Chapter Summaries

Shi Hou discovered that a tiny black beast had hatched inside the Black Pot and consumed twenty million Blood Qi Value. Though furious at the loss, he was reminded of his beloved dog from his past life and stopped threatening the creature, which nestled into his palm.

• Shi Hou found that the Black Pot was still draining his blood qi and reached inside to pull out a living creature.
• The tiny black beast emerged with the last piece of golden eggshell in its mouth, swallowed it, and belched a rich medicinal fragrance.
• Shi Hao realized that the egg had hatched, while Furball protested and Kang backed away warily.
• Shi Hou blamed the newborn beast for costing him twenty million Blood Qi Value and reached for his Stone Knife.
• The black beast licked Shi Hou's fingers and shed tears, reminding him of the puppy he had cared for in his previous life.
• Shi Hou's anger and grip on the knife eased as the beast nuzzled into his palm.

Shi Hou and Shi Hao fought over the divine egg and demolished a mountain, while Kang fled the cave with Furball and the little Wolf God. Huo Ling'er tracked the egg to them and arrived as the two continued brawling in the forest.

• Shi Hou gently returned the little Wolf God to the pot, then blamed Shi Hao for the egg and slapped him.
• Shi Hao and Shi Hou traded blows in the cave until their fighting sent Furball crashing into the wall.
• Kang pulled Furball free and fled with it and the little Wolf God as the mountain exploded behind them.
• Shi Hao and Shi Hou continued fighting through the air and into the forest, devastating the surrounding landscape.
• Huo Ling'er followed the divine egg's tracking aura, found Shi Hao and Shi Hou wrestling in the ruins, and shouted for them to stop.

Shi Hou and Shi Hao finished their physical fight as Huo Ling'er arrived and recognized the little Wolf God, whom Shi Hou claimed as his own. After Huo Ling'er slapped Shi Hao and he struck her in return, the two launched into a fiery battle in the ruins.

• Shi Hou and Shi Hao exchanged a final punch, then Kang brought the Black Pot and the sleeping little Wolf God to Shi Hou.
• The little Wolf God woke and settled on Shi Hou's shoulder, while Huo Ling'er recognized it and demanded it back.
• Shi Hou insisted the little Wolf God was his because he had hatched and raised it, and Shi Hao grinned at Huo Ling'er's frustration.
• Huo Ling'er slapped Shi Hao, and Shi Hao retaliated by striking her before she could turn around.
• Huo Ling'er attacked Shi Hao with Vermilion Bird True Fire, and he countered with his own fire and Suanni's golden thunder.
• Shi Hao and Huo Ling'er fought through the ruins, exchanging attacks as flames spread and the ground melted.

Shi Hou watched Shi Hao and Huo Ling'er fight, then cooked the Nine-Headed Lion’s meat and traded bowls of broth for medicinal herbs. The battered Nine-Headed Lion arrived as everyone ate, crying that they were eating his meat.

• Shi Hou teased Shi Hao and Huo Ling'er from the sidelines while Furball, Kang, and Little Wolf God cheered.
• After watching the fight for an hour, Shi Hou stopped to cook four golden lion heads in the Stone Pot.
• Shi Hao and Huo Ling'er abandoned their fight when the meat’s aroma reached them, and everyone joined the feast.
• Shi Hou charged the Fire Kingdom guards medicinal herbs for bowls of broth, collecting more than a dozen herbs.
• The battered Nine-Headed Lion rushed toward the meal and shouted that he wanted some of his meat.

Shi Hou charged the Nine-Headed Lion for devouring his soup, and Shi Hao beat it after it attacked. When the lion’s severed heads began growing back, the two forced it to submit, and it left as Shi Hao’s new brother.

• The Nine-Headed Lion gulped down the broth and meat from Shi Hou’s pot, then tearfully praised how delicious its own flesh tasted.
• Shi Hou stopped Kang from attacking and demanded twenty five-hundred-year-old spirit medicines as payment, but the Nine-Headed Lion refused and struck at him.
• Shi Hao punched the Nine-Headed Lion repeatedly for stealing his meat broth until Shi Hou halted him after noticing four heads growing back.
• Shi Hou threatened to slice off a newborn head, and Shi Hao offered to spare the lion if it became his little brother.
• The Nine-Headed Lion conceded and called Shi Hao big brother, and Shi Hao welcomed it into their group.

Huo Ling'er tried to claim the Little Wolf God, but Shi Hou sold him to her after realizing how expensive he was to feed. Shi Hao also extracted a primordial stone as the pup’s uncle’s meeting gift, and Shi Hou planned to take the Little Wolf God back once Huo Ling'er had raised him.

