Chapter Summaries

Huang Shaojie shared Lifespan Fruits with his family, and Madam Huang gave hers to Meilisi so everyone could enjoy the fruit’s benefits. He then cultivated through Foundation Establishment and formed a Golden Core, leaving him newly entered into the Golden Core Realm.

• Madam Huang gave her Lifespan Fruit to Meilisi, while Xiao Qiuyue, Xiao He, the other women, and Huang Baiwan offered theirs to Huang Shaojie.
• Huang Shaojie told his family he had already eaten two of the ten Lifespan Fruits, and they ate the fruits they had been given.
• After eating the Lifespan Fruits, Huang Baiwan and Madam Huang felt rejuvenated and shared an energetic night together.
• Huang Shaojie took five Foundation Establishment Pills and cultivated until his Dao Palace reached great completion and he began forming a core.
• Huang Shaojie took four Golden Origin Pills and condensed the Spiritual Energy in his Dao Palace into a dazzling Golden Core.

After reaching the peak of the Golden Core Realm, Huang Shaojie enjoyed a peaceful stroll with his nine-month-pregnant wives, Xiang Qingyang and Xiao Qiuyue. The tranquility ended when strange lightning repeatedly struck near them, and Huang Shaojie realized that fleeing to the palace would not stop it.

• Huang Shaojie mastered the Rainbow Transformation Technique, while Muhammad surrendered India to Great Chu and Xiang Qingyang imposed new laws and customs there.
• Half a year after reaching the Golden Core Realm, Huang Shaojie reached its peak as Xiang Qingyang and Xiao Qiuyue entered their ninth month of pregnancy.
• Huang Shaojie strolled through the imperial garden with Xiang Qingyang and Xiao Qiuyue, and they happily discussed their unborn children.
• Dark clouds gathered overhead, and several powerful bolts of lightning struck near the three, destroying a rockery and a pine tree and leaving a deep pit.
• Xiang Qingyang urged Huang Shaojie to return to the main hall, but he said the lightning would follow them and the hall could not withstand it.

Huang Shaojie learned that the lightning strikes were the Heavenly Dao warning him not to cultivate beyond the peak of the Golden Core Realm, and he reassured Xiang Qingyang and Xiao Qiuyue that he would put off ascending until after their births. A month later, both women went into labor while Huang Shaojie waited anxiously outside their bedchamber.

• Huang Shaojie tested his suspicion by moving away from Xiang Qingyang and Xiao Qiuyue, and the lightning continued to strike close beside him before the clouds dispersed.
• Huang Shaojie explained that reaching the peak of the Golden Core Realm had drawn a Heavenly Dao warning and that breaking through to the Nascent Soul Stage would bring a dangerous lightning tribulation.
• Xiao Qiuyue and Xiang Qingyang asked Huang Shaojie not to risk the tribulation, and he promised to wait until they had given birth before ascending.
• Huang Shaojie paused cultivation, helped Xiang Qingyang with state affairs, and spent time with his wives.
• A month later, Xiang Qingyang and Xiao Qiuyue went into labor as Huang Shaojie paced outside their bedchamber.

Xiang Qingyang and Xiao Qiuyue gave birth to a son and a daughter, whom Huang Shaojie named Huang Shang and Huang Yu. Three months later, with his Golden Core cultivation at great perfection, Huang Shaojie prepared to attempt the Nascent Soul Stage breakthrough despite his wives’ fears of the lightning tribulation.

• Xiang Qingyang gave birth to a son, and Huang Shaojie named him Huang Shang.
• Xiao Qiuyue gave birth to a daughter, and Huang Shaojie named her Huang Yu.
• Over the next three months, Huang Shaojie taught the seven women cultivation techniques and reached great perfection in the Golden Core Realm while enduring frequent lightning strikes from the Heavenly Dao.
• Huang Shaojie told the women he would attempt to break through to the Nascent Soul Stage, and he reassured them that he would either bring them to the Spirit Realm or return to the Mortal Realm.
• Meilisi asked what would happen if Huang Shaojie died in the Spirit Realm.

Huang Shaojie prepared to undergo his Nascent Soul lightning tribulation while his seven wives watched from a distant mountain. As the clouds gathered, the system explained the nine types of tribulations, leaving Huang Shaojie uncertain which one the Heavenly Dao would send.

• Huang Shaojie reassured his worried wives and agreed to let them watch his tribulation from a safe distance.
• Huang Shaojie swallowed a Divine Origin Elixir and cultivated as his Golden Core nurtured a Nascent Soul.
• Xiang Qingyang, Xiao Qiuyue, Dongfang Bubai, Vermilion Bird, Nangong Feixue, Xiao He, and Meilisi watched from a neighboring peak while Huang Baiwan and his wife remained unaware.
• Black clouds gathered over Huang Shaojie, and thunder and lightning filled the sky as his wives feared for his safety.
• Huang Shaojie asked the system about the tribulation, and it described the nine types and explained that Nascent Soul cultivators generally faced one of the first three.

