Chapter Summaries

Zhang Lingshan and Zhao Xingqiu reached the Golden Immortal Pavilion, where they met its reception boy, Geng Xinghe, and learned how its peaks were used to comprehend Thunder Tribulation. Zhang Lingshan advised Zhao Xingqiu on choosing a peak, and she agreed to follow his guidance before asking which peak he would choose.

• The White-Browed Elder took Zhang Lingshan and Zhao Xingqiu to the hidden Golden Immortal Pavilion and left them to enter using their Golden Immortal Jade Talismans.
• Zhang Lingshan led Zhao Xingqiu through an Illusion Formation to the Pavilion’s gate, where Geng Xinghe greeted them.
• Geng Xinghe sold Zhang Lingshan a booklet about comprehending Thunder Tribulation in exchange for one jin of High-Grade Spirit Rice and shared advice about the Pavilion.
• Geng Xinghe showed Zhang Lingshan and Zhao Xingqiu to a mountain peak, then left after explaining that he could not go farther without a summons.
• Zhang Lingshan explained the four grades of peaks and advised Zhao Xingqiu to progress toward Jia Grade before breaking through; she agreed and asked which peak he would choose.

Zhang Lingshan and Zhao Xingqiu registered at the Golden Immortal Pavilion and chose mountain peaks to prepare for comprehending Thunder Tribulation. Zhang Lingshan began training at a Grade C peak, where his unexpected talent made him worry that he might draw lightning before he could move to a higher-grade peak.

• Zhang Lingshan chose a Grade C peak, and he explained to Zhao Xingqiu how contribution points were earned and used to access Thunder Tribulation platforms.
• Zhang Lingshan and Zhao Xingqiu registered their Golden Immortal Jade Talismans and received Identification Tokens after the Detection Stele measured their abilities.
• Zhang Lingshan spotted Xia Hengbing, Lei Shuo, Yu Feihan, and Tang Feiling among the peak occupants, then selected an empty ice-type Grade C peak and flew there on the Xuantian Formation Plate.
• Zhang Lingshan discovered that the Xuantian Formation Plate glowed as it absorbed Immortal Spirit Qi, then placed it in a Spirit Gathering Array and earned ten contribution points in fifteen minutes by supplying Cold Ice energy.
• Zhang Lingshan entered the platform to comprehend Thunder Tribulation, quickly felt the sensation of attracting lightning, and stopped when he realized he might draw a tribulation at the wrong-grade peak.
• Zhang Lingshan resumed comprehending Thunder Tribulation and sensed that the electric feeling might reveal the meaning of Thunder Ray Death Tribulation.

Zhang Lingshan used his Thunder Spirit Root and Opening Heavenly Eye to comprehend the thunder tribulation, eventually drawing lightning down at the Golden Immortal Pavilion. The mysterious power in his brow absorbed the tribulation, but he neither transformed nor broke through, leaving the gathered onlookers bewildered.

• Zhang Lingshan used his Opening Heavenly Eye to perceive the thunder tribulation, noticed time passing unusually quickly, and resolved to spend ten thousand contribution points comprehending it.
• Zhao Xingqiu visited to borrow the Thunder Tribulation Experience Booklet, then gaped when she saw Zhang Lingshan had accumulated 8,888 contribution points.
• After reaching ten thousand contribution points, Zhang Lingshan returned to the high platform and continued comprehending until the power in his brow overwhelmed his suppression.
• Zhang Lingshan released the mysterious power as a lightning arc struck him, and the power protected him by resisting and absorbing the thunder tribulation.
• Zhang Lingshan discovered that his body had barely improved and his cultivation had not advanced, while the people gathered on the peak watched the unusual tribulation in confusion.

Zhang Lingshan survived the Thunder Tribulation without breaking through to Golden Immortal and gained the Opening Heavenly Tribulation Eye, but the Golden Immortal Pavilion’s rules required him to leave. When its chiefs considered his case, they learned that Kong Ruobing had personally recommended him, making his expulsion politically dangerous.

