Chapter Summaries

Yang Shan and Su Yitang watched Xiao Li, Gu Yao, Lei Yang, and Shi Hong battle an eighth-tier magical beast horde in the Barren Ancient Domain. As the four neared the Bodhi Enlightenment Heart Grass, its guardian, a late eighth-tier Golden Halberd Sword Lion Beast, finally awoke.

• Yang Shan and Su Yitang considered whether Xiao Li and Gu Yao's Heaven and Earth Oddities could be sold, then withdrew rather than risk fighting the two prodigies.
• Yang Shan left a Thunder Phantom Body to observe the four prodigies as they attacked the eighth-tier magical beast horde.
• The four coordinated their Dou Skills and advanced rapidly, while beasts shattered their attempts to open Space Channels.
• As Lei Yang and Shi Hong fell behind Xiao Li and Gu Yao, the two joined forces to share the pressure.
• Xiao Li and the others entered the hundred-zhang range of the Bodhi Enlightenment Heart Grass, and its guardian, the Golden Halberd Sword Lion Beast, rose to its feet.

Xiao Li and Gu Yao joined Lei Yang and Shi Hong to fight the Golden Halberd Sword Lion Beast and compete for the Bodhi Enlightenment Heart Grass. While Xiao Li believed he had taken all three stalks, Yang Shan and Su Yitang used an illusion to steal them, leaving the pair facing the four clansmen and the enraged beast.

• Xiao Li, Gu Yao, Lei Yang, and Shi Hong failed to overwhelm the Golden Halberd Sword Lion Beast, then agreed to record their contributions and divide the three stalks according to merit.
• As the beast horde and the lion pressed them, Shi Hong proposed that he and Lei Yang hold back the horde while Xiao Li and Gu Yao attacked the lion and seized the grass.
• Gu Yao and Xiao Li unleashed their Heaven Rank finger techniques together, opening a path through the Golden Halberd Sword Lion Beast's Bloodline Secret Skill.
• Xiao Li used Space Power to collect what he believed were all three stalks, but Gu Yao struck him and warned him that something was wrong.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang revealed that Sea Heart Flame and Illusion Like Reality had hidden their theft of the grass from Xiao Li and the Golden Halberd Sword Lion Beast.
• Gu Yao, Lei Yang, and Shi Hong charged at Yang Shan and Su Yitang as the enraged Golden Halberd Sword Lion Beast pursued them.

Yang Shan and Su Yitang used their strongest techniques to wound the Golden Halberd Sword Lion Beast and escape, but Xiao Li blocked their path and resisted Yang Shan’s soul attack with a protective treasure. Yang Shan used illusions, spatial rifts, and the Bodhi Enlightenment Heart Grass to trick the beast into targeting Xiao Li while he and Su Yitang fled.

• Yang Shan unleashed Double Howl Overload, and Su Yitang followed with Formation Breaking Tune, trapping the Golden Halberd Sword Lion Beast, Gu Yao, Lei Yang, and Shi Hong in a devastating storm of wind blades.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang turned to flee, but Xiao Li intercepted them and demanded the Bodhi Enlightenment Heart Grass.
• Yang Shan struck Xiao Li with a soul attack, but a treasure on Xiao Li’s chest weakened its effects, allowing him to keep Yang Shan from escaping.
• The Golden Halberd Sword Lion Beast escaped the wind blades with a badly injured eye, while Gu Yao, Lei Yang, and Shi Hong got out behind it.
• Yang Shan and Su Yitang created multiple convincing illusions and opened three spatial rifts, then sent one phantom carrying the Bodhi Enlightenment Heart Grass toward Xiao Li.
• The Golden Halberd Sword Lion Beast chose to attack Xiao Li instead of pursuing the fleeing pair, and Yang Shan and Su Yitang escaped through the spatial rifts.

Yang Shan returned from the Barren Ancient Domain and learned that Yi Qingyang and Ye Suifeng had advanced toward becoming Dou Zuns. After he and Su Yitang made their relationship public, Yu Feifei accepted that Yang Shan had chosen Su Yitang, and the chapter ended with the couple playfully preparing to kiss.

