Chapter Summaries

Bai Ge received the complete Heavenly Flame Three-Stage Transformation inheritance after Fuyan Valley honored its wager, then invited the valley to join the alliance of Bai Di Sect, the Flower Sect, and Starfall Pavilion. As Fuyan Valley agreed and the alliance talks began, Yao Chen and Xin Lan arrived, with Xin Lan warning that Little Doctor Immortal was in danger.

• Tang Lie copied the Heavenly Flame Three-Stage Transformation inheritance into a crystal ball and gave it to Bai Ge, who verified that it was complete.
• Tang Lie thanked Bai Ge for helping Fuyan Valley and offered the valley’s support if he ever needed it.
• Bai Ge invited Fuyan Valley to join the alliance, and Tang Zhen and Tang Lie agreed.
• Tang Zhen and Tang Lie brought Bai Ge and Xiao Yu to the reception hall to discuss the alliance.
• Yao Chen arrived with Xin Lan, who urgently told Bai Ge that Little Doctor Immortal was in danger.

Bai Ge learned that Little Doctor Immortal was being hunted in Falling God Stream by Ice River Valley and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, so he set off with Yao Chen to rescue her. The chapter ended with Ice Venerable proposing a plan to Xuan Feng as they pursued the wounded Little Doctor Immortal.

• Xin Lan told Bai Ge that Ice River Valley had revealed Little Doctor Immortal’s location to the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, and the two factions were hunting her.
• Bai Ge declined Tang Zhen’s offer of help, left Xin Lan in Fuyan Valley’s care, and traveled with Yao Chen through Ye City toward Falling God Stream.
• The chapter revealed that Ice Venerable had discovered Little Doctor Immortal while cultivating in Falling God Stream and had joined forces with Xuan Feng to capture or kill her.
• Little Doctor Immortal fled the pursuers despite her injuries and threatened to self-destruct rather than be captured.
• Ice Venerable warned Xuan Feng that her poisoned self-destruction could harm him, then secretly proposed a plan that Xuan Feng accepted.

Xuan Feng used the Demon Phoenix Sacred Image and Demon Phoenix Bell to injure Little Doctor Immortal, leaving her vulnerable to Ice Venerable. Bai Ge arrived in time to catch her and confronted Ice Venerable and Xuan Feng.

• Xuan Feng attacked Little Doctor Immortal with the Demon Phoenix Sacred Image, but she dodged his Wind Killing Finger and poisoned the image with her Nine-Colored Poison Dragon.
• Xuan Feng transformed the damaged Demon Phoenix Sacred Image into the Demon Phoenix Bell and struck Little Doctor Immortal with destructive sound waves.
• Ice Venerable pursued the injured Little Doctor Immortal and attacked her with Ice-Sealing Heaven and Earth.
• Bai Ge's Eight-Colored Fire Dragon dispersed Ice Venerable's attack, and he caught Little Doctor Immortal as she fell.
• Bai Ge saw Little Doctor Immortal's injuries and warned Ice Venerable and Xuan Feng that no one would hurt her with him there.

Bai Ge rescued the injured Little Doctor Immortal and confronted Ice Venerable and Xuan Feng, while Yao Chen blocked Ice Venerable. When Xuan Feng attacked with the Demon Phoenix Bell, Bai Ge summoned his towering martial soul and struck the bell flying, leaving Xuan Feng stunned.

• Bai Ge held Little Doctor Immortal and vowed to protect her after Ice Venerable and Xuan Feng threatened them.
• Xuan Feng charged at Bai Ge and summoned the Demon Phoenix Bell to crush him and Little Doctor Immortal.
• Yao Chen intercepted Ice Venerable and attacked him with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Bai Ge summoned the Holy Demon Titan Asura Emperor Martial Soul and struck the descending Demon Phoenix Bell with the Clear Sky Hammer.
• The hammer blow sent the Demon Phoenix Bell flying, and Xuan Feng stared in disbelief at Bai Ge's giant martial soul.

