Chapter Summaries

Song Shuhang waited with Su Clan's Sixteen and the others for other trial participants while White Dragon Sister lectured him on spell basics. Her lecture ripened a Wisdom Fruit on Song Shuhang's Wooden Body, which he ate, though its effects had not yet appeared.

• Song Shuhang chose to stay in the Crystal Small World to compare notes with other trial participants and wait for Senior White.
• White Dragon Sister began teaching Song Shuhang, Su Clan's Sixteen, and Black-Skinned Soft Feather, while Pavilion Master Chu listened for mistakes.
• White Dragon Sister's lecture drew in spiritual energy, causing fresh shoots to grow from Song Shuhang's Wooden Body and ripening a fragrant seven-colored fruit at his waist.
• Song Shuhang used the Appraisal Secret Method and learned the fruit was a Wisdom Fruit formed from knowledge he could not comprehend.
• Song Shuhang ate the Wisdom Fruit, and Black-Skinned Soft Feather wondered whether he could digest it while only a head.

Song Shuhang absorbed the Wisdom Fruit and gained knowledge that could help him understand the General Outline Inheritance Chapter of the Sacred Ape Dragon Force Divine Art. When Daoist Turntable entered the Crystal Small World, Song Shuhang and Su Clan's Sixteen were suddenly transferred into a suspended spherical space.

• Black-Skinned Soft Feather worried that Song Shuhang had a Wisdom Fruit stuck in his throat, but the fruit melted and sent its energy and knowledge into his mind.
• Song Shuhang gained targeted cultivation theory from the Wooden Body and believed he could now interpret the General Outline Inheritance Chapter of the Sacred Ape Dragon Force Divine Art.
• Song Shuhang noticed two new buds growing where the Wisdom Fruit had been picked and considered joking with Pavilion Master Chu, but changed the subject when her cowlick seemed threatening.
• White Dragon Sister sensed someone approaching, and the first trial participant to enter the Crystal Small World appeared: Daoist Turntable.
• Song Shuhang prepared to offer Daoist Turntable help arranging the crystals for a Ninth-Grade spirit stone, but a spherical barrier transferred Song Shuhang and Su Clan's Sixteen into an isolated space high in the air.

Song Shuhang tried to imitate Everything Can Be Sold Big Shot and become a merchant, but Daoist Turntable effortlessly arranged the crystals with his own technique. As the crystals formed the foundation of the Sacred Ape Dragon Force Divine Art, Song Shuhang saw the Top Student System appear in his consciousness.

• Song Shuhang wrapped himself in Senior White Two’s matching blanket and declared he wanted to become a merchant by selling his Blade-Nourishing Art.
• White Dragon Sister pointed out that Daoist Turntable would not need to pay for the service, and Daoist Turntable used his King runes to arrange the hundred thousand crystals.
• The crystals resonated and assembled the foundation volume of the Sacred Ape Dragon Force Divine Art, which Su Clan’s Sixteen and Black-Skinned Soft Feather memorized.
• Song Shuhang said Su Clan’s Sixteen and Black-Skinned Soft Feather could cultivate the art and that he would ask Senior White Two for Sacred Apes to help them complete it.
• Song Shuhang focused on the shining runes to revisit the Crystal House, but saw the Top Student System’s Calabash Brothers image appear in his consciousness.

Song Shuhang’s Top Student System absorbed knowledge from the seven-colored Wisdom Fruit and began teaching him while he remained unconscious. As his Sacred Ape Dragon Force Divine Art advanced, the Sacred Apes’ dragon tattoos started emerging as phantoms.

• Song Shuhang entered the Top Student System, where the seven-colored Wisdom Fruit supplied new study materials and activated learning mode.
• Song Shuhang remained dazed for nearly an hour, and Daoist Turntable also entered the world inside the Crystal House.
• Song Shuhang’s Sacred Ape Phantoms increased from 108 to 123 and formed a cross-shaped formation.
• The Great Sacred Ape discovered that its dragon tattoo was transforming, and a small dragon phantom emerged from its body.
• The Lesser Sacred Apes saw their own dragon tattoos beginning to emerge as phantoms, while Merit Snake Beauty checked herself and found no dragon pattern.

