Chapter Summaries

Lu Yuan and Qing Lin were confirmed as students at Canaan Academy, where Hu Qian promised Qing Lin a place despite her low cultivation. As Lu Yuan settled into the Outer Academy, rumors of the fifteen-year-old Dou Spirit reached Inner Academy guild leaders, drawing their interest.

• Ruo Lin confirmed to Hu Qian and Wu Tianlang that Lu Yuan was the fifteen-year-old Dou Spirit she recruited and explained how he secured Qing Lin a student slot.
• Hu Qian promised Qing Lin a place at Canaan Academy, while Wu Tianlang warned Lu Yuan to learn the academy rules and reminded him that student conflicts were permitted.
• Hu Qian comforted Hu Jia after her defeat, and Hu Jia introduced herself to Lu Yuan and vowed to defeat him one day.
• Lu Yuan left the forest entrance with Qing Lin and Xiao Xun'er, while Xiao Ning and the other Xiao Family Disciples made their own way.
• News of Lu Yuan spread through the Inner Academy; Han Yue read a report, Lin Xiuya left Wolf Fang to investigate, and Zi Yan remained unaware of Lu Yuan's presence.

Lu Yuan settled into his independent courtyard at Canaan Academy and compared the academy’s strength and student-ranking rules with those of the Yun Lan Sect. Xiao Ning returned from the Magical Beast Forest dramatically stronger, prompting Xiao Yu to demand an explanation before Xiao Ning fled; Lu Yuan then planned his courtyard and asked Xiao Xun'er why she had come.

• Lu Yuan considered Canaan Academy’s greater strength and its rules, which let students challenge for better housing and privileges.
• Lu Yuan inspected his courtyard and observed how students had customized their yards for relaxation or training.
• Xiao Ning returned from the Magical Beast Forest as a Five Star Dou Zhe, and Xiao Yu was stunned by his sudden growth.
• Xiao Ning told Xiao Yu to ask brother-in-law Xiao Yuan about the source of his cultivation, then fled when she whipped him for calling Xiao Yuan that.
• Lu Yuan planned to turn his front yard into a training ground and his back yard into a pond with bamboo, then asked Xiao Xun'er why she was there.

Xiao Xun'er confessed her feelings to Lu Yuan and recounted how her curiosity about him had grown into affection, while Lu Yuan remained wary but agreed to let her get to know him at Canaan Academy. The story then shifted as Bai Shan brought Bai Cheng to Lu Yuan’s courtyard, where Bai Cheng said he wanted to avoid making an enemy of the fifteen-year-old Dou Spirit.

• Xiao Xun'er entered Lu Yuan’s courtyard without knocking, and Lu Yuan warned her against using threats or schemes to pressure him.
• Xiao Xun'er told Lu Yuan she liked him and asked him to hear her out, while Lu Yuan refused to kill her or abandon his own principles.
• Xiao Xun'er described her childhood, her use of Xiao Yan, and how Lu Yuan’s actions sparked her curiosity and eventually her affection.
• Xiao Xun'er said she would not force Lu Yuan to answer or trust her, and Lu Yuan nodded when she proposed starting over at Canaan Academy.
• Bai Shan led Bai Cheng to Lu Yuan’s courtyard, and Bai Cheng said he had come to settle matters rather than avenge Bai Shan’s defeat.

Bai Cheng sent Bai Shan to approach Lu Yuan politely, but Bai Shan threatened him instead. Lu Yuan demonstrated his speed and power by placing an ice spear against Bai Cheng’s forehead, then returned to his courtyard and left the Bai Gang outside.

• Bai Cheng reflected on the Inner Academy’s brutal faction conflicts and why even weaker students needed the protection of a gang.
• Bai Shan ignored Bai Cheng’s instructions and threatened Lu Yuan while claiming his brother wanted to meet him.
• Lu Yuan reminded Bai Shan that provoking stronger people was foolish and appeared before Bai Cheng in an instant.
• Bai Cheng raised his hand to defend himself, but Lu Yuan’s afterimage left an ice spear pressed between his brows.
• Lu Yuan spared Bai Cheng, cited the Outer Academy’s ban on private fights, and shut the courtyard gate on him and the Bai Gang.

