Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran escaped the Jia Ma Empire in disguise with a merchant caravan after helping relocate the Xiao Family. They parted on plans to meet again in ten years at the Magical Beast Mountain Range, hoping to have become Dou Huang experts.

• At Town Ghost Pass, Bao Lisi's caravan faced an inspection for a wanted criminal, but Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran evaded detection with their disguises.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran recalled returning to Wutan City, dealing with the Misty Cloud Sect Enforcement Team, relocating the Xiao Family, and joining Bao Lisi's caravan in Daling City.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran they would leave the caravan upon reaching Dongsheng City, and she said she planned to travel through the region to grow stronger.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran agreed to meet in ten years at the Magical Beast Mountain Range and aimed to become Dou Huang experts by then.

Liuli agreed to let Zi Yan live with her at Jia Nan Academy and learned that Great Elder Su Qian wanted to see her. Elsewhere, Xiao Yan was pursued by Eight Fan Sect fighters, while Liuli spotted his familiar energy as she flew to investigate the Hehuan Sect’s kidnapping of academy students.

• Zi Yan begged Liuli for more Pills, and Liuli promised she would receive plenty later while refusing to take ingredients from the academy storehouse.
• Zi Yan told Liuli that Su Qian wanted to see her, then asked to move into her courtyard, and Liuli agreed.
• Xiao Yan fled Eight Fan Sect pursuers through the forest, and Old Yao told him to take a Seventh-grade pill after dealing with them.
• Xiao Yan stopped and revealed Dou Qi wings, challenging the Eight Fan Sect pursuers despite being a Five-star Great Dou Master.
• Liuli flew to confront the Hehuan Sect over its kidnapping of ten Jia Nan Academy students and sensed Xiao Yan nearby.

Liuli watched Xiao Yan defeat his pursuers, then left as he prepared to consume the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill. At the Hehuan Sect, White Yin learned his son had abducted ten Jia Nan Academy Inner Academy students and ordered him to release them, but White Yin suddenly vanished from the hall.

• Liuli wondered whether the plot had changed again, then left without helping Xiao Yan.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that Jia Nan Academy's powerful elders had passed nearby, and they went to find a secluded place for him to consume the pill.
• An Old Man informed White Yin that the ten Young Girls his son had captured were Jia Nan Academy students.
• White Yin learned the captives were Inner Academy students and ordered his son to release them, while the son protested and then reluctantly agreed.
• White Yin told his son that Bai Wu would watch him, then suddenly vanished from the hall.

Liuli found the captive Jia Nan Academy students in the Hehuan Sect and rescued them, while Wu Tianlang and Elder Liu confronted White Yin. The story left Liuli arriving at the confrontation with Bai Hui in her grasp and declaring that the Hehuan Sect's crimes could not be settled.

• Wu Tianlang accused White Yin of capturing Inner Academy disciples and attacked him, but White Yin stopped and shattered his punch with Dou Zong power.
• Elder Liu urged White Yin to release the female students and warned that their powerful families could retaliate, while White Yin denied the Hehuan Sect was involved and secretly arranged to move the captives.
• Liuli used a Fire Energy Card to locate all ten students in a courtyard atop a small mountain within the Hehuan Sect.
• Liuli knocked out the Dou Wang guard, burst into the bedroom, and found Bai Hui abusing a captive student among torture instruments.
• Bai Hui approached Liuli with lustful intent, but she severed his manhood, then appeared before White Yin and the academy group with Bai Hui in her grasp.

Xiao Yan arrived in Jia Nan City and rescued Xiao Ning from Ma Yan and his lackeys. After learning that the Inner Academy Selection Tournament was already underway, Xiao Yan flew toward the central square to compete.

• Xiao Yan explored Jia Nan City and learned from Old Yao that the burly man who bumped into him was a Seven Star Great Dou Master.
• Xiao Yan found Ma Yan and three lackeys beating Xiao Ning in an alley over Ma Yan’s pursuit of Xiao Mei and Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan restrained Ma Yan and let Xiao Ning knock him unconscious, while the three lackeys fled to fetch Ma Yan’s father.
• Xiao Ning told Xiao Yan that Instructor Ruo Lin had secured him another registration for the Inner Academy Selection Tournament at the cost of her chance to advance to a Mysterious Rank instructor.
• Xiao Ning realized the tournament was already underway, and Xiao Yan spread his Purple Cloud Wings and flew toward the central square.

Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy’s tournament just as Niu Guli challenged him, surprising the crowd with his flying technique and apparent strength. After trading opening blows, Xiao Yan faced Niu Guli unarmed, leaving their fight poised to continue.

• The instructor called Xiao Yan to fight Niu Guli, while Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yu worried that Xiao Yan would not show up.
• Xiao Yan descended into the arena using his Purple Cloud Wings and announced himself, astonishing the crowd and catching the attention of a white-robed young man who vowed to defeat him.
• Niu Guli charged with his Black-Red Greatsword, but Xiao Yan knocked the strike aside with the Mysterious Heavy Ruler and kicked Niu Guli in the waist.
• Niu Guli counterattacked, but Xiao Yan dodged the sword aura; Niu Guli then planted his foot on the ruler and challenged Xiao Yan to fight without it.
• Xiao Xun'er realized Xiao Yan had reached the Da Dou Shi realm, while Xiao Yan said he did not need a weapon to win and Niu Guli prepared to attack again.

Xiao Yan defeated Niu Guli by using a soul attack after overcoming his powerful Dou Qi Armor and healing ability. He reunited with Xiao Xun'er, whose joyful greeting turned cold when she noticed his injured left hand.

• Niu Guli unleashed his ultimate move and attacked Xiao Yan with his armored body and greatsword.
• Xiao Yan used his wings to evade Niu Guli's strike and knocked him down with Eight Extremes Collapse, but Niu Guli quickly recovered.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Niu Guli could withstand a soul attack and then defeated him with one.
• Hu Gan and an Alchemy Department elder disputed where Xiao Yan should study, and the arena announced Xiao Yan as the victor.
• Xiao Yan approached Xiao Xun'er, and they joyfully reunited after two years apart.
• Xiao Xun'er noticed Xiao Yan's concealed injured left hand and demanded to know who had hurt him.

Liuli returned Jia Nan Academy’s students and captured White Yin and Bai Hui, then asked to join the Inner Academy’s Fire Energy Hunt. Ten days later, Xiao Yan reached Seven Star Great Dou Master and left with Xiao Xun'er to attend the Inner Academy gathering.

• Liuli handed White Yin and Bai Hui to Su Qian, who ordered both men executed to uphold Jia Nan Academy’s dignity.
• Liuli asked Su Qian to add her to the Inner Academy quota for the Fire Energy Hunt.
• Xiao Yan reached Seven Star Great Dou Master after his Soul Power increased dramatically from the mysterious space he had entered during the Alchemist Competition.
• Old Yao explained that the mysterious space was likely a rare soul-cultivation skill and suggested Liuli had invested greatly in Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Xun'er visited Xiao Yan, reminded him that they were entering the Inner Academy that day, and left with him for the elders’ gathering.

Xiao Yan and the other new students traveled from the Outer Academy to the Inner Academy, where they learned that Fire Energy was essential for cultivation. They entered a dangerous route guarded by senior students, unaware of what awaited them.

• Xiao Yan arrived with Xiao Xun'er and reunited with Hu Jia, Wu Hao, Niu Guli, and the other students advancing to the Inner Academy.
• Hu Gan explained that the Inner Academy offered better cultivation opportunities, then led the fifty students on Griffins toward the Ten Thousand Mountains.
• At a hidden clearing, two elders opened a silver gate and distributed Fire Energy Cards, which Elder Su identified as the Inner Academy's most important resource.
• Elder Su explained that twenty-one senior students would try to take the newcomers' Fire Energy, and that reaching the endpoint or defeating seniors could earn rewards.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Niu Guli entered the silver gate with the other students as Elder Su and Elder Qing watched with pity.

Xiao Yan proposed that the five strongest new students lure senior students into ambushes and defeat them one by one, with Niu Guli serving as bait. Wu Yun then found Niu Guli and tried to take him to his captain, who had reacted sharply to hearing Xiao Yan’s name.

• Xiao Yan argued that the new students should seize the initiative by ambushing senior students rather than fleeing or fighting as a large group.
• Xiao Yan’s team agreed to lure senior students into ambushes and picked Niu Guli to act as bait.
• Wu Yun reported finding a wounded, lone new student who cursed Xiao Yan, and his captain ordered him to bring the student in.
• Niu Guli loudly cursed Xiao Yan and the others as he walked through the forest, then confronted Wu Yun when he appeared.
• Wu Yun told Niu Guli that his captain wanted to see him, but Niu Guli refused and swung his greatsword at Wu Yun.

