Chapter Summaries

Yun Shu challenged Luo Bu’s attempt to make the new students wait outside and was chosen to spar with Ge Ci. He defeated Ge Ci instantly, revealing his Dou Shi strength, while Luo Bu collapsed in terror.

• Luo Bu ordered the students who passed the test to wait outside, but Xiao Yu and others objected to his use of the rules.
• Yun Shu questioned whether Luo Bu could make rules for Canaan Academy, and Luo Bu called in other students for support.
• Luo Bu selected Yun Shu to spar with Ge Ci, and Yun Shu warned that he would not be responsible for what happened.
• Yun Shu used a powerful suction force to seize Ge Ci by the throat and lift him into the air.
• Xun Er revealed that Yun Shu had reached the Dou Shi Realm, and Luo Bu collapsed in fear before Yun Shu released Ge Ci and left.

Instructor Ruo Lin welcomed the successful applicants to Canaan Academy and assessed their potential. Yun Shu and Xiao Yan requested a year of leave, and Ruo Lin offered to handle the academy’s objections if they could withstand thirty exchanges against her.

• Ruo Lin welcomed the new students and explained the academy’s potential rankings before recording their names, strengths, and ages.
• Yun Shu stated that he was a sixteen-year-old Three-Star Dou Shi and revealed his Dou Qi Gauze Robe, convincing the tent of his strength.
• Yun Shu and Xiao Yan asked Ruo Lin for a year of leave so they could pursue an important matter.
• Ruo Lin refused at first, but Yun Shu said they would withdraw from enrollment if she would not approve their leave.
• Ruo Lin agreed to arrange the year of leave if Yun Shu and Xiao Yan lasted thirty exchanges against her.

Yun Shu and Xiao Yan teamed up against Instructor Ruo Lin, using coordinated attacks to put her at a disadvantage before Yao Lao took over and defeated her. Yun Shu then chose to train alone, said goodbye to Xiao Yan and Yao Lao, and left Wu Tan City after collecting his belongings from Ya Fei.

• Yun Shu and Xiao Yan used a coordinated sword-and-Dou-Technique attack that caught Instructor Ruo Lin off guard.
• Instructor Ruo Lin defended herself with a water snake and counterattacked, so Xiao Yan let Yao Lao take over; Yao Lao defeated her within thirty moves.
• Yun Shu told Xiao Yan and Yao Lao that he would travel alone and parted ways with them on the road back to the Xiao Family.
• Yun Shu went to the Mittel Auction House, where Ya Fei gave him a Ring of Holding and said goodbye to him.
• Yun Shu kissed Ya Fei, promised he could return whenever he wanted, and left Wu Tan City.

Little Fairy Doctor found Yun Shu’s message in a cave she discovered near the herb-gathering camp, while Yun Shu traveled toward Green Mountain Town to train. The chapter left Yun Shu testing the power of Crimson Flame Storm, which scorched a large patch of ground.

• Little Fairy Doctor climbed down a cliff, found a damaged scroll addressed to her, and entered the cave, but discovered that it had already been emptied.
• Little Fairy Doctor angrily left the cliff after wondering who had predicted her arrival.
• Yun Shu headed toward Green Mountain Town alone, intending to give Little Fairy Doctor the Seven-Colored Poison Manual and then enter the Monster Mountain Range’s depths.
• Yun Shu studied the low-grade Earth Rank battle skill Crimson Flame Storm and recognized its resemblance to Orochi Nagi.
• Yun Shu charged the skill for about ten seconds, spent roughly twenty percent of his Dou Qi, and scorched a circular patch of ground around twenty meters wide.

Yun Shu killed Gale Nu with a Peak Dou Huang Experience Card and took the medicinal herbs from the Gale Family’s caravan. After using the herbs for a Lottery and obtaining Afterimage Fist, he withdrew into his Alternate Dimension for the night.

• Yun Shu spotted Gale Nu leading a caravan of medicinal herbs toward Wu Tan City and realized the Gale and Oba Families were preparing to challenge the Xiao Family’s standing.
• Yun Shu activated his Peak Dou Huang Experience Card and killed Gale Nu with the Mystic Heavy Ruler, causing the remaining men to flee.
• Yun Shu sent the caravan’s medicinal herbs to the system for a Lottery and obtained the Mystic Rank Low-Level Battle Skill Afterimage Fist.
• Yun Shu entered his Alternate Dimension after dark and began tidying his home by throwing out his Omni-Pills.

