Recaps

Lu Yunxiao explained that Hai Bodong’s Partial Map depicted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Hai Bodong gave it to him. The next day, Lu Yunxiao arrived at Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment site in Mo City and caught a female teacher’s attention when he gave his name.

• Lu Yunxiao told Hai Bodong that the Partial Map likely recorded the location of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Hai Bodong, realizing the map was useless to him, gave his half of it to Lu Yunxiao, who joined it with his other fragment.
• Hai Bodong asked why Lu Yunxiao wanted a Heavenly Flame map despite having the Metal Attribute, and Lu Yunxiao said he might not always have only that attribute.
• The next morning, Lu Yunxiao went to Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment site in Mo City and waited until the line had nearly cleared.
• When the female teacher asked his name, Lu Yunxiao introduced himself, and his voice caught her attention.

Lu Yunxiao passed Jia Nan Academy’s entrance test and entered the academy, where senior students tried to enforce a humiliating freshman rule. He refused to stand outside in the sun, setting up a confrontation with the burly senior student.

• The female teacher confirmed Lu Yunxiao was fourteen and watched him light the crystal ball, qualifying him for Jia Nan Academy.
• The female teacher warned Lu Yunxiao about the academy’s special rules for freshmen, but he confidently went inside.
• Lu Yunxiao saw new students standing in the sun and recognized the scene as an attempt by senior students to intimidate them.
• Several female students admired Lu Yunxiao’s looks and talent as he entered the hall.
• A burly senior student ordered Lu Yunxiao to stand outside for an hour, but Lu Yunxiao refused and said rules were meant to be broken.

Lu Yunxiao challenged Zhang Yuan after claiming he could beat him and avoid the new students’ punishment. He effortlessly blocked Zhang Yuan’s attacks and countered him, leaving the fight in Lu Yunxiao’s favor.

• Lu Yunxiao told Zhang Yuan he could beat him senseless, then offered to fight to prove it and avoid basking in the sun.
• Zhang Yuan accepted the challenge and attacked Lu Yunxiao with a punch.
• Lu Yunxiao caught Zhang Yuan’s full-force punch without moving and mocked him for being weak.
• Zhang Yuan tried to pull free and kicked Lu Yunxiao with the Yellow-tier High-grade Dou Skill Leg Blade Slash.
• Lu Yunxiao shattered Zhang Yuan’s attack with a kick, then struck him with a palm.

Lu Yunxiao defeated Zhang Yuan in one strike, then spoke with him about how senior students treated newcomers at Jia Nan Academy. Mentor Ruolin arrived to recruit the students, met Lu Yunxiao, and playfully teased him after he remarked on her charm.

• Lu Yunxiao sent Zhang Yuan flying with a single palm strike and checked that he was not seriously hurt.
• Zhang Yuan accepted his defeat, and Lu Yunxiao urged him not to look down on new students.
• Mentor Ruolin approached, introduced herself, and learned that Lu Yunxiao was named Lu Yunxiao.
• Mentor Ruolin asked Li Xun to bring in the new students and checked on Zhang Yuan.
• Lu Yunxiao remarked on Mentor Ruolin's charm, and she blushed faintly before teasing him.

Lu Yunxiao reflected on his resolve to grow stronger and pursue Yun Yun before reporting his strength at Jia Nan Academy’s admissions tent. His Six-Star Dou Practitioner cultivation at fourteen shocked Mentor Ruolin and the other new students, placing his potential beyond S-class.

• Lu Yunxiao deflected Mentor Ruolin’s questions about romance and reaffirmed his determination to pursue Yun Yun and become stronger.
• Mentor Ruolin explained Jia Nan Academy’s potential ratings to the new students, noting that only one student in recent years had achieved S-class.
• The new students reported their names, cultivation levels, and ages, with most receiving E-class or F-class ratings.
• Mentor Ruolin invited Lu Yunxiao to reveal his strength, and he announced that he was a fourteen-year-old Six-Star Dou Practitioner.
• Mentor Ruolin and the students were stunned, and Mentor Ruolin recognized Lu Yunxiao’s potential as beyond S-class.

After impressing Mentor Ruolin with his talent, Lu Yunxiao became an official Jia Nan Academy student and spent the day showing the academy group around Mo City. He returned to Hai Bodong’s shop, where Hai Bodong teased him about the attention he received from the female students.

