Chapter Summaries

Zhou Xun visited Five Willows Commerce in Primal Chaos Immortal City to seek heavenly lightning treasures and learned that a Lightning Essence Crystal would headline an auction in half a month. At a Core Formation exchange gathering, he reunited with Jiang Xiuying and became caught in a hostile confrontation between a cultivator and Old Devil Jade Dew.

• Zhou Xun sold surplus magic treasures and materials to Xiao Yin for three hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones, then received a talisman for a Core Formation cultivators' exchange gathering.
• Three days later, Zhou Xun arrived at Bright Moon Pavilion and joined the gathering on its fourth floor.
• Jiang Xiuying greeted Zhou Xun and thanked him for rescuing her, while a middle-aged man praised his feat of slaying two Tier 3 Great Demons.
• Old Devil Jade Dew arrived, and the middle-aged man exchanged hostile words with the Peak Core Formation demonic cultivator.

Zhou Xun attended a Core Formation cultivators’ exchange gathering, trading for an Essence Crystal Fungus and seeking treasures containing heavenly lightning. The gathering ended with him receiving a lead about such treasures and an invitation to discuss it privately.

• Shopkeeper Xiao opened the gathering by offering five Tier 3 High-Grade talismans, and Zhou Xun traded a Crimson Flame Crystal for two of them.
• Zhou Xun exchanged a Water Source Pearl for a Tier 3 Mid-Grade Essence Crystal Fungus.
• Zhou Xun presented several treasures and offered spirit stones for information about heavenly lightning treasures.
• Elder and a tall young man competed for Zhou Xun’s Golden Ring, and the young man bought it for eight hundred and ten thousand spirit stones.
• A green-robed Elder told Zhou Xun to meet him in private room Armor Four at the Feast Guest Pavilion after the gathering to discuss information about heavenly lightning treasures.

Zhou Xun joined Yuan Shan, Hu, and Madam Yao in a plan to hunt a Tier 3 High-Grade Lightning Flood Dragon for its Lightning Accumulation Crystal. The group agreed to lure the dragon into Yuan Shan’s formation, though the hunt had not yet begun.

• Jiang Xiuying offered Zhou Xun a reward for saving her and Jiang Wanning, but he refused and left.
• Zhou Xun met Yuan Shan, Hu, and Madam Yao at Feast Guest Pavilion, where he countered Madam Yao’s beguiling technique and warned her not to try it again.
• Yuan Shan revealed that he had seen a Lightning Accumulation Crystal guarded by a Tier 3 High-Grade Lightning Flood Dragon and invited Zhou Xun to help kill it.
• After confirming that no Tier 4 Demon Emperor could be present in the Chaotic Domain, Zhou Xun agreed to join the hunt.
• Yuan Shan proposed trapping the dragon with his Four Symbols Demon Subduing Grand Formation, and Madam Yao volunteered to lure it there using her escape techniques.

Zhou Xun joined Yuan Shan’s group in planning to hunt a Lightning Dragon, then attended Primal Chaos Immortal City’s grand auction to obtain Lightning Essence Crystals. The auction reached the sale of his target, with bidding just beginning.

• Yuan Shan proposed dividing the spoils from the Lightning Dragon hunt, and Zhou Xun secured all Lightning Accumulation Crystals in exchange for making up any difference in value.
• The group agreed to depart in twenty days, and Zhou Xun returned to his cave dwelling to cultivate until the auction day.
• Zhou Xun disguised himself and entered Sky Cloud Hall, where he watched Foundation Establishment and Core Formation treasures go up for auction.
• Jiang Xiuying won the first Essence Crystallization Pill for 470,000 spirit stones, while the other two sold for 490,000 and 550,000.
• The auctioneer announced the Lightning Essence Crystal with a starting bid of 900,000 spirit stones.

Zhou Xun won the Lightning Essence Crystal at auction for four million spirit stones, drawing the attention of powerful bidders. He evaded potential pursuers and returned to his cave dwelling, where he noted that he still needed a Lightning Accumulation Crystal.

• Jin Yuanshu provoked the Daoist-robed Elder by bidding on the Lightning Essence Crystal, then stopped after the Elder raised the price.
• Zhou Xun entered the bidding and outbid the Elder, ultimately winning the crystal for four million spirit stones.
• Zhou Xun inspected the Lightning Essence Crystal, paid with four hundred High-Grade Spirit Stones, and took possession of it.
• Zhou Xun left Sky Cloud Hall through a rear passage, changed identities while circling Mixed Origin City, and returned to his cave dwelling.
• Zhou Xun realized he still needed a Lightning Accumulation Crystal, while the Daoist-robed Elder waited by the auction hall's exit.

