Chapter Summaries

Lei Jun registered his advancement to the Fourth Heaven Primal Talisman Realm and entered the Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven with the newly ordained disciples. After receiving four Sign Fortunes for where to go, he considered two conflicting opportunities and agreed to help Zhang Jingzhen patrol the Cave Heaven.

• Lei Jun claimed a sixth-rank Dao Position Dharma Duty, revealing his rapid cultivation progress and stirring excitement throughout the mansion.
• Shangguan Ning opened the Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven, and Zhang Jingzhen led Lei Jun and the newly ordained disciples inside.
• Zhang Jingzhen warned the group to avoid Biyou Immortal Mountain and introduced the Cave Heaven's notable locations.
• Lei Jun received four Sign Fortunes pointing toward Immortal Cry Spring, Nanhua Cliff, the Immortal Bamboo Forest, or dangerous Biyou Immortal Mountain.
• Lei Jun weighed the two conflicting Upper Middle Auspicious Signs and agreed to split up with Zhang Jingzhen to patrol the Cave Heaven.

Lei Jun identified the Fourth Grade Opportunity at Nanhua Cliff and waited for sunrise, while Zhang Jingzhen discovered a Damaged Memorial at Immortal Cry Spring. As Chen Yi sensed that the Memorial had been taken, Lei Jun reached the ancient tree and found a white Immortal Flower blooming on it.

• Lei Jun explored the Supreme Clarity Thunder Mansion Grotto-heaven, found that Immortal Cry Spring stirred the True One Altar, and identified an ancient tree at Nanhua Cliff as his Fourth Grade Opportunity.
• A middle-aged Taoist ignored Zhang Jingzhen's warning and approached Biyou Immortal Mountain, where Purple Thunder wounded him; Zhang Jingzhen and Lei Jun rescued him and returned him to the Immortal Bamboo Forest.
• After Biyou Immortal Mountain's disturbance, Lei Jun and Zhang Jingzhen split up to check on the other disciples, and Lei Jun made his way back to Nanhua Cliff before sunrise.
• At sunrise, Immortal Cry Spring dried up briefly, revealing a Damaged Memorial that Zhang Jingzhen collected before the spring refilled.
• Far away, Chen Yi sensed the Memorial's glow in his soul and realized that someone else had taken the thing he wanted.
• Lei Jun rode the clouds to the ancient tree at Nanhua Cliff and found a pristine white Immortal Flower blooming on its branches.

Lei Jun obtained the True Yang Rare Flower from Nanhua Cliff and began cultivating it with Nine Saints Clear Frost as part of his plan to improve his innate talent. After returning to Dragon Tiger Mountain, he learned that the runaway Chen Yi had grown stronger and recently fought Shangguan Hong and other disciples near the mountain.

• Lei Jun plucked the True Yang Rare Flower at Nanhua Cliff, then met Zhang Jingzhen at Immortal Cry Spring and accompanied her and the other disciples out of the Cave Heaven.
• Yuan Mobai identified Lei Jun's Breathing Earth Banner as a relic from Shu Mountain and helped him use Nine Saints Clear Frost to preserve and cultivate the flower.
• Yuan Mobai concluded that Lei Jun's remaining opportunity should correspond to True Yin, and agreed to watch for a suitable spirit object with him.
• At the Treasure Pavilion, Lei Jun met Shangguan Hong and Lin Shan, who told him that Chen Yi had reached the First Layer Altar Realm after fighting their group near Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Lin Shan said Chen Yi had reportedly tried to join the Yellow Heaven Path but had not been accepted, leaving Lei Jun puzzled about why Chen Yi had approached the mountain.

Lei Jun refined his three Natal Talisman Arts after reaching the Fourth Heaven and considered which Natal Dharma to cultivate next. He learned that the Tang Emperor was forming the Demon Suppression Guard and that Li Chongxuan had been selected for the Celestial Master Mansion’s delegation, though it remained unclear whether he would serve in its Open or Hidden Office.

• Lei Jun improved his three Natal Talisman Arts into the Heavenly General Talisman, the Wind Thunder Talisman, and the Yin Five Thunder Orthodox Method Talisman.
• Lei Jun reviewed the popular Middle Three Heavens Natal Dharmas and weighed which one to cultivate as his Natal First Dharma.
• Wang Guiyuan told Lei Jun that the Tang Emperor had issued an edict to recruit capable people from across the realm for the Demon Suppression Guard.
• Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan speculated that the Guard might have Open and Hidden Offices, while Yuan Mobai confirmed that the Celestial Master Mansion would send disciples to both.
• Yuan Mobai named Li Chongxuan as one of the mansion’s three provisional appointees, surprising Wang Guiyuan and Lei Jun.

