Chapter Summaries

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.

Shi Hao and Shi Hou traveled with the Heaven Mending Pavilion group to Broken Void City, where cultivators gathered before the Hundred Broken Mountains opened. When Shi Hou entered the passage, the Black Pot disrupted its teleportation power and sent him and Black Pig plunging into an unknown region, separating him from Shi Hao.

• Ancestor Mu Yan brought Shi Hou and Shi Hao to the Sacrificial Spirit, where Shi Hao entered an epiphany before the green gourd growing on Old Vine.
• Shi Hou used his Heavenly Cave to vanish as the Heaven Mending Pavilion group entered a Spatial Passage to Broken Void City.
• Elder Lone Peak and the Core Disciples found wanted portraits of Shi Hao and the black-skinned chef posted throughout the city, while Shi Hou watched an innocent cultivator get mistaken for him.
• Shi Hao and Shi Hou saw a pureblood White Tiger cub arrive in a palanquin and joked about cooking it once they reached the mountains.
• After more than ten days, the Hundred Broken Mountains opened, and Shi Hao and Shi Hou entered a Light Gate toward the Secret Realm.
• The Black Pot disrupted the passage and caused Void Turbulence to sweep Shi Hou and Black Pig away from their original route as Shi Hao called out to him.

Shi Hou and Kang landed in the White Bone Forbidden Land, where Shi Hou battled endless reassembling skeletal beasts. Frustrated by the lack of food or rewards, he demanded that the Black Pot summon Shi Hao, and its patterns suddenly lit up.

• Shi Hou landed in a fog-filled forbidden land covered with bones, and Kang clung to him in terror.
• Shi Hou followed a tossed jade radish’s direction and smashed skeletal hands that reached for him.
• Shi Hou destroyed attacking bone beasts with his bare hands, while the System Panel detected nothing worth collecting.
• The black fog reassembled the shattered beasts and summoned more skeletons, surrounding Shi Hou as he grew irritated.
• Shi Hou scolded the Black Pot for bringing him somewhere with no food and demanded it summon Shi Hao.
• The Black Pot’s patterns of mountains, rivers, and stars lit up after Shi Hou struck its rim.

Shi Hou followed a mysterious black flame through the sea of bones until it led him to a sinister altar and a gray-white pearl. When he tried to flee, he found himself trapped in a maze that brought him back near the altar.

• Shi Hou escaped the attacking bone beasts by opening his black heavenly cave, while the black flame remained and beckoned him deeper into the fog.
• Shi Hou followed the flame through increasingly ancient bones and found a massive rune-covered altar with a grayish-white pearl floating above it.
• Shi Hou refused to approach the ominous altar and sprinted away, hoping to avoid whatever fate the black flame had in store.
• Shi Hou ran for over a thousand miles, but the black flame and altar reappeared ahead of him, revealing that he was trapped in a ghost-built maze.

Shi Hou endured the crushing pressure before the black stone altar and tempered his immense blood qi until he could control it far better. He reached the first tier, but an instinctive warning stopped him from stepping onto the second.

• Shi Hou used the Black Pot to shield himself from the death qi and began advancing toward the altar through the sea of bones.
• Shi Hou adapted to the crushing pressure by resting and letting it temper his body, raising his blood qi control to eighty percent.
• Shi Hou reached the altar’s first tier, where the pressure and death qi vanished, and followed the black flame’s path toward the summit.
• Shi Hou felt an overwhelming sense of imminent death as he tried to step onto the second tier and pulled his foot back.

Shi Hou failed to climb to the Nine-Tier Altar’s second tier, so he pried up a black stone and found a primordial Bone Fragment, triggering the altar’s defenses. A Void Rift swallowed him, Kang, the Black Pot, and the black flame, and Shi Hou crashed into a forest with something trapped beneath the pot.

• Shi Hou recognized the gray bead atop the altar as resembling a kidney stone and decided to take something from the steps instead.
• Shi Hou used his Stone Knife to pry up a black stone and retrieved a Bone Fragment covered in primordial patterns, which he stored in the Black Pot Space for Shi Hao.
• The altar’s runes lit up and black mist erupted, opening a Void Rift that dragged Shi Hou, Kang, and the Black Pot away.
• Shi Hou used the Black Pot to capture the little black flame before the rift swallowed them.
• Shi Hou fell into a primeval forest and cushioned his landing with the Black Pot, crushing something beneath it.

