Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan led Jia Nan Academy elders into the Blood Sect using Hun Ruoruo’s disguise technique and found the Gold Silver Elders’ whereabouts. He lured the Gold Silver Elders into a trap, where Xiao Yan and the academy elders confronted them to avenge the attack on Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Yan used Hun Ruoruo’s Disguise Dou Technique to infiltrate the Blood Sect with the elders and scouted the sect using Fan Lao’s token.
• Xiao Yan found Fan Ling in the Blood Sect Hall and asked the elders to help him deal with the threat to Jia Nan Academy.
• Two hours later, Fan Ling invited the Gold Silver Elders to his father’s residence under the pretense of giving them the Blood Slave Method.
• The Gold Silver Elders entered the residence and discovered that their Dou Qi attack could not break through its barrier.
• Xiao Yan and the Jia Nan Academy elders revealed themselves, and Xiao Yan declared that the academy had come to collect its debt.

Xiao Yan and Jia Nan Academy cornered the Gold Silver Elders at the Blood Sect, where Fan Ling betrayed them and launched a desperate attack. With the Blood Sect Grand Formation trapping the elders, Xiao Yan empowered himself with the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations and forced them out of the air.

• Xiao Yan confronted the Gold Silver Elders and revealed that Jia Nan Academy had uncovered their backing through the Blood Sect.
• Fan Ling blamed the Gold Silver Elders for his father's death and the Blood Sect's subjugation, then struck them with an Explosive Dou Jing attack.
• The Gold Silver Elders survived Fan Ling's attack, shattered the barrier around the Sect Master's Mansion, and tried to escape toward Maple City.
• Xiao Yan used the Blood Sect Grand Formation to restrain the Gold Silver Elders as Jia Nan Academy's group surrounded them.
• Xiao Yan activated the Heavenly Flames Three Profound Transformations and used an invisible force to make the Gold Silver Elders fall from the air.

Xiao Yan used the Falling Heart Flame to break the Gold Silver Elders’ fusion and overwhelmed them in battle, but Gold Elder sacrificed Silver Elder to escape. A mysterious gray-white woman trapped Gold Elder above the auction house, leaving his fate in her hands.

• Xiao Yan revealed that the Falling Heart Flame had disrupted the Gold Silver Elders’ Same Body Technique and ordered Elder Huo, Zi Yan, and the other elders to hold off the enemy forces.
• Xiao Yan fought the weakened Gold Silver Elders, burning them with Black-Gold Flame and driving them into the Blood Sect Grand Formation’s barrier.
• Silver Elder began to reveal that Demonic Flame had sent the Gold Silver Alliance against Jia Nan Academy, but Gold Elder killed him and absorbed his cultivation.
• Gold Elder regained his Dou Zong-level aura, broke through the Blood Sect Grand Formation, and fled toward Maple City as Xiao Yan pursued him.
• A gray-white woman emerged in the auction house and seized Gold Elder with an energy palm, corroding his body as she dismissed him as too noisy.

Xiao Yi Xian reunited with Xiao Yan and helped him defeat the Gold Silver Alliance reinforcements. After the battle, Zi Yan reacted jealously to Xiao Yi Xian, who reassured her that they were comrades, not enemies.

• Xiao Yi Xian appeared before Xiao Yan, killed Gold Elder, and postponed answering questions about her cultivation.
• Xiao Yan returned to the battlefield, where his arrival and the Blood Sect Grand Formation routed the Gold Silver Alliance reinforcements.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Yan that the captives were being interrogated and vowed to kill those responsible for invading Jia Nan Academy.
• Zi Yan grew hostile toward Xiao Yi Xian and demanded to know her relationship with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian laughed, recognized Zi Yan, and called them comrades rather than enemies.

Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan she had heard rumors of Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva in the Black Corner Region, and he invited her to meet the Water Girl. Meanwhile, the Water Girl and Su Qian appeared above Maple City, where she unleashed a devastating rain attack against the city’s experts.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan teased each other about their ties to Xiao Yan and Miss Ruoruo, then agreed to talk more later.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that she had come to investigate rumors of Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva in the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan warned that the rumors might be a trap, but Xiao Yi Xian said she would rather investigate than remain in the Chu Yun Empire.
• Xiao Yan invited Xiao Yi Xian to meet the Water Girl, leaving her nervous and excited about seeing her again.
• Above Maple City, the Water Girl told Su Qian not to worry and summoned countless water mirrors across the sky.
• The Water Girl condensed the air’s water into a torrential attack that began destroying Maple City.

