Chapter Summaries

Liu Bai confronted Tang San in Slaughter City, but the Asura God intervened to protect his inheritor. Liu Bai matched the God King's pressure and insisted that Tang San's life was his, leaving the Asura God hesitating over whether to fight him.

• Liu Bai found Tang San fighting in Slaughter City and pulled him from the arena to settle their grudge.
• The Asura God appeared, used his power over Slaughter City to free Tang San, and challenged Liu Bai over his attack.
• The Asura God asked Liu Bai to spare Tang San until he inherited the Asura Godhood, but Liu Bai refused.
• The Asura God unleashed his God King aura, and Liu Bai answered with power that matched it.
• The Asura God was shocked by Liu Bai's strength and hesitated to confront him for Tang San.

Liu Bai forced the Asura God to spare Tang San in exchange for two Second-Level Godhoods, while agreeing not to attack Tang San before he inherited the Asura God's Godhood. The Asura God returned to Slaughter City with Tang San and ordered him to complete his trials as quickly as possible.

• The Asura God weighed the risks of fighting Liu Bai and proposed keeping Tang San under his protection until Tang San inherited his Godhood.
• Liu Bai rejected the proposal as too risky and demanded two First-Level Godhoods instead.
• Liu Bai accepted two Second-Level Godhoods and agreed not to attack Tang San before he inherited the Asura God's Godhood.
• The Asura God gave Liu Bai two tokens, and Liu Bai stored them before leaving.
• The Asura God brought Tang San to the Blood-Colored Divine Temple and ordered him to finish his trials and inherit the Godhood as soon as possible.

The Asura God ordered Tang San to stop provoking Liu Bai and focus on inheriting his Godhood, while Tang San quietly vowed revenge. Liu Bai considered how to assign the two Second-Level Godhoods he had obtained, then asked the God of Fire to arrange the God of Water Position for Ye Lingling after Dugu Yan inherited the Sea God’s Godhood.

• The Asura God warned Tang San to stay away from Liu Bai and remain in the Divine Temple until he inherited the Asura God’s Godhood.
• Tang San accepted the order, then privately vowed to get revenge on Liu Bai as he headed deeper into the Divine Temple.
• Liu Bai decided to give one of his two Second-Level Godhoods to Dugu Bo and considered other candidates for the remaining one.
• Liu Bai contacted the God of Fire and told him that Dugu Yan had obtained the Sea God’s inheritance.
• The God of Fire lamented that his plans for the God of Water Position had fallen through, so Liu Bai proposed Ye Lingling as a candidate and promised to give her a Unity Pill.

Liu Bai returned to Sea God Island, gave Dugu Bo a token to inherit a Second-Level Godhood, and spent two months helping Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong with their cultivation. He then returned to the Jia Ma Empire, where Xiao Yi Xian told him the Misty Cloud Sect had attacked the Xiao Clan and Xiao Zhan had disappeared.

• Liu Bai spoke with the God of Fire, discussed the God Realm, and decided to reserve one Second-Level Godhood for Dugu Bo while seeking the God of Water Position for Ye Lingling.
• Liu Bai found Dugu Bo cultivating in the Tidal Cave and gave him a token for inheriting a Second-Level Godhood.
• Liu Bai spent two months on Sea God Island guiding Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong as they advanced through their trials and cultivation.
• Liu Bai told the three women he was leaving and promised Ye Lingling he would bring her a Unity Pill when he returned.
• Liu Bai reunited with Xiao Yi Xian in Gama Holy City and learned that the Misty Cloud Sect had attacked the Xiao Clan, seriously injured Xiao Zhan, and driven Xiao Yan into a fierce battle.

Liu Bai arranged protection for the Xiao Clan and prepared to return to the Central Plains with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. After bidding farewell to Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong and giving them pills, the three departed Gama Holy City through a spatial rift.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Liu Bai that Xiao Yan had left the Jia Ma Empire for Jia Nan Academy, and Liu Bai ordered that no faction directly attack the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yi Xian opened a spatial rift, and Liu Bai, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin visited Jia Xingtian to say goodbye.
• Liu Bai gave Jia Xingtian more than a dozen Tier 7 Pills before leaving the Imperial Palace with his companions.
• Liu Bai gave Hai Bodong pills and entrusted him with the Blood Fire Hall, while Qing Lin said she would miss him.
• Liu Bai, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin left Gama Holy City through a spatial rift to return to the Central Plains.

