Chapter Summaries

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.

Xiao Yan and the other tournament qualifiers entered the hidden valley to visit the Library Pavilion, where Qian and Bai Elders recognized his Heavenly Flame and opened a spatial passage. The group prepared to enter, while Xiao Yan learned the fourth-place student had been expelled for suspected cheating.

• Xiao Yan learned that the top five could enter the Library Pavilion, but the fourth-place student had still not awakened after being beaten by Yun Li.
• Instructor Kulu brought Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and Xiao Yi Xian to meet Hu Gan, who led the group through a hidden passage toward the Library Pavilion.
• Hu Gan brought the four qualifiers to the ancient pavilion and asked its elders to open the entrance.
• Qian and Bai Elders noticed Xiao Yan's Heavenly Flame, asked his name, and wondered why only four students had come.
• Hu Gan explained that the fourth-place student had been expelled for suspected cheating, and Qian and Bai Elders opened a door-shaped passage in space.

Xiao Yan and the others entered Jia Nan Academy’s Library Pavilion to seek cultivation methods and Dou Techniques. Xiao Yan obtained a powerful Earth Tier body-tempering technique and helped Xiao Yi Xian and Hun Li Li find scrolls, but Hun Li Li’s kiss on his cheek provoked Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian as they left the pavilion.

• Hu Gan led Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Hun Li Li through the Space Lock and explained the Library Pavilion’s rules.
• At the pavilion entrance, Hun Li Li teased Xiao Yan, who kissed her; she blushed and ran inside.
• The group discovered that energy barriers launched scrolls and treasures for visitors to catch, and Xiao Yan returned a Sky Jade Fruit he did not need.
• Xiao Yan caught and claimed the high-level Earth Tier body-tempering Dou Technique, Great Sun Separation Fire Body, then helped Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian obtain suitable Earth Tier techniques and a cultivation method.
• With time running short, Xiao Yan gave Hun Li Li several scrolls; she chose one and kissed his cheek before leaving, angering Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian.

After leaving the Library Pavilion, Xiao Yan spent three days learning the Soul Suppressing Seal before joining Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian to enter the Inner Academy. As the group boarded Griffins, Xiao Yan discovered that Hun Li Li had lost her Dou Qi and fallen to the 3rd Stage.

• Xiao Yan and the others left the Library Pavilion, and Hu Gan advised them to strengthen themselves before entering the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yan secluded himself in the Back Mountain and practiced the Soul Suppressing Seal, eventually forming its preliminary seal by the third morning.
• Xun Er met Xiao Yan, and they joined Xiao Yi Xian at Hu Gan's study to prepare for the Inner Academy journey.
• Hu Gan addressed the selected students and arranged for them to travel on ten Griffins, with Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Hun Li Li assigned together.
• Hun Li Li slipped into Xiao Yan's arms, then revealed that she had to recultivate her Dou Qi; Xiao Yan checked her with his soul power and found that she had fallen to the 3rd Stage.

Hun Li Li confronted Old Man Mu Gu after discovering Lin Lang had been planted as a Soul Hall agent, then returned to Jia Nan Academy and explained that she had cleansed Hun Tian Di’s power from her body. Xiao Yan and the other students departed for the Inner Academy, where Hu Gan revealed a hidden spatial gate and led them through it.

• Hun Li Li brought Lin Lang’s corpse to a Soul Hall branch hall, struck Old Man Mu Gu with the Hall Master Token, and warned him not to send another agent near her.
• Old Man Mu Gu realized Hun Li Li’s status was exceptionally high and began considering another way to gain her favor.
• Hun Li Li told Xiao Yan that she had used the Dust Cleansing Art to remove Hun Tian Di’s power and soul imprint, leaving her temporarily weakened.
• Xiao Yan asked Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian to look after Hun Li Li, then invited Han Yue to join their Griffin formation.
• Hu Gan and three elders escorted the students across the Back Mountain, protecting them from magical beasts and landing beside a mountain ravine.
• Hu Gan opened a concealed silver spatial gate, and Xiao Yan and the others followed him into the Inner Academy.

Xiao Yan and his four teammates began the Inner Academy’s Fire Energy Hunting Competition by turning the tables on the older students who were supposed to hunt them. Xiao Yan’s group ambushed a five-person team and quickly overwhelmed them, leaving the surviving older student surrendering as the others stared in shock.

• Hu Gan introduced Xiao Yan, Hun Li Li, Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Han Yue to Inner Academy elders Su and Qing, who gave the newcomers Fire Crystal Cards and explained the trial.
• Elder Su announced the Fire Energy Hunting Competition and warned that older students could attack newcomers in the forest to steal their Fire Energy.
• Xiao Yan proposed robbing the older students, and his four teammates agreed to follow his lead and divide their gains equally.
• Xiao Yan’s group encountered five older students who had already robbed two newcomer teams, and Xiao Yan assessed their strength before attacking with Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan knocked two older students out with punches, shattered another’s Dou Qi Armor with a hidden force, and used suction, repulsion, and a blue flame to subdue a third.
• The last older student surrendered when Xiao Yan held a hand to his throat, while the other students watched in disbelief.