Hun Ruoruo used a deadly rainstorm to wipe out the Black Emperor Sect forces in Maple City and killed Mo Tianxing. After asking Su Qian to handle the city, she rushed to Xiao Yan and froze when she recognized the woman beside him as Little Medical Immortal.

• Mo Tianxing sent Black Emperor Sect experts to confront the woman causing the rain, but the rain dissolved their Dou Qi and killed them.
• Mo Tianxing attacked Hun Ruoruo and was killed when a raindrop penetrated his defenses.
• Su Qian watched Hun Ruoruo absorb the fallen enemies’ souls and accepted her request to manage Maple City.
• Hun Ruoruo heard Xiao Yan calling from the west and hurried toward him, uneasy at the sight of a woman beside him.
• Hun Ruoruo recognized the woman beside Xiao Yan as Little Medical Immortal.

Xiao Yi Xian reunited with Hun Ruoruo after Xiao Yan and the others defeated the Black Emperor Sect and Gold Silver Alliance, then returned with her to the Inner Academy. As the two friends caught up at Hun Ruoruo’s home, Xiao Yi Xian mistook her closeness with Xiao Yan for a relationship and asked whether they had slept together.

• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Hun Ruoruo, and Hun Ruoruo invited her to return to the Inner Academy with the group.
• Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan returned to the Inner Academy while Su Qian, Zi Yan, and the others stayed behind to claim the defeated factions’ resources and territory.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether Hun Ruoruo had been claiming him or showing closeness to Xiao Yi Xian, then let Hun Ruoruo hold his sleeve as she chatted with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yi Xian sat together in the herb garden, where Hun Ruoruo called the Inner Academy their home.
• Xiao Yi Xian assumed Hun Ruoruo and Xiao Yan lived together as a couple and urged Hun Ruoruo to keep him in line.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Hun Ruoruo whether she and Xiao Yan had done it yet, leaving Hun Ruoruo stunned.

Xiao Yi Xian questioned Hun Ruoruo about her relationship with Xiao Yan, prompting Hun Ruoruo to admit they had kissed once but insist it happened only in an emergency. Xiao Yi Xian encouraged her to examine her own feelings rather than let others’ assumptions decide for her, leaving Hun Ruoruo to consider whether she still remembered the heart she had when they first met.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked Hun Ruoruo whether she and Xiao Yan had kissed, and Hun Ruoruo initially misunderstood the question.
• Hun Ruoruo admitted that she and Xiao Yan had kissed once during a critical moment, though she insisted it did not mean they were a couple.
• Xiao Yi Xian warned Hun Ruoruo that her uncertainty could hurt Xiao Yan and asked whether she wanted to be close to him apart from other people’s expectations.
• Hun Ruoruo said she felt constrained by others treating them as a couple and questioned why their relationship was being pushed forward.
• Xiao Yi Xian reminded Hun Ruoruo how she had once helped her reject outsiders’ judgments and asked whether she still remembered that heart.

Hun Ruoruo realized that her feelings for Xiao Yan had changed, but she still intended to follow her true heart without letting it become a shackle. She encouraged Xiao Yi Xian to look beyond her past, and their reunion ended with Xiao Yan walking in on an alarming scene.

• Hun Ruoruo admitted that her true heart had changed, while Xiao Yi Xian helped her recognize how much Xiao Yan's care influenced her.
• Hun Ruoruo accepted Xiao Yi Xian's explanation, and the two joked about their awkward reunion and Xiao Yi Xian's teasing.
• Hun Ruoruo urged Xiao Yi Xian to create new topics for her life beyond the Chu Yun Empire, and Xiao Yi Xian thanked her.
• Xiao Yi Xian compared herself to Hun Ruoruo and grabbed her shoulders as Xiao Yan entered the courtyard.
• Xiao Yan saw the two together and stammered, asking what they were doing.

After Xiao Yi Xian left, Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo teased each other before Hun Ruoruo went for a walk on the mountain. Xiao Yan followed, and after he reassured her that she had changed his life for the better, she invited him to rest on her lap.

• Xiao Yi Xian left the courtyard after privately speaking with Hun Ruoruo and giving Xiao Yan a meaningful glance.
• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian had said he had been thinking about her since the Monster Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan praised Hun Ruoruo’s broad heart, and she accused him of mocking her and secretly staring at Xiao Yi Xian.
• Hun Ruoruo left the courtyard to walk, and Xiao Yan followed her to a mountaintop beneath the night sky.
• Hun Ruoruo worried that she might have become withdrawn like Xiao Yi Xian, and Xiao Yan said that without her he might not have saved his father.
• Hun Ruoruo invited Xiao Yan to lie on her lap because the ground was cold.

