Recaps

Xiao Yan rushed to the Misty Cloud Sect after learning his father had been abducted, convinced that Yun Leng and the sect were responsible. He confronted Yun Leng, who denied capturing Xiao Yan's father, as Jia Xing Tian and other powerful figures arrived and a refined middle-aged man offered to discuss the matter.

• Xiao Yan rejected Yao Lao's warning and set out for the Misty Cloud Sect, then let Yao Lao take control of his body so they could fly there quickly.
• Jia Xing Tian, Fa Ma, and influential figures from several families and the Mittel Auction House sensed Xiao Yan's pressure and headed out to investigate.
• Yun Yun questioned Yun Leng about his trip to Wutan City, and Yun Leng admitted that he and Yun Lei and Yun Sheng had gone after the Xiao Family.
• Yun Yun reprimanded the three elders and said Yun Leng would face punishment, while planning to contact the Xiao Family about settling the matter.
• Xiao Yan burst into the council hall and demanded to know where his father was; Yun Leng denied capturing him and said Xiao Yan's father had vanished during their pursuit.
• A refined, rosy-cheeked middle-aged man walked through the air and offered to discuss the matter with Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan fought Yun Shan while seeking revenge on Yun Leng for the Xiao Family’s suffering. He killed Yun Leng, then faced Yun Shan’s massive mountain attack as their clash continued.

• Yun Shan stopped Yun Yun from intervening and fought Xiao Yan to protect Yun Leng and the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Shan exchanged powerful attacks that devastated the sect grounds and left both injured.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that their energy was running low and his body could not endure a prolonged fight.
• Xiao Yan used a flaming chain to pull Yun Leng toward him and pierced his chest, killing him and burning his body to ashes.
• Yun Shan summoned a huge mountain with Origin Energy, and Xiao Yan countered with a sea of fire that shattered it.

Xiao Yan escaped the ruined Misty Cloud Sect with Ling Ying’s help, but he was gravely injured and lost Yao Lao’s support. After Jia Lie Jun mutilated him and stole his possessions, Jia Lie Jun claimed Xiao Yan’s Flame Mantra and decided to cultivate it as a secondary technique.

• Xiao Yan fled the collapsing Misty Cloud Sect, and Ling Ying intercepted Yun Yun’s attack and warned her not to pursue him.
• Xiao Yan collapsed from his injuries as Yao Lao fell asleep inside the Storage Ring, leaving Xiao Yan unconscious in the forest.
• Jia Lie Jun searched Xiao Yan, cut off his genitals, and burned them before leaving with two Storage Rings.
• Ling Ying found the unconscious Xiao Yan, treated his wound, and left without realizing Jia Lie Jun had taken his rings.
• Xiao Yan woke, discovered his injury and missing Storage Ring, then fainted again in rage.
• Jia Lie Jun broke the soul imprint on Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring, took the Flame Mantra, and chose to cultivate it as a secondary technique.

Jia Lie Jun refined Yao Lao for energy, then failed to erase the soul imprint on Yao Lao's Storage Ring. At Jia Nan Academy, Xun Er heard Ling Ying criticize Xiao Yan's victory and asked after Jia Lie Jun, whose whereabouts remained unknown.

• Jia Lie Jun found Yao Lao's notes, pill formula, and a Pure Lotus Demonic Flame Remnant Map, then refined Yao Lao and gained five hundred energy points.
• Jia Lie Jun tried to erase Yao Lao's soul imprint from the Storage Ring but failed and withdrew his Soul Power.
• Ling Ying told Xun Er that Xiao Yan had defeated Nalan Yanran by borrowing a remnant soul's power and using an unfamiliar flame.
• Xun Er asked Ling Ying about Jia Lie Jun, and Ling Ying said he had not seen him since he left Wutan City.
• Xun Er sent Ling Ying away when she heard someone approaching.

