Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan’s test revealed that his cultivation had fallen to three segments of Dou Zhi Qi, and Xiao Yu’s three-star Dou Practitioner result made her the Xiao Family’s leading genius. Xiao Mei later drew Xiao Yan out of seclusion, while Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yu bypassed the crowded Jianan Academy recruitment and reached Instructor Ruolin’s assessment tent.

• Xiao Zhan confirmed that Xiao Yan’s test result was accurate, and Xiao Yan collapsed after the crowd learned he had fallen to three segments of Dou Zhi Qi.
• Xiao Yu tested at three-star Dou Practitioner, then told Xiao Xun'er she would attend Jianan Academy ahead of her.
• Jia Liebi rejected Aoba Pa’s suggestion to target Xiao Yu, warning that the Xiao Family would retaliate.
• Xiao Mei visited Xiao Yan and persuaded him to leave his room, while Shang An secretly watched and approved of her influence over him.
• Xiao Xun'er led Xiao Yu through the soldiers guarding the recruitment square, and both passed the preliminary test at Jianan Academy.
• Instructor Ruolin welcomed the new students and explained the academy’s potential rankings before beginning the assessment.

Xiao Xun'er stunned Jianan Academy's recruiters with her cultivation and won a year of leave after Shang An took control of her body and defeated Mentor Ruolin. After Xun Er and Xiao Yu returned to the Xiao Family, Shang An told Xun Er to prepare for an adventure, while Xiao Mei continued to draw Xiao Yan into her schemes.

• Xiao Yu reported that she was a fifteen-year-old Four Star Dou Practitioner, then Xiao Xun'er revealed that she was a thirteen-year-old Seven Star Dou Practitioner.
• Xun Er requested a year of leave, and Mentor Ruolin agreed to approve it if she survived twenty rounds against a mentor.
• Xun Er fought Mentor Ruolin with the Basic Fist Technique until Shang An took control of her body and defeated Ruolin with the Taiyi Fist Scripture.
• Ruolin approved Xun Er's leave, and she and Xiao Yu returned to the Xiao Family.
• Shang An told Xun Er to prepare provisions and tents for an adventure, while Xiao Mei charmed Xiao Yan and the old man in his ring questioned her motives.

Shang An captured Yao Chen, took the Bone Chilling Cold Flame and the Burning Mantra, and gave the evolving technique to Xun Er. After Xun Er refined the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and rapidly advanced, she left the Xiao Family with Shang An, who said they were heading to Qingshan Town to meet his other disciple.

• Shang An froze time, captured Yao Chen, replaced Xiao Yan's ring, and implanted a Devour Rune to keep Xiao Yan at three stages of Dou Qi.
• Shang An forced Yao Chen to surrender the Bone Chilling Cold Flame and took the Burning Mantra from his Storage Ring.
• Xun Er refused the Bone Chilling Cold Flame at first, then accepted the Burning Mantra after Shang An explained that it could evolve.
• Xun Er switched cultivation techniques and refined the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, reaching nine-star Dou Master after Shang An suppressed her advancement.
• Xun Er left the Xiao Family with Shang An, then grew jealous when he said they were going to Qingshan Town to visit his junior disciple.

Xun Er brought Little Medical Fairy to Shang An, who accepted her as a registered disciple and gave her the Poison Scripture, helping her rapidly advance and control her Woeful Poison Body. The two discovered a hidden cave and claimed its treasures, but Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group arrived to seize them.

• Xun Er reluctantly let Shang An meet Little Medical Fairy, and Little Medical Fairy accepted his offer to become his registered disciple.
• Little Medical Fairy cultivated the Poison Scripture, advanced to a Seven Star Dou Practitioner, and received the name Shang Qingxian from Shang An.
• Li Fei betrayed Little Medical Fairy by informing Mu Li that she and Xun Er were heading into the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where they found a hidden cave.
• Xun Er and Shang Qingxian entered the cave, collected rare medicinal herbs and three scrolls, and found a mysterious scroll near the skeleton.
• Mu Li and more than a dozen members of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group blocked the cave entrance and demanded the treasures.

