Recaps

Lu Heng and the other top newcomers decided to join forces for the Fire Energy Hunting Tournament, while Han Yue warned him against risking his life with the Four Symbols Origin Slash. Before they left for separate training, Han Yue urged Lu Heng to say goodbye to Ruo Lin, Xiao Yu, and Xueni before entering the Inner Academy.

• Lin Yan, Liu Qing, Yan Hao, and Lin Xiuya explained that Inner Academy students hunted newcomers to steal their Fire Energy and test their strength.
• Lu Heng rallied the top fighters, and the group agreed that Lu Heng, Lin Xiuya, Lin Yan, Liu Qing, Yan Hao, and the others would cooperate against the Inner Academy students.
• Han Yue told Lu Heng not to use the Four Symbols Origin Slash or any similar life-risking technique unless absolutely necessary, and Lu Heng agreed.
• After the others left to prepare for seven days of training, Lu Heng and Han Yue shared a meal and discussed cultivating before entering the Inner Academy.
• Han Yue reminded Lu Heng to say goodbye to Mentor Ruo Lin, Xiao Yu, and Xueni, and Lu Heng reacted awkwardly.

Lu Heng refined the Seven-Colored Phantom Dragon Saliva Grass and used it to break through to the Late-Stage Mortal Realm, greatly strengthening his soul power. After five days in seclusion, he opened his door and found a familiar figure waiting at the courtyard entrance.

• Lu Heng kissed Han Yue, then left to refine the Seven-Colored Phantom Dragon Saliva Grass before entering the Inner Academy.
• Lu Heng carefully refined the herb over several days, suppressing its spiritual dragon phantom with his soul power.
• Lu Heng absorbed the finished essence and broke through the soul barrier to reach the Late-Stage Mortal Realm.
• Lu Heng discovered his senses had sharpened and realized he could now refine a fifth-grade pill.
• Lu Heng emerged from seclusion and saw a familiar figure pacing outside his courtyard.

Xiao Yu visited Lu Heng before his imminent entry into the Inner Academy and struggled with the gap between their strength. As she left, she turned back and kissed him, acting on her fear of regretting her silence.

• Xiao Yu arrived at Lu Heng's courtyard and learned from him that he would enter the Inner Academy within days.
• Xiao Yu lamented that she was still at Ninth Duan Dou Qi and feared she could never catch up to Lu Heng.
• Lu Heng reassured Xiao Yu that he would scout the Inner Academy for her and Xueni, and they chatted about academy life.
• Xiao Yu started to leave, remembered Xueni's advice not to regret holding back, and turned around.
• Xiao Yu grabbed Lu Heng by the collar and kissed him passionately.

Lu Heng received bold farewells from Xiao Yu and Xueni before instructor Ruo Lin warned him about the Inner Academy and reminded him of their wager. Three days later, he joined the fifty selected students as they prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy's Outer Academy.

• Xiao Yu kissed Lu Heng, declared that she liked him, and ran off calling the kiss a deposit.
• Xueni teased Lu Heng about Xiao Yu, got his promise that he would not forget her, and kissed his cheek as another deposit.
• Instructor Ruo Lin cautioned Lu Heng about the Inner Academy, straightened his collar, and reminded him of their wager.
• Three days later, Lu Heng stood with the other selected students at the Outer Academy plaza as vice dean Hu Gan ordered them to set off.

Lu Heng and the other freshmen entered the Inner Academy’s Fire Energy hunting tournament, where senior students were allowed to rob them along the forest route. Lu Heng and Han Yue split from their friends and began their journey by attacking a senior ambush.

• Hu Gan and two White Robe Elders opened a spatial gate, and Lu Heng led the freshmen into the Inner Academy forest.
• An elder explained that each freshman received five points of Fire Energy and could be robbed by senior students before reaching the Inner Academy.
• Lu Heng proposed splitting up to rob the senior teams, and Lin Xiuya, Lin Yan, Liu Qing, and Yan Hao each chose their own routes.
• Lu Heng and Han Yue entered the forest together, while the elders remarked that the confident freshmen seemed unlike previous batches.
• Five seniors ambushed Lu Heng and Han Yue, and Lu Heng struck their leader with Blazing Sun Finger, piercing his protective Dou Qi and burning his shoulder.