• Zhang Lingshan discovered that the Thunder Tribulation had transformed his Opening Heavenly Eye into Opening Heavenly Tribulation Eye, a powerful ability that could bring tribulations down on others.
• Zhao Xingqiu warned Zhang Lingshan that experiencing the tribulation had used up his qualification to remain in the Golden Immortal Pavilion, and Zhang Lingshan messaged Lord Ice Immortal for help.
• Xia Hengbing, Lei Shuo, and Yu Feihan offered to help Zhang Lingshan stay if he returned their master's wife's remains, but Zhang Lingshan refused and challenged them to fight.
• After the three men left, Zhang Lingshan explained to Zhao Xingqiu that he had obtained the Ice Coffin and related inheritance alongside them, while neither of their messages to Lady Ice Immortal received a reply.
• The Golden Immortal Pavilion's ten chiefs discussed expelling Li Xuanbing under the rules, then learned that Kong Ruobing had recommended him and hesitated because of her powerful family.

Leng Yan expelled Zhang Lingshan from the Golden Immortal Pavilion and confiscated his Xuantian Formation Plate, leaving him outside to study the pavilion’s formations while seeking another way to access Thunder Tribulation. The Ice Chamber Identification Token then signaled a reply, as Kong Ruobing challenged Ji Buyi to a rematch using Cold Ice Talismans.

• Leng Yan ordered Zhang Lingshan to leave the Golden Immortal Pavilion after he failed to break through to Golden Immortal, and she dismissed Zhao Xingqiu when she tried to intervene.
• Leng Yan pursued Zhang Lingshan, questioned his Xuantian Formation Plate, confiscated it, and blasted him several hundred li outside the pavilion.
• Zhang Lingshan realized he could still see through the pavilion’s concealment formations, but he remained outside to study them and considered how to regain access to Thunder Tribulation.
• Zhang Lingshan’s Ice Chamber Identification Token vibrated, and Kong Ruobing appeared before Ji Buyi in the Ice Spirit Sect to demand another contest.
• Kong Ruobing attacked Ji Buyi with Cold Ice Talismans, but Ji Buyi countered with ice dog statues and a collapse of the cavern’s ice, shattering her icicles and talismans.

Kong Ruobing and Ji Buyi rushed to the Golden Immortal Pavilion after learning that Li Xuanbing had been expelled for failing to break through to Golden Immortal. Kong Ruobing forced Leng Yan to agree to bring Li Xuanbing back, then attacked her when Leng Yan tried to dictate how she should do it.

• After Ji Buyi admitted Kong Ruobing's Cold Ice Talismans were impressive, they agreed to trade lessons in her talismans and his Ice Sculpture Puppy method.
• Kong Ruobing learned that Li Xuanbing had failed his Thunder Tribulation and been expelled from the Golden Immortal Pavilion, so she flew there with Ji Buyi.
• Kong Ruobing confronted Zhao Xingqiu and demanded that whoever had driven Li Xuanbing away step forward, while Leng Yan stayed hidden.
• Ji Buyi called Leng Yan out and argued that Li Xuanbing had not broken through to Golden Immortal, so his cultivation at the pavilion was not necessarily over.
• Kong Ruobing showed Leng Yan a Golden Immortal Jade Talisman and ordered her to invite Li Xuanbing back; when Leng Yan suggested Zhao Xingqiu do it instead, Kong Ruobing attacked her with ice.

Zhang Lingshan returned to the Golden Immortal Pavilion after Ji Buyi and Kong Ruobing forced Leng Yan to invite him back and return his belongings. He chose a Jia Grade Peak and brought his powerful backers there, while Leng Yan was left furious and humiliated.

