Chapter Summaries

After half a year at Jia Nan Academy, Bai Ge learned that the Jia Ma Empire's Alchemist Convention would offer a Blood Spirit Demon Fruit and decided to return for it. He secured leave from the Alchemist Department and prepared to leave the next day, while Xiao Yan considered joining the convention.

• Bai Ge won the Freshman Challenge Tournament, with Xiao Xun'er second and Xiao Yan third, then chose a fighting skill from the Fighting Skill Pavilion.
• Mo Liao told Bai Ge that the Alchemist Convention would award a Blood Spirit Demon Fruit, and Bai Ge decided to attend to obtain ingredients for two Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melting Pills.
• Bai Ge learned that Han Feng was still pestering Heavenly Snake Manor over the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and ordered Mo Liao to keep spying on Han Feng and warn him before an attack on Jia Nan Academy.
• Bai Ge visited the Head of the Alchemy Department and received approval for just over three months of leave to attend the convention.
• After Bai Ge left, the Head of the Alchemy Department asked Xiao Yan whether he also wanted to return and participate.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yan chartered a Thick-Winged Bird from Jia Nan City back to Jia Ma Imperial City, where they planned to register for the Alchemist Convention. The chapter ended as they arrived at the Alchemist Guild.

• Bai Ge paid one hundred Gold Coins to charter a Thick-Winged Bird for himself and Xiao Yan.
• Bai Ge teased Xiao Yan about entering the Alchemist Convention, and Xiao Yan said he planned to practice and take his alchemist assessment.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan boarded the Thick-Winged Bird and flew toward Jia Ma Imperial City.
• More than a month later, the Thick-Winged Bird brought Bai Ge and Xiao Yan to Jia Ma Imperial City.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan decided to visit the Alchemist Guild to register for the convention and arrived at its entrance.

Bai Ge visited the Alchemist Guild with Xiao Yan and traded a third-tier Fire Spirit Pill for a jade fragment containing the Heavenly Flame Three-Stage Transformation. As Bai Ge prepared to register for the Alchemist Convention, a silver-haired woman entered the guild.

• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan entered the Alchemist Guild, and Bai Ge searched its trading area for the jade fragment from his memories.
• Bai Ge found the sealed black jade fragment and traded the scrawny vendor a Fire Spirit Pill for all the items on his platform.
• Bai Ge secured the fragment recording the Heavenly Flame Three-Stage Transformation and then found Xiao Yan examining Peach Blossom Fire.
• Xiao Yan admitted he could not afford the fourth-tier Pill prescription required to trade for Peach Blossom Fire, and Bai Ge teased him.
• Bai Ge noticed an exquisite woman with silver hair and silver robes entering the Alchemist Guild.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yan visited the Alchemist Guild, where Xue Mei traded a fourth-rank Pill formula for the Peach Blossom Fire despite Liu Quan’s objections. Bai Ge learned that the Alchemist Convention’s champion would receive a Spirit Fusion Pill formula, medicinal ingredients, and a medicinal cauldron, and Heavenly Flame Venerate urged him to win the formula to heal his soul.

• Xue Mei arrived at the Alchemist Guild with Liu Quan, rebuked him for calling her Mei'er, and went to inspect the Peach Blossom Fire.
• Liu Quan tried to stop Xue Mei from exchanging her fourth-rank Pill formula for the Peach Blossom Fire, but she completed the trade and left with it.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan went to the registration counter, where Bai Ge asked about the convention’s champion rewards.
• The black-robed alchemist listed the Spirit Fusion Pill formula, medicinal ingredients, and a mysterious-tier medicinal cauldron as the champion’s rewards.
• Heavenly Flame Venerate spoke through Bai Ge’s storage ring and urged him to obtain the Spirit Fusion Pill formula to restore his soul.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yan went to the Alchemist Guild to take their first Alchemist examinations, while Bai Ge hoped to obtain the Spirit Fusion Pill for Heavenly Flame Venerate. At the examination site, Bai Ge chose an Injury Recovery Pill and verbally outmaneuvered Liu Quan, leaving him humiliated.

• Bai Ge reassured Heavenly Flame Venerate that he would help him obtain a Spirit Fusion Pill, then asked whether they could take Alchemist examinations at the Guild.
• Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, Xue Mei, and Liu Quan followed Elder Su to the examination chamber, where Liu Quan and Xue Mei showed their First-Rank Alchemist badges.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan said they had never taken an examination, and Elder Su gave them lists of first-rank Pills to choose from.
• Bai Ge chose an Injury Recovery Pill, while Xiao Yan chose a Fire Condensation Pill that he had refined before.
• Liu Quan bragged that he was a Second-grade Alchemist and assumed Bai Ge and Xiao Yan were inexperienced, so Bai Ge mocked Liu Quan for his age and rank.
• Liu Quan retorted that taking a Second-grade examination was better than taking a First-Rank examination, and Bai Ge explained that examinations had to begin at First-Rank, leaving Liu Quan speechless.

