Arc 60The Thunder Control Selection

Xiao Hua and Xue Xue survived the Thunder Control Sect’s deadly selection, and Xiao Hua became Wu Nai’s disciple after placing first in the trial. He reported Gan Qinghuo’s situation and returned the Lightning Devouring Bead to the sect, which granted him access to its cultivation methods while keeping him in Zhen Thunder Palace.

  • Xiao Hua learned that the first selection round tested lightning affinity, and after the Spirit Seeker failed to respond, he made it burst with his spiritual power and won permission to continue.
  • Xiao Hua and Xue Xue entered Thunder Seeking Valley, survived its illusion and lightning formations, and used the Lightning Devouring Bead to clear a path through a deadly net.
  • The illusion trial scattered the contestants, and Xiao Hua collected number plates by defeating opponents before rescuing Xue Xue and helping her qualify.
  • Xiao Hua revealed sixty-one number plates at registration, passed the bone-age examination, and learned that he had ranked first among the candidates.
  • Xun Ming took Xue Xue as his disciple, while Wu Nai accepted Xiao Hua after learning about his Hidden Fire Physique and weak cultivation foundation.
  • Xiao Hua and Wu Nai reported to Ganlei Zi, and Xiao Hua handed over the Lightning Devouring Bead after describing his encounter with Gan Qinghuo.
  • Ganlei Zi let Xiao Hua remain Wu Nai’s disciple in Zhen Thunder Palace and gave him access to cultivation manuals, additional supplies, and a copy of the Lightning Escape Technique.
Chapters 1476–1500 Vol. 15 Read

Ch. 1476Strange Perception

Xiao Hua and Xue Xue exchanged what they knew about Misty Mountain, Flying Phoenix Ridge, and the Fire Ape before waiting through the night for the Thunder Control Sect’s selection. While cultivating, Xiao Hua discovered his perception could inspect divine sense without being detected, leaving him uncertain about how he would cultivate true divine sense.

  • Xue Xue told Xiao Hua that Ling Zhengyi had intended to use him and explained Misty Mountain’s interest in the Fire Ape’s soul-suppressing artifact.
  • Xiao Hua told Xue Xue what he had heard about Ling Chongya and the Pu family of Flying Phoenix Ridge, then declined to pursue the Fire Ape for now.
  • Xiao Hua cultivated the Dragon Transformation Art and sensed that it was revealing many meridians beyond those described in the Heaven and Earth Manifestation method.
  • A divine sense from Thunder Peak repeatedly passed over Xue Xue, and Xiao Hua sensed an unusual fluctuation as it appeared to mark her.
  • Xiao Hua realized his perception had examined the divine sense without being noticed, and wondered how he would cultivate true divine sense.
  • At dawn, Xiao Hua began absorbing the sun’s essence, and Xue Xue suddenly called out to him.

Ch. 1477Testing Attributes

Xiao Hua and Xue Xue attended the Thunder Control Sect’s disciple selection, where Gen Yeming announced that the first round would test candidates’ bodily attributes. A five-year-old boy showed a strong lightning attribute and qualified, but the testing girl rebuked his father for teaching him cultivation techniques before the sect could train him.

  • Xue Xue called out to Xiao Hua, then explained that the selection’s first round tested candidates’ bodily attributes for lightning affinity.
  • Gen Yeming addressed the crowd through the spheres overhead and announced the selection procedure and the defensive talismans inside numbered tokens.
  • Gen Lei Palace and Dui Lei Palace disciples arrived and began testing cultivators with Spirit Seekers, rejecting an eighth-layer Qi Cultivation man whose light barely advanced.
  • A five-year-old boy gripped the Spirit Seeker and sent purplish-red light halfway along it, qualifying for the Thunder Control Sect’s selection.
  • The Dui Lei Palace girl learned that the boy’s father had taught him cultivation techniques and scolded the father for doing so.

Ch. 1478Attribute-less Physique

Xiao Hua watched the Thunder Control Sect test cultivators for lightning attributes and admit those who passed its first round. After Xue Xue revealed a lightning physique, Xiao Hua took the Spirit Seeker, which showed no reaction and left his eligibility in doubt.

