Chapter Summaries

Xiao Tian and the others searched Jia Nan Academy’s Library Pavilion for treasures, where Xun Er found the Ninefold Bone Refining Flower and Xiao Tian obtained a soul-protecting bracelet for her. The group continued searching, while Xiao Tian’s check-in also granted him Netherworld Poison Fire and a kidney enhancement.

• Xiao Tian caught a flying light cluster and identified its contents as the Mysterious High-Rank Dou Skill Wind Shadow Traceless, revealing that the shields launched treasures inside resistant light clusters.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu, and Hu Jia chased the light clusters while Xun Er searched for medicinal herbs Xiao Tian needed for the Marrow Cleansing Pill.
• Xiao Tian checked in at the Library Pavilion and received Netherworld Poison Fire and an Indestructible Kidney Enhancement Card, which activated immediately.
• Xun Er found a Ninefold Bone Refining Flower and brought it to Xiao Tian, who praised her.
• Xiao Tian gave Xun Er a cyan-beaded bracelet that could protect her soul from attacks and illusions.

Xiao Tian and the others chose treasures in the Library Pavilion before preparing to enter Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy. Two days later, Xiao Tian trained Xun’er in Ground Shrinking to an Inch and arrived with her at the entrance, where Bai Shan resolved to make him regret relying on his strength instead of his background.

• Xun’er treasured the old bracelet Xiao Tian had given her, and Xiao Tian replaced it with Soul Light, a bracelet made with Earth Soul Marrow.
• Xiao Tian gave Xiao Yu an Earth Tier Low Grade Water Attribute Dou Skill, while Xiao Yan chose the Mysterious High-Rank Sonic Dou Skill Lion Tiger Shattering Gold Chant.
• After the group left the Library Pavilion, Hu Gan warned them that students in the Inner Academy relied on strength and advised them to stick together.
• Over the next two days, Xiao Tian broke through to Eight Star Dou Wang and gave Xiao Yi Xian the Netherworld Poison Fire.
• Xiao Tian trained Xun’er in Ground Shrinking to an Inch, then carried her to meet the other students preparing to enter the Inner Academy.
• Bai Shan saw Xiao Tian holding Xun’er’s hand and vowed to make him regret entering the Inner Academy without relying on his background.

Xiao Tian and the new students entered the Inner Academy and learned that they had to cross a forest while older students tried to steal their Fire Energy. After gathering with Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Xiao Yu, and the three former Outer Academy leaders, Xiao Tian began considering how to deal with the competition.

• Hu Gan led the new students by Griffin to a hidden Silver Gate that opened into the Inner Academy.
• Elder Su gave each new student a Crystal Card containing Fire Energy and announced the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, in which older students would try to seize their cards.
• Xiao Tian's group gathered in the forest after witnessing older students rob another team and discussed the purpose and value of Fire Energy.
• Xiao Tian pointed out that older students might carry even more Fire Energy, and Xiao Yan asked whether they should rob them in return.
• Xiao Tian answered, "No."

Xiao Tian split from Xiao Yan’s group with Xun Er to collect Fire Energy from veteran students. He defeated a team of five veteran students and demanded their Fire Energy.

• Xiao Tian told Xiao Yan, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and the others that they should form a team without him, then left with Xun Er.
• Xiao Yan became captain and told the group that Xiao Tian was at least a Dou Ling.
• Xiao Tian explained to Xun Er that Fire Energy was essential for cultivation and took her to rob veteran students.
• Xiao Tian and Xun Er found five veteran students taking Fire Energy from injured freshmen, and Xiao Tian confronted them.
• Xiao Tian knocked out all five veteran students, woke them, and demanded that they hand over their Fire Energy.

Xiao Tian robbed veteran students of their Fire Energy, then gave some to new students to win their support for a future faction. He also took most of the Black Fiends Team's Fire Energy, while Sha Tie planned to rob other new students and recover their losses.

• Xiao Tian took fifty-two Fire Energy from five veteran students, leaving them seven each, then gave Xun Er half of what he had collected.
• Xiao Tian added Fire Energy to five new students' Crystal Cards and told them to be more careful; he explained to Xun Er that he hoped to win people over before establishing a faction.
• Sha Tie and the Black Fiends Team confronted Xiao Tian and Xun Er, but Xiao Tian quickly subdued the team and made Sha Tie hand over their Crystal Cards.
• Xiao Tian left the Black Fiends Team with seven Fire Energy each, except Sha Tie, who kept twenty, and revealed that he was the first among the new students.
• Sha Tie and his teammates decided to avoid Xiao Tian and rob other new students before making a move against the team resisting the veteran students.

