Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yu brought Xu Ran, Xiao Mei, and Xun'er into Jia Nan Academy through a guarded entrance, where Xu Ran overwhelmed the soldiers with his killing intent. The group had passed the entrance test, but the soldiers and officer were left terrified by Xu Ran’s aura.

• Xu Ran told Xiao Mei and Xun'er that their talents would make admission to Jia Nan Academy easy.
• Xiao Yu arrived, exchanged greetings with them, and led the group toward a special entrance.
• Xiao Yu showed a jade-green token to a middle-aged officer, who ordered the soldiers to let them pass.
• The soldiers’ battle-born killing aura made Xiao Mei and Xun'er uneasy as they entered the narrow passage.
• Xu Ran released his killing intent, causing the soldiers to collapse and the officer to recoil in fear.

Xu Ran’s killing intent overwhelmed the soldiers testing Xiao Yu and her companions, prompting their officer to apologize and lead them toward the recruitment tent. There, Xiao Yu reunited with her friend Xue Ni and introduced her to Xu Ran, Xiao Mei, and Xun'er.

• Xu Ran released his killing intent and severely injured the soldiers, terrifying their Great Dou Master officer.
• Xiao Yu explained that Xu Ran was her friend, and the officer apologized for testing them and led them onward.
• Xu Ran, Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Xun'er crossed the square toward the recruitment tent as the officer tried and failed to make conversation.
• Xue Ni rushed over to embrace Xiao Yu, and Xiao Yu introduced her as a close friend and four-star Dou Zhe.

Xu Ran, Xun'er, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Yu met Xue Ni and the Jia Nan Academy recruiters, while Xue Ni wondered how powerful Xu Ran was and whether Xiao Yu was involved with him. Xiao Yu reacted badly when she learned Luo Bu had come, and Luo Bu arrived and tried to embrace her.

• Xiao Yu introduced Xun'er and Xiao Mei to Xue Ni, who noticed Xu Ran holding hands with both of them and asked who he was.
• Xue Ni questioned Xu Ran's strength, but Xiao Yu and Senior Ke warned her not to provoke him.
• Xue Ni told Xiao Yu that Luo Bu had joined the recruitment team and had advanced to four-star Dou Zhe, making Xiao Yu visibly irritated.
• Xiao Yu and the others entered the tent, where Jia Nan Academy students gathered around Xiao Yu before she urged them to focus on business.
• Luo Bu arrived, declared that he had missed Xiao Yu, and reached out to embrace her.

Xu Ran sent Luo Bu flying after he tried to approach Xiao Yu, then stood up to Luo Bu’s threats and offered him the same choice: kneel and apologize or face the consequences. As Xu Ran’s anger rose, Xiao Yu grew worried that he might kill Luo Bu and jeopardize his chance to enter Jia Nan Academy.

• Xu Ran struck Luo Bu before he could reach Xiao Yu, shocking the students and revealing his speed and strength.
• Xiao Yu’s friends admired Xu Ran, and one teased her about him being her sweetheart.
• Luo Bu accused Xu Ran of ambushing him and demanded that he kneel and apologize, invoking his status at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xu Ran dismissed Luo Bu’s authority and warned that Luo Bu should kneel if he wanted to be spared.
• Xiao Yu, Xun'er, and Xiao Mei sensed Xu Ran’s murderous intent, and Xiao Yu tried to stop him.

Xu Ran confronted Luo Bu and Gela after Luo Bu threatened him and Xiao Yu. Xu Ran crushed Gela’s arm and killed him, declaring that anyone who pursued Xiao Yu would die.

• Luo Bu ordered Gela to cripple Xu Ran after Xu Ran humiliated him, while Xiao Yu warned Luo Bu not to provoke him.
• Luo Bu insulted Xiao Yu and threatened Xu Ran, and Gela stepped forward to attack.
• Xu Ran moved to face Gela as Xiao Yu’s companions speculated about his strength and Xue Ni assured them he was no ordinary newcomer.
• Gela punched at Xu Ran, but Xu Ran turned Gela’s fist into a mist of blood and crippled his arm.
• Xu Ran told Gela he was the one who would take his life, claimed Xiao Yu as his own, and killed him.

