Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hua began splitting his Primordial Spirit so separate threads could cultivate techniques within his meridians and flesh, then received Qian Diheng’s advice to expel excess medicinal potency. After Little Silver led him into the depths of Myriad Thunder Valley, Xiao Hua sensed something was wrong as the thunder grew stronger.

• Yan Qinglian and Xiangyang decided to tell Master’s wife only that Xiao Hua had entered seclusion, keeping their suspicions about True Person Jinglü to themselves.
• Xiao Hua split off a thread of his Primordial Spirit and successfully fused it with his meridians, intending for it to cultivate the Dragon Transformation Art independently.
• Xiao Hua told Little Yellow and Little Silver to find a place rich in spiritual energy, and Little Silver soon darted out of the cave abode to search.
• Qian Diheng brought Xiao Hua a secret technique for expelling accumulated medicinal potency and the Youth-Preserving Pill formula, warning him not to cultivate until he recovered.
• Xiao Hua followed Little Silver into the depths of Myriad Thunder Valley, where the growing soundless and audible thunder made him question whether it had found a spiritual vein.

Xiao Hua followed Little Silver into the core of Myriad Thunder Valley, where the Spirit Seeking Rat broke through the powerful formation surrounding the lightning-filled valley. Xiao Hua flew toward the mountain at its center, but a sudden lightning strike knocked him from the air and battered his Phoenix Dharma Body.

• Little Silver burrowed underground to evade Helpless, then led Xiao Hua to a powerful formation enclosing the heart of Myriad Thunder Valley.
• Little Silver devoured spiritual energy from the formation until it opened a breach, and Xiao Hua held the gap open with talismans so they could enter.
• Xiao Hua saw countless bolts of lightning battering a cone-shaped mountain above a deep abyss, while Little Silver flew toward the mountain before Xiao Hua called it back into his space.
• Xiao Hua used Bright Thunder Evasion to fly toward the mountain and realized Myriad Thunder Valley might once have been used to cultivate lightning evasion.
• A bolt of lightning struck Xiao Hua and sent him falling, then several more bolts battered his Phoenix Dharma Body and poured lightning into his fleshly body.

Xiao Hua cultivated in Myriad Thunder Valley, using its lightning to refine his body and meridians while splitting his Nascent Soul into separate wisps to study different techniques. He also embedded Thunder Beast Inner Cores into his Phoenix Dharma Body and used lightning to perform blood fusion on the Prajna Heavy Sword and a strange object.

• Xiao Hua hid inside a mountain and used the lightning there to temper his body and meridians, gradually resolving hidden cultivation dangers.
• Xiao Hua split his Nascent Soul into eight wisps, assigning them to cultivate his body, bones, Buddha Sarira, Heavenly Dao Starry Sky, Hand of Cause and Effect, jade slips, and soul cultivation.
• After more than a year, Xiao Hua suspended the male and mother Thunder Beast Inner Cores in lightning, infused them with blood, and embedded them in his Phoenix Dharma Body.
• Xiao Hua used the Thunder Beast's hand seals to control lightning, while a hidden purple point of light rose from the depths of Myriad Thunder Valley toward him.
• Xiao Hua sprayed vital blood onto the Prajna Heavy Sword and a strange fist-sized object, then struck both with controlled lightning until they gained golden films of light.

Xiao Hua advanced his artifact refining and cultivation while repairing Qiu Yin Liu, and Xue Xue defended her devotion to him when Martial Uncle Wu Nai questioned it. The chapter left Wu Nai expecting to learn more about Xiao Hua after Cui Hongshen and Dui Qimeng’s dual-cultivation ceremony.

• Xiao Hua used lightning and Blood Fusion to combine the Prajna Heavy Sword, two devil hammers, and an unknown substance, then left them to continue fusing.
• Xiao Hua joined the broken sections of Qiu Yin Liu with essence blood, but its powerful repulsion prevented his blood from entering the artifact.
• After another half year of refining stagnant Spiritual Qi, Xiao Hua reached late Foundation Establishment and expanded his meridians, consciousness, and space.
• Wu Nai noticed increased lightning and Spiritual Qi at Accumulating Thunder Peak and decided to report the change.
• Wu Nai met Xue Xue outside Xiao Hua’s sealed cave and criticized Xiao Hua’s cultivation, while Xue Xue affirmed that she trusted him with her life.
• Xue Xue told Wu Nai she would explain Xiao Hua’s circumstances when the time came, and Wu Nai said he would listen after Cui Hongshen and Dui Qimeng’s ceremony.

