Chapter Summaries

Bai Ge refined the Purple Flame Azure Thunder Serpent, reached level seventy-five Soul Saint, and acquired Wind and Thunder Cyan Flame, which advanced his Dou Qi cultivation to Six-Star Dou Zong. After entering a hidden passage in the storm-filled sky, he found a mysterious bead hovering before a Void Space.

• Bai Ge refined the Purple Flame Azure Thunder Serpent's power in the Douluo Dimension and advanced to level seventy-five Soul Saint.
• Bai Ge and Qian Renxue entered the underground realm beneath Wind and Thunder Marsh and took the stone platform bearing Wind and Thunder Cyan Flame.
• Bai Ge devoured Wind and Thunder Cyan Flame with Na Ling and cold spring water, refined the Strange Fire, and advanced to Six-Star Dou Zong.
• A passage opened through the purple lightning and hurricanes, and Bai Ge followed its call deeper into the storm.
• Bai Ge found a fist-sized azure-purple bead floating before a Void Space.

Bai Ge refined the Innate Wind and Thunder Pearl, strengthening his Little Universe and raising his cultivation before returning home with Qian Renxue and Little Doctor Fairy. Back at the Xiao Clan, Qian Renxue sparred with Xiao Yan and Xun Er while Bai Ge studied alchemy with Yao Lao.

• Bai Ge blood-sacrificed the Innate Wind and Thunder Pearl and fused it into his Little Universe, making the universe grow far faster and lifting the Battle Through the Heavens plane's suppression over him.
• Over three months, Bai Ge refined the pearl's power and the Wind and Thunder Cyan Flame, reaching the peak of Seven Star Dou Zong.
• Bai Ge set out for home with Qian Renxue and Little Doctor Fairy.
• At the Xiao Clan's Back Mountain, Qian Renxue sparred with Xiao Yan and Xun Er while limiting her attacks to the level of a Three-Star Dou Shi.
• Bai Ge studied alchemy under Yao Lao and learned how flawed his previous alchemy techniques were.
• Qian Renxue unleashed Flame Sun Slash as Xiao Yan and Xun Er countered with Swallow Reversal Strike and Eight Extremities Collapse.

Xiao Yan learned Bai Ge’s Dragon Subduing Palm and astonished Wutan City at the coming-of-age ceremony by testing as a three-star Dou Shi at sixteen. After the ceremony, Bai Ge and Qian Renxue enjoyed a respite, while the Xiao Clan’s elders faced a severe business downturn caused by the Gale Family’s new healing medicine.

• Bai Ge taught Xiao Yan the Dragon Subduing Palm, a technique whose strength depended on the user’s cultivation.
• At the Xiao Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony, Xiao Yan tested as a three-star Dou Shi, stunning the gathered crowd and earning Bai Ge ten thousand system Points.
• After the ceremony, Bai Ge and Qian Renxue began taking time to shop and date, while Xiao Yan spent more time with Xun Er.
• The Gale Family’s cheap, mass-produced Returning Spring Powder drew customers and merchants away from the Xiao Clan’s marketplaces, causing the clan a major economic loss.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yan began learning alchemy after discovering that the Gale Family’s Returning Spring Powder was poor-quality medicine. In the Xiao Clan’s back mountain, Bai Ge successfully refined a high-quality Gathering Qi Powder, while Xiao Yan practiced Clotting Powder under Yao Lao’s guidance.

• Bai Ge, Qian Renxue, Little Doctor Fairy, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er investigated the Gale Family marketplace and found mercenaries buying its Returning Spring Powder.
• Bai Ge inspected the powder, judged it worthless, and decided Xiao Yan should begin practicing alchemy.
• Yao Lao advised Xiao Yan to buy basic ingredients and a medicine cauldron, and his Artificial Body handled the purchases at the Mittel Auction House.
• At the Xiao Clan’s secret cave, Xiao Yan began refining Clotting Powder while Bai Ge refined Gathering Qi Powder to repay the auction house for the ingredients.
• Bai Ge used his Eight Desolations Qiankun Cauldron and Wind and Thunder Cyan Flame to produce a pill marked with bluish-green patterns.
• Xiao Yan praised Bai Ge’s pill, and Bai Ge acknowledged that his strength and Soul Strength could not replace Yao Lao’s refined control of alchemical heat.

