Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yun watched Xiao Yan receive praise for reaching Dou Qi Stage Three at age five, then stunned the Xiao Clan by testing at Dou Qi Ninth Duan at age seven. After examining his Status Panel, he prepared to test whether it would let him break through to Dou Zhe without a bottleneck.

• Xiao Yan tested at Dou Qi Stage Three and boasted that he would become the clan patriarch.
• Xiao Yun reflected on his transmigration, his place in the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Yan's arrogance.
• Xiao Yun tested at Dou Qi Ninth Duan, shocking the crowd and earning praise as the clan's top genius.
• Xiao Yun returned to his room and checked his Status Panel, which showed his cultivation at 99/100.
• Xiao Yun decided to make one final push and attempt to advance to Dou Zhe.

Xiao Yun broke through to Dou Zhe at the age of seven and told Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan elders that he wanted to attend Jia Nan Academy. The elders gave him money for his journey and hinted that more awaited him.

• Xiao Yun cultivated in a secluded cave and easily formed a Qi Vortex, breaking through to Dou Zhe in less than ten minutes.
• Xiao Yun used Inner Vision to inspect his new Qi Vortex and considered seeking a cultivation method from the Dou Technique Hall.
• Xiao Yun returned to his courtyard and found Xiao Zhan and the three elders waiting to discuss his future.
• Xiao Yun chose Jia Nan Academy over the Misty Cloud Sect, explaining that he wanted to train among exceptional talents.
• Xiao Zhan gave Xiao Yun a black card containing one hundred thousand gold coins, and the First Elder said there were still other things he had not received.

After becoming a Dou Zhe and receiving a cultivation method, Xiao Yun continued training while Gu Yuan brought Gu Xun'er to the Xiao Clan. As Jia Nan Academy's recruitment approached, Xiao Yun watched the clan's young people prepare and judged that almost none of them would qualify.

• Xiao Yun converted his Dou Qi by cultivating a Yellow Tier method and lamented that he could not obtain the Flame Mantra from Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yun heard that important guests had arrived and recognized that Gu Yuan and Gu Xun'er were visiting the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yun briefly met Xiao Yan and Gu Xun'er, then went to train in the back mountain while Xiao Yan continued showing her around.
• Xiao Yun's reputation spread through Wutan City before attention shifted to Jia Nan Academy's upcoming recruitment.
• Xiao Yun saw Xiao Yan and Xiao Yu sparring and concluded that only two youths on the training field had a chance of passing the recruitment test.

Xiao Yun fought his way through the crowd to take Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment test and passed the Dou Qi check. After revealing that he was a seven-year-old One-Star Dou Zhe, he was rated S-Tier Potential, and the accepted freshmen were told to return in three days to depart for the academy.

• Xiao Yun squeezed through the crowd and passed the preliminary test after the testing crystal lit up twice.
• Xiao Yun met Xiao Long and Xiao Hu in the tent and waited with them in the sun until the freshmen were allowed inside.
• Instructor Xu Ning explained the academy’s potential ratings and recorded each freshman’s age and cultivation.
• Xiao Yun reported that he was seven years old and a One-Star Dou Zhe, prompting Xu Ning to rate him S-Tier Potential.
• Xu Ning told the accepted freshmen to return home and gather again in three days for transport to Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Yun traveled to Jia Nan Academy, where he joined Instructor Xu Ning’s class and was accepted into the Alchemy Department. After learning about the academy’s dangers and alchemy training, he left the department as an instructor decided to tell Fire Elder about his unusual talent.

• Xiao Zhan warned Xiao Yun to be careful at the academy and asked Xiao Long and Xiao Hu to look after him.
• Instructor Xu Ning took Xiao Yun and the other students to Jia Nan Academy through the Black-Corner Region, warning them about its dangers.
• Xiao Yun cultivated during the journey and broke through to become a Two-Star Dou Zhe before reaching Canaan City.
• Xu Ning offered Xiao Yun a place in his class, and Xiao Yun accepted while asking to study alchemy as well.
• An Alchemy Department instructor tested Xiao Yun, confirmed his fire attribute and trace of Wood Qi, and accepted him into the department.
• The instructor explained the alchemy curriculum and cautioned Xiao Yun to build a foundation before refining medicine, then sent word of his talent to someone who could inform Fire Elder.

