Chapter Summaries

Xu Yang used his hidden third clone to plan a new identity for joining the Thunder Ancient Kingdom, then cultivated the Blood Branch and Life and Death Branch of the Life Source Great Dao. After four epochs in seclusion, he mastered a top Chaos Realm method in each branch, leaving him with stronger vitality and a new withering technique.

• Xu Yang decided to use his blank third clone to create a new identity and join a prince of the Thunder Ancient Kingdom, while avoiding the Destruction Source Great Dao used by his other clones.
• Xu Yang began studying the True Explanation of Source Blood and practiced guiding his essence blood and sensing the blood qi in Xuanhu City.
• Xu Yang studied the Withering Prosperity Scripture and found that the Life and Death Branch resonated with his Destruction Source Great Dao and its Return to Ruins Nurturing Spirit true meaning.
• Xu Yang spent four epochs in seclusion, and his Life and Death Branch comprehension produced the Withered Silence Finger Wind.
• Xu Yang also advanced in the Blood Branch, manifesting vigorous Blood Source power, flowing Blood Runes, and enhanced self-healing and vitality.

The Thunder Ancient Kingdom’s Holy City erupted with activity as powerful cultivators competed for places in the Six Princes’ selections for the Heart of Thunder Source. Blood Prison Great Sage gathered with Myriad Soul Venerable and Bone Corroding Poison Lord after all three failed their tests, and reported that an unknown cultivator called Yan had endured the ninth pressure level at Lei Yue’s selection.

• Cultivators in the Holy City discussed the princes’ tests and weighed the risks of seeking a place among their retainers.
• Prince Lei Hao tested applicants in Thousand Thunder Purgatory, where they had to withstand three days of lightning and attacks from puppets.
• Applicants navigated Lei Xuan’s shifting formation labyrinth as Traveler advanced quickly and Star Remnant Elder used his Star Disk to deduce a route.
• Candidates endured the Mountain Suppressing Divine Peak’s increasing pressure, and an unknown cultivator called Yan withstood the ninth level.
• Blood Prison Great Sage met Myriad Soul Venerable and Bone Corroding Poison Lord and told them Yan had impressed Lei Yue’s faction.
• Blood Prison Great Sage, Myriad Soul Venerable, and Bone Corroding Poison Lord discussed how their respective failures at the princes’ selections had left them discarded.

Blood Prison Great Sage convinced Myriad Soul Venerable and Bone Corroding Poison Lord to prey on Chaos Masters rejected from the princes’ selection, while Guji used Xuanhu City’s exotic-beast bounty to fuel his growth. The chapter left the three predators searching for Venerable Lei Huo and Guji nearing a breakthrough.

• Blood Prison Great Sage persuaded Myriad Soul Venerable and Bone Corroding Poison Lord to ambush injured, rejected Chaos Masters after studying the weaknesses they had revealed in the trials.
• Blood Prison Great Sage chose Venerable Lei Huo as their first target, seeking his Blood Jade of Substitution and valuable Fire Source Banner.
• Guji devoured a Winter Ice Armor Dragon in the City Lord’s Mansion’s Spatial Treasure, using exotic beasts delivered through Xuanhu City’s official hunting mission to evolve.
• The City Lord’s Mansion offered high prices for intact exotic-beast corpses, drawing Eternal True God hunters into increasingly bloody hunts across the wilderness.
• Jiu Wuye warned Guji that the bounty had consumed nearly eighty percent of the city’s accumulated tax revenue in four epochs, but Guji insisted on continuing because he was close to a breakthrough.

Guji trained his will by observing the struggles and rules of Xuanhu City's Drunken Immortals Tavern while disguised as Hei Yan. After devouring the Molten Core Giant Beast, he completed his transformation and broke through to a new realm.

• Jiu Wuye imposed temporary taxes and cut City Lord's Mansion spending to fund the exotic beasts Guji devoured.
• Guji used the identity Hei Yan to observe the tavern's cultivators as part of his Calamity of the Mortal World training.
• Shopkeeper Qin stopped a fight between Tu San and a short man by enforcing the Drunken Immortal Residence's rules.
• Guji devoured the Molten Core Giant Beast's remaining source, triggering a transformation within the World Treasure.
• Guji awakened in a newly formed white World Beast body and declared that he had succeeded in breaking through.

After forty epochs of secluded cultivation, Xu Yang comprehended the cycle of life and death, transformed his will into an Immortal Heart, and reached God King level Will. He then confronted the Will of the Original Universe and demanded full access to the Land of Origin, leaving their conflict at a tense bargain.

