Chapter Summaries

Shi Hao reunited with his grandfather and the old steward, then defeated the Rain Clan attackers before returning to Stone Village with Zijun and the others. Willow Deity sent Shi Hao and Zijun into the Void God Realm, assigning Zijun to act as Shi Hao’s Dao protector.

• Zijun gave the hemp-clothed youth a Body Tempering Pill, and Shi Hao revealed that he was Shi Ziling’s child.
• Shi Hao killed the black-clothed guards and the two Rain Clan members with his Green Scaled Eagle and Suanni Precious Techniques.
• Zijun carried Shi Hao’s grandfather and the old steward out of the courtyard, and the group later returned to Stone Village.
• Willow Deity eliminated the bandits who attacked Stone Village with a flick of her finger.
• Willow Deity opened the Void God Realm and sent Shi Hao and Zijun inside, declaring that Zijun would serve as Shi Hao’s Dao protector.

Zijun brought Shi Hao into the Void God Realm, where Shi Hao broke a record and drew the attention of Bird Master and Essence Wall Master. In the forest, Zijun showed Shi Hao a True Dragon Precious Bone but made him focus on cultivation first, leaving Shi Hao to refine a pill in hopes of reaching eight Heavenly Caves.

• Zijun obeyed Willow Deity's command to enter the Void God Realm with Shi Hao, then teased him after Willow Deity left.
• Shi Hao tried to pull Precious Bones from the ground, but Zijun explained that treasures could only be obtained by breaking an extreme-realm record.
• Shi Hao ran around the Precious Bones, struck the Primitive Passage, and broke a record, while Bird Master and Essence Wall Master watched.
• Shi Hao named himself “Loves drinking beast milk the most” on the golden stone stele, and Zijun led him away from the crowd.
• Zijun gave Shi Hao a True Dragon Precious Bone, then took it back and handed him a Top-grade Spirit Gathering Pill, telling him to reach eight Heavenly Caves first.
• Shi Hao swallowed the pill, sat cross-legged, and began refining its spiritual energy.

Shi Hao broke through to the fourth Heavenly Passage while Zijun watched, then defeated a group of Rain Clan cultivators in the Void God Realm and set new records. Zijun revealed his Great Luo Sword Embryo to Shi Hao, who learned that Zijun’s injuries could not be healed by divine medicine.

• Shi Hao broke through to the Four Heavenly Passage Realm as Bird Master and Essence Wall Master secretly watched.
• Zijun caught the two elders spying, and the Rain Clan arrived seeking revenge for the Four Great Clans.
• Shi Hao fought dozens of Rain Clan members and defeated them, earning record-setting honors and fame as Loves Drinking Beast Milk.
• Zijun showed Shi Hao his imperial sword, the Great Luo Sword Embryo, and explained that it was connected to the coffin.
• Shi Hao asked about Zijun’s injuries, and Zijun said no divine medicine could repair them; Shi Hao resolved to grow strong enough to protect Zijun and Willow Deity.

Zijun, Shi Hao, and Qingfeng set out from Stone Village, while Zijun spoke with the Willow Deity about his origins and his search for An Lan. On the road, they met Xia Youyu and five companions from the Heaven Mending Pavilion, who invited the three young men to join their sect.

• Qingfeng insisted on joining Zijun and Shi Hao on their journey, and Shi Hao welcomed him as a companion.
• The Willow Deity asked Zijun to treat the people of the realm kindly if he ever became an emperor, and Zijun told her he came from another world and asked her to help him find An Lan.
• Shi Hao and Qingfeng discussed Zijun's age and strength as the three traveled across the Shiling Plains.
• Xia Youyu and five women stopped the travelers, and Zijun clarified that they were villagers rather than members of a great clan.
• Xia Youyu invited Zijun, Shi Hao, and Qingfeng to join the Heaven Mending Pavilion.

Zijun brought Shi Hao and Qingfeng to Heaven Mending Pavilion to enroll, using a token from Xia Youyu to get Qingfeng admitted without a test. As the recruitment began and the War Goddess tried to lure Shi Hao to Deer-Chasing Academy, Zijun warned him about the Rain Clan before Elder Xiong Fei sent the candidates to the Primal Battlefield.