Jia Lie Jun traveled through the Black Corner Region and reached Black Seal City, where he planned to obtain the Remnant Map of the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame. After helping Li Yu’s caravan arrive safely, he parted from the merchant at the city gate.

• Jia Lie Jun crossed the Black Corner Region and hurried toward Black Seal City as his holiday neared its end.
• At a tavern, Jia Lie Jun killed a band of robbers with flaming arrows after they provoked him.
• Jia Lie Jun agreed to protect Li Yu’s merchant caravan in exchange for guidance to Black Seal City.
• Jia Lie Jun protected the caravan from bandits along the journey, and Li Yu led it to Black Seal City.
• Jia Lie Jun and Li Yu thanked each other and parted ways at the city gate.

Jia Lie Jun attended the Black Seal Auction House auction, where the Blood Sect's Fan Ling insisted on buying the Thunder Bat Sky Wings. The bidding reached 1.3 million gold coins as Fan Ling threatened off other bidders, while Jia Lie Jun remained uninterested.

• Jia Lie Jun arrived in Black Seal City and learned that the Black Seal Auction House would hold its next auction in two days.
• Jia Lie Jun wore the Ice Silkworm Mask, entered the auction house, and watched the crowd gather, including Fan Ling and other Blood Sect members.
• The auctioneer began the sale, and a bidder bought the Cold Edge sword for 150,000 gold coins.
• The auctioneer presented the low Xuan-tier Flight Fighting Skill Thunder Bat Sky Wings, prompting fierce bidding.
• Fan Ling ignored an elder's warning, raised his bid to 1.3 million gold coins, and intimidated the other bidders into withdrawing.

Jia Lie Jun acquired the Remnant Map of the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame after Fan Ling outbid him, while the auction proceeded to increasingly valuable items. The chapter ended with the auctioneer revealing that the final item, a seventh-grade Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, required its buyer to agree to perform two tasks for its owner.

• Elder Qing drove Fan Ling to bid 1.9 million gold coins for the Thunder Bat Sky Wings, then yielded them to him to drain the Blood Sect's resources.
• Jia Lie Jun recognized the Remnant Map of the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame and bid 100,000 gold coins, but Fan Ling outbid him and bought it for 150,000.
• A middle-aged man from the Black Skull Tomb bought the Earth-tier low-grade Three Thousand Lightning Movement for 10.02 million gold coins.
• The auctioneer unveiled the seventh-grade Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and announced that its buyer would have to agree to perform two tasks for its owner.

Elder Qing won the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill at auction but was ambushed by Fan Lao, who overpowered her and sent Fan Ling away with the pill. Fan Ling then seized the Three Thousand Lightning Movement from another group, only to be confronted by Jia Lie Jun.

• Elder Qing bought the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill at the Black Seal Auction House while Fan Ling left with a malicious smile.
• Fan Lao ambushed Elder Qing and the Heavenly Serpent Manor group, revealing himself as a two-star Dou Emperor.
• Elder Qing fought Fan Lao but was badly injured, and Fan Ling took the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill after a stone knocked its box out of her reach.
• Fan Ling and his men came upon a battle and found the silver scroll for the Three Thousand Lightning Movement on the defeated middle-aged bidder.
• Jia Lie Jun confronted Fan Ling, warning him that the day marked the anniversary of his death next year.

Jia Lie Jun killed Fan Ling and his followers, took the Remnant Map of the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame, Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill, then traveled to Peace Town. There, the Jia Nan Academy Enforcement Team required everyone to declare their identity and swallow a pill that detected killing intent, and Jia Lie Jun asked whether academy students were exempt.

