Chapter Summaries

Lei Dong's group waited in the Beast Region for the Dou Sheng Remains' Space Seal to weaken, while Qing Lin returned after capturing Dou Zun members of the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan. When the seal was about to vanish, Lei Dong led his group to a high mountain instead of rushing toward the remains.

• Lei Dong and his companions reached the Skeleton Mountain Range and waited outside the sealed Dou Sheng Remains as others failed to force their way inside.
• Lei Dong brought the bored Zi Yan into a tent and tickled her until she begged him to stop.
• Qing Lin rejoined the group and told Zi Yan she had captured Dou Zun Strong Persons from the Nine Nether Earth Python Clan on Lei Dong's orders.
• Lei Dong's group defended their foothold from intruders, and he gave Qing Lin a black robe to conceal her strength.
• As the seal neared its collapse, crowds rushed toward the remains, but Lei Dong led his group to a tall mountain instead.

Lei Dong led his companions into the Dou Sheng ruins after the Space Seal shattered and killed many of the gathered cultivators. They passed the Fire Path, seized control of ten Puppets to guard the entrance, and followed Zi Yan through the ruins to a chamber she believed stored medicinal materials.

• Lei Dong kept his group back from the Space Seal, whose violent collapse devastated the cultivators at the front of the crowd.
• Lei Dong led Lei Ya, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and the others into the ruins after the spatial storm passed.
• Lei Dong crossed the Fire Path with his companions and used his soul power and lightning to control ten Puppets, strengthening them to Three Star Dou Zun.
• Lei Dong entered the great hall with his companions and left the Puppets to delay the other factions.
• Zi Yan sensed a route through the ruins while Lei Dong collected Cultivation Methods and Dou Skills above the Di class.
• Zi Yan led the group to an ancient stone door and said the strongest medicinal-material scent came from behind it.

Lei Dong and his companions discovered an Ancient Forest filled with rare medicinal herbs, then followed Zi Yan’s bloodline summons to an altar bearing a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. After collecting their gains and fighting off the forest’s Magical Beasts, they left the remains.

• Lei Dong ordered the two Lei Yas to open the moss-covered stone door, revealing a forest of rare medicinal herbs, and sent them to harvest it.
• Lei Dong, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin found the Soul Infant Fruit, and Zi Yan sensed a summons drawing her deeper into the forest.
• Zi Yan led Lei Dong and Qing Lin across a crimson plain to an ancient altar, where they found a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Zi Yan collected the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit after Lei Dong explained its importance and offered to help her refine it.
• Lei Dong found the two Lei Yas fighting ancient Magical Beasts, ordered them to collect the Magic Cores, and led everyone out of the forest.

Lei Dong and his group looted the Pill Palace’s first three floors, collecting pills and pill formulas before Lei Dong captured a powerful Pill Beast. After giving its pill to Qing Lin, they encountered wounded Dou Zun experts fighting over the remaining treasures and set out to find the Main Hall.

• Lei Dong led Lei Ya, Lei Ya, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin through the Pill Palace, where they collected every pill from the first and second floors.
• The group explored the third floor’s pill rooms, gathering pills and valuable pill formulas despite the stronger poison.
• Lei Dong caught a white Pill Beast and used Thunderbolt Power to turn it back into a pill.
• Lei Dong gave the pill to Qing Lin, promising he would have given it to her even if it had been useful to him.
• After searching the remaining rooms, Lei Dong and his group returned to the corridor and saw wounded Dou Zun experts fighting over leftover treasures.
• Lei Dong told the group to leave and look for the Main Hall.

Lei Dong and the others reached the ruins’ Main Hall, where rival factions gathered for the sealed battle skills and Soul Hall’s Bai He arrived. When the seal broke, scrolls flew out and the hall erupted into a deadly scramble, leaving the stone Puppets awakening around the stone seat.

