Chapter Summaries

After reaching the Late Soul Transformation Stage, Li Qingyuan harvested hundreds of Heavenly Thunder Bamboos while tempering himself in the weakening Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation. When the tribulation weakened enough for others to cut bamboo, Yan Lingyue and Dian Kui joined the struggle.

• Yan Lingyue and Dian Kui concluded that Li Qingyuan was too powerful to make an enemy of, and wondered whether he might be Ma Chao.
• Li Qingyuan entered the Late Soul Transformation Stage after years of tempering in the Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation, then decided to claim the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.
• Over five years, Li Qingyuan uprooted 183 more stalks, bringing his total harvest to 342, and noticed that the tribulation was weakening after a third of the bamboo was removed.
• Eight Extreme Dao Soul Transformation cultivators began resisting the lightning and cutting down Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, prompting Li Qingyuan to cancel further trades and harvest more stalks himself.
• After waiting for the right moment, Yan Lingyue and Dian Kui attacked to cut down Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.

As the Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation weakened, Li Qingyuan and the cultivators harvested Heavenly Thunder Bamboo while some used the lightning to temper themselves. When the tribulation diminished further, the scramble turned into a bloody battle, and Li Qingyuan prepared to escape amid the chaos.

• Yan Lingyue and Dian Kui endured the weakened tribulation as they repeatedly struck Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, while other fourth-Nirvana cultivators tried and some suffered grave injuries or died.
• Li Qingyuan watched Yan Lingyue, Dian Kui, and three others withstand the lightning, then continued uprooting Heavenly Thunder Bamboo as more cultivators arrived over the following months.
• After a year, the tribulation weakened into a Four-Colored Soul Transformation Lightning Tribulation, prompting cultivators of every Nirvana level to rush for the remaining bamboo and fight one another.
• Li Qingyuan collected 394 Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, advanced to the Late Soul Transformation Stage, and traded away 290, leaving 104 in the Mysterious Feminine Space to be copied and transplanted.
• As cultivators slaughtered one another, Li Qingyuan told Old Zhao to devour their divine souls and help him escape through the chaos.

Li Qingyuan and Old Zhao devastated their attackers with the Soul Refining Banner and Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword, forcing an Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen to destroy his body and flee as a Nascent Soul. The fight over Heavenly Thunder Bamboo continued until a Void Refining Demon Emperor emerged from the black sea, leaving Li Qingyuan horrified.

• Old Zhao unleashed the Soul Refining Banner, capturing more than three thousand cultivators’ souls and drawing the attention of the battlefield to Li Qingyuan.
• Li Qingyuan invoked the Dao Heart Oath to stop three former allies from attacking, while Yan Lingyue and Dian Kui blocked two other cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan fought four attackers, shattered one opponent’s Extreme Dao Magic Treasure, and pierced the cultivator’s heart with the Green Wood Heavenly Sun Sword.
• The wounded Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen self-destructed his physical body, but Li Qingyuan survived the blast and pursued his fleeing Nascent Soul.
• Li Qingyuan’s pursuers let him go, while the other cultivators resumed fighting over Heavenly Thunder Bamboo.
• A thousand-zhang Void Refining Demon Emperor appeared amid the thunder, and Li Qingyuan recognized the threat from several dozen miles away.

Li Qingyuan and Old Zhao discovered that the Heavenly Thunder Bamboo was guarded by a Void Refining Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm, which blasted Li Qingyuan before he escaped underground. The enraged worm slaughtered fleeing cultivators and caught up to three Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen.

• Old Zhao explained that the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm had evolved by devouring its companions and had mastered Lightning Law.
• The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm struck Li Qingyuan from a hundred li away, shattering his sword and injuring him, but Li Qingyuan escaped underground and healed with pills.
• The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm realized Li Qingyuan and its 104 stolen Heavenly Thunder Bamboos had vanished.
• Yan Lingyue, Dian Kui, You Yanmei, and thousands of cultivators fled when the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm revealed its Lightning Domain.
• The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm killed fleeing Soul Transformation cultivators, took their Storage Bags and Heavenly Thunder Bamboos, then caught up to three Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen.

The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm unleashed its Lightning Law Domain and Five Elements Union against the cultivators who had destroyed its Heavenly Thunder Bamboo. Although the Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen broke through the seal’s weakening barrier, the Worm intercepted their escape and struck again with Heavenly Thunder World-Ending.