• Leng Yan attacked Kong Ruobing, but Ji Buyi’s Ice Sculpture Puppies overwhelmed Leng Yan until Pavilion Master Jiang Kaiwu intervened and ordered her to resolve the dispute.
• Ji Buyi made Leng Yan fly out and invite Zhang Lingshan back, and Zhang Lingshan mocked her before returning to the Golden Immortal Pavilion.
• Zhang Lingshan accused Leng Yan of stealing his Flying Magic Treasure, and she returned the Xuantian Formation Plate while insisting it was evidence of his wrongdoing.
• Ji Buyi demanded Zhang Lingshan’s Flying Magic Treasure, so Leng Yan handed over a white banner; Zhang Lingshan accepted it and chose a Jia Grade Peak.
• Zhang Lingshan brought Kong Ruobing and Ji Buyi to his new peak, set up a formation with the Xuantian Formation Plate, and asked Ji Buyi how to address him.

Zhang Lingshan traded knowledge of the Cold Ice Talisman with Ji Buyi while absorbing Thunder Tribulation power on the Jia Grade Peak. He rapidly raised the Opening Heavenly Tribulation Eye’s progress, leaving its Entry Level breakthrough within reach.

• Zhang Lingshan offered Ji Buyi the White Banner, but Ji Buyi told him to keep it and asked to learn the Cold Ice Talisman.
• Kong Ruobing negotiated for Ji Buyi to teach the Ice Sculpture Puppy method, and Ji Buyi demonstrated how Water Element Spiritual Qi brought the ice sculpture to life.
• Zhang Lingshan demonstrated the Cold Ice Talisman by turning paper and a brush into an Ice Crystal Stone Slab and an Ice Crystal Spear, impressing Ji Buyi.
• Kong Ruobing and Ji Buyi began studying Zhang Lingshan’s Talisman Manual while he supplied Cold Ice Spiritual Qi to the mountain peak’s Magic Array.
• Zhang Lingshan began absorbing Thunder Tribulation power on Jia Grade Peak and raised the Opening Heavenly Tribulation Eye’s progress to 1000 Rang/1 ditch before his contribution points ran low.

After a year of absorbing Thunder Tribulation power, Zhang Lingshan developed Thunder Transformation and reached Entry Level in the Opening Heavenly Tribulation Eye, but his first Thunder Tribulation still did not make him a Golden Immortal. As everyone questioned his failed breakthrough, a second, even more powerful Thunder Tribulation suddenly descended.

• Zhang Lingshan repeatedly experimented with circulating Thunder Tribulation power through his body, eventually mastering Thunder Transformation and discovering the Thunder Ray Killing Tribulation on his Panel.
• Ji Buyi urged Zhang Lingshan to prepare for his breakthrough, and Zhang Lingshan agreed before continuing to gather contribution points.
• Zhang Lingshan underwent a Thunder Tribulation and absorbed its power, raising the Opening Heavenly Tribulation Eye to Entry Level and increasing its capacity tenfold.
• Bai Lang and the other onlookers watched Zhang Lingshan's Thunder Tribulation, but he again failed to break through to Golden Immortal, prompting Ji Buyi and Kong Ruobing to wonder whether something was wrong.
• A second Thunder Tribulation suddenly formed, thicker and darker than the first, and crashed down on Zhang Lingshan with torrential rain.

Zhang Lingshan survived a devastating second Thunder Tribulation by absorbing its power and the accompanying Immortal Spiritual Qi, then broke through to Golden Immortal. His breakthrough convinced the onlookers that he was a prodigy, while Bai Lang saw him as a threat to his own ambitions.

• The crowd believed Zhang Lingshan had been killed by the second Thunder Tribulation, while he absorbed its power and used the pure Immortal Spiritual Qi to strengthen himself.
• Zhang Lingshan advanced the Myriad Techniques True Scripture to its Fourth Layer and gained a large amount of Energy Points from the tribulation.
• Zhang Lingshan wondered whether he would need an Immortal Monarch Pavilion to advance further and considered relying on Ice Immortal to gain access.
• Zhang Lingshan broke through to Golden Immortal, drawing Immortal Spiritual Qi toward the high platform and shocking the onlookers.
• The crowd praised Li Xuanbing as a prodigy, Kong Ruobing celebrated his breakthrough, and Bai Lang worried that he would threaten Bai Lang's chance to become a prodigy.