• Jia Lie Jun killed Fan Ling with a flaming strike after Fan Ling threatened him.
• Jia Lie Jun killed Fan Ling's followers with flaming arrows and took the Remnant Map of the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame, Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill from Fan Ling's Storage Ring.
• Jia Lie Jun swallowed the Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and continued his journey to Peace Town.
• Jia Lie Jun saw the Death Spirit Tree and observed that Jia Nan Academy's intimidation kept Peace Town's residents from fighting.
• The Jia Nan Academy Enforcement Team ordered entrants to declare their identities and swallow a pill that revealed killing intent, and Jia Lie Jun asked if he could avoid taking it because he was an academy student.

Jia Lie Jun confirmed his identity as a Jia Nan Academy student in Peace Town and reunited with Xiao Yan, who arrived to report to the academy. Jia Lie Jun provoked Xiao Yan by boasting about his closeness with Xun Er, leaving Xiao Yan consumed by resentment as they received their academy badges.

• Jia Lie Jun gave Huo De his details, and Huo De verified his identity and learned that he had advanced to Da Dou Shi.
• Huo De agreed that Jia Lie Jun could stay in town overnight before being escorted to the academy the next day.
• Xiao Yan arrived with a massive ruler and reported that he was a Jia Nan Academy student, while privately vowing to settle his grudge with Jia Lie Jun.
• An enforcement team member's crude remark about a smell angered Xiao Yan, and Jia Lie Jun then claimed that Xun Er let him kiss her.
• Xiao Yan recalled Jia Lie Jun kissing Xun Er and blamed them both for betraying him, while Jia Lie Jun deliberately made the boast to provoke him.
• Huo De checked Xiao Yan's file and gave him and Jia Lie Jun Jia Nan Academy badges, advising Xiao Yan to socialize with his classmates.

Jia Lie Jun and Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy for the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, where Jia Lie Jun was scheduled to fight Lin Feng. As Lin Feng, Xun Er, and Ruolin waited for him, Jia Lie Jun’s arrival remained uncertain.

• Huo De sent Jia Lie Jun and Xiao Yan toward Jia Nan Academy on a Griffin Beast and warned Jia Lie Jun about Xun Er’s admirers.
• Jia Lie Jun and Xiao Yan reached the academy and hurried to the Inner Academy Selection Tournament.
• Lin Feng was announced as Jia Lie Jun’s opponent, and he prepared to fight while hoping Jia Lie Jun would appear.
• Xun Er grew angry at the rumors linking her to Jia Lie Jun, while Bai Shan criticized Jia Lie Jun for leaving her to face the gossip.
• Ruolin worried that Jia Lie Jun’s absence would cost her the chance to advance as a Xuan Tier mentor.

Jia Lie Jun arrived for the Inner Academy selection, while Xiao Yan insulted Xun Er and deepened the rift between them. The chapter ended with Jia Lie Jun defeating Lin Feng in a single devastating strike.

• Jia Lie Jun arrived and greeted Xun Er, drawing attention from the students and instructors.
• Xiao Mei told Xiao Yu that she and Xiao Ning had been harassed because of Xun Er, and Xiao Yu began to resent Xun Er.
• Xiao Yan called Xun Er a promiscuous woman to distract everyone from the fact that he had wet himself, leaving Xun Er hurt and isolated.
• Xun Er turned away from Xiao Yan as Jia Lie Jun declared he would win the selection.
• Jia Lie Jun shattered Lin Feng's spear with his bare fist and won the match.

Jia Lie Jun defeated Lin Feng with ease, then comforted Xun Er as she questioned her relationship with Xiao Yan. That night, he declared his love to her and left her wondering whether he was sincere, while privately congratulating himself on his acting.

• Jia Lie Jun defeated Lin Feng in one punch, impressing Hu Jia and the others with his strength.
• Ruolin urged Xun Er not to give up her chance to enter the Inner Academy, and Xun Er resolved to go through with it.
• Jia Lie Jun teased and comforted Xun Er before her match, while Xiao Yan watched from hiding and grew furious.
• That night, Jia Lie Jun visited Xun Er with flowers and professed his love, promising to wait for her.
• Jia Lie Jun left Xun Er to consider his confession, then privately praised his own performance as worthy of an Oscar.