Lu Heng and his companions turned the survival competition around, robbing senior students across the forest and gathering their Fire Energy. At the Inner Academy checkpoint, they confronted the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team, whose black-clad leader awaited them.

• Lu Heng defeated a senior student and took his Fire Energy, then shared half of the spoils with Han Yue.
• Lu Heng and Han Yue, Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing and Liu Fei, and Yan Hao and Lin Yan robbed senior student teams throughout the forest for three days.
• Lu Heng and his companions reached the Gravel Beach with their Fire Energy totals, with Lu Heng holding 165 and Han Yue holding 158.
• The group saw the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team guarding the route to the Inner Academy and advanced toward them.
• A black-clad young man at the checkpoint spotted the newcomers and said he hoped their Fire Energy would satisfy him.

Lu Heng and the freshmen attacked the Black Fiend Team at the canyon pass, quickly defeating its four elite members through coordinated teamwork. With only captain Hei Lie remaining, the group turned to help Liu Qing, who was still holding off the powerful Dou Ling.

• Hei Lie challenged the freshmen to prove their strength before he would let them pass, and Lu Heng assigned everyone their opponents.
• Lu Heng and Han Yue worked together to incapacitate one Black Fiend Team member with their combined skills.
• Lin Xiuya, Yan Hao, and Lin Yan each defeated their assigned opponent, leaving Hei Lie as the Black Fiend Team's last fighter.
• Hei Lie struck Liu Qing with Earth-Splitting Flame Explosion and shattered his stone defense, leaving Liu Qing injured but still standing.

Lu Heng and his allies defeated Hei Lie and seized the Black Fiend Pass, then rested and prepared to face Bai Han. The chapter left the group approaching the final gate, where Bai Han waited for them.

• Lu Heng’s five allies joined the fight against Hei Lie, and Lu Heng used Earth Gold Mountain-Suppressing Edge and Blazing Sun Finger to break his armor and disrupt his Dou Qi.
• The group overwhelmed Hei Lie, took his Fire Energy Crystal Card, and shared its points with Liu Fei.
• Hei Lie warned Lu Heng that Bai Han’s ice and wind attributes made him a dangerous opponent before limping away with his teammates.
• Lu Heng and the others recovered with Qi Recovery Pills as Han Yue described Bai Han’s speed, battlefield control, and past victories.
• One hour later, Lu Heng’s group headed toward the final gate, where Bai Han waited.

Lu Heng revealed his Purple Cloud Wings and used his aerial mobility to dismantle the White Fiend Team’s formation. As Bai Han took to the sky to attack him, Lu Heng struck at the source of the ice mist instead.

• Bai Han and the White Fiend Team trapped Lu Heng’s group in ice mist and attacked them while the freshmen struggled on the slippery ground.
• Lu Heng summoned his Purple Cloud Wings and rose above the mist, stunning his teammates and Bai Han.
• Lu Heng broke the ice wall holding Liu Qing and Yan Hao by hurling a modified Earth Origin Shield into it from the air.
• Lu Heng disabled two White Fiend Team members with Blazing Sun Finger, freeing Lin Xiuya and disrupting the team’s battlefield-control tactics.
• Bai Han formed Dou Qi wings and flew at Lu Heng, who counterattacked by striking the source of the ice mist with Azure Wood Explosive Flame Seal.

Lu Heng defeated Bai Han with the Four Symbols Origin Slash after his allies helped hold Bai Han in place, securing victory over the White Fiend Team. Hu Gan praised Lu Heng’s abilities as the gates opened, and Lu Heng asked about settling the Fire Energy.

• Bai Han’s Ice Wind Annihilation Slash injured Liu Qing and Yan Hao, while Lu Heng waited for Bai Han to exhaust his strength.
• Lu Heng called on his allies to pin Bai Han down, and Lin Yan, Han Yue, and Lin Xiuya attacked him.
• Lu Heng unleashed the Four Symbols Origin Slash, pierced Bai Han’s ice shield, and felled him with a life-eroding wound.
• The remaining White Fiend Team members dropped their weapons, and Han Yue supported the exhausted Lu Heng.
• Hu Gan and the White Robe Elders opened the gates, and Hu Gan praised Lu Heng before Lu Heng asked about the Fire Energy.

After defeating Bai Han in the Fire Energy Hunting Tournament, Lu Heng collected his rewards and took most of Bai Han’s Fire Energy. He and the new students divided their spoils before Hu Gan led them toward the Inner Academy.