Lei Jun discussed Li Xuan’s appointment to the Demon Suppression Guard and received advice on choosing a Killing Intent for his cultivation. He postponed that choice, began cultivating Stepping on the Dipper and Treading the Gang, and awaited the approaching New Year and Ordination Ceremony.

• Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan discussed why Li Xuan had joined the Demon Suppression Guard’s Hidden Office and whether he might encounter Chen Yi.
• Yuan Mobai congratulated Lei Jun on reaching the Primal Talisman Realm and explained that advancing required refining Killing Intent.
• Wang Guiyuan described Dragon Tiger Mountain’s three peak Killing Intents and warned Lei Jun against refining two kinds together.
• Lei Jun’s Sign Fortunes advised him to wait until after the New Year for a Fifth Grade Opportunity, so he decided to inspect the three Earth Fiend veins before choosing.
• Lei Jun selected Stepping on the Dipper and Treading the Gang as his Natal First Dharma and cultivated while studying High-Grade Spirit Talismans.
• The New Year approached, bringing the scheduled Ordination Ceremony at Celestial Master Mansion.

Lei Jun prepared for the Chuan Du Initiation Ceremony, where his master Yuan Mobai would accept Chu Kun as a disciple and Li Fenghhe would enter Lin Shan's lineage. As the ceremony was about to begin, Xu Yuanzhen unexpectedly returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain.

• Lei Jun cultivated his Origin Talisman and practiced Stepping on the Dipper and Treading the Gang.
• Yuan Mobai told Lei Jun that Chu Kun would enter his lineage and Li Fenghhe would enter Junior Nephew Chong Shan's lineage; Li Fenghhe ultimately chose Lin Shan's inheritance.
• Chu Kun prepared for the ceremony with Wang Guiyuan, while Lei Jun waited with Yuan Mobai.
• Xu Yuanzhen entered through the gate in a pitch-black cloak.

Xu Yuanzhen returned with a Shadowy Dodder that could help Lei Jun harmonize Yin and Yang fiends, and Yuan Mobai arranged for Lei Jun to travel with her to find its counterpart before beginning to condense Killing Intent. After the Ordination Ceremony, Chu Kun became Yuan Mobai’s disciple and Lei Jun’s junior brother.

• Xu Yuanzhen visited Yuan Mobai and Lei Jun, explained that she had found Shadowy Dodder at Youpeng Mountain, and said she had also discovered other possible sources of True Yin power.
• Yuan Mobai and Xu Yuanzhen determined that Shadowy Dodder and Heart-Burning Hornless Dragons could harmonize Lei Jun’s Yin-Yang Two Fiends, while the Earth Core Yin Fire Fiend was too depleted to support his later cultivation.
• Lei Jun agreed to travel with Xu Yuanzhen to Youpeng Mountain to search for a Heart-Burning Hornless Dragon, then condense a Yin-aligned fiend before returning to cultivate the Azure Sky Divine Thunder Fiend.
• Xu Yuanzhen left for the Back Mountain Ancestral Tomb Forbidden Area, and the Ordination Ceremony concluded with Chu Kun entering Yuan Mobai’s tutelage as Chu Chongguang.
• Chu Kun moved into his new residence and greeted Lei Jun and Wang Guiyuan, while Lei Jun realized he had become a Senior Brother.

After receiving a protective talisman and an extravagant load of supplies from his senior brothers, Lei Jun left Dragon Tiger Mountain with Xu Yuanzhen to travel north. As they crossed the Great River, Ye Cheng of the Qingzhou Ye Clan called out to them with news concerning Tang Xiaotang, but Xu Yuanzhen continued on without stopping.

• Lei Jun told Yuan Mobai that he planned to seek the Heart-Burning Hornless Dragon at Youpeng Mountain, then refine the Nine Earth Yin Wind Fiend at Crimson Abyss Grotto-heaven, and Yuan Mobai gave him a supreme grade Five Thunder Orthodox Talisman.
• Wang Guiyuan prepared several sets of supplies for Lei Jun, who packed them away before bidding farewell to Wang Guiyuan and Chu Kun.
• Lei Jun joined Xu Yuanzhen at the mountain gate, and they flew north on her Jet-Black Thundercloud while discussing their views on the Thunder Law Celestial Writing Talisman and Xu Yuanzhen's strength.
• Xu Yuanzhen and Lei Jun crossed the dangerous Great River, where they spotted a Cloud Boat belonging to Ye Cheng of the Qingzhou Ye Clan.
• Ye Cheng asked Xu Yuanzhen to stop and said he had news concerning Tang Xiaotang, but Xu Yuanzhen did not slow down.

