Recaps

True Person Tengjiao cut through True Person Yuqing’s Heaven-Binding Lock, but True Person Yuqing removed the Taiqing Solidifying God Talisman and advanced to the late Nascent Soul stage. He then used his immense pressure and the damaged lock to restrain True Person Tengjiao, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Chong Taixu argued that True Person Tengjiao qualified for the wagered battle, and Xunyunzi accepted the loophole in the Sword Cultivators’ terms.
• True Person Yuqing unleashed the Heaven-Binding Lock, but True Person Tengjiao transformed into the Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors and severed Yuqing’s Nascent Soul hand and the artifact.
• Xunyunzi realized True Person Yuqing had been defeated, but Yuqing removed the Taiqing Solidifying God Talisman and advanced from the mid-Nascent Soul stage to the late Nascent Soul stage.
• Xunyunzi declared the advancement legal under the wager and expected Yuqing to win, but another golden flash followed.
• True Person Yuqing used his new pressure and the Heaven-Binding Lock’s radiance to pin and wrap around the Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors.

True Person Tengjiao defeated True Person Yuqing, giving the Sword Domain the first wagered battle. Chong Taixu and Xunyunzi prepared for the second round, but Xunyunzi revealed that the Dao Sect would send the Three Elders of Fire Fierce Mountain together, exploiting a loophole in their agreement.

• True Person Yuqing tried to crush the Heaven-Binding Lock, but True Person Tengjiao escaped it and severed Yuqing's left arm with the Soaring Flood Dragon Scissors.
• True Person Yuqing fled through the Qiankun Liangyi Seal Demon Great Formation, and Xunyunzi let him out as True Person Tengjiao emerged unharmed.
• Chong Taixu declared the first battle a Sword Domain victory, while Xunyunzi challenged them to produce another artifact cultivator for the second round.
• Chong Taixu introduced Fallen Flower Fairy, an Illusion Sword First Grade artifact cultivator, as the Sword Domain's next fighter.
• Xunyunzi sent Huo Zheshhan, Huo Yanshui, and Huo Paikong together, arguing that the agreement allowed each sect to send one representative and that the three were a single sect's entry.
• Chong Taixu accused Xunyunzi of exploiting the agreement, but Xunyunzi defended his tactics as necessary to win.

Fallen Flower Fairy defeated the Three Elders of Fire Fierce Mountain with her strange green light, leaving their Nascent Souls trapped and at her mercy. Xunyunzi realized Chong Taixu had outmaneuvered him and begged for the Nascent Souls to be spared, but Chong Taixu claimed he could not command Fallen Flower Fairy.

• Chong Taixu respectfully entrusted the fight to Fallen Flower Fairy and returned to the Green Light Sword Pillar.
• Xunyunzi sent the Three Elders of Fire Fierce Mountain to attack Fallen Flower Fairy with their combined technique and natal Fire Essence.
• Fallen Flower Fairy swallowed the Fire Essence, then used green light to extinguish the elders’ flames and destroy their physical bodies.
• The Three Elders of Fire Fierce Mountain tried to teleport their Nascent Souls away, but Fallen Flower Fairy’s green light trapped them and another green haze descended upon them.
• Xunyunzi called on Chong Taixu to make Fallen Flower Fairy release the Nascent Souls, but Chong Taixu said he could not command her.

Fallen Flower Fairy destroyed the Three Elders of Fire Fierce Mountain and broke the Dao Sect’s formation, deciding the Dao Sword Great Battle in the sword cultivators’ favor before departing with True Person Tengjiao. In Tongmu City, True Person Du'e and Shanshengzi discovered they were both hunting Nameless and began discussing a joint plan to capture him.

