Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai confronted the scarred old mapmaker over the Pure Lotus Demonic Fire Remnant Map and fought him after revealing that he knew the old man was a former Dou Emperor. Their clash left the old man alarmed by Xiao Bai’s strength, and he demanded to know who Xiao Bai was.

• Xiao Bai found a discarded remnant map and asked the old man whether he had any more maps like it, but the old man refused to sell it.
• Xiao Bai identified the old man as a former Dou Emperor and said taking the map by force might benefit him, prompting the old man to attack.
• Little Bing’s crimson light countered the old man’s icy aura, and Xiao Bai shattered incoming icicles with crimson lightning-flame.
• Xiao Bai tested his physical strength against the old man’s Ice Spirit Palm, endured the strike, and used Little Bing to clear the invading ice energy.
• The old man became wary of Xiao Bai’s unusual abilities and asked whether he came from a super faction outside the Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Bai fought Hai Bodong over the map, defeated him, and sealed his soul after interrupting his ultimate move. Hai Bodong woke up despairing over his new seal, and Xiao Bai told him he would remove it once he calmed down.

• Hai Bodong formed an ice spear and armor, but Xiao Bai dodged his attack and destroyed the spear with Crimson Lightning.
• Hai Bodong began summoning an ice dragon, but Xiao Bai disrupted him with a soul impact and placed a Soul Seal on him.
• Xiao Bai knocked Hai Bodong unconscious and waited in the shop for him to wake.
• Hai Bodong reflected on his search for a Heavenly Flame and the Calamity Breaking Pill to undo Medusa's seal, then despaired over Xiao Bai's Soul Seal.
• Xiao Bai told Hai Bodong he had sealed him only to stop his violent temper and would undo the Soul Seal once he calmed down.

Xiao Bai removed Hai Bodong’s seal and received the second half of the fragmentary map in return. Hai Bodong then revealed that he had a pill formula to break the seal but still needed a Sand Mandala and a sixth-tier alchemist with a Heavenly Flame, and asked whether Xiao Bai’s crimson lightning-flame qualified.

• Xiao Bai sat back down and learned Hai Bodong’s name and the story of how Medusa’s Serpent Sealing Art had sealed him.
• Xiao Bai used his Soul Strength to remove Hai Bodong’s seal without asking for anything in return.
• Hai Bodong thanked Xiao Bai and gave him the other half of the fragmentary map.
• Xiao Bai asked about Hai Bodong’s method for breaking the seal, and Hai Bodong said he lacked a Sand Mandala and a qualified alchemist.
• Hai Bodong asked whether Xiao Bai’s crimson lightning-flame was a Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Bai negotiated with Hai Bodong to arrange the Calamity Breaking Pill and gain the Ice Emperor’s protection for three years. Hai Bodong agreed to protect him within the Jia Ma Empire, and Xiao Bai offered to obtain the missing Sand Mandala.

• Hai Bodong hoped Xiao Bai was an alchemist with a Heavenly Flame, but Xiao Bai said he knew an alchemist who could refine the Calamity Breaking Pill.
• Hai Bodong offered his own help and the Mittel Auction House’s resources, while Xiao Bai explained that the alchemist would need to be persuaded.
• Xiao Bai proposed that he would handle the alchemist’s price in exchange for Hai Bodong protecting him for three years.
• Hai Bodong agreed to protect Xiao Bai within the Jia Ma Empire, then explained that he still needed Sand Mandala from near the Snake-People Race Holy City.
• Xiao Bai agreed to obtain the Sand Mandala.

Xiao Bai obtained Hai Bodong’s detailed map of the area around Shimo City and revealed that he planned to search for Heavenly Flames. After learning Medusa could sense Hai Bodong’s seal, Xiao Bai sealed its outward signal, allowing Hai Bodong to leave his seclusion more safely.

• Hai Bodong asked Xiao Bai why he wanted a map of Shimo City, then recognized that he was searching for Heavenly Flames and gave him the detailed map.
• Xiao Bai assured Hai Bodong that he could refine the Calamity Breaking Pill without Heavenly Flames, then asked Hai Bodong to accompany him to Shimo City.
• Hai Bodong refused because Medusa could sense his seal near the Snake-People Race’s territory.
• Xiao Bai examined the seal in Hai Bodong’s Dantian and found that the snake shadow on Hai Bodong’s forehead emitted a faint signal.
• Xiao Bai sealed the snake shadow’s signal, and Hai Bodong confirmed that Medusa could no longer sense his location from afar.

