Chapter Summaries

Su Yun battled Zhang Wei in the arena, overpowering him with close-range strikes before forcing him to switch to ranged attacks. Zhang Wei prepared a powerful Dou Technique to decide the match in one strike, and Su Yun recognized what he was attempting.

• Su Yun struck Zhang Wei with Eight Extremities Collapse, but Zhang Wei separated and dissolved some of the Hidden Force before the rest exploded and numbed his left arm.
• Su Yun used Afterglow and Purple Flame to break through Zhang Wei's Azure Wood Spikes, while Zhang Wei dodged the sword energy but suffered scorched clothes.
• The elders and spectators watched in surprise as Su Yun drove Zhang Wei into retreat, though the elders noted the fight's outcome was still uncertain.
• Zhang Wei gathered his Dou Qi into his right arm and drew on the energy of heaven and earth for a powerful attack, which Su Yun recognized as an Earth Tier Dou Technique.

Su Yun defeated Zhang Wei in the arena with Flowing Flame Dragon Slash, then scanned and recycled him while he was unconscious. After discovering Zhang Wei’s mysterious family background in his memories, Su Yun sensed two powerful auras approaching and prepared to hide with Xiao Yi Xian.

• Zhang Wei unleashed Green Wood Kill, and Su Yun countered with Flowing Flame Dragon Slash, knocking Zhang Wei unconscious and winning the match.
• Su Yun confirmed Zhang Wei was alive, scanned his memories, and recycled him while he was unconscious.
• Su Yun left the arena holding Xiao Yi Xian’s hand as the crowd celebrated his victory and discussed their relationship.
• That night, Su Yun learned from Zhang Wei’s memories that his blacksmith father had given him the Mysterious Rank High Grade Body Refining Dou Technique Hammer Forging Steel Body.
• Two vast auras approached Su Yun’s pavilion, so he pulled Xiao Yi Xian outside and prepared to take her into the System Space if necessary.

Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian faced Zhang Ritian, a Five-Star Dou Zong who wanted to punish Su Yun for injuring Zhang Wei. Great Elder Su Qian intervened on the academy’s behalf, forcing Zhang Ritian to leave and leaving Su Yun indebted to Jia Nan Academy.

• Su Yun scanned Zhang Ritian and discovered that he was a Five-Star Dou Zong with a crippled Dou Di bloodline and hidden injuries.
• Zhang Ritian pressured Su Yun, but Su Qian blocked him and argued that Zhang Wei should settle the dispute himself.
• Su Qian summoned powerful academy members, and Zhang Ritian withdrew rather than risk a confrontation that could harm his son’s place in the Inner Academy.
• Su Qian told Su Yun that the academy would protect its students and left the grudge with Zhang Wei for them to resolve.
• Su Yun returned to the pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian and felt guilty for accepting help from an academy he had come to exploit.

Su Yun prepared to cultivate in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, while Su Qian tightened security after Zhang Ritian’s intrusion. The chapter left Su Yun beginning his stay in the tower’s second-ranked cultivation chamber, with his fire energy card inserted.

• Su Qian ordered elders to reinforce the Inner Academy’s patrols and barrier after Zhang Ritian entered again, then discussed Zhang Wei’s past misconduct with two Outer Academy elders.
• Su Qian offered to ask Su Yun about helping the elders break through to Dou Zong, but they explained Elder Huo’s assessment that Su Yun needed a Heavenly Flame to refine Grade Six pills without Dou Wang cultivation.
• The next day, Su Yun asked Elder Su to look after Xiao Yi Xian, then entered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and endured its heart flame.
• Su Yun went down to the sixth level and entered the cultivation chamber assigned to the second-ranked student on the Power Ranking.
• Su Yun reviewed the chamber’s daily fire energy cost and inserted his Azure Fire Crystal Card into the special slot to begin cultivating.

After five months of intense cultivation in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, Su Yun reached Peak Dou Ling and prepared to seek a way through the Dou Wang bottleneck. He reunited with Elder Su, learned Xiao Yi Xian was in seclusion attempting to reach Dou Ling, and arranged help leaving the Inner Academy.

• Su Yun reached Peak Dou Ling after five months of cultivation, depleted most of his fire energy points, and considered using Earth Core Tempering Milk to help break through to Dou Wang.
• An elder summoned Su Yun to the Great Elder's office, but Su Yun asked to rest first and then went to the pavilion.
• Elder Su revealed that Xiao Yi Xian had entered seclusion two days earlier to break through to Dou Ling, and said he was protecting her.
• Su Yun gave Elder Su a Recovery Pill as thanks for looking after Xiao Yi Xian, and Elder Su agreed to help him leave the Inner Academy.

