Chapter Summaries

Xu Xuan learned the history of the Heavenly Leaf inheritance and planned how to enter its Grotto-Heaven with Nine Firmaments, while weighing the factions and ancient Dragon Lords connected to the coming expedition. He decided to accelerate his Divine Ability cultivation as he prepared for the Grotto-Heaven and the Golden Position contest.

• Xu Xuan questioned Nine Firmaments about the Grotto-Heaven, and she explained that Ancient Immortal Xuan Ye founded the Heavenly Leaf Dao Lineage with support from Heavenly Emperor Xuanhao.
• Nine Firmaments recounted how the Heavenly Leaf inheritance survived Xuan Ye’s death through Gu Che, Gu Sui, and Tianyu before perishing amid the fall of Xia, and she described Gu Che’s Chaos Qi item.
• Nine Firmaments said she would stay hidden while Xu Xuan acted openly in the Grotto-Heaven, joining him at its core to help seize the treasure and avoid attention from other factions.
• After Nine Firmaments and Yang Yuanxin departed, Xu Xuan considered the Immortal Sects’ involvement, possible Dragon King opposition, and how to use Chaos and Mystic Qi to speed up his cultivation.
• Xu Xuan wondered whether Heavenly Dreary Sea Dragon Lord had abandoned the Golden Rank to pursue Lesser Yang, and resolved to seek answers within the Grotto-Heaven.

Azure Leaf Sky descended into the Great Void, drawing powerful cultivators who waited for others to test its defenses before entering. Xu Xuan and several rivals made their way inside, while True Person Jianzhuo arrived seeking a way to extend his master's life.

• The dragonwood dragged Azure Leaf Sky down, and the grotto-heaven opened as its barrier and surrounding jia wood qi killed demons and cultivators.
• Tiantuo and Liu Xiaowen discussed the dangers of entering, then watched First Sea arrive in a lesser yin treasure carriage and pass through the barrier.
• Baoqiu used his White-Iron Treasure Square to enter Azure Leaf Sky, prompting other Purple Mansion cultivators to follow.
• Tiantuo used the Eastern Azure Dawn-Yang Branch to bring himself and Liu Xiaowen through the jia wood barrier.
• Bo Chang drove Xu Xuan into the grotto-heaven in a Bronze Thunder Chariot, while Li Shangmi and other cultivators entered behind them.
• True Person Jianzhuo arrived seeking something to extend his master's lifespan, despite his master's warning to retreat if he saw a dragon.

Lü Zhao confronted a Ji Earth woman who warned him to leave rather than seek the Fruit Position of Victory Gold, while Tiantuo and Xu Xuan entered Azure Leaf Sky and discovered its powerful treasures. The chapter left Tiantuo sensing that an exalted figure of the Ding Fire lineage was approaching.

• Lü Zhao drew his sword against a Ji Earth woman blocking his path and learned that she had been sent to ask whether he sought the Fruit Position of Victory Gold.
• The woman urged Lü Zhao to leave and wait for Eastern Radiance to open, then revealed that Feng Yan of Northern Liao was her younger clansman.
• Tiantuo and Xu Xuan entered Azure Leaf Sky and saw its vast Grotto-Heaven, supported by a Constructive Wood branch and a Greater Yang magical treasure.
• Tiantuo recognized a Dust-Sweeping Dao scion arriving at Purple Mansion Middle Stage and sensed a faint rumble of thunder behind him.

Xu Xuan explored the ancient Vast Wood Dao palace, discovered mysterious Profound Tokens and a Purple Mansion li fire, then moved to intervene when Guangshan and another cultivator attacked Yang Yuanyi. The chapter ended as Xu Xuan’s Thunder Formation trapped Guangshan and his sword intent bore down on him.

• Xu Xuan sent Bo Chang east to gather spirit treasures while he entered the Perching Nest Dao palace alone.
• Xu Xuan used his thunder ability to clear the vast wood aura and found three Profound Tokens at Qianqi True Lord’s altar; the Lush Forest Token transformed into a flood serpent and escaped.
• The remaining tokens changed into Mourning Nest and Divine Vastness, Qianqi True Lord’s statue crumbled to ash, and Xu Xuan joined the Purple Mansion li fire with his Heavenly Li Vermilion Battle-Axe.
• Xu Xuan discovered Yang Yuanyi battling Guangshan and another Immortal Dao cultivator, while Tiantuo and Liu Xiaowen watched from concealment.
• Xu Xuan concealed himself with the Cloud-Dream Guardian Divine Spear, then revealed himself after Guangshan detected him and attacked.
• Xu Xuan’s Thunder Formation struck Guangshan down, and Xu Xuan’s sword intent rushed toward him.