Lu Yuan warned the Inner Academy factions watching his courtyard, then prepared Qing Lin to awaken the Azure Serpent Three Flower Pupils. Far away, Haibodong reclaimed his place in the Mitre Family and installed Mitre Ya Fei as its head, while wondering how Canaan Academy would handle accepting a fifteen-year-old Dou Emperor.

• Bai Cheng told Bai Shan that Lu Yuan had overwhelmed him and warned him not to provoke Lu Yuan.
• Xiao Xun'er left Lu Yuan's courtyard, and Lu Yuan used his Mental Power to warn the hidden Inner Academy students watching him.
• Lu Yuan took Qing Lin to eat and shop, then used his laws to build a pond and a bamboo grove in their courtyard.
• Lu Yuan explained the awakening conditions and stages of the Azure Serpent Three Flower Pupils, then had Qing Lin focus on a Serpent Magical Beast.
• Haibodong returned as the Mitre Family's Supreme Elder, removed Mittel Tengshan as family head, and backed Mitre Ya Fei as the new head.
• Haibodong reflected on his efforts to revive someone and worried about the troubles Canaan Academy would face after accepting a fifteen-year-old Dou Emperor.

Over three months, Lu Yuan trained Qing Lin and Xiao Xun'er while raising his cultivation to seven-star Dou Huang. As Lu Yuan prepared to enter Canaan Academy’s Inner Academy, Xiao Xun'er agreed to go with him, and Qing Lin’s diary left her wondering whether Xiao Xun'er liked Lu Yuan.

• Qing Lin’s records showed that she advanced from Dou Zhi Qi to two-star Dou Shi by subduing Serpent Magical Beasts, while Lu Yuan urged her to strengthen her foundation and avoid overusing her soul-control ability.
• Xiao Xun'er read Qing Lin’s training records and teased Lu Yuan about Qing Lin’s admiration for him, while Lu Yuan defended Qing Lin’s gratitude and character.
• Lu Yuan reflected that Qing Lin had gained control over many Magical Beasts, Xiao Xun'er had improved her combat experience, and he had reached seven-star Dou Huang after absorbing more than five hundred medicinal herbs.
• Lu Yuan told Xiao Xun'er that Xiao Yan had become a three-star Dou Zhe and that he planned to enter Canaan Academy’s Inner Academy, where he could take missions and pursue his own plans.
• Xiao Xun'er agreed to enter the Inner Academy with Lu Yuan so she could stay near him and follow the matters that interested him.

As the Inner Courtyard Selection Competition approached, Lu Yuan reflected on its brutal rules and the attention his and Xiao Xun'er's strength had drawn. He continued helping Qing Lin conceal her Azure Serpent Three Flower Pupils, while Xiao Xun'er weighed her ambitions and resolve to win his heart.

• The chapter explained that the competition would admit only the fifty strongest students, making Lu Yuan a coveted target for older Da Dou Shi seeking a famous upset.
• Lu Yuan reflected that Canaan Academy had moved the competition forward partly to give him and Xiao Xun'er a better stage, and he considered how strength shaped their opportunities.
• Lu Yuan practiced controlling his growing power while Qing Lin advanced to Six-Star Dou Shi and gathered more than ten Dou Wang Serpent Magical Beasts under her control.
• Lu Yuan used enchanted glasses to conceal Qing Lin's Azure Serpent Three Flower Pupils, whose power could make her a threat to the Nine Netherworld Python Clan.
• Xiao Xun'er chose not to pursue Qing Lin's eyes because she feared Lu Yuan's retaliation, then resolved to enter the Inner Academy and use the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to overcome his resistance to her affection.

Lu Yuan and Xiao Xun'er applied to become Ring Keepers at the start of the Inner Courtyard Selection Competition, drawing the attention of the registered students. Lu Yuan crushed the first challenger with one strike and invited the rest to face him.