  • A little girl tested cultivators, rejecting those without suitable attributes and giving a token to a fire-attribute cultivator who passed the first round.
  • A Thunder Control Sect disciple took a young lightning-attribute child into a sphere while the child's father received a token for visiting him.
  • Xiao Hua learned that the Sect held additional selection rounds and worried that its Spirit Seeker would identify him as having a water attribute.
  • Xue Xue tested positive for a Li Lightning physique and received a numbered token for the second round.
  • The little girl tested Xiao Hua last, but the Spirit Seeker showed no response in his hand, and she warned him that he would be eliminated if it remained unresponsive.

Ch. 1479Overloading the Spirit Seeker

Xiao Hua’s Spirit Seeker test went awry when the artifact overloaded and exploded, prompting Dui Ling to accuse him of destroying it. Gen Yeming confirmed Xiao Hua’s unusual lack of attributes and questioned his background, leaving Xiao Hua to disclose that he was a rogue cultivator who practiced the fire-attributed Burning Heaven Art.

  • Xiao Hua argued that the unresponsive Spirit Seeker might be broken and asked to test it with his own spiritual power.
  • Xiao Hua snatched the Spirit Seeker and infused it with spiritual power, causing brilliant purple-red light to erupt before the artifact exploded.
  • Dui Ling attacked Xiao Hua with Five Thunder yellow talismans and Palm Thunder, but Xiao Hua dodged without striking back.
  • Gen Yeming arrived, heard Xue Xue’s account, and explained that cultivators with balanced Five Elements should produce white light during the test.
  • Gen Yeming tested Xiao Hua with another Spirit Seeker, which showed no reaction, then asked about his cultivation and background.
  • Xiao Hua told Gen Yeming that he was a rogue cultivator who practiced the Burning Heaven Art.

Ch. 1480Finally Passing the First Test

Xiao Hua’s lack of any Five Elements attribute drew Gen Yeming’s attention and led him to meet a Golden Core cultivator of the Thunder Control Sect. The cultivator confirmed the Spirit Seeker could not identify Xiao Hua’s attributes but allowed him to proceed to the second test, leaving Xiao Hua to wonder whether he should reveal the bead.

  • Gen Yeming learned that Xiao Hua was a twenty-three-year-old Rogue Cultivator who had reached the tenth layer of Qi Cultivation and used the Burning Heaven Art.
  • Gen Yeming brought Xiao Hua to meet his Master-Grandfather, a Golden Core cultivator, after reporting that Xiao Hua had no detectable Five Elements attribute.
  • The Golden Core cultivator tested Xiao Hua with another Spirit Seeker, which burst apart when Xiao Hua infused it with spiritual power.
  • The Golden Core cultivator said the Spirit Seeker’s result was inconclusive but allowed Xiao Hua to continue to the second test.
  • Gen Yeming gave Xiao Hua a numbered token and returned him to Thunder Peak, while Xiao Hua decided to wait before revealing the bead.

Ch. 1481Thunder Seeking Valley

Xiao Hua and Xue Xue began the Thunder Control Sect’s second-stage selection, a dangerous overnight crossing of Thunder Seeking Valley. After hearing the risks, Xiao Hua urged Xue Xue not to rush in with the other cultivators.

  • Xiao Hua returned to Thunder Peak after passing the first-stage selection and told Xue Xue that he had met a Golden Core senior and destroyed another Spirit Seeker.
  • Xue Xue told Xiao Hua that Thunder Seeking Valley was a dangerous trial ground for peak Qi Cultivation disciples, and they saw a cultivator struck dead by the sect’s restrictions for not wearing a numbered token.
  • A mid-Foundation Establishment supervisor announced that candidates had to cross Thunder Seeking Valley safely by dawn and warned that the test could be fatal.
  • The supervisor watched thousands of candidates enter the valley and predicted that many would die, then departed using Lightning Escape.
  • Xiao Hua told Xue Xue to follow more slowly, arguing that they only needed to cross by dawn and did not need to race the crowd.