• Yang Shan gave Su Yitang a Bodhi Enlightenment Heart Grass and carried her out of the Barren Ancient Domain so she could log off safely.
• Yang Shan learned that Yi Qingyang had become a Dou Zun before Xiao Aotian after their Heart Demon Trials, and Ye Suifeng announced that he had subdued the Absolute Breath Spirit Wind.
• Yang Shan told the group that he and Su Yitang were together, and Yu Feifei messaged them both to acknowledge their relationship and step back.
• Su Yitang reflected on how Yang Shan had helped her and told Yu Feifei that Yang Shan was her white moonlight too.
• Yang Shan reassured Su Yitang, and she challenged him to kiss her after he teased her about their public announcement.

Yang Shan defeated Lei Che and persuaded him to accept training, then sent him with Feng Qing'er to gather medicinal ingredients. Yang Shan arranged to work undisturbed at Phoenix Mysterious Mountain as he prepared for a difficult pill refinement and asked Yao Xi to lend him a Seventh Order Cauldron.

• Lei Che approved Lin Yaoyao's inner sect application after she praised him, then Yang Shan arrived and drew her excited attention.
• Lei Che challenged Yang Shan to a duel, but Yang Shan quickly overwhelmed him in Venerable Battle Valley and questioned him about Lei Yang.
• Lei Che revealed that Lei Yang was a leading Thunder Clan prodigy, and Yang Shan told him that Lei Yang had joined three others in trying to seize a treasure from him.
• Yang Shan offered to train Lei Che, and Lei Che agreed after realizing the gap in their abilities.
• Yang Shan sent Lei Che with Feng Qing'er to find medicinal ingredients, asked Thunder Lord to keep others away from Phoenix Mysterious Mountain, and requested Yao Xi's Seventh Order Cauldron.

Yang Shan attempted to refine an Eighth Grade Enlightenment Pill, confronting the demanding new alchemy mechanics despite his skill and equipment. After carefully completing the extraction, fusion, and Spirit Injection stages, he destroyed the half-formed pill during nurturing and failed his first attempt.

• Yang Shan reflected on Little Yao Xi's alchemy talent and learned how Tian Yao Company had redesigned high-level pill refinement for Version 3.2.
• The system warned Yang Shan that his Sixth Grade Peak alchemist level did not qualify him to refine an Eighth Grade Pill, but his Spirit Realm Perfect Stage Soul Strength allowed him to try at increased difficulty.
• Yang Shan began refining an Enlightenment Pill using the Pink Crystal Profound Cauldron and Sea Heart Flame, and discovered that extraction required repeated minigames and careful visual judgment.
• Yang Shan cautiously completed the Enlightenment Pill's fusion and Spirit Injection stages, relying on his own judgment because the system gave no guidance on whether they met the standards.
• Yang Shan raised the Sea Heart Flame during the nurturing stage, causing the half-formed pill to turn to ash and the system to declare the refinement a failure.

Yang Shan focused on alchemy while Su Yitang managed his care and explored Sound Valley, as the Five-Hundred-Year Trend brought a surge of resources to Central Plains. With Ji Fengchun becoming the server’s fifth Dou Zun, the chapter ended as Xiao Aotian and another swordsman confronted Ice River Venerable during a battle over a secret realm.

• Su Yitang supported Yang Shan through his intensive alchemy work and continued exploring Sound Valley and planning for the Heavenly Luan Clan storyline.
• The Five-Hundred-Year Trend began, raising Central Plains’ resource output and bringing Dou Zun inheritance secret realms within reach of more players.
• Ji Fengchun secured Tian Hao Alliance’s final Dou Zun slot through internal maneuvering and Wang Tianhao’s backing.
• Ice River Valley discovered a late-stage Dou Zun inheritance secret realm, and Yi Qingyang joined forces with Xiao Aotian to challenge them while Liu Ruyan streamed the battle.
• Xiao Aotian arrived to protect the allied players from Ice River Venerable, and a golden-sword-wielding fighter joined him to challenge the elder.

Xiao Aotian held off Ice River Venerable in close combat until Yi Qingyang completed the Spirit Slaughtering Sword Formation. Yi Qingyang trapped Ice River Venerable in the formation, but his defenses blunted its attacks, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Yi Qingyang’s Thousand Swords Manifest Dragon failed to seriously threaten Ice River Venerable, who redirected his attack toward Xiao Aotian.
• Xiao Aotian used Six Harmonies Roaming Body Ruler and Fallen Heart Flame to parry Ice River Venerable’s close-range attacks, but Realm Suppression rapidly drained his Protective Gang Qi.
• Thirty-six golden swords formed a cage around Ice River Venerable, giving Xiao Aotian time to retreat as Yi Qingyang took over.
• Yi Qingyang unleashed the Spirit Slaughtering Sword Formation and sent its giant swords repeatedly striking Ice River Venerable.
• Ice River Venerable reinforced his defenses with an ice crystal shield, slowing the formation’s progress, while Yi Qingyang continued attacking despite the difficulty.

