Chapter Summaries

Qing Luo appeared in the New Student Area and overwhelmed the seniors who had surrounded the new students, drawing the attention of Northern Cang Academy’s leaders. After clashing with Mu Chen over why he had intervened, Qing Luo confronted Mo Lun and declared that the seniors would pay with their lives.

• Northern Cang Academy’s leaders considered intervening against Mo Lun’s attack on the new students, but changed their minds when they saw Qing Luo walk through the Thunder Sea.
• The new students, Luo Li, Su Ling'er, and Mo Lun reacted to Qing Luo’s overwhelming presence, while the leaders compared his talent to Shen Cangsheng’s.
• Qing Luo called Mu Chen trash and said he had come to protect the new students and Luo Li, not Mu Chen.
• Qing Luo told Mo Lun and the other senior students that it was time to settle their debt and said he wanted them dead.

Qing Luo confronted Mo Lun and the veteran students after they mocked his threat, then proved untouchable against Mo Lun’s attacks. He killed Mo Lun with a lightning spear and left the other veteran students terrified.

• Su Ling'er tried to persuade Qing Luo to let the dispute go, but Qing Luo refused and Mo Lun attacked him at full strength.
• Qing Luo used the Glazed Dharma Bottle’s halo to erase Mo Lun’s Spiritual Arts and withstand his punch without injury.
• Qing Luo advanced on Mo Lun with Purple Qi Coming From The East and a Kirin Phantom, while Mo Lun retreated in fear.
• Qing Luo formed a Lightning Battle Spear and pierced Mo Lun through the chest, making the veteran students tremble.

Qing Luo defeated Gu Tianyan after killing Mo Lun and fighting off the senior students, then prepared to face Lin Zheng before the Xing Hall Master intervened and took him to Xing Hall. The senior students apologized to Luo Li and offered compensation as Qing Luo’s fate remained unresolved.

• Qing Luo used the Glazed Heaven Refining Bottle and lightning to suppress and attack the senior students who had helped Mo Lun, but Zhou Qingshan blocked the strike with the Invincible Battle Disk.
• Lin Zheng ordered Qing Luo to go to Xing Hall for punishment, but Qing Luo refused and fought Gu Tianyan with the Thunder Emperor Fist, defeating him.
• Qing Luo revealed his full strength with black armor, lightning, the Glazed Heaven Refining Bottle, the Myriad Soul Banner, and True Phoenix and Kirin phantoms, prompting Lin Zheng to challenge him.
• The Xing Hall Master appeared before Lin Zheng could attack, took Qing Luo to Xing Hall, and ordered Lin Zheng, Zhou Qingshan, and Gu Tianyan to follow.
• Su Ling'er apologized to Luo Li and offered two hundred thousand Spirit Values as compensation, then left with the other senior students.

After the chaos in the New Student Area, Luo Li declined to join a new society, while Mu Chen was captured by a mysterious girl who wanted to verify his Black Pagoda technique. At Xing Hall, Qing Luo challenged Mo You’s case against him, leaving the Hall Master unable to answer his argument that Mo Lun’s death had been an accident during permitted sparring.

• Mu Chen tried to reassure the new students, but they avoided him, and Luo Li left to ask Xing Hall about Qing Luo’s punishment.
• Chu Lin and Ye Qingling explained that the Green Red Society had backed Mo Lun and asked Luo Li to join a society for the new students; she refused, and Mu Chen also declined.
• A white-clad girl bound Mu Chen with a Spirit Array and carried him into the depths of Northern Cang Academy to verify his Black Pagoda technique.
• Lin Zheng recounted the New Student Area conflict to Mo You, who struggled to decide how to punish Qing Luo and summoned him to Xing Hall.
• Qing Luo challenged Mo You’s rules by arguing that Mo Lun had died accidentally during a permitted spar, leaving Mo You silent.

Northern Darkness Dragon Kun sentenced Qing Luo to spend a month in the Thunder Domain for killing Mo Lun, and Qing Luo accepted after securing time to speak with Luo Li. Before leaving, Qing Luo entrusted Luo Li with establishing his own society, the Student Union, and was carried toward the Sky Thunder Domain.

