Recaps

Xiang Zhili and Cui Yingying revealed that they had formed Nascent Souls, then concealed their realms to enter the Thunder Competition Ground and secure Myriad Thunder Valley’s survival. After the rival Thunder Palaces admitted defeat, Xiang Zhili vowed before everyone to protect his injured father and Myriad Thunder Valley until death.

• Xiang Zhili and Cui Yingying showed their Nascent Soul power, then used lightning to suppress their realms to late Golden Core and challenged the other Thunder Palaces.
• True Person Leixiao defended Xiang Zhili’s eligibility, and Kun Fa, Kan Yang, Li Jing, Gen Hu, and Dui Sheng admitted defeat rather than fight.
• Fairy Xuanhua declared that Myriad Thunder Valley had passed the trial and would retain its name for one hundred years; Cui Hongshen said much had changed during Xiang Zhili and Cui Yingying’s long seclusion.
• Xiang Zhili urged his badly injured father Xiangyang to rest, but Xiangyang stayed and gave him a spirit armor from his storage bag.
• Xiang Zhili manifested a lightning Dharma body, raised Xiangyang on a lightning chair, kowtowed to him, and swore to fight anyone who harmed his father or Myriad Thunder Valley until death.

Xiang Zhili reunited with Xiangyang and learned about the Thunder Control Sect’s leadership dispute, then told Cui Hongshen how Ganlei Zi had summoned him and his companions to investigate the Lightning Devouring Bead. The chapter left the bead’s suspected danger unexplained, though Xiang Zhili believed its problem had caused Ganlei Zi’s death.

• Xiang Zhili used a strange fluctuation to absorb the nine thunderclaps and his essence blood, then brought Xiangyang down to reunite with Cui Hongshen and the others.
• Cui Hongshen told Xiang Zhili that Fairy Xuanhua had become Sect Leader and that Dry Thunder Palace planned to choose its new lord through combat.
• Xiang Zhili revealed that Ganlei Zi had secretly ordered him, Wu Qing, and Cui Yingying to return to the sect decades earlier.
• Xiang Zhili recounted how Ganlei Zi questioned them about their adoptive father and the Lightning Devouring Bead while meditating above the Thunder Pool.
• Cui Hongshen explained the bead’s connection to the sect’s protective formation, and Xiang Zhili revealed that Leiting, Lei Yunzi, and Venerable Genyuan were alive but near the end of their lifespans.
• Xiang Zhili said Ganlei Zi had sensed that the Lightning Devouring Bead differed from the Min Lei Bead but had never discovered what was wrong with it.

Xiang Zhili explained Ganlei Zi’s suspicions about the Lightning Devouring Bead and the plan he had entrusted to his disciples. As the Thunder Control Sect began choosing a Dry Thunder Palace Lord, Wu Qing emerged from seclusion amid a tremendous display of lightning, unharmed but with no confirmation yet of whether he had formed his Nascent Soul.

• Xiang Zhili told Cui Hongshen that Ganlei Zi had suspected someone above the Divine Transformation stage tampered with the Lightning Devouring Bead and had sent disciples to investigate the formation and seek the three ancestors.
• Fairy Xuanhua began the contest for Dry Thunder Palace Lord, with True Person Kuangtian, Qian Qingzi, Qian Fengju, and True Person Jifeng preparing to compete.
• True Person Kuangtian and True Person Jifeng questioned the contest rules, and Fairy Xuanhua confirmed that only approved candidates could compete and that the last person on Thunder Competition Ground would become palace lord.
• A fierce wind and oppressive darkness halted the contest as Xiang Zhili recognized that Wu Qing had emerged from seclusion.
• Eighty-one lightning vortices struck the Lei Mo Mountain Range, then shattered as Wu Qing appeared from the night, unharmed and surrounded by lightning.

Wu Qing arrived at Thunder Competition Ground using Thunder Control Transformation, revealing that he had reached the mid-Nascent Soul stage and had been chosen by Ganlei Zi to lead Dry Thunder Palace. As the Thunder Palace Lords greeted him, Cui Hongshen concluded that Ganlei Zi had intended Wu Qing to eventually lead the Thunder Control Sect.