Zhang Lingshan completed his Golden Immortal breakthrough and accepted Kong Ruobing’s offer to join the Ice Spirit Sect. He then offered to help Zhao Xingqiu undergo her own Thunder Tribulation, and Ji Buyi agreed to let them attempt it while refusing to protect Zhang Lingshan.

• Zhang Lingshan finished absorbing the Immortal Spirit Qi and ended his breakthrough as the crowd dispersed.
• Xia Hengbing, Lei Shuo, and Yu Feihan discussed their losses to Zhang Lingshan and resolved to keep comprehending their inheritance before breaking through.
• Zhang Lingshan thanked Kong Ruobing and Ji Buyi for protecting him, and Kong Ruobing offered to recommend him to the Ice Spirit Sect.
• Zhang Lingshan invited Zhao Xingqiu to join them and offered to help her draw down her Thunder Tribulation so she could break through to Golden Immortal.
• Ji Buyi gave Zhao Xingqiu protective treasures but warned that undergoing tribulation together would provoke a stronger Thunder Tribulation.
• Zhao Xingqiu hesitated as Ji Buyi challenged Zhang Lingshan to proceed without any protection for himself.

Zhang Lingshan used the Opening Heavenly Tribulation Eye to draw a Thunder Tribulation onto Zhao Xingqiu at a Jia Grade Peak, helping her break through to the early Golden Immortal stage while absorbing part of the tribulation himself. After leaving the Golden Immortal Pavilion with Kong Ruobing and Ji Buyi, the group set out for the Ice Spirit Sect.

• Kong Ruobing gave Zhang Lingshan a small cauldron for protection, and Zhang Lingshan and Zhao Xingqiu climbed onto the high platform.
• Zhang Lingshan secretly used the Opening Heavenly Tribulation Eye to bring forward Zhao Xingqiu's Thunder Tribulation and transfer it to the Jia Grade Peak.
• Zhang Lingshan shielded Zhao Xingqiu from the descending Thunder Tribulation and absorbed half its power while she absorbed the rest and advanced to the early Golden Immortal stage.
• Ji Buyi replenished Zhao Xingqiu's Immortal Spirit Qi with Spirit Stones, and Zhang Lingshan added more to help her stabilize her breakthrough.
• Zhang Lingshan, Zhao Xingqiu, Kong Ruobing, and Ji Buyi left the Golden Immortal Pavilion for the Ice Spirit Sect, and Ji Buyi gave Zhang Lingshan a Flying Magic Treasure in return for Zhang Lingshan's Cold Ice Talismans.

Kong Ruobing brought Li Xuanbing to Ice Spirit Sect, where the Sect Master dismissed his talents until Ji Buyi revealed Li Xuanbing’s remarkable Cold Ice Talismans. The Sect Master recognized the talismans as her Founder Grandmother’s and reacted with fury, leaving Li Xuanbing in danger.

• Zhang Lingshan discussed Thunder Tribulation with Ji Buyi and Kong Ruobing as Zhao Xingqiu piloted the flying ship to Ice Spirit Sect.
• Kong Ruobing presented Li Xuanbing to the Sect Master, who repeatedly dismissed his talents and called his varied cultivation a weakness.
• Ji Buyi showed the Sect Master three Cold Ice Talismans that Li Xuanbing had made using Ji Buyi’s ice-sculpting technique, and realized Li Xuanbing had crafted them to teach him.
• The Sect Master stopped the group from leaving, froze Kong Ruobing in place, and demanded that Zhang Lingshan explain the talismans.
• Zhang Lingshan said the talismans came from a mountain cave and were an inheritance of the Great Luck Sect, prompting the Sect Master to accuse that sect of stealing her Founder Grandmother’s Cold Ice Talisman.

Zhang Lingshan revealed his mastery of the Cold Ice Talisman to the Ice Spirit Sect’s sect master, who agreed to accept him and postponed his genius assessment. Several days later, the sect master summoned him alone, and Qian Dapo brought him to Sect Master Peak.

