Chapter Summaries

Mo Tang perfected the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body and combined it with his Wind Thunder Gangsha to create three powerful clones. He planned to temper them atop the Myriad Thunder Pagoda, where he had a cultivation room near Venerable Lei’s.

• Mo Tang used Mid-grade Energy to improve several Dou Techniques and spent 2,500 Energy Points bringing the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body to Perfection.
• Mo Tang formed an energy clone infused with his soul force and learned that it needed to be tempered with wind and lightning before it could match his original body.
• Mo Tang combined the perfected technique with his Wind Thunder Gangsha and created three identical clones, each reaching roughly Dou Emperor strength at the cost of most of his Dou Qi.
• Mo Tang realized that he could merge the clones’ energy into his original body for a temporary fourfold power boost, though the clones would then need to be reformed and tempered.
• Mo Tang decided to cultivate the clones atop the Myriad Thunder Pagoda, where his room was one level below Venerable Lei’s.

Mo Tang and Venerable Lei recovered the Wind Thunder Emperor’s remains, then descended into Wind Ghost Ravine to investigate its hidden danger. Venerable Lei destroyed a swarm of Yin Spirits with lightning, and the two continued toward the ravine’s deepest point.

• Mo Tang led Venerable Lei to the cave where he had buried the Wind Thunder Emperor’s remains, and Venerable Lei identified and stored the bones.
• Venerable Lei chose to investigate the depths of Wind Ghost Ravine, and Mo Tang went with him.
• Mo Tang and Venerable Lei encountered a deadly chill and an illusion created by a Yin Spirit, which Venerable Lei dispelled with lightning.
• Venerable Lei explained that the white specks in the darkness were Yin Spirits and swept them away with a vast lightning net.
• Mo Tang and Venerable Lei continued deeper into the ravine and heard the sound of trickling water.

Mo Tang cultivated in the Dead Spirit Abyss and condensed the legendary Netherworld Mother Seal from the surrounding Absolute Yin Death Qi. Afterward, he prepared to return to the Mo Alliance, while Venerable Lei offered to take anyone Mo Tang cared about to the Wind Thunder Pavilion; Queen Medusa remained unable to leave her tribe.

• Mo Tang and Venerable Lei discovered an Innate Yin Spring, and Mo Tang realized its Absolute Yin Death Qi could help him condense the Mother Seal.
• Venerable Lei agreed to guard Mo Tang while he cultivated, and Mo Tang spent a month absorbing the Death Qi and transforming his one hundred and eight Desperate Death Seals.
• Mo Tang formed the Netherworld Mother Seal, which gathered his Death Seals and let them drain enemies while returning some of their absorbed essence to him.
• Mo Tang and Venerable Lei left the Dead Spirit Abyss, and Mo Tang planned to return to the Mo Alliance and visit Queen Medusa.
• Venerable Lei offered to bring anyone Mo Tang could not bear to leave behind to the Wind Thunder Pavilion, but Queen Medusa could not leave her tribe until she raised another strong Snake People Tribe member.

Mo Tang returned to the Snake People Tribe with Venerable Lei and asked Queen Medusa to go with him to Central Plains, but she stayed to protect her people. Before leaving for the Black Corner Region, Mo Tang secretly gave her Origin Qi and arranged for the tribe to work with Gu He to obtain pills.

• Venerable Lei learned that Queen Medusa was one of Mo Tang’s lovers and recalled the Snake People Tribe’s ancient stature.
• Queen Medusa sensed Mo Tang’s arrival, recognized that he had become a Dou Zong, and respectfully greeted his teacher, Venerable Lei.
• Mo Tang invited Queen Medusa to Central Plains, but she refused because the Snake People Tribe still depended on her protection.
• Mo Tang secretly infused Queen Medusa with Origin Qi and told her to break the seal after he had left.
• Mo Tang stayed with the tribe for a day, then left with Venerable Lei for the Black Corner Region after advising Queen Medusa to have the tribe supply ingredients to Gu He for pill refining.

Mo Tang and Venerable Lei visited the Black Corner Region, where Venerable Lei recognized Ying Li’s teacher, You Quan, as an old friend. They reached her ancient tomb palace, where her avatar confronted them and Venerable Lei recognized her despite her hidden true form.

• Mo Tang told Venerable Lei he planned to clear away troubles in the Black Corner Region, and Venerable Lei agreed to help.
• Mo Tang discovered that the Wind Thunder Alliance had grown stronger and that Ying Li had joined its ranks as a Seven-Star Dou Emperor.
• Ying Li revealed that his teacher’s title was Venerable You Quan, and Venerable Lei recalled meeting her during an expedition more than a hundred years earlier.
• Mo Tang and Venerable Lei persuaded Ying Li to guide them to the ancient tomb palace in Black Skull City.
• You Quan’s Seven-Star Dou Zong avatar appeared to stop them, and Venerable Lei recognized her and asked why she would not show her true face.

