Chapter Summaries

Lei Jun entered the True One Altar Grotto-heaven through the Thunder Light Mirror and sensed that the Celestial Master Seal remained sealed away and unclaimed. After days of cultivation, his Three-Layer Altar began to take shape, and he emerged to learn that Li Zhenchang and Chu Andong had sent gifts in thanks.

• Lei Jun sent his soul through the Thunder Light Mirror and explored the True One Altar Grotto-heaven, where he could not approach the central Dharma Altar.
• Lei Jun inferred that the Celestial Master Seal was still drifting between rivers and had not yet truly reemerged, then withdrew from the Cave Heaven when the Daoist Banners stirred and stars lit the sky.
• Lei Jun closed the passage and cultivated for several days, causing a Round Halo to appear above his virtual Octagonal Altar as his Circular Altar began to form.
• Lei Jun left his residence and thanked Wang Guiyuan for arranging that the elders not disturb his cultivation.
• Wang Guiyuan told Lei Jun that Li Kong had delivered gifts from Li Zhenchang and Chu Andong, including Li Zhenchang's Nine Revolutions Stone and Chu Andong's inkstone.

Lei Jun studied a hybrid Confucian-Taoist inkstone, then used the sect’s battles against the Yellow Heaven Path and Blood River Sect to refine his Five Thunder Talisman. He tested an improved, faster Wood Void Thunder in combat, but still believed he could make it faster.

• Lei Jun examined Chu Andong’s inkstone and learned from Wang Guiyuan that Master had gone south to support Tang while Blood River Sect experts joined the threat near Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Lei Jun learned that Blood River Sect cultivators were exploiting the death and blood qi around the mountain, prompting Celestial Master Mansion patrols and counterattacks.
• After recuperating, Lei Jun, Li Zhenchang, and Xia Qing accepted sect assignments and fought Yellow Heaven Path and Southern Wilderness Shaman Sect disciples.
• Lei Jun used the Nine Revolutions Stone and other spiritual materials to develop a way to accelerate the Five Thunder Talisman’s spiritual power.
• Lei Jun trapped a Blood River Sect disciple’s blade with Wood Void Thunder and found that his improved talisman activated more than ten percent faster, though he still sought greater speed.

Lei Jun tested his combat skills against a Blood River Sect Disciple, then returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain and sensed someone unsuccessfully trying to contact the True One Altar Grotto-heaven. In Jiangnan, Chu Yu decided she still needed to seek her luck near Dragon Tiger Mountain.

• Lei Jun defeated a Blood River Sect Disciple whose blood qi strengthened him and corroded the Thunder Net, then purified the remains with an Evil-warding Talisman.
• Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain, collected supplies, and encountered Chu Kun among the Gray-robed Novices, encouraging him to focus on cultivation.
• Lei Jun cultivated beneath the Breathing Earth Banner and sensed an outside attempt to open another passage to the True One Altar Grotto-heaven, but the attempt failed.
• Chu Yu examined a mysterious seal mark in Jiangnan and concluded that she needed to try her luck near Dragon Tiger Mountain.

Chu Yu prepared to take the Chu clan to Dragon Tiger Mountain, while Lei Jun continued cultivating and helping Celestial Master Mansion resist the Yellow Heaven Path and Blood River Sect. When Lei Jun’s group set out to investigate a suspected Blood River Formation, his Light Sphere revealed a Supreme Good Fortune Sign urging him to follow the Blood River downstream and wait quietly for an opportunity.

• Chu Yu confirmed that the Chu clan was ready to depart for Dragon Tiger Mountain and discussed its alliances and the clues to the Celestial Master Seal with Fifteen.
• Lei Jun improved the Five Thunder Talisman, then helped Celestial Master Mansion fight the Yellow Heaven Path and destroy Blood River Formations.
• Fang Jian led Jingxiang Fang Clan reinforcements to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where Lei Jun recognized Fang Mingyuan among them.
• Fang Jian told Fang Mingyuan that he must take on greater clan responsibilities, while Fang Lu promised to guide her younger brother.
• Fang Jian sent Lei Jun and other disciples to investigate a newly discovered underground palace south of Dragon Tiger Mountain, where a Blood River Formation was suspected.
• Lei Jun’s Light Sphere offered four fortunes and advised him to follow the Blood River downstream, avoid acting rashly, and wait for a chance to obtain a Fourth Grade Opportunity.