After the Gale Family’s men threatened Xun Er and Qian Renxue, Bai Ge arrived in his Golden Saint Cloth and killed Liu Xi, Jia Lieao, and Jia Liebi. He then destroyed the Gale Family estate, leaving Xiao Yan shaken by the scale of his fury.

• Yao Lao praised Bai Ge’s talent, and Bai Ge and Xiao Yan delivered their batches of pills to the Mittel Auction House and the Xiao Clan.
• The Xiao Clan captured seventy percent of Wutan City’s healing-medicine market with Clotting Powder, reversing its fortunes against the Gale Family.
• Xiao Yan learned that Gale Family members had blocked Qian Renxue, Xun Er, Xiao Yu, and the others, so he gathered his men and rushed to help.
• Liu Xi struck Xiao Ning down and moved against Xun Er, but Bai Ge descended in his Golden Saint Cloth and burned Liu Xi and Jia Lieao to ash.
• Jia Liebi attacked Bai Ge with wind-based Dou Qi, but Bai Ge killed him with invisible sword lights.
• Bai Ge leveled the Gale Family estate with a punch, leaving Xiao Yan sweating and Yao Lao remarking on his heavy killing intent.

Xiao Yan faced Canaan Academy instructor Ruo Lin in a trial for a year-long leave, while Bai Ge’s earlier destruction of the Gale Family and reforging of Xiao Yan’s weapon were recounted. The match began with Xiao Yan evading Ruo Lin’s whip and counterattacking with a thrown sword.

• Bai Ge wiped out the Gale Family with a single punch, and later killed Liu Xi’s teacher when he came seeking trouble.
• Bai Ge refined Liu Xi’s teacher into Soul Strength for Yao Lao and reforged Xiao Yan’s Mystic Heavy Ruler into a powerful longsword, earning thirty thousand Points.
• Instructor Ruo Lin agreed to grant Xiao Yan a year’s leave if he could endure twenty exchanges against her.
• Ruo Lin opened the match with her water-attributed whip, and Xiao Yan dodged her strike before charging at her.
• Xiao Yan used Fire Blowing Palm to launch himself, retrieved the iron sword with Suction Palm, and hurled it at Ruo Lin.

Xiao Yan fought Instructor Ruo Lin in an attempt to win a vacation, using his advanced Battle Skill and close-combat techniques against her superior cultivation. Ruo Lin summoned a giant water serpent with Water Mandala as Xiao Yan became unable to move.

• Xiao Yan shattered his iron sword against Ruo Lin’s water curtain, then sent the fragments back at her with Suction Palm and Fire Blowing Palm.
• Ruo Lin stopped the iron fragments with Force Dissipating Water Mirror, but Xiao Yan charged and struck with Flame Sun Slash.
• Ruo Lin blocked the weakened fire slash with her Battle Qi Armor and met Xiao Yan’s Wind God Leg attack with a water-energy vortex.
• Xiao Yan’s kick forced Ruo Lin to retreat several steps, but she told him his vacation was out of reach and prepared another attack.
• Ruo Lin summoned a three- or four-meter water serpent with Water Mandala and sent it swooping toward the immobilized Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan defeated Instructor Ruo Lin’s Water Mandala with Flying Dragon in the Sky and earned approval for a year-long leave. After leaving Wutan City with Bai Ge, Little Doctor Fairy, and Qian Renxue, he reached the Monster Mountain Range and began training with Yao Lao, who was interrupted by Bai Ge’s reminder about the Dragon Subduing Palm.

