Chapter Summaries

During the Inner Academy Selection Competition, Xiao Ze effortlessly defeated Lin Kai without visibly moving, leaving the contestants and academy elders puzzled by his technique. Hu Gan began considering a melee format after Elder Huo predicted Xiao Ze would make the remaining matches unexciting.

• Xiao Ze invited Xiao Yu and her friends to listen as he, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian analyzed the competition's battles.
• Xiao Ze correctly predicted that an Earth Attribute cultivator would defeat his Wind Attribute opponent, and the Earth cultivator won three exchanges later.
• The referee paired Lin Kai of Profound Tier Class 1 against Xiao Ze of Yellow Tier Class 2, and Lin Kai fell unconscious as soon as the match began.
• The referee declared Xiao Ze the victor, while the contestants and spectators wondered how he had defeated Lin Kai without appearing to move.
• Hu Gan and Elder Huo discussed Xiao Ze's refined Dou Qi control, and Hu Gan considered having the remaining contestants compete in a melee.

Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian won their elimination matches, helping Xiao Ze's group reach the top fifty of the Inner Academy Selection Competition. Vice Dean Hu Gan announced a new battle royale format, and the fifty contestants were called into the square.

• Xiao Xun'er defeated her opponent with a swift strike and earned thunderous applause.
• Xiao Yi Xian overcame a burly Da Dou Shi by corroding his Dou Qi Armor, and he conceded after realizing she could kill him.
• Hu Gan and Old Man Huo recognized Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body as a dangerous hidden threat and worried about its potential consequences.
• After several days of matches, Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian all advanced to the top fifty, with Xiao Ze's opponents fainting before he had to fight.
• Hu Gan announced that the top fifty would compete in a battle royale called Survivor is King, with rankings determined by when contestants fell or became unable to fight.
• The top fifty contestants were told to enter the square.

Xiao Ze’s trio faced the other competitors in the Inner Academy Selection Competition, but Xiao Ze incapacitated nearly everyone with his Calamity Poison Power. Han Yue conceded, Xiao Ze defeated Bai Cheng, and the competition ended with Xiao Ze’s group taking the top five spots.

• Bai Cheng rallied most students against Xiao Ze’s trio, while Han Yue formed a separate group and eight students stayed independent.
• Bai Cheng and Han Yue’s factions eliminated the eight independent students before turning on Xiao Ze’s group.
• Xiao Ze’s Calamity Poison Power knocked out nearly all the students following Bai Cheng and Han Yue, leaving only the five members of the competing groups standing.
• Han Yue conceded to Xiao Ze, satisfied with making the top five.
• Xiao Ze struck Bai Cheng and sent him out of the square, ending the Inner Academy Selection Competition.

Xiao Ze returned to the Library Pavilion with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian to claim his competition reward, while Han Yue and Bai Cheng chose items of their own. As the group searched, a powerful stream of light rejected Bai Cheng but landed in Xiao Ze’s hand, leaving everyone stunned.

• Xiao Ze brought Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian to the Library Pavilion three days after the competition and met Han Yue and the injured Bai Cheng there.
• Hu Gan led Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Han Yue, and Bai Cheng into the Library Pavilion to choose their rewards.
• Xiao Ze intercepted five items for Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian to inspect, while Han Yue chose a silvery-white scroll, Bai Cheng chose a blood-colored scroll, Xiao Yi Xian took a poison tome, and Xiao Xun'er selected an Earth-tier Fire Attribute cultivation method.
• A majestic stream of light struck Bai Cheng down when he tried to seize it, but it landed in Xiao Ze’s palm when he reached for it.
• Bai Cheng coughed up blood in disbelief as the others watched Xiao Ze receive the powerful item.

Xiao Ze obtained the sealed Seventh-Grade Indestructible Vajra Pill from the Library Pavilion, and the elders explained its ancient origins and body-tempering effects. After the group returned, Hu Gan told them to prepare to enter the Inner Academy.

• Xiao Ze identified the crystal-sealed pill as a Seventh-Grade Indestructible Vajra Pill and left the pavilion with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Han Yue followed them out with a silver-white scroll, while Bai Cheng stayed behind, resentful that Xiao Ze had obtained the pill.
• Hu Gan and the two elders examined Xiao Ze's reward, and Hu Gan recounted how a different Seventh-Grade Pill had helped Venerate Feng become a Venerate.
• The elders explained that the ancient Indestructible Vajra Pill could make a human body comparable to a Magical Beast's and greatly ease body cultivation.
• Xiao Ze worried that Xiao Xun'er would refuse to take the precious pill, while Bai Cheng emerged empty-handed and puzzled by the group's reaction.
• Hu Gan led the group back to the library and told them to prepare to enter the Inner Academy.

