Chapter Summaries

Lu Bu accepted a spar against Black Class First Grade and quickly knocked out Shi Yuzhan, then faced the five-star Da Dou Shi Bai Shan. Bai Shan’s lightning-fast attack ended with him crashing into Lu Bu’s fist, leaving Lu Bu impressed by Jia Nan Academy’s strength.

• Instructor Ruo Lin agreed to let Lu Bu spar with Black Class First Grade after Bai Shan insisted on an exchange.
• Shi Yuzhan attacked Lu Bu, but Lu Bu blocked his punch and knocked him unconscious with a strike to the chin.
• Bai Shan entered the arena and warned Lu Bu about his five-star cultivation and lightning-attributed Dou Qi.
• Bai Shan vanished into a blur of lightning-fast movements and attacked Lu Bu from above.
• Lu Bu dodged Bai Shan’s descending kick, and Bai Shan struck Lu Bu’s raised fist between his legs.

Lu Bu defeated Bai Shan and later sparred with Xiao Xun'er, whose Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame overwhelmed his Green Lotus Core Flame until he countered it with his physical strength and Devouring Ancestral Talisman Protection. He provoked Xiao Xun'er by claiming Xiao Yan was traveling with Nalan Yanran, and the shock sent her flame berserk.

• Bai Shan conceded defeat to Lu Bu and fled after their brief, painful exchange.
• Lu Bu watched his classmates spar while Instructor Ruo Lin guided the lesson.
• Xiao Xun'er challenged Lu Bu and attacked with the Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame, burning away his Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Lu Bu struck through Xiao Xun'er's fiery defense, wounded her, and warned her to admit defeat.
• Lu Bu told Xiao Xun'er that Xiao Yan was traveling with Nalan Yanran, causing her to lose focus and her Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame to go berserk.

Lu Bu saved Xiao Xun'er when the Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame went berserk, then arranged to cultivate independently while teaching his classmates one day a week. That night, Xiao Xun'er paid him with a Tian Yun Pill formula to learn about Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran, and realized he had deliberately meddled in their relationship for his own amusement.

• The Golden Emperor Blazing Heaven Flame rampaged inside Xiao Xun'er, but Lu Bu used soul power to help her activate the Ancient Clan's restriction and suppress it.
• Lu Bu told the class that Xiao Xun'er had suffered because she insisted on fighting while on her period, embarrassing her and alarming Ling Ying.
• After class, Instructor Ruo Lin agreed to let Lu Bu cultivate independently if he taught his classmates one day each week.
• That night, Xiao Xun'er visited Lu Bu and gave him a Tian Yun Pill formula in exchange for information about Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran.
• Lu Bu explained their growing bond and admitted that he had told Nalan Yanran Xiao Yan risked being infected with Blight Poison to save her grandfather.
• Xiao Xun'er concluded that Lu Bu had interfered because he enjoyed watching her misfortune, not because he wanted to pursue her.

Lu Bu spent a month cultivating before the Inner Academy Selection Tournament began at Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Yan arrived just in time to win his match, then reunited with Xiao Xun'er and unexpectedly found himself caught between her and Nalan Yanran, while Lu Bu watched with amusement.

• After Xiao Xun'er returned to her dormitory, Lu Bu spent a month cultivating and used herbs from the Eight Fan Gate's treasury to raise his Dou Qi by three stars.
• When Instructor Ruo Lin announced the selection tournament, Xiao Xun'er registered Xiao Yan and Lu Bu registered Nalan Yanran as his junior sister.
• During the tournament, Lu Bu deliberately kept his matches close, while Bai Shan watched him angrily and vowed to regain Xiao Xun'er's admiration.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the arena at the last moment, defeated his opponent with Eight Extremes Collapse, and hurried to see Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Xun'er mistook Nalan Yanran for Xiao Yan when she threw herself into someone's arms, and Nalan Yanran apologized for regretting her past actions.
• Lu Bu summoned Xiao Yan to sit beside him, and Xiao Yan wondered whether Lu Bu had come to Jia Nan Academy for the Heavenly Flames.

Lu Bu interrupted Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, and Nalan Yanran before bargaining with Xiao Yan for information about why the Soul Hall had attacked the Xiao Family and taken Xiao Yan’s father. He revealed that Xiao Yan’s jade fragment was the key to the Tou She Ancient God’s inheritance, then exposed Xiao Xun’er’s interest in it and left the others to face the awkward fallout.

