Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai began refining Three Thousand Burning Flame in the sealed Star Territory while the Pill Tower secured the area and his allies prepared to protect Xiao Yi Xian. After absorbing the Heavenly Flame’s attacks, Xiao Bai gained a new Thunder Seed and moved to subdue it.

• Xiao Bai sent Cao Ying a message for Xiao Yi Xian and warned her to beware of Song Qing, while the Three Giants sealed the Star Territory.
• Cao Ying warned Xiao Yi Xian about Song Qing and asked about her relationship with Xiao Bai.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to stay within the Pill Tower as Heavenly Flame Yao left to support the Divine Firmament Alliance and search for Bodhi Transformation Saliva.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame unleashed its flames against Xiao Bai, but Xiao Bai’s five-colored ring absorbed them all.
• Xiao Bai’s ring defeated Three Thousand Burning Flame’s attempt to resist, and Xiao Bai sensed that his New Thunder Seed had arrived.

Xiao Bai subdued Three Thousand Burning Flame and gained the Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder, then used the Lunar Star’s power and Myriad Tribulations Reincarnation Thunder to stabilize a fragile yin-yang balance in his Dantian. His cultivation surged to Nine Star Peak Dou Zong before he stopped it to avoid bodily collapse, while his Soul Strength advanced to the middle stage of the Spirit Realm.

• Xiao Bai compressed Three Thousand Burning Flame into its origin, causing its spiritual space to collapse as the flame’s intelligence dissipated.
• Xiao Bai discovered that the New Thunder Seed was the Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder and sensed a strong connection to the Five Element Stars but little connection to the Lunar Star.
• The Power of Five Elements in Xiao Bai’s Dantian transformed into a Taiji Diagram, and the Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder entered its yang pole.
• Xiao Bai drew power from the Lunar Star into the yin pole, but the opposing energies nearly destroyed his body until he used Myriad Tribulations Reincarnation Thunder to mediate them.
• Xiao Bai stabilized the Taiji Diagram and rose to Nine Star Peak Dou Zong, then halted his advancement because the yin-yang balance remained fragile.
• Xiao Bai’s Soul Strength reached the middle stage of the Spirit Realm, and a powerful suction force erupted from the vertical eye between his brows.

Xun Er learned that Xiao Bai had entered seclusion in the Pill Tower’s Star Territory and sensed his presence through his Soul Imprint. After briefly communicating across the distance, she decided to leave the Ancient Realm and go to him, while a mysterious figure watched her and remarked that he had misjudged Xiao Bai.

• Xun Er finished cultivating, and Ling Ying revealed that he had collected Xiao Bai’s boastful sayings in a booklet.
• Ling Ying told Xun Er that Xiao Bai had reached the Central Continent and that the Wind and Thunder Pavilion and Ice River Valley had suffered major losses.
• Xun Er learned that Xiao Bai had spent more than half a year in the Pill Tower’s Star Territory, and she found his Soul Imprint flickering strangely.
• Xiao Bai used the Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder to annihilate the black fog and sensed Xun Er through their Soul Imprint.
• The Soul Imprint brightened, and Xiao Bai’s voice briefly reached Xun Er; she then ordered Ling Ying to prepare her journey to the Pill Tower.
• An unseen figure arrived above Xun Er and Ling Ying, concealed itself from the clan’s experts, and said it had misjudged Xiao Bai when it visited the Xiao Clan.

After overcoming the Star Territory, Xiao Bai returned to Holy Pill City, reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, and began absorbing Lunar Power to strengthen his cultivation. He decided to take Xiao Yi Xian to Fallen God Stream to find a safer Magic Core for her Calamity Poison Body, while Xuan Yi hurried to Fen Yan Valley after learning Yao Lao might be there.

• Xiao Bai left a wisp of flame in the Star Territory and returned to Holy Pill City as a Taiji Diagram appeared over the city.
• Xiao Bai reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, and the three Pill Tower presidents learned that his flame might grow into a new Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Bai found that the Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast's Magic Core Xiao Yi Xian had bought was too damaged to safely treat her constitution, so he planned a trip to Fallen God Stream.
• Xuan Yi thanked Xiao Bai for the seed flame, then rushed to Fen Yan Valley after he suggested she could find Yao Lao there.
• Xiao Bai cultivated by absorbing Lunar Power through his Taiji Diagram, then set out with Xiao Yi Xian for Fallen God Stream.

Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian traveled from Holy Pill City to Ye City, where they met Lin Yan and discovered Xiao Yan was sparring with the Ye Clan over access to its Ancient Sunfire Altar. The Ye Clan’s Grand Elder invited everyone inside, while Song Qing’s scheme to draw hostile factions toward Xiao Bai continued behind the scenes.

• Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian used a teleportation array to leave Holy Pill City, while Song Qing learned their destination and ordered Ying Jiu to follow them discreetly.
• Song Qing arranged for information about Xiao Bai to reach Ice River Valley, Wind and Thunder Pavilion, and another mysterious faction, hoping their interest would put Xiao Bai in danger.
• In Ye City, Ye Zhen greeted Xiao Bai and led him and Xiao Yi Xian toward the Ye Clan manor.
• Xiao Bai found Lin Yan watching Xiao Yan fight a Ye Clan elder, and Lin Yan explained that Xiao Yan had come seeking entry to the Ancient Sunfire Altar through a deal with Ye Xinlan.
• Ye Zhong stopped the sparring and invited Xiao Bai, Xiao Yan, Lin Yan, and the others into the Ye Clan manor.

Xiao Bai heard Soul Hall’s offer through Wu Ying and reunited with Xiao Yan and Yao Chen before traveling with Xiao Yi Xian to Fallen God Stream. There, Xiao Yi Xian defeated the Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast, and Xiao Bai prepared to help resolve her Calamity Poison Body as she asked him to kill her if the attempt failed.

• Wu Ying told Xiao Bai that Soul Hall wanted him to persuade Yao Chen to join and offered to overlook past killings if Xiao Bai cooperated.
• Xiao Bai told Wu Ying to ask Soul Hall for time while he considered its offer, then shared wine and caught up with Xiao Yan and Yao Chen until dawn.
• Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian entered Fallen God Stream, where poisonous creatures reacted to her Calamity Poison Body and a Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast demanded she become its mate.
• Xiao Yi Xian fought the beast with her poison abilities and Netherworld Poison Fire, killed it, and obtained its Magic Core.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Bai to kill her if his attempt to resolve her Calamity Poison Body failed, and he promised that nothing would happen to her.

Xiao Bai guided Xiao Yi Xian through the Calamity Poison Body’s transformation, using the Taiji Diagram, Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder, a Magic Core, Bodhi Transformation Saliva, and a prepared wisp of Yi Wood Positive Thunder to help her form a Poison Pill. As she continued the process, Ice Venerable and Thunder Venerable entered Fallen God Stream to seize her and attack Xiao Bai, while Zhai Xing and Wu Ying followed to observe.

• Xiao Bai used the Taiji Diagram to suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s Netherworld Poison Fire, then drove her unleashed poison gas into her Dantian with Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder.
• Xiao Bai extracted a Bodhi Seed from the Bodhi Transformation Saliva and sensed the Bodhi Ancient Tree through it before returning his attention to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Bai placed a Magic Core in Xiao Yi Xian’s Dantian, added the Bodhi Transformation Saliva and a wisp of Yi Wood Positive Thunder, and told her to follow the Poison Pill Method.
• Xiao Yi Xian began compressing the Calamity Poison Body’s poison gas into the Magic Core as Xiao Bai watched over the forming Poison Pill.
• Ice Venerable and Thunder Venerable entered Fallen God Stream, intent on taking Xiao Yi Xian and killing Xiao Bai, while Zhai Xing chose to watch them first.
• Zhai Xing entered the stream with Wu Ying, leaving his protectors at the entrance, and Wu Ying worried that Xiao Bai would hold on.

Xiao Bai’s clone defeated Tian Shuangzi, but Ice Venerable and Thunder Venerable arrived and forced Xiao Bai’s true body into battle. Xiao Bai survived their combined attack, while Ice Venerable resolved that he had to be eliminated.

• Xiao Bai used the Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder to shatter Tian Shuangzi’s Mystic Ice Saint Armor and leave him gravely wounded.
• Thunder Venerable and Ice Venerable arrived, and their combined attacks missed when Xiao Bai’s clone vanished back into the cave.
• Xiao Bai’s second clone emerged, handed Tian Shuangzi to him, and returned to his brow; Xiao Bai then used the Taiji Diagram to drain Tian Shuangzi’s cultivation and kill him.
• Ice Venerable and Thunder Venerable attacked Xiao Bai together with ice and lightning, and Xiao Bai blocked their combined strike with a Chaos Barrier.
• Xiao Bai remained below the Dou Zun level, and Ice Venerable concluded that he had to be eliminated before he became a greater threat.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er set out for Fallen God Stream as Xiao Bai fought Ice Venerable and Thunder Venerable, while Song Qing’s scheming drew the Soul Hall’s attack and Qiu Ling’s intervention. The chapter left Xiao Bai still battling the two Dou Zun after Old Ghost Zhai Xing departed to answer the distress signal.

