Chapter Summaries

Xiao Heng climbed the Library Pavilion’s final stairs and entered a desolate world of stone tablets, where an old man told him the tragic history of an ordinary youth who rose to supreme power before his family was destroyed. Xiao Heng witnessed the story as a dream, then found himself in a black space filled with glowing spheres as the old man told him to follow his own path.

• Lin Xiao Yi accepted that she could not go up, and Xiao Heng began climbing the stairs while Bai Yi Fan and Bai Xiang watched.
• A white light appeared on Xiao Heng’s forehead and dispelled the pressure as he climbed to the final stair.
• Xiao Heng arrived in a vast, barren space filled with towering stone tablets, where the old man from below appeared and invited him to hear a story.
• The old man recounted how an ordinary youth pursued power, rose to become a supreme being, and left behind a family that was later destroyed by black monsters.
• Xiao Heng experienced the youth’s story as a series of visions, then returned to a black space with glowing spheres as the old man reassured him that it had only been a dream.

Xiao Heng received the mid-level Heavenly Rank Combat Skill Starfall in the starry space, then returned to the Bai Realm after half a month had passed. With the Clan Grand Competition approaching and Bai Yi Fan expecting their duel, Xiao Heng agreed to compete and flew with Lin Xiao Yi to the central island.

• The old man advised Xiao Heng to control what he could and gave him a bright star containing the Heavenly Rank Combat Skill Starfall.
• Xiao Heng emerged from the Scripture Pavilion and learned from Lin Xiao Yi that he had been inside for almost half a month and Bai Yi Fan had left after waiting for him.
• Xiao Heng returned to the island with Lin Xiao Yi, learned that Grandpa Gui had been around since the Great Elder's era, and set up a Dou Qi barrier around his room that night.
• During the following days, Xiao Heng became a registered member of the Bai Clan, while his closeness with Lin Xiao Yi made his name spread through the Bai Realm.
• Xiao Heng decided to enter the Clan Grand Competition because Bai Yi Fan wanted to fight him there, and Lin Xiao Yi joined him.
• At dawn, Xiao Heng took his sword and flew with Lin Xiao Yi toward the central island for the competition.

Xiao Heng attended the Bai Clan Grand Competition, where the elders established ten arenas and the opening-round rules. He took a place as a defender, drawing attention for his exceptional control of space as the competition began.

• Xiao Heng reached Central Island’s crowded square and observed the powerful Bai Clan elders and the clan’s strength.
• A middle-aged man announced that challengers would fight defenders across ten arenas, with the last undefeated defenders making the top ten.
• Bai Qufeng gathered seawater and formed ten enormous transparent platforms for the competition.
• Bai Yi Fan and Bai Feng became defenders, and Lin Xiao Yi explained that both were Nine-Star Dou Zong experts.
• Bai Yi Fan provoked Xiao Heng, who stepped onto a platform with a display of space control that impressed the audience and observers.
• All ten platforms gained defenders, and Xiao Heng felt confident that he would not lose.

Xiao Heng effortlessly defeated Bai Wei in his first arena challenge, while Lin Xiao Yi fought Bai Shuang in a fierce clash of ice and fire. Lin Xiao Yi prevailed even after Bai Shuang awakened her bloodline power, leaving both arena masters undefeated.

• Xiao Heng froze Bai Wei and his attacks, forcing him to concede and ending his run in the competition.
• The crowd recognized Xiao Heng as a possible championship contender, and challengers avoided his arena.
• Bai Shuang challenged Lin Xiao Yi and asked her to fight without holding back.
• Lin Xiao Yi countered Bai Shuang’s fire techniques with ice and urged her to use her bloodline power.
• Bai Shuang’s bloodline power raised her strength, but Lin Xiao Yi defeated her Flame Phoenix and stopped her final attack just short of her forehead.
• Bai Shuang conceded to Lin Xiao Yi.

