Chapter Summaries

Bai Xiaoran refined Qi Gathering Powder under Xuan Yi’s guidance and began training to become her disciple. Xuan Yi spoke about her past feelings for Yao Chen, and the chapter ended with her waking after a drunken night and finding that Bai Xiaoran had made her porridge.

• Bai Xiaoran used his Heavenly Flames to refine a high-quality batch of Qi Gathering Powder, impressing Xuan Yi.
• Xuan Yi pulled Bai Xiaoran close and said she would train him as her potential sole disciple; he asked whether she still had feelings for Yao Chen.
• Xuan Yi admitted that she still cared about Yao Chen but no longer felt the same affection, then grew angry when Bai Xiaoran described what had happened to him.
• Xuan Yi trained Bai Xiaoran for several days, and their nightly conversations gradually shifted from Yao Chen to Bai Xiaoran’s own experiences.
• Xuan Yi drank with Bai Xiaoran, confessed that Yao Chen had rejected her, and said she intended to pass on everything she had learned before collapsing into his arms.
• Xuan Yi woke with her clothes intact and felt embarrassed, while Bai Xiaoran offered her porridge.

Bai Xiaoran improved her pill refining and reunited with Zi Yan before meeting Xuan Kongzi and Cao Ying at the Alchemy Tower. Xuan Kongzi learned about Bai Xiaoran’s background and said he wanted to take her as his disciple, prompting Xuan Yi to object.

• Xuan Yi let Bai Xiaoran feed her porridge, then sent her away to practice pills while she recovered from her embarrassment.
• Bai Xiaoran spent a week refining pills and finally made a superb fourth-tier Bone-Growing Pill, earning Xuan Yi’s praise and concern.
• Bai Xiaoran changed into male clothing and reunited with Zi Yan, who planned to stay until the Pill Gathering.
• Xuan Kongzi returned to the Alchemy Tower, and Xuan Yi brought Bai Xiaoran to meet him; he was surprised by her two Heavenly Flames and spiritual power.
• Xuan Yi sent Bai Xiaoran with Cao Ying to discuss pill refining while she explained Bai Xiaoran’s origins to Xuan Kongzi.
• Xuan Kongzi said he wanted Bai Xiaoran as his disciple, and Xuan Yi warned him not to set his sights on her disciple.

Bai Xiaoran and Cao Ying playfully sparred before studying alchemy, but the mood shifted when Xiao Yi Xian went missing as her Calamity Poison Body neared awakening. At the Ye Family, Bai Xiaoran confronted those who had obstructed Xiao Yi Xian, and Xuan Yi intervened when the Great Elder attacked her.

• Cao Ying teased Bai Xiaoran, then taught her about refining Fifth-grade Pills before leaving as Xuan Yi arrived.
• Xuan Yi warned Bai Xiaoran to avoid Xuan Kongzi, then helped her study cultivation and refined a Dou Zong-level Heavenly Demon Puppet from Iron Protector's soul and body.
• Feng Xian and Mu Qingluan arrived without Xiao Yi Xian, and Feng Xian learned she had left on a flying ship while Xuan Yi sought reports from the Pill Domain families.
• A Ye Family member reported seeing Xiao Yi Xian, and Bai Xiaoran went with Xuan Yi to the Ye Family, where Ye Xinlan asked her family for help rescuing Xiao Yi Xian from Ice River Valley.
• Bai Xiaoran knocked away a Ye Family elder who tried to stop her, then Xuan Yi blocked Great Elder Ye Zhong's attack and challenged him for threatening her disciple.

Bai Xiaoran and Xuan Yi rescued Xiao Yi Xian from Ice River Valley after she was struck by Ice Venerable Strength and nearly unsealed her Calamity Poison Body. Once Bai Xiaoran healed her, Xiao Yi Xian revealed she had encountered a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Magical Beast, whose core could resolve her condition.

• Bai Xiaoran, Xuan Yi, and Ye Xinlan traveled to Luoshen Ravine to find Xiao Yi Xian, whom Ice River Valley was pursuing.
• Xiao Yi Xian fought off Ice River Valley’s forces but was weakened by Ice Venerable Strength and prepared to unseal her Calamity Poison Body.
• Bai Xiaoran arrived in time to rescue Xiao Yi Xian, drove back the attackers, and escaped with her using Heavenly Flames.
• Bai Xiaoran used his Heavenly Flames to expel the Profound Ice Qi from Xiao Yi Xian while Xuan Yi and Ye Xinlan watched over them.
• Bai Xiaoran gave Xiao Yi Xian medicine and explained that a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Magical Beast’s core could resolve her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Bai Xiaoran that she had encountered a Heavenly Poison Scorpion Magical Beast before.

Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Yi Xian killed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast to obtain its magical core, then faced an ambush from Snake Old Man. Bai Xiaoran summoned Xuan Yi, who defeated the Ice River Valley attackers, and the group left to seek the Ye Family’s forbidden ground to suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body.

• Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Yi Xian went to the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s lair and fought it with help from Yao Tianhuo and the Earth Demon Puppet.
• Bai Xiaoran and his allies killed the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast, then hurried away after the battle drew attention.
• Snake Old Man and three Ice River Valley Dou Zongs confronted Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Yi Xian with the Hidden Dragon Profound Nether Array.
• Bai Xiaoran called for his teacher, and Xuan Yi appeared, destroyed the Ice Snake attack, and killed Snake Old Man and the other three attackers.
• Bai Xiaoran told Xuan Yi they needed the Ye Family’s forbidden ground to suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body, and Xuan Yi agreed to return with them.

Xiao Yi Xian began mastering her Calamity Poison Body at the Ye Family’s Yang Fire Ancient Altar, while Bai Xiaoran and Xuan Yi helped her survive the dangerous process. After Ice River Valley arrived demanding the Calamity Poison, Xuan Yi confronted its Dou Zun elder and shielded the Ye Family.

• Zhao Hei and Qin Mo threatened Ye Zhong until Xuan Yi arrived, forcing Zhao Hei to hide in his own coffin and flee with his men.
• Ye Zhong allowed Xuan Yi’s disciple to use the Yang Fire Ancient Altar and set aside the Ye Family’s outdated rules.
• Bai Xiaoran used Heavenly Flames and medicinal ingredients to help Xiao Yi Xian compress her poison, while the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and Yang Fire repaired her body.
• Xuan Yi identified a Bodhi Seed and extracted an Earth Core Pearl from beneath the magma, giving the pearl to Bai Xiaoran.
• Tian Shuangzi and Ice River Valley demanded the Calamity Poison from the Ye Family, but Xuan Yi stepped forward and overwhelmed them with her Dou Zun peak aura.

Xuan Yi drove Ice River Valley away, and Xiao Yi Xian broke through to Dou Zun, leaving Bai Xiaoran protected while Xuan Yi returned to the Alchemy Tower. Ice Venerable then joined forces with Soul Hall Protector Mu Gu Laoren to target Xiao Yi Xian despite Xuan Yi's warning.

• Xuan Yi repelled Ice Venerable and Ice River Valley, then congratulated Xiao Yi Xian when she emerged from the Yang Fire Ancient Altar as a Dou Zun.
• Xuan Yi departed for the Alchemy Tower, and Gu Xun'er ordered Ling Ying to keep watch over Bai Xiaoran and prepare two elders to intervene.
• Bai Xiaoran told Yao Tianhuo that Ice Venerable's body could serve as a suitable vessel for him.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she had inhaled mist that induced bedroom affairs and dragged Bai Xiaoran onto the bed.
• Mu Gu Laoren offered Ice Venerable Soul Hall's protection in exchange for help dealing with Xiao Yi Xian, and Ice Venerable agreed.

Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Yi Xian faced Ice River Valley after its forces returned to seize the Calamity Poison Body. Ice Venerable revealed that he also possessed a Calamity Poison Body, and Bai Xiaoran was left fighting Tian Shuangzi until Yao Tianhuo intervened.

• Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Yi Xian emerged after a week of cultivation and saw Ice River Valley create a barrier around the Ye Family.
• Tian Shuangzi demanded that Xiao Yi Xian hand over her Calamity Poison Body, and Bai Xiaoran attacked him while Xiao Yi Xian poisoned Ice River Valley's Dou Zongs.
• Ice Venerable appeared, stopped Xiao Yi Xian's attack, and revealed that he possessed an acquired Calamity Poison Body and wanted hers.
• Tian Shuangzi knocked Bai Xiaoran down, while Ice Venerable attacked Xiao Yi Xian; Bai Xiaoran used Dragon Phoenix Transformation and a lightning attack against Tian Shuangzi.
• Yao Tianhuo emerged to repel Tian Shuangzi, who recognized him as a soul body, and Yao Tianhuo identified himself as the Heavenly Flame Venerable.

Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Yi Xian faced a deadly attack from Ice River Valley while Xuan Yi was held back by Mu Gu Laoren. Gu Xun'er arrived with two powerful elders, and the chapter ended as the battle turned in their favor while Bai Xiaoran lost consciousness.

• Xuan Yi rushed to help Bai Xiaoran but Mu Gu Laoren intercepted her and fought to keep her occupied.
• Bai Xiaoran struck Tian Shuangzi with the Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, and both were caught in its flames; Tian Shuangzi survived but suffered damage to his meridians.
• Xiao Yi Xian activated the Calamity Poison Body to stop Ice Venerable from striking her, while Bai Xiaoran reignited the Heart Flame inside Tian Shuangzi.
• Gu Xun'er appeared with Elder Yuan and Elder Lin, who confronted Qing Hai and Ice Venerable.
• Xiao Yi Xian poisoned Tian Shuangzi with the Heavenly Yin Poison Hand as Bai Xiaoran recognized Gu Xun'er and lost consciousness.

Bai Xiaoran survived his battle with Ice River Valley but was badly wounded, and Gu Xun'er and Xuan Yi faced the fallout of his ties to the Ancient Clan. After Mu Gu Laoren stole Ice Venerable's soul, Gu Xun'er turned her attention to Xiao Yi Xian.

• Gu Xun'er caught Bai Xiaoran before Xiao Yi Xian could, while Xiao Yi Xian turned away as Gu Xun'er scolded him for risking his life.
• Elder Lin overpowered Ice Venerable with the Heaven Annihilating Seal, and Ice Venerable offered Ice River Valley's Dou Techniques in exchange for mercy.
• Xuan Yi arrived and prepared to strike Ice Venerable, but Mu Gu Laoren appeared, extracted Ice Venerable's soul, and escaped with it.
• Yao Tianhuo caught Ice Venerable's falling body, and Bai Xiaoran reassured Xuan Yi before closing his eyes to rest.
• Gu Xun'er told Xuan Yi she belonged to the Ancient Clan, and Xuan Yi departed for the Pill Gathering after learning Bai Xiaoran was safe.
• Gu Xun'er asked Elder Lin to find Elder Yuan, then walked toward Xiao Yi Xian, who sat alone beneath a tree.

After recovering enough to leave his room, Bai Xiaoran reunited with Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian, then faced an Ancient Clan force demanding that Gu Xun'er and he return with them. He began fighting Ling Quan, who attacked him with a spear.

• Gu Xun'er met Xiao Yi Xian, and the two spoke about their connection to Brother Xiaoran.
• Bai Xiaoran woke from his injuries as Yao Tianhuo told him that Xuan Yi seemed to have discovered his identity.
• Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian took Bai Xiaoran to the plain, where he reassured them that each was beautiful and shared affectionate kisses with them.
• An Ancient Clan force arrived above Ye City, and Ling Quan announced that he had come to take Gu Xun'er and Bai Xiaoran back.
• Gu Xun'er ordered Elder Lin and Elder Yuan to attack, but Ling Quan showed the Ancient Jade Token and stopped them from intervening.
• Bai Xiaoran challenged Ling Quan, knocked him back with Swallow Return Strike, evaded his lightning spear attacks, and taunted him as Ling Quan struck from behind.

Bai Xiaoran defeated Ling Quan after he challenged him repeatedly, then parted from Gu Xun'er as she left for the Ancient Clan. Back at the Ye Family, Xiao Yi Xian confronted Bai Xiaoran over his closeness with Gu Xun'er, and the chapter ended with the two teasing each other the next morning.

• Bai Xiaoran shattered Ling Quan's spear and repeatedly beat him despite Ling Quan activating the Blood Transformation Technique and using his seals.
• Gu Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian stopped the Black Annihilation Army from interfering, and Bai Xiaoran released Ling Quan.
• Gu Xun'er hugged and kissed Bai Xiaoran before leaving for the Ancient Clan with Elder Lin and Elder Yuan.
• Bai Xiaoran returned to the Ye Family with Xiao Yi Xian and worried about how Xuan Yi would react to his having deceived her while disguised as a woman.
• Xiao Yi Xian surprised Bai Xiaoran in his room and pinned him down, upset that he had looked at Gu Xun'er affectionately.
• The next morning, Xiao Yi Xian joked that she had only been giving Bai Xiaoran a chance to show off.

