Chapter Summaries

Xiao Ling returned safely to Peace Town and Jia Nan Academy after facing repeated attacks on his journey. He reached the academy late at night, sorted through the contents of twenty-seven Storage Rings, and went to sleep after deciding to give the Xiao Family the cultivation methods he found.

• Xiao Ling arrived at Peace Town and observed travelers submitting their identities and taking pills that detected murderous intent.
• Xiao Ling greeted Senior Sister Li Xi, who recognized him and allowed him to proceed directly to the academy.
• Xiao Ling traveled from Peace Town to Jia Nan Academy on a flying magical beast and decided to visit Xiao Xun'er the next day.
• Xiao Ling searched twenty-seven Storage Rings and found Gold Coins, medicinal ingredients, and cultivation methods he planned to send to the Xiao Family through Instructor Ruo Lin.
• Xiao Ling bathed, drank Cola, and went to sleep.

Han Yue visited Xiao Ling and asked him to refine Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills in exchange for sharing what she knew about the Central Plains and their cultivation insights. Xiao Ling began refining the pills while Han Yue watched him.

• Xiao Ling woke, washed, and read about alchemy until the bell at his courtyard gate rang.
• Han Yue arrived, and Xiao Ling invited her to drink tea with him in the courtyard pavilion.
• Han Yue asked Xiao Ling to refine two Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pills and exchange cultivation insights with her.
• Xiao Ling agreed to refine the pills in exchange for learning about the Central Plains, and Han Yue gave him ingredients for six batches.
• Xiao Ling began refining the pills with Beast Flame as Han Yue watched from the pavilion.

Xiao Ling finished refining pills for Han Yue, gave her a Youth Preserving Pill, and recovered from exhausting his Dou Qi. Six months later, he and his companions prepared for the Inner Academy Selection Competition by forming the Supreme Freedom Gate and assigning its members roles.

• Xiao Ling refined a second Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill, then asked Han Yue to wipe his sweat and gave her a Youth Preserving Pill along with the pills she had requested.
• Han Yue returned to her room, decided Xiao Ling liked her, and admitted that being with him would not be impossible.
• Half a year later, Xiao Ling had reached Three Star Great Dou Shi as he, Xiao Xun'er, Han Yue, Lin Xiuyai, Lin Yan, and Liu Qing gathered for the Inner Academy Selection Competition.
• Xiao Ling proposed that the group form a faction, and Han Yue, Liu Qing, Lin Xiuyai, and Lin Yan agreed to join.
• Xiao Ling assigned Lin Xiuyai as sect master, himself as Alchemy Elder, Han Yue to help manage, and Lin Yan and Liu Qing to handle combat; Xiao Xun'er joined as a member.
• Xiao Ling named the faction the Supreme Freedom Gate, then led everyone toward the competition platform.

Xiao Ling and Xiao Xun'er arrived at the packed plaza for Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy Selection Competition, where the elders discussed Xiao Ling’s alchemy potential before the tournament began. The opening match ended with Dai Yuhao defeating Huo Mubai, and Xiao Ling anticipated an exciting competition.

• Xiao Ling and Xiao Xun'er joined Instructor Ruo Lin and their classmates in the stands as the competition drew a massive crowd.
• Xiao Ling recognized Elder Huo, Hu Gan, and two senior elders as peak Dou Huang experts, and the elders discussed his prospects of becoming a Sixth-grade Alchemist.
• The referee announced the tournament rules and called Dai Yuhao and Huo Mubai to compete in the opening match.
• Huo Mubai initially pressured Dai Yuhao with his White Tiger Vajra Transformation, but Dai Yuhao used the Ice Burst Technique to defeat him.
• The referee declared Dai Yuhao the winner, and Xiao Ling applauded the match.

Xiao Ling defeated Chen Anping and went on to win the Inner Academy Selection Competition, while Xiao Xun'er placed outside the top fifty but set a record as Jia Nan Academy’s youngest student to enter the Inner Academy. The competition ended with the top five leaving the arena amid the crowd’s cheers.

• Xiao Ling defeated Chen Anping with a spear strike after limiting himself to the cultivation of a Five Star Dou Shi.
• Xiao Ling returned to watch the remaining matches with Xiao Xun'er as the competition continued over the following days.
• Xiao Ling won the championship, followed by Lin Xiuyai, Liu Qing, Lin Yan, and Han Yue; Xiao Xun'er finished outside the top fifty.
• Hu Gan announced the top five, and Xiao Ling, Lin Xiuyai, Liu Qing, Lin Yan, and Han Yue left the plaza together as the competition concluded.

