Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai took Xun Er to the Demon Beast Mountain Range, where she met Xiao Yi Xian and the two women sized each other up. They exchanged polite thanks while recognizing the power each could wield, leaving Xiao Bai caught between them.

• Xiao Bai worried that he could not finish refining the Thunder Seed before Jia Nan Academy's recruitment and decided to bring Xun Er and Xian Er with him.
• Xiao Bai set out for the Demon Beast Mountain Range, and Xun Er insisted on accompanying him.
• Xun Er confronted Xiao Bai about whether he feared she would fight Xiao Yi Xian when they reached the valley.
• Xiao Bai introduced Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian, and both women realized their connection to him.
• Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian exchanged courteous greetings, then sensed the dangerous abilities hidden in each other's eyes.

Xun Er confronted Xiao Yi Xian about her relationship with Xiao Bai, then learned about Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body and the memory loss that had kept Xiao Bai away. Reassured that Xiao Bai still cared for her, Xun Er asked Xiao Yi Xian to stay with him and keep him from flirting with other women.

• Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian stopped their near-fight and went inside the Thatched Cottage to talk while Xiao Bai waited outside.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xun Er that she had the Calamity Poison Body and that she and Xiao Bai had little hope of a future together.
• Xun Er learned that Xiao Bai knew about Xiao Yi Xian’s condition and was searching for a way to control it.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that Xiao Bai had lost his memory after being injured, then recovered it and left in a hurry.
• Xun Er understood that Xiao Bai had rushed away because of her and asked Xiao Yi Xian to stay by his side and keep an eye on him.

After months of secluded cultivation, Xiao Bai reached Five Star Dou Ling and returned to the Xiao Clan, where he reunited with Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian. He learned that Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment was approaching, while Xun Er planned to stay with him for another two years before returning to her clan.

• Xiao Bai refined the Geng Metal Tribulation Thunder and reached Five Star Dou Ling after several months of cultivation in the Demon Beast Mountain Range.
• Xun Er visited Xiao Yi Xian, discussed her Calamity Poison Body, and admitted she missed Xiao Bai.
• Xiao Bai returned to the Xiao Clan, embraced Xun Er, and asked Xiao Yi Xian whether she was comfortable living there.
• Xiao Yi Xian went to cook while Xiao Bai and Xun Er caught up and teased each other about his romantic behavior.
• Xiao Bai told Xun Er he had reached Five Star Dou Ling, and she urged him to keep cultivating and promised to remain with him for two more years.

Xiao Bai and the others reached Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment plaza, where he calmly erased the soldiers’ intimidating pressure and drew the attention of Xiao Yu and Ke Senior. After entering the tent, Xiao Bai sat in the shade and brewed tea, leaving the academy students and applicants unsure whether he was a new student.

• Xiao Yan caught up with Xiao Bai, Xun Er, and Xiao Yi Xian, and they joined Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei on the way to enrollment.
• Xiao Yu used her token to get the group through the soldiers guarding the plaza, whose intimidating aura made Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei falter.
• Xiao Bai swept away the soldiers’ pressure with his Soul Strength, surprising Xiao Yu and prompting Ke Senior to remark that Instructor Ruo Lin would be pleased by him.
• Xiao Yu met her academy friend Xue Ni outside the recruitment tent, and Xue Ni teased her about Xiao Bai.
• Xiao Bai entered the tent with Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian, sat in the shade, and began brewing tea as the students and applicants wondered whether he was a new student.

Xiao Bai stopped Luo Bu and the older students from bullying the new students, then joined the enrollment assessment at Jia Nan Academy. His reported cultivation surprised Instructor Ruo Lin, while Xiao Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian also claimed the ninth stage of Dou Qi.

