Ch. 51A Whole Village of Suanni?

Shi Hou cooked the Demon Ape while Shi Hao and the villagers showed off their newly acquired Suanni Precious Technique. Four clan leaders arrived to demand the Suanni's body and threaten Stone Village, but the village's display stunned them before the phantoms abruptly began to vanish.

  • Shi Hao found Kang snoring out miniature lightning Suanni, and Kang accidentally shocked him with a sneeze.
  • Shi Hou prepared to red-braise the Demon Ape as the villagers gathered in the square.
  • The Purple Mountain Marquis, the Thunder Clan Leader, the chief of the Golden Wolf Tribe, and the lord of Luofu Marsh demanded the Suanni's body and threatened to slaughter Stone Village.
  • Shi Hao summoned a Suanni phantom, and Shi Linhu, Shi Feijiao, the Hunting Team, and even the Green-Scaled Eagles revealed their own lightning-beast phantoms.
  • The four clan leaders stared in shock as the villagers' Suanni phantoms began to break apart into blue motes of light.

Ch. 52Don't Mess With a Pig at Mealtime

Kang amplified Shi Hao’s suanni treasure art, allowing Shi Hao to kill the Thunder Clan Leader, but three other rulers then launched a combined attack on Shi Hao and Stone Village. As their attacks descended, Shi Hou prepared to intervene and a mysterious sigh sounded.

  • Kang absorbed the scattered rune power and channeled it into Shi Hao’s suanni apparition, transforming it into a Primordial Thunder God.
  • Shi Hao used the suanni’s golden beast claw to destroy the Thunder Clan Leader, his Thunder Spear, and his Thunder Leopard.
  • Shi Hou realized Kang could amplify another person’s treasure art by gathering and refining rune energy.
  • The master of Luofu Marsh, the Purple Mountain Marquis, and the Golden Wolf chief agreed to attack together and seize Stone Village’s treasures.
  • The three rulers unleashed attacks that threatened Shi Hao and half the village, while Shi Hou prepared to act and a faint sigh reached everyone.

Ch. 53Instantly Slaying Them All

The Willow Deity killed the Purple Mountain Marquis, the Golden Wolf Tribe's chief, and the lord of Luofu Marsh when they attacked Stone Village. The villagers celebrated their survival with Shi Hou's feast, while Shi Hao recovered from battle by devouring the spoils' nourishing meat and broth.

  • The Willow Deity killed the Purple Mountain Marquis, the Golden Wolf Tribe's chief, and the lord of Luofu Marsh as they attacked Shi Hao and Stone Village.
  • Shi Hou completed his cooking combo and told the stunned villagers to loot the corpses; Shi Hao collected their treasures and Rune Bones.
  • Shi Yunfeng and the villagers thanked the Willow Deity, and Shi Hou poured a bowl of Demon Ape meat broth onto its roots.
  • Shi Hou served the villagers a feast made from the attackers' mounts and other meat, while Shi Hao sorted the spoils.
  • Shi Hao drank five jars of concentrated meat broth, restoring his strength after using the Suanni Precious Technique.

Ch. 54Physical Bone-Loosening

After Shi Hou’s feast gave the villagers a huge surge of blood qi, their bodies leaked much of the medicinal essence. He used his Stone Knife to pound Ermeng’s bones and muscles, forcing the essence into his body, and Shi Yunfeng recognized the technique’s extraordinary effectiveness.

  • Shi Hou gained 800,000 Blood Qi Value, bringing his total to 2,000,000, while his concentrated blood qi briefly turned his eyes completely black.
  • The villagers’ blood qi surged after the meal, causing accidents and chaotic displays of strength as medicinal essence leaked from their bodies.
  • Shi Yunfeng warned Shi Hou that the villagers were wasting much of the meal’s medicinal potency.
  • Shi Hou called Ermeng over and used the Stone Knife to pound his joints and muscles, pressing the escaping vital essence into his body.
  • Ermeng became firmer and more powerful, and Shi Yunfeng realized Shi Hou’s method was far more effective than meditation.

