Chapter Summaries

Chen Du punished Wang Toutou and his two accomplices, then used the Hatred Qi he gained to obtain a Twelfth Tier palace treasure. Over the next three months he quietly advanced to the Sixth Tier, and the chapter ended as the menial disciples' assessment began.

• Chen Du broke Wang Toutou's arm and shattered the knees of the two men with him, then crippled all three and drove them from the menial disciples' courtyard.
• Chen Du received 1,000 years of sublimated Hatred Qi and used it to obtain a Twelfth Tier palace-type magical treasure through Heaven's Way's Gift.
• Chen Du kept up Zhang Shun's ordinary routine by day and cultivated at night, reaching the Sixth Tier while carefully consolidating his foundation.
• Chen Du arrived at the menial disciples' assessment, where the steward sat before a Force-Testing Divine Stone and a Law Sensing Formation.

Chen Du tested at Sixth Tier and was promoted to the outer sect, then used his new freedom to secretly visit the Thunder Abyss and gain a Fourteenth Tier cultivation technique and pill. He returned to his courtyard with plans to cultivate and explore the Holy Land’s hidden opportunities while keeping his strength concealed.

• Chen Du struck the strength-testing stone and registered at Sixth Tier, then confirmed his result in the Law Sensing Formation.
• The deacon promoted Chen Du to the outer sect as an exception, and he moved into a private courtyard the next morning.
• Chen Du traveled secretly to the Thunder Abyss and used his talents to condense the Fourteenth Tier technique Nine Heavens Thunder Abyss True Explanation.
• Chen Du signed in at the Thunder Abyss and received the Fourteenth Tier high-grade divine pill Nine-Turn Thunder Abyss Soul Tempering Pill.
• Chen Du returned to his courtyard and planned to cultivate at the Thunder Abyss at night while appearing to be an ordinary outer sect disciple by day.

Chen Du refined the Nine-Turn Thunder Abyss Soul Tempering Pill and studied the Nine Heavens Thunder Abyss True Explanation, strengthening the cultivation manifested through Zhang Shun's body. He then entered Fengxu, acquired a fire Dao technique and divine seal, and returned to his courtyard with both thunder and fire Daos at his disposal.

• Chen Du found a secluded valley and refined the Nine-Turn Thunder Abyss Soul Tempering Pill, strengthening his Fundamental Law of Thunder.
• Chen Du studied the Nine Heavens Thunder Abyss True Explanation for several months, raising the cultivation manifested through Zhang Shun's fleshly body from the Sixth Tier to the Twelfth Tier.
• Chen Du secretly reached Fengxu and used his talents to absorb the ancient fire Dao Resonance, forming the Record of the Great Void Burning Heaven in his sea of consciousness.
• Chen Du used Infinite Sign-In and Super Upgrade to obtain the Fourteenth Tier high-grade Great Void Burning Heaven Seal.
• Chen Du returned to his courtyard and contemplated how the Dao of thunder and the Dao of fire could complement each other.

Chen Du concealed the treasures and power he had gained in the Sealed Ruins from the Ruins Guardian Elder, who failed to identify him. The Ancient Path Holy Land’s elders dismissed the disturbance as a natural awakening of the fire seed, leaving Chen Du free to pursue more hidden opportunities.

• Chen Du hid his treasures and displayed only the cultivation of an ordinary disciple when the Ruins Guardian Elder searched his courtyard.
• The Ruins Guardian Elder searched the Sealed Ruins and the holy land’s residences but found no trace of anyone connected to the Burning Heaven Dao Resonance.
• The Ruins Guardian Elder reported the disturbance at the Soaring Firmament Hall, where the elders debated its cause.
• The sect master investigated the Sealed Ruins and ruled that the Dao Resonance had escaped naturally, ordering the elders not to add guards.
• Chen Du secretly listened to the assembly, confirmed that the sect master had not discovered him, and planned to seek out other ancient sites.

