Chapter Summaries

Liu Bai took control of the Black-Corner Region, gathered resources, and began studying Han Feng’s alchemy inheritance while planning carefully for the Fallen Heart Flame. Xiao Yi Xian set out with Qing Lin to find a powerful Magical Beast for her.

• Liu Bai stored the Heavenly Demon Puppet and Life-Transforming Flame secret arts, then appointed Earth Demon Old Ghost an elder of the Blood Fire Hall while leaving Demon Flame Valley under his control.
• Liu Bai and Xiao Yi Xian returned to the Blood Fire Hall, where Liu Bai decided to postpone pursuing Jia Nan Academy’s Fallen Heart Flame and enter seclusion to study Han Feng’s alchemy inheritance.
• Liu Bai ordered Yuan Yi to gather a long list of medicinal ingredients and buy genuine high-level pill formulas, then told Hai Bodong he would see him after his seclusion.
• Liu Bai began studying Han Feng’s inheritance and practicing alchemy with the Myriad Beast Cauldron and the Nether Prison Black Emperor Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian located a peak sixth-tier Ink Jade Flood Python and took Qing Lin to find it, with the Amethyst Winged Snake King following.

After months of secluded cultivation and alchemy, Liu Bai became a Sixth-Grade Alchemist and reached Peak Dou Wang. He learned the Fallen Heart Flame was growing harder to suppress, then visited Medusa and gave her the Soul Fusion Pill he had promised to refine.

• Liu Bai failed at first to refine a Sixth-Grade Pill, then succeeded after three months and resumed alchemy and cultivation.
• Liu Bai refined a Dou Ling Pill, consumed it, and advanced to Peak Dou Wang.
• Hai Bodong told Liu Bai that flame tides beneath Jia Nan Academy’s Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower were growing more severe and the Fallen Heart Flame was harder to suppress.
• Liu Bai visited Medusa in seclusion and gave her the Soul Fusion Pill he had refined for her.

Liu Bai reunited with Xiao Yi Xian after her seclusion and brought her to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to give her a rare treasure that could help her cultivation. The chapter ended as he presented her with a jade box containing the Blood Swan Kiss.

• Medusa told Liu Bai that she had to return to the Snake-Person Tribe, and he promised to help her people find a land where they could survive.
• Liu Bai visited Xiao Yi Xian, learned that her cultivation had stalled because the Black-Corner Region lacked potent poisons, and recalled that he possessed the Blood Swan Kiss.
• Liu Bai took Xiao Yi Xian through a spatial crack to a mountain peak in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Liu Bai took a snow-white jade box from his Storage Ring and presented it to Xiao Yi Xian as the promised treasure.

Liu Bai gave Xiao Yi Xian the Blood Swan Kiss and advised her to fuse it with the Nether Poison Flame. As she absorbed it, her cultivation surged toward the Nine-Star Dou Venerate realm, and she raised a barrier around the mountain range to hide the breakthrough.

• Liu Bai explained that the Blood Swan Kiss could multiply poison and suggested Xiao Yi Xian fuse it with the Nether Poison Flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian swallowed the Blood Swan Kiss, which sank toward the Nether Poison Flame in her dantian.
• The Nether Poison Flame fused with the herb and erupted in a devastating burst of poison, surrounding Xiao Yi Xian in dark green light.
• Xiao Yi Xian's cultivation rapidly rose through the Seven-Star and Eight-Star Dou Venerate stages and reached Nine-Star Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yi Xian spread an invisible barrier over the mountain range to conceal her breakthrough from powerful observers.

While Liu Bai guarded her cultivation, Xiao Yi Xian broke through to the Half-Saint realm after months of rapidly increasing power. She joyfully thanked Liu Bai for giving her the Blood Swan Kiss, and the two embraced on the mountain peak.

• Liu Bai watched over Xiao Yi Xian as she cultivated, while stabilizing his own realm.
• Xiao Yi Xian’s aura surged as she struck at the barrier between Dou Venerate and Saint, terrifying the beasts across the mountain range.
• After another month, Xiao Yi Xian broke through to the Half-Saint realm, and her transformed Purple Butterfly phantom tore through the surrounding mist.
• Xiao Yi Xian appeared before Liu Bai, embraced him, and celebrated her breakthrough with a kiss on his cheek.
• Xiao Yi Xian thanked Liu Bai for giving her the Blood Swan Kiss, and they stood together in each other’s arms.

