Wreaking Havoc at the Martial King Manor

At the Martial King Manor, Fifteenth Master Shi Zhongtian was Shi Hao's paternal grandfather, nicknamed the "Great Demon God." He hated evil with a vengeance, was broad-minded and straightforward, but also had a violent streak. Otherwise, people would never have called him the Great Demon God. He doted on Shi Hao more than anyone else did; many even felt that Shi Ziling and his wife could not compare to him in that respect. Such was the affection between grandparents and grandchildren-it was the same in every world.

To obtain blood for his grandson's baptism, the Great Demon God had ventured into the Primordial Divine Mountain in search of precious blood from a pureblood creature. He lost an arm in the process, but finally secured it.

He returned to the Martial King Manor full of anticipation, only to discover that Shi Yi's mother had dug out Shi Hao's Supreme Bone and grafted it into Shi Yi's body. His son had returned to avenge Shi Hao and slaughtered many people, yet still failed to obtain justice. Instead, the Martial King had suppressed him, while his grandson's fate remained unknown.

The Great Demon God's fury surged to the heavens. He turned the Martial King Manor upside down and even beat the Martial King to the ground. Yet the Martial King kept insisting that what was done was done, and that having Shi Yi alone was enough for the manor. Utterly disillusioned with the Martial King Manor, the Great Demon God then stormed the Rain King Mansion and demolished it.

The Great Demon God's actions drew down the Spirit Body of Demon Spirit Lake's Venerable, which he destroyed. Then the Venerable's true body arrived, intending to capture him, only to be driven back by a rebuke from the Stone Emperor.

The Great Demon God was filled with regret. He hated himself for not staying by his grandson's side to protect him back then. Now his grandson's Supreme Bone had been dug out, and he did not even know whether the boy was still alive.

Suddenly, a girl approached the Great Demon God. "Fifteenth Master, my name is A Man. I was the young master's maid. Back then, after his Supreme Bone was dug out, he reverted to the appearance of a newborn baby. I secretly carried him out. Later, his father and mother returned to avenge him, then took him away. The young master should still be alive."

"My poor Hao!" said the Great Demon God. "I must go search the Primordial Divine Mountain. Ziling may have taken him to the Immortal Mountain."

"Fifteenth Master, take me with you," A Man said. "I don't like the Martial King Manor either."

Seeing this, the Great Demon God had no choice but to take A Man with him to the Immortal Mountain.

Meanwhile, Jun Moxiao and Shi Hao arrived in the Stone Kingdom and walked along the streets. Looking around the city, Jun Moxiao felt as though he had stepped into a historical television drama.

Jun Moxiao asked around about the Great Demon God along the way and learned that the old man had already left with A Man.

So he told Shi Hao, "Even if we head straight to the Martial King Manor this time, we won't find your grandfather."

"Then let's go stir up some trouble," Shi Hao said.

"We can make a scene and rob them while we're at it," Jun Moxiao said.

"I like that," Shi Hao replied.

The two headed straight to the Martial King Manor. Seeing two youths approaching, the guards immediately blocked their way and shouted, "Halt! This is the Martial King Manor! Unauthorized people are forbidden to approach. Leave at once!"

"Hao Tian! Looks like the people here are pretty arrogant!" Jun Moxiao said to Shi Hao.

"Then we'll just beat our way in," Shi Hao said. "I only wanted to let Grandpa know I'm still alive anyway. I hate the Martial King Manor too."

Shi Hao knocked the two guards down with two thumping punches, then swaggered into the Martial King Manor with a crablike strut. He threw another punch straight ahead, blasting a building down.

Watching Shi Hao show off, Jun Moxiao laughed. "Hao Tian! You're pretty damn good at demolishing houses! No wonder the Void God Realm awarded you the title of greatest demolition expert."

"What can I say? We've got trump cards now," Shi Hao replied. "Besides, aren't you here to back me up?"

The commotion Shi Hao caused brought out everyone in the Martial King Manor. An old man shouted, "Who are you? Why are you wreaking havoc at the Martial King Manor?"

The old man was thoroughly aggrieved. The Great Demon God had only just turned the manor upside down, and even Ancestor Shi Li had been killed by mistake. Now two arrogant youths had shown up.

"My name is Shi Hao," Shi Hao said calmly. "Yes! The unlucky kid whose Supreme Bone Shi Yi and his people dug out back then. Didn't expect that, did you? Not only did I survive, I recovered and grew even stronger. Surprised? Shocked?"

