Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan defeated Xiong Hui and Wu Feng in succession, demonstrating the power of his Little Fire Dragon and a devastating Fire Lotus attack. After Wu Feng surrendered, no one else dared challenge him.

• Xiao Yan paralyzed Xiong Hui with Dragon Breath, and Xiong Hui surrendered.
• Xiao Yan challenged the audience to fight, and Wu Feng stepped onto the platform while Ning Tian watched.
• Wu Feng activated Dragon's Wrath and attacked Xiao Yan with Dragon Fire, while Xiao Yan used Little Fire Dragon's Dragon Breath to build a purple-red Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan unleashed Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus, and Wu Feng surrendered before the attack struck the platform barrier.
• Xiao Yan asked whether anyone else would challenge him, and the audience stayed silent.

After Xiao Yan finished his introduction, Ning Tian proposed him as class monitor, but Zhou Yi interrupted to beg him to join Class One. Xiao Yan refused and humiliated Zhou Yi in front of her students, leaving her authority in shambles as they demanded a new homeroom teacher.

• Xiao Yan ended his introduction, and Mu Jin proposed Ning Tian as class monitor because she had the highest Soul Power Level.
• Ning Tian nominated Xiao Yan for class monitor, but Zhou Yi crawled over and repeatedly begged him to join Class One.
• Xiao Yan rejected Zhou Yi and insulted her, provoking her to attack before Little Fire Dragon's Dragon's Wrath frightened her into collapsing to her knees.
• Xiao Yan held Zhou Yi down and called attention to her behavior while students gathered to watch and mock her.
• Class One students demanded that Zhou Yi be replaced, and Zhou Yi feared her teaching career was over.

After Zhou Yi’s attempt to force Xiao Yan into Class One sparked a student revolt, Xiao Yan persuaded Du Weilun to suspend her and put Mu Jin in charge. The students celebrated, while Du Weilun warned Xiao Yan not to rely on clever words alone; Mu Jin then turned to Class Nine’s class-monitor election.

• Huo Yuhao asked Wang Dong why Class One was demanding a new teacher, but she told him to figure it out himself.
• Du Weilun arrived and heard Class One’s students describe Zhou Yi’s conduct and her attempt to attack Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan argued that Zhou Yi had acted against him and had lost her students’ trust, leaving Du Weilun with no grounds to blame him.
• Du Weilun suspended Zhou Yi pending an investigation and temporarily assigned Mu Jin to oversee Class One.
• Class One’s students cheered as Zhou Yi was taken away, and Du Weilun warned Xiao Yan not to rely on clever tricks.
• Mu Jin gathered Class Nine and announced that they would elect a class monitor.

Xiao Yan became Class 9’s class monitor alongside Ning Tian and gave Xiong Hui and Wu Feng low-grade Purple Sun Pills to encourage them to excel. Xiong Hui took the pills and vowed to become a Core Disciple at the Freshman Tournament.

• Mu Jin appointed Xiao Yan class monitor and Ning Tian vice-class monitor, with equal authority over the class.
• Xiao Yan accepted the position after realizing he would serve for only three months and could benefit from the connections.
• After class, Xiao Yan gave Xiong Hui and Wu Feng bottles of low-grade Purple Sun Pills and urged them to aim for Core Disciple status at the Freshman Tournament.
• Wu Feng realized Xiao Yan wanted them to promote his pills by making a name for themselves, and Xiao Yan confirmed it.
• Xiong Hui swallowed the pills and promised Xiao Yan he would become a Core Disciple.

Xiao Yan sought Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue at the Treasure Appraisal Fair, then met Ning Tian, who offered him information about unusual fire activity in exchange for teaming up in the Freshman Tournament. The chapter ended with Ning Tian revealing the information concerned Earth Fire.

• Xiao Yan encouraged Xiong Hui to train after he swallowed the Purple Sun Pill, while Wu Feng refused to accept Xiao Yan's offer and left.
• Xiao Yan borrowed a thousand Gold Soul Coins from Xiao Yulü and went to the Treasure Appraisal Fair to look for Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Glue.
• Xiao Yan searched the fair but found no whale glue, then encountered Ning Tian without Wu Feng.
• Ning Tian offered Xiao Yan information about unusual fire-element activity around Shrek City in exchange for teaming up with her in the Freshman Tournament.
• Xiao Yan asked whether the information concerned a Soul Beast or medicinal herb, and Ning Tian revealed it was about Earth Fire.

Xiao Yan set out for the Sunset Forest to find an Earth Fire that could strengthen the Flame Mantra and help him break through his cultivation bottleneck. He located the fire, but discovered that something had reached the site before him.

• Ning Tian told Xiao Yan that an Earth Fire was likely to erupt near the Sunset Forest and gave him the location.
• After failing to break through his cultivation bottleneck, Xiao Yan packed supplies and told Xiao Yulü to contact Mu Jin if he did not return within half a month.
• Xiao Yan requested half a month of leave from Mu Jin, saying he needed to gain experience, and left the academy.
• Xiao Yan reached the scorched woodland southwest of Shrek City and used Little Fire Dragon to locate the Earth Fire.
• The ground erupted into a pit of magma, and Xiao Yan realized that something had arrived before him.

