Chapter Summaries

Jun Moxiao guarded the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land while Ye Fan investigated it and fled after attracting the attention of visiting Sages. Ye Fan then reached the Shaking Light Holy Land, where he found the Black Emperor, the dragon horse, and Ye Tong plotting around the tomb beneath it as Jun Moxiao watched from nearby.

• Jun Moxiao told An Miaoyi and the others that the Immortal Domain had been shattered and that the true Immortal Path had not yet opened, then promised Ye Sifan, Ye Simin, and Ye Simeng they would not have to work for him.
• Jun Moxiao restored the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land's devouring power through his Dao Body, killing several Ancient Race Kings who tried to reach the Nine Wonderful Immortal Medicine while the Ruthless Great Emperor was away.
• Ye Fan entered the forbidden land unharmed, escaped through a Domain Gate after outer-region Sages noticed him, and traveled to the Shaking Light Holy Land.
• Jun Moxiao explained to An Miaoyi and the others how the Ruthless Emperor Lineage's inheritors became feared fiends and revealed that he had helped the Ruthless Great Emperor create the Heaven-Swallowing Art.
• The Black Emperor, the dragon horse, and Ye Tong arrived to scout the tomb beneath Shaking Light and discuss robbing it, while Ye Fan watched from afar and anticipated a great disturbance.

Duan De disguised himself as an ancient immortal and tried to recruit Ye Tong, but Jun Moxiao secretly caused him to unleash a mountain-shattering fart. After the group mocked Duan De and news spread of his new title, Fart God, Jun Moxiao explained that he had come to the Southern Region to stop the Bronze Immortal Palace from falling into the Ancient Race Ancient Sages’ hands.

• Duan De approached Black Emperor and the others disguised as an old immortal, praised Ye Tong, and sent away two young Daoists who begged to become his disciples.
• Jun Moxiao appeared as Brother Yongsi and quoted Duan De’s grave-digging motto, then used magical power to make the disguised Duan De blast apart a distant mountaintop with a fart.
• Black Emperor and Dragon Horse attacked Jun Moxiao, but he immobilized them; Black Emperor recognized him, and the group realized the old man was Duan De.
• Jun Moxiao teased Duan De, while Black Emperor, Ye Tong, Dragon Horse, and the hidden onlookers laughed at him; Ye Fan arrived in disguise and warned Ye Tong not to expose him.
• Stories of Duan De’s mountain-shattering fart spread, earning him the title Fart God; Duan De then showed the group the Divine Hide that had disguised him.
• Jun Moxiao said he had come to prevent the Ancient Race Ancient Sages from taking the Bronze Immortal Palace, and Ye Fan resolved to be more careful after provoking the Ancient Race.

Duan De used Shaking Light’s earth veins to blast open the Emperor Tomb, forcing the Shaking Light Holy Land to relocate with the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron. The news drew experts from across the Big Dipper to the Southern Region, where Ye Fan wondered whether Jun Moxiao would intervene.

• Duan De spent several days digging tunnels and arranging Dao marks around the Shaking Light Holy Land, then concealed the group with Jun Moxiao’s Teleportation Formation.
• A month later, Duan De’s setup detonated the great tomb beneath Shaking Light, but the Dragon-Patterned Black Gold Cauldron protected the Holy Land and carried it away intact.
• Jun Moxiao gave Ye Fan Enlightenment Tea leaves and fashioned a cigar-shaped Emperor Weapon to help him comprehend the Dao.
• Ye Fan asked Jun Moxiao about immortality in nine lives and discussed his complicated romantic ties with Xu Qiong and Little Moon.
• Experts from the Ancient Race, Demon Race, Human Race, and other groups flocked to the Southern Region to explore the tomb, and Ye Fan asked whether Jun Moxiao would act.

Ye Fan and his companions watched the experts gather around the Ruthless Great Emperor’s tomb, where Jun Moxiao planned to retrieve the Bronze Immortal Palace. When Wang Xu’s group attacked Ye Tong, Ye Fan intervened and killed Wang Xu, leaving Li Wentian to confront him.

