Chapter Summaries

Shi Yi slew the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow's Spirit Body, then survived the Kunpeng Nest’s suppression and slaughtered the Sea Demon army before killing the Sea Demon Venerable's Spirit Body. He returned to his boat as the other factions kept their distance, while Shi Hao watched from the Ghost Ship and recognized the gap between their strength.

• Shi Yi killed the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow's Spirit Body with the Void War Halberd, shocking the creatures gathered across the North Sea.
• The Kunpeng Nest suppressed Shi Yi and the other powerful beings to the spirit transformation realm, and the Sea Demon Venerable sent tens of thousands of Sea Demons to attack him.
• Shi Yi used the Sword Dao Treasure Book and several divine abilities to slaughter the Sea Demons and reach the Sea Demon Venerable's Spirit Body.
• Shi Yi trapped the Sea Demon Venerable's Spirit Body with five-colored light, cut off its head, and crushed it after regaining strength.
• The factions avoided Shi Yi's boat as he returned to its bow, while Shi Hao watched from the Ghost Ship and judged himself far weaker.

Shi Yi reached the Kunpeng Divine Land, took a remnant of the World Tree, and made his way through the factions to the stone doors of Kunpeng’s Dao ground. After the doors opened with the factions’ Kunpeng relics, he entered while quietly noting who had supplied them, intending to seize the relics later.

• Shi Yi traveled across the Stone Stairway on his Blue-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast and reached the Withered Cliff before the other factions.
• Shi Yi crossed the Teleportation Array and arrived in the Kunpeng Divine Land, where he saw the Kunpeng Nest and its many surrounding paths.
• Shi Yi used his Heaven-Opening Double Pupils and Void War Halberd to sever the river of essence briefly and claim a rotten branch of the World Tree.
• As the factions fought over the paths, Shi Yi rode through an ocean race’s territory and reached the stone doors of Kunpeng’s Dao ground.
• The factions gathered Kunpeng relics and opened the stone doors, and Shi Yi entered after memorizing which factions had brought the relics.

Shi Yi left the Kunpeng Nest’s inner grounds to temper his body in its legendary trials, enduring the Yang Extreme Cave until his left eye was transformed. After encountering Shi Hao, he entered the Mystic Ice Abyss and began a second course of tempering.

• Shi Yi gathered most of the precious medicines in Kunpeng’s cultivation ground, then turned back to seek the body-tempering grounds while other factions sent followers to watch him.
• Cultivators exploring beneath the azure sea discovered the Yang Extreme Cave, the Mystic Ice Abyss, and Meteor Valley, where many died attempting to temper their bodies.
• Shi Yi sent the Blue-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast and the Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly to hide, then entered the Yang Extreme Cave and endured its flames to resolve hidden dangers in his body.
• After months of tempering, Shi Yi’s left eye emerged from its Dao cocoon with greatly enhanced power, and he passed Shi Hao, who was training in the cave.
• Shi Yi entered the Mystic Ice Abyss, carved through its ice with the Void War Halberd, and began tempering himself in its extreme cold, which started to freeze his right eye.

Shi Yi completed his tempering in the Yang Extreme Cave, Mystic Ice Abyss, and Meteor Valley, then returned to the Kunpeng Nest to seize Kunpeng relics. After collecting relics from several factions and preparing to confront an alliance formed against him, he spotted two figures approaching.

• Shi Yi endured repeated freezing in the Mystic Ice Abyss, adapted to its cold, and completed his body tempering in Meteor Valley.
• Shi Yi returned to the Kunpeng Nest and froze the informants who tried to report his arrival.
• Shi Yi demanded the Primordial Divine Mountain Alliance's Kunpeng Remnant Bone and took it after the alliance surrendered.
• Shi Yi found the Sea God Descendant raging after Shi Hao had stolen his Kunpeng relic, then left without confronting him.
• Shi Yi seized Kunpeng relics from major factions, while other factions formed an alliance to oppose him.
• Shi Yi learned that more relics were needed to open the Kunpeng Nest early, then noticed two figures approaching and heard one of them discuss attacking him.

Shi Hao refused to help the Demoness ambush Xuan Yi, but her attack revealed that Xuan Yi was actually Shi Yi, his older cousin and longtime rival. After the brothers reunited, Shi Yi turned his attention back to the Demoness and the Kunpeng relics, while Shi Hao stepped in to protect her.