Yang Yuanyi and Xu Xuan overwhelmed True Person Yutai and Guangshan in the Bing Palace, but Guangshan survived the battle and escaped. Liu Xiaowen seized the Great Flame Horn Furnace before fleeing, while Tiantuo stayed out of the fighting.

• Yang Yuanyi attacked True Person Yutai with the Ten Forms of the Heavenly Crow, shattering her Dharma Body and forcing her to retreat.
• Xu Xuan suppressed Guangshan with thunder and sword intent, then split his Dharma Body with a Li Fire axe strike.
• A dark-red-robed cultivator arrived and attacked Xu Xuan with Ding Fire, giving Guangshan a chance to flee.
• Yang Yuanyi struck Guangshan with the Five-Demon Life-Devouring Halberd, but Guangshan used his Greater Yin mystic talisman to escape with his treasures.
• Liu Xiaowen intercepted Guangshan, burned him with golden-scarlet fire, and seized the Great Flame Horn Furnace before Guangshan fled.
• Liu Xiaowen departed with Xun Wind, while Tiantuo chose not to join the battle.

Xu Xuan and Yang Yuanyi confronted Dust-Sweeping cultivators over the Great Illumination Radiant Convergence Record, while Wei Peibai tried to recruit Xu Xuan with an offer to help him attain thunder. After the fighting, Yang Yuanyi appeared affected by his fury and opened the Radiant Convergence Palace, inviting Xu Xuan inside.

• An Xianhui confronted Xu Xuan and Yang Yuanyi over the Great Illumination Radiant Convergence Record, and Yang Yuanyi joined Xu Xuan against him.
• An Xianhui unleashed the Heavenly Decline Yin Candle, but Yang Yuanyi countered with a Sun Mirror associated with Demon Lord Jiaoyang.
• Wei Peibai blocked Xu Xuan and offered Dust-Sweeping’s help with his thunder Dao in exchange for his support over Cold Gate, but Xu Xuan refused and sent her away.
• Yang Yuanyi returned from his battle with An Xianhui in an unsteady state, his eyes and feathers shifting between vermilion and black.
• Yang Yuanyi used a golden-red fire record to open the Radiant Convergence Palace and invited Xu Xuan inside to talk.

Xu Xuan investigated the missing legacy of Constant Light and learned why Yang Yuanyi kept his distance from Yuanxin. At the White Radiance Palace, cultivators fought over Greater Yang treasures while Xu Xuan watched his disciple Liu Xiaowen flee under pursuit and discovered an exceptionally powerful golden vase.

• Yang Yuanyi explained that the Radiant Convergence Hall held no Daoist Canon and warned that the former holder of Constant Light might return.
• Yang Yuanyi told Xu Xuan that his Jiaoyang lineage threatened his blood kin, and asked him to protect Yuanxin without telling her why.
• Xu Xuan reached the White Radiance Palace, where its opened halls revealed a Sun Profound Token, a golden pouch, and a platinum ruler.
• First Sea invited Xu Xuan to join forces, but Xu Xuan refused to agree to his terms for dividing the treasures.
• Baoqiu seized the Sun Profound Token as First Sea moved to contest it, while other cultivators claimed the pouch and ruler.
• Xu Xuan recognized Liu Xiaowen with the golden pouch as Tiantuo helped him escape pursuers, then spotted a powerful golden vase in a side hall.

Liu Xiaowen fought Gold-Sunder while escaping White Splendor Palace with the Longflame Radiance Bag, then joined Azure Origin in a wind-assisted flight deeper into the Grotto-Heaven. Gold-Sunder and Huaman remained behind, and Huaman said Azure Origin would face pursuit from Good-Seeing Monastery and Maha [Thunder Execution].

• Liu Xiaowen used the Floodfire Beast Scroll and his Feather Fan to break through the formation while suppressing the Longflame Radiance Bag.
• Gold-Sunder confronted Liu Xiaowen and demanded the Feather Fan and treasure bag, but Liu Xiaowen fought back with Immortal in the Flame and the Floodfire Beast Scroll.
• Liu Xiaowen used the Divine Radiance Tower and Avici Fire Pearl to burn Gold-Sunder and suppress his Heavenly Horse Qian Disc, though Gold-Sunder survived.
• Azure Origin escaped White Splendor Palace carrying a golden scripture scroll and two precious pills, then urged Liu Xiaowen to retreat.
• Tiantuo borrowed Liu Xiaowen’s Feather Fan and used it with Wind-Restoring Retribution to carry them beyond the thirty-six Daoist palaces.
• Huaman confronted Gold-Sunder and said Azure Origin would be pursued by Good-Seeing Monastery and Maha [Thunder Execution].

