Chapter Summaries

Ning Fa defeated Xiao Yusheng by revealing the prototype of his Divine Firmament Profound Thunder Dharma Form, while Ji Lianxing confronted Mo Yu and threatened to recruit Ning Fa for the Wushi Demonic Palace. Xiao Yusheng conceded, and Ning Fa left the battle victorious after demonstrating his power to strengthen his sect’s reputation and improve his ranking.

• Ning Fa fought off Xiao Yusheng’s endless sandstorms and sandstorm beasts with his silver lightning.
• Mo Yu left Fairy Suxian and met Ji Lianxing, who demanded that he return to the Wushi Demonic Palace.
• Mo Yu refused to return, so Ji Lianxing threatened to recruit Ning Fa instead before vanishing.
• Ning Fa summoned the prototype of his Divine Firmament Profound Thunder Dharma Form and shattered Xiao Yusheng’s enormous mountain attack.
• Xiao Yusheng conceded and departed, while Ning Fa explained that he had revealed his trump card to bolster his sect and seek a higher ranking.

Ning Fa’s decisive victory led the Star Ranking to raise him from twenty-fifth to fifteenth, drawing attention across the Cangyuan Cultivation World. After Ji Minxiong left the Huayu Sect, Ning Fa agreed to have the sect publicly disavow him while searching for him privately, then prepared to travel to Zhenhai City in response to Divine Maiden Zhu Lingyun’s summons.

• Ning Fa’s strength impressed the Nascent Soul Cultivators, and news of his victory over Xiao Yusheng spread throughout the cultivation world.
• Three months later, the Ling Shu Pavilion Star Ranking rose Ning Fa from twenty-fifth to fifteenth, prompting major powers to investigate him.
• Ji Minxiong left the Huayu Sect, and Ning Fa agreed to announce that Ji had stolen a sect treasure while privately sending people to find him.
• Divine Maiden Zhu Lingyun contacted Ning Fa through the Divine Heart Token and asked him to come to Zhenhai City as their one-year deadline approached.
• Ning Fa agreed to set out and informed his wives and concubines, including the pregnant Cheng Susu.

Ning Fa traveled toward Zhenhai City for its upcoming auction and joined Tianyin Pavilion’s group after meeting them near Shenwu City. After receiving a message from Zhu Lingyun and discussing possible trade ties with Wu Hong, he settled into an inn, where Mo Yu arrived with something serious to discuss.

• Ning Fa recalled Zhenhai City’s importance and approached Shenwu City to use its teleportation array on his way to the auction.
• Ning Fa encountered Fairy Miaoyin and the Tianyin Pavilion cultivators, accepted Mo Yu’s invitation, and traveled with them toward the city.
• Wu Hong met the group at Shenwu City’s gate, gave Ning Fa a Jade Slip with directions to find Zhu Lingyun in Zhenhai City, and offered to help his family’s merchant guild expand into Wu Kingdom.
• Ning Fa entered Shenwu City, found an inn, and began cultivating for the night.
• Mo Yu knocked on Ning Fa’s door and said he had something serious to discuss.

Mo Yu revealed to Ning Fa that his true name was Ji Chengxuan, a fugitive from Wushi Demonic Palace who feared the Demonic Sound Sect would attack Tianyin Pavilion on its journey to Zhenhai City. Ning Fa agreed to help within his abilities, accepted the Miyangzi Pill Scripture instead of Ji Chengxuan’s other payment, and then joined the Tianyin Pavilion group to travel onward after the Star Ranking refresh left him in fifteenth place.

• Mo Yu told Ning Fa that Tianyin Pavilion had once been a branch of the Demonic Sound Sect and that he suspected the sect would target them during their trip to Zhenhai City.
• Mo Yu disclosed that he was Ji Chengxuan, formerly of Wushi Demonic Palace, and that Ji Lianxing was his elder sister.
• Ji Chengxuan offered Ning Fa his savings for protection, but Ning Fa agreed to help only within his abilities and kept the Miyangzi Pill Scripture while returning the rest.
• Ning Fa examined the pill scripture’s valuable formulas, including pills suited to Golden Core cultivators and the rare Infant Transformation Pill.
• The Ling Shu Pavilion Star Ranking refreshed, placing Ning Fa fifteenth as on the previous list, while onlookers debated whether he could keep his rank.
• Ning Fa and the Tianyin Pavilion group boarded the medium-range Transmission Array and departed toward Zhenhai City.

