Chapter Summaries

Qi Ying tried to recruit Ning Fa into Huazhen Sect by offering him high status and resources, explaining that his Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder could help against Moke Sect. Ning Fa refused, but Qi Ying warned him that wars were brewing across the region, leaving him troubled by the threats to Jiang Kingdom and the Yunhuang Alliance.

• Cao Xian admitted he was a Huazhen Sect disciple sent to investigate Blood Heaven Sect and swore he had never harmed Ning Fa, but confessed he had leaked the recording of Ning Fa killing Peng Kun.
• Ning Fa kicked Cao Xian for leaking the recording and accused him of trying to force Ning Fa to join Huazhen Sect by provoking True Lord Tianyou.
• Qi Ying introduced herself as a Huazhen Sect branch altar master and offered Ning Fa second-rank elder status, a Nascent Soul master, sect resources, and a prefecture for his relatives because of his Evil-Repelling Divine Thunder.
• Ning Fa rejected Qi Ying's offer, and she left him a jade talisman in case he changed his mind or True Lord Tianyou came after him.
• Qi Ying warned Ning Fa that Heaven Sword Sect and He Yi Gate planned to oppose Divine Heart Sect, while forces from Feng Country and Liang Kingdom were preparing to invade Jiang Kingdom with Heaven Sword Sect's support.
• Ning Fa watched Qi Ying leave and grew deeply troubled by the coming conflicts.

Ning Fa learned that the Golden Rainbow Merchant Alliance was supporting the Huayu Sect to keep Jiang Kingdom unstable, and he received news that the Ning Family had destroyed the Xue Family. When True Lord Tianyou confronted him, she demanded that he marry Ouyang Qinghe and abandon his other Dao Companions, but Ning Fa refused and stood against her threat.

• Qi Ying told Wen Ran that Ning Fa had refused to join the sect, and Wen Ran explained that Master Yuan wanted to use Ning Fa to contact the Divination Grandmaster behind him.
• Ning Fa realized that the Golden Rainbow Merchant Alliance wanted to prolong the Huayu Sect’s survival and throw Jiang Kingdom into chaos, so he decided to prepare for trouble.
• Ning Fa learned that Ning Zhongjiu and Ning Huarong had wiped out the Xue Family, including Xue Zongyou, whom Hei Yu had killed after breaking through to Mid Third-Rank.
• Ning Fa remembered the unexplored secrets of White Flame Mountain and considered returning there before True Lord Tianyou arrived in Black Spirit City.
• True Lord Tianyou demanded that Ning Fa become Ouyang Qinghe’s husband and abandon his other Dao Companions, but Ning Fa refused and threatened to kill Tianyou and Qinghe if they harmed the women he loved.
• True Lord Tianyou struck Ning Fa with an icy palm, and Ning Fa countered with a lightning-charged punch before apologizing for refusing her demand.

Ning Fa helped Ouyang Qinghe undergo a treatment for the cold energy in her body, using his qi and blood to activate a costly pool of Essence of Wood Life. Tian You secretly added a Dragon Origin Fruit and sealed the pool, revealing her plan to force Ning Fa and Qinghe together.

• Ning Fa refused Tian You's proposal that he become Ouyang Qinghe's Dao Companion, but agreed to help treat her cold energy.
• A month later, Ning Fa and Ouyang Qinghe entered the Essence of Wood Life pool, and Ning Fa activated it with his qi and blood as Qinghe absorbed its power.
• Tian You secretly threw a Dragon Origin Fruit into the pool, unleashing its powerful qi and blood energy and its potent aphrodisiac effects.
• Ning Fa began losing control of his primal urges, but Tian You covered the pool with a jade-bowl artifact and trapped him and Ouyang Qinghe inside.

Ning Fa and Ouyang Qinghe’s union cured the cold energy in her body and greatly strengthened Ning Fa, while Tian You pressed him to make Qinghe one of his principal wives. After several more sessions of dual cultivation, Xiao Yu learned what had happened between them.

