Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiaoran, Queen Medusa, and Yun Yun confronted Yun Shan about his pact with the Soul Hall and the Soul Pill enslaving him, persuading him to seek help instead of becoming their pawn. Bai Xiaoran then found Xiao Yan and Old Yao, who agreed to make a pill that could temporarily suppress Yun Shan’s Soul Pill, leaving them to gather ingredients before Protector Lu returned.

• Bai Xiaoran and Yun Yun urged Yun Shan to reject the Soul Hall, and Queen Medusa backed them when Yun Shan threatened Bai Xiaoran.
• Yun Shan agreed to consider their plan after Bai Xiaoran said Queen Medusa, Jia Xingtian, and Hai Bodong could fight Protector Lu while Venerable Yao could suppress the Soul Pill.
• Yun Shan kept Yun Yun behind and asked whether she liked Bai Xiaoran, then admitted he had accepted the Soul Hall’s offer because refusing might have cost him his life.
• Bai Xiaoran and Queen Medusa went to the Mittel Family, learned Xiao Yan’s location from Teng Shan, and encountered Hai Bodong.
• Bai Xiaoran and Queen Medusa met Xiao Yan and Old Yao, who agreed to refine a pill that could temporarily suppress Yun Shan’s Soul Pill.
• Bai Xiaoran and Queen Medusa set out to gather Old Yao’s medicinal ingredients quickly, and Old Yao was revealed to be a former renowned Eighth-grade Alchemist.

Bai Xiaoran and his allies lured Protector Lu into a trap outside Misty Cloud Sect and killed him after suppressing his Soul Pill. The battle left Yun Shan advanced to Dou Zong, while Bai Xiaoran and the others returned to the sect.

• Old Yao refined a pill to suppress Yun Shan’s Soul Pill, and Bai Xiaoran gave it to Yun Shan before arranging the ambush on Protector Lu.
• Yun Yun pushed Bai Xiaoran into another night of dual cultivation, and he woke up having advanced to an Eight-star Great Dou Master but too weak to stand.
• Bai Xiaoran agreed to stay at Misty Cloud Sect after the operation, and Yun Yun promised to teach him Wind Extremity: Meteor Annihilation.
• Yun Shan lured Protector Lu into the forest, where Yun Shan, Queen Medusa, Yao Chen, and the others attacked him and prevented him from using the Soul Pill or escaping.
• Protector Lu tried to self-destruct, but Bai Xiaoran carried Yun Yun and Queen Medusa away with a Movement Dou Technique while Yun Shan and the others retreated.
• Protector Lu died in the explosion, Yun Shan advanced to Dou Zong, and Queen Medusa agreed to return to Misty Cloud Sect to see Bai Xiaoran.

Queen Medusa took Bai Xiaoran away from the Misty Cloud Sect and helped him break through to the Nine Star Great Dou Master realm before departing for the Snake-people tribe. In the days before Bai Xiaoran left for Jia Nan Academy, he cultivated with Yun Yun, who wore her wedding dress on his final night there.

• Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, Fama, and the others left the Misty Cloud Sect after inviting Yun Shan to a gathering, while Queen Medusa stayed behind.
• Nalan Yanran fed Bai Xiaoran pills until Queen Medusa carried him away, then Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that the Soul Hall members had been dealt with.
• Queen Medusa asked Bai Xiaoran to accompany her to the Snake-people tribe, but he refused, so she kept him with her overnight and helped him break through to the Nine Star Great Dou Master realm.
• Queen Medusa departed for her tribe, and Bai Xiaoran spent the following days cultivating with Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• On the night before Bai Xiaoran's departure, Yun Yun put on a red wedding dress, and Bai Xiaoran told her she was beautiful.

Bai Xiaoran left the Misty Cloud Sect for Jia Nan Academy, stopping in the Black Corner Region to seek a map and joining a merchant’s convoy to Black Seal City. Meanwhile, Xiao Xun'er learned that he was coming and looked forward to seeing him after three years apart.

