Recaps

Xiao Tian waited outside the Heaven Mending Pavilion, then entered its trial grounds to trade treasure arts with Shi Hao and join the entrance trial. After the Eighth Zone’s formation was disrupted and the youths emerged together, the elders questioned Xiao Tian about how he had entered.

• Xiao Tian cultivated outside the Heaven Mending Pavilion for a month and a half before the entrance trial began.
• Xiao Tian arrived with the War Goddess on her Five-Colored Luan Bird and persuaded the pavilion elder to let them observe the trial.
• Xiao Tian’s Red Baby body entered the Eighth Zone, found Shi Hao, and traded the Pulao Treasure Art for Shi Hao’s transformation treasure art.
• Xiao Tian and Shi Hao studied their new treasure arts while Shi Hao dug up Primordial Treasure Bones and the formation pressure weakened.
• Elder Xiong Fei and Elder Zhuo Yun watched the youths emerge in groups, then questioned Xiao Tian, who claimed he was twelve and had simply walked in.

Xiao Tian’s Red Baby identity joined Heaven Mending Pavilion after causing more trouble during the selection trials, while his Blue Baby identity returned to Deer-Chasing Academy with the War Goddess. At the Genius Camp, Xiao Tian defended the young Shi Qingfeng from bullies and injured Zhou Yuhao and Yu Feng in separate duels.

• Xiao Tian wandered through the Second Battlefield, rescued several children, and drew Elder Zhuo Yun’s fury after Heaven Mending Pavilion’s Quasi-Saint Medicine vanished.
• Xiao Tian’s Blue Baby body urged the War Goddess to stop recruiting the Bear Child, and the selection ended with his Red Baby body joining Heaven Mending Pavilion.
• Xiao Tian met Shi Qingfeng at the Genius Camp and intervened when Zhou Yuhao challenged the eight-year-old boy to a spar.
• Xiao Tian’s Startling Sword Art frightened Zhou Yuhao into collapsing and suffering backlash from his own Fish-Dragon Treasure Art.
• Yu Feng challenged Xiao Tian to avenge Zhou Yuhao, but Xiao Tian’s Heaven-Shattering Draw-Sword Slash split Yu Feng’s fish-dragon and inflicted severe internal injuries.

Xiao Tian defeated Yu Feng with his deceptive treasure art, then was taken by Elder Tao Ye to the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s elders, who suspected he was Bear Child. After seven days of cultivation, he began trying to fuse the Suanni Precious Technique and Pulao Treasure Art into the True Dragon Treasure Technique.

• Xiao Tian’s Great Majestic Heavenly Dragon illusion frightened Yu Feng into breaking down, while Zhou Yuhao and Yu Feng accused him of being a powerful infiltrator.
• Tao Ye questioned witnesses, dismissed Yu Feng and Zhou Yuhao to clean up, and took Xiao Tian to the pavilion’s highest hall.
• Xiao Tian denied being Bear Child, but Tao Ye and the other senior elders decided to keep him and teach him personally.
• Xiao Tian warned Mu Sen, Liu Qing, Cheng Peng, and the other youths to make the most of their second chance, then protested that he was being mistaken for Bear Child.
• Over the next seven days, Xiao Tian cultivated the Suanni Precious Technique and Pulao Treasure Art together in his first Heavenly Grotto, hoping to combine them into the True Dragon Treasure Technique.

Xiao Tian cultivated in the Heaven Mending Pavilion and received the Fuxi and Qiuniu Treasure Techniques as compensation while the elders reconsidered their suspicions about him. The chapter ended with Shi Hao arriving at the Ancient Hall as Ghost Master appeared and the Transverse Mountain Range’s reopening was heralded.

