Chapter Summaries

Hanyu faced seventeen Yanluo Hall cultivators, escaped their coordinated assault, and returned to rescue Liu Zongyuan. He discovered that surprise attacks could keep the cultivators from using their strange abilities and began exploiting that weakness.

• Hanyu survived a fiery self-detonation, though it accidentally killed a nearby cultivator and cost him thirty years of luck.
• The Yanluo Hall cultivators attacked Hanyu with ice, petals, and ghostly shadows, so he split into eighteen Azure Dragons and fled.
• Fifteen cultivators chased Hanyu while two stayed behind to attack Liu Zongyuan, restraining him with ghostly shadows and petals.
• Hanyu secretly returned through the mist, swallowed one attacker with his Azure Dragon, and used nested transformations to evade the other's Ghost-Shadow Bind.
• Hanyu knocked the ghost-shadow cultivator into the island, concluded that surprise attacks were the Yanluo Hall cultivators' weakness, and dragged the petal cultivator toward the pit to torture him.

Lei Wang revealed that his battle with Su Xiaoxiao was a diversion meant to target the Central Continent and kill the Heavenly Dao Sect’s leaders, then escaped with his allies after unleashing Extreme Grudge Qi. Elsewhere, Hanyu kept ambushing Yanluo Hall cultivators and confronted two more at once, confident that he still held the advantage.

• Su Xiaoxiao realized Lei Wang had drawn the Heavenly Dao Sect into a feint while Yanluo Hall pursued its plans in the Central Continent.
• Lei Wang released Extreme Grudge Qi to draw tribulation lightning, then Granny Qiao carried his group away on a stone bridge as Su Xiaoxiao ordered his people to gather close.
• Yanluo Hall cultivators searched the sea of flames for Hanyu, while Hanyu continued using the concealed bottle to ambush them and leave them injured.
• Two cultivators unleashed hail and ghostly energy to prevent Hanyu from sneaking up on them, so he broke through between them and spread his domain of flames.
• Hanyu sent Azure Dragons flying in every direction and compressed energy until the void warped, making both cultivators’ expressions change.

Hanyu continued hunting Yanluo Hall cultivators while Su Xiaoxiao tried to protect eleven Heavenly Dao Sect cultivators from Tribulation Lightning with Star River. As the lightning intensified, Wang Xingzhi and the others left Star River’s protection to help bear the strikes.

• Hanyu captured two more Yanluo Hall cultivators and added them, along with an earlier captive, to the group he was dragging behind him.
• Four Yanluo Hall cultivators noticed their companions were missing, and Hanyu revealed himself to confront them.
• Su Xiaoxiao used Star River to cleanse the resentment from the group, but the Tribulation Lightning gathered too quickly for him to finish.
• Lei Wang, Granny Qiao, and Shang Di watched the lightning strike and discussed how it could wear Su Xiaoxiao down while their plans in the Central Continent advanced.
• As Star River began to fail, Wang Xingzhi and ten others left its protection to take the Tribulation Lightning themselves, and sixteen pillars of lightning descended.

Hanyu captured several Yanluo Hall cultivators, then fled from the remaining eight and accidentally ran into Wang Xingzhi’s tribulation. He tried to leave the storm zone, but the pursuing Yanluo Hall cultivators arrived as Lei Wang and Granny Qiao moved to stop their enemies.

• Hanyu defeated four Yanluo Hall cultivators and bound them with vines, then emerged from the flames with seven captives dangling behind him.
• The remaining eight Yanluo Hall cultivators chased Hanyu, who fled while dragging his captives.
• Hanyu accidentally entered Wang Xingzhi’s tribulation storm and took a bolt of lightning to the forehead, drawing the attention of Wang Xingzhi, Su Xiaoxiao, and the other cultivators.
• Hanyu tried to leave and insisted he had only passed through, but the arrival of the eight pursuers refocused everyone’s attention on the Yanluo Hall cultivators he had captured.
• Lei Wang judged that the tribulation had paused, and Granny Qiao extended a stone bridge into the void as their group moved toward the others.