Xu Yuanzhen and Lei Jun learned from Ye Cheng that Tang Xiaotang had fought an elder of Pure Yang Palace, while Ye also revealed that the Tang Emperor was forming a Demon Suppression Guard and would soon leave on a Northern Hunt. After discussing possible changes to the imperial fortunes and Tang Xiaotang’s Pure Yang Immortal Body, Xu Yuanzhen and Lei Jun reached Silken Splendor Valley on Youpeng Mountain to search for the Heart-Burning Hornless Dragon.

• Ye Cheng stopped Xu Yuanzhen by mentioning that he had encountered Tang Xiaotang and an elder from Pure Yang Palace sparring over Taoist arts in the East Sea.
• Ye Cheng asked whether Xu Yuanzhen or other Celestial Master Mansion Taoists would join the Demon Suppression Guard, and Xu Yuanzhen said she had no interest.
• Ye Cheng announced that the Tang Emperor would leave the capital for a Northern Hunt, and later remarked that conflict between the Celestial Master Mansion and Li Wai would come sooner than expected.
• Lei Jun connected the changed Earth Veins at Azure Void Mountain to the Tang Emperor’s possible plans, and Xu Yuanzhen told him to watch and wait.
• Xu Yuanzhen told Lei Jun that Tang Xiaotang possessed a Pure Yang Immortal Body, which was tied to the Pure Yang Palace conflict.
• Xu Yuanzhen and Lei Jun arrived at Silken Splendor Valley on Youpeng Mountain, where Xu Yuanzhen called for the Heart-Burning Hornless Dragon to come out.

Lei Jun found the Heart-Burning Hornless Dragon with Xu Yuanzhen’s help and refined it alongside the Shadowy Dodder, while Xu waited for him at Youpeng Mountain. As he recovered and heard about Tang Xiaotang’s exploits at sea, he exchanged reaction-image sketches with Xu.

• Xu Yuanzhen used the Shadowy Dodder to locate the Heart-Burning Hornless Dragon on Youpeng Mountain and gave both spiritual creatures to Lei Jun.
• Lei Jun contained the creatures in hollow blocks of spiritual earth, then refined the Shadowy Dodder to prepare for the Heart-Burning Hornless Dragon’s dangerous power.
• Lei Jun refined the Heart-Burning Hornless Dragon, and the creatures’ True Yin and True Yang powers merged and began imprinting on his Origin Talisman.
• Xu Yuanzhen stayed while Lei Jun cultivated over the following days and told him that Tang Xiaotang had won seven major battles at sea, though she still had not found the Celestial Master Sword.
• Lei Jun told Xu Yuanzhen stories he had shared with Tang Xiaotang, then drew a reaction image of Xu; Xu drew one of Lei Jun in return.

Lei Jun stayed in Brocade Gauze Valley after receiving a Supreme Good Fortune Sign predicting a Third Grade Opportunity, while Ye Cheng and the Ye Clan triggered a massive Earth Vein upheaval from afar. The quake shook Youpeng Mountain, and as Lei Jun avoided falling rocks, the valley split open into a vast, dark rift.

• Lei Jun chose to remain in Brocade Gauze Valley to await the Third Grade Opportunity, and Xu Yuanzhen left after warning him about unstable Earth Veins.
• Chen Xi, Lu Boyuan, He Bin, and two other Jade River Sect members met Lei Jun in the valley; the next morning, he warned them to avoid Youpeng Mountain's Main Peak.
• At a distant valley, Ye Cheng and the Ye Clan used giant inkstones and a scroll to form a colossal black chess piece that sent tremors through the Earth Veins.
• The quake struck Youpeng Mountain, and the Jade River Sect group fled; Chen Xi decided to head toward the treasure light on the Main Peak despite Lu Boyuan's warning.
• Brocade Gauze Valley shook, and its floor split into a deep rift while Lei Jun dodged falling boulders.

Lei Jun descended into Brocade Gauze Valley’s fissure and captured a mysterious One Page Book drifting through a chaotic Earth Vein current. After returning to the surface, he discovered that the Zezhou Gao Family had surrounded the valley to ambush him, so he concealed himself and began striking their watchers.

