Chapter Summaries

Bai Ge waited for the Alchemist Convention alongside Ya Fei, where he quietly reunited with Jia Xing Tian and Yao Ye. The convention began early after four young alchemists from rival empires provoked the Jia Ma contestants, while Bai Ge kept his own Fourth-grade rank concealed.

• Bai Ge sat with Ya Fei, Xue Mei, and Lin Fei in the waiting room, while Liu Ling's attempt to sit near the women was rebuffed.
• Fama arrived with Jia Xing Tian, Yao Ye, and the Little Princess; Bai Ge used mental transmissions to tell Jia Xing Tian to keep their reunion quiet and greeted his nominal disciple Yao Ye.
• Four young alchemists from the Chuyun Empire, the Heisha Empire, the Youhai Empire, and the Shaluo Empire entered, including two Fourth-grade and two Third-grade Alchemists.
• The gray-robed contestant insulted Jia Ma's alchemy world and claimed his group would win, prompting Lin Fei to challenge him without revealing Bai Ge's rank.
• Fama announced that the Alchemist Convention would begin ahead of schedule.

The seventh Alchemist Convention began with an incomplete Bone Growing Pill formula as the first-round assessment, leaving most participants uncertain how to proceed. Bai Ge calmly started refining with the Green Lotus Core Flame, stunning Fama in the VIP Box.

• Bai Ge entered the competition plaza, chose a platform near a corner, and noticed Xiao Yan was initially missing.
• Xiao Yan arrived shortly before Fama opened the convention and distributed the first-round assessment formulas.
• Bai Ge discovered the formula was incomplete and identified the assessment pill as the Second-grade Bone Growing Pill.
• Four gray-robed Alchemists from the Chuyun Empire began refining while Liu Ling, the Little Princess, Lin Fei, Xue Mei, and Xiao Yan followed.
• Bai Ge ignited the Green Lotus Core Flame in his cauldron, and Fama sprang to his feet in surprise.

Bai Ge revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame and became the first to refine a Bone Growing Pill in the Alchemist Grand Meeting’s first round. After the pills were tested, his registered as Special Grade, leaving the gray-robed young man stunned.

• Bai Ge used the Green Lotus Core Flame to purify the ingredients, fuse their medicinal liquids, and refine a Bone Growing Pill before the other contestants.
• The gray-robed young man and the other foreign alchemists completed their pills, while Liu Ling, the Little Princess, Lin Fei, Xue Mei, and Xiao Yan also finished before time ran out.
• Fama announced that the contestants’ pills would be tested, and most Jia Ma Empire alchemists’ pills produced no reaction or only a Pass.
• The gray-robed young man’s Bone Growing Pill registered as superior grade, and he mocked the Jia Ma Empire alchemists.
• Xue Mei pointed toward Bai Ge, whose Bone Growing Pill produced a jade-green pillar and registered as Special Grade.
• The gray-robed young man’s smug expression darkened when he saw Bai Ge’s result.

Bai Ge’s Special Grade Bone Growing Pill stunned the Alchemist Convention, and Elder Su revealed that Bai Ge had produced Special Grade pills in every alchemist assessment through the Fourth Grade. As jealous alchemists dismissed his skill as a result of Heavenly Flames, Fama rose to address the gathering.

• The gray-robed young man blamed Bai Ge’s Special Grade Bone Growing Pill on his Heavenly Flames and convinced himself he could have done the same.
• Fama wondered how Bai Ge had refined a Special Grade pill from an incomplete formula, and Otto and Foklan directed him to ask Elder Su about Bai Ge’s assessment.
• Elder Su revealed that Xiao Bai had passed First-grade through Fourth-grade assessments with perfect-quality pills, including a Special Grade Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill.
• The alchemists in the VIP Box marveled at Bai Ge’s talent, while Ya Fei and Yao Ye smiled and Liu Ling insisted that Heavenly Flames explained Bai Ge’s success.
• After hearing Elder Su’s account, Fama rose and walked to the front of the VIP Box.

Fama began the second assessment, requiring the remaining alchemists to refine a third-grade Wind-passing Pill from a complete prescription. Bai Ge worked at a deliberately measured pace while the gray-robed young man finished early with a superior-quality Pill and expected to outdo him.

• Fama announced that the second round had begun and explained that the alchemists had two sets of ingredients and had to refine a Pill within the time limit.
• The alchemists received complete prescriptions and learned they had to make a third-grade Wind-passing Pill, unsettling many who were only second-grade alchemists.
• The gray-robed young man mocked the Jia Ma Empire's alchemists, then began heating his cauldron as Bai Ge started preparing his ingredients.
• Bai Ge used the Green Lotus Core Flame to purify and fuse the ingredients slowly, aiming to avoid finishing far ahead of the other contestants.
• The gray-robed young man completed a superior-quality Wind-passing Pill before time ran out and smugly watched Bai Ge continue forming his Pill.

