Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran's clash devastated the Cloud Mist Sect's plaza, after which Xiao Yan left for the Black Corner Region with Little Doctor Immortal and Qing Lin. Their journey ended at a small tribe, where an unseen attacker fired an arrow at their carriage.

• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran unleashed Earth-tier Combat Skills, and Yun Yun took over the Cloud Mist Covering Sun Array to protect the Cloud Mist Sect from their collision.
• After the dust cleared, Yun Yun summoned Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran to the main hall; the next day Xiao Yan left the sect with Little Doctor Immortal and Qing Lin.
• Half a month later, Xiao Yan set out from Ghost Pass, and a black-robed old man in a gloomy hall learned that several Soul Hall protectors' soul tablets had shattered.
• Five months later, Xiao Yan reached the Black Domain Great Plains and entered the Black Corner Region with Little Doctor Immortal and Qing Lin.
• After traveling for over a month across the plains, Xiao Yan approached a small tribe, but an arrow struck the ground in front of his carriage, prompting Little Doctor Immortal to demand an explanation.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Black Corner Region, where he killed three bandits and agreed to guard Duo Ma’s merchant convoy across the Black Domain Great Plains. As they traveled toward Black Seal City and its auction, Xiao Yan studied a map and learned about the region’s factions and Black Rankings.

• Little Doctor Immortal paid the demanded road offering, and Xiao Yan’s group entered the tribe.
• Three bandits tried to rob Xiao Yan’s group, so Xiao Yan killed them and continued searching for a map.
• Duo Ma offered Xiao Yan’s group passage with his merchant convoy in exchange for help guarding it, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Xiao Yan’s group joined Duo Ma’s convoy and set out across the Black Domain Great Plains toward Black Seal City.
• Duo Ma showed Xiao Yan a map, identified Jia Nan Academy and the Eight Gates’ territory, and explained the dangerous competition for the Black Rankings.

Xiao Yan learned that Han Feng was the Black Corner Region’s famed Pill Emperor, then crossed the Black Domain Great Plains with Duo Ma’s convoy and reached Black Seal City. The chapter left Xiao Yan and his companions waiting to enter the city ahead of its auction.

• Duo Ma told Xiao Yan that Han Feng ranked third on the Black Rankings and was known as the Pill Emperor.
• A black storm struck the convoy, and Xiao Yan protected Little Doctor Immortal and Little Qing Lin while sensing a Soul Hall member hunting a red spiritual body.
• Xiao Yan used his Spiritual Strength to annihilate the Soul Hall member, allowing the red spiritual body to escape.
• After the storm passed, Xiao Yan suggested staying in Black Seal City to see its auction, and Duo Ma paid him and gave him a map.
• Duo Ma’s convoy left the plains and reached Black Seal City, where Xiao Yan saw the crowds and costly entrance fees.

Xiao Yan, Little Doctor Immortal, and Little Qing Lin entered Black Seal City and explored its medicinal shops before heading to the Black Seal Auction. As they arrived, Xiao Yan spotted the Blood Sect’s young sect leader, Fan Ling, whose group was linked to the disappearance of an Eight Gates elder.

• Xiao Yan witnessed a skinny man fatally ambush a Bald Big Man, showing the dangers of the Black Corner Region.
• Duo Ma paid the gate guards to bring his convoy into Black Seal City, then directed Xiao Yan and his companions toward Thousand Medicine Workshop.
• Little Doctor Immortal bought expensive medicinal ingredients at Thousand Medicine Workshop, then refined medicine at an inn while Xiao Yan guided her and Little Qing Lin cultivated.
• Xiao Yan brought Little Doctor Immortal and Little Qing Lin to the Black Seal Auction, where they completed the qualification assessment and entered a private room.
• Xiao Yan saw Fan Ling arrive with the Blood Sect and heard that he was suspected of involvement in an Eight Gates elder’s disappearance.

