Chapter Summaries

Xiao Han and the other top contestants entered Jia Nan Academy’s Library Pavilion, where Elder Qian Bai recognized Xiao Han’s strength and urged Hu Gan to accommodate him. Xiao Han obtained the sound-wave Dou Skill he sought, along with rewards from System Xiao Ai.

• Xiao Han placed first in the selection tournament, followed by Xun Er, Bai Shan, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao.
• Hu Gan led the top five through a secret passage to the Library Pavilion, where Elder Qian Bai saw through Xiao Han’s cultivation suppression and recognized his two Heavenly Flames.
• Elder Qian Bai instructed Hu Gan to satisfy Xiao Han’s requests as long as he did not harm Jia Nan Academy’s foundations, then opened the Space Lock to the pavilion.
• Inside the Library Pavilion, Xun Er and the other contestants caught valuable techniques and treasures while Xiao Han waited for a sound-wave Dou Skill.
• Xiao Han captured the Mysterious Tier Advanced Lion Tiger Crushing Gold Chant and received 600,000 Experience Points and 120,000 Coupon Points from System Xiao Ai.

Xiao Han and the new students entered the Inner Academy’s Fire Energy Hunt, where they had to cross a forest while defending their Fire Energy from older students. Xiao Han offered to protect Xun Er, Hu Jia, and any other newcomers who followed him, and led them into the forest.

• Hu Gan brought the new students through a silver gate and introduced Xiao Han to Inner Academy elders Su and Qing as a Dou Zong protected by Elders Qian and Bai.
• Hu Gan asked Xiao Han to look after the newcomers, especially Hu Jia, and Xiao Han agreed to help if she needed him.
• Elder Su gave each student five days of Fire Energy and explained that older students could attack them in the forest to take it.
• Xiao Han explained the competition’s rules, then offered to let the other students follow him without sharing the Fire Energy they obtained.
• Xiao Han and Xun Er entered the forest, followed by the other students, while Elders Su and Qing remarked that this year’s hunt would be more interesting.

Xiao Han explained how students could earn Fire Energy and led his group through the forest during the Fire Energy Hunt Competition. After overpowering five old students and taking their Fire Energy and map, he set a trap for the other hunters at the finish line.

• Xiao Han told Hu Jia, Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Xun Er about missions, arena challenges, and the Strong Ranking as ways to earn Fire Energy.
• Xiao Han used Palm Absorption to drag five old students from hiding and demanded their Fire Energy Crystal Cards.
• Xiao Han transferred the old students' Fire Energy to Xun Er, raising her card to two hundred and thirty-five days.
• Xiao Han forced the five old students to hand over their forest map and offered them five days of Fire Energy to spread a message.
• Xiao Han told the five old students to tell the other hunters that his group would wait for them at the finish line.

Xiao Han led the new students to the foot of the Inner Academy hill and waited for the old students, intending to challenge the Fire Energy Hunt Competition’s tradition of stripping newcomers of their Fire Energy. When the Black and White Twin Fiends and the other teams united against them, Xiao Han defeated thirty-five old students with two Dou Techniques, then noticed more old students watching from the hill.

• Xiao Han brought the forty-nine new students to the hill leading into the Inner Academy and waited for the old students to gather.
• Luo Hou and the Black Fiend captain arrived with the other old student teams and agreed to attack the newcomers together.
• Luo Hou assigned Sha Tie to help him fight Xiao Han and ordered the others to target the remaining new students.
• Xiao Han stepped forward and used Palm Absorption followed by Fire Blowing Palm to make thirty-five old students vomit blood and collapse.
• Bai Shan, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and the new students stared at Xiao Han in shock as he noticed more old students gathered on the hill.

Xiao Han defeated the old students in the Fire Energy Hunt Competition, distributed their Fire Energy among the new students, and earned their gratitude. After Elder Su declared the new students victorious and awarded Xun Er and the others green cards, he gave Xiao Han a purple card as Xiao Han prepared to pursue the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Han sensed a familiar soul aura among the onlookers, but it disappeared before he could identify it.
• Xiao Han forced the defeated old students to hand over their Fire Energy Crystal Cards and transferred enough Fire Energy to raise Xun Er's total to 1,095 days.
• Xiao Han distributed Fire Energy cards to Bai Shan, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and the other new students, keeping none for himself.
• Elder Su declared the new students the winners and awarded them Fire Energy; Xun Er, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Bai Shan also received green cards for placing in the selection's top five.
• Wu Hao, Hu Jia, Bai Shan, and the other new students thanked Xiao Han and pledged their support.
• Elder Su gave Xiao Han a purple Fire Energy Crystal Card, which allowed him to cultivate in the deepest levels of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.

