Chapter Summaries

Su Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Ruo Lin traveled toward Jia Nan Academy, growing closer during the month-long flight. Ruo Lin said the Inner Academy Selection Competition was half a year away for Su Yun and a year away for Xiao Yi Xian, but Su Yun privately knew they would not have to wait that long.

• Ruo Lin asked whether Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian had known each other since childhood, and Xiao Yi Xian called herself Su Yun's fiancée.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian grew closer to Ruo Lin during the flight and agreed to join her class in exchange for skipping unnecessary courses.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she missed Xiao Lan, and Su Yun reassured her that it was safe with the Mittel Family.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian kissed and teased Ruo Lin about being single, so Ruo Lin ignored them for two days.
• Su Yun asked Ruo Lin about the Inner Academy Selection Competition, and she said it would take place in half a year for him and the following year for Xiao Yi Xian.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian settled into Jia Nan Academy, where Su Yun planned to cultivate while she attended combat classes. His extraordinary cultivation drew the academy elders’ suspicion, and the chapter ended with Vice Dean Hu Gan preparing to verify Su Yun’s age.

• Su Yun reflected on the upcoming start of the story and focused on settling into Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian arranged to share a room with Su Yun, and Su Yun gave her Dou Techniques while agreeing she should attend practical combat classes.
• Vice Dean Hu Gan and the academy elders debated whether Su Yun’s reported age and Five-Star Dou Ling cultivation were genuine, then decided Hu Gan would examine him himself.
• Ruolin brought Su Yun to meet Hu Gan, who confirmed Su Yun’s strength and explained that he wanted to verify his age.
• Su Yun agreed to Hu Gan’s examination, and Hu Gan took his calm response as a sign that the academy had found a rare talent.

Su Yun received Hu Gan’s apology gift and returned to find Xiao Yi Xian had broken through to an Eight-star Dou Zhe. Two months later, Hai Bodong sent word requesting a meeting in Peace Town, while Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation and Hu Jia’s pursuit continued to develop.

• Hu Gan gave Su Yun a bottle of Qi Origin Pills after testing him, and Ruolin greeted Su Yun with relief as he left.
• Xiao Yi Xian broke through to an Eight-star Dou Zhe while refining poison, then embraced Su Yun before they cultivated together.
• Two months later, Hai Bodong sent a message asking Su Yun to meet him in Peace Town in three days, and Su Yun rewarded the student who delivered it with Qi Recovery Pills.
• Su Yun reflected that Hu Jia had pursued Xiao Yi Xian after Xiao Yi Xian defeated her in a practical combat class, and Hu Gan stopped suggesting that Su Yun and Hu Jia get acquainted.
• Su Yun returned to the dormitory and sensed that Xiao Yi Xian had advanced from an Eight-star Dou Zhe to a Three-star Dou Master in only two months.

Su Yun watched Xiao Yi Xian’s Poisonous Body of Misfortune rapidly boost her cultivation, then prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy with her to meet Hai Bodong in Peace Town. After Hu Jia confronted them over Xiao Yi Xian, Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian arrived at the Dead Spirit Tree, where Hai Bodong was waiting.

• Xiao Yi Xian finished refining poison, and Su Yun told her that Hai Bodong wanted to meet them in Peace Town in three days.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian informed Teacher Ruolin that they were leaving the academy, and Ruolin let them go.
• Hu Jia demanded that Su Yun leave Xiao Yi Xian, so Su Yun kissed Xiao Yi Xian behind a Blazing Shield while Hu Jia watched.
• Su Yun carried Xiao Yi Xian back to the dormitory after dismissing the shield and leaving Hu Jia behind.
• Three days later, Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian reached the Dead Spirit Tree in Peace Town, where Hai Bodong waved to them.

Su Yun reunited with Hai Bodong, who had built a faction in the Black Corner Region and gathered ingredients for the Emperor's Extreme Pill and Earth Spirit Pill. Su Yun successfully refined the Emperor's Extreme Pill and returned to Xiao Yi Xian exhausted.

• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian met Hai Bodong, who described how rival factions had made establishing himself in the Black Corner Region difficult.
• Hai Bodong revealed that he had collected four sets of ingredients for the Emperor's Extreme Pill and found an Earth Core Fire Herb for Su Yun.
• Hai Bodong reported recruiting a Dou Wang, several Dou Ling, and other followers, and said he had narrowed down the location on Su Yun's map to the Northwest Continent.
• Su Yun gave Hai Bodong dozens of bottles of pills, then left with Xiao Yi Xian after reuniting with Qing Lin.
• Su Yun refined the Emperor's Extreme Pill in the System Space, succeeding on his second attempt, and returned to Xiao Yi Xian pale and weak.