• Zijun accepted Xia Youyu's token and left with Shi Hao and Qingfeng, while Xia Youyu said she believed Zijun had been honest.
• Zijun disguised Shi Hao and gave the token to Qingfeng, who used it to enter Heaven Mending Pavilion without taking the assessment.
• The War Goddess offered Shi Hao a place at Deer-Chasing Academy, but Zijun warned him that the Rain Clan wanted his treasures and Essence Wall.
• Zijun told Shi Hao that the Four Great Clans' strongest cultivators were only in the Array Formation Realm, drawing Elder Xiong Fei's rebuke.
• Elder Xiong Fei activated a Spatial Array around the plaza and announced that the test had begun and everyone must go to the Primal Battlefield.

Zijun and Shi Hao exploited the first battlefield’s rune formations, then Zijun began stealing Heaven Mending Stones in the second area. Zijun killed the Black Tiger Beast King, and Elder Xiong Fei learned that the second area had descended into chaos.

• Zijun blocked the first-stage formation attacks while Shi Hao dug up the Precious Bones powering them, allowing all the participants to pass both tests.
• Zijun absorbed a Heaven Mending Stone with his system, then disguised himself in black robes and began robbing disciples of their stones.
• Shi Hao heard of the Stone-Plundering Bandit and set out with Maoqiu to find him.
• Zijun attacked the Black Tiger Beast King and killed it with a single blow while Shi Hao watched from nearby.
• Elder Xiong Fei found the Mission Stele smashed, and Lin Mu arrived to report that the second area had fallen into chaos.

Shi Hao escaped the black-clad Zijun after Zijun killed the Black Tiger Beast King, then ate the Black Fiend Lotus and broke through to seven Heavenly Caves. Meanwhile, Zijun reunited with Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena inside the System Space and considered how they might escape while the Willow Deity remained weakened.

• Zijun killed the Black Tiger Beast King, absorbed its corpse into a multicolored energy ball, and discarded its Precious Bone as worthless.
• Shi Hao hid from Zijun, then took the Beast King's Precious Bone and Black Fiend Lotus after Zijun left.
• Shi Hao refined the Black Fiend Lotus by the river and broke through to seven Heavenly Caves before setting off to find the thieves and get revenge.
• Elder Xiong Fei suspected another expert had entered the trial, while the War Goddess denied that Deer-Chasing Academy was plotting against Heaven Mending Pavilion.
• News of the Stone-Plundering Bandit and Bear Child spread through Heaven Mending Pavilion, and a red-clad woman went looking for Bear Child.
• Zijun asked the System about repairing its injuries, then met Qian Renxue and Gu Yuena in the System Space and told them they would have to rely on themselves to get out.

After years of waiting, Zijun learned that Gu Yuena and Qian Renxue needed fierce-beast treasures to repair the Space Ring, while Shi Hao joined him at Heaven Mending Pavilion and continued strengthening himself. The chapter ended with Shi Hao and Maoqiu entering a dark courtyard and sensing a terrifying spirit behind them.

• Zijun recalled that Gu Yuena and Qian Renxue needed treasures rich in spiritual energy to repair the Space Ring, then left the System Space and lamented that he had made no progress in five years.
• At the Heaven Mending Pavilion entrance ceremony, Shi Hao told Zijun how the Stone-Plundering Bandit had defeated Big Black Tiger, then revealed the Black Tiger Precious Bone he had taken.
• Elder Xiong Fei displayed the damaged Mission Stele and promised special training and a direct-disciple position to anyone who reported the brat responsible.
• As Zijun and Shi Hao climbed toward their residence, Zijun gave Shi Hao a Top-grade Spirit Gathering Pill and considered how Shi Hao needed to temper his Dao heart.
• Shi Hao and Maoqiu wandered into a dark courtyard, where Shi Hao sensed a presence behind him and Maoqiu reacted in terror.

