Chapter Summaries

Ice Rose announced the Storm Rankings rewards, and Xia Ming discovered that the damaged light holy artifact in his spatial ring matched the broken artifact offered for first place. After 430 participants passed the stele trial, Ice Rose sent them to Dragon Valley to fight for identity tokens before the rankings began.

• Ice Rose announced that the top three Storm Rankings contestants would receive Mystery Stones and that first place would also receive a damaged holy artifact.
• Xia Ming recognized the offered broken staff as the missing half of the damaged light holy artifact in his spatial ring and resolved to win it.
• The stele trial ended with 430 participants passing, and Xia Ming waited with the other contestants.
• Ice Rose explained that contestants needed to collect ten identity tokens and reach Dragon Valley to qualify for the Storm Rankings battle.
• The participants received black identity tokens, and Ice Rose began the second trial by sending them toward Dragon Valley.

Xia Ming escorted Suomo'er through the Storm Rankings trial, collected identity badges, and encountered the mysterious Gaia. The chapter ended when Messi, Monroe's father and a member of the Fran Family, confronted Xia Ming with hostile intent.

• Master Qi Lin entrusted Suomo'er to Xia Ming as they set out for Dragon Valley.
• Xia Ming defeated several ambushers and collected identity badges while Suomo'er declined to rely on him to qualify.
• Xia Ming and Suomo'er saw Gaia brutally defeat a Level Eleven expert, and Gaia then left after exchanging wary words with Xia Ming.
• Suomo'er gave the badly injured expert a recovery potion, and Xia Ming later collected enough badges to reach seven in total.
• Messi, the son of the Fran Family head and Monroe's father, found Xia Ming and threatened him during the trial.

Xia Ming defeated Messi in the Storm Rankings and crippled him after Messi demanded his identity tokens. Xia Ming then headed with Suomo'er toward Dragon Valley.

• Messi confronted Xia Ming and demanded his identity tokens, threatening to force him out of the Storm Rankings.
• Xia Ming revealed he had reached the peak of level eleven and attacked Messi with Roar of Thunder.
• Messi's earth magic failed to protect him, and Xia Ming's lightning left him wounded and unable to move.
• Messi recognized that Xia Ming had reached the half-step profound meaning stage and begged him not to kill him.
• Xia Ming shattered Messi's magic channels, crippling him, then told Suomo'er they were going to Dragon Valley.

Xia Ming entered Dragon Valley for the Storm Rankings, where the assembled fighters hesitated to challenge one another. Green finally challenged Xia Ming, and Xia Ming prepared to reveal his strength.

• After crippling Messi, Xia Ming took his identity plaques, giving him enough to enter Dragon Valley, while Suomo'er decided to keep training for the next Storm Rankings.
• Xia Ming and Suomo'er arrived at Dragon Valley; Xia Ming qualified, but Suomo'er lacked enough plaques and was eliminated.
• The Snow Princess arrived, and Ice Rose officially began the Storm Rankings, which used a challenge system to determine the champion.
• After the arena remained silent, Green challenged Xia Ming, who calmly invited him to make his move.

Xia Ming defeated Green with one composite fire-and-wind spell, revealing his strength as an eleventh-level peak expert while concealing his lightning magic. After Augustine also won his match, Gaia challenged the half-step Legendary expert Golden Bull.

• Xia Ming used Wings of the Wind God to outpace Green and defeated him with Flame Storm, leaving him badly burned and unconscious.
• Ice Rose declared Xia Ming the winner, and the crowd and half-step Legendary experts took notice of his strength.
• Augustine defeated another peak level-eleven opponent by mastering the fusion of light and darkness.
• Gaia challenged Golden Bull, calling him the weakest of the five half-step Legendary experts.

Gaia defeated Golden Bull, proving himself a contender among the strongest young fighters and shifting attention away from Xia Ming. After the remaining matches ended, Augustine challenged Xia Ming, and their long-awaited battle began.

