Chapter Summaries

Lu Leng struggled to answer Ye Lingling’s confession, admitting that he had feelings for her but was unsure whether they were love or guilt over her father. Ye Lingling refused to give up on him, kissed him, and told him to turn around while she got dressed.

• Lu Leng and Ye Lingling woke up in an awkward embrace, and Lu Leng pulled his hand away from her after she said it was sore.
• Ye Lingling asked whether Lu Leng liked her and plainly confessed that she liked him.
• Lu Leng admitted he found Ye Lingling attractive and had feelings for her, but said he wanted to pursue someone else and feared his feelings for Ye Lingling came from guilt over her father.
• Ye Lingling said she would keep pursuing Lu Leng until he won over the person he liked, and declared that she believed that person would reject him.
• Ye Lingling kissed Lu Leng briefly and told him to turn around while she got dressed.

Lu Leng and Ye Lingling learned why Yu Ruyi had arranged to drug them and discovered that the Thunder Pond Clan had been trapped in the Land of Thunder Punishment for nearly a thousand years. With the trial still to complete and no known way out, they prepared to deal with the clan's leaders.

• Lu Leng realized he had fallen in love with Ye Lingling, and the two dressed and decided to kill Yu Yuanxin and Yu Yuanhao to finish the trial.
• Lu Leng returned with Ye Lingling to his room, where Yu Man'er was waiting under his control.
• Lu Leng questioned Yu Man'er about the drugging, and she said her grandfather had ordered it.
• Yu Man'er explained that the Thunder Clan's ancestors had entered the Thunder God's Secret Realm nearly a thousand years earlier and could never find a way out.
• Yu Man'er told Lu Leng that isolation and inbreeding had dwindled the clan to fewer than a hundred people, and Yu Ruyi hoped the newcomers would help the clan escape and produce descendants.

Lu Leng used Yu Man’er to poison Yu Yuanxin and Yu Yuanhao, then attacked them before they could recover. He killed Yu Yuanhao and pursued Yu Yuanxin toward Thunder Pool Hall, where Ye Lingling helped him disable her wing.

• Lu Leng learned that Yu Ruyi had arranged for him to enter the Land of Thunder Punishment as part of the Thunder Clan’s escape plan and ordered Yu Man’er to poison Yu Yuanxin and Yu Yuanhao.
• Yu Man’er poisoned the food, and Yu Yuanxin and Yu Yuanhao began searching for antidotes after the poison took effect.
• Lu Leng attacked the poisoned pair, and Yu Man’er struck Yu Yuanhao while Lu Leng’s Evil God Slash destroyed him.
• Yu Yuanxin fled toward Thunder Pool Hall in her Martial Soul Avatar, but Lu Leng caught up and shattered her Blue Lightning Energy Shield.
• Lu Leng severed Yu Yuanxin’s wing, and Ye Lingling used her Gale Demonic Wolf Skull Bone Skill to corrode the wound.

Lu Leng rescued Ye Lingling from the Thunder Pool after killing Yu Yuanxin, Yu Man'er, and their clansmen, then received his next Thunder God trials. Meanwhile, Spirit Hall remained unable to find him, and Bibi Dong learned he had vanished after a clash with the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.

• Lu Leng killed Yu Yuanxin and Yu Man'er, drove off their clansmen, and escaped with Ye Lingling while Yu Ruyi’s breakthrough prevented him from pursuing them.
• Lu Leng and Ye Lingling returned to their old shelter in Thunder Roar Forest, where Lu Leng completed the Fourth Trial and gained fifteen percent Thunder God affinity.
• Lu Leng learned that his Fifth Trial required him to obtain the Thunder God Bow, while Ye Lingling had to fuse Thunder Silkworm Golden Silk and place it atop the Thunder God Pillar.
• At Spirit Hall, Bibi Dong waited for Lu Leng’s Holy Son ceremony, which had been delayed because he had been missing for more than two years.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo reported that Lu Leng had gone to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and disappeared after a conflict involving Yu Yuanzhen; Bibi Dong condemned the lack of information.