• Northern Darkness Dragon Kun appeared in Xing Hall, agreed Qing Luo deserved punishment for killing Mo Lun, and ordered him to spend a month in the Thunder Domain.
• Qing Luo asked to attend the New Student Competition first, but Northern Darkness Dragon Kun questioned why someone of his strength needed to compete and persuaded him to go along.
• Outside Xing Hall, Luo Li worried about Qing Luo's punishment and offered to bear it with him; Qing Luo reassured her and learned Su Ling'er had prepared two hundred thousand Spirit Values as an apology.
• Luo Li told Qing Luo that Ye Qingling and Chu Lin wanted him to join their society, but Qing Luo decided to establish his own and asked her to rent a courtyard using the Spirit Values.
• Qing Luo named his society the Student Union, wished Luo Li luck in the New Student Competition, and left with Northern Darkness Dragon Kun for the Sky Thunder Domain.

Qing Luo arrived at the Thunder Domain’s Eighth Layer and negotiated with Northern Darkness Dragon Kun for a drop of his blood to help the Nine Nether Sparrow evolve. Northern Darkness Dragon Kun agreed in exchange for Qing Luo retrieving an item, and Qing Luo and the Nine Nether Sparrow began training in the Lightning Slurry River.

• Qing Luo arrived at the Eighth Layer and saw vast rivers of Lightning Slurry floating above the plain.
• Northern Darkness Dragon Kun noticed the Nine Nether Sparrow and the Myriad Soul Banner, then examined Qing Luo’s Thunder Emperor Body.
• Northern Darkness Dragon Kun told Qing Luo to cultivate in a Lightning Slurry River for a month and promised him a fortuitous opportunity.
• Qing Luo asked Northern Darkness Dragon Kun for a drop of blood for the Nine Nether Sparrow, and Northern Darkness Dragon Kun agreed if Qing Luo retrieved an item for him.
• After Northern Darkness Dragon Kun left, Qing Luo ordered the Nine Nether Sparrow to keep refining Heavenly Thunder Beads and sent her into the Thunder River.
• Qing Luo followed the Nine Nether Sparrow into the Thunder River to cultivate.

As the New Student Competition began, Luo Li and the other students Qing Luo had saved gathered as members of his Student Union, hoping to win in his absence. Mu Chen returned and asked to join, but Luo Li refused because she believed Qing Luo would be unhappy, and Mu Chen left after their relationship broke down further.

• The academy held the New Student Competition after changing its rules to allow student fights under life-and-death agreements, while Qing Luo remained absent under punishment.
• Luo Li, Ye Qingling, Chu Lin, and the Shi Family Twin Kings gathered with the Student Union, whose members were eager to win for Qing Luo.
• Mu Chen arrived and asked Luo Li to let him join the Student Union, but she refused, saying Qing Luo would be unhappy.
• Mu Chen urged Luo Li to leave the Student Union and start a society with him, but she refused and said their Spirit Road relationship was over.
• Mu Chen accused Luo Li of choosing Qing Luo over him, then left after she said she still considered him a friend and urged him to move on.

Zhu Tian announced a New Student Competition in which students raced to claim a Spirit Flag atop Northern Spirit Mountain, facing Spirit Beasts and rival contestants. Luo Li and four other powerful students reached the summit, where more than a hundred Earth Demon Beasts blocked the crossing, and they began attempting to get past them.

• Zhu Tian began the competition and offered Spirit Value and Spiritual Art Divine Hall rewards to the first five students to reach the summit.
• The new students raced into Northern Spirit Mountain, where Heaven Tier Spirit Beasts and rival groups hindered their progress.
• The Shi Family Twin Kings stayed behind to fight Flying Dragon Society members while Luo Li continued toward the summit with her group.
• Luo Li and four other powerful students reached the mountaintop and found a basin filled with more than a hundred Earth Demon Beasts.
• Luo Li headed across the basin, and Mu Chen, Yang Hong, Mu Kui, and Bing Qing followed as the Earth Demon Beasts prepared to attack.

Luo Li won the New Student Competition’s Spirit Flag after Mu Chen and Mu Kui defeated Yang Hong, but she declared absent Qing Luo the Newcomer First Person. As the Student Union and Mu Chen’s Spirit Array Group grew, Qing Luo’s punishment neared its end and he began a powerful breakthrough in the Thunder Domain’s Eighth Layer.

