Chapter Summaries

After Shi Hao confirmed that Qian Ye came from Stone Village, the Heaven Mending Pavilion's pavilion master sought Qian Ye's help to save the Guardian Spirit Divine Vine. Qian Ye offered ten drops of Ageless Spring in exchange for the vine's golden gourd, and the vine had not yet responded.

• Xia Youyu broke through to the Spirit Transformation Realm after drinking Qian Ye's Monkey Wine.
• Shi Hao told the pavilion master that Qian Ye lived in Stone Village and had taken the Ageless Spring, confirming Qian Ye's account.
• Qian Ye told Xia Youyu that Hu Niu was an orphan who had lived with him since he first came to Stone Village.
• The pavilion master apologized to Qian Ye, agreed to let Hu Niu join the Heaven Mending Pavilion, and asked him to save the Guardian Spirit Divine Vine.
• Qian Ye offered ten drops of Ageless Spring for the vine's golden gourd, and the pavilion master asked the Guardian Spirit Divine Vine whether she agreed.

Qian Ye revived the Guardian Spirit Divine Vine with Ageless Spring, helping her break through to the Divine Flame Realm and saving the Heaven Mending Pavilion from destruction. After staying there for half a year, he returned to the Stone Kingdom, where a visitor claiming to be his elder sister arrived with a familiar description.

• Qian Ye gave the Guardian Spirit Divine Vine ten drops of Ageless Spring, restoring her vitality and prompting her to manifest as a beautiful woman.
• The Guardian Spirit Divine Vine revealed that the Ageless Spring was its essence and that absorbing it had ignited her Divine Fire, advancing her to the Divine Flame Realm.
• The Heaven Mending Pavilion’s Guardian Spirit’s breakthrough deterred its enemies, and the pavilion survived the calamity; Qian Ye received 100 Nirvana Pills from the system.
• Qian Ye stayed at the Heaven Mending Pavilion for half a year, then went to the Stone Kingdom’s imperial palace to visit Empress Shi.
• A palace maid told Qian Ye that a beautiful woman claiming to be his elder sister had come to see him, and her four white-and-pink tails made him suspect she was Madwoman.

Qian Ye received the Heavenly Fox Fairy, concealed his power, and traded teasing remarks with her while trying to learn why she had come. After grabbing and examining one of her tails, he asked her to state her business, leaving the reason for her visit unrevealed.

• Qian Ye recognized the visiting woman as the Heavenly Fox Fairy and ordered the guards to invite her in.
• The Heavenly Fox Fairy approached Qian Ye and questioned how a mortal with no cultivation had become the Stone Kingdom's Human Emperor.
• Qian Ye rebuffed her questions and her playful suggestion that he take her as a consort.
• Qian Ye grabbed one of the Heavenly Fox Fairy's four tails and tugged at it until she protested and moved away.
• Qian Ye asked the Heavenly Fox Fairy what business had brought her to see him.

The Heavenly Fox Fairy tried to recruit Qian Ye into the Heaven Mending Sect and warned him about the Upper Realm’s coming harvest of Lower Realm Venerables, but he rejected her arguments and exposed her as the Witch’s secondary body. After kissing her and offering to help her avoid merging with her true body, Qian Ye received the Da Peng Precious Technique as a system reward.

• The Heavenly Fox Fairy probed Qian Ye’s cultivation and invited him to join the Heaven Mending Sect, offering power and protection from the coming calamities.
• The Heavenly Fox Fairy explained the Medicine Field Theory and warned that Upper Realm powers would harvest Venerables, but Qian Ye said he feared no one who tried to take him.
• Qian Ye pulled the Heavenly Fox Fairy into his arms and kissed her, then told her that she was a secondary body of the Black-Clothed Witch.
• The Heavenly Fox Fairy denied the revelation but wondered how Qian Ye knew her secret and what his background was.
• The system rewarded Qian Ye with the Da Peng Precious Technique for checking in with the Heavenly Fox Fairy.
• Qian Ye offered to help the Heavenly Fox Fairy avoid merging with her true body.

Qian Ye offered to help the Heavenly Fox Fairy separate from her true body, and she questioned whether he had the power to do it. He took her to Stone Village to demonstrate his abilities, where the Willow Deity greeted him.

