Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lei entered the Alchemy Conference’s final round and casually refined an Improved Flesh and Bone Regeneration Pill while appearing to nap. His Six-Colored Pill Lightning surpassed the other contestants’ displays, and Xuan Kongzi declared him the champion.

• Xuan Kongzi announced that the contestants had to refine their best pill and that the top ten could attempt to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Lei chose to refine a Flesh and Bone Regeneration Pill, activated his Automatic Pill Refining Furnace, and went to sleep as Cao Ying watched in disbelief.
• Mu Gu the Elder disrupted nearby alchemists with his spiritual power while Cao Ying and the other geniuses guarded against him.
• Mu Gu the Elder and Cao Ying each produced Four-Colored Pill Lightning, though Cao Ying’s fourth color was faint.
• Xiao Lei displayed Six-Colored Pill Lightning, shattered it with a finger, and revealed an Improved Flesh and Bone Regeneration Pill.
• Xuan Kongzi announced Xiao Lei as the Alchemy Conference champion.

Xiao Lei won the Pill Gathering and prepared to enter the Star Region to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame before Mu Gu the Elder could endanger its seal. After seeing the Heavenly Flame’s enormous dragon form, Xiao Lei was granted the first attempt.

• Xiao Lei won the Pill Gathering, received an ancient soul cultivation technique from Xuan Kongzi, and learned that the Star Region would open in three days.
• Xiao Lei introduced Cao Ying to Xiao Yi Xian and Ye Xin Lan, and the three women helped Cao Ying cultivate while Xiao Lei obtained Ancient Void Dragon essence blood from Zi Yan.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Heavenly Lightning Child warned Xiao Lei that Mu Gu the Elder might target the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s seal, and Xiao Lei vowed to stop him and subdue the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Lei and Cao Ying entered the Star Region with the other contestants as Xuan Kongzi warned them against tampering with the seal.
• The contestants saw the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the shape of a massive black dragon, and Great Elder Qiu Ling gave Xiao Lei the first chance to subdue it.

Xiao Lei pretended he could not subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame, waiting for Mu Gu the Elder to reveal his scheme. After Mu Gu freed the flame and the Soul Hall tried to seize it, Xiao Lei subdued it and left a Soul Imprint on it.

• Xiao Lei suppressed Three Thousand Burning Flame in the starry space, then pretended to fail so Mu Gu the Elder would make his move.
• A Soul Hall expert attacked Cao Ying, but Xiao Lei protected her and killed the attacker.
• Mu Gu used hand seals to free Three Thousand Burning Flame and secretly arranged for it to go to the Soul Hall.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame tried to flee, so Mu Gu summoned three Dou Zun experts and trapped it with the Ten Thousand Souls Devouring Spirit Formation.
• Xiao Lei used Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations to force back the Soul Hall experts, then made Three Thousand Burning Flame submit and placed a Soul Imprint on it.

Xiao Lei subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame, killed Mu Gu the Elder and three Soul Hall Dou Zuns, and later established the Thunder Alliance. Just as Xiao Lei and Xiao Yi Xian were preparing to resume cultivating, Heavenly Flame Honored One reported that something had happened to the Han Clan.

• Xiao Lei absorbed the Three Thousand Burning Flame, reached Two-Star Dou Zun, and formed the Dragon Phoenix Star Body.
• Xiao Lei used the Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations and the Great Sun Slaying Saint Shuttle to kill three Soul Hall Dou Zuns and Mu Gu the Elder.
• Xiao Lei left the Star Region after ending the turmoil at the Pill Gathering and planned to establish the Thunder Alliance before rescuing Yao Lao.
• Half a month later, Xiao Lei officially established the Thunder Alliance of the Central State, and Xiao Yi Xian broke through to the peak of Two-Star Dou Zun.
• Heavenly Flame Honored One arrived and told Xiao Lei that something had happened to the Han Clan.

Xiao Lei arrived at the Han Family to save them from Thunder Venerable and his allies. After revealing his Eight-Star Dou Zun strength, he killed the three Venerables and Wind and Lightning Pavilion disciples, leaving the Thunder Alliance poised to seize their factions’ assets.

