Chapter Summaries

Shi Teng battled the Marquis of Zhenyuan, crippling both of Su Lie’s arms with the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd before the Su Family ancestor intervened. The ancestor subdued Shi Teng and prepared to leave with Su Lie, but Shi Teng challenged him and demanded to know whether he was being bullied because he had no powerful allies.

• The Marquis of Zhenyuan overwhelmed Shi Teng with the God-Demon Fist, knocking away the Heaven-Flipping Seal and Dark Heavy Ruler and blasting Shi Teng aside with the Great Strength Vajra Cannon.
• Shi Teng summoned the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd and pierced the Marquis of Zhenyuan’s defenses, crippling his remaining arm as he tried to finish him.
• The Su Family ancestor appeared and struck Shi Teng down, leaving him severely injured and drained of spiritual energy.
• The Su Family ancestor ordered Su Lie to leave, but Shi Teng challenged them as they prepared to go.
• The Su Family ancestor froze Shi Teng with his pressure, and Shi Teng accused Su Lie and the Su clan of bullying him because he had no one to stand up for him.

Shi Teng summoned Sword Saint to defeat Su Nantian, but the Fire Emperor intervened before the Su Family Ancestor could be killed. Shi Teng agreed to end the dispute in exchange for the Su family's Eight Fierce Swords.

• Shi Teng broke free of the Su Family Ancestor's restraint and summoned the peak Array Formation Realm Sword Saint.
• Sword Saint cleaved through Su Nantian's attacks and overwhelmed his Eight Fierce Swords, leaving his spirit body on the verge of collapse.
• The Fire Emperor arrived with Huo Ling'er and rescued Su Nantian from Sword Saint's final strike.
• The Fire Emperor asked Shi Teng to end the dispute, and Shi Teng demanded compensation from the Su family.
• Shi Teng chose the Eight Fierce Swords as compensation, and the Fire Emperor ordered Su Nantian to hand them over.

After defeating the Su Family Ancestor, Shi Teng visited the Fire Kingdom Imperial Palace with Huo Ling'er, checked in for two treasures, and prepared to travel to the Hundred Clans Battlefield. Huo Ling'er invited him to the upcoming Genius Championship, while the Fire Emperor welcomed his presence and the Primordial Vermilion Bird Divine Bird secretly watched him with suspicion.

• The Fire Emperor ordered Su Nantian to give Shi Teng the Eight Fierce Swords, and Shi Teng knocked the swords down with his Qilin Arm before accepting them.
• The Sword Saint vanished after refusing the Fire Emperor's invitation, and Huo Ling'er reunited with Shi Teng and brought him to the imperial palace.
• Shi Teng checked in at the palace and received the Nine-Dragon Divine Fire Cover, then checked in at Huo Ling'er's bedroom and received a hatchable Elder Vermilion Bird Egg.
• Huo Ling'er gave Shi Teng vermilion bird saliva for his wounds and a map that could guide him to the Hundred Clans Battlefield, then invited him to the Fire Kingdom's Genius Championship.
• Shi Teng agreed to participate in the championship, learned that Huo Ling'er's mother was a Primordial Vermilion Bird Divine Bird, and spent time sampling Vermilion Bird City's food with Huo Ling'er.
• The Fire Emperor hoped Shi Teng would join the Fire Kingdom, while the Primordial Vermilion Bird Divine Bird secretly watched him and doubted his character.

Huo Ling'er took Shi Teng to the First-Rank Tower’s auction, where he learned about the Azure Flood Dragon Vine seedling and decided to bid for it. The auction had just begun, and Huo Ling'er distanced herself from Shi Teng after his bold declaration.

• Huo Ling'er brought Shi Teng to the First-Rank Tower’s twice-yearly treasure auction and used her Vermilion Bird Token to get him inside.
• Shi Teng snatched Huo Ling'er’s Vermilion Bird Token and teased her before a guard stopped their commotion.
• Shi Teng sensed powerful figures hidden in the auction house as the auctioneer began presenting ten rare treasures.
• The auctioneer announced an Azure Flood Dragon Vine seedling, and Huo Ling'er explained that it could awaken ancestral marks and possibly grant a Primordial Divine Ability.
• Shi Teng decided the seedling could benefit from his ancestor’s legacy and his Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Art, then declared he would outbid everyone.
• Huo Ling'er moved away from Shi Teng, startled that he had begun bidding without considering how to pay.

Shi Teng tried to buy the Azure Flood Dragon Vine seedling at the First-Rank Tower, stunning the Fire Kingdom’s powerhouses with his hidden treasures. When Master Gu Qinghe demanded the Vermilion Bird Egg as payment, Shi Teng refused and gave up the seedling, just as the Primordial Vermilion Bird and Fire Emperor headed to the auction house.

