Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai escaped Hai Bodong after threatening the Mittel Family, then returned to the inn with Xiao Zhao and examined the maps she had obtained. The third map marked six possible locations of the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Bai prepared to begin the search with Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing.

• Hai Bodong attacked Xiao Bai to protect his secret, but Xiao Bai used Light Escape to flee and threatened to target the Mittel Family.
• Hai Bodong watched Xiao Bai disappear and was left troubled when Xiao Bai mentioned Mite'er.
• Xiao Bai took Xiao Zhao on a roundabout route back to the inn and asked whether she had obtained the maps.
• Xiao Bai examined the three maps, including one that mapped Snake People territory and another that marked six possible Heavenly Flame locations.
• Xiao Bai told Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing that the map pointed to the Green Lotus Core Flame, then sent them to rest before their search began.

Xiao Bai found a map fragment hidden in a book, which he believed would lead to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and credited Xiao Zhao’s luck for uncovering it. Later, he worried when the two women did not answer their door, but learned that one had gone shopping.

• After Xiao Zhao left, Xiao Bai found the book she had mentioned and shook a map fragment out of its pages.
• Xiao Bai recognized the fragment as the piece held by Hai Bodong and resolved to obtain the rest as soon as possible.
• Xiao Bai praised Xiao Zhao as his lucky cat and reflected on how much he envied people with extraordinary luck.
• After resting until afternoon, Xiao Bai went to check on the two women, but no one answered when he knocked.
• Xiao Bai kicked open their door, found no signs of trouble, and asked a waiter where they had gone.
• The waiter said one woman had left for the busiest street, and Xiao Bai concluded she was probably shopping.

Xiao Bai encountered Yan Xiong, who sought revenge for his son’s death, and fought him in the street. Xiao Bai waited for Yan Xiong’s reckless assault to lose its force, leaving him poised to counterattack.

• Xiao Bai wandered through Desert City, admiring the women’s revealing clothing.
• Yan Xiong confronted Xiao Bai, and Tu Li revealed that Yan Xiong was the deputy commander of the Blazing Fire Mercenary Group and the father of the man Xiao Bai had killed.
• Yan Xiong attacked Xiao Bai with his broadsword, but Xiao Bai blocked the blow and countered with his longsword.
• Yan Xiong switched to a desperate, aggressive fighting style, while Tu Li said mercenaries had surrounded the area to prevent Xiao Bai from escaping.
• Xiao Bai defended himself and waited until Yan Xiong’s attacks slowed, sensing that his chance to strike was approaching.

Xiao Bai defeated Yan Xiong and his mercenaries after they attacked him together, then killed Tu Li for betraying his kindness. The chapter ended with Tu Ya and Yan Nan arriving as Tu Ya mourned her father’s corpse.

• Xiao Bai wounded Yan Xiong, who ordered his mercenaries to surround and attack him.
• Xiao Bai used Raging Lion's Roar to incapacitate the attackers and killed them with a rain of Dou Qi swords.
• Tu Li begged Xiao Bai for mercy, then charged him after Xiao Bai declared he would kill him for repaying kindness with enmity.
• Xiao Bai kicked Tu Li aside and killed him by throwing his longsword through Tu Li's chest.
• Tu Ya and Yan Nan arrived, and Tu Ya wept over her father's corpse while Xiao Bai watched without reacting.

Xiao Bai killed Tu Ya after she attacked him to avenge her father, Tu Li, and ignored Yan Nan’s pleas to spare her. Yan Nan accepted that she could not challenge Xiao Bai and prepared to bury Tu Ya with Tu Li, while Xiao Bai returned to the inn to check on Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing.

• Tu Ya attacked Xiao Bai, blaming him for killing Tu Li, and Xiao Bai knocked her down with a single punch.
• Yan Nan begged Xiao Bai to spare Tu Ya, but Tu Ya rejected her and insisted on avenging her father.
• Xiao Bai killed Tu Ya with a ball of Dou Qi despite Yan Nan’s attempt to stop him.
• Xiao Bai warned Yan Nan against attacking him, and she denied having any such intention.
• Yan Nan began preparing to bury Tu Ya beside Tu Li, while Xiao Bai left for the inn to check on Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing.