Xiao Yan waited for Great Sun Rainbow and Fallen Heaven Python to clash, then dove into the Earth Fire’s source beneath Sunset Forest. He found a bone-white skull with blue flames in its eye sockets and suspected it was Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

• Great Sun Rainbow arrived at the emerging Earth Fire and drove away the gathered Soul Beasts.
• Fallen Heaven Python attacked Great Sun Rainbow, and the two rulers of Sunset Forest fought over the Earth Fire.
• Xiao Yan decided to wait for both beasts to weaken before seizing the Earth Fire.
• Great Sun Rainbow carried Fallen Heaven Python into the sky, allowing Xiao Yan and Little Fire Dragon to dive into the flames.
• Xiao Yan followed Little Fire Dragon through the earth’s veins to an underground cavern and discovered a flame-filled skull.

Xiao Yan discovered that a Red Orb fragment and Pseudo Bone Spirit Fire had caused the fiery phenomenon, then refined the spirit flame with Little Fire Dragon’s help. After using pills to break through his level 15 bottleneck, Little Fire Dragon began to evolve.

• Xiao Yan found a Red Orb fragment embedded in the skull and gave it to Little Fire Dragon, then began refining Pseudo Bone Spirit Fire.
• Xiao Yan used the Flame Mantra and Essence Replenishment Pills to weaken the spirit flame, while Little Fire Dragon shared Soul Power tinged with the Red Orb’s aura.
• Xiao Yan gained complete control of Pseudo Bone Spirit Fire and felt his cultivation speed increase.
• Xiao Yan swallowed Purple Sun Pills to break through his level 15 bottleneck, and Little Fire Dragon shone with the light of evolution.

Xiao Yan refined the Pseudo Bone Spirit Fire while Little Fire Dragon absorbed the Red Orb and evolved into Charmeleon, and the pair tested their power against Great Sun Rainbow before escaping. Back at Shrek City, Xiao Yulü asked Xiao Yan to spar, and Xiao Yan suggested challenging students from another class ahead of the Freshman Tournament.

• Xiao Yan broke through Soul Power levels 16, 17, and 18 as Little Fire Dragon absorbed the Red Orb and evolved into Charmeleon.
• Xiao Yan and Charmeleon unleashed pale blue flames, drawing the attention of the battling Fallen Heaven Python and Great Sun Rainbow.
• Xiao Yan and Charmeleon struck Great Sun Rainbow with a vortex of red, blue, and orange flames, then fled while the Fallen Heaven Python attacked it.
• After several days of cultivation, Xiao Yan returned to Shrek City, where Xiao Yulü asked him to go out and spar.
• Xiao Yan suggested that he and Xiao Yulü challenge students from another class to assess their opponents before the Freshman Tournament.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yulü sought a stronger opponent to test their training and arranged to spar with Xu Sanshi. After a note from Xiao Yan convinced Xu Sanshi to fight, the two faced each other in the Soul Fighting Arena.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yulü they should find a stronger opponent at the Soul Fighting Arena and suggested asking Beibei for help.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yulü found Huo Yuhao at his grilled fish stall, where Huo Yuhao agreed to bring Beibei and Tang Ya to them.
• Xiao Yan asked Beibei to find a defensive opponent, and Beibei arranged for them to meet Xu Sanshi the next afternoon.
• Xu Sanshi initially refused to spar with the lower-level Xiao Yan and Xiao Yulü, but Xiao Yan showed him a note that made him eagerly agree.
• Xu Sanshi booked an arena match, and Xiao Yan raised his aura as they prepared to fight.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yulü challenged Xu Sanshi, with Xiao Yulü wearing down the senior's defenses before Xiao Yan unveiled a fused fire-and-ice lotus. The lotus overwhelmed Xu Sanshi's shield, which began to freeze under the assault.

• Xu Sanshi used Black Tortoise Shock, but Xiao Yan blocked its ground waves with Earth Fire.
• Xiao Yulü struck Xu Sanshi with Thousand Jun Momentum and his Wave-Devouring Ruler, forcing him to strengthen his defenses and eventually encase himself in Black Tortoise Shell.
• Xiao Yulü's repeated attacks cracked Xu Sanshi's shell and injured him, after which Xiao Yan stepped in.
• Xiao Yan used Blazing Sun Domain and merged a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus with an Ice Crystal Jade Lotus to create a half-fire, half-ice attack.
• Xu Sanshi defended with his Mysterious Underworld Shield, but the shield began to freeze under the lotus's relentless assault.

Xiao Yan defeated Xu Sanshi, then continued cultivating until he reached level 19 and prepared to hunt for his second Soul Ring. He studied information about Fire-type Soul Beasts in Sunset Forest and found a Golden-Haired Blazing Lion King with cultivation close to ten thousand years.

