Chapter Summaries

Song Qingming visited the Carefree Sect to acquire high-grade spirit talismans and exchanged a Gilded Fruit with Xu Ziyan for Gao Yuyao’s hairpin map to the Tan Di Cave Mansion. After learning of a century-spaced Trade Fair in the Leiyuan Sea, he received Feng He’s letter, instructed Huang Siyuan and Song Yuanli, and quietly left Funiu Mountain for Qinghe Market.

• Song Qingming exchanged fourteen thousand Merit Points for the Seven Star Ice Sword Talisman at the Merit Pavilion and learned that Xu Ziyan might have another high-grade talisman.
• Song Qingming visited Xu Ziyan, exchanged a Grade 3 Mid-grade Gilded Fruit for her talisman, and accepted Gao Yuyao’s hairpin map to the Tan Di Cave Mansion.
• Xu Ziyan told Song Qingming that a major Trade Fair would be held in the Leiyuan Sea in several years, and he agreed to buy spiritual items for her if he attended.
• Song Qingming returned to Funiu Mountain and continued preparing until Feng He’s letter arrived from Qinghe Market.
• Song Qingming instructed Huang Siyuan and Song Yuanli, then quietly left Funiu Mountain for Qinghe Market.

Song Qingming traveled with Feng He, Song Yuanli, and their companions to the Tianhai Cultivation World for Feng He's revenge mission. As the Wind Thunder Island secret realm approached, Feng He gave Song Qingming a portrait of Qiu Wuxin of Luofeng Valley and arranged for Chen Shudian to help him locate the target inside.

• Song Qingming met Feng He and confirmed that he needed to return within two years for the Leiyuan Sea Trade Fair.
• Feng He revealed that Song Yuanli would join them, and admitted that he had helped Song Yuanli form his Golden Core; Song Qingming accepted the explanation after learning Song Yuanli only needed to help control a formation.
• Feng He picked up Ye Linyuan in Shangyang State, and the group traveled through the Eastern Sea Cultivation World into the Tianhai Cultivation World.
• The group reached Mystic Azure State and learned from Chen Shudian that the Wind Thunder Island secret realm would open in just over a month.
• Feng He gave Song Qingming a portrait of Qiu Wuxin of Luofeng Valley and arranged for Chen Shudian to locate him inside the secret realm.

Song Qingming infiltrated Wind Thunder Island under the borrowed identity of Golden Wind and waited for the Ancient Secret Realm to open. After buying three array plates at the marketplace, he was interrupted by another cultivator who wanted one.

• Feng He shared what he knew about Wind Thunder Island, gave Song Qingming a magic treasure, and escorted him toward the island.
• Song Qingming met Du Fangling, Zhan Feng, and Wang Bailin on their way to Wind Thunder Island, then entered the island with them.
• Song Qingming registered as Golden Wind, rented a tent, and spent half a month cultivating while Du Fangling's group brought him news and received his guidance.
• Song Qingming learned that thousands of cultivators had gathered on the island and that the secret realm would open in a few days.
• Song Qingming offered six thousand Spirit Stones for three array plates, but another cultivator interrupted the sale and asked to buy one.

Song Qingming refined White Profound Crystal into his Five Elements Divine Light Mirror, then prepared for the Ancient Secret Realm to open on Wind Thunder Island. He brought Du Fangling and the others to the gathering on the beach, where a crowd of cultivators watched a formation that appeared to be the entrance.

• Song Qingming resisted the black-clad woman's seduction art, bought the formation plate, and learned that Elder Qi recognized his powerful divine sense and formation skills.
• Song Qingming refined White Profound Crystal from the formation plate and integrated it into the Five Elements Divine Light Mirror, which froze the Ice Fire Flood Dragon's flames.
• Song Qingming advised Du Fangling and the other two not to enter the secret realm's dangerous inner hall and gave them cultivation techniques and medicinal pills.
• Song Qingming refused Zhao Tianji's invitation to join a group of Rogue Cultivators, while his Golden Illusion Butterfly overheard Zhao Tianji and his companions discussing him.
• Two days later, Song Qingming took Du Fangling and the others to the southern beach, where more than a thousand cultivators had gathered around a formation as the secret realm was about to open.

