Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai arrived at the Four Directions Pavilion Conference and announced that he had come to destroy Wind and Thunder Pavilion and collect a debt from Lei Yu. After suppressing Yellow Springs Venerable with a glance, he gave the other factions one incense stick to leave Thunder Mountain.

• Xiao Yan and Lin Yan discussed the conference as they climbed Thunder Mountain, where representatives and young elites had gathered.
• Wind Venerable, Yellow Springs Venerable, and Sword Venerable arrived, and Thunder Venerable began the conference.
• Xiao Bai appeared in the sky, and Yellow Springs Venerable was forced to his knees by Xiao Bai’s Soul Pressure.
• Xiao Bai confronted Lei Yu and revealed his overwhelming Dou Qi aura, shocking the gathered experts.
• Xiao Bai declared that Wind and Thunder Pavilion must be destroyed and ordered everyone else to leave within one incense stick.
• Yellow Springs Venerable tried to plead for mercy, while Sword Venerable and Wind Venerable led their disciples off Thunder Mountain.

Xiao Bai destroyed the Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s defenses, defeated and killed Lei Yu, and took control of the surviving disciples. He left Feng Qing Er alive with a Soul Seal and turned to address the onlookers.

• Lei Yu activated the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Formation, but Xiao Bai drew in its lightning and shattered it with a black-gold Taiji Diagram.
• Xiao Bai drained the disciples’ Lightning Attribute Dou Qi and battled Lei Yu’s Thunder God Descends giant, piercing it with his lightning spear and forcing Lei Yu to detonate it.
• Feng Qing Er tried to stop Xiao Bai by invoking the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, but he sent her flying and seized the wounded Lei Yu.
• Xiao Bai killed Lei Yu, declared Wind and Thunder Pavilion erased, and let the surviving disciples choose between staying or dying; they all chose to stay.
• Xiao Bai left the disciples to Xiao Yi Xian, renewed Feng Qing Er’s Soul Seal, and turned to confront the onlookers.

After Xiao Bai defeated Thunder Venerable, he claimed Thunder Mountain for Purple Firmament Palace and recruited Lin Yan to rebuild it. He then discussed reviving Yao Chen with a Dou Sheng Bone, leaving Yao Chen to ask whether Xiao Bai knew where one could be found.

• Xiao Bai reassured Wind Venerable and Sword Venerable that he held no hostility toward their pavilions, then forced Yellow Springs Venerable to flee with a seal in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Xiao Bai summoned Lin Yan and ordered him to reorganize the surrendered Wind and Thunder Pavilion disciples and rebuild Thunder Mountain as an Elder of Purple Firmament Palace.
• Xiao Yi Xian reminded Lin Yan that he could not leave Purple Firmament without approval, so he reluctantly agreed to take charge of the rebuilding.
• Xiao Yan offered to become Purple Firmament Palace's deputy palace master, but Xiao Bai told him to inherit Starfall Pavilion and Fen Yan Valley instead.
• Wind Venerable thanked Xiao Bai for protecting Yao Chen, and Xiao Bai noted that Yao Chen's Soul Strength had recovered well with Xiao Yan's help.
• Xiao Bai offered Lei Yu's body for Yao Chen's revival and explained that an Eighth-Order Magical Beast's essence blood and a Dou Sheng Bone could help Yao Chen reach the Ban Sheng realm; Yao Chen asked whether Xiao Bai knew where to find one.

Xiao Bai sent Wind Venerable to investigate the future Dou Sheng ruins in the Beast Domain and received the Heavenly Craft Record from him. As Xiao Yan prepared to leave on his own, Xiao Bai offered information about the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in exchange for news of the Yin Yang Twin Flames.

• Xiao Bai told Yao Lao, Wind Venerable, and Xiao Yan about the Dou Sheng ruins that would emerge in the Skeleton Mountain Range and explained that he could not search for them himself.
• Xiao Bai gave Wind Venerable a Message Jade Slip and asked him to investigate the ruins; Wind Venerable gifted Xiao Bai the Heavenly Craft Record in gratitude.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to go to Fen Yan Valley alone while he stayed with Xiao Bai until his revival, and Xiao Yan entrusted Yao Lao's ring to Xiao Bai before departing.
• Xiao Bai asked Xiao Yan to share any news of the Yin Yang Twin Flames in exchange for information about a Heavenly Flame, then named the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yan eagerly promised to find the Yin Yang Twin Flames after learning Xiao Bai could provide information about the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Xiao Bai studied the ancient artifact-refining patterns in the Heavenly Craft Record and discovered that his strange authority let them gather far more Heaven and Earth Energy than usual. After half a month of practice, he forged the Nine Heavens Thunder Cauldron, while Yao Lao failed to convince him to trade it for Black Demon.

