Recaps

Nalan Chenfeng swept through the Fire Energy Hunting Tournament, taking the remaining veterans’ Fire Energy and earning a Crimson Fire Crystal Card from the academy. The freshmen passed the tournament and were led to the Inner Academy, while the chapter ended with an old man confronting a girl who had tried to take herbs guarded by a Sixth-Rank Magical Beast.

• Nalan Chenfeng defeated or pressured nearly every veteran team in the forest, raising his Fire Energy to 1,925 before confronting the Black Fiend Team and White Fiend Team.
• Su Bai and Jin Long surrendered their teams’ Fire Crystal Cards, bringing Nalan Chenfeng’s total to 3,452.
• Elders from Jia Nan Academy awarded Nalan Chenfeng a Crimson Fire Crystal Card and gave the freshmen Fire Energy rewards for passing the tournament.
• An old man scolded a girl for targeting herbs guarded by a Sixth-Rank Magical Beast, and she refused to return with him unless he let her eat medicinal ingredients.

Su Qian negotiated with Ziyan over her appetite for medicinal ingredients and warned her about Nalan Chenfeng, the gifted new student. At the Inner Academy, Nalan Chenfeng received his own courtyard and announced that Han Yue would live with him.

• Su Qian agreed to loosen the Inner Academy storehouse’s restrictions for Ziyan and warned her not to provoke Sixth-Rank Magical Beasts.
• The Tianmo Python confronted Su Qian and Ziyan over its stolen Snake Saliva Fruit, then retreated when Su Qian revealed his Dou Zong pressure.
• Su Qian told Ziyan that Nalan Chenfeng was a fourteen-year-old Five-Star Dou Ling who might challenge her Strong Ranking position, and Ziyan vowed to defend her rank.
• Nalan Chenfeng and the new students arrived at the Inner Academy, where an elder assigned Nalan Chenfeng Courtyard Six in the eastern district.
• When the elder began assigning Han Yue’s residence, Nalan Chenfeng interrupted and said she would live with him.

Nalan Chenfeng and Han Yue arranged to live together in the Inner Academy and shared an affectionate moment in their new home. Han Yue then asked whether he would travel with her to the Central Plains in a year to meet her family and seek their support.

• Nalan Chenfeng asked to share a residence with Han Yue, and she tacitly agreed despite her embarrassment.
• An elder assigned Nalan Chenfeng and Han Yue residence Number Seven in the East District and warned them about the Inner Academy's rules and the old students' one-month restriction.
• Nalan Chenfeng and Han Yue explored their newly built courtyard and called it their home.
• Nalan Chenfeng kissed Han Yue, and she returned the kiss before stopping him from touching her further.
• Han Yue told Nalan Chenfeng that her family would summon her to the Central Plains in a year and asked him to meet her family with her.

Han Yue offered to take Nalan Chenfeng to the Han Family in exchange for an Earth-Tier Dou Technique, and he agreed to travel with her to the Central Plains Continent. The next morning, they arrived at the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, where Nalan Chenfeng recognized a spatial barrier and suspected the presence of the Fallen Heart Flame.

• Han Yue offered Nalan Chenfeng an Earth-Tier Dou Technique and a chance to travel with her to the Central Plains Continent if he would return to the Han Family with her.
• Nalan Chenfeng agreed, believing the journey would be worthwhile and would ease Han Yue's worries about her family.
• Han Yue agreed to Nalan Chenfeng's proposed game after he reassured and coaxed her.
• The next morning, Nalan Chenfeng and Han Yue walked to the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Nalan Chenfeng examined the tower's spatial barrier and associated it with the Fallen Heart Flame.

Nalan Chenfeng and Han Yue waited for the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower to open while discussing plans to establish a faction in the Inner Academy. The tower opened, and they headed inside, with Nalan Chenfeng advising Han Yue to adapt carefully to the Heart Flame.

