Chapter Summaries

After reaching the Dou Di realm, Shi Kang learned that the Bodhi Ancient Tree came from the Great Thousand World and was trapped on the Dou Qi Continent. The tree asked him to refine its Origin Spirit Body into a Companion Spirit and take it with him, but Shi Kang remained wary as it offered to let him mark its soul.

• Shi Kang approached the restored Bodhi Ancient Tree while Zi Yan worried that it might be hostile.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree congratulated Shi Kang on becoming a Dou Di and asked him to take it to the Great Thousand World.
• The tree revealed that it had come from the Great Thousand World, where it and another Dou Di had killed a Demon King, but its injuries and connection to the continent's earth veins had trapped its true body.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree offered its Origin Spirit Body so Shi Kang could refine it into a Companion Spirit and carry it through a planar passage.
• Shi Kang refused because he would not accept a powerful force inside his body that he could not control.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree promised its life would be bound to Shi Kang's and offered to let him place a mark deep within its soul.

Shi Kang accepted the Bodhi Ancient Tree as his Companion Spirit after learning it wanted to reach the Great Thousand World and avenge its homeland. He stayed on the Dou Qi Continent to grow stronger, prepare Zi Yan, and develop a new cultivation method, until Cao Ying gave birth to his third child.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree revealed its desire to leave for the Great Thousand World and kill the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and Shi Kang agreed to mark it as his Companion Spirit after finishing his affairs on the Dou Qi Continent.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree gave Shi Kang its Origin Spirit Body, and he decided to delay refining it so the continent's rejection would not force him to ascend early.
• Shi Kang used his bond with the Bodhi Ancient Tree to study Spiritual Energy and began planning a cultivation method that could evolve and incorporate different attributes.
• Shi Kang collected cultivation methods and studied them while spending time with his family, working toward a new method based on the Flame Mantra and the Myriad Spirits Body Refining Art.
• Cao Ying gave birth to Shi Kang's third child, making the birth a major event for the Stone Clan.

Shi Kang helped Cao Ying deliver their son, Shi Zheng, and stabilized the newborn when his powerful Dou Di Bloodline erupted. The birth brought joy to the Stone Clan, while Shi Kang’s work on a new cultivation method produced a wisp of previously unknown energy.

• Shi Kang personally assisted Cao Ying during childbirth as the midwife guided her through labor.
• The newborn’s golden light and surging bloodline power threatened his fragile body, so Shi Kang used gentle dou qi to stabilize him.
• Shi Kang named the boy Shi Zheng, and the Stone Clan celebrated his birth with congratulations and rewards.
• Inspired by the five elemental Spiritual Items within him, Shi Kang studied their mutual generation to create a new cultivation method.
• Shi Kang guided the five energies into a cycle and stripped away their individual elemental traits, forming a faint wisp of Strange Energy.

Shi Kang created a new energy that surpassed Spiritual Energy and named it Primordial True Qi. After testing it in the Void Space, he discovered that even a simple palm strike could trigger a Spatial Storm, leaving him eager to master it and strengthen his combat abilities.

• Shi Kang circulated the Five Spiritual Items for ten days until the Strange Energy gathered into a sphere of light.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree recognized the energy's profound, complete rules, and Shi Kang celebrated creating a power beyond Spiritual Energy.
• Shi Kang absorbed the Transparent Energy and found that it nourished his meridians and tempered his body without backlash.
• Shi Kang condensed the energy into a palm seal and struck, triggering a small Spatial Storm in the Void Space.
• Shi Kang recalled his past injuries from a Spatial Storm, then realized the new energy's potential and named it Primordial True Qi.

Shi Kang researched ways to convert Dou Qi and Spiritual Energy into Primordial True Qi while his family and companions grew stronger. After Cao Ying reached the late stage of Seven-star Dou Saint, Shi Kang brought her to the Heavenly Tomb and revealed the inheritance plaza, preparing to help her become the Dou Qi Continent’s second Dou Di.

• Shi Kang decided to develop a cultivation method that could convert Dou Qi and Spiritual Energy into Primordial True Qi more efficiently.
• Shi Kang reunited with Cao Ying and their son, Shi Zheng, and Shi Ling and Shi Yi came to visit their baby brother.
• Shi Kang focused on researching his cultivation method as his companions advanced, while Cao Ying became a ninth-grade alchemist and began producing Ninth-grade Profound Pills.
• Two years later, Medusa gave birth to Shi Kang’s fourth child, a daughter.
• After Cao Ying reached the late stage of Seven-star Dou Saint, Shi Kang brought her to the Heavenly Tomb and revealed the Inheritance Plaza from Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.

Shi Kang helped Cao Ying begin inheriting the Tou She Ancient God's legacy, then developed a new cultivation path based on Primordial True Qi. His breakthrough summoned a powerful lightning tribulation, and he identified the incoming bolt as Purple Heaven Divine Thunder.

