Recaps

Shi Hou secretly protected Dazhuang and the others through the Second Battlefield, then realized the Heaven Mending Pavilion had manipulated him into cooking for them by disguising lesser spirit fruits as priceless treasure medicine. As the examinees followed Elder Xiong Fei to view the Black Fiend Lotus, Shi Hou decided to retaliate against the Pavilion.

• Shi Hou secretly guarded Dazhuang and the other three in the Second Battlefield, helping them gather spirit medicines while keeping the best Fierce Beast ingredients for himself.
• Dazhuang and the others passed the examination with three Heaven Mending Stones each and received bamboo tokens for the Genius Camp.
• Shi Hou spotted Shi Hao among the examinees, while Xiao Tian recognized the Bear Child and Black-Skinned Chef as the ones who had robbed and humiliated him.
• Elder Xiong Fei announced that the Heaven Mending Pavilion's eight-hundred-year-old Black Fiend Lotus would become a treasure medicine in two hundred years, then led the examinees to see it.
• Shi Hou compared the Black Fiend Lotus with the Nine-Turn Blood Dragon Ginseng fruits in his Black Pot and concluded that the Pavilion Master and elders had staged their earlier grief to trick him into freeloading as their chef.
• Shi Hou fixed his gaze on Elder Xiong Fei and grinned as he resolved to get back at the Heaven Mending Pavilion.

Elder Xiong Fei led the new disciples to the Second Battlefield to show them the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s black fiend lotus, only to find the battlefield devastated, the lotus stolen, and the mountain-guarding tiger badly beaten. Elder Zhuo Yun ordered the area sealed and demanded that Ancestor Mu Yan be summoned.

• Elder Xiong Fei led more than three thousand new disciples toward the black mountain, boasting of the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s prized medicinal plant.
• The group found the forest destroyed and learned that a golden giant ape had smashed a black tiger across the battlefield; Dazhuang, Ermeng, Qingfeng, and Snot Boy suspected Furball, Skinny Monkey, and Little One were involved.
• Shi Hao quietly blamed Skinny Monkey for throwing Furball like a hidden weapon.
• Elder Xiong Fei found the black fiend lotus uprooted, while Elder Zhuo Yun realized Elder Shi had stolen it and exposed the Pavilion Master’s deception.
• The battered black tiger limped from the cave with a swollen face and a severed tail, prompting Xiao Tian to recognize the same injuries on himself.
• Elder Zhuo Yun ordered the Second Battlefield sealed, demanded that the two brats be found, and told Yu You to ask the Pavilion Master to summon Ancestor Mu Yan.

Shi Hou followed Xia Youyu to Heaven Mending Pavilion’s Main Peak and learned that he had uprooted the Black Fiend Lotus and damaged Big Black’s tail. He sneaked through the Pavilion Master’s Light Gate into a forbidden realm filled with rare treasures, where he and his companions realized they had struck it rich.

• Xia Youyu hurried into the Main Peak hall and reported that the Black Fiend Lotus had been uprooted and part of Big Black’s tail cut off.
• The elders learned that Elder Shi had gone to the Second Battlefield, and the Pavilion Master set out to find Ancestor Mu Yan and track down the boy.
• Shi Hou overheard the elders’ conversation and followed the Pavilion Master to Heaven Mending Pavilion’s forbidden ground.
• Shi Hou slipped through the closing Light Gate into the forbidden realm instead of following the Pavilion Master farther.
• Shi Hou, Furball, and Black Pig saw the realm’s abundant spirit plants, fruit trees, and rare creatures, and Shi Hou declared they had struck it rich.

Shi Hou used residual poisonous breath from the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow to lure the eight elders away from the Forbidden Land’s treasures, then raided the weakened formations with Kang and Furball. As the elders discovered the trick and rushed back, Shi Hou reached for a dangerous red-gold fruit.

