Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai headed back to the Inner Academy after sensing the Fallen Heart Flame erupt, then prepared to return to the Jia Ma Empire before Xiao Yan’s three-year appointment. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan attacked the Mo Family over its assault on Xiao Ding and Qing Lin, but a mysterious Hall of Souls protector appeared afterward and revealed that Yao Chen was its target.

• Xiao Bai took Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian toward the Inner Academy, intending to explore the Underground Lava beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower.
• Xiao Bai learned the three-year appointment was less than three months away and told Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian he would soon return to the Jia Ma Empire; both chose to stay behind.
• Xiao Yan confronted Mo Cheng at the Mo Family banquet and demanded to know who had attacked the Mo Tie Mercenary Group and sought Qing Lin.
• Mo Cheng’s men surrounded Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan killed them with his Heavenly Flame and defeated Mo Cheng while Ge Ye and Nalan Yanran watched.
• Xiao Yan killed Mo Cheng and left the Mo Family, whereupon a black fog appeared and a Hall of Souls protector threatened Yao Chen.

Xiao Bai entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower and asked Su Qian for permission to descend into the Underground Lava, insisting he had no interest in the Fallen Heart Flame. Su Qian agreed, leaving Xiao Bai poised to venture below.

• Xiao Bai arrived at the tower with Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian, then entered through the spatial portal after bidding them farewell.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yi Xian she had kept quiet about her impending departure because she did not want Xiao Bai to worry, and wondered whether he had already figured it out.
• Xiao Bai passed through the tower’s heart flame without being affected and plunged down the central black hole to meet Su Qian and the elders.
• Zi Yan recognized Xiao Bai as the big skeleton, while Su Qian asked why he had come to the tower.
• Xiao Bai requested permission to enter the Underground Lava, claimed the Fallen Heart Flame did not interest him, and revealed that he was a Dou King Peak.
• Su Qian accepted Xiao Bai’s request and allowed him to go below.

Xiao Bai entered the Fallen Heart Flame’s underground lair and absorbed its heart flames into the red light in his Dantian, forcing the Invisible Fire Python to retreat. He then found its location and prepared to attack it with a great blade formed from five-colored light.

• Su Qian explained that the Fallen Heart Flame’s lair gave it a major advantage and promised Jia Nan Academy’s help if Xiao Bai could deal with it, while Xiao Bai reassured Zi Yan he would refine her medicinal ingredients.
• Su Qian opened the energy barrier, and Xiao Bai descended into the magma while the Invisible Fire Python’s roar and flames shook the elders above.
• The Invisible Fire Python trapped Xiao Bai in flames, but he let its heart flame enter his body and absorbed it into the red light in his Dantian until the beast weakened.
• The Invisible Fire Python attacked with milky-white flames and fire poison, but Xiao Bai swallowed the attack, leaving the beast to retreat and vanish from sight.
• Little Golden Dragon pointed out the Invisible Fire Python’s location, and Xiao Bai summoned a great blade of five-colored light.

Xiao Bai weakened the Fallen Heart Flame with the Great Five Elements Divine Light, then followed a mysterious resonance deeper into the Underground Lava with Little Golden Dragon. After they killed four attacking Fire Lizards, Xiao Bai sensed that a more powerful force was approaching.

• Xiao Bai struck the Fallen Heart Flame with the Great Five Elements Divine Light, draining some of its source and raising his cultivation temporarily to around Four-Star Dou Emperor.
• Su Qian told the elders that the Fallen Heart Flame had been weakened, while Zi Yan learned Xiao Bai had left and was urged to build a better relationship with him.
• Xiao Bai and Little Golden Dragon traveled deeper into the magma, following Xiao Bai's sense of a call linked to Heavenly Flame Yao's location.
• A group of Fire Lizards attacked Xiao Bai and Little Golden Dragon, and Xiao Bai killed four of them and collected two scorching beads.
• Xiao Bai realized the Fire Lizards had sent a signal for reinforcements, and he and Little Golden Dragon sensed a vast aura approaching.

