Chapter Summaries

Xiao Li joined Jia Nan Academy’s freshman challenge and drew the veteran Wu Jinchang, an eight-star Dou Master. He revealed that he was a Two-Star Great Dou Master, stunning the plaza before the fight began.

• Hu Gan explained that freshmen at One-Star Dou Zhe or above could challenge veterans for rewards, while the elders discussed Xiao Li’s talent and solid cultivation.
• Xiao Li chose Wu Jinchang, the strongest veteran, as his opponent, and the elders anticipated his match.
• After other freshmen lost their challenges, Xiao Li announced his challenge to Wu Jinchang, drawing jeers from the crowd.
• Xiao Li introduced himself as a Two-Star Great Dou Master and summoned his Thunder Armor, silencing the plaza before the crowd erupted in shock.

Xiao Li defeated Wu Jinchang and received a powerful Dou Technique from Hu Gan after agreeing to help Hu Jia if she ever faced danger. Meanwhile, Xiao Zhan discovered that Xiao Yan had left to train with his teacher, leaving him furious and worried.

• Xiao Li overwhelmed Wu Jinchang with a single spear strike, winning their match.
• Hu Gan introduced Xiao Li to Hu Jia and learned that Xiao Li's younger brother was Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Li asked Hu Gan for a lightning-type Earth Tier Dou Technique, then accepted a lower reward and Hu Gan's personal offer in exchange for helping Hu Jia in the future.
• Hu Gan gave Xiao Li a purple-covered Dou Technique book and praised his potential to Hu Jia after he left.
• Xiao Zhan went to Xiao Yan's room and found a note saying Xiao Yan and his teacher had left to train, prompting Xiao Zhan to curse all three of his sons.

Xiao Li entered the Inner Academy Selection Tournament and secured his third preliminary victory after two opponents forfeited. He left the arena expressionless, while his defeated opponent resigned himself to trying again next year.

• Li Hao warned Chu Junliang that treating Xiao Li as a rival already put the veteran student at a disadvantage.
• Su Fei brought students to support Xiao Li, and Hu Gan asked Elder Geng to give him an easier opponent before the tournament began.
• Xiao Li's first opponent, Zhang Chunbin, forfeited, and his second opponent also withdrew.
• Lv Ronglu chose to fight Xiao Li, but Xiao Li's Lightning Flash Strike broke through his Golden Tiger Gate-Breaking Blade and stopped at his throat.
• Lv Ronglu surrendered, and Xiao Li silently left the arena.

Hu Gan replaced the final Inner Academy Selection Tournament matches with a battle royale, offering a special reward to whoever eliminated the most opponents. Xiao Li formed an alliance with several contestants, then faced a joint attack from Li Hao and Chu Junliang.

• Hu Gan announced that contestants would be ranked by how long they survived the battle royale and offered a precious reward for the most knockouts.
• The contestants began fighting, and most retreated to the arena's edges while Xiao Li also kept his distance from the crowd.
• Li Hao and Chu Junliang knocked out opponents and took positions on opposite sides of the arena, leaving others to converge on Xiao Li.
• Several contestants asked Xiao Li to help them reach the top five, and he agreed to team up with them.
• Li Hao asked Chu Junliang to join him in eliminating Xiao Li, and Chu Junliang accepted.
• Xiao Li prepared to face both men, confident in his new Dou Technique and readying his Thunder Scale Spear.

Xiao Li defeated Li Hao and Chu Junliang with his high-grade Profound Tier Dou Technique and won first place in the selection competition. Hu Gan awarded him a Two-Pattern Green Spirit Pill and explained that the fish on his Thunder Scale Spear was its developing weapon spirit.

• Li Hao and Chu Junliang attacked Xiao Li together, but Xiao Li unleashed Mystic Thunder Shock Flash and defeated them.
• Li Hao and Chu Junliang retreated, and Xiao Li continued fighting until only three contestants remained.
• Chu Junliang withdrew for third place, Li Hao left the platform, and Xiao Li was named the competition's first-place winner.
• Hu Gan gave Xiao Li a Two-Pattern Green Spirit Pill that could raise his strength by two stars.
• Xiao Li asked Hu Gan about the fish on his Thunder Scale Spear, and Hu Gan identified it as the weapon's developing spirit.

Hu Gan led Xiao Li and the other four top students to the Library Pavilion to obtain Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills. After Xiao Li sensed the power of space while entering, Elder Qian and Elder Bai considered nurturing him as a future leader for Jia Nan Academy.