Xiao Han explained how the Inner Academy and its Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower worked, then founded Dragon Gate with Xun Er, Bai Shan, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao. The next morning, older students demanded Tribute Fees from the new students, and Xiao Han went to confront them.

• Xiao Han explained that factions controlled territories in the Inner Academy and that students tempered their Dou Qi in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Xiao Han gave Xun Er pills to help her cultivate and manage Fire Toxin, then invited Hu Jia, Bai Shan, and Wu Hao to join his faction.
• Hu Jia, Bai Shan, and Wu Hao accepted Xiao Han's offer, and he named their faction Dragon Gate.
• Older students blocked the new student area and demanded Tribute Fees, so the newcomers sought Xiao Han's help.
• Xiao Han arrived at the exit and declared that the new students were under his protection and would pay no more Tribute Fees.

Xiao Han easily defeated an old student and faced a gathering of Strong Ranking experts, but Lin Yan and Qin Zhen fled after seeing him. A tremor and a crash from the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower left Xiao Han suspecting that the Fallen Heart Flame had erupted ahead of schedule.

• An old student insulted Xiao Han, who struck him down and revealed himself as the King of Newcomers.
• The beaten student called on Strong Ranking experts Cheng Nan, He Bu, Bai Cheng, Feng Han, and Xiang Jiu Ming to challenge Xiao Han.
• Lin Yan and Qin Zhen were revealed to be watching, but both made excuses and hurried away when Xiao Han noticed them.
• A tremor shook the area, and a crash came from the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Xiao Han wondered whether the Fallen Heart Flame was erupting six months earlier than expected.

Xiao Han watched the Fallen Heart Flame erupt from the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower ahead of schedule as Jia Nan Academy’s elders tried to reseal it. Han Feng and other powerful outsiders arrived to seize the Heavenly Flame, while a Dou Wang named Qian Mo appeared to have helped them locate it.

• The Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower shook, and an aged voice ordered students to evacuate and stay away from it.
• Fallen Heart Flame burst out as a Formless Fire Python, and eighteen elders led by Su Qian formed the Thousand Layer Seal to contain it.
• Xiao Han judged that the Thousand Layer Seal would fail because Fallen Heart Flame had grown too powerful.
• An elder called Qian Mo a Dou Wang and ordered him to retreat, but Qian Mo kept watching Fallen Heart Flame.
• Han Feng arrived with Elder Ban, Yin Gu, Yuan Yi, and the Gold Silver Elders, demanded that Su Qian hand over the Heavenly Flame, and praised Qian Mo for helping him.

Han Feng and his allies attacked Jia Nan Academy to seize the Fallen Heart Flame, while Xiao Han discovered that the disguised Qian Mo was actually Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan withdrew to watch from nearby, and Xiao Han turned his attention to Han Feng and the Sea Heart Flame.

• Han Feng revealed that he possessed the Sea Heart Flame and demanded that Su Qian surrender the Fallen Heart Flame, then attacked when Su Qian refused.
• Hu Gan arrived with the Outer Academy elders, and the academy's defenders clashed with Han Feng's group as the Formless Fire Python rampaged.
• Xiao Han used Xiao Ai's scan to identify Qian Mo as Xiao Yan and confronted him about provoking the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan's plan was exposed: he had killed Qian Mo, taken his identity, alerted Han Feng to the Heavenly Flame, and provoked the Formless Fire Python to exploit the battle.
• Xiao Yan left the battlefield but hid in a nearby forest to keep watching, while Xiao Han focused on Han Feng and his Sea Heart Flame.

Xiao Han confronted Han Feng during the effort to seal the Formless Fire Python and offered to trade the complete Fen Jue for Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame. Han Feng, whose incomplete version of Fen Jue was damaging his body, considered the deal and sought protection from punishment, but demanded proof that Xiao Han possessed the method.

• Xiao Han told Hu Gan and Wu Tian Lang to help seal the Formless Fire Python while he spoke with Han Feng.
• Xiao Han revealed that he wanted Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame and offered the complete Fen Jue in exchange.
• Han Feng suspected Xiao Han had received Fen Jue from Old Man Yao, but Xiao Han said he could have stolen it.
• Xiao Han warned that Han Feng’s incomplete Fen Jue was causing harmful aftereffects and could lead to cultivation deviation.
• Han Feng agreed to consider the exchange if the Inner Academy would not punish his group, and Xiao Han accepted that condition.
• Han Feng asked Xiao Han to prove that he truly possessed Fen Jue before proceeding.

