Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai and his companions escaped Ice River Valley’s ambush through a temporary lightning passage and emerged in an unknown forest. There, Xiao Bai defeated a high-level seventh-tier Earth Demon Bear and collected its essence blood for Heavenly Flame Yao’s resurrection body, while a nearby caravan watched in shock.

• Xiao Bai opened a temporary passage through the collapsing wormhole, and Xiao Yi Xian piloted the Space Ship through as Tian Shuangzi, Heavenly Snake, and Fei Tian attacked.
• Heavenly Flame Yao and Xiao Bai blocked the pursuers’ attacks, allowing the ship to escape into the dark-red lightning passage before the original wormhole collapsed.
• Xiao Bai and his companions emerged in an unfamiliar forest, where they encountered a high-level seventh-tier Earth Demon Bear.
• Xiao Bai cut off the bear’s access to the earth veins and killed it with a Five-Colored Thunder Dragon, then refined its essence blood for Heavenly Flame Yao.
• A caravan watching the battle recognized Xiao Bai’s power, and a burly young man asked his cousin whether Xiao Bai was the person they were looking for.

Xiao Bai reached Tianhuang City with Xiao Yi Xian and Feng Qing Er, learned that Ice River Valley was searching for him, and found that the Space Wormhole to the Pill Domain had stopped working. Liu Qing warned him to stay hidden and gave him the Soul-Returning Fruit he needed for his pill, leaving Xiao Bai to consider his next move.

• Xiao Bai reunited with Liu Qing, received a map of the Central Region, and learned that Xiao Yan had reached Dou King Peak and planned to visit Starfall Pavilion.
• Ice River Valley Elder Bing Xuan questioned Liu Qing's convoy about the black-robed fighter, but Liu Qing concealed Xiao Bai's identity and direction of travel.
• Xiao Bai, Xiao Yi Xian, and Feng Qing Er arrived in Tianhuang City and learned that its Space Wormhole had stopped transmitting.
• At Qinglan Inn, Liu Qing told Xiao Bai that Ice River Valley was searching for him and explained that the wormhole might take up to three days to repair.
• Liu Qing gave Xiao Bai a Soul-Returning Fruit from the Liu Clan's medicine storehouse and advised him to remain inside the inn while Ice River Valley searched the city.
• Late at night, Xiao Bai sat with his medicinal ingredients, hesitating as he considered what to do next.

Xiao Bai refined a Life Bone Blood Fusion Pill to revive Heavenly Flame Yao while Ice River Valley’s Heavenly Snake Elder tracked him to Tianhuang City. The pill lightning exposed Xiao Bai’s location, and Fen Yan Valley moved to confront the intruders as the city descended into chaos.

• Xiao Bai decided to refine the Life Bone Blood Fusion Pill after the Space Wormhole was sabotaged and Liu Qing was attacked, while Heavenly Flame Yao confirmed a Dou Zun had likely caused the damage.
• Xiao Bai began refining the pill, and Heavenly Snake Elder followed the traces of his battle with the Earth Demon Bear toward Tianhuang City.
• Heavenly Flame Yao sensed Ice River Valley’s forces approaching, while Xiao Bai told Xiao Yi Xian to protect him as he finished the pill.
• Pill lightning formed over Tianhuang City, and Liu Qing recognized Xiao Bai as the alchemist while the Silver Puppet emerged to withstand the lightning.
• Heavenly Snake Elder recognized the Silver Puppet and charged toward Xiao Bai, but Elder Huoyun summoned Fen Yan Valley’s forces and intercepted him as Liu Cang ordered the city evacuated.

Xiao Bai revived Heavenly Flame Yao in Elder Lei’s body while Xiao Yi Xian stalled Ice River Valley’s Tian Shuangzi and Tian She, who sought to seize her for her Calamity Poison Body. Xiao Bai arrived after Heavenly Flame Yao’s revival and attacked Tian She, leaving the battle underway above Tianhuang City.

• Heavenly Flame Yao chose Elder Lei’s body, and Xiao Bai used a pill, blood, and Five-Colored Lightning to help him fuse with it.
• Tian Shuangzi arrived and claimed Ice River Valley wanted Xiao Yi Xian because she had the Calamity Poison Body, but Xiao Yi Xian revealed that Binghe had the same constitution and wanted hers to compensate for it.
• Tian Shuangzi and Tian She attacked Xiao Yi Xian, who used her Netherworld Poison Domain to hold them off until Xiao Bai could intervene.
• Xiao Bai arrived, confirmed Heavenly Flame Yao had succeeded, and confronted Tian She and Tian Shuangzi after the Earth Demon Puppet was badly damaged.
• Xiao Bai challenged Tian She, destroyed his ice dragon with a Five-Colored Thunder dragon, and sent the transformed spear flying toward him.

