Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai secured Heavenly Flame Yao’s remains and escaped the magma, then sought Yao Lao’s help to gain the Pill Tower’s trust and pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Yao Lao gave him a recommendation after learning that Xuan Yi had continued searching for him, but warned Xiao Bai that the Pill Tower would closely scrutinize him.

• Xiao Bai collected Heavenly Flame Yao’s Storage Ring, bones, and Heavenly Flame, then flew out through the magma.
• Xiao Bai reunited with Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and the other Heavenly Flames, and introduced Heavenly Flame Yao to Yao Lao.
• Xiao Bai offered Yao Lao a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame and a scroll in exchange for a keepsake and recommendation to the Pill Tower, revealing his plan to obtain the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Yao Lao initially refused because he feared Xuan Yi might resent him, but Xiao Bai told him that Xuan Yi and Feng Xian had searched for him.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Bai a restricted soul jade slip containing his recommendation and warned him about the Pill Tower’s leaders and its strict Heavenly Flame security.

Xiao Bai used his newly strengthened Chaos Eye to probe the depths beneath the magma and discovered the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode, but its inscription trapped his soul consciousness. He accepted Zhu Kun’s help to escape and was left facing the Old Dragon Emperor’s urgent questions about Zi Yan.

• Yao Lao admired the Five Round Li Fire Method, and Heavenly Flame Yao explained its key points to him while Xiao Bai prepared to explore beneath the magma.
• Xiao Bai used his Chaos Eye to survey the Fire Lizardmen and found two Ban Sheng before reaching a hidden space containing the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.
• The gate’s inscription locked onto Xiao Bai’s consciousness and drained his Soul Strength, while Zhu Kun watched his attempt to break free with Five-Colored Thunder.
• Xiao Bai asked Zhu Kun for help and agreed to owe him a favor in exchange for his Breaking Restriction Dragon Mark.
• Zhu Kun’s dragon marks combined with Xiao Bai’s thunder and severed the gate’s influence, allowing Xiao Bai to escape and restore his Soul Strength.
• Zhu Kun demanded that Xiao Bai tell him where his child, Zi Yan, was and how she was doing.

Xiao Bai made a deal with Zhu Kun to help reunite him with Zi Yan, then brought her to meet her father. Zi Yan rejected Zhu Kun’s apology and cried, prompting Zhu Kun to beg Xiao Bai to comfort her.

• Xiao Bai told Zhu Kun he knew where the Tuoshe Ancient Jade pieces were and offered his piece in exchange for a Dragon Seal and help reuniting him with Zi Yan.
• Zhu Kun agreed to the deal on the condition that he could see Zi Yan, and Xiao Bai returned to the magma’s surface.
• Xiao Bai calmed Yao Lao and Heavenly Flame Yao when a Ban Sheng Lizardman approached, then went to bring Zi Yan below.
• Xiao Bai told Zi Yan that her father was waiting, reassured her, and brought her to meet Zhu Kun, who appeared as a purple-gold seal.
• Zi Yan called herself an orphan and cried as Zhu Kun apologized for leaving her alone; Zhu Kun asked Xiao Bai to comfort her in exchange for a reward.

Xiao Bai helped Zi Yan reconnect with her father, Zhu Kun, whose Light Seal gave Xiao Bai a Dragon Seal and awakened Zi Yan’s imperial bloodline, transforming her into a slightly older form before his Divine Sense disappeared. After returning from the magma, Xiao Bai led Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan toward Demon Flame Valley to finish off the injured Earth Demon Old Ghost, where he confronted the valley’s three elders.

• Xiao Bai comforted Zi Yan about Zhu Kun and won her over with sugar-coated haws, while Zhu Kun asked Xiao Bai to call him Uncle.
• Zhu Kun gave Xiao Bai a Dragon Seal and sent his inheritance into Zi Yan, triggering her transformation and temporarily awakening her imperial bloodline before his Divine Sense vanished.
• Zi Yan reunited with Xiao Bai, asked for food, and agreed to keep the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode secret as they returned through the magma.
• Xiao Bai reassured Yao Lao and left the Underground Lava with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, then changed course to pursue the injured Earth Demon Old Ghost at Demon Flame Valley.
• At Demon Flame Valley, Xiao Bai struck the Third Elder but held back, then faced the three elders because he wanted to see the Biochemical Flame Starry Sky Fire Phoenix they could condense.

