Chapter Summaries

Liu Bai drew the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake out of the magma and defeated it with a series of powerful attacks. He left the beast badly weakened on the shore, with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin amazed at his strength.

• Liu Bai told Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin that the Heavenly Flame lay beneath the Lava Fire Sea and sent them to a safe distance.
• Liu Bai struck the magma with a flaming palm, provoking the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake to erupt from the sea.
• Liu Bai ambushed the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake with a Dazzling Fire Fist and smashed it into the cave wall.
• The Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake attacked Liu Bai with a fiery tornado, but Liu Bai countered with the Red Spirit Seal and overpowered it.
• Liu Bai struck the weakened Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake several more times and dragged it onto shore as Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin watched in amazement.

Qing Lin awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and controlled the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame was below the lava. Liu Bai descended into the lava on the snake’s back, but the rising heat was rapidly draining his strength as he searched for the Heavenly Flame.

• Liu Bai helped Qing Lin use her eyes to imprint the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake and establish control over it.
• Qing Lin commanded the snake to reveal the Heavenly Flame’s location, and it indicated that the flame lay beneath the lava.
• Liu Bai healed the snake, then prepared to descend into the lava while Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian worried for his safety.
• Liu Bai and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake plunged into the lava, with Liu Bai protected by Flame Armor.
• The snake guided Liu Bai past dangerous lava currents as they descended into hotter, darker flows that rapidly consumed his Dou Qi and Soul Power.
• Liu Bai asked the snake how much farther they had to travel.

Liu Bai retrieved the Green Lotus Core Flame from deep within the magma and returned safely to Graphite City with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. After recovering, he left the city and began preparing to absorb the Heavenly Flame in a secluded cave while the two women guarded him.

• Liu Bai found the Green Lotus Core Flame and used a jade blade to sever and store its lotus seat, preserving the flame and its eleven Earth Fire Lotus Seeds.
• Liu Bai and the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake escaped the magma, and Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin helped him recover before they returned to Graphite City.
• Qing Lin named the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake Xiao Ling, and Liu Bai resolved to absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame after recovering.
• Liu Bai led Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to a secluded valley outside Graphite City and carved out a cave dwelling.
• Liu Bai entered the cave to absorb the Heavenly Flame while Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin prepared to guard him.

Liu Bai endured the perilous process of absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame, first extracting its origin and then swallowing it to guide the flames through his body. He finally brought the scattered fire under control, though the chapter ended before the absorption’s consequences were revealed.

• Liu Bai released the Green Lotus Core Flame from the Green Lotus Seat, then took the Blood Lotus Pill and sat on the pedestal to begin absorbing it.
• Liu Bai used his Soul Power to draw the raging flame toward him, endured the heat, and plunged his armored arm into it to seize its core origin.
• Liu Bai pulled the origin from the flame, causing the larger blaze to collapse, then swallowed the azure magma.
• The Green Lotus Core Flame split apart inside Liu Bai and raced through his meridians, while he drank the Ice Spirit Cold Spring to counter its heat.
• Liu Bai repeatedly tried to guide the scattered flames until they began circulating through his meridians and gathered into a thin stream of azure magma.

Liu Bai absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame by fusing it directly with his Flame Martial Soul, becoming a six-star Dou Ling and reaching level fifty. After emerging from three days of cultivation, he reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and prepared to return to Stone Desert City.

• Liu Bai fused the Green Lotus Core Flame with his Flame Martial Soul instead of using the Spirit Absorber, transforming it into the Green Lotus Core Flame Martial Soul.
• Liu Bai gained five stars of Dou Qi cultivation, reached six-star Dou Ling, and filled his Soul Power to level fifty, making him ready to absorb a fifth Soul Ring.
• Liu Bai found that cultivating on the Green Lotus Pedestal had tripled his cultivation speed, then ended his three-day seclusion.
• Xiao Yi Xian congratulated Liu Bai on absorbing the Heavenly Flame and revealed that she had advanced to Dou Zhe; Qing Lin had also advanced with Xiao Ling's help.
• Liu Bai promised to find snake-type magical beasts for Qing Lin to control, then set off with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin for Stone Desert City.

