Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yao defeated Han Yue almost instantly in the final match and won the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, impressing Jia Nan Academy’s leaders. The academy agreed to let him browse higher-tier cultivation methods, fulfilling the goal that had brought him there.

• Xiao Yao overwhelmed Han Yue with his speed and ended the final match before she could draw her weapon.
• The academy’s higher-ups praised Xiao Yao’s combat strength and recovery, then agreed to let him browse Profound Tier cultivation methods while keeping Earth Tier methods restricted.
• Vice Dean Hu Gan delivered the tournament’s closing speech as the crowd cheered Xiao Yao.
• Ruo Lin, Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian congratulated Xiao Yao, who said he would need to keep a low profile.
• Ruo Lin confirmed that the academy had agreed to let Xiao Yao browse higher-tier cultivation methods, and Xiao Yao celebrated achieving his goal.

Xiao Yao finished studying Profound Tier cultivation methods and joined the other four top contestants to visit the academy’s Library Pavilion. Its guardians, Elders Qian and Bai, sensed the unusual properties of his Dou Qi and asked him about its origin, leaving Xiao Yao to explain that he had possessed it since birth.

• Xiao Yao left the Library Hall after absorbing ideas from Profound Tier cultivation methods and continued developing his own cultivation method.
• Xiao Yao led the other four top contestants to Vice Dean Hu Gan’s study, where Hu Gan opened a hidden passage to the Library Pavilion.
• Xiao Yao and the others crossed the cavern and reached the pavilion, where two gray-robed elders appeared to open its doors.
• Elders Qian and Bai noticed that Xiao Yao’s Dou Qi combined destruction and vitality, then asked him how it had become so unusual.
• Xiao Yao introduced himself and explained that his Dou Qi had been peculiar since birth, with an affinity for the sun, so he had named it the Yang Attribute.

Xiao Yao revealed that he had created a cultivation technique suited to his unusual Yang Attribute, impressing the Library Pavilion’s guardians. Inside the pavilion, he obtained a High Earth Tier cultivation technique, the Blazing Sun Body Refining Technique.

• Xiao Yao explained that he could not cultivate techniques of other attributes and had created his own cultivation technique after becoming a Dou Zhe.
• The gray-robed elders opened the Space Lock around the Library Pavilion and allowed Xiao Yao, Han Yue, and the others inside for one hour.
• Xiao Yao resisted the ancient plaque’s influence and led the group into the pavilion, where energy barriers began launching clusters of light at them.
• Han Yue caught the High Xuan Tier cultivation technique Profound Ice Secret Canon while Xiao Yao waited for a light cluster suited to him.
• Xiao Yao caught a brilliant cluster of light and discovered it contained the High Earth Tier cultivation technique Blazing Sun Body Refining Technique.

Xiao Yao obtained the Blazing Sun Body Refining Technique from the Library Pavilion and used it alongside other Cultivation Methods to complete his deduction of the Sun True Scripture. After changing its circulation route beneath the sunlight, his Dou Qi grew several times stronger, though his cultivation realm did not rise.

• Xiao Yao broke open a golden cluster of light, obtained the Blazing Sun Body Refining Technique, and immediately learned its contents.
• Xiao Yao discovered that the technique could refine his body with Sun Power and help transform his Fire Attribute, then stopped seeking further treasures.
• Hu Gan led Xiao Yao and the other four out of the Library Pavilion and gave them two days before they entered the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yao spent two days in the Library Hall deducing the Sun True Scripture until the Panel showed it had reached the High Xuan Tier.
• Xiao Yao changed his Cultivation Method beneath the sunlight, greatly increasing the quantity and quality of his Dou Qi without advancing his cultivation realm.

Xiao Yao joined the top fifty students traveling to the Inner Academy, where he observed the space-enclosed entrance and learned that the newcomers would face a Fire Energy Hunting Competition. The chapter ended as Elder Su explained that senior students could attack them in the forest and seize their Fire Energy.

• Xiao Yao arrived at the gathering place with Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Instructor Ruo Lin, then joined the other tournament finalists.
• Hu Gan summoned Griffin Beasts and led the students, guarded by three Dou Emperor elders, across a primeval forest to the Inner Academy's hidden entrance.
• Xiao Yao studied the enormous silver gate and followed the students into the Inner Academy's enclosed space.
• Hu Gan handed the students over to Elder Su and Elder Qing, and Elder Su distributed Fire Energy Cards.
• Elder Su told the students to cross the forest in groups and warned them that senior students could attack them and take their Fire Energy.

