Arc 18The River of Time

Ye Xingchen established the Heavenly Court, defeated Emperor Zun, and led it into the Immortal Realm before entering the River of Time with the Ruthless Great Emperor, Ye Fan, and Great Emperor Wushi. In the past, he met Bear Child in Stone Village, intervened in Bear Child’s conflict with Shi Hao, and set out with him toward the Heaven Mending Pavilion.

  • Ye Xingchen reached the Half-Step Great Emperor Realm, completed his tribulation, and declared that he would establish the Heavenly Court while Tang San became the Asura Great Emperor and swore to oppose him.
  • Ye Xingchen married Zhou Ling'er in Huanxi Village, and they had a daughter, after three hundred years, he helped Xian'er defeat the Golden Crow Great Emperor and allowed prodigies to pursue the Great Emperor realm.
  • Ye Xingchen and Ye Fan destroyed the Tang Sect, then joined the Ruthless Great Emperor in carrying the Heavenly Court into the Immortal Realm, where they killed Emperor Zun and reunited with Great Emperor Wushi.
  • Ye Xingchen, the Ruthless Great Emperor, Ye Fan, and Great Emperor Wushi entered the River of Time to confront the threat around the Boundary Sea, and Ye Xingchen awoke in Stone Village beside the childhood Desolate Heavenly Emperor.
  • Ye Xingchen joined Bear Child in the Great Wilderness, clashed with Shi Hao after the boy attacked Bear Child, and left with Bear Child when Willow God restrained Shi Hao’s Guardian of the Dao.
  • Ye Xingchen and Bear Child traveled toward a city, where Bear Child beat down bandits and Ye Xingchen stopped a playboy from assaulting Huo Ling'er, and Ye Xingchen accepted her offer to guide them to the Heaven Mending Pavilion.
Chapters 426–450 Vol. 5 Read

Ch. 426Great Emperor Tribulation!

Tang Wanwan broke free from Ye Xingchen’s control and attacked him, while a mysterious figure appeared and threatened that he would never leave the planet. After Tang Wanwan was found in the hospital, Ye Xingchen wandered through an island nation, destroyed its shrine and island, and discovered an Undersea Dragon Palace at the bottom of the abyss.

  • Murong Yunhai charged Ye Xingchen, who stopped him with a casual wave, while Tang Wanwan broke her bonds and accused Ye Xingchen of taking her memories.
  • Tang Wanwan attacked Ye Xingchen, severed her own arm when he caught her wrist, and regrew it before he restrained her with his power.
  • A blue-clad figure appeared behind the space, praised the crack in Ye Xingchen’s Dao heart, and warned that he would never leave the planet; Ye Xingchen felt he had lost something.
  • The next morning, Xiaohua found Tang Wanwan being treated at a Jiangcheng hospital and told Lin Xueli that Ye Xingchen was busy, then left to request leave for him.
  • Ye Xingchen wandered through an island nation, collapsed a shrine, and caused the island to sink into the sea before walking into an abyss past a nuclear submarine.
  • Ye Xingchen reached an Undersea Dragon Palace and found an enormous dragon skeleton inside.

Ch. 427Half a step from Great Emperor!

Ye Xingchen absorbed the Dragon Bone, reached the Half-Step Great Emperor Realm, and prepared to face his tribulation. In the reincarnation world, Tang Wanwan learned the truth and left with Emperor Zun, while Ye Xingchen returned to the rented room where Xiaohua waited.

  • Ye Xingchen took the Dragon Bone from the Undersea Dragon Palace and merged it into his body, reaching the Half-Step Great Emperor Realm.
  • At Jiangcheng Hospital, Tang Wanwan confronted the Ruthless Great Emperor about her restored memories and her place in Ye Xingchen’s world.
  • Emperor Zun revealed that Tang Wanwan’s world was an illusory reincarnation and offered to take her to the real world; Tang Wanwan agreed to leave with him.
  • Xiaohua arrived after Emperor Zun took Tang Wanwan and watched the spatial fluctuations fade, feeling helpless about the situation.
  • Ye Xingchen walked through the rain in Jiangcheng, vanished, and appeared in the rented room before Xiaohua.

