Chapter Summaries

Gu Xun'er struggled to accept that her heart had shifted from Xiao Yan to Lei Dong, while Lei Dong secretly entered her room in the Gu Clan. The chapter ended with Lei Dong kissing Xun'er after assuring her that his Soul Barrier could conceal them from Gu Yuan.

• Xun'er admitted to herself that Lei Dong, not Xiao Yan, kept appearing in her thoughts, while Aunt Yun assumed she was upset over Xiao Yan.
• Xun'er returned to her room in tears, and Lei Dong slipped inside and set up a Soul Barrier to hide his presence.
• Lei Dong saw Xun'er crying and mocked her, and she warned him that Gu Yuan would punish him if he were discovered.
• Xun'er realized her concern for Lei Dong revealed her feelings for him, while her attachment to Xiao Yan was likely only friendship.
• Lei Dong told Xun'er that even Gu Yuan could not detect his barrier, pulled her into his arms, and kissed her.

Lei Dong and Xun'er were intimate in her Gu Clan boudoir, and Xun'er became unusually affectionate toward him afterward. Lei Dong escaped before Aunt Yun discovered him, while he remained wary of trusting Xun'er's feelings.

• Lei Dong's assault left Xun'er overwhelmed, and two hours later she clung to him instead of urging him to leave.
• When Lei Dong tried to go, Xun'er held him back, then warned him that Gu Yuan would punish him if he was discovered.
• Xun'er asked whether Lei Dong liked her, but he denied it and said he only wanted her body.
• Hearing Aunt Yun approach, Lei Dong withdrew his Soul Barrier, hid his aura, and returned to his residence through the window.
• Xun'er changed the bedsheet and went downstairs in a better mood, while Aunt Yun entered without noticing anything unusual.

Xun'er wondered whether her growing inability to stop thinking about Lei Dong meant she liked him, while Aunt Yun mistook her questions for lingering feelings for Xiao Yan. Gu Ming's invitation came with Gu Yuan's orders, so Xun'er reluctantly agreed to go with him; meanwhile, Lei Dong kept visiting her until the Gu Clan's Coming of Age Ceremony began.

• Xun'er told Aunt Yun she was wondering whether a woman could like a man who constantly opposed and bullied her, and Aunt Yun suspected Xun'er enjoyed being mistreated.
• Aunt Yun told Xun'er that Gu Ming had invited her out, then explained that Gu Yuan wanted them to spend time together.
• Xun'er reluctantly agreed to meet Gu Ming, who was already waiting outside.
• Lei Dong returned to his residence, brushed off Lei Zhen's questions, and continued visiting Xun'er over the following days.
• Lei Dong and Lei Zhen arrived at the Gu Clan's Coming of Age Ceremony, where Lei Zhen complained that he was bored and had hoped Lei Dong would guide his cultivation.

Lei Dong attended the Gu Clan's Coming of Age Ceremony with Lei Zhen, where Xun Er's attention and affection for him became obvious. After Gu Ming received a God Grade Bloodline and insulted the Lei Clan, Lei Dong traded taunts with him and rejected his challenge.

• Lei Zhen mistook Xun Er's gaze for interest in him, but Lei Dong showed him that she was watching Lei Dong instead.
• Lei Zhen asked why Xun Er seemed affectionate toward Lei Dong despite supposedly hating him, and Lei Dong claimed he had made her submit.
• Gu Ming received a God Grade Bloodline and a Purple-Gold Engraving, then insulted the Lei Clan's younger generation.
• Lei Dong stopped Lei Zhen from confronting Gu Ming and traded insults with Gu Ming.
• Gu Ming challenged Lei Dong to fight at a reduced strength, but Lei Dong dismissed him as unworthy.

At Gu Ming’s Coming of Age Ceremony, he challenged Lei Dong and boasted that he would reach the Dou Sheng realm in a few years. Lei Dong accepted while suppressing his strength, but Gu Yuan intervened to stop the fight, and Xun’er made clear that she looked down on Gu Ming’s recklessness.

