Recaps

Xiao Hua rescued the injured Sun Qian and traveled with her and his companions until she recovered, while trying to learn more about her past with Gen Qing and Chen Yi. Sun Qian left at the Teleportation Array without accepting further help, and Xiao Hua told Fairy Hongxia and Li Zongbao about the tangled history.

• Sun Qian thanked Xiao Hua for saving her and tried to leave, but Xiao Hua persuaded her to travel with him while she healed and promised not to tell Gen Qing about her affairs.
• Sun Qian pointed Xiao Hua toward a Teleportation Array, and he carried her toward Fairy Hongxia and Li Zongbao while asking her to conceal his Nascent Soul-level cultivation.
• Fairy Hongxia gave Sun Qian healing medicine, and Sun Qian continued traveling with the group as Xiao Hua tried unsuccessfully to draw out details of her history.
• After several days, Sun Qian recovered and departed at the Teleportation Array, refusing the pills Fairy Hongxia offered after Xiao Hua mentioned Gen Qing.
• Fairy Hongxia caught up with Sun Qian but failed to make her speak, so Xiao Hua recounted Sun Qian and Chen Yi's history to Fairy Hongxia and Li Zongbao.

Xiao Hua brought Li Zongbao and Fairy Hongxia toward the Cai Family estate, stopping first to revisit the stone carvings that had marked his arrival in Luyang decades earlier. After reflecting on the lives and traces people leave behind, the three continued to the estate, where the open gates and gathering crowd suggested an unexpected visitor.

• Xiao Hua, Fairy Hongxia, and Li Zongbao traveled toward Yangding Mountain using Xiao Hua's Lightning Escape.
• Xiao Hua revisited the damaged stone carvings in Luyang Town and told Fairy Hongxia and Li Zongbao about the blind old man who had made them.
• Li Zongbao said the memories he shared with Cai Zhuoxia mattered more than whether she lived or died, easing Xiao Hua's concern about his reaction.
• Xiao Hua dispersed the stone carvings into dust, and the three crossed the river toward the Cai Family estate.
• Fairy Hongxia explained that her father had abolished the Cai Family's rule about keeping the main gate shut, as people began emerging through its open gates.

Xiao Hua, Li Zongbao, and Fairy Hongxia arrived at the Cai Family of Luyang, where formal etiquette gave way to an emotional reunion between Hongxia and her father. Cai Haisong accepted Xiao Hua as the man Hongxia had chosen and received her filial gift, an unfamiliar pill.

• Cai Haisong and his clansmen greeted Fairy Hongxia, Li Zongbao, and Xiao Hua with formal bows, and the visitors returned their salutes.
• Fairy Hongxia reunited with her father and introduced Li Zongbao and Xiao Hua to the Cai Family disciples.
• Cai Haisong mistakenly assumed Hongxia would be with Li Zongbao until she clarified that Xiao Hua was the one she had chosen.
• Cai Haisong told Xiao Hua he entrusted Hongxia's future to him, and Xiao Hua respectfully promised to care for her.
• Fairy Hongxia presented Cai Haisong with a jade box containing an ugly pill, which he gladly accepted.

Fairy Hongxia returned to the Cai Family of Luyang and offered Cai Haisong a Rejuvenation Pill, while Xiao Hua presented the family with a storage bag of valuable supplies. The Qingyang Cai Family patriarch Cai Yang and Great Elder Cai Hongfeng arrived, and Cai Yang greeted Li Zongbao.

• Fairy Hongxia gave Cai Haisong a Rejuvenation Pill and promised to obtain more for the family within half a year.
• Xiao Hua offered Cai Haisong a storage bag of spirit stones, weapons, magical artifacts, and cultivation arts on behalf of himself and Li Zongbao.
• Cai Haisong learned that Patriarch Cai Yang and Great Elder Cai Hongfeng of the Qingyang Cai Family had come to Luyang.
• Cai Yang and Cai Hongfeng arrived, and Cai Yang congratulated Li Zongbao on his military achievements in the Dao Sword Great Battle.