Xu Xuan searched the Cave of Yang and collected several greater yang treasures before rushing to seize the Sun-Gazing Mystic Talisman. As a Golden Baleful Hou confronted him, Xu Xuan refused to retreat and prepared to fight.

• Xu Xuan collected Yangflame Luminous Dust, Heavenly Crow Feather Yang, an unfamiliar jia-wood spirit treasure, and the Heavenly Crow Presiding over Yang Diagram from the Cave of Yang.
• Xu Xuan saw First Sea besieged over the Yang Command and the Yu Hua Sword Immortal fighting his way out with the White-Gold Yang-Carved Ruler.
• The Offering Altar broke apart and revealed the Sun-Gazing Mystic Talisman, which Xu Xuan seized after cutting through the cultivators trying to stop him.
• A withering qi cultivator attacked Xu Xuan, but Xu Xuan struck him down and made the surrounding Purple Mansion cultivators hesitate.
• A late-stage Purple Mansion Golden Baleful Hou appeared and challenged Xu Xuan, who stood his ground and prepared to fight.

Xu Xuan fought Guyang, who used his demon star, baleful qi, and a linked corpse to lure him into a Howl-shaped killing trap. Xu Xuan broke out his three-headed, six-armed form and began overwhelming Guyang with his powerful body and spirit artifacts, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Guyang challenged Xu Xuan for the Sun-Gazing Mystic Talisman and attacked with [Hundred Calamities] and [Abyss of Grinding Light].
• Xu Xuan countered Guyang with thunder formations, sword strikes, Great Beast Water-Fire, and a Heavenly Li Vermilion Battle-Axe.
• Guyang concealed himself in baleful qi and used a drought-demon corpse to bind Xu Xuan before trapping him inside a Howl-shaped Dharma body.
• Guyang suppressed Xu Xuan’s thunder abilities and challenged him to a direct contest of flesh.
• Xu Xuan invoked [Jade Blood Heavenly Heart Art], transformed into a three-headed, six-armed form, and struck Guyang with his spirit artifacts.

Xu Xuan broke out of Guyang’s Howl-maw trap, defeated him, and claimed his head before flying away. Elsewhere, Wankong won the White Radiance Reverent Yang Command, while the other cultivators reacted to Xu Xuan’s display of Sword Intent.

• Xu Xuan used Sword Intent to trace Guyang’s true body and open a crack in the sealed Howl’s maw, then carried the baleful corpse’s head outside.
• Xu Xuan trapped the Golden Howl with the Year-Rectifying Peach Talisman, struck him with Li Fire and the Great Battle-Axe, and severed his head with Sword Intent.
• Xu Xuan sealed the head against dissolving into the Dao and tied it to his waist; the Withering Qi cultivator who had attacked him fled, and Xu Xuan sped toward the horizon.
• First Sea was overwhelmed after swallowing half of Yin Chou, while the Six-Eyed Shaman Cultivator carried him away and Wankong claimed the White Radiance Reverent Yang Command.
• Baoqiu and Wankong discussed Xu Xuan’s Sword Intent and his potential, while Li Shangmi pondered the sword art he had witnessed.

Xu Xuan entered the Thunder Void Dao Palace to investigate its inheritance and the Ancient Thunder Marsh, but the kneeling dragon corpse rose and trapped him inside the Main Hall. The corpse fixed its rotten eyes on him as thunder filled the hall.

• Xiao Dianqing and Du Shaosi examined the Thunder Void Dao Palace and discussed Xiao Dianqing's injuries and their sects' ties.
• Bo Chang arrived and ordered the cultivators to leave, claiming the palace as a legacy of dragonkind.
• Du Shaosi challenged Bo Chang, but Xiao Dianqing pulled him away when she sensed approaching thunder.
• Xu Xuan arrived, sent Bo Chang to wait outside, and entered the Main Palace after cautiously passing the kneeling dragon corpse.
• Xu Xuan found an Ancient Thunder Marsh in the palace, but the corpse rose, shut the Bronze Gate, and attacked him with thunder and lightning.

