Chapter Summaries

Zhou Ling used the Five Elements Sword Formation to withstand Liu Po Lei’s Purple Firmament Emperor Manifestation and damage his Purple Thunder Seal. When Liu Po Lei burned his essence blood to unleash a stronger attack, Zhou Ling revealed his Fire Dragon Sparrow manifestation and struck back, leaving the Thunder Manifestation collapsing.

• Zhou Ling’s Five Elements Unity Sword clashed with Liu Po Lei’s thunder seal and held its ground, astonishing the spectators.
• Zhou Ling’s sword rain disrupted Liu Po Lei’s control of the Thunder Manifestation while the giant sword cracked and diminished the Purple Thunder Seal.
• Liu Po Lei recalled his damaged Life Treasure, then consumed his blood essence to enlarge the Thunder Manifestation and launch a desperate attack.
• Zhou Ling dispersed his sword formation, revealed that he could still withstand the Thunder Manifestation, and infused his five treasure swords with Five Spirit Flames.
• Zhou Ling summoned a Fifth-Tier Fire Dragon Sparrow manifestation and empowered the Five Elements Unity Sword, which cut apart Liu Po Lei’s purple thunder dragon and battered the Thunder Manifestation until it began to collapse.

Zhou Ling defeated Liu Po Lei, and Jin Yun won the final match against Qin Ji, giving the Lingxiao Sect victory over the Purple Firmament Sect. Fairy Zi Ling reclaimed the sect’s orthodox status and entrusted Zhou Ling with the Thunder Gang Dragon Seals, which could unlock a hidden grotto-heaven secret realm.

• Zhou Ling defeated Liu Po Lei in their duel, and Liu Zheng Jia carried the injured Liu Po Lei from the platform.
• Jin Yun fought Qin Ji while Zhou Ling recovered, then defeated him and secured the Lingxiao Sect’s victory.
• Fairy Zi Ling demanded the Thunder Gang Dragon Seal, rejected Wu Shi Hong’s offer to reunite the sects, and received the seal from Liu Zheng Jia.
• Fairy Zi Ling and the Lingxiao Sect group left the Purple Firmament Sect after securing the orthodox inheritance.
• Fairy Zi Ling handed Zhou Ling both Thunder Gang Dragon Seals and told him to merge them to open the hidden grotto-heaven secret realm.

Zhou Ling met Head Meng, learned that the Dao Alliance had selected him as a future helmsman, and received precious tea leaves and a sapling. After completing his city lord appointment procedures and arranging to travel with Wu Rong to establish Qingyun Immortal City's Fifth-Tier Spirit Vein, he prepared to return with the Lingxiao Sect while awaiting approval of its inheritance.

• Envoy Wang congratulated Zhou Ling on the Lingxiao Sect's victory and brought him to meet Head Meng.
• Head Meng gave Zhou Ling Spruce Spirit Tea leaves and an Enlightenment Tea Tree sapling, then named him one of eight candidates for future Dao Alliance helmsmen.
• Head Meng told Zhou Ling that the Lingxiao Sect's inheritance procedures should finish in less than half a month and warned that future candidates might lead teams against foreign races.
• Envoy Wang helped Zhou Ling complete his appointment as city lord of Qingyun Immortal City, where Zhou Ling learned Wu Rong would travel with him to set up a Fifth-Tier Spirit Vein.
• Fairy Zi Ling decided that the Lingxiao Sect would return to Qingyun Immortal City in three days, leaving two disciples to guard its Tianxia Immortal City courtyard.

Zhou Ling had Wu Rong plant a Fifth-Tier Enlightenment Tea Tree spirit seed at the Zhou Family compound, where his Azure Lotus Spirit Flame accelerated its growth and made it easier to cultivate. After busying himself with Qingyun Immortal City and the Lingxiao Sect, Zhou Ling married Wang Qingshang in a large ceremony, and she became his second principal wife.