• Nalan Chenfeng led Han Yue to the tower and considered founding an Inner Academy faction to gather resources.
• Han Yue proposed recruiting Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and Lin Yan to form a new student faction, and Nalan Chenfeng agreed they could manage its men's and women's sides separately.
• Senior students watched Nalan Chenfeng and discussed his performance in the Fire Energy Hunting Tournament, while he resolved to deal with them after a month of cultivation.
• An ancient bell rang, the tower doors opened, and Nalan Chenfeng explained to Han Yue how to approach her first cultivation session inside.
• Nalan Chenfeng and Han Yue walked toward the tower as someone called him a monster.

Nalan Chenfeng and Han Yue entered the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, where Elder Liu warned them about its Heartfire Scorching trial and set limits on how deeply they should cultivate. As the trial began, Nalan Chenfeng contained the Heart Fire and prepared to temper his Dou Qi.

• Elder Liu greeted Nalan Chenfeng and Han Yue outside the tower and explained that new students had to endure the Heartfire Scorching trial before cultivating inside.
• Elder Liu told Nalan Chenfeng that his Crimson Fire Crystal Card allowed him to reach the seventh floor but warned him not to go beyond the fifth floor at first; he advised Han Yue to stay on the first or second floor.
• Elder Liu opened the tower gates, and Nalan Chenfeng and Han Yue began to suffer from the intense heat of the Heart Fire.
• Nalan Chenfeng recognized the Heart Fire’s cultivation benefits and used his Dou Qi to seal off its heat.
• Nalan Chenfeng prepared to temper his Dou Qi against the Heart Fire.

Nalan Chenfeng refined his Dou Qi with the Fallen Heart Flame’s Heart Fire, then waited for Han Yue to finish adapting to the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. He went to the fifth level to cultivate and found every high-grade room occupied, so he decided to challenge someone for one.

• Nalan Chenfeng guided his Dou Qi through the Heart Fire, compressing and purifying it until the flame vanished after refining three streams.
• Elder Liu praised Nalan Chenfeng for passing the Heartfire Scorching, while Han Yue continued adapting to the Heart Fire.
• Nalan Chenfeng waited as Han Yue endured the Heartfire Scorching and awakened three minutes later.
• Elder Liu warned Nalan Chenfeng and Han Yue to avoid the central black-hole area and not absorb too much Heart Fire.
• Nalan Chenfeng and Han Yue parted ways, with Han Yue heading to the first level and Nalan Chenfeng going to the fifth.
• Nalan Chenfeng found all ten high-grade cultivation rooms on the fifth level occupied and decided to press a challenge bell.

Nalan Chenfeng challenged Lin Dong for a high-grade cultivation room on the fifth floor of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. He defeated Lin Dong with a single punch, and Lin Dong yielded the room.

• Nalan Chenfeng used his Fire Crystal Card to claim Lin Dong's occupied cultivation room and rang its challenge bell.
• Lin Dong emerged from the room and introduced himself, while Nalan Chenfeng laughed at their shared name and invited him to fight.
• Lin Dong revealed himself as a Four-Star Dou Ling and attacked Nalan Chenfeng with Earth Desolation Fist.
• Nalan Chenfeng dodged Lin Dong's punch and struck him with a single blow that sent him flying and injured his hands.
• Nalan Chenfeng asked whether Lin Dong wanted to continue, and Lin Dong gave up the cultivation room.

After defeating Lin Dong, Nalan Chenfeng spent a month cultivating in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and advanced to Six-Star Dou Ling. When he left to see Han Yue, he found Cheng Yue and older students confronting her and the new students, leaving the situation unresolved.