• Luo Li and Yang Hong fought their way through the Earth Demon Beasts while Mu Chen used Third Grade Spirit Arrays to clear a path, astonishing the watching Senior Students.
• Yang Hong revealed his Heaven Fusion Realm Middle Stage strength and challenged Luo Li, but Mu Chen confronted him with a vast array of Spirit Arrays while Luo Li moved toward the Spirit Flag.
• Bing Qing yielded to Luo Li’s sword, Mu Kui declined to challenge her, and Mu Kui joined the Student Union before helping Mu Chen overwhelm Yang Hong, who surrendered.
• Luo Li took the Spirit Flag and named Qing Luo the Newcomer First Person; Mu Chen declined to join the Student Union and founded the Spirit Array Group.
• The Student Union and Spirit Array Group gained members and influence as Qing Luo’s punishment neared its end.
• In the Thunder Domain’s Eighth Layer, Qing Luo absorbed the surrounding Lightning Slurry as strange Thunder Marks spread across his skin and his Spiritual Energy surged to a new level.

After reaching the Heaven Fusion Realm Middle Stage, Qing Luo was forced by Northern Darkness Dragon Kun to endure Black God Thunder inside his body. Three days later, he awoke badly injured but chose to endure the remaining danger without using the Immemorial Catalogue, leaving him unable to use Spiritual Energy for now.

• Qing Luo inspected his Thunder Emperor Body, summoned Mo Lun from the Myriad Soul Banner, and decided to keep the soul imprisoned.
• Northern Darkness Dragon Kun appeared and forced Qing Luo to accept an opportunity despite Qing Luo's attempt to leave the Thunder Domain.
• Northern Darkness Dragon Kun implanted Black God Thunder into Qing Luo, whose True Phoenix Sacred Flame helped preserve his ruined body.
• Northern Darkness Dragon Kun left a portion of his Spiritual Energy to restrain the Black God Thunder and guarded Qing Luo as he recovered for three days.
• Qing Luo awoke with a shattered, fragile body and chose not to activate the Immemorial Catalogue, hoping the destruction would lead to a stronger rebirth.

After escaping the Eighth Layer of the Thunder Domain, Qing Luo headed for a Spiritual Tide at Northern Cang Academy, hoping to obtain a Heavenly Spirit Lotus to stabilize his injured body. He enlisted Su Ling'er to help him enter the tide, then challenged Xu Qingqing’s claim to the lotus as the chapter ended.

• Qing Luo summoned Mo Lun, made him the Myriad Soul Banner’s primary soul, and ordered him to command its Spirit Beasts.
• Qing Luo left the Thunder Domain and learned from Mo Lun that a Spiritual Tide could produce a Heavenly Spirit Lotus and valuable Spirit Lotus Seeds.
• Qing Luo reached the Spirit Gathering Array and spotted Su Ling'er, who recoiled when she recognized him and saw his injuries.
• Qing Luo persuaded Su Ling'er to take him into the Spiritual Tide, promising her a lotus seed and an end to their feud once he recovered.
• Xu Qingqing mocked Su Ling'er and warned her not to compete for the Heavenly Spirit Lotus, but Qing Luo declared that he intended to claim it too.

Qing Luo insisted on competing for the Heavenly Spirit Lotus despite his injuries, and Su Ling'er took him into the erupting Spiritual Energy tide. After Qing Luo located the lotus with his Double Pupils, Xu Qingqing attacked Su Ling'er, but Qing Luo destroyed her spirit sword and faced Xu Qingqing and Huo Feng.

• Xu Qing Luo traded insults with Xu Qingqing, who ordered Huo Feng to target his wounds during the contest for the Heavenly Spirit Lotus.
• Su Ling'er warned Qing Luo that Huo Feng, leader of the Green Red Society and a late-stage Heaven Fusion Realm expert, had marked him as a target, but Qing Luo refused to back down.
• As the Spiritual Energy tide erupted, Su Ling'er pulled Qing Luo into the raging waves, where his Thunder Emperor Body withstood the crushing force.
• Qing Luo used his Double Pupils to find the Heavenly Spirit Lotus, and Su Ling'er flew toward it.
• Xu Qingqing's Azure Spirit Sword attacked Su Ling'er and then turned on Qing Luo, who shattered it with a lightning-charged punch.
• Xu Qingqing emerged in fury, and Huo Feng appeared behind her.

Qing Luo defeated Huo Feng and drove Xu Qingqing away from the Heavenly Spirit Lotus, which Su Ling'er obtained before giving Qing Luo its remaining seeds. Luo Li reunited with Qing Luo and apologized for the punishment that had injured him, while Mu Chen arrived with the Spirit Array Group and saw Qing Luo embracing her.

