Chapter Summaries

After winning the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, Xiao Yu claimed his system rewards and learned the Golden Eyes technique. He, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er met Hu Gan, who welcomed them as the academy's future pride.

• Hu Gan announced Xiao Yu as the tournament's first-place winner and told the top five to enter the Dou Technique Pavilion in three days.
• Xiao Yu claimed his rewards, raising his Dou Qi Value to 873, advancing to an Eight-Star Da Dou Shi and a Fifth-Rank Alchemist, and receiving Golden Eyes.
• Xiao Yu mastered Golden Eyes and used it to identify a student's strength as Three-Star Dou Shi.
• Instructor Ruolin explained the Library Pavilion and Dou Technique Pavilion rules to Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er, then told them to meet Hu Gan in three days.
• Hu Jia greeted Xun'er when Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, and Xun'er arrived at Hu Gan's office, where Hu Gan praised them as the academy's future pride.

Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, and the other competition winners followed Hu Gan to the Library Pavilion, where two gray-robed elders opened its Spatial Lock. The elders explained how the students could claim Dou Techniques and warned them that each could take only one.

• Hu Gan led the top five competition winners through a hidden passage to the Library Pavilion.
• Hu Gan asked the two gray-robed elders to open the Dou Zun Spatial Lock protecting the pavilion.
• One elder examined Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan, identifying Xiao Yu's unusual constitution and Xiao Yan's Green Lotus Core Flame.
• The elders opened a spatial gate, and Hu Gan led the students into the pavilion's protected space.
• A gray-robed elder explained that Dou Techniques could be seized only by fate and warned the students not to take more than one.

Xiao Yu and the others entered the Library Pavilion and searched among its flying Dou Technique scrolls, while Xiao Yan obtained an Earth class technique and gave it to Xun'er. The group then began looking for the sonic Dou Technique Xiao Yan needed, though Xun'er warned that good ones were rare.

• Hu Gan sent Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Hu Jia, and the others into the Library Pavilion, where energy clusters carrying Dou Techniques flew out of a barrier.
• Xiao Yu learned to judge the techniques by the energy in each cluster and obtained a mid Earth class Shadow Prison, but kept searching for something better.
• Xiao Yan obtained a low Earth class Ninefold Phoenix Flame Art and gave it to Xun'er because he could not change his own cultivation method.
• Xiao Yu and Xun'er offered to help Xiao Yan find a technique, and he said he needed a sonic Dou Technique.
• Xun'er warned Xiao Yan that most sonic Dou Techniques were low-grade and that finding a good one would be difficult.

Xiao Yan and his companions searched the Library Pavilion for cultivation methods and Dou Techniques before their time ran out. Xun'er retrieved the sound-wave technique Xiao Yan needed, and the group left the Pavilion with two days to prepare for entering the Inner Academy.

• Hu Jia found a purple medicinal pill, and Wu Hao obtained a Dou Technique while Xiao Yan continued searching for a sound-wave technique.
• As the Library Pavilion began pulling its energy clusters back, Xiao Yu found a cluster containing a sound-wave Dou Technique but was blasted away when he tried to retrieve it.
• Xiao Yan also failed to take the scroll from the cluster, but Xun'er easily retrieved the Lion Tiger Gold Shattering Roar, a High Xuan-tier Dou Technique, and gave it to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yu led the group out of the Library Pavilion after they collected their gains, and Hu Gan escorted them back to his office.
• Hu Gan told the students they had two days to rest before entering the Inner Academy and warned them that their chances against its experienced students were slim.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan trained their newly acquired Dou Techniques during their last days in the Outer Academy. Hu Gan then gathered the selected students and prepared to escort them to the secret Inner Academy, leaving them poised to depart on griffins.

• Xiao Yu studied Shadow Prison and learned that it could boost his speed and trap opponents within a domain.
• Xiao Yan practiced the Lion Tiger Gold Shattering Roar with Medicine Elder's guidance while Xiao Yu trained Shadow Prison nearby.
• Xiao Yu formed a Shadow Prison for several seconds, surprising Xiao Yan with how quickly he had learned the Earth-tier technique.
• A cyan figure arrived and told Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan that it was time to head to the Inner Academy.
• Hu Gan addressed the assembled students, warned them about competition in the Inner Academy, and explained that its location was secret.
• Ten griffins landed near the plaza as Hu Gan prepared to escort the students to the Inner Academy.

