Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan challenged the Inner Courtyard’s strongest students and revealed that he had already become a Dou Wang. After defeating Liu Qing, he was assigned a dangerous mission with Xiao Xun'er and prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy with her.

• Xiao Aotian arrived at the Inner Courtyard and learned that Yang Shan had set up an arena challenge against Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing, then joined the crowd watching.
• Yan Hao challenged Yang Shan for a chance to win an Ascension Spirit Pill, but withdrew after Yang Shan drew his Thunderbolt Blade and revealed overwhelming pressure.
• Liu Qing fought Yang Shan, who used Dou Qi Transformation Wings and four swift slashes to shatter Liu Qing’s Dou Qi Armor before Liu Qing could counterattack.
• Great Elder Su Qian entrusted Yang Shan with a dangerous mission and asked Xiao Xun'er to accompany him; Xiao Xun'er accepted.
• Lin Xiuya wished Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er happiness as they prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy together.

Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er left Jia Nan Academy to hunt Wang Xian, but after failing to find him in Thousand Speck City, they traveled to Sky Yin City for an auction where they might encounter him. The auction began with Yang Shan’s own Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills being presented as a mere trinket, hinting that more valuable items were on offer.

• Yang Shan teased Xiao Aotian over Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Mei, then bid farewell to Instructor Ruo Lin with Xiao Xun'er.
• Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er left the academy on a mission to kill Wang Xian, and Xiao Xun'er revealed she had secretly reached One Star Dou Wang.
• After two days of searching Thousand Speck City without finding Wang Xian, Yang Shan learned from Su Yitang that the city’s delegation would attend an auction in Sky Yin City.
• Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er traveled to Sky Yin City, encountered the Rakshasa Gate party and Su Yitang, and secretly agreed to keep in contact.
• Yang Shan consigned two Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills to secure a private room at the auction, where the auctioneer announced those same pills as the first item and called them a little trinket.

Yang Shan acquired the gambling stones containing Naling after Xiao Xun'er identified their secret, giving him a crucial ingredient for refining the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning. When Fan Ling bid thirty million Spirit Stones on Three Thousand Thunder Movement, Yang Shan decided the Blood Sect Young Master would not leave the auction alive.

• Yang Shan and Su Yitang planned to seize the Wind Harp from whoever won it, while the Black Skull Tomb bought the Spirit Artifact for ten million Spirit Stones.
• Xiao Xun'er helped Yang Shan identify the bidder who bought Scarlet Spirit Gold, and Yang Shan planned to take it from Fan Ling after the auction.
• Xiao Xun'er sensed Naling inside the second gambling stone from the left, and Yang Shan outbid Fan Ling to buy the three stones containing it.
• Yang Shan learned that the Naling would help him refine the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning and took the gambling stones into his Storage Ring.
• Fan Ling bid thirty million Spirit Stones on Three Thousand Thunder Movement, and Yang Shan resolved to kill him after the auction.

Yang Shan watched Han Feng secure the Break Sect Pill at the Sky Yin City auction and prepared to ambush Fan Ling afterward. With Xiao Xun'er ready to help, Yang Shan blocked Fan Ling and declared that he had come for Three Thousand Thunder Movement.

• Yang Shan reviewed the Earth Rank Three Thousand Thunder Movement as the auction’s major factions bid for it.
• Fan Ling won Three Thousand Thunder Movement with a bid of forty-five million, while the other factions stopped competing.
• Yin Gu Lao presented a Sixth Grade Peak Break Sect Pill, which Han Feng acquired by offering two Emperor Extreme Pills and a Dou Ling Pill.
• Yang Shan explained Han Feng’s background to Xiao Xun'er, who then asked when they would move against Fan Ling.
• After the auction, Fan Ling left Sky Yin City with Blood Sect elites, but Yang Shan intercepted him in a forest and announced he had come to take Three Thousand Thunder Movement.

Yang Shan delayed Fan Ling while the Mad Lion Gang, Earth Flame Sect, Eight Gates, and Black Skull Tomb attacked the Blood Sect heir, but Fan Lao arrived and turned the battle against them. Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er intercepted the fleeing Fan Ling, and Yang Shan prepared to finish him.