Shi Hao's words exploded through the Martial King Manor like a bomb.

Shi Ziteng, Shi Yi's father, stared at the youth named Shi Hao. Truthfully, he was a little frightened. The Rain King Mansion had previously discovered that Loves Drinking Beast Milk was Shi Hao, and his own branch had sent assassins after him. Yet every assassin dispatched by the two manors had been dealt with. They had also learned that an even more terrifying youth accompanied Shi Hao. Earlier, the two youths from the Heaven Mending Pavilion had crippled the Rain Clan genius Yu Feng and dumped him in the clan's medicinal fields. Even after the Rain Clan healed him, Yu Feng frequently suffered nightmares and screamed, "They're demons!"

Still, Shi Ziteng suppressed his panic and told Shi Hao, "Nephew Shi Hao, everything back then was decided by Yi's mother. Don't blame your cousin Yi. He was young and didn't understand. As your uncle, I congratulate you on surviving. I'm happy for you."

The various nobodies from Shi Yi's branch also offered their congratulations. But several old men from the Neutral Faction roared, "Shameless! You nearly killed a genius, and now you put on such a disgusting face!"

Shi Hao was far stronger now than in the original story. He had opened an additional Cave Heaven, possessed several precious techniques of the Ten Fiends and countless high-level Fierce Beast techniques, and even had a divine kitchen cleaver. Most importantly, he had that freak Jun Moxiao beside him. If he wanted, he could wipe out the entire Martial King Manor right now. But he would not do that. He had a pure heart and held no grudges; he only intended to teach them a lesson. After spending so long with Jun Moxiao, his horizons had broadened even further.

"Uncle! Stop weeping over the mouse like a hypocritical cat," Shi Hao said calmly. "I know exactly what you're thinking. I won't kill you-you're not worthy of that. But I hear your cultivation is impressive, so I'd like to ask you for a little instruction."

Relying on his current Array Formation Realm cultivation, Shi Ziteng intended to teach Shi Hao a lesson. "Very well! I'd also like to see what cultivation you've attained, Nephew Shi Hao."

Jun Moxiao whispered to Shi Hao, "This guy's in the Array Formation Realm. Just use your kitchen cleaver to overwhelm him and beat him up. Let him experience society's savage beating."

"Don't worry. Just watch my performance!" Shi Hao replied.

Shi Hao drew his kitchen cleaver and went straight into battle with Shi Ziteng. Shi Ziteng was dumbfounded. This Little Fellow intended to fight him with a kitchen cleaver? Was this a joke?

But the moment they clashed, he felt an utterly terrifying power emanating from that cleaver. After only a few exchanges, even the battle halberd in his hands was knocked away. Shi Hao then slashed him from left and right, leaving numerous wounds across his body, before pinning him to the ground and treating him to a massage with fists the size of sandbags. Shi Ziteng's screams alarmed the entire Martial King Manor.

Everyone in the Martial King Manor was stunned. This wasn't how the script was supposed to go! How had this happened? Meanwhile, the old men from the Neutral Faction were delighted.

The commotion from Shi Hao's savage beating of Shi Ziteng also drew the Martial King over. After learning what had happened, the old man realized that this youth was the Shi Hao of years past-and that he could actually pin Shi Ziteng down and grind him into the dirt.

The Martial King dared not imagine what would happen next. After some thought, he decided to appeal to Shi Hao's feelings. "Hao, what happened back then cannot be undone. Now that you've returned, the Martial King Manor welcomes you."

"Martial King, I wouldn't dare stay with scum like you," Shi Hao replied calmly. "Who knows when you might dream up another way to harm me?"

Shi Hao flew into the air and shouted, "Grandpa, I've come back to find you! Where are you?"

Jun Moxiao flew up beside him. "Shall we visit the Rain King Mansion next?"

"Sure! That'll be fun," Shi Hao said. "I wonder what expression Yu Feng would make if he saw you?"

"That guy's probably gone mad," Jun Moxiao replied.

The two headed toward the Rain King Mansion, while everyone in the Martial King Manor remained silent. Those from Shi Yi's branch pinned their hopes on Shi Yi, hoping he could suppress Shi Hao when he returned.

With Jun Moxiao present as an unforeseen variable, Shi Ziteng had not shown the same overbearing arrogance toward Shi Hao as he had in the original story. Everyone knew that an unparalleled prodigy, unmatched before or since, had appeared in the Void God Realm, but very few had ever seen him fight. From Jun Moxiao's earlier gaze, the people of the Martial King Manor could tell that he regarded them as ants. His strength was unfathomable; they could not see through him at all.