• Shi Hou found the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow’s poisonous breath frozen in the Black Pot Space and decided to use its Supreme-level aura to draw the elders away.
• Shi Hou released the poisonous breath in a rock fissure, prompting all eight elders to leave their peaks and contain it.
• Shi Hou returned to the Golden Thunder Fruit grove while Kang disrupted the formations and Furball harvested spirit medicines for the Black Pot.
• Shi Hou and his companions gathered treasures across the Forbidden Land, including Golden Thunder Fruits, mushrooms, lotus roots, bird eggs, and an ancient vine.
• The elders recognized the residual poisonous breath and realized a thief had lured them away, then turned back toward the Forbidden Land’s core.
• Shi Hou reached for the last red-gold fruit despite Kang and Furball’s alarm as an immense pressure spread from it.

Shi Hou stole the Scarlet Gold Fruit and escaped the forbidden grounds with Kang and Furball, leaving the guardians and Pavilion Master to discover the devastated Spirit Medicine Garden. Mu Yan blamed the Pavilion Master for provoking the theft and ordered him to find Shi Hou so the boy could cook another pot of stew and help Mu Yan recover his lost breakthrough opportunity.

• Shi Hou forced himself through the Scarlet Gold Fruit’s pressure, picked the fruit, and tossed it into Black Pot Space.
• Shi Hou and Kang broke through the forbidden grounds’ barrier, while Furball played dead as the guardians discovered their missing medicines.
• The Pavilion Master and Mu Yan arrived, and Mu Yan recognized the looting method from the earlier raid on Main Peak.
• Mu Yan accused the Pavilion Master of driving Shi Hou to steal by fobbing him off with a few lousy fruits.
• Mu Yan explained that the poisonous blast had ruined his chance to break through and ordered the Pavilion Master to bring Shi Hou back to cook stew.

Shi Hou entered the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s Starlight Deathland and found its dying Sacrificial Spirit, an ancient Gourd Vine. After his leek juice failed to revive it at first, he drenched its roots until the vine finally twitched.

• Shi Hou crossed the desert’s vitality-draining formation without harm and reached the courtyard at its center.
• He found the ancient Gourd Vine, the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s Sacrificial Spirit, withering beneath falling starlight and moonlight.
• Shi Hou remembered the Willow Deity in Stone Village and felt irritated that the pavilion’s elders had let the Old Vine decline.
• Shi Hou poured handful after handful of leek juice over the Gourd Vine’s roots.
• The Gourd Vine twitched faintly after Shi Hou drenched it with leek juice.

Shi Hou awakened the dying Gourd Vine with leek juice and learned that it was holding back a coming calamity to protect the Heaven Mending Pavilion. After revealing his Spirit Cuisine Pavilion token and taking out Furball and Black Pig, Shi Hou began preparing to cook, just as someone recognized him outside the courtyard.

• Shi Hou soaked the Gourd Vine's roots with leek juice, waking it and opening several pathways through its necrotic meridians.
• The Gourd Vine said its lifespan was nearly over and explained that it was enduring to keep the Heaven Mending Pavilion safe from Fierce Beasts and enemies.
• Shi Hou said he only wanted to borrow the quiet courtyard for cooking and showed the Gourd Vine his token as an elder of the Spirit Cuisine Pavilion.
• The Gourd Vine recognized the scents of rare medicines on Shi Hou and suspected he had entered the Forbidden Land.
• Shi Hou took Furball and Black Pig out of the Black Pot, and a childish voice outside the courtyard called him Skinny Monkey.

Shi Hou used thirty-seven supreme-grade medicines to cook Dao Foundation Powerful Tonic Soup for Old Vine, whose dying stem showed a hint of green from the broth’s aroma. The soup’s powerful scent reached Ancestor Mu Yan, who rushed toward the Gobi demanding a share.

• Shi Hao arrived at the ruined courtyard and learned that Shi Hou and his companions had ransacked the Forbidden Land for medicine.
• Shi Hao recognized Old Vine as a Sacrificial Spirit and urged Shi Hou to make it soup.
• Shi Hou combined the Dao Embryo Fruit and thirty-seven rare medicines in the Black Pot to prepare Dao Foundation Powerful Tonic Soup.
• Shi Hou used rhythmic knife work and controlled flames to harmonize the medicines into a potent broth.
• The soup’s vitality made barren shoots grow and turned a small section of Old Vine’s stem green.
• Ancestor Mu Yan smelled the soup from the mountains and raced toward the Gobi to claim some.

