Chapter Summaries

Ning Fa exhausted his treasures and nearly all his strength to destroy the black tornado and strike down the black-clad Golden Core Cultivator, but his opponent survived and launched a deadly arrow. Cheng Susu sacrificed her seven-colored glazed light to shield Ning Fa as Cheng Ziyi rushed to his aid, leaving Ning Fa braced behind several layers of defense.

• Ning Fa used the Star Martial Battle Suit's final Seven Stars Piercing Sun, talismans, and self-destructing magic artifacts to weaken the black tornado.
• Ning Fa evaded the black-clad young man's attacks and struck him with a silver lightning spear and a Flying Shadow Needle, apparently killing him.
• Cheng Ziyi detected Ning Fa's counterattack and hurried toward him with Cheng Susu, then realized the black-clad young man was still alive.
• The black-clad young man reappeared and fired a white-bone bow's arrow at the exhausted Ning Fa.
• Cheng Susu sent out her seven-colored glazed light to form a shield before Ning Fa, while Ning Fa raised his remaining defenses as Cheng Ziyi approached.

Ning Fa survived a Golden Core Cultivator’s attack after Cheng Susu’s seven-colored shield destroyed the attacker’s bone arrow, and Cheng Ziyi drove the pursuer away. As they fled, Ning Fa suspected Zhang Zhilong had hired Dark Feather Tower to capture him, while Cheng Ziyi discovered that Ning Fa had cultivated eighteen Lesser Thunder Sources.

• Cheng Susu’s seven-colored shield melted the bone arrow, and Cheng Ziyi trapped the black-robed Golden Core Cultivator in purple ribbons until he escaped using the Blood Feather Escape Technique.
• Ning Fa and Cheng Ziyi returned to the Bronze War Chariot, where they found Cheng Susu unconscious after using the shield to save him.
• Ning Fa told Cheng Ziyi about his encounters with two Golden Core Cultivators and his destruction of the Blood Flood Dragon Society, while withholding his Lightning Transformation ability.
• Ning Fa suspected Zhang Zhilong had hired Dark Feather Tower to capture him over the Black Puppet and realized Zhang’s Soul Mark might still be tracking him.
• Cheng Ziyi examined Ning Fa and discovered that he had cultivated eighteen Lesser Thunder Sources, leaving her astonished by his strength.

Cheng Ziyi offered to accept Ning Fa as her disciple and proposed that he become Dao Companions with Cheng Susu, whose sacrifice to save him had damaged her prospects of forming a Golden Core. Ning Fa agreed, and Cheng Ziyi promised the Cheng Family would support and protect him and the Ning Clan while she arranged their future.

• Cheng Ziyi told Ning Fa that a powerful Divine Soul Secret Technique shrouded him and that her elder brother might need to remove it after they returned to Black Marsh Immortal City.
• Ning Fa showed Cheng Ziyi Xia Guang's corpse and identity token, and she asked whether he understood that killing him had made the Xia Family his mortal enemy.
• Cheng Ziyi invited Ning Fa to become her disciple and proposed that he marry Cheng Susu, explaining that Susu had exhausted much of her cultivation foundation to locate and save him.
• Cheng Ziyi offered the Cheng Family's full support if Cheng Susu became Ning Fa's principal wife and their children bore the Cheng surname, while allowing him to keep his other women.
• Ning Fa agreed to the arrangement, and Cheng Ziyi planned to accept him as her disciple at the coming ceremony and hold the Dual Cultivation Ceremony afterward.
• Cheng Ziyi promised to pressure the Xia Family, negotiate Ning Fa's and his family's release from the Duanmu Family, and find a settlement for the Ning Clan; Ning Fa preferred that they remain at East Marsh Oasis for now.