• Hu Gan warned Xiao Li and the other top students to stay united in the Inner Academy, where strength determined who received the best cultivation conditions.
• Hu Gan opened a hidden passage and led the five students to the Library Pavilion in a sunken valley.
• Elder Bai and Elder Qian appeared at the pavilion entrance and opened a spatial doorway for Hu Gan and the students.
• Xiao Li sensed the power of space as he crossed the doorway, surprising Elder Qian.
• Elder Qian and Elder Bai discussed nurturing Xiao Li to shoulder Jia Nan Academy's future burdens, then debated whether to give him a Cultivation Method or a Dou Technique.

Xiao Li entered Jia Nan Academy’s Library Pavilion and chose a Low Earth Tier movement Dou Technique after Elder Qian secretly sent it to him. After the other students left, Xiao Li remained behind and faced the two elders, who had summoned him.

• Xiao Li and four others entered the Library Pavilion before its doors closed for the one-hour visit.
• Elder Qian and Elder Bai discussed finding Xiao Li Thunder-attribute resources, including the Thunder Fusion Body and the dean’s cultivation notes.
• Chu Junliang took the Low Xuan Tier Fire Wind Palm, while Xiao Li selected the High Xuan Tier Black Panther Strange Thunder Art.
• Elder Qian sent Xiao Li the Low Earth Tier Dou Technique Nine Steps to Heaven, and Xiao Li chose it over the cultivation method.
• The other students left the Library Pavilion, but Xiao Li was missing; Elder Qian and Elder Bai then summoned him in the space between the pavilion and the outside world.

Xiao Li agreed to cultivate under Elder Qian and Elder Bai's guidance after realizing they wanted to nurture him, not force him into immediate discipleship. He absorbed the Two-Pattern Green Spirit Pill under their protection and successfully completed his breakthrough.

• Elder Qian asked Xiao Li to become his disciple, but Xiao Li refused to make such a serious choice on a whim.
• Elder Bai proposed taking Xiao Li out for a year of experience, and Xiao Li understood that the elders intended to guide him.
• Xiao Li agreed to cultivate under Elder Qian and Elder Bai's guidance, and they offered to protect him while he absorbed the pill.
• Elder Qian stabilized the space around Xiao Li while secretly studying notes on lightning cultivation.
• Xiao Li absorbed the Two-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, guided its energy through his meridians, and formed a lake of liquid energy in his Dou Qi vortex.
• Elder Qian saw that Xiao Li had succeeded.

Xiao Li left the Inner Academy with Elder Qian and Elder Bai, who gave him a lightning cultivation method and taught him how it could complement Nine Steps to Heaven. The chapter ended with Elder Qian throwing Xiao Li into a storm so he could begin training Thunder Fusion Body.

• Xiao Li left the Inner Academy with Elder Qian and Elder Bai, regretting that he would miss the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower for a year.
• Elder Qian gave Xiao Li Thunder Fusion Body and Record of Seeking Lightning, and Xiao Li learned about Strange Lightning that could rival Heavenly Flames.
• Elder Qian and Elder Bai brought Xiao Li to a remote training ground and said they would train him there for a month.
• Elder Qian examined Xiao Li's Nine Steps to Heaven, and he and Elder Bai explained that Thunder Fusion Body could help Xiao Li withstand its strain.
• Elder Qian gathered lightning in the clouds and threw Xiao Li into the sky to practice Thunder Fusion Body.

Xiao Li endured lightning tempering under Elder Qian and broke through to five-star Da Dou Shi before setting out to gain experience in the Black-Corner Region. In Hundred Monster City, he intervened against a crowd that watched an assault, and the encounter led him to reflect on his past with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Li endured a hundred lightning strikes, entered the Thunder Fusion Body’s entry stage, and broke through three cultivation levels to become a five-star Da Dou Shi.
• Elder Qian told Xiao Li to practice Nine Steps to Heaven before gaining experience, while he and Elder Bai promised to protect him from the shadows.
• In Hundred Monster City, Xiao Li killed several men who tried to rob him and took Elder Qian’s advice to make himself conspicuous.
• Xiao Li saw a man assaulting a woman while the crowd watched, then used Mystic Thunder Shock Flash to attack the onlookers and stop the assailant.
• Xiao Li reflected that he cultivated to change his family’s fate and act freely, then remembered Gan Mu’s men surrounding him and Xiao Yi Xian asking to come with him.

Xiao Li accepted a job from the Lin Family to stop Xu Xinyue from forcing their young master, Lin Qi, to marry her. He agreed to take five third-tier magical beast corpses as payment and prepared to face the Black Tiger Gang’s challenge.