• Xiao Bai learned the artifact-refining patterns from Yao Lao and amplified an ice pattern by using a trace of his authority, freezing the surrounding stones.
• Over half a month, Xiao Yi Xian advanced from Rank 4 to Rank 6 alchemy, while Xiao Bai practiced forging Medicine Cauldrons on Lei Shan.
• Xiao Bai gathered rare materials and a Rank 8 Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan magic core; Feng Qing Er sensed the core and grew furious but held back because her cultivation was sealed.
• Xiao Bai used yin-yang lightning to refine the materials, subdued the phoenix remnant soul, and carved energy patterns into a new Medicine Cauldron.
• Xiao Bai named the finished cauldron the Nine Heavens Thunder Cauldron and refused Yao Lao's offer to trade Black Demon for it.

Xiao Bai established Immeasurable Hall as the new seat of Purple Firmament Palace and began searching the void for a route to the Jia Ma Empire so he could bring the Divine Firmament Alliance to the Central Region. His search found Qing Lin in mortal danger, pursued by two Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Dou Zun.

• Lin Yan showed Xiao Bai the rebuilt peak, and Xiao Bai named its main hall Immeasurable Hall.
• Xiao Bai asked Yao Lao how to open a long-distance Space Wormhole to the Jia Ma Empire, and Yao Lao explained the strength, coordinates, materials, and energy required.
• Xiao Bai used his Soul Strength to search the spatial interlayer for a node leading toward the Northwest Region.
• Xiao Bai discovered Qing Lin fleeing two Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Dou Zun and recognized her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Qing Lin used Jade Snake Binding Heaven to restrain both pursuers, but the technique weakened her, and the Dou Zun began breaking free.

Xiao Bai’s soul wisp rescued Qing Lin from two Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Dou Zun and helped her capture them with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. A mysterious ancestral presence drew Qing Lin into a hidden space, and Xiao Bai’s true body raced to reach her after losing contact with his soul wisp.

• Xiao Bai’s soul wisp appeared just before a Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Dou Zun’s attack could kill Qing Lin, then reassured her that he was safe and only a projection of his Soul Body.
• Xiao Bai repelled the two Dou Zun with heavenly thunder, noticed the blood they had spilled had vanished, and watched them summon clan reinforcements.
• Xiao Bai’s true body left Lei Shan with Yao Lao after sensing trouble, while the ancient aura in the Ancient Mountain Range stirred Qing Lin and the two Dou Zun.
• Xiao Bai entered Qing Lin’s Sea of Consciousness and lent her power, enabling her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to capture both injured Dou Zun.
• A spatial black hole pulled Qing Lin away and severed Xiao Bai’s connection to his soul wisp; he recognized the destination as a place tied to the Ancient Heavenly Serpent and continued toward her.

Qing Lin explored a ruined little world and discovered the remains of a nine-headed Ancient Heavenly Serpent. Outside, the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan and the Hall of Souls fought over the ruin’s entrance, drawing many cultivators inside, while Old Ghost Zhai Xing prepared to trap them and was confronted by a familiar black-robed figure.

• Qing Lin followed Xiao Bai’s directions toward the colossal serpent, released two subdued Nine Netherworld Underworld Pythons to clear the way, and heard faint voices near the serpent’s remains.
• Elder Yao Yu ordered the cultivators gathered at the Space Rift to leave, claiming the ruin as the resting place of his clan’s ancestors.
• Old Ghost Zhai Xing and the Hall of Souls confronted Elder Yao Yu, and their clash destabilized the rift as Yao Hua Xie Jun tried to intervene.
• The Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan, the Hall of Souls, Yao Hua Xie Jun, and the other cultivators rushed into the rift amid the ensuing chaos.
• Old Ghost Zhai Xing hid above the entrance, collected souls from the dead, and waited for cultivators to emerge with treasures so he could ambush them.
• A black-robed figure appeared beside Old Ghost Zhai Xing, who recognized the person and recalled the giant palm that had struck crookedly outside Fallen God Stream.

