Chapter Summaries

Mo Qingyue revealed that she came from Heavenly Saint Palace and invited Chen Zhixing to join the Immortal Dao Lineage, which he said would be his first choice if he left the Cultivation World. Chen Zhixing then considered which seventh Great Dao to pursue before learning that the Chen clan planned to cultivate dozens of new True Self Realm experts.

• Mo Qingyue told Chen Zhixing that Heavenly Saint Palace wanted to recruit him and urged him to consider joining after the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament.
• Chen Zhixing reviewed the six Great Daos he had mastered and wondered what seventh Great Dao to pursue.
• Bi Luo summoned Chen Zhixing to the main peak, where he met Chen Daoyan.
• Chen Daoyan explained that the Chen clan had gained enormous resources by destroying several forces, including the Qingzhou Meng Family and Medicine King Valley.
• Chen Daoyan said he could use those resources and the Basic Qi Refining Method to produce at least fifty more True Self Realm cultivators within ten years.

Chen Daoyan told Chen Zhixing that the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament would reopen recruitment to the three Immortal Dao Lineages, making it a fierce contest for access to longevity. After hearing of a newly emerged Nirvana Realm elder with many devoted wives and children, Chen Zhixing suspected he was a Destined Protagonist and began preparing to strengthen himself for the coming Golden Era.

• Chen Zhixing and Chen Daoyan discussed the Chen Clan’s gains from taking over the Qingzhou Meng Family and Medicine King Valley’s foundations.
• Chen Daoyan explained that the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament would draw hidden factions back because the three Immortal Dao Lineages planned to recruit disciples and offered the only path to the Longevity Realm.
• Chen Daoyan told Chen Zhixing about a wealthy man in Huai Province who had secretly reached Nirvana Realm after marrying many wives and fathering numerous children.
• Chen Zhixing suspected the man was one of the Destined Protagonists and asked Chen Daoyan to have the Shadow Division investigate him discreetly.
• Chen Zhixing went to the Fifth Peak’s Library Pavilion and asked Elder Mei to gather the family’s cultivation methods for him.

At the Library Pavilion, Chen Zhixing began studying techniques for the seventh Great Dao while Li Changsheng prepared to wed his 109th concubine. Li Changsheng reflected on how the Abundant Offspring, Abundant Blessings method had transformed his fortunes, and hoped his new bride, a Saintess of the Profound Heaven Dao Sect, would bear talented children.

• Chen Zhixing dismissed Elder Mei and immersed himself in cultivation manuals, deciding to study the Primordial Five Elements, wind, rain, thunder, and lightning for his seventh Great Dao.
• Guests gathered at the Li Family Residence to celebrate Li Changsheng's wedding and his recent breakthrough to the Nirvana Realm, while the Sikong Family presented two Ink Jade Kirin cubs.
• Li Changsheng reminded his concubines of the Li Clan's teachings about having many descendants and keeping a low profile, then asked them to recite the sayings.
• Li Changsheng hoped his new bride, the Profound Heaven Dao Sect Saintess, would bear children with good talent.
• Li Changsheng recalled that, after years of rejection and failing cultivation, he gained the Abundant Offspring, Abundant Blessings method, which let him inherit his children's abilities.
• Li Changsheng's children and descendants boosted his talent and cultivation, raising him from a struggling Nourishing Spirit cultivator to a Nirvana Realm powerhouse in ten years.

At his wedding, Li Changsheng reflected on the dangers of the Cultivation World and his aging wife, Lu Zhinu, before Third Sikong offered him a chance to extend her life if he competed in the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament for the Sikong family. Li Changsheng had not yet answered when the chapter ended.

• Li Changsheng recalled how revealing his Nirvana Realm cultivation after defeating the Joyous Union Demon Sect had brought him fame across the world.
• Li Changsheng greeted Lu Zhinu at his wedding and comforted her as she spoke of her approaching death and their deceased sons, Dabao and Erbao.
• Li Changsheng completed the wedding ceremony with the Saintess of the Profound Heaven Divine Sect and prepared to enter the bridal chamber.
• Third Sikong asked Li Changsheng to compete in the Eastern Xuan Region Tournament on behalf of the Sikong family, but Li Changsheng said he did not want to join an Immortal Dao Lineage or leave his home.
• Third Sikong offered to extend Lu Zhinu’s and Li Changsheng’s descendants’ lives, promising five hundred years of added lifespan for Lu Zhinu if Li Changsheng participated in the tournament.

