Recaps

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian left the Jia Ma Empire, while Xun Er learned of Xiao Yan’s recent adventures and expected him to arrive at Jia Nan Academy in a month or two. Xun Er remained eager to see him and instructed Ling Ying to stay outside the academy unless an emergency arose.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian passed through Ghost Suppression Pass as eerie black mist followed them into the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xun Er met with Ling Ying on the mountain and asked him how Xiao Yan was doing.
• Ling Ying told Xun Er about Xiao Yan’s infiltration of the Snake-Person Tribe, his seizure of a Heavenly Flame, and his ties with several women.
• Xun Er heard that Xiao Yan had reached Nine-Star Dou Master and believed he would soon advance to Da Dou Shi.
• Ling Ying estimated that Xiao Yan would reach Jia Nan Academy in a month or two, and Xun Er told him to stay outside the academy unless something urgent happened.

After recovering from his exhausting flight, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian entered the Black Corner Region and headed toward a nearby tribe. When a tribesman tried to extort them, Xiao Yan killed him and sent his accomplices fleeing.

• Xiao Yan spotted the Black Domain Great Plain and landed in a secluded forest to recover while Xiao Yi Xian stood watch.
• Old Yao warned Xiao Yan to avoid using the Purple Cloud Wings because flying Dou Skills could attract thieves and murderers.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian set out for the Black Corner Region, intending to find a map and gather ingredients for Elder Hai's Purple Spirit Recovery Pill.
• At a tribe's entrance, Xiao Yan caught an arrow fired at him and threw it back, wounding the attacker.
• A tribesman demanded a five-hundred-gold toll, so Xiao Yan killed him with Eight Extremities Collapse and took his Storage Ring.
• The three armed men with the tribesman retreated and fled after realizing Xiao Yan was far more dangerous than they had expected.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian joined Duo Ma’s caravan as guards to cross the Black Domain Great Plain toward Black Seal City. On the way, Xiao Yan learned that Duo Ma’s daughter was Instructor Xi Wei, his teacher at Jia Nan Academy, and Duo Ma recognized him as the famous student who had taken more than a year off.

• Xiao Yan intimidated the gathered travelers into surrendering maps, while Xiao Yi Xian dissolved the wounded man who had attacked him.
• Duo Ma offered Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian passage with his caravan in exchange for protecting it, and they agreed to travel to Black Seal City.
• Duo Ma explained that the caravan was heading to Black Seal City for its annual auction, which interested Xiao Yan as a chance to find useful treasures and medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yi Xian identified Jia Nan Academy on Duo Ma’s map, and Xiao Yan said they were headed there too.
• Duo Ma revealed that his daughter Xi Wei was an instructor at Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Yan admitted he was her student.
• Duo Ma recognized Xiao Yan as the genius who had taken more than a year off, leaving Xiao Yan at a loss for words while Xiao Yi Xian tried not to laugh.

Xiao Yan learned that Han Feng, Old Yao’s treacherous disciple, had become a powerful alchemist in the Black Corner Region and resolved to kill him for his treasures. After surviving a Black Windstorm, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian reached Black Seal City and went to buy medicinal ingredients.

• Duo Ma told Xiao Yan about the Black Corner Region’s factions and revealed that Han Feng ranked third on the Black List as the Medicine Emperor.
• Old Yao reacted to Han Feng’s name, and Xiao Yan decided to find and kill his senior brother for his treasures.
• A Black Windstorm struck the caravan, and Xiao Yan anchored himself with the Heavy Profound Ruler while protecting Xiao Yi Xian.
• The caravan reached Black Seal City, where Duo Ma gave Xiao Yan a map and paid him and Xiao Yi Xian five thousand gold coins each.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian rented a room and went to the Thousand Medicine Workshop to buy ingredients for Alchemy and a Dou Technique.

