Chapter Summaries

Hu Qian led the new students into Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Yan settled into a private villa with Xun'er and Xiao Yu before beginning a breakthrough. Elsewhere, Liu Fei brought the injured Lei Na to Liu Qing, who was asked to stand up for him.

• Hu Qian and the instructors escorted the students past the Dead Spirit Tree and into Canaan City, where Hu Qian declared them official Jia Nan Academy students.
• Instructor Ruo Lin explained the academy's dormitory options, and Xiao Yan chose a private villa for himself, Xun'er, and Xiao Yu.
• After Xun'er and Xiao Yu bathed and went to rest, Xiao Yan began breaking through from the peak of Six Star Dou Shi.
• Liu Fei brought the limping Lei Na to Liu Qing, and Lei Na begged him to stand up for him.

Liu Qing learned that Xiao Yan had beaten Lei Na and promised to confront him, while Xiao Yan and Xun'er both broke through to Seven Star Dou Shi. Ruo Lin introduced them to her junior sister Han Yue, leaving Xiao Yan surprised by the connection between them.

• Lei Na and Liu Fei told Liu Qing that Xiao Yan had defeated Lei Na despite being only thirteen and already a Six Star Dou Shi.
• Liu Qing agreed to seek an explanation from Xiao Yan, both because Lei Na had been badly injured and because he wanted to test Xiao Yan's talent.
• Xiao Yan woke after breaking through to Seven Star Dou Shi and discovered that Xun'er had also advanced.
• Xiao Yu was startled by their progress, then followed them to meet Ruo Lin.
• Ruo Lin introduced Han Yue as her junior sister, a Nine Star Dou Shi Peak genius, and Xiao Yan recognized her and recalled her connection to Ruo Lin.

Xiao Yan reunited with Han Yue at Jia Nan Academy and considered pursuing the Sea Heart Flame after reaching the Great Dou Shi realm. When Liu Qing confronted him over Lei Na, Xiao Yan accepted a duel and wagered that Liu Qing would follow his lead if he lost.

• Ruo Lin explained her close friendship with Han Yue, and Xiao Yan, Xun'er, and Xiao Yu greeted her at the academy.
• Ruo Lin guided her fifty-three new students through registration and explained the academy's rules, courses, and resources.
• Xiao Yan considered taking the Sea Heart Flame and estimated he would need two or three more months to reach the Great Dou Shi realm.
• Liu Qing confronted Xiao Yan over Lei Na and challenged him to a duel, offering to wait until Xiao Yan was ready.
• Xiao Yan accepted Liu Qing's challenge for three days later and said Liu Qing would become his follower if he lost.

Xiao Yan faced Liu Qing in a heavily watched match at Jia Nan Academy and defeated him with the Earth Rank Dou Technique Flame Splitting Wave Ruler. Liu Qing accepted defeat and pledged to follow Xiao Yan’s lead.

• Hu Qian stopped the elders from intervening and decided to oversee Xiao Yan and Liu Qing’s scheduled fight.
• News of the match spread through Jia Nan Academy, and students, instructors, and senior Outer Academy experts gathered to watch.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Martial Arena and declared that Liu Qing would have to follow his lead if he could not withstand one move.
• Liu Qing drew his Mountain Splitting Spear and attacked Xiao Yan with Mountain Split.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Flame Splitting Wave Ruler, overpowering Liu Qing and blasting a huge pit into the arena.
• Liu Qing stood up, admitted defeat, and pledged to follow Xiao Yan’s lead at Jia Nan Academy.

After defeating Liu Qing, Xiao Yan became famous throughout Jia Nan Academy, and Xun'er revealed her strength to discourage girls pursuing him. Xiao Yan defeated one challenger after another and gathered the academy's top students around him; the chapter ended with Yao Lao announcing that his Soul Power had recovered to the level of a Nine Star Dou Zong.