Lei Jun followed a Blood River Sect Disciple to a vast underground Blood Sea where the Blood River Sect fought the Celestial Master Mansion and Fang Clan. As Elder Du led the intruders into the sea, the Blood River Sect disciples triggered a tsunami, leaving Lei Jun watching as the rivers surged backward.

• Lei Jun and the other Celestial Master Mansion disciples entered the underground maze and found a formed Blood River they could not dismantle as before.
• Lei Jun split from his companions, concealed himself, and followed a Blood River Sect Disciple to an immense underground Blood Sea.
• Lei Jun saw Blood River Sect Direct Lineage Disciples working above the sea as Celestial Master Mansion disciples and Fang Clan members converged from several Blood Rivers.
• Elder Du led the intruders into the Blood Sea and drove the Blood River Sect disciples back.
• The remaining Blood River Sect disciples leaped into the sea, triggering a tsunami that reversed the Blood Rivers and put Elder Du and the others in danger.

During the Blood Sea’s collapse, Lei Jun found Nine Saints Clear Frost and followed the retreating flood to an Eight Desolations Blood River Array. There, he discovered Fang Mingyuan and Fang Lu discussing their plot against Luo Haoran while Xia Qing and other disciples were trapped, and Luo Haoran was sealing the river to protect people above.

• Lei Jun used the Breathing Earth Banner to survive the Blood Sea’s upheaval and collected Nine Saints Clear Frost from a lotus with the banner’s power.
• Carried into a Blood River channel, Lei Jun avoided the deeper branch and heard someone discussing killing without dirtying their hands.
• Lei Jun found Fang Mingyuan and Fang Lu watching the unstable Eight Desolations Blood River Array, where Xia Qing and other disciples were trapped.
• Lei Jun spotted Luo Haoran sealing the Blood River near a breach to the surface, unaware that his efforts had also blocked Xia Qing and the others inside the array.

Lei Jun overheard Fang Lu and Fang Mingyuan plotting to exploit the conflict within the Celestial Master Mansion, then secretly damaged the Eight Desolations Blood River Array to save Luo Haoran, Xia Qing, and the others. The Fang siblings escaped through another passage while Lei Jun stayed behind.

• Fang Lu and Fang Mingyuan discussed the Celestial Master Mansion’s succession struggle and considered using Luo Haoran’s tragedy to inflame tensions between Li Hongyu and the other-surname elders.
• Lei Jun overheard the Fang siblings and decided not to confront them directly.
• Lei Jun approached the Eight Desolations Blood River Array from another direction and blasted open the surrounding rock with talismans and Fire Repository Thunder.
• The array collapsed, releasing its bloody water into the Blood River and easing the pressure on Luo Haoran and the trapped Xia Qing and his fellow disciples.
• Fang Lu and Fang Mingyuan fled through a calmer river channel, and Lei Jun left without revealing himself.

Lei Jun rescued the trapped Celestial Master Mansion disciples, helped contain the Blood River, and watched the underground stronghold collapse into a Blood Lake where Fang Lu and Fang Mingyuan were lost. After returning to Dragon Tiger Mountain, he began cultivating with the Nine Saints Clear Frost, then sensed that the Celestial Master Seal was stirring again.

• Lei Jun rescued Xia Qing and the other disciples from the weakened Eight Desolations Blood River Array, then helped Luo Haoran suppress the bloodwater.
• A blast from the Eight Desolations Blood Cave sent bloodwater surging through the Underground Palace, and the collapsing caverns left a Blood Lake on the surface with Fang Jian trapped in its vortex.
• Lei Jun and the others pulled Fang Jian from the vortex, but Fang Jian said Fang Lu and Fang Mingyuan had died in the Blood Cave.
• Chu Yu arrived after striking down a fleeing Blood Cloud, searched the Blood Lake, and returned with the Longitude and Latitude Box; Elder Du then arranged for survivors to recover and the Blood Lake to be purified.
• Lei Jun returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain, refined half of the Nine Saints Clear Frost, and began advancing toward the Third Layer Altar.
• Lei Jun sensed the True One Altar Grotto-heaven or the Celestial Master Seal stirring again and wondered whether the Blood Sea eruption had awakened it.

Lei Jun sensed three groups trying to reach the True One Altar Grotto-heaven and suspected Chu Yu might possess a clue to the Celestial Master Seal. After Chu Yu and Fang Yue visited with gifts, Lei Jun studied the Golden Thread Robe and planned his cultivation, while Chu Kun secretly used a mysterious passage to exchange spiritual objects; thunder later boomed over Dragon Tiger Mountain as the Seal stirred again.

