Chapter Summaries

Xiao Shuang passed Jia Nan Academy’s entrance test and revealed that he was a Dou Master, prompting White to bring him before Instructor Ruolin for verification. Instructor Ruolin gathered the new students and began assessing their potential grades.

• Xiao Shuang took the entrance test and passed, but White told him he had to wait outside because he had no guide.
• Xiao Shuang revealed that he was a Dou Master, so White took him to Instructor Ruolin for confirmation.
• Instructor Ruolin welcomed Xiao Shuang and asked White to bring the new students into the tent.
• Instructor Ruolin explained Jia Nan Academy’s potential grading system and began the assessment.

Xiao Shuang registered for Jia Nan Academy and revealed that he was a fourteen-year-old Five-star Dou Master, stunning Instructor Ruolin and the other students. He arranged for the academy’s convoy to stop in the Jia Ma Empire’s Imperial Capital, then returned home to prepare for the journey.

• Instructor Ruolin asked Xiao Shuang to report his strength, and he demonstrated his Dou Qi Gauze Robe and announced he was a fourteen-year-old Five-star Dou Master.
• Instructor Ruolin ended registration and told the new students that Jia Nan Academy’s Flying Convoy would arrive in Wutan City in seven days.
• Xiao Shuang asked Instructor Ruolin to arrange a stop in the Imperial Capital of the Jia Ma Empire, and she agreed to submit an application.
• Xiao Shuang returned to Xiao Yan and Xun'er, explained the recruitment standard, and told them he needed to pack before leaving with the convoy.

Xiao Shuang traveled with Instructor Ruolin’s recruitment team toward Jia Nan Academy and stopped in the Imperial Capital, where he reflected on his ambitions. After returning on time, he faced an arrogant youth who challenged him about boarding the instructors’ Griffon Beast.

• Xun'er took several Dou Technique scrolls and apologized to Xiao Shuang for her earlier scheming, improving his impression of her.
• Xiao Shuang joined Instructor Ruolin aboard her Griffon Beast and used Dou Qi and ice to steady himself on its slippery back.
• Xiao Shuang cultivated during the flight until Instructor Ruolin announced their arrival at the Imperial Capital and gave him one hour to explore.
• Xiao Shuang admired the Imperial Capital and the Misty Cloud Sect, then returned to the Griffon Beasts before his time was up.
• An arrogant youth called out to Xiao Shuang and told him the Griffon Beast was reserved for instructors.

Xiao Shuang punished an arrogant Royal Family student who challenged his right to ride an instructor’s Griffon Beast. Yaoye reunited with him, publicly called him her fiancé, and secured Jia Xingtian’s promise to punish the student as Xiao Shuang prepared to prove himself worthy of her.

• A Royal Family student demanded that Xiao Shuang give up his place on the Griffon Beast, so Xiao Shuang restrained and injured him with ice spikes.
• Xiao Shuang called Jia Xingtian to collect the student, and Jia Xingtian confirmed the wounds were superficial.
• Yaoye arrived, recognized Xiao Shuang, and told Jia Xingtian that the student had been disrespectful to her fiancé.
• Jia Xingtian agreed to punish the student, while Yaoye warned the watching noble children not to offend Xiao Shuang.
• Xiao Shuang took Yaoye’s hand and said he liked her support, promising to become strong enough for her soon.

Xiao Shuang traveled toward Jia Nan Academy with Instructor Ruolin and cultivated throughout the flight, nearing the strength needed to advance to Six-star Dou Master. Instructor Ruolin explained the academy’s Outer and Inner Academies, and the Griffon Beast began descending toward Peace Town, the final stop before the academy.

• Instructor Ruolin treated the unconscious Royal Family member, who woke quietly and boarded the student Griffon Beast while planning to confront the people who had encouraged him to challenge Xiao Shuang.
• Xiao Shuang teased Instructor Ruolin for watching his earlier confrontation, then returned to his room to cultivate during the flight.
• Xiao Shuang absorbed energy and consumed Ice Attribute medicinal herbs, improving his strength until he was ready to attempt reaching Six-star Dou Master after landing.
• Instructor Ruolin explained that Xiao Shuang would enter Jia Nan Academy’s Outer Academy and could compete for one of the fifty places in the Inner Academy Selection Competition the following year.
• Instructor Ruolin alluded to Xiao Shuang being the Grand Princess of the Jia Ma Empire, and Xiao Shuang denied that she was serious.
• As the Griffon Beast descended, Instructor Ruolin secured Xiao Shuang’s wrist with a Water Attribute whip, and Xiao Shuang spotted Peace Town below.