Yun Shu studied the solar-powered house-type Omni-Pill, then entered the Monster Mountain Range to train and gather valuables. After a fierce fight with a pack of Magical Beasts drained much of his Dou Qi, he fled when more wolves began howling nearby.

• Yun Shu finished setting up the house-type Omni-Pill and realized its solar power could keep its electricity running.
• Yun Shu collected the Blood Lotus Essence from Ten Thousand Medicines Hall and entered the Monster Mountain Range alone.
• Yun Shu killed nearly twenty First-Order Magical Beasts and collected five Magic Cores as he trained with the Mystic Heavy Ruler.
• Yun Shu fought off a pack of Magical Beasts, using Heavenly Thunder Break and Crimson Flame Storm to kill most of them while sustaining a wound.
• Yun Shu chased the remaining beasts until distant wolf howls prompted him to take a Qi Recovery Pill and run in the opposite direction.

Xiao Yan joined Ten Thousand Medicines Hall’s expedition into the Monster Mountain Range and unexpectedly encountered Yun Shu. After learning that Yun Shu had found two ingredients needed to prepare for absorbing a Strange Fire, Yun Shu gave them to Xiao Yan, apparently letting him pursue a Strange Fire first.

• Xiao Yan heard that Ten Thousand Medicines Hall was recruiting Dou Practitioners for an expedition and decided to join the group.
• Yun Shu entered the Monster Mountain Range to hunt Magical Beasts and came across Xiao Yan’s camping party.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Shu compared their Mystic Heavy Rulers, and Yun Shu explained that he had found his in a cave along with Ice Spirit Flame Grass and Blood Lotus Essence.
• Yao Lao explained that the herbs were ingredients for the Blood Lotus Pill, which would help protect someone absorbing a Strange Fire, and named the other materials required.
• Yun Shu handed the Ice Spirit Flame Grass and Blood Lotus Essence to Xiao Yan, leaving him to pursue a Strange Fire first.

Yun Shu offered Xiao Yan the chance to devour a Strange Fire and persuaded Yao Lao to teach them an Earth Rank ruler technique. He reunited with Little Fairy Doctor and tried to give her the Seven-Colored Poison Manual, revealing that he had left a scroll for her before.

• Yun Shu told Xiao Yan to take the first Strange Fire and asked Yao Lao to teach him a weapon-based combat technique.
• Yao Lao agreed to teach Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, while Xiao Yan was allowed to watch and learn what he could.
• Yun Shu sensed Little Fairy Doctor approaching and went to speak with her.
• Yun Shu tossed Little Fairy Doctor the Seven-Colored Poison Manual, but she remained wary and refused to approach.
• Yun Shu revealed that he had left the scroll Little Fairy Doctor found, leaving her confused about how he had known where she would go.

Yun Shu gave Little Fairy Doctor the Seven-Colored Poison Manual and a Ring of Holding, promised to help cure her Woeful Poison Body, then returned to training. After mastering the Earth Rank Dou Technique Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, he asked Yao Lao to teach him another technique.

• Yun Shu gave Little Fairy Doctor the Seven-Colored Poison Manual and a Ring of Holding, explaining that he hoped she would help him in the future.
• Little Fairy Doctor learned that her Woeful Poison Body could be cured, agreed to work for Yun Shu once she became stronger, and returned home in better spirits.
• Yun Shu asked Yao Lao about curing the Woeful Poison Body, and Yao Lao said they could discuss it later because Yun Shu lacked the strength to handle it.
• Yun Shu resumed practicing Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler and mastered the Earth Rank Dou Technique after a day.
• Yun Shu asked Yao Lao to teach him another weapon-based Dou Technique, and Yao Lao offered a Profound Rank Middle Level technique.

Yun Shu learned Mystic Iron Heavy Strike from Yao Lao, then left to train and hunt Magical Beasts deeper in the Monster Mountain Range. After defeating a powerful Second-Order Magical Beast, he headed toward the range’s interior because he feared missing Yun Yun.

• Yao Lao demonstrated Mystic Iron Heavy Strike, and Yun Shu practiced until he understood how to use it with the Mystic Heavy Ruler.
• Yun Shu told Yao Lao he was leaving to adventure alone, and Yao Lao gave him a bag of Qi Recovery Pills.
• Yun Shu said goodbye to Xiao Yan and traveled deeper into the Monster Mountain Range.
• Yun Shu defeated a high-level Second-Order Magical Beast and collected its Magic Core.
• Yun Shu decided to head farther into the range so he would not miss Yun Yun's arrival.