• Xiao Yan sensed the battle at Fallen God Stream, took Huo'er with him, and rushed to help Xiao Bai.
• Xun Er arrived in Ye City with a force of black-armored Dou Zong experts, learned Xiao Bai was in danger, and ordered them to Fallen God Stream.
• Song Qing watched the battle and gloated, but Soul Hall Protectors confronted him over his role in plotting against Xiao Bai.
• Song Qing summoned his teacher, Qiu Ling, who drove back the Soul Hall Protectors with his Soul Strength.
• Xiao Bai continued fighting Ice Venerable and Thunder Venerable, while Old Ghost Zhai Xing left to respond to the Protectors’ distress signal.

Xiao Yi Xian arrived at Fallen God Stream after controlling the Calamity Poison Body, and she and Xiao Bai fought Bing He and Lei Yu. As the two enemies summoned reinforcements, Xiao Bai anticipated the arrival of Xun Er and the Ancient Clan's Black Annihilation Army.

• Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she had reached Three-Star Dou Zun and controlled the Calamity Poison Body, then fought Bing He while Xiao Bai faced Lei Yu.
• Xiao Bai broke through Lei Yu's Ninefold Thunder Prison, drained his Dou Qi with a Taiji saber strike, and forced him to escape with Blood Thunder Escape.
• Xiao Yan spotted Xiao Bai's enormous Taiji Diagram while traveling with Tang Huo Er, and he complained that Xiao Bai was cultivating immortality.
• Xun Er arrived outside Fallen God Stream with the Ancient Clan's Black Annihilation Army, and the elders agreed to fly in rather than break Xiao Bai's Space Lockdown.
• Xiao Bai battered Lei Yu until he was weakened, and Lei Yu and Bing He crushed jade slips to call for reinforcements.
• Xiao Bai let the spatial restrictions fall and sensed Xun Er approaching as he eagerly awaited seeing her again.

Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian faced Ice River Valley’s desperate counterattack as Xun Er arrived with Ancient Clan guards. When Ice River Valley’s dying Peak Dou Zun emerged, Xiao Bai sent the others back and prepared to face him himself.

• Ice Venerable opened a spatial passage by breaking two jade slips, while Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Bai she would destroy herself rather than let Ice River Valley take her Calamity Poison Body.
• Xun Er appeared and rebuked Thunder Venerable for threatening Xiao Bai, then exchanged teasing remarks with Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Bai recognized Gu Yao and told him he had never relied on the Ancient Clan, though Xun Er was special to him.
• A dying Ice River Valley expert emerged from the passage, revealed as a Nine Star Peak Dou Zun, and identified Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body.
• Xiao Bai asked the old man about his immense Extreme Yin Qi, but the old man transformed into his younger form and threatened Xun Er and her guards.
• Xun Er prepared to summon help, but Xiao Bai stopped her, asked her to take Xiao Yi Xian and retreat, and stepped forward to face the old man.

Xiao Bai used the Old Dragon Emperor’s essence blood to unleash overwhelming power, defeat the Nine-Star Peak Dou Zun from Ice River Valley, and destroy Ice River Valley’s fighters. After taking the Extreme Yin Qi, he turned toward the Space Passage when an Ancient Void Dragon appeared.

• Xiao Yi Xian explained that Xiao Bai intended to win alone to reduce the pressure Xun Er faced within the Ancient Clan, and Xun Er realized why he had insisted on the battle.
• Xiao Bai released the Old Dragon Emperor’s essence blood, endured its destructive power, and transformed as its strength surged through him.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, Old Ghost Zhai Xing, and the others recognized the Saintly Might and saw Xiao Bai crush the Ice River Valley elder with a single palm.
• Xiao Bai pierced the elder’s defense, extracted the Extreme Yin Qi, and crushed the Ice River Valley elder and Bing He beneath a giant footprint.
• Xiao Bai turned toward the Space Passage after hearing a cry of alarm and sensing an Ancient Void Dragon.

Xiao Bai fought a Ban Sheng from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan while protecting Xun Er and the others, and Zi Yan briefly contacted him from a battle on Dragon Island. After the danger passed, Elder Tong Xuan arrived and discussed the Xiao Clan and Xun Er’s future with Xiao Bai.