• Hu Qian introduced the competition rules and officials, then Su Qian announced the competition's start.
• Lu Yuan and Xiao Xun'er discussed their chances, and Lu Yuan told Qing Lin to save her trump cards and wait for their results.
• Lu Yuan and Xiao Xun'er each applied to become a Ring Keeper, provoking anger and disbelief among many older students.
• Su Qian approved their applications, after which numerous students challenged the two freshmen, with more challengers choosing Lu Yuan.
• Huang Tao challenged Lu Yuan, but Lu Yuan broke his Dou Qi Armor with a single strike and sent him flying from the arena.
• Lu Yuan asked who else wanted to challenge him and invited the challengers to come one at a time.

Lu Yuan defeated challenger after challenger as Ring Keeper, demonstrating his Dou Ling combat skill and exhausting the old students’ resolve. When no one dared face him, he handed the slot to Qing Lin by losing to her deliberately, then left the arena looking perfectly energetic.

• Lu Yuan used his Ice Spear’s transformations to disarm and defeat challengers while explaining how they might better defend themselves.
• Xiao Xun’er defeated three opponents, after which few students dared challenge her.
• Su Qian and the other elders discussed Lu Yuan’s strength, his possible alchemy talent, and the challengers’ dwindling morale.
• After defeating more than fifty opponents over two hours, Lu Yuan provoked the remaining students, then quickly beat the last challenger who stepped forward.
• Lu Yuan called Qing Lin onto the arena, deliberately lost to her, and walked away to ensure no one would dare compete with her for the Ring Keeper slot.

Lu Yuan secured Inner Academy places for himself, Qing Lin, and Xiao Xun'er, then learned that the upcoming Fire Energy Hunting Competition would bring them into conflict with Inner Academy students. After celebrating with Xiao Ning and the others, he left the story poised for the group’s arrival at the Inner Academy and a likely clash with the Strong Ranking students.

• Lu Yuan kept his second Ring Keeper slot unchallenged while Qing Lin and Xiao Xun'er also secured places in the Inner Academy.
• The selection ended with fifty Outer Academy students qualifying, and Su Qian told Hu Qian that several Strong Ranking students, including Lin Xiuya, would take part in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition.
• Hu Qian announced the final results and ordered the fifty qualifiers to gather at seven the next morning before leaving to watch the competition.
• Lu Yuan explained to Qing Lin and Xiao Xun'er that the Fire Energy Hunting Competition would teach new Inner Academy students how its fire-energy currency circulated, and predicted Strong Ranking students might target them.
• Lu Yuan joined Xiao Ning, Xiao Yu, and the Xiao family disciples, who celebrated his victory with him on his final night before entering the Inner Academy.

Lu Yuan and the other Outer Academy contestants traveled toward the Inner Academy, where more than a hundred Inner Academy students prepared an overwhelming welcome and challenge. After the newcomers received numbered cards, an elder warned them to protect the cards while Hu Qian explained the Fire Energy Hunting Competition.

• Lu Yuan, Xiao Xun'er, Qing Lin, and the other successful contestants mounted flying magical beasts with Hu Qian and set out for the Inner Academy.
• At the Inner Academy entrance, Han Yue joined Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, Lin Yan, and more than a hundred students preparing to test the newcomers; they discussed Lu Yuan's strength and his earlier fight with Bai Cheng.
• Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing warned Lin Yan about the dangers of his reckless cultivation in the Heavenly Flame Refining Gas Tower.
• Hu Qian led the newcomers through a silver gate into the Inner Academy and introduced them to two elders facing a large crowd of waiting students.
• An elder distributed numbered cards to the newcomers, warned them to protect the cards, and left Hu Qian to explain the Fire Energy Hunting Competition.

Hu Qian explained the Fire Energy Hunting Competition’s rules, then Lu Yuan dismissed the Inner Academy elites and threatened Liu Fei after she challenged him. Once the competition began, Lu Yuan regrouped with Xiao Xun'er and Qing Lin and demanded Fire Crystal Cards from several new students.