Xiao Bai and Little Golden Dragon fought their way through a swarm of Fire Lizards in the Underground Lava, then used a Five Elements Thunder Dragon attack against their leader. As a terrifying presence arrived and its Heavenly Energy Giant Claw crushed the attack, Xiao Bai activated an Ancient Jade Piece to escape, but the chapter ended with the claw bearing down on him.

• Xiao Bai and Little Golden Dragon discovered hundreds of Fire Lizards surrounding them, including several Dou Emperor Lizardmen and a powerful leader.
• Xiao Bai battled the swarm while his cultivation began to fade, then killed three Dou Emperor Lizardmen to stabilize his strength at five-star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Bai tried to leave, but the leader pursued him and signaled for reinforcements, so Xiao Bai and Little Golden Dragon prepared Thunder Dragon Rending the Sky.
• Xiao Bai poured his Five Elements Thunder Dou Qi into Little Golden Dragon and unleashed a massive Five Elements Thunder Dragon that tore open space and attacked the leader.
• A terrifying aura arrived and a Heavenly Energy Giant Claw suppressed the thunder dragon; Xiao Bai crushed an Ancient Jade Piece as Little Golden Dragon urged him to escape.

Xiao Bai escaped a powerful Flame Lizard beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower and landed injured near Black-Ink City, where he joined a caravan. Back at Jia Nan Academy, Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian feared he was dead until Qian Mu explained that the jade slip likely let him escape.

• Xiao Bai and Little Golden Dragon fell from the sky beside Manager Huang’s caravan, and Xiao Bai spat blood after surviving the underground battle.
• Xiao Bai learned that the caravan was heading to Black-Ink City and asked to travel with it while he recovered.
• Little Golden Dragon warned Xiao Bai that the Flame Lizards might send an even stronger attacker, but Xiao Bai planned to rest in Black-Ink City before going to Jia Ma Empire.
• Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian confronted Su Qian and demanded to enter the sealed tower after sensing that Xun Er’s Space Jade Slip had been used.
• Xun Er collapsed after hearing that a Dou Zun aura had appeared beneath the tower, then vowed to avenge Xiao Bai as Xiao Yi Xian feared he was dead.
• Qian Mu explained that a Dou Venerate Flame Lizard likely attacked Xiao Bai and that the jade slip should have helped him escape because Flame Lizards could not freely use Spatial Power.

Xiao Bai arrived in Black-Ink City and entered the Black-Ink Auction House to exchange fire beads for Gold Coins. After he left the appraisal room, the appraiser confirmed to another man that Xiao Bai was the person they had discussed.

• Xiao Bai reached Black-Ink City with the caravan and saw a woman kill a bald man who harassed her at the gate.
• Huang San escorted Xiao Bai into the city, then brought the caravan to the Black-Ink Auction House.
• After Xiao Bai entered the auction house, Huang San told his nephew that they should report Little Golden Dragon to the Eight Gates Sect and ordered him to keep the caravan silent.
• Xiao Bai gave a fire bead to an appraiser, then exchanged ten more for Gold Coins to be placed in a Storage Ring.
• After Xiao Bai left the appraisal room, the appraiser asked whether he was the person the other man had mentioned, and the man confirmed it.

Xiao Bai drew the attention of Eight Gates Sect Sect Master Yuan Yi after Huang San reported that he possessed a golden dragon, and Yuan Yi arranged to track and attack him. When Bu Er attacked Xiao Bai at the East Arrival Inn, Xiao Bai overwhelmed him and seized him by the throat.

• Xiao Bai exchanged a wary gaze with Yuan Yi and Bu Er at the auction house, then received a Storage Ring that Steward Hu had secretly tampered with for tracking.
• Huang San told Yuan Yi about Xiao Bai and the golden dragon, and Yuan Yi ordered Bu Er to kill everyone from the caravan before sending him to test Xiao Bai that night.
• Xiao Bai realized the Storage Ring was bait, checked into the East Arrival Inn, and suspected Black-Ink City's curfew was intended to trap him.
• Yuan Yi's men cleared out the inn, and Bu Er entered Xiao Bai's room under cover of Three Absolutes Illusion Poison and attacked him with Severing Sky Slash.
• Xiao Bai broke Bu Er's attack with a punch, appeared in front of him, and clamped a hand around his throat before Bu Er cried, "Wait!"

