Chapter Summaries

After dual cultivation with Murong Zhaoxue, Ning Fa learned that his Five Elements Thunder Body could bring great benefits to them both, while Murong Zhaoxue invited him to join Fu Ling Hall. He remained wary, but the Hall’s connection to the legendary Ancestor Juelei and its knowledge of the Five Elements Thunder Body left him open to considering cooperation after he achieved Nascent Soul Formation.

• Ning Fa and Murong Zhaoxue recovered from their dual cultivation, which advanced his Divine Thunder and transformed her Thunder Phoenix Spiritual Body.
• Ning Fa considered killing Murong Zhaoxue to protect his secret, but she warned him that Fu Ling Hall could track anyone who killed a registered core member.
• Murong Zhaoxue identified Ning Fa’s Great Five Elements Thunder Body and swore a Heart Demon Oath not to reveal his secret or act against him.
• Murong Zhaoxue invited Ning Fa to join Fu Ling Hall as its foremost Thunder Scion and revealed that its founder, Ancestor Juelei, also possessed a Great Five Elements Thunder Body.
• Ning Fa recognized that Ancestor Juelei’s writings might help him, but told Murong Zhaoxue he would not consider joining Fu Ling Hall before achieving Nascent Soul Formation.

Ning Fa and Murong Zhaoxue reached an alliance after she accepted his restraint and agreed to help him obtain the spiritual materials needed for Nascent Soul Formation. She also offered to support his plan to enter the new Golden Abyss on Qiyuan Island, then initiated another intimate encounter with him.

• Ning Fa used the Moon Locking Technique to place a restraint in Murong Zhaoxue, then released her physical restraints and revealed his true face.
• Murong Zhaoxue offered to become Ning Fa's Dao Companion after he reached the Nascent Soul Realm and asked for the Feng Que Yuan Stone, which Ning Fa refused to surrender.
• Murong Zhaoxue explained the stone's connection to Daoist Yan Yuan, a former Fu Ling Hall Master who had reached the Shapeshifting Realm and helped hold back a Spirit Transformation Ancestor of the Zi Yin Immortal Dynasty.
• Murong Zhaoxue agreed to seek the spiritual materials Ning Fa needed and discovered that Dream Weaver Fairy had broken her restraint; Ning Fa failed to reach the woman by Sound Transmission Conch.
• Ning Fa asked Murong Zhaoxue to secretly assist him at the new Golden Abyss, and she gave him a token and promised to present him to Fu Ling Hall as her hidden disciple.
• Murong Zhaoxue told Ning Fa she would soon go to the Five Spirits Sea on a mission connected to descendants of the Zi Yin Immortal Dynasty, then pushed him down and initiated an intimate encounter.

Ning Fa prepared to travel to the Golden Abyss, where human and Sea Race forces were gathering to fight over the newly emerged spiritual land. As rival factions made plans, the Sea Race set a trap to capture him, while the Wangyue Merchant Guild hoped to obtain resources for its relocation and Mystic Jade Golden Pear.

• After dual cultivating with Murong Zhaoxue, Ning Fa learned that she would contact him through a token and began preparing to seek Geng Metal Divine Sand in the Golden Abyss.
• A month later, Ning Fa traveled aboard a Wangyue Merchant Guild Spiritual Ship in disguise as Zhou Yang, avoiding the Nu Tao Sect's party after learning Sikong Yuanlie had come to capture him.
• Luo Feixuan questioned why the Wangyue Merchant Guild was committing resources to the battle, and True Monarch Cangya explained that the guild had to support Qiyuan Island before it could relocate to the Five Spirits Sea.
• Sikong Yuanlie joined Nu Tao Sect leaders aboard their fleet, where True Monarch Mingxiao said Sea Race spies would help locate the human cultivator they sought.
• At the Sea Race encampment, Oren said he had come to capture Ning Fa rather than join the battle, and Aize predicted that Ning Fa would take their bait by hunting high-ranking Sea Race cultivators.

Ning Fa slipped through the battlefield to reach the Golden Abyss and break into a Sea Race mining island to obtain Geng Metal Divine Sand. He killed the island’s guards and found six liang of the sand, but still needed at least twice as much.

