Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lei claimed the Bodhi Seeds and defeated the powerful figures who tried to take them. He captured Gu You Shengzhe for information about the Soul Hall and Soul Clan, then prepared to return to the Thunder Alliance with the Bodhi Heart.

• Xiao Lei gathered the Bodhi Seeds and crushed the attackers' assault with his lightning, warning Jiu Feng and Hun Yu not to interfere.
• Jiu Feng urged Hun Yu to summon Gu You Shengzhe, who arrived but recognized Xiao Lei and sent Hun Yu away through a spatial rift.
• Xiao Lei called Yao Lao and Elder Tong Xuan to block Gu You Shengzhe's escape, and the three subdued and controlled him with the Soul Capturing Technique.
• Xiao Lei told Xiao Yi Xian and the others to deal with Jiu Feng, then took the Bodhi Heart and prepared to return to the Thunder Alliance for secluded cultivation.

While Xiao Lei spent two years absorbing the Bodhi Heart in seclusion, the Thunder Alliance grew powerful but came under attack from the Nether River Alliance. As Yao Lao and the others fought overwhelming odds, Xiao Lei emerged from his shattered chamber and ordered the invaders to leave.

• Xiao Lei returned to the Thunder Alliance, left Gu You Shengzhe to help Yao Lao guard the headquarters, and entered seclusion to absorb the Bodhi Heart.
• During Xiao Lei’s two years in seclusion, the Thunder Alliance recruited powerful experts, and Yao Tian Huo became a Half-Saint after taking a Bodhi Pill.
• The Tianming Sect joined forces with other groups to form the Nether River Alliance, while news spread that the Spirit Clan’s dimension had become empty.
• Yao Lao learned that Xiao Lei would not leave seclusion in time for the coming battle and that Tian Ming Old Demon had two Advanced Half-Saints from the Soul Hall supporting him.
• Tian Ming Old Demon and the Soul Hall experts attacked the Thunder Alliance, and Yao Lao, Gu You Shengzhe, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others fought back.
• Xiao Lei’s chamber exploded in multicolored lightning, and he warned the outsiders to leave the Thunder Alliance within three breaths or be killed.

Xiao Lei emerged from seclusion as a One-Star Dou Sheng and wiped out the invading Soul Hall experts, then confronted the Soul Hall Great Heavenly Venerate. After clashing with the Great Heavenly Venerate, Xiao Lei used Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations and reached Two-Star Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Lei appeared during the Thunder Alliance’s crisis, preventing the Soul Hall experts from summoning reinforcements by sealing the space.
• Xiao Lei revealed himself as a One-Star Dou Sheng and killed Tian Ming Old Demon, the two Soul Hall experts, and the other invading enemies.
• Xiao Lei called out the hidden Soul Hall Great Heavenly Venerate, who emerged and admitted that the Soul Hall Hall Master had ordered Xiao Lei’s death.
• Xiao Lei and the Great Heavenly Venerate exchanged attacks, and Xiao Lei neutralized the Great Heavenly Venerate’s strikes.
• Xiao Lei activated Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations and raised his strength to Two-Star Dou Sheng.

Xiao Lei drove off the Great Heavenly Venerate and used his new Dou Sheng strength to rapidly expand the Thunder Alliance. He then visited the Pill Tower to seek an alliance and entered the Little Pill Tower, where he prepared to meet its elders.

• Xiao Lei broke through to Two-Star Dou Sheng, shattered the Great Heavenly Venerate's Bone Blade, and wounded him, but let him escape after the enemy threatened that the Soul Hall Master would come.
• Xiao Lei ordered the Thunder Alliance elders to treat the wounded, train, and expand their territory, then gave them spatial scrolls to summon him.
• Xiao Lei and his allies strengthened the Thunder Alliance by recruiting the Fire Cloud Old Ancestor and the two Supreme Elders of the Flower Sect, while the Soul Hall remained unusually quiet.
• Xiao Lei met Xuan Kongzi at the Pill Tower and proposed an alliance, revealing that the Pill Tower Ancestor was a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill and offering to help him become a Ninth Grade Golden Pill.
• Xiao Lei traveled with Xuan Kongzi through a spatial passage into the Little Pill Tower region and arrived on a mountain covered in rare medicinal herbs.