Ning Fa and the Tianyin Pavilion party crossed the Black Night Fog Sea, defeated a ghost horde, and discovered that the Demonic Sound Sect had ambushed them. Su Wanwan demanded their Spiritual Sound Gourd and submission, but Fairy Miaoyin refused and called for Senior Sister Xue Jiang, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Ning Fa and the Tianyin Pavilion party entered the Black Night Fog Sea and were attacked by a horde led by a Golden Skeleton ghost king.
• Fairy Miaoyin destroyed the weakened Golden Skeleton with her Jade Flute after the group fought the ghosts for over an hour.
• Ning Fa detected a hidden Lightless Great Array ahead, revealing that the Demonic Sound Sect had laid an ambush.
• Su Wanwan and a group of Demonic Sound Sect cultivators emerged, including two Nascent Soul cultivators, and demanded the Spiritual Sound Gourd and Soul Contracts from Tianyin Pavilion.
• Fairy Miaoyin refused Su Wanwan's demands and summoned Senior Sister Xue Jiang.

Fairy Miaoyin revealed that Tianyin Pavilion had secretly brought True Monarch Xuejiang and the powerful Jade Li Spirit Snake, shifting the balance against Su Wanwan. After Ji Chengxuan exposed himself as a traitor and fled, Su Wanwan brought out a fourth-rank puppet and tried to persuade Ning Fa to stay neutral or support her, leaving his choice unresolved.

• Fairy Miaoyin revealed herself as True Monarch Xuejiang, and summoned Jade Li, a powerful shapeshifted white snake who could counter Su Wanwan's techniques.
• Su Wanwan claimed she had reinforcements, but none arrived; Ji Chengxuan tried to attack Fairy Miaoyin with a talisman before True Monarch Xuejiang stopped him, and he escaped in a shuttle-shaped form.
• Su Wanwan produced a fourth-rank puppet, restoring some balance between the two factions' forces.
• Su Wanwan offered Ning Fa rewards to join the Demonic Sound Sect, then offered him spirit stones and two cultivation cauldrons if he stayed neutral.

Ning Fa fought Su Wanwan’s mutated Lion Tiger Beasts and then intervened when Ning Xiang revealed herself as a spy for the Demonic Sound Sect. He spared Ning Xiang, leaving their complicated connection unresolved as the wider battle continued.

• Ning Fa pledged to help Tianyin Pavilion, and Su Wanwan summoned two Late Third-grade Mutated Lion Tiger Beasts to keep him occupied.
• Ning Fa defeated the beasts with his physical strength and Lightning Escape, killing both and collecting their bodies.
• Ning Fa headed to assist Jing Chen, Su Xian, and Ning Xiang as they battled two Mid Golden Core cultivators.
• Ning Xiang produced a Golden Talisman and prepared to attack Fairy Jingchen, but Ning Fa struck her first and exposed her as a Demonic Sound Sect spy.
• Ning Fa held back most of his strength, and Ning Xiang survived while recognizing that he had shown her mercy.

Ning Fa helped Fairy Miaoyin defeat the Demonic Sound Sect’s ambush, then parted ways with Tianyin Pavilion and met Ji Lianxing and Ji Chengxuan. Ten days later, he reached Zhenhai City and flew toward its gates.

• Ning Fa joined Fairy Miaoyin’s battle, helping defeat the Demonic Sound Sect’s fighters and securing the fourth-grade puppet for Hei Yu.
• Su Wanwan used the Soul Sound Bell to force Fairy Miaoyin and the Jade Li Spirit Snake to let her escape, ending the fight.
• Fairy Miaoyin thanked Ning Fa and offered him a favor, but he chose to continue to Zhenhai City while Tianyin Pavilion returned to its sect.
• Ji Lianxing invited Ning Fa to join the Wushi Demonic Palace, then left so Ji Chengxuan could thank him and ask him to keep his secret.
• Ten days later, Ning Fa reached the Immortalless Sea and saw Zhenhai City, then rode Little Ice toward its gates.

Ning Fa arrived in Zhenhai City for its grand auction, hoping to obtain rare Five Elements spiritual materials and other resources for his cultivation. At Yunxin Workshop, he learned that the Divine Maiden would meet him after the auction, while shopkeeper Zhu Jun offered to help him find what he needed.