• Shi Hao told the Demoness about Xuan Yi's strength and refused to attack him or lend her the God-Striking Stone.
• The Demoness trapped Shi Yi with a stone-bead projection, but Shi Yi shattered it and countered her attack.
• The Demoness used the Heaven Severing Technique to reveal one of Shi Yi's Double Pupils, exposing his identity to Shi Hao.
• Shi Hao and Shi Yi exchanged hostile words as they confronted each other after years apart.
• Shi Yi demanded that the Demoness leave and prepared to pursue the Kunpeng relics, but Shi Hao stepped forward to stop him from harming her.

Shi Yi crushed the Demoness Spirit Body and faced Shi Hao, revealing the vast gap between their strength. After claiming her Kunpeng Relics, Shi Yi began fighting Shi Hao directly and broke through his hopes of gaining an advantage with the Broken Sword.

• Shi Yi pressured Shi Hao and the Demoness Spirit Body, then struck the Demoness with his Heaven-Opening Double Pupils and Qilin Step.
• Shi Hao escaped Shi Yi’s pure land with the Broken Sword, but Shi Yi quickly overwhelmed the Demoness Spirit Body.
• The Demoness Spirit Body dissipated after leaving Shi Hao a final attack, and Shi Hao launched the empowered God-Striking Stone at Shi Yi.
• Shi Yi deflected the God-Striking Stone with a solid Silver Short Sword, tore through the Demoness’s runes, and took her Kunpeng Relics.
• Shi Yi confirmed that the relics would let him enter the Kunpeng Nest early, then turned to confront Shi Hao.
• Shi Hao attacked with the Broken Sword, but Shi Yi countered with a Sect Master’s Sword and shattered his sword qi.

Shi Yi brutally defeated Shi Hao, took the Zhu Yan Tribe’s Seventy-Two Transformations from Furball, and left Shi Hao alive despite his hatred. Shi Yi revealed that he wanted Shi Hao to grow strong enough to fight future enemies, then headed for the Golden Ancient Nest to enter the Kunpeng Cave Abode ahead of time.

• Shi Yi easily countered Shi Hao’s treasure techniques and overwhelmed him in close combat, breaking his cave heaven divine ring with his own Astral Ring.
• Shi Yi captured Shi Hao and Furball, injured them, and extracted the Zhu Yan Tribe’s Seventy-Two Transformations from Furball’s primordial runes.
• The Bone Tower tried to intervene, but Shi Yi’s Six Paths Reincarnation Disk forced it to withdraw, leaving Shi Hao helpless.
• Shi Yi left Shi Hao alive, explaining that he wanted him to become strong enough to face the enemies who would descend upon the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
• Shi Yi rode toward the Golden Ancient Nest and planned to use the Kunpeng Relics and the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk’s guidance to enter the Kunpeng Cave Abode early.

Shi Yi entered the Kunpeng Nest ahead of the other creatures and plundered its daoist ground, collecting rare treasures while the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk absorbed unfinished weapons. He reached Kunpeng’s altar and discovered the legendary halberd Heavenly Desolation, whose shattered will remained dormant.

• Shi Yi used Chaotic World to conceal himself, then passed through the nest’s array with his Kunpeng Relics and entered the golden nest ahead of the Xuan-Elimination Alliance.
• Shi Yi explored Kunpeng’s daoist ground, collecting Sea Spirit Liquid, the Bronze Divine Illumination Lamp, Primordial Wine, a Jade Pure Bottle, and Kunpeng’s Meditation Cushion.
• Shi Yi permitted the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk to devour a Sword Embryo and an Exquisite Pagoda at Kunpeng’s Weapon-Refining Ground.
• Shi Yi climbed Kunpeng’s altar and gathered its spiritual herbs, including a star grass nearing Sacred Medicine status, protected by the aura of his Kunpeng Relics.
• Shi Yi reached the altar’s summit, where he saw Kunpeng’s weapons and learned from the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk that the broken Heavenly Desolation still held a dormant will.

