Chapter Summaries

Xiao Lei killed the Heavenly Snake Mansion and Black Skull Tomb teams, then gave Xiao Yan the Three Thousand Lightning Movement technique and maps before sending him toward Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Lei returned to Black-Ink City with Cai Lin and Hai Bodong to pursue his plan to unify the Black-Corner Region, and confronted Yuan Yi at the Eight Gates auction house.

• Green Elder attacked Xiao Lei after rejecting his offer to fight, but his Thunder Spear shattered her sword and killed her.
• Xiao Lei used nine thunder dragons to kill the fleeing Heavenly Snake Mansion members, while Hai Bodong brought back two scouts Green Elder had sent ahead.
• Xiao Lei caught the Black Skull Tomb team, killed them, took Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and gave the technique and three Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame maps to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan left for Jia Nan Academy, while Xiao Lei told Cai Lin he intended to unify the Black-Corner Region and returned to Black-Ink City with her and Hai Bodong.
• Yuan Yi learned that Xiao Lei had killed the Blood Sect and Heavenly Snake Mansion members, and Xiao Lei spoke to him from outside the hall.

Xiao Lei took control of Eight Gates and tasked Hai Bodong and Yuan Yi with expanding its influence, then returned Cai Lin to the Snake-People Tribe and went back to Jia Nan Academy. There, he reunited with Qing Lin, whose cultivation had reached Three-Star Dou Wang, just as a visitor arrived whom Qing Lin said Xiao Lei knew.

• Xiao Lei used the Soul Capturing Technique to make Yuan Yi submit and killed the auction house steward who had witnessed it.
• Xiao Lei placed Hai Bodong in charge of Eight Gates alongside Yuan Yi and ordered them to expand their forces through the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Lei searched Eight Gates' medicinal herb storeroom and Yuan Yi's Storage Ring for ingredients for the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill but found only some of what he needed.
• Cai Lin chose to return to the Snake-People Tribe, and Xiao Lei stayed with her in the Mystic Realm for three days before returning to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Lei reunited with Qing Lin, learned she had advanced to Three-Star Dou Wang, and heard that no one had troubled Thunderclap in his absence.
• A girl called out to Qing Lin from outside their courtyard, and Qing Lin said Xiao Lei knew her too.

Xiao Lei welcomed Han Yue, who thanked Qing Lin for saving two Moon Spirit members and gave her two fourth-tier Wind Attribute Magic Cores. Later, Zi Yan brought Xiao Lei medicinal herbs including a Dragon Blood Ganoderma, and he traded pills for the herbs while asking her to search for more ingredients.

• Qing Lin introduced Xiao Lei to Han Yue, the leader of Moon Spirit, who had come to thank Qing Lin for rescuing two of her seniors.
• Han Yue gave Qing Lin two fourth-tier Wind Attribute Magic Cores, and Qing Lin accepted them at Xiao Lei's urging.
• After Han Yue left, Zi Yan returned with several medicinal herbs and offered Xiao Lei a Dragon Blood Ganoderma.
• Xiao Lei kept the Dragon Blood Ganoderma for an important purpose and refined Zi Yan's remaining herbs into pills.
• Zi Yan agreed to gather medicinal herbs from Xiao Lei's future list while searching around Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Lei and Qing Lin encountered Han Yue in the back mountains as she faced a Snow Demon Sky Ape while trying to claim Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. They arrived to help her, and the chapter ended with Xiao Lei asking how she had provoked the beast.

• Xiao Lei gave Zi Yan a list of the seventy-seven herbs needed for the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill, and she agreed to search for them.
• Xun Er, Hu Jia, and Song Hao returned to find Xiao Lei back at the academy, and he told them he had killed Yun Leng and faced Yun Shan in a one-move agreement.
• Xiao Yan joined the Inner Academy and led the new students to win the Fire Energy Hunting Competition for the second year in a row.
• Several months later, Xiao Lei and Qing Lin left the back mountains after gathering supplementary herbs and encountered Han Yue fighting a Dou Wang-level Snow Demon Sky Ape.
• Xiao Lei and Qing Lin approached Han Yue, who had been injured while trying to take Earth Core Body Tempering Milk from the beast's valley.

Xiao Lei killed the Snow Demon Sky Ape with one Thunder Palm after Han Yue revealed that it guarded the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. He then joined Han Yue and Qing Lin in entering the hidden passage beneath the valley, where they continued searching for the treasure.

• Han Yue told Xiao Lei that she had discovered Earth Core Body Tempering Milk guarded by the Snow Demon Sky Ape.
• The Snow Demon Sky Ape attacked Xiao Lei, but he shattered its ice claws and killed it with a single Thunder Palm.
• Xiao Lei collected the beast's Magic Core and stored its corpse before following Han Yue deeper into the valley with Qing Lin.
• Han Yue led Xiao Lei and Qing Lin to a cave and uncovered a hidden underground entrance beneath a fur-covered depression.
• Xiao Lei jumped into the passage, and the three explored its dim tunnels using Night Pearls.