Song Qingming arrived at Wind Thunder Island for the Ancient Secret Realm opening and identified Qiu Wuxin among the Luofeng Valley cultivators. After the sects began sending cultivators into the realm, Black Wind Old Demon was exposed while posing as a rogue cultivator and killed by a Nascent Soul cultivator.

• The six great Nascent Soul Sects gathered at Wind Thunder Island, and Qiu Daoping arrived with Luofeng Valley’s hidden White Scale Demon Python and disciples.
• Song Qingming spotted Qiu Wuxin and judged that he could defeat him, while Qiu Wuxin ordered his sect’s disciples to secure a Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit.
• A Jade Sword Gate cultivator explained the secret realm’s entry fees and rules, and the sect disciples and rogue cultivators began entering through the Teleportation Array.
• The guards trapped a white-robed Foundation Establishment cultivator in the Demon Sealing Golden Light Great Formation and exposed him as Black Wind Old Demon.
• Black Wind Old Demon broke through the guards and tried to flee as black mist, but a Nascent Soul cultivator restrained and killed him.

Song Qingming entered the Wind Thunder Island secret realm, where the abundant Heaven and Earth Vitality helped him break through to the Late Foundation Establishment Realm. After an Old Man in Yellow led pursuing Golden Saber Sect cultivators to his hidden cave, Song Qingming confronted them and released his Ice Fire Flood Dragon.

• Ancestor Yun slew Black Wind Old Demon, destroyed his Primordial Spirit, and took his Storage Bag; the island’s guards also discovered and killed several other demonic cultivators.
• Song Qingming entered the secret realm, used Feng He’s map to head toward the inner hall, and hid in a concealed cave to restore his Mana.
• Song Qingming cultivated the Tongtian Myriad Spirits Art in the realm’s dense Heaven and Earth Vitality and broke through to the Late Foundation Establishment Realm.
• An Old Man in Yellow, fleeing four Golden Saber Sect cultivators, stumbled upon Song Qingming’s concealed cave and begged him for protection.
• Song Qingming challenged the fat-faced cultivator who had threatened him to endure ten exchanges with the Ice Fire Flood Dragon, and the cultivator fell to his knees in fear.

Song Qingming killed the four Golden Saber Sect cultivators who pursued the Old Man in Yellow, then questioned the old man about how he had found his hidden cave. After learning that a mysterious Black Stone could detect formations, Song Qingming bought it and the old man’s Formation Canon before departing for the secret realm’s inner hall.

• Song Qingming sent his Ice Fire Flood Dragon after the fat-faced cultivator and used Golden Illusion Butterflies to kill the other three Golden Saber Sect cultivators as they fled.
• The Old Man in Yellow offered Song Qingming a spiritual gourd in gratitude, but Song Qingming instead demanded to know how he had located the concealed cave.
• The Old Man in Yellow explained that he was a Grade 3 Low-grade Formation Master and demonstrated how his Black Stone detected Song Qingming’s formation.
• Song Qingming paid the Old Man in Yellow for the Black Stone and Formation Canon, then warned him to keep the encounter secret.
• The Old Man in Yellow decided to leave the secret realm early, while Song Qingming departed toward the inner hall; the old man reflected that he had met a good person.

Luofeng Valley, Qingyang Gate, and a group of female cultivators gathered treasures while preparing to reach Wind Thunder Hall before it opened. As more Golden Core Cultivators converged on the hall, a blue-robed man received word of their arrival and decided to leave his hiding place.

• Qiu Wuxin pursued and killed a Bearded Man who had fled from a valley, then led the Luofeng Valley group toward Wind Thunder Hall.
• Xiao Haoran and the Qingyang Gate cultivators killed two white crocodiles, gathered Ice Wind Snow Lotuses, and hurried toward the hall after Xiao Haoran finished reading.
• A Red-clothed Woman and five female cultivators killed a Fire Python, obtained the Golden Flame Pearl, and set out for Wind Thunder Hall.
• Golden Core Cultivators across the Inner Hall traveled toward Wind Thunder Hall as its opening approached.
• A Golden Butterfly reported that three more Golden Core Cultivators had arrived, and the blue-robed man decided it was time to leave his concealed cave.

Song Qingming waited near the Wind Thunder Hall, planning to use the chaos inside to kill Qiu Wuxin with help from Chen Shudian. When the hall’s poisonous mist receded, Xiao Haoran stopped a rogue cultivator from rushing ahead, and the six great sects entered first, leaving the rogue cultivators to follow.

