Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiaoran soaked in a hot spring with Queen Medusa, whose teasing led to a long night of dual cultivation that raised his strength. The next day, he returned to Jia Nan Academy, defeated Bai Cheng in the advancement arena, and drew Queen Medusa's jealousy when Xiao Xun'er kissed him.

• Queen Medusa joined Bai Xiaoran in the hot spring and insisted they practice dual cultivation, resulting in a long night together.
• Bai Xiaoran woke with a sore waist and learned his cultivation had reached six-star Dou Ling; he and Queen Medusa disguised themselves and returned to the Inner Court.
• In the advancement arena, Wu Hao struggled against Bai Cheng, and Xiao Xun'er stepped forward to challenge him before Bai Xiaoran arrived.
• Bai Xiaoran used Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Mysterious Fire Three Transformations to defeat Bai Cheng and claim his Strong Ranking position.
• Xiao Xun'er kissed Bai Xiaoran as Ran Gang celebrated, while Queen Medusa watched with jealousy.

Bai Xiaoran gained Liu Qing’s approval after matching his punch and went searching for the last ingredients for the Earth Spirit Pill. He befriended Zi Yan, then returned to Elder Hao with Queen Medusa, who led him toward someone with a Sixth-tier Water Attribute Magical Core.

• Liu Qing challenged Bai Xiaoran to one punch, approved of his strength, and left after Liu Fei promised to apologize to him the next day.
• Bai Xiaoran went to the Inner Court herb storehouse, found the Dragon Scale Ice Fire Fruit, and met Zi Yan, who attacked him before agreeing to trade pills for help finding ingredients that could make her grow.
• Bai Xiaoran brought Zi Yan to the Xiao Family, where Xiao Yan and Yao Chen refined pills for her; Zi Yan revealed she was first on the Strong Ranking and promised to protect Bai Xiaoran.
• Queen Medusa appeared and insisted on accompanying Bai Xiaoran, threatening to castrate him if he refused.
• Bai Xiaoran gave Elder Hao a Dragon Power Pill and asked where to find a Sixth-tier Water Attribute Magical Core; Elder Hao offered to take him to its owner.

Bai Xiaoran traded an Earthfire Lotus Seed and promised a Dragon Power Pill for the Sixth-tier Water Attribute Magical Core, then gathered ingredients for an Earth Spirit Pill to help refine the Fallen Heart Flame. Queen Medusa and Xiao Xun'er clashed over their relationship with him, and Yao Chen finished the pill as Great Elder Su Qian approached.

• Bai Xiaoran exchanged an Earthfire Lotus Seed and a promised Dragon Power Pill with Elder Liu for the magical core.
• Bai Xiaoran told Queen Medusa that the Earth Spirit Pill could help him refine the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er that the Ancient Clan would send guards to bring her home in one month and warned that Bai Xiaoran could be endangered if she refused.
• Queen Medusa and Xiao Xun'er confronted each other over their relationships with Bai Xiaoran, and their Dou Qi collided until Bai Xiaoran intervened.
• Queen Medusa took the ingredients to Yao Chen, who refined the Earth Spirit Pill while she watched; Great Elder Su Qian sensed the pill's disturbance and headed toward them.
• Yao Chen handed the finished pill to Queen Medusa and warned her to leave before an old fellow arrived.

Bai Xiaoran received the Earth Spirit Pill, grew closer to Queen Medusa, and learned that the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower might soon break free. The chapter ended with Xiao Xun'er quietly worrying that her clan would make her leave Bai Xiaoran, while she cherished their time together.

• Queen Medusa returned with the Earth Spirit Pill and told Bai Xiaoran that Xiao Yan was protected by an elder from the Inner Court.
• Queen Medusa and Bai Xiaoran became intimate, and she made him wear a dress after his men's clothes went missing.
• Bai Xiaoran met Zi Yan in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, but an emergency announcement forced everyone to evacuate as the tower shook.
• Su Qian told Bai Xiaoran about the Fallen Heart Flame and asked him to help suppress it if it broke out of the tower.
• Queen Medusa sent Bai Xiaoran to find Xiao Xun'er, who sat with him beneath the moonlight and worried that her clan would separate them.

Bai Xiaoran entered the Strong Ranking competition seeking a place in the top ten so he could learn more about the Fallen Heart Flame. He defeated Bai Cheng in their match and advanced, leaving the competition underway.