• Jun Moxiao told An Miaoyi and the others that the Bronze Immortal Palace held the Ruthless Great Emperor’s imperial corpses and that he intended to take it to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.
• The Golden Heavenly Maiden arrived with Li Wentian and Wang Xu, whose past humiliation drew ridicule from the gathered experts.
• The Golden Heavenly Maiden used Golden Eyes to expose Ye Tong and Black Emperor, and Wang Xu identified Ye Tong as one of his enemies.
• Li Wentian attacked Ye Tong, but Ye Tong shattered his magical hand with a Great Saint Weapon baseball bat and mocked Wang Xu as “Ball-Buster.”
• When Li Wentian pressed his attack, Ye Fan appeared, crushed the Golden Chariot underfoot, and killed Wang Xu with Six Paths Reincarnation Fist.
• Li Wentian introduced himself as a Half-Golden Race, Half-Human Race prodigy from the Golden Race’s Ancestor Star and faced Ye Fan.

Ye Fan fought the Golden Princess and Li Wentian after they targeted his disciple, defeating Li Wentian and driving the Golden Princess to surrender her secret art. The Golden Race fled with its princess, while Ye Fan remained triumphant.

• The Golden Princess's guards attacked Ye Fan, who killed six Half-Sages with the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique and sent the Golden Mace flying with his Straw Hat Emperor Weapon.
• Ye Fan fought Li Wentian without relying on his Emperor weapon, then killed him and two Golden Race guards with the True Dragon Treasure Technique after the Golden Princess intervened.
• The Golden Race discovered that the Golden Mace had been reduced to a Great Saint Weapon, and its members urged the Golden Princess to escape.
• Ye Fan stopped the Golden Princess from fleeing and fought her through hundreds of exchanges, countering her Golden Immortal Light and Golden Divine Wheel.
• Ye Fan overwhelmed the Golden Princess, tore her clothes during the fight, and forced her to teach him the Golden Divine Treasure secret art.
• Ye Fan gave the Golden Princess a robe and let her leave through a Domain Gate with her guards, then waved goodbye as she departed.

As the Emperor Tomb emerged, Ye Fan planned to deal with the newly ascended Ancient Race Sage Huo Tan, who had challenged him. Ye Fan slaughtered Huo Tan’s followers while Huo Tan explored the abyss, then hid from the enraged Sage as Jun Moxiao watched, confident Ye Fan would find a way to defeat him.

• Jun Moxiao warned Ye Fan that the Ancient Race would target him, while Ye Nan told Jun Moxiao to retrieve the Bronze Immortal Palace’s Mother Qi of All Things for Ye Fan and return the palace to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.
• After the Emperor Tomb fully emerged, Huo Tan arrived as a Sage, declared that he would kill and feast on Ye Fan, and sent his followers to provoke him.
• Ye Fan decided to lure Huo Tan to his death and waited as Huo Tan entered the abyss, where the Immortal Light’s Dao patterns injured him.
• Ye Fan appeared on the high ground and killed all of Huo Tan’s followers with Three Thousand Blossoms and the Golden Divine Treasure Secret Art before fleeing.
• Huo Tan returned, found his followers dead, and searched unsuccessfully for Ye Fan, who was concealed with Duan De, the Black Emperor, and the others.
• Jun Moxiao reassured Ye Sifan and the other girls that Ye Fan could handle Huo Tan, while An Miaoyi accidentally called Jun Moxiao terrifying and the girls playfully pinched his face.

Ye Fan entered the Emperor Tomb with Duan De and the others, absorbed the all-things mother qi from the Bronze Immortal Palace, and escaped while Huo Tan remained trapped. After Jun Moxiao kept the human experts away from the tomb, Huo Tan tracked Ye Fan down, and Ye Fan resolved to trap and kill him.

• Huo Tan and two Ancient Race Sages entered the abyss as cultivators fought over treasures spilling from the Emperor Tomb.
• Ye Fan and his companions reached the Bronze Immortal Palace, where the little golden figure absorbed all its all-things mother qi into Ye Fan's cauldron.
• The Blood Lightning Queen helped free Huo Tan and the other Sages, while the Heavenly Jade Saintess rescued the human cultivators from the abyss.
• Jun Moxiao instructed Gai Jiuyou and the Heavenly Jade Saintess to evacuate the humans and keep his presence secret, leaving the Ancient Race Sages to pursue the tomb's treasures.
• Ye Fan watched the Ancient Race Sages gather from afar, then joked with the Black Emperor, Dragon Horse, and Duan De about sharing his rewards.
• Huo Tan found Ye Fan and attacked, but the Black Emperor used a formation platform to escape with the group, and Ye Fan vowed to trap and kill Huo Tan.