• Xiao Yan used Purple Cloud Wings and Flying Dragon in the Sky to shatter Instructor Ruo Lin’s water snake, and she granted him a year-long leave.
• Xiao Yan and Bai Ge told Ya Fei they were leaving Wutan City and needed wilderness supplies.
• Three days later, Bai Ge, Little Doctor Fairy, Qian Renxue, and Xiao Yan set out for the Monster Mountain Range to target the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• After a month, Xiao Yan arrived at a waterfall with Yao Lao, who prepared to teach him an Earth-Rank Battle Skill using the Mystic Heavy Ruler.
• Bai Ge reminded Yao Lao that he had already demonstrated the Dragon Subduing Palm.

Yao Lao demonstrated the Earth-Rank Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, devastating the waterfall and revealing the technique’s power to Xiao Yan. He gave Xiao Yan the battle skill and ordered him to train beneath the waterfall until he could use it from the tenth stake.

• Yao Lao rose above the lake with the reforged Mystic Heavy Ruler and gathered fire-attributed energy into it.
• Yao Lao used the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, blasting through the lake’s water and carving a huge gash into the rock face behind the waterfall.
• Xiao Yan saw the damage and marveled at the power of an Earth-Rank battle skill.
• Yao Lao passed the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler’s instructions to Xiao Yan and gave him the Mystic Heavy Ruler.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to train beneath the waterfall until he could stand under the tenth stake and slash at the water three hundred times, while Bai Ge urged him not to complain.

Bai Ge took Xiao Yan and the others into the Monster Mountain Range to find the Amethyst Winged Lion King, hoping its purple flame would strengthen Xiao Yan. When they heard a battle between a woman and the sixth-rank beast, Bai Ge warned Xiao Yan to value Xun Er and showed him how far he still had to climb.

• Bai Ge explained that Xiao Yan had absorbed the Purple Flame Azure Thunder Serpent's Beast Fire and that the Amethyst Winged Lion King's purple flame could raise him to the peak of the Dou Shi realm.
• Bai Ge and the others set out to find the Amethyst Winged Lion King, then heard its roar and a clash of energy near a waterfall.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen ogled the woman fighting in the distance, so Bai Ge threatened to send incriminating recordings to Xun Er and Xuan Yi.
• Bai Ge rebuked Xiao Yan for being fickle toward Xun Er, and Xiao Yan admitted he was wrong.
• Yao Chen identified the beast as a sixth-rank magical beast, and Bai Ge described the immense power of Xun Er's clan, leaving Xiao Yan awed and envious.

Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, and Qian Renxue watched a Dou Huang woman confront the Amethyst Winged Lion King to obtain its Purple Spirit Crystal. After the Lion King demanded a Transformation Pill and rejected her alternative offer, the woman prepared to fight, leaving a massive cyan tornado crackling with lightning in the sky.

• Bai Ge told Xiao Yan that the strong challenged stronger opponents, and Xiao Yan resolved to remember his words.
• The woman asked the Amethyst Winged Lion King for its Purple Spirit Crystal and offered an exchange.
• The Lion King demanded a Transformation Pill, which Yao Chen explained was an exceptionally valuable Grade Seven pill.
• Qian Renxue told Xiao Yan that Bai Ge had shown the woman mercy before and explained her bond with Bai Ge and his loneliness.
• The woman offered three Fifth Rank Magic Cores and cultivation techniques, but the Lion King refused and ordered her to leave.
• The woman raised her sword and summoned a towering cyan tornado surrounded by lightning and thunder.