• Thunder Venerable ordered the execution of the Han Family sisters, but Xiao Yi Xian appeared and rescued the family members.
• Xiao Lei confronted Thunder Venerable, Yellow Spring Venerable, and Chen Tiannan after the two allied Venerables emerged from spatial rifts.
• Xiao Lei revealed that he was a Two-Star Dou Zun and used the Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations to raise his strength to Eight-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Lei crushed Thunder Venerable, Yellow Spring Venerable, and Chen Tiannan into blood mist, then killed the surrounding Wind and Lightning Pavilion disciples.
• Xiao Lei planned for the Thunder Alliance to seize the assets of the Wind and Lightning Pavilion, Yellow Spring Pavilion, and Xuan Ming Sect.

Xiao Lei infiltrated the Soul Hall Branch Hall in the Dead Soul Mountain Range to rescue Yao Chen, absorbing imprisoned souls and breaking through to the Heaven Realm before awakening him. After Xiao Lei severely wounded four Soul Hall Dou Zuns, Star Plucking Old Ghost appeared and challenged him.

• Xiao Lei used the Stone-Eating Demonic Ant Queen to locate and infiltrate the Soul Hall Branch Hall, killing Soul Hall Protectors along the way.
• Xiao Lei absorbed the imprisoned souls’ energy, transformed it into Soul Origin, and advanced his soul realm to the Heaven Realm.
• Xiao Lei awakened Yao Chen and had him enter a Storage Ring while he faced the approaching Soul Hall experts.
• Xiao Lei unleashed his Two-Star Dou Zun power and gravely wounded four Soul Hall Dou Zuns with a lightning blade.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost appeared, shattered his demonic claw against Xiao Lei’s Dragon Phoenix Star Body, and vowed to kill him.

Xiao Lei overwhelmed Star Plucking Old Ghost in battle, despite the elder boosting his strength to the peak of Six-Star Dou Zun. As Xiao Lei prepared to finish him, two powerful Soul Hall figures appeared and blocked his attack.

• Xiao Lei fought Star Plucking Old Ghost with his Thunder Blade, matching the elder despite appearing to be a Two-Star Dou Zun.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost absorbed the blood essence of four Soul Hall Dou Zuns and raised his strength to the peak of Six-Star Dou Zun, while Xiao Lei used the Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations to reach the same level.
• Xiao Lei used the Great Sun Slaying Saint Shuttle to destroy Star Plucking Old Ghost's Star Picking Hand and pierce his chest, leaving him gravely injured and with one arm severed.
• Xiao Lei launched another attack at Star Plucking Old Ghost, but two formidable black- and white-robed figures appeared and stopped the shuttle.
• The black-robed figure rebuked Star Plucking Old Ghost for failing to summon them sooner, while the white-robed figure threatened Xiao Lei.

Xiao Lei defeated the Black White Heavenly Venerables and rescued Yao Lao from the Soul Hall Branch Hall. He revealed Xiao Yan’s hiding place and left the remaining Soul Hall experts for him to finish off before they headed to Falling Star Pavilion.

• The Black White Heavenly Venerables arrived and attacked Xiao Lei alongside Star Plucking Old Ghost’s demands for revenge.
• Xiao Lei activated the sixth transformation of the Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations and defeated the Black White Heavenly Venerables with his Star Shattering Fist.
• Xiao Lei killed the Black White Heavenly Venerables with Strange Lightning, and the clash destroyed the Soul Hall Branch Hall.
• Star Plucking Old Ghost and the other Soul Hall experts begged Xiao Lei for mercy, but he ignored them and sent a Storage Ring to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan emerged from hiding, caught the Storage Ring containing Yao Lao’s soul, and was told by Xiao Lei to kill the remaining Soul Hall experts before they went to Falling Star Pavilion.

Xiao Lei returned from destroying the Soul Hall Branch Hall and learned that the Pill Tower wanted him to represent it at the Dou Sheng Remains in the Beast Domain. He agreed in exchange for access to the Pill Tower Sutra Collection Pavilion and returned to the Thunder Alliance with Mu Qingluan.