Xiao Yao left his team to cultivate alone, aiming to break through and later collect more Fire Energy from veteran students. While refining Sun Power and infusing a fourth-tier Magic Core, he advanced to Four-Star Da Dou Shi and completed a Sun Magic Core.

• Xiao Yao considered the value of Fire Energy and the strength of the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team, noting that his infused fourth-tier Magic Core could kill a Dou Ling expert.
• Han Yue and the other three teammates asked Xiao Yao about his plans, and he told them he intended to cultivate until he broke through.
• Xiao Yao advised Han Yue and the others to stay together and be careful, then parted from them so he could pursue more Fire Energy alone.
• Xiao Yao cultivated on a tree trunk, opened an independent Infusion Branch Meridian in his arm, and used it to channel unrefined Sun Power into the Magic Core while continuing to refine Dou Qi.
• The next day, Xiao Yao broke through to Four-Star Da Dou Shi and discovered that the fourth-tier Magic Core had been fully infused into a Sun Magic Core.

After breaking through to Four-Star Da Dou Shi, Xiao Yao set out to test his strength by hunting senior students for their Fire Energy. He defeated one team and ambushed another, leaving the second team facing a demand to surrender their Fire Crystal Cards.

• Xiao Yao judged that his new strength and recovery made him confident he could take on senior teams, then headed toward the Inner Academy to find opponents.
• Xiao Yao surprised a group of five senior students and quickly defeated one, then subdued the others until their captain surrendered.
• The senior students handed over their Fire Crystal Cards, and Xiao Yao took their Fire Energy, raising his total to 21 while each card was reduced to seven.
• Xiao Yao searched the forest for nearly half a day before finding another senior team that had just defeated freshmen.
• Xiao Yao struck the second team with Blazing Sun Explosive Flame, blasted all five into trees, and demanded their Fire Crystal Cards.

Xiao Yao confronted ten old students who joined forces to ambush him, but overwhelmed them with successive Blazing Sun Explosive Flame attacks. He forced them to surrender their Fire Crystal Cards and was left in control of their haul.

• Xiao Yao reflected that the old-student teams he had defeated carried relatively little Fire Energy, while rumors about his attacks spread through the forest.
• A longbow-wielding old student shot a Qi-Breaking Arrow at Xiao Yao, who dodged and faced ten old students gathered on rocky ground.
• The old students accused Xiao Yao of robbing their teams and attacked together, while the bow-wielding captain kept him in his sights.
• Xiao Yao used Blazing Sun Explosive Flame twice to scatter and injure the attackers, then circled behind the group and blasted the bow-wielding captain, breaking his longbow.
• Xiao Yao stopped the remaining old students from fleeing and made them hand over their Fire Crystal Cards.

Xiao Yao learned that Han Yue and other new students were being pursued by veteran teams, then rushed to their aid. He arrived just as they surrendered and stopped Leng Shuang from attacking Han Yue, striking Leng Shuang away.

• Xiao Yao learned from a veteran captain that two veteran teams were pursuing Han Yue and the allied new students, and he headed deeper into the forest to help them.
• Han Yue and the other new students were overwhelmed by two veteran teams and surrendered after several students were defeated.
• Leng Shuang tried to strike Han Yue from behind while the new students handed over their Fire Crystal Cards.
• Xiao Yao appeared and took Leng Shuang’s palm strike, then sent her flying with a counterattack.

Xiao Yao defended Han Yue after Leng Shuang attacked her following the new students’ surrender, then challenged and defeated two veteran teams. He gave Han Yue his Fire Crystal Card so she could restore the participating new students’ Fire Energy to five days.

• Xiao Yao reassured Han Yue that Leng Shuang’s sneak attack had not seriously hurt him, while the new students condemned the veterans’ conduct.
• Xiao Yao confronted the veteran captain about Leng Shuang’s attack, then set the dispute aside and challenged the veteran teams to fight.
• Xiao Yao led the veterans away from the wounded students and overwhelmed both teams, forcing their captain to admit defeat and hand over their Fire Crystal Cards.
• Han Yue arrived with the other new students, and Xiao Yao gave her his Fire Crystal Card to distribute enough Fire Energy to bring the participants back to five days.

