Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai fought Huang Jiuyou, a Ban Sheng of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, while using imperial blood essence to strengthen himself. Hei Qing and other allies from East Dragon Island arrived, turning the battle against Huang Jiuyou and his forces.

• Huang Jiuyou appeared with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and attacked Xiao Bai, who evaded his first strike and countered with power from his imperial blood essence.
• Huang Jiuyou unleashed Heavenly Phoenix Burns the World, but Xiao Bai emerged from the flames in a purple-gold dragon aura and clashed with him.
• Xiao Bai and Huang Jiuyou fought fiercely, while Xia Sha tried to escape and Hei Qing struck him down and forced him into battle.
• Xiao Bai sent Little Golden Dragon after the remaining black-armored ancient dragons and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan fighters as he continued to hold off Huang Jiuyou.
• Zhu Li arrived from East Dragon Island and declared that Huang Jiuyou would not leave the Wind Thunder Mountain Range.

Zhu Li and Xiao Bai cornered Huang Jiuyou, but the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Eagle Phoenix intervened before Zi Yan arrived and drove him off. After the battle, Zi Yan warned that Xiao Bai’s use of the Old Dragon Emperor’s blood essence risked turning him into a half-dragon, and Zhu Li gave him a rare Nine-Colored Origin Stone.

• Zhu Li broke Huang Jiuyou’s connection to Heaven and Earth Energy and began crushing him, while Hei Qing pursued the fleeing Xia Sha.
• Eagle Phoenix tore through Zhu Li’s spatial attack and reached for Xiao Bai, but Zi Yan appeared and struck the giant claw with her great seal, forcing Eagle Phoenix to retreat.
• Zi Yan reunited with Xiao Bai, complained about her treatment on Dragon Island, and joked that Hei Qing could serve as the Dragon Tomb’s keeper after he commented on her smaller appearance.
• Zi Yan examined Xiao Bai’s purple-gold scales and explained that continued use of the Old Dragon Emperor’s blood essence could make him grow dragon features and become half-dragon.
• Xiao Bai returned to Immeasurable Hall with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and the others, and promised not to use the blood essence carelessly again.
• Zhu Li presented Xiao Bai with a Nine-Colored Origin Stone, which Xiao Bai recognized as an exceptionally rare treasure.

Xiao Bai explained the Nine-Colored Origin Stone and gave it to Cai Lin, while Zhu Li recognized Little Golden Dragon as a spirit connected to the Nine Profound Golden Thunder. The group learned that the Void Thunder Pool where it originated had vanished, leaving its future return uncertain.

• Xiao Bai explained that Nine-Colored Origin Stones could form where many Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Pythons died, and described the rare Nine-Colored bloodline.
• Xiao Bai gave the Nine-Colored Origin Stone to Cai Lin, whose bloodline reacted to its energy.
• Little Golden Dragon returned with the corpse of Xiao Bai's enemy, saying its lightning had scattered the man's Dragon Soul.
• Zhu Li described seeing a golden figure pursued by Black Demon Thunders near the Void Thunder Pool, and Xiao Bai recognized Little Golden Dragon as a spirit of the Nine Profound Golden Thunder.
• Little Golden Dragon said he could not remember his origins, and Zhu Li revealed that the Void Thunder Pool had disappeared, leaving a black hole behind.

Xiao Bai entered seclusion at Purple Firmament Palace to temper the dragon bloodline threatening to make him half-dragon, while Xiao Yan risked his life in Fen Yan Valley to absorb the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame. After half a year, Xiao Yan emerged as an Eight-Star Dou Zong and set out for Purple Firmament Palace to show Xiao Bai his Four-Colored Fire Lotus, unaware of how far Xiao Bai had surpassed him.

• Xiao Bai entrusted sect affairs to Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, embraced them, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin, then entered seclusion to refine the purple-gold energy in his bloodline.
• Xiao Yan confronted the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame in Fen Yan Valley, and Tang Zhen warned him that the Heavenly Flame was dangerous while Tang Huo Er watched anxiously.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the nine dragon flames despite severe injuries, using Yao Lao's pill to stabilize them as the Flame Mantra evolved and the flames fused within him.
• After half a year, Xiao Yan emerged with the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame, fire wings edged with lightning, and the cultivation of an Eight-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan decided to visit Purple Firmament Palace and deliver a Four-Colored Fire Lotus to Xiao Bai, while Tang Zhen and Tang Huo Er reacted with concern after recalling Xiao Bai's immense reputation.

