Chapter Summaries

Yaoye led the new students from the Jia Ma Empire against the returning students, defeating Xiao Yu before Hu Jia overpowered her. Just as Hu Jia was about to seize Yaoye, Nalan Chaoge arrived, and Yaoye recognized that she was safe.

• Yaoye rallied the new students from the Jia Ma Empire after Xue Beng and Hu Jia challenged them to enter the academy.
• Hu Jia called on Xiao Yu, who drew her sword and challenged Yaoye despite their shared origins in Wutan City.
• Yaoye used her Wind Light Blade and Sun and Moon Together techniques to defeat Xiao Yu.
• Hu Jia attacked Yaoye with a green vine, but Yaoye dodged and used a flying Dou Technique to take to the sky.
• Hu Jia caught Yaoye's ankle with the vine and dragged her down, leaving Yaoye injured and within Hu Jia's reach.
• Nalan Chaoge arrived as Hu Jia was about to grab Yaoye, and Yaoye realized she was safe.

Nalan Chaoge challenged Hu Jia, Warren, and Xue Beng to fight him together, then used his strength and Shadow Clone to defeat Xue Beng and Warren in a single exchange. The fight continued as he appeared above Hu Jia.

• Nalan Chaoge questioned Hu Jia about the older students’ rules and challenged her, Warren, and Xue Beng to attack him together.
• Nalan Chaoge released the Third Gate of the Eight Inner Gates, revealing that he had reached the Da Dou Shi level.
• Nalan Chaoge used Shadow Clone to knock Xue Beng down with a punch and knee strike.
• Nalan Chaoge outmaneuvered Warren, struck him from behind, and smashed him back to the ground.
• Nalan Chaoge appeared above Hu Jia while the crowd realized that one of his clones had disappeared.

Nalan Chaoge defeated Hu Jia and her companions, humiliating Hu Jia and taking the Na Rings from her, Warren, and Xue Beng. After gathering their valuables, he turned toward the remaining students and demanded they hand over their belongings.

• Nalan Chaoge dodged Hu Jia's Green Wood Vine, struck her with his Fiery Poison Seal Whip, and seized control of her vine.
• Nalan Chaoge repeatedly lashed Hu Jia, tearing her clothes and thwarting her attempts to surrender while the onlookers stayed back.
• Nalan Chaoge's clone knocked Warren unconscious and took his Na Ring, then Nalan Chaoge knocked Xue Beng unconscious and took his ring.
• Nalan Chaoge used the Green Wood Vine to hang Hu Jia from the gateway, then whipped the Na Ring from her hand and emptied it.
• Nalan Chaoge gathered the rings' contents and demanded that the remaining students hand over their valuables.

Nalan Chaoge led the freshmen in turning the tables on the senior students and robbing their Na Rings, gathering the third-grade herbs and demonic cores he needed to advance. When instructor Hank stepped in, Nalan Chaoge threatened to rob him too and prepared to fight.

• Nalan Chaoge and the freshmen plundered the senior students' Na Rings, taking third-grade herbs and tier 3 demonic cores while leaving their weapons, Battle Skills, and cultivation methods untouched.
• A freshman told Nalan Chaoge that Xiao Yu of the Xiao Family wanted to be spared, but Nalan Chaoge ordered the group to rob her.
• Hank confronted the freshmen and demanded that they return everything they had taken.
• Nalan Chaoge refused Hank's demand, threatened to rob him, and walked toward him as a terrifying aura began to form behind him.

Nalan Chaoge endured Hank’s attack, revealed power far beyond his apparent rank, and destroyed Hank’s earth dragon with his Rasengan. Enraged by the academy’s unfair treatment, he rejected enrollment and left the arena, while Ruo Lin tried to stop him.

• Hank summoned his signature Bashe Tun Xiang and sent a massive earth dragon crashing down on Nalan Chaoge.
• Yaoye said Hank was trying to discipline Chaoge, while Ruo Lin rushed to intervene.
• Nalan Chaoge’s aura surged to Six-star Great Dou Shi, and he used his Rasengan to halt and pulverize the earth dragon.
• Nalan Chaoge accused Hank of ignoring fairness and blamed him for protecting the senior students’ abuses.
• Nalan Chaoge declared he would not attend Jia Nan Academy and vanished from the arena as Ruo Lin cast Water Mandala.

Nalan Chaoge confronted Instructor Hank after Hank attacked him, and Yaoye shielded him from Hank’s earth dragon. The chapter ended with Nalan Chaoge preparing a series of Battle Skills to retaliate against Hank.