Chen Du passed the Ancient Path Holy Land’s outer disciple assessment with a verified seventh-tier cultivation, astonishing the disciples and earning the deacon’s praise. After returning to seclusion, he concealed his true strength, which had recovered to the fourteenth tier, and planned to secure an inner sect place before venturing further into the holy land.

• Chen Du struck the strength-testing stone and registered at the seventh tier, stunning the assembled outer disciples.
• A deacon verified the result with the Law Sensing Formation, praised Chen Du’s solid foundation, and encouraged him to seek an inner sect place.
• Former companions congratulated Chen Du, while jealous disciples and the expelled Wang Toutou and his companions brooded over his success.
• Chen Du returned to his courtyard and continued cultivating, keeping his outward realm at the seventh tier while his true cultivation had recovered to the fourteenth tier.
• Chen Du judged that he could attempt a further breakthrough but chose to stay concealed, first aiming to enter the inner sect and explore the holy land’s core.

Chen Du accepted Zhou Jingxuan’s challenge to spar in seven days after discovering Zhou had secretly planted meridian-sealing medicine in him. Chen gained ten thousand years of sublimated Hatred Qi Value and prepared for the match, while Zhou celebrated his scheme with his followers.

• Zhou Jingxuan confronted Chen Du and tried to dissuade him from competing for an inner sect place.
• Chen refused to back down, so Zhou challenged him to a public spar in seven days and secretly planted meridian-sealing medicine while patting his shoulder.
• Chen detected the medicine and realized it would weaken his cultivation during the match, but chose not to expose Zhou’s scheme.
• Chen’s system awarded him ten thousand years of sublimated Hatred Qi Value, and he returned to cultivate as he anticipated the fight.
• Zhou returned to his courtyard with his followers, who praised the secret medicine as they celebrated; Zhou said it would erupt on the day of the match.

Chen Du concealed that Zhou Jingxuan’s secret medicine had failed and let the arrogant outer sect chief believe he had the advantage in their duel. As Zhou Jingxuan tried to cripple him, Chen Du revealed his Seventh-Tier Peak Stage strength and struck back.

• Zhou Jingxuan plotted to cripple Zhang Shun to prevent the Zhang Family’s rising talent from threatening the Zhou Family’s influence.
• Chen Du’s Thunder resonance destroyed the secret medicine, and he hid the fact while waiting to confront Zhou Jingxuan publicly.
• A Sixteenth Tier powerhouse’s Divine Thought searched the outer sect, but Chen Du’s Beyond Cause and Effect talent concealed his abnormal aura.
• Seven days later, Zhou Jingxuan attacked Chen Du on the sparring ground, believing the medicine had weakened him, while Chen Du deliberately appeared to struggle and gained Hatred Qi.
• Zhou Jingxuan committed to a palm strike meant to cripple Chen Du’s arm and destroy his cultivation foundation, but Chen Du revealed his Seventh-Tier Peak Stage aura and met the attack with a palm strike.

Chen Du revealed his strength, defeated Zhou Jingxuan, and crippled his cultivation, earning thirty thousand years of Sublimated Enmity Qi. The fight brought him fame and drew the attention of the Zhou Family and inner sect elders as he prepared for the selection a year later.

• Chen Du stopped pretending to be weakened, overwhelmed Zhou Jingxuan in three clashes, and crippled his cultivation down to the Third Tier.
• Chen Du gained thirty thousand years of Sublimated Enmity Qi and left the arena while the disciples watched in shock.
• The law-enforcement deacon declared Chen Du the winner, ruling Zhou Jingxuan's injuries a sparring accident under sect rules.
• News of the fight spread through the outer and inner sects, prompting some elders to watch Chen Du and others tied to the Zhou Family to plan obstacles for him.
• A Sixteenth-Tier old monster sensed traces of the fight but failed to detect Chen Du's special aura, while Chen Du settled his cultivation in his courtyard.
• Chen Du recognized that the Zhou Family and inner sect were turning their attention toward him and looked ahead to the inner sect selection a year later.

After Zhou Jingxuan was defeated, the Zhou Family secretly poisoned Zhang Shun, believing he would die within a month. Chen Du’s Fundamental Law of Thunder destroyed the poison, and he waited for the deadline to expose the family’s schemes; when the month passed, Zhang Shun’s courtyard remained peaceful.

