Chapter Summaries

Shen Xiu slaughtered the Martial Artists who begged him for mercy, killed their leader, and began looting their bodies. When powerful treasures appeared amid Black Flames, he rushed toward them and was pursued by two figures who attacked with Sword Aura.

• The Martial Artists knelt and begged Shen Xiu to spare them, but he killed them with Sword Aura and absorbed their blood.
• Shen Xiu revealed his name to the man, then killed him with a slash of his Dragonbone Saber.
• Shen Xiu searched the corpses for treasures and took their belongings into his Storage Ring.
• Powerful treasures appeared from the corpses amid Black Flames, and Shen Xiu charged toward them.
• Two figures emerged from the Black Flames and pursued Shen Xiu, attacking him with Sword Aura.

Shen Xiu killed the black-robed youth and the man in white, then warned the man in white to leave. As another figure approached, the man in white fled, leaving Shen Xiu facing an approaching pursuer.

• Shen Xiu pursued the black-robed youth and blasted his corpse into powder.
• Shen Xiu approached the man in white as the man offered to teleport him out of the city.
• Shen Xiu suddenly attacked the man in white and crushed him into Blood Mist.
• Shen Xiu used his aura to crush the black-robed youth into mangled flesh and blood.
• Shen Xiu told the man in white to kneel, apologize, and return to his family, but the man bowed and prepared to leave.
• Shen Xiu spotted someone approaching, and the man in white fled before the figure arrived.

Shen Xiu left the man in white behind and encountered a black-robed old man who demanded the treasures. Shen Xiu attacked, and their clash revealed that the old man could not easily overcome him.

• Shen Xiu turned away, and the man in white bowed to him before fleeing toward the city outskirts.
• Shen Xiu sensed a fluctuation and confronted a black-robed old man who claimed he had come to collect the treasures.
• The old man threatened Shen Xiu and demanded that he hand over the treasures, but Shen Xiu refused and attacked.
• The old man struck Shen Xiu with a golden palm imprint, and Shen Xiu countered with his divine soul in the shape of a spear.
• The clash sent Shen Xiu flying while the old man retreated slightly, showing that neither could easily defeat the other.

Shen Xiu learned that a strange Devouring Power was corroding his body and divine soul, and the old man explained that he needed to find an equally powerful expert to counter it. As they left, Shen Xiu spotted a familiar figure carrying a fragment of a Spatial Ring.

• The old man identified the force attacking Shen Xiu as a powerful Devouring Power.
• The old man told Shen Xiu to find an expert of equal strength and use divine soul power to suppress that expert as a way to counter the force.
• Shen Xiu questioned whether the power was more complicated than the old man believed, then left with him to investigate it further.
• After traveling several hundred zhang, Shen Xiu spotted a familiar figure and saw a fragment of a Spatial Ring within it.

Shen Xiu battled a young man from Sacred Mountain, matching his powerful attacks and enduring a fierce palm strike. As the young man charged again with his spear, Shen Xiu manifested a flaming wing that released a tremendous shockwave.

• The young man attacked Shen Xiu with a pitch-black spear, but Shen Xiu shattered it with golden lightning.
• The young man summoned Heavenfall Divine Mountain and struck at Shen Xiu, who countered with his silver-white spear and wounded him.
• Shen Xiu and the young man exchanged palm strikes, sending Shen Xiu crashing into the ground before he recovered.
• The young man charged Shen Xiu with his spear, and Shen Xiu formed a flaming wing that sent shockwaves across the battlefield.

Shen Xiu defeated the attackers with overwhelming strength, killing a sixth-level Core Formation Realm expert and their seventh-level Core Formation Realm teacher. As the disciples fled and people across the Southern Province Continent speculated about him, Shen Xiu turned toward the old woman.