• Yun Yun dressed Bai Xiaoran in wedding clothes, and after spending the night together, he advanced to one-star Dou Ling and left the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Bai Xiaoran bid farewell to Hai Bodong at the Mittel Family, then flew toward Jia Nan Academy and entered the Black Corner Region to gather information.
• Bai Xiaoran defeated a bandit who demanded protection money, then burned and killed bandits attacking the merchant Doma.
• Doma hired Bai Xiaoran to protect him on the road to Black Seal City, and he told Bai Xiaoran about Han Feng and the city’s rulers, the Eight Sects.
• During a black storm, a mysterious figure captured soul bodies before leaving when he found Bai Xiaoran and Doma were not souls.
• Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er that Bai Xiaoran was on his way to Jia Nan Academy, and she eagerly anticipated their reunion.

Bai Xiaoran attended the Black Seal City auction, killed Fan Ling to reclaim the fragmented map and seize several prizes, then reached Jia Nan Academy. He enrolled as a late-arriving student, where an academy official wondered if he was the person Xun'er had been waiting for.

• Xun'er rejected Bai Shan and said she already liked someone, while Ruolin urged her to enter the Inner Court advancement competition.
• Bai Xiaoran arrived in Black Seal City and attended an auction where Fan Ling bought the fragmented map, the Heavenly Snake Mansion bought the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and Black Skull Mu obtained Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Fan Ling's group ambushed the Heavenly Snake Mansion and took the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill; Fan Ling then seized Three Thousand Lightning Movement from Black Skull Mu's escort.
• Bai Xiaoran confronted Fan Ling, killed him, and took the fragmented map, Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill before leaving.
• Xiao Yan arrived to find Fan Ling dead and was confronted by Fan Lao, while Bai Xiaoran reached Heping Town and presented his enrollment proof for Jia Nan Academy.
• An academy official escorted Bai Xiaoran toward Jia Nan Academy and asked whether he was the person Xun'er had been waiting for.

Bai Xiaoran returned to Jia Nan Academy in time for the Inner Court advancement assessment, defeated Xue Beng with one punch, and reunited with Xiao Xun'er. Hu Jia became attracted to him after discovering he was a boy, leaving Xiao Xun'er jealous and protective.

• Bai Xiaoran arrived at the competition grounds just before his match with Xue Beng and defeated him with a single punch.
• Xiao Xun'er happily embraced Bai Xiaoran, while Ruolin scolded him for returning two years after promising to come back in one.
• Xiao Yan arrived and questioned Bai Xiaoran about wearing women's clothes, and Xiao Xun'er took Bai Xiaoran back to her chambers.
• Xiao Xun'er tried to inspect Bai Xiaoran, and their tussle left his clothes scattered before Hu Jia called at the door.
• Hu Jia met Bai Xiaoran, discovered he was a boy, and admitted her attraction to him, prompting Xiao Xun'er to pull them apart jealously.

Bai Xiaoran reunited with Xiao Xun'er, recounted his adventures, and drove off Bai Shan with a single kick after Bai Shan challenged him over Xun'er. The next day, Hu Jia remained determined to pursue Bai Xiaoran as the Inner Academy Selection Competition continued.

• Hu Jia flirted with Bai Xiaoran, but Xiao Xun'er pulled her away and warned Bai Xiaoran to keep his distance from her.
• Bai Xiaoran told Xiao Xun'er about his past two years, including refining a Heavenly Flame and Xiao Yan winning the Three-Year Agreement.
• Bai Shan confronted Bai Xiaoran and demanded that he leave Xun'er or become his Dao companion, then attacked him.
• Bai Xiaoran stopped Xun'er from intervening and kicked Bai Shan flying, while Hu Jia and Xiao Yu watched from the shadows.
• Ruolin sent Bai Shan away and told Bai Xiaoran to stay until she arranged a room for him in the Inner Court.
• The next day, Hu Jia told Hu Gan that she had seen Bai Xiaoran defeat Bai Shan and was determined to win him over.

Bai Xiaoran defeated Lu Mu in the Inner Court Tournament, revealing his Dou Ling cultivation and powerful flames. Afterward, Xiao Yu took him to her private room and teased him until he called her Yu'er, while the tournament finals against Xiao Xun'er still awaited.

• Bai Xiaoran avoided Lu Mu's attacks and defeated him, and Hu Gan intervened when their flames threatened to kill Lu Mu.
• Bai Xiaoran revealed to Xiao Xun'er that he had reached Dou Ling, and she kissed him as a reward.
• After Ruolin took Xiao Xun'er away, Xiao Yu led Bai Xiaoran to her private room and restrained him while teasing him.
• Xiao Yu made Bai Xiaoran call her Yu'er before releasing him, then told him she wanted to take their relationship further.
• Xiao Xun'er and Ruolin discussed the upcoming finals while Bai Xiaoran was alone with Xiao Yu.