Instructor Ruolin led Xiao Shuang and the newly recruited students through Peace Town, where the Enforcement Team controlled entry from the Black-Corner Region. After registering, the students rode Griffon Beasts across the primeval forest and arrived at Jia Nan City, becoming students of Jia Nan Academy.

• Instructor Ruolin brought the new students into Peace Town, where the Enforcement Team required travelers from the Black-Corner Region to register and swallow pills that detected killing intent.
• The Enforcement Team threatened those who objected to the pills, and some travelers left Peace Town rather than take them.
• Instructor Ruolin led the new students to the administrative office, where they registered before Griffon Beast handlers prepared transportation to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Shuang stood steadily on a Griffon Beast without using Dou Qi, while most of the other new students struggled to stay on their mounts.
• Instructor Ruolin and the new students flew for nearly a day and arrived at Jia Nan City, marking the start of their lives as Jia Nan Academy students.

After arriving at Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Shuang settled into a quiet pavilion offered by Instructor Ruolin and broke through to the seven-star Dou Master level. He then began practicing the Frosty Snow Step, but his first attempts shattered the leaves instead of meeting the technique’s standard.

• Instructor Ruolin registered the new students and invited Xiao Shuang to stay in her quiet pavilion because of his strength and unusual cultivation.
• Xiao Shuang chose a room, settled in, and rested until late at night, when he felt ready to break through.
• Xiao Shuang refined some of the medicinal power stored in his body and advanced from five-star to seven-star Dou Master, surprising Instructor Ruolin.
• Xiao Shuang went outside to practice the Frosty Snow Step by leaping across frost-covered leaves.
• Xiao Shuang repeatedly shattered the leaves, then sat beneath the tree to steady his disordered Dou Qi.

Xiao Shuang struggled to cultivate the Earth Tier Frosty Snow Step while learning about Jia Nan Academy’s facilities and the upcoming Freshman Tournament. After Instructor Ruolin asked him to represent their class, he studied the strongest freshmen and identified two Central Continent Four-Star Dou Masters as serious opponents.

• Xiao Shuang repeatedly tried and failed to master the Frosty Snow Step, then recovered his Dou Qi beneath a tree.
• Instructor Ruolin introduced the freshmen to the academy’s cultivation chambers and Dou Technique Hall before dismissing them.
• Xiao Shuang returned to the pavilion, met Instructor Ruolin, and learned that the Freshman Tournament would take place in two days.
• Instructor Ruolin asked Xiao Shuang to represent their class and showed him records of the strongest freshmen.
• Xiao Shuang examined the parchment and pointed out Lin Xiuyai and Liu Qing as formidable Four-Star Dou Masters from Central Continent.

Xiao Shuang prepared for the freshman tournament after Instructor Ruolin directed him to a nearby forest where he could hunt magical beasts for cultivation resources. At the tournament, the freshmen began a melee, and Lin Xiuyai faced a Dou Shi-level opponent whose unstable attack alarmed the spectators.

• Instructor Ruolin warned Xiao Shuang to avoid the depths of the forest and offered to apply for permission for him to sell its magic cores to the Alchemy Department.
• Xiao Shuang practiced the Frosty Snow Step until the freshman tournament began.
• Instructor Ruolin led five freshmen into the tournament, where the judges announced that only the final three students standing would receive rewards.
• Students from the Profound Tier classes targeted the Yellow Tier freshmen as an easy group to eliminate.
• Lin Xiuyai drove a Dou Shi-level freshman toward the edge of the plaza and calmly prepared to face his opponent's powerful, unstable sword technique.

Xiao Shuang battled Liu Qing in the new student competition after the Profound Tier students eliminated the Yellow Tier class’s other contestants. Liu Qing brought out his Mountain Splitting Spear, and both fighters unleashed their Dou Qi as their duel continued.

• Lin Xiuyai neutralized a new student Dou Shi’s greatsword attack, and the defeated student withdrew.
• The Profound Tier students teamed up against the Yellow Tier contestants, quickly defeating them and leaving Xiao Shuang alone to face Liu Qing.
• Liu Qing attacked Xiao Shuang with the Great Split Coffin Claw, while Xiao Shuang countered with the Ice Breaking Finger.
• Xiao Shuang’s special Ice Dou Qi broke through Liu Qing’s claw technique and briefly slowed the Dou Qi in his body.
• Liu Qing drew his Mountain Splitting Spear and raised his Dou Qi Gauze Robe, and Xiao Shuang summoned his white spear and answered with his own robe.

Xiao Shuang and Liu Qing clashed with their strongest spear techniques before Lin Xiuyai interrupted them and cleared the other new students from the plaza. The three top fighters then faced off, and the chapter ended as Liu Qing’s golden spear shadow pierced Xiao Shuang’s ice sphere while Lin Xiuyai joined the attack.