• Ning Fa and Ouyang Qinghe’s union consumed the Dragon Origin Fruit’s power, advanced Ning Fa’s body cultivation, and removed most of Qinghe’s cold energy.
• Tian You confirmed that Qinghe’s condition had improved, then told her she had chosen Ning Fa as her husband and sent her away.
• Tian You asked Ning Fa to make Qinghe one of his principal wives and offered him the Star Origin Hegemon Body Art and her support.
• Ning Fa and Ouyang Qinghe practiced dual cultivation several more times over the next month, completely removing the remaining cold energy from her body.
• Xiao Yu confronted Ning Fa with her suspicions and revealed that Ouyang Qinghe had told her about their relationship.

Ning Fa returned to White Flame Mountain and excavated the enormous boulder, discovering a dangerous fire restriction and a palace hidden within it. With Blue Lightning's Primordial Water Divine Thunder helping them pass through the flames, Ning Fa reached the hall and heard an aged voice invite them inside.

• Ning Fa traveled to White Flame Mountain and used his Law-Breaking Thunder Eyes to discover that the visible boulder extended thousands of zhang beneath the mountaintop.
• Ning Fa blasted into the boulder with Silver Lightning while a White Firebird fled inside, and Duanmu Yuan arrived with two cultivators before agreeing to mark the mountain a Forbidden Land.
• After half a month of excavation, Ning Fa found a red-blue fire restriction concealing what appeared to be a palace, but its flames injured his eyes when he tried to inspect it.
• Blue Lightning sensed something drawing it inside and used Primordial Water Divine Thunder to pass through the restriction, allowing Ning Fa to follow with Dutian Nether Thunder.
• Ning Fa and Blue Lightning reached a crimson hall, where an aged voice called Ning Fa a descendant of an old friend and invited them inside.

Ning Fa met Zhuo Li, the fading remnant soul of the Profound Fire Sect’s guardian beast, who revealed the Five Extremes True Flame Art’s origins and offered him its complete inheritance. After Ning Fa agreed to carry the sect’s Sacred Stone to its branch in the Nine Dragons Sea if he ever could, Zhuo Li warned him that a living successor was controlled by an evil existence and prepared to give him another item.

• Ning Fa discovered that the enormous blazing beast was dead and met its remaining soul, Zhuo Li, while Blue Lightning examined the corpse.
• Zhuo Li recognized Ning Fa’s Five Extremes True Flame Art and explained that it was the Profound Fire Sect’s sect-protecting cultivation art.
• Ning Fa and Zhuo Li connected the destruction of the Profound Fire Sect with the forgotten calamity that had also affected Lan Yu and Thunderwood Palace.
• Zhuo Li offered the complete Five Extremes True Flame Art in exchange for Ning Fa carrying the sect’s Sacred Stone to its branch in the Nine Dragons Sea if possible.
• Ning Fa accepted the Sacred Stone and received the art’s middle and final volumes from Zhuo Li.
• Zhuo Li told Ning Fa that a living Profound Fire Sect successor was controlled by an evil existence, then raised a hand to reveal another item.

Ning Fa received Zhuo Li’s Five Flames Lamp, Melting Flame Cauldron, and Jueyan, then left White Flame Mountain after Zhuo Li sacrificed himself to help Blue Lightning advance. A month later, Ning Fa saw Wen Xiuxin arrive at White Cloud Mountain alive and at the Early Golden Core stage, despite having killed her before.

• Zhuo Li gave Ning Fa the damaged Five Flames Lamp, its repair method, the Melting Flame Cauldron, and Jueyan, warning him that Fire Worship was an Ancient Spirit and might seek the Sacred Stone.
• Zhuo Li used his remains to help Blue Lightning form a cocoon and grow stronger, then disappeared as his lifespan ended.
• Ning Fa left the collapsing hall with the treasures and Blue Lightning, erased the nearby Duanmu Family cultivators’ memories, and departed White Flame Mountain as its eternal flames went out.
• One month later, Ning Fa saw Wen Xiuxin arrive at White Cloud Mountain with two others, alive despite his having killed her before and now at the Early Golden Core stage.