Cheng Ziyi secured Cheng Zeyuan’s approval to take Ning Fa as her disciple and betroth Cheng Susu to him, then used evidence against the Xia Family to obtain Jingjiang Ancient City and protection for Ning Fa. The Xia Family accepted the settlement, but Xia Yuanhe blamed Xia Mingyang after learning that Xia Guang’s death had exposed the covert division and the loss of their sole Blood Luo True Scripture cultivator.

• Ning Fa told Cheng Ziyi that the Ning Clan could remain in East Marsh Oasis, and she briefed him on the Cheng Family’s expansion plans.
• Cheng Ziyi told Cheng Zeyuan she intended to take Ning Fa as her disciple and betroth Cheng Susu to him, and Cheng Zeyuan approved after hearing of Ning Fa’s strength.
• Cheng Zeyuan and Cheng Ziyi showed Ouyang Zhenhua Xia Guang’s corpse and token, and Ouyang Zhenhua agreed that the Xia Family would leave Ning Fa and his family alone and surrender Jingjiang Ancient City.
• Ouyang Zhenhua informed Xia Yuanhe of the settlement, and Xia Yuanhe accepted the Xia Family’s obligations.
• Xia Yuanhe slapped Xia Mingyang and explained that Xia Guang’s death had exposed the covert division and deprived the Xia Family of its only cultivator suited to the Blood Luo True Scripture.

The Xia Family mourned Xia Guang and planned to eliminate Ning Fa, while Zhang Zhilong learned that an assassination attempt had failed and his Soul-Loss Technique had been removed. After Cheng Zeyuan cleared the technique from Ning Fa, Ning Fa considered the Cheng Family’s precarious position and resolved to repay its protection.

• Xia Yuanhe blamed Xia Mingyang for Xia Guang’s death and sentenced him to face the wall in the ancestral hall for three years, while Xia Yuanming urged the family to prepare carefully before targeting Ning Fa.
• Zhang Zhilong learned that a Dark Feather Tower Golden Core Cultivator had failed to capture Ning Fa and that his planted Soul-Loss Technique had been discovered, leaving Zhang Zhilong weakened.
• Madam Li and Altar Master Qi discussed Ning Fa’s strength and the danger of acting against him, then learned that Senior Brother Wen was coming to investigate Moke Sect’s unusual movements.
• Cheng Zeyuan removed the black mist of the Divine Soul Secret Technique from Ning Fa, confirmed that Ning Fa had cultivated eighteen Lesser Thunder Sources, and entrusted Cheng Ziyi with the next arrangements.
• Ning Fa worried that Cheng Zeyuan’s declining lifespan could leave the Cheng Family vulnerable, but he accepted his alliance with them and resolved to protect the family when he grew stronger.

Ning Fa examined the Blood Luo True Scripture and considered cultivating the Mysterious Thunder True Body to strengthen himself against the Xia Family. After Cheng Susu recovered, she and Ning Fa affirmed their relationship, and she hinted that she would reveal how she had rescued him on their wedding night.

• Ning Fa studied the Blood Luo True Scripture, its Blood-Colored Seed, and the Blood Spirit Dharma Body, then decided to consider cultivating the Mysterious Thunder True Body.
• Ning Fa considered having Ning Yuwen cultivate the Blood Luo True Scripture and decided that he would support him despite the risks.
• Ning Fa visited the recovering Cheng Susu, who told him he need not become her Dao Companion out of gratitude, and he kissed her to show his feelings.
• Cheng Susu named Ning Fa's other confidantes, and Ning Fa clarified which women he considered confidantes before promising Cheng Susu the position of principal wife.
• Cheng Susu said she would explain how she had found Ning Fa and brought Cheng Ziyi to rescue him on their wedding night, along with a surprise.

Ning Fa joined the Cheng Family by agreeing to become Cheng Ziyi’s disciple, and Huayu Sect’s apprenticeship ceremony made him her newest personal disciple. Cheng Ziyi introduced him to her other disciples and the Cheng Family’s powerful network, while Ning Fa’s ties with Meng Ruoqi and the Xia Family remained strained.

