Chapter Summaries

Shi Xiu activated a sign-in system and awakened the Heavenly Dao Treasure Body, drawing the attention of powerful beings across the Upper Realm. The Willow Deity recognized his constitution, became his personal Dao protector, and gave him the Taotie Art before sending him to cultivate.

• The Ruthless Great Emperor and a sleeping holy-land ancestor sensed the Heavenly Dao Treasure Body’s descent, and the ancestor ordered the immortal sects to send their finest female disciples to seek its bearer.
• Shi Xiu activated the Heaven and Earth Fortune Seizing System in Stone Village and learned that he had bound the Heavenly Dao Treasure Body.
• The Willow Deity brought Shi Xiu before her, confirmed his constitution, and privately asked whether he had considered finding a Dao companion.
• The Willow Deity offered to become Shi Xiu’s personal Dao protector and taught him the Taotie Art, which the system instantly engraved in his mind.
• The Willow Deity sent Shi Xiu away to cultivate, and Little One asked her what she had discussed with him.

Shi Xiu used the Taotie Art to defeat a Golden Giant Crocodile and met a will of the Ruthless Great Emperor, who cooked the beast and asked him to become her Dao partner. Shi Hao interrupted their conversation, and the Ruthless Great Emperor realized she had sensed the Willow Deity’s presence.

• The Willow Deity told Shi Hao to spend more time with Shi Xiu, and Shi Hao agreed because he enjoyed playing with him.
• Shi Xiu fought a Golden Giant Crocodile, absorbed its blood energy through the Taotie Art, and grew stronger until he defeated it.
• A will of the Ruthless Great Emperor descended, cooked the crocodile with Shi Xiu, and asked him to become her Dao partner.
• Shi Hao arrived and began eating the crocodile, interrupting the Ruthless Great Emperor’s attempt to discuss becoming Dao partners.
• The Ruthless Great Emperor mentioned sensing powerful spiritual energy nearby, and Shi Hao joked that Stone Village’s rule required her to be carried back as Shi Xiu’s future wife.

Shi Xiu brought the Ruthless Great Emperor back to Stone Village, where she and the Willow Deity acknowledged their interest in him but agreed he was too weak to become either goddess’s Dao companion yet. The Ruthless Great Emperor gave Shi Xiu an evolved Golden Peng as a protector and warned the Willow Deity that other women would soon be drawn to his Heavenly Dao Treasure Body.

• Shi Xiu carried the Ruthless Great Emperor into Stone Village, where the villagers celebrated him and the Willow Deity watched her warily.
• The Ruthless Great Emperor and the Willow Deity recognized each other’s strength and agreed to protect Shi Xiu until he grew powerful enough to choose for himself.
• The Ruthless Great Emperor transformed a Green-Scaled Eagle into a Primordial Golden Peng, marked her as Shi Xiu’s protector, and brought her back to the village.
• The Ruthless Great Emperor presented the Golden Peng to Shi Xiu as a first-meeting gift and told the Willow Deity that many women would be drawn to his Heavenly Dao Treasure Body.

After the Ruthless Great Emperor kissed Shi Xiu goodbye, his check-in granted him the Grass Character Sword Art and caused the Mountain Treasure to emerge early. Powerful factions began seeking the heavenly Dao treasure body, while Huo Ling'er agreed to join the Vermilion Bird on an expedition toward the treasure.

• The Ruthless Great Emperor kissed Shi Xiu farewell, vanished, and told him to find her in Heaven Beyond Heaven and board her Black Ship.
• Shi Xiu checked in and obtained the first level of the Grass Character Sword Art, triggering the Mountain Treasure's early emergence.
• An Immortal King and several powerful factions announced their intention to claim the heavenly Dao treasure body, and the Heaven Mending Sect sent Yue Chan to find him.
• The Rain Clan received orders to seek the heavenly Dao treasure body, while the Fire Emperor urged Huo Ling'er to pursue a marriage alliance.
• The Vermilion Bird sensed the Mountain Treasure's early emergence and invited Huo Ling'er along, and the Fire Emperor prayed for his daughter's good fortune.