• Huo Ling'er tried to pet the Little Wolf God, who rejected her and ran to Shi Hou before Shi Hao picked him up to inspect him for runes.
• Shi Hao threatened to toss the Little Wolf God into the Black Pot, then tried to feed him beast milk, but Huo Ling'er took him and fed him spirit medicine and a Fierce Beast heart.
• Shi Hou decided he could not afford to raise the Little Wolf God and offered him to Huo Ling'er for ten stalks of spirit medicine after haggling over the price.
• Shi Hao called himself the Little Wolf God's uncle and demanded a meeting gift, accepting one piece of primordial stone from Huo Ling'er.
• Shi Hou put the spirit medicine and primordial stone into the Black Pot and quietly told Shi Hao they would take the Little Wolf God back after Huo Ling'er raised him.

Shi Hao and Shi Hou set out for the Ageless Divine Spring, but learned that the Rain Clan had prepared an ambush in the stone forest. Shi Hou discovered that his herbs and ingredients had been consumed by the chives in his Black Pot, which had grown into a glowing Nine-Leaf Wild Leek.

• Shi Hao gave Shi Hou the primordial stone, and the group rode the Nine-Headed Lion toward the Ageless Divine Spring.
• The travelers stopped at a silent stone forest, where an Earthfire Lizard revealed that the Rain Clan had laid traps and was waiting for Shi Hao and the cook with the black pot.
• Shi Hou checked the Black Pot and found that his stored herbs, radishes, and crimson fruit had vanished.
• Shi Hou discovered that the chives had grown nine leaves and were draining the essence from his ten-thousand-year-old medicinal herbs.

Shi Hou tested a magically enhanced leek leaf on the Nine-Headed Lion, restoring his severed heads and greatly increasing his strength. Shi Hou and Shi Hao realized the leek and lion could form a self-renewing source of food, then rode onward toward the Rain Clan ambush.

• Shi Hou pulled a glowing leaf from the transformed leek and gave it to the Nine-Headed Lion to test its effects.
• The Nine-Headed Lion swallowed the leaf, endured a painful bodily transformation, and regrew his four severed heads with even greater vitality.
• Shi Hao and Shi Hou recognized that the leek could regrow leaves while the lion could regrow heads, creating a perpetual supply of lion meat.
• Fearing Shi Hou and Shi Hao would harvest his new heads, the Nine-Headed Lion offered to spring the Rain Clan's traps.
• Shi Hou and Shi Hao mounted the Nine-Headed Lion with Kang and Furball, and the lion raced deeper into the stone forest.

Shi Hou, Shi Hao, and the Nine-Headed Lion pursued a Golden Frog through a wetland, but a powerful Rune formation trapped them and the frog fled. As Shi Hou chased after his lost meal, he severed one of the Nine-Headed Lion’s heads and stored it in the Black Pot Space.

• Shi Hou sent Kang to sniff out prey, and the group followed his signal to a vast lake where they found a Golden Frog.
• Little Gold warned that the frog was immensely dangerous, but Shi Hou and Shi Hao urged the Nine-Headed Lion to charge because they wanted to eat it.
• A Rune killing formation activated around them, and Shi Hao fought the barrage with the Suanni Precious Technique, his Heavenly Caves, and the Bone Scissors.
• The Golden Frog noticed Shi Hou’s fearsome blood energy and killing aura, then fled into the depths of the lake.
• Frustrated that the frog had escaped, Shi Hou stomped off one of the Nine-Headed Lion’s heads and deposited it in the Black Pot Space.

Shi Hou pursued the Golden Frog through the depths of the Lake, but could not catch it before it reached a fissure in the lake bed. He used the Black Pot to churn the water into a massive vortex, which began dragging the Golden Frog back toward him.

• Shi Hou plunged into the Lake after the Golden Frog, pushing through the depths with his Blood Qi while the creature sped ahead.
• The Golden Frog headed for a vast fissure in the lake bed to escape through an underwater passage, while Kang clung fearfully to Shi Hou.
• Shi Hou tucked Kang into his waistband, planted himself on the lake bed, and expanded the Black Pot.
• Shi Hou spun the Black Pot with immense force, creating a vortex that churned the Lake and formed a huge whirlpool at the surface.
• The vortex seized the Golden Frog as it neared the fissure and began pulling its struggling body back toward Shi Hou.

