Vol. 2Xiao Heng’s Rise

Xiao Heng returned to Jia Nan Academy, strengthened Pan Men, and rose to Dou Wang while pursuing the Bai Clan inheritance and powerful cultivation methods. The volume ended with Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng reaching the Outer Academy, where Xiao Li lay unconscious and Xiao Heng gave Xiao Yan a pill to stabilize him.

  • Xiao Heng won the selection tournament, entered the Inner Academy, and joined Pan Men as its vice leader.
  • After learning the White Gang had threatened Pan Men, Xiao Heng led its members to confront Bai Cheng.
  • Xiao Heng killed Huang Ping, defeated the Dou Wang elder, and helped Lin Jie’s party escape the Huang Family.
  • Xiao Heng entered the Bai Clan ruin and fought its puppets while Lin Xiao Yi accepted her own trial to save him.
  • Old Bai revealed Xiao Heng’s Bai Clan heritage and awakened his bloodline, while Lin Xiao Yi passed her trial and left with Old Bai.
  • Xiao Heng returned to Jia Nan Academy, helped Pan Men seize the Medicine Gang’s pill-sales channels, and began preparing pills with ingredients from Zi Yan and Bear Two.
  • Xiao Heng helped Xiao Yan retrieve the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, broke through to Dou Wang, and defeated Liu Qing.
  • Xiao Heng began cultivating the Four Directions Sword Canon and the Four Beasts Sword Art, then went with Xiao Yan to find the gravely injured Xiao Li.
Chapters 103–203 Read from ch. 103

Arc 5The Inner Academy Challenge

Xiao Heng won the selection tournament, entered the Inner Academy, and established himself as a formidable newcomer. After joining Pan Men, he led its members to confront the White Gang, where Bai Cheng began a fight with him.

  • Xiao Heng defeated his tournament opponents and became champion, then advanced to Four-Star Dou Ling and received several system rewards.
  • Xiao Heng entered the Library Pavilion, secured valuable techniques, and fused movement skills into Wind Thunder Heaven and Earth Travel.
  • Xiao Heng entered the Inner Academy and dominated the Fire Energy Hunt Competition, collecting fire energy from rival teams.
  • Xiao Heng settled into his new courtyard, while Xiao Yan founded Pan Men and appointed him vice leader.
  • Xiao Heng took Bear Two into the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and cultivated on its third level.
  • After learning that the White Gang had threatened Pan Men, Xiao Heng gathered the faction and led it to the White Gang’s headquarters.
  • Xiao Heng demanded that Bai Cheng face him, and Bai Cheng charged with his spear as Xun Er ordered Pan Men to retreat.
Chapters 103–127 Summaries Read

Arc 6The Bai Clan Trial

After leaving Jia Nan Academy to investigate the map, Xiao Heng rescued Lin Jie’s group from the Huang Family and escorted Lin Xiao Yi toward safety. The map led him into a Bai Clan ruin, where he chose the Life trial and fought a succession of puppets while Lin Xiao Yi faced a dangerous trial of her own.

  • Xiao Heng defeated Bai Cheng, strengthening his standing in Pan Men, and later put Xiao Yan in charge of refining pills to support the group.
  • Xiao Heng absorbed the Sixth-Grade Alchemist Inheritance, then learned the Beast Skin Map had entered his mind and showed a destination in the Black Corner Region.
  • With Su Qian’s approval, Xiao Heng left the academy alone and encountered Lin Jie, Lin Xiao Yi, and the injured Xue Hua in a ruined house.
  • When Huang Ping’s men attacked the group, Xiao Heng killed Huang Ping and defeated the Dou Wang elder before helping Lin Jie’s party escape.
  • Xiao Heng escorted Lin Xiao Yi’s group toward North Plains City, then left with her before the city to avoid a possible Huang Family ambush.
  • Xiao Heng’s blood opened a gate at a Bai Clan tombstone, and he entered the ruin alone after choosing the Life trial over a Heavenly Rank Cultivation Method.
  • Bai Qufeng brought Lin Xiao Yi to Xiao Heng and offered her a chance to save him by passing her own trial, which she accepted by jumping into Mysterious Dark Water.
  • Xiao Heng fought through waves of armed puppets, activated a Dou Huang Experience Card, and unleashed Fire Sword—Yama and Rashomon as flames engulfed him and the puppets.
Chapters 128–153 Summaries Read

Arc 7Bloodline and Inner Academy

Xiao Heng awakened his Bai Clan bloodline, parted from Lin Xiao Yi, and returned to Jia Nan Academy, where he strengthened Pan Men and crossed paths with Zi Yan. The arc left Xiao Heng cultivating in the Inner Academy and making plans to refine pills from the rare ingredients Zi Yan and Bear Two found.

  • Old Bai rescued Xiao Heng, revealed his Bai Clan heritage, and awakened his bloodline while Lin Xiao Yi passed her own trial.
  • Old Bai rescued Lin Xiao Yi’s family from the Huang Family and accepted Lin Xiao Yi as his disciple, while Xiao Heng learned to unleash his bloodline power and received Bai Clan inheritance.
  • Lin Xiao Yi left with Old Bai after reuniting with her family, and Xiao Heng traveled to Black Seal City to refine an Imperial Pill for Li Xuan.
  • Xiao Heng returned to Jia Nan Academy, met Zi Yan, and found Pan Men confronting Bai Cheng and the Medicine Gang, so he forced Han Xian to surrender the Medicine Gang’s pill-sales channels.
  • Xiao Heng defeated Qian Mo when Han Xian brought him to challenge Pan Men, while Xiao Yan strengthened the faction by defeating Han Xian in alchemy and Bai Cheng in a fight.
  • Xiao Heng cultivated in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and sensed the Fallen Heart Flame behind a black door, while Pan Men sold its pills and gained fifteen Medicine Gang sales locations.
  • Xiao Heng left the tower with Han Yue, then received rare ingredients from Zi Yan and Bear Two and made sweet pills for them.
Chapters 154–178 Summaries Read

Arc 8Xiao Heng’s Rise

Xiao Heng helped Xiao Yan secure the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, broke through to Dou Wang, and established his strength by defeating Liu Qing. He gained a Heavenly Rank cultivation method before Xiao Yan summoned him to the Outer Academy, where Xiao Li lay gravely injured.

  • Xiao Heng and Xiao Yan defeated the Snow Demon Sky Ape and retrieved the true Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, which Xiao Heng used with other ingredients to prepare for cultivation.
  • Queen Medusa protected Xiao Heng as he cultivated, then lent him Dou Qi so he could break through to Dou Wang and asked him for a Spirit Fusion Pill in return.
  • Xiao Yan defeated Bai Cheng in the arena, and Xiao Heng then faced Liu Qing, defeating him after a fierce battle while sparing his life.
  • Xiao Heng fused with a Seventh-grade Alchemist’s inheritance, improved his alchemy, and helped Pan Men’s pill business surpass the Medicine Gang’s.
  • Little Grass combined Xiao Heng’s scrolls and treasures into the low-grade Heavenly Rank Four Directions Sword Canon and the half-step Heavenly Rank Four Beasts Sword Art, which Xiao Heng began cultivating.
  • Xiao Yan and Xiao Heng went to the Outer Academy after Xiao Yu urgently called for help, where they found Xiao Li unconscious and Xiao Heng gave Xiao Yan a pill to stabilize him.
Chapters 179–203 Summaries Read
Volume 2 of 13