• Wu Qing used Thunder Control Transformation to reach Thunder Competition Ground, shocking Fairy Yaofeng and True Person Leixiao with his effortless mastery.
• Wu Qing greeted Zhuo as his mother, then gave Xiang Zhili pills for Xiangyang after learning that Xiangyang's Golden Core had shattered.
• Cui Yingying told Cui Hongshen that Ganlei Zi had given Wu Qing the Dry Thunder Palace seal and intended him to become its Palace Lord after forming his Nascent Soul.
• Cui Hongshen reasoned that Ganlei Zi had maneuvered to make Wu Qing the future Sect Leader, while Cui Yingying doubted Wu Qing would want the position.
• The Myriad Thunder Valley disciples celebrated gaining three Nascent Soul Grandmasters, and the Thunder Palace Lords approached Wu Qing to ask when he had formed his Nascent Soul.

Wu Qing returned as a mid-Nascent Soul cultivator and declared that Ganlei Zi had instructed him to take charge of Dry Thunder Palace. The dispute over whether he could compete for its lordship escalated, and Fairy Yaofeng defended his qualifications before the decision was settled.

• Wu Qing told the Thunder Control Sect leaders that he had formed his Nascent Soul at Thunder Accumulation Cave and announced he would compete for Dry Thunder Palace Lord.
• Wu Qing revealed that Ganlei Zi had assigned him to take charge of Dry Thunder Palace and produced its Palace Lord's Seal as proof.
• True Person Kuangtian accused Wu Qing of stealing the seal and tried to seize it, but True Person Leixiao stopped him and rebuked him.
• True Person Kuangtian argued that Wu Qing and True Person Leixiao threatened the balance among the Thunder Palaces, and Fairy Xuanhua demanded that Wu Qing surrender the seal for safekeeping.
• Wu Qing refused to hand over the seal, and Fairy Yaofeng argued that Ganlei Zi had cherished Wu Qing's exceptional talent and that his calm bearing suited him to lead Dry Thunder Palace.
• Zhe Xunzi questioned Wu Qing's ability to lead, and Fairy Yaofeng maintained that he was a suitable candidate.

Fairy Xuanhua allowed Wu Qing to compete for the vacant Dry Thunder Palace Lord position, framing the decision as part of reforms to strengthen the Thunder Control Sect. The dispute remained unresolved as Qian Qingzi and Qian Fengju withdrew from the competition, leaving Wu Qing and True Person Kuangtian to contend.

• Fairy Yaofeng proposed either verifying Wu Qing’s seal with Superior Leiting or allowing Wu Qing to enter the competition, and Fairy Xuanhua approved his participation.
• Fairy Xuanhua announced that Wu Qing could compete, and the Thunder Control Sect disciples reacted with excitement and protest before the palace leaders quieted them.
• Fairy Xuanhua defended reforming the sect’s old conventions, while True Person Leixiao wondered whether she genuinely supported change.
• Qian Qingzi and Qian Fengju told Fairy Xuanhua they were withdrawing so they would not appear to favor Wu Qing or True Person Kuangtian.
• Fairy Xuanhua praised Qian Qingzi and Qian Fengju for stepping aside to protect Dry Thunder Palace and the sect.

The battle for the Dry Thunder Palace Lord began with Wu Qing facing True Person Kuangtian and True Person Jifeng. True Person Jifeng allied with Kuangtian, but Wu Qing revealed powerful lightning techniques and a strange octagonal hammer as their attacks collided.

• Fairy Xuanhua began the battle for the Dry Thunder Palace Lord after Qian Fengju and Qian Qingzi withdrew.
• True Person Jifeng told True Person Kuangtian he would help defeat Wu Qing in exchange for the Kang Thunder Hall position, and Kuangtian agreed.
• True Person Jifeng attacked Wu Qing with a lightning sword, while Wu Qing countered with a fist phantom that grew stronger by gathering spiritual energy and lightning.
• True Person Kuangtian joined the attack with a powerful thunder spear, prompting observers to discuss the alliance and the earlier withdrawals.
• Wu Qing summoned an octagonal hammer bearing eight ancient characters and directed its might toward Kuangtian.
• Wu Qing's fist phantom collided with True Person Jifeng's thunder sword, and the impact shattered their lightning and revealed the dark fist and ancient sword beneath.

