Chapter Summaries

Xia Mo pursued Sun Hao after learning that Enforcement Team members had been ambushed, but discovered the pursuit was a trap and defeated the attackers. He helped Sun Hao kill the remaining assailants and learned they belonged to Magic Flame Valley, while the enemy’s conspirators resolved to try again.

• Xia Mo left the others behind and followed Sun Hao’s trail out of Peace Town after learning Sun Hao had chased two attackers.
• Five masked men ambushed Xia Mo, but he killed four, caught the bowman’s arrow, and killed the bowman after learning the attackers targeted Jia Nan Academy students.
• Xia Mo found Sun Hao, Li Hao, and Niu Fei fighting two Da Dou Shi, then killed the skinny opponent with Eight Level Collapse.
• Xia Mo took the skinny man’s Storage Ring, shared gold coins with Li Hao and Niu Fei, and examined the captured techniques, herbs, and other items.
• Sun Hao defeated the gorilla-like Da Dou Shi, who identified his faction as Magic Flame Valley before Sun Hao killed him; Xia Mo urged everyone to return in case of another ambush.
• A man learned that his own people had died while the Enforcement Team students survived, and he decided they would seek another opportunity.

Xia Mo returned to Jia Nan Academy after completing an Enforcement Team mission, spent the evening preparing pills and practicing his saber, then discovered a map to a volcano in a Storage Ring. The next day, he sparred with Hu Jia and agreed—over his objections—to go shopping with the three girls.

• Xia Mo and the others returned to Peace Town, then flew back to Jia Nan Academy and turned in their mission for contribution points.
• Xia Mo commissioned Elder Huo to refine a Blood Lotus Pill, made energy pills, and practiced his saber while waiting for Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Xun'er, and Hu Jia.
• Xia Mo found a map to a volcano in a primeval forest among the belongings of a Seven-Star Dou Shi, and considered exploring it someday.
• Hu Jia challenged Xia Mo to a sparring match, but he disarmed her after she used Swallow Return Strike and explained that she needed more combat experience.
• Hu Jia proposed a shopping trip, and despite Xia Mo saying he would not go, she overruled him with the girls' three-to-one vote.

After a month of dangerous missions, Xia Mo returned to the academy and broke through to three-star Da Dou Shi while sleeping beneath a tree. The next morning, Wu Hao arrived to speak with him privately about an undisclosed matter.

• Xia Mo spent a month taking increasingly dangerous missions, reaching the peak of two-star Da Dou Shi before returning to the academy to recover.
• After five days of resting and spending time with Xiao Yi Xian and the others, Xia Mo unconsciously absorbed energy beneath a tree and advanced while asleep as they stood guard.
• Xia Mo woke at dusk, learned he had broken through, and treated Xiao Yi Xian, Hu Jia, and Xiao Xun'er to a lavish meal.
• The next morning, Wu Hao came to see Xia Mo, and Xia Mo led him into his room to discuss the mysterious matter privately.

Wu Hao told Xia Mo about a Fire Element Fruit Tree guarded by a Fire Monkey Pack and recruited him to help gather its fruit. They reached the hidden valley, where the tree and monkeys awaited beyond the cave, but had not yet entered it.

• Wu Hao explained that a Fire Element Fruit Tree would soon bear fruit and asked Xia Mo to help him obtain it, offering to split the harvest equally.
• Xia Mo agreed, told Xiao Yi Xian and the others he was leaving, then set off with Wu Hao for the primeval forest.
• Wu Hao led Xia Mo through the forest using markers he had left on his earlier journey.
• The two reached a karst cave leading to the valley, prepared their weapons, and cautiously walked inside.
• Xia Mo and Wu Hao passed through the hot cave and arrived at its end, where the hidden valley came into view.

Xia Mo and Wu Hao entered a hidden valley and met Huo Lie, chieftain of a Fire Monkey clan, who asked Xia Mo to provide healing pills. They traded pills for medicinal herbs, Monkey Brew, and other treasures before leaving the valley.

• Xia Mo and Wu Hao discovered a hidden valley with a Fire Element Fruit Tree, and a young Fire Monkey confronted Xia Mo before bowing to him after seeing his Dragon Phoenix Phantom.
• Huo Lie, the Fire Monkey clan’s fifth-tier chieftain, approached Xia Mo and asked him to make healing pills for the clan.
• Huo Lie led Xia Mo and Wu Hao to the clan’s cave, where they saw a medicinal garden, collected treasures, and fragrant Monkey Brew.
• Xia Mo agreed to trade pills for herbs and other goods, then selected Monkey Brew, two Fire Element Fruits, Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and a Golden Sun Ganoderma.
• Xia Mo gave Huo Lie the pills and told him how to find him at Jia Nan Academy, then left with Wu Hao.