Ch. 55A Massage for the Whole Village

Shi Hou gave the villagers a night of knife-based massages to help them absorb the Suanni essence and prepare for the coming beast tide. At dawn, he and Shi Hao saw ominous signs in the Great Wilderness and realized the Mountain Treasure conflict was about to begin.

  • Shi Hao asked Shi Hou for the same bone-loosening treatment Ermeng had received, and Shi Hou pounded him with the stone knife until the Suanni essence inside him settled.
  • Shi Yunfeng overcame the villagers’ reluctance and volunteered first, then Shi Hou used a gentler technique to guide the old man’s blood essence into his dantian.
  • Shi Linhu and the rest of the villagers followed, and Shi Hou massaged everyone in Stone Village, including Big Yellow Dog, Green-Scaled Eagle, and Kang.
  • At dawn, Shi Hou rested on a rooftop as Shi Hao pointed out blood-red sunlight, churning clouds, and trembling roof tiles over the Great Wilderness.
  • Shi Hao said the golden staff was only the beginning and stayed confident because the village was growing stronger and still had their pot.

Ch. 56I want the dark one

After waking, Shi Hou helped his father reach perfection in the Blood Moving Realm, then fled the villagers’ eager matchmaking attempts. He ended the night with Shi Hao beneath the great tree, handing over the nourishing kidneys for roasting.

  • Lin Yun dragged Shi Shoushan inside, and Shi Hou used his Miniature Stone Knife to treat him until he reached perfection in the Blood Moving Realm.
  • Shi Hou went to the square, where villagers gave him pecans and tiger kidneys to help replenish himself.
  • The village aunties tried to arrange a childhood betrothal for Shi Hou, praising his dark complexion as desirable.
  • Hu Niu declared her affection for Shi Hou and offered a saber-toothed tiger hide as her dowry, so Shi Hou fled.
  • Shi Hou found Shi Hao at the great tree and tossed him the kidneys to roast.

Ch. 57The Beast Tide Strikes

Stone Village repelled the first wave of the beast tide with overwhelming force, while Shi Hou and Shi Hao sought to preserve the best meat. As the villagers withdrew, a powerful golden creature emerged from the forest.

  • Shi Yunfeng sounded the Beast Bone Drum and warned Stone Village that the beast tide had left the mountains.
  • Shi Hou joined the villagers as they met the first wave, and Shi Linhu and Shi Feijiao slaughtered charging beasts with newfound strength.
  • Shi Hou directed the villagers to preserve choice cuts while Shi Hao swung a Flame-Patterned Boar into another beast.
  • The first wave fled, and the villagers began gathering the corpses until Kang warned them of another threat.
  • Shi Yunfeng ordered everyone back into the village as a huge golden creature stepped out of the forest, while Shi Hou held his ground.

Ch. 58Golden Lion

A Golden Lion arrived at Stone Village to carry out two supreme beings’ order to exterminate humanity, but Shi Hao and Shi Hou killed it with help from Kang and the villagers. Shi Yunfeng realized more attackers were coming, and a huge serpent began slithering toward the village.

  • The Golden Lion told Shi Yunfeng that two supreme beings had ordered everything within a hundred thousand li to be purged.
  • Shi Hao and Shi Hou charged the Golden Lion, and Shi Hou endured its Life-Bound Treasure Art without injury.
  • Kang absorbed the villagers’ blood energy and sent a pillar of azure light to Shi Hao, who struck the Golden Lion’s belly with a lightning-charged punch.
  • Shi Hou cut the paralyzed Golden Lion in two and caught both halves in the Black Pot.
  • Shi Yunfeng warned that more attackers would come, as frost spread and a huge serpent slithered toward Stone Village.

Ch. 59Virility-Boosting Grass!

Shi Hou fed the exhausted villagers mutated Wild Chives from the Black Pot, restoring their strength and sending them into battle against the Titan Python. As the python unleashed its life-bound inner core at Shi Hou and Shi Hao, both charged to meet it.