Xiao Tian defeated the Black Fiends Team and amassed Fire Energy while preparing to target the White Fiends Team, but learned its captain Luo Hou had little Fire Energy left. Xiao Yan’s group also defeated the Black Fiends Team, recovered the new students’ Fire Energy, and prepared to face the White Fiends Team together.

• Elder Su announced that Xiao Tian had instantly defeated the Black Fiends Team alone, and the elders decided to let the competition continue.
• Xiao Tian shared some of his Fire Energy with Xun Er and decided to leave the weaker teams for Xiao Yan while aiming for the White Fiends Team.
• Xun Er’s mention of Xiao Tian’s Black Crystal Card reminded him that Luo Hou had exchanged his Blue Crystal Card for a Green Crystal Card, leaving little Fire Energy to win from him.
• Xiao Yan’s group defeated the Black Fiends Team, whose members revealed that Xiao Tian had already taken most of their Fire Energy.
• Xiao Yan returned the rescued new students’ Fire Energy and rallied them to fight the White Fiends Team, then spent the night making healing medicine.

Xiao Tian joined Xiao Yan’s new-student group and helped them defeat the White Fiends Team, securing a complete victory in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition. Elder Su then privately asked Xiao Tian about his strength, and Xiao Tian revealed that he was a Dou Wang.

• Xiao Tian and Xun Er joined Xiao Yan’s gathered new students, and Xiao Yan led the group toward the White Fiends Team.
• The new students fought the White Fiends Team while Xiao Tian faced Captain Luo Hou and knocked him down with a single punch.
• Xiao Yan, Wu Hao, Xun Er, and the other new students defeated the remaining White Fiends Team members, ending the competition with a complete freshman victory.
• The new students collected and fairly divided the White Fiends Team’s Fire Energy, while Luo Hou reclaimed his crystal card.
• Elder Su privately asked Xiao Tian about his level, and Xiao Tian said he was a Dou Wang, shocking Elder Su.

Xiao Tian revealed that he was already a Dou King, earning Elder Su’s trust and exceptional rewards as the new students won the Fire Energy Hunting Competition. The group entered the Inner Academy and settled into a shared courtyard, where they began learning how the Academy operated.

• Xiao Tian told Elder Su he had enrolled two years earlier, explained that he had come to be with Xiao Xun'er, and assured him he would not become the Academy’s enemy; Elder Su accepted his explanation.
• Elder Su declared the new students the winners of the Fire Energy Hunting Competition and explained how Fire Crystal Cards and fire energy worked.
• Elder Su awarded Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia Green Fire Crystal Cards and thirty fire energy each, while Xiao Tian received a Red Fire Crystal Card and fifty fire energy.
• Elder Su led the new students into the Inner Academy, where Xiao Yan eagerly anticipated finding the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Elder Su arranged for Xiao Tian and the other five to share a courtyard, advised them to stay together, and introduced the Academy’s facilities and weekly visits to the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower.
• Xiao Tian and the others chose their rooms, with the boys taking the second floor and the girls the third.

Xiao Tian established Pan Gate with Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Xiao Yu, revealing that he was a Dou Wang and an alchemist as he planned the faction’s early business. The chapter ended the next morning with Xun Er waking Xiao Tian at the Inner Academy.

• Xiao Tian proposed forming a faction, and Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Xiao Yu agreed to join as its founding members.
• The group named their faction Pan Gate, and Xiao Tian revealed that he had reached the Dou Wang realm.
• Xiao Tian assigned the other five members to manage Pan Gate while he offered to provide combat strength and help sell pills refined by him and Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Tian disclosed that he was an alchemist and briefly showed off his Alchemist Robe, surprising Hu Jia and the others.
• Xiao Yan resolved to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame for himself and Yao Lao after Yao Lao confirmed sensing unusual information.
• The next morning, Xun Er came to wake Xiao Tian, and he praised her appearance before pulling her into his room.

Xiao Tian and his companions explored the Inner Courtyard, where he received a Trial Tower and a Young World Mountain from the system. Their walk ended when they found older students extorting the new arrivals, and Xiao Tian stepped in as the confrontation began.

