Chapter Summaries

Zhang Yuan used the lightning-filled space of his Thunder God Visualization Diagram to master the Sky Thunder Finger and strengthen himself before heading to Qingyun Town. There, he encountered Yun Yun, who had come looking for him, and their first meeting ended with her asking what a doujinshi was.

• Ling Ying concluded that Zhang Yuan had mastered a Low-level Earth-tier Dou Technique after witnessing his power.
• Zhang Yuan cultivated the Heavenly Thunder Art and practiced the Sky Thunder Finger in a lightning-filled space, reaching proficiency after nine days outside.
• Zhang Yuan reflected on how his Three Dragon Thunder Gang Fire could strengthen the Sky Thunder Finger and then flew toward Qingyun Town to prepare his Black Armored Guard for the Beast Tide.
• Zhang Yuan spotted Yun Yun flying nearby, and she recognized him from the Misty Cloud Sect's intelligence portrait.
• Yun Yun and Zhang Yuan introduced themselves, and Zhang Yuan mentioned seeing her doujinshi, leaving Yun Yun confused about the term.

Zhang Yuan entertained Yun Yun over roasted Magical Beast meat by inventing a story about a villain who infiltrated the Misty Cloud Sect, while Yun Yun listened and found a useful recruitment idea in the tale. He ended by saying Yun Yun defeated the villain, and she asked why the story was called Secret Chamber Dou Emperor.

• Zhang Yuan invited Yun Yun to share dinner and tell her about a storybook, then hunted and prepared a Fourth-tier Magical Beast.
• Zhang Yuan told Yun Yun about Tang Xiao San, a remnant-soul villain who joined the Misty Cloud Sect, and Yun Yun realized the Sect could recruit talented children by sending disciples to teach in villages.
• Zhang Yuan continued the tale, describing Tang Xiao San’s betrayal of the Misty Cloud Sect and her escape to Jia Nan Academy, where she regained her strength and killed her master.
• Zhang Yuan said Yun Yun eventually reached Dou Zong and defeated Tang Xiao San, then served Yun Yun roasted meat.
• Yun Yun enjoyed the roasted meat and asked Zhang Yuan why the story was called Secret Chamber Dou Emperor.

Yun Yun sought to recruit Zhang Yuan into the Misty Cloud Sect, but he refused and revealed that he had a powerful protector. They bonded over food and wine before Yun Yun asked how he planned to respond to Yan Ran’s feelings, and Zhang Yuan turned the question back on her about Gu He.

• Zhang Yuan realized Yun Yun had come to recruit him, but refused to join the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Zhang Yuan summoned Ling Ying, whose strength and criticism of the Misty Cloud Sect impressed and embarrassed Yun Yun.
• Ling Ying withdrew with roasted meat and wine, and Yun Yun gave Zhang Yuan a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill in exchange for a gourd of his wine.
• Zhang Yuan and Yun Yun ate, drank, and chatted until they began addressing each other as older sister and younger brother.
• As Yun Yun prepared to leave, she asked how Zhang Yuan would respond to Yan Ran’s feelings, and he asked how she would respond to Gu He’s feelings.

Zhang Yuan returned to Qingyun Town, collected his military reward, and met Princess Yaoye, who asked to train under his command. He agreed to consider the assignment only if she offered something in return.

• Yun Yun told Zhang Yuan she had rejected Gu He and would put the Misty Cloud Sect before romance until someone could take over her position.
• Zhang Yuan returned to the Xuan Character Camp and learned that Princess Yaoye had personally delivered his reward of one hundred thousand military merit points and an Imperial Black Gold Card.
• Zhang Yuan gave Meng Xu a list of materials to exchange for with his military merit, then went to the commander's residence to meet Princess Yaoye.
• Princess Yaoye asked to train under Zhang Yuan while observing his plan to deal with the Beast Tide in the nearby Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Zhang Yuan said he would take the assignment only if Princess Yaoye told him what he would get in return.