Xu Xuan studied the ancient Radiance Illuminating Marsh Thunder Dragon’s Divine Abilities and uncovered clues about the destruction of the Radiant Light and Heavenly Leaf lineages. When the dragon corpse attacked, he realized its strength was limited by its lack of life and essence, but its Returning Dao Pivot absorbed his Sword Intent.

• The dragon corpse demonstrated five Shock Thunder Divine Abilities, and Xu Xuan recognized that his Primordial Mist Sword Intent resonated with Returning Dao Pivot.
• Xu Xuan traced the dragon’s memories and learned that it had survived the calamity that destroyed Radiant Light before perishing alongside Heavenly Leaf.
• Xu Xuan comprehended Self-Reflection and its ability to refine life, essence, and Dao attainment, then began studying the dragon’s techniques.
• The dragon corpse attacked Xu Xuan, who escaped its grasp and recognized that its lifeless body could not sense Great Luo.
• Xu Xuan drew on ancient Thunder Marsh waters and struck with his sword, but the dragon corpse’s Returning Dao Pivot absorbed his Sword Intent.

Xu Xuan defeated the ancient Dragonkin corpse, gained a new bloodline and completed his Thunderfall Marsh Divine Ability before discovering the Complete Heart Tripod. As First Sea challenged him for the Chaos Qi artifact and ordered He Gui to kill Bo Chang, Xu Xuan prepared to test his newly advanced Sword Intent against the Dragon King.

• Xu Xuan changed his Sword Intent during his battle with the dragon corpse, shattered its Equalizing Things Dao Pivot, and absorbed its violet bloodline after it dissolved into the Dao.
• Xu Xuan gathered the ancient Thunder Marsh into his Inner Scenery and found a damaged Chaos Qi tripod in a side hall, naming it the Complete Heart Tripod.
• First Sea and He Gui broke into the Dao palace, and Xu Xuan healed the injured Bo Chang before confronting them.
• First Sea demanded the Complete Heart Tripod, but Xu Xuan refused and drew Lightning Flash to fight him.
• First Sea attacked Xu Xuan and ordered He Gui to kill Bo Chang, and He Gui began preparing his incantations.

Xu Xuan battled First Sea, using shock thunder, sword techniques, and the Complete Heart Tripod to wound the dragonkin. First Sea revealed the powerful Daoist figure sealed in his reverse scale and unleashed a deadly assault, leaving Xu Xuan facing a fight to the death.

• First Sea attacked Xu Xuan with [Lost Measure] and [Great Ruins End], while Xu Xuan used the Complete Heart Tripod and [Using the Strange] to resist and counter him.
• Xu Xuan escaped the pull of [Great Ruins End] with [Ride Without Blame] and struck First Sea with a thunder formation and compressed Purple Mansion lightning.
• Xu Xuan and his spirit artifacts overwhelmed First Sea at close range, then he used Mixed Thunder and the Fenglong Linked Drums to damage the dragonkin's dharma body.
• First Sea released a terrifying vast ren aura and transformed into a majestic white dragon, revealing a meditating Daoist figure and the [Void Sea] sword within his reverse scale.
• Xu Xuan manifested the Thunder Marsh Sage-Transforming Dharma Body as First Sea sent black tides and a crescent moon's murderous intent toward him, determined to kill him.

Xu Xuan fought First Sea, whose ancient Yin and Void techniques trapped him in an empty realm and suppressed his thunder. Xu Xuan broke through the trap by refining a Victory-Gold Treasure Mace with Mixed Thunder, then killed First Sea by cutting his white dragon body in two.

• Xu Xuan advanced [Thunder-Grasping Formation] by opening his Thunder Aperture, empowering Mixed Thunder to wear away rank and destroy First Sea's black tide.
• First Sea summoned the [Heavenly Ghost Shaman Body] and separated his white dragon form to battle Xu Xuan, while ancient Yin treasures and Void Qi pressed the fight in his favor.
• First Sea used [Vacant Celestial Stars] and the interaction of the Lesser Yin Treasure Chariot and Greater Yin halberd to isolate Xu Xuan, suppressing his thunder, sound, and means of escape.
• Xu Xuan recognized the Four Symbols' hidden structure and used Mixed Thunder to refine a Victory-Gold Treasure Mace, restoring a connection between the void and the outside world.
• Xu Xuan shattered First Sea's shamanic Dharma Body, then cleaved through the Vast Sea and cut First Sea's white dragon body in two.