• Before the competition, Xiao Xun'er and Bai Xiaoran spent the night together, and the next day he told Lin Xiuyai and Han Yue that he only cared about reaching the top ten.
• Su Qian announced the rules for the one-on-one, lot-drawn competition, while Liu Qing expressed interest in testing Bai Xiaoran and Zi Yan warned him to stay away.
• Zi Yan defeated a new student with one punch, then returned to Bai Xiaoran and teased Lin Xiuyai about their earlier encounter.
• Bai Xiaoran drew number fifteen and faced Bai Cheng, who had become stronger after going into seclusion and losing his hair.
• Bai Cheng restrained Bai Xiaoran and struck him with Blood Earth Eight Shatters, but Bai Xiaoran emerged unharmed and defeated him with Qi Manifestation Fist after shattering his spear.

Bai Xiaoran advanced in the Strong Ranking tournament, defeated Yao Sheng, and received a Dou Technique from Xiao Yan. Xiao Xun'er prepared to leave for her clan, leaving Bai Xiaoran with two powerful techniques and an unanswered question about whether he should be told she was leaving tomorrow.

• Liu Qing defeated Lan Yan with ease, and Lin Xiuyai warned Bai Xiaoran about Liu Qing’s powerful techniques.
• Xiao Xun'er delayed her return to her clan until Bai Xiaoran reached the top ten, while Queen Medusa hinted that she would pursue him after Xiao Xun'er left.
• Zi Yan received a bye, Lin Xiuyai won his match, and Bai Xiaoran defeated Yao Sheng by escaping his Black Water Realm and blasting him away.
• Xiao Yan gave Bai Xiaoran a copy of the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, and Liu Qing easily defeated an eight-star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Xun'er gave Bai Xiaoran two Dou Technique scrolls, kissed him, and returned to her room without telling him that her party planned to leave the next day.

Bai Xiaoran fought Liu Qing in the Strong Ranking Tournament’s final matches, and both collapsed after their powerful attacks clashed. Xiao Xun'er then defeated Lin Xiuyai with ease, and after Bai Xiaoran recovered overnight, he agreed to her plans for that night.

• Yan Hao defeated Qian Mo in the first match, while Qin Zhen withdrew from his match against Zi Yan.
• Bai Xiaoran used his sword techniques, Heavenly Flame, and a condensed lotus to injure Liu Qing before they exchanged their strongest attacks.
• Su Qian sealed the energy vortex, but a burst escaped; he shielded Bai Xiaoran and Liu Qing as they fell from exhaustion.
• Xiao Xun'er challenged Lin Xiuyai and defeated him with her golden Dou Qi, a Bagua Pattern, and a Golden Blade.
• Bai Xiaoran fainted before Xiao Xun'er could finish speaking, then woke after sleeping through the night and agreed to her plans.

Gu Xun'er revealed her Ancient Clan identity and left Jia Nan Academy after sharing an emotional farewell with Bai Xiaoran. The next day, Bai Xiaoran began Heart Flame Forging Body in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, while Su Qian discovered that Fallen Heart Flame had grown abnormally powerful.

• Xiao Xun'er spent her final night with Bai Xiaoran, then told him her real name and that she came from the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Xun'er departed with the Black Annihilation Army after promising to wait for Bai Xiaoran to reach the continent's peak.
• Ling Quan insulted Bai Xiaoran, but Queen Medusa struck him down, and Su Qian ordered Bai Xiaoran to prepare for Heart Flame Forging Body.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen learned that Xun'er belonged to the Ancient Clan and prepared for Heart Flame Forging Body the next day.
• Su Qian led Bai Xiaoran and the other nine successful candidates into the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to begin Heart Flame Forging Body.
• Su Qian inspected Fallen Heart Flame and found its aura abnormally powerful, realizing that its earlier stability had been an illusion.

Fallen Heart Flame broke free inside Jia Nan Academy, drawing Han Feng and other outsiders who sought to claim it. As the battle spread, Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Yan moved to seize the flame, while Xiao Yan confronted Han Feng and revealed that he possessed the complete Fen Jue and was aided by Yao Chen.

