Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan chose Zi Yan, the mysterious First on the Strong Ranking, as his opponent in the tournament finals. After revealing her true nature as a Magical Beast, they began their long-awaited spar, and Xiao Yan met her opening punch with his full strength.

• Xiao Yan offered to cover Zi Yan's pills for two months, and she eagerly agreed to fight him.
• Elder Huo warned Xiao Yan that losing would cost him his chance to advance, but Xiao Yan confirmed his challenge.
• Elder Huo announced that Zi Yan was the First on the Strong Ranking, shocking the spectators.
• Hun Ruoruo explained to Xiao Zhan and the others that Zi Yan was a Magical Beast whose appearance had been fixed by Shapeshifting Grass.
• Zi Yan rushed at Xiao Yan, who summoned the Lion Soul Lotus Heart Armor and countered her punch with Eight Extremities: Collapse.

Xiao Yan fought Zi Yan in the Inner Academy Grand Competition and urged her to awaken the Magical Beast power tied to her origins. Zi Yan transformed after consuming her blood, and Xiao Yan began his own Beast Spirit Transformation as their battle reached its climax.

• Zi Yan struck Xiao Yan through his armor and sent him crashing into the arena, shocking the spectators with her apparent Dou Wang strength.
• Xiao Yan rose with his armor cracked and told Zi Yan he had challenged her to awaken the Magical Beast power within her.
• Zi Yan hesitated but agreed to release her power after Xiao Yan promised he could withstand it.
• Hun Ruoruo blushed when Xiao Li remarked on her flushed face as they watched the fight.
• Zi Yan licked her blood, awakened her beast instincts, and grew a pair of purple wings while Xiao Yan answered with the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame.
• Xiao Yan activated the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations and began the Beast Spirit Transformation.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan fought a destructive battle in the Jia Nan Academy arena, each unleashing powerful techniques and transformations. Hun Ruoruo rescued both unconscious fighters and declared the match a draw.

• Xiao Yan used the Beast Spirit Transformation and Dragon Lion—Eight Extremes Collapse to meet Zi Yan's brute strength, shattering the arena and the elders' barrier.
• Xiao Yan drew the Mysterious Black Ruler and fought Zi Yan at close range as her instincts and physical power intensified.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Flame Splitting Wave Devourer Ruler, but Zi Yan pierced through space and struck him before he could recover.
• Xiao Yan's hidden Eight Extremes Collapse force knocked Zi Yan unconscious, while his own injuries left him collapsing as well.
• Hun Ruoruo entered the arena, carried both unconscious fighters out of the ruins, and announced that the match had ended in a draw.

After the tournament ended, Xiao Yan woke and learned that Hun Ruoruo was showing his family around the academy, then rushed out to find them. He escaped a crowd of admirers and encountered a mysterious, handsome man in a pavilion.

• Lin Yan defeated Yan Hao and claimed fifth place before Xun'er challenged Lin Xiuya and crushed him, finishing the tournament with Xiao Yan and Zi Yan tied for first and Xun'er in third.
• Xiao Yan woke beside Zi Yan, discovered Hun Ruoruo had treated his injuries, and learned she was taking his father and the others around the academy.
• Worried that Xiao Li might tease Hun Ruoruo, Xiao Yan hurried out of the treatment room to find them.
• Students and their relatives crowded around Xiao Yan to praise and recruit him, so he fled using Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Yan reached a pavilion and found a handsome man in gray-white robes, who rebuked him for disturbing the peace.

Xiao Yan met a mysterious Scholar in White at Jia Nan Academy, whose strength seemed to surpass even the academy’s greatest experts. The scholar revealed his connection to Xiao Yan’s secret technique and asked how Xiao Yan had obtained it, leaving Xiao Yan alarmed and uncertain of the man’s true power.

• Xiao Yan recognized that the Scholar in White concealed an immense cultivation and cautiously accepted his invitation to sit.
• The scholar created a secluded space around them and praised Xiao Yan’s body-tempering path and future potential.
• The scholar asked about Xiao Yan’s methods and identified the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations.
• The scholar said the secret art was connected to him and that it should have been sealed away, leaving Xiao Yan shaken.

Xiao Yan learned that the Scholar had destroyed the origin of the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations and spoke of eternal life, though his injuries left his memories unclear. The Scholar then revealed that he was Hun Ruoruo’s father, shocking Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan admitted that he had obtained the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations by chance and asked the Scholar about his connection to it.
• The Scholar said, "I destroyed it," and explained that Fierce Flame Valley and the technique’s original owner had fallen because they could not attain eternal life.
• The Scholar dispelled the barrier and told Xiao Yan that he had fallen unconscious after forcing his Dou Qi while injured.
• Hun Ruoruo arrived, trembled at the Scholar, and asked why he was there.
• The Scholar said he had come to visit his daughter, and Xiao Yan realized he was Hun Ruoruo’s father.