• Xun’er asked a Gu Clan Elder to warn Gu Ming that Lei Dong would still defeat him even with his strength suppressed.
• Gu Ming dismissed the warning, boasted that he would reach the Dou Sheng realm in a few years, and challenged Lei Dong again.
• Lei Dong appeared in the arena and agreed to fight Gu Ming after suppressing his aura to the Dou Zun level.
• Gu Yuan arrived, ordered Gu Ming to stand down, and asked Lei Dong to let the matter end.
• Xun’er passed Gu Ming without embracing him and called him disgraceful for thinking he could deal with Lei Dong.

Xun Er defused the confrontation between Lei Dong and Gu Ming at the Gu Clan ceremony, then met Lei Dong privately after sending Aunt Yun away. Aunt Yun returned from an errand and grew suspicious of how quiet Xun Er’s room was, using a concealment technique to investigate.

• Xun Er apologized for Gu Ming and asked Lei Dong to let the dispute end, and Lei Dong accepted while teasingly calling himself her elder.
• Gu Yuan ended the confrontation and ordered the Awakening Ceremony to continue, while Lei Dong and Xun Er separately left the gathering.
• Lei Dong joined Xun Er in her room after she sent Aunt Yun away, and he instructed her to call him “Daddy.”
• Aunt Yun told Gu Ming that Xun Er was in seclusion, and Gu Ming gave her the medicinal resources Xun Er needed.
• Aunt Yun noticed that Xun Er’s requested supplies were repeatedly unavailable in the Gu Clan, then returned to find the courtyard unusually quiet and could not sense Xun Er’s aura.
• Aunt Yun used the Shadow System’s Secret Concealment Technique to investigate.

Aunt Yun discovered Gu Xun'er and Lei Dong together in secret, forcing them to decide how to handle her discovery. Lei Dong left the Gu Clan after giving Xun'er a Jade Slip, while Aunt Yun and Xun'er were left to face the secret between them.

• Aunt Yun overcame her hesitation and secretly entered Gu Xun'er's room, where she saw Xun'er with Lei Dong and realized they were together willingly.
• Lei Dong sensed Aunt Yun nearby and told Xun'er that her maid had discovered their relationship.
• Xun'er panicked at the thought that Gu Yuan might find out, but begged Lei Dong not to kill Aunt Yun.
• Xun'er asked Lei Dong to leave so she could speak with Aunt Yun, and he gave her a Jade Slip before departing the Gu Clan.
• Aunt Yun worried over whether to tell Gu Yuan, but regretted snooping and kept the secret to herself.

Xun Er spared Aunt Yun after she witnessed Xun Er and Lei Dong together, and asked her to keep it secret. Lei Dong left the Gu Realm, visited Yun Yun at the Flower Sect, and learned Nalan Yanran was in the Northwest Continent.

• Aunt Yun confessed that she had seen Xun Er with Lei Dong, and Xun Er asked her to keep the encounter secret.
• Aunt Yun warned Xun Er that the clan leader might discover she was no longer a virgin, but Xun Er said she loved Lei Dong and did not want to lose him again.
• Lei Dong left the Gu Realm with Lei Zhen, then sent him home while he headed to the Flower Sect.
• Lei Dong visited Yun Yun, who told him Nalan Yanran was in the Northwest Continent and asked him to find her.
• Lei Dong agreed to travel to the Northwest Continent and bring Nalan Yanran back.

Lei Dong arrived in the Gama Empire and found Nalan Yanran and her family under attack by Little Fairy Doctor, who sought revenge for Xiao Yan’s death. He saved Nalan Yanran from a fatal blow, treated her with an Antidote Pill, and faced Little Fairy Doctor.