Liu Bai visited Jia Nan Academy and asked Great Elder Su Qian to let him take Zi Yan away, explaining that she was an Ancient Void Dragon and offering to help her find her family. Su Qian agreed to let Zi Yan decide, and Liu Bai told her that her clan was in the Central Plains.

• Liu Bai arrived at Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and met Great Elder Su Qian in the Elders' Pavilion.
• Liu Bai asked to take Zi Yan away and showed Su Qian his Seventh-Grade Alchemist badge to reassure him.
• Liu Bai revealed that Zi Yan was an Ancient Void Dragon whose clan lived in the Central Plains.
• Su Qian agreed that Liu Bai could take Zi Yan if she chose to go.
• Zi Yan questioned Liu Bai, who explained her identity, her inability to grow after eating a Human-Form Herb, and where her clansmen lived.

Zi Yan agreed to leave with Liu Bai so she could find her family, and he brought her to Holy Pill City. He promised to take her to the Ancient Void Dragon clan once she reached Dou Zong, then announced he would publicly refine pills again, drawing a crowd to his courtyard.

• Zi Yan agreed to go with Liu Bai after he offered to cover her meals, and she ate the Sixth-Grade Fire Lotus Pill he gave her.
• Liu Bai thanked Su Qian and took Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin to Holy Pill City.
• Zi Yan asked Liu Bai to take her to her family, and he promised to do so once she reached Dou Zong.
• Liu Bai told Qing Lin to announce that he would refine pills again, prompting a crowd of people to gather outside his courtyard.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Zi Yan that Liu Bai was a Tier 8 Alchemist, and Zi Yan looked at him with new admiration.

Liu Bai continued refining pills for his growing clientele and received an invitation from Burning Flame Valley to make a Fire Bodhi Pill. The Valley Master, Tang Zhen, sought Liu Bai’s help to save his daughter Tang Huo’er from the fire poison caused by the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame, while the Great Elder questioned whether the invitation showed enough respect.

• Liu Bai refined batches of pills while Zi Yan watched briefly before leaving to play with Qing Lin.
• Liu Bai accepted commissions for Tier 8 Pills as well as Tier 7 Pills, relying on his Soul Power, Heavenly Flames, and Godhead.
• Qing Lin delivered an invitation from Burning Flame Valley, and Liu Bai showed interest in its request for him to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill.
• Tang Zhen and Burning Flame Valley’s elders discussed Liu Bai’s skills and decided his help was their best hope of curing Tang Huo’er’s fire poison.
• Tang Zhen said he would personally visit Holy Pill City if Liu Bai declined, while the Great Elder warned that merely summoning Liu Bai to Burning Flame Valley might be improper.

Tang Zhen decided to travel to Holy Pill City to personally invite Liu Bai to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill for Huo'er, while Liu Bai continued his alchemy work. Liu Bai completed an Origin Venerate Pill and then made two Unity Pills, leaving the alchemists of Holy Pill City astonished by his repeated Tier 8 pill lightning.

• Tang Zhen agreed with the Great Elder that he needed to personally invite Liu Bai to the Burning Flame Valley and set out for Holy Pill City the next day.
• Liu Bai dismissed the Valley's jade-slip invitation and began refining an Origin Venerate Pill.
• After more than two weeks of refinement, Liu Bai completed the Origin Venerate Pill as Bing Hezi absorbed its Three-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Liu Bai continued refining pills and produced two Unity Pills for Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong.
• Two more waves of Three-Colored Pill Lightning struck over Holy Pill City, leaving its alchemists amazed at Liu Bai's pace.

Liu Bai delivered Unity Pills to Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong, then asked the God of Water to consider Ye Lingling as an heir. The God of Water accepted and bestowed a God Trial on Ye Lingling.

• Liu Bai returned to Sea God Island and gave Ye Lingling and Ning Rongrong one Unity Pill each, advising them to refine the pills without disturbance.
• Liu Bai contacted the God of Fire and spoke with the God of Water about recommending Ye Lingling for the God of Water Position.
• The God of Water examined Ye Lingling with her divine sense and judged her aptitude and Nine-Heart Begonia Martial Soul suitable for inheriting her Godhood.
• The God of Water bestowed a God Trial on Ye Lingling, and Dugu Yan excitedly told her she had triggered it.

Liu Bai reviewed developments across the Douluo Continent and prepared to seek more Heavenly Flames while resting with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan. Tang Zhen of Burning Flame Valley visited to ask Liu Bai to help refine a Fire Bodhi Pill, leaving Liu Bai yet to respond.