Liu Bai visited Hai Bodong after leaving the valley and proved he had absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame. He agreed to search the Tagor Desert for Sand Mandala so Hai Bodong could refine a Po'e Pill, leaving with the medicinal ingredients and a promise of two favors.

• Liu Bai promised Qing Lin he would find her a flying snake-type magical beast once she reached Dou Zhe.
• Liu Bai met Hai Bodong at the Ancient Map shop and revealed his Green Lotus Core Flame, confirming he had obtained and absorbed a Heavenly Flame.
• Hai Bodong gave Liu Bai the medicinal ingredients for a Po'e Pill but explained that Liu Bai would have to find Sand Mandala in the Tagor Desert.
• Hai Bodong revealed that he was the former Ice Emperor and promised Liu Bai one additional condition if Liu Bai found Sand Mandala and helped restore his strength.
• Liu Bai accepted the task and reminded Hai Bodong that he would owe him two conditions, then left with the ingredients while Hai Bodong prepared to await his return.

Liu Bai searched a desert oasis for the Sand Mandala, only to hide when Yue Mei and her guards arrived to bathe. Yue Mei spotted human footprints and ordered Ling Yue to find the intruder, leaving Liu Bai at risk of discovery.

• Liu Bai left Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin in Stone Desert City under Hai Bodong's protection and flew into the Tager Desert to search for the Sand Mandala.
• After two days of searching, Liu Bai reached an oasis, found no Sand Mandala, and washed himself in its lake.
• Yue Mei arrived with seven female Snake-Person guards, and Liu Bai hid in the shrubs to avoid a confrontation.
• Yue Mei noticed human footprints by the lake and ordered Ling Yue to search the oasis for the intruder.

Liu Bai was discovered in Yue Mei’s oasis and fought her in midair, revealing his Heavenly Flames when she tried to capture him. After Yue Mei summoned reinforcements, he fled into the desert with her in pursuit.

• Liu Bai escaped the Snake-Person guards by flying from the oasis, but Yue Mei intercepted him in midair.
• Liu Bai clashed with Yue Mei’s palm strike and was knocked back, while she recognized his strength and questioned why he had entered Snake-Person territory.
• Liu Bai revealed his Heavenly Flames and warned Yue Mei that they were a natural nemesis to the Snake-Person Tribe.
• Yue Mei refused to let Liu Bai go and sent a signal to summon nearby Snake-Person powerhouses.
• Liu Bai fled toward the desert, and Yue Mei pursued him while he dodged her energy attacks.

Liu Bai fought Yue Mei with his Heavenly Flame and soul skills, then escaped after forcing her back. As a terrifying aura descended ahead of him, a peerlessly beautiful woman appeared in his path.

• Liu Bai turned to face Yue Mei and used Flowing Flame Startling Swan, but she countered it with Mystic Yin Python Evil.
• Liu Bai combined the Red Spirit Seal with all four soul skills and shattered Yue Mei's Mystic Yin Shield, blasting her backward.
• Liu Bai swallowed a medicinal pill and fled at full speed while Yue Mei chased after him.
• A terrifying pressure descended on Liu Bai, and he instinctively formed a wall of Green Lotus Core Flame around himself.
• A beautiful woman silently appeared several dozen meters in front of Liu Bai.

Liu Bai negotiated with Queen Medusa to keep his Green Lotus Core Flame by offering to assist her dangerous evolution. Medusa agreed to bring him to the Snake-Person Tribe as her guest until her evolution was complete.

• Queen Medusa seized and crushed a portion of Liu Bai's Green Lotus Core Flame, then demanded that he hand over the rest.
• Liu Bai warned that forcibly taking the Flame could trigger a dangerous backlash and revealed that he knew Medusa needed it for her evolution.
• Liu Bai offered to control the Flame and assist Medusa in exchange for the Sand Mandala and two future favors.
• Yue Mei arrived and bowed to Medusa, who asked Liu Bai about his alchemy rank.
• Medusa agreed not to take Liu Bai's Flame and invited him to the Snake-Person Tribe, where he could use their medicinal ingredients and refine pills while awaiting her evolution.