Hanyu’s arrival during the tribulation’s assessment drew more cultivators into danger and exposed his role in foiling Lei Wang’s plans. Lei Wang attacked Hanyu, but Su Xiaoxiao rescued him as the tribulation clouds began to churn again.

• Hanyu entered the tribulation zone, and eight Yanluo Hall cultivators followed, causing the lightning to assess everyone present again.
• Lei Wang arrived with his group and discovered that the eight cultivators had never reached the Central Continent because Hanyu had ambushed them.
• Xin Zhui, Xin Yin, and Wu Yin recognized Hanyu, and Lei Wang realized he was the same Hanyu he had planned to deal with.
• Lei Wang sent a lightning attack at Hanyu, but Su Xiaoxiao swept it aside and pulled Hanyu out of danger.
• Granny Qiao warned Lei Wang that the tribulation lightning was still present as the clouds began churning toward another attack.

After Yanluo Hall and the Heavenly Dao Sect interrupted the tribulation lightning’s judgment, the clouds unleashed terrifying purple lightning against everyone in the zone. Hanyu endured the first strike as the lightning killed the cultivators tied to his vine, leaving his fortune and spoils of war in ashes.

• Lei Wang realized that his group had triggered a third judgment and that purple tribulation lightning had appeared.
• The purple clouds released their first wave, and Yanluo Hall and the Heavenly Dao Sect each gathered to defend themselves.
• Lei Wang tried to control the tribulation lightning with his own arcs, but the lightning followed them into Yanluo Hall’s barrier and struck Lei Wang and his companions.
• Su Xiaoxiao and the Heavenly Dao Sect’s experts used Waxing Moon Draws Starshine to draw the lightning aimed at them toward a bright moon.
• Hanyu endured the lightning while the cultivators tied to his vine died, and the bolts blasted them into dust.

Hanyu endured purple tribulation lightning with his body, then used the storm to torment Lei Wang's group. As a fourth wave approached, he stayed beside their failing barrier and dared them to hit him.

• Lei Wang's group and the Heavenly Dao Sect's experts defended against the second wave of tribulation lightning with their barriers and techniques.
• Hanyu took the lightning directly, survived with his bones glowing, and vomited after the storm subsided.
• The Artifact Spirit warned Hanyu not to take the next wave head-on as the third wave battered both groups' defenses.
• Hanyu dodged the lightning while moving toward Lei Wang's group and drew strikes onto their already strained barrier.
• Hanyu taunted Lei Wang to hit him, but Shang Di and Granny Qiao warned the others not to provoke him because the fourth wave was coming.
• Su Xiaoxiao laughed at Hanyu's antics and said he belonged on their side.

Soul Chaser agreed to work with the Central Continent after seeing Mo Xiuwen’s mechanism prove that they could reach the Divine Platform Realm. Meanwhile, Hanyu continued provoking Lei Wang and the others beneath the tribulation lightning, while Su Xiaoxiao vowed to protect him.

• Soul Chaser told the Nine Sects’ cultivators that they could withstand the Divine Platform tribulation without fighting the lightning head-on, but questioned why he should help them.
• Quan Xiaotong offered Soul Chaser a reason to cooperate by promising that the Central Continent could produce Divine Platform Realm cultivators.
• Mo Xiuwen showed Soul Chaser his mechanism, and the Great Elder of the Misty Sect confirmed that it had helped him survive a tribulation test.
• Soul Chaser praised Mo Xiuwen’s ingenuity and agreed to work with the Central Continent, then learned that Hanyu had gone to the Endless Sea Domain.
• Hanyu sat atop the barrier beneath the tribulation lightning and taunted Lei Wang and the others, who could not attack without breaking their defensive formation.
• Su Xiaoxiao admired Hanyu’s provocation and vowed to protect him.

