Chapter Summaries

Bi Changsheng chose the Five Elements Great Array to strengthen the Natal Spirit Realm and gathered the materials needed to build it. He completed the array, which linked the realm’s five Spirit Veins and allowed the five elements to circulate.

• Bi Changsheng considered which formation the Natal Spirit Realm could safely support and decided to establish the Five Elements Great Array from the Five Qi Grotto-Heaven Method.
• Bi Changsheng studied the Great Sun Grotto-Heaven Method after exchanging his inheritance reward for it, despite the Dharma Transmission Hall Master warning him against becoming engrossed in Earth Immortal methods.
• Bi Changsheng gathered the large quantity of Five Elements Spirit Materials needed for the array, spending more than two million Spirit Stones.
• Bi Changsheng entered the Natal Spirit Realm and arranged its five Spirit Veins according to the directions of the five elements.
• Bi Changsheng used the Spirit Materials to complete the Five Elements Great Array, setting the power of the five elements circulating through the formation.

Bi Changsheng connected the Five Elements Great Array to his Origin Array, strengthening his Natal Spirit Realm and gaining powerful defensive and suppressive abilities. After half a year of secluded cultivation on Purple Bamboo Peak, the Lightning Talisman within him suddenly stirred.

• Bi Changsheng connected the Origin Array to the Five Elements Great Array, allowing the arrays to strengthen each other and the Natal Spirit Realm.
• Bi Changsheng tested the Five-Colored Canopy and found its defenses could withstand his current strength and several attacks from Nascent Soul powerhouses.
• Bi Changsheng formed the Five-Colored Divine Light, which could suppress most Golden Core cultivators, but he decided not to provoke Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Bi Changsheng settled into secluded cultivation on Purple Bamboo Peak, and half a year later the Lightning Talisman within him stirred.

The Lightning Talisman warned Bi Changsheng that the secret-realm fragment holding the possible complete inheritance of the Nine Tribulations Thunder Law was about to collapse. He abandoned his plan to wait until his cultivation improved further, left the Golden Sun Sect, and headed toward the Purple Cloud Sect’s territory to find it.

• The Lightning Talisman told Bi Changsheng that the secret-realm fragment was nearing destruction, prompting him to set out at once.
• Bi Changsheng reviewed his gains from six months of cultivation, including reaching seventh-tenths Thunderous Momentum and opening forty-five more acupoints.
• Bi Changsheng instructed Uncle Fu, Little Black, and the Ginseng Doll before leaving the Golden Sun Sect alone.
• Bi Changsheng used the Lightning Talisman to sense the fragment’s direction and piloted a third-tier flying vessel toward the Purple Cloud Sect.
• Bi Changsheng crossed into the Purple Cloud Sect’s territory, where the Lightning Talisman’s signal grew clearer but had not yet led him to the fragment.

Bi Changsheng followed the Lightning Talisman's reaction to a collapsing grotto-heaven fragment in Sui Kingdom, where the Purple Cloud Sect and many cultivators were preparing to enter it. Meanwhile, Ouyang Qi agreed to help a Blood God Sect envoy attack a Purple Cloud Sect True Disciple inside the fragment.

• Bi Changsheng decided to continue into Purple Cloud Sect territory because he believed its alliance with the Golden Sun Sect would keep him safe from the Blood God Sect.
• In Sui Kingdom, Bi Changsheng learned that spatial fluctuations had revealed a grotto-heaven fragment nearing collapse and that cultivators were gathering to plunder it before it vanished.
• Bi Changsheng followed the Lightning Talisman to the mountain forest, confirmed the fragment was there, and set up camp among the other cultivators.
• Ouyang Qi told a black-robed envoy that the Ouyang Family would enter the fragment alongside the envoys once its entrance opened.
• The envoy assured Ouyang Qi that they would attack a Purple Cloud Sect True Disciple inside the fragment and conceal the deed as an accident.