• Hu Qian explained that the new students had to evade or defeat the old students, who could take their Fire Energy Points but had to leave them with two points and could not harm them or take their possessions.
• Lu Yuan ignored the Inner Academy elites, entered the competition with Xiao Xun'er and Qing Lin, and told Liu Fei she should apologize for offending him before threatening to humiliate her later.
• Han Yue and then the other old students entered the competition, while Liu Qing speculated that Lu Yuan might be strong enough to back up his boasts.
• Lu Yuan, Xiao Xun'er, and Qing Lin arrived in the same forest, and Lu Yuan led them to several isolated new students.
• Lu Yuan politely asked the isolated new students to hand over their Fire Crystal Cards for their own safety.

Lu Yuan rejected the freshmen’s attempt to attach themselves to him and set off with Xiao Xun’er and Qing Lin to confront the older students. He encountered Liu Qing and effortlessly stopped his charge, while Canaan Academy’s elders watched and speculated about Lu Yuan’s origins.

• The freshmen asked to ally with Lu Yuan, but he warned them not to follow him and explained that shared enrollment did not make them companions.
• Xiao Xun’er advised Lu Yuan to focus on the wealthier older students, and he led her and Qing Lin deeper into the forest.
• Lu Yuan and Xiao Xun’er detected Liu Qing nearby, and Liu Qing’s Split Mountain Gang surrounded them.
• Liu Qing charged Lu Yuan barehanded, but Lu Yuan stopped him with an uncovered palm and explained that Liu Qing had failed to concentrate his force.
• Canaan Academy’s elders recognized Lu Yuan’s exceptional combat technique, and Su Qian speculated that he was connected to a powerful family.
• Wu Tianlang praised the mysterious Dou Zong who had killed Han Feng and discussed whether Canaan Academy could trade for Han Feng’s Heavenly Flame.

Canaan Academy’s elders discussed the supposed mysterious Dou Zong, unaware that the stories referred to Lu Yuan, who had killed Han Feng without ever reaching that realm. Meanwhile, Lu Yuan dominated Liu Qing in their forest battle, then drew an iron spear from the earth and invited him to fight in earnest.

• Su Qian and Hu Qian agreed that a mysterious Dou Zong had killed Han Feng and shaken the Black-Corner Region, while Lu Yuan knew the rumors referred to his own deeds and misidentified realm.
• Lu Yuan knocked Liu Qing headfirst into the ground, then kicked his legs beneath the earth when he tried to gather Dou Qi to escape.
• Liu Qing unleashed his full aura, leaving a vast crater while Lu Yuan stood untouched on a small patch of ground.
• Liu Qing admitted Lu Yuan was strong, apologized for underestimating him, and offered to fight with his Split Mountain Spear.
• Lu Yuan declined to bring out a weapon at first, then formed an iron spear from the soil and challenged Liu Qing to show his spear talent.

Lu Yuan fought Liu Qing, demonstrating that he vastly outclassed him in strength, technique, and control of Dou Qi. After countering Liu Qing’s spear techniques, Lu Yuan learned that others were approaching and proposed a five-minute challenge.

• Lu Yuan challenged Liu Qing to fight and identified weaknesses in Liu Qing’s forceful spear style.
• Lu Yuan deflected Liu Qing’s attacks, sent him flying, and disarmed him before returning the Split Mountain Spear.
• Liu Qing used the Split Mountain Spear and Thousand Gang Shattering Stone, but Lu Yuan countered with Ice Mirror Image.
• Liu Qing launched Across the Four Directions, and Lu Yuan pierced through the light blades with a precise spear thrust.
• Xiao Xun'er warned that more people would arrive within five minutes, and Lu Yuan proposed a game called Last five minutes.

Lu Yuan defeated Liu Qing after prolonging their fight to train him, then waited for Lin Xiuya and the other senior students to arrive. Lin Xiuya reached the battlefield, where Lu Yuan told him to wait quietly for the rest of the fighters.

• Lin Xiuya heard a distant shockwave and reasoned that it might have come from a fight between powerful students, so he changed course to investigate.
• Lu Yuan spent five minutes training Liu Qing in combat before striking him unconscious and mocking him for failing to last five minutes.
• Hu Qian and Wu Tianlang debated whether Lu Yuan had a chance against the arriving senior students and whether he was concealing greater strength.
• Lin Xiuya arrived with members of the Wolf Fang Gang, saw Liu Qing defeated and Liu Fei and the others tied up, and recognized Lu Yuan as the victor.
• Lu Yuan told Lin Xiuya to wait quietly for the other students to arrive and warned that he might lose consciousness if he challenged him too soon.

