Recaps

Nalan Chenfeng traveled with Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment team toward Wu Tan City, avoiding the Jia Ma Imperial Capital while he cultivated. After reaching Two-Star Dou Ling, he looked ahead to the Inner Academy Selection Tournament and considered how Xiao Yan’s role might keep the Tou She Ancient God Jade hidden.

• Nalan Chenfeng told Mentor Ruolin that he was visiting Wu Tan City rather than returning to the Nalan Clan in the Imperial Capital.
• Nalan Chenfeng avoided the Imperial Capital because the Imperial Family and Misty Cloud Sect posed risks he was not ready to face.
• Nalan Chenfeng cultivated aboard the flying vessel, aiming to improve his strength and dissolve the second spine of his Dou Qi sea urchin.
• After more than a month of cultivation, Nalan Chenfeng broke through to Two-Star Dou Ling.
• Nalan Chenfeng considered competing for a top-five spot in the Inner Academy Selection Tournament to gain access to an Earth Tier cultivation art.
• Nalan Chenfeng wondered how the Xiao Clan was faring and concluded that Xiao Yan might have to remain a target to draw attention away from the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

Xiao Yan fell from the Xiao Clan’s former genius to the Third Stage of Dou Qi because he could no longer retain the energy he cultivated. After enduring ridicule and provocation, he left the plaza and later vented his despair alone in the back mountain.

• Xiao Yan tested at the Third Stage of Dou Qi, and the Xiao Clan disciples mocked his decline.
• Xiao Ning taunted Xiao Yan and challenged him to spar, but Xiao Yan refused to fight.
• Xiao Mei admitted she could not help Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yu stopped Xiao Ning from blocking him.
• Xiao Yu sent the gathered disciples away and reflected on Xiao Yan’s condition and Nalan Chenfeng’s warning.
• Xiao Yan went to the back mountain at night and roared at the heavens in despair.

Nalan Chenfeng met Xiao Yan on the mountain and offered him encouragement about his declining strength while hiding what he knew about its cause. He asked Xiao Yan to promise to carry out a few future requests, and Xiao Yan agreed.

• Nalan Chenfeng arrived as Xiao Yan roared in frustration and reassured him that he would not harm him without reason.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Nalan Chenfeng knew why his strength had fallen, and Nalan Chenfeng called it a trial and encouraged him to keep working hard.
• Nalan Chenfeng asked Xiao Yan to repay his encouragement with practical help in the future.
• Xiao Yan doubted he could be useful, but Nalan Chenfeng promised not to demand anything unjust or beyond his abilities and offered help if Xiao Yan faced trouble.
• Xiao Yan agreed to Nalan Chenfeng's request.

Nalan Chenfeng reassured Xiao Yan about the marriage agreement before traveling to Qingshan Town to search for a treasure cave and meet Xiao Yi Xian. He entered Myriad Medicine Hall and spotted the young girl he had come to find.

• Nalan Chenfeng told Xiao Yan to stop dwelling on his troubles and said the marriage agreement could be discussed later.
• Nalan Chenfeng left Xiao Yan, who wondered whether there would really be a later chance to address the engagement.
• Three days later, Nalan Chenfeng reached Qingshan Town after failing to find the treasure cave in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Nalan Chenfeng asked a mercenary for directions and headed to Myriad Medicine Hall, hoping to find the cave and meet Xiao Yi Xian.
• Nalan Chenfeng entered Myriad Medicine Hall and recognized a slender girl in a white dress as Xiao Yi Xian.

Nalan Chenfeng approached Xiao Yi Xian at Myriad Medicine Hall and revealed that he knew about the danger tied to her body. He persuaded her to meet him at a restaurant, where he identified himself and offered to help her control the problem.

• Nalan Chenfeng used a list of rare herbs as a pretext to approach Xiao Yi Xian at Myriad Medicine Hall.
• When Xiao Yi Xian refused his invitation, Nalan Chenfeng hinted that he knew what had happened to her village and exposed her deepest fear.
• Nalan Chenfeng left the hall, and Xiao Yi Xian followed him after telling Elder Wang she was going out.
• On the way to a restaurant, Nalan Chenfeng noticed Xiao Yi Xian's poison powder and said it could poison only a Dou Zhe.
• At the restaurant, Nalan Chenfeng removed his hood, introduced himself, and told Xiao Yi Xian he could help resolve the trouble with her body.

Nalan Chenfeng convinced Xiao Yi Xian that he could help control her Woeful Poison Body, then asked her for a map of the Myriad Medicine Hall’s herb-gathering route. After she drew it, he gave her Wind-Walking Grass and set out to search the Magical Beast Mountain Range for a treasure cave.