Xiao Yan attended the Black Seal City auction with Little Doctor Immortal and Little Qing Lin, where powerful factions gathered to bid on rare treasures. The auction began with ordinary items and then introduced the coveted Thunder Bat Sky Wings, leaving Xiao Yan uninterested but drawing the Blood Sect’s attention.

• Xiao Yan noticed Fan Ling of the Blood Sect watching him from the opposite private room, while Fan Ling and Elder Luo discussed acquiring a mysterious final auction item.
• Xiao Yan opened the soundproof room so he and the two girls could hear the auction, which the white-haired auctioneer officially began.
• The auctioneer sold a blue Magic Core sword and then presented various treasures, including a young girl, as Xiao Yan and the girls watched without acting.
• The auctioneer unveiled the Thunder Bat Sky Wings, a Profound-tier Low-grade Flying Dou Technique, and set its starting price at one million.
• Fan Ling said he wanted the wings and told Elder Luo that his father’s preparations would let the Blood Sect take the final item regardless of who won it.

Xiao Yan and his companions watched the Eight Gates auction, where Fan Ling won the Thunder Bat Sky Wings and Little Doctor Immortal exchanged a Dou Huang Pill for an Earth Core Fire Mushroom. Black Skeleton Tomb secured the Earth-tier Three Thousand Lightning Movement for ten million two hundred thousand, and the auctioneer prepared the sealed stage for the auction’s main event.

• Fan Ling outbid Elder Qing and other bidders, purchasing the Thunder Bat Sky Wings for one million nine hundred thousand gold coins.
• Little Doctor Immortal won the Earth Core Fire Mushroom by offering a Dou Huang Pill.
• When two factions nearly fought during the auction, a black arrow struck the floor and deterred them.
• Black Skeleton Tomb outbid the Blood Sect and Sky Serpent Mansion, winning the Three Thousand Lightning Movement for ten million two hundred thousand.
• The auctioneer had metal railings rise around and above the crystal stage as the factions waited for the main event.

Eight Gates presented the seventh-grade Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, whose power could let its user break and rebuild after a life-threatening injury, and demanded that its buyer perform two tasks for the seller. Xiao Yan dismissed the pill and left the auction with the two women to browse the merchant stalls.

• Eight Gates sealed the auction stage in a Cold Iron cage as the auctioneer revealed a golden pill in a Cold Jade box.
• Little Doctor Immortal recognized that the pill’s dragon-shaped energy marked it as seventh-grade, and the auctioneer identified it as the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill.
• The auctioneer explained that the pill could transform its user after severe injury, citing Venerable Feng, Gu Ling as someone who had advanced from Dou Zong to Dou Venerable after taking one.
• Xiao Yan warned Little Doctor Immortal that the pill’s transformation was dangerous and depended on enduring immense pain.
• The auctioneer announced that the seller required the winning bidder to agree to perform two tasks, prompting Elder Qing and other factions to question the condition.
• Xiao Yan left the auction hall with the two women to look for useful items at the merchant stalls.

Xiao Yan’s group left Black Seal City and headed toward Jia Nan Academy as Blood Sect and hidden pursuers converged on the road. Elder Qing’s party was ambushed by Fan Lao’s forces, who sought the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and the chapter ended with Elder Qing fighting Fan Lao while her group was being overwhelmed.

• Xiao Yan completed the auction transactions, bought supplies with Little Doctor Immortal and Little Qing Lin, and set out toward Jia Nan Academy the next day.
• Fan Ling’s party left Black Seal City, followed by concealed pursuers who then noticed Xiao Yan’s carriages and turned their attention toward them.
• Fan Ling’s group entered a forest ambush, where Fan Lao’s Blood Sect forces prepared to attack Elder Qing’s approaching party for the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill.
• Elder Qing detected the ambush, but Fan Lao revealed himself and demanded the pill; she ordered her people to scatter and retreat.
• Nearly a hundred Blood Sect warriors surrounded and fought the Sky Serpent Mansion group, leaving Elder Qing with only a few companions.
• Fan Lao broke through Elder Qing’s defense and attacked her from above, and she met his next charge with her sword.