Zhang Yuan demanded 30,000 merit points to train and protect Princess Yaoye, so she challenged him to prove he deserved the reward. He easily outmatched her in their fight, but Princess Yaoye revealed she had reached the Dou Ling realm and formed a spear, while Zhang Yuan readied a flame sword.

• Zhang Yuan explained that training Princess Yaoye and protecting her would require extra benefits, and he asked for 30,000 merit points.
• Princess Yaoye agreed to pay if Zhang Yuan could prove his worth by subduing her in a fight.
• Qin Jingyan told Qin Zhendong that Zhang Yuan was invincible among opponents of the same realm, hinting that he had lost their earlier spar.
• Princess Yaoye attacked with speed and movement techniques, but Zhang Yuan dodged every strike before overpowering her with a punch and a barrage of attacks.
• Princess Yaoye retreated, formed a Dou Qi spear, and revealed that she had reached the Dou Ling realm, while Zhang Yuan formed a sword from the Three Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.

Zhang Yuan defeated Princess Yaoye in a duel, demonstrating the power of his Heavenly Flame and lightning technique. After he left the commander's residence, the Thunder God Visualization Diagram reacted when he encountered Qing Yanjing, and his consciousness began to rise.

• Zhang Yuan used a Heavenly Flame sword to block Princess Yaoye's spear and then overpowered her Raging Tide Spear Technique with Raging Thunder Strike.
• Zhang Yuan defeated Princess Yaoye and asked whether thirty thousand military merits were worth the loss; she accepted the result and left.
• Zhang Yuan left Qin Zhendong's residence and met Meng Xu, Meng Xing, Qing Yanjing, and Qin Hai at the entrance.
• Zhang Yuan sensed the Thunder God Visualization Diagram tremble, and his consciousness began to rise and transcend.

Zhang Yuan’s Soul Power reached the threshold of the Spirit Realm, and the Thunder God Visualization Diagram carried his consciousness to the Futuo Ancestral Pagoda, where he glimpsed seven purple moons and the Azure Vault Ranking. After arranging a meal with Qing Yanjing at the Myriad Books Pavilion, he was warned by Princess Yaoye to avoid her.

• Zhang Yuan’s consciousness traveled through the void to an ancient pagoda marked Futuo and entered a space beneath seven purple moons.
• The Thunder God Visualization Diagram let Zhang Yuan glimpse the character Ye within a vast light curtain, which he suspected was the Azure Vault Ranking.
• Zhang Yuan reunited with Meng Xing, Qing Yanjing, and Qin Hai, then accepted Qing Yanjing’s invitation to dine at the Myriad Books Pavilion.
• Zhang Yuan returned to camp, confirmed the next day’s departure with Qin Zhenming, bathed, and set out for Qingyun Town.
• Princess Yaoye summoned Zhang Yuan to a teahouse and warned him not to get close to Qing Yanjing, whom she called a demoness.

Princess Yaoye tried to stop Zhang Yuan from meeting Qing Yanjing, but he challenged her judgment and taught her about handling power before hearing why Qing Yanjing was feared. The warning only made Zhang Yuan more curious, and he still planned to explore the mystery surrounding her.

• Princess Yaoye tried to persuade Zhang Yuan not to visit Qing Yanjing, but he challenged her authority and placed his commander’s token on the table.
• Zhang Yuan criticized Princess Yaoye’s political judgment and explained that he had acted rudely to test her; Jia Xingtian secretly urged her to learn from him.
• Princess Yaoye agreed to seek Zhang Yuan’s guidance, and he demanded payment before asking why Qing Yanjing was called a demoness.
• Princess Yaoye told Zhang Yuan that Qing Yanjing’s family and the Myriad Vegetable Pavilion had suffered a string of deaths and misfortunes after Qing Yanjing became a Dou Zhe.
• Princess Yaoye warned Zhang Yuan that Qing Yanjing’s misfortune could affect strangers, then left; Zhang Yuan remained eager to meet and investigate her.