Song Shuhang began regenerating his body as his companions fed him elixirs, while they concealed themselves from a new trial participant who carried a dangerous ring. Elsewhere, the Stone Stele continued trying to uncover the object suppressing its experiments in the Mount Ga'er Trial Grounds.

• Song Shuhang's body regenerated to his shoulders, then slowed, so Su Clan's Sixteen, Black-Skinned Soft Feather, and Merit Snake Beauty fed him elixirs to speed it up.
• Pavilion Master Chu detected a new trial participant and concealed Song Shuhang and the others beneath the blanket.
• A lean man in light silver armor entered the Crystal World, recognized Daoist Turntable, and found a damaged black ring hidden inside his spear.
• The lean man briefly put on the ring and resisted its tempting whispers, then sealed it back inside his spear.
• The Stone Stele explained that it had been tempting beast cultivators to investigate the object suppressing it in the Mount Ga'er Trial Grounds.

The Black Stele prepared to uncover the Former Heavenly Dao’s secret in the Beast Cultivator World, while a lean man searching Mount Ga’er’s Trial Grounds found a Divine Armament. As Song Shuhang unknowingly summoned the Stele Artifact, it surged toward the man, who mistook its approach for a sign that he was its destined master.

• The Black Stele learned that its Evil Artifact Rings were being contained and said its pawn had entered Mount Ga’er to investigate the object of suppression.
• The Black Stele revealed that it intended to control the Beast Cultivator World and discover the Former Heavenly Dao’s secret about time and escape.
• A lean man searched the Crystal World for an ownerless Tribulation Immortal Divine Armament, intending to take it and leave the Beast Cultivator World.
• The lean man sensed a treasure rising through the earth, blasted a hole toward it with his spear, and rushed down to claim it.
• Song Shuhang’s Wooden Body formed seals and used Senior White Two’s incantation to summon the Stele Artifact upward.
• The lean man saw the Stele Artifact approach and welcomed it, believing it had chosen him as its destined master.

Yingda mistook a summoned Stone Stele for a divine armament that had chosen him, but it rejected his spiritual energy and kept rising toward its true summoner. As the Evil Artifact Ring tempted him with promises of power and a dumpling, Yingda decided to use it briefly to suppress the Stone Stele.

• Yingda braced himself as the Stone Stele burst from the ground and collided with him, then concluded that it was a Tribulation Immortal Divine Armament.
• Yingda poured spiritual energy into the Stone Stele, but it rejected him and continued rising under another force’s summons.
• Yingda suspected Daoist Turntable or someone hidden was summoning the Stone Stele and tried to force it back down.
• The Evil Artifact Ring tempted Yingda with power, longevity, and a dumpling, drawing on its upgraded database of infected people.
• Yingda reasoned that he could borrow the ring’s power briefly to suppress the Stone Stele, and his body released the ring from the long spear.

Yingda succumbed to the nine nether evil energy, and the Stone Stele crashed into the group’s independent space. Song Shuhang awoke, disguised himself as Demon Emperor Hezhi, and prepared to test a new technique on the demonic silhouette.

• Yingda lost consciousness as the nine nether evil energy took control of him, and the demonic silhouette tried to stop the Stone Stele but was burned by its defenses.
• The Stone Stele broke into the independent space, where White Dragon Sister sealed the area with a formation.
• Song Shuhang awoke in resonance with the Stone Stele and used Silver Trigram Heavenly Venerable’s Disguise Mask to appear as Demon Emperor Hezhi.
• Song Shuhang asked White Dragon Sister and Su Clan's Sixteen to record his technique, then faced the demonic silhouette after strengthening his body.
• The demonic silhouette lunged at Song Shuhang, who removed his head and hurled it at the attacker before channeling spiritual energy into Pavilion Master Chu's cowlick.