• Gaia challenged Golden Bull and fought him evenly with fast, sharp magic.
• Gaia struck Golden Bull with Giant Rock Arm, sending him crashing to the ground and winning the match.
• The spectators recognized Gaia as a formidable genius, and the remaining challengers avoided fighting the leading geniuses and half-step Legends.
• After the other matches ended, Augustine challenged Xia Ming, and Xia Ming accepted the contest they had agreed on at the Void Tower.
• Xia Ming opened the battle with Wings of the Wind God, and Augustine countered with Dark Ground Collapse.

Augustine visited Xia Ming to exchange insights on fusing magic elements, and their discussion helped both of them while strengthening their mutual respect. After Augustine left, Xia Ming resolved to win the Storm Rankings’ light holy artifact and considered how to overcome the formidable Saint Magus Xiya.

• Augustine, badly injured after fighting Xia Ming, asked him for guidance on fusing a third element after combining light and darkness.
• Xia Ming and Augustine exchanged their experiences with wind and light magic, agreeing to share their insights in return.
• Augustine told Xia Ming that a light holy artifact could help with fusing light magic, and Xia Ming resolved to win the Storm Rankings’ first-place rewards and repair the damaged artifact he already possessed.
• Augustine praised Xia Ming, warned him that Gaia was not simple, and left after promising to challenge him again.
• Xia Ming weighed his chances against Saint Magus Xiya and the other Storm Rankings contenders, then decided to try to comprehend the profundity of lightning.

Xia Ming comprehended Lightning Profundity while cultivating and arrived at the Storm Rankings matches ready to compete. Carl challenged him as the day’s first match was about to begin.

• Xia Ming repeatedly cultivated lightning magic until he comprehended Lightning Profundity and accidentally destroyed his tent with an uncontrolled burst.
• Suomo'er arrived to summon Xia Ming, narrowly avoided the blast, and learned that he had broken through.
• Xia Ming and Suomo'er went to Dragon Valley's grounds, where Ice Rose announced the start of the Storm Rankings matches.
• Carl stepped forward and challenged Xia Ming.

Carl challenged Xia Ming to a Storm Rankings match, expecting to defeat him, but Xia Ming’s lightning magic overwhelmed him despite Carl’s pseudo-sacred artifact armor. Xia Ming gathered an even more terrifying strike, leaving Carl’s fate in the arena uncertain.

• Carl challenged Xia Ming, and Xia Ming accepted so he would not lose his qualification for the Storm Rankings.
• Carl attacked with Earth Turning Wheel, but Xia Ming’s lightning magic shattered the spell and struck Carl.
• Carl’s pseudo-sacred artifact armor absorbed most of the lightning, so Xia Ming unleashed a broader barrage that forced Carl to defend with Wall of Sighs.
• Ross, Snow Princess, and Gaia recognized Xia Ming’s strength, while Carl realized he could no longer suppress him.
• Xia Ming announced that the fight was over and cast an even more terrifying thunder spell, shocking everyone in the arena.

Xia Ming defeated Carl with powerful lightning magic, shaking the Storm Rankings and drawing the attention of the remaining contenders. Gaia then challenged the Snow Princess, and their fierce battle began to tilt in her favor.

• Xia Ming shattered Carl's Wall of Sighs with Wrath of Thunder and defeated him despite Carl's pseudo-sacred artifact.
• Ice Rose declared Xia Ming the winner, while spectators and Legendary experts reassessed his strength and potential.
• The remaining contenders focused on Xia Ming, Gaia, Snow Princess, and Saint Magus Xiya as the likely leaders of the Storm Rankings.
• Gaia challenged the Snow Princess, who accepted and entered the arena.
• Gaia and the Snow Princess exchanged spells at high speed, and the Snow Princess gradually seized the advantage.

Gaia revealed that he was a vampire after Snow Princess overwhelmed him, and his transformation let him fight her on equal terms. When Mage's Eye prepared to intervene, a powerful vampire voice warned everyone not to touch him, leaving the arena in chaos.

