Chapter Summaries

Ning Fa used the partly restored Five Flames Lamp to withstand Sikong Yuanlie’s Mysterious Light Magic Gourd, while True Lord Tian Xu unleashed the self-destruction of two Spirit Treasures to clear the way to the Heaven-Piercing Spirit Treasure. Tian Xu was blasted back when he reached for the miniature lightning tower, and he prepared a scroll.

• Ning Fa activated the Five Flames Lamp, and its five-colored firebird clashed with the Annihilation Mysterious Light from Sikong Yuanlie’s gourd.
• Ning Fa’s Mysterious Pivot Chestplate blocked the gourd’s lingering attack, while Sikong Yuanlie despaired that his strongest strike had failed.
• True Lord Tian Xu activated the Bagua Diagram and Azure Mountain Peak, causing both Spirit Treasures to self-destruct and confining everyone nearby.
• Ning Fa summoned the Geng Metal Sword and unleashed his Innate Supreme Metal Divine Thunder as the explosions swept over the group.
• True Lord Tian Xu reached for the miniature lightning tower, but a strand of Crimson Lightning Fire blasted him backward, and he produced a scroll.

Yan Jingchen advanced to the Nascent Soul Late Stage, seized the Crimson Thunder Pagoda, and vanished with it after a mysterious woman intervened. Ning Fa was transported to a hidden valley filled with powerful fire energy, where he discovered an extraordinary Fire Rabbit and encountered a Maiden Phantom.

• True Lord Tian Xu used Ancestor Yan Yuan's portrait to repel the crimson lightning, but Yan Jingchen emerged from below having advanced to the Nascent Soul Late Stage.
• True Lord Tian Xu attacked Yan Jingchen with Red Lotus Karmic Fire, but Yan Jingchen extinguished it and flew toward the Crimson Thunder Pagoda.
• The pagoda bound True Lord Tian Xu with a Thunder Chain, and Ning Fa attacked Yan Jingchen with a Five-Colored Lightning sword as Yan Jingchen took the pagoda in hand.
• A mysterious woman formed a Hand Seal, causing Yan Jingchen and the Crimson Thunder Pagoda to vanish; Ning Fa was then swept away by crimson lightning.
• Ning Fa arrived in a fire-filled valley, saw a powerful Fire Rabbit and a vast formation absorbing flames, and challenged a Maiden Phantom that appeared nearby.

Liuying revealed that Yan Jingchen was the reincarnation of her master, Daoist Yan Yuan, and explained that she had brought Ning Fa to the Haolei Tower’s core to protect herself from being sacrificed to mature the Solar Essence Fire. She struck a deal with Ning Fa for his help restoring her, promising access to the Solar Essence Fire and a treasure left by Daoist Yan Yuan.

• Liuying told Ning Fa that Yan Jingchen was Daoist Yan Yuan’s reincarnation, confirmed by his breakthrough and awakening memories.
• Liuying revealed that the Fire Rabbit was the Solar Essence Fire and that Daoist Yan Yuan had used the Haolei Tower’s origin to nurture it, leaving her at risk of disappearing.
• Liuying asked Ning Fa to use his Five Elements Divine Thunder to restore her, offering him the Solar Essence Fire, help repairing his fire-attributed spirit treasure, and information about Daoist Yan Yuan’s great treasure.
• Ning Fa agreed to the deal and swore a carefully worded Heart Demon Oath after Liuying required his promise before explaining the treasure.
• Liuying asked Ning Fa to produce his Crimson Crystal Stele, explaining that it was necessary to pass Daoist Yan Yuan’s restrictions and reach the Solar Essence Fire and the great treasure.

Ning Fa and Liuying entered Daoist Yan Yuan’s hidden valley and discovered a second Primordial Realm Pearl, which merged with Ning Fa’s own. Ning Fa placed Yan Yuan’s Black Stone Slab into a matching recess, revealing a written record, while Liuying chose not to read it so she could preserve her chance to leave freely.