• The Zhou Family patriarch blamed Zhou Jingxuan’s defeat on carelessness and ordered a shadow guard to kill Zhang Shun.
• The shadow guard infiltrated Chen Du’s courtyard and sent Bone-Eroding Essence-Withering Poison into his cultivation chamber.
• Chen Du’s Fundamental Law of Thunder destroyed the poison, and the system awarded him 20,000 years of sublimated enmity against the Zhou Family.
• Chen Du decided to wait until the Zhou Family believed the poison had killed him, then shatter their confidence.
• After thirty days, Zhang Shun’s courtyard remained peaceful, despite the Zhou Family expecting his death.

Chen Du’s composure and survival drove the Zhou Family’s hatred to its peak, earning him fifty thousand years of sublimated Enmity Qi and seventeen epochs of enlightenment in the Fundamental Law of Thunder. After reaching third-level recognition of the law, he learned the Zhou Family had abducted Lin He to lure him out of the Ancient Path Holy Land, and chose to enter their trap to settle accounts.

• The Zhou Family learned that Chen Du had survived their poison unharmed and lost their composure in rage and humiliation.
• Chen Du received twenty thousand years of sublimated Enmity Qi from the Zhou Family, bringing his total to fifty thousand, and sacrificed it to Heavenly Dao Bestowal.
• Chen Du gained seventeen epochs of divine enlightenment in the Fundamental Law of Thunder, broke through to third-level recognition, and stabilized his Seventh-Tier Peak Stage cultivation.
• The Zhou Family abducted Lin He and planted clues leading to a remote mountain on the Heavenly Gift Dynasty’s border to lure Chen Du from the Holy Land.
• Chen Du saw through the Zhou Family’s scheme and decided to go along with it so he could attack their hidden forces.

Chen Du lured the Zhou Family’s death soldiers into a trap and slaughtered all twenty-five, earning enough Enmity Qi to reach fourth-tier recognition of the Fundamental Law of Thunder and create the Ji Yuan Godslaying Sword. The Zhou Family planned to use its sect connections to kill Zhang Shun at the coming inner sect selection, unaware of how much Chen Du had grown.

• Chen Du left the Ancient Path Holy Land and let the Zhou Family’s twenty-five Eighth Stage death soldiers ambush him in the Desolate Ancient Mountain, where he killed them all without being harmed.
• A scout reported the failure to the Zhou Family, whose leaders realized Chen Du had used their belief in his attachment to a fellow disciple to trick them.
• Chen Du spent the 100,000 Sublimated Enmity Qi he gained on Heaven’s Way’s Gift and received thirty-six epochs of insight into the Fundamental Law of Thunder, advancing to fourth-tier recognition and gaining an intermediate core.
• Chen Du forged the Ji Yuan Godslaying Sword, a new Thunder Dao sword move surpassing the Primordial Tribulation-Extinguishing Sword, and returned to the Ancient Path Holy Land.
• The Zhou Family decided to use its connections within the sect to arrange Chen Du’s death at the coming inner sect selection.

Chen Du passed the outer sect assessment with Eighth Stage cultivation and was admitted to the inner sect, where he killed the Zhou Family’s assassin, Deacon Wu. The Zhou Family patriarch, alarmed by their repeated failures, decided to seek help from the clan ancestor to stop Zhang Shun.

• Chen Du struck the testing stone and reached the Eighth Stage mark, earning immediate admission to the inner sect.
• Deacon Wu escorted Chen Du to a remote cliff and revealed that the Zhou Family had hired him to kill Zhang Shun.
• Chen Du killed Deacon Wu with a strike of fundamental lightning and gained ninety thousand years of Enmity Qi.
• The Zhou Family patriarch learned that Deacon Wu had died and that the family’s schemes against Chen Du had failed.
• The Zhou Family patriarch ordered a messenger to report Zhang Shun’s growth to the clan ancestor and ask for the threat to be suppressed.

