Chapter Summaries

Si Chen entered the blood pool and used his vitality and Thunderbolt Grid to purify it while Red Bean held Black Mountain and Red Wind at bay. The Flood Dragon Remnant Soul invaded Si Chen’s consciousness, but when it mocked his ontological rank, a sun appeared behind him in his own domain.

• Si Chen planted Thunderbolt Spears around the blood pool, entered it, and used the Yi Wood Eternal Spring Art to push back the corrupted blood.
• Si Chen activated the Thunderbolt Grid to keep the maddened cultivators and beasts away, while Black Mountain and Red Wind began breaking through it.
• Red Bean transformed into a giant, fire-wreathed bird and distracted Black Mountain and Red Wind, giving Si Chen time to continue purifying the pool.
• The Flood Dragon Remnant Soul forced its way into Si Chen’s consciousness and dismissed him as weak in soul essence before attacking.
• Si Chen declared that the consciousness space was his domain, and a sun appeared behind him.

Si Chen destroyed the Flood Dragon’s remnant soul, purified the Blood Pool, and freed the humans and demons trapped under its influence. After they recovered and thanked him, Black Mountain led the group through the blocked passage to confront Lü Ci.

• The Flood Dragon’s remnant soul entered Si Chen’s consciousness, but the immense presence within his Origin Space overwhelmed and annihilated it.
• Si Chen used the remaining plant vitality to purify the Blood Pool, then kicked the dazed humans and demon beasts into it to cleanse them of its contamination.
• The humans, Black Mountain, and Red Wind regained their senses and thanked Si Chen for saving them.
• Red Bean returned to Si Chen’s shoulder and glared at Black Mountain and Red Wind for attacking earlier.
• Black Mountain smashed open the rubble blocking the passage, and the recovered group set out to confront Lü Ci with Si Chen riding on Red Wind’s back.

Si Chen and the demons charged through Dragonfall Land to confront Lü Ci, who had barred other cultivators from the cavern. They found a dead Flood Dragon with purple lightning crackling through its remains, and the chapter left Lü Ci enraged after Si Chen insulted him.

• Black Mountain led Si Chen and the demons through Dragonfall Land while ignoring the treasures in its chambers.
• Black Mountain destroyed Lü Ci’s sword formation, and the waiting cultivators rushed into the cavern behind them.
• Si Chen’s group found a giant Flood Dragon corpse with purple lightning running through it and an object pinned beneath its coils.
• Lü Ci was shocked to see Si Chen alive and recovered, and Si Chen called him an old bastard.
• Black Mountain praised Si Chen’s insult while Lü Ci turned purple with rage.

Black Mountain, Red Wind, and the demons attacked Lü Ci, while Si Chen sensed a treasure beneath the Flood Dragon’s corpse. Young Master Fang joined the fight to protect Lü Ci, prompting Si Chen to attack him and reveal his formidable strength.

• Black Mountain, Red Wind, and the demons charged Lü Ci to avenge Si Chen, while the outnumbered Elder Zhang and Elder Sun were wounded by the beasts.
• Si Chen followed the pull of his Nine Tribulations Thunder Body toward the Flood Dragon’s corpse and sensed something connected to yang thunder beneath it.
• Young Master Fang asked Elder Mo to help keep Lü Ci alive so they could claim the treasure, and Elder Mo joined the battle against Red Wind.
• Si Chen challenged Young Master Fang and attacked him with a Thunderbolt Spear after Fang defended his intervention as friendship.
• Young Master Fang drew his saber and clashed with Si Chen, but Si Chen blocked the strike without giving ground, shocking Fang with his strength.

Si Chen faced Fang Heng’s Limitless Layered Waves saber technique and adapted its stacking principle into a powerful Thunderbolt Spear thrust. After their clash left both injured, Si Chen asked Fang Heng whether he had a seventh slash.

• Black Mountain and the demonic beasts fought Lü Ci and the Flowing Cloud Sword Sect elders while Si Chen battled Fang Heng.
• Fang Heng unleashed his Limitless Layered Waves technique, with each saber slash growing faster and stronger than the last.
• Si Chen studied the technique’s layered power and combined its principle with his spear thrust as Fang Heng’s sixth slash descended.
• Si Chen’s spear struck through the sixth slash, and the collision hurled both fighters into the cave walls.
• Fang Heng spat blood in disbelief, while the gathered cultivators and beasts stopped to stare; Si Chen asked whether Fang Heng had a seventh slash.

