Chapter Summaries

After Yao Chen joined the Thunder Alliance, Xiao Lei received a letter from Yun Yun and went to the Flower Sect with Qing Lin. He intervened when Hua Jin and Demon Flower Evil Monarch attacked Yun Yun, declaring himself her partner.

• Yao Chen thanked Xiao Lei for helping Falling Star Pavilion and agreed to join the Thunder Alliance.
• Qing Lin delivered Yun Yun's letter from the Flower Sect, and Xiao Lei ordered Thunder Alliance powerhouses to prepare an ambush there.
• Three days later, Xiao Lei and Qing Lin entered the Flower Sect's hidden domain with a visiting card from Venerable Feng.
• At a Flower Sect competition, Yun Yun refused to claim the sect master position or surrender the former sect master's Dou Qi.
• Hua Jin and Demon Flower Evil Monarch overwhelmed Yun Yun with their Dou Qi, but Xiao Lei dispelled it with lightning.
• Xiao Lei put an arm around Yun Yun and introduced himself as her partner and the master of the Thunder Alliance.

Xiao Lei arrived at the Flower Sect and challenged Demon Flower Evil Monarch over the sect master's position. After revealing his strength and summoning the Thunder Alliance, he killed Demon Flower Evil Monarch and confronted the Flower Sect's Great Elder.

• Xiao Lei reunited with Yun Yun and agreed that if his side won, the Flower Sect would hand its sect master position to her.
• Demon Flower Evil Monarch attacked Xiao Lei with wind blades, but Xiao Lei countered with a golden dragon claw that shattered his cyan giant and wounded him.
• Demon Flower Evil Monarch threatened Xiao Lei with the backing of the Tianming Sect, while the Flower Sect's Great Elder moved to intervene.
• Xiao Lei summoned the Thunder Alliance and Falling Star Pavilion, then revealed his Seven-Star Dou Zun cultivation and halted the Great Elder.
• Xiao Lei killed Demon Flower Evil Monarch with a lightning blade and asked the Flower Sect's Great Elder whether she objected.

Yun Yun became the Flower Sect’s new Sect Master, and Xiao Lei helped her unlock the seal in her body before leaving with Qing Lin. Hei Qing intercepted Xiao Lei near the Falling Star Pavilion, presented him with captured enemies, and brought him to Ancient Dragon Island.

• The Great Elder made Hua Jin surrender the Sect Master Token to Yun Yun, who accepted it and officially became the Flower Sect’s Sect Master.
• The Flower Sect joined the Thunder Alliance, and Xiao Lei spent several days with Yun Yun, helped her unlock her seal, and left behind a Space Array before departing with Qing Lin and the others.
• Hei Qing appeared near the Falling Star Pavilion with Nine Sky Revered, Senluo Ghost Revered, Hua Jin, and other captured enemies, whom Xiao Lei killed.
• Hei Qing invited Xiao Lei to Ancient Dragon Island, and Xiao Lei agreed to go with him and Qing Lin through a spatial passage.
• The three arrived at a mountain peak overlooking Ancient Dragon Island, a vast island floating within the void.

Xiao Lei used the Three Thousand Burning Flame and his Dragon Phoenix Body to break the Dragon Phoenix Crystal Layer trapping Zi Yan on Eastern Dragon Island. As he neared the core, Xia Ao led forces from Western and Southern Dragon Islands in an attack, and Qing Yan arrived to join the fight.

• Zhu Li explained that the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit's energy had crystallized around Zi Yan, leaving her nearly lifeless, and asked Xiao Lei to use the Three Thousand Burning Flame to save her.
• Xiao Lei spent five days refining the crystal layer before revealing his Dragon Phoenix Body and drawing the crystals away from Zi Yan.
• Xia Ao arrived with the Dragon Armor Army and demanded that Zi Yan be taken to Western Dragon Island, then ordered an attack on Eastern Dragon Island.
• The two sides fought across Dragon Island while Hei Qing protected Xiao Lei as he continued breaking the crystal layer.
• Xia Cha moved to hold Hei Qing back, and Qing Yan appeared with the aura of a peak Dou Zun.