Bai Ge began the First-Rank Alchemist assessment while claiming he would ultimately reach the fourth grade, and he wagered that Liu Quan would eat Pill Residue if he succeeded. As the candidates started refining their pills, Bai Ge revealed deep azure flames that shocked Elder Su and left Liu Quan worried about their bet.

• Bai Ge told Liu Quan he intended to take the Fourth-grade Alchemist assessment and bet that Liu Quan would eat Pill Residue if he passed.
• Liu Quan accepted the wager, agreeing that Bai Ge could eat the residue if he failed.
• Elder Su began the assessment, assigned the candidates their ingredients, and gave them one shichen to refine pills for inspection.
• Bai Ge prepared ingredients for an Injury Recovery Pill while Xiao Yan, Liu Quan, and Xue Mei prepared their own recipes.
• Bai Ge ignited his pill furnace with deep azure flames, prompting Elder Su to exclaim that they might be a Heavenly Flame.
• Liu Quan and Xue Mei saw Bai Ge's flames and reacted with shock, while Liu Quan grew anxious about the wager.

Bai Ge refined an Injury Recovery Pill in just three minutes using the Green Lotus Core Flame, astonishing Elder Su with his speed and skill. After Elder Su discovered the pill had Pill Markings, he saw Bai Ge as a dazzling new talent in the Jia Ma Empire’s alchemist world.

• Bai Ge used the Green Lotus Core Flame to refine the ingredients and condense an Injury Recovery Pill.
• Bai Ge told Elder Su he had succeeded and showed him the finished pill.
• Elder Su questioned how Bai Ge had completed the pill in only three minutes and asked who had taught him.
• Bai Ge refused to reveal his master's name, explaining that his master preferred to remain unknown.
• Elder Su inspected the pill, found Pill Markings on it, and recognized Bai Ge as an exceptional rising alchemist.

Bai Ge passed the First-Rank Alchemist assessment and continued with the Second-grade assessment by choosing to refine a Bone Growing Pill. As Liu Quan lost focus and ruined his own refinement, Bai Ge announced that his pill was finished.

• Elder Su registered Bai Ge as a First-Rank Alchemist and offered him the chance to continue the assessment.
• Bai Ge chose the Bone Growing Pill for his Second-grade assessment, and Elder Su supplied the ingredients.
• Bai Ge sorted the ingredients and began refining the Bone Growing Pill with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Liu Quan became distracted by Bai Ge's success, lost medicinal liquid during purification, and ruined his refinement.
• Bai Ge told Elder Su that his Bone Growing Pill was finished.

Bai Ge passed the Second- and Third-grade alchemist assessments by refining perfect-quality Bone Growing Pill and Qi Gathering Powder. He chose the difficult Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill for his Fourth-grade assessment, while Elder Su stayed to watch him refine it.

• Bai Ge presented Elder Su with a perfect-quality Bone Growing Pill, and Elder Su praised his talent as comparable to Pill King Gu He's.
• Bai Ge chose Qi Gathering Powder for the Third-grade assessment and successfully refined another perfect pill, impressing Xiao Yan and Xue Mei and unsettling Liu Quan.
• Bai Ge selected the Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill, the most difficult option on the Fourth-grade assessment list.
• Elder Su supplied the ingredients and asked to observe Bai Ge, addressing him as Little Friend because he considered Bai Ge's alchemy skill potentially greater than his own.
• Xiao Yan, Liu Quan, and Xue Mei reacted with dismay, jealousy, and awe as Bai Ge prepared for the final assessment.

Bai Ge demonstrated how to refine the peak fourth-grade Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill for Elder Su during the alchemist assessment. He completed the pill as Xiao Yan and Xue Mei finished their lower-grade assessments, while Liu Quan was still struggling to finish his Qi Recovery Powder.

• Bai Ge arranged the ingredients for the Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill and explained its difficult refinement process to Elder Su through a careful demonstration.
• Bai Ge refined the ingredients, stored their medicinal liquids separately, and fused the main and supplementary ingredients in the cauldron.
• Bai Ge condensed the fused medicinal liquid into a completed Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill.
• Xue Mei finished a second-grade Pulse Protecting Pill, and Xiao Yan finished a first-grade Fire Condensation Pill, then both waited quietly.
• Liu Quan panicked as he struggled to finish his Qi Recovery Powder, and Bai Ge's announcement that his pill was complete made Liu Quan's medicinal liquid nearly fall apart.