• Xiao Xun'er and Nalan Yanran exchanged polite remarks about their past with Xiao Yan while Lu Bu watched from the windowsill and stirred up tension between them.
• Xiao Yan dragged Lu Bu away and asked why the Soul Hall had attacked the Xiao Family and taken his father.
• Lu Bu demanded the body-refining method in exchange for an explanation, and Yao Lao handed over two scrolls.
• Lu Bu identified Xiao Yan’s jade fragment as the Tou She Ancient God Jade, the key to the Dou Di’s inheritance, and Nalan Yanran and Xiao Xun'er overheard him.
• Lu Bu revealed that he possessed a quarter of the Demon Saint Map and told Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran that Xiao Xun’er had lived with Xiao Yan partly because of his jade fragment.

Lu Bu entered the Inner Academy Selection Tournament finals, where Bai Shan targeted him for revenge and Xiao Yan prepared to challenge him. The finals began as a fifty-person melee, and Lu Bu easily caught Bai Shan’s spear attack.

• Lu Bu spent the days before the finals cultivating while Xiao Yan complained to him about being ignored by Xiao Xun'er and Nalan Yanran.
• Bai Shan vowed to defeat Lu Bu in the finals and then overcome Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan resolved to fight Lu Bu using his own Dou Qi.
• Vice Principal Hu Gan announced that the finals would be a fifty-person melee, with first place going to the last person standing.
• Bai Shan and the other students fought until only about twenty remained, then Bai Shan charged Lu Bu with his spear.
• Lu Bu caught Bai Shan’s spearhead with one hand and drifted backward, joking that the attack had nearly hit him.

Lu Bu fought Bai Shan and effortlessly endured his strongest attack before turning Bai Shan’s spear against him. The battle left Bai Shan battered and his weapon broken, while Lu Bu stood unharmed and taunted him.

• Bai Shan called on seven Dou Masters to attack Lu Bu, but Lu Bu moved too quickly for them to track and knocked five of them out with a series of blows.
• Bai Shan gathered lightning-attributed Dou Qi into his spear and launched Shocking Thunder Ground Burst Arc at Lu Bu.
• Lu Bu took Bai Shan’s spear strike on his raised hand, emerging from the dust without injury.
• Lu Bu seized Bai Shan’s spear and struck him across the face, sending him flying and knocking out several teeth.
• Lu Bu snapped the spear in two and mocked Bai Shan, saying he had almost taken him down.

Lu Bu defeated Bai Shan with ease, then faced Xiao Yan, who had long wanted to settle their grievances in a fight. Lu Bu overpowered Xiao Yan’s opening attack, and Xiao Yan unleashed the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations as the battle continued.

• Lu Bu broke Bai Shan’s leg and knocked him out of the arena after Bai Shan tried to concede.
• Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and the spectators reacted to Lu Bu’s strength, while Xiao Yan stepped forward to challenge him.
• Xiao Yan accused Lu Bu of cheating him and Yao Lao, and the two exchanged taunts before the others withdrew.
• Xiao Yan attacked from behind with the Mysterious Heavy Ruler, but Lu Bu blocked the strike and overpowered him with his strength.
• After Lu Bu knocked Xiao Yan back and injured his hand, Xiao Yan activated the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations: Myriad Beasts Transformation.

Xiao Yan unleashed his Crimson Flame and secret techniques against Lu Bu, but Lu Bu calmly blocked his attacks and overwhelmed him with Azure Flame. The chapter ended with Lu Bu smashing Xiao Yan into the arena after sending him flying with a staff strike.

• Xiao Yan concealed himself in dust and launched a rapid assault, but Lu Bu blocked every blow with a broken spear shaft.
• Lu Bu counterattacked and sent Xiao Yan flying, cracking his Dou Qi armor with repeated staff strikes.
• Xiao Yan used the Azure Nether Transformation and combined his flames into an explosive attack against Lu Bu.
• Lu Bu's Green Lotus Core Flame swallowed Xiao Yan's flames, leaving him unharmed and Xiao Yan despairing.
• Lu Bu struck Xiao Yan across the face, grabbed his ankle, and slammed him into the arena as Nalan Yanran and Xiao Xun'er cried out.

Lu Bu won a place in the Inner Academy after eliminating Xiao Yan, then traveled with Xiao Xun'er, Nalan Yanran, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao to begin the Fire Energy Hunt. He led his group toward other students, eager to obtain an Azure Fire Crystal Card and reach the Inner Academy, where Zi Yan was waiting.

• Lu Bu knocked Xiao Yan out of the tournament, securing the final five places for himself, Wu Hao, Hu Jia, Xiao Xun'er, and Nalan Yanran before conceding to avoid their attacks.
• Five days later, Lu Bu chose Blood Ganoderma at the Library Pavilion, then joined the other qualifiers on the journey to the Inner Academy.
• Elder Su gave each new student a Fire Crystal Card and announced that they had to break through their seniors' blockade in the Fire Energy Hunt.
• Xiao Yan caught up with Lu Bu's group in the forest, and Lu Bu led them west to find students they could question about the Inner Academy.