Shi Xiu tested his Grass Character Sword Art, helped Shi Hao reach the Blood Moving Realm’s limits, and then witnessed powerful beasts converge as the Mountain Treasure emerged early. He left the Golden Peng behind and headed toward the commotion with Shi Hao.

• Shi Hao persuaded Shi Xiu to hunt a giant leopard at West Mountain, and Shi Xiu killed it with the Grass Character Sword Art.
• Shi Hao skinned and cooked the leopard while Shi Xiu absorbed its blood and vital energy, reaching 100,000 jin and perfection in the Blood Moving Realm.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow flew past, followed by a fiery figure Shi Xiu suspected was the Vermilion Bird, while Zhu Yan and other beasts rushed toward the Mountain Treasure.
• Shi Xiu realized the Mountain Treasure had emerged early and that major cultivation sects were also arriving.
• Shi Xiu sent the Golden Peng back to the village and set off with Shi Hao to investigate the Mountain Treasure.

Shi Xiu joined Shi Hao to watch the battle over the Mountain Treasure and received the Six Paths Reincarnation Divine Ability through his third check-in. When Shi Hao charged at the Rain Clan, Shi Xiu rushed after him, drawing the attention of Fairy Yuechan and the War Goddess.

• Shi Xiu and Shi Hao watched Zhu Yan, Qiongqi, the Vermilion Bird, and the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow fight over the Mountain Treasure.
• Shi Xiu checked in and obtained the Six Paths Reincarnation Divine Ability, the second treasure within the Mountain Treasure.
• The Mountain Treasure released a strange ball of energy, drawing more beasts and experts into the battle as Shi Xiu noticed Fairy Yuechan, the War Goddess, and Huo Ling'er searching for the Heavenly Dao Treasure Body.
• Shi Hao recognized the Rain Clan and charged at them, and its members surrounded him.
• Shi Xiu rushed to protect Shi Hao, while Fairy Yuechan watched him and the War Goddess raised a jade pendant toward him.

Shi Xiu defended Shi Hao from the Rain Clan, drawing the attention of Yue Chan and the War Goddess, who both tried to recruit him as the Heavenly Dao Treasure Body. Their confrontation was interrupted by a mysterious crash and terrifying presence in the sky.

• Shi Xiu struck down a Rain Clan cultivator with the Taotie Art after the Rain Clan surrounded Shi Hao.
• Yu Zimo demanded Shi Xiu cripple himself and surrender Shi Hao, but Yue Chan arrived and her servant killed the Rain Clan's enforcement elder with a Soul-Destroying Needle.
• Yue Chan bowed to Shi Xiu, ordered her servant to eliminate the Rain Clan members, and offered him a place in the Heaven Mending Sect as her Dao companion.
• The War Goddess arrived and invited Shi Xiu to join the Deer-Chasing Academy, prompting an argument with Yue Chan over him.
• A crash sounded from the sky as a terrifying aura appeared, making Yue Chan and the War Goddess stop and look upward in awe.

The Ancient Double-Pupil Woman gave Shi Xiu the complete Kun Peng Precious Technique and negotiated rules with An Lan, the Ruthless Great Emperor, and other Upper Realm powers for competing to win Shi Xiu's favor. The powerful beings agreed to let their chosen women approach him in turn, then arranged to erase the lower realm's memories of the negotiations.

• The Ancient Double-Pupil Woman appeared before the experts, subdued the beasts with her presence, and gave Shi Xiu the complete Kun Peng Precious Technique as a gift.
• An Lan challenged the Double-Pupil Woman's authority to set rules, and she went to meet with the other powerful figures, including the Ruthless Great Emperor.
• The Double-Pupil Woman proposed that Upper Realm factions compete fairly for Shi Xiu's favor, with their chosen women approaching him in turn and no interference from the factions' elders.
• An Lan and several other ancestors agreed to the proposal, while the immortals argued over whose women would pursue Shi Xiu.
• The Ruthless Great Emperor asked the assembled masters to erase the lower realm's memories of the negotiations, and one master volunteered to do so.