Bai Ge refined a Special Grade Wind-passing Pill and secured the Jia Ma Empire’s victory in the second-round assessment against the disguised foreign alchemists. Fama ended the round and prepared to distribute tokens to the alchemists who qualified for the third round.

• Bai Ge refined a Wind-passing Pill while the gray-robed young man taunted him, and Liu Ling and the Little Princess finished just as time ran out.
• Fama announced that the pills would be tested, and the gray-robed young man’s pill proved Upper Grade while the other foreign alchemists’ pills were Middle Grade.
• The Little Princess’s pill tested Lower Grade and Liu Ling’s tested Middle Grade, while most other alchemists received Passing Grade or Lower Grade.
• Bai Ge’s Wind-passing Pill tested Special Grade, prompting cheers from the Jia Ma Empire’s alchemists and spectators.
• Bai Ge recognized the foreign alchemists as disguised veteran competitors, including the gray-robed young man, who was the Chuyun Empire Alchemist Guild’s vice president.
• Fama ended the second round, dismissed those who had failed, and told the qualifiers to stay for their Pass Tokens.

After winning both assessments at the Alchemist Convention, Bai Ge warned Fama that the foreign contestants might be using disguised identities. He visited Yao Ye’s residence, confirmed that he was competing for the Blood Spirit Demon Fruit, and asked the Little Princess to keep his identity secret.

• Lin Fei praised Bai Ge for refining two Special Grade pills, while Xue Mei and Ya Fei discussed the foreign alchemists’ presence.
• Fama thanked Bai Ge for restoring the Jia Ma Empire’s reputation, and Bai Ge urged him and the Grandmasters to consider whether the foreign contestants had disguised themselves.
• Bai Ge left the Royal Plaza with Ya Fei and accepted Yao Ye’s invitation to her residence, where Jia Xing Tian and the Little Princess joined them.
• Yao Ye guessed that Bai Ge wanted the Blood Spirit Demon Fruit, and Bai Ge confirmed that the prize was the reason he had entered the convention.
• Bai Ge asked the Little Princess not to reveal his identity, and she promised to keep it secret.

Bai Ge learned that Yan Li and the other disguised Chuyun Empire alchemists were senior guild officials seeking to undermine the Jia Ma Empire's alchemy world. The third-round assessment began with contestants required to bring their own recipes and ingredients, leaving Bai Ge and Yan Li confident in their preparations as they took their places.

• Fama revealed that the disguised alchemists were senior members of the Chuyun Empire guild and identified the gray-robed young man as its vice president, Yan Li.
• Lin Fei and Xue Mei condemned the veterans' participation, while Fama explained that the round required contestants to supply their own recipes and ingredients.
• Bai Ge said he already had a suitable recipe, and Ya Fei confirmed that the Mittel Family had prepared his ingredients.
• Yan Li resolved to use the Vitality Pill and Soul Ascension Powder to boost his abilities, trusting the recipe and ingredients he had prepared.
• Fama announced the start of the assessment, and the nine remaining contestants entered the grounds and chose their bluestone platforms.

Fama began the third round, which let contestants choose their own pills and required them to supply their own formulas, ingredients, and equipment. The Little Princess and Liu Ling brought out Fifth-grade Cauldrons, while Bai Ge appeared to have prepared no cauldron, leaving Fama concerned as the contest began.

• Fama announced that contestants had to provide their own formulas and ingredients and that the round would last until nightfall.
• Two alchemists without suitable fourth-grade formulas or ingredients chose to compete using the third-grade formulas they had on hand.
• The Little Princess and Liu Ling replaced the Guild cauldrons with their Fifth-grade Azure Flame Cauldron and Volcanic Flame Furnace.
• Yan Li and the other contestants brought out their own cauldrons, which ranged from Second-grade to Fourth-grade.
• Fama noticed that Bai Ge had brought no cauldron, and Ya Fei confirmed it, prompting Fama to worry about his chances against Yan Li.

Bai Ge chose to refine a Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill in the Alchemist Convention’s final round, while the contestants revealed their special flames. When Bai Ge ignited his Green Lotus Core Flame, the other flames bowed toward it, drawing Fama’s admiration.