After the selection competition, Xiao Ling prepared to enter the Library Pavilion to choose a reward and grew closer to Han Yue. The chapter ended with Xiao Ling and Han Yue sharing their first kiss before setting off for the pavilion.

• Xiao Ling's cultivation advanced to the Four-star Great Dou Master level, and he decided to seek a Beast Flame in the Library Pavilion.
• Xiao Ling and his companions planned to let the Inner Academy's old students rob the new students before counter-robbing them during the Fire Energy Hunt Competition.
• Xiao Ling practiced the Swallow Return Strike technique before Han Yue arrived to call him to the Library Pavilion.
• Xiao Ling pulled Han Yue into an embrace, told her he liked her, and kissed her.
• Rayquaza interrupted the pair, and Xiao Ling and Han Yue mounted it to head for the Library Pavilion.

Hu Gan escorted the top five students of the Inner Academy Selection Competition to the Library Pavilion to choose their treasures. After two reclusive elders opened the Space Lock, Xiao Ling and the others entered the sealed pavilion.

• Hu Gan warned Xiao Ling, Lin Xiuyai, Liu Qing, Han Yue, and Lin Yan that strength ruled the Inner Academy, and Lin Xiuyai said they planned to form a faction together.
• Hu Gan led the five through a hidden passage to the Library Pavilion, where he called on its two elders to open the entrance.
• The two gray-robed elders appeared and praised the students before removing the Space Lock that shielded the pavilion.
• Hu Gan explained that the barrier had been created centuries earlier by a Dou Zun Expert and could not be forced open even by a Dou Zong Expert.
• Hu Gan and the five students passed through the elders’ spatial doorway and entered the sealed pavilion.

Xiao Ling and his companions searched the Library Pavilion for treasures, helping one another choose suitable items. Just before their time ran out, Xiao Ling found the Seventh-tier Illusion Gold Fire and left the pavilion with the others.

• Hu Gan explained the Library Pavilion's rules, and Xiao Ling and the others entered before the doors closed behind them.
• Xiao Ling told the group to seek suitable treasures together, and Liu Qing shattered a light cluster containing an Intermediate Black Tier cultivation method he did not need.
• Xiao Ling found the Earth Tier Mid-grade wind Dou Technique 'Fierce Wind Breath Severing Slash' and gave it to Lin Xiuyai.
• Han Yue and Lin Yan chose Earth Tier Mid-grade cultivation methods, while Liu Qing obtained the Earth Tier Mid-grade Dou Technique 'Calculated Bomb Fist'; Lin Xiuyai found a Sky Jade Fruit for Xiao Ling.
• Xiao Ling captured a blazing crimson light cluster and retrieved the Seventh-tier Illusion Gold Fire from its porcelain bottle.
• Xiao Ling put away the Beast Flame and led his companions out of the Library Pavilion.

Xiao Ling and the others left the Library Pavilion with their rewards and prepared to enter the Inner Academy. Back at his room, Xiao Ling used ten drawing opportunities, inspected the prizes, and absorbed the seventh-tier beast flame before spending the next two days on his usual routine.

• The gray-robed figures scanned Xiao Ling and his companions, then warned them to keep the Library Pavilion and its events secret.
• Hu Gan welcomed the five out, and Xiao Ling revealed their valuable rewards before following Hu Gan safely through the spatial doorway.
• Hu Gan told the group to report in two days so he could take them to the Inner Academy, and they returned to their courtyards.
• Xiao Ling used ten draws and received Gold Coins, several pills, a Sect-grade Pill Recipe, and assorted items.
• Xiao Ling studied the pills and recipe, absorbed the seventh-tier beast flame, and found that it did not raise Fen Jue's grade.
• Xiao Ling resumed cultivating, refining pills, and spending time with his companions until two days passed.

Xiao Ling and the other selected students gathered to enter the Inner Academy, where Vice Principal Hu Gan prepared to send them to its hidden location. Xiao Ling unveiled Rayquaza’s Mega Evolution and departed with his companions riding on its back.

• Xiao Ling and Xiao Xun'er joined Lin Xiuyai, Lin Yan, Han Yue, Liu Qing, and Liu Fei outside Hu Gan's study as students gathered for the journey to the Inner Academy.
• Vice Principal Hu Gan congratulated the fifty students and explained that Griffins would carry them to a place near the secret Inner Academy.
• When Hu Gan told the top five students to board a Griffin together, Xiao Ling summoned Rayquaza instead.
• Xiao Ling used his mental connection with Rayquaza to trigger its Mega Evolution, astonishing the gathered students, instructors, and elders.
• Xiao Ling climbed onto Rayquaza and invited Lin Yan and the others to join him, while the two girls admired his appearance.

