Chapter Summaries

Ling Li, Yao Chen, and Zi Yan traveled through the Space Channel until a Spatial Storm destroyed their Space Ship. The breach swallowed all three, leaving their fate unknown.

• Ling Li piloted the Space Ship through the Space Channel, while he, Yao Chen, and Zi Yan endured the long journey.
• A violent Spatial Storm struck the ship, and Ling Li ordered Zi Yan and Yao Chen to contain the breach while he accelerated past it.
• The ship entered a second, larger breach, and Zi Yan and Yao Chen used their powers to help Ling Li escape its suction.
• A burst of Spatial Power shattered the Space Ship and the breach swallowed Yao Chen and Zi Yan.
• Ling Li was also pulled into the increasingly violent breach.

After surviving the spatial rift, Ling Li waited in the desert for help while his injuries slowly healed. When a caravan led by Han Yue appeared, he sent the Earth Demon Puppet to confront them, and it reached Han Yue with its saber at her neck.

• Ling Li used the Earth Demon Puppet to guard him while he lay gravely injured in the desert and waited for someone to find him.
• After two more days, Ling Li sensed a caravan nearby and sent the puppet toward it.
• Han Yue led a merchant caravan with Han Feng through the desert, discussing their goods and the danger of Demonic Snake Xia Mang.
• The Earth Demon Puppet crashed down before the caravan, then teleported beside Han Yue and held its saber to her neck.

Ling Li recovered from his severe injuries while traveling with Han Yue’s caravan after the Earth Demon Puppet forced her to follow him. He wondered whether Han Yue feared him because his notorious reputation had spread beyond the Black Corner Region.

• Ling Li used the Earth Demon Puppet to hold Dark Night to Han Yue’s neck and ordered her group to follow him.
• Han Yue and Han Chong followed the Silver Figure and found Ling Li unconscious in the grass.
• Han Yue’s caravan cared for Ling Li for ten days as he recovered from injuries sustained escaping a spatial rift.
• Ling Li thanked Han Yue for her care and assured her he would not kill people casually.
• Ling Li noticed Han Yue remained afraid of him and wondered how far his reputation had spread.

Ling Li learned about the Central Continent and traveled with Han Yue’s caravan toward Myriad Serpent Gorge, where Demonic Snake Xia Mang ambushed them. Xia Mang threatened Han Yue, but Ling Li stepped out to confront him.

• Ling Li questioned Han Yue about the Northern Region, the Wind Thunder North Pavilion, and the Han and Hong families while recovering from his injuries.
• At the caravan’s night camp, Han Chong warned Ling Li that Xia Mang controlled the snakes in Myriad Serpent Gorge and demanded tolls from passing caravans.
• The caravan entered the gorge the next day, and countless snakes surrounded it as Xia Mang descended and took the Han Family’s payment.
• Xia Mang sensed Han Yue in the carriage and charged toward her despite Han Chong and the guards trying to stop him.
• As Xia Mang reached for the carriage curtain, he sensed lethal danger and retreated; Ling Li then stepped out to face him.

Ling Li confronted the serpent Xia Mang, learned that he was Xia Pan’s son, and agreed to take him along. The Han Family convoy resumed its journey with Xia Mang joining them.

• Ling Li emerged from the carriage and warned Xia Mang, who had been considering attacking him.
• Ling Li burned the venomous snakes with his Mysterious Flame and forced Xia Mang to reveal himself.
• Ling Li showed Xia Mang a flame portrait of Xia Pan, and Xia Mang recognized his father.
• Xia Mang apologized and addressed Ling Li as his senior after learning that Ling Li was his father’s friend.
• Ling Li invited Xia Mang to travel with the convoy and eventually return north, and Han Chong asked if the convoy could proceed.
• Ling Li told Han Chong to continue onward.

After helping the Han Family caravan pass through Myriad Serpent Gorge, Ling Li joined Han Chong for drinks while the guards celebrated. Han Chong learned that a Spatial Storm had caused Ling Li’s injuries, and Xia Mang realized Ling Li was an alchemist, though Han Yue doubted his credentials.

• The Han Family guards treated Ling Li warmly after he helped them through Myriad Serpent Gorge, while they remained wary of Xia Mang.
• Han Yue checked the camp perimeter, then found Han Chong drinking with Ling Li and warned him not to provoke their dangerous guest.
• Han Chong asked Ling Li how he had been injured, and Ling Li explained that a Spatial Storm had left him badly hurt.
• Han Chong described a Han Family guard squad being swallowed by a Spatial Storm and praised Ling Li for drinking with him despite his humble background.
• Xia Mang recognized Ling Li’s powerful fire control as evidence of his alchemist skills, while Han Yue privately doubted Ling Li was a genuine alchemist.