• Mentor Ruolin praised Lu Yunxiao’s Six-Star Dou Practitioner strength and asked him to go by Yunxiao rather than “little monster” or “little genius.”
• Mentor Ruolin announced that the newly registered students would leave for Jia Nan Academy with its flying convoy in seven days.
• Mentor Ruolin and several female students asked Lu Yunxiao to show them around Mo City, and he treated them to lunch and a tour.
• Lu Yunxiao left the female students and returned to the Ancient Map Shop, complaining that taking them shopping had been exhausting.
• Hai Bodong noticed the lingering scent of cosmetics on Lu Yunxiao and teased that he might soon bring home a girlfriend.

Lu Yunxiao prepared to leave for Jia Nan Academy after reaching the peak of Six-Star Dou Practitioner, and Hai Bodong saw him off. Lu Yunxiao arrived at Mo City's central square, where Mentor Ruolin and the students were waiting beside five Gryphon Beasts.

• Lu Yunxiao reached the peak of Six-Star Dou Practitioner and got ready to depart for Jia Nan Academy.
• Hai Bodong offered Lu Yunxiao one million Gold Coins, but Lu Yunxiao returned the card and promised to visit again in a year.
• Lu Yunxiao bought breakfast on his way to Mo City's central square.
• Lu Yunxiao joined Mentor Ruolin and the students beside five Third Rank Gryphon Beasts, which he had never seen in person.

Lu Yunxiao joined Mentor Ruolin’s recruitment team and boarded a Gryphon Beast for the journey to Jia Nan Academy. After more than half a month of travel, they passed Ghost Suppressing Pass and waited outside it for the other teams and the academy’s escort force.

• Lu Yunxiao chose to travel with Mentor Ruolin’s team as the new students prepared to leave.
• Lu Yunxiao leapt onto the Gryphon Beast and stood steadily while Mentor Ruolin praised his skill.
• During the flight, Lu Yunxiao asked about the Little Demoness, and Mentor Ruolin said she had reached Nine-Star Dou Practitioner strength.
• The team flew across the Jia Ma Empire for more than half a month and arrived at Ghost Suppressing Pass.
• Lu Yunxiao and the others passed beyond Ghost Suppressing Pass and prepared to wait two days for the other teams and the escort force.

Lu Yunxiao waited with Mentor Ruolin at Ghost Suppressing Pass for Jia Nan Academy’s guard corps, while she teased him about his popularity and offered to introduce him to a beautiful student. The guard corps arrived in the afternoon, and Lu Yunxiao recognized the strength of its three Dou Ling leaders, including the powerful woman at their head.

• Mentor Ruolin brought Lu Yunxiao roasted meat and chatted with him while he ate.
• Lu Yunxiao complained about the female students who had come to see him, and Mentor Ruolin teased him about finding someone he liked.
• Mentor Ruolin offered to introduce Lu Yunxiao to a beautiful, single female student at Jia Nan Academy, but he declined.
• Jia Nan Academy’s guard corps arrived at Ghost Suppressing Pass with more than two hundred guards and three Dou Ling leaders.
• Lu Yunxiao identified the leading woman as a powerful Dou Ling, and he told Mentor Ruolin he recognized her aura from having encountered similar pressure before.

Jia Nan Academy’s group traveled through the Black Corner Region toward Peace Town as Mentor Ruolin explained its powerful factions and the Black Ranking. After camping at the foot of Black Crag Mountain, Lu Yunxiao shared roasted meat with Mentor Ruolin, just as a rustling sound came from the nearby forest.

• Mentor Ruolin told Lu Yunxiao that Medicine Emperor Han Feng ranked third on the Black Ranking and wielded considerable power in the Black Corner Region.
• Lu Yunxiao thought about taking Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame and Myriad Beast Cauldron and killing him because of his ties to the Soul Hall and betrayal of his master.
• Jia Nan Academy’s group crossed the Black Region Great Plains, where bandits attacked them and the guard unit killed the attackers.
• The group landed at the foot of the Black Crag Mountain Range, about a day’s journey from Peace Town.
• Lu Yunxiao cooked roasted meat at camp and shared it with Mentor Ruolin, who praised its taste.
• A faint rustling came from a secluded forest above Black Crag Mountain as Lu Yunxiao and Mentor Ruolin ate.