• Ning Fa used the human army’s assault as cover to sneak through the Heavenly Punishment Thunderwood Forest and return to the Seventh Layer of Thunder Abyss.
• Ning Fa reached the Golden Abyss and located the island holding the Geng Metal Divine Sand vein.
• Ning Fa released Hei Yu, who said the rich gold spiritual power gave him at least a fifty percent chance of passing his tribulation, and sent him to find a suitable place.
• Ning Fa used the Star Roaming Compass to pass through the island’s Fourth-grade Barrier and ordered Blue Lightning and Little Ice to leave no Sea Race cultivators alive.
• Ning Fa and his companions killed the island’s guards, earning him eighteen Third-Tier Origin Points.
• Ning Fa found about six liang of Geng Metal Divine Sand in the Late Third-grade Sea Race cultivator’s Storage Bag, but needed at least twice that amount.

Ning Fa hurried to gather Geng Metal Divine Sand before the Sea Race and Sikong Family could reach him, while Hei Yu underwent his tribulation in Golden Abyss and advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm. After Hei Yu transformed into a swift golden shuttle, Ning Fa fled with him as powerful pursuers closed in.

• Ning Fa sensed a tracking rune after killing Sea Race cultivators, then mined Geng Metal Divine Sand with Little Ice and Blue Lightning before the pursuers arrived.
• Aize identified Ning Fa at the Geng Metal Divine Sand vein, and Oren set out to capture him; Ning Fa later sensed a second tracking mark placed by Sikong Yuanlie.
• Hei Yu began his tribulation, using Golden Abyss's golden spiritual energy to withstand the lightning and ultimately break through to the fourth rank.
• Sikong Yuanlie used the Heavenly Wolf Star Seeking Great Method to locate Ning Fa and hurried to capture him before the Sea Race could.
• Hei Yu thanked Ning Fa for his help, then transformed into a golden shuttle and carried him away at great speed.

Ning Fa fled from Sikong Yuanlie and the late fourth-rank Sea Race cultivator Oren, then retreated into the Heavenly Punishment Thunderwood Forest with Murong Zhaoxue. Oren reached them, and Ning Fa, Murong Zhaoxue, and Hei Yu attacked him together as Ning Fa tried to remove the tracking marks.

• Ning Fa summoned the Sikong Family with a signal artifact and lied to Oren that he was Sikong Yang, but Oren continued pursuing him.
• Oren trapped Sikong Yuanlie in a water prison while Ning Fa escaped toward the Heavenly Punishment Thunderwood Forest; Sikong Yuanlie broke free and battled Oren.
• Ning Fa entered the thunderwood forest, where Murong Zhaoxue joined him, and he led her into its depths before attempting to remove the two tracking marks on him.
• Oren arrived, weakened by his battle with Sikong Yuanlie, and Ning Fa trapped him in the Endless Thunder Prison.
• Murong Zhaoxue transformed into the Violet Lightning Profound Phoenix and attacked Oren with purple lightning sword qi, while Hei Yu fired a storm of golden arrows.

Ning Fa and his allies fought Oren inside the Heavenly Punishment Thunderwood Forest, where Ning Fa unleashed the Chaos Divine Ability and gravely wounded the Sea Race cultivator. Oren and the battered Sikong Yuanlie both retreated, leaving Ning Fa victorious for the moment.

• Oren shattered Ning Fa’s Five Elements Divine Thunder and Murong Zhaoxue’s Thunder Phoenix Claw, while Hei Yu shielded Ning Fa and was wounded.
• Murong Zhaoxue used Violet Lightning Void Split to divert Oren’s blade aura, but warned that she could not repeat the ability.
• At Ning Fa’s command, Hei Yu used his life-preserving divine ability to create a Golden Halo that injured Oren before Hei Yu collapsed and Ning Fa placed him in his Storage Ring.
• Ning Fa activated his Chaos Divine Ability and struck Oren with Five-Colored Lightning, destroying his right hand and forearm and leaving a deep wound in his chest.
• As Ning Fa gathered another bolt of Five-Colored Lightning, Oren fled rather than face it alongside Sikong Yuanlie.
• Ning Fa turned his threat toward the injured Sikong Yuanlie, who also departed after witnessing the lightning’s power.

Ning Fa escaped his pursuers by breaking their tracking marks, then crossed the Desolate Sea toward the Five Spirits Sea. There he reunited with Su Wanwan, who gave him the Heavenly River Star Dew and offered clues to a Fire Spirit Essence Pearl in exchange for his help.

• Ning Fa used the Moon God Art with Murong Zhaoxue’s Divine Soul Power to destroy Oren’s and Sikong Yuanlie’s tracking marks, suffering severe spiritual costs.
• Oren and Sikong Yuanlie discovered that Ning Fa had broken their marks but feared his Five-Colored Divine Lightning and chose not to pursue him.
• Ning Fa and Murong Zhaoxue learned that the rival forces had made peace and agreed to share the Golden Abyss, then parted after promising to seek rare spiritual materials.
• Ning Fa traveled through the Desolate Sea toward the Five Spirits Sea and spotted Dream Weaver Fairy, who was Su Wanwan in disguise.
• Su Wanwan gave Ning Fa the Heavenly River Star Dew and offered to reveal two possible leads to a Fire Spirit Essence Pearl if he helped her with a favor.