Ling Li escorted the Han Family convoy toward Tian Bei City while recovering from his injuries and arranging to find Seventh-grade Pills or medicinal ingredients. As Hong Lie and Hong Mu attacked Han Yue at the city outskirts, Ling Li rescued her, and an Eight-Star Fighting Emperor arrived to confront the Hong elders.

• Ling Li told Xia Mang to wait outside Tian Bei City because the city’s powerful residents might attack him, and Xia Mang left the convoy.
• Ling Li gave Han Chong a list of medicinal ingredients and a Storage Ring full of wealth to pay for them.
• Hong Lie and Hong Mu ambushed the convoy near Tian Bei City and demanded that Han Yue come with them for Young Master Hong Chen.
• Han Yue refused and attacked Hong Lie, but Ling Li pulled her out of the way before his palm strike landed.
• Hong Lie and Hong Mu launched a combined attack on Ling Li, but an Eight-Star Fighting Emperor rushed from the city and rebuked them.

Han Tian arrived in time to stop Hong Mu and Hong Lie from taking Han Yue, and the Hong Family withdrew after losing the fight. The Han convoy reached Tian Bei City and brought Ling Li to the Han Family residence, while Han Chong promised to find Ling Li’s requested medicinal ingredients within three days.

• Han Tian intercepted Hong Mu and Hong Lie’s attacks, and Ling Li released Han Yue after saving her with Dark Gravity.
• Han Tian defeated the two Hong Family elders, forcing them to abandon their attempt to take Han Yue.
• Han Chong described Ling Li’s help on the journey, prompting Han Tian to tease Han Yue about her closeness with their guest.
• The Han convoy entered Tian Bei City and traveled through the prosperous city to the Han Family residence.
• Han Chong departed to deliver the goods and promised Ling Li he would find the requested medicinal ingredients within three days.

Ling Li entered the Han Family estate and met Han Yue’s younger sister, Han Xue, before attending a banquet with the family. Han Yue later told Han Chi that Ling Li was the feared Slaughter Shadow Blade, while Han Chi revealed the Hong Family’s threat and urged her to consider seeking Ling Li’s protection.

• Han Tian left Ling Li in Han Yue’s care, and she led him to a courtyard room in the Han Family estate.
• Han Xue excitedly greeted Han Yue and teased her by asking whether Ling Li was her brother-in-law.
• At the banquet, Han Chi and the Han Family members assessed Ling Li, whose strength and status as a Rank 7 Alchemist impressed them.
• After the banquet, Han Yue told Han Chi about Ling Li’s violent reputation and his fight in which Headmaster Wu of Jia Nan Academy died.
• Han Chi revealed that Hong Chen had returned with a Wind Thunder Pavilion elder and proposed marrying both Han Yue and Han Xue.
• Han Chi urged Han Yue to consider a relationship with Ling Li to protect the Han Family, and she said she would think about it.

Ling Li recovered at the Han Family and agreed to help them face the Hong Family after learning that Han Chong had been killed. Han Xue offered herself as his concubine, and as they began, another woman entered the room and discovered them.

• Ling Li finished recovering from his injuries while waiting for Han Chong to gather ingredients for a Seventh-grade Pill.
• Han Xue visited Ling Li at night and explained that Hong Chen had challenged the Han Family, with her and Han Yue as the stakes.
• Han Xue offered to become Ling Li’s concubine in exchange for his help, but he initially refused to oppose the Wind Thunder Pavilion.
• Han Xue revealed that the Hong Family had killed Han Chong while he searched for the pill ingredients, and Ling Li agreed to help.
• Ling Li invited Han Xue to join him on the bed, but another woman entered and froze after seeing them together.

Ling Li decided to resolve the Han Family’s crisis by confronting the forces behind the Hong Family, while Han Yue and Han Xue worried he would not remain with them. At Heaven Stone Platform, Hong Chen took the field for the duel as Ling Li and the sisters arrived.

• Ling Li told Han Yue he would handle the Han Family’s troubles his own way, with Wind Thunder Pavilion becoming his likely target.
• Three days later, Han Yue and Han Xue waited for Ling Li and discussed whether he would stay with the Han Family after defeating Hong Chen.
• Ling Li left the courtyard and led the sisters to Heaven Stone Platform, where the Hong Family and Han Family had gathered for their duel.
• Hong Chen and Shen Yun dismissed the idea that Ling Li was a Rank 7 Alchemist, and Hong Li grew more confident in his son’s chances.
• Hong Chen used lightning to rush onto Heaven Stone Platform as Ling Li and the Han sisters arrived.