Xiao Yu and the other new students reached the Inner Academy and learned that they must cross a forest while veteran students hunt them for their Fire Energy. After missions appeared, Xiao Yu proposed that his group turn the tables and seize Fire Energy from their pursuers.

• Hu Gan led the new students on griffins through the mountains and opened a concealed silver gate to the Inner Academy.
• Elder Su gave each new student a crystal card containing five units of Fire Energy and announced the Fire Energy Hunting Competition.
• Elder Su explained that veteran students would hunt the newcomers as they crossed the forest, with greater rewards for those who reached the Inner Academy sooner.
• Xiao Yu received missions to reach the Inner Academy first and obtain as much Fire Energy as possible.
• Xiao Yu gathered Xiao Yan, Hu Jia, and the others and suggested they rob the veteran students in return.

Xiao Yu and his companions ambushed an Inner Academy team, taking their fire energy and map while learning how students earned and spent fire energy. They left the five seniors tied up and continued deeper into the forest without revealing their whereabouts.

• Xiao Yu and his companions decided to hunt Inner Academy students and take their fire energy.
• An Inner Academy team robbed a group of newcomers and took most of their fire energy.
• Xiao Yu’s group ambushed the resting team and subdued all five students.
• Xiao Yu took forty-six points of fire energy and a map from the bare-armed leader, then questioned him about the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yu and his companions tied up the five students and slipped deeper into the forest.

Xiao Yu and his companions intervened when Yue Yao's group was attacked by Inner Academy students, but poor teamwork made the ensuing fight difficult. After the opponents withdrew, Xiao Yu offered to hold Yue Yao's Fire Energy, and she handed over her card without hesitation, surprised by how much Fire Energy he had.

• Xiao Yu led his group toward a battle and found Yue Yao and her two injured teammates surrounded by five Inner Academy students.
• The black-clad captain detected Xiao Yu's group before they could ambush him, and Yue Yao warned Xiao Yu about the opponents' abilities.
• Xiao Yu's group charged the Inner Academy students but struggled against their superior coordination and eventually pulled back.
• The black-clad captain chose to leave rather than waste time fighting Xiao Yu's group, and Xiao Yu led his companions and Yue Yao's group away to rest.
• Xiao Yu offered to hold Yue Yao's Fire Energy, and she gave him her Fire Crystal Card, adding three points to his total.

Xiao Yu’s group trained their teamwork by repeatedly ambushing an Inner Academy team, then hunted down five more teams and accumulated enormous amounts of Fire Energy. With only the Black-and-White Fiends Team and three other teams left, Xiao Yu decided they would stop taking Fire Energy from the remaining three.

• Xiao Yu gave Yue Yao’s group a forest map, then led his team deeper into the woods to discuss their poor coordination.
• Xiao Yu’s group repeatedly attacked an Inner Academy team, reviewing their tactics after each clash until they defeated and tied up the veterans.
• The defeated man warned Xiao Yu about the Black-and-White Fiends Team, but Xiao Yu took their Fire Energy and left with his team.
• Xiao Yu’s group began hunting Inner Academy teams, drawing anger and envy as rumors spread about their growing store of Fire Energy.
• After their fifth hunt, Xiao Yu said they would not take Fire Energy from the three remaining teams besides the Black-and-White Fiends Team, surprising his companions.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan united the Outer Academy freshmen to ambush the remaining Inner Academy teams and reclaim their Fire Energy. Their group surrounded the seniors, and the battle ended with Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan knocking Leng Bai unconscious while Su Xiao remained engaged.

• Xiao Yu proposed luring the Inner Academy teams into a trap and giving the captured Fire Energy to the freshmen who joined the hunt.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan gathered the Outer Academy students and used bedraggled students as bait to lure an Inner Academy team into a clearing.
• The Inner Academy captains Leng Bai, Su Xiao, and Xiu Yan coordinated their defense as Xiao Yu assigned opponents to his companions.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan teamed up to defeat Leng Bai, while Xun Er held Su Xiao back and the other freshmen fought the remaining seniors.
• Xiao Yan went to help Wu Hao, Xiao Yu returned to attack Su Xiao, and Su Xiao accused the Outer Academy group of fighting unfairly.

Xiao Yu and the new students defeated the Inner Academy teams, but Sha Tie and the Black Fiend Team arrived to claim their Fire Energy. As Bai Shan abandoned the group, Xiao Yu faced the newcomers and suggested they had delivered themselves to his door.

