Chapter Summaries

Qian Ye and Instructor Ruo Ling’s group explored a cavern filled with Ghost Lizard King eggs and discovered that the returning beast was at least fifth-rank. After it left, Qian Ye reappeared from hiding, while the group remained wary of the danger.

• Qian Ye and Instructor Ruo Ling’s group followed the tracks into a cavern and found more than a hundred eggs that Instructor Ruo Ling identified as Ghost Lizard King eggs.
• Qian Ye judged the beast might be fifth-rank, while the others hid behind a large crystal when they heard it returning.
• Qian Ye turned invisible instead of hiding with the group, and Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Mei, and the others wondered where he had gone.
• The Ghost Lizard entered the cavern, inspected its eggs, seemed to notice the group, then left without attacking.
• Instructor Ruo Ling said the Ghost Lizard was at least fifth-rank and too powerful for them to fight.
• Qian Ye appeared behind the group and told Xiao Xun'er he had been hiding.

Qian Ye rescued Xiao Xun'er and the others by effortlessly killing the fifth-rank Ghost Lizard, then stayed in the forest to hunt more magical beasts for their Monster Cores. The injured group returned to the academy without him.

• Instructor Ruo Ling led Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Ning, Xiao Mei, and Wu Wei out of the cave, but the Ghost Lizard caught up and injured them.
• The Ghost Lizard gravely wounded Instructor Ruo Ling and knocked Xiao Mei, Xiao Ning, and Wu Wei to the ground.
• Qian Ye leaped onto the Ghost Lizard, crushed it with two stomps, and took its Monster Core.
• Bai Shan and the other students arrived and learned that Qian Ye had killed the Ghost Lizard, though they suspected it was luck.
• The students carried the injured back to the academy, while Qian Ye stayed behind to search for more magical beasts and Monster Cores.

After returning from the forest, Qian Ye went out to eat and shop with Xiao Yu, who openly held his hand despite the academy students’ gossip. Later that night, someone entered Xiao Xun’er’s room while she pretended to sleep, and the chapter ended as the intruder turned on the bedside lamp.

• Qian Ye returned to Jia Nan Academy with medicinal herbs and Monster Cores, then slept until Xiao Yu knocked on his door.
• Xiao Yu invited Qian Ye to dinner and led him out of the dormitory by the hand, attracting other students’ attention.
• Xiao Yu and Qian Ye shopped, ate, and returned to the academy late that night.
• After midnight, an unknown person opened Xiao Xun’er’s door and walked to her bedside while she pretended to be asleep.
• The intruder switched on the bedside lamp, leaving Xiao Xun’er wondering who had entered her room.

Qian Ye secretly nourished Xiao Xun'er’s body overnight, helping her break through to Six-Star Da Dou Shi, while she realized he was the one who had visited her. At school, he checked in with Xiao Mei, Wu Wei, and Instructor Ruo Ling, gaining pills and rising to level 613.

• Xiao Xun'er felt someone nourish her body while she pretended to sleep and concluded that Qian Ye was responsible.
• Xiao Xun'er broke through from Five-Star Da Dou Shi to Six-Star Da Dou Shi, then followed Qian Ye to his dormitory and confirmed his identity.
• Xiao Xun'er arrived at class tired and kept watching Qian Ye, who wondered whether she had discovered his visit.
• Qian Ye checked in with Xiao Mei and received 100 fifth-tier Dragon Strength Pills and one level, reaching level 611.
• Qian Ye checked in with Wu Wei and received 100 fifth-tier Blood Lotus Pills and one level, reaching level 612.
• Instructor Ruo Ling entered the classroom, and Qian Ye checked in with her to receive 100 fifth-tier Spirit Recovery Purple Pills and one level, reaching level 613.

Qian Ye spent half a month exploring Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, then returned to the Outer Academy for the advancement tournament, where he waited for Xiao Yan to arrive. The tournament had begun without Xiao Yan, and the crowd grew restless as his name was called.

• Qian Ye dozed through Instructor Ruo Ling’s lesson, then decided to visit the Inner Academy.
• Qian Ye explored the Inner Academy and its student-run trading market before returning to the Outer Academy half a month later.
• Qian Ye joined Xiao Xun'er at the advancement tournament and told her he had visited the Inner Academy.
• The host called Xiao Yan to the stage, but Xiao Yan did not appear, drawing boos from the students and displeasure from Instructor Ruo Ling.
• Qian Ye watched as Bai Shan and other male students waited to challenge Xiao Yan and prove themselves to Xiao Xun'er.

Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy and defeated Xue Beng in three moves, then spoke with Xiao Xun'er, whose feelings for him had faded since meeting Qian Ye. Qian Ye skipped the match to relax in his dorm, where Xiao Yan later came to introduce himself.

• Xiao Yan arrived after the crowd expected him to break his promise and defeated Nine-Star Da Dou Shi Xue Beng in three moves.
• Qian Ye left the match, bought lamb skewers and aged wine, and returned to his dorm to relax.
• Xiao Yan approached Xiao Xun'er, who struggled to respond to him as her attention remained on Qian Ye.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Xun'er both showed jealousy over Qian Ye, who had disappeared before Xiao Yu could invite him out.
• Xiao Yan entered Qian Ye's dorm, introduced himself, and learned that Qian Ye was in Xiao Xun'er's class.

Qian Ye reflected on Queen Medusa’s companion soul, the Heaven Swallowing Python, and how its bond with Xiao Yan had kept Medusa close to him. After resting, Qian Ye encountered the seven-colored snake, which transformed into a captivating woman before him.

• Xiao Yan told Qian Ye that he had already become famous throughout Jia Nan Academy’s Outer Academy.
• Qian Ye reviewed how the snake-people’s companion-soul ritual gave Queen Medusa the Purple Nether Flame Serpent and how the Green Lotus Core Flame awakened the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python within her.
• Qian Ye recalled that Xiao Yan was stalling Medusa with the Spirit Fusion Pill while she remained tied to him through the Heaven Swallowing Python’s attachment.
• Xiao Yan bathed and went to sleep while Qian Ye rested in their room.
• The Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python appeared as a small snake, then transformed into a woman in front of Qian Ye.

Qian Ye met Queen Medusa in the men's dormitory and teased her while she demanded to know who he was. He hinted that he knew why she followed Xiao Yan, but the chapter ended before he revealed her reason.

• Queen Medusa questioned Qian Ye after finding him in the dormitory, and he introduced himself as a new student at Jia Nan Academy.
• Qian Ye joked that Queen Medusa was Xiao Yan's servant, angering her, and she demanded to know why he sensed danger from him.
• Queen Medusa pressed Qian Ye about his identity, while he claimed he was an unimaginably terrifying existence and flirted with her.
• Qian Ye asked whether the little seven-colored snake had been Queen Medusa's true form, and she rebuked him for prying.
• Qian Ye claimed he knew why Queen Medusa followed Xiao Yan, and she threatened to beat him if he was merely making fun of her.
• Qian Ye pretended to cower on his bed and begged Queen Medusa not to hurt him.

Qian Ye revealed how Xiao Yan had disrupted Queen Medusa’s absorption of the Green Lotus Core Flame and was delaying the Spirit Fusion Pill she needed. Queen Medusa, enraged by the deception, tried to leave and kill Xiao Yan, but Qian Ye restrained her.

• Queen Medusa agreed that whoever lost their wager would submit to the winner’s wishes, then followed Qian Ye to the Small Forest on the rear mountain.
• Qian Ye rewarded the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python with medicinal pills, and Queen Medusa transformed back while kissing his cheek.
• Qian Ye recounted how Xiao Yan had entered Queen Medusa’s secret chamber during her absorption of the Green Lotus Core Flame and taken the remaining flame.
• Qian Ye explained that Xiao Yan could not currently refine the Spirit Fusion Pill and had not gathered its ingredients, prompting Queen Medusa to realize Xiao Yan had been misleading her.
• Queen Medusa declared that she would kill Xiao Yan, but Qian Ye caught her hand and warned that she might not be strong enough to defeat him.

Qian Ye erased the Heaven Swallowing Python’s memories of Xiao Yan and promised to help Queen Medusa fuse with it, earning a system reward. Back at the dormitory, Xiao Yan discovered his ring was missing and began to suspect Queen Medusa.

• Qian Ye warned Queen Medusa that attacking Xiao Yan would risk the Heaven Swallowing Python resisting her, then offered to erase its memories of Xiao Yan.
• Queen Medusa transformed into the Heaven Swallowing Python, and Qian Ye removed its memories of Xiao Yan with a wisp of golden light.
• Queen Medusa confirmed the memory was gone, and Qian Ye promised to help her fuse with the Heaven Swallowing Python; the system rewarded him with 100 fifth-tier Ice Spirit Pills and one level.
• Xiao Yan woke and searched the dormitory for his missing ring, while Qian Ye said he had been away for two hours.
• Xiao Yan told Qian Ye the ring was his mother’s keepsake, then realized he could no longer sense the Heaven Swallowing Python and blamed Queen Medusa for taking it.
• Qian Ye asked Xiao Yan who he meant by “her.”