• Xiao Tian asked for dragonborn treasure techniques, and Mu Yan and Elder Han told him he would need to join the Heaven Mending Pavilion and earn its trust.
• Tao Ye reported that Shi Qingfeng had been bullied by Yu Feng and Zhou Yuhang, who were then severely beaten, and Xiao Tian realized events were returning to their expected course.
• Elder Liu brought Xiao Tian the Fuxi Treasure Technique, which he empowered by writing “The Injustice to Dou E,” causing snow to fall across the Heaven Mending Pavilion.
• Ghost Master appeared in the new disciples’ residential area, and Xiong Fei fled to the Ancient Hall with Shi Hao clinging to his back.
• Shi Hao recognized Xiao Tian as his big brother using the alias Li Xiaoyao, and Tao Ye gave Xiao Tian the Qiuniu Treasure Technique as compensation.

Heaven Mending Pavilion’s elders told Shi Hao that he must enter the Hundred Broken Mountains to seek a mysterious man’s lost sword, and Shi Hao agreed in exchange for powerful techniques. Outside the hall, Xiao Tian struck Ghost Master with the Bai Ze Treasure Art, prompting the elders to suspect Xiao Tian’s identity and summon everyone back inside.

• Tao Ye explained that the Hundred Broken Mountains were a perilous training ground for young geniuses and that those who failed to help the mysterious man find his sword had all died.
• The elders described the treasures and opportunities in the Hundred Broken Mountains, and Shi Hao decided to enter so he could grow strong enough to protect others.
• Shi Hao agreed to enter only if the elders taught him powerful secret methods and treasure arts.
• After leaving the hall, Xiao Tian screamed at Ghost Master and sent him flying with a punch enhanced by the Bai Ze Treasure Art.
• Tao Ye recognized that Xiao Tian’s power supported his suspicions about the boy, and he ordered the elders to return to the ancient hall.

Shi Hao and Xiao Tian were punished after Shi Hao’s antics drew the Ghost Master’s attention, then promised Heaven Mending Pavilion elders they would seek the Fountain of Youth in the Hundred Broken Mountains. They left to visit the Sacrificial Spirit’s dwelling with Qingfeng and Furball.

• Tao Ye and the senior elders spanked Shi Hao, and Xiao Tian joined in before testing Shi Hao’s strength in a brief fight.
• Xiong Fei and Zhuo Yun recognized Shi Hao and asked Xiao Tian to bring back the Fountain of Youth; Xiao Tian agreed and secured entry into the Hundred Broken Mountains for himself and Shi Hao.
• The elders offered Xiao Tian and Shi Hao spots in the expedition and promised them precious techniques if they returned with the Fountain of Youth.
• Shi Hao led Xiao Tian to a daytime cultivation spot, and they collected Qingfeng and Furball before heading to the Sacrificial Spirit’s dwelling.
• Shi Hao shielded Qingfeng and Furball with runes as they crossed the drained courtyard and approached the third section, where the Sacrificial Spirit lived.

Xiao Tian checked in beside the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s Sacrificial Spirit and fused with Seventh Brother’s innate talent, awakening an Innate Treasure Gourd and a purple Heavenly Eye. After the Sacrificial Spirit’s renewed power benefited everyone, he taught Xiao Tian and Shi Hao his Gourd Treasure Art before their departure for the Hundred Broken Mountains.

• Xiao Tian, Shi Hao, Shi Qingfeng, and Furball found the ailing Gourd Vine in the third courtyard, and Xiao Tian began the required check-in beside it.
• Xiao Tian fused with Seventh Brother’s innate talent, entering deep cultivation as a vision of a colossal mountain and gourd vine appeared behind him.
• Over ten days, the Sacrificial Spirit awakened and drew in the sun, moon, and stars, nourishing Xiao Tian and granting Shi Hao, Shi Qingfeng, and Furball substantial benefits.
• Xiao Tian opened his eleventh Heavenly Grotto between his brows and gained an Innate Treasure Gourd and a purple Heavenly Eye; Shi Hao opened his seventh Heavenly Grotto, while Shi Qingfeng and Furball continued transforming.
• The Sacrificial Spirit told Xiao Tian and Shi Hao that they would leave for the Hundred Broken Mountains the next day and taught them his Gourd Treasure Art.
• Xiao Tian quickly mastered the treasure art and imprinted its principles on his Innate Treasure Gourd, elevating the art beyond the Divine Fire Realm.