• Ning Fa told the Ning and Wei family elders that he would join the Cheng Family, and they welcomed the powerful backing while he urged them to stay cautious.
• Feng Jue told Ning Fa that the unconscious Duanmu Ling could not protect him and that the Cheng Family was his only safe choice.
• At Huayu Sect’s ceremony, Ning Fa became Cheng Ziyi’s disciple as Ancestor Ouyang watched; Elder Wan, Duanmu Hong, and the Xia Family elders looked on with regret or hostility.
• Meng Ruoqi told Ling Yue that she trusted Ning Fa’s promise not to abandon her, while Cao Xian considered changing allegiances again.
• Cheng Ziyi introduced Ning Fa to Xie Heng, Cheng Zhirou, and Cheng Huiying, who asked him to introduce her to Ning Huarong.
• Cheng Ziyi brought Ning Fa to meet Cheng Family leaders and explained the family’s territory, branches, and businesses in artifact refining and spirit plant cultivation.

Ning Fa and Cheng Susu held a lavish Dual Cultivation Ceremony, and their wedding night brought Ning Fa a dramatic cultivation breakthrough through Cheng Susu’s Exquisite Immortal Charm. He realized that her Exquisite Immortal Heart was incomplete and part of an even higher-grade spiritual body.

• Cheng Ziyi stripped an elder of his position after he complained about Ning Fa’s special treatment, and Ning Fa observed that the Cheng Family lacked strong younger heirs.
• The Cheng Family announced Ning Fa and Cheng Susu’s upcoming ceremony, while Ning Fa warned the Ning and Wei families to remain vigilant against the Xia Family and Dark Feather Tower.
• Ning Fa declined Liang Ruicheng’s Ancient Ruins expedition for now but agreed to consider joining when the restrictions weakened again in nine years.
• Ning Fa and Cheng Susu held their three-day Dual Cultivation Ceremony, and Liu Qinghui left after watching them from afar.
• During their wedding night, Cheng Susu’s Exquisite Immortal Charm accelerated Ning Fa’s cultivation, advancing him from the fourth to the fifth level of the Foundation Establishment Middle Stage.
• Cheng Susu explained that she had awakened the Exquisite Immortal Heart, and Ning Fa realized it was an incomplete part of an extremely high-grade spiritual body.

Ning Fa learned that the Cheng Family had recruited him because he cultivated the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture, then opened a sealed box left by True Person Cang Lei. The box released a mysterious figure, leaving the Cheng Family’s hope of finding its missing ancestor within reach.

• Ning Fa recognized Cheng Susu’s awakened Exquisite Immortal Heart and wondered whether his Mysterious Scroll could restore it into a complete physique.
• Ning Fa and Cheng Susu met her parents, Cheng Xuan and Zhan Yunfang, then visited Cheng Ziyi and Cheng Zeyuan, who asked to speak with Ning Fa alone.
• Cheng Zeyuan revealed that the Cheng Family knew Ning Fa cultivated the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture and had recruited him partly to open a box left by True Person Cang Lei.
• Ning Fa swore not to reveal the matter and poured his silver mana into the black brocade box until its lightning restriction broke.
• The box opened, and a white-robed figure slowly emerged from its light.

Cheng Zeyuan and Cheng Ziyi opened the Soul Sealing Pot and reunited with a wisp of True Person Cang Lei, who learned of the Cheng Family’s decline and discovered Ning Fa had cultivated eighteen Lesser Thunder Sources. True Person Cang Lei revealed that his main body was trapped on Ancient Immortal Island and that Ning Fa might be able to rescue him, leaving the others questioning how Ning Fa could survive the island’s dangers or enter it.