Xiao Yan’s group used Niu Guli as bait to defeat Wu Yun and take most of his Fire Energy while Xiao Yan kept Zhao Qian occupied. As Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao joined Xiao Yan’s fight, he sensed Zhao Qian’s allies arriving.

• Xiao Yan sensed a stronger Senior Student hiding near Wu Yun and arranged to sneak away and engage him while Niu Guli kept Wu Yun occupied.
• Niu Guli’s blood-red Dou Qi Armor helped him hold out against Wu Yun until fighting sounds from Xiao Yan and Zhao Qian drew Wu Yun’s attention away.
• Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao surrounded Wu Yun with Niu Guli and defeated him, then took nearly all his Fire Energy and left Niu Guli to recover.
• Xiao Yan fought Zhao Qian to a draw until Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao arrived, prompting Zhao Qian to retreat.
• Xiao Yan stopped his companions from pursuing Zhao Qian and warned them that Zhao Qian’s allies had arrived.

Xiao Yan and his companions were ambushed by Yao Han and two Inner Academy students, and Xiao Yan fought Yao Han with the Green Lotus Transformation and Nine Heavens Falling Fire Palm. Xiao Yan shattered Yao Han’s Sky-Opening sword strike, but a girl intervened with a water barrier to protect the wounded Yao Han.

• Yao Han introduced himself and sent two students to fight Hu Jia and Wu Hao while Xiao Xun'er engaged Zhao Qian.
• Xiao Yan struggled against Yao Han’s speed and strength, then activated the Green Lotus Transformation to raise his power.
• Xiao Yan deflected Yao Han’s Netherworld Slash and struck him with repeated fire-infused palm attacks, injuring his shoulder.
• Yao Han prepared his Sky-Opening sword strike as Xiao Yan formed four flame rings for the Nine Heavens Falling Fire Palm.
• Xiao Yan’s flame rings shattered Yao Han’s Golden Sword Glow and engulfed him, but a girl’s Blue Longsword created a Clear Water Barrier around the wounded Yao Han.

Gongsun Liuli arrived during Xiao Yan’s battle with Yao Han, rescued the unconscious senior, and revealed she was a senior student assigned to the Fire Energy Hunt’s final round. She let Xiao Yan keep Yao Han’s Fire Energy and flew off after he began recovering beneath a tree.

• Gongsun Liuli descended into the battlefield and used her water sword to pull Yao Han out of Xiao Yan’s flames.
• Liuli greeted Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun’er, then explained that she was a senior student participating in the final round of the Fire Energy Hunt.
• Liuli said she would not take the new students’ Fire Energy and encouraged Xiao Yan’s group to keep fighting other seniors before facing her.
• Liuli gave Xiao Yan Yao Han’s Red Crystal Chip, which held 486 points of Fire Energy.
• Xiao Yan learned Yao Han had become fixated on Liuli after watching her practice swordsmanship, and that Liuli had once used Xiao Yan as a shield.
• Xiao Yan rested while Xiao Xun’er stood guard, and Liuli cleared the remaining flames before flying away.

Liuli defeated the new students who challenged her and agreed to Xiao Yan’s proposal for a rotation-based fight. She waited by the cliff while Xiao Yan returned to organize the group, and Niu Guli stepped forward to challenge her.

• Liuli knocked out two attackers and defeated Bai Shan, then offered five hundred Fire Energy points to anyone who could beat her.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er met Liuli, and Xiao Yan acknowledged the gap in their strength.
• Xiao Yan proposed that the new students fight Liuli in rotation without taking medicinal pills, and Liuli agreed.
• Liuli asked Xiao Yan to call her big sister, but Xiao Yan postponed it and returned to the forest with Xiao Xun'er.
• Niu Guli emerged from the forest and declared that he would challenge Liuli.

Liuli effortlessly defeated Niu Guli and wave after wave of students while Xiao Yan organized the new students to test her strength. With the group unable to expose her limits, Liuli invited Xiao Yan to fight her one-on-one.

• Liuli disarmed Niu Guli, broke through his attacks, and knocked him unconscious by striking his brow with Soul Power.
• Liuli challenged the watching students, then defeated four or five Dou Shi who attacked her together.
• Xiao Yan and Wu Hao concluded that individual fighters could not test Liuli, so Xiao Yan organized the students into successive groups to attack.
• Liuli defeated the students below Da Dou Shi and then the stronger students attacking in groups, using Wind Breath Barrier once to block several Dou Skills.
• Xiao Yan admitted that the group could not force Liuli to reveal her true strength, and Liuli invited him to a one-on-one fight.

