Chapter Summaries

Xiao Chen reunited with Xiao Xun'er at Jia Nan Academy and returned to class after two years away. Instructor Ruo Lin learned that he had reached one-star Dou Ling, while Xiao Yan had yet to arrive.

• Xiao Chen met Xiao Xun'er in the Outer Academy, and they reunited affectionately before spending the night together without consummating their relationship.
• Xiao Xun'er watched Xiao Chen sleep and thought that she still could not be with him.
• Xiao Chen met Instructor Ruo Lin, who scolded him for missing classes and asked about his strength and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Chen told Instructor Ruo Lin that he was a one-star Dou Ling and promised to help her advance to Mysterious Rank Alchemist.
• Xiao Chen entered Yellow Rank Class Two holding Xiao Xun'er's hand, greeted Xiao Yu, and drew attention from classmates curious about his return and his relationship with Xiao Xun'er.

Xiao Chen spent several months with Xiao Xun'er before leaving Jia Nan Academy for Black Seal City’s annual auction. He arrived with Queen Medusa and settled into an unusually suggestive inn room while waiting for the auction to begin.

• Xiao Chen and Xiao Xun'er wandered through Canaan City, watched the sunset together, and confessed their love for each other.
• Xiao Chen attended class with Xiao Xun'er for three months and drove away challengers by revealing his one-star Dou Ling cultivation.
• Xiao Chen left for the Black-Corner Region, and Xiao Xun'er asked Ling Ying to protect him.
• Xiao Chen contacted Queen Medusa, and they went to Black Seal City three days before the auction.
• Xiao Chen rejected the inn maid’s advances and teased Queen Medusa about being his maid while they waited in their room.

Xiao Chen gave Queen Medusa a Nine-Colored Origin Stone as a betrothal gift and grew closer to her before they attended the Black Seal City auction. The auction opened with Xiao Chen waiting for the map fragment to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

• Xiao Chen explained the Nine-Colored Origin Stone to Queen Medusa and gave it to her as a betrothal gift.
• Xiao Chen taught Queen Medusa how to refine the stone, and that night he held her while promising not to do anything improper.
• Two days later, Xiao Chen and Queen Medusa disguised themselves and entered the Black Seal Auction Hall, where spectators discussed Fan Ling and the Blood Sect.
• Xiao Chen recognized that the auction might offer a map fragment to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and the Eight Gates' annual auction began.
• The auctioneer presented the Cold Edge sword, which sold for one hundred and fifty thousand Gold Coin, before other treasures followed.

Xiao Chen outbid Fan Ling for the Thunder Bat Sky Wings, then bought an ancient tattered cloth he recognized as important. Fan Ling ordered someone to watch Xiao Chen after the auction, while the auction continued.

• Fan Ling and Green Elder competed for the Thunder Bat Sky Wings until Xiao Chen bid two million gold coins, then yielded them to Fan Ling after he invoked the Blood Sect’s name.
• Fan Ling bought the Thunder Bat Sky Wings for two million one hundred thousand gold coins.
• Xiao Chen bid on the ancient tattered cloth, drawing ridicule from the crowd and suspicion from Fan Ling.
• Fan Ling stopped bidding after an old man reminded him of their real objective and ordered him to have Xiao Chen watched after the auction.
• Xiao Chen bought the ancient tattered cloth for two hundred and ten thousand gold coins.

Xiao Chen watched the auction’s grand finale, a Seventh Grade Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill whose power could transform someone after a near-fatal injury. He promised Queen Medusa he would get the pill for her, but the auctioneer revealed that its buyer would have to agree to do two things for its owner.

• The Black Skull Tomb bought Three Thousand Lightning Movement for 10.2 million, while Xiao Chen held back from bidding.
• The auctioneer enclosed the crystal table in a Frost Iron cage and presented the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill as the auction’s grand finale.
• The auctioneer explained that the pill could help someone rebuild after destruction, citing Wind Venerable Gu Ling’s rise from severe injury to Dou Venerable.
• Xiao Chen told Queen Medusa he already had a Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill and promised to get the auctioned pill for her after the auction.
• Fan Ling demanded that the auctioneer name the price, and the auctioneer said the successful buyer must unconditionally do two things for the pill’s owner.