• Xu Yang’s insight into the Life and Death Cycle transformed his Spiritual Will into an Immortal Heart.
• The Hundred Tribulations Refining Demon marks rapidly advanced and merged with his Immortal Heart, unleashing God King level Will.
• Xu Yang tested his new will by dissolving the City Lord’s Mansion restrictions and sending an avatar to the Original Universe.
• Xu Yang demanded that the Will of the Original Universe open every part of the Land of Origin.
• Xu Yang overwhelmed the Original Universe’s resistance and warned that he would replace it if it kept obstructing him.
• The Will of the Original Universe offered to compromise, and Xu Yang proposed coexistence if it granted him access to the Land of Origin.

Xu Yang entered the Land of Origin and comprehended the Life Source Great Dao, perfecting his Blood Branch and life-and-death laws at the Peak of Chaos Master. After returning to Xuanhu City, he prepared to pursue the Heart of Thunder Source in the approaching Thunder Punishment Abyss.

• Xu Yang subdued the Will of the Original Universe and entered its source space through a passage to the Land of Origin.
• Xu Yang merged his Will with the Original Universe and understood how its laws governed the cycles of life and death.
• Xu Yang's Blood Branch and life-and-death law comprehension reached perfection at the Peak of Chaos Master.
• Xu Yang reached the core of the Land of Origin and studied the manifestations of the complete Life Source Great Dao.
• Xu Yang returned to Xuanhu City and formed a wheel of life and death from his perfected laws.
• Xu Yang turned his attention to the Thunder Punishment Abyss and the Heart of Thunder Source within it.

Xu Yang created his third body, Blood Hidden Elder, and sent him to the Sacred City of the Thunder Ancient Kingdom to gather information about the coming Thunder Punishment Abyss and Heart of Thunder Source. After entering the city and listening in at a tavern, Blood Hidden Elder learned that an imperial prince had recently survived an assassination attempt, leaving Xu Yang more cautious about the dangers surrounding the contest.

• Xu Yang formed Blood Hidden Elder, a Chaos Realm Peak body with mastery of Blood Branch and life-and-death mysteries, and sent him toward the Sacred City.
• Blood Hidden Elder crossed the Thunder Ancient Kingdom and reached the Sacred City, where he sensed the immense power of the city’s formation and its mysterious near-Monarch presence.
• Blood Hidden Elder entered the city among ordinary travelers and used his God King Will to gather rumors about the coming abyss opening and prominent contenders, including Purple Lightning Marquis, Nine Fiends Demon Lord, and Jade Wave Fairy.
• Blood Hidden Elder visited Thunderclap Drunk, ordered Blood Thunder Spring Brew, and silently listened to conversations throughout the tavern.
• Blood Hidden Elder heard that at least three Chaos Realm assassins had attacked an imperial prince’s villa, and he became more wary of the hidden conflicts behind the contest.

Blood Hidden Elder consulted the Thunder Chamber of Commerce about the Six Princes’ recruits and learned that Lei Zhan was isolated by the stronger factions of Lei Hao and Lei Xuan. Seeing a chance to aid Lei Zhan and earn greater rewards, he went to War Marquis Manor to take the trial, where the guards hurried to report his arrival.

• Blood Hidden Elder visited the Thunder Chamber of Commerce headquarters and paid one hundred thousand pieces of Universe Sand for intelligence on the Six Princes and their recruits.
• He learned that Lei Hao and Lei Xuan had each gathered two formidable Chaos Realm Peak experts and planned to join forces against Lei Zhan, who had only Venerable Qingmu and Granny Kurong supporting him.
• Blood Hidden Elder decided to join Lei Zhan, reasoning that helping him in his desperate situation could bring greater rewards than joining a stronger prince.
• He crossed the Sacred City to War Marquis Manor and announced to the guards that he was Blood Hidden and had come to take Lei Zhan’s trial.
• Overwhelmed by Blood Hidden Elder’s murderous aura, the guard captain went inside to report his arrival.

Lei Zhan struggled to recruit help for his bid to seize the Heart of Thunder Source until Blood Hidden Elder arrived at his manor. Blood Hidden Elder effortlessly neutralized Lei Zhan’s strongest spear strike, leaving Lei Zhan overjoyed at the prospect of gaining such a powerful ally.

