Recaps

Xiao Yan learned that Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame was only a rumor, but decided to attend its recruitment anyway. At the recruitment plaza, he shattered the soldiers’ Battle Formation Aura with his Soul Power and impressed the officer overseeing the entrance.

• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yan that she only knew rumors about the Heavenly Flames in Jia Nan Academy’s Training Qi Tower, and warned him not to try taking one.
• Nearly half a year later, Xiao Yan went with Xun Er, Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei to Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment in Wutan City.
• Xiao Yu used her connection to Mentor Ruo Lin to lead the four talented Xiao Clan members through the guarded passage instead of having them line up for the initial test.
• The soldiers’ Battle Formation Aura overwhelmed Xiao Yu, Xiao Ning, and Xiao Mei as they crossed the passage.
• Xiao Yan released his Soul Power, scattered the Battle Formation Aura, and drew the officer’s respect; the officer remarked that Mentor Ruo Lin would receive a good student.

Xiao Yan and the others met Xiao Yu’s friends at Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Yu used him as a shield against Luo Bu’s advances. When Luo Bu and a group of students blocked them from meeting the instructor, Xiao Yan stepped forward to face them.

• Xiao Yu introduced Xiao Yan and the others to her friend Xue Ni, a Four-Star Dou Zhe, and Xue Ni told her that Luo Bu was in charge of enrollment.
• Xiao Yu pretended to straighten Xiao Yan’s clothes and then clung to his arm to discourage Luo Bu, who had come to greet her.
• Luo Bu blocked Xiao Yan and the others from entering, claiming they had to wait outside, and several students joined him in confronting them.
• Xiao Yan pulled Xiao Yu aside and challenged Luo Bu and the others to teach him how seniors treated new students.
• Xue Ni warned Xiao Yu that Luo Bu and the others were strong, but Xiao Yu trusted Xiao Yan to handle them.

Xiao Yan effortlessly defeated Ge La, Luo Bu, and the other older students who tried to bully him during Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment. Mentor Ruo Lin emerged from her tent, impressed by Xiao Yan’s strength and talent.

• Ge La attacked Xiao Yan with a Dou Technique, but Xiao Yan stopped his fist with one finger and knocked him unconscious with a kick.
• Luo Bu ordered the other students to attack Xiao Yan after he was called an ant.
• Xiao Yan used Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler through his sleeve, sending Luo Bu and the other attackers crashing to the ground.
• Xiao Yu’s friends were stunned by Xiao Yan’s strength, while Xue Ni teased Xiao Yu about introducing him to her.
• Mentor Ruo Lin praised Xiao Yan’s Cultivation Level and talent, then stepped out of her tent.

Mentor Ruo Lin evaluated the new students’ potential at Jia Nan Academy, where Xun’er and Xiao Yan revealed astonishing strength and received exceptional ratings. The students left stunned by Xiao Yan’s talent, while Ruo Lin prepared to explain the unprecedented results to the headmaster.

• Mentor Ruo Lin welcomed Xiao Yu and instructed the new students to have their potential evaluated.
• Ruo Lin explained Jia Nan Academy’s potential rankings, and Xiao Mei and Xiao Ning received C-rank ratings.
• Xun’er revealed she was a sixteen-year-old Seven-Star Dou Zhe, so Ruo Lin gave her an unprecedented SS rating.
• Xiao Yan revealed he was a sixteen-year-old Eight-Star Dou Zhe, shocking the students and earning Ruo Lin’s admiration.

Xiao Yan learned that Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy housed a Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower whose heart flame accelerated cultivation, and he suspected its power might come from a real Heavenly Flame. After saying goodbye to Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan and the other new students departed for the academy, which lay in the dangerous Black-Corner Region.