After buying an ancient cloth fragment in Black Seal City, Xiao Chen and Queen Medusa ambushed the Blood Sect and Black Skull Tomb, killing their members and collecting their treasures. They reached a mountain range near Jia Nan Academy, where they began dividing the spoils, while Green Elder remained sealed and held in Xiao Chen’s Small World.

• Xiao Chen and Queen Medusa left Black Seal City and hid near the mountain hollow where Fan Lao was waiting to attack the Heavenly Serpent Mansion.
• Queen Medusa fought Fan Lao and the Blood Sect while Xiao Chen killed the fleeing Black Skull Tomb members and took the Three Thousand Lightning Movement scroll.
• Xiao Chen killed Fan Ling and the other Blood Sect fighters, then sealed Green Elder’s Cultivation and placed her in his Small World.
• Xiao Chen joined Queen Medusa and killed Fan Lao, and they gathered the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, map fragment, techniques, and other spoils.
• Xiao Chen and Queen Medusa arrived near Jia Nan Academy and began dividing their treasures in a mountain cave.

Xiao Chen and Queen Medusa consumed Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pills, then she left to subdue the leaderless Blood Sect while he returned to Jia Nan Academy. There, Xiao Xun'er explained the Inner Academy Selection Competition and revealed that Xiao Yan had recently arrived.

• Xiao Chen gave Queen Medusa a Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill and consumed a pill with Pill Markings himself, gaining a trace of Dragon Qi.
• Queen Medusa thanked Xiao Chen, and he called her his future wife before asking her to subdue the Blood Sect.
• Queen Medusa left to handle the Blood Sect, while Xiao Chen collected the Storage Rings and traveled back to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Chen returned to Xiao Xun'er's loft and learned that the top fifty competitors in the coming selection would qualify for Inner Academy training and help Instructor Ruo Lin advance.
• Xiao Xun'er explained the academy's Outer and Inner Academies and told Xiao Chen that Cousin Xiao Yan had arrived.

Xiao Chen and Xiao Xun'er spent the night together before attending Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy Selection Competition, where Xiao Xun'er won her first match. Xiao Chen prepared for his own turn and promised Instructor Ruo Lin that he would help her advance to Xuan Rank Instructor.

• Xiao Xun'er explained Jia Nan Academy's situation to Xiao Chen and mentioned Xiao Yan, then she and Xiao Chen spent the night together.
• Xiao Chen and Xiao Xun'er arrived hand in hand at the selection competition with Instructor Ruo Lin and watched several students compete.
• A student from Yellow Rank Class Two lost his match before Xiao Xun'er defeated her opponent and advanced.
• Instructor Ruo Lin praised Xiao Xun'er, told Xiao Chen his match was coming soon, and promised him a reward if she advanced.
• Xiao Chen promised Instructor Ruo Lin he would help her advance, and Xiao Yu came over to ask whether he was confident he could win.

Xiao Chen dominated the selection competition and took first place, while Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei also entered the top fifty. The next day, Hu Qian announced a team-allowed melee elimination final, and Xiao Chen led his companions into the arena as it began.

• Xiao Chen defeated his first opponent with one punch and continued winning his later matches in a single move.
• Xiao Chen, Xiao Xun'er, and Xiao Yan entered the top fifty, while Xiao Chen finished the selection competition in first place.
• Hu Qian announced that the final round would be a melee elimination match in which students could use any means or form teams.
• Xiao Chen told Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei to stay beside him during the melee.
• Hu Qian started the final round, and Xiao Chen led Xiao Xun'er and the others into the arena.

Xiao Chen used the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations to overwhelm the other contestants and secure victory in the Inner Academy Selection Competition. Hu Jia and Wu Hao conceded, leaving Xiao Chen, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei as the top five.

• Xiao Chen told Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei to protect themselves while he and Xiao Yan faced the other contestants.
• Hu Jia, Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and the remaining students joined forces to surround Xiao Chen's group.
• Xiao Chen activated all three transformations of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations and raised his Cultivation to the Nine-Star Dou Ling Peak.
• Xiao Chen eliminated the surrounding students in rapid succession, then struck Bai Shan so severely that he was carried out of the arena grievously injured.
• Hu Jia and Wu Hao conceded defeat, and the referee announced Xiao Chen, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei as the top five.