Xiao Lei, Qing Lin, and Han Yue found and divided diluted Earth Core Body Tempering Milk in an underground cave. After sending Han Yue and Qing Lin back to Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Lei returned alone and collected most of the true Earth Core Body Tempering Milk hidden inside a stalactite.

• Xiao Lei used his soul force to lead Qing Lin and Han Yue to a pool of diluted Earth Core Body Tempering Milk beneath the cave’s largest stalactite.
• Xiao Lei, Qing Lin, and Han Yue divided the diluted Earth Core Body Tempering Milk equally and returned to the surface.
• Han Yue and Qing Lin went back to Jia Nan Academy while Xiao Lei stayed behind, saying he had something else to do.
• Xiao Lei teleported back beneath the stalactite, cut into its base, and found the true Earth Core Body Tempering Milk inside.
• Xiao Lei collected ninety percent of the true Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, sealed the opening, and wondered whether it would benefit him.

Xiao Lei gave Earth Core Body Tempering Milk to Xun Er, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yan, then went to the Misty Cloud Sect after Yun Shan summoned him about the Soul Hall’s plans for the Xiao Family. He arranged to lure Protector Wu out and, while staying on Misty Cloud Mountain, encountered Yun Yun as she practiced her sword.

• Xiao Lei found that Earth Core Body Tempering Milk barely improved his own cultivation, but gave portions to Xun Er, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yan, who each advanced by a minor realm.
• Xiao Lei left Jia Nan Academy after sensing Yun Shan’s urgent message and used a spatial passage to reach the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Shan told Xiao Lei that Soul Hall Protector Wu had ordered him to capture Xiao Ding and Xiao Li and investigate the vanished Xiao Family from Wu Tan City.
• Xiao Lei instructed Yun Shan to bring Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to the Misty Cloud Sect to lure Protector Wu out, then decided to stay there.
• Xiao Lei sensed Yun Yun practicing with her cyan longsword and approached her, causing her to notice his presence and demand that he reveal himself.

Xiao Lei reunited with Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect and concealed his true Dou Zong strength while growing close to her. Yun Shan then brought Xiao Lei to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and Xiao Lei planned to use them as bait to lure out the Dou Zong Protector targeting the Xiao Family.

• Xiao Lei revealed his identity to Yun Yun, explained that he had killed Yun Leng, and claimed he had reached Two-Star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Lei stayed at the Misty Cloud Sect for more than half a month, spending time with Yun Yun until Yun Shan appeared during their sparring.
• Yun Shan took Xiao Lei to a hidden cave, where Xiao Lei woke Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who had been abducted from the Mo Tie Mercenary Group headquarters.
• Xiao Lei told Xiao Ding and Xiao Li that a hidden force was targeting the Xiao Family and that he intended to use them as bait to draw out its Dou Zong Protector.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li agreed to cooperate, and Xiao Lei asked Yun Shan to draw the Protector out.

Xiao Lei confronted Protector Wu in the Misty Cloud Sect’s back mountain cave and killed him after overpowering him with fused Strange Lightning and the Thunder Ancestral Symbol. Protector Wu died warning that the Soul Hall would seek revenge.

• Xiao Lei reassured Yun Yun, then waited seven days until Yun Shan told him Protector Wu had arrived.
• Xiao Lei entered the cave and learned Yun Shan had claimed he lured him there to hand him over to Protector Wu.
• Xiao Lei fused Li Flame Light Lightning with another Strange Lightning, destroyed Protector Wu’s chain, and wounded him.
• Protector Wu tried to flee as black mist, but Xiao Lei trapped him in a spatial cage.
• Xiao Lei summoned Thunder’s Judgement and struck Protector Wu with a lightning spear, killing him.

Xiao Lei reunited Xiao Ding and Xiao Li with their family, then spent half a month at the Misty Cloud Sect and won Yun Yun’s heart. After returning to the Black-Corner Region, he heard Hai Bodong propose using Xiao Lei’s alchemist reputation to strengthen the Eight Gates.

• Xiao Lei killed Protector Wu, reunited Xiao Ding and Xiao Li with Xiao Zhan inside the Mystic Realm, and explained what had happened to them.
• Yun Yun mistook Yun Shan for having killed Xiao Lei, but Xiao Lei returned unharmed and clarified that the blood belonged to an enemy; Yun Yun apologized to her master.
• Xiao Lei stayed at the Misty Cloud Sect for half a month, became Yun Yun’s lover, and left her an Imperial Pole Pill and a letter before departing.
• Xiao Lei traveled to Black-Ink City and learned from Hai Bodong that the Eight Gates had expanded only slightly because stronger Black-Corner Region powers blocked their progress.
• Hai Bodong proposed attracting powerful experts by establishing Black-Ink City as an alchemist hub like Maple City, where the Medicine Emperor Han Feng had gathered many followers.