Xiao Yan rested with his head in Hun Ruoruo’s lap, reflected on missing his mother, and promised to help Hun Ruoruo find hers when they reached Central Continent. Hun Ruoruo revealed she had teased him, then kissed his forehead, leaving him stunned and blushing.

• Hun Ruoruo invited Xiao Yan to rest with his head on her lap, and he accepted.
• Xiao Yan reflected on his memories of his mother and admitted he wanted to share his life with his parents now.
• Hun Ruoruo offered to let Xiao Yan use her lap as a pillow again and spoke of her missing mother.
• Xiao Yan promised to use his alchemist status to help Hun Ruoruo search for her mother in Central Continent.
• Hun Ruoruo revealed she had been teasing him, kissed his forehead, and left Xiao Yan frozen and red-faced.

Hun Ruoruo teased Xiao Yan with an offer that he mistook for permission to touch her, then slapped him and clarified that she had only given him a chance to pursue her. She later cuddled against him and teased him with an embarrassing form of address, leaving them together beneath the night sky.

• Hun Ruoruo accused Xiao Yan of being jealous and failing to appreciate the time they had spent together.
• Hun Ruoruo suggested that Xiao Yan could try touching her, and Xiao Yan believed she had agreed before reaching toward her chest.
• Hun Ruoruo slapped Xiao Yan, called him a lecher, and explained that she had only given him a chance to pursue her.
• Hun Ruoruo pounced on Xiao Yan, pressed his arm against her chest, and teased him by calling him “Daddy.”
• Xiao Yan grew flustered as their laughter faded, and they remained together on the cliff beneath the night sky.

Xiao Yan woke from a nightmare after sleepwalking and resumed alchemy, while Hun Ruoruo managed the group’s affairs and invited Xiao Yi Xian to travel with them to the Central Continent. They learned the Black Emperor Sect might have clues to the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, though Xiao Yi Xian would still need a Tier 7 Alchemist’s help.

• Hun Ruoruo woke Xiao Yan after he gnawed on grass and dirt in his sleep, and he covered up his nightmare.
• Hun Ruoruo urged Xiao Yan to rest while she handled their plans, and he returned to practicing alchemy in the courtyard.
• Xiao Yan refined a Tier 6 Medicinal Pill, drawing a crowd of Inner Academy disciples until the elders intervened.
• Su Qian and the others handed over supplies from Maple City and the Blood Sect, including treasures that could help awaken Old Man Yao.
• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yi Xian that the Black Emperor Sect had information about the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva and invited her to join their journey to the Central Continent.
• Xiao Yi Xian accepted Hun Ruoruo’s invitation, and Hun Ruoruo told her to kill the remaining Black Emperor Sect members after finding the informant.

Hun Ruoruo confronted Old Man Yao about hiding that he had awakened and discussed her feelings for Xiao Yan and the danger surrounding her bloodline. She said she could not promise him a stable future, leaving Old Man Yao resolved not to let her return to a lightless cage.

• Hun Ruoruo discovered that Old Man Yao had awakened earlier than he claimed and grew embarrassed that he might have witnessed her intimacy with Xiao Yan.
• Old Man Yao teased Hun Ruoruo about her growing closeness to Xiao Yan, then argued that love required the ability to shoulder responsibility.
• Old Man Yao realized Hun Ruoruo's hesitation came from her Divine Bloodline and the Soul Clan's interest in her, and she revealed that a man planned to take her back once her bloodline fully awakened.
• Hun Ruoruo explained that she had delayed going to the Central Continent to give Xiao Yan a beautiful memory, but could not accept him without being able to offer him a stable future.
• Old Man Yao comforted Hun Ruoruo and resolved that he would never let her return to a lightless cage.

Old Man Yao explained how abundant vitality and blood could slow Hun Ruoruo’s Divine Bloodline awakening, revealing that Senior Brother had unknowingly helped her during their time beneath the tower. Hun Ruoruo accepted that delaying the awakening carried risks, but chose not to flee from her path.

• Hun Ruoruo asked Old Man Yao whether her bloodline’s rapid improvement could be slowed, and he said he had once sealed his own bloodline’s progress.
• Old Man Yao concealed them behind an Invisible Barrier and explained how his late-blooming talent differed from that of a friend who had also used medicinal baths.
• Old Man Yao concluded that abundant vitality and blood could clash with the Dou Di bloodline and delay its awakening, though the bloodline would be stronger when it emerged.
• Hun Ruoruo realized that Senior Brother had saved her during their two years at the bottom of the tower by replenishing her vitality and blood.
• Old Man Yao warned Hun Ruoruo that her stronger awakening might attract covetous eyes, and she admitted she was afraid but would not regret continuing for him and Senior Brother.