Su Wanwan revealed her dual water-and-fire Golden Cores and contracted with Ning Fa for his help reaching Nascent Soul, promising to guide him to the Fire Spirit Essence Pearl first. As they hurried north, Su Wanwan warned him that Little Ice’s Ice Spirit Seal could attract the Ice Sea Demon Race, while a white-robed pursuer discovered that his Miling Mirror had stopped tracking them.

• Ning Fa’s attacks failed to reach Su Wanwan, who explained that her conflicting water-and-fire Golden Cores threatened her attempt to form a Nascent Soul.
• Ning Fa said his Divine Thunder of the Five Elements might help after he reached Nascent Soul, and he and Su Wanwan signed a Fourth-grade Spirit Contract with no guarantee of success.
• Su Wanwan offered to lead Ning Fa to one of two possible locations of the Fire Spirit Essence Pearl, and Little Ice’s Ice Spirit Seal revealed its apparent connection to the Ice Sea Demon Race.
• Ning Fa made Su Wanwan sign another Fourth-grade Spirit Contract to keep Little Ice’s seal secret, then traveled north with her on her flying treasure.
• A white-robed cultivator pursuing them found that the light on his Miling Mirror had vanished.

Nine years after leaving Qiyuan Island, Ning Fa reached Golden Water Marsh and infiltrated the Moon Gazing Sect under the alias Li Yan. He had gathered the materials for his Creation Thunder Pool and came to find the Silver Firmament Thunder Orchid he had promised to nurture for the Devil Master.

• The Moon Gazing Sect became the fourth Nascent Soul sect in Golden Water Marsh after relocating from Qiyuan Island and establishing its mountain gate there.
• After the sect's latest recruitment, Foundation Establishment cultivator Martial Uncle Liu escorted new disciple Li Yan toward a spirit medicine garden, praising his Spirit Plant Art.
• Li Yan was Ning Fa in disguise, using a technique from the Thunder Devouring Ancestor to pose as a weak Three Spiritual Roots cultivator.
• Ning Fa recalled that he and Su Wanwan had spent nearly five years searching dangerous locations before he obtained Melting Heaven Fire Essence instead of the missing Fire Spirit Essence Pearl.
• Ning Fa and Su Wanwan parted after agreeing to meet again once he achieved Nascent Soul Formation, and he spent more than three years gathering the remaining materials for his Creation Thunder Pool.
• Ning Fa came to Golden Water Marsh to find the Silver Firmament Thunder Orchid hidden there, after agreeing to help the Devil Master nurture one of the two orchids.

Ning Fa settled into a new post at Golden Water Marsh and secretly visited the Silver Firmament Thunder Orchids beneath Golden Water Mountain. He chose a separate hidden cave to build his Creation Thunder Pool, leaving him ready to begin the project.

• Ning Fa joined the Moon Gazing Sect under a disguise and was assigned to tend a Spirit Medicine Garden on an island in Golden Water Marsh.
• A departing disciple handed Ning Fa the garden’s Jade Slip and hurried away, while Martial Uncle Liu explained that the Cold Sword Grass’s icy yin aura made the post difficult for low-level cultivators.
• Ning Fa inspected the island, found a bamboo grove, built Green Bamboo Courtyard, and arranged a concealment formation around it.
• Ning Fa left Blue Lightning to guard the garden and traveled beneath Golden Water Mountain to the hidden cave containing two Silver Firmament Thunder Orchids.
• Ning Fa entered a second sealed cave through a crack in the mountain and selected it as the site for his Creation Thunder Pool.

Ning Fa completed the Creation Thunder Pool and began producing the thunder liquid needed for Nascent Soul Formation, then entrusted the hidden cave to Hei Yu. He returned to Spring Leaf Island in his Li Yan identity and joined Zhou Qing, Fang Han, and Wen Hui on an outing to Golden Water Market.