• Lei Zhan doubled his offered rewards after learning that Lei Hao and Lei Xuan’s alliance had deterred applicants.
• A guard reported that Xue Yin had arrived with a terrifying baleful aura, and Lei Zhan ordered him brought to the Thunder Punishment Palace.
• Blood Hidden Elder entered the palace and faced Lei Zhan, Venerable Qingmu, and Granny Kurong under their combined pressure.
• Lei Zhan attacked Blood Hidden Elder with an augmented spear strike, but Blood Hidden Elder’s Scarlet Halo devoured the thunder attack and incarnation.
• Venerable Qingmu and Granny Kurong recognized Blood Hidden Elder’s profound Life and Death and Blood Branch powers, while Lei Zhan broke into delighted laughter.

Blood Hidden Elder impressed Lei Zhan and became the central figure in his plan to seize the Heart of Thunder Source, while Venerable Qingmu and Granny Kurong feared they would lose their places. Lei Zhan agreed to Blood Hidden Elder’s demands and offered him valuable treasures, then proposed sealing their alliance with a contract.

• Blood Hidden Elder neutralized Lei Zhan’s strike, prompting Lei Zhan to invite him into the inner hall and ignore Venerable Qingmu and Granny Kurong.
• Venerable Qingmu and Granny Kurong realized Blood Hidden Elder could replace them as Lei Zhan’s guest elder and resolved to prove their value in the abyss.
• In a secure chamber, Blood Hidden Elder demanded that Lei Zhan cover his expenses, let him cultivate using the Heart of Thunder Source, and help him join the Primordial Chaos Bloodline system.
• Lei Zhan agreed to the demands on condition that Blood Hidden Elder fully join the Thunder Ancient Kingdom, then gave him a large cache of treasures as a deposit.
• Blood Hidden Elder said he could hold off either Empress Xuanyin or the Odd Fortune Palace Master, and his aura convinced Lei Zhan of his strength.
• Lei Zhan proposed that they sign a contract under the witness of the Sacred City Great Array.

Lei Zhan bound Blood Hidden Elder to an alliance under the Sacred City Great Array and installed him as Chief Guest Official, giving Lei Zhan renewed confidence in the struggle for the Heart of Thunder Source. After news of Blood Hidden spread, Lei Hao decided to confront him, while Lei Xuan chose to wait for Lei Hao’s test and secretly arrange a greeting of his own.

• Lei Zhan and Blood Hidden Elder sealed a contract to work together to seize the Heart of Thunder Source, and Lei Zhan appointed Blood Hidden Elder Chief Guest Official of his manor.
• Lei Zhan sent Blood Hidden Elder to Purple Thunder Pavilion and resolved to use him as a trump card against Lei Hao and Lei Xuan.
• The Thunder Chamber of Commerce circulated an urgent report identifying Blood Hidden as a Chaos Realm Peak cultivator of the Life Source Great Dao who had easily neutralized Lei Zhan’s full-force strike.
• Lei Hao consulted Empress Xuanyin and the Odd Fortune Palace Master, then vowed to crush Blood Hidden’s hopes and set out to visit Lei Zhan’s new guest official.
• Lei Xuan judged that Lei Hao would test Blood Hidden first and ordered Shadow Kill King to send Blood Hidden a secret gift to gauge his reaction.

Empress Xuanyin and the Odd Fortune Palace Master attacked Blood Hidden Elder in Purple Thunder Pavilion, but he neutralized their cold qi and curse with overwhelming life and death powers. Their failed probe strengthened Lei Zhan’s confidence in Xue Yin, while Lei Xuan ordered the Dark Star plan to investigate him before the abyss opened.

• Empress Xuanyin and the Odd Fortune Palace Master used the Xuanyin Ice Prison and Fortune-Stealing Purple Gold Bell to attack Blood Hidden Elder in seclusion.
• Blood Hidden Elder countered Xuanyin’s cold qi with his Blood Sea Cycle and devoured the curse with his Blood Fiend Source Aura, forcing both attackers to retreat.
• Empress Xuanyin and the Odd Fortune Palace Master reported their failure to Lei Hao, who took comfort in the Chaos Realm restrictions on the coming Lei Yuan Journey.
• Lei Xuan learned that the probe had failed and ordered Shadow Kill King to activate the Dark Star plan and gather every detail about Xue Yin.
• Lei Zhan examined his manor’s recorded battle and realized Blood Hidden Elder had decisively repelled both experts; Blood Hidden Elder calmly returned to seclusion.