Bai Xiaoran hid from Xiao Xun'er in Xiao Yu's room, then began cultivating the Three Thousand Lightning Movement before the Inner Court final. During the grand melee, Bai Xiaoran teamed up with Xiao Xun'er and Hu Jia and faced Bai Shan and Wu Hao.

• Xiao Yu teased Bai Xiaoran in her room, hid her in a wardrobe when Xiao Xun'er arrived, and warned her to keep their meeting secret.
• Bai Xiaoran returned to Xiao Xun'er and claimed she had been cultivating, while Xiao Xun'er had Ling Ying investigate the Misty Cloud Sect and the Snake-people tribe.
• Bai Xiaoran practiced the Three Thousand Lightning Movement, impressing Xiao Xun'er with how quickly she reached its threshold.
• Hu Gan announced that the Inner Court final would be a grand melee, and Bai Xiaoran agreed to cooperate with Xiao Xun'er and Hu Jia.
• Bai Shan and Wu Hao attacked Bai Xiaoran, who evaded them with the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and hurled a lotus-shaped flame at them.

Bai Xiaoran defeated Bai Shan and Wu Hao to advance to the Inner Court, then selected combat techniques at the Library Pavilion and trained with the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill. The night before the group’s departure, Hu Jia made an unwanted advance on him before Ruolin intervened.

• Bai Xiaoran countered Bai Shan and Wu Hao’s trump-card attacks with Wind Extremity: Meteor Annihilation, then knocked them both away and helped leave six contestants standing.
• Hu Gan allowed all six to advance, and later led them to the Library Pavilion, where Bai Xiaoran gave the Nine Heavens Phoenix Fire Art to Xiao Xun'er and chose the Lion Tiger Shattering Gold Chant.
• After Hu Gan announced the six would leave for the Inner Court in two days and face another test, Bai Xiaoran swallowed the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and cultivated the Lion Tiger Shattering Gold Chant to minor success.
• Hu Jia approached Bai Xiaoran in the forest and made an unwanted advance, but Ruolin arrived and stopped her.
• Ruolin checked that Bai Xiaoran was alright, warned him to be careful around Hu Jia and the Inner Court students, and said she could not accompany the group into the Inner Court.

Bai Xiaoran, Xiao Xun'er, and Hu Jia entered the Inner Court’s Fire Energy Hunt Competition and began gathering allies to face the strongest senior teams. After defeating a weaker team, Bai Xiaoran trained for the coming fight, while Hu Jia approached him privately that night.

• Xiao Xun'er brought Bai Xiaoran to the Inner Court entrance, where Hu Gan and the elders explained the competition’s rules and dangers.
• Bai Xiaoran, Xiao Xun'er, and Hu Jia agreed to work together, learned about the powerful Black White Fiend Squad, and planned to unite the freshmen.
• After finding Bai Shan and Wu Hao, the five freshmen surrounded and defeated a weaker team, taking their Fire Energy and learning that seven senior teams were competing.
• Bai Xiaoran cultivated the Three Thousand Lightning Movement while the watching elders discussed his hidden strength and mistook him for a woman.
• That night, Hu Jia privately warned Bai Xiaoran to be careful against the Black White Fiend Squad and teased him as she touched him improperly.

Bai Xiaoran united the freshmen, defeated the senior students who stood between them and the Inner Court, and led the group to victory in the Fire Energy Hunt Competition. Elder Zhao brought Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Xun'er into the Inner Court, where Bai Xiaoran said a Dou Emperor expert from the Jiamar Empire had taught him his ice dragon technique.

• Bai Xiaoran gathered the lone freshmen and led them in collecting fire energy from senior student teams until only the Black White Fiend Squad remained.
• Su Xiao challenged Bai Xiaoran, lost, and handed over his team's fire energy; Bai Shan refused to join the fight and entered the Inner Court on his own.
• Sha Tie and the Black Fiend Squad arrived, but Bai Xiaoran trapped Sha Tie with an Exotic Fire Trapping Array and secured their fire energy.
• At the entrance, Bai Xiaoran fought Luo Hou while Xiao Xun'er and the others battled the remaining senior students.
• Bai Xiaoran revealed he was also a Dou Ling and summoned an ice dragon that defeated Luo Hou, while a barrier protected Bai Shan from the attack.
• Elder Zhao declared the freshmen the winners and took Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Xun'er into the Inner Court; Bai Xiaoran said a Dou Emperor expert from the Jiamar Empire had taught him the technique.