Xiao Bai defeated Demon Flame Valley’s elders, seized their fused flame, and tracked Earth Demon Old Ghost to his cave, where he confronted him alongside two Soul Hall Protectors. After Wu Ying revealed that Xiao Bai had caught the Venerable Elder’s attention, Xuan Ming turned against Earth Demon Old Ghost, and Xiao Bai’s Spirit Realm soul left Xuan Ming in alarm.

• Fang Yan and the other elders formed the Starry Sky Fire Phoenix and sent it against Xiao Bai, who trapped and refined it with his Five-Colored Thunder Net before swallowing the flame.
• Fang Yan used Blood Escape Technique to flee, but Xiao Bai sensed Demon Flame Valley and ordered Gold Silver Two Elders to watch its elders and clear out its direct line.
• Xiao Bai found Earth Demon Old Ghost healing in a cave with Xuan Protector, and Wu Ying’s arrival revealed that the Venerable Elder had taken an interest in Xiao Bai.
• Xuan Ming knelt after Wu Ying identified Xiao Bai as someone connected to the Venerable Elder, then betrayed Earth Demon Old Ghost and killed him during his attack on Xiao Bai.
• Wu Ying extracted Earth Demon Old Ghost’s soul, and Xiao Bai sealed it before Xuan Ming sensed the pressure of Xiao Bai’s Spirit Realm soul.

Xiao Bai captured Xuan Protector, seized Demon Flame Valley’s treasures, and refined Earth Demon Old Ghost into a Heavenly Demon Puppet. After three days of work, the puppet’s refinement succeeded, leaving Xiao Bai ready to continue his plans.

• Xiao Bai used his Spirit Realm soul to suppress Xuan Protector while Wu Ying bound him, and Xiao Bai sealed Xuan Protector’s soul in a jade bottle.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan returned with Demon Flame Valley’s treasures, and Xiao Bai extracted the souls of Fang Yan and the other two elders to help Heavenly Flame Yao recover.
• Xiao Bai read the Heavenly Demon Puppet method and began refining Earth Demon Old Ghost’s body, soul, and a seventh-rank Magic Core.
• Xiao Bai added collected metals and Heavenly Flame Yao’s thigh bones to the refinement, then spent three days tempering the materials.
• Xiao Bai completed the Heavenly Demon Puppet, whose silver-white body radiated a metallic chill.

Xiao Bai brought Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan into the Netherworld Great Swamp after Xiao Yi Xian sensed something connected to her Calamity Poison Body. They found the Netherworld Poison Fire amid a battle between Ice River Valley and the Soul Hall, and Xiao Yi Xian began moving toward it as it called to her.

• Xiao Bai tested his newly refined Earth Demon Puppet, whose punch shattered part of a mountain, then prepared to travel with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to the Chu Yun Empire.
• After Xiao Bai broke through to Seven-Star Dou Huang, Xiao Yi Xian sensed a mysterious pull toward the Netherworld Great Swamp, so the three set out for it.
• In Qingyou City, Xiao Bai sensed powerful experts nearby, and the next morning the group entered the swamp and followed Xiao Yi Xian's growing sense of direction.
• Xiao Bai and the two women overheard Ice River Valley's Bing Yuan and Bing Fu confronting a Soul Hall Protector over the Netherworld Poison Fire, then followed them to ancient ruins when a purple pillar of light appeared.
• At the ruins, Xiao Bai saw Ice River Valley and the Soul Hall fighting around the Netherworld Poison Fire, while Xiao Yi Xian said it was calling her and began walking toward the altar against her will.

Xiao Bai fought Bing Yuan and the Soul Hall Protector as Xiao Yi Xian approached the Netherworld Poison Fire and was consumed by its flames. After she turned on him under the fire’s influence and Zi Yan was injured protecting him, Xiao Bai unleashed an ancient formation that raised his power to Dou Zun and brought down the World-Suppressing Thunder Seal, leaving his enemies to counter it.

