Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai learned that Han Feng had brought a Seventh Grade Pill to an upcoming auction in Purple Firmament City, while news that Ling Ying had disappeared left him worried about Xun Er. He prepared to leave at once for the Black-Corner Region, parting from Yun Yun with a promise to return safely.

• Zi Yan flirted with Xiao Bai in her grown-up form, but the temporary transformation faded and she returned to her childhood body as Yun Yun recovered.
• Yun Yun told Xiao Bai that Hai Bodong had urgently come looking for him, and Xiao Bai sensed Hai Bodong approaching the Misty Cloud Sect's main hall.
• Hai Bodong and Ji Bu met Xiao Bai, who learned that Han Feng planned to auction a Seventh Grade Pill in five days and that the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire Remnant Map and Three Thousand Thunder Movement technique were also listed.
• Ji Bu reported that Ling Ying had vanished after enforcing Purple Firmament City's rules, while Xun Er and the other young lady had returned to Jia Nan Academy; Xiao Bai grew alarmed and decided to leave immediately.
• Xiao Bai asked Hai Bodong to collect medicinal ingredients from Jia Xingtian for Ji Bu, then said goodbye to Yun Yun, who gave him his repaired Inner Armor and teased that she would tell another woman he had disliked her and run away overnight.

Xiao Bai and Zi Yan encountered Demon Flame Valley attackers while traveling to Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Bai rescued the fleeing students and Lin Yan. After learning Xun Er was still at the academy but had seemed troubled, Xiao Bai rushed toward a valley where Elder Liu was cornered, while an armored group watched nearby.

• Xiao Bai and Zi Yan crossed into the Black-Corner Region and spotted Demon Flame Valley men pursuing Jia Nan Academy students.
• Xiao Bai killed the pursuers, learned the survivors were led by Lu Xuan, and hurried toward Lin Yan after hearing he had stayed behind.
• Xiao Bai rescued the wounded Lin Yan from a Demon Flame Valley ambush and gave him a healing pill.
• Lin Yan told Xiao Bai that Xun Er was still at the academy but had seemed dazed, and that Xiao Yi Xian had been in seclusion.
• Xiao Bai sensed Elder Liu's location and sped toward a valley where two Demon Flame Valley Dou Wang threatened him and the students inside.
• An armored group on a nearby ridge asked their young commander whether they should help Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Bai appeared just as Eagle Claw Old Man was about to kill Elder Liu, rescuing Jia Nan Academy’s group and confronting the Demon Flame Valley elder. After reuniting with Ruo Lin, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yan, Xiao Bai told Xiao Yan about a Flying Dou Skill auction in Purple Firmament City, but Xiao Yan then noticed their enemy trying to flee.

• Elder Liu sent Instructor Ruo Lin and Lu Xing to lead the students out while he held off the two Demon Flame Valley Dou Wangs.
• Eagle Claw Old Man arrived, blocked the students’ escape, and defeated Elder Liu after demanding the group surrender.
• As Eagle Claw Old Man moved to kill Elder Liu, Xiao Bai appeared and broke the elder’s claw with a punch.
• Xiao Bai reunited with Instructor Ruo Lin, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yan, then told Xiao Yan that Thunder Bat Sky Wings would be auctioned in Purple Firmament City.
• Xiao Yan warned Xiao Bai that Eagle Claw Old Man was trying to run.

Xiao Bai defeated the Eagle Claw Old Man and discovered that a Thunder Clan force was watching the battle. He met its leader, Lei Zhen, and agreed to travel with him toward Jia Nan Academy while remaining wary of his motives.

• Xiao Bai struck the Eagle Claw Old Man from the air, gravely injuring him and revealing his apparent Dou Zong strength to Xiao Yan and the academy group.
• Xiao Bai noticed a group of lightning-affiliated warriors led by a Dou Zong and guessed they belonged to the Thunder Clan, then considered the danger they posed to him and the Xiao Clan.
• Lei Zhen arrived with the two fleeing Dou Wang corpses and introduced himself as an unaffiliated cultivator, concealing his Thunder Clan identity.
• Xiao Bai warmly invited Lei Zhen to travel with them, and the two secretly tested each other’s lightning; Xiao Bai sensed Lei Zhen was a Two Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Bai agreed to accompany Lei Zhen as far as Peace Town, and Lei Zhen said his uncle’s connection to Jia Nan Academy would let him enter.