After Xiao Chen helped his group win the selection competition, he claimed a kiss from Instructor Ruo Lin as his reward and arranged for Green Elder to teach Qing Lin. That night, Xiao Mei visited Xiao Chen before their trip to the Hidden Scripture Pavilion.

• The selection competition ended, and Xiao Chen and the other top-five students gained permission to choose a reward from the Hidden Scripture Pavilion within seven days.
• Instructor Ruo Lin offered Xiao Chen a reward for helping her become a Xuan-tier instructor, and he kissed her before running off.
• Xiao Chen entered the Small World in his Cosmos Ring, told Green Elder he had spared her so she could teach Qing Lin, and placed a restriction on her before restoring her Cultivation.
• Xiao Mei visited Xiao Chen at night, saying she could not sleep before their planned visit to the Hidden Scripture Pavilion the next day.

Xiao Chen and the other four selection winners entered Jia Nan Academy’s Hidden Scripture Pavilion to seek treasures. Inside, they reached a chamber where items shot from energy barriers, and Xiao Chen easily caught one of the dimmer streaks of light.

• Xiao Mei discussed the Hidden Scripture Pavilion and the Inner Academy with Xiao Chen, who mistakenly concluded that she was in love with him.
• Hu Qian led Xiao Chen, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei through a hidden passage to the pavilion.
• Hu Qian explained that the pavilion’s entrance was protected by a Space Lock, and the Qian Bai Two Elders opened it.
• Hu Qian told the five entrants how to claim treasures and warned them that each could take only one item out.
• The five entered the pavilion and reached a chamber where light streaks emerged from energy barriers, and Xiao Chen caught a dim one.

Xiao Chen and the four girls collected their rewards from the Hidden Scripture Pavilion before leaving for the Inner Academy in five days. He then returned through a spatial passage to the Jia Ma Empire, entrusted Qing Lin to Green Elder for training, and set out to visit Yun Yun and Ya Fei.

• Xiao Chen helped Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, Xiao Xun'er, and the other girl choose Earth Rank Dou Techniques, while he took a medicinal herb for refining a Seventh Grade Pill.
• Xiao Mei admitted through a nod that she had feelings for Xiao Chen, and the five left the Hidden Scripture Pavilion after agreeing to keep its secrets.
• Hu Qian told the five to prepare for entering the Inner Academy in five days and warned them to be ready to face its senior students.
• Xiao Mei thanked Xiao Chen for the Dou Technique he gave her, and Xiao Chen returned to his pavilion and entered a spatial passage.
• Xiao Chen arrived at Xiao Mansion, summoned Qing Lin, and left her in Green Elder's care while warning Green Elder not to flee.
• Green Elder began explaining Qing Lin's Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while Xiao Chen left to visit Yun Yun and Ya Fei and check on the Xiao Alliance.

Xiao Chen spent his remaining days in the Jia Ma Empire visiting the women in his life, distributing pills and resources, and asking Xian Er to watch the Misty Cloud Sect. On the fourth day, he departed through a Space Vortex Door to enter Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy.

• Xiao Chen told Ya Fei about his experiences in the Black-Corner Region and said he would discuss marriage with Old Hai and Chief Tengshan.
• Xiao Chen visited Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect and stayed with her for a day before returning to Xiao Mansion.
• Xiao Chen refined more than a thousand bottles of pills, gave them to Hai Bodong for the Xiao Alliance, and delivered resources to the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Chen visited several women and left them pills, then asked Xian Er to watch for activity at the Misty Cloud Sect after she reported a powerful aura there a month earlier.
• On the fourth day, Xiao Chen entered a Space Vortex Door as Xian Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin waved goodbye.

Xiao Chen prepared to enter Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, where a new system check-in location awaited him. After Hu Qian led the students on griffin beasts across a forest, they landed at their destination.

• Xiao Chen spent his remaining days in Canaan City with Xiao Xun'er and saw that his system panel now listed his fiancées under a new Identity category.
• Ling Er notified Xiao Chen that Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy had become a check-in location, and he planned to check in Zi Yan after arriving.
• Xiao Chen, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yan, and the other students gathered outside Hu Qian’s residence to depart for the Inner Academy.
• Hu Qian sent the students into groups aboard ten griffin beasts and led them over a forest filled with magical beasts.
• After an hour of flight, the griffin beasts landed with the students at an open stretch of ground.