• Shen Xiu killed a young man with a lightning strike, then deflected a silver needle that destroyed a mountain peak.
• Shen Xiu seized the silver needle and sent it through another young man's throat, killing the sixth-level Core Formation Realm expert.
• Shen Xiu appeared beside the old man and twisted off his head, killing the seventh-level Core Formation Realm teacher.
• The disciples fled while Shen Xiu let them go, intending to leave the sect for the Southern Wasteland and seek the Nine Yin Sacred Body.
• People across the Southern Province Continent speculated about Shen Xiu's identity, and he turned his gaze toward the old woman.

After breaking through, Shen Xiu learned that Purple Cloud City was a powerful place and set out to find his friends there. Meanwhile, a young man arrived in the city searching for Shen Xiu and tore open a rift in space with a flaming axe.

• Shen Xiu broke through and asked Liu Yuan about Purple Cloud City.
• Liu Yuan explained the city's power and warned Shen Xiu that it had conflicts with Cloud Palace, then agreed to lead him there.
• A green-clad young man and a girl arrived in Purple Cloud City by carriage and asked whether anyone knew Shen Xiu.
• When no one recognized the name, the young man said he had come specifically to find Shen Xiu and split open the space ahead with his crimson axe.

Shen Xiu confronted Purple Cloud City's enforcers and demanded to see the city lord, Purple Cloud Mountain. After defeating several guards, he faced Purple Cloud Mountain's attack and left the outcome unresolved.

• Purple Cloud City's enforcers challenged Shen Xiu after his arrival, but he knocked one young guard unconscious with a slap.
• Shen Xiu demanded to see the city lord, then killed an enforcer who mocked him by blasting him into blood mist.
• Purple Cloud Mountain arrived with more than a dozen people and confirmed Shen Xiu's identity.
• Shen Xiu sat by the city wall to regulate his breath, ignoring Purple Cloud Mountain's orders.
• Shen Xiu sent the approaching enforcers flying with a gust of force, and Purple Cloud Mountain thrust a spear at him.

Shen Xiu investigated the Black List, an ancient Dark Church artifact said to suppress Holy Lord experts, and entered it to test its restrictions. Inside, he encountered the Celestial Demon Emperor, who had emerged from a ray of light.

• Guards recognized Shen Xiu as he left the city and flew beyond the Eastern Continent.
• The Black Underworld King explained that the Black List judged defectors from the Dark Church and allowed those who passed its trial to become Inquisitors.
• Shen Xiu examined the Black List and entered its interior despite its freezing temperature and destructive energy.
• Shen Xiu considered breaking the Black List's restrictions to increase his power, but the Celestial Demon Emperor suddenly appeared before him.

Shen Xiu entered the Dark Church’s main altar and met its powerful black-robed master to negotiate for resources. The Dark Church could not provide his requested thirty million spirit stones, but offered to send elders and protectors to the Divine Wind Empire, an offer Shen Xiu questioned.

• Shen Xiu and the middle-aged man defeated the Dark Church’s defenders and entered its main altar.
• The middle-aged man led Shen Xiu to the black-robed master, who tested Shen Xiu with overwhelming pressure.
• The black-robed master asked what resources Shen Xiu needed, and Shen Xiu requested thirty million spirit stones.
• The black-robed master said the Dark Church could not provide that many spirit stones but claimed other forces could help.
• The middle-aged man said the Dark Church would send dozens of elders and protectors to the Divine Wind Empire, and Shen Xiu asked whether they thought he would agree.

Shen Xiu arrived at Northern Cang City's central plaza with Lin Fan to face Lord Black Wind in a public duel. Lord Black Wind's opening attack failed to hurt Shen Xiu and instead sent Black Wind flying, leaving him stunned by Shen Xiu's strength.

• Martial Artists gathered at the plaza to watch Shen Xiu duel Lord Black Wind, while Dark Church elders threatened retaliation if Shen Xiu failed to appear.
• Shen Xiu and Lin Fan arrived and descended onto the martial arena.
• Shen Xiu insulted Lord Black Wind, prompting Black Wind to launch a powerful black beam at him.
• A golden light burst from Shen Xiu and blocked Black Wind's attack, sending Black Wind flying backward.
• Lord Black Wind questioned how Shen Xiu could withstand his strike despite being at the ninth level of the Saint Monarch Realm.