• Ning Fa entered Zhenhai City as a Golden Core Cultivator and received an entry ring with information about the auction.
• Ning Fa hired Li Zheng to guide him around the city and explained to himself which rare materials and pills he hoped to acquire.
• Ning Fa paid Li Zheng and entered Yunxin Workshop, where a blue-dressed woman recognized him and led him to shopkeeper Zhu Jun.
• Zhu Jun told Ning Fa that the Divine Maiden had arrived earlier and instructed him to return after the auction to meet her.
• Zhu Jun invited Ning Fa to shop at Yunxin Workshop and said it stocked high-grade spiritual items for Golden Core Cultivators.

Ning Fa traded high-grade pills for scarce cultivation resources in Zhenhai City while searching for spiritual items that could help him reach Late Golden Core. After learning that the items might appear at a secret auction hosted by Pinghai Pavilion, he prepared to attend its Golden Core gathering.

• Zhu Jun exchanged Cloud Pattern Fire Crystal, Azure Spirit Heavy Water, and Sky Howler Ape blood essence for Ning Fa's high-grade pills.
• Ning Fa traded more pills and spirit stones with Zhu Jun for the items his Jade Slip listed, obtaining about twenty percent of his requested resources.
• Zhu Jun told Ning Fa that a secret underground auction and free-trading gathering would take place in three days, and invited him as a guest.
• Ning Fa learned that Pinghai Pavilion organized the auction and that it held separate gatherings for Golden Core and Nascent Soul Cultivators.
• Ning Fa searched Zhenhai City's high-end shops for Five Elements Spirit Jade, Jade Five Elements Spirit Lotus, and Five Elements Dawn Spirit Fruit, but found none.
• Ning Fa replenished many resources across the city, obtaining nearly half of the remaining items he sought and several more materials to strengthen his Five Elements Divine Thunder Origin.

Ning Fa attended a hidden auction in the Immortalless Sea, where he won a wisp of Abyssal Netherflame for four hundred thousand spirit stones. The auction then presented a rare quasi-fourth-tier Vast Sea Thunder Whale inner core, and Ning Fa reacted with surprise as bidding was about to begin.

• Ning Fa sold treasures to replenish his spirit stones before following Zhu Jun to a concealed island hosting an underground auction.
• Ning Fa and Zhu Jun entered the auction hall, where more than a hundred Golden Core Cultivators gathered under disguising gray halos.
• The auctioneer sold a Nine Infant Black Lotus for seven hundred fifty thousand spirit stones after demonic cultivators fiercely competed for it.
• Ning Fa bid four hundred thousand spirit stones to win a wisp of Abyssal Netherflame that could strengthen his true flame.
• The auctioneer revealed the inner core of a quasi-fourth-tier Vast Sea Thunder Whale and described its uses as a rare treasure.

Ning Fa watched a wealthy female cultivator win the Thunder Whale Inner Core and an Ancient Immortal Island Guiding Spiritual Item, while learning that the island might open within ten years. After trading for the Golden Rage Lion Heart, he revealed a Black Stone radiating immense demonic aura, setting off an uproar among the gathered cultivators.

• Ning Fa abandoned his bid for the Thunder Whale Inner Core after a female cultivator raised the price to one million one hundred thousand spirit stones, then recognized that she cultivated the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture.
• The blue-robed cultivator announced that Ancient Immortal Island might open within ten years and auctioned a Guiding Spiritual Item, which the same female cultivator bought for nine hundred and fifty thousand spirit stones.
• An old cultivator offered a Blazing Fire Bow, a Bihua Pill, and a Golden Rage Lion Heart in exchange for Thousand-year Spirit Medicine, and Ning Fa traded Cold Moon Grass and Guiling Pills for the heart.
• Ning Fa remained on the platform and opened a sealed brocade box, briefly revealing a Black Stone whose dense demonic aura caused the gathering to erupt in astonishment.

Ning Fa traded his Top-grade Demon Stone for a high-grade Five Elements Spirit Jade, then secured a thousand-year Five Elements Dawn Spirit Fruit from Pinghai Pavilion’s Zhong Lihui with a Gale Thunder Talisman and one million spirit stones. The Underground Trading Fair ended after his haul strengthened his prospects of advancing his cultivation.

