Recaps

Qian Ye decided Stone Village had to confront Bei Village’s repeated hunting ambushes and led a small group there to negotiate. As Qian Ye, Hu Niu, Shi Yunfeng, and a worried Shi Linhu headed through the forest, Shi Linhu questioned whether they had any leverage against Bei Village.

• Qian Ye persuaded Stone Village’s villagers that Bei Village’s ambushes would keep threatening them unless they settled the conflict.
• Shi Yunfeng agreed to go, and more than a hundred men volunteered before Qian Ye said a large group would make negotiations look like an attack.
• Qian Ye chose to go with Shi Yunfeng and Shi Linhu, took Hu Niu’s hand, and told the others not to bring weapons.
• The villagers debated Qian Ye’s plan, with some reasoning that his calmness and disregard for gossip meant he was hiding his strength.
• Shi Linhu worried that Hu Niu was too young to face danger, then admitted he feared the four of them had no leverage against Bei Village.

Qian Ye traveled with Shi Linhu, the old clan chief, and Hu Niu toward Bei Village while they discussed the aging Suanni and its treasures. They stopped for lunch, where Qian Ye roasted a Long-Traveling Wolf, and the others praised his cooking.

• Shi Linhu and the old clan chief discussed the Ferocious Beasts gathering to seek the dying Suanni and considered Stone Village's chances of claiming its remains.
• Qian Ye recalled the Suanni's role in the original story and planned to visit the Great Yin River someday.
• Qian Ye frightened away the beasts and venomous insects they encountered on the way and killed a Long-Traveling Wolf for lunch.
• Qian Ye called for a rest at noon, and Shi Linhu gathered firewood while Qian Ye prepared the wolf meat.
• The old clan chief, Shi Linhu, and Hu Niu ate Qian Ye's roast meat and praised its flavor.

Qian Ye took Hu Niu, the old village chief, and Shi Linhu toward Bei Village on a flying carpet, letting them enjoy touching the clouds. They encountered a gigantic Heaven Swallowing Sparrow, and Qian Ye concealed their presence as the others learned what the creature was.

• Qian Ye brought out a flying carpet and carried Hu Niu, the old village chief, and Shi Linhu into the sky.
• Qian Ye flew above the clouds, where Hu Niu, the old village chief, and Shi Linhu touched them and celebrated.
• The old village chief spotted a colossal black bird ahead, and Qian Ye stopped and concealed the group.
• Qian Ye identified the creature as the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow, while the old village chief explained its terrifying reputation to Shi Linhu.

Qian Ye left his companions on the flying carpet and stood atop the enormous Heaven Swallowing Sparrow, then introduced himself when she awoke and challenged him. The bird learned that Qian Ye knew about her cultivation, while he revealed she had not yet reached the divine flame realm.

• Qian Ye reassured Shi Yunfeng, Shi Linhu, and Hu Niu before leaving the flying carpet to approach the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow.
• Qian Ye crossed the vast bird’s body with flashes of movement and arrived atop her head.
• The Heaven Swallowing Sparrow woke, spotted Qian Ye, and demanded to know who dared stand on her head.
• Qian Ye gave his name and told the bird that her cultivation was below the divine flame realm.
• The Heaven Swallowing Sparrow wondered how Qian Ye knew her cultivation as the chapter described the realms of Perfect World.

Qian Ye let the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow swallow him, then survived inside its body and tormented it until it begged for mercy. After earning the Water Dragon Precious Technique, he returned to its head, but when the bird attacked again, he resumed stabbing it from within and refused to come out.

• The Heaven Swallowing Sparrow swallowed Qian Ye after he mocked its strength, but he survived unharmed inside its body.
• Qian Ye stabbed the bird’s internal organs, causing it to scream and beg him to come out.
• Hu Niu, the old chief, and Shi Linhu realized Qian Ye was alive and watched the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow suffer.
• Qian Ye checked in inside the bird’s belly and received the Water Dragon Precious Technique, then appeared on its head.
• The Heaven Swallowing Sparrow attacked Qian Ye again, but he vanished and resumed hurting it from inside, refusing to believe its promises.

Qian Ye checked in inside the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow and subdued her by repeatedly entering her body and stabbing her organs. She transformed into a human woman and became his servant before leaving when he dismissed her.