Hu Gan warned Xiao Ze and the other top freshmen that they would need to cooperate in the Inner Academy, then explained that Xiao Ze’s Outer Academy training benefits would end, though his Alchemy Department benefits would remain. After preparing with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Ze reached the day of entering the Inner Academy.

• Hu Gan advised Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, Han Yue, and Bai Cheng to unite in the Inner Academy, then kept Xiao Ze behind to discuss his training plan.
• Hu Gan told Xiao Ze that his hidden Outer Academy benefits would end in the Inner Academy, but his Alchemy Department benefits and Pill Credits would remain.
• Han Yue asked to cooperate with Xiao Ze, explaining that she had a clansman in the Inner Academy who could help them understand its conditions.
• Xiao Ze spent several days in Jia Nan City with Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian, bought supplies, and sent a letter to Xiao Zhan and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian each advanced closer to becoming a Da Dou Shi, and Xiao Xun'er agreed to save the Indestructible Vajra Pill for her own breakthrough.
• Xiao Ze said goodbye to his friends and instructors as the time to enter the Inner Academy arrived.

Bai Cheng remained consumed by his belief that Xiao Ze had taken the Indestructible Vajra Pill that should have been his as students gathered to enter the Inner Academy. Xiao Ze and the other students departed for the Inner Academy by Gryphon, and Xiao Ze planned to ask Hu Gan about his unusual progress with Azure Sea Raging Waves when he had a chance.

• Bai Cheng relived dreams in which the Indestructible Vajra Pill rejected him and fell into Xiao Ze's hands, while Han Yue judged his gloomy temperament.
• Xiao Ze arrived and drew the students' admiration for his academy records, then decided to ask Hu Gan about Azure Sea Raging Waves when the crowd thinned.
• Hu Gan congratulated the students entering the Inner Academy and encouraged the others to follow their example.
• Xiao Ze urged the students to keep working toward the Inner Academy, and they excitedly promised to follow in his footsteps.
• Hu Gan summoned ten Gryphons, and Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and the other students boarded them for the flight toward the Inner Academy.
• The Gryphons flew toward Jia Nan Academy's back mountains under the escort of four Dou Emperors, while Xiao Ze waited for a chance to ask Hu Gan about his technique.

Xiao Ze and the new students entered the Inner Academy, where he learned that the Azure Sea Raging Waves Dou Technique was only the safe first half of an Earth Tier Low-Grade technique. He left the explanation considering how he might obtain the complete version.

• Hu Gan led the new students through a hidden spatial gate into the Inner Academy, where Elder Yan and Elder Lin greeted the group.
• An older student whistled at the girls, and Elder Lin deducted five days of his Fire Energy before distributing black cards and explaining the rules.
• The new students entered the forest, but Xiao Ze stayed behind with Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Han Yue to speak with Hu Gan.
• Xiao Ze told Hu Gan that Azure Sea Raging Waves felt incomplete, and Hu Gan revealed that its full form was an Earth Tier Low-Grade Dou Technique split into two parts because the second part could drain Dou Qi and cause cultivation regression.
• Hu Gan explained that the technique's tidal waves could be stacked to increase their power at a severe cost in Dou Qi, and Xiao Ze considered obtaining the complete version.

Xiao Ze learned that the second part of the Dou Technique was held by the Great Elder and entered the forest with Han Yue, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Xun'er for the Fire Energy Hunting Competition. While the team rested by a stream, Bai Cheng enlisted Bai Feng and the White Fiend Squad to target Xiao Ze, falsely claiming Xiao Ze had stolen his Seventh-Grade Pill.

• Hu Gan agreed to let Xiao Ze cultivate the Dou Technique and offered to speak to the Great Elder for him.
• Han Yue explained the competition and warned that formidable old students, including Bai Feng, might target the new students.
• Xiao Ze led his team to a stream to rest and proposed taking fire energy from other teams.
• Bai Cheng found his cousin Bai Feng and lied that Xiao Ze had stolen the Indestructible Vajra Pill from him.
• Bai Feng agreed to help Bai Cheng and looked forward to defeating Xiao Ze and claiming the pill.

Xiao Ze led Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Xun'er, and Han Yue on a rapid hunt through the forest, defeating older-student teams and sharing their Fire Energy. As the elders discussed Xiao Ze’s strength and generosity, his group unexpectedly encountered another freshman team.

• Xiao Ze used his Soul Perception to find and swiftly defeat five older students, then transferred their Fire Energy while leaving them enough to stay in the competition.
• Xiao Ze divided the team’s 120 Fire Energy evenly among himself and the three girls, and Han Yue gave him an ancient Treasure Map in return.
• Xiao Ze’s group continued attacking older-student teams, and word spread through the forest that the freshmen were hunting their seniors.
• Hu Gan, Elder Lin, and Elder Yan watched Xiao Ze’s progress and discussed how his strength came mainly from his own efforts and how he had used resources to help the two girls.
• Xiao Ze and the others unexpectedly encountered a freshman team.