Jia Lie Jun’s pursuit of Xun Er stirred her feelings, while Jia Nan Academy’s elders assessed him and Xiao Yan as promising students. That night, Bai Shan attacked Jia Lie Jun over Xun Er, but Mentor Ruolin intervened and warned him about the Inner Academy Selection Tournament.

• After Jia Lie Jun left, Xun Er reflected on her feelings and realized she did not dislike him.
• Hu Gan and the other elders discussed Xiao Yan’s accomplishments and agreed to observe and potentially nurture him, while also considering Jia Lie Jun a promising talent.
• Bai Shan confronted Jia Lie Jun at night and attacked him with a lightning spear after warning him to stay away from Xun Er.
• Ruolin stopped Bai Shan’s attack with a water mirror, forcing him to retreat.
• Ruolin warned Jia Lie Jun about Bai Shan and Hu Jia before leaving him to prepare for the tournament.

The Inner Academy Selection Competition began, and Jia Lie Jun used a bet with Xue Ni to test whether Xun Er was jealous of him. After Li Yan defeated Ji Feng, Jia Lie Jun admitted his test and told Xun Er that he only loved her, leaving her embarrassed and denying her jealousy.

• The academy announced that 174 contestants remained and that 50 would qualify for the Inner Academy, then began the day's matches.
• Jia Lie Jun watched Xun Er and teased her while she scolded him over his staring.
• Jia Lie Jun bet his blood-red dagger against Xue Ni on whether Li Yan or Ji Feng would win, and Xun Er grew displeased.
• Li Yan struck Ji Feng in the chest and won the match, while Xue Ni lost the bet.
• Jia Lie Jun told Xun Er that he had only wanted to see if she would get jealous and that he loved only her, and Xun Er blushed and denied being jealous.

Jia Lie Jun defeated Lin Yan in the tournament with his superior fire control, impressing the elders and drawing an offer to join the Alchemy Department. He ended the match by spelling a love confession to Xun Er in purple flames.

• Jia Lie Jun gave Xue Ni a dagger and presented Xun Er with a bracelet, while Xun Er accepted it and resolved to let their relationship take its course.
• Ruolin warned Jia Lie Jun that Lin Yan was a powerful two-star Da Dou Shi with exceptional fire-control skills.
• Jia Lie Jun and Lin Yan fought with flaming weapons and creatures, but Jia Lie Jun overwhelmed Lin Yan and stopped his spiral of purple fire just before it struck his chest.
• Lin Yan admitted defeat, and the referee declared Jia Lie Jun the winner as the crowd applauded.
• Elder Zhang learned that Jia Lie Jun was an eighteen-year-old third-tier alchemist and wanted to recruit him into the Alchemy Department.
• Jia Lie Jun turned his purple flames into the words “Xun Er, I love you,” making Xun Er blush as the students cheered and teased them.

Jia Lie Jun, Xun Er, and Xiao Yan qualified for the Inner Academy, and Hu Jia brought Jia Lie Jun and Xiao Yan to meet her grandfather. Elder Zhang tested Jia Lie Jun with a sudden Soul Power attack, which Jia Lie Jun met head-on.

• Jia Lie Jun encouraged Xun Er before she defeated Lin Yu in less than a minute.
• Wu Hao was called to fight Li Feng, and Ruolin warned Jia Lie Jun that Wu Hao was a ruthless Law Enforcement Team member who might target him over Xun Er.
• After a day of matches, Jia Lie Jun, Xun Er, and Xiao Yan were among the fifty students who qualified for the Inner Academy.
• Ruolin urged the three to compete for a top-five finish to gain access to the Library Pavilion, and Xiao Yan resolved to pursue that opportunity.
• Hu Jia summoned Jia Lie Jun and Xiao Yan to meet her grandfather, Elder Zhang, who launched a Soul Power attack that Jia Lie Jun countered.

