Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hua returned from the selection and brought Xiangyang the complete Lightning Evasion Technique, then accompanied him toward Myriad Thunder Valley to find Wunai. The valley’s thunder overwhelmed Xiao Hua, but the Buddha Sarira protected his mind and grew stronger, revealing that the thunder could aid his Buddhist cultivation.

• Xiao Hua withdrew from the disciple selection and left Thunder Immortal Peak after learning the results would be announced later.
• Xiao Hua showed Xiangyang the complete Lightning Evasion Technique, and they decided to bring it to Wunai in person.
• Xiangyang warned Xiao Hua that Myriad Thunder Valley’s thunder could damage his Dao heart and foundation, but Xiao Hua insisted on going with him.
• As the thunder grew stronger, Xiao Hua’s Lightning Evasion Technique faltered, so he tried to retreat while Xiangyang sent a transmission talisman.
• The overlapping thunder sounds overwhelmed Xiao Hua, but the Buddha Sarira’s Brahma sounds restored his mind and its imprint grew darker, strengthening his Baye Linglong Scripture cultivation.

Xiao Hua delivered the Lightning Escape Technique to Wunai, while Xiangyang struggled with jealousy over his junior brother’s abilities and accepted Yan Qinglian’s advice. Back at East Ridge, Xiao Hua resumed preparing for cultivation, but Xue Xue’s message interrupted him with a question about the Feathered Immortal Convention selection.

• Xiangyang rescued Xiao Hua from Myriad Thunder Valley, and Wunai rebuked them for the danger before accepting the Lightning Escape Technique Xiao Hua had brought.
• Wunai sent Xiao Hua back to East Ridge and told Xiangyang to explain the twelfth layer of Qi Cultivation to him.
• Xiangyang felt jealous that Xiao Hua could use Zhe Lei Evasion, then confessed his feelings to Yan Qinglian, who urged him to be proud of Xiao Hua rather than resent him.
• Xiao Hua returned to East Ridge, prepared Qi Gathering Pills, and resolved to cultivate toward Foundation Establishment so he could take revenge on Jiang Jiantong.
• Three days later, Xiao Hua received a transmission talisman from Xue Xue asking about his Feathered Immortal Convention selection results and whether he had qualified to gain experience outside.

Xiao Hua learned that he had qualified for the Feathered Immortal Convention, though he had entered the selection only to repay a favor and wanted to keep cultivating in East Ridge. After Wu Nai and Zhuo explained the convention and Wu Nai began describing Xiaoyu Continent, Xiao Hua listened with growing fascination.

• Xiao Hua received Wu Nai's summons and found Wu Nai, Zhuo, and Xiangyang waiting for him in Myriad Thunder Valley.
• Wu Nai told Xiao Hua that he had placed twentieth in the Qin Lei Hall duels and qualified to attend the Feathered Immortal Convention ten months later.
• Xiao Hua protested that he did not want to go, then explained that he had entered the duels to repay a favor and had intended to lose.
• Wu Nai insisted that Xiao Hua attend, while Zhuo calmed Wu Nai and Xiangyang encouraged Xiao Hua to take the opportunity.
• Xiangyang explained that the convention brought together disciples from Xi Kingdom, Lian Kingdom, and Meng Kingdom, and that it offered experience and rewards.
• Xiao Hua asked about the wider Xiaoyu Continent, and Wu Nai began explaining its cultivation world.

Helpless explained the wider Xiaoyu Continent and the differences between its cultivation paths to Xiao Hua, who asked about Buddhist, soul, and sword cultivation. After learning that the Feathered Immortal Convention offered a chance to select a magic tool, Xiao Hua agreed to attend and represent Myriad Thunder Valley.

• Helpless described the Four Cultivation Nations, Million Meng Mountain, and the distant Shali Alliance, while Xiao Hua listened eagerly.
• Xiao Hua asked about talismans, spells, and soul cultivation, then carefully concealed that he cultivated the Buddha Sarira when Helpless warned him not to ask about the Buddhist Sect.
• Helpless explained how sword cultivators nurtured life-bound flying swords, and Yan Qinglian described Beast Spirit Talismans that borrowed the power of spirit beasts.
• Helpless revealed that only Xiao Hua and Wang Yunxiao had qualified from the Thunder Control Sect for the Feathered Immortal Convention, but said Xiao Hua need not attend if he had decided against it.
• Zhuo mentioned that qualified disciples could choose a magic tool from their Thunder Palace's Treasure Pavilion, and Xiangyang urged Xiao Hua to take the opportunity.
• Xiao Hua declared that he would attend the Feathered Immortal Convention and win honor for his master, senior brother, and martial grandmaster.