Xiao Yun became Fire Elder’s disciple and received cultivation resources, techniques, and books before completing four days of study. He returned for his first alchemy lesson, where Fire Elder explained medicinal cauldrons and flames and then took him to practice pill refining.

• Xiao Yun met Fire Elder, who recognized his talent and accepted him as his sole disciple.
• Fire Elder gave Xiao Yun Fire-Worship Ointment, a Storage Ring, cultivation and combat techniques, pill formulas, and textbooks, and told him to memorize the books in four days.
• Xiao Yun studied intensively, and Xu Ning excused him from classes after learning he was completing Fire Elder’s task.
• Xiao Yun returned to Fire Elder after four days and reported that he had memorized the books.
• Fire Elder taught Xiao Yun about medicinal cauldrons, Dou Qi flames, Heavenly Flames, and Beast Flames, then invited him to practice in the pill-refining room.

Xiao Yun began learning alchemy under Fire Elder, endured intensive practice, and steadily improved his skills. Half a year later, with a high success rate refining first-tier pills, he decided to take the alchemist examination.

• Fire Elder demonstrated how to refine a Qi Recovery Pill and taught Xiao Yun to control the cauldron’s flames with Dou Qi and Wood Qi.
• Xiao Yun ruined many ingredients before refining a low-quality Qi Recovery Pill, and Fire Elder ordered him to practice with an entire batch of ingredients.
• Xiao Yun followed a demanding routine of classes, alchemy training, and nighttime cultivation, driven by fears about Hun Tiandi and the future.
• After half a year of training, Xiao Yun successfully refined a pill and assessed his success rate at about eighty percent for first-tier pills.
• Xiao Yun decided it was time to take the alchemist examination and become a true alchemist.

Xiao Yun watched Fire Elder refine a high-grade Fifth-Tier Purple Cloud Spirit-Gathering Pill, then swallowed it and gained a major boost to his cultivation and Soul Power. The pill brought him to the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zhe, and he began preparing to break through to Dou Shi under Fire Elder’s guard.

• Xiao Yun visited Fire Elder’s alchemy room and watched him extract the essence from rare medicinal ingredients while explaining his flame-based storage technique.
• Fire Elder spent more than a day refining the ingredients and successfully fused them into a Purple Cloud Spirit-Gathering Pill.
• Fire Elder gave the pill to Xiao Yun, then guided his Dou Qi as its powerful medicinal force surged through his body.
• Xiao Yun checked his Status Panel and found that he had reached the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zhe and Intermediate Mortal Realm Soul Power.
• Fire Elder told Xiao Yun that the pill could only be taken once and agreed to guard him as he began his breakthrough to Dou Shi.

Xiao Yun absorbed a pill’s energy and advanced to Dou Shi, then passed the First-Tier Alchemist examination in Canaan City. After returning to Jia Nan Academy, he ran into Xu Ning, who took him to the training ground to consolidate his new realm through battle.

• Xiao Yun refined the energy in his body and advanced to Dou Shi with Fire Elder watching over him.
• Xiao Yun thanked Fire Elder for the pill, and Fire Elder gave him a token to take the First-Tier Alchemist examination.
• Xiao Yun showed the token to the Alchemist Association president, who discovered that the young boy was already a Dou Shi and sent him to the examination.
• Xiao Yun passed the examination and received a First-Tier Alchemist badge with one silver ripple.
• Xu Ning noticed Xiao Yun's new cultivation and alchemist robes, then took him to the training ground to consolidate his realm.

Xiao Yun sparred with Xu Ning to improve his combat skills, but was repeatedly outmatched despite his strong Dou Techniques. He won their final exchange by forcing Xu Ning to use his Xuan Tier trump card, then recognized that he needed more battle experience.

• Xu Ning offered to suppress his cultivation and restrict his techniques, gave Xiao Yun a short sword, and began their duel.
• Xu Ning quickly overwhelmed Xiao Yun, then spent the rest of the day teaching him through repeated bouts.
• Xiao Yun used his Soul Perception to keep pace with Xu Ning, but learned that relying on many weaker techniques wasted his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yun unleashed Scarlet Flame Palm, and Xu Ning answered with Flame Blade, which Xiao Yun recognized as a Xuan Tier Dou Technique.
• Xu Ning accepted Xiao Yun's win, praised his humility, and advised him to gain experience by fighting others.

After two years away, Xiao Yun returned to the Xiao Clan to share the cultivation methods, Dou Techniques, and pills he had gained at Jia Nan Academy. The clan welcomed his gifts, while Xiao Yun left them with a dramatically stronger foundation.