Xiao Hua continued cultivating and refining pills beneath Accumulating Thunder Peak while Zhen Xichao investigated the strange lightning there. After Xiao Hua hid his treasures and burrowed deeper, Zhen Xichao found no evidence of an anomaly and warned Wu Nai to guard the valley, leaving Wu Nai’s plans for Cui Hongshen’s advancement uncertain.

• Xue Xue visited Xiao Hua’s cave, left a communication talisman when he was absent, and returned to Xun Lei Palace in sorrow.
• Xiao Hua cultivated, tempered the Prajna Heavy Sword with lightning, and refined Youth-Preserving Pills during his long seclusion.
• Zhen Xichao arrived to investigate Wu Nai’s reports and used a Bronze Mirror to examine the lightning around Accumulating Thunder Peak.
• Xiao Hua sensed the probe, stored his possessions, and burrowed deeper, causing the strange rod-shaped lightning to disappear from Zhen Xichao’s view.
• Zhen Xichao concluded that Accumulating Thunder Peak showed nothing unusual, rewarded Wu Nai, and warned him to protect Myriad Thunder Valley.
• Zhen Xichao urged Wu Nai to train his disciples for guard duty, and Wu Nai mentioned Cui Hongshen’s upcoming dual cultivation ceremony with Dui Qimeng.

Xiao Hua left seclusion at Accumulating Thunder Peak and concealed how much he had gained while Wu Nai sent him back to Myriad Thunder Valley. After discovering his Bright Thunder Evasion was nearing a breakthrough and considering his many advances, Xiao Hua began planning to return to seclusion after obtaining more pills.

• Xiao Hua waited for the spiritual power at Accumulating Thunder Peak to fade, then used the open restrictions to leave without being noticed.
• Wu Nai spotted Xiao Hua, questioned his progress, and told him to return to Myriad Thunder Valley to help with preparations for his Second Senior Brother's dual cultivation ceremony with Dui Qimeng.
• Xiao Hua pretended he had just left seclusion and flew toward the Outer Valley, then used Bright Thunder Evasion as soon as Wu Nai could no longer see him.
• Xiao Hua realized his Bright Thunder Evasion was nearing the realm of Lightning Motion and read message talismans from Qian Diheng, Xun Shu, and Xue Xue.
• Xiao Hua considered returning to long-term seclusion after securing more pills, sent Qian Diheng a message, and flew toward Xiangyang's cave dwelling.

Xiao Hua reunited with Xiangyang and Yan Qinglian after emerging from seclusion, then welcomed Qian Diheng, who furnished his cave residence and received a storage bag full of pills. Xiao Hua tried to obtain pill formulas from Qian Diheng, but learned that he could not acquire the Azure Spirit Pill formula.

• Xiao Hua told Xiangyang and Yan Qinglian that his realm was stable and asked about Cui Hongshen’s betrothal to Dui Qimeng.
• Xiangyang and Yan Qinglian said the urgent matter was delivering betrothal gifts to Dui Lei Palace and securing Dui Qimeng’s approval.
• Qian Diheng arrived with more than a dozen Dry Thunder Palace disciples, who furnished Xiao Hua’s cave residence, and accepted a storage bag from him.
• Xiao Hua demanded payment for the furnishings, restrained Qian Diheng when he tried to leave, and took his empty storage bag.
• Xiao Hua asked Qian Diheng for pill formulas, but Qian Diheng said he could not obtain the Lotus-Leaning Pill or Azure Spirit Pill formulas and offered to procure Azure Spirit Pills for spirit stones.

Xiao Hua settled into his lavish cave abode before Wunai summoned Myriad Thunder Valley to discuss Cui Hongshen’s planned dual cultivation with Dui Qimeng. An urgent order called all Zhen Thunder Palace disciples to gather, and Qian Diheng’s message revealed that Huan Kingdom’s sword cultivators had launched an attack.