• Qian Ye told the Heavenly Fox Fairy that her true body would eventually absorb her, and offered to help her remain independent if she chose.
• The Heavenly Fox Fairy questioned Qian Ye's ability to separate her from her true body, and he claimed that strength could prevent her from being absorbed.
• Qian Ye transported the Heavenly Fox Fairy to Stone Village, explaining that he and Shi Hao had grown up there.
• Qian Ye carried the blushing Heavenly Fox Fairy over his shoulder into the village, then introduced her to the Willow Deity as a friend.
• The Heavenly Fox Fairy noticed the willow tree had changed, and Qian Ye called it Stone Village's Guardian Spirit.

Qian Ye took the Heavenly Fox Fairy sightseeing, treated her to an elaborate fish banquet and Monkey Wine, and gradually won her trust. The next afternoon, she decided to sever her ties to the Witch and become her own person, then asked Qian Ye how he would help her.

• Qian Ye showed the Heavenly Fox Fairy around Stone Village and told her the hidden history of Shi Hao's true birthplace.
• Qian Ye cooked the Heavenly Fox Fairy an all-fish banquet and shared Monkey Wine with her while the village children watched.
• The Heavenly Fox Fairy considered whether Qian Ye could help her become independent from the Witch, while the Green Scaled Eagle Woman entered Qian Ye's room that night.
• Over the next three days, Qian Ye took the Heavenly Fox Fairy sightseeing around the Fire Nation and other places, building her trust in him.
• The Heavenly Fox Fairy told Qian Ye she had decided to become her own person, and he said helping her would be serious but would not leave her at a disadvantage.

Qian Ye proposed a sham marriage to lure Witch to Heavenly Fox Fairy so he could help her escape her true body’s control. Heavenly Fox Fairy agreed and broke through to the Venerable Realm with his pill, then realized she had fallen for him while he remained asleep.

• Qian Ye told Heavenly Fox Fairy that staging a wedding would draw Witch to them, and she agreed to the sham marriage despite wanting a real one.
• Qian Ye asked about Heavenly Fox Fairy’s cultivation, gave her a pill, and revealed that he knew details about Witch’s other spiritual bodies and secluded cultivation.
• Heavenly Fox Fairy swallowed the pill and cultivated while Qian Ye drank Monkey Wine and fell asleep.
• Heavenly Fox Fairy broke through to the Venerable Realm, tasted Qian Ye’s Monkey Wine, and resolved to keep hinting at her feelings for him.

Qian Ye told the Stone Empress he intended to take the Heavenly Fox Fairy as a consort, and the Empress agreed while warning him about the Heaven Mending Sect. Three days later, Qian Ye and the Heavenly Fox Fairy held a simple wedding, and he lifted her veil as she waited expectantly.

• The Stone Empress visited Qian Ye and agreed to his plan to marry the Heavenly Fox Fairy.
• The Stone Empress warned Qian Ye that marrying the Heaven Mending Sect’s Saintess could bring the sect’s opposition, but said she trusted him.
• Qian Ye gave the Stone Empress a jar of Monkey Wine made from spirit peaches, and she happily accepted it.
• Three days later, Qian Ye and the Heavenly Fox Fairy completed their wedding rites and entered the bridal chamber.
• Qian Ye lifted the Heavenly Fox Fairy’s veil, and she gazed at him with anticipation.

Qian Ye and the Heavenly Fox Fairy turned their sham marriage into a real relationship, while Hu Niu and Xia Youyu continued to miss him at the Heaven Mending Pavilion. The Stone Empress tasted Qian Ye’s Monkey Wine and secluded herself after it showed signs of helping her break through.

• Qian Ye told the Heavenly Fox Fairy he would not consummate their sham marriage, but she persuaded him that their marriage could become real, and they spent the night together.
• Hu Niu rejected her suitors and told Xia Youyu that she missed Brother Qian Ye, while Xia Youyu reassured her that he would visit soon.
• The Stone Empress opened the jar of Monkey Wine Qian Ye had given her and shared a cup with Xiao Zi.
• The Stone Empress explained the wine’s origins and medicinal benefits, then ordered the palace maid to keep its effects secret.
• The Stone Empress entered her secret chamber to meditate after one cup of Monkey Wine seemed to bring her close to breaking through to the Formation Arrangement Realm.

Yue Chan fretted over the Heaven Mending Sect’s order to subdue Qian Ye and took in a starving orphan. Meanwhile, Qian Ye promised to take the Heavenly Fox Fairy to confront her true body, Witch, and claimed he could help her reach the Divine Flame Realm within ten days.

