Chapter Summaries

Ning Luo defeated Bai Cheng in a destructive fight by breaking through his Dou Qi Armor and triggering a hidden force inside him. As Luomen celebrated, Overlord Spear Liu Qing appeared in the arena and confronted Ning Luo.

• Ning Luo overpowered Bai Cheng in a clash of strength and forced him to retreat.
• Ning Luo struck Bai Cheng's Dou Qi Armor, damaging it and injuring him despite the armor's protection.
• Ning Luo activated a hidden force inside Bai Cheng, shattering his armor and leaving him gravely wounded.
• Bai Cheng collapsed, and Luomen cheered as the Bai Gang members fell silent.
• Overlord Spear Liu Qing entered the ruined arena, and Ning Luo identified him as he approached.

Ning Luo defended Xun'er by slapping Liu Fei, then accepted Liu Qing's challenge for the Strong Ranking Tournament. Later, Lin Yan visited and warned him about Liu Qing, and Ning Luo asked when the tournament would begin.

• Liu Qing arrived and told Ning Luo that they had a grudge between them.
• Xun'er defended Ning Luo, and Ning Luo slapped Liu Fei twice for insulting her.
• Liu Qing stopped Ning Luo from going further and said he would wait to challenge him at the Strong Ranking Tournament a month later.
• Ning Luo accepted Liu Qing's challenge and gained Bai Cheng's thirty-fourth-place Strong Ranking position after defeating him.
• Lin Xiuyai and Yan Hao joined the arena gathering, and Lin Xiuyai praised Ning Luo for slapping Liu Fei.
• Lin Yan visited Ning Luo, confirmed that his fire poison was nearly cleared, and warned him that Liu Qing was formidable; Ning Luo asked when the tournament would begin.

Ning Luo went to Elder Hao seeking the rare Dragon Beard Ice Fire Fruit and agreed to refine medicinal pills in exchange for ingredients from the Inner Academy’s repository. He entered the repository’s chamber to search for the fruit.

• Lin Yan warned Ning Luo about the powerful fighters in the upcoming tournament and urged him not to provoke the first-ranked student, whom Ning Luo knew was Zi Yan.
• Lin Yan eagerly challenged Ning Luo to spar, but Ning Luo declined.
• Ning Luo told Xun'er he needed the Dragon Beard Ice Fire Fruit, and she suggested Luomen’s herb-gathering team might have found it.
• Ning Luo flew to Elder Hao, who offered one medicinal ingredient from the repository for every pill Ning Luo refined to his satisfaction.
• Elder Hao gave Ning Luo a jade token to enter the repository, and Ning Luo began searching among its rare ingredients.

Ning Luo found the Ice Fire Dragon Beard Fruit in the Inner Academy’s medicinal store, but Zi Yan took it before he could. He tried to trade her alchemy for the fruit, and Zi Yan showed interest in the offer.

• Ning Luo searched the medicinal store and found the Ice Fire Dragon Beard Fruit he had come for.
• Zi Yan appeared beside Ning Luo, took the fruit, and began eating a Vajra Bodhi.
• Ning Luo tried to stop Zi Yan from biting the Ice Fire Dragon Beard Fruit, but she accused him of trying to steal her things.
• Ning Luo offered to make Zi Yan’s medicinal ingredients tastier, and she became interested when he mentioned medicinal pills.
• Ning Luo offered to refine her ingredients in exchange for the Ice Fire Dragon Beard Fruit.

Ning Luo brought Zi Yan to Elder Hao and refined pills for her, learning about her lonely childhood in the mountains. Zi Yan enjoyed the pills, promised to protect Ning Luo, and planned to return for more.

• Zi Yan gave Ning Luo the Ice Fire Dragon Beard Fruit and asked him to refine pills, then accompanied him to Elder Hao.
• Elder Hao scolded Zi Yan for taking medicinal ingredients, while Ning Luo explained how they had met.
• Ning Luo refined the bitten Vajra Bodhi into golden pills as Zi Yan told him she had grown up alone before the Grand Elder brought her to the Inner Academy.
• Zi Yan praised the pills, offered to protect Ning Luo, and asked him to refine more after she ate them.
• Ning Luo received two Sign-in Opportunities for interacting with Zi Yan and helping her refine pills.