Ch. 1482Illusory Formation

Xiao Hua and Xue Xue entered Thunder Seeking Valley, where an illusory formation separated them from other cultivators and made the scenery repeat. Xiao Hua used his perception to find Xue Xue and guide her through the formation, then realized they might be alone in the valley.

  • Xiao Hua and Xue Xue set off into Thunder Seeking Valley after the other cultivators disappeared ahead.
  • Xiao Hua noticed Xue Xue had vanished, discovered the valley’s repeated scenery, and realized they were trapped in an illusory formation.
  • Xiao Hua tried to fly through the formation, but its spatial restriction returned him to his starting point.
  • Xiao Hua used his perception to locate Xue Xue, who could hear him but could not see him, and guided her by holding her sleeve.
  • Other trapped cultivators’ Fireball Talismans exploded nearby, and Xue Xue warned Xiao Hua against forcing their way through the formation.
  • Xue Xue asked whether Xiao Hua had seen any other cultivators ahead, and Xiao Hua began to suspect there were none.

Ch. 1483Heart Demon or Stirring Feelings?

Xiao Hua and Xue Xue escaped Thunder Seeking Valley’s illusion array, then entered a dangerous trial passage. As lightning gathered around them, they unleashed fire talismans against the restriction.

  • Xue Xue regained her senses after using a Spirit Cleansing Talisman, realizing the illusion array had stirred a heart demon and confused her feelings for Xiao Hua.
  • Xiao Hua and Xue Xue found debris at the entrance to a trial passage and suspected an offensive array would test their strength while the identification plaques offered a way out.
  • Xiao Hua and Xue Xue prepared with protective and offensive talismans, then flew into the passage together.
  • Lightning struck the stone walls and released a net of purple electricity that descended toward Xiao Hua and Xue Xue.
  • Xiao Hua and Xue Xue hurled fire talismans into the air to counter the lightning restriction.

Ch. 1484Jade Hollow, a Magical Artifact

Xiao Hua and Xue Xue struggled to escape Thunder Seeking Valley’s endlessly reforming lightning webs, only to find the passage sealed by another web. Xue Xue brought out Misty Mountain’s ancestral magical artifact, Jade Hollow, and used it to surround them with concealing mist as they prepared to get past the barrier.

  • Xiao Hua blasted holes through successive lightning webs with premium-grade Fireball Talismans and flew with Xue Xue through the gaps.
  • When lightning webs closed off their route, Xiao Hua carried Xue Xue upward, but bolts from the clouds forced them back down into the valley.
  • Xiao Hua told Xue Xue to close her eyes and avoid using spiritual power while he flew them to a safer spot beyond the immediate webs.
  • Xiao Hua and Xue Xue found a solid web of lightning sealing the passage, while more webs continued moving behind them.
  • Xue Xue revealed Jade Hollow and used Misty Mountain’s ancestral yellow talisman to release white mist around herself and Xiao Hua.

Ch. 1485The Thunder Pearl Proves Its Worth

Xiao Hua and Xue Xue crossed the lightning net with Jade Hollow until Xue Xue’s spiritual power failed, forcing Xiao Hua to use the lightning-absorbing pearl to clear their path. They reached a gathering of injured cultivators, where Xue Xue discovered Xiao Hua’s Wutuodan was a supreme-grade spirit pill, just as the cultivators began organizing and one approached Xiao Hua.

  • Xue Xue used Jade Hollow to shield herself and Xiao Hua from the lightning net, but the long crossing exhausted her spiritual power.
  • Xiao Hua’s attempt to lend Xue Xue spiritual power disrupted her meridians, causing her to spit blood as Jade Hollow withdrew and their protective talismans shattered.
  • Xiao Hua brought out the pearl, which absorbed the lightning net and opened a path, then he and Xue Xue flew onward before the net re-formed behind them.
  • Xiao Hua gave Xue Xue a Wutuodan, and they found more than a thousand battered cultivators resting beyond the next bend.
  • Xue Xue realized the Wutuodan was a supreme-grade spirit pill that was repairing her meridians, while Xiao Hua sat beside her pretending to recover.
  • A group of high-level cultivators organized the others, and a cultivator around the tenth layer of Qi Cultivation approached Xiao Hua.