Xiao Yan spent heavily at the Thousand Medicine Workshop on ingredients for pills and to prepare for a future attempt to obtain the Fallen Heart Flame. After refining pills for five days, he began making a Three-Turn Qi Gathering Pill, confident in his growing alchemy skills.

• Xiao Yan bought the ingredients for a Purple Spirit Recovery Pill and learned from Old Yao that he would also need four ingredients to refine an Earth Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Yan spent another five hundred and eighty thousand gold coins on herbs to refine pills for the auction, then left the Thousand Medicine Workshop with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan returned to the inn and spent five days refining nearly ten kinds of sought-after Third-Grade and Fourth-Grade Pills while Xiao Yi Xian kept watch.
• Xiao Yan realized he lacked the Three-Vein Green Spirit Pill formula, so Old Yao offered the Three-Turn Qi Gathering Pill as a more effective alternative.
• Xiao Yan began refining the Three-Turn Qi Gathering Pill with Cobalt Blue Flame, relying on his improved cultivation and alchemy insights.

Xiao Yan refined high-quality Three-Turn Qi Gathering Pills by carefully switching between Heavenly Flames, then prepared to take one while Xiao Yi Xian guarded him. The chapter ended as he began absorbing energy to break through to Da Dou Shi and unlock more of his sealed soul force.

• Xiao Yan refined a Two-Turn Qi Gathering Pill, then used Old Yao's Bone Chilling Flame to complete a Three-Turn Qi Gathering Pill.
• Old Yao praised Xiao Yan's work as that of a mature Fourth-Tier Alchemist, and Xiao Yan gave the first pill to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan refined six more Three-Turn Qi Gathering Pills after wasting one portion of herbs through exhaustion.
• Xiao Yan sat on the Green Lotus and began cultivating while Xiao Yi Xian stayed nearby to protect him.
• Xiao Yan swallowed a Three-Turn Qi Gathering Pill and began his attempt to break through to Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Yan refined the Three-Turn Qi Gathering Pill with the Green Lotus Myriad Beast Fire and compressed his Dou Qi as his vortex neared its limit. He successfully advanced to Da Dou Shi, forming a Cobalt Blue Dou Qi crystal and a rudimentary suit of Dou Qi Armor.

• Xiao Yan swallowed the Three-Turn Qi Gathering Pill and endured its alternating cold and heat as its energy entered his meridians.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Green Lotus Myriad Beast Fire to refine the pill's medicinal energy into pure Cobalt Blue Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan's Dou Qi vortex filled to its limit, so he began compressing the energy to force a breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan's Dou Qi Gauze gathered into rudimentary Cobalt Blue armor bearing two flame patterns.
• Xiao Yan's vortex condensed its liquid energy into a Cobalt Blue crystal, completing his advancement to Da Dou Shi.

After advancing to Three-Star Da Dou Shi, Xiao Yan brought pills to the Black Seal Auction House and secured a first-class guest seat for the auction. He and Xiao Yi Xian settled into their private room as Xiao Yan considered how to keep the women in his life from clashing.

• Xiao Yan used Green Lotus Myriad Beast Fire to harden his Dou Crystal, then absorbed the medicinal energy and advanced to Three-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian visited the Black Seal Auction House, where Xiao Yan submitted dozens of pills for appraisal.
• The appraiser valued Xiao Yan's pills at least three million gold coins and agreed to auction the Three-Turn Qi Gathering Pills after verifying their effects.
• The appraiser awarded Xiao Yan a first-class guest card and noted that the Eight Fan Sect's sect master might take an interest in him.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian browsed ordinary auctions before entering their private room for the annual Black Seal Auction.
• As they waited, Xiao Yan thought about Xun Er, Queen Medusa, and Xiao Yi Xian, and considered refining pills for Xun Er in return for her resources.

Xiao Yan attended the Black Seal City Auction and bought a silver spear for his second brother, Xiao Li. When four Three-Turn Qi Gathering Pills appeared, their powerful effects sparked fierce bidding, and the first pill sold for 1.63 million gold coins.

