Chapter Summaries

Shi Jian returned to the Divine Firmament Plain with his old subordinates, gave Shi Yin authority and resources in the Lightning Bear Line, and secured the tribes’ obedience. He then learned that Shi Pan’s depleted origin required rare Breathing Earth, so Shan Li took him to the ancestral court for treatment.

• Shi Jian gathered the inheritance and led his old subordinates through a rift away from the Frostwing Clan, thanking Shuang Yu for caring for them.
• Shi Jian and his followers arrived at Divine Firmament Peak, where Shan Li welcomed them and recognized Shi Yin as leader of the Lightning Bear Line.
• Shi Jian assigned the newly moved spirit mountains to Shi Yin and sent Kuang Dou to Red Rock Peak, prompting Lei Ya to prepare a gift and accept Shi Yin’s authority.
• Shan Li examined Shi Pan and found his origin severely depleted, requiring the Thick Earth Life-Nurturing Instruction and rare Breathing Earth to restore him.
• Shi Jian agreed to bear the cost, and Shan Li took Shi Pan to the ancestral court while warning Shi Jian that the clan would summon him after his Spirit Transformation breakthrough.

Shan Li brought the dying Shi Pan to the Giant Bear Ancestral Court for treatment, then learned from Shan Wanling that the clan planned to raise Shi Jian’s Lightning Bear Line to become its eighth main lineage. The chapter left Shan Li realizing her marriage to Shi Jian and the clan’s support for him were tied to a larger ambition.

• Shan Li asked her uncle to heal Shi Pan, and he agreed to restore him using Lifeless Breathing Earth and the Thick Earth Life-Nurturing Instruction.
• Shan Wanling told Shan Li that Shi Jian’s breakthrough to Spirit Transformation had drawn the ancestors’ attention.
• Shan Wanling revealed that Ancestor Shanyue and Dao Venerable E Gu had ordered the clan to support the Lightning Bear Line’s rise as the eighth main lineage.
• Shan Wanling explained that Shi Jian’s talents and prospects made him the clan’s best choice to unify the Dao of Lightning.
• Shan Li reflected that her marriage to Shi Jian had been part of the clan’s plans and wondered how far its ambitions would reach.

The Giant Bear Clan prepared to elevate Shi Jian with an eighth sacred mountain and a Spirit Transformation ceremony, while the Beast Realm's rulers schemed to seize the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit by draining Li Yuan's weakening origin. Shi Jian learned of his ceremony and resolved to compete for the unclaimed Divine Firmament Dao Fruit as he began condensing another Immortal Foundation.

• Shan Wanling told Shan Li that the ancestral court had approved an eighth sacred mountain and a grand ceremony for Shi Jian.
• Peak and Mountain Dao Embryo ordered Beast Realm clans to have Earth Dao geniuses comprehend six Immortal Foundations and siphon power from Li Yuan's declining Treasured Earth Dao Fruit.
• Peak and Mountain Dao Embryo warned Profound Lightning Dao Venerable that his lifespan was waning and called for Lightning Dao geniuses to gain experience; E Gu thought of Shi Jian as a potential contender.
• Shan Li told Shi Jian to prepare for his ceremony and travel to the ancestral court.
• Shi Jian accepted the struggle for the Divine Firmament Dao Fruit and began condensing his second Immortal Foundation, [Purple Firmament Lightning].

Shi Jian led the Lightning Bear Line to the Giant Bear Ancestral Court to claim the eighth main lineage seat and found Lightning Mountain waiting for him. After arriving, he shattered the Spirit Transformation ancestors’ test barrier and entered their hall, declaring that he would prove himself.

• Shi Jian refined his understanding of Purple Firmament Lightning and summoned the Lightning Bear Line’s nine Nascent Souls to go with him to the Ancestral Court.
• Shi Jian opened a spatial rift and formed a colossal lightning boat, carrying the group toward the Giant Bear Ancestral Court.
• The Giant Bear Clan’s eighth sacred mountain, Lightning Mountain, stood ready as Shi Jian’s lightning boat arrived and its Dao pressure forced many bear demons to bow.
• Shi Jian told the nine Nascent Souls to wait outside the main hall and went inside with Shan Li to meet the lineage ancestors.
• Shi Jian broke the Spirit Transformation ancestors’ invisible barrier with Purple Pivot Lightning and strode into the hall, challenging them to test whether he could hold the eighth main lineage seat.