Wen Xiuxin, Liao Wuyin, and Lei discovered that the Five Flames Lamp had been taken and discussed seeking treasures from Pinghai Pavilion while keeping their Moon Reflection Valley plans secret. Ning Fa refined the lamp, subdued the White Firebird Jueyan, and then heard Ouyang Qinghe suggest they pretend to be Dao Companions to appease her mother.

• Wen Xiuxin searched the ruined fire temple and learned from Duanmu Yuan’s memories that a skilled cultivator had erased his relevant recollections before taking the Five Flames Lamp.
• Lei proposed cooperating with Pinghai Pavilion for powerful treasures, and Wen Xiuxin and Liao Wuyin agreed on the condition that they conceal their Moon Reflection Valley plans.
• Wen Xiuxin remained determined to recover the Sacred Stone while Lei and Liao Wuyin departed.
• Ning Fa returned to Giant Deer City, refined the Five Flames Lamp, and formed a mental connection with it.
• Ning Fa drew the White Firebird Jueyan into his Five Extremes True Flame Art and examined the Sacred Stone without finding anything unusual.
• Ouyang Qinghe asked Ning Fa to pretend to be her Dao Companion so her mother would not harm him.

Ning Fa agreed to become true Dao Companions with Ouyang Qinghe and learned that True Lord Tianyou might side with Feng Country if Jiang Kingdom’s invasion became inevitable. He then contracted with Qi Ying to refine Gale Thunder Talismans, discovering that their method came from a Silver Palace Heavenly Book fragment called the Spiritual Profound Talisman Scripture.

• Ning Fa asked Ouyang Qinghe to become his true Dao Companion, and she agreed.
• Ning Fa asked True Lord Tianyou whether the Golden Rainbow Merchant Alliance had approached her, and she admitted she might defect if Jiang Kingdom’s defeat became inevitable.
• Ning Fa met Qi Ying, declined her earlier proposal, and agreed to refine Gale Thunder Talismans in exchange for spiritual materials he needed.
• Qi Ying gave Ning Fa materials for nine Gale Thunder Talismans and the complete refining method after they signed a spirit contract requiring secrecy about his role.
• Ning Fa used the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book and discovered that the Gale Thunder Talisman method traced back to the Spiritual Profound Talisman Scripture.
• Ning Fa examined his other Silver Palace Heavenly Book page and learned that it was the Mystic Clear Thunder Canon, which could replenish the Heavenly Book with six hundred Second-Tier Origin Points.

Ning Fa studied the Mystic Clear Thunder Canon and refined Gale Thunder Talismans while spending ten years in seclusion to advance his cultivation. As True Lord Tianyou sensed him approaching another breakthrough, she took Ouyang Qinghe to see him.

• Ning Fa decided to preserve the Silver Palace Heavenly Book page and seek other sources of Second-Tier Origin Points so he could decipher the Spiritual Profound Talisman Scripture.
• Ning Fa spent three months learning to refine Gale Thunder Talismans, then traded them through Zhuo Qing and Qi Ying for cultivation resources.
• After five years, Blue Lightning advanced to Third-Rank, while Ning Fa’s four spirit pets and companions brought his combat strength to that of a large Golden Core sect.
• Ning Fa ignored escalating conflict over the Purple Cloud Sect ruins and continued cultivating until the Huazhen Sect ran out of Gale Thunder Talisman materials.
• After another five years, True Lord Tianyou sensed Ning Fa nearing a breakthrough and took Ouyang Qinghe to see him.

Ning Fa advanced to Mid Golden Core and learned that the Cangyuan Cultivation World was in turmoil over alliances and a newly discovered Spirit Medicine Garden. He planned to visit his friends and family before spending half a year forging his Natal Magic Treasure.