• Liu Bai confirmed Lingling had completed the Water God Nine Trials and considered possible Godhoods for Rongrong while monitoring Tang San’s progress.
• Liu Bai assessed Qian Renxue’s rule of the Heaven Dou Empire, Bibi Dong’s Godhood inheritance, and the continent’s unification, then returned to the world of Battle Through the Heavens.
• Liu Bai rested with Xiao Yi Xian, whose cultivation had reached Mid Half-Saint, and Qing Lin, who had reached Peak Nine-Star Dou Emperor, while Zi Yan snacked on pills.
• Tang Zhen arrived at Liu Bai’s courtyard with Burning Flame Valley elders after Liu Bai had stopped accepting commissions.
• Tang Zhen asked Liu Bai to travel to Burning Flame Valley and help refine a Fire Bodhi Pill, offering compensation and inviting Liu Bai to name his demands.

Liu Bai agreed to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Zhen in exchange for Burning Flame Valley’s Heavenly Flame records and a favor. After Tang Zhen recognized Xiao Yi Xian as a Half-Saint, he warned the elders that Burning Flame Valley must treat Liu Bai with greater respect; the group then gathered to leave for the valley.

• Liu Bai declined Tang Zhen’s Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame but accepted Burning Flame Valley’s Heavenly Flame records and a promised favor as payment for refining the pill.
• Tang Zhen handed Liu Bai an ancient scroll, and Liu Bai agreed to accompany him to Burning Flame Valley the next day to refine the Fire Bodhi Pill.
• Tang Zhen told the elders that Xiao Yi Xian was a Half-Saint and that Liu Bai was someone Burning Flame Valley could not afford to offend.
• Tang Zhen and the elders agreed to treat Liu Bai with greater respect and handle the transaction carefully.
• The next morning, Tang Zhen’s group waited outside Liu Bai’s courtyard, and Liu Bai set out with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan.

Liu Bai traveled with Tang Zhen and his companions to Burning Flame Valley, where he was welcomed before preparing to refine the Fire Bodhi Pill. Tang Zhen’s daughter Tang Huo’er barged into Liu Bai’s courtyard to inspect the young Tier 8 Alchemist and meet his companions.

• Zi Yan eagerly joined Liu Bai’s party as Tang Zhen summoned Burning Flame Valley’s flying boat and carried them through spatial currents for two days.
• Tang Zhen described Burning Flame Valley and Fire Flame Mountain, where the Undying Flame burned, while Liu Bai considered the valley’s Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations inheritance.
• The group arrived at Burning Flame Valley and received a formal welcome before Tang Zhen escorted them to their guest courtyard to rest before the next day’s pill refinement.
• Zi Yan admired the courtyard’s hot spring, and Liu Bai promised Xiao Yi Xian he would show her around after their business was finished.
• Tang Huo’er entered the courtyard and questioned Liu Bai’s status as a Tier 8 Alchemist, then praised Xiao Yi Xian’s beauty and asked whether the companions were family; Zi Yan immediately reacted.

Liu Bai befriended Tang Huo'er and then joined Tang Zhen to begin refining the Fire Bodhi Pill for her injuries. The chapter ended as Tang Zhen started extracting the ingredients with the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame, leaving Liu Bai to handle their fusion.

• Tang Huo'er introduced herself to Zi Yan and Qing Lin, befriended Liu Bai, and accepted his gift of a Tier 7 Clear Heart Pill.
• The next morning, Tang Zhen arrived at Liu Bai's courtyard and escorted him to the refining platform while Liu Bai left Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan behind.
• Liu Bai examined Burning Flame Valley's inherited Mountain Melting Cauldron and learned that refining the Fire Bodhi Pill would take at least ten days without interruption.
• Tang Zhen brought out the prepared ingredients and summoned the Nine Dragon Lightning Gang Flame to begin extracting them.
• Liu Bai watched Tang Zhen's technique as the first ingredient, a fiery-red spiritual ganoderma, entered the cauldron.

Liu Bai and Tang Zhen completed the long refinement and fused the medicinal essences for an Advanced Tier 7 Pill. The final fusion succeeded, leaving a single multicolored cluster of medicinal liquid inside the cauldron.

• Tang Zhen refined thirty-seven medicinal ingredients while Liu Bai carefully fused their essences over nine days.
• Liu Bai reduced eight clusters of medicinal liquid to three, then asked Tang Zhen to stabilize the Mountain Melting Cauldron.
• Liu Bai fused the three clusters as their violent energy shook the cauldron and platform.
• Tang Zhen steadied the cauldron with his Dou Qi while Liu Bai controlled the fusion.
• The medicinal essences formed one multicolored cluster, and Tang Zhen praised Liu Bai's skill.

