Recaps

Shi Hao and Shi Hou fought off savage beasts while the Green-Scaled Eagle carried them deeper into the mountains. They reached a hollow where a dead Suanni lay surrounded by a waiting beast tide, and Shi Hou eyed the corpse as food.

• Shi Hao knocked back a Purple Gold Snake with an azure moon, while Shi Hou killed an ambushing Blood Sable with the black pot.
• Shi Hou swallowed the Purple Gold Snake's poison mist with the black pot, and Shi Hao sliced the snake in half with a lightning-coated azure moon.
• A giant crocodile attacked the Green-Scaled Eagle with a torrent of bone spikes, but Shi Hou blocked them with the black pot while Shi Hao stabbed the crocodile's eye with the Broken Sword.
• The wounded crocodile fell into the river and was devoured by aquatic beasts, allowing the Green-Scaled Eagle to escape.
• Shi Hao and Shi Hou spotted a dead Suanni surrounded by a ring of savage beasts, and Shi Hou wondered whether he could stew it.

Shi Hou recognized that the Suanni was feigning death and led Shi Hao and the Green-Scaled Eagle to hide while the beasts rushed toward its corpse. The Suanni unleashed a devastating final attack on the Demon Ape, the Li Fire Bull Demon, and the surrounding beast tide, leaving Shi Hou to remark that it was finally cooked through.

• Shi Hou stopped the Green-Scaled Eagle and convinced Shi Hao that the Suanni was still alive, then guided them behind a distant cliff.
• A Demon Ape and a Li Fire Bull Demon arrived and fought over access to the Suanni's corpse.
• The two overlords began reaching for the corpse, and the Suanni suddenly revealed it was alive and unleashed golden lightning.
• The Suanni's lightning blasted the Demon Ape and Li Fire Bull Demon and annihilated the surrounding beast tide.
• Shi Hao realized Shi Hou's warning had saved them, and Shi Hou shielded them with his black wok before declaring the Suanni cooked through.

Shi Hou and Shi Hao salvaged the Demon Ape's severed arm, the Lihuo Demon Bull's horn, and the Suanni's corpse with the black pot, then escaped a barrage of arrows inside it. The pot carried them safely away, leaving the attackers stunned.

• Shi Hou and Shi Hao rode the Green-Scaled Eagle to the battlefield after the Demon Ape and Lihuo Demon Bull fled and the Suanni died.
• Shi Hou collected the Demon Ape's severed arm and the Lihuo Demon Bull's broken horn in the black pot.
• Shi Hou and Shi Hao enlarged the black pot and pushed the Suanni's corpse inside, where it shrank and disappeared.
• The human experts attacked as Shi Hou, Shi Hao, and the Green-Scaled Eagle tried to flee with the treasures.
• Shi Hou enlarged the pot over the group, and it withstood a Flood Dragon arrow and a rain of arrows as the eagle escaped.

Shi Hou, Shi Hao, and the Green-Scaled Eagle crashed into the forest after a mysterious wing spasm and were ambushed by Bei Feng and Bei Village. Shi Hou destroyed Bei Feng’s Sacrificial Spirit artifact, and Shi Hao struck Bei Feng down as the Green-Scaled Eagle routed his men.

• The Green-Scaled Eagle’s wing spasmed in flight, sending her and Shi Hou and Shi Hao crashing into the forest.
• Shi Hou recognized the ambush as a plot correction and called out Bei Feng and the Bei Village fighters surrounding them.
• Bei Feng summoned an old bei phantom with a bone artifact, but Shi Hou smashed it with the black pot.
• The Green-Scaled Eagle attacked the Bei Village fighters with wind blades, while Bei Feng’s artifact shielded him from the first strike.
• Shi Hao kicked Bei Feng in the face and drove his head into the dirt.

After Shi Hou survived the Bei Village Sacrificial Spirit’s poisonous breath, Kang paralyzed the wolf with a blast, allowing Shi Hou to strike it with an enormous stone knife. The wolf was left reduced to a piece of its hind leg in a deep trench.

• Shi Hou collected Bei Feng’s Treasure Bone and Broken Bow, then teased the Green-Scaled Eagle until she knocked him into the air.
• The Bei Village Sacrificial Spirit ambushed Shi Hou with poisonous breath, apparently dissolving him, while Shi Hao and the Green-Scaled Eagle charged the wolf.
• Shi Hou emerged unharmed from the poison mist, and Kang blasted the wolf with a beam that paralyzed it.
• Shi Hou enlarged his stone knife to forty meters and chopped down at the immobilized wolf, leaving a deep trench and a piece of its hind leg.