After defeating two senior student teams, Xiao Yao returned the new students’ Fire Energy and prepared to face the stronger Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team alone. He persuaded Han Yue and the others to enter the Inner Academy while he held off the teams, with the option to escape if he could not win.

• Han Yue returned the new students’ Fire Energy, and they cheered for Xiao Yao and crowded around him.
• Han Yue explained that the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team were the strongest remaining teams, then offered to help Xiao Yao fight them.
• Xiao Yao refused help because his fighting style could injure the new students, and Han Yue returned to discuss the matter with the group.
• The new students gathered around Xiao Yao and pleaded to join the fight, but he pointed out that they were still injured.
• Xiao Yao proposed holding off both teams while the new students ran into the Inner Academy, promising to retreat there himself if necessary.
• Han Yue and the new students agreed to Xiao Yao’s plan, while he privately hoped to claim the two teams’ Fire Energy for himself.

Xiao Yao faced the Black Fiend Team and the White Fiend Team alone at the edge of the Inner Academy after drawing a crowd of senior students. When He Yuan and Mo Shan sent their teams to attack, Xiao Yao charged forward to meet them.

• Senior students, Elder Su, and Elder Qing gathered to watch Xiao Yao challenge the Black Fiend Team and the White Fiend Team.
• Xiao Yao led the freshmen out of the forest and identified Mo Shan and He Yuan as Dou Ling-level opponents.
• Xiao Yao declared that he would fight both teams alone, and He Yuan challenged his confidence.
• He Yuan and Mo Shan each sent their four teammates to attack Xiao Yao.
• Xiao Yao advanced toward the attackers, and the battle began.

Xiao Yao fought eight Inner Academy senior students at once, relying on his powerful Dou Qi Armor and rapid recovery to defeat them. He then challenged He Yuan and Mo Shan, whose Dou Qi reached the Dou Ling level.

• Xiao Yao formed golden Dou Qi Armor and wounded the White Fiend Team member who first attacked him.
• The seven remaining senior students surrounded Xiao Yao and launched their Dou Techniques together, but his Blazing Sun Explosive Flame injured several of them.
• Xiao Yao endured their attacks with only cracks in his armor and continued fighting as his Dou Qi rapidly recovered.
• Xiao Yao defeated all eight senior students, leaving himself with no serious injuries.
• Xiao Yao pointed his spear at He Yuan and Mo Shan and asked them to fight him, and both seniors released Dou Ling-level pressure.

Xiao Yao fought Mo Shan and He Yuan, two Dou Ling experts, and revealed a hidden trump card after challenging them to withstand his full-strength attack. The chapter ended as he unleashed the power of a tier-four Magic Core and Elder Su and Elder Qing rushed to intervene.

• Xiao Yao replaced his Dou Qi Armor and invited Mo Shan and He Yuan to attack him together.
• Mo Shan’s sword techniques forced Xiao Yao back, but Xiao Yao’s rapid succession of energy attacks pushed Mo Shan away from the blast.
• Xiao Yao offered to surrender his Fire Energy if the two elders blocked his trump card, and asked them to use their full strength.
• Xiao Yao concealed a tier-four Magic Core inside a ball of Dou Qi, alarming Mo Shan and He Yuan as they prepared their strongest attacks.
• Xiao Yao sent the ball toward Mo Shan and He Yuan, then unleashed the Magic Core’s energy; Elder Su and Elder Qing cried out and moved to intervene.

Xiao Yao's Sun Magic Core exploded with enough force to destroy the opposing attacks and threaten everyone nearby, forcing two elders to contain the blast. After defeating the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team, Xiao Yao claimed their Fire Energy, and Elder Su announced the new students' rewards.

• Xiao Yao's Sun Magic Core unleashed a devastating explosion, and two Dou Wang elders formed a barrier that redirected its energy into the sky.
• Mo Shan and He Yuan lay badly injured as the students and elders stared in shock at the crater and Xiao Yao's power.
• Elder Su congratulated Xiao Yao for defeating both teams and making history in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition.
• Xiao Yao apologized for the danger, then asked the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team to hand over their Fire Crystal Cards; they complied, bringing his Fire Energy close to 500.
• Elder Su declared the new students the winners and awarded them 20 days of Fire Energy, while Xiao Yao received 100 days and an Azure Fire Crystal Card.

