Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yan and Night Spirit entered the Black-Corner Region, where Xiao Yan’s clones uncovered the influence of the Myriad Worlds Library and Han Feng received a system after an Otherworlder took over his body. At Jia Nan Academy, Xun’er eagerly awaited Xiao Yan, convinced a book foretold their future, until a golden-robed woman appeared to challenge her assumptions.

• Sun Wukong drew a protective circle over the Jia Ma Empire and the Snake-People Tribe, while Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun about her previous life and the changed future.
• Xiao Yan sent over a thousand Shadow Clones into the Black-Corner Region, then joined Night Spirit in fighting the Azure Flame Tribe so she could absorb their fear.
• An Otherworlder named Han Feng gained the Fortune Plunder Critical-Hit System, learned that the Myriad Worlds Library’s books and comics circulated throughout the region, and left Maple City to investigate Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan’s clones reported that the Black-Corner Region had few Otherworlders but widespread arguments inspired by the Myriad Worlds Library, and Xiao Yan recognized the library’s growing influence.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Ling Ying told Xiao Xun’er that Xiao Yan would soon arrive, and Xun’er interpreted Martial Universe as proof that Xiao Yan would become a great powerhouse and that she would be beside him.
• A golden-robed woman appeared from Xun’er’s golden flames and told her that a book could not predict the future.

Xiao Yan and Night Spirit reached Black Seal City, reunited with Ling Yu and Chen Xiu, and attended the Eight Gates auction. The Supreme Bone sparked a struggle among major factions, and the chapter ended as its owner prepared to announce who would receive it.

• Xun'er insisted to the Golden Emperor that Xiao Yan was her Brother Xiao Yan and described her progress at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan and Night Spirit entered the Black-Corner Region and traveled to Black Seal City, where they reunited with Ling Yu and Chen Xiu at the Sanctuary inn.
• Ling Yu invited Xiao Yan and Night Spirit to join their group at the Eight Gates auction, and Xiao Yan accepted while recognizing Han Feng in the crowd.
• The auction sold Byakugan and Sharingan before presenting the Supreme Bone, which required its recipient to fulfill three requests for its owner.
• Fan Ling, Mo Erhan, and Elder Qing each declared interest in the Supreme Bone, while Xiao Yan and Chen Xiu considered claiming it after the auction.
• Ling Yu asked Xiao Yan for a Sect Breaking Pill, and Xiao Yan promised to give him one after the auction as the Supreme Bone's owner prepared to announce its recipient.

At the Black Seal City auction, Xiao Yan and the other Otherworlders watched new treasures change hands while Wutian Buddha joined the chat group. After the factions left the city, the Black Skull Tomb, Heavenly Snake Mansion, and Blood Sect joined forces against the people stalking them, as Xiao Yan and his companions followed in disguise.

• Fan Ling gave the Supreme Bone to Elder Qing of the Heavenly Snake Mansion, and later won Han Feng’s Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill while Mo Erhan bought the Virgo Gold Cloth.
• Xiao Yan asked Shaka about learning Cosmo and the Virgo Gold Saint’s techniques, then welcomed Wutian Buddha, Nemesis of Tathagata, to the chat group.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Fragment Map failed to appear, and Chen Xiu and Ling Yu spotted nearly a hundred of Xiao Yan’s Shadow Clones in the auction hall.
• Han Feng recognized Xiao Yan’s clones, failed to bind them with his system, and decided to visit the Myriad Worlds Library after the auction.
• After the factions left Black Seal City, Xiao Yan and Night Spirit followed them in disguise, Chen Xiu sent a Dou Zun-level otherworldly demon after them, and Ling Yu stayed behind to cultivate.
• Outside the Black-Corner Region, the Black Skull Tomb, Heavenly Snake Mansion, and Blood Sect agreed to eliminate their pursuers; Fan Ling used people with the Byakugan to expose them and unleashed black flames.

