Chapter Summaries

Yun Xi reflected on the mystery of his identity while Xun'er successfully advanced to a two-star Dou Ling. Xun'er then visited the Black-Ink Auction House to look for treasures and was shocked by its prices.

• Yun Xi suspected that the being sealed inside the Ancient Halberd might be the real him, while his current self was only a projection.
• Xun'er broke through to become a two-star Dou Ling and showed Yun Xi her remaining pills.
• Xun'er explored Black-Ink City and learned that Black-Ink was the region's largest auction house.
• Xun'er entered the auction house and exclaimed at the price of an ordinary herb, which cost over eight hundred thousand gold coins.

Xun'er, short on gold coins at the Black-Shadow Auction House, decided to auction two pills and brought them to an appraiser. He identified the first as a Six-Rank Emperor Grade Pill, then froze when he examined the second.

• Xun'er was startled by the price of a medicinal ingredient and lamented that the Black-Shadow Auction House was far more expensive than the Mittel Auction House.
• Yun Xi suggested that Xun'er sell unnecessary items, so she chose two Six-Rank Pills from her wristband.
• Xun'er entered the Appraisal Room and presented the pills to an old appraiser.
• The appraiser fixated on Xun'er's storage ring, but she challenged his interest and he apologized before examining the pills.
• The appraiser identified the first pill as a Six-Rank Emperor Grade Pill that could raise a Dou Huang's strength by one or two stars without side effects.
• The appraiser examined the second pill, froze, and exclaimed in shock.

Xun'er auctioned an Emperor Grade Pill and a Six Divine Body Pill at the Black-Ink Auction House, earning first-class VIP access. After learning the Six Divine Body Pill could remove sixty percent of a cultivator’s impurities, she took her seat near the crystal platform as the auction began.

• Xun'er presented two Six-Rank Pills to the old man and said her family had refined them and needed funds.
• The old man estimated the Emperor Grade Pill would sell for about four million gold coins and the Six Divine Body Pill for four and a half to five million.
• The old man explained that the Six Divine Body Pill removed sixty percent of a cultivator’s impurities and could raise their upper limit, then gave Xun'er a first-class VIP card.
• The old man suspected Xun'er’s pills might have a questionable origin but decided their source did not matter to the Black-Ink Auction House.
• Xun'er entered the auction house with a maidservant, took a seat near the crystal platform, and waited as the bell announced the auction’s start.

Xun'er grew bored as the Black-Ink City auction sold weapons, pills, and other items, but an unexpected treasure appeared just as she prepared to leave. The Purification Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map caught her attention, leaving her poised to stay.

• The Eight Gates Sect opened the auction, and a mercenary bought the Magic Core Weapon Flame for 280,000 gold coins.
• Xun'er found three Magic Core Weapons in her storage ring while the early auction items failed to interest her.
• Fan Ling bought the Emperor Grade Pill for the Blood Sect for 4.2 million gold coins, while the Heavenly Serpent Mansion won the Six Divine Body Pill for 5 million.
• Xun'er bought several small items, then grew bored as the auction proceeded and its later treasures sold cheaply.
• Xun'er stood to leave, but the Purification Lotus Demon Flame Remnant Map appeared and caught her attention.

Xun'er won the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map fragment at auction and collected her proceeds. As she prepared to leave the auction house, an old man said the sect master wanted to speak with her.

• Xun'er recognized the map fragment as part of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map and bid 110,000 gold coins, winning it after the auctioneer rushed through the countdown.
• Xun'er left through the VIP passage and joked with Yun Xi about his laughter and traveling to other worlds.
• Xun'er went to the Appraisal Room to collect the proceeds from selling her two medicinal pills and retrieve the map fragment.
• The old man gave Xun'er a green card containing 8.5 million gold coins and the map fragment she had won.
• As Xun'er left the room, the old man stopped her and said the sect master wished to speak with her.

Xun'er escaped the Black-Ink Auction House's attention and followed the map toward Jia Nan Academy, reaching Peaceful Town. Her arrival caused a stir when she gave her name as Xiao Xun'er.

