Chapter Summaries

Shi Kang went to the Stone Clan Training Ground and staged a narrow victory over Shi Da to conceal his true strength from the Soul Clan spies. He then asked Yue Guan, Yue Ru’s brother, to spar with him privately, where Yue Guan’s attacks barely affected him.

• Shi Kang arrived at the Training Ground, greeted the Stone Clan Members, and decided not to reveal his true strength in public.
• Shi Kang challenged Shi Da, an Eight-star Dou Ancestor, and offered him three months of cultivation resources if he won.
• Shi Kang held back during their fight, then pretended to win narrowly and be exhausted.
• Shi Kang spotted Yue Guan, asked him to support him, and took him to a private place to spar.
• Yue Guan attacked Shi Kang from a distance, but his Dou Techniques barely made Shi Kang sway and left him stunned.

Shi Kang defeated Yue Guan by wearing down his Dou Qi, then beat him after Yue Guan surrendered. He left Yue Guan with instructions to take a Medicinal Bath and keep the fight secret before returning to see his Maid.

• Yue Guan increased his strength and attacked from a distance, but Shi Kang dodged and blocked while conserving his Dou Qi.
• Shi Kang traded injuries for Yue Guan's expenditure until Yue Guan had used most of his Dou Qi.
• Shi Kang and Yue Guan unleashed their final Dou Skills, and their collision sent both of them flying back.
• Yue Guan admitted defeat, but Shi Kang charged in and beat him until he could no longer resist.
• Shi Kang told Yue Guan to take a Medicinal Bath, collect two months' cultivation resources, and keep the fight secret before leaving to see his Maid.

After his battle with Yue Guan, Shi Kang assessed his strength and returned home to Yue Ru, where he recovered and spent time with her. He left her to sleep and went to continue cultivating, still determined to grow strong enough to face the Soul Clan.

• Shi Kang concluded that he could fight a Three-star Dou Venerate and might defeat a Four-star Dou Venerate if he risked his life.
• Shi Kang returned to his residence and found Yue Ru waiting with a prepared Medicinal Bath.
• Yue Ru helped Shi Kang into the bath, and he asked her to soak with him before the two moved to the bed.
• After Yue Ru fell asleep against him, Shi Kang tried to leave for the Cultivation Chamber, but she asked him to stay the night.
• Shi Kang gently told Yue Ru to sleep and left to cultivate, aiming to advance from Two-star Dou Ancestor to Three-Star Dou Ancestor.

Shi Kang cultivated in the Stone Realm while the Seven-Colored Heavenly Swallowing Python ate Companion Purple Crystal Source. The snake transformed back into Medusa, who was embarrassed and angry at Shi Kang before asking where she was.

• Shi Kang cultivated for two days, tempering his body with the Fallen Heart Flame and nearing a breakthrough to Three-Star Dou Ancestor.
• The Seven-Colored Heavenly Swallowing Python woke hungry, and Shi Kang fed it Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• After the little snake rubbed against Shi Kang, it transformed back into Medusa, leaving his hand on her body.
• Medusa jumped away and called Shi Kang shameless, while he claimed the contact had been an instinctive reaction.
• Medusa asked where she was, and Shi Kang told her they were in the Stone Realm.

Shi Kang explained the Stone Clan’s status to Medusa and said he would help her grow stronger if she proved useful to him. After reaching Three-Star Dou Ancestor, he took Zi Yan around the Stone Realm and let her visit the clan’s resource storehouse.

• Shi Kang told Medusa that the Stone Clan could help her become stronger and help the Snake People Clan, but she needed to show her value.
• Medusa returned to her Seven-Colored Little Snake form, and Shi Kang continued cultivating for three days before breaking through to Three-Star Dou Ancestor.
• Shi Kang visited Zi Yan, who had stayed in her room because she feared causing trouble, and offered to show her around the Stone Realm.
• Zi Yan asked about finding the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Shi Kang said he had sent people to search for them.
• Shi Kang took Zi Yan around the Stone Realm, then brought her into the resource storehouse after she eyed its supplies greedily.

Shi Kang gave Zi Yan a home in the Stone Clan, checked on Qing Lin’s training, and then traveled with Elder Shi Yun to collect Three Thousand Burning Flame from the Pill Tower. The Pill Tower had prepared the Heavenly Flame, leaving Shi Kang curious about what deal Shi Gang had arranged.