Zhang Yuan decided to investigate Qing Yanjing, suspecting she might have come from the Great Thousand World, while Jia Xingtian urged Princess Yaoye to learn political skills from him. At the Myriad Books Pavilion, Qin Hai offered Zhang Yuan a mysterious bead that Ling Ying identified as a treasure, and Zhang Yuan accepted it after pretending to refuse.

• Zhang Yuan considered whether the Dou Qi Continent had a Child of Destiny and decided to investigate Qing Yanjing for clues about the Great Thousand World and the Emperor Origin.
• Jia Xingtian told Princess Yaoye to learn from Zhang Yuan and revealed that a powerful expert was secretly protecting him, prompting her to reconsider her status and mature.
• Zhang Yuan arrived at the Myriad Books Pavilion and learned from Li Qingchang that the pavilion changed its steward and some staff every year, a rule he suspected Qing Yanjing had established.
• Qin Hai thanked Zhang Yuan for his help by offering him a round bead that two Fourth-tier Magical Beasts had fought over.
• Ling Ying urged Zhang Yuan to take the bead, and Zhang Yuan accepted it after Qin Hai insisted, while Ling Ying privately mocked his act.

Zhang Yuan learned the Moon Fox Pearl’s value, settled old grievances with Meng Xu, and sampled Qing Yanjing’s medicinal cuisine. The meal was interrupted when a bound Sixth-Rank Azure Winged Sky Serpent crashed through the ceiling.

• Zhang Yuan recognized the Moon Fox Pearl’s value and promised Qin Hai help in the future.
• At Meng Xu’s urging, Meng Xing apologized to Zhang Yuan, who accepted Meng Xu’s original movement Dou Technique and ended their feud.
• Qing Yanjing served Zhang Yuan and the others ten medicinal dishes, and Zhang Yuan praised her cooking.
• Zhang Yuan sensed danger, kicked Qin Hai and Meng Xu out of the way, and carried Qing Yanjing toward the window.
• An Azure Winged Sky Serpent crashed through the ceiling, and Ling Ying identified it as a Sixth-Rank Magical Beast.

Zhang Yuan witnessed Qing Man arrive to retrieve a suppressed Azure Winged Sky Serpent, while Qing Yanjing's unveiled beauty caught his attention. After Qing Man attacked Zhang Yuan for refusing his offer to join Heavenly Snake Mansion, Ling Ying intervened and used a token to make him withdraw, leaving Zhang Yuan to realize where his hand had been resting.

• The Azure Winged Sky Serpent roared against its bonds and blamed Qing Man for suppressing it.
• Qing Man descended from the sky, and Zhang Yuan recognized him as a powerful expert from Heavenly Snake Mansion rather than a Dou Zong.
• Zhang Yuan noticed Qing Yanjing's unveiled face and told her Qing Man was only a Peak Dou Emperor.
• Qing Man offered to train Zhang Yuan at Heavenly Snake Mansion, but Zhang Yuan refused, so Qing Man attacked him.
• Ling Ying blocked Qing Man, showed him a token, and identified Zhang Yuan as the young master of the Ling Ye Chamber of Commerce.
• Qing Man returned the token and left with the Azure Winged Sky Serpent, while Qing Yanjing asked Zhang Yuan to move his hand.

Zhang Yuan rescued Qing Yanjing from the falling magical beast and urged her not to believe she was an inauspicious person, offering her protection. The next morning, Princess Yaoye delivered his requested supplies and teased him about Qing Yanjing’s misfortune.

• Zhang Yuan saved Qing Yanjing from the falling beast, while Jia Xingtian and Princess Yaoye recognized the strength of his connections.
• Meng Xu found Meng Xing dead in the ruins, and Zhang Yuan offered Qing Yanjing a place by his side and protection if she came to him before the Xuan Character Camp departed.
• Zhang Yuan rescued the buried Qin Hai, comforted Meng Xu, then returned to camp and cultivated through the night.
• Princess Yaoye entered Zhang Yuan’s tent, delivered his requested materials and medicines, and asked how it had felt to experience Qing Yanjing’s misfortune.