Su Yun delivered the Emperor's Extreme Pill for Hai Bodong and arranged protection for Qing Lin before meeting Wu Tianlang, who accepted pills in exchange for watching over her. After Hu Jia continued pursuing Xiao Yi Xian, Su Yun moved dormitories with her, and Hu Gan ordered Hu Jia to stop harassing them.

• Su Yun recovered, then went to Peace Town and left Qing Lin the Emperor's Extreme Pill for Hai Bodong.
• Wu Tianlang questioned Su Yun about Hai Bodong, and Su Yun gave him three Recovery Pills to secure protection for Qing Lin.
• Su Yun found Hu Jia harassing Xiao Yi Xian and took Xiao Yi Xian away, then arranged with Ruolin to move dormitories.
• Hu Gan summoned Hu Jia and ordered her to stop harassing Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian, warning that Su Yun could have beaten her severely.

Su Yun learned that Hai Bodong had reached Nine-Star Dou Emperor after taking the Emperor's Extreme Pill, then gave him an Earth Tier Low Grade movement technique ahead of the Black Mark Auction. Wu Tianlang began to suspect Su Yun was a Sixth Grade Alchemist.

• Hu Gan learned about Su Yun's powerful backing and told Ruolin to let him deal with Hu Jia as he wished, so Xiao Yi Xian beat Hu Jia until she could not get out of bed.
• Two months later, Hai Bodong broke through to Nine-Star Dou Emperor in Peace Town and politely apologized to Wu Tianlang for the disturbance.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian visited Hai Bodong, who boasted about his advancement until Qing Lin reminded him that Su Yun's pills had made it possible.
• Hai Bodong told Su Yun he planned to attend the Black Mark Auction, and Su Yun gave him the Earth Tier Low Grade Dou Technique Ice Frost Movement Technique.
• Hai Bodong gave Su Yun a large batch of Magic Cores, while Wu Tianlang connected Hai Bodong's breakthrough and Su Yun's earlier Recovery Pill and suspected Su Yun was a Sixth Grade Alchemist.

Wu Tianlang and Hu Gan suspected Su Yun was a Sixth Grade Alchemist and decided to investigate his origins in the Jia Ma Empire. Meanwhile, Su Yun learned Hai Bodong had been ambushed in the Black Corner Region, then discovered Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation method had evolved through the Source Poison Qi of her Poisonous Body of Misfortune.

• Wu Tianlang suggested Su Yun might be a Sixth Grade Alchemist, and Hu Gan agreed to send someone to investigate his background in the Jia Ma Empire.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian returned to Peace Town, where Hai Bodong said Fan Lao, Yuan Yi, Kui Sha, and Mo Ya had ambushed him after an auction.
• Su Yun advised Hai Bodong to keep a low profile, form alliances with rival factions, and learn the Ice Frost Movement Technique.
• Xiao Yi Xian advanced to Two Star Great Dou Master while Su Yun reached Seven Star Dou Ling, and Su Yun noticed her aura was unusually vigorous.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that the high-quality Source Poison Qi in her Poisonous Body of Misfortune had helped her cultivation method evolve.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian attended the Inner Academy Selection Competition, where Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation drew Ruolin’s attention. After watching Lin Xiuyai defeat Wang Wu, Ruolin warned that he could be a difficult opponent for Xiao Yi Xian, and Su Yun continued to comfort her as the competition proceeded.

• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian joined Ruolin at the crowded competition grounds, where students whispered about Su Yun’s strength and their closeness.
• Hu Gan opened the competition, and Su Yun paid little attention to the early Dou Shi matches while noting Xiao Yi Xian could challenge a Seven Star Great Dou Master.
• Ruolin advised Xiao Yi Xian to study her opponents, but Su Yun told her to rest while he observed the matches for her.
• The referee announced Lin Xiuyai against Wang Wu, and Su Yun recognized Lin Xiuyai as a talented Five Star Great Dou Master.
• Lin Xiuyai quickly defeated Wang Wu, prompting Ruolin to say the outcome of a match between him and Xiao Yi Xian was uncertain.

Su Yun advanced through the Inner Academy selection while warning Xiao Yi Xian to be cautious of Lin Xiuyai. With the top five about to be decided, Su Yun considered how the holding-the-stage rules might leave Xiao Yi Xian vulnerable to repeated challenges.