• Xiao Yan defeated Liu Qing in one move, shocking the Outer Academy and drawing admiration from Hu Qian, while Lin Yan vowed to challenge him.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er to show her strength if senior sisters bothered him, and Xun'er drove off a Nine Star Dou Zhe with one palm strike, revealing that she was a Six Star Dou Zhe.
• Lin Yan challenged Xiao Yan and was thoroughly beaten, then decided to lead Lin Xiuya and Yan Hao into challenging him as well.
• Xiao Yan defeated Hu Jia and Wu Hao, then later beat Lin Xiuya and Yan Hao; the academy learned that they had joined his circle alongside Lin Yan and other top students.
• Xiao Yan reached Nine Star Dou Shi within two months and helped his companions improve their Dou Skills with his guidance.
• Yao Lao emerged in the Primitive Forest and told Xiao Yan that his Soul Power had recovered to the level of a Nine Star Dou Zong.

Xiao Yan prepared for his next breakthrough, helped Xun'er and Xiao Yu with their cultivation, and took the students to the Mission Hall to complete their Credit Tasks. The chapter ended as the crowd eagerly awaited Xiao Yan's alchemy demonstration.

• Yao Lao's Soul Power reached the level of a Nine Star Dou Zong, and Xiao Yan planned to gather more Heavenly Flames before going to Central State to prepare for Yao Lao's resurrection.
• Xiao Yan gave Xun'er a personally refined Dou Qi Pill and encouraged her to reach Dou Shi by the New Year; Xiao Yu interrupted their affectionate moment to remind them about their Credit Tasks.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yu medicinal liquid to help her cultivation and promised to join Xun'er in a Magical Beast hunting activity.
• Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao went to the Mission Hall, where other students called them the Four Great Prodigies.
• Xiao Yan accepted Magical Beast hunting tasks and an alchemy task, prompting the students to gather eagerly to watch him refine pills.

Xiao Yan trained Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao in magical-beast combat before recruiting alchemists to build a force for the Inner Academy. After defeating three Third Grade alchemists with his superior skill, he was urged by Fire Elder to join the Alchemist Department.

• Xiao Yan led the group into the Primitive Forest, where the four students hunted magical beasts and grew more confident in combat.
• After the group completed its hunting tasks, Xiao Yan took them to the Alchemist Department to recruit talented students for his planned force, Pan's Gate.
• Xiao Yan challenged the department's strongest alchemists, and Han Xian summoned three Third Grade students to compete against him.
• Fire Elder offered a Two-Pattern Azure Spirit Pill as a reward for defeating Xiao Yan and ordered any losers to follow him.
• Xiao Yan won the Wood Creation Pill contest, revealing his mastery of a Heavenly Flame and Fourth Grade alchemy, and Fire Elder grabbed his hands and demanded that he join the department.

Xiao Yan formally founded Pan's Gate with the Outer Academy's top students and promised to lead them through dangerous missions so they could strengthen their cultivation before entering the Inner Academy. After the founding banquet, he prepared to break through to Da Dou Shi by consuming the Three-Vein Azure Spirit Pill.

• Fire Elder registered Xiao Yan with the Alchemist Department after learning he was a Fourth Grade Alchemist, and Han Xian and two others agreed to associate with him.
• Su Qian and Hu Qian discussed Xiao Yan's exceptional talent and Heavenly Flame, while worrying that the seal holding back the Fallen Heart Flame was weakening.
• Xiao Yan gathered dozens of talented Outer Academy students at Canaan Restaurant and formally named their new faction Pan's Gate.
• Xiao Yan warned the students against betraying Pan's Gate and promised to help them reach Da Dou Shi through dangerous group missions; the alchemists agreed to join after he mentioned cultivation prescriptions.
• After the banquet, Xiao Yan cleared the alcohol from his body, took out the Three-Vein Azure Spirit Pill, and swallowed it to break through to Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Yan refined the Three-Vein Azure Spirit Pill and broke through to Da Dou Shi, then celebrated the New Year with Pan's Gate and traveled to Maple City to confront Han Feng. Unable to find Han Feng, he entered his residence at night and discovered a woman, whom he questioned after stunning her with a soul attack.