• Shi Kang took Zi Yan through the resource vault and promised to give her pills when she helped find valuable materials.
• Shi Kang reassured Zi Yan that she could live in the Stone Clan, and she promised to return even if she found her clan.
• Shi Kang visited Qing Lin and Tian She, then promised to arrange snake-type Monster Beasts so Qing Lin could gain practical experience.
• Shi Kang told Shi Gang they could collect the Heavenly Flames, and Shi Gang said the Pill Tower had already been asked to prepare them.
• Shi Kang and Elder Shi Yun arrived at Saint Pill City, where Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zi welcomed them and confirmed that Three Thousand Burning Flame was ready.

Shi Kang accompanied Shi Yun and Xuan Kongzi into the Star Domain, where Shi Yun easily subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame for him. After they left with the sealed flame, Shi Kang asked Xuan Kongzi about the Pill Tower’s core disciple Cao Ying, pursuing his other goal of cultivating a Ninth-grade Alchemist.

• Xuan Kongzi explained that the Pill Tower had agreed to trade the Three Thousand Burning Flame for two Ninth-grade Pill Recipes from the Stone Clan.
• Shi Kang sensed the Three Thousand Burning Flame within the Star Domain, and the flame attacked Xuan Kongzi’s group.
• Shi Yun used Space Power to suppress the flame, then erased its previous owner’s mark and sealed it for Shi Kang.
• Shi Kang, Shi Yun, and Xuan Kongzi left the Star Domain with the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Shi Kang asked Xuan Kongzi whether the Pill Tower had made an exception to accept Cao Ying as a core disciple.

Shi Kang sought to meet Cao Ying, Xuan Kongzi’s exceptionally talented disciple, and offered two Ninth-grade Pill Recipes to persuade her master. Xuan Kongzi agreed to bring Cao Ying out of training, leaving Shi Kang waiting in Pill Tower’s main hall.

• Shi Kang asked Xuan Kongzi about Cao Ying, whose talent and status made her a potential future Pill Tower leader.
• Shi Kang assured Xuan Kongzi he would not poach Cao Ying, while privately considering a marriage alliance with her.
• Xuan Kongzi hesitated to let Shi Kang meet Cao Ying because she was in closed training.
• Shi Kang offered one Ninth-grade Pill Recipe, then raised the offer to two, and Xuan Kongzi agreed to bring Cao Ying out.
• Xuan Kongzi took Shi Kang and Shi Yun to Pill Tower’s main hall, instructed Xuan Yi and Xuan Lei Zi to host them, and went to fetch Cao Ying.
• Shi Kang told Shi Yun he hoped to recruit Cao Ying because her talent might make her a Ninth-grade Alchemist.

Shi Kang arranged to meet Cao Ying and offered two Ninth-grade Pill Recipes as a gift, while considering recruiting her into the Stone Clan. After Cao Ying finished refining a Sixth-Grade Pill, Xuan Kongzi brought her to meet the Stone Clan’s Young Clan Leader, leaving her wondering whether accepting his gift might mean marrying him.

• Elder Shi Yun cautioned Shi Kang that choosing a principal wife required the Clan Leader’s approval, but Shi Kang said he knew what he was doing.
• Cao Ying successfully refined a difficult Sixth-Grade Pill and decided she needed to increase her strength to lessen the strain of pill refinement.
• Xuan Kongzi hurried to Cao Ying’s pill-refining room and asked her to meet a distinguished guest, despite her seclusion training.
• Xuan Kongzi explained that Shi Kang was the Young Clan Leader of the Stone Clan and had offered two Ninth-grade Pill Recipes as a meeting gift.
• Cao Ying worried that accepting the recipes might obligate her to marry Shi Kang, then wondered whether the Stone Clan had many recipes and rare medicinal herbs.

Shi Kang met Cao Ying and offered her two Ninth-grade Pill Recipes and further alchemy resources in exchange for working for him. Cao Ying learned he did not expect her to leave the Pill Tower, but his exact terms remained to be discussed.

• Xuan Kongzi warned Cao Ying that she could not become Shi Kang's principal wife, while Cao Ying privately considered whether enough pill recipes and Medicinal Herbs could win her over.
• Cao Ying and Shi Kang met in the Grand Hall and were impressed by each other's appearance and manner.
• Shi Yun arranged for the three Pill Tower giants to leave, allowing Shi Kang to speak privately with Cao Ying.
• Shi Kang gave Cao Ying two Ninth-grade Pill Recipes and offered to provide more recipes and Medicinal Herbs.
• Cao Ying declined what she assumed was an attempt to recruit her away from the Pill Tower, and Shi Kang clarified that he wanted her to work for him without leaving it.