Liu Bai and Xiao Yi Xian entered Jia Nan Academy’s Molten World and seized the Fallen Heart Flame with ease. Liu Bai began preparing to refine it while Xiao Yi Xian stood guard.

• Liu Bai teased Xiao Yi Xian, who shyly agreed to his request while they embraced at sunset.
• The next day, Liu Bai and Xiao Yi Xian surveyed Jia Nan Academy from the sky, hidden from everyone below by Xiao Yi Xian’s spatial control.
• Liu Bai asked Xiao Yi Xian to take them directly to the Molten World beneath the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower without alerting the academy.
• Xiao Yi Xian restrained the Fallen Heart Flame and handed it to Liu Bai after its attacks could not reach her.
• Liu Bai asked Xiao Yi Xian to guard him as he began refining the Fallen Heart Flame, and she promised to keep him safe.

Liu Bai refined the Fallen Heart Flame and broke through to Dou Emperor after half a year, with Xiao Yi Xian guarding him in the Molten World. They then found the trapped soul of Venerable Skyfire, Yao Tianhuo, who mistook Xiao Yi Xian for a Saint.

• Liu Bai began refining the weakened Fallen Heart Flame while Xiao Yi Xian kept watch over him in the Molten World.
• After guarding Liu Bai for half a year, Xiao Yi Xian saw him successfully refine the flame and break through to Dou Emperor.
• Liu Bai asked Xiao Yi Xian about spatial fluctuations in the magma, and she told him a soul was hiding deep within it.
• Liu Bai and Xiao Yi Xian appeared beside the hidden soul, and Liu Bai called for the trapped senior to reveal himself.
• Venerable Skyfire, Yao Tianhuo, emerged and bowed to Xiao Yi Xian, believing her to be a Saint.
• Liu Bai reassured Yao Tianhuo that they meant him no harm.

Liu Bai freed Venerable Skyfire from the magma and secured his allegiance, then received the young Fallen Heart Flame he had kept. After Jia Nan Academy’s Heart Flame went silent, Liu Bai and Xiao Yi Xian appeared above the academy, where Su Qian welcomed them as powerful visitors.

• Venerable Skyfire accepted Liu Bai’s offer to take him out and revive him in exchange for serving under his command.
• Venerable Skyfire gave Liu Bai a young Fallen Heart Flame, which Liu Bai stored and said he would return to Jia Nan Academy.
• Su Qian learned that the Heart Flame had been silent for seven days and planned to inspect the sealed area himself if it remained unchanged.
• A Dou Venerate’s aura engulfed Jia Nan Academy, prompting Su Qian and the elders to rush outside.
• Su Qian greeted Xiao Yi Xian as a Venerable and then looked at Liu Bai in surprise.

Liu Bai compensated Jia Nan Academy for absorbing its Fallen Heart Flame, then returned to the Douluo World to continue the Fire God trials. The God of Fire confronted him about disappearing for more than half a year, and Liu Bai promised to give advance notice next time.

• Liu Bai gave Su Qian a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame as compensation, and Su Qian ordered the academy to protect it as a top secret.
• Liu Bai returned to Black Seal City, where he had fused the Fallen Heart Flame with his Black Flame and reached the Three-Star Dou Emperor level.
• Liu Bai reviewed his progress in the Nine Trials of the Fire God, including his million-year golden eighth Soul Ring and its Boundless Sky-Burning Void skill.
• Liu Bai returned to the Douluo World, and the God of Fire appeared in his sea of consciousness to complain that his half-year absence had nearly scared him to death.
• Liu Bai promised to notify the God of Fire before any future long absences and agreed to finish the trials quickly.

Liu Bai refined the remains of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King in the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well to prepare a Soul Ring for his ninth slot. After discovering fragments of their Godheads and subduing their essences, he began fusing the ice and fire powers into himself.

• Liu Bai learned that his fourth Fire God Trial required him to obtain a ninth Soul Ring and break through to Title Douluo, then decided to use the Ice and Fire Dragon Kings' remains.
• Liu Bai refined both Dragon King corpses with the Nether Prison Black Phoenix Flame, leaving behind their essences and two fragments of their Godheads.
• Liu Bai stored the Godhead fragments and began refining the Dragon King essences in his vortex of flame.
• After four days, Liu Bai subdued both essences and began fusing them into his body with his flames and physical strength.
• The ice-blue essence entered Liu Bai first, making him feel as though he had been thrown into a ten-thousand-year ice cavern.

