Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan arrived in the Thunder Realm with Mang Tianchi and his companions, discussed the Martial Arts Performance Ceremony and the Lei Clan’s Void Shuttle Boats, then agreed with Xuan Kongzi to advance a plan concerning the Yao Clan. The chapter ended as Gu Zhen met Lin Yuan aboard a Void Shuttle Boat to exchange requested items and pills.

• Lin Yuan introduced Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to Mang Tianchi, who urged them to conceal their Dou Venerate cultivation and keep Qing Lin’s unusual pupils secret.
• Lin Yuan said he would compete for the Earth Ranking championship, and Mang Tianchi assured him the Lei Clan would respect him if he defeated their contestants.
• Lin Yuan asked Mang Tianchi to help him obtain a Void Shuttle Boat after the Lei Clan’s ships arrived to carry the guests across the Thunder Realm.
• Lin Yuan found Cao Ying, Song Qing, and Xiao Yan dispirited by the powerful young talents they had encountered, then discussed a plan involving the Yao Clan with Xuan Kongzi, who supported it.
• Gu Zhen invited Lin Yuan to tea, and Lin Yuan handed him a storage ring containing the pills he had requested before asking whether Gu Zhen had brought the items from his letter.

Lin Yuan received the Evil Origin Poison Scripture from Gu Zhen and learned that the Shi Clan might help him obtain a Heaven Tier body refining Dou Skill and related resources. Their cooperation expanded after Gu Zhen saw Lin Yuan’s alchemy progress, and Gu Zhen explained that the Gu Clan had begun openly approaching Lin Yuan because his potential to become a Ninth-Grade Alchemist was exceptionally valuable.

• Gu Zhen gave Lin Yuan the Evil Origin Poison Scripture, an inheritance of poison arts, medicine, and pharmacology that could complete Xiao Yi Xian’s technique inheritance.
• Gu Zhen suggested that Lin Yuan contact the Shi Clan for a Heaven Tier body refining Dou Skill and resources, and offered to arrange an introduction through his clan’s friendships.
• Lin Yuan gave Gu Zhen a jade slip listing new pills and ingredients for their expanded cooperation.
• After reviewing the jade slip, Gu Zhen praised Lin Yuan’s progress to refining Eighth Grade Seven-Colored Medicinal Pills and agreed to help gather the required items.
• Lin Yuan asked why Gu Zhen’s line was openly approaching him, and Gu Zhen said the Gu Clan valued the prospect of an independent Ninth-Grade Alchemist.

Lin Yuan explained how his potential as a ninth-grade alchemist could give the Ancient Clan leverage against the Yao Clan, then met Gu Xun'er and confirmed that Xiao Yan was attending the Initial Thunder Ceremony in disguise. Xun'er agreed to maintain her arrangement with Lin Yuan for now, while admitting Xiao Yan could not catch up to him before the Pill Convention.

• Lin Yuan realized that the Ancient Clan and other powers hoped his alchemy talent would provide an alternative to the Yao Clan's monopoly on ninth-grade medicinal pills.
• Gu Zhen strengthened his friendly ties with Lin Yuan, and Gu Xun'er arrived to speak with him privately.
• Xun'er asked whether Xiao Yan was at the Initial Thunder Ceremony, and Lin Yuan confirmed that the alchemist in white was Xiao Yan using the Green Lotus Core Flame to conceal his identity.
• Lin Yuan asked whether Xun'er wanted to continue their arrangement, and she chose to maintain it temporarily and avoid further tricks.
• Xun'er acknowledged that Xiao Yan could not close the gap with Lin Yuan before the Pill Convention, while Lin Yuan warned her not to interfere with his business during the gathering.

Lin Yuan and Gu Xun'er agreed to continue cooperating, and he accepted her request to arrange a discreet meeting with Xiao Yan. After Gu Yao interrupted them, Lin Yuan and Gu Yao traded challenges before the warship arrived at the Heavenly Thunder Mountain Range, where Lei Xuan and a silver-robed young man welcomed the guests.

• Lin Yuan warned Gu Xun'er that protecting Xiao Yan too much could keep him from being tempered, but she said she had her own plans for his future.
• Lin Yuan gave Gu Xun'er an upgraded Yu Heng Token, retrieved her old one, and agreed to arrange a secret meeting with Xiao Yan in exchange for another favor.
• Gu Yao burst into the room, cautioned Lin Yuan not to approach Xun'er, and challenged him after Xun'er left.
• Lin Yuan vanished after boasting of his true strength, while Gu Yao vowed that he would not lose to him again.
• Several hours later, Lin Yuan's warship arrived at the Heavenly Thunder Mountain Range, where Ninth Elder Lei Xuan and a silver-robed young man greeted the guests.