After creating the Nine Heavens Thunder Dao, Chen Zhixing set out for Huai Province to seek Five Elements Divine Lightning and investigate a Destined Protagonist and the Blazing Sun Sword Sect. As he traveled, Dugu Ni asked whether they could visit his clan’s ancestral home along the way.

• Chen Zhixing completed the Nine Heavens Thunder Dao after studying hundreds of thunder-Dao cultivation methods in the Library Pavilion.
• Chen Zhixing decided to travel to Huai Province to absorb the Five Elements Divine Lightning in the Five Elements Thunder Sect’s Thunder Pool and strengthen his cultivation.
• Chen Zhixing planned to seek out the Nirvana Realm Destined Protagonist in Huai Province and investigate the Blazing Sun Sword Sect, which had been searching for him.
• The next morning, Chen Zhixing left Ziwei Mountain in a carriage driven by Dugu Ni.
• Dugu Ni told Chen Zhixing that he came from Huai Province and asked to visit his clan’s ancestral home during the journey.

Chen Zhixing accompanied Dugu Ni to Qinghe City, where they discovered that Dugu Ni’s family had been massacred by the Sikong Clan decades earlier. As Dugu Ni restrained his grief and rage, Chen Zhixing recognized the fleeing Shan Yang and prepared to intervene.

• Chen Zhixing and Dugu Ni traveled to Huai Province, discussing Dugu Ni’s family and the turmoil caused by the struggle for Eastern Xuan Tokens.
• In Qinghe City, Dugu Ni found his former family home in ruins and learned that the Sikong Clan had slaughtered his relatives decades earlier.
• Chen Zhixing stopped Dugu Ni from giving in to his fury and promised they would avenge the massacre later.
• Chen Zhixing spotted Shan Yang being pursued by members of the Blazing Sun Sword Sect and recognized him.
• Chen Zhixing produced a white mask marked with a crimson cross.

Chen Zhixing rescued Shan Yang from Blazing Sun Sword Sect pursuers and asked him to smuggle him into the Five Elements Thunder Sect. As Chen Zhixing’s bait drew attention toward Heaven’s Gate City, a bandaged man reminded Qing Ji that the Third Young Master had freed her from the Dark Prison and ordered her to repay him.

• Blazing Sun Sword Sect cultivators cornered Shan Yang and demanded to know where Bai Shi was, but Chen Zhixing arrived and killed them with drifting petals.
• Chen Zhixing reunited with Shan Yang, learned he had joined the Five Elements Thunder Sect to cultivate thunder arts, and asked him to bring him into the sect without revealing his identity.
• Shan Yang agreed to help, and Chen Zhixing set off for the Five Elements Thunder Sect with Shan Yang and Dugu Ni.
• A Message Talisman lit up, and Chen Zhixing smiled as he considered the bait he had cast for a Destined Protagonist near Heaven’s Gate City.
• Outside Heaven’s Gate City, a bandaged man reminded Qing Ji that the Third Young Master had rescued her from the Dark Prison, and she promised to use every trick at her disposal to complete his task.

Chen Zhixing and Dugu Ni accompanied Shan Yang to the Five Elements Thunder Sect so Chen Zhixing could seek entry to its Innate Thunder Pool. At the sect gate, Shan Yang learned that the Blazing Sun Sword Sect had accused him of involvement in its Young Sect Master's death, and the Eldest Senior Sister brought the group toward a gathering of Huai Province's ranked Heavenly Prides.

• Shan Yang recognized Bai Shi as Chen Zhixing and identified his companion as Sword Demon Dugu Ni, while the two realized their reputations made their disguises necessary.
• Chen Zhixing told Shan Yang he wanted to enter the Innate Thunder Pool, and Shan Yang said it would open during the Foundation Establishment Ceremony in a few days.
• At the Five Elements Thunder Sect gate, the Eldest Senior Sister told Shan Yang that the Blazing Sun Sword Sect had demanded the sect hand him over over the death of its Young Sect Master.
• The Eldest Senior Sister invited Shan Yang and his two friends to Little Return Peak, where Huai Province's Immortal Ranking Heavenly Prides had gathered, and warned them not to offend anyone.