Bai Xiaoran agreed to represent the declining Ye Family at the Pill Gathering and defeated Cao Dan in a contest of flames after Cao Dan threatened Ye Xinlan. As the group traveled through a Space Wormhole toward the Pill Domain, Yao Tianhuo asked how Bai Xiaoran would face his Teacher and recover his body.

• Xiao Yi Xian teased Bai Xiaoran about becoming shameless before Ye Xinlan asked him to represent the Ye Family at the Pill Gathering.
• Ye Zhong explained that the Ye Family risked losing its elder's seat unless it placed in the top three, and Bai Xiaoran agreed to help preserve the family's position.
• Cao Dan arrived to press his marriage claim on Ye Xinlan, then challenged Bai Xiaoran to a contest of flames.
• Bai Xiaoran's Heart Flame of Falling defeated Cao Dan's Beast Flames, forcing Cao Dan and his followers to retreat.
• Ye Zhong set off for the Pill Domain, where Yao Tianhuo asked Bai Xiaoran how he would face his Teacher and what would happen to his body.

Xuan Yi learned that Bai Xiaoran had arrived for the Pill Gathering without visiting her, so she ordered him to see her after the preliminary round. In the Pill Domain, Bai Xiaoran passed the Sixth-grade Intermediate Alchemist examination for the Ye Family, leaving the group to attract attention in Sacred Pill City.

• Xuan Yi learned that Bai Xiaoran had come with the Ye Family and, despite missing her disciple, told him to visit after the Pill Gathering preliminary round.
• Xuan Kongzi warned Xuan Yi that the Soul Hall might attend the Pill Gathering to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in the Pill Domain, where Feng Xian took Bai Xiaoran to the Alchemy Tower to obtain an alchemist rank badge.
• A Bai Family elder mocked the Ye Family, but Bai Xiaoran applied for and passed the Sixth-grade Intermediate Alchemist examination.
• Ye Zhong rebuked the Bai Family elder after Bai Xiaoran's result, and the group drew attention from people in Sacred Pill City.

Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Yi Xian visited the Pill Domain’s trading district, where Bai Xiaoran dealt with Cao Ying and obtained Snow Drum Ginseng using pills from Yun Shan. Their shopping was interrupted by Chen Xian, the Young Sect Master of the Mysterious Nether Sect, who tried to claim their goods and threatened them.

• Feng Xian departed after warning Bai Xiaoran to prepare an excuse before meeting her Teacher, and Xiao Yi Xian invited Bai Xiaoran to explore the trading district.
• Cao Ying took Bai Xiaoran’s hand and led her away from the crowd, but Bai Xiaoran pinned her against a wall, smacked her butt, and then reunited with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Bai Xiaoran found a stall selling Snow Drum Ginseng, and Yun Shan gave her three Seventh-grade Pure Heart Pills from Xiao Yan so she could trade for it.
• Yao Tianhuo reminded Bai Xiaoran to take a fragment from the stall, and she acquired it along with the Snow Drum Ginseng.
• Chen Xian arrived with his guards, demanded the goods, and threatened Bai Xiaoran and Xiao Yi Xian after Xiao Yi Xian sent his elders flying.

Bai Xiaoran discovered that Jade Spirit Dust could strengthen his soul and glimpsed Three Thousand Burning Flame inside Pill City's Star Domain before the domain shattered his soul and sent him back to his room. Xuan Yi learned that her disciple had entered the Star Domain and agreed to receive him when he came to visit.

• Bai Xiaoran slapped Chen Xian, and Xiao Yi Xian sent the two elders flying before the three members of the Mysterious Nether Sect fled.
• Bai Xiaoran refined dust from the copper fragment, and Yao Tianhuo identified it as rare Jade Spirit Dust that could nourish and strengthen the soul.
• Bai Xiaoran entered the Star Domain, followed an aged figure's instructions to temper his soul, and saw Three Thousand Burning Flame before a phantom shattered his soul and returned him to the room.
• Bai Xiaoran told Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Tianhuo what he had seen, and Yao Tianhuo said the Pill Gathering might let him approach the Heavenly Flame.
• Xuan Kongzi told Xuan Yi that her disciple had appeared in the Star Domain, and Xuan Yi allowed the guard to bring Bai Xiaoran in when he came to see her.