Shi Hou survived the old bei’s attack, but refused to take its severed leg because he found it too disgusting, so Shi Linhu carried it back to Stone Village. The old bei pursued the group to the village, where the Willow Deity killed it with a single branch, and Shi Hou decided its hide and meat could go to Big Yellow.

• Shi Shoushan scolded Shi Hou for risking his life against the old bei, while Shi Hao clung to him in relief.
• Shi Linhu wanted to take the severed wolf leg back as precious medicinal meat, but Shi Hou rejected it as too foul-smelling and ugly.
• Shi Linhu and the others carried the wolf leg toward Stone Village as the group hurried home.
• The old bei caught up with them near the village, and the Willow Deity pierced its forehead with a branch and killed it.
• Shi Hou accepted the old bei’s corpse as a gift from the Willow Deity and proposed using its hide for Big Yellow’s bed and its meat for an extra meal.

Shi Hou reluctantly used his system to purify and cook the Sacrificial Spirit, producing a powerful meatball and rune-filled broth. Shi Hao and the villagers gained great benefits, while the Willow Deity told Shi Hou that his body was drawing runes on its own.

• Shi Hou agreed to cook the Sacrificial Spirit after Shi Yunfeng and Shi Linhu urged him, though he warned that the meat was contaminated.
• Shi Hou spent 100,000 blood qi to activate purification cooking and carved away the Sacrificial Spirit's impurities while dancing to the system's music.
• Shi Hao swallowed the condensed meatball, gained 400,000 blood qi, and began transforming as mysterious symbols appeared on his skin.
• A villager drank the remaining rune-filled broth and entered enlightenment, prompting the rest of Stone Village to drink and meditate.
• The Willow Deity told Shi Hou that his path differed from the villagers' and that his body seemed to be drawing runes on its own.

Shi Hou discovered that his strange black skin could absorb or blunt treasure techniques, then tested it against Shi Hao, who was overwhelmed by the sacrificial spirit dao fruit’s energy and demanded a fight. As Shi Hao unleashed a powerful lightning attack, Shi Hou swung his massive Stone Pot at him.

• Shi Hou let Shi Linhu strike him with the wolf bone’s blood-red attack, and his black skin absorbed it without leaving a mark.
• Shi Yunfeng assigned the Suanni’s primordial treasure bone and the Li Fire Bull Demon’s horn to the ancestral hall and entrusted the ancient beasts’ flesh to Shi Hou.
• Shi Hao, burning with excess energy from the sacrificial spirit dao fruit, rushed at Shi Hou and attacked him.
• Shi Hou caught and crushed Shi Hao’s azure-gold treasure technique, then fought him in close combat as Shi Hao tried to release his energy.
• Shi Hao unleashed a golden lightning attack, and Shi Hou swung the several-thousand-jin Stone Pot at him.

Shi Hou used the black pot to knock Shi Hao out of his raging lightning state, while the Sacrificial Spirit broth strengthened Stone Village and transformed Green-Scaled Eagle. With the villagers and their new ally empowered, Shi Hou announced that the Suanni feast would begin in three days.

• Shi Hou struck Shi Hao with the black pot, and Shi Hao recovered from his overheated state in a haystack.
• Shi Feijiao and the other villagers awakened after drinking the Sacrificial Spirit broth, with Shi Feijiao breaking through to the late-stage Blood Moving Realm.
• Shi Yunfeng awakened younger and stronger, and Shi Hou gave the broth residue to Green-Scaled Eagle.
• Green-Scaled Eagle underwent atavism, growing bluish-purple scales and gaining the pressure of a Primordial Remnant.
• Shi Hou told the village not to slack off and announced that the Suanni feast would start in three days.

Stone Village faced several major clans who demanded a wager for the Suanni meat, proposing that their young prodigies fight Shi Hou and Shi Hao. Shi Hou accepted and insisted the clans put up stakes of their own.

• Shi Hou prepared to cook the Suanni while Shi Hao and Kang waited eagerly for the meat.
• Several major clans arrived at Stone Village, but their mounts froze in fear when they saw the Willow Deity.
• A Thunder Clan elder demanded the Suanni meat, and Shi Hou refused to give it up.
• The Purple Mountain Marquis's representative proposed that the clans' prodigies fight Shi Hou and Shi Hao for the meat.
• Shi Hou agreed to the wager but told the clans they had to put up stakes.