Xiao Heng advanced through the competition’s first round and drew Bai Shan as his opponent in the second. After overpowering Bai Shan in their initial clash, Xiao Heng faced his transformed charge head-on and stopped the giant ox with a punch.

• Lin Xiao Yi’s victory drew jealous attention to Xiao Heng, and he easily defeated a young challenger who attacked him on the Arena.
• The first round concluded, and the contestants drew lots for the second round; Xiao Heng drew number six and was matched with number one, Bai Shan.
• After a half-hour rest, Xiao Heng and Bai Shan took the battle platform, where Bai Shan formed defensive armor to counter Xiao Heng’s speed.
• Xiao Heng beat Bai Shan in a direct fist clash and knocked him onto the ice, but Bai Shan recovered and raised his strength to Nine-Star Dou Zong.
• Bai Shan summoned a giant one-horned ox and charged, but Xiao Heng punched its horn and brought the creature to a halt.

Xiao Heng defeated Bai Shan in a contest of strength, then watched Lin Xiao Yi battle a rival who had also reached Nine-Star Dou Zong. Lin Xiao Yi won after overwhelming her opponent with her ice techniques, and Xiao Heng caught her when she pretended to collapse.

• Xiao Heng used his strength to lift Bai Shan’s giant beast and throw it beyond the battle platform, winning their match.
• Xiao Heng watched Bai Feng and Bai Yi Fan defeat their opponents, then observed Lin Xiao Yi’s close battle with a rival from the top ten.
• Lin Xiao Yi and her opponent both raised their strength to Nine-Star Dou Zong and resumed their fight with ice and wood techniques.
• Lin Xiao Yi summoned a massive ice cloud and used Ice Extreme, Cloud Icefall to destroy most of her opponent’s vines.
• Lin Xiao Yi’s opponent conceded, and Xiao Heng caught Lin Xiao Yi as she fell before telling her to stop pretending.

Xiao Heng and Lin Xiao Yi watched Bai Li defeat Bai Jin, completing the second round of the Bai Clan tournament. The five victors learned that they would compete together in the final round after a one-hour rest, with first place still undecided.

• Lin Xiao Yi teased Xiao Heng after their match and stayed beside him as they watched the final bout of the second round.
• Bai Yi Fan predicted Bai Li would lose, while Bai Feng suggested Bai Li might be deliberately hiding his true strategy.
• Bai Li unleashed a hidden flame technique and defeated Bai Jin, becoming the fifth victor alongside Bai Feng, Bai Yi Fan, Xiao Heng, and Lin Xiao Yi.
• The tournament official announced that all five victors would compete in the third round, and the last person standing would win first place.
• Lin Xiao Yi teased Xiao Heng about winning, and the official gave the contestants one hour to rest before the final round began.

The third-round final began as Xiao Heng faced a coordinated attack from Bai Yi Fan and Bai Feng, while Lin Xiao Yi was held back by Bai Li. Xiao Heng withstood their initial strikes, but the chapter left him surrounded by eight lightning storms as he formed an Ice Lotus and a fire lotus.

• The middle-aged man announced that the five finalists would fight across a ten-thousand-meter battlefield until only one remained standing, and the Great Elder raised the arena and formed a protective Energy Shield.
• Bai Feng proposed that he and Xiao Heng join forces against Bai Yi Fan, but Bai Yi Fan immediately attacked Xiao Heng with lightning.
• Bai Feng struck at Xiao Heng from behind while Bai Li blocked Lin Xiao Yi and fought her with flames; Lin Xiao Yi raised her strength to Nine-Star Dou Zong and countered with her extreme chill.
• Xiao Heng endured Bai Feng's wind blade without injury, forced Bai Yi Fan back, and used an exploding fire lotus to drive both attackers away before taking to the air.
• Bai Feng recognized Xiao Heng's Heavenly Flames, then joined Bai Yi Fan in summoning eight lightning storms that converged on him.
• Xiao Heng dodged the incoming attacks, dismissed his sword, and formed an Ice Lotus and a fire lotus in his palms.

