Chapter Summaries

Xiao Bai forced Lin Yan to sign a contract to work off his debt, then had Little Golden Dragon rob the older students at the exit. After the competition ended, Xiao Bai and the new students entered the Inner Academy, where he began considering who to recruit and what he had come to find.

• Xiao Bai made Lin Yan choose between paying eight hundred Fire Energy points, working off the debt, or being hung from a tree, and Lin Yan signed the contract.
• Su Qian learned that Xiao Bai was a Fifth Rank Alchemist and decided the eight hundred points were a worthwhile price for Lin Yan to work with him.
• Little Golden Dragon blocked the older students at the exit and robbed them of over seven hundred Fire Energy points for Xiao Bai.
• Liu Qing warned Xiao Bai that revealing Little Golden Dragon could put him in danger, but Xiao Bai said he was not concerned.
• Su Qian ended the competition and awarded Xiao Bai a Crimson Fire Crystal Card and one hundred days of Heavenly Fire Energy, along with rewards for other new students.
• Xiao Bai entered the Inner Academy with Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian and told Xun Er he planned to recruit Lin Yan.

Xiao Bai settled into the Inner Academy and agreed to refine Dou Ling Pills for Elder Su, Elder Liu, and Elder Duan in exchange for medicinal ingredients and Fire Energy. He also considered building a commercial pill-refining force with the Academy’s Alchemy Department, then received the ingredients as the elders left him to begin refining.

• Tu Shan left Xiao Bai’s residence to stay with Mu Chuan and the others, while Elder Su explained the Inner Academy’s rules and resources to Xiao Bai and his companions.
• Elder Su asked Xiao Bai to refine a Dou Ling Pill, and Xiao Bai agreed to attempt three pills if Elder Su gathered three sets of ingredients and paid eight hundred days of Heavenly Fire Energy for each one.
• Xiao Bai considered establishing a pill-refining force in the Black-Corner Region by cooperating with Jia Nan Academy’s Alchemy Department and eventually opposing Han Feng.
• Xiao Bai spent the evening with Xun Er, then watched Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian spar the next morning and teased them with exaggerated praise.
• Elder Su brought Elder Liu and Elder Duan to Xiao Bai, and all three elders left their medicinal ingredients with him after accepting the risk of failure.
• Elder Su left worried that Xiao Bai might fail just as Fire Elder had failed him before.

Xiao Bai refined a Rank 6 pill while teaching Xiao Yi Xian about alchemy, then comforted her over her fear that the Calamity Poison Body would separate them. He revealed that he had found clues to the ingredients needed to solve her condition, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yi Xian reassured as Xiao Bai resumed refining pills.

• Xiao Yi Xian sorted nine sets of rare ingredients, and Xiao Bai began refining a Rank 6 pill in the Medicine Cauldron Fire Elder had given him.
• Xiao Bai extracted the Golden Silk Fire Lotus’s Medicinal Essence and explained the dangers of refining high-grade ingredients and the value of powerful flames.
• Xiao Bai recalled a poem he had once spoken to Xiao Yi Xian, and she admitted she feared the Calamity Poison Body because she could not bear to leave him.
• Xiao Bai comforted Xiao Yi Xian and told her he had found clues to the Heavenly Scorpion Poison Dragon Beast, Bodhi Transformation Saliva, and a substitute for the three Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yi Xian regained hope and vowed to protect Xiao Bai, while he promised to help her obtain the Monster Core and returned to refining pills.

Xun Er heard that older students were repeatedly extorting Heavenly Fire Energy from the new students and told them Xiao Bai would handle it. At the passageway, Xiao Bai intervened against the Ink Gate students, and a bolt of golden lightning descended toward their hooked-nosed leader.

• Mu Chuan told Xun Er that five groups of older students had collected tribute from the new students, and Xun Er refused to take their Heavenly Fire Energy for Xiao Bai.
• Xiao Bai told Mu Chuan to return, and Xun Er assured him that Xiao Bai had agreed to help.
• Tu Shan and Mu Chuan returned to the passageway, where Ink Gate members demanded more tribute and threatened the new students.
• Mu Chuan urged the new students to refuse payment and wait for Xiao Bai, despite Ink Gate's strength and threats.
• Xiao Bai's distant voice challenged the Ink Gate leader, then a bolt of golden lightning struck down toward the hooked-nosed youth.