Xiao Bai returned to Jia Nan Academy and reunited with Xun Er just as Ling Quan arrived to escort her back to the Ancient Clan. After Ling Quan insulted Xiao Bai, the reunion turned toward a confrontation as Xiao Bai asked Xun Er whether she could beat him up without consequences.

• Xiao Bai parted ways with Lei Zhen at Peace Town and hurried with Zi Yan into the Inner Academy, where an old man sensed his arrival and worried about a clash.
• Xun Er waited beneath the Gold Fire Peach Tree and agreed to return with Ling Quan to avoid causing trouble for Xiao Bai.
• Xiao Bai arrived before Xun Er could leave, and Ling Quan identified himself as the Black Annihilation Army's deputy commander and insulted Xiao Bai.
• Xun Er defended Xiao Bai, who embraced her and reassured her that Ling Quan's words did not bother him.
• Xiao Bai released Xun Er and asked whether beating Ling Quan would cause her trouble.

Xiao Bai confronted Ling Quan after Ling Quan insulted him and Xun Er, then fought him with five-colored lightning until Su Qian and Lei Zhen intervened. The chapter ended with Ling Quan realizing Xiao Bai and Lei Zhen knew each other and wondering whether the Thunder Clan had obtained the key.

• Xiao Bai reassured Xun Er that he accepted her regardless of her identity, then challenged Ling Quan to prove the strength of his Imperial Clan Bloodline.
• Ling Quan accused Xiao Bai of seeking influence through Xun Er and attacked him with a lightning spear, but Xiao Bai countered with a Five-Colored Lightning dragon that shattered Ling Quan's spear.
• Ling Quan used Mountain Splitting Seal against Xiao Bai's dragon, and their clash damaged the mountain stream before Su Qian arrived with Lei Zhen and ordered them to stop.
• Su Qian checked on Xiao Bai, who said he would have defeated Ling Quan, while Lei Zhen praised him for holding his own against the Ancient Clan deputy commander.
• Ling Quan was surprised to see Lei Zhen with Xiao Bai and wondered whether the Thunder Clan had obtained the key.

Xiao Bai defeated Ling Quan in a swift three-move fight and secured Xun Er’s agreement to stay at Jia Nan Academy for three more days. They left together, reaffirming their commitment as Xiao Bai vowed to become strong enough to overcome every obstacle between them.

• Xiao Bai asked Xun Er to stay with him for three more days, and she agreed despite Ling Quan’s objections.
• Ling Quan challenged Xiao Bai, who used the Great Five Elements Divine Light to weaken him before defeating him with a slash, a punch, and a kick.
• Xiao Bai warned Ling Quan and dismissed the Black Annihilation Army riders before leaving with Xun Er.
• Lei Zhen and Su Qian watched Xiao Bai and Xun Er depart, both impressed by Xiao Bai’s strength and mindful of the future conflict with the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Bai and Xun Er walked through Jia Nan Academy, shared their hopes for their future, and promised to face difficulties together.

Xiao Bai and Xun Er visited Purple Firmament City's auction, where Xun Er gave him notes on star formations and he learned that Yao Lao had Star Core fragments. The discovery that Han Feng had consigned a pill Yao Lao created revealed their old betrayal, and Yao Lao resolved to confront his former disciple himself.

• Xiao Bai praised Xue Yuan for managing Purple Firmament City and entered the auction with Xun Er.
• Xun Er gave Xiao Bai her notes on star formations, including the Star Origin Return Array, and told him that Yao Lao's Starfall Pavilion had a Star Core fragment.
• Yao Lao contacted Xiao Bai, agreed to trade Star Core fragments for the Three Thousand Thunder Movement, and Xiao Bai agreed to make him a new scroll after learning it.
• Yao Lao recognized the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill at the auction, and Xiao Bai confirmed that Han Feng had consigned it.
• Xiao Bai told Yao Lao that Han Feng ruled Maple City in the Black-Corner Region and might be targeting the Heavenly Flame at Jia Nan Academy; Yao Lao said he would handle Han Feng himself.

Xiao Bai opened the Three Thousand Thunder Movement scroll and mastered its first layer while Fan Lao attacked Qing Yan outside Purple Firmament City. Xiao Bai killed Fan Lao, then sent the scroll flying into Xiao Yan, who found it and celebrated his unexpected good fortune.

