Chapter Summaries

Xuan Yi visited Bai Xiaoran and the others in the Alchemy Tower, while Yi Chen and Chen Tiannan discussed a covert plan against Bai Xiaoran. Later, Bai Xiaoran revealed that Gu Xun'er was the Ancient Clan's eldest young lady and helped Xuan Yi put on black stockings, leaving her teasing him about how he would earn her approval.

• Xuan Yi joined Bai Xiaoran and the others for food and asked how their stay in the Alchemy Tower had been.
• Chen Tiannan reported his son's death to Yi Chen, who blamed Bai Xiaoran and proposed secretly disposing of her when an opportunity arose.
• Bai Xiaoran practiced the later seals of the Ancient Emperor Seal and revealed to Xuan Yi that Dao Hong Yan was Gu Xun'er, the Ancient Clan's eldest young lady.
• Bai Xiaoran gave Xuan Yi black stockings and followed her through a spatial rift to her room.
• Xuan Yi asked Bai Xiaoran to put on the stockings for her, then teased him that her judgment of them would depend on his performance.

Xuan Yi bashfully rewarded Bai Xiaoran after he touched her legs, then sent him away to cultivate the Imperial Seal Art. Outside Sacred Pill City, Bai Xiaoran rescued Feng Qing'er from Yi Chen and Chen Tiannan, but the pursuers caught up and forced them to flee using a coordinated technique.

• Bai Xiaoran touched Xuan Yi’s legs, and she scolded him before allowing him to caress one as a reward.
• Xuan Yi sent Bai Xiaoran through a spatial rift and told him to cultivate the Imperial Seal Art.
• Bai Xiaoran heard Feng Qing’er confronting Yi Chen and rushed to her aid, striking Chen Tiannan and freeing her from his restraint.
• Bai Xiaoran and Feng Qing’er fled together, but Yi Chen and Chen Tiannan caught up and threatened them.
• Bai Xiaoran and Feng Qing’er used the Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body and combined attacks to create smoke, then split into four fleeing figures.

Bai Xiaoran rescued Feng Qing'er from Yi Chen and Chen Tiannan, then returned to Sacred Pill City, where Xuan Kongzi introduced him to Iron Sword Venerable and warned him about the approaching Ancient Ruins. The chapter ended with Xuan Yi asking what Feng Qing'er meant to him.

• Chen Tiannan stopped Bai Xiaoran and Feng Qing'er from escaping, but Bai Xiaoran summoned the Heavenly Demon Puppet, which overwhelmed Chen Tiannan.
• Feng Qing'er attacked Yi Chen for trying to force himself on her, but Chen Tiannan knocked her back and fled with his son.
• Feng Qing'er thanked Bai Xiaoran and admitted she had missed him before he took her to Sacred Pill City.
• Xuan Kongzi introduced Bai Xiaoran to Iron Sword Venerable, and the group discussed the upcoming Ancient Ruins and Bai Xiaoran's need to reach Dou Venerable.
• Bai Xiaoran told Xuan Yi about his fight with Yi Chen, and Xuan Yi became angry at the Heavenly Nether Sect before asking about Feng Qing'er.

Bai Xiaoran reunited with Feng Qing'er and Mu Qingluan in Sacred Pill City after Xuan Yi teased him about his female companions and let him touch her legs. The women discussed exploring the Ancient Ruins, while Bai Xiaoran said he needed to reach Dou Zun first, and Feng Qing'er considered accepting her clan’s inheritance to keep up with him.

• Xuan Kongzi teased Xuan Yi about Feng Qing'er, and Xuan Yi accused Bai Xiaoran of hiding his connections to women before offering to let him touch her legs.
• Feng Qing'er and Mu Qingluan met in Sacred Pill City, argued over Feng Qing'er's past, and were observed by Yao Chen and Feng Xian.
• Bai Xiaoran stopped Feng Qing'er and Mu Qingluan from bickering and declined Mu Qingluan's invitation to explore the Ancient Ruins until he reached Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Bai Xiaoran to tell her about his companions and insisted he discuss cultivation with her and Yun'er that night.
• Feng Qing'er considered accepting the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's inheritance so she could break through to Dou Zun and remain by Bai Xiaoran's side.