Xiao Yan agreed to Liuli’s challenge after she explained that their duel would focus on fire control, where his experience with Heavenly Flames gave him a chance to compete. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan accepting, while the detailed rules remained to be explained.

• Xiao Yan decided to face Liuli alone, and Xiao Xun'er reluctantly let him go after expressing concern for his safety.
• Xiao Yan praised Liuli’s strength and spoke with her about his rapid cultivation, while Liuli encouraged him to have confidence in his potential.
• Xiao Yan joked that he was better than Liuli in height, irritating her before she clarified that she meant strength.
• Liuli prompted Xiao Yan to recognize his skill with Heavenly Flames and revealed that she wanted to compete in fire control.
• Xiao Yan accepted Liuli’s challenge, and she said they would discuss the rules later.

Liuli and Xiao Yan agreed to a turn-based flame duel and summoned beast-shaped flames after moving the unconscious students out of danger. The chapter ended with Liuli’s Charizard-like flame creature facing Xiao Yan’s Giant Blue Eagle above the clearing.

• Liuli set the flame-only duel rules, including three chances for Xiao Yan to restore his Dou Qi with medicinal pills.
• Liuli and Xiao Yan had the remaining new students, led by Xun Er, carry more than forty unconscious students out of the clearing.
• Liuli summoned the Dark Red Flame, and Old Yao explained that it came from an eighth-order Crimson Nether Sparrow.
• Xiao Yan learned that Liuli also possessed the Yin Yang Twin Flames and prepared to face her with his Green Flame.
• Liuli shaped her flame into a dragon-like creature she called Charizard, while Xiao Yan formed his Green Flame into a Giant Blue Eagle.

Xiao Yan defeated Gongsun Liuli’s Flame Dragon in the first round of their flame battle, but Old Yao sensed that Liuli possessed Spiritual Realm Soul Power. The chapter left Xiao Yan wondering how a nineteen-year-old could be a Dou Zong as Liuli prepared to begin the second round.

• Gongsun Liuli attacked Xiao Yan’s Green Flame Eagle with Dragonite’s Dragon Pulse, but the Heavenly Flame creature survived the blast.
• Xiao Yan sent the Green Flame Eagle after Liuli’s Flame Dragon and won the first round after the eagle tore the dragon apart.
• Gongsun Liuli acknowledged Xiao Yan’s victory and summoned her Yin Yang Twin Flames for the second round.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that Gongsun Liuli possessed Soul Power at least in the early Spiritual Realm, a level normally requiring Dou Zong strength.
• Old Yao concluded that Gongsun Liuli might truly be a nineteen-year-old Dou Zong.

Xiao Yan learned from Old Yao that Liuli was a nineteen-year-old Dou Zong and suspected she had come for the Tou She Ancient God Jade. As they resumed their contest with Heavenly Flames, Liuli realized Xiao Yan knew her strength.

• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that Liuli was likely from the Sword Clan, one of the Ancient Clans, and that she was a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan grew wary of Liuli and suspected she wanted the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Liuli played with the Yin Yang Twin Flames while Xiao Yan set aside his suspicions and asked to continue their contest.
• Old Yao lent Xiao Yan the Bone Spirit Cold Flame, and Liuli prepared by drawing on the Yin Yang Twin Flames' source flame.
• Xiao Yan began merging the Bone Spirit Cold Flame with the Green Lotus Core Flame for his strongest technique, and Liuli realized he knew she was a Dou Zong.

Xiao Yan unleashed his Two-Colored Fire Lotus at Liuli, who let the blast engulf her while preparing for her true body to intervene. After the explosion, Old Yao confirmed that Liuli was still there and seemed to be in good condition.

• Liuli panicked when she thought Xiao Yan had uncovered her alter ego, then decided to let her true body replace her Doppelganger after the Fire Lotus exploded.
• Xiao Yan formed a Buddha's Fury Lotus Flame and warned the new students to retreat while Liuli shaped a flame taiji that could not actually defend against it.
• Liuli sent the taiji toward the Fire Lotus and backed toward the cliff, but the lotus passed through and struck her as she calmly told Xiao Yan, "It's okay."
• The Fire Lotus erupted into a vast sea of fire, and Xiao Yan and the new students struggled against its destructive waves.
• Xiao Yan worried that he had made a mistake and wondered whether Liuli was really a Dou Zong, while Old Yao checked the blast area.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that Liuli was still there and appeared to be in good condition before returning to the Pitch-black Ring.