• Lei Dong sensed Nalan Yanran fighting near Wu Tan City and hurried to her aid.
• Little Fairy Doctor attacked Nalan Yanran and the Nalan Family, blaming Nalan Yanran for killing her only friend, Xiao Yan.
• Little Fairy Doctor struck Nalan Yanran while she was distracted by news that the Flower Sect was at war with the Qian Yuan Sect, leaving her badly hurt and apparently doomed.
• Lei Dong shattered Little Fairy Doctor’s poisonous attack with a bolt of thunder and appeared before Nalan Yanran.
• Lei Dong gave Nalan Yanran an Antidote Pill, then turned to face Little Fairy Doctor.

Lei Dong rescued Nalan Yanran by killing Little Fairy Doctor and crushing the Poison Sect, then prepared to take Nalan Yanran and her surviving family to the Middle Continent. The chapter left them traveling through the Void Space toward the Middle Continent, where Nalan Yanran planned to reunite with her teacher.

• Little Fairy Doctor attacked Lei Dong and Nalan Yanran with poison, but Lei Dong dispersed it and learned that she had come because Nalan Yanran killed Xiao Yan.
• Lei Dong struck Little Fairy Doctor down, then killed the Poison Sect disciples who tried to protect her and burned Little Fairy Doctor with white flames.
• With the Poison Sect's rule over the Gama Empire ended, Lei Dong reunited with Nalan Yanran at the Nalan Family and explained that he had come looking for her.
• Nalan Yanran asked about bringing her surviving family to the Middle Continent, and Lei Dong told her that her teacher had taken control of the Qian Yuan Sect, Flower Sect, and Dan Domain territories.
• Lei Dong took Nalan Yanran and the Nalan Family aboard a space-traveling ship and opened a path through the Void Space toward the Middle Continent.

Lei Dong reunited with Yun Yun at the Flower Sect and told her Nalan Yanran had brought the Nalan Family to the Middle Continent. Nalan Yanran joined them, while the Soul Clan learned that the souls gathered for the Void Swallowing Flame had not yet been delivered.

• Lei Dong reached Yun Yun's boudoir and told her that Nalan Yanran and the Nalan Family were safe and had come to the Middle Continent.
• Nalan Yanran settled her clansmen, then went to Yun Yun's residence and heard Yun Yun inside with Lei Dong.
• Lei Dong called Nalan Yanran into the room, where she joined him and Yun Yun.
• Soul Tu reported that Soul Extinguisher had taken control of the Northern Region and gathered the souls the Void Swallowing Flame required.
• Soul Tu explained that Soul Extinguisher had delayed sending the souls because unrest in the Middle Continent made an escort too risky.

Soul Emperor ordered the Soul Clan to secure the Northern Region’s forces and revive Soul Sha and Soul Jing while scrutinizing Yun Yun’s growing Flower Sect. He left Soul Xing to stir conflict between the Flower Sect and Middle Continent factions, suspecting Yun Yun’s rise was connected to the Lei Clan’s young man.

• Soul Emperor sent Void Swallowing Flame to investigate Soul Extinguisher’s concerns and learned that Soul Extinguisher had recruited over a dozen Dou Sheng and nearly thirty Half Saint Strong Persons in the Northern Region.
• Soul Emperor ordered Soul Extinguisher to destroy uncooperative Old Monsters discreetly, and Soul Tu left to deliver the command.
• Void Swallowing Flame reported that preparations to revive Soul Sha and Soul Jing were complete, though restoring their peak strength would take several years.
• Soul Xing told Soul Emperor that Yun Yun had taken the Dan Domain, destroyed the Qian Yuan Sect, and reached peak Seven Star Dou Sheng after obtaining the former Flower Sect Sect Master's Dou Qi.
• Soul Emperor ordered Soul Xing to secretly provoke conflict between the Flower Sect and the Middle Continent's long-standing sects because he believed Yun Yun was connected to the Lei Clan's young man.

Hun Feng lost Soul Emperor’s approval after backing down from the Soul Abyss Secret Realm, while Lei Dong returned to the Lei Clan and learned that the East Flower Immortal Sect and Yao Clan were preparing to fight the Gu Clan. Yao Dan had invited the Lei Clan to join their alliance.