• Ning Fa offered a Top-grade Demon Stone with twenty percent of its demonic qi depleted in exchange for one of three five-element treasures, and rejected a Top-grade Chaos Sin Crystal.
• Ji Lianxing appeared with a high-grade Five Elements Spirit Jade, and Zhong Lihui withdrew his competing Five Elements Dawn Spirit Fruit after she threatened him.
• Ning Fa recognized Ji Lianxing and traded his Top-grade Demon Stone for her Five Elements Spirit Jade.
• Ning Fa offered Zhong Lihui a Gale Thunder Talisman and one million spirit stones for the Five Elements Dawn Spirit Fruit, and Zhong Lihui accepted.
• Ning Fa returned to his seat with both treasures, and the Underground Trading Fair concluded two hours later.

Ning Fa escaped Ji Lianxing’s pursuit, while Shen Xinlan revealed that she was helping Yuan Cha Gate counter Zhu Lingyun by suppressing her ability to sense hostile intent. Ning Fa then attended the Zhenhai City Auction, where he acquired many rare materials and spotted Tai Bai Refined Gold, a key ingredient for his Creation Thunder Pool.

• Ning Fa burned away Ji Lianxing’s tracking technique and escaped, while Shen Xinlan stopped Ji Lianxing from pursuing him after identifying him as Ning Fa of Huayu Sect.
• Shen Xinlan explained that Yuan Cha Gate had promised her Myriad Spirit Heavenly Treasure Liquid in exchange for helping them deal with Zhu Lingyun, and that her River Diagram and Luo Book could restrain Zhu Lingyun’s Pure Spirit Heart ability.
• Ning Fa returned safely to Zhenhai City, refined more Third-tier Elixirs, and prepared for the city auction.
• Ning Fa attended the auction over several days, buying a rare Lightning Attribute spiritual herb and other materials that brought his collection to roughly eighty or ninety percent complete.
• On the sixth day, Ning Fa saw Tai Bai Refined Gold appear at auction, a vital material for the Creation Thunder Pool he needed to advance to the Nascent Soul realm.

Ning Fa and Zhu Lingyun crossed the Heavenly Cycle Thunder Restraining Array to reach Gray Luo Island, where they prepared to break its inner restrictions. Their rest was interrupted by another group of cultivators, and Zhu Lingyun’s acquaintance proposed that they cooperate.

• Ning Fa spent most of his remaining wealth to win a piece of Tai Bai Refined Gold at the Zhenhai City Auction.
• Ning Fa met Zhu Lingyun at Yunxin Workshop and accompanied her deep into the Immortalless Sea toward Gray Luo Island.
• Zhu Lingyun used the Blue Spirit Deer, with Ning Fa’s help, to pass through the gray mist sea’s Heavenly Cycle Thunder Restraining Array over three days.
• Ning Fa and Zhu Lingyun reached Gray Luo Island and planned to rest before tackling its seven layers of restrictions.
• A damaged black shuttle emerged from the mist carrying two Nascent Soul Cultivators and a Golden Core cultivator who also practiced the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture.
• The Nascent Soul cultivator surnamed Sun recognized Zhu Lingyun and proposed that their groups cooperate to break Gray Luo Island’s restrictions.

Ning Fa and the others joined forces to penetrate Gray Luo Island’s shifting restrictions, reaching the sixth layer after a year. Faced with thousands of moving Spatial Rifts, Zhu Lingyun studied their patterns and began using her Array Spirit to reveal a possible route forward.

• Meilan Fairy recruited Zhu Lingyun to help break Gray Luo Island’s restrictions, and Ning Fa met Hermit Qingyan and Meng Chong.
• The group spent three days finding and opening the first restriction, then broke through successive layers over the following year.
• At the sixth layer, Hermit Qingyan identified thousands of moving Spatial Rifts blocking the entrance to the final layer.
• Meilan Fairy and Zhu Lingyun persuaded the others to seek a safe route instead of retreating, and Zhu Lingyun observed the rifts for seven days.
• Zhu Lingyun summoned her Array Spirit and transformed it into blue light that began revealing the shapes of the Spatial Rifts.

Zhu Lingyun and Meilan Fairy simulated the Spatial Rifts and led the group through them to Gray Luo Island, where they discovered a lightning sea trial that only Ning Fa and Meng Chong could undertake. Ning Fa set out toward the island and easily fought through the trial’s Spirit Transformation beasts, while Meng Chong struggled behind him.