Shan Yang brought Chen Zhixing and Dugu Ni to a gathering on Little Return Peak, where Yunxiao urged him to curry favor with ranked young elites. The elites dismissed Chen Zhixing until a carriage bearing the Sikong banner arrived, drawing everyone to their feet.

• Yunxiao pressured Shan Yang to return to the Five Elements Thunder Sect and advised him to make useful connections among the Heavens Pride Immortal Ranking elites.
• Chen Zhixing asked Dugu Ni about the ranking and learned that he had been placed first.
• Yunxiao introduced Shan Yang to the gathered elites and scolded Chen Zhixing and Dugu Ni for not offering toasts.
• Dugu Ni declared that Chen Zhixing never toasted others, while Chen Zhixing calmly said he had no such habit; the elites and Yunxiao mocked them as nobodies.
• A Golden Carriage marked with the name Sikong arrived, and the gathered elites stood to welcome Young Master Sikong.

Sikong Nan arrived at the Five Elements Thunder Sect and dismissed Chen Zhixing’s fame as a fabrication, claiming Chen Daoyan had secretly controlled him during his battle. Chen Zhixing and Dugu Ni laughed at Sikong Nan’s story, drawing the young man’s hostile attention.

• Sikong Nan arrived at Little Return Peak, where the gathered prides welcomed him as Huai Province’s foremost Heaven’s Pride.
• Sikong Nan rebuffed Shan Yang’s toast and gave the seat beside Yun Xiao to his three-headed dog, humiliating Shan Yang.
• Sikong Nan claimed Ziwei’s Chen Clan had exaggerated Chen Zhixing’s strength to build its reputation and attract allies.
• Sikong Nan alleged that Chen Daoyan had secretly controlled Chen Zhixing during the battle outside Skywave Holy Land.
• Chen Zhixing and Dugu Ni laughed at Sikong Nan’s explanation, and Sikong Nan demanded to know what amused them.

Chen Zhixing and Dugu Ni endured Sikong Nan’s insult at the Five Elements Thunder Sect to avoid jeopardizing their plan to enter the Thunder Pool. They left Little Return Peak with Shan Yang and planned to give him a stroke of good fortune after the Thunder Pool opened in three days.

• Dugu Ni laughed at Sikong Nan, who ordered two True Self Realm servants to punish him and Chen Zhixing.
• Yun Xiao intervened, sent Shan Yang down the mountain with a palm, and persuaded Chen Zhixing and Dugu Ni to leave.
• Chen Zhixing told Dugu Ni not to retaliate because they had come for the Thunder Pool’s power, and Shan Yang met them on the mountain path.
• Yun Xiao came down first to escort Shan Yang and the others away, then mocked Shan Yang’s friends before returning to the sect.
• Chen Zhixing and Dugu Ni decided to wait three days for the Thunder Pool to open and then give Shan Yang a stroke of good fortune.

Chen Zhixing arrived at the Five Elements Thunder Sect and waited for its Thunder Pool Ceremony, while Li Changsheng heard of a fox demon woman in Heaven’s Gate City and decided to meet her. The ceremony began, and Chen Zhixing found the thunder pool, intent on absorbing its Five Elements Divine Lightning.

• Shan Yang brought Chen Zhixing and Dugu Ni into the Five Elements Thunder Sect, where Yun Xiao pulled Shan Yang aside for a serious talk.
• Li Changsheng learned from his concubine about a beautiful woman with Fox Demon Aura and went to meet her, hoping to challenge his limits.
• After waiting three days, Chen Zhixing heard the ceremony bell and followed Shan Yang along a hidden path to the thunder pool.
• Chen Zhixing saw more than a thousand strands of Five Elements Divine Lightning and resolved to absorb them all.
• Sikong Nan and other prodigies gathered with an elder and a young man to observe the Thunder Pool Ceremony.

