Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai traveled toward the Demon Beast Mountain Range with Yao Lao, discussing his plans and the strange people connected to Wutan City. After three days, they reached Green Mountain Town, where Xiao Bai intended to retrieve something from a cave before seeking a Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Xun Er ordered Ling Ying to protect Xiao Bai and hold him responsible if anything happened to him.
• Yao Lao complained that Xiao Bai’s lightning had once put him to sleep for two months, and Xiao Bai realized the Divine Edict had warned him off.
• Xiao Bai told Yao Lao they were heading to the Demon Beast Mountain Range to retrieve something before going after a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Bai explained that he had learned about the outside world from books and stories told by a strange man named Tian Canzi in Wutan City.
• Xiao Bai said he planned to help a senior settle his remains and collect payment, assuring Yao Lao that the senior had been no stronger than a Dou Emperor.
• After three days of travel, Xiao Bai and Yao Lao arrived at Green Mountain Town.

Xiao Bai arrived in Green Mountain Town and visited Ten Thousand Medicines Hall while searching for Xiao Yi Xian. After Yao Lao urged him to buy a particular piece of Yellow Lotus Essence, Xiao Bai silenced a drunken mercenary who threatened him over his interest in Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Bai entered Green Mountain Town and headed to Ten Thousand Medicines Hall to look for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yao Lao marked a piece of Yellow Lotus Essence, and Xiao Bai bought it after teasing the clerk over several other pieces.
• Xiao Bai asked the clerk whether Xiao Yi Xian was in the shop.
• A drunken mercenary threatened Xiao Bai for having designs on Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Bai infused his voice with Soul Strength and knocked the mercenary unconscious, leaving the shop silent in shock.

Xiao Bai searched for Xiao Yi Xian, learned she had gone into the mountains, and began planning a search for a tomb said to lie on a cliff. After spending the night in Green Mountain Town, he entered the Demon Beast Mountain Range alone to follow his route.

• Xiao Bai learned at Ten Thousand Medicines Hall that Xiao Yi Xian had gone into the mountains with a Mercenary Group, and Jia En asked him to spare her if she had offended him.
• Xiao Bai bought a map, marked the cliffs near Green Mountain Town, and planned to search them one by one with his Soul Strength.
• Yao Lao asked Xiao Bai about the Yellow Lotus Essence, and Xiao Bai identified it as Blood Lotus Essence without explaining how he knew.
• At daybreak, Xiao Bai left the inn and entered the Demon Beast Mountain Range alone, surprising the mercenaries gathered at the entrance.

Xiao Bai continued searching the Demon Beast Mountain Range for a cave while growing frustrated with the abundance of magical beasts. When a group of Union Apes tried to capture him, he killed them all with his Soul Strength and Bing Fire Yang Thunder.

• Xiao Bai complained that he had searched many cliffs without finding the cave and had grown tired of killing low-rank magical beasts.
• Yao Lao comforted Xiao Bai, saying the chances of finding the cave would increase with each cliff he searched.
• A group of Union Apes surrounded Xiao Bai and Yao Lao, and Yao Lao explained that they were interested in humans and wanted to take Xiao Bai to their cave.
• The female Union Ape ordered two Tier 2 Union Apes to capture Xiao Bai, so he unleashed his Soul Strength and Bing Fire Yang Thunder.
• Xiao Bai killed every Union Ape nearby and vowed to kill any he encountered in the future, then glared at Yao Lao for teasing him.

Xiao Bai searched the last of the cliffs in the Demon Beast Mountain Range for a cave containing a Flying Dou Skill, while Yao Lao urged him not to delay their plans for Xiao Yan. He found the cave at the final location and waited by its rope as someone climbed out, apparently recognizing the person below.

• Xiao Bai told Yao Lao he would stop searching after the three remaining cliffs and then leave to seek the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Bai and Yao Lao bickered as they traveled to the final cliff, with Xiao Bai threatening to remain in the mountains if he failed to find the cave.
• Xiao Bai spotted a cave concealed behind trees on the cliff and realized someone with modest cultivation was inside.
• A panicked figure emerged from the cave, grabbed the rope, and began climbing toward the ledge.
• Xiao Bai sat beside the rope and waited with a teasing smile, while Yao Lao wondered whether he knew the person climbing up.

