Chapter Summaries

Hu Jia secretly watched Xiao Peng defeat Bai Shan and was frightened when Xiao Peng caught her hiding. Xiao Peng took the unconscious Bai Shan to Instructor Ruo Lin to be dealt with under academy rules, while Xiao Yan and Old Yao discussed Xiao Peng's hidden strength.

• Hu Jia watched Xiao Peng easily beat Bai Shan and wondered if Xiao Peng had reached the Dou Ling level.
• Xiao Peng appeared behind Hu Jia with Bai Shan and warned her not to interfere with him or Xun'er.
• Hu Jia collapsed in fear after Xiao Peng left, while Xiao Yan told Old Yao that he trusted Xiao Peng not to harm the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Peng brought Bai Shan to Instructor Ruo Lin and asked her to handle the incident according to academy rules.
• Instructor Ruo Lin remarked that Xiao Peng had beaten Bai Shan too severely, and Xiao Peng insisted that he had not hit him that hard.

Xiao Peng dominated the Inner Academy Selection Competition, defeating Ji Wenxuan in one move before entering the final round with Xiao Xun'er and Hu Jia. When the final battle began, Xiao Peng sent two flying swords against the contestants and quickly eliminated nearly ten of them, leaving the arena stunned.

• Ruo Lin examined Bai Shan after Xiao Peng's beating and found that his injuries were limited to bruising, while Xiao Peng said he had deliberately held back.
• Xiao Peng defeated Ji Wenxuan in one move during the second day of the selection, and Xiao Yu and Hu Jia watched in amazement at his strength.
• Xiao Xun'er easily won her match, while Bai Shan missed the day's competition because Xiao Peng had knocked him unconscious.
• Hu Gan announced a new format for the final round, summoning the fifty remaining students into the arena.
• Hu Jia asked Xiao Peng to form a team with her and Xiao Xun'er, but Xiao Peng said the three of them were enough and challenged everyone to attack him together.
• Xiao Peng's Zi Xiao Sword and Qingping Sword drove nearly ten students out of the arena within moments, shocking Hu Jia and the onlookers.

Xiao Peng used the Zi Xiao Sword and Qingping Sword to defeat the remaining competitors and bring the Inner Academy Selection Competition to a close. He, Xiao Xun'er, and Hu Jia remained in the arena, while the referees reserved judgment on fourth and fifth place.

• The remaining competitors attacked Xiao Peng together, believing his Dou Qi was nearly exhausted.
• Xiao Peng used the Zi Xiao Sword to defeat the axe-wielding student and the Qingping Sword to neutralize the incoming attacks.
• Xiao Peng eliminated all but three of the attackers, and the last three admitted defeat.
• Xiao Peng recalled both swords to his Storage Ring as the crowd and Hu Gan reacted to his victory.
• The referee announced Xiao Peng, Xiao Xun'er, and Hu Jia among the top five, leaving fourth and fifth place for the panel to decide later.

After dominating the selection tournament, Xiao Peng accepted Hu Jia’s offer to help him in the Inner Academy and told Wu Hao he would await a rematch. He returned to his dormitory, where Zi Yao greeted him and celebrated his victory.

• Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu congratulated Xiao Peng after the match, and Xiao Yu told him she had become a four-star Dou Shi.
• Hu Jia awkwardly offered to help Xiao Peng with her Inner Academy connections, and Xiao Peng accepted her offer.
• Wu Hao promised to train hard and defeat Xiao Peng someday, and Xiao Peng said he would be waiting.
• Xiao Peng teased Hu Jia about her offer, then left with Xiao Xun'er and the others before returning to his dormitory.
• Zi Yao pounced on Xiao Peng, asked about his match, and celebrated when he told her he had won.

After preparing to raise Zi Yao's strength, Xiao Peng joined the top five students at the Library Pavilion to choose their rewards. Inside, they waited for energy shields to release items, and Chen Ze Tao was knocked back when he tried to seize a silver light cluster.

• Xiao Peng promised to refine pills for Zi Yao, who kissed his cheek to thank him.
• Three days later, Xiao Peng and the other top five students went to the Library Pavilion after Hu Gan summoned them.
• Hu Gan led Xiao Peng, Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Chen Ze Tao through a hidden passage to the ancient pavilion, where two Gray Robed Men opened its spatial door.
• The group entered a chamber and waited as energy shields released clusters containing items.
• Chen Ze Tao tried to grab a silver light cluster, was repelled, and insisted he would try again.