At the Lei Clan’s Heavenly Thunder Mountain Range, Lei Dong challenged the gathered young experts and provoked Hun Feng over Xun'er before the Ninth Elder halted their confrontation. Lin Yuan later comforted Xiao Yan, arranged a discreet meeting with Xun'er, and offered to conceal the aura of his second Heavenly Flame.

• Lei Dong released his Dou Venerate aura to challenge the Central Plains’ young experts, and Lin Yuan shielded the Dan Tower group from its pressure.
• Xiao Yan brooded over the widening gap between himself and Lin Yuan and began doubting whether he should continue cultivating the Flame Mantra.
• Lei Dong and Hun Feng nearly fought over Xun'er until the Ninth Elder dispersed their gathered power and welcomed the guests to the Lei Clan.
• Lin Yuan took Xiao Yan to a courtyard, explained that Xun'er wanted to meet him privately, and warned him not to contact her or risk exposing himself.
• Lin Yuan led Xiao Yan to a secret chamber to improve the seals hiding the aura of his second Heavenly Flame, while considering Xiao Yan a potential connection to Xiao Xuan.

Lin Yuan sealed Xiao Yan’s Wind Fury Dragon Flame and warned him that the Flame Mantra could make obtaining stronger Heavenly Flames—and surviving the future—far more difficult. After Lin Yuan tried to persuade Xiao Yan to abandon the method, the next morning Zi Yan kissed Lin Yuan in front of Qing Lin, Xin Lan, and Dan Chen.

• Lin Yuan concealed the aura of Xiao Yan’s Wind Fury Dragon Flame with a Green Lotus Seal and taught him how to undo it.
• Lin Yuan told Xiao Yan that evolving the Flame Mantra would require powerful Heavenly Flames and revealed that he believed the Three Thousand Burning Flame already had an owner.
• Xiao Yan left troubled, while Lin Yuan privately hoped his warning would lead Xiao Yan to give up the Flame Mantra and avoid becoming a threat.
• Lin Yuan went out with the others to visit the market, then spent the night in Xiao Yi Xian’s room.
• The next morning, Zi Yan stopped Qing Lin from visiting Xiao Yi Xian, kissed Lin Yuan, and told him to come to her room that night.

Lin Yuan and his companions attended the Lei Clan’s Initial Thunder Ceremony, where he learned about the Cloud Rider Army and the clan’s bloodline-based marks. The ceremony began with Lei Ming receiving an Earth Grade Clan Mark, while Mang Tianchi started explaining the materials used for the Lei Clan’s mark brushes.

• Xiao Yi Xian gathered Lin Yuan and the others, and they rode a lightning eagle to the ceremony venue with Xuan Kongzi.
• Lin Yuan inspected the Lei Clan’s Cloud Rider Army and met Cao Lie, whom Mang Tianchi said could help him buy a Void Shuttle Boat.
• Lin Yuan surveyed the attending clan and sect representatives, then considered why he would not establish a force before reaching the summit.
• A powerful voice announced the ceremony’s start, and Lei Xuan led the elders in prayers before they began the Mark Bestowal Ceremony.
• Lei Ming received an Earth Grade Clan Mark after his star compass revealed six stars, and Xuan Kongzi explained that clan marks could boost strength without side effects.
• Mang Tianchi explained the Lei Clan’s bloodline grades and mark tiers, then began describing the materials used to make each clan mark brush.

At the Lei Clan’s Initial Thunder Ceremony, Lei Jing and two other Eighth-Grade Bloodline fighters received Heaven Grade Clan Marks before Lei Dong’s test revealed a Divine Grade Bloodline. Lei Dong’s achievement stirred rumors of a marriage alliance with Gu Xun’er, who left after secretly warning Lin Yuan, while Lei Dong’s clan mark ceremony remained to come.

