Chapter Summaries

Yu Yuanchen used his awakened Thunder Sacred Dragon bloodline to defeat and kill two Elephant Armored Sect Soul Sages, then searched the Star Dou Great Forest for the Thunderclap Nethervine. After weeks of chasing false leads, he detected its distinctive presence beneath a group of hills and began searching carefully for its hidden body.

• Yu Yuanchen unleashed Thunder Sacred Dragon Descent and overwhelmed the two Soul Sages, then killed them with his Thunder Spear Piercing the Sky attack.
• Yu Yuanchen disposed of the Soul Sages’ bodies and evidence, left the Desolate Valley, and traveled to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Yu Yuanchen searched several locations suggested by the Five Academies’ records but found only natural lightning phenomena and irrelevant traces.
• On his twenty-first day in the forest, Yu Yuanchen’s life-infused lightning triggered a faint, distinctive response from beneath the soil.
• Yu Yuanchen recognized the response as the Thunderclap Nethervine’s presence, restrained his aura, and began searching the surrounding hills with his Spiritual Power.

Yu Yuanchen found the nearly fifty-thousand-year-old Thunderclap Nethervine and began studying its Ultimate Thunder from a distance. After two months of insight helped him develop Liver Wood Lightning and begin fusing five Thunder Nature Transformations, he resolved to face the vine’s lightning directly to grasp the missing essence of Ultimate Thunder.

• Yu Yuanchen located the Thunderclap Nethervine on a secluded peak, but its Ultimate Thunder blasted him away when he approached.
• Yu Yuanchen retreated and spent two months meditating on the vine’s thunder, advancing his Soul Power from Rank 66 to Rank 67 and comprehending Life Force born from destruction.
• Yu Yuanchen used the insight to nourish his liver with Thunder Power and formed a circulation among five Thunder Nature Transformations, beginning to fuse them with his lightning-attributed Soul Power.
• Yu Yuanchen realized the fusion stalled at about one-third completion because his imitated transformations lacked the true essence of Ultimate Thunder.
• Yu Yuanchen decided to provoke the Thunderclap Nethervine into striking him so he could experience its destruction and rebirth firsthand, then walked toward the peak.

Yu Yuanchen endured nearly a year of Heavenly Thunder to comprehend and achieve Ultimate Thunder, then broke through to Soul Sage and transformed his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon into a Thunder Sacred Dragon. He emerged with a Purple-Gold Thunder Law Imprint and the Innate Heavenly Tribulation Sacred Dragon Domain.

• Yu Yuanchen deliberately endured bolts of Ultimate Thunder to study how destruction gave rise to new life, and he agreed to help the Thunderclap Nethervine if it stayed within his ability.
• Yu Yuanchen spent nearly a year recovering from repeated lightning strikes and gradually increased the number of bolts he could withstand.
• Yu Yuanchen realized that he could unite the five Nature Transformations with thunder through Attribute Conversion, achieving his own Ultimate Thunder and condensing a Purple-Gold Thunder Law Imprint.
• Yu Yuanchen's soul power broke through level seventy, and the Law Imprint helped his Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Martial Soul transform into a stable Thunder Sacred Dragon.
• Yu Yuanchen's Purple Lightning Domain fused with his Martial Soul and became the Innate Heavenly Tribulation Sacred Dragon Domain.

Yu Yuanchen agreed to help the Thunderclap Nethervine survive its endless Heavenly Tribulation by taking turns devouring tribulation lightning, and they bound their pact with oaths to the Thunder God. As the Tribulation Clouds gathered, the first strike began.

• The Thunderclap Nethervine explained that it needed Yu Yuanchen to use its Thunder-Eating talent and Ultimate Thunder to help it endure its Heavenly Tribulation.
• Yu Yuanchen agreed to help only while his life was not endangered, and the Thunderclap Nethervine accepted that condition.
• The Thunderclap Nethervine and Yu Yuanchen swore binding oaths to the Thunder God, promising not to betray or harm one another during the tribulation.
• The Thunderclap Nethervine recalled how it had tested Yu Yuanchen with lightning, then chose to cooperate after sensing his Divinity and potential to master Ultimate Thunder.
• Yu Yuanchen joined the Thunderclap Nethervine as oppressive Tribulation Clouds filled the sky, and the first bolt of Heavenly Tribulation gathered.