  • Shi Hou pulled three bundles of mutated Wild Chives from the Black Pot and gave them to Shi Linhu, Shi Feijiao, and Shi Yunfeng.
  • Shi Yunfeng ate the chives first, then ordered the villagers to eat; their strength and blood qi surged as the herbs took effect.
  • The Titan Python attacked Stone Village, and the empowered villagers charged it while Shi Feijiao struck its neck with a lightning-wreathed punch.
  • The Titan Python turned toward Shi Hou and Shi Hao, opened its jaws, and prepared to unleash its life-bound inner core.
  • Shi Hao charged toward the python's mouth with golden thunder gathering around his fist as Shi Hou swung the Black Pot at the inner core.

Ch. 60Supreme Snake Soup

Shi Hou and Shi Hao stole the Titan Python’s inner pill, cut their way out of its belly, and helped Stone Village kill the primordial remnant. As the villagers prepared snake soup, a blood-red light and a towering iron staff appeared on the horizon, bringing a new threat.

  • Shi Hou and Shi Hao entered the Titan Python’s throat inside the Black Pot, and Shi Hao’s lightning severed the python’s link to its inner pill.
  • Shi Hou stored the inner pill and gallbladder in the Black Pot, then cut through the python’s belly and emerged with Shi Hao unharmed.
  • The Titan Python died, and Shi Hou absorbed its corpse while the villagers returned to Stone Village to celebrate with snake soup.
  • The beast horde avoided Stone Village, forming a zone of safety around it.
  • As the villagers prepared the soup, a blood-red streak and a towering iron staff appeared on the horizon, and Shi Hao looked up in alarm.

Ch. 61You Dare Ruin My Stock?!

Shi Hou used the Black Pot to devour the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow’s poisonous breath as the Sparrow fought Little Red above Stone Village. The breath ruined his snake stock, and he and Shi Hao turned their anger toward the bird overhead.

  • Shi Hou fed the villagers snake soup, gaining 500,000 blood qi and bringing his total to 2,500,000.
  • The Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow and Little Red battled across the sky toward Stone Village, where the Sparrow targeted the village with its poisonous breath.
  • Shi Hou enlarged the Black Pot and swallowed the breath, spending 100,000 blood qi to protect the village.
  • Little Red struck the Sparrow while it was distracted by the Black Pot, forcing it to resume the aerial battle.
  • Shi Hou discovered that the Sparrow’s poison had ruined his snake stock, then raised his knife as Shi Hao and Kang joined him in glaring at the bird.

Ch. 62Seven-Mile Fragrance

Shi Hou and Shi Hao combined Stone Village’s strength, Shi Hao’s Suanni technique, and Kang’s lightning to wound the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow, while Shi Hou carved a piece of meat from the Supreme Being. The Willow Deity rescued Stone Village from the bird’s counterattack by carrying everyone through a rift in space, and Shi Hou revealed that the meat he took was a poisonous cut called Seven-Mile Fragrance.

  • Shi Hao fed Kang the villagers’ blood and qi, his Suanni phantom, and the Titan Python’s gallbladder, then aimed the pig’s explosive beam at the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow.
  • Little Red blocked the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow’s escape, allowing the beam to strike and briefly paralyze the bird.
  • Shi Hou charged into the sky and cut a large piece of meat from the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow’s tail, storing it in the Black Pot.
  • The Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow attacked Shi Hou with a world-annihilating beam, but the Willow Deity pulled him back and transported Stone Village through a spatial rift.
  • Inside the Willow Deity’s protective dome, Shi Hao asked Shi Hou about the meat, and Shi Hou said he had cut the poisonous Seven-Mile Fragrance.

Ch. 63The Willow Deity Relocated the Village

The Willow Deity used Void Relocation to save Stone Village from the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow, carrying the village through the void for two months. The barrier eventually vanished as Stone Village arrived in a lush, essence-rich new world, while the Willow Deity weakened from the journey.

