Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai confronted Mr. Yao at Myriad Medicine Pavilion after rejecting his offer and revealed strength far beyond the pavilion leader’s expectations. After Mr. Yao attacked Xiao Bai’s subordinate instead of fighting him directly, Xiao Bai broke Mr. Yao’s arm and ordered his men to beat him.

• Mr. Yao revealed that he had lured Xiao Bai to Myriad Medicine Pavilion and ordered his men to surround him.
• Xiao Bai released a powerful aura that showed he was stronger than Mr. Yao, and both sides sent their subordinates into battle.
• Xiao Bai’s people quickly subdued Mr. Yao’s men, leaving Mr. Yao alone against Xiao Bai.
• Mr. Yao lunged at Xiao Bai, then broke away to strike one of his own former subordinates and tried to kill him.
• Xiao Bai blocked Mr. Yao’s attack and broke his arm with a single palm strike.
• Xiao Bai ordered his men to beat Mr. Yao for attacking his subordinate.

Xiao Bai helped the Bloodfang Mercenary Group defeat and bind Mr. Yao, then searched for Xiao Yi Xian and discovered she had escaped. He returned to the main hall to inspect the treasures found in a hidden passage and rewarded the mercenary who had discovered them.

• Xiao Bai struck Mr. Yao from behind, helping the mercenaries subdue and bind him.
• Xiao Bai learned that Mr. Yao had held Xiao Yi Xian under guard and rushed to her room, but found her gone.
• A servant-dressed man told Xiao Bai that Xiao Yi Xian had tricked him and escaped using bewildering incense.
• Xiao Bai knocked the servant unconscious and pocketed a note before returning to the main hall.
• The mercenaries showed Xiao Bai more than a dozen chests of treasure they had found in a hidden passage.
• Xiao Bai praised the mercenary who discovered the passage and offered him one-sixth of the items in a chest.

Xiao Bai distributed the looted treasures among the mercenaries, but Mu Li arrived with thirty men and turned most of them against him. As the mercenaries surrounded him, Xiao Bai charged into the traitors to vent his anger.

• Xiao Bai stored the herbs, magic cores, and most of the Gold Coins, while sharing some treasure and odds and ends with the mercenaries.
• Mr. Yao raged over losing his fortune and wished for Xiao Bai's death.
• Mu Li entered with thirty men, encircled Xiao Bai, and offered the mercenaries a share of the spoils if they helped him.
• Most of the mercenaries joined Mu Li, while the Bloodfang Mercenary Group, one lucky mercenary, and several badly injured men stayed out of the fight.
• Mu Li demanded that Xiao Bai kneel and cripple his Dou Qi, but Xiao Bai charged at the mercenaries instead.

Xiao Bai used his new One-star Great Dou Shi strength to defeat the mercenaries and capture Mu Li. Just as he prepared to kill Mu Li, an unknown newcomer interrupted him and forced him to retreat.

• Xiao Bai revealed that he had reached the Da Dou Shi realm and beat down the mercenaries who had betrayed him.
• Xiao Bai chased Mu Li as the Young Commander tried to escape, then trapped him with a giant hand of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Bai released Mu Li and prepared to kill him after Mu Li refused to submit.
• An unknown newcomer stopped Xiao Bai with a sword strike, and Xiao Bai retreated before demanding to know who he was and why he had intervened.

Xiao Bai fought Feng Ge, a One-star Great Dou Shi from the Feng Family, and gained experience against an opponent of equal rank. After Feng Ge praised his talent and offered him a place in the family, Xiao Bai asked what benefits he would receive, and Feng Ge offered him 100,000 Gold Coins a year.

• Xiao Bai identified Feng Ge as a member of the Feng Family and taunted Mu Li with the news that his father’s group would not return.
• Feng Ge attacked Xiao Bai with Broken Moon Hand, and their first clash revealed that they were both One-star Great Dou Shi.
• Xiao Bai fought Feng Ge again, gradually using his strength more effectively until they reached a standstill.
• Feng Ge praised Xiao Bai’s talent and offered him a place in the Feng Family, rebuking Mu Li when he objected.
• Xiao Bai asked about the benefits, and Feng Ge offered him 100,000 Gold Coins each year for cultivation.