• Fallen Flower Fairy’s azure vortex reversed the Qiankun Liangyi Seal Demon Great Formation, and she broke it despite Xunyunzi’s protests.
• Chong Taixu declared the Dao Sect defeated, while Xunyunzi vanished and Fallen Flower Fairy and True Person Tengjiao left for Huan Country.
• Chong Taixu and the other recovered cultivators bowed as the Dao Sect’s formation collapsed and the sword cultivators’ formation remained intact.
• True Person Du'e confronted Shanshengzi, who revealed that he was also searching for Nameless on behalf of another party.
• True Person Du'e and Shanshengzi agreed that Nameless’s strength and secrets made him difficult to capture, and Shanshengzi urged them to join forces.

Xiao Hua returned to Myriad Thunder Valley and learned that the sect had been pressuring its disciples while he was away. After Zhuo urged him to keep watch rather than escalate matters, Xiang Zhili revealed that hundreds of Foundation Establishment elders had challenged him.

• True Person Du'e and Shanshengzi agreed to wait near Xiao Hua's sect and attack him when he left its protection.
• Xiao Hua returned to Myriad Thunder Valley, where Gen Lei Palace disciples were patrolling and reporting his arrival.
• Zhang Juan and Fan Yuming told Xiao Hua that Foundation Establishment elders had gathered outside the valley, sent challenge letters, and nearly forced their way in.
• Zhuo told Xiao Hua that Xiangyang, Qinglian, Hongshen, and Qi Meng had been summoned to Zhen Thunder Palace and advised him to stand watch over the valley.
• Xiao Hua said he wanted to face those challenging him, and Xiang Zhili produced several hundred jade slips bearing challenges from Foundation Establishment elders.

Xiao Hua returned to Myriad Thunder Valley and examined Xiang Zhili’s cultivation-concealing technique before deciding to teach him a divine ability. The chapter ended with Xiao Hua putting Xiang Zhili to sleep and preparing thunder-core particles for his instruction.

• Xiao Hua rejected the challenge letters from other Thunder Palaces and left with Xiang Zhili to guide his cultivation.
• Zhuo urged Wu Qing to grow closer to Xiao Hua, but Wu Qing said he already treated his Second Senior Brother differently from others.
• Xiang Zhili revealed his secret technique for concealing his cultivation, and Xiao Hua corrected the flawed jade slip and added parts of the Veiling Sun Art.
• Xiang Zhili asked to learn the Lightning Drawing Technique and showed interest in strengthening his divine sense, so Xiao Hua decided to choose a technique for him.
• Xiao Hua put Xiang Zhili to sleep, examined his lower dantian, and split tiny particles from the remaining Thunder Beast inner cores.

Xiao Hua gave Xiang Zhili, Wu Qing, and Cui Yingying cultivation methods and arranged for them to help one another learn, then heard that disciples were challenging him after his return. Dui Qimeng explained that the challengers were exploiting his fame from the Dao Sword Great Battle, while refusing to fight anyone but Xiao Hua himself.

• Xiao Hua sealed male and female Thunder Beast Inner Cores inside Xiang Zhili and gave him the Lightning Drawing Technique and Spirit Guiding Technique formulas.
• Xiao Hua gave Wu Qing three cultivation methods, including the Lightning Drawing Technique, and told him to discuss questions with Xiang Zhili.
• Xiao Hua instructed Wu Qing and Xiang Zhili to help Cui Yingying learn, but she became frightened, ran from the cave, and hid in Dui Qimeng's arms.
• Dui Qimeng told Xiao Hua that hundreds of challenge letters had arrived and that Foundation Establishment disciples were blocking the valley entrance to demand fights.
• Dui Qimeng explained that the challengers had refused to fight Xiao Hua's substitutes, including Eldest Martial Brother and Cui Hongshen, and insisted on challenging Xiao Hua himself.

Xiao Hua rejected his fellow disciples’ offer to handle the challenges and declared that he would answer every challenge himself. He accepted Qian Yuhe’s duel for noon the next day, setting off a frenzy across the Thunder Control Sect.