• The Black-Ink Auction House's sect master ordered his men to investigate Xun'er and kill her if necessary to seize her treasures.
• Xun'er and Yun Xi evaded their pursuers, fitted three map fragments together, and headed toward Jia Nan Academy to find the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xun'er used Sword Flight to reach the mountain ranges and spotted Peaceful Town along the route marked on the map.
• Xun'er entered Peaceful Town, where guards required newcomers to give their names and identities.
• When Xun'er introduced herself as Xiao Xun'er, the middle-aged guard and his companions reacted with astonishment.

Xun'er arrived at Jia Nan Academy after traveling through the Black-Corner Region, where the Enforcement Team recognized her as a student expected by an elder. After becoming lost in Jia Nan City, she was greeted by a powerful old man who knew her name.

• Xun'er confirmed to Instructor Huo De that she had crossed the Black-Corner Region alone, and he welcomed her to Jia Nan Academy on an elder's instructions.
• Xun'er removed her black robe, drawing amazed reactions from the crowd, then boarded a griffin with two escorts.
• Xun'er flew through the night toward Jia Nan Academy, thinking of the Fallen Heart Flame as the griffin carried her toward Jia Nan City.
• Xun'er arrived in Jia Nan City, became lost while searching for her way, and encountered a Dou Huang Peak elder who welcomed her by name.

Xun'er arrived at Jia Nan Academy, where vice dean Hu Qian offered her direct admission to the Inner Academy if she proved herself against top Outer Academy students. After learning that the Inner Academy was the academy’s true core and suspecting a Heavenly Flame was inside, she prepared to try the Six Divine Body Pill.

• Hu Qian brought Xun'er to his office and introduced himself as Jia Nan Academy's Outer Academy vice dean.
• Hu Qian explained that Xun'er could enter the Inner Academy directly if she challenged several of the Outer Academy's best students, and Xun'er asked him to arrange the challenge soon.
• Xun'er explored Jia Nan Academy and Jia Nan City, then learned that only the top fifty students in the annual selection competition normally entered the Inner Academy.
• Xun'er concluded that the Heavenly Flames were likely inside the Inner Academy and took out the Six Divine Body Pill to try it.

Xun'er took a Six Divine Body Pill, cleansed her body, and rose from Two Star Dou Ling to peak Five Star Dou Ling after Yun Xi helped her stabilize the sudden increase. As Hu Qian approached to summon her for the Jia Nan Academy tournament, Xiao Yan worried about Xun'er, and his teacher reminded him that she was far stronger than he was.

• Xun’er swallowed the Six Divine Body Pill while Yun Xi stood guard, and the pill cleansed her meridians and expelled impurities.
• Xun’er’s strength surged to Seven Star Dou Ling, fell back to Two Star Dou Ling, then rebounded before settling at peak Five Star Dou Ling.
• Xun’er opened her eyes with three colors of flame in her pupils, and Yun Xi wondered why her Heavenly Flames had not fused.
• Xun’er celebrated her three-level increase, and Yun Xi told her to prepare for her first Jia Nan Academy tournament match as Hu Qian approached.
• Xiao Yan wondered where Xun’er had gone to cultivate, and his teacher said she was likely already a Dou Ling and far beyond his Seven Stars Da Dou Shi strength.

Xiao Yan learned that a mysterious new student would have to defeat the Outer Academy’s four strongest students to gain direct entry to the Inner Academy. As the Grand Competition began, Xun'er entered the arena through a hidden passage, while Xiao Yan and the other challengers waited to meet the newcomer.

• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that the new student was likely stronger than the Outer Academy students and teased him about the upcoming competition.
• Hu Qian told Xun'er the competition would take place that day and explained the annual Grand Competition for entry to the Inner Academy.
• A huge crowd gathered at Jia Nan Academy to watch the new student challenge the Outer Academy’s top four.
• Xun'er followed a voice’s directions to a hidden entrance, identified herself to the instructors, and entered the arena.
• Xiao Yan, Hu Jia, Bai Shan, and Wu Hao waited for their matches and speculated about the unknown newcomer.

Hu Qian introduced a competition to decide whether Xiao Xun'er would be admitted directly to the Inner Academy, stirring the students into competing camps. After the contestants chose their order, Xiao Yan and Xun'er stepped forward for the opening match.