Xiao Bai pursued Bu Gongzi to Black-Ink Auction House, where Sect Leader Yuan Yi tried to claim the stolen treasure and kill him. After Xiao Bai unleashed Thunder Dragon Rending the Sky and killed Yuan Yi, Ling Ying appeared and greeted him as Young Master.

• Xiao Bai followed the wounded Bu Gongzi through the city as the Black-Corner Region’s guards backed away in fear.
• Yuan Yi confronted Xiao Bai outside Black-Ink Auction House, claimed Xiao Bai had recovered the sect’s stolen treasure, and attacked him.
• Xiao Bai fought Yuan Yi with his physical strength, then was driven into the ground by Yuan Yi’s saber strike, which shattered Yun Zhi’s Inner Armor.
• Xiao Bai swallowed a streak of golden light, regained his strength, and summoned a Five Elements Thunder Dragon that shattered Yuan Yi’s blade light and pierced his chest.
• Three Dou Wang arrived as Yuan Yi died, while observers predicted turmoil in Black-Ink City and Xiao Bai’s influence over it.
• Bu Gongzi rejoiced over Yuan Yi’s death, and Ling Ying emerged from the shadows to greet Xiao Bai as Young Master.

Xiao Bai defeated Yuan Yi, took control of Black-Ink City, and renamed it Purple Firmament City, but learned that the city’s medicinal-ingredient trade was controlled by Thousand Medicines Workshop under the protection of Black Emperor Sect. He left the chapter considering the threat posed by the workshop and its powerful backers.

• Ling Ying arrived in Black-Ink City to find Xiao Bai on Xun Er’s orders, and Xiao Bai stopped him from intervening in the fight.
• After Yuan Yi died, Xiao Bai took his Storage Ring and ordered the black-robed figure to carry out his work while the Eight Gates Sect’s elders surrendered.
• Xiao Bai abolished the Eight Gates Sect, renamed Black-Ink City and its auction house Purple Firmament, and declared himself city lord.
• Xiao Bai questioned the auction house’s staff and learned that its medicinal-ingredient business had been ceded to Thousand Medicines Workshop.
• Xue Yuan explained that Black Emperor City had once protected Yuan Yi, who then let Thousand Medicines Workshop dominate the city’s medicinal-ingredient and pill trade.

Yun Shan used Gu He's feelings for Yun Yun to pressure her while pursuing the Heavenly Flames wielder for the Hall of Souls, whose power had helped him reach Dou Zong. Yun Yun counseled Nalan Yanran about her approaching duel with Xiao Yan and thought of the young man she had met, while that man cultivated in a secret chamber.

• Yun Leng and Gu He reported to Yun Shan that they had not found the Heavenly Flames wielder, and Gu He described Yun Yun's encounter with him in the Tagor Desert.
• Yun Shan promised to help Gu He obtain Yun Yun, then ordered Yun Leng to warn her that she might have to marry and raise children if she kept resisting.
• Yun Shan revealed that he had accepted the Hall of Souls' help to break through to Dou Zong and feared what would happen if he failed to find the man by the deadline.
• Yun Yun warned Nalan Yanran that Xiao Yan had recovered his talent and urged her to apologize after their duel, but Nalan Yanran refused.
• Yun Yun thought about A Niu and wondered whether they would meet again, while A Niu cultivated in a secret chamber.

After refining the Little Golden Dragon's source energy, Xiao Bai gained a glimpse of Spatial Power and reunited with Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian, who had feared he was dead. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan successfully fused two Beast Fires in the Tagor Desert and prepared to test the idea with Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Bai emerged from the secret chamber with a new, rudimentary ability to perceive and use Spatial Power.
• Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian embraced Xiao Bai in relief, and Xun Er explained that his flickering Soul Imprint had made them fear for his life.
• Xun Er offered Xiao Bai a powerful Space Jade Slip, but he refused it after suspecting it would cost her something.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Bai how frightened she had been during his absence, and he promised to stay with her and travel the continent together.
• In the Tagor Desert, Yue Mei confronted Xiao Yan over his noisy experiments, but let him continue after recognizing the Snake-People Queen's token.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao confirmed that Xiao Yan had fused two Beast Fires, then planned to test combining the Purple Flame with the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xiao Bai and Zi Yan traveled into the Tagor Desert while Xiao Yan risked fusing the Green Lotus Core Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Flame to prepare for the Three-Year Agreement. Xiao Yan’s newly formed fire lotus exploded near Xiao Bai and Zi Yan, and Zi Yan charged at him in fury.