Cai Yang met Li Zongbao, Xiao Hua, and Fairy Hongxia in Luyang, setting aside Xiao Hua’s old dispute with the Qingyang Cai Family while asserting that Hongxia should return to the Huanhua Sect. He then pressed Cai Haisong to move the Cai Family of Luyang to Qingyang, but Cai Haisong refused, and Cai Hongfeng argued that the family’s bloodline gave it a chance to rise amid the changing spiritual qi.

• Cai Yang invited Li Zongbao to visit the Qingyang Cai Family, and Li accepted his communication talisman while remaining eager to leave.
• Cai Hongfeng challenged Xiao Hua over Cai Yingxia’s death, but Xiao Hua accepted responsibility alone, and Cai Yang declared the matter settled.
• Cai Yang praised Fairy Hongxia’s military achievements, questioned her return to Luyang, and told her to go back to the Huanhua Sect.
• Cai Yang and Cai Hongfeng established that the sect disciples would not interfere in the Cai Family’s affairs before Cai Yang asked Cai Haisong about relocating the Luyang branch.
• Cai Haisong rejected the proposal to merge his family into the Qingyang Cai Family, and Cai Hongfeng argued that their Ice Phoenix bloodline could prosper as spiritual qi changed.

Cai Yang tried to force the Cai Family of Luyang to relocate to Qingyang, then invoked the Phoenix Token to remove Cai Haisong as family head. Xiao Hua revealed his Nascent Soul cultivation, stopped Cai Yang’s show of authority, and sent him and Cai Hongfeng away, leaving Cai Haisong to recognize Xiao Hua’s concealed role in the Dao Sword Great Battle.

• Cai Shansong and Cai Haisong rejected Cai Yang’s demand that the Cai Family of Luyang relocate to Qingyang.
• Cai Yang used the Phoenix Token to strip Cai Haisong of his position and appoint Cai Shansong, but Cai Shansong refused the appointment.
• Cai Yang’s Phoenix Token released a Phoenix Dharma Body and forced several Luyang disciples to their knees.
• At Fairy Hongxia’s urging, Xiao Hua revealed Nascent Soul cultivation and seized Cai Yang and Cai Hongfeng with a spiritual hand.
• Xiao Hua warned Cai Yang to keep his identity secret, then hurled him and Cai Hongfeng away with the Phoenix Token.
• Cai Haisong concluded that Xiao Hua was the true force behind the Council Hall First Squad’s achievements and likely the key to the Dao Sword Great Battle.

Xiao Hua and Li Zongbao returned to the Cai Family with Fairy Hongxia, where Hongxia revealed that Cai Zhuoxia might still be alive. The family rushed to the Spirit Tomb to investigate, where an unfamiliar female disciple stared at Xiao Hua in recognition.

• Cai Haisong and the Cai Family disciples learned of Xiao Hua’s cultivation and welcomed him and Li Zongbao into the family.
• Fairy Hongxia explained Li Zongbao’s connection to Cai Zhuoxia and their discovery in Million Meng Mountain that Zhuoxia was not dead.
• Cai Haisong ordered the family to go to the Spirit Tomb, and Li Zongbao hurried ahead with the others.
• The group followed the Cai Family’s rule and walked the final mile to the Spirit Tomb without flying.
• A female disciple guarding the tomb stared at Xiao Hua, who did not recognize her.

Xiao Hua recognized Cai Mei from his past visit and learned how her life had unfolded in the Cai Family before entering the Spirit Tomb with Li Zongbao and the others. Xiao Hua uncovered Cai Zhuoxia’s coffin, and Li Zongbao opened it, leaving everyone stunned by what they saw inside.