Huang Shaojie reached the Nascent Soul Stage and survived two successive tribulations, earning increasingly powerful Spiritual Root rewards. The second tribulation passed, but the chapter ended with the Heavenly Tribulation clouds still having gathered again.

• Huang Shaojie’s Nascent Soul formed, advancing him to the Nascent Soul Stage as the women on the opposite peak noticed his breakthrough.
• Huang Shaojie survived a One Origin Thunderbolt and received a High-grade Spiritual Root from the system.
• The dark clouds gathered again, and azure and white Two Principles Yin Yang Thunder struck Huang Shaojie.
• Huang Shaojie emerged unharmed, and the system rewarded him with a Supreme-grade Spiritual Root Constitution.

After surviving the Three Fiends Soul Devouring Thunder, Huang Shaojie realized the system’s constitution upgrades might be triggering increasingly dangerous lightning tribulations. The system rewarded him with a Heavenly Overlord Body, and he feared it would bring down a fourth tribulation.

• The system transformed Huang Shaojie’s constitution into a Supreme Grade Spiritual Root, and the Heavenly Dao gathered clouds for a third lightning tribulation.
• Three Fiends Soul Devouring Thunder struck Huang Shaojie, wrecked half the mountain, and left him charred and badly hurt.
• Dongfang Bubai and the other six women feared Huang Shaojie had died until Dongfang Bubai saw him move.
• Huang Shaojie survived the strike and concluded that each system-granted constitution upgrade had provoked a stronger tribulation.
• The system rewarded Huang Shaojie with a Heavenly Overlord Body, and he urgently tried to stop it from triggering a fourth tribulation.

Huang Shaojie gained the Heavenly Overlord Body, but the transformation triggered the Four Symbols Demon Purging Thunder. After enduring the devastating lightning, he was left nearly torn apart, and the women feared he had died.

• The system transformed Huang Shaojie into a Heavenly Overlord Body, healing him and greatly strengthening his body.
• Dark clouds gathered again, and Xiang Qingyang and the other women feared Huang Shaojie would not survive the fourth lightning tribulation.
• The Four Symbols Demon Purging Thunder struck Huang Shaojie, while its residual force shook the mountains and frightened the people of Chang'an City.
• Huang Shaojie endured the lightning for more than ten seconds, but it shattered his bones and organs and nearly blasted his body apart.
• Dongfang Bubai told Xiao Qiuyue that Huang Shaojie's body had split apart and his internal organs had burst out, and the women wept.

Huang Shaojie survived the Four Symbols Demon Purging Thunder and received an Innate Dao Body, but the reward drew down the even more powerful Five Elements Righteous Qi Thunder. As the thunder devastated the surrounding mountains and Chang'an City, the chapter left Huang Shaojie engulfed in the strike, his Dao Palace radiating golden light.

• Dongfang Bubai saw Huang Shaojie move and realized he had survived the Four Symbols Demon Purging Thunder.
• The system rewarded Huang Shaojie with an Innate Dao Body, restoring and greatly strengthening his body and cultivation.
• Dark clouds gathered again, and the seven wives watched anxiously as the Five Elements Righteous Qi Thunder descended upon Huang Shaojie.
• Dongfang Bubai used the Mystic Goddess Divine Skill to lift the women clear of their collapsing mountain, while the earthquake damaged Chang'an City.
• Huang Baiwan ordered the guards to search for the Empress, the Imperial Consort, and the other consorts after they could not be found in the palace.
• The Five Elements Righteous Qi Thunder engulfed Huang Shaojie, and golden radiance burst from his Dao Palace.

Huang Shaojie survived the Five Elements Righteous Qi Thunder, received the Primordial Chaos Sacred Body, and recovered as the seven women mourned and then celebrated him. The lightning clouds dispersed without a sixth tribulation, leaving him shocked that he had successfully transcended the tribulation.

• The Five Elements Righteous Qi Thunder battered Huang Shaojie until it dispersed, leaving him badly injured while Dongfang Bubai and the other six women believed he was dead.
• Huang Shaojie told his seven wives he was still alive, then lamented that his great iron hammer had shrunk into a little iron hammer.
• The system awarded Huang Shaojie the Primordial Chaos Sacred Body, and a wisp of Primordial Chaos Purple Qi entered his body from a rift in the sky.
• Huang Shaojie's body rapidly recovered and transformed into the Primordial Chaos Sacred Body, restoring his great iron hammer and greatly strengthening him.
• Huang Shaojie warned the women about a possible sixth lightning tribulation, but the clouds cleared and he realized the tribulation had ended.

