Chapter Summaries

Yu Xiaoheng forced the Clear Sky Sect disciples to apologize to Rou'er by rallying the full strength of the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan behind him. As Tang Hao tried to leave, a storm gathered and purple lightning filled the sky.

• Yu Xiaoheng confronted the Clear Sky Sect disciples for insulting Rou'er and transformed with his Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul.
• Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan joined Yu Xiaoheng in overwhelming the Clear Sky Sect with their combined auras.
• The Clear Sky Sect disciples fell to their knees and apologized to Rou'er, while Rou'er excitedly praised Yu Xiaoheng for his loyalty.
• Tang Hao swallowed his humiliation, threatened to remember the incident, and ordered his men to leave.
• Dark clouds gathered above the cave, and purple lightning streaked across the sky as the Clear Sky Sect tried to depart.

A heavenly tribulation formed over the Thunder Jade Dragon’s cave, trapping the Blue Electric Sect and the Clear Sky Sect as the creature began transforming the Thunderstone Vein. The elders discovered that escaping would require a Soul Douluo to endure near-fatal injuries, leaving Yu Yuanzhen to decide what to do.

• The Clear Sky Sect accused Yu Yuanzhen of summoning the storm, but Yu Yuanzhen and the Blue Electric Sect realized the lightning came from heaven.
• Yu Xiaoheng stood calmly amid the pressure, while Tang Hao and the others struggled to withstand the storm.
• Tang Hao tried to lead the group away, but a bolt of lightning reduced a nearby Clear Sky Sect Soul Ancestor to ashes.
• The Thunder Jade Dragon roared as heavenly lightning shattered the Thunderstone Vein and began its transformation.
• A Blue Electric Sect Soul Douluo tested the lightning and found that Soul Power could not withstand it; another elder said escape was possible only at the cost of a near-death ordeal.

Yu Yuanzhen captured the Thunder Jade Dragon but could not stop the heavenly lightning, forcing him to decide how to save the trapped sect members. As he prepared to evacuate with Yu Xiaoheng, Liu Erlong, and Rou'er, Tang Yuehua’s warning that the Clear Sky Sect knew Tang Hao’s whereabouts made Yu Yuanzhen’s killing intent fade.

• Yu Yuanzhen defeated the Thunder Jade Dragon and carried it from the cave, but the gathering lightning continued to intensify.
• More lightning killed Clear Sky Sect disciples as Tang Hao ordered a retreat and Liu Erlong and Rou'er begged Yu Yuanzhen to save Yu Xiaoheng.
• Yu Yuanzhen decided to take Yu Xiaoheng, Liu Erlong, and Rou'er while the elders led the remaining Blue Lightning Sect disciples in a breakout.
• Yu Yuanzhen swore that he and the elders would not abandon any disciple, while the Clear Sky Sect members faced the danger without help.
• Tang Hao realized Yu Yuanzhen might leave him to die in the Thunder Prison, but Tang Yuehua stepped forward and revealed that she had informed the Clear Sky Sect of their location.

Yu Yuanzhen agreed to rescue Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua but left the Clear Sky Sect Disciples behind, triggering their despair and an attack on the Blue Electric Sect. They lashed out at Yu Xiaoheng over his planned eleven-thousand-year Second Soul Ring, shaking the Blue Electric Sect Disciples’ confidence as the deadly storm raged outside.

• Yu Yuanzhen decided to save Tang Hao and Tang Yuehua, fearing that killing Tang Hao would spark war between the sects and disrupt Yu Xiaoheng’s future.
• Tang Yuehua offered the Clear Sky Sect’s promised opportunity in exchange for help, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed to rescue the siblings but said nothing about the other Disciples.
• The abandoned Clear Sky Sect Disciples broke down, and one attacked a Blue Electric Sect disciple before others joined the fight.
• The Clear Sky Sect Disciples cursed Yu Xiaoheng, claiming his eleven-thousand-year Second Soul Ring would kill or cripple him.
• The Blue Electric Sect Disciples began to doubt Yu Xiaoheng’s chances when they considered how far his Second Soul Ring exceeded the usual limit.