Xun Er and Little Medical Fairy killed Mu Li and used poison and force to exterminate the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, completing Shang An’s task. They resigned from the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion and left Qingshan Town for the Tagore Desert.

• Mu Li threatened Xun Er and Little Medical Fairy, but Xun Er burned his mercenaries to ashes and killed him while Little Medical Fairy defeated the men sent after her.
• Xun Er told Little Medical Fairy to eliminate the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, and the two returned to Qingshan Town after deciding to poison its members.
• Mu She gathered the Wolf Head Mercenary Group to avenge Mu Li, but Little Medical Fairy’s poison weakened the crowd before Xun Er struck Mu She down.
• Xun Er and Little Medical Fairy exterminated the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, then Little Medical Fairy resigned from the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion and executed Li Fei.
• Xun Er gave Mr. Yao a Yellow-Tier Advanced Dou Technique, then left Qingshan Town with Little Medical Fairy for the Tagore Desert.

Xun Er seized Hai Bo Dong’s two map fragments, restoring his sealed cultivation, then followed Shang An’s guidance with Little Medical Fairy to a buried magma cavern. Xun Er found the Green Lotus Core Flame and approached it, with its absorption still ahead.

• Xun Er took both map fragments from the shopkeeper Hai Bo Dong and gave him a pill that broke Medusa’s seal, restoring his power as the Ice Emperor.
• Xun Er and Little Medical Fairy searched the Tagore Desert for a place with dense fire-attributed energy, and Xun Er blasted open a buried entrance to an underground cavern.
• Xun Er sent Little Medical Fairy back to the passage and entered the magma with Shang An’s protection while Ling Ying subdued a Double-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Xun Er followed Shang An’s guidance deeper into the magma and found the Green Lotus Core Flame growing within a cyan lotus.
• Xun Er swam toward the Green Lotus Core Flame as Shang An considered using the lotus platform to make her a magical artifact.

Xun Er absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, then rescued Xiao Ding’s mercenary group and joined them on their return to Shi Mo City. At dawn, she spotted a trembling girl huddled on the street.

• Xun Er used the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame and Shang An’s help to seize and absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame, advancing to five-star Grand Dou Master.
• Xun Er left the cave with Ling Ying and Little Medical Fairy, then recognized Xiao Ding among mercenaries fleeing pursuers over the Spirit Blood Fruit.
• Xun Er burned the Tyrant Blade Mercenary Group’s pursuers to ashes and reunited with Xiao Ding and Xue Lan.
• Xun Er gave the injured Xue Lan a second-tier Injury Recovery Pill and accepted Xiao Ding’s invitation to visit the Mo Tie Mercenary Group in Shi Mo City.
• Xun Er arrived in Shi Mo City at dawn and approached a small, trembling figure she realized was a girl.

Shang An used Xun Er’s body to rescue Qing Lin and accepted her as his little sister while Little Medical Fairy prepared to leave for the Chu Yun Empire. After Little Medical Fairy departed, Shang An and Xun Er infiltrated Snake-Person Holy City and abducted Queen Medusa.

• Xun Er found the injured Qing Lin, brought her back, and Shang An revealed himself through Xun Er’s body and invited Qing Lin to become his disciple.
• Qing Lin asked to be Shang An’s little sister instead, and he agreed as she began to regard him, Xun Er, and Little Medical Fairy as family.
• Shang An gave Little Medical Fairy a jade pendant containing three protective divine thoughts, and she set off alone for the Chu Yun Empire.
• Shang An and Xun Er traveled to Snake-Person Holy City, where Shang An secretly ambushed Queen Medusa in her bedchamber and sealed her strength.
• Xun Er carried the helpless Medusa out of the city under Shang An’s concealment, while Medusa feared what her captors intended to do with her.

Shang An awakened Qing Lin’s Green Snake Three-Flower Pupil, bound Cai Lin to her as a natal Magical Beast, and brought Cai Lin back to the Snake-Person Tribe to undergo evolution with his Six-Ding Divine Fire. Cai Lin’s transformation triggered a storm and Thunder Tribulation, and Qing Lin confirmed that she was still alive.