Shi Yi claimed Kunpeng’s three surviving Treasure Artifacts after the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk negotiated with Heavenly Desolation, and learned that he would have to help protect Kunpeng’s descendant. He then entered the Demon Transformation Cave to seek Kunpeng’s complete Precious Technique and reached a hidden chamber containing a pool of blood filled with powerful Kunpeng runes.

• The Six Paths Reincarnation Disk explained the weapons’ origins and warned Shi Yi that taking Kunpeng’s treasures meant inheriting its karma.
• After communicating with Heavenly Desolation, the Reincarnation Disk secured the Dragon Tooth Dagger, Golden Crow Fan, and Heaven-Measuring Ruler for Shi Yi, who refined the three artifacts.
• The Reincarnation Disk told Shi Yi that Kunpeng had left a descendant, and Shi Yi agreed to help rescue the Undying Being when chaos came to the Eight Regions.
• Shi Yi used his Double Pupils and the Kunpeng Rune Bone to open the passage to the Demon Transformation Cave, then descended through its haunted depths.
• Shi Yi opened the stone doors at the cave’s end and entered a sacred chamber, where he saw a brilliant pool of blood radiating Kunpeng runes.

Shi Yi mastered the Kun Peng Precious Technique in the Kunpeng Nest, absorbed its true blood, and strengthened his fourth cave heaven, reaching perfection in the array formation realm. After leaving the nest, he encountered the Double Pupils Woman at sea, who asked to study the technique and offered him a future opportunity in return.

• Shi Yi comprehended the Kun Peng Precious Technique and absorbed the remaining Kunpeng true blood, while the Blue-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast and Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly received their own baptisms.
• Shi Yi transformed his fourth cave heaven into a true Kunpeng cave heaven, and his cultivation silently reached perfection in the array formation realm.
• Shi Yi left the Kunpeng Nest with his mount and battle spirit, leaving the factions behind to fight over what remained.
• Several days later, ghost ships surrounded Shi Yi on the sea, but he recognized that the Double Pupils Woman controlled them and calmly addressed her.
• The Double Pupils Woman asked Shi Yi to let her study the Kun Peng Precious Technique and offered him a great opportunity when heaven and earth fell into chaos.

Shi Yi reached Stone Village seeking its ancestral pill formulas and Medicine Cauldrons so he could temper his foundation and study the Transcendence Chapter. After Shi Yunfeng accused him of harming Shi Hao, Willow Deity let the villagers decide whether to help him, leaving Shi Yi negotiating for what he wanted.

• Shi Yi shared the complete Kun Peng Precious Technique with the Double Pupils Woman, received her jade token, and parted from her after she took medicines to heal her injuries.
• Shi Yi traveled to Stone Village, hoping to use its five ancestral pill formulas and Black Cauldron to strengthen his foundation and complete the Transcendence Chapter.
• Shi Yi approached Willow Deity respectfully and entered the village while his Blue-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast waited outside.
• Shi Yunfeng recognized Shi Yi and accused him of digging out Shi Hao's bone and seeking to eliminate him, while Shi Yi admitted he had come for the village's pill formulas and Medicine Cauldrons.
• Willow Deity left the decision to Stone Village's people, and Shi Yunfeng refused Shi Yi's request; Shi Yi argued that he had a right to examine the ancestral legacies and promised not to kill Shi Hao.

Shi Yi pressured Shi Yunfeng into giving him the Shi Clan’s pill formulas, then traveled across the Desolate Region to gather their ingredients. After returning to Stone Village, he obtained the Black Cauldron and prepared to pursue the final leap into the extreme realm.

• Shi Yi showed Shi Yunfeng images of his overwhelming victory over Shi Hao, and Shi Yunfeng agreed to provide the pill formulas and lend him the medicine cauldrons on the condition that Shi Hao would live.
• Shi Yi left Stone Village with the five formulas and asked the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk to persuade the Willow Deity to remain in this world.
• Shi Yi traveled to Xiling Beast Mountain, killed a Beast Venerable, and found yellow springs bamboo beside the Yellow Springs.
• Shi Yi spent six months collecting nearly all the rare ingredients in the formulas, while strengthening the Blue-Eyed Golden-Eyed Beast and the Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly.
• Shi Yi returned to Stone Village and waited outside it until Shi Yunfeng brought him the Black Cauldron.