Song Shuhang used Pavilion Master Chu’s cowlick to destroy a demonic shadow, then escaped her strangling by claiming he had acted to cheer her up. He tried to store the Stone Stele, but it resisted, and he realized the Wooden Body had always formed the hand seals for the formula.

• Song Shuhang used his head-shaking dance to drive Pavilion Master Chu’s cowlick into the demonic shadow and annihilate it.
• Pavilion Master Chu wrapped her cowlick around Song Shuhang’s neck to teach him a lesson, but loosened it after he said he had wanted to lift her spirits.
• Song Shuhang asked how to handle the Stone Stele, then attempted to store it using the formula taught by Senior White Two.
• The Stone Stele resisted entering Song Shuhang’s body, so he turned toward the Wooden Body and realized it had formed the hand seals each time.

Song Shuhang tried several ways to collect the Strange Stone Stele, then used the Blade-Nourishing Art while insisting that the stele was a saber. He entered a meditative trance, leaving the others waiting as White Dragon Sister revealed she had posted about Pavilion Master Chu's cowlick.

• Song Shuhang failed to put the Stone Stele into his Qiankun Dharma Artifact or absorb it with the Wooden Body, and the stele stood up and shook as if trying to communicate.
• Song Shuhang used the Appraisal Secret Method and Blade-Nourishing Art on the stele, but neither revealed what it wanted.
• Song Shuhang declared the Stone Stele a saber and continued using the Blade-Nourishing Art until he entered a meditative trance.
• Pavilion Master Chu and the others watched Song Shuhang for a long time, while White Dragon Sister said she had posted a Moments update called [Ha! Take my cowlick!].
• Pavilion Master Chu hurried to check the Cultivation Moments feed.

Song Shuhang entered Blade-Human Unity with the Stone Stele and learned it was using the Top Student System to communicate. The Stone Stele revealed it was suppressing something its master had left behind, and Song Shuhang connected that secret to Heavenly Dao White and Mount Ga'er.

• Fairy White Dragon posted a video humiliating Demon Emperor Hezhi, whose head attacked a demonic shadow with a cowlick, and Pavilion Master Chu teased him about joining forces against her.
• Song Shuhang continued meditating as Pavilion Master Chu threatened him over his nickname, while White Dragon Sister and the others observed his Blade-Human Unity with the Stone Stele.
• Song Shuhang hugged the Stone Stele in his mental world and urged it to communicate before their shared state ended.
• The Stone Stele explained that it had used the Top Student System to learn Song Shuhang's language and said it could not leave because it was suppressing something its master had left behind.
• Song Shuhang linked the Stone Stele's secret to Heavenly Dao White, Senior White Two, and the events at Mount Ga'er, believing he had solved the mystery.

Song Shuhang and the Stone Stele bonded over their secret nicknames and shared love of fighting powerful opponents before parting ways. As the Stone Stele returned to its mission, Song Shuhang’s Wooden Body was pulled after it into the pit.

• Song Shuhang confirmed that the Stone Stele could not leave until it completed its mission and planned to report its situation to Senior White Two.
• Song Shuhang and the Stone Stele shared a laugh over their private nicknames for the White Seniors and grew closer in their Blade-Human Unity state.
• The Stone Stele promised to team up with Song Shuhang to challenge powerful opponents after its mission ended, which it expected to complete within a year.
• Song Shuhang and the Stone Stele ended their unity, and the Stone Stele returned through the Crystal World toward the pit.
• Song Shuhang tried to stop the Wooden Body from being pulled after the Stone Stele, but it grabbed his hand and dragged him toward the pit.

Song Shuhang discovered that a spell backlash had bound his Wooden Body to the Stone Stele, forcing him to seek a way to break the connection. The Stone Stele joined the cultivation chat automatically, while a Black Stele received an image of Song Shuhang and ordered it identified.