• Lei Jun sensed three groups trying to open passages into the True One Altar Grotto-heaven, but none succeeded, and he suspected Chu Yu might be connected to one of them.
• Chu Yu visited Lei Jun with Chu Andong and Chu Kun, thanked him for saving Chu Andong, and gave him Golden Bone Jade Muscle Powder.
• After leaving Lei Jun, Chu Kun returned to the Dao Child Courtyard and secretly passed through an invisible gate, exchanging spiritual objects before cultivating.
• Fang Yue visited Lei Jun to discuss joining forces against the Blood River demonic path and gave him a Golden Thread Robe as thanks for rescuing Fang Jian.
• Lei Jun studied the robe, considered developing his Five Thunder methods, and decided to complete his Dharma Altar before advancing to the Primal Talisman Realm.
• Thunder boomed over Dragon Tiger Mountain again as the Celestial Master Seal stirred.

As the Celestial Master Mansion and its rivals converged on Azure Sky Peak over the Celestial Master Seal, Lei Jun followed an Upper Middle Auspicious Sign and took a shift in the Back Mountain Ancestral Tomb Forbidden Area. The chapter left him learning that Chen Yi had wounded fellow disciples at Golden Portal Creek Ferry and defected, recalling Chen Yi’s Blood River Sword Qi.

• Li Zhengxuan took the Celestial Master Sword out of the mountain to support Li Ziyang, while Chu Yu watched and chose to wait before acting.
• Lei Jun received four Sign Fortunes, including one that promised a Second Grade Opportunity if he waited in the Back Mountain Ancestral Tomb Forbidden Area, and chose to take a shift there.
• Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan learned that Longjia Shangren had confronted Li Ziyang at Azure Sky Peak, prompting Li Zhengxuan to join the fight with the Celestial Master Sword.
• Elder Xin ordered the disciples to stay alert as outsiders tried to exploit the Celestial Master Mansion’s defenses, though the situation on the mountain remained under control.
• A messenger reported that Chen Yi had wounded fellow disciples at Golden Portal Creek Ferry and defected, and Lei Jun recalled Chen Yi using Blood River Sword Qi.

Lei Jun considered Chen Yi’s exposed Blood River Secret Art and the Celestial Master Mansion’s worsening crisis while helping guard the Back Mountain Ancestral Tomb. He secretly entered the True One Altar Grotto-heaven, where a mysterious attempt to open a passage with another Celestial Master Seal imprint failed and left a sheet of paper before him.

• Lei Jun reasoned that Chen Yi’s secret powers might explain his strength and the danger foretold by the Middle Middle Auspicious Sign, while the Celestial Master Mansion prepared to hunt him as a traitor.
• News spread that Li Zhengxuan and Ziyang were fighting Longjia over the Celestial Master Seal as Li Song and Yu Qingling clashed nearby, making the battle around Azure Sky Peak increasingly chaotic.
• Elder Xin raised a Dao Field Talisman Array at the Back Mountain Ancestral Tomb and assigned Lei Jun and seven other disciples to guard its Eight Gates.
• Lei Jun sensed his Celestial Master Seal imprints and entered the True One Altar Grotto-heaven without Elder Xin or the other disciples noticing.
• A white paper bearing another Celestial Master Seal imprint nearly opened a passage into the Grotto-heaven, but its light failed and the paper drifted down before Lei Jun.

Lei Jun reunited the three Celestial Master Seal Marks and drew the Celestial Master Seal into his soul, though the treasure remained dormant and unusable. After the mountain’s crisis eased, Elder Xin realized that Li Zhengxuan had returned without the Celestial Master Sword.

• Lei Jun merged the three Celestial Master Seal Marks in the True One Altar Grotto-heaven, causing the Celestial Master Seal to enter his soul.
• The seal destroyed Longjia Shangren’s seal-marked bark and Li Zhengxuan’s Imitation Seal, severing their connections to it.
• Lei Jun discovered that the seal was dormant within his soul, then re-entered the illuminated True One Altar Grotto-heaven but could not reach the altar.
• A High Merit Elder returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain, and Elder Xin ended his defenses in the Ancestral Tomb Forbidden Area.
• Elder Xin noticed that Li Zhengxuan had returned without the Celestial Master Sword, startling Lei Jun and the other disciples.

After the Celestial Master Sword vanished, Li Zhengxuan sought the past patriarchs’ guidance, while Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan worried about the pressure on the Celestial Master Mansion. News that Xu Yuanzhen and Li Song had driven the Yellow Heaven Path’s leaders into flight brought relief, but the loss of the Sword left the Li Family facing a new crisis.