Hun Tiandi revealed himself as Hun Ruoruo’s father and confronted Xiao Yan after tracking down his daughter. Xiao Yan defended Ruoruo’s privacy, but Hun Tiandi turned his attention to Xiao Yan’s father, leaving Xiao Yan fearing that he would demand an explanation.

• Xiao Yan realized the Scholar beside him was Hun Ruoruo’s father, and Hun Ruoruo urgently pulled Xiao Yan away from him.
• Hun Ruoruo asked why her father had come, and Hun Tiandi said he had come to check on her after four years away from home.
• Hun Ruoruo learned that Hun Tiandi had tracked her location and sank into despair, blaming herself for putting Xiao Yan in danger.
• Xiao Yan stepped in front of Hun Ruoruo and told Hun Tiandi that parents should respect their grown children’s privacy.
• Hun Tiandi said he had not monitored Hun Ruoruo and suggested that she herself had revealed her location, then asked Xiao Yan to introduce his father.
• Xiao Yan feared Hun Tiandi intended to confront his father and demand an explanation.

At a family gathering in the Inner Academy, Hun Ruoruo left the banquet distressed by Scholar’s presence, and Xiao Yan followed her to her room. She clung to him and asked to lean on him for a while, while he offered her comfort and patience.

• Xiao Zhan celebrated Xiao Yan’s achievements and drank with Scholar, Elder Hai, and Xiao Li in a private courtyard.
• Hun Ruoruo abruptly left the gathering, and Xiao Yan went after her to check on her.
• Xiao Yan found Hun Ruoruo sobbing in her room and gently asked why she feared her father.
• Hun Ruoruo hugged Xiao Yan, pushed him onto the bed, and asked to lean on him for a while.
• Xiao Yan agreed and told Hun Ruoruo she could be a little reckless with him.

Xiao Yan woke to find Hun Ruoruo clinging tightly to him, then left her room after a brief, gentle kiss. In the courtyard, he discovered his injuries had healed and his strength had advanced to Eight-star Dou Ling, while Hun Tiandi suggested Ruoruo’s special constitution had caused the recovery.

• Xiao Yan carefully moved Hun Ruoruo onto the bed, covered her, and kissed her forehead before leaving the room.
• Hun Ruoruo woke blushing and complained that Xiao Yan had pretended to be a gentleman.
• Xiao Yan went to the courtyard to treat his injuries and discovered his body had fully recovered and his strength had reached Eight-star Dou Ling.
• Hun Tiandi told Xiao Yan that he had failed to notice Hun Ruoruo’s special constitution and hinted that it had been triggered by their closeness the previous night.

Hun Tiandi explained Ruoruo’s Pure Water constitution and tested Xiao Yan’s intentions toward her. After Xiao Yan promised to protect her and refrain from relations with her for now, Hun Tiandi sent him to investigate approaching auras connected to Xun’er.

• Hun Tiandi told Xiao Yan that pure Dou Qi attributes defied heaven’s laws and explained how Ruoruo’s Pure Water constitution had healed him and could help others heal and break through.
• Hun Tiandi said he would not interfere with Ruoruo’s choice of partner, and Xiao Yan vowed never to betray or harm her.
• Hun Tiandi warned Xiao Yan not to engage in relations with Ruoruo for the time being, and Xiao Yan promised to obey.
• Hun Tiandi sensed auras approaching Jia Nan Academy that were connected to someone Xiao Yan had been thinking about, prompting Xiao Yan to rush off after remembering Xun’er.
• Hun Tiandi praised Xiao Yan’s lack of greed, mocked someone whose daughter he considered inferior to his own, and vanished.

Xiao Yan found Xun'er preparing to face a matter connected to the Xiao Family and reassured her that the family would always welcome her. As the Black Mist Army arrived to escort Xun'er back, Hun Ruoruo challenged its deputy commander, Ling Quan.

• Xiao Yan caught Xun'er in the Inner Academy ravine and asked whether her hidden worries concerned the family behind her and the Xiao Family's Ancient Jade.
• Xun'er admitted she had come to the Xiao Family on a mission but insisted she had never intended harm, and Xiao Yan told her the Xiao Family's doors remained open to her.
• Old Man Yao warned Xiao Yan that powerful figures had broken through the Space Lock, and Xun'er told him to guard the Xiao Family's Ancient Jade.
• Ten Black Mist Army members arrived on Four-winged Unicorns, and Ling Quan introduced himself as their deputy commander sent by the Clan Leader to escort Xun'er back.
• Ling Quan insulted Xiao Yan and dismissed Xun'er's objections, until Hun Ruoruo appeared and mocked him and the Black Mist Army.

