Chapter Summaries

After Xiao Heng saved Lin Xiao Yi and Lin Jie from the Huang Family, the group rested while Huang Ping’s father secretly prepared to avenge his son. The next morning, Xiao Heng agreed to escort the Lin family for a stretch, and Lin Xiao Yi revealed that they were headed to North Plains City to seek help from her uncle, the Red Leaf Sect’s sect master.

• Huang Ping’s father discovered his son’s death, swore revenge, and summoned Elder Liu and Elder Zhang without revealing his grief to the rest of the Huang Family.
• Lin Jie woke and learned from Lin Xiao Yi that Xiao Heng had killed Huang Ping and saved the group.
• Lin Jie accepted that he had traded the Lin Family’s Earth Grade cultivation method and combat skill to Xiao Heng, while Xue Hua urged everyone to leave quickly before the Huang Family pursued them.
• The next morning, Xiao Heng said he would escort the group for part of their journey and asked where they were going.
• Lin Xiao Yi told Xiao Heng that they planned to reach North Plains City and seek protection from her uncle, the Red Leaf Sect’s sect master.

Xiao Heng agreed to escort Lin Jie, Lin Xiao Yi, and Xue Hua toward North Plains City, then helped them seek faster transport while Huang Ping’s pursuers closed in. The group reached a flying Magical Beast station, where Xiao Heng paid for passage despite the seats being claimed.

• Xiao Heng agreed to travel with Lin Jie’s group, offering one free intervention and charging for any further help.
• Huang Ping set out with two Dou Wangs to avenge his son, and Xiao Heng’s group worried about being caught.
• Xiao Heng advised the group to find flying Magical Beasts, and they entered a nearby city in disguises.
• Xiao Heng seized a bloodstained man and forced him to lead the group to the flying Magical Beast station.
• Xiao Heng offered the receptionist forty thousand gold coins for four seats to North Plains City.

Xiao Heng and the others boarded a flying Magical Beast after Xue Hua forced the ticket seller to accept the agreed fare. While Xiao Heng secretly treated his severe injuries, Lin Jie and Xue Hua discussed whether to reclaim his gifts and decided instead to cultivate his connection with Lin Xiao Yi; the next day, Lin Xiao Yi invited Xiao Heng to breakfast.

• Xue Hua intimidated the ticket seller into arranging passage for the group, and they boarded the flying Magical Beast.
• Xiao Heng concealed his injuries from the others, then revealed that the Dou Wang’s attack had badly wounded him and began treating himself with pills.
• Lin Jie reconsidered taking back the Earth Grade Cultivation Method and Combat Skill, but Xue Hua warned that Xiao Heng was too dangerous and urged Lin Jie to win him over through Lin Xiao Yi.
• Lin Jie agreed to let Lin Xiao Yi spend more time with Xiao Heng, and he and Xue Hua returned to their compartments to treat their injuries.
• The next day, Lin Xiao Yi woke Xiao Heng and invited him to eat with her and Lin Jie.

Xiao Heng learned that the Huang Family was pursuing Lin Jie, Lin Xiao Yi, and Xue Hua, and that their parents had stayed behind to hold off Huang Hua. When Huang Tao and two Dou Wangs flew past their beast, Xiao Heng shielded Lin Xiao Yi, and the pursuers continued toward North Plains City without spotting them.

• Xiao Heng asked Lin Jie and Xue Hua about their pursuers, and Xue Hua explained the Huang Family’s strength and its Dou Zong leader, Huang Hua.
• Lin Xiao Yi revealed that Huang Hua had ambushed her parents, who stayed behind so the others could escape.
• Three powerful auras swept past the flying Magical Beast, and Xue Hua shielded Lin Jie as Huang Tao looked toward their room.
• Xiao Heng stood in front of Lin Xiao Yi, and Huang Tao turned away without recognizing the group before hurrying toward North Plains City.
• After Huang Tao and the two Dou Wangs disappeared, Lin Jie and Xue Hua thanked Xiao Heng for protecting them.