Ouyang Qi accepted that the Ouyang Family was trapped in its alliance with the Blood God Sect, while Bi Changsheng waited as the fragmented grotto-heaven’s entrance opened. The world’s Great Dao power stabilized the entrance and began suppressing the fragment, which resisted it.

• A Blood God Sect cultivator threatened Ouyang Qi, who affirmed the Ouyang Family’s loyalty and recalled how the sect’s aid had saved his family.
• Ouyang Qi sighed that the family could no longer escape its obligations to the Blood God Sect and left to make preparations.
• Bi Changsheng assessed the gathered forces, identified the Purple Cloud Sect’s team led by Li Mingjiang as the main threat, and estimated that the grotto-heaven fragment would soon collapse.
• After three days, spatial vortices appeared above the forest, revealing a thunder-filled world as the grotto-heaven entrance began to open.
• The world’s Great Dao power halted the vortices’ collapse and entered the fragment to suppress and drain it, prompting the fragment to resist.

Bi Changsheng entered the unstable, collapsing grotto-heaven fragment to search for the complete inheritance of the Nine Tribulations Thunder Law. After dodging the lightning triggered by his arrival, he began exploring a barren, dangerous realm where disturbances provoked more strikes, leaving him wary of threats beyond the thunderclouds.

• Li Mingjiang waited until most cultivators had entered the grotto-heaven fragment before leading the Purple Cloud Sect group inside.
• Bi Changsheng entered through a spatial vortex, and the Lightning Talisman inside him dissipated.
• Bi Changsheng saw that the fragment resembled the Thundercloud Grotto-Heaven but was more unstable, and he dodged a bolt of lightning triggered by his arrival.
• Bi Changsheng tested his theory by firing lightning at the ground, provoking another strike from the fragment.
• Bi Changsheng searched the barren fragment at speed, dodging lightning of varying power while watching for other dangers.

Bi Changsheng collected lightning-type Spirit Materials in the fragmentary grotto-heaven and began using its dangerous Space Rifts to comprehend spatial power. After a Space Rift dissipated near a pool of Thunder Spirit Liquid, an unknown cultivator demanded a share, leaving Bi Changsheng facing a confrontation.

• Bi Changsheng collected a Purple Thunder Crystal, escaped a sudden Space Rift, and gained an initial insight into spatial power by studying it.
• Bi Changsheng decided to seek out more Space Rifts and comprehend them while continuing his search for the Nine Tribulations Thunder Law inheritance.
• Bi Changsheng found a pool of Thunder Spirit Liquid and waited for a nearby Space Rift to form and dissipate before collecting it.
• Several Foundation Establishment Realm groups approached the pool but withdrew after sensing Bi Changsheng's deliberately revealed mid-stage Golden Core cultivation.
• An unknown cultivator demanded a cup of the Thunder Spirit Liquid from Bi Changsheng in a threatening tone.

Bi Changsheng refused to share the Thunder Spirit Liquid with a Golden Core mid-stage cultivator from Mad Waves Gate, who attacked him with the Mad Waves Illusion Record. Bi Changsheng defeated him with a thunder dragon and left him injured and fleeing.

• A Golden Core mid-stage cultivator arrived and demanded a share of the Thunder Spirit Liquid, but Bi Changsheng refused and stored it in his Storage Artifact.
• The cultivator from Mad Waves Gate summoned his scroll and attacked Bi Changsheng with waves empowered by thirty percent water momentum.
• Bi Changsheng unleashed the Nine Tribulations Thunder Pearl, gathered the thunderclouds, and struck with the Heavenly Thunder Spell while wielding seventy percent Thunderous Momentum.
• Bi Changsheng's thunder dragon shattered the waves, blasted through the cultivator's defense, and injured him.
• The Mad Waves Gate cultivator retrieved his damaged scroll and fled, fearing Bi Changsheng would kill him.

Bi Changsheng pursued and killed a mid-stage Golden Core Cultivator from the Mad Waves Gate with his Heavenly Thunder Spell, while onlookers fled in fear. He collected the cultivator’s Storage Artifact and resumed exploring the heavenly grotto fragment as time ran short.