Xiao Tian and Shi Hao comprehended the Gourd Vine Sacrificial Spirit’s Treasure Art, then traveled with their respective groups toward the Hundred Broken Mountains. The chapter ended with Xiao Tian walking through Broken Void City with Yu Meiren and the Deer-Chasing Academy’s disciples before the mountains opened.

• Xiao Tian formed a purple heavenly eye after comprehending the Treasure Art, and Shi Hao finished his own comprehension shortly afterward.
• The Heaven Mending Pavilion’s elders warned Xiao Tian, Shi Hao, and the other disciples about the dangers ahead, then used the Sacrificial Spirit’s power to teleport them toward the Hundred Broken Mountains.
• Tao Ye led the Heaven Mending Pavilion group through the teleportation passage to the region near Broken Void City, where Xiao Tian sensed that the Deer-Chasing Academy’s party had arrived.
• Xiao Tian walked through Broken Void City holding Yu Meiren’s hand, accompanied by two Deer-Chasing Academy elders and seven disciples.
• Xiao Tian promised Yu Meiren that he would help her reach the peak of the Spirit Transformation Realm after he returned from the Hundred Broken Mountains.

Xiao Tian and the Deer-Chasing Academy arrived at Crosscut Mountain before entering the Hundred Broken Mountains Range, where he clashed with a Little White Tiger and stopped a spirit sparrow from devouring two groups of human youths. Shi Hao then discovered a bounty on his head, while several powerful nonhuman beings discussed claiming or enslaving him.

• The War Goddess confronted the Little White Tiger when it insulted Xiao Tian, and Xiao Tian privately promised to bring her the tiger's White Tiger Primordial Treasure Bone.
• Xiao Tian and the War Goddess agreed to return and prepare for the Hundred Broken Mountains Range, while the Little White Tiger left vowing to attack the Deer-Chasing Academy disciples inside.
• Xiao Tian and Shi Hao encountered two groups of youths fighting in the street, and Xiao Tian dispersed a Five-Colored Spirit Sparrow's vortex before it could swallow them.
• Shi Hao found flyers offering a bounty for his head, and a Tree Person and Winged Person discussed the human race's treatment of its geniuses.
• A golden-horned being and a Nine-Headed Lion both declared an interest in claiming Bear Child, with the lion saying he would make him a servant.

Xiao Tian and Shi Hao waited in Broken Void City for the Hundred Broken Mountains to open, then led their Heaven Mending Pavilion companions through its entrance. They arrived safely in the range, where the dense spiritual energy promised a wealth of opportunities.

• Xiao Tian urged Shi Hao to avoid provoking powerful figures in Broken Void City while they waited for the Hundred Broken Mountains to open.
• After an unusually long half-month delay, the Hundred Broken Mountains appeared, and the gathered races rushed toward its enormous gateway.
• Shi Hao prepared a burlap sack full of cooking utensils, while Xiao Tian stored his own supplies in the Heavenly Grotto inside his body.
• Xiao Tian guided the Heaven Mending Pavilion disciples through the gateway, using his heavenly eye to choose a passage and keep the group together.
• After traveling through the misty transportation passage, Xiao Tian, Shi Hao, and their companions entered the Hundred Broken Mountains and found its spiritual energy vastly denser than outside.

Xiao Tian and Shi Hao entered the Hundred Broken Mountains Range, where they hunted several primordial remnants and cooked them with spirit herbs. After their companions recovered and grew stronger from the meal, rumors spread that the two human geniuses were hunting other races.

• Xiao Tian and Shi Hao arrived at the Hundred Broken Mountains Range and found spirit herbs, hidden beasts, and a treefolk.
• Xiao Tian killed a Unicorn Man-Bear and captured a Two-Horned Golden Sheep and Purple Camel, while Shi Hao brought down Big Red the Fire Cloud Sparrow; Xiao Tian spared the bird and recruited him and the treefolk.
• Xiao Tian cooked the beasts and Big Red’s wing with four red crystal orchids, and Shi Hao and the Heaven Mending Pavilion disciples joined the feast.
• The nourishing meal healed Big Red and the treefolk and helped the four Heaven Mending Pavilion disciples prepare to open a sixth heavenly grotto.
• Creatures from several races heard that Xiao Tian and Shi Hao had hunted and eaten their peers, and began discussing how to protect themselves.