• The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm rejected the cultivators’ pleas and blamed them for cutting and destroying its Heavenly Thunder Bamboo, then sealed tens of thousands of Soul Transformation cultivators within a hundred-li domain.
• The Worm’s lightning killed tens of thousands of cultivators and destroyed their treasures, while the survivors realized they had to join forces to escape.
• Nine Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen and other top-tier cultivators attacked the seal together, widening cracks as the Worm abandoned some trapped cultivators to reinforce its domain.
• The cultivators used their strongest techniques to break through the spatial blockade and charged toward the opening, but the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm teleported ahead of them.
• The Worm unleashed another Heavenly Thunder World-Ending, and the Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen despaired as the Five-Colored Great Heavenly Tribulation surged down.

The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm’s lightning tribulation slaughtered the Extreme Dao cultivators and nearly all the top-tier Soul Transformations. Dian Kui used the Yellow Heaven Sacrifice to save Yan Lingyue and You Yanmei, then died after striking the demon emperor and breaking its seal.

• The Golden Mastiff-Lion and the other Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen died under the lightning, followed by nearly all the top-tier Soul Transformations.
• Dian Kui shielded Yan Lingyue and You Yanmei as the lightning gravely wounded all three.
• Dian Kui burned his Yellow Turban Warrior Bloodline and everything he possessed to summon an Early Void Refining Golden Armored Giant.
• The Golden Armored Giant withstood the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm’s lightning, struck it back dozens of li, and shattered the seal locking heaven and earth.
• Dian Kui flung Yan Lingyue and You Yanmei to safety, then the Golden Armored Giant broke apart and he died.
• Li Qingyuan watched from a thousand li away and reflected on the power of Void Refining Dao Lords and Dian Kui’s death.

Li Qingyuan reflected on fate after Dian Kui died, then chose not to risk exposing himself to save Yan Lingyue and You Yanmei. Someone else rescued the women and broke the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm’s seal, leading it to suspect a powerful Yang Clan cultivator and decide to hide and pursue a breakthrough.

• Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng reflected on the people and coincidences that had protected Li Qingyuan from death.
• The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm pursued Yan Lingyue and You Yanmei, whose Heavenly Thunder Bamboos had been secretly tampered with and struck them with lightning.
• Li Qingyuan considered saving the women but decided that risking his life and exposing himself for them was not worth it.
• An unknown cultivator rescued Yan Lingyue and You Yanmei and shattered the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm’s sealed domain while escaping.
• The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm recognized the rescuer’s Extreme Dao Soul Transformation aura and immense combat power, suspected he was a Yang Clan Heavenly Chosen, and planned to hide until it reached Mid Void Refining Stage.

The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm fled after lamenting the loss of its Heavenly Thunder Bamboo and worrying about powerful cultivators who might threaten it. Yang Xuan of the Yang Family rescued Yan Lingyue and You Yanmei, revealed his identity, and left intent on killing the worm for its demon nascent soul.

• The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm reflected on its past injury and the threat posed by Heavenly Chosen, then raged over the 104 Heavenly Thunder Bamboo stalks taken from it.
• The Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm transformed into lightning and fled far from the battlefield.
• Yang Xuan appeared before Yan Lingyue and You Yanmei, told them he had come to slay the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm, and explained that a Yang Clan Heavenly Chosen had injured it ten thousand years earlier.
• Yan Lingyue recognized Yang Xuan's techniques as those of the Divine General Yang Family, and Yang Xuan confirmed that he was the renowned Cangxuan Heaven Heavenly Chosen.
• Yang Xuan said the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm would be difficult to kill alone but remained determined to obtain its demon nascent soul, then departed.
• Yan Lingyue asked You Yanmei to gather the surviving disciples of the Three Spirits Sect, and the two women mourned Big Brother Dian Kui.

After evaluating the Taicang Baptism, Li Qingyuan decided to reach Peak Soul Transformation Stage before using it and returned to his companions. He brought the Nine Provinces cultivators to a resource-rich ruin, supplied them with pills and Spirit Stones, and began a group seclusion to raise their cultivation.

