Chapter Summaries

After completing his outstanding alchemy commissions, Liu Bai returned to Gama Holy City with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to seek out Yao Chen and make contact with Xiao Yan. He found Yao Chen at the Mite'er Auction House and arrived to visit Hai Bodong, where his sudden appearance delighted the old friend.

• After refining pills for two months, Liu Bai finished his backlogged commissions and told Xiao Yi Xian they would return to the Northwest Continent to find Yao Chen.
• Xiao Yi Xian opened a spatial rift, and she, Liu Bai, and Qing Lin traveled to Gama Holy City.
• Liu Bai used his Spirit Realm Soul Power to search the city and sensed Yao Chen at the Mite'er Auction House, along with Xiao Yan's presence.
• Liu Bai decided to visit Hai Bodong and instantly brought Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to the Mite'er Auction House.
• Hai Bodong recognized Liu Bai as he appeared in the hall and greeted him with surprise and joy.

Liu Bai returned to the Jia Ma Empire and told Hai Bodong and the others about his exploits in the Central Plains, including becoming a Tier 8 Alchemist. His powerful Soul Power then alerted Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, who feared that a formidable friend or enemy had found them.

• Liu Bai praised Hai Bodong's progress to Peak Dou Emperor and hinted that Jia Xingtian had also reached Dou Zong.
• Liu Bai recounted his Central Plains adventures, stunning Hai Bodong and the others with his account of refining a Tier 8 Pill.
• Liu Bai sensed Yao Chen inside the Mite'er Auction House and swept his Soul Power across the city.
• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that a Spirit Realm Soul Power had discovered them and could belong to a Dou Venerate or Tier 8 Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen wondered whether the powerful figure had come to find Yao Chen, while Yao Chen vowed to protect Xiao Yan if necessary.

Liu Bai learned that the Alchemist Tournament was underway and decided to visit the Alchemist Association, where Fa Ma welcomed him enthusiastically. He also discovered that Xiao Yan had obtained another Heavenly Flame and wondered how far Xiao Yan could go without the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Hai Bodong told Liu Bai that the Alchemist Tournament had reached a crucial stage, with Yao Yue, Liu Ling, and Yan Xiao among the favorites.
• Liu Bai recalled sensing a Heavenly Flame within Xiao Yan and suspected it was the Wind Fury Dragon Flame or another lower-ranked Heavenly Flame.
• Hai Bodong reminded Liu Bai that he was an honorary elder of the Alchemist Association, and Liu Bai agreed to visit it with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Liu Bai, Xiao Yi Xian, and Hai Bodong arrived at the Association, where Fa Ma recognized Liu Bai and eagerly welcomed him inside.
• Fa Ma escorted Liu Bai, Xiao Yi Xian, and Hai Bodong to a reception room and served them tea and refreshments.

Liu Bai agreed to publicly refine a pill before the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Tournament finals, and he arrived at the packed plaza as the celebrated guest. The crowd welcomed his return, while Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Yao Yue reacted with excitement and surprise.

• Fama saw Liu Bai's Tier 8 Unity Pill and asked him to serve as a model for the empire's young Alchemists.
• Liu Bai declined Fama's request to become his disciple but agreed to refine a pill before the tournament finals, choosing a Tier 7 Pill because his Tier 8 ingredients were scarce.
• Three days later, Fama announced to the crowd that a distinguished guest would demonstrate high-level alchemy before the finals.
• Fama revealed that the guest was Liu Bai, prompting Yun Yun, Nalan Yanran, and Yao Yue to react to his return.
• Liu Bai emerged with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and the plaza erupted in welcome.

Liu Bai returned to the plaza and began refining a Tier 7 Pill before the gathered alchemists. After five hours, Pill Lightning formed above the plaza, confirming his success.

• Liu Bai greeted Yao Yue, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran before stepping onto the platform to begin his demonstration.
• Liu Bai summoned the Myriad Beast Cauldron, and Xiao Yan and Yao Lao recognized it as a treasure from the Heavenly Cauldron Ranking.
• Liu Bai revealed the Nether Prison Black Emperor Flame, making the Flames within the gathered alchemists tremble and startling Xiao Yan and Yao Lao.
• Liu Bai refined the pill with precise control over the ingredients and Flame while Fa Ma and the other alchemists watched in awe.
• Liu Bai finished refining after nearly five hours, and Pill Lightning gathered overhead as the crowd realized he had made a Tier 7 Pill.

