Chapter Summaries

After Lei Dong’s wedding and the clan’s training arrangements, he stayed in the Lei Clan to cultivate and study his new lightning. Qing Lin then reported that Xiao Yan had arrived in the Middle Continent, leaving Lei Dong concerned about the Dou Zun-level soul inside him.

• Lei Dong and Huo Zhi held a grand wedding attended by clansmen from the Void Ancient Dragons.
• The clans sent newly marked disciples out to train while Lei Dong remained under the Lei Clan’s protection.
• Lei Dong studied the Nine Profound Golden Lightning and discovered that absorbing lightning no longer caused him pain.
• Qing Lin told Lei Dong that Xiao Yan had reached the Middle Continent as a Dou Emperor, accompanied by two hidden Dou Zongs and a Dou Zun-level soul.
• Qing Lin explained that she detected the soul after Xiao Yan’s strength surged to Eight Star Dou Zong during a fight with a Six-star Dou Ancestor.

Lei Dong learned that Xiao Yan's whereabouts were unknown and heard Qing Lin's report on the other clans' rising talents. When Huo Zhi discovered that Lei Dong was spying on the clans, he demanded she understand her identity, leaving her torn between her husband and the Flame Clan.

• Lei Dong asked Qing Lin where Xiao Yan was, but she had lost track of him after the snakes near his last known location were wiped out.
• Qing Lin reported the recent advances of the Gu, Yao, Flame, Stone, and Spirit Clans' younger generation, and Lei Dong praised her intelligence-gathering Dou Skill.
• Huo Zhi entered Lei Dong's room and confronted him after overhearing that he was monitoring the Flame Clan and other clans.
• Lei Dong reminded Huo Zhi that she was the Lei Clan's Young Clan Leader's Wife, and she pleaded with him not to attack the Flame Clan.
• Huo Zhi struggled to choose between Lei Dong and her birth clan, then said she understood.

After Huo Zhi feared Lei Dong would attack the Flame Clan, he reassured her and recognized that he had developed feelings for her. Meanwhile, Qing Lin resumed searching for Xiao Yan, who reached the Tianshan Blood Pool with Skyfire Venerable’s help.

• Huo Zhi told Lei Dong she understood that she was his wife, and her tears made him realize he cared about her.
• Lei Dong explained that he needed to know the clans’ circumstances but would not attack the Flame Clan unless it threatened the Lei Clan, and Huo Zhi cried in his arms.
• Qing Lin left the room, hid her heartache, and continued using her snakes to search for Xiao Yan, but found no trace of him.
• Qing Lin ordered the snakes near Xiao Yan’s last known location to watch for him, then returned to cultivating because she felt her own strength lagged behind her companions’.
• Xiao Yan reached the Tianmu Mountain Range seeking the Tianshan Blood Pool, and Skyfire Venerable agreed to help him if danger arose.

After Qing Lin located Xiao Yan near the Tianmu Mountain Range, Lei Dong learned that Nalan Yanran had also arrived in Central State and decided to confront Xiao Yan before he could grow stronger. He left with Huo Zhi, Qing Lin, and Lei Ya for the Tianshan Blood Pool.

• Lei Dong and Huo Zhi realized Qing Lin had left, then Qing Lin returned to report that the Serpent Net had found Xiao Yan near the Tianmu Mountain Range.
• Qing Lin reported that two Dou Zong secretly followed Xiao Yan, while no other clan experts or Soul Hall members were nearby.
• Lei Dong learned that Nalan Yanran had become an Outer Sect Disciple of the Flower Sect after Lei Ya brought her to Central State at Yun Yun's request.
• Lei Dong ordered the group to set out for the Tianmu Mountain Range and the Tianshan Blood Pool.

Lei Dong traveled with Lei Ya, Huo Zhi, and Qing Lin to the Tianshan Blood Pool, intending to eliminate Xiao Yan before he could grow stronger. Nalan Yanran met Xiao Yan there and spoke with him about their past and the Xiao Clan, while Lei Dong’s agents moved to deal with Xiao Yan’s hidden guards.

• Lei Dong led Lei Ya, Huo Zhi, and Qing Lin from the Lei Realm toward the Northern Region, deciding Xiao Yan could no longer be allowed to grow stronger.
• At the Tianmu Mountain Range, Lei Dong ordered Lei Ya to bring Nalan Yanran to Xiao Yan and tell her to mention the Xiao Clan’s situation.
• Lei Dong sent Huo Zhi and Qing Lin to kill the two Dou Zun secretly guarding Xiao Yan without attracting attention.
• Nalan Yanran approached Xiao Yan, and the two recognized each other after years apart.
• Nalan Yanran claimed she had come to Central State to temper herself, and Xiao Yan asked how the Xiao Clan was doing.

