Chapter Summaries

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.

Lu Yunxiao arrived after Zhang Yun was beaten and defended, as students from Profound Class Four mocked his reputation and called him a coward. His arrival drew the attention of a red-clothed girl and a mysterious watcher, while the student confronting him realized who he was.

• A student from Profound Class Four and his group beat Zhang Yun and demanded that he submit.
• Zhang Yun defended Lu Yunxiao as the surrounding students questioned whether he would come to help.
• A student from Profound Class Four raised his fist to strike Zhang Yun, but Lu Yunxiao intervened and forced the attacker back.
• A red-clothed girl watched Lu Yunxiao from a pavilion with her grandfather, while a cold, mysterious figure observed him from beneath a tree.
• Lu Yunxiao identified himself to the startled student from Profound Class Four.

Lu Yunxiao confronted Profound Class Four after its students injured Zhang Yun, and he sent Xiao Yu away with the rest of Yellow Class Two to prevent the conflict from spreading. When the student who had hurt Zhang Yun taunted him, Lu Yunxiao struck him down and knocked him unconscious.

• Lu Yunxiao gave Zhang Yun a Healing Pill and told him he had come because Zhang Yun was injured on his account.
• Xiao Yu arrived with Yellow Class Two, and Lu Yunxiao asked her to take care of Zhang Yun and keep the others out of the fight.
• Xiao Yu escorted Zhang Yun away while Lu Yunxiao faced the students from Profound Class Four alone.
• A student from Profound Class Four admitted injuring Zhang Yun and challenged Lu Yunxiao to touch him.
• Lu Yunxiao slapped the student, stomped on his face, and kicked him unconscious.

Lu Yunxiao knocked Zhao Lin unconscious after Zhao Lin bullied Zhang Yun, then challenged all six students from Profound Class Four at once. As the onlookers wondered whether he could win without using his lethal Earth Tier technique, Xiao Yu hoped he would prove his confidence justified.

• Lu Yunxiao slapped Zhao Lin down and kicked him unconscious, leaving him with several broken ribs.
• Cheng Mo examined Zhao Lin, and the students from Profound Class Four angrily confronted Lu Yunxiao.
• Lu Yunxiao defended his retaliation and challenged all six students from Profound Class Four to fight him together.
• The red-clothed girl doubted Lu Yunxiao could win, while the old man explained that his Earth Tier technique could not be used to kill in the academy; they wagered on the fight's outcome.
• The figure with a blood-red sword praised Lu Yunxiao and urged him to win, while Xiao Yu worried about his recklessness and hoped he would prevail.

Lu Yunxiao challenged all six Dou Masters of Profound Class Four and defeated Zhang Shuang with a single punch, breaking his wrist. Chen Li stepped forward next, while the class leader planned to use the fight to test and exhaust Lu Yunxiao.

• Lu Yunxiao provoked Profound Class Four by declaring he would fight all six and telling them to hurry up.
• The class leader sent Zhang Shuang to fight Lu Yunxiao, and Zhang Shuang attacked with Exploding Rock Fist.
• Lu Yunxiao struck Zhang Shuang with Tide-Watching Fist, broke his wrist, and sent him flying.
• The class leader decided the remaining students should use weapons, and Chen Li stepped forward to challenge Lu Yunxiao.

Lu Yunxiao fought Chen Li, a water-attributed Dou Master armed with a spiked whip, and revealed his newly comprehended Sword-Thread Cultivation. He defeated Chen Li while holding back, leaving the other Profound Class Four Dou Masters stunned.

• Chen Li challenged Lu Yunxiao with his water-attributed dou qi and spiked whip, while Lu Yunxiao evaded his attacks and countered with stones.
• Chen Li used Force-Dispelling Water Mirror to nullify the stones, then used his whip to keep Lu Yunxiao at a distance and gain the upper hand.
• Lu Yunxiao condensed golden sword qi into a thread and severed Chen Li's whip with a single strike.
• Lu Yunxiao used Sword-Thread Cultivation to slice through Chen Li's Profound Water Barrier and wound him, while deliberately sparing his internal organs.
• Lu Yunxiao explained that he had developed Sword-Thread Cultivation from the principles of Sword Separating Worlds, and the other four Dou Masters realized Chen Li had been defeated.