Xiao Bai refused Feng Ge’s offer of a hundred thousand Gold Coins a year and fought him instead, using his new Dou Techniques to defeat him. After the battle, Xiao Bai killed Feng Ge, looted the bodies, buried him and Mu Li beneath the street, and headed to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

• Xiao Bai rejected Feng Ge’s offer after learning that his protection fees earned him a hundred thousand Gold Coins in less than a day.
• Feng Ge attacked Xiao Bai with Mountain Splitting Leg, breaking through his Eggshell defense before Xiao Bai blocked him with South Wall.
• Xiao Bai detonated Light Explosion near Feng Ge, creating a crater that left Mu Li dead and Feng Ge barely alive.
• Xiao Bai killed Feng Ge with a spear, looted Feng Ge and Mu Li, and buried them beneath the street.
• Xiao Bai left the restored street and headed toward the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

Mr. Yao escaped his restraints but Xiao Bai tracked him down and killed him. After burning the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, Xiao Bai set out toward the Tagor Desert, with the Feng Family still on his mind.

• Mr. Yao promised two mercenaries a Mysterious-tier Low-level Dou Technique, then killed them when they freed him.
• Mr. Yao killed an unconscious mercenary and fled into the rear courtyard.
• Xiao Bai let the remaining mercenaries leave after they surrendered their Magic Crystals and Gold Coins, then searched for Mr. Yao.
• Xiao Bai found Mr. Yao hiding in a chest and killed him with a spear after accusing him of causing Xiao Yi Xian's disappearance.
• Xiao Bai burned the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and turned toward the Tagor Desert.

After fleeing Qingshan Town, Xiao Bai crossed the Tagor Desert in search of Heavenly Flames but became lost and struggled through the desert’s heat and cold. He finally spotted a campfire and found Snake People pursuing four humans.

• Xiao Bai sensed a powerful Dou Qi aura near Qingshan Town and fled, suspecting Feng Jing had returned.
• Xiao Bai traveled into the Tagor Desert to search for Heavenly Flames, regretting that he had chosen to cross it on foot.
• Xiao Bai continued through the desert by day and night, then used his wings to fly and prayed to encounter someone.
• Xiao Bai spotted a distant fire, flew toward it, and discovered twelve Snake People hunting two men and two women.

Four humans were cornered and badly wounded by Basang and his Snake People, who demanded the two women submit to them. After Tu Ya’s beloved urged her to sacrifice herself, Yan Nan charged the Snake People, but a stranger called out that he had come to save them.

• Basang ordered his Snake People to attack the four humans and capture the women alive while the humans chose to fight rather than surrender.
• The Snake People wounded the humans and Basang repeated his demand, promising to let them go if the women played along.
• Tu Ya’s father rejected the offer, and Tu Ya and Yan Nan refused to submit.
• The young man urged the women to sacrifice themselves, prompting Yan Nan to slap him and Tu Ya to break down over his betrayal.
• Yan Nan charged the Snake People, and a stranger called out to her that he was there to save her.

Xiao Bai crashed into the Snake People’s territory while trying to find his way through the desert and stopped Yan Nan from attacking. After learning that she and Tu Ya were surrounded, he killed the insulting young man and dealt with Basang and the Snake People, then asked Yan Nan for directions to the nearest city.

• Xiao Bai spotted Yan Nan and the others while searching the desert, but lost control and fell from the sky like a meteor.
• Yan Nan stopped her suicidal attack when Xiao Bai crashed nearby, and Xiao Bai asked the group where he was and whether any cities were nearby.
• The young man insulted Xiao Bai, so Xiao Bai slapped him and killed him when he attacked with a broadsword.
• Basang objected to being ignored, and Xiao Bai attacked him and the surrounding Snake People.
• Xiao Bai returned after a few minutes, leaving Yan Nan and Tu Ya stunned by his strength.

Xiao Bai rescued Tu Ya, Yan Nan, and Tu Li from pursuing Snake People, then traveled with them to Desert City. After reaching the city, he declined their invitation to the Blazing Fire Mercenary Group and went off to handle his own matters.