Nalan Yanran lured Xiao Yan away from the crowd and attacked him over their past grievances, but Lei Dong intervened when Yao Tianhuo possessed Xiao Yan. Lei Dong destroyed Yao Tianhuo’s soul, left Xiao Yan unconscious, and ordered Huo Zhi, Qing Lin, and Lei Ya to secretly take him to the Lei Clan before vanishing with Nalan Yanran.

• Nalan Yanran led Xiao Yan to an isolated place and warned him that Soul Hall might be nearby, but Skyfire Venerable sensed something was wrong.
• Nalan Yanran confronted Xiao Yan over his past actions against her family and the Yun Lan Sect, then attacked him with her full strength.
• Yao Tianhuo possessed Xiao Yan and drove Nalan Yanran back, but Lei Dong appeared and blocked his attack.
• Lei Dong struck Yao Tianhuo out of Xiao Yan’s body, seriously injured Xiao Yan, and refined Yao Tianhuo’s soul with Nine-Colored Divine Lightning.
• Lei Dong told Huo Zhi, Qing Lin, and Lei Ya to take Xiao Yan secretly to the Lei Clan, then pulled Nalan Yanran into his arms and vanished with her.

Gu Xun'er learned that Xiao Yan's two Dou Zong bodyguards had died and sent Ling Ying to investigate his fate. Meanwhile, Lei Dong brought Nalan Yanran into the Tianmu Mountain Range and offered to help her reach the Tianshan Blood Pool.

• Huo Zhi returned toward the Lei Realm with Lei Ya and Xiao Yan after Lei Dong left.
• Gu Xun'er felt uneasy, and Ling Ying told her that the life jade slips of Xiao Yan's two bodyguards had shattered near the Tianmu Mountain Range.
• Gu Xun'er wanted to search for Xiao Yan, but Ling Ying warned her of the danger and agreed to investigate alone.
• Gu Xun'er begged Ling Ying to find Xiao Yan and cried after he left.
• Lei Dong brought Nalan Yanran into the Tianmu Mountain Range and offered to help her cultivate at the Tianshan Blood Pool in exchange for her silence.

Lei Dong brought Nalan Yanran to the Tianshan Blood Pool, where he repelled Jin Shi and claimed her as his. Jin Shi led them to the Volcano Crater for cultivation, and Lei Dong gave Nalan Yanran an eighth-tier pill to protect her from fire poison.

• Lei Dong and Nalan Yanran arrived near the Tianshan Blood Pool as its energy surged, and Nalan Yanran saw Lei Dong absorb part of it unharmed.
• Jin Shi attacked Nalan Yanran, but Lei Dong nullified the blow and then told her she belonged to him; she agreed and embraced him.
• Jin Shi recognized Lei Dong's strength, apologized, and offered to take them to a better cultivation site.
• Jin Shi led them to the Volcano Crater, where Lei Dong approved of the location and said the Gold Devouring Rat Clan could continue to exist.
• Lei Dong gave Nalan Yanran an eighth-tier pill to prevent fire poison and told her to take it before cultivating.

Lei Dong gave Nalan Yanran an eighth-grade pill and sent her to cultivate in the volcano before seeking a Soul Hall Branch Hall to learn how to absorb pure soul power. Disguised in a black robe, he infiltrated the branch hall and killed a Soul Hall Venerable who approached him.

• Lei Dong gave Nalan Yanran an eighth-grade pill, which she swallowed, then told her to cultivate in the volcano crater.
• Lei Dong tossed Jin Shi down the mountain, sealed the volcano, and left to find a Soul Hall Branch Hall.
• Lei Dong realized his Nine Heavens Divine Lightning could refine souls, but he needed a technique to absorb the resulting pure Soul Power.
• Lei Dong traveled to a branch hall in the Northern Region of Central State and entered it in disguise.
• A Soul Hall Venerable approached Lei Dong and mistook him for a recruit, but Lei Dong killed him with a flame-covered palm strike.

Lei Dong subdued the Soul Hall branch’s defenders while searching for Yao Chen, then forced a Soul Hall Dou Emperor to reveal where the recently captured souls were stored. He left with the refined souls, but Yao Chen’s whereabouts remained unconfirmed.

• Lei Dong killed a Soul Hall Elder and stayed to break the seal on the Elder’s Storage Ring as Qin Tian and five other Dou Zun arrived with a group of Dou Zong Protectors.
• Qin Tian ordered the six Dou Zun to attack, but Lei Dong immobilized them and asked whether Yao Chen was imprisoned there.
• Lei Dong claimed to be Xiao Yan and said Yao Chen was his teacher; after the Dou Zong Protectors fled, he killed the six Dou Zun and collected their souls and Storage Rings.
• Lei Dong searched the branch hall, seized a Soul Hall Dou Emperor, and demanded to know where the plundered souls were kept.
• The frightened Dou Emperor led Lei Dong to a room and handed over a container of recently refined souls, which Lei Dong collected.

