Chapter Summaries

The Sacrificial Spirit asked Shi Qingyun to protect Deer-Chasing Academy while its elders entered secluded cultivation and rewarded him with a Deity Artifact. After reuniting with the War Goddess, Shi Qingyun prepared to break through to the Arraying Realm at Crouching Dragon Platform.

• The Sacrificial Spirit told Shi Qingyun that a great calamity was approaching and entrusted him with looking after Deer-Chasing Academy, offering him a jade hairpin Deity Artifact as compensation.
• Shi Qingyun returned to Deer-Chasing Academy and reunited with the War Goddess, who told him Xia had left with surviving Heaven Mending Pavilion elders to search for their missing disciples.
• Shi Qingyun learned that news of his deeds at the Kunpeng Nest had spread through the Great Wilderness, then resolved to prepare for his breakthrough.
• The Mountain Master brought Shi Qingyun heavenly materials and earthly treasures and led him to Crouching Dragon Platform, promising to guard him.
• Shi Qingyun began absorbing the abundant essence at Crouching Dragon Platform as runes within his body emerged and linked together.

Shi Qingyun broke through into the Arraying Realm and successfully inscribed the Immortal-Locking Formation into his body, though he could not break a second physical shackle. After recovering, he finished cultivating on the Dao Platform as the Deer-Chasing Mountain Master approached him.

• Shi Qingyun shattered his first bodily shackle and advanced into the Arraying Realm.
• Shi Qingyun summoned the Immortal-Locking Formation and inscribed its patterns into his body, drawing on his Taiji Cave Heaven and the dragon's essence.
• Shi Qingyun completed the formation, causing the phantom and surrounding space to collapse before he regained control of his power.
• Shi Qingyun tried to break a second shackle with his blood and vital energy, but it resisted and injured him.
• Shi Qingyun recovered through his Taiji Cave Heaven and finished cultivating; the Deer-Chasing Mountain Master dismissed the formation and came to examine him.

Shi Qingyun tested his strength against the Deer-Chasing Mountain Master, then demonstrated the power of his Immortal-Locking Formation. After the Mountain Master advised him to focus on suppressing an enemy’s Dao and laws, Shi Qingyun went to visit the War Goddess and learned she had entered seclusion to break through.

• Shi Qingyun fought the Deer-Chasing Mountain Master in a starry expanse, matching him with his physical strength and Heaven-Toppling palm strike.
• Shi Qingyun activated the Immortal-Locking Formation, binding the Mountain Master and suppressing his divine power, laws, and bodily functions.
• The Deer-Chasing Mountain Master asked Shi Qingyun to withdraw the formation, then advised him to suppress enemies’ Dao and laws at their root.
• Shi Qingyun returned to Deer-Chasing Academy and headed for the War Goddess’s residence to find that she had entered seclusion to make a breakthrough.

Shi Qingyun explored a mysterious lotus vision, consolidated his Array Formation Realm cultivation, and learned he would represent Deer-Chasing Academy at the Stone Emperor’s birthday banquet. He gave Elder Bai an Illusory Ice Flower, then traveled to the Stone Kingdom Imperial Capital and reunited with Demoness.

• Shi Qingyun saw a holy lotus with a familiar figure gestating inside it, then discovered that his divine radiance could dissolve his own attack into pure qi.
• Elder Bai told Shi Qingyun to represent Deer-Chasing Academy at the Stone Emperor’s birthday banquet, and Shi Qingyun gave him an Illusory Ice Flower.
• Demoness told Little White that Shi Qingyun might visit for the birthday banquet and revealed that Little White had reached late-stage Spirit Transformation.
• The Deer-Chasing Mountain Master decided it was time to prepare Shi Qingyun’s Succession Ceremony.
• Shi Qingyun traveled to the Stone Kingdom Imperial Capital and embraced and kissed Demoness when she welcomed him.

Shi Qingyun joined the Demoness, also known as the Heavenly Fox Fairy, at an auction after sharing an intimate morning with her. At the venue, they encountered Shi Hao in disguise, whose mood lifted at seeing them.