After a golden light erased most people’s memories, Shi Xiu retained the Kun Peng Precious Technique and fought the Rain Clan alongside Shi Hao. Shi Xiu killed Yu Zimo, and a thunderbolt then burned the fleeing Rain Clan survivors to ashes.

• A golden light caused people across the region to forget the previous two hours, though Shi Xiu remembered the Kun Peng Precious Technique and vague impressions of the Double Pupils Woman, Fairy Yuechan, and the War Goddess.
• Yu Zimo ordered the Rain Clan to attack, and Shi Hao charged them while Shi Xiu rushed to help him.
• Shi Xiu used the Kun Peng Precious Technique to defeat Rain Clan experts as Shi Hao was injured by Yu Zimo and another attacker.
• Shi Xiu struck the ground with the Taotie Art, then pursued Yu Zimo with the Grass Character Sword Art after Shi Hao urged him to stop her.
• Yu Zimo’s Rain Clan Armor shattered, and Shi Xiu’s sword energy beheaded her despite her plea for tenderness.
• The surviving Rain Clan members fled with Yu Zimo’s body, but a thunderbolt struck them and reduced them to ashes as an unseen voice threatened to wipe out the Rain Clan.

After the Rain Clan was destroyed, Shi Xiu helped Shi Hao learn the Suanni Precious Technique and stayed behind to pursue the wounded ferocious beasts. The system rewarded Shi Xiu with a fourth check-in, and he waited to learn what it would grant him.

• The Heavenly Fox Ancestor told the Heavenly Fox heir that she had exterminated the Rain Clan for threatening Shi Xiu.
• Shi Xiu treated Shi Hao's injuries, then led him to find Qiongqi surrounded by ferocious beasts and battling the wounded Suanni.
• Shi Xiu killed the Suanni with the Taotie Art and helped Shi Hao refine its precious technique.
• Shi Hao grasped the Suanni Precious Technique and left with Golden Peng while Shi Xiu returned to watch the battle and seek spoils.
• The system unlocked Shi Xiu's fourth check-in because he had shared the Suanni Precious Technique, and began searching for his reward.

After obtaining the Rain Clan’s Eight Fiend Sword and breaking into the grotto-heaven realm, Shi Xiu learned that the Upper Realm periodically harvested the lower realm’s strongest experts. He clashed with the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow and prepared to follow his new attack with the Grass Character Sword Art.

• Shi Xiu learned that an unknown attacker had nearly wiped out the Rain Clan, allowing him to inherit the Eight Fiend Sword through his bond with Yu Zimo.
• Shi Xiu absorbed the sword’s essence, advanced to the grotto-heaven realm, and resolved to hunt the four great ferocious beasts so he could grow strong enough to ascend.
• Shi Xiu recalled that the Upper Realm treated the lower realm as a prison and periodically descended to harvest its strongest experts.
• The wounded Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow spotted Shi Xiu and demanded to know where his Golden Peng was, while Shi Xiu eyed the bird as prey.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow overcame Shi Xiu’s Eight Fiend Sword attack, but Shi Xiu’s Six Paths Reincarnation Divine Ability destroyed the bird’s counterattack and formed a colossal beast that charged him.
• The Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow charged the colossal beast, and Shi Xiu gathered his strength to unleash the Grass Character Sword Art.

Shi Xiu severed the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow’s legs with the Grass Character Sword Art, ate them to regain strength, and found an injured golden monkey after the battle for the Mountain Treasure. As he headed back to Stone Village with the monkey, Huo Ling’er mistook it for a Zhu Yan and tried to trade for it.

• The Vermilion Bird and Qiongqi fled after witnessing Shi Xiu’s Grass Character Sword Art, while the Zhu Yan fought the other beasts for the Mountain Treasure.
• Shi Xiu’s sword art severed both of the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow’s legs, and the wounded bird escaped by burning its strength.
• Shi Xiu ate the roasted legs, opened three grotto-heavens, and kept the leg bones in his storage pouch.
• The Zhu Yan’s battle buried the surrounding beasts beneath rubble, and Shi Xiu found a weak golden monkey and named it Furball.
• Huo Ling’er arrived in a fiery-red carriage and offered to trade for the monkey, but Shi Xiu refused and called her a little brat.