Shi Jian confronted Xuan Jian in the Giant Bear Clan’s hall, then gained recognition for his strength and established the Lightning Bear Line as the clan’s eighth main line. He learned that the Beast Realm planned to drain the Treasured Earth Dao Venerable’s origin to seize his Dao Fruit, while Xuan Jian looked ahead to the Giant Bear Clan’s possible rise.

• Shi Jian challenged Xuan Jian, and their Divine Sense manifestations fought until they withdrew; Xuan Jian praised Shi Jian’s strength and potential.
• Shan Wanling introduced Shi Jian as his son-in-law and proposed that the Lightning Bear Line become the Giant Bear Clan’s eighth main line.
• Chi Tie objected to the proposal, but Xuan Jian challenged him to test Shi Jian, and the other Spirit Transformation experts accepted the new line’s status.
• Xuan Jian announced Ancestor Egu’s order to cultivate Earth Dao geniuses so the Beast Realm could claim the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit after its current holder died.
• Xuan Jian told Shi Jian his Spirit Transformation ceremony would take place in three days, and Shi Jian left for Lightning Mountain.

Shi Jian held a Spirit Transformation ceremony on Lightning Mountain, formally establishing the Lightning Bear Line as the Giant Bear Clan’s eighth main branch and expounding the Dao of Lightning. The ceremony ended with the gathered clansmen learning from his demonstration as the new branch began searching for talent and building its strength.

• Millions of bear Demon Beasts, more than a thousand Nascent Soul bear kings, and Spirit Transformation experts from nearby clans gathered at Lightning Mountain to witness the ceremony.
• Shi Jian announced that the Lightning Bear Line was the Giant Bear Clan’s eighth main branch and would oversee the six kinds of Immortal Foundation under the Divine Firmament Dao Fruit.
• Shi Jian explained that the Dao of Lightning centered on control, demonstrating the mastery of Purple Pivot Lightning and the life-giving qualities of Purple Firmament Lightning.
• Shi Jian’s six-hour lecture let the assembled Demon Beasts sense the core Dao resonances of both Immortal Foundations.
• Shi Jian used the lecture to seek overlooked Lightning Dao talents and begin developing the Lightning Bear Line’s inheritance, followers, and power.

After Shi Jian’s lecture established the Lightning Bear Line, minor clans sought its protection and Qing Gang brought Shi Jian information about the Nine Realms. Shi Jian planned to strengthen his clan before eventually venturing into the dangerous Dao Realm.

• Chi Yan offered the Crimson Feather Clan’s lightning-and-fire cultivation formula and lightning-talented eaglets, and Shi Jian accepted the clan as an outer force under Shi Yin’s management.
• Several minor clan patriarchs offered lightning inheritances, cultivators, and spirit items to join the Lightning Bear Line’s outer forces.
• Qing Gang of the Azure Sha Clan presented Shi Jian with information about the Nine Realms and said the Sha Tiger Imperial Clan sought the Qi Dao fruition while the Beast Realm emperor pursued the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit.
• Shi Jian accepted more clans into the Lightning Bear Line, whose outer forces more than doubled over the following days.
• Shi Jian told Shan Li that he would first secure the Lightning Bear Line’s foundation, then travel to the Dao Realm.

After Shi Jian advanced to Spirit Transformation, Shan Wanling told Shan Li to travel with him to the Dao Realm, where she could pursue the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit and Shi Jian could build his reputation. The chapter ended with Shan Li accepting the mission and Shan Wanling preparing to escort them there.

• Shan Li left Shi Jian in seclusion and went to meet Shan Wanling at the Mountain Bear main peak.
• Shan Wanling offered to send Shan Li to the Dao Realm to seek an opportunity to break through to Spirit Transformation by comprehending the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit.
• Shan Wanling explained that Shi Jian would accompany Shan Li to temper himself and establish a reputation that could support his future claim to the Divine Firmament Dao Fruit.
• Shan Wanling warned Shan Li that several realms and the Dao Realm's native clans were competing for the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit, and that powerful Giant Beast Clan experts remained in the Dao Realm.
• Shan Wanling gave Shan Li a Mountain Bear insignia and a Jade Slip with information and contacts, then said he would escort her and Shi Jian to the Dao Realm in a few days.

