Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiaoran defeated Chen Tiannan and used the Ancient Emperor Seal’s Five Seals Combined to crush Star Picking Old Ghost, but Nine Heavens Venerable arrived and subdued the exhausted group. As Nine Heavens Venerable prepared to capture them, an unidentified speaker claimed they could stop him.

• Bai Xiaoran killed Chen Tiannan after his clone and the Earth Demon Puppet brought him down and prevented his escape.
• Star Picking Old Ghost attacked Bai Xiaoran, who initially held him off with the Heaven Annihilating Seal while the others remained trapped by the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s formation.
• After being knocked down, Bai Xiaoran took a medicinal pill and unleashed Five Seals Combined, crushing Star Picking Old Ghost into the ground.
• Yao Tianhuo broke the formation, but Nine Heavens Venerable appeared and suppressed the wounded, exhausted fighters.
• Nine Heavens Venerable announced that he would capture Bai Xiaoran and take him to Soul Hall, and an unidentified speaker declared they could stop him.

Hei Qing rescued Bai Xiaoran from Soul Hall and escorted Zi Yan back to the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan, while Bai Xiaoran reunited with Xuan Yi and left the Ancient Ruins. Huang Xuan then persuaded the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan to pursue Bai Xiaoran at the Alchemy Tower.

• Hei Qing confronted Nine Heavens Venerable and forced Soul Hall to retreat, while Huang Xuan and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members fled.
• Zi Yan thanked Bai Xiaoran for the pills and warned him to beware of Soul Hall before leaving with Hei Qing and Xiong Zhan for Dragon Island.
• Bai Xiaoran reunited with Xuan Yi outside the Ancient Ruins, and Hei Qing thanked her for helping Zi Yan, the future Dragon Emperor.
• Tang Zhen left with Tang Huo'er and Blazing Flame Valley, and Bai Xiaoran's group departed the Beast Region.
• Huang Xuan told the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan that Bai Xiaoran was connected to the Alchemy Tower, and one of its experts decided to investigate there.

Bai Xiaoran told Xuan Kongzi that he had obtained Dou Sheng’s remains, then Xuan Yi rewarded him with permission to touch her before examining the Heavenly Tier technique engraved on the remains. The chapter ended with Bai Xiaoran demonstrating the Great Creation Palm above the Alchemy Tower, as its expanding vortex overwhelmed Xuan Yi’s attempt to suppress it.

• Bai Xiaoran recounted how he had claimed Dou Sheng’s remains, and Xuan Kongzi warned him that Soul Hall would target him while Qing Lin watched.
• Xuan Yi pulled Bai Xiaoran into her chambers and questioned him about his other confidantes before allowing him to touch her as a reward.
• Bai Xiaoran showed Xuan Yi Dou Sheng’s remains, and she found the low-tier Heavenly Tier Dou Technique, Great Creation Palm, engraved on the ribs.
• Xuan Yi challenged Bai Xiaoran to prove that he already knew the technique, offering her stockings if he succeeded.
• Bai Xiaoran unleashed the Great Creation Palm above the Alchemy Tower, and Xuan Yi struggled to suppress its expanding vortex before releasing her full Dou Zun peak aura.

Bai Xiaoran won Xuan Yi’s wager and received her black and white stockings before Cao Ying approached him to bargain for treasures from the Ancient Ruins. Meanwhile, Hua Jin decided to bring Bai Xiaoran to the Flower Sect, and Cao Ying joined him in the cultivation room.

• Xuan Yi stopped Bai Xiaoran’s attack, scolded him, and gave him her white and black stockings as his wager reward.
• Cao Ying found Bai Xiaoran, offered a favor in exchange for Ancient Ruins treasures, and went with him to the cultivation room.
• A woman reported recent events to Hua Yu, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran, including news about Yao Chen and Zi Yan.
• Hua Jin ordered a subordinate to have the Great Elder invite Bai Xiaoran to the Flower Sect as a guest.
• In the cultivation room, Cao Ying asked Bai Xiaoran whether her legs were long and told him to be gentler.

Bai Xiaoran helped Cao Ying break through to Dou Zun by giving her a Dou Sheng's remains, while he studied the Great Creation Palm. After Cao Ying survived her lightning tribulation, the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan came to the Alchemy Tower to demand someone, but the Lesser Pill Tower's Great Elder drove their envoy away.