Shen Xiu and Lin Fan arrived in Tianyuan City and checked into the Cloud Come Inn, where they encountered Zhao Tianci of the Tianyuan Merchant Guild trying to take a room reserved by a red-clothed girl. Shen Xiu stepped in to defend her claim, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Shen Xiu and Lin Fan admired the Heavenly Sea Region's spiritual energy and learned that the Tian Yuan Dynasty had built more than a thousand Spirit Gathering Formations there.
• Shen Xiu and Lin Fan entered Tianyuan City and took two upper rooms at the Cloud Come Inn.
• Shen Xiu saw Zhao Tianci and his guards demand a room that the red-clothed girl had reserved first.
• Granny Liu urged the red-clothed girl to avoid a clash, and the girl reluctantly prepared to leave.
• Shen Xiu stopped her and told Zhao Tianci that the room should go to whoever reserved it first.

Shen Xiu entered the Dark Church’s main altar and met its black-robed master to request resources for his cultivation. The Church could not provide the thirty million spirit stones he wanted, but offered to use its forces to suppress the Divine Wind Empire’s major factions, leaving Shen Xiu to question whether he would agree.

• Shen Xiu and the middle-aged man defeated the Dark Church members and hurried to its main altar.
• The middle-aged man led Shen Xiu to the black-robed master, whose power nearly forced Shen Xiu to his knees.
• The black-robed master asked what resources Shen Xiu needed, and Shen Xiu requested thirty million spirit stones.
• The black-robed master said the Dark Church could not provide that many spirit stones but claimed other factions could help.
• The middle-aged man said the Dark Church would send dozens of elders and protectors to the Divine Wind Empire to suppress its major factions, and Shen Xiu asked whether they thought he would agree.

Lin Fan killed Black Nether Patriarch with one finger and helped the injured Shen Xiu return to the inn. There, Lin Fan began explaining how Shen Xiu’s Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Art was connected to the Thunder Emperor and an ancient invasion.

• Lin Fan killed Black Nether Patriarch, and the Dark Church members fled.
• Lin Fan supported Shen Xiu and warned that summoning the Thunder Emperor’s phantom had damaged his meridians.
• Liu Qingyan arrived with Granny Liu and guards, worried about Shen Xiu and stunned by Lin Fan’s strength.
• At the inn, Shen Xiu asked Lin Fan who he was and why he had followed him.
• Lin Fan asked about Shen Xiu’s Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Art, and Shen Xiu described finding it in a cave in the Northern Cang Region.
• Lin Fan told Shen Xiu that the continent had once been the Thunder Domain and that the Thunder Emperor had sacrificed himself to seal invading evil clans in the Myriad Spirit Abyss.

Shen Xiu and Lin Fan arrived in Tianyuan City, the capital of the Tian Yuan Dynasty, and checked into the Cloud Come Inn. Shen Xiu intervened when Zhao Tianci of the Tianyuan Merchant Guild tried to take a room reserved by a red-clothed girl, leaving a confrontation underway.

• Shen Xiu and Lin Fan flew into the Heavenly Sea Region, and Lin Fan explained its spiritual resources and warned that its powerful factions made it dangerous.
• Shen Xiu and Lin Fan entered Tianyuan City and went to the Cloud Come Inn to secure rooms.
• They overheard Zhao Tianci and his men claim a room that the red-clothed girl had reserved first.
• Granny Liu urged the red-clothed girl to avoid a clash with the Tianyuan Merchant Guild, and the girl reluctantly prepared to leave.
• Shen Xiu stopped the girl and told Zhao Tianci that the room should go to whoever had reserved it first.

Shen Xiu prepared for the Dark Church’s imminent attack on Tianyuan City and questioned why they were so determined to kill him. He suspected their hostility was tied to his Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Art, which countered their yin and evil cultivation.