Elder Zhao searched for the Lightning Essence Crystal’s auction winner, unaware that Zhou Xun was the cultivator he sought. Zhou Xun joined Yuan Shan, Big Hu, and Madam Yao on a journey to find a Lightning Flood Dragon, and they reached the Thunder Accumulation Mountain Range.

• Elder Zhao asked Xiao Yin about the Lightning Essence Crystal, but Xiao Yin refused to reveal the winner in keeping with Five Willows Commerce’s rules.
• Zhou Xun met Elder Zhao at the city gate and concealed that he had won the crystal, while Yuan Shan introduced him as the powerful newcomer Li Feiyu.
• Madam Yao arrived, and Yuan Shan led Zhou Xun and the others west before changing course to avoid revealing their destination to Elder Zhao.
• After traveling south for more than ten days, Yuan Shan revealed that the Lightning Flood Dragon lived in the Thunder Accumulation Mountain Range.

Yuan Shan, Zhou Xun, and their companions lured the Lightning Flood Dragon into a Four Symbols Demon Subduing Formation near Thunderstone Peak. As they prepared to attack the trapped beast, two cultivators from Dao Island Sect rushed toward them, accusing them of targeting the sect’s spirit beast.

• Yuan Shan led the group to a point near Thunderstone Peak and set up the Four Symbols Demon Subduing Formation.
• Madam Yao used a giant tornado to provoke the Lightning Flood Dragon, then fled toward the ambush.
• The Lightning Flood Dragon pursued Madam Yao into the formation, and Yuan Shan activated it to trap the beast.
• Two cultivators from Dao Island Sect arrived, cursing the group for targeting their spirit beast.
• The enraged Lightning Flood Dragon revealed its true form, growing to over two hundred zhang within the formation.

Zhou Xun and the others attacked and trapped a Lightning Flood Dragon inside the Four Symbols Demon Subduing Grand Formation, while the dragon called for help. Yuan Shan wounded it with a powerful jade talisman, but two Core Formation cultivators arrived as the battle continued.

• Yuan Shan, Big Hu, Madam Yao, and Zhou Xun attacked the Lightning Flood Dragon with their techniques and treasures.
• The Lightning Flood Dragon called for help, prompting two Core Formation cultivators two hundred li away to rush toward it.
• The dragon raised a Lightning Shield, but Zhou Xun shattered it and bound the beast with twelve Lightning Shackles.
• Yuan Shan used an ancient jade talisman to tear open the Lightning Flood Dragon's head and face, and Zhou Xun activated his Defense Talisman.
• Two unfamiliar Core Formation auras approached, including one person the group recognized.

Yuan Shan's group fought Old Daoist Zhao and True One Yuanfeng of the Dao Island Sect over the Lightning Wyrm. As the battle turned dangerous, Yuanfeng secretly immobilized Yuan Shan, while Zhou Xun prepared a tactic to help Madam Yao.

• Big Hu and Madam Yao engaged Old Daoist Zhao and True One Yuanfeng while Zhou Xun and Yuan Shan attacked the Lightning Wyrm.
• Big Hu summoned a Soaring Demon Corpse and revealed his Sky-Barbarian True Devil Body to fight True One Yuanfeng.
• Zhou Xun bound the Lightning Wyrm with his Lightning Seeds as Yuan Shan and four demon spirits worsened its injuries.
• True One Yuanfeng secretly struck Yuan Shan with a black nail, immobilizing him, then appeared beside him and attacked.
• Zhou Xun spread his remaining Lightning Seeds and told Madam Yao to pretend to fall toward him; she endured Old Daoist Zhao's lightning and fell in Zhou Xun's direction.

Zhou Xun killed Old Daoist Zhao, but Yuan Shan fell to True One Yuanfeng and Madam Yao fled, leaving Zhou Xun and Big Hu facing the Lightning Flood Dragon and True One Yuanfeng. The dragon destroyed Big Hu’s Soaring Demon Corpse and attacked Zhou Xun, whose lightning pool absorbed its lightning before True One Yuanfeng turned his attention to him.

• Zhou Xun trapped Old Daoist Zhao in Yin lightning and stabbed him through the head with the Edge of Utmost Sharpness, killing him.
• True One Yuanfeng killed Yuan Shan with the Soul Extinguishing Nail and broke the weakened formation, freeing the Lightning Flood Dragon.
• Madam Yao fled, while the Lightning Flood Dragon tore off the Soaring Demon Corpse’s wing and destroyed Big Hu’s external incarnation.
• True One Yuanfeng struck Big Hu with the Nine Dragon Seal, severely injuring him and then engaging him in battle.
• The Lightning Flood Dragon attacked Zhou Xun, whose lightning pool absorbed its bolts and whose Lightning Shields stopped its tail.
• True One Yuanfeng shouted at Zhou Xun as the Lightning Flood Dragon focused its attack on him.

Zhou Xun restrained and killed the weakened Lightning Wyrm, then set a trap for True One Yuanfeng. He ambushed Yuanfeng when he returned and emerged with three Storage Pouches.