Xiao Ling and the new students flew through Jia Nan Academy’s Back Mountain under Hu Gan’s escort and entered the Inner Academy through a hidden Space Gate. They arrived at the forest entrance, where Inner Academy elders welcomed them and Xiao Ling prepared his group to face the older students.

• Hu Gan and three elders escorted the students and their Griffins through the Back Mountain, while Rayquaza followed Xiao Ling and fought some weaker magical beasts.
• The group landed on a grassland, where Hu Gan revealed a hidden silver Space Gate and led everyone into the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Ling canceled Rayquaza’s Mega Evolution, stored it in his sleeve, and entered the gate with the others.
• At the Inner Academy entrance, Elder Su and Elder Qing asked Hu Gan about the new students, and Hu Gan praised Xiao Ling, Xiao Ling’s cousin, and the group’s talent.
• Xiao Ling greeted the elders, then told Xiao Xun'er and the others to recover and prepare to challenge the older students.

Elder Su explained that the new students’ crystal chips carried Fire Energy and announced the Fire Energy Hunt Competition, in which old students could attack them in the forest. Xiao Ling and his companions ambushed and defeated the White Fiend Squad, seized their Fire Crystal Cards’ excess Fire Energy, and left to find more prey.

• Elder Su gave the new students crystal chips marked with five, warned them that old students could steal their Fire Energy, and began the competition.
• Xiao Ling and his companions rushed to the forest’s exit and waited for the White Fiend Squad to arrive.
• Xiao Ling launched a surprise attack, then worked with Lin Xiuyai and the others to defeat captain Lu Jin and the rest of the squad.
• Xiao Ling demanded the White Fiend Squad’s Fire Crystal Cards, deducted their Fire Energy down to seven days, returned the cards, and left with his companions.

Xiao Ling's group won the Fire Energy Hunt Competition and received Azure Fire Crystal Cards before Elder Su led the new students into Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy. The chapter ended with the newcomers looking over the vast basin and rushing in to begin their new lives there.

• Xiao Ling's group ambushed older students in the forest and seized their Fire Crystal Cards, building up Fire Energy for their cultivation.
• Elder Su declared the new students the winners and awarded them five days of Fire Energy each, with Xiao Ling, Xiao Xun'er, Lin Xiuyai, Liu Qing, Han Yue, and Lin Yan receiving Azure Fire Crystal Cards and sixty days of Fire Energy.
• Elder Su explained the crystal card ranks and their Fire Energy costs, then exchanged the group's black cards for their azure cards.
• Elder Su led Xiao Ling and the new students up the hill, where they saw the enormous basin and the Inner Academy's towering buildings.
• Elder Su welcomed the newcomers to the Inner Academy and led them down into the basin.

Xiao Ling and his companions settled into their new residence in the Inner Academy, where Elder Su explained how students cultivated and earned Fire Energy. Later, Xiao Ling and Xiao Xun'er toured the academy and discussed his ambitions before returning to their courtyards.

• Elder Su showed Xiao Ling, Lin Xiuyai, and Lin Yan their shared residence and advised them that students relied on strength, factions, and teamwork in the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Ling told Elder Su that the group planned to establish a faction, and Elder Su explained the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, exchange venues, and arena.
• Lin Yan eagerly welcomed the prospect of sparring, while Xiao Ling reminded him that healing broken limbs could take days.
• After Elder Su left, Xiao Ling and the others agreed to clean the residence and make it their base.
• That night, Xiao Ling and Xiao Xun'er strolled through the Inner Academy, and Xiao Ling reflected on his family and his desire to reach the Dou Wang realm.
• Xiao Ling recited boasts about becoming invincible, and he and Xiao Xun'er laughed before returning to their courtyards.

Xiao Ling set out to see the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, brushed off senior students demanding a tribute fee, and continued through the Inner Academy toward the tower. He saw the academy’s intense culture of public sparring and noticed students racing north as he neared his destination.

• Lin Xiuyai agreed to manage the faction while Xiao Ling offered to refine discounted pills for its members.
• Xiao Ling avoided a group of senior students collecting tribute fees, but they surrounded him and demanded his Fire Energy Card.
• Xiao Ling knocked down the burly student who attacked him and stopped him with the Suction Palm before another senior student intervened and let him pass.
• A senior student told the group that Xiao Ling had led the new students in the Fire Energy Hunt Competition and was a ten-year-old Da Dou Shi and peak fourth-tier alchemist.
• Xiao Ling consulted the map to the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, crossed the vast Inner Academy, and saw students openly sparring along the way.
• Xiao Ling noticed crowds of students speeding north toward the tower and accelerated to join them.