Fang Heng, driven to desperation by Si Chen's strength, unleashed the Yin Corpse Banner and raised the ancient Flood Dragon's corpse. The Corpse Flood Dragon opened its eyes, and the cavern faced a new threat.

• Elder Mo tried to negotiate a retreat, but Si Chen refused to let Fang Heng and his allies leave.
• Lü Ci retreated to Fang Heng and Elder Mo as Black Mountain and the demonic beasts pressed their attack.
• Fang Heng revealed the Yin Corpse Banner and fed it his essence blood, summoning a vast cloud of black mist.
• The black mist entered the Flood Dragon's corpse, which rose with ghostfire burning in its eye sockets.

Si Chen and the demons faced Fang Heng’s awakened Corpse Flood Dragon, while Elder Mo trapped the spectators inside the cavern. After the dragon recoiled from Si Chen and turned against its handlers, Si Chen took the Dragon Pearl and prepared to confront Fang Heng.

• Elder Mo blocked the exit and killed Rogue Cultivators to prevent them from revealing Fang Heng’s defeat, while Lü Ci grew wary of being silenced next.
• Si Chen, Fang Heng, and the others discovered a Dragon Pearl beneath the Corpse Flood Dragon, and both Si Chen and Fang Heng decided to claim it.
• Fang Heng commanded the Corpse Flood Dragon to attack Si Chen, but the dragon froze when Si Chen greeted it and then struggled against the Yin Corpse Banner.
• The Corpse Flood Dragon turned on Fang Heng and Elder Mo, allowing the trapped Rogue Cultivators to escape as Lü Ci cautiously withdrew.
• Si Chen walked past the frightened dragon, picked up the Dragon Pearl, and put it in his Storage Ring before turning toward Fang Heng and Elder Mo.

Si Chen seized the Dragon Pearl and commanded the Corpse Flood Dragon to turn on Fang Heng and Elder Mo, stunning everyone who had believed it was uncontrollable. After Lü Ci rescued Fang Heng and pleaded for peace, Si Chen ordered the dragon corpse to finish the job.

• Si Chen pocketed the Dragon Pearl while Fang Heng raged at the Corpse Flood Dragon for attacking him.
• Si Chen told the dragon corpse to kill Fang Heng and Elder Mo, and it obeyed, breaking free of the Yin Corpse Banner.
• The dragon corpse smashed through Elder Mo’s spiritual shield and sent him flying, while Fang Heng was thrown down by the impact.
• Lü Ci rescued Fang Heng from the dragon’s tail at the last moment and asked Si Chen to end the conflict, offering the Flowing Cloud Sword Sect’s surrender.
• Si Chen praised the dragon corpse and ordered it to finish the job.

Si Chen and his allies defeated Lü Ci and Elder Mo after Elder Mo helped Fang Heng escape the cave. Si Chen captured their Nascent Souls, feeding Lü Ci to Red Bean and dispersing Elder Mo into spiritual light.

• Lü Ci shoved the wounded Fang Heng toward the Corpse Flood Dragon and tried to flee, but Black Mountain and Red Wind blocked him.
• Elder Mo burned his essence blood, rescued Fang Heng, and broke open the cave entrance so Fang Heng could escape.
• Elder Mo and Lü Ci fought the Corpse Flood Dragon while Black Mountain and Red Wind kept Lü Ci from escaping; the Corpse Flood Dragon killed Elder Mo and then Lü Ci.
• Si Chen caught the Nascent Souls that fled from Elder Mo and Lü Ci's corpses.
• Red Bean swallowed Lü Ci's Nascent Soul, and Si Chen dispersed Elder Mo's Nascent Soul into spiritual light.

Si Chen defeated the Flowing Cloud Sword Sect’s expedition and released the Corpse Flood Dragon from its forced existence. With Red Wind’s demons searching for the escaped Fang Heng, Si Chen returned to his den to cultivate the second tribulation of the Nine Tribulations Thunder Body.

• Black Mountain praised Si Chen for turning the Corpse Flood Dragon against its masters, and Si Chen explained that its remnant soul had once entered his mind.
• Si Chen gave the Corpse Flood Dragon permission to rest, and it dissolved into ash that settled among the cave’s wild grasses.
• Red Wind urged the demons to hunt down Fang Heng, while Si Chen pointed out that the Mountain of Ten Thousand Silences would make escape difficult.
• Si Chen let the demons divide the Storage Rings, and Black Mountain distributed the spoils fairly among the survivors and the kin of the fallen.
• Red Wind sent swift demons to search the mountain, and Si Chen went back to his den to enter seclusion.