• Xiao Yu defeated Su Xiao, while Xiao Yan and Wu Hao overcame Xiu Yan, but the Inner Academy students resumed fighting after a Da Dou Shi urged them not to surrender.
• Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, and Wu Hao knocked out their opponents and crushed the remaining Inner Academy students.
• Sha Tie and four members of the Black Fiend Team arrived, and Sha Tie revealed that Xiao Yu's group had become known across the Inner Academy for hunting its students for Fire Energy.
• Sha Tie told Xiao Yu that the Hunting Competition was meant to humble new students and threatened to teach him the rules.
• Bai Shan invoked his connection to Bai Feng to secure permission to leave, then dismissed the group as doomed when Hu Jia accused him of betrayal.
• Sha Tie pointed out that the exhausted students were vulnerable, but Xiao Yu replied that the Black Fiend Team might have brought Fire Energy right to their door.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan led the new students in defeating the Black Fiend Team, with Xiao Yu overpowering Sha Tie. Sha Tie surrendered, and Xiao Yu's group took the team’s Fire Crystal Cards and their accumulated Fire Energy.

• Xiao Yu used the Heavenly Flames and his Thousand Flame Spear to keep Sha Tie on the defensive while Xiao Yan defeated one of the Black Fiend Team members.
• Xiao Yu exploited openings in Sha Tie’s weakening attacks and struck him into a tree, leaving the team’s leader badly injured.
• Xiao Yu swallowed two Qi Recovery Pills and charged at the remaining Black Fiend Team members as Xiao Yan and the others pressed their advantage.
• Sha Tie surrendered, and Xiao Yu took his Fire Crystal Card, which displayed seventy-three, along with the other team members’ cards.
• Sha Tie returned to his team and saw that their Fire Crystal Cards had been reduced to familiar single digits after losing two months of saved Fire Energy.

After defeating the Black Fiend Team, Xiao Yu led the freshmen toward the Inner Academy, where Luo Hou and the White Fiend Team blocked their way. The two sides prepared to fight as Xiao Yu’s group charged forward.

• Xiao Yu and the others kept the Black Fiend Team’s Fire Energy and distributed the Inner Academy teams’ Fire Energy among the freshmen.
• Xiao Yu called for everyone to rest before confronting the White Fiend Team, and warned his companions that its captain might be a Dou Ling.
• Luo Hou learned that Sha Tie’s team had lost to the freshmen and dismissed Sha Tie’s warning about them.
• Xiao Yu led more than thirty freshmen to the Inner Academy gate and used Golden Eyes to assess Luo Hou and the four men with him.
• Luo Hou refused to let the freshmen pass, so Xiao Yu waved his hand and led the group in a charge.

Xiao Yu, Xiao Yan, and their companions fought Luo Hou and his group, but Luo Hou’s strength and combat experience let him overpower them. Xiao Yu then used Heavenly Flames and an Earth-tier Dou Technique to melt Luo Hou’s ice attack and strike him with a green crane shadow, leaving the outcome unclear.

• Luo Hou assigned his four companions to fight the Dou Shi while he faced Xiao Yu and the others.
• Luo Hou injured Wu Hao with one staff strike and nearly hit Hu Jia before Xun'er pulled her out of danger.
• Xiao Yu pressured Luo Hou with his spear, and Heavenly Flames spread from their weapon clashes to suppress Luo Hou’s frost Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yu unleashed Cloud Crane Shadow, melting Luo Hou’s Icebound Profound Extremity and sending the green crane shadow toward him.
• The green crane shadow struck Luo Hou in a violent explosion, prompting onlookers to question whether Xiao Yu had defeated a Dou Ling in one strike.

Xiao Yu defeated Luo Hou and led his team into the Inner Academy, where they received Fire Energy rewards and settled into their dormitory. After claiming his system rewards, Xiao Yu advanced to the Dou Ling realm, but soul tempering overwhelmed him and he fainted.

• Xiao Yu defeated Luo Hou, and his team quickly overcame the remaining members and collected their Fire Crystal Cards.
• Elder Su declared the competition over, awarded the new students Fire Energy, and gave Xiao Yu and his companions green Fire Crystal Cards.
• Xiao Yu gathered the group's Fire Energy onto his card and followed Elder Su into the Inner Academy, where the group received a shared pavilion and chose rooms.
• Xiao Yu claimed his task rewards, gaining 103 Dou Qi Value from the second task and raising his total enough to reach the Dou Ling realm.
• Xiao Yu absorbed the system-provided Dou Qi and advanced, then endured intense soul tempering until he convulsed and fainted.