• Li Qingyuan and Zhao Guangzheng discussed the mysterious cultivator who escaped the Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm and concluded that Li Qingyuan needed to improve his cultivation before the Taicang Baptism.
• Li Qingyuan decided to enter seclusion, recalling that his copied Soul Crystals could support his advancement and that the Hundred Regions War left him little time to catch up with the strongest Heavenly Chosen.
• After twenty-eight years in the Tai Cang Immortal Realm, Li Qingyuan returned to the Tianshan Snow Pool at Late Soul Transformation Stage and gathered Miao Le, his daughter, and the Nine Provinces cultivators.
• Li Qingyuan brought everyone to a ruined forest where an Extreme Dao Immortal Beast and a large Immortal Beast Swarm had once lived, then sealed the area with Yang Xiaohe and Old Zhao.
• Li Qingyuan distributed fifth-grade treasure pills and hundreds of thousands of top-grade Spirit Stones, urged everyone to cultivate, and began refining resources in seclusion.

After fifty years of seclusion, Li Qingyuan reached Peak Soul Transformation Stage and began the Minor Five Elements Nirvana, consuming three Nirvana Divine Fruits to complete his first Nirvana. Ji Kun also broke through to second Nirvana, leaving both of them ready to challenge Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen.

• Li Qingyuan spent fifty years refining resources and reached Peak Soul Transformation Stage, then spent another ten years stabilizing his cultivation.
• Li Qingyuan swallowed Nirvana Divine Fruits and began Wood Nirvana, using the abundant Wood Law in his secluded cultivation grounds.
• Li Qingyuan consumed three Nirvana Divine Fruits before completing his first Nirvana and becoming more than twice as powerful as he had been at Late Soul Transformation Stage.
• Li Qingyuan said he would hunt Extreme Dao Immortal Beasts for the resources needed to advance further, and Ji Kun emerged from the Mysterious Feminine Space after breaking through.
• Ji Kun completed second Nirvana, shrank back to rooster size, and declared that it could now face an Extreme Dao Heavenly Chosen alone.

After decades of cultivation, Li Qingyuan and the Nine Provinces cultivators grew stronger, and he set out with Li Xianhuang to assassinate Bing Ling'er and destroy the Three Domains cultivators. Bing Ling'er reached the Extreme Dao Soul Transformation Stage under Long Xiao’s protection, but their planned dual cultivation was interrupted by a warning about a huge Immortal Beast Swarm.

• Li Qingyuan reached first-Nirvana top-tier Soul Transformation, while Ji Kun advanced to second-Nirvana and the Nine Provinces cultivators made major breakthroughs.
• Li Qingyuan ordered Miao Le and Ao Run to stay behind and lead the others in cultivation while he took Li Xianhuang to kill Bing Ling'er and the Three Domains cultivators.
• Bing Ling'er reached the Extreme Dao Soul Transformation Stage after Long Xiao gave her an ice-attributed Extreme Dao Immortal Beast soul crystal and guarded her breakthrough.
• Long Xiao embraced Bing Ling'er and prepared to dual cultivate with her, believing her Nine Yin Ultimate Body could help him advance.
• A voice transmission called Long Xiao to respond to an Immortal Beast Swarm of thirty to fifty thousand beasts, including an Immortal Beast Demon Emperor.

Li Qingyuan ambushed Long Xiao and Bing Ling'er, trapping them behind a barrier and fighting them alongside Old Zhao, Ji Kun, and Li Xianhuang. He broke through Bing Ling'er's frost defenses and vowed to take her life and those of the Three Domains Cultivators.

• Long Xiao and Bing Ling'er prepared to leave for the battlefield, but an invisible barrier blocked them, and Zhao Tongxuan appeared to attack.
• Bing Ling'er unleashed freezing attacks against Li Qingyuan while Long Xiao tried to break the barrier and called for outside reinforcements.
• Li Qingyuan summoned Old Zhao, Ji Kun, and Li Xianhuang, who joined him in attacking the pair; Old Zhao's Slaughter Domain weakened Long Xiao.
• Li Qingyuan held Bing Ling'er at bay, while Long Xiao struggled under the combined attacks of Old Zhao, Ji Kun, and Li Xianhuang.
• Bing Ling'er turned to help Long Xiao, but Li Qingyuan's Earth Marsh Sword Intent shattered her frost defenses and exposed her to his attack.

Li Qingyuan and his allies defeated Long Xiao and captured Bing Ling'er after learning about her importance to Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable. Bing Ling'er offered to become Li Qingyuan’s cultivation cauldron, and he demanded her soul blood.