Yu Yuanchen and Thunderclap Nethervine took turns enduring more than twenty waves of Heavenly Tribulation, allowing the vine to break through the Hundred-Thousand-Year Threshold. The Plane Law’s final two-bolt judgment overwhelmed it, and Yu Yuanchen was left staring at its lifeless body after sacrificing his family heirloom to protect it.

• Thunderclap Nethervine absorbed the first tribulation waves, while Yu Yuanchen used its shared Thunder-Eating talent to withstand later waves and strengthen his Thunderous Armament.
• Yu Yuanchen and Thunderclap Nethervine alternated resisting the tribulation for more than twenty rounds, and the vine stored enough energy for its final breakthrough.
• Thunderclap Nethervine endured the perilous transformation and became the first of its kind to reach one hundred thousand years.
• The Plane Law gathered a final blackish-purple tribulation of two bolts, and the first bolt severely damaged Thunderclap Nethervine.
• Yu Yuanchen sacrificed his Jade Pendant and summoned his Martial Soul to shield the vine from the final bolt, but both defenses broke and Thunderclap Nethervine died.

After Thunderclap Nethervine sacrificed its remaining soul and divine origin to Yu Yuanchen, he gained a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, an External Soul Bone Dragon Spear, and major advances in his cultivation. As Yu Yuanchen set out to settle his family’s threats and prepare for the Five Year Agreement, the God of Destruction noticed him and judged that he might one day repair the damaged Thunder God Position.

• Thunderclap Nethervine revealed that Yu Yuanchen’s barriers had helped its soul survive the tribulation and chose to sacrifice its remaining soul and foundation to him.
• The sacrifice raised Yu Yuanchen’s Soul Power to Peak Level 72, strengthened his Thunder God bloodline and Law Imprint, and transformed his Dragon Spear into an External Soul Bone.
• Yu Yuanchen’s bone marrow began transforming, his Spiritual Power and Bloodline Power showed signs of merging, and he named the higher force he hoped to create Thunder True Essence.
• Yu Yuanchen assessed his strength as comparable to an ordinary early-stage Titled Douluo, then set out to confront the Long Family, the Black Flame Demonic Dragon, and the Elephant Armored Sect before the Five Year Agreement.
• The God of Destruction observed Yu Yuanchen, noted that the Thunder God Position had sensed him, and decided to watch him as a possible future god.

After two years of training, Yu Yuanchen returned to the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan as a Soul Sage with Ultimate Thunder and power comparable to a Titled Douluo. He joined his family in striking the Long Family, and both clans assembled their forces for a decisive battle.

• Yu Yuanchen returned to Dragon City and revealed his seven Soul Rings, Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, evolved Martial Soul, External Soul Bone, and formidable physique to Yu Boxuan, Yu Qingtian, and Yu Mingfeng.
• Yu Yuanchen urged Yu Boxuan and Yu Qingtian to eradicate the Long Family, and they agreed that the clans had enough strength to fight.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan seized the chance to capture Long Family strongholds after Long Xiao withdrew their guards to gather his forces.
• Long Xiao learned of the losses and vowed revenge, leaving the two clans with no chance of reconciliation.
• Yu Boxuan led Yu Qingtian, Yu Yuanchen, and the clan army toward the Long Family, where Long Xiao, Long Sha, and Long Ye prepared to meet them in battle.

Yu Yuanchen used his Thunder Sacred Dragon bloodline and Heavenly Tribulation Sacred Dragon Domain to defeat and kill Long Ye. His victory stunned both clans and left the other battles suspended.

• Yu Yuanchen's sacred Dragon Might suppressed Long Ye and the Long Family's dragon Martial Souls while bolstering the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan.
• Yu Yuanchen fully transformed into a Thunder Sacred Dragon and activated the Heavenly Tribulation Sacred Dragon Domain, weakening Long Ye and strengthening himself.
• Yu Yuanchen overwhelmed Long Ye with rapid attacks, while Long Ye struggled to defend and counter despite his combat experience.
• Yu Yuanchen unleashed Sacred Dragon Descends · Final Thunder Prison, and its Thunder Dragons overwhelmed Long Ye's desperate final attack.
• Long Ye died, and the fighters from both families stopped to stare at Yu Yuanchen after he slew a Titled Douluo in just over thirty exchanges.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan defeated the Long Family after Yu Yuanchen and his allies killed all three of its Titled Douluo. With Dragon City under the clan’s control, Yu Yuanchen looked ahead to the Five Year Agreement, only a few months away.

