Chapter Summaries

Wu Yong absorbed the Wind-Thunder Power from the Three Thousand Lightning Movement scroll and quickly mastered its Thunder Instant realm. After deciding to use the technique as a reference for creating his own movement art, he flew south with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan toward their next target.

• Wu Yong summoned a vast storm and opened the silver scroll containing Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• The scroll’s silver figures entered Wu Yong, and he learned the technique’s cultivation method.
• Wu Yong reached the Thunder Instant realm and tested his speed, then judged the technique less effective than his own wind-based movement while valuing it as a model for short-range maneuvering.
• Wu Yong considered creating a movement technique of his own based on Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Guided by Zi Yan, Wu Yong, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan flew south at over ten Mach as the Bandit Trio headed toward more high-tier magical beasts.

After returning to the Inner Academy, Wu Yong prepared his companions and resumed cultivation, then devised a way to temper his soul with heavenly lightning. He endured a violent storm as his soul power grew more condensed and began a qualitative transformation.

• Wu Yong, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Inner Academy, divided their spoils, and resumed cultivating.
• Wu Yong linked the Blue Eagle to a sixth-tier Wind Attribute Magic Core, then fed the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python a fifth-tier Water Attribute Magic Core.
• Wu Yong reflected on mastering Three Thousand Thunder and realized his unusual ability to accelerate made its movement techniques especially useful.
• Wu Yong left a letter and traveled to the Magic Beast Forest to gather a sea of clouds and command thunder and lightning.
• Wu Yong used the storm to temper portions of his soul power, relying on [Diode] to regain clarity as the lightning left him bleeding.
• Wu Yong continued the dangerous training as his lightning-tempered soul power grew more condensed and began a qualitative transformation.

After tempering his soul with lightning, Wu Yong returned to the Inner Academy and learned that the Great Elder had compensated him and Xiao Yi Xian for losing access to the cultivation rooms. Wu Yong and Xiao Yi Xian decided to leave the academy, cultivate elsewhere, and find a home by the sea near a beautiful valley.

• Wu Yong stopped cultivating Lightning Soul Tempering and returned to the Inner Academy to work toward becoming a Nine-Star Dou Emperor and advancing to Dou Zong.
• Zi Yan told Wu Yong that the Great Elder had expelled her and Xiao Yi Xian from the cultivation rooms but compensated them with Di-tier Dou Techniques and access to medicinal ingredients.
• Wu Yong and Xiao Yi Xian handed Zi Yan their Crystal Cards, which held over a million Fire Energy, and Zi Yan went shopping.
• Wu Yong told Xiao Yi Xian that they should leave the academy and settle somewhere on the Northwest Continent before eventually heading to the Central Plains.
• Wu Yong proposed living by the sea near a valley like the one at Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Yi Xian suggested a valley like the one in the Magic Beast Mountain Range where they had fallen in love.

Xiao Yan sought a sixth-rank water-attribute magical core from Wu Yong and received it in exchange for two Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills and a map of the Central Plains. He then went to the Inner Academy medicinal storehouse for an Ice Fire Dragon Beard Fruit, where Zi Yan caught him trying to negotiate without suitable ingredients.

• Xiao Yan asked Wu Yong for a sixth-rank water-attribute magical core and offered a Huangji Pill, but Wu Yong declined it.
• Wu Yong gave Xiao Yan the magical core in exchange for two Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills and a map of the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan left impressed by Wu Yong’s strength, and Yao Lao told him the magical core would help him gather ingredients for an Earth Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Yan went to the Inner Academy medicinal storehouse to find an Ice Fire Dragon Beard Fruit, but Zi Yan grabbed him when she thought he was trying to take it.
• Xiao Yan offered to trade other ingredients or refine a pill for Zi Yan, but she realized he was stalling because he had nothing suitable to trade.

Wu Yong, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan planned their future home while Zi Yan learned that gathering medicinal ingredients was easier than robbing for them. Xiao Yan delivered pills to Wu Yong, who praised his alchemy and advised him to seize the upcoming Strong Ranking Tournament opportunity; the chapter ended with Wu Yong predicting Xiao Yi Xian would reach Dou Zong within two years.

• Xiao Yan traded valuable medicinal ingredients for the final ingredient needed to refine the Earth Spirit Pill and lamented how few gold coins he had left.
• Zi Yan joined Wu Yong and Xiao Yi Xian as they planned their future home, and she eagerly drew a place filled with medicinal ingredients.
• Wu Yong, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan spent two days planning and listing what they would need, while Wu Yong noted his fortune had grown into the eight figures after wiping out several sects.
• Xiao Yan delivered pills to Wu Yong, who praised his alchemy and told him that he, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan would skip the Origin Heart Flame Body Tempering, urging Xiao Yan to compete for one of the available spots.
• Zi Yan returned early because the poison at Xiao Yi Xian's place had made her dizzy, and Wu Yong concluded that Xiao Yi Xian would likely advance to Dou Zong within two years.