Bibi Dong ordered Spirit Hall to intensify its search for Lu Leng, while Ye Lingling completed her fourth Thunder God trial in the Land of Thunder Punishment. Lu Leng gave her an immortal herb and proposed a plan to raise her fourth Soul Ring to ten thousand years after her final trial.

• Bibi Dong learned that Zi Nü had been taken by Dugu Bo and threatened Chrysanthemum and Ghost unless they found Lu Leng.
• Bibi Dong offered escalating rewards for information about Lu Leng and ordered Spirit Hall to search for him.
• Ye Lingling completed the fusion of the Thunder Silkworm Golden Silk, reaching Soul Power Level forty after four months of training.
• Lu Leng gave Ye Lingling a Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma and explained how it could strengthen her body before her fifth trial.
• Lu Leng urged Ye Lingling to use her trial rewards and improved constitution to absorb a ten-thousand-year Soul Ring as her fourth Soul Ring.

Ye Lingling absorbed the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, then she and Lu Leng returned to the Thunder Pool to activate the Thunder God Pillar. As a trapped dragon began attacking its barrier, Yu Ruyi ambushed Lu Leng, who tried to stop him by offering a way out.

• Ye Lingling ate the Nine-Grade Purple Ganoderma, raised her Soul Power by three levels, and returned after washing away the black grime.
• Lu Leng told Ye Lingling that Yu Ruyi was seriously injured after a failed breakthrough and that he believed the elder was only level ninety-eight.
• Lu Leng and Ye Lingling sneaked into the Thunder Pool under Spatial Concealment and placed the Thunder Silkworm Golden Silk into the Thunder God Pillar.
• The Thunder God Pillar turned gold, and its nine black dragons merged into one that repeatedly struck an invisible barrier as the Thunder Pool shook.
• Yu Ruyi appeared behind Lu Leng and attacked him, and Lu Leng shouted that the elder wanted to get out.

Lu Leng tricked Yu Ruyi into revealing that he was a wounded Rank 98 Peak Douluo, then obtained the Thunder God Bow. The bow transported Lu Leng to a golden world, where he found a man facing a dragon-shaped soul beast.

• Lu Leng claimed the Thunder God Bow could open a passage out of the Land of Thunder Punishment, then bluffed Yu Ruyi into revealing his Rank 98 strength.
• Lu Leng concluded Yu Ruyi was an examiner rather than the guide, but Yu Ruyi seized Ye Lingling and threatened them both.
• The Thunder God Bow appeared from the Thunder God Pillar, and Lu Leng grasped it without meeting any resistance.
• The Thunder God Bow transported Lu Leng to a golden world, where he saw a black-gold-robed man facing a dragon-shaped soul beast.

Lu Leng witnessed the Thunder God Bow destroy a Ferocious Beast with one arrow, then met the Thunder God and discussed the God Realm’s deities and divine artifacts. The Thunder God revealed that Lu Leng could wield the Thunder God Bow after inheriting his position.

• Lu Leng watched a golden-armored man use the Thunder God Bow to kill a dragon-shaped Ferocious Beast with a single arrow.
• The Thunder God appeared before Lu Leng and confirmed that he was the Thunder God.
• Lu Leng asked about the Thunder God’s strength compared with the Asura God, and the Thunder God admitted the Asura God was slightly stronger.
• The Thunder God assured Lu Leng that time passed much faster in the trial space, so Ye Lingling would be safe while they talked.
• Lu Leng told the Thunder God about the Sea God, who had established his own divine position and wielded the Sea God Trident.
• The Thunder God said the Thunder God Bow was also a Transcendent Divine Artifact and claimed Lu Leng could defeat the Sea God after inheriting the Thunder God’s position.