Xiao Peng helped Hu Jia, Xiao Xun'er, Wu Hao, and Chen Ze Tao find suitable Dou Techniques before taking Starfall Iron from the selection chamber. As the group prepared to leave for the Inner Academy, Xiao Xun'er grew jealous after Xiao Mei kissed Xiao Peng, and he reassured her.

• Xiao Peng found Earth Tier Fighting Skills for Hu Jia and Xiao Xun'er, then selected suitable Dou Techniques for Wu Hao and Chen Ze Tao.
• Xiao Peng used his Spiritual Sense to find Starfall Iron and took it from a dark golden light cluster before leaving the chamber with the others.
• On the day they departed for the Inner Academy, Xiao Peng gave Xiao Mei a Storage Ring of pills to distribute to Xiao Yan and the others.
• Xiao Mei kissed Xiao Peng on the cheek to thank him, and Xiao Xun'er arrived and quietly invited him to set off.
• Xiao Peng realized Xiao Xun'er was jealous, embraced and reassured her, and she asked him not to let other people kiss him again.
• Hu Jia teased Xiao Peng and Xiao Xun'er about their affectionate exchange while Wu Hao and Chen Ze Tao were nearby.

Xiao Peng and the other new students entered the Inner Academy through a silver gate and began the Fire Energy Hunt Competition. After leading his group into the forest, Xiao Peng gathered the other new students to tell them something.

• Xiao Peng and his companions left for the Inner Academy on Griffins, with Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Chen Ze Tao on his Griffin.
• Hu Gan led the students through a silver gate, where Elder Su explained that old students would try to seize their Fire Energy chips during the Fire Energy Hunt Competition.
• Xiao Peng warned his companions not to underestimate the old students, then led Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Chen Ze Tao into the forest.
• Xiao Peng called the other new students together beneath an ancient tree after they entered the forest.

Xiao Peng organized the new students to lure old students into ambushes and take their Fire Energy Cards. After two successful attacks, the group prepared to keep hunting, while a captured leader accused them of using underhanded tricks.

• Xiao Peng proposed that the new students trap and hunt the old students, and Hu Jia, Shi Lei, and Meng Qing volunteered to serve as bait.
• Shi Lei, Hu Jia, and Meng Qing lured three old students into an encirclement, where Wu Hao and the others defeated them and seized their Fire Energy Cards.
• Xiao Peng had the cards recorded for later distribution and sent the new students to hunt more old students.
• The three bait runners lured another group into an ambush, where Hu Jia, Shi Lei, Meng Qing, Wu Hao, and the other new students overwhelmed them.
• Xiao Peng demanded that the second group surrender, and their leader accused the new students of using underhanded tricks.

Xiao Peng led the new students through the forest and found the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team at the Hunting Competition’s endpoint. He overwhelmed both teams with three flying swords, leaving Luo Hou at swordpoint and refusing to surrender.

• Xiao Peng’s group captured the remaining older students over two days, leaving only the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team.
• Xiao Peng led the new students to the endpoint, where Sha Tie and Luo Hou waited with their teams.
• Sha Tie charged Xiao Peng, but the Zi Xiao Sword broke through his Dou Qi and numbed his arm.
• Xiao Peng used the Qingping Sword to defeat the Black Fiend Team members and the Starfall Sword to crush the White Fiend Team’s ice wall and knock its members unconscious.
• Luo Hou tried to counterattack, but the Qingping Sword circled behind him and threatened his neck.

Xiao Peng defeated the Black Fiend Team and led his group into the Inner Academy, where they settled into their new residence. After sharing a private kiss with Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Peng became famous throughout the academy for defeating the older students.

• Luo Hou and Sha Tie conceded defeat after Xiao Peng overwhelmed the White Fiend Team and Black Fiend Team.
• Elder Su awarded the winning new students Fire Energy and Green Fire Crystal Cards, then led them into the Inner Academy.
• Elder Su assigned Xiao Peng, Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, Chen Ze Tao, and Wu Hao rooms in a shared building and approved a spare room for Xiao Peng's transformed Magical Beast.
• Xiao Peng kissed Xiao Xun'er outside her room, leaving her flustered before he entered the room next door.
• News of Xiao Peng's victory over the Black White Fiend Team spread through the Inner Academy, making him famous.