• Lei Dong’s group reached the vast bronze-yellow hall and saw ten sealed light clusters containing scrolls.
• Major factions gathered as the seal weakened, and several forces began fighting before Bai He arrived with Soul Hall Elders.
• Bai He recognized that he could not gauge Lei Dong’s group and sought support rather than provoke them.
• The seal vanished, sending the ten scrolls flying as the stone Puppets awakened and released a murderous aura.
• Powerful Dou Qi crushed Dou Zong-level cultivators, while Dou Zun-level fighters battled fiercely over the treasures.

Lei Dong waited for the Dou Sheng’s deadly sound-wave attack to wipe out the other treasure hunters, then claimed the Dou Sheng bone marrow and fought off the remaining factions. As Lei Dong prepared to kill Bai He, a Soul Hall Elder who had hunted him before appeared.

• Lei Dong withdrew with Zi Yan and the others before the stone seat unleashed a sound-wave storm that killed the nearby Soul Hall Elders and most people in the main hall.
• Lei Dong sent Zi Yan and Qing Lin to collect the Dou Sheng bone marrow, then challenged the factions that remained beside it.
• Lei Dong warned the other Dou Zuns to leave and attacked those who stayed, while Lei Ya and Lei Ya helped kill them.
• Qing Lin and Zi Yan secured the bone marrow as Lei Dong found Bai He alive and ordered Lei Ya to stop before he could strike.
• A Soul Hall Elder who had previously hunted Lei Dong appeared in front of Bai He and recognized Lei Dong.

Lei Dong and his companions fought a Soul Hall Half Saint, but a Lei Clan Dou Sheng intervened before the elder could kill him. The Soul Hall forces escaped with help from another Dou Sheng, and Lei Dong returned safely to the Lei Realm with Zi Yan’s Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

• The Soul Hall Half Saint attacked Lei Dong, and Lei Ya and Lei Ya moved to protect him.
• Lei Dong used his Seven-Colored Clan Tattoo to shield Lei Ya and Lei Ya, then struck the Half Saint with Nine Heavens Divine Lightning.
• The Half Saint’s attack overwhelmed Lei Dong, and Zi Yan and Qing Lin rushed to his side before Lei Ming’s Lei Clan Dou Sheng strike stopped it.
• A second Dou Sheng rescued the Soul Hall Five Heavenly Venerates and the elder, who warned the Lei Clan before departing.
• Lei Ming led Lei Dong and the others back to the Lei Realm, where Zi Yan kept the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.

After returning to the Lei Clan, Lei Dong prepared to cultivate in the Void Thunder Pool and brought the clan’s young disciples to Ancient Dragon Island. Zhu Shi welcomed them, celebrated Zi Yan’s refining of the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and agreed to arrange their year of cultivation.

• Zi Yan and Qing Lin entered secluded cultivation, while Lei Dong turned over most of his recovered treasures to the Lei Clan.
• Huo Zhi emerged from seclusion after refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame and reached Four Star Dou Zun, frustrating Medusa, who had reached Two Star Dou Zun.
• Lei Dong gathered the Lei Clan’s young disciples and set out for Ancient Dragon Island to cultivate in the Void Thunder Pool.
• Zhu Shi welcomed Lei Dong and his group, then rejoiced when the Void Ancient Dragon elders told him Zi Yan was refining the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• Lei Dong told Zhu Shi that the group had come to cultivate in the Void Thunder Pool for a year, and Zhu Shi promised to arrange their entry.

Lei Dong led the Lei Clan group into the Void Thunder Pool to cultivate while the Soul Clan began its long-awaited plan to capture the Spirit Clan and gather the Ancient Jades. The chapter ended as Spirit Clan Leader Ling Mie recognized Soul Tu and Soul Yan outside the clan.

