Chapter Summaries

After three months of training, Xu Haoyu returned to the Xu Family to try once more to become a Fourth-Rank Alchemist, while Xu Tianlong asked Li Fufeng to make a Pure Yang Pill from a sixth-rank Magical Core. Xu Haoyu successfully fused the ingredients for Qi Gathering Powder, but still had to complete the final nurturing stage.

• Xu Haoyu refined the Blazing Heavenly Flame Tiger's Heart Blood Essence and strengthened his Heavenly Flame to the limit he could safely control.
• Xu Haoyu told Xu Tianlong he was ready to return to the Xu Family and attempt to become a Fourth-Rank Alchemist, and Xu Tianlong flew him back to Tiannan City.
• Xu Tianlong gave Li Fufeng the tiger's sixth-rank Magical Core and agreed to let him try to refine a seventh-rank Pure Yang Pill.
• Xu Haoyu began refining Qi Gathering Powder with his strengthened Heavenly Flame and fused the medicinal essences without an explosion.
• Xu Haoyu smelled the pill fragrance and realized the fusion had succeeded, but continued toward the final nurturing stage.

Li Fufeng refined the Blazing Heavenly Flame Tiger's Magical Core into a seven-rank Pure Yang Pill, reaching the threshold of a Rank 7 Alchemist. Pill lightning gathered over the sealed Barren Mountain as the pill neared completion.

• Li Fufeng gathered rare ingredients through the Xu Family and traveled to a Barren Mountain with Xu Tianlong and Xu Haoyu to refine the pill in secret.
• Xu Tianlong sealed the surrounding space, and Li Fufeng brought out the Flame Dragon and began refining hundreds of medicinal ingredients with his Purple Wing Scorpion Dragon Beast Origin Flame.
• Li Fufeng overcame the white flames inside the Blazing Heavenly Flame Tiger's Magical Core and refined it into concentrated liquid energy.
• After resting briefly, Li Fufeng fused the medicinal essences with the core's energy and compressed the mixture into an embryonic pill.
• Pill lightning gathered as Li Fufeng realized he had made a seven-rank Pure Yang Pill and reached the threshold of Rank 7.

Li Fufeng successfully refined a Seventh-Rank Pure Yang Pill after Xu Tianlong blocked the pill lightning. Xu Haoyu swallowed it and endured its fierce power as it began tempering his body.

• Xu Tianlong destroyed five bolts of pill lightning with his Heaven Splitting Divine Palm while Li Fufeng continued nurturing the pill.
• Li Fufeng captured the escaping pill, sealed it in a Jade Bottle, and celebrated becoming a Rank 7 Alchemist.
• Li Fufeng gave the Pure Yang Pill to Xu Haoyu, who swallowed it under the supervision of Xu Tianlong and Li Fufeng.
• Xu Haoyu circulated his cultivation technique as the pill's heat engulfed him, burning away his robes and strengthening his body.

Xu Haoyu recovered from the Pure Yang Pill’s tempering with greatly enhanced physical strength and received Fourth-Rank Pill Recipes from Li Fufeng. Xu Tianlong registered him for the Family Grand Competition, where the eleven-year-old Da Dou Shi could contend for the championship.

• Xu Haoyu awoke with tremendous physical strength and toughness, though his Dou Qi remained at the four-star Da Dou Shi level.
• Xu Tianlong and Li Fufeng teased Xu Haoyu after discovering the pill had burned away his clothes.
• Li Fufeng gave Xu Haoyu Fourth-Rank Pill Recipes before leaving to enter seclusion and consolidate his alchemy insights.
• Xu Tianlong praised Xu Haoyu’s chances in the Family Grand Competition, and Xu Haoyu suggested improving the Guiyi True Art by learning more cultivation methods.
• Xu Tianlong registered Xu Haoyu for the competition with Xu Shigao, who was astonished that an eleven-year-old Da Dou Shi would enter.

The Xu Family began its Family Grand Competition, but Third Prince Xia Yuancheng and Xia Jinan arrived to provoke the clan and challenge its young fighters. Xu Tianlong invited Xia Yuancheng to enter the competition and test his confidence.

• The Xu Family gathered for its Family Grand Competition, where Xu Yaozu explained the rules and announced that it had begun.
• Xia Jinan and Xia Yuancheng arrived without warning, and Xu Yaozu allowed them to take seats among the main guests.
• Xia Yuancheng insulted the Xu Family's younger generation, while Xia Jinan mocked them and suggested that one of them might be able to fight the prince.
• Xu Tianlong recognized their provocation and invited Xia Yuancheng to compete against the Xu Family's juniors.