Xiao Xun Er read Ling Ying’s report about Xiao Bai’s travels and grew jealous when she learned he had grown close to Xiao Yi Xian. She was also horrified by his reckless encounter with heavenly lightning, and ended the chapter determined to demand an explanation when he returned.

• Xiao Xun Er eagerly opened Ling Ying’s first monthly letter and read about Xiao Bai’s journey.
• Xun Er became jealous and angry when the letter described Xiao Bai embracing Xiao Yi Xian and giving her a Storage Ring.
• Xun Er rejected the idea of harming Xiao Yi Xian, but vowed that Xiao Bai would have to explain himself and insisted she would never give him up.
• Xun Er felt reassured when Xiao Bai obtained wings, then panicked when she read that he had faced heavenly lightning and been severely injured.
• Xun Er learned Xiao Bai had recovered after two days and angrily blamed Ling Ying for failing to stop his reckless behavior.
• Xun Er resolved to make Xiao Bai explain everything when he returned.

Xiao Bai and Hai Bodong traveled across the Tagor Desert toward Shimo City, where Hai Bodong learned that Xiao Bai was a Dou Wang. They reached the city after Xiao Bai followed Hai Bodong into the sky on his Purple Cloud Wings.

• Xiao Bai sneezed repeatedly as he and Hai Bodong left Mo City, and he teased Hai Bodong about driving away the red-dressed girl.
• Xiao Bai and Hai Bodong crossed the desert, where Xiao Bai killed a Yellow Sand Poison Scorpion and asked how long the journey would take.
• Hai Bodong explained that he could fly alone but could not carry Xiao Bai, so Xiao Bai revealed his Purple Cloud Wings.
• Hai Bodong was shocked to discover Xiao Bai was a Dou Wang and flew ahead on his ice-blue wings.
• Xiao Bai flew after Hai Bodong, and they reached Shimo City in less than two hours.

Xiao Bai and Hai Bodong arrived in Shimo City to search for a Heavenly Flame. When Xiao Bai rescued a little girl from a violent man, he drove off the crowd and promised that no one would hurt her.

• Xiao Bai and Hai Bodong entered Shimo City and decided to investigate the area Hai Bodong had marked the next day.
• Xiao Bai recalled how he had caused Xiao Ding and Xiao Li to leave the Xiao Clan more than three years earlier.
• Xiao Bai caught a little girl whom a burly man had thrown toward a stone step.
• Xiao Bai heard the crowd call the girl cursed and learned that Xue Lan had given her odd jobs.
• Xiao Bai used his Soul Strength to scatter the crowd and immobilize the burly man, then gently helped the girl stand.

Xiao Bai comforted Qing Lin after rescuing her from a beating and helped her speak up about what she wanted. After she shared her steamed buns with him and Hai Bodong, Xiao Bai offered to treat her to a meal, but she shook her head.

• Xiao Bai asked Qing Lin whether she hated the burly man or wanted to kill him, and she said she did not want to kill anyone.
• Xiao Bai spared the burly man, who thanked him and staggered away.
• Xiao Bai invited Qing Lin to sit beside him and asked her to share one of her steamed buns.
• Qing Lin offered buns to Xiao Bai and Hai Bodong, and the three sat together eating on the roadside steps.
• Xiao Bai offered to treat Qing Lin to a meal, but she refused.

Xiao Bai comforted Qing Lin after she feared he would reject her snake scales, recognized her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and invited her to leave Shimo City with him as his maid. As Qing Lin happily accepted, Xiao Bai began considering a magical beast to raise and looked toward the depths of the Tagor Desert.

• Qing Lin feared Xiao Bai would despise her for the green scales on her arms, but he gently asked to see them.
• Xiao Bai praised Qing Lin's scales and sensed the weak power of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils before it faded.
• Xiao Bai reassured Qing Lin that she was not cursed and asked whether she wanted to leave with him.
• Qing Lin agreed to become Xiao Bai's maid after he told her that cleaning, washing, and cooking were enough.
• Xiao Bai considered finding a magical beast to raise, rejected the lion in the Demon Beast Mountain Range, and slyly looked toward the depths of the Tagor Desert.

