Shi Huo

* Manhua 1
* Manhua 2

Shi Huo was the Northern Divine Venerable of the Ancient Wild Lands in the Eastern Territory of Star Boundary upon Yang Kai's arrival there. He was also the most aggressive and belligerent of the Divine Venerables and had once destroyed an Eastern Territory Sect for using a Spirit Array based off of a Divine Spirit. As a Divine Venerable, Shi Huo ruled over an even share of the 32 Monster Kings of the Ancient Wild Lands.

## Appearance

Similar to the Stone Puppet Clan, Shi Huo has a flesh body of stone. However, unlike the Stone Puppets, he has a devilish appearance and his eyes are filled with a flaming rage.

## Background

Shi Huo held power comparable to a Pseudo-Great Emperor.

## Past

### Flees Dragon Clan

According to legend, Shi Huo ran rampant through Southern Territory on one of his rampages about 50,000 years before Yang Kai arrived in Star Boundary, and it is said that even the Great Emperors were unable to stop his wanton slaughter. Eventually, a Dragon Island Token was used, and Shi Huo fearfully fled back to the Ancient Wild Lands under the threat of the Dragon Clan.

### Black Tortoise Sect

30,000 years before Yang Kai arrived in Star Boundary, Shi Huo infamously annihilated the Black Tortoise Sect of Eastern Territory. Infuriated that this Divine Spirit acted so rampantly in his domain, the Serene Soul Great Emperor pursued Shi Huo. However, Shi Huo managed to safely escape back to the Ancient Wild Lands, demonstrating the great power of the Ancient Wild Lands’ Divine Spirits.

## History

### Return of Heaven's Order

When Zhang Ruo Xi enters the Ancient Wild Lands with Yang Kai, the Blood Gate resonates with her blood, causing a disturbance that shakes the entire Ancient Land. As such, the four Divine Venerables eventually gather the 32 Monster Kings and surround the Blood Gate. Shi Huo, Luan Feng, Cang Gou, and Fan Wu proceed to make small talk until Xie Wu Wei, a Divine Soul Slave of Yang Kai’s, approaches them with information stating that the legendary Mountains and Rivers Bell was spotted in the forest of the Ancient Wild Lands, sufficiently arousing the interests of the 4 Divine Venerables.

Though somewhat skeptical, the Divine Venerables' interests overwhelm them, and they proceed to temporarily leave the vicinity of Blood Gate in order to take a look at the Bell. However, no matter how hard they try to move or activate it, they eventually prove unable to elicit a reaction from the legendary Ancient Exotic Artifact. Likewise, they then head back to the Blood Gate before the Mountains and Rivers Bell shockingly proceeds to fly past them in the same direction. Now infuriated with the knowledge that they've been deceived, the Divine Venerables again arrive at the Blood Gate to find Yang Kai and the Stone Puppet Clan, along with the Wood Spirits and Embodiment, surrounded by their Monster Kings. Shi Huo is then infuriated to see the Stone Puppet Clan he has long coveted colluding with a lowly Human Race after refusing his rule for so many years.

Likewise, Shi Huo proceeds to order the Stone Puppet Clan to either serve him or be extinguished, and for Yang Kai to abandon his cultivation level and leave the Mountains and Rivers Bell behind. Yang Kai then attempts to escape using Space Principles, but the Divine Venerables use their great strength to prevent him from doing so. Shi Huo then brutally attacks the Stone Puppet Clan, both beating and restraining them. Afterward, he finally makes a move toward Yang Kai, and is subsequently suppressed and imprisoned by the latter's Mountains and Rivers Bell. Unable to free Shi Huo, the Divine Venerables then come to a deal with Yang Kai in which they agree to let him safely retreat with his friends if he leaves the Mountains and Rivers Bell behind. After Yang Kai reluctantly agrees and frees Shi Huo, the latter immediately betrays the deal and starts brutally beating Yang Kai to within an inch of his life. The Divine Venerables, though somewhat disdainful of Shi Huo’s methods, do not offer any attempt to stop him.

Suddenly, however, a distraught Zhang Ruo Xi appears in a bid to assist Yang Kai, and Shi Huo takes her prisoner. As Luan Feng takes Ruo Xi to her side, Yang Kai is again tortured and beaten by Shi Huo after confronting the latter over his intent to kill Ruo Xi over her use of an Artifact containing the souls of countless Monster Beasts. Just when the situation seems decided, the Divine Venerables are subsequently forced to watch in horror as the Blood Gate's Seal suddenly breaks open at the will of an infuriated Zhang Ruo Xi, emitting the terrifying suppressive force of Heaven's Order upon them. As Zhang Ruo Xi’s entire demeanor changes, a disbelieving Shi Huo states that he must kill her before she matures to the level of her Ancestor. As Shi Huo makes his move, what appears to be the giant illusory shadow of Heaven's Order appears behind Zhang Ruo Xi. She then completely suppresses Shi Huo, who is unable to resist, before impaling the pleading Divine Venerable with the Heaven’s Order Sword. Ruo Xi then coldly breaks him open, takes his Divine Spirit Source, and gives it to Yang Kai’s Embodiment, thus reminding the Ancient Wild Lands of the horror of Heaven's Order.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Chapter 2600
2. ↑ Chapter 2111
3. ↑ Chapter 2583
4. ↑ Chapter 2111)
5. ↑ Chapter 2585
6. ↑ Chapter 2590
7. ↑ Chapter 2594