• Bi Changsheng formed hand seals and sent a thunder dragon after the fleeing Golden Core Cultivator.
• The Golden Core Cultivator recognized Bi Changsheng as a True Disciple of the Golden Sun Sect and threatened him with the Purple Cloud Sect’s authority, but Bi Changsheng kept pursuing him.
• The thunder dragon caught the Golden Core Cultivator and killed him after shattering his hurried defense.
• Foundation Establishment Cultivators who witnessed the killing fled again when they sensed Bi Changsheng’s overwhelming aura.
• Bi Changsheng collected the Golden Core Cultivator’s Storage Artifact and continued exploring the heavenly grotto fragment.

Foundation Establishment cultivators identified Bi Changsheng as a True Disciple of the Golden Sun Sect, while he continued searching the cave-heaven fragment for the Nine Tribulations Thunder Law inheritance. Elsewhere, two Purple Cloud Sect disciples fled a Blood God Sect pursuer after the Blood God Sect and Ouyang Family ambushed their group, leaving them fearing that Li Mingjiang was also being targeted.

• The cultivators recognized Bi Changsheng and spread word of his arrival and strength, speculating that he might clash with Li Mingjiang.
• Bi Changsheng gathered thunder-attributed Spirit Materials, encountered three Space Rifts, and continued searching for the Nine Tribulations Thunder Law inheritance.
• Two Purple Cloud Sect disciples fled from a Blood God Sect cultivator and hoped to reach Li Mingjiang for help.
• The male disciple recalled that the Ouyang Family had secretly helped the Blood God Sect enter their team, enabling a mid-stage Golden Core cultivator to ambush and kill their early-stage Golden Core elder.
• Most of the Purple Cloud Sect team was slaughtered, and the male disciple feared the Blood God Sect had made plans to target Li Mingjiang as well.

Two Purple Cloud Sect disciples exposed the Ouyang Family’s alliance with the Blood God Sect while fleeing a pursuing Golden Core Cultivator. Bi Changsheng decided to intervene against the Blood God Sect, attacked the pursuer with the Nine Tribulations Thunder Pearl, and ignored the disciples’ pleas as thunderclouds gathered overhead.

• The two Purple Cloud Sect disciples decided to spread word that the Ouyang Family had colluded with the Blood God Sect and was slaughtering their sect’s disciples.
• The pursuing Blood God Sect Golden Core Cultivator learned that the news had been broadcast and decided to kill everyone who knew about the plot.
• Bi Changsheng heard the disciples’ warning, considered the Blood God Sect his enemy, and chose to observe before intervening if he could.
• Bi Changsheng saw the disciples fleeing with the mid-stage Golden Core pursuer close behind and attacked the pursuer with the Nine Tribulations Thunder Pearl.
• The Purple Cloud Sect disciples begged Bi Changsheng for help, but he ignored them as the Nine Tribulations Thunder Pearl gathered thunderclouds overhead.

Bi Changsheng confronted a Blood God Sect Golden Core Cultivator who recognized him as a target and tried to kill him for a reward. Bi Changsheng blocked the cultivator’s poison attack with his Five-Colored Canopy, then killed him with a thunder dragon.

• The Blood God Sect Golden Core Cultivator discovered Bi Changsheng and recognized him as the Golden Sun Sect True Disciple marked for elimination.
• The cultivator attacked with a blood serpent infused with poison while Bi Changsheng unleashed a thunder dragon.
• Bi Changsheng let the blood serpent reach him and used his Natal Spirit Realm’s Five-Colored Canopy to shatter its fangs.
• The Blood God Sect Golden Core Cultivator failed to defend himself from the thunder dragon, which struck and killed him.

Bi Changsheng killed a Blood God Sect Golden Core Cultivator and refused the Purple Cloud Sect disciples’ invitation to join them. As news of the Blood God Sect’s alliance with the Ouyang Family spread, Shi Gaozhuo ordered his followers to abandon secrecy and slaughter everyone in the grotto-heaven fragments.