Liu Bai completed a Tier 7 Qi-Smoothing Pill and used his golden Heavenly Demon Puppet to destroy the Pill Lightning and thunderclouds. He gifted the pill to Fa Ma for study, while Jia Xingtian wondered at the puppet’s power.

• Yao Yue praised Xiao Bai as Yao Ye watched, and Xiao Yan’s teacher identified Liu Bai as at least a high-tier Tier 7 Alchemist.
• Liu Bai named his golden Heavenly Demon Puppet Bing Hezi and sent it to destroy the descending Pill Lightning and shatter the thunderclouds.
• Liu Bai retrieved the completed Tier 7 Qi-Smoothing Pill from the Myriad Beast Cauldron as the crowd cheered.
• Liu Bai gave the pill to Fa Ma for study, and Fa Ma tearfully thanked him.
• Jia Xingtian congratulated Liu Bai and asked about the golden puppet’s rank, but Liu Bai did not answer.

The Alchemist Tournament’s final round began, requiring contestants to provide their own formulas and ingredients as Xiao Yan prepared to refine a Three-Pattern Spirit Pill. As the contest reached its late stages, Xiao Yan switched flames to attempt the pill’s second pattern.

• Fa Ma announced that contestants had to refine a pill using their own formulas and ingredients, and the final round began.
• Liu Bai secretly probed Xiao Yan and identified his Heavenly Flame as Wind Fury Dragon Flame before Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that someone was investigating him.
• Yao Yue and Liu Ling brought out their fifth-tier medicinal cauldrons, while Xiao Yan began refining a Three-Pattern Spirit Pill in his old cauldron.
• After several hours, fewer than thirty contestants remained, with Yao Yue, Liu Ling, and Xiao Yan nearing the final stages of pill fusion.
• Xiao Yan swallowed a pale-purple pill, withdrew his azure flame, and sent purple flame into the cauldron to refine the Spirit Pill’s second pattern, prompting Fa Ma to recognize his aim.

Xiao Yan pushed his Green Spirit Pill refinement beyond a Two-Vein pill, using Yao Lao’s Bone Chilling Flame to attempt a third pattern. His cauldron appeared to explode, leaving the outcome unclear as Xiao Yan stared toward the clouds.

• Yao Yue and Liu Ling neared completion of their fourth-tier pills while Xiao Yan’s cauldron remained silent, worrying the audience and officials.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that he needed a Three-Pattern Spirit Pill to secure victory, and Yao Lao agreed to lend him a wisp of the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Xiao Yan sent the white Flame into the sky and jolted his cracking cauldron upward, triggering a violent energy surge.
• Xiao Yan staggered back, exhausted, and watched the clouds as spectators assumed he had failed; Yan Li mocked him and returned to his own pill.

Xiao Yan revealed that he had refined a Three-Pattern Spirit Pill and won the Alchemist Tournament, despite his exhaustion. After receiving the award, he met Liu Bai, who hinted that he had noticed the mysterious white flame Xiao Yan used.

• Xiao Yan drew down the flame-fused pill and revealed a Three-Pattern Spirit Pill, stunning the audience and leaving Yan Li speechless.
• Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong celebrated Xiao Yan's success, while Liu Ling accepted his defeat and Yao Yue stared in disbelief.
• Fa Ma declared Yan Xiao the tournament champion, and Yan Li slipped away into the crowd.
• Fa Ma presented Xiao Yan with the tournament rewards, and Yao Yue and Liu Ling congratulated him as the crowd dispersed.
• Liu Bai approached Xiao Yan with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, praised his pill-refining skill, and hinted that he had recognized the white flame.

Liu Bai invited Xiao Yan to meet him at the Jia Ma Imperial Palace, saying he might be able to help Yao Lao. Xiao Yan accepted and arrived that night, where he and Liu Bai began talking about pill refinement and the continent.

• Liu Bai asked Xiao Yan whether his teacher was surnamed Yao, and Yao Lao agreed to meet him after sensing Liu Bai’s formidable strength.
• Liu Bai invited Xiao Yan to the Jia Ma Imperial Palace the next day and remarked that Xiao Yan should avoid blowing up his cauldron when refining pills.
• Xiao Yan consulted Yao Lao, who judged Liu Bai’s intentions harmless and considered the meeting a possible opportunity.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the palace that night and was escorted to Liu Bai’s courtyard, where Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin were waiting.
• Liu Bai praised Xiao Yan’s Three-Pattern Spirit Pill, and the two began discussing pill refinement and the situation across the continent.