• True Person Cang Lei appeared from the Soul Sealing Pot, rebuked Cheng Zeyuan and Cheng Ziyi for opening it before a Cheng Family Lightning Spiritual Root disciple could cultivate the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture, then forgave them after hearing of the family’s desperate circumstances.
• Cheng Ziyi and Cheng Zeyuan recounted the Cheng Family’s decline, and True Person Cang Lei said his main body had left for a reason he could not avoid.
• True Person Cang Lei examined Ning Fa and was astonished to learn that Ning Fa had cultivated eighteen Lesser Thunder Sources, far more than the five his main body had achieved.
• True Person Cang Lei revealed that his main body was trapped on Ancient Immortal Island in the Immortalless Sea and that Ning Fa might be able to rescue him.
• Cheng Ziyi questioned how Ning Fa could survive Ancient Immortal Island or enter it without the special Guiding Spiritual Item it required.

True Person Cang Lei told Ning Fa that he had decades to reach the Golden Core Realm before attempting to rescue Cang Lei’s true body from Ancient Immortal Island. He revealed that Ning Fa would need to visit the island to obtain the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture’s higher cultivation methods and key resources, leaving Ning Fa uneasy about the dangers and timing.

• True Person Cang Lei said Ning Fa should spend the next sixty or seventy years advancing to the Golden Core Realm, while Cheng Zeyuan and Cheng Ziyi learned that Cang Lei’s true body might soon reach the Nascent Soul Realm.
• After Cheng Zeyuan and Cheng Ziyi left, True Person Cang Lei challenged Ning Fa’s private hope of avoiding Ancient Immortal Island and described the treasures and cultivation opportunities it contained.
• True Person Cang Lei revealed that the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture’s methods beyond the Golden Core Realm could only be obtained through a Trial Ground on Ancient Immortal Island.
• He explained that the Trial Ground also held the secret method and spiritual items needed to cultivate the Divine Firmament Mysterious Thunder Dharma Aspect, along with other Lightning Attribute rewards.
• True Person Cang Lei warned Ning Fa that opportunities could dwindle and the island might not reopen for centuries, making it risky to postpone the journey.

True Person Cang Lei gave Ning Fa three treasures and secured the Cheng Family’s support for Ning Fa’s Core Formation, hoping he would rescue the main body on Ancient Immortal Island. After Cang Lei’s divided soul vanished, Cheng Ziyi presented Ning Fa with a rare flying artifact.

• Ning Fa promised to consider rescuing True Person Cang Lei’s main body if he formed a Golden Core and went to Ancient Immortal Island.
• True Person Cang Lei explained that Ning Fa’s eighteen Lesser Thunder Sources could become Lesser Golden Cores and gave him Thunder Source Crystals to improve his chances of Core Formation.
• True Person Cang Lei gave Ning Fa a Divine Sense Condensing Bead containing cultivation insights and a Guiding Spiritual Item for Ancient Immortal Island; Ning Fa accepted all three objects.
• True Person Cang Lei told Cheng Zeyuan and Cheng Ziyi to help Ning Fa form his core, then his divided soul disappeared.
• Cheng Ziyi stopped Ning Fa from revealing his conversation with Cang Lei and presented him with a high-grade flying Spirit Artifact called Azure Wings.

Ning Fa received powerful escape treasures from Cheng Ziyi and Cheng Zeyuan, obtained the first nine levels of the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture, and prepared to cultivate the Mysterious Thunder True Body. He then discovered that the Ancient Spirit Skin assimilated his Black Spirit Relic, strengthening his suspicion that Black Spirit and Fire Worship were kinds of Ancient Spirit.

• Cheng Ziyi gifted Ning Fa the Extreme Wind Wings, and Cheng Zeyuan gave him an ancient defensive talisman, both intended to help him survive powerful enemies.
• Ning Fa asked Cheng Ziyi for the complete Ancient Source Thunder Scripture, learned it reached the Late Golden Core Realm, and revealed that he wanted to cultivate the Mysterious Thunder True Body.
• Cheng Ziyi and Cheng Zeyuan agreed to provide the resources Ning Fa needed to cultivate the Mysterious Thunder True Body, and Ning Fa left with the first nine levels of the scripture.
• Ning Fa used the Mysterious Scroll to appraise the Ancient Spirit Skin and Black Spirit Relic, learning that each could provide Origin Points.
• The Ancient Spirit Skin enveloped and assimilated the Black Spirit Relic, leaving both objects with the same appearance and appraisal, which strengthened Ning Fa's theory that Black Spirit and Fire Worship were Ancient Spirits.

