Chapter Summaries

Lin Fan and the Black Heaven Emperor both collapsed after their devastating clash, leaving Lin Fan close to death. Shen Xiu arrived, saved Lin Fan, and faced the Black Heaven Emperor with power beyond the Saint Venerable Realm.

• Lin Fan and the Black Heaven Emperor’s attacks collided, destroying Lin Fan’s right index finger and shattering the Black Heaven Emperor’s spear.
• The injured Black Heaven Emperor rose and tried to kill the helpless Lin Fan, but Shen Xiu struck him with violet-gold lightning and severed his arm.
• Shen Xiu descended with Liu Qingyan, Qingxuanzi, and Heavenly Dao Sect elders, then used Thunderbolt Power to heal Lin Fan and drive the Dark Power from his wounds.
• Lin Fan woke and told Shen Xiu he had arrived just in time.
• The Black Heaven Emperor sensed Shen Xiu’s Saint Emperor Realm power as Shen Xiu gathered violet-gold lightning to face him.

Shen Xiu returned to the Heavenly Dao Sect with the wounded Lin Fan and the captive Black Heaven Emperor. After Lin Fan was sent for treatment, Shen Xiu began confronting the prisoner and revealed a mysterious violet Jade Slip.

• Shen Xiu and Lin Fan left the Myriad Spirit Abyss with Liu Qingyan, Qingxuanzi, the elders, and the captured Black Heaven Emperor.
• The group arrived at the Heavenly Dao Sect, where its Sect Master welcomed Shen Xiu and arranged for Lin Fan to receive treatment in the Spirit Spring Cave.
• Lin Fan signaled Shen Xiu to handle the Black Heaven Emperor's interrogation before being carried away.
• Shen Xiu faced the kneeling Black Heaven Emperor in the Heavenly Dao Hall, but the prisoner mocked his threats and refused to cooperate.
• Shen Xiu placed a violet Jade Slip imbued with Heaven and Earth Law on the table.

Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan set out from the Heavenly Dao Sect for the Myriad Spirit Abyss, carrying gifts to aid them on the dangerous journey. After promising to marry if they both returned alive, they reached the abyss and prepared to cross its inner region of spatial rifts.

• Lin Fan gave Shen Xiu a jade talisman that could summon the Thunder Emperor's will to block one fatal blow.
• The Sect Master gave Shen Xiu the Celestial Dipper Banner, and Qingxuanzi gave him spiritual liquid to restore power and heal injuries.
• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan flew toward the Myriad Spirit Abyss, and Liu Qingyan asked him to marry her if they both returned alive; he agreed.
• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan descended into the abyss and passed through its outer region.
• At the entrance to the inner region, Shen Xiu told Liu Qingyan to close her eyes and follow him through the spatial rifts.

Shen Xiu faced the Chaos Lightning Tribulation while trying to break through to the eighth level of the Saint Emperor Realm. The tribulation dragged his soul into a void, where he began to dissolve and wondered what would happen to Liu Qingyan if he died.

• Shen Xiu endured successive lightning tribulations as he advanced toward the eighth level of the Saint Emperor Realm.
• A black fissure opened in the sky, and Lin Fan identified the coming trial as a Chaos Lightning Tribulation.
• Liu Qingyan asked Lin Fan whether Shen Xiu could survive, but Lin Fan admitted he did not know.
• Shen Xiu left Spirit Spring Cave and stood at the mountain's edge as the Chaos Lightning Tribulation struck him.
• The bolt pulled Shen Xiu's soul into a timeless void, where memories of his life and thoughts of Liu Qingyan surfaced as he began to vanish.

Shen Xiu fought the King of the Evil Clan in the Myriad Spirit Abyss, using his Thunderbolt Power to injure and stagger the stronger Saint Emperor. The King overwhelmed him with its black tentacles, leaving Shen Xiu badly wounded and trapped but still defiant.