• Xu Qingqing and Su Ling'er led their groups toward the Heavenly Spirit Lotus while Su Ling'er tried to pull Qing Luo away from Huo Feng.
• Huo Feng attacked Qing Luo, but Qing Luo shattered his Wind Dragon Destruction Fist with a thunderous punch and left him severely injured.
• Xu Qingqing tried to claim the Heavenly Spirit Lotus, but Qing Luo threatened her with Golden War Spears and then broke her Clear Wind Sword Finger; Su Ling'er seized the lotus as the Spiritual Tide collapsed.
• Su Ling'er gave Qing Luo the lotus seeds after explaining that the lotus's essence had entered her body, and Qing Luo ate one seed directly.
• Luo Li arrived, wept over Qing Luo's injuries, and apologized; Qing Luo embraced her and promised to kill anyone who harmed her.
• Mu Chen hurried to the site with the Spirit Array Group, saw Qing Luo holding Luo Li, and trembled with clenched fists.

Qing Luo reunited with Luo Li and learned that the Student Union had grown to sixth place in the Club Ranking before Xu Qingqing confronted them. Qing Luo summoned the Myriad Soul Banner and Mo Lun, who revealed himself as Qing Luo’s obedient servant, but Mo Lun hesitated when Chen Yang warned that Xu Qingqing’s brother ranked fifth on the Heaven Ranking.

• Luo Li welcomed Qing Luo back and introduced him to the Student Union members, including Mu Kui and Chen Yang, who had recruited many senior students.
• Xu Qingqing arrived with Chen Tong and Liu Ming and demanded to settle matters with Qing Luo, then ordered the two senior students to attack Chen Yang.
• Qing Luo stepped forward despite his injuries and summoned the Myriad Soul Banner, filling the area with a chilling aura.
• Mo Lun emerged from the banner, slapped Xu Qingqing, and humbled himself before Qing Luo as his servant.
• Qing Luo ordered Mo Lun to tear Xu Qingqing’s mouth apart, but Chen Yang warned that her brother ranked fifth on the Heaven Ranking, causing Mo Lun to pause.

Qing Luo's Myriad Soul Banner overwhelmed Chen Tong and Liu Ming, while Mo Lun pursued Xu Qingqing. Xu Huang intervened with a powerful attack, and Luo Li clashed with him to protect Qing Luo.

• Qing Luo ordered Mo Lun to attack Xu Qingqing, and Chen Tong tried to stop him with the Great Vajra Hand.
• Mo Lun unleashed the Myriad Soul Banner's Spirit Souls, which overwhelmed Chen Tong and Liu Ming despite their Heaven Transformation Realm cultivation.
• The watching students marveled at Qing Luo's strength, while Mu Chen resolved to use dual cultivation with Ling Xi to catch up to him.
• Mo Lun chased the terrified Xu Qingqing, but Xu Huang arrived and struck at him with a Spiritual Energy Giant Finger.
• Mo Lun hid behind Qing Luo as the attack descended, and Luo Li intercepted Xu Huang with her Luo Shen Sword.

Qing Luo faced Xu Huang, Heaven Ranking Fifth, after Xu Huang demanded an explanation for Xu Qingqing’s humiliation. Qing Luo defeated Xu Huang with one Thunder Emperor Fist despite his injuries, leaving Xu Huang to accept his loss and promise to bring Xu Qingqing to apologize.

• Xu Huang arrived with Xu Qingqing and demanded an explanation from Qing Luo, who refused to back down.
• Luo Li and Mu Chen stood with Qing Luo as Xu Huang unleashed his Heaven Transformation Realm Peak pressure and prepared to attack.
• Li Xuan Tong intervened and persuaded Xu Huang to end the confrontation, but Mo Lun provoked Xu Huang into striking at Qing Luo.
• Qing Luo intercepted Xu Huang’s attack with a Thunder Emperor Fist and sent him crashing into a mountain.
• Luo Li supported the badly injured Qing Luo, while Xu Huang admitted defeat and promised to bring Xu Qingqing to apologize.

Qing Luo returned to the Student Union after defeating Xu Huang, while Luo Li agreed to remain as its vice president. Su Xuan arrived to visit Qing Luo, and Luo Li returned to his side as the chapter ended.