Shi Hou’s emerald soup revived Old Vine and pleased Shi Hao, triggering an enormous blood qi return for Shi Hou. Ancestor Mu Yan arrived demanding to know whether any soup remained.

• Shi Hou finished cooking a thick emerald soup, but Shi Hao hesitated to taste it.
• Old Vine drank more than half the soup and revived, sprouting new leaves and a flower as greenery spread across the Gobi.
• Shi Hao drank the remaining soup, praised its taste, and began digesting its essence.
• The system returned 50,000,000 blood qi to Shi Hou, raising his total to 80,000,000 and flooding him with energy.
• Ancestor Mu Yan arrived and shouted at Shi Hou for not leaving him any soup.

Shi Hou’s medicinal-herb soup revived Old Vine, while Shi Hao’s breakthrough continued toward multiple heavenly caves. The Pavilion Master offered Shi Hou access to other forbidden grounds, and Shi Hou immediately asked whether they contained pureblood creatures for soup.

• Ancestor Mu Yan arrived and found Old Vine rejuvenated, the courtyard full of new growth, and the Black Pot still steaming.
• The lone peak's guardian discovered the vine’s new vitality, and Shi Hou said he had cooked the herbs.
• Ancestor Mu Yan tried to take the remaining broth, but Old Vine reprimanded him and confirmed he would not die anytime soon.
• Shi Hou ordered everyone out while Shi Hao advanced beyond his seventh heavenly cave, and Old Vine backed him with a display of pressure.
• The Pavilion Master offered Shi Hou future access to forbidden grounds, and Shi Hou asked whether another one held live pureblood creatures.

Shi Hao completed his eighth Heavenly Cave with Old Vine’s help, then agreed to study lightning arts under Ancestor Mu Yan. Old Vine withdrew to recover, while Kang, Furball, and Ancestor Mu Yan fought over the leftover soup, leaving Shi Hao to wonder if he had agreed to train with the right teacher.

• Shi Hao’s eighth Heavenly Cave began to collapse as the golden light in his chest drained the essence needed for his breakthrough.
• Old Vine poured a vast tide of Heaven and Earth Essence into Shi Hao, allowing his eighth Heavenly Cave to reform completely and revealing his true appearance.
• Ancestor Mu Yan invited Shi Hao to study lightning arts under him, and Shi Hao accepted.
• Old Vine announced he would slumber to stabilize his reborn source and forbade Shi Hou from coming near his true body with the black pot.
• Kang and Furball rushed to the Black Pot for the remaining soup, and Ancestor Mu Yan joined their brawl as Shi Hao questioned his choice of teacher.

Shi Hao was accepted into the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s Genius Camp, while Shi Hou refused its cultivation legacy and chose to stay at the Spirit Cuisine Pavilion. As Shi Hou and Shi Hao went to retrieve Nine Flood Dragons, an unseen presence chilled Shi Hou and he swung the Black Pot into the darkness.

• Kang struck Ancestor Mu Yan with a beam that cleared his stagnant blood qi and renewed his chance to break through.
• Ancestor Mu Yan asked to borrow Kang, but Shi Hou refused and teased him about the cost of feeding the black pig.
• Ancestor Mu Yan assigned Shi Hao to the Genius Camp by day and Thunder Dao study by night, and Shi Hao agreed.
• Shi Hou dismissed the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s cultivation legacies and chose to stay at the Spirit Cuisine Pavilion.
• Shi Hou and Shi Hao left to fetch Nine Flood Dragons, but a chilling presence made Shi Hou turn and swing the Black Pot into the darkness.

Shi Hou and Shi Hao encountered Ghost Master in the forest and tried to trick him into choosing the other as his successor. Ghost Master decided to take them both, and the boys fled toward the outskirts of the Heaven Mending Pavilion with him close behind.

• Shi Hou's Black Pot passed through Ghost Master, who appeared face-to-face with him.
• Shi Hou pointed Ghost Master toward Shi Hao, while Shi Hao and Shi Hou each praised the other as the better successor.
• Ghost Master unleashed a fierce sword intent and then pointed at both boys, signaling that he wanted them both.
• Shi Hao and Shi Hou ran toward the outskirts of the Heaven Mending Pavilion, but Ghost Master stayed close behind them.
• Kang and Furball finished their stolen Spirit Fruit and followed the chase at their leisure.