Liu Bai settled into Queen Medusa’s bedchamber while awaiting preparations for her evolution, and arranged to refine pills for the Snake-Person Tribe. He began his first attempt at a fourth-tier pill with the Green Lotus Core Flame, smoothly refining and combining its ingredients.

• Queen Medusa brought Liu Bai to her bedchamber and ordered him to stay there until her evolution preparations were complete.
• Liu Bai gave Hua She'er a list of more than a hundred herbs and offered discounted pill-refining services for the Snake-Person Tribe.
• Hua She'er agreed to gather the herbs and said she would discuss the pill-refining arrangement with Queen Medusa and the tribal elders.
• Liu Bai used the Green Lotus Core Flame to begin refining a Three Flower Fire Gathering Pill.
• Liu Bai quickly purified the pill’s ingredients and smoothly fused their medicinal essences with the help of the Heavenly Flame.

Liu Bai refined a Three Flower Fire Gathering Pill and agreed to make pills for the Snake-Person Tribe in exchange for ingredients and other resources. After five days of intensive alchemy, his skills and control of the Green Lotus Core Flame had improved, and he believed he could soon attempt to become a Fifth-Grade Alchemist.

• Liu Bai successfully refined a high-quality Three Flower Fire Gathering Pill with the Green Lotus Core Flame, impressing Queen Medusa.
• Queen Medusa asked Liu Bai to refine pills for the Snake-Person Tribe, and he agreed in exchange for ingredients and other resources.
• Medusa sent Liu Bai a long list of pill orders and generously provided compensation, including a sixth-grade pill recipe.
• Liu Bai spent five days refining dozens of pill varieties, producing over forty pills with high success rates.
• Liu Bai received rare ingredients, desert materials, and a finished sixth-grade Imperial Pole Pill, and he concluded that he might soon attempt fifth-grade alchemy.

Liu Bai persuaded Queen Medusa to let him leave for up to seven days, promising to return for her evolution on the full moon ten days later. Back in the Douluo World, he learned that Dugu Yan and the others had gone to Suotuo City and flew there to watch the Imperial Fighting Team face Shrek Academy and confront Tang San.

• Liu Bai told Queen Medusa he needed to leave temporarily, and assured her that he would return to help with her evolution.
• Queen Medusa granted Liu Bai seven days away and set the evolution for the full moon ten days later.
• Liu Bai vanished through the Traversal Gate, and Queen Medusa realized he had left without a trace.
• Liu Bai returned to the Douluo World and learned that Dugu Yan and the others had followed the Imperial Fighting Team to Suotuo City.
• Liu Bai decided to watch the match against Shrek Academy and flew toward Suotuo City, intending to greet Tang San.

Liu Bai returned to Suotuo City and reunited with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, Ning Rongrong, and the Imperial Fighting Team as they prepared to face the Shrek Seven Devils. He told everyone he had brought them gifts, while the team battle still lay ahead.

• Liu Bai hurried from Heaven Dou City toward Suotuo City, eager to see how Tang San had grown and watch the battle between the Imperial Fighting Team and the Shrek Seven Devils.
• Qin Ming brought the team details about the Shrek Seven Devils and warned that they had won twenty-seven Soul Battles in a row.
• Liu Bai suddenly appeared in the room, startling everyone, and Dugu Yan recognized his voice and rushed into his arms.
• Liu Bai greeted Qin Ming, Dugu Yan, Ning Rongrong, and Ye Lingling, then joined the group on the sofa.
• Liu Bai announced that he had brought gifts for everyone.

Liu Bai gave the Imperial Fighting Team pills that could raise their Soul Power and learned that their opponent was the Shrek Seven Devils. After warning them that they would probably lose, he left the team questioning his judgment.

• Liu Bai gave everyone present a pill that could raise their Soul Power by two levels before Soul King, without side effects.
• Yu Tianheng told Liu Bai that the Imperial Fighting Team would face the Shrek Seven Devils that night and handed him the team's information.
• Liu Bai noticed the unfamiliar name Qing Ziyue in the Shrek roster, then focused on Tang San, whose level thirty-two Soul Power he considered no match for his own strength.
• Liu Bai told the confident Imperial Fighting Team that they would most likely lose.
• Yu Feng and Osler challenged Liu Bai's prediction by citing their higher Soul Power, experience, and teamwork, while Yu Tianheng remained puzzled.