While dizzy and unconscious, Shi Hou defeated Golden Frog with the spinning black pot and became a runaway black-and-gold top. He plowed through the rune killing formation, leaving Shi Hao and the Nine-Headed Lion stunned.

• Golden Frog attacked Shi Hou with sound waves and a high-pressure torrent, but Shi Hou's constitution and spinning black pot shrugged off both attacks.
• The black pot struck Golden Frog's armored back three times and knocked him unconscious.
• Shi Hou's uncontrolled spin hurled him, Golden Frog, the pot, and Kang out of the lake and toward shore.
• Shi Hao and the Nine-Headed Lion dodged the runaway top as it carved a deep trench through the ground.
• The top smashed through the rune killing formation, and Shi Hao stared at its wreckage.

Shi Hou’s spinning Black Pot destroyed the Rain Clan’s killing formation and killed Yu Ze before racing across the wasteland. As the surviving Rain Clan geniuses fled to seek reinforcements, Shi Hao pursued them to claim a price for their ambush.

• The Black Pot’s vortex swallowed Yu Ze’s Ice-Breaking Slash and ground him to pieces, taking his treasures and Water-Attribute Jade Slip with him.
• The nine surviving Rain Clan geniuses panicked, and one ordered them to retreat and request reinforcements.
• Inside the spinning top, Shi Hou slept peacefully while Golden Frog clung to the rim and Kang lay limp in his underwear.
• Shi Hao watched the Black Pot disappear into the distance, then decided to pursue the fleeing Rain Clan geniuses instead of immediately chasing Skinny Monkey.
• The Eight-Headed Lion carried Shi Hao after the Rain Clan youths, roaring across the wasteland.

Shi Hao confronted and killed nine Rain Clan geniuses after learning their clan had attacked his parents eight years earlier. As he and the Eight-Headed Lion prepared to leave, the ground began trembling beneath them.

• The Eight-Headed Lion blocked the Rain Clan group from entering the stone forest, and their leader recognized him and suspected Shi Hao’s identity.
• The Rain Clan leader taunted Shi Hao about the attack on Shi Ziling and his wife, and Shi Hao silently launched a lightning attack through his treasure mirror.
• The Eight-Headed Lion charged the paralyzed Rain Clan members while Shi Hao shattered their leader’s Water Jiao weapon and killed him.
• Shi Hao searched the corpses for treasure while the Eight-Headed Lion warned that the blood might attract fierce beasts.
• A distant roar shook the ground, and strange ripples spread across the muddy water as something immense moved below.

Shi Hao charged into a battle between four Rain Clan Seal-Breakers and the Black Pot, then rescued the pot and fled with it on his back. Wounded and pursued, he was trapped beneath the shorn-bearded elder’s Rain God Seal.

• Shi Hao ignored the Eight-Headed Lion’s warning and ran toward the Rain Clan Seal-Breakers attacking the Black Pot.
• Shi Hao overloaded a battered silver feather fan with lightning and hurled it at the four experts, interrupting their assault and letting the Black Pot fly to him.
• Shi Hao caught the Black Pot with Shi Hou, the Golden Frog, and the others aboard, then ran while carrying the enormous weight on his back.
• The Rain Clan experts pursued Shi Hao and struck him with needle-like rain that pierced his flank and leg.
• The shorn-bearded elder blocked Shi Hao’s path and summoned the Rain God Seal to crush him.

Shi Hao and his companions fled the four Rain Clan Seal-Breakers after the Rain God Seal nearly crushed them, but Shi Hao turned back to protect the wounded Nine-Headed Lion. He killed one pursuer with Shi Hou as a shield, then the middle-aged man’s ice sword struck Shi Hou’s head.

• Shi Hao combined the Suanni Treasure Mirror, Golden Bone Shears, and Vermilion Bird True Fire against the Rain God Seal, but the Seal overpowered his attacks and wounded him.
• The Nine-Headed Lion stalled the Rain God Seal with its Golden Prayer Beads while Shi Hao stored the Golden Frog and escaped with Furball, Kang the Black Pig, and the unconscious Shi Hou.
• The Rain Clan Seal-Breakers pursued the group, and Shi Hao used Shi Hou as a shield against their ice and water attacks while the Nine-Headed Lion was badly wounded.
• Shi Hao turned back to cover the Nine-Headed Lion’s escape, and the lion promised that Grandpa Nine Spirit King would not pursue him before fleeing.
• Shi Hao used Shi Hou to smash through the middle-aged man’s water dragons and shields, then struck the broken-bearded elder in the chest and sent him crashing into the swamp.
• The middle-aged man attacked Shi Hao from behind with a Blue Ice Sword, but the sword hit Shi Hou’s head instead.