Shi Kang persuaded Cao Ying to become his concubine by promising the Stone Clan would support her goal of becoming a Ninth-grade Alchemist. After returning to the Stone Realm, he told Shi Gang about the arrangement, and his father approved while insisting that Shi Kang’s principal wife have a powerful bloodline.

• Shi Kang offered Cao Ying resources and help from the Stone Clan if she became his woman, and Cao Ying agreed after confirming he would supply her alchemy needs.
• Shi Kang clarified that Cao Ying would be a concubine, which she accepted, and the two became intimate in the Grand Hall.
• Cao Ying left the hall looking flustered, while Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Xuan Lei Zi reacted to Shi Kang’s departure and worried about Cao Ying leaving the Pill Tower.
• Back in the Stone Realm, Shi Yun gave Shi Kang the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Shi Kang told Shi Gang about Cao Ying and their agreement.
• Shi Gang approved of Cao Ying as a potential Ninth-grade Alchemist and told Shi Kang that his principal wife must have a powerful bloodline.

Shi Kang weighed possible marriage alliances and privately favored Zi Yan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan as protection against the Soul Clan, while Shi Gang urged him to marry and have children. After Shi Kang returned to cultivation, Shi Gang brought Cao Ying to the Stone Realm, and Shi Kang found her waiting outside his residence.

• Shi Kang asked Shi Gang whether his principal wife had to come from the Shi Clan, then privately considered a marriage alliance with Zi Yan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Shi Gang urged Shi Kang to settle down and have children, explaining that the Shi Clan needed him to pass on his powerful bloodline.
• Shi Kang returned to his residence and entered the Cultivation Chamber to train and prepare to refine Divine Wind and Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Shi Gang sent a Half-Saint to bring Cao Ying to the Stone Realm after she agreed to go, and the Cao Family accepted the arrangement after receiving resources.
• Shi Kang finished cultivating, stepped outside, and found Cao Ying waiting beside his residence.

Shi Kang sent Cao Ying back to the Pill Tower after half a month so she could focus on alchemy, then returned to cultivation and overseeing Qing Lin's progress. He took Zi Yan into the void, hoping to draw out powerful Ancient Void Dragons.

• Shi Kang let Cao Ying use the Stone Realm's medicinal herbs for pill refining, provided she handed the finished pills over to the clan.
• After half a month together, Shi Kang sent Cao Ying back to the Pill Tower and told her to refine pills until he could visit.
• Shi Kang cultivated and checked on Qing Lin, who mastered her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and became a Dou Zhe.
• Shi Kang took Zi Yan on outings with Shi Long and Shi Fei, who had become his personal bodyguards.
• Shi Kang took Zi Yan into the void to try to draw out powerful Ancient Void Dragons.

Shi Kang failed to draw Zi Yan’s clansmen to the Stone Realm but reassured her that he would keep helping her find them. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian discovered that someone had already ransacked a cave, and two months later Shi Kang reached Four-star Dou Ancestor.

• Shi Kang tried using Zi Yan’s scent to summon Ancient Void Dragons, but no one appeared, so he considered sending people to search or eventually taking her to the Beast Realm with a stronger escort.
• Shi Kang comforted the disappointed Zi Yan, who said she liked staying in the Stone Realm and promised to find him treasures.
• Xiao Yan secretly followed Xiao Yi Xian to a cave in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, where they found broken doors, herbs, coins, and three valuable scrolls left behind by Shi Kang.
• Mu Li and his subordinates arrived at the cave while Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian were examining the scrolls.
• After two months of intense cultivation, Shi Kang broke through to Four-star Dou Ancestor and proved that his physical strength could defeat an ordinary Four-star Dou Venerate.

The Seven-Colored Heavenly Swallowing Python transformed back into Medusa, who now had human legs and had gained control of her body. Shi Kang insisted that Medusa honor her promise to follow him, then arranged a residence for her near his own.

• The Seven-Colored Heavenly Swallowing Python transformed into Medusa, and Shi Kang touched her leg before she retreated in anger.
• Medusa told Shi Kang she had taken control of her body and asked him to arrange something for her in the Stone Realm.
• Shi Kang reminded Medusa that she had promised to follow him in exchange for his lending her the Heavenly Flames.
• Medusa tried to leave, but Shi Kang told her she could not leave the Stone Realm freely and refused to release her from their agreement.
• Medusa asked for a place to stay, and Shi Kang arranged a residence for her near his own.