• Yu Yuanchen killed Long Ye, and Yu Boxuan trapped Long Xiao while Yu Qingtian and Yu Yuanchen cornered Long Sha.
• Yu Yuanchen stopped Long Sha’s desperate attack, and Yu Qingtian killed him with his Ninth Soul Skill.
• Long Xiao burned his Life Force and Martial Soul Origin, but Yu Boxuan, Yu Qingtian, and Yu Yuanchen overwhelmed him and he died.
• The Long Family’s remaining fighters surrendered or fled as the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan took control and detained the women and children.
• The clan recovered several Spirit Bones from the fallen Long Family Titled Douluo, and Yu Yuanchen turned his thoughts to the approaching Five Year Agreement.

Yu Yuanchen absorbed Long Xiao’s Purple Blazing Dragon right leg bone, gained a powerful spirit bone skill, and advanced to rank seventy-three. He then decided the fate of the Long Family’s surviving collateral members, before turning his thoughts to the upcoming reunion with Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu.

• Yu Yuanchen absorbed Long Xiao’s Purple Blazing Dragon right leg bone, gained the [Purple Blazing Step Heaven Step] skill, and broke through to the seventy-third rank.
• Yu Boxuan tasked Yu Yuanchen with deciding how to deal with the Long Family’s surviving women, children, and collateral branches.
• Yu Yuanchen declared the direct lineage of the Long Family would be eliminated and offered the collateral branches a choice between lifelong slavery and death.
• The surviving collateral members knelt and agreed to become slaves, and Yu Yuanchen ordered them registered and dispersed under strict supervision.
• Yu Boxuan praised Yu Yuanchen’s decision, while Yu Yuanchen looked ahead to meeting Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu with seven months left before their Five Year Agreement.

Yu Yuanchen refined his cultivation and agreed to meet a potential match arranged by his father. He met Ye Zhilan, a talented Nine Heart Begonia Soul Ancestor, and their pleasant first walk left him open to seeing her again.

• Yu Yuanchen spent a month perfecting his marrow and skull tempering while slowly converting his powers into Thunder True Essence.
• Yu Mingfeng urged Yu Yuanchen to consider marriage, and Yu Yuanchen agreed to meet someone without promising more.
• Yu Mingfeng introduced Yu Yuanchen to Ye Zhilan and her parents at the clan residence.
• Yu Yuanchen and Ye Zhilan walked through the garden, where they learned about each other and grew more comfortable together.
• Ye Zhilan glanced back at Yu Yuanchen as her family departed, and Yu Yuanchen reflected that the meeting might not be troublesome after all.

Yu Yuanchen guided Ye Zhilan in learning to shape her Wood Attribute Soul Power while their affection quietly grew, then left Dragon City for the Savage Beast Hills as the Five Year Agreement came due. He reunited with Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu, and the three prepared to spar.

• Ye Zhilan confided that her lack of offensive power made her feel helpless, so Yu Yuanchen taught her the basics of Soul Power Nature Change.
• Over several months, Ye Zhilan learned to form a weak wooden spike and grew more affectionate toward Yu Yuanchen, while he held back his own feelings and focused on cultivation.
• Yu Yuanchen's Soul Power rose to level 75 as his bone tempering advanced and he learned to wield part of his Purple-Gold Thunder True Essence.
• Yu Yuanchen bid farewell to Ye Zhilan and his family, then traveled to the Savage Beast Hills to meet Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu.
• Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu, both at the peak of Level 79, welcomed Yu Yuanchen and readied themselves for the long-awaited battle.

Yu Yuanchen, Tang Chen, and Qian Daoliu agreed to fight in a free-for-all, and their clash revealed how much all three had grown over five years. Yu Yuanchen initially held the advantage against their combined assault, but Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu joined forces and drove the battle into its fiercest stage.