Fan Ling watched Mo Erhan defeat a group of Mangekyo wielders with the Black Dragon Sky-Shattering Seal, then Elder Qing repelled immortal cultivators seeking her Supreme Bone. Xiao Yan’s Shadow Clone questioned the fleeing Qin Luo about the Black-Corner Region and learned that The Great Ruler could eventually reveal Xiao Yan’s identity as the Flame Emperor.

• Fan Ling let Mo Erhan face the Akatsuki-clad attackers, and Mo Erhan used the Black Dragon Sky-Shattering Seal to kill them after surviving their coordinated Mangekyo ambush.
• Qin Luo and his fellow immortal cultivators attacked Elder Qing to obtain her Supreme Bone, but Elder Qing seized their magical treasures and Qin Luo escaped with the Blood Escape Technique.
• Xiao Yan’s Shadow Clone intercepted Qin Luo and asked him about the Black-Corner Region’s established and newly formed factions.
• Qin Luo recommended books from the Myriad Worlds Library, especially The Great Ruler, and explained that its Flame Emperor shared Xiao Yan’s name.
• Xiao Yan’s Shadow Clone realized that later parts of The Great Ruler might expose Xiao Yan as the Flame Emperor, then left to warn his original self.

Xiao Yan killed a genuine Otherworldly Demon and the other survivors after they fought over the spoils, then left with Night Spirit and headed for Peace Town. Disguised, they arrived at its guarded gates, where Jia Nan Academy's Enforcement Team demanded that entrants register their identities and swallow a pill.

• Fan Ling, Mo Erhan, Elder Qing, and the other survivors faced a genuine Otherworldly Demon, while Xiao Yan confined the gathering and killed the demon with a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and Ancestral Symbols.
• Night Spirit broke through to Nine-Star Dou Zong, then collected the Storage Rings and took Fan Ling's Eternal Mangekyo and Mo Erhan's Black Dragon Sky-Shattering Seal.
• Xiao Yan and Night Spirit destroyed the survivors and the evidence, then left without returning to Black Seal City while Xiao Yan's Shadow Clone dealt with Chen Xiu and Ling Yu.
• In the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, Wutian Buddha and Sun Wukong discussed cooperating to obtain the Tripitaka Sutra, while Shaka uploaded the Virgo Cosmo cultivation method and skills for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan and Night Spirit disguised themselves and arrived at Peace Town to investigate the Myriad Worlds Library.
• At Peace Town's gate, Jia Nan Academy's Enforcement Team demanded that travelers report their identities and swallow a pill.

Xiao Yan entered Peace Town disguised as Wang Fugui with Night Spirit, while his Shadow Clone arrived as Xiao Yan and reunited with Instructor Ruo Lin at the Myriad Worlds Library. Night Spirit gained the Ancestral Stone from reading Martial Universe, and Zhao Hao appeared as Xiao Yan asked to buy Fox Spirit Matchmaker comics.

• Xiao Yan and Night Spirit used the identities Wang Fugui and Zhang San to enter Peace Town with Instructor Huo De, while Xiao Yan's Shadow Clone also claimed to be Instructor Ruo Lin's student.
• Instructor Huo De brought them to the Myriad Worlds Library, where Instructor Ruo Lin recognized Wang Fugui and Xiao Yan and scolded Xiao Yan over his long absence and the other students' disappearances.
• The Shadow Clone offered to buy Instructor Ruo Lin a book, and Xiao Yan went to the counter to ask the price of a complete set of Fox Spirit Matchmaker comics.
• Night Spirit read Martial Universe and obtained the Ancestral Stone, drawing the attention of nearby students, including Xue Beng.
• Zhao Hao emerged from inside the library as Xiao Yan asked to buy the available Fox Spirit Matchmaker comics.

Xiao Yan bought books from Zhao Hao’s Myriad Worlds Library and reunited with Xun'er at Jia Nan Academy before the Inner Academy Selection Tournament. As they read through the night, Xun'er began connecting Xiao Yan to the Flame Emperor in The Great Ruler, while Xiao Yan awakened his Cosmo.