Shi Kang took Medusa to the Stone Clan’s Task Hall so she could earn cultivation resources instead of receiving them from him, hoping she would see how weak she was in the clan. Medusa began looking over the available tasks, while Shi Kai stood by without arranging any special work for her.

• Shi Kang told Medusa she could become his maid for cultivation resources, but she refused and asked how to go out on her own.
• Shi Kang led Medusa through the Stone Clan’s powerful outer region, leaving her shaken by how strong its members were.
• Shi Kang brought Medusa to the Task Hall and explained that members earned extra resources by accepting or posting tasks.
• Shi Kai greeted Shi Kang and offered to arrange an easy task for Medusa, but Shi Kang told him not to give her special treatment.
• Shi Kang left Medusa to look for a suitable task herself as Shi Kai watched from nearby.

Medusa accepted a task to gather Purple Glazed Flowers and obtain an Ironclad Ape’s Magic Core in exchange for a Longevity Pill, then left the Stone Realm with Shi Kang’s help. She confronted the Thunderous Tiger guarding the flowers and drove it away from its nest, intending to conserve her strength for the Ironclad Ape.

• Medusa chose a task offering a Longevity Pill, hoping to extend the lives of the Snake People Clan’s four Elders.
• Medusa asked Shi Kang for help leaving the Stone Realm, and he escorted her out after warning that she was likely no match for the Ironclad Ape.
• Medusa reached the Thunderous Tiger’s nest and faced the newly advanced Tier 7 Magical Beast.
• Medusa transformed into a Seven-Colored Heavenly Swallowing Python and knocked the Thunderous Tiger aside with her tail.
• Medusa rushed into the Thunderous Tiger’s nest to seize the Purple Glazed Flowers without wasting strength she would need against the Ironclad Ape.

Medusa stole the Purple Glazed Flower from the Thunderous Tiger, then fought the Ironclad Ape until the tiger ambushed her and left her gravely injured. She killed the Ironclad Ape, but the Thunderous Tiger's next attack was already bearing down on her.

• Medusa stole the Purple Glazed Flower and escaped the Thunderous Tiger's lair after clashing with it.
• Medusa returned to the Ironclad Ape's territory and began a fight, using her speed to wear down the stronger, slower beast.
• The Thunderous Tiger secretly joined the battle and struck Medusa from behind, seriously injuring her.
• With the Thunderous Tiger and Ironclad Ape attacking from both sides, Medusa focused her strength on the wounded ape.
• Medusa smashed the Ironclad Ape's head with her tail and killed it, just as the Thunderous Tiger launched another attack.

After killing the Ironclad Ape, Medusa was gravely wounded by the Thunderous Tiger and trapped by it and two Sixth Tier Monster Beasts. Just as the Thunderous Tiger moved to kill her, a figure resembling Shi Kang appeared and smashed its head with a punch.

• The Thunderous Tiger struck Medusa hard, and she fled without taking the Ironclad Ape's Magic Core.
• The Thunderous Tiger called for reinforcements, and two Sixth Tier Monster Beasts blocked Medusa's escape.
• Medusa knocked one of the Sixth Tier Monster Beasts down, but the Thunderous Tiger caught her and attacked alongside the remaining beast.
• The remaining beast knocked Medusa to the ground, and the Thunderous Tiger raised its paw to kill her.
• A figure resembling Shi Kang appeared before Medusa, broke the Thunderous Tiger's paw with a punch, and smashed its head.

Shi Kang rescued the badly wounded Medusa and, after she was left to recover, prepared to refine the Divine Wind to strengthen himself. The chapter ended with Shi Gang standing by as Shi Kang began the risky refinement, despite his father’s concerns.

• Shi Kang killed the remaining Tier 6 Magical Beast and carried the unconscious Medusa back to the Stone Realm.
• Yue Ru treated Medusa’s wounds while Shi Kang decided to let her recover from the battle without trying to win her favor.
• Shi Kang chose to refine the Divine Wind because Fallen Heart Flame could no longer meet his body-tempering needs, while judging Three Thousand Burning Flame too dangerous to refine first.
• Shi Kang convinced Shi Gang that Old Ancestor had approved the plan and demonstrated that his physical strength surpassed that of ordinary Four-star and Five-star Dou Venerates.
• Shi Gang agreed to remain beside Shi Kang and intervene if necessary, but warned him that he could wait until his cultivation realm was higher.