• Xiao Yan used the Emperor Flame Seed to refine the pill's energy, formed a Dou Crystal, and advanced to Da Dou Shi while his body and Soul Power also grew stronger.
• Xiao Yan promised Yao Lao he would kill Han Feng and leave Han Feng's soul for his teacher to deal with.
• Xiao Yan celebrated the New Year with Xiao Yu, Xun'er, and Pan's Gate, then demonstrated his strength by forcing Lin Yan back with a single punch.
• Xiao Yan left for Maple City but could not sense Han Feng there, so he waited until night and searched Han Feng's residence.
• Xiao Yan encountered a beautiful mature woman in Han Feng's room, stunned her with a soul impact, and asked what she was to Han Feng.

Xiao Yan infiltrated Han Feng’s room, learned that Han Feng had gone to celebrate another teacher’s birthday, and stole valuable treasures before returning to Xun'er. He then led Pan's Gate’s elite students on an Earth Rank mission, where they ambushed a Union Ape Group in Wuya Mountain and began their first training battle.

• Xiao Yan used Soul Control on Han Feng’s concubine, learned that Han Feng had left to celebrate his teacher’s birthday, and took the valuables from his room.
• Xiao Yan returned to Xun'er, then gathered Pan's Gate’s senior students and accepted an Earth Rank mission to deal with the Union Ape Group near Wuya Town.
• Xiao Yan led the group into Wuya Mountain and assigned Han Yue to watch over Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao during the battle.
• Xiao Yan restrained four powerful Union Apes while Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, Lin Yan, and the other students attacked the rest of the group.
• The students quickly killed or incapacitated many Rank 2 Union Apes, and Liu Qing killed a Rank 3 Union Ape before Xiao Yan released two more Rank 3 opponents.

Xiao Yan led Pan's Gate through repeated Earth Rank missions, using the battles and alchemical rewards to strengthen the group until they had exhausted the available large-scale missions. He then took the students to inspect Heaven Rank Missions, where the title “The Vanished Alchemist” caught his attention.

• Xiao Yan led the students to defeat the Union Ape tribe, then arranged for Han Xian and Lin Xiuya to bring Chief Chen to buy the corpses.
• Xiao Yan gave the Alchemist Department students formulas for Gathering Spirit Liquid and Spirit Blood, and Han Xian used the group’s funds to prepare the ingredients.
• After returning to Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan assigned Union Ape Magic Cores for Merit Points and explained that Han Xian would use his share to make cultivation medicines for Pan's Gate.
• Over two months, Xiao Yan led Pan's Gate on Earth Rank missions, helping the students improve their cultivation and combat skills until they had cleared most large-scale missions.
• Xiao Yan led the group to inspect Heaven Rank Missions, and the title “The Vanished Alchemist” caught his attention.

Xiao Yan accepted a dangerous mission to investigate the disappearance of the Nine Pill Gate and Mentor Wang, hoping to uncover Soul Hall activity and clues about Han Feng. In Nine Pill City, he discovered a Soul Devouring Array and captured a Soul Hall steward, learning that Han Feng had sought out Mu Gu.

• Xiao Yan accepted the mission to investigate the missing Nine Pill Gate alchemists and Mentor Wang, despite Huo De and Hu Qian warning him of the danger.
• Xiao Yan also chose the Bloodthirsty Mercenary Group mission and told Pan's Gate to cultivate and handle lower-risk missions while he was away.
• Xiao Yan traveled to Nine Pill City, found a hidden Soul Devouring Array beneath the Nine Pill Gate ruins, and waited for Soul Hall agents to return.
• After seven days, Xiao Yan captured a black-robed Soul Hall steward who had come to collect the devoured souls.
• Xiao Yan used Soul Control to question the steward and learned that Han Feng had gone to find Mu Gu.