Liu Bai completed the Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Zhen, earning Burning Flame Valley’s gratitude and its promised records of Heavenly Flames. After Tang Zhen gave him the records, Liu Bai asked for the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, leaving Tang Zhen surprised.

• Liu Bai suppressed the volatile medicinal energy and successfully refined the Fire Bodhi Pill after ten days.
• Tang Zhen accepted the pill and promised Liu Bai an additional item from Burning Flame Valley and a favor in return.
• Tang Huo'er arrived, became flustered when she saw Liu Bai, and followed him after he left with Tang Zhen.
• Tang Zhen gave Liu Bai scrolls detailing seven possible Heavenly Flame locations.
• Liu Bai asked Tang Zhen for the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, and Tang Zhen reacted with a complicated expression.

Liu Bai sought Burning Flame Valley’s Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, and revealed that he possessed four Heavenly Flames, convincing Tang Zhen that the secret art suited him. To satisfy the valley’s rules, Liu Bai agreed to face Third Elder Wu Chen in a ten-exchange test, which was about to begin.

• Tang Huo'er urged Tang Zhen to give Liu Bai the secret art because he had saved her life.
• Liu Bai offered valuable pills or recipes in exchange, and Tang Zhen explained that the art required multiple Heavenly Flames to reach its full power.
• Liu Bai revealed four Heavenly Flames, stunning Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er and persuading Tang Zhen that the art was a perfect fit for him.
• Tang Zhen said Liu Bai had to endure ten exchanges against a valley elder to obtain the secret art, and Liu Bai accepted the test.
• Burning Flame Valley's disciples gathered as Liu Bai faced Third Elder Wu Chen, an Eight-Star Dou Zong, who explained the terms of their contest.

Liu Bai calmly dodged nine of Wu Chen’s attacks before meeting his final, full-powered palm with a single punch. Wu Chen was injured and driven back, while Liu Bai remained untouched, leaving the Burning Flame Valley crowd stunned by his strength.

• Liu Bai told Wu Chen he would leave if he could not endure the challenge and would use no other cultivation methods or Dou Techniques.
• Wu Chen launched nine palm strikes, but Liu Bai evaded each one with ease, alarming the spectators and troubling the Second Elder.
• Wu Chen unleashed his full strength with the Taiyi Fire Net Palm as Tang Huo'er and the others watched anxiously.
• Liu Bai struck Wu Chen’s palm with a punch wrapped in Black Flame, overpowering him and leaving him bleeding and staggering backward.
• The Burning Flame Valley spectators stared in disbelief as Liu Bai stood unharmed.

Liu Bai defeated Wu Chen in ten exchanges and earned access to Burning Flame Valley’s inheritance of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations. As he absorbed the Inheritance Crystal, its brilliant light revealed his extraordinary aptitude, leaving Tang Zhen to wonder what Liu Bai might have become as a Burning Flame Valley disciple.

• Liu Bai defeated Wu Chen with a single punch, and Wu Chen admitted defeat and acknowledged Liu Bai’s strength.
• Tang Zhen agreed to let Liu Bai receive the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations inheritance, and Tang Huo'er followed them to the Dou Technique Pavilion.
• Tang Zhen led Liu Bai to the pavilion’s third floor and revealed the Inheritance Crystal, which held the complete secret art and generations of Burning Flame Valley experience.
• Liu Bai placed his hands on the crystal and sent his Soul Power into it, receiving a vast torrent of information.
• The crystal blazed with intense crimson light, and Tang Zhen remarked that Liu Bai might have become a figure like the Burning Flame Ancestor if he had joined Burning Flame Valley.

Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er waited as Liu Bai absorbed the Burning Flame Ancestor’s inheritance, which granted him the complete Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations. After thanking Tang Zhen, Liu Bai left Burning Flame Valley, promising to visit again if he had the opportunity.

• Tang Zhen told Tang Huo'er that the Burning Flame Ancestor had been one of five supreme experts and that Xiao Xuan may have created the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Tang Zhen praised Liu Bai’s talent while he and Tang Huo'er waited nearly a day for Liu Bai to finish absorbing the inheritance.
• Liu Bai awoke and thanked Tang Zhen, then confirmed he had received all three transformations of the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Tang Zhen warned Liu Bai to control the technique’s violent energy and not share it with others.
• Liu Bai said he was leaving Burning Flame Valley, and Tang Zhen welcomed him to return as an honored guest.
• Tang Huo'er asked whether Liu Bai would come back, and he said he would if he had the opportunity.