• Xiao Yan took Luo Bu’s testing crystal and helped the group pass the preliminary assessment, but Luo Bu tried to make them wait outside in the sun.
• Several older students surrounded Xiao Yan, and Xiao Bai used Earth Attribute lightning to knock Ge Ci and Luo Bu unconscious before sending the others outside to stand in the sunlight.
• Instructor Ruo Lin returned, healed Luo Bu and Ge Ci, and began recording the new students’ names, ages, and cultivation levels.
• Xiao Bai reported that he was eighteen and at the ninth stage of Dou Qi, prompting disbelief from Instructor Ruo Lin and the older students.
• Xiao Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian each reported the ninth stage of Dou Qi, and Xiao Yan reported that he was a seventeen-year-old Six Star Dou Zhe.

Xiao Yan prepared to leave with Yao Lao and learned that Xiao Bai had gone to gather herbs, while Xiao Bai encountered a badly wounded Yun Sect Master in the Demon Beast Mountain Range. Xiao Bai treated her external wounds in a cave, and the chapter ended with him stepping outside to regain his composure.

• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to train hard so he could reach Dou Shi before the Three-Year Agreement and improve his chances against Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Bai's residence to say goodbye, but Xiao Yi Xian told him Xiao Bai had gone out and sent him a message to cultivate well.
• While gathering herbs in a valley, Xiao Bai sensed a battle between a Dou Emperor and a powerful lion, then saw an injured woman fall into a waterfall.
• Xiao Bai carried the unconscious woman, the Yun Sect Master, to his former cave and discovered that she had awakened and was pretending to be unconscious.
• The woman revealed that she had been struck by a sealing technique and asked Xiao Bai to help treat her; he removed her Inner Armor and used his healing technique on her wounds.
• After treating her external injuries, Xiao Bai told the woman to rest and left the cave to calm himself.

Xiao Bai cared for the injured Yun Zhi in a cave while hiding his identity, then pretended to leave when beasts approached. He secretly returned to save her from two Third Order Magical Beasts, and Yun Zhi was left embarrassed after realizing he had seen her exposed body.

• Xiao Bai treated Yun Zhi’s wound, cooked her mutton, and exchanged aliases with her, calling himself A Niu.
• Yun Zhi warned Xiao Bai to leave before the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s beasts found the cave, and Xiao Bai departed without hesitation.
• Xiao Bai hid nearby as two Third Order Magical Beasts tracked Yun Zhi into the cave, intending to tease her rather than abandon her.
• Yun Zhi fought the beasts with her sword despite her injuries and sealed Dou Qi, but she fell as they prepared to attack again.
• Xiao Bai secretly stopped the beasts and returned to find Yun Zhi believing she was about to die.
• Yun Zhi noticed her robe had fallen open in front of Xiao Bai, blushed with anger, and threatened him as he carried away the beasts’ corpses.

Xiao Bai and Yun Zhi grew closer while she worked to break her seal, and she asked him to help retrieve a Purple Spirit Crystal from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave. Elsewhere, Yao Lao began training Xiao Yan for a dangerous journey through the Demon Beast Mountain Range toward the Tagor Desert.

• Xiao Bai confronted Yun Zhi about her distant manner, and she softened before offering him a place to cultivate; he refused because she would not be there.
• Yun Zhi grew angry when Xiao Bai seemed unmotivated to cultivate, then later returned to working on her seal while he collected medicinal ingredients.
• Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that they would cross the Demon Beast Mountain Range to reach the Tagor Desert and train him to break through to Dou Shi.
• Yao Lao gave Xiao Yan a Black Ruler to carry at all times and planned to have him gather medicinal ingredients to support his cultivation.
• Xiao Bai returned to the cave and learned that Yun Zhi expected to undo her seal the next day.
• Yun Zhi planned to lure the Amethyst Winged Lion King away and asked Xiao Bai to search its cave for the Purple Spirit Crystal, giving him a crystal that would help locate it.