• The sect master questioned Zhang Lingshan about the Cold Ice Talisman, and he hid the Ice Coffin while saying he had learned the talisman from a stone stele near Anyuan City.
• Kong Ruobing demonstrated her progress with the talisman and showed the sect master Zhang Lingshan’s manual; Zhang Lingshan said he had comprehended the talisman in about ten days.
• Zhang Lingshan copied the Cold Ice Talisman manual for the sect master, who praised his skill and agreed to accept him into the Ice Spirit Sect.
• The sect master had Zhao Xingqiu thawed and sent Zhang Lingshan to rest at Ji Buyi’s place, while Kong Ruobing took Zhao Xingqiu away.
• Several days later, Qian Dapo arrived to take Zhang Lingshan alone to meet the sect master, leaving Ji Buyi behind.

Zhang Lingshan agreed to pursue Kong Ruobing and marry her, then discovered that his body-refining method connected him to Qian Dapo and the destroyed Glazed Sect. Qian Dapo recognized his disguise and pressed him to explain where he learned the Seven Treasures Glazed Body Art.

• The Ice Spirit Sect's Sect Master ordered Zhang Lingshan to be faithful to Kong Ruobing and marry her after passing the Heavenly Pride Assessment, and he agreed.
• Qian Dapo caught Zhang Lingshan's glazed hand and recognized that his Glazed Flawless Skill shared the origin of her Seven Treasures Glazed Body Art.
• Zhang Lingshan recalled that he had obtained the Seven Treasures Glazed Body Art in the Lower Realm and wondered whether its original teacher had come from the Immortal Realm.
• Qian Dapo revealed that she belonged to the Glazed Sect, which had been destroyed, and explained that the Ice Spirit Sect was protected by Kong Ruobing's Immortal Venerable grandfather, Kong Nangui.
• Qian Dapo identified Zhang Lingshan as an ascender using a transformation method and demanded that he explain where he learned the Seven Treasures Glazed Body Art.

Zhang Lingshan learned the Glazed Sect’s Seven Treasures Glazed Body Art with extraordinary speed, and Qian Dapo declared him a Glazed Sect disciple while urging him to inherit its future responsibilities. He joined Qian Dapo on the way to the Ice Spirit Sect’s council meeting, where the Heavenly Pride Assessment was about to begin and peak masters began vying for him.

• Qian Dapo gave Zhang Lingshan the Seven Treasures Boy, and he immediately understood how to develop the power in his acupoints.
• Zhang Lingshan returned the Seven Treasures Boy after the Panel recorded the art, astonishing Qian Dapo with his ability to reproduce the acupoint sequence.
• Qian Dapo made Zhang Lingshan a Glazed Sect disciple, warned him to conceal the art until he reached Immortal Emperor, and gave him a Glazed Treasure Jade.
• Qian Dapo escorted Zhang Lingshan to the council meeting after the Sect Master opened the Heavenly Pride Assessment.
• Chang Songqing invited Zhang Lingshan to join Green Spirit Peak, while Di Jun mocked him and Chang Songqing argued that Di Jun’s candidate would lose the heavenly pride title.

Zhang Lingshan entered the Heavenly Pride Assessment Secret Realm and used his ice techniques to hunt and consume its creatures for Energy Points. As the peak masters watched, Shen Zhixin revealed that he had learned Ji Buyi’s ice-sculpture method, while Zhang began flying after swarms of insects as well as snakes.

• The peak masters gathered with their four candidates, and Shen Zhixin ordered the Heavenly Pride Assessment to begin.
• The five peak masters combined their crescent jade keys to activate the formation that transported candidates into the secret realm and displayed their actions.
• Zhang Lingshan entered the realm, caught a hidden grass snake, froze it, and ate it for Energy Points.
• Zhang Lingshan spread Cold Ice Talismans across the grass, freezing many snakes and drawing them toward himself with Ji Buyi’s ice-sculpture method.
• Shen Zhixin told the peak masters that Zhang Lingshan had learned Ji Buyi’s method and praised his large-scale use of it.
• Zhang Lingshan hunted and ate snakes, then flew into the air to freeze and consume swarms of insects, leaving the watching peak masters wondering whether he was a monster.