Huang Shaojie ascended to the Spirit Realm, where the system abandoned him and he learned he could not return to the Mortal Realm until reaching the Soul Severing Realm. Meanwhile, Liu Yiyi and the Ascension Gate disciples were being overwhelmed by the Heavenly Net Sect, and Elder Sun confronted Liu Yiyi as she tried to escape.

• The system told Huang Shaojie that he had completed the Mortal Realm lightning tribulations, and the Heavenly Dao’s light carried him away from his seven wives.
• Huang Shaojie learned that the system could not support him in the Spirit Realm and that he would be unable to return to the Mortal Realm before reaching the Soul Severing Realm.
• In the Vast Mountain Range, the Heavenly Net Sect defeated the Ascension Gate group, and its elder killed Elder Hao and destroyed his primordial spirit.
• Liu Yiyi tried to flee after the Ascension Gate disciples suffered heavy losses, but Elder Sun blocked her and recognized her as a possible daughter of the Ascension Gate Sect Master.

Liu Yiyi was defeated and captured by Elder Sun, who planned to use her to lure out her father, Liu Shengjie. Huang Shaojie arrived after ascending to the Spirit Realm, killed two Heavenly Net Sect disciples, and fought Elder Sun, ending with a sudden counterattack.

• Liu Yiyi attacked Elder Sun with a Fire Spirit Pearl, but he dodged, wounded her, and sealed her spiritual power.
• Elder Sun revealed that he intended to use Liu Yiyi to draw out Liu Shengjie, while his four Personal Disciples arrived after killing the Ascension Gate disciples.
• Huang Shaojie descended in front of the group without clothes, then killed two Heavenly Net Sect disciples with a single strike.
• Huang Shaojie clashed with Elder Sun’s spell and held his ground despite Elder Sun’s greater cultivation.
• Elder Sun charged Huang Shaojie with a punch, but Huang Shaojie used Shifting Form and Changing Shadow to appear behind him and strike back.

After arriving in the Spirit Realm, Huang Shaojie fought Elder Sun and the Heavenly Sect disciples who had attacked Liu Yiyi. Elder Sun’s primordial spirit escaped after Huang Shaojie killed his body, and Huang Shaojie left with the spoils until Liu Yiyi called after him.

• Huang Shaojie killed the two Heavenly Sect disciples who rushed to Elder Sun’s aid and repeatedly struck Elder Sun with his fists.
• Elder Sun trapped Huang Shaojie with the Wind Binding Technique and stabbed him through the heart with the Blood Fiend Blade, but Huang Shaojie’s Primordial Chaos Sacred Body resisted the blade.
• Huang Shaojie broke free, pulled the Blood Fiend Blade from his chest, and stabbed Elder Sun in the heart before smashing his head.
• Elder Sun’s primordial spirit escaped, while Huang Shaojie searched the corpses and took their Magic Tools, Spirit Stones, and other items.
• Huang Shaojie put on clothes and started to leave, but Liu Yiyi called out, asking him to stay.

Huang Shaojie tried and failed to undo the seal on Liu Yiyi, then agreed to carry her to the Ascension Gate. As they flew southeast, Liu Yiyi told him how the Heavenly Net Sect had killed her companions and left her stranded.

• Liu Yiyi stopped Huang Shaojie and asked him to undo the seal Elder Sun had placed on her spiritual energy.
• Huang Shaojie tried several times to break the seal but failed, then prepared to leave.
• Liu Yiyi asked Huang Shaojie to take her to the Ascension Gate, and he agreed to see her safely there.
• Huang Shaojie carried Liu Yiyi on his back and flew southeast toward the Ascension Gate.
• Liu Yiyi told Huang Shaojie that the Heavenly Net Sect had killed Elder Hao and more than a dozen Inner Disciples, and that they had been unable to use their Distress Talismans in time.

Huang Shaojie learned about the Spirit Realm’s vast geography as he carried Liu Yiyi back to the Ascension Gate. After entering the sect, he headed for its main hall so Liu Yiyi’s father could remove the restriction on her spiritual power.

• Liu Yiyi explained that the Ascension Gate and the Heavenly Net Sect were hereditary enemies who fought over Spirit Veins.
• Liu Yiyi told Huang Shaojie about the immense size of the Spirit Realm and learned that he had just ascended from the Mortal Realm.
• Liu Yiyi pointed out the Ascension Gate, and Huang Shaojie was knocked back when he tried to touch its barrier.
• Liu Yiyi opened the barrier with her palm and guided Huang Shaojie inside, where patrolling disciples greeted her as the Young Miss.
• Liu Yiyi asked Huang Shaojie to carry her to the main hall so her father could remove the restriction on her body.