• Xiao Yan asked Mentor Ruo Lin about the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower and invited her to stay with the Xiao Clan, where she explained the academy’s Outer and Inner Academy system and the tower’s heart flame.
• Xiao Yan recognized that the tower’s heart flame resembled the effects of the Fallen Heart Flame or the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Xun Er revealed that he was an alchemist.
• During the seven days before departure, Xiao Yan refined many First-grade Pills, gave Xiao Zhan more than a dozen Storage Rings of pills, and said goodbye to him with Xun Er.
• Xiao Yan and the other new students boarded Jia Nan Academy’s flying Magical Beasts, and Mentor Ruo Lin said they would pass through Da Ling City and the Black-Corner Region on their way to the academy.
• The new students grew anxious when they learned Jia Nan Academy stood at the center of the lawless Black-Corner Region.

Xiao Yan and the new students reached Peace Town after flying into the Black-Corner Region, where Mentor Ruo Lin warned them about its dangers. That night, Xiao Yan followed a soul wave from the Pitch-Black Token to the hidden Soul Offering Old Shop, where a voice invited him inside.

• The Steel Giant Eagle carried Xiao Yan and the others out of the Jia Ma Empire and into the Black-Corner Region, where Mentor Ruo Lin warned the students not to travel alone.
• Mentor Ruo Lin led the new students into Peace Town, and Xiao Yu explained that the corpses on the Dead Spirit Tree warned the Black-Corner Region against provoking Jia Nan Academy.
• At the town gate, soul detection waves passed over Xiao Yan, and he traded taunts with Luo Bu before joining the others at their inn.
• That night, Xiao Yan left the inn and followed the Pitch-Black Token's soul wave through a hidden alley to the Soul Offering Old Shop.
• A voice from the dark shop called out to Xiao Yan and invited him to enter.

Xiao Yan entered the Soul Offering Old Shop and learned that the Hun Clan traded rare treasures for souls, while Soul Points could buy almost anything. The old man revealed that even information about a Heavenly Flame and how to obtain it could be bought with enough Soul Points.

• Xiao Yan entered the eerie shop after hearing its old owner invite him inside.
• The old man identified Xiao Yan's token as a Hun Clan Soul Token and explained that the shop handled the clan's outside trades.
• Xiao Yan recognized several rare medicinal ingredients and learned that the Earth Vein Sacred Tree's main leaf cost the soul of a high-level Dou Zong.
• The old man explained that the shop's goods were minor wares traded for Soul Points and said Soul Points could be exchanged for anything.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Soul Points could buy information about a Heavenly Flame, and the old man confirmed that the Hun Clan could provide its location and the method to take it.

Xiao Yan learned from Hun Lao Gui that the Soul Hall possessed the Nihility Devouring Flame and might offer him a Sub-flame if he joined. After arriving in Canaan City, Xiao Yan asked Mentor Ruo Lin to help him enter the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower as soon as possible, and she agreed to consult the vice dean.

• Hun Lao Gui told Xiao Yan that the Nihility Devouring Flame was within the Hun Clan and that talented alchemists could obtain a Sub-flame by joining the Soul Hall.
• Hun Lao Gui noticed a faint scent of the Xiao Clan on Xiao Yan and wondered what Xiao Xuan would think if Xiao Yan joined the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er traveled with the new students to Canaan City, where Mentor Ruo Lin assigned them to Yellow Rank Class Two and explained the academy's credit system.
• Xiao Yan asked Mentor Ruo Lin to help him enter the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower early, and she agreed to discuss his unusual situation with the Outer Academy's vice dean.

Vice Principal Hu Qian agreed to let Xiao Yan experience the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower early if he could defeat a student from a Mystic Rank Class. Xiao Yan accepted the challenge and faced Six-Star Dou Shi Lu Xing in an Outer Academy arena.