• Xiao Yi Xian teased Su Yun about being jealous, and he warned her that Lin Xiuyai's speed and refined wind-attribute Dou Qi could counter her Poison Cultivation.
• Su Yun defeated Chen Jiu with a burst of Dou Qi, and Xiao Yi Xian easily won her own first-round match.
• After several rounds, Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian reached the top ten in the selection.
• The elder announced that the top-ten round would use a holding-the-stage format, with five red-stick holders defending against challengers who drew white sticks.
• Su Yun saw that Lin Xiuyai and Yan Hao had drawn red sticks and worried that Xiao Yi Xian might face repeated challenges after fighting her way onto the stage.

Su Yun chose Lin Xiuyai as his opponent and revealed his Seven Star Dou Ling cultivation, startling the spectators and judges. As their match began, Elder Huo and the other elders discussed whether Su Yun could be the Sixth Grade Alchemist they needed to refine a Sect Breaking Pill, but Elder Huo doubted he could overcome the pill’s requirements.

• Su Yun whispered his plan to Xiao Yi Xian, then chose Lin Xiuyai to challenge.
• Lin Xiuyai activated his Dou Qi Armor and used wind-attribute Dou Qi to circle the arena as the match began.
• Su Yun released his aura and revealed that he was a Seven Star Dou Ling, stunning the audience and the elders.
• Hu Gan and the elders praised Su Yun’s cultivation, while the Gray Robed Elder asked Elder Huo to assess his alchemy ability.
• Elder Huo explained that even a Sixth Grade Alchemist would struggle to refine the peak Grade Six Sect Breaking Pill without Dou Wang cultivation or a Heavenly Flame.
• Su Yun watched Lin Xiuyai circle him and smiled coldly.

Su Yun brutally defeated Lin Xiuyai, then used a loophole in the arena rules to help Xiao Yi Xian compete safely. Xiao Yi Xian proved her strength and won her match, and the selection ended with both of them among the top five, set to enter the Library Pavilion before leaving for the Inner Academy.

• Su Yun overwhelmed Lin Xiuyai with a prolonged beating and won their match.
• Su Yun conceded when Xiao Yi Xian challenged him, moving her to the attackers' side and protecting her from being targeted.
• Su Yun defeated an opponent to enter the top five as the competition neared its end.
• A Three Star Great Dou Master challenged Xiao Yi Xian, who displayed strength comparable to a Seven Star Great Dou Master and defeated him.
• Hu Gan announced the competition's end and told the top five to enter the Library Pavilion in three days.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian met Ruolin, who teased Su Yun by asking him for a hug, prompting Xiao Yi Xian to cling to him possessively.

Su Yun accompanied Xiao Yi Xian into the Library Pavilion, where the Two Elders Qian and Bai opened its Space Lock for the five selection winners. Inside, Su Yun discovered that he could recycle an item without taking it away, and he began searching the pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Su Yun thanked Ruolin and left with Xiao Yi Xian, who cooked a celebratory meal after passing the selection.
• Three days later, Hu Gan led the five winners to the Library Pavilion, where the Two Elders Qian and Bai opened its Space Lock.
• The two elders praised Su Yun’s talent as a fourteen-year-old Dou Ling before allowing the students to enter and reminding them they could each take only one item.
• An energy cluster flew toward the students, and Su Yun caught it and found a jade box containing a Seventh Tier Beast Flame.
• Su Yun used the system to recycle the jade box as it flew away, then agreed to search separately with Xiao Yi Xian.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian searched the Library Pavilion’s light clusters, each obtaining an Earth Tier Dou Technique while Su Yun secretly recycled many of the treasures. Two days later, Hu Gan gathered the top fifty contestants to travel to the Inner Academy.

• Su Yun recycled items from the light clusters while Xiao Yi Xian searched for a suitable treasure.
• Lin Xiuyai caught a poison-attribute cluster for Xiao Yi Xian, but she left without taking it, and the cluster’s force injured Lin Xiuyai’s hand.
• Su Yun helped Xiao Yi Xian choose an Earth Tier Dou Technique while secretly collecting treasures for the System.
• The Two Elders Qian and Bai checked the five students leaving the Library Pavilion, and Hu Gan led them away.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian shared a meal and spent the night together.
• Two days later, Hu Gan gathered the top fifty contestants to go to the Inner Academy.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian traveled with the new students to Jia Nan Academy’s hidden Inner Academy and began the Fire Energy Hunt Competition. Rather than hurry to the finish, Su Yun planned to wait until the veteran students had collected fire energy from the others, then defeat them and take it for himself.