Zhang Yuan brought Qing Yanjing into his camp after she accepted his invitation to stay by his side. He learned that she had reached Nine-star Da Dou Shi without ever cultivating, leaving him astonished by her natural growth.

• Zhang Yuan told Princess Yaoye that he had invited Qing Yanjing to join him, and Xiao Boyuan announced that she had arrived.
• Qing Yanjing agreed to remain by Zhang Yuan's side, and he welcomed her into his service.
• Qing Yanjing revealed that she was eighteen and had reached Nine-star Da Dou Shi, astonishing Princess Yaoye.
• After Princess Yaoye left, Qing Yanjing told Zhang Yuan that she had light-attributed Dou Qi and had never practiced a cultivation technique.
• Qing Yanjing explained that her cultivation had risen naturally while she read and learned to cook, and Zhang Yuan was left stunned.

Zhang Yuan arranged to bring Qing Yanjing into his personal guard and proposed using her ability to attract magical beasts in a revised plan for controlling Beast Tides. He lectured Princess Yaoye on judging people and politics from multiple angles, then told Qing Yanjing he could prove she was not a person of misfortune.

• Zhang Yuan told Qing Yanjing to cultivate diligently and went to arrange her identity as a personal guard.
• Princess Yaoye questioned Zhang Yuan about keeping Qing Yanjing, but he insisted he did not believe in misfortune and reminded her to call him Teacher in the army.
• Zhang Yuan proposed to Qin Zhenming revising his Beast Tide plan to use Qing Yanjing to attract magical beasts to a fortress.
• Zhang Yuan explained to Princess Yaoye that Qing Yanjing's supposed misfortune could be turned to their advantage and taught her to assess political matters from multiple angles.
• Zhang Yuan returned to Qing Yanjing and offered a method to prove she was not a person of misfortune, prompting Princess Yaoye to doubt his honesty.

Zhang Yuan recruited Qing Yanjing to serve as bait for magical beasts in exchange for military merit and answers about her unusual misfortunes. While surveying Cloud Eagle Mountain, he battled a Purple Thunder Cloud Eagle and used its lightning to advance his cultivation, leaving the stunned beast unable to move.

• Qing Yanjing agreed to cooperate with Zhang Yuan after he explained what she could gain.
• Zhang Yuan introduced Qing Yanjing to his unit, with Qin Hai serving as his deputy commandant after Meng Xu resigned.
• Zhang Yuan led his troops to Green Rock Town, then flew to Cloud Eagle Mountain to survey the terrain.
• A Purple Thunder Cloud Eagle attacked Zhang Yuan, who fought it head-on and endured its lightning to temper his body and raise his cultivation to Six-Star Great Dou Shi.
• Zhang Yuan struck the Purple Thunder Cloud Eagle with Sky Thunder Finger, paralyzing it and prompting it to beg him not to approach.

Zhang Yuan captured a Purple Thunder Cloud Eagle to help with his lightning cultivation, then returned to camp and ate with Qing Yanjing, Princess Yaoye, and Qin Jingyan. After Ling Ying sent a report about Zhang Yuan and Qing Yanjing, Xun Er read it and looked forward to meeting the woman.

• Zhang Yuan subdued the Purple Thunder Cloud Eagle and asked Ling Ying to care for it as a source of lightning for his cultivation.
• Zhang Yuan returned to Green Rock Town and found Princess Yaoye and Qin Jingyan waiting in his tent to learn from him and share Qing Yanjing’s cooking.
• Zhang Yuan sent a food box to Ling Ying, who enjoyed the meal and revised a report about Zhang Yuan and Qing Yanjing before sending it to Xun Er.
• Xun Er read Ling Ying’s report about Zhang Yuan’s exploits and his meeting with Qing Yanjing, then said she looked forward to meeting her.