Xiao Heng agreed to take Lin Xiao Yi away from the dangers threatening the Lin Family, while Lin Jie and Xue Hua continued toward North Plains City. Xiao Heng and Lin Xiao Yi headed east, seeking a safe place to recover before continuing their journey.

• Lin Jie asked Xiao Heng to take Lin Xiao Yi away, and Xiao Heng agreed despite the danger of his own journey.
• Lin Jie gave Xiao Heng the Lin Family’s remaining techniques and Dou Techniques to keep for Lin Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Heng’s group left their flying Magical Beast before North Plains City to avoid a possible Huang Family ambush.
• Lin Jie and Xue Hua said farewell to Lin Xiao Yi and Xiao Heng, then departed for North Plains City.
• Xiao Heng and Lin Xiao Yi set off east to find somewhere safe to rest and recover.

Xiao Heng and Lin Xiao Yi reached the unusually peaceful White Town, where he learned that its Town Lord used an inspecting stone and townspeople as a covert guard network to enforce the rules. After they ate and settled in at Luojiao Tower, Lin Xiao Yi cultivated while Xiao Heng treated his injuries and reflected on his risky fight with a Dou Wang, grateful that he had obtained two Golden Scrolls.

• Xiao Heng and Lin Xiao Yi entered White Town, where Xiao Heng found its clean streets and lack of visible violence strange.
• Xiao Heng booked two rooms and learned from the inn attendant that the Town Lord's stone detected ill-intentioned visitors and that a hidden guard team protected the town.
• Xiao Heng and Lin Xiao Yi ate together, and Lin Xiao Yi thought of her brother Lin Jie while drawing comfort from Xiao Heng's care.
• Lin Xiao Yi began cultivating in her room while Xiao Heng treated his injuries in a medicinal bath.
• Xiao Heng assessed the danger of fighting a Dou Wang and looked over the two Golden Scrolls he had won.

After recovering, Xiao Heng took Lin Xiao Yi to a Bai Clan tombstone, where his blood opened a gate into a hidden trial. Separated from Lin Xiao Yi, he chose the path marked Life over a Heavenly Rank Cultivation Method, determined to claim power through his own efforts.

• Xiao Heng recovered from his injuries and left town with Lin Xiao Yi for the ruins ten kilometers away.
• Xiao Heng cut his finger and let his blood fall on a Bai Clan tombstone, awakening its light and opening a black gate.
• A hidden white-haired old man recognized Xiao Heng as a Bai Clan Bloodline Awakening bearer and watched as the pair entered the gate.
• Xiao Heng found himself alone in a grassland trial and learned from the system that Lin Xiao Yi was temporarily safe.
• Xiao Heng chose the door marked Life instead of the door promising a Heavenly Rank Cultivation Method, declaring he would obtain power without trading another person's life.

Lin Xiao Yi rejected the temptation to kill Xiao Heng for power, and Bai Qufeng offered to take her as his disciple if she passed a trial. Xiao Heng fought his way through a corridor of puppet guards while Lin Xiao Yi agreed to Bai Qufeng’s trial for a chance to save him.

• Lin Xiao Yi tried to free the unconscious Xiao Heng, but refused the voice’s offer of power in exchange for killing him.
• Bai Qufeng revealed himself, asked Lin Xiao Yi to become his disciple, and took her to see Xiao Heng.
• Xiao Heng entered a corridor lined with armed puppets and began defeating them with his sword.
• Lin Xiao Yi was stopped from reaching Xiao Heng and learned that only Xiao Heng could complete his trial.
• After Lin Xiao Yi struck at Bai Qufeng, he told her that passing his trial might let her save Xiao Heng, and she agreed.

