Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian tempered his body in the storm and discovered a Thunder Pool, while Shi Hao helped Mu Yan collect tribulation lightning liquid. Xiao Tian drained the pool with Seventh Brother's gourd, which absorbed the pool itself and grew stronger.

• Xiao Tian entered the thunderclouds, endured lightning, and refined venerable divine essence as he sought to temper his body and understand lightning.
• Shi Hao gave Mu Yan a drop of venerable divine essence, allowing the injured Thunder Ancestor to return to the clouds and collect enough tribulation lightning liquid for two drops.
• Mu Yan told Shi Hao that he had found the Thunder Pool and seen terrifying humanoid lightning, while Xiao Tian plunged into that same pool.
• Xiao Tian drank and collected the tribulation lightning liquid, then used Seventh Brother's gourd to absorb the liquid and swallow the Thunder Pool.
• Xiao Tian found that the gourd's durability had risen to the late-stage Venerable level and expected it to grow stronger by fusing with the Thunder Pool.

After a month of seclusion, Xiao Tian emerged with his body and divine sense strengthened and several Treasure Arts refined by the Calabash Brothers’ talents. The Sacrificial Spirit Gourd Vine then sent him to reinforce three targeted Heaven Mending Pavilion strongholds as part of a plan to draw out their enemies.

• Xiao Tian returned to the Heaven Mending Pavilion, hung himself from the Sacrificial Spirit Gourd Vine, and absorbed the benefits of the tribulation lightning liquid during seclusion.
• The Sacrificial Spirit Gourd Vine helped Xiao Tian temper his body as his bones, soul, inner heavenly grotto, and embryonic True Dragon Treasure Technique transformed.
• After a month, Xiao Tian emerged with stronger divine sense and improved True Dragon, Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly, Kun Peng, and other Treasure Arts.
• The Sacrificial Spirit Gourd Vine told Xiao Tian that three of the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s Seven Strongholds had been targeted and asked him to support them.
• The Sacrificial Spirit Gourd Vine opened a transportation passage to send Xiao Tian to the strongholds, hoping to withstand the enemies’ probes and lure them into a fatal trap.

Xiao Tian’s three bodies swiftly destroyed the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s threatened outposts, while the Sacrificial Spirit Gourd Vine removed them and prepared for the enemy’s attack. Four Venerables descended on the Heaven Mending Pavilion, and the gathered factions rushed forward as the battle began.

• Xiao Tian split into three disguised bodies and sent them to three Heaven Mending Pavilion outposts through the Heavenly Grotto void.
• Da Wa’s body ambushed and killed the beast kings and their forces at the canyon outpost, then devoured their corpses.
• Seventh Brother’s Clone killed three Array Formation Realm experts and sucked the other attackers into the Treasure Gourd.
• Sixth Calabash Brother’s Body killed the attackers at the underwater outpost and refined them into divine essence.
• The Sacrificial Spirit Gourd Vine swept away the outposts, and Xiao Tian’s three bodies returned as the Vine declared that the enemies had taken the bait.
• Four Venerables descended on the Heaven Mending Pavilion, and factions gathered around the Pure Land surged forward when the Sacrificial Spirit rose into the sky.

Xiao Tian and the sacrificial spirit Gourd Vine massacred the forces attacking the Heaven Mending Pavilion, killing their strongest opponents and turning the battle in the pavilion’s favor. As the surviving enemies fled, the pavilion’s elders and disciples launched a counterattack, while Shi Hao and his companions considered raiding their foes’ territories.

• Xiao Tian’s Seventh Brother’s Clone disguised as Elder Tao Ye killed the Tuo Ba Family’s ancestor and refined the clan’s attackers into divine essence.
• Xiao Tian’s Sixth Calabash Brother’s Body killed the White Tiger King and used the Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly’s Treasure Art to butcher nearby enemies.
• Xiao Tian’s Da Wa Body killed a golden crocodile and swept the battlefield with the True Dragon Tail Sweep, leaving Elder Han and Ancestor Mu Yan stunned.
• The sacrificial spirit Gourd Vine revealed its renewed strength, killed the Heaven-Swallowing Sparrow, Qiongqi, and other Venerables, then pretended to be dying again.
• The surviving invaders fled, and the Gourd Vine released the elders and disciples from the Seven Strongholds and ordered them to kill.
• Li Xiaoyao and Xiao Tian’s other bodies pursued the fleeing enemies, while Shi Hao and his companions discussed raiding their territories and plundering their resources.