Fan Ling seized the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill from Elder Qing and led the Blood Guards toward Twilight City, but greed drew him into attacking the Black Skeleton Tomb for the Three Thousand Lightning Movement. As the ambushed group was nearly wiped out, a wounded Dou Ling expert used Bone Explosion against his opponent.

• Fan Lao broke Elder Qing's arm, stole the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, and sent Fan Ling and the Blood Guards toward Twilight City while he fought Elder Qing.
• Black-clad pursuers followed Fan Ling's group, while Fan Ling learned that ten Black Skeleton Tomb members, including Gray Skull, were traveling ahead.
• Fan Ling ignored Elder Luo's warning and ordered his forces to attack the Black Skeleton Tomb so he could take the Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Fan Ling and the Blood Guards killed the Black Skeleton Tomb members, and Fan Ling shot two Great Dou Masters with his Blood-Eroding Arrow.
• Fan Ling wounded a Black Skeleton Tomb Dou Ling expert with an arrow, and the expert grappled his opponent and shouted Bone Explosion.

Xiao Yan’s black-robed allies ambushed Fan Ling’s group, and Xiao Yan killed Fan Ling after taking the Three Thousand Thunders scroll. Xiao Yan continued toward Jia Nan Academy, where he noticed passersby whose killing intent seemed unnaturally suppressed.

• Elder Han was gravely wounded, and Elder Luo knocked Moorhan unconscious before Fan Ling killed him and took the Fragmented Map and Three Thousand Thunders scroll.
• A black-robed figure stole the scroll from Fan Ling, while several companions ambushed and killed the Blood Guards.
• Fan Ling recognized the black-robed figure as Xiao Yan and attacked him with the Bone-melting Blood Fiend Palm, but Xiao Yan revealed Dou King-level strength and killed him with a spear strike.
• The black shadows killed Elder Han and pursued Elder Luo, killing him as Xiao Yan’s carriage continued ahead; they chose not to disturb Xiao Yan and withdrew.
• More than ten days later, Xiao Yan continued driving toward Jia Nan Academy and noticed that the travelers from the Black Corner Region seemed to be forcibly suppressing their killing intent.

Xiao Yan entered Peace Town with Little Doctor Immortal and Little Qing Lin, where Jia Nan Academy’s Enforcement Team checked newcomers and required them to swallow pills that detected killing intent. After Xiao Yan identified himself as an academy student, he introduced the two girls as prospective students, astonishing the Enforcement Team with their strength.

• Xiao Yan reached Peace Town and saw the corpses hanging from the Dead Spirit Tree, a warning of Jia Nan Academy’s control over the area.
• Instructor Huo De’s Enforcement Team required arrivals to state their identities and swallow pills that detected killing intent, while threatening expulsion for anyone who refused.
• Xiao Yan said he was an academy student who had crossed the Black Corner Region alone and identified himself as an eighteen-year-old student of Instructor Ruo Lin.
• An Enforcement Team member recognized Xiao Yan as the new student from Wutan City, whose connection to Xun’er had made him known around the academy.
• Xiao Yan introduced Little Doctor Immortal and Little Qing Lin as prospective students and revealed their formidable cultivation, leaving Huo De and the other students stunned.
• Huo De led Xiao Yan and the two girls toward the town office to check the records and arrange their entry.

Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan City with Little Doctor Immortal and Little Qing Lin, ready to enter Jia Nan Academy and reunite with Xun'er. On the way to the academy, he intervened when he recognized his cousin Xiao Ning being beaten by several men.

• Huo De recognized Xiao Yan, gave him an academy badge, and arranged a griffon to take him and the two girls toward Jia Nan City.
• During the overnight flight, Xiao Yan thought of Xun'er and looked forward to seeing her again.
• Xiao Yan and the two girls reached Jia Nan City and walked through its crowded streets toward Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan heard Xiao Ning being attacked over his cousin and turned back to help him.
• Xiao Yan knocked aside Xiao Ning's four attackers with his Heavy Xuan Ruler, and Xiao Ning recognized him.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ning and hurried to Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy Qualifying Competition, where Instructor Ruo Lin’s promotion depended on his attendance. After Xun’er won her match and Xiao Yan’s absence seemed certain, he arrived dramatically just as he was called to fight.