Wu Qing overwhelmed True Person Kuangtian and True Person Jifeng with his physical strength and Lightning Drawing Technique during the contest for Dry Thunder Palace Lord. True Person Kuangtian then unveiled a powerful lightning secret art and began forming a Lightning Dharma Body, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Wu Qing struck True Person Jifeng’s lightning sword away with his fist and charged at True Person Kuangtian.
• True Person Kuangtian and True Person Jifeng joined forces to trap Wu Qing with giant Nascent Soul hands and a sealed space.
• Wu Qing summoned his Nascent Soul and used the Lightning Drawing Technique to shatter the seal and both hands with a storm of lightning.
• True Person Leixiao and Fairy Yaofeng assessed Wu Qing’s strength, while Zhe Xunzi predicted he would win unless True Person Kuangtian had a surprise.
• True Person Kuangtian resisted the backlash, revealed an unfamiliar lightning secret art, and absorbed spiritual energy as his body began transforming into a Lightning Dharma Body.

Wu Qing revealed a Thunder Beast Dharma Body that raised his power to the late Nascent Soul stage, but True Person Kuangtian pushed himself to the same level and charged him. The chapter ended as Wu Qing met Kuangtian’s lightning spear with his thunder hammer, while True Person Jifeng continued gathering power nearby.

• True Person Kuangtian activated his Lightning Dharma Body, while Wu Qing moved aside and filled half the Thunder Competition Ground with thunderclaps.
• True Person Jifeng drew in Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi and began trying to form his own Dharma Body, but Wu Qing absorbed thousands of lightning bolts and transformed into a Thunder Beast Dharma Body.
• Wu Qing’s transformed body reached over two hundred zhang and displayed late Nascent Soul stage pressure, unsettling Fairy Xuanhua and the other observers.
• True Person Kuangtian used essence blood to strengthen his Lightning Dharma Body until its pressure approached the late Nascent Soul stage, while True Person Jifeng kept gathering power at the edge of the arena.
• True Person Kuangtian charged Wu Qing with his lightning spear, and Wu Qing spread his wings and swung his thunder hammer to meet him.

True Person Jifeng used a concealed cultivation and secret art to defeat Wu Qing and claim the Dry Thunder Palace Lord’s Seal. After the sect leaders examined a jade slip attributed to Ganlei Zi, Jifeng said Ganlei Zi had given him the art when he escaped the Thunder Control Sea.

• Wu Qing defeated True Person Kuangtian in a devastating clash, but both were badly injured.
• True Person Jifeng ambushed Wu Qing, revealed his rising cultivation, and blasted him out of the Thunder Competition Ground before continuing to batter away his Thunder Beast Dharma Body.
• True Person Jifeng claimed the Dry Thunder Palace Lord’s Seal, while Xiang Zhili and Cui Yingying helped Wu Qing retreat to the Myriad Thunder Valley disciples.
• True Person Jifeng presented a jade slip that Fairy Xuanhua and the Thunder Palace Lords examined, debating whether Ganlei Zi had left behind multiple hidden successors.
• True Person Jifeng said Ganlei Zi had given him the Dharma Body secret art while he was escaping the Thunder Control Sea.

True Person Jifeng won the Dry Thunder Palace Lord succession and proposed Wu Qing as his deputy, but the dispute was interrupted by reports that unknown cultivators had encircled Thunder Control Sect. As the sect prepared to resist, Immortal Alliance special envoys arrived, leaving Fairy Xuanhua and True Person Leixiao wondering why the Alliance had intervened.

• Fairy Xuanhua confirmed True Person Jifeng's victory and set the formal transfer of the Dry Thunder Palace Lord's Seal for three days later.
• True Person Jifeng asked to appoint Wu Qing as Dry Thunder Palace Deputy Lord, while True Person Leixiao offered Wu Qing leadership of Zhen Thunder Palace instead.
• Fairy Xuanhua received reports that Martial Ancestor Gen Qing was under attack and unknown cultivators had surrounded Thunder Control Sect from the east.
• Fairy Xuanhua ordered the sect to prepare for battle, and True Person Leixiao, Leiting Zi, and Zhe Xunzi dispatched disciples to defend the sect.
• A transmission reported that Immortal Alliance special envoys Ye Shuaihui and Xinyang had arrived, puzzling Fairy Xuanhua and True Person Leixiao.

