Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai led his forces into the Snake People tribe, captured Yue Mei, and forced Queen Medusa to appear. His forces overwhelmed the Snake People, while Xiao Bai fought a Snake People Dou Wang and used him as a weapon; the battle continued as White Snake and Xiao Qing faced four elderly Dou Emperors.

• Green Snake subdued Yue Mei, sealed her Dou Qi, and brought her before Xiao Bai.
• Xiao Bai threatened to use Yue Mei as an appetizer unless Medusa appeared, and Queen Medusa arrived before Green Snake finished counting.
• Medusa confronted Xiao Bai and taunted Hai Bodong, who revealed that she had sealed him decades earlier and asked Xiao Bai to let him fight her.
• Xiao Bai ordered his forces to attack the Snake People, and Yun Shan and White Snake swept through their ranks.
• A Snake People Dou Wang ambushed Xiao Bai, but Xiao Bai caught his tail and swung him into the ground and nearby enemies.
• White Snake found four elderly Dou Emperor women preparing to flee, and Xiao Qing joined her as they fought them.

Xiao Bai defeated Medusa’s attack and offered to spare the Snake People if they submitted to him. With their forces nearly destroyed and escape impossible, Medusa surrendered, leaving the tribe’s fate in Xiao Bai’s hands.

• Medusa forced Hai Bodong back and demanded to know whether the humans intended to wipe out the Snake People, but Xiao Bai offered submission in exchange for their lives.
• The four Snake People elders tried to flee as tiny snakes, and Xiao Bai ordered Yun Shan and White Snake to kill them.
• Medusa attacked Xiao Bai from behind, but he evaded her and used glowing clones that exploded to distract her before reappearing among the Bright Cult members.
• Xiao Bai offered Medusa one last chance to submit and promised to find the Snake People a place to live within the Jia Ma Empire.
• Seeing that few Snake People could still fight and that resistance would doom her tribe, Medusa surrendered.

Xiao Bai advanced from a nine-star Dou Wang to a Dou Emperor after three months of secluded cultivation. He emerged to find the Bright Cult thriving and learned that rival forces were moving across the Northwestern Region.

• Xiao Bai directed the Bright Cult to consolidate its control of the Jia Ma Empire and quietly expand its influence across the Northwestern Region.
• Xiao Bai swallowed a medicinal pill and broke through to the Dou Emperor realm after three months of cultivation.
• Xiao Bai left seclusion and saw that Misty Cloud Mountain had been rebuilt and the Bright Cult's disciples were training.
• Xiao Bai met Yun Yun in her flower garden and asked what had happened during his seclusion.
• Yun Yun reported the rise of the Poison Sect, a possible alliance between the Luo Yan Empire and Mu Lan Empire, and the Bright Cult's success at the Northwestern Region Sect Conference.
• Xiao Bai praised Yun Yun and promised to help her become a Dou Zong once she reached the peak of the Dou Emperor realm.

Xiao Bai arranged for the Jia Ma Empire and the Bright Cult to attack the Chu Yun Empire, then visited Medusa, who had become a Dou Zong and chosen the name Cai Sha. He left her with orders to join the campaign and promised to capture a powerful Magical Beast for her.

• Xiao Bai appointed Hai Bodong as branch master and Yun Shan as deputy branch master of the Bright Cult's Misty Cloud Mountain branch, then left for Jia Ma Holy City.
• Xiao Bai ordered Jia Xing Tian to send Jia Ma Empire troops against the Chu Yun Empire in three days, while the Bright Cult would handle its experts.
• Xiao Bai visited Medusa in the Monster Mountain Range and learned that she was satisfied with the Snake People's new home there.
• Medusa chose the name Cai Sha, and Xiao Bai asked her to send Snake People troops to join the attack on the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Bai offered to capture the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King for Cai Sha.

Xiao Bai secured the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s submission by promising transformation pills and protection for its child, then ordered the Snake People and Jia Ma Empire to invade the Chu Yun Empire. The war began with Chu Yun caught off guard and losing several cities.

• Cai Sha confronted the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, while Xiao Bai revealed his Dou Emperor strength and offered it a Humanoid Transformation Pill and help reaching Dou Zong.
• Xiao Bai promised to provide a Humanoid Transformation Pill for the Lion King’s child and explained that Cai Sha would leave, so the Lion King agreed to guard the Snake People.
• Xiao Bai placed an ice-crystal control mark on the Lion King, which accepted him as Cult Master.
• After Jia Xing Tian and the others prepared their forces, Xiao Bai ordered Cai Sha to lead the Snake People and Jia Ma Empire’s army against the Chu Yun Empire.
• The Chu Yun Empire was shocked by the full-scale assault and lost several cities before it could respond.