Ch. 428Facing the Great Emperor Tribulation!

Ye Xingchen battled the golden banners trapping him as he faced his Great Emperor Tribulation, while the Forbidden Zone Supremes gathered to stop him. He continued fighting the tribulation’s lightning and the phantoms of past Great Emperors, growing stronger as the Dark Supremes watched warily.

  • Xiaohua reassured Ye Xingchen that his breakthrough to half-step Great Emperor was not his fault, and Ye Xingchen revealed that golden banners had trapped him outside the tribulation.
  • Xiaohua attacked the banners, but they remained unmoved, so Ye Xingchen entered them and fought against their attempt to refine him with the power of his tribulation.
  • The Forbidden Zone Supremes sensed Ye Xingchen’s Great Emperor Tribulation and converged on him, while Ye Fan vowed to destroy their restricted zones and fought off a Supreme’s attack.
  • Emperor Zun watched Ye Xingchen’s tribulation and left with the dormant Tang Wanwan, intending for her to inherit the Queen Mother of the West’s Dao Fruit.
  • Ye Xingchen fought through the lightning and the Heavenly Heart Imprint’s phantoms of past Great Emperors, gaining strength as he defeated them.

Ch. 429Establishing the Heavenly Court!

Ye Xingchen became the Star Great Emperor, reunited with the Ruthless Great Emperor, and announced the founding of the Heavenly Court. He and Ye Fan headed to the Immortal Mausoleum to reclaim the Ancient Heavenly Court’s gates, while Tang San entered a black hole to pursue greater power.

  • Ye Xingchen emerged from his Emperor Tribulation, and the Ruthless Great Emperor revealed that she had regained her memories and had waited for his return.
  • Ye Xingchen declared that he would establish the Heavenly Court, drawing eager supporters from across the universe.
  • Tang San sensed Ye Xingchen’s familiar power, vowed to defeat him, and charged into a black hole to rapidly increase his cultivation.
  • Ye Xingchen told Ye Fan he would rebuild the Heavenly Court at the Ancient Heavenly Court’s former site, and the two traveled to the Immortal Mausoleum on the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King.
  • Ye Xingchen demanded that the Granny of the Immortal Mausoleum hand over the four heavenly gates, and the gates rose into the sky.

Ch. 430Why Don't You Go Date Immortal Spirit Granny?

Ye Xingchen raided the Restricted Areas for treasures and spent time with An Miaoyi and Ji Ziyue, while Tang San became the Asura Great Emperor and declared war on him. The chapter ended with the Undying Heavenly Emperor challenging Great Emperor Wushi as the Heavenly Heart Imprint spread.

  • Ye Xingchen teased Immortal Spirit Granny, then took the Enlightenment Tree from Undying Mountain and sent Ye Fan to search the Restricted Areas for treasures.
  • Ye Xingchen told An Miaoyi and Ji Ziyue that they would have to wait for him to become the Heavenly Emperor before they could become Great Emperors, and the two pressed him to father children with them.
  • Tang San emerged in the starry sky, underwent an Emperor Tribulation, and became the Asura Great Emperor.
  • Tang San established the Tang Sect and declared that he would wage war against Ye Xingchen, who arrived after Tang San had left and vowed to destroy his enemies.
  • In the Immortal Realm, the Undying Heavenly Emperor taunted Great Emperor Wushi as the Heavenly Heart Imprint spread.

Ch. 431Innate Dao Body!

Great Emperor Wushi fought the Undying Heavenly Emperor while Ye Xingchen handed the Heavenly Court to Ye Fan and sought out Zhou Ling'er, claiming their parents had arranged their marriage. Zhou Ling'er recognized her parents' handwriting on the betrothal letter but told Ye Xingchen he did not have to marry her if he was unwilling.