• Ning Fa used his gathered spirit materials to build the Creation Thunder Pool and placed his Fourth Revolution Nine Revolutions Thunder Lotus inside it.
• The lotus began forming Creation Thunder Liquid, which Ning Fa expected would take decades to accumulate as he continued cultivating and nurturing his Silver Firmament Thunder Orchids.
• Ning Fa summoned Hei Yu and ordered him to guard the important cave, then returned to the lake and planned to create a teleportation route between the cave and Spring Leaf Island.
• Zhou Qing, Fang Han, and Wen Hui waited near the Spirit Medicine Garden for Li Yan, who arrived and claimed he had been chasing a Flying Bamboo Rat.
• Fang Han invited the group to Golden Water Market, and Li Yan agreed to leave the garden with Zhou Qing and Wen Hui.

Ning Fa discovered that the Sacred Stone reacted to Wen Hui, then accompanied her and their companions to Golden Water Market, where they heard news of a major sect competition. The chapter ended when Ning Fa recognized Golden Core cultivator Jiang Xueting among two women arriving in the market.

• Ning Fa recalled that the Profound Fire Sect’s Sacred Stone had reacted to Wen Hui and suspected the special qi in her dantian was responsible.
• Ning Fa, Wen Hui, Zhou Qing, and Fang Han traveled to Golden Water Market and shared a meal at Pine Crane Residence.
• Fang Han told the group that the four sects might hold a competition next year, with Golden Spirit Profound Liquid among the prizes and the results determining how it was distributed.
• Fang Han explained that the Sword Ding Sect had gained a fifth Nascent Soul cultivator, leaving the Moon Gazing Sect at a disadvantage.
• Ning Fa recognized Jiang Xueting, now a Golden Core cultivator, as she arrived at the market with another woman.

After years of cultivation, Ning Fa reached the False Nascent Soul realm and used the Creation Thunder Pool to attempt Nascent Soul Formation. The heavenly tribulation arrived before he could leave, and he teleported to Spring Leaf Island to face it.

• Ning Fa saw Jiang Xueting with Ancestor Suyue and learned that Jiang Xueting had joined the Heavenly Evolution Sect as Madam Qingxia's disciple.
• Ning Fa overheard a masked woman order Suyue to nurture a Soul Lotus Seed using refined Golden Spirit Profound Liquid from Golden Water Mountain, and Suyue reluctantly accepted the task.
• Wen Hui became an Inner Disciple and gave Ning Fa and Zhou Qing porcelain bottles of medicine as Ning Fa's cultivation continued to advance.
• After thirteen years in the Moon Gazing Sect, Ning Fa reached the False Nascent Soul realm and entered the Creation Thunder Pool to attempt Nascent Soul Formation.
• One month later, Ning Fa emerged amid Five-Colored Lightning as a terrifying heavenly tribulation gathered over Golden Water Mountain.
• Ning Fa teleported from Golden Water Mountain to Spring Leaf Island, where the tribulation clouds followed him and he prepared to face them.

Luo Feixuan, Cang Ya, and the Moon Gazing Sect cultivators witnessed an extraordinarily powerful Nascent Soul lightning tribulation over Spring Leaf Island. Luo Feixuan recognized the person beneath the silver giant, and the chapter ended as the final five-colored thunderball collided with him, forcing the onlookers to flee.

• Luo Feixuan sensed an impending terror, and Cang Ya and Mingguang joined her as they noticed someone attempting Nascent Soul Formation in Golden Water Marsh.
• Wen Hui worried that Junior Brother Li was still on Spring Leaf Island, but Fang Han took her and Zhou Qing away after a patriarch ordered the disciples to retreat.
• Cang Ya, Mingguang, Luo Feixuan, and other Moon Gazing Sect cultivators watched the tribulation begin and were shocked when its first bolt proved far stronger than ordinary lightning tribulations.
• A silver giant shattered the first nine bolts with its fists, then used a Five-Colored flying sword to counter the descending thunderballs.
• Luo Feixuan recognized the tribulating cultivator as someone familiar, while the silver giant charged the final five-colored thunderball and Cang Ya led the onlookers in retreat.

Ning Fa survived the tribulation and formed his Nascent Soul, gaining immense power and a new innate ability. As the sect cultivators gathered outside Spring Leaf Island, he discovered that Spring Thunder had doubled his lifespan.

• A black shadow fled Spring Leaf Island and threatened to return when Ning Fa attempted Spirit Transformation.
• The four sects’ cultivators witnessed the Heavenly Dao’s recompense gathering around Spring Leaf Island, and True Monarch Cangya claimed Ning Fa as a junior brother of the Moon Gazing Sect.
• Ning Fa completed his Nascent Soul Formation, and his miniature Nascent Soul returned to his body.
• Ning Fa assessed his greatly increased mana, physical strength, and divine sense, estimating that he had reached the middle tier of Great Cultivators.
• Ning Fa examined his Five Elements Thunder Rune Pattern and learned that his new innate divine ability, Spring Thunder, doubled his lifespan.