• Zhu Lingyun and Meilan Fairy spent three months simulating the Spatial Rifts, then found a safe route through them and guided the group to the next level.
• The group arrived at Gray Luo Island’s surrounding sea, where Hermit Qingyan’s spirit beast and the others’ attacks were struck down by Silver Electric Light, but Ning Fa’s and Meng Chong’s lightning powers passed unharmed.
• Two flying boats appeared, and a voice announced the Spirit Transformation Sea of Lightning trial; Ning Fa and Meng Chong boarded separate boats to reach the island.
• Ning Fa defeated the first silver Strange Fish with ease, while Spirit Transformation beasts grew more numerous and powerful as the boats advanced.
• Ning Fa used his Lightning Avoidance and Thunder Devouring abilities to keep advancing effortlessly, while Meng Chong fell into a difficult battle and slowed down.

Ning Fa fought through the Spirit Transformation Sea of Lightning, gained a powerful Artifact Spirit for his Void-Piercing Thunder Spear, and helped Blue Lightning advance by feeding it silver crystals. After reaching Gray Luo Island, he received a Purple Grade rating and the highest Purple Grade Reward.

• Ning Fa and Blue Lightning slaughtered the demonic beasts on the way to Gray Luo Island, and Blue Lightning grew to the Mid Third-Rank by devouring silver crystals.
• Ning Fa defeated a peak Third-Rank silver Thunder Flood Dragon underwater and bound its essence soul as the Artifact Spirit of his Void-Piercing Thunder Spear.
• Blue Lightning devoured the Thunder Flood Dragon's silver crystal, then returned to Ning Fa's Spirit Beast Bag to digest it; Ning Fa also found an indestructible black ring on the seabed.
• Ning Fa and Zhu Lingyun reached Gray Luo Island, where they found a huge formation and a white spatial opening in the jade plaza.
• The trial voice announced that Ning Fa had earned a Purple Grade rating and the highest Purple Grade Reward, enveloping him in a dense purple beam.

Ning Fa received a Thunder Brilliance Purple Crystal as his highest Purple Grade Reward, then joined Zhu Lingyun and the others at a sealed entrance on Gray Luo Island. Through the entrance, he discovered that True Person Cang Lei was trapped on Ancient Immortal Island and learned that Meilan Fairy and Hermit Qingyan planned to use Zhu Lingyun before turning against her; Cang Lei promised Ning Fa an item to help him escape the danger.

• Ning Fa obtained and stored a Thunder Brilliance Purple Crystal, a crucial material for forming the Divine Firmament Profound Thunder Dharma Form.
• Zhu Lingyun tested the white light hole, found it sealed, and began investigating the plaza's formation; Meilan Fairy, Hermit Qingyan, and Meng Chong arrived, and Ning Fa's ranking and strength surprised them.
• Zhu Lingyun and Meilan Fairy worked on the formation for three days until a phantom pavilion appeared, while Ning Fa sensed a summons from the white light hole.
• Ning Fa communicated with True Person Cang Lei, who revealed that he was trapped on Ancient Immortal Island's Thunder Roc Road and that Gray Luo Island's trial checkpoint had broken away from it.
• True Person Cang Lei warned Ning Fa that Meilan Fairy and Hermit Qingyan intended to exploit Zhu Lingyun's formation skills before dealing with her, and said he would give Ning Fa an item to help him escape.

Ning Fa learned that Meilan Fairy and Hermit Qingyan were conspiring against Zhu Lingyun, but their attempt to escape was stopped by the Town Brilliance Bell and an Instant Space Crystal. The crystal summoned the Yuan Cha Gate’s sect master, Yin Empress Huangfu Hong, leaving Zhu Lingyun facing a powerful new enemy.

• A silver wave erupted from the white hole of light after Ning Fa investigated it, and he pretended not to know why it had happened.
• Ning Fa secretly told Zhu Lingyun that a mysterious senior had identified Meilan Fairy as a Yuan Cha Gate member and warned that Gray Luo Island was a trap.
• Zhu Lingyun bound Hermit Qingyan and Meilan Fairy with white lotuses, then fled with Ning Fa, but Hermit Qingyan used the Town Brilliance Bell to block their escape.
• Zhu Lingyun summoned her Five-Colored Peacock, while Meilan Fairy revealed an Instant Space Crystal and Ning Fa attacked her with the Void-Piercing Thunder Spear.
• Meilan Fairy activated the crystal and summoned the masked Yin Empress Huangfu Hong, whom Zhu Lingyun recognized as the Yuan Cha Gate’s sect master.