Xiao Bai and Yun Zhi traveled to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave to obtain a Purple Spirit Crystal, with Yun Zhi drawing the beast away while Xiao Bai entered the cave. After taking the crystal and placing a Soul Seal on the young Amethyst Winged Lion King, Xiao Bai used it to lure the enraged adult down, leaving Yun Zhi beside him as the beast demanded its son back.

• Xiao Bai and Yun Zhi set out together, and Yun Zhi carried him by air to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's territory.
• Yun Zhi attacked the beasts guarding the cave and fought the Amethyst Winged Lion King in the sky while Xiao Bai made his way inside.
• Xiao Bai found the sleeping young Amethyst Winged Lion King, took the Purple Spirit Crystal from beneath its amethyst slab, and placed a Soul Seal in its Sea of Consciousness.
• Xiao Bai led the young lion out of the cave and called to the adult Amethyst Winged Lion King when Yun Zhi appeared to be in danger.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King abandoned its fight with Yun Zhi and landed beside Xiao Bai, demanding that he let its son go.

Xiao Bai confronted the Amethyst Winged Lion King and forced it to acknowledge him as master by revealing his power over souls. Xiao Yan and Yao Lao decided to approach after recognizing Xiao Bai, while Yun Zhi learned Xiao Bai was an eighteen-year-old Five Star Dou Ling.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao recognized Xiao Bai's voice and decided to go see him, with Yao Lao refusing to intervene unless Xiao Yan faced a life-or-death situation.
• Xiao Bai returned the little lion to the Amethyst Winged Lion King, then demanded that the beast acknowledge him as its master or die.
• The little lion revealed that Xiao Bai had tampered with its soul, and Xiao Bai gave the Amethyst Winged Lion King a choice between submission and death.
• Xiao Bai told Yun Zhi that he was eighteen years old and a Five Star Dou Ling, easing her suspicions and astonishing her.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King agreed to submit after feeling Xiao Bai's overwhelming Soul Strength, and Xiao Bai planted a Soul Seal in its Sea of Consciousness.

Xiao Bai bound the Amethyst Winged Lion King with a Soul Seal and promised it a Transformation Pill, then gave Yun Zhi the Purple Spirit Crystal she needed. As Yun Zhi prepared to leave, she gave Xiao Bai her Heart of the Sea Armor as a parting gift, and they embraced before separating.

• Xiao Bai planted a Soul Seal in the Amethyst Winged Lion King and promised it a Transformation Pill if it served him well.
• Xiao Bai gave Yun Zhi the Purple Spirit Crystal, and Yun Zhi said she had to return to her sect.
• Yun Zhi gave Xiao Bai her Heart of the Sea Armor as a parting gift after he rejected the idea that it was payment.
• Xiao Bai teased Yun Zhi about the gift being a token of love, then asked to hug her.
• Yun Zhi embraced Xiao Bai and asked if he would come with her, but Xiao Bai said they would meet again after he settled some matters.

After Yun Zhi left, Xiao Bai reunited with Xiao Yan and helped him obtain a wisp of the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Purple Flame while leaving its Accompanying Amethyst Source untouched. Xiao Bai then discussed how to explain his alchemist identity and received Yao Lao's warning about relying on Soul Strength against powerful opponents.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave with Yao Lao after witnessing a Dou Emperor battle, and Xiao Bai asked why he had come so far on foot.
• Yao Lao recognized the Amethyst Winged Lion King and mentioned searching eight of its caves for an Accompanying Amethyst Source, prompting the lion to plead with Xiao Bai to leave the source for its son.
• Xiao Bai promised not to take the Accompanying Amethyst Source and suggested that Xiao Yan negotiate with Little Purple for a wisp of its Purple Flame; Yao Lao later obtained the flame in a deal.
• Xiao Bai asked Yao Lao whether people could have three attributes, and Yao Lao explained that multiple attributes were common but usually hindered cultivation, making them a plausible cover for Xiao Bai's alchemist identity.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Bai that powerful Dou Emperors and Dou Zongs could use Heaven and Earth Energy to shatter Soul Strength, so Xiao Bai should be cautious about relying on it in battle.