Shi Hao killed the beardless Rain Clan elder and fled the remaining sealers with Shi Hou on his back. He captured the Fire Cloud Sparrow, whom he called Big Red, and forced him to carry them away, leaving the pursuers behind in the clouds.

• Shi Hao used Shi Hou's sleeping body to block the Rain Clan sealers' attacks, then killed the beardless elder with Three-Stage Charge.
• Shi Hao escaped on the Suanni Treasure Mirror while the Rain Clan sealers pursued him through the mountains.
• A Fire Cloud Sparrow burst through the clouds and attacked Shi Hao, who recognized him as Big Red and grabbed him in midair.
• Shi Hao threatened to bite Big Red unless he flew away from the pursuers, and the bird sped off with Shi Hao and Shi Hou.
• The Rain Clan sealers reached the clouds too late and watched Big Red disappear beyond the horizon.

Shi Hao and Shi Hou recovered aboard Big Red after escaping the Rain Clan, then forced the reluctant Fire Cloud Sparrow to turn back toward the battle site. They found the Rain Clan’s survivors gone from the devastated swamp.

• Shi Hao ate spirit medicine while healing from severe wounds, and Shi Hou woke to find his clothes shredded and Shi Hao badly injured.
• Shi Hou gave Shi Hao a Mutated Leek leaf, then released Furball and Kang from the Black Pot; Furball acted out Shi Hou sleeping while Shi Hao fought and suffered.
• Big Red refused to return toward the Rain Clan, so Shi Hou threatened him with the Purple Thunder Stone Knife until he turned around.
• Shi Hao continued recovering with another leek leaf as Big Red flew back to the swamp where the battle had taken place.
• Shi Hao and Shi Hou found the swamp devastated but empty, with the Rain Clan’s two surviving Seal-Breakers and injured middle-aged man gone.

Shi Hou learned that the Rain Clan was seeking Taiyi True Water in the Hundred Broken Mountains, and he and Shi Hao decided to seize it for soup. After secretly trailing the Rain Clan to a divine pool in the desert, the group prepared to act.

• Shi Hou sent Kang to track the Rain Clan, then scouted ahead himself and discovered the clan was summoning reinforcements to claim Taiyi True Water.
• Big Red explained the divine water’s powers, but Shi Hao and Shi Hou focused on using it to make soup, persuading Big Red to join the raid.
• Shi Hao, Shi Hou, Big Red, Kang, and Furball followed the Rain Clan for several days across mountain ranges and into a golden desert.
• The group spotted the Rain Clan gathered near a radiant pool of Taiyi True Water and watched from behind a dune.
• Shi Hou summoned his Heavenly Cave and readied his Purple Thunder Stone Knife as the group prepared to seize the divine spring.

Shi Hao and Shi Hou watched the Rain Clan claim the Taiyi True Water, then ambushed them and used the Black Pot to take the water and the Rain God Decree. The fight continued as Yu Wencheng lost both hands and the decree disappeared into the pot.

• Shi Hao stopped Shi Hou from approaching the Divine Pool, and they hid while the Rain Clan faced skeletal soldiers and Spirit Vines.
• Yu Wencheng used the Rain God Decree to calm the Spirit Vines and draw the Taiyi True Water into a Jade Cauldron.
• Shi Hao and Shi Hou ambushed the Rain Clan with the Black Pot and a barrage of blue light, and the little water dragon leaped into the pot.
• Shi Hao and Big Red attacked the disabled Rain Clan members as Yu Wencheng tried to wield the Rain God Decree.
• Gray light severed Yu Wencheng's hands, and the Black Pot swallowed the Rain God Decree.

Shi Hou and his companions defeated the Rain Clan group, seized their supplies, and captured the Taiyi True Water in the Black Pot. They left the Golden Desert to find a better place to cook, and Shi Hou spotted several promising Mutated Beasts at an oasis.

• Shi Hou swallowed the Rain God Decree with the Black Pot while Shi Hao and Big Red finished off the Rain Clan members, and Yu Wencheng died in the sand.
• Shi Hou named the water dragon Old Water and collected the spirit vines, Divine Pool, and Rain Clan spoils, putting edible items into the pot.
• Shi Hou refused to cook in the bloodstained, windswept desert, and Shi Hao agreed they should find a hidden spring before the Rain Clan came looking for them.
• Big Red carried the group away from the Golden Desert, and Shi Hou spotted several well-fed Mutated Beasts drinking at an oasis.