Bai Xiaoran traveled with Yun Yun and their companions to the Flower Sect, where he met its former sect master, Hua Yu, at Xuan Yi’s request. He left the others outside and began speaking with Hua Yu, while Yun Jin considered using him to secure her position as sect master.

• After Yun Yun asked Bai Xiaoran to visit the Flower Sect, Xiao Yi Xian offered to accompany them in case Soul Hall attacked.
• Yun Yun and Xiao Yi Xian forced Bai Xiaoran to wear a Glazed Immortal Skirt because the Flower Sect only allowed women to enter.
• At the Alchemy Tower, Bai Xiaoran told Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi he was going to the Flower Sect, and Xuan Yi asked him to learn about Hua Yu.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Tianhuo joined Bai Xiaoran, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Tianhuo tore open space to take them to the Flower Sect.
• A Flower Sect woman admitted Bai Xiaoran and Yun Yun while keeping Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Tianhuo with her, and Yun Jin considered tying up Bai Xiaoran to strengthen her claim to the sect master position.
• Bai Xiaoran greeted Hua Yu in a cave, told her that Xuan Yi was doing well, and passed along Xuan Yi’s concern for her.

Bai Xiaoran reunited Hua Yu with Yao Chen, then left the Flower Sect to train for the coming Ancient Ruins. After reaching Tian Huang City, he encountered a dispute over the management of a Space Wormhole and a search for a Seventh-grade Alchemist.

• Bai Xiaoran told Hua Yu that Yao Chen was alive, and Yao Chen came to the Flower Sect to meet her.
• Bai Xiaoran reunited with Nalan Yanran and left with Yun Yun after spending time with her.
• Yao Chen departed with Xiao Yan to seek opportunities for Yun Shan, while Bai Xiaoran also left the Flower Sect with Yao Tianhuo.
• Bai Xiaoran trained for three months, then settled temporarily in Tian Huang City as he approached a breakthrough.
• Bai Xiaoran, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Tianhuo found Liu Qing and Liu Fei at a plaza, where Elder Chi threatened to transfer the Space Wormhole to the Cheng Family unless the Liu Family found a Seventh-grade Alchemist.

Bai Xiaoran arrived in Tian Huang City and agreed to represent the Liu Family, then traveled with Yao Tianhuo and Xiao Yi Xian to Blazing Flame Valley. There, she met Tang Huo'er, whose dangerous injuries needed treatment, and agreed to hear what she wanted to tell her.

• Bai Xiaoran appeared in the square and offered to help Liu Qing and the Liu Family compete for the Blazing Flame Valley ownership rights.
• Liu Fei revealed that Bai Xiaoran was the Pill Gathering champion, and Bai Xiaoran proved her power by forcing Zeng Xiu to his knees with soul pressure.
• Yao Tianhuo and Xiao Yi Xian arrived as Dou Zun protectors, and Yao Tianhuo opened a spatial rift to take Bai Xiaoran and the Blazing Flame Valley elder to the valley.
• Yao Tianhuo introduced himself to Tang Zhen, and the elder explained that Bai Xiaoran, the Pill Gathering champion, had come to refine the Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Huo'er.
• Bai Xiaoran examined Tang Huo'er and found her condition dangerously weak, while Tang Huo'er introduced herself and asked Bai Xiaoran to speak with her privately.

Bai Xiaoran treated Tang Huo'er's backlash from forcibly absorbing the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire with her Heavenly Flames and confirmed that it could be cured. Tang Huo'er felt much better, but stayed behind to handle the power in her body while Bai Xiaoran went to meet her waiting father.

• Tang Huo'er revealed her worsening condition to Bai Xiaoran, who examined her and said it could be treated.
• Bai Xiaoran used a pill and her Heavenly Flames to suppress Tang Huo'er's backlash, then identified its cause as her forced fusion with the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• Bai Xiaoran told Tang Huo'er that the Dragon Blood Ganoderma, Bone Spirit Fruit, Mysterious Sky Green Vine, and seventh-tier magical beast essence blood could be used to refine a cure, and Tang Huo'er said the ingredients were ready.
• Bai Xiaoran revealed that she possessed four Heavenly Flames, then continued treating Tang Huo'er with the Three Thousand Burning Flame as her pain intensified.
• In the main hall, Yao Tianhuo asked Tang Zhen about the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations and joked about joining Blazing Flame Valley; Tang Zhen left before he lost his temper.
• Tang Huo'er thanked Bai Xiaoran for the treatment and said she felt much better, but asked to stay behind while Bai Xiaoran went out to her waiting father.