• Liu Qingyan told Shen Xiu that her family would send elders to help, and he agreed only if they stayed out of the battle.
• Lin Fan confirmed that Black Nether Patriarch was heading to Tianyuan City and that the local Dark Church forces were gathering for a coordinated attack.
• Shen Xiu asked Lin Fan about the Myriad Spirit Abyss and considered seeking its spiritual vein resources to reach the Saint Venerable Realm.
• Shen Xiu pointed out that the Dark Church’s determination to kill him had intensified after he used the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Art, which restrained their yin and evil forces.

Shen Xiu and Lin Fan descended into Myriad Spirit Abyss, where they fought off a Ravine Vulture and reached the desolate outer region. Lin Fan explained that the Thunder Emperor’s fall site lay deep in the core region, which also sealed the Evil Clan beyond this realm.

• Lin Fan warned Shen Xiu that the gray mist carried vicious souls, and Shen Xiu used Thunderbolt Power to shield himself from it.
• A Ravine Vulture attacked Shen Xiu, who struck it with lightning and drove it into the mist.
• Lin Fan identified the beast and warned Shen Xiu that the disturbance could attract other Fierce Beasts, so they continued descending cautiously.
• Shen Xiu and Lin Fan reached the bottom of the abyss and saw the ruined, fissure-riven outer region.
• Lin Fan pointed toward the core region, explaining that the Thunder Emperor had fallen there and that it was the central point sealing the Evil Clan.
• Lin Fan explained that the land’s spiritual veins had fused with the seal and absorbed the Thunder Emperor’s power over a hundred thousand years.

Shen Xiu and Lin Fan reached the basin where the Thunder Emperor’s Thunder Origin awaited its inheritor. Shen Xiu endured the Thunder Emperor’s crushing will and advanced through the test, leaving his fate in the balance as he continued toward the golden sphere.

• Lin Fan guided Shen Xiu through the frozen inner region, where Shen Xiu fought numerous Fierce Beasts and vicious spirits to build his strength.
• Shen Xiu and Lin Fan reached a vast basin and saw the Thunder Origin left behind when the Thunder Emperor fell.
• Lin Fan told Shen Xiu that the Thunder Origin would test him alone, and Shen Xiu stepped into the basin.
• The basin’s lightning patterns lit up and the Thunder Emperor’s will crushed Shen Xiu with increasing pressure as he advanced.
• Shen Xiu refused to kneel, broke through to a new level of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Art, and pressed onward through the test’s successive pressure checkpoints.

After fusing with the Thunder Origin, Shen Xiu left the Myriad Spirit Abyss with Lin Fan and returned to Tianyuan City. There, he reunited with Liu Qingyan and gave her rare spiritual herbs to thank her for helping him.

• Shen Xiu showed Lin Fan how his new strength let him sense spatial rifts and frighten weaker Fierce Beasts.
• Shen Xiu and Lin Fan left the Myriad Spirit Abyss without encountering any powerful Fierce Beasts and flew back to Tianyuan City.
• The innkeeper told Shen Xiu that Liu Qingyan had visited the Cloud Come Inn several times each day while waiting for him.
• Liu Qingyan welcomed Shen Xiu back, and he reminded her of his promise to treat her to a meal.
• Shen Xiu gave Liu Qingyan a Storage Bag containing more than ten ten-thousand-year spiritual herbs, and she accepted it for the Liu Family.

Shen Xiu began cultivating the seventh transformation of the Ninefold Thunder Body Art, Thunder Soul, by fusing thunder power into his soul. As morning came, he remained immersed in the process while Lin Fan recognized his progress and said he was the first in a hundred thousand years besides his master to reach this realm.

• Shen Xiu studied the Thunder Soul method and carefully sent a thread of thunder power into the golden mark between his brows.
• Shen Xiu entered the depths of his soul and found his pale golden soul origin among fragments of his memories.
• Shen Xiu endured intense pain as he pushed lightning into his soul origin, then felt the pain give way to warmth as the thunder began to merge.
• Shen Xiu continued fusing thunder power into his soul through the night as golden thunder patterns spread across his body.
• Lin Fan watched Shen Xiu without disturbing him and said he was the first in a hundred thousand years besides his master to cultivate the Ninefold Thunder Body Art to the Thunder Soul realm.