Liu Bai completed his ninth Soul Ring using the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King Essences, broke through to Title Douluo, and received a perfect evaluation in the Fire God’s fourth trial. He emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, where Dugu Yan greeted him and asked about his new realm.

• Liu Bai endured the opposing cold and heat of the Dragon King Essences and tempered his body into a God-tier Physical Body.
• Liu Bai forged the Ice and Fire God Ring as his ninth Soul Ring and gained the Ice and Fire Emperor Dragon Fist and Ice and Fire Emperor Body skills.
• Liu Bai completed the Fire God’s fourth trial with a perfect evaluation, and the trial increased the age of all his Soul Rings by fifty thousand years.
• Liu Bai emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and Dugu Yan rushed over and asked what realm he had reached.

After completing the fourth Fire God trial and reaching Title Douluo, Liu Bai reunited with Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo and told them about his divine inheritance. He gave them cultivation pills and learned that Spirit Hall was expanding its influence while the Heaven Dou Empire faced internal uncertainty.

• Liu Bai told Dugu Yan that he had become a Title Douluo and received the Fire God's inheritance, and she celebrated his progress with a kiss.
• Dugu Bo learned about Liu Bai's divine inheritance and urged him to seize the chance to become a god.
• Liu Bai said his fifth trial required him to calcine the Fire God Bead until its shell shattered, and Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo thought the trial sounded easy.
• Liu Bai gave Dugu Yan and Dugu Bo cultivation pills from another world.
• Dugu Bo reported that Spirit Hall was infiltrating kingdoms and duchies, Emperor Xue Ye was reportedly unwell, and the Star Luo Empire remained stable under Dai Tianfeng and crown prince Dai Weisi.

After completing the Fire God’s Fifth Trial, Liu Bai discovered the Fire God’s divine weapon and began the Sixth Trial. The Burning Heaven Blazing Sun Spear resisted his attempt to lift it, leaving him assessing its immense weight.

• Liu Bai left Dugu Bo and Dugu Yan to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well while he focused on becoming a god.
• Liu Bai tempered the Fire God Bead with the Nether Prison Black Emperor Flame, shattering its shell and completing the Fifth Trial with a perfect assessment.
• The reward raised Liu Bai’s soul power to rank ninety-six and increased all his Spirit Bones’ age limits by ten thousand years.
• A crimson crystal emerged from the Fire God Bead and transformed into the Burning Heaven Blazing Sun Spear, initiating the Fire God’s Sixth Trial.
• Liu Bai gripped the spear and repelled its flames, but his first attempt to lift it failed because it was extraordinarily heavy.

Liu Bai completed the sixth Fire God trial by lifting the Burning Heaven Blazing Sun Spear, which recognized him as its master. The seventh trial required a complete set of spirit bones, so he decided to seek the missing pieces in the Star Dou Great Forest, hoping to negotiate with its powerful inhabitants.

• Liu Bai used his Dou Qi and enhanced physique to pull the 108,000-jin Burning Heaven Blazing Sun Spear from the ground.
• The spear recognized Liu Bai as its master, became weightless to him, and responded instantly to his will.
• Liu Bai tested the spear’s power, splitting a distant hill with a slash of flame.
• Liu Bai learned that the seventh Fire God trial required six spirit bones and realized he still needed a skull bone and both leg bones.
• Liu Bai chose to head to the Star Dou Great Forest’s core to ask its fierce beast overlords for the missing spirit bones.

Liu Bai entered the Star Dou Great Forest’s core region and demanded three Spirit Bones from Di Tian and the other Soul Beast overlords. He proposed a duel with Di Tian to decide the matter and left the challenge hanging as he summoned the Burning Heaven Blazing Sun Spear.

• Liu Bai arrived above Life Lake, where Di Tian, Bi Ji, Zi Ji, and Xiong Jun confronted him.
• Di Tian offered to let Liu Bai leave if he had entered by mistake, but Liu Bai said he had come to ask for three Spirit Bones.
• Liu Bai claimed he could kill most of the Star Dou Great Forest’s Soul Beasts, but said he would rather obtain Spirit Bones left behind by Soul Beasts that failed their tribulations.
• Liu Bai challenged Di Tian to a duel, wagering that he would leave forever if he lost and could choose Spirit Bones if he won.
• Liu Bai summoned the Burning Heaven Blazing Sun Spear and asked Di Tian whether he dared accept the challenge.