Bai Ge healed Little Doctor Immortal after Xuan Feng attacked them, then prepared to fight back using the Heavenly Flame Three-Stage Transformation. The technique raised Bai Ge’s strength to Peak Four-Revolutions Dou Zun, and he turned toward Xuan Feng intent on punishing him.

• Bai Ge used the Nine Spirit Begonia to heal Little Doctor Immortal as Xuan Feng attacked them with the Demon Phoenix Slash and Demon Phoenix Claw.
• The Holy Demon Titan Asura Emperor Martial Soul summoned the Black Tortoise Shield and Seven Kill Sword, blocking and destroying Xuan Feng’s attacks with the God Slaying Sword.
• Bai Ge gave Little Doctor Immortal injury-recovery Pills, then flew toward Xuan Feng and activated the Heavenly Flame Three-Stage Transformation.
• Bai Ge’s strength surged from Six-Star Dou Zun to Peak Four-Revolutions Dou Zun, though the violent Heavenly Flame power began straining his body.
• Bai Ge looked toward Xuan Feng and resolved to punish him for hurting Little Doctor Immortal.

Bai Ge completed the Heavenly Flame Three-Stage Transformation and countered Xuan Feng’s Demon Phoenix Bell with the Heavenly Demon Force Field. As their attacks clashed, Bai Ge summoned the Five Fire Seven Birds Fan and unleashed a vast sea of five-colored flames toward Xuan Feng.

• Xuan Feng activated the Demon Phoenix Bell and sent destructive sound waves surging toward Bai Ge.
• Bai Ge’s strength rose from six-star Dou Zun to Peak Four-Revolutions Dou Zun, and he repelled the sound waves with the Heavenly Demon Force Field.
• Xuan Feng used Bloodline Spirit Devour to raise his cultivation to Peak Four-Revolutions Dou Zun and struck the Demon Phoenix Bell again, matching Bai Ge’s force field.
• Bai Ge maintained the force field and summoned the Five Fire Seven Birds Fan.
• Bai Ge swept the fan toward Xuan Feng, unleashing a towering sea of five-colored flames.

Bai Ge killed Xuan Feng with the Five Fire Seven Birds Fan, claimed his body and soul, and strengthened his martial soul without reaching Half-Saint. Soul Hall's Third Venerable Gui Ming then revealed himself to seize Bai Ge's soul, but Bai Ge recognized Soul Hall and called it an “old experience pack.”

• Bai Ge burned Xuan Feng and the Demon Phoenix Bell with the Five Fire Seven Birds Fan, then took Xuan Feng's soul and corpse.
• Gui Ming watched from Falling God Stream and decided to attack Bai Ge and Yao Chen himself after Xuan Feng's death ruined his plan.
• Bai Ge sacrificed Xuan Feng's soul, but his martial soul only reached the peak of Nine-Revolutions Dou Zun.
• Gui Ming flew out of Falling God Stream, announced that he would take Bai Ge's soul, and unleashed his Half-Saint aura.
• Bai Ge recognized Gui Ming as a member of Soul Hall and called Soul Hall an “old experience pack.”

Bai Ge used Spirit Seizing and General Dispatching to capture Gui Ming, the Third Venerable of Soul Hall, then reunited with Little Doctor Immortal and Yao Chen. After learning Yao Chen had killed Ice Venerable, Bai Ge led them toward Ice River Valley, where Tian Shuangzi realized they were approaching without the Valley Master.

• Bai Ge used Spirit Seizing and General Dispatching to devour Gui Ming's Half-Saint soul body and imprison it in the Soul Suppressing Pearl.
• Bai Ge told Little Doctor Immortal that Gui Ming belonged to Soul Hall and promised to explain more after they found Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen met Bai Ge and Little Doctor Immortal in midair and revealed that he had killed Ice Venerable while Bai Ge fought the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan member.
• Bai Ge decided to visit Ice River Valley with Little Doctor Immortal and Yao Chen before returning to Bai Di Sect.
• Tian Shuangzi saw the three emerge from Falling God Stream and ordered Ice River Valley's disciples to strengthen the Ice River Great Array.