Xiao Tian’s Sixth Calabash Brother body led the Deer-Chasing Academy disciples out of the Divine Monkey King’s territory and killed a group of hostile youths who tried to take their food. Meanwhile, his Seventh Brother body was surrounded by Jin Jue and a Spiritual Silver Race genius, who argued over which of them would claim him as a servant.

• Xiao Tian’s Sixth Calabash Brother body shrank the seven Deer-Chasing Academy disciples and escaped the monkeys’ territory before leading them more than ten thousand miles away.
• Xiao Tian hunted a Five-Colored Deer and a Red Zheng, then prepared food with help from the academy disciples and explained that he had rescued them from a death zone.
• A group of youths demanded Xiao Tian’s food and the Five-Colored Spirit Sparrow, but Xiao Tian killed the bird and slaughtered the attackers with the Pulao Treasure Art.
• Xiao Tian refined the Five-Colored Spirit Sparrow’s corpse and collected the youths’ treasure artifacts before telling the Deer-Chasing Academy disciples to eat and continue searching for opportunities.
• Xiao Tian sent out his Seventh Brother body, who was surrounded by the Golden Horn Race genius Jin Jue and a Spiritual Silver Race genius; they debated who would take him as a servant.

Xiao Tian and Shi Hao defeated Jin Jue, freed his human servants, and exchanged his remains for a Purple Cloud Heart from Huo Ling'er. Huo Ling'er recognized Shi Hao as the Bear Child, leaving him scrambling to deny his identity.

• Xiao Tian absorbed the Spiritual Silver youth and his attackers into his Treasure Gourd while Shi Hao defeated Jin Jue and forced him to release his sixteen servants.
• Xiao Tian freed the servants, but nine of them took their own lives; he sent Jin Jue flying toward a nearby convoy after letting him go.
• Huo Ling'er killed the wounded Jin Jue and gave Xiao Tian and Shi Hao a Purple Cloud Heart in exchange for their claim to the prey.
• Shi Hao accepted the treasure and playfully insisted that Huo Ling'er call him her senior brother, while Xiao Tian felt no attraction to her.
• Huo Ling'er deduced that Shi Hao had defeated Jin Jue and identified him as the Bear Child, but Shi Hao denied it.

Xiao Tian's Seventh Brother body infiltrated Bee King Valley, stole spirit medicines, and planned to return for the Golden Bees' royal jelly. Meanwhile, Shi Hao and Huo Ling'er both failed to advance beyond their current heavenly grotto limits.

• Shi Hao and Xiao Tian said farewell to Huo Ling'er before going their separate ways.
• Xiao Tian's Seventh Brother body refined his enemies, made five rescued geniuses his followers, and traveled toward a valley rich in spirit medicines.
• Xiao Tian discovered that Golden Bees guarded the valley, including an Array Formation Realm bee king, but secretly ate hundreds of medicinal schisandra fruits.
• A Spirit Transformation Realm Golden Bee spotted Xiao Tian, who swallowed it with his Treasure Gourd and escaped the valley before the swarm could find him.
• Xiao Tian captured a Green-Scaled Eagle, made a mountain dwelling, and secluded himself to try opening a twelfth heavenly grotto, but failed.
• Shi Hao failed to open an eighth heavenly grotto, while Huo Ling'er failed to open a ninth after reaching eight.

Xiao Tian and the others reached a mountain cave linked to a Divine Spirit, where Xiao Tian defeated the Nine-Headed Lion and Silver-Blood Giant. He accepted the Silver-Blood Giant Yinchuan’s surrender and agreed to trade the giant’s legs to Huo Ling'er for a Divine Li Fire Bull.

