Chapter Summaries

Xiao Hua and the other Thunder Control Sect disciples attended the Spirit Gathering Convention at Lingpei Mountain Villa, where Manor Lord Hu welcomed them and introduced the Condensing Knowledge Treasure. As Manor Lord Hu activated the hall’s restrictions, Xiao Hua sensed that the gathering might involve more than simply giving disciples a chance at the treasure.

• Meng Yang challenged Xiao Hua’s group for learning about the secret convention, but Xiao Hua said they had come with Senior Xi Wuming’s permission.
• Manor Lord Hu arrived, welcomed the Thunder Control Sect disciples, and said he had tried the Condensing Knowledge Treasure without success.
• Manor Lord Hu brought in Fan Qingmu, who urged the disciples to remember Manor Lord Hu’s kindness in arranging the opportunity.
• After receiving a voice transmission talisman, Manor Lord Hu activated the hall’s restrictions, which blocked Xiao Hua’s divine sense from extending beyond the walls.

Fan Qingmu let the disciples try to identify the master of the Condensing Knowledge Treasure after collecting a spirit stone and requiring a blood oath to help him reach the Golden Core realm. No one reacted to the treasure, and as Fan Qingmu prepared to leave, an unexplained attack struck at him.

• Manor Lord Hu left the hall while Fan Qingmu revealed that the Condensing Knowledge Treasure was hidden inside the Qingwu and announced his two conditions.
• Xiao Hua and the others paid a supreme-grade spirit stone and agreed to swear a blood oath before trying the Qingwu.
• The Lanli Sect disciples tried the Qingwu one by one, but none was recognized as the treasure’s master.
• Xiao Hua, Kun Feiyan, Qian Diheng, and Xun Shu also tried and found no response.
• As Fan Qingmu put away the Qingwu and called for Manor Lord Hu to open the restriction, an orange-red flame arrow shot toward him.
• Fan Qingmu shattered the flame arrow with Palm Thunder and demanded to know whether Manor Lord Hu meant to keep the Condensing Knowledge Treasure.

Fan Qingmu attacked the Lanli Sect disciples in the hall while his protective artifact repelled the formation’s fire arrows. A concealed, poison-tipped diamond-shaped artifact pierced his defenses and struck his chest, leaving his fate unresolved.

• Fan Qingmu rejected Manor Lord Hu’s warning and killed several Lanli Sect disciples with his staff-shaped magic artifact.
• Fan Qingmu used a ruler-like artifact to shield himself from the hall’s fire arrows, then continued slaughtering the disciples while sparing Xiao Hua and the other Thunder Control Sect disciples.
• A fire arrow revealed itself as a diamond-shaped artifact and used its potent poison to corrode a hole through Fan Qingmu’s protective curtain.
• Fan Qingmu tried to stop the artifact with Palm Thunder and activate another defense, but it pierced his chest and began corroding his protection.

After Fan Qingmu and Manor Lord Hu were killed, Martial Uncle Yin arrived and punished disciples he suspected of siding with Hu Ming. As Qingyu unleashed a demonic formation to trap the hall, Xiao Hua and the Thunder Control Sect disciples broke through the weakened restrictions, but Qingyu’s blood-fueled counterattack threatened to seal the breach.

• Fan Qingmu died from potent poison, and Manor Lord Hu’s severed head was thrown into the hall as Martial Uncle Yin arrived with his followers.
• Martial Uncle Yin accused several disciples of concealing their ties to Hu Ming and killed one with a poisonous attack before ordering the others executed.
• Martial Uncle Yin targeted Qingyu, but Qingyu revealed a crimson triangular banner and unleashed black demonic aura through the hall’s walls.
• Xiao Hua burned through a weakened restriction with Samadhi True Fire, and Qian Diheng blasted open a breach with his Minghao Halberd and escaped.
• Kun Feiyan used her Thunder-Trapping Pearl to widen the breach and escape as Xiao Hua recognized the aura as demonic qi and suspected Qingyu was linked to the Heavenly Demon Sect.
• Qingyu spat essence blood onto the banner and sent black, blood-streaked rays into the walls, causing the demonic aura to surge and seal Kun Feiyan’s escape route.