Yun Yun fought the Amethyst Winged Lion King while Bai Ge explained that its purple flame could help Xiao Yan strengthen his Sun True Fire and Flame Mantra. As sunset approached, the Lion King’s patience ran out, but Yun Yun still asked it to trade the Purple Spirit Crystal.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King met Yun Yun’s tornado with a pillar of purple flame, and the two attacks canceled each other out.
• Yun Yun’s sword strikes and wind techniques failed to penetrate the Lion King’s crystal armor or withstand its powerful attacks.
• Xiao Yan asked whether the Lion King’s purple crystals absorbed sunlight, and Bai Ge explained how its purple flame could help him advance his cultivation method.
• Yao Lao warned that strengthening Beast Fire with a matching Magic Core and essence blood could endanger Xiao Yan, but Bai Ge insisted the Sun True Fire could handle it.
• After pursuing Yun Yun through the afternoon, the Amethyst Winged Lion King stopped near sunset and demanded an end to the battle.
• Yun Yun again offered to leave if the Amethyst Winged Lion King exchanged the Purple Spirit Crystal with her.

Bai Ge rescued Yun Yun from the two Amethyst Winged Lion Kings and brought her to safety in the cave. After Yun Yun woke, she realized Bai Ge had saved her life again, though he claimed he had only acted out of convenience.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King used Amethyst Seal to strike Yun Yun, and she wounded it by slicing off half of its horn before its claw hit her chest.
• A second sixth-tier Amethyst Winged Lion King emerged and trapped the injured Yun Yun between the two beasts.
• Bai Ge arrived with EX—Calibur, gathered Yun Yun into his arms, and carried her away before the lions could react.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King ordered the surrounding Magical Beasts to search for Yun Yun, while Yao Lao, Little Doctor Fairy, and Qian Renxue understood Bai Ge's warning to watch Xiao Yanzi.
• Yun Yun woke in the cave and learned that Xue Er Jie and Little Doctor Fairy had treated and changed her clothes.
• Yun Yun acknowledged Bai Ge had saved her again, and he said he had only rescued her while planning to hunt the two lions later.

Bai Ge returned Yun Yun’s repaired inner armor and agreed to help her obtain the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s Purple Spirit Crystal in exchange for its essence blood and Magic Core. After seven days of recovery, Yun Yun set out with Bai Ge and Qian Renxue to find the lion king.

• Bai Ge explained that he valued willing affection and would not force anyone to become his lover.
• Bai Ge gave Yun Yun her repaired inner armor, and she blushed at his thoughtless handling of it.
• Yun Yun said she planned to obtain the Purple Spirit Crystal for a pill, and Bai Ge offered to help kill the Amethyst Winged Lion Kings for their essence blood and Magic Core.
• Bai Ge warned Yun Yun against recklessly facing powerful Magical Beasts, then left to check on Xue Er Jie and Little Doctor Fairy.
• Seven days later, Yun Yun had recovered, and she accompanied Bai Ge and Qian Renxue to find the Amethyst Winged Lion King while Little Doctor Fairy tended the medicinal herbs and Xiao Yan continued training.

Bai Ge and Yun Yun defeated the Amethyst Winged Lion King and parted ways after he gave her a Royal Extreme Pill. Three days later, Bai Ge and Xiao Yan reached Black Rock City to take the alchemist examination, where they encountered a girl and her fourth-rank alchemist teacher.

• Yun Yun drew out the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Bai Ge killed him with a surprise attack while Xue Er Jie slew another Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Bai Ge gave Yun Yun a Royal Extreme Pill, then left with Qian Renxue as Yun Yun remained behind.
• Three days later, Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, and their companions arrived in Black Rock City to take the alchemist rank examination.
• Two guards stopped Bai Ge and Xiao Yan at the Alchemist Guild entrance and asked for a letter of introduction.
• A petite girl hurried past Xiao Yan and called for her teacher, whose badge showed that he was a Fourth-Rank Alchemist.

Bai Ge entered the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild assessment with Xiao Yan and prepared to test as a fourth-rank alchemist. Xue Mei arrived just before the assessment began, setting up a tense encounter with Lin Fei.