• Zhou Ling asked Wu Rong to plant the Enlightenment Tea Tree spirit seed, and she connected it to the Zhou Family's Five Elements Spirit Vein.
• Zhou Ling used the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame to enrich the soil and purify the spiritual energy, allowing a Second Order spirit planter to care for the seed.
• Wu Rong gave Zhou Ling Azure Wood Spirit Liquid and planting instructions, then turned her attention to arranging Qingyun Immortal City's Fifth-Tier spirit vein.
• Zhou Ling prepared for his wedding to Wang Qingshang while handling city and sect affairs, and the Zhou Family began preparing for a large celebration.
• Zhou Ling rode the Fourth Order Golden Fire Crow to the City Lord's Manor and brought Wang Qingshang to the Zhou Family.
• Zhou Ling and Wang Qingshang completed their wedding rites before their families, sect members, and guests, making her his second principal wife alongside Wang Xin.

After marrying Wang Qingshang, Zhou Ling entrusted her with managing the Zhou Family and visited the Lingxiao Sect with her. There, he learned more about the Thunder Gang Dragon Seal’s inheritance and Fairy Zi Ling’s serious injuries, and promised to seek a fifth-grade Void Origin Pill for her.

• Zhou Ling lifted Wang Qingshang’s bridal veil, and the two drank their ceremonial wine and spent their wedding night together.
• Wang Qingshang served Zhou Ling the next morning, agreed to manage the Zhou Family, and accepted his suggestion that she resign from the Evil Slaying Division.
• Zhou Ling took Wang Qingshang to the Lingxiao Sect, where Fairy Zi Ling welcomed her and awarded Zhou Ling, Jin Yun, and Fang Yu Yun three thousand Contribution Value each for their battle against the Purple Firmament Sect.
• Fairy Zi Ling told Zhou Ling that the Thunder Gang Dragon Seal’s treasure vault held valuable cultivation methods and treasures, but entrants would have to pass the patriarch’s Questioning the Dao Trial.
• Fairy Zi Ling revealed that she needed a fifth-grade Void Origin Pill to treat her injuries, and Zhou Ling offered to find one before she entered seclusion.

Zhou Ling prepared the Lingxiao Sect’s first group to enter the Thunder Gang Dragon Seal Secret Realm while seeking ways to help Fairy Zi Ling recover. After he fused the seals and opened the passage, the six selected disciples entered and arrived at a vast plaza.

• Zhou Ling and Fairy Zi Ling set the entry cost at three hundred Contribution Value and chose six people to explore the secret realm.
• Zhou Ling exchanged battle merits for a Void Origin Pill and instructed Lu Yunxi to help prepare Qingyun Immortal City’s Fifth-Tier Spirit Vein.
• Zhou Ling studied records of the secret realm, learned that Longevity Spirit Wood could aid Fairy Zi Ling’s recovery, and resolved to search for it.
• Zhou Ling fused two Thunder Gang Dragon Seals and refined the combined treasure enough to open the secret realm passage.
• Fairy Zi Ling opened the passage, and Zhou Ling, Fang Yu Yun, Weng Lanyue, Ye Qin, Lü Min'er, and another disciple entered.
• Zhou Ling emerged in a vast plaza paved with Glazed Jade.

Zhou Ling entered the Cultivation Method Jade Platform and endured a soul-freezing trial before reaching the Scripture Pavilion. He obtained the Five Elements Yang Transformation Art and the Heaven-Tier Purple Firmament Immortal Thunder Art, then wondered whether he could still enter the Spirit Herb Jade Platform to find Longevity Liquid for his master.

• Zhou Ling entered the jade platform first while Weng Lanyue and the others discussed which platforms they hoped to enter.
• The Dao-questioning trial attacked Zhou Ling's soul with freezing darkness, but the Three Pure Creation Art and his talent helped him overcome it.
• Zhou Ling navigated the misty Scripture Pavilion and spotted several Heaven-Tier cultivation methods, including the Purple Firmament Immortal Thunder Art.
• Zhou Ling failed to seize the Purple Firmament Immortal Thunder Art at first, then circulated the Five Elements Dry Yang True Art and the Eight Extremes Immortal Thunder Art together.
• A five-colored orb granted Zhou Ling the Earth-grade high-rank Five Elements Yang Transformation Art, and the seven-colored orb then gave him the Purple Firmament Immortal Thunder Art.
• Zhou Ling stored both cultivation methods and questioned whether he could still enter the Spirit Herb Jade Platform to collect Longevity Liquid for his master.