Xiao Bai defeated Mao Jin with golden lightning, ended the freshman tribute fee, and agreed to establish a faction named Purple Firmament. Back in his pavilion, he continued refining a Rank 6 Pill, whose powerful energy surges forced him to send Xiao Yi Xian away.

• Xiao Bai struck Mao Jin with golden lightning, leaving him charred but alive, and challenged anyone seeking the freshmen’s Fire Energy to defeat him in the arena.
• Xiao Bai ended the New Student Tribute Fee and urged the freshmen to rely on their own strength as they settled into the Inner Academy.
• Mu Chuan proposed forming a faction, and Xiao Bai named it Purple Firmament; he ordered Tu Shan and Mu Chuan to assist Xun Er, then called Lin Yan to work.
• Xiao Bai returned his attention to refining a Monster Core, while Xiao Yi Xian massaged his head and asked how she could help him.
• Xiao Bai formed a red-and-blue Rank 6 Pill, whose energy ripples surged through the pavilion, and told Xiao Yi Xian to evacuate everyone.

Xiao Bai completed a Rank 6 Dou Ling Pill, creating a pillar of red-and-blue light that drew attention across the Inner Academy and alerted the Medicine Emperor Han Feng. The chapter ended with Xiao Bai holding the finished pill as the pillar faded.

• Xiao Bai released the Medicine Cauldron’s energy, and the resulting eruption destroyed the upper part of the pavilion as Xun Er kept Xiao Yi Xian from rushing back to him.
• Xu Su told Tu Shan, Mu Chuan, and Lin Yan that Xiao Bai was refining a Rank 6 Pill.
• The Grand Elder and Elder Liu discussed the Fallen Heart Flame’s weakening seal and feared Han Feng would target it if its existence became known.
• Elder Su, Fire Elder, and others recognized the pillar of light as the phenomenon of a Rank 6 Pill being born and rushed toward it.
• Han Feng sensed the fluctuations from Jia Nan Academy and considered whether Fire Elder had refined the pill, while worrying about another powerful alchemist emerging there.
• Xiao Bai drew the finished red Dou Ling Pill into his hand as the pillar of light gradually disappeared.

After Xiao Bai refined a top-grade Rank 6 Dou Ling Pill, Jia Nan Academy’s Elders crowded around him, and Grand Elder Su Qian asked him to help if the Inner Academy faced a crisis. Xiao Bai asked where a Thunder Cultivator could train, and Su Qian revealed Thunderfall Valley, a lightning-filled cultivation site restricted to Dou Emperors.

• The Elders swarmed Xiao Bai to inspect his Dou Ling Pill, while Xun Er explained to Xiao Yi Xian why Rank 6 Alchemists were so valuable.
• Su Qian arrived, praised Xiao Bai’s pill and abilities, and asked him to assist Jia Nan Academy if a future crisis demanded it.
• Xiao Bai agreed to help if needed, then asked Su Qian whether the Inner Academy had a suitable training place for a Thunder Cultivator.
• Su Qian revealed that Thunderfall Valley had powerful lightning, reaching Dou Zong strength at its center, and that the Headmaster had barred anyone below the Dou Emperor level from entering.

Xiao Bai entered Thunderfall Valley to cultivate, while Little Golden Dragon and the Thunder Seeds rushed ahead to consume lightning. Back at Jia Nan Academy, rumors about Xiao Bai drew female students to Purple Firmament, frustrating Xun Er and her plans for the faction.

• Su Qian opened the sealed entrance to Thunderfall Valley, gave Xiao Bai a jade slip for emergencies, and let him enter.
• Inside the valley, Little Golden Dragon devoured a bolt of lightning, and the four Thunder Seeds flew into the clouds to feed.
• Xiao Bai avoided the valley’s strongest lightning and began cultivating outside it, hoping to reach Dou King and find the fifth Thunder Seed.
• Mu Lan urged the silver-haired Yue Er to join Purple Firmament’s recruitment, but Yue Er reminded her that they had planned to establish Moon Spirit.
• Xun Er learned that rumors about Xiao Bai had drawn female students to Purple Firmament and ordered recruitment to proceed by merit, regardless of gender.

