Chapter Summaries

Lin Yuan broke through to one-star Da Dou Shi, earning Jia Nan Academy’s support and permission to select a high-grade technique and Dou Skill. As he reflected on his difficult past and years of preparation, he resolved to enter the wider struggle of the Dou Qi Continent and resumed cultivation.

• Lin Yuan broke through to one-star Da Dou Shi, and Hu Gan appeared after sensing his advancement.
• Hu Gan praised Lin Yuan’s talent, gave him a token to choose a Profound Tier High-Grade Technique and Dou Skill, and told him to focus on mastering his new strength.
• Lin Yuan reflected that the academy’s reward was an investment in one of its promising direct-line juniors.
• Lin Yuan recalled being orphaned, joining Jia Nan Academy at ten, and becoming its most talented member of the Hero Forging Plan.
• Lin Yuan remembered his training with the Enforcement Team and Alchemy Department, including receiving the Azure Spirit Flame from Elder Huo.
• Lin Yuan saluted heaven and earth, declared that he had come to the Dou Qi Continent, and resumed cultivating.

Lin Yuan visited the Cultivation Method Pavilion, where he chose two secret manuals suited to his strengths, then returned to his courtyard to study them. At midnight, he retrieved a hidden storage ring and took out a Life Devouring Pill, preparing to begin the next step of his plan.

• Lin Yuan studied a pharmacopoeia before heading to the Cultivation Method Pavilion and meeting Hu Jia, who learned he had broken through to Da Dou Shi and vowed to cultivate harder.
• Lin Yuan selected the Spirit Flame Art cultivation method and the Roaming Dragon Steps movement Dou Skill, then promised Elder Xu to keep them private and return the originals within a month.
• Lin Yuan returned to his courtyard and began familiarizing himself with the circulation methods of the two secret manuals.
• At midnight, Lin Yuan used Spiral Force to uncover a hidden storage ring buried beneath his stone table.
• Lin Yuan retrieved a blood-red pill from the ring and identified it as the Life Devouring Pill, declaring it was time to begin the next step of his plan.

Lin Yuan prepared to use the Life Devouring Pill as the basis for his plans to travel to the Jia Ma Empire and pursue opportunities. After upgrading his cultivation method and refining his Pill Flame Technique, he gained the Abyss Concealment Method from Elder Huo.

• Lin Yuan reaffirmed his plan to use the Life Devouring Pill and head to the Jia Ma Empire before Jia Nan Academy's next enrollment.
• After three days of cultivating with the Spirit Flame Art, Lin Yuan advanced to Two-Star Great Dou Master and perfected a Spiral Force variation of the Pill Flame Technique called Flying Star.
• Lin Yuan gave Elder Huo a notebook detailing his improvements to the Pill Flame Technique, and Elder Huo praised the work and offered him a reward.
• Lin Yuan asked for a technique to conceal his cultivation, and Elder Huo gave him the Abyss Concealment Method.
• After Lin Yuan left, Elder Huo scolded Lu Mu for being lazy and began testing Lin Yuan's ideas with flame.

Lin Yuan used a Life Devouring Pill to break through to Two-Star Dou Wang, then disguised himself as a wealthy young master to lure and kill five Dou Spirit robbers in the Black Corner Region. Back at Jia Nan Academy, he counted his spoils and decided it was time to go to the Inner Academy, though he still had something to do first.

• Lin Yuan used the Abyss Concealment Method to hide his cultivation, then swallowed the Life Devouring Pill in a secluded valley and advanced to Two-Star Dou Wang at the cost of some vitality.
• Lin Yuan spent half a month consolidating his cultivation, mastered Roaming Dragon Steps, and completed his mission in the Black Corner Region.
• Lin Yuan disguised himself as Jin Shaoyu, a rich young master, and provoked greed at an auction by outbidding Dou Spirit bidders.
• Five Dou Spirits ambushed Lin Yuan, who revealed his Dou Wang strength and killed them swiftly with his movement techniques and attacks.
• Lin Yuan returned to Jia Nan Academy, turned in his mission, and counted spoils worth around two million gold coins, including a spirit fruit needed to refine a Dou Spirit Pill.
• Lin Yuan enjoyed a quiet moment beneath the stars, then resumed cultivation and thought about going to the Inner Academy.

