Chapter Summaries

Hun Ruoruo prepared a medicinal pool to temper her body before purifying her soul, while Old Man Yao suggested using something stronger than her to draw off the pool’s violent medicinal power. The chapter ended with Hun Ruoruo ordering Xiao Yan to jump into the pool.

• Xiao Yan carved a stone pool while Old Man Yao inspected the genuine and fake Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Old Man Yao warned Hun Ruoruo that the genuine milk was too potent for her body and explained the risks of purifying her soul.
• Old Man Yao hinted that something stronger in the pool could take the brunt of its medicinal power, embarrassing Hun Ruoruo.
• Hun Ruoruo sent Old Man Yao into the Storage Ring and sealed his senses before turning to Xiao Yan.
• Hun Ruoruo filled the pool with medicinal water and Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, then grabbed Xiao Yan and told him to jump in.

Hun Ruoruo coaxed Xiao Yan into helping her cultivate in the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and they endured the painful tempering as she activated the Spirit Ascension Technique. The next morning Xiao Yan discovered his body cultivation had made a major breakthrough, while the newly awakened Ruoruo mistook him for her father.

• Hun Ruoruo teased Xiao Yan into joining her in the body-tempering pool, then used the Mysterious Black Ruler as a partition between them.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo endured the medicinal solution’s intense heat and cold as it tempered their bodies, and Ruoruo activated the Spirit Ascension Technique.
• Hun Ruoruo quietly hoped she would still remember her promise to Xiao Yan after her seal was undone.
• The next morning Xiao Yan broke through the cave ceiling with his newly strengthened body and found Ruoruo asleep in the drained pool.
• Hun Ruoruo woke, looked at Xiao Yan, and called him “Daddy?”

Xiao Yan discovered that Hun Ruoruo had lost her memories and now believed he was her father, despite his attempts to correct her. He carried her out of the cave and prepared to take her back to the Inner Academy, which she happily accepted as their home.

• Hun Ruoruo woke with depleted Soul Force and memory loss, calling Xiao Yan Daddy and saying she liked him.
• Xiao Yan dressed, lifted the cold Hun Ruoruo from the water, and asked her to stop calling him Daddy.
• Hun Ruoruo refused to change how she addressed him, so Xiao Yan carried her to a flat boulder and used Heavenly Flames to dry and warm her.
• Xiao Yan told Hun Ruoruo they should return to the Inner Academy, and she eagerly agreed to go home with him.

After Hun Ruoruo lost her memories and began treating Xiao Yan as her father, he explained what happened to Old Man Yao, who could not identify the cause. Old Man Yao told Xiao Yan to help Ruoruo feel safe and try to unravel her confusion, and Xiao Yan agreed.

• Xiao Yan brought the sleeping Hun Ruoruo home and watched over her as she rested.
• Old Man Yao appeared after Xiao Yan called for him repeatedly and mistakenly asked whether Ruoruo had rejected him.
• Xiao Yan revealed that Ruoruo had lost her memories and seemed to have returned to her childhood state.
• Old Man Yao insisted the Spirit Ascension Technique should not have caused memory loss and asked Xiao Yan to recount everything that happened.
• Xiao Yan explained that Ruoruo believed he was her father, and Old Man Yao said Xiao Yan would have to help her regain her sense of security.
• Xiao Yan said he was willing to help Ruoruo.

Xiao Yan spent a month helping the amnesiac Hun Ruoruo while the Demon Hall prospered under his friends’ management. As he took Ruoruo out around the Inner Academy, Liu Fei and her powerful companions approached, leaving Xiao Yan to shield Ruoruo and confront them.

• Xiao Yan entrusted the Demon Hall’s operations to Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and the others, while Lin Yan drove off its challengers.
• Xun'er defeated several top-fifty Strong Ranking experts at the Arena, surprising the Inner Academy.
• Hun Ruoruo continued to call Xiao Yan “Daddy,” and he invited her to explore the Inner Academy with him.
• Xiao Yan accompanied Ruoruo as she enjoyed the streets and food, still unable to restore her memories after a month.
• Near the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower, Liu Fei arrived with a Four-star Dou Ling companion, and Xiao Yan stepped in front of Ruoruo to confront them.

Xiao Yan rejected Liu Fei’s attempt to intimidate him and expose a nonexistent Inner Academy rule, while Hun Ruoruo called out her lie. When Liu Fei attacked Ruoruo, Xiao Yan struck down the burly man who intervened and ordered Liu Fei to leave.