Fairy Xuanhua and the Thunder Control Sect elders went to meet two purported Immortal Alliance Adjudication Hall special envoys while the sect prepared for a possible attack. Wu Qing told Xiang Zhili that True Person Jifeng’s assault was making his cultivation regress and that he suspected Jifeng wanted to eliminate him as a rival for Sect Leader; the envoys entered the formation as the chapter ended.

• Fairy Xuanhua and True Person Leixiao decided to meet the special envoys outside the mountain gate’s formation while Thunder Control Sect remained on alert.
• Xiang Zhili helped the injured Wu Qing join the group, and Wu Qing secretly revealed that his cultivation was regressing after True Person Jifeng’s attack.
• Wu Qing told Xiang Zhili that Jifeng’s repeated examination made him conceal his Nascent Soul injuries and that he could not safely separate from the group.
• The group reached the mountain gate and learned that cultivators had gathered about a thousand li away, though they had not advanced toward Thunder Control Sect.
• Fairy Xuanhua ordered the envoys Ye Shuaihui and Xinyang admitted, and True Person Leixiao arranged another grand formation as they entered.

Ye Shuaihui and Xinyang delivered an Immortal Alliance Arbitration Order requiring the Thunder Control Sect to return several hills to the unfamiliar Fèi Bīn Sect within three days. True Person Jifeng seized the order after the envoys tried to solicit spirit wine, and the confrontation remained unresolved.

• Ye Shuaihui and Xinyang demanded to deliver an Arbitration Order directly to the Thunder Control Sect’s Sect Leader, and True Person Jifeng challenged them to prove their identities.
• True Person Leixiao inspected the envoys’ tokens, confirmed they appeared genuine, and Fairy Xuanhua received the Arbitration Order.
• Ye Shuaihui announced that the Thunder Control Sect had to return several hills to the Fèi Bīn Sect within three days, leaving Fairy Xuanhua and the other sect members baffled.
• Xinyang hinted that the envoys expected the Thunder Control Sect to provide its renowned spirit wine before they handed over the order.
• True Person Jifeng seized the Arbitration Order and told the envoys to report that he alone was responsible, while Xinyang threatened to report him to the Alliance Leader.

Fairy Xuanhua and the Thunder Control Sect rejected the Arbitration Order demanding that they surrender their southern peaks, while suspecting a plot behind it. As unidentified cultivators surrounded the sect and its defenders prepared for battle, Fairy Xuanhua called for aid from Creek Kingdom’s Three Great Sects.

• Fairy Xuanhua rejected the Arbitration Order, and True Person Jifeng let Ye Shuaihui and Xinyang leave after they warned the sect to consider the consequences.
• True Person Leixiao and the others suspected Deputy Alliance Leader Luoxing Heaven had used the Immortal Alliance to issue the order and linked the surrounding cultivators to the dispute.
• Fairy Xuanhua sent Xiang Zhili, Wu Qing, and Cui Yingying to ask the three elders for help, but learned that acting could exhaust their remaining lifespans.
• True Person Jifeng crushed the Arbitration Order and volunteered to lead Dry Thunder Palace into battle as the Thunder Control Sect mobilized its disciples.
• Scouts returned without identifying the besieging cultivators, and Fairy Xuanhua proposed asking Creek Kingdom’s Three Great Sects for aid.

Fairy Xuanhua and the Thunder Control Sect learned that the Shanghua Sect, Seven Wonders Sect, Xunyan Sect, and Huanhua Sect had surrounded Lei Mo Mountain Range. Convinced that the sect faced an attack, Fairy Xuanhua chose to fight, and Leiting Zi volunteered to meet the Shanghua Sect in battle.

