Chapter Summaries

Bai Ge reunited Xiao Yan with his brothers and brought Qing Lin to the eastern desert, where he opened a passage into an underground magma cavern. They discovered a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, and Bai Ge subdued it while they searched for traces of a Strange Fire.

• Bai Ge rescued Qing Lin from a tea stall owner, and Xue Lan recognized her.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, and Bai Ge gave the brothers cultivation manuals.
• Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, and their companions followed Qing Lin to the eastern desert, where Bai Ge blasted a passage underground with Titan Nova.
• Bai Ge took Xiao Yan, Xue Lan, and Qing Lin into the cavern while Little Doctor Fairy stayed above with Xiao Ding and the mercenaries.
• Bai Ge provoked a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake out of the magma and struck it down with a spatial ripple.

Bai Ge trained Qing Lin to use her Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupils, then led Xiao Yan to the Azure Lotus Core Flame’s location beneath the magma. They found the lotus but not the flame, and Bai Ge concluded that Queen Medusa had taken it, prompting him to challenge Xiao Yan to think bigger.

• Bai Ge drew the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake before Qing Lin and instructed her to contract it using the method he had taught her.
• Qing Lin used her Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupils to imprint two green flowers on the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and bring it under her control.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan followed the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake into the magma and found the Azure Lotus Core Flame’s lotus platform, but its center was empty.
• Bai Ge deduced that Queen Medusa had taken the Azure Lotus Core Flame after an energy disturbance months earlier.
• Xiao Yan worried that Queen Medusa’s Dou Huang Peak strength made retrieving the flame dangerous, so Bai Ge mocked his lack of ambition and provoked him with Nalan Yanran’s broken engagement.
• Xiao Yan declared that he would reach the summit and insisted that his ambition was not limited to defeating a Dou Huang.

After Queen Medusa took the Azure Lotus Core Flame, Bai Ge explained the value of the azure lotus platform and helped Xiao Yan harvest it. Xiao Yan broke through to three-star Da Dou Shi, and he and Bai Ge set off for the Tagor Desert while Little Doctor Fairy and Qing Lin guarded Bai Ge’s treasure in Stone Desert City.

• Yao Lao and Bai Ge stopped Xiao Yan from leaving the azure lotus behind and explained its benefits, then Yao Lao pulled him away from the platform’s deadly flames.
• Xiao Yan used Bai Ge’s White Jade Sword to cut free the azure lotus platform, and Bai Ge placed the Sky Spirit Li Fire Creation Plate on its roots to absorb fire energy.
• Bai Ge said he expected to obtain a wisp of Source Fire from the Azure Lotus Core Flame after returning from the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Yan took Bai Ge’s Azure Lotus Profound Heart Pill, advanced from nine-star Dou Shi to three-star Da Dou Shi, and secluded himself for a month to stabilize his foundation.
• Bai Ge and Xiao Yan departed for the Tagor Desert, leaving Little Doctor Fairy and Qing Lin to guard the Sky Spirit Li Fire Creation Plate in Stone Desert City.

Bai Ge and Xiao Yan traveled through the Tagor Desert to find water, approaching an oasis near a Snake-People Tribe. At the oasis, Bai Ge revealed himself to a seductive Snake Woman, while Qian Renxue tried to cover his eyes.

• Xiao Yan checked the map and realized their route led toward a Snake-People Tribe, while Bai Ge agreed to deal with its Dou Wang so Xue Er Jie could bathe.
• After sunset, Xiao Yan entered the oasis and searched for water while avoiding the Snake Women guarding it.
• Xiao Yan found a clear lake and saw a Snake Woman bathing, but she noticed Bai Ge nearby and called him out.
• Bai Ge removed his Golden Mask and asked the Snake Woman to give up the spring for Xue Er Jie.
• The Snake Woman flirted with Bai Ge, and Qian Renxue hurried to cover his eyes.

Bai Ge brought Xiao Yan and Qian Renxue into the Snake-People Clan’s territory and asked Queen Medusa to trade her Strange Fire for a treasure that could aid her evolution. Queen Medusa appeared and recognized the Seven-Colored Origin Stone Bai Ge offered, but the exchange had not yet been settled.

• Yue Mei confronted Bai Ge and Xiao Yan, but Bai Ge subdued the Snake-People surrounding them and said he wanted to meet Queen Medusa about exchanging for her Strange Fire.
• Bai Ge persuaded Yue Mei to guide them by explaining that he was an Alchemist with no ties to the Gama Empire, then gave her a Douling Pill.
• At the Snake-People Clan temple, Bai Ge called for Queen Medusa and waited while Xiao Yan backed away from the strange distortion in the sky.
• Queen Medusa appeared, and Bai Ge offered to help her evolve in exchange for the Strange Fire.
• Bai Ge presented a Seven-Colored Origin Stone, and Queen Medusa’s breathing quickened when she recognized it.