Xiao Bai fought off Tian She, whose cultivation fell after Xiao Bai’s Five-Colored saber struck him, and called Heavenly Flame Yao for help. Heavenly Flame Yao emerged as a Dou Zun and challenged Tian Shuangzi, but Ice River Valley and Wind and Thunder Pavilion joined forces against Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian, leaving them surrounded and ready to fight.

• Xiao Bai used Soul Strength and his Five-Colored saber to weaken Tian She, then drove him back as his own cultivation rose to Six-Star Dou Zong.
• Tian Shuangzi demanded Xiao Bai hand over his Secret Technique and Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Bai called out to Old Yao for help.
• Heavenly Flame Yao appeared as a Dou Zun, thanked Xiao Bai for saving him, and rejected Tian Shuangzi’s demand to surrender the Calamity Poison Body.
• Heavenly Flame Yao attacked Tian Shuangzi with Five Wheels Burning Heaven while Tian Shuangzi ordered Tian She and the Ice River Valley Elders to capture Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Fei Tian appeared on behalf of Wind and Thunder Pavilion, accused Xiao Bai of stealing its Dou Technique and killing its elders, and joined Tian She in targeting him.
• Tian She and Fei Tian faced Xiao Bai while Bing Xuan and Bing Hua moved to capture Xiao Yi Xian, who prepared to fight beside Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai defeated Fei Tian and Tian She while Xiao Yi Xian overcame Bing Xuan and Bing Hua, but Bing He arrived and struck Xiao Bai through a Space Passage. Xiao Bai survived, and Bing He stepped into Tianhuang City, furious at the deaths of Ice River Valley’s elders.

• Fei Tian’s spear appeared to pierce Xiao Bai’s head, but Xiao Bai revealed it was an illusion and counterattacked Tian She and Fei Tian with lightning and his draining secret technique.
• Xiao Yi Xian fought Bing Xuan and Bing Hua with poison strengthened by Heavenly Flames, while Heavenly Flame Yao gained the upper hand against Tian Shuangzi.
• Xiao Bai’s secret technique drained Tian She and Fei Tian, raising Xiao Bai’s cultivation to Eight-Star Dou Zong; he wounded Fei Tian and captured Tian She with a giant lightning hand.
• Bing He appeared through a Space Passage and offered to forgive Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian if they joined Ice River Valley, but Xiao Bai killed Tian She before Bing He finished speaking.
• Bing He attacked Xiao Bai with a palm strike, and Xiao Yi Xian burned Bing Xuan and Bing Hua with poisonous flames while Xiao Bai recovered from the blow.
• Bing He stepped into Tianhuang City, saw the dead Ice River Valley elders, and declared that Xiao Bai had provoked Ice River Valley.

Xiao Bai and his companions faced Bing He and Thunder Venerable above Tianhuang City, where a hostage standoff threatened to turn violent. Tang Zhen intervened, helping secure Xiao Yi Xian’s release before inviting Xiao Bai and his companions to Fen Yan Valley.

• Heavenly Flame Yao agreed to hold Bing He off while Xiao Bai prepared to use the power sealed in his dragon-shaped mark, and Xiao Yi Xian retreated.
• Thunder Venerable captured Xiao Yi Xian and demanded Xiao Bai’s strength-enhancing secret technique and Five-Colored Lightning Cultivation Method in exchange for her release.
• Xiao Bai revealed he had planted a Soul Seal in Feng Qing Er, forcing Thunder Venerable to negotiate rather than risk her death.
• Tang Zhen arrived with Tang Huo Er and mediated an exchange: Thunder Venerable released Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Bai removed Feng Qing Er’s Soul Seal.
• Thunder Venerable and Bing He departed, and Tang Zhen invited Xiao Bai, Xiao Yi Xian, and Heavenly Flame Yao to Fen Yan Valley.

Xiao Bai left Tianhuang City with Tang Zhen and reflected on how fear of unknown Central Continent forces had made him overly cautious. After regaining his confidence, he arrived at Fen Yan Valley, where he encountered someone unexpected in the great hall.