• Xiao Hua discussed the challenge situation with Zhuo, Xiangyang, Cui Hongshen, and the others, then insisted he would settle it himself.
• Xiang Zhili carried the challenge jade slips to the outer valley, where Xiao Hua told the challengers to submit them.
• Xiao Hua randomly selected Qian Yuhe of Dry Thunder Palace and announced he would challenge him at the Thunder Competition Ground the next day at noon.
• Xiao Hua ordered Gen Jian to deliver a challenge slip each evening until he had answered every challenge.
• News of Xiao Hua’s declaration spread through the Thunder Control Sect and stirred its disciples into turmoil.

The Thunder Control Sect reacted to Xiao Hua’s lightning attack by issuing challenges against him, while Fairy Xuanhua blamed him for creating unrest and feared the danger facing the sect’s forces in Xuntian City. True Person Leixiao defended Xiao Hua and pointed to the sect’s own failures, as the Great Thunder Hall awaited news from the battlefield.

• The Thunder Control Sect’s disciples focused on Xiao Hua after he summoned lightning and used a soul spike against disciples in Myriad Thunder Valley, and Foundation Establishment cultivators from the Eight Great Thunder Palaces sent him challenges.
• Fairy Xuanhua stopped the hall guard from reading the report and demanded that True Person Leixiao intervene, but he refused to forbid Xiao Hua from accepting the challenges.
• Fairy Xuanhua accused Xiao Hua of ignoring the sect’s needs, while True Person Leixiao and Genyunzi argued that the sect had failed to properly instruct him.
• Fairy Xuanhua said the challenges could proceed and warned that tens of thousands of Thunder Control Sect disciples in Xuntian City might be killed as the city faced a siege.
• Fairy Xuanhua demanded the latest battlefield report and learned that the newest news was expected within an hour.

Xiao Hua arrived at Dry Thunder Palace’s Hall of Life and Death for his wagered duel with Qian Yuhe, while senior masters from several Thunder Palaces gathered to oversee it. As the duel prepared to begin, Xiao Hua explained why he refused to accept the way low-level disciples were treated during the Dao Sword Great Battle.

• True Person Leixiao sent Zhen Heyu to witness Xiao Hua’s duel, and Fairy Xuanhua ordered Qian Fengju to supervise it and prevent the dispute from escalating.
• Zhuo, Xiao Hua, Xiangyang, and Cui Hongshen arrived at Dry Thunder Palace’s Hall of Life and Death and found several Golden Core cultivators and late Foundation Establishment disciples waiting there.
• Zhen Heyu introduced Qian Fengju and Qian Pingming, then revealed that True Person Leixiao had sent him to serve as Xiao Hua’s witness.
• Xiao Hua joked that the growing pile of challenge letters could keep him fighting for years, and Zhen Heyu and Qian Fengju agreed to remain at the venue as long as needed.
• Gen Qing apologized for being unable to defend Xiao Hua during the Great Thunder Hall deliberations, while Xiangyang urged Xiao Hua to avoid provoking further trouble.
• Xiao Hua told Gen Qing and Xiangyang that the Dao Sword Great Battle had taught him not to fear his challengers and that low-level disciples’ contributions deserved recognition.

Xiao Hua rejected Gen Qing’s appeal to tolerate the Thunder Control Sect’s mistreatment and entered a life-and-death duel with Qian Yuhe. After Qian Yuhe trapped him with a wind attack in the desert illusion, Xiao Hua slipped free with an unfamiliar movement technique, leaving the witnesses stunned.

• Xiao Hua told Gen Qing that he would no longer bow to anyone after the attack on Myriad Thunder Valley, and Gen Qing recognized how much he had changed.
• Xiao Hua and Qian Yuhe signed a life-and-death pact and entered the Thunder Competition Ground.
• The illusion realm became a vast desert, where Qian Yuhe summoned a towering sandstorm and offered Xiao Hua the first move.
• Xiao Hua attacked with sand pillars, but Qian Yuhe formed a giant wind hand that immobilized the area and seemed certain to crush him.
• Xiao Hua escaped the wind hand with a ghostlike movement technique and rushed beside the wind pillar, astonishing Qian Fengju.