Bai Ge used the Five Fire Seven Birds Fan to destroy Ice River Valley’s Great Array and kill Tian Shuangzi and the elders who fled with him. He then reached Ice River Valley and prepared to attack it with his Eight-Colored Compressed Fireball, leaving the sect’s fate unresolved.

• Bai Ge summoned the Five Fire Seven Birds Fan and unleashed a vast sea of five-colored flames at the Ice River Great Array.
• Tian Shuangzi fled with the Dou Zong elders, but the flames overtook and burned them and the Ice River Valley disciples to ashes.
• Yao Chen and Little Doctor Immortal witnessed the devastation as Bai Ge put away the fan and set off with them toward Ice River Valley.
• Bai Ge arrived outside Ice River Valley and formed an Eight-Colored Compressed Fireball, declaring that survivors would be spared while the sect itself would be destroyed.

Bai Ge destroyed Ice River Valley with an Eight-Colored Compressed Fireball, then faced rumors that Bai Di Sect planned to dominate the Central Continent. As the alliance expanded and the region calmed, Huang Tian and Hun Miesheng separately decided to postpone action against Bai Di Sect.

• Bai Ge detonated the Eight-Colored Compressed Fireball after escaping through a spatial rift, destroying Ice River Valley and shocking Yao Chen with its power.
• Surviving Ice River Valley disciples identified Bai Ge and Yao Chen, and Wind Thunder Pavilion spread rumors that Bai Di Sect intended to dominate the Central Continent.
• Bai Di Sect said Bai Ge had destroyed Ice River Valley to avenge his disciple, while Fuyan Valley confirmed that Bai Ge was a Ninth-Rank Alchemist and joined Bai Di Sect's alliance.
• Huang Tian learned that Xuan Feng had been killed and, after an elder's counsel, decided to build the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan's strength before confronting Bai Ge or the Vast Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Hun Miesheng learned that Gui Ming's soul stele had shattered and ordered Soul Hall to leave Bai Di Sect alone for the time being.

In the three years before the Pill Gathering, Bai Ge trained Xin Lan and helped her rise to a peak seventh-rank alchemist and a two-star Dou Zong. The chapter also recounts how Bai Ge and his companions advanced in cultivation, leaving them prepared for the coming event.

• Bai Ge used the Bai Di Sect's resources, the Bodhi Seed, and his guidance to raise Xin Lan's alchemy to peak seventh rank and her cultivation to two-star Dou Zong.
• Bai Ge advanced from six-star Dou Zun to nine-star Dou Zun, while the Little Doctor Immortal reached the second revolution of Peak Nine-Revolutions Dou Zun.
• Yun Yun rose from two-star to five-star Dou Zun, and Ya Fei advanced from Dou King to Dou Zong.
• Qing Lin reached three-star Dou Zun by drawing only a small amount of power from her Serpentine Magical Beasts so she would not harm them.
• Nalan Yanran advanced from two-star to five-star Dou Zong and envied Qing Lin's faster growth.
• The chapter explained that Qing Lin cultivated the Myriad Snake Heavenly Art, which drew power from Serpentine Magical Beasts.

Bai Ge arrived at the Ye Family with Xin Lan before the Pill Gathering and learned about the strongest young alchemists, including Cao Ying. He declared that Xin Lan’s goal was to win the championship, leaving Ye Zhong and Xin Lan surprised by his confidence.

• Bai Ge and Xin Lan arrived at the Ye Family, where Ye Zhong welcomed them with a grand reception.
• Bai Ge asked Ye Zhong for information on the strongest Pill Gathering contestants, and Ye Zhong handed him the Ye Family’s research.
• Ye Zhong described Cao Ying’s prodigious alchemy career and warned that she might already be an Eighth-Rank Alchemist.
• Bai Ge told Ye Zhong that Xin Lan would compete to win the championship rather than merely pass the Pill Tower’s assessment.
• Xin Lan blushed at Bai Ge’s confidence, and Bai Ge reacted with surprise as he turned to another page of the documents.