Chang Huan sealed the escape opening and confronted Yin Meng over their competing plans to seize Lingpei Mountain Villa’s foundation. As Chang Huan’s blood mist overwhelmed Yin Meng’s disciples, Xiao Hua and Xun Shu waited for the two sides to weaken each other before striking.

• Xun Shu reopened the escape hole with her thunder chain, but Chang Huan arrived and sealed it with his blood-red flag.
• Xiao Hua recognized Chang Huan from the Hundred Herbs Sect, and he and Xun Shu prepared to wait for Chang Huan and Yin Meng to injure each other.
• Chang Huan and Yin Meng exchanged attacks, and Chang Huan’s blood formation dispersed Yin Meng’s sparks.
• Chang Huan ordered Qing Yu to kill Yin Meng’s disciples, and the blood mist nullified their talismans as they reached for magical artifacts and defenses.

Chang Huan killed Yin Meng with his blood formation and turned on Xun Shu and Xiao Hua. Xiao Hua revealed his identity and attacked Chang Huan with the Town Cloud Seal, leaving Chang Huan scrambling to resist its crushing power.

• Chang Huan’s blood mist corroded the disciples’ defenses, trapped Yin Meng’s Azure Shuttle, and pierced Yin Meng with black qi, killing her.
• Chang Huan targeted Xun Shu, who struck at him with her lightning chain, but the blood formation re-formed around the lightning.
• Xiao Hua used Dusty to shield himself and Xun Shu, then revealed his name to Chang Huan, who recognized him as the cultivator he had once wronged.
• Xiao Hua summoned the Town Cloud Seal, which cleared the black qi and drew Chang Huan’s attention with its power.
• Xiao Hua sent the Town Cloud Seal crashing toward Chang Huan, whose karmic obstruction left him unable to evade it, so Chang Huan spent three mouthfuls of essence blood to summon black lotuses against the attack.

Xiao Hua killed Chang Huan with a demonic weapon and used the Town Cloud Seal to break through the hall wall so Xun Shu could escape. As he tried to follow, Zhang Qingxiao appeared and took control of the formation.

• Chang Huan tried to flee while his black vapor blocked divine sense and hindered Xiao Hua’s Profound Iron needle.
• Xiao Hua distracted Chang Huan with a punch, then stabbed him through the back with a demonic weapon, killing him.
• Xiao Hua used the Town Cloud Seal to smash a hole through the hall wall and urged Xun Shu to escape through it.
• After Xun Shu passed through and the hole closed, Zhang Qingxiao appeared, took Chang Huan’s flag, and drew black liquid from the wall.
• Xiao Hua recognized Zhang Qingxiao as a mid Foundation Establishment cultivator and drove the Town Cloud Seal into the wall again.

Xiao Hua faced Zhang Qingxiao, the Heavenly Demon Sect’s Sect Master, inside the blood formation after the other cultivators were killed. Zhang Qingxiao questioned Xiao Hua about his origins, and the chapter ended as he threatened to cut off the spiritual energy feeding Xiao Hua’s Town Cloud Seal.

• Xiao Hua’s Town Cloud Seal failed to break Zhang Qingxiao’s blood formation, and Zhang Qingxiao watched him while the remaining Lanli Sect disciples died.
• Qingyu explained that he had planned to use Chang Huan’s blood formation to kill Hu Ming and take over Lingpei Mountain Villa, while Yin Meng’s motives remained uncertain.
• Zhang Qingxiao tried to inspect Qingwu for the Condensing Knowledge Treasure, but it exploded before he could reach it.
• Zhang Qingxiao dismissed Qingyu and questioned Xiao Hua about his past, including his cultivation five years before joining the Thunder Control Sect.
• Xiao Hua refused to reveal where he was born, and Zhang Qingxiao warned that he could block the surrounding spiritual energy and starve the Town Cloud Seal of power.