Heaven Mending Pavilion’s allies turned the battle against its invaders as Xiao Tian, disguised as Pavilion elders, hunted down powerful enemies. After saving Shi Hao and his companions from two beast kings, the disguised Pavilion Master sent them onward to attack the remaining ambushers.

• Marquis Ling Tian arrived to aid Heaven Mending Pavilion and killed a fleeing Three-Legged Black Crow with his treasured bow.
• The War King and other powerful allies arrived, while Xiao Tian’s disguised bodies pursued and killed enemy cultivators and Primordial Remnants.
• Shi Hao and his companions encountered the Black Fiend Tiger, a Red Flood Dragon, and the Golden Lion King as the two beast kings attacked them.
• Xiao Tian’s disguised Pavilion Master arrived and killed the Golden Lion King and Red Flood Dragon, then told Shi Hao and the others to pursue the remaining enemies.
• Shi Hao and his companions found members of the Four Great Clans and the Rain Clan, and Shi Hao cut down many foes with Ghost Master’s Broken Sword.

After the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s attackers were defeated, Xiao Tian and Shi Hao’s group returned home and received rewards from the sacrificial spirit Gourd Vine. Xiao Tian planned to visit Stone Village with Shi Hao so he could help the Willow Deity recover, while arranging for his other bodies to continue cultivating.

• Shi Hao and his companions pursued and defeated their enemies for a day and night before the Black Fiend Tiger carried them back to the Heaven Mending Pavilion.
• Xiao Tian’s three bodies completed breakthroughs after refining the spoils of battle, and he decided to send Sixth Calabash Brother’s Body to the Deer-Chasing Academy and leave Seventh Brother’s Clone with the Gourd Vine.
• Xiao Tian joined Shi Hao and the others on their return, promised the Black Fiend Tiger a White Tiger Treasure Art, and said he would accompany Shi Hao to Stone Village to help the Willow Deity.
• Xiao Tian reported the Black Fiend Tiger’s service to the sacrificial spirit Gourd Vine, which rewarded it with Venerable divine essence and the White Tiger Treasure Art.
• The Gourd Vine gave Xiao Tian’s followers half a drop of Venerable divine essence each.

The Sacrificial Spirit Gourd Vine restored the Heaven Mending Pavilion and expounded the Dao before opening the trial to its Ancient Sacred Academy. Xiao Tian entered the academy and found Shi Yi and a mysterious beautiful woman, leaving her identity unknown.

• The Sacrificial Spirit Gourd Vine rewarded Shi Hao, expounded the Dao for half a month, and opened the Nine-Tier Heavenly Stairway trial.
• Xiao Tian, Shi Hao, and Huo Ling'er climbed all nine steps, while most other disciples failed to reach the top.
• Xiao Tian and Shi Hao entered the Ancient Sacred Academy, and Huo Ling'er said she wanted to visit Stone Village with them.
• Xiao Tian crossed the rainbow bridge and entered the academy, where he saw Shi Yi and a beautiful woman standing near a white-jade pavilion.

Xiao Tian, Shi Hao, and Huo Ling'er met the awakened Ancient Female Double-Pupil, who read their thoughts and gave them the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s Butian Technique. The chapter ended with Xiao Tian displaying a powerful vision as he demonstrated his mastery of the Butian Hand.

• The Ancient Female Double-Pupil awakened after Shi Yi entered the academy and greeted Xiao Tian, Shi Hao, and Huo Ling'er.
• Xiao Tian privately resolved to win the Ancient Female Double-Pupil over, but she read his thoughts and teased him about his ambitions.
• The Ancient Female Double-Pupil discovered Shi Hao had called her fat, while Shi Hao hid behind Xiao Tian and tried to appease her.
• The Ancient Female Double-Pupil offered to teach them the Butian Technique and told Xiao Tian to defeat Shi Yi before challenging him.
• The Ancient Female Double-Pupil gave cultivation-method imprints to Xiao Tian, Shi Hao, and Huo Ling'er, and Shi Hao and Huo Ling'er began studying the technique.
• Xiao Tian demonstrated the Butian Hand, revealing a magnificent vision of five-colored light and countless beings bowing before him.

Xiao Tian made a ten-year pact with the Ancient Female Double-Pupil and received the bluestone she had sat on for more than thirty thousand years. After his teasing smile provoked her, she caught him and gave him a painful beating, then tickled him until he laughed helplessly.