• Xiao Li killed a man who threatened a woman, then wrote a warning on the dead man’s clothes and drew the attention of Lin Kui and Lin Xu.
• Lin Kui and Lin Xu asked Xiao Li to help the Lin Family oppose Xu Xinyue’s marriage demand, explaining that the dispute would be settled by a contest between young people.
• Xiao Li followed Lin Kui and Lin Xu to the Lin residence, where Lin Qi said he was willing to marry Xu Xinyue and Lin Yi beat him for it.
• Lin Yi offered Xiao Li a high-grade Yellow Tier Dou Technique, but Xiao Li requested magical beast corpses instead.
• Lin Yi agreed to pay with five third-tier magical beast corpses, and Lin Qi resented Xiao Li for taking the job.

Lin Qi asked Xiao Li to lose the match so he could be with Xu Xinyue, and Xiao Li promised Lin Yi he would help the couple. After discovering Lin Qi and Xu Xinyue together, Xiao Li told them Lin Yi had agreed, then caught Elder Qian and Elder Bai spying nearby.

• Lin Qi asked Xiao Li to lose the match and offered him the Lin Family's prized cultivation technique so he could marry Xu Xinyue.
• Xiao Li spoke with Lin Yi, who conceded the match because he knew Lin Qi was determined to be with Xu Xinyue.
• Xiao Li promised Lin Yi he would make sure Xu Xinyue married into the Lin Family.
• Elder Qian led Xiao Li to a courtyard, where he saw Lin Qi embracing Xu Xinyue and mistakenly thought they were eloping.
• Xiao Li told Lin Qi and Xu Xinyue that Lin Yi approved their relationship, then spotted Elder Qian and Elder Bai spying from the wall.

Xiao Li challenged Xu Liang Hai to decide whether Xu Xinyue would marry Lin Qi or Lin Qi would marry into the Xu family. Though Xu Liang Hai overwhelmed Xiao Li with his Dou Ling power, Xiao Li survived the blow and began increasing his aura with the first step of Nine Steps to Heaven.

• Xiao Li proposed fighting Xu Liang Hai, with the winner deciding whether Xu Xinyue would marry into the Lin family or Lin Qi into the Xu family.
• Xu Liang Hai accepted and revealed his Dou Ling power, while Xiao Li showed he was a five-star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Li attacked with Mystic Thunder Shock Flash, but Xu Liang Hai blocked it with Crushing Stone Blade.
• Xu Liang Hai struck Xiao Li with Dou Qi-formed fists, sending him through the courtyard wall and burying him in rubble.
• Xiao Li rose unharmed, and his aura surged as he activated the first step of Nine Steps to Heaven.

Xiao Li defeated Xu Lianghai and secured the Lin Family’s dignity before leaving as Lin Qi and Xu Xinyue thanked him. After training with Elder Qian and Elder Bai, Xiao Li completed his Mystic Thunder Body and reached Six-Star Great Dou Master, and the elders prepared to take him to Black Seal City.

• Xiao Li used Mystic Thunder Shock Flash to defeat Xu Lianghai, winning the fight for the Lin Family.
• Lin Yi thanked Xiao Li and gave him a Storage Ring containing Magical Beast corpses, and Lin Qi and Xu Xinyue thanked him before he left.
• Half a month later, Xiao Li roasted Magical Beast meat for Elder Qian and Elder Bai while concealing his Siphon Technique.
• Elder Qian called down heavenly lightning as Xiao Li tempered his body until he completed the Mystic Thunder Body.
• Xiao Li reached Six-Star Great Dou Master, thanked the elders, and learned they planned to take him to Black Seal City for trials.

Xiao Li entered Black Seal City for its annual auction and raised money by killing men who were robbing others in the streets. He reached the Black Seal Auction House and entered its appraisal room to sell the goods he had collected.

• Elder Qian told Xiao Li about the annual auction, and Xiao Li decided to attend despite having little money.
• Xiao Li paid the city entrance fee, then killed several street fighters and took their purses.
• Xiao Li killed more than a hundred people on the street and collected their money, weapons, and other goods.
• Xiao Li entered the Black Seal Auction House and reviewed the items listed for sale.
• Xiao Li went to the Treasure Appraisal Room and told a serving girl he was there to sell something.

Xiao Li sold a haul of weapons at the Black Seal Auction House, then forced his way into its crowded auction and prepared to shop with Elder Qian’s backing. Elder Qian urged him to keep his killing within limits, but revealed that overwhelming strength could make the auction effectively free.