• Song Qingming left his hiding place and joined the Golden Core cultivators gathered outside the Wind Thunder Hall, where several people recognized him from the marketplace but chose not to provoke him.
• Qiu Wuxin arrived with Chen Shudian and Luofeng Valley’s elders, and Chen Shudian searched the crowd for Song Qingming without finding him.
• Xiao Haoran taunted Qiu Wuxin about his defeat at the Trial Tournament, provoking him to draw his sword before Luofeng Valley’s companions restrained him.
• The cultivators of the six great sects arrived as the poisonous mist began to recede, revealing the Wind Thunder Hall.
• When a rogue cultivator tried to fly into the hall ahead of everyone, Xiao Haoran struck him away, then led Qingyang Gate and the other great sects inside before the rogue cultivators followed.

Song Qingming entered Wind Thunder Hall and followed the cultivators to its hidden Spiritual Medicine Garden, where the Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit Tree drew powerful Golden Core experts into a chaotic fight. He secretly gathered Grade 3 spirit medicines, and the chapter ended as he sensed something unusual at his waist.

• Song Qingming flew to Wind Thunder Hall after most cultivators departed and found the entrance marked by an enormous Lightning Absorption Stone.
• Song Qingming reached the Spiritual Medicine Garden, where Xiao Haoran and other experts fought the black bear mechanisms guarding its entrance.
• Xiao Haoran entered first, and the hunchbacked old man followed before the remaining cultivators rushed into the garden.
• Xiao Haoran seized one Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit, while Han Feng and other cultivators fought over the remaining fruits beneath the lightning-wreathed tree.
• Song Qingming concealed himself with the Phantom Boat and collected a Grade 3 spirit medicine while the others battled for the fruits and nearby treasures.
• Song Qingming sensed something unusual at his waist as several cultivators returned from the Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit Tree.

Song Qingming met Chen Shudian at the Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit Tree and received a Flowing Light Silkworm to track Qiu Wuxin. After Qiu Wuxin chased the White-clothed Woman carrying the Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit, he caught up with her and demanded she surrender it.

• The hunched old man gave the Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit to the woman in black, but Qiu Wuxin broke through the old man's silver barrier with the Crimson Heart Sword of Departing Fire.
• The woman in black passed the fruit to the White-clothed Woman, then stayed behind to delay Qiu Wuxin as the White-clothed Woman escaped.
• Qiu Wuxin used a Grade 3 Spirit Talisman and a Golden Lion Puppet Beast to break away from the woman in black and pursue the White-clothed Woman.
• Song Qingming met Chen Shudian, who gave him a Flowing Light Silkworm that could track Qiu Wuxin, and he left to follow it.
• Qiu Wuxin caught up with the White-clothed Woman in the skies and warned her to surrender the Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit.

Qiu Wuxin pursued the White-clothed Woman for the Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit, but she trapped him with a disguised Heavenly Gang Ice Prison Talisman. Before she could escape with the real fruit, Song Qingming ambushed her and took it, leaving her shocked to recognize him.

• Qiu Wuxin neutralized the White-clothed Woman’s attack and caught up with her, forcing her to offer the Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit in exchange for safe passage.
• The White-clothed Woman made Qiu Wuxin swear a Heavenly Dao Oath, then gave him a wooden box and fled, but Qiu Wuxin used his Golden Lion Puppet Beast to block her.
• Qiu Wuxin admitted he had broken Heavenly Dao Oaths before and demanded her Storage Artifact, but the White-clothed Woman revealed the box held a Heavenly Gang Ice Prison Talisman that trapped him.
• The White-clothed Woman tried to leave with the real Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit, but Song Qingming appeared disguised as her companion, then used Golden Butterflies and bronze mirrors to restrain her and take the fruit.
• Song Qingming confirmed the fruit’s identity and removed the restraints, while the White-clothed Woman recognized him as the man who had taken her companion’s array disk outside Wind Thunder Hall.

Song Qingming persuaded the White-clothed Woman to release Qiu Wuxin from the Heavenly Gang Ice Prison Talisman, then confronted him over the Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit. As Qiu Wuxin attacked with the Crimson Heart Sword of Departing Fire, Song Qingming restrained it with a technique Qiu Wuxin recognized as the Crimson Fire Divine Art.

