The young man stood proudly in the heavens, looking down upon the human world.
The Immortal-Breaking Curse could break a True Immortal, but it could not break him, Desolate!
He had not waited for Emperor Yuan to return and help him overcome his Calamity. Bit by bit, he had pulled himself back from the brink.
"If you're not crippled, you're not crippled. Why are you shouting?" Meng Chuan appeared beside Shi Hao, smacked him on the back of the head, and took him away from the sky.
When they reappeared, they were in the Eight Domains.
"I was afraid you'd charge into the Immortal Domain and do something rash, so I came out to tell you I was fine!" Shi Hao rubbed his head.
Meng Chuan glanced at him. "I was never worried that one Immortal-Breaking Curse would turn you into a cripple."
"If you couldn't survive a single Immortal-Breaking Curse, you should hurry up and have a child while you're young. I'd pour all my effort into raising your child instead."
At that, Shi Hao backed away a few steps and eyed Meng Chuan warily.
"Who's going to have a child with you?"
"..." Meng Chuan's face darkened. He raised a hand to strike, and Shi Hao promptly fled.
Shi Yunfeng and the others came looking for them too. "Mister Yuan, you're finally back."
"Haha, no need to worry about me, Village Chief. I've been doing quite well out there," Meng Chuan said with a smile.
"Everyone looks well, and each of you has grown stronger than the last. Seeing Stone Village thrive like this makes me happy too."
Shi Yunfeng had already become a Heavenly God. Taking fifteen years to advance from Divine Flame to the Heavenly God Realm was painfully slow compared with Shi Hao.
But in