• Liuying explained that Daoist Yan Yuan had hidden the Crystal Transformation Stele for his reincarnation, and Ning Fa reflected on how he had obtained it by chance.
• Liuying activated the valley’s barrier, and Ning Fa used the Crystal Transformation Stele to open it before they entered the wooden house.
• Ning Fa recognized the gray stone in a jade box as a Sacred Stone; his own stone merged into it, and Liuying identified them as Primordial Realm Pearls.
• Liuying said Yan Yuan had fought a mysterious enemy over his Primordial Realm Pearl and left a record in a special object, but she did not know where it was hidden.
• Ning Fa placed the Black Stone Slab in the table’s matching recess, causing it to reveal a parchment covered in writing.
• Liuying declined to read Yan Yuan’s record because she feared it might make Ning Fa less willing to let her leave after she recovered.

Ning Fa read Daoist Yan Yuan’s record and learned that the Primordial Realm Pearl was a newly born minor realm, which Yan Yuan hoped to nurture to cross secretly into the Spirit Realm. The record also explained Yan Yuan’s schemes to evolve the pearl and revealed his hatred of the Brilliant Moon Palace, while the chapter left the circumstances of his discovery of the pearl to be explored further.

• Ning Fa examined Daoist Yan Yuan’s parchment record and burned it after reading its contents.
• Ning Fa learned that realms passed through six stages and that the Primordial Realm Pearl was a newly born Chaos Mustard Seed realm.
• Daoist Yan Yuan had planned to nurture the pearl to the Star Array Dharma Realm so he could exploit its connection to the Spirit Realm and cross over with an estimated fifty-percent chance.
• Yan Yuan sought to evolve the pearl using Solar Essence Fire and Tai Yin True Fire, planning to cultivate the first through Sky Furnace Fire Marsh and Sun Peak and the second with the stolen Ice Glaze Pearl.
• Yan Yuan stole the Ice Phoenix Clan’s Ice Glaze Pearl and framed the Brilliant Moon Palace, which he despised because of how he had obtained the Primordial Realm Pearl.
• Daoist Yan Yuan had found the pearl in the dangerous Illusionary Light Heavenly Domain, a void domain that opened to exploration only when its spatial storms weakened.

Ning Fa read Daoist Yan Yuan’s records and learned how he obtained the Primordial Realm Pearls, engineered the Zi Yin Immortal Dynasty’s downfall, and planned to reincarnate after Moon Chasing Immortal gravely wounded him. Ning Fa realized Yan Yuan’s legacy could help him advance his divine thunder and the Primordial Realm Pearl, then stored the treasures and wondered what had made Wen Hui react to the pearl.

• Daoist Yan Yuan’s records revealed that he had seized a Primordial Realm Pearl in the Illusionary Light Heavenly Domain and plotted the Zi Yin Immortal Dynasty’s destruction to obtain another.
• Daoist Yan Yuan described how Moon Chasing Immortal defeated him, damaged Haolei Tower, and reduced his lifespan, forcing him to nurture the Origin Fires slowly and arrange for reincarnation.
• Ning Fa recognized Brilliant Moon Palace’s possible connection to the Brilliant Moon Palace he knew and realized the Primordial Realm Pearl could help him cross into the Spirit Realm.
• Ning Fa saw that the Origin Fires could help him condense Innate Thunder Seeds, while his Divine Thunder of the Five Elements could advance the Primordial Realm Pearl.
• Ning Fa put away the Primordial Realm Pearl and Jade Hairpin, stored the Feng Que Yuan Stone table, and wondered what had caused Wen Hui to stir the pearl.

Liuying used the Haolei Tower’s power to repair Ning Fa’s Five Flames Lamp, and Ning Fa captured the Fire Rabbit formed from the Solar Essence Fire. The Solar Essence Fire was sealed and carried away by the Purple Firebird, while Liuying prepared to leave the tower’s Artifact Spirit behind.