• Yan Li, Liu Ling, and the Little Princess chose fourth-grade Pills to refine, while two other alchemists began their own attempts.
• Yan Li selected the difficult Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill and relied on his preparations and Fourth-grade Cauldron to aim for a high-grade result.
• Bai Ge chose the same Pill, opting for a familiar prescription that the Alchemist Guild could easily recognize.
• The Little Princess revealed the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon’s blue Beast Fire, and Yan Li and another alchemist revealed their own Beast Fires.
• Bai Ge ignited his Green Lotus Core Flame, causing the other flames to tilt toward it as if bowing, and Fama recognized the display as a sign of a Heavenly Flame.

Bai Ge paused the final round to devise an improved Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill, then resumed refining while Yan Li continued his own attempt. Liu Ling and the Little Princess both failed, leaving Bai Ge as the Jia Ma Empire's last hope against Yan Li.

• Bai Ge noticed Yan Li refining a Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill and worried that matching Yan Li with a top-grade pill could lead to a tie.
• Bai Ge stopped refining and used his mind and soul power to devise an improved Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill with twice the medicinal efficacy and ingredients that removed its restriction on taking a second pill.
• Bai Ge resumed refining the improved pill with additional ingredients, while Fama and the others in the VIP Box watched with relief.
• Liu Ling failed during fusion and later pill condensation, exhausting both sets of ingredients.
• The Little Princess also failed during pill condensation, leaving Bai Ge as the Jia Ma Empire's sole remaining hope.

Bai Ge and Yan Li both refined top-grade Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pills, apparently tying the final round of the Alchemist Convention. Bai Ge then revealed that his pills had an additional advantage, leaving Yan Li’s victory in doubt.

• Liu Ling and the Little Princess failed their refinements and withdrew, leaving Bai Ge as the Jia Ma Empire’s last contestant against Yan Li.
• Yan Li completed a top-grade Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill before Bai Ge finished refining two Improved Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pills.
• Fama inspected Yan Li’s pill and Bai Ge’s pill, and both were rated Special Grade, prompting the crowd to call the round a tie.
• Yan Li accepted the prospect of an additional match the next day, but Bai Ge said he had actually won the round.

Bai Ge revealed that his pill was an Improved Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill and proved its strength with a prepared sample. The test raised a Six-star Great Dou Master to Eight-star, leaving the competition’s result poised to confirm Bai Ge’s claim.

• Bai Ge explained that his pill was an improved version with twice the effects of a Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill, while Yan Li challenged him to prove it.
• Bai Ge revealed that he had prepared two pills, and Fama arranged a public test to verify the second one.
• At Bai Ge’s suggestion, Yan Li chose a burly audience member whose cultivation tested as Six-star Great Dou Master.
• The burly man swallowed Bai Ge’s pill and announced that he had advanced to Eight-star Great Dou Master.
• Fama had the man retest his cultivation, and the Demon Stone Tablet displayed Eight-star Great Dou Master.

Bai Ge won the Alchemist Convention with his Improved Purple Heart Obstacle Breaking Pill, and Fama confirmed the victory before ordering the Guild to capture Yan Li and his disguised subordinates. During the awards ceremony, Bai Ge received the champion’s prizes and discovered the Blood Spirit Demon Fruit among the medicinal ingredients.

• Fama confirmed that Bai Ge’s pill had advanced the test subject by two stars, leaving Yan Li unable to challenge the result.
• Fama announced Bai Ge as the champion, and the audience cheered for the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yan Li asked to leave with his group, and Fama let them go while secretly ordering Otto to watch them and prevent their escape.
• Fama addressed the audience and began the award ceremony, presenting Bai Ge with a sixth-tier Spirit Fusion Pill formula and medicinal ingredients.
• Bai Ge inspected the reward ring and found the Blood Spirit Demon Fruit he had been searching for.

After winning the Alchemist Convention, Bai Ge joined Fama and Jia Xing Tian in pursuing the foreign alchemists who had fled the Jia Ma Imperial City. Fama and Bai Ge followed Yan Li out of the empire, where they finally spotted him above a forest.

• Bai Ge celebrated his championship as spectators hailed him for defeating the foreign alchemists.
• Fama prepared to hunt down Yan Li's group, joined by Foklan and Jia Xing Tian, while Foklan organized a team to pursue the two Dou Spirits.
• Bai Ge revealed his flight Dou technique, and Fama agreed to let him accompany the pursuit.
• At the Gordon Grand Hotel, Fama learned that Yan Li and Hei Mo had flown in separate directions while the other alchemists headed for the city gates.
• Jia Xing Tian went after Hei Mo, while Fama and Bai Ge pursued Yan Li beyond the Jia Ma Empire.
• Fama and Bai Ge spotted Yan Li above a boundless forest.