• True Person Jifeng suggested using the Spring Return Merchant Guild to improve the Thunder Control Sect’s intelligence, and Fairy Xuanhua assigned the matter to him as Dry Thunder Palace Lord.
• True Person Kuangtian objected to Jifeng taking control of the merchant guild, arguing that his grandson Qian Diheng had founded it, but True Person Leixiao postponed the dispute.
• Patrol reports identified Shanghua Sect, Seven Wonders Sect, Xunyan Sect, and Huanhua Sect forces advancing from all four directions around Lei Mo Mountain Range.
• True Person Jifeng suspected the attackers might not be the four sects’ elites, but Fairy Xuanhua declared that the Thunder Control Sect would fight regardless.
• Leiting Zi asked to face the Shanghua Sect, vowing that the Thunder Control Sect would make its attackers pay despite its decline.

Fairy Xuanhua prepared Thunder Control Sect’s forces to face the Four Great Sects, but Deputy Alliance Leader Luoxing Heaven arrived and questioned the siege. As Li Feng accused Thunder Control Sect of seizing Fèi Bīn Sect’s territory, Luoxing Heaven began investigating the dispute and the missing Arbitration Order envoys.

• Fairy Xuanhua appointed Leiting Zi and other palace leaders to lead Thunder Control Sect’s forces against Shanghua Sect and Seven Wonders Sect.
• Luoxing Heaven arrived at Thunder Control Sect with Du He, Xunyunzi, and Li Feng, and identified himself as Deputy Alliance Leader of the Xiaoyu Continent Immortal Alliance.
• Luoxing Heaven questioned Xunyunzi, Du He, and Li Feng about the siege, while each denied responsibility for it.
• Xunyunzi accused Thunder Control Sect of seizing Fèi Bīn Sect’s territory and said Li Feng had appealed to the Immortal Alliance Adjudication Hall.
• Luoxing Heaven revealed that two Adjudication Hall envoys had gone missing after delivering an Arbitration Order, and Fairy Xuanhua said they had left two days earlier.
• Li Feng pleaded with Luoxing Heaven to uphold justice, claiming Thunder Control Sect had forcibly taken several hills belonging to Fèi Bīn Sect.

Luoxing Heaven heard the Thunder Control Sect and the Fèi Bīn Sect dispute ownership of several hills while the Four Great Sects surrounded Lei Mo Mountain Range. He ordered the Thunder Control Sect to relinquish the disputed peaks temporarily, but the Four Great Sects made their withdrawal conditional on returning them to the Fèi Bīn Sect.

• Li Feng accused the Thunder Control Sect of seizing hills he had developed for the Fèi Bīn Sect, while Fairy Xuanhua insisted they were peaks inside her sect's protective formation.
• True Person Jifeng admitted that he had destroyed the Arbitration Order, and Luoxing Heaven said the Thunder Control Sect would bear the consequences and that the Immortal Alliance would support the Fèi Bīn Sect's demands.
• Luoxing Heaven summoned the Four Great Sects' leaders, who claimed they had come to uphold justice for the Fèi Bīn Sect and denied knowing what had happened to the two missing envoys.
• Fairy Xuanhua rejected the other sect leaders' account, but Luoxing Heaven asked her to provide evidence that the Thunder Control Sect was innocent.
• True Person Jifeng warned that an imminent war could kill thousands and asked Luoxing Heaven to consider the lives at stake.
• Luoxing Heaven ordered the Thunder Control Sect to remove its formation from the disputed hills temporarily, while Qi Jianghai said the Four Great Sects would leave only if the peaks were returned to the Fèi Bīn Sect.

Fairy Xuanhua chose to fight the Four Great Sects rather than surrender the Thunder Control Sect’s southern peaks, but Zhen Yue challenged her decision by arguing that the disciples’ lives mattered more than the land. As more dissent surfaced within the battle formation, the sect’s unity began to fracture just as battle preparations started.