Shi Hao and Shi Hou escaped Ghost Master by hammering at the Broken Sword lodged in his skull, but Shi Hao could not pull it free. After the ghost vanished, the boys and their companions summoned nine Gray-Scaled Flood Dragons to haul the Black Pot back to the Heaven Mending Pavilion.

• Shi Hao turned to face Ghost Master, who demanded that he return the sword stuck in his skull.
• Shi Hao used Shi Hou’s Black Pot to strike the Broken Sword more than a hundred times, but it remained lodged in Ghost Master’s head.
• Shi Hao promised to help remove the sword when he was stronger, and Ghost Master vanished along with the damage to the ground.
• Shi Hao and Shi Hou scolded Furball and Kang for standing by, then headed to the deep pool to collect their transport.
• Shi Hou fed the nine Gray-Scaled Flood Dragons white jade radishes, and they harnessed the enlarged Black Pot and carried the boys toward the Heaven Mending Pavilion.

Shi Hou and Shi Hao returned to the Heaven Mending Pavilion, where the Pavilion Master revealed that Shi Hao had to retrieve an Ancient Sword from the Hundred Broken Mountains. Shi Hou secured permission to accompany him and settled his nine flood dragons in the Pavilion’s Spirit Lake, where he ordered them to eat its aquatic creatures.

• Shi Hou made a dramatic entrance at the Heaven Mending Pavilion on a Black Pot pulled by nine gray flood dragons, but the disciples mistook him for a procurement worker and mocked his appearance.
• Shi Hao told the Pavilion Master that an old man with an Ancient Sword stuck in his head had chased them, and that he had promised to retrieve a sword for him once he grew stronger.
• The Pavilion Master explained that the sword Shi Hao needed was in the Hundred Broken Mountains, and warned that those chosen by the old man had never survived while bearing his karmic debt.
• Shi Hao agreed to go to the Hundred Broken Mountains, and Shi Hou insisted on accompanying him, persuading the Pavilion Master by threatening to ruin the Spirit Cuisine Pavilion’s tonic soup if he was unsettled.
• Shi Hou persuaded the Pavilion Master to let his nine flood dragons stay in the Spirit Lake, then ordered them to eat the lake’s spiritually powerful aquatic creatures.

Shi Hao and Shi Hou were taken to the Genius Camp, where they fought off Elders Xiong Fei and Zhuo Yun before receiving a core disciple token and arriving at the mountain’s training grounds. They heard a commotion coming from the Martial Arts Arena and headed toward it.

• Shi Hao teased the resource elder while the Gray-Scaled Flood Dragons ate the Pavilion’s spirit fish.
• Elders Xiong Fei and Zhuo Yun took Shi Hao and Shi Hou toward the Genius Camp, then stopped on a remote hill to punish them for wrecking the assessment.
• Shi Hao defended himself against Xiong Fei’s hammer and Zhuo Yun’s Dragonfish, while Shi Hou knocked Xiong Fei into Zhuo Yun with a single punch.
• Xiong Fei and Zhuo Yun called off the fight and brought the boys to the Genius Camp.
• Shi Hao received a core disciple’s purple robes and Purple Jade Token, while Shi Hou showed off his bluestone brick from Ancestor Mu Yan.
• Shi Hao heard noise coming from the Martial Arts Arena and pointed it out to the others.

Shi Hou and Shi Hao arrived at the Martial Arts Arena and rescued Dazhuang, Ermeng, Snot Boy, and Shi Qingfeng from senior disciples who were bullying them. After defeating the attackers and sending Yu Feng flying, Shi Hou ordered the group to strip the fallen disciples and warned the arena that anyone who attacked them would be stripped naked.

• Shi Hou and Shi Hao found Dazhuang, Ermeng, Snot Boy, and Shi Qingfeng being beaten and pinned by senior disciples, while Yu Feng watched.
• Xiao Tian tried to intervene, then trembled and insisted that he had not bullied the boys when Shi Hou appeared behind him.
• Shi Hao broke the leading youth's ankle and knocked away the two disciples holding Shi Qingfeng.
• Shi Hou blocked Yu Feng's escape and struck him with the large Black Pot, sending him flying into the Purple Bamboo Forest.
• Shi Hou ordered Dazhuang and the others to strip the fallen disciples of their medicines, weapons, robes, and boots, then warned everyone not to attack them.