• Nalan Chenfeng displayed Dou Ling strength, leading Xiao Yi Xian to recognize him as the Nalan Clan’s young genius.
• Xiao Yi Xian doubted that anyone could control her Woeful Poison Body, but Nalan Chenfeng encouraged her and hinted at his personal interest in her.
• Nalan Chenfeng asked Xiao Yi Xian for a map of the Myriad Medicine Hall’s herb-gathering route into the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yi Xian drew a detailed rough map and explained that the gathering team stopped before the areas where second-tier magical beasts appeared.
• Nalan Chenfeng thanked Xiao Yi Xian, gave her Wind-Walking Grass as a reward, and prepared to leave.

Nalan Chenfeng found a hidden cave residence left by a Dou Wang and collected its treasures. He recovered a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map Fragment and opened three stone boxes, including one containing the Seven-Colored Poison Manual he intended to give Xiao Yi Xian.

• Nalan Chenfeng left Xiao Yi Xian and spent seven days searching the cliffs near the Magical Beast Mountain Range for the hidden cave.
• Nalan Chenfeng found the marked cave entrance, broke through its stone door, and discovered the remains of a Dou Wang.
• Nalan Chenfeng retrieved a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Map Fragment from the skeleton and stored it for a possible future trade with Yao Chen.
• Nalan Chenfeng collected the medicinal herbs, gold coins, and other treasures in the chamber.
• Nalan Chenfeng opened three stone boxes and found Purple Cloud Wings, the Seven-Colored Poison Manual, and Roaring Lion Chant.

Nalan Chenfeng obtained and successfully cultivated Purple Cloud Wings, then prepared to return. In Wu Tan City, Ling Ying urged Gu Xun'er to acquire the Ancient Jade, but she asked to wait a few years; he also told her that Nalan Chenfeng had reached Dou Ling.

• Nalan Chenfeng examined the three items he had obtained and chose to cultivate Purple Cloud Wings before Jia Nan Academy's recruitment team returned.
• Nalan Chenfeng resisted the Blackflame Purple Cloud Eagle's soul attack and opened two new branch meridians through the pain.
• Nalan Chenfeng manifested Purple Cloud Wings and celebrated his successful cultivation.
• Ling Ying told Gu Xun'er that the clan wanted her to obtain the Ancient Jade from the Xiao Clan as soon as possible.
• Gu Xun'er asked to wait a few years because Xiao Clan had treated her well and her body had only recently stabilized.
• Ling Ying told Gu Xun'er that Nalan Chenfeng had visited the Xiao Clan ten days earlier and advanced to Dou Ling.

Xiao Xun'er wondered why Nalan Chenfeng treated Xiao Yan kindly despite his loss of cultivation, while Xiao Yu learned that Chenfeng had asked Ruolin to look after her. Chenfeng returned to Wu Tan City and planned his cultivation before the Inner Academy Selection Tournament.

• Ling Ying told Xiao Xun'er that Nalan Chenfeng had comforted and advised Xiao Yan, surprising him with his kindness toward the fallen youth.
• Xiao Xun'er wondered whether Chenfeng would accept the marriage agreement between Xiao Yan and his sister Nalan Yanran, and she and Ling Ying discussed Xiao Yan's mysterious loss of Dou Qi.
• Ruolin told Xiao Yu that Chenfeng had asked her to look after Xiao Yu, and she encouraged Xiao Yu to see him when the recruitment team returned.
• Nalan Chenfeng flew to a mountain outside Wu Tan City and resolved to reach Four-Star Dou Ling before the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, then pursue Dou Wang before turning fifteen.

Nalan Chenfeng told Xiao Zhan that Xiao Yan’s condition could affect the Xiao and Nalan clans’ marriage contract, then returned to the guest courtyard. There, he politely rejected Xiao Xun’er’s request to hear the end of his story, leaving her wondering whether she had offended him.

• Nalan Chenfeng reassured Xiao Zhan that he still regarded him as an elder and warned him that Xiao Yan’s condition might complicate the marriage contract between their clans.
• Nalan Chenfeng told Xiao Zhan that Xiao Yan’s talent problem might recover and asked to stay in his former courtyard.
• Xiao Xun’er waited for Nalan Chenfeng and asked him to finish the story he had told Xiao Yu.
• Nalan Chenfeng dismissed the story as something made up and left to cultivate, keeping his distance from Xiao Xun’er.
• Xiao Xun’er wondered if she had offended Nalan Chenfeng, while Ling Ying considered intervening but held back.