• Song Qingming offered the White-clothed Woman two Grade 3 Spirit Medicines and Spirit Stones in exchange for opening the iron prison trapping Qiu Wuxin.
• The White-clothed Woman released Qiu Wuxin, then tried to flee, but Qiu Wuxin blocked her with the Golden Lion Puppet Beast and demanded their Storage Bags.
• Song Qingming drew Qiu Wuxin's attention by revealing that he had the Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit, and Qiu Wuxin attacked him with the Crimson Heart Sword of Departing Fire.
• Song Qingming used a White Scroll to evade Qiu Wuxin's attacks until Qiu Wuxin cleaved through the Magic Treasure with a powerful strike.
• Song Qingming charged Qiu Wuxin and pinned the Crimson Heart Sword of Departing Fire with three streams of crimson Mana, leaving Qiu Wuxin shocked that he knew the Crimson Fire Divine Art.

Song Qingming killed Qiu Wuxin with Feng He's countermeasure and his Azure Light Bottle, then took the Golden Lion Puppet Beast and left as Luofeng Valley's cultivators struggled to believe Qiu Wuxin had fallen. As he tried to escape Wind Thunder Hall with the Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit, he encountered Han Feng and Xiao Haoran fighting and turned back rather than risk being discovered.

• Song Qingming disrupted Qiu Wuxin's mana with the Crimson Fire Divine Art and killed him with a sword light from the Azure Light Bottle.
• Song Qingming took Qiu Wuxin's Storage Bag and Golden Lion Puppet Beast, then gave Shen Yun the name Golden Wind before leaving.
• Luo Liangshan and the Luofeng Valley elders found Qiu Wuxin's natal talisman seal had vanished but speculated that he was trapped by a Restriction; Chen Shudian privately suspected Song Qingming had killed him.
• Song Qingming headed toward the edge of Wind Thunder Hall with the Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit, hoping to reach the safer Outer Hall.
• Song Qingming spotted Han Feng and Xiao Haoran fighting nearby and retreated deeper into Wind Thunder Hall to avoid being discovered.

Song Qingming was pulled into a mysterious formation in Wind Thunder Hall and teleported to a stone chamber, while Xiao Haoran searched for him and Feng He prepared for Song Qingming’s return. The chapter left Song Qingming examining a puzzling stone stele with no clues to its meaning.

• Song Qingming used the Thunder Gathering Pearl to withstand the formation’s lightning, but a sudden suction force dragged him into the white mist and teleported him away.
• Xiao Haoran let Han Feng leave after sensing the scent of a Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit on Song Qingming, then searched the ruins for him.
• Feng He told Song Yuanli that he had saved and helped him partly so he could assist with Feng He’s vengeance, but Song Yuanli remained grateful and refused a reward.
• Luo Liangshan ordered the Luofeng Valley cultivators to keep searching for the missing Qiu Wuxin before informing the sect’s old ancestor.
• Xiao Haoran’s fellow Qingyang Gate cultivators found no formation, and an elder suggested the restriction might have teleported Song Qingming hundreds of miles away.
• Song Qingming found himself in a circular stone chamber and examined a carved stone stele depicting palaces and a Daoist holding a sword.

Song Qingming discovered that the Green Stone Tablet could teleport him into and out of the sealed stone chamber, allowing him to hide safely until Wind Thunder Island's secret realm closed. After activating the tablet with lightning from the Thunder Gathering Pearl, he was drawn inside it and saw the palace map come alive.

• Song Qingming searched the sealed stone chamber, buried the Golden Core cultivators whose remains he found, and spent several days studying the Green Stone Tablet without success.
• Song Qingming used a teleportation token to send his Golden Illusion Butterfly out of the chamber, then withdrew from the teleportation array himself and realized he could use the tokens to escape whenever he wished.
• Song Qingming decided to remain hidden until the secret realm closed, while Xiao Haoran gave up searching for him and Luo Liangshan's group continued investigating Qiu Wuxin's disappearance.
• Song Qingming cultivated in the chamber for more than ten days, stored the Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit, and used the Thunder Gathering Pearl's lightning on the Green Stone Tablet.
• The tablet's images glowed and pulled Song Qingming inside, where a palace map appeared and its halls began drifting out of the image.

Song Qingming discovered a hidden treasure space but failed to break the powerful lightning seals until the White Scroll gave him the Heaven Devouring Thunder Control Art. He used the art to absorb the Jade Morning White Origin Thunder, claimed the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant, and was teleported to a distant valley, where a sudden light in the sky drew his attention.