• Xiao Yun completed a Law Enforcement Team mission in Peace Town and told Fang Xu he planned to enter the Inner Academy Selection Tournament.
• Xiao Yun said goodbye to Fire Elder and traveled with the academy's recruitment team toward Wutan City.
• Xiao Yun returned unexpectedly to the Xiao Clan, where Xiao Zhan and the three elders welcomed him and questioned him about his progress.
• Xiao Yun proved he was a Third-Tier Alchemist and a Da Dou Shi, then presented the clan with Xuan Tier cultivation methods and Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Yun gave the clan two Gathering Qi Powders and four Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills, offering the latter to Xiao Zhan and the three elders.

Xiao Yun distributed valuable pills and cultivation resources to the Xiao Clan, then settled into cultivation at home. He agreed to help Xiao Ding at Jia Nan Academy and later confronted Xiao Yan at the training grounds, where he promised him a gift.

• Xiao Yun revealed that he was a Six-Star Da Dou Shi and persuaded Xiao Zhan and the elders to accept the pills and cultivation materials he had brought.
• Xiao Yun asked the clan to keep his return quiet and spent his days cultivating in his courtyard.
• Xiao Zhan asked Xiao Yun to look after his son Xiao Ding at Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Yun agreed while explaining that he would be in the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yun found Xiao Yan sparring with Xiao Yu and handed pills to Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Xun'er.
• After the girls left, Xiao Yan asked Xiao Yun for his own gift, and Xiao Yun promised him an iron fist of familial affection.

Xiao Yun gave Xiao Yan cultivation supplies and helped Xiao Ding leave for Jia Nan Academy before returning there himself. With the Inner Academy Selection Tournament approaching, Xiao Yun registered to compete and prepared to pursue the academy’s hidden resources.

• On the Xiao Clan’s back mountain, Xiao Yun encouraged Xiao Yan, gave him a Storage Ring with pills and Dou Techniques, and heard that Xiao Yan planned to travel with his brothers instead of attending Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yun and Xiao Ding left the Xiao Clan for Jia Nan Academy, while Xiao Zhan and the elders watched them depart.
• After returning to Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yun registered for the Inner Academy Selection Tournament with Xu Ning and asked him to accept Xiao Ding as a student.
• Xiao Yun visited Fire Elder, who explained that the tournament’s top five could enter the Library Pavilion and warned him to rely only on his own strength to obtain a treasure.
• Xiao Yun confidently declared that he would take first place in the tournament the next day.

Xiao Yun dominated the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, defeating Yan Li with one spear and Fang Wen with a controlled flaming attack. After advancing through the second day’s match, he remained a leading contender for one of the fifty places in the Inner Academy.

• Xiao Yun beat Yan Li with a single spear strike on the tournament’s first day.
• Xu Ning praised Xiao Yun’s strength and told him to rest before facing stronger opponents.
• Xiao Yun was matched against Fang Wen on the second day, and Fang Wen proposed deciding the match with one move to conserve their Dou Qi.
• Fang Wen launched Mysterious Dragon Turning Wood, but Xiao Yun countered with Scarlet Flame Palm and crushed the wooden dragon.
• Xiao Yun’s flaming attack knocked Fang Wen off the platform, and the referee confirmed Fang Wen had escaped serious injury and declared Xiao Yun the winner.

Xiao Yun defeated Fang Wen in the selection tournament and showed mercy, then went on to dominate the final day’s round-robin matches. He claimed first place in the Inner Academy Selection Tournament and left the arena amid the crowd’s cheers.

• Xiao Yun defeated Fang Wen with one move, then advised him to tend to his injury.
• Fire Elder and Hu Gan argued over whether Xiao Yun’s achievements came from his talent or his teacher’s instruction.
• Hu Jia greeted Xiao Yun and told him she had advanced to Seventh-Stage Dou Qi.
• Hu Gan told Xiao Yun that the top five would be decided the next day, and Fire Elder urged him to win first place.
• Xiao Yun defeated every opponent in the final day’s round-robin tournament and won first place.
• Hu Gan announced Xiao Yun, Wang Hongjing, Gongsun Sibao, Ye Zhengfan, and Fang Wen as the top five, and Xiao Yun left amid the crowd’s cheers.