• The Ancient Female Double-Pupil examined Xiao Tian with her double pupils but could not see through his origins, and Xiao Tian declared they would meet as equals in ten years.
• Xiao Tian asked for her name and a token, and the Ancient Female Double-Pupil refused to give her name but handed him the Large Bluestone from the mountaintop.
• The Ancient Female Double-Pupil noticed Xiao Tian's dangerous smile and attacked him, but Xiao Tian used the Sixth Calabash Brother's talent to escape through the void.
• The Ancient Female Double-Pupil activated her double pupils to seize Xiao Tian and beat him with a stick, while he protested and insisted he would challenge her in ten years.
• The Ancient Female Double-Pupil removed Xiao Tian's shoes and tickled his feet until he laughed uncontrollably and vowed to repay her when he was stronger.

Xiao Tian, Shi Hao, and Huo Ling'er cultivated in the Ancient Sacred Academy under the Ancient Female Double-Pupil's guidance, gaining physical benefits and preparing for their next journeys. After they left to visit the Willow Deity, the Ancient Female Double-Pupil encouraged Shi Yi to accept his defeat and grow stronger.

• The Ancient Female Double-Pupil warned Xiao Tian that pursuing the ultimate limit could attract eerie dangers, then released him and urged him to explore the Upper Realm.
• Xiao Tian triggered a check-in at the Ancient Sacred Academy and received Greenwood Divine Source, Golden Body Liquid, and Diamond Liquid.
• Xiao Tian refined his body on the stone pillars, while Shi Hao and Huo Ling'er comprehended the ancient sages' Dao traces; the Ancient Female Double-Pupil gave Huo Ling'er a portion of Golden Body Liquid.
• After half a month of cultivation, Xiao Tian, Shi Hao, and Huo Ling'er left for the Willow Deity, while Shi Yi stayed behind with the War Goddess.
• The Ancient Female Double-Pupil told Shi Yi to accept his defeat by Shi Hao and become stronger, offering to guide him as he pursued his own understanding.

The Heaven Mending Pavilion launched an attack on the Tuoba lands, and Xiao Tian joined the assault after delivering medicines to the War Goddess and Xiao Xun'er. He crushed the Tuoba defenders with overwhelming force, while the clan's extermination continued.

• The woman with Double Pupils considered using Shi Hao and Shi Yi to resolve Shi Yi’s inner conflict, but realized Xiao Tian would kill Shi Yi if he killed Shi Hao.
• The Sacrificial Spirit Gourd Vine told Shi Hao, Huo Ling'er, and Xiao Tian that the Heaven Mending Pavilion planned to punish the Tuoba, and the three agreed to join the attack.
• Xiao Tian’s Da Wa Body delivered diamond liquid and golden body liquid to the War Goddess and Xiao Xun'er before returning to the group.
• The Sacrificial Spirit Gourd Vine transported the Heaven Mending Pavilion forces to the Tuoba lands, where four senior elders and their disciples broke the clan’s protective formation and began the assault.
• Xiao Tian shattered an old Tuoba fighter’s Golden Bone Bell, destroyed his summoned beasts, and refined him into divine essence with the Heaven-Swallowing Gourd.
• More than a dozen Tuoba inscription realm experts ambushed the Heaven Mending Pavilion’s younger fighters, but Xiao Tian met them head-on and killed those who collided with him.

Xiao Tian destroyed the Tuo Ba Family and led his companions to raid the Rain Clan’s holdings at Fallen Phoenix Ridge. While Xiao Tian seized the Black Gold Mine and attacked the Spirit Beast Garden, Shi Hao and the others searched for the Eight Treasure Chicken and fought Rain Clan forces.

• Xiao Tian slaughtered the Tuo Ba Family’s cultivators, and Shi Hao, Huo Ling’er, and the Heaven Mending Pavilion elders helped rout the clan.
• Xiao Tian and his companions traveled to Fallen Phoenix Ridge to plunder the Rain Clan’s resources and search for the Eight Treasure Chicken.
• Xiao Tian took the Black Gold Mine, including its phoenix blood immortal gold, and freed the enslaved miners.
• Xiao Tian entered the Spirit Beast Garden and killed its savage beasts and giant birds, while the God-Striking Stone and Furball searched Spirit Medicine Mountain for the Eight Treasure Chicken.
• The Black Fiend Tiger fought the Rain Clan’s Array Formation expert, while Shi Hao struggled against an Inscription Realm cultivator but used his Kun Peng Wings to keep pace.

Xiao Tian and his companions returned to Stone Village after raiding the Rain Clan’s medicinal fields, where Willow Deity examined Xiao Tian and Shi Hao and promised Shi Hao a baptism. The village welcomed them with food, laughter, and the spirit medicines Shi Hao planted, while Xiao Tian planned to graft himself onto Willow Deity to aid his cultivation.