Xiao Peng returned to his room and found Medusa had awakened from her sleep as Little Seven. After teasing him about Xiao Xun'er and sensing her scent on him, Medusa insisted that Xiao Peng sleep beside her, leaving them together in bed.

• Little Seven transformed into Medusa and teased Xiao Peng about whether he preferred her as Medusa or Little Seven.
• Medusa reminded Xiao Peng that she had helped him at the Misty Cloud Sect and said she and Little Seven were still merging while they slept.
• Medusa smelled Xiao Xun'er on Xiao Peng and accused him of liking her; Xiao Peng admitted he had hugged his cousin but stayed silent when Medusa pressed him about their feelings.
• Xiao Peng spread bedding on the floor, but Medusa caught his wrist and made room for him in her bed.
• Xiao Peng gave in to Medusa's insistence and lay beside her, carefully keeping his distance.

Medusa drew close to Xiao Peng after the fusion, explaining that she remembered Little Seven’s time with him, and he comforted her by holding her as they slept. The next morning, Xiao Xun'er came to fetch Xiao Peng to explore the academy, while Medusa transformed back into her snake form and coiled around his arm.

• Medusa told Xiao Peng that she remembered Little Seven’s memories and wanted him to treat her as he had treated Little Seven.
• Xiao Peng pulled Medusa into his arms, and they relaxed and fell asleep together.
• Xiao Xun'er knocked on Xiao Peng’s door, and he pretended that Zi Yao was sleeping inside to conceal Medusa’s presence.
• After Xiao Xun'er left, Medusa teased Xiao Peng about his excuse, then transformed back into her Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python form.
• Xiao Peng tucked the sleeping Zi Yao into bed and headed out with Medusa coiled around his arm.

Xiao Peng learned that Inner Academy students were extorting Fire Energy from the newcomers and proposed uniting them into a faction. The new students agreed, and Xiao Peng named the group Ling Xiao Pavilion.

• Xiao Peng and Xiao Xun'er went downstairs, where Hu Jia teased them about sleeping together.
• Ding Leju and other new students told Xiao Peng that Inner Academy students had been demanding their Fire Energy as a supposed welcome tribute.
• Xiao Peng refused the newcomers’ offer to give him their Fire Energy and suggested they form a faction to protect one another.
• Hu Jia, Xiao Xun'er, Lin Xi, Ding Leju, and the other new students supported Xiao Peng’s proposal.
• Xiao Peng named the new faction Ling Xiao Pavilion.

Xiao Peng established Ling Xiao Pavilion with rules against internal violence and reckless troublemaking, then went with Xiao Xun'er and Hu Jia for a walk. They found senior students demanding a Freshman Tribute Fee from a freshman, and Xiao Peng stepped in to defend him.

• Xiao Peng named the freshman faction Ling Xiao Pavilion and set rules requiring members to support one another while refusing to protect those who deliberately caused trouble.
• Xiao Peng appointed the pavilion's leaders and sent Ding Leju to invite other freshmen without pressuring them to join.
• Xiao Peng, Xiao Xun'er, and Hu Jia went for a walk and encountered senior students surrounding a freshman over the Freshman Tribute Fee.
• Xiao Peng stood beside the freshman and told him not to be afraid, while a senior student demanded that Xiao Peng make the freshmen pay the fee.

Xiao Peng defeated a group of older students who demanded tribute from a new student, then announced the formation of Ling Xiao Pavilion. More than half of the new students joined, while Xiao Peng promised the faction would help others who were bullied.

• Xiao Peng challenged the older students’ tribute demand and defeated their leader with a single strike.
• Xiao Peng refused help from Hu Jia and Xiao Xun'er, then beat the older students without using Dou Qi and drove them away.
• The rescued new student thanked Xiao Peng, and the gathered newcomers cheered him and Ling Xiao Pavilion.
• Xiao Peng announced Ling Xiao Pavilion and explained its rules to the new students.
• Zhou Ming and more than half of the new students joined, while Xiao Peng told the rest they could still seek the faction’s help if they were in the right.

Xiao Peng and Xiao Xun'er explored the Inner Academy and visited the Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower. When they returned to the new student dormitories, they found the Black Iron Gate and White Gang demanding that Ling Xiao Pavilion disband and surrender most of its Fire Energy, and a fight broke out.