• Yue Chan realized she could not subdue Qian Ye alone, since he had defeated the previous Stone Kingdom Human Emperor.
• Yue Chan bought a hungry orphan three baked flatbreads, learned he had no family or home, and took him toward the Heaven Mending Sect.
• Qian Ye and the Heavenly Fox Fairy woke after becoming Dao companions, and she worried that Witch would come after her for betraying her true body.
• Qian Ye decided to take the Heavenly Fox Fairy to the Immortal Ancient Land in ten days so she could settle matters with Witch face-to-face.
• Qian Ye promised to help the Heavenly Fox Fairy reach the Divine Flame Realm within ten days, leaving her astonished by the claim.

Qian Ye helped the Heavenly Fox Fairy reach the Divine Flame Realm and took her to the Immortal Ancient Land to find her true body, the Witch. As he dug through the Myriad Things Soil, he uncovered a human foot, and the Heavenly Fox Fairy grew nervous.

• Qian Ye gave the Heavenly Fox Fairy pills and spring water, and she cultivated while he drank Monkey Wine.
• The Stone Empress broke through to the Formation Arrangement Realm.
• Several days later, the Heavenly Fox Fairy ignited her divine flame and reached the Divine Flame Realm.
• Qian Ye took the Heavenly Fox Fairy to the Immortal Ancient Land and led her across a mysterious stone bridge toward the Myriad Things Soil.
• Qian Ye began digging through the heavy Myriad Things Soil and uncovered a lifelike human foot, making the Heavenly Fox Fairy tense and nervous.

Qian Ye unearthed the Witch, Heavenly Fox Fairy’s true body, and confronted her when she threatened to kill her secondary body. The Witch paused her attack after Qian Ye revealed that he knew about her other clones.

• Qian Ye dug the Witch out of the myriad things soil while Heavenly Fox Fairy silently feared her true body’s reaction.
• Heavenly Fox Fairy admitted that the woman was her true body, the Witch, who awoke and threatened to kill both her and Qian Ye.
• Qian Ye declared that Heavenly Fox Fairy was his woman and that the Witch would have to get past him to kill her.
• The Witch explained that she had briefly shared the experience of being defiled through her connection to Heavenly Fox Fairy and vowed to kill Qian Ye as well.
• Qian Ye revealed that he knew the Witch had two other clones, making her hesitate to attack him rashly.

Witch questioned Qian Ye about the Cauldron of the Mother Qi of All Things, the burial ground, and the drop of blood, while he explained that the blood and buried woman had traveled through time. The blood briefly revealed a battle in the future before Qian Ye destroyed it.

• Witch asked how Qian Ye knew about the cauldron and the burial ground, and he explained that a drop of emperor blood had brought the cauldron through time.
• Witch said Heavenly Fox Fairy had betrayed her and should be killed, but Qian Ye gave Heavenly Fox Fairy pills to help her grow stronger.
• Qian Ye collected the myriad things soil and found that the armored woman buried beneath it had vanished, explaining that she had likely returned to the future.
• A drop of blood showed Qian Ye, Witch, and Heavenly Fox Fairy an image of a man, the Empress, and others pushing a cauldron through a battlefield.
• Qian Ye destroyed the drop of blood after the vision disappeared.

Qian Ye and Witch discussed the visions in the emperor’s blood, and Qian Ye gave Witch the female Immortal King’s armor before receiving an All Things Storage Ring from the system. Witch failed to break Qian Ye’s barrier to reach Heavenly Fox Fairy, then joined him at the bridge, where his teasing left her flustered.

• Qian Ye told Witch that the blood and visions likely came from Immortal Emperors in the future trying to send a message through time.
• Qian Ye gave Witch the female Immortal King’s armor, and the system rewarded him with an All Things Storage Ring for checking in with her.
• Qian Ye refused to share the Myriad Things Soil but offered Witch a fortuitous opportunity, which she rejected while threatening to kill Heavenly Fox Fairy.
• Witch attacked Qian Ye’s barrier but could not break it or reach her secondary self, Heavenly Fox Fairy, so she went to find Qian Ye.
• Witch met Qian Ye at the bridge, and his flirtatious remarks made her flustered as she pounded his chest.

Qian Ye restrained Witch’s attacks, stopped her with a kiss, and led her toward a dangerous lightning-filled mist maze. Witch followed, still plotting revenge, as Qian Ye examined the forbidden tribulation ground ahead.

• Qian Ye caught Witch’s hands and pinned her feet when she kept attacking, but she continued trying to strike him with her head.
• Qian Ye kissed Witch to stop her, earning system points for taking her first kiss, and then crossed the bridge while she reeled from the encounter.
• Witch caught up with Qian Ye and resumed pounding him, so he knocked her down and kissed her again when she refused to stop.
• Qian Ye and Witch approached a wall of mist threaded with lightning, and Qian Ye used his Divine Eye to see that it surrounded a vast tribulation maze.
• Witch warned Qian Ye that entering the mist would expose them to thunder and lightning tribulations.