Bai Ge traded the Seven-Colored Origin Stone and a Transformation Pill with Queen Medusa for the Azure Lotus Core Flame, then secretly returned to watch her transformation. Queen Medusa transformed into a giant purple serpent as the Seven-Colored Origin Stone entered her forehead, and a violent thunderstorm began.

• Bai Ge borrowed the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and gave Xiao Yan the Azure Lotus Core Flame in exchange for Queen Medusa accepting the Seven-Colored Origin Stone and Transformation Pill.
• Bai Ge left with Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and Qian Renxue, then slipped into the void and returned alone.
• Queen Medusa undressed and began forming hand seals in the bamboo grove.
• Queen Medusa transformed into a purple giant serpent, and the Seven-Colored Origin Stone entered its forehead.
• A seven-colored barrier surrounded the serpent as dark clouds gathered and a huge silver thunderbolt struck it.

Queen Medusa’s tribulation ended with her rebirth as a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, which Bai Ge coaxed into joining him with Amethyst Accompanying Source. Bai Ge then reached Xiao Yan as the Azure Lotus Core Flame overwhelmed him and used the Sky Spirit Li Fire Creation Plate to draw it away.

• Queen Medusa’s giant snake corpse burst apart, revealing the newly born Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• Bai Ge stopped the little snake’s charge, gave it Amethyst Accompanying Source, and persuaded it to hide in his cloak.
• Bai Ge retrieved the Sky Spirit Li Fire Creation Plate from the eastern Tagor Desert and teleported toward Xue Er Jie.
• Xiao Yan struggled in a mountain cave as the Azure Lotus Core Flame burned around him, while Yao Lao and Qian Renxue watched helplessly.
• Bai Ge arrived and used the Sky Spirit Li Fire Creation Plate to pull the Azure Lotus Core Flame away from Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan successfully absorbed the Azure Lotus Core Flame, evolving his cultivation method into a Low-Level Earth Rank Flame Mantra and reaching Seven Star Great Fighter. After Bai Ge gave him Root Solidifying Pills to stabilize his foundation, the group traveled to Hai Bodong, who broke free of his seal and returned to his peak.

• Xiao Yan woke after absorbing the Strange Fire and discovered that his battle qi had become dark gold and his Qi Cyclone had expanded immensely.
• Xiao Yan formed Leo Saint Cloth from his battle qi, shattered a boulder with one punch, and confirmed that his cultivation method had evolved to Low-Level Earth Rank and he had reached Seven Star Great Fighter.
• Bai Ge explained the Strange Fire’s immense energy and gave Xiao Yan Root Solidifying Pills to stabilize his foundation and support further cultivation.
• Xiao Yan teased Bai Ge about his relationship with Qian Renxue, making her blush.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, Bai Ge, and Qian Renxue traveled to Hai Bodong’s secluded residence, where Hai Bodong broke his decades-long seal and returned to his peak.

After discovering that Soul Hall agents had captured Qing Lin and injured Little Doctor Fairy, Bai Ge set out with Xiao Yan and Hai Bo Dong for Salt City to rescue her. The group arrived in Mo Clan-dominated Salt City and began considering how to gather information without drawing attention.

• Bai Ge returned to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, learned Qing Lin had been captured, and used his medicine and Yao Lao's help to wake the injured Little Doctor Fairy.
• Little Doctor Fairy said black-mist-shrouded attackers resembling Soul Hall agents had ambushed her, and Bai Ge suspected Soul Hall was connected to Yun Shan and the Mo Clan.
• Bai Ge left Xue Er Jie to watch over Little Doctor Fairy and destroyed the Sand Mercenary Group with Scarlet Storm before setting out to rescue Qing Lin.
• Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, and Hai Bo Dong reached Salt City after two days of travel, and Xiao Yan suggested resting and gathering information on the Mo Clan.
• Xiao Yan noticed that seventy-four of the 103 shops on one street bore the Mo name, while Hai Bo Dong recalled that other factions had once been able to challenge the clan.

Bai Ge, Hai Bo Dong, and Xiao Yan entered the Mo Family’s birthday banquet to demand Qing Lin’s return. After Bai Ge killed the Mo Family guards who attacked them, Mo Cheng invoked the Yunlan Sect, but Bai Ge dismissed the threat and unsettled both Mo Cheng and Nalan Yanran.