• Su Qian ordered the elders to stop Heart Flame Forging Body and summon everyone back as Fallen Heart Flame shattered the tower's seal.
• Han Feng gathered Yuan Yi, Ban Lao, and Fan Lao to help him claim the Heavenly Flame, while Queen Medusa warned Bai Xiaoran of the danger.
• Su Qian and the academy elders temporarily suppressed Fallen Heart Flame, but Han Feng arrived with the Golden Silver Elders and attacked the academy.
• Yao Chen possessed Xiao Yan so he could fight Fan Lao, while Bai Xiaoran and Queen Medusa defended the Ran Gang from scattered fragments of the Golden Silver Elders' attack.
• Fallen Heart Flame broke loose again and attacked Han Feng, who was battered before Bai Xiaoran tried to seize the flame and the Golden Silver Elders intervened.
• Xiao Yan stopped Han Feng and revealed that he possessed the complete Fen Jue; Yao Chen's soul aura exposed his presence, and Han Feng accused Xiao Yan of borrowing Yao Chen's power.

Bai Xiaoran was swallowed by the Fallen Heart Flame while protecting his companions, leaving Yun Yun grieving as she learned his life was uncertain. Trapped beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower with Queen Medusa, he recovered, reached Dou Wang, and refined the Fallen Heart Flame’s source, but their escape remained unresolved.

• Xiao Yan defeated Han Feng with the Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, and the Golden Silver Elders fled with Han Feng as Su Qian and the elders tried to seal the Fallen Heart Flame.
• The Fallen Heart Flame blasted Bai Xiaoran down, and Queen Medusa shielded him before the flame swallowed them both.
• Yun Yun arrived at Jia Nan Academy, learned Bai Xiaoran’s life and death were unknown, and decided to stay and wait for him.
• Bai Xiaoran woke after seven days, recovered, reached Dou Wang, and refined the Fallen Heart Flame’s source with Queen Medusa’s help.
• The two Heavenly Flames fused but released a pink flame that affected Bai Xiaoran and Queen Medusa; after some time, Bai Xiaoran said he had already found a way out.

After two years trapped inside the Fallen Heart Flame, Bai Xiaoran escaped with Queen Medusa, reunited with Yun Yun, and revealed that he had refined the flame and reached peak Dou Wang. He went to meet his friends, where Lin Xiuyai challenged him to a spar, while Yun Yun and Queen Medusa watched.

• Bai Xiaoran and Queen Medusa broke through the barrier, emerged from the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, and Bai Xiaoran sent its escaping flames back inside.
• Su Qian told Bai Xiaoran that Yun Yun had been waiting at the back mountain courtyard, and Bai Xiaoran flew to find her.
• Bai Xiaoran reunited with Yun Yun, who accepted Queen Medusa's role in saving him and agreed to delay her departure from the academy.
• Bai Xiaoran told Yun Yun he had refined the Fallen Heart Flame and reached peak Dou Wang, then left to settle his affairs.
• Lin Xiuyai challenged Bai Xiaoran to a spar, and Yun Yun and Queen Medusa went to watch as word of the match spread.

Bai Xiaoran defeated Lin Xiuyai in one move, restored the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, and learned that Su Qian planned to destroy the Black Alliance. Queen Medusa left for the Snake-People Tribe after kissing Bai Xiaoran, and he later agreed to join the assault on the Black Alliance.

• Bai Xiaoran defeated Lin Xiuyai with one move, winning Queen Medusa's wager with Yun Yun.
• Su Qian brought Bai Xiaoran to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, where Bai Xiaoran restored its flame and learned that the Xiao Family and Flame Alliance were fighting the Black Alliance.
• Queen Medusa told Bai Xiaoran she was returning to the Snake-People Tribe, kissed him, and departed.
• Bai Xiaoran spent the night with Yun Yun, then met Xiao Yan and Xiao Li, who told him Su Qian planned to join forces with the Flame Alliance.
• Bai Xiaoran explained his relationship with Queen Medusa to Su Qian and agreed to join the attack on the Black Alliance that night.

Bai Xiaoran, Yun Yun, and Xiao Yan fought Han Feng during Jia Nan Academy’s assault on the Black Alliance. Han Feng fell, but a Soul Hall member escaped with his soul.

