Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ye Xingchen, Bear Child, and Huo Ling'er arrived at the Heaven Mending Sect to take its beast-hunting entrance test. Inside the Void Secret Realm, they spotted a pure-blooded Golden-Winged Roc, and Bear Child wanted to kill it for its wings.

• Bear Child insulted Huo Ling'er, while Ye Xingchen asked her name and she introduced herself as Huo'er.
• The trio reached the Heaven Mending Sect as it began its entrance assessment, which required each student to hunt Desolate Beasts in a Void Secret Realm.
• Ye Xingchen suggested that the three work together, and they entered the secret realm ahead of the other children.
• The trio emerged in a patch of weeds rather than the desert they had seen outside, and Ye Xingchen realized the entrance scenery had been an illusion.
• Huo Ling'er spotted a pure-blooded Golden-Winged Roc, and Bear Child urged Ye Xingchen to kill it so he could eat its wings.

Ye Xingchen, Bear Child, and Huo Ling'er entered a cave strewn with the remains of past contestants, then were ambushed by masked hunters. After Ye Xingchen defeated an Inscription Realm attacker and Bear Child looted his possessions, Ye Xingchen proposed hunting the hunters in turn.

• Outside the Void Secret Realm, the Dean explained that contestants would be ranked by how many Desolate Beasts they killed, with wisdom and strategy also being tested.
• Ye Xingchen, Bear Child, and Huo Ling'er found old human remains near a cave, and Ye Xingchen warned that other contestants might be more dangerous than the Desolate Beasts.
• Several masked contestants confronted the trio and demanded their kills and possessions, while one threatened Huo Ling'er.
• An Inscription Realm hunter attacked with lightning, but Ye Xingchen's barrier stopped him and the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul knocked him unconscious.
• Bear Child looted the fallen hunter's Heaven and Earth Bag, finding three Desolate Beasts and many treasures.
• Ye Xingchen suggested that the trio target the hunters instead of searching for Desolate Beasts.

Ye Xingchen, Huo Ling'er, and Bear Child set a trap for a silver-robed Born Supreme in the Void Secret Realm. After Bear Child stalled him with a Barrier, Ye Xingchen knocked him out, and the group began looting his Heaven and Earth Bag.

• Ye Xingchen persuaded Huo Ling'er that they should target and rob other people instead of hunting Desolate Beasts.
• The silver-robed youth killed several Desolate Wolves and encountered Bear Child on the path.
• Bear Child demanded a toll and trapped the youth behind a Barrier, repeatedly taunting him as he failed to break through.
• Ye Xingchen and Huo Ling'er attacked from opposite sides, and Ye Xingchen knocked the distracted youth out with a brick.
• Bear Child searched the youth's Heaven and Earth Bag and rejoiced at the Desolate Beasts inside.

Ye Xingchen, Bear Child, and Huo Ling'er continued using teamwork and ambushes to gather treasures in the Void Secret Realm, while the Heaven Mending Sect Dean ruled that their tactics were allowed. The trio approached a fight over the Golden-Winged Roc's head, but a terrifying owl-like monster descended before they could act.

• Huo Ling'er, Bear Child, and Ye Xingchen left to find more contestants to rob after looting the Silver-Clad Youth.
• The Heaven Mending Sect Elders argued over whether the trio had cheated, but the Dean declared them legitimate contestants because the trial tested strategy as well as martial strength.
• Ye Xingchen, Huo Ling'er, and Bear Child found several teams fighting over the Golden-Winged Roc's head and decided to wait until the teams were weakened.
• The team carrying the Overlord Spear challenged the other two teams, and both sides prepared to fight.
• An owl-like monster descended from the sky, prompting the teams to retreat in fear of its strength.

Ye Xingchen, Bear Child, and Huo Ling'er watched contestants fight the Owl Monster while waiting for a chance to steal the Golden-Winged Roc's head. When the contestants joined forces against the beast, Ye Xingchen seized the opening and led the others into action.

• Ye Xingchen explained to Huo Ling'er that the Owl Monster was one of the Nine Sons of the Dragon and that it preyed on Golden-Winged Rocs.
• Bear Child suggested stealing the Golden-Winged Roc's head, but Ye Xingchen pointed out hidden contestants waiting to attack anyone who tried.
• A contestant rushed for the head and was struck down by attacks from the surrounding forest.
• The Heaven Mending Sect elders joked with the dean about the Owl Monster, while Ye Xingchen told Bear Child and Huo Ling'er to wait for an opening.
• The man with the Overlord Spear rallied the contestants to unite against the Owl Monster, and Ye Xingchen charged toward the head as Huo Ling'er set the forest ablaze.