Ch. 1486Methods of Cultivation Family Disciples

Xiao Hua rejected the Cultivation family disciples’ conditions for joining their organized advance through Thunder Seeking Valley, while Xue Xue recovered from her injuries. After the Thunder Control Sect altered the valley entrance, the other cultivators entered, and Xue Xue flew in despite Xiao Hua’s warning.

  • Ma Miaoming invited Xiao Hua to join the Cultivation family disciples’ faction, which demanded obedience after entering the Thunder Control Sect and refused injured cultivators; Xiao Hua declined.
  • Most cultivators joined the factions led by Jiang Mingxiao and the other eleventh-layer Qi Cultivation cultivators, while Xiao Hua and Xue Xue stayed behind.
  • A thunderboat arrived and released violet light into the valley entrance, which Jiang Mingxiao called a test for the Thunder Control Sect elders to observe.
  • Jiang Mingxiao and the other factions entered the valley, leaving Xiao Hua, Xue Xue, and more than a hundred injured cultivators in the clearing.
  • Xiao Hua suggested that Xue Xue rest rather than risk worsening her injuries, but Xue Xue flew toward the valley entrance to continue the trial.

Ch. 1487Another Illusion Array

Xiao Hua entered Thunder Seeking Valley’s final trial and learned that contestants had to collect number plates to rank among the Thunder Control Sect’s hundred recruits. After taking a plate from a weaker cultivator, he watched an unknown hand seize it from underground.

  • Xiao Hua followed Xue Xue into Thunder Seeking Valley, but the illusion array separated them and placed him in a vast mountain landscape.
  • The illusion array’s announcement explained that all 1,218 contestants were scattered apart and that the hundred contestants with the most number plates by sunrise would become disciples.
  • Xiao Hua saw fireworks signaling other contestants gathering, then flew off to collect plates himself.
  • Xiao Hua intercepted a red-robed seventh-layer cultivator and shattered his flying sword talisman with Palm Thunder.
  • The red-robed cultivator surrendered his number plate, but a hand reached out from underground and grabbed it as Xiao Hua waved him away.

Ch. 1488The Method of Elimination

Xiao Hua discovered that tokens kept their holders in the illusion array and that defeated cultivators were teleported out, then gathered tokens with ease. As Ma Miaoming, Jiang Mingxiao, and Wang Qiming surrounded him and fought over his allegiance and token, Xiao Hua refused to submit and prepared to face Jiang Mingxiao’s attack.

  • Xiao Hua realized a cultivator was eliminated when his token moved more than ten feet away, then chased down the pointed-faced cultivator who had stolen it and took both tokens after striking him with his Profound Iron needle.
  • Xiao Hua used Palm Thunder to defeat the pointed-faced cultivator, then collected tokens from two weaker cultivators who surrendered willingly.
  • After failing to find more cultivators, Xiao Hua was surrounded by Ma Miaoming, Jiang Mingxiao, and their followers, and Jiang Mingxiao offered to spare him if he swore a blood oath of obedience.
  • Wang Qiming arrived with his own group and demanded Xiao Hua’s token, while Jiang Mingxiao claimed Xiao Hua had already joined him.
  • Xiao Hua refused to become Jiang Mingxiao’s servant, and Jiang Mingxiao drew an earth-yellow sword talisman to attack him.

Ch. 1489Who Dared Touch This Daoist's Things?!

Xiao Hua defeated Jiang Mingxiao and Wang Qiming, taking their number plates and driving off their followers. He punished Ma Miaoming for siding with Jiang Mingxiao, then exposed Ma’s attempt to deceive him as Ma vanished from the illusion array.

  • Xiao Hua overwhelmed Jiang Mingxiao with Fireball Talismans and killed him with the Profound Iron needle, collecting fourteen number plates.
  • Xiao Hua shattered Wang Qiming’s Immobilization Technique with Palm Thunder, chased him down, and killed him with the Profound Iron needle through his gourd artifact’s green shield.
  • Xiao Hua collected Wang Qiming’s eleven number plates and sent away the nearby cultivators who hoped to receive them.
  • Xiao Hua ordered Ma Miaoming to surrender his number plates for supporting Jiang Mingxiao, and Ma handed over two plates.
  • Xiao Hua stopped Ma Miaoming’s plates and sent them flying behind him, revealing that one had transformed into a snake-like monster as Ma disappeared.