Bai Xiaoran reconciled with Xuan Yi after she confronted him about deceiving her, then asked her to help restore Yao Tianhuo’s body. Xuan Yi refined the pill and Yao Tianhuo began fusing with Ice Venerable’s body, leaving Bai Xiaoran and Xuan Yi watching over the process.

• Xuan Yi confronted Bai Xiaoran over hiding his identity and conspiring with Yao Chen, but reassured him that she would not abandon him as her disciple.
• Bai Xiaoran told Xuan Yi about his deal with Yao Chen and asked her to refine a body for Yao Tianhuo.
• Xuan Yi agreed to help after Bai Xiaoran massaged her shoulders, then learned he had entered the Star Domain and warned him not to return for the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Bai Xiaoran brought out Ice Venerable’s body and the ingredients, and introduced Yao Tianhuo to Xuan Yi.
• Xuan Yi refined a Yin-Yang Blood Fusion Pill, and Yao Tianhuo swallowed it and began fusing with Ice Venerable’s body.

Yao Tianhuo recovered his body and advanced to Six-star Dou Zun, while Bai Xiaoran trained for the upcoming Pill Gathering. After an awkward foot massage from Xuan Yi, Bai Xiaoran met Zi Yan as she prepared to leave the Alchemy Tower.

• Yao Tianhuo revived in Ice Venerable's body, recovered his peak strength, and broke through to Six-star Dou Zun.
• Xuan Kongzi congratulated Yao Tianhuo and asked him to protect Bai Xiaoran during the approaching Pill Gathering.
• Xuan Yi brought Bai Xiaoran to the Alchemy Room, where he spent two days refining a high-quality Imperial Pill before she ordered him to massage her feet.
• Xuan Yi became flustered during the massage and left through space after praising Bai Xiaoran's progress with sixth-grade pills.
• Zi Yan told Bai Xiaoran she had broken through to Dou Zong and was leaving to handle something, and he gave her pills before she departed the Alchemy Tower.

Xiao Yan prepared for the Pill Gathering while Bai Xiaoran navigated the risk of Xun'er learning about his many confidantes. Cao Ying challenged Bai Xiaoran, but after he revealed he was a man, she blushed and apologized, leaving their rivalry unsettled.

• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that winning the Pill Gathering championship would be difficult because Bai Xiaoran had two Heavenly Flames and Cao Ying was a formidable competitor.
• Ling Ying warned Bai Xiaoran that Xun'er did not know about his relationships with Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, and his other confidantes.
• Xiao Yi Xian teased Bai Xiaoran about Xun'er and pulled him into his room, while Xuan Yi privately wrestled with embarrassment over her feelings for him.
• Cao Ying brought Bai Xiaoran to a deserted place and challenged him to compete in the Alchemy Tower's assessment of the Five Great Families.
• Bai Xiaoran revealed to Cao Ying that he was a man, and she blushed, called him Young Master Bai, and admitted she was wrong.

Bai Xiaoran retaliated when Cao Ying threatened him, and witnesses spread rumors about their encounter across Sacred Pill City. At the Five Great Families test, Bai Xiaoran shattered the soul-testing pillar with a result estimated at the sixteenth rank, leaving Cao Ying furious.

• Bai Xiaoran pinned Cao Ying and teased her in retaliation, then two women ran away after witnessing them.
• Ye Zhong and Ye Xinlan told Bai Xiaoran that rumors about him and Cao Ying had spread throughout Sacred Pill City as they headed to the test.
• Cao Ying urged Cao Xiu and Cao Dan to teach Bai Xiaoran a harsh lesson, then boasted about her ninth-rank soul value.
• Bai Ying scored eighth rank, Qiu Ji scored seventh rank, Cao Xiu reached the middle stage of eighth rank, and Dan Xuan reached ninth rank.
• Bai Xiaoran struck the crystal pillar, which reached rank nine before exploding; Elder Sheng estimated his soul value at the sixteenth rank, and Cao Ying fumed.