Zhang Yuan brought Qing Yanjing to Gourd Valley, where they settled together in a cottage as his plan to draw magical beasts there succeeded. After a month of growing close, he lingered outside her door and asked if he could come in.

• Zhang Yuan took Qing Yanjing flying to a secluded valley and teased her before carrying her in his arms.
• Qing Yanjing chose a place in the valley, and Zhang Yuan built and furnished a two-bedroom cottage for them to share.
• Zhang Yuan and Qing Yanjing lived together for a month, and she grew accustomed to his presence.
• Zhang Yuan's plan drew magical beasts toward Gourd Valley, where the Black Armored Guard trapped and cleared them for merit.
• Zhang Yuan assessed Qing Yanjing's condition and, standing outside her door, asked, "Yanjing, may I come in?"

Zhang Yuan rescued Qing Yanjing from an Earth Rock Evil Spider’s ambush after his visualization diagram warned him of danger. As the Fifth-tier beast attacked, Ling Ying appeared and struck it with the Black Flame Demonic Palm.

• Zhang Yuan burst into Qing Yanjing’s bath, wrapped her in bed curtains, and carried her out of the cabin just before it collapsed.
• An Earth Rock Evil Spider emerged from underground, and Qing Yanjing realized Zhang Yuan had saved her from its ambush.
• Zhang Yuan explained that the Thunder God Visualization Diagram had shown a purple full moon and that he had sent Ling Ying away with the Purple Thunder Cloud Eagle.
• The Earth Rock Evil Spider threatened Zhang Yuan and demanded Qing Yanjing, while Zhang Yuan retreated with her.
• Ling Ying appeared in midair and attacked the Earth Rock Evil Spider with his Black Flame Demonic Palm.

Zhang Yuan rescued Qing Yanjing from a Magical Beast, teased her about how to repay him, and gave her a custom Dou Artifact before they spent five more months together in the valley. As they prepared to leave, Zhang Yuan embraced Qing Yanjing and suggested they make an unforgettable memory together.

• Ling Ying killed the Earth Rock Evil Spider, and Zhang Yuan collected its Fifth-tier Magic Core while carrying Qing Yanjing to safety.
• Zhang Yuan made a cave shelter after the Banana Cottage was destroyed, then teased Qing Yanjing about repaying him; she agreed to cook for him.
• Zhang Yuan restored the Banana Cottage and crafted Qing Yanjing the Azure Smoke Jade Hairpin, which could store items and Dou Qi and conceal her aura.
• Over the next five months, Zhang Yuan and Qing Yanjing faced repeated full-moon attacks, and he warned her not to rush her cultivation after the threats grew stronger.
• Zhang Yuan told Qing Yanjing they would leave the valley, embraced her, and suggested they make an unforgettable memory together.

After six months together, Zhang Yuan and Qing Yanjing became lovers, but a Purple Moon awakened within her during their intimacy and completed an Eight-Veined Purple Moon. In the Great Thousand World, the Futuo Ancient Clan celebrated the revelation while learning that Qing Yanjing could not yet be reborn because her divine veins were still gestating.

• After six months of growing close, Qing Yanjing and Zhang Yuan kissed, and he used the Five Elements Spirit Turtle Pearl to conceal them before carrying her into Gourd Valley.
• As Zhang Yuan and Qing Yanjing became intimate, a Purple Moon appeared between her brows and briefly filled her with murderous intent; thunder restored her clarity, while the eighth Purple Moon formed in the Thunder God Visualization Diagram.
• In the Futuo Tower, the Ancient Clan's elders celebrated Qing Yanjing's Eight Divine Veins and discussed the potential of her gaining the Endless Light Body.
• Qing Xuan summoned Qing Qiu and Qing Feng, but Qing Qiu told the elders that Qing Yanjing could not yet be reborn because the Eight-Veined Purple Moon was still gestating.
• The elders wondered whether Qing Yanjing might develop a ninth vein, while Zhang Yuan asked her to take the lead after they recovered in Gourd Valley.