Shi Xiu met Huo Ling'er, the Fire Kingdom Princess, and kept Furball from being taken back to the Fire Kingdom. When Bei Village men tried to abduct Huo Ling'er, Shi Xiu killed their young master and attacked the rest of them.

• Huo Ling'er attacked Shi Xiu after he recognized her as the Fire Kingdom Princess, but he easily stopped her fireballs and caught her fist.
• Shi Xiu offered Furball to comfort the crying Huo Ling'er, who hugged the little creature until it fled back to Shi Xiu.
• Huo Ling'er tried to trade treasures for Furball, but Furball refused to go with her.
• Bei Village men arrived and threatened to take Huo Ling'er as their young master's wife, despite Shi Xiu warning them that she was a princess.
• Huo Ling'er kicked the Bei Village young master, and he ordered his men to kill Shi Xiu and seize her.
• Shi Xiu killed the young master with a single punch and charged at the remaining Bei Village men while telling Huo Ling'er to cover her eyes.

Shi Xiu defeated Bei Village's Sacrificial Spirit, but a mysterious power from the Boundary Sea intervened and destroyed Old Bei and the Bei Village attackers. The Willow Deity then considered sending Shi Xiu and Shi Hao to the Void God Realm, while powerful figures elsewhere had begun noticing Shi Xiu's Heavenly Dao Treasure Body.

• Shi Xiu forced Huo Ling'er into her carriage and sent her away as Old Bei tried to intercept it.
• Shi Xiu struck Old Bei with the Kun Peng Precious Technique and Six Paths Reincarnation Divine Ability, leaving the Sacrificial Spirit gravely injured and burning.
• Shi Xiu threatened to stew Old Bei, and a heavenly lightning bolt turned a Bei Village attacker who offered his daughters into ash.
• A voice from the sky condemned the Bei Village attackers for coveting the Heavenly Dao Treasure Body, then lightning reduced Old Bei and the remaining Bei Village people to ash.
• The Willow Deity sensed that the lightning came from the Boundary Sea and recognized that Shi Xiu had drawn the attention of powerful figures.
• The Willow Deity told Shi Hao that he and Shi Xiu might enter the Void God Realm, and Shi Hao eagerly agreed to tell his brother.

Shi Xiu returned to Stone Village after fighting Old Bei with help from the Banished Immortal, then sparred with Shi Hao, who had learned the Suanni Precious Technique. The Willow Deity decided to send both boys to the Void God Realm the next morning, while the village chief privately told Shi Hao he had found leads about his parents.

• Shi Xiu told the Willow Deity that he had fought Old Bei and received help from the Banished Immortal.
• Shi Hao challenged Shi Xiu to a spar after learning the Suanni Precious Technique, but Shi Xiu easily caught his punch and revealed his three grotto-heavens.
• The Willow Deity urged Shi Hao to train harder and proposed sending both brothers to the Void God Realm.
• Shi Xiu agreed to go to the Void God Realm to test himself against the Heavenly Prodigies of his generation.
• The village chief privately told Shi Hao that he had found leads about Shi Hao's parents.

Shi Xiu entered the Void God Realm and challenged Shi Yi, beating him in a volcanic jump and claiming a record Shi Yi had hoped to break. Shi Yi was left furious, and Yu Feng arrived seeking him.

• Shi Hao left Stone Village to search for his parents, so Shi Xiu entered the Void God Realm alone.
• Shi Xiu found Shi Yi preparing to break a record by jumping to a distant volcano and accused him of stealing Shi Hao's Supreme Bone.
• Shi Yi accepted Shi Xiu's challenge and leapt toward the volcano, but Shi Xiu launched after him and landed higher and farther away first.
• The Void God Realm announced Shi Xiu as the record breaker, and Shi Xiu taunted Shi Yi while Grandpa Finewall warned them against fighting.
• Yu Feng found Shi Yi and called out to him, and Shi Xiu recognized him as a Rain Clan survivor.