• Mang Tianchi explained that the Lei Clan’s Emperor Mark Brush held a little Emperor Grade Lightning power and that clan marks varied in strength and status.
• Lei Jing tested as an Eighth-Grade Bloodline and received a Heaven Grade Clan Mark, followed by Lei Yun and Lei Ping receiving the same marks.
• Lei Dong’s Star Compass produced ten stars, revealing his Divine Grade Bloodline and potential to become a peak expert.
• Lei Dong waved warmly to Gu Xun’er, and Lei Clan members loudly spread rumors that the two should marry and form an alliance.
• Gu Xun’er recognized that the Lei Clan’s elders were encouraging the rumors, sent Lin Yuan an urgent message through the Yu Heng Token, and left the venue before Lei Dong’s clan mark was drawn.

Lei Dong received the Lei Clan’s Emperor Grade Clan Mark, and the Ninth Elder announced the rewards for the upcoming Martial Arts Performance Ceremony. Lin Yuan asked Mang Tianchi to arrange an alchemist warm-up match against the Yao Clan, leaving the ceremony poised to begin the next day.

• After Xun'er left, Xiao Yan silently vowed to gain the strength to stand beside her, while Lin Yuan watched over him.
• The Ninth Elder used the Emperor Mark Brush to inscribe an Emperor Grade Clan Mark on Lei Dong, whose Divine Grade Bloodline drew praise from the Lei Clan and hostile attention from Hun Yun and Hun Feng.
• The Ninth Elder announced the Martial Arts Performance Ceremony’s divisions and rewards, including Heaven Tier techniques for the champions and access to the Profound Origin Spirit Pool for those reaching the top eight.
• Mang Tianchi explained the Profound Origin Spirit Pool to Lin Yuan and suggested he aim for the Earth Ranking’s top eight.
• Lin Yuan asked Mang Tianchi to arrange an alchemist warm-up program before the tournament, planning a match against the Yao Clan, and Mang Tianchi agreed to help.

At the Martial Arts Performance Ceremony, Lin Yuan provoked Yao Tian into a public alchemist’s contest and wagered for the Yao Clan’s Ninth Grade Alchemy Legacy. As the flame battle began, Lin Yuan summoned the Azure Blue Ice Flame.

• Lin Yuan arrived at the ceremony with Zi Yan and his companions, while rumors comparing his alchemy talent with Yao Tian’s angered the Yao Clan genius.
• After Mang Tianchi and Lei Xuan prepared to begin the ceremony, Lin Yuan interrupted and challenged Yao Tian to decide which of them was the younger generation’s foremost alchemist.
• Yao Tian accepted Lin Yuan’s proposal for a flame battle, believing it favored his strengths as an alchemist.
• Lin Yuan raised the stakes by asking for the Yao Clan’s Ninth Grade Alchemy Legacy, and Yao Tian accepted a wager of honor.
• Lin Yuan snapped his fingers and summoned the Azure Blue Ice Flame.

Lin Yuan and Yao Tian accepted a wager pitting the Azure Blue Ice Flame against a Yao Clan ninth-tier inheritance, then began a Flame Battle. Lin Yuan outlasted Yao Tian’s defensive strategy and prepared an ice-fire arrow for the contest’s final exchange.

• Lin Yuan revealed the Azure Blue Ice Flame, impressing Huo Zhi, Huo Xuan, and Yao Ling with its strength and beauty.
• Yao Ying encouraged Yao Tian to accept Lin Yuan’s wager and promised to take responsibility for the outcome, so Yao Tian agreed to the challenge.
• Lin Yuan attacked with waves of Azure Blue Ice Flame, and Yao Tian countered by forming a protective tornado of Nine Nether Wind Flame.
• Lin Yuan intensified the attack with an ice-flame vortex and varied flame constructs, while Yao Tian condensed his flames into a barrier and tried to win through attrition.
• After half an hour, Yao Tian’s barrier cracked and his soul power was nearly exhausted, while Lin Yuan remained composed and revealed that he had deliberately lured Yao Tian into the attrition strategy.
• Lin Yuan formed an ice-blue bow and a compressed ice-fire arrow, aimed it at Yao Tian, and challenged him to make his final stand.

Lin Yuan defeated Yao Tian in their alchemy contest despite Yao Tian’s secret techniques, then gave him a jade slip inviting him to a rematch at the Pill Convention in five years. Yao Tian surrendered the ninth-grade alchemy legacy and left the square, while Lin Yuan departed after explaining that he sought to learn from many schools.