Xiao Bai and Yao Lao discussed Soul Skills, the limits of soul cultivation on the Dou Qi Continent, and why Xiao Bai should not rely on Soul Strength alone. Xiao Bai learned that Yao Lao and Xiao Yan planned to travel through the Demon Beast Mountain Range toward the Tagor Desert, then prepared to leave for Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Bai told Yao Lao that the Soul Realm had Mortal, Spirit, Heaven, and Emperor levels, and Yao Lao explained how Soul Skills could amplify Soul Strength.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Bai that powerful opponents could use Dou Qi and Heaven and Earth Energy to amplify their strength, while Xiao Bai could not rely on Soul Strength alone.
• Xiao Yan said that he and Yao Lao planned to train in the Demon Beast Mountain Range before entering the Tagor Desert, and Xiao Bai admitted he wanted to visit but said it was not the right time.
• Yao Lao teased Xiao Bai about his romantic entanglements, and Xiao Bai acknowledged that dealing with the women in his life would require care.
• Xiao Bai said he was leaving for Jia Nan Academy the next day and teased Xiao Yan about the Three-Year Agreement, prompting Xiao Yan to protest.

On Jia Nan Academy's final enrollment day, Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian helped with admission tests while waiting for Xiao Bai to return. Xiao Bai came back, reunited with them, and Ruo Lin told him to help with the work before the group set off the next day.

• Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian helped Ruo Lin with enrollment and wondered whether Xiao Bai had gone gathering herbs or picking flowers.
• A male student offered Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian water, but they politely brushed him off.
• Xiao Bai arrived with water, and Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian happily welcomed him and sat him between them.
• Xiao Bai teased the girls about being his wives, then claimed he had been delayed after running into Xiao Yan in the Demon Beast Mountain Range.
• Ruo Lin confronted Xiao Bai about teasing her and ordered him to help with enrollment work before their departure the next day.

Xiao Bai left Wutan City aboard Jia Nan Academy’s giant eagle with Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian, then studied the Tou She Ancient God Jade he had taken from Xiao Zhan. He planned to use Zi Yan to approach Zhu Kun and hide the jade from Hun Tiandi, but first needed a way to ensure the Old Dragon Emperor’s cooperation.

• Instructor Ruo Lin explained the giant eagle’s route to Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Bai boarded with Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian.
• As Wutan City receded, Xun Er comforted Xiao Bai and promised to stay by his side.
• Xiao Bai trained in his room and reflected on how Xian Er had interrupted a tender moment between him and Xun Er.
• Xiao Bai examined the Tou She Ancient God Jade he had taken from Xiao Zhan, leaving a letter and a piece of Hun Yu behind.
• Xiao Bai considered the jade’s role in reaching Dou Di and decided to seek Zi Yan’s help in giving it to Zhu Kun before Hun Tiandi could find it.

Xiao Bai and the new students arrived at Jia Nan Academy after passing through Peace Town, where an Elder warned them about the Black-Corner Region’s dangers. Xiao Bai asked Instructor Ruo Lin about the Inner Academy Selection Competition and revealed that he was a Dou Spirit, leaving her stunned.

• Xiao Bai’s convoy arrived at Peace Town, where a Jia Nan Academy Elder showed the new students the Dead Spirit Tree and warned them about the Black-Corner Region.
• Instructor Ruo Lin led the students through Peace Town’s wanted-person detection and onward by griffin to Jia Nan Academy.
• After enrollment procedures, Instructor Ruo Lin asked Xiao Bai, Xun Er, and Xiao Yi Xian to join her Yellow Class Second Class.
• Xiao Bai asked when the Inner Academy Selection Competition would be held, and Instructor Ruo Lin warned that its competitors were experienced older students.
• Xiao Bai released his aura, revealing himself as a Dou Spirit and leaving Instructor Ruo Lin speechless.