Black-clad attackers ambushed the Jia Nan Academy camp at night, and Lu Yunxiao joined the defenders after killing the man who first approached his tent. He helped Mentor Ruolin and rescued new students, then rushed to aid senior sisters who were surrounded as the battle continued.

• Lu Yunxiao sensed an intruder, killed a black-clad man through his tent, and emerged when the female Dou Ling sounded the alarm.
• The attackers slaughtered students and guards, while Jia Nan Academy’s defenders organized a counterattack and fired a distress signal.
• Lu Yunxiao reached Mentor Ruolin, confirmed she was unharmed, and joined her in fighting the attackers.
• Lu Yunxiao killed the black-clad men threatening several new students and warned them to retreat to safety.
• Lu Yunxiao charged back into the battle and killed attackers surrounding several senior sisters.

Lu Yunxiao and the Jia Nan Academy students fought to survive a coordinated ambush, while Zhang Yuyan confronted Cheng Yuanbo and learned Fiery Demon Valley was behind the attack. The battle remained fierce as Zhang Yun joined the fight, and the academy's forces still awaited reinforcements.

• Lu Yunxiao and the female students defeated the black-clad attackers who had surrounded them, then resolved to keep fighting until help arrived.
• Zhang Yuyan accused Cheng Yuanbo of leading Fiery Demon Valley's attack, and he declared that the valley intended to kill the academy's students in retaliation.
• Zhang Yuyan and Cheng Yuanbo exchanged blows as he defended the ambush as a tactic against Jia Nan Academy.
• Lu Yunxiao killed a black-clad attacker and rescued Zhang Yun, a fellow recruit from Mo City.
• Zhang Yun refused to retreat and charged into battle after Lu Yunxiao continued toward the fighting.

Lu Yunxiao battled a Two-Star Dou Master who had targeted him after he killed many black-clad men, and used his swordsmanship and Innate Gold Dou Qi to gain the upper hand. He leaped into the air and launched a dazzling finishing strike, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Lu Yunxiao killed more than twenty Dou Zhe-level black-clad men, easing the pressure on Jia Nan Academy’s fighters.
• Old Li left Old Wang to fight a female mentor and attacked Lu Yunxiao, who dodged his surprise strike.
• Lu Yunxiao and Old Li traded blows, then fought with sword and spear as Lu Yunxiao’s sharp Dou Qi suppressed Old Li’s Wood-attribute Dou Qi.
• Lu Yunxiao pierced Old Li’s Dou Qi Veil and wounded him, exploiting Innate Gold’s advantage over wood.
• Lu Yunxiao leaped high and unleashed a brilliant sword strike toward Old Li.

Lu Yunxiao killed a Two-Star Dou Master with Immortal's Flight Beyond the Heavens, then faced three Fire Element Dou Masters who targeted him. He unleashed Sword Separating Worlds to kill all three at once, leaving the battlefield stunned.

• Lu Yunxiao used Immortal's Flight Beyond the Heavens to kill the man in black, a Two-Star Dou Master.
• Mentor Ruolin and the Jia Nan Academy students marveled at Lu Yunxiao's sword technique and his victory.
• Three men in black, all Fire Element Dou Masters, blocked Lu Yunxiao while the others kept Mentor Ruolin and the academy fighters occupied.
• Lu Yunxiao unleashed Sword Separating Worlds and killed all three Dou Masters with one strike.

Lu Yunxiao killed three Dou Masters with Sword Separating Worlds, but a Da Dou Shi then attacked Mentor Ruolin and overwhelmed them both. As Lu Yunxiao and Ruolin lay gravely injured, reinforcements from Jia Nan Academy approached the Black Crag Mountain Range.

• Lu Yunxiao used Sword Separating Worlds to kill three Dou Masters and reflected on the technique’s dangerous flaw.
• Lu Yunxiao caught Mentor Ruolin after a black-armored Da Dou Shi struck her, and he recognized the new enemy’s strength.
• Captain Huang and two Jia Nan Academy elders flew toward the Black Crag Mountain Range to reinforce Zhang Yuyan and the others.
• The Da Dou Shi brutally suppressed Lu Yunxiao and Mentor Ruolin, leaving them both gravely injured and unable to stand.

