Chapter Summaries

Liu Yiyi showed Huang Shaojie around Ascension Gate, explained its Mountain Protection Formation, and helped him register access. Back at his residence, Huang Shaojie quickly mastered the basics of Palm Thunder, while the author announced that the novel would end in about ten more chapters with less frequent updates.

• Liu Yiyi introduced Huang Shaojie to Ascension Gate’s disciples, ranks, facilities, and vast grounds, explaining that it was only a small-to-medium sect in the Spirit Realm.
• Liu Yiyi registered Huang Shaojie’s access to the Mountain Protection Formation and explained that its three remaining low-grade Origin Stones powered the barrier.
• Huang Shaojie returned to his residence and understood the Palm Thunder cultivation method in less than half an hour.
• Huang Shaojie practiced Palm Thunder until its lightning grew to fist size and shattered a thousand-jin boulder.
• A servant disciple brought Huang Shaojie dinner, and the author announced that the story would wrap up in around ten more chapters with updates no longer daily.

Huang Shaojie absorbed the Spirit Stones he had seized and cultivated the Yellow Court True Scripture, then rapidly mastered Palm Thunder while settling into his steward duties. He told Liu Yiyi he wanted to return the manual and choose another cultivation technique.

• Huang Shaojie absorbed dozens of jin of Spirit Stones in less than an hour, increasing the Spiritual Energy in his Spirit Sea and deciding he needed more resources.
• Huang Shaojie cultivated the Yellow Court True Scripture on the cliff, gaining in two hours what ordinary cultivators would gain in more than a year.
• Huang Shaojie reported to the External Affairs Hall, then practiced Palm Thunder until he reached the Major Accomplishment Stage by the end of the morning.
• Huang Shaojie decided to visit the Scripture Repository, but realized Liu Yiyi had to accompany him because the manual had been borrowed under her name.
• Liu Yiyi arrived at Huang Shaojie's courtyard and urged him not to give up on Palm Thunder, but Huang Shaojie told her he had already finished cultivating it.

Huang Shaojie demonstrated his mastery of Palm Thunder to Liu Yiyi, then studied formations and rapidly learned several of them. Meanwhile, Ou Rong reached the peak of the Soul Severing Realm and went to meet Sect Master Liu Shengjie, where Liu Yiyi was having breakfast.

• Huang Shaojie flattened a small hill with Palm Thunder, leaving Liu Yiyi amazed that he had mastered the technique in one day.
• Huang Shaojie chose the Compendium of Formations at the Scripture Repository, explaining that he wanted to learn formations rather than ordinary offensive and defensive arts.
• Huang Shaojie studied formations and cultivated the Yellow Court True Scripture over the following days, while Liu Yiyi visited him often.
• In less than ten days, Huang Shaojie grasped how to set up barriers and learned the Yin-Yang Five Elements Formation and Six Harmonies Heavenly Thunder Formation.
• Ou Rong broke through to the peak of the Soul Severing Realm, then rode a Thunder Eagle to the main peak and entered Liu Shengjie's hall while Liu Shengjie, Xu Fengqin, and Liu Yiyi ate breakfast.

Liu Yiyi’s parents and senior brother discussed her growing closeness to Huang Shaojie, whom her father did not want her visiting. After an argument, Liu Yiyi flew to Huang Shaojie’s residence to study formations, but found him gone.

• Ou Rong paid his morning respects to Liu Shengjie and Xu Fengqin, then teased Liu Yiyi about eating too much.
• Liu Shengjie and Xu Fengqin recalled Liu Yiyi’s extraordinary birth and cultivation talent, while Ou Rong considered marrying her to improve his chance of succeeding as Sect Master.
• Ou Rong asked Liu Yiyi why she had stopped visiting the External Affairs Hall, and she said she had been studying formations at Huang Shaojie’s residence.
• Liu Shengjie objected to Liu Yiyi visiting Huang Shaojie, while Xu Fengqin suggested inviting him to dinner to thank him for saving their daughter.
• Liu Yiyi stormed out and flew toward Huang Shaojie’s residence, and Ou Rong headed to the External Affairs Hall with anger in his eyes.
• Liu Yiyi arrived at Huang Shaojie’s residence but found him gone and waited beneath a tree.