Xiao Heng and Lin Xiao Yi fought Bai Yi Fan, Bai Feng, and Bai Li in a fierce battle, with Xiao Heng holding off the two stronger opponents while Lin Xiao Yi suppressed Bai Li. Xi'er arrived to watch the tournament, learned that Xiao Heng had recently returned from outside the realm, and praised his strength.

• Xiao Heng and Lin Xiao Yi coordinated against the three opponents, with Lin Xiao Yi agreeing to face Bai Li while Xiao Heng took on Bai Yi Fan and Bai Feng.
• Bai Feng told Bai Li to stall Lin Xiao Yi while he and Bai Yi Fan joined forces to defeat Xiao Heng, and Bai Yi Fan accepted that Xiao Heng's combat experience exceeded his own.
• Lin Xiao Yi pressed Bai Li with frost attacks, while Xiao Heng fought Bai Yi Fan and Bai Feng without falling behind.
• The elders watched the battle and remarked that Bai Yi Fan and Bai Feng had once teamed up against a five-star Dou Sect, but now faced Xiao Heng at the same level.
• Xi'er arrived and asked who Xiao Heng was; the elders explained that he had recently returned from outside the realm and recounted how he had reached his current strength.
• Xi'er praised Xiao Heng's talent after hearing his story.

Xiao Heng fought Bai Feng and Bai Yi Fan as they awakened their bloodline powers, while he tried to fuse ice and fire into a new attack. Lin Xiao Yi intervened, but the brothers’ combined techniques trapped Xiao Heng in a massive wind-and-thunder blast, leaving his condition unknown as the battle continued.

• Bai Feng and Bai Yi Fan warned Xiao Heng that they would reveal their trump cards, then awakened their bloodline powers and raised their strength.
• Xiao Heng also released his power, reaching the level that touched the Dou Zun barrier, and began trying to fuse his ice and fire energies.
• Bai Feng and Bai Yi Fan launched Wind God, Earthsplitter and Divine Thunder's Wrath, while Xiao Heng struggled to complete his fusion.
• Lin Xiao Yi used Ice Extremity, Cloudfall to attack the brothers and support Xiao Heng, but they endured the assault and injured her with their combined techniques.
• Bai Feng and Bai Yi Fan's attacks broke through Xiao Heng's defenses and trapped him in a huge wind-and-thunder explosion, while Lin Xiao Yi froze the brothers and the observers waited to see whether Xiao Heng had survived.

Xiao Heng defeated Bai Yi Fan and Bai Feng with his newly created ice-and-fire Dou Technique and won the grand competition. The Bloodline Awakening ceremony was postponed for the injured contestants, and Xiao Heng left the technique unnamed.

• Xiao Heng unleashed an unstable ice-and-fire lotus that shattered Bai Yi Fan and Bai Feng's defenses and engulfed the battlefield in white mist.
• Xiao Heng protected Lin Xiao Yi from the blast, then repelled Bai Yi Fan and Bai Feng when they attacked again.
• Xiao Heng overwhelmed the wounded pair and advised them to accept defeat and try to win next time.
• The elders decided to postpone the Bloodline Awakening ceremony because Bai Yi Fan and Bai Feng were injured.
• The middle-aged man announced Bai Heng as the winner, and Lin Xiao Yi congratulated Xiao Heng as he celebrated the success of his new technique.

After the rankings were announced, Xiao Heng left the competition and met Bai Xi, the Bai Clan’s young Saintess, who wanted to help him feel more connected to the clan. Their conversation ended with Bai Xi offering to search for rare metal- and wood-element treasures Xiao Heng needed.