• Xiao Yan paid Zhao Hao fifty million gold coins for Fox Spirit comics, and Zhao Hao then gave him and his Shadow Clone ten additional books for free while warning them about Jia Nan Academy.
• Zhao Hao blacklisted Xue Beng and his companions after they asked for free books, then considered whether to put Battle Through the Heavens on the shelves.
• Instructor Ruo Lin brought Xiao Yan, Night Spirit, and the others to Jia Nan Academy and warned Xiao Yan that the Inner Academy Selection Tournament would begin in two days.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er, promised to spend more time with her, and shared the books he had received from Zhao Hao.
• Xun'er read The Great Ruler and suspected that its Flame Emperor was Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan read Saint Seiya and awakened his Cosmo and some of Shaka's secret arts.
• At dawn, Xun'er asked Xiao Yan whether the Flame Emperor in the book was him.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, where the mysterious Ghost-Faced Referee assigned bizarre contests that eliminated contestants under his own rules. Xiao Yan’s match against Xun’er’s admirer Bai Shan began as a deadly No-Rules Battle, leaving their confrontation unresolved.

• Xun’er wondered whether The Great Ruler and its Flame Emperor revealed Xiao Yan’s future, but Xiao Yan changed the subject and continued reading.
• The Ghost-Faced Referee appeared at the tournament and set Night Spirit, disguised as Zhang San, against Xue Beng in a weapons contest; Night Spirit destroyed his Amber Purifying Bottle and won.
• Xiao Ning faced Luo Bu in a Pet Showdown and won after Agumon digivolved into WarGreymon and blasted Luo Bu and his Charmander from the arena.
• The academy’s senior staff objected to the referee’s unpredictable tournament, but Hu Gan said they could challenge him directly if they disagreed.
• The referee paired Xiao Yan with Bai Shan and selected a No-Rules Battle, which could end only with one contestant’s death.
• Bai Shan declared that he intended to kill Xiao Yan, while the referee withdrew and left them to fight.

Xiao Yan and Bai Shan fought as Gold Saints in the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, with Bai Shan using Aquarius’s Freezing Coffin to stall the no-rules match. Xiao Yan shattered it with a Libra weapon, killed Bai Shan, and asked the Ghost-Faced Referee to declare him the winner.

• Bai Shan revealed the Aquarius Gold Cloth and challenged Xiao Yan, who answered by donning the Virgo Gold Cloth.
• Xiao Yan and Bai Shan exchanged blows at light speed until Xiao Yan trapped Bai Shan’s Aurora Execution with the Heavenly Dance Treasure Wheel.
• Bai Shan sealed himself inside an indestructible Freezing Coffin, and the Ghost-Faced Referee said the match could end only when one side died.
• Xiao Yan revealed a Libra Golden Trident and moved to break the coffin, while Bai Shan tried to surrender and the referee refused to accept it.
• Xiao Yan shattered the Freezing Coffin with the Golden Trident and killed Bai Shan, then asked the referee whether he could count the match as his victory.

Xiao Yan won his first-round battle, sold the Aquarius Gold Cloth through the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, and reunited with Xun'er before the tournament continued. The next day, Xiao Yu won a spiritual-power contest, and Xiao Yan faced Lu Mu as the screen announced a no-defense battle.

• Xiao Yan won the no-rules battle, took Bai Shan's Aquarius Gold Cloth, and listed it in the Myriad Worlds Chat Group store for 10,000 points.
• Xiao Yan revealed the group's buyback feature, prompting members to sell spare treasures and techniques for points.
• Hu Jia confronted Xiao Yan and Xun'er, declared she would compete with Xiao Yan for Xun'er, and Xiao Yan left with Xun'er; Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei also won their first-round matches.
• Instructor Ruo Lin returned Xiao Yan's Fox Demon comic, borrowed Akame ga Kill!, and the second round began the following day.
• Xiao Yu defeated Luo Fu in a spiritual-power contest using a technique from the Heavenly Profound Continent.
• Xiao Yan took the stage against Lu Mu, and the contest screen announced a no-defense battle.