Ning Fa examined the Blood Dusk token and compared two versions of the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture before using the Mysterious Scroll to trace back its seventh through ninth levels. After establishing himself among the Cheng Family and settling into Green Bamboo Courtyard with Cheng Susu, he continued cultivating and encountered Liu Qinghui as a nearby neighbor.

• Ning Fa inspected the Blood Dusk token, compared his complete Ancient Source Thunder Scripture with the simplified version in the Jade Slip, and learned that tracing back the simplified levels cost fewer Origin Points.
• Ning Fa fed the Ancient Spirit Skin to the Mysterious Scroll, received the seventh through ninth levels of the scripture, and began studying the Mysterious Thunder True Body.
• Cheng Ziyi named Ning Fa one of the Cheng Family force's leaders, and Ning Fa defeated Cheng Yan and another False Core expert in sparring matches.
• Ning Fa attended gatherings of the Cheng Family's core figures and Huayu Sect's elite disciples, where he exchanged cultivation insights and obtained useful spiritual items.
• Ning Fa and Cheng Susu moved into Green Bamboo Courtyard, where Ning Fa focused on cultivation and alchemy while living with her.
• Ning Fa discovered that Liu Qinghui had also become his neighbor in Green Feather District.

Ning Fa left Black Marsh Immortal City with Ji Minxiong to retrieve a five-hundred-year-old Emperor Sap Fruit from Illusory Thunder Cave. After crossing the dangerous Thunderflame Sea, they found the cave’s entrance beneath the water.

• Liu Qinghui secretly used the Silver Heart Ring to approach Ning Fa, but he stopped her and reminded her that he was married.
• A Flying Sword Message from Ji Minxiong reminded Ning Fa of their agreement to travel to Illusory Thunder Cave.
• Ning Fa told Cheng Ziyi about the journey, and she approved of him accompanying Ji Minxiong.
• Ji Minxiong explained that he wanted Ning Fa to retrieve an Emperor Sap Fruit and gave him a Thunder-Repelling Feather Robe for protection.
• After ten days of travel, Ning Fa and Ji Minxiong reached the Thunderflame Sea and descended through its dangerous waters toward Illusory Thunder Cave.

Ning Fa entered Illusory Thunder Cave, collected Emperor Sap Fruits, and reached its third layer, where he found a dead Kirin-like beast. The beast activated a formation, trapped him, and revealed that it wanted Ning Fa’s Hidden Lightning Body.

• Ning Fa entered Illusory Thunder Cave and collected Emperor Sap Fruits as he passed through its first two layers.
• Ning Fa entered the third layer and discovered a huge, apparently dead, Kirin-like lightning beast.
• Ning Fa tested the beast with his Lightning Whip but could not move it, and he sensed something was wrong with the formation beneath it.
• The formation activated, the cave passage sealed Ning Fa in, and gray lightning struck him without effect.
• A voice in Ning Fa’s mind said they had met before and declared that it would take his Hidden Lightning Body.

Ning Fa destroyed the remnant soul controlling Lan Yu, a wounded Blue Qilin Beast, and learned that her dying egg could be saved by his powerful thunder body. Lan Yu offered him the egg as a future spirit beast, revealing its True Demon bloodline and potential to become a fourth-rank great demon.