Xiao Bai laid out a plan to counter the Chu Yun Empire’s Poison Masters by recruiting captured enemies and using poison in battle. After the Alchemist Association refused to participate and left, the other families agreed to support him, and he continued planning both battlefield operations and a campaign to spread panic in the enemy empire.

• Xiao Bai proposed refining antidote pills and capturing enemy Poison Masters to make them fight for the Bright Cult.
• Nalan Jie and the Alchemist Association objected to using poison, while Mittel Tengshan defended Xiao Bai’s plan.
• Xiao Bai asked the Jia Ma Holy City families to declare their positions, and Nalan Su pledged the Nalan Clan’s support after Xiao Bai reminded Nalan Jie of his family’s ties to the Bright Cult.
• The Alchemist Association left the conference hall after Xiao Bai ordered them to depart.
• Xiao Bai assigned the families to capture Poison Masters alive, form poison and sabotage squads, protect the army’s food and water, and spread panic among Chu Yun Empire’s citizens.

Xiao Bai captured and used a sacred light to convert a group of Alchemists into devoted Bright Cult followers, then led the Cult into battle against the Chu Yun Empire. The chapter ended as Cai Sha faced a mysterious Black Robe Man on the battlefield.

• Xiao Bai confronted the captured Alchemists and warned them that desertion in the face of battle carried the death penalty, though he planned to keep them alive to refine pills.
• Xiao Bai invoked sacred light, causing the Alchemists to lose consciousness and awaken devoted to him; he ordered Hai Bodong to put them back to work refining pills.
• Xiao Bai and his allies faced the Chu Yun Empire's army as the two sides prepared for battle.
• The Chu Yun Empire's commander identified the Bright Cult to a mysterious Black Robe Man, who stepped onto the battlefield to test its strength.
• Xiao Bai stopped Cai Sha from charging recklessly, and Cai Sha flew out to face the Black Robe Man.

Cai Sha fought the Heavenly Poison Woman until both were injured, after which the battle between the armies began. Xiao Bai recognized the mysterious woman as Xiao Yi Xian and endured her poisonous attacks until he managed to embrace her, despite her resistance.

• Cai Sha and the Heavenly Poison Woman clashed with poison and Dou Qi, ending their duel with minor injuries and depleted strength.
• A Jia Ma general taunted the enemy, was killed by the Heavenly Poison Woman's poisonous palm, and his soldiers called for revenge.
• Xiao Bai led the Bright Cult forces into battle and charged toward the Heavenly Poison Woman.
• Xiao Bai revealed that he had learned the woman's identity was Xiao Yi Xian, but she insisted she did not know him.
• Xiao Bai endured three poisonous attacks before finally embracing Xiao Yi Xian, who struggled and struck him as he held her.

Xiao Bai reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and brought her to their old secret herb garden, where she finally rested peacefully. When she woke and discovered that her poison had harmed him, she scolded him for leaving it untreated, and Xiao Bai insisted he was not afraid of his wife's poison.

• Xiao Bai carried Xiao Yi Xian away and told Hai Bodong to handle what remained.
• Xiao Bai took Xiao Yi Xian to their secret herb garden, where she fell asleep in the cabin.
• Xiao Yi Xian woke beside Xiao Bai, recognized him, and noticed the poison mark on his forehead.
• Xiao Yi Xian slapped Xiao Bai and confronted him for leaving her poison untreated.
• Xiao Bai said he was not afraid of his wife's poison.

Xiao Bai reunited with Xiao Yi Xian in a secluded valley, promised he could control her Calamity Poison Body, and healed the poison affecting him. They left after two days to return to their armies, parting near the battlefield so Xiao Yi Xian could handle military affairs.

• Xiao Bai embraced Xiao Yi Xian and assured her that he had found a way to control her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Bai used milky white light to cleanse the poison from himself and ease Xiao Yi Xian's exhaustion.
• Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian spent two days in the valley, sharing what had happened since they were separated.
• Xiao Yi Xian urged Xiao Bai to leave the valley and return to the armies, and he agreed.
• Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian reached the battlefield, where the armies remained orderly after Xiao Bai had ordered the attack to stop.
• Xiao Yi Xian kissed Xiao Bai and left to settle military matters while he promised to wait for her.

Xiao Bai returned to the Jia Ma Empire camp and visited the captured Poison Masters, intending to make use of them. After the prisoners taunted the guards, he watched the warden torture one into submission and ordered the others to obey.