Xu Ran killed Gela and Luo Bu after they provoked him, then declared that Jia Nan Academy was no threat to him. Instructor Ruo Lin appeared and told Xiao Yu not to worry, while keeping her attention on Xu Ran.

• After Xu Ran killed Gela, Xiao Yu, Xue Ni, and the new students reacted with shock and admiration.
• Xu Ran warned Luo Bu he was next, dismissed Jia Nan Academy’s threat, and killed him with a stroke of his finger.
• Xue Ni reflected that Xu Ran’s ruthless strength had stirred her interest in him.
• Instructor Ruo Lin emerged from the tent and challenged Xu Ran’s contempt for Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yu greeted Instructor Ruo Lin and explained that Gela and Luo Bu had provoked Xu Ran, but Ruo Lin said she knew what had happened and continued watching Xu Ran.

After Xu Ran killed Gela and Luo Bu, Ruo Lin weighed the academy’s interests and challenged him to prove his strength before she would let the matter go. His supporters expected him to win, while the other girls feared he would not last long against her.

• Ruo Lin recognized Xu Ran’s overwhelming strength but worried that his disregard for Jia Nan Academy could cause trouble.
• Xue Ni, Xiao Yu, the other girls, and dozens of new students testified that Gela and Luo Bu had provoked Xu Ran.
• Ruo Lin said the two students’ offense did not warrant death and accused Xu Ran of dismissing the academy’s authority.
• Ruo Lin challenged Xu Ran to last the time it took an incense stick to burn, promising to overlook the incident and grant him the Outer Academy’s best resources if he succeeded.
• Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Xun'er expected Xu Ran to prevail, while Xue Ni and the other girls doubted he could endure Ruo Lin’s challenge.

Xu Ran challenged Instructor Ruo Lin to last three exchanges against him, wagering that he would submit to her and Jia Nan Academy if she succeeded. Ruo Lin accepted and attacked him in the square, but Xu Ran appeared behind her before her whip could strike.

• Xu Ran proposed the three-exchange challenge and offered to accept Ruo Lin and Jia Nan Academy's demands if she won.
• Ruo Lin agreed to overlook Luo Bu and the others' deaths and grant Xu Ran another request if he won, then led everyone outside.
• Ruo Lin summoned her Magic Core Weapon, while Xu Ran said he would fight barehanded.
• Ruo Lin tossed Xu Ran a steel sword and lashed at him with her whip.
• Xu Ran dodged the whip and appeared behind Ruo Lin.

Xu Ran outpaced Instructor Ruo Lin in their first exchange, then froze her Water Mandala technique into an ice serpent during the second. The onlookers were left wondering whether Xu Ran wielded ice-type Dou Qi, despite knowing he could use flames.

• Xu Ran dodged Ruo Lin’s whip and appeared behind her, shocking the watching students with his speed.
• Ruo Lin insisted the exchange counted and launched her second attack before Xu Ran could respond.
• Ruo Lin used the mid-level Xuan Rank Dou Technique Water Mandala to send a giant water serpent at Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran released intense cold that froze the water serpent into ice, leaving the onlookers stunned and questioning his attribute.

Xu Ran defeated Instructor Ruo Lin and revealed that he was a Dou Huang, stunning the Jia Nan Academy recruiters and students. He left them aware of his overwhelming strength, while planning to delay enrolling until he had won over more women.

• Xu Ran defeated Ruo Lin with his ice ability, and she admitted she was no match for him.
• Ruo Lin asked about Xu Ran's cultivation, and he said he was a Dou Huang.
• Xu Ran manifested Dou Qi Transformation Wings and released a powerful presence, convincing the crowd of his strength.
• Xu Ran revealed his power so Jia Nan Academy would value Xiao Yu, Xun'er, and Xiao Mei and protect them.
• Xiao Yu resented Xu Ran for hiding his cultivation, while Xue Ni and the other girls admired him.