• Black Fiend Tiger defeated the Rain Clan’s experts, while Xiao Tian collected their corpses and the God-Striking Stone devoured Fallen Phoenix Ridge’s treasure soil as Xiao Tian uprooted its medicinal mountains.
• Xiao Tian and his companions traveled to Stone Village with the Eight Treasure Chicken, which Shi Hao argued should be spared for its eggs, while Baldy urged them to taste its blood and meat.
• Willow Deity welcomed Xiao Tian, examined him, and advised him that a powerful body required tempering and cultivation rather than reliance on divine medicine.
• Willow Deity examined Shi Hao, praised his progress toward fusing his ten heavenly grottos, and told him to prepare for a baptism in the coming days.
• Village aunties mistook Baldy and the other companions for food until Xiao Tian rescued them by presenting over a hundred hunted beasts to the villagers.
• Shi Hao planted forty-five spirit medicines around Stone Village with enriched soil, filling the village with spiritual energy, while Xiao Tian kept his own medicines for cultivation and planned to graft himself onto Willow Deity.

Xiao Tian hung from the Willow Deity as a gourd to comprehend her Dao traces, while Shi Hao rampaged through the Void God Realm and strengthened his cultivation. After thirty-one days, a mysterious vision gave the Willow Deity and Xiao Tian a profound opportunity, and the Willow Deity prepared to baptize Shi Hao and help Huo Ling'er.

• Xiao Tian offered the Willow Deity rare treasures, and she absorbed only small portions of their essence before beginning her contemplation.
• Xiao Tian transformed into a palm-sized crimson gourd and hung from a willow branch, gaining insight from the Willow Deity's Dao traces while Shi Hao worked to fuse his ten heavenly grottos.
• Shi Hao attacked hostile factions in the Void God Realm, defeated the Rain Clan, ate its divine decree, and took a secret treasure from Yun Xi's grandfather.
• Yun Xi's grandfather told Shi Hao about the Kun Peng Precious Technique and invited him to compete for it in a region with strict entry restrictions.
• On the thirty-first day, a vast mountain and gourd vine appeared in a vision, granting the Willow Deity and Xiao Tian a profound opportunity.
• Shi Hao's Supreme Bone further revived after he ate the Rain God Decree, and the Willow Deity prepared to baptize him and assist Huo Ling'er.

Xiao Tian reunited his allies and revealed a mysterious connection between his companions and the Willow Deity before preparing Stone Village for a major baptism. After three days of rest, the Totem Witch Dance began, and the Willow Deity started transforming the exhausted participants while Xiao Tian alone danced on.

• Xiao Tian summoned the War Goddess Yu Meiren, Xiao Xun'er, and others to Stone Village, where Sixth Calabash Brother's Body fused with Seventh Brother's Clone.
• The Sacrificial Spirit Gourd Vine prostrated himself before the Willow Deity, revealing how formidable she was to the stunned onlookers.
• The Willow Deity gave everyone three days to prepare for a baptism intended to help Xiao Tian, Shi Hao, the War Goddess, and Huo Ling'er advance their cultivation.
• Xiao Tian led the Totem Witch Dance, using precious materials and secret methods as the participants danced until exhaustion.
• The Willow Deity began transforming Yu Meiren, Huo Ling'er, and Xiao Xun'er after they collapsed, then brought Shi Hao beneath the willow when he could no longer continue.
• Xiao Tian danced alone for half an hour, enduring until the very end.

Willow Deity restored memories of her ancient identity and oversaw a two-month baptism that transformed Xiao Tian, Shi Hao, Huo Ling'er, Yu Meiren, and Xiao Xun'er. After the celebration, the group remained in Stone Village to train, and Shi Hao asked Xiao Tian to accompany him to the Void God Realm to visit the Martial King Manor and claim a Treasure Art.

• Willow Deity awakened memories of being the Ancestral Sacrificial Spirit and used immortal dew to protect the five youths as their baptism strained their foundations.
• Xiao Tian discovered his thirteen heavenly grottos and completed the first step of the Spirit Transformation Realm, while Shi Hao shattered his grottos to forge them anew.
• Yu Meiren opened her tenth heavenly grotto, Xiao Xun'er opened two more, and Huo Ling'er perfected ten grottos before entering the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• After the baptism, Xiao Tian prepared a village feast, and Willow Deity appeared briefly and gave the Sacrificial Spirit Gourd Vine cultivation guidance.
• The group stayed in Stone Village to train, where Xiao Tian coached Yu Meiren and Huo Ling'er and declined Shi Hao's challenge in the Void God Realm.
• Shi Hao asked Xiao Tian to visit the Void God Realm and the Martial King Manor with him so he could pursue the remaining fragments of a supreme Treasure Art.