  • Great Emperor Wushi confronted the Undying Heavenly Emperor and attacked him with a blaze of red light, which collided with five-colored radiance and shook the Immortal Realm.
  • At a Peaches of Immortality banquet, Ye Xingchen gave Ye Fan authority over the Heavenly Court before leaving to prepare for a challenge.
  • Ye Xingchen went to Huanxi Village, found Zhou Ling'er washing clothes, and presented a betrothal letter as proof of their families' marriage agreement.
  • Zhou Ling'er examined the letter, recognized her parents' handwriting, and told Ye Xingchen he could leave if he did not wish to marry her.

Ch. 432Tricked His Way into Getting a Wife?

Ye Xingchen won Zhou Ling'er over by agreeing to spend time getting to know her, and Huanxi Village celebrated their betrothal. The celebrations were interrupted when Zhou Dafu arrived seeking disciples and discovered that both Zhou Ling'er and Ye Xingchen had powerful spiritual roots.

  • Ye Xingchen pretended to leave, prompting Zhou Ling'er to suggest that they spend time getting to know each other despite their betrothal.
  • Villagers congratulated Zhou Ling'er and Ye Xingchen, while Zhou Ling'er said she had not decided when to marry.
  • A villager announced that an Immortal had come to select people with cultivation aptitude, and the villagers hurried to the entrance with their children.
  • At the village entrance, Zhou Dafu sensed two powerful auras and learned that Zhou Ling'er lived in a house at the edge of the village.
  • Zhou Dafu offered to take Zhou Ling'er as his disciple, but she refused, and he then noticed Ye Xingchen's powerful spiritual-root aura.

Ch. 433Marriage and the Bridal Chamber

Ye Xingchen drove Zhou Dafu out of Huanxi Village while hiding his own power, then continued his quiet life with Zhou Ling'er as Tang San and the Dark Supremes plotted to destroy the Heavenly Court. Three months later, Ye Xingchen and Zhou Ling'er married and entered their bridal chamber.

  • Ye Xingchen rejected Zhou Dafu's offer to take him and Zhou Ling'er as disciples, and an unseen force stripped Zhou Dafu of his cultivation and drove him from Huanxi Village.
  • Tang San agreed with the Dark Supremes to join forces against Ye Xingchen and attack the Heavenly Court after completing their cultivation.
  • A Divine Lord reported that Ye Xingchen was absent from the Heavenly Court, and Tang San ordered him to keep watch.
  • Three months later, Zhou Ling'er and Ye Xingchen celebrated their wedding in Huanxi Village.
  • In the bridal chamber, Zhou Ling'er shyly told Ye Xingchen that they should go to bed.

Ch. 434Ye Fan: Black Empress Clan, Do You Want a Wife?

Ye Fan negotiated with the Black Empress Clan for two jin of precious blood by promising him a wife, then tricked him into marrying a heifer. A year later, Ye Xingchen and Zhou Ling'er cared for their child in Huanxi Village while Zhou Ling'er worried about the dangers surrounding her husband’s identity.

  • Ye Fan asked the Black Empress Clan for precious blood to help him break through to the Great Emperor realm, but the Black Empress Clan refused.
  • Ye Fan offered the Black Empress Clan a wife in exchange for precious blood, and they agreed on two jin.
  • Ye Fan led the Black Empress Clan to a little heifer, prompting him to angrily threaten Ye Fan.
  • A year later, Ye Xingchen and Zhou Ling'er looked after their child in Huanxi Village, where the child’s powerful energy remained contained inside the house.
  • Zhou Ling'er worried about what Ye Xingchen’s arrival meant for their family, then felt reassured when their child laughed.

Ch. 435435, Ye Fan Became a Great Emperor!

Ye Xingchen dismissed the villagers’ rumors and reflected on the approaching Golden Age, hoping his daughter would one day display her talent. Elsewhere, Tang San emerged from seclusion to threaten the Heavenly Court, while Ye Fan faced the Great Emperor tribulation and fought to claim the throne.

