Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ze revealed that he was a twelve-year-old Da Dou Shi to Instructor Ruolin and asked her to keep his strength quiet while securing Jia Nan Academy’s best training for him. He persuaded Ruolin to stay at the Xiao Family during recruitment, giving the family a chance to attract favor from Wu Tan City’s factions.

• Ruolin privately questioned Xiao Ze after learning his strength, and he asked her to keep it secret except from the academy head.
• Xiao Ze explained that he wanted Jia Nan Academy’s highest-level training without drawing unnecessary attention, and Ruolin understood his intentions.
• Xiao Ze asked Ruolin to stay temporarily at the Xiao Family during recruitment to bring benefits to his family, and she agreed while refusing to receive other factions.
• Xiao Ze returned to the tent, left with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian, and told Xiao Yu to bring Ruolin to the Xiao Family.
• The Xiao Family elders hurriedly arranged accommodations for Ruolin.

Xiao Ze spent the seven days before leaving for Jia Nan Academy cultivating and reached Three Star Da Dou Shi. As the recruitment group prepared to depart, Rod confronted him over the aftermath of their earlier fight but backed down after Xiao Ze reminded him of his injuries.

• Xiao Zhan welcomed Instructor Ruolin and Jia Nan Academy’s female students to the Xiao Family, while using Xiao Ze’s influence to strengthen his position as Patriarch.
• Xiao Ze cultivated in seclusion for seven days and advanced two stars to reach Three Star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian met Xiao Ze on the day of departure, and Xiao Yu joined them on their way to the square.
• Ruolin greeted the three and had them help with the recruitment party’s final tasks.
• Rod confronted Xiao Ze about the seven days he had endured, but left after Xiao Ze warned him not to act beyond his limits and reminded him of his injuries.

Xiao Ze and the Jia Nan Academy recruitment teams crossed the Black Corner Region under escort, enduring bandit attacks and seeing the convoy’s brutal warnings. They reached Jia Nan City, where Instructor Ruo Lin began arranging the freshmen’s enrollment and told Xiao Ze not to disappear before she finished.

• Instructor Ruo Lin explained the dangers of crossing the Black Corner Region and estimated the journey would take about ten days.
• An academy elder ordered the recruitment teams to depart, and the convoy entered the Black Corner Region.
• On the fifth day, academy experts killed attacking bandits and displayed their heads on flagpoles, frightening the freshmen and discouraging further attacks.
• Xiao Ze contemplated combining the Calamity Poison Body’s poison with his Water Attribute Dou Qi as the convoy traveled deeper into the region.
• The convoy passed Peace Town and the Dead Spirit Tree, crossed a Primeval Forest, and reached Jia Nan City.
• Instructor Ruo Lin grabbed Xiao Ze’s hand and insisted he stay until she had arranged the freshmen’s affairs.

Xiao Ze met Vice Dean Hu Gan and negotiated a training plan that traded most benefits for another chance to enter the Library Pavilion. He returned to the loft with the promised opportunities pending, intending to use one to find a poison-element cultivation method for Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Ze completed enrollment with Instructor Ruolin and went to meet Vice Dean Hu Gan at the library building.
• Hu Gan tested Xiao Ze’s composure, then offered him a training plan with a Library Pavilion opportunity, monthly Pill Credits, and private instruction in exchange for future aid and three years of service.
• Xiao Ze asked to replace the other benefits with a second opportunity to enter the Library Pavilion, and Hu Gan agreed to discuss preserving some benefits with the other senior members.
• Xiao Ze returned to the loft and told Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian about the arrangement, explaining that he hoped to find Xiao Yi Xian a high-grade poison-element cultivation method.

Xiao Ze entered the Library Pavilion and quickly obtained two Earth-tier Cultivation Methods. He left with both scrolls, surprising Hu Gan and the two elders with how easily he had found them.

• Hu Gan told Xiao Ze that his approved training proposal granted him two Library Pavilion visits at the cost of reducing or canceling other benefits.
• Hu Gan led Xiao Ze to the Library Pavilion, where two gray-robed elders opened a Space Gate after learning that the twelve-year-old Xiao Ze was a Four Star Great Dou Master.
• Xiao Ze asked to combine his two visits, and one gray-robed elder extended his time inside to two hours and allowed him to take out two items.
• Xiao Ze entered the Library Pavilion without being affected by the plaque and returned in less than ten minutes with two Earth-tier Cultivation Methods.
• Xiao Ze explained that several scrolls had flown to him and that he had quickly chosen two methods he needed, leaving Hu Gan and the elders astonished.