Qian Ye and Witch crossed the lightning-filled mist and found the Heavenly God Tree, which Witch tried to recruit. The tree refused to leave its home, then served them wine brewed from its sweet dew.

• Qian Ye walked through the mist, taking the lightning strikes directly, while Witch struggled to endure them behind him.
• Qian Ye used Shrinking the Earth to an Inch to leave Witch behind and evade her attempts to catch him.
• Qian Ye and Witch found a Heavenly God Tree bearing flowers and fruit, including one ripe Heavenly God Fruit.
• Witch asked the Heavenly God Tree to follow her, but it refused to leave the place where it was born and raised.
• The Heavenly God Tree served Qian Ye and Witch cups of sweet dew wine, which Witch praised and Qian Ye found comforting.

Qian Ye received three thousand strands of Immortal Qi after checking in beneath the Heavenly God Tree, then convinced the tree to follow him by revealing he had Myriad Things Soil. He stored the tree away and gave Witch its only ripe fruit, though she remained annoyed at his teasing.

• Witch tried to persuade the Heavenly God Tree to leave with her, but it refused because it needed suitable soil and protection.
• Qian Ye received three thousand strands of Immortal Qi from the system, shocking Witch and the Heavenly God Tree.
• Qian Ye revealed his Immortal Qi and learned that Myriad Things Soil could sustain the Heavenly God Tree.
• Witch told the tree that Qian Ye had already obtained Myriad Things Soil, and the tree uprooted itself and agreed to follow him.
• Qian Ye stored the Heavenly God Tree in his ring and gave Witch its only ripe fruit, prompting her to complain and roll her eyes at his teasing.

After Heavenly Fox Fairy broke through to the Heavenly God Realm, Qian Ye brought her and Witch to the Stone Kingdom’s imperial palace. He then entered the Void God Realm, where he explored its origins and roamed unseen by other cultivators.

• Heavenly Fox Fairy emerged from the barrier after advancing to the Heavenly God Realm, and Qian Ye praised her while Witch seethed over their closeness.
• Qian Ye warned Witch not to harm Heavenly Fox Fairy, then took Heavenly Fox Fairy away as Witch followed them from the Upper Realm to the Stone Kingdom’s imperial palace.
• Qian Ye kept Witch at the palace for several days before deciding to leave for the Void God Realm.
• Qian Ye recalled the Void God Realm’s history as an ancient prison for dark Immortal Kings that later became a training ground for Lower Realm cultivators.
• Qian Ye concealed himself and flew through the Void God Realm, using spells freely despite the restrictions placed on other cultivators.

Qian Ye checked in at Deer Chasing Academy and received the Nine Dragons Heavenly God Robe. After capturing the dark Immortal Kings in the Void God Realm, he found the Female Wargod at the academy and set up a grilled-fish stall near her dormitory, hoping to attract her with her favorite food.

• Qian Ye checked in at the Void God Realm and received 99 Heaven Mending Stones, then encountered Yu Zimo, Bird Grandpa, and Grandpa Jingbi without approaching them.
• Qian Ye entered the abyss, broke the seals holding dark Immortal Kings and other beings, and captured them all in the Demon Refining Pot.
• Qian Ye infiltrated Deer Chasing Academy and checked in, receiving the Nine Dragons Heavenly God Robe, which made its wearer impervious to arts and immune to poisons.
• Qian Ye found the Female Wargod resting in her dormitory and chose not to disturb her.
• Qian Ye opened a grilled-fish stall near the dormitories, but the academy disciples doubted his extravagant sales pitch and no one bought anything.

Qian Ye set up a grilled-fish stall at Deer Chasing Academy and waited for the Female Wargod, while onlookers mocked his claims. The Female Wargod loved his fish, bought ten more, and prompted the crowd to reconsider and start buying.

• Qian Ye grilled over a hundred fish and waited at his stall, unconcerned that the crowd doubted him.
• The Female Wargod smelled the grilled fish after waking and walked over to investigate the unfamiliar stall.
• Qian Ye offered the Female Wargod a free sample and a cup of wine, and she began eating while the crowd watched.
• The Female Wargod found the fish delicious and ordered ten more, triggering Qian Ye's reward of 100 units of God-level Spirit Liquid.
• The onlookers reconsidered their doubts and one of them stepped forward to buy grilled fish.