Chapter Summaries

Lu Yu discussed Fen Jue and the search for Strange Fires with Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao, then used two pills to advance to Nine-star Great Dou Master. After stabilizing his cultivation with Earth Fire Lotus Seeds, he planned to send Xun'er the Method for Shaping Exotic Flame Spiritual Meridians.

• Old Man Yao explained that the Method for Shaping Spiritual Meridians could offset Fen Jue's slow early cultivation once Xiao Yan found his first Strange Fire, and promised to help him search.
• Lu Yu said farewell to Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao, then returned to his room and swallowed two Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills.
• Lu Yu broke through to Nine-star Great Dou Master and considered using Jia Nan Academy's Falling Heart Flame to temper his Pagoda Tower.
• Lu Yu fed three Earth Fire Lotus Seeds to his Earth Core Flame, tempering his Dou Qi until his cultivation stabilized by morning.
• Lu Yu put away the remaining two lotus seeds and decided to send Xun'er the Method for Shaping Exotic Flame Spiritual Meridians.

Lu Yu visited Xun'er after returning from training, told her about the Exotic Flame he had found, and gave her three rare secret methods. Xun'er exchanged a powerful clan fighting skill with him, while Ling Ying worried about keeping her gift and their closeness secret from the clan.

• Lu Yu visited Xun'er, and she welcomed him with tea after teasing him for being away so long.
• Lu Yu explained that Queen Medusa had the Green Lotus Core Flame and showed Xun'er how his Earth Core Flame had evolved.
• Lu Yu gave Xun'er three secret methods, including ones that could improve aptitude and Soul Perception.
• Xun'er gave Lu Yu a clan fighting skill that could rival a Heavenly Rank Fighting Skill, warning him not to share or display it and explaining that its prohibition would lift at the Dou Wang Realm.
• Lu Yu embraced Xun'er, while Ling Ying watched from hiding and decided not to report that she had given away the Emperor Seal Art.

Lu Yu broke Hai Bodong’s seal in the Xiao Family’s Back Mountain, restoring the Ice Emperor to the Dou Huang realm. After Hai Bodong took a Restoration Pill, his cultivation rapidly returned to Five-star Dou Huang.

• Lu Yu told Hai Bodong he was ready to remove all his seals and took him to the Back Mountain.
• Old Man Yao sensed a Dou Wang approaching and hid in Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring before Lu Yu and Hai Bodong arrived.
• Lu Yu used azure and crimson runes to shatter Hai Bodong’s snake-shaped seal, and Hai Bodong reclaimed his Dou Huang power.
• Lu Yu gave Hai Bodong a Restoration Pill, which raised his cultivation from one-star to Five-star Dou Huang.

Lu Yu received Hai Bodong’s token and Demonic Flame Fragmented Map, then had him break the Dou Wang seal on a Jade Slip and discovered the Emperor Seal Art inside. Ten days later, Lu Yu began a new simulation as a Fire Spirit Clan descendant, whose stolen spiritual vein was restored through an exotic flame and whose divine vein earned him a place in the clan’s Ancestral Land; after reaching Third-grade Supreme, he had to choose a reward.

• Hai Bodong gave Lu Yu his token and the other half of the Demonic Flame Fragmented Map, then broke the seal on Lu Yu’s Jade Slip.
• Hai Bodong departed, and Lu Yu discovered that the Jade Slip contained the Emperor Seal Art.
• Lu Yu chose the Fire Spirit Clan Descendant identity for his refreshed simulation.
• In the simulation, Lu Yu’s mother brought him to the Fire Spirit Clan, where the elders dug out his Heavenly Spiritual Vein and expelled them to a remote branch.
• Lu Yu studied Fen Jue, acquired the Nine Netherworld Sparrow’s evolved Undying Fire, reconstructed his spiritual vein, and awakened a divine vein that drew the clan’s attention.
• Lu Yu trained in the Ancestral Land, learned three techniques, and reached Third-grade Supreme before the simulation ended with a choice among three rewards.