• Bai Yi Fan and Bai Feng fainted after the results were announced, and Xiao Heng and Lin Xiao Yi left after saying their farewells.
• Lin Xiao Yi told Xiao Heng about Bai Xi and her older brother, two young Bai Clan geniuses who had reached Dou Zun before turning forty.
• Bai Xi approached Xiao Heng and invited him for a walk, while Lin Xiao Yi returned to the small island and waited for him at home.
• Bai Xi explained that she wanted Xiao Heng to feel a sense of belonging to the Bai Clan and encouraged him to use the clan’s cultivation resources.
• Xiao Heng asked Bai Xi about high-tier metal- and wood-element treasures, and she promised to look for them and suggested he consult the Eighth Elder.

Xiao Heng attended the Bai Clan’s Bloodline Test and learned how bloodline grades and Clan Marks reflected a member’s potential. His test stunned the crowd when the ninth bead lit, though the result was not yet announced.

• Xiao Heng returned to Lin Xiao Yi after speaking with Bai Xi, and Lin Xiao Yi suspected the Saintess had taken an interest in him.
• At the Bloodline Test, Bai Li explained the clan’s ten bloodline grades, awakening ceremonies, and three grades of Clan Marks.
• Bai Shan and Bai Li each tested at Grade 7 and received Golden Clan Marks.
• Xiao Heng was called last and pressed his bloodied palm against the stele.
• The first eight beads lit, followed by the ninth, leaving the crowd and testing elder in shock.

After Xiao Heng’s intermediate test revealed a ninth-grade bloodline, the Bai Clan’s elders discussed how to nurture him and summoned him to the Council Hall. There, they asked what reward he wanted, and he requested metal- and wood-attribute Heaven and Earth Exotic Items as potent as Heavenly Flames; the Eighth Elder hinted that he had them.

• The elder recorded Xiao Heng as Bai Heng with a Golden Bloodline and a Golden Clan Mark, and advised him to nourish the mark with Dou Qi for a month.
• Bai Qufeng and the elders agreed to nurture Xiao Heng, first asking his opinion, while the Second Elder insisted they should make him listen if he refused.
• Lin Xiao Yi embraced Xiao Heng after the test, and Bai Chao then escorted him to the Council Hall to meet the elders.
• Bai Er offered Xiao Heng a reward for winning the clan competition, and Xiao Heng requested high-quality metal- and wood-attribute Heaven and Earth Exotic Items.
• The Eighth Elder said items of those attributes were available, though matching Heavenly Flames in quality would be troublesome, then admitted he had not said he lacked them.

Xiao Heng revealed that he sought the Five Elements and learned the Bai Clan held a Golden Spirit that could help him advance. After the Elders confirmed he was an Eighth-grade Alchemist, they urged him to stay and cultivate, but he insisted he had unfinished business outside.

• Eighth Elder offered Xiao Heng a Golden Spirit extracted from an Eighth-Rank Demonic Beast, and Xiao Heng agreed it should suit his needs.
• Sixth Elder recognized that Xiao Heng was gathering the Five Elements, and he offered to trade the clan’s reserves for suitable repayment.
• Xiao Heng revealed he was an Eighth-grade Alchemist, and Fourth Elder confirmed his Spirit Realm Soul Power after they clashed.
• Third Elder offered Xiao Heng protection and asked him to refine pills in exchange for ingredients and rewards.
• Ninth Elder asked Xiao Heng to remain in the Bai Clan, but Xiao Heng said he needed to leave and grow outside.
• Second Elder said he would allow Xiao Heng to go only if Xiao Heng defeated him.

Xiao Heng insisted on leaving the clan realm, so the elders agreed to let him go if he could endure half an hour against Bai Deng, a two-star Dou Zun. Their battle began over the sea, where Xiao Heng fought back with his sword and spatial abilities, but Bai Deng remained in control and unleashed a field of pursuing vines.