Hanyu sabotaged the cultivators’ defense against the fourth wave of tribulation lightning, then launched a water dragon and Fire Phoenix toward the tribulation clouds. As Lei Wang rushed to stop them, the lightning net still threatened both groups.

• Lei Wang ordered the eight cultivators to defend against the lightning net while Hanyu stood outside their barrier and drew their threats.
• Su Xiaoxiao’s group and Lei Wang’s companions combined their powers to withstand the lightning net, but Hanyu detonated compressed flames and destabilized their barrier.
• Lei Wang’s barrier shattered, and he struck Hanyu with a lightning pillar, sending him into the sea before returning to help the others hold off the net.
• Hanyu recovered underwater and sent a water dragon and Fire Phoenix toward the tribulation clouds, prompting Lei Wang to race ahead to stop them.

Hanyu’s endless Azure Dragon attacks accidentally punched a hole in the tribulation clouds, provoking red tribulation lightning and forcing the gathered factions to flee. The clouds began splitting in two after Yanluo Hall and the Heavenly Dao Sect escaped, with Hanyu swept away alongside the latter.

• Lei Wang tried to intercept Hanyu’s Azure Dragons while Hanyu kept unleashing them without tiring.
• One Azure Dragon entered the tribulation clouds, and red tribulation lightning appeared as the clouds churned.
• Su Xiaoxiao and the others attacked the lightning while Hanyu fled to the Heavenly Dao Sect’s side.
• Granny Qiao used a mysterious bridge to evacuate Yanluo Hall, while Su Xiaoxiao led the Heavenly Dao Sect across Star River into a chasm.
• A force dragged Hanyu into Star River, and the tribulation clouds began splitting in two after everyone fled.

After escaping into the small world, Hanyu and the others discovered that red tribulation lightning had followed them and trapped them there. Lei Wang realized that their confinement could also derail the Holy Cult’s plan in Central Continent.

• Soul Split gave up waiting for help and left to confront Soul Chaser, while Xin Zhui, Lei Wang, and the others arrived at the palace and found tribulation clouds gathering above it.
• Hanyu recognized the small world and realized Su Xiaoxiao might be the shameless senior he had met before; Su Xiaoxiao warned him that he could sense negative emotions.
• Su Xiaoxiao revealed that the group was safe inside the small world but might never get out, then briefly opened the bronze gate and exposed the thunder of the waiting tribulation lightning.
• Lei Wang explained that spatial displacement would not let them escape, since the lightning would strike as soon as they appeared outside.
• Lei Wang berated the eight cultivators for failing to activate the formation in Central Continent, then worried that being trapped would halt the Holy Cult’s plan.

Su Xiaoxiao discovered that he had no way to contact the other side or escape the small world, while Lei Wang and his allies struggled to explain their disastrous situation. At the Mo Family, cultivators eagerly tried Heaven and Earth Heart Questioning, and Quan Xiaotong joined them to experience it himself.

• Su Xiaoxiao realized the divine altar could not summon help because he was the one who normally communicated with it, leaving him and his companions without a backup plan.
• Lei Wang withdrew his spiritual power from the bronze mirror rather than report their failures, while Shang Di and the others could only suggest thinking of another way.
• A Central Continent cultivator emerged from Heaven and Earth Heart Questioning in high spirits, and Soul Chaser pointed out that he had not yet reached the Divine Platform Realm.
• Soul Chaser explained that Heaven and Earth Heart Questioning was a method for tempering the mind, but Elder Luo, Mo Family disciples, and Fifth Floor cultivators sat down to try it.
• Quan Xiaotong agreed that the method was valuable and sat down to experience Heaven and Earth Heart Questioning himself.

Soul Chaser passed the heart-questioning trial by choosing to destroy Soul Split’s clones rather than absorb them, and emerged resolved to kill Soul Split. Meanwhile, the Great Elder of Misty Sect reached the Divine Platform Realm, though the tribulation lightning arrived late and its omens were brief.