Ch. 1490Xiao Hua Was Feeling Lovesick

Xiao Hua reflected on the secrets of cultivation families and decided to look for Xue Xue, but a group of cultivators led by Fellow Daoist Yuan and Fellow Daoist Min ambushed him for his number plates. After Xiao Hua fled underground, he killed Fellow Daoist Fan from below, and a cultivator who tried to seize Fan’s number plate faced Xiao Hua’s threat.

  • Xiao Hua considered what he had learned about ancient talismanic curses and realized he had collected twenty-seven number plates.
  • Thinking of Xue Xue and Fairy Hongxia, Xiao Hua decided to search for Xue Xue before the selection ended.
  • Fellow Daoist Yuan, Fellow Daoist Min, and dozens of other cultivators confronted Xiao Hua, who evaded them by burrowing underground.
  • Fellow Daoist Yuan and Fellow Daoist Min pursued Xiao Hua underground while the others stayed above and watched one another.
  • Xiao Hua struck Fellow Daoist Fan from beneath the earth, causing Fan to vanish and his number plate to appear.
  • A nearby cultivator reached for Fellow Daoist Fan’s number plate, and Xiao Hua warned him not to take it.

Ch. 1491The Selection's Finale

Xiao Hua gathered more number plates as the selection neared its end, then spotted Xue Xue in danger and rushed to save her. The chapter ended with Xiao Hua claiming the fallen number plates while Xue Xue calmly fixed her hair as attacks flew toward her.

  • Xiao Hua eliminated the fat cultivator and another opponent, then refused to pursue Fellow Daoist Yuan and Fellow Daoist Min when they chose to let him go.
  • Xiao Hua continued searching and gained thirteen more number plates while cultivators fought over their last chance to qualify.
  • The illusion array forced Xue Xue aboveground, where the loud-voiced cultivator and several others attacked her for her number plates.
  • Xiao Hua killed the loud-voiced cultivator with his Profound Iron needle just as the man’s bronze hammer neared Xue Xue.
  • Xiao Hua claimed the fallen number plates, while Xue Xue ignored the incoming attacks to smooth her hair.

Ch. 1492Gravely Wounded, Powerless, Please

Xiao Hua rescued Xue Xue during the final trial, collected the remaining number plates, and met Wang Yunxiao as the candidates arrived at Gen Lei Palace. The Thunder Control Sect began registering the new disciples and testing their bone ages, while female cultivators were directed to a separate hall.

  • Xiao Hua used Fireball Talismans and his Profound Iron needle to defeat the attackers around Xue Xue and collect twenty-two number plates.
  • Xiao Hua gave Xue Xue three number plates and kept the other nineteen before the candidates were teleported out of Thunder Seeking Valley.
  • Wang Yunxiao introduced himself to Xiao Hua aboard the thunder boat and warned Xue Xue to stop leaning on Xiao Hua once they landed.
  • The thunder boat carried the candidates to Gen Lei Palace, where Gen Gen instructed them to register their number plates and have their bone ages tested.
  • Female disciples from Dui Lei Palace told Xue Xue that female cultivators had to go to a different side hall.

Ch. 1493Bone Age

Xiao Hua underwent the Thunder Control Sect’s bone-age test, which left the elder unable to determine his age. At the next checkpoint, Xiao Hua revealed that he had collected sixty-one number plates, astonishing the sect cultivators and apparently proving he had passed the third round.

  • Wang Yunxiao explained that the Thunder Control Sect rejected cultivators over thirty-five unless they had reached Foundation Establishment, making Xiao Hua fear his unknown age might disqualify him.
  • A Foundation Establishment elder tested Xiao Hua’s bones but found his bone age seemed to range from several hundred or over a thousand years to as young as four or five, or eighteen.
  • The elder recorded Xiao Hua’s information without telling him his age, and Xiao Hua left the hall worried he would be rejected.
  • At the next checkpoint, Xiao Hua learned the left door led to Thunder Peak and the right door was for cultivators who had passed the third round.
  • Xiao Hua revealed sixty-one number plates, and the stunned cultivators confirmed they were genuine and ordered a disciple to collect them.