• Snow Princess froze the arena and steadily suppressed Gaia as Xia Ming watched, suspecting Gaia was hiding something.
• Gaia roared and transformed, revealing crimson eyes, fangs, and enormous gray wings that exposed him as a vampire.
• Gaia grew stronger in his vampire form and began contending with Snow Princess, while Xia Ming realized Gaia likely had noble vampire blood.
• An elderly Mage's Eye powerhouse condemned Gaia's presence in the contest and prepared to act.
• A distant vampire expert threatened anyone who dared intervene, and the crowd erupted in alarm.

Kuban arrived at Dragon Valley to protect Gaia, the bloodkin prodigy, as Gaia revealed his true form and defeated the Snow Princess. Gaia challenged Xia Ming next, leaving the contest poised for their fight.

• Kuban, a notorious bloodkin duke, arrived at Dragon Valley and declared that Gaia had come to test humanity’s young geniuses.
• Kuban and the gathered Legendary experts exchanged threats, while Kuban made clear he would escape with Gaia if challenged.
• Gaia transformed into his bloodkin form, reversed the Snow Princess’s advantage, and defeated her with Blood Shock.
• The Snow Princess recovered with a potion as Gaia replenished his strength and the spectators looked to Xiya and Xia Ming.
• Gaia challenged Xia Ming, calling him humanity’s top young genius and demanding that he fight.

Xia Ming faced the vampire Gaia in the Storm Rankings and used lightning magic to counter his blood curses. As Gaia gained a slight advantage and unleashed Dark Blood Curse, Xia Ming revealed Lightning Profundity, leaving the experts watching in shock.

• Gaia challenged Xia Ming after defeating Snow Princess, and Xia Ming accepted while the spectators hoped he could protect humanity's standing in the Storm Rankings.
• Gaia attacked with Blood Curse Seal, but Xia Ming's Thunderous Might shattered the spell and revealed that his lightning could threaten vampires.
• Gaia relied on his speed and fast recovery to gain a slight advantage, while Xia Ming matched his flight with Wings of the Wind God.
• Gaia cast Dark Blood Curse, covering the arena in darkness and sending blood-red streaks toward Xia Ming.
• Xia Ming unleashed lightning far more powerful than before, and the watching experts realized he had used Lightning Profundity.

Xia Ming used Lightning Profundity to overwhelm Gaia and win their battle in Dragon Valley. Kuban rescued the gravely injured Gaia, who acknowledged Xia Ming’s strength as the strongest among humanity’s younger generation.

• The Legendary experts recognized that Xia Ming had comprehended Lightning Profundity, while Kuban held back from intervening after the Mage's Eye elder challenged him.
• Xia Ming shattered Gaia’s Dark Blood Curse with Lightning Profundity and drove him back with successive lightning strikes.
• Xia Ming unleashed Thunder God's Fury, blasted Gaia out of the arena, and left him severely wounded as the crowd celebrated his victory.
• Kuban snatched Gaia from the arena and gave him a blood-red liquid to stabilize his injuries.
• Gaia recovered enough to praise Xia Ming’s strength and accept him as a formidable enemy.

After defeating Gaia, Xia Ming was praised by Durak, who proposed the grand title of Thunder Emperor. Xia Ming accepted the challenge, though the title still required recognition from the Human Alliance’s great organizations.

• Xia Ming defeated Gaia, who vowed to obtain his clan’s inheritance and challenge him again.
• The human experts celebrated Xia Ming’s victory while Kuban and Gaia stayed to watch the arena.
• Durak praised Xia Ming’s mastery of Lightning Profundity and proposed calling him the Thunder Emperor.
• Durak explained that Mage’s Eye could not grant the title, which would require recognition from powerful Human Alliance organizations.
• Xia Ming calmly accepted the challenge of becoming the Thunder Emperor.

Xia Ming accepted the title of Thunder Emperor, drawing admiration and concern as he reflected on his Lightning Profundity. He then faced Xiya in the final battle of the Storm Rankings, which began with both fighters activating their Red Moon Divine Runes.