Xiao Ze learned that Old Mei and four senior students had been ambushing and injuring teams of new students, so he tracked them down and beat Old Mei, then forced the others to surrender their Fire Energy. The rescued new students continued toward the end of the forest, relieved that Xiao Ze had avenged them.

• Five injured new students told Xiao Ze that Old Mei’s team had been ambushing newcomers and warned him to be careful.
• Xiao Ze promised to repay Old Mei for their injuries and headed into the forest with the three women.
• Old Mei recognized Xiao Ze and attacked with a whip, but Xiao Ze swiftly beat him and knocked out several of his teeth.
• Xiao Ze forced the four senior students to hand over their Crystal Cards and make Old Mei pay for his ambushes with a beating.
• The new students found Old Mei badly injured and continued toward the end of the forest without seeking revenge.

After defeating the Black Fiend Team, Xiao Ze emerged from the forest with nearly four hundred Fire Energy and prepared to face the White Fiend Squad. Bai Feng accused him of stealing Bai Cheng’s opportunity and launched an attack, leaving their duel about to begin.

• Older students mocked Old Mei’s teammates when they claimed Xiao Ze had badly injured him, and they retreated without turning anyone against Xiao Ze.
• The Black Fiend Team emerged from the forest defeated, prompting older students to speculate that Xiao Ze might even challenge Bai Feng.
• Xiao Ze checked his Fire Energy Card, saw that he had nearly four hundred Fire Energy, and decided to pursue the White Fiend Squad next.
• Bai Feng challenged Xiao Ze over an alleged opportunity stolen from his cousin Bai Cheng, but Xiao Ze denied knowing anything about it.
• Bai Feng charged with his Dou Qi Armor and Profound Tier Middle-Grade Earth Splitting Spear technique as Xiao Ze prepared to test Azure Sea Raging Waves.

Xiao Ze unleashed a Dou Technique that drew on the energy of heaven and earth, overwhelming Bai Feng and revealing power close to that of an Earth Tier Dou Technique. After Bai Feng conceded, Xiao Ze exposed the truth about Bai Cheng’s claim to the Seventh-Grade Indestructible Vajra Pill, leaving Bai Feng furious with his cousin.

• Xiao Ze stirred the Water Attribute energy around him, startling the students and prompting them to recognize his technique as an Earth Tier Dou Technique.
• Xiao Ze summoned a towering wave that smashed through the rocks, while Hu Gan rescued Bai Feng and the two elders shielded the nearby students.
• Hu Gan admonished Xiao Ze for failing to hold back, but Bai Feng had no objections after narrowly escaping the attack.
• Xiao Ze pressed Bai Feng to explain the supposed opportunity, and Bai Feng said Bai Cheng accused him of stealing a Seventh-Grade Indestructible Vajra Pill.
• Xiao Ze explained that Bai Cheng had only been injured when the pill appeared in the Library Pavilion and had never possessed it, angering Bai Feng and prompting the two elders to praise Xiao Ze.

Xiao Ze's team claimed victory in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, and Xiao Ze forced Bai Feng and his teammates to surrender their Fire Energy. After receiving their rewards, Xiao Ze and his companions were escorted into the Inner Academy as his reputation spread.

• Xiao Ze demanded Bai Feng and his teammates hand over their Fire Energy Cards, and Elder Lin made Bai Feng comply.
• Xiao Ze took the Fire Energy from all five defeated students, gaining more than four hundred Fire Energy for his group.
• Elder Lin awarded Xiao Ze's four teammates Green Fire Energy Cards and one hundred days of Fire Energy each, while Xiao Ze received two hundred days.
• Elder Lin declared Xiao Ze's team the winners and escorted Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Han Yue to settle into the Inner Academy.
• News of Xiao Ze's Earth Tier Dou Technique, Seventh-Grade Pill, and competition victory spread through the Inner Academy, while Bai Feng and Bai Cheng were mocked.

Xiao Ze and his companions settled into the Inner Academy and discussed whether to establish a faction, but he chose not to. The four stayed together in their pavilion, and Xiao Ze looked ahead to cultivating in the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda and reaching the Dou Emperor realm.

• Elder Lin showed Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Han Yue their pavilion and advised them to work together in the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Xun'er raised the idea of establishing a faction, but Xiao Ze decided against it, and Xiao Yi Xian and Han Yue each felt relieved for their own reasons.
• Han Yue explained that she planned to join a faction founded by her clansmen and asked to keep living in the pavilion, which Xiao Ze agreed to.
• The four celebrated their Fire Energy Hunting Competition victory at the dining hall, where their meal cost several days' worth of Fire Energy.
• Xiao Ze said they would visit the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda the next day and reflected on his goals of reaching the Dou Emperor realm and obtaining Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.