• The white-haired auctioneer opened the Black Seal City Auction and presented the Jingzhe silver spear.
• Xiao Yan bid 300,000 gold coins for Jingzhe, intending it as a weapon for Xiao Li, and no one challenged his bid.
• Xiao Yan watched the early lots pass without interest as various treasures appeared.
• The auctioneer introduced four Three-Turn Qi Gathering Pills, claiming they could raise the strength of Da Dou Shi and Dou Ling experts without side effects.
• Bidders drove the first Three-Turn Qi Gathering Pill's price to 1.63 million gold coins, and it sold for that amount.

Xiao Yan earned millions from the Three-Turn Qi Gathering Pill auction before bidding on the rare Mystic Tier high-level soul combat technique, Soul Suppressing Seal. He remained determined to obtain it as Fan Lao and Su Mei competed against him, and the price reached 3.8 million.

• The next three Three-Turn Qi Gathering Pills sold for increasingly high prices, bringing Xiao Yan's earnings from the pills to at least seven million.
• The auctioneer revealed the Soul Suppressing Seal, a rare Mystic Tier high-level soul combat technique, with a starting price of two million.
• Fan Lao bid 2.3 million, and Su Mei of the Rakshasa Sect countered with 2.4 million.
• Xiao Yan joined the contest at three million, then raised his bid to 3.5 million as Fan Lao and Su Mei continued competing.
• Fan Lao bid 3.8 million, and Xiao Yan grinned as he resolved to obtain the technique without spending the money himself.

Xiao Yan bought an Earth Core Fire Ganoderma he needed for refining the Earth Spirit Pill and watched the auction’s treasures go by. When the final item proved to be the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s Thunder God Descent, he chose not to bid and left, thinking about obtaining the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations from Burning Flame Valley.

• Fan Lao won the soul Dou Technique after spending over seven million.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Earth Core Fire Ganoderma as one of the ingredients for the Earth Spirit Pill and bought it for 1.2 million.
• Xiao Yan bought two medicinal formulas but ignored the other auction items.
• The auctioneer revealed the final item as the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s Earth Tier, mid-level secret technique, Thunder God Descent.
• Xiao Yan decided not to bid on the secret technique, signaled Xiao Yi Xian, and asked Old Yao about Burning Flame Valley.

Xiao Yan collected the proceeds and purchases from the auction, then learned that Fan Lao had bought the Earth Tier secret art. He refused the auction house sect master’s invitation and left, while the sect master ordered Steward Hu to investigate him and recruit or kill him.

• Xiao Yan discussed Burning Flame Valley and the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations with Old Yao, then waited at the auction house for his settlement.
• Steward Hu paid Xiao Yan 6,650,000 after fees and returned the items he had purchased.
• Xiao Yan learned that Blood Sect Leader Fan Lao had bought the Earth Tier secret art and planned to exchange it for a cultivation method of the same tier.
• Xiao Yan refused the sect master’s invitation and left with Xiao Yi Xian.
• The sect master ordered Steward Hu to secretly follow Xiao Yan, learn his background, and recruit him or eliminate him if he had no powerful backing.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian tracked Fan Lao outside Black Seal City, where Xiao Yan revealed a temporary Dou Emperor aura and began attacking him. Fan Lao decided to retreat but was forced to unleash his Blood Transformation and hurl his ultimate blood spear at Xiao Yan.

• Old Yao warned Xiao Yan that people from the Eight Fan Sect were following him, and Xiao Yi Xian exposed and killed the pursuers with poisonous mist.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian learned that Fan Lao was staying at Black Seal City’s most luxurious inn and watched for him to leave the next day.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian followed Fan Lao beyond the city, where Xiao Yan revealed a temporary Dou Emperor aura and challenged him.
• Xiao Yan and Fan Lao exchanged blows, and Fan Lao recognized Xiao Yan’s strength and Heavenly Flame before deciding to retreat.
• Xiao Yan pressed his attack with the Heavy Profound Ruler, so Fan Lao used Blood Transformation and launched his Great Blood Bodhi Devour spear.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed Fan Lao with Heavenly Flames and a relentless close-range assault, forcing him to use Blood Escape to survive. Fan Lao escaped again at the cost of more blood, while Xiao Yan pursued and challenged him to keep fleeing.