Ye Fan lured Huo Tan into the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land, where Jun Moxiao’s disguised incarnation killed him and then emerged as the Ruthless Great Emperor to destroy the Ancient Race sages attacking the Bronze Immortal Palace. The incarnation returned to the Abyss with the palace, leaving the Ancient Race survivors fleeing and the cultivators of the Southern Region stunned.

• Ye Fan and his companions used the Tractor to evade Huo Tan across the Southern Region while Dragon Horse taunted him, then Ye Fan challenged Huo Tan and led him through a Domain Gate into the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land.
• The forbidden land drained Huo Tan’s life and cultivation, and Jun Moxiao’s Ruthless Great Emperor incarnation finished him with the Heaven-Swallowing Demonic Art.
• News of Huo Tan’s death spread, while Jun Moxiao weakened the Bronze Immortal Palace’s protective light and prompted the Ancient Race sages to attack it with their Ancient Emperor Weapons.
• Jun Moxiao’s incarnation emerged from the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land as the Ruthless Great Emperor, drained and destroyed most of the Ancient Race sages, and drove Qian Lun, Hun Tuo, and three others to flee.
• The Ruthless Great Emperor incarnation collected the treasures and Bronze Immortal Palace, flattened the Abyss, and disappeared back into it with the palace.

Jun Moxiao reclaimed the Nine Wonderful Immortal Medicine, sealed the Bronze Immortal Palace, and left Ye Fan to pursue his own path while Shi Lingyao prepared to confront the Blood Moon Race. After the Ancient Race mourned its losses and rejected calls for war, Ye Nan learned that Jun Moxiao had used her identity to win worshippers for her.

• Jun Moxiao gathered the Nine Wonderful Immortal Medicine, sealed the repaired Bronze Immortal Palace, and told the Great Accomplishment Holy Body to focus on becoming a Mortal World Immortal.
• Jun Moxiao refused to intervene in the Ancient Race’s assassination plot against Ye Fan and agreed that Shi Lingyao could act when the time came.
• Jun Moxiao and his companions set off for Green Rosy City while Ye Fan arrived too late to find him and went to the Desolate Ancient Forbidden Land instead.
• The Great Accomplishment Holy Body told Ye Fan that the Ruthless Great Emperor had prepared his opportunities, and Ye Fan returned to the Village of Heaven to rest and enter seclusion.
• The surviving Ancient Race leaders mourned the deaths of nearly twenty Ancient Sages, while the Neutral Faction stopped radicals from calling for war against the Human Race.
• Ye Nan saw that Jun Moxiao had acted in her identity and gained worshippers for her, while the War Goddess teased her about making him wear her face again.

After emerging from secluded cultivation, Ye Fan was abducted by a flying saucer from the Eternal Star Domain, but destroyed its crew and seized the craft and its evolution fluid. The fluid advanced him to the seventh heaven of Severing the Dao, and he returned to the Village of Heaven to prepare to lure the Blood Moon Race into his coming tribulation.

• Ye Fan disguised himself and wandered near the Undying Mountain, where he learned that a strange artifact had been abducting cultivators and identified it as a flying saucer.
• The saucer captured Ye Fan, but he killed the Fire Phoenix sent to test him and revealed the Straw Hat Emperor Weapon’s power to the purple-haired prince and princess.
• Ye Fan wrecked the saucer, defeated its crew, and suppressed the purple-haired pair in the All-Things Mother Qi Cauldron as four survivors escaped.
• Ye Fan forced the pair to reveal that the pool held their strongest bloodline evolution fluid, then absorbed it and broke through to the seventh heaven of Severing the Dao.
• Ye Fan concealed his approaching tribulation, chose Blood Moon Ridge as its site, and returned to the Village of Heaven to find a Sage to bring along.

Ye Fan brought the captives and spaceship from the Eternal Star Domain back to the Village of Heaven, then learned that ten Ancient Race clans planned to assassinate him. He lured the Blood Moon Race into a confrontation at Blood Moon Ridge, destroyed the clan during his Heavenly Tribulation, and left with its treasures while the fate of the other nine clans remained uncertain.