After leaving Fire Monkey Valley, Xia Mo gave Wu Hao a Fire Element Fruit and continued cultivating in the forest, fighting magical beasts along the way. He got lost while heading toward a treasure, then was confronted by four robbers who wanted his Storage Rings, leaving the fight poised to begin after he knocked their leader back with a saber strike.

• Xia Mo gave Wu Hao a Fire Element Fruit, and Wu Hao promised to deliver a message to Xiao Yi Xian before returning to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xia Mo spent several days fighting magical beasts and looting their homes when he could defeat them, then used a map to find his way toward a treasure.
• After traveling for another day, Xia Mo was stopped by four robbers who demanded his two Storage Rings.
• Xia Mo revealed his Heavy Saber and struck the dark-faced leader, who blocked the blow but was forced back several steps and warned the others that Xia Mo was unusually strong.

Xia Mo killed the bandits who tried to rob him, then corrected his route and continued toward the treasure. Half a day later, he reached the mountain range marked on his map.

• Xia Mo crossed the distance to the four bandits and killed one with a single Heavy Saber strike.
• Xia Mo gravely wounded another bandit and knocked the dark-faced leader's broadsword aside with his Ancient Dragon Fist.
• The dark-faced leader and the short bandit fled in separate directions, but Xia Mo chased down and killed them both.
• Xia Mo checked his map, adjusted his route, and continued toward the treasure.
• Half a day later, Xia Mo arrived at the junction of the primeval forest and the mountain range marked on his map.

Xia Mo reached the volcanic range marked on his map and found the Earth Flame Sect fighting a Fire Loin Golden Python over a fire-element treasure. After the battle left the sect group devastated, Xia Mo killed the survivors and moved to finish off the remaining elders.

• Xia Mo followed the map to a dormant volcano and discovered a group from the Earth Flame Sect battling a giant python.
• A richly dressed Earth Flame Sect disciple tried to draw the python’s attention toward Xia Mo, but Xia Mo pretended to leave and hid nearby.
• The Fire Loin Golden Python killed or grievously wounded several sect members, while the remaining elders injured it in a desperate fight.
• The python killed the last elder protecting the richly dressed disciple, then collapsed and died; the disciple was knocked unconscious.
• Xia Mo emerged and killed the remaining Earth Flame Sect disciples and the richly dressed disciple, then headed toward the surviving elders to strike them again.

After killing the Fire Loin Golden Python and the Earth Flame Sect members, Xia Mo looted their remains and explored the python’s cave, finding valuable ore and Golden Sun Fruits. He discovered a hidden space beneath the cave and ended the chapter facing a white skeleton beside a field of magma.

• Xia Mo collected the corpses’ belongings and the python’s Monster Core, snakeskin, and meat, then burned the bodies and spread beast-repelling powder.
• Xia Mo entered the python’s cave and identified Purple Essence Gold in its walls, suspecting the volcano held a sizable mineral vein.
• Xia Mo found a Golden Sun Fruit Tree in the python’s lair and stored its two fruits and a heavy chunk of Purple Essence Gold Mother Lode.
• Xia Mo widened a hole beneath the Mother Lode and followed a scorching passage through a Space Barrier into a vast hollow within the volcano.
• Xia Mo spotted a white skeleton sitting cross-legged on a stone platform beyond a field of shattered rock and magma.

Xia Mo encountered the dying Azure Fire Venerable, accepted his inheritance, and cultivated a soul technique that raised his Soul Power to the middle stage of the Mortal Realm. He promised to visit the Lin Family in Clear Wind City and leave them an inheritance, then received the Venerable’s possessions.

• Xia Mo approached the skeleton and discovered the Golden Flame and the soul of Azure Fire Venerable.
• Azure Fire Venerable introduced himself as Lin Feng, recounted his life, and asked Xia Mo to visit the Lin Family and leave them an inheritance.
• Xia Mo accepted Azure Fire Venerable as his Teacher and promised to fulfill his request.
• Azure Fire Venerable passed the Soul Forging Art to Xia Mo, who cultivated it and endured nineteen Soul Power hammer strikes.
• Azure Fire Venerable gave Xia Mo his Storage Ring, which contained the Azure Flame Technique and other cultivation techniques and Dou Skills.

Azure Fire Venerable revealed that the Golden Flame was a nascent Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and offered to help Xia Mo refine it before he died. Xia Mo took the Blood Lotus Pill and reached for the flame, which erupted with destructive power as soon as he touched it.