• Yang Shan fought Elder Yan to stall Fan Ling while Xiao Xun'er warned him that other factions were approaching.
• The four major factions surrounded Fan Ling and demanded his Storage Ring, but Fan Lao arrived to protect his son.
• Fan Lao fought the factions with his Blood Devouring Mist and sent Fan Ling back toward the Blood Sect.
• Yang Shan intercepted Fan Ling, and Xiao Xun'er struck him down with a Golden Palm Force.
• Fan Ling offered Yang Shan Three Thousand Thunder Movement in exchange for his life, but Yang Shan stepped forward to kill him.

Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er defeated Fan Ling while Ling Ying fought Fan Lao, who escaped after gaining the upper hand long enough to flee. Yang Shan collected Fan Ling’s drops, then learned that Su Yitang had seized the Wind Harp and grown stronger; he and Xiao Xun'er continued to Rakshasa City to prepare for their journey toward Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning.

• Xiao Xun'er used Heavenly Flame-infused Palm Force to badly wound Fan Ling, while Ling Ying restrained Fan Lao in the sky.
• Fan Lao escaped with Blood Mist Escape, leaving Fan Ling behind, and Yang Shan killed Fan Ling after his protective barrier broke.
• Yang Shan collected Three Thousand Thunder Movement, Scarlet Spirit Gold, and the Blood Devouring Scripture from Fan Ling’s drops.
• Su Yitang told Yang Shan that she had killed a wounded Six-Star Dou Wang, taken the Wind Harp, and reached Nine-Star Dou Ling.
• Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er traveled to Rakshasa City, where Yang Shan listed the Blood Devouring Scripture for auction with a starting bid of 1,000,000 RMB.

Yang Shan raised the auction price of the Blood Devouring Scripture, learned Three Thousand Thunder Movement, and traveled with Xiao Xun'er to Ghoul Lord Mountain. They reached the site of the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, where a remnant soul appeared and offered to help them obtain it.

• Yang Shan recruited Ye Suifeng and Bai Xiaosheng to promote the Blood Devouring Scripture, driving its auction price upward, then prepared to sell it.
• Yang Shan raised his Thunder Spirit Root to 20 points and learned Three Thousand Thunder Movement, whose training required him to absorb power from natural lightning.
• Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er traveled through the Black-Corner Region, where Yang Shan introduced her to everyday activities and animals along the way.
• Yang Shan and Xiao Xun'er reached Ghoul Lord Mountain, and the Ghoul Lord Token sent crimson lightning into the mountain before a remnant soul appeared.
• The remnant soul identified Yang Shan's Spirit Realm soul and Xiao Xun'er's Spirit Realm Perfect Stage, then offered to help them obtain the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning.

Yang Shan passed the Mystic Wrath Thunder Lord’s qualification test and learned how the Mystic Thunder Restraint Formation could help him subdue the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning. As he prepared to begin, a global announcement revealed that Hao Yunqi had subdued the Mystic Yellow Flame.

• The Thunder Venerable Remnant Soul identified Yang Shan as a worthy successor and sent him to retrieve a Soul-Protecting Flower and Blood Essence Mystic Fruit as a test.
• Yang Shan returned with both treasures in under twenty minutes, impressing the Thunder Venerable Remnant Soul.
• The Thunder Venerable Remnant Soul gave Yang Shan a Naling and explained how to use the formation to catch and refine the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning.
• Yang Shan hesitated over the dangerous refinement, then said he had thought of a way to catch the lightning after Xiao Xun'er fed him a grape.
• A global announcement declared that Hao Yunqi had subdued the Mystic Yellow Flame and received rewards to Fire Spirit Root, Comprehension, and Good Fortune.

Yang Shan began refining the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, using its attacks to cultivate Three Thousand Thunder Movement while dodging within the Mystic Thunder Restraint Formation. After the lightning weakened and hid itself, Yang Shan deduced its location from where he stopped absorbing wind and lightning power.