Lei Dong found Yao Chen imprisoned in a Soul Hall branch and learned about a powerful Red Lightning in the Southern Continent. He killed Yao Chen and the branch’s remaining Dou Emperors, then returned to the Lei Clan intending to send others to search for the lightning.

• Lei Dong burned a Soul Hall Dou Emperor to ashes and took the plundered souls.
• Lei Dong found Yao Chen, who recognized him by the Nine Heavens Divine Lightning within his body.
• Yao Chen told Lei Dong about a powerful Red Lightning he had encountered in a Thunder Zone in the Wind Spirit Mountain Range.
• Lei Dong killed Yao Chen with Nine-Colored Lightning and took the bead left behind by his soul.
• Lei Dong set the Soul Hall branch ablaze, killing the remaining Dou Emperors, and returned toward the Lei Clan.

Lei Dong reunited with Huo Zhi and Qing Lin on the way back to the Lei Clan, explained why he had left Nalan Yanran at the Tianshan Blood Pool, and sent Lei Ya to search for a natural Thunder Zone. He brought Xiao Yan into the Lei Realm hidden inside his Storage Ring, while Huo Zhi and Qing Lin admitted they had spent the journey worrying over how to transport him.

• Lei Dong met Huo Zhi and Qing Lin and told them he had left Nalan Yanran at the Tianshan Blood Pool to cultivate.
• Lei Dong ordered Lei Ya to search the eastern Southern Continent for the Wind Spirit Mountain Range and its natural Thunder Zone.
• Qing Lin explained that she and Huo Zhi had stopped in a city because Qing Lin had never visited the Middle Continent, and Huo Zhi admitted she had wanted to explore.
• Lei Dong asked how they had kept Xiao Yan hidden, then sealed his aura and put him in his Storage Ring before entering the Lei Realm.
• Lei Dong questioned Huo Zhi and Qing Lin about their stunned reaction, and Qing Lin confessed they had been discussing how to bring Xiao Yan back without realizing they could use the Storage Ring.

Lei Dong secretly cultivated a Soul Hall soul-absorption technique and raised his Soul Power to the Heaven Realm Middle Stage by refining captured souls. After scanning the Lei Realm, he rushed toward Huo Zhi’s room, while Lei Ying and the elders mistook his soul scan for an intruder.

• Lei Dong returned to the Lei Clan with soul techniques taken from Soul Hall Venerables and began cultivating them in secret.
• Lei Dong tested the technique on Skyfire Venerable’s soul, refined the captured souls with lightning, and confirmed they caused no harmful changes.
• Lei Dong absorbed Yao Lao’s soul and other captured souls, then stabilized his cultivation and broke through to the Heaven Realm Middle Stage.
• Lei Dong scanned the Lei Realm with his Soul Power, spotted Huo Zhi bathing, and hurried to her room.
• Lei Ying, Lei Teng, Lei Rao, and Lei Mo sensed the powerful soul scan and ordered a search for the supposed intruder.

Lei Dong recovered from an exhausting day with Huo Zhi and then encountered Medusa after her breakthrough to Seven Star Dou Zun. Medusa’s newfound warmth and desire caught him off guard, and he realized how frightening she could be when she stopped resisting him.

• Lei Dong and Huo Zhi spent the day cultivating together, and Huo Zhi left him exhausted by nightfall.
• Lei Dong met Medusa after her seclusion and praised her breakthrough to Seven Star Dou Zun.
• Medusa thanked Lei Dong for providing her resources, and Lei Dong acknowledged her as his woman.
• Medusa called Lei Dong her husband and tried to keep him from leaving, then teased him for his trembling legs.
• Medusa coiled around Lei Dong and challenged him to prove he was not too tired, leaving him unsure how to respond.

Lei Dong escaped Medusa’s teasing and went to confront the imprisoned Xiao Yan, revealing that he knew Xiao Yan’s secrets and intended to kill him later. Xiao Yan realized Lei Dong was also from Blue Star and tried to use Gu Xun’er’s feelings to save himself.

• Medusa pressed Lei Dong to stay with her, but he escaped and headed for Xiao Yan’s prison.
• Lei Dong entered the hidden dungeon, where Xiao Yan attacked him and was quickly knocked into a wall.
• Xiao Yan asked why Lei Dong had captured him, and Lei Dong praised his composure before mentioning his three years as a useless cultivator.
• Lei Dong revealed that he knew about Xiao Yan’s past-life soul and misconduct, shocking Xiao Yan into asking whether Lei Dong was a transmigrator.
• Lei Dong said he had been reincarnated, told Xiao Yan to read Battle Through, and admitted that he planned to kill him eventually.
• Xiao Yan warned Lei Dong that Gu Xun’er loved him and would retaliate if Lei Dong killed him.