• Hai Bodong told Xiao Bai that the Jia Ma Empire forces had repelled the enemy and captured many Poison Masters while Xiao Bai was away.
• Xiao Bai had Hai Bodong lead him to the prison to inspect the captured Poison Masters.
• After hearing the prisoners mock the guards, Xiao Bai told the warden to make them less comfortable and chose to watch the punishment himself.
• The warden tortured a defiant Poison Master until he begged to cooperate.
• The warden displayed the battered prisoner to the others and demanded silence and obedience.

Xiao Bai turned prisoners into Bright Cult believers and sent them to provoke the Scorpion Sect, causing the sect to blame the Poison Sect. When Xiao Yi Xian found him, Xiao Bai realized he had misjudged the situation and become the clown himself.

• Xiao Bai forced prisoners to fight over weapons, then recruited the eighteen survivors into the Bright Cult.
• Xiao Bai ordered the new believers to impersonate Scorpion Sect members and stir up trouble across the Chu Yun Empire.
• The Scorpion Sect's harsh response to other factions intensified the conflict, and Xiao Bai halted his Poison Master subordinates after learning the sect's leaders had intervened.
• The Scorpion Sect suspected the Poison Sect of targeting it and made it the scapegoat.
• Xiao Yi Xian found Xiao Bai, who realized that he had been the clown all along.

Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian discussed the Scorpion Sect’s alliance with the Golden Goose Sect, Mu Lan Valley, and a mysterious force, which Xiao Bai identified as Soul Hall. After explaining his Xiao Clan background and Soul Hall’s threat, Xiao Bai considered using the ancient jade and Xiao Yan’s connection to the Gu Clan to protect himself and the other Xiao Family members.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Bai that the Scorpion Sect had gained support from a mysterious force and allied with the Golden Goose Sect and Mu Lan Valley to attack the Poison Sect and then the Bright Cult.
• Xiao Bai explained that Yun Shan knew the Golden Goose Sect and Mu Lan Valley from the Northwestern Region sect conference, and Xiao Yi Xian warned him not to underestimate the mysterious force.
• Xiao Yi Xian described the mysterious figures as black-robed, chilling, and evil, and Xiao Bai identified them as Soul Hall.
• Xiao Bai explained the Eight Ancient Clans, his Xiao Clan identity, and the Xiao Clan’s decline to Xiao Yi Xian, whom he began calling Xiao Xian'er.
• Xiao Bai resolved to use the ancient jade in Xiao Yan’s hands and the Gu Clan member beside him to stir conflict and protect himself and the other Xiao Family members.

Xiao Bai planned to deal with the Soul Hall threat in the Ten Scorpion Gate and secure Xiao Yi Xian’s territory. He introduced her to the Bright Cult as his wife over a private hotpot meal, while postponing his plan to resolve her Calamity Poison Body.

• Xiao Yi Xian suggested killing the Soul Hall member in the Ten Scorpion Gate, and Xiao Bai said he would handle the threat as part of a broader plan to secure her territory.
• Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian shared a private moment before realizing they were hungry and arranging a hotpot meal.
• Xiao Bai announced that he was having hotpot with the Cult Master’s wife, and the news spread throughout the Bright Cult.
• Xiao Bai reassured Xiao Yi Xian about her worries over meeting the Bright Cult and considered ways to resolve her Calamity Poison Body, but postponed further experiments until other threats were settled.
• Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian ate hotpot alone in their private dining hall.

Xiao Bai gathered his forces and secretly entered the Chu Yun Empire to destroy the Ten Scorpion Gate. After reuniting with Xiao Yi Xian near Tian Du City, he learned the Ten Scorpion Gate was hosting people from two other empires and prepared to use a secret weapon against them.

• Xiao Bai announced the operation against the Ten Scorpion Gate, won his subordinates' support, and left Cai Sha to guard the fortress.
• Xiao Bai and Hai Bodong traveled toward Tian Du City while Yun Shan led three Dou Emperors to a Bright Cult contact point.
• Xiao Bai crushed Xiao Yi Xian's jade token outside the city, and Xiao Yi Xian met him and agreed to notify him when it was time to move.
• Yun Shan reported that the Ten Scorpion Gate was powerful and sheltered people from two other great empires.
• Xiao Bai asked Hai Bodong about the secret weapon and revealed that he planned to blow up the Ten Scorpion Gate.

Xiao Bai joined Xiao Yi Xian and the Poison Sect as they prepared to fight the Ten Scorpion Gate, but the Poison Sect’s Deputy Sect Master challenged the mysterious reinforcements and tried to turn the sect against them. Xiao Bai exposed the deputy’s betrayal and revealed his identity as the Bright Cult Master.