Liu Bai traded news of Han Feng’s death for Yao Lao’s Body Refinement Method, then revealed that he had captured Han Feng’s soul. Yao Lao confronted his former disciple, leaving Han Feng trembling before him.

• Liu Bai asked Xiao Yan to summon Yao Lao and requested the Body Refinement Method in exchange for news of Han Feng.
• Liu Bai told Yao Lao that he had killed Han Feng and absorbed his Sea Heart Flame, then received the ancient Body Refinement Method scroll.
• Liu Bai revealed Han Feng’s captured soul and restrained him as he tried to escape.
• Yao Lao recognized Han Feng, who pleaded that his betrayal had been a misunderstanding, and addressed him with sorrow and fury.

Liu Bai traded Han Feng to Yao Lao for pill recipes, then learned Yao Lao wanted to hire him to protect Xiao Yan during the Three-Year Agreement. Liu Bai had not yet accepted the request.

• Liu Bai negotiated with Yao Lao, exchanging Han Feng for seven Tier 8 Pill Recipes and one Tier 9 Pill Recipe.
• Yao Lao took Han Feng away, and Xiao Yan thanked Liu Bai before leaving.
• Xiao Yan returned after Yao Lao called him back, and Yao Lao offered five more Tier 8 Pill Recipes for Liu Bai's help.
• Yao Lao asked Liu Bai to ensure Xiao Yan's safety when he went to Misty Cloud Mountain to fulfill the Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran.
• Liu Bai listened to Yao Lao's request but had not yet given his answer.

Liu Bai agreed to help Yao Lao and decided to attend the Three-Year Agreement on Misty Cloud Mountain with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. As the gathering began, powerful figures and spectators assembled at the summit, where the Misty Cloud Sect’s synchronized disciples impressed Hai Bodong.

• Liu Bai agreed to help Yao Lao and said he would travel to Misty Cloud Mountain for the Three-Year Agreement.
• Liu Bai told Xiao Yi Xian they would attend, bringing her and Qing Lin with him when the three-day deadline passed.
• Hai Bodong, Fa Ma, Jia Xingtian, and other prominent figures arrived at Misty Cloud Mountain as crowds gathered to watch the agreement.
• Liu Bai, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin reached the summit, where Nalan Yanran sat among the gathered Misty Cloud Sect members.
• Hai Bodong sensed that the nearly thousand disciples had synchronized their auras into a formation powerful enough to challenge even a Dou Emperor.
• Three figures arrived through the air and landed on a tree overlooking the plaza.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect to honor the Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran, while Liu Bai revealed that Xiao Yan had risen from three stages of Dou Qi to Da Dou Shi in three years. The duel began as Xiao Yan planted his Heavy Profound Ruler and Nalan Yanran drew her azure sword.

• Liu Bai arrived with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to watch the duel, and he told Jia Xingtian that Xiao Yan could stand alongside him in the future.
• Xiao Yan climbed the final steps to the plaza and announced himself to the Misty Cloud Sect crowd.
• Nalan Yanran descended to meet Xiao Yan, and the two acknowledged that it was time to settle the Three-Year Agreement.
• Liu Bai told Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and Hai Bodong that Xiao Yan had advanced from three stages of Dou Qi to Da Dou Shi in three years.
• Xiao Yan removed his Heavy Profound Ruler and planted it in the ground as Nalan Yanran drew her azure longsword from her Storage Ring.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought over their broken engagement, with Xiao Yan gaining the upper hand before Nalan Yanran unleashed her final move. Xiao Yan fused Purple Beast Flame and Wind Fury Dragon Flame into a Fire Lotus as her sword light descended.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran exchanged dozens of blows, and the onlookers recognized Xiao Yan's strength and battle experience.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran clashed with their signature techniques, leaving Nalan Yanran kneeling and bleeding while Xiao Yan remained standing.
• Nalan Yanran rose and announced that she had one final move, then launched Wind Extremity: Setting Sun.
• Xiao Yan fused Purple Beast Flame and Wind Fury Dragon Flame into a destructive purple-and-yellow Fire Lotus as Nalan Yanran's sword light fell toward him.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in their Three-Year Agreement, then rejected her offer to become his servant and ended their families’ connection. Nalan Yanran tried to kill herself, but Liu Bai stopped her, and Yun Yun comforted her as Xiao Yan left the plaza.