Xia Yuancheng challenged the Xu Family’s younger generation, and Xu Haoyu revealed his strength by defeating Xu Ning with one strike. The chapter ended with the Xu Family cheering for Xu Haoyu as Xia Yuancheng resolved to crush him in their coming match.

• Xia Yuancheng entered the training grounds, while Xu Yaozu arranged a drawing to determine the matches.
• Xu Yaozu announced that Xu Haoyu would face Xu Ning and Xia Yuancheng would face Xu Minghui.
• Xu Ning charged at Xu Haoyu with a Dou Skill, but Xu Haoyu sent him out of the arena with his Heaven Splitting Palm.
• Xu Ning admitted defeat and asked Xu Haoyu to avenge the Xu Family by teaching Xia Yuancheng a lesson.
• Xu Haoyu promised to make Xia Yuancheng pay, and Xia Yuancheng vowed to defeat him.

Xia Yuancheng defeated Xu Minghui and Xu Feng in the Xu Family Grand Competition, humiliating the Xu Family’s younger generation. Xu Haoyu then challenged him, gave him pills to recover, and waited for their fight to begin.

• Xia Yuancheng broke Xu Minghui’s arms with a single punch and mocked him.
• Xu Feng challenged Xia Yuancheng, and the two fought with Dou Qi Armor until Xia Yuancheng exhausted Xu Feng and knocked him off the arena.
• Xu Yun rushed to help the injured Xu Feng and vowed to avenge him.
• Xu Haoyu leaped onto the arena and offered Xia Yuancheng pills to restore his Dou Qi and heal his injuries before they fought.
• Xia Yuancheng swallowed the pills and promised to use his full strength against Xu Haoyu, who calmly waited for him to recover.

Xu Haoyu defeated Xia Yuancheng in the arena despite their difference in cultivation, using Thousandfold Strike to overcome the Third Prince’s Earth-Rank technique. He left the Xu Family’s elders planning to teach him an even stronger technique.

• Xia Yuancheng underestimated Xu Haoyu, but Xu Haoyu’s opening palm strike dislocated his arm and sent him flying backward.
• Xia Yuancheng unleashed the Earth-Rank Eight Directions Destruction Fist, drawing alarm from the Xu Family elders and pride from Xia Jinan.
• Xu Haoyu used the Seven-Colored Dou Crystal to unleash Thousandfold Strike, which clashed with Xia Yuancheng’s fist technique and left Xia gravely injured on the ground.
• Xia Jinan questioned Xu Haoyu’s victory, but Xu Tianlong threatened him, and Xia Jinan carried the injured prince away.
• The crowd cheered Xu Haoyu, while Xu Tianlong decided to pass the Heaven Splitting Divine Palm on to his grandson.

Xu Haoyu won the Family Grand Competition and received the secrets of the Heaven Splitting Divine Palm from Xu Tianlong. He chose to focus on cultivation for now, then revealed that he wanted to attend Jia Nan Academy to gain experience and train in its Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower.

• Xu Yaozu announced Xu Haoyu as the Family Grand Competition champion and awarded him the chance to learn the Heaven Splitting Divine Palm.
• Xu Haoyu chose to devote himself to cultivation instead of immediately setting out to make his way in the world.
• Xu Tianlong transmitted the Heaven Splitting Divine Palm secrets to Xu Haoyu and warned that conflict with the Xia Family Royal Family would eventually need to be settled.
• Xu Haoyu told Xu Tianlong he wanted to attend Jia Nan Academy and use the Heart Fire in its Heavenly Flame Training Gas Tower to improve his cultivation.

Xu Haoyu prepared to leave the Xu Family for Jia Nan Academy to improve his cultivation and learn from other geniuses. After receiving money, alchemy recipes, and an escort, he departed for the academy, where he planned to seek Heavenly Flames.

• Xu Haoyu told Xu Tianlong he wanted to study at Jia Nan Academy, and his grandfather agreed to arrange an escort while promising to seek rare cultivation resources for him.
• Xu Haoyu told Li Fufeng he was leaving, and his teacher promised to give him a book of Seventh-Rank Pill-refining experiences and prepare a farewell gift.
• Xu Haoyu spent the following days recovering his Dou Qi and practicing the Heaven Splitting Divine Palm.
• Seven days later, Xu Tianlong gave Xu Haoyu three million Gold Coins, and Li Fufeng gifted him pill recipes protected by Soul Barriers.
• Xu Yaozu arranged for Xu Tao and twenty-four Flying Eagle Army guards to escort Xu Haoyu, who departed on a flying eagle for Jia Nan Academy.