  • Shi Hou stored the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow's poisoned remains in the Stone Pot after the Willow Deity relocated Stone Village inside a protective barrier.
  • Shi Yunfeng reassured the villagers and explained that the Willow Deity had used Void Relocation to escape the calamity.
  • Shi Hou cooked the Golden Lion and other vicious beasts, and the villagers feasted and grew stronger during the journey.
  • Shi Hou accumulated five million jin of blood qi over two months as Stone Village traveled through the void.
  • The barrier dissolved, the Willow Deity's branch drooped from exhaustion, and Stone Village landed in a verdant new world rich in heaven and earth essence.

Ch. 64Little Red Cries for Help!

Shi Hou, Shi Hao, and Kang explored the new territory and prepared to hunt its unusual fish and birds until the wounded Little Red crashed into the lakeshore. Recognizing Shi Hou as the terrifying cook who had cut the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow, Little Red feared being eaten and pleaded for help; Shi Hou began reaching into the Black Pot to assist it.

  • Shi Hou, Shi Hao, and Kang found Dragon-Whisker Fish and Five-Colored Chickens by a lake and planned to catch some for dinner.
  • Shi Yunfeng and the Hunting Team stopped Shi Hou from taking too many creatures, reminding him to leave enough to breed.
  • A crimson meteor struck the lakeshore, revealing the gravely wounded Supreme Divine Bird Little Red.
  • Shi Hao recognized Little Red, while Little Red recognized Shi Hou and recoiled in fear of being cooked.
  • Little Red silently pleaded for help, and Shi Hou crouched down and took something from the Black Pot.

Ch. 65The Vermilion Bird's True Feather

Shi Hou force-fed Little Red a Mutated Leek, which healed its wounds but filled it with uncontrollable lust, forcing it to flee after giving Shi Hou its True Life Feather. Shi Hao's blunt explanation of the grass's side effects embarrassed Shi Linhu and the other men, whom Shi Yunfeng sent to scout the forest.

  • Shi Hou tricked Little Red into swallowing a Mutated Leek, and its primal true flames erupted in rage.
  • The leek's vitality destroyed the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow's poisonous miasma and completely healed Little Red's injuries.
  • Little Red felt the leek's lustful side effect, suppressed its urge to attack Shi Hou, and fled into the mountains after giving him a True Life Feather.
  • Shi Hou handed the feather to Shi Hao, who described how the grass had made Shi Linhu and the other men act lustfully.
  • Shi Yunfeng sent Shi Linhu, Fei Jiao, and the other men to scout the nearby forest before dark.

Ch. 66Turning Grief and Anger into Appetite!

Shi Hao learned from Shi Yunfeng that his parents had left to find a Primordial Divine Medicine after he was brought to Stone Village near death, and they had never returned. He refused to believe they were dead and began eating to grow strong enough to find them.

  • Shi Hao gave Shi Hou the Vermilion Bird feather because he could not focus on comprehending it.
  • Shi Hao asked Shi Yunfeng about his parents and why he lived in Stone Village, while Shi Hou left them alone to hunt Five-Colored Chickens.
  • Shi Yunfeng told Shi Hao that Shi Ziling and his wife had brought him to the village in terrible condition and gone searching for a Primordial Divine Medicine.
  • Shi Hao insisted that his parents were alive and vowed to find them.
  • Shi Hou cooked the Five-Colored Chickens with spirit medicine and urged Shi Hao to eat and grow strong enough to bring his parents back.
  • Shi Hao devoured the meat and declared he would find his parents once he was full.

Ch. 67The Cook's Gaze

Shi Hou defeated the Unicorn King and frightened its herd into becoming mounts for New Stone Village. After Shi Hao worried that his parents would think he had died, Shi Hou promised to return with him to the Great Wilderness Ruins and leave them a mark.