Xiao Bai met Xiao Yi Xian at the cliff and insisted that she accompany him into the cave below. She reluctantly agreed, and Xiao Bai prepared to take them down together.

• Xiao Bai startled Xiao Yi Xian as she climbed up the cliff, then pulled her safely onto the ledge.
• Xiao Bai claimed he had come to the cliff seeking a miraculous encounter, and Xiao Yi Xian warned him that there was nothing below.
• Xiao Yi Xian reached for medicinal powder, but Xiao Bai exposed her and demanded that she go down to the cave with him.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to accompany Xiao Bai rather than risk being knocked unconscious in the Demon Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yi Xian tried to fetch a spare rope, but Xiao Bai warned her that a Rock Snake lurked near the cave entrance and might not be helped unless she shared his rope.
• Xiao Yi Xian angrily returned to Xiao Bai, and he tested the rope before beckoning her to descend with him.

Xiao Bai brought Xiao Yi Xian down the cliff to explore a cave, where he killed a Rock Snake that attacked them. He continued deeper into the cave with Xiao Yi Xian following close behind, warming the passage with his Bing Fire Yang Thunder.

• Xiao Bai leaped down the cliff with Xiao Yi Xian in his arms, using the cliff face to reach the cave without a rope.
• Xiao Yi Xian spotted a Rock Snake attacking Xiao Bai, and he killed it with Crimson Lightning.
• Xiao Yi Xian climbed down from Xiao Bai, then followed him into the dark cave after he lit her torch.
• Xiao Bai walked deeper into the cold passage while Xiao Yi Xian stayed close behind, and he raised the temperature with his Bing Fire Yang Thunder.

Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian reached a glowing stone door inside the cave, and Xiao Yi Xian offered to open it in exchange for a share of what lay beyond. After they argued over her price, Xiao Bai found the hidden mechanism himself and walked toward the switch near her.

• Xiao Yi Xian clutched Xiao Bai's robe for comfort until he told her to let go, then she held his sleeve instead.
• Xiao Bai and Xiao Yi Xian reached a thick stone door marked with an Earth Element Mechanism Art.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to open the door for a share of its contents, but Xiao Bai insisted on paying only one gold coin.
• Xiao Yi Xian sulked nearby while Xiao Bai scanned the door and found the mechanism that opened it.
• Xiao Bai walked toward the switch beside Xiao Yi Xian, who expected him to ask her for help.

Xiao Bai opened the stone chamber and found a treasure-filled room with rare medicinal herbs and three locked stone boxes. He agreed to give Yao Lao the Ice Spirit Flame Grass, let Xiao Yi Xian gather the other herbs, and took the three keys from the skeleton to open the boxes.

• Xiao Bai found the mechanism and opened the stone door, then entered the chamber with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized rare herbs in a flowerbed, while Yao Lao asked Xiao Bai for the Ice Spirit Flame Grass.
• Xiao Bai agreed to give Yao Lao the herb in exchange for a favor he would request later.
• Xiao Bai gave Xiao Yi Xian Jade Boxes and a shovel, and she began carefully digging up the herbs.
• Xiao Bai found three keys in the skeleton's hand and used his Soul Strength to retrieve them.

Xiao Bai opened the Seven-Colored Poison Classic and learned about the Calamity Poison Body and its deadly cost from Old Man Yao. Xiao Yi Xian asked him for the scroll so she could find a way to protect herself, and Xiao Bai agreed.

• Xiao Bai unlocked a stone box and found the Seven-Colored Poison Classic inside.
• Old Man Yao warned Xiao Bai against pursuing the Poison Master path, and Xiao Bai said he was only curious about the scroll.
• Xiao Bai found the Calamity Poison Body entry and asked Old Man Yao about its strength and how it could be resolved.
• Xiao Yi Xian brought Xiao Bai the medicinal ingredients she had collected and asked for the scroll, explaining that she needed a way to protect herself.
• Xiao Bai nodded in agreement.

