Chapter Summaries

Lei Dong was reborn as the son of Lei Clan Chief Lei Ying and grew up training with the aid of a Fallen Heart Flame seedling. By age seven, he had become the Lei Clan’s top genius, while his plans to visit Gu Xun’er at the Xiao Clan remained out of reach.

• Lei Ying welcomed his newborn son, and he and Huo Yu named the child Lei Dong.
• Lei Dong realized he had been reborn in the world of Battle Through the Heavens as the Lei Clan Chief’s son.
• Lei Dong resisted Huo Yu’s feedings but drank her milk because he was too young to eat anything else.
• Lei Dong asked Qiu Qianchi to retrieve an Exotic Flame, and Qiu Qianchi returned with a Fallen Heart Flame seedling after encountering Skyfire’s remnant soul.
• Lei Dong trained his body and cultivated with the seedling, reaching Five Star Dou Practitioner strength and earning the title of the Lei Clan’s number one genius.
• Lei Dong learned Gu Xun’er was due to be sent to the Xiao Clan but could not go after her because Lei Ying would not allow it.

Lei Dong attended the Lei Clan bloodline test and awakened a Ninth Grade Bloodline, astonishing the clan and earning the title of Young Clan Leader. He began gathering capable followers to help strengthen the Lei Clan.

• Lei Ying took Lei Dong to the Lei Clan's bloodline testing ceremony after Lei Dong forgot it was scheduled.
• Lei Dong lit all nine stars on the Star Plate, and Lei Qi announced that he had a Ninth Grade Bloodline.
• Lei Ying named Lei Dong the Lei Clan Young Clan Leader, and Lei Dong vowed to lead the clan to become the continent's strongest power.
• Lei Dong accepted Lei Yun, Lei Dian, Lei Yu, and Lei Kong as followers, promised them elder positions, and warned them to keep cultivating.

Lei Dong entered the Lei Clan’s ancestral inheritance space and received the old ancestor’s cultivation technique and Dou Skills. He then faced the final trial: subduing the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning within one day.

• Lei Ying brought Lei Dong to the clan’s cultivation repository, where Lei Dong’s blood opened the portrait and pulled him into another space.
• Lei Dong met the Lei Clan’s Dou Di ancestor and told him about the clan’s weakened state and the other ancient clans.
• The ancestor recognized Lei Dong’s God Grade Bloodline and gave him the Heaven Rank Peak Ten Thousand Lightning Technique and a Storage Ring of Dou Skills.
• The ancestor led Lei Dong to the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning and explained that it was a powerful spiritual object he would need to claim as part of the inheritance trial.
• Lei Dong entered the Array Formation and reached toward the lightning, but its shock jolted him back; he had one day to subdue it or both he and the lightning would disappear.

Lei Dong endured repeated lightning strikes while trying to subdue the Nine-Colored Lightning, unaware that the old man had arranged the ordeal as a test. He received the lightning and a major breakthrough, while the old ancestor dissipated after entrusting him with the Lei Clan’s future.

• Lei Dong repeatedly charged the Nine-Colored Lightning, suffering increasingly powerful shocks until he fainted inside the Array Formation.
• The old man revealed that the ordeal was a test, transferred the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning into Lei Dong, and used his Soul Power to help it enter his body.
• Lei Dong awoke and discovered he had advanced to a Two-Star Dou Shi and reached the Peak Spirit Realm in Soul Power.
• The old man explained that Lei Dong had not failed and that the lightning had been meant for him regardless, then laughed off Lei Dong’s angry outburst.
• The old man sent Lei Dong flying with a slap and then completely dissipated.

Lei Dong emerged from a year of seclusion as a two-star Dou Emperor after nourishing the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning, and Lei Ying told him to prepare for the Lei Clan's ceremony. The ceremony would bring young members of several clans together, and Lei Dong was expected to defend the Lei Clan's standing in the arena battles.

• Lei Dong told Lei Ying that he had obtained the ancestor's cultivation method, Dou Skill, and Nine Heavens Divine Lightning, and Lei Ying warned him to keep the lightning secret.
• Lei Dong cultivated in seclusion for years, and his hard work encouraged other Lei Clan disciples to train more diligently.
• After a year inside the Innate Lightning Pool, Lei Dong emerged amid a lightning phenomenon and reunited with Lei Ying and Huo Yu.
• Lei Dong explained that he had reached Dou Emperor after a month and spent the rest of the year nourishing the weakened Nine Heavens Divine Lightning.
• Lei Ying told Lei Dong that the Lei Clan's ceremony would take place in three days, and Lei Dong realized he would be expected to defend the clan's honor in the arena.