Xiao Bai returned to the inn and prepared to leave Desert City with Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing to search for the Heavenly Flames, unaware that Ran Hong was arranging to trap him. Ran Hong had ordered the city’s exits guarded and invited Yang Yuan to watch what happened.

• After Xiao Bai left the crime scene, witnesses emerged and spread stories about the bloodshed.
• Ran Hong asked Yang Yuan to help capture Xiao Bai, and agreed to give her the Cat Girl in return; Yang Yuan said she would only assist from the sidelines.
• A messenger brought Ran Hong news, prompting him to alert Captain Huo Lie and order his fighters to guard the routes out of Desert City.
• Xiao Bai returned to the inn, found Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing, and learned they had gone shopping and stocked up on supplies.
• Concerned that the Blazing Fire Mercenary Group, Ran Hong, and Hai Bodong might come after him, Xiao Bai decided to leave with Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing to find the Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Bai and Xiao Zhao encountered mercenaries waiting in ambush as they left the city, and Xiao Bai revealed a powerful new Dou Technique. The swords summoned by his Holy Light Rotating Wheel Seal descended on the mercenaries, who braced themselves to fight.

• Xiao Bai and Xiao Zhao headed for the city gate while Xiao Qing hid on Xiao Zhao.
• Xiao Bai sensed killing intent and warned Xiao Zhao before calling on the ambushers to reveal themselves.
• When the hidden mercenaries refused to come out, Xiao Bai summoned a giant golden wheel above his palm.
• The mercenaries prepared to defend themselves, while one man dismissed Xiao Bai as too young to be powerful despite his having killed Yan Xiong.
• Xiao Bai unleashed the Holy Light Rotating Wheel Seal, sending more than a hundred swords raining down on the mercenaries.
• The mercenaries realized they could not escape and drew their weapons to fight back.

After Xiao Bai defeated the mercenaries, he let Xiao Qing finish off the survivors and continued down the street with her and Xiao Zhao. Huo Lie then confronted them, coveting the women and seeking revenge on Xiao Bai, leaving a clash imminent.

• Xiao Bai asked Xiao Qing to deal with the surviving mercenaries, and she understood his intent and went into the street.
• Xiao Qing returned after killing the survivors, and Xiao Bai told the women to leave with him.
• Huo Lie and his armed men surrounded Xiao Bai, Xiao Qing, and Xiao Zhao before they had gone far.
• Huo Lie recognized Xiao Bai from the auction, admitted he wanted the women and revenge for Yan Xiong, and made Xiao Qing and Xiao Zhao tremble with fear and hatred.

Xiao Bai fought Huo Lie after Huo Lie attacked him with an explosive spear technique. Xiao Bai recognized how the technique worked and prepared to break it, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xiao Bai tried to knock out Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing, but they stayed conscious and punched him after he attempted to flee.
• Ran Hong and Yang Yuan watched Xiao Bai with the women from a teahouse, and Yang Yuan urged Ran Hong to wait for someone else to deal with him.
• Huo Lie grew enraged at Xiao Bai's behavior and attacked him with a spear reinforced by Dou Qi.
• Xiao Bai charged Huo Lie with his sword, but Huo Lie used a spinning spear barrier to deflect his attacks and blast him away.
• Xiao Bai identified Huo Lie's explosive technique as compressed fire-attribute Dou Qi and declared that he would break it.

Xiao Bai overwhelmed Huo Lie in battle, leaving him nearly powerless and his three surviving subordinates unwilling to risk their lives against Xiao Bai. Xiao Bai offered the men a chance to live if they killed Huo Lie, leaving them facing a difficult choice.

• Xiao Bai unleashed a continuous barrage of combat techniques, and Huo Lie exhausted nearly all his Dou Qi defending himself.
• Xiao Bai revealed that he had used only half his Dou Qi while Huo Lie was close to losing the ability to resist.
• Huo Lie recognized Xiao Bai, Snake Girl, and Cat Girl, then mocked Xiao Bai's youth and boasted that he was not afraid to die despite secretly wanting to live.
• Huo Lie offered his three surviving Dou Master subordinates promotions and wealth if they helped him escape, but they refused to challenge Xiao Bai.
• The three subordinates told Huo Lie they only wanted to stay alive, and Xiao Bai ordered them to kill Huo Lie if they wanted to live.