Venerable Lei discovered that the woman hiding in the ancient tomb had used a secret art and Dou Sheng essence to reshape her body, becoming a little girl with no memories. The woman welcomed her new beginning, while Venerable Lei and Mo Tang struggled to comprehend her choice.

• The avatar recognized Venerable Lei as Lei Nu and revealed that she had been hiding in the tomb for a hundred years.
• A seven-colored light and terrifying pressure erupted from the raised platform, after which the avatar told Venerable Lei to investigate it.
• Venerable Lei returned carrying a little girl, who kicked him after he dropped her onto the floor.
• The avatar explained that she had reshaped her body using a secret art and Dou Sheng essence from the ruins.
• Venerable Lei learned that the little girl had lost her memories, while the avatar laughed at his disbelief.

Venerable You Quan asked Venerable Lei to let her newly reborn original body join the Wind Thunder Pavilion and become Mo Tang’s disciple. Mo Tang agreed, leaving the little girl in his care as Venerable You Quan’s clone faced its eventual disappearance.

• The little girl hid behind Mo Tang while Venerable You Quan’s clone joked that she still liked handsome men, shocking Ying Li.
• Venerable You Quan proposed that her original body become Mo Tang’s disciple and explained that the clone would dissipate within three years.
• Venerable You Quan said she wanted the girl protected and trained by Venerable Lei and the Wind Thunder Pavilion, and argued that the girl had immense potential.
• Venerable Lei considered the proposal, while Mo Tang looked at the frightened little girl and felt moved by her helplessness.
• Mo Tang agreed to take the girl as his disciple and said she would be his only disciple in this life.

Mo Tang led the Wind Thunder Alliance in an assault on Magic Flame Valley while its master, Old Ghost Di Mo, remained in seclusion. Elder Yingshan crushed the valley elders’ strongest attack, leaving Fang Yan and Magic Flame Valley on the brink of defeat.

• You Quan reached the eighth stage of Dou Qi in ten days, astonishing Mo Tang and the Wind Thunder Alliance.
• Fang Yan and Magic Flame Valley’s elders feared the alliance’s attack because Old Ghost Di Mo had not emerged from seclusion.
• Mo Tang ordered the Wind Thunder Alliance forces to attack Magic Flame Valley after they surrounded the valley.
• Fang Yan and the Second and Third Elders used the Life Transformation Fire to hold back much of the alliance’s strength.
• Elder Yingshan destroyed the elders’ Starry Sky Fire Phoenix with a single palm, leaving Fang Yan and the other two badly injured.

Old Ghost Di Mo returned to Magic Flame Valley at half-step Dou Zun strength and attacked the Wind Thunder Alliance, forcing Mo Tang to protect Su Mei and the others. The chapter ended with Di Mo unleashing his ultimate move against Mo Tang and his allies.

• Old Ghost Di Mo froze Elder Yingshan's palm attack and arrived at Magic Flame Valley, where Fang Yan and the surviving disciples recognized him as their ancestor.
• Di Mo condemned the Wind Thunder Alliance for destroying Magic Flame Valley and launched ice spikes at Su Mei and the other Dou Emperor Strong individuals.
• Mo Tang appeared in time to destroy the ice spikes with lightning and joked with Su Mei about heroes making dramatic entrances.
• Di Mo assessed Mo Tang's strength and unleashed Blood Cold Extreme Freeze Heaven against him and his allies.

Mo Tang fought Old Ghost Di Mo, but Venerable You Quan intervened with a terrifying arrow that killed the half-step Dou Zun. With Magic Flame Valley defeated, Mo Tang and the Wind Thunder Alliance turned their attention to its treasure vault.

• Old Ghost Di Mo froze Mo Tang's lightning tornado and raised a towering ice peak, while Mo Tang evaded the wide-reaching attack.
• Venerable You Quan volunteered to help, gathered frigid power into a black ice bow, and shot through Old Ghost Di Mo's shield and chest, freezing him to death.
• Venerable You Quan swallowed the lingering frigid cloud to replenish some of the energy her arrow had consumed, leaving Mo Tang astonished.
• Most of Magic Flame Valley's disciples surrendered after Old Ghost Di Mo died, and Su Mei and the others prepared to handle the captives.
• Mo Tang and the Wind Thunder Alliance began searching Magic Flame Valley's treasure vault.