Wu Yong reunited with his former mentor Ruolin and gave her two Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills from himself and Xiao Yi Xian. After reaching Nine-Star Dou Huang, he explored the West Coast for a secluded home for them and returned satisfied with the location.

• Wu Yong met Ruolin at the Outer Academy and gave her two Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills as a token of gratitude from himself and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Ruolin accepted the pills and watched Wu Yong leave, pleased that her former students were doing well.
• Wu Yong returned to the Inner Academy, sensed a breakthrough, and reached Nine-Star Dou Huang after cultivating for a quarter of an hour.
• Wu Yong left Xiao Yi Xian a message and flew to the West Coast to search for a suitable place for them to live.
• Wu Yong found several coastal valleys, spent the night observing the sea, and headed back after watching the sunrise.

Wu Yong and Su Qian searched for the mysterious Alchemist who had caused a heavenly phenomenon, but Wu Yong’s powerful soul search found nothing. Wu Yong then left the Inner Academy with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to settle on the West Coast, where Queen Medusa joined them as they began building homes.

• Wu Yong and Su Qian investigated the pill-refining disturbance, but Wu Yong’s soul power failed to locate the hidden Alchemist, whom Yao Chen identified as a formidable talent.
• Wu Yong returned to the Inner Academy and left with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan for the West Coast.
• Wu Yong chose six valleys for the trio and began gathering timber and Mu Jin to build homes in the largest valley.
• Queen Medusa appeared and asked to serve Wu Yong and his mistresses, and Xiao Yi Xian told her to build a house in the valley.

Xiao Yi Xian, Wu Yong, Medusa, and Zi Yan built and decorated homes in the valley, then Wu Yong cleared the weeds and prepared the land for planting with precise wind and rain. The group watched the sunset together, and as Xiao Yi Xian and Wu Yong slept, winds gathered energy above the valley.

• Medusa joined Xiao Yi Xian, Wu Yong, and the others in building three houses in the valley, which they completed in two hours.
• Xiao Yi Xian decorated the houses and asked Wu Yong to clear the valley’s weeds so she could make a Medicine Field.
• Wu Yong used controlled wind blades to clear the weeds, till the soil, preserve the flowers and trees, and water the valley with river water.
• Medusa admired Wu Yong’s precise control, while Zi Yan enjoyed the artificial rain from the rooftop.
• The group watched the sunset over the sea, and Xiao Yi Xian and Wu Yong fell asleep together that night.
• Winds gathered energy from the surrounding lands above the valley.

Wu Yong and the others lived and cultivated peacefully in the valley for two and a half months as its energy grew denser and its plants flourished. Wu Yong advanced to Dou Zong and awakened a powerful soul, leaving the three women awed by his strength.

• Medusa woke to the valley’s unusually dense energy and realized it had come from Wu Yong’s methods.
• Wu Yong brought the Blue Eagle to the valley, where he and the others settled into cultivation and their daily routines.
• Over two and a half months, the valley’s plants grew rapidly while Xiao Yi Xian prepared poisons with Wu Yong and Medusa, and Zi Yan rested after eating medicinal herbs.
• After tempering his soul with lightning, Wu Yong sensed he was about to break through and went to the mountain beside the valley to cultivate.
• Wu Yong advanced from Nine-Star Dou Emperor to One-Star Dou Zong, then absorbed spiritual energy as his soul formed and broke out of an egg-like shape.
• Wu Yong’s soul power swept across the surrounding land, and his illusory soul returned to his brow as the three women recognized and admired his achievement.

After emerging from seclusion, Wu Yong developed his Spirit Realm soul power while Xiao Yi Xian advanced rapidly in cultivation. A message about changes in the Inner Academy prompted Wu Yong to leave the valley and return at once.

• Wu Yong entered seclusion to explore his newly reached Spirit Realm soul power, while Xiao Yi Xian, Medusa, and Zi Yan resumed their quiet routines.
• Wu Yong drew on ideas from his past life and his Son of Wind talent to find new ways to develop his soul power.
• After more than a month, Wu Yong emerged and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, then spent the day with her.
• Over the following two months, Xiao Yi Xian advanced from one-star to five-star Dou Emperor, while Wu Yong reached late-stage two-star Dou Zong.
• Wu Yong received a message warning of changes in the Inner Academy, protected the valley, left a message for the three women, and departed.