• Hun Feng compared himself to Lei Dong and reminded Soul Emperor that he had once overcome Xiao Xuan, but he refused to enter the Soul Abyss Secret Realm when challenged.
• Soul Emperor dismissed Hun Feng as trash, and Hun Feng left the hall while the Supreme Elders regretted his missed chance to impress his father.
• Lei Dong left the Flower Sect after spending three days with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, who remained behind because Yun Yun had sect duties and Nalan Yanran would not leave her teacher.
• Lei Dong returned to the Lei Clan and learned from Lei Teng that Tantai had been killed and the East Flower Immortal Sect had gone to war with the Gu Clan.
• Lei Teng told Lei Dong that the East Flower Immortal Sect had allied with the Yao Clan, and that Yao Dan had invited the Lei Clan to join them against the Gu Clan.

Lei Dong explained how his actions involving the Hibiscus Ancient Tree may have led Yao Dan to unite forces against the Gu Clan. As the Gu Clan prepared for war and sought allies, Lei Dong arrived at the Lei Clan council, where its leaders considered their response.

• Lei Teng told Lei Dong that the Lei Clan had postponed deciding whether to join the conflict until he returned.
• Lei Dong explained that his impersonation of a Gu Clan member may have prompted Yao Dan to kill Tantai and ally with the East Flower Immortal Sect against the Gu Clan.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Gu Clan to prepare for war, while Gu Dao warned that Yao Dan had also invited the Lei and Flame Clans to join the alliance.
• Gu Yuan sent Gu Dao to negotiate with the Lei Clan and Gu Xian to negotiate with the Flame Clan.
• Lei Dong and Lei Teng reached the Lei Clan council, where Lei Ying confirmed that Huo Zhi and Cai Lin could participate as members of the clan.

Lei Dong urged the Lei Clan to wait for Gu Xian before deciding whether to join the war against the Gu Clan, arguing that the clan should negotiate from a position of strength. Gu Xian arrived to propose an alliance, but Lei Jie immediately challenged his intentions.

• Lei Jie and several elders urged Lei Dong to join the war against the Gu Clan and reclaim the Tuoshe Ancient Jade.
• Lei Dong argued that the Lei Clan should avoid reckless wars and wait to hear the Gu Clan's offer, noting that Yan Jin's support for the Yao Clan could strengthen their bargaining position.
• Lei Ying agreed to receive Gu Xian, and Lei Dong sent Huo Zhi and Cai Lin away so Gu Xian would not detect their hidden strength.
• Gu Xian entered the hall and proposed an alliance with the Lei Clan.
• Lei Jie mocked Gu Xian and pointed out that the Gu Clan was facing a crusade led by the Yao Clan and several other clans.

Lei Dong used the Gu Clan’s conflict with the Yao Clan and the East Flower Immortal Sect to pressure Gu Xian while weighing the danger of the Soul Clan. After learning Yan Jin had rejected Gu Dao’s alliance, Lei Dong claimed the Yao Clan had offered the Lei Clan the Gu Clan’s ancient jade as well as a Golden Pill formula, leaving Gu Xian stunned and waiting for Lei Dong’s decision.

• Lei Dong challenged Gu Xian to explain why a High Level Dou Sheng using Gu Clan Dou Skills had attacked members of the Eastern Factions.
• Gu Xian warned that a war against the Gu Clan could let the Soul Clan seize the Tuoshe Ancient Jade and bring about the Ancient Emperor Cave’s emergence.
• Qing Lin told Lei Dong that Yan Jin had rejected Gu Dao’s alliance after Yao Dan promised to refine a Mysterious Pill for him.
• Lei Ying asked Lei Dong whether the Lei Clan should ally with the Gu Clan, and Lei Dong said Yao Dan had promised the Lei Clan the Gu Clan’s ancient jade and a Golden Pill Pill Formula if the Gu Clan was destroyed.
• Gu Xian was shocked by the alleged offer and asked Lei Dong what he intended to do.