• Xiao Hua showed Xiangyang and Yan Qinglian his extravagant cave abode and complained that Qian Diheng had paid for it with his spirit stones.
• Wunai asked Xiangyang about preparations for Cui Hongshen’s betrothal gifts and decided to move the arrangements ahead after hearing of possible complications.
• True Person Leixiao sent an urgent Thunder Sound Talisman ordering all Zhen Thunder Palace disciples to report to Zhen Thunder Palace, halting the preparations.
• Cui Hongshen sent Dui Qimeng a communication talisman, but she did not know what had happened.
• Xiao Hua received Qian Diheng’s reply and announced that Huan Kingdom’s sword cultivators had launched an attack.

Xiao Hua learned that Thunder Control Sect was sending disciples to fight the sword cultivators, then discovered that he and Cui Hongshen had both been chosen despite Myriad Thunder Valley’s small numbers. Helpless, unable to change the dispatch order, lost his temper and rushed off to use a Thunder Pellet to try to condense his core.

• Xiao Hua told Cui Hongshen and Zhuo that Thunder Control Sect planned to send disciples against the sword cultivators, and they assumed Myriad Thunder Valley’s disciples would be spared.
• Helpless arrived with a jade tablet confirming that Xiao Hua and Cui Hongshen had been selected for the expedition to the Sword Tomb.
• Helpless said True Person Leixiao had closed his palace and the dispatch list could not be changed, though Qian Tian might possibly help Xiao Hua.
• Xiao Hua declined to ask Qian Diheng for help, while Helpless warned that Xiao Hua could die in the Sword Tomb.
• Helpless declared that he would use a Thunder Pellet to condense his core, then flew out of the cave residence as Zhuo hurried after him.

Cui Hongshen learned that Dui Qimeng and four of her fellow disciples had also been selected by Thunder Palace, postponing their dual cultivation ceremony, and entrusted his Thunder Pills to Xiangyang. Xiangyang sought Xiao Hua’s help in protecting Cui Hongshen, but Xiao Hua refused to promise anything and left Cui Hongshen’s fate uncertain.

• Cui Hongshen argued with Xiao Hua about sending a communication talisman, then received word that Dui Qimeng and four disciples from her sect had been selected by Thunder Palace.
• Cui Hongshen said the dual cultivation ceremony could not proceed and handed his Thunder Pills to Xiangyang for safekeeping.
• Xiangyang asked Xiao Hua to reveal his cultivation level, but Xiao Hua broke the soundproofing restriction and walked away.
• Yan Qinglian reminded Xiangyang of Xiao Hua’s strength and urged him to tell Xiao Hua about Cui Hongshen’s situation.
• After Xiangyang tried to persuade him, Xiao Hua said Cui Hongshen’s life and death had nothing to do with him.

Xiao Hua prepared for the dangerous campaign against the Huan Kingdom Sword Cultivators and asked to leave the Thunder Control Sect before departure. Master Wunai gave him a token despite the risk to himself, and Xiao Hua left immediately for Qiong Lei Peak.

• Xiao Hua told Xun Shu and Qian Diheng that he and Cui Hongshen had been selected, and they gave him supplies and promised to seek medicinal pills for him.
• Xun Shu asked about Xue Xue, and Xiao Hua asked her to tell Xue Xue that he would return safely.
• Master Wunai gave Xiao Hua and Cui Hongshen storage bags, and Xiao Hua requested permission to leave the sect to prepare and attend the Bidding Convention.
• Cui Hongshen accused Xiao Hua of planning to flee, but Xiao Hua refused to disclose his destination to Master Wunai.
• Master Wunai gave Xiao Hua his token to enter and leave the sect, accepting responsibility if Xiao Hua failed to return.
• Xiao Hua left directly for Qiong Lei Peak, while Master Wunai urged Xiangyang and Yan Qinglian to cultivate diligently and guide Li'er.

Xiao Hua left the Thunder Control Sect after guards questioned his intentions and verified that Helpless was alive. Once clear of Qiong Lei Peak, he used Bright Thunder Evasion and set out to test Thunder Control Movement on the way to Huanghua Ridge.