Xu Haoyu reached the Black-Corner Region under the Flying Eagle Army’s escort and traveled to Jia Nan Academy to enroll. After arriving in Peace Town and Canaan City, he saw the academy’s students training and considered his own future there.

• Xu Tao and Xu Haoyu waited out the Black Storm before continuing into the Black-Corner Region.
• Xu Haoyu and the Flying Eagle Army reached Peace Town, where He Guangyi’s Law Enforcement Team stopped them and explained the town’s rules.
• Xu Tao settled the Flying Eagle Army at an inn while Xu Haoyu and Xu Tao followed He Guangyi to Canaan City.
• He Guangyi described Jia Nan Academy’s Outer and Inner Courtyards as Xu Haoyu surveyed the students sparring in Canaan Square.
• Xu Haoyu reflected on the Inner Courtyard’s powerful alumni and the rare conditions needed to reach Dou Saint.

Xu Haoyu arrived at Jia Nan Academy and impressed Vice-Dean Hu Qian with his exceptional cultivation and alchemy talent. He was admitted to the Alchemy Department and planned to compete for entry into the Inner Courtyard in six months.

• He Guangyi brought Xu Tao and Xu Haoyu to Vice-Dean Hu Qian at the Academic Affairs Office.
• Xu Tao introduced Xu Haoyu as the grandson of the Xu Family's Grand Elder from Tiannan City.
• Xu Haoyu revealed that he was eleven years old and a Four Star Da Dou Shi, prompting Hu Qian to examine him and confirm his age and extraordinary physique.
• Xu Tao challenged Hu Qian for probing Xu Haoyu, and Hu Qian apologized, admitted Xu Haoyu, and offered him one request.
• Xu Haoyu asked to enter the Inner Courtyard, but Hu Qian explained that he had to qualify through the selection competition in six months.
• Xu Haoyu requested access to the Alchemy Department's Pill Recipes and medicinal ingredients, and Hu Qian agreed to let him study and practice there.

Xu Haoyu settled into Jia Nan Academy and spent his first night cultivating, breaking through to Five Star Da Dou Shi. The next morning, he went to register with the Alchemy Department and found a young girl with Hu Qian.

• Hu Qian completed Xu Haoyu's enrollment, arranged a single dormitory for him, and promised to help him join the Alchemy Department.
• Xu Tao prepared to return with the Flying Eagle Army, and Xu Haoyu asked him to tell his grandfather that he would reach Dou Wang before returning.
• Xu Haoyu explored Jia Nan Academy's Outer Courtyard and learned how its classes and Inner Courtyard selection worked.
• Xu Haoyu cultivated through the night and broke through to Five Star Da Dou Shi.
• Xu Haoyu went to Hu Qian's office to register with the Alchemy Department and wondered whether the girl there was Hu Jia.

Hu Qian brought Xu Haoyu to the Alchemy Department and introduced him as a Fourth-Rank Alchemist, but Fire Elder doubted the claim because Xu Haoyu had no formal assessment to prove it. Xu Haoyu began refining Qi Gathering Powder before a gathered crowd, and his summoned Heavenly Flame made them believe he might be telling the truth.

• Hu Qian introduced his granddaughter Hu Jia to Xu Haoyu and revealed that Xu Haoyu was a Five Star Da Dou Shi at their age, astonishing her.
• Hu Qian led Xu Haoyu and Hu Jia to the Alchemy Department’s seventh floor to meet Fire Elder.
• Hu Qian told Fire Elder that Xu Haoyu was a Fourth-Rank Alchemist and had promised him access to Pill Recipes and medicinal ingredients, but Fire Elder demanded proof.
• Xu Haoyu offered to refine Qi Gathering Powder, and Fire Elder arranged three sets of ingredients on the fifth floor.
• Xu Haoyu summoned his Heavenly Flame before the watching alchemists, whose doubts began to fade.

Xu Haoyu demonstrated his alchemy skills by refining a high-grade Rank 4 pill, proving himself a Fourth-Rank Alchemist to the Alchemy Department. Fire Elder welcomed him into the department, and Xu Haoyu gave the pill to Hu Jia as encouragement, leaving her determined to catch up to him.

• Xu Haoyu carefully refined the medicinal ingredients, fused their essences, and condensed them into a Rank 4 pill.
• Fire Elder acknowledged Xu Haoyu's talent, apologized for doubting him, and promised the Alchemy Department would support his studies.
• Xu Haoyu finished nourishing the pill and gave it to Fire Elder, who judged it high grade with almost no impurities.
• Xu Haoyu gave the pill to Hu Jia, and Hu Jia vowed to cultivate diligently until she could catch up to him.