Bai Xiaoran refined a Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Huo'er, helping improve her condition while leaving the mark inside her body unresolved. After Tang Zhen offered her the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, Bai Xiaoran learned more about the situation, and the Alchemy Tower received news of her whereabouts near Tian Huang City.

• Tang Huo'er returned from changing, while Tang Zhen mistakenly thought she had feelings for Bai Xiaoran and offered to support her.
• Bai Xiaoran used his four Heavenly Flames to refine the Fire Bodhi Pill, and a Heavenly Demon Puppet absorbed the pill lightning.
• Tang Huo'er swallowed the pill, and Three Thousand Burning Flame suppressed the backlash as her condition improved, though the mark in her body remained.
• Tang Zhen invited Bai Xiaoran, Yao Tianhuo, and Xiao Yi Xian to stay in Blazing Flame Valley and promised to deliver the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations.
• Yao Tianhuo explained the situation to Bai Xiaoran, who teased him about wanting to cultivate the technique himself.
• At the Alchemy Tower, someone reported that Bai Xiaoran was near Tian Huang City.

Bai Xiaoran learned Blazing Flame Valley's Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations and helped Tang Huo'er suppress the demonic pattern on her abdomen. After Yao Tianhuo broke through to Seven-star Dou Zun, Bai Xiaoran left Blazing Flame Valley with Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Tianhuo to return to the Alchemy Tower.

• Xuan Yi learned Bai Xiaoran had gone to Tian Huang City and dismissed the messenger after hearing about Blazing Flame Valley's eldest miss.
• Bai Xiaoran spent seven days studying the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, then gave the technique to Yao Tianhuo, who began closed-door cultivation.
• Tang Huo'er repeatedly sought Bai Xiaoran's help with her demonic pattern, and Bai Xiaoran learned that mating was the way to remove it.
• Bai Xiaoran told Tang Huo'er he could suppress the pattern until the Ancient Ruins opened, and Tang Huo'er kissed him in gratitude.
• Yao Tianhuo broke through to Seven-star Dou Zun and thanked Tang Zhen for the technique before Bai Xiaoran, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Tianhuo left Blazing Flame Valley for the Alchemy Tower.

Bai Xiaoran encountered Queen Medusa in his sea of consciousness, where their reunion turned into a struggle before she disappeared. He returned to the Alchemy Tower and entered secluded cultivation, while Xuan Yi and Xuan Kongzi discussed the Heavenly Nether Sect’s earlier troublemaking.

• Queen Medusa appeared in Bai Xiaoran’s sea of consciousness and remarked on his progress after several years apart.
• Bai Xiaoran used his strength and four Heavenly Flames to overpower Queen Medusa before her soul faded away.
• Bai Xiaoran woke in the Alchemy Tower and began secluded cultivation as he neared a breakthrough.
• Xuan Yi learned from Xiao Yi Xian that Bai Xiaoran would not receive visitors and left him to cultivate.
• Xuan Yi told Xuan Kongzi that the young sect master of the Heavenly Nether Sect had caused trouble, and they decided the Alchemy Tower did not need to act.

After several months in seclusion, Bai Xiaoran broke through to the Dou Zun realm, and Xuan Kongzi invited him to join Cao Ying and Dan Chen for the upcoming Ancient Ruins trial. Back with Xuan Yi, Bai Xiaoran gave her white silk stockings, and she tried them on as he watched.