• True One Yuanfeng pursued the fleeing opponent, leaving Zhou Xun alone with the wounded Lightning Wyrm.
• Zhou Xun used five Bloodfiend Spawns, the Earth Origin Beast, and Lightning Shackles to hold the Lightning Wyrm until its berserk art ended.
• Zhou Xun trapped the Lightning Wyrm with a Sword Shield Talisman, then killed it with the Bloodfiend Spawns and took its inner Dan and body.
• Zhou Xun set up the Icefire Heavy Cloud Formation in a valley and prepared Lightning Seeds, talismans, the Bloodfiend Spawns, and the Earth Origin Beast for Yuanfeng's return.
• True One Yuanfeng flew back and was caught in Zhou Xun's formation, where Zhou Xun, his forces, and his avatar attacked him.
• Half a cup of tea later, Zhou Xun held three Storage Pouches.

Zhou Xun killed Yuan Shan, found the Lightning Accumulation Crystal in Thunderstone Peak’s cave, and discovered that someone had already taken the Dragon Blood Holy Fruit. He left for Primal Chaos Immortal City, while Dao Island Sect cultivators arrived two days later and found their cave stripped bare.

• Yuan Shan revealed that the Dragon Blood Holy Fruit was in the Lightning Flood Dragon’s nest, but Zhou Xun let the Azure Ape devour his soul.
• Zhou Xun searched Thunderstone Peak’s cave and collected the Lightning Accumulation Crystal and numerous Thunder Crystals.
• Zhou Xun found traces of the Dragon Blood Holy Fruit on a stone platform and divined that it had been taken north, away from Dao Island Sect.
• Zhou Xun left Thunderstone Peak in a new appearance and rode toward Primal Chaos Immortal City.
• Two days later, Dao Island Sect cultivators arrived at the stripped cave and realized someone had taken its treasures.

After Dao Island Sect’s Elder identified Li Feiyu as the lightning wyrm’s killer, Zhou Xun returned to Primal Chaos Immortal City and rented a cave abode under the alias Fang Yuan. He secured his new home and examined his spoils, including treasures that strengthened his future prospects.

• Dao Island Sect’s Elder used Shadow Projection Art to identify Li Feiyu and ordered a widespread bounty after the lightning wyrm and Dragon Blood Holy Fruit were lost.
• Zhou Xun returned to Primal Chaos Immortal City and rented a Tier 3 High-Grade cave abode by presenting himself as Fang Yuan, a Tier 3 low-grade Pill Refinement Master.
• Zhou Xun installed his Icefire Heavy Cloud Formation, housed the Earth Origin Beast, and arranged Thunderstone Peak’s thunder crystals in his cultivation room.
• Zhou Xun found 360 High-Grade Spirit Stones, a Violet Vein Azure Lingzhi, and the Profound Lightning sword in Old Daoist Zhao’s Storage Pouch.
• Zhou Xun examined Big Hu’s and Yuan Shan’s possessions and gained the Golden Claw Jade Talisman, which he recognized as a powerful trump card.

Zhou Xun used the Lightning Accumulation Crystal to strengthen his Lightning Pool and learned to refine Lightning Essence Pills. After testing his new lightning power, he found that its tribulation lightning was formidable but still limited against a strong defense.

• Zhou Xun bought the Lightning Essence Pill formula from Five Willows Commerce as Fang Yuan and gathered the materials after news of the Pill Refinement Master spread.
• Zhou Xun's main body studied the formula and refined two batches of Lightning Essence Pills, producing six proper-grade pills in the first batch.
• After half a year, Zhou Xun's avatar finished refining the Lightning Accumulation Crystal into the Lightning Pool, giving its lightning power a trace of tribulation lightning.
• Zhou Xun tested a lightning arc on the Earth Origin Beast, whose defense eventually ground it away but was greatly drained by its destructive force.

Zhou Xun refined five Lightning Seeds, restored his full set of thirty-six, and used lightning resources to strengthen his magic treasure and cultivation. The chapter left him at the peak of Early-Stage Core Formation, ready to advance to Mid-Stage Core Formation.

• Zhou Xun refined eighty-one spiritual lightning arcs and nine drops of essence blood into each of five complete Lightning Seeds.
• Zhou Xun used the Lightning Essence Crystal to temper and nurture his lightning pool, then refined a Tier 3 Lightning Wyrm inner core into six Lightning Essence Pills.
• Zhou Xun purified all six Lightning Essence Pills to super-grade by adding Spirit Herb Essence.
• Zhou Xun consumed the pills over two years and reached the peak of Early-Stage Core Formation.
• Zhou Xun completed nurturing all thirty-six Lightning Seeds, restored the Violet Firmament True Thunder Formation, and raised his lightning pool to a mid-grade magic treasure.