Xiao Hua and Xiangyang fought a sparring duel at Wunai’s order, with Xiao Hua relying on talismans, magic artifacts, and speed against his senior brother’s stronger Foundation Establishment cultivation. The fight ended with Xiangyang’s Great Restraint Technique striking Xiao Hua as he closed in.

• Wunai ordered Xiangyang to test Xiao Hua’s abilities despite Xiangyang’s concern about their difference in cultivation.
• Xiao Hua opened the duel by bombarding Xiangyang with repeated volleys of Fireball Talismans, then threatened him with a concealed Profound Iron needle.
• Xiangyang broke through the talismans and counterattacked with his lightning hammer, forcing Xiao Hua to withdraw his Dust Brush and evade the lightning.
• Xiangyang used a complex spell seal to pursue Xiao Hua, but Xiao Hua suddenly closed the distance and sent another volley of Fireball Talismans.
• Xiangyang shattered most of the talismans with his hammer, but Xiao Hua rushed in close; when Xiao Hua hesitated to draw something, Xiangyang struck him with a Great Restraint Technique.

Xiao Hua sparred with Xiangyang, revealing both his weak spell foundation and the formidable force of his Demon Spear Tip. Wu Nai arranged further spell training and took Xiao Hua’s magic tools to be reforged, while Xiao Hua left with his master impressed by the spear’s power.

• Xiangyang subdued Xiao Hua with the Great Restraint Technique during their spar, and Xiao Hua admitted that he could not defeat his eldest senior brother.
• Wu Nai praised Xiao Hua’s speed but pointed out his poor foundation in basic spells, then told Xiangyang to teach him those spells again.
• Xiao Hua explained how he had obtained his Earth attribute magic tool from Huanling Sect disciples, and Wu Nai took it and Illumination Observation to have them reforged.
• Wu Nai and Zhuo discussed whether Xiao Hua should focus on defense or attack, and Xiao Hua chose to show them his Demon Spear Tip.
• Xiao Hua rapidly struck Xiangyang with the Demon Spear Tip and shattered his protective radiance, impressing Wu Nai with its force.

Wu Nai brought Xiao Hua to Shuo Lei Hall to choose a magical artifact before the Feathered Immortal Convention, and Zhen Ping led him into the restricted storage hall. Xiao Hua found the standard artifacts unappealing, then noticed a broken Small Pouch among the discarded magical treasure fragments.

• Wu Nai tested Xiao Hua’s Flying Technique on the way to Shuo Lei Hall and proudly introduced him to Zhen Ping as the palace’s representative at the Feathered Immortal Convention.
• Zhen Ping opened the artifact vault with a beast-shaped restriction and told Xiao Hua he could choose only one artifact, then hinted that damaged treasure fragments in the eastern room might be worth examining.
• Xiao Hua inspected several magical artifacts in the first hall but found none that suited him.
• Xiao Hua entered the eastern room and saw that its magical treasure fragments had powerful but erratic fluctuations and no accompanying jade slips.
• As Xiao Hua turned to leave, he noticed a broken-corner Small Pouch containing little round beads.

Xiao Hua chose a set of Sword Pellets from the Treasure Pavilion, despite lacking the techniques to use them, and Wu Nai became furious with him. Back at the cave residence, Xiangyang and Yan Qinglian warned Xiao Hua to focus on cultivation, and he agreed to keep the pellets without practicing with them.

• Xiao Hua found nine linked Sword Pellets and took them from the Treasure Pavilion, ignoring the other artifacts.
• Wu Nai told Xiao Hua the pellets required sword cultivator techniques and urged him to exchange them, but Zhen Ping sealed the hall after Xiao Hua left.
• Zhen Ping let Xiao Hua keep the Sword Pellets and their Small Pouch, while Wu Nai flew away in anger.
• Xiangyang told Xiao Hua that Wu Nai had shut himself away and did not wish to see him, and Yan Qinglian and Xiangyang explained why he should focus on Foundation Establishment rather than sword techniques.
• Xiao Hua agreed to keep the Sword Pellets without cultivating them and spent the following several dozen days practicing basic spells with Xiangyang.