• Xiao Hua recognized Cai Mei as the girl who had once brought him to the Cai Family, and she asked him to help her and her husband exchange assignments.
• Cai Haisong explained that Cai Mei had struggled with poor cultivation and vanity, and Xiao Hua declined to interfere in the Cai Family’s internal affairs.
• Xiao Hua and the others entered the Spirit Tomb and saw that Cai Mei and her husband had carefully tended the graves.
• Xiao Hua recalled Cai Zhuoxia and used Earth Evasion to raise her bluestone coffin from the grave.
• Li Zongbao opened the coffin himself, and he and the others were shocked by what they found inside.

Xiao Hua discovered Gan Qinghuo in Cai Zhuoxia’s coffin and recovered Cai Zhuoxia’s body and severed arm. The sight drove Li Zongbao to form his Golden Core atop Yangding Mountain, and after weeks of heavenly signs, he emerged changed but with his emotions returning.

• Xiao Hua recognized Gan Qinghuo in Cai Zhuoxia’s coffin, retrieved him, and searched nearby for Cai Zhuoxia’s remains.
• Xiao Hua recovered Cai Zhuoxia’s corpse and severed right arm, prompting Li Zongbao to howl and begin forming his Golden Core.
• Xiao Hua carried Li Zongbao to Yangding Mountain as his Golden Core pressure overwhelmed nearby mortals and the Cai Family cultivators.
• Xiao Hua moved affected mortals to safety and sheltered the Cai Family cultivators while Li Zongbao’s Golden Core formation continued.
• After the pressure weakened and the dark clouds dispersed, Li Zongbao opened his eyes with pale pupils before his black pupils and emotions gradually returned.

Li Zongbao awoke after forming his Golden Core and rushed to learn Cai Zhuoxia’s fate. Xiao Hua discovered that a mysterious Buddhist artifact was sustaining her fragmented soul, but he could not revive her, leaving the Cai family to wait and protect her body.

• Li Zongbao asked whether Cai Zhuoxia was alive or dead and went to the Council Hall, where she lay in a crystal coffin.
• Fairy Hongxia and Cai Haisong explained that Cai Zhuoxia had no breath or heartbeat but that her body and hair remained intact; Xiao Hua said she was neither alive nor dead.
• Xiao Hua examined Cai Zhuoxia’s soul and encountered a vision of a Netherworld Sea and a shattered three-colored rainbow bridge when his soul thread touched the watery radiance around it.
• Xiao Hua placed the willow branch in the Pure Water Vase and realized it was a Buddhist artifact, but waving it over Cai Zhuoxia produced no change.
• Xiao Hua told Li Zongbao and the Cai family that he could not revive Cai Zhuoxia and that they would have to guard her body until her destined chance arrived.

Li Zongbao took Cai Zhuoxia’s crystal coffin and vowed to seek a way to revive her, while Xiao Hua and Fairy Hongxia left the Cai Family. As Xiao Hua tried to be intimate with Hongxia during their journey, she confronted him about refusing to call her his wife, and his silence left her hurt.

• Cai Haisong allowed Li Zongbao to take Cai Zhuoxia’s crystal coffin, and Li Zongbao demanded the soul-cultivation record from Xiao Hua.
• Li Zongbao took the copied jade slip and departed, declaring that he would search for a way to revive Cai Zhuoxia, even if it meant venturing into Million Meng Mountain.
• Xiao Hua promised that he could revive Cai Zhuoxia someday, while Fairy Hongxia warned her family to keep the matter secret and gave Cai Haisong the Duotian Star Array control method.
• Fairy Hongxia left for the Huanhua Sect, and Xiao Hua gave Cai Haisong rice seeds to distribute or sell, with some to be given freely to the poor.
• Xiao Hua caught up with Fairy Hongxia and tried to embrace her, but she questioned why he had not called her his wife before Li Zongbao and Xiao Mao; Xiao Hua could not answer.

Fairy Hongxia asked Xiao Hua to separate from her so they could test their feelings and focus on their cultivation, and he left for Lin Yu Town after promising to prove his love. There, he met Zhang Qingxiao, who brought up Jiang Liuer and listened to Xiao Hua’s troubles before dismissing Hongxia’s decision as a foolish risk.