Shi Hou and Shi Hao rescued Dazhuang and the others from senior disciples, then gathered at their courtyard to prepare a feast. Huo Ling'er brought red glow salt, and Xiao Tian offered ice silkworm snow fat, leaving Shi Hou with more ingredients for the meal.

• Shi Hao returned after defeating the senior disciples, and Dazhuang and the others treated their injuries while thanking him and Shi Hou.
• Elders Xiong Fei and Zhuo Yun arrived, then hurriedly left without helping the stripped disciples.
• Yu Feng crawled out of the shattered Purple Bamboo Forest and glared after Shi Hou.
• Shi Hou brought crocodile tail and spirit chickens to Dazhuang's courtyard, where Huo Ling'er arrived and argued with Shi Hao.
• Shi Hou asked Huo Ling'er about her Azure Phoenix and offered her soup only if she brought the mount to be cooked.
• Huo Ling'er shared red glow salt, and Xiao Tian offered ice silkworm snow fat before taking a place in the courtyard.

Shi Hou cooked a spirit-enhanced meal that delighted Huo Ling'er and strengthened Shi Hao, Xiao Tian, and the others. Huo Ling'er warned that the Hundred Broken Mountains would be dangerous, but Shi Hao and Shi Hou looked forward to facing their enemies there.

• Shi Hou prepared a feast of crocodile tail and spirit ingredients, using red glow salt and ice silkworm snow fat to create a spicy, icy broth.
• Shi Hao, Huo Ling'er, Xiao Tian, and the others devoured the meal, which healed injuries and stirred their cultivation; Shi Hao's eighth Heavenly Cave grew more solid.
• Huo Ling'er offered Shi Hou a position in the Fire Kingdom, but he refused to leave the Great Wilderness.
• Huo Ling'er warned Shi Hao and Shi Hou that the Hundred Broken Mountains would open soon and that rival clans, including the Yu Family and the Tuoba clan, might target them.
• Shi Hao welcomed the prospect of eating pureblood creatures, and Shi Hou declared they would cripple humanoid enemies and cook the rest.

After the village boys struggled with their losses in the Martial Arts Arena, Shi Hou decided to secure them access to better Treasure Arts. He bargained with the Pavilion Master for five unrestricted places in the Scripture Repository’s upper levels, but the Pavilion Master demanded something in exchange.

• Xiao Tian broke through after eating Shi Hou’s cooking and thanked him before rushing off to cultivate.
• Qingfeng explained that Xiao Tian’s support could help the village boys build useful ties, while Shi Hao teased that Shi Hou mainly wanted his seasonings.
• Huo Ling'er explained that entering the Scripture Repository required contribution points, which the newly arrived boys lacked.
• Shi Hou offered to use his connection with the Pavilion Master to obtain access to the Scripture Repository, while Huo Ling'er left with Furball and Kang.
• The next day, Shi Hou asked the Pavilion Master for five places in the Scripture Repository’s upper levels so the village boys could learn Treasure Arts.
• Elder Xiong Fei objected, and the Pavilion Master asked Shi Hou what he would offer in exchange.

Shi Hou bargained with the Pavilion Master for ingredients and Defensive Treasure Weapons to make breakthrough soup, then received the supplies for the Genius Camp group. He revealed that most of the meat would be saved for the Hundred Broken Mountains, and the rune bones would go to Big Yellow.

• Shi Hou demanded fifty stalks of five-hundred-year-old spirit medicine, a hundred thousand jin of pure-blooded descendants' flesh and blood, ten intact primordial rune bones, and five Defensive Treasure Weapons to cook the soup.
• The Pavilion Master agreed to provide the supplies and weapons before dark, give the group slots, and required the soup to help at least three elders break through or Shi Hou would face punishment.
• Four double-hours later, Dazhuang, Ermeng, Snot Boy, and Qingfeng stared at the meat mountain and five weapons delivered to their courtyard.
• Shi Hao distributed the Defensive Treasure Weapons among his companions as Shi Hou called them workplace injury insurance.
• Shi Hou told Shi Hao that ninety-five thousand jin of meat would be saved as provisions for the Hundred Broken Mountains, while the rune bones would become chew sticks for Big Yellow after Shi Hao studied them.