Liu Bai warned the Imperial Fighting Team about Shrek’s hidden strengths, especially Tang San and Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing’s possible Martial Soul Fusion Skill. He left to walk through Suotuo City with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong while the team revised its tactics.

• Liu Bai identified Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing as potential users of a Martial Soul Fusion Skill that could turn the battle.
• Liu Bai warned the Imperial Fighting Team that Tang San was Shrek’s true core, skilled with hidden weapons and poisons, and dangerous to underestimate.
• Yu Tianheng agreed to focus the team’s tactics on Tang San and prepare for a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Qin Ming approved the warning.
• Liu Bai left the room with Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong and led them into Suotuo City.

Liu Bai sensed Tang Hao secretly observing him and realized Tang Hao suspected his Purple Cloud Wings were an exceptionally valuable External Soul Bone. Tang Hao decided to follow Liu Bai and look for a chance to test whether the bone had fully fused, leaving Liu Bai aware that Tang Hao had targeted him.

• Liu Bai gave Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, and Ning Rongrong pills to aid their cultivation, and the girls thanked him.
• Liu Bai sensed a powerful Title Douluo watching him and suspected it was Tang Hao, but continued walking without showing alarm.
• Tang Hao observed Liu Bai and wondered whether his extraordinary speed came from a rare, possibly hundred-thousand-year External Soul Bone intended for Tang San.
• Tang Hao decided to follow Liu Bai and find an opportunity to test whether the Spirit Bone had fully fused, despite the people accompanying him.
• Liu Bai realized Tang Hao had set his sights on him and traced the likely source of Tang Hao’s suspicion to his Purple Cloud Wings.

Liu Bai realized Tang Hao might covet his Purple Cloud Wings and feared a direct confrontation would endanger the three girls with him. He sent them to safety, then flew into the wilderness to draw Tang Hao away, where the two finally faced each other in midair.

• Liu Bai judged that he could not defeat Tang Hao and decided not to put Dugu Yan, Ye Lingling, or Ning Rongrong at risk.
• Liu Bai sent the three girls back to the VIP area and waited until they were out of sight.
• Liu Bai revealed his Purple Cloud Wings and flew toward the wilderness, signaling that he knew Tang Hao was following him.
• Tang Hao recognized Liu Bai's challenge and pursued him at tremendous speed.
• Liu Bai stopped above a barren mountain stretch, and Tang Hao halted ten zhang away, standing in the air through Soul Power alone.

Liu Bai confronted Tang Hao, who demanded Liu Bai’s Purple Cloud Wings and claimed strength gave him the right to take them. Liu Bai refused and attacked, leaving Tang Hao shocked by the heat and force of his Heavenly Flame punch.

• Tang Hao revealed that he had followed Liu Bai and demanded the Purple Cloud Wings, threatening him with his strength as a Title Douluo.
• Tang Hao released his nine Soul Rings, including a red one, but Liu Bai resisted his pressure with Dou Qi and Soul Power.
• Liu Bai charged Tang Hao and struck him with Dazzling Fire Fist, wielding the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Tang Hao blocked Liu Bai’s punch with his Clear Sky Hammer, but the impact forced him back three steps and scorched the hammer.

Liu Bai formed an Exotic Flame Spear and unleashed his Flowing Flame—Shocking Swan against Tang Hao, who countered with his fifth Soul Skill, Clear Sky—Quake. Tang Hao’s attack overwhelmed Liu Bai and hurled him into a mountainside.

• Liu Bai judged that fighting Tang Hao barehanded put him at a disadvantage and formed an Exotic Flame Spear from Dou Qi and the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Tang Hao asked whether the spear was Liu Bai’s Self-Created Soul Skill and noticed Liu Bai’s four Soul Rings.
• Liu Bai activated all four Soul Rings and struck Tang Hao with Flowing Flame—Shocking Swan.
• Tang Hao used his fifth Soul Skill, Clear Sky—Quake, and collided with Liu Bai’s flaming attack.
• The clash devastated the forest and opened a crater, while the recoil sent Liu Bai crashing into a mountainside.