Yi Qingyang and Xiao Aotian fought Ice River Venerable but could not defeat him, so their battle turned when Old Ghost Zhaixing and Hun Dan arrived. Ice River Venerable threatened the two juniors as the Tower Master of Soul Sweeping Tower stood by the contract he had accepted.

• Ice River Venerable froze and shattered Yi Qingyang's Spirit Slaughtering Sword Formation, then forced him to retreat with his poisonous Ice Crystal Corrosion Finger.
• Xiao Aotian summoned five Beast Flames and attacked with the Five Round Separating Fire Disc, but Ice River Venerable destroyed the technique with his poisonous ice energy.
• Xiao Aotian and Yi Qingyang agreed that they could not win and decided to carry out Plan B as Ice River Venerable moved to seize them.
• A black saber aura cut apart Ice River Venerable's ice claws, and Old Ghost Zhaixing and Hun Dan emerged from a spatial rift.
• Hun Dan refused Ice River Venerable's offer to pay more, explaining that Soul Sweeping Tower had accepted a job and would honor its contract.
• Ice River Venerable angrily warned Xiao Aotian and Yi Qingyang that he would remember their debt.

Yang Shan’s faction strategies strengthened the Wind and Thunder Pavilion and its Players, while he spent a month at Phoenix Mysterious Mountain trying to refine an Enlightenment Pill. He finally succeeded, and the chapter ended as Lei Che realized Yang Shan had produced an Eighth Grade Pill and colored pill lightning gathered overhead.

• Ice River Venerable avoided provoking the Soul Sweeping Tower and blamed Xiao Aotian and Yi Qingyang for the conflict with Ice River Valley.
• Yang Shan’s recruitment and training policies gave Wind and Thunder Pavilion Players early access to powerful techniques while keeping promotions difficult.
• One month later, Lei Che demonstrated Three Thousand Thunder Movement to junior disciples when Yang Shan’s crimson lightning shot up from Phoenix Mysterious Mountain.
• Yang Shan returned to his normal appearance and warned Lei Che that pill lightning was coming.
• Lei Che saw the colored lightning and asked whether Yang Shan had refined an Eighth Grade Pill.

Yang Shan refined and consumed a three-colored Eighth Grade Enlightenment Pill, then learned that Huang Chao had arrived at the Wind and Thunder Pavilion seeking revenge. Fei Tian led Huang Chao and another powerful warrior, who was also looking for Yang Shan, to meet the Young Pavilion Master.

• Yang Shan used his lightning to contain the three-colored Pill Lightning and completed an Enlightenment Pill that increased his comprehension by three points.
• Yang Shan ate the pill, raising his comprehension to 159, as Fei Tian arrived to report that Huang Chao had come to the pavilion.
• Huang Chao confronted the gatekeepers, drove them aside with his aura, and climbed Thunder Mountain to challenge Yang Shan and Feng Qing'er.
• A tall, burly warrior arrived and told Huang Chao he was looking for Yang Shan; Huang Chao said he was seeking Yang Shan too.
• Fei Tian met the two Dou Zuns and led them to Yang Shan.

Yang Shan baited Huang Chao into attacking him, giving Feng Qing'er an excuse to beat Huang Chao and force him to kneel. Huang Chao discovered Feng Qing'er had surpassed him in cultivation and held a powerful position in the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, while Lei Yang considered joining the pavilion.

• Yang Shan spoke with Lei Yang, who explained that he had come to investigate Yang Shan's role in setting up Xiao Li and then asked to join the Wind and Thunder Pavilion.
• Huang Chao demanded that Yang Shan accept twenty slaps to settle their grudge, but Yang Shan invoked his authority as Young Pavilion Master and dared Huang Chao to strike him.
• Huang Chao attacked Yang Shan, and Feng Qing'er intercepted him, slapped him, and forced him to kneel and bow his head into the ground.
• Huang Chao fought back and realized Feng Qing'er was a Three-Star Dou Zun; he accused her of taking his position and resources in the clan.
• Feng Qing'er admitted she had traded her body for her position, while Lei Yang and Lei Che discussed joining the Wind and Thunder Pavilion and watched her fight Huang Chao.