Xiao Yan began devouring the Green Lotus Core Flame while Yao Lao guarded him, after a mysterious vision seemed to alter the flame. Gu He and his companions discovered the Heavenly Flame’s location and withdrew after Yao Lao drove them off, but they appeared likely to return.

• Xiao Yan prepared to devour the Green Lotus Core Flame with the Blood Lotus Pill, Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and Na Ling while Yao Lao watched over him.
• Yao Lao experienced a vision of a star-surrounded figure touching the Green Lotus Core Flame, then found the flame seemed subtly changed.
• Gu He, Yan Shi, and Feng Li sensed a Heavenly Flame and raced toward Xiao Yan’s cave as Medusa also sensed the Green Lotus Core Flame and left the Snake-People Race Temple.
• Xiao Yan overcame his hesitation, grabbed the source flame, and swallowed it as Yao Lao urged him to continue.
• Yao Lao ordered Gu He and his companions to leave; Gu He identified the auras of both the Green Lotus Core Flame and Yao Lao’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame before withdrawing with Yan Shi and Feng Li.

Gu He left to recruit Yun Yun while Feng Li and Yan Shi guarded the cave where Xiao Yan refined the Green Lotus Core Flame. Medusa arrived, mistook Yao Lao for someone who had harmed Xiao Bai, and after learning Xiao Bai was at Jia Nan Academy, revealed that her soul held a second consciousness she could only suppress.

• Gu He refused to invite more allies and flew toward the Misty Cloud Sect, leaving Feng Li and Yan Shi to guard the mountain cave.
• Medusa appeared above the mountain, shattered Yao Lao’s Soul Barrier, and demanded to know where Xiao Bai was.
• Yao Lao explained that Xiao Bai had gone to Jia Nan Academy and that Xiao Yan, his disciple, was refining the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Medusa told Yao Lao that absorbing the Heaven Swallowing Python’s soul had created a second consciousness within her own soul, which she could suppress but not eliminate.
• Yao Lao admitted he could not resolve Medusa’s condition and told her to seek Xiao Bai’s help when he returned.

After months of tempering his body with lightning in Thunderfall Valley, Xiao Bai broke through to Dou King and formed Dou Qi Transformation Wings by his own strength. As a new black lightning bolt emerged from the Divine Edict and shot toward his kidneys, he braced for another trial.

• Xiao Bai finished tempering his body in Thunderfall Valley and began his breakthrough from peak nine-star Dou Ling.
• Little Golden Dragon returned with the others in an enormous new form after swallowing a mysterious black lightning ball it had found in the thunderclouds.
• Xiao Bai absorbed the Thunder Seeds and the valley's lightning energy, refined it, and broke through to Dou King.
• Xiao Bai formed Dou Qi Transformation Wings and reflected on the unanswered questions surrounding the Divine Edict.
• Black lightning surfaced on the Divine Edict and shot toward Xiao Bai's kidneys.

Xiao Bai refined Gui Water Yin Thunder in Thunderfall Valley while Xiao Yi Xian broke through to Dou Ling in the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower. At Purple Firmament, Xun Er revealed she would soon have to return to her clan, while Xiao Bai remained in the valley ahead of Xiao Yan's deadline.

• Xiao Bai's Bing Fire Yang Thunder clashed with the Gui Water Yin Thunder, and he began refining the new thunder seed after it unexpectedly cooperated.
• Little Golden Dragon tried to swallow the Gui Water Yin Thunder and suffered for it, then moved to the valley entrance to block some lightning pillars.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged from a seven-day stay in the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower after advancing to Dou Ling, and went to Purple Firmament to see Xun Er.
• Xun Er reassured Xiao Yi Xian about her dwindling fire energy and revealed that she had also reached Dou Ling while managing Purple Firmament.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yi Xian that her clan would soon summon her home and that Xiao Bai was still cultivating in Thunderfall Valley, but should return before Xiao Yan's deadline.