Lei Dong inspected his followers’ progress and attended the Lei Clan’s grand ceremony, where he met young geniuses from the other clans. The chapter left him at the gathering as the clans’ relative strengths were described.

• Lei Dong found that Lei Yun, Lei Dian, Lei Yu, and Lei Kong had all advanced to Dou Wang, and he urged them to keep training for future enemies.
• Lei Dong dressed for the ceremony, joked about his looks, and was kicked out by Huo Yu when she found him admiring himself.
• Lei Dong arrived at the Lei Clan Plaza, where a large arena had been built for the clan’s martial ceremony.
• Lei Ying arranged for an elder to introduce Lei Dong to the younger-generation representatives of the Gu, Flame, Yao, Stone, and Spirit Clans.
• Lei Dong assessed the clans’ strengths, noting the Gu and Soul Clans’ formidable Dou Sheng forces and the weaker foundations of the other clans.

The Lei Clan began its grand competition, and Lei Kong defended the arena against challengers from the other clans. The chapter left Gu Xing's powerful Mountain Splitting Seal bearing down on Lei Kong.

• Lei Dong told Lei Yun and the others that Gu Qingyang was the strongest young opponent he had seen, believing him to be a Peak Dou Wang.
• Lei Ming opened the ceremony, and Gu Yi revealed that Lei Ming had defeated him a century earlier and that Gu Qingyang was secretly a Dou Huang.
• Lei Ming announced the friendly competition, and Lei Kong took the arena as its defender.
• Lei Kong defeated five Dou Ling challengers before Gu Xing stepped forward to face him.
• Lei Kong and Gu Xing traded attacks as evenly matched Dou Wangs until Gu Xing used the Mountain Splitting Seal to overwhelm Lei Kong's lightning and surge toward him.

Gu Xing and Lei Kong exhausted themselves in a draw-like clash, so Lei Yu replaced Lei Kong and continued the Lei Clan’s tournament battles. Lei Yu defeated Gu Yao but was then knocked from the arena by Yao Jixing, leaving Lei Dong to warn him about dropping his guard.

• Gu Xing conceded defeat to Lei Kong, then collapsed from overexertion and was treated by Gu Yi.
• Lei Dong ordered Lei Yu to replace Lei Kong, and Lei Yu took over despite Lei Kong’s protests.
• Gu Yao challenged Lei Yu, but Lei Yu used Thunder Fury of Nine Heavens to blast him out of the arena.
• Yao Jixing challenged Lei Yu and dodged his attacks while secretly building power, then counterattacked and sent Lei Yu off the arena.
• Lei Yu apologized to Lei Dong for letting his guard down, and Lei Dong warned him that the mistake could have been fatal in a real battle.

Lei Dong entered the clan competition after Huo Xuan defeated Lei Yun, then knocked Huo Xuan from the arena with one palm. The chapter ended with Gu Qingyang revealing his Peak Two-star Dou Emperor strength and challenging Lei Dong.

• Lei Dian defeated several young fighters before Huo Xuan sent him from the arena.
• Huo Xuan defeated Lei Yun in five exchanges, and Lei Dong comforted Lei Yun before taking the stage.
• Lei Dong knocked Huo Xuan off the arena with a lightning-assisted palm strike, while deliberately sparing him serious injury.
• Huo Xuan stopped Huo Zhi from challenging Lei Dong, explaining that she was no match for him.
• Gu Qingyang stepped onto the arena, revealed his Peak Two-star Dou Emperor aura, and accepted Lei Dong's challenge.

Lei Dong defeated Gu Qingyang in a friendly spar at the Lei Clan Grand Ceremony, drawing attention from the Ancient Races. A month later, Lei Ying told him that Gu Yuan had proposed a marriage alliance with Gu Xun'er, but Lei Dong refused and suggested Gu Xun'er be sent to the Lei Realm only if she was willing.

• Gu Qingyang attacked Lei Dong, but Lei Dong blocked his strikes and overpowered him in close combat.
• Gu Qingyang used Heavenly Slaughter Finger against Lei Dong's Thunder Fury of Nine Heavens, and Lei Dong struck the exhausted Gu Qingyang unconscious with Palm Thunder.
• Gu Yi thanked Lei Dong for showing mercy, and Lei Ming later ended the Grand Ceremony after no one else challenged him.
• A month after the ceremony, Lei Ying told Lei Dong that Gu Yuan had sent a proposal for Gu Xun'er to marry him.
• Lei Dong rejected the alliance and told Lei Ying to say he would marry Gu Xun'er only if she came willingly and they got along; Lei Ying agreed not to force him.