Xiao Yao received an Azure Fire Crystal Card after the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, then entered the Inner Academy and chose a secluded residence. As senior students discussed his strength, Elder Huo of the Alchemy Department decided to recruit him.

• Elder Su awarded Xiao Yao 100 days of Fire Energy and an Azure Fire Crystal Card, which he loaded with his accumulated Fire Energy.
• Elder Su announced that the senior students would face consequences for breaking competition rules, while Elder Qing led the freshmen into the Inner Academy.
• Elder Qing offered Xiao Yao special accommodation, and Xiao Yao requested a quiet, isolated tall building with plenty of sunlight.
• Senior students learned that Xiao Yao had caused the golden pillar of light and speculated that he could reach the Strong Ranking despite being a Four-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Elder Huo examined the heat-scorched pit, recognized Xiao Yao's unusual attribute and strong soul power, and resolved to bring him into the Alchemy Department.

Xiao Yao visited the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and discovered that its formless flame could condense his Dou Qi and accelerate his cultivation. After he recovered from its effects on his first visit, an elder recognized him, and the students around him learned who he was.

• Xiao Yao chose a secluded five-story pavilion as his residence, then headed to the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Yao entered the tower without protection, and its formless flame appeared inside him.
• Xiao Yao passed his Dou Qi through the flame, condensing it and confirming that the tower could help his cultivation.
• Xiao Yao let the formless flame dissipate after three streams of Dou Qi passed through it, then recovered on his own.
• An elder approached Xiao Yao and recognized him, and the surrounding students reacted with astonishment when he confirmed his identity.

Xiao Yao toured the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower with Elder Liu, whose respect for Xiao Yao’s Heart Flame adaptation talent earned him an exception to the new-student rules. Xiao Yao reached the third floor and began testing a low-grade cultivation room, where he found the Heart Flame manageable.

• Elder Liu welcomed Xiao Yao and explained that enduring the tower’s Heart Flame showed a student’s adaptation talent.
• Elder Liu described the cultivation rooms’ grades and offered to take Xiao Yao to a deeper floor because of his strength and talent.
• Elder Liu escorted Xiao Yao past the second floor to the third, warning him that the Heart Flame could damage his body if he overexerted himself.
• Xiao Yao entered an empty low-grade cultivation room and sat down to test the third floor’s Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yao felt a dense surge of Heart Flame but found it bearable, so he decided to cultivate there for the time being.

After cultivating without suffering Fire Poison, Xiao Yao earned Elder Liu’s permission to use the fourth level of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and spent three days strengthening his Dou Qi. After leaving the tower, he met Elder Huo, who asked whether he wanted to become an alchemist, and Xiao Yao immediately agreed.

• After one night on the third level, Xiao Yao found that his Yang-Attribute Dou Qi had burned away the violent flame factors, leaving him free of Fire Poison.
• Xiao Yao asked the instructors for access to the fourth level, and Elder Liu approved the request after learning of his resistance to Fire Poison.
• Xiao Yao cultivated on the fourth level for three days, refining the Dou Qi in his body several times.
• While Xiao Yao was away, older students extorted the new students, and Inner Academy factions recruited many of them; Xiao Yao chose not to form a faction.
• After leaving the tower, Xiao Yao sensed someone watching him and confronted the hidden observer.
• Elder Huo emerged and asked Xiao Yao whether he wanted to become an alchemist, and Xiao Yao agreed at once.

Xiao Yao began learning alchemy under Elder Huo at the Inner Academy's Alchemy Department branch. After memorizing the basics and passing Elder Huo's test, he created golden flames with unusual vitality and began training to control their temperature.

• Xiao Yao agreed to learn alchemy, and Elder Huo explained how the Alchemy Department operated before giving him basic books to study.
• Xiao Yao read the books while cultivating and memorized them within a few days.
• Xiao Yao returned to Elder Huo, answered his questions about alchemy, and passed the test.
• Elder Huo led Xiao Yao into an alchemy room, where Xiao Yao used his Dou Qi to create golden flames inside a medicinal cauldron.
• Elder Huo sensed that Xiao Yao's flames already possessed vitality and gave him a Fire Stone to practice controlling flame temperature.