Recaps

Xiao Bai escaped Desert City after killing the mercenaries who hunted him, then traveled with Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing to find the Green Lotus Core Flame. He defeated Hai Bodong, made him serve, acquired a magical beast for Xiao Qing, and contained the flame, which raised his cultivation to Five-Star Dou Ling.

• Xiao Bai examined the maps Xiao Zhao obtained and identified the Green Lotus Core Flame as their goal, while discovering a map fragment linked to Hai Bodong.
• After Xiao Bai killed Yan Xiong, Tu Li, and Tu Ya, he left Desert City with Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing, fighting off Huo Lie and Ran Hong’s forces along the way.
• Xiao Bai captured Ran Hong, Yang Jie, and their men, extorted ransom from Ran Ba and Yang Yuan, killed Ran Hong, and escaped when Hai Bodong appeared.
• Xiao Bai converted the ransom into energy points and strengthened his cultivation to One-Star Dou Ling, then led Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing across the desert to the fourth marked location.
• Xiao Bai found an underground magma chamber and defeated Hai Bodong there, then used his skills to make Hai Bodong pledge loyalty and ordered him to lure out the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Hai Bodong captured the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and Xiao Bai persuaded it to sign a master-servant contract with Xiao Qing, whereupon it became a red bracelet.
• Xiao Bai and the snake crossed the magma until Hai Bodong turned back, and Xiao Bai contained the Green Lotus Core Flame in the Heaven and Earth Forging Furnace.
• The Cheat processed the Green Lotus Core Flame without Xiao Bai’s permission, and Xiao Bai discovered that his cultivation had risen to Five-Star Dou Ling.

Xiao Bai expanded the Holy Light Church from Desert City to Qingshan Town and Wutan City, while restoring Hai Bodong’s strength and drawing Xiao Yan into a trade involving a Calamity Breaking Pill. The stretch ends with Hai Bodong confronting Ling Ying and another black-robed man above the Xiao Family estate.

• Xiao Bai established the Holy Light Church in Desert City, recruited Wang Bo, and became its Golden Robe Pope before the Cheat returned with its new Strengthening Furnace functions.
• Xiao Bai and Hai Bodong traveled to Qingshan Town, where Xiao Bai recruited Feng Qian and her mercenaries, then continued to Wutan City to settle old ties with the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Bai witnessed Xiao Yan accept Nalan Yanran’s three-year challenge and promised to accompany him to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Bai met Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House, helped reunite her with Hai Bodong, and drew Teng Shan and Ya Fei into the Holy Light Church.
• Xiao Bai secretly recognized Xiao Yan as the Black Robe Man and arranged for Yao Chen to refine a Calamity Breaking Pill, then enhanced the pill and gave it to Hai Bodong.
• Hai Bodong used the pill to break his seal and regain his strength, while Xiao Bai expanded his influence and sent Hai Bodong to collect resources from Wutan City’s other families.
• Hai Bodong seized resources from the Jia Lie Family and other factions, then investigated the Xiao Family estate and was confronted by Ling Ying and another black-robed man.

After the Cheat formats Xiao Bai and strips away his cultivation, he rebuilds his strength, develops firearms and equipment, and confronts the Weapon Refiners. The arc ends at the Xiao Family coming-of-age ceremony, where Xiao Yan reveals his restored talent and Xiao Li vows revenge on him and Xiao Bai.

• Yao Chen stopped Hai Bodong and Ling Ying from fighting, erased the traces of their battle, and left with them and Xiao Yan while Xiao Bai lost his composure at the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Bai learned the Heavenly Dao was pursuing him, hid in a coffin, and survived the Cheat’s formatting by choosing life, though it took his battle qi and enhancement functions.
• Xiao Bai ate the Talent Date, cultivated back to Stage Five of Dou Qi, and returned to the Mittel Auction House, where he told Hai Bodong and Ya Fei to call him Young Master Xiao.
• Xiao Bai commissioned a pistol, Submachine Gun, and Sniper Rifle from three Weapon Refiners, then used his Cheat to make the models functional and demonstrated their power.
• When the Weapon Refiners showed greed and refused to cooperate, Xiao Bai tracked them to Neo’s courtyard, defeated them, killed Neo, Black Bull, and Second Brother, and advanced to a Three-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Mei'er told Xiao Bai he had to attend the Xiao Family coming-of-age ceremony, so he prepared equipment and forged Black Blade while the clan readied its youths for testing.
• At the ceremony, Xiao Mei reached Dou Power Stage Nine and Xiao Xun'er displayed the strength of a Three-star Dou Zhe before Xiao Yan revealed he had reached Dou Qi Stage Nine.
• Xiao Zhan celebrated Xiao Yan’s restored talent as Xiao Li resolved to take revenge on Xiao Yan and Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai concealed his strength, completed his coming-of-age ceremony, and used technology and force to expand his influence before entering Jia Nan Academy. After defeating Bai Shan, he was sent to the Black Corner Region, where he began building a force by subduing bandits.

• Xiao Bai hid his Six Star Dou Zhe strength during the Xiao Family assessment and later defeated Xiao Yu with his Gatling Machine Gun at his coming-of-age ceremony.
• Xiao Bai oversaw the Mo Family’s weapons research, prepared to seek the Fallen Heart Flame, and joined Xiao Yan and the others in entering Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Bai defeated Ge La and Luo Bu during recruitment, then revealed his Six Star Dou Zhe strength to Instructor Ruo Lin.
• Xiao Bai used Three Corpse Brain God Pills to control Wutan City’s factions, prepared thousands of grenades, and traveled to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Bai led Yellow Tier Class Two to victory in the freshmen tournament, received Radiant Burst, and knocked Bai Shan unconscious with explosives.
• The academy sent Xiao Bai to the Black Corner Region for a trial, where he defeated the Black Bandits’ leader and recruited eight survivors with the pills.
• Xiao Bai fought Ma Li at Moonbright Mountain, destroyed the hall with grenades, and ordered his men to treat Ma Li and make him swallow a Three Corpse Brain God Pill.