• Huo Ling'er gathered Shi Hao, Xiao Tian, and allies to explore a Divine Cave, and Shi Hao teased her until they fought along the way.
• The group arrived at the mountain and met the Nine-Headed Lion, Feather King, and Silver-Blood Giant, who tried to recruit Shi Hao.
• Xiao Tian sent Hao Tian to fight the Feather King and attacked the Silver-Blood Giant and Nine-Headed Lion himself.
• Xiao Tian overwhelmed the Nine-Headed Lion and struck him unconscious, then cut off the Silver-Blood Giant’s legs as the giant tried to flee.
• Huo Ling'er offered Xiao Tian a Divine Li Fire Bull for the Silver-Blood Giant’s legs, and Xiao Tian accepted Yinchuan’s surrender.
• Yinchuan used precious medicine to heal himself, and his severed legs began to grow back.

Xiao Tian prepared medicinal meat from the Divine Li Fire Bull and the Nine-Headed Lion, helping Shi Hao and others cultivate while the injured beasts recovered. Shi Hao opened his eighth heavenly grotto, and Huo Ling'er ordered her followers to search for the Little White Tiger as they prepared to explore the Divine Cave.

• Xiao Tian butchered the Nine-Headed Lion for braised lion heads while Shi Hao killed the Feather King and asked to tame the lion as his mount.
• Xiao Tian cooked the Divine Li Fire Bull with spiritual herbs, and Huo Ling'er and her followers ate the medicinal meat before many hurried off to cultivate.
• Xiao Tian served braised lion heads made from the Nine-Headed Lion, and he, Shi Hao, and Huo Ling'er ate several while the injured Nine-Headed Lion and Silver-Blood Giant began healing.
• Shi Hao opened his eighth heavenly grotto, while Huo Ling'er failed to reach nine and ordered her sealers to look for the Little White Tiger.
• Huo Ling'er organized her followers to enter the Divine Cave, while Xiao Tian stayed behind and thought of his Seventh Brother's Clone stealing spiritual fruits in Bee King Valley.

Xiao Tian tested the pool guarding the Stalactite Cave, then secretly stole its Earth Spirit Milk and a Stone Lotus while a Blue Flood Dragon was distracted. After sharing some milk with the seven Deer-Chasing Academy disciples, the story shifted to Xiao Tian’s Da Wa body as the Wolf God’s trap collapsed and Huo Ling’er escaped with an egg.

• Xiao Tian sent a Spirit Transformation Realm Blue Jade Tusked Rhino into the pool, drawing out an Inscription Realm Blue Flood Dragon that swallowed it.
• While the Blue Flood Dragon returned to its lair, Xiao Tian entered the pool unseen and found the Stalactite Grotto, taking its Earth Spirit Milk and discovering a Stone Lotus that acknowledged him as its master.
• The Blue Flood Dragon noticed its treasures were gone and raged, but Xiao Tian gathered the seven Deer-Chasing Academy disciples and fled with them.
• Xiao Tian gave the disciples two bottles of Earth Spirit Milk, while considering saving more for the War Goddess.
• At Xiao Tian’s Da Wa body’s location, the Wolf God’s Demon Cave collapsed after Huo Ling’er and the others escaped its trap with their Venerable-level treasures and an egg.

After Little Gray hatched from the Wolf Egg, Shi Hao and Xiao Tian parted ways with Huo Ling'er’s group and reached a passage to the next region. They discovered a Rain Clan ambush, and Xiao Tian broke its formation and killed the Azure Flood Dragon as Shi Hao and the Nine-Headed Lion attacked the Rain Clan.

• The wolf packs stopped pursuing the group after Xiao Tian’s gourd swallowed over a thousand Savage Wolves, and Shi Hao’s Wolf Egg hatched into Little Gray.
• Shi Hao asked Shui Ling'er whether she had milk for the hungry Little Gray, angering Huo Ling'er, who then took the wolf.
• Huo Ling'er’s elders proposed splitting from Shi Hao and Xiao Tian, and the groups parted after traveling to a passage leading into the next region.
• The Fire Cloud Sparrow reported that the Rain Clan had prepared an ambush, so Xiao Tian and Shi Hao took another route and found an Azure Flood Dragon summoning rain.
• Xiao Tian destroyed the hidden Rune Formation, while Shi Hao and the Nine-Headed Lion’s combined roars devastated the Rain Clan’s forces.
• Xiao Tian killed the Azure Flood Dragon with a Thunder Spear and stored its shrunken corpse in a Jade Box.