After obtaining two Earth-tier Cultivation Methods, Xiao Ze began classes at Jia Nan Academy and impressed his classmates by guiding their sparring. When Ruolin announced a Class Competition with a Fifth-Grade Pill as a prize, Xiao Ze volunteered to represent his class.

• Hu Gan praised Xiao Ze's fortune and let him leave with two Earth-tier Cultivation Methods.
• Xiao Ze, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Xun'er spent the night cultivating in the back mountain before Ruolin summoned them to formal classes.
• During practical class, Xiao Ze coached his red-haired sparring partner and rapidly improved her fighting skills.
• Xiao Xun'er quieted the students who wanted Xiao Ze to guide them, and Ruolin arranged for him to take turns sparring with the class.
• Ruolin announced a Class Competition in ten days, offering the winning class resources and a Fifth-Grade Pill, and Xiao Ze volunteered to compete.

Xiao Ze perfected the Vast Sea Ethereal Art and fused his Dou Qi with poison, then used the unseen effect to win the Class Competition matches with ease. His reputation among the freshmen soared, while an elder left for the Law Enforcement Team’s headquarters after observing his unusual power.

• Xiao Ze fused his Dou Qi with Calamity Poison Power, creating an invisible force that could induce unconsciousness, and went to the Class Competition to test it.
• Xiao Ze defeated Bai Li of Mysterious Tier Class 3 with one move, and the crowd mistook Bai Li’s sudden weakness for a fixed match.
• Bai Li threatened his classmates after they mocked his loss, and his instructor rebuked him for refusing to accept defeat.
• Several elders recognized that Xiao Ze had won through a vast difference in strength, and one elder headed toward the Law Enforcement Team’s headquarters.
• Xiao Ze told Ruolin that his new power was an ability rather than a Dou Technique, then defeated every subsequent opponent without needing a second move.
• Xiao Ze’s reputation among the freshmen surpassed Xiao Xun’er’s, and some students called him the strongest freshman.

Xiao Ze won the Class Competition and received a Fifth-Grade Body Sculpting Flame Pill, which he gave to Xiao Xun'er. As the three friends continued cultivating, Xiao Xun'er reached the Nine Star Dou Practitioner bottleneck.

• Xiao Ze defeated his final opponent, was named the Class Competition’s victor, and secured a year of academy resources for Yellow Tier Class 2.
• Hu Gan awarded Xiao Ze the Fifth-Grade Body Sculpting Flame Pill, and Xiao Ze gave it to Xiao Xun'er, who planned to take it when advancing from Nine Star Dou Practitioner.
• Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian focused on cultivation, while Xiao Ze saved Xiao Xun'er's return reward for a future breakthrough.
• After the competition, Xiao Ze avoided most classes and recruitment efforts, attending practical lessons where students sought chances to spar with him.
• Xiao Xun'er reached a crucial cultivation bottleneck at Nine Star Dou Practitioner.

Xiao Xun'er consumed a Fifth-Grade Pill, improved her aptitude, and broke through to Dou Shi, earning Xiao Ze a major system reward. The next day, a red-clad girl unexpectedly confessed to Xiao Xun'er at the academy.

• Xiao Xun'er swallowed the Body Sculpting Flame Pill and refined its power as energy gathered around her.
• Xiao Xun'er broke through to Dou Shi, and Xiao Ze received a system notification granting him a dramatic aptitude improvement.
• Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian celebrated by catching and cooking Ice Spirit Rabbits before returning to cultivation.
• Xiao Ze returned to the academy and sparred with a classmate while other students watched and learned.
• A red-clad girl approached Xiao Xun'er and confessed that she liked her, asking if she wanted to date.

Xiao Xun'er discouraged Hu Jia's romantic pursuit by revealing that she was a Dou Master, while Xiao Ze continued sparring with a classmate. After the three left class, Instructor Ruolin stopped them to explain the Magical Beast Hunting Competition.

• Xiao Ze warned a distracted black-haired girl about the dangers of losing focus and continued sparring with her.
• Hu Jia introduced herself to Xiao Xun'er and confessed her interest, prompting Xiao Xun'er to show her Dou Master-level cultivation.
• Hu Jia decided to work hard to catch up to Xiao Xun'er and ran out of the cultivation room.
• Xiao Ze ended the sparring session, and Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian waited for him as the three prepared to leave.
• Instructor Ruolin caught up with Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian and began telling them about the Magical Beast Hunting Competition.