Xiao Hua defeated Qian Yuhe in the Hall of Life and Death by overwhelming him with Fireball Talismans, a spiked club, and a fire carpet, forcing him to surrender after publicly humiliating him. The Dry Thunder Palace’s Golden Core cultivators could not fault Xiao Hua’s conduct, while the watching disciples were left shaken by the possibility of such disgrace in a challenge.

• Xiao Hua bombarded Qian Yuhe with waves of Fireball Talismans, stripping away the defenses protecting his wind pillar.
• Xiao Hua smashed Qian Yuhe’s Nascent Soul hand and damaged his Condensing Wind Claw with a blow from his spiked club.
• Xiao Hua trapped Qian Yuhe beneath a fire carpet and kept attacking until Qian Yuhe’s protective radiance weakened and his daoist robe burned away.
• Xiao Hua threatened to destroy Qian Yuhe’s remaining protective treasure, and Qian Yuhe admitted that he wanted to live.
• Xiao Hua struck Qian Yuhe on the buttocks with his club, sending him flying into the yellow sand, then asked Zhen Heyu to witness Qian Yuhe’s surrender.
• The watching cultivators recoiled at Qian Yuhe’s humiliation, while Qian Fengju and Qian Pingming had no grounds to challenge Xiao Hua’s fair conduct.

Xiao Hua won his duel with Qian Yuhe, sparing his life after humiliating him, and returned to Myriad Thunder Valley amid a sect-wide uproar. As the valley celebrated his victory and worried about the enemies he had made, Xiao Hua prepared to draw another challenge jade slip.

• Qian Pingming questioned Xiao Hua's strength, but Zhen Heyu defended his tactics, and Qian Fengju declared Xiao Hua the victor.
• Xiao Hua left the collapsing illusion and told Qian Fengju and Zhen Heyu he planned to select another challenge jade slip that night.
• Xiao Hua asked Cui Hongshen to warn future challengers to wear extra Daoist robes, and news of Qian Yuhe's humiliating defeat spread throughout the Thunder Control Sect.
• Xiang Zhili teased Xiao Hua for sparing Qian Yuhe, while Xiangyang scolded him and Zhuo worried that Xiao Hua had angered the other Thunder Palaces.
• Dui Qimeng reassured Zhuo that Xiao Hua's strength would protect Myriad Thunder Valley, and Xiao Hua told Xiang Zhili that the Gen Lei Palace disciples need not stand watch that night.

Xiao Hua profited from the challenge jade slips, guided Myriad Thunder Valley’s disciples, and prepared to enter seclusion. A messenger from Great Thunder Hall then delivered a decree punishing him with three years of confinement and confiscated provisions, leaving Xiao Hua stunned.

• Xiao Hua charged one hundred supreme-grade spirit stones to redeem each challenge jade slip and arranged for Zhen Quan and the disciples to handle the wagered battles.
• Xiao Hua examined and advised more than a dozen disciples, giving them secret arts or magic treasures suited to their cultivation.
• Xiang Zhili reported that the challengers had redeemed their slips, and Xiao Hua warned him that his influence over the Foundation Establishment elders could bring danger as well as benefits.
• Xiao Hua directed Xiang Zhili to divide the collected spirit stones between Xiangyang and Cui Hongshen, then Wu Qing summoned him back at the order of Great Thunder Hall.
• A messenger proclaimed that Xiao Hua was confined to Myriad Thunder Valley for three years, forbidden to leave, and stripped of his spirit stone provisions; Xiao Hua was stunned by the punishment.