• Shi Qingyun reunited with the Demoness, teased her, and rewarded Little White with Heavenly Materials and Earthly Treasures.
• The Demoness invited Shi Qingyun to attend an auction with her, and he agreed.
• The next morning, Shi Qingyun kissed the Demoness and sent Little White outside before they left for the auction.
• The Demoness fed Little White treasure medicine as the group traveled to the lavish auction venue.
• The Demoness drew attention as the Heavenly Fox Fairy, while Shi Qingyun heard onlookers discuss him.
• Shi Hao, disguised at the auction, recognized Shi Qingyun and the Demoness, and Little Pagoda stirred in his hair.

At the auction, Shi Qingyun bought a blood-stained Stone Pearl after recognizing its value, drawing Yue Chan’s attention and sparking a clash between her and the Demoness. Shi Qingyun broke Yue Chan’s pressure over the crowd and introduced himself, while Yue Chan called back her wary Dao Protector.

• Shi Qingyun recognized the Stone Pearl’s value and won it at auction, while Shi Hao gave up bidding after hearing his offer.
• Yue Chan arrived and asked Shi Qingyun to sell her the Stone Pearl, then tried to learn who he was.
• The Demoness teased Yue Chan and accused her of trying to poach Shi Qingyun, prompting Yue Chan to release a wave of pressure over the venue.
• Shi Hao resisted Yue Chan’s pressure, and Shi Qingyun broke it with a ripple from his teacup before appearing before her.
• Shi Qingyun introduced himself to Yue Chan, who ordered her Dao Protector to return.

At the Stone Emperor’s birthday banquet, Shi Qingyun revealed Shi Hao’s disguise and Demoness trapped Shi Hao and Yue Chan together in a mysterious space. After they emerged, Yue Chan took her leave, while Demoness celebrated her victory.

• Shi Qingyun uncovered the Stone Pearl and found a double-pupiled eye that revealed the laws and order between heaven and earth.
• Shi Qingyun, Demoness, and Little White attended the Stone Emperor’s birthday banquet, where Shi Qingyun recognized Shi Hao beneath his disguise.
• Demoness used a treasure to send Shi Hao and Yue Chan into a mysterious space, while Shi Qingyun watched and assured Yue Chan’s attendant she would be fine.
• After Shi Hao and Yue Chan returned, Demoness teased Yue Chan about taking a fancy to him.
• Yue Chan addressed Shi Qingyun and left the banquet, saying she felt unwell.

Shi Qingyun strengthened his Pupil Technique by absorbing the Double Pupils' Profound Meaning into his Taiji Dao Imprints, then attended the Stone Emperor's birthday banquet. The banquet was interrupted when Shi Hao confronted a Venerable from Demon Spirit Lake.

• Shi Hao invited Shi Qingyun to visit Stone Village, and Shi Qingyun agreed to go after the banquet.
• Shi Qingyun cultivated with the Double Pupils eye, enduring severe pain as its runes entered his eyes and formed Taiji Dao Imprints.
• The Double Pupils eye merged into Shi Qingyun's eye sockets before his vision returned, allowing him to see the essence, laws, and order of the world.
• Demoness reminded Shi Qingyun that he was late for the Stone Emperor's birthday banquet, but she declined to go with him.
• Shi Qingyun entered the imperial palace, presented his gift, and joined the gathering of powerful figures from across the Desolate Region.
• Shi Hao confronted a middle-aged Venerable from Demon Spirit Lake, stirring commotion at the banquet.

Shi Qingyun protected Shi Hao from a Venerable of Demon Spirit Lake, then watched Shi Hao defeat several Venerables with Little Pagoda’s help and earn the title of Desolate Heaven Marquis. The three traveled to Stone Village, where Shi Qingyun sensed the immense power of Willow Deity and met the curious villagers.