• Pavilion Master Chu explained that Song Shuhang's earlier collection hand seal had created a magnetic link between the Wooden Body and the Stone Stele, which might last a month or two.
• The Stone Stele dragged Song Shuhang and the Wooden Body back into its pit, then offered to keep them company until the link faded.
• Song Shuhang told the Stone Stele he would ask Senior White Two for a solution and invited the Stone Stele to join the cultivation chat.
• The Stone Stele scanned Song Shuhang's QR Code phantom and received a notice that it had joined the chat, though it did not appear in his friends list.
• In the Beast Cultivator World, the Black Stele received a fragment of Yingda's report showing Song Shuhang's head and ordered its image compared against an information database.

Song Shuhang failed to add the Stone Stele to his cultivation chat friend list and accidentally sent it energy meant for Senior White Two. After explaining his connection to Senior White Two, Song Shuhang heard the Stone Stele offer to help him open the Core World.

• The Black Stele ordered its database to identify the owner of the head that had struck it and advanced its plans for the object suppressing the Trial Grounds at Mount Ga'er.
• Song Shuhang and the Stone Stele confirmed that the stele still could not join his cultivation chat friend list, so Song Shuhang told it to try scanning his Golden Core QR Code again next month.
• Song Shuhang tried to send energy and a message to Senior White Two, but the Stone Stele intercepted the transfer and received the energy instead.
• The Stone Stele worried that Senior White Two could spy on them through Song Shuhang's Core World, and Song Shuhang explained that Senior White Two was sealed in his own Evil Lotus Minor World.
• The Stone Stele offered to help Song Shuhang open the Core World.

Song Shuhang asked Stele Fellow Daoist to help him sense the Spatial Imprisonment trapping him so he could briefly open his Core World. As Stele Fellow Daoist began teaching him to perceive space, Song Shuhang's Confucian Sage's Eye lit up, leaving Stele Fellow Daoist annoyed that he had failed to make better use of it.

• Stele Fellow Daoist explained that he could help Song Shuhang sense Spatial Imprisonment and briefly interfere with it, though he could not remove it himself.
• Pavilion Master Chu questioned whether Song Shuhang could sense the power of space so far below the Ninth-Grade Realm.
• Song Shuhang described his past experience with spatial teleportation and shared his understanding of space, impressing Pavilion Master Chu and Stele Fellow Daoist.
• Stele Fellow Daoist prepared to cast a spell that would let Song Shuhang see the world's elements and identify the element of space.
• Song Shuhang's left eye shone with golden light, and he revealed that it was the Confucian Sage's Eye.
• Stele Fellow Daoist scolded Song Shuhang for not using the Confucian Sage's Eye to help him perceive space.

Song Shuhang used the Confucian Sage's Eye, with Creation Fairy's help, to locate the spatial element needed to counter a spatial imprisonment. He and the Stone Stele entered Stele-and-Person Unity, preparing to open the Core World.

• The Stone Stele urged Song Shuhang to develop the Confucian Sage's Eye, and Song Shuhang explained that it activated functions automatically.
• The Stone Stele told Song Shuhang that cultivators perceived elements differently and that he would need to find the spatial element through his own understanding of space.
• Creation Fairy enhanced the Sage's Eye, which labeled the world elements and highlighted the spatial element for Song Shuhang.
• The Stone Stele explained that they would enter Stele-and-Person Unity so Song Shuhang could briefly see and open the spatial imprisonment.
• Song Shuhang and the Stone Stele entered Stele-and-Person Unity, and Song Shuhang's mental form became a giant holding the stele.
• Merit Snake Beauty beckoned, and Merit Fat Whale landed on Song Shuhang with a small section of an object shining inside it.