Shi Hao and Xiao Tian defeated the Rain Clan’s forces and killed a Spirit Transformation Realm Fish-Dragon before learning the Rain Clan was searching for taiyi true water. They set out across a deadly desert to reach the divine liquid first, while Xiao Tian’s clone pursued a twelfth heavenly grotto.

• Shi Hao, Xiao Tian, and their allies slaughtered the Rain Clan formation and collected fifteen millennium-old spirit herbs.
• Xiao Tian killed a Spirit Transformation Realm Fish-Dragon, and the group feasted on its meat and obtained its guarded bloodheart orchid.
• The group learned that the Rain Clan’s Twin Prodigies and other survivors remained, but they found no more Rain Clan members along their route.
• The Tree Person discovered that four Rain Clan Sealed Ones were leading prodigies to find taiyi true water for Shi Yi and Yu Zimo.
• Xiao Tian and Shi Hao hurried with their companions across the scorching desert toward the pool of taiyi true water.

Xiao Tian and Shi Hao waited for the Rain Clan to persuade Taiyi True Water and the Jade Water Spirit Vine into a jade cauldron, then ambushed them to claim both treasures. The Sea-Calming Divine Needle pinned the pair inside the cauldron, leaving Xiao Tian and Shi Hao poised to seize them.

• The Rain Clan found Taiyi True Water in the golden desert, where it and the Jade Water Spirit Vine resisted their approach.
• Xiao Tian ordered Shi Hao and their allies to wait until the Rain Clan finished negotiating, then attack and distract its members.
• The Rain Clan used a Divine Spirit Edict and promises of growth to persuade Taiyi True Water and the Jade Water Spirit Vine to enter a jade cauldron.
• Xiao Tian gave Shi Hao a Water-Settling Pearl and prepared the Ruyi Jingu Bang and Kitchen God Knife to capture the treasures.
• After the Rain Clan placed Taiyi True Water and the Jade Water Spirit Vine in the cauldron, Xiao Tian and Shi Hao attacked.
• Xiao Tian thrust the Sea-Calming Divine Needle into the cauldron, suppressing Taiyi True Water and the Jade Water Spirit Vine.

Xiao Tian wiped out the Rain Clan members, shared Taiyi True Water, and broke through to his twelfth Heavenly Grotto while cultivating. Shi Hao regenerated his Supreme Bone and opened his ninth Heavenly Grotto, and the group continued onward in search of treasures.

• Xiao Tian used his Treasure Gourd and Food God Saber to kill and refine the Rain Clan members, then gave Shi Hao a damaged imitation Heaven and Earth Bag.
• Xiao Tian distributed Taiyi True Water to his companions and entered seclusion, where he opened his twelfth Heavenly Grotto and refined the water.
• Xiao Tian used Earth Spirit Milk and stories to soothe the Taiyi True Water, while threatening to stew the Jade Water Spirit Vine if it disobeyed.
• Shi Hao's Supreme Bone shone as he opened his ninth Heavenly Grotto, and Xiao Tian encouraged him to keep pursuing greater strength.
• The Silver-Blood Giant, the big red bird, the Tree Person, and the Nine-Headed Lion realized Shi Hao was the child whose Supreme Bone had been stolen.
• Xiao Tian told the big red bird and the Tree Person to seek Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures, promising to help them cultivate eight Heavenly Grottos if they contributed enough.

Xiao Tian’s Sixth Calabash Brother clone discovered void divine copper while the Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly fought a golden remnant, then captured the butterfly and recruited her with Earth Spirit Milk and promises of treasure. After she recovered, Liuli told him about treasure-filled ruins in the Hundred Broken Mountains, and they set off together.