• Xiao Yan killed Star Plucking Old Ghost and the other injured Soul Hall experts with a small Angry Buddha Lotus Flame, then Xiao Lei and Xiao Yan left Dead Soul Mountain Range.
• Mu Qingluan and the Falling Star Pavilion disciples met Xiao Lei outside, and Xuan Yi and Venerable Feng hurried off to confirm that Yao Lao had been rescued.
• Xuan Kongzi invited Xiao Lei to represent the Pill Tower at the Dou Sheng Remains and offered him access to the Pill Tower Sutra Collection Pavilion; Xiao Lei accepted and agreed to bring Zi Yan.
• Venerable Feng asked Xiao Lei to oversee Yao Lao's revival and look after Mu Qingluan at the Dou Sheng Remains, and Xiao Lei agreed to both requests.
• Xiao Lei returned to the Thunder Alliance with Mu Qingluan, where new members realized that the young man before them was their leader.

Xiao Lei returned to the Thunder Alliance, organized its elites into the Thunder Punishment Guard, and prepared to travel to the Beast Domain with Zi Yan and Mu Qingluan. He left with Xiong Zhan as their guard, aiming to explore a Dou Saint-level ruin while avoiding trouble with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

• Xiao Lei arrived at the Thunder Alliance, where Yao Tian Huo introduced him to its experts as their Alliance Leader.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Ye Xin Lan, Cao Ying, Qing Lin, and Tang Huo'er welcomed Xiao Lei and discussed the Alliance’s growth; Xiao Lei appointed a One-Star Dou Zun to command the Thunder Punishment Guard.
• Xiao Lei persuaded Zi Yan to join the trip to the Beast Domain by promising her medicinal pills, and Mu Qingluan explained that the region contained many Magical Beast clans.
• Mu Qingluan warned Xiao Lei that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan might target him because he had destroyed the Wind and Lightning Pavilion, so Xiao Lei planned to conceal his bloodline.
• Xiao Lei set out for the Beast Domain with Zi Yan and Mu Qingluan, while Xiong Zhan followed as their guard.

Xiao Lei and the Falling Star Pavilion arrived at the Skeleton Mountain Range, where factions had gathered for the opening of the Dou Sheng Remains. He reclaimed the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body from Fei Tian, killed him, and ordered the Thunder Alliance to set up camp.

• Xiao Lei learned from Elder Hu that Fei Tian had joined the Soul Hall and reached Dou Zun level alongside two Magical Beast experts.
• Xiao Lei arrived with the Falling Star Pavilion disciples at the Skeleton Mountain Range and confronted Fei Tian and the two beast-hide-robed elders.
• Xiao Lei identified himself as the Thunder Alliance Master and ordered the two elders to leave or die, so they fled.
• Xiao Lei demanded the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body from Fei Tian, and Fei Tian returned the scroll.
• Xiao Lei destroyed Fei Tian's body and soul, then told his people to set up camp.

Xiao Lei prepared for the Ancient Remains to open while rescuing Qing Lin from the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe and learning that she had advanced to Dou Zun. When the ruins finally opened, he led Qing Lin, Zi Yan, Mu Qingluan, and Xiong Zhan toward the entrance.

• Xiao Lei and Mu Qingluan discussed the Ancient Remains’ dangers and prepared to search for the Gold Grade Soul Infant Fruit and Heaven Rank Dou Skills.
• Three days later, the Ancient Remains began opening, and Qing Lin arrived while fleeing experts from the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe.
• Xiao Lei rescued Qing Lin, removed the poison in her body, and learned that she had advanced to Dou Zun while recruiting experts for the Thunder Alliance.
• Xiao Lei eliminated three pursuing python tribe experts and brought Qing Lin back to camp, where Zi Yan teased her about Xiao Lei.
• Xiao Lei led Qing Lin, Zi Yan, Mu Qingluan, and Xiong Zhan toward the Ancient Remains while the Falling Star Pavilion disciples and elders stayed behind.