Lu Yu chose the Heavenly Fire techniques from the inheritance and began training in the Sky Burning Spirit Incineration Technique. After sparring with Xiao Yi Xian, he considered how to develop Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and left her cultivation path undecided.

• Lu Yu examined the inheritance techniques, chose to cultivate the Sky Burning Spirit Incineration Technique first, and began comprehending it.
• Several days later, Lu Yu repeatedly defeated Xiao Yi Xian in sparring and told her to train with him to improve her combat experience.
• Lu Yu decided Qing Lin needed to focus on building a foundation before learning practical combat skills.
• Lu Yu realized Qing Lin’s cold Snake-human constitution was incompatible with Heavenly Flames, ruling out the soul technique he had considered for her.
• Lu Yu considered other fields, such as artifact forging and spiritual arrays, and wondered which path would best develop Qing Lin’s potential.

After two months of cultivation, Lu Yu broke through to Two-star Dou Spirit and prepared for Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment. At the recruitment square, he reunited with Xiao Yan and met Instructor Ruo Lin, whose tests revealed the extraordinary strength of Lu Yu and his companions.

• Lu Yu cultivated with the Crimson Flame Flower and broke through to Two-star Dou Spirit as the flower withered.
• Lu Yu recalled that he had obtained the Spirit Butterfly Illusionary Body Art for Qing Lin and the Crimson Flame Flower through two months of simulations.
• Lu Yu brought Little Fairy Doctor, Qing Lin, and Xun'er to Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment, where Xiao Yan introduced them to his cousin Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Yu led Lu Yu and the others through a side entrance to meet Instructor Ruo Lin, who was startled by their ages.
• Ruo Lin tested the group and recorded Qing Lin as a fourteen-year-old Six-star Dou Master, Xun'er as a Six-star Dou Master, Little Fairy Doctor as a Seven-star Great Dou Master, and Lu Yu as a Two-star Dou Spirit.

Lu Yu and Xiao Yan parted ways as Xiao Yan began a year of independent training, while Xun'er was summoned back to the Ancient Clan. After she left through a Space Passage, Lu Yu resolved to grow strong enough to silence the elders who had taken her away.

• Instructor Ruo Lin said Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor might be suited to entering Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy directly, pending Vice Dean Hu Gan's decision.
• Xiao Yan told Lu Yu he had taken a year's leave to train on his own and planned to meet him in the Inner Academy a year later; Lu Yu advised him that Beast Flame could substitute for an Exotic Flame.
• Ling Ying told Xun'er that the Ancient Clan's Elder Council had ordered her return, and Xun'er asked to say goodbye to Lu Yu.
• As Jia Nan Academy prepared to leave Wutan City, Xun'er told Lu Yu she came from a powerful faction in the Central Plains and had to return to her clan.
• Four Golden-robed Elders arrived, and Xun'er defended Lu Yu from Elder Gu Qian before leaving with them through a Space Passage.
• Lu Yu told Instructor Ruo Lin he was calculating how many years he needed to become strong enough to silence the Ancient Clan's elders.

Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor reached Jia Nan Academy and sought direct entry to the Inner Academy, but Vice Dean Hu Gan said they would have to prove themselves to students whose places they would take. Lu Yu began fighting Lin Qingtian, and the chapter ended as he descended on him with Guardian Trigram Palm.

• Ruo Lin brought Lu Yu, Little Fairy Doctor, and Qing Lin to Jia Nan Academy, where she planned to register Qing Lin and ask Hu Gan about the other two joining the Inner Academy.
• Hu Gan agreed that Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor were better suited to the Inner Academy but explained that their entry would displace students who had earned places through the selection tournament.
• Liu Yu challenged Little Fairy Doctor, while Lin Qingtian challenged Lu Yu, and Hu Gan took them to the sparring arena to settle the dispute.
• Lin Qingtian attacked Lu Yu with Earth Splitting Slash, and Lu Yu dodged before countering with his Earth-tier Heavenly Dragon Flame Finger.
• Lin Qingtian raised an Earth Element Body Protection shield against Lu Yu's attack, but Lu Yu vanished from sight and then plunged toward him from above with Guardian Trigram Palm.