• Yang Shan learned that Hao Yunqi had obtained the Mystic Yellow Flame and told the group chat he was refining Strange Lightning.
• Xiao Xun'er gave Yang Shan a Golden Emperor Burning Flame mark to help him subdue the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning.
• Thunder Venerable Remnant Soul activated the Mystic Thunder Restraint Formation, and Yang Shan dodged the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning while consuming treasures that let him withstand three attacks.
• Yang Shan absorbed the lightning's power to advance Three Thousand Thunder Movement, while the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning slowed and eventually concealed itself.
• Yang Shan tracked the hidden lightning by finding a spot where he no longer absorbed wind and lightning power, then declared that he had found it.

Yang Shan exploited Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning’s attacks to master Three Thousand Thunder Movement, then used Golden Emperor Burning Flame to weaken and subdue the strange lightning. As Hao Yunqi’s boastful celebration was interrupted by Yang Shan’s Global Announcement, Yang Shan examined his new power and prepared to put it to use.

• Yang Shan used Scarlet Serpent Flame to locate Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning and absorbed the wind and lightning energy it released until Three Thousand Thunder Movement reached Mastery.
• Yang Shan used Golden Emperor Burning Flame to trigger an Overload that depleted Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, then refined its origin into his Naling with help from Thunder Venerable Remnant Soul and the medicinal effects of Soul Protecting Lotus and Blood Essence Mystic Fruit.
• Hao Yunqi celebrated obtaining Mystic Yellow Flame and posted that he would challenge Yang Shan, but Yang Shan’s announcement that he had subdued Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning stunned the gathering.
• Hao Yunqi questioned why Yang Shan had received greater Global Announcement rewards, and Tianyao Official explained that rewards varied according to an oddity’s rank as forum users mocked him.
• Wang Tianhao reassured Hao Yunqi and urged him to pursue the title of number one Alchemist, while Yang Shan inspected Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning’s attributes and its speed and concealment traits.
• Yang Shan stood beneath red clouds with Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning coursing across his cloak and thought about striking Hao Yunqi.

Yang Shan mastered the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning, survived a high-speed flight with Xiao Xun'er’s help, and received the Ghoul Lord Token from the Thunder Venerable Remnant Soul. After parting with Xiao Xun'er and heading toward the Jia Ma Empire, he encountered Hai Bodong returning to Gama Holy City.

• Yang Shan tested the Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning’s tremendous power and speed, then nearly crashed before Xiao Xun'er caught him.
• Xiao Xun'er gained favorability with Yang Shan, while the Thunder Venerable Remnant Soul gave him the Ghoul Lord Token and asked him to find its true body in the Central Plains.
• Bai Xiaosheng informed Yang Shan that Yun Yun had been spotted in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, suggesting her storyline was about to begin.
• Xiao Xun'er declined to travel to the Jia Ma Empire, and Yang Shan gave her a Storage Ring of snacks and games before leaving through a Space Channel.
• Hai Bodong returned to Gama Holy City after twenty years and recognized Yang Shan as he flew overhead.

Yang Shan sparred with the returning Hai Bodong above Gama Holy City, revealing the strength of his Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning and impressing the empire’s powerhouses. He then obtained Nalan Yanran’s way to track Yun Yun, reunited with Ya Fei, and left her feelings just short of a decisive threshold.

• Yang Shan challenged Hai Bodong to a spar, and his lightning and Tyrant Blade attacks kept the Two Star Dou Huang on the defensive as Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and others watched.
• Fa Ma recognized Yang Shan’s crimson lightning as a Heaven and Earth Oddity, while Players and local powerhouses marveled at his ability to contend with Hai Bodong.
• After about a hundred exchanges, Hai Bodong ended the spar and warned Yang Shan that his strongest Dou Skill could have defeated him.
• Nalan Yanran approached Yang Shan, and he learned that Yun Yun had gone to the Magical Beast Mountain Range; Nalan gave him her sword to help locate her.
• Yang Shan returned to the Mittel estate and gave Ya Fei a handmade jade hairpin; Hai Bodong approved her for the family head assessment, and Ya Fei’s favorability toward Yang Shan rose to 68.

Yang Shan found and rescued Yun Yun after the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s seal left her helpless in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Yun Yun asked him to protect her while she broke the seal and helped her obtain Amethyst Spirit Crystal, and he agreed to carry her somewhere safe.