• Xiao Bai gave Tu Ya healing pills for her injured father, Tu Li.
• Yan Nan explained how the Blazing Fire Mercenary Group had been hunted by Snake People after Tu Li exposed their whereabouts while pursuing a Fire Lizard mission.
• Xiao Bai agreed to accompany Yan Nan, Tu Ya, and Tu Li back to Desert City.
• Xiao Bai and the others reached Desert City at night after traveling through the desert.
• Xiao Bai declined the group's invitation to their headquarters and parted ways with them.

Xiao Bai wandered through Desert City, got into a fight after being mocked, and followed a crowd to the Desert City Auction. After paying the fee, he disguised himself in black clothes and a conical hat and headed to the auction venue.

• Xiao Bai explored the streets, saw a woman selling herself to bury her husband, and realized the women calling to him were prostitutes.
• A man mocked Xiao Bai for being short, so Xiao Bai beat him and fled as the women screamed.
• Xiao Bai heard an announcement for the Desert City Auction and followed the crowd to register.
• Xiao Bai paid the staff, received a conical hat, and was escorted to a changing room by a beautiful attendant.
• Xiao Bai changed into black clothes, put on the hat, accepted a number plate, and followed the attendant toward the auction venue.

Xiao Bai attended an auction, bought a rare Fourth-tier Demonic Beast Core, and watched the bidding before the featured item was revealed. The chapter ended with him discovering two female creatures inside a cage.

• Xiao Bai took seat 172 in the auction hall and observed the masked guests and host Qiao Ba.
• Qiao Ba opened the auction with Master Feng's Green Edge Sword, which sold for 10,000 Gold Coins.
• Xiao Bai spent 150,000 Gold Coins on a rare Fourth-tier Demonic Beast Core, then fed it to his furnace to increase the Panel's values.
• Qiao Ba unveiled the featured auction item, revealing a cage containing two female creatures and shocking Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai attended an auction where two nonhuman women were sold, including a Snake Person and a Barbarian Cat Tribe woman whose secret technique could increase strength. He won the Snake Girl for 250,000 Gold Coins, while bidding for the Cat Girl continued to climb.

• Qiao Ba introduced a Nine Star Dou Zhe Snake Girl and a Five Star Dou Zhe Cat Tribe Barbarian whose combat strength could reach Eight or Nine Star Dou Zhe.
• A bidder invoked the danger posed by the Snake People’s king, then offered 110,000 Gold Coins for the Snake Girl under the pretense of seeking justice.
• Xiao Bai and Huo Lie competed for the Snake Girl, and Xiao Bai won with a bid of 250,000 Gold Coins.
• The auction began selling the Cat Girl, whose secret technique could permanently raise a person's strength by two or three levels, and the bidding quickly rose.

Xiao Bai won the Cat Girl at auction for 600,000 Gold Coins despite Ran Hong’s threats. He named her and the Snake Girl Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing, then led them through a hidden passage to an inn, unaware that watchers had tracked him.

• Ran Hong, Yang Yuan, and Mo Xiao competed for the Cat Girl until Xiao Bai bid 600,000 Gold Coins.
• Ran Hong threatened Xiao Bai after he refused to reveal his face, but Yang Yuan and Mo Xiao stopped him from attacking at the auction.
• Qiao Ba declared Xiao Bai the winner, and Ran Hong whispered instructions to a subordinate before leaving.
• Xiao Bai secured the women’s essence blood and named them Xiao Qing and Xiao Zhao.
• Xiao Bai took Xiao Qing and Xiao Zhao through a hidden passage to an inn, but people watching him discovered where he went.

Tu Li told the Second Commander that Xiao Bai had killed his son, prompting the commander to take him to find Xiao Bai in Desert City. Meanwhile, Xiao Bai booked adjoining rooms at an inn and promised Xiao Qing and Xiao Zhao their freedom if they stayed with him for five years or repaid the Gold Coins he had spent on them.