Shi Hao defeated the Golden Wolf Tribe youth and countered Lei Ming’s lightning with the Suanni Precious Technique, impressing the gathered factions. When a white-clad youth insulted Shi Hou and demanded his pot, Shi Hou stood up to confront him.

• Shi Hou demanded equal-value stakes for sharing the Suanni, and the factions offered spiritwood, thunder source stone, and a spirit herb.
• Shi Hao crippled the Golden Wolf Tribe youth with one punch, then challenged the remaining geniuses.
• Lei Ming summoned lightning with his shortsword, but Shi Hao’s lightning-wreathed azure moons absorbed it and cut the sword in half.
• The white-clad youth dismissed Shi Hao and insulted Shi Hou, demanding that he surrender the pot.
• Shi Hao bristled at the insult, but Shi Hou stood up and asked whether the youth had called him a lump of charcoal come to life.

Shi Hou challenged the rival factions to a three-match wager and knocked Zi Chen unconscious with a single slap, humiliating him and taking his treasures. The Thunder Clan chose Snotty for the next match, and Shi Hou urged him to fight at full strength.

• Shi Hou wagered Suanni and his black pot against the factions’ treasure pouches, then chose Ermeng, Dazhuang, and Snotty to fight.
• Zi Chen accepted the wager and chose Shi Hou for the first match, while Shi Yunfeng warned Shi Hou not to kill him.
• Shi Hou slapped Zi Chen unconscious, smeared soot across his face, and took his treasures.
• The Thunder Clan elder chose Snotty for the second match, and Shi Hou told him to use all his strength.

Snotbug defeated Lei Kun, securing Stone Village's wager and prompting the Golden Wolf Tribe leader to accuse the village of using dangerous spirit food. When the Thunder Clan elder attacked Shi Hou, Shi Shoushan stepped in to protect his son, and Shi Hou's desperate attempt to save him ended as a deep black light appeared.

• Snotbug used a powerful swing to break Lei Kun's copper rings and send him crashing into a tree.
• Shi Yunfeng claimed the wager's goods for Stone Village, while the Golden Wolf Tribe leader accused the village of using spirit food to boost the children's strength.
• Shi Hou ordered the visitors to leave, but the Thunder Clan elder attacked him with a purple lightning spear.
• Shi Shoushan rushed in front of Shi Hou to shield him from the strike, and Shi Hou lunged to pull him away.
• As the lightning spear reached Shi Shoushan, Shi Hou saw an unfathomably deep black light flash behind him.

Shi Hou rescued Shi Shoushan from the Thunder Clan elder’s attack, defeated the elder with Kang’s rapid-fire charge and a blow from the black pot, and demanded compensation from the remaining Thunder Clan members. The other factions backed away as Shi Hou confronted them.

• Kang struck Shi Shoushan in the kidneys, sending him into a woodpile, while the Thunder Clan elder’s lightning spear threatened Shi Hou.
• Shi Hou blocked the spear with the black pot, then used Kang’s Gatling-mode charge to break down the elder’s lightning shield.
• After Kang ran out of ammunition, Shi Hou smashed the elder through the shield with the black pot and knocked him unconscious.
• Shi Hou checked on Shi Shoushan, who scolded him and praised Kang’s strength.
• Shi Hou pulled the unconscious elder from the dirt and demanded compensation from the remaining Thunder Clan members for the elder’s defeat and injury to his father.

Shi Hou extorted the Thunder Clan, the Purple Mountain Marquis Estate, and the Golden Wolf Tribe after defeating their leaders and relying on the village willow’s overwhelming power. With the powers driven off and the spoils gathered, he prepared a Suanni feast for the village.

• Shi Hou forced the Thunder Clan to surrender their treasures, blaming their elder for injuring Shi Shoushan and frightening Kang.
• Shi Hou demanded payment from the Purple Mountain Marquis Estate and the Golden Wolf Tribe for watching the fight, and the Golden Wolf chief attacked him.
• The village willow shattered the Golden Wolf chief’s cave heaven and forced him and his mount to the ground, after which he paid Shi Hou to appease the Sacrificial Spirit.
• Shi Hou and Shi Hao collected the spoils as the visiting powers fled, while Shi Yunfeng worried that the village had made powerful enemies.
• Shi Hou released the Suanni corpse and ordered the villagers to prepare a full banquet.

Shi Hou used the village’s seized treasures as fuel to soften and butcher the Suanni, but its lingering lightning laws made the pot boil out of control. He tossed Shi Hao into the pot to suppress the runaway energy, leaving the village staring in horror.