Xiao Lei entered the Pill Tower elder selection to secure a seat on the Council of Elders and support the alliance. He defeated Hou Laoguai by refining a Ninth Grade Pill, winning the match.

• Xuan Yi told Yao Lao that five elders supported the alliance, but Hou Laoguai would oppose it after joining the Council of Elders.
• Xiao Lei asked to participate in the elder selection, and Xuan Kongzi submitted his application.
• The Great Elder announced that whoever refined the highest-quality pill would become an elder, and Xiao Lei began refining with his Automatic Pill Refining Furnace.
• Hou Laoguai produced a pill that summoned Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, making the elders expect him to win.
• Xiao Lei's furnace released a flaming dragon and Black Demon Lightning, and the Great Elder identified his pill as a Ninth Grade Pill and declared him the victor.

Xiao Lei won the Pill Tower elder selection with a Ninth Grade Treasure Pill and helped secure an alliance against Soul Hall. As the alliance meeting began, a Soul Hall Vice Hall Master appeared to threaten the gathering.

• Xiao Lei used his alchemy skills to refine the Bodhi Great Return Pill, overcame Black Demon Lightning, and won the elder selection.
• Xiao Lei and Yao Lao formed an alliance with the Pill Tower, then returned to Thunder Alliance headquarters to prepare for its founding two days later.
• Azure Fairy and Hua Fairy arrived for the alliance, followed by Burning Flame Valley and its Fire Cloud Old Ancestor, who warned Xiao Lei to treat Tang Huo'er well.
• The Pill Tower's Great Elder and Xuan Kongzi arrived, and the factions gathered to discuss the alliance.
• A Soul Hall Vice Hall Master appeared in black mist and mocked the assembled factions, while Xiao Lei prepared to face him.

Xiao Lei formed the Thunder Alliance against the Soul Hall and then traveled to the Beast World to seek Yellow Springs Blood Crystal for the Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill. Near the Nine Nether Abyss, he intercepted Commander Qin and a group of Ancient Void Dragons, whose plans involved the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe.

• The Soul Hall Deputy Hall Master demanded Xiao Lei surrender the Tou She Ancient God Jade, but Xiao Lei destroyed the avatar and vowed to destroy the Soul Hall.
• Fire Cloud Old Ancestor urged the Thunder Alliance to stay vigilant, and the alliance expanded as factions and experts joined.
• Yao Lao advised Xiao Lei to strengthen Cai Lin and Xun Er, and Xiao Lei decided to visit the Nine Nether Yellow Springs for Yellow Springs Blood Crystal.
• Xiao Lei traveled to the Beast World with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, intending to reach the Nine Nether Yellow Springs.
• Xiao Lei recognized Ancient Void Dragon members near the Nine Nether Abyss and blocked Commander Qin and his group; the surrounding space froze as Commander Qin threatened them.

Xiao Lei freed Yao Ming from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs after binding him with a Soul Imprint and taking the Yellow Springs Blood Crystal. At the lakeshore, Xiao Lei defeated Yao Xiaotian, but another powerful figure appeared before he could kill him.

• Xiao Lei killed Commander Qin and his Northern Dragon Island group after learning they had allied with the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe.
• Xiao Lei reached the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, found the imprisoned former clan chief Yao Ming, and agreed to free him in exchange for placing a Soul Imprint on his soul.
• Yao Ming gave Xiao Lei the Yellow Springs Blood Crystal, and Xiao Lei shattered the Yellow Springs Yin Stone and freed him.
• Yao Xiaotian attacked Xiao Lei's group at the lakeshore, but Xiao Lei deflected his attacks and sent him flying with the One Finger of Yellow Springs.
• Yao Xiaotian used the Yellow Springs Grand Seal, but Xiao Lei shattered it and sent him flying again before a spatial rift opened and an enraged voice demanded to know who was causing trouble.