• Bai Xiaoran teased Cao Ying during their training and gave her a bone containing a Dou Sheng's residual power.
• Cao Ying refined the bone while Bai Xiaoran studied the Great Creation Palm, and she began to break through.
• Bai Xiaoran moved Cao Ying into the sky, where she survived the lightning tribulation and became a Dou Zun.
• Tian Lei Zi told Xuan Kongzi that the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan had come to demand someone, and the four of them went to the inner hall.
• The clan's envoy released his Half-Saint aura, but the Lesser Pill Tower's Great Elder warned him off, and he left.

After several months at the Alchemy Tower, Bai Xiaoran reached four-star Dou Zun and prepared to visit Starfall Pavilion, but two mysterious women ambushed him and demanded he meet their sect master. Their identities and the outcome of the confrontation remained unknown.

• Xuan Kongzi reassured Bai Xiaoran about the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan and urged him to prepare to become an Alchemy Tower giant, while Cao Ying avoided thanking Bai Xiaoran directly.
• At Soul Hall, the Hall Master heard that Star Picking Old Ghost had failed to seize Bai Xiaoran and allowed Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain to try ambushing him, warning her to return if she failed.
• During the following months, Bai Xiaoran broke through to four-star Dou Zun while Xiao Yi Xian practiced walking in high heels and became intimate with him.
• After learning Mu Qingluan had urgently asked him to visit Starfall Pavilion, Bai Xiaoran left the Alchemy Tower to contact Yao Tianhuo and Qing Lin.
• Two women appeared and ordered Bai Xiaoran to meet their sect master; when he resisted, their attacks shattered his barrier.

The Flower Sect captured Bai Xiaoran so Hua Jin could enlist his help in securing her position as acting Sect Master. After Bai Xiaoran exposed her dealings with the Heavenly Nether Sect and turned the tables on her, Hua Jin asked what he wanted.

• Two Flower Sect women ambushed Bai Xiaoran, sealed his Dou Qi, and brought him to the Flower Sect, while Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain followed them.
• Hua Jin explained that she wanted Xuan Yi to support her claim to become Sect Master, but Bai Xiaoran refused to cooperate.
• Evil Flower Evil Lord visited Hua Jin and revealed himself as her partner, though Hua Jin told Bai Xiaoran she was only pretending to cooperate with him.
• Hua Jin took Bai Xiaoran to a room to pressure him, but he threatened to expose her help in the Heavenly Nether Sect's infiltration of the Flower Sect.
• Bai Xiaoran spanked Hua Jin and told her Evil Flower Evil Lord was unreliable, then asked what she intended to do to secure his cooperation.

Bai Xiaoran coerced Hua Jin into helping him by threatening to expose her actions and exploiting her desire to secure the sect master's position. He promised to ask his Teacher to support her, but warned that Hua Yu could still refuse, leaving Hua Jin to recover and consider whether to rely on him or Evil Flower Evil Lord.

• Bai Xiaoran threatened to expose Hua Jin and used her ambition to secure the sect master's position to pressure her into pleasing him.
• Hua Jin reluctantly agreed, and Bai Xiaoran continued demanding her cooperation while she tried to hold him to his promise.
• Afterward, Bai Xiaoran said he would ask his Teacher to support Hua Jin, but admitted Hua Yu could still oppose her.
• Bai Xiaoran warned Hua Jin to maintain their arrangement and gave her a medicinal pill to recover.
• Bai Xiaoran argued that his power and prospects made him more useful than Evil Flower Evil Lord, prompting Hua Jin to reconsider her options.

Hua Jin hid Bai Xiaoran from Yun Yun after their encounter, then he left the Flower Sect and was attacked by Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain. A Sound Valley woman rescued him, and he reached Starfall Pavilion, where Yao Chen asked him to refine a body and Bai Xiaoran demanded a Heavenly Flame as payment.