• Xiao Peng left Hu Jia to register new members for Ling Xiao Pavilion and took Xiao Xun'er to explore the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Peng and Xiao Xun'er discovered the Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower, entered it, and chose to look around rather than cultivate.
• Xiao Peng and Xiao Xun'er returned near the new student dormitories and found Wu Hai and Fu Ao confronting Hu Jia and Ling Xiao Pavilion.
• Wu Hai and Fu Ao demanded that Ling Xiao Pavilion disband and hand over eighty percent of its Fire Energy, while Hu Jia refused and challenged them.
• Wu Hai ordered the Black Iron Gate to attack, and Ding Leju led Ling Xiao Pavilion's students into the fight, forcing his first opponent back.

Xiao Peng rescued Hu Jia and defeated Wu Hai with one punch, driving the Black Iron Gate and the White Gang away. The freshmen celebrated his strength as he checked on Hu Jia and took her hand.

• Ding Leju fought a Black Iron Gate member until Wu Hai stepped in and knocked Hu Jia backward.
• Xiao Peng caught Hu Jia, then refused Wu Hai's demand for ninety percent of his Fire Energy.
• Wu Hai attacked Xiao Peng with his beast-shadow technique, but Xiao Peng broke his arm and sent him crashing into a wall with one punch.
• Xiao Peng ordered the Black Iron Gate members to leave and warned Fu Ao's White Gang, which hurried away.
• The freshmen cheered Xiao Peng, who checked Hu Jia's arm and took her hand.

Xiao Peng healed Hu Jia after her battle and decided to earn Fire Energy by refining pills, with Hu Jia and the others gathering herbs for him. He began preparing pills in his room while Xiao Xun'er and Zi Yao stayed by his side.

• Xiao Peng healed Hu Jia's injured wrist, and she hurried away after the new students dispersed.
• Xiao Peng told Xiao Xun'er they would learn to earn Fire Energy and save enough before visiting the Heavenly Incineration Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Peng decided to refine pills for Fire Energy, and Xiao Xun'er agreed that it was a good plan.
• Xiao Peng gave Zi Yao Flesh and Blood Essence, and Hu Jia offered to let Zi Yao sleep in the vacant room next door.
• Xiao Peng asked Hu Jia and the others to gather herbs while he refined pills, then began processing Spirit Condensing Grass and Ice Heart Leaf in his Alchemy Furnace.

Xiao Peng began selling high-quality pills through Ling Xiao Pavilion, then used a clone to mass-refine herbs while he cultivated. The chapter ended with dozens of bottles of pills ready for sale and Medusa asleep as a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python on his wrist.

• Xiao Peng showed Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Zi Yao his Healing Pills and set prices for them alongside Dou Qi Pills and Calming Heart Pills.
• Xiao Peng told Xiao Xun'er and Hu Jia to buy as many common herbs as possible so he could refine pills for Ling Xiao Pavilion to sell.
• Xiao Peng released Medusa, who said she needed more sleep before her soul finished fusing, kissed him, and turned into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python before falling asleep around his wrist.
• Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Zi Yao returned with herbs, and Xiao Peng used his Cloning technique to have a clone refine them while he cultivated.
• Xiao Peng woke the next day to find that his clone had refined the herbs into dozens of bottles of Healing Pills, Dou Qi Pills, and Calming Heart Pills.

Xiao Peng organized Ling Xiao Pavilion to sell pills and gather medicinal herbs, drawing buyers away from the Medicine Gang with stronger, cheaper pills. The Medicine Gang tried to cut off his supplies, but Xiao Peng kept changing formulas, leaving its leader baffled.

• Xiao Xun'er found Xiao Peng finishing a night of pill refining and urged him not to overwork himself.
• Xiao Peng assigned Ling Xiao Pavilion members to sell pills and gather herbs, offering five days' worth of Fire Energy for each day's work.
• Hu Jia reported that the pills had sold well, and Xiao Peng directed her to spend most of the earnings on herbs before the Medicine Gang could interfere.
• The Medicine Gang leader ordered his subordinates to buy up the herbs Ling Xiao Pavilion needed to stop its pill sales.
• Several days later, the Medicine Gang leader learned that Ling Xiao Pavilion had switched to different pills and was still selling them, leaving him unable to understand how Xiao Peng had so many formulas.