After two months of travel, Nalan Chenfeng returned to Jia Nan Academy having reached Three-Star Dou Ling and set his sights on another breakthrough before the Inner Academy Selection Tournament. Han Yue warned him that Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing had grown stronger, but admitted she could no longer gauge his strength.

• During the first month of travel, Nalan Chenfeng cultivated aboard the flying ship and neared a breakthrough while Xiao Yu visited him; he told her about the academy and the approaching Inner Academy selection.
• Nalan Chenfeng broke through to Three-Star Dou Ling during the second month and arrived in Canaan City with the new students.
• Nalan Chenfeng headed to his courtyard in the Xuan Character Building after returning to Jia Nan Academy.
• Han Yue met Nalan Chenfeng and warned him that Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing had reached Five-Star Da Dou Shi and mastered powerful Dou techniques.
• Nalan Chenfeng asked Han Yue whether she was worried about him.

Nalan Chenfeng and Han Yue began a romantic relationship after he carried her into his courtyard and kissed her. Han Yue learned that Chenfeng was a Three-Star Dou Ling before age fourteen and imagined bringing him to meet her family, though a serious thought gave her pause.

• Nalan Chenfeng stopped Han Yue from leaving and pulled her into his embrace.
• Chenfeng carried Han Yue into his courtyard, where nearby students saw them and spread news of their relationship.
• Han Yue chose not to reject Chenfeng, believing she wanted to choose her own future rather than leave marriage to her family.
• Chenfeng told Han Yue he had reached Three-Star Dou Ling, shocking her with his strength and talent.
• Han Yue suggested bringing Chenfeng to meet her family, then grew serious as she remembered something.

Nalan Chenfeng promised Han Yue he would help her make the top five in the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, then reached Four-Star Dou Ling before asking Hu Gan to change the tournament to a free-for-all. Hu Gan was surprised that Nalan Chenfeng had anticipated his own idea.

• Han Yue admitted she doubted she could place in the top five, and Nalan Chenfeng promised to find a way to help her.
• Nalan Chenfeng teased Han Yue, who kissed his cheek before leaving and told him not to force himself on her behalf.
• Nalan Chenfeng resumed cultivating and resolved to reach Four-Star Dou Ling before the tournament so he could prepare for the Inner Academy.
• At the tournament’s approach, Nalan Chenfeng visited Hu Gan, who praised his breakthrough to Four-Star Dou Ling at fourteen.
• Nalan Chenfeng asked Hu Gan to change the selection tournament to a free-for-all, and Hu Gan reacted with surprise at his request.

Nalan Chenfeng attended the Inner Academy Selection Tournament and watched the preliminary matches with Han Yue before his own match was called. As the crowd gathered to see him face Yao Sheng, his opponent worried about how badly he would lose.

• Nalan Chenfeng suggested a free-for-all format for the tournament finals, and Hu Gan agreed to consider it after the preliminary rounds.
• Nalan Chenfeng and Han Yue watched the crowded tournament grounds as the preliminary matches began.
• Han Yue grew jealous when Nalan Chenfeng commented on Liu Fei, but he reassured her that she had been the first woman he liked.
• Liu Fei defeated Kano, then glanced toward Nalan Chenfeng and Han Yue with a subdued expression.
• The judges called Nalan Chenfeng and Yao Sheng to compete, drawing the attention of the crowd, Liu Qing, Lin Xiuya, and Hu Gan.
• Yao Sheng, a One-Star Da Dou Shi, faced Nalan Chenfeng and worried that he would suffer a humiliating defeat.

Nalan Chenfeng defeated Yao Sheng with one punch, revealing his Dou Ling strength and establishing himself as the likely champion of the Inner Academy Selection Tournament. After the preliminary rounds ended with 155 students advancing, Hu Gan announced that the finals would use a free-for-all format.

• Nalan Chenfeng struck Yao Sheng with one punch, sent him crashing into a stone pillar, and made him concede.
• The crowd learned Nalan Chenfeng was a Dou Ling, while Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya recognized they could not match his strength.
• The referee declared Nalan Chenfeng the winner, and the tournament continued until 155 students, including Han Yue, Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and Lin Yan, advanced.
• The next morning, Hu Gan announced that the final round would use a free-for-all format instead of the usual rounds.

Hu Gan announced a free-for-all for the Jia Nan Academy selection tournament, and the students entered the arena to compete for the top five spots. Nalan Chenfeng stayed out of the melee with Han Yue as Liu Qing and Lin Xiuya’s groups cleared out weaker competitors.