• Xiao Yan met Xiao Ning, who explained that people had been pestering him for information about Xun’er, and Xiao Ning rushed him toward the academy’s competition.
• Xiao Ning told Xiao Yan that Instructor Ruo Lin had entered him in the qualifying competition and could lose her chance to advance if he did not appear.
• Xun’er defeated Mo Wen in the competition and waited with Xiao Yu and Instructor Ruo Lin for Xiao Yan to arrive.
• Xue Beng was matched against the absent Xiao Yan, while Bai Shan and a red-clothed young woman criticized him for keeping Xun’er waiting.
• As Instructor Ruo Lin and the others prepared to leave, Xiao Yan crashed into the arena and announced himself to the silent crowd.

Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy and faced Xue Beng, who challenged him over Xun'er. Xiao Yan stopped Xue Beng's first attack with one hand and overwhelmed him, but the fight continued as Xue Beng unleashed his Overlapping Waves technique.

• Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Instructor Ruo Lin, and other students watched as Xiao Yan arrived at the plaza just before the match.
• Xue Beng challenged Xiao Yan and declared that he would defeat him to prove Xiao Yan was unworthy of Xun'er.
• Xue Beng thrust his spear at Xiao Yan, who stopped it inches from his throat with one hand and sent Xue Beng to his knees with his aura.
• Xiao Yan withdrew his aura and flicked Xue Beng and his spear backward, but Xue Beng recovered and accused him of relying on external objects.
• Xiao Yan charged with a powerful punch, and Xue Beng abandoned his first spear, summoned a refined-steel spear, and attacked with Overlapping Waves.

Xiao Yan defeated Xue Beng with a single punch during the Selection Competition, then reunited with Xun'er, who openly embraced him before the watching crowd. Instructor Ruo Lin scolded Xiao Yan for missing half a year of classes but agreed to deal with him after the competition, as the group prepared for the next rounds.

• Xiao Yan shattered Xue Beng's spear and defeated him with Eight Extremities Collapse, stunning the spectators with his strength.
• The judges declared Xiao Yan the winner, and he returned to Yellow Class Two to apologize to Xun'er for being late.
• Xun'er threw herself into Xiao Yan's arms, leaving Bai Shan gloomy and the surrounding onlookers stunned.
• Instructor Ruo Lin scolded Xiao Yan for skipping half a year of classes, but Xiao Yu persuaded her to postpone his punishment until after the Selection Competition.
• Xiao Yu urged Xiao Yan and the others to return with her because the next battles would be fiercer and entering the Inner Academy would not be easy.

Xiao Yan brought Little Doctor Immortal and Little Qing Lin to Jia Nan Academy, where Instructor Ruo Lin arranged their enrollment and explained the Inner Academy selection. That night, Bai Shan challenged Xiao Yan over Xun'er, but she intervened before they could fight.

• Xiao Yan introduced Little Doctor Immortal and Little Qing Lin to Instructor Ruo Lin, who took them to complete their enrollment and hoped Xiao Yan and Xun'er would reach the selection’s top fifty.
• Instructor Ruo Lin explained how students qualified for the Inner Academy and warned Xiao Yan about Bai Shan and the Little Demoness, who both had ties to Xun'er.
• That night, Bai Shan appeared outside the pavilion and demanded that Xiao Yan leave Xun'er alone.
• Xiao Yan prepared to fight Bai Shan, but Xun'er intercepted his attack and warned Bai Shan to stop provoking Xiao Yan.
• Bai Shan taunted Xiao Yan for standing behind a woman, and Xun'er gathered golden energy in anger.

Xiao Yan defused Bai Shan’s late-night challenge and reunited with Xun'er, recounting his adventures over the past six months. The next day, as the Inner Academy selection competition began, Xiao Yan faced Bai Shan’s provocations and learned about the academy’s powerful leaders and factions.