A girl chose to enter Mysterious Dark Water, hoping to gain the power to save Xiao Heng and her parents. Meanwhile, Xiao Heng fought through increasingly powerful puppets, discovering their blue Dou Qi and finding that his Heavenly Flame could overcome it.

• The old man told the girl that Mysterious Dark Water could kill her but promised to help her if she survived, and she jumped into the pool.
• Xiao Heng fought through waves of puppets in a corridor and used Mountain Breaking Strike to destroy one that had wounded him.
• Xiao Heng used Breath Sever to shatter a puppet's longsaber and noticed the next puppet wielded blue Dou Qi with a powerful, waterlike momentum.
• Xiao Heng's Heavenly Flame suppressed the blue Dou Qi and destroyed the puppet with Blazing Flames, kill.
• Xiao Heng combined Breath Sever with a purple lion attack to defeat another puppet as an even stronger one stepped forward.

Xiao Heng fought his way through increasingly powerful puppets in a sealed passage and used a Dou Huang Experience Card to face a horde that included Dou Zong-level foes. He unleashed Fire Sword—Yama, sending the passage into flames and leaving his own fate uncertain.

• Xiao Heng used Immortal Slaying Sword Art, Zongheng, to knock down several puppets, but the attack barely scratched the passage walls and fourteen puppets rose again.
• Xiao Heng failed to break through the entrance door, judged that stronger puppets lay ahead, and activated a Dou Huang Experience Card.
• Xiao Heng used Immortal Slaying Sword Art, Nine Strikes, to destroy many puppets, while a hidden white-haired old man wondered about the source of his power.
• Xiao Heng tried and failed to wake the Sky Swallowing Python, then wrapped it in Dou Qi before confronting the advancing puppets.
• Xiao Heng unleashed Fire Sword—Yama and summoned Rashomon, but the shield shattered as flames engulfed him and the puppets.

After surviving the puppet trial with severe burns, Xiao Heng was rescued by the white-haired old man and treated in a crystal coffin. He woke in a hospital back in his original world, believed his transmigration had been a dream, and left with his mother and big brother.

• Xiao Heng used the Fire Sword—Yama Devil Combat Skill against the puppets, collapsed from his injuries, and braced himself for their final attack.
• The white-haired old man stopped a puppet’s longsaber, carried Xiao Heng and the Sky Swallowing Python away, and used medicinal pills to heal Xiao Heng.
• Xiao Heng woke in a hospital, recognized his mother, and learned that his body had recovered enough to leave after examinations.
• Xiao Heng left the hospital with his mother and met his big brother, who had come to collect them in a black Volkswagen Passat.
• Xiao Heng rode home with his family and decided that his transmigration had only been a dream.

After completing three trials, Xiao Heng woke from a dream of reuniting with his family and learned from Bai Qufeng that he belonged to the fallen Bai Clan. Bai Qufeng said he would fully awaken Xiao Heng’s bloodline, leaving Xiao Heng facing a painful process that promised a great increase in strength.

• Xiao Heng said goodbye to the family in his dream and woke in the crystal coffin, grateful to the old man who had let him see them again.
• Bai Qufeng introduced himself as a member of the Bai Clan and told Xiao Heng that he was also part of the clan, whose bloodline manifested as white hair.
• Xiao Heng asked about his two companions, and Bai Qufeng said the girl had her own opportunity and the Sky Swallowing Python was safe.
• Bai Qufeng explained that the Bai Clan had once been an Ancient Race, but an invasion and generations of decline had driven it nearly to extinction.
• Bai Qufeng told Xiao Heng that the thing in his mind was a Bai Clan communication method and announced that he would fully awaken Xiao Heng’s bloodline, warning that the process would be painful.

Xiao Heng endured a painful bloodline awakening while Lin Xiao Yi underwent a trial in the Mysterious Dark Water. Both passed, and Lin Xiao Yi was allowed to go save Xiao Heng.