• Shi Kang revealed that the Tou She Ancient God's inheritance was meant for Cao Ying, and she sensed her connection to the statue before beginning the inheritance.
• Shi Kang cultivated in Cao Ying's pill-refining area, converting surrounding Dou Qi into Primordial True Qi through his Five Elements cycle sphere.
• After two and a half months of experimentation, Shi Kang established a smooth cultivation route for Primordial True Qi and felt his strength begin to grow.
• Shi Kang's new cultivation method summoned dark clouds and purple lightning over the Stone Realm, alarming the Stone Clan and prompting Shi Gang and Zi Yan to suspect he was responsible.
• Shi Kang shielded the Stone Clan and flew toward the clouds, where a massive bolt struck at him; he recognized it as Purple Heaven Divine Thunder.

Shi Kang refined the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder and the Bodhi Ancient Tree, reaching Upper Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection and confirming that his cultivation system could use Spiritual Energy. He left the Heavenly Tomb and sensed that Cao Ying had become a Dou Di.

• Shi Kang swallowed the Purple Heaven Divine Thunder, refined it, and judged that his strength was at least comparable to an ordinary Lower Earthly Sovereign.
• Shi Kang began refining the Bodhi Ancient Tree while preserving its intelligence, and the process took three years.
• After absorbing the tree's origin, Shi Kang reached Upper Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection and faced the Dou Qi Continent's growing rejection of his power.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree became Shi Kang's Companion Spirit, gained control of the other spirit objects within him, and converted Spiritual Energy into his Five Elements Primordial True Qi.
• Shi Kang left the Heavenly Tomb, sensed a Dou Di-level aura, and realized that Cao Ying had broken through.

Cao Ying became a Dou Di and refined a Ninth-grade Golden Pill for Zi Yan while Shi Kang was in seclusion. After returning, Shi Kang opened a passage that restored Origin Qi to the Dou Qi Continent and protected the realm with a barrier, leaving its experts able to pursue the Dou Di realm.

• Cao Ying inherited Tou She Ancient God's legacy, became a Dou Di, and refined a Ninth-grade Golden Pill for Zi Yan.
• Shi Kang returned from seclusion, praised Cao Ying, and decided to bring Origin Qi back to the Dou Qi Continent.
• Guided by the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Shi Kang found a lifeless realm devastated by the Outer Realm Evil Clan and opened a stable passage to it.
• Origin Qi poured through the passage, giving Zhu Kun, Zi Yan, and Medusa the chance to advance to Dou Di.
• Shi Kang used his Dou Di origin and Five Elements Primordial True Qi to place an Ultimate Barrier around the Dou Qi Continent.

Shi Kang prepared to leave the Dou Qi Continent for the Great Thousand World, promising to return for his loved ones once he had established himself. After crossing the Realm Barrier and entering the Chaotic Void, he chose the West Heaven Continent as his first destination.

• Shi Kang told his family and companions that he would leave for the Great Thousand World, but refused to take Zi Yan and Cao Ying until he could protect them there.
• Shi Kang promised to return within five years and take everyone with him, and he spent his final night with Zi Yan and Cao Ying.
• At his departure ceremony, Shi Kang urged the people of the Dou Qi Continent to cultivate and protect their homeland, then tore open the Realm Barrier and entered the Chaotic Void.
• Shi Kang traveled through the Chaotic Void unharmed by its storms and currents, then consulted the Bodhi Ancient Tree about the continents of the Great Thousand World.
• Shi Kang chose to travel to the West Heaven Continent first.

Shi Kang arrived in the Great Thousand World after crossing the Chaotic Void and began replenishing his depleted Primordial True Qi in Azure Desert Mountain. His immense Spiritual Energy absorption drew both the Goddess Luo Clan and the Blood God Clan toward the border, while he remained unaware of their approach.

• Shi Kang stepped through a spatial passage into Azure Desert Mountain, where the locals recognized his arrival as an ascension from a lower realm.
• Shi Kang learned that he was in the Lesser West Heaven Realm and recognized it as the territory where Luo Li's Goddess Luo Clan resided.
• Shi Kang summoned the Bodhi Ancient Tree to absorb local Spiritual Energy and convert it into Five Elements Primordial True Qi.
• Luo Tianshen sensed the disturbance and led Goddess Luo Clan experts toward Azure Desert Mountain to investigate.
• The Blood God Clan Leader mistook the phenomenon for the appearance of a rare treasure and hurried to the border with clan experts.
• Shi Kang continued restoring his True Qi without realizing that both clans were approaching.

Shi Kang’s ascension drew the four Great Divine Clans to Azure Desert Mountain, where they discovered the Bodhi Ancient Tree and began coveting it. Blood Spirit Child secretly allied with the Strength God Clan and Bone God Clan to suppress Luo Tianshen and seize the treasure, leaving Shi Kang caught in a gathering clan standoff.