• Lei Jun ignored the treasure light on Youpeng Mountain’s Main Peak, descended into the fissure, and used the Breathing Earth Banner to catch a streak of spiritual light in the Earth Vein current.
• Lei Jun’s captured light condensed into a blank One Page Book, which he wrapped with the Breathing Earth Banner before leaving the fissure.
• Lei Jun emerged to find Brocade Gauze Valley ruined and the Main Peak’s treasure light gone, then prepared to leave after offering incense.
• Lei Jun spotted an approaching party led by a middle-aged scholar from the Zezhou Gao Family, who had forced He Bin to guide them and planned to ambush him.
• The Gao Family spread out around the fissure, and Lei Jun concealed himself in the forest before striking one of their archers on the back of the head with a short club.

Lei Jun silently eliminated the Gao Clan ambushers in Brocade Gauze Valley, then fought their leader and the intervening monk De Xiang of Hanging Temple. He overwhelmed De Xiang’s defenses and killed the wounded middle-aged Confucian scholar before the monk’s eyes.

• Lei Jun used talismans and his staff to silently knock out the Gao Clan archers stationed around the valley and immobilized their bodies.
• Lei Jun entered the valley and killed the Gao Clan disciples lying in ambush, leaving their leader unaware until the ambushers failed to gather.
• The middle-aged Confucian scholar attacked Lei Jun with sword qi, but Lei Jun used the Five Ding Mountain Opening Talisman to shatter his sword and send him flying.
• Monk De Xiang emerged from the forest carrying the wounded scholar and tried to justify his intervention, but Lei Jun questioned his ties to the Gao and Ye families.
• Lei Jun broke through De Xiang’s lotus defenses and stomped on the middle-aged Confucian scholar’s head, killing him in front of the monk.

Lei Jun killed Monk De Xiang with Yuan Mobai’s Five Thunder Orthodox Talisman after overpowering the monk’s defenses, then left Brocade Gauze Valley and continued toward the Crimson Abyss Grotto-heaven. Along the way, he began studying the strange scroll page connected to his Third Grade Opportunity.

• Monk De Xiang watched Lei Jun kill the captured He Bin, then concentrated on defending himself with his lotus and Buddhist Treasure prayer beads.
• Lei Jun battered Monk De Xiang’s defenses with his staff and used Stepping on the Dipper and Treading the Gang to strengthen his blows.
• When Monk De Xiang’s lotus began to fail, Lei Jun stopped attacking and activated Yuan Mobai’s supreme grade Five Thunder Orthodox Talisman, killing Monk De Xiang and destroying his prayer beads.
• Lei Jun cleaned up Brocade Gauze Valley, reflected on the fighting styles of the Gao Clan and Hanging Temple, and left the valley.
• Lei Jun continued toward the Crimson Abyss Grotto-heaven to cultivate Killing Intent and studied the strange scroll page tied to his Third Grade Opportunity when he stopped to rest.

Lei Jun studied the mysterious Heavenly Book · Three and discovered that it revealed principles of natural forces and yin-yang balance, giving him new insight into his cultivation. After spending the night at a Taoist temple, he crossed the Great River and continued toward Crimson Abyss Grotto-heaven.

• Lei Jun examined the Heavenly Book · Three and concluded that its page was likely safe to keep, though seeking its other parts might carry unknown risks.
• As Lei Jun studied the page, it produced natural lightning, wind, fire, water, and paired currents of black and white qi, revealing principles distinct from the Celestial Master Mansion’s thunder law.
• Lei Jun drew on the page’s insights to develop ideas for connecting the Yang Five Thunder Orthodox Method with his own Yin Five Thunder Orthodox Method.
• Lei Jun left the temple gold and spirit talismans to thank its priests and acolytes, who later received more visitors after the night’s thunder was taken as a divine sign.
• Lei Jun crossed the Great River by Cloud Boat and continued toward Crimson Abyss Grotto-heaven.

Lei Jun traveled to Crimson Abyss Grotto-heaven and cultivated the Nine Earth Yin Wind Fiend for several dozen days before setting off back to Dragon Tiger Mountain. A new fortune reading offered him two safe routes to Fifth Grade Opportunities, while warning of grave danger in Nine Streams Valley.

• Lei Jun arrived at Crimson Mountain Separate Residence, met Zhang Yuan and Elder Zuo Li, and entered Crimson Abyss Grotto-heaven to cultivate.
• Lei Jun repeatedly drew in and refined the Nine Earth Yin Wind Fiend, storing it on his Origin Talisman as his magic power grew more vigorous.
• The Qingzhou Ye Clan's Cloud Boat crossed south of the Great River and placed another enormous chess piece, shaking the Earth Vein Spiritual Energy in secret.
• After several dozen days, Lei Jun left Crimson Abyss Grotto-heaven and began his return journey to Dragon Tiger Mountain.
• Lei Jun received four route fortunes: Isolated Source Peak and Azure Spirit River offered safe Fifth Grade Opportunities, other routes offered nothing, and Nine Streams Valley promised a Seventh Grade Opportunity amid great danger.