Yun Shu used a rare potion to enhance his body, then watched Yun Yun fight the Amethyst Winged Lion King while conserving his Dou Huang Experience Card. After the Lion King used the Amethyst Seal and Yun Yun fell with her strength sealed, Yun Shu carried her to a cave.

• Yun Shu collected Magic Cores and herbs, traded them to the system, and received an Enhancement Potion that greatly improved his physical abilities.
• Yun Shu sensed Yun Yun fighting the Amethyst Winged Lion King and used a Peak Dou Huang Experience Card to reach the battle.
• Yun Shu concealed himself and waited as Yun Yun and the Lion King fought through the afternoon.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King used the Amethyst Seal, and Yun Yun was left with her strength temporarily sealed.
• Yun Shu cleaned away the bloodstains, found Yun Yun, and carried her to a cave before nearby Magical Beasts could reach her.

Yun Shu treated Yun Yun’s serious chest wound after she awoke weakened by a Sealing Technique, and the two traded awkward jokes as she reluctantly accepted his help. After recovering some composure, Yun Yun revealed her identity as the Yun Lan Sect leader, but Yun Shu remained unfazed.

• Yun Yun awoke unable to summon her strength and discovered that the Sealing Technique had left her helpless.
• Yun Shu explained that Yun Yun’s chest wound needed immediate treatment, and she reluctantly let him remove her Inner Armor and tend to it.
• Yun Shu covered Yun Yun with a blanket and joked with her while cleaning and medicating her wound.
• Yun Yun thanked Yun Shu, then grew wary when he addressed her as Sect Leader Yun.
• Yun Shu explained how he had recognized Yun Yun, and he refused to be intimidated by her status as leader of the Yun Lan Sect.

Yun Shu cared for the badly injured Yun Yun in a cave, feeding her porridge while she wondered whether he was the mysterious Dou Emperor she had encountered. After she thanked him and rested, Yun Shu returned to cultivating his soul and eating.

• Yun Shu fetched mild food for Yun Yun, found her asleep, and began cultivating his Soul Strength beside her.
• Yun Yun woke and suspected Yun Shu was the mysterious Dou Emperor, then called to him when she became hungry.
• Yun Shu helped Yun Yun sit up, covered her when the blanket slipped, and fed her porridge while she leaned against him.
• Yun Shu joked about the perks Yun Yun had given him, and Yun Yun called him a lecher and threatened him.
• Yun Shu laid Yun Yun down to rest and resumed cultivating, then realized he had not eaten; Yun Yun quietly thanked him.

Yun Shu escaped a Third-Order Magical Beast and returned to the cave, where Yun Yun offered to make him her disciple and invited him to the Yun Lan Sect. He refused because he had joined Canaan Academy, but promised to visit her, then left to get food while Yun Yun waited in the cave.

• Yun Shu fled a Third-Order Magical Beast and used Kamui to escape underground and reach the cave.
• Yun Yun offered to take Yun Shu as her disciple and bring him to the Yun Lan Sect, but Yun Shu said he had joined Canaan Academy.
• Yun Shu promised to visit Yun Yun, who brightened and said she would wait for him.
• Yun Shu showed Yun Yun medicinal herbs he had gathered and admitted he was an alchemist.
• Yun Shu left to get food, then returned to the cave with it while Yun Yun worried about his safety.

Yun Shu gathered medicinal herbs in the Monster Mountain Range and returned to the cave to help Yun Yun, whose injuries were still healing. After Yun Yun slapped him when he tried to kiss her, a beast’s roar interrupted them, and Yun Shu rushed outside to face the threat.

• Yun Shu collected high-grade medicinal herbs while sneaking through the Monster Mountain Range and decided he could trade magical beast corpses to the System.
• Yun Shu took Yun Yun outside to relieve herself and then carried her back toward the cave when she asked to bathe.
• Yun Shu leaned in to kiss Yun Yun, but she panicked and slapped him hard.
• A magical beast roared outside the cave, and Yun Shu realized he had forgotten to scatter repellent powder at the entrance.
• Yun Shu grabbed the Mystic Heavy Ruler and charged out while Yun Yun stayed behind, regretting that she had struck him.

Yun Shu returned to Yun Yun injured, and his feigned vulnerability brought them closer as she worried over and cared for him. As Yun Yun recovered, Yun Shu persuaded her to let him help steal the Amethyst Spirit Crystal from the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and she agreed to prepare him for the dangerous task.