• Shi Qingyun blocked the Demon Spirit Lake Venerable’s sneak attack on Shi Hao and confronted him.
• Shi Hao challenged the hostile Venerables and fought them on the Dao Demonstration Platform; Little Pagoda killed them, and Shi Hao was named Desolate Heaven Marquis.
• Shi Qingyun, Shi Hao, and Demoness traveled through the Great Wilderness together and discussed Shi Hao’s past.
• Shi Qingyun entered Stone Village and sensed an overwhelming presence in the charred willow tree that Shi Hao identified as Willow Deity.
• Stone Village’s villagers welcomed Shi Hao home, and the children gathered around Shi Qingyun, remarking on his appearance.

Shi Qingyun reunited with Shi Qingfeng in Stone Village, then spent several peaceful days there with Demoness before Shi Hao invited him to the Void God Realm at Willow Deity’s request. Shi Qingyun accepted the invitation while Demoness stayed behind.

• Shi Yunfeng welcomed Shi Qingyun and Demoness to Stone Village, and Shi Hao explained Shi Qingyun’s identity and family connection to Shi Qingfeng.
• Shi Qingfeng returned from a hunt, recognized Shi Qingyun, and embraced his younger brother in an emotional reunion.
• The villagers gathered around a fire that night, and Shi Qingfeng toasted Demoness and asked her to look after Shi Qingyun.
• Shi Hao repeatedly challenged Shi Qingyun to spar during their peaceful days in the village, but Shi Qingyun refused another fight.
• Shi Hao told Shi Qingyun and Demoness that Willow Deity had asked him to visit the Void God Realm and invited them along.
• Demoness chose to stay behind, and Shi Qingyun went with Shi Hao toward the courtyard where Shi Qingfeng was cultivating.

Shi Qingyun and Shi Hao entered the Void God Realm, where Shi Hao and Shi Yi challenged each other to a decisive battle in the Sky Battlefield. Back in Stone Village, the Willow Deity spoke of Shi Qingyun’s bond with Little White, and Shi Qingyun and Shi Hao prepared to leave while Shi Qingfeng chose to stay.

• Shi Qingyun and Shi Hao entered the Void God Realm, where Shi Hao saw Shi Yi’s provocation on the record stele and answered by breaking records.
• Shi Qingyun tried to write “Passerby” on a record stele, drawing the Domain Envoy’s attention; Shi Yi’s message prompted the Envoy to announce that the Sky Battlefield would open.
• Shi Yi vowed not to hold back against Shi Hao, while Shi Hao declared his confidence in winning and privately resolved to defeat Shi Qingyun someday.
• The Willow Deity told Shi Hao that his coming battle was both a tribulation and an opportunity, then asked Shi Qingyun to care for Little White, its karmic descendant.
• Shi Qingyun told Shi Hao they would soon leave Stone Village, and Shi Qingfeng declined to accompany them to Deer-Chasing Academy.

Shi Qingyun returned to Deer-Chasing Academy, where the Mountain Master tested his strength and explained why the academy had summoned him. The Mountain Master revealed that the coming great calamity was a man-made catastrophe: Upper Realm forces intended to treat them as food.

• Shi Qingyun gave Shi Qingfeng cultivation resources before leaving Stone Village with Demoness, while the villagers said their farewells.
• Demoness warned Shi Qingyun that Upper Realm forces would descend early because they valued Shi Yi, and she stayed in the Stone Kingdom Imperial Capital with Little White.
• Shi Qingyun used his Yin-Yang technique to travel swiftly to Deer-Chasing Academy, prompting the Mountain Master and Elder Bai to prepare for his arrival.
• The Mountain Master summoned Shi Qingyun to the mountaintop and tested him with a strike of divine light, which Shi Qingyun stopped with a Taiji Dao Diagram.
• The Mountain Master explained that Shi Qingyun had been asked to become the new Deer-Chasing Mountain Master and revealed that Upper Realm forces regarded them as food.

Shi Qingyun became the new Mountain Master of Deer-Chasing Academy and prepared to attend the Battle of the Two Stones. He arrived at the Sky Battlefield with the gathered spectators as the Domain Envoy opened its ancient arena.