• Shi Linhu’s axe shattered against the Suanni’s hide, and Shi Hou explained that the beast’s body had been forged into copper skin and iron bones.
• Shi Hou ordered Shi Hao to pile the seized treasures and spirit herbs beneath the pot, then burned them as fuel until the Suanni’s hide softened.
• Shi Hou rapidly sliced the Suanni into pieces and stacked the meat inside the Stone Pot.
• Water triggered the Suanni meat’s residual lightning power, causing the pot to shake and threaten to explode.
• Shi Hou grabbed Shi Hao and tossed him into the pot to suppress the runaway lightning.

Shi Hou cooked Shi Hao in Suanni lightning broth, helping him absorb its power and awaken lightning within his body. The villagers shared the feast and gained strength, while Shi Hou’s hundredfold return raised his Blood Qi Value to 1,200,000, leaving him eager to face the Great Wilderness.

• Shi Hou forced Shi Hao to endure the boiling lightning broth as Shi Yunfeng stopped Shi Linhu from interfering.
• Shi Hao ate the golden lightning and Suanni meat, emerged with a Suanni phantom behind him, and invited the villagers to eat.
• The villagers ate the broth and meat, then fell into deep sleep as their bodies absorbed the energy and grew stronger.
• Shi Hou’s hundredfold return raised his Blood Qi Value to 1,200,000, and he crushed the air with his enhanced strength.
• Shi Hao complained that Kang had stolen his last piece of meat, then accidentally zapped Shi Yunfeng with a belch of lightning.
• Shi Hou looked toward the depths of the Great Wilderness with a feverish gleam in his eyes.

Shi Hou, Shi Hao, and Stone Village’s people struggled to contain the effects of the Suanni meat, while Shi Yunfeng grew younger after eating it. The old clan chief proposed using Shi Hou’s black pot to extract the Suanni Treasure Bone’s runes, and the pot hummed in response.

• Shi Feijiao accidentally shattered a stone doorstep with his newfound strength and was sent outside to sleep in the haystack.
• Shi Hao stayed awake with surging energy and electric sparks, while Kang’s strange breathing made a millstone rise and left Big Yellow Dog twitching.
• Shi Yunfeng appeared rejuvenated and credited the Suanni meat with giving him the strength to live another fifty years.
• Shi Yunfeng showed Shi Hou and Shi Hao the Suanni Treasure Bone and explained that most villagers could not comprehend its profound runes.
• Shi Yunfeng suggested that Shi Hou use his black pot to simmer the Treasure Bone and extract its principles, and the pot hummed when Shi Hou touched it.

Shi Hou discovered that Suanni’s original treasure bone required heart essence blood from the Demon Ape and the Li Fire Bull Demon to unlock its runes. He persuaded Shi Yunfeng to let him, Shi Hao, Kang, and the Green-Scaled Eagle hunt the injured beasts, and they planned to leave at dawn.

• Shi Hou learned that the Suanni bone needed blood from the Demon Ape and the Li Fire Bull Demon as catalysts.
• Shi Hao supported hunting the two beasts, and the Green-Scaled Eagle agreed to guide the group toward them.
• Shi Yunfeng approved the expedition, and Shi Hou chose to go with Shi Hao, Kang, and the Green-Scaled Eagle rather than risk a larger party.
• Shi Hou told the village to prepare overnight and set the departure for the next morning.
• Shi Hao asked whether the Demon Ape's stewed arm would taste even better whole, and Shi Hou laughed and agreed.

Shi Hou and Shi Hao tracked the wounded Demon Ape through the Great Wilderness, using Kang’s keen sense and Shi Hao’s deduction to avoid a false trail. They found the Demon Ape recovering in a secluded valley, but faint runes beneath it hinted at danger.

• Shi Hou and Shi Hao set out with Kang and the Green-Scaled Eagle to hunt the injured primordial remnants.
• Shi Hou used Kang to search for the Demon Ape, but Shi Hao realized Kang had followed a deliberate blood-energy decoy.
• Shi Hao noticed the vultures avoiding a quiet northwestern valley and persuaded Shi Hou to follow that route.
• Shi Hou, Shi Hao, and Kang crept into the valley while the Green-Scaled Eagle circled above as support.
• Shi Hou and Shi Hao found the badly wounded Demon Ape eating a giant python, and Shi Hao judged that its depleted blood energy had weakened it.
• Shi Hou spotted faintly flickering runes on the ground beneath the Demon Ape.