Xiao Han traded the complete Fen Jue to Han Feng for the Sea Heart Flame, fused it, and advanced to Seven-Star Dou Zong. He then revealed that Han Feng’s former master was hiding nearby with his new disciple, Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Han showed Han Feng the Green Lotus Core Flame and Bone Spirit Cold Flame, convincing him that he cultivated the Fen Jue.
• Han Feng agreed to trade the Sea Heart Flame for the complete Fen Jue, provided Xiao Han would not attack him for ten years.
• Xiao Han fused the Sea Heart Flame, gained ten million Experience Points and two million Coupon Points, and rose three levels to Seven-Star Dou Zong.
• Xiao Han gave Han Feng the complete Fen Jue, and Han Feng abandoned his claim to the Formless Fire Python and prepared to leave with the Gold Silver Elders.
• Xiao Han told Han Feng that his former master was hiding in the nearby forest with the person who had tipped Han Feng off, and revealed that the man’s new disciple was named Xiao Yan.

Xiao Han gave Han Feng the Sea Heart Flame and advanced in cultivation, while Xiao Yan fled after Han Feng’s group searched for him. As the Formless Fire Python shattered its seal and threatened Jia Nan Inner Academy, Xiao Han offered to confront it.

• Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao suspected that Xiao Han had traded the Fen Jue for the Sea Heart Flame, and Old Man Yao observed that Xiao Han had advanced by at least two stars.
• Han Feng led the Gold Silver Elders and others toward Xiao Yan’s hiding place, so Xiao Yan fled through the forest.
• The Formless Fire Python shattered the seal, setting buildings ablaze and causing weaker students to collapse from the heat.
• Su Qian ordered the students to evacuate and sent Hu Gan to summon Elders Qian Mu and Bai Lie.
• Xiao Han floated before Su Qian and offered to handle the Formless Fire Python.

Xiao Han fought the Formless Fire Python above Jia Nan Academy, taking injuries while protecting the Inner Academy from its devastating flames. He identified the creature’s source and struck the brightly shining scale beneath its mouth.

• Xiao Han challenged the Formless Fire Python with a Flame Longsword, but it struck him into the ground and left him bleeding.
• Xun Er tried to join the fight, but Hu Jia stopped her, while Su Qian and the elders watched anxiously.
• Xiao Han clashed with the python again as their attacks damaged buildings and set the Inner Academy ablaze.
• The Formless Fire Python unleashed flames across the sky, and Su Qian and the other elders worked to intercept them.
• Xiao Han spotted the brightest scale beneath the python’s mouth and used Three Thousand Lightning Movement to stab it with his Flame Longsword.

Xiao Han helped drive the Formless Fire Python into absorbing the fire energy from Xiao Yan’s explosion, then let it drag him into the magma as the elders resealed it in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower. The chapter ended with Xiao Han relieved that his plan to enter the magma had worked.

• Xiao Han’s attack made the Formless Fire Python writhe in pain and vanish, revealing its true body as the academy’s flames faded.
• An explosion caused by Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus devastated the outskirts, and the weakened Xiao Yan escaped under Old Man Yao’s Soul Power protection.
• Fallen Heart Flame devoured the explosion’s fire energy, regained its strength, and attacked Su Qian and the other elders.
• Su Qian organized the elders to form the Thousand Layer Seal while the Formless Fire Python feinted, seized Xiao Han, and dragged him toward the tower.
• The Formless Fire Python entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, Su Qian’s energy net sealed its final level, and Xiao Han allowed it to pull him into the magma.

Xiao Han let the Formless Fire Python drag him into the underground lava while Bone Spirit Cold Flame protected him, then debated whether to pursue a relationship with Queen Medusa. When the Sky Swallowing Python and Queen Medusa fought for control ahead of schedule, Queen Medusa emerged in human form and was attacked by the Fallen Heart Flame.

• The Formless Fire Python brought Xiao Han into the underground lava, where his Bone Spirit Cold Flame repelled its attacks.
• Xiao Han asked System Xiao Ai whether he should pursue Queen Medusa, and Xiao Ai urged him to act on his feelings.
• Xiao Han noticed Queen Medusa and the Sky Swallowing Python fighting for control of their body earlier than expected.
• After about ten minutes, the Sky Swallowing Python transformed into Queen Medusa in human form.
• The Fallen Heart Flame attacked Queen Medusa, who blocked its invisible flames and demanded an explanation from Xiao Han.