Lu Bu ended a confrontation with the White Gang by defeating Fu Ao and negotiating Han Yue’s support with a medicine that removed fire poison. While Han Yue showed him around the Inner Academy, they encountered Zi Yan, who sensed something tasty on him.

• The old man brought Lu Bu and the other five new students to their residence after they cleared the Fire Energy Hunt in two days.
• While Lu Bu slept in, Fu Ao and Bai Shan confronted the new students and tried to recruit Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Nalan Yanran into the White Gang.
• Lu Bu woke up, knocked Fu Ao aside with one slap, and ordered Xiao Yan and the others to tie up the White Gang members for ransom.
• Lu Bu refined Marrow Cleansing Ice Spirit Liquid and gave it to Han Yue in exchange for her help suppressing the White Gang.
• Han Yue guided Lu Bu through the Inner Academy and explained its rules and powerful students.
• Lu Bu and Han Yue encountered Zi Yan, who sniffed Lu Bu and excitedly declared that he had something tasty on him.

Zi Yan traded Lu Bu directions to a treasure guarded by the Snow Demon Sky Ape for his Primal Bone-Shaping Pill, planning to make him pay extra if he needed her help. Lu Bu agreed and flew with her to the valley, where she revealed that the deal did not include fighting the guardian.

• Zi Yan offered to look after Lu Bu in exchange for the tasty pill she smelled on him.
• Lu Bu gave Zi Yan a Primal Bone-Shaping Pill, and she swallowed it before taking him toward a treasure.
• Zi Yan flew off with Lu Bu, while Han Yue stayed behind and decided to return to the White Gang and vent her frustration on Bai Cheng.
• Lu Bu used his own wings to fly alongside Zi Yan, who brought him above a valley beyond the forest.
• Zi Yan told Lu Bu that something guarded the treasure and demanded extra payment if he wanted her to fight.

Lu Bu used his Talisman Puppet to overpower the Snow Demon Sky Ape and opened a path into the valley, where he went to retrieve its treasure. Zi Yan stayed behind, protesting that he had cheated.

• The Snow Demon Sky Ape emerged from the valley and challenged Zi Yan, who taunted it from the air.
• Lu Bu declined Zi Yan’s offer to help and summoned a Talisman Puppet instead.
• The Talisman Puppet struck the Snow Demon Sky Ape and drove it back against the rock wall.
• The Snow Demon Sky Ape activated its berserk bloodline and charged, but Lu Bu’s puppet caught it and dragged it across the ground.
• Lu Bu flew into the valley while Zi Yan accused him of cheating.

Lu Bu defeated the Snow Demon Sky Ape, took the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and shared a sweetened portion with Zi Yan, who asked to borrow his puppet and was refused. He returned to the Inner Academy, where he noticed Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, Wu Hao, and others discussing something and wondered if they were forming a faction.

• Lu Bu left the battered Snow Demon Sky Ape alive and emerged from Gourd Valley with the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Lu Bu gave Zi Yan some of the milk, then refined it with honey into sweet jade-like beads for her.
• Zi Yan asked to borrow Lu Bu's puppet, but Lu Bu refused, and she flew back toward the Inner Academy.
• Lu Bu surveyed the Inner Academy and considered the wealth and cultivation resources generated by the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Lu Bu found his dormitory repaired and saw Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, Wu Hao, and others talking, prompting him to wonder whether they planned to establish a faction.

The new students decided to form a faction after repeated harassment, and Lu Bu manipulated the crowd into choosing him as its Gate Master. He named the faction Sacred Gate and called Xiao Yan, Wu Hao, Hu Jia, and the others to discuss its plans.

• Wu Hao, Hu Jia, Xiao Yan, and the other new students agreed to establish a faction to protect themselves from bullying.
• Xiao Xun'er and Nalan Yanran backed Xiao Yan for leader, while Hu Jia and Wu Hao considered Lu Bu the stronger choice.
• Lu Bu secretly rallied the crowd to chant his name, then descended dramatically and accepted the position of Gate Master.
• Lu Bu rejected Xiao Yan's proposed name, Pan Gate, and renamed the faction Sacred Gate.
• Lu Bu invited Xiao Yan, Wu Hao, Hu Jia, and the other two to discuss what the new faction would do next.

Lu Bu organized the newly named Sacred Gate, assigning its members jobs and explaining the Inner Academy’s resources and dangers. Xiao Yan questioned Lu Bu about the Fallen Heart Flame, and Lu Bu faced Xiao Yan’s emerging soul force as the chapter ended.