• Nalan Chaoge disarmed Hank with a kunai, but Hank used hidden dust armor to strike him and revealed that he was a Dou Ling.
• Ruo Lin tried to stop Hank, but Hank broke through her Water Mandala and sent an earth dragon toward Nalan Chaoge.
• Yaoye spread her wings and rescued Nalan Chaoge from the earth dragon, earning cheers from the students.
• Nalan Chaoge told Hank he had enjoyed beating him up and unleashed Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique, Water Release: Water Shark Bomb, and Earth Release: Earth Dragon Bullet.

Nalan Chaoge fought instructor Hank and appeared to be crushed beneath Hank’s mountain and earth dragon, but he survived and detonated a talisman against Hank. He protected the students from the blast, while Hu Gan revealed that Hank had survived but lost his cultivation.

• Nalan Chaoge struck Hank with fire, water, and earth attacks, while Hank trapped Nalan Chaoge and Yaoye beneath a mountain and blocked their escape with an earth dragon.
• Nalan Chaoge pushed Yaoye clear and was crushed between the mountain and earth dragon, leading Yaoye and Ruo Lin to believe he had died.
• Hank emerged injured and defended killing Nalan Chaoge, but Nalan Chaoge’s voice sounded as a talisman detonated against Hank’s leg.
• Nalan Chaoge formed a water wall that shielded the students from the explosion’s remaining force.
• Hu Gan ordered an instructor to carry Hank away and said Hank was alive but his cultivation had been completely crippled.

Nalan Chaoge faced punishment after badly wounding Instructor Hank, but Hu Gan changed the academy’s ruling after Hu Jia spoke to him. The chapter ended with Nalan Chaoge welcomed as a student and celebrated alongside Yaoye.

• Hu Gan warned Mu Zhan that Nalan Chaoge was too powerful and too well-connected to provoke, so Mu Zhan withdrew while plotting against him.
• Hu Jia admitted Nalan Chaoge was strong, and he kissed her cheek as his spoils of victory, leaving her blushing.
• Hu Gan arrived as Hank was carried away gravely injured, and Nalan Chaoge accepted responsibility while Yaoye, Ruo Lin, and the new students offered to share his punishment.
• Wu Tianlang recommended stripping Nalan Chaoge’s cultivation and expelling him, but Hu Jia whispered to Hu Gan before the ruling was announced.
• Hu Gan instead blamed Hank for unjust favoritism and attempting to kill a talented student, then welcomed Nalan Chaoge and the new students to Jia Nan Academy.
• Yaoye pulled Nalan Chaoge into an embrace as the students celebrated, while Hu Gan worried that trouble lay ahead.

After using an Explosive Tag to defeat Hank, Nalan Chaoge traded one to Wu Tianlang for magic cores and a favor. As classes began at Jia Nan Academy, Nalan Chaoge practiced making a tag of his own in the Back Mountain forest.

• Ruo Lin checked on Yaoye and Nalan Chaoge after the fight, and Nalan Chaoge explained that his talisman was an Explosive Tag.
• Hu Gan praised the tag’s potential for protecting the Enforcement Team, and Wu Tianlang offered Nalan Chaoge magic cores for one.
• Nalan Chaoge accepted Wu Tianlang’s offer of a Tier 4 Demonic Core, a tier 3 demonic core, and one favor in exchange for an Explosive Tag.
• Wu Tianlang tried to hand over only a tier 3 core and then fled, so Hu Gan gave Nalan Chaoge the Tier 4 Demonic Core instead.
• Nalan Chaoge and Yaoye attended theory lessons at Jia Nan Academy, while Nalan Chaoge spent his free time away from class.
• Nalan Chaoge practiced writing runes in the Back Mountain forest to make something resembling an Explosive Tag.

Nalan Chaoge finally learned to seal Fire Release into handmade Explosive Tags after hundreds of attempts, while Yaoye advanced to Dou Master. He demonstrated a weak first tag to her and planned to make stronger ones using higher-level Fire Release.

• Nalan Chaoge used Fire Sealing Method: Flame Seal and Fire Release to experiment with making Explosive Tags, but his two hundred and seventy-eighth attempt exploded.
• Nalan Chaoge tried using a Shadow Clone to control the sealing technique separately, then kept experimenting as repeated explosions blasted him away.
• Ruo Lin congratulated Yaoye on advancing to Dou Master and asked where Nalan Chaoge was before her upcoming enforcement duty.
• Yaoye found Nalan Chaoge in the back hills, charred and naked, celebrating that he had mastered the technique.
• Nalan Chaoge detonated a handmade Explosive Tag against a tree, destroying part of its trunk, and told Yaoye that stronger versions would be more powerful.