Hun Ruoruo confronted Ling Quan as he tried to enforce the Ancient Clan’s orders, and her knowledge of Xun’er’s status deepened Xun’er’s suspicions about her identity. As Hun Ruoruo and Xun’er reconciled, Ling Quan’s Storage Ring shattered and revealed an ancient Star Disk, prompting him to recognize Hun Ruoruo as a member of the Soul Clan.

• Hun Ruoruo insulted Ling Quan for acting arrogantly toward Xun’er and Xiao Yan, then recited Xun’er’s titles to challenge his claim that Xun’er could not protect her.
• Xun’er realized Hun Ruoruo’s knowledge of the Ancient Clan’s secrets suggested a connection to one of the Eight Clans, while Ling Quan accused Xun’er of leaking clan information.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Xun’er had to return to the clan, and Xun’er explained that her father’s summons left her no choice.
• Hun Ruoruo and Xun’er set aside their questions, took each other’s hands, and expressed regret and gratitude.
• Ling Quan’s Storage Ring cracked and shattered as Hun Ruoruo and Xun’er’s hands met, releasing an ancient Star Disk amid clashing golden and purple light.
• Ling Quan stared at Hun Ruoruo and cried out in terror that she was from the Soul Clan.

Ling Quan used the Bloodline Star Disk’s reaction to accuse Hun Ruoruo of being from the Soul Clan and ordered the Black Mist Army to capture her. Hun Ruoruo revealed that Xun’er had mistaken her identities and, when Ling Quan defied Xun’er’s orders, compelled him to tear off his own head.

• Ling Quan saw the Star Disk react and claimed its dark fluctuations proved Hun Ruoruo was a Soul Clan member.
• Xun’er ordered Ling Quan to explain himself, while Xiao Yan defended Hun Ruoruo and prepared to fight.
• Hun Ruoruo mocked Ling Quan and told Xun’er that she had never lied about being the Yin Valley successor or acting gentle; Xun’er had assumed those things herself.
• Ling Quan ordered his soldiers to capture Hun Ruoruo despite Xun’er’s command, and Xun’er released her Dou Wang strength to stop him.
• Hun Ruoruo told Ling Quan to die, and he tore off his own head as the Black Mist Army watched.

Hun Ruoruo killed Ling Quan after he defied her, then challenged Gu Xun'er to stop yielding to others and use her status and strength. As Xiao Yan prepared to send Xun'er away, a powerful white-robed elder appeared and approached Ling Quan's corpse.

• Ling Quan obeyed Hun Ruoruo's command to kill himself, terrifying the Black Mist Army and leaving Gu Xun'er shaken.
• Hun Ruoruo confronted Gu Xun'er about tolerating insults and urged her to fight back and make her own decisions.
• Gu Xun'er asked if she could still call Hun Ruoruo Sister Ruoruo, and Hun Ruoruo washed the blood from them both.
• Xiao Yan tried to end the encounter and send Gu Xun'er away, but an elder froze the surroundings and appeared before them.
• The white-robed elder saw Ling Quan's corpse, sighed, and reached out as Xiao Yan sensed the man's overwhelming power.

Tong Xuan confronted Hun Ruoruo over Ling Quan’s death and tried to take her back to the Ancient Clan, but she defied his Half-Saint power. Xiao Yan struggled to protect her until Ruoruo’s father appeared and shattered Tong Xuan’s spatial technique.

• Xun'er identified Tong Xuan as a Half-Saint, and Xiao Yan held Hun Ruoruo’s hand while hiding his fear of the powerful elder.
• Tong Xuan brought Ling Quan’s corpse before them, dismissed the Black Mist Army, and questioned Hun Ruoruo about her origins and the killing.
• Hun Ruoruo insulted Tong Xuan and rebuked him for waiting until Ling Quan was dead before intervening, leaving him unable to answer.
• Tong Xuan sealed the ravine and reached for Hun Ruoruo, while Xiao Yan tried to break free and begged Old Man Yao for help.
• Old Man Yao stopped Xiao Yan and pointed out that another expert was present as Tong Xuan’s power failed to penetrate the space around Hun Ruoruo.
• Hun Ruoruo’s white-robed father stepped forward, shattered the frozen space, and praised her.

Hun Tiandi intervened to protect Hun Ruoruo, humiliating and forcing Elder Tong Xuan to kneel before him. He revealed that he had acted through an incarnation at the peak of the Four-star Dou Saint level, sidestepping the restrictions on stronger experts.