Lu Leng learned more about the Thunder God’s past, the nature of Divine Positions, and the Power of Faith while discussing how to become a god. He agreed to inherit the Thunder God’s Divine Position and still hoped to create one of his own, leaving one last question unasked.

• The Thunder God boasted that he had been the strongest First-Rank God, then admitted he had died in the lower realm because he had been a fool.
• Lu Leng asked whether the Asura God could discover what the Thunder God had told him, and the Thunder God angrily dismissed the idea of fearing him.
• The Thunder God explained that Lu Leng could establish his own Divine Position through Power of Faith, which Lu Leng already possessed in small amounts.
• The Thunder God said he had chosen Lu Leng for the nine assessments because he expected Lu Leng to survive, and offered to extend the later assessments as a cheat.
• Lu Leng decided to inherit the Thunder God’s Divine Position while also pursuing a Divine Position of his own, and the Thunder God promised him more assessment cheats.
• The Thunder God invited Lu Leng to ask one final question, and Lu Leng began to think of one.

Lu Leng learned that Thunder God had made Ye Lingling’s trials easy because he wanted her to find a divine position in the Forest of Nature, then escaped as the Thunder God Pillar shattered and freed a five-hundred-thousand-year Thunder Dragon. At the closing exit, Lu Leng confronted Yu Ruyi and forced him to agree to release Ye Lingling before passing through.

• Thunder God told Lu Leng that the Forest of Nature held a divine position suited to Ye Lingling and urged him to protect her.
• Lu Leng returned to reality with the Thunder God Bow, and the shattered Thunder God Pillar released the Thunder Dragon while completing his fifth trial and starting his sixth: killing it.
• The Thunder Dragon flew through a golden gate that appeared in the sky, revealing the exit to Lu Leng and Yu Ruyi.
• Lu Leng blocked Yu Ruyi from leaving until he released Ye Lingling, while the gate began to close and a gigantic sword appeared over Yu Ruyi.
• Yu Ruyi refused to release Ye Lingling before escaping, but Lu Leng threatened to trap him inside and destroy the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, so Yu Ruyi agreed.

Lu Leng saved Ye Lingling after Yu Ruyi injured her and escaped through the closing gate, trapping them inside the Land of Thunder Punishment. After Ye Lingling recovered and grew stronger, Lu Leng prepared to use the Thunder God Bow to leave with her.

• Yu Ruyi struck Ye Lingling, forcing Lu Leng to stabilize her while Yu Ruyi escaped through the golden gate and left Lu Leng trapped.
• Lu Leng realized Yu Ruyi had deliberately stalled him until the passage closed, and feared the cunning clan head would become a future threat.
• A five-hundred-thousand-year Thunder Dragon roared near the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan, prompting a man in the Star Dou Forest to send Bi Ji to contact it.
• Yu Ruyi laughed alone among dung beetle Soul Beasts after escaping.
• Ten days later, Ye Lingling recovered, absorbed her trial rewards, and reached level forty-five with a new ten-thousand-year Soul Ring.
• Lu Leng and Ye Lingling prepared to leave, and Lu Leng used the Thunder God Bow, which began draining his Soul Power.

After escaping the Thunder Pool, Lu Leng returned to Heaven Dou City to retrieve Zi Nü, only to learn that Dugu Bo had captured her. He sent Ye Lingling to the Spirit Hall branch and waited at Heaven Dou Royal Academy for Dugu Yan, hoping to draw Dugu Bo out.

• Lu Leng and Ye Lingling escaped through a golden gate after Lu Leng killed everyone in the Thunder Pool.
• Lu Leng learned that he was still in the Heaven Dou Empire and went to Heaven Dou City to find Zi Nü.
• At the hotel, Lu Leng discovered that Dugu Bo had taken Zi Nü and identified the old man as his captor.
• Lu Leng sent Ye Lingling to pack and meet Salas at the Spirit Hall branch, then went to Heaven Dou Royal Academy to wait for Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Yan returned to school despite Dugu Bo's warnings, and Lu Leng followed her.