• Xiao Bai attacked Huang Hong and Lei Yu with a Purple Gold Dragon Shadow, but a Ban Sheng from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan intervened with a phoenix claw.
• Xiao Bai’s power shielded Xun Er and the others from the collision, while Yao Lao pulled Xiao Yan and Tang Huo Er out of danger.
• The Ban Sheng offered Xiao Bai a place in the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan if he married Qing Er, but Xiao Bai refused and challenged him.
• Zi Yan spoke to Xiao Bai through the Space Passage, explained that she was fighting traitors on Dragon Island, and promised to visit him after the battle.
• Elder Tong Xuan appeared and spoke with Xiao Bai about the Xiao Clan, then told Xun Er to return to the Ancient Clan and remember her agreement with its Clan Head.

After Gu Yao left, Xiao Bai let Old Ghost Zhai Xing escape with Song Qing while pretending his attack had failed, but the effort left him seriously injured. Xun Er fed him a peak Rank 8 pill, and her embarrassed reaction left Xiao Bai wondering if she had teased him.

• Gu Yao departed with Elder Tong Xuan after challenging Xiao Bai to a future fair fight, and Xun Er comforted Xiao Bai by comparing their cultivation achievements.
• Qiu Ling asked Xiao Bai to save Song Qing, but Xiao Bai secretly ordered Old Ghost Zhai Xing to leave and have Wu Ying keep Song Qing alive.
• Xiao Bai struck at the departing Hall of Souls group, then pretended his essence blood had run out and his palm had missed, allowing them to escape.
• Qiu Ling gave Xiao Bai an Eighth Grade Life-Returning Vitality Pill before leaving, and Xiao Bai passed it to Xiao Yan, joking that it might be poisoned.
• Xiao Yi Xian discovered that Xiao Bai's meridians were badly damaged from forcing his power up to Ban Sheng, and Xun Er fed him a peak Rank 8 Heavenly Vein Jade Marrow Pill.
• Xun Er accidentally touched Xiao Bai's mouth while feeding him and blushed, while Xiao Bai wondered if she had teased him.

Xiao Bai brought his companions to Ice River Valley to recover and break through to Dou Zun, then ordered the valley destroyed after its forces confronted them. Xiao Yi Xian and the Black Annihilation Army began wiping out the valley, while Xiao Bai comforted Xiao Yi Xian and prepared to settle there.

• Xiao Bai told Xiao Yan he was going to Ice River Valley to recover and break through, while Xiao Yan considered heading to Tianshan Blood Pool to advance his cultivation.
• Xiao Bai arrived at Ice River Valley with Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and the Ancient Clan group, then ordered the defenders killed.
• Xiao Yi Xian attacked the Ice River Valley elders with her poison, and the defenders learned that their valley master had died.
• The Third Elder tried to summon Ice River Valley's Nine-Star Dou Zun ancestor, but Xiao Bai revealed the ancestor was already dead and ordered Xiao Yi Xian to continue.
• Xun Er ordered the Black Annihilation Army to kill Ice River Valley's direct disciples, stewards, and elders, while sparing others who did not resist.
• Xun Er reassured Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Bai comforted her before the group went to find a place to settle in the valley.

Xiao Bai recovered in Ice River Valley and shared a tender reunion with Xun Er before learning that her father, Gu Yuan, had personally appeared when Xiao Bai entered the Ancient Realm. Xun Er invited Xiao Bai to return to the Ancient Clan with her, and he decided he would go after finishing his recovery and handling other matters.

• Xiao Bai chose a block of ten-thousand-year profound ice in Ice River Valley as a place to recover, while Xiao Yi Xian left him and Xun Er alone.
• Xiao Bai and Xun Er grew intimate in the hall, but Xiao Yi Xian returned before things went further and joined them for tea.
• Xun Er told Xiao Bai that her father had sent a voice transmission allowing her to leave the Ancient Realm, and Xiao Bai revealed that Gu Yuan had been present when he entered it.
• Xiao Yi Xian learned that Xun Er's father stood among the strongest beneath the Dou Di realm, while Xun Er invited Xiao Bai to visit the Ancient Clan with her.
• Xiao Bai declined to go immediately, then teased Xun Er by saying he would wait until he reached Xiao Xuan's realm before visiting.
• After Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian left together, Xiao Bai decided it was time to visit the Ancient Clan and considered entering the Heavenly Tomb to meet Xiao Xuan, then resumed healing his meridians on the profound ice.