• Li Qingyuan trapped Bing Ling'er in his Earth Marsh Sword Domain, while Long Xiao unleashed his domain and secret arts to resist the attackers.
• Long Xiao revealed Bing Ling'er’s Nine Yin Ultimate Body and her importance to Heavenly Frost Dao Venerable, then tried to bargain for his life by offering an alliance.
• Li Qingyuan ordered Old Zhao, Ji Kun, and Li Xianhuang to kill Long Xiao, and Old Zhao captured and swallowed Long Xiao’s Nascent Soul.
• Bing Ling'er begged Li Qingyuan not to kill her and offered to acknowledge him as her master and become his cultivation cauldron.
• Li Qingyuan demanded that Bing Ling'er offer up her soul blood.

Li Qingyuan took Bing Ling'er’s soul blood, transformed himself into Long Xiao, and used the real Long Xiao’s memories and cultivation to complete his disguise. He left Bing Ling'er under his control and ordered the Eight Extremes Heavenly Domain and Heavenly Frost Region to join forces against the Divine Fire Region and Seven Mysteries Region.

• Bing Ling'er surrendered her soul blood after Li Qingyuan threatened her, giving him control over her life and death.
• Li Qingyuan used the Nine Revolutions Profound Technique to disguise himself as Long Xiao, and Bing Ling'er agreed to pretend to be his woman.
• Li Qingyuan ordered Old Zhao to refine Long Xiao’s Divine Soul, and Old Zhao shared Long Xiao’s memories with him.
• Li Qingyuan studied Long Xiao’s cultivation and spells, raised his simulated cultivation to Extreme Dao Soul Transformation, and refined the Black Dragon Sword.
• Li Qingyuan made his debut as Long Xiao and ordered Bing Ling'er to have their regions join forces against the Divine Fire Region and Seven Mysteries Region.

Li Qingyuan, disguised as Long Xiao, set a trap for the Divine Fire Region and Seven Mysteries Region cultivators who had been summoned to Snow Dragon Valley. He killed their leaders and ordered his forces to wipe out everyone gathered there.

• Li Qingyuan ordered Mo Feng and Song Xia to block two routes out of the valley while Bing Ling'er and the Heavenly Frost cultivators sealed the northern route.
• Huang Yan and Zhou Xuan gathered over fifteen thousand cultivators from the Divine Fire Region and Seven Mysteries Region and led them to Snow Dragon Valley.
• Li Qingyuan welcomed the gathered cultivators as Long Xiao, claiming that allies had found a large Immortal Beast swarm and asking to borrow their heads.
• Li Qingyuan beheaded Huang Yan and Zhou Xuan, captured their Nascent Souls and souls, and ordered his forces to kill everyone present.

Li Qingyuan and Bing Ling'er led a massacre of cultivators from the Divine Fire Region and Seven Mysteries Region, then gathered their resources to prepare for the Taicang Baptism. They set out to hunt a vast Immortal Beast group and arrived at a camp where Sun Mulan and Hua awaited Long Xiao.

• Li Qingyuan and Bing Ling'er joined Mo Feng, Song Xia, and the Heavenly Frost cultivators in killing thousands of cultivators from the Divine Fire Region and Seven Mysteries Region at Snow Dragon Valley.
• After several hours, the battle ended with the enemy forces devastated, and Li Qingyuan ordered his followers to rest before hunting an Immortal Beast Swarm.
• Li Qingyuan counted the plundered Soul Crystals and resources, planning to use the best crystals for the Taicang Baptism and bring weaker ones back to the Nine Provinces.
• The next morning, Li Qingyuan and Bing Ling'er led nearly thirty thousand cultivators toward a Black Water Marsh filled with Black Water Flood Dragon Crocodiles.
• Sun Mulan complained that Long Xiao had kept her and Hua waiting, and Li Qingyuan arrived with Bing Ling'er, presenting her as his Dao companion and an additional Extreme Dao combat power.

Sun Mulan, Hua Xibai, and Li Qingyuan assessed the Immortal Beast Swarm in the Black Water Marsh and assembled their powerful forces for a hunt. After agreeing to divide the Void Refining Soul Crystal later, they began the operation.