• Tu Ya told the Second Commander that his son was dead, and Tu Li identified Xiao Bai as the killer.
• Tu Li agreed to lead the Second Commander through Desert City to search for Xiao Bai, while Yan Nan and Tu Ya were kept under guard.
• Xiao Bai failed to persuade the innkeeper to combine the beds and booked two neighboring rooms instead.
• Xiao Bai offered Xiao Qing and Xiao Zhao their freedom after five years with him or after they repaid the Gold Coins he had spent on them.
• Xiao Zhao believed Xiao Bai after he swore on his soul, and Xiao Qing reluctantly agreed to trust him for now.
• Xiao Bai sent the women to rest and said they would go somewhere together the next day.

Xiao Bai woke and set out with Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing to find the map seller Hai Bodong, whose map could help him locate the Heavenly Flames. The chapter left Xiao Bai and Xiao Zhao at a shabby map shop in Rock Desert City, while Xiao Qing remained disguised as a small snake.

• Xiao Qing and Xiao Zhao talked about their names and origins, and Xiao Qing promised to take care of Xiao Zhao.
• Xiao Bai woke to find Xiao Qing and Xiao Zhao waiting outside his room, then told them to call him Young Master instead of Master.
• Xiao Qing transformed into a small green snake to hide her identity as one of the Snake People in Rock Desert City.
• Xiao Bai explained that he needed Hai Bodong's map to narrow down the location of the Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Bai and Xiao Zhao arrived at the shabby-looking map shop where he expected to find the map seller.

Xiao Bai searched a map shop for a fragment related to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame while troublemakers were thrown out by the powerful old mapmaker. The old man challenged Xiao Bai, whose confidence and resistance to the man’s aura prompted him to attack with ice birds.

• Xiao Bai gave Xiao Zhao a tattered map fragment and searched the shop with her for something similar, but neither found a clue.
• A group of young men threatened to smash the shop after the old mapmaker refused to attend to them, and he hurled them outside with a roar.
• The old mapmaker asked whether Xiao Bai and Xiao Zhao were with the troublemakers, while Xiao Bai reassured Xiao Zhao and exchanged barbs with him.
• The old man released his Dou Ling aura against Xiao Bai, but Xiao Bai remained unaffected and joked with Xiao Zhao.
• The old man attacked Xiao Bai by summoning more than a dozen blue ice birds and declaring, “Birds Exterminate Pests!”

Xiao Bai fought Hai Bodong in his shop, using his shield and sword to withstand the former Dou Emperor’s attacks while refusing to take the battle outside. Hai Bodong escalated the fight with Ice Snow World, leaving Xiao Bai alone with him in a room filling with snow.

• Xiao Bai blocked Hai Bodong’s Birds Exterminate Pests with his Light Shield Dou Technique, then drew his sword as Hai Bodong summoned a Mysterious Ice Spear.
• Xiao Bai and Hai Bodong exchanged blows inside the shop, where Xiao Bai fought all out and Hai Bodong held back to avoid damaging his business.
• Hai Bodong learned that Xiao Bai was a five-star Great Dou Shi and challenged him to continue the fight outside, but Xiao Bai refused.
• Xiao Bai joked that he was only a boy, leaving Hai Bodong, Xiao Qing, and Xiao Zhao speechless.
• Hai Bodong unleashed Ice Snow World, filling the shop with falling snow, and Xiao Zhao fled as Xiao Bai braced for the attack.

Xiao Bai battled Hai Bodong to distract him while Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing searched Hai Bodong’s map shop for the map to the Green Lotus Core Flame. The fight damaged Hai Bodong’s home and endangered people nearby, and Xiao Bai ended by demanding Hai Bodong’s fragmentary map in exchange for a future favor.

• Hai Bodong trapped Xiao Bai inside his snow-filled room, but Xiao Bai broke through the roof and escaped into the sky with his flying fighting technique.
• Hai Bodong pursued Xiao Bai and attacked him with an icy giant hand, which Xiao Bai split with his Great Treasure Sword, sending debris and ice raining down on the people below.
• Xiao Bai and Hai Bodong argued over who was responsible for the damage, then resumed fighting while Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing searched the map shop for the Green Lotus Core Flame map.
• Hai Bodong battered Xiao Bai until his protective light shattered, and Xiao Bai demanded Hai Bodong’s fragmentary map, offering the promise of help from a future Great Emperor.