  • Shi Hou arrived while Dazhuang and Snot Boy were trying to capture the Unicorns, then charged through the Unicorn King's lightning and pinned it in a crater.
  • Shi Hou prepared to butcher the Unicorn King, but Shi Hao stopped him and argued that the herd could serve as mounts for the village's hunters.
  • The Unicorn King and its herd surrendered, and Shi Hou agreed to spare them for Shi Hao's sake.
  • That night, Shi Hao worried that his parents would mistake the ruined site for proof that he had died.
  • Shi Hou promised to take Shi Hao, Kang, and the Green-Scaled Eagle back to the Great Wilderness Ruins to carve a message for Shi Hao's parents.

Ch. 68Blood Qi Surpassed Ten Million

After more than a year of training in Stone Village, Shi Hao surpassed the Blood Moving Realm’s limit, while Shi Hou’s Blood Qi reached over ten million. The Willow Deity awakened and Shi Hao asked about his parents and lost memories, but Shi Hou stopped the examination and brought out the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow’s body to feed him first.

  • Shi Hao carved a Willow Tree totem at Stone Village’s ruined site and vowed to train so he could reach his parents.
  • More than a year later, Shi Hao carried a huge mountain into the village square and tossed it down, demonstrating strength beyond the Blood Moving Realm’s limit.
  • Shi Hou’s Blood Qi value passed ten million, and Shi Hao introduced a golden, amnesiac three-headed monkey he had named Furball.
  • The Willow Deity awakened, and Shi Hao asked it to help recover his memories and learn where his parents had gone.
  • Shi Hou stopped the Willow Deity from examining Shi Hao, warning that it could harm his weakened body, and produced the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow’s corpse to prepare a nourishing meal.

Ch. 69Seven-Mile Fragrance, fire up the pot!

Shi Hou cooked the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow’s Seven-Mile Fragrance with spirit medicines and mutated leeks, serving the Willow Deity first and then feeding Shi Hao. Shi Hao’s first bite unleashed a surge of Supreme vital essence, while Shi Hou received a hundredfold blood-qi return that left him in tearing pain.

  • The Willow Deity sealed the meat’s aura beneath an emerald dome, and Shi Hou began preparing it in the Black Pot.
  • Shi Hou rendered the Seven-Mile Fragrance in the pot, added spirit medicines and mutated leeks, then simmered the ingredients under a lid.
  • Kang knocked the golden furball monkey away when it tried to reach the pot.
  • Shi Hou served the Willow Deity first, and its divine thought thanked him as the cracks in its trunk healed.
  • Shi Hao ate a piece of meat, triggering a powerful surge of vital essence that strengthened his Suanni phantom.
  • Shi Hou received a hundredfold return of 6,000,000 Blood Qi Value, and agony surged through his marrow.

Ch. 70A Cure for Every Kind of Cultivation Deviation

Shi Hao's Supreme Being essence triggered a violent breakthrough, and the Willow Deity revealed the memory of his stolen bone and parents' sacrifice. When Shi Hao succumbed to rage and an inner demon, Shi Hou took him into the forest to fight, leaving their battle underway.

  • Shi Hao's medicinal essence erupted, and the Willow Deity calmed it and revealed that he had reached the Blood Moving Realm's limit with strength nearing a hundred and seventy thousand jin.
  • The Willow Deity showed the villagers Shi Hao's stolen bone and his parents' desperate escape, and Shi Hao awakened in grief and rage.
  • Shi Hao lost control and attacked Shi Yunfeng, so Shi Hou kicked him and caught his lightning-wreathed fist.
  • Shi Hou carried Shi Hao into the forest to fight, while Shi Yunfeng stopped Shi Linhu and the others from following.
  • Shi Hao rose from a dry riverbed and fired a bolt of golden lightning at Shi Hou's throat.

Ch. 71Stealing Techniques!

Shi Hao fought Shi Hou, gradually refining his combat skills until their final clash left both of them exhausted. He emerged from the battle resolved to find his parents, then admitted he was hungry.