• Xiao Heng refused the elders’ offers of resources and protection, declaring that he would leave the realm even if it cost him his life.
• The elders agreed to let Xiao Heng leave if he lasted half an hour against Bai Deng, the Enforcement Team’s second captain.
• The Third Elder took Xiao Heng beyond the realm, where Bai Deng offered him three moves before attacking.
• Xiao Heng used his clan mark, Black and White Twin Wings, and Third Eye to resist Bai Deng’s strikes and evade his spatial lock.
• Xiao Heng’s Soaring Dragon Sword Art forced Bai Deng to become more serious, and Bai Deng countered with Azure Wood Force and then summoned the Vine Cloud Realm.

Xiao Heng escaped Bai Deng’s Vine Cloud Realm with a powerful fire technique, but Bai Deng trapped him in the Tree Kingdom and began overwhelming him with vines. Xiao Heng broke through into the sea, where the underwater pressure slowed Bai Deng’s pursuit and gave Xiao Heng an advantage.

• Xiao Heng used the Five Rounds Blazing Fire Method and Five-Wheel Lihuo Array to burn away Bai Deng’s vines and engulf the battlefield in a vast sea of fire.
• Bai Deng survived the flames, concealed a badly burned arm, and summoned his Tree Kingdom to overwhelm Xiao Heng with trees and vines.
• Xiao Heng spotted the sea beneath the kingdom, shattered the space below himself, and plunged underwater to escape the vines.
• Bai Deng dismissed the Tree Kingdom and followed Xiao Heng into the sea, where the growing pressure hindered him while Xiao Heng moved faster.

Xiao Heng used the sea and his ice techniques to fight Bai Deng, overcoming the Dou Zun’s attacks with repeated Ice Lotuses. After luring Bai Deng into underestimating a final lotus, Xiao Heng detonated it, leaving the clash’s outcome uncertain.

• Xiao Heng froze Bai Deng’s vines and the surrounding seawater, then used Ice Lotuses to force Bai Deng into retreating beneath the sea.
• Xiao Heng repeatedly hurled Ice Lotuses, trapping Bai Deng in layers of ice until Bai Deng broke through and surfaced.
• The Ninth Elder mocked Xiao Heng’s chances, then changed his tune when Bai Deng emerged alone.
• Bai Deng searched for Xiao Heng and struck at a decoy, but Xiao Heng sent an ice-and-fire lotus through Bai Deng’s defenses.
• Xiao Heng shouted for the lotus to explode, and the blast created a vast, unstable space that shattered above the sea.

Xiao Heng and Bai Deng continued their battle, escalating to powerful techniques that left both of them badly injured. Bai Deng began to concede after the half-hour limit, but Xiao Heng warned him just as an unseen danger appeared.

• Bai Deng drove away the mist and destroyed Xiao Heng’s sword dragon, while the elders discussed the gap between their ranks and the possibility that Xiao Heng had another trump card.
• Xiao Heng revealed himself and used the Four Symbols Sword Art to shatter Bai Deng’s palm and send four sword beasts at him.
• Bai Deng unleashed Sky Shroud, directing its green points at Xiao Heng while Xiao Heng formed the Four Symbols Sword Array against him.
• The green tide pierced Xiao Heng despite his defenses, while the uncontrolled sword array inflicted deep wounds on Bai Deng.
• Bai Deng said he had lost because the half-hour limit had passed, but Xiao Heng drew a sheathed sword and warned him of danger.

Xiao Heng survived his duel with Bai Deng but fell into a near-death state, and Fourth Elder healed him. After waking five days later, Xiao Heng met Bai Shao and followed her to Bai Hu, who offered him access to the clan's medicinal herb storehouse.

• Xiao Heng defeated Bai Deng with a powerful sword strike, but Fourth Elder intervened to save Bai Deng and Xiao Heng collapsed.
• Fourth Elder took the unconscious Xiao Heng away and treated his grave injuries; Second Elder told Bai Deng he would not be punished.
• Xiao Heng woke after five days and met Bai Shao, who brought him to the medicine garden to see her grandfather, Bai Hu.
• Bai Hu guided Xiao Heng in nurturing a Glazed Beauty Bane with Dou Qi, then told him he could use the clan's medicinal herb storehouse and handed him a token.