Xiao Lei returned to Jia Nan Academy and spent time with Xun Er, who gave him the Ancient Clan’s Emperor Seal Technique. When members of the Ancient Clan arrived to take Xun Er back, Xiao Lei clashed verbally with their deputy commander, Ling Quan, who challenged him to a spar.

• Xiao Lei told Hai Bodong he could refine several high-tier pills and set rules for supplying them through Eight Gates.
• Xiao Lei returned to Jia Nan Academy, where Hu Jia reminded him he had missed the Strong Ranking Competition and Qing Lin and Xun Er welcomed him.
• Xun Er asked Xiao Lei to practice the Emperor Seal Technique scroll she had given him and urged him to hide when powerful visitors approached.
• Ling Quan arrived with members of the Black Annihilation Army on Four-Winged Unicorns to bring Xun Er back to the Ancient Clan.
• Ling Quan mocked Xiao Lei’s reputation, and Xiao Lei retorted that Ling Quan did not seem impressive before Ling Quan challenged him to a spar.

Xiao Lei defeated Ling Quan in a lightning-fast spar, then said goodbye to Gu Xun'er as she departed for the Central State. He promised to come find her, while she urged him to grow stronger before facing the dangers ahead.

• Xiao Lei accepted Ling Quan's challenge and fought him using the Thunder Emperor Scepter.
• Xiao Lei destroyed Ling Quan's lightning attack and kicked him out of the air, defeating him before the watching Black Annihilation Army.
• Su Qian watched from hiding and decided Xiao Lei had grown strong enough that he would not need to intervene.
• Ling Quan admitted defeat but promised to prove himself if Xiao Lei came to the Central State, and Xiao Lei vowed he could beat him again.
• Xiao Lei embraced Gu Xun'er and promised to come find her, while she warned him to become stronger before entering the Central State.
• Gu Xun'er left with Ling Quan on a Four-Winged Unicorn, flying toward the distant horizon.

After Xun Er left, Xiao Lei ignored Ling Quan’s warning, absorbed and fused Geng Metal Plain Lightning, and advanced to three-star Dou Zong. When the Fallen Heart Flame erupted from the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, Xiao Lei and Qing Lin went to investigate, where they saw Su Qian order the elders to form a sealing formation.

• Xun Er departed with Ling Quan and the other Ancient Clan protectors, and Ling Quan warned Xiao Lei to forget her before leaving.
• Su Qian emerged after Ling Quan left, and Xiao Lei dismissed the warning and returned to his residence.
• Xiao Lei entered the Mystic Realm to absorb Geng Metal Plain Lightning while Xiao Yan and the other top Strong Ranking competitors underwent Heart Fire body tempering.
• After three days, Xiao Lei fused the lightning with his three Strange Lightnings and advanced from two-star to three-star Dou Zong.
• The Fallen Heart Flame erupted from the Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower, and Xiao Lei and Qing Lin flew there with Zi Yan to watch.
• Su Qian ordered the elders to form the Thousand Layer Sealing Formation around the escaping Fallen Heart Flame.

Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders fought to contain the Fallen Heart Flame until Hu Gan and the Outer Academy elders arrived and helped them gain the upper hand. Just as they prepared to seal it again, Han Feng and his group appeared, and Han Feng demanded that Su Qian release the Heavenly Flame.

• Su Qian and eighteen elders formed the Thousand Layer Sealing Formation, and the Fallen Heart Flame attacked the barrier.
• After nearly three hours of battle, ten elders withdrew, while Su Qian and seven others continued to hold the flame back.
• Hu Gan arrived with Outer Academy elders, and their support helped the academy gain the upper hand and prepare to seal the flame.
• Han Feng and his group broke through the barrier and appeared above the Inner Academy, bringing a bloody aura with them.
• Su Qian and Hu Gan challenged Han Feng, while Xiao Yan recognized him as the man who had betrayed Yao Chen.
• Han Feng called the Heavenly Flame a wonder that should not be imprisoned and asked Su Qian to release it.

Han Feng and the Black-Corner Region’s experts attacked Jia Nan Academy to seize the Fallen Heart Flame, forcing Xiao Lei to intervene when Han Feng reached the seal. Xiao Lei shattered Han Feng’s flame spears and sent his Thunder Spears straight toward him.