• Xiao Bai was flung away when he tried to stop Xiao Yi Xian, and the poison on his palm spread until his Five Elements Thunder Dou Qi drove it back.
• Bing Yuan and the Soul Hall Protector attacked Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Bai intercepted them and fought them with his Golden Spear and the Silver Puppet.
• Xiao Bai failed to stop Xiao Yi Xian from touching the Netherworld Poison Fire; she was engulfed, awakened the power of her innate Calamity Poison Body, and attacked him and Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan shielded Xiao Bai from Bing Yuan’s strike and was injured, prompting Xiao Bai to summon the Four Symbols and form the five-element thunder seal.
• Xiao Bai reached Dou Zun strength and unleashed the Resplendent Nine Heavens, World-Suppressing Thunder Seal as Bing Yuan and the Soul Hall Protector activated secret techniques to resist.

Xiao Bai fought to protect Xiao Yi Xian as a powerful remnant soul awakened within her and drove off Ice River Valley’s attackers. After the soul passed on its poison inheritance, Xiao Yi Xian regained control of the Netherworld Poison Fire and advanced to Dou Zong, promising to protect Xiao Bai from now on.

• Xiao Bai’s Thunder Seal overwhelmed Bing Yuan and the Soul Hall Protector, but Bing Yuan used a Space Jade Slip to summon help through a rift.
• As Tian Shuangzi emerged from the rift, Xiao Yi Xian’s body awakened under the influence of a powerful remnant soul, which corroded Tian Shuangzi’s attack and unleashed the Netherworld Poison Domain.
• Tian Shuangzi escaped with Bing Yuan and Bing Fu, while Xiao Yi Xian’s poison fire destroyed the others and wounded someone inside the closing space rift.
• The remnant soul revealed herself as You Lian, passed her poison-path inheritance and the method to control the Netherworld Poison Fire to Xiao Yi Xian, then dissipated.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained You Lian’s past and confirmed she had helped her control the poison fire; Xiao Bai sensed that Xiao Yi Xian had advanced from Six Star Dou Huang to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yi Xian embraced Xiao Bai and promised to protect him, while Zi Yan teased them for acting as though no one else was there.

Xiao Bai emerged from seclusion at Eight-Star Dou Emperor and learned that a three-nation army had invaded the Jia Ma Empire and was besieging Black Mountain Fortress. He hurried there with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, arriving as the defenders faced a worsening siege and Cai Lin feared he would return too late.

• Xiao Bai reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan after breaking through, then set out with them toward Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate.
• Yan Li fled into the swamp and revealed that the allied armies of Chu Yun, Yan Luo, and Mu Lan had attacked the Jia Ma Empire and reached Black Mountain Fortress.
• Xiao Bai killed Wu Ya after learning that Yan Luo Tian, the Mu Lan Three Elders, Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate's leader, and Yun Shan were involved in the fighting against Cai Lin.
• Xiao Bai, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Yan Li flew toward Black Mountain Fortress while its defenders discussed the enemy's strength and waited for reinforcements.
• Cai Lin said Black Mountain Fortress would fall before Xiao Bai returned, and a commotion suddenly arose in the enemy camp.

Xiao Bai returned to Black Mountain Fortress just as the injured Cai Lin faced Xie Bi Yan and the allied forces of three kingdoms. After healing Cai Lin, Xiao Bai confronted her enemies, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• Yan Luo Tian and the Mu Lan Three Elders challenged Cai Lin, and she fought them while the Divine Firmament Alliance watched from the fortress.
• Cai Lin unleashed the true body of the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, but the combined attack left her and her four opponents badly injured.
• Xie Bi Yan arrived and attacked Cai Lin with poisonous mist, tipping the battlefield further against her.
• Xiao Bai appeared and protected Cai Lin with a barrier of Five-Colored Lightning, prompting cheers from the Divine Firmament Alliance.
• Cai Lin resented Xiao Bai for leaving, but accepted the healing pill he gave her before he turned to face her enemies.

Xiao Bai faced Yan Luo Tian, Yan Bi Xie, and the Mu Lan Three Elders at Black Mountain Fortress, while Cai Lin and the Divine Firmament Alliance watched. Xiao Yi Xian arrived to fight Yan Bi Xie, and Xiao Bai sent his Earth Demon Puppet to overwhelm the three elders as the battle continued.