Xiao Yan was struck by a bolt of Xiao Bai’s thunder after boasting, while Xiao Bai emerged from half a year of seclusion in Purple Firmament Palace with greatly increased strength and new spatial abilities. He reunited with Cai Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Qing, and learned that Qing Lin had gone to Dragon Island with Zi Yan after an accident.

• Xiao Yan heard Tang Zhen recount Xiao Bai’s battle and abandoned his plan to visit Purple Firmament Palace before the Alchemist Convention.
• A streak of black-and-gold lightning struck Xiao Yan in Fen Yan Valley, and he challenged the unseen Xiao Bai to a duel.
• Xue Yuan oversaw the establishment of Purple Firmament City beside Purple Firmament Palace and renamed the former city in the Black-Corner Region Divine Firmament City.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Qing watched as Xiao Bai’s thunder shell broke apart, and Xiao Bai emerged from seclusion with the aura of a peak Six-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Bai reunited with Cai Lin, Xiao Qing, and Xiao Yi Xian, then learned that Qing Lin had gone with Zi Yan to Dragon Island after an accident caused by absorbing the Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake.

Xiao Bai refined an eight-colored pill, subdued its Pill Thunder, and shared its power with Purple Firmament Palace disciples, helping many break through. He then used his own gold-and-black lightning to baptize the pill, which began transforming into a small snake.

• Fa Ma, Hai Bodong, and Jia Xingtian witnessed the Pill Thunder reach eight colors as Xiao Bai's pill neared completion.
• Xiao Bai caught the eight-colored Pill Thunder in a giant hand, crushed it, and scattered its lightning into the square, helping disciples break through.
• Xiao Bai condensed the remaining thunder into liquid and ate it, while Xiao Qing asked him to teach her alchemy so she could eat pills too.
• Xiao Yan arrived and confronted Xiao Bai over the lightning strike at Fen Yan Valley, while Xiao Bai teased him about his Four-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Bai sent gold-and-black lightning into the Nine Heavens Thunder Cauldron, melting the pill's black fog until it began taking the form of a small snake.

Wind Venerable searched the Skeleton Mountain Range for ruins while Xiao Bai learned that the Soul Clan had damaged Xiao Zhan’s soul. Hun Xuzi arrived at Purple Firmament Palace, threatened its occupants, and took Xiao Yan’s four Heavenly Flames as Xiao Bai tried to keep the confrontation under control.

• Wind Venerable searched the last unexamined plain in the Skeleton Mountain Range for the ruins Palace Master Xiao had mentioned.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and Xiao Bai that someone had forced him to relive his memories, and Yao Lao and Xiao Bai confirmed that his soul was damaged but not in serious danger.
• Xiao Bai identified Hun Xuzi as the likely culprit, restrained Xiao Yan from provoking him, and recognized Hun Xuzi’s arrival in the hall.
• Hun Xuzi warned Xiao Bai not to use his jade slip, and Xiao Bai left a wisp of his mind on it before putting it away.
• Hun Xuzi formed a throne above the others, pulled four Heavenly Flames from Xiao Yan, and left Xiao Yan weak as Xiao Bai asked what he wanted.

Hun Xuzi tried to recruit Xiao Bai into the Hall of Souls by turning him against the Ancient Clan and promising revenge. Xiao Bai agreed to join, but grew wary when Hun Xuzi presented a child flame of Nihility Devouring Flame under the name “Soul Devouring Flame.”

• Hun Xuzi questioned Xiao Bai about the Xiao Clan and the Ancient Clan, then revealed that the Ancient Clan sought the key to Dou Di's cave.
• Xiao Zhan recognized the missing jade that had symbolized the Xiao Clan's Clan Head as the key, and Xiao Bai pretended to rage over Xun Er's involvement.
• Hun Xuzi offered Xiao Bai a chance to take revenge by joining the Hall of Souls, while warning Yao Lao to stay silent.
• Xiao Bai accepted Hun Xuzi's offer because he feared the danger of refusing and the Soul Clan's power.
• Hun Xuzi presented Xiao Bai with a token and a child flame of Nihility Devouring Flame, calling it the “Soul Devouring Flame.”

Hun Xuzi forced Xiao Bai to accept a child flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame, then demanded that he devour Yao Lao’s soul to prove loyalty to the Hall of Souls. Xiao Bai revealed the Old Dragon Emperor’s essence blood and challenged Hun Xuzi to gamble on whether he could summon its owner, leaving Hun Xuzi terrified of provoking two Nine-Star Peak Dou Sheng experts.