• Ning Fa completed his breakthrough to Mid Golden Core after a dramatic storm and spent three days stabilizing his realm.
• Jin Hao awoke and urged Ning Fa to join him in exploring Moon Reflection Valley, but Ning Fa sent him back to the Spirit Beast Bag while he prepared to forge his Natal Magic Treasure.
• Zhuo Qing gave Ning Fa a Jade Slip detailing escalating conflicts among the Yunhuang Alliance's sects and the nations taking sides.
• Ning Fa learned that the Righteous and Demonic Alliances had fought over a Spirit Medicine Garden in the Ancient Ruins of Purple Cloud Sect, prompting four major forces to send Nascent Soul Cultivators there.
• Ning Fa decided to visit his friends and family before entering seclusion to forge the Void-Piercing Thunder Spear.

Ning Fa secured Huayu Sect’s alliance with the Golden Rainbow Merchant Alliance, bid farewell to Ling Yue, and entered seclusion to forge his Natal Magic Treasure. After five months, he completed the powerful Void-Piercing Thunder Spear and prepared to head to Moon Reflection Valley.

• Tian You told Ning Fa that Huayu Sect had basically decided to side with the Golden Rainbow Merchant Alliance, then agreed to provide the spirit materials he needed to forge his treasure.
• Ling Yue met Ning Fa beneath the Moon Radiance Heavenly Seal, told him she was leaving and might not return, and gave him a sachet as a keepsake.
• Ning Fa entered seclusion with Cheng Ziyi and Meng Ruoqi to forge the Void-Piercing Thunder Spear.
• Five months later, Ning Fa completed the spear, whose formidable power and potential delighted him, Cheng Ziyi, and Meng Ruoqi.
• Ning Fa decided it was time to head to Moon Reflection Valley.

Ning Fa reached Moon Reflection Valley with Jin Hao and discovered that the Moon Radiance Heavenly Seal’s celestial phenomenon was connected to the valley. After finding the side entrance blocked by a strengthened restriction, Ning Fa failed to break through it, and Zhuo Qing sensed something inside the valley calling to her.

• Ning Fa traveled to the Falling Moon Mountain Range with Jin Hao and relied on Jin Hao’s nose and his Law-Breaking Thunder Eyes to avoid its restrictions.
• Ning Fa and Jin Hao reached Moon Reflection Valley and saw moonlight pouring into it, leading Ning Fa to suspect that the Brilliant Moon Palace contained a supreme treasure.
• Jin Hao led Ning Fa, Little Ice, and Blue Lightning through a side path and down an abyss to a cave entrance in the valley’s outer formation.
• Ning Fa examined the white light curtain blocking the corridor and concluded that it was an isolated restriction strengthened by the Moon Radiance Heavenly Seal.
• Ning Fa struck the curtain with Silver Lightning but failed to break it, and Zhuo Qing emerged from the Blood Nether Token and said something inside the valley was drawing her in.

Ning Fa and Zhuo Qing attacked a separated restriction while, inside Moon Reflection Valley, Ning Daozhen and Bai Yeming prepared to use Ling Yue and the Golden Moon Banner to reopen the passage between Tianli and Cangyuan. Ning Daozhen revealed his plan to betray the Cangyuan factions and restore the Seven Saints Sect with Tianli’s help, leaving the ancient seal’s fate poised on their scheme.

• Ning Fa released Little Ice and Blue Lightning, and their group joined him and Zhuo Qing in bombarding the restriction around Moon Reflection Valley.
• At the valley’s plaza, the Brilliant Moon Grand Array’s light clashed with sealed True Demonic Qi, with the demonized Golden Moon Banner holding the forces in balance.
• Bai Yeming warned Ning Daozhen that retrieving the Golden Moon Banner could unleash the True Demonic Qi, and Ning Daozhen said Zhuo Qing and the Moon Radiance Heavenly Seal could strengthen the seal.
• Ning Daozhen admitted that he had exposed the Purple Cloud Sect ruins to distract Cangyuan’s cultivators and intended to keep them from benefiting from the Spirit Medicine Garden.
• Ye Ji insisted that the grand array would awaken Ling Yue’s Obscure Moon Spiritual Body, which Tianli needed to locate its world and open the passage.
• Ning Daozhen accepted Tianli’s promise to help restore the Seven Saints Sect, while recalling that the sect had once sealed the passage and now planned to reopen it.