• Cai Lin warned Xiao Bai about the enemy’s strength, but he told her to avoid fighting because she was injured and struck Yan Luo Tian with one punch.
• Xiao Bai told Yan Bi Xie that he had killed Wu Ya, provoking the poison expert, but Xiao Yi Xian arrived and claimed the fight against him.
• The Mu Lan Three Elders and Yan Luo Tian joined forces to attack Xiao Bai, while Zi Yan reassured Cai Lin and Yun Yun that he could handle them.
• Xiao Bai summoned the Earth Demon Puppet and ordered it to defeat the Mu Lan Three Elders, which it did with overwhelming force.
• Zi Yan revealed that Xiao Bai had refined the puppet from a Seven-Star Dou Zong’s corpse and soul, shocking the Divine Firmament Alliance as Xiao Bai countered Yan Luo Tian’s attack.

Xiao Bai defeated and killed Yan Luo Tian and Xie Bi Yan, then refined the Demon Poison Spot that Xie Bi Yan had planted in him. After the Divine Firmament Alliance celebrated its victory, Xiao Bai fled from an awkward confrontation with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun.

• Xiao Bai killed Yan Luo Tian, extracted his soul, and watched the Earth Demon Puppet defeat the Mu Lan Three Elders.
• Xiao Yi Xian wounded Xie Bi Yan, and Xiao Bai and the Earth Demon Puppet stopped him from escaping after his call for Tie Protector went unanswered.
• Xie Bi Yan planted a Demon Poison Spot in Xiao Bai and claimed it had no cure, alarming Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun.
• Xiao Bai used his five-colored energy to refine the Demon Poison Spot, then killed Xie Bi Yan and sealed his soul.
• Cai Lin teased Xiao Bai after he held her and Xiao Yi Xian at once, and Yun Yun urged everyone to leave the confrontation for later.
• Xiao Bai introduced the women and hurried away to handle the post-battle matters.

Xiao Bai defeated the Three Kingdoms Alliance and assigned forces to seize the defeated sects’ resources while strengthening the Divine Firmament Alliance. As he prepared to leave for the Central Continent, Cai Lin agreed to wait but claimed him for the night.

• Xiao Bai offered the Three Kingdoms Alliance soldiers surrender, then thanked Yun Shan for helping Medusa Queen and promised to treat Yun Yun well.
• Yao Ye asked whether the Divine Firmament Alliance should attack the sects of Xie Bi Yan and Yan Luo Tian, and Xiao Bai sent Xiao Yi Xian to the Ten Thousand Scorpions Gate and Yun Shan to the Fallen Goose Empire to collect their resources.
• Xiao Bai released Xuan Ming and Tie Lin, told Wu Ying that the Ancient Clan would be an ally, and asked him to help the Divine Firmament Alliance while concealing Xiao Bai’s identity as the Xiao Clan’s adopted son.
• Cai Lin questioned Xiao Bai about trusting Wu Ying, then learned he planned to leave for the Central Continent and agreed to wait three years before going there herself.
• Xiao Bai explained Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body to Cai Lin, who wrapped him in her colorful snake tail and declared that he was hers for the night.

After spending the night with Cai Lin, Xiao Bai faced Xiao Yi Xian’s challenge and Yun Yun’s knowing concern before turning to refine pills. Xiao Yi Xian and Cai Lin fought outside the fortress, but Xiao Bai interrupted them and the women returned, leaving him to his medicine refining.

• Cai Lin claimed Xiao Bai as her husband, and they spent the night together.
• Heavenly Flame Yao revealed that consuming Tie Protector’s Ferocious Soul Array had restored him to Dou Zong, while Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan returned with medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yi Xian challenged Cai Lin to a fight outside the city, and Cai Lin left Xiao Bai behind to face her.
• Yun Yun gave Xiao Bai another Storage Ring of ingredients and told him to focus on refining medicine while she checked on the fight.
• Xiao Bai began refining pills as Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian clashed, then used a Five-Colored Lightning eye to stop them and point out Cai Lin’s injuries.
• Yun Yun led Cai Lin away while Xiao Yi Xian laughed at the misunderstanding, and all three women told Xiao Bai to go refine his medicine.

After completing a month of pill refining, Xiao Bai prepared to leave the fortress and faced the Snake-People Race elders, who asked him to help protect Cai Lin’s future child. Before departing for the Central Continent, he reassured Cai Lin and spent the night with Yun Yun watching for sunrise.