Xiao Hua fought Zhang Qingxiao inside the blood array, using the Town Cloud Seal against Zhang Qingxiao’s Jingming Bell. The clash continued as Xiao Hua revealed his Great Vajra Dharma Body and charged at Zhang Qingxiao.

• Zhang Qingxiao questioned Xiao Hua about his origins, and Xiao Hua answered that he did not know where he came from.
• Xiao Hua launched the Town Cloud Seal at Zhang Qingxiao, who used the Jingming Bell and the blood array to withstand its karmic power.
• Xiao Hua struck again with a smaller Town Cloud Seal, forcing Zhang Qingxiao to reinforce the Jingming Bell’s defenses.
• Zhang Qingxiao sent streams of black qi toward Xiao Hua with his array flag.
• Xiao Hua manifested his Great Vajra Dharma Body and charged at Zhang Qingxiao, smashing the incoming black qi with its fists.

Xiao Hua used his Buddhist Dharma Body and artifacts to break through Zhang Qingxiao’s blood formation and escape. Yin Meng revived from his corpse, and Zhang Qingxiao learned that he was a demonic cultivator from beyond Million Meng Mountain, though the two began cautiously discussing their identities and intentions.

• Xiao Hua’s Great Vajra Dharma Body resisted the formation’s black qi, and he battered the Jingming Bell with the Giant Demon Hammer and Town Cloud Seal.
• Yin Meng’s corpse released dense black qi and a powerful presence, interrupting Xiao Hua’s attack on Zhang Qingxiao.
• Xiao Hua exploited the clash between Zhang Qingxiao’s and Yin Meng’s pressures to break through the blood formation and flee.
• Zhang Qingxiao blocked Yin Meng’s attempt to pursue Xiao Hua, then questioned Yin Meng about his origins and demonic cultivation.
• Yin Meng named several major demonic sects beyond Million Meng Mountain, surprising Zhang Qingxiao, who introduced himself as Qing Fengmin.
• Zhang Qingxiao withdrew the blood formation and claimed that his Vice Sect Master had set it to avenge an old grievance.

Zhang Qingxiao and Yin Meng discussed the Heavenly Demon Sect’s plans to unify the Xiaoyu Continent and the escaped cultivator’s Buddhist abilities. Xiao Hua fled Lingpei Mountain Villa after killing two Heavenly Demon Sect disciples, but remained worried that the sect master might pursue him.

• Yin Meng drew the demonic mist back into his body and told Zhang Qingxiao he had come to discuss a task that could help the Demonic Path unify the Xiaoyu Continent.
• Yin Meng asked Zhang Qingxiao about the escaped cultivator who had wielded a magic treasure and displayed a Buddhist Sect Dharma Body, and Zhang Qingxiao said the man’s origins would be difficult to trace.
• Xiao Hua encountered two Heavenly Demon Sect disciples outside the hall and destroyed one disciple’s rod artifact with the Giant Demon Hammer while killing the other with the Slay Dream Flying Sword.
• Xiao Hua seized a fallen long banner and escaped using Awakening Thunder Evasion before the other disciples could find him.
• Xiao Hua wondered why Zhang Qingxiao had let him go and worried that the Heavenly Demon Sect might issue an order to hunt him down.

After escaping the Heavenly Demon Sect, Xiao Hua reunited with Xun Shu, Qian Diheng, and Kun Feiyan and concealed what he knew about Yin Meng and the formation. Near Luofeng Mountain, he sensed trouble ahead and arranged to separate from his companions, leaving them to meet him again in ten days.