Liu Shengjie learned that Elder Hao and more than a dozen disciples had died, then welcomed Liu Yiyi back with Huang Shaojie, who had rescued her from the Heavenly Net Sect. Xu Fu recognized Huang Shaojie as his old enemy Indra and nearly attacked him, while the Ascension Gate elders were left wondering how a newly ascended cultivator had defeated a Heavenly Net Sect elder.

• Liu Shengjie learned Elder Hao's soul lamp had gone out and set out with the elders to search for Liu Yiyi.
• Liu Shengjie and the elders found Huang Shaojie carrying Liu Yiyi back to the sect, and Liu Shengjie freed her sealed spiritual power.
• Xu Fu recognized Huang Shaojie as Indra and explained their old grudge over Huang Shaojie's destruction of Japan.
• Xu Fu tried to attack Huang Shaojie, but Liu Yiyi and Liu Shengjie stopped him.
• Liu Yiyi told Liu Shengjie that the Heavenly Net Sect had killed Elder Hao and the disciples, and that Huang Shaojie had killed their attackers and rescued her.
• Liu Shengjie and the elders were shocked that Huang Shaojie had defeated a Heavenly Net Sect elder despite having only just ascended.

Huang Shaojie explained how he had killed the wounded Heavenly Net Sect elder, then received the Mystic Frost Sword from Liu Shengjie as thanks for saving Liu Yiyi. After Liu Shengjie invited him to join the Ascension Gate as an elder, Huang Shaojie agreed to join but asked to become an ordinary disciple instead.

• Liu Shengjie and the elders questioned how Huang Shaojie had killed a Soul Severing Realm elder, and Huang Shaojie claimed he had ambushed the gravely wounded man with a Magic Tool.
• Liu Yiyi backed up Huang Shaojie's explanation, and Liu Shengjie thanked him for saving her.
• Liu Shengjie gave Huang Shaojie the Mystic Frost Sword, which Huang Shaojie accepted and stored alongside his Blood Fiend Blade.
• Liu Shengjie invited Huang Shaojie to join the Ascension Gate as an elder in Elder Hao's place.
• Huang Shaojie agreed to join the Ascension Gate but declined the elder position and asked to enter as an ordinary disciple.

Huang Shaojie accepted a deacon position in the Ascension Gate’s External Affairs Hall and completed his appointment with Liu Yiyi’s help. He was assigned a shabby, remote residence at Ou Rong’s instruction, angering Liu Yiyi.

• Liu Shengjie appointed Huang Shaojie a deacon in the External Affairs Hall after Huang declined to become an elder.
• Liu Yiyi took Huang Shaojie to the External Affairs Hall, where she introduced him to Altar Master Ou Rong.
• Ou Rong learned Huang Shaojie had reached the Nascent Soul Stage and had killed a Heavenly Net Sect elder, though the elder’s primordial spirit escaped.
• Ou Rong gave Huang Shaojie his deacon supplies and arranged for a disciple to show him his residence.
• Liu Yiyi objected when she saw Huang Shaojie’s dilapidated cliffside hut and learned Ou Rong had specifically assigned it to him.

Huang Shaojie settled into his shabby residence, learned how Spirit Stones were valued, and astonished Liu Yiyi by absorbing one in less than a minute. He then asked to learn combat techniques, and Liu Yiyi brought him to the Scripture Repository, where its gray-robed attendant greeted her.

• Liu Yiyi offered to find Ou Rong for Huang Shaojie, but he accepted the shabby hut and cleaned it with his sword qi and spiritual power.
• Liu Yiyi explained the four grades of Spirit Stones and their exchange rates, and Huang Shaojie absorbed a one-jin mid-grade stone almost instantly.
• Liu Yiyi was shocked by Huang Shaojie's absorption speed, and he suspected his Primordial Chaos Sacred Body was responsible while claiming to have a low-grade Mixed Spiritual Root.
• Huang Shaojie asked where he could learn the Ascension Gate's combat techniques, and Liu Yiyi offered to take him to the Scripture Repository.
• Liu Yiyi and Huang Shaojie rode an Immortal Crane to the Scripture Repository, passed through its barrier, and were greeted by its gray-robed attendant.

Huang Shaojie registered his identity to enter the Scripture Repository and followed Liu Yiyi to its restricted fourth floor. He chose the Palm Thunder manual to cultivate, with Liu Yiyi listed as its borrower.

• Elder He verified Huang Shaojie's deacon token and registered his palms with the barrier's Formation Eye.
• Liu Yiyi explained which Scripture Repository floors were open to each rank and led Huang Shaojie to the fourth floor.
• The fourth-floor guard objected to Huang Shaojie entering, but Liu Yiyi said he was accompanying her and took him inside.
• Huang Shaojie chose the Palm Thunder manual as his first offensive art.
• Huang Shaojie and Liu Yiyi registered the manual under Liu Yiyi's name.