Shi Hou and Shi Hao attacked the wounded Demon Ape with Kang’s electric shot and a jar of chili powder, then pressed their advantage as it thrashed in agony. The Demon Ape summoned a Gravity Field and prepared to fight to the death, leaving Shi Hao to target the weak point he had discovered.

• Shi Hou ordered Kang to fire an electric projectile into the Demon Ape’s chest wound, then threw a jar of Insanely Spicy chili powder into its mouth.
• The Demon Ape convulsed from the spice, and Shi Hou and Shi Hao charged out to attack it.
• Shi Hao evaded the Demon Ape’s counterattack with the Green-Scaled Eagle’s Precious Technique, while Shi Hou broke its arm and struck its shoulder with the Black Pot.
• The Demon Ape activated a Gravity Field by burning its vital blood and resonating with the broken formation.
• Shi Hao identified the Demon Ape’s fatal weak point and thrust a needle of golden lightning plasma into it.

Shi Hou and Shi Hao killed the Demon Ape and headed into the Deadwood Forest to hunt the Li Fire Bull Demon. After Shi Hou charged the wounded bull with his black pot, the bull unleashed a torrent of golden flames that engulfed him.

• Shi Hou exploited the Demon Ape’s backlash to tear out its heart and store the heart and corpse in his black pot.
• Shi Hao revealed a jar of Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Pool Water, and the group set off to hunt the Li Fire Bull Demon.
• Shi Hou and Shi Hao found the wounded bull gathering fire essence in the Deadwood Forest and planned to attack with heat and cold.
• Shi Hou charged the bull with his black pot, and the two clashed with enough force to shatter nearby dead trees.
• The Li Fire Bull Demon melted the ground into magma and engulfed Shi Hou in golden flames.

Shi Hou, Shi Hao, and Kang killed the Li Fire Bull Demon through a coordinated attack and harvested its valuable essence. As they prepared to return to the village, a terrifying pressure spread across the Great Wilderness, and a colossal golden staff appeared in the distant sky and struck the earth.

• Shi Hou held off the Li Fire Bull Demon with his wok while Shi Hao poured Ten-Thousand-Year Cold Pool Water onto its broken horn, causing its skull to explode.
• Shi Hou flipped the stunned bull demon with his wok, and Kang paralyzed it with three blue pellets.
• Shi Hao killed the bull demon by driving a lightning blade through its skull and down its spine.
• Shi Hou collected the bull demon's True Blood Treasure Crystal and heart, then prepared to return to the village with Shi Hao and Kang.
• Kang reacted with terror as a crushing pressure descended over the Great Wilderness, and Shi Hou and Shi Hao looked toward the distant sky.
• A colossal golden iron staff emerged from the clouds and struck the earth, collapsing mountains in the distance.

Shi Hou and Shi Hao escaped the Primordial Zhu Yan’s arrival and returned to Stone Village with the Demon Ape and Li Fire Bull Demon slain. Shi Hou used their heart blood and the Suanni Primordial Treasure Bone to brew rune soup, which was ready as the chapter ended.

• Shi Hou warned Shi Hao not to think about eating the Primordial Zhu Yan and ordered the Green-Scaled Eagle to flee toward Stone Village.
• Shi Hou returned to Stone Village and told Shi Yunfeng to seal the village and keep everyone inside because powerful monsters had appeared in the mountains.
• Shi Hou revealed the bodies of the Demon Ape and Li Fire Bull Demon, astonishing the villagers.
• Shi Hou asked Shi Yunfeng for the Suanni Primordial Treasure Bone and prepared to make rune soup using the True Blood Treasure Crystal as a catalyst.
• Shi Hou poured the two demons’ heart blood into the boiling pot, then stirred until their energies subdued the Suanni bone and golden rune soup formed.

Shi Hou shared Suanni Runes Treasure Soup with the Willow Deity and Stone Village, strengthening the guardian and helping villagers begin cultivating. After the feast, Shi Hao asked when they would eat the Demon Ape's brains.

• Shi Hou poured the first bowl of Runes Treasure Soup over the Willow Deity's roots, and a new bud with a faint lightning aura sprouted.
• Shi Hao drank the soup, comprehended its runes, and gained the ability to conjure thunder pulp.
• Stone Village's people drank the soup and developed primordial runes, while Shi Feijiao gained enough strength to smash a thousand-jin boulder.
• Shi Hou fed the remaining soup to Kang, then stored the Demon Ape and Li Fire Bull Demon corpses in his black pot.
• That night, Shi Hao asked Shi Hou when they would eat the Demon Ape's brains and whether he could dip them in beast milk.