Gu Xian tried to persuade the Lei Clan to stay out of the conflict, but Lei Dong demanded benefits in exchange for its neutrality. Back at his residence, Lei Dong found Huo Zhi with Qing Lin and stayed with them after Huo Zhi invited him to remain.

• Gu Xian asked Lei Dong what the Gu Clan could offer to keep the Lei Clan out of the matter, and Lei Dong pressed him to decide quickly.
• Gu Xian left to consult Gu Yuan, and Lei Ying scolded Lei Dong for shamelessly bargaining with him.
• Lei Dong tickled Qing Lin until she begged him to stop, then carried her back to his residence.
• Lei Dong found Huo Zhi in his room, and she invited him to stay with her and Qing Lin.
• Cai Lin heard sounds from Huo Zhi's room, picked up Lei An, and took her away to practice Dou Skills.

The Gu Clan learned that the Yao Clan was orchestrating an alliance against them and that the Flame Clan had joined it, leaving the Lei Clan undecided. Gu Yuan ordered the clan’s young talents to leave the Gu Realm before the Gu Clan fought to the end, while Yao Dan discussed Lei Dong’s influence on the Lei Clan’s decision.

• Gu Xian reported that Yao Dan had offered the Lei Clan the Golden Pill Pill Formula and the Gu Clan’s Ancient Jade to secure its support.
• Gu Yuan and the elders rejected an alliance with the Soul Clan, and Gu Dao confirmed that the Flame Clan had firmly sided with the Yao Clan.
• Gu Yuan ordered Gu Xian to evacuate the Gu Clan’s outstanding younger generation, then vowed that the remaining clan members would fight to the end.
• Yao Dan told East Flower Heaven Sect that Yan Jin had joined the alliance but the Lei Clan was waiting for Lei Dong to emerge from seclusion.
• Tantai said Lei Dong had fought him before, prompting Yao Dan to ask in disbelief whether Lei Dong could truly fight Tantai.

As the Yao Clan prepared to attack the Gu Clan with its allies, Xun'er revealed that she was carrying Lei Dong's child and believed she could persuade the Lei Clan to support the Gu Clan. The chapter ended with Gu Xian and the others stunned by her revelation.

• East Flower Heaven Sect told Yao Dan that Lei Dong was powerful and shrewd, and Yao Dan concluded the Lei Clan would not help the Gu Clan.
• Yao Dan planned to wait for the Flame Clan's forces before attacking the Gu Clan and avenging Tantai.
• Gu Xian gathered the Gu Clan youths and explained that the Yao Clan, East Flower Heaven Sect, and Flame Clan threatened the Gu Clan, so they would be sent to safety.
• Xun'er asked Gu Xian to take her to her father, saying she could win the Lei Clan over.
• Xun'er revealed that she was pregnant with Lei Dong's child, leaving Gu Xian and the others shocked.

Xun'er revealed that she was pregnant with Lei Dong's child and asked Gu Yuan to let her seek the Lei Clan's help against the Gu Clan's enemies. Gu Yuan was furious at Lei Dong but, after hearing Xun'er's account, had to consider whether Lei Dong would truly persuade his clan to ally with them.

• Xun'er rejected Gu Ming's claim that she would marry him, kicked him aside when he attacked her, and urged Gu Xian to take her to Gu Yuan.
• Gu Xian brought Xun'er to Gu Yuan, who urged her to leave for her safety and suggested she marry Gu Ming if the Gu Clan fell.
• Xun'er told Gu Yuan she was pregnant with Lei Dong's child and asked to go to the Lei Clan for help.
• Xun'er recounted how she and Lei Dong had become involved, and Gu Yuan crushed his chair armrest before threatening to kill Lei Dong.
• Xun'er stopped Gu Yuan and explained that Lei Dong had known about Xiao Yan, while Gu Yuan questioned whether Lei Dong would convince Lei Ying to aid the Gu Clan.