Chapter Summaries

Lu Yunxiao severed a leg from a Second-rank Sand Spider, but its cries brought hundreds of spiders out of the sand and revealed that he had stumbled into their nest. Surrounded by more than a thousand Sand Spiders, he fought to break through and faced the Second-rank spider again as his escape grew more dangerous.

• Lu Yunxiao cut off part of the Second-rank Sand Spider’s leg, and the wounded spider called for help.
• Hundreds of First-rank Sand Spiders emerged from the sand and surrounded Lu Yunxiao, while more blocked his retreat.
• Lu Yunxiao charged through the swarm, killing spiders with the Flying Rainbow Sword as their numbers threatened to exhaust his Dou Qi.
• The Second-rank Sand Spider pounced on Lu Yunxiao and forced him back, while two First-rank spiders slashed his robe before he destroyed them.
• Lu Yunxiao faced the Second-rank Sand Spider with a grave expression as the swarm continued to press him.

Lu Yunxiao was nearly overwhelmed by a Sand Spider swarm after the Second-rank Sand Spider evaded his attacks. A mysterious woman in azure robes rescued him with powerful sword qi, and he began to suspect he recognized her.

• Lu Yunxiao fought the Second-rank Sand Spider and used Immortal's Flight Beyond the Heavens to cut through webs that threatened to bind him.
• With his Dou Qi running low, Lu Yunxiao wounded the Second-rank Sand Spider, but it fled into the swarm while First-rank Sand Spiders blocked his pursuit.
• Surrounded and running out of options, Lu Yunxiao began preparing a dangerous sword technique that could damage his body if used repeatedly.
• Several immense streaks of azure sword qi descended, killing hundreds of First-rank Sand Spiders and tearing the Second-rank Sand Spider apart.
• Lu Yunxiao looked up at the figure in azure robes and gradually connected her appearance and Wind Attribute sword qi to someone from his memories.

Lu Yunxiao met the Woman in Green after she saved him from a swarm of Sand Spiders, and he recognized her as the Misty Cloud Sect’s Sect Master, Yun Yun. She invited him to join the sect, and the chapter ended with him asking whether the invitation counted as a request from her.

• Lu Yunxiao finished off more than a thousand Sand Spiders and watched the Woman in Green descend from the sky.
• Lu Yunxiao was struck by the Woman in Green’s beauty and thanked her for saving his life, calling her Sister.
• The Woman in Green admired Lu Yunxiao’s talent and asked which sect he belonged to.
• Lu Yunxiao told the Woman in Green that he was an independent cultivator.
• The Woman in Green invited Lu Yunxiao to join the Misty Cloud Sect, and he asked whether it was a request from her.

Lu Yunxiao refused Yun Yun's offer to join the Misty Cloud Sect because he planned to attend Jia Nan Academy, and she gave him the alias Yun Zhi before leaving. After selling his Magical Cores in Mo City, he returned to the Ancient Map Shop and found a young woman waiting for him.

• Lu Yunxiao told Yun Yun he planned to join Jia Nan Academy, and Yun Yun accepted his decision without pressuring him to join the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Yun told Lu Yunxiao to call her Yun Zhi, then flew away as he watched her leave.
• Lu Yunxiao collected Magical Cores from the Sand Spider corpses and sold nearly all of them at Myriad Treasure Pavilion for 210,000 Gold Coins.
• Lu Yunxiao heard that Jia Nan Academy's admissions team had arrived in Mo City and decided to visit them the next day.
• Lu Yunxiao returned to the Ancient Map Shop, where a young woman greeted him as he entered.

Lu Yunxiao returned from the desert, bathed, and learned that deciding to attend Jia Nan Academy had triggered a Check-in Mission. He told Hai Bodong he planned to go and asked for the partial map he had found in the shop.

• Lu Yunxiao returned to the Ancient Map Shop, where a woman in red visited and offered to help Hai Bodong.
• Lu Yunxiao bathed and discussed the woman with the system, then learned that a Check-in Mission at Jia Nan Academy had a three-month time limit and an unknown reward.
• After dressing, Lu Yunxiao found that the woman in red had left and told Hai Bodong he wanted to visit Jia Nan Academy.
• Lu Yunxiao took a Partial Map from a map in the shop and asked Hai Bodong to give it to him.

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.