• Hu Gan led the new students aboard Griffon Beasts and flew them to the concealed entrance of the Inner Academy.
• Elder Su gave each new student a Fire Crystal Card showing five fire energy and explained that veteran students would hunt them through the forest.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian entered the forest after the competition began.
• Su Yun explained that fire energy paid for cultivation in the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower and said he would wait for the veterans to gather everyone else’s fire energy before attacking them.
• Xiao Yi Xian understood Su Yun’s plan, and the two strolled through the forest together.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian began raiding the older students for Fire Energy, defeating eight teams before the Black and White Checkpoint joined forces against them. The chapter ended as Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian faced the checkpoint’s ten powerful older students.

• Su Yun left his cave with Xiao Yi Xian and began searching for older-student teams to defeat and take their Fire Energy.
• Su Yun knocked out a five-person squad and took their Fire Energy, leaving the battered students to fear that the competition’s hunters had become prey.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Su Yun to leave one opponent for her to fight, and he agreed while promising to protect her if needed.
• Su Yun defeated eight teams in a day, while the Black and White Checkpoint leaders heard about him and decided to join forces.
• The Black and White Checkpoint leaders planned to distract Su Yun and capture Xiao Yi Xian, then gathered all ten members to face the pair the next day.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian defeated the senior students at the Black and White Checkpoint, won the Fire Energy Hunt Competition, and entered the Inner Academy with Azure Fire Crystal Cards. The chapter ended as Su Yun gave Elder Su a gift while they traveled into the academy.

• Su Yun overwhelmed the eight attackers with one sword strike and drove back the two Da Dou Shis targeting Xiao Yi Xian.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian took the senior students’ Fire Crystal Cards and Fire Energy, then reached the finish line.
• Elder Su praised Su Yun for defeating all the senior students and awarded him and Xiao Yi Xian thirty days of Fire Energy and Azure Fire Crystal Cards.
• Elder Su explained the Fire Crystal Cards and the cultivation levels they allowed, and Su Yun realized the reward saved him three hundred days of Fire Energy.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian followed Elder Su into the Inner Academy, and Su Yun quietly gave him a Jade Bottle as a gift.

Su Yun secured a comfortable residence for himself and Xiao Yi Xian at Jia Nan Academy by giving Elder Su a Windwalk Pill. As they settled in, Su Yun worried that Inner Academy students would target Xiao Yi Xian while he trained, and she insisted that she wanted to help him rather than remain dependent on his protection.

• Elder Su examined Su Yun's Windwalk Pill and agreed to arrange a better residence in return for the favor.
• Elder Su brought Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian to a vacant pavilion, which they accepted and cleaned before settling in.
• Su Yun considered the threat of Inner Academy factions demanding protection fees and worried that Xiao Yi Xian would be vulnerable while he trained in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Su Yun she wanted to help him immediately, not remain a burden who needed his protection.

After comforting Xiao Yi Xian through her insecurity, Su Yun took her to the arena to challenge a top Power Ranking expert and establish his strength in the Inner Academy. He recognized the arrival of the second-ranked expert, a Peak Dou Ling and leader of Zhang Gate, but had not yet challenged him.

• Su Yun soothed Xiao Yi Xian after she blamed herself for being a weakness, then put her to bed when she fell asleep.
• The next morning, Xiao Yi Xian worried that she was a burden and feared other girls getting close to Su Yun, and he reassured her of his devotion.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian went to the arena, where he planned to defeat a top-ten Power Ranking expert and gain access to the ranking’s better Cultivation Chambers.
• Su Yun searched the arena for a worthy opponent and sensed a Peak Dou Ling arriving, while noting that his Green Lotus Core Flame and Flame Concealment Art gave him advantages.
• The arriving expert was identified as the second-ranked Power Ranking member and founder of Zhang Gate, whose presence surprised the arena’s students.

Su Yun challenged Zhang Wei, the Inner Academy’s second-ranked student, to establish his reputation, but Zhang Wei’s powerful cultivation and techniques made the match a serious test. The fight began with both men moving too quickly for the spectators to follow, leaving Xiao Yi Xian worried about Su Yun.

• Zhang Wei announced an open challenge in the arena, but no one initially dared to face him.
• Su Yun decided that defeating Zhang Wei would establish his standing in the Inner Academy and left Xiao Yi Xian to take the platform.
• Su Yun scanned Zhang Wei and discovered his nine-star Dou Ling cultivation, unawakened Wood Green Poison Body, and Earth Tier techniques.
• Su Yun introduced himself as the new student who had won the Fire Energy Hunt Competition, drawing mixed reactions from the crowd.
• Zhang Wei offered to give Su Yun guidance, and a Dou King elder started their match.
• Su Yun and Zhang Wei vanished from sight as they clashed, while Xiao Yi Xian anxiously hoped Su Yun would not be hurt.