Chapter Summaries

Lin Qingyun trapped a gathering of Black-Corner Region experts in a sea of fire and crushed them with an ancient hand summoned through a golden vortex. Afterward, he collected their Storage Rings and absorbed the Sea Heart Flame, then sensed more powerful figures approaching.

• Eagle Mountain Old Man appeared as Lin Qingyun sensed Mo Tianxing and the Black Emperor Sect approaching from concealment.
• Lin Qingyun opened a golden vortex that unleashed a sea of fire, draining Dou Qi and blocking the attackers’ escape.
• An ancient hand emerged from the vortex and crushed the gathered experts, leaving their bodies adrift in a Space Storm.
• Lin Qingyun found the Sea Heart Flame, let Chaotic Fire devour its corpse, and collected Storage Rings from the fallen.
• Chaotic Fire returned with a dark-blue Storage Ring, and the absorbed power raised Lin Qingyun to peak seven-star Dou Wang.
• Lin Qingyun sensed powerful auras approaching, including another figure that had remained hidden, and merged into space.

Lin Qingyun parted from Great Void Young Master and You, then traveled to Heping Town and Jia Nan Academy. He reached the academy as dusk fell, eager to see what his fifth stop would bring.

• Lin Qingyun met Great Void Young Master and You on a crumbling mountain peak, where Great Void Young Master praised his strength and hoped to ask for his help someday.
• After Lin Qingyun left, You said she could kill him only at the cost of severe injury and a long slumber, but would defend Great Void Young Master if necessary.
• A black-robed, white-haired figure arrived at the peak, found only the battle’s traces, and disappeared into space.
• Lin Qingyun reached Heping Town, saw the Death Spirit Tree bearing the corpses of trespassers, and vanished when a group of watchers approached him.
• Lin Qingyun flew across the forest and arrived above the vast city of Jia Nan Academy, declaring it the fifth stop on his journey.

Lin Qingyun entered Jia Nan Academy at night and met Vice Principal Hu Gan, who questioned his claim that he was a student. After Lin Qingyun asked for Instructor Ruo Lin to verify him, she arrived and recognized him as he returned to the academy.

• Lin Qingyun entered Canaan City and secretly slipped into Jia Nan Academy, where he searched for a powerful presence.
• Lin Qingyun met Hu Gan, identified himself as a Jia Nan Academy student, and asked him to summon Instructor Ruo Lin as proof.
• While waiting, Lin Qingyun browsed the academy’s bookshelves and gained Dou Qi from the volumes he read.
• Instructor Ruo Lin hurried into the room, recognized Lin Qingyun, and scolded him for finally returning to the academy.
• Lin Qingyun greeted Instructor Ruo Lin, saying he was back.

Lin Qingyun returned to Jia Nan Academy, where Vice Principal Hu Gan recognized his immense strength and arranged for Instructor Ruo Lin to find him a place to stay. Hu Gan then summoned the academy’s elders for a meeting about Lin Qingyun, while Lin and another person walked beneath the building.

• Hu Gan reviewed Lin Qingyun’s file and confirmed that his strength had surpassed his own since leaving the academy as a Dou Zhe two years earlier.
• Ruo Lin tried to sense Lin Qingyun’s realm, but could not probe his strength; Lin joked that surviving a hunt, falling off a cliff, and learning a Divine Skill had begun his rise to invincibility.
• Hu Gan arranged for Lin Qingyun to leave student status and asked Ruo Lin to find him a courtyard, then teased her about her feelings for Lin.
• Ruo Lin denied that she liked Lin Qingyun and hurried out, while Hu Gan smiled at her embarrassment.
• Hu Gan activated a hidden signal and gathered seven or eight senior figures, telling them that the meeting concerned Lin Qingyun.
• Lin Qingyun and another person slowly passed along the blue-stone road beneath the building.

Lin Qingyun was appointed Head Instructor of Jia Nan Academy’s thirty thousand Outer and Inner Courtyard students, despite trying to refuse the position. After Old Qian and Old Bai assessed his unusual strength, Hu Gan and the First Elder forced Lin Qingyun to accept the appointment.

• Ruo Lin delivered Lin Qingyun the golden token naming him Head Instructor and led him to the Council Pavilion.
• Lin Qingyun entered the Council Pavilion through the elders’ intimidating pressure and calmly took a seat beside Hu Gan.
• Lin Qingyun detected Old Qian and Old Bai hiding in the space and invited them to appear.
• Old Qian and Old Bai recognized Lin Qingyun’s near-seventh-tier Soul Power and remarked on his Dou Wang realm, immense dou qi, and uncertain combat strength.
• Lin Qingyun declined their offer to test him and told Hu Gan and the First Elder he would rather serve as a Guest Elder.
• After Lin Qingyun argued with Hu Gan and the First Elder, they made him accept the Head Instructor position, and he picked up the token.