Xiao Hua finished learning the Thunder Control Sect’s basic spells and collected two magical artifacts with Xiangyang, then encountered Yan Lei Ridge disciples who challenged him over his victory in the Feathered Immortal Convention selection. Xiangyang defended Xiao Hua and stopped him from accepting a fight at the Thunder Competition Ground, leaving the confrontation unresolved.

• Xiangyang gave Xiao Hua a jade slip of Myriad Thunder Valley’s basic spells after a month of instruction and brought him to Shuo Lei Hall to collect Dust Concealment and Illumination Observation.
• A Shuo Lei Hall disciple gave Xiangyang new spell formulas for the artifacts after Xiangyang paid him spirit stones.
• A disciple who Xiao Hua had defeated during the Feathered Immortal Convention selection recognized him and accused him of taking his qualification.
• Zhen Weisheng pressured Xiao Hua and challenged him to settle their conflict at the Thunder Competition Ground, while Xiangyang countered that Xiao Hua had qualified for the convention.
• Xiangyang stopped Xiao Hua from speaking and rejected the challenge, and Zhen Weisheng left with his companions.

After learning about the Thunder Control Sect’s deadly rivalries, Xiao Hua returned to East Ridge and inspected his new treasures while worrying that Yan Lei Ridge might target him. He spent ten months cultivating and refining pills, and the chapter left him practicing the Spirit Crow Fire Net.

• Xiangyang told Xiao Hua about the sect’s rules for settling grudges on Thunder Competition Ground and warned him about Zhen Qikui and Yan Lei Ridge.
• Xiao Hua returned to East Ridge, activated the formation, and privately admitted that he feared Yan Lei Ridge might ambush him.
• Xiao Hua tested the heavy demonic hammer and examined the Sword Pellets and Small Pouch, but decided against trying to refine them.
• Xiao Hua realized that Sword Pellets might be refined through a method similar to pill refinement, but set the idea aside to focus on making pills.
• Xiao Hua spent ten months cultivating, refining pills and artifacts, and familiarizing himself with magical artifacts; his Qi Cultivation steadily improved.
• Xiao Hua practiced the Spirit Crow Fire Net and sent its fiery crows against a large boulder.

Xiao Hua refined his Spirit Crow Fire Net, then reunited with Helplessness, Zhuo, Xiangyang, and Yan Qinglian as they prepared him for the Feathered Immortal Convention. He learned Xiangyang needed a several-hundred-year-old Mother-Child Spirit Fruit to make a lost Foundation Establishment breakthrough pill, and realized the fruit in his space might be what his senior brother needed.

• Xiao Hua tested his Spirit Crow Fire Net and found that refining it with Samadhi True Fire had boosted its power while increasing its spirit-stone consumption.
• Helplessness visited Xiao Hua’s cultivation site with Zhuo, Xiangyang, and Yan Qinglian, praised his progress, and summoned him to the Feathered Immortal Convention.
• Xiangyang gave Xiao Hua spirit stones, pills, and yellow talismans he had prepared for the convention, while Helplessness took one of Xiao Hua’s Fetal Breath Pills.
• Zhuo and Yan Qinglian explained that Xiangyang needed a several-hundred-year-old Mother-Child Spirit Fruit to make a Fetal Reflection Pill, whose refining method had been lost.
• Xiao Hua realized the Mother-Child Spirit Fruit growing in his space might be old enough to help Xiangyang, but he kept his discovery to himself.

Xiao Hua gave Xiangyang a several-thousand-year-old Mother-Child Spirit Fruit, allowing him to prepare for Foundation Establishment, then accompanied Wu Nai and Zhuo to Gen Lei Palace for the Feathered Immortal Convention. There, Xiao Hua met Zhen Yue, Wang Yunxiao, and Zhen Yuqian, as the two rival elders exchanged pointed remarks.