• Song Qingming found white palaces containing spiritual treasures, but his attempts to break their lightning seals damaged the Mo Bai Sword and failed against several others.
• Song Qingming struck the White Scroll with lightning and received the Heaven Devouring Thunder Control Art, which revealed how to absorb the seals and retrieve a treasure.
• Song Qingming cultivated the art, devoured the Jade Morning White Origin Thunder guarding the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant, and advanced the art to the Foundation Establishment Realm.
• Song Qingming took the Azure Dragon Jade Pendant and was teleported from the hidden space to a valley thousands of miles from Wind Thunder Hall.
• Song Qingming checked his location, inspected the pendant, and looked up when a powerful spiritual light appeared overhead.

Song Qingming returned safely from the Wind Thunder Island secret realm and reunited with Du Fangling and the other two, while Shen Yun also emerged unharmed with the Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit still a source of tension. The major sects gathered to leave the island, and Qingyang Gate elders privately discussed the mysterious history of Senior Feng before the teleportation array sent everyone away.

• Song Qingming returned his Teleportation Token, met Du Fangling, Zhan Feng, and their companion, and gave them healing pills after hearing they had fled the secret realm injured.
• Shen Yun emerged safely with the hunchbacked old man and the woman in black, and Qiu Daoping rejected a proposal to detain them over the Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit.
• Han Feng and the other major sects emerged with confident expressions, while the Divine Fire Sect cultivators appeared disappointed.
• Luo Liangshan confirmed that Qiu Wuxin had not returned, and Qiu Daoping resolved to wait for more information before pursuing those responsible.
• Xiao Haoran asked Elder surnamed Chen about Senior Feng, and Chen privately recounted the forbidden history of the Luofeng Valley cultivator.
• The array operators shut down the secret-realm teleportation formation and activated a large array to send the gathered cultivators away from Wind Thunder Island.

Song Qingming escaped Wind Thunder Island carrying the Nascent Soul Thunder Fruit, but Qiu Daoping pursued him across the sea after discovering that he had killed Qiu Wuxin. Song Qingming blocked Qiu Daoping’s first sword strike and fled toward shore as Qiu Daoping prepared a stronger attack.

• Song Qingming joined the cultivators teleporting away from Wind Thunder Island and used his Phantom Boat to travel alone toward his rendezvous with Feng He.
• Ancestor Yun assured a Tianxu Sect elder that Qiu Daoping would not break the rules, while Qiu Daoping ordered Luofeng Valley elders to watch Golden Cloud Palace and Tianxu Sect and set out to avenge Qiu Wuxin himself.
• Song Qingming encountered Zhao Tianji and two other Golden Core Cultivators near the coast, then saw a crimson sword light pursuing him and blocked it with a Golden Talisman and his Five-Colored Divine Light Mirror.
• Qiu Daoping sensed that Song Qingming had survived his first attack and launched a more powerful Flame Spirit Sword Qi toward him.

Song Qingming escaped Qiu Daoping’s second attack with Feng He’s help and delivered Qiu Wuxin’s Storage Artifact to him. On a desolate island, Feng He confronted Qiu Daoping and revealed his Nascent Soul cultivation, hinting at a five-hundred-year-old grudge as Qiu Daoping began to suspect his identity.

• Qiu Daoping sent a second, stronger sword strike after Song Qingming, who prepared to use a Level 4 Low-grade Spirit Talisman when Feng He arrived and blocked the attack with a Golden Seal Magic Treasure.
• Song Qingming gave Feng He Qiu Wuxin’s Storage Artifact, and Feng He took him into the sea aboard the Phantom Boat to avoid alerting Qiu Daoping.
• Song Qingming and Feng He reached a desolate island, where Song Yuanli joined them and Feng He warned them to prepare for a battle.
• Feng He examined Qiu Wuxin’s Storage Artifact, took out the Crimson Heart Sword of Departing Fire and a blackish wooden plaque, and left to meet Qiu Daoping.
• Qiu Daoping arrived at the island and discovered that the Green-robed Man he had pursued was actually Feng He, a Nascent Soul Third Layer Cultivator.
• Feng He declared that he had waited five hundred years to settle matters with Qiu Daoping, who began to suspect that Feng He was someone from his past.