Shi Yi reunited the Mountain Treasure and the Black Cauldron to reveal the Transcendence Chapter, then used the completed white cauldron and the Shi Clan Alchemy Formula to refine himself with a great medicine. He broke through into the Venerable Realm, and the cauldron erupted with signs of a Divine Pill reaching perfection.

• Shi Yi traveled to the center of the Vast Mountain Range and asked the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk to conceal the fluctuations of his breakthrough.
• Shi Yi activated the Primitive Explanation with the Mountain Treasure and Black Cauldron, merging them into a white cauldron that bore the Transcendence Chapter.
• Shi Yi prepared a great medicine in the white cauldron and leaped inside while the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk guarded him.
• Shi Yi inscribed the Five Elements Great Formation, the Six Paths of Reincarnation Formation, and several supreme arts into his body as the medicine transformed him.
• Shi Yi inscribed the Primitive Explanation's chapters into himself, shattered the Venerable Realm Shackles, and entered the Venerable Realm.
• The white cauldron's lid flew off as rosy light, auspicious clouds, and pill fragrance burst forth, signaling that a Divine Pill had reached perfection.

Shi Yi completed his Humanoid Divine Pill refinement, advanced to the middle stage of the Venerable realm, and returned to the Stone Kingdom as the Great Demon God fought the Azure Membrane Black-Eyed Spider. The chapter ended with Shi Zhongtian's thought-formed arrow about to strike the spider.

• Shi Yi emerged from the White Little Cauldron with greatly enhanced cultivation and Double Pupils, then concealed his power and learned he had been in seclusion for a year and a half.
• Shi Yi left Stone Village after the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk spoke with the Willow Deity, then headed for the Martial King Manor.
• Shi Yi learned that the Great Demon God had returned to the Stone Kingdom Imperial Capital and was fighting the Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider over the Martial King Manor's crimes.
• Shi Yi entered the capital, and the Stone Emperor sensed his arrival and was shocked that the young man had reached the Venerable realm.
• Shi Zhongtian, immobilized by the spider, formed a Treasure Bow and Light Arrow from his spiritual power and fired at its brow.

Shi Yi revealed himself at the Martial King Manor, stopped the Great Demon God's attempt to kill the Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider's spirit body, and restored the crippled elders of his branch. He faced the Great Demon God, who prepared a powerful arrow aimed at Shi Yi on behalf of Shi Hao.

• Shi Yi froze the scene with his double-pupil power and Heaven Mending Technique, then redirected the Great Demon God's Mind Arrow and saved the Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider's spirit body.
• Shi Yi removed his mask and revealed that he was Xuan Yi, prompting Shi Ziteng and the elders of his branch to recognize him as alive.
• Shi Yi restored Shi Yuan's meridians and cultivation foundation with the Heaven Mending Technique, then healed the other crippled elders of his branch.
• Shi Yi told Shi Ziteng that his double pupils had transformed and become stronger, while the Great Demon God challenged him to fight.
• The Great Demon God fired a treasured arrow formed from the Hand of God and the Hand of Demon, declaring that it was meant for Shi Yi on Shi Hao's behalf.

Shi Yi stopped the Great Demon God's attack, took responsibility for the Martial King Manor's old conflict, and set rules to prevent further infighting. After the Great Demon God departed and the manor settled its affairs, Shi Yi foresaw a coming storm of bloodshed in the Desolate Region.

• The Great Demon God fired his full-strength divine arrow at Shi Yi, who caught it between two fingers and extinguished its power.
• Shi Yi returned the arrow, warned both branches against harming each other, and declared that all the karma from the old conflict rested on him.
• The Great Demon God accepted Shi Yi's terms, asked the Stone Emperor to let a young girl leave with him, and departed the Martial King Manor with her.
• The Stone Emperor praised Shi Yi and invited him to the imperial palace, while the Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider's Spirit Body left the imperial capital.
• Shi Yi declined to take over the Martial King Manor and urged his relatives to keep a low profile rather than use his strength to dominate others.
• Shi Yi told Shi Ziteng that he had seen blood flowing through the Desolate Region and that he would wield the blade.

Shi Yi prepared his family and the Rain Clan for the dangers surrounding his return, then met with the Stone Emperor to discuss the approaching Desolate Region Tribulation. The Stone Emperor raised the possibility that Shi Yi might need to protect the Stone Kingdom’s ancestral foundation if the Emperor fell.