Chen Du left the Ancient Path Holy Land to settle affairs in the Heavenly Gift Dynasty, and the Zhou Family seized the chance to ambush him. The Zhou Family ancestor emerged from seclusion and led the clan’s strongest fighters toward Chen Du, who detected their killing intent and calmly awaited them.

• Chen Du completed his inner-sect assessment, secured leave from the Ancient Path Holy Land, and set out alone for the Heavenly Gift Dynasty.
• A Zhou Family spy reported Chen Du’s departure to the Zhou Family head, who decided it was the family’s chance to kill him.
• The Zhou Family head awakened the Zhou Family ancestor from more than a decade of death seclusion and urged him to act against Chen Du.
• The Twelfth Tier ancestor agreed, and the Zhou Family assembled dozens of its strongest experts for the ambush.
• Chen Du sensed the approaching killing intent with his sea-of-consciousness talent, received system notifications, and kept walking as he waited for the Zhou Family force.

Chen Du faced the Zhou Family’s patriarch, head, and dozens of experts as they tried to avenge their clan, but he annihilated them with a sea of Ji Yuan lightning. The Zhou Family was erased, leaving Chen Du standing alone on the cleared imperial road.

• The Zhou Family patriarch and head confronted Chen Du, blamed him for the clan’s losses, and declared that he would die.
• The Zhou Family members’ contempt and hostility triggered millions of years of sublimated Enmity Qi for Chen Du.
• Chen Du flicked his finger and unleashed a sea of lightning imbued with the Fundamental Law of Thunder and Ji Yuan Godslaying.
• Chen Du’s lightning shattered Zhou Xu antong’s strongest defense and swallowed the patriarch and Zhou Family head.
• The lightning dissolved every Zhou Family expert, and Chen Du remained unharmed as the wind and sand settled.

Chen Du used the Enmity Qi from destroying the Zhou Family to awaken his talent and gain seventh-level recognition of the Fundamental Law of Thunder, transforming his Soul Heart, body, and Dao foundation. After refining a new sword technique, he concealed his power and stood ready to pursue the path ahead.

• Chen Du spent 1.4 million points of sublimated Enmity Qi and absorbed the understanding of the thunder Dao accumulated over three thousand eras, reaching seventh-level recognition.
• Chen Du's thunder Dao control, Soul Heart, physical foundation, and state of mind underwent a profound transformation.
• Chen Du used his new understanding to refine the second form of the Ji Yuan Godslaying Sword, Thunder Era Collapse, over several days.
• Chen Du mastered the move until he could unleash it with a thought, then concealed his thunder Dao presence.
• Chen Du reflected on his newfound strength and the road ahead as the bell from Qingfeng Temple rang through the mountains.

After destroying the Zhou Family, Chen Du returned to the Ancient Path Holy Land and hid his Fourteenth Tier cultivation from its Sixteenth Tier ancestor. He secretly plundered the holy land’s ancient sites, gaining powerful techniques, laws, and treasures while posing as an ordinary newcomer.

• The Zhou Family’s destruction alarmed the dynasty’s middle-ranking clans, whose investigators found no trace of the battle and warned their clans to avoid provoking the unknown killer.
• Chen Du returned to the Ancient Path Holy Land, where its Sixteenth Tier ancestor searched for the source of disturbances but failed to detect him.
• Chen Du mingled with inner-sect disciples by day, letting them believe he was an unremarkable Eighth Stage newcomer.
• At night, Chen Du studied the Myriad Laws Wall and gained the True Explanation of the Return of Myriad Laws to Their Origin, mastering the great Dao of water.
• Chen Du secretly visited the Millennium Hundred-Herb Garden and the abandoned earth-vein passage, gaining a restorative divine pill, an earth technique, and a defensive treasure.
• Chen Du continued his hidden routine, collecting ancient treasures and laws while no one at the holy land discovered his true cultivation.

Chen Du joined the Ancient Path Holy Land’s mandatory trial to Black Mist Marsh, seeing the journey as a chance to gain Calamity Qi and opportunities. After boarding a merchant ship, he was ambushed by four ninth-tier demonic cultivators who mistook him for Zhang Shun, and Chen Du struck them down with a flick of his hand.