Ning Daozhen and his allies used the Moon Radiance Heavenly Seal to awaken Ling Yue’s Obscure Moon Spiritual Body and bring the Realm Wall between the Cangyuan and Tianli Cultivation Worlds into view. As forces on both sides struck the wall, Wen Xiuxin, Liao Wuyin, and the man surnamed Lei appeared, eyeing Ling Yue and the Golden Moon Banner.

• Ning Daozhen began the plan at the Moon Radiance Heavenly Seal’s peak, and Ye Ji sent the sleeping Ling Yue into the Brilliant Moon Grand Array to awaken her Obscure Moon Spiritual Body.
• Zhuo Qing entered the Demonic Offspring Body and used a pale-gold banner to approach and take initial control of the Golden Moon Banner.
• Ling Yue’s Obscure Moon Spiritual Body awakened, and her crescent moon spirit lights helped reveal the Realm Wall separating the Cangyuan Cultivation World from the Tianli Cultivation World.
• Moon Essence Power from Ling Yue and force from the other side struck the Realm Wall, making it tremble as Ning Daozhen sensed intruders.
• Wen Xiuxin, Liao Wuyin, and the man surnamed Lei revealed themselves and watched Ling Yue and the Golden Moon Banner with greed.

Wen Xiuxin, Liao Wuyin, and Lei E attacked Ning Daozhen’s group to seize the Golden Moon Banner and Ling Yue, while Ning Daozhen’s side fought to hold them back. Ning Fa and his companions emerged nearby and found themselves drawn into the struggle, with Zhuo Qing sensing a connection to the black-armored woman.

• Wen Xiuxin revealed the Primordial Flame Fan, Liao Wuyin brought out the Black Soul Sword, and Lei E manifested his Black Thunderbird Dharma Aspect as the three confronted Ning Daozhen’s group.
• Lei E used a Fourth-grade Formation Breaking Bead to disrupt the demonic qi and prevent the black-armored woman from controlling the Golden Moon Banner.
• Ning Daozhen assigned opponents and fought Wen Xiuxin alongside Zhang Zhilong, while Bai Yeming and Ye Ji engaged Liao Wuyin and Lei E.
• Wen Xiuxin used the Primordial Flame Fan to summon a Fire Phoenix, which Ning Daozhen and Zhang Zhilong struggled to hold back with the Blood Soul Banner and their own attacks.
• Ning Fa, Zhuo Qing, and three beasts emerged from a hidden cave and saw the battle; Zhuo Qing said the black-armored woman was drawing her toward her.
• Ning Fa recognized the Golden Moon Banner as a likely Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure and decided to join the fight for it.

Ning Fa confronted Lei E, an Ancient Spirit incarnation who had pursued him before, while Zhuo Qing went to aid Ning Daozhen’s struggling group. Ning Fa overwhelmed Lei E with his thunder abilities and killed him, leaving the battle against the other Ancient Spirits unresolved.

• Ning Daozhen and Zhang Zhilong recognized Zhuo Qing as Xiao Qing, while the fire phoenix continued attacking their opponents.
• Lei E recognized Ning Fa and attacked him, but Ning Fa’s Silver Lightning Shield absorbed Lei E’s Baleful Thunder.
• Ning Fa transformed, summoned the Void-Piercing Thunder Spear, and countered Lei E’s attacks with his divine thunders.
• Lei E combined himself with the Black Thunderbird Manifestation and trapped Ning Fa’s Thunder Flood Dragon in Yin-Yang Twin Thunders, but Ning Fa broke the chain with Supreme Metal Divine Thunder.
• Ning Fa used the Thundercloud Sword and Void-Piercing Thunder Spear to destroy the Thunderbird Manifestation, then intercepted and froze Lei E’s escaping black mist.
• Ning Fa’s Purple Firebird swallowed Lei E’s frozen remains and killed the Ancient Spirit incarnation.