• Hu Gan awarded Lu Heng fifty days of Fire Energy and the ingredients for a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill.
• Bai Han recovered from Lu Heng’s attack, and Lu Heng demanded the Fire Energy they had wagered.
• Bai Han handed over his Crystal Card, and Lu Heng took most of its 458 days of Fire Energy, leaving him with eight.
• Lu Heng shared the tournament spoils with Han Yue, Lin Xiuya, Lin Yan, and the other new students while the Inner Academy elders watched.
• Hu Gan urged the group to enter the Inner Academy as a clamor rose from beyond the silver spatial gate.

Lu Heng led the freshmen into Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy after defeating Bai Han and Hei Lie, drawing shocked attention from the veteran students. Hu Gan told Great Elder Su Qian about Lu Heng’s extraordinary strength, four-element constitution, and alchemy skills, leaving them to consider his possible role in dealing with the threat beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.

• Lu Heng led Han Yue and the other freshmen through the Inner Academy gates, where veteran students gaped at Bai Han and Hei Lie being dragged behind them.
• Hu Gan arranged lodging for the freshmen, warned Lu Heng to be cautious, and then went to report to Su Qian.
• Hu Gan told Su Qian that twelve-year-old Lu Heng had crushed Bai Han despite being a One-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Hu Gan revealed that Lu Heng was a Fourth-Grade Alchemist whose body circulated four complementary types of Dou Qi through a profound cultivation art.
• Su Qian speculated that Lu Heng might eventually gain the missing Water Attribute and said his potential could be beyond estimation.
• Hu Gan suggested that Lu Heng might be able to subdue the thing beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower if it broke free.

After earning an independent courtyard in the Inner Academy, Lu Heng settled in beside Han Yue and began refining the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill. As Han Yue watched, he carefully extracted the medicinal essences, leaving the pill refining underway.

• The elder awarded Lu Heng and Han Yue separate independent courtyards for their tournament performance, and they followed Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and Lin Yan to see them.
• Lu Heng inspected his courtyard, where the dense energy and bluestone training platform suited cultivation and pill refining.
• Han Yue explained the Inner Academy's Fire Energy-based resources and warned Lu Heng that factions might target him after he robbed the White Fiend and Black Fiend.
• Lu Heng brought out the ingredients for the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill and decided to refine it despite having recently fought two battles.
• Lu Heng heated the Mystic Yuan Li Fire Cauldron, purified the Purple Spotted Vine, and began processing the remaining medicinal ingredients as Han Yue watched.

Lu Heng finished refining three Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills just as Zi Yan broke into his courtyard, drawn by their scent. He won her over with sweet failed pills and made a deal for her to help him find Yao Cai in the Back Mountain, but she warned him that men in white were gathering outside his gate.

• Zi Yan jumped down from Lu Heng's courtyard wall and charged at his pill cauldron, but Lu Heng secured the three pills before she could reach them.
• Lu Heng recognized the powerful, purple-haired girl as Zi Yan and refused to give her a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill.
• Lu Heng offered Zi Yan sweet failed pills, and she eagerly ate several of them.
• Lu Heng proposed that Zi Yan take him to find Yao Cai in the Back Mountain in exchange for pills, and she agreed.
• Zi Yan told Lu Heng that several men in white with a foul medicinal scent were waiting outside the gate, apparently planning to surround the courtyard.

Lu Heng learned that Alchemist Department members had come to his courtyard, but Zi Yan drove them off before they could confront him. After Lu Heng gave her candy pills, he casually patted her head, leaving Han Yue shocked and Zi Yan stunned.

• Han Yue warned Lu Heng that the Alchemist Department might seek to recruit him or warn him because he was a Fourth-Grade Alchemist.
• Zi Yan went to the gate and frightened Han Fei and his companions into fleeing by cracking a stone pillar with one slap.
• Zi Yan returned to Lu Heng and demanded the candy pills he had promised her.
• Lu Heng gave Zi Yan a vial of pills, and she happily ate one while telling him she preferred his refined pills to medicinal herbs.
• Lu Heng rubbed Zi Yan's purple hair, making Han Yue gape and leaving Zi Yan frozen in surprise.