• Xiao Bai opened the Three Thousand Thunder Movement scroll during a thunderstorm and absorbed its Wind and Thunder Power as he studied the technique.
• Fan Lao defeated Qing Yan, stole the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, and pursued her to Purple Firmament City after she fled there for help.
• Xiao Bai appeared at the city gate, killed Fan Lao with a lightning strike, and learned Qing Yan had been directed to seek his help by an aged voice.
• Qing Yan confirmed that Qing Lin had become the Heavenly Snake Mansion's Saintess and reached the Dou Emperor realm after inheriting the Mansion's power.
• Xiao Bai sent the Three Thousand Thunder Movement scroll toward Xiao Yan, who picked it up and told Yao Lao that they were rich.

Xiao Bai gave Xun Er a farewell gift of three thousand bright lamps and a city full of blooming flowers before the three-day deadline ended. After Gu Zhen escorted Xun Er away, he challenged Xiao Bai’s relationship with her, and Xiao Bai countered by questioning whether Gu Zhen’s Dou Di ancestor had possessed the Dou Di Bloodline.

• Xiao Bai surprised Xun Er with Gold Fire Peach Trees blooming and lamps lighting across Purple Firmament City, and she thanked him with a kiss on the cheek.
• As dawn came, Xiao Bai sensed a visitor and went with Xun Er to meet Gu Zhen, who arrived with Ling Quan and the Black Annihilation Army.
• Gu Zhen said he had come under the clan elders’ orders to escort Xun Er back, and Xun Er left after warning him not to hurt Xiao Bai.
• Gu Zhen invited Xiao Bai to talk and advised him not to drag Xun Er down, citing the strength of her clan’s Imperial Clan Bloodline.
• Xiao Bai rejected Gu Zhen’s lecture and asked whether his Dou Di ancestor had possessed the Dou Di Bloodline.

After confronting Gu Zhen, Xiao Bai learned that Lei Zhen was searching for his missing uncle, Mang Tianchi, and suspected the Void Thunder Pool was connected to his disappearance. Xiao Bai completed half a month of pill refining and prepared to return to Jia Nan Academy to cultivate at Thunderfall Valley.

• Gu Zhen challenged Xiao Bai's remarks about the Ancient Clan, then left after warning him not to underestimate an imperial clan.
• Xiao Bai decided to cultivate at Thunderfall Valley before seeking the Demon Poison Spot in the Chu Yun Empire, where Xie Bi Yan and Tie Protector awaited.
• Lei Zhen told Xiao Bai that his uncle, Mang Tianchi, had vanished after his Soul Tablet dimmed, and gave Xiao Bai a jade tablet to use if he learned anything.
• Little Golden Dragon said the lightning-filled void Lei Zhen described felt familiar, but Xiao Bai decided they needed greater strength before searching it.
• Xiao Bai spent half a month refining ten Rank 6 Pills, including Royal Extreme Pills and pills he owed to Jia Nan Academy and Jia Xingtian.
• Xiao Bai rewarded Xue Yuan and Ji Bu with Dou Ling Pills for managing Purple Firmament City, then planned to return to Jia Nan Academy.

During the Inner Academy Selection Competition, Xiao Bai returned to Jia Nan Academy and prepared to enter seclusion at Thunderfall Valley with Zi Yan. Before leaving, he rushed to the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower when Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body erupted, and began suppressing it at great cost to himself.

• Xiao Yan won his match, challenged the Dou Zong in the sky, and Xiao Bai struck him with a scroll before the students recognized Xiao Bai and he fled their attention.
• Xiao Bai reunited with Zi Yan and Su Qian, gave Zi Yan Little Sugar Pills, and assured Su Qian that Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body was sealed and could be suppressed.
• Xiao Bai learned Zi Yan had eaten a Dream Soul Fruit and was nearing a breakthrough, so Su Qian agreed to let her accompany Xiao Bai to Thunderfall Valley.
• Xiao Bai entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower and found Xiao Yi Xian losing control of her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Bai gave Xiao Yi Xian a Spirit Purification Pill and used his Five Elements Thunder Dou Qi to suppress the poison gas while azure light repaired her damaged meridians, leaving him increasingly pale.