Lu Yuan defeated Lin Xiuya in a brief sword clash and challenged the Inner Academy students to fight him together, demanding that they honor their Fire Crystal Card wagers if they lost. Lin Yan charged first, and the gathering senior students began to join the battle.

• Lin Xiuya questioned Lu Yuan's confidence, then accepted his offer to spar and attacked with Azure Wood Sword Qi and a sword-drawing strike.
• Lu Yuan shattered Lin Xiuya's attacks, pinned him down, and broke his sword intent, leaving Lin Xiuya injured.
• Lu Yuan asked what would happen if the senior students refused to hand over their Fire Crystal Cards after losing, and Lin Xiuya agreed the rules allowed the wager.
• Lin Yan stepped forward, warned the senior students to accept defeat honorably, and charged Lu Yuan with his Lihuo Axe.
• Lu Yuan caught Lin Yan's axe with an enormous ice hand and sent him flying as multicolored lights rose and the melee began.

Lu Yuan overwhelmed Lin Xiuya’s group, first obliterating their combined Dou Techniques with Heaven and Earth One Sword, then defeating their close-combat assault with his superior speed and strength. After Lu Yuan challenged Lin Xiuya and the top-ranked veterans to face him together, Lin Xiuya ordered them to attack as a group.

• Lu Yuan unleashed Heaven and Earth One Sword, carving a vast scar through the battlefield and leaving Lin Xiuya and the other veteran students stunned.
• Lin Yan rallied the students by arguing they could exhaust Lu Yuan through close combat, and they charged him together.
• Lu Yuan used his speed to turn attackers against each other, take out more than ten veteran students, and disrupt their formation.
• Lu Yuan caught Lin Yan’s Lihuo Axe, knocked him back, and hurled the weapon at him before challenging Lin Xiuya and the Strong Ranking veterans to attack together.
• Lin Xiuya told Lin Yan, Han Yue, and the others to take Lu Yuan on together.

Lu Yuan defeated Lin Xiuya and the other Inner Academy students in a fight over their Fire Crystal Cards, then accepted Han Yue’s challenge. Han Yue drew her sword to spar with him, while Xiao Xun'er made clear that she was pursuing Lu Yuan and would view Han Yue as a rival.

• Qing Lin recorded Lu Yuan’s beating of Lin Xiuya’s group as Xiao Xun'er advised her on what to write, while Han Yue and the other girls watched without joining the fight.
• Han Yue introduced herself to Xiao Xun'er and Qing Lin, invited Xiao Xun'er to join the Spirit Guild, and asked what relationship she had with Lu Yuan.
• Xiao Xun'er declined the invitation and said she was pursuing Lu Yuan, warning that she and Han Yue might become rivals if Han Yue pursued him too.
• Lu Yuan declared victory after Lin Xiuya admitted defeat and the others raised no objections, then demanded their Fire Crystal Cards.
• Han Yue challenged Lu Yuan to a spar, and he formed a Miao Blade from a stone pillar before accepting her request.

Lu Yuan defeated Han Yue and collected Fire Energy Points from the old students, while Xiao Xun'er worried that other powerful women might win his trust before she could. The chapter ended with Zi Yan leaving the Medicine Repository after sensing an unfamiliar kinship, as its guards accepted her habitual raids.

• Lu Yuan defeated Han Yue, who handed over her Fire Crystal Card, and he left her five Fire Energy Points after transferring the rest.
• Lu Yuan collected Fire Energy Points from the other old students, but returned Lin Yan's card untouched because it held zero points and advised him to keep emergency funds.
• Xiao Xun'er considered Han Yue and other powerful women potential rivals for Lu Yuan's trust, but decided against harming Han Yue.
• Zi Yan felt a stirring of kinship while stealing spiritual fruit in the Medicine Repository, then made up her mind and walked out.
• The Medicine Repository guards said Zi Yan was a regular customer and warned that its potent ingredients could kill anyone without a Dou King's constitution.