• Hun Xuzi presented Xiao Bai with the Void Child Flame, and Xiao Bai pretended to struggle as he secretly suppressed its devouring power with the Taiji Diagram.
• After Xiao Bai absorbed the child flame, Hun Xuzi revealed that it could devour Soul Origin and urged him to use it on Yao Lao.
• Hun Xuzi bound Yao Lao with a black chain and forced Xiao Bai to choose between devouring him or letting Hun Xuzi refine him into a soul pill.
• Xiao Bai refused to betray Yao Lao, then revealed the purple-gold essence blood of the Old Dragon Emperor and confronted Hun Xuzi.
• Xiao Bai challenged Hun Xuzi to gamble on whether he could summon the essence blood’s owner, warning that the Soul Clan might have to face two Nine-Star Peak Dou Sheng experts.
• Hun Xuzi recognized the danger and feared the Soul Clan’s Clan Head would punish him if his actions provoked a war.

Xiao Bai explained his dangerous standoff with Hun Xuzi and revealed the Xiao Clan’s connection to the Ancient Clans and the Soul Clan. After breaking through to Seven-Star Dou Zun, he told Xiao Yan they would visit the Ancient Clan to see Xiao Xuan, who had died but not completely.

• Hun Xuzi released Yao Lao, gave Xiao Bai a new Hall of Souls token, and left the great hall.
• Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian found Xiao Bai drenched in cold sweat, and he sent everyone away to think through the danger of exposing Zhu Kun to the Soul Clan.
• Three days later, Xiao Bai broke through to Seven-Star Dou Zun as the Heaven and Earth Energy gathered around the Immeasurable Hall.
• Xiao Bai told Xiao Yan that Hun Xuzi was a Seven-Star Dou Sheng and a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill grandmaster, then explained that the current Xiao Clan descended from a branch of the Ancient Xiao tribe.
• Xiao Bai revealed that Xiao Xuan had died after the Soul Clan attacked him, then said he would take Xiao Yan to the Ancient Clan to see him.

Hun Tiandi learned that Xiao Bai possessed a drop of essence blood from a powerful Taixu Ancient Dragon and ordered Hun Xuzi not to touch him, suspecting the dragon was trapped somewhere. Xiao Bai then took Zi Yan and Feng Qing Er to the Beast Domain to investigate the ruins, arriving as Wind Venerable faced pressure from gathered factions.

• Hun Xuzi delivered the Ling and Shi clans' Tuoshe Ancient Jades to Hun Tiandi and reported what had happened at Purple Firmament Palace.
• Hun Tiandi concluded that the Taixu Ancient Dragon behind Xiao Bai might be unable to return and told Hun Xuzi to leave Xiao Bai alone for now.
• Xiao Bai reassured Qing Lin, then left Xiao Yi Xian in charge of Purple Firmament Palace and set out with Zi Yan for the Beast Domain.
• Xiao Bai seized Feng Qing Er and brought her along, warning that his pill furnace would not be picky if she refused to cooperate.
• Xiao Bai and his companions reached the Skeleton Mountain Range, where Wind Venerable was being challenged by factions seeking access to the ruins.
• Xiao Bai's dragon roar interrupted the confrontation, and Wind Venerable brightened when the gathered men recognized Xiao Bai.

Xiao Bai arrived at the sealed ruin entrance, drove off the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan’s challenge, and entered with Zi Yan, Wind Venerable, and Feng Qing Er. Inside, he realized the endless fire passage was a trap and identified the crimson magma below as the way to the real ruins.

• Xiao Bai arrived at the ruin entrance, where his presence cowed the gathered experts and Yellow Springs Venerable pleaded for mercy.
• Zi Yan opened a passage through the weakening spatial restriction, but Yao Ling of the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan demanded that his clan enter first.
• Xiao Bai sent Yao Ling flying with one punch, then entered the ruin with Zi Yan, Wind Venerable, Feng Qing Er, and Little Golden Dragon.
• The Hall of Souls’ Heavenly Venerate ordered the Venerable Elders to gather souls, while Yao Ling summoned clan reinforcements and alerted Huang Xuan of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan about Xiao Bai.
• Inside the ruin, Xiao Bai’s Void Child Flame absorbed the blue fire as the group traveled down the passage, and he discovered the real route lay through the crimson magma below.