• Hun Tiandi appeared beside Xiao Yan and identified Xun'er as Gu Yuan's daughter, prompting her to recognize him as the Soul Clan Clan Leader.
• Hun Tiandi nullified Tong Xuan's attacks and slammed him into the ground for speaking disrespectfully.
• Hun Tiandi ordered Tong Xuan to kneel, and the elder complied while threatening to report the incident to Gu Yuan.
• Hun Tiandi asked Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan whether they were satisfied with his actions, and Xiao Yan expressed no objection.
• Hun Tiandi explained that the figure present was an incarnation of his divine sense at the peak of the Four-star Dou Saint level, so the restrictions on experts above Five-star Dou Saint did not apply to him.

Xun'er left with Xiao Yan after their conversation gave her new resolve, while Hun Tiandi revealed that Hun Ruoruo’s awakening emotions were reviving her Divine Bloodline. He promised Ruoruo a chance to find her Mother before the bloodline awakened, then vanished as Ruoruo collapsed.

• Xiao Yan worried about the Ancient Clan’s treatment of Xun'er, who said Hun Ruoruo had helped her understand others and inspired her to change.
• Xun'er and Xiao Yan spoke about parting and future reunions before she left her feelings about the conflict between their clans unspoken.
• Hun Tiandi told Hun Ruoruo he would not harm Xiao Yan because Xiao Yan mattered to her, and he recognized her use of the Spirit Ascension Technique.
• Hun Tiandi provoked Ruoruo by mentioning her Mother, but she restrained her hatred to protect her master and Xiao Yan.
• Hun Tiandi promised Ruoruo a chance to find her Mother before her bloodline awakened, then departed, leaving her to collapse as her Divine Bloodline continued to revive.

After Hun Ruoruo collapsed, Xiao Yan worried that he was too weak to protect her, while Hun Tiandi confronted Gu Yuan in a spatial rift. Gu Yuan dismissed the complaint over Ling Quan’s death and ordered his corpse thrown out of the Ancient Realm.

• Xiao Yan admitted to Old Man Yao that he feared he could not protect Hun Ruoruo before becoming strong enough, then rushed to her when she collapsed and caught her as she fainted.
• Hun Tiandi encountered Gu Yuan in a spatial rift, and Gu Yuan accused him of violating the Eight Clans Pact and using Ruoruo to pursue the Xiao Family Ancient Jade.
• Hun Tiandi taunted Gu Yuan over sending Xun'er to seek the Ancient Jade and reminded him that Xun'er had been bullied by servants before Ruoruo intervened.
• Gu Yuan learned that Hun Tiandi had appeared only as an incarnation, then refused Tong Xuan’s request to punish Ruoruo for killing Ling Quan.
• Gu Yuan ordered Tong Xuan to throw Ling Quan’s corpse out of the Ancient Realm and told anyone who objected to come to him directly.

Hun Ruoruo woke after three days and reflected on her newly awakened Divine Bloodline and the way Xiao Yan’s presence had shaped her fate. Xiao Yan reassured her that he would grow strong enough to resolve the conflicts with her father, and she was moved by his resolve.

• Hun Ruoruo woke in the Inner Academy and found Xiao Yan asleep while holding her wrist.
• Hun Ruoruo wondered whether Xiao Yan’s presence had awakened her Divine Bloodline and led her into danger.
• Xiao Yan revealed he had been awake and told Hun Ruoruo he did not regret meeting her.
• Xiao Yan held Hun Ruoruo and vowed to grow strong enough to resolve the conflicts between her and her father.
• Hun Ruoruo became misty-eyed as she heard Xiao Yan’s promise and thought he would become a Dou Di even without her.

Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan faced the approaching Heart Flame body tempering and the danger of Falling Heart Flame breaking free while the Xiao family prepared to return to the war-threatened Jia Ma Empire. After leaving Xiao Yan, Hun Ruoruo met the Snake People Queen, who demanded the method to resolve the hidden danger in her soul before the three-month deadline.

• Xiao Yan worried that Falling Heart Flame could erupt before Jia Nan Academy was prepared, even as the Jia Ma Empire faced possible war with the Snake People Tribe.
• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan that Xiao Zhan and the others were leaving because war could make the Jia Ma Empire unsafe, and she explained that neither side could easily trust or reconcile with the other.
• Hun Ruoruo left Xiao Yan alone, and Old Man Yao suggested her changed manner was tied to her father and her emotional wounds.
• Xiao Yan noticed a Small Cauldron among the items on his table and considered alchemy as a way to comfort Hun Ruoruo.
• Hun Ruoruo secretly traveled to a secluded mountain forest, where the Snake People Queen demanded the method to resolve the danger in her soul before the three-month deadline.