After Xiao Bai defeated Huo Lie’s desperate attack and killed him, he sent Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing to gather the spoils. Ran Hong then ordered his hidden guardian to kill Xiao Bai, revealing that the old man was a Seven-Star Great Dou Shi.

• Three surviving mercenaries charged Huo Lie, who unleashed Blazing Flame Burst and burned them to ashes.
• Huo Lie attacked Xiao Bai with a life-risking explosion, but Xiao Bai’s Light Shield absorbed the heat and left him unharmed.
• Xiao Bai pierced Huo Lie’s chest with a spear and killed him.
• Xiao Bai ordered Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing to collect the spoils while Yang Yuan and Ran Hong watched.
• Ran Hong sent his elderly guardian to kill Xiao Bai and told Yang Yuan that the old man was a Seven-Star Great Dou Shi.

Ran Hong recruited Yang Jie to accompany him to confront Xiao Bai, while Yang Yuan stayed behind with an inscrutable smile. Xiao Bai fought an elderly assassin until Ran Hong arrived and claimed responsibility for sending him.

• Ran Hong invited Yang Yuan to watch Xiao Bai’s despair, but she refused to leave and told him to ask Yang Jie directly for help.
• Ran Hong flattered Yang Jie, who agreed to accompany him to meet Xiao Bai and see the man who killed Huo Lie.
• Yang Yuan watched Ran Hong and Yang Jie depart, then smiled inscrutably.
• Xiao Bai confronted an old man who attacked him, and the two fought dozens of moves without the old man defeating him.
• Ran Hong arrived with Yang Jie and his lackeys as the old man refused to name his employer, and Ran Hong declared that he had sent him.
• Xiao Bai mocked Ran Hong and the middle-aged man accompanying him.

Xiao Bai defeated Yang Jie and the old man, then forced Yang Jie to reveal his connection to the Mu Family. He declared that everyone present was now his captive.

• Yang Jie attacked Xiao Bai, and Ran Hong ordered the old man to join the fight.
• Xiao Bai defended himself with the Light Shield and prepared the Holy Light Rotating Wheel Seal while the two attackers struggled to break through.
• Xiao Bai fired the Beam Cannon, and Yang Jie shoved the old man into its path to escape, leaving the old man blasted to ashes.
• Xiao Bai approached the terrified Yang Jie and threatened him until he disclosed that he was an external steward of the Mu Family, helping Yang Yuan expand its merchant association.
• Xiao Bai confirmed that Yang Jie meant the Mu Family expanding its influence within the military, then declared everyone present his captives.

Xiao Bai captured Ran Hong, Yang Jie, and sixteen others, then planned to ransom them from the Ran Family and the Mu Family. After the two sides prepared their responses, Xiao Bai waited with the prisoners outside Desert City and sensed that the people he was expecting had arrived.

• Xiao Bai captured eighteen people, including Ran Hong and Yang Jie, and learned that Yang Yuan was also plotting against him, but found her location deserted.
• Xiao Bai tortured Ran Hong for information, then released two prisoners to deliver ransom demands to the Ran Family and Yang Yuan.
• Ran Ba ordered the Ran Family to prepare a magic core worth five hundred thousand Gold Coins and another five hundred thousand Gold Coins to secure Ran Hong's safety.
• Yang Yuan prepared the ransom and informed the Mu Family, though its reinforcements would not arrive in time.
• Outside Desert City, Xiao Bai broke Yang Jie's leg when he threatened him, then announced that the people they had been waiting for had arrived.

Xiao Bai confronted Yang Yuan and Ran Ba in Desert City, demanding the ransom for their captured people. After collecting the payment and freeing most of the captives, he killed Ran Hong and faced Ran Ba’s retaliation.

• Yang Yuan asked Xiao Bai to release her people, but he insulted her and demanded the goods he had requested.
• Ran Ba arrived to rescue his son Ran Hong and ordered Xiao Bai to release him and sever his arms.
• Xiao Bai threatened Ran Hong until Ran Ba handed over chests of gold coins and magic cores.
• Xiao Bai used the Heaven and Earth Forging Furnace to collect the chests, while Ran Ba and Yang Yuan suspected he possessed a high-grade spatial magical treasure.
• Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing freed the captives except Ran Hong and Yang Jie, and Xiao Bai killed Ran Hong by crushing his throat.
• Ran Ba ordered his men to attack Xiao Bai, who quickly knocked several attackers away and challenged Ran Ba to come forward.