• Hu Gan explained that all finalists would fight at once and that anyone still on the platform at the end would be ranked by how long they lasted.
• Nalan Chenfeng told Han Yue that the free-for-all made the top five spots easier to control, and she agreed to support him.
• More than a hundred students entered the arena and formed groups, while Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing assessed the risks of confronting Nalan Chenfeng.
• Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing agreed to join forces against weaker competitors rather than risk attacking Nalan Chenfeng.
• The melee began, and Nalan Chenfeng remained beside Han Yue as students withdrew from the arena.

Lin Yan defeated Qian Mo to claim the final place in the selection tournament’s top five, which Nalan Chenfeng, Han Yue, Lin Xiuya, and Liu Qing had already secured. After five days, Nalan Chenfeng and the other four arrived at a vast ancient pavilion identified as the Library Pavilion.

• After the candidates were whittled down to six, Lin Xiuya proposed that Lin Yan and Qian Mo fight for the last spot in the top five.
• Lin Yan criticized Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing for avoiding a challenge to Han Yue, and Nalan Chenfeng told Lin Yan and Qian Mo to begin their match.
• Lin Yan defeated Qian Mo by striking his shoulder with the flat of his saber and knocking him out of the arena.
• A judge announced Nalan Chenfeng, Han Yue, Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and Lin Yan as the tournament’s top five.
• Five days later, Hu Gan led the five through a dark passage to a vast valley, where they found an ancient pavilion bearing the name Library Pavilion.

Hu Gan led the five tournament winners to Jia Nan Academy’s Library Pavilion, where Qian Mu and Bai Lie opened its Spatial Lock and explained the rules for choosing an item. Inside, Nalan Chenfeng caught a High Mystic Rank cultivation technique and began searching for something more valuable before the one-hour limit.

• Hu Gan brought Nalan Chenfeng and the other four tournament winners to the Library Pavilion, where Qian Mu and Bai Lie praised Nalan Chenfeng’s Four-Star Dou Ling strength.
• Qian Mu and Bai Lie opened the Spatial Lock and warned the group that they could take only one item each and had one hour inside.
• Nalan Chenfeng, Han Yue, Lin Xiuya, and the others entered the pavilion and found energy barriers covering the chamber’s walls.
• Nalan Chenfeng caught a golden scroll containing the High Mystic Rank Golden Origin Art, while the others realized the flying lights held the pavilion’s treasures.
• Nalan Chenfeng urged the group to make use of their time, then chased another streak of light in search of a cultivation technique above the ordinary Low Earth Tier.

Nalan Chenfeng used his soul perception to search the Library Pavilion, then realized the best cultivation arts were hidden inside the energy barriers rather than among the spheres flying through the chamber. He retrieved a concealed Mid Earth Tier cultivation art, Heavenly Flame Art, as the others watched.

• Nalan Chenfeng caught a Heaven Jade Fruit sphere but discarded it, then closed his eyes and searched the flying spheres with his soul power.
• Han Yue obtained a High Mystic Rank cultivation art, while Lin Yan grabbed an Earth Tier Dou Technique sphere that rebounded and injured him.
• Nalan Chenfeng sensed several Low Earth Tier cultivation arts but no Mid Earth Tier ones, and concluded the better treasures were hidden inside the barriers.
• Nalan Chenfeng pressed his hand into a dim barrier high on the wall and pulled out a blazing red sphere.
• Nalan Chenfeng caught the sphere and saw that it contained Heavenly Flame Art, a Mid Earth Tier cultivation art.

Nalan Chenfeng secured the Mid Earth Tier Heavenly Flame Art and continued searching Jia Nan Academy's Library Pavilion for a stronger cultivation method. Before time ran out, he found a Low Earth Tier ice cultivation method that he planned to give Han Yue.

• Nalan Chenfeng obtained the Mid Earth Tier Heavenly Flame Art and decided to keep searching for a High Earth Tier method.
• Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, Lin Yan, and Han Yue continued trying to find useful items, though they mostly caught Mystic Rank or unsuitable Dou Techniques.
• Nalan Chenfeng searched more than a dozen barriers without finding a High Earth Tier cultivation method.
• Nalan Chenfeng discovered a concealed barrier and took the Low Earth Tier ice cultivation method, Mystic Frost Art.
• Nalan Chenfeng decided the Mystic Frost Art would suit Han Yue and accepted it as his final find before time ran out.

Nalan Chenfeng gave Han Yue a Low Earth Tier ice cultivation method from the Library Pavilion, and she resolved to repay his kindness and tell her family of her choice. After leaving the pavilion, the group learned from Hu Gan that they would enter the Inner Academy in two days, where the older students posed a threat to the newcomers.