Bai Ge learned that Xiao Yan had become a peak sixth-rank alchemist and urged Xin Lan to challenge him at the Pill Gathering. Bai Ge, Xin Lan, and Ye Zhong traveled to Sacred Pill City for the branch tower tests, where Ye Zhong led them toward the special testing area on the second floor.

• Bai Ge found Xiao Yan's information and learned that he had joined the Pill Tower as a core disciple after reaching the peak of the sixth rank.
• Bai Ge told Xin Lan to properly greet Xiao Yan at the Pill Gathering, and Xin Lan understood that he wanted her to beat him.
• Bai Ge gave Xin Lan the assessment documents to study before the Pill Gathering began.
• Bai Ge, Xin Lan, and Ye Zhong arrived in Sacred Pill City and stayed at a courtyard owned by the Ye Family.
• Bai Ge's group reached the branch tower and found a long queue for the first-floor assessment area.
• Ye Zhong suggested taking Bai Ge and Xin Lan to the second-floor special testing area, hoping Xin Lan's rank would help the Ye Family impress its rivals.

Bai Ge accompanied Xin Lan and Ye Zhong to the Pill Tower’s testing hall, where a woman in white became captivated by him and two young alchemists from the Bai Family mistook Ye Zhong’s confidence for an opening to mock the Ye Family. The confrontation stopped when someone shouted at Bai Sheng to shut his mouth.

• Bai Ge, Xin Lan, and Ye Zhong entered the testing hall, where a woman in white noticed Bai Ge and became flustered by his appearance and aura.
• Two young men from the Bai Family and Qiu Family looked down on the Ye Family, while the woman continued staring at Bai Ge.
• Bai Sheng greeted Ye Zhong and asked about the Ye Family’s representative, leading Ye Zhong to mistakenly think the Bai Family wanted to reconcile.
• Bai Sheng revealed that he was only an early Sixth-grade Alchemist seeking comfort from the Ye Family’s poor showing, leaving Ye Zhong embarrassed.
• An enraged voice from the back of the hall shouted at Bai Sheng to shut his mouth.

Bai Kui recognized Bai Ge as a Dou Venerate and Ninth-Rank Alchemist, then sought to draw the Bai Family closer to him as Ye Zhong grew uneasy. At the Pill Tower assessment, the Bai Family youths requested Sixth- and Sixth-Rank Advanced tests, while Xin Lan announced she would take the Seventh-Rank Alchemist assessment.

• Bai Kui slapped Bai Sheng for disrespecting Bai Ge, then apologized to Bai Ge and greeted him as a renowned Dou Venerate and Ninth-Rank Alchemist.
• Bai Kui invited Bai Ge to include the Bai Family in his planned alliance celebration, and Ye Zhong worried that the family would gain Bai Ge's support.
• Han Li arrived and confirmed that the assessment could begin, while Ye Zhong boasted that Xin Lan's connection to Bai Ge would help the Ye Family pass.
• Bai Sheng and another Bai Family youth requested Sixth-Rank Intermediate assessments, and the white-clad Bai Family girl requested a Sixth-Rank Advanced assessment.
• Xin Lan told Han Li that she would take the Seventh-Rank Alchemist assessment.

Xin Lan revealed that she had become a Seventh-Rank Alchemist under Bai Ge’s training, shocking Han Li and the Bai Family. As she began her assessment, Bai Kui and Ye Zhong argued over whether her success reflected on the Ye Family, while Bai Ge considered helping the Bai Family undermine Ye Zhong.

• Xin Lan announced that she was a Seventh-Rank Alchemist, surprising Han Li, Bai Kui, the young girl in white, and the two Bai Family youths.
• Xin Lan took pride in her alchemy rank, and Bai Ge maintained that the cheats he had given her counted as her own strength.
• Han Li assigned alchemy rooms to the four candidates and personally supervised Xin Lan’s assessment.
• Bai Kui asked Bai Ge how advanced Xin Lan was within the seventh rank, but Bai Ge said they would see for themselves.
• Bai Kui mocked Ye Zhong for failing to develop Xin Lan’s alchemy talent, and Ye Zhong could not refute her.
• Bai Ge considered giving the Bai Family support so they could deal with the Ye Family.