• Qian Ye received the Fire Dragon Precious Technique for checking in inside the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow a second time.
• Qian Ye continued stabbing the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow until she begged him to stop, then received the Earth Dragon Precious Technique for a third check-in.
• Hu Niu, the old village chief, and Shi Linhu celebrated as Qian Ye overcame the ancient demonic bird.
• The Heaven Swallowing Sparrow transformed into a beautiful woman, swore loyalty to Qian Ye, and became his servant.
• Qian Ye received the Torch Dragon Precious Technique for checking in with the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow Woman and dismissed her until he needed her.

Qian Ye brought Shi Yunfeng, Shi Linhu, and Hu Niu to Bei Village, where Bei Feng attacked Shi Linhu with an arrow. Qian Ye turned the arrow back and killed Bei Feng, leaving Bei Liqing and the villagers in shock.

• Qian Ye reassured Shi Yunfeng, Shi Linhu, and Hu Niu as they approached Bei Village.
• Bei Liqing confronted Shi Yunfeng and Shi Linhu over their arrival in the village.
• Bei Feng suddenly shot an arrow at Shi Linhu, but Qian Ye stopped it before it struck him.
• Qian Ye redirected the arrow at Bei Feng, killing him in front of Bei Liqing and the Bei villagers.

Qian Ye defeated Bei Village’s attackers and its Guardian Spirit, earning three precious techniques from the system. Bei Village’s Guardian Spirit apologized and asked him to forgive the villagers, leaving Qian Ye ready to negotiate with them.

• Bei Liqing ordered ten giant wolves to attack Qian Ye and his companions, but Qian Ye froze the wolves and used gravity to pin Bei Village’s people to the ground.
• Bei Village’s old bei Guardian Spirit took to the sky, but Qian Ye revealed twelve pairs of golden wings and sped away, then returned to overpower and pound the Guardian Spirit.
• Qian Ye checked in above Bei Village and at its entrance, receiving the White Tiger Precious Technique and Pterosaur Precious Technique.
• The old clan chief and Shi Linhu praised Qian Ye, and Shi Linhu suggested that Qian Ye take the surname Shi when they returned to Stone Village.
• After Qian Ye released the Guardian Spirit, it told Bei Liqing to treat him well, while Bei Liqing accepted that he could not take revenge for Bei Feng.
• Qian Ye checked in at Bei Village and received the Yellow Dragon Precious Technique, then prepared to negotiate as the Guardian Spirit prostrated itself and apologized.

Qian Ye ended Bei Village’s attack on Stone Village and learned that Bei Woman had targeted their hunters to keep them away from the dying Suanni. He began explaining that Stone Village’s willow Guardian Spirit had survived a Heavenly Tribulation, leaving Bei Woman to consider what that meant for her own breakthrough.

• Bei Liqing and the villagers knelt to beg Qian Ye for mercy, and he spared them because he had come to negotiate.
• The bei Guardian Spirit transformed into Bei Woman, and Qian Ye received the Black Tortoise Precious Technique after checking in with her.
• Bei Woman explained that she had attacked Stone Village’s hunters to keep them away from the dying Suanni and its corpse, which she hoped would help her break through to the Heavenly Passage Mirror.
• Qian Ye warned Bei Woman that she could not take the Suanni’s corpse easily and told the old chief, Hu Niu, and Shi Linhu to leave so he could speak with her privately.
• Qian Ye told Bei Woman how the lightning-struck willow had come to Stone Village and survived being split by another bolt of lightning, prompting her to recognize it as a god from above.

Qian Ye used the Mirror of Fate to show Bei Woman how her planned attack on Stone Village would have led to her death at the hands of its willow Guardian Spirit. He also revealed Little Dot’s origins, leaving Bei Woman frightened by the danger she had narrowly avoided.

• Qian Ye warned Bei Woman that Stone Village’s willow Guardian Spirit was a powerful Slaughter God and asked whether she had intended to seize the old Suanni’s corpse by force.
• Bei Woman dripped her blood onto Qian Ye’s Mirror of Fate, which showed Bei Feng dying in battle and Bei Village suffering heavy losses against Stone Village.
• In the vision, Stone Village’s willow Guardian Spirit killed Bei Woman’s Guardian Spirit after she attacked the village.
• Bei Woman thanked Qian Ye for preventing her from entering Stone Village and asked how he had recognized Little Dot’s strength.
• Qian Ye revealed that Little Dot was a descendant of the Martial King’s Manor, born with a Supreme Being Bone that had been removed, and Bei Woman realized she had nearly provoked a powerful family.