• Xu Huang left with the tearful Xu Qingqing after her defeat, while Luo Li grew angry when Qing Luo insisted that he was injured.
• Mu Chen declared that he would prove he was suited for Luo Li, but she rebuked him and defended Qing Luo; Li Xuan Tong then warned Qing Luo to treat Luo Li well before leaving.
• Su Ling'er told Su Xuan that Qing Luo had helped her obtain the Heavenly Spirit Lotus and defeated Xu Huang, prompting Su Xuan to decide to visit the Student Union with her.
• Crane Demon asked Su Xuan to partner with him on a Heavenly Mission, but she declined, and he privately vowed to make her submit to him.
• Qing Luo returned to the Student Union and asked Luo Li to stay; she agreed to continue helping, then left to cultivate after showing him their dormitory.
• Su Xuan arrived at the Student Union to visit its president, and Luo Li turned back and returned to Qing Luo's side.

Qing Luo accepted Su Xuan’s invitation to join a Heavenly Spirit Treasure Mission, hoping to obtain a Lower Plane Anchor that could help him reach the Heavenly Sovereign realm. As he recovered and prepared for the expedition, Crane Demon learned that Qing Luo had taken the mission spot and ordered the Demon Gate to investigate him.

• Su Xuan offered Qing Luo five hundred thousand Spirit Values to apologize for Ling’er, but Luo Li explained that the misunderstanding had already been cleared up and Qing Luo declined the payment.
• Su Xuan invited Qing Luo to join a Heavenly Spirit Treasure Mission beginning in half a month, and he accepted after realizing it could lead him to a Lower Plane Anchor.
• Luo Li warned Qing Luo about the mission’s danger, while he reassured her that he would recover and handle the risks himself.
• Qing Luo began refining his remaining Spirit Lotus Seeds to suppress the Black Thunder God and prepared for the expedition to the Northern Cang Continent.
• Crane Demon confronted Su Xuan about giving the mission spot to Qing Luo, then ordered the Demon Gate to investigate Qing Luo and the Student Union.

Mu Chen asked Ling Xi to help him become stronger so he could stand beside Luo Li, and she used the Great Pagoda Yin Art to help him cultivate despite her exhaustion. Half a month later, Mu Chen appeared on the Heaven Ranking as a Heaven Transformation Realm cultivator and the academy’s only student Level 5 Spirit Array Master, stunning Qing Luo and Luo Li.

• Mu Chen asked Ling Xi to help him enter the Spirit Array House and become a Level 5 Spirit Array Master so he could surpass Qing Luo and stand beside Luo Li.
• Ling Xi explained that Mu Chen needed to reach the Heaven Transformation Realm before he could comprehend a Level 5 Spirit Array, then led him to the pool and helped him cultivate with the Great Pagoda Yin Art.
• As Ling Xi poured her Spiritual Energy into Mu Chen, she remembered how Aunt Jing had rescued her and how she had chosen the Great Pagoda Yin Volume to help reunite Aunt Jing with Xiao Mu.
• Half a month later, Qing Luo gave Luo Li a scroll depicting a blade of grass whose Sword Intent could split a mountain, and she said the gift was useful to her.
• The Heaven Ranking announced that Mu Chen had reached the Heaven Transformation Realm Initial Stage, become a Level 5 Spirit Array Master, and climbed to twentieth place, shocking Qing Luo and Luo Li.

Qing Luo accused Mu Chen of advancing by draining Ling Xi through the Buddha Ancient Clan’s Yin Art, then shared a heartfelt farewell and promise with Luo Li. He rejected Crane Demon’s attempts to buy his place on the Spirit Treasure Mission, warned him not to target the Student Union, and departed with Su Xuan and the other mission members for the Northern Cang Continent.

• Qing Luo told Luo Li that Mu Chen’s rapid cultivation resembled the Buddha Ancient Clan’s method of sacrificing outsiders, and Luo Li explained why she loved Qing Luo before they kissed and promised to reunite.
• Su Xuan arrived to take Qing Luo to the mission, but Qing Luo waited for Crane Demon and rejected his offers to buy the mission spot, demanding ten million spirit values instead.
• Qing Luo warned Crane Demon that he would destroy the Demon Gate if it attacked the Student Union, then left with Su Xuan while Crane Demon ordered his people to target the Student Union.
• Su Xuan introduced Qing Luo to Guo Xiong and Li Qing, who reacted with surprise when they heard he had defeated Xu Huang.
• Qing Luo joined Su Xuan, Su Ling'er, Guo Xiong, and Li Qing as they set off from Northern Cang Academy for the mission.