• Soul Chaser repeatedly fought Soul Split’s twelve clones, but realized devouring them left him hollow and did not make him his own person.
• Soul Chaser used Azure Profound Finger to destroy all twelve clones and declared that he would become himself.
• Soul Chaser awoke after a day and night, felt the shackles around his heart fall away, and vowed that he would kill Soul Split.
• The group explained that the Great Elder of Misty Sect had tried the heart-questioning trial again after the tribulation lightning failed to appear, and they had retreated farther away to avoid an accident.
• The Great Elder reached the Divine Platform altar and endured the lightning, but the tribulation clouds soon departed after producing only a few omens.

Hanyu offered the Divine Platform cultivators an Immobile as a Wooden Chicken Pill, whose extraordinary defense came with the risk of involuntary motionlessness. When the group tried to trade treasures for it, Hanyu revealed that even his weakest pill increased cultivation speed threefold, prompting one elder to start undressing in desperation.

• Hanyu woke the ten remaining Divine Platform cultivators and offered them a pill, leaving them wary because of the side effects of his previous pills.
• Su Xiaoxiao asked to see the pill, and Hanyu explained that the Immobile as a Wooden Chicken Pill made its user immune to attacks from those of the same realm while standing still, but could force them to become motionless at any time.
• Su Xiaoxiao and the others considered the pill's uses and risks, while an old man offered his Endless Prison spiritual treasure in exchange for removing its side effect.
• Another old man offered a spiritual-energy-gathering cottage, but Hanyu said even his worst pill increased cultivation speed threefold.
• An elder began undoing his belt, and Hanyu hurriedly told him to restrain himself.

Hanyu watched the seniors demonstrate their treasures, then endured the Miasma Heart Furnace’s illusion and its knife attacks without serious harm. He offered pills with powerful benefits and matching side effects, leaving the seniors intrigued and Su Xiaoxiao wondering who Hanyu’s master was.

• An old man offered Hanyu a Calming Rope, but Hanyu dismissed it as useless to him.
• Another old man activated the Miasma Heart Furnace, trapping Hanyu in an illusion where a beautiful woman stabbed him, but the knife could not pierce his body.
• The old man entered the illusion to help Hanyu, found himself surrounded by women attacking with knives, and escaped with Hanyu after being stabbed in the soul.
• Hanyu explained that his pills’ side effects grew stronger with their benefits and offered the seniors a chance to try them.
• Su Xiaoxiao asked about Hanyu’s master, but Hanyu evaded the question as several seniors considered taking the pills.

Taoist Wushang ate Hanyu’s pill and became completely impervious to attacks, though its distraction side effect made him exhausting to talk to. Su Xiaoxiao could not investigate the mysterious aura within him, and Taoist Wushang ended up known as the Distracted Taoist.

• Taoist Wushang ate Hanyu’s pill and asked Wang Xingzhi and the others to test its effects.
• Wang Xingzhi’s group struck Taoist Wushang with a Star River, but he remained unharmed and did not move.
• Su Xiaoxiao and the others attacked Taoist Wushang together, leaving the mountain in ruins while he stood untouched.
• Taoist Wushang gave Hanyu his incense burner, and Hanyu turned down requests for more pills by saying their affinity had run its course.
• After two days, Taoist Wushang’s frequent distractions made conversations with him exhausting, and people began calling him the Distracted Taoist.

Hanyu offered an Anxiety Pill that briefly blessed its user with heaven-and-earth protection but could make them get lost. As danger mounted in the trapped little world and Yanluo Hall’s palace, several people rushed to claim the pill, leaving Wang Xingzhi regretting his hesitation.