• Shi Yi told Shi Ziteng that Divine Mountain Venerables would come seeking the Qilin Precious Technique, then taught him powerful techniques and entrusted him with Divine Spirit Artifacts to protect Martial King Manor.
• Shi Yi visited Rain King Mansion, thanked the Rain King, and warned him that the Rain Clan must withdraw from the karma surrounding the Bone-Digging affair.
• Yu Zimo used her Spiritual Sensitivity on Shi Yi but saw only chaos and emptiness, while Shi Yi’s gaze seemed to see through her.
• Shi Yi entered the Stone Emperor’s forbidden royal grounds and was welcomed with a dragon-patterned golden avenue leading to the Central Heavenly Palace.
• The Stone Emperor asked Shi Yi about the Desolate Region Tribulation and explained that the Stone Kingdom needed someone to defend its ancestral foundation if he did not survive.

Shi Yi refused the Stone Emperor’s offer of the throne but agreed to choose a loyal successor and took three treasures from the imperial treasury. He then rode to Demon Spirit Lake, where Venerables had gathered to ambush him for the Qilin Precious Technique, and entered their trap despite Old Golden Spider’s warning.

• The Stone Emperor asked Shi Yi to inherit the Stone Kingdom, but Shi Yi refused the throne and agreed to select its next emperor.
• The Stone Emperor opened a secret treasury, and Shi Yi chose three divine materials, including a stone needed by the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk.
• Shi Yi left for Demon Spirit Lake as the Stone Emperor activated the capital’s defenses and Shi Ziteng worried about the dangers ahead.
• Old Golden Spider warned Shi Yi that Demon Spirit Lake had become a trap, but Shi Yi continued into its territory to protect the place that had helped him.
• Venerables from the Primordial Divine Mountains and beyond waited in concealment to seize Shi Yi and claim the Qilin Precious Technique, while several outsiders chose not to join the ambush.

Shi Yi entered the Venerables’ trap at Demon Spirit Lake and faced demands for the Qilin Precious Technique and the Kunpeng divine treasury. After killing a Beast Venerable who ambushed him, he unleashed the Qilin Precious Technique and began slaughtering the gathered Venerables, leaving the battle underway.

• Shi Yi discovered the Primordial Divine Mountain and outside Venerables waiting to ambush him, then rejected their claims to the Qilin Precious Technique and their demands for the Kunpeng divine treasury.
• A concealed Beast Venerable attacked Shi Yi with its tongue and a Divine Spirit Sword, but Shi Yi caught the attack and killed it instantly.
• The two groups of Venerables agreed to attack Shi Yi together, and Shi Yi welcomed their assault.
• Shi Yi summoned the Qilin Precious Technique, shaking the Divine Spirit Artifacts from the sky and killing dozens of Venerables with its first charge.
• Shi Yi ignored the survivors’ pleas and threats about their affiliations, then continued attacking and killing the Outer Domain Venerables.

Shi Yi used the Golden Crow Treasure Fan to annihilate the invading Outer Domain Venerables and then slaughtered the Primordial Divine Mountain forces at Demon Spirit Lake. A few Beast Venerables survived by taking Demon Spirit Lake’s people hostage and threatened to destroy the clan if Shi Yi did not let them leave.

• Shi Yi killed the Qin Venerable and other Venerables with his Qilin manifestation, terrifying the survivors from the Outer and Primordial Divine Mountain camps.
• The Western Sect Venerable and the Heaven Severing Sect Venerable activated powerful Heavenly God artifacts and urged the others to join forces against Shi Yi.
• The Venerables brought out their strongest treasures, but Shi Yi answered with the Golden Crow Treasure Fan and burned the Outer Domain forces, their weapons, and the Western Sect Venerable to nothing.
• Shi Yi turned on the fleeing Primordial Divine Mountain Venerables and slaughtered them, including the elder from Southern Falling Divine Mountain.
• A handful of Beast Venerables survived by holding Old Golden Spider, Azure Demon Black-Eyed Spider, and Demon Spirit Lake’s pure-blooded clan hostage.
• A demonic bird named Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow threatened to destroy Demon Spirit Lake unless Shi Yi allowed the survivors to leave.