• Old Bai submerged Xiao Heng in silver-white liquid to awaken his Bai Clan bloodline, and Xiao Heng endured three days of pain as his body and blood transformed.
• Xiao Heng absorbed the last of the liquid, completed his awakening, and fell asleep; Old Bai carried him away to rest.
• Lin Xiao Yi struggled against the crushing cold and pressure in the dark-blue pool, but her will and Ethereal Physique kept her from giving up.
• A white-haired old man sent dark-blue Dou Qi into Lin Xiao Yi, strengthening her sky-blue light and helping her gain control of the water.
• Lin Xiao Yi emerged from the pool after passing the trial and asked to save Xiao Heng, and the old man agreed.

Bai Qufeng showed Lin Xiao Yi that Xiao Heng was recovering and took her as his disciple. He sent another version of himself to find Lin Xiao Yi’s family and punish the Huang Family, while Lin Xiao Yi began preparing to cultivate.

• Bai Qufeng brought Lin Xiao Yi to see Xiao Heng, whose silver blood and powerful heartbeat showed that his injured body was transforming.
• Bai Qufeng merged with his duplicate, told Lin Xiao Yi that he would be her master, and promised to find her family and deal with the Huang Family within three days if they were alive.
• Lin Xiao Yi agreed to leave with Bai Qufeng if he fulfilled her requests and asked to learn his techniques; he told her she could learn them after reaching Dou Zong.
• Bai Qufeng warned Lin Xiao Yi that Xiao Heng would surpass her and left through a passage to find her relatives.
• Bai Qufeng appeared before Lin Jie, exposed his attempt to gather Dou Qi, and ordered him to lead the way to Xue Hua and their parents.
• Bai Qufeng carried Lin Jie through the sky toward Xue Hua while two men nearby failed to notice them clearly.

Old Bai brought Lin Jie and Xue Hua to the Huang Family estate and crushed much of it with a single attack, killing Huang Hua’s sons and leaving Huang Hua alive as a future opponent for his disciple. Afterward, Lin Jie thanked Old Bai for avenging his family, but Old Bai said Huang Hua’s death was still for Lin Jie to accomplish if he could.

• Old Bai bound Xue Hua, took him and Lin Jie to the Huang Family estate, and asked Lin Jie to identify Huang Hua.
• Old Bai struck Huang Hua and the gathered Huang Family members with a massive palm, destroying half the estate and killing Huang Hua’s two sons while sparing Huang Hua.
• Old Bai told Huang Hua to serve as a whetstone for his disciple and said he would not interfere if Huang Hua killed the disciple first, then departed with Lin Jie and Xue Hua.
• Huang Hua killed a retainer who tried to help him, ordered a search for everyone connected to the Lin Family, and arranged burials for his sons before leaving to recover.
• Lin Jie and Xue Hua thanked Old Bai, and Old Bai told Lin Jie that Huang Hua remained alive for him to kill if he became strong enough.

Xiao Heng woke after his recovery and spoke with Old Bai, who revealed that Xiao Heng carried the Bai Clan’s bloodline and might be its hope for revival. Old Bai told him to focus on cultivating and promised help when the time came, leaving Xiao Heng with a new responsibility and a powerful patron.

• Xiao Heng woke with Lin Xiao Yi keeping watch, and she stumbled onto him when her legs went numb before hurrying out to fetch water.
• Old Bai visited Xiao Heng and led him to a pavilion, where they began playing Go.
• Old Bai told Xiao Heng that a calamity had destroyed the Bai Clan and that he had spent more than a thousand years searching for a way to revive it.
• Old Bai said Xiao Heng should consider himself part of the Bai Clan and explained that his bloodline concentration was exceptionally high after awakening.
• Xiao Heng questioned his talent and asked what Old Bai wanted him to do, and Old Bai told him to cultivate diligently while avoiding dependence on help.