• Su Qian refused to hand over the Heavenly Flame, and Han Feng revealed his own Heavenly Flame and called on the Gold and Silver Elders.
• The Gold and Silver Elders joined Han Feng’s side, and the two groups prepared to fight over the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Han Feng and his allies attacked the academy’s experts while Han Feng bypassed them and broke through the fragile seal.
• Xiao Lei blocked Han Feng, then countered his blue flame spears with Thunder Spears that continued toward Han Feng’s chest.

Xiao Lei killed Han Feng, seized the Sea Heart Flame, and drove the Black-Corner Region experts into retreat. He stopped them from escaping and attacked while Su Qian and the academy elders struggled to seal the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Lei killed Han Feng, destroyed his body and soul with lightning, and took his Storage Ring.
• Xiao Lei knocked away the Fallen Heart Flame's fire python and trapped the Sea Heart Flame in the Mystic Realm.
• After Han Feng's death, Gold and Silver Elders called for the Black-Corner Region experts to retreat while Su Qian and the academy elders prepared to seal the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Lei blocked the Black-Corner Region experts and summoned the Thunder Emperor Scepter as Su Qian's group struggled to contain the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Gold and Silver Elders and the other Black-Corner Region experts attacked Xiao Lei, who countered with Thunder Dragon Sky Locking Staff.

Xiao Lei helped Jia Nan Academy seal the Fallen Heart Flame, though it dragged Xiao Yan beneath the tower with it. He then left the academy with Zi Yan and Qing Lin, arranged for Eight Gates to expand into the fallen Black-Corner Region factions, and refined six Imperial Pole Pills for a future auction.

• Xiao Lei killed the Black-Corner Region experts and helped Su Qian and the elders seal the Fallen Heart Flame, which pulled Xiao Yan beneath the tower before it was sealed away.
• Xiao Lei left Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan and Qing Lin and brought them to Black-Ink City to check on collected medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Lei met Yuan Yi and Hai Bodong, told them he had killed the Black-Corner Region forces, and ordered them to take over Maple City and the other masterless forces.
• Xiao Lei collected six sets of Imperial Pole Pill ingredients and used the Automatic Pill Refining Furnace to refine six high-quality pills.
• Xiao Lei decided to give two pills to the ingredient providers, keep two in reserve, and auction the remaining two.

Xiao Lei arranged for the Eight Gates to auction two Imperial Pole Pills, drawing the Black-Corner Region’s major factions to Black-Ink City. The auction began, and bids for the first Imperial Pole Pill climbed as powerful leaders competed for it.

• Xiao Lei gave Yuan Yi four Imperial Pole Pills, instructing him to give two to the herb suppliers and auction the other two.
• Xiao Lei set the auction for seven days later, and news of the Imperial Pole Pills brought factions from across the Black-Corner Region to Black-Ink City.
• Yuan Yi and Hai Bo Dong guarded the auction alongside Xiao Lei as Yuan Yi introduced him to powerful attendees, including Tie Wu and Su Mei.
• A Dou Wang expert bought a Dou Ling Pill for 1.2 million Gold Coins and swallowed it immediately to avoid being robbed.
• The auctioneer presented the first Imperial Pole Pill, and Tie Wu, the Heavenly Yin Sect elder, and other faction leaders began bidding against one another.

At the Eight Gates auction, Xie Zhen of Demon Flame Valley tried to claim the second Imperial Pole Pill by intimidating the bidders, but Xiao Lei revoked his auction privileges and confronted him. Xiao Lei’s lightning-charged palm seals struck Xie Zhen’s claws, and the clash left their fight unresolved.

• Su Mei won the first Imperial Pole Pill, and the auctioneer opened bidding for the second.
• Xie Zhen threatened the bidders into silence and tried to buy the pill for two million Gold Coins.
• Xiao Lei, Hai Bodong, and Yuan Yi descended onto the platform, and Xiao Lei revoked Xie Zhen’s right to participate in the auction.
• Xie Zhen challenged Yuan Yi and attacked, while Xiao Lei stepped forward to face him.
• Xiao Lei formed two lightning-charged purple palm seals and struck Xie Zhen’s claws.

Xiao Lei defeated and killed Xie Zhen after the Demon Flame Valley elder disrupted the auction and tried to seize the Imperial Pole Pill. The auction hall was left in awe of Xiao Lei’s strength and fearful that he might turn on them.

• Xiao Lei sent Xie Zhen flying and then struck him with a burst of lightning energy, leaving him badly wounded.
• Xiao Lei revealed that the Imperial Pole Pill was his and that the Eight Gates had pledged themselves to him.
• Xie Zhen apologized and offered to bid normally, but Xiao Lei refused to let him go and attacked again.
• Xiao Lei summoned the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger, trapping Xie Zhen and crushing him beneath the Purple Giant Finger.
• Xiao Lei ground Xie Zhen’s remains to powder as the auction guests watched in awe and fear.