• Ye Fan returned to the Village of Heaven with a captured Flying Saucer and two bound aliens, and told his companions that the Eternal Star Domain had been abducting cultivators.
• The Holy Emperor's Son warned Ye Fan that ten Royal Clans, led by the Blood Moon Race, had organized an assassination plot against him.
• Ye Fan secretly consulted Qi Luo and sought Saintess Xiayi's help before taking them aboard Tractor to Blood Moon Ridge.
• Ye Fan used the Straw Hat Emperor Weapon to pin down the Blood Moon King and Xuantuo, and Saintess Xiayi killed them with a single palm.
• Ye Fan released his seal and underwent the seventh minor step of Severing the Dao, using the Heavenly Tribulation to annihilate the Blood Moon Race and loot Blood Moon Ridge.
• Ye Fan gave the Blood Moon King's Demon Blade to Qi Luo, then left the Northern Region with Qi Luo and Saintess Xiayi to wait and see how the remaining clans reacted.

After destroying the Blood Moon Race, Ye Fan threatened the Ancient Race and prepared to set out on the Human Race's Strongest Trial Road. Jun Moxiao organized a host of young cultivators to enter the Starry Sky Ancient Road, upgrading their weapons and sending them toward Central Province.

• Ye Fan publicly claimed responsibility for destroying the Blood Moon Race, then left the Ancient Race's territory before they could catch him.
• Jun Moxiao explained to his companions that the Heavenly Jade Saintess had killed the Blood Moon King after Ye Fan's Straw Hat Emperor Weapon immobilized him, while Ye Fan's tribulation destroyed the rest of the clan.
• Ji Zi brought Ye Fan to the Ji Family, where Ye Fan learned about the Void Emperor and waited for Pang Bo before heading to Qishi Mansion.
• Jun Moxiao upgraded the weapons of An Miaoyi, Xi Yao, Yu Ling'er, and Jiang Tingting into Emperor Weapons and arranged for them to meet on the Starry Sky Ancient Road.
• Jun Moxiao persuaded Yao Xi, Qi Lin, Qi Qi, and numerous other prodigies to join the trial, promising Yao Xi a chance to achieve Dao Proving.
• Pang Bo emerged from seclusion and set out for the trial, while Jun Moxiao also persuaded Yan Ruyu to participate and join An Miaoyi's group.

Dozens of Heavenly Prodigies gathered at the Central Province Qishi Mansion to begin Jun Moxiao’s Starry Sky Ancient Road trial, while Ye Fan reunited with old companions and learned that the participants could use a portal to resume stages they had previously reached. The gathered group awaited the trial’s opening, unaware that eight Primordial Ancestor Kings would appear when it began.

• An Miaoyi, Xi Yao, and Yu Ling'er said farewell to Jade Pool and set out for the Central Province Qishi Mansion, carrying Emperor Weapons Jun Moxiao had given them.
• Ye Fan arrived at the Strange Scholars' Mansion and learned that dozens of Heavenly Prodigies, including his friends and rivals, would take part in the trial together.
• Yan Ruyu, Yao Xi, and Jade Pool's three women agreed to travel together, with Jiang Tingting expected to join them at the fifth city.
• Heavenly Court's group arrived, and Huahua begged Ye Fan to take him along, but Ye Fan sent him home with Ye Tong.
• Yao Yuekong, Jiang Yifei, and six other returning participants called out “open sesame” and vanished through a Chaos Portal to resume the trial at their previous stage.

Ye Fan and the other Heavenly Prodigies passed the Strange Scholars' Mansion's inner demon assessment, but Primordial Ancestor Kings attacked before they could set out on the Starry Sky Ancient Road. Shi Lingyao defeated the attackers, then joined Ye Fan in destroying the eight remaining Royal Clans implicated in the assault, leaving the story with her returning to Jun Moxiao's Treasure Ship.