Blood Hidden Elder cultivated with the Chaos Thunder Source Crystal, bought a Lightning-Struck Wood relic in the Holy City’s Dark Ruins, and noticed a watcher linked to Shadow Kill King. Meanwhile, Lei Jin asked Lei Zhan to ally with him for the Abyss expedition, and Lei Zhan accepted while leaving their plans unsettled.

• Blood Hidden Elder used the Chaos Thunder Source Crystal to temper his body and deepen his understanding of the Dao of Life and Death Cycle.
• Blood Hidden Elder watched the Thunder Prison Army suppress a fight in the Holy City before visiting the Dark Ruins.
• Blood Hidden Elder bought Withered and Flourishing Intertwined Lightning-Struck Wood and sensed a watcher with shadowy fluctuations similar to Shadow Kill King's.
• Lei Jin visited Lei Zhan with Huang Wu and asked for an alliance in the Abyss expedition, claiming he feared being eliminated.
• Lei Zhan agreed that they should support one another but deferred specific strategies until they entered the Abyss.

Lei Jin formed a tentative alliance with Lei Zhan while secretly planning to exploit the coming abyss conflict, and Blood Hidden Elder advanced his understanding of the Life and Death Cycle. The other princes prepared to target Lei Zhan and Blood Hidden, while a mysterious figure in the Divine Thunder Imperial Palace watched them all.

• Lei Jin used the attempted assassination to draw Lei Zhan's sympathy, and Lei Zhan agreed to cooperate while privately distrusting him.
• Blood Hidden Elder studied the Wither-Bloom Intertwined Lightning-Struck Wood and made a small advance in the life-and-death branch of his cultivation.
• Lei Jin told Huang Wu that he intended to use Lei Zhan's alliance to investigate Blood Hidden and strike when the rival factions were weakened, and Huang Wu pledged to stand by him.
• Empress Xuanyin, Lei Hao, and the Odd Fortune Palace Master planned to target Lei Zhan's faction and eliminate Blood Hidden when the abyss opened.
• Lei Xuan learned of Lei Jin and Lei Zhan's suspected alliance, ordered Shadow Kill King to keep tracking Blood Hidden, and welcomed the chance to face the factions together in the abyss.
• A thunder-origin figure in the Divine Thunder Imperial Palace observed the princes and Blood Hidden, dismissing their rivalries as minor conflicts.

As the Thunder Punishment Abyss opened, the Six Princes of the Thunder Ancient Kingdom raced to enter, only to be confronted by King Polu and eight Chaos Realm Peak experts from the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom. King Jiayin appeared to protect the Thunder Ancient Kingdom and warned Polu that the Heart of Thunder Source was off-limits, while allowing both kingdoms to compete for crystals near the abyss.

• Over nearly fifty epochs, Blood Hidden Elder remained secluded in Lei Zhan Marquis Manor, and Lei Zhan recruited Marquis Void Split as another Chaos Realm Peak retainer.
• The hundred-epoch deadline arrived, the seals on the Thunder Punishment Abyss shattered, and the Six Princes of the Thunder Ancient Kingdom led their factions toward its entrance.
• Lei Zhan advanced with Blood Hidden Elder and Marquis Void Split as Lei Jin traveled nearby with Huang Wu.
• King Polu arrived through a crimson-gold portal with eight Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom experts and demanded a share of the Thunder Source Crystals near the abyss.
• King Jiayin appeared as an avatar, declared the Heart of Thunder Source off-limits to Polu, and permitted both kingdoms to claim crystals within thirty thousand miles according to ability.

King Jiayin forced King Polu to keep Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom beyond the thirty-thousand-mile boundary, while the Thunder Ancient Kingdom’s forces entered the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison in search of the Heart of Thunder Source. After the princes claimed crystal mountains as bases, the Eight Generals of Yanfeng entered the abyss and faced its dangerous thunder currents.

• King Jiayin warned King Polu not to cross the thirty-thousand-mile boundary, and King Polu agreed to keep Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom’s forces outside it.
• First Prince Lei Hao, Lei Zhan, the other princes, and their retainers entered the abyss, followed by Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom’s forces.
• The entrants discovered the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison’s sea of thunderclouds, Chaos Thunder Pool, and floating Thunder Source Crystal fragments.
• Lei Hao seized Lei Zhan’s chosen crystal mountain, so Blood Hidden Elder directed Lei Zhan, Marquis Void Split, and himself toward a more dangerous but strategically placed mountain.
• The princes established separate crystal-mountain bases, while Lei Zhan’s group settled near a deep-purple thunder pool concealing a massive shadow.
• The Eight Generals of Yanfeng entered the abyss, and the gray-clothed old man urged his companions to remain calm.