Feng Qing'er defeated Huang Chao, and Mystic Phoenix Elder arrived to handle the conflict. He revealed that Feng Qing'er’s relationship with Yang Shan was accepted as a political marriage supporting the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s cooperation with the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, then compensated Yang Shan with two eighth-tier Essence Spirit Crystals.

• Lei Yang reflected on Yang Shan’s accomplishments and believed he was far stronger than his cultivation suggested.
• Feng Qing'er and her thunder illusion body overwhelmed Huang Chao, shattered his Demon Phoenix Bell’s defense, and pinned him down.
• Yang Shan bound Huang Chao, and Feng Qing'er summoned Mystic Phoenix Elder, who replaced Huang Xuan as her superior.
• Mystic Phoenix Elder slapped Huang Chao, destroyed his Image Retaining Pearl, and explained that Feng Qing'er’s political marriage to Yang Shan supported the clans’ cooperation.
• Mystic Phoenix Elder apologized to Yang Shan and gave him two eighth-tier Essence Spirit Crystals as compensation.

Yang Shan finished arranging Wind and Thunder Pavilion matters with Lei Yang, then hurried to Burning Flame Valley to address Tang Huo'er's hidden ailment and pursue her favor. Tang Zhen was struggling with Xiao Clan and Flame Clan prodigies who had settled in his valley when Yang Shan arrived to visit.

• Mystic Phoenix Elder took the distraught Huang Chao away, while Yang Shan gave Feng Qing'er two Essence Spirit Crystals and learned she would soon enter her clan's bloodline secret realm.
• Yang Shan accepted Lei Yang into Wind and Thunder Pavilion as an Outer Disciple under Lei Che, then gave him a Transmission Token and planned for him to gain authority after proving himself.
• Yang Shan ordered Wind and Thunder Pavilion disciples to gang up on Dou Zun opponents rather than fight them alone, and Lei Yang recognized the pavilion's approach to tempering its members.
• Yang Shan traveled toward Burning Flame Valley, hoping to resolve Tang Huo'er's hidden ailment and raise her favorability before newer Dou Zun opportunities took up his time.
• Tang Zhen worried that the Xiao Clan's four and the Flame Clan's seven Dou Zun prodigies, who had taken up residence in Burning Flame Valley, would seize its inheritance and resources.
• Wu Chen reported Yang Shan's arrival, and Tang Zhen eagerly went to welcome him.

Yang Shan arrived at Burning Flame Valley to help Tang Zhen cure Tang Huo'er's hidden ailment and agreed to persuade the Xiao Clan and Flame Clan talents to leave. At the gathering where the clans prepared to settle the dispute through a contest, Xiao Kuang attacked Yang Shan, but his Blood Demon Lightning abruptly collapsed as Yang Shan calmly walked past.

• Tang Huo'er greeted Yang Shan enthusiastically, and Tang Zhen brought him to a secluded valley to discuss the Xiao Clan and Flame Clan talents staying in Burning Flame Valley.
• Yang Shan revealed that he could refine Eighth Grade Pills and agreed to help Tang Zhen persuade the two clans to leave in exchange for a possible Saint Weapon if he succeeded.
• Tang Zhen arranged for Yang Shan to stay with Tang Huo'er for two days before the dispute was addressed at Guest Welcoming Valley.
• Tang Zhen proposed that the three sides each choose a representative to settle the matter by force, and Huo Zhi agreed while Xiao Ding accepted the challenge.
• Xiao Kuang charged at Yang Shan with his Nine Ring Blade, but his gathered Blood Demon Lightning collapsed, and Yang Shan casually stepped around the blade and continued forward.

Yang Shan exposed Xiao Kuang's false accusation and forced the Xiao Clan brothers to settle the dispute with an apology. The Xiao Clan and Burning Flame Valley's guests resumed their negotiations, while Huo Zhi took an interest in Yang Shan and his strange lightning.

• Xiao Kuang attacked Yang Shan, but Tang Zhen stopped his blade and demanded an explanation from Xiao Ding.
• Xiao Ding defended Xiao Kuang's claim that Yang Shan had stolen his strange lightning, and Yang Shan revealed that he had recorded evidence contradicting it.
• Yang Shan restrained Xiao Kuang and threatened Xiao Ding, drawing the Flame Clan prodigies' attention and revealing that his lightning stirred Huo Zhi's Red Lotus Karma Fire.
• Xiao Ding acknowledged his error, offered compensation, and persuaded Yang Shan to release Xiao Kuang.
• Xiao Kuang gave Yang Shan an eighth-order Essence Spirit Crystal as an apology, and Tang Zhen urged everyone to return to the negotiations.