• Hu Qian announced that Xiao Xun'er could earn direct admission by winning four matches, while the others could win high-tier Dou Skills by defeating her.
• Xun'er entered the arena, surprising the crowd and drawing cheers from students on both sides of the dispute.
• Xiao Yan volunteered to fight first, and Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia agreed to follow in the remaining matches.
• Hu Jia said that if their team won, Xun'er would have to be with her.
• A referee announced the first match between Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yan, and they entered the stage from opposite sides.

Xiao Yan fought Xun'er in the arena, but her Five Star Dou Ling strength overwhelmed his attacks. After realizing how great the gap between them was, Xiao Yan resolved to fight with dignity and launched another technique.

• Xiao Yan asked Xun'er why she had been gone for years, and she told him they were opponents in the arena.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er exchanged a punch and palm strike, and her Swallow Counterattack sent him flying backward.
• Xiao Yan charged with Eight Extremes Collapse, but Xun'er revealed her Five Star Dou Ling strength and blasted him back with eight golden palm strikes.
• Xiao Yan used Suction Palm to retrieve his Mysterious Heavy Ruler and stopped his flight by driving it into the ground.
• Xiao Yan overcame his despair at Xun'er's strength, raised the Great Ruler, and shouted Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er unleashed their Earth Rank Dou Skills against each other in the arena, creating a catastrophic clash. Hu Qian and the Elders contained the resulting energy storm, but Xiao Yan and Xun'er disappeared into the smoke-shrouded ruins.

• Xiao Yan began channeling his Earth Rank Dou Skill, Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, shocking the Elders and the Inner Academy elites.
• Xun'er answered with her Earth Rank Dou Skill, Nine Phoenix Sacred Flame Palm, Flame God Palm, and Hu Qian ordered the Elders to reinforce the arena defenses.
• Xiao Yan's ruler beam and Xun'er's flaming palm collided, and cracks spread across the ruler beam before it shattered.
• The two attacks triggered an enormous energy storm, and Hu Qian disrupted its balance point while the Elders helped disperse it.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er vanished from the smoke-covered ruins of the arena.

Xun'er defeated Xiao Yan in their Earth Rank Dou Skill battle, emerging unharmed while he was badly injured. She then challenged Bai Shan, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao to fight her all at once, setting up the next battle.

• Xiao Yan survived Xun'er's Earth Rank Dou Skill with Yao Lao's help, but his injuries left him unable to move.
• Xun'er emerged from the dust unharmed, and Hu Qian declared her the winner.
• Xiao Yan bitterly recognized the widening gap between himself and Xun'er as the crowd celebrated her victory.
• Xun'er asked to face Bai Shan, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao together, and Hu Qian approved a battle in half an hour.
• Wu Hao reacted angrily to Xun'er's challenge and called her arrogant.

Xun'er fought Wu Hao, Bai Shan, and Hu Jia alone, using her flames and skill to repel their coordinated attacks. After she vanished to evade Bai Shan’s lightning spear, Hu Jia was left in its path until three different flames surged in to intercept it.

• The referee began the one-against-three match, and Hu Jia sent withered vines toward Xun'er as Wu Hao and Bai Shan attacked from opposite sides.
• Xun'er burned Hu Jia’s vines to ash and clashed with Wu Hao, scorching his hands and destroying his blood mist.
• Bai Shan attacked with lightning, but Xun'er blocked his bolts and sent flames crawling up his spear and body.
• Hu Jia used her whip to redirect Bai Shan’s lightning-charged spear toward Xun'er, but Xun'er vanished as it struck her position.
• The spear continued toward Hu Jia, whose movement slowed as she raised defenses, and three differently colored flames surged toward it.

Xun'er overwhelmed Bai Shan, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao with her three Heavenly Flames, but they refused to surrender and launched a last-ditch counterattack. As their combined attacks raced toward her, Xun'er prepared to test her newly comprehended Nirvana Palm.