Xu Ran agreed to attend Jia Nan Academy but asked to delay his arrival, and Ruo Lin discovered that Xun'er and Xiao Mei had also reached Dou Shi. Xiao Mei and Xun'er credited their rapid cultivation to Xu Ran, leaving Ruo Lin astonished and curious about his true identity.

• Xu Ran asked Ruo Lin for leave before joining Jia Nan Academy, and she agreed as long as he eventually came.
• Xu Ran said he would attend because Xun'er, Mei'er, and the others were going too.
• Ruo Lin sensed that Xun'er and Xiao Mei were both Dou Shi and marveled at their strength as new students.
• Xiao Mei said she had been below Dou Zhe a month earlier and credited her rise to Dou Shi to Xu Ran.
• Xun'er said she, too, had only recently broken through to Dou Zhe, and hinted that Xu Ran's identity was extraordinary.

Ruo Lin and the Jia Nan Academy students visited the Xiao Clan, where they learned about Xu Ran’s extraordinary strength and suspected he was a Seventh-Rank Alchemist. When Xiao Yu, Xun'er, and Xiao Mei questioned his conflicting attributes, Xu Ran claimed he could possess them all.

• Ruo Lin agreed to let Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei cultivate in Jia Nan Academy’s best class and accepted Xiao Yu’s invitation to stay at the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Zhan welcomed Ruo Lin and the students, then arranged rooms for them in the rear courtyard.
• Ruo Lin learned that Xu Ran was an Alchemist and suspected he had personally refined the Seventh-Rank pill associated with the Pill Lightning in Wutan City.
• Xun'er, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Yu privately asked Xu Ran how he could be an Alchemist while using ice-attribute Dou Qi.
• Xu Ran said he had the fire attribute too and asked whether he could possess all attributes.

Xu Ran demonstrated that he could wield countless attributes, including opposing ice and fire, leaving Xun'er, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Yu stunned by his power. After sharing an intimate night with Xun'er and Xiao Mei, he prepared to part from them as they departed for Jia Nan Academy, promising to visit and protect them.

• Xu Ran manifested black flames, ice, lightning, wind, and other attributes to show the girls the breadth of his abilities.
• Xiao Yu praised Xu Ran as a monster, then left after her resentment toward him vanished.
• Xun'er and Xiao Mei embraced Xu Ran, and the three spent the night together.
• Ling Ying accepted that Xun'er was with Xu Ran and believed the clan would approve of him.
• The next afternoon, Xiao Mei and Xun'er asked why Xu Ran would not go with them to Jia Nan Academy, and he promised to visit them often.

Xun'er discovered that her Dou Di bloodline had grown purer after spending the night with Xu Ran, and he promised to visit her at Jia Nan Academy. Xu Ran then reunited with Ya Fei, discussed her mistreatment of Xiao Yan, and gave her pills, including a Dou Huang Pill that could raise her directly to Dou Huang.

• Xun'er noticed her Dou Di bloodline had become stronger and more stable, despite losing her virginity before reaching Dou Sheng.
• Xu Ran claimed his presence had strengthened Xun'er's bloodline, fed her, and promised to visit her at Jia Nan Academy.
• Ya Fei welcomed Xu Ran at the auction house and told him she had beaten Xiao Yan and barred the Mitre auction houses from selling his pills.
• Xu Ran said his actions were helping Xiao Yan grow, then gave Ya Fei several high-grade pills, including a Dou Huang Pill that would advance her directly to Dou Huang.

Xu Ran gave Ya Fei a pill that could raise her to Dou Huang, and she swallowed it, rapidly advancing through several cultivation ranks. Her breakthrough created a powerful spectacle over Wutan City, which Ruo Lin and the Jia Nan Academy students used as an opportunity to cultivate.

• Xu Ran reassured Ya Fei that his pills could let her reach Dou Huang without side effects, and she accepted his offer to guard her while she took one.
• Ya Fei swallowed the Dou Huang Pill, and her cultivation surged from Great Dou Master through Dou Ling and beyond as Xu Ran's intent strengthened her future potential.
• Ya Fei's breakthrough stirred the sky over Wutan City, spreading medicinal fragrance and a crushing presence through the city.
• Ruo Lin recognized that someone was breaking through at extraordinary speed and suspected Xu Ran was responsible.
• Ruo Lin told Xiao Yu, Xue Ni, and the other students to cultivate while the medicinal energy was available, and they followed her lead.