Bai Yufei passed the Sixth-Rank Advanced Alchemist assessment, while Han Li judged Ye Xin Lan’s alchemy to have surpassed the mid-level Seventh Rank after three years under Bai Ge. Alarmed by Xin Lan’s rapid progress, Bai Kui decided to send Yufei to the Bai Di Sect’s Alchemist Academy before other families could seize the opportunity.

• Bai Sheng passed the Sixth-grade Alchemist assessment, while another Bai Family youth failed, prompting Ye Zhong and Bai Kui to trade barbs about their families’ prospects.
• Bai Yufei passed the Sixth-Rank Advanced Alchemist assessment, and Bai Kui praised her as the Bai Family’s next leading young alchemist.
• Ye Xin Lan emerged from the Heaven-grade Alchemy Room, and Han Li said her skills likely exceeded the mid-level Seventh Rank.
• Han Li praised Bai Ge’s instruction and predicted that Xin Lan could become an Eighth-Rank Grandmaster Alchemist.
• Bai Kui privately urged Bai Yufei to leave for the Bai Di Sect’s Alchemist Academy the next day so the Bai Family could secure Bai Ge’s attention before rival families acted.

Bai Ge took Xin Lan to the Alchemist Trade Convention in Sacred Pill City to obtain a Snow Bone Ginseng that could help her advance into the Spiritual Realm. After reaching the third floor, he found the stall selling it and approached its startled owner.

• After Xin Lan passed her intermediate Seventh-Rank Alchemist certification, Bai Ge waited for the Alchemist Trade Convention to open.
• Bai Ge brought Xin Lan to the convention, where the guards let them enter because she held a Seventh-Rank Alchemist badge.
• Bai Ge scanned the nearly thousand stalls and led Xin Lan to the third floor to find a Snow Bone Ginseng.
• A yellow-robed alchemist recognized Bai Ge and guided him to the Snow Bone Ginseng seller's stall.
• The scruffy old stallholder panicked when Bai Ge arrived and asked what he wanted to trade for.

Bai Ge traded Sovereign Extreme Pills for Snow Bone Ginseng and a mysterious copper fragment, then was confronted by Chen Xian of the Xuan Ming Sect over the fragment. Bai Ge killed Chen Xian’s three bodyguards, leaving Chen Xian terrified.

• Bai Ge exchanged a Sovereign Extreme Pill for the scruffy old man's Snow Bone Ginseng and three more pills for the brass fragment.
• Xin Lan asked Bai Ge about the fragment, and he promised she would understand its value later.
• Chen Xian and three old men blocked Bai Ge on the stairs and demanded that he hand over the fragment.
• Bai Ge struck down one Dou Zong bodyguard with a palm and Eight-Colored Exotic Flame, then pierced another Dou Zong and a Dou Zun with Sword Qi.
• Chen Xian watched his three bodyguards die and realized he faced a powerful opponent.

Bai Ge killed Chen Xian after revealing his identity as Venerable Bai, then uncovered Spirit Nurturing Dust that could help Xin Lan advance toward becoming an eighth-rank alchemist. Xin Lan began spiritualizing her soul and, overwhelmed by gratitude and desire, kissed Bai Ge, who carried her to the bed.

• Chen Xian threatened Bai Ge with the Tian Ming Sect, but Xin Lan identified Bai Ge as Venerable Bai, and Bai Ge killed Chen Xian with Sword Qi.
• Bai Ge burned the patina from an ancient copper fragment and revealed Spirit Nurturing Dust, which he gave to Xin Lan to help her soul reach the Spirit Realm.
• Xin Lan fused with the Spirit Nurturing Dust and found she had spiritualized five percent of her soul in one night, though the process consumed too much Soul Power to continue.
• Grateful to Bai Ge and eager to become his woman, Xin Lan embraced and kissed him, then reached toward him.
• Bai Ge carried Xin Lan toward the bed, determined to reassert his authority as her master.