• Yu Yuanchen proposed a free-for-all, and Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu accepted.
• Tang Chen unleashed his Clear Sky Domain and powerful bloodline, while Qian Daoliu revealed his Six-winged Angel Martial Soul and Ultimate Sacred and Ultimate Fire attributes.
• Yu Yuanchen summoned his purple-gold Thunder Sacred Dragon form and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, startling both opponents with his strength.
• Tang Chen's hammer and Qian Daoliu's Light Sword attacked together, but Yu Yuanchen blocked them and forced both men back.
• Tang Chen escalated his hammer technique, and Qian Daoliu attacked from above with his Angel Domain and light feathers as Yu Yuanchen countered with thunder.
• Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu made Yu Yuanchen their shared target, and the three Domains collided as the battle intensified.

Yu Yuanchen used his Five Thunders Orthodox Law to overwhelm Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu, forcing both to unleash their strongest techniques. After their attacks clashed with Yu Yuanchen’s five-colored lightning canopy, all three were badly depleted and prepared to decide the battle with one final strike.

• Yu Yuanchen summoned his Thunder Dragon Spear and used five kinds of divine thunder to bind, disrupt, and suppress Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu invoked Angel God Descends, while Tang Chen exploded his first six Soul Rings to temporarily strengthen his Seventh Soul Ring and unleashed Sky Breaker.
• Yu Yuanchen gathered the five thunders into a protective canopy and blocked Qian Daoliu’s sacred sword and Tang Chen’s hammer strike.
• The collision left all three injured and near their limits, but Yu Yuanchen, Qian Daoliu, and Tang Chen raised their weapons for one last strike.

Yu Yuanchen, Tang Chen, and Qian Daoliu unleashed their strongest attacks in the final clash of their five-year rematch. Yu Yuanchen was declared the winner, while Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu accepted defeat and vowed to grow stronger before they met again.

• Tang Chen awakened a deeper understanding of the Clear Sky Hammer and launched Clear Sky—Earth-Splitting as Qian Daoliu unleashed Angel's Annihilation Slash.
• Yu Yuanchen combined his Spirit Bone skill, soul skill, Five Thunders Orthodox Law, and Heavenly Tribulation power into Thunder Emperor's Annihilation Tribulation Spear.
• The three attacks collided, creating a destructive energy singularity that carved a vast crater into the valley.
• Yu Yuanchen rose first after the blast, realizing that he had won because he still had strength left while Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu could barely fight.
• Tang Chen admitted defeat and promised to challenge Yu Yuanchen again, while Qian Daoliu conceded and vowed to seek him out after reaching Soul Douluo.
• Yu Yuanchen thanked both friends, and the three parted with renewed resolve as the night settled over the Savage Beast Hills.

After recovering from his battle with Tang Chen and Qian Daoliu, Yu Yuanchen reached level seventy-six and grew closer to Ye Zhilan. News of the Elephant Armored Sect’s growing ambitions and hostility toward his clan then drew him into a new family crisis, and he resolved to deal with the sect.

• Yu Yuanchen, Tang Chen, and Qian Daoliu treated their injuries after their battle, and Yu Yuanchen reflected on the rules and techniques he had witnessed.
• Qian Daoliu returned to Spirit Hall and Tang Chen left to recover, while Yu Yuanchen went back to his clan and entered seclusion.
• Yu Yuanchen fully recovered, broke through to level seventy-six, and shared a tender conversation with Ye Zhilan about companionship on the path of cultivation.
• A Family Elder delivered Yu Yuanchen a Secret Letter reporting escalating conflict between the Elephant Armored Sect and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, along with Huyan Kuang’s plans to ally with the White Armored Earth Dragon Tuoba Family.
• Yu Yuanchen hurried to the Council Hall, determined to destroy the Elephant Armored Sect, while Ye Zhilan resolved to cultivate harder so she would not become a burden to him.

Yu Boxuan and Yu Qingtian led the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect against the Elephant Armored Sect and Tuoba Family, only to meet Tuoba Yulong’s hidden Dragon Elephant trump card. The coalition withdrew after the first battle, leaving both sides in a temporary stalemate while Tuoba Yulong’s berserk secret technique threatened to turn against him.