Xiao Hua received the Great Thunder Hall’s punishment decree, and Gan Qinghuo revealed himself to thank him and explain why the sect had made him a scapegoat. Xiao Hua accepted the three-year seclusion order in Myriad Thunder Valley, while Gan Qinghuo warned him not to cause further trouble.

• Xiao Hua reacted bitterly to the punishment decree, and the disguised cultivator dismissed everyone else to speak with him privately.
• Gan Qinghuo removed his Mihuan, thanked Xiao Hua for saving him, and reflected on how Xiao Hua’s cultivation had surpassed his own.
• Xiao Hua and Gan Qinghuo agreed that Xiao Hua had repaid the kindness Gan Qinghuo showed him years earlier, and Gan Qinghuo explained that the sect was still investigating the Lightning Devouring Bead.
• Gan Qinghuo explained that Xiao Hua had been blamed for the trapped Xuntian City disciples and that his defiance had angered the Great Thunder Hall, though True Person Leixiao, Fairy Yaofeng, and Fairy Xuanhua had helped reduce his punishment.
• Xiao Hua said he would enter secluded reflection for three years in Myriad Thunder Valley, and Gan Qinghuo joked about Xiao Hua’s fight with Qian Yuhe.

Xiao Hua sent Gan Qinghuo away by warning him that Li Zongbao might seek revenge, then began his guard duty and cultivation inside Myriad Thunder Valley. He discovered that the valley’s heavenly lightning could advance his Thunder Control Transformation, and he prepared to refine Rejuvenation Pills while recovering from its strikes.

• Xiao Hua told Gan Qinghuo that Cai Zhuoxia’s cultivation partner, Li Zongbao, was an early Golden Core cultivator and urged Gan Qinghuo to stay in the sect and reach Golden Core.
• Gan Qinghuo left in a hurry, and Xiao Hua instructed Xiang Zhili to alert him if Dry Thunder Palace disciples came to Myriad Thunder Valley.
• Xiao Hua said farewell to Zhuo, Xiangyang, and the others before Xiangyang led him into the restricted core of Myriad Thunder Valley and explained his guard duties.
• After three days of visits from Xiangyang, Cui Hongshen, and Zhuo, Xiao Hua sealed the restrictions and flew into the valley’s abyss using the Lightning Evasion Technique.
• He used the heavenly lightning to temper his body and improve his Thunder Control Transformation, then retreated into the thunder peak to recover and prepare to refine Rejuvenation Pills.

While Xiao Hua advanced his Thunder Evasion Technique in Myriad Thunder Valley, he was caught in an overwhelming vision of violet lightning. At the Great Thunder Hall, Fairy Xuanhua questioned Gan Qinghuo about the Lightning Devouring Bead before a message from the Shanghua Sect arrived.

• Xiao Hua practiced Thunder Evasion Technique until he reached a critical point, then saw himself surrounded by boundless violet lightning and overcome by fear.
• Fairy Xuanhua confronted Gan Qinghuo about the Lightning Devouring Bead’s origin and the lack of progress in tracing its source.
• Gan Qinghuo recounted how he found the bead, entrusted it to Xiao Hua, and escaped while hiding in Cai Zhuoxia’s coffin.
• Fairy Xuanhua explained that the Lightning Devouring Bead could replace the failing Min Lei Bead but might be a trap that could endanger the Thunder Control Sect.
• A message from the Shanghua Sect arrived, and True Person Leixiao told Gan Qinghuo to leave before Fairy Xuanhua received it.
• Fairy Xuanhua touched the message, and Xunyunzi’s exhausted face appeared in the mirror light.

After Xunyunzi announced the Dao Sect’s crushing defeat and Xuntian City’s fall, a sudden disturbance crippled much of the Thunder Control Sect’s formations. Fairy Xuanhua’s group prepared to use the Lightning Devouring Bead to restore them, while Xiao Hua vanished from a deadly space of purple lightning into darkness and silence.