Lin Qingyun entered the Library Pavilion and began collecting its cultivation methods and fighting skills, using his Soul Power and Dragonless Heart Method to absorb them quickly. Hu Gan waited outside, uneasy as Lin Qingyun made the most of his one-hour visit.

• Hu Gan led Lin Qingyun to the Library Pavilion, where two gray-robed elders challenged him to fight; Lin Qingyun promised to return in three months after reaching Dou Emperor.
• The elders opened the Space Lock, and Hu Gan reminded Lin Qingyun that he could take only three items before Lin Qingyun entered the pavilion.
• Inside the pavilion, Lin Qingyun found a Thunder Spirit Fruit among the treasures rushing through the vast space.
• Lin Qingyun gathered dozens of light clusters containing scrolls and used his Soul Power to read them without damaging them, absorbing their knowledge and Dou Qi.
• Outside, Hu Gan's right eyelid twitched as he waited, and he worried that something was wrong.

After raiding the Library Pavilion, Lin Qingyun spent days copying its techniques and organizing the treasures he had acquired before appearing masked at Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Courtyard Selection Competition. Hu Gan introduced him as the academy’s Head Instructor, and the competition began with Lin Qingyun watching from the viewing platform.

• Lin Qingyun left the Library Pavilion with valuable gains, and Hu Gan told him to recruit ten Dou Wangs and attend the selection competition.
• Lin Qingyun spent the next several days copying techniques and sorting the treasures from powerful experts’ Storage Rings.
• At dawn on the fourth day, Lin Qingyun masked his face and headed to the crowded competition venue.
• Lin Qingyun arrived late by flying to the viewing platform, where Hu Gan introduced him as Jia Nan Academy’s Head Instructor and called him its undisputed number one.
• The Inner Courtyard Selection Competition began as four fighting platforms rose from the arena, and Lin Qingyun watched the students compete.

Lin Qingyun discussed the competitors with Hu Gan before the final Inner Courtyard Selection Competition began as a chaotic elimination match. He then left for the Inner Courtyard to discuss the Hunting Competition checkpoint, hinting that he planned to participate.

• Hu Gan asked Lin Qingyun to assess the competitors, and Lin Qingyun praised Wu Hao, Zi Yi, Hong Yi, and Lu Mu while criticizing Bai Shan’s character.
• Lin Qingyun refused to teach Xiao Yan or Xiao Xun'er and told Hu Gan that his granddaughter, Little Demon Girl, seemed to be a lesbian.
• Hu Gan announced that the final fifty students would compete in a chaotic elimination match, with rankings determined by how long each student remained in the arena.
• The competitors began fighting, and Lin Qingyun told Hu Gan he was going to discuss the final Hunting Competition checkpoint in the Inner Courtyard.
• Lin Qingyun disappeared toward the Inner Courtyard and joked that overwhelming the newcomers would be fun.

Lin Qingyun tested selected students by delivering black tokens that revealed invitations to Phoenix Perch Pavilion, then appeared at a rocky pass where Inner Courtyard students prepared to confront the New Students. As Xiao Yan's group approached, his teacher warned him to fend for himself, leaving him with a growing sense of danger.

• Lin Qingyun left black tokens at students' doors, and two women discovered that the tokens contained a message about Phoenix Perch Pavilion.
• Students across Jia Nan Academy found the same black tokens, and the selected women decided to proceed cautiously despite their excitement.
• Lin Qingyun arrived at a rocky pass, greeted Elder Su and Elder Qing, and joined five white-robed students guarding the route.
• A white-robed youth confidently told Lin Qingyun that the New Students would be no trouble.
• Xiao Yan's group approached through the bushes, and his teacher warned him that he would have to fend for himself.

Xiao Yan led the New Students to defeat the White Fiend Team captain, Luo Hou, with a powerful two-flame lotus attack, winning the Fire Energy Hunting Competition’s final checkpoint. Elder Su then revealed an additional challenge: the New Students could face Lin Qingyun for greater rewards, leaving them to decide whether to accept.

• More than forty New Students emerged from the forest and gathered behind Xiao Yan, who recognized the masked Lin Qingyun among the observers.
• Luo Hou introduced himself as captain of the White Fiend Team, and Xiao Yan answered as the New Students’ leader before the two groups clashed.
• Xiao Yan fused the Mysterious Yellow Flame and a red flame into a fire lotus and sent it toward Luo Hou, whose life Elder Su saved from the blast.
• Elder Su declared the New Students the winners of the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, and they cheered.
• Elder Su announced that Lin Qingyun guarded an additional checkpoint and offered greater rewards to the New Students if one or two of them defeated him.

Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao accepted Lin Qingyun's challenge for a Crimson Fire Crystal Card, and he gave them time to recover before attacking with an Earth Tier Fighting Skill. The chapter ended as Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er launched their combined counterattack and a blinding explosion engulfed the area.

• Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao agreed to challenge Lin Qingyun after learning the value of the Crimson Fire Crystal Card.
• Lin Qingyun restored the four challengers' strength with energy mist and gave them fifteen minutes to recover.
• Lin Qingyun announced that he would use a Nine-Star Dou Ling's strength to perform the Earth Tier Low-level Fighting Skill Hundred Birds Paying Homage to the Phoenix.
• Lin Qingyun sent a colossal fire Phoenix and his spear plunging toward the four challengers, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er prepared to face the attack together.
• Xiao Yan used Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler and Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus as Xiao Xun'er added Sea Flipping Seal, and a blinding explosion followed.

Xiao Yan and his teammates passed the hunting competition after their attack left a tiny burn on Lin Qingyun’s sleeve, and they entered the Inner Courtyard. Later, Lin Qingyun gathered Wu Hao, Zi Yi, Hong Yi, and Lu Mu and revealed that he had chosen them because he needed to borrow their strength.

• Lin Qingyun declared Xiao Yan’s group the winners after showing the small burn mark on his sleeve, and Hu Jia celebrated while Wu Hao and Xiao Yan reflected on the battle.
• Elder Su gave Xiao Yan’s group their rewards and led the new students into the Inner Courtyard.
• Lin Qingyun waited at a manor that night, where Wu Hao arrived first, followed by Zi Yi, Hong Yi, and Lu Mu.
• Lin Qingyun said he had not chosen Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er, or the Little Demon Girl because he had no need to teach them.
• Lin Qingyun told the four that he needed to borrow their strength, then began explaining his purpose.

Lin Qingyun recruited Wu Hao, Lu Mu, Zi Yi, and Hong Yi to join the force he was building, revealing his identity and offering them valuable resources and training. After sending the others away, he took Wu Hao into the night to hunt an expert on the Black Ranking.

• Lin Qingyun explained that he wanted to build a force of people he had personally trained, and Zi Yi and Hong Yi agreed after recognizing him as the person who had once saved them.
• Wu Hao agreed to join and asked to fight Lin Qingyun after reaching a certain level; Lin Qingyun accepted the challenge.
• Lin Qingyun promised to make Lu Mu a Sixth-grade Alchemist, and she agreed to join.
• Lin Qingyun gave the four recruits Storage Rings filled with precious items and told them he would assign tasks the next day.
• Lin Qingyun asked Wu Hao to stay, then took him out to kill an expert on the Black Ranking.

Lin Qingyun brought Wu Hao to a mountain to investigate its master, where Wu Hao’s killing aura overwhelmed him until Lin Qingyun intervened and gave him a cultivation method to control it. They learned that Lu Fengxian was ranked tenth on the Black Ranking amid renewed challenges after a battle erased dozens of Black Ranking experts, then set off to meet him.

• Lin Qingyun forced Wu Hao to approach the mountain’s guards and ask about its master, but the guards recognized Wu Hao as a member of Jia Nan Academy’s Law Enforcement Unit and attacked.
• Wu Hao killed several guards and nearly killed the last one before Lin Qingyun stopped him and explained that his killing aura and baleful aura were damaging his soul.
• Lin Qingyun gave Wu Hao the Taishang Wuwang mental cultivation method and told him to use it alongside another method to suppress and control his killing aura.
• Lin Qingyun questioned a surviving guard, who identified the mountain’s master as Lu Fengxian, a one-star Dou Emperor ranked tenth on the Black Ranking.
• The guard explained that dozens of Black Ranking experts had disappeared after a battle near Black Emperor City, leaving a giant palm print, and that challengers were now fighting over vacant rankings.
• After getting the guard’s information, Wu Hao killed him, and Lin Qingyun and Wu Hao went to meet Lu Fengxian.

Lin Qingyun and Wu Hao climbed to Lu Fengxian’s mountain, where Lin Qingyun killed the guards and defeated the Dou Huang in battle. After completing another kill mission, Lin Qingyun told Wu Hao they were going after the next target.

• Lin Qingyun and Wu Hao reached the summit, where Lin Qingyun killed the hidden guards and a Dou Wang with an invisible force.
• Lu Fengxian arrived and recognized Lin Qingyun as the killer of the Black Ranking experts.
• Lin Qingyun challenged Lu Fengxian to fight, while Wu Hao fled down the mountain to avoid the battle’s aftershocks.
• Lu Fengxian unleashed his strongest strike, Heaven Devour, and Lin Qingyun countered with Immortal True Dragon Bell.
• Lin Qingyun defeated Lu Fengxian, completed the kill mission, and told Wu Hao they were heading for the next target.