• Shang An awakened Qing Lin’s Green Snake Three-Flower Pupil and used it to form a Spirit Beast Contract that made Cai Lin her natal Magical Beast.
• The Heavenly Snake Mansion detected the Green Snake Three-Flower Pupil and sent people toward the Jia Ma Empire to welcome its bearer as their Holy Maiden.
• Shang An offered to help Cai Lin evolve into a Dou Zong, and Cai Lin agreed to undergo the dangerous process with his crimson Six-Ding Divine Fire.
• Cai Lin returned to her tribe and announced that she would enter seclusion to evolve, despite Mo Ba Si and other Snake-Person experts opposing the plan.
• During Cai Lin’s evolution, Mo Ba Si attacked Xun Er and Qing Lin, but Ling Ying intervened and drove him back.
• Qing Lin sensed that Cai Lin had survived as storm clouds and deadly Thunder Tribulation gathered over the palace.

After Cai Lin completed her evolution, Shang An left Snake-Person Sacred City with her and his disciples, then Xun Er ordered the Mo Clan destroyed after its elder targeted Qing Lin. When Lü Man of the Heavenly Snake Mansion offered to train Qing Lin’s Green Snake Three-Flower Pupil, Qing Lin prepared to make her choice.

• Cai Lin awakened after evolving into the Seven-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, punished Mo Ba Si, and announced that she would travel abroad with Shang An’s group.
• Shang An soothed Xun Er’s jealousy, and Xun Er later took Qing Lin shopping around Salt City while Shang An spotted Mo Cheng watching them.
• Xun Er ordered Ling Ying to wipe out the Mo Clan, and the clan’s hundreds of members were found dead the next day, exposing their crimes and damaging the Misty Cloud Sect’s reputation.
• Yun Yun rebuked Yun Leng over the Mo Clan’s crimes, but Yun Leng arranged an investigation and sent Yun Zhi with the Young Sect Master.
• Lü Man arrived to recruit Qing Lin for training at the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and after Shang An confirmed her claims, Qing Lin raised her head and said she had decided.

Qing Lin refused to leave Shang An for the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and Xun Er used a Gu Clan token to deter Lü Man from taking her. Six months later, after Xun Er and Qing Lin had grown stronger, Shang An rescued Nalan Yanran from a wolf pack, and Xun Er made her closeness to him clear.

• Qing Lin refused the Heavenly Snake Mansion's offer, while Shang An said he would bring her there himself and Xun Er gave Lü Man a Gu Clan token.
• Shang An had Medusa capture Lü Man, then kept her as Qing Lin's Guardian and sent the injured Eight-Winged Black Snake Emperor back with the token.
• Over six months in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Xun Er reached Eight-Star Grand Dou Master and Qing Lin reached Eight-Star Dou Practitioner with Lü Man's help.
• Xun Er and her companions heard fighting in the forest and found Nalan Yanran surrounded by Evil Spirit Wolves after she had run away from home over her engagement to Xiao Yan.
• Shang An destroyed the wolves and saved Nalan Yanran, who learned his name and promised to repay him.
• Xun Er introduced herself to Nalan Yanran while affectionately linking arms with Shang An.

Shang An encouraged Nalan Yanran to reject her arranged marriage and gave her a candy containing a formation that could restore Xiao Yan's talent. Half a month later, Nalan Yanran arrived at the Xiao Family with Ge Ye to break the engagement, where Xiao Yan was publicly slighted before the meeting began.

• Xun Er and Nalan Yanran bonded over Nalan Yanran's forced engagement, and Shang An advised her to prepare an offer the Xiao Family could not refuse.
• Shang An gave Nalan Yanran a candy that he claimed would solve Xiao Yan's loss of talent, while planning to use Xiao Yan's recovery to drain his destiny fortune.
• Nalan Yanran parted from Shang An and Xun Er, then resolved to break the engagement with Yun Yun's support; Xun Er worried about being forced into a marriage and Shang An promised to kill anyone who tried to take her away.
• Half a month later, Nalan Yanran and Ge Ye visited the Xiao Family, where Xiao Yan entered the reception hall and noticed her talent and beauty.
• The Second Elder failed to provide Xiao Yan a seat and mocked him, leaving him standing in the crowded hall as Xiao Zhan objected.