Xiao Yan accused Queen Medusa of stealing his ring, while Qian Ye warned her against acting rashly and claimed he could defeat her despite their difference in strength. Queen Medusa accepted his challenge and followed him to fight, still convinced he was boasting.

• Xiao Yan blamed Queen Medusa for taking his ring and threatened to kill her if she did not return it.
• Qian Ye warned Queen Medusa that Xiao Yan might target the Snake-People Tribe to recover Yao Chen, and advised her not to attack him while her strength remained unstable.
• Qian Ye claimed he could instantly kill Xiao Yan regardless of how powerful he became, but Queen Medusa mocked his boast.
• Qian Ye challenged Queen Medusa to fight, and she agreed to meet him at the mountain behind them.
• Qian Ye vanished in a flash of spiritual light, while Queen Medusa still doubted he could defeat her.

Qian Ye defeated Queen Medusa with a single finger and secured her submission, then went to Jia Nan Academy’s dining hall. There, he ate with Xiao Xun'er and several other girls while students speculated about his identity and complained about Xiao Yan.

• Qian Ye pinned Queen Medusa down with gravitational force from one finger, and she finally admitted defeat and submitted to him.
• Qian Ye helped Queen Medusa up, and she transformed into the Heaven Swallowing Python and hid inside his clothes as they headed to eat.
• Qian Ye sat down for a meal in the dining hall, where Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Mei, Wu Wei, Ruo Ling, and Xiao Yu joined him.
• Students discussed Qian Ye’s strength and background, mistook him for Xiao Yan at first, and then learned he was a Nine-Star Da Dou Shi from Yellow Class Two.
• Qian Ye listened as students voiced their jealousy of Xiao Yan, whom Xiao Xun'er often praised and whom Bai Shan especially resented.

Qian Ye secretly helped Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei advance one star before the Jia Nan Academy Outer Academy competition reached its final fifty-person group battle. He stayed out of the melee as the field dwindled to six, leaving Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, Wu Hao, Hu Jia, and Bai Shan fighting for the last places.

• Qian Ye entered Xiao Yu's room at night and nourished her meridians, helping her advance from Seven-Star Da Dou Shi to Eight-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Qian Ye also helped Xiao Mei advance from Three-Star Da Dou Shi to Four-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan defeated Bai Shan, and Qian Ye observed that Xiao Yan's unusually vicious fighting came from his anger over losing his ring and the Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Vice Principal Hu changed the final match into a battle royale, sending all fifty remaining students into the arena to fight until five remained.
• Qian Ye sat behind a barrier and let the others fight, while the last five—Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, Wu Hao, Hu Jia, and Bai Shan—battled one another.

After defeating the other four finalists, Xiao Yan faced Qian Ye in the tournament’s final match. Xiao Yan’s heavy-ruler attacks failed to land as Qian Ye repeatedly evaded them, and Xiao Yan challenged him to fight back.

• Xiao Yan defeated Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Bai Shan, leaving Qian Ye as his final opponent.
• Hu Qian and the elders discussed Qian Ye’s chances against Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames, while Xiao Yan suspected Qian Ye might be connected to the disappearance of his ring and the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Xiao Yan and Qian Ye exchanged confident taunts before Xiao Yan drew his Heavy Xuan Ruler and attacked.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler and followed with a rapid series of strikes, but Qian Ye dodged every attack with his movement technique.
• Xiao Yan stopped to recover his breath and asked Qian Ye why he only dodged instead of fighting back.

Qian Ye appeared to fall to Xiao Yan’s Octane Blast, then revealed golden wings and took to the sky, prompting Xiao Yan to pursue him with his Zi Yun Wings. The arena crowd turned its support toward Qian Ye while debating how both fighters could fly.

• Xiao Yan struck Qian Ye’s chest with Octane Blast, and Qian Ye collapsed and convulsed as the crowd assumed he had been defeated.
• Qian Ye suddenly manifested golden wings and flew into the air, astonishing the spectators and drawing their cheers.
• The spectators speculated that Qian Ye’s wings were externally crafted, while Qian Ye intended to make Xiao Yan reveal his Zi Yun Wings and continue the contest in the sky.
• Xiao Yan grew furious when he realized Qian Ye had been playing dead and, angered further by losing his ring, unfurled his Zi Yun Wings and flew after him.
• The crowd then noticed Xiao Yan’s wings and debated whether they were artificial, since they believed he was only a Da Dou Shi or a newly advanced Dou Ling.