As the Blue Electric Sect prepared to flee the lightning-struck cavern, Yu Yuanzhen chose to take Yu Xiaoheng, Liu Erlong, and the unconscious Rou'er, leaving the others behind. Yu Xiaoheng considered risking himself to save everyone but stayed with his cautious plan until the ancestor in his Sacred Dragon Bone noticed his growing ability to absorb lightning and announced that a great opportunity had arrived.

• Blue Electric Sect members feared Yu Xiaoheng would fail to absorb an eleven-thousand-year Spirit Ring, while Clear Sky Sect disciples mocked him and his clan.
• Yu Yuanzhen ordered Yu Xiaoheng, Liu Erlong, and Rou'er to come with him as the group prepared to break out, provoking outrage from Blue Electric Sect members and more taunts from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Yu Lin and Yu Hu knelt before Yu Xiaoheng and offered to hold the rear so he could escape first, while Rou'er insisted that she should stay behind.
• Yu Yuanzhen knocked Rou'er unconscious and carried her away, as Yu Xiaoheng felt the lightning resonating with his body and considered opening a path for everyone to escape.
• Yu Xiaoheng ultimately chose not to risk himself, and Yu Yuanzhen prepared to leave with him, Liu Erlong, and Rou'er as the sect faced severe losses.
• The ancestor within Yu Xiaoheng's Sacred Dragon Bone noticed his improved lightning resistance and his Martial Soul's ability to absorb lightning, then declared that a great opportunity had arrived.

Yu Xiaoheng learned that he could use the heavenly tribulation to advance his body refinement, and realized the Ancestor had underestimated his strength. He refused to leave his clan behind, though he secretly signaled to Yu Yuanzhen that his defiant speech was an act.

• The Ancestor explained that Yu Xiaoheng could absorb the heavenly lightning and establish the fifth body-refinement level, Lightning Tribulation Infusion.
• Yu Xiaoheng calculated that his Soul Douluo-level physique made the supposed risk negligible and agreed to face the tribulation.
• Yu Yuanzhen reached for Yu Xiaoheng and told him to go, but Yu Xiaoheng dodged him.
• Yu Xiaoheng declared before the clansmen and Clear Sky Sect disciples that he would not abandon his kin or survive alone.
• Yu Yuanzhen noticed Yu Xiaoheng's signals and realized his son's declaration was an act.

Yu Xiaoheng refused to leave the cave, declaring that he could absorb the Heavenly Tribulation lightning and save everyone. As the tribulation reached its peak, Yu Yuanzhen's attempt to seize him stopped abruptly, while Yu Xiaoheng remained still.

• Yu Xiaoheng rejected Liu Erlong and Rou'er's pleas to leave, and dodged Yu Yuanzhen when he tried to take him away.
• Yu Lin, Yu Hu, and the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan disciples knelt and threatened to take their own lives if Yu Xiaoheng would not preserve the sect's future by escaping.
• Yu Xiaoheng ordered them to rise and revealed that he planned to absorb the lightning and make a way for everyone to survive.
• Tang Hao and the others doubted Yu Xiaoheng could absorb the Heavenly Tribulation, while Yu Yuanzhen reached to forcibly carry him away.
• As the tribulation thunder shook the cave, Yu Yuanzhen's reaching hand stopped in midair, and Yu Xiaoheng did not dodge.

Yu Xiaoheng drew the Heavenly Tribulation lightning into himself, appearing to die before revealing that he could absorb it unharmed. The Blue Lightning Sect and Clear Sky Sect were left stunned as the lightning continued to pour into him.

• Yu Xiaoheng used his Heart Protecting Dragon Ribs to draw the Heavenly Tribulation lightning toward himself and activated Dragon God Incarnation.
• Yu Yuanzhen tried to shield Yu Xiaoheng with his Martial Soul Avatar, but the lightning blasted him backward and engulfed his son.
• Yu Xiaoheng's clothes burned away, and onlookers believed he had been reduced to ashes as Yu Yuanzhen, Liu Erlong, and Rou'er cried out.
• The Clear Sky Sect disciples bowed in respect, and the Blue Lightning Sect disciples joined them in mourning Yu Xiaoheng.
• The two sects discovered Yu Xiaoheng was alive and absorbing the lightning, and Rou'er shouted that he was awesome.