Xiao Bai took Qing Lin to retrieve her belongings and encountered Xiao Li at her home. Xiao Li challenged him, but Xiao Bai stopped his lightning-charged punch effortlessly and began examining his lightning attribute.

• Xiao Bai encouraged Qing Lin to ignore the townspeople's contempt and follow her own path as he led her home.
• Qing Lin collected a small bundle from her isolated wooden house while Xiao Bai and Hai Bodong waited outside.
• Xue Lan and Xiao Li arrived, and Xiao Bai recognized Xiao Li and teased him by calling him “Xiao Lao Er.”
• Xiao Li mistook Xiao Bai for a Nine Stage Dou Zhi Qi and charged at him, but Xiao Bai caught his fist without effort.
• Xiao Bai held Xiao Li in place and said he wanted to examine his lightning attribute, leaving Xiao Li alarmed.

Xiao Bai reunited with Xiao Li in Shimo City, accepted Qing Lin as his maid, and began teaching her to cultivate. When Qing Lin failed to sense Dou Zhi Qi, Xiao Bai reassured her while he and Yao Lao considered her rare Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.

• Xiao Bai tested Xiao Li’s Dou Qi and teased him about the opportunities he had found, then Xiao Li invited him to visit the Mo Tie Mercenary Group.
• Xue Lan introduced Qing Lin to Xiao Li, who offered her a place as a maid, but Qing Lin refused because she was already Xiao Bai’s maid.
• Xiao Bai accepted Xiao Li’s invitation and later met Xiao Ding at the mercenary group’s station.
• Xiao Bai asked Yao Lao about Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Yao Lao explained their connection to the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Qing Lin failed to sense Dou Zhi Qi during her first cultivation attempt and feared her talent was poor, so Xiao Bai comforted her and encouraged her to keep trying.

After recovering his Soul Strength, Xiao Bai went with Yao Lao to search the Tagor Desert for the underground Heavenly Flames. Their search proved slow and exhausting, and they planned to continue the next day.

• Xiao Bai recovered his Soul Strength and reassured Qing Lin that he would return after going out to search for the Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Bai and Yao Lao reached the area marked on Hai Bodong's map, but found no sign of the Heavenly Flames aboveground.
• Xiao Bai discovered that the desert's concentrated earth energy limited how far his Soul Strength could probe underground.
• Xiao Bai and Yao Lao began searching for a passage, but the effort quickly exhausted their Soul Strength.
• Xiao Bai decided to return to Shimo City and continue searching the next day, while Yao Lao said they had time before Xiao Yan's coming-of-age ceremony.

Xiao Bai confronted Ling Ying, exposed that he knew Ling Ying was following him for Xun Er, then broke through to Three Star Da Dou Shi in the Tagor Desert. The Divine Edict gave him Wu Earth Nether Thunder, which spread through the desert and resisted his attempts to refine it, leaving him searching for a way to escape its expanding reach.

• Xiao Bai called out the hidden Ling Ying and played along with his act as an ancient expert before revealing that he knew Xun Er was involved.
• Ling Ying panicked when Xiao Bai mentioned Xun Er and vanished into a black shadow.
• Xiao Bai isolated himself on a dune and condensed a silver-white Dou Crystal, advancing to Three Star Da Dou Shi.
• The Divine Edict sent Wu Earth Nether Thunder into Xiao Bai's spleen, and the lightning began spreading through the desert sand.
• Xiao Bai tried to fly away and then refine the thunder, but it rooted itself in the earth and could not be moved, so he paced within its expanding domain.

While Xiao Bai refined the Wu Earth Nether Thunder in the desert, Xue Lan and two Mo Tie Mercenary Group companions fled pursuers into his lightning field. After Xiao Bai helped them survive, he sent them back with a request for the group to meet him.

• Qing Lin worried about Xiao Bai’s three-day absence while Yao Lao watched over her from the Black Ring and wondered if Xiao Bai had run into trouble.
• Xiao Bai used Little Yi to restrain the Wu Earth Nether Thunder and continued refining its essence in the desert.
• Xue Lan, Dan Zai, and Little Wu approached Xiao Bai while fleeing the Sand Mercenary Group, but Xiao Bai warned them that the surrounding sand was dangerous.
• Xue Lan lured a Nine Star Fighter into the lightning field, where the Wu Earth Nether Thunder killed him, and the three mercenaries dealt with their remaining pursuers.
• Xiao Bai asked the survivors to tell their commander to bring the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, desert veterans, Qing Lin, and Hai Lao to meet him early the morning after tomorrow.