• Xunyunzi told Fairy Xuanhua that the Dao Sect had been defeated and the sword cultivators had taken Xuntian City, but a violent disturbance shattered their communication before he could finish speaking.
• Fairy Xuanhua and the elders discovered that the Thunder Control Sect’s formations had failed and ordered patrols to assess damage across Lei Mo Mountain Range.
• Genyunzi and Duijie left to investigate Myriad Thunder Valley, Thousand Thunder Mountain, and Thunder Control Sea, while Fairy Xuanhua and three elders prepared to use the Lightning Devouring Bead.
• Reports revealed that thirty percent of the sect-protecting formation had been ruined, leaving the elders to rely on the Lightning Devouring Bead to restore the damaged formations.
• Xiao Hua faced irresistible killing intent in a space of purple lightning before darkness and silence abruptly replaced the lightning.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Hua, upon awakening from seclusion, finds Myriad Thunder Valley devoid of its usual lightning and Thunder Water.
• He discovers an inkstone-like object in his spatial dimension, which he suspects is the cause of the disappearance of lightning in Myriad Thunder Valley.
• Zhuo and other disciples investigate the valley but find no cause. They explain the valley's importance to the sect's protection formation.
• Dui Jie, Palace Master of Dui Thunder Palace, arrives and expresses anger at the situation, indicating severe punishment for those responsible.

Character Developments

• Xiao Hua: Realizes the gravity of the situation and the potential punishment for him. Tries to remove the inkstone from his spatial dimension but fails.
• Zhuo: Shows concern for the sect's formation and understanding of the valley's importance. Acknowledges Xiao Hua's role in the incident but also his lack of direct responsibility.
• Cui Hongshen: Tries to take responsibility for the incident, showing loyalty to his sect and fellow disciples.
• Dui Jie: Demonstrates her power and authority as a Palace Master, indicating severe consequences for those involved in the incident.

Significant Themes

• Responsibility: Characters grapple with their roles in the incident and the potential punishments.
• Importance of Myriad Thunder Valley: The valley's significance to the sect's protection formation is highlighted.
• Power Dynamics: Dui Jie's arrival emphasizes the hierarchy and power dynamics within the Thunder Control Sect.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Hua and Zhuo: Zhuo explains the valley's importance to Xiao Hua, showing concern for his well-being despite the situation.
• Cui Hongshen and Dui Jie: Cui Hongshen attempts to take responsibility for the incident, but Dui Jie dismisses his offer, emphasizing the severity of the situation.
• Zhuo and Dui Jie: Zhuo acknowledges Dui Jie's authority and the potential punishments for those involved, showing respect for her position.

Dui Jie brought Xiao Hua, Cui Hongshen, and Zhuo to Great Thunder Hall over Myriad Thunder Valley’s disappearance, while Cui Hongshen and Xiangyang each tried to take responsibility for Xiao Hua. Xiao Hua realized his senior brothers had risked themselves for him and entered the hall determined to set aside his pride for their sake.

• Dui Jie ordered Cui Hongshen to answer for failing to guard Myriad Thunder Valley, but Xiao Hua stepped forward and insisted he was responsible.
• Dui Jie declined to decide who caused the disaster and took Xiao Hua, Cui Hongshen, and Zhuo to Great Thunder Hall for the elders’ judgment.
• Xiao Hua learned that Myriad Thunder Valley’s loss was more serious than Cui Hongshen had suggested, though Cui warned that Great Thunder Hall might use it against Xiao Hua.
• At Great Thunder Hall, Dui Jie discovered that Xiangyang had already arrived to take responsibility for the disaster.
• Xiao Hua entered the hall, recognized the kneeling Xiangyang, and resolved to lower his head for the senior brothers who had tried to protect him.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The myriad thunders in Myriad Thunder Valley disappear, causing concern among the Thunder Control Sect's Palace Lords.
• Xiao Hua, Xiangyang, and Cui Hongshen admit fault for the incident, with Xiao Hua taking full responsibility.
• Fairy Xuanhua reveals that the annihilation of Myriad Thunder Valley is a severe breach of sect rules, punishable by severe consequences.
• True Person Leixiao explains the sect rule set by Founding Ancestor Qianyun, detailing the grave punishment for such an anomaly.
• Xiangyang and Cui Hongshen attempt to share Xiao Hua's burden but are rebuked by Fairy Xuanhua.