Zhou Ling found a Longevity Spirit Fruit in the spirit herb garden, then reached the Great Dao Jade Platform and used the Enlightenment Tree to master the first level of the Purple Firmament Immortal Thunder Art. Back on the plaza, he guided his five senior sisters into the jade platforms, and Weng Lanyue and Fang Yu Yun returned with valuable rewards.

• Zhou Ling found Longevity Wood and plucked its Longevity Spirit Fruit, but the garden’s power prevented him from collecting a second spiritual item.
• Zhou Ling reached the Great Dao Jade Platform, where the Enlightenment Tree helped him comprehend and cultivate the first level of the Purple Firmament Immortal Thunder Art.
• Zhou Ling returned to the plaza, told his five senior sisters about the jade platforms, and watched them enter their chosen platforms.
• Weng Lanyue emerged first with an Earth-grade low-rank Star Radiance Sword Art, which suited her Golden Star Sword Body.
• Fang Yu Yun emerged with a set of high-tier array formations and shared the news of her reward with Zhou Ling.

After returning from the secret realm, Zhou Ling gave Fairy Zi Ling a Longevity Spirit Fruit and obtained a formation manual for Xin'er. Fairy Zi Ling gathered the Void Origin Pill and Zhou Ling's Azure Lotus Spirit Flame to begin healing in seclusion, while Zhou Ling prepared to use his Illusionary Realm Deduction Simulation to cultivate the Purple Firmament Immortal Thunder Art.

• Zhou Ling gave Fairy Zi Ling a Longevity Spirit Fruit and revealed that he had also obtained the Heaven-Tier Purple Firmament Immortal Thunder Art and the Earth-Tier Five Elements Yang Transformation Art.
• Fairy Zi Ling gave Zhou Ling a jade slip outlining third- and fourth-order Array Formations for Xin'er, and the disciples reported their gains from the secret realm.
• Lu Yunxi delivered the Void Origin Pill, and Zhou Ling lent Fairy Zi Ling his fourth-grade high-quality Azure Lotus Spirit Flame to aid her recovery.
• Fairy Zi Ling announced that she would enter seclusion that night to heal her injuries, with Jin Yun standing guard.
• Zhou Ling returned to Qingyun Immortal City, considered the next stages of the Purple Firmament Immortal Thunder Art, and activated his Illusionary Realm Deduction Simulation to cultivate.

Zhou Ling emerged from a month of seclusion after condensing the Purple Firmament Emperor Manifestation, then caught up on family and city affairs. He agreed to design a Fifth-Tier Warship for Five Spirits Immortal City and began asking his newly Foundation-Established disciples about their progress.

• Zhou Ling used thirty Illusionary Realm Deduction Simulations to comprehend the second level of the Purple Firmament Immortal Thunder Art and condense the Purple Firmament Emperor Manifestation.
• Zhou Ling learned that his master had recovered to Early Soul Transformation strength, the Azure Lotus Spirit Flame had advanced to fourth-grade top-grade, and Bai Ji and Luo Xuan had achieved Earth-Grade Foundation Establishment.
• Zhou Ling reviewed reports, reaffirmed the Zhou Family Workshop's focus on warships, and reunited with his family after leaving seclusion.
• Wang Qingshang told Zhou Ling that Five Spirits Immortal City wanted two Fifth-Tier Warships, and Zhou Ling agreed to design one despite his lack of experience refining them.
• Bai Ji and Luo Xuan arrived, and Zhou Ling asked them about their Foundation Establishment process.