• Fairy Hongxia told Xiao Hua that his relationships with other female cultivators had left her feeling insecure and asked him to part from her for a while.
• Xiao Hua agreed to the separation, embraced Fairy Hongxia, and flew toward Lin Yu Town, while she wept after he left.
• After emerging from a Teleportation Array, Xiao Hua was ambushed by Zhang Qingxiao’s divine sense and recognized his Second Senior Brother.
• Zhang Qingxiao asked to see Jiang Liuer, and Xiao Hua explained that an expert could not awaken him until after the Dao Sword Great Battle.
• Xiao Hua asked about the battle at Xuntian City, but Zhang Qingxiao refused to discuss it and instead asked what had troubled him.
• After hearing about Fairy Hongxia, Zhang Qingxiao criticized her for letting Xiao Hua go and said many female cultivators would seek him once his identity became known.

Xiao Hua met Zhang Qingxiao, who gave him cultivation techniques and spiritual herbs before explaining the dire situation at Xuntian City. Xiao Hua headed back toward the Thunder Control Sect as Dao Sect forces surrounded the city, whose formidable sword formation remained intact.

• Zhang Qingxiao teased Xiao Hua about Fairy Hongxia and Xue Xue, then gave him Nascent Soul and Spirit Severing cultivation methods.
• Xiao Hua filled three storage pouches with spiritual herbs for Zhang Qingxiao and asked about the battle at Xuntian City.
• Zhang Qingxiao told Xiao Hua that the sword formation had killed Snowy Realm True Person, captured four Nascent Soul cultivators, and resisted the Dao Sect army.
• Xiao Hua decided to return to the Thunder Control Sect, while Zhang Qingxiao offered to rescue him with the Heavenly Demon Sect if necessary.
• Dao Sect cultivators surrounded Xuntian City, intercepted a flying sword, and watched the city remain encased in an expanding azure sword formation.

The Dao Sect leaders struggled to find a way to break Xuntian City's sword formation, while Jiang Feiyan argued that the sword cultivators were vulnerable and holding the captured disciples of the Thunder Control Sect and Mosang Mountain as hostages. Xunyunzi ended by asking how the Dao Sect should respond if the sword cultivators used those hostages to prevent a decisive victory.

• The Dao Sect's attacks on Xuntian City dwindled, and its leaders assembled a vast formation under True Person Pin Xuan and Xuan Jing's direction.
• Xunyunzi and True Person Liukong questioned the Dao Sect strategists about their failure to overcome the sword formation, while True Person Yuqing and True Person Heping defended their preparations.
• Jiang Feiyan argued that the sword cultivators lacked confidence, had exaggerated their victory, and were relying on the captured disciples as hostages.
• Xunyunzi recalled that he and Zhu Chenghe had recognized Xiao Hua's communication talisman as a trap, but True Person Miyou and True Person Kuangtian had insisted on reinforcing Xuntian City.
• Xunyunzi asked how the Dao Sect should act if the sword cultivators threatened the captured disciples despite the Dao Sect being able to defeat them.

Pan Dongmin, Zhu Chenghe, and the others debated how to respond after Xuntian City fell, while Xunyunzi urged them to learn from the battle and prepare for Demon Subduing Valley. The assembled leaders discussed the Qiankun Liangyi Seal Demon Great Formation and its weaknesses, then turned to the possibility that lost immortal artifacts might lie in dangerous lands across the kingdoms.