Xiao Bai claimed the cave’s treasures, including the Flying Dou Skill he had sought, while Xiao Yi Xian withdrew in hurt after he left her nothing. After burying the skeleton and wondering whether cultivation could ever grant immortality, Xiao Bai turned toward the grieving Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Bai took all the Jade Boxes and the scroll from Xiao Yi Xian, leaving her empty-handed and prompting her to sit by a flower bed and sob.
• Xiao Bai found the Black Rank Flying Dou Skill, Eagle Wings, and stored it after confirming to Yao Lao that it was his goal.
• Xiao Bai took the Mad Lion Chant scroll from the third box and found no Storage Ring on the skeleton.
• Xiao Bai used Bing Fire Yang Thunder to dig a grave, buried the skeleton, and poured wine over its mound.
• Xiao Bai wondered whether cultivation could overcome death, then turned toward Xiao Yi Xian as she grieved.

Xiao Bai returned to Xiao Yi Xian after leaving her alone in the dark cave, then carried her out when she was too exhausted to walk. Xiao Yi Xian recognized his hidden concern and settled against him as they left.

• Xiao Bai walked away while Xiao Yi Xian refused to follow, but returned after hearing her cry and complain about him.
• Xiao Yi Xian stood up, became dizzy, and fell into Xiao Bai's arms, then admitted her legs were too weak to move.
• Xiao Bai carried Xiao Yi Xian through the dark cave and warned her that a Rock Snake was still inside.
• Xiao Yi Xian realized Xiao Bai had been teasing her without intending to harm her and asked why he had come back.
• Xiao Bai claimed he had returned for the Gold Coins and jewels, and Xiao Yi Xian wrapped her arms around his neck.

Xiao Bai gave Xiao Yi Xian the Seven-Colored Poison Classic, money, and pills before leaving her on the cliff. He then found a cave beside a waterfall and prepared to cultivate his Flying Dou Skills with Yao Lao guarding him.

• Xiao Bai placed a Storage Ring containing the Seven-Colored Poison Classic, two hundred thousand Gold Coins, and pills in Xiao Yi Xian's hand, then told her to keep the pills for herself.
• Xiao Yi Xian learned Xiao Bai's name and called after him with her own; after he answered, she stored the rope he had used to trick her.
• Xiao Yi Xian apologized to the mercenaries who found her, while Young Master Mu Li watched her belongings and wondered what she had found.
• Xiao Bai searched the Demon Beast Mountain Range for a place to cultivate his Flying Dou Skills and found a cave beside a massive waterfall.
• Xiao Bai set up his cultivation bed, asked Yao Lao to protect him, and opened a pitch-black scroll.

Xiao Bai learned that the Eagle Wings scroll contained a rare technique called Purple Cloud Wings and subdued the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle’s remnant soul. He completed the technique’s initial cultivation and flew for the first time, then wondered whether Little Bing could make the wings faster.

• Xiao Bai read the scroll’s account of the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle and learned that its wings required a secret technique to cultivate.
• Yao Lao explained that the scroll’s technique fused the Purple Cloud Eagle’s soul with its wings, while Xiao Bai ignored the warning and began cultivating.
• The Eagle Soul attacked Xiao Bai, but he overwhelmed it with his Soul Strength and pressed it back into the wings.
• Xiao Bai circulated Dou Qi through the scroll, which opened branch meridians and formed the Purple Cloud Wings on his back.
• Xiao Bai activated the wings and flew around the cave as Yao Lao taught him how to control his flight.
• After landing, Xiao Bai considered adding Little Bing to the wings to increase his speed.

Xiao Bai and his Thunder Seeds drew Heavenly lightning toward them while he cultivated in the storm, and he began breaking through from eight-star Dou Shi to nine stars. As the breakthrough reached its critical point, a powerful bolt of lightning descended toward him.

• Xiao Bai tested how Little Bing’s support increased his flight speed, though it cut his range in half.
• Little Yi and Little Bing emerged from Xiao Bai and drew the storm’s lightning toward themselves, leaving him unable to move under the pressure of heaven and earth.
• Xiao Bai decided to stay and cultivate rather than flee, while Yao Lao watched anxiously from the cave mouth.
• Xiao Bai and the Thunder Seeds absorbed Lightning Elemental Energy, and he released his suppression to begin breaking through.
• A bolt of Silver Lightning split between Little Yi and Little Bing, then a stronger bolt struck toward Xiao Bai as he rushed to complete his breakthrough.

Xiao Bai used a Gold Coin rod to divert a bolt of natural thunder while absorbing lightning to reach Nine Stars Dou Shi. As a far stronger bolt descended, he stopped fleeing and prepared to face it head-on, leaving Yao Lao and Ling Ying watching anxiously.