Lin Yuan revealed that the Life Devouring Pill had made him a Dou Wang but left him with only three years to live, so Jia Nan Academy arranged a life-extending pill and appointed him an Honorary Elder. He left with permission to enter the Inner Academy early, where he planned to strengthen his cultivation and alchemy while pursuing his next goal: Zi Yan.

• Lin Yuan told Elder Huo that he had taken the Life Devouring Pill and had only three years of lifespan remaining.
• Elder Huo and Lin Yuan explained the situation to Hu Gan and the elders, who approved an Essence Returning Pill to extend Lin Yuan's life by two years.
• Lin Yuan offered to help Jia Nan Academy with alchemy, and Elder Huo appointed him an Honorary Elder with access to fifth-grade and lower pill formulas.
• Hu Gan arranged for Lin Yuan to enter the Inner Academy without taking the selection competition and promised him its top-five rewards.
• Hu Gan and Elder Huo discussed Lin Yuan's character and prospects, while Hu Gan considered arranging his future with Hu Jia.
• Lin Yuan returned to his courtyard and planned to temper his foundation, improve his alchemy, and focus on Zi Yan.

Hu Gan escorted Lin Yuan to Jia Nan Academy’s true Library Pavilion, where the guardians let him enter early and warned him not to reveal what he saw. Lin Yuan found a rare Spirit Repository and left with it, keeping the item he had come for.

• Hu Gan led Lin Yuan through a hidden passage to the true Library Pavilion and introduced him to its guardians, Qian Mu and Bai Lie.
• Bai Lie learned that Lin Yuan was a fifteen-year-old Dou Wang and Fifth Grade Alchemist who had taken the Life Devouring Pill, and advised him to seek a solution in the Central Plains.
• Qian Mu and Bai Lie opened the pavilion and warned Lin Yuan that he could take only one item and must not disclose its interior.
• Lin Yuan searched the flying energy clusters, found a Spirit Repository, and released the Nine Heavens Fire Art he had been considering so he could take the Spirit Repository instead.
• The guardians scanned Lin Yuan and ordered him to keep the pavilion secret, and Hu Gan led him away.

Lin Yuan entered Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy as an elder and began refining his Dou Qi in the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower. After a month of training, he improved his Dou Qi and techniques, while a silver-haired woman recognized him as he left the tower.

• Hu Gan told Lin Yuan that the Inner Academy had appointed him an elder, and Elder Huo gave him an Essence Returning Pill that restored two years of his lifespan.
• Hu Gan led Lin Yuan through a spatial gate, where Great Elder Su Qian welcomed him and escorted him into the Inner Academy.
• Su Qian gave Lin Yuan an elders’ courtyard, an elder’s token, and a Purple Fire Crystal Card, and explained that he would cultivate and complete Elder Huo’s alchemy tasks.
• Lin Yuan entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower and chose a cultivation room on its lowest level to temper his Dou Qi with the stronger heart flame.
• After a month, Lin Yuan found that his Dou Qi had grown purer and his Pill Flame Technique had improved, then used his movement techniques to evade a student who tried to grab him.
• A silver-haired woman saw Lin Yuan leave the tower and murmured his name with doubt.

After leaving the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, Lin Yuan collected alchemy ingredients and used them to lure Zi Yan into a meeting. He tested his alchemy methods while waiting, then fought Zi Yan and gained the upper hand, leaving their first encounter poised to continue.