Xiao Bai fought off the Ran Family and faced its leader, Ran Ba, whose desperate attacks drew the attention of Desert City's hidden experts. When Hai Bodong demanded the map, Xiao Bai recognized him and decided to flee.

• Xiao Bai charged into the mercenaries surrounding him and used his Dou Techniques to nearly wipe them out.
• Ran Ba rushed Xiao Bai from behind, but Xiao Bai dodged and threw a man into his path.
• Xiao Bai turned to face Ran Ba, a newly advanced Dou Ling, after defeating most of his remaining men.
• Ran Ba flew at Xiao Bai and struck him, but Xiao Bai caught his next punch and endured Ran Ba's continued attacks.
• Hai Bodong called on Xiao Bai to hand over the map, and Xiao Bai recognized his voice and decided to run.

Xiao Bai, Xiao Zhao, and Xiao Qing escaped Hai Bodong and continued across the desert, where Xiao Bai reminded Xiao Zhao that she could only earn her freedom by working for him. After converting their spoils into energy points, Xiao Bai strengthened himself to One-Star Dou Ling, but the upgrade consumed nearly all his savings.

• Xiao Bai reassured Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing that Hai Bodong was no longer pursuing them, then told them he was the man whose map they had stolen.
• Xiao Qing encouraged Xiao Zhao to remember her home, but Xiao Bai told her she would have to earn her freedom by helping him obtain Heavenly Flames or providing enough value.
• Xiao Qing accused Xiao Bai of exploiting them, and she took Xiao Zhao away while Xiao Bai followed.
• Xiao Bai converted the Gold Coins and magic cores from Ran Ba and Yang Yuan into energy points, reaching one million.
• Xiao Bai spent 900,000 energy points to strengthen his cultivation and became a One-Star Dou Ling, leaving him with 566 energy points.

Xiao Bai discovered that his Light Purification and Light Sublimation skills made Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing adore him, then continued searching the desert for Heavenly Flames. After ruling out three locations over roughly three months, he reached the fourth marked site.

• Xiao Bai realized his skills had made Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing view him with fervent admiration, and he used the skills on them to intensify their devotion.
• Xiao Bai had Xiao Qing lead the group toward a marked location and told them to watch for a place to rest before nightfall.
• Xiao Bai searched the first site for an underground passage but found nothing, so the group moved on to the remaining locations.
• Xiao Bai and his companions traveled through the desert for roughly three months, ruling out the second and third sites and fighting magical beasts along the way.
• Xiao Bai finally arrived with Xiao Zhao and Xiao Qing at the fourth marked location.

Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing followed Xiao Zhao into a hidden underground passage and found a vast chamber filled with lava. After Xiao Qing landed in Xiao Bai’s arms, Xiao Zhao found them in an awkward embrace, and the group was left together underground.

• Xiao Bai’s hammer strike loosened the ground, and Xiao Zhao fell through a newly opened hole.
• Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing jumped into the hole to search for Xiao Zhao, while a black-robed figure followed and covered the entrance with sand.
• Xiao Bai slid through the dark passage and reached a vast underground chamber lit by flowing lava.
• Xiao Zhao answered Xiao Bai from a nearby passage, and Xiao Qing then fell into his arms, leaving them embracing on the ground.
• Xiao Zhao found Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing, and Xiao Qing hurriedly tried to explain their awkward situation.

Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing and Xiao Zhao reached the underground magma and found the Green Lotus Core Flame. When a hidden pursuer attacked them, Xiao Bai fought him off and revealed that he had known the pursuer was Hai Bodong all along.

• Xiao Bai led Xiao Qing and Xiao Zhao through the increasingly hot passage to a sea of magma and identified it as the place where the Green Lotus Core Flame was located.
• Xiao Bai sensed a follower and challenged him to emerge, then blocked the stranger's cold attacks and destroyed a giant ice drill with his Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Bai recognized the black-robed attacker as Hai Bodong after the man removed his hood.
• Hai Bodong asked when Xiao Bai had recognized him and why he had dared to lead him to the magma, and Xiao Bai laughed and asked why he would not dare.