• Xun'er prepared to confront Bai Shan, but Xiao Yan stopped her and Instructor Ruo Lin intervened before the two could fight.
• Bai Shan taunted Xiao Yan about hiding behind Xun'er, and Xiao Yan answered that they would settle things in the selection competition.
• Xiao Yan asked Xun'er how she had been and told her about his journey after leaving Wutan City, while Little Doctor Immortal and Little Qing Lin listened nearby.
• The next morning, Xiao Yan walked with Instructor Ruo Lin, Xun'er, Little Doctor Immortal, Little Qing Lin, and Xiao Yu to the crowded competition square.
• Xiao Yan exchanged a cold look with Bai Shan, then noticed four senior figures whose strength impressed him; the elders discussed his unusual power, Little Doctor Immortal’s alchemy talent, and Little Qing Lin’s rare pupils.
• Instructor Ruo Lin explained the elders’ roles and warned Xiao Yan to be careful of the academy’s Enforcement Team.

Xiao Yan learned that the top five contestants in the Inner Academy Selection Competition could enter Jia Nan Academy’s Library Pavilion, and Instructor Ruo Lin named the rivals he should watch. As the second day of the competition began, Xiao Yan watched Luo Fu defeat Ge Li and learned how the academy’s dangerous Black Corner Region training shaped its students.

• Instructor Ruo Lin told Xiao Yan that the top five could enter the Library Pavilion, and she named the Little Demoness, Bai Shan, an Enforcement Team member, Lu Mu, and Xun'er as rivals to watch.
• Xiao Yu and Instructor Ruo Lin explained Lu Mu’s pursuit of Xiao Yu, while Xiao Yan teased her about it.
• The referee began the second day of the competition and announced matches between Luo Fu and Ge Li.
• Xiao Yan predicted that Luo Fu’s defensive style would outlast Ge Li’s attacks, and Luo Fu then struck Ge Li down when his assault faltered.
• Instructor Ruo Lin told Xiao Yan that the academy sent students to train in the Black Corner Region, where surviving students returned transformed.

Xiao Yan faced Lu Mu in the academy tournament, where both fighters revealed strength and skill that made the match increasingly serious. When Lu Mu brought out his Blue Crystal Flame, Xiao Yan answered with a purple flame of his own, leaving Lu Mu stunned as the fight reached its decisive moment.

• Instructor Ruo Lin warned Xiao Yan that Lu Mu was a powerful alchemist who had trained alone in the Black Corner Region, and urged him to take the match seriously.
• Xiao Yan and Lu Mu exchanged friendly words before the match, then began fighting with Xiao Yan's Heavy Xuan Ruler against Lu Mu's iron sword.
• Lu Mu infused his sword with fiery Dou Qi and used its flexible blade to slip past Xiao Yan's defense.
• Lu Mu revealed his Blue Crystal Flame and warned Xiao Yan that it had once injured a Dou Ling expert.
• Xiao Yan took a medicinal pill, summoned a purple flame into his palm, and told Lu Mu that he was a professional at playing with fire.

Xiao Yan faced Lu Mu in a flame-control match and revealed that he was an alchemist with exceptional control over his purple flame. He trapped Lu Mu with a hidden flame attack and left him unable to move, stunning the spectators and Bai Shan.

• Xiao Yan revealed his purple flame, while Little Doctor Immortal confirmed that he was her alchemy master and the stands speculated about his abilities.
• Lu Mu challenged Xiao Yan to demonstrate his flame control and formed two blue fire arcs to protect himself.
• Lu Mu charged at Xiao Yan, blocked his flame whip, and attacked with the Alchemy Department’s Pill Flame Technique.
• Xiao Yan split his purple flame, used one portion to block Lu Mu’s attack, and secretly placed the other near Lu Mu’s feet.
• Xiao Yan appeared behind Lu Mu and restrained him with purple flame bands, while Old Man Huo recognized the trap and the spectators stared in shock.