• Ye Fan and the other Heavenly Prodigies defeated their dark doubles in the three-day illusion trial and passed the Strange Scholars' Mansion's first assessment.
• Eight Primordial Ancestor Kings attacked the mansion with three Ancient Emperor Weapons, while Ye Fan drew some of them away and the Black Emperor and three Jade Pool women defended the gathered geniuses.
• Shi Lingyao captured and killed the eight Ancestor Kings, while Jun Moxiao destroyed their Ancient Emperor Weapons and sent Gai Jiuyou and the Great Accomplishment Holy Body to confront three Forbidden Zone Supremes.
• At Jun Moxiao's direction, Shi Lingyao disguised herself and accompanied Ye Fan to the Northern Region, where she dealt with powerful defenders as he destroyed the eight Royal Clans involved in the attack.
• Shi Lingyao used the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique to annihilate the final Blue Demon Race, then returned to Jun Moxiao's Treasure Ship and reported that the mission was complete.

The revelation of the supreme battle showed that Forbidden Zone Supremes had orchestrated the attack on the Strange Scholars' Mansion, and Gai Jiuyou and the Great Accomplishment Holy Body pursued and defeated them inside Jun Moxiao's Big Iron Pot World. The two emperors returned above the mansion, while the world remained unaware that the battle had taken place inside the pot.

• After Ye Fan destroyed the ten Primordial Royal Clans, he returned to the Strange Scholars' Mansion and warned everyone to keep Shi Lingyao's identity secret.
• Jun Moxiao projected the pursuit of three Forbidden Zone Supremes across Big Dipper, revealing that Gai Jiuyou and the Great Accomplishment Holy Body were fighting them inside the Big Iron Pot World.
• The Great Accomplishment Holy Body defeated Mo Tian and Mo Li, while Gai Jiuyou killed Southern Nether Old Ghost with his Tribulation Transcendence Immortal Melody.
• Jun Moxiao put away the big iron pot, and Gai Jiuyou and the Great Accomplishment Holy Body appeared above the Strange Scholars' Mansion as cultivators across Big Dipper watched in astonishment.

The Purple Jade Qilin sent the Heavenly Prodigies along separate routes on the Starry Sky Ancient Road while Jun Moxiao arranged their training and protection. An Miaoyi’s group survived their first battle and gained Supreme Liquid, and Ye Fan also refined a drop that pushed him to the peak of the eighth minor step of Severing the Dao.

• The Purple Jade Qilin opened the Starry Sky Ancient Road and sent the Heavenly Prodigies to different destinations, with Ye Fan assigned the harshest route through the Death Kingdom.
• Jun Moxiao returned to the Jade Pool, gave the Queen Mother of the West Great Nirvana Pills and a Creation Immortal Pill, and left Shi Lingyao to take on duties there.
• An Miaoyi, Xi Yao, Yan Ruyu, Yu Ling'er, and Yao Xi reached the Human Race’s First City and killed the Heaven-reaching Three Fiends with their imperial weapons.
• Jiang Taixu sent the five women to Saint-Fall Island, where they defeated a pack of Demon Beasts and refined Supreme Liquid that raised their cultivation.
• Ye Fan killed a giant python in the Death Kingdom, refined the Supreme Liquid it dropped, and broke through to the peak of the eighth minor step of Severing the Dao.

Jun Moxiao helped Saintess Xiayi begin her breakthrough to Great Saint, then visited Shi Hao in The Heavens Realm and explained the power of transcendence and the fate of Ye Fan and Chu Feng. After Jun Moxiao returned, Shi Hao began secretly refining Strange Immortal Emperors to build an army of Sacrificial Dao experts against the strange Ancestors.

• Jun Moxiao gave Saintess Xiayi a Creation Immortal Pill and sent her into seclusion to break through to Great Saint.
• Jun Moxiao and the divine beasts visited Shi Hao’s celebration in The Heavens Realm, where they discussed the expanded world and the realm of transcendence.
• Shi Hao learned that the strange substance came from a Transcendent’s ashes and that Ye Fan and Chu Feng would need to join the struggle against the Plateau Consciousness.
• Jun Moxiao showed Shi Hao talents from Ye Fan’s era, and Shi Hao asked him to nurture the Great Accomplishment Holy Body, Gai Jiuyou, and other protectors of the Human Race.
• Jun Moxiao placed the Shrouding the Heavens World under Shi Hao’s Desolate Spirit Province and returned after a month in Stone Village.
• Shi Hao secretly refined Strange Immortal Emperors to help Sword Emperor, Zhen Teng, and others advance toward Sacrificial Dao and form an army against the strange Ancestors.