Lu Leng abducted Dugu Yan and demanded that Dugu Bo bring Zi Nü to the Heaven Dou Branch Hall of Spirit Hall. Dugu Bo brought the ailing Zi Nü there with Prince Xue Xing, while Lu Leng waited inside with Spirit Hall’s bishops and enforcers.

• Lu Leng used his Spiritual Power to incapacitate Dugu Yan, abducted her, and demanded that Dugu Bo bring Zi Nü to Spirit Hall.
• Dugu Bo learned Lu Leng was alive and had kidnapped Dugu Yan, then rushed to check on Zi Nü and found her near death from his poison experiments.
• Lu Leng took his place in the Heaven Dou Branch Hall with Salas, the bishops, and the enforcers, relying on Spirit Hall’s strength to prevent a fight.
• Dugu Bo brought Zi Nü to the hall, and Prince Xue Xing accompanied him, planning to stay out of the confrontation unless necessary.
• Dugu Bo released his aura against the guards at the entrance and ordered them to tell Salas he had arrived.

Lu Leng confronted Dugu Bo at Spirit Hall and demanded that he cure Zi Nü’s poison in exchange for Dugu Yan. When Dugu Bo refused, Lu Leng attacked Dugu Yan, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Lu Leng learned that Dugu Bo had arrived with a man and a cat-eared girl, and he ordered them brought in.
• Dugu Bo recognized Lu Leng as the man who had taken his Immortal Herbs, while Prince Xue Xing realized Lu Leng outranked Bishop Salas; Zi Nü was overjoyed to see her master alive.
• Lu Leng saw the signs of poison and suffering on Zi Nü and demanded that Dugu Bo cure her.
• Dugu Bo declared Zi Nü’s poisoning incurable and demanded that Lu Leng release Dugu Yan so they could end their dispute.
• Lu Leng used Wind and Thunder Movement to reach Dugu Yan, pinned her hand to the table, and drove the Zhan Luo Blade down.

Lu Leng tortured Dugu Yan to force Dugu Bo to cure Zi Nü’s poison and release her, then demanded Dugu Bo’s life in exchange for Yan’er. After revealing two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, Lu Leng gave Dugu Bo one minute to decide.

• Lu Leng pinned Dugu Yan’s hand to the table and cut off her fingers when Dugu Bo threatened to attack.
• Dugu Bo gave Zi Nü a pill that improved her condition and gave Lu Leng medicine to purge her poison within a month.
• Lu Leng forced Dugu Bo to release Zi Nü, then demanded that Dugu Bo kill himself to save Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo threatened to unleash his poison, but Lu Leng revealed two Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings, shocking everyone and weakening Dugu Bo’s resolve.
• Lu Leng gave Dugu Bo one minute to decide, and Salas began counting.

Lu Leng held Dugu Yan hostage and forced Dugu Bo toward suicide, ignoring Prince Xue Xing’s warning until Crown Prince Xue Qinghe arrived with Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s senior councilors. Xue Qinghe demanded that Lu Leng release Dugu Yan, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• As Salas counted down, Dugu Bo offered to kill himself if Lu Leng released Dugu Yan, but Lu Leng refused and threatened her.
• Prince Xue Xing intervened, warning Lu Leng that holding Dugu Yan opposed the Heaven Dou Empire’s royal family, but Lu Leng ordered Salas to continue counting.
• After learning that Crown Prince Xue Qinghe and Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s three senior councilors had arrived, Lu Leng let them enter and stopped the others outside.
• Xue Qinghe recognized Lu Leng as the man who had claimed to be a noble of the Demacia Kingdom and demanded that he release Dugu Yan.

Lu Leng threatened war over Dugu Yan, whom he had seized in retaliation for Dugu Bo’s treatment of Zi Nü, until Xue Qinghe intervened and negotiated her release. After Xue Qinghe apologized, Lu Leng freed Dugu Yan, and the Crown Prince ordered the others to leave.