• Liuying explained that she would use the restrictions’ Fire Spiritual Power and some of the Haolei Tower’s origin to repair Ning Fa’s Five Flames Lamp, and Ning Fa agreed.
• Liuying warned Ning Fa that the damaged Haolei Tower could not be seized and said she would leave its third-floor possessions for Daoist Yan Yuan.
• Liuying summoned Fire Spiritual Power into the Five Flames Lamp, gradually restoring its damaged areas.
• Ning Fa pursued the Fire Rabbit through the valley, then trapped it with lightning nets he had secretly laid during the chase.
• The Purple Firebird helped Ning Fa seal the crimson Solar Essence Fire in ice and swallowed it.

Ning Fa and Liuying escaped Haolei Tower with the restored Five Flames Lamp, while Yan Jingchen seized control of Lei Prison Mountain and confronted Fu Ling Hall’s remaining leaders. After True Lord Tian Xu unleashed an Immortal Extermination Bead, Ning Fa reunited with Liuying in the Sky Furnace Fire Marsh and prepared to pursue the Sea Race Nascent Souls he still needed to kill.

• Liuying prepared an escape spell, and she and Ning Fa vanished from Haolei Tower with the restored Five Flames Lamp.
• Yan Jingchen returned to the tower, killed the Mountain Lord of Lei Prison Mountain, and declared himself the new Mountain Lord.
• Yan Jingchen revealed to True Lord Tian Xu how he had evaded the Myriad Spirits Register, but Tian Xu detonated an Immortal Extermination Bead and engulfed the second floor in black light.
• Ning Fa and Liuying arrived in the Sky Furnace Fire Marsh, where Liuying entered the Five Flames Lamp and Murong Zhaoxue told Ning Fa that the others had escaped safely.
• Ning Fa concluded that Fu Ling Hall was likely doomed and headed east to hunt Sea Race Nascent Souls for the two hundred Third-Tier Origin Points he still needed.

Ning Fa joined the final battle against the Demon Race and Sea Race cultivators in the Sky Furnace Fire Marsh, then received Venerable Kong Qing’s invitation to explore the Ashen Abyss Fire Grotto. He left to raid a Sea Race mine before joining the expedition, while other cultivators discussed his strength and the challenge it posed to the Sword Ding Sect’s standing.

• Ning Fa arrived at the final clash in the Sky Furnace Fire Marsh and captured a Sea Race Nascent Soul, bringing his Third-Tier Origin Points to nine hundred.
• Venerable Kong Qing and Madam Min thanked Ning Fa and invited him to explore the Ashen Abyss Fire Grotto for Phoenix Flame Nirvana Fruits and Blazing Sun Fruits.
• Ning Fa agreed to join after taking three days to raid the Golden Vortex Tribe’s Tungsten Iron Crystal Mine, and Kong Qing agreed to wait.
• Kong Qing told Madam Min that Ning Fa had killed Qi Yan and might rival a Great Cultivator, astonishing her with a comparison to Devil Master Zhuang Mingxiao.
• The Golden Water Marsh cultivators escaped the swamp, and True Monarch Cangya said his injuries and age left him near death while expressing relief at Luo Feixuan’s advancement and Ning Fa’s strength.
• Ku Chen said Ning Fa might be Golden Water Marsh’s foremost cultivator, but the Sword Ding Sect Master refused to yield the title without testing Ning Fa himself.

Luo Feixuan discovered that she was Zhuo Yue’s reincarnation and met a Brilliant Moon Palace cultivator searching for the ancestor. After the human forces secured the Sky Furnace Fire Marsh, Nascent Soul cultivators gathered to claim rewards and trade, while interest grew in Ning Fa’s achievements.

• Luo Feixuan left the group and confronted the wounded Cao Yinghe, who had been hiding nearby.
• Luo Feixuan revealed her Moon God Heart, recognized Cao Yinghe’s Brilliant Moon Palace token, and identified herself as Zhuo Yue’s reincarnation.
• Cao Yinghe reported the Brilliant Moon Palace’s declining fortunes, and Luo Feixuan ordered her to conceal their meeting and placed restrictions on her.
• The human side won control of the Sky Furnace Fire Marsh, and survivors gained treasures and claimed the Heavenly Evolution Sect’s Formless True Origin.
• At a gathering in Skyvault City, Chen asked True Lord Mingguang to introduce Ning Fa, drawing the attention of everyone in the hall.