• Players flocked to the Magical Beast Mountain Range after Bai Xiaosheng posted a video of Yun Yun fighting the Amethyst Winged Lion King, while Wang Tianhao sent the Tian Hao Alliance to search for her.
• Hao Yunqi used Mystic Yellow Flame to scare off a wolf pack, but the wolves submitted far more completely to Yang Shan’s passing Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning.
• Yang Shan followed Nalan Yanran’s sword to Yun Yun, rescued her from a pack of Scorpion-Tailed Lions, and earned her favorability.
• Yang Shan gave Yun Yun a Blood Recovery Pill and grapes, and she explained that she had come to obtain Amethyst Spirit Crystal for Nalan Yanran.
• Yun Yun asked Yang Shan to protect her while she broke the Amethyst Seal and helped her obtain Amethyst Spirit Crystal, and he agreed if she let him carry her to safety.

Yang Shan sheltered the injured Yun Yun in a cave while she tried to break the seal, and their awkward conversation revealed that her natural fragrance had helped the magical beasts track her. When a Lion-Race Magical Beast force found them, Yang Shan went out to defend the cave as Yun Yun continued her attempt.

• Yang Shan carried Yun Yun to a cave, warmed her with a fire, and left her to dry her soaked clothes while he scouted.
• Yang Shan roasted Blood Coagulation Mad Cow meat on Nalan Yanran’s sword, and Yun Yun ate while he explained that Floating Sour Grass would mask its scent.
• Yang Shan told Yun Yun that her lingering natural fragrance had given away her position to the Scorpion-Tailed Lion, leaving her flustered before she began breaking the seal.
• Lion-Race Magical Beasts detected Yun Yun’s attempt to break the seal and surrounded the cave, so Yang Shan flew out to confront them.
• Yang Shan used Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning to wound an Amethyst Winged Mysterious Lion, then returned to the cave and raised a lightning net as the beasts pressed toward the entrance.

Yang Shan fought off the Lion-Race Magical Beasts surrounding Yun Yun’s cave, then carried her away while battling three Amethyst Winged Mysterious Lions. After reaching another cave, he logged out despite the danger, leaving Yun Yun to believe he had collapsed.

• Yang Shan held the cave entrance against the Lion-Race Magical Beasts, taking heavy damage while Yun Yun worked on breaking the seal.
• When Yun Yun said the seal would take at least two days to break, Yang Shan stopped her and carried her out of the cave.
• Yang Shan fought the three pursuing Amethyst Winged Mysterious Lions while protecting Yun Yun, killing one and injuring the other two; his defense of her raised her favorability to 19.
• Yang Shan escaped with Yun Yun and found another cave after nearly exhausting his Dou Qi.
• Yang Shan asked whether Yun Yun’s secret treasure could kill a fifth-tier Thousand Beast King, then logged out, leaving his character unconscious as Yun Yun panicked.

After recovering, Yang Shan returned to Yun Yun and helped her evade the Lion-Race Magical Beasts while she broke her seal. At the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair, Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian both sought the Amethyst Spirit Crystal, and the Lion King confronted them as their factions gathered.

• Yang Shan learned that Su Yitang had been entrusted with a blue bird egg by a dying Sky Luan and advised her to focus on reaching Dou Wang and prepare a Naling for refining a strange wind.
• Yang Shan woke to find Yun Yun treating his wounds, and her favorability toward him rose by five points while he was offline.
• Yang Shan discovered on the forum that Xiao Yi Xian had arrived in the Magical Beast Mountain Range to obtain the Amethyst Spirit Crystal, then continued guarding Yun Yun as she recovered.
• After Yun Yun broke her seal, she and Yang Shan approached the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair, where she planned to draw its attention while he stole the crystal.
• Yun Yun met Xiao Yi Xian, the Poison Sect Holy Maiden, above the lair as more than one hundred thousand Poison Sect Players gathered below; the Amethyst Winged Lion King then emerged and challenged both women.