Xiao Yan’s team continued robbing Inner Academy seniors during the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, drawing attention from the academy’s elders and freshmen. After learning that powerful young women from the Ancient Eight Clans had transferred to the Inner Academy, Xiao Yan feared the dangers awaiting him there.

• Xiao Yan and his companions defeated senior teams and took their Fire Energy, leaving each opponent with the minimum seven points.
• Two elders watched the freshmen’s victories and praised Xiao Yan’s united team, while discussing the powerful transfer students in the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yan’s team defeated another senior group, and Xiao Yan learned that the Inner Academy included young Da Dou Shis from major clans.
• After hearing that the transfer students included Yao Ling, Shi Xuanxuan, and Ling Yanfei, Xiao Yan worried they were from the Ancient Eight Clans and considered fleeing Jia Nan Academy.
• Rumors spread about Xiao Yan’s team robbing seniors, and five senior teams with less than ten Fire Energy left the forest, leaving only the checkpoint team.

Xiao Yan faced the five-member Cold Shadow Team alone in the forest, using his Heavenly Flame to suppress their ice-based Dou Qi. The fight escalated as Lin Zhan countered his flames, and Xiao Yan unleashed an Earth Tier Dou Technique with his Heavy Profound Ruler.

• Lin Zhan introduced the Cold Shadow Team and demanded that Xiao Yan’s group hand over their Fire Crystal Cards.
• Xiao Yan sent the four girls to the sidelines and challenged all five seniors by himself.
• Xiao Yan revealed cobalt blue flames that the watching elders recognized as a Heavenly Flame, slowing the Cold Shadow Team’s Dou Qi and melting their icy spears.
• Lin Zhan shielded his teammates with the Cold Shadow Myriad Frost Spear and turned it into a massive ice pillar to strike through Xiao Yan’s fire waves.
• Xiao Yan coated the Heavy Profound Ruler with flames and swung it with the Earth Tier Flame Splitting Devouring Wave Ruler.

Xiao Yan defeated Lin Zhan’s Cold Shadow Team and won the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, earning cyan Fire Crystal Cards for himself and his teammates. After entering the Inner Academy, he met Yao Ling, a reincarnated alchemist who had come to Jia Nan Academy hoping to join him and protect the Yao Clan, only to suspect that several other women were also pursuing him.

• Xiao Yan defeated Lin Zhan and the other four members of the Cold Shadow Team, then took most of their Fire Energy.
• Elder Su declared Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, Yun Li, and Han Yue the winners and awarded them cyan Fire Crystal Cards with thirty days of Fire Energy each.
• Xiao Yan and his teammates exchanged their black cards for the cyan cards and followed Elder Su into the Inner Academy.
• Yao Ling recognized Xiao Yan as the man she had admired in her previous life and recalled returning three years into the past to prevent the Yao Clan’s destruction.
• Yao Ling had persuaded Yao Dan to send her to Jia Nan Academy, hoping to ally with Xiao Yan, but discovered Shi Xuanxuan and Ling Yanfei and feared she would have to compete with six women for his affection.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Inner Academy with Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, Hun Li Li, and Han Yue, where he encountered Yao Ling and Ling Yanfei and worried about the Soul Clan’s plans. After surveying the academy, he prepared to cultivate in the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and assigned his companions tasks to build a Student Union and prepare for trouble from older students.

• Xiao Yan noticed Yao Ling and Ling Yanfei among the gathered students and worried that the Ling Clan and Shi Clan members might know about his future.
• Elder Su assigned Xiao Yan and the four women a shared pavilion and explained the Inner Academy’s factions, Fire Energy, and cultivation facilities.
• Xiao Yan explored the Inner Academy with Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, Hun Li Li, and Han Yue, then resolved to cultivate in the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower despite his looming responsibilities.
• Xiao Yan assigned Xiao Yi Xian to sell pills, Xun Er and Han Yue to organize new students into a Student Union, and Hun Li Li to deal with any older students who caused trouble.

Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, used its Heart Fire to refine his Dou Qi, and drew the Fallen Heart Flame’s attention when he peered into the central black hole. Elder Su led him to a high-grade room on the third floor, where Xiao Yan began cultivating in seclusion.

• Xiao Yan provoked the senior students at the tower entrance, but Elder Su intervened before a fight began.
• Xiao Yan endured the projected Heart Fire and refined his Dou Qi until the flame dissipated, astonishing Elder Su and the other students.
• Xiao Yan asked to visit the third floor, and Elder Su agreed to take him there.
• Xiao Yan looked into the central black hole and triggered the Fallen Heart Flame, but Elder Su pulled him back before it could escape its seals.
• Elder Su warned Xiao Yan to keep the incident secret, then brought him to a high-grade third-floor room, where Xiao Yan began cultivating.