Xiao Bai reached Six Star Da Dou Shi after refining the Wu Earth Nether Thunder and gathered the Mo Tie Mercenary Group to dig toward an underground passage where he sensed a Heavenly Flame. Yao Lao eagerly anticipated obtaining another Heavenly Flame and reviving himself to take revenge on his betraying disciple.

• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li brought over a hundred Mo Tie Mercenary Group members to meet Xiao Bai, who had just advanced to Six Star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Bai explained that the Wu Earth Nether Thunder had revealed an underground passage and asked Xiao Ding to organize a team to dig down to it.
• Xiao Ding set the mercenaries to work while Xiao Li worried that the Sand Mercenary Group might interfere.
• Xiao Bai confirmed to Yao Lao that a Heavenly Flame lay underground, and Yao Lao looked forward to gaining the flames needed to refine his body and seek revenge on his former disciple.

Xiao Bai and the others found a passage leading to an underground lava world beneath Shimo City, where the dense Fire Elemental Energy drew Desert Fire Foxes. A Snake-Shaped Mark appeared on one fox, alerting a distant woman to the possibility of a Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Ding’s men uncovered the Underground Passage, and Xiao Bai led Qing Lin, Xiao Ding, and Hai Bodong inside.
• Xiao Li stayed behind to guard the entrance while Xiao Ding and the others followed Xiao Bai through the branching tunnels.
• Xiao Bai sent the overheated mercenaries back and continued with Qing Lin, Xiao Ding, and Hai Bodong toward the lava.
• The four reached a platform overlooking a vast Underground Lava world, and Xiao Ding marveled at the sight.
• Xiao Li spotted Desert Fire Foxes near the entrance but did not notice the Snake-Shaped Mark glowing on one fox’s forehead.
• A distant woman sensed the mark’s activation and wondered whether the Fire Elemental Energy came from a Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Bai confronted the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake after it emerged from the magma, while Qing Lin, Xiao Ding, and Hai Bodong watched from the platform. Xiao Bai revealed his Dou Wang strength and badly injured the beast, which tried to escape into the magma.

• Qing Lin and Hai Bodong sensed something watching them beneath the magma, and Xiao Bai promised Qing Lin a pet.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake erupted from the magma and attacked the group, while Hai Bodong shielded them with a Profound Ice Mirror.
• Xiao Bai flew at the beast with his Purple Cloud Wings, revealing to Xiao Ding that he was a Dou Wang.
• Xiao Bai blocked the snake's magma attack with Thunderclap Palm and battered it with a series of powerful punches and kicks.
• The wounded Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake fled toward the magma, and Xiao Bai realized it was trying to escape.

Xiao Bai captured the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and tried to awaken Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils. When he showed her green mist infused with Yi Wood Qi, three points of light began flickering in her eyes.

• Xiao Bai pulled the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake from the magma and subdued it with Crimson Lightning.
• Xiao Bai carried the weakened snake to the platform, where Xiao Ding and the others saw its size and strength.
• Xiao Bai had Qing Lin stare into the snake’s eyes, but her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils showed no response.
• Yao Lao suggested that Qing Lin’s pupils might not have developed fully because she was only a little over eleven years old.
• Xiao Bai showed Qing Lin green mist, and three points of light began flickering in her eyes.

Xiao Bai awakened Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, allowing her to subdue the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and sense the Heavenly Flames. He and Hai Bodong descended into the magma with the snake as their guide, while Xiao Bai warned Xiao Ding to leave with Qing Lin and return to Shimo City.

• Xiao Bai tested Qing Lin’s response to Yi Wood Qi, and her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils absorbed it and subdued the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Xiao Bai explained Qing Lin’s special eyes and made Hai Bodong and Xiao Ding promise to keep them secret.
• Hai Bodong recognized signs of Heavenly Flames, and Qing Lin said the Fire Spirit Snake knew their location.
• Xiao Bai told Xiao Ding to take Qing Lin back to Shimo City, then descended into the magma with Hai Bodong and the Fire Spirit Snake.
• Yao Lao sensed the aura of Heavenly Flames as a figure with red energy wings flew toward them across the Tagor Desert.