Liu Bai accepted Di Tian’s challenge for a Spirit Bone and fought him above the Life Lake. Liu Bai’s black flames withstood Di Tian’s attack and forced him to defend against a powerful spear technique.

• Di Tian challenged Liu Bai to accept a condition if he lost, and Liu Bai agreed confidently.
• Di Tian and Liu Bai’s opposing auras collided, shaking the sky and damaging the forest below.
• Di Tian attacked with Ten Thousand Dragon Flame, but Liu Bai protected himself with a Black Fire Lotus and remained unharmed.
• Liu Bai launched Flowing Flame Startling Swan from the Burning Heaven Blazing Sun Spear, and Di Tian barely held back its flames with a barrier.
• Di Tian acknowledged Liu Bai’s strength after sensing that Liu Bai’s flames suppressed and devoured his own.

Liu Bai fought Di Tian in his true Black Dragon form and blocked the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King's Dragon God Claw with his Ice and Fire Emperor Body. Di Tian conceded defeat, leaving Liu Bai victorious in the clash.

• Di Tian transformed into his true form, a Black Dragon over a hundred meters long, and attacked Liu Bai.
• Liu Bai fought Di Tian evenly with his spear and physical strength without using any soul skills.
• Di Tian unleashed the Dragon God Claw, alarming Bi Ji, Zi Ji, and Xiong Jun.
• Liu Bai activated his Martial Soul Avatar and Ice and Fire Emperor Body, then met the Dragon God Claw with his spear.
• The clash blasted Liu Bai and Di Tian backward and left a tiny crack in Di Tian's claw.
• Di Tian admitted defeat, and Liu Bai replied that Di Tian had let him win.

After Di Tian acknowledged Liu Bai’s strength, he led him beneath Life Lake to meet Gu Yuena, the Silver Dragon King. Gu Yuena presented three God-Tier Spirit Bones, leaving Liu Bai shocked by their power.

• Di Tian asked Bi Ji to bring out the stored Spirit Bones, then told Liu Bai that someone wished to meet him.
• Di Tian led Liu Bai through a spatial membrane beneath Life Lake into a hidden realm where Gu Yuena awaited him.
• Gu Yuena changed into human form and explained that it would be easier to communicate that way.
• Gu Yuena summoned a skull bone and two leg bones, and confirmed that all three were God-Tier Spirit Bones.

Liu Bai accepted three God Bones from Gu Yuena in exchange for promising to help the Soul Beast Clan if the opportunity arose. He began absorbing them in a secluded valley and completed the Soul-Suppressing Spirit Skull, leaving two God Bones to absorb.

• Gu Yuena offered Liu Bai the skull, left leg, and right leg God Bones in return for his future aid to the Soul Beast Clan, and he agreed.
• Liu Bai left the Star Dou Great Forest and traveled to a secluded valley to absorb the God Bones.
• After five hours, Liu Bai absorbed the Soul-Suppressing Spirit Skull and gained the Dao-Suppressing Divine Eye and Myriad Thoughts Return to Void skills.
• Liu Bai sensed that his spiritual power and soul strength had risen close to the Spirit Realm threshold.

Liu Bai absorbed the Primordial Heaven-Stepping and Samsara Rebirth leg bones, completing his full set of god-level spirit bones and the Fire God’s seventh trial. After reaching level ninety-seven, he turned his attention to the eighth trial and wondered where Tang San had gone.

• Liu Bai absorbed the Primordial Heaven-Stepping Leg Bone and gained Heaven-Stepping Step and Stomp Shattering the Galaxy.
• Liu Bai absorbed the Samsara Rebirth Leg Bone and gained Instant of Rebirth and Samsara Stomp Break.
• Liu Bai completed the Fire God’s seventh trial with a perfect evaluation, raising his soul power to level ninety-seven and increasing his spirit bone and soul ring ages by fifty thousand years.
• Liu Bai learned that the eighth trial required him to reach level ninety-nine and thought he could do so soon with a Sixth-Grade Pill.
• Liu Bai wondered where Tang San was, then dismissed him as no threat unless he completed the Asura God’s trials.