• Mentor Ruo Lin told Vice Principal Hu Qian that Xiao Yan was an Eight-Star Dou Zhe with exceptional combat strength, and Hu Qian recognized his talent.
• Hu Qian refused to let Xiao Yan enter the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower by breaking academy rules, but offered him a chance to prove he qualified for the Inner Academy.
• Mentor Ruo Lin told Xiao Yan he had to defeat a Mystic Rank Class student, and he accepted without hesitation despite her warnings about the opponent's strength.
• Xiao Yan met Lu Xing at the dueling plaza, while Xun Er, Xiao Yu, and Mentor Ruo Lin watched.
• Xiao Yu worried that Xiao Yan could not match Lu Xing, a Six-Star Dou Shi, while Xiao Yan was only an Eight-Star Dou Zhe.

Xiao Yan faced Lu Xing in the Outer Academy arena and proved that his strength and Eight Extremities Collapse could challenge a stronger Dou Shi. He drew the Heavy Xuan Ruler and prepared to use Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler as the fight continued.

• Onlookers mocked Xiao Yan for challenging the Mystic Rank Class, while Xun Er grew angry at their insults.
• Lu Xing attacked with Residual Image Step, but Xiao Yan used his Soul Power to see through the afterimages, redirect Lu Xing’s punch, and kick him to the ground.
• Lu Xing struck Xiao Yan with Rock Crushing Heavy Punch, but Xiao Yan stood up unharmed and explained that his body alone could not fully block a Dou Shi’s technique.
• Xiao Yan counterattacked with Eight Extremities Collapse, forcing Lu Xing to defend with his spear and Dou Qi Gauze Armor as the hidden force drove him toward the arena’s edge.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Heavy Xuan Ruler and began channeling Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler.

Xiao Yan defeated Lu Xing with the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, earning permission to experience Jia Nan Academy’s cultivation tower. He entered the underground Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower, while Elder Liu predicted he would last less than a minute.

• Xiao Yan struck Lu Xing with the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, and Mentor Ruo Lin intervened to protect him with a water mirror.
• Xiao Yan collapsed from exhausting his Dou Qi, then recovered with a Qi Recovery Pill as Xun Er and Xiao Yu checked on him.
• Mentor Ruo Lin approved Xiao Yan’s challenge and told him that placing in the Inner Academy examination’s top five would let him choose one item from the Scripture Pavilion.
• Three days later, Mentor Ruo Lin took Xiao Yan to the underground Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower, where Elder Liu admitted him to try it.
• After Xiao Yan entered the tower, Elder Liu predicted that an Eight-Star Dou Zhe would not last more than a minute.

Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower and discovered its invisible heart flame purified his Dou Qi, leading him to suspect the Fallen Heart Flame was inside. Later, he asked Xun Er how strong he was compared with the whole Dou Qi Continent and accepted that Jia Nan Academy was not among its top factions.

• Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower and endured the invisible heart flame burning inside his body.
• Xiao Yan realized the heart flame refined his Dou Qi and suspected it was the Fallen Heart Flame, but left the tower rather than continue cultivating.
• Mentor Ruo Lin and Elder Liu were surprised that Xiao Yan exited so quickly, and Mentor Ruo Lin reassured him about his current strength.
• Xiao Yan met Xun Er on a hillside that night and asked whether he was strong across the Dou Qi Continent.
• Xun Er explained that Jia Nan Academy was not a top-tier faction on the continent, and Xiao Yan acknowledged how vast the world was.

Xiao Yan left Jia Nan Academy to train across the Dou Qi Continent, promising Xun Er he would return to her. In Peace Town, he decided to join the Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yan told Xun Er he planned to leave Jia Nan Academy and promised to return to her after settling the Three-Year Agreement with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan secretly departed the academy the next morning, and Xun Er told Mentor Ruo Lin he had left to train outside.
• Xun Er used the possibility that the Xiao Clan’s history was linked to the Tou She Ancient God’s remains to delay Ling Ying’s request that she return to her clan.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Peace Town and decided to use the Soul Token to join the Soul Hall.

