Chapter Summaries

Lu Ming absorbed the Spirit Pill Jiao’s Pill Qi and reached ten Divine Ability Dharma Marks, while Zhou Fuling agreed to teach him Azure Jade Wings. As the Rain Weakening Period approached, Lu Jin warned that Lin Changkong might attack the Thunderfire Hall, but declared that the outcome of a confrontation was still uncertain.

• Zhou Fuling confronted Lu Ming about pretending to suffer during the Spirit Pill Jiao and offered him one request; Lu Ming asked to learn her Azure Jade Wings, and she agreed to visit him after absorbing the Pill Qi.
• Lu Ming refined the Pill Qi over several days, adding three Divine Ability Dharma Marks and reaching ten, which astonished Lu Jin, Lu Qingyan, and Lu Jinglei.
• Lu Jin compared Lu Ming’s progress with Zhang Yue’s prospects and warned that Zhang Yue might soon become a Divine Ability Master under the Great Golden Crow Hall’s support.
• Lu Jin suspected Lin Changkong would attack during the Rain Weakening Period, when the Thunderfire Hall entered the Black Rain Zone to set up Restriction Flags.
• Lu Qingyan suggested the Thunderfire Hall stay inside the market city, but Lu Jin explained that doing so would violate the forces’ obligations and damage their standing.
• Lu Jin said Lin Changkong’s plan depended on being able to kill him, then declared that the final outcome of their confrontation remained uncertain.

Zhou Fuling visited Lu Ming and began teaching him the Azure Jade Wings, a high-grade flying Divine Ability. She inscribed wing patterns on his back to help him open a circulation pathway, while Lu Mengmeng watched nearby.

• Zhou Fuling visited Lu Ming and found Lu Mengmeng carrying a stone as part of her physical-body training.
• Zhou Fuling gave Lu Mengmeng pastries, and Lu Ming let her take a break from carrying the stone.
• Lu Ming tried to retract his earlier request, but Zhou Fuling assured him she would teach him the Azure Jade Wings without revealing how to prepare its secret materials.
• Zhou Fuling asked Lu Ming to remove his shirt, then explained that he needed to circulate Primordial Qi through the wing patterns she inscribed on his back.
• Zhou Fuling used a jade brush filled with Spirit Jade Marrow to trace the wing patterns on Lu Ming's back as Lu Mengmeng ate pastries nearby.

Lu Ming advanced his Azure Jade Wings training with Zhou Fuling’s help, and he thanked her for giving him a valuable means of survival. After Zhou Fuling returned to the market office, she told Zhou Xuan she admired Lu Ming but did not love him, then learned that Jingyi might belong to the powerful Jing Clan.

• Zhou Fuling finished tracing the Azure Jade Wings pattern, and Lu Ming cultivated until its Primordial Qi pathway was nearly half complete.
• Zhou Fuling accepted Zhong Ying’s dinner invitation after Lu Ming teased her, then Lu Ming escorted her out and vowed to repay her favor.
• Zhou Xuan asked Zhou Fuling whether she had fallen for Lu Ming, and she said she admired his ambition but did not love him.
• Zhou Xuan revealed that Jingyi had returned to her home and continued sending Lu Ming messages by flying crane.
• Zhou Fuling realized Jingyi’s surname might connect her to the Jing Clan and went to her room wondering about the connection.

Lu Ming learned to fly with Azure Jade Wings just as Qingyuan Market grew increasingly dangerous ahead of the Rain Weakening Period. At Golden Gang Sword Hall, Lin Changkong recruited Han Feng and ordered him to help destroy Thunderfire Hall during the coming period.

• After nearly ten days of instruction from Zhou Fuling, Lu Ming formed Azure Jade Wings, crashed into a wall, and then learned to fly above Thunderfire Hall.
• Zhou Fuling explained the wings’ stages and warned Lu Ming about the dangers near the Black Rain Zone; Lu Ming said he would enter it with his family during the Rain Weakening Period.
• As treasure-hunting teams flooded into Qingyuan Market, clashes increased and Zhou Xuan struggled to maintain order.
• Lin Changkong met with Han Feng, an old disciple preparing to challenge the Divine Ability Master realm, and offered to recommend him for a middle-grade Foundation Establishment Spirit Object.
• Lin Changkong ordered Han Feng to destroy Thunderfire Hall and kill its people during the Rain Weakening Period.