Yu Xiaoheng used the Clear Sky Sect’s peril in the thunderstorm to secure another promise of assistance, then absorbed the entire Heavenly Tribulation and broke through to a Half-Step Ultimate Lightning Pattern. The storm vanished, leaving him hailed by the Ancestor’s Will as an Ultimate Soul Master.

• Yu Xiaoheng stopped absorbing lightning and let the storm threaten the fleeing Clear Sky Sect disciples until Tang Yuehua promised another opportunity for assistance.
• Yu Xiaoheng resumed absorbing the lightning, and both sects watched as he weakened the storm and carved out a safe passage.
• Yu Xiaoheng absorbed the final third of the thunderclouds after the Sacred Dragon Bone’s Ancestor power awakened, suffering bloody cracks as the energy overwhelmed him.
• Yu Xiaoheng detonated the compressed lightning within himself, shattered his completed Thunder Pattern, and reformed it into a Half-Step Ultimate Pattern.
• The Ancestor’s Will recognized Yu Xiaoheng’s achievement as the Pure Lightning Evolution Path and called him an Ultimate Soul Master as the storm dissipated.

Yu Xiaoheng absorbed the Heavenly Tribulation, stunning the gathered sects and establishing himself as a prodigy beyond anyone’s expectations. As the Blue Lightning clan celebrated and Tang Hao suffered humiliation, Spirit Hall’s observers reconsidered how they would report his survival and newfound power.

• Yu Xiaoheng’s successful absorption of the Heavenly Tribulation shocked the Clear Sky Sect and filled Yu Yuanzhen with pride.
• Yu Yuanzhen decided to step back from clan affairs and protect Yu Xiaoheng, while the Blue Lightning disciples cheered their Young Sect Master.
• Tang Yuehua offered Yu Xiaoheng congratulations, and Tang Hao reluctantly echoed her while struggling with his humiliation.
• Spirit Hall’s observers realized Yu Xiaoheng had gained a tremendous blessing rather than fallen, and some proposed reporting the truth to the Saintess.
• The Spirit Emperor concluded that Spirit Hall’s rules and schemes could not stand against Yu Xiaoheng’s power.

After surviving the Thunder Jade Dragon’s tribulation, Yu Xiaoheng discovered that his body, Martial Soul, Heart Protecting Dragon Ribs, and Soul Power had all grown stronger. He realized the ribs could temper future Spirit Bones and might let him forge divine armor before becoming a god, then ended the chapter smiling in the arena.

• A Soul King urged his companions to support Bibi Dong and Yu Xiaoheng’s relationship, and Spirit Hall’s Saintess Faction formed after they considered leaking what they had witnessed to Bibi Dong.
• Yu Xiaoheng discovered that his Body Refinement had reached its fifth level and his Lightning Tribulation Infusion had attained great mastery.
• Yu Xiaoheng found that his Golden Sacred Dragon had evolved into a young form with Half-Step Ultimate Lightning.
• Yu Xiaoheng discovered that the Heart Protecting Dragon Ribs could convert energy with greater efficiency and use Ultimate Lightning to temper future Spirit Bones and increase their year limits.
• Yu Xiaoheng realized that the ribs’ power could let him begin forging divine armor before godhood, and he found that the tribulation had also increased his Soul Power.

After receiving the Thunder Jade Dragon, Yu Xiaoheng decided to absorb its Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring immediately, despite warnings from both sects. As the ring's power erupted around him, he remained unmoving, leaving everyone stunned.

• Yu Xiaoheng humbly accepted congratulations while Tang Yuehua compared him unfavorably to Tang Hao, who remained despondent.
• Yu Xiaoheng rejected his father's plan to provoke the Thunder Jade Dragon and killed it by stabbing its Reverse Scale with Yu Yuanzhen's help.
• Yu Xiaoheng announced that his fifth-realm Body Refinement let him absorb a Fifteen-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and asked everyone to guard him.
• Yu Xiaoheng sat down and drew in the Thunder Jade Dragon's Spirit Ring, unleashing violent purple lightning and energy shockwaves.
• Yu Xiaoheng remained unmoving inside the raging shockwaves, without showing any sign of pain.