Nalan Chaoge successfully made a powerful Explosive Tag, while Wu Tianlang and Hu Gan discussed using his sealing technique to contain the unstable Fallen Heart Flame. After learning that Xiao Yan’s talent had returned, Nalan Chaoge began considering when and how to confront him.

• Wu Tianlang and Hu Gan recognized Nalan Chaoge’s Explosive Tags and Clone Technique as dangerous, then discussed asking him to help seal the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Nalan Chaoge exhausted his Dou Qi while sealing the energy from his Great Dragon Fire Technique into a B Tier Explosive Tag.
• Nalan Chaoge tested the tag by wrapping it around a Kunai, and the blast created a massive crater and toppled a thick tree.
• Nalan Chaoge accidentally pinned Yaoye beneath him during the explosion, then accepted a Green Robe from her as she gently covered him.
• Yaoye told Nalan Chaoge that Xiao Yan’s talent had returned and his strength was advancing rapidly.
• Nalan Chaoge refused Yaoye’s offer to have her grandfather dissolve his wager with the Xiao Family and considered confronting Xiao Yan after he left the Xiao Family.

Nalan Chaoge encountered Yan Hao, Hank’s disciple, who demanded a fight to avenge his instructor. Nalan Chaoge avoided an unauthorized duel and promised to face Yan Hao at the Inner Academy Selection Tournament in six months, leaving Yan Hao eager to join the fight.

• Nalan Chaoge and Yaoye walked through Jia Nan City as his fame at Jia Nan Academy spread, and Yao Yue teased them about being romantic.
• Yan Hao returned to the Outer Academy and challenged Nalan Chaoge, while Yaoye explained their connection to Instructor Hank.
• Nalan Chaoge taunted Yan Hao about Hu Jia and reminded him that unauthorized fighting could get him expelled and his cultivation crippled.
• Yan Hao smashed a large rock with his iron hammer, venting his anger over Hank’s expulsion.
• Nalan Chaoge said he would fight Yan Hao at the Inner Academy Selection Tournament in six months and privately considered recruiting him into Akatsuki.

Nalan Chaoge returned to his room after avoiding Yan Hao’s challenge and reflected on his Explosive Tag research and plans involving heavenly flames. Xiao Yu visited to ask about his family ties and apologize on behalf of the Xiao Family, leaving their conversation open.

• Nalan Chaoge declined to fight Yan Hao and went back to his room, relieved to avoid a dangerous battle.
• Nalan Chaoge considered turning powerful fire techniques and, eventually, heavenly flames into Explosive Tags.
• Xiao Yu startled Nalan Chaoge while he was naked in his room, and he pretended not to have noticed her beforehand.
• Nalan Chaoge told Xiao Yu that Nalan Jie was his grandfather, and Xiao Yu explained that she was Xiao Yan’s cousin and their families were connected by marriage.
• Xiao Yu apologized because the Xiao Family had not visited the Nalan Family in years.

Nalan Chaoge flirted with Xiao Yu, then joined Instructor Ruolin’s group preparing to serve in Peace Town. Before the mission, he went with Yaoye to Jia Nan City’s trading market to stock up, resolved to make his own way despite the pressure of his future.

• Nalan Chaoge hinted to Xiao Yu that he wanted to marry her, then accidentally tore her skirt when he tripped; Xiao Yu fled in embarrassment.
• Instructor Ruolin prepared her students for a month-long rotation in Peace Town, and Nalan Chaoge abandoned his attempt to avoid the mission when she asked him for Explosive Tags.
• Ruolin led the students to Peace Town, where the Enforcement Team maintained order and Blood Sword Wu Hao served among its members.
• After roll call, Nalan Chaoge and Yaoye visited Jia Nan City’s open trading market so he could buy supplies, as his fight with Hank had left him without points.
• Nalan Chaoge rejected the idea of relying on Xiao Yan or his family’s influence and chose to pursue his own path at fourteen.

Nalan Chaoge sought magic cores and approached the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group, while Yaoye was lured away from him by a chain of false messages. Yaoye realized the deception was meant to separate them so someone could attack Nalan Chaoge.

• Nalan Chaoge spent his remaining gold on medicinal herbs and learned that a seller wanted a battle skill for a tier 3 demonic core.
• A Snow Wolf Mercenary Group recruiter advertised a hunt for a Ground Flame Pig, and Nalan Chaoge decided to seek a supply of magic cores from the group.
• Yao Yue told Yaoye that Instructor Ruolin needed her, and Yaoye left Nalan Chaoge to return to the academy.
• After tracing the message through Sun San and Liu Er, Yaoye learned a stranger had started the false chain of messages.
• Yaoye recognized that someone had arranged to separate her from Nalan Chaoge and concluded that the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group was involved in an attack against him.