• Bi Changsheng killed the Blood God Sect Golden Core Cultivator, then searched his corpse while the two Purple Cloud Sect disciples thanked him.
• Bi Changsheng declined the disciples’ request to travel with them and left to explore the grotto-heaven fragments.
• The Purple Cloud Sect disciples left to find Li Mingjiang, contact their fellow disciples, and warn them that the Ouyang Family had allied with the Blood God Sect.
• News spread that Bi Changsheng was in the grotto-heaven fragments and that the Ouyang Family and Blood God Sect were attacking the Purple Cloud Sect.
• Shi Gaozhuo dismissed reports of Bi Changsheng’s strength, then ordered the Blood God Sect members to kill everyone they encountered.

Shi Gaozhuo ordered the Blood God Sect to stop hiding and slaughter cultivators in the cave-heaven fragment, while Ouyang Qi remained with Li Mingjiang’s group to lead the Blood God Sect to them. After Li Mingjiang learned of the Ouyang Family’s betrayal, he killed Ouyang Qi and ordered the Purple Cloud Sect disciples to eliminate the conspirators and hunt down the Blood God Sect.

• Shi Gaozhuo ordered the Blood God Sect and Ouyang Family cultivators to kill everyone in the cave-heaven fragment, unleashing a wave of slaughter.
• Purple Cloud Sect disciples joined Li Mingjiang’s group, and one of the disciples rescued by Bi Changsheng privately told him about the Ouyang Family’s collusion with the Blood God Sect.
• Ouyang Qi grew uneasy as the Blood God Sect failed to follow his traces to Li Mingjiang’s group and considered leaving.
• Li Mingjiang confronted the Ouyang Family after learning of its betrayal and killed Ouyang Qi with a thunderclaw.
• Li Mingjiang’s disciples killed the remaining Ouyang Family and Blood God Sect cultivators in the group, then he ordered them to hunt down and kill both factions.

Bi Changsheng discovered Thunder Valley and used his Five-Colored Canopy to enter it in search of the complete Nine Tribulations Thunder Law inheritance. Meanwhile, Shi Gaozhuo’s Blood God Sect party caught up with Li Mingjiang’s group, and Shi Gaozhuo gained the upper hand in their battle.

• Li Mingjiang ordered the Purple Cloud Sect disciples to rally and retaliate against the Blood God Sect and the Ouyang Family.
• Shi Gaozhuo learned that Ouyang Qi had left traces leading to Li Mingjiang and pursued them despite his injuries.
• Bi Changsheng found Thunder Valley, tested its powerful lightning, and entered under the protection of his Five-Colored Canopy.
• Shi Gaozhuo’s party tracked down Li Mingjiang’s enlarged group, and the two sides began fighting.
• Shi Gaozhuo gradually forced Li Mingjiang onto the defensive with his superior combat experience and methods.

Li Mingjiang’s desperate spell failed to overcome Shi Gaozhuo, leaving him injured and unable to fight at full strength. As the Purple Cloud Sect’s group faced imminent defeat, two of its cultivators stepped forward to hold off the enemy so Li Mingjiang could retreat with the survivors.

• Shi Gaozhuo taunted Li Mingjiang while pressing his advantage, as the Blood God Sect and Ouyang Family struggled against the Purple Cloud Sect’s encirclement.
• Li Mingjiang unleashed a powerful spell from the Ascending Dragon Thunder Scripture, but Shi Gaozhuo’s blood demon destroyed his lightning dragon and injured him with the backlash.
• Shi Gaozhuo sent the blood demon after Li Mingjiang again, and a Purple Cloud Sect Golden Core mid-stage cultivator blocked its attack and urged Li Mingjiang to escape.
• A Purple Cloud Sect Golden Core early-stage cultivator also volunteered to hold off the enemy and told Li Mingjiang to lead the remaining disciples away.

Li Mingjiang led most of the Purple Cloud Sect members in retreat while two Golden Core elders and other disciples sacrificed themselves to hold Shi Gaozhuo back. With the Blood God Sect pursuing them, Li Mingjiang chose to flee toward Thunder Valley in hopes of finding a way out.