Bai Ge passed the alchemist examination by refining a Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill with Pill Markings, while Xiao Yan and Xue Mei also passed and Liu Quan failed. After Liu Quan lost their bet and ate the Pill Residue, Bai Ge was startled when he licked his lips.

• Elder Su examined Bai Ge's Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill and discovered it bore Pill Markings.
• Xiao Yan and Xue Mei submitted their pills and passed the examination, while Liu Quan's Qi Recovery Powder was disqualified for incomplete medicinal properties.
• Elder Su left to wait outside after Bai Ge said he had something to settle with Liu Quan.
• Bai Ge reminded Liu Quan of their bet, and Xue Mei told Liu Quan not to renege on it.
• Liu Quan ate the bitter Pill Residue from the cauldron, then licked his lips, startling Bai Ge.

After teaching Liu Quan a lesson, Bai Ge visited Elder Su with Xiao Yan and Xue Mei, received their Alchemist Guild robes, and learned that the Mittel Family had helped establish betting on the convention. He left to handle urgent business, turning down Xiao Yan and Xue Mei when they asked to accompany him.

• Bai Ge left Liu Quan eating Pill Residue and went with Xiao Yan and Xue Mei to meet Elder Su.
• Elder Su told Bai Ge that the Mittel Family had partnered with the Alchemist Guild to run betting on the Alchemist Convention, and Bai Ge suspected the red-clad woman involved was an enchantress he knew.
• Elder Su gave Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, and Xue Mei their Alchemist Guild robes, marked for fourth-, first-, and second-grade alchemists respectively.
• Bai Ge left the Guild, and Xiao Yan followed him despite Bai Ge telling him to explore Jia Ma Imperial City alone.
• Xue Mei asked to accompany Bai Ge, but he declined because he had urgent business and left into the crowd.
• Xue Mei left without spending time with Xiao Yan, who resolved to surpass her in alchemy.

Bai Ge went to the Mittel Auction House in Jia Ma Imperial City to reunite with Ya Fei, who greeted him affectionately and asked him to take her to Jia Nan Academy. Their reunion was interrupted by Ya Fei’s auction duties, while an unseen observer watched them from nearby.

• Bai Ge arrived at the imperial capital’s Mittel Auction House and asked a maidservant to tell Ya Fei that an old acquaintance from Wutan City was waiting.
• A guard informed Ya Fei that someone from Wutan City was looking for her, and she hurried downstairs to meet Bai Ge.
• Ya Fei embraced Bai Ge and asked him to take her to Jia Nan Academy, but Bai Ge told her to wait longer.
• A manager summoned Ya Fei to preside over an auction at the Heavenly Auction House, so she left Bai Ge in the maidservant’s care.
• An unknown observer watched Bai Ge and Ya Fei from a nearby corridor entrance.

Lei Yan confronted Bai Ge at the Mittel Auction House, jealous of his connection to Ya Fei, and threatened to drive him away. Bai Ge rose to fight after Lei Yan threatened to cripple him.

• After Ya Fei left, Lei Yan arrived with guards and stared after her before approaching Bai Ge.
• Lei Yan shoved aside a maid and warned Bai Ge to leave, but Bai Ge ignored his aura and insulted him.
• Lei Yan’s guard failed to move Bai Ge, who pushed the guard aside and returned to his seat.
• Lei Yan threatened Bai Ge and claimed Ya Fei’s feelings would be decided by the Mittel Family.
• Bai Ge stood and told Lei Yan he would make him spend the day in bed.

Bai Ge beat Lei Yan and his guards at the Mittel Auction House, then spent the day at the auction with Ya Fei. After Lei Yan woke and vowed revenge, Ya Fei took Bai Ge to meet Mittel Tengshan, but a hostile group blocked their way.

• Bai Ge charged Lei Yan’s guards and quickly defeated them with punches and kicks.
• Bai Ge ignored the maidservant’s pleas and beat Lei Yan unconscious, leaving him with a swollen, bruised face.
• Bai Ge told the maidservant to take him to the Heavenly Auction House while the guards dealt with Lei Yan.
• Lei Yan woke at the Mittel Family courtyard, learned what had happened, and demanded to see his grandpa so he could seek revenge.
• After the auction ended, Ya Fei persuaded Bai Ge to visit Mittel Tengshan at the Mittel Family.
• A group brimming with murderous intent blocked Bai Ge and Ya Fei on their way to meet Mittel Tengshan.

Ya Fei confronted Lei Yan’s guards after Bai Ge beat him, then faced Lei Yan and his grandfather, Lei Ou, who demanded justice. When Lei Ou threatened to summon Clan Leader Mittel Tengshan, Bai Ge privately urged Ya Fei to use the chance to remove them.