• Luoxing Heaven pressed Fairy Xuanhua to choose peace or war, while Thunder Control Sect leaders and disciples argued over whether to surrender the peaks or fight.
• Wu Qing, Xiang Zhili, and Cui Yingying returned and urged resistance, and Fairy Xuanhua declared that the Thunder Control Sect would rather die standing than live in shame.
• Fairy Xuanhua ordered the disciples to deploy outside the formation and prepare to kill the enemy, while Luoxing Heaven and the other opposing leaders remained still.
• Zhen Yue questioned whether the southern peaks were worth the disciples’ lives and accused Fairy Xuanhua and True Person Jifeng of risking others for their own ambitions.
• Fairy Xuanhua spat blood as Zhen Xiaoyang emerged from the battle formation to oppose fighting, and True Person Leixiao recognized him as the master of the Hundred Refinements Hall.

As the Thunder Control Sect’s defenses fractured, Luoxing Heaven used a supposed investigation into missing envoys to justify a search of the sect. He revealed that Du Peng’s jade-green toad could unleash a deadly attack, leaving the Thunder Control Sect’s elders facing its power.

• Zhen Xiaoyang and other disciples refused to fight, and many defected after Fairy Xuanhua offered them a chance to leave the Thunder Control Sect.
• Fairy Xuanhua ordered the remaining disciples into the sect-protecting grand formation as Superior Leiting and Venerable Genyuan arrived.
• Lei Yunzi returned from the Immortal Alliance and declared that the Adjudication Hall and its Arbitration Order had no authority.
• Luoxing Heaven accused the Thunder Control Sect of killing two envoys and destroying the Arbitration Order, then announced he would search Lei Mo Mountain Range.
• Du Peng gave Luoxing Heaven an emerald-green toad and a jade slip explaining how to activate his spiritual treasure.
• Luoxing Heaven activated the toad, sending a torrent of jade-green radiance crashing toward the Thunder Control Sect’s sect-protecting grand formation.

Luoxing Heaven’s plot brought the Thunder Control Sect to the brink of destruction, but Xiao Hua returned with overwhelming power and killed Luoxing Heaven and the Devil Race infiltrator. The sect’s fate remained uncertain as Superior Leiting died and Lei Yunzi’s life ran out.

• The Annihilation Thunder Bead collapsed the Thunder Control Sect’s protective formation, and Luoxing Heaven revealed that he had orchestrated the sect’s takeover.
• Luoxing Heaven ordered Xunyunzi and the allied disciples to attack the Thunder Control Sect, while Fairy Xuanhua rallied its defenders.
• Xiao Hua appeared amid thunder and lightning, seized Du Peng, exposed the devilish Ji Peng within him, and destroyed the shadow.
• Xiao Hua killed Luoxing Heaven for targeting the Thunder Control Sect and avenged the harm he had caused.
• Superior Leiting died after recognizing Xiao Hua, and Lei Yunzi died before he could finish addressing Fairy Xuanhua.

Xiao Hua destroyed Luoxing Heaven and the attackers threatening the Thunder Control Sect, then reunited with Zhuo and mourned his master. He confronted True Person Jifeng over harming Wu Qing and recognized him as his Senior Brother Bai Fei.

• Xiao Hua exterminated Luoxing Heaven’s Primordial Spirit inside the Annihilation Thunder Bead and crushed the jade toad.
• Xiao Hua ordered the Creation Sect disciples to attack the besieging forces, gave Venerable Genyuan an Immortal Peach, and sent several sect leaders into the battle to fight their way out.
• Xiao Hua forced Xunyunzi to kill himself, then knelt before Zhuo and apologized for frightening her and failing his master.
• Xiao Hua learned that True Person Jifeng had injured Wu Qing while trying to eliminate a rival for leadership, and he accused him of seeking the Thunder Control Sect’s leader position.
• Xiao Hua called True Person Jifeng his Senior Brother Bai Fei, leaving Jifeng shocked as he recognized Xiao Hua.

Xiao Hua spared Bai Fei at Wu Qing’s request, punished him by removing the Light Feather, and reunited Ye Yun and Ji Yu with him to settle their grievances. After Bai Fei and Li Feng were sent away, the Thunder Control Sect disciples knelt to thank Xiao Hua, who reflected on the sect’s decline and the Annihilation Thunder Bead.