• Xiao Bai finished refining pills for the Divine Firmament Alliance and gave Yun Yun a Storage Ring to manage them.
• Xiao Bai gave Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Yun jewelry containing sealed threads of his Soul Power, then said he would leave the next day.
• Zi Yan announced she would travel with Xiao Bai, bringing medicinal herbs in a bundle to attract powerful pursuers.
• The Snake-People Race elders thanked Xiao Bai for helping Cai Lin and asked him to prepare a pill for their future child; Xiao Bai requested the upper-grade formula and promised to obtain even a Ninth Grade Golden Pill if needed.
• Cai Lin kissed Xiao Bai and urged him to visit Yun Yun, who asked him to watch the sunrise with her.

Xiao Bai, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan reached Tianya City, where the Ro Family owned the Space Wormhole they needed to reach the Central Continent. After the Ro Family recognized Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian from Ice River Valley’s wanted portraits, its ancestor ordered the clan to conceal their arrival.

• Xiao Bai and Yun Yun watched the sunrise before parting, and Cai Lin promised to wait three years for Xiao Bai’s return.
• Xiao Bai, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan traveled through the Black-Corner Region to Tianya City, where a yellow-robed old man recognized them and escorted them through the gate.
• Xiao Bai decided to stay in Tianya City until he broke through to Nine Star Dou Huang, then took Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to watch the Ro Family manor.
• The yellow-robed old man reported the trio to the Ro Family’s clan head, who identified Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian from Ice River Valley’s wanted portraits.
• The Ro Family’s ancestor rejected the clan head’s plan to capture the pair for a reward and ordered the family to pretend they had never come to Tianya City.

Xiao Bai secured the Ro Family’s silence about their whereabouts and explained to Xiao Yi Xian why the family could help her escape Ice River Valley. After agreeing to let her accompany him, he cultivated for three days and advanced to Nine Star Dou Huang, then prepared to head for the Tianmu Mountain Range and eventually confront Ice River Valley.

• Luo Cheng refused to help Ice River Valley and warned his son about the danger of meddling in conflicts between major forces, just as Xiao Bai, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan arrived at the Ro Family estate.
• Xiao Bai forced Luo Cheng to accept a soul seal, and Luo Cheng ordered his family to conceal the trio’s whereabouts.
• Xiao Bai told Xiao Yi Xian that the Ro Family’s Space Wormhole could provide her a route back to Jia Nan Academy while he entered seclusion, but she insisted on staying with him and Zi Yan vowed to protect her.
• After returning to the inn, Xiao Bai cultivated for three days and broke through to Nine Star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Bai told Heavenly Flame Yao he would gather ingredients to restore his body and seek his help against Ice River Valley, then went to Xiao Yi Xian’s room and was surprised to find someone there.

Xiao Bai learned that the Tianshan Blood Pool might open before he could reach it, but Heavenly Flame Yao revealed he had an eighth-grade spatial ship that could get them there in time. Xiao Bai and his companions entered the Space Wormhole and set off for the Central Region Northern Domain.

• Xiao Bai met Han Yue, who offered to guide him through the Northern Domain and explained the Tianshan Blood Pool's benefits, limited entry, and uncertain opening date.
• Xiao Bai worried that the usual Space Wormhole trip would take too long, but Heavenly Flame Yao revealed he owned an eighth-grade spatial ship called the Flowing Cloud Shuttle.
• Xiao Bai reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he had a solution, then went with her and Han Yue to the Space Wormhole, where they found Zi Yan waiting.
• Xiao Bai brought Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Han Yue into the Space Wormhole, while Luo Cheng watched them depart and lamented his family's misfortune.

Xiao Bai and the others traveled through a Space Passage toward the Central Continent, where Little Golden Dragon described a frightening dream about an ancient presence absorbing its spirituality. After they arrived, Xiao Bai headed alone for the Tianmu Mountain Range while Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Han Yue went toward the Han Family.

• Xiao Bai brought out a Seven Star Space Ship, and Zi Yan eagerly took control as they traveled through the Space Passage.
• Xiao Bai studied a body-refinement method with Heavenly Flame Yao and discussed the ingredients needed to restore his body.
• Little Golden Dragon told Xiao Bai it had dreamed an ancient presence absorbed its spirituality, and Xiao Bai sensed danger in the surrounding darkness.
• After ten days, Xiao Bai guided the ship through the passage's exit, and the group arrived at a plaza in the Central Region.
• Xiao Bai declined Han Yue's offer to visit the Han Family and sent Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan with her while he headed for the Tianmu Mountain Range.