Xiao Lei killed Qing Yan and protected Zi Yan as she completed her transformation into the Dragon Emperor, leaving the Ancient Void Dragon clan on the brink of war. He entered the Void Thunder Pool to stabilize his cultivation, then sensed a sudden violent energy fluctuation.

• Xiao Lei revealed his Initial Half-Saint strength and killed Qing Yan with his Thunder Blade.
• Xiao Lei turned his attention to Xia Ao as his Dragon Emperor-like bloodline pressure shook the Ancient Void Dragon experts.
• Zi Yan emerged from the volcano as the Dragon Emperor, and the Eastern Dragon Island experts knelt to welcome her.
• Man Yan warned Zhu Li that the Three Great Dragon Kings would resist unification, then led the Three Islands’ experts away.
• Xiao Lei decided to stabilize his new Two-Star Dou Zun cultivation in the Void Thunder Pool while Qing Lin remained in the Ancient Dragon Tomb.
• Xiao Lei absorbed lightning in the Void Thunder Pool until he sensed an extremely violent energy fluctuation.

Xiao Lei returned to the Thunder Alliance, learned that the Ancient Clan had invited him to its coming-of-age ceremony, and set out with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. At Ancient Saint City, he encountered Ling Quan and presented the invitation token.

• Xiao Lei dispersed the Black Demon Lightning and left Mang Tianchi to continue his trial.
• Xiao Lei returned to Eastern Dragon Island, where he found Qing Lin able to suppress the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent’s soul and already at Six-Star Dou Zun.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Lei the Ancient Clan’s invitation and explained the Ancient Eight Clans to the Thunder Alliance’s leaders.
• Xiao Lei revealed that he had reached Two-Star Dou Zun and appointed Yao Lao Deputy Alliance Master.
• Xiao Lei, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin traveled to Ancient Saint City, where Ling Quan challenged Xiao Lei’s presence.
• Xiao Lei calmly told Ling Quan he had come at the Ancient Clan’s invitation and tossed him the Jade Token.

Xiao Lei crippled Ling Quan after he insulted the Thunder Alliance, then defeated the Third Commander Yang Hao in Ancient Saint City. Several days later, Xiao Lei and his companions entered the newly opened Ancient Realm.

• Ling Quan questioned Xiao Lei’s Jade Token, attacked him, and was crippled by Xiao Lei’s Thunder Blade.
• The Fifth Commander welcomed Xiao Lei and his companions as guests of the Ancient Clan and arranged their stay in Ancient Saint City.
• Yang Hao challenged Xiao Lei to a spar and was crippled with a single strike.
• Elder Gu Xun stopped Lin Xiu from pursuing Xiao Lei, while Hun Ya watched him warily from the shadows.
• Elder Gu Xun opened the Ancient Realm, and Xiao Lei and his companions entered through the spatial gate.

Xiao Lei arrived in the Ancient Realm and reunited with Gu Xun'er, defeating the Ancient Clan elders who tried to intimidate him. After displaying his strength, he targeted two distant figures, prompting the Asura Commander Gu Yao to vow to kill him.

• Xiao Lei and his companions entered the Ancient Realm, where Huo Xuan proposed cooperating in the Heaven Tomb and Gu Zhen warned Xiao Lei to give up Gu Xun'er.
• Xiao Lei arrived at the Ancient Clan’s stronghold and embraced Gu Xun'er, who had come to welcome him.
• More than ten Ancient Clan elders attacked Xiao Lei, but his Dou Qi pressure knocked them from the sky until a voice from the mountain ordered them to leave.
• Xiao Lei strolled with Gu Xun'er and sent lightning swords toward two people discussing countermeasures on a distant mountain.
• The silver-robed man admitted he could not handle Xiao Lei, and Gu Yao vowed to kill him.