Shi Hao entered Heaven Mending Pavilion’s inner courtyard, where he broke the formation protecting its dying Gourd Vine Sacrificial Spirit. After Shi Hao healed it with Water of Life and received a Kunpeng Precious Bone in return, Gourd Elder revealed Zijun’s overwhelming strength, leaving Shi Hao shocked as he walked away.

• Shi Hao sensed a strange spirit, entered the inner courtyard, and smashed the formation protecting Heaven Mending Pavilion’s Sacrificial Spirit.
• Zijun judged that the Gourd Vine was beyond saving and gave Shi Hao a bottle of top-grade Water of Life before leaving.
• Shi Hao gave the Water of Life to the Gourd Vine, which recovered its vitality and reached the Venerable Realm.
• Gourd Elder thanked Shi Hao and gave him a Kunpeng Precious Bone.
• Shi Hao learned that Zijun surpassed the True God Realm and stood at the peak of the human path, then wondered what kind of place Stone Village was.
• Maoqiu suddenly panicked as Shi Hao walked along the path.

Shi Hao was tormented by a ghostly spirit until Zijun allowed it to beat him, then Zijun urged him to leave and temper himself after reaching ten Heavenly Caves. Heaven Mending Pavilion’s Divine Vine Sacrificial Spirit revealed that its chosen successor would arrive within days, leaving the Pavilion Master and Xiong Fei to prepare for the coming encounter.

• Shi Hao mistook the spiritual body for a ghost, fled with Maoqiu, and ran to Zijun for protection.
• Zijun let the spiritual body beat Shi Hao and Maoqiu, beginning several days of relentless torment.
• Zijun told Shi Hao that, after breaking through to ten Heavenly Caves, he should go out and temper himself.
• The Pavilion Master and Xiong Fei worried that the Divine Vine Sacrificial Spirit was withering and that Heaven Mending Pavilion faced great chaos.
• The Divine Vine Sacrificial Spirit said its chosen person would come before them within days and ordered them to treat him with courtesy.

Zijun brought Shi Hao to the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s pavilion master, where they learned the Ghost Master was tied to Hundred Broken Mountain and the Divine Vine’s hope lay there. Shi Hao agreed to enter the mountain, while Zijun promised to accompany him, and Huo Ling’er continued searching for them at the Saint Academy.

• The Divine Vine Sacrificial Spirit warned the pavilion master and Elder Xiong Fei not to rush to meet the person of destiny, then revealed that the person was at the pavilion master’s loft.
• Zijun brought Shi Hao to the loft, where the Ghost Master repeatedly grabbed Shi Hao and demanded his sword until Zijun persuaded Shi Hao to help it.
• The pavilion master and Elder Xiong Fei met Zijun and Shi Hao, and Elder Xiong Fei discovered that fifteen-year-old Shi Hao had reached ten Heavenly Caves.
• The pavilion master asked Shi Hao to represent the Heaven Mending Pavilion at Hundred Broken Mountain and offered him a place in the Saint Academy; Shi Hao agreed after Zijun nodded.
• Zijun introduced himself as Hao Die, claimed to have Blood Moving Realm strength, and said he would accompany Shi Hao to Hundred Broken Mountain to find the Fountain of Youth.
• Huo Ling’er searched the Saint Academy for Zijun and Shi Hao but could not find them.

Zijun ordered the Gourd Elder to keep his identity secret, then went with Shi Hao to the Genius Camp, where they rescued Qingfeng from Rain Clan disciples. After Shi Hao crippled the attackers, Lin Mu warned them about the consequences, while Zijun concealed his true strength and claimed to be a peak Blood Moving Realm cultivator.

• Zijun told the Gourd Elder to hide his identity and treat Shi Hao as usual, promising to protect him when chaos came to the Desolate Domain.
• Shi Hao asked why Zijun had not retaliated against Elder Xiong Fei, and Zijun said the elder had acted normally.
• Zijun and Shi Hao found Rain Clan disciples beating Qingfeng at the Genius Camp and intervened.
• At Zijun's urging, Shi Hao crippled the meridians of all five Rain Clan disciples, and Zijun encouraged Qingfeng not to endure bullying.
• Lin Mu reprimanded Shi Hao for harming fellow disciples and warned that they had provoked the Rain Clan.
• Zijun told Lin Mu he was just over twenty and at peak Blood Moving Realm cultivation, prompting Shi Hao to question why he kept hiding his strength.