Xiao Yan learned that Han Feng and Old Man Mu Gu were at an undefended Soul Hall branch, then destroyed the branch and captured Han Feng alive. He revealed Yao Lao to Han Feng, leaving his former teacher face-to-face with the traitorous disciple.

• Xiao Yan searched the Nine Pill Gate deputy sect master's memories and learned the branch's location, the soul origin stored there, and that Han Feng and Old Man Mu Gu were connected to it.
• Xiao Yan traveled to the Frost Empire and found Han Feng using the Soul Refining Pillar while Mu Gu was away.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Great Desolate Imprisoning Sky Finger, broke through the branch hall's defenses, and annihilated its Guardians and stewards.
• Xiao Yan freed the imprisoned Soul Bodies and seized Han Feng alive, suppressing his power.
• Xiao Yan greeted Han Feng as his senior brother and revealed Yao Lao, shocking Han Feng.

Xiao Yan killed Han Feng, extracted the Sea Heart Flame, and collected the Soul Hall branch’s treasures and a Soul Origin. He brought Yao Lao and the Sea Heart Flame to a hidden volcanic crater, where Yao Lao stood guard as Xiao Yan began refining the flame.

• Yao Lao confronted Han Feng over his betrayal, then left Xiao Yan to deliver the final blow.
• Xiao Yan crushed Han Feng’s body, extracted the Sea Heart Flame, and burned Han Feng’s Soul Body away as the two Heavenly Flames fused.
• Xiao Yan searched the ruined Soul Hall branch, gathered its treasures, and purified its Soul Origin with the Rebirth Mantra.
• Xiao Yan traveled to a concealed volcanic crater, where Yao Lao chose to guard him before refining the Soul Origin.
• Xiao Yan protected his meridians with Ice Spirit Cold Spring and swallowed the Sea Heart Flame to begin refining it.

Xiao Yan refined Sea Heart Flame and rose to the peak of the Da Dou Shi realm, then demonstrated his newly restored Angry Buddha Lotus Flame. After returning to Jia Nan Academy, he watched Yao Lao absorb a vast Soul Origin and enter a deep slumber, leaving Xiao Yan to continue on his own.

• The Flame God Dharma Body imprinted a Flame God Rune on Sea Heart Flame and gradually refined it while Xiao Yan cultivated in seclusion.
• Mo Yu investigated the ruined Hall of Souls branch, while Hun Mie Sheng assigned Zi Yu to find its destroyer and ordered Old Man Mu Gu to focus on the Pill Tower Grand Meet.
• After two months, Xiao Yan finished refining Sea Heart Flame and advanced from a three-star Da Dou Shi to the peak of the Da Dou Shi realm.
• Xiao Yan fused his multicolored flame and Sea Heart Flame to create an Angry Buddha Lotus Flame powerful enough to threaten a Dou Zong, then recovered his strength.
• Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy, where Yao Lao absorbed the Soul Origin and entered a deep slumber that Xiao Yan was told not to interrupt unless his life was in danger.

Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy after more than two months away, having reached Nine-Star Great Dou Shi and gathered information about Soul Hall. He reported that an Alchemist Department instructor could not be saved, and Hu Qian marked the Heaven Rank Mission complete while Xiao Yan went to claim its reward.

• Xiao Yan returned to his building, where Xiao Yu and Xun'er welcomed him, and Pan's Gate members, instructors, Fire Elder, and Hu Qian soon gathered to see him.
• Fire Elder rebuked a Pan's Gate student for relying too heavily on Xiao Yan's help, while Xiao Yan noted that seventeen members had reached Great Dou Shi and Lin Xiuya had reached Five Star Great Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had advanced to Nine-Star Great Dou Shi, stunning the gathered students and instructors.
• Xiao Yan told Hu Qian that Soul Hall was behind the incident and that the Alchemist Department instructor was beyond saving, attributing his information to his sect.
• Hu Qian accepted the Heaven Rank Mission as complete and directed Xiao Yan to collect his reward from the Mission Hall.