Xiao Chen led Xiao Xun'er and the other newcomers through the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, defeating senior students and taking their Fire Energy as they crossed the forest toward the Inner Academy. After Xiao Chen defeated the Black Fiend Team, Luo Hou heard Sha Tie's warning that the newcomers might be too strong to stop.

• Hu Qian brought the newcomers through a hidden gate, where Elder Su and Elder Qing explained the crystal cards and the rules of the Fire Energy Hunting Competition.
• Xiao Chen led Xiao Xun'er and the other three into the forest, defeated a lone Senior Student, and took his Fire Energy.
• Xiao Chen and his companions defeated senior students throughout the forest, steadily increasing the Fire Energy on their cards while Hu Jia and Wu Hao watched in amazement.
• Xiao Chen defeated Sha Tie and the Black Fiend Team, leaving the Inner Academy students gathered at the forest's end discussing his strength.
• Sha Tie warned Luo Hou that Xiao Chen had beaten him in fewer than three moves and might overwhelm Luo Hou's final team.

Xiao Chen defeated the White Killing Team in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, earning rewards for the new students and entry to the Inner Academy. As he entered Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, he checked in and obtained the Profound Yellow Flame.

• Sha Tie warned Luo Hou that Xiao Chen could leave him bedridden if he fought back.
• Xiao Chen defeated Luo Hou and took the Fire Energy from the White Killing Team’s Fire Crystal Cards.
• Elder Su announced the new students’ victory and awarded twenty days of Fire Energy to each, with Xiao Chen, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei receiving Azure Fire Crystal Cards and thirty extra days.
• Elder Su explained the crystal card ranks and led the new students into the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Chen reached the check-in location, checked in, and received the Profound Yellow Flame.

Xiao Chen gave Xiao Yan the Profound Yellow Flame, which Xiao Yan took outside the Inner Academy to refine. The next day, Xiao Chen and the girls arrived at the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower and entered after its doors opened.

• Xiao Chen gave the Profound Yellow Flame to Xiao Yan, who confirmed its identity with Yao Lao and planned to refine it outside the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yan concealed the flame’s aura with Yao Lao’s help and flew to a nearby mountain range to refine it.
• Xiao Chen celebrated with Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei while Xiao Yan was away.
• The next day, Xiao Chen showed the girls around the Inner Academy and brought them to the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower.
• The tower doors opened, and Xiao Chen took Xiao Xun'er’s hand as he invited the others to enter.

Xiao Chen protected Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei from the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower’s heart-fire scorching and met Han Yue, who invited him to join her faction. He rejected her offer and said he planned to establish his own faction.

• Xiao Chen used Chaos Fire to protect Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei from the heart fire.
• Elder Liu arrived, introduced himself, and offered to explain the tower’s rules to Xiao Chen.
• Elder Liu introduced Xiao Chen to Han Yue, leader of the Inner Academy faction Moon Spirit.
• Xiao Chen teased Han Yue by praising her hand and asking to talk about life with her if he joined Moon Spirit.
• Han Yue realized Xiao Chen had rejected her invitation and left for the sixth floor; Xiao Chen said she could rely on him when he established his own faction.

Xiao Chen toured the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower, then refined the energy left by Hellfire and Netherworld Flame and advanced to the peak of Seven-Star Dou Ling. After establishing Xiao Gate with his companions, he received a message that Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body had broken out.

• Elder Liu showed Xiao Chen and the others the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower, where Xiao Chen spotted the fire spirit of the Fallen Heart Flame in the abyss.
• Xiao Chen refined the energy liquid from Hellfire and Netherworld Flame over three days, reaching the peak of Seven-Star Dou Ling as the Chaos Fire absorbed both flames.
• After emerging from seclusion, Xiao Chen learned that Xiao Yan had refined the Profound Yellow Flame and that factions had tried to recruit Xiao Xun'er and the others; he dealt with one faction’s leader.
• Xiao Chen agreed with Xiao Mei, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Xun'er to establish the Xiao Gate in the Inner Academy.
• Seven days later, Xiao Chen received a message on his Communication Token that Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body had broken out.