After Lin Qingyun restrained Wu Hao’s Blood Fiend Energy, he helped his students prepare to form a faction in the Inner Courtyard. Wu Hao confronted Senior Students extorting New Students and ended the chapter with his sword at their leader’s neck.

• Wu Hao completed his breakthrough, discovering that the Blood Fiend Energy in his body had been suppressed.
• Lin Qingyun urged Wu Hao, Zi Yi, Lu Mu, and Hong Yi to form a faction, then temporarily raised their strength to the One-Star Dou Ling level.
• Hong Yi told the group that Senior Students were demanding tribute from the New Students, and Lin Qingyun encouraged them to use the situation to recruit allies.
• Wu Hao and the others arrived as a Green Mountain faction demanded another tribute from the dark-skinned young man and the New Students.
• Wu Hao revealed his Dou Ling aura, rushed the faction leader, and pressed his heavy sword to the man’s neck.

Wu Hao, Zi Yi, and Xiao Yan helped the new students unite in the Inner Courtyard after senior students mistreated them. Xiao Yan agreed to lead a new force, the Evergreen Gate, whose members settled at Phoenix Perch Pavilion while Zi Yi kept their intended Sect Master's identity secret.

• Wu Hao spared a senior student but injured his arm after the man threatened the new students, and Zi Yi warned the surrounding seniors against breaking academy rules.
• Zi Yi explained that the new students would follow the rules but would resist anyone who targeted them, winning the silence of many senior students.
• Xiao Yan learned from A Tai that a united group could help the new students survive and gain access to affordable medicinal pills, while Xiao Xun'er and Hu Jia offered to help manage it.
• Xiao Yan agreed to unite the new students, and many gathered around him as Zi Yi led another group through the Inner Courtyard.
• Zi Yi brought her group to Phoenix Perch Pavilion and named it the Evergreen Gate's base, saying its Sect Master would be revealed later.

Zi Yi outlined Evergreen Gate’s plans for steady growth, while Lin Qingyun promised a Scripture Repository and tested Lu Mu’s pill-refining skills. After criticizing Lu Mu’s technique, Lin Qingyun demonstrated his mastery by refining two perfect pills from one set of herbs.

• Zi Yi proposed dividing Evergreen Gate into Martial, Pill, and Merit departments, with pill sales planned for three months later to avoid a clash with the Medicine Gang.
• Wu Hao vowed to reach Dou Ling in three months, and Lin Qingyun said he would establish a Scripture Repository stocked with three hundred cultivation methods and fighting skills.
• Lin Qingyun asked Lu Mu to demonstrate his pill refining, and Lu Mu used his Azure Sea Blue Crystal Scale Beast flame to produce a high-quality first-grade pill.
• Lin Qingyun pointed out Lu Mu’s nervousness and flaws in his technique, then offered to guide him.
• Lin Qingyun refined two perfect pills from one set of medicinal herbs using Chaotic Fire, astounding Lu Mu.

Lu Mu vowed to catch up to Lin Qingyun after receiving his alchemy techniques, while Lin Qingyun dismissed the elders’ concerns about Evergreen Gate’s vacant Sect Master position and went hunting Black Ranking experts. He returned to the academy and reunited with Xiao Yan.

• Lu Mu left with a Jade Slip recording Lin Qingyun’s alchemy techniques and vowed to one day catch up to him.
• Su Qian and the elders asked Lin Qingyun about Evergreen Gate’s vacant Sect Master position, but Lin Qingyun said the position could remain empty and departed.
• Lin Qingyun hunted Black Ranking experts in the Black-Corner Region, reaching a count of twenty-nine as Great Void Young Master and You watched from afar.
• Great Void Young Master warned that Lin Qingyun could neither be provoked nor befriended too deeply, then left with You.
• Lin Qingyun returned to the academy at night and greeted Xiao Yan by the stream.

Lin Qingyun took Wu Hao, Zi Yi, Hong Yi, and Lu Mu into a swamp to expose the limits of their movement techniques and gave them scrolls for the high Xuan-class Instant Thunder Sky Flash. He told them they would cultivate it when a storm arrived, then sent them to hunt Magical Beasts for training.

• Lin Qingyun brought Wu Hao and the others to a swamp and had Wu Hao test his movement technique on the unstable ground.
• Lin Qingyun explained how swampy terrain and area-type Fighting Skills could restrain their movement techniques.
• Lin Qingyun gave each of the four a sealed scroll containing the high Xuan-class Instant Thunder Sky Flash and explained that they had to absorb its Wind and Thunder Power to learn it.
• Lin Qingyun told them to wait for a storm before cultivating the technique, then ordered each of them to kill two third-rank Magical Beasts or the group to kill three fourth-rank beasts.
• Wu Hao, Zi Yi, Hong Yi, and Lu Mu ran off to hunt after Lin Qingyun's order.