Ye Xingchen, Bear Child, and Huo Ling'er stole the Golden-Winged Roc’s inheritance from the man with the Overlord Spear and studied its inheritance bone. After three days, Ye Xingchen had mastered the Treasure Technique, while Huo Ling'er and Bear Child were still studying it.

• Ye Xingchen secured the Golden-Winged Roc and Bear Child knocked the Overlord Spear man flying, allowing the trio to escape.
• The Dean and Elders watched the trio’s teamwork and decided to let them enter the Heaven Mending Sect.
• Ye Xingchen explained that the Golden-Winged Roc’s head might contain its inheritance, and Bear Child pulled a glowing inheritance bone from it.
• The Overlord Spear man found the inheritance bone missing and vowed to hunt down the three who had stolen it.
• After three days in a cave, Ye Xingchen mastered the bone’s Treasure Technique and made a Golden-Winged Roc emerge from it, startling Huo Ling'er and Bear Child.

Ye Xingchen shared the Golden-Winged Roc's Treasure Technique with Huo Ling'er and Bear Child, then entered the Virtual Realm briefly through his divine sense. After driving off Wang, he realized Wang was tracking him and watched as Wang prepared a scheme; Huo Ling'er and Bear Child finished comprehending the technique.

• Ye Xingchen gave the Golden-Winged Roc's Treasure Technique to Huo Ling'er and Bear Child before leaving to explore the Void Secret Realm.
• Ye Xingchen used his divine sense to enter the Virtual Realm, alarming Bird Lord, but returned to his body after only a few seconds.
• Wang attacked Ye Xingchen with the Overlord Spear, was knocked back, and left after Ye Xingchen summoned the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron's soul and threatened him.
• Ye Xingchen noticed Wang was watching him to find Huo Ling'er and Bear Child, while Wang used talisman paper to send golden lights in every direction and vowed to reclaim his treasure.
• Huo Ling'er and Bear Child completed their comprehension of the Roc Treasure Technique, and Huo Ling'er said she had learned Thunder Slaying Strike.

After completing their cultivation, Ye Xingchen, Bear Child, and Huo Ling'er faced Wang Ping and two Inscription Realm allies who attacked their cave. Ye Xingchen and Bear Child took on the attackers, and Ye Xingchen quickly overwhelmed Wang Ping, blasting him away.

• Bear Child showed Huo Ling'er his newly acquired flight technique, and Ye Xingchen warned them that enemies had found their hiding place.
• Wang Ping led two Inscription Realm experts to the cave, but their attack revealed that Ye Xingchen and Bear Child were waiting elsewhere.
• Ye Xingchen assigned Wang Ping to himself and sent Bear Child to fight the other two, while Huo Ling'er stayed behind to watch for an ambush.
• Bear Child flew toward his opponents as Ye Xingchen summoned the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul and confronted Wang Ping.
• Ye Xingchen warped Wang Ping's spear and then struck him with a burst of radiance that sent him flying a hundred meters.

Ye Xingchen and Bear Child overwhelmed their opponents before Elders stopped the fights and brought the three newcomers into the Heaven Mending Sect. As Ye Xingchen, Huo Ling'er, and Bear Child explored the grounds, the Divine Vine sensed a powerful presence and descended in human form to investigate.

• Wang Ping used the Power of Blood against Ye Xingchen, but Ye Xingchen still outmatched him with the Heavenly Emperor Cauldron Martial Soul.
• Bear Child drove back the two fighters opposing him, while Huo Ling'er watched in astonishment at the pair's strength.
• Elders intervened, declared the three youngsters Inner Disciples, and ended the battles; Wang Ping learned they came from ordinary places and was told to cultivate in seclusion.
• Ye Xingchen, Huo Ling'er, and Bear Child arrived at the Heaven Mending Sect, where Huo Ling'er recognized the Divine Vine as a god.
• The Divine Vine sensed a being whose presence made its Divine Fire flicker, transformed into a White-Bearded Old Man, and searched the academy for the aura.

Ye Xingchen, Bear Child, and Huo Ling'er received red identity plaques and moved into luxurious cave abodes at the Heaven Mending Sect Academy. The Dean revealed that he had prepared a spirit vein specifically for Ye Xingchen, leaving him to cultivate in it.

• Bear Child mocked Wang Ping and provoked him until the Dean arrived.
• The Dean welcomed the new students and assigned their ranks and residences, while Ye Xingchen and his companions received red jade plaques that made Wang Ping jealous.
• Ye Xingchen, Bear Child, and Huo Ling'er explored their cave abodes, and Bear Child shattered his entrance doors.
• Ye Xingchen discovered spirit veins beneath his cave abode and went underground to cultivate.
• The Dean appeared before Ye Xingchen and said he had prepared the spirit vein especially for him.