Chapter Summaries

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.

Jia Lie Jun’s group confronted Bai Shan, Xiao Yan, and Sha Tie’s Inner Academy team after Bai Shan betrayed the freshmen. Jia Lie Jun equipped his allies with flame armor and began fighting Sha Tie, leaving the battle unresolved as he countered Sha Tie’s golden light with Soul Power and unleashed an azure-and-violet flame attack.

• Jia Lie Jun’s group encountered Bai Shan and Xiao Yan, and Bai Shan tried to persuade Xun Er to leave with him.
• Bai Shan told Sha Tie that Jia Lie Jun had insulted the Inner Academy and possessed one thousand Fire Energy points.
• Jia Lie Jun used flame armor to strengthen the freshmen and assigned Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Xun Er to hold off their opponents.
• Sha Tie charged Jia Lie Jun, and their head-on clash sent a shockwave through the forest and uprooted nearby trees.
• Sha Tie filled the battlefield with golden light, but Jia Lie Jun used Soul Power to track him and fired a pillar of azure-and-violet flame.

Jia Lie Jun defeated Sha Tie with his Heavenly Flames and a secret technique, then helped end the remaining fights. Sha Tie survived but passed out, and Jia Lie Jun's group took the fire energy from their opponents.

• Sha Tie used golden Dou Qi and a jade-green sword to resist Jia Lie Jun, but Jia Lie Jun's Heavenly Flames broke through his defenses and damaged his shoulder.
• Jia Lie Jun raised his cultivation to the Dou Ling level with Mystic Fire Returning Origin Transformation, worrying Xun Er and impressing Hu Jia.
• Jia Lie Jun unleashed Fish Scale Halberd as Sha Tie answered with Golden Vortex Meteor Kill, and their attacks collided in a violent explosion.
• Sha Tie spat blood, lost consciousness, and crashed to the ground; Jia Lie Jun confirmed he would recover after resting.
• Jia Lie Jun defeated the remaining opponents, and his group stripped them of their fire energy.

Jia Lie Jun secretly punished Xiao Yan and Bai Shan for betraying their companions, then helped his freshman team grow in preparation for the Fire Energy Hunt Competition. Meanwhile, Luo Hou dismissed Sha Tie’s warning and vowed to teach the freshmen a lesson.

• Jia Lie Jun took the unconscious Xiao Yan and Bai Shan away from camp and forced them to slap each other until Xiao Yan was knocked out.
• Jia Lie Jun returned to camp and assured Hu Jia that he had not endangered the two students’ lives.
• Jia Lie Jun’s team grew from fifteen freshmen to forty-five, and the group practiced together instead of advancing.
• Sha Tie returned to the Inner Academy battered and warned Luo Hou that this year’s freshmen were difficult opponents.
• Luo Hou vowed to teach the freshmen their place, while Sha Tie wished him luck and headed to the Inner Academy.

Jia Lie Jun fought Luo Hou at the Inner Academy gates, using a secret technique to raise his cultivation to the Dou Ling realm and gain the upper hand. As the battle continued, the freshmen were defeated and Hu Jia and Wu Hao began to struggle, leaving Jia Lie Jun’s group at risk if his technique expired.

• Luo Hou challenged Jia Lie Jun’s group, spreading ice across the ground with his cold Dou Qi.
• Jia Lie Jun activated Mystic Fire Returning Origin Transformation, raising his cultivation to the Dou Ling realm and countering Luo Hou’s ice attacks with his flames.
• Jia Lie Jun struck Luo Hou with a powerful palm, leaving him battered and dislocating his arm.
• Luo Hou reset his arm and drew a longsword as Jia Lie Jun saw the freshmen sprawled on the ground, with Hu Jia and Wu Hao struggling and Xun Er still at ease.
• The Inner Academy students warned that Luo Hou’s side could turn the fight around if Jia Lie Jun’s secret technique wore off.

Jia Lie Jun defeated Luo Hou and led the new students to victory in the Fire Energy Hunt Competition, earning them Fire Energy and special rewards. Elder Su welcomed the victors into the Inner Academy and settled Jia Lie Jun, Xun Er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao in a prepared residence.

• Jia Lie Jun defeated Luo Hou with Buddha's Rage Fire Lotus, then helped defeat the rest of the White Fiend Squad.
• Elder Su announced that the new students had won the competition and awarded each of them twenty days of Fire Energy, with Jia Lie Jun, Xun Er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao receiving Green Fire Crystal Cards and thirty additional days.
• Jia Lie Jun asked about the Green Fire Crystal Card, and Elder Su explained that the different card colors granted access to different floors of the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Yan and Bai Shan arrived after the competition had ended, and Elder Su led the new students into the Inner Academy.
• Elder Su brought Jia Lie Jun, Xun Er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao to a specially prepared pavilion, where Hu Jia asked Xun Er to share her bed and Jia Lie Jun objected.