Xiao Lei entered the Ancient Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony with Mang Tianchi’s support, where Gu Yao challenged him to a duel. Xiao Lei defeated Gu Yao in three breaths, crippling his cultivation and leaving the plaza stunned.

• Ling Ying told Xiao Lei that Gu Yao had been injured while spying on him, and Xiao Lei said he had already taught Gu Yao a lesson.
• Mang Tianchi protected Xiao Lei when Ancient Clan elders tried to bar him from the plaza, and a white-robed elder allowed him to enter.
• At the coming-of-age ceremony, Gu Yao tested at the Eighth Grade of bloodline, received a Purple-Gold Clan Mark, and reached Eight-Star Dou Zun strength.
• Gu Yao challenged Xiao Lei, who accepted and promised to defeat him in three breaths.
• Xiao Lei used the Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations and a Thunder Blade to break Gu Yao’s Great Extinction Finger and pierce his Dou Qi core, crippling his cultivation.

Xiao Lei secured a Heaven Tomb slot after Gu Xun'er revealed her God Grade Bloodline and pressed the Ancient Clan elders to surrender one. Gu Yuan supported their relationship with conditions, and Xiao Lei entered the Heaven Tomb with the other chosen experts, including Hun Ya.

• Xiao Lei crippled Gu Yao's cultivation with one move, shocking the Ancient Clan members and onlookers.
• Gu Xun'er revealed a ten-star God Grade Bloodline, then used her standing to persuade the Ancient Clan elders to grant Xiao Lei a Heaven Tomb slot.
• Gu Yuan visited Xiao Lei and said he supported his relationship with Gu Xun'er, but asked that she remain chaste until she reached the Dou Saint level and told Xiao Lei to safeguard the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Gu Xun'er reassured Xiao Lei about the Heaven Tomb and told him that Xiao Xuan's tomb lay in the deepest part of the third level.
• The Heaven Tomb gate opened, and Xiao Lei and the other chosen experts entered for their three-year stay.

Xiao Lei and Gu Xun'er cultivated while traveling through the Heaven Tomb, fended off a Soul Clan attack, and reached the entrance to the third level. There, Gu Qingyang asked them to join forces to break through the crystal wall before an approaching energy storm arrived.

• Xiao Lei and Gu Xun'er entered the Heaven Tomb and began collecting energy cores as they headed toward the second level.
• Hun Ya and Hun Li ambushed them, but Xiao Lei used his secret technique to reach Initial Half-Saint strength and drove the Soul Clan pair away.
• Hun Ya and Hun Li repeatedly lured energy bodies toward Xiao Lei and Gu Xun'er, who gathered the resulting energy cores and cultivated for several months.
• Xiao Lei reached peak Five-Star Dou Zun and sensed that using the Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations formed a mark on his forehead, which he suspected was the Xiao Clan's clan mark.
• At the entrance to the third level, Gu Qingyang asked Xiao Lei and Gu Xun'er to help break through the crystal wall before the energy storm arrived.

Xiao Lei opened a way through the crystal wall and led the group into the Heaven Tomb, where they faced powerful energy bodies and two Soul Clan Dou Saints. When the Soul Clan experts threatened them, Xiao Xuan appeared and destroyed them with a single strike.

• Xiao Lei used Strange Lightning and Heavenly Flame to open a passage through the crystal wall, which the Ancient Devouring Worms could not repair.
• Xiao Lei sold the others passageways in exchange for energy cores, gave half of his take to Gu Xun'er, and allowed Hun Ya and Hun Li to enter after they paid.
• Xiao Lei and Gu Xun'er followed Gu Qingyang's group into the third level, where the Blood Blade Saint recognized the Xiao Clan clan pattern and let them pass.
• Hun Ya and Hun Li summoned two Soul Clan Dou Saint-level energy bodies, prompting Gu Qingyang to urge Xiao Lei to protect Gu Xun'er and flee.
• Xiao Lei called on the ancestor, and Xiao Xuan appeared and destroyed both Soul Clan Dou Saints with a single palm strike.