Shi Hou landed on and overpowered the Nine-Headed Golden Lion, then began butchering him while Shi Hao kept the lion’s followers at bay. Just as Shi Hou’s blade was about to strike again, Huo Ling’er called for him to stop.

• Shi Hou crashed onto the Nine-Headed Golden Lion and recognized him as a pureblood remnant while Shi Hao and Huo Ling’er watched from the crater’s rim.
• Shi Hou cut off four of the lion’s heads and caught them in the Black Pot as the Golden Lion woke and attacked with sound waves and the Fearless Lion Seal.
• Shi Hou crushed the Golden Lion’s attacks and pinned him down, while Shi Hao knocked away the lion’s beast followers.
• The Golden Lion unleashed his Golden Prayer Beads, but Shi Hou shattered them with his Gray Blade and prepared to behead him again.
• Huo Ling’er shouted for Shi Hou to stop as his blade descended toward the Golden Lion.

Shi Hou spared the Nine-Headed Lion after Huo Ling'er suggested he could harvest its regrowing heads, but the lion escaped into the Divine Cave. Shi Hao sensed danger inside, and Shi Hou decided to stay behind with the four severed heads in his Black Pot.

• Shi Hou prepared to kill the Nine-Headed Lion despite Huo Ling'er's warning, until she suggested its heads could regrow and be harvested repeatedly.
• Shi Hou decided to keep the Nine-Headed Lion as an unlimited source of meat, but the lion detonated its Golden Prayer Beads and fled into the Divine Cave.
• Huo Ling'er and the other prodigies rushed into the Divine Cave while Shi Hou lamented losing his prospective meat supply.
• Shi Hao warned that the Divine Cave felt dangerous, and Furball and Kang also showed reluctance to enter.
• Shi Hou trusted Shi Hao's instincts, abandoned the pursuit, and set down his Black Pot containing the four severed lion heads.

Shi Hou cooked Golden Lion meat, and he, Shi Hao, Furball, and Kang feasted before Shi Hao examined an ancient bone fragment that stirred inexplicable sorrow in him. A system notification then credited Shi Hou with a hundred million jin of blood qi, while a distant wolf howl broke the forest’s nighttime silence.

• Shi Hou cooked Golden Lion heads with spirit medicines, and Shi Hao, Furball, and Kang eagerly fought over the meal.
• Shi Hao and Shi Hou ate the lion meat and broth, replenishing their blood qi with its divine essence.
• Shi Hou gave Shi Hao an ancient bone fragment he had pried from an altar in a dead man's pit.
• Shi Hao saw blurred visions and began to cry when he touched the fragment, but he could not decipher its primordial markings.
• A system notification credited Shi Hou with a hundred million jin of blood qi after Shi Hao completed a perfect meal.
• Night fell over the Hundred Broken Mountains, and a distant wolf howl sounded.

Shi Hao stole Huo Ling'er’s Golden Egg and fled with Shi Hou as the Wolf Kings and Human Prodigies pursued them across the grassland. Shi Hou secretly cut down pursuing Wolf Kings, then caught Shi Hao by the scruff of his neck as the chase continued.

• Huo Ling'er and her companions escaped the Divine Cave and were attacked by the Mutant Wolf Pack, during which a guard dropped the Golden Egg.
• Shi Hao snatched the Golden Egg and ran off, announcing that he and Shi Hou would cook and eat it.
• The Nine-Headed Lion tried to seize the egg, but Shi Hou appeared and severed four of his remaining heads, then warned him to grow them back.
• The Silver Giant and Feather King fled, while Huo Ling'er, the Wolf Kings, and Human Prodigies chased Shi Hao across the grassland.
• Shi Hou secretly killed several pursuing Wolf Kings as Shi Hao drew them after him, then caught Shi Hao by the scruff of his neck.

After escaping Huo Ling'er, Shi Hou brought Shi Hao and the others to a secluded cave, where Shi Hao studied a Bone Fragment while Shi Hou slept. Shi Hou woke to find the divine egg gone and twenty million of his blood qi missing.

• Huo Ling'er learned that her guard had marked the divine egg with ghost orchid grass and ordered everyone to leave.
• Shi Hou carried Shi Hao away under the black heavenly cave's concealment, but Shi Hao noticed they were veering off course.
• Shi Hou took the group to a mountainside cave, where he fell asleep and Shi Hao studied the Bone Fragment beside the divine egg.
• Shi Hou dreamed that something was draining his blood qi, then woke in the morning to find the Black Pot empty and the divine egg gone.
• Shi Hou sensed that twenty million of his blood qi had disappeared.