• Hua Jin hid Bai Xiaoran in a compartment when Yun Yun came to warn her about the Heavenly Nether Sect, then let him leave after he promised to call her Master before Evil Flower Evil Lord.
• After leaving the Flower Sect, Bai Xiaoran was attacked by Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain, who revealed herself as a Soul Hall member from the Ancient Ruins.
• A veiled woman from Sound Valley struck Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain with a soul attack and drove her away, then offered Bai Xiaoran a jade talisman and invited him to visit Sound Valley.
• Bai Xiaoran arrived at Starfall Pavilion, where Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Chen were waiting for him.
• Yao Chen asked Bai Xiaoran to refine a body, and Bai Xiaoran asked for a Heavenly Flame as compensation.

Bai Xiaoran transferred the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to Yao Chen, then refined the Heaven Blood Bone-Growing Pill at Starfall Pavilion. Just as the exhausted Bai Xiaoran obtained the pill, Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain led Soul Hall forces in an assault, leaving him facing two powerful enemies as Xiao Yi Xian was dragged into the void.

• Yao Chen gave Bai Xiaoran his Bone Spirit Cold Flame in exchange for a Dou Sheng Arm and Ancient Phoenix Essence Blood, and Bai Xiaoran’s cultivation rose to the peak of four-star Dou Zun.
• Bai Xiaoran spent fifteen days refining the Heaven Blood Bone-Growing Pill with five Heavenly Flames, enduring pill lightning before successfully forming the pill.
• Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain arrived with Soul Hall forces and attacked Starfall Pavilion while Bai Xiaoran was exhausted from refining the pill.
• Feng Xian activated the mountain-protecting formation, but Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain and the Black and White Heavenly Venerables shattered it, and Starfall Pavilion’s allies engaged the attackers.
• Yun Shan fought a Venerable Elder, while Bai Xiaoran sent his Heavenly Demon Puppet against the Black Heavenly Venerate and Feng Xian and Yao Tianhuo held off six Venerable Elders.
• The Black and White Heavenly Venerables dragged Xiao Yi Xian into the void as Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain and Eight Directions Prison Heaven and Earth advanced on Bai Xiaoran.

Bai Xiaoran exhausted his strength fighting Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain and Eight Directions Prison Heaven and Earth, but Yao Chen recovered and overwhelmed the attacking Soul Hall forces. Just as Yao Chen moved to settle accounts with the two surviving enemies, Bone Nether Saint arrived and threatened to end the fight.

• Bai Xiaoran used Xuan Yi's projection, Three Thousand Burning Flame, and a five-flame Fire Lotus to battle Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain and Eight Directions Prison Heaven and Earth, but they left him gravely injured.
• Yao Chen recovered, revealed that he had reached the Half-Saint realm, and defeated Black Heavenly Venerate, Eight Directions Prison Heaven and Earth, and Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain while slaughtering the other attacking Soul Hall experts.
• Xiao Yi Xian and the others arrived, and Yao Chen confirmed that Bai Xiaoran would recover before suppressing Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain and Eight Directions Prison Heaven and Earth.
• Bone Nether Saint appeared through a tear in space, identified himself to Yao Chen, and declared that the fight would end.

Xuan Yi arrived in time to rescue Bai Xiaoran and turn the battle against Soul Hall, while Yao Chen fought Bone Nether Saint after breaking through to Half-Saint. Bone Nether Saint and the surviving Venerables escaped, leaving Starfall Pavilion intact and Yao Chen crediting Bai Xiaoran for his breakthrough.

• Bone Nether Saint attacked Yao Chen with bone spikes as Eight Directions Prison Heaven and Earth trapped the others and Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain fought Bai Xiaoran.
• Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain bound Bai Xiaoran with chains and tried to take him through a spatial tear, but Xuan Yi broke through the seal, struck her away, and freed him.
• Qing Lin released the controlled experts of the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan, shifting the battle in Starfall Pavilion's favor.
• Bai Xiaoran formed a Fire Lotus from five Heavenly Flames, distracting Bone Nether Saint long enough for Yao Chen to strike him with sword qi.
• Bone Nether Saint opened a spatial passage to escape, and Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain sacrificed Eight Directions Prison Heaven and Earth to block Yao Chen's attack before fleeing.
• Feng Xian noted that Soul Hall had lost several Venerables, and Yao Chen said Bai Xiaoran had helped him break through to Half-Saint.