Huang Shaojie refined all the true qi in his body into spiritual energy and advanced to the middle Nascent Soul Stage, but his planned martial arts test was interrupted when he was assigned to lead a group into the Vast Mountain Range. Ou Rong secretly arranged the mission and had already approached the Heavenly Net Sect under a disguise to encourage it to seek revenge.

• Huang Shaojie tried to use spiritual energy to perform martial arts, but found that his true qi always circulated instead.
• Huang Shaojie returned to his residence and spent three days refining his true qi into spiritual energy, then advanced to the middle Nascent Soul Stage as his Nascent Soul grew.
• An External Affairs Hall disciple summoned Huang Shaojie, and Ou Rong ordered him to lead eight disciples to gather resources and hunt exotic beasts in the Vast Mountain Range.
• Ou Rong watched Huang Shaojie depart with the disciples and smiled coldly.
• Ou Rong secretly visited the Heavenly Net Sect in disguise and told its patrol deacon about the Ascension Gate's killing of Elder Sun and four disciples, prompting the deacon to report him.

Disguised as Xu Fu, Ou Rong persuaded Cheng Tian to help him kill Huang Shaojie, and the Heavenly Net Sect prepared to track the Ascension Gate group. Huang Shaojie led eight disciples into the Vast Mountain Range to gather and train, unaware that danger was following them.

• Ou Rong entered the Heavenly Net Sect and told Cheng Tian he was Xu Fu, an Ascension Gate elder seeking revenge on Huang Shaojie.
• Ou Rong convinced Cheng Tian that Huang Shaojie would visit the Vast Mountain Range the next day and that the Heavenly Net Sect could kill him there.
• Cheng Tian gave Ou Rong a Tracking Talisman and decided to send two Soul Severing Realm elders after Huang Shaojie.
• Huang Shaojie led eight External Affairs Hall disciples to a Spirit Vein mountain range and split them into four pairs to search nearby.

Huang Shaojie searched the valley for spirit fruits and herbs, then fought and killed a fourth-tier Red-Scaled Fire Python guarding a ravine. He took the python’s Snake Gallbladder, and the External Affairs Hall disciples gathered around to praise him.

• Huang Shaojie searched the valley alone and collected spirit fruits and plants that might be spiritual herbs.
• Huang Shaojie approached a concealed fiery-red fruit in a ravine and was attacked by a Red-Scaled Fire Python.
• Huang Shaojie struck the python twice with Palm Thunder, breaking some of its scales, then pursued it as it fled toward its cave.
• Huang Shaojie severed the Red-Scaled Fire Python at its vulnerable seven-inch spot with the Mystic Frost Sword and removed its Snake Gallbladder.
• The eight External Affairs Hall disciples approached after the battle and praised Huang Shaojie for killing the fourth-tier beast.

Huang Shaojie collected the Red-Scaled Fire Python’s spiritual fruit and Inner Core before Elder Sun and a late Soul Severing Realm Grey-robed Elder arrived to kill him. Huang Shaojie overwhelmed both attackers, and the Grey-robed Elder fled while Elder Sun remained behind.

• Huang Shaojie stored the spiritual fruit and the Red-Scaled Fire Python’s Inner Core in his Spatial Storage Ring.
• Elder Sun and the Grey-robed Elder confronted Huang Shaojie, and Huang Shaojie realized they were likely Heavenly Net Sect elders seeking revenge.
• Elder Sun attacked Huang Shaojie but was blasted backward and wounded by Huang Shaojie’s spiritual power.
• Huang Shaojie used the Heavenly Frost Fist to shatter the Grey-robed Elder’s spell and freeze him with the attack’s aftershock.
• Huang Shaojie struck the Grey-robed Elder again, shattered his protective energy, and sent him flying with severe injuries.
• The Grey-robed Elder fled for his life after realizing Huang Shaojie could kill him.

Huang Shaojie killed the Grey-robed Elder, returned to Ascension Gate, and suspected someone had leaked his whereabouts to the Heavenly Net Sect. He settled on Xu Fu as the likely culprit, though he had no proof.