Bei Woman used Qian Ye’s pill to break through to the Heavenly Passage Realm, but Qian Ye had already returned to Stone Village before she could see him. There, he traded taunts with Willow Deity until he grabbed one of her willow branches.

• Qian Ye gave Bei Woman a Body Tempering Pill, and she swallowed it before entering seclusion to cultivate.
• Bei Liqing feared Qian Ye after the death of his grandson and regretted ordering Bei Feng to attack him.
• Bei Woman broke through to the Heavenly Passage Realm and learned that Qian Ye had already left for Stone Village.
• Stone Village celebrated Qian Ye for defeating Bei Village and its Guardian Spirit, while Willow Deity summoned him through Thousand-Li Voice Transmission.
• Qian Ye and Willow Deity exchanged threats and teasing, and Qian Ye seized her willow branch when she brushed it across his face.

Qian Ye seized Willow Deity and demanded that she kiss his cheeks and call him “hubby,” but she refused to submit. After failing to damage her lightning-struck trunk with a chopping blade, he climbed onto it and sat there as children from Stone Village arrived.

• Qian Ye restrained Willow Deity and demanded that she kiss his cheeks and call him “hubby” in exchange for her freedom.
• Willow Deity refused, and Qian Ye released her before following her back to her lightning-struck trunk.
• Qian Ye threatened to chop the trunk for firewood, but his blade could not harm the divine willow.
• Qian Ye climbed the trunk and sat atop it, insisting he would not come down unless Willow Deity called him “hubby.”
• Hu Niu, Shi Hao, and the other Stone Village children arrived, and Snot-nosed Kid pointed out Qian Ye sitting on the Guardian Spirit willow.

Qian Ye took Hu Niu and the Stone Village children into the mountains to see an Old Suanni, killing attacking beasts along the way. He put the tired children on his flying carpet and continued toward the gathering of Ferocious Beasts, spotting an unusual one below.

• Qian Ye invited Hu Niu to visit the Old Suanni, and Skinny Monkey, Shi Hao, and the other children followed them.
• Qian Ye led the group through the mountains, killing venomous creatures and Ferocious Beasts that attacked them.
• Qian Ye stopped to let the children rest, then brought out his flying carpet.
• Qian Ye flew the children up to the clouds, where they reached out to touch them.
• Qian Ye looked down from the flying carpet and spotted an unusual Ferocious Beast.

Qian Ye confronted the dying Old Suanni, which believed he wanted its corpse and challenged his claims of strength. Qian Ye vanished, entered its body, and stabbed its abdominal wall, leaving Old Suanni roaring in pain.

• Qian Ye identified the golden Old Suanni as a dying Venerable whose corpse was coveted by Ferocious Beasts and villages.
• Qian Ye sent Hu Niu, Snot-nosed Kid, Skinny Monkey, Shi Hao, and the other children to watch from the flying carpet while he approached Old Suanni.
• Old Suanni accused Qian Ye of wanting its corpse, and Qian Ye said he could defeat it even in its prime.
• Qian Ye vanished, and Old Suanni mocked him for supposedly fleeing before he revealed that he was inside its body.
• Qian Ye stabbed Old Suanni's abdominal wall from within, making it roar in pain and realize he had entered its body.

Qian Ye subdued Old Suanni by tormenting it from inside its belly, gaining the Vermilion Bird and Qilin Precious Techniques before making the beast carry him and the Stone Village children home. The group encountered the Purple Rat King on the way back.

• Qian Ye checked in inside Old Suanni's belly and received the Vermilion Bird Precious Technique, then stabbed and struck its organs until it begged him to stop.
• Old Suanni broke its promise and tried to ambush Qian Ye, so Qian Ye checked in again, received the Qilin Precious Technique, and beat it until it was exhausted.
• Qian Ye emerged and accepted Old Suanni's offer of its precious body, then warned it not to harm the Stone Village children.
• Qian Ye brought Hu Niu, Snot-nosed Kid, Skinny Monkey, Er Meng, and Shi Hao onto Old Suanni's back and had it head toward Stone Village.
• Old Suanni stopped when the Purple Rat King appeared on the path and warned Qian Ye that it was trouble.

Qian Ye killed the Purple Rat King and the Demon Giant Ape, then returned to Stone Village with the old Suanni and the children. That night, the old Suanni lamented its approaching death, and Qian Ye told it that it did not have to die.