Mo Tang claimed the Heavenly Demon Puppet Secret Art from Old Ghost Di Mo’s treasury and planned to build his forces while pursuing control of the Four Directions Pavilion. The story then shifted to Jia Nan Academy, where the sealed Fallen Heart Flame stirred beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.

• Venerable Lei tore open Old Ghost Di Mo’s treasury barrier, and Mo Tang recorded the Heavenly Demon Puppet Secret Art.
• Mo Tang left most of Magic Flame Valley’s resources to the Wind Thunder Alliance and planned to turn its members into a powerful fighting force.
• Mo Tang resolved to use the upcoming Four Pavilions Conference to begin uniting the four pavilions under his control.
• Mo Tang considered revealing his rapid cultivation progress, but a suitable opportunity unexpectedly appeared.
• Beneath Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, the Fallen Heart Flame made a sound that caused Su Qian to react with alarm.

Mo Tang and Venerable Lei went to Jia Nan Academy after the Fallen Heart Flame erupted, intending to claim the Heavenly Flame. Su Qian and the academy’s guardians confronted them, and the chapter ended with Qian Mu recognizing Venerable Lei.

• Mo Tang persuaded Venerable Lei to accompany him to Jia Nan Academy to investigate the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Su Qian and the academy’s experts sealed the Fallen Heart Flame after it nearly burst out of the tower.
• Mo Tang and Venerable Lei appeared above the academy, and Su Qian recognized them as a serious threat.
• Mo Tang openly demanded that Su Qian remove the seal so he could take the Heavenly Flame.
• Bai Lie and Qian Mu arrived to defend the academy, and Qian Mu identified Venerable Lei as the master of the Wind Thunder Pavilion.

Mo Tang and Venerable Lei pressured Jia Nan Academy into letting Mo Tang try to subdue Fallen Heart Flame. After entering the magma beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, Mo Tang lured the hiding flame out with a mysterious gray energy.

• Venerable Lei used his Dou Zun pressure to injure the Thousand Hundred Elders and force Jia Nan Academy to take the threat seriously.
• Mo Tang argued that Fallen Heart Flame was unclaimed and proposed that he alone descend to try to subdue it.
• Su Qian agreed that Mo Tang could attempt to claim the flame, provided they would leave if he failed.
• Su Qian led Mo Tang into the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and down into the magma world beneath it.
• When Fallen Heart Flame did not appear, Mo Tang produced a gray cluster of energy, provoking the magma lake to erupt.

Mo Tang absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame and used the energy to advance to Five-star Dou Zong, gaining a small measure of spatial power. He searched beneath the magma for Heavenly Flame Venerate and the smaller Fallen Heart Flame, finding the remains just before they were lost, but the Venerate’s soul had already dissipated.

• Mo Tang resisted the Fallen Heart Flame, absorbed it, and gained 100,000 High-grade Energy and five Origin Qi.
• Mo Tang spent 125,000 High-grade Energy to advance from One-star to Five-star Dou Zong and discovered his Power of Space talent.
• Mo Tang dived into the magma and searched for half a month before finding Heavenly Flame Venerate’s failing spatial barrier.
• Mo Tang shielded the bones and the small Fallen Heart Flame from the magma, then discovered that Heavenly Flame Venerate’s soul had perished.
• Mo Tang absorbed the pure soul power left behind and estimated that his soul power had reached the level of a Seventh-grade Alchemist.

After taking the young Fallen Heart Flame from Jia Nan Academy, Mo Tang left a replacement flame for Su Qian and returned to the Wind Thunder Pavilion with Venerable Lei. With the Four Pavilions Conference three days away, Mo Tang considered the strength of the other pavilions and their Venerables as he prepared to pursue his goal of uniting them.

• Mo Tang gave Su Qian a sealed young Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian stored it in the Gathering Flame Pot as a replacement for the flame Mo Tang had taken.
• The Wind Thunder Alliance grew rapidly, nearly doubling its strong members in a month and gaining three Dou Zong experts before Mo Tang and Venerable Lei returned to the Central Plains.
• Mo Tang met the masters of the Wind Thunder Pavilion’s North, South, and West branches and learned about the strength of the pavilion’s four branches.
• Feng Qing'er was shocked to learn Mo Tang had become a Five-star Dou Zong in a month, then angrily vowed to catch up with him.
• Mo Tang looked ahead to the Four Pavilions Conference and examined how the four great Venerables’ mastery of the Power of Space compared with his own.

The Four Pavilions Conference began at the Wind Thunder Pavilion as crowds of young Dou Emperor participants gathered on Thunder Mountain. Mo Tang, Feng Qing'er, and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to head down to the conference, with Xiao Yi Xian now at the four-star Dou Zong level.