Shi Jian and Shan Li agreed to enter the Dao Realm to contend for the Treasured Earth origin, and three months later they joined Shan Yue and Cang Wuji in leading the Giant Bear Clan’s first vanguard through a spatial rift. They reached the Dao Realm and encountered the Crimson Scale Clan, whose leader proposed that the two Beast Realm clans cooperate against other races.

• Shan Li told Shi Jian that the Dao Realm was in chaos over Dao Venerable Li Yuan’s origin, and Shi Jian embraced the danger as a chance to advance.
• Shan Li explained that the Giant Bear Clan would enter in three months under Shan Yue and Cang Wuji, while she planned to prepare for a future chance at the Treasured Earth Dao Fruit.
• Three months later, Shan Yue opened a spatial rift, and Shi Jian and Shan Li followed him, Cang Wuji, and fifty Nascent Souls into the Dao Realm.
• Shan Yue warned the group that other clans’ geniuses had gathered to claim the Treasured Earth origin as several Spirit Transformation presences approached.
• A crimson python from the Crimson Scale Clan recognized Shi Jian and offered to join forces with the Giant Bear Clan against other races.

Chi Gang recruited Shi Jian, Shan Yue, and Cang Wuji to help the Crimson Scale Clan seize the Flying Soar Clan’s territory and Spirit Veins. The six attackers overwhelmed the clan’s three Spirit Transformation cultivators, and the battle left Fei Yu accusing them of shamelessly invading his clan.

• Chi Gang proposed that Shi Jian and his companions help the Crimson Scale Clan attack the Flying Soar Clan in exchange for its Spirit Veins.
• Shi Jian agreed, and the group flew to the Flying Soar Clan’s island with two additional Crimson Scale Clan cultivators.
• Shi Jian and the others launched a surprise attack, prompting Fei Yu and his two elders to rush out and fight.
• Chi Gang and Shan Yue joined forces against Fei Yu, while Shi Jian and Cang Wuji attacked the two elders.
• Shi Jian badly wounded the azure-feathered eagle, and Cang Wuji knocked the dark-blue eagle into a crater and pinned him beneath his foot.
• Fei Yu accused the attackers of crossing realms to seek Treasured Earth and shamelessly invading his clan.

Shi Jian fought the Ice Dao Spirit Transformation cultivator, overcoming his attacks with the Purple Pivot Lightning Immortal Foundation and Lightning Prison. The wounded cultivator transformed into a giant divine eagle and unleashed glaciers and a freezing storm against Shi Jian.

• Shi Jian blasted the giant eagle cultivator with lightning, then destroyed his ice snakes and layered ice walls with a lightning spear.
• The middle-aged cultivator summoned the Snow Immortal Foundation’s ice phoenix, while Shi Jian manifested the Purple Pivot Lightning Immortal Foundation’s giant bear.
• The phoenix froze the surrounding land and dimmed Shi Jian’s lightning, so Shi Jian spread Lightning Prison across the battlefield to counter the cold.
• As Shan Yue and Chi Gang pressed Fei Yu back and Cang Wuji pinned another giant eagle, Shi Jian and the middle-aged cultivator remained locked in combat.
• Shi Jian struck the middle-aged cultivator with a concentrated lightning ball, blasting through his defenses and wounding him severely.
• The middle-aged cultivator transformed into a ten-thousand-zhang divine eagle and sent glaciers and freezing winds toward Shi Jian to damage his Dao body and foundation.

Shi Jian fought the divine eagle in his Lightning Bear form and gained the upper hand, though he could not kill a Spirit Transformation being alone. Two Spirit Transformation beings from the Crimson Scale Clan arrived to help surround the wounded eagle.

• Shi Jian transformed into a ten-thousand-zhang Lightning Bear and battled the divine eagle, who attacked with frost and Ice Dao techniques.
• Shi Jian’s lightning grew purer through battle, and he tore apart the divine eagle’s left wing before shattering his right wing and knocking him into a crater.
• The divine eagle declared that Shi Jian could not kill him because his Great Dao origin remained intact, and Shi Jian acknowledged that his cultivation was insufficient to destroy it.
• Two Early Spirit Transformation beings from the Crimson Scale Clan arrived after defeating their opponents and offered Shi Jian help.
• The two Crimson Scale beings unleashed their Fire Dao Qi and joined Shi Jian in surrounding the injured divine eagle, who called them shameless.