Ning Fa returned to Skyvault City after his exploits in the Ashen Abyss Fire Grotto, where his reputation and strength astonished the Nascent Soul cultivators. He obtained nearly four thousand drops of Formless True Origin and left to attend to other matters.

• Nascent Soul cultivators gathered in Golden Water Marsh praised Ning Fa’s battle record, while Pang of the Danxia Sect insinuated that Ning Fa might be badly injured.
• Ning Fa arrived unharmed with Venerable Kong Qing and Madam Min, surprising the gathered cultivators and frustrating Pang.
• Ning Fa recalled sweeping a Tungsten Iron Crystal Mine, defeating Sea Race cultivators, and exploring the Ashen Abyss Fire Grotto with Kong Qing and Madam Min.
• Kong Qing and Madam Min exchanged Formless True Origin for Ning Fa’s spirit items and gave him additional shares for guarding the Array Eye and helping in the final battle.
• Ning Fa received nearly four thousand drops of Formless True Origin, then took his leave after thanking Kong Qing and Madam Min.

Hermit Wuxin revealed that he was Fu Ling Hall’s secret Heart Hall master and explained why Tian Xu had chosen Ning Fa to lead the shattered sect. He asked Ning Fa to become Fu Ling Hall’s new master, after arranging for the sect to relocate to the Five Spirits Sea, but Ning Fa had not yet agreed.

• Venerable Kong Qing told Ning Fa that Hermit Wuxin wished to see him, and Hermit Wuxin arrived and asked to speak with Ning Fa privately.
• Hermit Wuxin revealed that Qiao Sheng had surrendered to Lei Prison Mountain, Tian Xu and Xuan Po had died, and Fu Ling Hall had suffered devastating losses.
• Hermit Wuxin disclosed that he was Fu Ling Hall’s Heart Hall master and explained the secret ties between Fu Ling Hall and the Heavenly Evolution Sect, including the Heart Hall’s role in protecting the sect during a crisis.
• Hermit Wuxin said Tian Xu had chosen Ning Fa as Fu Ling Hall’s next master if he survived, and Ning Fa confirmed that he possessed the Five Elements Thunder Body.
• Hermit Wuxin told Ning Fa that Tian Xu had gravely wounded Yan Jingchen and that he had moved Fu Ling Hall’s remaining forces from Leiming Sea to the Five Spirits Sea, but Ning Fa had not accepted the position.

Ning Fa agreed to become Fu Ling Hall’s new Hall Master after learning that the Tianshu Alliance would not move against the hall and that Ancestor Juelei had left notes for a Five Elements Thunder Body cultivator. Back at the Moon Gazing Sect, he traced several techniques and treasures to their origins and was shocked by the power described in the Nascent Soul chapter of the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture.

• Hermit Wuxin explained why the Tianshu Alliance would not mobilize against Fu Ling Hall and told Ning Fa that Ancestor Juelei had left special notes for a future Hall Master with the Five Elements Thunder Body.
• Ning Fa revealed that he came from the Cangyuan Cultivation World and asked Hermit Wuxin about a way home, but learned that the only known long-distance Teleportation Array was controlled by the Sea Race.
• Ning Fa agreed to become Fu Ling Hall’s Hall Master, and Hermit Wuxin arranged for him to attend the gathering at Kongming Island in one month.
• Ning Fa returned to the Moon Gazing Sect with Mingguang, Cang Ya, and Luo Feixuan, who soon advanced to the Nascent Soul Realm as the sect celebrated Ning Fa’s victories.
• Ning Fa used the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book to trace the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture, the Moon God Art, and the fused Myriad Swords Diagrams to their origins, then studied the scripture’s Nascent Soul chapter with astonishment.

Ning Fa studied the Nascent Soul sections of the Ancient Source Thunder Scripture and Moon God Art, discovering powerful paths for advancing his Divine Firmament Manifestation and Moon God Heart. He considered the resources and opportunities ahead, including completing his Thunder Armor Set, and suspected the Source-Crossing Heavenly Book charged fewer points to trace cultivation arts than solid spiritual treasures.