Lu Yu defeated Lin Qingtian, and Little Fairy Doctor defeated Liu Yu, securing the five successful students a chance to choose one treasure from the Library Pavilion. The Thousand Hundred Elders opened the pavilion’s spatial entrance, and the five entered to make their selections.

• Lu Yu overwhelmed Lin Qingtian with his Earth Core Flame, and Lin Qingtian admitted defeat.
• Little Fairy Doctor defeated Liu Yu with her Purple Butterflies and assured Hu Gan that Liu Yu would recover safely.
• Hu Gan led Lu Yu and the other three successful students to the Library Pavilion, explaining that Lin Qingtian and Liu Yu had forfeited their reward by losing their challenges.
• The Thousand Hundred Elders recognized Lu Yu’s unranked Earth Core Flame and opened the Library Pavilion’s spatial doorway.
• After Hu Gan warned them to choose carefully and return within one hour, Lu Yu and the other four entered the pavilion.

Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor searched the Library Pavilion for treasures, and Lu Yu secured an Earth-tier fire palm technique while helping her obtain a lightning movement skill. The Thousand Hundred Elders ended the selection, and the group returned to the valley to meet vice principal Hu Gan.

• Lu Yu caught Earth Core Flame Marrow, then set it aside while he searched for an Earth-tier palm technique.
• Lu Yu broke the barrier around a purple movement scroll and gave Little Fairy Doctor the Earth-tier low-grade Purple Thunder Jade Illusory Body.
• Lu Yu trapped a red-gold light cluster and claimed the Earth-tier mid-grade Sky Burning Sea Boiling Palm.
• The Thousand Hundred Elders announced that time was up, and Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor left the Library Pavilion with the other students.
• Hu Gan greeted the five students in the valley and noted that they appeared to have gained a lot.

Hu Gan sent Lu Yu directly to the Inner Academy and gave him a Green Fire Crystal Card, while Lin Qingtian and Liu Yu departed for the Central Plains. That night, Lu Yu helped Little Fairy Doctor break through to Eight-star Great Dou Master and lent her the Mysterious Turtle Seal ahead of the Fire Energy Hunt Competition.

• Hu Gan told the students to rest before entering the Inner Academy, and Lin Qingtian and Liu Yu announced that their clan had summoned them back to the Central Plains.
• Hu Gan excused Lu Yu from the Fire Energy Hunt Competition, directed him to report to the Inner Academy, and gave him a Green Fire Crystal Card with three hundred fire energy points.
• Lu Yu guided Little Fairy Doctor's cultivation, helping her break through to Eight-star Great Dou Master.
• Lu Yu advised Little Fairy Doctor to learn the Purple Thunder Jade Illusory Body scroll and gave her the Mysterious Turtle Seal for protection during the hunt.
• Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor agreed to cultivate together for the rest of the night.

Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor settled into the Inner Academy and entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to cultivate. After the tower absorbed the first-level heart flame, Lu Yu headed for the sixth level, where a powerful heat source stirred the Great Pagoda Tower within him.

• Little Fairy Doctor defeated five senior students who tried to ambush her, took their Fire Crystal Cards, and entered the Inner Academy.
• Little Fairy Doctor returned Lu Yu's Mysterious Turtle Seal and agreed to move into his courtyard.
• Lu Yu and Little Fairy Doctor visited the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, where he gave her Ice Heart Pills to guard against fire poison.
• The first-level heart flame entered Lu Yu's body, but the Great Pagoda Tower absorbed it before it could spread.
• Lu Yu escorted Little Fairy Doctor to the fourth level, then went to the sixth level and found an empty cultivation room with a powerful crimson platform.