• Huang Shaojie killed the Grey-robed Elder's primordial spirit with three Palm Thunders, but Elder Sun escaped.
• Huang Shaojie collected the Grey-robed Elder's belongings and returned to Ascension Gate with eight External Affairs Hall disciples.
• Ou Rong was startled to see Huang Shaojie alive, then said he would report the Heavenly Net Sect's attack to the Sect Master.
• Huang Shaojie reasoned that the attackers had known where to find him and suspected a traitor in the External Affairs Hall.
• Huang Shaojie concluded that Xu Fu might have used informants to pass his location to the Heavenly Net Sect.

Huang Shaojie learned about the Dragon Scale Fruit and the Red-Scaled Fire Python's remains, discovering that his Primordial Chaos Sacred Body might let him consume exotic beast Inner Cores safely. Liu Yiyi brought him reference books on spirit herbs, fruits, and beasts, and planned to test his memory in three days.

• Liu Yiyi identified Huang Shaojie's Dragon Scale Fruit and explained its effects and dangers to cultivators below the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Huang Shaojie showed Liu Yiyi the Red-Scaled Fire Python's Snake Gallbladder and Inner Core, and she explained their uses and the risks of consuming the Inner Core.
• Huang Shaojie realized his Primordial Chaos Sacred Body might allow him to consume exotic beast Inner Cores directly and rapidly increase his cultivation.
• Liu Yiyi brought Huang Shaojie three reference books from the main peak after he declined to visit the Sect Master's residence.
• Huang Shaojie said he could memorize the books in three days, and Liu Yiyi promised to test him then.

Huang Shaojie devoured a Dragon Scale Fruit and a Red-Scaled Fire Python Inner Core, greatly strengthening his fire spells and cultivation, then showed Liu Yiyi how much he had memorized from his books. After Huang Shaojie and Liu Yiyi shared a kiss, Ou Rong learned they were intimate and awaited Huang Shaojie's arrival with cold intent.

• Huang Shaojie ate the Dragon Scale Fruit and refined the Red-Scaled Fire Python Inner Core, boosting his fire spells and cultivation close to the late Nascent Soul Stage.
• Liu Yiyi tested Huang Shaojie's knowledge of spirit herbs and exotic beasts, and he answered every question correctly.
• Liu Yiyi pounced at Huang Shaojie after he teased her, and he pulled her into his arms and kissed her; she kissed him back.
• An External Affairs Hall disciple summoned Huang Shaojie to meet Altar Master Ou, and Liu Yiyi accompanied him.
• The disciple told Ou Rong that he had seen Liu Yiyi lying in Huang Shaojie's arms, and Ou Rong's eyes turned cold.

Ou Rong sent Huang Shaojie to the dangerous Dark Forest to collect beast Inner Cores, hoping to put him in danger. Huang Shaojie left with four disciples after openly showing affection for Liu Yiyi, while Ou Rong secretly went to visit Xu Fu.

• Ou Rong saw Liu Yiyi holding Huang Shaojie's arm and hid his jealousy by claiming the Alchemy Hall needed many exotic beast Inner Cores.
• Ou Rong assigned Huang Shaojie to lead several disciples to the Dark Forest, and Liu Yiyi objected because the beasts there were dangerous.
• Huang Shaojie reassured Liu Yiyi, who could not join him because Liu Shengjie had forbidden her from leaving the sect.
• Huang Shaojie embraced and kissed Liu Yiyi in the main hall, infuriating Ou Rong, then left with four External Affairs Hall disciples.
• After Liu Yiyi returned to the main peak, Ou Rong vanished from the hall and appeared at Xu Fu's mountain.

Huang Shaojie hunted in the Dark Forest, leaving four External Affairs Hall disciples on the outskirts as he sought stronger beasts and their Inner Cores. He encountered Xu Fu, who had come to kill him after Ou Rong directed him there, and recognized Ou Rong’s plan to use Xu Fu as a borrowed knife.