• Lu Bu told Xiao Yan that the Soul Hall’s leader was a peak late-stage Four-star Dou Sheng, triggering Xiao Yan’s panic before Xiao Xun'er and Nalan Yanran helped calm him.
• Lu Bu explained the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, its sealed Fallen Heart Flame, Fire Energy, and the Inner Academy’s other facilities.
• Lu Bu assigned Wu Hao to train guards, Hu Jia to manage finances, Nalan Yanran to handle internal affairs, and Xiao Xun'er to gather herbs, while Xiao Yan was left to refine medicine.
• Lu Bu gave Xiao Yan formulas for two spirit liquids and medicinal ingredients, then warned the group that the Strong Ranking’s top member was a Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Lu Bu had come to Jia Nan Academy for the Fallen Heart Flame, then released his soul force as Lu Bu narrowed his eyes.

Lu Bu traded Earth Core Body Tempering Milk for access to the Inner Academy’s medicinal ingredient storehouse and took the Ice Fire Dragon Beard Fruit, leaving Xiao Yan unable to refine the Earth Spirit Pill. After failing to find the Green Wood Immortal Vine, Lu Bu prepared to enter seclusion and planned to ask Zi Yan for her essence blood later.

• Xiao Yan warned Lu Bu not to interfere with his pursuit of the Fallen Heart Flame, and Lu Bu left after deciding he might take the Ice Fire Dragon Beard Fruit for himself.
• Lu Bu visited the medicinal ingredient storehouse, where an instructor introduced him to Elder Hao.
• Lu Bu exchanged ten drops of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk for a token that let him take one ingredient from the storehouse.
• Lu Bu took the Ice Fire Dragon Beard Fruit, then left without finding Zi Yan there.
• Lu Bu searched the eastern trading area for Lin Yan’s Green Wood Immortal Vine but did not find it, so he decided to prepare for seclusion and later seek Zi Yan’s essence blood.

Lu Bu met First Elder Su Qian at the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and was warned to leave its formation alone. After crushing Bai Cheng’s hand in a public contest of strength, Lu Bu faced Bai Cheng’s attempt to lure him into a trap, leaving the choice of whether to enter a disputed cultivation room unresolved.

• Lu Bu examined the tower’s formation before First Elder Su Qian appeared and told him not to touch it, hinting that he might need Lu Bu’s help in the future.
• Lu Bu headed to the third floor to find a cultivation room and encountered Bai Cheng and Fu Ao.
• Bai Cheng tried to crush Lu Bu’s hand, but Lu Bu overpowered him and broke the bones in his hand.
• Bai Cheng told Lu Bu that only one high-grade cultivation room remained and taunted him to enter, while Lu Bu recognized that it was likely a trap involving Liu Fei and Liu Qing.

Lu Bu avoided Bai Cheng’s attempt to provoke a fight, then met Liu Fei and Yao Sheng at the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. After Liu Fei recognized Bai Cheng’s scheme and left Lu Bu alone, Lu Bu used Earth Core Body Tempering Milk to pursue a breakthrough to Dou Ling; several days later, Zi Yan arrived looking for him.

• Lu Bu entered a high-grade cultivation room, while Bai Cheng and Fu Ao waited for Liu Fei and Yao Sheng to confront him.
• Yao Sheng’s punch missed when Lu Bu opened the door, and Liu Fei greeted Lu Bu warmly instead of picking a fight.
• Liu Fei realized Bai Cheng had tried to use her and Yao Sheng against Lu Bu, then led Yao Sheng away to deal with Bai Cheng.
• Lu Bu swallowed all thirty drops of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and used his Minor Nirvana Golden Body to suppress its violent energy as he cultivated toward Dou Ling.
• Several days later, Zi Yan quietly came to Lu Bu’s cultivation room looking for him.

Lu Bu advanced to Dou Ling in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, then agreed to help Zi Yan gather medicinal herbs after she ran out of pills. He returned to Sacred Gate, checked on the faction, and prepared to leave with an unnamed senior sister, leaving Xiao Yan jealous and frustrated.

• Lu Bu's breakthrough filled the tower with azure energy, and Zi Yan kept Elder Liu and the watching students away from his cultivation room.
• Lu Bu emerged successfully advanced, and Zi Yan dragged him outside to ask him to refine more pills because she had finished her supply.
• Lu Bu refused to let Zi Yan raid the medicinal herb storehouse and instead proposed that they gather herbs together, then arranged to meet her after returning to Sacred Gate.
• Lu Bu learned that Sacred Gate was stable and that Liu Fei had helped stop the White Gang and Medicine Gang from causing trouble, then secured a pill order from Liu Fei.
• Lu Bu announced that he would gather herbs with a senior sister, and Xiao Yan grew jealous when Lu Bu said she was someone Xiao Yan did not know.