The Soul Clan learned that Xiao Bai was a twenty-three-year-old Rank 8 Alchemist and that Xun Er was connected to him, prompting a powerful black-robed figure to investigate Xiao Bai and the Xiao Clan’s God Jade personally. After recovering at Ice River Valley, Xiao Bai revealed to Xun Er that he had taken the jade, saw her off to the Ancient Realm, and began seclusion to break through to Dou Zun.

• Old Ghost Zhai Xing reported Xiao Bai’s alchemy rank and the events at Fallen God Stream to the black-robed figure at Soul Hall headquarters.
• The black-robed figure decided to investigate Xiao Bai and the Xiao Clan’s God Jade personally, suspecting Xiao Bai might be descended from Xiao Xuan.
• After half a month of recovery, Xiao Bai prepared to enter seclusion and worried about his unborn child and the Xiao Clan’s coming danger.
• Xiao Bai confessed to Xun Er that he had taken the Xiao Clan’s piece of Tou She Ancient God Jade, and she warned him to keep it secret.
• Xun Er gave Xiao Bai a protective jade pendant and left for the Ancient Realm, while Xiao Bai promised to visit her after his breakthrough.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to guard Xiao Bai as he entered seclusion to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Zun.

Xiao Bai balanced the extreme yin and yang within the Taiji Diagram and began gathering energy for his breakthrough to Dou Zun, while Xiao Yi Xian guarded Ice River Valley. In Jia Ma Sacred City, Cai Lin waited for Xiao Bai with their daughter, and Xiao Zhan awoke after experiencing a strange vision that seemed to erase his memories.

• Xiao Bai used the Ice River Valley elder’s extreme yin power to restore balance in the Taiji Diagram and draw down the Power of Stars for his breakthrough.
• Xiao Yi Xian blocked curious Dou Zong intruders from entering Ice River Valley with a line of purple-gray flames.
• Cai Lin comforted her three-month-old daughter, who called for Xiao Bai and accidentally let the little Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python swallow a thunderball.
• Xiao Zhan reflected on the Xiao Clan’s prosperity before being drawn into a gray space filled with prisms showing memories.
• Xiao Zhan returned to his room at dawn, found no abnormality in himself, and wondered whether the vision had been an illusion.

After a year of seclusion, Xiao Bai broke through to Dou Zun and awakened the God-Slaying Demonic Thunder, then used his Taiji Diagram to separate it from the Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder. The diagram’s feedback raised his cultivation to Peak Three-Star Dou Zun and his soul to the late stage of the Spirit Realm, before his vertical eye pulled him into a strange void where the Taiji Diagram appeared with him.

• Xiao Bai broke through the Realm Barrier to Dou Zun as the Taiji Diagram poured energy into the hall, and Xiao Yi Xian sensed his breakthrough from outside.
• The Divine Edict released the God-Slaying Demonic Thunder, which clashed with the Evil-Slaying Divine Thunder inside Xiao Bai until he separated them at the Yin and Yang poles of his Taiji Diagram.
• The balanced Taiji Diagram fed energy back to Xiao Bai, raising his cultivation from early One-Star Dou Zun to Peak Three-Star Dou Zun and his soul to the late stage of the Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Yi Xian watched Xiao Bai’s aura settle and complained that his rapid cultivation left her little chance to catch up.
• Xiao Bai’s vertical eye drew him into the black-mist void, where the Taiji Diagram projected into the space beneath his feet.

Hun Tiandi learned that the Ancient Clan had likely taken the jade from Xiao Xuan’s possession, while Xiao Bai broke through a mysterious black-mist space and greatly increased his cultivation and Soul Strength. After leaving seclusion, Xiao Bai decided to return to the Jia Ma Empire, find a suitable base in the Central Continent, and confront Lei Yu.

• Hun Xuzi told Hun Tiandi that the Ancient Clan’s jade had vanished from Xiao Zhan’s Storage Ring, and Hun Tiandi ordered him to handle Xiao Bai as he saw fit.
• A Taiji Diagram attacked the black mist in Xiao Bai’s mysterious space, transformed some of it into Chaos Qi, and then shattered after a crack appeared.
• Xiao Bai gathered the scattered light into a Taiji Diagram, gained some control over the space, and absorbed a massive Chaos Qi Stream before being forced out.
• Xiao Bai awoke in Ice River Valley with his Soul Strength at the peak of Spirit Realm and his cultivation at the peak of Three-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Bai decided to return to the Jia Ma Empire and seek a stable base suited to Thunder Cultivators in the Wind Thunder Mountain Range.
• Xiao Bai named Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s Lei Yu as the next person he would confront.