Xiao Bai and his companions entered the ruins, where he collected ten Earth Demon Puppets and discovered that something inside resonated with his Taiji Diagram. As more people approached, Little Gold guided Yun Yun and the others to the ruins, while Xiao Bai’s group found the Soul Infant Fruit and Zi Yan befriended its guardian, the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon.

• Xiao Bai reached the Stone Gate, collected ten Earth Demon Puppets after Zi Yan fought them, and sensed his Taiji Diagram react to the ancient aura beyond the door.
• Xiao Yan and Tang Zhen became lost in the fire passages, where they met Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun before Little Gold led them through the magma toward the ruins.
• Xiao Bai, Zi Yan, and Wind Venerable crossed the ruins’ ancient forest and reached a lake containing the Soul Infant Demon Tree.
• Xiao Bai subdued the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon and picked the Soul Infant Fruit, while Zi Yan calmed the beast with her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline.
• Xiao Bai promised to bring the Sky-Piercing Flood Dragon to Purple Firmament Palace after everything was over, and Zi Yan told it that it might one day become a true ancient dragon.

Xiao Bai and his companions entered a Beast Spirit Shield and found a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit guarded by ancient remains. When Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan experts attacked, Xiao Bai overwhelmed them, but Feng Qing Er summoned the progenitor’s soul as Huang Xuan laughed that Xiao Bai was doomed.

• Zi Yan opened the Beast Spirit Shield with her purple-gold blood, and Xiao Bai, Feng Qing Er, and Wind Venerable entered the wasteland within.
• Xiao Yan and the others learned that the ruins might contain a Transformation Pill beast and headed toward the Pill Hall.
• Xiao Bai’s group found a Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit on an altar, and Feng Qing Er nearly reached for it before Xiao Bai stopped her.
• Huang Xuan and other Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan members arrived, recognized the fruit, and attacked Xiao Bai after he mocked them.
• Xiao Bai pierced Huang Xuan with a punch and crushed the clan experts’ attacks, while Feng Qing Er summoned the Heaven Demon Phoenix progenitor’s soul.

Xiao Bai used Feng Qing Er to summon the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Ancestral Soul, then had Zi Yan summon the Ancient Void Dragon Soul, causing the Beast Spirit Shield to shatter and a Taiji Diagram to form overhead. As Xiao Bai entered an apparent enlightenment beneath the intertwined dragon and phoenix, Yao Ling attacked him, but Zi Yan blocked the strike and the diagram’s Golden Thunder killed Yao Ling and his forces.

• Xiao Bai revealed that he had brought Feng Qing Er to the Beast Domain to use her bloodline to summon the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Ancestral Soul, which then battled the Taiji Diagram within her.
• Xiao Bai asked Zi Yan to summon the ancient dragon soul, and the dragon and phoenix souls emerged together, breaking the Beast Spirit Shield and drawing attention from across the relic.
• A Taiji Diagram appeared above the dragon and phoenix, and Xiao Bai followed its pull into the air and sat beneath them in an apparent enlightenment.
• Yao Ling launched a giant poisonous python at Xiao Bai while he was unaware, but Zi Yan intercepted it with a purple-gold strike.
• The Taiji Diagram’s Golden Thunder struck Yao Ling and obliterated him, leaving a charred crater as the onlookers reacted in shock.

Xiao Bai entered a mysterious state of enlightenment as the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit flew toward him, but he resisted absorbing it and let Zi Yan claim it. The Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s experts arrived to seize the fruit, Zi Yan confronted them, and the chapter ended as a gigantic palm struck toward Xiao Bai and Wind Venerable.

• Xiao Bai’s meditation drew the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit toward his Taiji Diagram, but he sent it back so Zi Yan could absorb it.
• The Ancient Ruins shook as a Dou Saint appeared, followed by Kun Phoenix and Phoenix, while Nine Heavens Venerable led his group toward a Dou Saint skeleton.
• Zi Yan revealed her grown form as the emperor of the Taixu Ancient Dragon Clan and refused to hand over the fruit.
• Phoenix and Eagle Phoenix left to fight East Dragon Island’s experts, while Kun Phoenix drew Zi Yan into battle and she told Wind Venerable to protect Xiao Bai.
• Wind Venerable sat near Xiao Bai, but a gigantic palm suddenly descended toward them, leaving him calling for Xiao Bai to wake up.