  • Villagers called Ye Xingchen a monster, but he reassured Zhou Ling'er that he would not hold their rumors against them.
  • Ye Xingchen sensed the coming Golden Age and said his daughter should rise to fame in it; after he left, the plants where he had stood developed signs of life.
  • Tang San emerged from seclusion in the Ancient Star Cluster with dark power and vowed to destroy the Heavenly Court.
  • Ye Fan summoned the Heavenly Heart Imprint and fought the Great Emperor phantoms with the Six Paths of Reincarnation Fist.
  • Black Empress Clan and Pang Bo watched Ye Fan’s tribulation, then bickered over Precious Blood as An Miaoyi and Ji Ziyue watched with amusement.

Ch. 436Slapping Six Supremes to Death!

Ye Fan fought Tang San while undergoing his tribulation, but six Restricted Area Supremes joined the battle against him. Ye Xingchen killed all six with one strike, empowered his daughter Xian'er with their blood essence, and returned home to find Zhou Ling'er washing clothes.

  • Ye Fan absorbed the thunder of his tribulation into the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron as Tang San attacked him with the Blue Silver Overlord Spear.
  • Ye Fan drove Tang San back, and six Supremes from the Restricted Areas appeared and joined the fight against him.
  • Ye Xingchen watched the battle with Xian'er and declared that he would teach her his Dao arts so she could eventually slay his enemies.
  • Ye Xingchen sent out a giant hand that slapped Tang San away and killed all six Supremes, then absorbed their blood essence and infused it into Xian'er.
  • Ye Xingchen returned to his courtyard and asked Zhou Ling'er if she wanted to go for a walk, prompting a worried look from her.

Ch. 437Golden Crow Great Emperor: Don't Be Like This, You're Scaring Me

Ye Xingchen took Zhou Ling'er and their daughter from Huanxi Village to roam the Heaven Shading World, and three hundred years later he learned that Xian'er had become powerful enough to challenge the Golden Crow Great Emperor. He arrived as Xian'er and Black Empress Clan threatened to drain the Golden Crow’s blood, then ordered the defeated emperor to fill the enormous barrel only one meter deep.

  • Ye Xingchen reassured Zhou Ling'er that he could protect her and took her and their daughter from Huanxi Village in a display of divine light.
  • The villagers bowed as Ye Xingchen’s family departed, and their daughter began roaming the Heaven Shading World with a big black dog.
  • Three hundred years later, Ye Xingchen learned from Ye Fan that Xian'er was on the verge of becoming a Great Emperor and saw her confronting the Golden Crow Great Emperor.
  • The defeated Golden Crow Great Emperor admitted he could not beat Xian'er and refused to undergo the tribulation to become a Great Emperor.
  • Xian'er demanded the Golden Crow’s blood for a gigantic barrel while Black Empress Clan threatened to eat him.
  • Ye Xingchen arrived, greeted Xian'er, and told the Golden Crow to fill the barrel to a depth of about one meter.

Ch. 438Black Empress Clan: I've become a fucking Great Emperor. Can you keep up

As the Heavenly Court welcomed a golden age of Great Emperors, Big Black Dog was pushed to become one, while Emperor Zun secretly prepared to absorb the rising powers. A thousand years later, the White-Robed Empress emerged from the Desolate Forbidden Zone and arrived at the Heavenly Court.

  • Ye Xingchen allowed prodigies across the world to pursue the Great Emperor realm and join the Heavenly Court, after Ye Fan and Ye Xian'er helped destroy the Tang Sect.
  • Ye Fan slapped Big Black Dog out of the Heavenly Court and sent him to challenge the era's prodigies; Big Black Dog defeated them and became a Great Emperor.
  • Great Emperor Wushi taunted the Undying Heavenly Emperor about the coming ascension of three Heavenly Emperors, and the two resumed their fierce battle.
  • Emperor Zun scattered flags across the Heaven Shading World to seize its laws, intending to absorb the Great Emperors who ascended and become an unprecedented Immortal.
  • The White-Robed Empress left the Desolate Forbidden Zone and appeared in the Heavenly Court, where Ye Xingchen welcomed her.