Su Yun reunited with Xiao Yi Xian after she broke through to Dou Ling, and they spent the night and morning together. Meanwhile, Su Qian and the elders waited to meet Su Yun after confirming he was the Sixth Grade Alchemist Zhang Xiaofan.

• Su Yun and Elder Su noticed Xiao Yi Xian's breakthrough, and Elder Su left them alone together.
• Xiao Yi Xian reunited with Su Yun and explained that her evolved Qi Method had sped up her cultivation and strengthened her Poisonous Body of Misfortune.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian spent the night together, then shared breakfast the next morning.
• Su Qian, Elder Huo, and two other elders waited for Su Yun, having confirmed that he was Zhang Xiaofan, a Sixth Grade Alchemist from the Jia Ma Empire.
• Su Qian suggested they wait longer because Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian were likely still being affectionate.

Su Qian and several Jia Nan Academy elders visited Su Yun and confirmed that he was also Zhang Xiaofan, but reassured him that the academy would not interfere with his identity. They asked him to refine Sect Breaking Pills for two elderly peak Dou Emperor elders, and the chapter ended with Su Yun revealing his Heavenly Flame to Elder Huo.

• Su Qian and the elders arrived at Su Yun's pavilion after he had forgotten their planned visit, and they teased him about spending the previous day with Xiao Yi Xian.
• The elders noticed that Xiao Yi Xian had advanced to Dou Ling before asking Su Yun whether his second name was Zhang Xiaofan.
• Su Qian and the others explained that they had uncovered Su Yun's identity through his connection to Hai Bodong and wanted him to refine pills for two elders.
• Su Yun agreed to try refining Sect Breaking Pills, and Su Qian provided thirty sets of medicinal ingredients the academy had collected over many years.
• Su Yun confirmed that he possessed a Heavenly Flame and displayed its green fire in his palm while Elder Huo examined it with envy.

Su Yun revealed his Green Lotus Core Flame to Jia Nan Academy’s elders and agreed to refine a Sect Breaking Pill within three months in exchange for two unconditional favors. After leaving the Inner Academy with Xiao Yi Xian, he returned to Peace Town and met Hai Bodong, who was surprised by his rapid cultivation progress.

• Su Yun confirmed that he possessed the Green Lotus Core Flame and identified the Fallen Heart Flame sealed beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Su Qian promised to keep Su Yun’s identity secret and warned him that Han Feng might target him if he learned about his Heavenly Flame.
• Su Yun agreed to refine a Sect Breaking Pill within three months, and Jia Nan Academy offered two unconditional moves as payment.
• Su Qian told Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian that his former disciple had once lived in their pavilion and left to explore the world.
• Elder Huo gave Su Yun a Fifth Grade Qi Accumulation Pill before leaving, and Su Yun later departed the Inner Academy with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Su Yun returned to Peace Town, where Hai Bodong noted that he had reached peak Dou Ling in less than half a year and warned that the Dou King bottleneck would be difficult.

Su Yun reunited with Hai Bodong, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, learned that Cold Pavilion was thriving, and gave Hai Bodong a trace of Origin Heart Flame to accelerate his cultivation. The chapter left Su Yun planning to use the flame to temper his body before breaking through to Dou Wang with Earth Core Tempering Milk.

• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian reunited with Hai Bodong and Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong was astonished that Xiao Yi Xian had become a Dou Ling.
• Hai Bodong reported that Cold Pavilion's standing had improved after he defeated a rival force's leader and handed Su Yun magic cores and medicinal herbs.
• Su Yun gave Hai Bodong cultivation pills and placed a trace of Origin Heart Flame near his heart.
• Hai Bodong cultivated with the flame and discovered that it doubled his cultivation speed.
• Su Yun explained that he planned to temper his body with Origin Heart Flame and use Earth Core Tempering Milk to break through to Dou Wang.

Su Yun gave Hai Bodong and Qing Lin temporary flames made through his system’s Replacement Function, then discussed Han Feng, Jia Xingtian, and future plans with Hai Bodong. Afterward, Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian stayed overnight, where Xiao Yi Xian fell asleep in his arms.

• Su Yun explained that the flame he gave Hai Bodong would last about a year and could help accelerate his cultivation.
• Hai Bodong told Su Yun that Han Feng had tried to recruit him and was staying in Feng City without making any major moves.
• Su Yun told Hai Bodong that Jia Xingtian had failed his breakthrough, and Hai Bodong planned to seek another spar with him.
• Su Yun gave Qing Lin a smaller portion of flame, and she shyly accepted it in private.
• Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian stayed the night, and Xiao Yi Xian fell asleep in his embrace.