• Bai Xiaoran emerged from seclusion as Sacred Pill City shook, and four Heavenly Flames joined his breakthrough.
• Xuan Kongzi shielded Sacred Pill City while Bai Xiaoran fought off the Lightning Tribulation with a Four-colored Lotus and reached the Dou Zun realm.
• Xuan Kongzi congratulated Bai Xiaoran and told him to meet at Alchemy Tower that night before entering the Ancient Ruins trial with Cao Ying and Dan Chen.
• Xuan Yi explained that the trial would help the participants coordinate and understand each other's abilities, while Bai Xiaoran questioned its usefulness.
• Xuan Yi questioned Bai Xiaoran about the black stockings, and he gave her white Ice Silk White Socks; she put them on as he watched.

Bai Xiaoran received an unexpected lesson from Xuan Yi before joining Cao Ying and Dan Chen in a trial designed to strengthen their souls, reflexes, and cooperation. The trio entered a replica of the Ancient Ruins, where they faced regenerating skeletons and a soul-strength test involving Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xuan Yi let Bai Xiaoran touch her white stockings, then blasted him away when he became too bold and told him he had to join Cao Ying and Dan Chen for a trial.
• Bai Xiaoran met Cao Ying and Dan Chen at the trial ground, and Xuan Kongzi explained its purpose before sending the three into the ruins.
• The trio fought a hundred Dou Zong skeletons that kept reassembling until Bai Xiaoran and Three Thousand Burning Flame destroyed them all at once.
• White smoke drew the trio into a new trial stage, where Three Thousand Burning Flame explained that they had to endure attacks from its phantoms using their soul power.
• Bai Xiaoran endured easily, while Cao Ying and Dan Chen struggled against the flames.

Bai Xiaoran and his companions left the Trial Grounds and traveled to the Bone Mountain Range for the Ancient Ruins, where he reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and encountered Pavilion Master Fei Tian. The chapter ended with Fei Tian frightened by the unexpected meeting.

• Xuan Yi learned that Bai Xiaoran, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen were still in the Trial Grounds, and Xuan Kongzi said they would leave that night.
• Bai Xiaoran, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen emerged from the Trial Grounds after gaining power, and they prepared to enter the Ancient Ruins the next day.
• Xuan Yi, Xiao Yi Xian, Yao Tianhuo, Zi Yan, Xiong Zhan, and Bai Xiaoran traveled to the Bone Mountain Range, stopping in Starfall Pavilion's territory.
• Xiao Yi Xian embraced Bai Xiaoran and asked whether she could stay by his side, and he reassured her that he would not abandon her.
• Bai Xiaoran recognized Pavilion Master Fei Tian, who turned pale with fright at their unexpected encounter.

Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Yi Xian joined the factions gathering to enter the Ancient Ruins, where Xuan Yi defended her disciple against threats. After the seal broke, the ruins’ puppets fused into a powerful two-star Dou Zun, and Bai Xiaoran showed an interest in it.

• Bai Xiaoran reassured Fei Tian that he held no grudge, then left with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Bai Xiaoran stopped Mu Qingluan and Feng Qing'er from arguing and agreed to meet the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan before departing with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Bai Xiaoran and the others gathered as the Ancient Ruins opened, where Huang Xuan, Tang Zhen, and other factions arrived.
• Xuan Yi warned the assembled factions not to attack Bai Xiaoran, and the broken seal’s force destroyed those who rushed in first.
• Xuan Yi knocked away the ancient puppets, but they fused into a two-star Dou Zun puppet that seized an elderly one-star Dou Zun; Bai Xiaoran coveted it.

Bai Xiaoran and his companions entered the Ancient Ruins, where Zi Yan led them to a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit formed at the site of an ancient battle. Huang Xuan arrived to stop them from taking it, and the two sides prepared to fight.

• Xuan Yi helped Bai Xiaoran take control of the puppets, then left as he entered the Ancient Ruins; a black-robed man followed soon after.
• Bai Xiaoran led Yao Tianhuo, Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiong Zhan through a lava passage into a hall and a forest of rare medicinal herbs.
• Zi Yan sensed a treasure and broke the Beast Spirit Shield with her Ancient Void Dragon power, revealing an altar where an Ancient Void Dragon and a Heaven Demon Phoenix had fallen.
• The group found a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Bai Xiaoran explained that it could give the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan both dragon and phoenix bloodlines.
• Huang Xuan and his group appeared and attacked as Zi Yan approached the fruit; Bai Xiaoran blocked the strike, and Zi Yan challenged Huang Xuan to fight.