• Pan Dongmin argued that the Dao Sect should strike quickly before Huan Kingdom's sword cultivators could reinforce Xuntian City, while Zhu Chenghe believed the enemy was holding out to negotiate.
• Guyun, Zhu Chenghe, Pan Dongmin, and Jiang Feiyan admitted fault for their performance, and Xunyunzi told them to learn from the battle because its outcome remained undecided.
• Xunyunzi asked about Xuan Jing's progress with the Qiankun Liangyi Seal Demon Great Formation, and True Person Liukong said Xuan Jing and True Person Pin Xuan should be able to set it up.
• True Person Yuqing warned that the incomplete immortal formation could have serious flaws when activated by vast numbers of cultivators, while True Person Zhuoming argued that its power still rested on its immortal origins.
• Xunyunzi and True Person Liukong discussed searching dangerous lands for immortal artifacts and formations, and True Person Heping suggested Qiong Lei Peak might hold an immortal lightning object.
• True Person Liukong doubted that Ganlei Zi possessed such an object, saying he would have used it to rescue the Thunder Control Sect disciples at Xuntian City.

Daoist Sect cultivators tested the Tianyi Green Light Sword Array with a series of attacks, but the formation endured and revealed its three-sword structure. Chong Taixu then told the sword cultivators that Xuntian City’s defense was nearing its end and that they needed to provoke the Daoist Sect before launching their decisive strike.

• True Person Liukong led several Nascent Soul cultivators in testing the sword formation with five hurricanes and a giant club, but their weakening attacks failed to break it.
• A strange radiance from the north destroyed the giant club and spread flames across the Green Light Sword Array, rapidly wearing down its layers.
• Three giant green swords rose from Xuntian City and extinguished the flames with a rain of flying swords, revealing the formation’s structure to Xunyunzi.
• Xunyunzi concluded that the Daoist Sect’s method had been overwhelmed by the formation and left with the other observers.
• Chong Taixu told Cheng Minghua, Qi Liandie, and Ruotian that the formation was nearing its limits and that the sword cultivators needed to provoke the Daoist Sect into a decisive fight.
• Chong Taixu explained that he had avoided killing the Daoist Sect’s leaders so the sword cultivators could strike when their enemies were stretched thin and destroy their confidence.

Chong Taixu and Qi Liandie waited for a decisive moment to strike against the Dao Sect and worried about the missing swordsmen sent after Nameless. Xiao Hua returned to Qiong Lei Peak, where Thunder Control Sect patrol disciples recognized him and sent word to welcome him back.

• Chong Taixu said the Sword Domain needed to wait for a decisive moment before using the Green Light Swords to force the Dao Sect to surrender.
• Cheng Minghua asked about the three swordsmen sent after Nameless, and Chong Taixu and Qi Liandie tried to reassure him despite their unease.
• Xiao Hua flew toward Qiong Lei Peak and reflected on the home and cultivators he had fought to protect.
• Xiao Hua encountered a Thunder Control Sect patrol led by Gen Mo, and the disciples recognized him as he returned from the war.
• Gen Mo sent a thunder-sound talisman to Shao Lei Hall so the master of Gen Lei Palace could welcome Xiao Hua on the sect’s behalf.

Xiao Hua spoke with Thunder Control Sect disciples who welcomed him back, learning about the sect’s losses and the fallen buried at Valley of Heroic Souls. The disciples pressed him about Wuming and the Terrifying Phoenix, while Xiao Hua remained evasive and learned the sect had only just heard that Xuntian City had fallen.

• Xiao Hua greeted the Qi Cultivation disciples warmly and invited them to visit Myriad Thunder Valley for guidance.
• The disciples described the returning Thunder Control Sect forces’ honors and rewards, and Xiao Hua asked where their fallen comrades had been buried.
• Xiao Hua heard that fewer than three in ten of the fallen disciples’ remains had been recovered and explained why battlefields often left bodies behind.
• A disciple asked whether Xiao Hua knew Wuming’s identity, and Xiao Hua said it mattered more that Wuming was among them than that they knew who he was.
• The disciples suspected Xiao Hua was the Terrifying Phoenix, but he denied having a Phoenix Dharma Body and asked to return to Myriad Thunder Valley.
• Gen Mo told Xiao Hua that the sect had only just learned of Xuntian City’s fall, leaving Xiao Hua to wonder whether the sect was concealing that its disciples had been captured.