• Nalan Chenfeng defeated Lin Dong in a single move, and word spread that the fourteen-year-old was the Inner Academy's top genius.
• Nalan Chenfeng cultivated for a month, stabilizing his Six-Star Dou Ling realm and advancing toward Seven-Star Dou Ling.
• Nalan Chenfeng left the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower to check on Han Yue after the new students' protection period ended.
• Cheng Yue confronted Han Yue with more than twenty older students and demanded that she accept his advances.
• Han Yue refused Cheng Yue and said she was Nalan Chenfeng's woman, while Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing acknowledged they could not match Cheng Yue's Nine-Star Dou Ling strength.

Nalan Chenfeng returned to the new student area and challenged Cheng Yue, the Nine-Star Dou Ling ranked third on the Strong Ranking. After briefly matching Cheng Yue’s punch, Nalan Chenfeng used Time Stop and Flame Explosion Fist to send him flying.

• Liu Fei and Lin Yan discussed waiting for Nalan Chenfeng and the academy elders as Cheng Yue’s group continued to threaten the new students.
• Nalan Chenfeng arrived, reassured Han Yue, and declared that he would take Cheng Yue’s third-place Strong Ranking position.
• Cheng Yue attacked Nalan Chenfeng with his full strength, but Nalan Chenfeng met his punch and was driven back several steps.
• Nalan Chenfeng activated Time Stop, closed the distance, and struck Cheng Yue in the chest with Flame Explosion Fist.
• Cheng Yue spat blood and flew backward, crashing onto the ground dozens of feet away.

Nalan Chenfeng defeated Cheng Yue, a Nine-Star Dou Ling, in an instant and reunited with Han Yue. He then told the new students he planned to establish a faction in the Inner Academy.

• Nalan Chenfeng severely injured Cheng Yue with a mysterious technique, leaving the older students and new students stunned.
• Nalan Chenfeng sent Cheng Yue's companions away, and they carried the unconscious Cheng Yue off in disgrace.
• Han Yue linked arms with Nalan Chenfeng, while Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing acknowledged his strength.
• Nalan Chenfeng asked Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing to test Xiao Yan when he eventually came to the Inner Academy.
• Nalan Chenfeng told the new students that he planned to establish a faction because the older students' groups dominated the academy.

Nalan Chenfeng founded the Wind Pavilion with Han Yue, Lin Xiuya, and Liu Qing, and its rise drew attention across the Inner Academy. As he prepared to cultivate in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, Su Qian heard that Ziyan had eaten all the herbs in the academy’s storehouse.

• Nalan Chenfeng established the Wind Pavilion, appointing Han Yue, Lin Xiuya, and Liu Qing to manage its three independent divisions.
• Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing agreed to the arrangement after Nalan Chenfeng mysteriously named their divisions after factions they had privately planned to create.
• News of the Wind Pavilion spread through the Inner Academy, where Nalan Chenfeng’s victory over Cheng Yue had earned him third place on the Strong Ranking.
• Nalan Chenfeng told Han Yue he planned to return to the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower for a longer period of cultivation.
• An elder reported to Su Qian that Ziyan had secretly eaten all the medicinal herbs in the Inner Academy’s herb storehouse.

Su Qian arranged for the Inner Academy to replenish its medicinal herbs while accepting that Ziyan would keep eating the ordinary ones. The next day, Nalan Chenfeng entered the Sixth Floor of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, where Ziyan greeted him with an unimpressed assessment.

• Su Qian told Elder Wang to gather rare medicinal herbs and said he would reinforce the barrier around the high-grade reserves, while allowing Ziyan to eat ordinary herbs.
• Su Qian reflected that Ziyan needed powerful heavenly treasures to grow and noted the arrival of Nalan Chenfeng among the academy’s new geniuses.
• Nalan Chenfeng entered the Sixth Floor of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and headed toward an unoccupied high-grade cultivation room.
• Ziyan rushed onto the Sixth Floor carrying and eating a Crimson Blood Golden Lingzhi, prompting Nalan Chenfeng to recognize her.
• Ziyan told Nalan Chenfeng that he seemed ordinary and accused Old Man Su of exaggerating his talent.