Ch. 439The Entire Sect Ascended to Immortality!

Ye Xingchen, Ye Fan, and the Ruthless Great Emperor linked the Heavenly Court to the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin and began ascending toward the Immortal Realm. Emperor Zun and Tang Wanwan tried to seize the opportunity, but the three defeated Emperor Zun as the Heavenly Court continued its ascent.

  • The Ruthless Great Emperor linked the Heavenly Court to the Bronze Coffin, and Ye Xingchen and Ye Fan powered the Nine Dragons Pulling a Coffin to carry the entire Heavenly Court toward the Immortal Realm.
  • Powerful beings awakened, and people across the worlds watched the Heavenly Court ascend; Tang San died while lamenting his connection to Ye Xingchen.
  • Emperor Zun revived Tang Wanwan and revealed that he had inscribed the universe’s laws into banners, intending to use the Heavenly Court’s ascent to refine the world for himself.
  • Emperor Zun attacked Ye Fan, but his strike could not reach him, and the Ruthless Great Emperor condemned his plan.
  • Ye Xingchen, Ye Fan, and the Ruthless Great Emperor struck Emperor Zun together, turning him to ash.

Ch. 440Stepping into the Immortal Realm! The Undying Heavenly Emperor Fled!

Ye Xingchen and the others entered the Immortal Realm and set out with Great Emperor Wushi to confront the Undying Heavenly Emperor, who fled to the realm’s deepest reaches. There they discovered the Boundary Sea and a barrier sealing it off, while the Undying Heavenly Emperor questioned whether the damaged Immortal Realm could be repaired.

  • Tang Wanwan bid farewell to Ye Xingchen, who left with the Ruthless Great Emperor and the Heavenly Court.
  • Great Emperor Wushi welcomed Ye Xingchen, Ye Fan, and the others into the Immortal Realm, where the Black Empress Clan reunited with him.
  • The Undying Heavenly Emperor sensed the newcomers and fled with his companion into the deepest reaches of the Immortal Realm.
  • Great Emperor Wushi revealed where the Undying Heavenly Emperor had gone, and the group pursued him across the Immortal Realm.
  • The group found the Undying Heavenly Emperor beside the Boundary Sea, and Ye Xingchen explained that it connected to a world of the future and one destroyed in the past.
  • The Ruthless Great Emperor struck the sea with powerful energy, revealing an invisible barrier near its shore.

Ch. 441Boundary Sea! River of Time! Plateau!

Ye Xingchen, Ruthless Great Emperor, Ye Fan, and Great Emperor Wushi entered the River of Time to escape the approaching Boundary Sea and seek answers about restoring the Immortal Realm. Ye Xingchen awoke in the body of a village child in the world of the Desolate Heavenly Emperor, while a haughty girl’s party continued destroying villages in the Great Wilderness.

  • Ye Xingchen and Ruthless Great Emperor opened a River of Time, and Ye Fan and Great Emperor Wushi followed them inside as the Boundary Sea threatened their world.
  • Ye Xingchen awoke in a stone house among villagers, who warned him not to fight Little Stone again after the boy had knocked him down.
  • The childhood Desolate Heavenly Emperor apologized to Ye Xingchen, who agreed to play with him and go into the Great Wilderness together.
  • A haughty girl’s party razed another village, and she struck an old man with her whip when he objected to their destruction of the villages.

Ch. 442Desolate Beasts

A little girl and her grandfather encountered the devastation in the Great Wilderness, while Ye Xingchen sought Willow God’s help to regain his strength. Following Willow God’s guidance, Ye Xingchen left Stone Village with the mischievous child to hunt, and their arrival sent desolate beasts charging toward a young lady’s party.