• Ning Fa learned that transforming the Divine Firmament Manifestation required vast Body Refining Spiritual Materials and lightning-art comprehension, but could greatly strengthen him and improve his chances of breaking through.
• Ning Fa read about the Thunder Extreme Dharma Body, the Divine Firmament Manifestation's final stage, and the Divine Firmament Thunder Armor Set's ability to temporarily raise the manifestation by one stage.
• Ning Fa counted the five components he had gathered and planned to forge the remaining four with help from Fu Ling Hall and the Heavenly Evolution Sect.
• Ning Fa studied the Moon God Art and learned how its later stages could strengthen his divine soul, create a second Nascent Soul, and grant a chance at reincarnation through the Immortal Moon Body.
• Ning Fa recognized the Heavenly Moon Void God Diagram as the visualization method needed to advance the Moon God Heart and understood why the Sikong Family had pursued him.
• Ning Fa judged both cultivation arts to be among the finest heaven-grade arts and wondered why tracing their origins had cost so few three-source points.

Ning Fa explored the Sword Soul Pearl Space and watched a Sword Puppet demonstrate how to condense sword intent, but his attempt exhausted much of his Divine Soul Power. After improving his Divine Thunder and deciding to remain with the Moon Gazing Sect, he returned to find his disciples waiting and rewarded Fang Han and Zhou Qing with spiritual artifacts.

• Ning Fa entered the Sword Soul Pearl Space, discovered a rope restraining him, and inferred that he needed to comprehend Condensing Sword into Intent to sever it.
• A Sword Puppet appeared, demonstrated forming a sword of light and cutting its rope, and Ning Fa learned he could summon it once every ten days.
• Ning Fa tried to imitate the demonstration, failed, and left the space after losing nearly half his Divine Soul Power.
• Ning Fa absorbed Formless True Origin and Blazing Sun Fruits, improving several grades of his Divine Thunder.
• Ning Fa told Cang Ya that he was an elder of Fu Ling Hall, and Cang Ya urged him to stay in the Moon Gazing Sect.
• Ning Fa met his disciples Wen Hui, Fang Han, and Zhou Qing, then rewarded Fang Han and Zhou Qing with spiritual artifacts.

Ning Fa learned that Su Yu’s Void Soul Lotus could aid his Moon God Heart and made her his disciple, then set out to become Fu Ling Hall’s Hall Master on Kongming Island. A jade hairpin associated with the Moon Chasing Immortal reacted on the way, leading Ning Fa to suspect she had reincarnated within the Moon Gazing Sect, while Luo Feixuan experienced an unexplained cultivation phenomenon.

• Ning Fa gave Wen Hui four treasures and resolved to help her reach Foundation Establishment so he could observe the vortex in her dantian.
• After learning the Void Soul Lotus’s origins and value from Madam Mingluo’s memories, Ning Fa made Su Yu his disciple and promised to help her reach Nascent Soul Formation.
• Ning Fa learned that the Void Soul Lotus came from the dangerous Nightmare Soul Abyss and planned to explore it after returning to Cangyuan.
• As Ning Fa traveled to Kongming Island to assume the Fu Ling Hall Hall Master position, the Moon Chasing Immortal’s jade hairpin reacted, and he suspected she had reincarnated as someone in the Moon Gazing Sect.
• Luo Feixuan emerged from a moonlit cultivation phenomenon with a cloud-and-moon pattern between her brows, while Ning Fa arrived near Kongming Island and met Hermit Wuxin.

Ning Fa was formally appointed Fu Ling Hall’s new Hall Master and took up the Thunder King Scepter. He demonstrated overwhelming power before the assembled disciples, ending with a giant lightning palm striking the sea.