Lu Heng befriended Zi Yan after realizing his aura from the Seven-Colored Phantom Dragon Saliva Grass made him smell familiar to her, and he promised to reveal the reason if she helped him find high-grade Yao Cai. Their plans to visit the Back Mountain were interrupted when Liu Qing arrived asking for Lu Heng’s help.

• Lu Heng comforted Zi Yan by patting her head and calling her cute, while Han Yue teased him for liking lolis.
• Lu Heng introduced himself and Han Yue to Zi Yan, who then sniffed him and said he smelled familiar and tempting to bite.
• Lu Heng suspected the Seven-Colored Phantom Dragon Saliva Grass had given him a faint dragon aura that Zi Yan recognized.
• Lu Heng promised to explain his scent if Zi Yan helped him find high-grade Yao Cai, and Zi Yan eagerly suggested a red fruit guarded by a bear in the Back Mountain.
• Liu Qing called for Lu Heng from outside the courtyard, and Zi Yan asked if she could send him flying.

Lu Heng stopped Zi Yan from attacking Liu Qing and kept her occupied with pills when Liu Qing visited. Liu Qing presented three medicinal ingredients and asked Lu Heng to refine an Earth Origin Spirit Pill so he could attempt a breakthrough in the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.

• Lu Heng restrained Zi Yan when she tried to punch Liu Qing, then gave her pills to keep her from causing trouble.
• Han Yue opened the gate for Liu Qing, who entered the courtyard and felt intimidated by Zi Yan.
• Liu Qing recognized Zi Yan as the legendary Brute King and sat down with Lu Heng.
• Liu Qing showed Lu Heng three fourth-tier medicinal ingredients and asked him to refine an Earth Origin Spirit Pill.
• Liu Qing explained that he planned to cultivate in the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and use the pill to help break through.

Lu Heng accepted Liu Qing’s medicinal ingredients and refined Earth Origin Spirit Pills while considering how to obtain Earth Core Body Tempering Milk. After planning to visit the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower with Han Yue, he finished the night with two pills from three batches.

• Liu Qing asked Lu Heng to refine three batches of Earth Origin Spirit Pills, and Lu Heng accepted while warning that the pills might fail.
• Zi Yan teased Liu Qing, took a bottle of pills from Lu Heng, and left to settle scores with a bear on Back Mountain.
• Lu Heng considered seeking Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and thought Zi Yan might help him face its Snow Demon Sky Ape guardian.
• Lu Heng and Han Yue agreed to visit the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower the next morning before pursuing the dangerous treasure.
• Lu Heng refined Liu Qing’s ingredients overnight and produced two pale-green pills from three batches.

Lu Heng and Han Yue visited the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, where the Fallen Heart Flame’s Heart Fire struck them at the entrance. Lu Heng’s Li Fire Dou Qi refined the Heart Fire into energy and strengthened his meridians, while Elder Liu watched in surprise at his rapid progress.

• Lu Heng and Han Yue reached the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and found senior students gathered outside its open bronze doors.
• When Lu Heng entered the doors’ range, the Heart Fire attacked him from within, but his Li Fire Dou Qi wrapped around and refined it.
• The refined Heart Fire strengthened Lu Heng’s meridians, while Han Yue struggled to counter its heat with her Ice Attribute Dou Qi.
• Elder Liu appeared at the entrance and noticed that Lu Heng was gaining strength instead of suffering from the Heart Fire.

Lu Heng quickly adapted to the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower’s Heart Fire, then absorbed the fire poison tormenting Han Yue and saved her from collapsing. After Elder Liu warned them about the stronger Heart Fire deeper inside, Lu Heng and Han Yue entered the tower together.

• Lu Heng suppressed the Heart Fire in under five minutes and surprised the older students and Elder Liu with his strength.
• Han Yue endured the Heart Fire for twenty minutes until she neared her limit, prompting Elder Liu to prepare to intervene.
• Lu Heng grabbed Han Yue and absorbed the fire poison from her body with his Li Fire Body, stopping her from collapsing.
• Han Yue recovered in Lu Heng’s embrace, and Lu Heng kissed her before Elder Liu interrupted them and questioned his unusual constitution.
• Elder Liu warned them that the Heart Fire grew stronger deeper in the tower, and Lu Heng led Han Yue farther inside.