Ling Li confronted Hong Chen on the Heaven Stone Platform after revealing that Han Yue and Han Xue were already his concubines, provoking the Hong Family and Shen Yun. As Ling Li and Shen Yun exchanged lightning attacks, Hong Li charged at Han Chi, turning the duel into an open battle between the Hong and Han Families.

• Ling Li joined Hong Chen on the Heaven Stone Platform and declared that Han Yue and Han Xue were his concubines.
• Han Chi confirmed the arrangement and invited Hong Li to a wedding banquet, enraging the Hong Family Head.
• Shen Yun intervened, identified himself as Hong Chen's teacher, and challenged Ling Li to leave the family dispute alone.
• Ling Li mocked Shen Yun and Hong Chen, then dodged Shen Yun's lightning attacks and shattered his Divine Wind Lightning Claw with a purple-gold lightning punch.
• Hong Li charged from the viewing platform toward Han Chi as the battle between the Hong and Han Families began.

Ling Li battled Shen Yun on the Heaven Stone Platform, matching the stronger Fighting Sect with his lightning and strength. Shen Yun summoned his hammer and then drew power from a storm, raising his aura as he prepared to strike Ling Li down.

• Shen Yun realized Ling Li was not an alchemist and intensified his attacks, but Ling Li dodged and countered with golden-purple lightning.
• Shen Yun summoned his Wind Thunder Pavilion iron hammer and struck at Ling Li, who blocked it with Cloud Day.
• The collision cracked the stone platform, but Ling Li held his ground and used Dark Gravity to neutralize the hammer's force.
• Shen Yun claimed he wanted Ling Li's cultivation method, and Ling Li retorted that he need not worry about killing Shen Yun either.
• Shen Yun summoned purple lightning onto the Heaven Stone Platform, raised his aura from a Four-Star to a Six-Star Fighting Sect, and shouted for Ling Li to die.

Ling Li defeated Shen Yun after enduring his Wind Thunder Pavilion secret technique, then incapacitated him and used a soul attack to leave him an idiot. With the Han Family and Wind Thunder Pavilion now on course for conflict, Ling Li turned toward the Hong Family and unleashed a parting gift whose effect remained unseen.

• Shen Yun used Thunder God's Descent and attacked Ling Li with Thousand Shattering Thunder Hammer, but Ling Li blocked his strikes with Cloud Day for a quarter of an hour.
• As Shen Yun weakened, Ling Li revealed his bone wings and Yin Yang Twin Flames, severed Shen Yun's limbs, and struck his soul with his Spirit Realm Soul Power.
• Ling Li burned Shen Yun's wounds shut, gave him a sixth-tier healing pill, and carried him away alive but mentally incapacitated so the Wind Thunder Pavilion would not learn of the battle immediately.
• Hong Li mocked Han Chi over the danger of the Wind Thunder Pavilion's retaliation, while Han Yue and Han Xue reacted to Ling Li's victory.
• Ling Li called his attack a parting gift for the Hong Family, sheathed Dark Night, and released rings of energy that accelerated out of sight.

Ling Li brought a massive meteorite down on Tian Bei City, and Hong Tianxiao negotiated with him after the city was destroyed. Hong Tianxiao asked Ling Li to end the conflict, while Hong Li remained resentful and the Han Family held back.

• Ling Li watched for the meteorite as Hong Li realized it was falling toward the Hong Family.
• Hong Li tried to stop the meteorite with lightning, but its Yin Flame devoured his attack.
• A purple lightning serpent from the Hong Family pierced the meteorite and shattered it, sending Yin Flame-wreathed fragments across Tian Bei City.
• The meteor shower destroyed the city and killed its inhabitants outside the Han and Hong Family estates.
• Hong Family patriarch Hong Tianxiao arrived and asked Ling Li to let the matter end, while Hong Li glared at Ling Li and the Han Family.

Ling Li killed the Hong Family leaders and ordered the Han Family to leave Tian Bei City before destroying the city. He headed for the Wind Thunder North Pavilion alone, leaving Han Xue worried about whether he could defeat it by himself.