Lu Yunxiao and Mentor Ruolin were badly injured in a fight with a five-star Da Dou Shi, but Jia Nan Academy’s three Dou Wangs arrived and rescued them. While recovering in Peace Town, Lu Yunxiao broke through to seven-star Dou Zhe and reunited with Mentor Ruolin.

• Lu Yunxiao used Sword Separating Worlds to wound the black-clothed middle-aged man, but the Da Dou Shi counterattacked and severely injured Lu Yunxiao and Mentor Ruolin.
• As the black-clothed middle-aged man approached to kill them, Lu Yunxiao noticed three figures arriving and relaxed his grip on the jade pendant.
• Jia Nan Academy’s three Dou Wangs rescued Lu Yunxiao and Mentor Ruolin, then brought them to Peace Town to recover.
• Lu Yunxiao naturally broke through to seven-star Dou Zhe and gained new insights into the sword while recovering from his injuries.
• Mentor Ruolin brought Lu Yunxiao food, asked about his recovery, and watched him eat.

Lu Yunxiao learned that Fiery Demon Valley had ambushed the students and vowed to remember the grudge while Mentor Ruolin prepared the group to leave. He arrived at Jia Nan Academy, triggered a two-hour check-in, and was assigned to Yellow Class Two as the academy began arranging accommodations.

• Mentor Ruolin told Lu Yunxiao that the ambush had killed more than twenty mentors and senior students, dozens of guards, and nearly a quarter of the freshmen, including five students from Mo City.
• Mentor Ruolin identified Fiery Demon Valley as the attackers, and Lu Yunxiao resolved to remember the grudge against its leader, Old Ghost of the Earth Demon, while agreeing not to act recklessly.
• Mentor Ruolin told Lu Yunxiao that the group would leave for Jia Nan Academy the next morning and teased that she would introduce him to a beautiful student.
• The group reached Jia Nan City aboard the Gryphon Beast and followed Mentor Ruolin through the academy gates, where Lu Yunxiao's system began a two-hour check-in.
• After registering, Lu Yunxiao and the other students from Mo City were assigned to Yellow Class Two, and the academy began arranging their accommodations.

Lu Yunxiao chose a private dormitory beside Blood Sword Wu Hao in Jia Nan Academy’s Zhenwu Garden. The two recognized each other as worthy opponents, agreed to spar someday, and Wu Hao warned Lu Yunxiao that his newfound fame would bring trouble.

• Mentor Ruolin told Lu Yunxiao that the only remaining private dormitory was beside Wu Hao, a cold student known as Blood Sword.
• Lu Yunxiao chose the room anyway, and Mentor Ruolin arranged his lodging after he said he could handle Wu Hao.
• Zhang Yuan led Lu Yunxiao to Room 302 in Zhenwu Garden and gave him an academy map and details about the start of classes.
• Lu Yunxiao met Wu Hao outside their neighboring dormitories, and they recognized each other as strong fighters.
• Wu Hao asked Lu Yunxiao to spar when they had the chance, then warned him that his fame at the academy would attract trouble.

Lu Yunxiao settled into Jia Nan Academy as news of his strength spread, while the academy’s leaders prepared to retaliate against Fiery Demon Valley. After completing a check-in mission, he received an alchemy compendium and other rewards, leaving him with a vast new resource stored in his sea of consciousness.

• Lu Yunxiao dismissed Wu Hao’s warning about students challenging him and returned to his room.
• Hu Gan ordered Jia Nan Academy to strike Fiery Demon Valley’s forces in the Black Corner Region in retaliation for attacks on its students.
• Hu Gan and the dean of students discussed Lu Yunxiao’s talent and whether he could make a name for himself among the academy’s students.
• Lu Yunxiao completed his check-in mission and opened a mysterious gift package containing Alchemy Musings, a Soul Contract Stone, and three Cultivation Experience Cards.
• The system placed Alchemy Musings in Lu Yunxiao’s sea of consciousness and warned him not to explore its most profound contents recklessly.

Lu Yunxiao studied the basics in Alchemy Musings and learned that the Soul Contract Stone could control targets up to two major soul realms above him, provided he obtained a wisp of their Soul Power. Two days later, he headed to his first class at Jia Nan Academy, where students recognized him and followed him with curiosity, leaving him expecting little peace.