• The two Purple Cloud Sect Golden Core Cultivators charged the blood demon to cover Li Mingjiang’s retreat, while some disciples stayed behind to hold off the Blood God Sect and the Ouyang Family.
• The two elders self-detonated, damaging the blood demon and delaying Shi Gaozhuo as Li Mingjiang and the surviving disciples escaped.
• Shi Gaozhuo led the slaughter of the remaining Purple Cloud Sect members, then pursued Li Mingjiang’s group.
• Li Mingjiang and the others heard the explosions and grieved for their fallen fellow disciples, but continued fleeing and asked for a way forward.
• A Purple Cloud Sect disciple suggested Thunder Valley, and Li Mingjiang led the group toward it.

Bi Changsheng explored Thunder Valley and found ancient palace ruins protected from the lightning by a mysterious Stone Tablet. When he cast the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation, the tablet reacted and a terrifying multicolored thunder figure emerged.

• Bi Changsheng searched Thunder Valley for nearly an hour before discovering a vast zone untouched by lightning and entering it.
• Bi Changsheng explored the palace ruins and found a Stone Tablet whose power had shaped Thunder Valley’s lightning and its isolated zone.
• Bi Changsheng suspected the Stone Tablet held the Nine Tribulations Thunder Law inheritance and decided to test it by casting the Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation.
• Bi Changsheng summoned a massive Tribulation Cloud and unleashed seventy percent of his Thunderous Momentum as multicolored lightning covered the Stone Tablet.
• A terrifying figure formed from multicolored thunder appeared from within the Stone Tablet.

Bi Changsheng encountered Xuanxiao, a remnant soul of a Divine Firmament Sect immortal, in the grotto-heaven fragment. Xuanxiao recognized Bi Changsheng’s Nine Tribulations Thunder Law inheritance and began passing its complete version to him.

• A thunderous figure awakened before Bi Changsheng, and its aura made him suspect it was more powerful than a True Monarch Soul Transformation.
• After receiving information from the grotto-heaven fragment, Xuanxiao lamented that the Divine Firmament Sect had been destroyed and explained that he was only a remnant soul.
• Bi Changsheng respectfully introduced himself, and Xuanxiao identified himself as Xuanxiao of the Divine Firmament Sect.
• Xuanxiao praised Bi Changsheng’s talent, then dispersed his Three-Nine Heavenly Tribulation without causing backlash.
• Xuanxiao asked whether Bi Changsheng had come for the complete Nine Tribulations Thunder Law, and Bi Changsheng confirmed that he had.
• Xuanxiao declared that Bi Changsheng was fated to receive the inheritance and sent its information into his mind.

Bi Changsheng received the complete Nine Tribulations Thunder Law inheritance from Immortal Xuanxiao, who explained that he wanted the Divine Firmament Sect’s legacy to survive without burdening Bi Changsheng with its old karma. As the grotto-heaven fragment came under attack, Immortal Xuanxiao seized control of its origin and recognized Bi Changsheng’s Calculations Sutra and Dao Seeking Art, but could not see through his full circumstances.

• Bi Changsheng thanked Immortal Xuanxiao for giving him the Nine Tribulations Thunder Law and offered to fulfill any wish within his power.
• Immortal Xuanxiao explained that he passed on the inheritance because they were fated to meet and he wanted the Divine Firmament Sect’s legacy to continue, while keeping Bi Changsheng clear of the sect’s dangerous karma.
• The grotto-heaven fragment trembled as the world’s power began devouring its origin, and Bi Changsheng used the Calculations Sutra to assess the threat.
• Immortal Xuanxiao took control of the fragment’s origin power and reversed the struggle, suppressing the world’s power.
• Immortal Xuanxiao recognized Bi Changsheng’s Calculations Sutra and Dao Seeking Art, connected them to the Divine Firmament Sect’s destruction, and found that he could not see through Bi Changsheng’s specific circumstances.