Xiao Hua returned to the Thunder Control Sect and was welcomed by Gen Qing and Qian Zhongliang, who praised his achievements in the Dao Sword Great Battle. They brought him toward the Jade Slip Hall to meet the Palace Lord, while Xiao Hua chose not to ask Gen Qing about Sun Qian.

• Gen Qing and Qian Zhongliang arrived and greeted Xiao Hua after he returned to the Thunder Control Sect.
• Qian Zhongliang praised Xiao Hua's battle contributions and explained that the surviving members of the Thunder Control Sect First Squad had credited him and Cui Hongshen with saving them.
• Gen Qing explained that Genyunzi was away and that Qian Zhongliang had already sent word to him, then asked Xiao Hua to go to the Jade Slip Hall.
• Xiao Hua agreed to follow the two elders, though he said he would have preferred to return directly to Myriad Thunder Valley.
• As they flew toward the Jade Slip Hall, Xiao Hua thanked Gen Qing for the jade slip that had helped him, and Gen Qing told him to keep studying it.

Xiao Hua discussed his master’s prolonged seclusion and admitted to Gen Qing that he had once been Terrifying Phoenix, though his Phoenix Dharma Body had been destroyed. As they headed to the Great Thunder Hall for a reward, Qian Zhongliang revealed news that shocked Gen Qing.

• Xiao Hua learned that Martial Uncle Nameless had not emerged from seclusion, and Qian Zhongliang reassured him that Myriad Thunder Valley’s lightning might make the eventual breakthrough especially powerful.
• Gen Qing privately asked Xiao Hua whether he was Terrifying Phoenix, and Xiao Hua admitted it while explaining that his Phoenix Dharma Body had been destroyed during the war.
• Qian Zhongliang received a summons from Genshengzi directing them to the Great Thunder Hall, where Fairy Xuanhua planned to reward Xiao Hua.
• As they flew toward Thunder Immortal Peak, Gen Qing and Qian Zhongliang discussed the Thunder Control Sect’s newly advanced Nascent Soul cultivators and the absent Nameless.
• Qian Zhongliang quietly told Gen Qing something about the Nascent Soul ceremonies, and Gen Qing reacted with disbelief.

Xiao Hua returned to the Thunder Control Sect and received a lavish welcome before being summoned to the Great Thunder Hall. Fairy Xuanhua praised his battle merit and began to address the sect’s future, while Xiao Hua still had not found a chance to report Gan Qinghuo’s matter.

• Gen Qing questioned Qian Zhongliang about why Fairy Xuanhua had not announced a major matter, and Qian Zhongliang said the Great Thunder Hall had made that decision.
• The Thunder Control Sect staged a threefold thunder salute for Xiao Hua, and disciples from the Eight Great Thunder Palaces thanked him for his service in the Dao Sword Great Battle.
• True Person Leixiao and Genyunzi praised Xiao Hua, who said the sect’s interests should come before personal interests and confirmed that his training group had returned safely.
• Genyunzi directed Xiao Hua, Qian Zhongliang, and Gen Qing to enter the Great Thunder Hall because Fairy Xuanhua wanted to speak with Xiao Hua.
• Fairy Xuanhua praised Xiao Hua’s battle contributions and said she believed the younger generation would lead the Thunder Control Sect to flourish.

Fairy Xuanhua called Xiao Hua to verify that he had sent the warning about the sword cultivators targeting Xuntian City, then revealed that the Thunder Control Sect's leaders planned to blame him for the sect's captured disciples. True Person Leixiao protested, but the chapter ended with Xiao Hua still facing the hall's collective judgment.