Xiao Yan defeated Lu Mu in a no-defense match despite the Ghost-Faced Referee restricting his abilities, then used Wang Fugui to probe the referee and saw him forcibly remove the clone from the tournament. After learning the Library Pavilion held treasures from the Myriad Worlds Library, Xiao Yan decided to compete for a top-five spot, while Instructor Ruo Lin returned in tears after reading a manga.

• The Ghost-Faced Referee imposed no-defense rules, blocked Xiao Yan's spatial power, and let Lu Mu use his Flame-Flame Fruit and Dragon Slayer abilities against him.
• Lu Mu swallowed Xiao Yan's bone spirit cold flame and unleashed it back at him, but Xiao Yan endured the attack and cut Lu Mu down with the Wangquan Sword.
• The Ghost-Faced Referee declared Xiao Yan the winner, and Xiao Yan asked Night Spirit whether she could track the referee's emotional fluctuations.
• Xiao Yan sent Wang Fugui to attack the referee, who immobilized him, disqualified him, and made him disappear from the arena; Xiao Yan's Shadow Clone remained intact.
• After the second round, Xun'er explained that the Library Pavilion contained treasures from the Myriad Worlds Library, and Xiao Yan decided to compete for the top five.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er found Instructor Ruo Lin crying because the characters in the Red Eyes manga had died terrible deaths.

Xiao Yan entered Jia Nan Academy’s final selection round, where the Ghost-Faced Referee sealed everyone’s powers and sent them to a dangerous Desolate World. Stranded at sea, Xiao Yan discovered Yue Buqun had been assigned to hunt participants, so he posted a Chat Group mission and Han Tianzun and the Saint Seiya Closest to God accepted.

• Xiao Yan learned that the Ghost-Faced Referee had imprisoned people in a mysterious space, and Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Ning urged him to forfeit if the referee targeted him again.
• The Ghost-Faced Referee announced that the third round, Survival on the Desolate Ground, would send participants into a world where they began powerless and faced hunters from other worlds.
• Xiao Yan formed a six-person team with Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, Xiao Ning, and Night Spirit, and the group agreed he should forfeit once they arrived.
• The Ghost-Faced Referee sealed the participants’ powers and transported them to the Desolate World; Xiao Yan appeared at sea and swam toward shore.
• Yue Buqun reported in the Myriad Worlds Chat Group that he had been made a hunter, then realized Xiao Yan was the person swimming below his cliff.
• Xiao Yan recycled the Gold Cloth and posted a mission to sweep through the Desolate World; Han Tianzun and the Saint Seiya Closest to God accepted it.

Xiao Yan’s allies swept through the Desolate World, exposing the Ghost-Faced Referee’s deadly tournament and leaving him under accusation at Jia Nan Academy. Xiao Yan returned by using a Traversal Talisman, then confronted the referee as their level-five systems clashed and the referee trapped them in his Dueling Domain.

• Xiao Yan summoned powerful allies from the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, and they entered the Desolate World to clear it while Xun'er and the other teammates returned to Jia Nan Academy.
• Han Tianzun searched the Desolate World for treasures and collected techniques, heavenly flames, a Demon Pet, and an Ancestral Symbol.
• The Ghost-Faced Referee defended the deaths of nearly a hundred students, intimidated Jia Nan Academy’s staff and students, and tried to seal Xiao Yan inside the Desolate World.
• Xiao Yan returned using a Traversal Talisman, and the Myriad Worlds Chat Group attacked the Supreme Referee System to stop the Ghost-Faced Referee from escaping.
• Xiao Yan challenged the Ghost-Faced Referee, who activated his Dueling Domain and declared that Xiao Yan’s power would be suppressed while his own was strengthened.

Xiao Yan and Queen Medusa defeated the Ghost-Faced Referee, whose memories revealed a hidden conflict between Jia Nan Academy and the Lizard People beneath the magma. Xiao Yan earned first place in the selection tournament and chose four companions for the Library Pavilion, then found the chat group urging Yue Buqun to castrate himself to cultivate a demonic technique.