• Liu Fei approached Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo with a group of students, but Xiao Yan refused her pleasantries and pointed her toward the White Gang if she wanted to learn about him.
• Liu Fei accused Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo of violating Inner Academy standards by associating openly, and Xiao Yan asked her to prove the rule and her authority.
• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan that no such rule existed and that students could not interfere with the Enforcement Hall’s elders.
• Liu Fei flew into a rage and tried to seize Hun Ruoruo, so Xiao Yan released a burst of power and attacked.
• A Four-star Dou Ling intervened but Xiao Yan’s punch shattered his bones and caved in his chest; Xiao Yan stepped on the fallen man and told Liu Fei to get lost.

Xiao Yan confronted Liu Fei after discovering she had arranged for someone to investigate Hun Ruoruo, forced her to apologize, and slapped her when she threatened him. Liu Qing arrived and proposed settling the dispute with a match at the Inner Academy Strong Ranking Tournament, but Xiao Yan demanded they fight immediately, and Liu Qing accepted.

• Xiao Yan revealed that Liu Fei had sent a burly man to ask about Hun Ruoruo and demanded an apology.
• Liu Fei refused, threatened Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo, and Xiao Yan slapped her in front of the crowd.
• Liu Qing arrived after hearing the commotion and acknowledged that Liu Fei needed a lesson, but objected to Xiao Yan hitting a woman.
• Hun Ruoruo challenged Liu Qing's reasoning, and Liu Qing proposed a Strong Ranking Tournament match to settle the matter.
• Xiao Yan rejected the delay and challenged Liu Qing to fight at once; Liu Qing agreed.

Xiao Yan fought Liu Qing in the Inner Academy arena, where his overwhelming strength and use of Heaven and Earth Force put the Strong Ranking’s third-ranked fighter at a disadvantage. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan urging Liu Qing to draw his spear before he lost his chance.

• Elder Huo hurried to the arena and learned from Hun Ruoruo that Xiao Yan had accepted Liu Qing’s challenge, while Ruoruo confidently predicted Xiao Yan would win.
• Liu Qing said Xiao Yan had not yet shown enough strength to make him draw his spear, and Xiao Yan explained that they were each fighting for someone they cared about.
• Liu Qing attacked first, but Xiao Yan’s punches drove him back and revealed his extraordinary physical strength.
• Liu Qing used his Great Splitting Coffin Claw against Xiao Yan’s One Fist Ascends to Heaven, and Xiao Yan’s Heaven and Earth Force blasted Liu Qing across the arena.
• The crowd and Elder Huo were shocked to see Liu Qing fall behind, while Xiao Yan warned him that he would soon have no chance to draw his spear.

Xiao Yan fought Liu Qing in a devastating arena duel and won after their final attacks shattered the arena. As Liu Fei cared for her unconscious brother, Hun Ruoruo praised Xiao Yan and clung to his arm.

• Liu Qing drew his heavy spear and challenged Xiao Yan to a final exchange, while Xiao Yan activated his blood-red markings and met his attacks barehanded.
• Liu Qing unleashed his Dou Qi Spirit Condensation and charged with Great! Shatter! Rock!, and Xiao Yan answered with Eight Extremes Collapse, destroying the arena in their clash.
• Elder Huo cleared the smoke and revealed Liu Qing still standing before he collapsed unconscious; Xiao Yan caught him and Elder Huo declared Xiao Yan the winner.
• Liu Fei rushed to Liu Qing and sobbed as Xiao Yan warned her to bear the consequences of her own troublemaking.
• Hun Ruoruo embraced Xiao Yan's arm, praised him as the best, and left him blushing.

After Xiao Yan defeated Liu Qing, the Inner Academy reshuffled the Strong Ranking while Xiao Yan was forced to refine pills for Elder Huo to repay the damage he caused to the Arena. Elder Huo rewarded him with access to the herb repository, where Xiao Yan found someone already eating in the dark.

• News of Xiao Yan's victory over Liu Qing spread through the Inner Academy, and Lin Yan discovered that he had been pushed out of the Strong Ranking's Top Ten.
• Hu Jia complained that managing Demon Hall had left her little time to cultivate, while wondering where Xun'er had gone.
• Xiao Yan completed a batch of three Grade 4 pills, each bearing a Pill Pattern, during his work for Elder Huo.
• Elder Huo praised Xiao Yan's pills and gave him a card allowing him to choose one treasure from the herb repository.
• Xiao Yan entered the herb repository and heard someone munching in the darkness before pale violet eyes appeared and asked whether he had come to sneak a bite too.