• Xiao Hua presented his and Helpless's tokens to the guards at Qiong Lei Peak, and the Identification Chime revealed that he had been selected to go to Huan Country.
• Xiao Hua told Senior Brother Gan and Junior Brother Kan that he needed to collect pills in Jingbo City, but they accused him of trying to flee the sect.
• Xiao Hua argued that he met the rules for leaving, and Junior Brother Kan confirmed Helpless's Life Spirit Tablet was unharmed before Senior Brother Gan let him go while keeping Helpless's token.
• Xiao Hua hurried down Qiong Lei Peak, then activated Bright Thunder Evasion and headed toward Huanghua Ridge to test Thunder Control Movement.

Xiao Hua flew toward Huanghua Ridge, weighing the dangers of entering the Hundred Herbs Sect to avenge his master. Elsewhere, the Empress and Dai Er searched for traces of the Myriad Monster Realm before the Empress was trapped beneath layers of pale green talisman nets and began gathering spiritual energy.

• Xiao Hua decided that the Hundred Herbs Sect's altered formations and the risk to his senior sister made avenging his master at Shang Hua Ming difficult.
• The Empress and Dai Er searched the hills for a resonance, while the Empress rejected going to Million Meng Mountain because of a dangerous nemesis.
• The Empress noticed a pale green wisp and tried to fly upward, but successive nets of Myriad Monster Realm seal script blocked her.
• The Empress used white feathers to break through several layers, but more nets appeared and pressed down from above.
• The Empress descended toward the ground, found the nets blocked her escape there too, and drew in spiritual energy from within a hundred li.

The Empress tried to escape Fellow Daoist Dongshan’s formation with Dai Er and her avatar, but Dongshan’s barriers repeatedly blocked the Jade Gull. After reclaiming her avatar, the Empress transformed into a giant swan and charged into a black-and-white pattern as Dongshan revealed his wolf form.

• The Empress used Wind Escape, the Jade Gull, and enormous wings to break through the formation’s light pillars while carrying Dai Er in the Jade Gull.
• Fellow Daoist Dongshan forced the Jade Gull back into the formation and attacked the Empress’s avatar as it tried to escape underground.
• The Empress’s avatar returned to her body, and she transformed into a giant white swan that entered a black-and-white pattern.
• Fellow Daoist Dongshan revealed himself as a gigantic black wolf and moved to pursue the Empress.

Dongshan Yi trapped Xie Yuan, the Wind Clan Empress, in a formation and used Heavenly Heart Erosion to corrupt her holy light and inflict pain. Xie Yuan remained composed as Dongshan Yi explained how she had followed her from the Myriad Monster Realm and revealed that she had captured her for an undisclosed plan.

• Dongshan Yi used moonlight and green seal script to weaken Xie Yuan’s formation, while Dai Er escaped the dark-green pillar only to be struck down and wounded.
• Xie Yuan transformed from a swan into her winged humanoid form, and Dongshan Yi taunted her about being trapped and unable to escape.
• Dongshan Yi sent green threads and seal script into Xie Yuan, overcoming her holy light and making her collapse in pain.
• Xie Yuan asked how Dongshan Yi had reached the Xiaoyu Continent, and Dongshan Yi revealed she had followed her through a spatial fissure using Yi Mengshui’s special ability and a Lizard Clan secret treasure.
• Xie Yuan deduced that Dongshan Yi had tainted her Primordial Spirit with Heavenly Heart Erosion while preventing it from rejoining her true body, and Dongshan Yi confirmed the trap.
• Dongshan Yi said she had captured Xie Yuan for her own plans and asked whether Xie Yuan would cooperate.

Dongshan Yi interrogated Xie Yuan about her arrival on Xiaoyu Continent, the Heavenly Pure Feather, and Mossa Palace’s treasure vault. When she refused to reveal the vault’s location, he offered news about Minghua, then revealed that Minghua had founded a sect on Xiaoyu Continent.

• Dongshan Yi demanded answers to three questions, and Xie Yuan agreed to hear them in exchange for a promise of release.
• Xie Yuan said she had come to Xiaoyu Continent for a private matter and no longer knew the location of the Heavenly Pure Feather.
• Xie Yuan explained that the Heavenly Pure Feather was a Holy Maiden’s chastity, which she had lost after marrying Mossa.
• Dongshan Yi revealed that he wanted to enter the Tianyu Sacred Realm to remove the danger of the Green Seal Script and sought Mossa’s Void Profound True Water.
• Xie Yuan refused to disclose the location of Mossa Palace’s treasure vault, so Dongshan Yi offered news of Minghua.
• Xie Yuan rejected his offer, and Dongshan Yi revealed that Minghua had founded a sect on Xiaoyu Continent.