Xiao Ling entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and used a Clear Heart Pill to withstand the Branch Flame of the Fallen Heart Flame. He explored the first floor, found the passage to the underground Magma World, and decided to focus on increasing his strength before pursuing its dangers and opportunities.

• Xiao Ling reached the crowded Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and waited as its doors opened.
• Xiao Ling swallowed a Clear Heart Pill to stop the Branch Flame of the Fallen Heart Flame from harming him, surprising students who had hoped to see him suffer.
• Xiao Ling explored the first floor and observed that its high-, mid-, and low-level training rooms were arranged by rank.
• Xiao Ling reached the tower's central black abyss and recognized it as the passage to the underground Magma World, but resolved to strengthen himself first.

Xiao Ling cultivated in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, using Fallen Heart Flame to refine his Dou Qi and accelerate his growth. After leaving the tower, he rode Rayquaza back while considering its future and the danger of bringing it to the Central Plains.

• Xiao Ling entered a training room, paid one Fire Energy for a day's cultivation, and began practicing with Fallen Heart Flame's projection.
• Xiao Ling used Fen Jue to send Dou Qi through the flame, which refined and condensed it as the Blue Silver Emperor's Trunk Bone healed the damage to his meridians.
• Xiao Ling took a Clear Heart Pill to ease the Fire Poison and continued cultivating until the tower bell signaled the end of his session.
• Xiao Ling left the tower and summoned Rayquaza to avoid the long journey back, drawing envious attention from the students.
• Xiao Ling flew home on Rayquaza and thought that he might eventually send it with Xun Er to the Gu Clan rather than bring it to the Central Plains.

Xiao Ling managed the Supreme Freedom Gate, cultivated and refined pills in the Inner Academy, then met Zi Yan after she stole and ate one of his pills. The chapter left them agreeing that he would refine pills for her if she supplied the ingredients.

• Xiao Ling returned to his courtyard and learned that Lin Yan had used a Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill to catch up to Liu Qing before challenging him to a spar.
• Xiao Ling heard that the Supreme Freedom Gate had been approved and advised Lin Xiuyai to recruit reliable, sufficiently strong members.
• Xiao Ling began refining Clear Heart Pills and settled into a routine of cultivation, alchemy, sparring, and walks around the Academy.
• Xiao Ling refined a Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill for the Supreme Freedom Gate to sell and earn Fire Energy.
• Zi Yan suddenly appeared in Xiao Ling's courtyard, stole the pill, and swallowed it before asking him to refine pills for her.
• Xiao Ling agreed to refine pills for Zi Yan as long as she provided the ingredients.

Xiao Ling refined pills from Zi Yan’s medicinal ingredients, and she joined the Supreme Freedom Gate after enjoying them. Her arrival helped the faction grow while Xiao Ling’s cultivation and alchemy steadily advanced.

• Xiao Ling refined a bitten Sky Jade Fruit into pills, which Zi Yan eagerly ate and praised for their taste.
• Zi Yan promised to bring more ingredients, learned Xiao Ling’s name, and joined the Supreme Freedom Gate as its senior disciple.
• The Inner Academy’s older students avoided challenging the faction, and many talented students joined as it rapidly gained strength.
• Zi Yan saw Xiao Xun'er feeding Sixth-grade Pills to Rayquaza and began clinging to her for pills as well.
• Xiao Ling continued cultivating and improving his alchemy, while deciding to save his draw opportunities until he reached the Dou Wang realm.

After two years at Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Ling had reached Dou Ling Stage Four but found the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower less effective. Hearing that Xiao Yan’s cultivation had collapsed, he sent word for the Xiao Family to investigate and reflected on the strength he needed before the Hun Clan’s plans came to fruition.

• Xiao Ling ended his cultivation in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and lamented that his progress had slowed since reaching Dou Ling.
• Xiao Ling met Xiao Xun'er outside the tower, and they rode Rayquaza back toward their dormitory.
• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Ling that Xiao Yan’s cultivation had fallen to Dou Qi Stage Three after he turned twelve.
• Xiao Ling suggested sending a prescription to the Xiao Family so an alchemist could examine Xiao Yan, then kissed Xiao Xun'er as Ling Ying watched from the shadows.
• Xiao Ling returned to his room and worried that he needed more strength to become an Emperor and oppose the Hun Clan.