Xiao Bai rescued Qing Lin from the Ancient Heavenly Serpent ruins after her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils awakened, while the Hall of Souls and the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python clan fought over the serpent’s soul. Outside the ruins, Qing Lin reunited with Xiao Bai and confessed that she had lost Madam, leaving him confused about whom she meant.

• Old Ghost Zhai Xing discovered that Xiao Bai had advanced to Three-Star Dou Zun and told him that the person Xiao Bai had asked about was dead.
• Qing Lin found a crystal formed from the Ancient Heavenly Serpent’s blood essence, and Xiao Bai explained that it could benefit Cai Lin.
• The Ancient Heavenly Serpent’s soul emerged from the collapsing bone mountain, and Old Ghost Zhai Xing and Yao Yu’s group moved to seize it.
• Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils struck at the serpent, but Xiao Bai took her away as Yao Yu attacked and the Hall of Souls formed a soul-seizing array.
• Xiao Bai reunited with Qing Lin outside the ruins, where she apologized for losing Madam and left him bewildered.

After learning that Yun Yun had vanished in spatial turbulence, Xiao Bai seized the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake’s soul from the Hall of Souls and began searching the void with Qing Lin. He found a faint trace of Yun Yun and a special aura, but her whereabouts remained unknown.

• Qing Lin told Xiao Bai that Yun Yun had been swept away by spatial turbulence three days earlier while protecting her.
• Xiao Bai entered the Ruins Space, subdued the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake’s soul, and escaped after fighting Old Ghost Zhai Xing, Yao Yu, and their allies.
• The Black-White Heavenly Venerates arrived, learned Xiao Bai had taken the Beast Soul, and withdrew the Hall of Souls members under the Hall Master’s orders.
• Xiao Bai took Qing Lin to the turbulence site and searched for Yun Yun, but found no trace there before following the turbulence through the void.
• Xiao Bai’s Spatial Insight deepened as he traveled with Qing Lin, and he found a faint trace of Yun Yun’s aura and another special aura before a deep voice sounded from the void.

Xiao Bai found Yun Yun with Hei Qing's help and reunited with her at Granny Hua's mountain retreat. Granny Hua recognized Yao Lao when he emerged, and their reunion ended with her asking if he was still alive.

• Hei Qing recognized Xiao Bai as someone connected to the empress and offered to take him to East Dragon Island, but Xiao Bai asked him to trace spatial fluctuations from three days earlier.
• Hei Qing tracked the fluctuations to a mountain retreat where Yun Yun had been recovering under Granny Hua's care.
• Xiao Bai reunited with Yun Yun, and Hei Qing greeted her as his sister-in-law.
• Xiao Bai thanked Granny Hua for saving Yun Yun and identified her as the Flower Sect Master.
• Yao Lao emerged from Xiao Bai's ring, and Granny Hua recognized him and asked if he was still alive.

Xiao Bai learned from Hei Qing that East Dragon Island’s Imperial Seal had weakened after a battle with the three Dragon Kings and Huang Tian. He promised that Zi Yan could obtain the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit to help resolve the clan’s crisis, then reunited with Yun Yun and treated her lingering injuries.

• Yun Yun and the others left Yao Lao and Granny Hua to argue privately while Xiao Bai asked Hei Qing about Zi Yan and the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan.
• Hei Qing explained that Zi Yan and East Dragon Island had used the Imperial Seal to injure the three Dragon Kings and Huang Tian, but the seal had lost much of its power.
• Xiao Bai revealed that the Imperial Seal’s owner was trapped and warned that East Dragon Island could not rely on him to defeat its enemies.
• Xiao Bai told Hei Qing that Zi Yan could obtain the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit and asked him to bring her to Purple Firmament Palace when the time was right.
• Hei Qing left to report the news, while Yun Yun expressed surprise at Zi Yan’s identity and Xiao Bai teased her before giving her a medicinal pill for injuries to her meridians.
• Yun Yun explained that she feared using Xiao Bai’s jade slip would distract him or make him worry, and Xiao Bai comforted her.

Xiao Bai examined Hua Yu’s poisoned soul and offered to save her in exchange for transferring her cultivation to Yun Yun. Hua Yu agreed on the condition that Yun Yun succeed her as Flower Sect’s sect master, and Xiao Bai realized Hua Yu’s proposal was aimed at drawing him into the sect’s conflict with Heavenly Underworld Sect.