• Xia Ming accepted Durak's proposed title of Thunder Emperor, and the crowd and observers debated the challenges and significance it would bring.
• Kuban and Gaia recognized Xia Ming as a potential future enemy of the blood clan, while Kuban praised Gaia's own potential to become the Blood Emperor.
• Xia Ming considered how Lightning Profundity had helped him defeat Gaia and turned his attention to the remaining Storm Rankings battle.
• Xiya challenged Xia Ming to test the might of Lightning Profundity, and Xia Ming accepted, meeting him in the arena.
• At Ice Rose's signal, Xia Ming and Xiya moved at the same time and activated their Red Moon Divine Runes.

Xia Ming faced Xiya in the Storm Rankings after accepting the title of Thunder Emperor, and his mastery of Lightning Profundity proved stronger than Xiya’s light magic. The chapter ended with Xiya defeated and sent flying from their final clash.

• Xia Ming and Xiya opened their match with displays of power that astonished the arena.
• Xia Ming summoned Thousand-Mile Thundercloud with Lightning Profundity, while Xiya answered with Gate of Light.
• Xia Ming’s lightning shattered Xiya’s Gate of Light, and Xiya narrowly dodged the remaining bolts.
• Xiya prepared Seal of Light as Xia Ming formed his Violet Lightning Blades for their decisive exchange.
• Xia Ming’s Violet Lightning Blades collided with Xiya’s Seal of Light, and Xiya was sent flying and vomited blood.

Xia Ming defeated Xiya to claim first place in the Storm Rankings, then received a Mystery Stone and a damaged light holy artifact as rewards. He secretly realized that, with the other half he had taken from the Renault Family, he could restore the artifact.

• Xia Ming defeated Xiya with the Violet Lightning Blade, leaving him gravely injured but unscathed himself.
• Xia Ming gave Xiya a potion made from Water of Life, and Xiya recovered enough to admit he was completely convinced.
• Durak announced Xia Ming as the Storm Rankings champion, Xiya as runner-up, and Snow Princess in third place after Gaia fled with Kuban.
• Ice Rose presented the top three with their rewards, and Xia Ming received a Mystery Stone and a damaged sacred artifact.
• Xia Ming concealed his excitement over the artifact, knowing he could restore it using the other half he had plundered from the Renault Family.

After winning first place on the Storm Rankings, Xia Ming returned to his estate and began repairing the broken Holy Light Sacred Artifact. He fused its two halves seamlessly, astonishing the Flame King and Little Kitty.

• Xia Ming celebrated his Storm Rankings victory and thanked Huo Yue'er and Youlan for cheering him on.
• Anthony, Suomo'er, and Master Qi Lin congratulated Xia Ming, while other powerful figures approached to build connections with him.
• Xia Ming returned to the estate and went to his room to repair the Holy Light Sacred Artifact.
• Xia Ming released Little Kitty, set up a protective magic array, and brought out the artifact's two broken halves.
• The Flame King appeared and was surprised that Xia Ming believed he could repair a sacred artifact.
• Xia Ming forged the broken halves back together, leaving no trace of the fracture and astonishing the Flame King and Little Kitty.

Xia Ming repaired the Holy Sovereignty staff and used its power to accelerate his cultivation of the light element, though he could not merge with it in a single attempt. After several days of training, a thunderous voice called for him from above the courtyard, leaving his response unresolved.

• Xia Ming completed the repair of the Holy Sovereignty staff, and the Flame King recognized it as a treasure of the Holy Temple.
• Xia Ming concealed the staff’s radiance with an Appearance Potion and began using its light energy to cultivate the light element.
• The Flame King advised Xia Ming to save his Mystery Stone until he approached the Half-Step Legendary realm, and Xia Ming agreed.
• Xia Ming spent several days cultivating with Holy Sovereignty, increasing his confidence in reaching the Legendary realm.
• A voice thundered over Xia Ming’s courtyard, demanding that he come out.