Five years after the Lei Clan ceremony, Lei Dong persuaded Lei Ying to let him leave the Lei Realm and train, hoping to obtain the Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade and keep Soul Emperor from opening the Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion. He set out with two Peak Dou Zun guards, Lei Ya and Lei Ya, while Lei Ying and Huo Yu stayed behind.

• Over five years, Lei Dong reached the early stage of Five Star Dou Zong and strengthened the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning and Fallen Heart Flame within him.
• Lei Dong convinced Lei Ying that traveling would help his cultivation, and Lei Ying agreed to send two guards and gave him a Space Jade Slip.
• Huo Yu asked Lei Dong to visit the Flame Clan on her behalf before he left, and Lei Dong agreed.
• Lei Dong departed the next day, leaving Lei Ying and Huo Yu behind as they discussed having another child.
• Outside the Lei Realm, Lei Dong met his guards, Lei Ya and Lei Ya, and told them to set off.

Lei Dong visited the Flame Clan to pay respects to Huo Yu and then stayed at Huo Xuan and Yan Jin’s urging. While touring the Flame Realm, he drew Huo Zhi’s attention, but left her behind when he and Huo Xuan went drinking.

• Lei Dong and his companions reached the Flame Clan, where Huo Xuan, Huo Zhi, and other young clan members welcomed them.
• Huo Xuan took Lei Dong to pay respects to Huo Yu’s parents, after which Lei Dong visited Yan Jin and agreed to stay a few days.
• As Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi showed Lei Dong around the Flame Realm, Huo Zhi asked about his strength and Lei Dong said he was a Five Star Dou Zong who practiced Lightning Refining Body.
• Huo Xuan teased Lei Dong about rejecting a marriage proposal to Gu Xun'er, while Huo Zhi listened and asked whether he would regret it.
• Lei Dong suggested that he and Huo Xuan go drinking, and Huo Xuan led him to a tavern while Huo Zhi stayed behind, feeling ignored and upset.

Lei Dong outdrank Huo Xuan at a Flame Realm restaurant and returned to his residence, where he clashed with Huo Zhi. After she struck at him, Lei Dong caught her hand with ease.

• Huo Xuan ordered food, liquor, and Maids at the restaurant, but Lei Dong mocked the women and sent them away.
• Lei Dong drank more than Huo Xuan, who poured wine over himself and passed out; Lei Dong left him at the restaurant.
• Two Flame Clan Dou Zuns stopped Lei Dong for flying, then let him continue after he identified himself as the Lei Clan’s Young Clan Leader.
• Huo Zhi encountered Lei Dong at his residence and asked how much he had drunk and where Huo Xuan was.
• Lei Dong snapped at Huo Zhi, and when she struck him, he caught her hand and stopped her from pulling away.

Lei Dong subdued Huo Zhi, removed her veil, and kissed her after she confronted him over a grudge from five years earlier. Huo Zhi fled when he went further, while Flame Clan Half Saints watched Lei Dong and one went to report to Yan Jin.

• Lei Dong overpowered Huo Zhi, revealed her face, and sent her sprawling when she continued attacking him.
• Huo Zhi explained that she had resented Lei Dong since he defeated Huo Xuan five years earlier and believed he had humiliated her.
• Lei Dong lifted Huo Zhi and kissed her, then began touching her; she pushed him away and fled.
• Two Flame Clan Half Saints emerged after Huo Zhi left, and Huo Xing went to report to Yan Jin while the other stayed to watch Lei Dong.
• Lei Dong cooled himself with buckets of water and reflected that Yan Jin had likely assigned Half Saints to monitor him and his subordinates.

Yan Jin tried to turn Lei Dong’s kiss with Huo Zhi into a marriage alliance, so Huo Xuan persuaded Lei Dong to stay while the clans discussed the match. Lei Dong agreed to remain for a few days, though he questioned whether marrying Huo Zhi would harm her cultivation.

• Huo Xing reported that Lei Dong had spent the day with Huo Xuan and teased Huo Zhi, prompting Yan Jin to order a message sent to Lei Ying about a possible marriage alliance.
• Lei Dong teased Huo Xuan the next morning, then announced that he planned to leave the Flame Clan.
• Huo Xuan told Lei Dong that Yan Jin knew he had kissed Huo Zhi and urged him not to leave before the clans addressed the matter.
• Lei Dong released his Dou Qi pressure, then claimed that he and Huo Zhi were mutually in love and that he would return to marry her.
• Huo Xuan said Yan Jin had sent someone to Lei Ying and asked Lei Dong to stay until the messenger returned; Lei Dong agreed to remain for a few more days.

Lei Teng and Yan Jin arranged for Huo Zhi to marry Lei Dong, while Huo Zhi reluctantly agreed for her clan’s sake. After she confronted Lei Dong, he denied proposing and said she would still return to the Lei Clan with him the next day.