• Xiao Tian’s Sixth Calabash Brother clone followed the Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly into a gorge and found her battling a Spirit Transformation Realm golden snake.
• Xiao Tian used his Heavenly Eye to locate void divine copper, then called Seventh Brother’s Clone, who collected the metal and mineral vein and captured the golden remnant.
• Xiao Tian defeated the Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly, learned her name was Liuli, and persuaded her to stay with him by offering Earth Spirit Milk and promising future treasures.
• Three days later, Liuli told Xiao Tian about ruins in the Hundred Broken Mountains filled with powerful treasure artifacts.
• Liuli carried Xiao Tian toward the ruins as rumors spread that she had captured a human, while Xiao Tian planned to reveal that he had subdued her.

Xiao Tian and the Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly reached the gateway to the ruins, where powerful beings had gathered. Xiao Tian’s Seventh Brother’s Clone captured and refined the Pu Demon Tree, while Xiao Tian’s Da Wa clone helped destroy its staff.

• Xiao Tian and the Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly traveled through twenty-one regions, taking payment for rescues and stealing treasures while fleeing powerful beasts.
• The Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly told Xiao Tian that a Golden-Winged Great Peng had entered the Hundred Broken Mountains Range.
• Xiao Tian arrived at the gateway with the Deer-Chasing Academy group and saw the Golden-Winged Great Peng facing several fierce beasts and human experts.
• Xiao Tian’s Seventh Brother’s Clone used a Purple Crystal Treasure Gourd to devour the Pu Demon Tree’s drifting offshoots and attack its main body.
• The Pu Demon Tree summoned a charred staff and visions of ancient destruction, but Xiao Tian’s Da Wa clone split the staff with his kitchen knife.
• Xiao Tian’s Seventh Brother’s Clone bound the Pu Demon Tree and its staff with purple chains, absorbed them into the gourd, and left to cultivate in seclusion.

Xiao Tian and his companions confronted the pure-blooded Bi Fang, and Xiao Tian forced him to surrender a leg while bargaining over their Treasure Arts. Shi Hao then spotted two Xiao Tians, while the Nine-Headed Lion explained that he had willingly become the Bear Child’s mount.

• The Bi Fang arrived, and Xiao Tian sent the Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly to fight him after she pretended to be Xiao Tian’s obedient servant.
• The Bi Fang Divine Flame overwhelmed the Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly, so Xiao Tian intervened and knocked the Bi Fang to the ground.
• Xiao Tian stopped the Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly from killing the Bi Fang and demanded that he surrender a leg and swear not to seek revenge through others.
• The Bi Fang severed his leg for Xiao Tian, then swallowed a wisp of Purple Qilin flame and grew a new one.
• Xiao Tian urged the Bi Fang and the Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly to consider trading body parts and Treasure Arts, while Shi Hao noticed that two Xiao Tians were present.
• The Five-Colored Luan Bird asked the Nine-Headed Lion why he had become the Bear Child’s mount, and the lion said he believed his chance to attain the Dao lay with Xiao Tian.

Shi Hao and Xiao Tian defeated the Feiyi and Three-Legged Fire Crow, then cooked their remains with other spirit ingredients into a tonic feast. The meal strengthened the group and left several companions poised to break through, while Xiao Tian and Shi Hao pursued their own cultivation goals.

• Shi Hao attacked the Feiyi while Xiao Tian killed the Three-Legged Fire Crow, and they stored both corpses in cold jade cauldrons.
• Shi Hao defeated a Three-Eyed Race youth, and Xiao Tian demanded spirit herbs from the twins in exchange for sparing their lives.
• Xiao Tian cooked the Feiyi, Three-Legged Fire Crow, and Bi Fang meat into a tonic soup, and the group ate the feast.
• The Bi Fang and Fire Cloud Sparrow ate Feiyi gallbladders, while Huo Ling'er realized she was close to opening her ninth heavenly grotto and agreed to seek the Fire Emperor's support for Shi Hao and Xiao Tian.
• The feast strengthened the Fire Cloud Sparrow, Bi Fang, and Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly, and several companions rushed off to pursue breakthroughs.
• Xiao Tian focused on opening the Taiyin acupoint to attempt a thirteenth heavenly grotto, while Shi Hao aimed to open ten heavenly grottoes.