Yang Shan used the chaos around the Amethyst Winged Lion King's lair to slip inside and find thirteen Amethyst Spirit Crystals and the Accompanying Amethyst Source. As he prepared to take the source, a green-robed man chased the Lion King's cub into the cave and recognized him.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King attacked Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian, while both women summoned their factions and triggered a Faction Blood War between the Jia Ma Empire and Chuyun Empire.
• Players from both empires clashed across the Magical Beast Mountain Range as they approached the lair, where the Amethyst Lion Tribe's powerful guards defended the entrance.
• Yang Shan hid near the cave, then used his speed and Extraterrestrial Ghoul Lightning's concealment to enter while attacks distracted the guards.
• Yang Shan found thirteen Amethyst Spirit Crystals and the Accompanying Amethyst Source, and planned to cut away the stone platform holding it.
• A green-robed man chased the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cub into the cave, saw Yang Shan holding a Side Blade, and recognized him as Yang One-Blade.

Yang Shan battled Lucky Poison Hand over a poisoned cub, then struck a deal to split the cub’s sale proceeds while securing the Accompanying Amethyst Source. After escaping the cave and summoning Yun Yun, he lay weakened by deadly poison as she rushed to his side.

• Lucky Poison Hand introduced himself to Yang Shan, claimed the unconscious cub, and attacked him with poison when Yang Shan challenged his claim.
• Yang Shan defeated Lucky Poison Hand’s poisonous decoy and agreed to a contract granting him half the cub’s sale proceeds in exchange for helping secure it.
• Yang Shan collected the Purple Spirit Stone Platform and Accompanying Amethyst Source, took an antidote, and let Lucky Poison Hand poison him so they could leave together.
• Yang Shan carried Lucky Poison Hand and the cub a kilometer outside the cave, then told Lucky Poison Hand to leave and crushed Yun Yun’s jade pendant.
• Yang Shan swallowed a Blood Recovery Pill while waiting for Yun Yun, who arrived injured and frantically tried to wake him.

Yang Shan and Yun Yun faced Xiao Yi Xian and Lucky Poison Hand after the Amethyst Winged Lion King fled, then traded an Amethyst Spirit Crystal for Yun Yun’s antidote. After Xiao Yi Xian left, Yang Shan gave Yun Yun a second crystal, and her favorability toward him rose as they prepared to leave.

• Yang Shan pretended to be unconscious until Yun Yun panicked, then asked her to help him move somewhere safer while he treated his poison.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Lucky Poison Hand caught up with Yang Shan and Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she had poisoned Yun Yun during their earlier fight.
• Yang Shan threatened Xiao Yi Xian with the Amethyst Spirit Crystal and Lucky Poison Hand’s safety, then agreed to trade the crystal for Yun Yun’s antidote.
• Yun Yun drank the antidote, and Yang Shan handed Xiao Yi Xian a crystal before she carried Lucky Poison Hand away.
• Yang Shan revealed he had another Amethyst Spirit Crystal and gave it to Yun Yun, who asked him not to use her real name around outsiders.
• The system announced that Yun Yun’s main storyline had concluded and her favorability toward Yang Shan had increased to 36.

Yang Shan returned from the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Yun Yun, sold and distributed valuable treasures, and supported Ya Fei’s ambitions with a cache of pills and resources. When Ya Fei’s favorability reached 70, a global announcement named her Yang Shan’s chosen beloved and restricted other characters from gaining her affection, leaving Yang Shan alarmed by the players’ reactions.

• Yun Yun thanked Yang Shan for helping her and agonized over how to repay the many favors she owed him, while Yang Shan offered Accompanying Amethyst Source for Nalan Yanran.
• After returning to Gama Holy City, Yang Shan checked the Auction House, reviewed his pill business with Little Yao Xi, and extracted enough Accompanying Amethyst Source to fill sixty-five bottles.
• Yang Shan offered Accompanying Amethyst Source and Amethyst Spirit Crystals to Jin Shankao, Xiao Aotian, and Lucky Poison Hand at a discounted price.
• Ya Fei brought Yang Shan dinner, and he gave her a Storage Ring filled with valuable items while encouraging her to pursue her long-term ambitions.
• Ya Fei’s favorability toward Yang Shan rose to 70, and a global announcement declared her his chosen beloved, granted him Good Fortune, and capped other characters’ favorability with her at 69.
• Yang Shan received a flood of messages from players and saw forum posts criticizing him, while deciding to stop pursuing Xiao Yi Xian for now.