Yaoye realized Mu Zhan had arranged Nalan Chaoge’s disappearance and confronted him as he boasted about his family’s growing power. She pretended to accept his invitation, then struck first with an Explosive Tag as she declared she still wanted Xiao Ge to live.

• Yaoye discovered that the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group had been used as a false cover and suspected Mu Zhan had targeted Nalan Chaoge.
• Mu Zhan appeared behind Yaoye, denied involvement, and claimed he had spent the morning with Vice Principal Hu Gan.
• Mu Zhan said his father had advanced to Dou Emperor and threatened the balance between the Mu Family, the Nalan Family, and the Jia Ma Imperial Family.
• Yaoye agreed to Mu Zhan’s invitation but suddenly lunged forward after attaching an Explosive Tag to one of his legs.

Yaoye tried to force Mu Zhan to trade his life for Nalan Chaoge’s, but Mu Zhan drugged and abducted her. Meanwhile, Nalan Chaoge realized the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group had lured him into the forest to kill him, and the chapter ended as two of its members exploded behind him.

• Yaoye threatened to detonate an Explosive Tag unless Mu Zhan gave up his plan against Nalan Chaoge, but Mu Zhan tore it off and revealed his ambition to seize power for the Mu Family.
• Mu Zhan took advantage of Yaoye’s dizziness, immobilized her, and carried her away as he planned to make her his and kill Nalan Chaoge.
• Nalan Chaoge traveled toward the Primeval Forest with the Snow Wolf Mercenary Group and noticed that its members’ strength and formation suggested he was their real target.
• Nalan Chaoge disrupted the group’s encirclement by changing speed and taking the lead, while the Dou Ling pursued him.
• Two members at the rear of the group suddenly exploded.

Nalan Chaoge infiltrated a mercenary team by pretending to rescue the men killed in his explosions and insisting on saving a gravely wounded survivor. After the others moved on, the supposedly dying teammate revealed himself to be Nalan Chaoge in disguise and killed the man sent to finish him off.

• Nalan Chaoge triggered explosions that killed three Da Dou Shi, then emerged from the smoke carrying a badly injured teammate.
• Nalan Chaoge insisted on treating the survivor with Grade 3 Healing Pills and refused to leave him behind.
• The Dou Ling captain ordered the thin, dark-faced man to stay with the injured teammate while the rest continued toward the Flame Pig.
• The red-faced fat man persuaded Nalan Chaoge to leave with the group, and the captain secretly signaled the thin man to kill the survivor.
• The thin, dark-faced man approached the survivor with a dagger, but the survivor swiftly killed him with a Kunai and revealed Nalan Chaoge's appearance.

Nalan Chaoge used disguises, Explosive Tags, and a Ground Flame Pig to escape an ambush by Mu Zhan’s men and turn the attackers against the beast. After the red-faced Da Dou Shi swallowed a pill from him, the Dou Ling attacked Nalan Chaoge with Hurricane Sky Prison.

• Nalan Chaoge used Explosive Tags and a clone to kill four Da Dou Shi and escape the group’s encirclement.
• Nalan Chaoge suspected Mu Zhan had sent the attackers and followed the remaining Dou Ling and Da Dou Shi to confirm it.
• Nalan Chaoge revealed a Ground Flame Pig with an Explosive Tag and pretended to fight it alongside the two men.
• Nalan Chaoge mounted the Ground Flame Pig, then jumped away so it charged the red-faced Da Dou Shi and knocked him into a tree.
• Nalan Chaoge gave the injured Da Dou Shi a healing pill, then moved toward the Dou Ling after warning that the beast was about to attack.
• The Dou Ling attacked Nalan Chaoge with the high-grade Profound-tier technique Hurricane Sky Prison.

Nalan Chaoge used deception and a sudden explosion to escape Feng Junzi’s apparent killing blow and launch a counterattack. The battle remained unresolved as Nalan Chaoge detonated more Explosive Tags.

• Feng Junzi ordered his surviving Da Dou Shi teammate to kill Nalan Chaoge, but the teammate suddenly died after swallowing a pill.
• Feng Junzi admitted someone had hired him to kill Nalan Chaoge, and Nalan Chaoge bargained with him before making a break for it.
• A returning Da Dou Shi struck Nalan Chaoge back toward Feng Junzi, who pierced him with his Wind Form Sword.
• Nalan Chaoge’s apparent corpse transformed into a Fūma Shuriken, which exploded and injured Feng Junzi with its shock wave.
• Nalan Chaoge revealed his real body and formed a detonation seal to set off more Explosive Tags.