• Xiao Bai brought Zi Yan into the Tagor Desert, where she grew bored and sensed powerful energy nearby.
• Xiao Yan began his final attempt to fuse two Heavenly Flames, determined to gain another trump card before facing the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yue Mei confronted Xiao Yan but fled when his flames began to unleash terrifying energy.
• Xiao Bai and Zi Yan followed the energy toward Xiao Yan, who formed a green-white fire lotus and threw it away as Yao Lao urged him to run.
• The fire lotus exploded near Xiao Bai and Zi Yan, flattening the surrounding dunes, and Xiao Bai emerged with Zi Yan unharmed.
• Xiao Yan rushed over to check on Xiao Bai, but Zi Yan attacked him with a powerful punch.

Xiao Bai reunited with Xiao Yan and Zi Yan after Xiao Yan accidentally struck at Zi Yan with his newly created fire lotus. After Xiao Bai demonstrated his power and made a three-colored lotus of his own, a woman in a gold-and-red robe appeared and confronted him.

• Xiao Bai stopped Zi Yan from attacking Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan apologized for the explosion that nearly hit her.
• Xiao Bai greeted Xiao Yan and revealed that he had reached the peak of Dou King, leaving Xiao Yan stunned by the gap between their cultivation.
• Xiao Yan explained how he had created a fire-lotus battle skill, and Xiao Bai praised his work before absorbing the flames around them.
• Xiao Bai revealed the Fallen Heart Flame and explained that he had beaten it into submission, then formed a three-colored fire lotus inspired by Xiao Yan's technique.
• Xiao Yan fled when Xiao Bai approached with the fire lotus, but a woman in a gold-and-red brocade robe appeared and coldly asked if Xiao Bai was having fun.

Xiao Bai reunited with Medusa, but their tense exchange triggered a struggle between Cai Lin and another personality sharing her body. Xiao Bai realized Medusa was in danger and rushed back as the other Medusa took control and threatened to capture him.

• Xiao Yan watched as Xiao Bai dissolved his Three-Colored Fire Lotus, while Yao Lao explained that Xiao Bai’s flame control and Soul Strength made it possible.
• Xiao Bai met Cai Lin, but after she coldly told him to leave, he departed with Zi Yan and Xiao Yan chased after him.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Bai about the Misty Cloud Sect’s warrant for Heavenly Flame users and explained how he had taken refuge with the Snake-People Race after meeting Yun Zhi.
• Xiao Bai warned Yao Lao that the black fog from the Mo Family was dangerous, and Yao Lao urged Xiao Bai to return to Medusa after noticing her condition was troubling.
• Yue Mei watched as another Medusa seized control of the queen’s body and promised to capture Xiao Bai, who arrived and angrily demanded to know if she meant to capture him.

Xiao Bai confronted Medusa Queen, who revealed that she and Cai Lin shared one soul and that she had taken control of their body. He tried to make her release Cai Lin, but when she refused, he used a dragon roar amplified by Soul Strength and resonance to prepare an attack, leaving Medusa Queen reaching for him from behind.

• Medusa Queen ordered Yue Mei not to interfere and teased Xiao Bai while explaining that her change was connected to him.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Bai what had happened, and Medusa Queen admitted she planned to make Xiao Bai mistake her for Cai Lin so he would not enter her Sea of Consciousness.
• Xiao Bai demanded that Medusa Queen release Cai Lin, but she refused and challenged him to defeat her first.
• Xiao Bai formed a powerful dragon roar by combining Dragon Qi, Soul Strength, and resonance, while Yao Lao sensed that his soul power was approaching the Spirit Realm.
• Medusa Queen attacked with sword Qi and disrupted Xiao Bai’s growing sound waves, then used Spatial Power to appear behind him and grab him as he turned to face her.