• Xiao Yan’s Flame Splitting Devouring Wave Ruler overwhelmed Fan Lao’s Great Blood Bodhi Devour, and Fan Lao decided to retreat until Xiao Yan’s power boost wore off.
• Xiao Yan caught up with Fan Lao using Wind Flurry Residual Shadow and battered him with Eight Extremities Collapse until his blood membrane shattered.
• Xiao Yan struck Fan Lao into the ruins, then dove after him with a cobalt-blue flame attack.
• Fan Lao used Blood Escape to flee the impact, and Xiao Yan pursued him after mocking his claim that they had no grudge.
• Fan Lao spent more blood to escape Xiao Yan’s next strike, reappearing hundreds of meters away with his aura greatly weakened.

Xiao Yan defeated and killed Fan Lao, using Xiao Yi Xian’s spatial power and the hidden flames he had planted inside Fan Lao. After recovering the soul Dou Technique and Thunder God Descent, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian left for the north so they could discuss her joining him for the Inner Academy entrance assessment.

• Fan Lao offered Xiao Yan a fake soul Dou Technique scroll and threatened to destroy it, but Xiao Yan shattered the scroll and Fan Lao’s hand with Mad Lion Roar.
• Fan Lao used a blood mist to appear beside Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Yan had already given her the Bone Flame Ring for protection.
• Xiao Yi Xian restrained Fan Lao with spatial power, and Xiao Yan detonated the hidden flames inside him and burned him to death.
• Xiao Yan took Fan Lao’s Storage Ring and found the soul Dou Technique and Thunder God Descent inside it.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned the Bone Flame Ring, and she and Xiao Yan flew north to avoid the arriving Eight Fan Sect members and prepare for her Inner Academy entrance assessment.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian reached Jia Nan Academy, where the Enforcement Team verified Xiao Yan’s student status and accepted Xiao Yi Xian as a specially recruited student. The two traveled to Jia Nan City and began looking forward to life at the academy together.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Peace Town and encountered the Jia Nan Academy Enforcement Team, who required newcomers to identify themselves and take a pill.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he was an academy student and explained that he had returned early from his leave of absence; Captain Huo De confirmed his identity with the academy’s records.
• Xiao Yan introduced Xiao Yi Xian, and Huo De admitted her as a specially recruited student after learning she was a fifteen-year-old Six-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian received academy badges, boarded an academy Griffin, and traveled to Jia Nan City.
• Xiao Yi Xian felt happy at the prospect of staying beside Xiao Yan and sharing a peaceful academy life with him.

Xiao Xun Er won a public sparring match as students prepared for the Inner Academy Selection Tournament. At the arena, she spotted Yun Li, a formidable student suspected of belonging to the Soul Clan, and worried that she might be interested in Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Xun Er defeated Li Luo with a precise strike and was declared the winner of their match.
• Instructor Xi Wei praised Xun Er, and Han Yue asked whether Xiao Yan would return in time for the selection tournament.
• Han Yue described Yun Li as a beautiful, powerful new student who had defeated numerous admirers with a single move.
• Xun Er watched Yun Li warily, knowing she was suspected of coming from the Soul Clan and resolving not to let her get close to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun Er at the academy, where she and Xiao Yi Xian immediately made their romantic rivalry clear. The encounter left Xiao Yan confused and wary, while Han Yue watched the tense exchange.