Hermit Kumoku revealed that King Polu had forbidden the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom from touching the Heart of Thunder Source but allowed them to claim other treasures, triggering a scramble over the crystal mountains. When a Soul Devouring Thunder Nightmare attacked Lei Zhan's group, Marquis Void Split and Xue Yin fought it off long enough for Xue Yin to identify a brief passage beneath the crystal mountain.

• Hermit Kumoku relayed King Polu's orders, and the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom powerhouses rushed to seize Thunder Source Crystals while he watched the Chaos Thunder Pool.
• The Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom's fighters clashed with the princes' retainers as they contested the crystal mountains.
• A Soul Devouring Thunder Nightmare erupted from the pool beneath Lei Zhan's crystal mountain and attacked Lei Zhan, Marquis Void Split, and Xue Yin.
• Marquis Void Split severed one of the monster's tentacles with Flow Severing, while Xue Yin used God King Will to suppress its spiritual attack.
• Marquis Void Split trapped the monster in a Void Cage as Gu Zheng and Yan Kui moved to seize its exposed thunder essence.
• Xue Yin told Lei Zhan and Marquis Void Split that a brief passage had opened beneath the crystal mountain and ordered Marquis Void Split to cut it open with his sharpest sword intent.

Marquis Void Split opened a breach into the core thunder domain, and the princes and their retainers raced after Lei Zhan through the chaos. Lei Zhan, Blood Hidden Elder, and Marquis Void Split reached the core’s edge, where the oppressive lightning slowed Lei Zhan while the other two held steady.

• Marquis Void Split used Dimensional Exile to tear open a passage into the core thunder domain, and Lei Zhan, Blood Hidden Elder, and Marquis Void Split entered before the Soul Devouring Thunder Nightmare broke free.
• Lei Hao and Lei Li ordered their retainers to drive back Yan Lao and Yan Kui, while Lei Xuan sent Shadow Kill and Raging Waves to clear a route for his starship.
• Lei Jin and Huang Wu used the Ice Phoenix Silent Realm Flame Void Leap to move the Mystic Jade Carriage ahead of Lei Xuan’s starship and pursue Lei Zhan.
• Empress Xuanyin froze the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom forces, and Odd Fortune Palace Master’s bell disrupted their movements, allowing Lei Hao and Lei Li to race toward the core.
• Hermit Kumoku led the Yanfeng Ancient Kingdom retainers into the thunder pool to search for Chaos Thunder Source Crystals instead of following the princes.
• At the edge of the core thunder domain, its crushing lightning slowed Lei Zhan, while Blood Hidden Elder and Marquis Void Split remained steady.

The princes and their retainers gathered in the Thunder Punishment Abyss, where rival alliances formed amid a dispute over a safe place to land. At the abyss’s core, King Jiayin released the Heart of Thunder Source’s suppressed power, drawing the princes and awakening the Thunder Beasts as the struggle for the treasure began.

• Blood Hidden Elder warned Lei Zhan’s group away from the crimson-gold Crystal Mountain and guided them toward the seemingly lifeless Withered Bone Crystal Mountain.
• Lei Hao, Lei Xuan, and Lei Jin confronted Lei Zhan, while Lei Jin used their supposed alliance to put Lei Zhan in a difficult position.
• Lei Jun and Lei Li arrived and suggested joining forces, creating a tense three-way balance among the princes.
• King Jiayin observed the abyss and the princes, then activated a mark in the formation surrounding the Heart of Thunder Source.
• The Heart of Thunder Source broke free of its suppression, unleashing a vast surge of power that stirred the princes’ greed and awakened the Thunder Beasts.

Lei Zhan and the rival factions battled for the Heart of Thunder Source as their allies and enemies exposed their strongest abilities. Lei Zhan seized the heart, but five furious competitors immediately surrounded him and demanded it.

• Lei Zhan and Marquis Void Split repelled attacks from Lei Hao and Empress Xuanyin while Lei Xuan’s forces moved toward the Heart of Thunder Source.
• Shadow Kill King nearly grabbed the heart, but Lei Jin’s Huang Wu froze his shadow and Yue Shan’s spear shattered the starship’s barrier, injuring Lei Xuan.
• Lei Zhan and Marquis Void Split combined their powers to pierce the competing attacks and pull the Heart of Thunder Source into Lei Zhan’s hand.
• Lei Hao, Lei Jin, Lei Jun, Lei Li, and Lei Xuan surrounded Lei Zhan and demanded that he hand over the heart.