After refining a Dragon Power Pill for Elder Hao, Ning Luo asked for help finding the Sixth-Grade Water Magic Core needed for the Earth Spirit Pill. Elder Hao brought him to Elder Liu, who owned one, and Ning Luo’s request left the elder crushing his teacup.

• Zi Yan introduced herself to Ning Luo, revealed she was first on the Strong Ranking, and left to get food.
• Ning Luo successfully refined a Dragon Power Pill and stored it in a Jade Bottle.
• Elder Hao gave Ning Luo the Dragon Beard Ice Fire Fruit and said he might know someone with a Sixth-Grade Water Magic Core.
• Elder Hao took Ning Luo to meet Liu Ying, the tower-guarding elder on the fifth floor of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Ning Luo asked Elder Liu to exchange his Sixth-Grade Water Magic Core, and Liu Ying crushed his teacup in surprise.

Ning Luo negotiated with Elder Liu to exchange an Earth Fire Lotus Seed for a Sixth-tier Water-element Magic Core and agreed to refine a Dragon Power Pill for him. The deal was left pending Elder Liu sending the pill ingredients to Luomen.

• Elder Liu refused to trade his Sixth-tier Magic Core until Ning Luo offered something he wanted.
• Ning Luo revealed an Earth Fire Lotus Seed, and Elder Liu asked him to provide a second one for the core.
• Ning Luo refused to add another seed, and Elder Hao prepared to leave with him.
• Elder Liu offered to trade the core if Ning Luo would also refine a Dragon Power Pill using ingredients Elder Liu supplied.
• Elder Liu gave Ning Luo an azure crystal, and Ning Luo handed him the Earth Fire Lotus Seed and said he would begin refining the pill once the ingredients reached Luomen.

Ning Luo stabilized his strength and prepared to refine the sixth-grade Earth Spirit Pill, hoping to grow strong enough to compete for the Fallen Heart Flame. He began extracting the pill’s rare ingredients in a secluded mountain range, continuing through the night.

• Elder Hao and Ning Luo parted ways after leaving the elders’ residential area, and Ning Luo decided he was ready to refine a pill.
• Luomen expanded its pill business, recruited more Alchemists and two three-star Dou Ling experts, and became a first-rate faction in the Inner Academy.
• After three days of cultivation, Ning Luo stabilized his strength at nine-star Dou Wang and flew to the mountains to refine a sixth-grade Earth Spirit Pill.
• Ning Luo used his Bone Spirit Cold Flame and divine-grade medicinal cauldron to extract the Earth Heart Fire Ganoderma’s medicinal potency.
• Ning Luo spent hours extracting the Green Wood Immortal Vine and then the Dragon Beard Ice Fire Fruit, working into the night.

Ning Luo successfully refined a Sixth Grade Pill deep in the mountains, creating a massive surge of energy that drew the attention of the Inner Academy and Han Feng. The Grand Elder went to investigate while ordering preparations for the Fallen Heart Flame’s next eruption.

• Ning Luo spent several days extracting and fusing the ingredients before forming a pale-blue Sixth Grade Pill.
• The pill released destructive energy ripples and a towering blue pillar of light from Ning Luo’s medicinal cauldron.
• The Grand Elder and Qin Xuan discussed the increasingly frequent eruptions of the Fallen Heart Flame and ordered evacuation plans and academy experts to prepare.
• The Grand Elder learned that Ning Luo had refined a Fifth Grade Pill and told Qin Xuan not to hinder him, then set out to investigate the Sixth Grade Pill’s energy.
• Han Feng sensed the fluctuations from across the mountain range and wondered whether Old Man Huo had refined a Sixth Grade Pill.

Ning Luo refined an Earth Spirit Pill and advanced to Sixth-grade Alchemist, then avoided the Inner Academy Grand Elder who came to investigate the energy pillar. Back at Luomen, he learned that Zi Yan could locate spiritual herbs and made a deal with her to help him find medicinal ingredients.