• Azure Fire Venerable identified the Golden Flame as a nascent Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and explained that it could grow to Dou Zong strength.
• Azure Fire Venerable offered to make the intelligent flame stop resisting Xia Mo and help him refine it.
• Xia Mo showed Azure Fire Venerable his Flame Receptacle and Blood Lotus Pill, then offered to take him to his teacher, but Azure Fire Venerable refused, saying his origin was exhausted.
• Azure Fire Venerable urged Xia Mo to care for the flame, which he called Little Gold, and agreed to help him refine it.
• Xia Mo prepared the Blood Lotus Pill, Ice Spirit Cold Spring, and Flame Receptacle, then swallowed the pill and was encased in protective crimson armor.
• Xia Mo reached out to touch the Golden Flame as Azure Fire Venerable's Soul Power enveloped him, and the flame erupted with destructive force.

Xia Mo reached into the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame while Azure Fire Venerable shielded him from its heat. He retrieved the flame seed, a golden lotus, but the chapter left him still enduring its scorching power.

• The Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame erupted in size and heat, and Azure Fire Venerable used his Soul Power to shield Xia Mo.
• Azure Fire Venerable told Xia Mo to reach into the flame and pull out the golden lotus at its center.
• Xia Mo pushed his arm into the Heavenly Flame as the Blood Lotus Pill’s medicinal power repeatedly repaired his melting blood armor.
• The Golden Flame churned and disrupted the surrounding energy, but Xia Mo reached its center and grasped the flame seed.
• Xia Mo withdrew his arm with the golden lotus in his palm and recognized it as the flame seed of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame.

Xia Mo refined the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame with Azure Fire Venerable's guidance, enduring severe damage as he circulated it through his meridians. The flame restored and strengthened his body and raised his strength to the peak of eight-star Da Dou Shi, but Azure Fire Venerable disappeared after spending his remaining power to help him.

• Xia Mo swallowed the flame seed, and the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame scattered through his meridians, nearly destroying his body as the Blood Lotus Pill's protection weakened.
• Azure Fire Venerable poured Soul Power into Xia Mo to shield his organs and urged him to guide the flame through his cultivation route toward the Flame Receptacle.
• Xia Mo used the Ice Spirit Cold Spring and his consciousness to gather the scattered flames into a lotus and circulate it through his meridians, suffering intense pain as the ice protection melted away.
• After completing a full circulation, Xia Mo refined the flame, which calmed and repaired his meridians, bones, muscles, and outer wounds before entering his Flame Receptacle.
• The Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame's energy raised Xia Mo to the peak of eight-star Da Dou Shi, while Azure Fire Venerable used up his remaining power and began to vanish.
• Xia Mo thanked Azure Fire Venerable and kowtowed three times before the Venerable and his white bones disappeared.

Xia Mo buried Azure Fire Venerable, used the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to collapse the passage, and left the cave with the Golden Sun Fruit Tree. He spent the night in a tree, thinking about his friends and Teacher, while Xiao Yan and Teacher searched for ingredients to make the Blood Lotus Pill.

• Xia Mo placed Azure Fire Venerable's remains in a grave, carved a tombstone for Lin Feng, and promised to fulfill their agreement with the Lin Family.
• Xia Mo used the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame to break through and collapse the passage, then left the cave and transplanted the Golden Sun Fruit Tree into a jade box.
• Xia Mo sealed the cave entrance, checked his map for the direction of Jia Nan Academy, and slept on a tree branch for the night.
• Xia Mo thought about Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, Sun Hao, Mu Yang, Instructor Ruo Lin, and Teacher and Xiao Yan.
• Teacher and Xiao Yan found Blood Lotus Essence and discussed searching for Ice Spirit Flame Grass and a third-tier ice-element Monster Core to refine the Blood Lotus Pill.

Xia Mo continued training in the primeval forest, growing more familiar with his increased strength through battles with Magical Beasts. After a group from the Blood Sect tried to seize his Golden Lion Tiger, he killed their young master and three Dou Ling experts and left the scene.

• Xia Mo spent half a month fighting Magical Beasts in the forest and became more accustomed to his strength.
• Xia Mo killed a Fourth-tier Golden Lion Tiger with a few fierce moves.
• A black-clothed young man and his Blood Sect followers demanded Xia Mo sell them the Golden Lion Tiger, but Xia Mo refused.
• Three Dou Ling experts attacked Xia Mo, and he struck them down with a single powerful punch.
• Xia Mo beheaded the three injured Dou Ling experts and killed the black-clothed young man with his thrown saber.
• Xia Mo collected the group’s possessions, dealt with the Golden Lion Tiger’s corpse, burned the scene, and left.