Xiao Yan encountered a mysterious little girl eating rare medicinal herbs in the Inner Academy’s secret storehouse and clashed palms with her. After realizing her terrifying physical strength, he negotiated a truce and suspected she was someone he had heard about before.

• Xiao Yan heard a child’s voice in the medicinal herb storehouse and discovered a little girl eating a Vajra Bodhi.
• Xiao Yan tried to stop her from eating the herb, but she mistook his reaching hand for an attempt to steal her food and struck him.
• Xiao Yan sensed the little girl’s overwhelming blood and vitality as their palms collided, and she briefly thought he was not human.
• Xiao Yan persuaded the little girl to withdraw her strength by warning that destroying the storehouse would ruin her food supply.
• The little girl said she wanted to fight Xiao Yan properly another time, while he concealed his trembling hand and agreed nervously.

Xiao Yan learned that Zi Yan had been sent after him by the Snow Sky Demonic Ape, but she chose not to take the Earth Core Body Tempering Milk because of her growing fondness for him. After Xiao Yan offered to refine her medicinal ingredients, Zi Yan eagerly followed him home, while he wondered how Ruoruo differed from a girl her age.

• Zi Yan told Xiao Yan that the Snow Sky Demonic Ape had asked her to beat him up and promised her its treasure, but she decided against it because he was connected to Old Man Huo.
• Xiao Yan gathered the medicinal ingredients he needed with Zi Yan's help, and she reluctantly shared her Vajra Bodhi with him.
• Xiao Yan offered to refine medicinal ingredients for Zi Yan so they would taste better, and she asked to go home with him.
• Zi Yan rushed out of the Alchemy Department, and Xiao Yan followed after briefly wondering why Ruoruo seemed more sensible than a girl her age.

Xiao Yan learned that Zi Yan was the Inner Academy’s strongest-ranked student and not human, then brought her home to meet Hun Ruoruo. Zi Yan mistook Ruoruo for the treasure Xiao Yan was guarding, leaving Xiao Yan embarrassed.

• Elder Huo reacted in alarm when he learned Zi Yan had entered the medicinal herb storehouse, explaining that she repeatedly passed through its defensive barrier and was the Inner Academy’s number one on the Strong Ranking.
• Xiao Yan realized Zi Yan was the famed Brute Force King, and Elder Huo hinted that she was not human before hurrying away.
• Zi Yan demanded food, and Xiao Yan took her home while warning her not to use her cultivation around the fragile Ruoruo.
• Hun Ruoruo opened the door and met Zi Yan, who whispered to Xiao Yan that Ruoruo was the treasure in his house.

Xiao Yan, Hun Ruoruo, and Zi Yan shared a meal after Zi Yan helped prepare the table and nearly dropped the plates. Zi Yan asked to visit again, then abruptly asked Hun Ruoruo whether she had parents, leaving Xiao Yan alarmed by Hun Ruoruo’s frozen expression.

• Xiao Yan cooked a meal while Hun Ruoruo set the table, and Zi Yan offered to help because she was bored.
• Zi Yan carried plates to the table but made them wobble, so Xiao Yan caught them and told her to use control rather than brute strength.
• Xiao Yan served Spiritual Food made from Magical Beasts, and Zi Yan ate half a Fourth Order Wind Splitting Bird.
• Zi Yan asked if she could visit again, and Xiao Yan agreed while Hun Ruoruo held his arm and welcomed her.
• Zi Yan told Hun Ruoruo that they were alike and asked whether she had a father or mother, making the room fall silent and alarming Xiao Yan.

Zi Yan's remarks about having no parents unsettled Hun Ruoruo, and Xiao Yan realized how deeply she cared about him. Ruoruo asked him to stay with her, and he held her as she quietly accepted his comfort.

• Zi Yan noticed Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo's reactions and asked whether she had said something wrong.
• Xiao Yan took Zi Yan outside, where she explained that she had recognized Ruoruo's pain because she also had no parents and believed Ruoruo cared deeply about him.
• Xiao Yan returned to find Hun Ruoruo waiting quietly in the room after she had cleaned the dishes.
• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan that she seemed to have no father or mother, then asked him to stay with her a little longer.
• Xiao Yan embraced Hun Ruoruo, who called him her big blockhead Senior Brother as her treasured Soul Token lay discarded nearby.

Xun'er emerged from two months of cultivation at Five-Star Dou Ling and discovered that Xiao Yan had risen to third on the Strong Ranking. When Wu Hao explained that Xiao Yan had fought Liu Qing in a rage over Fairy Ruoruo, Xun'er was shocked.