Bai Xiaoran arranged for Xuan Yi to publicly support Hua Jin as Flower Sect’s next Sect Master, while persuading Hua Yu to accept the succession plan. Hua Jin doubted him and made a bold promise, but the chapter ended with news that she would no longer be acting Sect Master.

• Bai Xiaoran asked Xuan Yi to announce her support for Hua Jin, and Xuan Yi agreed after hearing his explanation.
• Gu Xun'er learned Soul Hall had tried to capture Bai Xiaoran and ordered Elder Lin to keep following him.
• The Soul Hall Hall Master reprimanded Nine Heavens Demon Quaking Rain and gave him one more chance to capture Bai Xiaoran and Yao Chen.
• Bai Xiaoran argued that Hua Yu should let Hua Jin become Sect Master while Yun Yun remained in Flower Sect and inherited Hua Yu’s legacy.
• Bai Xiaoran teased Hua Jin and said Hua Yu might soon name her the next Sect Master, but Hua Jin doubted him and promised to use her mouth if it came true.
• A woman entered the hall and told Hua Jin she would no longer be the acting Sect Master.

Bai Xiaoran secured Hua Jin’s cooperation by reminding her of the danger to her position and bargaining over her secret. After he left for Yun Yun’s residence, Hua Jin reflected on her attraction to him and considered finding a way to gain leverage over him.

• Hua Jin learned that former Sect Master Hua Yu had confirmed she would keep the Sect Master position, and she suspected Bai Xiaoran had known this would happen.
• Bai Xiaoran reminded Hua Jin that her alliance with Evil Flower Evil Lord could have brought disaster to the Flower Sect, then pressured her to honor her promise.
• After an intimate encounter, Hua Jin tried to end their dealings, but Bai Xiaoran warned that he could expose her secret.
• Bai Xiaoran asked Hua Jin to help him deal with the Heavenly Nether Sect, and she agreed to follow his plan when Evil Flower Evil Lord appeared again.
• Bai Xiaoran flew to Yun Yun’s residence, while Hua Jin, left alone, considered winning him over and searching for his weakness.

Bai Xiaoran learned that Hua Yu was dying and watched her reunite with Yao Chen before passing away. Hua Jin took over as Flower Sect Master, Yun Yun remained in seclusion, and Yao Chen later confirmed that he had buried Hua Yu in the sea of flowers.

• Hua Yu told Bai Xiaoran that she was near death, had chosen Hua Jin as Flower Sect Master, and wanted him to protect the Flower Sect.
• Hua Yu reunited with Yao Chen, who had recovered, while Hua Jin pulled Bai Xiaoran aside to leave them alone.
• Hua Yu entrusted Hua Jin and Bai Xiaoran with the Flower Sect’s future, named Yun Yun its future Supreme Elder, and died after saying goodbye to Yao Chen.
• Hua Jin grieved in Bai Xiaoran’s arms, then left to announce matters as Sect Master after rejecting his advances.
• Several days later, Yao Chen told Bai Xiaoran that he had buried Hua Yu in the sea of flowers and could not preserve her soul.

Yun Yun inherited Hua Yu’s power and broke through to six-star Dou Zun, then learned that Hua Yu had died. Bai Xiaoran comforted her and later confronted Hua Jin, whose resentment over losing the inheritance clashed with his plans to use her against Evil Flower Evil Lord.

• Yun Yun emerged from her breakthrough as a six-star Dou Zun, and Yao Chen recognized Hua Yu’s inheritance in her power.
• Yun Yun reunited with Bai Xiaoran, then collapsed when he told her that Hua Yu had died.
• Yao Chen urged Yun Yun to cherish the inheritance and left, while Bai Xiaoran stayed with Yun Yun as she mourned.
• Bai Xiaoran explained that he had persuaded Hua Yu to give the Sect Master position to Hua Jin so Yun Yun would not be bound by the Flower Sect.
• Hua Jin accused Bai Xiaoran of costing her the inheritance, but he reminded her that he had secured her position and asked whether Evil Flower Evil Lord had contacted her.
• Bai Xiaoran threatened to expose Shadow Stone recordings unless Hua Jin cooperated with his plan, and she realized she had little choice.