• Bai Ge opened a Space Channel and led Hai Bo Dong and Xiao Yan into the Mo Family headquarters.
• At Mo Cheng’s birthday banquet, Mo Cheng proposed forming a Mo Alliance with friendly forces.
• Bai Ge entered the hall and demanded that Mo Cheng hand over Qing Lin, threatening to destroy the Mo Family.
• Mo Cheng summoned armed guards and ordered them to kill Bai Ge, who used spatial power to blast them into blood mist.
• Mo Cheng denied knowing about Qing Lin and appealed to Yun Yun and the Yunlan Sect, but Bai Ge said he could kill Mo Cheng and apologize to Yun Yun afterward.
• Mo Cheng and Nalan Yanran reacted with alarm when Bai Ge belittled Mo Cheng’s standing in the Yunlan Sect.

Bai Ge defeated Mo Cheng and demanded that he hand over Qing Lin, but Mo Cheng denied knowing anything and attacked with his transplanted Magical Beast arm. Bai Ge killed him with the Great Heat finger technique while Xiao Yan watched.

• Mo Cheng attacked Bai Ge, but an invisible spatial barrier rebounded his strike and left him badly injured.
• Bai Ge seized Mo Cheng by the throat and demanded that he hand over Qing Lin.
• Ge Ye pleaded with Bai Ge to spare Mo Cheng, and Bai Ge offered Mo Cheng one last chance because of Yun Yun.
• Mo Cheng denied knowing about Qing Lin and revealed his Mountain Piercing Arm before charging at Bai Ge.
• Bai Ge demonstrated the Twenty-Four Solar Terms Spirit Shocking Finger—Great Heat to Xiao Yan and killed Mo Cheng with a shot through the forehead.

Bai Ge forced the Mo Family to return Qing Lin, but a mysterious woman in green seized the girl and revealed she had learned the Mo Family’s transplantation technique. The chapter ended with Bai Ge, Xiao Yan, and Hai Bo Dong surrounding the woman as she held Qing Lin hostage.

• Bai Ge gave Mo Lan five minutes to bring Qing Lin to him, threatening the Mo Family with his killing intent.
• Mo Lan presented Qing Lin, and Bai Ge and Xiao Yan were relieved to see that she was unharmed.
• A mysterious woman in green trapped Bai Ge in a wooden cage, grabbed Qing Lin, and tried to escape.
• Bai Ge broke free while Hai Bo Dong and Xiao Yan blocked the woman’s way out.
• The woman defended herself against all three Dou Huang experts and said she had secretly learned the Mo Family’s transplantation technique.

A woman from Heavenly Serpent Mansion seized Qing Lin after discovering her Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupils, but Bai Ge reclaimed her and revealed his strength as a peak Seven Star Dou Zong. Xiao Yan then brought two Strange Fires together, leaving everyone facing the threat of their fusion.

• The green-clad woman identified Qing Lin’s Jade Serpent Three-Flower Pupils and refused Xiao Yan’s demand to release her.
• The woman summoned an Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, shocking Xiao Yan and Hai Bo Dong with the sixth-tier beast’s arrival.
• Bai Ge released his peak Seven Star Dou Zong aura and used Teleportation to take Qing Lin back from the woman.
• Xiao Yan asked Bai Ge to let him handle the fight and manifested Sun True Fire and Azure Lotus Core Flame in his hands.
• The Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor panicked at Xiao Yan’s two Strange Fires as he slowly moved them toward each other.

Xiao Yan fused his azure flame with the purple-gold Sun True Fire and created the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus. He hurled it at the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, and its explosion shattered a distant mountain peak.

• Xiao Yan forced the azure flame and purple-gold Sun True Fire together, injuring his hands as Hai Bo Dong and Bai Ya watched from a distance.
• Xiao Yan ignored Hai Bo Dong's warning and used the Flame Mantra's Dou Qi to steady the unstable flames.
• Xiao Yan condensed the two flames into a lotus and realized he had succeeded in creating the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan threw the lotus at the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor, and it exploded violently near him.
• The explosion sent destructive ripples through the sky and blasted apart a distant mountain peak.

Bai Ge survived the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus blast and let the wounded Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor escape. After he sent Xiao Yan away, Yun Yun arrived at the battle site and learned that Bai Ge had come because a Yunlan Sect elder captured his disciple.

• Bai Ge and the others survived the firestorm, though the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor was badly wounded and fled while cursing.
• Bai Ge told Hai Bo Dong to take Xiao Yan away because Xiao Yan had conflicts with the Yunlan Sect.
• Elder Jia and Yun Yun arrived at the battle site and remarked on the destroyed mountain and the Dou Huang auras.
• Bai Ge greeted Yun Yun, and she asked why he had appeared again.
• Bai Ge explained that Mo Cheng, a Yunlan Sect Outer Sect Elder, had captured his disciple.