Nalan Chenfeng challenged Ziyan to a bet over whether he could snatch her Crimson Blood Golden Lingzhi, wagering two rare herbs and asking her to join his new faction if he won. He used his time-stopping ability to take the Lingzhi, leaving Ziyan stunned.

• Nalan Chenfeng dismissed Ziyan’s claim that he was too weak to be interesting and proposed a bet to take the Crimson Blood Golden Lingzhi from her.
• Nalan Chenfeng offered a Dragon Saliva Fruit and a Thousand-Leaf Lotus Root if he lost, while Ziyan agreed to join his faction if she lost.
• Ziyan accepted the wager and gave Nalan Chenfeng three moves to try to take the Lingzhi.
• Nalan Chenfeng froze time, snatched the Crimson Blood Golden Lingzhi from Ziyan’s hand, and let time resume.
• Ziyan realized the Lingzhi had disappeared from her empty hand.

Nalan Chenfeng used Time Stop to take back Ziyan’s Crimson Blood Golden Lingzhi, then left her in charge of the Wind Pavilion and entered a training room. He resolved to grow stronger, obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame, and prepare for his family’s troubles and the Three-Year Agreement.

• Nalan Chenfeng returned the Crimson Blood Golden Lingzhi to Ziyan after she demanded to know how he had taken it, but refused to reveal that he had used Time Stop.
• Ziyan promised to guard the Wind Pavilion in exchange for two medicinal herbs, while continuing to press Nalan Chenfeng about his mysterious ability.
• Nalan Chenfeng entered the training room and realized he could use Time Stop only once a day, leaving him vulnerable if Ziyan attacked.
• Nalan Chenfeng planned to reach Dou Wang and obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame so he could become an alchemist and help his grandfather with Scorch Poison.
• Nalan Chenfeng decided to take the Green Lotus Core Flame before Xiao Yan could use it, both to protect Nalan Yanran’s standing in the Three-Year Agreement and to pursue his own path against Hun Tiandi.

Nalan Chenfeng advanced from Six-Star to Nine-Star Dou Ling in just over five months and set his sights on the Inner Academy tournament as a way to reach Dou Wang. He reunited with Han Yue at the Wind Pavilion, where she admired his progress but worried that she was falling behind him.

• Nalan Chenfeng cultivated in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, reaching Seven-Star Dou Ling after a month and later Eight-Star Dou Ling after training on the Eighth Floor.
• Nalan Chenfeng periodically left the tower to clear accumulated Fire Poison, then returned to cultivate until he reached Nine-Star Dou Ling on the Ninth Floor.
• Nalan Chenfeng prepared for the Strong Ranking Tournament, hoping to enter the tower’s lowest level and use the Origin Heart Flame to accelerate his breakthrough to Dou Wang.
• At the Wind Pavilion, Ziyan enjoyed Han Yue’s massage and medicinal herbs while chatting with her about the pavilion and Nalan Chenfeng.
• Nalan Chenfeng arrived and told Han Yue he had reached Nine-Star Dou Ling; he embraced her as she congratulated him and privately worried that she could not keep pace with his cultivation.
• Ziyan complained that the pair were ignoring her and dismissed the significance of Nalan Chenfeng’s strength.

Nalan Chenfeng prepared to compete in the Inner Academy Strong Ranking Tournament, where the top ten would earn a chance to temper their bodies with the Origin Heart Flame. He began his first match against Zhao Ming and met the opponent’s powerful punch with his own dark-red Dou Qi.

• Ziyan remained annoyed with Nalan Chenfeng for withholding his Dou Technique and planned to challenge him in the tournament.
• Han Yue suggested that Nalan Chenfeng gather Lin Xiuya, Liu Qing, and others, but the story then moved forward three days to the tournament.
• Su Qian opened the Strong Ranking Tournament and announced its single-match elimination rules.
• Nalan Chenfeng was called to face Zhao Ming, an Eight-Star Dou Ling ranked ninth on the Strong Ranking.
• Zhao Ming attacked with Mountain Fist, and Nalan Chenfeng countered with a punch surrounded by scorching dark-red Dou Qi.