• Yun Shu defeated a Second-Order Magical Beast, then deliberately returned to the cave bloodied and pretended his injury was serious.
• Yun Yun fretted over Yun Shu and apologized, while he told her to forget what had happened between them and meditated to recover.
• Yun Shu fetched water while Yun Yun bathed, and their growing closeness showed in her tender concern when he returned.
• After three or four days, Yun Shu proposed helping Yun Yun obtain the Amethyst Spirit Crystal by sneaking into the Lion King's cave while she drew it away.
• Yun Yun agreed to raise Yun Shu's strength with a Secret Method, clear the high-level Magical Beasts near the cave, and give him a crystal that would detect the Amethyst Spirit Crystal.

Yun Shu entered the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave while Yun Yun lured the beast away, then stole the Amethyst Spirit Crystal and Symbiotic Amethyst Source. After escaping the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, he returned to Yun Yun's recovery cave as the enraged Lion King vowed revenge.

• Yun Shu and Yun Yun traveled to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave, and Yun Yun told him to search for the Amethyst Spirit Crystal while she drew the beast away.
• Yun Yun lured the Amethyst Winged Lion King from its cave, and Yun Shu slipped inside while collecting the fallen magical beasts' corpses.
• Yun Shu used the Divine Concealment Art to reach the sleeping Little Lion King, sent it to the Alternate Dimension with Kamui, and found the Amethyst Spirit Crystal beneath its stone slab.
• Yun Shu harvested the Symbiotic Amethyst Source into jade bottles, stored the source and crystal, and returned the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King to the cave.
• The Little Amethyst Winged Lion King woke and attacked Yun Shu, who escaped underground with Kamui and fired a Signal Flare before teleporting back to Yun Yun's recovery cave.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King discovered Yun Shu had taken the Symbiotic Amethyst Source and swore revenge for what he had done to its son.

Yun Shu said goodbye to Yun Yun, learned the Burst Step movement technique, and won two Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pills in a lottery. Though he was only a Dou Master and the pills could be dangerous at his level, he decided to risk taking one with the Fallen Heart Flame’s help.

• Yun Yun gave Yun Shu the Amethyst Spirit Crystal and gifted him her Inner Armor and a Burst Step scroll before leaving after they embraced and kissed.
• Yun Shu entered the Kamui Space, searched fifty-six magical beast corpses, and obtained twelve fourth-tier and five fifth-tier Magic Cores.
• Yun Shu spent a day learning Burst Step, then sold the technique scroll and beast corpses through the system.
• Yun Shu won two Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pills and considered how they could raise his cultivation, despite their risks for a Dou Master.
• Yun Shu decided to take a pill and rely on the Fallen Heart Flame to refine its energy.

Yun Shu absorbed a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill and rose from Three-Star Dou Shi to Seven-Star Dou Shi. After leaving his cave, he tested his strengthened body against a Second-Order Magical Beast and sensed people approaching, possibly the Blood Battle Mercenary Group.

• Yun Shu took a Three-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill, and Fallen Heart Flame cleansed its energy as it strengthened his meridians.
• Yun Shu advanced through Four-Star, Five-Star, and Six-Star Dou Shi to Seven-Star Dou Shi before the pill's energy ran out.
• Yun Shu left the cave, flew to the outskirts of the Monster Mountain Range, and decided to test his new strength before departing.
• Yun Shu fought a Second-Order Magical Beast with Burst Step, Heavenly Thunder Break, and Orochi Nagi, then finished it with the Mystic Heavy Ruler.
• Yun Shu detected people hurrying toward him and wondered whether they belonged to the Blood Battle Mercenary Group.

Yun Shu rescued Ka Gang and Ling Er from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, then defeated Gan Mu while leaving Mu She for Xiao Yan to face. He visited Little Fairy Doctor at the Ten Thousand Medicines Hall, bound Compassionate Soul Descent to her, and said goodbye before heading to the Tagor Desert.

• Yun Shu stopped Ka Gang and Ling Er as they fled and asked about Little Fairy Doctor, learning that she had become the Ten Thousand Medicines Hall's master.
• Yun Shu sent Ka Gang and Ling Er away and killed Gan Mu with Absorption Palm and the Mystic Heavy Ruler after Gan Mu mistook him for Xiao Yan.
• Yun Shu decided to leave Mu She for Xiao Yan and went to visit Little Fairy Doctor at night.
• Yun Shu bound Compassionate Soul Descent to Little Fairy Doctor and told her he planned to cultivate in the Tagor Desert.
• Yun Shu promised Little Fairy Doctor he would come whenever she called, and the two embraced before he left.