Yu Xiaoheng successfully absorbed an eleven-thousand-year soul ring despite the Thunder Jade Dragon’s spiritual attack, gaining the Thunder Echo skill. As the Blue Electric Sect celebrated, its members discovered a trove of high-quality Jade Marrow Thunder Stones inside the dragon’s corpse.

• The Thunder Jade Dragon’s lingering will attacked Yu Xiaoheng, but he shattered it with his powerful soul and mental strength.
• Yu Xiaoheng opened his eyes and revealed his second soul ring, an eleven-thousand-year black ring, to the stunned crowd.
• Yu Xiaoheng examined Thunder Echo and recognized its destructive shockwave and self-centered lightning-field applications.
• Yu Xiaoheng ordered Yu Lin and Yu Hu to process the Thunder Jade Dragon’s corpse and preserve its flesh for his Martial Soul.
• Yu Lin and Yu Hu uncovered twenty-seven or twenty-eight exceptional Jade Marrow Thunder Stones inside the corpse.

Yu Xiaoheng awarded most of the Jade Marrow Thunder Stones to the Blue Lightning Sect disciples, earning their admiration while the Clear Sky Sect departed in defeat. Tang Hao’s confidence collapsed after witnessing Yu Xiaoheng’s power, and Tang San secretly resolved to kill Yu Xiaoheng with a Dragon Whisker Needle for the sake of the sect.

• Yu Xiaoheng gave one or two Jade Marrow Thunder Stones to Yu Xiaogang and distributed the rest among the Blue Lightning Sect disciples who fought beside him.
• The Blue Lightning Sect disciples praised Yu Xiaoheng, while Tang Yuehua recognized that the Clear Sky Sect had lost the confrontation.
• Tang Hao struck an ancient tree, spat blood, and returned to the Clear Sky Sect in a shattered state.
• Tang San questioned a disciple about what had happened at the Thunderstone Mine and learned how Yu Xiaoheng had subdued the lightning tribulation and obtained a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• After assuring the disciple that he would not act recklessly, Tang San secretly planned to use a Dragon Whisker Needle to eliminate Yu Xiaoheng.

Tang San left Clear Sky Sect to gain experience, while the Exchange Tournament finals drew near in Four Elements City. As the academies debated Yu Xiaoheng’s chances against the Shui Family Sisters, Thunder Academy’s team revealed that he and Liu Erlong had a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

• Tang San asked the Clear Sky Sect elders for permission to leave and gain experience, and they secretly sent Soul Emperor experts to protect him.
• Tang San detected the hidden guards and left with renewed loyalty to Clear Sky Sect and a resolve to kill Yu Xiaoheng.
• The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan built a lavish Fighting Stage in Four Elements City for the Exchange Tournament finals, prompting public speculation about its motives.
• Huo Ning, Huo Yan, and Feng Che dismissed Yu Xiaoheng’s chances against Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi, who repeatedly visited the venue while waiting for him.
• Lei Hao told Thunder Academy’s team that Yu Xiaoheng and Liu Erlong possessed the Golden Sacred Dragon Martial Soul Fusion Skill, giving Yu Xiaoheng a strong chance against the sisters.

Xue Ye and Shi Mo debated whether Yu Xiaoheng could defeat the Shui Family Sisters, concluding that he was likely to lose even if he had a Martial Soul Fusion Skill. Yu Xiaoheng’s unexpected return drew a massive crowd, including representatives of major factions, and Xue Ye spotted people from the Star Luo Imperial Family.

• Xue Ye asked Shi Mo to assess Yu Xiaoheng’s chances against the Shui Family Sisters, and Shi Mo said Yu Xiaoheng had almost no chance of winning.
• Shi Mo explained that the sisters’ near-perfect compatibility gave their Martial Soul Fusion Skill an advantage over any skill Yu Xiaoheng might possess.
• Xue Ye concluded that the Blue Lightning Sect was building momentum for Yu Xiaoheng, but a guard reported that Yu Xiaoheng had returned.
• Xue Ye and Shi Mo went to the Fighting Stage, where they found a huge crowd and representatives of the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Clear Sky Sect.
• Xue Ye spotted a man and woman from the Star Luo Imperial Family among the gathered spectators.