Zhou Ling reunited with Fairy Zi Ling, who gave him a Fourth-Tier Azure Spirit Flower and explained the benefits of cultivating the Five Elements Yang Transformation Art. He left intending to focus on the art and condense Five Elements True Yang Qi, which could help Wang Qingshang attempt to form a Heaven-Grade Golden Core.

• Zhou Ling gave Bai Ji and Luo Xuan guidance and cultivation resources, then brought his family to visit Fairy Zi Ling after her recovery.
• Fairy Zi Ling returned the strengthened Azure Lotus Spirit Flame and gave Zhou Ling a Fourth-Tier Azure Spirit Flower to support his soul cultivation.
• Zhou Ling admitted he had cultivated the Purple Firmament Immortal Thunder Art, and Fairy Zi Ling urged him to prioritize the Five Elements Yang Transformation Art.
• Fairy Zi Ling explained that Five Elements True Yang Qi could improve cultivation and breakthrough chances, and that Zhou Ling's physique might make it especially potent.
• Fairy Zi Ling said the qi could improve Wang Qingshang's chances of forming a Heaven-Grade Golden Core, while Wang Qingshang urged Zhou Ling not to rush.
• Fairy Zi Ling gave Zhou Ling a Jade Slip containing cultivation insights for the Five Elements Yang Transformation Art.

Zhou Ling sent Five Spirits Immortal City his design for a fifth-tier Purple Thunder Sword Seal Warship while continuing to cultivate the Five Elements Yang Transformation Art. At Bai Ji and Luo Xuan’s Foundation Establishment celebration, Envoy Wang announced that the Dao Alliance had formally recognized the Lingxiao Sect as a sixth-grade sect and granted it the Purple Sky Sect’s orthodox inheritance.

• Zhou Ling completed his fifth-tier warship blueprint and sent it to Five Spirits Immortal City for approval.
• Zhou Ling prepared to attend Bai Ji and Luo Xuan’s Foundation Establishment ceremony, where Lingxiao Sect leaders and guests gathered.
• Fairy Zi Ling attended the celebration, and Zhou Ling led Bai Ji and Luo Xuan through the ceremony before the guests began celebrating.
• Envoy Wang arrived and announced the Dao Alliance’s decree recognizing the Lingxiao Sect as a sixth-grade sect with the Purple Sky Sect’s orthodox inheritance.
• Zhou Ling accepted the decree and jade seal, then presented them to Fairy Zi Ling as sect master while the guests congratulated the Lingxiao Sect.

Envoy Wang told Zhou Ling that the Dao Alliance had ranked him first among its heavenly prides and ordered him to train at the Sword Qi Great Wall for a year. Zhou Ling reluctantly accepted the mission and began planning his preparations before departing in a month.

• Envoy Wang gave Zhou Ling the Dao Alliance's Heavenly Pride Ranking and explained that its top ten cultivators would train at the Sword Qi Great Wall for one year.
• Envoy Wang revealed that Zhou Ling ranked first, and Zhou Ling learned the trial would begin in a month and reward the cultivator who earned the most military merit.
• Zhou Ling tried to avoid leaving by citing his duties as Qingyun Immortal City's City Lord and the Five Spirits Immortal City warship, but Envoy Wang insisted he participate and offered temporary replacements for his responsibilities.
• Envoy Wang promised each participant two thousand military merits, and Zhou Ling asked to count his trip as a Lingxiao Sect mission; Envoy Wang said that should be possible with an additional procedure.
• Fang Yu Yun and Dean Zhong warned Zhou Ling about the dangers and varied foreign races at the Sword Qi Great Wall, and Zhou Ling resolved to prepare and finish his pending work before departure.
• Zhou Ling and the others escorted Envoy Wang to Qingyun Immortal City's Teleportation Array plaza.

Zhou Ling cultivated the first layer of the Five Elements Yang Transformation Art, condensed Five Elements True Yang Qi, and broke through to the fifth level of the Golden Core realm. He left seclusion with ten wisps of the Qi, intending to help Wang Qingshang undergo her Golden Core Tribulation.