The Fallen Heart Flame broke free from the Tianfen Qi Refining Tower and overwhelmed the Inner Academy elders’ formation, prompting Su Qian to call for help. Wu Yong arrived and weakened the flame, then used a Cyan Lion Head to seize its origin and drive it back beneath the tower.

• The Fallen Heart Flame erupted from the Tianfen Qi Refining Tower, and Su Qian led the Inner Academy elders in a formation to suppress it.
• Su Qian sent an emergency message as the Fallen Heart Flame repeatedly battered the formation and pushed the elders toward exhaustion.
• Han Feng sensed the Heavenly Flame and prepared to go after it, hoping to advance his cultivation method and become a Dou Zong.
• Wu Yong returned and stripped away the magma and much of the Fallen Heart Flame’s giant body with his new technique.
• The Fallen Heart Flame resisted Su Qian’s sealing attack, so Wu Yong launched a Cyan Lion Head that seized its origin and drove it into the magma below the tower.

Wu Yong helped Su Qian reseal Fallen Heart Flame, then revealed he had reached two-star Dou Zong. When Han Feng and more than ten Black-Corner Region experts arrived, Wu Yong killed them with Space Strangulation and captured Han Feng’s blue Heavenly Flame.

• Su Qian resealed Fallen Heart Flame with Wu Yong’s help and thanked him for saving the Inner Academy.
• Wu Yong revealed that he had reached two-star Dou Zong, astonishing Su Qian.
• Han Feng arrived at the Inner Academy with more than ten Black-Corner Region experts and questioned its handling of the Heavenly Flame.
• Wu Yong used Space Strangulation to kill Han Feng and his companions, then sealed Han Feng’s blue Heavenly Flame inside a green crystal.
• Wu Yong collected the group’s Storage Rings, asked Su Qian where their strongholds were, and left to raid their homes.

After Wu Yong wiped out Han Feng’s forces and seized their wealth, Xiao Yan struggled with the gulf between his strength and Wu Yong’s. Back in the valley, Wu Yong trained his soul and considered what else to demand when Xiao Yan offered a deal for the Sea Heart Flame.

• The Inner Academy students realized Wu Yong had killed more than ten Dou Emperor experts with one move, and Xiao Yan wondered whether his Origin Heart Flame body tempering would still happen the next day.
• Wu Yong looted Han Feng’s wealth in Feng City, then accidentally reached the Black Emperor Sect and wiped it out on his way to further treasure hunts.
• Wu Yong returned to the valley, checked that Little Fairy and the others were safe, and found that Blue Eagle had grown stronger and begun patrolling.
• Wu Yong tested lightning tempering on his Spirit Realm soul and found it could endure only a little longer in the Thunder Pool than before.
• Great Elder Su Qian told Wu Yong that Xiao Yan wanted to make a deal, and Wu Yong considered asking for high-tier Dou Skills or pill formulas in addition to a soul cultivation technique for the Sea Heart Flame.

Wu Yong delayed his planned trade before arriving at Jia Nan Academy, where he intervened when an Ancient Clan youth insulted Xiao Yan. After Gu Xun Er and the Ancient Clan party departed, Wu Yong took Xiao Yan away and dismissed the youth’s threat.

• Wu Yong postponed returning for several days, then entered the Inner Academy and found Xiao Yan and Gu Xun Er facing the Ancient Clan party.
• Wu Yong used his aura to subdue the Ancient Clan youth who had insulted Xiao Yan, then mocked the youth’s strength and criticized the Ancient Clan’s reliance on its Dou Di ancestor.
• Gu Xun Er challenged Wu Yong’s criticism, and he apologized for commenting on experts beyond his level.
• Gu Xun Er left Jia Nan Academy with the other Ancient Clan members while Xiao Yan watched her go.
• When the Ancient Clan youth threatened Wu Yong, Wu Yong said the weak did not deserve to be remembered and took Xiao Yan away.

Xiao Yan reflected on how much he relied on Wu Yong, while Yao Chen negotiated with Wu Yong for the Sea Heart Flame. After receiving a soul cultivation technique and numerous pill formulas, Wu Yong handed over the flame and prepared to leave, but Yao Chen asked for a crystal to contact him.

• Xiao Yan realized that Wu Yong had helped him obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame, a sixth-tier Magic Core, and the Sea Heart Flame, while Yao Chen considered asking Wu Yong to escort them to the Star Meteor Pavilion.
• Wu Yong returned to the dormitory with the Sea Heart Flame, and Yao Chen emerged from Xiao Yan's Storage Ring to negotiate with him directly.
• Wu Yong asked Yao Chen for a soul cultivation technique and pill formulas, and Yao Chen agreed to transmit formulas ranked fifth and above.
• Yao Chen transferred the soul technique and pill formulas to Wu Yong, exhausting himself during the lengthy transmission.
• Wu Yong gave Yao Chen the Sea Heart Flame and its Void Crystal, then prepared to leave as Yao Chen asked him for a crystal they could use to contact him.