• Xiao Bai learned that the Holy Light Church had expanded its following and influence among ordinary people in the Chu Yun Empire.
• After Xiao Yi Xian sent word, Xiao Bai gathered Bright Cult members and met her outside Tian Du City.
• The Poison Sect’s Deputy Sect Master questioned Xiao Yi Xian’s black-robed reinforcements and demanded that they prove their strength.
• Xiao Bai accused the Deputy Sect Master of defecting to the Ten Scorpion Gate and disrupting the Poison Sect’s plans.
• The Deputy Sect Master called on Poison Sect members to capture the black-robed group, but Xiao Yi Xian ordered them to stop.
• Xiao Bai removed his hood, and the Deputy Sect Master recognized him as the Bright Cult Master.

Xiao Yi Xian faced a coup within the Poison Sect after her deputy sect master allied with the Ten Scorpion Gate, while Xiao Bai helped her crush the rebellion. The deputy sect master tried to kill Xiao Bai with a poisoned palm, but his attack passed through Xiao Bai’s figure.

• The deputy sect master accused Xiao Yi Xian of bringing foreign enemies into the Chu Yun Empire and admitted he had accepted the Ten Scorpion Gate’s offer to become sect master.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave the Poison Sect members a chance to stand down, and about forty chose to stay loyal to her despite the deputy sect master’s threats.
• Xiao Bai revealed his Dou Emperor strength, and his allies, including Hai Bodong and Yun Shan, overwhelmed the deputy sect master’s larger force.
• Xiao Bai approached the deputy sect master and said he would kill him for betraying Xiao Yi Xian.
• The deputy sect master struck Xiao Bai with a poisoned palm, but the attack passed through his chest as the deputy sect master celebrated.

Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian crushed the rebellion within the Poison Sect, then prepared to attack the Ten Scorpion Gate with Xiao Bai’s powerful Pumpkin weapon. Yun Shan deployed the weapon over the Ten Scorpion Gate and fled as it fell toward the ground.

• Xiao Bai defeated the Vice Sect Master and sent him to Xiao Yi Xian, who crushed his poisoned dagger and killed him.
• Xiao Bai urged Xiao Yi Xian to kill the remaining traitors, but she spared them on the condition that they redeem themselves in the coming battle.
• Xiao Bai enhanced the Pumpkin to +6 as the group traveled toward the Ten Scorpion Gate, then ordered them to rest before setting out after nightfall.
• Xiao Bai explained that the Pumpkin could not distinguish friend from foe and assigned Yun Shan to deploy it while the others waited far away.
• Yun Shan reached the Ten Scorpion Gate after dark, dropped the Pumpkin from above, and fled into the night.

Ten Scorpion Gate prepared to attack the Poison Sect, but a devastating explosion destroyed its stronghold and scattered its enemies. Xiao Yi Xian then led the Poison Sect and Bright Cult to Ten Scorpion Mountain to seize the opportunity.

• Xie Shan reported his failed scheme to Xie Biyan, who ordered Ten Scorpion Gate to attack openly with help from the Golden Goose Sect, Mu Lan Valley, and a hidden Dou Zong.
• Explosions ravaged Ten Scorpion Gate, and Yun Shan fled the blast, cursing Hai Bodong for misleading him about its range.
• The shockwave struck the Poison Sect's temporary base, injuring some Dou Lings and burying Xiao Bai beneath dirt and ash.
• Yun Shan and Hai Bodong searched for Xiao Bai, who emerged with Xiao Yi Xian and told her it was time to make their entrance.
• Xiao Yi Xian sent the nine Poison Sect Dou Emperors and the Bright Cult toward Ten Scorpion Gate, where they found scorched, lifeless land.

Xiao Yi Xian’s group found the ruined headquarters of the Ten Scorpion Gate and discovered that Wu Ya had betrayed the Poison Sect. After Xiao Bai helped expose him, Wu Ya and four allied elders were killed, and the group began searching the battlefield for the Soul Hall Protector.

• The Poison Sect group reached the devastated Ten Scorpion Gate headquarters and found the badly injured Xie Biyan, whom Xiao Bai identified.
• Xiao Yi Xian ordered Xie Biyan given a quick death, but Xiao Bai stopped Wu Ya from killing him before he could speak.
• Xie Biyan revealed that Wu Ya belonged to the Ten Scorpion Gate, and Xiao Bai killed him after hearing the accusation.
• Wu Ya denied the charge, then ordered four Poison Sect elders to flee and attacked Xiao Bai.
• A Black Robe Man restrained Wu Ya, and Xiao Bai ordered him executed; Xiao Yi Xian returned after killing the four fleeing elders.
• Xiao Yi Xian ordered the group to clear the battlefield while Xiao Bai searched for the Soul Hall Protector.