• Xun'er left the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower after reaching Five-Star Dou Ling and headed to the Arena to check the Strong Ranking.
• Students compared Xun'er’s smile to Fairy Ruoruo’s, and Xun'er wondered why the woman had become so popular.
• Xun'er saw Xiao Yan ranked third on the Strong Ranking and suspected his injuries had healed.
• Wu Hao told Xun'er that Xiao Yan had fought Liu Qing in a rage after Liu Fei provoked Fairy Ruoruo.
• Xun'er’s smile froze when she heard Wu Hao mention Fairy Ruoruo.

Xun'er searched for Xiao Yan, grew convinced that he had been staying with An Ruoruo, and overheard them speaking in An Ruoruo’s courtyard. She burst in to confront An Ruoruo after hearing her ask Xiao Yan to feed her.

• Xun'er questioned Wu Hao about Xiao Yan and Liu Qing’s fight, then hurried off to search for Xiao Yan.
• Xun'er found Xiao Yan’s pavilion empty and discovered his room was dusty, convincing herself he rarely returned there.
• Xun'er secretly went to An Ruoruo’s courtyard and heard Xiao Yan urge An Ruoruo to eat before the food got cold.
• An Ruoruo told Xiao Yan to feed her because her hands were occupied, and Xun'er burst through the door, crying, “An Ruoruo, have you no shame?!!”

Xiao Yan tried to understand Hun Ruoruo’s fragile, avoidant behavior while the two shared a meal in the courtyard. Xun’er barged in and called Ruoruo by the surname An, leaving Ruoruo smiling with unsettling intensity and saying she should thank Xun’er.

• Xiao Yan decided to let Hun Ruoruo avoid him while he waited for her to open up, and he watched her build a smaller chair for Zi Yan.
• Hun Ruoruo teased Xiao Yan to feed her when Xun’er forced open the courtyard gate and accused her of having no shame.
• Xun’er realized she had interrupted Ruoruo repairing a chair, then apologized after Xiao Yan scolded her for invading their privacy.
• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan she was not angry that he knew about her surname, then reacted to Xun’er’s use of An Ruoruo with a strange smile.
• Hun Ruoruo stood and said she should thank Xun’er, her expression growing bewitching and unsettling.

Xiao Yan confronted Xun'er about how her attempts to control the people around him had hurt them, and she finally understood his advice and agreed to apologize to Instructor Ruolin. After Xun'er asked about his relationship with Ruoruo, Xiao Yan admitted his love was unrequited, then discovered Ruoruo had vanished from the house.

• Xiao Yan told Xun'er that her manners and upbringing did not excuse her controlling treatment of others, and reminded her how she had pressured Instructor Ruolin to make room for him.
• Xun'er accused Xiao Yan of blaming her despite all she had done for him, then slapped away his attempt to comfort her.
• Xiao Yan explained that Xun'er treated Instructor Ruolin, Hu Jia, Xiao Yu, and others as tools, and urged her not to let her desire for control harm them.
• Xun'er apologized and agreed to make amends with Instructor Ruolin, while Xiao Yan revealed that he had already arranged pills to help Ruolin advance.
• Xun'er asked Xiao Yan what his relationship with Ruoruo was, and he said that his love for her was unrequited.
• After Xun'er left, Xiao Yan wondered whether Ruoruo had heard their conversation, entered the house, and panicked when he found her gone.

Hun Ruoruo tried to leave Jia Nan Academy after learning that her mother might have come from Sound Valley, hoping to investigate alone and avoid endangering Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao. Old Man Yao stopped her, comforted her, and persuaded her to cultivate first, then sent her to receive punishment from her Senior Brother.

• Hun Ruoruo stood on Hidden Blade Mountain, decided to leave without saying goodbye, and walked toward the shadows.
• Old Man Yao tracked Hun Ruoruo through a soul perception he had placed in her Storage Ring and confronted her about leaving.
• Hun Ruoruo told Old Man Yao that she suspected her mother had come from Sound Valley, citing her mother's strong spiritual power and flute playing.
• Hun Ruoruo knelt to perform her belated disciple ceremony and admitted she wanted to investigate alone because she feared implicating Xiao Yan and Old Man Yao.
• Old Man Yao challenged Hun Ruoruo's plan, and she broke down crying as she admitted she missed her mother and feared for her loved ones.
• Hun Ruoruo agreed to cultivate before pursuing the matter, but Old Man Yao ordered her to receive her punishment from her Senior Brother.