• Xiao Bai shaped Gold Coins into a rod and used it to draw a bolt of silver lightning away from himself, but stray lightning struck him and hastened his breakthrough to Nine Stars Dou Shi.
• Xiao Bai recalled Little Yi and Little Bing and flew toward the ground as thunder gathered around him.
• When a more dangerous bolt pursued him, Xiao Bai turned to face it and shielded himself with Bing Fire Yang Thunder, a Soul Barrier, Yi Wood Positive Thunder, and compressed Dou Qi.
• Yao Lao and Ling Ying considered intervening but feared drawing more thunder; Ling Ying prepared to help Xiao Bai.
• The thunder struck Xiao Bai in a burst of dazzling light as Yao Lao and Ling Ying watched in alarm.

Xiao Bai survived a powerful lightning strike by using Little Bing, his Soul Strength, and his Dou Qi, but he collapsed from his injuries. Meanwhile, the Medusa Queen continued searching the Tagor Desert for Heavenly Flames, with only three rumored locations left to investigate.

• Little Bing blocked part of the lightning, and Xiao Bai's Soul Barrier and Dou Qi Gauze further weakened it before it struck his body.
• Xiao Bai endured the lightning's damage, then fell from the sky and asked Yao Lao to take him back to the cave before fainting.
• Yao Lao carried Xiao Bai into the cave and left him to recover as life energy circulated through his injured body.
• Ling Ying judged that Xiao Bai had gained some eligibility to be worthy of his young miss.
• The Medusa Queen studied her map of Heavenly Flame rumors and worried that one of the three remaining sites lay near a human border city, where her search could provoke war.

Xiao Bai woke after the lightning nearly overwhelmed him and learned that Little Yi and Little Bing had absorbed the storm’s energy, leaving his body badly damaged. He planned to recover for two days before continuing toward Jia Nan Academy, then found his Sea of Consciousness depleted and carrying an unfamiliar aura of heavenly lightning.

• Yao Lao welcomed Xiao Bai as he woke and warned him against risking his life for quick results.
• Xiao Bai recalled that Little Yi and Little Bing had rushed out to absorb the storm’s lightning, overwhelming his body in the process.
• Xiao Bai decided to handle his current affairs and visit Jia Nan Academy to look for a Lightning Attribute cultivation ground.
• Yao Lao advised Xiao Bai to balance effort with rest, and Xiao Bai thanked him before realizing he was naked and covering himself with robes.
• Xiao Bai estimated that his damaged meridians would need two days to recover, then inspected his Sea of Consciousness and found it nearly empty with an aura of heavenly lightning.

After recovering from the heavenly lightning, Xiao Bai continued cultivating and flew for more than half a month to reach Desert City, where he prepared to enter the Tagor Desert. His Dou Qi had reached the peak of Nine Stars Dou Shi, and he felt ready to face another Thunder Seed.

• Xiao Bai checked that the Divine Edict had protected his Sea of Consciousness, then cultivated the "Heavenly Heart Induction Chapter" to restore his Soul Strength.
• Xiao Bai recovered from his injuries over two days, restoring his meridians and about one-fifth of his Soul Strength.
• Xiao Bai left the waterfall with Old Man Yao and flew toward Desert City, stopping along the way to recover his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Bai reached the outskirts of Desert City after more than half a month of travel, having advanced to the peak of Nine Stars Dou Shi.
• Xiao Bai judged that his strengthened body could withstand the next Thunder Seed and considered beginning his breakthrough to Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Bai entered Desert City and was disturbed by the public sale of snake women before visiting the Ancient Map shop. There, he searched for the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map while Yao Lao warned him that the old shopkeeper was far stronger than he appeared.

• Xiao Bai entered Desert City after paying ten Gold Coins, and a soldier captain was frightened by his presence.
• Xiao Bai saw snake women shackled and sold in cages, and he told Yao Lao that he despised the trade.
• Xiao Bai spotted the Ancient Map shop and entered, hoping to find a map of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Bai browsed while the white-haired shopkeeper continued drawing a map without greeting him.
• Yao Lao sensed that the shopkeeper was a Dou Emperor suppressed to roughly Dou Ling strength and cautioned Xiao Bai, who continued searching.