Xiao Yan recovered after successfully evolving the Flame Mantra by devouring a Heavenly Flame, then received Medusa’s token and learned she had helped save him. As Yao Lao fled with Xiao Yan from Gu He and a pursuing Dou Emperor, the pursuer turned out to be a woman who knew Bai Ge and refused to attack Xiao Yan, leaving Gu He’s pursuit unresolved.

• Xiao Yan woke and confirmed that the Flame Mantra had evolved, greatly strengthening his Dou Qi and giving him limitless potential.
• Yao Lao brought Xiao Yan to meet Medusa, who denied being connected to Bai Ge but gave Xiao Yan a token to protect him in the Tagor Desert.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to focus on cultivation and the Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran, then sensed Gu He and a Dou Emperor approaching.
• Yao Lao took control of Xiao Yan’s body and fled, but the pursuing woman stopped them with a wall of wind blades.
• Yao Lao withdrew into the ring, and the black-robed Dou Emperor recognized Xiao Yan as Bai Ge’s brother and refused to seize his Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Bai struggled to balance the Five Elements within his body and realized he needed Earth Core Body Tempering Milk to harmonize Water and Fire. As Little Golden Dragon mourned what it thought was his death, Xiao Bai revived and called it over.

• Xiao Bai’s Five Lightning Seeds activated his five viscera, but the Wood and Fire energies merged against the Metal and Water energies, leaving Earth unable to balance their conflict.
• Xiao Bai concluded that he needed to strengthen the Earth Element and remembered that the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s cave contained Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Little Golden Dragon fled from Xiao Bai’s devouring force and believed he had died after his body shriveled into a skeleton.
• At Jia Nan Academy, a tiny figure tried to sneak into the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s cave, fought the ape, and failed to lure it away from the entrance.
• Xiao Bai’s skeleton stood up, opened its black-red eyes, and ordered Little Golden Dragon to come over.

Xiao Bai arrived at the Snow Demon Sky Ape's valley with Little Golden Dragon and confronted Zi Yan, who wanted a share of the energy inside the cave. After killing the ape with a spear formed from Little Golden Dragon, Xiao Bai entered the cave while Little Golden Dragon discovered that Zi Yan knew Su Qian.

• Little Golden Dragon carried Xiao Bai through Jia Nan Academy's back mountains toward the Snow Demon Sky Ape's valley, startling students and beasts along the way.
• Xiao Bai found Zi Yan guarding the cave with the Snow Demon Sky Ape and refused her offer to help in exchange for some of the energy inside.
• Xiao Bai transformed Little Golden Dragon into a Golden Spear and pierced the Snow Demon Sky Ape's claws before killing it with a spear through its forehead.
• Xiao Bai ordered Little Golden Dragon to guard the cave entrance and went inside, while Zi Yan watched in alarm.
• Little Golden Dragon questioned Zi Yan, learned that the old man she would call was Su Qian, and nervously claimed they were all family.

Xiao Bai found Earth Core Body Tempering Milk beneath the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s cave and absorbed its energy, triggering powerful changes in his body and a gathering of water and fire energy above the valley. At the same time, the Fallen Heart Flame stirred beneath Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower and sensed the fire energy Xiao Bai was absorbing.

• Xiao Bai uncovered an underground passage in the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s cave and followed it to a vast stalactite cavern containing Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Xiao Bai drank the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and drew Earth Vein Power through Wu Earth Nether Thunder, intensifying the clashes among the energies within his body.
• Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian found Little Golden Dragon and Zi Yan outside the cave, where spreading yellow-gray lightning bypassed them and energy gathered above the valley.
• Su Qian and the tower-stationed elders repaired and reinforced the seal over the Fallen Heart Flame, but renewed heat and disturbances forced them to strengthen it again.
• The Fallen Heart Flame rose from the magma, sensed Xiao Bai’s fire energy above the seal, and recognized that absorbing him could bring it great benefits.