Xiao Lei helped Yao Ming reclaim leadership of the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe by defeating Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder, then accepted Yao Ming as his servant. Yao Ming revealed the location of the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet and its connection to the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, setting up Xiao Lei’s next search for its treasures.

• The Great Elder and Yao Xiaotian tried to dismiss Yao Ming as an impostor and attacked him and Xiao Lei.
• Yao Ming revealed the Nine Netherworld Staff, convincing the elders that he was their true clan leader.
• Xiao Lei and Yao Ming countered the attack, and Xiao Lei killed Yao Xiaotian and the Great Elder with a lightning strike.
• Yao Ming destroyed their Magic Cores, reclaimed control of the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe, and pledged himself to Xiao Lei.
• Yao Ming told Xiao Lei that the Yellow Springs Stone Tablet was guarded by the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s remnant soul and that it could yield Yellow Springs Sky Wrath and Demon Saint Essence Blood.

Xiao Lei entered the Yellow Springs Demon Saint's inheritance and endured the Saint's Emperor Realm soul attack, then used what he learned to create Demon Thunder Sky Wrath. He obtained the Yellow Springs techniques and blood essence, divided the essence among himself and the three women, and left the inheritance behind.

• Xiao Lei entered the stone stele's inner world and confronted the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, demanding his blood essence and cultivation method.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint attacked Xiao Lei with Yellow Springs Sky Wrath, but Xiao Lei withstood it without injury.
• Xiao Lei copied the attack and created the high-grade Heaven-tier Dou Technique Demon Thunder Sky Wrath.
• The Yellow Springs Demon Saint gave Xiao Lei the cultivation methods for Yellow Springs Sky Wrath, Yellow Springs Finger, and Yellow Springs Palm, along with his blood essence, before vanishing.
• Xiao Lei awakened outside and divided the blood essence into four portions for himself and the three women.

After reaching Two-Star Dou Sheng, Xiao Lei ambushed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes and forced them to swear not to attack Eastern Dragon Island. He then headed to the island and found Zhu Li and Hei Qing surrounded by enemies.

• Xiao Lei left Cai Lin cultivating and led Yao Ming and the others to ambush the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s force in the void.
• Xiao Lei struck Kun Phoenix with Thunder Finger, then used the Heavenly Lightning Nine Mysterious Transformations and Demon Thunder Sky Wrath to severely wound Phoenix and Eagle Phoenix.
• Xiao Lei threatened the three elders, who swore a Soul Contract and withdrew from the attack on Eastern Dragon Island.
• Xiao Lei led his group toward Eastern Dragon Island and found Zhu Li, Hei Qing, and other experts surrounded in a battlefield.

Xiao Lei arrived at Eastern Dragon Island and helped Zi Yan defeat the Three Great Dragon Kings. After absorbing Azure Underworld Soul Devouring Lightning, he reached the early stage of Four-Star Dou Sheng and left the island's remaining enemies defeated or surrendered.

• Xiao Lei froze the surrounding experts, killed several enemies, and told Zhu Li and Hei Qing that Yao Ming had regained control of the Nine Nether Earth Python Tribe.
• Xiao Lei and his allies reached the battle near Eastern Dragon Island, where Xuan Mo emerged and Xiao Lei sent him flying with a punch.
• Xiao Lei ordered Yao Ming to aid the Eastern Dragon Island elders, then joined Zi Yan against the Three Great Dragon Kings.
• Xiao Lei absorbed Azure Underworld Soul Devouring Lightning and reached the early stage of Four-Star Dou Sheng.
• Zi Yan wounded the Three Great Dragon Kings with the Dragon Slaying Sword, and Xiao Lei killed them with lightning bolts.
• The Three Great Dragon Kings' allies surrendered or were killed, and Zi Yan fell into Xiao Lei's arms after exhausting her Dou Qi.