Ch. 1494Finally Passed

Xiao Hua passed the Thunder Control Sect’s selection and entered Spring Thunder Hall with the other new disciples. After learning that the sect had accepted ninety-four disciples and that they would be provisional for a year, he waited as Foundation Establishment cultivators prepared to choose apprentices, while Golden Core cultivator Xun Ming arrived to observe.

  • Xiao Hua entered the hall, reunited with Xue Xue, and formally met Yuan Bo and Min Ge after passing the illusion trial.
  • Gen Gen announced that ninety-four candidates had passed and explained that they would spend a year as provisional disciples before becoming official members of the sect.
  • Gen Gen described the two rounds in which Foundation Establishment cultivators would select apprentices and remaining disciples would be assigned instruction through the Dharma Transmission Hall.
  • More than a hundred Foundation Establishment cultivators entered and examined the new disciples, but Xiao Hua’s perception suggested they were overlooking him.
  • Xun Ming arrived at Spring Thunder Hall, received the Foundation Establishment cultivators’ greetings, and told them to continue their business.

Ch. 1495Wu Nai

At the Thunder Control Sect’s disciple selection, Xun Ming accepted Xue Xue as her disciple, while Wu Nai arrived too late to claim the disciple he had marked. Gen Gen named Xiao Hua as the selection’s top performer and presented him as a possible disciple for Wu Nai.

  • Several Foundation Establishment cultivators selected disciples, including Xue Xue’s prospective master and Xiao Hua’s companions.
  • Xun Ming interrupted Xue Xue’s acceptance ceremony and persuaded the beautiful middle-aged woman to yield her to become Xun Ming’s disciple.
  • Wu Nai arrived late, discovered that his marked disciple had already been taken, and refused Gen Gen’s offer to choose from the remaining disciples.
  • Xun Ming urged Wu Nai to choose a disciple, and he agreed to wait for the second round.
  • Gen Gen announced that Xiao Hua had won sixty-two number plates, ranking first among the ninety-four disciples.

Ch. 1496Finally Taking a Master

Xiao Hua was nearly rejected as a disciple because his scattered cultivation techniques had left his foundation flawed, but Wu Nai changed his mind after learning Xiao Hua had a rare Hidden Fire Physique. As Xiao Hua was accepted into the Myriad Thunder Valley lineage, the restriction on his Minghua Pill suddenly broke, and Wu Nai began trying to save him.

  • Wu Nai questioned Xiao Hua's age and learned he was a twenty-five-year-old Rogue Cultivator who had used three incomplete cultivation techniques.
  • Wu Nai explained that Xiao Hua's weak foundation could make a Foundation Establishment breakthrough impossible, and Xiao Hua accepted the risk.
  • Gen Gen revealed that Xiao Hua had a rare Hidden Fire Physique, which had burst the Spirit Seeker during testing.
  • Wu Nai accepted Xiao Hua as his disciple and prepared to take him to the Jade Slip Hall with Xun Ming.
  • The restriction on Xiao Hua's Minghua Pill broke, flooding his meridians with medicinal liquid, and Wu Nai immediately used incantations to treat him.

Ch. 1497True Person Leixiao

Wu Nai brought Xiao Hua to Dry Thunder Palace to report an urgent matter, hoping the Sect Master might accept him into a different lineage. At Great Thunder Hall, they encountered True Person Leixiao, who recognized Xiao Hua from Thunder Accumulation Cave.

  • Xiao Hua asked Wu Nai to seal the Minghua Pill in his meridians again and speak with him privately, then revealed an important matter in a side hall.
  • Wu Nai told Xun Ming he had to take Xiao Hua to Dry Thunder Palace to report to the Sect Master, and flew there with him.
  • Wu Nai explained that Xiao Hua’s service might earn him a place in Dry Thunder Palace, though Xiao Hua insisted he would remain Wu Nai’s disciple.
  • At Great Thunder Hall, Wu Nai learned the Sect Master was absent and Ancestor Miyou was on duty, while a guard objected to Xiao Hua entering as a Qi Refining disciple.
  • True Person Leixiao arrived and recognized Xiao Hua from Thunder Accumulation Cave, then learned Xiao Hua had passed the selection and joined Wu Nai’s branch.
  • Xiao Hua explained that his cultivation had been damaged when Leixiao met him, and Wu Nai began to remind Leixiao that Xiao Hua had come to report an urgent matter.