Bai Xiaoran and his companions defeated the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Ancestral Soul after Zi Yan summoned the Primordial Void Dragon Skeleton, then continued searching the ruins for a Heavenly Tier Dou Technique. In a poison-filled hall, they found and captured a powerful Pill Beast, while Bai Xiaoran placated a jealous Zi Yan with a Seventh-grade Pill.

• Huang Xuan and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan attacked Bai Xiaoran’s group, and Bai Xiaoran released more than a dozen Dou Zun Puppets to fight them.
• Feng Qing’er summoned the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Ancestral Soul, but Zi Yan transformed and called forth the Primordial Void Dragon, which crushed it.
• Huang Xuan led Feng Qing’er and the others away, and Bai Xiaoran caught the exhausted Zi Yan as she returned to her petite form.
• Bai Xiaoran and his companions entered a poisonous hall, where they searched for information about a Heavenly Tier Dou Technique.
• Bai Xiaoran trapped a fast-moving Pill Beast with Three Thousand Burning Flame and offered it pills, while Zi Yan accepted a Seventh-grade Pill he had prepared for her.

Bai Xiaoran recovered the Pill Beast from a masked woman and discovered that she was Qing Lin, his old friend from the Northwest Continent. After they reunited, Qing Lin apologized to his companions and recalled the puppets she had been controlling.

• Bai Xiaoran and his companions were attacked by a masked woman who stole the Pill Beast, while Yao Tianhuo fought her controlled Dou Zun experts.
• The woman fled with the Pill Beast, but Bai Xiaoran caught up with her and defeated her using his Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body.
• Bai Xiaoran broke free from the woman's control, reclaimed the Pill Beast, and made her remove her mask, revealing Qing Lin.
• Qing Lin recognized Bai Xiaoran after he gave his name and showed her the Green Lotus Core Flame, then happily embraced him.
• Bai Xiaoran introduced Qing Lin to Xiao Yi Xian and the others, explained her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Qing Lin apologized for attacking them.

Qing Lin reunited with Bai Xiaoran and revealed that she had been poisoned by the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan. At the main hall, the Soul Hall triggered a deadly awakening of the Dou Sheng's remains, leaving everyone trapped as the remains began to regain Dou Sheng power.

• Qing Lin told Zi Yan and the others how she had left the Heavenly Snake Mansion and sought Bai Xiaoran, whom she had never forgotten.
• Qing Lin explained that a Nine Nether Nether Python Clan elder had poisoned her with Emperor Python Heart Devouring Poison, and Bai Xiaoran promised to cure her and keep her safe.
• Bai Xiaoran led the group to the main hall and decided not to fight for the ten scrolls, sensing that none contained the genuine Heavenly Tier Dou Technique.
• The Soul Hall arrived, and its five Venerable Elders approached the Dou Sheng's remains while the other factions fought awakened Dou Zun puppets.
• Star Picking Old Ghost was pierced by a spatial spike, and his blood caused the Dou Sheng's remains to awaken and attack the gathered experts.
• The remains sealed the space and declared that all who trespassed would die as their aura surged toward the Dou Sheng realm.

After the Dou Sheng's remains unleashed the Great Creation Palm and its soul imprint dissipated, the gathered experts fought over the remains. Bai Xiaoran seized them from Star Picking Old Ghost, then faced a coalition that included Star Picking Old Ghost and Huang Xuan as both sides prepared to battle.

• Star Picking Old Ghost attacked the awakened remains, and the gathered experts joined forces against them.
• The remains unleashed the Great Creation Palm, creating a black hole that forced everyone to flee; afterward, its soul imprint dissipated.
• Star Picking Old Ghost grabbed the remains, but Bai Xiaoran kicked him away and caught them.
• Star Picking Old Ghost and Huang Xuan allied against Bai Xiaoran, while Tang Zhen joined Bai Xiaoran and Chen Tiannan and Yi Chen opposed him.
• Huang Xuan summoned two peak Five-star Dou Zun experts, and Yao Tianhuo led the assembled fighters into battle.