• Xiao Hua gave Xiangyang a Mother-Child Spirit Fruit, and Wu Nai recognized its age and told Xiangyang to keep it secret while entering seclusion.
• Xiangyang and Yan Qinglian returned to Myriad Thunder Valley, while Xiao Hua left Eastern Ridge with Wu Nai and Zhuo for Gen Lei Palace.
• Xiao Hua arrived at Spring Thunder Hall and saw the other Qi Cultivation disciples and their Foundation Establishment elders gathered for the convention.
• Zhen Yue entered with Wang Yunxiao and Zhen Yuqian, greeted Wu Nai, and reminded him that he had once wanted to take Wang Yunxiao as a disciple.
• Zhen Yue introduced Zhen Yuqian to Wu Nai, and Xiao Hua and Zhen Yuqian greeted each other.

Xiao Hua and Helpless met Zhen Yue’s disciples and the candidates gathering for the Feathered Immortal Convention. Xun Shu arrived with Xue Xue, whose changed appearance and progress surprised Helpless, and the chapter ended with Xue Xue chatting with Zhuo while Xiao Hua stood nearby.

• Zhen Yuqian insulted Xiao Hua and boasted about Wang Yunxiao, prompting Zhen Yue to reprimand him and send him to the Hall of Reflection.
• Disciples from Dry Thunder Palace and Kun Thunder Palace arrived in Spring Thunder Hall and formally greeted the other palaces.
• Wang Yunxiao and Zhen Yue went to greet Yuan Bo and Min Ge, while Xiao Hua stayed with Helpless and Zhuo.
• Xun Shu arrived with Xue Xue, who greeted Helpless and Zhuo and explained that Xun Ruo could not see them off.
• Helpless recognized Xue Xue and was surprised by her early ninth-layer cultivation and changed appearance; Xue Xue teased Xiao Hua about his congratulations, then joined Zhuo in conversation.

Xiao Hua departed for the Feathered Immortal Convention aboard a thunder boat with the other disciples and cultivated throughout the journey. After Gen Qing’s flute stirred memories of Fairy Hongxia in him, a spirit beast burst from the clouds and struck the boat, throwing everyone into chaos.

• Gen Yue announced the departure, and Xue Xue gave Xiao Hua a storage pouch filled with spirit stones, pills, and talismans before he boarded the thunder boat with Xun Shu.
• Wunai and Zhuo warned Xiao Hua to be careful, and the boat departed under Gen Qing’s command.
• Xiao Hua cultivated for more than ten days while Wang Yunxiao and other disciples socialized, and Gen Qing watched Xiao Hua’s diligence.
• Gen Qing played a mournful flute in the rain, and Xiao Hua saw a woman resembling Fairy Hongxia in a vision before returning to cultivation with a tear on his face.
• The thunder boat began shaking, and Gen Qing ordered Gen Yue to continue onward while he went to investigate.
• A leopard-like spirit beast flew out of the clouds and slammed into the thunder boat, sending the passengers sprawling.

Gen Qing’s Mi You sound attack briefly restrained the Flying Leopard Beast, but the beast broke free, wounded him, and attacked the Thunder Boat. As the beast cornered Xun Shu, Xiao Hua rushed in and pulled her away, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Gen Qing used Mi You to bind the Flying Leopard Beast with sound waves, but the beast grew stronger, shattered the attack, and injured him.
• The Flying Leopard Beast pursued Gen Yue’s Thunder Boat, broke its defenses with its tail, and scattered the disciples into the air.
• The beast targeted Xun Shu, shattered her crimson shield, and drove her to the brink while Gen Qing rushed to help.
• Xiao Hua activated Zhe Lei Evasion and flew toward Xun Shu as the beast prepared to strike her.
• Xiao Hua wrapped an arm around Xun Shu, told her not to use her magical power, and carried her past the Flying Leopard Beast’s attack.

Xiao Hua rescued Xun Shu from the Flying Leopard Beast and helped her escape its attack. A Seven Wonders Sect elder and his Screaming Egret drove the beast away, and the Thunder Control Sect traveled with them toward the Taiqing Sect; Gen Qing later thanked Xiao Hua for saving Xun Shu.

• Xiao Hua used Zhe Lei Evasion and his demonic spear tip to rescue Xun Shu and reach Gen Qing.
• The Flying Leopard Beast charged Gen Qing, but Wei Chongxi's Screaming Egret cried out and frightened it away.
• Wei Chongxi invited Gen Qing's group to travel with the Seven Wonders Sect to the Taiqing Sect, and Gen Qing accepted.
• Xun Shu thanked Xiao Hua and cultivated beside him while other disciples whispered about their closeness, upsetting Yuan Bo.
• After several days of travel, Gen Qing asked Xiao Hua about Zhe Lei Evasion, thanked him for his help, and Xiao Hua asked him to play another tune.