• Xiao Bai gave Liu Qing a Sect Breaking Pill before boarding Tang Zhen’s Flying Boat with Xiao Yi Xian and Heavenly Flame Yao.
• Xiao Bai considered whether Ice River Valley might conceal stronger experts than Bing He and recognized that uncertainty had made him hesitant.
• Tang Zhen encouraged Xiao Bai, who let go of his excessive caution and released a thunderous cry; Heavenly Flame Yao sensed that Xiao Bai might soon break through.
• Tang Zhen brought the group to Fen Yan Valley, where they passed through its spatial barrier and saw the secluded grounds within the Blazing Fire Mountain Range.
• Xiao Bai entered Fen Yan Valley’s great hall, saw someone waiting there, and asked why they were there.

Xiao Bai reunited with Xiao Yan at Fen Yan Valley, where Tang Zhen recruited them to help refine a pill for Tang Huo Er. After Xiao Yan revealed that the Hall of Souls had ambushed him and left Yao Lao unconscious, Xiao Bai offered to help him obtain the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame.

• Xiao Bai met Xiao Yan in Fen Yan Valley's hall, and Tang Zhen explained that Tang Huo Er needed a Fire Bodhi Pill to survive the damage caused by the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame.
• Tang Zhen arranged for Xiao Bai and two visiting alchemists to refine the pill, while Xiao Bai vouched for Xiao Yan as a capable assistant.
• Xiao Yan requested Fen Yan Valley's Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations as his reward, but Xiao Bai dragged him away before he could press Tang Zhen further.
• In private, Xiao Yan told Xiao Bai that Mu Gu, a Dou Zun from the Hall of Souls, had attacked him and Yao Lao, who exhausted himself saving Xiao Yan and fell into a deep sleep.
• Xiao Bai asked Xiao Yan whether he wanted the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame, and Xiao Yan eagerly asked how they could get it.

Xiao Bai and Xiao Yan joined Tang Zhen, Master Fu, and Master Tai to refine the Fire Bodhi Pill, and Xiao Yan proved his qualification by using a fused Heavenly Flame to withstand the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame. During the ingredient-fusion stages, Xiao Bai finished his portion with extraordinary ease, leaving Tang Zhen to suspect he was a High-Grade Rank 7 or even Rank 8 Alchemist.

• Tang Zhen introduced Xiao Bai as a Rank 7 Alchemist, but Master Fu and Master Tai doubted his ability and questioned Xiao Yan's involvement.
• Xiao Bai asked Tang Zhen to release the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame so Xiao Yan could demonstrate that he could endure it for ten minutes.
• Xiao Yan used his fused Heavenly Flame and Soul Strength to create a fire lotus, prompting Tang Zhen to recognize that he was qualified to help refine the pill.
• Tang Zhen distributed pills to help the alchemists withstand the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame, then began refining the Fire Bodhi Pill's ingredients in a cauldron.
• Master Fu, Master Tai, and Xiao Yan each completed their assigned fusion stages, while Xiao Bai effortlessly finished his portion and rested beside the cauldron.
• Tang Zhen observed that Xiao Bai's medicinal liquid was the most perfectly fused and suspected Xiao Bai was at least a High-Grade Rank 7 Alchemist, perhaps even Rank 8.

Bai Ge took over the final stage of refining Tang Zhen’s Seventh Grade Pill after the other alchemists faltered, then used the resulting Pill Thunder to advance his cultivation. The pill was completed, and Bai Ge remained in the sky absorbing lightning while Tang Zhen led Xiao Yan away.

• Tang Zhen asked Bai Ge to help with the final fusion after the alchemists grew exhausted, and Bai Ge stabilized Master Fu’s medicinal liquid when it began to surge out of control.
• Bai Ge cut off Xiao Yan and Master Tai’s control, took over the refinement, and fused the medicinal liquids into a pill while Xiao Yan watched the Medicine Cauldron.
• The Seventh Grade Pill formed and summoned Pill Thunder, but Bai Ge flew into the thunderclouds to absorb the lightning and raise his cultivation.
• Tang Zhen collected the finished pill after the thunderclouds scattered, thanked the alchemists, and instructed an Elder to watch over Bai Ge as he cultivated.
• Tang Zhen looked toward Xiao Yan and asked him to come along.

Xiao Bai defended Xiao Yan’s chance to learn Fen Yan Valley’s secret technique, then Tang Zhen revealed that the technique had been created by Xiao Yan’s ancestor, Xiao Xuan. Xiao Yan accepted Tang Zhen’s offer to stay and cultivate in the valley, while Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian prepared to leave for the Pill Tower.