• Yao Tian used the Spirit Burning Method and Blood Sacrifice to Fire to empower the Nine Nether Wind Eagle, but Lin Yuan countered with his Five-Ringed Blazing Fire Method and Sky Fire Divine Shot.
• Lin Yuan’s arrow destroyed the Nine Nether Wind Eagle, and the backlash left Yao Tian injured and unable to continue; Lin Yuan declared himself the winner.
• Yao Ying advised Yao Tian to learn from the defeat, and Yao Tian vowed to train harder and challenge Lin Yuan again.
• Lin Yuan gave Yao Tian a jade slip inviting him to compete at the Pill Convention in five years, with the Azure Blue Ice Flame as his wager.
• Yao Tian handed Lin Yuan the agreed ninth-grade legacy and left the square, promising to reclaim his honor at the Pill Convention.
• Lin Yuan thanked Mang Tianchi and Lei Xuan, told Yao Ying that learning from many schools was his path in alchemy, and vanished from the arena.

After Lin Yuan defeated Yao Tian, Xuan Kongzi praised his performance and promised to recommend him for Dan Tower’s Ninth Grade Legacy. Lin Yuan then exchanged a first wave with Yao Ling, Yao Tian’s younger sister, and considered approaching her about becoming a Seven-Star Lord.

• Xuan Kongzi praised Lin Yuan for defeating Yao Tian and agreed that Dan Tower should prepare for the Yao Clan’s likely return to the Pill Convention.
• Xuan Kongzi said competition from the Yao Clan could shake Dan Tower out of its growing complacency and promised to recommend Lin Yuan for Dan Tower’s Ninth Grade Legacy.
• Cao Ying, Song Qing, and Xiao Yan felt envious of Lin Yuan’s opportunity, while Xiao Yan thanked him for defending Elder Yao against Yao Tian’s insult.
• Lin Yuan noticed Yao Ling watching him, waved to her, and she hesitantly waved back before giving him an icy look.
• Lin Yuan assessed Yao Ling as a promising candidate for Seven-Star Lord and considered finding an opportunity to speak with her.

The Martial Arts Performance Ceremony began, and Lin Yuan joined the Earth Ranking Battle before entering the Lei Clan’s Demonic Lightning Tower for the preliminary competition. The contestants had to reach the tower’s fourth floor to claim one of sixteen tokens, and Mang Tianchi opened the tower as the trial began.

• Zi Yan sat intimately beside Lin Yuan as he watched the ceremony begin, while the Yao Clan members held back their hostility toward him.
• Ninth Elder announced the Earth Ranking Battle, and Lei Dong entered the arena with Lei Yun and Lei Ping before Lin Yuan joined the contestants.
• Mang Tianchi opened a space gate to the trial ground, and Ninth Elder used silver mirrors to show the audience the preliminary competition.
• Lin Yuan and the other contestants arrived at the Demonic Lightning Pool, where Mang Tianchi identified the Demonic Lightning Tower as the trial venue.
• Mang Tianchi explained that the first sixteen contestants to reach the fourth floor would qualify, gave everyone a space stone for emergency escape, and opened the tower door.

Lin Yuan swiftly passed the first three trials of the Demonic Lightning Tower, overcoming a lightning pool and formations of lightning creatures with his Azure Blue Ice Flame and soul power. As the other contestants reached the third level to face Two-Star Dou Venerate lightning creatures, one created creature wondered how many of its kind would survive.

• Lin Yuan found the first level's Space Tunnel beneath the lightning pool and crossed it through the lightning with his Azure Blue Ice Flame, while other contestants struggled to follow.
• Hun Feng and the other contestants entered the pool after Lin Yuan, and many were injured or forced to withdraw before reaching the tunnel.
• On the second level, Lin Yuan pierced a lightning dragon formed by gathered lightning creatures and passed through the hidden Gate of Space.
• On the third level, Lin Yuan struck a Two-Star Dou Venerate lightning creature with a Soul Storm and flew through the Space Tunnel before it could stop him.
• Hun Feng, Lei Dong, Gu Qingyang, and the other contestants arrived on the third level, where each faced a Two-Star Dou Venerate lightning creature alone.

Lin Yuan passed the Demonic Lightning Tower preliminaries first, and sixteen contestants gathered as the Martial Arts Performance Ceremony main tournament began. The draw matched Lin Yuan against Gu Yao, while Hun Feng and Hun Yu pursued a plan to mislead the other clans about the Hun Clan’s intentions.