• Ning Fa recognized the blue beast’s aura from his earlier encounter in Thunderstorm Sea as it pursued him through Illusory Thunder Cave.
• The beast’s Spiritual Heart Divine Thunder attacked Ning Fa’s divine soul, but his Five Elements Thunder Mark erased it and struck down the evil remnant soul.
• Lan Yu revealed that she was a Blue Qilin Beast whose soul body had been possessed by the remnant soul for six hundred years.
• Lan Yu explained that her injured egg was nearing death and asked Ning Fa to revive it, offering him the chance to form a Master-Servant Contract with it.
• Ning Fa learned that Blue Qilin Beasts possessed a True Demon bloodline and could mature into fourth-rank transformed great demons.

Ning Fa agreed to help Lan Yu’s badly injured Blue Qilin Beast child using a method that would conserve his Thunder Body Origin, in exchange for Kuiyuan Thunder Liquid and a Thunderwood Palace token. After Lan Yu entered the egg to sustain it, Ning Fa refined the thunder liquid and advanced his Supreme Water Divine Thunder to the second tier.

• Lan Yu revealed that her child had an exceptionally powerful Qilin bloodline and offered Ning Fa Kuiyuan Thunder Liquid and a Thunderwood Palace token if he would help save it.
• Lan Yu explained that the token could grant access to Thunderwood Palace inheritance sites, then admitted she could not remember who had destroyed the sect or injured her.
• Ning Fa agreed to do his utmost to save the beast egg, while reserving the right to stop if the treatment consumed too much of his origin power.
• Lan Yu entered the egg to strengthen its life force, and Ning Fa placed it in his Spirit Beast Bag and told Little Ice to care for it.
• Ning Fa absorbed the Kuiyuan Thunder Liquid and, after six hours of refining, broke through his Supreme Water Divine Thunder to the second tier.

Ning Fa left the Illusory Thunder Cave after advancing his Supreme Water Divine Thunder to second-grade mid-rank, then returned to Black Marsh Immortal City and bonded with the Blue Qilin Beast hatchling. The Mysterious Scroll revealed that he could trace its bloodline back to the Azure Moon Heavenly Qilin Beast, a powerful spirit beast descended from the true spirit Qilin.

• Ning Fa transformed his Supreme Water Divine Thunder into second-grade mid-rank Dutian Nether Thunder and realized that another Divine Thunder of the Five Elements would bring him closer to forming his core.
• Ning Fa gave Ji Minxiong two Emperor Sap Fruits, and Ji Minxiong promised him a favor in return.
• Ning Fa returned to Black Marsh Immortal City, reported to Cheng Ziyi, and learned that the Cheng Family forces would head to the front lines in about three months.
• Ning Fa reunited with Cheng Susu, then soothed the injured Blue Qilin Beast hatchling with his Supreme Water Divine Thunder and formed a Master-Servant Contract with it.
• Ning Fa used the Mysterious Scroll to learn that four hundred Third-Tier Origin Points could trace the hatchling's bloodline back to the Azure Moon Heavenly Qilin Beast.

Ning Fa considered the rare bloodlines of his spirit pets, then gathered the materials needed for his Quasi Heavenly Puppet. At Immortal Ganoderma Tower, he met Madam Li and the third-tier alchemist Wen Ran, whose discussion of alchemy gave Ning Fa new insights.

• Ning Fa considered tracing Little Ice's bloodline and put the Blue Qilin Beast egg into his Spirit Beast Bag, then gave Little Ice a thousand-year-old Emperor Sap Fruit to appease its jealousy.
• Ning Fa asked Cheng Fu to gather the spiritual materials needed for Fanyuan True Liquid, and Cheng Fu promised to collect one set within a month.
• Ning Fa visited Immortal Ganoderma Tower after the Zhilán Merchant Guild obtained the Jade Luo Rubber he needed to refine a Quasi Heavenly Puppet.
• Madam Li sold Ning Fa the Jade Luo Rubber for sixty thousand spirit stones and arranged for him to meet Wen Ran, a third-tier alchemist of the Zhilán Merchant Guild.
• Ning Fa and Wen Ran discussed the art of alchemy for several hours, exchanging insights that deepened Ning Fa's understanding and inspired Wen Ran.