After reaching the Nascent Soul Realm, Ning Fa discovered that his Five Elements Thunder Body had granted him powerful new abilities and revealed the arduous path to Spirit Transformation. He chose to use his sole strand of Innate Thunder Qi to begin opening the Sea of Lightning Divine Treasury for Supreme Metal Divine Thunder.

• Ning Fa learned that Spring Thunder doubled his lifespan and that Lightning Control could temporarily command nearby lightning-attribute beings or permanently control one.
• He found that his existing Innate Divine Abilities had grown stronger, including Lightning Escape and Chaos Divine Thunder.
• Ning Fa received the inheritance for Spirit Transformation, which required opening five Sea of Lightning Divine Treasuries and forging an Innate Five-Elements Divine Body.
• He learned that opening the Divine Treasuries required rare materials to condense Innate Thunder Seeds, though a more dangerous alternative could use lightning-attribute beings or spiritual materials.
• Ning Fa discovered that his Innate Thunder Qi could mature one Innate Thunder Seed and decided to use it for Supreme Metal Divine Thunder.

Ning Fa advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm and discovered that his Innate Supreme Metal Divine Thunder could temporarily raise his Heaven-Robbing Sword by a grade. Cang Ya and True Lord Mingguang invited him to join the Moon Gazing Sect, and he weighed the offer despite his enemies and other plans.

• Ning Fa absorbed the Innate Supreme Metal Divine Thunder, opening a Sea of Lightning Divine Treasury in his lungs.
• Ning Fa attached the thunder to his Primal Harmony Heaven-Robbing Sword, temporarily raising it from Second-grade High-grade to Third-grade Low-tier.
• Cang Ya, True Lord Mingguang, and Luo Feixuan arrived; Luo Feixuan recognized Ning Fa as Meng Yi, and he revealed his true name.
• Ning Fa apologized for forming his Nascent Soul on Moon Gazing Sect territory, but Cang Ya and Mingguang welcomed him and offered him a place as a Supreme Elder.
• Ning Fa considered the sect’s help with his search for Cangyuan and spiritual materials, then warned Cang Ya that joining could bring hostility from the Sea Race and Sikong Family.
• Cang Ya assured Ning Fa that the Heavenly Evolution Sect would prevent the Sikong Family from acting recklessly in the Five Spirits Sea, while Mingguang held back a response.

Ning Fa decided to join the Moon Gazing Sect as a public elder while secretly serving Fu Ling Hall, and chose the Daoist title Changning. On Spring Leaf Island, he revealed his identity to Wen Hui, Fang Han, and Zhou Qing, accepting Fang Han and Zhou Qing as registered disciples and Wen Hui as his personal disciple.

• Ning Fa consulted Murong Zhaoxue, who advised him to join the Moon Gazing Sect publicly while remaining a Fu Ling Hall cultivator.
• Ning Fa agreed to join the Moon Gazing Sect, chose the Daoist title Changning, and accepted Cang Ya and Mingguang's plans for his relocation and ceremony.
• Ning Fa met Wen Hui, Fang Han, and Zhou Qing on Spring Leaf Island and revealed that he was the Nascent Soul cultivator they had been seeking.
• Fang Han and Zhou Qing asked Ning Fa to take them as disciples, and he accepted them as registered disciples.
• Ning Fa accepted Wen Hui as his personal disciple after sensing the Sacred Stone react to her.

Ning Fa joined the Moon Gazing Sect and began planning how to advance his cultivation and gather materials for a powerful thunder armor set. At his Nascent Soul Formation ceremony, Sword Ding Sect cultivator Lu Hanyou challenged him, putting the Moon Gazing Sect in a difficult position.

• Ning Fa met the Moon Gazing Sect’s Core Formation disciples, then asked True Monarch Cangya to help find the spiritual materials listed in his Jade Slip.
• Ning Fa chose Moon Embracing Peak for his cave abode and planned to gather Origin Points at Skygate City while cultivating the Lightning Magnetism Primordial Light Art and collecting materials for the Divine Firmament Thunder Armor Set.
• The Moon Gazing Sect held Ning Fa’s Nascent Soul Formation ceremony, where he greeted cultivators from the Sword Ding Sect, Tianshui Gate, and Haiyun Sect.
• Lu Hanyou challenged Ning Fa to a sparring match without using his Natal Flying Sword, while True Monarch Cangya tried to defer the contest.