Hun Tiandi planned to seize the Spirit Clan’s bloodline power to strengthen the Hun Clan and pursue becoming a Dou God. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan chose to join the Soul Hall and was sent to face its trial.

• Hun Tiandi told the Hun Clan elders that their bloodline was declining and considered using the clan’s bloodline power to force his breakthrough.
• Nihility Devouring Flame reported that the Spirit Clan’s Spirit Realm had been found, and Hun Tiandi ordered the Hun Clan to begin with the Spirit Clan.
• Hun Tiandi rejected relying solely on an Emperor Pill and reaffirmed his agreement with Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Soul Offering Old Shop and told Hun Lao Gui that he wanted to join the Soul Hall.
• Hun Lao Gui directed Xiao Yan through the curtain to take the Soul Hall’s trial.

Xiao Yan entered the Soul Palace Training Ground to begin a trial focused on soul cultivation and combat. After defeating his first opponent, he learned that the token tracked Soul Points and suspected the Soul Palace served the Hun Clan.

• Hun Lao Gui explained that Xiao Yan would be sent through the Hun Realm Passage to the Soul Palace Training Ground, where he could cultivate and test Soul Skills.
• Xiao Yan entered the passage, and his token assessed him as a sixteen-year-old Eight-Star Dou Zhe with Yellow-Rank Low-Level talent before assigning him to the corresponding trial ground.
• Xiao Yan arrived in an enclosed arena, where Zhang Hongguang attacked him with a saber to take his token.
• Xiao Yan dodged Zhang Hongguang's strike and killed him with a punch to the throat; the token's number changed from 1 to 2.
• Xiao Yan realized the number represented Soul Points and suspected the Soul Palace was the Hun Clan's organization, with influence spread across the Dou Qi Continent.

Xiao Yan advanced through the Soul Palace training ground, defeated three Ice Snow Demon Wolves, and earned enough Soul Points to complete the Yellow-Rank Low-Level trial. In the Treasure Hall, he discovered a Mystic High-Rank soul cultivation method that could raise the Soul Realm to the Spirit Realm.

• Xiao Yan inferred that defeating opponents let him plunder their Soul Points, then considered how the Soul Palace trials resembled a dangerous treasure ruin.
• Xiao Yan arrived on a glacier and used Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler and Eight Extremities Collapse to kill three Ice Snow Demon Wolves in under ten seconds.
• Xiao Yan gained six Soul Points from the wolves, reached ten total, and was promoted to Yellow Middle Grade after completing the Yellow-Rank Low-Level trial.
• Xiao Yan chose to enter the Treasure Hall instead of continuing to the next trial, hoping to find a method for cultivating the soul.
• Xiao Yan inspected the exchange options and found the Mystic High-Rank Spirit Heart Soul Gathering Art, which could let the Soul Realm reach the Spirit Realm at great perfection.

Xiao Yan learned that mastering a rare Soul Cultivation Method could raise his Soul Realm to the Spirit Realm, but he needed a Xuan Rank rating to obtain it. After clearing the Yellow-Rank Mid-Level Trial, he challenged the Yellow-Rank High-Level Trial and fought a Black Steel Giant Serpent.

• Xiao Yan studied the Soul Realm levels and resolved to earn a Xuan Rank rating so he could exchange for a Mystic High-Rank Soul Cultivation Method.
• Xiao Yan used his Soul Token to return from the Treasure Hall to the trial ground and passed the Yellow-Rank Mid-Level Trial.
• Xiao Yan entered the Yellow-Rank High-Level Trial and faced a Second Rank Black Steel Giant Serpent in thick white mist.
• The Black Steel Giant Serpent ambushed Xiao Yan, knocked him into a mountain wall, and buried him under falling rocks.
• Xiao Yan hid his heat with an Ice Heart Pill, tricked the serpent with burning clothing, and burst from underground to strike its vulnerable spot with Eight Extremities Collapse.