After awakening his bloodline, Xiao Heng tested the changes to his strength and discovered that his cultivation, body, and Soul Power had improved greatly. He briefly unleashed his clan’s bloodline power, then returned to normal with temporary weakness as Old Bai explained its benefits and cost.

• Old Bai asked Lin Xiao Yi to make tea while he played chess with Xiao Heng, then ended the game and told Xiao Heng to test the effects of his Bloodline Awakening.
• Xiao Heng found that he had reached peak Dou Ling, his Dou Qi and physical strength had increased severalfold, his injuries had healed, and his Soul Power could now sense its barrier.
• Xiao Heng awakened his bloodline power, surging from peak Dou Ling to peak Eight-star Dou Wang as silver light transformed his eyes and hair.
• Old Bai stopped Xiao Heng from sustaining the bloodline power, and Xiao Heng returned to Dou Ling with temporary weakness.
• Old Bai explained that his clan’s bloodline enhanced cultivation, physical strength, Soul Power, and talent, while Xiao Heng learned that Old Bai was not an Alchemist.

Xiao Heng recovered after using his bloodline power and chose not to let Old Bai erase Medusa’s soul from the Sky Swallowing Python. Lin Xiao Yi’s parents returned safely, and she formally became Bai Qufeng’s only disciple, while Xiao Heng was left with the challenge of defeating a Dou Zong before reaching that realm.

• Old Bai told Xiao Heng to recover and assigned him a trial opponent he had to defeat before reaching Dou Zong.
• Old Bai brought out the Sky Swallowing Python and warned Xiao Heng that Medusa’s soul was dangerous, but Xiao Heng refused to erase it unless she later tried to kill him.
• Xiao Heng cultivated through the night while Old Bai waited for the three days he had promised Lin Xiao Yi.
• Lin Xiao Yi’s parents and companions emerged from a passage, and Lin Xiao Yi tearfully reunited with her mother.
• Old Bai made Lin Xiao Yi kneel, set three rules for his disciple, and accepted her as his only student, Bai Qufeng’s disciple.
• Lin Jie thanked Xiao Heng for helping Lin Xiao Yi, and Xiao Heng credited her own abilities and Old Bai’s kindness.

Old Bai gave Xiao Heng two inherited Scrolls, including the Earth-tier High Grade Nine Heavens Thunder Fire Scripture, and challenged him to grow strong enough to defeat him. As Lin Xiao Yi's mother learned of her daughter's feelings for Xiao Heng, the chapter ended with dark storm clouds gathering over the courtyard as everyone greeted one another.

• Old Bai gave Xiao Heng a cultivation method and a Dou Technique that he could cultivate only after reaching the Dou Wang realm, and promised him more Bai Clan inheritance if he defeated him.
• Xiao Heng accepted Old Bai's challenge and discovered that the cultivation method was the Earth-tier High Grade Nine Heavens Thunder Fire Scripture, though he chose to save it while aiming to create a Heavenly Rank method.
• Lin's Mother asked Lin Xiao Yi whether she liked Xiao Heng, comforted her about her feelings, and warned her to be careful.
• The next morning, Xiao Heng watched a storm gather as Lin Xiao Yi greeted her returned family, unaware that a farewell was about to come.

Xiao Heng parted from Lin Xiao Yi and the others, then traveled to Black Seal City to stock up on medicinal ingredients. At Thousand Medicine Workshop, he placed a massive order and was introduced to its beautiful married owner.

• Lin Xiao Yi reluctantly said goodbye to Xiao Heng and followed Old Bai through a passage, leaving the Lin Family behind in the courtyard.
• Xiao Heng recognized White Town, then traveled toward Jia Nan Academy, trading for supplies and escaping trouble along the way.
• Xiao Heng arrived in Black Seal City and went to Thousand Medicine Workshop to buy medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Heng ordered ingredients worth 3.25 million gold coins and asked for an alchemy room where they could be delivered.
• The girl took Xiao Heng's order to the workshop's madam, who told her to bring it over.