Ning Fa killed Lei E, but two Nascent Soul Cultivators appeared and attacked him while seeking the Ancient Spirit Core and the Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure. As one pursued the treasure and the other went to break the Realm Wall, Ning Fa followed, while the battles below paused and Ye Ji went to intercept the green-robed cultivator.

• Ning Fa used Jue Yan the Fire Spirit to kill Lei E, shocking Wen Xiuxin and Liao Wuyin and disrupting their battle.
• Jueyan spat out a Black Orb that reacted to Ning Fa's Mysterious Scroll, but a hidden attacker struck Ning Fa with a Gray Spirit Drill as he reached for it.
• Two Nascent Soul Cultivators revealed themselves, and the middle-aged scholar demanded Ning Fa hand over the Ancient Spirit Core.
• Ning Fa escaped their attacks with his Illusory Demon Steps and Extreme Wind Wings, but the scholar marked him with a Purple Crystal Soul Condensing Seal.
• The middle-aged scholar flew off to claim the Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure, while he ordered Junior Brother Xu to help break the Realm Wall and capture the woman with the Obscure Moon Spiritual Body.
• Ning Fa followed the Nascent Soul Cultivators, while Ye Ji went to intercept Junior Brother Xu and Bai Yeming stayed behind with the others.

Purple Crystal True Monarch seized the Primordial Flame Fan and demanded the Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure and Ling Yue, but Ning Daozhen revealed a top-grade Spirit Descending Talisman and powerful Blood Path treasures, forcing the opposing factions into a renewed battle. As the fighting began, Ning Fa intercepted the green-robed old man’s attack on Ling Yue and activated a powerful Thunder Spirit Descending Talisman.

• Purple Crystal True Monarch took the Primordial Flame Fan from Wen Xiuxin and demanded Ning Daozhen’s Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure and the woman with the Obscure Moon Spiritual Body.
• Ning Daozhen used a top-grade Spirit Descending Talisman to reach near Peak Early Nascent Soul, then summoned the Blood Spirit Seal and a projection of the Blood Heaven River.
• Purple Crystal True Monarch offered Wen Xiuxin and Liao Wuyin two Heaven Soul Pills to keep their cooperation, and they accepted.
• Hei Yu, Little Ice, Blue Lightning, and Zhuo Qing flew to join the fight, while Ning Daozhen and his allies clashed with Purple Crystal True Monarch’s group.
• The green-robed old man attacked Ling Yue, but Ning Fa blocked his strike and then crushed a powerful low-grade Thunder Spirit Descending Talisman.

Ning Fa fought the green-robed old man, using his thunder abilities to destroy the old man’s poisonous beasts and break his defenses despite the gulf between their cultivation levels. As the old man prepared a deadly sword strike, Ning Fa’s inconspicuous golden talisman unleashed a sudden burst of lightning.

• Ning Fa used his silver thunderclouds and summoned beasts to hold off the green-robed old man’s Poison Cloud and two venomous demon beasts, while Hei Yu, Little Ice, and Blue Lightning joined the fight.
• The green-robed old man released Bone-Corroding Worms, but Ning Fa destroyed them with his Supreme Water Divine Thunder.
• Ning Fa trapped the old man in Endless Thunder Prison, shattered his yellow bell treasure, and struck his Sea of Consciousness with Spiritual Heart Divine Thunder.
• Ning Fa restored his mana with two drops of Thousand Year Spirit Milk as the green-robed old man readied the black gourd’s sword qi for a lethal attack.
• The old man swept away Ning Fa’s talismans, but a pale gold talisman slipped close and erupted in dazzling golden lightning.