• Hong Tianxiao offered Han Chi a ten-year truce, but Ling Li rejected the deal and killed Hong Tianxiao, Hong Li, and the rest of the Hong Family.
• Ling Li took the bodies of Hong Tianxiao and Hong Li, then ordered Han Chi to deal with the Hong Family remnants and move the Han Family out of Tian Bei City.
• That night, Han Chi gave Ling Li a Storage Ring taken from the Hong Family and confirmed that the Han Family had left the city.
• Ling Li destroyed Tian Bei City with a meteor and announced that he would visit the Wind Thunder North Pavilion and kill everyone there.
• Ling Li departed alone, while Han Xue asked Han Chi whether Mister Ling could handle the Wind Thunder North Pavilion by himself.

Han Yue persuaded Han Chi to move the Han Family to Tianya City, while Ling Li and Xia Mang traveled to the Wind Thunder North Pavilion’s base at Feng Qi Mountain. Ling Li surveyed the pavilion’s defenses and sensed powerful elders inside as the Purple Gold Lightning Arc on his arm reacted again.

• Han Yue proposed that the Han Family flee to Tianya City, where the Luo Family controlled the only Space Channel connecting the northwest corner to the Central Continent.
• Han Chi agreed to move the Han Family to Tianya City, and Han Yue went to make arrangements despite Han Xue’s concern for Ling Li.
• Ling Li set out to confront the Wind Thunder Pavilion, and Xia Mang followed him toward the pavilion’s territory.
• After three days of travel, Ling Li and Xia Mang reached the Ju Feng Mountain Range and approached Feng Qi Mountain, where the Wind Thunder North Pavilion stood.
• Ling Li surveyed the mountain’s defenses and sensed several powerful auras inside the Silver Giant Tower as the Purple Gold Lightning Arc on his arm stirred.

Ling Li infiltrated the Wind Thunder North Pavilion with Xia Mang, quietly neutralizing its sentries and disciples as he pursued the lightning inside the North Thunder Tower. They reached the tower undetected, where Ling Li discovered Soul Jade Slips and the tablet bearing Hong Chen’s name, leaving him aware that a larger alarm would have followed if he had killed the guards.

• Ling Li covered Xia Mang in dark liquid to hide him from the old expert in the tower, then used Shadow Transformation to sneak up Phoenix Roost Mountain.
• Xia Mang followed and found that Ling Li had disabled the mountain’s sentries without bloodshed or detection.
• Ling Li silently dismantled the two guards at the mountain gate, took their Storage Rings, and continued into the pavilion.
• In under a quarter of an hour, Ling Li reduced the Wind Thunder North Pavilion’s disciples to limbless stumps and reached the North Thunder Tower with Xia Mang.
• Ling Li saw that the tower’s lightning grew darker and stronger toward its peak, exciting the Purple Gold Lightning Arc on his hand.
• Inside the tower, Ling Li found thousands of Soul Jade Slips and recognized Hong Chen’s name on the one that had lost its silver glow.

Ling Li infiltrated the North Thunder Tower and reached its top floor, where Fei Tian and three elders were absorbing lightning. He ambushed Fei Tian during a new lightning strike and crushed his consciousness, leaving the elders’ response unresolved.

• Ling Li searched the tower’s lower floors, sent Xia Mang to guard the bottom, and climbed toward the top.
• Ling Li slowly opened a gap in the purple lightning barrier and slipped into the top-floor hall.
• Ling Li recognized the three elders and identified the man on the silver throne as Fei Tian, master of the Wind Thunder North Pavilion.
• Ling Li waited until a fresh bolt of lightning entered Fei Tian’s body, then attacked with Dark Night’s Blade Qi and his Soul Power.
• Fei Tian was paralyzed by the lightning and overwhelmed by Ling Li’s Soul Power, which destroyed his consciousness.

Ling Li attacked the Wind Thunder North Pavilion elders inside the North Thunder Tower, where Tang Lei, You Feng, and Xu Dian activated the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Formation. The formation unleashed golden-purple lightning, and Tang Lei struck at Ling Li with a Lightning Whip that tore through space.

• You Feng, Tang Lei, and Xu Dian woke to find Ling Li holding the crippled Fei Tian and retreated to assess him.
• Ling Li attacked Tang Lei, but Tang Lei evaded him with the enhanced speed of the North Thunder Tower’s formation.
• Tang Lei and Xu Dian revealed the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Formation and activated it, drawing energy from the tower and its disciples.
• The formation filled the area around the tower with golden-purple lightning, but Ling Li dodged through the bolts and charged toward Tang Lei.
• Tang Lei formed a pale golden Lightning Whip from the tower’s power and lashed it at Ling Li, tearing a trench through space.