  • The little girl begged her grandfather to save the people whose homes had been destroyed, but he said he lacked the cultivation and that even reaching godhood was difficult in the lower realm.
  • Three days later, Ye Xingchen asked Willow God where he could find treasures to recover, and she advised him to seek powerful desolate beasts in the Great Wilderness.
  • Ye Xingchen told Willow God he had come from the future to fight alongside her against enemies who might shatter the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
  • The Shi clan chief allowed Ye Xingchen and the mischievous child to hunt in the Great Wilderness, trusting the child’s strength and Willow God’s guidance.
  • The mischievous child charged through the forest, terrifying the beasts, while a young lady’s party gathered a leopard corpse and planned to capture beast cubs; then the fleeing beasts rushed toward them.

Ch. 443The Mighty Bear Child!

Ye Xingchen and Bear Child encountered an arrogant girl fleeing the beast tide, but Bear Child knocked her out and carried her away as a Venerable Realm Soul Beast confronted her elderly protector. The beast defeated the old man and then left him alive.

  • An elderly man used his Seven Star Treasure Sword to shield a girl from a stampede, but she rode away when a powerful beast’s pressure emerged.
  • Ye Xingchen recognized the cub Bear Child had stolen as likely belonging to a pure-blooded treasure beast and led him away from the King Desolate Beast.
  • A girl on horseback attacked Ye Xingchen and Bear Child with her whip, but Ye Xingchen caught it and pulled her from her horse.
  • The girl tried to strike them with an Eight Treasures Stone, but Ye Xingchen’s Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul absorbed its beam.
  • Bear Child punched the girl unconscious, carried her over his shoulder, and followed Ye Xingchen as a roar sounded behind them.
  • A Venerable Realm Soul Beast blasted the elderly man to the ground with a sound wave, then glanced at him and left.

Ch. 444Willow God of Stone Village

Ye Xingchen and Bear Child hid in a cave with a captured girl while a King Desolate Beast chased a girl and an injured old man toward Stone Village. The beast sensed the Willow God’s powerful aura and fled, leaving the old man and girl safe but puzzled about the village’s hidden strength.

  • Ye Xingchen gave Bear Child roast meat and told him to stop tormenting Xiaohong, while Bear Child joked about eating the little Desolate Beast.
  • The captured girl woke, threatened Ye Xingchen and Bear Child, and asked for roast meat; Bear Child mocked her and knocked her unconscious.
  • A girl riding a White Deer hurried toward Stone Village as a King Desolate Beast pursued her and an old man who had lost an arm.
  • Stone Village’s chief and villagers feared the approaching beast, while the girl warned them to flee.
  • The King Desolate Beast sensed a powerful aura from the willow tree and ran away; the old man reunited with the girl and wondered where the aura had come from.

Ch. 445445, Peril in the Wild Forest!

Bear Child and Ye Xingchen escaped the old Daoist by tricking him into confronting the wild beast, then encountered a little girl and an old man riding a white deer. The chapter ended with the legless old Daoist racing through the forest under the effects of a Blood Curse Forbidden Technique.

  • The old man thanked Stone Village for saving his and the little girl's lives, left them compensation, and departed with her.
  • Bear Child and Ye Xingchen emerged from hiding with the unconscious girl and a little wild beast, but an injured old Daoist arrived demanding the girl.
  • Ye Xingchen and Bear Child handed the little wild beast to the old Daoist and fled, leaving him to face the beast.
  • Bear Child and Ye Xingchen ate chicken drumsticks nearby and Bear Child frightened a little girl and an old man riding a white deer.
  • The old man sensed a terrifying aura from the boys, and the old Daoist raced past with both legs missing while using the Blood Curse Forbidden Technique.

Ch. 446Bear Child: You're so strong-could you have been drinking

Ye Xingchen explained his origins to Willow God and began recovering his strength through cultivation in Stone Village. The next morning, he astonished the villagers by lifting heavy stone rollers, and the village chief invited him to join the hunters.

  • A wild beast roared from the forest, and an old man hurried away with a little girl, saying a man had lost half his leg.
  • Ye Xingchen told Willow God that he was the Star Great Emperor from a future world where the laws had fallen into disorder, and she said she would watch him from the shadows.
  • Ye Xingchen asked Willow God to become his guardian deity, but she refused.
  • The next morning, Ye Xingchen lifted heavy stone rollers in front of the children, surprising them and Bear Child.
  • The village chief realized Ye Xingchen had become strong and told him to join the hunters and contribute to Stone Village.