• Lin Yuan cleared Mang Tianchi’s three preliminary trials first, claimed a jade token, and returned to the arena.
• Lin Yuan watched the other contestants fight their lightning guards as the preliminaries ended and fifteen more candidates qualified.
• Mang Tianchi announced the sixteen contestants, whose ranks revealed the Hun Clan’s numerical strength among the ancient clans.
• Hun Feng and Hun Yu carried out their mission to mislead the clans into believing the Hun Clan would wait decades or centuries before starting a war.
• Mang Tianchi activated the contestants’ jade tokens to reveal the match bracket, and Lin Yuan learned his first opponent was Gu Yao.

Lin Yuan examined the Martial Arts Ceremony bracket as Gu Qingyang began the opening battle against Hun Ya. Hun Ya and Gu Qingyang both unleashed amplification techniques, and the chapter ended as Gu Qingyang prepared to use overwhelming force to decide the fight.

• Lin Yuan studied the bracket, noting that he would face Gu Yao and suspecting the pairings might have been deliberately arranged.
• Mang Tianchi announced that Gu Qingyang and Hun Ya would fight first, and the other participants returned to their seats.
• Gu Qingyang struck Hun Ya with the Sea Overturning Seal, forcing him back before Hun Ya activated his clan mark and raised his strength to Five-Star mid-stage Dou Venerate.
• Gu Qingyang activated the Blood Transformation Technique, matching Hun Ya’s strength, but Hun Ya adopted a defensive stance to outlast it.
• Gu Qingyang used Mystic Spirit Gathering Transformation to reach Six-Star Dou Venerate, then prepared an annihilating attack despite the strain of running two secret techniques together.

Gu Qingyang defeated Hun Ya in the tournament’s first match after their Heaven Tier Dou Skills collided. Mang Tianchi stopped Gu Qingyang’s final attack before it killed Hun Ya, and Gu Qingyang advanced to the top eight.

• Gu Qingyang unleashed the Great Annihilation Technique, while Hun Ya countered with the Soul Annihilation Palm.
• Gu Qingyang’s Great Annihilation Finger broke Hun Ya’s palm print and threatened to kill him.
• Mang Tianchi froze the Annihilation Finger, declared the match decided, and asked Hun Ya to admit defeat.
• Hun Ya conceded, and Mang Tianchi announced Gu Qingyang as the winner and first fighter to advance to the top eight.
• Gu Qingyang thanked Mang Tianchi and left the arena to rest, while Hun Ya walked away with an icy expression.

Gu Qingyang defeated Hun Ya, while Hun Yu dominated Huo Xuan in the Martial Arts Ceremony and continued attacking after winning. The chapter ended as Hun Yu’s punch was about to strike Huo Xuan’s head.

• Gu Qingyang returned to the Ancient Clan seats, where Elder Tong Xuan praised him and he warned that the Hun Clan’s younger generation posed a serious threat.
• Mang Tianchi announced the second match between Huo Xuan and Hun Yu, and Huo Xuan activated the Blood Burning Great Technique to raise his strength.
• Hun Yu attacked Huo Xuan and controlled the fight, calmly countering his moves while concealing a large advantage in strength.
• Xuan Kongzi warned Lin Yuan to be careful when facing Hun Yu, and Lin Yuan said he understood.
• Hun Yu triggered hidden cold force inside Huo Xuan, struck him down, then moved to punch his head despite the match being decided.

Lin Yuan faced Gu Yao in the third match and overwhelmed him in close combat, then invited him to unleash his strongest move. As Gu Yao prepared his heaven-tier technique, Lin Yuan revealed that Azure Blue Ice Flame was formed from seven heavenly flame sub-flames and summoned a massive Fire God Arm.

• Mang Tianchi stopped Hun Yu from killing Huo Xuan, declared Hun Yu the winner, and announced Gu Qingyang would face Hun Yu next.
• Mang Tianchi drew Lin Yuan against Gu Yao for the third match, and Gu Yao vowed to avenge his past defeats.
• Gu Yao used Blood Transformation Technique and Ice Domain to track Lin Yuan, but Lin Yuan defeated him with a single overwhelming punch.
• Lin Yuan destroyed Gu Yao's cold vortex and urged him to continue, so Gu Yao gathered power with Ancient Saint Treasure Mirror and unleashed Annihilation Finger.
• Lin Yuan formed a heavenly flame formation, revealed Azure Blue Ice Flame's seven sub-flames, and summoned the enormous Fire God Arm.