• Elder Xin let slip that the Celestial Master Sword was lost, then claimed it had returned to the mountain depleted and asked Lei Jun and the other disciples to keep quiet.
• Li Zhengxuan asked Elder Xin to help him perform a ritual at the ancestral tomb and draw on the past patriarchs to locate the Sword.
• Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan watched violet lightning rise from the forbidden area and discussed the danger the missing Sword posed to the Celestial Master Mansion.
• Xu Yuanzhen returned and joined Li Hongyu in defeating Peaceful Path Taoist, while Li Song pursued the gravely wounded Yu Qingling.
• Wang Guiyuan and Lei Jun surmised that Yu Qingling had seized the moment the Celestial Master Seal disappeared to knock the Sword from Li Zhengxuan’s hand before fleeing.

After the Yellow Heaven Path was defeated, Lei Jun revealed that the Celestial Master Seal had fused with his soul and was stained by a Shaman Sect method. He concealed the seal’s secret and completed the Third Layer Altar realm, then learned that Xu Yuanzhen had returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain.

• Li Hongyu returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain with news that Xu Yuanzhen and she had defeated Yu Qingling and the Peaceful Path Taoist, while the Southern Wilderness Shaman Sect experts fled.
• Yuan Mobai received Chu Yu and explained that the Celestial Master Sword’s loss was not her fault, while Tang Xiaotang questioned Lei Jun about seeming different.
• Lei Jun told Tang Xiaotang and Yuan Mobai that he possessed the Celestial Master Seal, which had fused with his soul and could not yet be fully used because it was stained by a sophisticated Shaman Sect method.
• Yuan Mobai concealed the seal’s unusual nature from others and advised Lei Jun not to publicize it.
• Lei Jun completed the Circular Altar and reached the Third Layer Altar realm, completing his Third Heaven cultivation.
• Lei Jun went to see Yuan Mobai and learned that Xu Yuanzhen had returned to the mountain.

The Li Clan debated how to preserve its influence after losing the Celestial Master Sword, while the Jinzhou Ye Clan watched the crisis unfold. Dragon Tiger Mountain left the Celestial Master's seat vacant and formed a High Merit Pavilion, and Lei Jun revealed to Xu Yuanzhen that he had the Celestial Master Seal.

• Li Ziyang, Li Hongyu, Li Song, and Li Zhengxuan discussed the Li Clan's options, deciding that Zhengxuan would take responsibility for the lost Celestial Master Sword and go to the back mountain for reflection.
• Chen Yi escaped Dragon Tiger Mountain in disguise and vowed to return after failing to enter the Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven.
• The Jinzhou Ye Clan head ordered his family to monitor Dragon Tiger Mountain more closely as the Li Clan faced a critical moment.
• Xu Yuanzhen and Yuan Mobai returned and announced that the Celestial Master's seat would remain vacant, with major decisions handled by a High Merit Pavilion and ballot proposals.
• Yuan Mobai explained that Li Wai would take charge of the Celestial Master Robe and Myriad Laws Altar in turn, while Tang Xiaotang declared she would become the Celestial Master and went to seek the Celestial Master Sword.
• Lei Jun told Xu Yuanzhen that he had the Celestial Master Seal, and she wondered whether that was why she had liked him when they first met.

Lei Jun learned how the Celestial Master Seal and Nine Saints Clear Frost could aid him, then focused on cultivation while Dragon Tiger Mountain restored order after the battle. As the Ordinance Conferment Ceremony approached, factional disputes removed many leading candidates from the list, leaving Lei Jun as the apparent favorite.

• Xu Yuanzhen and Yuan Mobai helped Lei Jun conceal the Celestial Master Seal, and Yuan Mobai advised him to preserve the Nine Saints Clear Frost to nourish spiritual treasures later.
• Lei Jun prioritized preparing for the Fourth Heaven Primal Talisman Realm and the coming Ordinance Conferment Ceremony as Dragon Tiger Mountain organized its postwar recovery.
• The High Merit Pavilion was established with Li Song, Li Ziyang, Li Hongyu, Shangguan Ning, Yuan Mobai, and Xu Yuanzhen as its first members, while Yuan Mobai took command of the Myriad Laws Altar.
• Dragon Tiger Mountain scheduled the Ordinance Conferment Ceremony for the fifteenth day of the seventh month, but Luo Haoran, Xia Qing, Li Zhenchang, Chu Andong, and Fang Jian were absent from the candidate list for various reasons.
• Lei Jun recognized that the Li Clan's factions had undermined one another by excluding their favored candidates, and Yuan Mobai confirmed that Lei Jun was now the leading candidate.