At the Five Elements Thunder Sect’s Thunder Pool Ceremony, Chen Zhixing absorbed the divine lightning with ease while Sikong Nan dismissed his reputation as exaggerated. Chen Zhixing strode into the pool’s core, and the gathered crowd was left stunned by what they saw.

• Sikong Nan questioned Chen Zhixing’s fame, and Lei Huatian opened the Thunder Pool Ceremony.
• Chen Zhixing entered the pool, swallowed Five Elements Divine Lightning, and refined it into spiritual energy that strengthened his cultivation and body.
• Chen Zhixing advanced toward the core as lightning poured into him and his cultivation surged.
• Yun Xiao pushed past her previous record of twenty absorbed bolts, then stopped when she saw Chen Zhixing drinking down more than ten bolts at once.
• Lei Huatian, Sikong Nan, and the assembled Thunder Sect Disciples sprang up in shock at Chen Zhixing’s display.

Chen Zhixing entered the Five Elements Thunder Sect’s Thunder Pool and revealed his identity as the Skywave Divine Child, drawing a terrifying Five Elements Divine Lightning tribulation. He swallowed the lightning and broke the record set by the sect’s Second Patriarch, leaving the entire sect stunned.

• Lei Huatian ordered Chen Zhixing removed from the Thunder Pool for trespassing, but Chen Zhixing’s Primal Ox Demon manifestation revealed his identity.
• Chen Zhixing absorbed the Thunder Pool’s power until a massive Five Elements Divine Lightning bolt formed above him.
• Chen Zhixing caught the Five Elements Divine Lightning with the Primal Ox Demon and swallowed it.
• Chen Zhixing used the Nine Heavens Thunder Dao to suppress the lightning and rose to the peak of the True Self Sixth Level.
• The Five Elements Thunder Sect’s disciples and elders realized Chen Zhixing had surpassed the Second Patriarch’s record and erupted in uproar.

Chen Zhixing absorbed the Five Elements Thunder Sect’s final divine lightning strike while Sikong Nan and the Heavenly Prides moved to challenge him. Dugu Ni blocked their way, but after the lightning vanished, Chen Zhixing descended and challenged them all at once.

• Lei Huatian ordered the elders to stop Chen Zhixing, but Sikong Nan demanded the chance to fight him himself.
• Chen Zhixing rushed into the final strike of more than a hundred streaks of Five Elements Divine Lightning to absorb them.
• Dugu Ni appeared with the Demon Sword of Annihilation and blocked Sikong Nan and the other Heavenly Prides.
• Sikong Nan revealed his True Self Ninth Level cultivation and traded taunts with Dugu Ni, who stood ready to fight him.
• The thunder vanished, and Chen Zhixing appeared in the sky wrapped in Ascension Light before telling the Heavenly Prides to attack him together.

Chen Zhixing challenged the Seven Heavenly Prides and Sikong Nan, then killed Xie Wenyan with little effort and overwhelmed the remaining fighters with his Primordial Unity One-Strike Palm. The palm crushed their combined divine abilities, leaving the battle’s outcome on the verge of being decided.

• Chen Zhixing told the Seven Heavenly Prides and Sikong Nan to attack together, while Shan Yang worried and Dugu Ni remained confident in him.
• Xie Wenyan used Profound Heaven Divine Art: Hundred Blades Paying Homage, but Chen Zhixing shattered his blades with Five Elements Divine Lightning and killed him.
• Chen Zhixing mocked the Heavenly Pride Ranking and struck at Sikong Nan and the six remaining Heavenly Prides with Primordial Unity One-Strike Palm.
• Luo Qingtian, Yu Qingzhi, and the other five Heavenly Prides unleashed their divine abilities, but Chen Zhixing’s giant hand crushed their attacks.

Chen Zhixing slaughtered six of the Seven Heavenly Prides, then fought Lei Huatian and proved he could contend with a Nirvana Realm expert. After Dugu Ni killed the wounded Sikong Nan, Chen Zhixing struck Lei Huatian with his Ascension Sword and began escaping with Dugu Ni and Shan Yang.