Xiao Lei entered the Ancient Remains with his group, drawing the attention of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, Soul Hall, and other watching experts. After overcoming the fiery passage and claiming the guarded puppets, his group entered the ruins to search for the Gold Grade Soul Infant Fruit.

• Xiao Lei met Tang Zhen outside the ruins, then led his group through the magma-filled passage using his Strange Lightning.
• Xiao Lei found ten Earth Demon Puppets guarding a stone gate and saw their formation-enhanced power repel a One-Star Dou Zun elder.
• Xiao Lei began erasing the puppets' Soul Imprints, but a white-clad man from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan tried to attack him.
• Qing Lin stopped the white-clad man with her sword, and he retreated after seeing Xiong Zhan, Zi Yan, and the others.
• Xiao Lei stored the puppets and obtained the Heavenly Demon Puppet Refining Method when he rubbed Qing Lin's head.
• Xiao Lei and his group entered the opened stone gate to search for the Gold Grade Soul Infant Fruit.

Xiao Lei and his companions found a vast medicinal forest, took Soul Infant Fruits, and followed Zi Yan’s instincts to the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit. When Feng Qing’er and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan arrived to claim it, Xiao Lei’s bloodline pressure forced Huang Xuan to kneel.

• Xiao Lei and his companions opened a moss-covered gate and discovered an enormous forest of rare medicinal herbs, then gathered herbs while searching for the Gold Grade Soul Infant Fruit.
• Xiong Zhan provoked the peak seventh-tier Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon, but Zi Yan suppressed it with her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline, allowing the group to take several Soul Infant Fruits.
• Zi Yan sensed a call, and Xiao Lei and his companions entered a beast-spirit barrier protecting the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit on an altar beneath the skeletons of an Ancient Void Dragon and a Heaven Demon Phoenix.
• Feng Qing’er, Huang Xuan, and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan arrived and attacked, with Huang Xuan demanding that Xiao Lei’s group leave the altar.
• Xiao Lei struck Huang Xuan with Strange Lightning, then released his bloodline pressure and forced the Five-Star Dou Zun to kneel and kowtow.

Xiao Lei defeated Huang Xuan and helped Zi Yan obtain the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit before leading the group deeper into the Ancient Remains. After gathering pills and capturing a Pill Beast, they headed toward the main hall.

• Xiao Lei revealed his Heaven Demon Phoenix and Ancient Void Dragon bloodline projections and overpowered Huang Xuan in a clash of physical strength.
• Xiao Lei activated the Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations, reached Eight-Star Dou Zun, and destroyed Huang Xuan's body and soul.
• Xiao Lei guarded Zi Yan as she plucked the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and crushed a jade slip to summon the Ancient Void Dragon Clan elders.
• Xiao Lei led the group through the poisonous second level to the third level, where Zi Yan ate pills and they captured pills and a snow-white Pill Beast.
• Xiao Lei and the others finished searching the area and prepared to enter the main hall.

Xiao Lei and the others entered the Ancient Remains' main hall, where ten scrolls appeared to contain Heaven Rank Dou Skills and Soul Hall's Mo Yu confronted him. As the hall erupted into a deadly battle, Xiao Lei revealed that the true Heaven Rank Dou Skills were hidden within the Dou Sheng Skeleton, toward which Mo Yu and his companions had already advanced.

• Xiao Lei and the others entered the main hall and saw ten sealed scrolls guarded by Dou Zun puppets and the remains of the Ancient Remains' owner.
• A Two-Star Dou Zun was badly injured when he tried to approach a scroll, and Mo Yu arrived with two Six-Star Dou Zun subordinates.
• Mo Yu confronted Xiao Lei over the deaths of Star Plucking Old Ghost and the Black White Heavenly Venerables, but his subordinates reminded him to prioritize the Heaven Rank Dou Skills.
• When the seal broke, experts rushed for the scrolls, and Xiao Lei shielded Zi Yan and the others while the fighting grew deadly and the puppets attacked.
• Xiao Lei told Zi Yan and the others that the true Heaven Rank Dou Skills were within the Dou Sheng Skeleton as Mo Yu and his companions approached it.