Xiao Xuan used the Xiao Clan’s preserved Dou Di bloodline and Gu Xun’er’s Ancient Clan bloodline to help Xiao Lei awaken his clan mark and reach Initial Half-Saint. After leaving the Heaven Tomb, Xiao Lei killed the two Soul Clan prodigies who had nearly caused his death.

• Xiao Xuan welcomed Xiao Lei, brought him and Gu Xun’er deeper into the Heaven Tomb, and offered to help complete Xiao Lei’s clan mark.
• Xiao Xuan filled a blood pool with the Xiao Clan’s preserved bloodline power, and Xiao Lei began absorbing it.
• When Xiao Xuan discovered Xiao Lei’s Dragon Phoenix Bloodline resisted the Xiao Clan power, Gu Xun’er released most of her available Ancient Clan bloodline to harmonize the three bloodlines.
• Over the next year, Xiao Lei repeatedly compressed his Dou Qi until he stabilized at Initial Half-Saint and activated his clan mark.
• After Xiao Lei and Gu Xun’er left the Heaven Tomb, Xiao Lei killed Hun Li and the other Soul Clan prodigy with thunderous attacks.

After returning to Thunder Alliance headquarters, Xiao Lei learned that the Soul Hall-backed Lion Underworld Sect had conquered much of the Northwest Continent. He took a powerful force through a Space Wormhole to confront the threat, leaving the story with his group en route to the Northwest Continent.

• Hun Lin and another Soul Clan Elder threatened Xiao Lei before leaving the Ancient Clan, and Elder Tong Xuan told Xiao Lei and Gu Xun'er that the Spirit Realm had closed.
• Xiao Lei spent several days with Gu Xun'er, then departed the Ancient Realm with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• At Thunder Alliance headquarters, Yao Tian Huo introduced Xiao Lei to the assembled experts, and Yao Lao told him that the Lion Underworld Sect had seized more than half the Northwest Continent with apparent Soul Hall backing.
• Yao Lao asked Xiao Lei to take You Quan as his disciple, and Xiao Lei accepted, leaving her training to Yao Lao.
• Xiao Lei released Cai Lin and their young daughter, then led Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and a force of more than thirty Dou Zun through a Space Wormhole toward the Northwest Continent.

Xiao Lei led the Thunder Alliance to Xuanhuang Fortress, where he easily killed Shi Tian and Blood River Venerable and watched his forces destroy the Lion Underworld Sect army. The chapter ended with the Soul Hall’s Second Heavenly Venerate, Gu You Shengzhe, appearing to confront him.

• Xiao Lei and the alliance’s Dou Zun experts arrived at Xuanhuang Fortress, where Shi Tian’s army faced Hai Bodong and the defenders.
• Xiao Lei killed Shi Tian with a lightning strike, then summoned a powerful force of Dou Zun experts to wipe out the Lion Underworld Sect forces.
• Xiao Lei challenged Blood River Venerable, who attacked after absorbing the region’s Blood Fiend Qi.
• Xiao Lei’s lightning killed Blood River Venerable, though Xiao Lei revealed he had sensed another enemy hiding nearby.
• Gu You Shengzhe emerged from the black mist and confronted Xiao Lei.

Xiao Lei drove back Gu You Shengzhe, an Advanced Half-Saint of the Soul Hall, then returned to the Thunder Alliance headquarters. There, Yao Lao told him the Space Trading Fair would begin in half a month and might hold the final map fragment to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Xiao Lei used Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations to reach Advanced Half-Saint strength and battled Gu You Shengzhe above Xuanhuang Fortress.
• Xiao Lei shattered Gu You Shengzhe's Ten Thousand Souls Bone Armor and forced him to flee as black mist.
• Xiao Lei reorganized the Thunder Alliance's Northwest Continent operations, set up a Space Wormhole, and brought Hai Bodong, Yuan Yi, and others back to Central State.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Lei that the Space Trading Fair would begin in half a month and that the final Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragment might be there.