• Han Feng offered the Black Alliance’s upper ranks terms for capturing Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Yan, while Bai Xiaoran learned the first two forms of the Imperial Seal Art from Xiao Xun’er’s message and began cultivating the first.
• Bai Xiaoran, Yun Yun, Xiao Yan, and Jia Nan Academy’s forces arrived at Maple City and fought Han Feng and his allies.
• Bai Xiaoran and Yun Yun attacked Han Feng, while Xiao Yan defeated Fan Lao and joined the battle; Bai Xiaoran fused the Fallen Heart Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame into a Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus.
• After the combined attacks brought Han Feng down, Xiao Yan moved to kill him, but a chain from a Soul Hall member sent Xiao Yan flying, and Bai Xiaoran rescued him.
• Bai Xiaoran struck Han Feng through the chest with a flame blade, killing him, and the Soul Hall member took Han Feng’s soul and escaped.

Bai Xiaoran helped the Ran Gang and Flame Alliance secure their position in Maple City, then left Jia Nan Academy with Yun Yun and Zi Yan to return to the Jia Ma Empire. The group stopped in Qingshan Town, where Zi Yan hoped to find ingredients that could help her grow up.

• Su Qian gave Han Feng's Storage Ring to Bai Xiaoran, and Xiao Yan began reorganizing the Flame Alliance after the academy departed.
• Bai Xiaoran and Yun Yun shopped in Maple City, where Yun Yun bought dresses she wanted him to try on.
• Han Yue pulled Bai Xiaoran into an alley and spent the night with him before leaving in the morning.
• Three Dou Emperors challenged the Flame Alliance and Ran Gang's control of Maple City, but Yun Yun's backing and Bai Xiaoran's intervention drove them away.
• Bai Xiaoran left Hu Jia in charge of the Ran Gang and traveled toward the Jia Ma Empire with Yun Yun and Zi Yan.
• The group stopped in Qingshan Town, where Zi Yan planned to gather medicinal ingredients to help her transform into an adult.

Yun Yun and Bai Xiaoran learned that the Chu Yun Empire had driven residents from Qingshan Town and searched the Monster Beast Mountain Range for medicinal herbs. A Chu Yun Empire attacker ambushed them, but Queen Medusa intervened, and the chapter ended with Zi Yan returning while pursued by the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

• Yun Yun, Bai Xiaoran, and Zi Yan visited the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and learned that the Chu Yun Empire had repeatedly attacked Qingshan Town and that Xiao Yi Xian had left to train.
• Mr. Yao told Bai Xiaoran that Xiao Yi Xian might have gone to the Chu Yun Empire or the Central Plains, and the three left for the Monster Beast Mountain Range to gather herbs.
• Yun Yun asked Bai Xiaoran to marry her, but he explained that Queen Medusa would not allow it.
• A black-shadowed attacker from the Chu Yun Empire ambushed Yun Yun and Bai Xiaoran, but Queen Medusa arrived and drove him away.
• Zi Yan ran back pursued by the Amethyst Winged Lion King, who relented when Queen Medusa said Zi Yan was her friend.

Bai Xiaoran returned to the Imperial Capital with Queen Medusa and Zi Yan, where he learned that war with the Chu Yun Empire was approaching and began cultivating toward Dou Emperor. Yun Shan then urged him to marry Yun Yun before departing for the Central Plains, and Yun Yun agreed.

• Queen Medusa guessed that the shadow had taken a liking to Bai Xiaoran, while Ling Ying secretly followed them and worried about reporting Bai Xiaoran's marriage to Gu Xun'er.
• Bai Xiaoran bought Queen Medusa red-and-gold high heels, and she kissed him before they visited the Mittel Family.
• Hai Bodong told Bai Xiaoran that the Chu Yun Empire was controlled by the Poison Sect and its allies, and that war with Jia Ma Empire seemed imminent.
• Bai Xiaoran cultivated for half a month and emerged as a Half-step Dou Emperor before Nalan Yanran took him to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Shan asked Bai Xiaoran to marry Yun Yun before he went to the Central Plains, and Yun Yun said she was willing to marry him.

Bai Xiaoran and Yun Yun completed their wedding ceremony, but Xiao Yi Xian abducted him and took him to the Poison Sect. After she held him there for several days, an Imperial Family assassin attacked him, and Bai Xiaoran fought back.