The annual Rain Weakening Period began, drawing treasure hunters into the Black Rain Zone as Qingyuan Market’s forces prepared to enter. Lu Jin led the Thunderfire Hall’s powerful team, while Li Yan joined the Li Clan expedition, wary that Lin Changkong might attack the Thunderfire Hall and determined to protect Lu Ming if needed.

• The black rain weakened, and treasure-hunting teams surged into the Black Rain Zone.
• Lu Jin led Lu Qingyan, Lu Jinglei, Lu Ming, and the Thunderfire Hall’s Great Divine Ability Practitioners out of the city toward the zone.
• Li Yan joined Li He and the Li Clan’s young Great Divine Ability Practitioners, despite Li He offering to lead alone.
• Li Yan suspected Lin Changkong might target the Thunderfire Hall and had learned that he had recalled Han Feng and contacted a treasure-hunting team with Divine Ability Masters.
• Li Yan resolved to keep watch over Lu Ming and considered intervening if Lu Jin came under attack, while also worrying about Jingyi’s feelings for him.

Lu Ming and his companions entered the Black Rain Zone to travel toward the site where they would set up Restriction Flags. The Fire Lotus Mark protected Lu Ming from the rain’s life-corroding chill, and the group set off into the forest under Lu Jin’s warnings.

• Lu Jin led the group through the yellow wind wall and into the Black Rain Zone, where the black rain corroded anyone not protected by Primordial Qi.
• Lu Ming’s Fire Lotus Mark flared and evaporated the invading rain Qi, shielding his vitality while using less Primordial Qi than direct resistance would have.
• Lu Jinglei and Lü Feng complained about entering the dangerous zone, while Lu Ming learned that the black rain returned to the clouds after striking the ground instead of collecting into rivers.
• Lu Jin warned the group to stay together, avoid outsiders and deceptive lights or calls, and kill any Rain Spawn they encountered quickly.
• Lu Jin led the group southwest at speed toward the place where they would set up the Restriction Flags, and they disappeared into the black rain.

Lu Ming and Lu Jin’s group traveled through the Black Rain Zone toward the Restriction Flag, avoiding other treasure hunters and conserving supplies. After resting in a shelter and meeting Wen Liu, a Divine Ability Master, they left while Wen Liu watched them with a chilling smile.

• Lu Jin led the group past treasure hunters under attack, and he used Palm Thunder to kill those who tried to draw Rain Spawn toward them.
• During a brief rest, Lu Qingyan taught Lu Ming that moss sheltered from the black rain could restore a little Primordial Qi, and Lu Ming ate some despite its bitterness.
• Lu Jinglei spotted approaching figures, and Lu Ming used Golden Pupil to identify four newcomers and recognize their leader as a Divine Ability Master.
• Wen Liu introduced himself and asked to share the shelter, then recognized Lu Jin as the Hall Master of Thunderfire Hall.
• Lu Jin led his group away after their rest, and Wen Liu watched them leave with a chilling smile.

Lu Ming and his group reached their assigned location in the Black Rain Zone and planted a Restriction Flag, then prepared to defend it from Rain Spawn. Lu Ming considered the danger of the coming conflict with Lin Changkong and the strength he would need to protect Thunderfire Hall and the Lu Clan.

• Lu Ming used Golden Pupil to spot approaching Rain Spawn, helping the group survive several attacks as they traveled to their destination.
• Lu Jin planted Zhou Xuan's Restriction Flag on the wooded high ground, where it began expanding a yellow wind barrier to keep out the black rain.
• Lu Jin ordered Lü Feng and Lu Song to build a shelter and watchtower, while Eldest and second gathered spiritual plants and scouted nearby.
• Lu Jin explained that Lin Changkong would likely wait until the flag-planting task was complete before attacking, since disrupting Qingyuan Market's defenses would turn every local power against him.
• Lu Ming worried about the dangers of the Black Rain Zone's depths and resolved to earn the Highness's goodwill so Thunderfire Hall could survive its enemies and he could grow strong enough to face them.