  • Shi Hao charged Shi Hou with Suanni lightning and Vermilion Bird fire, but Shi Hou's constitution resisted both techniques and his punches.
  • Shi Hao branded his runes onto his body and used their force to strike Shi Hou with increasingly powerful, refined attacks.
  • Shi Hou adapted by copying Shi Hao's force-delivery methods and countered him, prompting the two to trade blows across the valley.
  • After fighting until both were exhausted, Shi Hao and Shi Hou shared a laugh and Shi Hao declared that he would find his missing parents when he grew up.
  • Shi Hao's stomach rumbled, and he told Shi Hou that he was hungry.

Ch. 72Primordial True Explanation

After returning to Stone Village, Shi Hao received the Primordial True Explanation and entered a deep meditation to comprehend it. Kang also reacted to the bone and began absorbing essence while unconscious, as Shi Hou left the villagers to keep watch over Shi Hao.

  • Shi Hou and Shi Hao returned to Stone Village after training, and Shi Yunfeng checked that Shi Hao was unharmed.
  • Shi Yunfeng opened the wooden box and revealed the Primordial True Explanation, which the Willow Deity said belonged to Shi Hao.
  • Shi Hao touched the bone, fell into meditation, and was surrounded by visions and symbols from its carvings.
  • Kang stared at the bone, began glowing with matching patterns, then passed out and snored as it absorbed heaven and earth essence.
  • Shi Hou put Kang into the Black Pot Space, told the villagers to keep the fires away from Shi Hao, and walked back to his stone house.

Ch. 73Setting Out!

After mastering the threshold of the Primordial True Explanation, Shi Hao set out with Shi Hou to search for clues about his parents at the Second Ancestral Land. As the villagers farewelled them, Shi Hou prepared a spectacular way to travel, leaving everyone stunned.

  • Shi Hao recovered from seven days of studying the white bone, and the Willow Deity told him to travel west to the Second Ancestral Land to seek clues about his parents.
  • The Willow Deity ordered Shi Hou to accompany Shi Hao, protect his life without interfering too much, and help him on the perilous journey.
  • Lin Yun packed supplies for Shi Hou while Shi Shoushan reassured her, and Shi Hou accepted her concern before leaving with a sack of provisions.
  • Shi Yunfeng gave Shi Hao medicines and maps, Shi Linhu lent him the Unicorn King, and Hu Niu gave Shi Hou a handmade Fire Rhinoceros-hide belt.
  • Shi Hao mounted the Unicorn King, but Shi Hou refused to ride and lifted a massive stone pillar over his head as the villagers watched in shock.

Ch. 74Pillar-Riding Flight

Shi Hou rode a stone pillar through the sky, thrilling at the flight until he encountered a Black-Feathered Feather King Sparrow and a terrifying claw from an ancient fiend beneath the mountains. The pillar crumbled in the shock wave, leaving Shi Hou falling toward the forest.

  • Shi Hou launched a stone pillar and leaped onto it, while Shi Hao chased after him on the Unicorn King.
  • Shi Hou enjoyed the high-speed flight and stuffed wind-battered Kang into the Black Pot.
  • A Black-Feathered Feather King Sparrow blocked Shi Hou's path, but a gigantic claw burst from the mountain and killed the bird instantly.
  • Shi Hou recognized the claw's owner as a supreme Primordial Great Fiend imprisoned underground.
  • The shock wave from the claw's retreat shattered the stone pillar, and Shi Hou began plummeting toward the forest.

Ch. 75I'm putting this on your tab!

After surviving a fall caused by the Cyan Giant Claw, Shi Hou continued west with Shi Hao and their companions. Shi Hao killed a mutated white tiger, and Shi Hou began preparing it for dinner.

  • Shi Hou landed in the Black Pot after the Cyan Giant Claw shattered his pillar, then vowed to return and cut off the claw once his Blood Qi grew stronger.
  • Shi Hou fed purple radishes to the Unicorn King and Kang, then joined Shi Hao and Furball on the horse as they continued west.
  • A mutated white tiger ambushed the group, and Shi Hao struck it down and battered it to death.
  • Shi Hou carved tenderloin from the tiger and described how he would prepare poached meat slices for dinner.
Arc 3 of 8