Bai Xiaoran entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, where the Heart Fire triggered a powerful reaction and raised his cultivation to Two-star Dou Ling. After Han Yue helped him, she mistook him for a junior sister and began showing him around.

• Elder Zhao advised Bai Xiaoran to use the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, and Xiao Xun'er kissed him and insisted he wear a new Glazed Skirt.
• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan discussed the tower's Heavenly Flames and Bai Xiaoran's hidden abilities.
• Yun Shan found Yun Yun missing Bai Xiaoran and suggested she visit him at Jia Nan Academy once the sect's affairs were settled.
• Bai Xiaoran entered the tower and endured the Heart Fire for thirty minutes before his Green Lotus Core Flame swallowed Elder Liu's flame and caused a violent disturbance.
• Bai Xiaoran woke with his cultivation at Two-star Dou Ling, met Han Yue, and was left in her care while Elder Liu attended to another newcomer.
• Han Yue asked Bai Xiaoran where she was from, mistaking him for a junior sister.

Bai Xiaoran escaped Han Yue’s unwanted advances at the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, then learned that Queen Medusa planned to visit him at Jia Nan Academy. When Xiao Xun'er reported that Bai Shan and older students were threatening the newcomers, Bai Xiaoran went to confront them and faced Fu Ao.

• Han Yue mistook Bai Xiaoran for a girl, tried to recruit him, and teased him before he escaped with a sword technique.
• Bai Xiaoran returned to the Inner Court and cultivated until Queen Medusa appeared in his soul and asked about his progress at Jia Nan Academy.
• Bai Xiaoran told Queen Medusa that he had reached Two-star Dou Ling and gained Dou Techniques and medicinal materials, and she said she would visit him after settling matters with the Snake-People tribe.
• Xiao Xun'er told Bai Xiaoran that Bai Shan had joined older students in confronting the newcomers and demanding their Fire Energy.
• Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Xun'er arrived as Bai Shan and Fu Ao threatened the newcomers, and Bai Xiaoran challenged Fu Ao.

Bai Xiaoran defeated Fu Ao and established Ran Gang with Xiao Xun'er and Hu Jia, then led its members to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, where he encountered Bai Gang's leader. Han Yue intervened in their exchange, and Bai Cheng left with a pointed remark about her.

• Bai Xiaoran defeated Fu Ao with sound and spatial Dou Skills, making Fu Ao promise not to challenge new students for half a year.
• Bai Xiaoran agreed to form Ran Gang, and Xiao Xun'er and Hu Jia took charge of managing it.
• Xiao Xun'er told Bai Xiaoran that he had a long way to go before he could marry her, then considered whether he could cultivate the Imperial Seal Art as Ling Ying warned that the clan would soon send people.
• Bai Xiaoran led Ran Gang to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, where Bai Cheng invited him to join Bai Gang and tested his strength.
• Han Yue confronted Bai Cheng, who left after remarking that Bai Shan had been right about her.

Bai Xiaoran entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to investigate the Fallen Heart Flame and was drawn into a clash with Liu Fei over a private cultivation room. After he defeated Rayna and settled the dispute, Liu Fei pursued him, and he remained with her to cultivate, breaking through to Three-star Dou Ling.

• Bai Xiaoran thanked Han Yue for intervening and took Xiao Xun'er and the others into the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower before heading down alone to investigate the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Bai Xiaoran entered a fourth-floor cultivation room, where Liu Fei and Rayna arrived and demanded that he leave her private room.
• Bai Xiaoran kicked Rayna away and fought him until Elder He intervened, ordered Liu Fei to compensate Bai Xiaoran, and left after the dispute was settled.
• Liu Fei followed Bai Xiaoran and drew him into a cultivation room, where they cultivated together for three days.
• Bai Xiaoran broke through to Three-star Dou Ling, then protested when Liu Fei grabbed his foot and continued teasing him.