Nalan Yanran visited the Xiao Family to dissolve her engagement to Xiao Yan, but offered him a Heaven-Returning Pill that she said could restore damaged talent. Xiao Yan swallowed it and regained his talent, leaving the Xiao Family celebrating while its younger members reacted with dismay.

• Ge Ye told Xiao Zhan that the Misty Cloud Sect wanted Nalan Yanran’s engagement to Xiao Yan dissolved, and Nalan Yanran confirmed it was her decision.
• Xiao Zhan and Ge Ye clashed over the request until Nalan Yanran intervened and presented a white pill as an apology gift.
• Nalan Yanran identified the pill as a Tier 7 Heaven-Returning Pill that could repair damaged talent, and Xiao Yan agreed to dissolve the engagement in exchange for it.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the pill and cultivated while the Xiao Family watched.
• Xiao Yan declared that his talent had returned, and Xiao Zhan wept with relief as other young disciples reacted bitterly.

After helping Nalan Yanran break off her engagement, Shang An encountered Ya Fei at the Mittal Auction House and made her his follower. Ya Fei received the Taiyi Visualization Method, which transformed her cultivation talent and left her eager to learn more about the Taiyi Supreme God.

• Xiao Yan's talent recovered, and Nalan Yanran left the Xiao Family with Ge Ye after ending her engagement.
• Nalan Yanran reunited with Xiao Xun'er, met Shang An in his ring, and learned he planned to travel with Xun Er to Jianan Academy.
• Shang An stopped outside the Mittal Auction House, then secretly appeared before Ya Fei and offered her power in exchange for becoming his follower.
• Ya Fei accepted, and Shang An sent the Taiyi Visualization Method into her mind before returning to the ring.
• After visualizing the Taiyi Supreme God, Ya Fei's skin improved, her cultivation broke through to Three-Star Dou Practitioner, and her Dou Qi grew purer.

Xun Er and Qing Lin crossed the Black-Corner Region, where Xun Er ruthlessly dealt with threats before reaching Peace Town near Jianan Academy. After proving she was an academy student, she arranged for Qing Lin to enroll as well, and the chapter left them heading toward the academy’s administration process.

• Xun Er injured a pickpocket who rushed toward her, then warned Qing Lin that kindness was reserved for their own people.
• The innkeeper and more than twenty accomplices tried to drug and rob Xun Er and Qing Lin, but Ling Ying killed them and later destroyed the Black Tiger Gang.
• Xun Er and Qing Lin traveled through the Black-Corner Region for three days and arrived at Peace Town, where Jianan Academy enforced strict rules against killing intent.
• Xun Er refused the town’s pill, identified herself as Xiao Xun'er, and persuaded the Law Enforcement Team to escort her and Qing Lin to the administrative office.
• The middle-aged official learned that Qing Lin was a twelve-year-old Eight Star Dou Practitioner and eagerly agreed to help her enroll at Jianan Academy.

Qing Lin enrolled at Jianan Academy, where Xun Er defeated Hu Jia and revealed her overwhelming strength while drawing attention from students and powerful guardians. Elsewhere, Little Medical Fairy continued taking revenge on the Poison Soul Sect, and Xun Er trained in alchemy with Shang An as the chapter ended with a knock at the door.

• Qing Lin enrolled at Jianan Academy and was assigned to Xun Er's class, where Mentor Ruolin and Xiao Yu welcomed her.
• Hu Jia challenged Xun Er for the chance to make her a girlfriend, lost instantly, and insisted on serving as Xun Er's female slave for three years; Xun Er later revealed she had reached Six Star Dou Ling.
• Hu Gan questioned Ling Ying and Lü Man about their presence at the academy, received tokens from the Gu family and the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and went to inform the First Elder.
• Xun Er gained fame after defeating Hu Jia and breaking the legs of a persistent senior, while she quietly admitted to Mentor Ruolin that she liked someone.
• Little Medical Fairy killed another Poison Soul Sect member in Chu Yun and resolved to gather poison and build forces before confronting the sect's remaining elders.
• Shang An taught Xun Er to refine the Pure Yang Pill, and their lesson was interrupted by a knock at the door.

