Recaps

After tempering his body with Pill Lightning, Xiao Qing completed a Sect Origin Pill and gave it to Medusa to use when she reached High-Rank Dou Zong. He left the mountain with Medusa and Zi Yan after the Earth Demon Puppet cleared away the nearby magical beasts.

• Xiao Qing absorbed the remaining Pill Lightning, strengthening his body and bringing his Demonic Lightning Body closer to perfection.
• Xiao Qing drew the completed Sect Origin Pill from the Myriad Beast Cauldron and explained that it could raise a Dou Zong's cultivation by one or two stars.
• Medusa and Zi Yan learned about the pill, and Xiao Qing reassured Zi Yan that he would refine suitable seventh-grade pills for her later.
• Xiao Qing gave Medusa the pill and advised her to wait until she reached High-Rank Dou Zong before taking it.
• The Earth Demon Puppet returned after killing the magical beasts that had lingered nearby.

Xiao Qing spent three months refining seventh-grade pills and tempering his body with Pill Lightning, eventually completing a peak seventh-grade Bone-Growth Blood-Melding Pill capable of resurrecting the Skyfire Venerable. With his work finished, he accepted Medusa’s offer to rest on her lap while she and Zi Yan watched over him.

• Xiao Qing repeatedly refined Sect Origin Pills and endured Pill Lightning while Medusa, Zi Yan, and the Earth Demon Puppet drove away the magical beasts drawn by the pills’ fragrance.
• Su Qian kept the elders from disturbing Xiao Qing, while the Inner Academy students learned of his seventh-grade pill refining and avoided the area out of respect.
• After three months, the Earth Demon Puppet shattered the final bolt of Pill Lightning, and Xiao Qing completed a peak seventh-grade Bone-Growth Blood-Melding Pill.
• Xiao Qing told Medusa and Zi Yan that he had refined enough pills and put away the pill and the Myriad Beast Cauldron.
• Medusa invited Xiao Qing to sleep with his head on her lap, and he drifted off while she watched over him and Zi Yan began eating pills.

After waking from a three-day sleep, Xiao Qing traveled with Medusa and Zi Yan to hunt a Rank-Seven Magical Beast for its blood essence. He overpowered White Tiger and demanded her magic core and blood essence, but she offered information about other Rank-Seven Magical Beasts to save her life.

• Xiao Qing woke in Medusa's arms after sleeping for three days and two nights, then decided to hunt a Rank-Seven Magical Beast before returning.
• Zi Yan led Xiao Qing and Medusa to White Tiger's mountain, where White Tiger warned them to leave.
• White Tiger attacked Xiao Qing, but he opened a spatial rift that swallowed her blades.
• Xiao Qing immobilized White Tiger and demanded her magic core and blood essence.
• White Tiger pleaded for her life and offered to reveal the locations of other Rank-Seven Magical Beasts.

Xiao Qing spared White Tiger and made her his mount after learning she could lead him to other Rank-Seven Magical Beasts. White Tiger took Xiao Qing, Zi Yan, and Medusa to confront the Crimson Flame Kite, leaving Xiao Qing face-to-face with the next beast he might subdue.

• Xiao Qing stopped himself from killing White Tiger and ordered her to take him to the Crimson Flame Kite, a Rank-Seven Magical Beast with a trace of Heaven Demon Phoenix bloodline.
• Xiao Qing climbed onto White Tiger, and Zi Yan and Medusa joined them; he explained that he wanted White Tiger as a mount and guide.
• Zi Yan persuaded White Tiger to surrender the treasures in her cave, then quickly broke its restrictions and collected them.
• White Tiger carried the group across the forests toward the Crimson Flame Kite's territory.
• The Crimson Flame Kite intercepted them and accused White Tiger of conspiring with humans, and White Tiger identified it to Xiao Qing as the beast she had described.

Xiao Qing, Zi Yan, and White Tiger confronted Crimson Flame Kite, whose greed drove him to attack Zi Yan despite her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline. Xiao Qing killed him and extracted his soul, then refined his corpse as White Tiger recognized his flame as a Heavenly Flame and Xiao Qing considered how to keep her from revealing it.

• Crimson Flame Kite mocked White Tiger for serving Xiao Qing and attacked the group with a barrage of scarlet flame feathers.
• Zi Yan released her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline pressure, dispelling the flames and terrifying Crimson Flame Kite, who then tried to devour her.
• Xiao Qing trapped Crimson Flame Kite with Spatial Power, slammed him into the ground, and used the Soul Chain to pull his soul from his dying body.
• Xiao Qing checked on Zi Yan and had White Tiger descend beside Crimson Flame Kite's corpse.
• Xiao Qing used the Green Life Spirit Flame to refine the corpse into scarlet blood essence, and White Tiger recognized the flame as a Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Qing brought Zi Yan and Medusa back to Jia Nan Academy after subduing White Tiger, who accompanied them in a smaller form. Su Qian sensed their arrival and came to greet them, where Zi Yan cheerfully welcomed him.

• Xiao Qing gave White Tiger a pill containing Life Spirit Flame and ordered her to take them to Jia Nan Academy.
• White Tiger flew toward the Inner Academy, then shrank to a kitten-sized form after landing.
• Zi Yan playfully swung White Tiger by the tail until Xiao Qing told her to stop.
• Xiao Qing, Zi Yan, Medusa, and White Tiger flew toward the Inner Academy, where Xiao Qing felt nostalgic after returning.
• Su Qian sensed Xiao Qing's presence, hurried to meet them, and teased Zi Yan for not visiting him sooner.

Xiao Qing returned to Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan and a subdued Rank-Seven White Tiger, then reunited with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian. After gifting Su Qian Sect Origin Pills, Xiao Qing named the White Tiger Xiao Bai and settled in with his companions.

• Su Qian recognized the White Tiger’s Rank-Seven strength, and Xiao Qing assured him she was his mount and would not harm the students.
• Xiao Qing gave Su Qian Sect Origin Pills, which Su Qian accepted and repaid with an offer of help through Headmaster Mang Tianchi.
• Xiao Qing and the others reached the pavilion, where Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian welcomed him back and he praised their cultivation progress.
• Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian learned the White Tiger was a Rank-Seven Magical Beast and stroked her while Xiao Qing held her.
• Zi Yan suggested Little White, Xiao Yi Xian proposed Xiao Bai, and Xiao Qing named the White Tiger Xiao Bai.

After two months of rest and steady gains from refining Xie Bi Yan’s Demon Poison Mark, Xiao Qing felt his Dou Zong bottleneck loosened and entered the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower to pursue a breakthrough. The chapter ended with him descending into the Magma World as the Elders expected him to reach Dou Zong.

• Xiao Qing spent time exploring the Inner Academy with Zi Yan and the others, while students admired him and recognized Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian’s strength.
• Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian stopped competing in the Strong Ranking after easily defeating several top experts, and the other students responded by focusing on their own progress.
• Xiao Qing’s cultivation advanced as the Life Spirit Flame refined the Demon Poison Mark Xie Bi Yan had left in his body, loosening his Dou Zong bottleneck.
• Xiao Bai grew accustomed to her comfortable life with Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian, but Zi Yan took her away to play, frightening her with her bloodline pressure.
• Xiao Qing entered the lowest level of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, greeted the four Elders on duty, and descended into the pit toward the Magma World.