Song Shuhang used Stone Stele’s spatial abilities to open his Core World through Mount Ga’er’s restraints. His Core World’s roots found and absorbed hidden Nine Nether Evil Energy, provoking Black Stele, which recognized Song Shuhang.

• Merit Fat Whale, Creation Fairy, and Merit Snake Beauty returned to Song Shuhang’s body as Stone Stele prepared to lend him access to spatial abilities.
• Song Shuhang connected to Stone Stele and sensed Mount Ga’er’s spatial restraints, impressing Stone Stele with how quickly he grasped spatial power.
• Song Shuhang used Stone Stele to suppress a weak point in the restraints and opened his Core World in the resulting gap.
• The Core World’s roots emerged without Song Shuhang’s command, found a hidden spatial node, and absorbed the Nine Nether Evil Energy flowing from it.
• Black Stele discovered that the energy it had sent to Mount Ga’er was being devoured and recognized Song Shuhang in the transmitted image.

The Black Stele identified the mysterious head as Demon Emperor Hezhi, a powerful Longevity Immortal who may have competed for the Heavenly Dao, and reported the threat to the Netherworld ruler. Meanwhile, Song Shuhang and the Stele dealt with a Nine Nether energy node before Song Shuhang entered his Core World and found Senior White Two’s research clone.

• The Black Stele found a textbook identifying the head as Demon Emperor Hezhi, a Primordial Era figure who had competed for the Heavenly Dao, and sent its findings to the Netherworld ruler.
• The Stele discovered that someone had opened a spatial node to send high-grade Nine Nether Evil Energy into the area, and Song Shuhang absorbed the energy through his Core Micro-World.
• The spatial node collapsed to prevent Song Shuhang’s roots from tracing its source, so the Stele established a suppression domain and urged Song Shuhang to contact Senior White Two.
• Song Shuhang sent his Primordial Spirit into the Core World and teleported to the entrance of the Evil Lotus World before the Core World could seal itself.
• Song Shuhang encountered Senior White Two’s research clone tending plants and answered that he had just experienced Stele-and-Person Unity.

Song Shuhang’s Primordial Spirit was buried in his Core World by Senior White Two, who turned the stele into his tombstone and made the Hamster Fiend dance on his grave. The chapter ended with Song Shuhang and the stele realizing that Senior White Two’s inscription had granted them access to his authority.

• Song Shuhang told Senior White Two’s research clone that he was in the Stele-and-Person Unity state and learned the clone was experimenting with Nine Netherworld spirit plants.
• Senior White Two’s clone struck Song Shuhang with a shovel, tossed his Primordial Spirit into a pit, and buried him while explaining that he had arrived two days earlier.
• Senior White Two’s clone summoned the stele’s artifact spirit, planted it as Song Shuhang’s tombstone, and engraved a tomb inscription and Golden Core QR Code on it.
• Senior White Two renamed the stele Tyrant Song’s Tombstone and ordered it to shout its new name whenever it fought beside Song Shuhang.
• The Hamster Fiend danced on Song Shuhang’s grave, and the Mirage Dragon explained that Senior White Two’s inscription granted Song Shuhang and the stele access to his authority.

Song Shuhang and the Stone Stele were trapped outside the Core World after its exit closed, so they used their synchronized Stele-Blade Unity to reach through space. Song Shuhang grabbed the hilt of Overlord Shatter Saber, though they had yet to escape the Trial Grounds.

• Senior White Two's pets visited Song Shuhang's grave, burned incense made from the Beauty-Faced Tree Demon's branches, and promised to return next year.
• After the pets left, Song Shuhang and the Stone Stele emerged from the grave, only to find the Core World exit had closed.
• Pavilion Master Chu refused to help, and Senior Turtle said he could not break through Mount Ga'er's Spatial Imprisonment.
• Song Shuhang and the Stone Stele entered Stele-Blade Unity and called on the Core Assistant to help manipulate space.
• Song Shuhang used the Divine Weapon Compendium to reach through the Core World and grab Overlord Shatter Saber.