Qian Ye repeatedly overpowered Xiao Yan in the arena, but Xiao Yan answered with a miniature Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus. The chapter ended with Qian Ye balancing the undetonated flame lotus on one finger, leaving Xiao Yan shocked.

• Qian Ye flew beyond the reach of Xiao Yan's Zi Yun Wings, then knocked Xiao Yan down when he tried to challenge him.
• Xiao Yan rose and attacked Qian Ye with Heavenly Flame, but Qian Ye vanished and stamped him into a crater.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the crater covered in Heavenly Flame and formed a miniature Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan launched the fire lotus at Qian Ye, who caught it on his index finger without letting it detonate.

Qian Ye defeated Xiao Yan and won first place in the Outer Academy advancement competition, then left with Xiao Xun'er. That night, an intruder entered Hu Jia's bedroom and lit the lamp.

• Qian Ye swallowed Xiao Yan's sealed Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, stunning Xiao Yan and the audience.
• Xiao Yan refused to admit defeat and attacked Qian Ye with his Heavy Xuan Ruler, but Qian Ye froze and sealed him.
• Vice Principal Hu announced Qian Ye as the competition's first-place winner, and Qian Ye left with Xiao Xun'er for the dining hall.
• After Qian Ye withdrew the seal, Xiao Yan broke free of the ice and collapsed.
• Late at night, an unknown figure entered Hu Jia's bedroom and lit the lamp, startling her.

Qian Ye secretly helped Hu Jia advance and received the Heavenly Flame Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, then frightened Xiao Yan when he caught him snooping. The next morning, Qian Ye and five other top contestants followed Vice Principal Hu to Jia Nan Academy’s hidden Book Repository, where the elders Qian and Bai guarded the entrance.

• Qian Ye nourished Hu Jia’s meridians while she slept, raising her cultivation from Five-Star to Six-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Qian Ye checked in with Hu Jia, received the Heavenly Flame Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, absorbed it, and rose to level 615.
• Hu Jia recognized Qian Ye leaving her room and assumed he had helped her because he liked her.
• Xiao Yan suspected Qian Ye of taking his Yao Chen Ring and Heaven Swallowing Python, but Qian Ye startled him into returning to bed.
• Vice Principal Hu led Qian Ye, Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun’er, Wu Hao, Hu Jia, and Bai Shan to the hidden Book Repository after the academy allowed all six to enter.
• The group emerged from a secret passage into a valley, where elders Qian and Bai guarded the Book Repository.

Qian Ye and the academy’s top students entered Jia Nan Academy’s treasure pavilion, where the apparently empty hall revealed hidden compartments. The chapter ended as glowing balls of light burst out of the walls.

• Qian Ye and Xiao Xun'er showed their affection as Xiao Yan brooded over losing her and blamed Qian Ye for his recent misfortunes.
• Bai Shan resolved to rely on his cousin Bai Cheng and the White Gang after entering the Inner Academy.
• Vice Principal Hu led the six students to the pavilion, where Elder Qian and Elder Bai opened the entrance with their Dou Qi.
• Qian Ye and the others entered the hall, found it apparently empty, and then watched hidden compartments open and shoot out balls of light.

Qian Ye and the others chose treasures in the Treasure Pavilion before Hu Qian led the new students toward the Inner Academy. They learned that senior students would ambush them to take some of their Fire Energy, and Qian Ye pointed out that the newcomers could hunt the seniors in return.

• Qian Ye helped Xiao Xun'er choose a Dou Technique, then took a red fruit for himself as the group gathered their treasures and left the Treasure Pavilion within the hour.
• A few days later, Hu Qian and several elders led Qian Ye, Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yan, and the other successful students to the forest behind the academy and issued them Fire Energy Cards.
• Hu Qian explained that senior students would ambush the newcomers in teams and take three days of their five days of Fire Energy, leaving them two days' worth.
• The new students protested that the hunt was unfair, and Hu Qian explained that it was an academy trial meant to train their teamwork and abilities.
• Qian Ye asked whether the newcomers could steal the senior students' Fire Energy too, and Hu Qian confirmed that they could if they defeated them.
• Xiao Yan considered forming a team with Qian Ye, Xiao Xun'er, and the others to turn the hunt against the senior students.