• Crowds gathered at the Wind Thunder Mountain Range, where spectators discussed the likely contenders Feng Qing'er, Tang Ying, Wang Chen, and Mu Qingluan.
• A young admirer praised Feng Qing'er, but another attendee recalled that she had been close to a powerful man at the Sky Mountain Blood Pool.
• Mo Tang watched the participants arrive with Feng Qing'er and Xiao Yi Xian, while Elder Yingshan and other Wind Thunder Pavilion disciples guarded the mountain paths.
• Mo Tang used his system to assess the young participants and judged that none of them was a true genius.
• Feng Qing'er urged Mo Tang to stop watching the arrivals and head down as the conference was about to begin.
• Xiao Yi Xian smiled at Mo Tang's remark, and the chapter revealed that she had reached the four-star Dou Zong level after emerging from seclusion.

Mo Tang watched the four pavilion masters of the Four Directions Pavilion arrive at Thunder Mountain and assessed their strength as he considered how to bring them into an alliance. After Venerable Feng arrived, Mo Tang planned to win him over, strengthen the Wind Thunder Pavilion through Xiao Yi Xian, and use its influence to search for Yun Yun.

• The four pavilion masters of the Wind Thunder Pavilion arrived in a bolt of lightning, and Mo Tang joined Feng Qing'er in leading their elite disciples to their seats.
• Venerable Jian arrived on a giant sword with Tang Ying, exchanged barbs with Venerable Lei, and took his seat.
• Venerable Huang Quan arrived with Wang Chen and traded insults with Venerable Jian before Venerable Feng appeared.
• Mo Tang used his system's Minimap to compare the four Venerables' cultivation and Power of Space, concluding that Venerable Feng was strongest.
• Mo Tang considered persuading Venerable Feng to support a Four-Pavilion alliance and planned to help Xiao Yi Xian raise her strength and search for Yun Yun through the Wind Thunder Pavilion.

At the Four Pavilions Tournament, Venerable Lei formally accepted Mo Tang as a second Direct Disciple, surprising the other venerables and spectators. The tournament then began with a group-match format, and the young contestants prepared to compete.

• Mo Tang worried that Yun Yun had vanished without a trace despite his search through the Wind Thunder Pavilion's influence.
• Venerable Lei opened the tournament and announced that he wanted everyone to witness him taking another Direct Disciple.
• Mo Tang stepped onto the stage, and Mu Qingluan recognized him as the person who had broken through at the Sky Mountain Blood Pool.
• Mo Tang completed the apprenticeship ceremony, becoming Venerable Lei's Direct Disciple as the other attendees congratulated them.
• Venerable Lei announced that the sixty-four contestants would compete in groups, with sixteen advancing to a draw for the next round.

Mo Tang defeated three opponents who joined forces against him in the arena, revealing his mastery of lightning techniques while sparing them. The other successors also won their matches, though Wang Chen badly injured his rivals.

• Xiao Yuzhu and two other Dou Emperors attacked Mo Tang together, hoping to eliminate him first.
• Mo Tang used the Three Thousand Lightning Movement to confuse the trio, then paralyzed Xiao Yuzhu and struck the others with lightning.
• Xiao Yuzhu and his companions admitted defeat and left the stage after recognizing Mo Tang's overwhelming strength.
• Venerable Feng observed that Mo Tang was stronger than a one-star Dou Zong, and Venerable Lei confirmed that his disciple had gained another opportunity without revealing his exact strength.
• Feng Qing'er, Mu Qingluan, and Tang Ying won their matches while holding back, but Wang Chen severely wounded his three opponents with vicious techniques.

Mo Tang and Feng Qing'er faced off in the final match of the Four Pavilions Conference, where he effortlessly blocked her strongest attack. Feng Qing'er conceded defeat, while the other Venerables recognized that Mo Tang possessed strength far beyond his apparent cultivation.

• Mo Tang defeated his earlier opponent in a single move, and the contest narrowed to the Four Directions Pavilion successors.
• Mo Tang faced Feng Qing'er in the final match, but she rejected his suggestion to take it easy and demanded he use his full strength.
• Feng Qing'er unleashed the Wind Thunder Sacrifice and Wind Kill Finger, the Wind Thunder Pavilion's powerful killing technique.
• Mo Tang countered the Wind Kill Finger with a punch, and their attacks clashed with enough force to crack the space around them.
• The Venerables realized Mo Tang's combat strength rivaled that of a high-level Dou Zong, and Feng Qing'er admitted defeat.