Zijun and Shi Hao traveled with Elder Xiong Fei and Xiao Tian to Hundred Broken Mountain, where Zijun revealed he could use the laws of space despite lacking cultivation. They reached Duan Kong City, and Zijun realized that repairing one layer of his injuries had restored a strand of law power.

• The Rain Clan elders discussed their plan against the Heaven Mending Pavilion and expected the pavilion's Sacrificial Spirit to die soon.
• The pavilion master sent Elder Xiong Fei, Zijun, Shi Hao, and Xiao Tian through a teleportation formation to Hundred Broken Mountain.
• At the ruined altar, Shi Hao threatened to stop searching for the Fountain of Youth after Elder Xiong Fei mocked Zijun, and Zijun agreed to continue toward Duan Kong City.
• Zijun and Shi Hao walked through the forest while archaic descendants passed overhead, and Zijun said he could use the laws of space to travel instantly.
• Zijun carried Shi Hao to Duan Kong City in an instant and privately realized that repairing one layer of his injuries had let him wield a strand of law power.

Zijun protected Shi Hao from a Golden Beast and its purple-clad mistress, then entered Hundred Broken Mountain with Shi Hao and Xiao Tian when it opened. After they arrived, Zijun gave Shi Hao a token and went off alone on important business, leaving Shi Hao and Xiao Tian to search for treasure.

• Zijun kicked the Golden Beast away from Shi Hao, shattered the purple-clad woman's sword, and tossed her toward Shi Hao before she went to heal her mount.
• Zijun and Shi Hao met Elder Xiong Fei at the entrance to Hundred Broken Mountain, where the passage opened in a pillar of blue light.
• Zijun, Shi Hao, and Xiao Tian leaped into the passage and arrived in the lush small world of Hundred Broken Mountain.
• Zijun handed Shi Hao a token and disappeared into the forest to handle important matters.
• Shi Hao dismissed Xiao Tian's concern about Zijun's strength and set off with him to look for treasure.

Zijun hunted pure-blooded primeval beasts in Hundred Broken Mountain, turning the descendants against human cultivators. Shi Hao escaped a pursuing group and ran into Huo Ling'er, whose clash with him escalated as her guards empowered her fireball.

• Zijun disguised himself in a black robe and mask, then used spatial passages and his ancient sword to kill a Bi Fang and let the system refine its energy.
• Zijun continued hunting primeval descendants, provoking them to hunt human cultivators throughout Hundred Broken Mountain.
• Shi Hao and Xiao Tian fled pursuing descendants, and Xiao Tian split off to draw most of them away while Shi Hao escaped into the forest.
• Shi Hao reached a plain and met Huo Ling'er, who attacked him after he remembered her as the girl whose Zhu Yan he had taken.
• Shi Hao summoned the Suanni Precious Technique while Huo Ling'er formed a massive fireball with help from four Fire Kingdom sealers, prompting Shi Hao to open his ten Heavenly Caves.

Shi Hao left with Huo Ling'er after she recognized him as Bear Child and offered him a gift, while Zijun fought and killed the pure-blooded creatures of Hundred Broken Mountain. Zijun then set out to find Shi Hao, who was flying with Big Red Bird toward Xiao Tian and the Desert Silver.

• Huo Ling'er withdrew her flames after her guard warned that Shi Hao was too strong, and Shi Hao ended their fight before she recognized him as Bear Child.
• Huo Ling'er revealed that she was the Fire Emperor's daughter and invited Shi Hao to accompany her in exchange for a great gift.
• Zijun survived Ying Zhao's attack, killed him with a sword strike, and absorbed the corpses' spiritual energy through the system.
• Zijun changed into a blue-and-white robe and used spatial laws to leave for the Forbidden Land to look for Shi Hao.
• Shi Hao and Big Red Bird spotted Xiao Tian absorbing Desert Silver, and Shi Hao knocked Big Red Bird on the head when it proposed attacking him.