Shi Xiu used the Void God Realm’s special sign-in to seize Shi Yi’s Supreme Bone and store it for Shi Hao. After Shi Yi collapsed and his supporters began to lose faith, Elder Xiong Fei invited Shi Xiu to join the Heaven Mending Pavilion, but Shi Xiu left the offer open.

• Shi Xiu chose to seize Shi Yi’s Supreme Bone, intending to return it to Shi Hao later.
• The system extracted Shi Yi’s Supreme Bone in the Void God Realm, and Shi Yi collapsed from pain after returning to his body.
• Shi Yi’s supporters realized he had lost much of his strength, while Yu Feng quietly slipped away to seek another backer.
• Shi Xiu received confirmation that the system had stored the Supreme Bone in the Void Space.
• Elder Xiong Fei invited Shi Xiu to join the Heaven Mending Pavilion, and Shi Xiu accepted his identity token without committing to join.

Shi Xiu returned the Supreme Bone he took from Shi Yi to Stone Village, where the Willow Deity prepared to restore it to Shi Hao. As Shi Hao arrived to reclaim it, Shi Yi sensed the loss and vowed revenge, while Yue Chan appeared outside Demon Spirit Lake.

• The War Goddess and an elder of the Heaven Mending Pavilion offered Shi Xiu tokens to recruit him, but he left the Void God Realm with the Supreme Bone he had taken from Shi Yi.
• Shi Xiu showed the Supreme Bone to the Willow Deity and the Village Chief, explaining that he had recovered it for Shi Hao.
• Shi Hao sensed his Supreme Bone while reuniting with his elderly servant and a sickly child, then brought them back toward Stone Village.
• Shi Xiu, who had broken through to four grotto-heavens, welcomed Shi Hao and revealed the Supreme Bone; the Willow Deity urged them to begin restoring it.
• Shi Yi sensed that Shi Hao had reclaimed the Supreme Bone and vowed to settle their score, while Yue Chan arrived outside Demon Spirit Lake.

Shi Xiu’s growing strength drew the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s attention, but the Fire Emperor instead declared him a son-in-law for Huo Ling’er. His decree stunned Stone Village and prompted Immortal Mountain to send five women to the village.

• Fairy Yuechan tried to counsel Shi Yi, but he vowed not to enter the Upper Realm until he defeated Shi Xiu and recruited Yu Feng to help avenge Yu Zimo.
• Shi Xiu reached five grotto-heavens while Shi Hao recovered his Supreme Bone and advanced to three grotto-heavens.
• Huo Ling’er arrived at Stone Village with gifts to recruit Shi Xiu, but Shi Hao teased her and argued with her while she waited for him.
• The Fire Emperor revealed that the gifts were Huo Ling’er’s dowry and announced that he wanted Shi Xiu as his son-in-law.
• The Willow Deity explained the decree to Shi Xiu, and Stone Village celebrated as Huo Ling’er protested her father’s scheme.
• Immortal Mountain dispatched five groups, each bringing a beautiful woman of the Celestial Human Race, to Stone Village.

Shi Xiu accepted the Fire Emperor’s plan to marry Huo Ling’er and carried her into Stone Village, where he introduced Willow Deity as his principal wife. Willow Deity revealed her true form, and Huo Ling’er agreed to be a secondary wife but asked Shi Xiu to visit the Heaven Mending Pavilion with her before they married.

• Shi Xiu realized the Fire Emperor had brought Huo Ling’er to arrange her marriage to him and hoped that changing her fate would avert future tragedies.
• Shi Xiu teased Willow Deity about being his principal wife, and she allowed him to carry Huo Ling’er into the village.
• Shi Xiu carried Huo Ling’er over his shoulder while Shi Hao teased her and the village children followed them to Willow Deity.
• Willow Deity screened the couple from onlookers, and Shi Xiu told Huo Ling’er to address her as Madam Willow, his principal wife.
• Willow Deity appeared in a beautiful human form and explained that she had once been an Immortal King of the Upper Realm.
• Huo Ling’er agreed to be Shi Xiu’s secondary wife but asked him to cultivate with her at the Heaven Mending Pavilion for a few years first.