Hun Ruoruo asked First Elder Su Qian to open the tower’s lowest level so she could deal with another Heavenly Flame, and Old Man Yao appeared to accept Su Qian’s offer on Xiao Yan’s behalf. Su Qian escorted them into the sealed Heart Flame World, then returned to polish the statue outside the tower.

• Su Qian refused Hun Ruoruo’s request to return another Heavenly Flame, believing she was offering Xiao Yan’s flame back to the academy.
• Old Man Yao emerged from Hun Ruoruo’s Storage Ring, greeted Su Qian, and accepted the offer on Xiao Yan’s behalf.
• Hun Ruoruo became flustered while thinking about Xiao Yan, slapped her cheeks, and made a weak excuse when Su Qian and Old Man Yao asked what was wrong.
• Su Qian explained the situation at the tower’s bottom level and agreed to take Hun Ruoruo and Old Man Yao there.
• After watching them enter the sealed Heart Flame World, Su Qian left the tower and wiped the statue outside.

Hun Ruoruo descended through the magma with Old Man Yao and found a second Falling Heart Flame beside an ancient skeleton. The skeleton’s former master mistook her for the man who had subdued the flame, but her own Master appeared just as the old man tried to capture her.

• Hun Ruoruo used the Sea Heart Flame to withstand the magma and carried Old Man Yao deeper into the Earth Core World.
• Hun Ruoruo released her senior brother’s Heart Flame Seed, which led them to a skeleton surrounded by a second Falling Heart Flame.
• Old Man Yao hid inside the Storage Ring as an illusory elderly figure emerged from the skeleton.
• The old man mistook Hun Ruoruo for a disguised boy who had subdued the Falling Heart Flame and threatened to capture her.
• Hun Ruoruo called for her Master, who appeared and startled the old man.

Hun Ruoruo and Old Man Yao met Yao Tianhuo, a former Dou Zun who had died after being ambushed by a Lizardman in the magma world. After Yao Tianhuo bet that Hun Ruoruo was a boy because of her powerful yang aura, she revealed her identity and won the bet, leaving him horrified.

• Yao Tianhuo introduced himself as the Heavenly Fire Venerable and explained that he had died while trying to fuse with the Falling Heart Flame after a Lizardman Dou Zun ambushed him.
• Yao Tianhuo offered to teach Hun Ruoruo his fire-control techniques, but she refused and tried to leave with Old Man Yao.
• Old Man Yao told Hun Ruoruo to show respect to Yao Tianhuo, and Yao Tianhuo learned that she was a girl with a pure Dou Qi Physique.
• Yao Tianhuo insisted that Hun Ruoruo's yang energy proved she was a boy unless she had an unmatched Pure Fire Physique.
• Hun Ruoruo summoned water pillars and revealed an Azure blue flame before telling Yao Tianhuo she was a girl and that he had lost their bet.

Xiao Yan fought Xiao Yi Xian and learned how far her strength still fell short of Water Girl’s, while Xiao Yi Xian warned that Water Girl would protect him. Hun Ruoruo gave Xiao Yan a Storage Ring and told him they would leave in three days, leaving him troubled by what he had heard.

• Xiao Yan lost a sparring match to Xiao Yi Xian after she nearly struck him with a poison needle.
• Xiao Yi Xian said Water Girl was a reclusive Heavenly Prodigy who would protect Xiao Yan, and urged him to think about their relationship.
• Xiao Yan returned to the courtyard and caught a dark-red Storage Ring that Hun Ruoruo had thrown to him.
• Hun Ruoruo said they would leave in three days, while Xiao Yan silently watched her and thought about Xiao Yi Xian’s warning.

Xiao Yan said farewell to Elder Huo before leaving Jia Nan Academy with Hun Ruoruo. As they set off toward the Central Continent, Hun Ruoruo carried Xiao Yan in her arms and asked whether he would face the hardships ahead with her.

• Xiao Yan visited Elder Huo, who warned him about the Central Continent and gave him a golden scroll for him and Hun Ruoruo.
• Elder Huo urged Xiao Yan to return the scroll if he had not won Hun Ruoruo over by the time he came back to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan bowed farewell to Elder Huo, then reunited with Hun Ruoruo and confirmed that they would bring Zi Yan along.
• Hun Ruoruo asked Xiao Yan about the preparations for their departure, and he answered that he had taken care of everything.
• Hun Ruoruo dodged Xiao Yan's attempt to embrace her, then carried him into the air and asked if he was willing to face the road ahead with her; Xiao Yan agreed.