• Xun'er melted Bai Shan's spear with her three Heavenly Flames, and Old Man Fire identified all three flames as Heavenly Flames.
• Hu Jia escaped danger and regrouped with Bai Shan and Wu Hao after Xun'er emerged from the flames.
• Xun'er urged the three to leave the arena, but Bai Shan, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao refused and prepared their strongest attacks.
• Bai Shan, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao unleashed Lei Dong Eight Desolations, Dark Wood Poison Serpent Vine, and Blood Cleaving Slash at Xun'er.
• Xun'er summoned a phantom phoenix and used Nine Phoenix Sacred Flame Palm, Nirvana Palm, to meet their attacks.

Xiao Xun'er unleashed the Nine Phoenix Sacred Flame Palm, overwhelming Bai Shan and the other contestants and nearly destroying the arena. After surviving the blast unharmed, she secured victory and asked Hu Qian to handle her Inner Academy recommendation.

• Xiao Xun'er’s phoenix attack erupted into a sea of flames, forcing Hu Qian and the elders to reinforce the barrier as the arena shook.
• Xiao Xun'er’s flames gathered into a gigantic phoenix that struck the ground, shattering the barrier while Hu Qian repaired it.
• Hu Qian sent Old Man Fire, Elder Li, and Elder Liu to carry Bai Shan and the other contestants out of the arena.
• The flames subsided, revealing Xiao Xun'er unharmed in the center of a massive crater.
• Xiao Xun'er asked Hu Qian to declare her the winner and attend to her Inner Academy recommendation, and Hu Qian officially announced her victory.

Xiao Xun'er won the Inner Academy Recommendation Spot after defeating the Outer Academy’s top four experts, then recovered while Yun Xi warned her about the risks of her Earth Rank Dou Skills. The next morning, Hu Qian summoned her to the Council Hall.

• Hu Qian announced Xiao Xun'er as the competition’s winner, while Xiao Yan and the other defeated contestants rested and Xiao Yan admitted she was beyond his reach.
• Xun'er left the arena, then revealed to Yun Xi that she had relied on his secret assistance to replenish her Dou Qi and had forcefully unleashed the first and part of the second form of the Nine Phoenix Sacred Flame Palm.
• Yun Xi scolded Xun'er for using a technique beyond her current ability and urged her to cultivate, while he worried that Plane Creatures might bring disaster to the continent.
• Xun'er walked through Jia Nan Academy the next morning, attracting the attention of its students.
• Hu Qian summoned Xun'er to the Council Hall, and she vanished from where she stood using Ephemeral Exquisite Steps.

Xun'er left the Outer Academy with Elder Su and Elder Qing to enter Jia Nan Academy's secretive Inner Academy. As they flew over the back mountains, a Northern Underworld Demonic Tiger roared, while a powerful black shadow was revealed devouring the dead beast.

• Hu Qian introduced Elder Su and Elder Qing, who had come to escort Xun'er to the Inner Academy at Great Elder Su Qian's request.
• Elder Su and Elder Qing took Xun'er aboard a griffin and explained that the Inner Academy's location was secret.
• Elder Su and Elder Qing flew alongside the griffin as it carried Xun'er over the academy's back mountains.
• A Northern Underworld Demonic Tiger roared from the forest, alarming Elder Su and Elder Qing, who decided to report its restlessness to Great Elder Su Qian.
• A black shadow with Dou Zong strength devoured the tiger's corpse inside a dark cave.

Xun'er arrived at Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy with Elder Su and Qing Elder, discovering that it was concealed inside a folded space. The Great Elder remembered Mang Tianchi's warning about Xun'er, while the chapter ended with her looking out over the immense academy.

• Xun'er and the elders reached a ravine, where Elder Su opened a hidden silver gate into the Inner Academy.
• Yun Xi explained that the academy was concealed within folds of space, and Xun'er entered through the gate with the elders.
• The Great Elder declined to bring Xun'er to him immediately and recalled Mang Tianchi's earlier instructions about her arrival.
• In a flashback, Mang Tianchi left Zi Yan in Su Qian's care and told him that Xiao Xun'er, a daughter of the Gu Clan, would soon come to the academy.
• Elder Su led Xun'er up the steps, where she saw the vast basin filled with buildings and forests that made up the Inner Academy.