• Nalan Chenfeng gave Han Yue the Low Earth Tier Frost Art, and Han Yue accepted it with gratitude.
• Han Yue decided to bring her family's Low Earth Tier fire cultivation method to Nalan Chenfeng and inform her family of her choice.
• Nalan Chenfeng, Han Yue, Lin Xiuya, and the other two left the Library Pavilion as its treasures vanished and Qian Bai Er Lao warned them not to reveal what was inside.
• Hu Gan told Nalan Chenfeng and the others to rest for two days before entering the Inner Academy with the remaining forty-five new students.
• Hu Gan warned the newcomers that they would need to unite against older students, since only Nalan Chenfeng could contend with them alone.

Nalan Chenfeng converted his cultivation from the High Mystic Rank Flame Yang Art to the Mid Earth Tier Heavenly Flame Art. After more than a day of cultivation, he completed the conversion and felt the greatly enhanced quality of his Dou Qi.

• Nalan Chenfeng hurried back to his residence to convert his cultivation technique before entering Canaan Inner Academy.
• Han Yue decided to cultivate the Frost Art so she could keep up with Nalan Chenfeng.
• Nalan Chenfeng opened the Heavenly Flame Art scroll and studied its instructions for safely converting cultivation techniques.
• Nalan Chenfeng redirected his Dou Qi into the Heavenly Flame Art’s new meridian pathways, enduring sharp pain as he opened the route to his temple.
• Nalan Chenfeng absorbed fire-attributed energy far faster than before as his Dou Qi darkened from gold to crimson and grew denser.
• By dusk the next day, Nalan Chenfeng completed the conversion and exhaled a wisp of red smoke while marveling at his Dou Qi’s quality.

Nalan Chenfeng converted to the Heavenly Flame Art, advanced to Five-Star Dou Ling, and prepared to enter the Inner Academy through the Fire Energy Hunting Tournament. Hu Gan led the students through a silver light gate to a forest, where he began explaining the trial’s rules.

• Nalan Chenfeng sensed his cultivation was close to a breakthrough and absorbed energy until the fifth spine of his Dou Qi Sea Urchin dissolved, making him a Five-Star Dou Ling.
• Nalan Chenfeng consolidated his new realm and reflected that his lack of powerful Dou Skills remained his main weakness.
• The next morning, Han Yue, Liu Qing, Lin Xiuya, and Lin Yan gathered with Nalan Chenfeng and agreed that he should lead their team in the tournament.
• Hu Gan addressed the fifty students, congratulated them on entering the Inner Academy, and instructed them to form teams of five according to their rankings.
• Hu Gan led the students on Griffin Beasts through a silver light gate to a forest and began explaining the Fire Energy Hunting Tournament.

Nalan Chenfeng entered the Fire Energy Hunting Tournament as a new student whose strength astonished the Inner Academy elders. After an old-student team seized Fire Energy from newcomers, Nalan Chenfeng confronted them and demanded their cards.

• Hu Gan introduced the Outer Academy's top five to Inner Academy elders, who were astonished by Nalan Chenfeng's strength and the other students' talent.
• The new students received Black Fire Crystal Cards loaded with five days of Fire Energy before entering the forest.
• An old-student team intercepted five arguing newcomers and took three days of Fire Energy from each of their cards.
• Nalan Chenfeng arrived using Purple Cloud Wings, which the onlookers mistook for a Dou Wang's Dou Qi Transformation Wings.
• Nalan Chenfeng demanded that the old students hand over their Fire Crystal Cards, leaving the sinister young man trembling.

Nalan Chenfeng robbed multiple senior student teams of their Fire Energy during the tournament, leaving the seniors afraid of the new Dou Wang expert. The chapter ended with Lin Xiuya’s group meeting Yan Hao’s team, whose leader feared retaliation because Han Yue was Nalan Chenfeng’s woman.

• Nalan Chenfeng took all the Fire Energy from five senior students, leaving each of their cards empty and advising five new students to keep only two days’ worth.
• Nalan Chenfeng flew off to target every senior student team, including the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team.
• Nalan Chenfeng interrupted a senior team threatening five new students and took their Fire Energy, bringing his total to more than four hundred days.
• News of Nalan Chenfeng’s strength spread through the forest, frightening the senior students who had joined the tournament.
• Lin Xiuya greeted Yan Hao beside a stream, and Yan Hao said he would not rob their group because Han Yue was Nalan Chenfeng’s woman.