• Fairy Xuanhua verified that Xiao Hua had sent the communication talisman warning that Xuntian City was the sword cultivators' target, and Xiao Hua confirmed it while refusing to claim merit.
• Fairy Xuanhua explained that the Thunder Control Sect's losses in Xuntian City threatened its standing and share of interests in Xi Kingdom, so the sect needed someone to hold responsible.
• Fairy Xuanhua said True Person Kuangtian would bear thirty percent of the blame and that the communication talisman, and therefore Xiao Hua, would bear the remaining seventy percent.
• True Person Leixiao argued that Xiao Hua, True Person Kuangtian, and True Person Miyou were not at fault, but Fairy Xuanhua defended the leaders' collective decision to make Xiao Hua endure a setback.
• True Person Leixiao rose in anger but stayed seated because Xiao Hua would otherwise be left alone before the Great Thunder Hall's leaders, while Genyunzi urged him to calm down.

Xiao Hua challenged the Thunder Control Sect’s decision to punish him for the disciples captured at Xuntian City, then accepted the ruling and left. Before departing, he revealed that he had found Gan Qinghuo, whose return stunned the hall masters and shifted attention from Xiao Hua’s punishment.

• Genyunzi argued that Xiao Hua’s punishment was nominal and that his previous rewards would remain untouched, while True Person Leixiao asked Xiao Hua for his view.
• Xiao Hua protested that his message had been meritorious and that blaming him for the captured disciples was unjust, but Fairy Xuanhua insisted he must bear responsibility for the greater good.
• Xiao Hua told True Person Leixiao that he regretted sending the message and said he would not do so again if he knew the consequences.
• Xiao Hua accepted the decision and prepared to leave, then took Gan Qinghuo from his spirit storage pouch and placed him before the hall masters.
• Fairy Xuanhua, Fairy Yaofeng, Leiting Zi, and Duijie recognized Gan Qinghuo and reacted with shock, while Xiao Hua left without looking back.

After leaving the Great Thunder Hall, Xiao Hua reflected on the attempt to blame him for Xuntian City's fall and realized that Fairy Xuanhua's proposal had likely been encouraged by other hall masters. He reunited with Cui Hongshen, Xiang Zhili, and the young Wu Qing, then learned how much Myriad Thunder Valley had grown in his absence.

• Xiao Hua left the Great Thunder Hall after his merit in returning Gan Qinghuo and the Lightning Devouring Bead was raised against Fairy Xuanhua's blame.
• Xiao Hua suspected that several hall masters had prompted Fairy Xuanhua to make the proposal and wondered why the Zhen Thunder Palace hall masters had remained silent.
• Xiang Zhili called out to Xiao Hua and arrived with Cui Hongshen, Wu Qing, and other cultivators from Zhen Thunder Palace.
• Xiao Hua recognized Wu Qing as Wu Nai and Yan Qinglian's child and was astonished by the boy's cultivation and composure.
• Cui Hongshen greeted Xiao Hua with deep respect and credited his achievements with Myriad Thunder Valley's prosperity.
• Xiao Hua teased Xiang Zhili about his slow cultivation, and Xiang Zhili defended his solid foundation and Xiao Hua's past setbacks.

Xiao Hua returned to Myriad Thunder Valley, where Zhen Thunder Palace disciples and Zhuo’s companions welcomed him after his fame spread from the Dao Sword Great Battle. He reunited with Zhuo, Xiangyang, Yan Qinglian, and Dui Qimeng, and met the shy Cui Yingying, while Wu Nai remained in seclusion.

• Cui Hongshen introduced Xiao Hua to a dozen Zhen Thunder Palace disciples, then invited them to a banquet in Myriad Thunder Valley.
• Xiao Hua flew with the group toward the valley, reflecting that their admiration might change after Great Thunder Hall issued its order of accountability.
• Zhuo personally welcomed Xiao Hua, praised his achievements, and told him Wu Nai had not emerged from seclusion.
• Xiao Hua greeted Xiangyang and Yan Qinglian, and hinted that Yan Qinglian would understand the delay in his dual cultivation ceremony tomorrow.
• Dui Qimeng introduced her shy daughter Cui Yingying to Xiao Hua as the Second Martial Uncle who had helped save her parents.