Dongshan Yi trapped Xie Yuan in the Universe Spirit Exchange Formation and tried to force her to surrender the Void Profound True Water, but she sealed herself inside the Cocoon of Light. Later, Xiao Xianrui returned to Huanghua Ridge and entered a cave to meet Yue Cong.

• Dongshan Yi claimed the destroyed Shang Hua Ming sect was connected to Minghua, but Xie Yuan accused him of inventing the connection.
• Dongshan Yi revealed that he had trapped Xie Yuan in the Universe Spirit Exchange Formation and used the Giant Mountain Clan's Wind-Quelling Bead to suppress her Wind Escape Technique.
• Dongshan Yi threatened to corrupt Xie Yuan's holy body and demanded the Void Profound True Water, so Xie Yuan invoked the Cocoon of Light and sealed herself inside.
• Dongshan Yi endured a mysterious bout of agony, then used green seal-script threads and a net to bury Xie Yuan's cocoon underground before vanishing.
• Xiao Xianrui left Huanghua Ridge, followed a communication talisman to a cave, and took an azure robe from a boulder outside it.
• Yue Cong suddenly appeared in the cave and greeted Xiao Xianrui, who had been waiting for him.

Xiao Xianrui confronted Yue Cong over Jiang Liuer’s abduction, but Jiang Li arrived and mistook the encounter for an affair. The sisters clashed as Xiao Xianrui defended herself against Jiang Li’s attacks.

• Xiao Xianrui demanded that Yue Cong return Jiang Liuer, and Yue Cong threatened the child while pressuring her to embrace him and undress.
• Xiao Xianrui pretended to comply, then restrained Yue Cong and demanded to know where Jiang Liuer was.
• Jiang Li appeared after breaking Yue Cong’s soundproofing restriction and accused Xiao Xianrui of secretly meeting her husband.
• Jiang Li attacked Xiao Xianrui with yellow talismans, while Xiao Xianrui blocked them with a shield and retreated with Yue Cong.

Xiao Xianrui confronted Yue Cong over Jiang Liuer’s disappearance, but Jiang Li and Jiang Fan arrived and accused her of having an affair with Yue Cong. Yue Cong presented a message talisman that supported his story, leaving Xiao Xianrui discredited and Jiang Fan’s trust in her shaken.

• Jiang Li attacked Xiao Xianrui after mistaking her secret meeting with Yue Cong for an affair, and Xiao Xianrui demanded to know where Jiang Liuer was.
• Jiang Li’s artifact broke Xiao Xianrui’s arm, and Xiao Xianrui broke Yue Cong’s thigh before using him to block another strike.
• Jiang Jiantong stopped the fight, and Jiang Fan appeared to accuse Xiao Xianrui of bringing shame on him.
• Yue Cong told Jiang Jiantong that Xiao Xianrui had tried to seduce and restrain him, while Jiang Liuer was safely away with Lie Hong.
• Xiao Xianrui presented a blank message talisman, and Yue Cong produced one that played a recording matching his account.

Xiao Xianrui tried to reach Jiang Liuer after Jiang Fan accused her of betrayal and collapsed. She fought past the elders who had been ordered to expel her, and reached Minsi Peak just as Jiang Jiantong was taking Jiang Liuer inside.

• Jiang Li accused Xiao Xianrui of seducing Yue Cong, and Jiang Fan spat blood and collapsed.
• Jiang Jiantong stopped Xiao Xianrui from reaching Jiang Fan, while Jiang Li tended to Yue Cong and insulted Xiao Xianrui.
• Xiao Xianrui returned to Huanghua Ridge, where Lie Hong and Huang Yue ordered her to leave and told her Jiang Liuer was with the sect master.
• Xiao Xianrui attacked the elders with talismans and flew toward Minsi Peak, but Huang Yue struck her bloodied right arm with his staff.
• Xiao Xianrui reached Minsi Peak and called to Jiang Liuer as Jiang Jiantong held him; Jiang Liuer joyfully reached for his mother.