• Shi Qingyun agreed to become Deer-Chasing Academy's Mountain Master and promised to care for the academy.
• After cultivating in seclusion, Shi Qingyun attended his inauguration ceremony and demonstrated his Array Formation Realm aura to the crowd.
• Shi Qingyun received information from the War Goddess that people from the Upper Realm had arrived, then ordered everyone to prepare for the Sky Battlefield.
• Shi Qingyun traveled to the Void God Realm to watch Shi Hao and Shi Yi's battle as spectators gathered to witness the contest.
• The Domain Envoy opened a passage to the Sky Battlefield, where the arriving crowd examined the ancient God-Level Arena.

Shi Qingyun arrived at the Sky Battlefield with the Demoness, warned off hostile onlookers, and noticed a group of arrogant Netherworld cultivators. After the Domain Envoy opened the arena, Shi Yi and Shi Hao entered and began their long-awaited battle with powerful techniques.

• The Fire Emperor, Huo Ling'er, the Demoness, and other factions gathered to watch the Battle of the Two Stones.
• Shi Qingyun arrived as Deer-Chasing Academy's Mountain Master and reunited with the Fire Emperor, Huo Ling'er, the Demoness, and Little White.
• Shi Qingyun used his power to injure the spirits of onlookers who directed hostility at him and the Demoness.
• Youyan and other Netherworld cultivators appeared, and Shi Qingyun pierced their concealing mist before turning his attention back to the arena.
• The Domain Envoy activated the Sky Battlefield and called for the two young supremes to enter.
• Shi Yi challenged Shi Hao, who emerged through a spatial vortex, and the two immediately attacked with their Qilin and Suanni techniques.

Shi Hao broke free from Shi Yi’s double-pupiled world and fought him until the Supreme Bone’s backlash caused Shi Yi to fall. Shi Hao survived the duel but collapsed from exhaustion, leaving the watching crowd’s intentions uncertain.

• Shi Hao and Shi Yi traded powerful blows, and Shi Yi trapped Shi Hao inside a world created by his double pupils.
• Shi Hao burned his essence blood, fought Shi Yi within the dark world, and shattered it with a sword strike aimed at the enormous double-pupiled eye.
• After the world collapsed, Shi Hao and Shi Yi resumed their battle until Shi Yi tried to unleash the Heaven Mending Technique through his Precious Bone.
• Shi Hao’s Supreme Bone triggered a backlash that overcame Shi Yi, who dissolved into specks of starlight as Shi Hao declared their karma erased.
• Shi Hao collapsed in the arena, and sharp gleams appeared in the eyes of some nearby spectators.

Granny Xihua’s attempt to kill Shi Hao failed when Shi Qingyun turned her Soul-Extinguishing Needle back on her, while other Venerables eyed the Kun Peng Precious Technique. A newcomer wielding the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk attacked the Domain Envoy, and Venerables then turned on Shi Hao as the arena erupted into chaos.

• Granny Xihua attacked the recovering Shi Hao with a Soul-Extinguishing Needle, but Shi Qingyun redirected it and killed her.
• Yue Chan apologized to Shi Hao and Shi Qingyun, while Youyan abandoned his plan to seize the Kun Peng Precious Technique and left with the others.
• Shi Qingyun sent Elder Bai, the War Goddess, and the Deer-Chasing Academy group away, then stayed as the Domain Envoy prepared to announce the result.
• Divine Flame Man arrived carrying the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk, threatened Yue Chan and Demoness, and attacked the Domain Envoy.
• A Venerable from Primordial Divine Mountain rallied others to attack Shi Hao for the Kun Peng Precious Technique, but Shi Hao used Kunpeng Divine Speed to evade their first strikes.
• Demoness teased Yue Chan about Divine Flame Man’s threat, and Yue Chan summoned a precious sword.