After helping Zi Yan secure Eastern Dragon Island, Xiao Lei returned to the Thunder Alliance and led a counterattack against the Soul Hall’s Human Hall. He lured out the Soul Hall’s Deputy Hall Master, who arrived believing Xiao Lei was only a Two-Star Dou Sheng.

• Xiao Lei and Zi Yan left Yao Ming to guard Eastern Dragon Island and returned to the Thunder Alliance headquarters.
• Yao Lao proposed striking the Soul Hall after its agents had stirred up attacks on the alliance’s cities.
• Xiao Lei and Zi Yan attacked the Human Hall, while Gu You Shengzhe slaughtered its Soul Hall fighters.
• Xiao Lei wounded the Great Heavenly Venerate with a lightning pillar, prompting the Soul Hall’s Deputy Hall Master to appear and rescue him.
• The Deputy Hall Master mistook Xiao Lei for a Two-Star Dou Sheng and declared that he would kill him.

Xiao Lei defeated Soul Hall forces, gained a powerful soul tonic, and reached the Half-Step Emperor Realm in soul strength. As the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged, Xiao Lei prepared to seize it amid the arrival of powerful factions.

• Zi Yan blocked the Vice Hall Master's attack and sealed the area, while Xiao Lei killed the Great Heavenly Venerate and stored his remnant soul.
• Xiao Lei used a Soul Imprint to control the Vice Hall Master and ordered him to infiltrate the Soul Hall and help attack the Heaven and Earth Halls.
• Xiao Lei absorbed the Soul Origin and raised his soul to the Half-Step Emperor Realm, then sensed that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame would soon emerge.
• Hun Miesheng attacked Xiao Lei, but the Pill Tower Ancestor intervened and fought him to a draw before both withdrew.
• Xiao Lei refined the Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill as factions gathered near the flame's expected emergence site.
• Xiao Lei saw nine stars align in the night sky, marking the emergence of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Xiao Lei and his allies arrived at the site of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s descent, where the Soul Hall and the ancient clans gathered. After joining forces with Gu Xun’er and the Ancient Clan, Xiao Lei entered the Demonic Flame Space, broke through its illusion, and prepared to face what lay within.

• Xiao Lei led Dou Sheng and Half-Saint allies to the milky-white desert, where the spatial crack to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame appeared.
• The Soul Hall’s Hall Master attacked Xiao Lei with black chains, but Xiao Lei shattered them with lightning.
• The Hall Master identified Xiao Lei as a target, while Huo Xuan and Gu Xun’er arrived to meet him.
• Gu Nanhai said the Ancient Clan had come to join forces against the Soul Hall faction, including Hun Feng, a Two-Star Dou Sheng.
• As the Demonic Flame Space opened, Xiao Lei entered with the others and effortlessly broke through the illusion inside.

Xiao Lei led the group through the Demonic Fire Great Hall, freed Xiao Chen from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control, and exposed the final chamber as an illusion. The group united against the flame, but the Hall Master of the Soul Hall sprang a formation to capture it for the Soul Clan.

• Xiao Lei awakened the experts trapped in the Nightmare Mist, and the group battled through Fire Slaves and the Demonic Fire Great Hall.
• Xiao Lei recognized the blood-axe guardian as Xiao Chen, and he freed him from the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s control.
• Xiao Chen opened the stone gate and led the group to the flame’s supposed incarnation, but Xiao Lei used the Nightmare Breaking Talisman to shatter the illusion and reveal the sea of magma.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame attacked the gathered experts, killing more than half of them, and Xiao Lei called on the survivors to join forces.
• Seven Four-Star Dou Shengs attacked the flame, while the Hall Master of the Soul Hall unleashed a massive formation and declared that the flame belonged to the Soul Clan.

The Soul Hall appeared to seal the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but Xiao Lei revealed that the flame had only pretended to be trapped while the factions fought. The Pill Tower Ancestor emerged to confront the Soul Clan, and the flame finally revealed itself after the Ancestor exposed it to danger.