• Hua Xibai and Sun Mulan reported finding nearly sixty thousand Immortal Beasts, including thousands of top-tier beasts, dozens of fourth-Nirvana beasts, and at least three Extreme Dao beasts.
• Li Qingyuan warned that the Void Refining Immortal Beasts were Demon Emperors with Law Power and intelligence, while Hua Xibai said the three leaders could contend with an Early Void Refining opponent together.
• Sun Mulan summoned Sun Tong, and Hua Xibai introduced his Dao companions Black Lotus and White Lotus as fighters capable of facing Extreme Dao Immortal Beasts.
• Li Qingyuan said his generals Mo Feng and Song Xia could also hold off Extreme Dao Immortal Beasts, and assessed that their assembled forces matched the swarm in numbers and strength but lacked Void Refining battle power.
• Sun Mulan compared their target with the stronger Golden Thunder Bamboo Worm, and Li Qingyuan disparaged Yang Xuan before proposing they begin the hunt and divide the Void Refining Soul Crystal afterward.
• Sun Mulan and Hua Xibai agreed, and the hunt began.

Li Qingyuan and the allied cultivators launched a surprise assault on the Black Water Crocodile Dragon Immortal Beasts in Black Water Marsh, where they discovered five Extreme Dao leaders and a larger force than expected. The battle erupted across the marsh as Li Qingyuan fought toward an Extreme Dao Immortal Beast, intent on killing more before the Void Refining Demon Emperor appeared.

• Sun Mulan led Li Qingyuan and the allied army to Black Water Marsh, warning them that the secluded space hid a dangerous Void Refining Immortal Beast.
• Li Qingyuan attacked first with the Black Dragon Sword, while Bing Ling'er, Hua Xibai, Sun Mulan, Sun Tong, the Black and White Sisters, Mo Feng, Song Xia, and Tian Bingzi slaughtered the marsh's outer beasts.
• The cultivators killed thousands of Immortal Beasts and pushed toward the core region, where five Extreme Dao Immortal Beasts emerged and rallied a vast force to stop them.
• Tens of thousands of cultivators and Immortal Beasts collided across the marsh, creating a thousand-li battlefield of killing and destruction.
• Li Qingyuan summoned the Black Dragon Sword Soul and charged toward an Extreme Dao Immortal Beast, determined to kill more before the Void Refining Demon Emperor appeared.

Li Qingyuan, Sun Mulan, Hua Xibai, and Bing Ling'er fought the Immortal Beast Swarm and killed several Extreme Dao Immortal Beasts to collect their soul crystals. As the three fighters closed in on the last beast, a powerful Water Law aura erupted across the battlefield, leaving them facing an overwhelming attack.

• Li Qingyuan used the Black Dragon Sword Soul and his Sun Moon Sword Intent to kill the Black Water Crocodile Dragon and collect its soul crystal.
• Sun Mulan and Hua Xibai each killed an Extreme Dao Immortal Beast, while they speculated that Long Xiao had consumed soul crystals to prepare for another challenge to Yang Xuan.
• Li Qingyuan killed a second Extreme Dao Immortal Beast, and Bing Ling'er killed another after defending herself from a surprise attack.
• Li Qingyuan, Sun Mulan, and Hua Xibai raced to kill the final Extreme Dao Immortal Beast, which declared its loyalty to the chief.
• A furious roar unleashed a vast Water Law attack that shook the Black Water Marsh and struck at Li Qingyuan, Sun Mulan, and Hua Xibai.

Li Qingyuan, Sun Mulan, and Hua Xibai fought a Void Refining Demon Emperor but were overwhelmed by its Water Law Domain. After Ji Kun and Sun Mulan revealed powerful abilities, the battle continued with Sun Mulan transforming into an enormous azure flood dragon.

• Li Qingyuan, Sun Mulan, and Hua Xibai used their domains and charged into the core region, where the leader of the Black Water Crocodile Dragons confronted them.
• The Void Refining Demon Emperor unleashed its Water Law Domain and battered all three, sending them flying and leaving them injured.
• Li Qingyuan summoned Ji Kun, whose Seven-Colored Great Rooster form fought the demon emperor but was defeated after three breaths.
• Sun Mulan revealed that she had mastered the Ao Lai Secret Art—Thirty-Six Transformations of True Spirit and transformed into a thousand-zhang azure flood dragon.