Xiao Bai subdued Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body, which raised her cultivation to Four-Star Dou Emperor, then brought Zi Yan to Thunderfall Valley to undergo a transformation while he studied mysterious Divine Edict patterns. Months later, Han Feng learned that the Purple Firmament City Lord had killed his allies and that a powerful Rank 6 Alchemist had appeared, while Xiao Bai struggled to draw the five elements power he needed from the Star Origin Return Array.

• Xiao Bai suppressed Xiao Yi Xian’s erupting Calamity Poison Body, and she absorbed the poisonous mist and advanced to Four-Star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Xiao Bai, promised to stand with him against Xun Er’s clan, and teased him about her new strength.
• Xiao Bai brought the sleepy Zi Yan to Thunderfall Valley, where she entered a purple cocoon; he ordered Little Golden Dragon to guard her and explored the valley’s Thunder Liquid.
• Xiao Bai cultivated beside the Thunder Liquid and discovered that he could clearly memorize some of the Divine Edict’s patterns.
• Han Feng learned that the Purple Firmament City Lord had killed Fan Lao and Yuan Yi, and that a Rank 6 Alchemist had refined ten pills in half a month; he decided to pursue another Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Bai studied the Star Origin Return Array but found that it yielded almost none of the five elements power he needed from the Power of Stars.

Xiao Bai used five carved Star Core formations to draw down Five Elements starlight, which helped him reach the Spirit Realm and awaken the Yin-Yang Taiji within his Dantian. When he entered the strange void through the rune between his brows, endless black mist and hostile whispers began eroding his consciousness, leaving his body unresponsive as Little Golden Dragon tried to wake him.

• Xiao Bai carved patterns into five Star Cores and activated the formations, drawing five colored pillars of starlight into Thunderfall Valley.
• Su Qian warned the academy elders to stay alert, while Yao Lao recognized Xiao Bai’s work and urged Xiao Yan to prepare the Earth Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Bai absorbed the Five Elements energy for three days, and the Five Elements Thunder Seed formed a balanced Yin-Yang Taiji that raised his Soul Strength to the Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Bai entered the void through the rune between his brows, where black mist and hostile voices overwhelmed his consciousness.
• Little Golden Dragon found Xiao Bai unresponsive and saw a black-and-white pattern spread beneath him, then fled as it sensed danger.

Xiao Bai survived the erosion of the Supreme Land’s chaotic void when a Taiji Diagram absorbed the black mist, but the projection shattered and left him exposed. After a terrifying encounter with the Dragon Emperor’s spatial projection, he returned to his body and caught Little Golden Dragon lamenting his supposed death; then Thunderfall Valley’s sealed space began to tremble.

• Xiao Bai’s Soul Strength breakthrough drew him into the Supreme Land, where black mist nearly consumed his Consciousness Entity until his yin-yang Taiji Diagram emerged and purified it into chaotic-colored airflow.
• The Taiji Diagram’s projection was crushed by the converging black mist, and Xiao Bai realized the void might be the place where the Dou Qi Continent’s World Seed had once been born.
• A spatial fragment showed the Dragon Emperor, who heard Xiao Bai, recognized an aura, and called him a child before the fragment shattered.
• Xiao Bai’s consciousness returned to his body, where Little Golden Dragon mourned his presumed death and complained about missing inheritance.
• Xiao Bai grabbed Little Golden Dragon by the horn and scolded it, then they felt Thunderfall Valley’s sealed space tremble.

Xiao Bai left Thunderfall Valley as Demon Flame Valley and Han Feng attacked Jia Nan Academy, then ambushed Earth Demon Old Ghost with a powerful inherited technique. Earth Demon Old Ghost survived the blast, and the chapter ended with him realizing Xiao Bai was only a Six Star Dou Huang.

• Xiao Bai discovered that the five Star Cores had crumbled to powder, then left the valley as Earth Demon Old Ghost tried to breach its restrictions.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost demanded Jia Nan Academy hand over the treasure, while Han Feng arrived with his allies and moved toward the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower.
• Su Qian fought Earth Demon Old Ghost as Han Feng headed for the tower, and Xiao Bai struck Earth Demon Old Ghost from behind with a five-colored palm seal.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost survived the attack and emerged badly injured from a space rift, where Xiao Bai met him with a spear.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost sensed Xiao Bai's cultivation and was stunned to find he was only a Six Star Dou Huang.