Shi Qingyun battled the Divine Flame Man after the Divine Flame Man killed the Domain Envoy and seized most of the divine spirit creation. The Divine Flame Man escaped through the Reincarnation Disk’s power as the Sky Battlefield destabilized, and Shi Qingyun left with the Demoness.

• Yue Chan joined the Domain Envoy against the Divine Flame Man, but he defeated the Domain Envoy with the Six Paths Reincarnation Disk.
• Shi Qingyun seized most of the divine spirit creation scattered when the Domain Envoy died, while Chains of Order attacked the fighters across the Sky Battlefield.
• Shi Qingyun attacked the Divine Flame Man with his Golden Giant, forcing him to sacrifice a blood crystal to empower the Reincarnation Disk.
• The Reincarnation Disk unleashed overwhelming power, destroyed Shi Qingyun’s Golden Giant, and carried the Divine Flame Man through a spatial rift.
• Shi Qingyun returned to the Demoness, and they left the destabilizing Sky Battlefield together.

Shi Qingyun entered deep enlightenment in Deer-Chasing Academy, advancing his comprehension of Yin-Yang and other Dao techniques as an ink-wash domain spread around him. Meanwhile, Youyan prepared with Ban Zimo to seize the Ten Fiends Precious Technique, and a sudden burst of power from Shi Qingyun left the academy's disciples unable to use their divine power.

• Shi Qingyun returned safely to Deer-Chasing Academy, reassured the War Goddess, Elder Bai, and the others, then entered his cultivation chamber to cultivate with the divine spirit creation he had taken from the Divine Flame Man.
• Shi Qingyun used the Daos and principles flooding his awareness to evolve his techniques, manifesting a Thunder Qilin and a Kunpeng before settling into a revolving Taiji Dao Diagram.
• Shi Qingyun's Primordial Spirit Miniature briefly manifested a robe woven from the three thousand Great Daos, then returned to his body as an ink-wash world of Yin and Yang spread through his awareness and the outside world.
• Youyan killed a woman by extracting her soul and burning her body, then told Ban Zimo that their preparations were complete and they would take the Ten Fiends Precious Technique back to earn great merit.
• A terrifying force erupted from Shi Qingyun within Deer-Chasing Academy, briefly stopping the disciples from mobilizing their divine power and drawing their attention toward him.

Shi Qingyun left Deer-Chasing Academy to investigate the Heavenly Talent Gathering and reunite with the Demoness, whose true body had arrived in the Lower Realm. After they shared wine and grew intimate, their union deepened his understanding of Yin-Yang.

• Shi Qingyun broke through to the middle stage of the Arraying Realm and received an invitation to the Heavenly Talent Gathering, which mentioned the Lower Realm's great calamity.
• Shi Qingyun reassured Elder Bai and the War Goddess, then left Deer-Chasing Academy to see what the Upper Realm's people were planning.
• Shi Qingyun traveled to the Stone Kingdom Imperial Capital and found the Demoness, who revealed she had come to the Lower Realm in her true body to surprise him.
• Shi Qingyun and the Demoness shared Spirit Wine and stories, then kissed and went to her room together.
• Shi Qingyun and the Demoness united beneath the moonlight, and he gained further insight into the principles of Yin-Yang.

Shi Qingyun learned about the Heavenly Talent Gathering and the great calamity from Demoness before leaving the Imperial Capital to attend. At Ravine-Below City, he reunited with Shi Hao and headed with him toward the gathering, unaware that a shadow was following them.

• Demoness explained that Upper Realm visitors used the Heavenly Talent Gathering to exchange information, form alliances, and sometimes select Lower Realm attendants, while she knew little about the great calamity.
• Shi Qingyun decided to attend the gathering to seek information from Youyan, then said goodbye to Demoness and left the Imperial Capital.
• Shi Qingyun arrived at Ravine-Below City, explored its empty streets, and bought an emerald-green bracelet for Xuanzhi.
• Shi Qingyun met Shi Hao at the city gate, and the two confirmed they had invitations and walked toward the gathering together.
• A dark shadow followed Shi Qingyun and Shi Hao as they approached the towering black building.