• Lin Yuan left the tower, collected medicinal herbs and Magic Cores from Elder Hao, and set out to attract Zi Yan with a Spirit Pulp Fruit and other ingredients.
• Lin Yuan refined Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills and practiced extracting medicinal essences directly with Azure Spirit Flame, gradually improving his technique.
• After more than ten days, Zi Yan approached the bait, but Lin Yuan took the Spirit Pulp Fruit before she could grab it.
• Zi Yan attacked Lin Yuan repeatedly, and he dodged until agreeing to fight her head-on.
• Lin Yuan assessed Zi Yan's strength, disrupted her perception with Soul Power, and flicked her forehead after she struck an afterimage.

Lin Yuan befriended Zi Yan after she tried to steal his Spirit Pulp Fruit, learning about her lonely past and her need to eat medicinal herbs to grow. He gave her the fruit and made her flavorful pills from herbs, offering to prepare her food from then on.

• Lin Yuan introduced himself to Zi Yan and treated her warmly, prompting her to shake his hand and call him Little Lin.
• Lin Yuan asked why Zi Yan wanted the Spirit Pulp Fruit, and she explained that she ate potent herbs to grow after accidentally consuming Shape-Shifting Grass.
• Zi Yan told Lin Yuan she had lived alone until the Inner Academy's Great Elder brought her in, and Lin Yuan comforted her and offered to be her friend and brother.
• Lin Yuan offered the Spirit Pulp Fruit as a greeting gift, and Zi Yan eagerly called him brother to get it.
• Lin Yuan made pills from medicinal herbs with Azure Spirit Flame, and Zi Yan enjoyed them as he offered to prepare her herbs in the future.

Lin Yuan finished the academy’s alchemy assignment, advanced to Three-Star Dou Wang, and returned to the Inner Academy with Zi Yan. Su Qian asked Lin Yuan to teach Zi Yan a movement Dou Skill, and Lin Yuan took her to the back mountains to gather ingredients for more treats.

• After losing to Lin Yuan for the seventh time, Zi Yan asked how to improve, and Lin Yuan advised her to prioritize cultivation and learn suitable Dou Skills.
• Lin Yuan completed the pills below fifth grade ahead of schedule, broke through to Three-Star Dou Wang, and prepared to return to the academy with Zi Yan.
• Su Qian stopped Zi Yan from running away, accepted Lin Yuan’s completed pills, and heard how the two had grown close.
• Su Qian gave Lin Yuan a Mysterious Tier High Level movement Dou Skill scroll, Cloud Dragon Dance, and asked him to teach Zi Yan.
• Lin Yuan agreed to teach Zi Yan and asked Su Qian to look for strength-boosting secret techniques and high-level body-refining Dou Skills.
• Lin Yuan persuaded Zi Yan with the promise of tastier food, and they flew to the Inner Academy’s back mountains to borrow ingredients from the magic beasts.

Three months later, Lin Yuan and Zi Yan hunted the Snow Demon Sky Ape and found the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk hidden beneath its den. They collected the treasure, sealed the underground passage, and headed back to the Inner Academy.

• Lin Yuan ambushed the Snow Demon Sky Ape with his Setting Sun Divine Arrow while it tried to activate its Berserk Bloodline, killing it as Zi Yan fought it head-on.
• Lin Yuan and Zi Yan searched the ape’s den and found a passage leading to a vast underground world of stalactites.
• Zi Yan sensed the treasure’s location, and Lin Yuan collected the milky liquid from a stone basin and the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk concealed inside a stalactite.
• Lin Yuan promised Zi Yan her share, then collapsed the ape’s cave to conceal the passage to the underground world.
• Lin Yuan and Zi Yan left for the Inner Academy.

Lin Yuan treated Zi Yan to a nourishing dessert, completed an alchemy task for Su Qian, and received the Hundred Beast Refining Spirit Art as his reward. After studying the body-refining technique, he decided to gather high-rank magical beast essence blood and prepare to cultivate it.