Lei Jun pursued an Upper Middle Auspicious Sign at Isolated Source Peak and successfully caught a Fifth Grade Opportunity at sunset. Elsewhere, Li Yucheng’s insecurity over Lei Jun’s rapid rise drove him toward Nine Streams Valley, where he sensed dense spiritual energy.

• Ye Cheng and Lin Zhen completed a secret operation involving a strange ancient pit, then discussed how the great clans might respond to the Tang Emperor’s moves.
• An Earth Vein disturbance brought down the Cloud Cart carrying Zuo Li, Li Yucheng, Zhang Yuan, and other disciples, forcing them to continue toward Dragon Tiger Mountain on foot.
• Li Yucheng, troubled by Lei Jun’s rapid cultivation and the Li Clan’s uncertain standing, rushed toward Nine Streams Valley after sensing something there.
• Lei Jun searched Azure Spirit River and Isolated Source Peak but found nothing at first, then chose to wait at Isolated Source Peak.
• At sunset, Lei Jun used the Breathing Earth Banner to catch a Fifth Grade Opportunity carried through the rift valley’s subterranean river of spiritual energy.

Lei Jun discovered a Spirit Purification Rock and confirmed that his True Yang Rare Flower was ready, leaving him only a True Yin Spirit Object to complete his plan to improve his innate bones. On his journey, he found Zhang Yuan and other Celestial Master Mansion disciples under attack by the Jiangzhou Lin Clan and intervened by striking Lin Liao down.

• Lei Jun used the Breathing Earth Banner to examine a pale Spirit Stone and recognized it as a Spirit Purification Rock that could purify his Magic Power.
• Lei Jun checked his True Yang Rare Flower and noted that he still needed a True Yin Spirit Object to attempt to elevate his innate bones.
• Lei Jun heard a battle in the mountains and discovered Zhang Yuan and other Celestial Master Mansion disciples surrounded by Jiangzhou Lin Clan disciples.
• Lei Jun overheard Lin Liao and the others discuss a treasure from the Azure Spirit River and disparage retainers with Other Surnames.
• Lei Jun struck Lin Liao on the back of the head with the Supreme Purity Golden Bamboo, knocking him to the ground.

Lei Jun rescued Zhang Yuan and the other Celestial Master Mansion disciples from Lin Clan attackers, then returned to Dragon Tiger Mountain with the injured Zuo Li and Li Yucheng. He kept two valuable spiritual treasures, reported the incident, and learned that the rising tide of spiritual energy was unsettling the mansion as Tang Xiaotang’s talent continued to surge.

• Lei Jun used his speed and talismans to kill the Lin Clan attackers and rescue Zhang Yuan and the other disciples, then treated their injuries.
• Lei Jun took a Stone Mirror-like spiritual item from Lin Liao and learned that Zuo Li and Li Yucheng had been badly injured at Nine Streams Valley.
• Lei Jun and the others returned safely to Dragon Tiger Mountain, where the Hall of Affairs rewarded him and questioned Li Yucheng for abandoning his post.
• Wang Guiyuan told Lei Jun that growing spiritual energy had unsettled people in the mansion and that Tang Xiaotang’s rising talent was creating pressure.

Lei Jun returned to cultivation after discussing the Celestial Master Mansion’s fragile balance and the growing threat of demons and evils with Wang Guiyuan. By summer, he had refined his second Killing Intent and considered traveling to the Northern Frontier Desert to seek a True Yin Stone, despite the dangers there.

• Wang Guiyuan warned Lei Jun that the Heaven and Earth Spiritual Tide was bringing more Great Demons, including ones Tang Xiaotang had encountered overseas.
• Lei Jun visited Yuan Mobai and congratulated Chu Kun on achieving Foundation Establishment.
• Lei Jun tested the Divine Eye Mirror Stone and found that it extended his vision and ability to sense distant spiritual qi, though its Mirror Light was conspicuous.
• Lei Jun spent more than a month refining Azure Sky Divine Thunder Fiend and balanced it with his Nine Earth Yin Wind Fiend, strengthening and purifying his magic power with the Spirit Purification Rock.
• As summer approached, Lei Jun considered traveling to the Northern Frontier Desert to find the seasonal True Yin Stone at Yin-Cold Lake, a region ruled by Great Demons.