• Qian Ye used a barrier to stop the Purple Rat King, and the old Suanni crushed its head.
• Qian Ye killed the Demon Giant Ape with a streak of light and collected its corpse.
• Qian Ye rode the old Suanni back to Stone Village and presented the villagers with both beasts’ corpses.
• The villagers praised Qian Ye as the children recounted what had happened, while the Willow Deity privately resented his shamelessness but could not bring herself to hate him.
• The old Suanni lamented its impending death outside Hu Niu’s home, and Qian Ye told it that it did not have to die.

Qian Ye gave Suanni Woman and Green Scaled Eagle pills that broke their limits, saved them from old age, and transformed them into beautiful young women. After each transformation, the system rewarded Qian Ye with a new technique, and Green Scaled Eagle ended the chapter by asking him to compare her beauty with Suanni Woman's.

• Qian Ye gave Old Suanni a pill, and she swallowed it despite doubting it could save her.
• The pill let Old Suanni break through her limits and transform into Suanni Woman, prompting the system to reward Qian Ye with the Invincible Chain of Order Technique.
• Suanni Woman thanked Qian Ye, and villagers came to Hu Niu's home to see her transformed appearance.
• Green Scaled Eagle asked Qian Ye for a pill, swallowed it, and cultivated as its effects took hold.
• Green Scaled Eagle transformed into Green Scaled Eagle Woman, and the system rewarded Qian Ye with the Giant Sword Precious Technique.
• Green Scaled Eagle Woman thanked Qian Ye and asked whether her human form was prettier than Suanni Woman's.

Months after Qian Ye welcomed the Green Scaled Eagle Woman’s three chicks, four Ferocious Beasts clashed in the Great Wilderness, and the Willow Deity warned that Zhu Yan’s appearance foretold a great catastrophe. Qian Ye argued that Stone Village could remain because the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow had already been subdued by him, and the Willow Deity agreed.

• Qian Ye welcomed Zi Yun, Da Peng, and Xiao Qing, and the Green Scaled Eagle Woman went to communicate with them.
• Several months later, the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow, Qiongqi, the Vermilion Bird, and Zhu Yan fought amid fires and shaking mountains in the Great Wilderness.
• Shi Yunfeng and Shi Linhu asked the Willow Deity what was causing the strange upheaval, and she summoned Qian Ye before identifying the four beasts.
• The Willow Deity explained that Zhu Yan’s arrival heralded war and fire, and warned that the beasts’ battle could destroy Stone Village and the surrounding forests.
• Qian Ye said the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow would not attack Stone Village because she had been subdued by him, and the Willow Deity agreed that the village could stay.

Qian Ye hosted Bei Woman for dinner and explained that four primordial Ferocious Beasts were battling in the mountains, threatening the Great Wilderness. He reassured her that he had subdued the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow and would intervene once the beasts had weakened each other.

• Qian Ye waited for the four Ferocious Beasts to exhaust themselves so he could claim the Mountain Treasure and capture them for Stone Village.
• Bei Woman arrived at Stone Village, ate Qian Ye’s roast meat, and learned that Green Scaled Eagle Woman and Suanni Woman were Ferocious Beasts living there.
• Qian Ye explained that Suanni Woman had been reborn through a pill he gave her, while Bei Woman marveled at his power.
• Bei Woman asked about the battling beasts, and Qian Ye identified them as Zhu Yan, Qiongqi, the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow, and the Vermilion Bird.
• Qian Ye warned that the battle could devastate the Great Wilderness, but reassured Bei Woman that he had subdued the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow and would stop the beasts after their fight had weakened them.
• Bei Woman returned reassured that she could give Bei Village’s villagers an answer, while Qian Ye planned to rest and intervene in two or three days.

Qian Ye transformed Hu Niu with a Body Tempering Pill and implanted Little Dot’s Supreme Being Bone in her, leaving her asleep beneath a tree. Willow Deity then confronted him, saying the bone belonged to Little Dot.

• Qian Ye took Hu Niu to the mountain and gave her a Body Tempering Pill to strengthen her constitution.
• The pill transformed Hu Niu, bringing her cultivation to the peak Blood Transformation Realm.
• Qian Ye explained the Supreme Being Bone to Hu Niu, put her to sleep, and implanted the bone with complete fusion.
• Willow Deity sent a branch to Qian Ye and challenged him for giving Little Dot’s bone to Hu Niu.