• Lei Dong dismissed the Void Ancient Dragon elders and told Lei Yun and the others to cultivate near the edge of the Void Thunder Pool while he went deeper.
• Soul Emperor announced that the Soul Clan’s thousand-year plan would begin with capturing the Spirit Clan, and ordered Void Swallowing Flame to lead Soul Tu, Soul Yan, and others.
• Soul Emperor instructed Soul Jing to have Soul Extinguisher find the Xiao Clan youth and recover the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade.
• Void Swallowing Flame and the Soul Clan forces controlled the guards outside the Spirit Clan and prepared a Space Seal before attacking.
• Ling Mie and the Spirit Clan elders left their meeting after an explosion shook the Spirit Realm, and Ling Mie recognized Soul Tu and Soul Yan.

The Soul Clan attacked the Spirit Clan, revealing that Soul Xing had infiltrated it as Ling Nuo a century earlier. As the Spirit Clan’s forces were overwhelmed, Ling Mie summoned the clan’s Dou Di remnant soul, and Void Swallowing Flame ordered Soul Tu and Soul Yan to kill the elders sustaining it.

• Ling Mie realized the Soul Clan had sealed off the Spirit Clan’s territory and ordered the Great Elder to seek help from the Gu Clan.
• Soul Xing revealed himself as the impostor who had replaced Ling Nuo and ambushed Ling Mie, prompting Ling Mie to order the Spirit Clan to fight to the death.
• Soul Tu, Soul Yan, and the Soul Clan’s thirty Dou Sheng experts began slaughtering the Spirit Clan, while Soul Tu drove the injured Ling Mie back.
• Ling Mie and the remaining elders opened the grand formation and summoned the Spirit Clan’s Dou Di remnant soul.
• Void Swallowing Flame appeared as a Nine Star Dou Sheng and attacked the remnant soul, which resisted by drawing on the elders’ bloodline power.
• Void Swallowing Flame ordered Soul Tu and Soul Yan to kill Ling Mie and the elders who sustained the Spirit Emperor’s power.

The Soul Clan destroyed the Spirit Clan after Soul Tu and Soul Yan fought the Spirit God's remnant soul while Void Swallowing Flame captured it. With the Spirit Realm sealed and its survivors taken or killed, Soul Extinguisher ordered the capture of the Xiao Clan to force Xiao Yan out of hiding.

• Soul Tu and Soul Yan charged through the Spirit Clan's defenders, while the Spirit God's remnant soul struck at them with Spirit Emperor Palm.
• Ling Mie and the Spirit Clan elders sacrificed their bloodlines to strengthen the remnant soul, but Void Swallowing Flame wrapped it in black flames as Soul Tu and Soul Yan fought back.
• The Spirit Clan's survivors self-destructed, and the Soul Clan suffered injuries and casualties before taking the remaining captives and sealing the Spirit Realm.
• Qing Lin learned of the attack in the Lei Realm, searched for Lei Dong, and sent snakes to try to follow the Soul Clan, but Void Swallowing Flame later burned the Spirit Realm's remaining living things to ash.
• Soul Extinguisher, pressured by Soul Emperor to find Xiao Yan, ordered a Soul Hall Elder to capture every member of the Xiao Clan in the Northwest Continent.

Soul Extinguisher ordered an attack on Starfall Pavilion to draw out Xiao Yan, while Lei Dong returned to the Lei Clan after a year of cultivation. Qing Lin told him that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Spirit Clan and Soul Hall had destroyed Starfall Pavilion, leaving the Middle Continent in fear.

• Soul Extinguisher ordered Tian He to lead an attack on Starfall Pavilion and find Xiao Yan.
• Lei Dong and the others ended their year of seclusion in the Void Thunder Pool, and Lei Dong reached the late stage of Five Star Dou Zun.
• A Half Saint elder escorted Lei Dong and his clansmen back to the Lei Clan, where they met Qing Lin, now a Nine Star Dou Zun.
• Qing Lin told Lei Dong that Cao Ying had returned three months earlier and was angry, while Huo Zhi and Cai Lin were cultivating and Zi Yan was refining the Origin Fruit.
• Lei Dong learned that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Spirit Clan and Soul Hall had destroyed Starfall Pavilion, spreading panic across the Middle Continent.