• Lei Teng asked Lei Dong whether he had violated Huo Zhi, and Lei Dong admitted it before agreeing to discuss marriage with Yan Jin.
• Lei Teng and Yan Jin arranged Huo Zhi’s marriage to Lei Dong, and Yan Jin told Huo Yuan and Huo Zhi that the decision had been made.
• Huo Zhi agreed to the marriage despite her concerns about its effect on her cultivation and left to confront Lei Dong.
• Huo Zhi attacked Lei Dong at his residence, but Lei Teng restrained her and Lei Dong soon subdued her himself.
• Lei Dong denied proposing to Huo Zhi and told her to confirm Yan Jin had initiated the arrangement, then said she would return to the Lei Clan with him the next day.

Lei Dong left the Flame Clan with Huo Zhi but continued his travels instead of returning to complete their wedding. After reaching Wu Tan City, he abducted the unconscious Xiao Yan and confronted Yao Chen, ending by introducing himself as the Lei Clan’s Young Clan Leader.

• Huo Yuan warned Lei Dong to treat Huo Zhi well, and Lei Dong departed with her and the Lei Clan elders.
• Lei Dong told Lei Teng that he would continue traveling and instructed him to provide Huo Zhi with resources according to his standards.
• After half a year of travel, Lei Dong reached Wu Tan City and warned Lei Ya and Lei Ya to conceal themselves from Ling Ying, the Gu Clan’s Dou Emperor bodyguard.
• Lei Dong entered the Xiao Clan, overheard Xiao Yan’s confrontation with Nalan, and followed Xiao Yan to the Back Mountain.
• Lei Dong knocked Xiao Yan unconscious, took him to a mountain peak, and summoned Yao Chen from Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring.
• Lei Dong introduced himself to Yao Chen as the Young Clan Leader of the Lei Clan.

Lei Dong coerced Yao Chen into handing over the Flame Mantra and Bone Spirit Cold Flame, then destroyed several of Xiao Yan’s opportunities while searching the Magical Beast Mountain Range. He left for the Tagor Desert after injuring the Amethyst Winged Lion King, but gave it pills when he saw how fiercely it protected its child.

• Lei Dong used Nine-Colored Lightning to torment Yao Chen until he surrendered the Flame Mantra and severed his connection to the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Lei Dong left Lei Ya and Lei Ya in Wu Tan City to watch the Xiao Clan, then found the hidden cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and destroyed its three stone boxes.
• Lei Dong took the Demon Flame Remnant Map of the Purifying Lotus Demonic Flame and left behind a ball of Fallen Heart Flame before searching for the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair.
• Lei Dong struck down the Amethyst Winged Lion King and collected its Symbiotic Amethyst Source, but the wounded king rushed back to protect Little Lion.
• Lei Dong gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King a Rank 7 Recovery Pill and a Transformation Pill, then departed for the Tagor Desert.

Lei Dong found Hai Bodong in the Tagor Desert, took the Fragment Maps of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and restored Hai Bodong's strength by breaking Medusa's seal. He ordered Hai Bodong to search for the Exotic Flame's exact location, and Hai Bodong set out into the desert.

• Lei Dong found Hai Bodong in a dilapidated shack and demanded the Fragment Maps, threatening him with his Six-star Dou Ancestor aura.
• Hai Bodong handed Lei Dong the two Fragment Maps and gave him a map marked with possible Exotic Flame locations.
• Lei Dong used white flames to break the seal that had weakened Hai Bodong, causing Medusa to sense the change from the Snake-People Tribe's royal palace.
• Hai Bodong thanked Lei Dong for restoring his strength, and Lei Dong ordered him to find the Exotic Flame's location within one day.
• Hai Bodong left the shack to search the marked locations, knowing he could not defy Lei Dong without endangering the Mittel Family.

Lei Dong found the nearly mature Azure Lotus Core Flame, then went to Stone Desert City and recruited Qing Lin after seeing her bullied. When Qing Lin sensed a terrifying aura near the flame, Lei Dong carried her toward its source, where Medusa was approaching.

• Hai Bodong located the Azure Lotus Core Flame but could not retrieve it, so Lei Dong flew to the magma and found the flame still immature.
• Lei Dong left for Stone Desert City to find Qing Lin, unaware that the Azure Lotus Core Flame matured just after he departed.
• Lei Dong found Qing Lin crying after children mocked her heritage, and persuaded her to follow him and become strong.
• Qing Lin sensed a terrifying nearby aura and pointed Lei Dong toward the Azure Lotus Core Flame.
• Lei Dong picked Qing Lin up and flew toward the flame, where Medusa was approaching.