• Shen Xiu struck the King of the Evil Clan with Chaos Energy, but its palm healed almost immediately.
• The King of the Evil Clan attacked, and Shen Xiu summoned the Thunder God phantom to strike it with the Eighth Form of the Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Art.
• Shen Xiu broke two of the King's fingers and forced it back, but the clash depleted his spiritual power and damaged his phantom.
• The King of the Evil Clan transformed into black mist and sent a flood of tentacles at Shen Xiu.
• Shen Xiu burned away the first tentacles with a lightning net, but the net collapsed under the endless assault.
• The King's tentacles wrapped around Shen Xiu and corroded his body as his strength dwindled, while his will remained unshaken.

After decades of waiting, Liu Qingyan watched a strange light descend on Thunderfall Mountain and Shen Xiu returned to her. They reunited just as Liu Qingyan was nearing death, and Shen Xiu knew she had only about a month left to live.

• Liu Qingyan waited at the cabin on Thunderfall Mountain, holding Shen Xiu’s command token as she did every year.
• Transparent lightning appeared in the clouds, and the sky opened above Thunderfall Mountain.
• Shen Xiu descended in a pillar of light and told Liu Qingyan he had returned.
• Liu Qingyan wept and clung to Shen Xiu as he reassured her that he was real.
• Shen Xiu recognized how gravely ill Liu Qingyan was, held her face, and kissed her forehead.

Shen Xiu adjusted to life in human form on Thunderfall Mountain with Liu Qingyan, while Lin Fan visited with a gift of wine from the Heavenly Dao Sect. The three shared a quiet drink as Shen Xiu continued recovering.

• Liu Qingyan served Shen Xiu medicinal porridge and revealed she had gathered a three-hundred-year Lingzhi Mushroom alone; Shen Xiu checked that she was unharmed.
• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan spent the morning tending to their cottage and garden while Shen Xiu circulated his Thunderbolt Power.
• Lin Fan arrived with a century-aged brew from the Heavenly Dao Sect as thanks for Shen Xiu's past help.
• Shen Xiu told Lin Fan that his body was recovering but still adapting to human form, and the three drank together.

Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan traveled north across a peaceful land transformed under Murong Zhan’s rule, then arrived at Tianyuan City. Shen Xiu visited the cenotaph Murong Zhan had built for him and quietly greeted his old friend.

• Shen Xiu explained to Liu Qingyan how he could read the continent’s memories through the thunder as they passed over Peace Town.
• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan flew past Thunderfall Mountain, where the forest had regrown since Shen Xiu’s cultivation there decades earlier.
• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan arrived in a prosperous Tianyuan City and saw the cenotaph atop the imperial palace tower.
• Shen Xiu touched the inscription on the stele and told Murong Zhan, “I've come to see you.”

Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan left the Sea of Ten Thousand Thunder and traveled west, stopping to explore Westwind City. After sharing a peaceful morning and enjoying the city’s shops and food, they continued their journey together.

• Shen Xiu watched the sunrise with Liu Qingyan, who had fallen asleep against his shoulder.
• Liu Qingyan woke, and she and Shen Xiu flew west from the Sea of Ten Thousand Thunder.
• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan landed at Westwind City and entered its busy streets.
• Liu Qingyan bought crescent-moon earrings, and Shen Xiu told her they looked good.
• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan bought provisions and fruit, then ate lamb noodles that Liu Qingyan enjoyed more than her cooking on Thunderfall Mountain.

Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan explored an ancient city buried in the desert, finding pottery and murals that offered glimpses of its former inhabitants. They collected relics for Lin Fan to examine and settled in a surviving building as night fell.

• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan reached the ruins of an ancient city along an old trade route.
• Shen Xiu found pottery marked with unfamiliar writing and a sun pattern.
• Liu Qingyan studied a mural depicting hunting, dancing, and the sun and moon, reflecting that the ancient people had lived much like them.
• Shen Xiu collected inscribed pottery shards and ceramic vessels in his Storage Ring for Lin Fan to examine.
• As evening cooled the desert, Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan lit a bonfire inside a relatively intact building.

Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan left the ancient ruins and traveled south from the desert into a lush rainforest, where they explored its wildlife and scenery together. They headed toward a coastline two days south, and Liu Qingyan compared a shaft of sunlight in the forest to the sunrise on Thunderfall Mountain.

• Liu Qingyan arranged pottery shards into a sun pattern, and Shen Xiu explained that the ancient city’s people worshipped the sun and held sunrise rituals.
• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan packed their belongings and flew south, passing from the Gobi wasteland through grasslands into a rainforest.
• Liu Qingyan drank from a clear stream and delighted in the rainforest, while Shen Xiu sensed the abundant life around them.
• Shen Xiu told Liu Qingyan that a turquoise coast with white beaches lay two days south, where dolphins leapt at dusk.
• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan wandered through the rainforest as Liu Qingyan explored its plants and animals.
• Liu Qingyan caught a shaft of sunlight in her palm and said it resembled the sunrise they had seen on Thunderfall Mountain.

Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan reached a beautiful beach, where Liu Qingyan delighted in meeting a friendly dolphin. As they sat by the sea, they wondered where their travels would take them next.

• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan emerged from the rainforest and admired the azure sea and white beach.
• Shen Xiu spotted dolphins swimming toward shore, and Liu Qingyan watched them leap through the waves.
• A curious little dolphin touched Liu Qingyan's fingertip, and she gently stroked its snout.
• The dolphins swam away, and Shen Xiu took Liu Qingyan's hand and promised they would see them again.
• Shen Xiu told Liu Qingyan that their travels could continue beyond the continent and across a vast world.

Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan’s peaceful days by the sea ended when a gigantic deep-sea demon beast approached the beach. Shen Xiu killed it with a single bolt of lightning, and Liu Qingyan asked whether changes in the Sea of Ten Thousand Thunder had driven it from the depths.

• Shen Xiu sensed a huge, bloodthirsty beast moving beneath the sea as dawn broke on their fourth day by the beach.
• Shen Xiu told Liu Qingyan that the beast had likely escaped from a deep-sea fissure after storms in the Sea of Ten Thousand Thunder stopped.
• The demon beast sent a towering wave toward the beach, but Shen Xiu deflected it with a transparent lightning barrier.
• The deep-sea demon beast lunged at Shen Xiu, who killed it with a precise bolt of violet-gold lightning.
• Liu Qingyan asked Shen Xiu whether changes in the Sea of Ten Thousand Thunder had caused the beast to emerge.

Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan reached a seaside village, where an old fisherman recognized Shen Xiu from a legend about him saving the region seventy years earlier. The villagers honored Shen Xiu as their benefactor, and he showed them a small display of his lightning power.

• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan followed the coast and arrived at a small fishing village.
• An old fisherman recognized Shen Xiu’s crystal-like eyes and asked whether he was Shen Xiu.
• The old man summoned the villagers, who gathered around Shen Xiu and revered him as the hero who had driven back the black mists seventy years earlier.
• Liu Qingyan stood proudly beside Shen Xiu as the villagers welcomed him with food and questions.
• At Liu Qingyan’s encouragement, Shen Xiu formed a small violet-gold ball of lightning, delighting the villagers.

Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan shared a quiet night on a seaside cliff, recalling their first meeting and talking about the places they wanted to visit together. Liu Qingyan fell asleep in Shen Xiu’s arms as he watched over her and sensed the life around him through his Thunderbolt Power.

• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan sat together on a cliff above the sea and remembered their first meeting at Cloud Come Inn.
• Liu Qingyan told Shen Xiu she had hidden her fear because she wanted to stand by his side, and he reassured her she had always belonged there.
• Liu Qingyan said Thunderfall Mountain was her favorite place because it was their home, but she wanted to travel with Shen Xiu before they returned.
• Shen Xiu wrapped Liu Qingyan in his outer robe, and she fell asleep in his arms beneath the moonlight.
• Shen Xiu stayed awake, watching the sea as his Thunderbolt Power connected him to living things across the continent.

Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan traveled north at a leisurely pace until they reached the northern snowfield. After spotting a cabin in the distance, they crossed the deep snow toward it, leaving their journey at its doorstep.

• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan flew north for days, stopping along the way to rest and enjoy the scenery.
• As the landscape grew colder, Liu Qingyan wrapped herself and Shen Xiu in thick cloaks.
• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan reached the northern snowfield, where Liu Qingyan admired the snow and Shen Xiu sensed a cabin and signs of life nearby.
• Shen Xiu led Liu Qingyan across the deep snow in his footprints to make walking easier.
• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan reached a large log cabin with smoke rising from its chimney and snow chickens in its fenced yard.

Shen Xiu confronted a fragment of the Evil Clan King’s consciousness that awakened beneath the snowfield and drew power from the ice. He shielded Liu Qingyan and blocked the fragment’s attacks as it began to grow stronger.

• Shen Xiu sensed a dark aura beneath the ice and recognized it as a remnant of the Evil Clan King.
• The ice split open, and the fragment emerged, accusing Shen Xiu of destroying its main body and revealing it had waited seventy years to attack him.
• The fragment spread black patterns across the snowfield and absorbed the icefield’s cold to strengthen itself.
• Shen Xiu sent Liu Qingyan to safety behind an ice boulder and raised a lightning barrier against the spreading darkness.
• The fragment launched a storm of dark ice spikes, and Shen Xiu blocked them with a rotating Lightning Shield.

After the battle, Shen Xiu used his lightning power to heal the snowfield’s damaged ice while Liu Qingyan rested beside him. At dawn, they continued north, but their journey paused by a frozen stream when Liu Qingyan sank into the deep snow.

• Shen Xiu sensed lingering damage beneath the ice and slowly repaired the snowfield with his lightning power.
• The snowfield’s buried seeds, plants, and animals began recovering as the dark energy faded.
• Liu Qingyan woke at sunrise, and she and Shen Xiu packed up and continued north.
• Shen Xiu stopped beside a frozen stream and cleared snow from its surface to examine the ice.
• Liu Qingyan stepped into the deep snow beside the stream and sank nearly halfway up her leg.

Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan traveled north after watching the aurora and reached the ancient Ice Sea. Shen Xiu sensed life beneath its ice, and Liu Qingyan spotted a colossal pillar of ice rising in the distance.

• Liu Qingyan watched the aurora with Shen Xiu and told him she would never forget the night.
• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan camped in a sheltered snow hill, then continued north the next morning.
• Shen Xiu and Liu Qingyan reached the Ice Sea, where Shen Xiu explained that its ice had remained frozen for tens of millions of years.
• Liu Qingyan stomped on the ice and laughed at its hollow, ringing echoes.
• Shen Xiu sensed ancient microorganisms and deep-sea fish in the warm currents beneath the ice.
• Liu Qingyan listened against the ice, then noticed a colossal, jewel-like pillar rising from the surface.

Shen Xiu sensed an enormous presence rising from beneath the Ice Sea and tried to protect Liu Qingyan as it broke through the ice. An ancient, gigantic serpent emerged from the fissure, and its cold gaze surveyed the world above.

• Shen Xiu detected a rhythmic vibration beneath the ice and warned Liu Qingyan that something huge was moving toward the surface.
• Shen Xiu told Liu Qingyan it was too late to leave as the ice began to shake and split.
• Shen Xiu pulled Liu Qingyan behind him and summoned violet-gold lightning as an ancient aura rose from the fissure.
• The ice exploded, and a gigantic dark-blue-scaled serpent emerged from beneath the surface.
• The ancient serpent surveyed the ice with emotionless golden eyes as its chill cracked the surrounding ice.