Jia Lie Jun and Xiao Yan joined the Alchemy Department before competing in the Inner Academy ranking tournament’s new all-at-once melee. As Xiao Yan was cornered by Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia, he spotted Xun Er distracted and prepared to strike her from behind.

• Jia Lie Jun and Xiao Yan accepted Elder Zhang’s invitation to join the Alchemy Department, and Elder Zhang offered to arrange for them to join its Inner Academy branch.
• Hu Jia attacked Jia Lie Jun after they left the pavilion, but he caught her wrist and threw her down; she vowed to steal Xun Er away from him.
• Hu Gan announced that all fifty tournament finalists would fight in a single melee, with rankings determining Inner Academy resources and the top five earning access to the Library Pavilion.
• Jia Lie Jun drove away Bai Shan’s followers with purple flames and a flaming whip, while Xiao Yan knocked out several attackers with his Black Heavy Ruler.
• Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia teamed up against Xiao Yan, who evaded their attacks as Xun Er hesitated to help him.
• Xiao Yan decided to strike Xun Er from behind to reduce the number of contestants on the platform and improve his chance of reaching the top five.

Xiao Yan’s attack on Jia Lie Jun and Xun Er backfired, leaving him disgraced and unconscious while Xun Er’s trust in him collapsed. Despite appearing injured, Jia Lie Jun continued the tournament and fused his Purple Fire with Xun Er’s Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame into a fire lotus.

• Jia Lie Jun blocked Xiao Yan’s attack on Xun Er, and Xun Er struck Xiao Yan off the platform when he retaliated against Jia Lie Jun.
• Xun Er cared for Jia Lie Jun, who secretly knew his injuries were minor, while Xiao Yan watched in rage and fainted from pain and humiliation.
• Xun Er recalled how she had supported Xiao Yan and rejected him after his vicious curses and sneak attack; Xue Ni and Ruolin condemned his conduct.
• Jia Lie Jun refused to withdraw from the tournament, revealed his Green Lotus Core Flame, and said he could not control two flames well enough to use the Buddha’s Rage Fire Lotus alone.
• Xun Er summoned wisps of the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame, and she and Jia Lie Jun fused it with his Purple Fire into a golden-and-purple fire lotus.

Jia Lie Jun defeated Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia with Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, securing victory alongside Xun Er in the Ranking Tournament. The top five then entered the Library Pavilion to claim their rewards, where its guardians noticed Jia Lie Jun's Heavenly Flame.

• Jia Lie Jun's fire lotus overwhelmed the combined attacks of Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia, destroying the Martial Combat Platform and throwing the three opponents off it.
• The referee declared Jia Lie Jun and Xun Er the winners, while Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia reacted to their defeat.
• Xun Er delayed returning to her clan, and Ling Ying warned her that her relationship with Jia Lie Jun could face difficulties because of their different backgrounds.
• Hu Gan told the tournament's top five they could each choose one item, then led Jia Lie Jun, Xun Er, Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia through a hidden passage to the Library Pavilion.
• Two guardians appeared and opened the pavilion after Hu Gan introduced the students, and Jia Lie Jun revealed his blue-green Heavenly Flame when one guardian recognized it.

Jia Lie Jun and the others entered the academy’s Spatial-Locked Library Pavilion to retrieve a treasure, but found that its items were protected by powerful barriers. Jia Lie Jun obtained the high-grade Earth-class Dou Technique Seal Heaven Seal before the hour inside the pavilion was over.