Xiao Yan defeated a Black Steel Giant Serpent with Eight Extremities Collapse and used an Ice Heart Pill to conceal himself from its heat perception. He entered the next passage and faced Zhang Chuanwu, a poison master from the Chuyun Empire's Poison Sect, who threatened him after learning he was an alchemist.

• Xiao Yan used an Ice Heart Pill to hide his body heat, then killed the Black Steel Giant Serpent with Eight Extremities Collapse.
• Xiao Yan collected the serpent's Magic Core, recovered with pills, and cooked its meat before entering the passage.
• Xiao Yan dodged a poison attack from Zhang Chuanwu, who identified himself as a member of the Poison Sect.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself as a Tier 2 alchemist, provoking Zhang Chuanwu's resentment and threats.
• Xiao Yan mocked Zhang Chuanwu by comparing his threat to anesthetic surgery without an anesthesiologist license.

Xiao Yan fought Zhang Chuanwu, a poison master who relied on hidden attacks and poisonous insects, and gained the upper hand despite being weaker in cultivation. When Zhang unleashed a swarm of Poison Water Ants, Xiao Yan used his alchemy cauldron and a fire-attribute Magic Core to attack them, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Zhang Chuanwu attacked Xiao Yan with poison powder, a hidden arrow, and Poison Cloud Palm, but Xiao Yan dodged and countered with the Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Zhang Chuanwu realized Xiao Yan was only an Eight-Star Dou Zhe, yet Xiao Yan’s keen soul perception let him evade the poison master’s attacks.
• Xiao Yan tricked Zhang Chuanwu into lowering his guard, struck him from behind with Eight Extremities Collapse, and took a pill to delay the toxin in his body.
• Zhang Chuanwu revealed that he bred Poison Water Ants inside his body and released a swarm that attacked anyone stained with his Poison Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan ignited his alchemy cauldron, detonated a second-tier fire-attribute Magic Core inside it, and sent a wave of flames toward the swarm.

Xiao Yan defeated Zhang Chuanwu by using Bone Chiling Flame to destroy his poisonous insects, then earned the Yellow Rank High-Level Soul Envoy title and chose to challenge the Mystic Rank trial. After detoxifying himself, he entered the Mystic trial, where Hun Yucun was chosen to face him.

• Xiao Yan used a Bone Chiling Flame needle to kill Zhang Chuanwu’s Poison Water Ants, and Zhang Chuanwu died after losing them.
• Xiao Yan received the Yellow Rank High-Level Soul Envoy title and decided to continue to the Mystic Rank trial.
• Xiao Yan spent a day analyzing the poison in his body and refined an Antidote Pill to cure himself.
• Xiao Yan entered the Mystic Rank trial through a great door.
• An instructor in the Hun Realm sent Hun Yucun to face the outside-world challenger, and Hun Yucun looked forward to hunting him.

Xiao Yan faced Hun Yucun, a six-star Dou Shi from the Hun Clan, in the Mystic Rank trial arena suspended in the void. Hun Yucun’s soul-infused sword technique pierced Xiao Yan’s defense and struck his mind, leaving Xiao Yan injured as the battle continued.

• Xiao Yan entered a grassy arena floating in the void and met Hun Yucun, who demanded that he surrender his Soul Points and kneel.
• Xiao Yan refused and fought Hun Yucun, blocking his broadsword despite being only an eight-star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Yucun exchanged heavy blows, and Xiao Yan realized Hun Yucun’s strength and combat techniques surpassed Lu Xing’s.
• Hun Yucun formed armor from Soul Power and Dou Qi, then attacked Xiao Yan with the Mystic High-Rank Soul Tremor Blade.
• Hun Yucun’s blade sent a Soul Impact through the Heavy Xuan Ruler and struck Xiao Yan’s mind, making him spit blood.