Character Developments

• Xiao Hua demonstrates responsibility and courage by accepting full blame for the incident.
• Xiangyang and Cui Hongshen show loyalty and concern for Xiao Hua but are ultimately unable to share his punishment.
• Fairy Xuanhua reveals her stern and unyielding side as she upholds sect rules and maintains order.
• True Person Leixiao shows reluctance in enforcing the severe punishment but ultimately adheres to the sect rules.

Significant Themes

• Responsibility and Accountability: Characters take responsibility for their actions, with Xiao Hua accepting the blame and Xiangyang and Cui Hongshen attempting to share his burden. However, Fairy Xuanhua emphasizes the importance of individual responsibility and adherence to sect rules.
• Sect Rules and Discipline: The Thunder Control Sect's rules are presented as strict and unyielding, with severe consequences for breaches. This reflects the sect's commitment to maintaining order and discipline.
• Loyalty and Concern: Xiangyang and Cui Hongshen display loyalty to Xiao Hua by attempting to share his punishment, showing their concern for his well-being.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Hua, Xiangyang, and Cui Hongshen: The three disciples show concern and loyalty for one another, with Xiao Hua accepting full responsibility to protect his fellow disciples, and Xiangyang and Cui Hongshen attempting to share his burden.
• Fairy Xuanhua and True Person Leixiao: The two Palace Lords interact as colleagues, with Fairy Xuanhua taking the lead in investigating the incident and True Person Leixiao providing information about the sect rules. However, they disagree on the severity of the punishment, with True Person Leixiao showing reluctance in enforcing the harsh consequences.
• Fairy Xuanhua and Xiao Hua: Fairy Xuanhua reprimands Xiao Hua for his actions, emphasizing the severity of the incident and the importance of adhering to sect rules. However, she also acknowledges Xiao Hua's past merits and expresses her disappointment in his current behavior.

Fairy Xuanhua put Xiao Hua’s fate to a vote among the Eight Great Thunder Palaces, arguing that he had violated the Founding Ancestor’s rules despite his achievements. The vote appeared to favor leniency, leaving Xiao Hua hopeful that he would survive.

• Fairy Xuanhua defended punishing Xiao Hua for failing to guard Myriad Thunder Valley and proposed that the Eight Great Thunder Palaces decide his fate.
• Dry Thunder Palace and Kan Thunder Palace supported executing Xiao Hua, while Fairy Yaofeng of Li Lei Palace argued that his crime did not warrant death.
• Leiting Zi of Xun Lei Palace supported Fairy Xuanhua’s call to execute Xiao Hua despite agreeing that his crime did not warrant death.
• Duijie of Dui Lei Palace argued that Xiao Hua’s failure was unintentional and supported leniency; after rebuking Qian Fengju for interrupting her, she repeated her position.
• Genyunzi of Gen Lei Palace also supported leniency, and Xiao Hua and his companions rejoiced at the apparent four-to-three vote, expecting True Person Leixiao’s position to decide the outcome.

Xiao Hua was expelled from the Thunder Control Sect after the Sect Leader’s Special Pardon Order spared him from death, and he left the Great Thunder Hall with Zhuo, Xiangyang, and Cui Hongshen. As they returned to Myriad Thunder Valley, Zhuo revealed that Wunai’s long seclusion was caused by grief and guilt over believing Xiao Hua and Cui Hongshen had died.