• Lin Yuan served Zi Yan a dessert made with Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and she eagerly enjoyed it.
• Lin Yuan gave Su Qian the Fifth-Grade Pills he had made for the Academy, earning praise for his alchemy and humility.
• Su Qian rewarded Lin Yuan with the Earth Rank Low Level Body Refining Dou Skill, the Hundred Beast Refining Spirit Art, and asked him to keep looking after Zi Yan.
• Lin Yuan returned to his courtyard and found Zi Yan sleeping as she digested the energy from her recent meals and treasures.
• Lin Yuan studied the technique's three stages and concluded that its requirements suited his resources and skills.
• Lin Yuan decided to issue tasks to obtain high-rank magical beast essence blood and refine Vitality Pills.

Lin Yuan cultivated the Hundred Beast Refining Spirit Art in the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, using Zi Yan’s essence blood to complete spirit awakening and strengthen his body. After forming a Natal Blood Pill embryo and reaching mid-stage Four-Star Dou Wang, he returned to Zi Yan, whose closeness to him had grown because of her ancient dragon aura in his body.

• Zi Yan gave Lin Yuan three drops of essence blood, and he repaid her with medicinal dishes and food to restore her strength.
• Lin Yuan fused Zi Yan’s essence blood with his own and completed the spirit awakening stage of the Hundred Beast Refining Spirit Art, breaking through to Four-Star Dou Wang.
• Lin Yuan refined essence blood from ten magical beasts, including the Snow Demon Sky Ape, strengthening his body and forming a Natal Blood Pill embryo.
• Lin Yuan assessed that his physical strength matched an ordinary Low-Tier Dou Wang and that he could fight a High-Tier Dou Wang, then left the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower.
• Zi Yan welcomed Lin Yuan back and sensed an aura from him that made her feel close to him, and the two went to the kitchen so he could prepare a feast.

After a month of training with Zi Yan, Lin Yuan asked Su Qian for leave to return home and travel, then refused to take Zi Yan with him after defeating her in a bet. He planned to spend his remaining month with her in the back mountains before departing.

• Lin Yuan and Zi Yan sparred, and Zi Yan won with Overlord Fist, earning a celebratory feast.
• Lin Yuan asked Su Qian for permission to leave for two or three years to pay respects to his parents and travel, and planned to depart the following month.
• Zi Yan pleaded to travel with Lin Yuan, but he refused and proposed a bet that she could come if she defeated him.
• Lin Yuan defeated Zi Yan three times using his true fighting style and promised to take her traveling if she could hit him once when he returned.
• Lin Yuan and Zi Yan headed into the back mountains to hunt for ingredients and treasures during the month before his departure.

Lin Yuan left Jia Nan Academy and set out for the Jia Ma Empire after saying farewell to Zi Yan, his mentors, and his friends. He left Hu Jia and Wu Hao with pills and a five-year challenge, while Zi Yan resolved to cultivate until he returned.

• Lin Yuan gave Zi Yan pills and snacks, said goodbye to her and Su Qian, and received a secret strength-enhancing technique from Su Qian.
• At the Outer Academy, Hu Gan gave Lin Yuan Jia Nan Academy’s Envoy Token, and Elder Huo, Hu Gan, and Wu Tianlang offered parting advice.
• Hu Jia and Wu Hao accepted Lin Yuan’s Earth Marrow Body Tempering Pills and agreed to return items of equal or greater value within five years.
• Lin Yuan shared a farewell drink with Hu Jia and Wu Hao, then flew northwest toward the Jia Ma Empire.

Lin Yuan returned to the Jia Ma Empire under the alias Xu An, visited his parents’ grave, and arranged for the Heavenly Wind Wolf King to guard it. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan’s preliminary test showed that his Dou Qi had recovered to the seventh stage, heralding his return as a genius.

• Lin Yuan entered the Jia Ma Empire disguised as the Grade 2 Alchemist Xu An and flew southwest after declining a caravan leader’s invitation.
• Lin Yuan visited his parents’ joint grave, spoke of his experiences and ambitions, and promised to make their names resound across the Dou Qi Continent.
• Lin Yuan secured the Heavenly Wind Wolf King’s agreement to guard the grave for ten years, rewarded it with a medicinal pill, and left after confirming it had assigned two Fourth-Tier Magical Beasts to watch over the valley.
• At the Xiao Clan’s preliminary test, Xiao Yan’s stone tablet displayed seventh-stage Dou Qi, announcing his return as a fallen genius restored.