• Xiao Yan surprised Xun Er, who greeted him happily before noticing Xiao Yi Xian beside him.
• Xiao Yi Xian introduced herself as Xiao Yan's good friend and made clear she would not back down, and Xun Er responded by clasping her hand and linking arms with Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yi Xian wrapped herself around Xiao Yan's other arm, leaving him sweating as the two girls exchanged smiles.
• Han Yue realized Xiao Yan was the person Xun Er had been discussing and quietly watched the rivalry unfold.
• Xun Er introduced Han Yue to Xiao Yan as her junior sister, and Xiao Yan concealed his surprise at Han Yue's presence.
• Xiao Yan asked what Xun Er and Han Yue had discussed, and Xun Er said it had been casual conversation while he wondered whether someone had provoked her.

Xiao Yan accepted Hun Li Li’s challenge at Jia Nan Academy and discovered that the girl using the alias Yun Li had extraordinary strength and skill. As Hun Li Li escalated their sparring, she launched a dangerous palm strike at Xiao Yan, leaving the outcome uncertain.

• Xun Er and Han Yue warned Xiao Yan that Yun Li was exceptionally powerful, and Xiao Yan accepted her challenge before the assembled students.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Li Li exchanged greetings, and Hun Li Li’s unusually intimate manner toward him drew hostile looks from other students.
• Hun Li Li’s first blow sent Xiao Yan staggering, prompting him to attack with the Heavy Profound Ruler and Wind Flurry Residual Shadow.
• Hun Li Li dodged Xiao Yan’s strikes, disrupted his attacks with hidden force, and peppered him with fast, corrosive black Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao realized Hun Li Li was concealing most of her strength and testing him.
• When Xiao Yan’s focus wavered, Hun Li Li accelerated into an opening and aimed a powerful palm strike at his shoulder, alarming Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan countered Hun Li Li’s powerful strike and won her admission that she had lost, after which she asked him to be her boyfriend. Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian confronted Hun Li Li over Xiao Yan until Vice Dean Hu Gan ended the commotion and summoned Xiao Yan to his office.

• Xiao Yan dodged Hun Li Li’s palm and struck back with Flame Splitting Devouring Wave Ruler, burning her hand and forcing her to acknowledge his strength.
• Hun Li Li admitted defeat and asked Xiao Yan to be her boyfriend, sparking an uproar among the students.
• Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian each grabbed one of Xiao Yan’s arms and confronted Hun Li Li, creating a tense standoff.
• Vice Dean Hu Gan appeared, suppressed the three girls’ auras, admonished them, and told the students to disperse.
• Hun Li Li declared she would not give up on Xiao Yan and vanished, while Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian released his arms.
• Hu Gan summoned Xiao Yan to his office to discuss his leave, and Xiao Yan followed him after saying goodbye to Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian.

Hu Gan warned Xiao Yan to be cautious about Yun Li and reminded him that the Inner Academy Selection Tournament was a month away. Xiao Yan treated Hun Li Li’s hand after she teased him, and Old Yao suspected her cultivation was connected to the Soul Hall, leaving Xiao Yan determined to investigate her identity.

• Hu Gan cautioned Xiao Yan about Yun Li’s mysterious background and urged him to focus on the coming selection tournament; he confirmed that Xiao Yi Xian could prepare for it as a specially recruited student.
• Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian agreed that Yun Li had approached Xiao Yan with ulterior motives and joined forces against her.
• Hun Li Li reflected on her plan to rely on Xiao Yan and worried that Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian would become future rivals.
• Hun Li Li found Xiao Yan on a forest path, flirted with him, and asked him to take responsibility for her injured hand; Xiao Yan applied healing ointment and left after warning her not to cross the line.
• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that Yun Li’s cultivation technique and Dou Qi seemed connected to the Soul Hall, and suggested obtaining her blood to check whether she belonged to the Soul Clan.