• Yao Lao asked Xiao Bai to examine Hua Yu’s soul, which had fused with poison inflicted by Tianming Old Demon.
• Xiao Bai discovered he could purge the soul toxin and proposed restoring Hua Yu’s lost Source Soul Qi, though the required rare treasures were difficult to find.
• Xiao Bai asked about Flower Sect’s Transferring Flowers to Connect Jade technique and arranged for Hua Yu to pass her cultivation to Yun Yun.
• Hua Yu agreed to Xiao Bai’s terms but required Yun Yun to inherit the Flower Sect leadership, and Yun Yun protested that she already led Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Bai inferred that Hua Yu wanted to use Yun Yun’s succession to involve him in Flower Sect’s conflict with Heavenly Underworld Sect.

Xiao Bai agreed to help the Flower Sect revive Hua Yu in exchange for the sect supporting Yun Yun’s cultivation. After Hua Yu transferred her vital blood to strengthen Yun Yun, Xiao Bai began purifying Hua Yu’s poisoned soul with his Golden and black thunder, and he appeared close to a breakthrough.

• Hua Yu offered to devote the Flower Sect’s resources to Yun Yun if Xiao Bai helped her, and Xiao Bai agreed after Yun Yun said she would follow his decision.
• Hua Yu’s senior sisters Qing Xiao and Hua Ze arrived, and Yao Chen reluctantly faced them after trying to hide in his ring.
• Hua Yu performed the power-transfer secret art, exhausting her vital blood to stabilize Yun Yun’s foundation, then manifested her soul for Xiao Bai to treat.
• Xiao Bai used Golden and black thunder to begin purifying Hua Yu’s poisoned soul while Qing Xiao, Hua Ze, Yao Chen, and Yun Yun waited.
• Half a month later, Hua Yu’s soul showed signs of recovery as Xiao Bai gathered Lightning Elemental Energy and approached a breakthrough.

Xiao Bai purified Hua Yu’s soul and broke through to Four-Star Dou Zun, then transformed the Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s Thunder God Descends into a powerful two-colored lightning domain. He named his improved technique the Two Forms Thunder God Body and discovered that it also strengthened his physique.

• Xiao Bai’s black lightning expelled Hua Yu’s soul after removing its poison, and Yao Lao confirmed she was safe before Qing Xiao used Soul-Nourishing Liquid to stabilize her.
• Xiao Bai broke through to Four-Star Dou Zun as Yao Lao told Qing Xiao, Hua Ze, and Yun Yun how the fifteen-year-old Xiao Bai had once traded a Heavenly Flame for Yao Lao’s Rank 8 Alchemist inheritance.
• Xiao Bai’s lightning formed a five-hundred-zhang Thunder Giant that spread a devouring Taiji phantom across the Flower Sect, prompting Hua Ze to activate the sect’s protective formation.
• Xiao Bai’s Thunder Giant destroyed a distant mountain peak with a lightning strike before shrinking back into the courtyard, while Qing Xiao and Hua Ze recognized its formidable power.
• Xiao Bai decided to rename his improved technique the Two Forms Thunder God Body and found that it had refined residual energy in his body and strengthened his bones and meridians.

Xiao Bai left Yun Yun at the Flower Sect so she could strengthen her cultivation and prepare to become its acting sect master. As he traveled toward the Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s former territory, the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and West Dragon Island both moved to claim him, and their representatives clashed over who would capture him.

• Yun Yun told Xiao Bai she feared falling behind him and wanted to cultivate so she could stay by his side longer, and Xiao Bai promised to support her.
• Xiao Bai left Yun Yun with Hua Ze and Qing Xiao, who agreed to teach her the Flower Sect’s methods and said she could become acting sect master after reaching Dou Zun.
• Xiao Bai took Qing Lin through a Space Rift and departed the Flower Sect after receiving Qing Xiao’s Message Jade Slip concerning the search for the Soul Infant Fruit.
• Elder Huang Hong and a feather-robed young man traveled toward the Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s former territory, intending to make Xiao Bai submit to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan or destroy him.
• Xia Sha and warriors from West Dragon Island confronted Huang Hong, insisting that Xiao Bai be taken to the West Dragon King, and the two sides nearly fought before withdrawing their auras.
• Huang Hong agreed to let West Dragon Island capture Xiao Bai, reasoning that his fate would still weaken an enemy and that a divided Ancient Void Dragon race served the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s interests.