• Lu Yunxiao studied the foundational section of Alchemy Musings and gained basic knowledge of alchemy.
• The system explained that the Soul Contract Stone worked across two major soul realms but required a wisp of the target’s Soul Power.
• Lu Yunxiao claimed the Soul Contract Stone as his master and put it away with his Cultivation Experience Cards.
• Two days later, Lu Yunxiao followed his map to Yellow Class Two at Minghong Building.
• Female students noticed Lu Yunxiao on the way and trailed him, while other students discussed his reputation and questioned his strength.

Lu Yunxiao found Yellow Class Two and settled into the classroom amid the female students’ attention. Zhang Yun greeted him and insisted on calling him Boss in gratitude for saving his life, leaving Lu Yunxiao to accept the title.

• Lu Yunxiao found Yellow Class Two and entered, drawing the attention of students and the female students who had followed him.
• Xue Ni and Li Yue teased each other as they watched Lu Yunxiao, while he declined an invitation to sit with Mentor Ruolin’s senior students and chose an empty seat elsewhere.
• Zhang Yun approached Lu Yunxiao and called him Boss because Lu Yunxiao had saved his life and earned his admiration.
• Lu Yunxiao told Zhang Yun he did not need to act like an underling, but accepted his insistence and sent him back to his seat before class.

Lu Yunxiao met Lu Changfeng in Class Two and confirmed the academy rumors about him without elaborating. He then met Xiao Yu, who sat beside him and discovered that her new classmate was the famous Lu Yunxiao.

• Lu Changfeng introduced himself to Lu Yunxiao and asked whether he had really killed three Dou Masters in an instant.
• Lu Yunxiao gave a modest answer, and Lu Changfeng took his calmness as confirmation of the feat.
• Xiao Yu arrived late and chose the empty seat beside Lu Yunxiao.
• Lu Yunxiao recognized Xiao Yu and agreed to let her sit beside him.
• Xiao Yu introduced herself, and Lu Yunxiao told her his name, surprising her.

Lu Yunxiao and Xiao Yu chatted before Mentor Ruolin began introductions for Yellow Class Two’s new students. When Lu Yunxiao announced that he was a fourteen-year-old Seven-Star Dou Zhe, he stunned the class.

• Lu Yunxiao modestly told Xiao Yu that Jia Nan Academy had many stronger senior students, and she encouraged him to catch up to them.
• Mentor Ruolin entered the classroom and asked the twelve new students to introduce themselves.
• Zhang Yun introduced himself as a nineteen-year-old One-Star Dou Zhe from Mo City, surprising some of the older students with his ability.
• After the other new students introduced themselves, Lu Yunxiao announced that he was fourteen, from the Jia Ma Empire, and a Seven-Star Dou Zhe.
• The older students were shocked by Lu Yunxiao’s age and cultivation, which surpassed the rumors they had heard.

Lu Yunxiao attended Mentor Ruolin’s class, impressing the students when she confirmed his reputation and combat achievements. After class, Mentor Ruolin tried to set him up with Xiao Yu, but he said he already liked someone else.

• Xiao Yu learned Lu Yunxiao was fourteen and compared his character and appearance favorably with Xiao Yan.
• Mentor Ruolin confirmed Lu Yunxiao’s reputation, including his feat of killing three Dou Masters with one sword strike.
• Lu Yunxiao ignored the basic lecture to study alchemy, while Xiao Yu watched him with curiosity.
• After class, female students crowded around Lu Yunxiao until Mentor Ruolin called him over.
• Mentor Ruolin urged Lu Yunxiao to pursue Xiao Yu, but he declined, saying he already liked someone else.

After learning that Zhang Yun had been beaten by students from Profound Class Four for defending his reputation, Lu Yunxiao set out with Xiao Yu to confront them. A crowd of students followed as they left the classroom.

• Mentor Ruolin tried to set Lu Yunxiao up with Xiao Yu, but Lu Yunxiao denied having romantic interest and left.
• A week later, Xiao Yu told Lu Yunxiao that Zhang Yun had been beaten by students from Profound Class Four after defending him.
• Lu Yunxiao grew angry and insisted on going to confront the students, despite Xiao Yu warning that they had several Dou Masters.
• Xiao Yu agreed to lead Lu Yunxiao to Profound Class Four, and other students followed them out of the classroom.