• Xiao Tian, Xun Er, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yu, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao set out to explore the Inner Courtyard, and Xiao Tian sent Wu Hao toward the Arena with instructions to recruit new students.
• Xiao Tian checked in at Jia Nan Academy Inner Courtyard and received a Trial Tower and a Young World Mountain, which he planned to place in his Small World.
• Xiao Tian and the others came upon older students demanding Fire Energy from a group of new students, claiming the rules had changed.
• A new student refused to hand over more Fire Energy, and an older student threatened to beat the group.
• Xiao Tian spoke from the crowd, challenging the older student to test whose bones were harder.

Xiao Tian defended the new students from a veteran student and invited them to join Pan Gate, then took Xiao Yan to see the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower. The chapter left Xiao Yan eager to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame, though Xiao Tian told him they had to wait for the right opportunity.

• Xiao Tian confronted and slapped a veteran student who threatened the new students, forcing him and his companions to retreat.
• Xiao Tian invited Wang Tai and the gathered new students to join Pan Gate, and Xun Er, Hu Jia, and Xiao Yu led them to arrange the details.
• Xun Er recognized that Xiao Tian wanted to avoid the work of organizing Pan Gate and agreed to handle it with Hu Jia and Xiao Yu.
• Xiao Tian took Xiao Yan to the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower and revealed that the Fallen Heart Flame was inside.
• Xiao Tian calmed Xiao Yan when he became excited at the sight of the tower and told him they had to wait for the right opportunity.

Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower and were scorched by the Fallen Heart Flame's Heart Flame. Xiao Tian overcame it in minutes, impressing Elder Liu and meeting Han Yue, while Xiao Yan continued to endure the scorching.

• Xiao Tian explained that the tower protected the Fallen Heart Flame and that powerful factions claimed the best cultivation spots before the tower opened.
• Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan entered the tower unprepared and were scorched by the Heart Flame as students called for Elder Liu.
• Xiao Tian condensed his Dou Qi through the Heart Flame and dispelled its scorching, releasing an aura that forced Elder Liu and Han Yue back.
• Elder Liu recognized Xiao Tian as the freshman who had defeated Sha Tie and Luo Hou, then introduced him to Han Yue, the founder of Moon Spirit.
• Han Yue greeted Xiao Tian and shook his hand, surprising Elder Liu.

Xiao Tian declined Han Yue’s invitation to join Moon Spirit and toured the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower with Xiao Yan, who broke through to Eight Star Dou Grandmaster during cultivation. They returned to find Bai Shan confronting Pan Gate, where Fu Ao demanded five new students, including Xun Er.

• Han Yue warned Xiao Tian that forming a faction of new students could anger the Inner Academy’s factions, but promised Moon Spirit would remain neutral and offered help.
• Xiao Yan finished refining the Heart Flame, and Han Yue left after meeting him and speaking with Xiao Tian.
• Elder Liu showed Xiao Tian and Xiao Yan around the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower and let them cultivate together in a middle-grade room.
• After half a day of cultivation, Xiao Yan broke through to Eight Star Dou Grandmaster, and the brothers returned to their attic to help Pan Gate.
• Bai Shan confronted Xun Er, Hu Jia, and Pan Gate’s members with a group of young men in white, while Fu Ao demanded five new students, including Xun Er.
• Xiao Tian arrived and challenged Fu Ao to show what his wrath looked like.

Xiao Tian returned to Pan Gate and crushed Fu Ao and Bai Shan after they threatened Xun Er, then organized the new students' training plans. He learned Bai Gang’s strength and assured A Tai that he would handle any further trouble.

• Xiao Tian appeared and told Xun Er to leave Fu Ao to him.
• Xiao Tian overwhelmed Fu Ao, kicked him repeatedly, and warned Bai Shan not to interfere.
• Xiao Tian injured Fu Ao and punched Bai Shan, then sent the remaining Bai Gang members fleeing.
• Xiao Tian ordered the new students to gather the next day for training at the Academy’s Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower.
• A Tai reported that Bai Gang had four Dou Ling, including its leader Bai Cheng, a Six Star Dou Ling ranked thirty-fourth on the Strong Ranking.
• Xiao Tian told A Tai not to fear Bai Gang and promised to handle them if they caused trouble.

Xiao Tian flirted with Xun Er and Ya Fei while checking on his companions’ cultivation. Meanwhile, Bai Cheng decided to lead the Bai Gang to challenge Pan Gate and force it to disband.