Shi Hao and his companions entered the Void God Realm, where he confronted Martial King Manor over its past treatment of him. Afterward, the group returned to Stone Village, where Shi Hao and Xiao Xun'er enjoyed village life.

• Shi Hao broke a Void God Realm record and gained two Bronze Book Fragments, then Xiao Tian shattered space and earned a record of his own but received a warning.
• Xiao Tian gave the War Goddess Yu Meiren a Teng Snake Treasure Bone containing a powerful Treasure Art.
• Shi Hao led the group into Martial King Manor, where Shi Li challenged them and Shi Hao struck him down and crushed his head.
• Shi Hao left Martial King Manor, resolved to find his parents and seek justice in the real world, and returned with his companions to Stone Village.
• Shi Hao spent his days playing with the village children, while Xiao Xun'er enjoyed the carefree life and found relief from her strenuous cultivation.

Xiao Tian trained the War Goddess Yu Meiren before taking her and members of the Heaven Mending Pavilion and Deer-Chasing Academy to the Northern Sea for the Kunpeng Nest expedition. The group arrived safely ahead of the others, while Shi Hao’s party faced deadly trouble on the way and Huo Ling’er traveled under the Fire Kingdom’s protection.

• Xiao Tian spent five months training Yu Meiren in the Taiyin Great River, strengthening her body until it matched a consummate Inscription Realm primordial remnant.
• Xiao Tian sent his bodies to stop Little Western Heaven’s lackeys, while his Sixth Calabash Brother’s Body discovered a Supreme treasure trove but could not approach it.
• Yun Xi urged Shi Hao to travel to the Kunpeng Nest, and the Gourd Vine arranged for Xiao Tian, Yu Meiren, Xia Youyu, and Lin Mu to take a separate route to the Northern Sea.
• Yu Fengxiang joined the expedition as a guardian, and the party sailed aboard Xiao Tian’s Qiongqi bone ship, defeating beast kings along the way.
• Xiao Tian’s party reached the outer region of the Kunpeng Nest safely, while Shi Hao’s group endured attacks from a Headless Knight and Huo Ling’er traveled safely with Little Red Bird.

Xiao Tian’s Seventh Brother’s Clone boarded a ghost ship and discovered it was a paper boat tied to Empress Ruthless before steering it toward the Kunpeng Lair. After completing a hidden check-in, he gained the Fifth Calabash Brother’s water-based talents, while the group reached the sea’s ancient demonic mountain.

• Xiao Tian’s Seventh Brother’s Clone ignored warnings and boarded a ghost ship, using the Ruyi Jingu Bang to suppress its black mist and trigger a hidden check-in.
• The War Goddess worried about Xiao Tian, and he reassured her while his Seventh Brother’s Clone sailed away alone on the ghost ship.
• Xiao Tian’s Seventh Brother’s Clone found a bloodstained fingerprint and graceful writing on the deck, then continued toward the Kunpeng Lair and collected corpses and bloody water along the way.
• After remaining aboard for half an hour, Xiao Tian’s Seventh Brother’s Clone completed the check-in and obtained the Fifth Calabash Brother’s panel talents, including the ability to absorb and spit vast quantities of water.
• The group arrived at the colossal broken cliff and ancient bird’s nest where the Kunpeng Lair lay.

Xiao Tian fished from the Ominous Ghost Ship while the Kunpeng Lair suppressed powerful combatants to the Spirit Transformation Realm, then fought off swarms of Silver Sharks with his Calabash Brothers’ bodies and their Treasure Arts. The sea beasts continued to overwhelm the gathered creatures, and the Nine-Spirit King and Nine-Headed Lion withdrew rather than be worn down.

• Xiao Tian disguised himself as a terrifying angler aboard the Ominous Ghost Ship and used his fishing line to collect corpses from the fighting sea creatures.
• The Kunpeng Lair released a pulse that temporarily suppressed creatures above the Spirit Transformation Realm, after which Sea Demons killed the Lightning Dog, the Azure Phoenix descendant, Shangao, and the Tiger Flood Dragon.
• Xiao Tian's Da Wa Body crushed attacking Silver Sharks and used the Heaven-Swallowing Gourd to absorb their flesh and blood.
• Xiao Tian's Sixth Calabash Brother's Body used the Heaven-Splitting Demon Butterfly Treasure Art and Five-Colored Peacock Treasure Art to destroy more Silver Sharks and refine their remains.
• The Nine-Spirit King and the Nine-Headed Lion fought off Sea Demons and Silver Sharks, then withdrew when they could not overcome the sea beasts.