Lei Dong crippled Xiao Yan by taking the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire and part of his soul, then traveled to the Northern Region and killed Ling Ying. Gu Xun'er learned of Ling Ying’s death and feared Xiao Yan might also be dead.

• Xiao Yan attacked Lei Dong, but Lei Dong restrained him, extracted the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, and reduced his cultivation to Eight Star Dou Wang.
• Lei Dong extracted most of Xiao Yan’s soul and spirit, leaving him dazed before departing.
• Lei Dong left the Lei Realm for the Tianmu Mountain Range, where he found and killed Ling Ying.
• Gu Xun'er saw Ling Ying’s shattered Jade Slip and mourned his death, then vowed revenge against whoever had killed him.

Gu Yuan learned that Xiao Yan was involved in Ling Ying’s death and ordered his men to investigate Xiao Yan and search for the Ancient Jade. Meanwhile, Lei Dong met Nalan Yanran after her breakthrough and took her toward the Flower Sect, leaving her stunned as he pulled her into a spatial rift.

• Gu Xun'er told Gu Yuan how Ling Ying and several Dou Zong died because of Xiao Yan, and promised to stop contacting Xiao Yan if he was alive.
• Gu Yuan ordered a subordinate to find Xiao Yan, seize the Ancient Jade, and kill him, then sent others to search the Xiao family for another piece of jade.
• Nalan Yanran emerged from two months of cultivation at the volcano having reached the peak of six-star Dou Emperor.
• Lei Dong told Nalan Yanran that he had helped Yun Yun become the Flower Sect Sect Master and had saved her, then teased her about repaying him.
• Lei Dong opened a spatial rift and took Nalan Yanran toward the Flower Sect, startling her.

Lei Dong brought Nalan Yanran back to the Flower Sect, where she told Yun Yun about her journey and her encounter with Xiao Yan. Lei Dong then took Yun Yun to her cultivation chamber to open a crack in the Dou Qi Seal, while the Flower Sect’s elders weighed whether Yun Yun should receive real authority.

• Lei Dong brought Nalan Yanran to the Flower Sect, and she ran to embrace Yun Yun when the sect master arrived.
• Nalan Yanran recounted her journey, including her encounter with Xiao Yan and Lei Dong’s later arrival, prompting Yun Yun to recognize Lei Dong.
• Lei Dong told Yun Yun he would help refine the Dou Qi in her body and asked her to take him to a secret chamber.
• Lei Dong sensed Azure Fairy and Splendor Fairy watching them and assured them he meant no harm before entering the chamber with Yun Yun.
• Azure Fairy and Splendor Fairy discussed Yun Yun’s suitability to lead the Flower Sect and considered giving her real authority or dealing with her.
• Lei Dong warned Yun Yun that opening a crack in her seal would hurt, and Yun Yun realized he might truly have come only to help her.

Lei Dong broke the seal on Yun Yun’s Dou Qi, restoring her power, and Nalan Yanran was drawn into the secret chamber afterward. The next morning, Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran discussed their relationship with Lei Dong as he left to meet Lei Ya.

• Lei Dong removed Yun Yun’s seal by forcing his Nine-Colored Lightning against Flower Granny’s sealing power, enduring her pain until the seal broke.
• Yun Yun’s Dou Qi surged out, and she began refining the power within her while Lei Dong watched.
• Nalan Yanran sensed Yun Yun’s aura outside the secret chamber, heard Lei Dong and Yun Yun inside, and was pulled into the chamber by a powerful suction force.
• The next morning, Lei Dong sensed Lei Ya nearby and left to learn whether Lei Ya and Lei Ya had found the Wind Spirit Mountain Range.
• Yun Yun asked Nalan Yanran when she had become involved with Lei Dong, and Nalan Yanran explained that he had saved her and helped her cultivate.
• Yun Yun warned Nalan Yanran that they might never escape Lei Dong’s control, while Nalan Yanran asked whether her teacher was angry with her.

Yun Yun learned that Nalan Yanran liked Lei Dong and admitted that her own relationship with him was only a transaction. After Lei Ya reported finding the Thunder Zone in the Southern Continent, Lei Dong prepared to leave the next day and left Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran behind to cultivate.

• Nalan Yanran confessed to Yun Yun that she liked Lei Dong and feared she had taken someone Yun Yun cared for.
• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that she and Lei Dong were only bound by a transaction, then playfully attacked her after seeing her relief.
• Lei Ya reported that he had found the Thunder Zone and was guarding it, and Lei Dong ordered him to rest before they departed the next day.
• Lei Dong returned to Yun Yun's residence and said he would travel to the Southern Continent to search for thunder.
• Nalan Yanran asked to go with Lei Dong, but he refused because the journey was dangerous and her strength was too weak.
• Lei Dong pulled Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran into the cultivation room with him.