Zhou Xun strengthened the Mystic Thunder Sword with a Lightning Essence Crystal and quickly mastered the first level of the Celestial Origin Sword Manual’s Sword Shadow Unification Technique. With a new trump card in hand, he went to Wind Collection Pavilion to investigate the Blood Shadow Art, where he was left waiting for the shopkeeper.

• Zhou Xun refined a Lightning Essence Crystal into the Mystic Thunder Sword, raising it to a powerful mid-grade magic treasure.
• Zhou Xun tested the sword against third-tier spirit iron and found that its strength nearly matched a Late-Stage Core Formation cultivator.
• Zhou Xun studied the Celestial Origin Sword Manual and mastered the first level of the Sword Shadow Unification Technique, allowing the Mystic Thunder Sword to divide into nine lights and increase its power.
• Zhou Xun counted his five trump cards and decided it was time to deal with the Blood Shadow Art.
• Zhou Xun visited Wind Collection Pavilion, an intelligence organization, and waited in a restricted room for its shopkeeper.

Zhou Xun bought Wind Collection Pavilion’s intelligence on three Pure Spirit Physique owners, hoping to find a way to resolve the Blood Shadow Art. The first two leads seemed impractical, but the third was Jiang Wanning, whom he had once saved, leaving him hopeful that he could approach her.

• Li Hui explained how Wind Collection Pavilion gathered intelligence and served Zhou Xun Tier 3 Spirit Phoenix Tea while they waited for news.
• Li Hui told Zhou Xun that the pavilion had information on three Pure Spirit Physique owners and sold it to him for five hundred thousand spirit stones.
• Zhou Xun read that Gu Yuebing was a powerful Core Formation cultivator and that the second owner belonged to the Joyful Union Sect, making both leads seem unsuitable.
• Zhou Xun discovered that the third owner was Jiang Wanning, whom he had once rescued alongside Jiang Xiuying, and considered whether she might now have advanced to True Core.

After learning that Old Devil Jade Dew had captured Jiang Wanning and planned to use her Pure Spirit Physique for his son, Zhou Xun decided to go to Emerald Lake Mountain to meet her. He left Primal Chaos Immortal City prepared to confront the Old Devil and arrived near the Jiang family’s territory.

• Zhou Xun bought recent intelligence and learned that Old Devil Jade Dew had killed Jiang Xiuying and was holding Jiang Wanning hostage to force her to submit to his son, Crimson Desire Perfected Person.
• Zhou Xun assessed the danger of provoking Old Devil Jade Dew and resolved to go to Emerald Lake Mountain to meet Jiang Wanning.
• Zhou Xun collected his lightning crystals and treasures, summoned the Earth Origin Beast, and left Primal Chaos Immortal City under the identity of Fang Yuan.
• Zhou Xun rode the Earth Origin Beast toward Emerald Lake Mountain, reviewing his trump cards and preparing to face Old Devil Jade Dew.
• Zhou Xun neared Emerald Lake Mountain, where the Jiang family had established itself beside Emerald Lake.

After Old Devil Jade Dew seized the Jiang Family, Jiang Wanning planned to use her Pure Spirit Physique to help her relatives escape. Zhou Xun infiltrated Emerald Lake Mountain, killed two of the devils’ men, and reached Jiang Wanning disguised as Li Feiyu.

• Jiang Wanning reassured her younger sister Jiang Wanruo while secretly planning to sacrifice her Pure Spirit Physique to surprise Crimson Desire Perfected Person and give the Jiang Family a chance to flee.
• Zhou Xun arrived at Emerald Lake Market, concealed himself, and killed a Foundation Establishment Late Stage elder before taking the elder’s appearance and identity.
• Zhou Xun passed the devil cultivators’ checkpoints and killed the guard stationed outside Jiang Wanning’s cave dwelling.
• Zhou Xun entered the cave dwelling disguised as Li Feiyu, and Jiang Wanning recognized him with delight.

Zhou Xun asked Jiang Wanning to help resolve the Blood Shadow Art, and she agreed in exchange for his promise to rescue her clan. As he broke Old Devil Jade Dew’s restriction on her, Jade Dew sensed the breach and hurried toward Emerald Lake Mountain.

• Zhou Xun met Jiang Wanning and explained that her Pure Spirit Physique could help him resolve the Blood Shadow Art.
• Jiang Wanning asked Zhou Xun to save the Jiang Clan from Old Devil Jade Dew’s followers, and Zhou Xun agreed after learning who was stationed at Emerald Lake Mountain.
• Jiang Wanning offered herself to Zhou Xun, who discovered and forcibly shattered a restriction Old Devil Jade Dew had placed on her.
• Old Devil Jade Dew sensed that his restriction had been broken, checked that his son’s soul lamp still burned, and rushed to Emerald Lake Mountain.