Qing Xiao intervened to protect Xiao Bai while he continued his breakthrough, driving off a Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Ban Sheng. As the ruins’ main hall opened and its Dou Sheng skeleton awakened, the Hall of Souls tried to draw the skeleton toward Xiao Bai, while the ruins began to collapse.

• Qing Xiao blocked the purple-robed Nine Netherworld Underworld Python elder from attacking Xiao Bai and Little Golden Dragon, then forced him to retreat by revealing her high-level Ban Sheng strength.
• Qing Xiao and Wind Venerable learned that Xiao Bai had planned for threats from both the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• The main hall seal broke, releasing numerous scrolls, and Qing Xiao pulled Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, and others away from a deadly sonic attack from the awakened Dou Sheng skeleton.
• The Hall of Souls, led by Nine Heavens Venerable, fought the skeleton as its power grew and the ruins began to collapse.
• Nine Heavens Venerable ordered the Hall of Souls members to lure the skeleton toward Xiao Bai, while Old Ghost Zhai Xing cautiously hung back.

Xiao Bai awakened after absorbing the Dragon Phoenix Soul and revealed his Eight-Star Dou Zun cultivation and Half-Step Heaven Realm soul. He neutralized the Dou Saint Skeleton’s Heaven Rank attack, saved Nine Heavens Venerable, and left the skeleton staring at his Taiji Diagram with regret.

• The Hall of Souls group lured the Dou Sheng Skeleton toward Xiao Bai’s lightning, but Nine Heavens Venerable sensed danger and tried to escape as the skeleton unleashed the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• The attack trapped the Hall of Souls Venerables and erased several of them, while Zhai Xing survived by staying outside Xiao Bai’s formation and Xiao Bai’s power shielded Xiao Yan and the others from the suction.
• Xiao Bai opened his eyes, explained that he had reached Eight-Star Dou Zun and Half-Step Heaven Realm in soul strength, and drew astonished reactions from Qing Xiao, Wind Venerable, Tang Zhen, and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Bai countered the skeleton’s Heaven Rank Dou Skill by using yin and yang to create a gold-black vortex that devoured the black halo.
• Nine Heavens Venerable accused Xiao Bai of manipulating space, but Xiao Bai silenced him with a warning and the surviving Venerable stared at him in hatred.
• The Dou Sheng Skeleton watched Xiao Bai’s Taiji Diagram and murmured about yin and yang and creation with a calmer, regretful voice.

Xiao Bai received Creation Dou Sheng’s Creation Heaven Art and bone essence after the dying Saint gave him his inheritance, then shared the Saint’s Great Creation Palm with Xiao Yan. As the group watched Zi Yan battle Huang Tian over the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, an unseen voice empowered her Light Seal and shattered the void.

• Xiao Bai explained that he had hoped to revive Creation Dou Sheng, but the Saint’s essence blood and soul were already gone.
• Creation Dou Sheng passed Xiao Bai the Creation Heaven Art, then gave him three ribs containing the Great Creation Palm and a ball of bone essence to aid his revival of a senior.
• After Creation Dou Sheng dissipated, Xiao Bai gave Xiao Yan the Great Creation Palm and promised to teach it to Nalan Yanran, while agreeing to share bone essence for Hua Yu.
• Zi Yan fought Huang Tian over the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Huang Tian demanded that she surrender it.
• An unseen voice declared that what their emperor drank was none of Huang Tian’s business, empowered Zi Yan’s Light Seal, and shattered the void.

Zi Yan and Elder Zhu Huo fought Huang Tian over the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit until a drop of the Old Dragon Emperor’s essence blood empowered the Dragon Seal and drove Huang Tian away. After escaping the collapsing ruins, Xiao Bai asked Zhu Huo to accompany him to the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan to settle matters and retrieve something.

• Huang Tian revealed his Late Five-Star Dou Sheng strength and overwhelmed Zi Yan and Zhu Huo with golden feathers and giant claws.
• The Old Dragon Emperor’s essence blood merged with the Dragon Seal, letting his will strike Huang Tian and drive him off before disappearing.
• Zi Yan vowed to unite Dragon Island, refine the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit, and rescue her father, then urged Zhu Huo to preserve the medicinal herbs in the collapsing ruins.
• Xiao Bai led his companions out of the ruins, where Zhu Huo appeared after storing away the ancient forest for Zi Yan.
• Xiao Bai asked Zhu Huo to accompany him to the Nine Netherworld Underworld Python Clan to settle matters and take something, while Zi Yan clung to him.