After half a year in the valley, Wu Yong equipped a new handsomeness trait and decided to send an observer to the Central Plains. He appeared at Jia Nan Academy as students prepared to graduate, startling the Inner Academy and catching Han Yue by surprise.

• Wu Yong gave Yao Chen an azure-purple Communication Crystal, then returned to his valley.
• Little Fairy entered seclusion to prepare for her breakthrough, while Medusa and Zi Yan continued cultivating.
• Wu Yong equipped [Supreme Grandmaster of the Handsome Way] and reflected on his growth and the people living in the valley.
• Remembering that Inner Academy students were about to graduate, Wu Yong decided to learn about the Central Plains and vanished from the valley.
• Wu Yong appeared in Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy, where the graduating students' unease eased when they realized he did not need Fire Energy.
• Han Yue turned around and saw Wu Yong standing behind her.

Wu Yong recruited Han Yue to gather publicly available information from the Central Plains, rewarding her with a Flight Dou Technique and a Communication Crystal. Months later, her reports reached him regularly as he cultivated in his secluded valley and advanced his soul power to the middle stage of the Spirit Realm.

• Wu Yong gave Han Yue a Communication Crystal and the Thunder Bat Sky Wings Flight Dou Technique in exchange for passing him information from the Central Plains.
• Han Yue learned to use the crystal, mastered the Flight Dou Technique, and reflected on how Wu Yong had protected the Inner Academy from powerful enemies.
• Two months after receiving the crystal, Han Yue began sending Wu Yong regular information from the Central Plains.
• Wu Yong cultivated in his valley, used the wind to gather spiritual energy, and reached the middle stage of the Spirit Realm.

Xiao Yi Xian advanced to Dou Zong, and Wu Yong showed that he loved her new white-haired appearance before they spent the night together. At dawn, Zi Yan and Medusa found them at the seaside, and the group began their first beach vacation together.

• Wu Yong sensed Xiao Yi Xian approaching a breakthrough and gathered more heaven and earth energy to help her advance to Dou Zong.
• After Xiao Yi Xian emerged with white hair, Wu Yong carried her back to their building and showed his affection for her.
• Wu Yong and Xiao Yi Xian grilled magical beast kidneys and spent the rest of the night together before watching the sunrise.
• Xiao Lan arrived as a fourth-tier magical beast, and Wu Yong explained that he had helped it advance with a sixth-tier Wind Attribute Magic Core.
• Zi Yan and Medusa woke after noticing the Wind Layers and found Wu Yong and Xiao Yi Xian at the beach.
• Wu Yong and Xiao Yi Xian apologized to Zi Yan, and the group began their first beach vacation together.

Wu Yong and the three women played in the sea, where his [Supreme Grandmaster of the Handsome Way] charm left Medusa flustered. After a long water fight and a lazy evening on the beach, the four returned to the valley for the night.

• Wu Yong splashed Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Medusa, who retaliated with huge waves and knocked him onto the beach.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa carried Wu Yong toward the sea, but his handsomeness made Medusa blush and stare at him.
• Xiao Yi Xian teased Medusa about drooling and told her she could look at Wu Yong if she wanted.
• Wu Yong joined forces with Zi Yan in a second water fight against Xiao Yi Xian and Medusa, and all four ended up sprawled on the beach.
• The four waited until the sea breeze cooled before returning to the valley and going to bed.

Wu Yong trained with Zi Yan and the others, then continued cultivating until he reached Four-Star Dou Zun and Spirit Realm Perfection. After Xiao Yan asked for help, Wu Yong opened a Spatial Tunnel to the Inner Academy, where Yao Chen was stunned by his rapid progress.

• Wu Yong taught Zi Yan and the two Dou Zong experts about spatial power and made Space Crystals to help them practice.
• Wu Yong received and equipped the green entry Living Well Together Is Better Than Anything Else, then decided to keep cultivating in seclusion.
• A year later, Wu Yong received the white entry Nine Bulls and Two Tigers and resumed lightning-tempering his body at sea.
• After reaching Spirit Realm Perfection, Wu Yong answered Xiao Yan's message and opened a Spatial Tunnel to the Inner Academy.
• Wu Yong startled the Inner Academy experts with his arrival, and Yao Chen questioned how he had advanced from Dou Zong to Dou Zun so quickly.