Xu Haoyu joined the Alchemy Department and studied the Ice Soul Pill recipe, hoping its extreme cold could help him refine Heavenly Flames. He then learned Fire Elder's Pill Fire Technique and began shaping his white flames into a winged tiger.

• Fire Elder gave Xu Haoyu permission to study on the Alchemy Department's upper floors and handed him the Pill Fire Technique scroll.
• Xu Haoyu visited the sixth floor and found the Ice Soul Pill recipe, realizing its cold energy might help suppress Heavenly Flames.
• Xu Haoyu studied the Ice Soul Pill recipe and noted that it required four ingredients, including a Rank 5 Ice-Type Magical Beast's Magical Core.
• Xu Haoyu studied the Pill Fire Technique and used his soul perception to shape his white flames into a winged white tiger.

Xu Haoyu reached Nine Star Da Dou Shi after consuming seven Purple Heart Breaking Barrier Pills, then traveled with Hu Qian to the Black-Corner Region to collect Ice Soul Pill ingredients. They gathered three complete sets and learned that an upcoming Black Seal City auction would feature a High-Level Storage Stone that might contain a Spirit Receptacle.

• Xu Haoyu swallowed seven Purple Heart Breaking Barrier Pills before breaking through to Nine Star Da Dou Shi.
• Xu Haoyu asked Fire Elder and Hu Qian for leave to visit the Black-Corner Region, and Hu Qian agreed to accompany him.
• Xu Haoyu and Hu Qian traveled through the Black-Corner Region and collected three complete sets of materials for the Ice Soul Pill.
• Xu Haoyu and Hu Qian heard that the Eight Gates Sect's upcoming Black Seal City auction would offer a High-Level Storage Stone that might hold a Spirit Receptacle.

Xu Haoyu and Hu Qian attended the Black-Mark Auction in Black Seal City, where Xu Haoyu sold his pills and bid on the High-Level Storage Stone he needed. The stone’s price reached two million Gold Coins after Xu Haoyu entered the bidding.

• Xu Haoyu and Hu Qian entered Black Seal City and learned that the Black-Mark Auction would begin in two days.
• Xu Haoyu spent two days refining Rank 4 Pills to raise funds for the auction.
• Xu Haoyu revealed that he was a Fourth-Rank Alchemist and secured front-row seats by consigning his pills to the auction.
• The auction began, and Xu Haoyu’s pills sparked fierce bidding, including Fan Ling’s purchase of two Purple Heart Breaking Barrier Pills.
• Bidding for the High-Level Storage Stone reached 1.8 million Gold Coins before Xu Haoyu offered two million.

At the Black Seal Auction House, Xu Haoyu won a High-Level Storage Stone despite attracting Fan Ling’s murderous attention, then bid the starting price for an Extraterrestrial Meteorite that no one else wanted. The auctioneer awarded him the meteorite, while Fan Ling ordered his men to follow Xu Haoyu and his old servant after the auction.

• Xu Haoyu raised the bid for the High-Level Storage Stone to two million two hundred thousand, and Fan Ling stopped bidding while making clear he intended to kill him and take the treasure.
• The auctioneer sold the High-Level Storage Stone to Xu Haoyu and unveiled the final item, an exceptionally hard Extraterrestrial Meteorite that might be forged into a weapon.
• With no other guests willing to risk bidding on the untested stone, Xu Haoyu offered four hundred thousand gold coins and said he would not raise his bid.
• Fan Ling ordered his men to watch Xu Haoyu and the old servant so they could not escape after the auction.
• The auctioneer declared the Extraterrestrial Meteorite sold to Xu Haoyu for four hundred thousand gold coins.

After refusing the Eight Gates Sect’s offer, Xu Haoyu and Hu Qian escaped the Black-Corner Region and returned to Jia Nan Academy. Xu Haoyu explored his High-Level Storage Stone and discovered the Spirit Receptacle inside.

• Xu Haoyu collected his auction proceeds and purchased items, then rejected the Eight Gates Sect’s proposed partnership and its demand for a seventy-thirty profit split.
• The Eight Gates Sect manager threatened Xu Haoyu, but Sect Master Yuan Yi decided not to intervene when Xu Haoyu refused to cooperate.
• Hu Qian warned Xu Haoyu that Fan Ling’s people were following them, then carried him away with his Dou Qi Wings and returned him safely to Jia Nan Academy.
• Hu Qian reminded Xu Haoyu about the Inner Courtyard Selection Competition before they went their separate ways.
• Xu Haoyu searched the High-Level Storage Stone with his soul perception and found a wisp of gray light he recognized as the Spirit Receptacle.