Ch. 447Double-Pupiled Shi Yi!

Shi Yi entered the Great Wilderness to seek his own Treasure Technique, while Bear Child and Ye Xingchen ventured deeper into the forest and encountered signs of a powerful hunter. The boys finally met Shi Yi, whose Supreme Bone reacted to Bear Child, and Shi Yi challenged Ye Xingchen to fight.

  • Shi Yi rejected the Treasure Technique offered to him and told his mother he wanted to find his own in the Great Wilderness; she allowed him to go and ordered people to keep him safe.
  • Bear Child urged Ye Xingchen to leave the hunting group and search deeper in the forest, where they found a Lightning Leopard killed by a single blow.
  • Bear Child felt an unexplained force drawing him onward, while Shi Yi sensed a familiar aura and set out to find its source after killing a Vajra.
  • Ye Xingchen and Bear Child came across more slain Desolate Beasts, then met Shi Yi, whose Supreme Bone reacted when he saw Bear Child.
  • Shi Yi recognized Bear Child as the one from his past and challenged Ye Xingchen to fight.

Ch. 448Bear Child Battles Shi Hao!

Bear Child fought Shi Hao, but Ye Xingchen intervened and defeated him with overwhelming strength. When Shi Hao’s Guardian of the Dao attacked Ye Xingchen, green light restrained the old man, allowing Ye Xingchen to leave with Bear Child.

  • Bear Child attacked Shi Hao, and Shi Hao used his Supreme Bone’s power to overpower him.
  • Ye Xingchen stepped in to protect Bear Child and sent Shi Hao flying with Dragon Walk and Tiger Stride.
  • Ye Xingchen summoned the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul, broke Shi Hao’s arm, and challenged him to keep fighting.
  • Shi Hao’s Guardian of the Dao emerged and attacked Ye Xingchen with a compass-like weapon.
  • Green light descended and imprisoned the Guardian of the Dao, and Ye Xingchen left with Bear Child.
  • Willow God watched the Great Wilderness from Stone Village before returning to sleep.

Ch. 449Shi Hao's defeat, Willow God takes action!

After Shi Hao defeated Bear Child, Ye Xingchen helped Bear Child accept the Supreme Bone’s presence and encouraged him to grow stronger. Ye Xingchen cultivated a Ten Grotto-Heavens and spoke with Willow God about the world’s coming danger, then offered to take Bear Child beyond Stone Village.

  • The Guardian of the Dao warned Shi Hao’s mistress that a powerful being had intervened, but she sent him to eliminate the threat with the Rain God’s decree.
  • Bear Child asked Ye Xingchen why Shi Hao’s scent felt familiar, and Ye Xingchen encouraged him to overcome his grief over the Supreme Bone.
  • Ye Xingchen opened a Ten Grotto-Heavens and discussed the fragmented laws and looming invasion with Willow God.
  • Three days later, Bear Child asked Ye Xingchen to spar after defeating the village children, and Ye Xingchen proposed taking him outside Stone Village.

Ch. 450Huo Ling'er!

Bear Child and Ye Xingchen traveled toward a city, where Bear Child defeated road bandits and Ye Xingchen killed them. In the city, they rescued disguised Huo Ling'er from a playboy and agreed to travel with her to the Heaven Mending Pavilion.

  • Bear Child admired the world outside the Great Wilderness as he and Ye Xingchen headed toward a city.
  • Several bandits demanded a toll, and Bear Child beat them down before Ye Xingchen killed them.
  • Disguised as an ordinary girl, Huo Ling'er went shopping and was harassed by a playboy.
  • Bear Child struck the playboy when he tried to seize Huo Ling'er, and Ye Xingchen severed the man's hands with a streak of white light.
  • Huo Ling'er offered to guide Bear Child and Ye Xingchen to the Heaven Mending Pavilion, and Ye Xingchen accepted while Bear Child objected to her appearance.
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