Xun Er and Qing Lin impressed the Inner Academy Selection Tournament with their strength, while Xiao Yu won her match using a sword technique taught by Shang An. After the first day, Shang An encountered Hu Jia, who challenged him twice to escape their earlier agreement but lost both times and showed signs of qi deviation.

• Xun Er arrived late to the tournament and watched Xiao Yu defeat Bai Shan with a precise sword strike.
• Xun Er overwhelmed her opponent with her aura, and Qing Lin also stunned the crowd by defeating a Grand Dou Master.
• After the matches, Shang An read in the Library Pavilion and encountered Hu Jia, who challenged him to a rematch under equal cultivation conditions.
• Shang An defeated Hu Jia twice, including after she used her high-grade Xuan-Tier whip technique, and she became emotionally distraught.
• Shang An treated Hu Jia's qi deviation by spanking her, and her reaction made him suspect she enjoyed it.

Shang An teased Hu Jia while borrowing Xun Er's body, then Xun Er and Qing Lin entered the Inner Academy's Library Pavilion with the tournament's top five. The chapter left them collecting treasures and Dou Techniques, with Xun Er trading an Earth Rank cultivation method to Han Yue for a rare medicinal ingredient.

• Shang An revealed himself to Hu Jia, teased her, and returned control of Xun Er's body, after which Xun Er told Hu Jia to keep her heart devoted to her teacher.
• Qing Lin hypnotized Han Yue with her Green Snake Three-Flower Pupil and made her walk off the arena, then the tournament results placed Xun Er first, Qing Lin second, Han Yue third, and Xiao Yu fifth.
• Hu Gan led the top five through a hidden passage to the Library Pavilion, where two peak Dou Zongs opened its spatial lock and let them enter.
• Xun Er caught a low-grade Earth Rank cultivation method, while Xiao Yu and the others collected other treasures and Dou Techniques as energy barriers released them.
• Han Yue asked Xun Er to trade the cultivation method for her Heavenly Sun Fruit, and Xun Er agreed after Shang An said the ingredient could help refine a Pure Yang Great Pill.

Xun Er led her group into the Inner Academy’s Fire Energy Hunting Tournament and turned the tables on senior students by robbing them at the forest exit. After Boss Zhu harassed her, she broke all five of his limbs despite Elder Su’s attempt to stop her.

• Xun Er stored the Heavenly Sun Fruit, while Qing Lin obtained the Green Snake Entangling Hand and Shang An began researching the Pure Yang Great Pill.
• Han Yue and Ping Yao joined Xun Er’s group as the top fifty tournament contestants gathered, then Hu Gan led them by Griffin to the Inner Academy’s hidden entrance.
• Elder Su explained the Fire Energy Hunting Tournament, in which senior students would attack newcomers and seize their crystal chips as they crossed the forest.
• Xun Er’s group avoided the senior students, reached the exit first, and ambushed those who arrived, collecting their Fire Energy.
• Boss Zhu confronted Xun Er and made lewd remarks, so Xun Er broke all five of his limbs while Elder Su tried to intervene.

Xun Er and her companions settled into the Inner Academy after winning the Fire Energy Hunting Tournament, while Xun Er secretly poisoned Boss Zhu through a defective healing pill. She learned that reaching first place in the Strong Ranking Tournament would let her approach the Fallen Heart Flame, and Han Yue began organizing a women-only faction called Moon Spirit.

• Ling Ying stopped Elder Su from attacking Xun Er, and Xun Er offered him two sixth-tier healing pills to end the dispute with Boss Zhu.
• Boss Zhu and his lackeys surrendered their Fire Crystal Cards, and Elder Su awarded the winners their prizes before leading them into the Inner Academy.
• Elder Su explained the Inner Academy’s Fire Crystal Cards and Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, then arranged for Xun Er, Qing Lin, Xiao Yu, and Han Yue to stay in a furnished loft.
• Shang An told Xun Er that she needed first place in the Strong Ranking Tournament to reach the bottom of the tower and approach the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Han Yue proposed creating a women-only faction, and Xun Er agreed to support it while leaving its management to Han Yue.
• Han Yue named the faction Moon Spirit and began recruiting female new students.