Xiao Tian joined Zijun, Shi Hao, and Big Red Bird in searching for Taiyi True Water, but Zijun took it from the Rain Clan first. When a Rain Clan sealer attacked, Zijun brought out the Third Generation Bronze Coffin, provoking a reaction across the Heavenly Dao and the river of time.

• Zijun arrived as an ancient sword frightened the Desert Giant Scorpions and Big Red Bird away from Xiao Tian.
• Xiao Tian absorbed Desert Silver and broke through to eight Heavenly Caves while Zijun and Shi Hao discussed searching for the Fountain of Youth and a missing sword.
• Xiao Tian showed the group a map marking a likely location for Taiyi True Water, and Zijun led them northwest to the Divine Pool.
• Shi Hao recognized the Rain Clan members at the pool as the people who had tried to trap him, while Zijun used his Space Ring to take the Taiyi True Water before they could collect it.
• A Rain Clan sealer attacked with Yellow Spring Water, and Zijun answered by taking out the Third Generation Bronze Coffin.
• The Heavenly Dao trembled, another Third Generation Bronze Coffin flew toward the Desolate Domain, and a mysterious person in the river of time laughed that he had finally found the one he had awaited.

The Desolate Heaven Emperor battled the darkness in the future and sent a message to Zijun, while Zijun was overwhelmed by strange voices in the Cactus Desert. Zijun unleashed an ominous power before collapsing, prompting forces across the realms to search for its source.

• In the future, the bloodied Desolate Heaven Emperor fought the reborn strange creatures and sensed that Zijun had returned.
• The Desolate Heaven Emperor spoke to Zijun across time, calling him Brother Jun and saying this was his last chance.
• As Shi Hao fought Yu Zimo and the other Rain Clan members, Zijun collapsed beside the bronze coffin and struck his head against it while strange voices tormented him.
• The Willow Deity sent a willow branch through a spatial passage to reach Zijun, breaking Hundred Broken Mountain's chains of order.
• Zijun released strange red energy toward the Plateau of Calamity, spoke in an eerie voice, and fell unconscious as the Willow Deity's branch vanished.
• Powerful factions across the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths and the upper realm mobilized their forces to search for the strange aura.

After Willow Deity drove off the Rain Clan members, Zijun woke with no memory of his strange red-energy transformation and questioned the system about it. The system revealed the Primordial God of Creation’s origins and explained that Zijun was the god’s reincarnated divine soul, leaving Zijun stunned and Shi Hao worried he had gone mad.

• Shi Hao stayed with the unconscious Zijun while Xiao Tian and Big Red Bird went after the fleeing Rain Clan members, and Willow Deity watched them with new concern.
• Zijun woke beside the Bronze Coffin with a severe headache and asked the system what had happened during his transformation.
• Shi Hao described the strange red energy, and the system linked it to the God of Creation before recounting how the Primordial God of Creation evolved the Dao, rules, and all things from the Void Land.
• The system said the God of Creation had sent a wisp of divine soul to reincarnate, and that it had become Zijun.
• Zijun wondered whether the system had chosen him to revive the God of Creation, but the system mocked the idea, and Shi Hao slapped Zijun when he saw him giggling to himself.

Zijun and Shi Hao reached the Ruins Forbidden Zone, where Primordial Remnants were barring human cultivators from entering and killing those who resisted. Zijun revealed himself as the black-robed man and launched a battle that drew both sides into a massive war, ending as he stopped a Demon Ape’s giant punch with one hand.

• Zijun and Shi Hao set out for the Ruins Forbidden Zone and discussed how Big Red and Xiao Tian had pursued the three Rain Clan people.
• At the entrance, the Pumo Tree attacked human cultivators with its catkins, draining those they touched.
• Zijun donned a black robe and Asura Mask, charged the Primordial Remnants, and killed the Pumo Tree with a single sword strike.
• The Primordial Remnants attacked Zijun, who used spatial passages to redirect their beams while Shi Hao and the human cultivators joined the fight.
• Zijun cut through the beast horde, then caught the Demon Ape’s enormous punch with his left palm.