Shi Jian and two crimson pythons joined forces to kill the battered divine eagle and extinguish the origin of his Great Dao. Afterward, Shi Jian turned his attention toward the two remaining battlefields.

• The divine eagle used his remaining Ice Dao Qi to resist the attacks of Shi Jian and the two crimson pythons, but they trapped him with fire and lightning.
• The three Spirit Transformation experts overwhelmed the divine eagle, whose body shrank and burned as the attacks eroded his ability to heal.
• Shi Jian and the two crimson pythons struck together, exploding the divine eagle's body and exposing the true nature of his Great Dao origin.
• Shi Jian and the pythons destroyed the origin, killing the divine eagle and extinguishing his Dao.
• Shi Jian noted the cost to his Purple Pivot Lightning Immortal Foundation, then looked toward the other two battlefields.

Cang Wuji, Shan Yue, and Chi Gang defeated the Flying Soar Clan’s remaining Spirit Transformation experts, completing the clan’s destruction. The allies claimed the island as their first foothold in the Dao Realm, while Shi Jian sensed the Treasured Earth Dao Venerable in the distance and resolved to keep fighting as he escorted Shan Li.

• Cang Wuji crushed the dark blue giant eagle’s body and Great Dao origin, killing him.
• Shan Yue and Chi Gang overwhelmed Fei Yu, and their combined Earth and Fire Dao powers annihilated his Great Dao origin.
• Shi Jian surveyed the devastation, and he and Chi Gang confirmed that the Spirit Vein remained intact despite much of the water being driven away.
• Cang Wuji brought back part of the giant eagle’s wing for weapons, and Shan Yue declared the island their first foothold in the Dao Realm.
• Fifty Nascent Soul bear kings arrived as Shi Jian sensed the Treasured Earth Dao Venerable’s presence to the east and reaffirmed his intent to battle, grow stronger, and escort Shan Li.

After defeating the Flying Soar Clan, Shi Jian and Chi Gang divided its territory and captured its surviving Nascent Soul Cultivators. The Giant Bear Clan began reshaping the mountain range as a cultivation ground while the Crimson Scale Clan occupied the waters.

• Shi Jian and Chi Gang agreed that the Crimson Scale Clan would take the waters, the Giant Bear Clan would take the mountains, and the Nascent Soul Cultivators would be divided sixty-forty.
• Chi Gang and the Crimson Scale Clan rounded up the Flying Soar Clan’s Nascent Soul Cultivators in the waters, while Shi Jian demanded the island’s survivors surrender or die.
• Nearly a hundred Nascent Soul Cultivators surrendered their soul essences, and Shi Jian killed more than ten who tried to resist or flee.
• Shi Yin collected the surrendered soul essences in a violet lightning token, placing the captives under the Lightning Bear Line’s control.
• Shan Yue used the Mountain Bear Lineage’s Guide Mountains Back to the Ancestor method to reorganize the mountain range’s Spirit Veins and establish Earth Dao restrictions.

Shi Jian and Shan Yue established the Giant Bear Clan’s foothold in the Dao Realm by gathering lesser Barbarian Bone clans under their protection. With Treasured Earth attracting powerful outsiders and a Human Race force expanding nearby, Shan Li urged Shi Jian to pursue a breakthrough into Spirit Transformation.

• Shan Li organized the mountain range and managed the surrendered Flying Soar Clan cultivators while Shi Jian prepared to cultivate in seclusion.
• Shan Yue revealed that his Earth Dao presence had summoned lesser Barbarian Bone clans seeking the Giant Bear Clan’s protection.
• The Gray Bone Clan arrived first, and four more lesser clans followed, bringing Shi Jian’s forces to nearly two hundred Nascent Soul cultivators.
• Shan Li told Shi Jian that several hundred Spirit Transformation cultivators were gathering in Dao Venerable Liyuan’s territory to claim Treasured Earth’s origin.
• Shan Li warned Shi Jian of an expanding Human Race force led by a Middle Spirit Transformation sword cultivator, and Shi Jian ordered his people to watch it without provoking it.
• Shan Li urged Shi Jian to use Treasured Earth’s fading presence to pursue a breakthrough, promising that she and the elders would guard him.