• Yu Yuanchen warned Yu Boxuan and the elders not to underestimate Huyan Kuang and Tuoba Feng, but Yu Boxuan ordered him to stay behind and guard Dragon City.
• Yu Boxuan and Yu Qingtian joined Ning Zhiyuan and Azure Peak Douluo to lead the coalition toward Dragon Elephant Valley, where they overwhelmed the enemy and pushed it back into its gorge stronghold.
• Yu Boxuan secretly used his rank 97 strength to kill enemy experts while Yu Qingtian and Azure Peak Douluo suppressed Huyan Kuang and Tuoba Feng on the front line.
• Tuoba Yulong ambushed Yu Qingtian with his King Kong Dragon Elephant Martial Soul, wounding him before Yu Boxuan revealed his strength and intervened.
• Tuoba Yulong activated the Berserk Battle Body secret technique and fought Yu Boxuan while the enemy forces launched a suicidal counterattack.
• Yu Boxuan ordered the coalition to withdraw ten li and regroup; the enemy returned to the gorge, and the first battle ended in a temporary stalemate.

Yu Yuanchen sought Ye Zhilan’s medical knowledge to refine his qi and blood cultivation, then learned that Spirit Hall had intervened in the war at the Diamond Mountain Range. Ordered to join the front and help destroy the Dragon-Elephant Allied Forces’ leaders within three days, he departed for the battlefield.

• Yu Yuanchen asked Ye Zhilan about qi and blood, meridians, and internal-organ nourishment, gaining new insights into controlling his Bloodline Power.
• Yu Yuanchen taught Ye Zhilan a basic method for tempering her body and refining her Spiritual Power.
• Yu Yuanchen read Yu Boxuan’s letter and learned that the Dragon-Elephant Allied Forces had been routed and that Huyan Kuang had secretly pledged allegiance to Spirit Hall.
• Spirit Hall offered to mediate and protect the surviving Elephant Armored Sect and Tuoba Family forces after three days, while Yu Boxuan ordered Yu Yuanchen to help breach their fortress and kill Huyan Kuang, Tuoba Feng, and Tuoba Yulong.
• Yu Yuanchen said farewell to Ye Zhilan and flew toward the Diamond Mountain Range.

Yu Yuanchen led the coalition army in breaking the Diamond Mountain Range’s natural barrier with a devastating lightning strike, then helped defeat the Dragon-Elephant Allied Forces’ leaders. The coalition annihilated the enemy’s main force, while a small number escaped through hidden paths.

• Yu Yuanchen joined Yu Boxuan, Yu Qingtian, Ning Zhiyuan, and Azure Peak Douluo and proposed using his domain and the clan’s lightning to breach the canyon defenses.
• Ning Zhiyuan enhanced Yu Yuanchen as the coalition launched its final assault, and Yu Yuanchen gathered their lightning and natural thunder into a massive Purple-Gold sphere.
• Yu Yuanchen unleashed Thunderstorm... Heavenly Execution, blasting a hundred-meter gap through the natural barrier and wiping out the defenders stationed there.
• Yu Boxuan led the coalition through the breach as Yu Yuanchen, Yu Qingtian, and Azure Peak Douluo killed Huyan Kuang and Tuoba Feng.
• Yu Yuanchen disrupted Tuoba Yulong’s attempted self-detonation, allowing Yu Boxuan to kill him and end the Dragon-Elephant Allied Forces’ leadership.
• The coalition defeated the remaining resistance by nightfall, annihilating the enemy’s main force as a small number escaped through hidden paths.

After the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect defeated the Dragon-Elephant Allied Forces and divided the spoils, Golden Crocodile Douluo confronted their leaders over the destruction. Qian Daoliu intervened and calmed the dispute, then invited Yu Yuanchen to speak privately as the wider political tensions remained unresolved.

• Yu Boxuan and Ning Zhiyuan divided the captured Spirit Bones and other spoils according to their agreement, while the surviving Dragon-Elephant Allied Forces escaped with only a small remnant.
• As the coalition army withdrew from the Diamond Mountain Range, Golden Crocodile Douluo arrived and accused Yu Boxuan and Ning Zhiyuan of exceeding Spirit Hall's three-day deadline.
• Yu Boxuan defended the coalition's actions, while Golden Crocodile Douluo intensified his pressure against him and Yu Yuanchen.
• Qian Daoliu arrived, argued that the coalition had kept its agreement, and persuaded Golden Crocodile Douluo to let the matter end.
• Golden Crocodile Douluo withdrew to handle the surviving forces, and Qian Daoliu invited Yu Yuanchen to speak with him privately.