Lu Ming and the Thunderfire Hall group built a camp around the Restriction Flag and prepared to hold it through the Black Rain Zone’s dangerous night. Lu Ming’s Golden Pupil helped them repel waves of Rain Spawn, but a hidden attacker reached the flag before the chapter ended.

• Lü Feng, Lu Song, and the others built stone huts and a watchtower around the Restriction Flag, and Lu Ming’s group sheltered from the black rain.
• Lu Jin welcomed passing treasure-hunting teams into the camp and explained the flag’s purpose, but they left rather than help guard it.
• When Rain Spawn approached at night, Lu Ming spotted them with his Golden Pupil, allowing Lu Jin, Lü Feng, and Lu Jinglei to launch a preemptive attack and kill six Four-Armed Rain Spawn.
• More Rain Spawn appeared around the camp, forcing Lu Jin and the others to fight repeatedly while Lu Ming directed them and the defenders gradually joined the battles.
• A concealed Rain Spawn emerged inside the camp and reached toward the Restriction Flag, but a thunderfire blade struck down at it.

Lu Ming killed a Four-Armed Rain Spawn that had sneaked into camp using an eight-tentacled Spawn Beast to hide in the black rain. After the group survived an attack by more than twenty Rain Spawn, Lu Ming asked to try refining the contaminated Rain Pearls.

• Lu Ming spotted a Four-Armed Rain Spawn approaching camp and discovered that an eight-tentacled Spawn Beast on its head concealed it in the black rain.
• Lu Ming defeated the Four-Armed Rain Spawn with his Thunderfire Whip and Golden Plasma Fire, then destroyed the Spawn Beast as it tried to escape.
• Lu Qingyan and the others returned to camp, where Lu Song, Xue Yu, and Wang Yong were astonished that Lu Ming had killed the powerful Rain Spawn alone.
• Lu Jin and the others returned from battle, and Lu Jinglei and Lü Feng credited Lu Ming's Golden Pupil with helping the group survive the attack.
• Lu Jin gathered more than twenty Rain Pearls and explained that their contaminated Primordial Qi required careful refinement.
• Lu Ming asked to try refining the Rain Pearls, and Lu Jin agreed.

Lu Ming refined Rain Pearls with his pill Dao divine ability and infused them with the Flame of Life, making them purer and able to help heal injuries. After Lu Qingyan tested one and confirmed its effects, the others rushed to claim Lu Ming's remaining pearls.

• Lu Ming used the Fire Lotus Pill Furnace and Clear Qi to refine ten Rain Pearls, then tempered them with the Flame of Life.
• Lu Ming gave the Rain Pearls he had refined to the group after Lu Jin distributed his own, but no one initially dared to try them.
• Lu Qingyan took one of Lu Ming's green-glowing Rain Pearls and absorbed its Primordial Qi.
• Lu Qingyan confirmed the pearl was exceptionally pure and that its Primordial Qi had healed much of his wound.
• Lü Feng and the others scrambled to grab Lu Ming's remaining Rain Pearls.

Lu Ming processed Rain Pearls with healing power, helping Thunderfire Hall’s fighters recover while using some to strengthen his cultivation. After five increasingly brutal rainy-night battles, he spotted two Six-Armed Rain Spawn watching the exhausted camp.

• Lu Jin sensed the Flame of Life’s healing power in Lu Ming’s Rain Pearls and arranged for Lu Ming to process all the pearls for Thunderfire Hall.
• Lu Ming refined the remaining Rain Pearls, kept five for cultivation, and advanced toward condensing his eleventh Divine Ability Dharma Mark.
• The second rainy night brought more Rain Spawn, and Lu Ming’s healing Rain Pearls helped the injured fighters recover.
• Rain Spawn numbers rose with each passing night, forcing Lu Ming to join the defense as the battles grew more grueling.
• After the fifth night’s attack, Lu Ming spotted two Six-Armed Rain Spawn watching the exhausted camp from the rain.