Xiao Yan reassured Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian about Hun Li Li, learned that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li had joined the Enforcement Team, and refined pills for the Inner Academy. When Hun Li Li provoked the women outside the Alchemy Room, she drew Han Yue into the confrontation, and Xiao Yan agreed to spar with her so he could test whether she was a fellow transmigrator.

• Xiao Yan explained to Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian that Yun Li had approached him under the pretext of an injury, and the two women agreed to keep watch over her.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yan that Xiao Ding and Xiao Li had joined the Enforcement Team as interns and had both reached the Dou Master level.
• Xiao Yan refined five Three-Turn Qi Gathering Pills, giving the first to Xun Er and saving the others to sell for Fire Energy in the Inner Academy.
• Hun Li Li appeared outside the Alchemy Room and tried to approach Xiao Yan, but Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian blocked her and urged her to seek treatment at the academy infirmary.
• Hun Li Li called out Han Yue for a spar, and Xiao Yan agreed to spar with her in a secluded place so he could investigate whether she was a transmigrator.

Xiao Yan sparred with Hun Li Li, whose teasing demeanor faltered when he used a martial technique that made her suspect he was also a transmigrator. Xiao Yan suspected she came from his world but left without confronting her, while Hun Li Li remained alone, afraid her father might kill her.

• Xiao Yan began sparring with Hun Li Li as Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Han Yue watched.
• Hun Li Li evaded Xiao Yan's attacks with ease and kept provoking him, while Han Yue resolved to grow stronger and seek the seniors' help for her family.
• Xiao Yan used Sucking Palm, Cloud Hand, and Fire Blowing Palm to unbalance Hun Li Li, then struck so forcefully that a boulder turned to powder.
• Hun Li Li recognized Xiao Yan's move as resembling martial arts from her world, grew embarrassed, and tried to hide her suspicions behind her seductive persona.
• Xiao Yan suspected Hun Li Li was from his world but chose not to expose her, then left with Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Han Yue.
• Left alone in the clearing, Hun Li Li wondered whether Xiao Yan's warning meant she should stop approaching him and admitted she feared her biological father might kill her.

After a month of cultivation, Xiao Yan reached Four-Star Da Dou Shi and prepared for Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy Selection Tournament. At the tournament’s opening, he drew the crowd’s attention and caught the notice of the academy’s elders, including the Alchemy Department head.

• Xiao Yan trained and refined pills throughout the month, broke through to Four-Star Da Dou Shi, and grew closer to Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian while Hun Li Li continued pursuing him.
• Han Yue broke through on the eve of the tournament and shared information about Hun Li Li with Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Han Yue went together to the packed plaza for the Inner Academy Selection Tournament.
• Hun Li Li made a heart gesture toward Xiao Yan from the opposite stands, prompting the crowd to cry out that he deserved to die.
• Xiao Yan met the gaze of four elderly men in the stands, and Elder Fire and the gray-robed elder discussed his unusual Dou Qi and alchemy talent.
• Instructor Xi Wei identified Vice Dean Hu Gan, two respected elders, and the Alchemy Department head for Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan won the Inner Academy Selection Tournament after defeating his opponents with ease, while Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Han Yue also advanced or earned their respective qualifications. The chapter ended with Hun Li Li reappearing after forfeiting the final, and Xiao Yan grew uneasy about what she was planning.

• Xiao Yi Xian, Xun Er, Han Yue, and Xiao Yan won their first-round matches, with Xiao Yan defeating Liu Qing and returning his Mountain Splitting Spear.
• Hun Li Li won her match in three seconds, and Xiao Yan later defeated Lin Xiuya with his Fire Spirit Split-Form Sword.
• Xiao Yan defeated Xiao Yi Xian in the quarterfinals after Heavenly Flame Dou Qi countered her poison, then advanced when Xun Er conceded in the semifinal.
• Hun Li Li forfeited the final, and Xiao Yan claimed the tournament championship while wondering why she had disappeared.
• Hun Li Li appeared on a distant treetop and congratulated Xiao Yan, whose unease grew as he sensed determination in her gaze.