• Liu Qing unleashed Great Rock Split against Xiao Shuang, who met it with an ice spear formed from his Extreme Cold Physique, and their collision sent many new students flying from the plaza.
• Lin Xiuyai struck between Xiao Shuang and Liu Qing with Azure Annihilation Sword Qi, then challenged them and cleared the remaining new students, including two Dou Masters.
• Xiao Shuang, Liu Qing, and Lin Xiuyai remained on the plaza, each wearing a Dou Qi Gauze Robe and preparing to fight one another.
• Xiao Shuang sent an ice sphere toward Lin Xiuyai, who trapped it in a wind net, while Liu Qing launched a golden spear shadow at them.
• The wind net shattered under the combined attacks, and Liu Qing’s golden spear shadow pierced Xiao Shuang’s ice sphere as Lin Xiuyai rejoined the fight.

Xiao Shuang defeated Liu Qing and Lin Xiuyai to win the new student tournament at Jia Nan Academy. Vice Principal Hu Gan announced that the three finalists could choose an item from the academy's Pill Pagoda in three days, leaving Xiao Shuang acclaimed as the tournament champion.

• Lin Xiuyai shattered Xiao Shuang's ice sphere, and Xiao Shuang countered by overpowering Liu Qing's Great Rock Split and Lin Xiuyai's Azure Annihilation Sword Qi.
• Liu Qing withdrew from the competition after Xiao Shuang's white spear phantom destroyed his attack.
• Xiao Shuang used the Frosty Snow Step to rise briefly into the air and stop Lin Xiuyai's charge with his spear, prompting Lin Xiuyai to admit defeat.
• Xiao Shuang was declared the new student tournament winner, with Lin Xiuyai and Liu Qing named the other top-three finalists.
• Hu Gan announced that Xiao Shuang, Lin Xiuyai, and Liu Qing could each choose one item from the Pill Pagoda in three days.

After the Freshman Tournament, Xiao Shuang celebrated the Yellow Tier class’s victory and planned to improve his combat skills before visiting the Pill Pagoda. Three days later, Hu Gan led Xiao Shuang, Lin Xiuyai, and Liu Qing to the hidden pavilion, where its elders opened the doors for them.

• Xiao Shuang clasped hands with Liu Qing after Liu acknowledged his strength and vowed to surpass him, while Lin Xiuyai praised Xiao Shuang’s final move.
• Instructor Ruolin celebrated the Yellow Tier class’s tournament victory with a meal, and Xiao Shuang planned to cultivate the Frosty Snow Step and gain combat experience by hunting magical beasts.
• Three days later, Hu Gan led Xiao Shuang, Lin Xiuyai, and Liu Qing through a hidden passage to the Pill Pagoda.
• Hu Gan revealed the ancient pavilion concealed within the valley and asked its elders to let the tournament’s top three freshmen enter.
• Two gray-robed elders approved their entry, and the Pill Pagoda’s doors slowly opened.

Xiao Shuang, Liu Qing, and Lin Xiuyai entered the Pill Pagoda and each obtained a coveted item. Xiao Shuang left with the Earth Tier Mid-grade Cold Sky Essential Art, and the trio departed after being warned to keep the pagoda’s secrets.

• Hu Gan had the gray-robed elders open the Space Lock and explained that each visitor could take only one item from the Pill Pagoda.
• Lin Xiuyai claimed a wind-attributed Mysterious Tier High-grade Movement Dou Technique, while Liu Qing obtained a Rank Six body-strengthening pill.
• Xiao Shuang waited instead of grabbing for an item, and an energy cluster drifted down to him containing the Earth Tier Mid-grade Cold Sky Essential Art.
• The three left the Pill Pagoda and agreed to keep its interior secret after a gray-robed elder warned them not to reveal anything.

After leaving the Pill Pagoda, Xiao Shuang received Hu Gan’s information and map of the Primordial Forest and prepared for a year of training there before the Inner Academy Selection Competition. He entered the forest and faced his first attack from three snake-shaped demonic beasts.

• Hu Gan gave Xiao Shuang materials and a map of the Primordial Forest, warning him to avoid its depths and the Dou Wang-level demonic beasts.
• Xiao Shuang agreed with Instructor Ruolin to leave the forest within a year, then accepted cooking supplies and seasonings for his training.
• Instructor Saya flew Xiao Shuang to the forest on her Crimson Eagle and warned him to avoid high-tier demonic beasts before leaving.
• Xiao Shuang entered the forest with his spear ready and sensed low-tier demonic beasts watching him.
• Three snake-shaped demonic beasts attacked Xiao Shuang, but he blocked them with an Ice Mirror and froze them with his Extreme Cold Dou Qi.

