Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin swept through every obstacle on Immortal Mountain. Everyone who blocked their path or tried to assassinate them fell.
Shi Hao finally saw his younger brother. He told Qin Hao what he needed to know in case he died, then had his own Supreme Bone transplanted into him. In the final moments of his life, he fulfilled his wish to see his parents and Grandpa Shi Yunfeng.
Shi Yunfeng buried Shi Hao in Stone Village. Qin Yining stayed there, quietly watching over her son. Shi Ziling chose to fight his way through the Upper Realm, while Qin Hao went to Immortal Mountain in the Upper Realm.
Only when news came from Immortal Mountain that Shi Ziling had been injured did Qin Yining reluctantly leave Shi Hao and travel to the Upper Realm.
Every day, the Five-Colored Sparrow planted Undying Grass and nourished the soil of the grave, sustaining Shi Hao's body, soul, and consciousness until his vitality could return.
Word of Shi Hao's death had long since spread everywhere. The ancient sects and powerful families of the lower realm descended on the Stone Kingdom like locusts, harassing its people and demanding treasures from the current Human Emperor, Shi Qingfeng, as they carved up the kingdom's treasury.
Huo Yuhao and Tang Wulin killed every last one of them. Then, under their leadership, the Stone Kingdom marched to war on all fronts.
They swept through the Heaven Mending Sect in the Cosmic Region, the North Sea, and the Gold Condensation Gate, Immortal Mountain, Little Western Paradise, and Western Sect in the Mysterious Region, winning a great deal of spoils for the Stone Kingdom.
The two kept a few useful items for themselves and planned to give the Demon-Subduing Pestle to Shi Hao.
The Willow God had said that