Su Yun returned to the Inner Academy with Xiao Yi Xian and learned that Zhang Wei had challenged Zi Yan, the mysterious number one on the Power Ranking. At the arena, Zhang Wei revealed that he had reached Dou Wang, while Zi Yan confidently prepared to fight him.

• Su Yun comforted Xiao Yi Xian, who feared being abandoned, and promised they would stay together.
• Wu Tianlang thanked Su Yun for helping his teacher and the other elders, then Su Yun and Xiao Yi Xian visited Instructor Ruo Lin and returned to the Inner Academy.
• Su Yun learned that Zhang Wei was challenging the Power Ranking's top student and took Xiao Yi Xian to watch.
• At the arena, Xiao Yi Xian recognized Su Yun's interest in the cute girl Zi Yan and teased him about it.
• Zi Yan boasted that she could defeat Zhang Wei with one punch, while Zhang Wei revealed he had broken through to Dou Wang after recovering from his earlier defeat by Su Yun.

Zi Yan fought Zhang Wei in a wagered arena match, while Su Yun discovered Zhang Wei was secretly poisoning her through his Dou Qi. After Zi Yan’s strength began to falter, she unleashed a powerful attack and defeated him.

• The elder began the match between Zi Yan and Zhang Wei after Su Qian approved.
• Zhang Wei used Crane Controlling Dragon Seizing to redirect Zi Yan’s punches and secretly spread poison through his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian sensed the poison, and Su Yun detected it, suspecting Zhang Wei’s Wood Green Poison Body had awakened.
• Zi Yan’s attacks slowed as the poison took effect, while Zhang Wei endured the exchanges to try to win his wager with Su Qian.
• Zi Yan gathered purple light around herself and shattered Zhang Wei’s defenses with a crushing punch, sending him flying unconscious.

Zi Yan defeated Zhang Wei in the arena but was left weakened by his poison, so Su Yun examined her and promised to make an antidote. After refining the pill three days later, Su Yun gave it to Zi Yan, who swallowed it along with his finger.

• Zi Yan knocked Zhang Wei unconscious and won the match, prompting Su Qian to bring them from the arena to his office.
• Su Yun examined Zi Yan, gave her a detoxification pill to suppress the poison, and told Su Qian which ingredients were needed for a complete cure.
• Su Yun treated Zhang Wei enough to keep him alive and secretly planted a Soul Imprint on him.
• Three days later, Su Qian gave Su Yun the ingredients, and Su Yun refined the antidote successfully on his first attempt.
• Zi Yan snatched the antidote from Su Yun and swallowed it, accidentally taking his index finger into her mouth as well.

After Zi Yan recovered, Su Yun declined the Origin Heart Flame and asked to cultivate below the sixth level without spending fire energy. He then found Zi Yan eating raw medicinal ingredients, turned them into energy pills she enjoyed, and heard her offer anything in exchange for more.

• Zi Yan finished refining the medicinal power and declared that she would protect Su Yun in the Inner Academy, but Su Qian grabbed her by the scruff and flung her aside.
• Su Qian offered Su Yun the Origin Heart Flame as a reward, but Su Yun asked to cultivate below the sixth level without spending fire energy and declined becoming an elder.
• Su Yun sent Xiao Yi Xian home, then followed Zi Yan and found her eating precious medicinal ingredients by the roadside.
• Su Yun refined the ingredients into simple energy pills, and Zi Yan delightedly ate one and asked him to make more.
• Su Yun refused to promise ongoing pill-making, and Zi Yan offered to agree to anything he said in exchange.

Su Yun teamed up with Zi Yan to distract the Snow Demon Sky Ape while he searched its cave for treasure. He found and collected diluted Earth Core Tempering Milk and the true Earth Core Tempering Milk, leaving him close to advancing to Dou Wang.

• Su Yun refused Zi Yan's offer to find herbs and claimed he wanted to avenge himself on the Snow Demon Sky Ape.
• Zi Yan revealed her ability to sense treasures and led Su Yun to the ape's cave, where they agreed to split the loot.
• Su Yun hid with the Phantom Decoy Art while Zi Yan challenged the Snow Demon Sky Ape and drew it into battle.
• Su Yun slipped into the cave, used his Soul Power to search it, and found a hidden chamber beneath a patch of deep soil.
• Su Yun collected the diluted Earth Core Tempering Milk and then stored the true Earth Core Tempering Milk in a prepared Jade Vessel.