• Liu Bai blocked Xiao Yan’s final attack and declared him the winner; Nalan Yanran admitted her defeat.
• Xiao Yan caught and recognized the divorce letter, then helped Nalan Yanran recover after she regained consciousness.
• Nalan Yanran said she could not become Xiao Yan’s servant and tried to take her own life, but Liu Bai stopped her.
• Xiao Yan burned the divorce letter and told Nalan Yanran that she and the Xiao Clan had no further connection.
• Xiao Yan left the plaza, while Yun Yun comforted Nalan Yanran and thanked Liu Bai.

Liu Bai left the Battle Through the Heavens world and returned to Sea God Island, where his restored Godhead combined with his stronger true body to give him power approaching a Half-Step God King. He found that Ye Lingling, Dugu Yan, and Ning Rongrong had advanced considerably in their trials and began considering their future Godhoods.

• Liu Bai watched Xiao Yan leave Misty Cloud Mountain peacefully, then told Xiao Yi Xian to help Xiao Yan escape if he returned, in exchange for a Tier 9 Pill Recipe from Yao Lao.
• Liu Bai gave Xiao Yi Xian the poison-related items in his Storage Ring and used the Shuttle Gate to return to the Douluo World.
• Liu Bai arrived above Sea God Island, where the power of his Godhead surged back into him and raised his strength to that of a Peak First-Level God.
• Liu Bai sensed that Ye Lingling had reached Soul Saint, Dugu Yan had reached Soul Douluo, and Ning Rongrong had reached Soul Emperor.
• Liu Bai considered arranging Godhoods for Dugu Yan and the others, deciding their inheritances should be especially prestigious.

Liu Bai returned to Sea God Island, reunited with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong, and gave Dugu Yan a powerful Tier 8 Unity Pill. The pill began remaking Dugu Yan’s constitution, and she was still undergoing its effects when the chapter ended.

• Liu Bai reunited with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong after being away for several years.
• The three women told Liu Bai about their progress through the Sea God Trials, including Ning Rongrong passing the fourth trial.
• Liu Bai gave Dugu Yan a Tier 8 Unity Pill and gave Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong Tier 7 Pills.
• Liu Bai explained that the Unity Pill could improve aptitude and unlock hidden potential, then told Dugu Yan he would protect her as she took it.
• Dugu Yan endured hours of intense pain as the pill reshaped her body, and a faint bluish-white glow surrounded her.

After taking the Unity Pill, Dugu Yan reached the Title Douluo bottleneck and gained extraordinary cultivation talent. Her transformation triggered the Sea God’s Nine Trials, and Liu Bai decided to arrange the God of Water Position for Ye Lingling instead.

• After three days, Dugu Yan awoke and discovered that she had reached level 90 and that her cultivation had become effortless.
• Liu Bai explained the Unity Pill’s effects, and Dugu Yan thanked him before playing with Ning Rongrong on the beach.
• Dugu Yan’s brow mark blazed, lifting her into a pillar of light that spread a vast aura across Sea God Island.
• Bo Saixi arrived and identified the light as the Sea God’s Nine Trials, triggered by Dugu Yan.
• Liu Bai realized Dugu Yan would inherit the Sea God Godhood and planned to give Ye Lingling the Unity Pill so she could inherit the God of Water Position.

After Dugu Yan triggered the Nine Trials of the Sea God, Liu Bai left Sea God Island to find Tang San. Unable to sense him across the continent, Liu Bai concluded that Tang San was hiding in Slaughter City and set off there.

• Sea God Poseidon made Dugu Yan his chosen inheritor and bestowed the Nine Trials of the Sea God on her.
• Liu Bai congratulated Dugu Yan, stayed on Sea God Island to help her adjust to the trials, and promised Ye Lingling a Unity Pill.
• Liu Bai searched the Douluo Continent with his divine sense but could not find Tang San.
• Liu Bai reasoned that Tang San was hiding in Slaughter City, where Asura God Power could shield his aura.
• Liu Bai vanished from the continent and headed for Slaughter City.