Lei Dong told Lei Ying and Lei Teng that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Spirit Clan and revealed that Qing Lin's Serpent Net had been spying on the other clans. He defended his plan as a way to strengthen the Lei Clan and pursue dominance, leaving Lei Ying worried about the danger if the network was discovered.

• Lei Dong visited Lei Ying and Lei Teng and reported that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Spirit Clan, recounting the attack in detail.
• Lei Ying questioned how Lei Dong knew about the massacre, and Lei Dong explained that Qing Lin had mastered the Snake Control Technique and spread the Serpent Net through the clans.
• Lei Ying angrily confronted Lei Dong for placing spies among the Ancient Families, while Lei Teng stayed silent because he had helped arrange the network.
• Lei Dong asked whether he would inherit the position of Lei Clan Chief, and Lei Ying confirmed that he would.
• Lei Dong argued that he had to act before the Lei Clan's bloodline weakened and declared that he wanted the Lei Clan to rule the continent.
• Lei Ying warned that discovery of the Serpent Net could bring disaster, but Lei Dong insisted the ordinary snakes would not draw suspicion.

Lei Dong told Lei Ying and Lei Teng that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Spirit Clan, devoured the Devouring Spirit Clan's bloodline, and built up nearly a hundred Dou Sheng experts. They planned to expose the Soul Clan's involvement without alerting its spies, and Lei Ying prepared to break Void Swallowing Flame's seal.

• Lei Dong explained that the Lei Clan must not be the first to reveal the Spirit Clan's destruction and warned that the Soul Clan sought the eight pieces of Tuoshe Ancient Jade.
• Lei Ying and Lei Teng were shocked by the Soul Clan's strength and considered how to inform the other clans without drawing suspicion onto the Lei Clan.
• Lei Dong proposed that Lei Ying tear open Void Swallowing Flame's seal so others would discover the Spirit Realm's destruction and spread the news.
• Lei Teng revealed that the elder guarding the Lei Clan's ancient jade might be a Soul Clan spy, and Lei Dong warned him not to arrest the spy yet or alert the Soul Clan.
• Lei Ying agreed to leave that night to tear open the seal.

Lei Dong reunited with Cao Ying and gave her ancient eighth-tier pill formulas and prepared materials, then attended to her before learning that the Lei Clan had three spots for the upcoming Heavenly Tomb cultivation. He chose Huo Zhi and Cai Lin to accompany him, but Lei Ying objected because neither woman belonged to the Lei Clan.

• Lei Dong visited Cao Ying, who called him a liar for breaking his promise to see her.
• Lei Dong gave Cao Ying ancient eighth-tier pill formulas and the materials he had gathered, and she stopped being angry with him.
• Lei Dong spent time with Cao Ying, who later sent him away so she could study the pill formulas.
• Lei Ying told Lei Dong that the seal had been torn open and that the Heavenly Tomb cultivation would begin in about half a month.
• Lei Dong chose Huo Zhi and Cai Lin for the other two spots, but Lei Ying objected that neither woman was a member of the Lei Clan.

Lei Dong persuaded Lei Ying to consider letting Huo Zhi and Cai Lin enter the Heavenly Tomb, then went to tell Lei Yun and the others that they would not receive slots. He left them to hear his explanation after they had expected to compete for the remaining places.

• Lei Dong argued that Huo Zhi and Cai Lin’s talent justified bringing them to the Heavenly Tomb, and Lei Ying agreed to discuss it with the elders.
• Lei Dian and Lei Yu sparred evenly at the Lei Clan’s Martial Arts Arena while Lei Yun hoped to claim a Heavenly Tomb slot.
• Lei Dong arrived and told Lei Yun, Lei Dian, and Lei Yu that none of them would be among the slots this time.
• Lei Dong reflected that he had chosen Huo Zhi and Cai Lin, and that taking Lei Yun would mean canceling his opportunity despite the clan members’ expectations.