• The Ghost-Faced Referee suppressed Xiao Yan until Queen Medusa ambushed him with poison and her Ten Thousand Snakes Devouring the Body technique.
• Xiao Yan hid the duel with his Devouring Realm, restrained the Ghost-Faced Referee with Wutian Buddha's Child Black Lotus, and used Han Tianzun's Soul-Searching Technique on him.
• The Ghost-Faced Referee's memories revealed that he was a Lizard Person infiltrator and that Jia Nan Academy and the Lizard People secretly held territory on opposite sides of the magma.
• The Ghost-Faced Referee's soul scattered, and the Supreme Referee System fled and secretly bound itself to Instructor Ruo Lin.
• Deputy Headmaster Hu Gan awarded Xiao Yan first place and let him choose four companions for the Library Pavilion; Xiao Yan selected Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Zhang San (Night Spirit).
• In the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, Han Tianzun shared the Sunflower Demon Canon, prompting the members to tease Yue Buqun about castrating himself until Xiao Yan objected.

Xiao Yan visited the Myriad Worlds Library with Xun'er, asked Zhao Hao to track readers of The Great Ruler, and arranged for Chen Xiu and Ling Yu to investigate Jia Nan Academy's Inner Academy. After Zhao Hao discovered Ling Yu was a man and drove them out, Xiao Yan and Xun'er returned to learn they had been summoned to the Library Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan and Xun'er went to the Myriad Worlds Library to read The Great Ruler, where Chen Xiu and Ling Yu asked Zhao Hao for shelter.
• Xiao Yan told Zhao Hao that he would protect the library and asked him to report anyone who read or bought The Great Ruler.
• Xiao Yan warned Chen Xiu and Ling Yu not to return to the Jia Ma Empire and persuaded them to investigate the Inner Academy.
• Zhao Hao offered Chen Xiu and Ling Yu access to his books for helping Xiao Yan, then expelled them after learning Ling Yu was a man.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yan and Xun'er that Instructor Ruo Lin had summoned them to the Library Pavilion at the Inner Academy's request.

Xiao Yan and his companions entered Jia Nan Academy’s Library Pavilion, where Xiao Yan obtained the peerless divine ability One Qi Transforms into Three Purities, while Xun’er discovered his future identity as the Flame Emperor. In the chat group, Frieza’s insults enraged Sun Wukong, who traveled to Universe 7 to confront him as Xiao Yan tried to keep the group from fighting.

• Vice Dean Hu Gan brought Xiao Yan, Xun’er, and the others to the Library Pavilion, secretly adding Hu Jia to the group by claiming two contestants had tied for fifth place.
• The Thousand and Hundred Elders admitted the group, and Xiao Yan selected One Qi Transforms into Three Purities while the others obtained treasures of their own.
• As the group traveled toward the Inner Academy, Xun’er finished reading The Great Ruler and realized Xiao Yan would become the Flame Emperor and one of the leaders of the Endless Fire Domain.
• Frieza joined the Myriad Worlds Chat Group, and Xiao Yan uploaded the Dragon Ball series so the members could learn about Frieza and his world.
• Frieza mocked Sun Wukong and Saiyans, prompting Sun Wukong to use a Traversal Talisman and travel to Universe 7 to fight Frieza.
• While speaking with Elder Qing at the Fire Energy Hunting Competition’s starting point, Xiao Yan urged Sun Wukong to stand down, but Han Tianzun encouraged him to livestream the confrontation.

Sun Wukong killed Frieza in the Dragon Ball World, while Xiao Yan began the Inner Academy trial and confronted three Gold Saints who tried to stop his group. Xiao Yan forced them to surrender, then demanded their Fire Energy and Gold Cloths, though Lin Ge warned that the Saint Seiya Alliance would retaliate.