Xiao Bai opened a Space Passage from Wind Thunder Mountain Range to the Jia Ma Empire and reunited with Cai Lin and their daughter, Xiao Qing. He reassured Cai Lin about their daughter’s frequent sleepiness and promised to stay with them.

• Xiao Bai began opening a Space Passage and asked Xiao Yi Xian to help stabilize the space while Qing Lin and Yao Lao prepared the materials.
• Cai Lin noticed a Spatial Power fissure near her carriage and prepared to summon help, but Xiao Bai emerged from the expanding passage.
• Xiao Qing recognized Xiao Bai as the man in her mother’s portrait, called him Daddy, and ran into his arms.
• Xiao Bai apologized to Cai Lin for being away and promised Xiao Qing he would not leave them behind again.
• Xiao Qing fell asleep in Xiao Bai’s arms, and he explained that her frequent sleepiness came from her Five Elements Thunder nourishing her growing body.

After reuniting with Cai Lin, Xiao Bai returned to the Divine Firmament Alliance and announced that it would become subordinate to his Central Region sect, Purple Firmament Palace. As a Space Passage was completed at the Wind Thunder Mountain Range, Lin Yan warned that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan was approaching with hostile intent.

• Xiao Bai spent the night with Cai Lin, then took their daughter Xiao Qing to the Divine Firmament Alliance headquarters the next morning.
• Xiao Bai arrived at the alliance meeting as a Four-Star Dou Zun, startling Heavenly Flame Yao and the gathered elders.
• Xiao Bai announced that the Divine Firmament Alliance would become subordinate to Purple Firmament Palace and invited its elders to join the sect; Hai Bodong eagerly accepted.
• Xiao Bai asked Heavenly Flame Yao to join Purple Firmament Palace and left to finish constructing a Space Passage.
• The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's warship crossed the Central Region Northern Domain as onlookers suspected it was heading to avenge the Wind and Thunder Pavilion.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin stabilized the Space Passage at the Wind Thunder Mountain Range, and Lin Yan warned that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan was nearly there.

Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin fought to defend Purple Firmament Palace from Xia Sha and the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan while Xiao Bai rushed back from the Jia Ma Empire. Just as Xia Sha launched a decisive attack and Qing Lin prepared to sacrifice herself, Xiao Bai arrived through the space passage with a Black Gold Thunder Spear.

• Xia Sha led Taixu Ancient Dragon fighters to Purple Firmament Palace and demanded that Xiao Bai appear, while Huang Hong ordered his men to retrieve the sealed Qing Er.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin split the defense, with Xiao Yi Xian poisoning Old Nine and Qing Lin holding off another Dou Zun as Lin Yan and Yao Lao faced the remaining attackers.
• Xiao Bai sensed the attack while building a passage in Jia Ma Sacred City and hurried back, while Cai Lin sent Heavenly Flame Yao after him and gathered reinforcements.
• Xia Sha entered the battle as an Eight-Star Dou Zun and overwhelmed Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, prompting Qing Lin to prepare to sacrifice her Nine Netherworld Underworld Pythons to protect Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Bai burst through the space passage and hurled a Black Gold Thunder Spear at Xia Sha's descending dragon claw, interrupting the attack.

Xiao Bai arrived to protect Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, killed several Ancient Void Dragons, and fought Xia Sha before Huang Hong joined against him. As Xiao Bai’s Thunder Giant wounded both beasts, Huang Hong called on a powerful elder aboard the warship, and Xiao Bai recognized the danger.

• Xiao Bai emerged from the Space Passage, rescued Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and killed Black Armor Old Nine and several other Ancient Void Dragons.
• Xiao Bai and Xia Sha fought inside a black hole, while Xiao Bai’s Little Golden Dragon absorbed the fallen dragons’ souls.
• Xia Sha transformed into a giant dragon, and Huang Hong became a Crimson Flame Heavenly Phoenix and joined forces with him against Xiao Bai.
• Xiao Bai summoned the Two Forms Thunder God Body and wielded the Little Golden Dragon as a Golden Spear, breaking Xia Sha’s claws and severing Huang Hong’s claw.
• Huang Hong asked the elder aboard the warship to intervene, and Xiao Bai sensed the elder’s danger and recognized him.