• Lu Leng rejected Meng Shenji’s demand to release Dugu Yan, arguing that he was owed compensation for Zi Nü’s torture, and the two sides prepared to fight.
• Lu Leng revealed two hundred-thousand-year soul rings, then demanded Dugu Bo’s death or that Dugu Yan be taken to Spirit Hall for three years.
• Xue Qinghe approached Lu Leng and calmly faced his blade, which stopped just above his forehead.
• After Salas warned him that the dispute could harm his position as Holy Son, Lu Leng offered to release Dugu Yan if Xue Qinghe apologized.
• Xue Qinghe apologized, and Lu Leng ordered his enforcers to free Dugu Yan.
• Dugu Bo began treating Dugu Yan’s severed fingers, while Xue Qinghe ordered the education committee members to leave with him.

Xue Qinghe rescued Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan from the Heaven Dou Branch Hall, earning Dugu Bo’s gratitude and an opening to visit his herb garden. Lu Leng revealed that he had planned the events to rescue Zi Nü, dispel suspicion between himself and Xue Qinghe, and connect Xue Qinghe with Dugu Bo.

• Xue Qinghe escorted Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan out of the Heaven Dou Branch Hall, and Dugu Bo thanked him for intervening.
• Xue Qinghe asked to visit Dugu Bo’s herb garden, and Dugu Bo welcomed him, while Prince Xue Xing worried that Dugu Bo might support Xue Qinghe over Xue Beng.
• Prince Xue Xing concluded that Xue Qinghe did not know Lu Leng’s true identity and that Spirit Hall was not involved in the royal family’s conflict.
• Xue Qinghe read and destroyed Lu Leng’s letter, then admired Lu Leng’s careful arrangements and grew more interested in him.
• Lu Leng reflected that he had informed Xue Qinghe of his plan before capturing Dugu Yan, and that the plan had rescued Zi Nü while clearing suspicion and connecting Xue Qinghe with Dugu Bo.

After returning from the Heaven Dou Branch Hall with Zi Nü and Ye Lingling, Lu Leng faced Bibi Dong’s anger in the Pope’s Palace. He knelt before her and began listing everyone he believed he had made worry.

• Lu Leng reflected on how the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s actions had strengthened him, then helped Zi Nü recover from her poison using his blood.
• Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo found Lu Leng at the Heaven Dou Branch Hall and told him Bibi Dong had been worried about his disappearance.
• Lu Leng returned to Spirit Hall with Zi Nü and Ye Lingling, and said they would join Spirit Academy’s tournament team despite the roster already being set.
• Bibi Dong ordered Lu Leng to wait outside the Pope’s Palace for an hour, then summoned him and demanded that he kneel.
• Lu Leng apologized to Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall, then continued naming the people he thought he had made worry.

Bibi Dong welcomed Lu Leng back and reminded him to take responsibility for the people who cared about him. Lu Leng introduced Zi Nü and Ye Lingling, whose unusual martial souls and soul ring configurations shocked the hall, while Hu Liena grew suspicious of Ye Lingling.

• Bibi Dong scolded Lu Leng for risking his life without considering those behind him, and Lu Leng thanked her for her concern.
• Lu Leng declined to explain where he had been for the past three years and introduced Zi Nü to Bibi Dong.
• Zi Nü revealed her Void Devouring Soul Beast martial soul and two purple soul rings, and Lu Leng explained how her Devour skill had helped her grow stronger.
• Bibi Dong became wary after learning that Zi Nü could absorb evil energy and convert it into Soul Power.
• Lu Leng introduced Ye Lingling and her Nine Heart Begonia martial soul, and she revealed three purple soul rings and one black soul ring.
• Hu Liena sensed something unusual between Lu Leng and Ye Lingling as the people in the hall reacted to Ye Lingling's extraordinary abilities.