Chapter Summaries

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.