Xiao Bai used the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk to temper his bones and began harmonizing the Water and Fire energies in his body, triggering a vast upheaval outside the cave. As Xun Er and the others watched anxiously, Zi Yan left after learning that Jia Nan Academy had sent up a crisis signal flare, while Su Qian’s reinforcements arrived to contain the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Bai cut into the stalactite with the Tou She Ancient God Jade and absorbed the emerald Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, which tempered his bones and cleansed impurities.
• Xiao Bai suppressed his Water and Fire energies with Earth Attribute energy and began guiding them toward harmony as his strained meridians neared their limit.
• Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Little Golden Dragon watched the energy vortex engulf the sky while Xiao Bai cultivated inside the cave.
• Zi Yan recognized a signal flare as a warning that the Inner Academy was in crisis and hurried toward it, while Xun Er stayed to watch over Xiao Bai.
• Su Qian and the elders struggled to hold back the violent Fallen Heart Flame until Hu Qian arrived with reinforcements, prompting Su Qian to angrily demand how they had gotten there.

Su Qian suspected Xiao Bai had triggered the Fallen Heart Flame’s unrest, while Xiao Bai balanced water and fire energy and experienced a vision of a world’s creation. After absorbing a vast energy surge, Xiao Bai’s Five Lightning Seeds settled into five directions in his Dantian, leaving him to consider whether his cultivation was beginning to transform into a new path.

• Zi Yan told Su Qian she had come from the back mountain and described meeting a skeleton riding a golden dragon, leading him to suspect Xiao Bai was involved in the Fallen Heart Flame’s disturbance.
• Xiao Bai guided his water and fire energies into balance, forming a red-and-black Taiji-like diagram that gave Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Little Golden Dragon visions of their own power.
• Xiao Bai experienced a vision of chaos dividing into heaven and earth, followed by the formation of the five elements and a living world.
• Xiao Bai called for the energy cloud to be absorbed, and its energy strengthened his body and restored his hair to black.
• The Five Lightning Seeds left Xiao Bai’s organs and settled in five directions in his Dantian, prompting him to wonder whether his cultivation was entering a world-transformation path.

Xiao Bai’s Five Lightning Seeds fused their power into Five Elements Thunder Dou Qi, raising him to peak Nine-star Dou King and greatly strengthening his physique. A five-colored pillar then erupted from the mountain, which Xun Er recognized as a sign that Xiao Bai had created a Heaven Rank Qi Method or Dou Technique; a towering figure appeared atop the pillar.

• Xiao Bai let the Five Lightning Seeds absorb his Dou Qi and return vast amounts of refined energy, advancing him to peak Nine-star Dou King.
• Xiao Bai named his fused energy Five Elements Thunder Dou Qi and discovered that his physical strength could nearly distort space with a punch.
• Five beams of light emerged from Xiao Bai’s five viscera, then surged out of his body as a pillar that disturbed the Dou Qi of those nearby.
• Little Golden Dragon fled from the pillar, while Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian resisted its devouring sensation and Su Qian noticed the phenomenon.
• Xun Er explained that the pillar signaled the creation of a Heaven Rank Qi Method or Dou Technique, and a towering figure appeared above it.

Xiao Bai emerged from his cultivation with the Great Five Elements Divine Light, and Jia Nan Academy mistook the Fallen Heart Flame’s rampage for an invasion by a Dou Venerate. He reunited with Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian, explained his new ability, and planned to test its limits.

• Xiao Bai dispersed the clouds and light pillar, revealing his transformed appearance and five-colored eyes to Jia Nan Academy.
• The Invisible Fire Python attacked the energy barrier, and Su Qian fought it while the Outer Academy Elders struggled to maintain the barrier.
• Little Golden Dragon warned Xiao Bai that a powerful expert had supposedly invaded, but Xiao Bai realized the disturbance came from the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Bai reunited with Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian, learned that Xun Er had once considered giving him a Life Devouring Pill, and reassured Xiao Yi Xian about his restored black hair.
• Xiao Bai explained that the Great Five Elements Divine Light stripped away opponents’ Dou Qi and temporarily added it to his own, though its effects weakened against stronger enemies.