• Hu Gan asked two gray-robed elders to open the Spatial Lock around the Library Pavilion, and they revealed its entrance.
• Hu Gan warned the group that they could take only one item out and would be expelled after an hour, then the group entered the pavilion.
• Energy spheres filled the empty hall, and Xun Er retrieved a scroll containing the high-grade Xuan-class Rushing Thunder Art.
• Jia Lie Jun seized a sphere containing a Dou Ling Barrier Breaking Pill, while Bai Shan failed to break into a sphere holding a mid-grade Earth-class Dou Technique and was badly injured by its counterattack.
• Jia Lie Jun sensed the energy in the spheres with his Soul Power, forced his way into one, and retrieved the high-grade Earth-class Dou Technique Seal Heaven Seal.

Jia Lie Jun and the other students left the Outer Academy and traveled toward the Inner Academy, where Hu Gan warned them to prepare for harsher competition. They passed through a hidden gate and arrived at the Inner Academy, where an elder greeted Hu Gan.

• Jia Lie Jun admired the power of the Seal Heaven Seal while Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia searched the Library Pavilion for rewards.
• The two gray-robed elders expelled Jia Lie Jun and the others from the Library Pavilion and warned them to keep what happened there secret.
• Hu Gan told Jia Lie Jun and the others that they would enter the Inner Academy in two days and urged them to set aside their grievances and help one another.
• Hu Gan addressed the fifty students departing for the Inner Academy, and Jia Lie Jun watched their Griffin Beasts fly over a forest where elders killed attacking magical beasts.
• Hu Gan led the students through a hidden gate that appeared in the air, and they arrived at the Inner Academy, where a white-haired elder asked whether the new batch had any promising students.

Jia Lie Jun defended Xun Er from a lecherous Inner Academy student, then learned the rules of the Fire Energy Hunt Competition. The contest began as the newcomers ran into the forest, with Elder Su expecting Jia Lie Jun to cause a stir in the Inner Academy.

• A male student leered at Xun Er and teased her, so Jia Lie Jun struck him and shattered the bones in his chest.
• Elder Su confirmed the student would survive, and Hu Gan proudly explained that Jia Lie Jun had won the selection tournament.
• Elder Su warned the newcomers about the Inner Academy’s harsh rules and gave each student a crystal card containing fire energy.
• Elder Su explained that students could attack one another and seize fire energy while crossing the forest to reach the Inner Academy.
• Elder Su started the Fire Energy Hunt Competition, and Jia Lie Jun and the other newcomers ran into the forest.

Jia Lie Jun’s group defeated a team of Inner Academy seniors and learned how Fire Energy worked and who led the strongest opposing squad. After hearing about Luo Hou and the White Fiend Squad, Jia Lie Jun decided to unite the new students against them.

• Jia Lie Jun chased down five seniors who had tried to seize his group’s Fire Energy and forced them to surrender their crystal cards, raising his total to one thousand.
• Hu Jia asked Lin Yu Xun what Fire Energy was used for, and he explained that it served as currency in the Inner Academy and paid for cultivation in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.
• Jia Lie Jun asked how many Inner Academy students were competing and learned that Luo Hou, a Dou Ling and captain of the White Fiend Squad, was the strongest.
• Hu Jia worried that the White Fiend Squad would take the Fire Energy the new students had gathered, and Jia Lie Jun proposed uniting the new students to oppose them.

Jia Lie Jun’s team gained fame for robbing Inner Academy students, and dozens of freshmen joined them to fight back. After Bai Shan objected to their inclusion, Jia Lie Jun rebuked him, and Bai Shan left the team; the chapter ended with the new recruits training under Hu Jia and Wu Hao.

• Bruised freshmen heard that Jia Lie Jun was recruiting students to unite against the Inner Academy and decided to find him.
• Jia Lie Jun welcomed the newcomers but warned them to follow his commands, then gave them medicinal powder for their injuries.
• Bai Shan objected to the recruits joining the team, and Jia Lie Jun told him to leave if he disagreed.
• Bai Shan threatened Jia Lie Jun and walked away, while Hu Jia and Wu Hao let him go.
• Hu Jia and Wu Hao trained the recruits until they collapsed, and Jia Lie Jun praised their improvement and coordination.