• Ning Fa arrived at Fu Ling Hall’s summit with Hermit Wuxin and faced the gathered disciples and elders.
• Hermit Wuxin revealed True Lord Tian Xu’s final command appointing Ning Fa as Hall Master and handed him the Thunder King Scepter.
• Ning Fa accepted the scepter as the disciples greeted him, though their response was hesitant.
• Ning Fa released his Spiritual Pressure and manifested a hundred-zhang Thunder Giant, frightening the gathered cultivators.
• Ning Fa’s Thunder Giant struck the sea with a colossal lightning palm, raising a gigantic wave.

Ning Fa took over as Hall Master of Fu Ling Hall and received Ancestor Juelei’s letter and the Zhou Tian Lei Yan Mirror. After learning that the Heavenly Evolution Sect had lost contact with Moluo Space, he considered a possible link to Yun Jin’s plans but remained focused on traveling to Yuheng Sea and then the Jinchuan Archipelago.

• Ning Fa shattered a massive frozen wave with the Thunder King Scepter, then declared himself Hall Master of Fu Ling Hall and won the disciples’ acclaim.
• Hermit Wuxin gave Ning Fa Ancestor Juelei’s handwritten letter and the Zhou Tian Lei Yan Mirror, then provided a token for a teleportation array to Yuheng Sea.
• Hermit Wuxin told Ning Fa that remnants of the Zi Yin Immortal Dynasty had entered Moluo Space, threatening the seal on an Ancient Demon Altar, and hurried back to the Heavenly Evolution Sect.
• Ning Fa suspected Yun Jin’s intended expedition to the Sky Furnace Fire Marsh might be connected to entering Moluo Space, but set the matter aside.
• Ning Fa planned to arrange Fu Ling Hall’s affairs before traveling to Yuheng Sea to find Chu Nianyao and then to the Jinchuan Archipelago to meet Fairy Yuanxing.

Ning Fa appointed Murong Zhaoxue to lead the Punishment Hall and entrusted her with searching for rare spiritual materials before opening Ancestor Juelei's handwritten record. The record revealed the origin of the Human Realm's declining spiritual energy and left Ning Fa with clues about a Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure and a mysterious battle at Mi Tian Valley.

• Ning Fa and Murong Zhaoxue agreed that she would become Punishment Hall Master and that Tie Hengye would be a suitable You Hall Master.
• Ning Fa gave Murong Zhaoxue a list of rare spiritual materials to seek and resources to support Fu Ling Hall while he traveled.
• Murong Zhaoxue and Ning Fa became intimate, after which Ning Fa opened Ancestor Juelei's box with his Five Elements Thunder Body.
• Ning Fa read Ancestor Juelei's notes on condensing an Innate Thunder Seed, opening the Sea of Lightning Divine Treasury, and powerful Five Elements Thunder abilities.
• Ning Fa learned that a portion of a Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure had severed the Human Realm's connection to the Spirit Realm, causing its spiritual energy to decline.
• Ning Fa learned that Daoist Tian Yan's divided soul had recorded a final battle at Mi Tian Valley between descended experts and members of a mysterious race, though its outcome remained unknown.

Ning Fa learned that the Profound Heaven Moon Derivation Mirror was the treasure hidden in Mi Tian Valley and gained the Zhou Tian Lei Yan Mirror. In the Yuheng Sea, he learned Chu Nianyao had left to seek news of her parents, secured Jade Island for her friends, and set out for the Jinchuan Archipelago.

• Ning Fa read Ancestor Juelei's account of Mi Tian Valley and realized the Profound Heaven Spirit Treasure was the Profound Heaven Moon Derivation Mirror.
• Ning Fa explored and began refining the Zhou Tian Lei Yan Mirror, then decided to travel to the Yuheng Sea.
• Pu Cheng guided Ning Fa to Jade Island, where Qi Ran and Liang Song told him Chu Nianyao had left with a mysterious woman sent by her mother.
• Ning Fa gave Liang Song a pearl to contact him if Chu Nianyao returned and learned that a powerful cultivator was trying to force them off Jade Island.
• Ning Fa arranged through Pu Cheng for Qi Ran and Liang Song to purchase Jade Island, then departed for the Jinchuan Archipelago.