Mo Yu accidentally awakened the Dou Sheng Skeleton, and Xiao Lei exposed his scheme as the survivors joined forces to fight it. After the skeleton’s devastating attack, Xiao Lei confronted Mo Yu over the Heaven Rank Dou Skills, while Feng Qing'er and Feng Bai joined the Soul Hall to target Zi Yan and Tang Zhen arrived to aid Xiao Lei.

• Mo Yu’s blood awakened the Dou Sheng Skeleton, whose sonic attack killed many experts and turned the survivors against him.
• Xiao Lei accused Mo Yu of deliberately awakening the skeleton, then joined the survivors in attacking it and used Strange Lightning to reveal Heaven Rank Dou Skills carved beneath its surface.
• The Dou Sheng Skeleton unleashed a devastating strike that created a black hole and annihilated many people, while Mo Yu and the others escaped the hall.
• Mo Yu rushed toward the abyss for the Heaven Rank Dou Skills, but Xiao Lei blocked him as Qing Lin and Zi Yan intercepted the two Soul Hall experts behind him.
• Feng Qing'er and Feng Bai joined Mo Yu’s side and demanded Zi Yan, while Tang Zhen arrived to help Xiao Lei and joked that Xiao Lei should consider becoming his son-in-law.

Xiao Lei fought Mo Yu and defeated him with his Thunderclap Annihilation Palm. Gu You Shengzhe rescued the badly injured Mo Yu and fled after sensing a terrifying presence hidden in the void.

• Mo Yu confronted Xiao Lei over the destruction of the Soul Hall Branch Hall, and Xiao Lei activated Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations and the Dragon Phoenix Star Body.
• Xiao Lei shattered Mo Yu’s blood-colored Dragon and endured his rain of blood swords with the Great Sun Undying Body.
• Mo Yu unleashed his Blood Fiend Spear, but Xiao Lei countered with his modified Heaven Rank Dou Skill, Thunderclap Annihilation Palm.
• Xiao Lei’s attack severely injured Mo Yu and wiped out the two nearby Soul Hall experts.
• Mo Yu crushed a Space Jade Slip, and Gu You Shengzhe appeared, retrieved him, and vanished after sensing a terrifying presence in the void.

Hei Qing drove off the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan after Xiao Lei protected Zi Yan, who then returned with Hei Qing and Xiong Zhan to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. At Falling Star Pavilion, Xiao Lei revived Yao Lao as a Half-Saint, gained the Yin Sha Heart Demon Lightning, and entered seclusion to fuse it.

• Hei Qing appeared, thanked Xiao Lei for looking after Zi Yan, and severely injured Feng Qing'er and the other Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members before they fled.
• Hei Qing took Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan back to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan so Zi Yan could receive the Ancient Dragon inheritance.
• Xiao Lei gave Yao Lao the Gold Grade Soul Infant Fruit, restoring his soul strength to its peak.
• Xiao Lei refined Yao Lao a body using rare materials, and Yao Lao revived at the Half-Saint level.
• Xiao Lei received the Yin Sha Heart Demon Lightning reward for reviving Yao Lao and entered seclusion to fuse it.

Soul Hall launched a massive assault on Falling Star Pavilion, but Xiao Lei revealed overwhelming strength and destroyed most of the attackers. Gu You Shengzhe rescued Blood River Venerable and withdrew, vowing that Soul Hall would return.

• Venerable Feng activated Falling Star Pavilion's formation, but Eight Sky Revered Qiu Di and Nine Sky Revered Mo Yu broke through it and attacked.
• Xiao Lei appeared, blocked Qiu Di's strike, and fought the two Heavenly Venerates as Soul Hall's forces joined the battle.
• Blood River Venerable ambushed Xiao Lei, prompting Xiao Lei to unleash his full power and kill Qiu Di, Mo Yu, and the other Soul Hall experts.
• Xiao Lei confronted Blood River Venerable while Yao Lao sealed the area with the power of an Advanced Half-Saint.
• Gu You Shengzhe shattered Yao Lao's seal, seized Blood River Venerable, and escaped after threatening to return with Soul Hall's forces.