Qian Ye defended giving Shi Hao’s former Supreme Being Bone to Hu Niu, then helped her awaken its power. Hu Niu demonstrated her new strength to Shi Yunfeng, who prepared to test whether she could lift Stone Village’s bronze cauldron.

• Qian Ye argued that Shi Hao’s removed Supreme Being Bone no longer belonged with him and would harm him if returned, so giving it to Hu Niu was appropriate.
• Willow Deity questioned Qian Ye’s knowledge, but withdrew her branch when he teased her to call him “hubby.”
• Qian Ye failed to advance beyond level 606, then waited for Hu Niu to awaken after the bone merged with her.
• Qian Ye told Hu Niu to keep the Supreme Being Bone secret and go show Shi Yunfeng her strength.
• Hu Niu lifted a boulder weighing over a thousand jin with one hand, convincing Shi Yunfeng that her strength had greatly increased.

Hu Niu astonished Stone Village by lifting the enormous cauldron with one hand, while Qian Ye discussed the coming calamity with Willow Deity and offered her ten mysterious bottles. The chapter ended with Willow Deity wary of Qian Ye’s gift as he prepared to give her a scare.

• At the old chief’s request, Hu Niu approached the enormous cauldron as Stone Village watched and doubted she could lift it.
• Hu Niu lifted the cauldron, raised it overhead with one hand, and delighted the villagers and Shi Yunfeng.
• Willow Deity praised Qian Ye for helping Hu Niu break through to the Blood Transformation Realm and making Little Dot’s Supreme Being Bone her own.
• Willow Deity warned Qian Ye that the Upper Realm’s coming calamity would take away beings at Venerable level and above.
• Qian Ye dismissed the Great Dao’s rules as powers he could overcome, and Willow Deity laughed at his boldness.
• Qian Ye produced ten bottles for Willow Deity, who suspected a prank as he planned to scare her.

Qian Ye restored Willow Deity with the Spring of Life, then left to deal with the four Ferocious Beasts battling over the Mountain Treasure. He arrived atop the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow and stopped the fight, leaving the beasts staring at him.

• Qian Ye frightened Willow Deity by claiming he had deadly poison, then poured ten bottles of the Spring of Life onto her roots and restored her vitality.
• Willow Deity realized Qian Ye had helped her and resolved to repay him, though she still refused to accept his love.
• Zhu Yan, the Vermilion Bird, Qiongqi, and the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow fought for several days over the Mountain Treasure, devastating the surrounding forest.
• Qian Ye descended onto the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow's head and ordered the other three Ferocious Beasts to stop fighting.
• The Ferocious Beasts halted and looked toward Qian Ye, realizing a formidable newcomer had arrived.

Qian Ye defeated Zhu Yan, trapped Qiongqi, and secretly entered the Vermilion Bird to claim a system reward. He then removed the Vermilion Bird’s beast core, leaving it weakened as the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow revealed Qian Ye’s name.

• Qian Ye shattered Zhu Yan’s staff and blasted Zhu Yan to the ground with a surge of energy.
• Qiongqi tried to flee but Qian Ye’s walls of light trapped it and absorbed its attacks until it collapsed.
• The Vermilion Bird flew skyward, but pain from Qian Ye inside its belly brought it crashing down, and Qian Ye received the Giant Spirit Precious Technique for checking in there.
• The Heaven Swallowing Sparrow changed into a woman and told the Vermilion Bird that Qian Ye was too powerful to challenge.
• Qian Ye took the Vermilion Bird’s beast core from its Dantian and appeared beside the Heaven Swallowing Sparrow, while the Vermilion Bird noticed the core in his hand.

Qian Ye returned Vermilion Bird Woman’s Inner Core after she tried to seduce him, then accepted the Mountain Treasure from Heaven Swallowing Sparrow Woman. He warned her that her former master was alive and would seek revenge, and offered to take her to Stone Village for protection.

• Vermilion Bird Woman transformed into a human and offered herself to Qian Ye in exchange for her Inner Core, but he rejected her and received a Supreme Being Bone reward from the system.
• After Vermilion Bird Woman kissed him, Qian Ye returned her Inner Core, and Heaven Swallowing Sparrow Woman gave him the Mountain Treasure.
• Qian Ye told Heaven Swallowing Sparrow Woman that her former master had survived her ambush and was determined to kill her.
• Qian Ye offered to bring Heaven Swallowing Sparrow Woman to Stone Village, warning her not to harm its people because the Guardian Spirit would kill her.