• Luo Tianshen and Blood Spirit Child arrived at Azure Desert Mountain, exchanged hostile words, and advanced toward the spiritual energy phenomenon.
• The clans found Shi Kang cultivating beside the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and Blood Spirit Child recognized the tree as a supreme enlightenment treasure.
• Luo Tianshen warned Shi Kang that his method of converting spiritual energy was wrong, while Blood Spirit Child offered to take him to the Blood God Clan and secretly coveted the tree.
• Shi Kang recognized Blood Spirit Child as a villain and understood that Luo Tianshen had offered him genuine guidance.
• The Strength God Clan and Bone God Clan arrived, and Blood Spirit Child privately proposed that their three clans join forces to suppress Luo Tianshen and seize the treasure.
• Li Batian and Gu Rong accepted Blood Spirit Child’s proposal, forming a silent alliance against the Goddess Luo Clan.

Shi Kang refused the three divine clans’ offer of protection, and Blood Spirit Child, Li Batian, and Gu Rong attacked him with four Lower Earthly Sovereigns. Shi Kang and the Bodhi Ancient Tree overwhelmed them, and as he prepared to finish off the three clan leaders, Luo Tianshen activated his Dharma Body and drew Shi Kang’s suspicion.

• Blood Spirit Child, Li Batian, and Gu Rong attacked Shi Kang while he was converting his True Qi, but Shi Kang summoned his Supreme Dharma Body and joined forces with the Bodhi Ancient Tree to repel all seven opponents.
• Shi Kang wounded the three clan leaders and badly injured the four Lower Earthly Sovereigns, then rushed after the leaders before they could recover.
• Blood Spirit Child pleaded that the attack had only been a joke, but Shi Kang struck him and forced Li Batian and Gu Rong to join the defense, smashing all three into a crater.
• Luo Tianshen activated his Luo River Dharma Body as Shi Kang prepared another attack, and Shi Kang asked if Luo Tianshen wanted to join the fight.

Shi Kang defeated the three Clan Leaders and gathered the Supreme Spirit Liquid from their Sumeru Rings. He asked Luo Tianshen to guide him to the three clans’ strongholds, and Luo Tianshen agreed in hopes of winning Shi Kang’s favor.

• Luo Tianshen proved his allegiance by killing the four badly wounded Lower Earthly Sovereigns and promised to prevent the remaining enemies from escaping.
• Shi Kang and the Bodhi Ancient Tree attacked Blood Spirit Child, Gu Rong, and Li Batian, while Blood Spirit Child burned his essence blood and tried to flee.
• Shi Kang killed Gu Rong and Li Batian, then smashed Blood Spirit Child into a pit and killed him.
• Shi Kang collected seven Sumeru Rings and found a billion drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid among their contents.
• Shi Kang asked Luo Tianshen to lead him to the three clans’ strongholds, and Luo Tianshen agreed, hoping to secure a share of the spoils and the Goddess Luo Clan’s future backing.

Shi Kang raided the Three Great Divine Clans and collected 1.5 billion drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid before learning about the Great Thousand World’s major powers from Luo Tianshen. He left without accepting Luo Tianshen’s invitation and had no intention of joining the West Heaven Hall.

• Shi Kang swept through the Blood God Clan, Strength God Clan, and Bone God Clan, suppressing resistance and taking their treasures.
• Shi Kang counted 1.5 billion drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid among his spoils and gave Luo Tianshen ten million drops as thanks for guiding him.
• Shi Kang refused Luo Tianshen’s invitation to return to his clan and asked him to explain the Great Thousand World’s power structure where they stood.
• Luo Tianshen described the dominant forces, including the West Heaven Hall, and said it might recruit Shi Kang.
• Shi Kang said he had no immediate plans and privately rejected the idea of serving under the West Heaven Hall.

Shi Kang cultivated with Supreme Spirit Liquid for four months, reaching Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection, while the West Heaven Hall searched for him and planned to recruit him. When he tried to leave a city after learning he was being sought as a potential Holy Son, Vice Hall Master Lin Dong intercepted him and promised to explain the Hall’s offer.

• Shi Kang paid Luo Tianshen for information, then hid in a mountain cave and used Supreme Spirit Liquid to cultivate.
• News of Shi Kang’s destruction of the Three Great Divine Clans spread across the West Heaven Continent, and Hall Master Lin Xia ordered the West Heaven Hall to find and recruit him.
• After four months of cultivation, Shi Kang reached Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection and spent all three hundred million Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Shi Kang entered a nearby city intending to sell his spoils, but fled after hearing that the West Heaven Hall wanted him as its Holy Son.
• Vice Hall Master Lin Dong stopped Shi Kang and invited him to join the West Heaven Hall, saying its terms might change his mind.