Lei Jun prepared to receive ordinances as the leading candidate while Wang Guiyuan explained why he had chosen to wait. At the grand ceremony, Lei Jun and the other disciples received their ordinances, leaving him poised to learn new scriptures and advance toward the Fourth Heaven.

• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun that his good ties with fellow disciples had helped him gain broad support as the lone seeded contender for the ceremony.
• Wang Guiyuan said he had chosen not to participate, explaining that he accepted his ordinary cultivation talent and did not seek greater advancement.
• Lei Jun prepared for the ceremony and his Third-to-Fourth Heaven tribulation as ordinance students and guests arrived at Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Yuan Mobai opened the Myriad Laws Altar, and Yuan Mobai, Li Hongyu, and Li Song presided over the ceremony with the Six Dharma Protector Masters.
• Lei Jun and the other disciples completed the rites and received their tokens, Dao ranks, and Dharma offices, making them ordinance disciples named in the Celestial Bureau.

Lei Jun reviewed the Celestial Master Mansion’s talisman ranks and the benefits of his new Ordinance Disciple status before using the Primal Heart Serene Jade to break through the Heavenly Chasm. He successfully entered the Fourth Heaven Origin Talisman Realm and then returned to the Cave Heaven to approach the Three-Layer True One Altar.

• Wang Guiyuan explained the talisman ranks and told Lei Jun that he would need at least Fifth Rank Dao Position Dharma Duties to open a Separate Mansion.
• Lei Jun received improved cultivation provisions and talisman-making materials as an Ordinance Disciple, then prepared to attempt the Fourth Heaven breakthrough.
• Lei Jun’s soul faced the yin-wind Heavenly Chasm while the Primal Heart Serene Jade helped protect his body and settle the tribulation.
• Lei Jun passed the tribulation, condensed his own Origin Talisman, and entered the Fourth Heaven Origin Talisman Realm.
• Lei Jun returned to the Cave Heaven derived from the Celestial Master Seal and approached the Three-Layer True One Altar.

Lei Jun opened the first layer of the True One Altar after reaching the Fourth Heaven Origin Talisman Realm and discovered a possible path to further improve his aptitude. Yuan Mobai identified the altar’s hidden talismanic register as the Earth Writing Talisman and suspected that something within Lei Jun had resonated with the Celestial Master Seal.

• Lei Jun entered the first layer of the True One Altar, where Dao Essence deepened his understanding of spells and seemed to begin purifying his body.
• Lei Jun sensed a talismanic register concealed within the altar, then left and told Yuan Mobai about his breakthrough and experiences.
• Yuan Mobai identified the register as the Earth Writing Talisman and explained its connection to Nine Abyss True Fire and the Celestial Master Mansion’s traditions.
• Lei Jun asked whether the Celestial Master Seal could improve his aptitude, and Yuan Mobai said an extraordinary quality within Lei Jun had likely resonated with the seal.
• Lei Jun sensed that the source resembled Nine Saints Clear Frost, and Yuan Mobai concluded it was likely a spiritual object nourished by Nine Saints Clear Frost.

Lei Jun learned more about Li Qingfeng’s injuries and the risks behind his final gamble, then adapted to his Fourth Heaven cultivation and tested his growing abilities. Yuan Mobai later told him to prepare to enter the Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven for training.

• Lei Jun and Yuan Mobai discussed the spiritual object needed to work with the Celestial Master Seal and Nine Saints Clear Frost, and agreed that Lei Jun would watch for a suitable one.
• Lei Jun asked whether Li Qingfeng had arranged for him to find the Unfinished Vessel, and Yuan Mobai explained that it had likely transformed by chance while Li Qingfeng was secretly concocting pills.
• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun that Li Qingfeng had suffered both the Reincarnation Curse and the Years Gu, and that the loss of lifespan had left him with lingering consequences even after the curse was removed.
• Lei Jun returned to his courtyard, consolidated his Fourth Heaven cultivation, produced an upper-grade basic Spirit Talisman, and tested the Breathing Earth Banner and Supreme Purity Golden Bamboo.
• Lei Jun added the Dragon Horse Scale to Fang Yue’s Golden Thread Robe, then Yuan Mobai summoned him and said the Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven would soon open for Ordinance Disciples to train.