• Bai Ge used his Wind and Thunder Cyan Flame to convince the guards to let him enter without a recommendation letter.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan completed registration and entered the assessment hall, while Xue Er Jie and Little Doctor Fairy waited outside.
• Grandmaster Otto and Frank discussed the assessment, and Frank asked Bai Ge his age; Bai Ge said he was twenty.
• Xue Mei arrived late and greeted Frank and Otto before taking a platform beside Lin Fei.
• Xue Mei and Lin Fei exchanged looks that revealed their apparent hostility toward each other.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yan passed alchemist assessments in the guild before setting out for the Tagor Desert. They arrived after an eventful journey, and Xiao Yan discovered that the desert’s earth- and fire-rich energy suited his purple-flame Dou Qi.

• Xiao Yan refined a Gathering Power Pill and passed his assessment, while Bai Ge also completed his alchemist tests.
• Bai Ge shocked Frank and Otto by applying for and passing the Fourth-Rank Alchemist assessment, then received a white alchemist robe.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan left the Alchemist Guild for the Tagor Desert and traveled among other alchemists.
• After other passengers coveted Xiao Yan’s Blood Lotus Pill, Bai Ge erased their memories and took their storage rings, including a fourth-rank alchemy cauldron.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan arrived near the Tagor Desert, where Xiao Yan noticed his purple-flame Dou Qi growing more lively in the fire- and earth-rich air.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yan entered Desert City to seek supplies and maps, where they found a fragment of the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire map in Hai Bo Dong’s shop. Bai Ge offered to break Hai Bo Dong’s seal and restore his former strength in exchange for the fragment, then increased his offer after asserting his power.

• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan arrived at Desert City and ignored the soldiers’ demands for an entry fee.
• Xiao Yan and Bai Ge visited the Ancient Map shop to look for maps for their desert journey.
• Xiao Yan found a damaged map fragment among the failed maps, and Bai Ge recognized it as the second fragment of the Purifying Lotus Demon Fire map.
• Bai Ge asked Hai Bo Dong whether he had another fragment and offered to break his seal in exchange for the map.
• Hai Bo Dong rejected Bai Ge’s offer, so Bai Ge pinned him down with spatial force and warned him against hiding the other fragment.
• Bai Ge offered Hai Bo Dong a Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill in addition to breaking the seal, promising it could help restore his former strength.

Bai Ge arranged for Hai Bo Dong to retrieve a Sand Mandala in exchange for guarding Xiao Yan after recovering his strength. While traveling through the Tagor Desert, Xiao Yan found a wounded member of the Desert Iron Mercenary Group and learned that his brothers Xiao Ding and Xiao Li were in danger.

• Hai Bo Dong agreed to find the Sand Mandala and serve as Xiao Yan’s bodyguard for about half a year after regaining his strength.
• Bai Ge returned to the inn with Xiao Yan to collect Xue Er Jie and Little Doctor Fairy before the group set out across the desert.
• Xiao Yan found a wounded man who asked him to seek reinforcements for the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, which snake people had attacked.
• Xiao Yan recognized the mercenary group as the one led by his brothers Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, treated the man, and asked him to lead them to the squad.
• The wounded man warned Xiao Yan that eight snake people were besieging the squad, including three Nine-Star Fighters.

Xiao Yan reached the Nine-Star Dou Master level and rescued Xue Lan's Desert Iron Mercenary Group from a squad of snake people. He then accompanied the mercenaries to their headquarters in Stone Desert City.

• Xiao Yan broke through to Nine-Star Dou Master and learned that the injured man’s companions were surrounded by snake people.
• Xiao Yan found Xue Lan and the Desert Iron Mercenary Group facing eight snake people, whose leader ordered his men to kill the mercenaries and capture Xue Lan.
• Xiao Yan rushed in, struck down two snake people, and killed the remaining six with Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler.
• Xiao Yan entered Stone Desert City with Xue Lan’s group and followed them to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s estate.