Xiao Yan fought Hun Yucun, whose Soul Tremor Blade combined a saber technique with a soul attack, and used Eight Extremities Collapse to discover and exploit its weakness. Hun Yucun then activated the Dou God Bloodline to increase his strength beyond Xiao Yan’s ability to counter, leaving Xiao Yan to answer with Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler.

• Hun Yucun pinned Xiao Yan with the Heavy Xuan Ruler and prepared to finish him with a Soul Severing Strike, but Xiao Yan struck him with Eight Extremities Collapse and sent him flying.
• Hun Yucun charged again with the Soul Tremor Blade, but Xiao Yan used the hidden force of Eight Extremities Collapse to knock the slash aside and sense where the saber concentrated its Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan repeated the counter, breaking the Soul Power condensed on Hun Yucun’s saber and exposing the weakness of the Soul Tremor Blade.
• Hun Yucun activated a bloodline secret technique, raising his strength to peak Nine-Star Dou Shi and strengthening his Soul Power until Xiao Yan could no longer counter the blade’s attack.
• Xiao Yan swallowed a Qi Recovery Pill, gripped the Heavy Xuan Ruler, and unleashed Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler against Hun Yucun.

Xiao Yan defeated Hun Yucun in the Mystic Low-Rank trial but suffered severe soul damage from a Soul Severing Strike. After recovering and reaching Nine Star Dou Zhe, he exchanged Soul Points for a Soul Strengthening Pill and chose to challenge an extra Soul Test.

• Xiao Yan charged Hun Yucun and struck with Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler, overpowering Hun Yucun's attack and knocking him into the void.
• Xiao Yan endured Hun Yucun's Soul Severing Strike, survived, and received the Mystic Low-Rank Soul Envoy title and two hundred Soul Points.
• Xiao Yan refused the Mystic Middle-Rank trial and exchanged forty Soul Points for a fourth-grade Soul Strengthening Pill.
• Xiao Yan took the pill to heal and strengthen his soul, then realized he had advanced to Nine Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan used the Soul Token to challenge the Soul Test.

Xiao Yan challenged the Hun Realm Passage’s Soul Test, learning the Soul Skill Soul Impact and using his powerful soul to break through all three Soul Light Membranes. He earned a Mystic High-Rank Soul Envoy title and wondered whether Alchemy could earn him more Soul Points.

• A Hun Clan Elder dismissed Hun Yucun’s death because he was a low-grade disciple without a Clan Mark.
• Xiao Yan used the Soul Token to enter the Soul Test, aiming to earn a higher evaluation and more Soul Points.
• Xiao Yan learned Soul Impact and realized the trial measured raw Soul Power rather than technique or Cultivation Level.
• Xiao Yan shattered the first two Soul Light Membranes, then broke through the third despite the strain on his Soul Body.
• The trial awarded Xiao Yan the Mystic High-Rank Soul Envoy title, and he asked Hun Xuzi whether Alchemy could earn him extra points.

Xiao Yan bargained with Hun Xuzi for Soul Points and a chance to obtain a Heavenly Flame, while learning why Hun Xuzi wanted him as an alchemy partner. The chapter left Xiao Yan preparing to demonstrate his talent by refining a Third Grade Pill.

• Xiao Yan asked Hun Xuzi whether alchemy could earn him more Soul Points and challenged Hun Xuzi's claim that he had offered to reward him with the Soul Token.
• Xiao Yan rejected Hun Xuzi's offer to take him as a disciple, saying he had no intention of joining the Soul Hall to study alchemy.
• Hun Xuzi revealed that he wanted Xiao Yan to eventually help refine a special pill because he could find no suitable Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill alchemist to work with him.
• Xiao Yan agreed in principle and hinted that a Heavenly Flame would help him advance; Hun Xuzi told him the Heaven Rank Treasure Hall held one.
• Hun Xuzi returned Xiao Yan to the grassy plain, where Xiao Yan set out herbs and a Second Rank Magic Core to refine a Third Grade Pill as a demonstration.