Lu Heng took Han Yue to train beside the fourth-floor fire eye, promising to absorb the flame poison that her ice attribute Dou Qi could not withstand. After seeing his confidence and special flame, Han Yue accepted his help and kissed his cheek before they began training.

• Lu Heng used his Green Fire Crystal Card to take Han Yue past the crowded first floor and down to the fourth floor.
• Lu Heng explained that Han Yue should absorb the heart fire to temper her body and direct excess heat and flame poison toward him.
• Lu Heng showed Han Yue his dark red flame and assured her that taking in her flame poison would also help him temper his meridians.
• Han Yue kissed Lu Heng on the cheek, called it a reward, and said she would listen to him.
• Lu Heng teased Han Yue about a more direct kiss, then the two settled down to train beside the fire eye.

Lu Heng devoured Heart Fire in the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and absorbed Han Yue’s fire poison, drawing the attention of Great Elder Su Qian. Su Qian decided to watch Lu Heng’s limits while the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the tower stirred in response.

• Lu Heng drew a crimson pillar of Heart Fire into himself, easing the pressure Han Yue felt as she cultivated beside him.
• Elder Liu told Su Qian that Lu Heng had refined Heart Fire in under five minutes and absorbed the fire poison from Han Yue’s body.
• Elder Liu reported that Lu Heng had taken Han Yue to the fourth floor, where their Training Room consumed Fire Energy at three times the usual rate.
• Su Qian decided to let Lu Heng continue cultivating, monitor him, and eventually send him deeper to test his limits.
• The ground trembled beneath the pavilion, and Su Qian and Elder Liu sensed a growl from the direction of the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.

Lu Heng drained the Fallen Heart Flame through the tower’s Fire Eye and advanced to Two-Star Da Dou Shi, provoking the flame’s rage and throwing the tower into chaos. As the Fallen Heart Flame’s will surged back at him, Lu Heng chose to suppress it rather than retreat.

• The Fallen Heart Flame sensed Lu Heng greedily siphoning its energy and lashed the magma sea in fury.
• Lu Heng’s Li Fire Body filtered the flame’s energy, helping him break through to Two-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Han Yue woke refreshed after Lu Heng removed the Flame Poison from her, then saw the raging Heart Fire and retreated to the Training Room’s corner.
• The Heart Fire turned violent throughout the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, forcing students to flee their Training Rooms.
• Lu Heng sensed the Fallen Heart Flame’s will resisting him, but summoned his Dou Qi to suppress it and swallowed the incoming Flame Poison.

Lu Heng’s cultivation in the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower provoked Fallen Heart Flame into a violent eruption, which Su Qian and the elders suppressed. After discovering Lu Heng had absorbed the surrounding Fire Energy and advanced to Two-Star Da Dou Shi, Su Qian summoned him to discuss his unusual physique and its potential role in subduing the flame.

• Lu Heng’s absorption of Fire Energy enraged Fallen Heart Flame, causing the tower to shake as the fire python battered its seal.
• Su Qian and the elders reinforced the seal and forced Fallen Heart Flame back into the magma.
• Lu Heng emerged from cultivation unharmed and newly advanced to Two-Star Da Dou Shi, while Han Yue reacted with astonishment.
• Elder Liu reported that Fire Energy had concentrated around Lu Heng’s Training Room, and Su Qian realized Lu Heng had triggered the eruption.
• Su Qian considered using Lu Heng to subdue Fallen Heart Flame and ordered Elder Liu to bring him to his study.
• As Lu Heng and Han Yue left the tower, Elder Liu stopped Lu Heng and told him that Su Qian requested his presence.

Elder Liu escorted Lu Heng to meet Great Elder Su Qian after the disturbance in the tower, and Lu Heng insisted that Han Yue accompany him. Su Qian recognized Han Yue’s cultivation progress and studied Lu Heng’s unusual aura, leaving the meeting poised for his questions.

• Elder Liu told Lu Heng that Great Elder Su Qian had summoned him, and Lu Heng persuaded Han Yue to come along.
• Elder Liu led Lu Heng and Han Yue to Su Qian’s pavilion and left them to enter his study.
• Su Qian praised Han Yue’s cultivation as a Nine-Star Da Dou Shi and heard her credit Lu Heng for her progress.
• Su Qian sensed Lu Heng’s unusual, powerful aura, and Lu Heng greeted him while still holding Han Yue’s hand.