Lu Ming and Lu Jin discovered that two Six-Armed Rain Spawn were threatening their camp, then found Blood Bone Incense that had drawn the creatures there. Suspecting Lin Changkong’s scheme, Lu Jin considered abandoning the mission, but Lu Ming insisted they could still defend the Restriction Flag.

• Lu Ming spotted two Six-Armed Rain Spawn watching the camp and warned Lu Jin that they were lurking nearby.
• Lu Jin and Lu Ming searched the area and confirmed the creatures were driving Rain Spawn to wear down the defenders.
• Lu Ming noticed blood-red light in the rain, and he and Lu Jin found a lit stick of Blood Bone Incense hidden in a tree.
• Lu Jin explained that the forbidden incense attracted Rain Spawn, and he and Lu Ming suspected Lin Changkong had arranged the attack.
• Lu Jin proposed abandoning the Restriction Flag mission if necessary, but Lu Ming said they still had a way to defend it.

Lu Ming devised a way to use his healing Rain Pearls to draw treasure-hunting teams into Thunderfire Hall’s camp and keep them there to help defend it. The plan was approved, and Lü Feng began approaching the first team with an offer to buy a pearl.

• Lu Jin told Lu Ming and Thunderfire Hall’s leaders about the two Six-Armed Rain Spawn and the hidden “incense planter,” leaving the group doubtful they could hold the camp.
• Lu Ming proposed attracting treasure-hunting teams by offering to refine their Rain Pearls into healing Rain Pearls, charging one pearl in five and requiring customers to wait overnight at the camp.
• Lu Jin approved Lu Ming’s plan and ordered the others to protect him from any hostile treasure-hunters.
• A team of about five treasure-hunters arrived seeking shelter, and Lü Feng led them into a stone house.
• Lü Feng showed the team a green-glowing Rain Pearl and quietly asked, “Friends, want to buy a pearl?”

Lü Feng sold Lu Ming’s refined healing Rain Pearls to treasure-hunting parties, spreading word of their value and Lu Ming’s alchemy ability. By the time a crowd gathered at Thunderfire Hall’s rain shelter, the visitors were seeking pearls from the young hall master.

• Lü Feng convinced a treasure-hunting party to test his Rain Pearl, and the middle-aged leader found that it reduced rain Qi side effects and accelerated the healing of his wound.
• The leader bought the remaining two pearls and learned from Lü Feng that Lu Ming had refined them using an alchemy divine ability taught by Market Master Zhou Xuan.
• Lü Feng asked the party to keep the sale secret, but the treasure hunters left, pleased with the information they had gained.
• Over the next several hours, Lü Feng repeated his sales pitch to other parties while Lu Ming watched and waited for his main escort forces to arrive.
• More than twenty treasure hunters gathered at the camp, and Lu Jinglei tried to drive them away before they recognized Lu Ming and asked him to sell them pearls.

After news of Lu Ming’s Healing Rain Pearls spread, he organized a paid refining queue at the camp, drawing in a growing crowd of treasure-hunting teams. As rain night approached, the camp held more Great Divine Ability Practitioners than the Rain Spawn expected to attack it.

• Treasure hunters crowded the camp asking Lu Ming to refine Healing Rain Pearls, and Lu Jin explained that Lü Feng had accidentally spread the news.
• Lu Ming agreed to refine teams’ Rain Pearls for a fee of one pearl per five, with numbered tokens, a daily limit, and rules requiring teams to remain in camp.
• Lu Qingyan issued marked stone tokens while Lu Jinglei recorded requests, and Lu Ming took the first batch of Rain Pearls to his hut.
• Lu Jin and the Thunderfire Hall members kept the waiting teams from following Lu Ming, and more treasure hunters arrived to join the queue.
• As rain night drew near, Lu Qingyan and the others noticed that the camp had gathered more Great Divine Ability Practitioners than the Rain Spawn likely to attack.