• True Person Leixiao invoked Xiao Hua’s Sect Leader’s Special Pardon Order and proposed expelling him rather than executing him or abolishing his cultivation.
• Fairy Xuanhua ruled that Xiao Hua would surrender the pardon order and all sect property, then leave Qiong Lei Peak within three hours.
• Xiao Hua asked about his Life Spirit Tablet and learned it would be returned when he departed Qiong Lei Peak.
• Xiangyang and Cui Hongshen accompanied Xiao Hua toward Myriad Thunder Valley, and Xiao Hua thanked them for risking their lives to defend him.
• Xiao Hua asked Zhuo to take him to bid farewell to Wunai, and Zhuo explained that Wunai had entered deathly seclusion after believing Xiao Hua and Cui Hongshen had died.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Xiao Hua returns to the Thunder Control Sect but doesn't visit his master, who is in seclusion.
• He is immediately forced to leave the sect after a series of events, including a Thunder Competition and a seclusion order.
• With only three hours left before his expulsion, he finally decides to visit his master's secluded location.
• They discover that Xiao Hua's master, Wu Nai, is condensing a pill, which will take around ten days to complete.
• Xiao Hua and Zhuo (Wu Nai's wife) are escorted to Qiong Lei Peak by Cui Hongshen, where they meet Xiang Zhili and the other disciples of Myriad Thunder Valley.
• Xiao Hua is about to be expelled from the sect, and Xiang Zhili expresses his disapproval and support for Xiao Hua.

Character Developments

• Xiao Hua: Realizes the gravity of his situation and the consequences of his actions. He visits his master's secluded location and shows remorse for bringing trouble to Myriad Thunder Valley.
• Wu Nai: Implied to be condensing a pill, which is a significant event for the sect.
• Zhuo: Shows concern for Xiao Hua and Wu Nai. She decides to guard Wu Nai's secluded location despite knowing it's not her responsibility.
• Xiang Zhili: Expresses his support for Xiao Hua and believes in his potential to become the sect leader in the future.

Significant Themes

• Consequences of actions: Xiao Hua's actions have brought significant trouble to Myriad Thunder Valley, and he is now facing expulsion from the sect.
• Master-disciple relationship: Xiao Hua's remorse and Zhuo's concern highlight the importance of the master-disciple bond.
• Support and loyalty: Zhuo, Xiang Zhili, and the other disciples of Myriad Thunder Valley show their support for Xiao Hua despite the circumstances.

Character Interactions

• Xiao Hua and Zhuo: They share a warm and caring relationship. Zhuo shows concern for Xiao Hua, while he respects and values her opinion.
• Xiao Hua and Xiang Zhili: They have a father-son-like relationship. Xiang Zhili expresses his support for Xiao Hua and believes in his potential.
• Zhuo and Cui Hongshen: They work together to help Xiao Hua and ensure Wu Nai's safety during his pill condensation.

Xiao Hua prepared to leave the Thunder Control Sect after being expelled, while friends and disciples gathered to thank him for his past kindness. Gen Qing returned Xiao Hua’s Life Spirit Tablet, and Xiao Hua destroyed it before surrendering his remaining sect tokens.

• Xiao Hua reassured Xiang Zhili that leaving the Thunder Control Sect was no great loss, and Xiangyang, Yan Qinglian, Cui Hongshen, Dui Qimeng, Wu Qing, and Zhen Quan’s group thanked him for helping them.
• Zhen Huo arrived and thanked Xiao Hua for saving him, promising to repay the favor if asked.
• Gen Qing arrived, and Xiao Hua gave him two jade bottles of pills and secretly told him they might help Sun Qian, asking him to keep Xiao Hua’s name out of it.
• Gen Qing returned Xiao Hua’s Life Spirit Tablet and warned him that the sect would no longer recognize him as a disciple.
• Xiao Hua destroyed the Life Spirit Tablet and handed Gen Qing his identity token and Gen Lei Palace number plaque.