• The Council of Elders objected to Xiao Yan learning the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations and proposed a ten-move test against one of three powerful elders.
• Xiao Bai arrived after breaking through, challenged the elders to face him together, and reminded them that the technique had once belonged to someone surnamed Xiao.
• Tang Zhen overruled the elders, accepted Xiao Yan as family, and explained that Xiao Xuan had been one of five ancient supreme experts and had created the technique.
• Tang Zhen invited Xiao Yan to remain in Fen Yan Valley to cultivate, and Xiao Yan later asked Xiao Bai whether their claimed connection to Xiao Xuan would cause trouble.
• Xiao Bai assured Xiao Yan that Xiao Xuan was truly his ancestor and had been the Xiao Clan’s Clan Head, leaving Xiao Yan stunned by his ancestor’s stature.
• Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian set off for the Pill Tower.

Xiao Bai arrived in Holy Pill City and secretly investigated the Three Thousand Burning Flame, drawing the attention of Xuan Kongzi. After Xiao Bai introduced himself, he asked Xuan Kongzi to pass a message to Xuan Yi so he could deliver something to her.

• Mu Gu and Zhai Xing connected Xiao Bai to Xiao Yan and learned they came from the same clan, though Xiao Bai's bloodline showed no reaction to their test.
• Xiao Bai reached Holy Pill City with Xiao Yi Xian, Heavenly Flame Yao, and Master Tai, who guided them to the inner region and explained the Pill Tower's layout.
• Xiao Bai planned to investigate the Three Thousand Burning Flame and asked Xiao Yi Xian to look for ingredients that could help resolve her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Bai used his Soul Strength to enter the Pill Tower's starry territory, where he saw the Three Thousand Burning Flame and nearly triggered a reaction from the Five Elements Thunder Seed.
• Xuan Kongzi confronted Xiao Bai, recognized his reputation and powerful Soul Strength, and heard his request to meet Xuan Yi and deliver something to her.

Xiao Bai reunited Xuan Yi with news and a keepsake from Yao Chen, earning her trust and an invitation to the Pill Tower. He learned why the Three Thousand Burning Flame remained dangerous and declared that he intended to subdue it, relying on a method he had prepared.

• Xiao Bai contacted Xuan Yi in the Star Territory and told her that Yao Chen was well, while Xuan Kongzi warned him not to discuss their meeting with outsiders.
• Xuan Yi hurried to Xiao Bai at the inn, recognized Yao Chen's aura on the jade slip he gave her, and invited him, Xiao Yi Xian, and Heavenly Flame Yao to the Pill Tower.
• Xuan Yi explained that the Three Thousand Burning Flame's intelligence could not be erased, that it had grown stronger by absorbing starlight, and that past Pill Tower attempts to subdue it had failed.
• Xiao Bai volunteered to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame and said that the right method, rather than strength alone, could make it possible.

Xuan Yi brought Xiao Bai before Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zhi to request access to the Star Territory so he could subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame. They agreed to let him try on the condition that he retreat if the flame proved impossible to control, and the chapter ended with Cao Ying recognizing Xiao Bai from the stories about Tianhuang City.

• Xuan Yi took Xiao Bai to meet Xuan Kongzi and Tian Lei Zhi during the Five Great Clans' assessment.
• Xiao Bai revealed his lightning, fire, and wood attributes and explained that he needed the Three Thousand Burning Flame to obtain the Power of Stars safely.
• Xuan Kongzi suggested Xiao Bai wait for the Pill Gathering in three years, but Xiao Bai explained why he could not delay and why simply entering the Star Territory was dangerous.
• Xuan Yi vouched for Xiao Bai's connection to Yao Chen, and Tian Lei Zhi offered him the chance to try on the condition that he join the Pill Tower and learn alchemy if he failed.
• Xuan Kongzi granted Xiao Bai permission to attempt subduing the flame, provided he withdrew if he could not succeed.
• Cao Ying arrived after the assessment and recognized Xiao Bai as the young man from Tianhuang City.

Xiao Bai revealed that he was a Rank 8 Alchemist, declined a contest with Cao Ying, and was invited to join the Pill Tower. After Cao Ying secured a chance to enter the Star Territory alongside Dan Chen and Song Qing, Xiao Bai and the others prepared to enter in pursuit of the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xiao Bai told Cao Ying and the Pill Tower’s three giants that he was a Rank 8 Alchemist, ending their proposed contest and astonishing them.
• Xuan Yi invited Xiao Bai to become the Pill Tower’s ninth Grand Elder, but he said he would consider it before learning the Star Territory would open in three days.
• Cao Ying asked to enter the Star Territory, and Xuan Kongzi arranged an internal contest whose top three winners would earn entry; the announcement drew young disciples from the great clans.
• Three days later, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Song Qing gathered with Xiao Bai at the Star Territory entrance as Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zhi opened it.
• Xiao Yi Xian reminded Xiao Bai to be careful and told him to use his Soul Jade Token to reassure her if he stayed inside for a long time.