• Zhou Ling told his family he planned to go to the Sword Qi Great Wall and said he would help Wang Qingshang prepare for her Golden Core Tribulation if he could condense Five Elements True Yang Qi.
• Zhou Ling assigned Bai Ji and Luo Xuan more family responsibilities while he focused on cultivating the Five Elements Yang Transformation Art.
• After ten days of cultivation, Zhou Ling comprehended the art’s first layer and produced a Five Elements Golden Sun Manifestation that astonished the Zhou Family and Lingxiao Sect.
• Zhou Ling condensed Five Elements True Yang Qi, broke through to the fifth level of the Golden Core realm, and gathered about ten wisps for Wang Qingshang.
• After two more days, Zhou Ling completed his cultivation, tested the Five Elements Manifestation, and left the Cultivation Room to tell Wang Qingshang the good news.

Zhou Ling emerged from seclusion after comprehending the first layer of the Five Elements Yang Transformation Art and used Five Elements True Yang Qi to strengthen Wang Qingshang before her Golden Core Tribulation. He then met Ji Siqing, who brought plans and materials for a Fifth-Tier Thunder Warship and offered to oversee its construction while Zhou Ling trained at the Sword Qi Great Wall.

• Zhou Ling told Wang Qingshang and Wang Xin that he had comprehended the first layer of the Five Elements Yang Transformation Art and condensed a Five Elements True Yang Dharma Aspect.
• Zhou Ling guided a wisp of Five Elements True Yang Qi into Wang Qingshang, raising her Golden Core Formation Rate and giving her nearly a fifty percent chance of achieving a Heaven-Grade Golden Core.
• Wang Qingshang told Zhou Ling that Ji Siqing had come to the Zhou Family and was working in the Workshop on warship equipment.
• Zhou Ling met Ji Siqing, who confirmed that the warship blueprint was feasible and proposed adding Fire Gang Divine Thunder and a Cloud Mist Flow Array to the warship.
• Ji Siqing agreed to remain with the Zhou Family and help forge the warship while Zhou Ling trained at the Sword Qi Great Wall.

Zhou Ling inspected the newly established Fifth-Tier Spirit Vein and learned that his top place on the Heavenly Pride Ranking could make the Sword Qi Great Wall trial more dangerous. He completed the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Array Disk and demonstrated its power to Ji Siqing, becoming a Fifth-Tier Artifact Refiner.

• Wu Rong told Zhou Ling that she had established the Zhou Family’s Fifth-Tier Spirit Vein, but could not merge it with the immortal city’s vein or raise it to mid-grade.
• Wu Rong warned Zhou Ling to be cautious at the Sword Qi Great Wall because his first place on the Heavenly Pride Ranking had attracted rivals and could invite schemes.
• Three days later, Zhou Ling used the Purple Firmament Emperor Manifestation to forge the nine sword seals of the Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Array Disk.
• Zhou Ling tested the array and found that it could unleash formidable Thunder Sword Qi, though maintaining the manifestation strained his body.
• Zhou Ling showed the completed array disk to Ji Siqing at the Workshop and demonstrated its combined Thunder Sword Array and Fire Gang Divine Thunder attacks.

Zhou Ling gave Ji Siqing the refined formation disk, entrusted him with guiding his disciples, and persuaded him to become a guest elder of the Zhou Family. After Wang Qingshang prepared to form her Golden Core, Zhou Ling began transferring Five Elements True Yang Qi to assist her, leaving her tribulation about to begin.

• Zhou Ling handed Ji Siqing the fifth-tier Nine Heavens Thunder Sword Vibration Disk and received top-grade Spirit Stones as payment for the warship work.
• Zhou Ling asked Ji Siqing to guide Bai Ji and Song Yue and serve as a guest elder of the Zhou Family, and Ji Siqing agreed.
• At dinner, Zhou Ling and his family discussed Ji Siqing's appointment and decided to offer compensation based on the Workshop's warship earnings.
• Zhou Ling encouraged Wang Qingshang to prepare for her Golden Core formation, examined her spiritual resources, and estimated her chance of forming a Heaven-Grade Golden Core at sixty percent.
• After three days of preparation, Zhou Ling transferred his Five Elements True Yang Qi into Wang Qingshang's Qi Sea to temper her body and spiritual power.