Nalan Chenfeng defeated Zhao Ming with one punch, secured first place in the Strong Ranking Tournament after Ziyan agreed to surrender in exchange for help finding medicinal ingredients, and later broke through to Dou Wang. Su Qian sensed the breakthrough in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.

• Nalan Chenfeng defeated Zhao Ming with a single punch, revealing that he had reached Nine-Star Dou Ling, and Zhao Ming conceded.
• Ziyan's opponent, Wang Ben, failed to appear, and she complained after receiving the victory by default.
• Nalan Chenfeng offered to help Ziyan find medicinal ingredients in the Magical Beast Mountain Range if she surrendered in their later match, and she accepted.
• Ziyan surrendered, allowing Nalan Chenfeng to claim first place in the Strong Ranking Tournament.
• After more than two months of cultivation in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, Nalan Chenfeng reached Peak Nine-Star Dou Ling and broke through to Dou Wang, which Su Qian sensed.

Nalan Chenfeng broke through to Dou Wang in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, gaining the ability to fly and using Time Stop twice in succession. After consolidating his realm for half a month, he flew toward the Freshman Area, while Ziyan complained to Han Yue that he had not yet taken her to the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Su Qian sensed Nalan Chenfeng's breakthrough and recognized that he had reached Dou Wang.
• Nalan Chenfeng formed Dou Qi Transformation Wings and discovered that his Time Stop ability lasted four breaths and could be used twice in succession.
• Nalan Chenfeng spent half a month stabilizing his cultivation, then emerged from the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower as a Dou Wang.
• Nalan Chenfeng flew toward the Freshman Area, drawing astonished reactions from those who saw him.
• Ziyan complained to Han Yue that Nalan Chenfeng had kept her waiting for months instead of taking her to the Magical Beast Mountain Range to find medicinal ingredients.

Nalan Chenfeng reunited with Ziyan after reaching Dou Wang, then spent time with Han Yue before agreeing to help Ziyan gather herbs in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. They arrived at the lair of a Sixth-Rank Magical Beast guarding the Seven-Leaf Xuanbing Lotus, leaving Nalan Chenfeng to plan a cautious theft.

• Nalan Chenfeng arrived at the courtyard, and Ziyan eagerly reminded him of his promise to take her herb gathering now that he had become a Dou Wang.
• Nalan Chenfeng stayed with Han Yue while Ziyan stood guard at the gate, where she punched Lin Yan when he interrupted.
• After half an hour, Nalan Chenfeng left Han Yue and headed to the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Ziyan.
• Ziyan led Nalan Chenfeng toward the Aquatic Cyan Scaled Dragon's lair and explained that it guarded the Seven-Leaf Xuanbing Lotus.
• Nalan Chenfeng recognized that the Sixth-Rank Magical Beast was too powerful to fight directly and considered using Ziyan to lure it away while he stole the lotus.

Nalan Chenfeng and Ziyan worked together to steal the Seven-Leaf Xuanbing Lotus from the Aquatic Cyan Scaled Dragon’s mountain. Nalan Chenfeng escaped with the lotus as the enraged beast realized Ziyan had an accomplice.

• Nalan Chenfeng assigned Ziyan to lure away the Aquatic Cyan Scaled Dragon while he stole the Seven-Leaf Xuanbing Lotus.
• Ziyan drew the Aquatic Cyan Scaled Dragon away from its mountain, and Nalan Chenfeng slipped toward the lotus’s cavern.
• Nalan Chenfeng broke the energy restriction protecting the Seven-Leaf Xuanbing Lotus and stored the herb in his jade box.
• Nalan Chenfeng fled toward the Inner Academy as the Aquatic Cyan Scaled Dragon roared that Ziyan had an accomplice.