• Xiao Li sold more than a hundred weapons and empty Storage Rings to the Black Seal Auction House for two hundred thousand gold coins, bringing his fortune to three hundred and twenty thousand.
• Elder Qian warned Xiao Li not to become fixated on killing, and Xiao Li said he understood.
• Xiao Li returned to the inn, then came back to the auction house and killed several men who blocked his way inside, gaining a few thousand more gold coins.
• A maid escorted Xiao Li and Elder Qian to their seats in the packed auction hall, where Xiao Li eagerly awaited the start.
• Elder Qian told Xiao Li that in the Black-Corner Region, overwhelming strength could turn an auction into shopping at no cost.

Xiao Li attended the Black-Corner City Auction with Elder Qian, who offered to obtain anything Xiao Li needed while secretly marking bidders for death. After the Blood Sect won the final Dou-Spirit Pill, Elder Qian prepared to collect the goods and settle accounts with the people he had targeted.

• The Eight-Fan Sect opened the auction, and Elder Qian noted the buyer of the Blood-Shatter Ginseng as a target.
• Xiao Li witnessed a young girl being sold at auction and waited for an item that interested him.
• Elder Qian offered to buy the Spirit-Rising Cauldron for Xiao Li’s younger brother, while Xiao Li hesitated to accept the favor.
• The Blood Sect won the Dou-Spirit Pill for two million three hundred thousand gold coins.
• Elder Qian told Xiao Li to collect his belongings and set out to retrieve the items he had left with his targets.

Elder Qian found information about the Blood-Shatter Heaven-Striking Thunder beneath the Blood Sect, and Xiao Li joined him and Elder Bai to investigate it. As they prepared to travel to the sect, Xiao Li revived his Blood Furnace and began refining beast corpses into Blood Pills.

• Elder Qian killed a group of cultivators, then returned to Xiao Li with their Storage Rings and spoils.
• Elder Qian told Xiao Li that a Blood Sect member had revealed the Strange Lightning lay beneath the sect’s headquarters, and Elder Bai questioned why the dean had not claimed it.
• Xiao Li agreed to travel to the Blood Sect, while Elder Qian and Elder Bai planned to let him handle opponents below Dou Ling.
• Elder Qian and Elder Bai arranged to draw away the Blood Sect’s higher-ups so Elder Qian could help Xiao Li reach the underground lightning.
• While the elders were away, Xiao Li fed magical beast corpses to his Blood Furnace and began making Blood Pills for later use.

Xiao Li and the Two Elders Qian and Bai stormed the Blood Sect after learning it had captured Jia Nan Academy students and turned them into Blood Slaves. After the sect was destroyed and the prisoners were found, Xiao Li killed the uncooperative and powerful captives while demanding submission from the rest.

• Xiao Li killed the guards at the Blood Sect's gate and attacked the disciples gathered on its activity grounds.
• Elder Bai killed the Dou Ling steward, then told Elder Qian that the Blood Sect had captured Jianan students and made them Blood Slaves.
• Elder Qian confronted Fan Lao, learned that Fan Yi was dead, and killed Fan Lao and the Blood Sect's elders and stewards.
• Xiao Li directed the Two Elders Qian and Bai to kill specific disciples while the remaining Blood Sect members fled.
• Elder Bai went to rescue the students, Elder Qian searched the treasury, and Xiao Li entered a dungeon to recruit Blood Slaves.
• Xiao Li killed the old man who offered him money and then slew the Dou Ling-level Blood Slaves, leaving the others too frightened to plead.

Xiao Li freed the prisoners in the Blood Sect's dungeon and founded the Thunder Sect, recruiting the rescued Jia Nan Academy students as well. He and Elder Qian discovered the Blood-Shatter Heaven-Striking Thunder beneath the sect's main hall, where it reacted eagerly to Xiao Li's bloodlust.

• Xiao Li freed more than a hundred prisoners, warned them not to flee, and appointed a five-star Da Dou Shi to manage the new Thunder Sect.
• Elder Qian gave Xiao Li a Storage Ring of the Blood Sect's collection, then took him to meet Elder Bai and the rescued Jia Nan Academy students.
• Xiao Li invited the rescued students and Deacon Li to join the Thunder Sect, then found a hidden stairway beneath the Blood Sect's throne.
• Elder Qian led Xiao Li into the chamber containing the Blood-Shatter Heaven-Striking Thunder and warned that the Dou Zong-level Strange Lightning was dangerous and vicious.
• The Blood-Shatter Heaven-Striking Thunder's bloodlust surged toward Xiao Li, and Elder Qian realized it might be drawn to him; Xiao Li asked if it wanted to follow him.