Xiao Lei and his companions attended the Space Trading Fair, where a fragment map linked to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame was auctioned. After Xiao Lei let a rival win the map, Old Man Bao Shan revealed that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Wild Ancient Domain.

• Xiao Lei, Yao Lao, Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Xiao Lei entered the Space Trading Fair in disguise.
• Old Man Bao Shan began the auction, and an expert traded an Eighth Grade pill for the Demon Phoenix Wings.
• Old Man Bao Shan offered a fragment map said to be connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and the bidding climbed to a Nine-Colored Pill Lightning Eighth Grade pill.
• Yao Lao prepared to bid higher, but Xiao Lei stopped him and said the winning bidder would eventually give everything back.
• Old Man Bao Shan announced that the Bodhi Ancient Tree had appeared in the Wild Ancient Domain, stirring the crowd.

Xiao Lei and his companions killed the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts and uncovered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s map, then traveled to the Wild Ancient Domain in search of the Bodhi Ancient Tree. There, they rescued Yun Yun’s group from Liu Cang and the Tianming Sect.

• Xiao Lei ambushed and killed Heaven Scorpion, Earth Scorpion, and Human Scorpion, allowing Yao Lao to finally settle his old grudge.
• Xiao Lei found the final fragmentary map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and revealed its hidden message, which said the flame would descend during the coming heaven-and-earth tide.
• Xiao Lei took Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin toward the Wild Ancient Domain while Yao Lao stayed behind to guard the Thunder Alliance.
• Xiao Lei and his group reached Desolate Town, entered the dangerous forest, and encountered the Flower Sect and Tianming Sect.
• Xiao Lei killed Liu Cang with a sword strike, and Cai Lin and the others slew the surrounding Tianming Sect experts.
• Xiao Lei greeted Yun Yun and teased her after rescuing her group.

Xiao Lei and his companions reached the Ancient Domain Stage, where he crippled Feng Qing'er after she challenged him. As the gathered experts prepared to face the Beast Tide surrounding the Bodhi Ancient Tree, Hun Yu proposed that they join forces.

• Xiao Lei used lightning and Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to subdue a Heavenly Demon Python, and the group rode it to the Ancient Domain Stage.
• Xiao Lei's group met Gu Xun'er, Gu Qingyang, and the Ancient Clan team at the gathering of experts seeking the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Feng Qing'er confronted Xiao Lei and attacked with a Heavenly Phoenix Shadow, but Xiao Lei destroyed it and crippled her with a strike to the abdomen.
• Xiao Lei joined Xiao Xun'er to discuss the expedition and learned that a massive Beast Tide blocked the way to the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Hun Yu invited the gathered experts to work together against the Beast Tide, and Xiao Lei agreed.

Xiao Lei and the others defeated five Half-Saint puppets and were drawn into the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where he broke through its illusion and helped it purge its negative emotions. He emerged with Bodhi Tree Enlightenment at the Intermediate Half-Saint level, as Bodhi Seeds appeared throughout the area.

• Hun Yu and Jiu Feng organized the group to fight the five Half-Saint puppets guarding the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and the experts defeated them.
• Xiao Lei used medicinal pills to restore his injured companions before the group entered beneath the tree.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree enveloped everyone in light and transported them into illusions, but Xiao Lei shattered his with Strange Lightning.
• Xiao Lei promised to use his Strange Lightning and Heavenly Flames to refine the Bodhi Seeds and dispel the tree's negative emotions in exchange for its aid.
• The Bodhi Ancient Tree accepted Xiao Lei's offer, and he refined the negative energy while receiving Bodhi Tree Enlightenment; Hun Yu and Jiu Feng tried to pull him away but were repelled.
• Xiao Lei emerged at the Intermediate Half-Saint level as Bodhi Seeds appeared throughout the region.