Zhang Lingshan cleared the second ring of the Heavenly Pride Assessment by enduring its Celestial Phenomenon Power and comprehended his own Heavenly Wind Divine Curse. He entered the third trial, where he faced a dangerous river that he would need to freeze into an ice bridge.

• Zhang Lingshan stopped hunting the secret realm’s snakes, insects, rats, and ants after gathering nearly 800 rang of Energy Points, bringing his total above 4,000 rang.
• Zhang Lingshan entered the second ring and let its ten kinds of Rule power scour his body, recognizing their combined Celestial Phenomenon Power as the key to comprehending the Heavenly Wind Divine Curse.
• Zhang Lingshan’s Heavenly Wind Divine Curse reached Entry Level with 3,000 rang of experience, while his Immortal Divine Sense experience filled and his Soul Tree transformed.
• The sect leaders watching Li Xuanbing’s scene worried that he was being assimilated, but Shen Zhixin trusted him; the Celestial Phenomenon Power then vanished, and he stood up unharmed.
• Zhang Lingshan entered the third trial, which tested control over Ice Element Spiritual Qi, and faced a wide, turbid river he would have to freeze into an ice bridge.

Zhang Lingshan reached the fourth trial first and began comprehending Cold Ice Spirituality alongside Su Sheng, Wen Wanyu, and Liu Rui. Wen Wanyu, Liu Rui, and Su Sheng each emerged with a distinct ice construct, while Zhang Lingshan was still inside his halo as the trial continued.

• Zhang Lingshan crossed the filthy river on an ice bridge and reached the fourth trial before the other three candidates.
• Su Sheng, Wen Wanyu, Liu Rui, and Zhang Lingshan sat within halos to comprehend Cold Ice Spirituality.
• The masters in the Council Hall debated whether Zhang Lingshan could escape Ji Buyi's influence and comprehend a spirituality of his own.
• Wen Wanyu emerged with a Protective Dharma Orb, and Liu Rui followed with a stronger Cold Armor Spirit Soldier.
• Su Sheng comprehended a Cold Ice Helmet suited to his body-refining strength, prompting Tie Zhengge to claim the prodigy slot for Gold Spirit Peak.
• Chen Miao and Di Jun pointed out that Zhang Lingshan had not finished, while Tie Zhengge warned that little time remained.

With the assessment nearly over, Shen Zhixin arranged for Wen Wanyu, Liu Rui, and Su Sheng to compete without interrupting Li Xuanbing’s comprehension. Zhang Lingshan completed his own technique, created an Extreme Cold Spirit Soldier, and agreed to a rule barring contestants from summoning their ice spirits before the fifth-stage contest began.

• Wen Wanyu, Liu Rui, and Su Sheng debated whether to wait for Li Xuanbing, while Liu Rui proposed waking him if he did not finish soon.
• Chen Miao urged Shen Zhixin to decide how to preserve the final reward without harming Li Xuanbing, and Shen Zhixin announced that the other three could compete while Li Xuanbing remained undisturbed.
• Zhang Lingshan studied the others’ techniques and devised an Ice Sculpture Warrior combining Ji Buyi’s technique with Liu Rui’s Cold Ice Armor and his own spiritual qi.
• Zhang Lingshan used Cold Ice Talismans to create a towering warrior, and the halo judged that he had successfully comprehended Cold Ice Spirituality.
• After Su Sheng explained Liu Rui’s Cold Armor Spirit Soldier, Zhang Lingshan named his creation the Extreme Cold Spirit Soldier.
• Liu Rui, Wen Wanyu, and Su Sheng agreed that no one could summon an ice spirit in advance during the fifth-stage contest, and the group prepared to begin.