• Ning Luo collected the Earth Spirit Pill and confirmed he had become a Sixth-grade Alchemist.
• Ning Luo concealed himself from the Grand Elder, waited until the old man left, and returned to Luomen after half a day.
• Ning Luo found Zi Yan waiting at Luomen with Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao, and learned she had eaten all the pills he made for her.
• Zi Yan gave Ning Luo medicinal ingredients from Elder Liu and a Fire Spirit Root, explaining that she could sense spiritual herbs in the deep mountains.
• Ning Luo offered to keep making pills for Zi Yan if she helped him find medicinal ingredients, and Zi Yan reluctantly agreed, with conditions about fighting guarding Magical Beasts.

Xun'er learned that her clan wanted her to return and doubted Ning Luo’s worth, but she remained confident in him. Ning Luo refined Zi Yan’s Fire Spirit Root, and after Zi Yan left, Lin Yan revealed his fear of her and mentioned Liu Qing.

• Xun'er heard from Ling Ying that the Clan Head ordered her to return within a month, or the clan might send someone to fetch her.
• Xun'er accepted that she would have to return but privately affirmed that she believed in Ning Luo.
• Ning Luo refined Zi Yan’s Fire Spirit Root and gave her the pill the next morning.
• Lin Yan arrived hoping to spar with Ning Luo, then panicked when he recognized Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan left after promising to protect Ning Luo from bullies, and Lin Yan called her the Brute Force King and warned that Liu Qing would avoid her.

Ning Luo defeated fifteen challengers in three days and then went to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower’s sixth floor to cultivate before the Strong Ranking tournament. There, he reunited with Lin Yan, who warned off other students, before Yao 'Beauty' confronted him.

• Ning Luo set up an arena at Luomen and defeated all fifteen challengers, including a six-star Dou Ling, securing his thirty-fourth place on the Strong Ranking.
• Ning Luo decided to spend the remaining days before the tournament cultivating on the sixth floor and aiming to break through to the Dou Emperor realm.
• Ning Luo met Lin Yan on the sixth floor, and Lin Yan warned nearby students not to trouble him.
• Yao 'Beauty' taunted Lin Yan by mentioning Liu Qing, and Lin Yan challenged Yao to fight him instead.

Yao Sheng confronted Ning Luo over his dispute with Liu Fei, but Ning Luo defeated him with lightning Dou skills. Liu Qing stopped the fight and warned Ning Luo about the tournament before a little girl appeared and declared that Ning Luo was under her protection.

• Lin Yan identified Yao Sheng as a strong member of Liu Qing's group who held a grudge against Ning Luo.
• Yao Sheng challenged Ning Luo, formed an Abyssal Whale Water Wall, and attacked him with a black Dou Qi claw.
• Ning Luo broke free of Yao Sheng's water net and struck him with lightning power, sending him back bleeding.
• Liu Qing appeared and halted the fight, telling them to settle their grudges in the tournament and warning Ning Luo about its dangers.
• A little girl in a white dress appeared and declared that Ning Luo was under her protection.

Ning Luo entered Zi Yan’s Number One cultivation room to train, where the dense Heartfire rapidly refined his Dou Qi. As a nine-star Dou Wang with seven energy spikes remaining in his Dou Crystal, he stood one step from reaching Dou Emperor.

• Zi Yan arrived during Ning Luo’s conflict with Liu Qing’s group and offered to defend him, but Ning Luo declined her help and promised to refine pills for her.
• Liu Qing ended the confrontation and told everyone to settle their grudges during the competition.
• Zi Yan offered Ning Luo her Number One cultivation room, and he accepted her offer to train there.
• Ning Luo sensed the Fallen Heart Flame beyond a black iron door, then entered the Number One cultivation room and began cultivating.
• The room’s powerful Heartfire refined Ning Luo’s Dou Qi, and he realized that drawing in his Dou Crystal’s seven remaining energy spikes could bring him to Dou Emperor.

After cultivating in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, Ning Luo sensed the Fallen Heart Flame erupting and learned that the Inner Academy’s elders were struggling to contain it. Grand Elder Su Qian asked him to help the academy in the future.

• Ning Luo spent days cultivating in room one, briefly refining pills for Zi Yan before returning to seclusion.
• A disturbance shook the tower, and an elder ordered all students to leave within ten minutes as the energy inside turned violent.
• Ning Luo met Lin Yan outside and stayed to watch the elders seal the raging invisible flames with a spatial barrier.
• Su Qian approached Ning Luo, connected his ability to sense the disturbance to the Heavenly Flame within him, and asked him to keep the tower’s secrets.
• Su Qian revealed that the elders could only suppress the trouble temporarily and asked Ning Luo to help the Inner Academy in the future.