• Huang Shaojie led four External Affairs Hall disciples into the Dark Forest and killed several low-tier exotic beasts while they gathered useful parts.
• Huang Shaojie left the disciples on the outskirts and ventured deeper into the forest alone.
• Huang Shaojie killed a third-tier Frost Giant Wolf and collected its Inner Core, then flew farther into the forest.
• Xu Fu appeared and blocked Huang Shaojie’s path, declaring that he had come to kill him.
• Huang Shaojie guessed that Ou Rong had sent Xu Fu to take revenge and use him as a borrowed knife.

Huang Shaojie killed Xu Fu and hunted increasingly powerful exotic beasts in the Dark Forest. After collecting several fifth-tier Inner Cores, he encountered a Golden Winged Divine Tiger, which attacked him as he hesitated to fight it.

• Huang Shaojie defeated Xu Fu, then destroyed his fleeing soul with the Soul Shattering Mirror.
• Huang Shaojie hunted down a fourth-tier Golden Flame Divine Eagle and took its Inner Core.
• Huang Shaojie killed a fifth-tier Winged Blazing Lion and collected its Inner Core.
• Huang Shaojie killed a Purple Eyed Demonic Lion, Six Tailed Fire Fox, and Dark Demonic Wolf, all fifth-tier exotic beasts.
• Huang Shaojie flew deeper into the Dark Forest and encountered a Golden Winged Divine Tiger, which pounced at him.

Huang Shaojie escaped the Golden Winged Divine Tiger, then stayed in the Dark Forest to cultivate and conceal his survival from Ou Rong. After reaching the peak of the Soul Severing Realm, he returned to confront the tiger and opened the battle with a powerful palm strike.

• Huang Shaojie fought the Golden Winged Divine Tiger for nearly half an hour, then fled using Shifting Form and Changing Shadow when his Spiritual Energy ran low.
• Huang Shaojie found the four External Affairs Hall disciples dead and decided to stay in the Dark Forest so Ou Rong would believe he had died.
• Huang Shaojie refined beast Inner Cores, broke through to the Soul Severing Realm, and reached its peak after absorbing three more fifth-rank beast Inner Cores.
• Huang Shaojie returned to the forest depths, killed several fifth-rank beasts for their Inner Cores, and encountered the Golden Winged Divine Tiger again.
• Huang Shaojie struck the tiger with a terrifying surge of spiritual power as it raised a golden light shield.

Huang Shaojie hunted exotic beasts in the Dark Forest and devoured their Inner Cores, rapidly advancing from the Out-of-Body Realm to the late Mahayana Realm. He planned to hunt ninth-rank beasts next and try to reach the Tribulation Transcension Realm.

• Huang Shaojie killed several sixth-rank exotic beasts, then absorbed their Inner Cores and reached the great completion of the Spirit Transformation Realm.
• Huang Shaojie returned to the depths of the Dark Forest and killed a Dragon Rhino and several other seventh-rank exotic beasts.
• Huang Shaojie consumed the seventh-rank Inner Cores and broke through the Void Refinement Realm into the Body Integration Realm.
• Huang Shaojie hunted a Six-Winged Golden Peng and other seventh- and eighth-rank exotic beasts in the Dark Forest.
• Huang Shaojie absorbed the Inner Cores and advanced to the late Mahayana Realm, then decided to hunt ninth-rank beasts to pursue the Tribulation Transcension Realm.

Huang Shaojie rapidly advanced to the late Tribulation Transcension realm, rescued Liu Yiyi from Ou Rong, and returned to the Mortal Realm to reunite with his family and seven women. He brought the women to the Spirit Realm to begin cultivation at Ascension Gate, while his parents stayed behind, ending the story.

• Huang Shaojie slew powerful exotic beasts in the Dark Forest, consumed their Inner Cores, and reached the late Tribulation Transcension realm.
• Ou Rong abducted Liu Yiyi and tried to assault her, but Huang Shaojie stopped him, freed Liu Yiyi, and crippled his cultivation.
• Liu Shengjie ordered Ou Rong executed for betraying Ascension Gate and thanked Huang Shaojie for saving Liu Yiyi.
• Huang Shaojie returned to the Mortal Realm, reunited with his family and seven women, and spent several months with them.
• Huang Baiwan and his wife chose to remain in the Mortal Realm, while Huang Shaojie and the seven women traveled to the Spirit Realm and joined Ascension Gate.