Shi Hou was forced by a mysterious prompt to cook with seductive dance moves while the Pavilion Master's elders watched. His movements unexpectedly guided the medicines toward harmony and stirred the elders' understanding of the Dao.

• Huo Ling'er and Xia Youyu arrived in the courtyard and found Shi Hao and the Stone Village boys surrounded by valuable treasures and remnant beast meat.
• The Pavilion Master and more than thirty elders gathered to watch Shi Hou cook, while the Pavilion Master sealed the courtyard with a barrier.
• Shi Hou triggered a strange prompt demanding sensuous tenderness and soft allure to form the Realm-Breaking Great Medicine.
• Shi Hou sliced meat and danced provocatively as he added a Blood Dragon Ginseng to the pot.
• The rune fire and medicines harmonized with Shi Hou's movements, and the elders began interpreting his dance as a demonstration of the Heavenly Dao.

Shi Hou’s humiliating dance and fierce-beast broth helped the Heaven Mending Pavilion elders approach a breakthrough, but the soup’s effects took a disturbing turn. The elders rose in a frenzy, their bodies burning with an unknown heat.

• The Pavilion Master and more than thirty elders copied Shi Hou’s hip movements, and the Pavilion Master’s stagnant cultivation barrier cracked.
• Shi Hou finished cooking the Fierce Beast broth, whose golden beast manifestation twisted its hindquarters before diving back into the pot.
• The Pavilion Master and the elders drank the broth, then sat down as pillars of blood qi rose from their bodies.
• After nearly half an hour, the elders still could not break through their final bottleneck, and a hot current suddenly surged through their lower abdomens.
• The elders stopped cultivating, their eyes glowing green as they struggled to their feet in a dangerous frenzy.

Shi Hou and Shi Hao used Kang’s blue blasts and a chopping-block treatment to help more than thirty Heaven Mending Pavilion elders break through. The elders then turned their anger on Shi Hao, who had helped Shi Hou torment them, while Shi Hou watched from beside the Black Pot.

• Shi Hao fired Kang’s blue projectiles at the Pavilion Master and more than thirty elders, paralyzing them.
• Shi Hou pounded the elders’ backs with a stone knife to loosen their bones, while Shi Hao hauled them onto and off the chopping block.
• The Pavilion Master, Zhuo Yun, Xiong Fei, and the other elders broke through after the treatment and gathered to confront Shi Hou.
• The elders beat Shi Hou, but his constitution and physique left him unharmed, so they turned on Shi Hao instead.
• The Pavilion Master’s formation trapped Shi Hao as he fled, and the elders caught him, Furball, and Kang in the corner.

Shi Hou’s cooking and the Stone Village children’s strength made them untouchable at the Heaven Mending Pavilion, while Shi Hao advanced under Mu Yan’s guidance. The Pavilion Master summoned Shi Hou and Shi Hao to announce the opening of the Hundred Broken Mountains secret realm and warned them that powerful clans and enemies would be waiting inside.

• Huo Ling'er and Xia Youyu found Shi Hou and the children battered after the Pavilion Master and more than thirty elders tried Shi Hou’s leek-heavy spirit soup, and Shi Hao claimed the elders had taught him a secret body-tempering technique.
• Over three months, Ancestor Mu Yan broke through to the Venerable Realm, Shi Hao reached the pinnacle of eight heavenly caves, and the Stone Village children advanced through daily training and Shi Hou’s spirit food.
• Shi Hou’s blood qi rose to ninety-five million, and the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s disciples crowded around the Spirit Cuisine Pavilion, where he charged one five-hundred-year-old spirit medicine per bowl.
• Shi Hou found that his nine flood dragons had turned black after eating rare spirit fish and spirit foods, then heard the Pavilion Master summon him and Shi Hao to the great hall.
• The Pavilion Master told Shi Hou and Shi Hao that the Hundred Broken Mountains secret realm would soon open and warned that powerful clans, sealed old monsters, and people seeking revenge would target them.
• Shi Hou assured the Pavilion Master that he would return to serve dinner.