Lei Dong refused to take his subordinates to the Heavenly Tomb, choosing Huo Zhi and Cai Lin because they could grow stronger quickly as peace between the clans neared its end. He promised the others Bodhi Pill ingredients when they reached Dou Sheng, agreed to let Lei Yu visit the Gu Clan, and left reassured after overhearing Lei Yun accept his decision.

• Lei Dong told his subordinates he would take Huo Zhi and Cai Lin to the Heavenly Tomb, explaining that their talent and potential made them more useful as the clans approached conflict.
• Lei Dian asked which clan they would fight, but Lei Dong told him to focus on cultivation, then offered Lei Yun a chance that Lei Yun declined.
• Lei Dong promised to prepare Bodhi Pill ingredients for each of them when they advanced to Dou Sheng, and agreed that Lei Yu could go to the Gu Clan for Gu Yao's Coming of Age Ceremony.
• Lei Yu took Lei Yun to drink and confirmed that Lei Yun understood why he had been left behind, despite feeling some disappointment.
• Lei Dong secretly listened to Lei Yu and Lei Yun's conversation, felt reassured by Lei Yun's response, and left.

Lei Dong and his companions traveled to Gu Saint City to enter the Heavenly Tomb, where Ling Quan tried to bar the Lei Clan from entering but was quickly overpowered. They entered the city and settled into lodging while waiting for the Gu Realm to open.

• Lei Dong spent half a month with Qing Lin and Cao Ying while Huo Zhi and Cai Lin ended their secluded training to prepare for the Heavenly Tomb.
• Lei Dong, Huo Zhi, Cai Lin, Lei Yu, Mang Qianchi, and another Advanced Half-Saint of the Lei Clan traveled to Gu Saint City.
• At the city gate, Ling Quan demanded an invitation and insulted the Lei Clan by claiming they were not invited.
• Lei Dong threw his invitation at Ling Quan, whose attempt to catch it sent him crashing into a wall; Ling Quan then let the Lei Clan enter.
• Lei Dong and his companions received lodging in Gu Saint City and waited for the Gu Realm to open.

Lei Dong brought Huo Zhi and Cai Lin to Gu Saint City and warned them to stop their jealousy from causing trouble outside the Lei Realm. When the Gu Realm opened, the group entered and saw the Gu Clan’s impressive fleet approach.

• Lei Dong dismissed Mang Qianchi and Bai Xing’s concerns about his boast that the Gu Clan might one day fall, then urged Lei Yu and the others to rest.
• Lei Dong scolded Huo Zhi and Cai Lin for their hostility, and the two agreed to behave when they were outside the Lei Realm.
• After five days in Gu Saint City, Lei Dong and the others joined the crowds at the lake as a Gu Clan Elder warned visitors about getting lost or falling into spatial rifts.
• The Gu Realm gate opened, and Lei Dong and the other clan members entered the vast grassland world.
• Ten Gu Clan warships appeared in the sky, and Huo Xuan praised their grandeur while expressing disdain for the Gu Clan.

Lei Dong and the others arrived at the Heavenly Tomb, where Gu Xun'er waited outside their residence. She had come to ask Lei Dong how she could persuade him to release Xiao Yan.

• Lei Dong traded crude jokes with Yao Tian and the others while they waited for the ship to the Heavenly Tomb.
• Lei Dong and the others boarded the warship, then arrived half a day later and were assigned accommodations by the Gu Clan.
• Lei Yu mocked the Gu Clan for treating the Soul Clan well, and Lei Dong privately looked down on Gu Yuan for it.
• Huo Zhi and Medusa grew hostile when they saw Gu Xun'er waiting by their residence, and Lei Dong reassured them as he pulled them into his arms.
• Gu Xun'er ignored the women's hostility and resolved to ask Lei Dong how she could make him release Xiao Yan.