Shi Hao and Jun Moxiao arrived outside the Rain King Mansion, where the buildings were being rebuilt.

Jun Moxiao chuckled at the sight and said to Shi Hao, "What happened here? Don't tell me your grandfather tore it down earlier?"

"Definitely!" Shi Hao said. "But I plan to tear it down again. They have time to rebuild anyway."

"Then go ahead. I'll watch from the side," Jun Moxiao said.

Shi Hao charged down and hurled several punches at the gates. The Rain Clan's half-rebuilt buildings collapsed again.

A sharp-eyed member of the Rain Clan recognized Shi Hao and hurriedly shouted, "It's that Bear Child!"

He rushed inside to report it.

Soon, the Rain Clan members came out, including Yu Feng, whose hands and feet had previously been crippled, and Yu Zimo.

Back in the Hundred Broken Mountains, Shi Hao had frightened Yu Zimo into fleeing. The moment she saw him now, her face turned deathly pale.

At the sight of Shi Hao, Yu Feng screamed in terror, "It's them! They're devils! Elders, hurry up and kill him!"

Several people charged over to surround and attack him. How could trash like them possibly match Shi Hao? He defeated them all in an instant.

Seeing how ferocious Shi Hao was, Yu Zimo hurriedly shouted, "Quickly bring out the Rain God Decree!"

The Rain Clan members joined forces in a shamanic dance, chanting, "We beseech the Rain God to subdue the demon!"

Jun Moxiao snorted with laughter. Wasn't this just a shamanic dance?

A scroll floated into the air, projecting a phantom that shouted, "Young man, the Rain Clan is not yours to bully! Surrender at once!"

The scroll radiated light that surrounded Shi Hao, while a beam swept toward the Little Pagoda.

The Little Pagoda atop Shi Hao's head spoke to him. "It actually dares try to touch me? I'll destroy that projection. You tear up the scroll."

The Little Pagoda released a burst of golden light, and the Rain God's phantom vanished instantly. Shi Hao tore up the Rain God Decree and stuffed it into his mouth! Then he spat it out with several sputters and muttered, "Doesn't taste good!"

The Rain Clan members turned deathly pale with fright and cried, "He ate the Rain God Decree! He's terrifying!"

Jun Moxiao shook his head, speechless. "Hao Tian! Why do you eat everything? That's just worthless paper."

"I thought it might have spiritual properties, since it was the Rain God Decree!" Shi Hao replied.

Shi Hao knocked all the Rain Clan members to the ground, and Yu Feng was crippled once again. This time, it was permanent: his cultivation was destroyed, leaving him powerless. Shi Hao simply would not kill him! Hey! He was just having fun!

Yu Zimo was frightened into tears. Shi Hao said calmly, "Lady! Stop wailing. I don't kill women. You can go!"

That line sounded wrong. Wasn't it dialogue from a Stephen Chow movie? Jun Moxiao shook his head. Hanging around him had led Shi Hao completely astray.

"Thank you!" Yu Zimo hurriedly said.

She rushed out of the Rain King Mansion as though fleeing for her life!

Shi Hao chuckled. "Let's go rob them. There should be plenty of treasures in the Rain King Mansion."

The two then looted the Rain King Mansion clean and left roaring with laughter, swaggering away with a strut that acknowledged neither kith nor kin.

Jun Moxiao checked the results of these two check-ins. The system announced, "Checked in at the Martial King Manor and the Rain King Mansion. Strength increased to 60% of the Inscription Realm. Obtained the divine artifact Fuxi Zither, a Quasi-Immortal Emperor Weapon. The Fuxi Zither can activate the Immortal Music Domain: Wild Geese Landing on Flat Sand, suppressing enemies and reducing their attributes by 30%, while leaving allies unaffected. It is a divine artifact for group battles."

"Holy shit! The Fuxi Zither, one of the ten great divine artifacts of the primordial world, and it's already a Quasi-Immortal Emperor Weapon! I've hit the jackpot!" Jun Moxiao said. "Meng Die! Can I obtain all ten great divine artifacts through check-ins?"

"Master! There probably aren't that many divine artifacts here," the system replied. "The Fuxi Zither's power is truly remarkable. Take some time to learn about it."

"All right! Thanks, Meng Die!" Jun Moxiao said.