Ning Luo agreed to help Su Qian if the Inner Academy needed him to suppress a future threat, then prepared to compete in the Strong Ranking Tournament. As the tournament began, Ning Luo, Xun'er, and Wu Hao watched the packed arena and discussed their chances.

• Su Qian told Ning Luo that his Heavenly Flames might make him useful against a future danger and promised the Inner Academy would reward his help.
• After Su Qian vanished, Ning Luo returned to Luomen, reflecting on the Grand Elder's overwhelming strength.
• As the Strong Ranking Tournament approached, Inner Academy students intensified their challenges for places on the ranking.
• At the ancient bell's toll, Ning Luo armed himself with his heavy ruler and declared that he would claim a top-ten spot.
• At Central Square, Ning Luo spoke with Xun'er and Wu Hao about the tournament's competition; Wu Hao said he had reached forty-first place on the Strong Ranking.

Ning Luo met Lin Xiuyai and the others before the tournament, then faced open hostility from Liu Qing’s group. After Yao Sheng threatened Xun'er and provoked him, Ning Luo left hoping he would not meet Yao Sheng in the tournament, since he might kill him.

• Ning Luo learned that Lin Xiuyai and the others had failed to obtain the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk after a beast activated Berserk Bloodline Awakening.
• Liu Qing arrived with Liu Fei and Yao Sheng, and he and Lin Xiuyai exchanged tense words over their past rivalry.
• Yao Sheng warned Ning Luo to control Xun'er, and Ning Luo held her back as the confrontation grew tense.
• Liu Qing ended the exchange and led his group away, while Yao Sheng threatened Ning Luo before leaving.
• Ning Luo said he might kill Yao Sheng if they met in the tournament, and Wu Hao and Hu Jia agreed with him.

The Strong Ranking Tournament began as Su Qian summoned the contestants, explained the rules, and started the first match. Ning Luo drew the same red-backed number as Bai Cheng, setting them up to face each other later.

• Lin Xiuyai warned Ning Luo that Yao Sheng had poisonous Water Attribute Dou Qi and might target him in the tournament.
• Su Qian called the Strong Ranking contestants into the arena and reminded them not to kill their opponents.
• Liu Qing landed in the arena and fixed his battle-ready gaze on Lin Xiuyai.
• The contestants drew numbered bamboo slips, and Ning Luo revealed that he had red-backed number fifteen, matching Bai Cheng's number.
• Su Qian randomly selected match number seven, and the contestants holding the blue- and red-backed sevens stayed behind to begin the tournament's first match.

Ning Luo watched the arena matches as Xun'er correctly predicted a Fire Attribute fighter's defeat. Zi Yan then crushed Bei Jun with a single display of physical strength, winning her match and revealing she had acted because he had threatened Ning Luo.

• Ning Luo and Xun'er predicted that the Fire Attribute fighter would lose as his Wood Attribute opponent wore him down.
• He Bu defeated the Fire Attribute fighter in the eighth minute.
• Zi Yan faced Bei Jun, who mocked her and promised to go easy on her.
• Zi Yan stomped the arena and sent a powerful shock through Bei Jun's legs, leaving him howling on the ground.
• Su Qian declared Zi Yan the winner, and she told Ning Luo she had attacked Bei Jun because he had said he would challenge him.
• Ning Luo thanked Zi Yan and said he could handle such matters himself, while she warned that she might stop making pills for him if he did not let her help.

Ning Luo faced Bai Cheng in the fourth match of the competition and defeated him with a single Azure Flame-powered punch. After Bai Cheng was thrown out of the arena, the shocked audience wondered how strong Ning Luo had become.

• Zi Yan promised to help Ning Luo reach the top ten, but he insisted on earning his place himself.
• Lin Xiuyai asked Ning Luo to plead with Zi Yan not to humiliate him if they met in the competition.
• Su Qian called Ning Luo for the fourth match, pairing him against Bai Cheng, who vowed to cripple him.
• Bai Cheng used a secret technique that more than doubled his strength and coated his spear in blood-red Dou Qi.
• Ning Luo countered Bai Cheng's spear radiance with Azure Flame and knocked him out of the arena with one punch.