• Song Que and Huo Wushuang encouraged Shi Teng to claim the Azure Flood Dragon Vine seedling, while the crowd doubted he could pay a million Fire Spirit Stones.
• Shi Teng admitted he had no Fire Spirit Stones, then resisted a Cave Heaven Realm guard and was recognized as the young man who had fought the Su Family Ancestor.
• Shi Teng scattered treasures from his clothes, astonishing the crowd with rare items including a Vermilion Bird Egg, and offered them in exchange for the seedling.
• Master Gu Qinghe chose the Vermilion Bird Egg as payment, but Shi Teng refused to part with it after noticing Huo Ling'er wanted it.
• Shi Teng gave up the seedling, and an unseen speaker offered to buy it for him as the Primordial Vermilion Bird and Fire Emperor rushed toward the First-Rank Tower.

The Vermilion Bird Venerable and the Fire Emperor arrived at the auction pavilion to claim Shi Teng’s Primordial Vermilion Bird egg. Shi Teng refused their demands, then gave the egg to Huo Ling'er, leaving everyone stunned.

• The Vermilion Bird Venerable arrived and offered a Vermilion Bird Spirit Feather for the azure flood dragon vine seedling before trying to take Shi Teng’s egg.
• Shi Teng refused to sell the egg, and Huo Ling'er distracted her mother long enough for him to recover from her pressure.
• The Fire Emperor arrived and offered Shi Teng any terms he wanted in exchange for the egg.
• Shi Teng demanded the Vermilion Bird Treasure Technique, enraging the Vermilion Bird Venerable until the Fire Emperor stopped her.
• Shi Teng explained the egg’s value, then declared he would give it to Huo Ling'er for free and placed it in her hands.

Shi Teng received the Azure Flood Dragon Vine seedling and two drops of Immortality Spring from the Fire Emperor in exchange for the Primordial Vermilion Bird egg, then used his Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Qi to make the vine grow rapidly. With the gathered family heads eager to buy it and Shi Teng worried they would steal it, he tried to bind the vine to himself with his blood.

• The Primordial Vermilion Bird hatched and recognized Huo Ling'er as its master, so the Fire Emperor gave Shi Teng the Azure Flood Dragon Vine seedling in exchange for the egg.
• Shi Teng complained that the seedling was worth far less than the egg, prompting the Fire Emperor to add two drops of Immortality Spring.
• Shi Teng infused the seedling with Azure Emperor Wood Sovereign Qi, making it burst from its bottle and grow before the astonished crowd.
• Shi Teng poured a drop of Immortality Spring on the vine, which grew to the thickness of a palm, while the family heads offered him riches to buy it.
• Fearing others would seize the vine, Shi Teng cut his finger and let his blood fall onto it, causing an ancient character to appear on its leaves.

Shi Teng absorbed the Azure Flood Dragon Vine, awakened the Shi Clan’s Hand of God, and opened two more cave heavens. After his new ability wrecked the First-Rank Tower, he escaped underground while the Fire Emperor agreed to cover the damage.

• Shi Teng absorbed the Azure Flood Dragon Vine and saw a vision of an ancient Immortal King battling demonic soldiers, while everyone gathered to absorb the Vine’s spiritual aura.
• Shi Teng opened a fourth and fifth cave heaven and awakened the Shi Clan’s supreme divine ability, the Hand of God.
• After two days of absorbing spiritual power, Shi Teng unleashed the Hand of God, and the palm smashed most of the First-Rank Tower to ruins before the Fire Emperor’s bell shielded everyone.
• Shi Teng received the Five Emperors Great Demon Divine Ability, minor mastery of the Yellow Emperor Earth Sovereign Way, and the Earth Escape technique as rewards for opening five cave heavens.
• The Fire Emperor promised to cover the damage, and Shi Teng denied responsibility before fleeing underground as Master Gu tried to stop him.

Shi Teng reunited with Huo Ling'er, received a Golden Body Pill from her, and went with her to eat at the Drunken Immortal Tower. They found all three private rooms reserved by powerful guests and settled for a table in the dining hall.

• Shi Teng used the Earth Escape Technique, hit a slab of granite underground, and eventually emerged at the mountain pavilion where Huo Ling'er was waiting with the newly hatched Primordial Vermilion Bird Chick.
• Shi Teng teased Huo Ling'er and was set on fire by the chick when he pinned her against a wall; he then joked with Huo Ling'er about the chick and asked her for a gift.
• Huo Ling'er offered Shi Teng a Golden Body Pill that could temporarily grant an Indestructible Diamond Body.
• After realizing they had been sitting for two days without food, Shi Teng and Huo Ling'er went to the Drunken Immortal Tower.
• The owner told them the three Heavenly rooms were reserved by guests from the Chu Family of the Fire Kingdom and the Heaven Mending Pavilion, so they took a table in the dining hall and ordered food.