Ch. 1498Lightning Devouring Bead

Xiao Hua reported Gan Qinghuo’s message to the Thunder Control Sect’s leaders and presented the Lightning Devouring Bead, whose power shocked the Great Thunder Hall and nearly set off the mountain’s restrictions. Ganlei Zi accepted Xiao Hua’s trust regarding Gan Qinghuo, while Shanghua Sect cultivators continued watching the mountain for him.

  • True Person Leixiao heard Xiao Hua mention Gan Qinghuo and summoned Sect Master Ganlei Zi to receive the report.
  • Ganlei Zi brought Xiao Hua and the others into the Great Thunder Hall, where Xiao Hua recounted his encounter with Gan Qinghuo.
  • Xiao Hua took out the Lightning Devouring Bead, which absorbed lightning from the hall’s restrictions before Ganlei Zi seized and contained it.
  • Ganlei Zi explained that Gan Qinghuo was hiding his vitality and that other sects were searching for him, and Xiao Hua pledged his trust in the Thunder Control Sect.
  • Ganlei Zi briefly released the bead’s power, causing dark clouds and lightning to gather over the Lei Mo Mountain Range, then suppressed it before damage occurred.
  • Senior Brother Gao and Junior Sister Qi continued monitoring the mountain, unaware that Xiao Hua had already entered the Thunder Control Sect.

Ch. 1499Nemesis of Every Formation in the Thunder Control Sect

Xiao Hua returned the Lightning Devouring Bead to the Thunder Control Sect, where Ganlei Zi explained its importance to the sect’s lightning-powered formations. The sect leaders praised Xiao Hua and heard his account of how he had carried the bead back, while Ganlei Zi left the implications for the Thunder Pool unresolved.

  • Junior Sister Qi and Senior Brother Gao saw lightning appear over the Lei Mo Mountain Range and warned the other sects that the Lightning Devouring Bead had fallen into the Thunder Control Sect’s hands.
  • Ganlei Zi showed Gensheng and the gathered cultivators the Lightning Devouring Bead and explained its connection to the Lightning Evolution Method and the sect’s formations.
  • Ganlei Zi revealed that the bead could disable the Thunder Control Sect’s formations, and Fairy Xuanhua raised the possibility that it could affect the Thunder Pool.
  • Ganlei Zi deferred discussion of the Thunder Pool and invited Xiao Hua to recount his journey with the bead.
  • Xiao Hua described retrieving and hiding the bead, escaping pursuers, and returning it to the sect; the elders reacted with sympathy and delight at his survival.

Ch. 1500Rewards

Xiao Hua received rewards from Ganlei Zi for his service to the Thunder Control Sect, while remaining Wunai’s disciple in Zhen Thunder Palace. The sect leaders then discussed protecting Gan Qinghuo’s recovery and the results of disciple recruitment.

  • Ganlei Zi offered to transfer Xiao Hua to Dry Thunder Palace, but Xiao Hua affirmed his loyalty to Wunai, and Ganlei Zi let him remain in Zhen Thunder Palace.
  • Xiao Hua requested access to cultivation manuals, so Ganlei Zi gave him a token to study methods in the Eight Great Thunder Palaces and doubled his allowance of spirit stones and pills.
  • Ganlei Zi also authorized Xiao Hua to copy Dry Thunder Palace’s Lightning Escape Technique for Wunai to teach him.
  • After Xiao Hua and Wunai left, Ganlei Zi told Gen Sheng to ease the sect’s watch around Xihuang Town and spread word that Gan Qinghuo had returned while he recovered.
  • Duijie reported that ninety-four disciples had been recruited, and the sect leaders discussed Xiao Hua’s past encounter with Heaven’s Abandonment.
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