toward the Shi Kingdom Imperial Palace, but a willow branch intervened before Shi Xuan arrived.
• At Crane-Cry Mountain, Shi Xuan found a carving of the Pup Demon Tree before Bigu, Hong Huang, Shui Yue, Shi Hao, and Shi Yi joined the gathering.

Shi Hao, Shi Yi, and Shi Xuan declined invitations to ascend to the Upper Realm as Lan Yu and Hong Huang explained the paths to Hidden Immortal Pavilion and the Heavenly Saint Hall. At a gathering, Yue Chan and Witch met again as rivals, while Witch revived rumors about Shi Hao and Yue Chan, leaving the gathering tense.

• Lan Yu and other Upper Realm visitors greeted the Shi brothers and invited them to ascend, but Shi Hao, Shi Yi, and Shi Xuan declined for now.
• Hong Huang and Lan Yu explained the Heaven-Piercing Road, the Ascension Road, and the Heavenly Saint Hall to Shi Hao and the others.
• Witch arrived and suggested Shi Hao join Butian Sect, then exchanged pointed looks with Yue Chan when she appeared.
• Lan Yu and Shui Yue urged everyone to avoid fighting, and Witch and Yue Chan acted cordial before the gathered guests.
• Shi Hao toasted Yue Chan while she maintained a warm public manner, and some guests made provocative remarks about the rumors surrounding them.
• Witch asked Shi Hao to explain why he had carried the blame for supposedly confining Yue Chan, stirring the gathering once more.

Shi Hao, Shi Yi, and Shi Xuan faced several Upper Realm powers who sought their Heavenly Bone and Double Pupils. Shi Xuan refused to flee and launched an attack on the false gods, leaving the battle about to begin.

• An Underworld man threatened to kill Shi Hao for his Heavenly Bone, while a five-element-armored powerhouse claimed he would take the three youths away for judgment.
• The Witch asked whether Shi Hao and the others would run, and Shi Hao pretended to flee before a black sun blocked their path.
• A woman from the Demon Sunflower Garden arrived with a Divine Fire sunflower and declared that she wanted to examine Shi Hao’s bones and the brothers’ Double Pupils.
• More Upper Realm figures arrived, and Shi Xuan told Shi Hao and Shi Yi to each face one false god while he handled the rest.
• Shi Xuan used Dao Soldiers Transform into Gods to summon two divine mountains and crush the false gods between them.