Nalan Chenfeng fled the Aquatic Cyan Scaled Dragon after Ziyan helped him steal its Seven-Leaf Xuanbing Lotus, while Nalan Yanran asked Yun Yun to help her end her engagement to Xiao Yan. The dragon closed in on Nalan Chenfeng, and Yun Yun agreed to support Yanran if needed, though Yanran believed her grandfather would refuse.

• The Aquatic Cyan Scaled Dragon abandoned Ziyan and raced back toward its peak after realizing the Seven-Leaf Xuanbing Lotus had been stolen.
• Ziyan followed Nalan Chenfeng's plan and flew toward the Inner Academy while Nalan Chenfeng fled through the sky with the dragon pursuing him.
• Nalan Chenfeng tried to reach the Inner Academy before the faster Aquatic Cyan Scaled Dragon caught him.
• At the Misty Cloud Sect, Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun she wanted to break off her engagement to Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yun offered to help Nalan Yanran if she could not persuade her family, but Nalan Yanran said her grandfather would not agree.

Nalan Yanran gained Yun Yun’s support to annul her marriage agreement with the Xiao Clan after a year, then challenged Liu Ling to prove his worth by curing her grandfather’s Scorch Poison. Meanwhile, Su Qian punished Nalan Chenfeng and Ziyan for provoking a powerful Aquatic Cyan Scaled Dragon.

• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun that her grandfather and brother’s opinions complicated her plan to end the marriage agreement with the Xiao Clan.
• Yun Yun promised to support Nalan Yanran and said she could annul the agreement as the Misty Cloud Sect’s Young Sect Mistress in a year.
• Nalan Yanran left Yun Yun’s hall and dismissed Liu Ling’s boast that he had become a First-Rank Alchemist, demanding that he cure Nalan Jie’s Scorch Poison.
• At Canaan Inner Academy, Su Qian scolded Nalan Chenfeng and Ziyan for targeting a Five-Star Dou Emperor Aquatic Cyan Scaled Dragon.
• Su Qian confined Ziyan to cultivate at the bottom of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower for two months.

Su Qian punished Ziyan for entering the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Nalan Chenfeng, ordering her to spend two months in confinement at the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. Two months later, Nalan Chenfeng emerged from bitter cultivation as a powerful Two-Star Dou Wang.

• Su Qian scolded Ziyan and Nalan Chenfeng for risking their lives to steal herbs guarded by a Sixth-Rank Magical Beast.
• Nalan Chenfeng took responsibility for proposing the trip and said he had been confident in his plan.
• Su Qian warned them about the stronger Magical Beasts deeper in the mountain range and ordered Ziyan to serve two months in confinement.
• Nalan Chenfeng cultivated for two months in the ninth-level room of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Nalan Chenfeng advanced to the Two-Star Dou Wang realm, with his Dou Qi greatly strengthened.

After two months of cultivation, Nalan Chenfeng realized the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower was becoming less useful and that its Heart Fire was worsening the fire poison in his body. He reunited with Han Yue at the Wind Pavilion, where she told him her uncle had arrived in Canaan City, and they spent the night growing closer before preparing to meet her family.

• Nalan Chenfeng considered the limits of cultivating in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and recalled his plan to travel to the Central Plains Continent with Han Yue.
• Nalan Chenfeng praised Lin Xiuya and Liu Qing for reaching the Nine-Star Peak Da Dou Shi level and encouraged them to keep cultivating for the Wind Pavilion.
• Han Yue told Nalan Chenfeng that her uncle had arrived in Canaan City and admitted she was nervous about their meeting.
• Nalan Chenfeng comforted and kissed Han Yue, and they spent the night sleeping in each other's arms.
• Han Yue teased Nalan Chenfeng about not setting his sights on her younger sister when they reached the Han Family.