Saintess Xiayi broke through to the Great Saint Realm and endured a brutal tribulation arranged by Jun Moxiao, while Shi Lingyao repelled the Ancient Race’s attack on her. Xiayi recovered and shared cultivation insights with the Queen Mother of the West, while her new rank remained a secret from the Eastern Wasteland.

• A month after Jun Moxiao returned with Vermilion Bird, Saintess Xiayi broke through to the Great Sage Realm, and Jun Moxiao suppressed her tribulation before teaching her the Thunder Emperor Precious Technique.
• Jun Moxiao sent Saintess Xiayi to the starry sky and unleashed a vast, powerful tribulation, making her battle ancient emperor imprints and temper her body with lightning.
• The Ancient Race attacked Xiayi during her tribulation, but Shi Lingyao struck back, knocked away the Ten Thousand Dragon Bell, and killed two Ancestor Kings before the Queen Mother of the West stopped her from pursuing them.
• Saintess Xiayi survived the tribulation, recovered, and returned to Jun Moxiao’s Manor; Jun Moxiao praised her strengthened foundation and urged the Queen Mother of the West to learn from her.
• Saintess Xiayi shared her cultivation insights with the Queen Mother of the West for a day, while the rest of the Eastern Wasteland remained unaware that Xiayi had become a Great Saint.

Jun Moxiao reassigned Saintess Xiayi to guard the Human Race Ancient Road, showed everyone the road and the progress of the women undertaking its trials, and gave Creation Immortal Pills to Jiang Taixu, Wei Yi, and Xuan Feng. After promising to resurrect Fairy Caiyun once Jiang Taixu became an Emperor, Jun Moxiao restored her body and sent Xiayi and the others back to their posts; he then set out for the Eternal Star Domain with the Vermilion Bird, the Purple Jade Qilin, and Ye Nan.

• Jun Moxiao arranged for Saintess Xiayi to replace Wei Yi on the Human Race Ancient Road so she could reunite with Xuan Feng, and he displayed the road and the women's battles to the group.
• Jun Moxiao brought Jiang Taixu, Wei Yi, and Xuan Feng back to the Heavenly Jade Holy Land, gave them Creation Immortal Pills, and set cultivation goals for them and Xiayi.
• Jun Moxiao promised Jiang Taixu that he could resurrect Fairy Caiyun once Jiang Taixu became an Emperor, then restored her body and preserved it with a Great Nirvana Pill.
• Jun Moxiao sent Jiang Taixu, Xuan Feng, and Xiayi back to the Ancient Road, while Wei Yi stayed to oversee the Heavenly Jade Holy Land and the Queen Mother of the West returned to Jade Pool with Shi Lingyao.
• Jun Moxiao departed for the Eternal Star Domain aboard the Treasure Ship with the Vermilion Bird, the Purple Jade Qilin, and Ye Nan.

Jun Moxiao and his companions watched Ye Fan travel through the Eternal Star Domain, where he defeated Fan Xian and seized control of the situation after the Fan clan targeted him. As Fan Xian brought him toward her organization, Jun Moxiao and the others watched from afar and anticipated the trouble still to come.

• Aboard the Treasure Ship, Jun Moxiao explained that Shi Hao would decide the fate of the universe, while the Vermilion Bird and Purple Jade Qilin argued and joked about being made Immortal Emperors.
• The Vermilion Bird spotted Ye Fan confronting Fan Xian, and Jun Moxiao showed the group the scene while hinting at a future scandal.
• After gaining strength from Supreme Liquid and sacred medicines, Ye Fan entered the Eternal Star Domain and fought Fan Xian, defeating her incarnation with Three Thousand Blossoms.
• Ye Fan demanded a Sage Mecha, captured Fan Xian’s double, and subdued her followers before Fan Xian’s true body arrived and invited him to meet her Ancient Sage great-grandfather.
• Ye Fan released the captives after teasing and provoking them, while Fan Xian concealed her anger and planned to bring him into the Paradise Organization.
• Jun Moxiao refused to interfere, explaining that the Fan clan wanted Ye Fan’s Holy Body blood and that this ordeal was part of his trials; the onlookers laughed over his antics.