• Xiao Tian and Xun Er shared an affectionate moment after the meeting about Pan Gate’s rules.
• Xiao Tian found that Xiao Yi Xian had reached Eight-star Dou Ancestor while cultivating with the Netherworld Poison Fire.
• Ya Fei welcomed Xiao Tian in her room and showed him her mismatched black-and-white stockings.
• Bai Shan told Bai Cheng that Xiao Tian had defeated him and Fu Ao, claiming Fu Ao had been ambushed.
• Bai Cheng vowed to lead the Bai Gang to Pan Gate the next day and make it disband.

Xiao Tian reunited with Ya Fei and Qing Lin before Bai Cheng confronted him at Pan Gate. The chapter ended with Xiao Tian clasping Bai Cheng’s hand as the Bai Gang leader arrived with hostile intentions.

• Bai Cheng praised his gang members for intimidating the new students and decided to test Xiao Tian’s strength.
• Xiao Tian left Ya Fei after sharing an affectionate farewell with her.
• Xiao Tian met Queen Medusa and Qing Lin, who had reached Three Star Dou Ling, in the Free and Unfettered World.
• Qing Lin teased Fei Yan Sister about her feelings for Xiao Tian, and Medusa hurried away.
• Bai Cheng brought nearly twenty Bai Gang members to Pan Gate and confronted Xiao Tian about the previous day’s events.

Xiao Tian challenged Bai Cheng to a faction-ending duel after the Bai Gang demanded that Pan Men disband. As news of their fight spread across the Inner Academy, Han Yue learned of the challenge and her companions teased her about her interest in Xiao Tian.

• Xiao Tian overpowered Bai Cheng in a handclasp and rejected his warning about obeying the Inner Academy's rules.
• After a Bai Gang member demanded that Pan Men disband, Xiao Tian declared that the Bai Gang would be the faction to dissolve.
• Xiao Tian challenged Bai Cheng to fight in the Arena the next morning, with the losing faction required to disband, and Bai Cheng accepted.
• Older students spread news of the challenge, drawing widespread attention and prompting some to dismiss Xiao Tian as overconfident.
• Han Yue heard about the duel, recalled her earlier dealings with Xiao Tian, and was teased by her companions for keeping an eye on him.

Han Yue visited Xiao Tian to ask about his planned duel with Bai Cheng and warn him not to underestimate the Strong Ranking. After Xun Er saw through Han Yue's pretext for visiting, Han Yue left, and Xun Er teased Xiao Tian about his charm.

• Han Yue asked new students where Xiao Tian lived, and they directed her to Pan Gate while teasing her about being his admirer.
• Han Yue visited Xiao Tian and asked about his conflict with Bai Gang and his duel with Bai Cheng.
• Xiao Tian said he was confident he could defeat Bai Cheng, and Han Yue warned him that Strong Ranking fighters had hidden methods.
• Xun Er joined them, declined Han Yue's invitation to join Moon Spirit, and pointed out that Han Yue had really come because of the dispute with Bai Gang.
• Han Yue left, and Xun Er teased Xiao Tian about attracting one of the Inner Academy's most beautiful women.

Xiao Tian bonded with a newly active magical beast egg while Xun Er began training in the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower. The next day, Xiao Tian rallied Pan Gate for its first battle and led them toward the Arena.

• Xiao Tian denied having a special relationship with Han Yue, teased Xun Er, and kissed her before she left to cultivate in the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower.
• Xiao Tian followed the system's instructions and used his blood to establish a bond with the Silver Black Egg, which reacted affectionately to him.
• Xiao Tian separated the Silver Black Egg from a second lifeless magical beast egg and resolved to attend to both of them.
• Xun Er entered the Heavenly Flame Training Qi Tower, noticed its strong training effects, and continued farther inside as students admired her.
• Xiao Tian addressed more than forty Pan Gate members, declared their first battle would make the group known, and led them toward the Arena.

Xiao Tian confronted Bai Cheng in the Arena and revealed that he was an Eight Star Dou Wang, stunning the crowd. He launched a four-colored lion attack that shattered Bai Cheng’s earth wall and struck him.

• The Inner Academy gathered at the Arena to watch Xiao Tian and Bai Cheng’s duel, while Han Yue said she believed Xiao Tian would win.
• Bai Cheng challenged Xiao Tian, who appeared on the dueling platform unarmed and declared that Pan Gate would become the Inner Academy’s strongest faction.
• Xiao Tian released his full aura and revealed himself as an Eight Star Dou Wang, forcing Bai Cheng and the surrounding spectators back.
• Xiao Tian attacked with Thunder Lion, and the four-colored beast shattered Bai Cheng’s Thick Earth Wall before crashing into him.