• Xiao Hua confirmed no one was pursuing him and used a communication talisman to locate Xun Shu, Qian Diheng, and Kun Feiyan.
• Xiao Hua reunited with the three, who celebrated their escape and thanked him for helping them survive.
• Xiao Hua concealed Yin Meng’s role and claimed an unknown Heavenly Demon Sect disciple had resealed the formation, while the group speculated that Xun Shu had been the sect’s target.
• The four traveled west, rested in a sealed cave, and continued toward Luofeng Mountain; Xiao Hua told them the Condensing Knowledge Treasure had likely been destroyed.
• Xiao Hua stopped in the hills near Luofeng Mountain and said he sensed trouble ahead, then asked Xun Shu, Qian Diheng, and Kun Feiyan to detour and meet him in ten days.

Xiao Hua investigated a demonic banner and discovered that his Buddhist sense could deliver the wronged souls trapped inside it, awakening his first Buddhist supernatural ability. After freeing all the souls, he hurried to Luofeng Mountain to pursue clues about his origins as the sword discussion began.

• Xiao Hua hid in a cave and probed the long banner with his Buddhist sense, triggering a vision in which he experienced the death of one of its trapped souls.
• Xiao Hua used the Baye Linglong Scripture to manifest a Buddha golden body and deliver the old man's soul, awakening his first Buddhist supernatural ability.
• Xiao Hua spent six days and six nights delivering more than three hundred wronged souls from the banner, including dozens of low-level Qi Cultivation cultivators.
• Xiao Hua learned that the banner's black mist remained intact despite the souls' release, then flew toward Luofeng Mountain because the sword discussion had begun.

Xiao Hua arrived at Luofeng Mountain to seek his origins and secretly reached the summit, where he found the Luofeng Mountain Sword Debate nearing its end. He watched Ma Ming and Shui Yutiao risk their lives in a contest of internal strength, leaving the other Martial World Five Immortals unsure how to stop them.

• Xiao Hua reached Luori Mountain at dusk, was turned away by a Luofeng Gang guard, and used earth-burrowing to reach the summit.
• Xiao Hua found Zhang Xuyang among the spectators and identified the fighters Ma Ming and Shui Yutiao, along with the seated judges.
• Zhang Xuyang told Xiao Hua that the Martial World Five Immortals were deciding their seating order after defeating all challengers.
• Ma Ming and Shui Yutiao pressed their palms together and began a dangerous contest of internal strength, alarming Zhang Xuyang and the crowd.
• Zhang Chong and Xu Bingyi worried that they could not separate the fighters because their own meridians had not recovered.

Xiao Hua arrived at Luofeng Mountain and safely separated Shui Yutiao and Ma Ming after their joined palms threatened to injure them. He then challenged the martial heroes, proving his lightness skill against Xu Bingyi before turning to Lei Hu Ming for another match.

• Wang Chong prepared to separate Shui Yutiao and Ma Ming despite the danger, but Xiao Hua swept into the arena and volunteered.
• Xiao Hua flicked the joined palms of Shui Yutiao and Ma Ming apart, absorbing their combined strike without injury while both martial artists sat down to tend their meridians.
• Xiao Hua announced that he had come to exchange pointers, then challenged Xu Bingyi to a lightness-skill contest.
• Xiao Hua followed Xu Bingyi around Luori Mountain for the length of an incense stick without overtaking him, while Xu Bingyi exhausted himself and admitted defeat.
• Xiao Hua challenged Lei Hu Ming, noticed his stance looked familiar, and prepared to face his external hard techniques.

Xiao Hua rediscovered the Big Dipper Divine Fist while fighting Lei Hu Ming, then defeated Wang Chong but became distracted by a mysterious green bottle that vanished into the ground. As he sought someone who recognized him, Daoist Youna arrived with severed heads and attacked the gathering, leaving the heroes under threat.

• Xiao Hua fought Lei Hu Ming, recovered the complete Big Dipper Divine Fist, and forced Lei Hu Ming to concede.
• Xiao Hua asked Wang Chong and the assembled heroes whether they recognized his techniques, but no one did; Wang Chong insisted he finish the contest.
• Xiao Hua fought Wang Chong and knocked him down, then noticed a green bottle among the stones that vanished into the ground when he reached for it.
• Xiao Hua declined to continue fighting and called out to the crowd, but a voice from the mountain path insulted him and claimed to know who he was.
• Daoist Youna appeared riding a huge tiger with several severed heads, including one belonging to the man Xiao Hua had seen at the mountain foot.
• Daoist Youna attacked the heroes blocking his path with Fireball Talismans, killing them before Xiao Hua could intervene.