Su Yun and Zi Yan retrieved Earth Core Tempering Milk, and Su Yun gave portions to Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian before entering seclusion in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower to break through to Dou Wang. Xiao Yi Xian learned that Su Yun would be away for some time and received the Jade Vessel he had sent her.

• Su Yun told Zi Yan he had secured the treasure, and she broke off her fight with the Snow Sky Demonic Ape and left.
• Su Yun split the Earth Core Tempering Milk with Zi Yan, then gave her an additional portion to deliver to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Su Yun asked Su Qian for access to the seventh floor of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, and Su Qian gave him a Violet Fire Crystal Card.
• Su Yun prepared a medicinal bath with the Earth Core Tempering Milk and herbs, then began cultivating with the Origin Heart Flame and the tower's heart flame to break through to Dou Wang.
• Zi Yan delivered Su Yun's Jade Vessel and message to Xiao Yi Xian, who felt disappointed that he had gone into seclusion again.

Xiao Yi Xian learned that Su Yun had given her Earth Core Tempering Milk, while Zi Yan drank her share in one go and fell asleep as she digested it. At the Inner Academy entrance, Su Qian and the elders confronted Zhang Ritian, who demanded that Su Yun be handed over and then attacked them.

• Xiao Yi Xian recognized the Earth Core Tempering Milk Zi Yan had brought and listened as Zi Yan recounted her day with Su Yun and how he had given Xiao Yi Xian half his share.
• Zi Yan drank all of her Earth Core Tempering Milk at once, collapsed, and fell into a deep sleep while digesting its medicinal strength.
• Xiao Yi Xian cleaned and changed Zi Yan, put her to bed, and then prepared a medicinal bath to cultivate with her own share of the Earth Core Tempering Milk.
• Zhang Ritian confronted Su Qian and demanded that the Inner Academy hand over Su Yun after hearing what had happened to Zhang Wei.
• Su Qian ordered the elders to form an array, and Zhang Ritian summoned his hammer and swung it at them.

Zhang Ritian fought Su Qian and the academy elders, then escaped after using Exploding Hammer to break their formation. Su Qian discussed the elders’ breakthrough prospects and Su Yun’s seclusion, while a month later the tower guardian watched Su Yun’s Cultivation Chamber devour energy.

• Su Qian and the two elders attacked Zhang Ritian, then used their formation to raise Su Qian’s strength to Six-Star Dou Zong.
• Zhang Ritian unleashed the Great Sumeru Hammer but was injured by Su Qian’s attack, then used Exploding Hammer to shatter the formation and flee with Zhang Wei.
• Su Qian concluded that Zhang Ritian’s injuries would worsen and discussed the elders’ low chances of breaking through even with Sect Breaking Pills.
• Su Qian said Su Yun was cultivating on the seventh level of the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and would likely refine the pills after reaching Dou Wang.
• A month later, the elder guarding the tower watched Su Yun’s Cultivation Chamber absorb energy from heaven and earth.

Su Yun broke through to Dou Wang at fifteen and demonstrated his new abilities. He then refined two Sect Breaking Pills for the academy’s two elders and left with a large share of the medicinal ingredients as his reward.

• Su Yun emerged from the Cultivation Chamber after breaking through to Dou Wang, and Su Qian and the elders praised his achievement.
• Su Yun displayed his Dou Qi wings and Green Lotus Core Flame, then asked Su Qian to prepare a site so he could refine Sect Breaking Pills for the two elders.
• Su Qian brought Su Yun and the elders to a protected platform, where Su Yun spent a day refining the first Sect Breaking Pill.
• Su Yun recovered his Dou Qi and refined a second Sect Breaking Pill the next day while Su Qian and the elders kept watch.
• Su Yun gave one Sect Breaking Pill to each elder, who thanked him, then parted from the group.

Xiao Yi Xian defeated a powerful opponent in the arena, then faced harassment from Dai Xie until Elder Su intervened. Su Yun arrived afterward, furious, but Elder Su urged him to respect the academy’s rules.

• Xiao Yi Xian defeated a Six-Star Dou Ling in the arena and left after using a pill to recover her Dou Qi.
• Dai Xie blocked Xiao Yi Xian’s path, propositioned her, and tried to grab her after she rejected him.
• Elder Su stopped Dai Xie, injured him, and warned Xiao Yi Xian to be careful.
• Su Yun arrived and Xiao Yi Xian threw herself into his arms; Elder Su explained what had happened.
• Su Yun glared at Dai Xie with killing intent, but Elder Su reminded him that the academy had rules.