Lu Ming’s plan drew treasure-hunting teams to the shelter camp, where they helped drive off a large Rain Spawn attack. The two Six-Armed Rain Spawn stayed hidden, and Lu Ming turned his attention to the “incense planter” lurking nearby.

• Lu Jin sensed Rain Spawn approaching the camp, and the hunters saw a force of about fifty, mostly Four-Armed Rain Spawn.
• The treasure hunters charged out together, eager to protect Lu Ming and collect more Rain Pearls.
• A hiss from the rain drove the Four-Armed Rain Spawn into battle, while the two Six-Armed Rain Spawn stayed hidden rather than risk being surrounded.
• Lu Ming left the stone house after hearing the battle and asked Lu Jin whether the Six-Armed Rain Spawn would attack.
• Lu Jin said the Rain Spawn had likely been scared off by the camp’s unexpected crowd, and Lu Ming warned that the “incense planter” was still hiding nearby.

After a quiet night, Lu Ming distributed Healing Rain Pearls to the treasure hunters, whose gratitude and growing numbers promised to make the camp safer and more profitable. With the Restriction Flag nearly complete, Lu Ming and Lu Jin prepared to settle their feud with Lin Changkong and the Golden Gang Sword Hall, while Lu Ming aimed to condense his eleventh Divine Ability Dharma Mark.

• Lu Ming handed out the refined Healing Rain Pearls, and the treasure hunters tested them and praised their purity and healing power.
• The treasure-hunting teams thanked Lu Ming and left to search for spiritual treasures during the Rain Weakening Period, expecting to return for more pearls.
• Lu Ming gave his share of Healing Rain Pearls to Lü Feng and the others, who divided them after Lu Jin agreed they should accept his offer.
• Lu Jin inspected the Restriction Flag with Lu Ming and said it might be completed in less than ten days.
• Lu Ming and Lu Jin resolved to confront Lin Changkong and the Golden Gang Sword Hall after the mission, while Lu Ming planned to condense his eleventh Divine Ability Dharma Mark.

Lu Ming’s healing Rain Pearls drew treasure hunters to the camp until the Rain Spawn threat disappeared, while Lu Jin prepared to return to Qingyuan Market. Wen Liu was revealed as the man behind the scheme to lure the Six-Armed Rain Spawn, and he planned to help destroy the Thunderfire Hall on the road home.

• Treasure-hunting teams crowded the camp for healing Rain Pearls, and Lu Ming limited entry as outsiders built shelters around it.
• The Rain Spawn hordes and the two Six-Armed Rain Spawn vanished, and Lü Feng and the senior disciples considered returning to serve the Thunderfire Hall.
• Lu Ming and Lu Jin suspected that Wen Liu might be the incense planter, while Lu Jin promised to protect the younger members and said the Restriction Flag would be ready in two days.
• Wen Liu left the camp and admitted to his men that he had used Blood Bone Incense to lure the Six-Armed Rain Spawn and weaken Lu Jin.
• Wen Liu said Lin Changkong’s plan would destroy the Thunderfire Hall on the way back to Qingyuan Market and ordered his men to capture Lu Ming alive.

After helping activate the Restriction Flag and strengthen Thunderfire Hall, Lu Ming and his companions left the Black Rain Zone to confront the Golden Gang Sword Hall. Their journey ended in an ambush, as Lin Changkong appeared and challenged Lu Jin.

• The Restriction Flag drove back the black rain, and Lu Jin explained how the main flag would complete the defensive wind wall.
• Lu Ming and his companions prepared to settle matters with the Golden Gang Sword Hall, strengthened by their cultivation gains in the Black Rain Zone.
• Thunderfire Hall left the camp, and Lu Ming offered to refine Healing Rain Pearls for treasure hunters.
• As the group traveled toward Qingyuan Market, a golden sword of light attacked them from a nearby mountaintop.
• Lu Jin met the attack with his Thunderfire Feather Robe, and Lin Changkong appeared, declaring that the conflict would end there.