• The Soul Hall Master claimed the sealed flame and raised his strength to the Five-Star Dou Sheng stage, sending Gu Nanhai and the others flying.
• Xiao Chen revealed his mid Five-Star Dou Sheng strength, but Xiao Lei stopped him from attacking the Soul Hall Master.
• Soul Demon Elder summoned the Pill Tower's hidden expert, who appeared as a young cowherd on a green ox and proved to be a Six-Star Dou Sheng.
• The Pill Tower Ancestor exchanged a spatial attack with Soul Demon Elder, then asked Xiao Lei what was unusual about the black pillar of light.
• Xiao Lei explained that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had faked its capture to make both sides exhaust themselves, and the Pill Tower Ancestor's attack forced it to break cover.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame burst from the pillar as a white-robed figure after burning the Soul Hall Master's hand.

The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation to escape the Demonic Flame Space, but Xiao Lei drew on the Purification Lotus Saint’s power and seized control of it. As the flame unleashed its full origin energy, Xiao Lei opened a way out, but Gu Xun'er stayed behind, worried for his safety.

• The Pill Tower Ancestor confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Soul Demon Elder chose to watch rather than intervene.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame activated the hidden Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, and Xiao Lei stepped in to shield the Pill Tower Ancestor from its magma.
• The Purification Lotus Saint appeared through Xiao Lei and revealed that his Ancient Map had enabled the remnant image to manifest.
• Xiao Lei borrowed the Purification Lotus Saint’s power and took control of the Heaven Refining Ancient Formation, prompting the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to unleash its origin energy.
• Xiao Lei opened a spatial passage for everyone to escape, but Gu Xun'er stayed behind and surrounded herself with the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to protect herself.

Xiao Lei and Gu Xun'er stayed in the Demonic Flame Space as the Purification Lotus Saint erased the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s consciousness, leaving behind its Demonic Flame Origin. Xiao Lei began refining it with Gu Xun'er, while seven days later the others departed the sealed space believing he was safe.

• Xiao Lei reunited with Gu Xun'er and learned she had stayed behind rather than leave with Gu Nanhai.
• The Purification Lotus Saint suppressed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and erased its consciousness and memories, leaving its Demonic Flame Origin.
• Xiao Lei and Gu Xun'er decided to refine the Demonic Flame Origin together, and Xiao Lei used his formation and Nine Yin Yellow Springs Pill to improve his chances.
• Xiao Lei took the Demonic Flame Origin into his body, then invited Gu Xun'er to refine it with him.
• After seven days, Zi Yan sensed through her Dragon Seal that Xiao Lei was safe, and Yao Lao and the others left guards behind before departing.
• The Hall Master of the Soul Hall and the others also left the sealed Demonic Flame Space to proceed with the Soul Clan’s plan.

Xiao Lei and Gu Xun'er emerged from years of absorbing the Demonic Flame Origin stronger, while Central State fell into conflict and the Ancient Clans faced growing turmoil. After destroying a Soul Hall branch, they returned to the Thunder Alliance as it prepared for the arrival of the Six-Star Dou Sheng Hun Qianmo.

• The Soul Hall retaliated against the Thunder Alliance, while the Stone Clan mysteriously vanished and the Yao Clan, Thunder Clan, and Yan Clan formed an alliance.
• Xiao Lei and Gu Xun'er emerged from the sealed Demonic Flame Space, reaching the early Six-Star and late Four-Star Dou Sheng stages respectively, and gained control of the Demonic Flame.
• Xiao Lei told Gu Xun'er that his strength now made him a suitable match to ask the Ancient Clan for her hand.
• Xiao Lei and Gu Xun'er destroyed a Soul Hall Branch Hall on the Demonic Flame Plain and claimed the region for the Thunder Alliance.
• Yao Lao and the others learned that Hun Qianmo was coming to destroy the Thunder Alliance, then heard a hearty laugh from a returning visitor.