Lin Yuan traveled to Desert City in disguise and found Hai Bodong at the Ancient Map shop, where he seized a fragment map. The chapter ended with Lin Yuan holding Hai Bodong at knifepoint after exposing the elder’s attempt to intimidate him.

• Lin Yuan flew to Desert City, concealed his strength, and entered wearing the identity of the Grade 2 Alchemist Xu An.
• Lin Yuan found the Ancient Map shop and identified its owner as Hai Bodong, then discovered and took a fragment map.
• Hai Bodong demanded that Lin Yuan return the map and reveal what he knew about it.
• Lin Yuan provoked Hai Bodong by displaying Great Dou Master strength, then swiftly threatened his life with concealed power.
• Hai Bodong abandoned his attempt to resist, admitted defeat, and asked Lin Yuan for his name.

Lin Yuan subdued Hai Bodong and forced him to hand over the second fragment of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map. He left Hai Bodong wondering about the powerful faction Lin Yuan claimed to represent, while planning to use him as a foothold in the Jia Ma Empire.

• Lin Yuan sealed Hai Bodong's Dou Qi with the Ancient Dragon Spirit Suppressing Seal and told him he wanted him as a collaborator.
• Lin Yuan demanded Hai Bodong's other remnant map fragment, but Hai Bodong challenged him to prove his sincerity.
• Lin Yuan used the seal's pressure and his Soul Power to force Hai Bodong to retrieve the fragment from his storage ring.
• Lin Yuan confirmed the fragment was part of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map and took it.
• Hai Bodong wondered whether Lin Yuan came from the Central Plains, while Lin Yuan resolved to use him in future schemes.

Lin Yuan challenged Hai Bodong to a battle at equal strength, wagering the fragment map and Hai Bodong’s freedom against his obedience. Lin Yuan defeated him decisively, and Hai Bodong accepted him as his master and future ally.

• Lin Yuan offered Hai Bodong a fair fight, promising to return the fragment map and undo his seal if Hai Bodong won, while Hai Bodong agreed to obey if he lost.
• Lin Yuan dispersed Hai Bodong’s ice mist and outmatched him in close combat and with controlled flame attacks.
• Hai Bodong blocked Lin Yuan’s Flying Star technique with an Ice Condensing Mirror but was then struck by Lin Yuan’s whip kick.
• Hai Bodong staked the fight on one final move, but Lin Yuan’s Mountain River Seal shattered his Mystic Ice Spiral Kill and left him defeated.
• Hai Bodong admitted his loss and pledged to obey Lin Yuan, who welcomed him as a cooperating ally.

Lin Yuan freed Hai Bodong from his own seal, studied Queen Medusa’s Snake Sealing Curse, and arranged to work with him in pursuit of a Heavenly Flame. Hai Bodong supplied a desert map and a pill formula, while Lin Yuan promised to find the missing Sand Mandara and help him recover; Lin Yuan then headed for Shimo City to meet Qing Lin.

• Lin Yuan removed his seal from Hai Bodong and learned that Queen Medusa’s Snake Sealing Curse had reduced Hai Bodong’s strength from Dou Emperor to Dou Ling.
• Lin Yuan examined the curse and said he could weaken it enough to restore Hai Bodong to Dou Wang, though he needed to prepare first.
• Hai Bodong gave Lin Yuan a map marking three likely Heavenly Flame locations in the Tagor Great Desert and a sixth-grade pill formula for breaking seals.
• Lin Yuan agreed to obtain the missing Sand Mandara and refine Hai Bodong’s pill if he subdued a Heavenly Flame.
• Lin Yuan and Hai Bodong parted, and Lin Yuan flew toward Shimo City to meet Qing Lin.