Xiao Bai overwhelmed the injured Earth Demon Old Ghost, but Han Feng shattered the seal on the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower to seize the Fallen Heart Flame. When Xiao Bai sensed that Xiao Yi Xian was still inside the tower, he rushed to save her as the released flame threatened the trapped students.

• Xiao Bai fought Earth Demon Old Ghost with thunder and spatial attacks, then drove him to the ground with a thunder dragon strike.
• Han Feng broke the tower seal with his trident, released the Fallen Heart Flame, and entered the tower while Su Qian was blocked by two elders.
• Xiao Bai recognized Xiao Yi Xian's aura inside the tower and abandoned his attack on Earth Demon Old Ghost to rush to her aid.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost fled as Xiao Bai left, while Xiao Yi Xian and several Elders defended trapped students from the spreading heart flame.
• Yao Lao fought Han Feng, then charged into the tower to reach Xiao Yi Xian, with Han Feng pursuing him.
• A sharp, excited hiss sounded from the bottom of the tower as the Fallen Heart Flame surged outward.

Xiao Bai rescued Xiao Yi Xian and the Jia Nan Academy students from the Invisible Fire Python, then stopped Han Feng and the Black-Corner Region experts from escaping with the Fallen Heart Flame. He left the surviving enemies to Su Qian and knocked the Fallen Heart Flame’s source back into the tower while taking Xiao Yi Xian to control her erupting Poison Body.

• Xiao Yi Xian held up an energy barrier against the Invisible Fire Python and began unleashing her Calamity Poison Body when the barrier was about to break.
• Xiao Bai appeared, drove back the python’s flames with Five-Colored Lightning, severed its tail, and absorbed the fallen flames as the beast fled upward.
• Xiao Bai calmed Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Body, removed the heart flame clinging to the Jia Nan Academy students, and led them out of the tower.
• Outside, Han Feng promised the Black-Corner Region experts greater compensation for helping subdue the Fallen Heart Flame, but fled when it suddenly panicked.
• Xiao Bai captured the fleeing experts with lightning and killed most of them, then left the Gold Silver Two Elders to Su Qian so he could tend to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Bai kicked the Fallen Heart Flame’s source back into the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower.

Xiao Bai subdued the Fallen Heart Flame and agreed to let Xiao Yi Xian travel to the Chu Yun Empire so she could grow stronger. After Zi Yan emerged from her cocoon in mature form and provoked Xiao Yi Xian with hints about Xiao Bai’s other relationships, Xiao Bai headed into the tower to check on Xiao Yan and pursue his own goals.

• Xiao Bai knocked the Invisible Fire Python back into the Fallen Heart Flame’s true form, then left the weakened flame to the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Bai helped Xiao Yi Xian suppress the Calamity Poison Body and agreed to her request to go to the Chu Yun Empire, while secretly planning to accompany her and investigate Xie Bi Yan’s Demon Poison Spot.
• Zi Yan’s cocoon broke open, revealing her mature form, and she told Xiao Yi Xian that Xiao Bai had seen and praised her like that before.
• Xiao Yi Xian confronted Xiao Bai about Zi Yan and Yun Sect Master, warned him about his relationships with other women and Xun Er, then let him go after Zi Yan reverted to her child form.
• Xiao Bai went to the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower to check on Xiao Yan and look for Heavenly Flame Yao and the Old Dragon Emperor.

Xiao Bai entered the Magma World, where his arrival drove off the Fallen Heart Flame surrounding Xiao Yan, then found Heavenly Flame Yao in a hidden space. He agreed to restore Heavenly Flame Yao and potentially revive him in exchange for ten years of service.

• Xiao Bai arrived beneath the magma and startled the Fallen Heart Flame into fleeing from Xiao Yan and Yao Lao.
• Xiao Bai left Xiao Yan behind and followed the Fallen Heart Flame's pull deeper into the Magma World, avoiding groups of Flame Lizards.
• Xiao Bai found Heavenly Flame Yao's hidden space and learned that the remnant soul had been trapped there after his body was destroyed.
• Heavenly Flame Yao offered Xiao Bai the Five Round Li Fire Method in exchange for help escaping and restoring his soul.
• Xiao Bai offered to revive Heavenly Flame Yao with a Seventh Grade Pill if he served for ten years, and Heavenly Flame Yao accepted on the condition that he not be ordered to act against his conscience.