Xia Mo returned to Jia Nan Academy, reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, Xiao Xun'er, and Hu Jia, and decided to enter the upcoming Inner Academy Selection Competition. He registered through Instructor Ruo Lin and agreed to stay at the academy while preparing for the selection.

• Xia Mo returned to Jia Nan Academy and interrupted a white-clothed man's confession to Xiao Xun'er, who said she already liked Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian welcomed Xia Mo back and scolded him for leaving without telling her himself, while Xiao Xun'er sensed a familiar aura around him.
• Xia Mo told the group he planned to enter the Inner Academy Selection Competition in about a month, but Xiao Yi Xian decided to wait until next year.
• Xia Mo visited Instructor Ruo Lin, asked her to register him for the competition, and received a ring containing pill-refining commissions.

Xia Mo sorted the spoils he had collected and discovered the wealth of Azure Fire Venerable’s Storage Ring, including powerful techniques and a Heavenly Poison Art for Xiao Yi Xian. A month later, Xia Mo and his companions arrived at Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy Selection Competition, which began after Vice Principal Hu Gan’s announcement.

• Xia Mo sorted the rings he had collected, finding an Ice Spirit Fruit, Monster Cores, cultivation techniques, Dou Techniques, and other loot.
• Xia Mo explored Azure Fire Venerable’s high-grade Storage Ring and found numerous techniques, including the Earth-tier Heavenly Poison Art and Azure Fire Nine Layers.
• Xia Mo placed his valuables in the high-grade ring, marked it with his soul, and wore it around his neck.
• A month later, Xia Mo, Xiao Yi Xian, Hu Jia, and their companions joined Yellow-tier Class Two at the packed selection arena, where Instructor Ruo Lin urged Xia Mo to make the class proud.
• Hu Gan formally announced the start of the Inner Academy Selection Competition.

The Inner Academy Selection Competition began with Jiang Fei defeating Qin Fan after outlasting his attacks. Xia Mo then easily defeated Jiang Ye, leaving the competition to continue after his first-round victory.

• Qin Fan and Jiang Fei fought in a prolonged clash of agile wind attacks and solid earth defense.
• After about thirty exchanges, Jiang Fei struck Qin Fan with a powerful palm, leaving him unable to continue and winning the match.
• Xia Mo faced Mystic Class One's Jiang Ye, who was frightened by Xia Mo's reputation but chose to fight rather than surrender.
• Jiang Ye attacked Xia Mo with his sword and Dou Technique, but Xia Mo knocked aside the weapon and sent him flying with one punch.
• The referee announced that Xia Mo had won after Jiang Ye fell out of the arena.

Xia Mo learned which contenders stood between him and the top five in the Selection Competition, then prepared a medicinal bath to strengthen Xiao Yi Xian and delay her Poison Body of Calamity. Xiao Yi Xian endured the treatment and emerged close to advancing.

• Instructor Ruo Lin named Luo Yan, Wang Bo, Sun Hao, Mu Yun, and Li Er Niu as the five strongest contenders Xia Mo should watch, and explained that the top five could enter the Library Pavilion.
• Xia Mo returned to the dormitory with Xiao Yi Xian and the others, assured them he could reach the top five, and admitted he had advanced to nine-star Da Dou Shi.
• Xia Mo refined Fire Element Fruit and other herbs into a medicinal bath for Xiao Yi Xian to temper her physique and Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian endured the painful medicinal treatment while Xia Mo waited outside her room.
• Xiao Yi Xian emerged successfully treated and close to advancing, then urged Xia Mo to rest before the next day's matches.

Xia Mo attended the second day of the Inner Academy Selection Competition, where Jia Nan Academy’s elders discussed his strength and alchemy. When his match began, Hao Xuan conceded without fighting, and Xia Mo left the square with Xiao Yi Xian and the others.

• Xia Mo noticed spatial fluctuations around four elders in the stands, and they discussed his unusual eyes, strength, and status as a Third-grade Alchemist.
• Hu Jia shared information about the contestants while the second day of the competition began and matches proceeded.
• Xia Mo fell asleep in the stands until Xiao Yi Xian woke him for his match against Hao Xuan.
• Hao Xuan conceded as soon as he faced Xia Mo, who won without fighting.
• Xia Mo returned to the stands, spoke briefly with Xiao Yi Xian and the others, and left with them.