Lord Bird and Lord Essence Jade

"Shi Hao, maximum effort, peerless in the Blood Moving Realm!"

"Shi Hao, vitality ranked first, peerless in the Blood Moving Realm!"

"Shi Hao, physical strength ranked first, peerless in the Blood Moving Realm!"

"Shi Hao, defensive power..."

Before the crowd could recover from their shock, crystalline stone tablets descended from the void one after another, announcing that one long-sealed ancient record after another had been shattered.

Yes, Little Shi was using his real name for everything.

So what if the Rain Clan and the Martial King Manor knew? If you have the guts, come and get me! I just love the look on your faces when you want to kill me but can't!

"Who... who exactly is this Shi Hao?!"

The crowd went from shock to awe, then to blood-pumping excitement, and finally to numbness.

The Great Dao rumbled and gods chanted; eventually, phantoms of ancient gods even appeared, circling a certain spot in the Initial Ground to chant and offer praise.

"Shi Hao is over there! Go, hurry, surround him, don't let him get away!"

"That monster has appeared, everyone, chase him!"

"Wonderful! Catch him, my Ancient God Sect wants to take him as a God Child."

The quick-witted crowd was ecstatic, swarming toward those mountains like a tidal wave, swearing to force this peerless prodigy to reveal his true face.

"Tsk, this place isn't safe anymore. Time to go."

Shi Hao caught a fragment of the bronze treasure book drifting from the sky and transformed, shifting into a heroic youth with an imposing stature.

Zhu Yan Technique, Seventy-Two Transformations!

"Charge! Capture Little Shi alive, I want to be his brother-in-law!!"

The heroic youth quickly blended into the dense crowd, waving his arms and shouting with a fanatical expression. He even retreated while yelling, fitting in perfectly without a hint of awkwardness.

"Cough, the people of the lower realm are just too enthusiastic!"

Half an hour later, the heroic youth, his voice hoarse from shouting, finally managed to squeeze out of the sea of people. With lingering fear, he glanced at the locust-like swarm rolling away behind him before immediately unleashing a flight technique to escape.

"Shi Hao, attack power ranked first, peerless in the Blood Moving Realm!"

More than half a day later, when the tenth record was refreshed, the divine sounds of the Great Dao that had been rumbling incessantly across the various paradises of the Void God Realm finally fell completely silent.

"Investigate! Investigate for me! I want to know who this person named Shi Hao is!"

"Spare no cost, find Shi Hao's whereabouts immediately!"

"Find him! Befriend him! It would be best to bring him back!"

Meanwhile, deep within the blessed lands of the major clans, great sects, and ancient kingdoms in the Void God Realm, similar orders were issued one after another.

The entire Void God Realm was instantly stirred into a frenzy!

Unlike the curiosity and excitement of the major powers, the Rain Clan and the Martial King Manor fell into a strange panic upon hearing that a peerless prodigy named Shi Hao had emerged.

It must be him! That child from back then didn't die!

After a brief period of chaos, the Martial King Manor immediately contacted their in-laws, the Rain Clan, preparing to pool their strength to jointly investigate the specific details of this Shi Hao.

However, the Rain Clan had been severely crippled not long ago and was currently on edge; they had no desire to stir up trouble during such a sensitive time and only wished to provide help from the shadows, which drew the intense dissatisfaction of the Martial King Manor's ruling elders.

Before the two families could even take action, internal strife had already broken out.

But that is a story for another time.

Shi Hao, having collected the complete bronze treasure book, kept his disguise and quietly returned to the entrance of the Initial Ground to look for those two top-tier big shots lurking in the Void God Realm.

Since the lottery tickets were collected, it was time to claim the prizes.

At the bustling entrance of the Initial Ground.

"Breaking ten records in a single day, could this Shi Hao be the son of a god? He could definitely beat the legendary pure-blooded Golden Winged Roc and Yazi cubs to a pulp!"

In front of the massive monument of war records, a youth dressed like a young master held a paper fan of ancient ink, sighing rhythmically as he observed the newly refreshed records.

He looked as if he wished he could take Shi Hao's place right then and there!

"Who's to say he isn't? I even followed everyone earlier to track down this young god, but unfortunately, he got away. My family has a daughter, just in the bloom of youth and peerless in beauty; marrying her to that Shi Hao would be just right."

The heroic youth transformed by Shi Hao walked over without a trace.

"A peerless goddess?"

The playboy's eyes lit up upon hearing this, and he immediately cupped his hands toward Shi Hao: "Brother-in-law, what do you think of me? I am the twenty-eighth son of the Qing Clan patriarch, known as the Little Heavenly God. I'm not much worse than that Shi Hao."

"...Damn you, you shameless brat!"

Shi Hao's eye twitched, but he kept his composure: "My sister is currently studying at the Deer Chasing Academy and probably can't get away, so let's discuss this another time. I would like to ask you something: do you know of two people in this Initial Ground called Lord Bird and Lord Essence Jade?"

"Lord Bird and Lord Essence Jade? I've roamed the Initial Ground for over a decade and have never heard of these two people in the Initial Ground."

The playboy was slightly stunned, frowning in deep thought.

"So stupid, Lord Bird and Lord Essence Jade are nicknames Little Shi gave them later on."

Shi Hao cursed himself for a fool, immediately changing his tune: "One of them is an old man with white hair and a white beard, who always has a Five-Colored Bird perched on his shoulder. He never does an honest day's work and loves nothing more than wandering around to watch the spectacle."

"I know that one. I just came back from the Black Rock Mountain Range, and that old man walking his bird was hanging around the outskirts with a bunch of idlers watching the show. He should still be there now."

Upon hearing this, the dissolute young master slapped his thigh.

The Black Rock Mountain Range was precisely where Little Shi had been hiding previously.

"Many thanks."

Before the words of gratitude had even faded, the heroic youth that Little Shi had transformed into vanished, leaving behind only a sky full of afterimages and a stunned, dissolute young master.

"Hey, brother-in-law, that sister of yours studying at the Deer Chasing Academy..."

A moment later, the man finally snapped out of his daze and shouted, waving his arms.

The outskirts of the Black Rock Mountain Range.

Although many factions speculated that the young god hiding here had long since departed, there were still plenty of those who refused to give up, keeping the area bustling with people.

At one of the entrances to the mountain range, two white-haired, white-bearded old men had seized the opportunity to set up stalls to drum up business, drawing a large crowd of onlookers.

"I hold a trace of the whereabouts of that young god. It only costs three jars of ferocious beast blood—just three jars of ferocious beast blood per person to learn his location!"

"Three jars of ferocious beast blood! You can't lose, you can't be cheated! Just three jars, everything is three jars!"

The old man with a brightly feathered bird perched on his shoulder had veins bulging on his face as he desperately touted his intelligence-gathering abilities.

"Mine is even cheaper, only three hundred Essence Jade!"

At the same time, the other white-haired old man shouted, refusing to be outdone.

The two of them were shouting with great effort, and people were constantly falling for their scams. The scene was incredibly lively, and the two of them were grinning from ear to ear.

"Bah! These two scoundrels are rotten to the core, daring to make money in my name without even giving me a cut!"

Little Shi, who had arrived after hearing the news, immediately flew into a rage at the sight.