• Chen Zhixing crushed Luo Qingtian and three other Heavenly Prides, while Sikong Nan escaped the giant palm and Yu Qingzhi died beneath it.
• Chen Zhixing struck Sikong Nan with a Golden Fist Seal, leaving him severely injured, but Lei Huatian intervened before Chen Zhixing could finish him.
• Chen Zhixing exchanged dozens of blows with Lei Huatian, injuring him despite being in the True Self Realm.
• Dugu Ni attacked Sikong Nan with Heaven Chain Severing Moon and killed him while Chen Zhixing kept Lei Huatian occupied.
• Chen Zhixing unleashed his Ascension Sword, drove Lei Huatian into the sect, then used a teleportation Talisman to escape with Dugu Ni and Shan Yang.

Chen Zhixing escaped the Five Elements Thunder Sect after fighting Lei Huatian, then entered seclusion while Dugu Ni and Shan Yang began pursuing breakthroughs of their own. News of Chen Zhixing’s deeds shook Huai Province, and Elder You learned of the crisis while preparing to visit the Paradise Sect, leaving to indulge before joining the response.

• Lei Huatian ordered the Five Elements Thunder Sect Elders to stop Chen Zhixing, then learned they had let him escape and ordered a Class A Kill Order through the Sikong Family and other powers.
• Chen Zhixing, Dugu Ni, and Shan Yang arrived in the wilderness, where Chen Zhixing admitted he could not defeat Lei Huatian in a prolonged fight and gave Shan Yang the Nine Heavens Thunder Dao.
• Chen Zhixing entered a cave to heal, condense the Thunder Dao Seed, and pursue the True Self Seventh Level, while Dugu Ni and Shan Yang began cultivating outside.
• News of Chen Zhixing killing the Seven Heavenly Prides and fighting Lei Huatian spread across Huai Province, where people praised him as the leading heavenly pride and awaited the Sikong Clan’s response.
• Elder You received news of Chen Zhixing’s deeds in Huai Province, then told the Shadow Division member to wait while he flew to the Paradise Sect for a brief visit.

Chen Zhixing reached the True Self Seventh Level and completed his Thunder Emperor True Body Dharma Manifestation, then learned that Li Changsheng had joined the Sikong clan and set out for Heaven's Gate City. There, Li Changsheng tried to save his dying wife Lu Zhinu, but she passed away as he sang the song from their first meeting.

• Dugu Ni broke through to the peak of the True Self Ninth Level and helped Shan Yang reach the Spirit Wandering Realm.
• Chen Zhixing completed his seventh Dharma Manifestation, the Thunder Emperor True Body, and confirmed that he had reached the True Self Seventh Level.
• Chen Zhixing learned from Chen Chou'er that Li Changsheng had joined the Sikong clan and decided to go to Heaven's Gate City with Dugu Ni and Shan Yang.
• Li Changsheng tried to use his Nirvana Force to save Lu Zhinu, but it could not revive her, and the promised life-extending pill from the Sikong Family had not arrived.
• Lu Zhinu asked Li Changsheng to sing the ballad from when they first met, and she died peacefully as he sang.

The Sikong Family forced Li Changsheng to accept a Longevity Pill for his dying wife in exchange for killing Chen Zhixing. Meanwhile, Chen Zhixing learned how deeply the Sikong Family controlled Huai Province and heard an innkeeper denounce him, ending with Chen ordering beef noodles without scallions.

• The Tall Hat Man offered Li Changsheng a Longevity Pill only if he personally killed Chen Zhixing, and Li Changsheng accepted to save Lu Zhinu.
• Li Changsheng gave Lu Zhinu the pill, which restored her vitality for one year, while the Tall Hat Man warned that she would die again if Chen Zhixing survived.
• Chen Zhixing and his companions arrived in Xiongxi City and overheard locals discussing his battle at the Five Elements Thunder Sect and the Sikong Family's bounty.
• Shan Yang explained that the Sikong Family's influence stretched across Huai Province and that its teachings had shaped the province's people for generations.
• The innkeeper called Chen Zhixing a beast and predicted the Sikong Family would kill him, while Chen calmly ordered beef noodles without chopped scallions.