Tang Zhen arranged a match between the Flame Clan and Xiao Clan before Yang Shan faced the winner, giving Yang Shan a chance to study both sides. Huo Zhi and Xiao Li fought to a standstill, and Xiao Ding offered to explain Xiao Li’s techniques as the battle continued.

• Tang Zhen led the clans to Burning Flame Valley’s protected arena and explained that the contestants could concede or activate tokens to end their matches.
• Huo Zhi told Yang Shan she hoped he would give her a surprise, and Yang Shan examined her powerful Ninth Grade Bloodline and combat attributes.
• The match between the Flame Clan and Xiao Clan began with Xiao Li representing the Xiao Clan, while Yang Shan watched to assess Huo Zhi’s abilities.
• Huo Zhi and Xiao Li exchanged techniques and Heaven and Earth Oddities, with Huo Zhi’s Red Lotus Karma Fire troubling Xiao Li despite his advantage in cultivation level.
• Xiao Li retreated to prepare the Xiao Clan’s Nine Shadows Spear Technique, and Xiao Ding offered to explain his methods to Yang Shan.

Yang Shan accepted Xiao Ding’s attempt to pit him against the Flame Clan, then used wine and conversation to defuse tensions and build rapport with the Flame Clan prodigies. After Huo Zhi finished recovering, she called Yang Shan to settle their business, while he gained an excuse to keep beating Xiao Kuang whenever they met.

• Xiao Ding secretly told Yang Shan about Huo Zhi’s cultivation method, weapons, and fighting abilities while trying to stir conflict between Yang Shan and the Flame Clan.
• Huo Zhi activated the Fire Emperor Mystic Classic to recover her Dou Qi, and Xiao Li conceded that he could not outlast her.
• Huo Zhi challenged Yang Shan, whose system prompt revealed her interest in the heaven and earth oddities he controlled.
• Yang Shan urged Huo Zhi to refine the mixed energy in her body and passed wine to her and the other prodigies, easing tensions as he and Huo Ran shared stories about the Ten Thousand Treasures Emperor Trove.
• Huo Zhi finished her wine and called Yang Shan to handle serious business; Yang Shan took back Xiao Kuang’s untouched jar and declared he would beat Xiao Kuang whenever they met.

Yang Shan defeated Huo Zhi by using the Northern Falling Seven Star Thunder and his techniques to overwhelm her before she could use the full power of her Red Lotus Karma Fire. Huo Zhi lay defeated after thirty seconds, and Yang Shan offered to end the match without drawing blood.

• Huo Zhi asked Yang Shan to reveal his Strange Lightning, and he showed her the ninth-ranked Northern Falling Seven Star Thunder.
• At the match's start, Yang Shan used the Seven Star Thunder Kill Array and his thunder illusion body to trap Huo Zhi in a barrage of blade attacks.
• Huo Zhi's Red Lotus Karma Fire failed to overcome Yang Shan's enhanced lightning, and Yang Shan used the Supreme Void Power to make her condensed fire lotus disappear.
• Huo Zhi tried defensive and evasive techniques, but Yang Shan's thunder illusion body bound her and broke through her defenses within thirty seconds.
• Yang Shan stopped before striking Huo Zhi and offered to call the match without drawing blood as the Flame Clan prodigies watched in shock.

Yang Shan defeated Huo Zhi and explained how Northern Falling Seven Star Thunder let him win at the cost of his Qi and Blood. After the Xiao Clan prodigies departed, Huo Zhi paid him for answers and learned that his Space Power had swallowed her Sinful Red Lotus because of his superior comprehension.

• Tang Huo'er arrived to support Yang Shan, and Tang Zhen introduced her to the gathered guests.
• Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Kuang departed after Xiao Ding acknowledged Yang Shan's victory and Xiao Li made peace with him.
• Yang Shan sent Tang Huo'er back to Tang Zhen, then explained to Huo Zhi that Northern Falling Seven Star Thunder's Seven Star Thunder Kill Array had boosted his power at a heavy cost to his Qi and Blood.
• Huo Zhi paid Yang Shan an eighth-tier Essence Spirit Crystal for an explanation and asked how he had swallowed her Sinful Red Lotus.
• Yang Shan said his Space Power had done it and teased Huo Zhi about her poor comprehension, leaving her irritated and doubtful.