• Hanyu stopped Wang Xingzhi and offered him a pill, but Wang Xingzhi fell silent over its alarming side effects, so Hanyu walked away.
• Su Xiaoxiao and three others failed to contact their people from the great hall, and she sealed a fissure before tribulation energy and lightning could enter.
• Lei Wang worried that the tribulation lightning would consume Yanluo Hall’s palace, while Zui Rong urged him to report their predicament to their superiors.
• Hanyu revealed the Anxiety Pill’s blessing and getting-lost side effect, drawing Su Xiaoxiao and the others to question whether he belonged to their plans.
• Wang Xingzhi and several others volunteered for the pill, and Wang Xingzhi regretted not accepting it when Hanyu first approached him.

Wang Xingzhi took Hanyu’s pill and discovered that moving caused him to vanish and reappear buried in the ground or inside mountains, though Heaven’s Protection kept him within the mist and away from certain death. Meanwhile, Soul Chaser negotiated with Quan Xiaotong for a way to remake his Spiritual Treasure Body, while warning that the Heavenly Dao Sect might have hidden arrangements in Central Continent.

• Hanyu gave Wang Xingzhi a pill, and Su Xiaoxiao gave Hanyu Liu Zongyuan’s Green Leaf in return.
• Wang Xingzhi vanished after taking a few steps and dug himself out of the earth, revealing the pill’s strange side effect.
• Su Xiaoxiao observed that Wang Xingzhi disappeared whenever he moved, sometimes ending up buried in the earth or trapped inside a mountain.
• Su Xiaoxiao invited Hanyu to speak with her as Quan Xiaotong asked Soul Chaser to share the cultivation system beyond Central Continent.
• Soul Chaser said he knew only as far as the Divine Platform Realm and asked Quan Xiaotong to reforge his Spiritual Treasure Body into one resembling an ordinary person’s.
• Soul Chaser warned Quan Xiaotong that the Heavenly Dao Sect might have made arrangements in Central Continent, and Quan Xiaotong considered how both powerful factions might be watching it.

Quan Xiaotong learned that Central Continent was trapped by an ancient formation tied to periodic massacres, while Su Xiaoxiao and Lei Wang separately tried to use Hanyu and eight underlings to escape tribulation lightning. The plan failed, and the tribulation clouds were still waiting when Xin Zhui stepped outside.

• Soul Chaser told Quan Xiaotong that Central Continent had little chance of resisting Yanluo Hall and that an unknown formation demanded massacres every few centuries.
• Su Xiaoxiao brought Hanyu to the pocket realm's main hall and proposed opening the space so Hanyu could draw the tribulation lightning away.
• Lei Wang gave eight Divine Platform Realm cultivators substitute puppets and ordered them outside as bait for the tribulation lightning.
• The eight men were killed by crimson lightning, and the puppets bearing the auras of the palace's remaining cultivators were destroyed.
• Lei Wang sent Xin Zhui to check outside, where tribulation lightning struck and the clouds remained.

Su Xiaoxiao tried to recruit Hanyu to brave red tribulation lightning and open a small-world entrance to call for backup, but Hanyu refused until he learned the world might contain fortune-bearing Dao Seeking Stones. The chapter ended with Hanyu taking Su Xiaoxiao’s stone and reconsidering the dangerous task in exchange for the chance to find more.

• Su Xiaoxiao showed Hanyu a defensive black-pot treasure and asked him to carry it through the red tribulation lightning to open a small-world entrance and summon help.
• Hanyu refused, unconvinced by Su Xiaoxiao’s claims that the pot could shield him and that he could survive the lightning.
• The Artifact Spirit sensed fortune in Su Xiaoxiao’s belongings and urged Hanyu to inspect them.
• Hanyu learned that Su Xiaoxiao’s jade was a Dao Seeking Stone containing ten years’ worth of fortune, and demanded hundreds of pounds in exchange for facing the lightning.
• After the Artifact Spirit confirmed it could sense such stones on the ground, Hanyu snatched the jade and asked Su Xiaoxiao whether anyone would die.