Xiao Hua killed Bai Ming, a Huanling Sect cultivator who had been slaughtering martial artists and threatening Wang Chong. After saving the crowd, Xiao Hua gave the injured Wang Chong a Marrow Cleansing Pill.

• Bai Ming arrived at Luori Mountain, killed several people, and dismissed mortals as ants.
• Wang Chong challenged Bai Ming, but Bai Ming's flying sword destroyed his treasured sword and threatened his life.
• Xiao Hua used Zhu Meng to destroy Bai Ming's flying sword talisman and attack Bai Ming and his great tiger.
• Bai Ming tried to flee and offered to reveal a secret, but Xiao Hua killed him and the great tiger.
• Wang Chong, Lei Hu Ming, Xu Bingyi, and the others thanked Xiao Hua, who stopped them from kneeling.
• Xiao Hua gave Wang Chong a Marrow Cleansing Pill for his damaged meridians.

After saving the martial artists at Luofeng Mountain, Xiao Hua discovered a dramatic change in his Buddha Sarira and a mysterious golden thread, then rushed to help Xun Shu and her companions when they were ambushed. He burrowed into the ground as the Huanling Sect attackers pressed their assault.

• Xiao Hua gave pills to the gathered martial artists and urged them to uphold chivalry and righteousness before flying away.
• Wang Chong led the martial artists in making heart oaths to follow Xiao Hua’s example, and they took the pills he distributed.
• Xiao Hua discovered nine-colored Buddhist fire and a newly formed golden thread within his Buddha Sarira, then continued westward.
• After receiving Xun Shu’s desperate message, Xiao Hua flew north and found her, Kun Feiyan, and Qian Diheng surrounded by six Huanling Sect cultivators and a spirit insect.
• Xiao Hua identified a slain spirit beast near the battle, realized what had caused the conflict, and burrowed into the ground as the Huanling Sect cultivators attacked Xun Shu’s failing defenses.

Xiao Hua emerged from underground to rescue Xun Shu and Qian Diheng from the Huanling Sect disciples. He left two enemies dead, while the remaining attackers still faced him and his concealed weapons.

• Xun Shu's lightning chains failed after the Huanling Sect disciples broke through her defense, and she collapsed from exhaustion.
• A Divine Strength Centipede emerged from the valley, prompting two Huanling Sect disciples to search for Xiao Hua while the others attacked the Town Cloud Seal.
• Xiao Hua sent Zhu Meng from the stone wall, and it pierced through one Huanling Sect disciple despite his Palm Thunder and defensive talismans.
• The short, fat Huanling Sect disciple blocked Zhu Meng with his jade ruyi, but Xiao Hua's concealed black spear pierced his chest from behind.

Xiao Hua turned the fight against the Huanling Sect disciples, killing four of the six while his companions fought alongside him. He joined Xun Shu after the battle’s balance shifted, leaving the final enemy still fighting Qian Diheng and Kun Feiyan.

• Xiao Hua emerged from underground and killed a Huanling Sect disciple as the Divine Strength Centipede overwhelmed the sect’s spirit insects.
• Xiao Hua crushed another disciple with the Town Cloud Seal and destroyed a third disciple’s artifact with Puchen.
• Qian Diheng killed a distracted Huanling Sect disciple with the Minghao Halberd, bringing the enemy dead to four.
• A fleeing Huanling Sect disciple was struck down by Zhu Meng, while Xiao Hua killed the three Poison Nether insects.
• Xiao Hua checked on Xun Shu as Qian Diheng and Kun Feiyan continued fighting the last Huanling Sect disciple.