Lu Yu cultivated for half a month in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, reaching three-star Dou Ling and making the Great Pagoda Tower more solid. He then simulated life as a Northern Darkness Dragon Kun, whose journey ended after reaching Second-grade Supreme and learning a Great Divine Art, and faced a choice of three rewards.

• Lu Yu split the Formless Heart Flame between tempering his body and strengthening the Great Pagoda Tower during half a month of cultivation.
• Lu Yu broke through to three-star Dou Ling and found that the Great Pagoda Tower had become thirty percent solid.
• Lu Yu returned home, found a note and lunch from Qing Lin, and began his monthly simulation after eating.
• Lu Yu chose the Northern Darkness Dragon Kun Cub identity and formed a Bloodline Link with Mu Chen after helping him in Black Nether Abyss.
• Lu Yu became the Northern Darkness Dragon Kun’s disciple, reached the Divine Beast Realm, and advanced to Second-grade Supreme after swallowing his tribulation.
• Lu Yu learned Nine Heavens Divine Thunder Inducement, and the simulation offered him the Dragon Pattern Fruit, Northern Darkness Dragon Kun Fist, or Northern Darkness Dragon Kun Essence Blood.

Lu Yu chose a Dragon Pattern Fruit from the simulation rewards and met Zi Yan, who was drawn to its fragrance. They agreed to trade it for half of the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk guarded by the Snow Demon Sky Ape and access to the Sixth Floor No. 1 Training Room, then set off together.

• Lu Yu rejected the Northern Darkness Dragon Kun Essence Blood and Northern Darkness Dragon Kun Fist, choosing the Dragon Pattern Fruit instead.
• Zi Yan climbed through Lu Yu’s window and begged him to share a bite of the fruit.
• Lu Yu offered Zi Yan half the Dragon Pattern Fruit if she helped lure away the Snow Demon Sky Ape, and added access to the Sixth Floor No. 1 Training Room to the deal.
• Zi Yan agreed and promised to lead Lu Yu to the Snow Demon Sky Ape.
• Lu Yu messaged Little Fairy Doctor that he was going out on business, then followed Zi Yan.

Lu Yu and Zi Yan raided the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s lair for Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, while Zi Yan distracted the beast. After Lu Yu found the real treasure and returned, he gave Zi Yan the Dragon Pattern Fruit, which sent her strength surging to Peak Seven-star Dou Wang.

• Zi Yan revealed she had already beaten the Snow Demon Sky Ape into sharing some diluted Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, but agreed to distract it while Lu Yu searched the lair.
• Zi Yan attacked the Snow Demon Sky Ape as Lu Yu slipped into its valley and found a hidden underground cavern.
• Lu Yu discovered that the milk in the cavern’s pool was diluted and identified the real treasure concealed above the largest stalactite.
• Lu Yu returned with bottles of Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and gave Zi Yan the Dragon Pattern Fruit he had promised her.
• Zi Yan ate the entire Dragon Pattern Fruit and surged to Peak Seven-star Dou Wang before thanking Lu Yu.

Lu Yu brought Zi Yan back to the courtyard, where she befriended Little Fairy Doctor before falling asleep. The next morning, Lu Yu prepared a medicinal bath from Earth Core Body Tempering Milk for himself and Little Fairy Doctor, and set aside a diluted bottle for Qing Lin.

• Lu Yu left the valley with Zi Yan, who promised to show him a place with plenty of tasty fruits.
• Zi Yan met Little Fairy Doctor, gave her colorful Spirit Fruits, and enjoyed her medicinal tea before falling asleep at the table.
• Little Fairy Doctor told Lu Yu that Qing Lin had reached Seven-Star Dou Practitioner and was being cared for by Instructor Ruo Lin and Cousin Xiao Yu.
• Lu Yu showed Little Fairy Doctor the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and explained its effects and the need to dilute it with medicinal ingredients.
• Lu Yu prepared two basins of medicinal bath for himself and Little Fairy Doctor, and reserved a diluted bottle for Qing Lin.
• Little Fairy Doctor entered her basin while Lu Yu went to another room to soak separately.