• Elder Sun assigned the inner disciples to purge a demonic faction in Black Mist Marsh and included Chen Du in the trial party.
• Chen Du accepted the mandatory mission, then traveled with the disciples to the Mount Tai Immortal Assembly and boarded one of its merchant ships.
• Four ninth-tier demonic cultivators broke into Chen Du’s cabin and said someone had paid them to kill him, calling him Zhang Shun.
• The assassins attacked, triggering Chen Du’s Deliberate Revenge and Super Upgrade talents and earning him thirty thousand Sublimated Enmity Qi.
• Chen Du flicked four strands of dark golden lightning at the attackers, and Scarface froze in disbelief.

Chen Du killed four Ninth Tier assassins who attacked him, but Steward Liu of the Mount Tai Immortal Assembly ignored evidence that Chen had acted in self-defense and imprisoned him. Chen endured the abuse to build up Enmity Qi, planning to turn the tables when the humiliation reached its height.

• Chen Du annihilated Scarface and the three other Ninth Tier demonic cultivators who had tried to assassinate him in his cabin.
• Steward Liu arrived with Mount Tai Immortal Assembly disciples and accused Chen Du of murder, while two Ancient Path Holy Land elders asked him to investigate first.
• Chen Du pointed out that the assassins must have left evidence, and Liu's disciples found a hiring token, a communication jade talisman, and demonic-path tokens in the assassins' cabin.
• Although Liu learned that the evidence confirmed Chen Du's account, he insisted that Chen had broken the ship's rules and ordered him arrested.
• Chen Du accepted the arrest and let the disciples bind and imprison him, while Liu and the others mocked and humiliated him in the lower hold.
• Chen Du gained more Enmity Qi from the abuse and resolved to wait until he could overturn the situation before a larger audience.

Bound to the execution platform as Zhang Shun, Chen Du endured the Immortal Assembly’s increasingly powerful attempts to kill him while secretly gaining Grudge Qi from Steward Liu’s arrogance. Steward Liu activated the branch’s suppression formation and launched the God-Locking Thunder Spear at Chen Du.

• Steward Liu publicly read Zhang Shun’s charges and declared that he would be executed, while Chen Du secretly gained 700,000 years of sublimated Grudge Qi.
• Steward Liu’s Soul-Slaying Blade and the Immortal Assembly’s other weapons and devices failed to injure Chen Du, humiliating Steward Liu before the crowd.
• Steward Liu claimed Chen Du relied on a protective treasure and ordered disciples to bring the God-Locking Thunder Spear and activate the High-Podium Suppression Formation, earning Chen Du another 900,000 years of sublimated Grudge Qi.
• The Immortal Assembly activated the formation, suppressing Chen Du as the God-Locking Thunder Spear gathered lightning and hurtled toward him.

Chen Du broke free of the Immortal Assembly’s restraints, killed Steward Liu, and stripped the other cultivators of their cultivation before exposing the steward’s schemes. As he sailed back toward the Ancient Path Holy Land, he exchanged the Enmity Qi he gained for insight into the Fundamental Law of Thunder and advanced his mastery.

• Chen Du snapped his spirit-binding ropes and used dark purple lightning to immobilize Steward Liu and the other Immortal Assembly disciples.
• Chen Du killed Steward Liu and destroyed the remaining disciples’ cultivation, then made them confess the steward’s plots and declare Chen Du falsely accused.
• A newly appointed steward apologized, compensated Chen Du with spiritual materials, and escorted him onto the merchant ship bound for the Ancient Path Holy Land.
• Chen Du exchanged 900,000 sublimated Enmity Qi for 2,070 epochs of insight into the Fundamental Law of Thunder, reaching Eighth-Level Recognition and forming a new sword move called Myriad Tribulations Return to Thunder.
• As the ship continued toward the Ancient Path Holy Land, Chen Du considered where to find his next opportunity to gain Enmity Qi.