Ruolin explained the all-academy Magical Beast Hunting Competition and asked Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian whether they would attend optional training in the Black Corner Region. Xiao Ze declined the training, registered their trio for the competition, and broke through to seven-star Da Dou Shi, discovering that his Dou Crystal now steadily strengthened his body.

• Ruolin explained that the Magical Beast Hunting Competition would take place in three days, with teams of up to five students and generous rewards for the top ten.
• Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian declined the optional Black Corner Region training.
• Xiao Ze decided to enter the competition with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian and asked Ruolin to register their team.
• Two days later, Xiao Ze claimed his rewards while cultivating at the waterfall and smoothly broke through to seven-star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Ze discovered that his Dou Crystal scattered deep-blue light throughout his body, gradually nourishing and strengthening it.

Xiao Ze tested how his Dou Crystal converted Dou Qi into physical strength, then entered the Magical Beast Hunting Competition with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian. After hunting a wolf in the back mountain, the group encountered five women in the woods.

• Xiao Ze confirmed that his Dou Crystal consumed a steady amount of Dou Qi to strengthen his body and concluded that his cultivation had diverged from the traditional system.
• Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian ate breakfast and headed to the competition grounds, where Ruolin explained the ten-day hunt and its rules.
• The competition began, and Xiao Ze led his companions past the freshmen's hunting area into the back mountain's middle section.
• Xiao Ze avoided a nearby fight between teams and killed an Azure Wood Wolf, taking its magical beast core.
• Five beautiful women emerged from the woods, and Xiao Ze's group realized they had encountered freshmen.

Xiao Ze met Han Yue and her team during the Magical Beast Hunting Competition, then pressed deeper into the back mountain to hunt stronger beasts. After defeating a Tier 3 Magical Beast, he confronted a Tier 4 Green-Furred Demonic Ape and weakened it with Calamity Poison Power, leaving the secretly watching elders stunned.

• Han Yue discovered Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian surrounded by defeated Azure Wood Wolves, introduced herself, and invited them to travel with her team.
• Xiao Ze declined Han Yue's invitation, and she warned the three freshmen to prioritize their safety before continuing onward with her companions.
• Concerned about the competition's rewards and the value of higher-tier magic cores, Xiao Ze led his group deeper into the back mountain as two elders began keeping watch over him.
• Xiao Ze defeated a Tier 3 Magical Beast with ease, while Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian supported him from a distance.
• When a Tier 4 Green-Furred Demonic Ape arrived, Xiao Ze spread Calamity Poison Power across the area, and the beast inhaled it and became stiff.
• Xiao Ze used Azure Sea Vortex to restrict the poisoned demonic ape, while Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and the guarding elders watched in surprise.

Xiao Ze used Calamity Poison Power and Azure Sea Vortexes to trap and weaken a peak Tier 4 demonic ape, then escaped its desperate wind-blade attack with a Flying Dou Skill and killed it. With its magical core secured, his team avoided further Tier 4 fights and continued gathering herbs and hunting Tier 3 beasts, confident they would take first place.

• The demonic ape broke free of Xiao Ze’s vortex and charged, but Calamity Poison Power slowed it while he retreated toward a small valley.
• Xiao Ze used the stream to form Azure Sea Vortexes around the demonic ape, trapping it and infusing its wounds with poison.
• The dying demonic ape unleashed a barrage of cyan wind blades, and Xiao Ze used a Flying Dou Skill to rise above the attack.
• Xiao Ze killed the demonic ape and took its Tier 4 magical core as Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xun’er hurried to check on him.
• Xiao Ze’s team stayed in the back mountain, gathering herbs and hunting Tier 3 Magical Beasts rather than risking another Tier 4 fight.

As the Magical Beast Hunting Competition results were tallied, Han Yue overtook Bai Cheng for first place, while Xiao Ze’s team presented an enormous magic core that stunned the instructors. The chapter ended with a shocked instructor rushing onto the platform to announce Xiao Ze’s result.

• Ruolin reunited with Xiao Ze and his companions and brought them to the plaza to have their harvest inspected.
• Bai Cheng’s team scored 1,050 points and took the temporary lead in the competition.
• Han Yue’s team scored 1,260 points, pushing Bai Cheng into second place and claiming first.
• Vice Dean Hu Gan and the other elders discussed Xiao Ze’s successful challenge against a peak fourth-tier magical beast.
• Xiao Ze placed several bulging backpacks on the inspection table, and the instructors were stunned by the enormous magic core inside.
• A shocked female instructor ran onto the platform as the students waited to hear Xiao Ze’s team score.