• Xiao Hua exposed True Person Jifeng as Bai Fei and prepared to kill him for harming Myriad Thunder Valley disciples, but spared him at Wu Qing’s request so Wu Qing could one day surpass him.
• Xiao Hua tore the Light Feather from Bai Fei, destroyed it, and discovered Bai Fei’s little bottle, which he briefly examined before returning it.
• Xiao Hua brought Ji Yu and Ye Yun out of the Kunlun Mirror, and Ye Yun denounced Bai Fei for scheming against her.
• Xiao Hua saw through Bai Fei’s feigned injury and let him leave, while Xiang Zhili kicked Li Feng back toward the battle formation.
• The Thunder Control Sect leaders and disciples knelt to thank Xiao Hua, who said the sect’s decline came from both the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi aberration and its own failings.

Xiao Hua restored the Thunder Control Sect’s protective formation and repaid the sect with complete cultivation methods, while securing Myriad Thunder Valley’s place within it. After receiving news connected to Fairy Hongxia, he sent Yuan Ya to investigate Xuntian City and dispatched the Black Bear Spirit and Venerable Genyuan to capture two suspected lifelong enemies.

• Xiao Hua forced the Annihilation Thunder Bead into the Lei Mo Mountain Range, restoring and strengthening the Thunder Control Sect’s mountain-protecting formation.
• Xiao Hua gave Fairy Xuanhua cultivation methods from Qi Cultivation to Tribulation Crossing, and Fairy Xuanhua decreed that Myriad Thunder Valley would remain in the Thunder Control Sect while its disciples could also join the Creation Sect.
• Xiao Hua learned of news from Xuntian City concerning Fairy Hongxia and sent Yuan Ya to consult Xiong Yi and investigate the matter carefully.
• Xiao Hua questioned Venerable Genyuan about cultivators from Ascension Gate and the Immortal Music Sect, then ordered him and the Black Bear Spirit to capture Feng Shu and Chan Simiao.
• Xiao Hua took the Myriad Thunder Valley disciples away, leaving Fairy Xuanhua and the Thunder Control Sect elders to reflect on how close the sect had come to destruction.

Fairy Xuanhua and the Thunder Control Sect elders discussed Xiao Hua’s extraordinary rise and agreed to seek his forgiveness together. Meanwhile, Zhong Haoran and Yunshu reflected on the Creation Sect’s growth under Xiao Hua’s guidance and renewed their ambition to surpass Heaven’s Forsaken.

• Fairy Xuanhua marveled at Xiao Hua’s power, and the Thunder Control Sect elders reassured her that he still cared for the sect despite his expulsion.
• Fairy Xuanhua said she wanted Xiao Hua’s forgiveness, and True Person Leixiao and the others agreed to accompany her after the sect handled the aftermath.
• Yunshu arrived at a meeting place near Xuntian City and concealed himself in an ice pillar while waiting for the sect leader.
• Zhong Haoran arrived at dawn and congratulated Yunshu on reaching Illusion Sword Rank Three, while Yunshu worried that he could not yet help the sect leader enough.
• Zhong Haoran and Yunshu recalled Xiao Hua’s instructions and celebrated how the Creation Sect had grown toward the goal of surpassing Heaven’s Forsaken.

Zhong Haoran and Fei Yunshu discovered that neither had issued the first Sect Leader Token ordering Creation Sect disciples to surround Xuntian City. Zhong Haoran explained that he had used the false token’s timing to gather the scattered Creation Sect, though the chapter left their plan and the situation around Xuntian City unresolved.

• Fei Yunshu questioned Zhong Haoran about issuing Sect Leader Tokens over Fairy Hongxia’s engagement to the Ye family heir.
• Zhong Haoran and Fei Yunshu realized that neither had sent the first token and suspected someone had schemed against them.
• Zhong Haoran explained that he had mistaken the first token for Fei Yunshu’s, then issued more tokens after believing Fei Yunshu had agreed with his plan.
• Fei Yunshu described how True Person Xiao’s influence had helped the Creation Sect spread among Huan Kingdom’s Sword Cultivators, despite its lack of unified leadership.
• Zhong Haoran said he wanted to gather the scattered Creation Sect factions and elect an alliance master, but had resorted to surrounding Xuntian City because other sects had ignored his efforts.