Xu Xuan defeated First Sea but stopped pursuing him when the Dragon Blight emerged in the Grotto-Heaven. After healing and sending the wounded Bo Chang outside to watch for trouble, Xu Xuan examined a Thunder Palace talisman and questioned Heavenly Leaf’s role in the Thunder Palace’s destruction.

• Xu Xuan’s sword strike broke First Sea’s defenses, but a distant Dragon Blight forced First Sea to leave in his White-Iron Treasure Chariot with He Gui.
• Xu Xuan healed his wounds with Mixed Thunder and ancient dragon blood, then treated Bo Chang’s curse injuries and ordered him to guard outside the Grotto-Heaven.
• Bo Chang presented Xu Xuan with three treasures, including an Altar-Thunder Talisman that resonated with Xu Xuan’s thunder apertures.
• Xu Xuan let Bo Chang keep the other two treasures and sent him out of the Grotto-Heaven to relay news and watch for changes.
• Xu Xuan studied the talisman and wondered what part Heavenly Leaf had played in the Thunder Palace’s destruction as cultivators prepared to explore deeper into the Grotto-Heaven.

After escaping the White Radiance Dao Palace, Tiantuo helped Liu Xiaowen remove Gold-Sunder’s victory gold sword qi and examined Liu Xiaowen’s greater yang treasures. The two followed a burst of thunder to the Primordial Beginning Thunder Exposition, where a powerful Dragon King arrived and forced Liu Xiaowen to fear trouble.

• Tiantuo used a True Yang Dao Seed to separate the victory gold sword qi from Liu Xiaowen’s neck and identified it as a Yuejue flying-sword art.
• Tiantuo lent Liu Xiaowen the Great Wind Shaking Xun Fan and examined the Longflame Radiance Bag, then gave him a Yang-Honoring Pill that advanced his cultivation.
• Tiantuo swallowed a Dao-Truth Mystic Pill and noticed distant altar thunder and sky thunder, while Liu Xiaowen sensed an opportunity to find a cultivation method for his master.
• Tiantuo and Liu Xiaowen traveled toward the lightning and found the Primordial Beginning Thunder Exposition, a mystic-black pavilion guarded by powerful thunder.
• A figure in deep-purple dragon robes descended and drove back the gathered cultivators, prompting Liu Xiaowen to wonder why they had drawn the Dragon King there.

Lingming accepted Wei Peibai’s Eastern Lord divine warrant and sought the Thunder Palace’s methods, but Nine Firmaments ambushed him and took both his divine warrants. As Xu Xuan watched the Thunder Pavilion with other cultivators nearby, Nine Firmaments prepared to move faster, while an unknown Daoist shattered her spying gateway.

• Lingming declared that he would claim the Thunder Palace’s Daoist methods, and Wei Peibai gave him the Eastern Lord divine warrant as compensation for Lingji’s death.
• Lingming encountered Mu Youdu, but the Heavenly Inquiry Shamanic Sacrifice Method pulled him through a gateway into the Great Wind Mystic Firmament.
• Nine Firmaments overwhelmed Lingming, took his Eastern Lord and Lady of the Xiang divine warrants, and noted that only the Mountain Spirit warrant remained.
• Nine Firmaments used a gateway to spy on the Azure Leaf Sky, but an unfamiliar Daoist beneath the dark pavilion shattered it with a gesture.
• Xu Xuan noticed the distant Xun wind, sensed Tiantuo and his companion nearby, and realized several True Persons were watching the Thunder Pavilion.

Xu Xuan and the other cultivators entered the Thunder Pavilion’s secret realm to seize the Thunder Palace’s Daoist Canons. Liu Xiaowen obtained the Tribulation Law Thunder-Proclaiming Sword Explanation but was attacked, while Tiantuo faced Huaman and Thunder Execution at the entrance.

• Xu Xuan, True Person Baoqiu, and Changsun Jun entered the Thunder Pavilion after it opened, followed by Tiantuo and Liu Xiaowen.
• The cultivators discovered the pavilion held a secret realm where sky thunder spirits were struck by altar thunder and Daoist Canons appeared.
• Liu Xiaowen sensed the Tribulation Law Thunder-Proclaiming Sword Explanation and secured it while Tiantuo took the Firmament Thunder Orthodox Treatise.
• Gold-Sunder and a hearing the nether Purple Mansion cultivator attacked Liu Xiaowen, while Huaman confronted Tiantuo at the entrance.
• Thunder Execution of the Good-Seeing Monastery joined Huaman, and Tiantuo gathered the pavilion’s sky thunder as he prepared to fight.