Xiao Bai entered the Star Territory with Cao Ying, Song Qing, and Dan Chen, where he avoided Song Qing’s attempts to endanger him as they approached the Three Thousand Burning Flame. When Song Qing triggered the Heavenly Flame’s awakening, Xiao Bai rescued him, and his Dragon Seal made the fire dragon pause and question why he carried the same aura.

• Xiao Bai entered the Star Territory and followed Cao Ying, Song Qing, and Dan Chen toward the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Cao Ying protected Song Qing from a spatial rift, while Song Qing repeatedly tried to lead Xiao Bai into danger; Xiao Bai avoided each trap.
• The group found the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Song Qing rushed toward it despite Xiao Bai’s suspicion that it was awake.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame opened its eyes and attacked Song Qing, but Xiao Bai rescued him and faced the dragon alone.
• Xiao Bai’s Dragon Seal released a purple-gold dragon that calmed the Heavenly Flame, which asked why Xiao Bai carried the same aura as it.

Xiao Bai used the Dragon Seal to suppress the Three Thousand Burning Flame and break the Pill Tower’s seal, but the flame resisted by swelling toward self-destruction. With Cao Ying, Song Qing, and Dan Chen trapped inside the unstable Star Territory, Xiao Bai returned and told them to wait.

• Xiao Bai claimed the Three Thousand Burning Flame had been raised by his race, then used his Dragon Might to overpower the flame’s resistance.
• The Dragon Seal awakened the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s purple-gold markings and shattered the Pill Tower’s sealing runes, while its power shook Holy Pill City and alarmed Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Lei Zhi.
• Xiao Bai began strengthening his control over the flame, but its refusal to become a slave caused it to swell and contract its surrounding sea of fire as it prepared to self-destruct.
• Cao Ying, Song Qing, and Dan Chen tried to escape with their Teleportation Orbs, but the unstable Star Territory rendered them useless, and Song Qing blamed Xiao Bai before Cao Ying rebuked him.
• Xiao Bai reappeared before the three, dismissed their panic, and told them to wait as the Three Thousand Burning Flame reached its limit.

Xiao Bai survived the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s attempted self-destruction and trapped it in a soul battle, where his Five Elements Thunder began devouring its flames. As Old Mu Gu and another Hall of Souls member attacked, Xiao Bai’s clone protected him, and the chapter ended with Xiao Bai confronting a frightened Little Golden Dragon about the change inside its body.

• The purple-gold dragon entered Xiao Bai’s body and helped him withstand the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s self-destruction, while his power began healing the Star Territory’s spatial rifts.
• Xiao Bai tracked down the Three Thousand Burning Flame as it tried to escape, forced it out of a Space Rift, and was pulled into its Soul World.
• Xiao Bai summoned Five Elements Thunder, which the Three Thousand Burning Flame mistook for Five-Colored Pill Thunder before realizing the thunder was devouring its flames.
• Cao Ying stopped Song Qing from approaching the Heavenly Flame, but Old Mu Gu and another Hall of Souls member emerged from a rift and attacked the group.
• Old Mu Gu tried to seize Xiao Bai’s soul, but Xiao Bai’s Three Thousand Thunder Phantom Body blocked him with help from Little Golden Dragon.
• Xiao Bai pulled Little Golden Dragon out from behind him and asked why it was afraid, pointing out that something had changed inside its body.

Little Golden Dragon awakened a purple-gold Dragon Seal power and fought Mu Gu and Gu You while Xiao Bai continued confronting the Three Thousand Burning Flame. Xuan Kongzi arrived, drove off the Hall of Souls attackers, and left Xiao Bai to finish refining the Heavenly Flame in the Star Territory.

• Xiao Bai urged Little Golden Dragon to use its newly awakened power, and the dragon grew to enormous size and overwhelmed Mu Gu with purple-gold lightning.
• Mu Gu transformed and teamed up with Gu You, but Little Golden Dragon fought them both while guarding Xiao Bai and the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Mu Gu tried to bargain with Xiao Bai, then attempted to escape with Gu You using Blood Soul Escape, but Little Golden Dragon disrupted the spatial formation on Xiao Bai's orders.
• Xuan Kongzi appeared and severely wounded Mu Gu and Gu You, who self-destructed; Mu Gu's remnant soul escaped into the Space Turbulence.
• Xuan Kongzi accepted Xiao Bai's plan to keep refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame and took Cao Ying and the other two away so they would not disturb him.