After winning the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, Xiao Yun prepared to leave for the Inner Academy and gave his Xiao Clan cousins cultivation resources and advice. On the final day, Fire Elder taught him about alchemy flames before Xiao Yun was summoned to meet Hu Gan and enter the Library Pavilion.

• Xiao Yun recovered from the tournament and waited for Fang Wen to heal so the top five could enter the Library Pavilion together.
• Xiao Yun met Xiao Long, Xiao Hu, and Xiao Ding and gave them pills, cultivation techniques, and a Dou Skill before warning them to seek Fire Elder's help if they faced mortal danger.
• Xiao Long, Xiao Hu, and Xiao Ding promised to cultivate harder and meet Xiao Yun in the Inner Academy.
• Fire Elder explained that Xiao Yun's Sixth Order Beast Flame could refine pills below the Sixth Tier and that he would need a stronger flame to advance.
• A visitor summoned Xiao Yun to meet Hu Gan, and Fire Elder urged him to choose carefully in the Library Pavilion.

Xiao Yun joined the other four top finishers of the Inner Academy Selection Tournament as Hu Gan led them to the Library Pavilion to claim their academy-rule reward. The Qian-Bai Elders appeared at the pavilion entrance after Hu Gan requested that they open its door.

• Xiao Yun arrived at Hu Gan’s room, where the other four top finishers had been waiting, and Hu Gan warned them that strength ruled in the Inner Academy.
• Hu Gan explained that the five students could each choose one treasure from the Library Pavilion and led them through a hidden passage.
• Xiao Yun lit the dark passage with a flame, but Hu Gan told him to extinguish it because the students could see without it.
• Xiao Yun and the others emerged into a valley and saw the enormous ancient Library Pavilion.
• Hu Gan announced the five students’ arrival and asked the elders to open the pavilion, and Xiao Yun noticed the Qian-Bai Elders seated at its entrance.

Xiao Yun and the others reached the Library Pavilion, where the Qian-Bai Elders opened the Space Lock and let them enter. The five went inside with half an hour to find one item, while Hu Gan hoped Xiao Yun would choose something useful.

• The Qian-Bai Elders noticed Xiao Yun's young age, Seven-Star Da Dou Shi cultivation, and Third-Tier Alchemist rank, then learned he studied under Huo Lie.
• Hu Gan asked the Qian-Bai Elders to undo the Space Lock, and they opened a spatial doorway for the group.
• Hu Gan warned Xiao Yun and the others not to force the Pavilion's energy barriers and reminded them they could take only one item.
• A Qian-Bai Elder opened the Library Pavilion gates and gave the five half an hour to enter and choose an item.
• Xiao Yun entered first with the other four close behind, and Hu Gan hoped he would obtain something he needed.

Xiao Yun and the other four obtained treasures from the Library Pavilion, where Xiao Yun claimed the Ten Thousand Thunders Body Tempering scroll. Hu Gan told them to rest before entering the Inner Academy the next day and warned them to support one another against older students.

• Fang Wen caught the Thunderfire Formula cultivation method, and the others began intercepting treasures released by the energy barriers.
• Xiao Yun searched for a valuable item with his Soul Perception and finally caught a silver cluster containing the Ten Thousand Thunders Body Tempering scroll.
• The energy barriers recalled the remaining treasures after half an hour, and Xiao Yun and the others left the Library Pavilion after promising not to disclose its secrets.
• Hu Gan led the five back to his study, told them to rest and return the next day, and warned them that Inner Academy students could overpower them unless they worked together.

Xiao Yun sought Fire Elder’s help to cultivate Ten Thousand Thunders Body Tempering and learned where to find a lightning-rich valley. Before heading to the Inner Academy, he also obtained the Ice Heart Pill formula to help withstand its Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.

• Xiao Yun studied Ten Thousand Thunders Body Tempering and realized he needed a Golden Thunder Flower and a place where lightning gathered.
• Xiao Yun asked Fire Elder for help, and Fire Elder gave him his last Golden Thunder Flower.
• Fire Elder told Xiao Yun about Falling Thunder Valley in the Inner Academy and warned him to begin tempering at its outer edge and leave if he could not endure it.
• Xiao Yun asked about the Inner Academy’s cultivation resources, and Fire Elder explained the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and its Heart Flame risks.
• Fire Elder gave Xiao Yun the Ice Heart Pill formula so he could reduce the Heart Flame’s burning effects and potentially trade the pills for resources.