After reaching Dou Ling, Xiao Yu received the Nine Revolutions Sun Devouring Technique and a Spirit Puppet, which he used to create a body for his Mo Shang identity. He merged the puppet back into himself, planning to split his soul origin later so Mo Shang could become truly independent.

• Xiao Yu checked his status, noted the new Moon's Sorrow quest, and considered the system's unsettling changes and his plans for Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body.
• The system rewarded Xiao Yu with the High-Rank Earth-Class Nine Revolutions Sun Devouring Technique and a Spirit Puppet for advancing to Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yu learned that only his soul aura could use the Spirit Puppet, then infused it with his soul power and gave it the appearance of Mo Shang.
• Xiao Yu equipped Mo Shang with supplies and transferred Eagle Protector's mark into the puppet using Chaos Flame, helping protect Mo Shang's Soul Hall identity.
• Xiao Yu merged Mo Shang into his body and realized that splitting his soul origin would be necessary to make Mo Shang fully independent.

After reaching Dou Ling, Xiao Yu learned that Inner Academy teams were repeatedly demanding Fire Energy from the new students and decided to confront them. He led his companions and the new students to meet the latest group, where a senior who recognized his victory over Luo Hou challenged him.

• Xiao Yu revealed that he had advanced to Dou Ling, surprising Xiao Yan, Xun Er, Hu Jia, and the others.
• A Tai told Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan that three Inner Academy teams had already collected two days' worth of Fire Energy from the new students.
• Xiao Yu proposed forming a faction and told A Tai to gather the new students before the senior teams came for them.
• Xiao Yu's companions agreed to establish their own faction, and Xiao Yu led them to the crowd of new students.
• A Tai stepped behind Xiao Yu as he faced the senior student demanding Fire Energy, who recognized him as the person who had defeated Luo Hou.

Xiao Yu used his newly revealed Dou Ling strength to stop Green Mountain students from demanding extra contribution fees, then won the new students’ gratitude. A Tai urged him to establish a faction, but Xiao Yu said he did not want to lead one and turned attention toward Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yu released his Dou Ling aura, drove back the Green Mountain students, and warned them not to demand extra fees from the new students.
• Xiao Yu politely addressed the watching Inner Academy students to avoid making enemies of the established factions.
• A Tai and the new students thanked Xiao Yu, and A Tai explained the benefits of forming a faction to compete for space in the Blazing Heavens Qi Refining Tower.
• A Tai offered to manage the new students if Xiao Yu established a faction, and the gathered students looked to Xiao Yu for an answer.
• Xiao Yu said he was willing to establish a faction but did not want to lead it, then turned the group’s attention to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan established Pan's Gate while Xiao Yu took the deputy leader title and declined to handle its affairs. The two explored the Inner Academy and reached the Blazing Heavens Qi Refining Tower just as its gates opened, then approached its strange, buried structure.

• Xiao Yu named himself deputy leader, and Xiao Yan agreed to establish Pan's Gate with Xun Er and the other new students.
• Xiao Yan named the faction Pan's Gate, and the new students celebrated him as their leader.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan left the crowd and headed toward the Inner Academy's Blazing Heavens Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan saw a powerful faction arrive at the tower and noticed the Spatial Lock around it.
• An aged voice ordered the tower opened, and the waiting students rushed inside as scorching energy poured out.
• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan approached the tower gates, and Xiao Yan sensed the contrast between the tower's chilling exterior and the heat within.

Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan entered the Blazing Heavens Qi Refining Tower and were engulfed by the Heart Flame. As Elder Liu and Han Yue watched, Xiao Yu discovered that his Chaos Flame could devour the Heart Flame and strengthen both itself and his Dou Qi.

• Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan stepped into the tower and began burning from the invisible Heart Flame within their bodies.
• Xiao Yu realized his high-tier cultivation technique already condensed his Dou Qi, making the Heart Flame's effect seem weaker.
• Xiao Yu found that his Chaos Flame could devour the Heart Flame and convert what it consumed into stronger flame and additional Dou Qi.
• Han Yue arrived, said she intended to cultivate on the sixth level, and urged Elder Liu to help the two newcomers.
• Elder Liu chose to wait and observe how long Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan could endure, recognizing them as the freshmen Xiao Yu and Xiao Yan.