Xiao Bai revealed that he was a Dou Ling and told Ruo Lin he planned to enter the Inner Academy selection with Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian in two months. After the three settled at Ruo Lin’s courtyard and planned their training, the academy’s Vice Principal and elders discussed Xiao Bai and decided to observe him secretly.

• Xiao Bai withdrew his aura after revealing his Dou Ling cultivation, and Ruo Lin was shocked but agreed he could aim for the Inner Academy selection in two months.
• Xiao Bai told Ruo Lin he would bring Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian into the Inner Academy with him, and she invited the three to stay in her courtyard.
• Xiao Bai held the Xiao Clan’s first family meeting, setting cultivation goals for Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian and promising not to pursue romantic entanglements at Jia Nan Academy.
• Several days later, the Vice Principal and the elders reviewed information about Xiao Bai and found no powerful background or suspicious issues.
• The Vice Principal decided that Jia Nan Academy would secretly observe Xiao Bai and nurture him as long as he meant the academy no harm.

Xiao Bai made Xiao Yi Xian fight Tier 2 Magical Beasts to improve her combat skills and control, while healing her injuries afterward. By dusk, she had grown more capable and welcomed the warmth of their life together at camp.

• Xiao Yi Xian approached a Crimson Spirit Mushroom, but a Shadow Viper ambushed her and she narrowly dodged it with Moon Shadow Treading Waves.
• Xiao Bai decided Xiao Yi Xian needed harsher training, despite her Calamity Poison Body making the Shadow Viper's poison harmless to her.
• Xiao Bai repeatedly sent different Tier 2 Magical Beasts against Xiao Yi Xian, and she gradually learned to fight them despite suffering wounds and near-death moments.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned to camp at dusk, where Xiao Bai treated her injuries with Little Yi while roasting dinner.
• Xiao Yi Xian teased Xiao Bai for being improper, then told him she had fallen willingly as he healed her.

Xiao Bai monitored Xiao Yi Xian as she absorbed a poison pill, then challenged her to fight two Tier 2 Magical Beasts to improve her combat skills and cultivation. Meanwhile, a group of academy students entered the forest, escorting a woman they called Snow Fairy as they planned to manipulate a mission for her.

• Xiao Yi Xian took Xiao Bai's poison pill inside the tent while Xiao Bai watched her condition from outside through his Soul Strength.
• At dawn, Xiao Yi Xian woke after absorbing the poison, and Xiao Bai teased her and assigned her to deal with two Tier 2 Magical Beasts.
• Xiao Bai considered Xiao Yi Xian's improving poison-based fighting style and his plan to keep her Calamity Poison Body under control.
• Xiao Bai thought of Xun Er, who had entered seclusion, before Xiao Yi Xian finished packing and set off with him.
• Two young men promised Snow Fairy they would weaken a Tier 2 Magical Beast so she could deliver the final blow and complete her mission.

Xiao Yi Xian defeated a Blizzard Demon Ape after Xiao Bai secretly weakened a Black Scale Poison Python for her, then faced three students trying to steal her prey. Xiao Bai intervened, and Fire Elder arrived, revealing that Xiao Bai had the highest cultivation upon enrollment in Jia Nan Academy’s history.

• Xiao Yi Xian fought the Blizzard Demon Ape while dodging the Black Scale Poison Python, then struck the python’s wounded spot and defeated it.
• Xiao Yi Xian covered the Blizzard Demon Ape in poisonous mist until it collapsed, exhausting her Dou Qi.
• A woman in a fox-fur velvet dress and her companions, Li Bei and Lin San, tried to claim the ape, and Xiao Yi Xian refused to yield it.
• Xiao Bai appeared and called out the hidden Fire Elder, who arrived after the three students moved to take the ape.
• Fire Elder praised Xiao Bai’s soul talent and confirmed he had the highest cultivation upon enrollment since Jia Nan Academy’s founding.