• Bai Xiaoran returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Shan prepared for his wedding to Yun Yun while Queen Medusa left to defend the Snake-People Tribe from the Poison Sect.
• Bai Xiaoran and Yun Yun exchanged wedding vows, but Xiao Yi Xian crashed the ceremony, sealed his Dou Qi, and carried him away to the Poison Sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed her identity as the Heavenly Poison Girl and explained how the Calamity Poison Body had changed her, then kept Bai Xiaoran at the sect despite his protests.
• Xiao Yi Xian later removed Bai Xiaoran's seal and gave him pills to help him cultivate, while marking his palm so she could track him if he fled.
• An Imperial Family assassin attacked Bai Xiaoran in his room, but he dodged the flying blade and struck back with the Mountain Splitting Seal.

Bai Xiaoran escaped the Chu Yun Empire after Xiao Yi Xian rescued him from an assassination attempt and secretly helped him cross the border. Queen Medusa captured him, learned why he had been abducted, and brought him to meet the Snake-People elders before Yun Yun reunited with him and discussed the looming war.

• Xiao Yi Xian killed the Imperial Family Dou Emperor who had poisoned Bai Xiaoran, then sucked the poison from his wound and helped him purge what remained with his Heavenly Flames.
• Bai Xiaoran reached one-star Dou Emperor, and Xiao Yi Xian told him that the Misty Cloud Sect and Queen Medusa had declared war on the Poison Sect before arranging his covert return to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yan Luotian let Bai Xiaoran pass through the Chu Yun Empire's border after Xiao Yi Xian disguised him as a woman.
• Queen Medusa intercepted Bai Xiaoran after he crossed the border, defeated him, and took him to the Snake-People tribe, where he explained his abduction and met four elders who tested his strength.
• Bai Xiaoran assured Queen Medusa he would take responsibility for their relationship, and Yun Yun later arrived, reunited with him, and learned that Xiao Yi Xian was on their side.

Bai Xiaoran reunited with Queen Medusa and Yun Yun, then joined the Jia Ma Empire's defense against the Three Sect Alliance, where he helped defeat the Mulan Three Elders. Xiao Yi Xian arrived with a plan for a surprise attack on the Chu Yun Empire, and the chapter ended with her proposing that she and Bai Xiaoran leave together afterward.

• Queen Medusa and Yun Yun argued over their marriage to Bai Xiaoran, then spent a day and night with him, raising his cultivation to a two-star Dou Emperor.
• Yue Mei reported that Heavenly Poison Girl, the master of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, and Yan Luotian had formed the Three Sect Alliance and fought Yun Shan.
• Bai Xiaoran and Queen Medusa joined the front lines, where Jia Xingtian arrived at the Half-step Dou Zong level and Queen Medusa confronted Yun Shan over Yun Yun's secret marriage.
• Heavenly Poison Girl's message warned that the Mulan Three Elders could reach Dou Zong strength, and the Jia Ma Empire's forces fought them and Yan Luotian in a later attack.
• Bai Xiaoran killed one of the Mulan Three Elders with the Heavenly Flames, forcing the enemy forces to retreat, while Queen Medusa brought Snake-People Tribe leaders to support the front.
• Xiao Yi Xian arrived and proposed an attack that night, promising to hold off the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect Master, then privately suggested that she and Bai Xiaoran leave together afterward.

Bai Xiaoran and his allies launched a night raid that killed Yan Luotian and weakened the Chu Yun Empire’s enemies, then joined Xiao Yi Xian to attack the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect. Their ambush exposed traitors and brought three Dou Zongs against Xie Biyan, whose fate remained unresolved as the battle began.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Bai Xiaoran she would stay with him and help hold off the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect while he carried out his assassination plan.
• Bai Xiaoran, Queen Medusa, Yun Shan, and the Jia Ma Empire’s forces raided the Chu Yun Empire’s front line, killing Yan Luotian and the remaining Mulian Three Elders.
• Xie Biyan ignored news that the front line had fallen, intending to let the Jia Ma Empire and the Poison Sect weaken each other.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Bai Xiaoran she planned to merge the Poison Sect into Ran Gang, and she revealed that a Soul Hall Protector had tried to use her to capture him.
• Bai Xiaoran caught Wu Ya’s purple centipede messenger, exposing a traitor in the Poison Sect before the alliance moved against the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s attack drew out Xie Biyan, while Bai Xiaoran, Queen Medusa, and Yun Shan exposed the sect’s traitors and surrounded Xie Biyan with three Dou Zongs.