Xiao Hua and the Thunder Control Sect reached the Taiqing Sect, where a python dragon’s roar sent the Seven Wonders Sect’s disciples and Screaming Egret plummeting from the sky. The dragon then confronted the Thunder Control Sect’s boat, and the chapter ended with Dao Qing using a jade ruyi to make it withdraw.

• Gen Qing’s flute helped Xiao Hua cultivate, while Xun Shu remained troubled by what she had witnessed on the journey.
• Gen Qing explained the Taiqing Sect’s three peaks and warned Xiao Hua about the dangers high in the sky.
• A dragon roar from the Taiqing Sect paralyzed Xiao Hua and knocked the Screaming Egret and several Seven Wonders Sect disciples from the air.
• Gen Qing sent the thunder boat to catch falling disciples as Wei Chongxi and Cheng Xiang struggled to rescue their companions.
• Dao Qing arrived atop a fiery red python dragon, which pressed its head against the Thunder Control Sect’s boat and swept its tongue over the disciples.
• Dao Qing commanded the reluctant python dragon to withdraw with a jade ruyi.

Xiao Hua and the Thunder Control Sect arrived at the Taiqing Sect’s floating Vast Realm for the Feathered Immortal Convention. There, he saw Fairy Hongxia again, but Yun Zichong’s closeness and her departure left him believing his hopes had been wishful thinking.

• Dao Qing apologized for the python-dragon’s attack, promised compensation, and sent Dao Jing to escort the Thunder Control Sect and Seven Wonders Sect to the Vast Realm.
• The disciples admired the Taiqing Sect’s immense floating mountain, where Dao Jing said the Feathered Immortal Convention had a special connection to the Vast Realm.
• The Huanhua Sect arrived on a lavish Phoenix Boat, and Xiao Hua recognized Fairy Hongxia among its disciples.
• Fairy Hongxia first looked past Xiao Hua, then recognized him with surprise and delight before Yun Zichong interrupted them.
• Fairy Hongxia left with Yun Zichong without looking back, and Xiao Hua concluded that his hopes for her had been wishful thinking.

Xiao Hua and the other sect disciples entered the Vast Realm, where Dao Jing revealed that the enormous realm itself was a magical artifact that gathered spiritual qi. Dao Jing led the group to the cultivation grounds where the Feathered Immortal Convention would be held the day after tomorrow.

• Dao Jing and a Huanhua Sect cultivator activated talismans that formed light bridges, carrying the gathered cultivators into the Vast Realm.
• Xiao Hua brooded over Fairy Hongxia and Yun Zichong, while Xun Shu wondered about Xiao Hua’s rapid cultivation and unusual Thunder Evasion Technique.
• Xiong Fei, Wei Chongxi, and Gen Qing investigated the Vast Realm’s unusually dense spiritual qi but could not identify its source.
• Dao Jing revealed that the Vast Realm itself was a magical artifact left by the Taiqing Sect’s patriarch to gather spiritual qi.
• Dao Jing led the cultivators to the vast central plaza, where the Feathered Immortal Convention would take place and sect disciples’ quarters had been arranged.

Xiao Hua arrived at the Feathered Immortal Convention and learned that Li Zongbao was representing Joyful Sect. He went to meet Li Zongbao to discuss an urgent matter, while Wang Yunxiao followed him with suspicions about his ties to Joyful Sect.

• Dao Jing explained the convention’s participating sects, mentioned a mysterious additional sect, and described the restricted grounds and next day’s exchange gathering.
• Xiao Hua learned that Li Zongbao was Joyful Sect’s deputy envoy and decided to visit him about Cai Zhuoxia’s belongings and final words.
• After reaching his pavilion, Xiao Hua declined Wang Yunxiao’s invitation to discuss cultivation and left for Joyful Sect’s quarters.
• Wang Yunxiao questioned a guard about Xiao Hua’s destination, suspected he had a secret connection to Joyful Sect, and followed him.
• Xiao Hua asked the guard at Joyful Sect’s pavilion to summon Li Zongbao, who emerged and stared at Xiao Hua in disbelief.