Shi Jian gathered Treasured Earth Dao resonance by destroying minor clans to help Shan Li break through, while Shi Yin expanded the Giant Bear Clan’s territory. After Shi Jian defeated a Human Spirit Transformation cultivator who demanded Rock Heart Milk, the man fled, and Shi Jian moved to pursue him.

• Shan Li entered seclusion to absorb Treasured Earth Dao resonance, while Shan Yue and Cang Wuji guarded her.
• Shi Jian hunted Earth Dao minor clans, collecting their Dao resonance fragments and leaving several clans destroyed.
• Shi Yin occupied the abandoned territories and expanded the Giant Bear Clan’s influence as neighboring clans stayed silent.
• A gray-robed Human Spirit Transformation cultivator confronted Shi Jian over a Treasured Earth Spirit Embryo and demanded the Rock Heart Milk Shi Jian had obtained.
• Shi Jian fought the gray-robed man, drove him back, and demanded the jade case, but the man fled north.
• Shi Jian accused the fleeing cultivator of shamelessness and set off after him.

Shi Jian used a Domain-Locking Restriction to trap the gray-robed man and fought him over the jade box, but the man’s Dao Artifact and secret treasure wounded Shi Jian. The chapter ended with Shi Jian forcing the secret sword light out of his body as the gray-robed man sensed something was wrong.

• Shi Jian shattered Shan Yue’s mystic stone, freezing the surrounding space and preventing the gray-robed man from escaping.
• Shi Jian attacked the trapped man with lightning, but the gray-robed man used his Dao Artifact and Essence Blood to strengthen his sword strikes.
• Shi Jian wounded the gray-robed man and endured cuts from the Dao Artifact before driving him back with lightning and physical attacks.
• The gray-robed man released a powerful sword strike sealed in a secret treasure, piercing Shi Jian’s body and leaving a massive wound.
• Shi Jian expelled the sword light from his body, while the gray-robed man suddenly sensed an inexplicable tremor.

Shi Jian and Shan Yue defeated the gray-robed sword cultivator, destroying his body but failing to stop his soul from escaping with a Dao Venerable's secret treasure. They returned toward the stronghold with the recovered treasures, while Shi Jian worried about the powerful faction backing the cultivator and urgently needed to treat his injuries.

• Shi Jian renewed his attack on the gray-robed man, driving him backward with lightning spear strikes.
• Shan Yue arrived and crushed the gray-robed man's defenses with Earth Dao Qi, allowing Shi Jian to pierce and destroy his body.
• The gray-robed man's soul escaped through a rift using a soul-protecting secret treasure, despite Shi Jian's attempt to stop it.
• Shi Jian collected the Dao Artifact flying sword and the Treasured Earth Spirit Embryo, intending to bring the spirit items to Shan Li.
• Shan Yue dismissed the threat from the cultivator's faction, while Shi Jian suspected a powerful backer and hurried toward the stronghold to treat his severe injuries.

Shi Jian recovered from his sword injury while Shan Yue strengthened the Giant Bear Clan’s defenses against possible Human Race retaliation. More than ten years later, Shan Li’s Immortal Foundation reached the peak of Nascent Soul Perfection, and the three Spirit Transformation cultivators guarded her as she prepared to break through.

• Shi Jian gave Shan Yue the treasures and Earth Dao resonance fragments he had gathered for Shan Li, then secluded himself to heal his sword injury.
• Shan Yue fortified the mountain range with a protective formation and arranged for himself and Cang Wuji to guard it.
• Over the next decade, the Giant Bear Clan’s stronghold grew secure as Cang Wuji crushed lesser clans that challenged its authority, while the Human Race faction remained silent.
• Shi Jian sensed that Shan Li’s Earth Dao force had begun to churn after more than ten years of cultivation.
• Shan Yue revealed that Shan Li had absorbed the Treasured Earth spirit embryo and Rock Heart Milk and brought her Ten-Thousand-Layered Edge Immortal Foundation to peak Nascent Soul Perfection.
• Shi Jian sealed the void above Shan Li’s cave, Shan Yue activated the mountain formation, and Cang Wuji guarded the mountain entrance as all three stood watch.