• Xiao Yan froze Xu Sanshi with Pseudo Bone Spirit Fire and defeated him with a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan advised Xu Sanshi about opening his heart to Jiang Nannan, then left with Xiao Yulü to cultivate.
• Xiao Yan reflected on his unexplained urgency, recalled fragments of a night with a giant beast and familiar faces, and returned to cultivation.
• Xiao Yan broke through to level 19 a week before the freshman assessment and began planning his hunt for a second Soul Ring.
• Xiao Yan reviewed Xiao Yulü's information about Fire-type Soul Beasts in Sunset Forest and noticed the Golden-Haired Blazing Lion King.

Xiao Yan abandoned his plan to hunt the dangerous Golden-Haired Lion King and returned alone to Sunset Forest to seek a Blazing Fire Ant for a buffing Soul Skill. He lured the ant colony into a frenzy with Purple Sun Flower Dew and waited for the Ant Queen to emerge.

• Xiao Yulü warned Xiao Yan that the Golden-Haired Lion King commanded a powerful pack that had even defeated a Soul Saint’s group, so Xiao Yan chose a Blazing Fire Ant instead.
• Xiao Yan refined pills, said goodbye to Xiao Yulü, and set out alone for Sunset Forest.
• Xiao Yan found a Blazing Fire Ant nest and decided to lure its Ant Queen out rather than risk charging into the colony.
• Xiao Yan dropped Purple Sun Flower Dew at the nest entrance, drawing the ants into a chaotic scramble for the sweet treat.
• Xiao Yan waited for the Ant Queen, hoping to obtain a status-buff Soul Skill.

Xiao Yan lured the Ant Queen out with Purple Sun Flower Dew, but Great Sun Rainbow arrived and attacked him after sensing the Red Orb fragment around Charmeleon’s neck. As Xiao Yan fled, the Golden-Haired Blazing Lion King burst through the forest.

• Xiao Yan used Purple Sun Flower Dew to lure the Ant Queen from its nest and had Charmeleon prepare to trap her with Fire Spin.
• Great Sun Rainbow descended on the ant nest, and Xiao Yan realized it had followed the Red Orb fragment hanging around Charmeleon’s neck.
• Great Sun Rainbow recognized Xiao Yan as the thief who had stolen from it before and attacked him with rainbow light.
• Xiao Yan used Martial Soul Possession and fled through the forest, throwing Buddha Fury Ice Lotuses to distract Great Sun Rainbow.
• The earth shook, and the Golden-Haired Blazing Lion King charged through the forest toward them.

Xiao Yan hid as the Great Sun Rainbow and Golden-Haired Blazing Lion King fought, devastating both sides and leaving them near death. With the Rainbow fleeing and the Lion King at his mercy, Xiao Yan chose to offer it a healing pill instead of killing it for its Soul Ring.

• The Golden-Haired Blazing Lion King and the Great Sun Rainbow attacked each other while Xiao Yan hid nearby.
• Their first clash destroyed the Blazing Fire Ant nest and killed the Ant Queen, and their battle wiped out most of the Lion King's pride.
• The Lion King pierced the Great Sun Rainbow's wing, while the Rainbow struck the Lion King's eye and slaughtered nearly a hundred Pyroar.
• The two beasts unleashed their strongest attacks, creating a vast crater and leaving both of them gravely wounded.
• The Great Sun Rainbow escaped after warning Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan approached the nearly helpless Lion King.
• Xiao Yan surprised the Lion King by bringing a healing pill to its mouth instead of delivering the fatal blow.

Xiao Yan rescued the Golden-Haired Lion King so he could raise it into a powerful future Soul Spirit, then tamed it and formed a contract with it. With the Freshman Tournament approaching, Xiao Yan prepared to claim victory despite still lacking a Soul Ring.

• Xiao Yan fed the injured Golden-Haired Lion King a precious healing pill and decided to keep it alive for a future Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Spirit.
• Xiao Yan and Charmeleon sheltered the lion king in a cave, treating its wounds and living in the forest while it recovered.
• Xiao Yan beat the lion king when it snarled at him, then gradually won it over with daily care and delicious grilled meat.
• The Golden-Haired Lion King initiated a Subordination Contract, which Xiao Yan accepted, gaining a mental bond and a stream of fire-attribute Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan named the lion king Golden Hair and, with the Freshman Tournament only a day or two away, declared that he would take over the tournament.

Ning Tian and Wu Feng prepared to fight without their absent captain, Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yulü worried that Xiao Yan was in danger in Sunset Forest. Their match was interrupted when Xiao Yan returned atop the Golden-Haired Blazing Lion King, leaving the crowd stunned.

• Ning Tian and Wu Feng waited for their match, frustrated that Xiao Yan had missed the assessment after leaving to hunt for his Second Soul Ring.
• Xiong Hui stopped Xiao Yulü from leaving the stands to search for Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yulü feared Xiao Yan had encountered the Golden-Haired Blazing Lion King in Sunset Forest.
• Ning Tian and Wu Feng faced Zhang Yang's three-person team, and Wu Feng prepared to protect Ning Tian despite being outnumbered.
• The Golden-Haired Blazing Lion King leaped into the arena, wrecked it, and frightened the students and Zhang Yang's team.
• Xiao Yan appeared on the Lion King's back, calmed the crowd, and apologized for arriving late.