Xiao Han guided Queen Medusa and the Sky Swallowing Python through a painful soul fusion using the Fallen Heart Flame. After three months, their souls merged and Queen Medusa’s soul reached the Spirit Realm, while Xiao Han turned his attention to the Formless Fire Python.

• Queen Medusa failed to break through the Fallen Heart Flame’s barrier, and Xiao Han explained that it had brought them both there to fuse her soul with the Sky Swallowing Python’s.
• Xiao Han persuaded Queen Medusa to let her soul leave her body so the Fallen Heart Flame could temper and fuse the two souls.
• The Fallen Heart Flame burned Queen Medusa’s and the Sky Swallowing Python’s souls as they slowly began to merge.
• After about three months, Queen Medusa and the Sky Swallowing Python completed their soul fusion, raising Queen Medusa’s soul power to the Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Han congratulated Queen Medusa, then turned his attention to the Formless Fire Python.

Xiao Han seized and fused with the Fallen Heart Flame, reaching the Nine-Star Peak Dou Zong level and triggering a dangerous side effect. Realizing Queen Medusa was at her weakest after merging souls with the Sky Swallowing Python, he confronted her about her feelings and moved toward her while overcome by the flame’s symptoms.

• Xiao Han used a Shadow Clone to distract the Formless Fire Python, then tore the Fallen Heart Flame’s source from its body.
• The Fallen Heart Flame entered Xiao Han and headed for his Dantian, but he fused with it and gained two levels, reaching Nine-Star Peak Dou Zong.
• The Fallen Heart Flame’s side effect spread through Xiao Han, leaving him burning and parched as he approached Queen Medusa.
• Xiao Han asked Queen Medusa, whom he called Cai Lin, whether she had feelings for him, and she admitted that she did before he moved closer.
• Xiao Han declared that he would make Cai Lin happy, while she was too weak to stop him.

After Queen Medusa’s soul fused with the Sky Swallowing Python’s, Xiao Han broke through to Dou Zun and gained the Power of Space. He led her deeper into the magma toward his third opportunity, where they encountered the Flame Lizard Tribe.

• Xiao Han reached Dou Zun and gained the Power of Space after Queen Medusa became his first female confidante.
• Queen Medusa attacked Xiao Han, but he stopped her with the Power of Space and warned that she could not defeat him.
• Xiao Han and Queen Medusa headed deeper into the magma, and she discovered that she could now endure it without her energy barrier.
• Xiao Han explained that Queen Medusa’s new fire resistance came from what had happened between them.
• Xiao Han blocked a scorching attack aimed at Queen Medusa and identified the nearby creatures as the group-living Flame Lizard Tribe.
• Xiao Han continued toward his third opportunity as a white light appeared ahead.

Xiao Han and Queen Medusa discovered Yao Tianhuo’s remains and an infant Fallen Heart Flame in the magma world. Yao Tianhuo revealed himself, offered Xiao Han his Five Rounds of Departing Fire Method, and gave Queen Medusa a Dou Technique scroll.

• Xiao Han and Queen Medusa entered a barrier where they found a skeleton beside an infant Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Han collected the infant flame, intending to give it to Jia Nan Inner Academy, and called on the skeleton’s owner to reveal himself.
• Yao Tianhuo appeared and explained that he had released Fallen Heart Flame in hopes it would find someone who could rescue him.
• Yao Tianhuo gave Xiao Han the Five Rounds of Departing Fire Method in exchange for help restoring his soul energy.
• After Xiao Han asked for a reward for Queen Medusa as well, Yao Tianhuo gave her a nine-colored scroll containing a Dou Technique from an ancient Queen Medusa’s tomb.

Xiao Han gained the Five Rounds of Departing Fire Method and reached One-star Dou Zun, while Queen Medusa received a fighting skill suited to her true form. After helping Heavenly Flame Venerable recover some Soul Power, Xiao Han offered to help resurrect him in exchange for an oath to guard the Huaxia Empire.

• Queen Medusa received the Sky Swallowing Nine Transformations fighting skill from Heavenly Flame Venerable and studied the scroll.
• Xiao Han extracted and learned the Five Rounds of Departing Fire Method, earning enough experience to advance to One-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Han gave Heavenly Flame Venerable Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva and refined it with Bone Spirit Cold Flame, restoring fifty to sixty percent of the elder's Soul Power.
• Xiao Han promised to help Heavenly Flame Venerable restore his Soul Power and resurrect him if he swore to guard the Huaxia Empire.