• Lei Yan’s guards blocked Bai Ge and Ya Fei, but Ya Fei released her Dou King aura and forced them to back down.
• Lei Ou arrived with the bruised Lei Yan and accused Bai Ge of beating his grandson, while Ya Fei blamed Lei Yan and challenged Lei Ou’s authority.
• Lei Ou insisted that outsiders could not bully members of the Mittel Family and threatened to summon Mittel Tengshan.
• Bai Ge told Ya Fei by voice transmission to use the opportunity to get rid of Lei Yan and Lei Ou.

Ya Fei agreed to have Mittel Tengshan judge the dispute, and Lei Ou expected the Clan Leader to punish Bai Ge. After Mittel Tengshan recognized Bai Ge as the lord from the past, Bai Ge spared Lei Ou and Lei Yan from death but sentenced them to mining in the Snake People Kingdom.

• Lei Ou brought Ya Fei, Bai Ge, and Lei Yan to Mittel Tengshan and accused Bai Ge and Ya Fei while demanding a fair judgment.
• Mittel Tengshan condemned Lei Ou for repeatedly covering up Lei Yan’s misconduct and announced that the two should leave the Mittel Family.
• Lei Ou threatened Mittel Tengshan by invoking the lord Ya Fei served, so Mittel Tengshan grabbed him and asked Bai Ge whether he should kill him.
• Bai Ge told Lei Ou and Lei Yan that he was the lord they had been discussing, leaving both terrified.
• Lei Ou begged Bai Ge to spare Lei Yan, and Bai Ge spared them both but ordered them to mine ore in the Snake People Kingdom.

Bai Ge returned to the Mittel Family and learned that rival empires had sent alchemists to the convention, possibly as part of an alliance against Jia Ma Empire. That night, he activated the jade fragment and obtained the first-stage cultivation method for the Heavenly Flame Three-Stage Transformation.

• Mittel Tengshan ordered Lei Ou and Lei Yan taken away to work in the Monster Mountain Range, then welcomed Bai Ge back.
• Bai Ge told Mittel Tengshan he would enter the Alchemist Convention to obtain the Blood Spirit Demon Fruit, and Mittel Tengshan explained that the Guild had refused the Mittel Family’s offer to trade for it.
• Mittel Tengshan revealed that alchemists from the Chuyun, Youhai, and Heisha Empires had joined the convention, and he explained that those empires had allied against Jia Ma Empire.
• Bai Ge said he would win the convention and dismissed the threat of the rival alliance.
• Bai Ge scorched the Fuyan Valley jade fragment with the Green Lotus Core Flame, revealing the Heavenly Flame Three-Stage Transformation scroll.
• Bai Ge touched the scroll, which turned into green light and entered his body, giving him the first-stage cultivation method.

On the way to the Alchemist Convention, Bai Ge met Xue Mei and her companions, including Master Otto, Master Fulankelan, and Lin Fei. Ya Fei and Xue Mei traded barbed remarks, while Lin Fei struck up a friendly conversation with Bai Ge, leaving Xue Mei jealous.

• Bai Ge and Ya Fei walked toward the Royal Plaza, where the Alchemist Convention was being held.
• Xue Mei recognized Bai Ge, and Ya Fei introduced herself as his friend while teasing Xue Mei about her cold expression.
• Master Otto and Master Fulankelan praised Bai Ge's skill as a young Fourth-grade Alchemist and asked about his Teacher, but Bai Ge declined to reveal the name.
• Lin Fei greeted Bai Ge and praised his talent, making Xue Mei jealous as she watched them talk.
• An unfamiliar man called out to Master Otto and Master Fulankelan.

At the Alchemist Convention, Liu Ling arrived as a confident Third-grade Alchemist and met Otto, Foklan, and their disciples. Otto warned him that Bai Ge would be his strongest rival, but Liu Ling dismissed Bai Ge because he knew nothing about his master.

• Liu Ling greeted Otto and Foklan, and they praised his talent as Pill King Gu He's Third-grade Alchemist disciple.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei rebuffed Liu Ling's offer to teach them, and Liu Ling turned his attention to Ya Fei, who stayed beside Bai Ge.
• Foklan led the group into the Royal Plaza, where alchemists entered through a separate passage to the waiting room.
• Lin Fei asked whether Liu Ling expected to win the convention, and Liu Ling said he had a strong chance because he matched his master's rank when Gu He won.
• Otto warned Liu Ling that Bai Ge would be his strongest competitor, but Liu Ling looked down on Bai Ge after Bai Ge called his master an unknown nobody.