Wang Qingshang underwent the Golden Core Tribulation with Zhou Ling’s Five Elements True Yang Qi strengthening her Azure Flame Spirit Body and Golden Soul Burning Heaven Flame. She survived all three thunder tribulations, leaving the Zhou Family to celebrate her successful breakthrough.

• Zhou Ling activated the Zhou Family’s defensive formation as Wang Qingshang began her Golden Core breakthrough.
• The Five Elements True Yang Qi triggered Wang Qingshang’s Azure Flame Spirit Body Phenomenon and fused her Golden Soul Burning Heaven Flame with it.
• Wang Qingshang passed the Mana Gate, Divine Soul Gate, and Inner Demon Gate with little difficulty.
• Wang Qingshang split the first thunder tribulation with her azure treasure sword and endured the second behind her Golden Soul Burning Heaven Flame.
• Wang Qingshang combined her sword and spirit flame to destroy the third lightning tribulation and successfully passed the Golden Core Tribulation.

After Wang Qingshang formed a Heaven-Grade Golden Core, Zhou Ling planned cultivation for his family before leaving for the Sword Qi Great Wall. Across the Dao Alliance, ranked talents reacted to Zhou Ling’s rise and prepared for the trial, where the first-place reward included a Heaven-Grade Core Formation Pill.

• Wang Qingshang credited Zhou Ling’s Five Elements True Yang Qi for helping her form a Heaven-Grade Golden Core, and he urged her to stabilize her cultivation.
• Zhou Ling encouraged Wang Xin to pursue a Heaven-Grade Golden Core and assured Li Ru that she could form a Golden Core, then discussed cultivation plans and resources with his family.
• At the Nine Heavens Sword Academy, Tao Yue complained about Zhou Ling’s first-place ranking, while Pei Qing Shuang and Feng Lan discussed his military merits and the upcoming trial.
• Tao Yue revealed that the trial’s reward included a Heaven-Grade Core Formation Pill, sharpening Pei Qing Shuang and Feng Lan’s interest in competing for first place.
• At the Tianxia Daoist Academy, Yan Yu Tian dismissed concerns about being targeted and declared that he would reclaim first place in the trial.
• At the Flying Dragon Battle Academy, Qi Hao advised his son Qi Jian Zhi to get closer to Zhou Ling during the trial, and Qi Jian Zhi agreed.

As he prepared to leave for a year-long trial at the Sword Qi Great Wall, Zhou Ling arranged affairs for the Lingxiao Sect and his family. He discovered that Five Elements True Yang Qi could improve a Golden Core and might eventually transform a Heaven-Grade Golden Core into an Immortal Dao Golden Core, then set out for Tianxia Immortal City as Dean Gong arrived to see him off.

• Fairy Zi Ling and Fang Yu Yun warned Zhou Ling about the dangers at the Sword Qi Great Wall and the threat from the Purple Sky Sect, while Zhou Ling assured them the trial would secure the sect’s quota for ten years.
• Zhou Ling arranged for Ji Siqing and the other disciples to manage the Workshop during his absence and gave Wang Xin cultivation resources before asking her to care for their child.
• Wang Qingshang told Zhou Ling that Five Elements True Yang Qi helped her Golden Core produce Core Qi and might aid its transformation into an Immortal Dao Golden Core.
• Zhou Ling examined Wang Qingshang’s Golden Core and confirmed that enough Five Elements True Yang Qi could potentially raise a Heaven-Grade Golden Core’s quality, then cautioned her to keep the discovery secret.
• Zhou Ling said goodbye to his family and the gathered sect and city officials before heading to the Teleportation Array for Tianxia Immortal City.
• Dean Gong arrived and called out to Zhou Ling as he was about to depart.