Xiao Shuang trained his combat skills against magical beasts in the primeval forest while preparing to switch to the Earth-tier Cold Sky Essential Art. After opening and strengthening its required meridians, he blocked off his cave and began the process of changing cultivation arts.

• Xiao Shuang carved out a cave, set traps, and practiced Frosty Snow Step before fighting magical beasts to improve his Profound-tier combat skills.
• Xiao Shuang hunted beasts for meat, but his first attempt at cooking left the meat charred and unappetizing, so he went without dinner.
• Xiao Shuang studied the Cold Sky Essential Art and strengthened one of its required meridians by circulating battle qi and medicinal power through it.
• Xiao Shuang gathered fruit and water, then tried grilling fish, but discarded the fish and ate medicinal herbs and fruit instead.
• Xiao Shuang spent several days fighting beasts and opening and strengthening the meridians needed for the Cold Sky Essential Art.
• Xiao Shuang blocked the cave entrance with stones, lit the moonlight stones, and formed a hand seal to begin switching cultivation arts.

Xiao Shuang completed his conversion to the Cold Sky Essential Art and tested his new cultivation by fighting a Black Fiend Python at the lake. After weakening the python with his ice techniques, he watched it retreat into the water, leaving its sudden flight unexplained.

• Xiao Shuang completed his cultivation technique conversion and left the cave to adapt to the Cold Sky Essential Art through battle.
• Xiao Shuang froze half the lake and confronted a Third-Tier Black Fiend Python with Da Dou Shi-level combat strength.
• Xiao Shuang blocked the python's poisonous water jet with an Ice Mirror and struck its tail with Ice Breaking Finger, freezing its wound.
• The Black Fiend Python launched a stronger crimson water jet, and Xiao Shuang used ice mirrors, a spear phantom, shields, and ice mist to weaken and freeze it.
• The Black Fiend Python fled into the lake, puzzling Xiao Shuang.

Xiao Shuang encountered Zi Yan after she killed the Black Fiend Python and claimed its medicinal herb. They became companions, and Zi Yan promised to protect him as they prepared to rest in the forest.

• Xiao Shuang failed to draw the Black Fiend Python out of the lake and began to leave.
• Zi Yan emerged from the lake with the python's tail and a medicinal herb, which she ate to help herself grow.
• Zi Yan shared a piece of the herb with Xiao Shuang, who ate it and absorbed some of its energy.
• Zi Yan revealed that she was not human, and Xiao Shuang dodged her playful punch.
• Zi Yan said she had come to the forest for food and that its spatial seal did not affect her.
• Xiao Shuang invited Zi Yan to rest, and she agreed to protect him from the forest's magical beasts.

Xiao Shuang and Zi Yan bonded over a campfire before agreeing to search for medicinal ingredients together. When Zi Yan led him to a Fourth-Tier Demonic Beast’s lair, an invisible barrier stopped Xiao Shuang, and he realized the area was restricted.

• Xiao Shuang brought Zi Yan to his cave, where they shared fruit and discussed her transformed form and his unusual constitution.
• The next morning, Zi Yan offered to lead Xiao Shuang to an Ice Attribute medicinal ingredient guarded by a Fourth-Tier Demonic Beast.
• Xiao Shuang agreed to split the ingredients with Zi Yan while keeping any magic cores from defeated Demonic Beasts.
• Zi Yan led Xiao Shuang through the forest toward the beast’s lair, with nearby Demonic Beasts avoiding them.
• An invisible barrier blocked Xiao Shuang from following Zi Yan into the area, and he used Hu Gan’s map to understand why.

Xiao Shuang discovered that Zi Yan could let him pass through a spatial seal, and they joined forces to defeat an Ice Armor Bear guarding an Ice Attribute medicinal herb. After they collected the bear’s magical core and the herb, Zi Yan teased Xiao Shuang about calling her Little Zi Yan.

• Xiao Shuang found that he could cross the spatial seal only while holding Zi Yan’s hand.
• Zi Yan attacked the sleeping Ice Armor Bear, then fought it head-on after it charged out of its tree hollow.
• Xiao Shuang struck the Ice Armor Bear’s weak neck with his spear, and his Ice Dou Qi overwhelmed the beast from within.
• Zi Yan confronted Xiao Shuang about calling her Little Zi Yan, then stopped their sparring to collect the medicinal herb.
• Xiao Shuang took the Ice Armor Bear’s magical core, and Zi Yan handed him the Ice Attribute medicinal herb, which he ate.