Shi Kang refused to join the West Heaven Hall and rejected Old Man Lin Dong’s demand to return the treasures he had seized from the Three Great Divine Clans. He defeated Old Man Lin Dong and crushed his head just as the West Heaven Hall Master arrived and ordered him to stop.

• Old Man Lin Dong offered Shi Kang the West Heaven Hall’s Holy Son position and other rewards, but Shi Kang refused to join.
• Old Man Lin Dong demanded that Shi Kang surrender the Supreme Spirit Liquid and treasures from the Three Great Divine Clans, then attacked him when he tried to leave.
• Shi Kang shattered Old Man Lin Dong’s arm with one punch and launched a powerful assault with his Primordial Emperor Body.
• Shi Kang and the Bodhi Ancient Tree battered Old Man Lin Dong until his Supreme Dharma Body shattered, and Shi Kang seized him by the throat.
• The West Heaven Hall Master arrived and ordered Shi Kang to stop, but Shi Kang crushed Old Man Lin Dong’s head.

Shi Kang fought Lin Xia, a Heavenly Sovereign, and survived his overwhelming attacks while managing to wound him. When Lin Xia summoned reinforcements, Shi Kang retreated, vowing to return and kill him as Lin Xia pursued.

• Lin Xia manifested his Heavenly Sovereign Spirit Body and struck Shi Kang, who endured the blow with his Saint Aspect and Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Lin Xia unleashed Heavenfalling Blazing Fire, sending Shi Kang flying and leaving him badly wounded despite the Bodhi Ancient Tree's healing.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree urged Shi Kang to retreat, but Shi Kang charged Lin Xia and fought recklessly, landing several blows of his own.
• Lin Xia used a jade token to summon reinforcements, and Shi Kang decided to flee before they arrived.
• Shi Kang clashed palms with Lin Xia and escaped at full speed, while Lin Xia chased after him.

Shi Kang used the Myriad Spirit Ball to escape Lin Xia, then replenished his Primordial True Qi with the Bodhi Ancient Tree while pretending to run out of energy. After luring Lin Xia close, he detonated another Myriad Spirit Ball and charged at the badly mutilated Heavenly Sovereign, leaving the fight poised for a final clash.

• Shi Kang hurled a Myriad Spirit Ball charged with most of his Primordial True Qi, wounding Lin Xia and using the blast to flee.
• Lin Xia summoned two Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection experts and pursued Shi Kang, eventually leaving them behind as he tried to outlast him.
• Shi Kang used one hundred million Supreme Spirit Liquid and the Bodhi Ancient Tree to restore his Primordial True Qi, while pretending his energy was nearly exhausted.
• After more than two hours of pursuit, Lin Xia closed in to kill Shi Kang, who turned and revealed a half-prepared Myriad Spirit Ball.
• Shi Kang poured his restored Primordial True Qi into the attack and detonated it, shattering Lin Xia's Heavenly Sovereign Spirit Body and destroying nearly half his body.
• Despite his own severe wounds and exhausted Spiritual Energy, Shi Kang charged Lin Xia on foot, frightening him.

Shi Kang killed Elder Lin Xia after a brutal pursuit, then spent two and a half months recovering before returning to raid West Heaven Hall. He attacked the two elders there, whose fate remained unresolved.

• Shi Kang caught and killed the mortally wounded Lin Xia, then destroyed his divine soul and fled with his Sumeru Ring.
• Shi Kang hid in a mountain cave and spent two and a half months healing his severe injuries with the Bodhi Ancient Tree's help.
• Shi Kang found over 1.5 billion drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid in Lin Xia's ring and combined it with his other spoils to reach four billion drops.
• Shi Kang flew to West Heaven Hall to claim compensation for his injuries and found two Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection elders waiting for Lin Xia to return.
• Shi Kang attacked the two elders, relying on the improved combat control he had gained from fighting Lin Xia.

Shi Kang looted West Heaven Hall, then visited Luo Tianshen to ask about places where source-born spiritual treasures might form. After receiving a list and promising to watch for new information, Shi Kang left to search for treasures.

• Shi Kang killed two Earthly Sovereign elders, looted West Heaven Hall’s treasury, and raised his fortune to seven billion drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid.
• Shi Kang visited Luo Tianshen, who first feared he had come seeking refuge from West Heaven Hall.
• A Goddess Luo Clan member reported West Heaven Hall’s destruction, and Shi Kang confirmed he had killed its Hall Master.
• Shi Kang gave Luo Tianshen twenty million drops of Supreme Spirit Liquid in exchange for a list of dangerous places and factions associated with source-born spiritual treasures.
• Shi Kang gave Luo Tianshen a jade slip for future reports and promised he might help the clan once before leaving to seek treasures.