Bai Xiaoran agreed to cooperate with Han Yue’s Moon Spirit Gang and returned to Ran Gang, where he and Xiao Xun'er went to the marketplace for medicinal ingredients. There, Liu Fei paid for a Green Wood Immortal Vine needed for an Earth Spirit Pill, leaving Bai Xiaoran owing her a favor.

• Han Yue took Bai Xiaoran to her room and pressured him into agreeing that the Moon Spirit Gang and Ran Gang would cooperate.
• Bai Xiaoran returned to Ran Gang and told Xiao Xun'er that the two gangs would work together.
• Yao Chen identified Xiao Yan’s ancient jade as the Tou She Ancient God Jade and warned him to keep it safe from the Soul Hall.
• Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Xun'er found a Green Wood Immortal Vine at the Jia Nan Academy marketplace, but Bai Xiaoran lacked the Heavenly Fire Energy to buy it.
• Liu Fei paid four hundred Heavenly Fire Energy for the vine, and Bai Xiaoran promised to repay her favor within three days.

Bai Xiaoran recruited Lin Yan into Ran Gang and helped Xiao Yan produce Ice Spirit Pills to purge Lin Yan’s Fire Poison. After Bai Cheng led an attack on Ran Gang, Bai Xiaoran faced him and unleashed Profound Ice Dragon Soar.

• Liu Fei bought medicinal ingredients for Bai Xiaoran, and he recruited Lin Yan after offering to purge his Fire Poison.
• Yao Chen possessed Xiao Yan and refined Ice Spirit Pills for Bai Xiaoran, who paid them and offered Xiao Yan a share of Ran Gang’s pill sales.
• Bai Xiaoran gave the pills to Lin Yan, then spent five days cultivating while Xiao Yan’s popular pills hurt Medicine Gang’s business.
• Han Xian agreed to Bai Cheng’s offer to teach Ran Gang a lesson, and Bai Cheng’s people smashed Ran Gang’s stall.
• Lin Yan stepped forward to defend Ran Gang, but Bai Xiaoran faced Bai Cheng himself and evaded his attacks before invoking Profound Ice Dragon Soar.

Bai Xiaoran defeated Bai Cheng and confronted Han Xian, who challenged Ran Gang to an alchemy contest. Xiao Yan competed against Han Xian over a Fifth-grade Pill, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yan revealing a successful golden pill after Han Xian dismissed his own poor attempt.

• Bai Xiaoran used his ice dragon to overpower Bai Cheng, while Han Xian stepped in to protect him and admitted he had been cooperating with Bai Cheng.
• Han Xian challenged Ran Gang to an alchemy contest, with the loser required to give up pill sales and a pill formula or surrender five high-traffic spots; Xiao Yan accepted for Ran Gang.
• After the fight, Xiao Xun'er pinned Bai Xiaoran down and insisted he wear a skirt that night, leaving him exhausted the next morning.
• At the contest, Elder Hao gave Xiao Yan and Han Xian a Fifth-grade Pill formula, and Xiao Yan's Bone Spirit Cold Flame suppressed Han Xian's Seventh-tier Beast Fire.
• Both alchemists' cauldrons exploded on their first attempts, but Han Xian submitted a poor pill on his second try while Xiao Yan produced a golden pill that stunned Elder Hao.

Bai Xiaoran encountered Han Yue and Lin Xiuyai trying to obtain Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, then returned to the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s gorge with Queen Medusa’s help. After securing the treasure, Queen Medusa took Bai Xiaoran to a hidden hot spring and ordered him to absorb it.

• Bai Xiaoran saw Lin Xiuyai, Han Yue, and their companions fighting the Snow Demon Sky Ape for Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• The Snow Demon Sky Ape awakened its bloodline and badly injured Lin Xiuyai, so Bai Xiaoran rescued Han Yue and helped the group retreat.
• Han Yue introduced Bai Xiaoran to Lin Xiuyai, who invited him to try again for the treasure, but Bai Xiaoran refused and stayed to cultivate.
• Bai Xiaoran returned to the gorge at night, where the Snow Demon Sky Ape ambushed him, but Queen Medusa arrived and subdued the beast with her Dou Zong pressure.
• The Snow Demon Sky Ape led Bai Xiaoran and Queen Medusa to its nest, where Bai Xiaoran collected six bottles of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Queen Medusa brought Bai Xiaoran to a concealed hot spring, added the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and ordered him to undress and absorb it.