Xiao Ze set his sights on reaching Dou Emperor and promised to overcome the obstacles to being with Xiao Xun'er, then received the second half of an Earth Tier Dou Technique. The next day, he and his companions explored the Inner Academy and arrived at the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda.

• Xiao Ze told Xiao Xun'er he aimed to reach Dou Emperor within three years and vowed to overcome any obstacle between them.
• Xiao Yi Xian interrupted their intimate moment to deliver the latter portion of the Azure Sea Raging Waves Dou Technique, sent by an instructor.
• Xiao Ze examined the technique and learned that its power came from stacking waves, but that repeated use could exhaust Dou Qi and cause cultivation to regress.
• Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Han Yue walked through the Inner Academy, where students sparred to impress the three women and discussed Xiao Ze's strength.
• The group reached the Black Pagoda, and Xiao Ze announced that he was ready to enter the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda.

Xiao Ze and his companions entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda to endure the Heart Flame, but the Tree of Origin inside Xiao Ze suppressed the flame and began refining it. The chapter left the Heart Flame trapped in Xiao Ze’s Void Space as pure Dou Qi flowed back into the Tree of Origin.

• Students recognized Xiao Ze near the pagoda and discussed his recent victory before Elder Liu announced that it was opening.
• Elder Liu explained the first-entry trial, and Han Yue, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Ze entered the pagoda.
• The Heart Flame appeared near Xiao Ze’s heart, but the Tree of Origin’s golden light suppressed it before it could burn him.
• The Tree of Origin drew the Heart Flame into Xiao Ze’s Void Space and pierced it with two roots.
• The Heart Flame refined the Dou Qi sent into it, returning a stream of pure Dou Qi to the Tree of Origin.

Xiao Ze discovered that the Tree of Origin could absorb and temper the Heart Fire’s energy without leaving harmful residue, while Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Han Yue endured the Heart Fire and awoke. Elder Liu prepared to show the four newcomers around the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda as Liu Qing departed for the next level.

• The Tree of Origin’s roots infused Xiao Ze’s Heart Fire with Dou Qi and absorbed the purified energy until the Heart Fire vanished.
• Liu Qing arrived at the Refining Qi Tower after winning ten arena matches and told Elder Liu he intended to seek a breakthrough.
• Xiao Ze woke first, realized he could cultivate in the tower for extended periods without harmful side effects, and spoke with Elder Liu.
• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian woke and joined Xiao Ze, while Han Yue later awoke with Elder Liu’s help after enduring the Heart Fire for seventeen minutes.
• Elder Liu offered to show the four newcomers around the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda, and Liu Qing gave Xiao Ze a deep look before heading down to the next level.

Xiao Ze claimed a high-grade cultivation room in the Refining Qi Tower, where the Tree of Origin let him cultivate with extraordinary efficiency and break through to four-star Dou Ling. After the group left the tower, Xiao Ze gave Xiao Xun'er the Indestructible Vajra Pill, and Han Yue was startled by its power coming from Xun'er's room.

• Elder Liu explained the tower's cultivation rooms and led Xiao Ze and the others to the first floor.
• Xiao Ze challenged the occupants of a high-grade room and defeated them, securing the room for his group.
• Xiao Ze drew dozens of Heartfire flames into Void Space, broke through to four-star Dou Ling, and cultivated without developing Fire Poison.
• Han Yue warned the others about Fire Poison, and Xiao Ze later checked that Xiao Yi Xian had not been affected.
• When Xiao Xun'er said she was close to reaching Da Dou Shi, Xiao Ze gave her the Indestructible Vajra Pill, which she swallowed.
• Han Yue heard the pill's terrifying medicinal power from Xun'er's room and wondered in shock whether Xiao Ze had given her a Seventh-Grade Pill.

Xiao Xun'er used the Indestructible Vajra Pill and spent ten days undergoing a powerful physical transformation. After Xiao Ze and Xiao Yi Xian helped her learn to control her new strength, the three set their sights on the Inner Academy Competition.

• Xiao Xun'er absorbed the Indestructible Vajra Pill's medicinal power, began a breakthrough, and remained in transformation for ten days while Xiao Ze and Xiao Yi Xian watched over her.
• Xiao Xun'er emerged with a physique powerful enough to make Xiao Ze compare her impact to that of a Tier 3 Magical Beast, so he proposed training her strength in the deep mountains.
• Han Yue joined the faction established by her clansmen and began learning management duties while Xiao Ze, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yi Xian headed into the deep mountains.
• Xiao Xun'er fought dozens of battles with magical beasts and learned to control her strength, reaching the Three Star Great Dou Master level as she absorbed the pill's medicinal power.
• Xiao Ze urged Xiao Xun'er to grow stronger and reach the Dou Ling level before the Inner Academy Competition, where the top ten could temper their bodies with the Origin Heart Flame.