Xiao Ze's team won the Magical Beast Hunting Competition with a record-breaking 2,675 points, and Vice Dean Hu Gan confirmed the result after Bai Cheng questioned it. Xiao Ze collected his rewards and discovered that his new Water Attribute Dou Technique, Azure Sea Raging Waves, seemed to pair well with Azure Sea Vortex.

• The ranking instructor announced that Xiao Ze's team had scored 2,675 points and taken first place, prompting disbelief from the students and instructors.
• Bai Cheng accused the team of cheating, but an elder warned him against questioning the Academy's fairness.
• Vice Dean Hu Gan confirmed the score was genuine and revealed that Xiao Ze's team had submitted a Tier 4 Magic Core.
• Hu Gan declared Xiao Ze's team the competition's winner and announced that they had broken the record for all previous competitions.
• Two days later, Xiao Ze received doubled Pill Credits, three Profound Tier High-Grade Dou Techniques, and six cultivation pills exchanged for Fire Attribute pills.
• Xiao Ze examined Azure Sea Raging Waves and realized it seemed to pair perfectly with Azure Sea Vortex.

Xiao Ze focused on helping Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian prepare for the Inner Academy Selection Competition, while Xiao Yan asked Old Ya to help him catch up to his Fourth Brother. Old Ya confidently offered to train Xiao Yan as an alchemist, then was stunned to learn Xiao Ze had become a Da Dou Shi at twelve.

• Xiao Ze gave Xiao Xun'er all six cultivation-aiding pills and promised to give up his chance at the Inner Academy if she and Xiao Yi Xian could not enter with him.
• Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian withdrew from academy life to cultivate, while Xiao Ze spent his Pill Credits on pills for Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan asked Old Ya whether he could help him catch up to Xiao Ze, and Old Ya promised to make him an alchemist.
• Old Ya dismissed the Pill King as no match for him and asked Xiao Yan to explain Xiao Ze's progress.
• Xiao Yan told Old Ya that Xiao Ze had been a Da Dou Shi at twelve, leaving Old Ya stunned.

Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Ze’s talent was extraordinarily rare and resolved to catch up to his fourth brother. With Old Ya’s guidance, Xiao Yan resumed cultivating and learned his wristguard had helped restore his Dou Qi, while Xiao Ze prepared to break through to Dou Ling.

• Old Ya was stunned when Xiao Yan described Xiao Ze becoming a Da Dou Shi at twelve and said his talent was rare across the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xiao Yan admitted he had made catching up to Xiao Ze an obsession, and Old Ya encouraged him not to give up.
• Xiao Yan cultivated and felt his Dou Qi return, then learned the wristguard Xiao Ze gave him contained a treasure that absorbed Dou Qi.
• Old Ya warned Xiao Yan that catching up would require grueling cultivation and expensive medicinal ingredients, and promised pills could help him advance.
• Xiao Yan resolved to reach the Dou Zhe realm as Xiao Ze prepared to break through to Dou Ling.

At the Jia Nan Academy waterfall, Xiao Ze used his accumulated energy and nearly twenty System rewards to break through to Dou Ling. His Dou Crystal shattered and revealed a golden tree with a seven-colored branch, marking the start of a new cultivation path.

• Xiao Ze decided to break through after building up his strength at Nine-Star Da Dou Shi for months.
• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian encouraged Xiao Ze as he began cultivating in the waterfall pool.
• Xiao Ze claimed his accumulated rewards, triggering a massive influx of energy that drew a towering vortex of heaven and earth energy.
• Xiao Ze's Dou Crystal absorbed the refined energy until it cracked, while Ling Ying watched in astonishment.
• Xiao Ze's Dou Crystal shattered and formed a Void Space, where he discovered a golden tree with a single seven-colored branch.

After breaking through to the Dou Ling realm, Xiao Ze discovered that the Tree of Origin organized the feedback powers within him and transformed his body and soul. He registered with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian for the Inner Academy Selection Competition, which began as the three prepared to compete.

• Xiao Ze awakened after two days and one night and found that the Tree of Origin had grown, strengthening his body and soul as he advanced to the Dou Ling realm.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Ze Instructor Ruo Lin's message announcing registration for the Inner Academy Selection Competition.
• Xiao Ze decided that he, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian would enter the competition, and all three continued preparing while the Outer Academy grew excited.
• Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the competition plaza, where the schedule showed they would not face one another in the elimination rounds.
• A bell rang to open the Inner Academy Selection Competition.