Bai Ge explained to Yun Yun why he had killed Mo Cheng and left before she could thank him. A month later, Xiao Yan recovered from his grievous injuries, advanced to Eight Star Da Dou Shi, and joined Bai Ge and the others on their arrival in Gama Holy City.

• Bai Ge told Yun Yun about the Mo Clan ancestor’s grotesque experiments and said he had killed Mo Cheng to avoid conflict between them.
• Bai Ge vanished before Yun Yun could thank him, and Yun Yun left after bidding farewell to Jia Xingtian.
• Three days later, Xiao Yan awoke in Stone Desert City and discovered that his injuries had badly damaged his meridians and depleted his Qi Cyclone.
• Yao Lao reassured Xiao Yan that his Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus showed great promise and praised him as a student.
• After a month of recovery with Bai Ge’s help, Xiao Yan healed, absorbed energy from the Earth Fire Lotus Seed, and advanced to Eight Star Da Dou Shi.
• Bai Ge, Qian Renxue, Little Doctor Fairy, Qing Lin, Xiao Yan, and Hai Bo Dong arrived at Gama Holy City after three days of flight.

Xiao Yan, Bai Ge, and Hai Bo Dong visited the Mittel Auction House in the imperial capital, where Hai Bo Dong explained its auction halls and entry requirements. Xiao Yan then recognized Ya Fei as she emerged from an entrance reserved for the auction house’s upper management.

• Xiao Yan said he would wait half a month before going to the Yunlan Sect and planned to visit the auction house and Alchemist Guild headquarters.
• Xiao Yan, Bai Ge, and Hai Bo Dong entered the Mittel Auction House and looked around its guarded hall and expensive displays.
• Hai Bo Dong explained the auction house’s ranked halls and told Xiao Yan that his two or three hundred thousand Gold Coins qualified him only for the Yellow Rank hall.
• Xiao Yan noticed the crowd gathering around a woman emerging from the management entrance and recognized her as Ya Fei.

Bai Ge and Hai Bo Dong met Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House, where Ya Fei offered to take them somewhere private to discuss business. After a young Mittel family member insulted Ya Fei and provoked Bai Ge, Bai Ge struck him down, leaving Hai Bo Dong to handle the fallout.

• Ya Fei greeted Bai Ge and invited him to talk privately, while Hai Bo Dong teased her and Bai Ge revealed that Hai Bo Dong was a Dou Huang named Mittel.
• Ya Fei led Bai Ge and Hai Bo Dong toward a restricted staircase and insisted that she would take responsibility for bringing them inside.
• A lecherous young man confronted Ya Fei and insulted her after she grabbed Bai Ge's hand and ignored him.
• Bai Ge used psychic force to smash the young man's chest and knock him unconscious.
• Ya Fei warned Bai Ge that the man's grandfather would seek revenge, and Hai Bo Dong promised to deal with the Mittel family.

Bai Ge and Hai Bo Dong tried to buy rare ingredients for the Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill from Ya Fei, but Elder Lei Ou intercepted them. When Lei Ou entered to challenge Ya Fei and threaten her position, Bai Ge told Hai Bo Dong to handle the family dispute himself.

• Ya Fei examined Bai Ge’s ingredient list and said the Mittel Auction House could provide four rare ingredients for about one million Gold Coins.
• Hai Bo Dong paid with a purple-gold card, and Ya Fei sent a maid to retrieve the four ingredients.
• The maid returned and reported that Elder Lei Ou had intercepted the ingredients, claiming someone had reserved them.
• Ya Fei angrily condemned Lei Ou for interfering with the auction house’s affairs, while Hai Bo Dong froze the tea in his cup.
• Lei Ou entered with guards, threatened to have Ya Fei removed from her position, and asked Hai Bo Dong who he was after Bai Ge told him to handle the dispute.

Hai Bo Dong forced Leo to deliver Bai Ge’s requested medicinal ingredients and secured Ya Fei’s promotion, then Nalan Yanran arrived seeking an alchemist with a Strange Fire. Hai Bo Dong pointed out that Xiao Yan was the alchemist she was looking for.

• Hai Bo Dong insulted Leo and demanded the medicinal ingredients within ten minutes, then badly injured him with a frozen teacup when he objected.
• Leo ordered his guards to fetch the ingredients, and Hai Bo Dong told Ya Fei to have Mittel Tengshan remove “Acting” from her title.
• Leo’s subordinates delivered the jade boxes, Bai Ge checked the ingredients, and Hai Bo Dong told Leo to leave.
• After a maid announced Nalan Yanran’s arrival, Bai Ge disguised himself and Xiao Yan with human-skin masks.
• Nalan Yanran asked Ya Fei about finding an alchemist with a Strange Fire, and Hai Bo Dong pointed to Xiao Yan as the person she sought.