After advancing to late-stage Four-star Dou Ling, Lu Yu sought a way to earn more Fire Energy Points and began challenging Strong Ranking students in the Arena. He lured Qian Mo, the Strong Ranking’s eighth-ranked expert, into a match with five hundred points at stake.

• Lu Yu used the medicinal bath to cleanse his marrow and raise his cultivation to late-stage Four-star Dou Ling.
• Zi Yan told Lu Yu that Strong Ranking victories earned Fire Energy Points and that reaching the top ten brought a thousand-point reward.
• Lu Yu defeated seven Strong Ranking students in a row, including Lu Yan, and challenged the crowd while offering five hundred Fire Energy Points to the winner.
• Qian Mo, ranked eighth on the Strong Ranking, entered the arena and agreed to wager five hundred points against Lu Yu.

Lu Yu defeated Qian Mo in a fierce arena battle, winning five hundred Fire Energy Points and drawing attention from the Inner Academy’s strongest students. As the chapter ended, Liu Qing and Lin Xiuyai arrived on the day of their arranged battle.

• Qian Mo attacked Lu Yu with his Golden Ring Saws, but Lu Yu’s fiery afterimages exploded and blasted him away.
• Qian Mo launched a Golden Ring Slash, but Lu Yu dodged with his Purple Cloud Wings and counterattacked with Guardian Trigram Palm.
• Lu Yu overwhelmed Qian Mo with a barrage of palm prints until Elder Su intervened and declared Lu Yu the winner.
• Spectators argued that Qian Mo had not used his full strength, but Liu Qing said Qian Mo had lost because he fought recklessly.
• Lin Xiuyai arrived, praised Lu Yu, and was identified as the Strong Ranking’s second-ranked student; the crowd noted that he and Liu Qing had an arranged battle that day.

After defeating Qian Mo, Lu Yu accepted Yan Hao’s challenge and revealed power far beyond his apparent cultivation. He defeated the Strong Ranking Fifth with a single strike, leaving the arena stunned.

• Yan Hao arrived and said he wanted to spar with Lu Yu, while Liu Qing and Lin Xiuyai urged him to let the exhausted newcomer rest.
• Elder Su awarded Lu Yu 1,500 Fire Energy Points for his victory and first entry into the Strong Ranking top ten.
• Lu Yu initially refused Yan Hao’s challenge, but turned back after Yan Hao offered him 500 Fire Energy Points for the match.
• Lu Yu used Burning Heaven Spirit Incineration to raise his cultivation to the early stage of Seven-star Dou Ling and declared that he had no opponent below Dou Wang.
• Yan Hao attacked with Mountain Splitting Hammer, but Lu Yu countered with Heavenly Dragon Flame Finger and knocked Yan Hao and his hammer away in one move.

After winning nine Arena matches, Lu Yu entered Training Room No. 1 to cultivate with its powerful Heart Flame. Three months later, he broke through from Four-star Dou Ling to Seven-star Dou Ling.

• Liu Qing challenged Lu Yu, but Lin Xiuyai intervened because Lu Yu had already fought nine matches and was exhausted.
• Lu Yu collected his Fire Energy Points and returned to the courtyard, where he gave Little Fairy Doctor diluted Earth Core Body Tempering Milk for Qing Lin.
• Lu Yu asked Zi Yan to guide him to Training Room No. 1 on the sixth level of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and began cultivating there.
• Over three months of absorbing Heart Flame, Lu Yu's Pagoda Tower activated sixty percent of its markings and he reached Seven-star Dou Ling.