Yu Xiaoheng returned to the Fighting Stage to find rulers and factions from across the continent gathered to watch him compete. Despite offers to rest, he insisted on fighting immediately, and the chapter ended as the crowd realized Thunder Academy's lineup suggested a Martial Soul Fusion Skill was about to be revealed.

• Xue Ye and Dai Yutian watched Yu Xiaoheng's arrival, hoping to witness his strength and befriend him.
• Yu Xiaoheng arrived with Liu Erlong and Rou'er, and the crowd reacted to him as a famous talent.
• Xue Ye and Dai Yutian greeted Yu Xiaoheng, while Lei Xiaotian offered him two days to recover before the final against Skywater Academy.
• Yu Xiaoheng refused to rest and insisted that the match begin immediately, prompting the crowd to praise his resolve.
• Yu Xiaoheng led Thunder Academy onto the stage, and observers noticed that Lei Hao and Qin Yue were absent.
• Xue Ye and other faction representatives recognized the lineup as a sign that Yu Xiaoheng's trump card, a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, was about to appear.

Thunder Academy and the VIP spectators mistook Liu Erlong’s appearance as a sign that she and Yu Xiaoheng possessed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Skywater Academy prepared to counter it with the Shui sisters’ Frostfall. Just as the final was about to begin, Yu Xiaoheng unexpectedly asked to leave the stage for urgent business, making spectators suspect he was fleeing the fight.

• Xue Ye and the other VIP guests inferred that Liu Erlong was part of a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi guessed Yu Xiaoheng might have one too.
• Liu Erlong recalled that she and Yu Xiaoheng had defeated a Level Fifty-Three Soul King together, and Thunder Team members trusted their captain and prepared to wear down Skywater Team.
• Shui Yun'er and Shui Lingxi revealed their Level Thirty-Two Ice Phoenix Martial Souls and showed the exceptional harmony behind their Frostfall Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Spectators predicted that Skywater Academy would overwhelm Thunder Academy and watched to see how Yu Xiaoheng’s presumed fusion skill would fare against Frostfall.
• Yu Xiaoheng halted the match and asked the referee to let him leave for urgent business, prompting spectators to jeer that he was afraid to fight.
• Old Shi asked Xue Ye whether Yu Xiaoheng might truly be afraid to fight.

Yu Xiaoheng left the tournament final after his father, Yu Yuanzhen, summoned him with news that the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan had found the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. He persuaded Yu Yuanzhen to delay their trip, arguing that the clan should first preserve its reputation by winning the match.

• Yu Xiaoheng's apparent withdrawal from the final baffled the spectators, while Clear Sky Sect members suspected he had found a valuable opportunity rather than fled in fear.
• Yu Yuanzhen told Yu Xiaoheng that the sect had found a hidden poisonous mist in Sunset Forest, confirming the location of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Yu Yuanzhen urged Yu Xiaoheng to leave immediately, fearing the Dugu family might claim or damage the well's treasures.
• Yu Xiaoheng argued that abandoning the final would ruin Blue Electric Sect's reputation and said Dugu Bo could not properly use the Immortal Herbs, so he would guard and study them instead.

Yu Xiaoheng confirmed the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s location and plotted to claim its treasures, while he and Yu Yuanzhen prepared to use the Dugu family as leverage or eliminate them. Back at the tournament, the crowd mistook Yu Xiaoheng’s return for a forced retreat as the Clear Sky Sect’s deal with Star Luo Empire revealed a threat to Blue Electric Sect’s influence.

• Yu Xiaoheng explained that the Dugu family was the best choice for approaching the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Yu Yuanzhen agreed to wait until after the finals.
• Yu Xiaoheng privately celebrated finding the well and planned to reserve most of its Immortal Herbs for himself, his father, and selected allies.
• Yu Xiaoheng proposed neutralizing the Dugu family if negotiations failed, and Yu Yuanzhen planned to bring Dugu family members in Heaven Dou City to Blue Electric Sect as bargaining chips.
• Yu Xiaoheng and Yu Yuanzhen returned to the arena, where spectators assumed Yu Xiaoheng had tried to flee and his father had forced him back.
• Clear Sky Sect representatives discussed a deal with Dai Yutian to take Star Luo Empire’s trade and Soul Master employment business, threatening Blue Electric Sect’s influence for reasons that appeared unrelated to profit.