Xiao Bai subdued Medusa Queen with a dragon roar and carried the unconscious Cai Lin to the Snake-People Race Royal City to investigate her condition. After entering her Sea of Consciousness, he discovered Black Qi within it.

• Xiao Bai trapped Medusa Queen with Spatial Power and knocked her unconscious with a dragon roar, while the sound also overwhelmed Xiao Yan and Yue Mei.
• Xiao Bai carried Cai Lin toward the royal city, wounded Mo Ba Si when he attacked, and persuaded Yue Mei to guide him there.
• Hua She'er recognized Xiao Bai at the temple and led him to Cai Lin's room, where he asked her and Yue Mei to wait outside.
• Xiao Bai entered Cai Lin's Sea of Consciousness and found Black Qi in the misty space.

Xiao Bai discovered that the Black Qi in Cai Lin’s Sea of Consciousness had altered her personality and sealed Medusa Queen away to restore her. After Medusa faded, Cai Lin awoke, and Xiao Bai kissed her before she asked where the other personality had gone.

• Xiao Bai found Medusa Queen in the blackened half of Cai Lin’s Sea of Consciousness and used a seal to contain her.
• Xiao Bai realized Medusa Queen was Cai Lin affected by the Black Qi, and he led her into the Gray Mist to make the Black Qi dissipate.
• Medusa asked Xiao Bai to protect the Snake-People Race and warned him not to become a bastard before she closed her eyes.
• Cai Lin woke after Medusa disappeared, and Xiao Bai pulled her close and kissed her.
• Cai Lin recovered her composure, threatened Xiao Bai over his wandering hands, and asked where Medusa had gone.

Xiao Bai discovered that the Black Qi had caused Cai Lin’s apparent second consciousness and used a seal to confine it inside her Sea of Consciousness. He left the source unexplained but planned to investigate the strange void after his next soul breakthrough.

• Xiao Bai had Cai Lin touch the Black Qi, confirmed it felt like the force behind her earlier personality changes, and used Geng Metal Tribulation Thunder to let her see it temporarily.
• Xiao Bai explained that Cai Lin’s Sea of Consciousness had resisted the Black Qi because she had once fused with his Soul Strength, and revealed that the mist had targeted him first.
• Xiao Bai used the Divine Edict’s sealing mark to divide Cai Lin’s Sea of Consciousness and compress the Black Qi into a bead.
• Xiao Bai sensed new Black Qi seeping from a familiar stretch of void and resolved to explore it when his soul next reached the Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Bai kept the bead and told Cai Lin that her lost Soul Strength would take time to recover, while leaving her unaware of the newly detected mist.

Xiao Bai recovered in Cai Lin’s bedchamber, learned that she planned to begin the Snake-People Race’s migration after her Altar Cleansing, and agreed to accompany her to the Misty Cloud Sect. After Cai Lin sent him to a guest room, Mo Ba Si and Hei Du confronted him, and Xiao Bai struck Hei Du down before Hua She’er could tell whether he was dead.

• Xiao Bai woke in Cai Lin’s bedchamber, where Cai Lin teased him with her charm before leaving him to sleep until nightfall.
• Cai Lin offered Xiao Bai food, explained that she would handle the Snake-People Race’s migration after her Altar Cleansing, and agreed to go with him to the Misty Cloud Sect despite the threat of powerful Central Continent experts.
• Xiao Bai planned to leave for the Jia Ma Empire while Cai Lin completed the ritual, but Cai Lin teased him into going to the guest room instead of staying in her bedchamber.
• Hua She’er led Xiao Bai to the room Cai Lin had kept ready for him, but Mo Ba Si and Hei Du appeared and demanded that he stay away from Cai Lin.
• Xiao Bai challenged Hei Du’s confidence as a Two-Star Dou Emperor and struck him with a single blow, leaving Hua She’er worried that he had killed him.