After leaving the Flower Sect, Bai Xiaoran reunited with Queen Medusa, cultivated the Ancient Clan’s Great Annihilation Finger, and headed toward the Alchemy Tower to discuss an alliance with Xuan Yi. At the Heavenly Nether Sect, Yi Chen agreed to cooperate with the Soul Hall but set aside plans to assassinate Bai Xiaoran.

• Yun Jin rejected Bai Xiaoran’s promise that he would leave the world after reaching Dou Di, but he silenced her objections and then left the Flower Sect.
• Elder Lin warned Bai Xiaoran that Xun'er knew about his concealed affairs and advised him to be careful.
• Queen Medusa appeared before Bai Xiaoran, learned that he had reached Five-star Dou Zun, and left when she sensed she was close to breaking through.
• Bai Xiaoran spent half a month cultivating the Ancient Clan’s Heavenly Tier Great Annihilation Finger, tested it by destroying a boulder, and set out for the Alchemy Tower to meet Xuan Yi.
• Star Picking Old Ghost asked Yi Chen to ally the Heavenly Nether Sect with the Soul Hall, and Yi Chen agreed while deciding against pursuing Bai Xiaoran’s assassination for now.

Bai Xiaoran sought Xuan Yi’s approval to form an alliance of factions against the Soul Hall, then gained Xuan Kongzi’s, Thunder Venerable’s, and Starfall Pavilion’s support. He left to pursue the alliance, with plans to visit the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to retrieve Feng Qing’er.

• In the Soul Hall, its members considered asking the Sect Master to ally with the Heavenly Nether Sect against Bai Xiaoran.
• Bai Xiaoran persuaded Xuan Yi to approve his alliance plan, then received Xuan Kongzi’s approval and a request to guide Cao Ying through her cultivation bottleneck.
• Thunder Venerable agreed to the alliance and told Bai Xiaoran that Huang Xuan had confined Feng Qing’er within the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• At Starfall Pavilion, Bai Xiaoran reunited with Xiao Yan and explained his plan to Yao Chen and Feng Xian.
• Yao Chen supported the alliance but warned that the Soul Hall would likely intervene; Feng Xian said it lacked the strength to act soon.

Bai Xiaoran established the Ran Tian Alliance with the Alchemy Tower and several Central Plains factions, while the Soul Hall and Heavenly Nether Sect formed a rival alliance. After learning that Evil Flower Evil Lord had approached Hua Jin, Bai Xiaoran visited the Flower Sect and found her unusually dazed.

• Yao Chen agreed to accompany Bai Xiaoran to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to help with Feng Qing'er, and Bai Xiaoran invited Mu Qingluan's clan to join the alliance.
• Bai Xiaoran named the alliance the Ran Tian Alliance and began planning its growth while considering a future visit to the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Star Picking Old Ghost and Tian Mingzi agreed to form a rival alliance, and Evil Flower Evil Lord revealed his plan to make Hua Jin a slave and bring the Flower Sect under the Heavenly Nether Sect's control.
• The Ran Tian Alliance and the Styx Alliance were established days apart, dividing most Central Plains factions between them.
• Bai Xiaoran visited Hua Jin at the Flower Sect after hearing Evil Flower Evil Lord had contacted her, and he noticed she had become unusually dazed.

Bai Xiaoran pressured Hua Jin into cooperating with him just as Evil Flower Evil Lord arrived to demand an alliance and threaten her. Hua Jin rejected Evil Flower Evil Lord, defended Bai Xiaoran, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet blocked the furious Dou Zun’s attack.

• Bai Xiaoran made Hua Jin submit to his demands before she hid him behind the sect master's seat as Evil Flower Evil Lord approached.
• Evil Flower Evil Lord proposed joining forces against Bai Xiaoran and threatened to expose Hua Jin's past dealings, but she refused him.
• Evil Flower Evil Lord declared that the Styx Alliance and Soul Hall would help the Heavenly Nether Sect take over the Flower Sect.
• Bai Xiaoran revealed himself, and Hua Jin blocked Evil Flower Evil Lord's attack and declared that she would choose Bai Xiaoran as her partner.
• Bai Xiaoran pulled Hua Jin into his embrace, and the Heavenly Demon Puppet appeared to block Evil Flower Evil Lord's next attack.