Lu Yunxiao prepared to fight all four Dou Masters from Profound Class Four at once, while an old man and a girl in red discussed the scheme behind the challenge. The chapter ended as Lu Yunxiao unleashed his aura and the battle was about to begin.

• An old man praised Lu Yunxiao’s precise control of Formless Sword Qi and suspected senior students had manipulated Profound Class Four into challenging him.
• The girl in red asked the old man to intervene, but he said Lu Yunxiao could overcome the scheme himself.
• The five-star Dou Master leading Profound Class Four decided the four students would attack Lu Yunxiao together.
• Lu Yunxiao asked the spectators to move back, and students cheered for him while he mocked the four opponents.
• Lu Yunxiao advanced and released a sharp aura toward the four Dou Masters, starting the fight.

Lu Yunxiao fought Ye Ling, Huang Xian, Ying Xiang, and Fu Changqing at once, holding his own against the four Dou Masters. When they unleashed their strongest Dou Skills together, he revealed Sword Intent and countered with Immortal's Flight Beyond the Heavens.

• Ye Ling led Huang Xian, Ying Xiang, and Fu Changqing into battle against Lu Yunxiao.
• Lu Yunxiao used his Flying Rainbow Sword and Sword-Thread Cultivation to withstand the four attackers and force them back.
• Ye Ling and the others unleashed one Profound-tier High-grade Dou Skill and three Profound-tier Mid-grade Dou Skills at Lu Yunxiao.
• Lu Yunxiao revealed Sword Intent and leaped forward with Immortal's Flight Beyond the Heavens.

After defeating Ye Ling and the other three students, Lu Yunxiao explained to Mentor Ruolin why he had fought and assured her he would not lose to anyone below the Da Dou Shi realm. A month later, he had become a popular figure at Jia Nan Academy.

• Lu Yunxiao defeated Ye Ling and the other three, leaving them unable to fight.
• Mentor Ruolin reprimanded Lu Yunxiao for fighting without telling her, but he explained that the battle would establish his strength at the academy.
• Lu Yunxiao told Mentor Ruolin he would not lose to anyone below the Da Dou Shi realm, easing her anger.
• Mentor Ruolin summoned Xiao Yu and scolded her for failing to inform her about the fight.
• A month later, Lu Yunxiao walked through Jia Nan Academy as a prominent student, greeted by many students.

Lu Yunxiao visited the Dou Skill Pavilion to study sword techniques and find insights that could help him fix the weakness in Sword Separating Worlds. While he studied, a red-clothed girl who had lost a wager with him arrived, reluctantly ready to face him and honor it.

• Lu Yunxiao went to the Dou Skill Pavilion, hoping to broaden his martial arts knowledge and improve Sword Separating Worlds.
• The pavilion guardian explained that students could browse Yellow-tier techniques freely, while Mystic-tier techniques required Contribution Points earned through exchanges, tasks, or Law Enforcement Team service.
• Lu Yunxiao began studying a low-level Yellow-tier sword technique, looking for ideas despite its crude form.
• A red-clothed girl entered, recognized Lu Yunxiao, and reluctantly approached him because she intended to honor the wager she had lost.

Hu Jia approached Lu Yunxiao in the Dou Skill Pavilion and, awkwardly disguising her intentions, invited him to a meal as part of a wager to win him over. Lu Yunxiao was left stunned by the Little Demoness's unexpected invitation.

• Lu Yunxiao recognized the red-clothed girl as Hu Jia, the academy's talented and notorious Little Demoness.
• Hu Jia greeted Lu Yunxiao with an uncharacteristically gentle manner, leaving him bewildered.
• Lu Yunxiao asked Hu Jia why she had come to see him, while she worried that the watching students would overhear.
• Remembering her wager with Hu Gan and her promise to follow through, Hu Jia invited Lu Yunxiao to have a meal alone.
• Lu Yunxiao froze, caught completely off guard by Hu Jia's invitation.