Xiao Yan turned in his Heaven Rank Mission, gathered Pan's Gate, and led thirty-eight students into the Blood Region to target the Bloodthirsty Mercenary Group. After witnessing the group abducting people, Xiao Yan ordered his companions to follow them.

• Hu Qian awarded Xiao Yan seven thousand Merit Points, which Xiao Yan exchanged for Fire Energy, and the academy arranged a funeral for the fallen Alchemist Department mentor.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Pan's Gate, then departed three days later with thirty-eight students to complete his remaining Heaven Rank Mission.
• Xiao Yan led the group west to the Blood Region, where they learned that the Bloodthirsty Mercenary Group served the Blood Sect and preyed on people for their blood.
• Lin Xiuya killed a Da Dou Shi who threatened the group, and Xiao Yan's students subdued and questioned locals to learn about the mercenary group.
• Xiao Yan and his companions saw the Bloodthirsty Mercenary Group riding off with abducted men and women, and Xiao Yan ordered the group to follow them.

Xiao Yan led Pan's Gate to attack the Bloodthirsty Mercenary Group and fought its leader, Fan Jian, while the students overwhelmed the mercenaries. When Fan Jian tried to flee, Xiao Yan pierced his chest with a flaming palm.

• Xiao Yan and the students followed the Bloodthirsty Mercenary Group to its stronghold and saw corpses hanging at the entrance.
• Xiao Yan ordered Pan's Gate to attack, and the students killed the guards and fought the mercenaries who emerged.
• Fan Jian, the group's leader, charged Xiao Yan with a blood-red spear, but Xiao Yan blocked the attack and identified him.
• Pan's Gate's members slaughtered the mercenaries while Xiao Yan kept Fan Jian under pressure, and the students joined the fight after taking Qi Recovery Pills.
• Fan Jian burned with blood light and tried to escape, but Xiao Yan caught him and pierced his chest with a flaming palm.

Xiao Yan led Pan's Gate in destroying the Bloodthirsty Mercenary Group, then prepared the students to one day attack the Blood Sect. As the Inner Academy competition approached, Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Ling in the Primitive Forest outside Canaan City.

• Xiao Yan killed Fan Jian, and Pan's Gate slaughtered the remaining Bloodthirsty Mercenary Group members and seized their supplies.
• Xiao Yan found a blood pool and imprisoned captives in the group's stronghold, freed the prisoners, and burned the stronghold to ashes.
• Xiao Yan told Pan's Gate he intended to destroy the Blood Sect and urged its members to reach Great Dou Shi before the Inner Academy competition.
• Pan's Gate members cultivated with their rewards and medicinal liquid, and most advanced to Great Dou Shi over the following months.
• Half a month before the Inner Academy competition, Xiao Yan's aura and Soul Power erupted in the Primitive Forest, and his Dou Crystal transformed into a nine-spiked Dou Qi Sea Urchin.

After breaking through to Dou Ling, Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy and gave Xun'er a Rank 6 Purple Jade Double Flame Pill to help her cultivation. The chapter ended as he revealed the pill and Xun'er recognized its grade.

• Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Ling, greatly increasing his physical strength and Soul Power, and recovered more memories from his past life.
• Hu Qian and the academy elders sensed Xiao Yan's powerful soul fluctuation and speculated that its source might be a Seventh Grade Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan returned to his villa and learned that Xun'er had advanced to Six Star Dou Shi while Xiao Yu had reached Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er he would visit her room that night, prompting Xiao Yu to suspect his intentions until he explained he had refined a pill for her.
• Xiao Yan entered Xun'er's room and showed her the Purple Jade Double Flame Pill, which she recognized as a Rank 6 Pill.