Fama, Bai Ge, Jia Xing Tian, and Foklan captured Yan Li and the other foreign alchemists after Yan Li tried to escape. The captives were brought to the Alchemist Guild, where Jia Xing Tian prepared to interrogate them.

• Fama chased Yan Li through the sky after discovering his identity and pursuing him from the Alchemist Convention.
• Yan Li took a Duo E Pill and a Bao Qi Pill to boost his cultivation and speed, but Fama continued after him.
• Bai Ge used his Gravity Domain to crush Yan Li with ten thousand times gravity, sending him crashing into the forest.
• Fama knocked Yan Li unconscious and brought him and Bai Ge back to the Alchemist Guild.
• Jia Xing Tian and Foklan had already captured the other three alchemists, and Jia Xing Tian warned one defiant captive that he would soon beg to talk.

Bai Ge used a fabricated Bewitching God Pill to question Yan Li and learned that the Alchemist Alliance planned to recruit powerful experts before launching a national war against the Jia Ma Empire. After leaving the Alchemist Guild, Bai Ge encountered Xiao Yan outside Heavenly Realm.

• Bai Ge gave Yan Li a Black Essence Pill disguised as a Bewitching God Pill and questioned him while he was entranced.
• Yan Li revealed that four rival empires and their Alchemist Guilds had formed the Alchemist Alliance to challenge the Jia Ma Empire.
• Yan Li said the alliance planned to exploit the Alchemist Convention to recruit experts and eventually wage war against the Jia Ma Empire.
• Hei Mo offered to surrender, claiming the Heisha Empire was not his homeland, while Jia Xing Tian considered killing the remaining prisoners.
• Bai Ge left the Alchemist Guild and headed to Heavenly Realm, where he ran into Xiao Yan.

Bai Ge learned that Xiao Yan planned to return to Jia Nan Academy, then prepared to pursue rare ingredients for the Spirit Fusion Pill. After traveling for over a month with Ya Fei and a Mittel Auction House team, he reached the Black Corner Region to establish an auction house and search for the ingredients.

• Bai Ge told Xiao Yan he would stay in the Jia Ma Empire for a few more days, while Xiao Yan planned to return to Jia Nan Academy and work toward the Three-Year Agreement.
• Bai Ge examined the Spirit Fusion Pill prescription and told Heavenly Flame Venerate that its ingredients would take time to gather, while restoring his body would require further rare materials and Heavenly Flames.
• Bai Ge found an Honorary Elder Token and letter from the Alchemist Guild among his champion's rewards.
• Bai Ge asked Mittel Tengshan and Jia Xing Tian to search for Spirit Fusion Pill ingredients, then left the Jia Ma Empire with Ya Fei and Mittel Auction House staff.
• After traveling for more than a month on a Thick-Winged Bird, Bai Ge and Ya Fei spotted a sprawling black city in the distance.

Bai Ge and Ya Fei arrived in Black Seal City and sought an existing auction house to acquire. After catching a thief working for the Fan Sect, Bai Ge offered to spare him if he found them a suitable auction house that day.

• Bai Ge led Ya Fei and the Mittel Family's auction team from the flight station into Black Seal City, where they decided to acquire an existing auction house rather than build one.
• A thief affiliated with the Fan Sect spotted the group and plotted to steal Ya Fei's brocade pouch.
• The thief pretended to stumble into Ya Fei and reached for her pouch, but Bai Ge caught his arm and threw him to the ground.
• The thief threatened them with the Blood Skull Dou King, but Bai Ge dismissed the threat and the guards said they would cut off the thief's hand.
• Bai Ge offered to spare the thief if he found them a suitable auction house in Black Seal City that day.

Bai Ge decided to open an auction house in Black Seal City and bought Azure Cloud Auction House for ten million Gold Coins, despite the Fan Sect’s attempts to force its sale. He took ownership of the property, while the sleazy guide fled the city, fearing the Fan Sect would retaliate against him.

• Bai Ge asked the sleazy man to find an auction house for sale, and the man warned him that buying one would offend the Fan Sect.
• Bai Ge dismissed the danger and told the man to take him to the most luxurious auction house with the largest grounds.
• The sleazy man explained that the Fan Sect had driven Azure Cloud Auction House into decline and was trying to buy it for only three million Gold Coins.
• Bai Ge offered the owner ten million Gold Coins, and the owner quickly completed the sale and left with his subordinates.
• Bai Ge released the sleazy man, who feared the Fan Sect would target him and hurried toward the city exit.