• Sun Wukong froze Frieza with his Body-Fixing Technique and killed him, then threatened to destroy Frieza's soul after learning he was still speaking in the afterlife.
• Elder Su and Elder Qing explained that the new Inner Academy trial required students to cross a forest of checkpoints on foot, and gave each student a crystal card containing five thousand fire energy.
• Xiao Yan demanded three thousand fire energy from students who wanted his protection; Hu Jia and Wu Hao paid, while others left the group.
• Xiao Yan's group encountered Lin Ge, a Pisces Gold Saint, and Xiao Yan refused to let him charge the others or block their passage.
• Lin Ge summoned two other Gold Saints, but Xiao Yan created over a thousand Gold Cloth-wearing Shadow Clones and threatened them with Athena Exclamations.
• Lin Ge and the other Gold Saints surrendered, and Xiao Yan demanded their Gold Cloths and all their Fire Energy; Lin Ge warned him that the Saint Seiya Alliance would seek revenge.

Xiao Yan defeated Lin Ge and his companions, then used a Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus to force Qin Yang to withdraw the Heavenly Gate Spell and surrender Fire Energy. After learning that an Inner Academy expert could upgrade techniques and weapons, Xiao Yan continued through the checkpoints, but his Fire Lotus finally failed to intimidate the Strong Ranking guard at the final gate.

• Lin Ge persuaded Scorpion and Old Xie to surrender their Gold Cloths and Fire Energy after Xiao Yan stripped away their senses with the Heavenly Dance Treasure Wheel.
• Xiao Yan gave Xun'er the Fire Energy to divide among their group and led them onward, while hidden observers discussed his strength.
• Qin Yang blocked the group with a fortified Heavenly Gate Spell, and Xiao Yan's Light Speed Fist and Wangquan Sword could barely damage it.
• Xiao Yan fused his Heavenly Flames with Xun'er's flame to form a powerful Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, making Qin Yang lower the wall and surrender two-thirds of his Fire Energy.
• Qin Yang explained that an Inner Academy expert could upgrade items and revealed that a Strong Ranking member guarded the final checkpoint; Xiao Yan freed Chen Xiu and Ling Yu before moving on.
• Xiao Yan carried the Fire Lotus through several checkpoints and collected hundreds of thousands of Fire Energy, but it failed to intimidate the Strong Ranking guard at the final gate.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er defeated Lin Yuanchen at the Inner Academy’s final checkpoint with the King-Slaying Heavenly Disk, then became official Inner Academy students. In the chat group, Sun Wukong escaped the Five Elements Mountain only to discover that Tang Monk had become powerful enough to shatter it with one punch.

• Lin Yuanchen used his Rinnegan and eight Dragon-Slaying Magic Crystals to absorb Xiao Yan’s elemental attacks, then tried to trap the group with Planetary Devastation.
• The Medicine Emperor possessed Xiao Yan and the Golden Emperor possessed Xun’er, and together they broke Lin Yuanchen’s technique before the Golden Emperor summoned the King-Slaying Heavenly Disk.
• The Golden Emperor empowered the disk with four Ancestral Symbols and attacked Lin Yuanchen, but Elder Qing blocked the beam with the Thunder Emperor’s Scepter.
• Elder Qing accepted Xiao Yan and his companions as Inner Academy students, and Xiao Yan took Lin Yuanchen’s Fire Energy and shared most of it with the group.
• Elder Qing led the newcomers into the Inner Academy and advised them to join a faction unless they could reach the Strong Ranking’s top ten.
• Sun Wukong told the chat group he had escaped confinement, then returned to report that Tang Monk had shattered the Five Elements Mountain and threatened to drag him to the Western Heaven.

Xiao Yan learned about the Inner Academy’s factions and met Mo Wuya, an Otherworlder who exchanged rare treasures for stat enhancements. After trading three Gold Cloths for five allocations, Xiao Yan was challenged by Luo Tian, who demanded the Cloths back.

• Xun'er offered to accompany Xiao Yan as he explored the Inner Academy, but he left her and the others behind for their safety.
• Qin Yang invited Xiao Yan to join Mask and explained the seven major factions and the five Strong Ranking students no faction dared provoke.
• Qin Yang led Xiao Yan to Mo Wuya, where Xiao Yan exchanged three Gold Cloths for five stat allocations to his Dou Qi and soul power.
• Luo Tian confronted Xiao Yan, claiming the Gold Cloths belonged to the Saint Seiya Alliance, and challenged him with his Excalibur.