Ya Fei’s cultivation surged to the Dou Huang peak while people across Wutan City, including Ruo Lin and the girls at Jia Nan Academy, advanced through the pill’s effects. Xiao Yu realized Xu Ran was behind it and struggled with her feelings for him, while Xue Ni grew even more fascinated by his power and suspected his alchemy was extraordinary.

• Ya Fei’s cultivation rose rapidly to the Dou Huang peak, and cultivators throughout Wutan City gained breakthroughs from the pill’s effects.
• Ruo Lin advanced to Seven-Star Great Dou Master and concluded that Xu Ran was responsible for the phenomenon.
• Xiao Yu and the other girls emerged from cultivation having each advanced by at least two stars.
• Xiao Yu suspected Xu Ran had made the pill for Ya Fei and felt jealous and troubled about her place among the women close to him.
• Xue Ni connected the breakthrough to Xu Ran and wondered what rank his alchemy had reached.

Xue Ni urged Xiao Yu to act on her feelings for Xu Ran, while admitting she would accept him if he wanted her. At the Mittel Auction House, Ya Fei reached the peak of Dou Huang, celebrated with Xu Ran, and chose to remain there and wait for him.

• Xue Ni warned Xiao Yu that other women might pursue Xu Ran if she did not confess her feelings soon.
• Xue Ni admitted to Xiao Yu that she would not hesitate to accept Xu Ran, and Xiao Yu promised to keep Xue Ni's past secret.
• Ya Fei awakened after her breakthrough and discovered that she had reached the peak of Dou Huang, throwing herself into Xu Ran's arms.
• Xu Ran reassured Ya Fei that she did not owe him for her new strength and asked whether she wanted to leave the auction house.
• Ya Fei chose to stay at the auction house and wait for Xu Ran, who gave her Dou Techniques and pills to auction.

Xu Ran spent time with Ya Fei, Xun'er, and Xiao Mei before preparing to leave Wutan City. Xiao Yu confronted him about neglecting her and asked him to define their relationship.

• Ya Fei admired the cultivation methods and Dou Techniques Xu Ran had created, and Xu Ran asked her how she would thank him.
• Xu Ran reflected on his arrival in the Dou Qi Continent and said he wanted to experience its people and their lives rather than simply possess them.
• Xu Ran spent his remaining time with Xun'er and Xiao Mei, who accepted that he would soon leave to pursue a wider world.
• After seeing Xun'er and Xiao Mei off, Xu Ran met Xiao Yu, who complained that he had flirted with her and then ignored her.
• Xiao Yu asked Xu Ran what their relationship was.

Xu Ran reassured Xiao Yu that he cared for her, and she admitted she wanted him to return to her after he left. As he prepared to depart for Jia Nan Academy, he hinted at pursuing other women, including the Little Medical Fairy and Yun Yun.

• Xu Ran embraced Xiao Yu and teased her by calling her his wife, while she complained that he had kept away from her.
• Xu Ran explained he had delayed seeing Xiao Yu because he was about to leave, and she brightened when he promised he still wanted her.
• Xu Ran told Xiao Yu he would probably leave the next day, prompting her to question whether he was going to see other women.
• Xu Ran said he was heading to Jia Nan Academy and privately thought about helping the Little Medical Fairy and saving Yun Yun from Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yu asked Xu Ran not to forget her and promised to indulge him when he returned; he whispered a request that left her blushing.

Xu Ran accepted Xiao Zhan’s request to guide and discipline Xiao Yan, then left Wutan City for his next journey. The women he left behind watched him go and looked forward to meeting him again at Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Zhan apologized for Xiao Yan’s behavior and asked Xu Ran to support him, giving Xu Ran his disciplinary ruler and personal token.
• Xu Ran accepted the items and promised to take good care of Xiao Yan.
• Xu Ran departed early the next morning, though Xun’er and the others gathered to watch him leave.
• Ruo Lin decided to return to Jia Nan Academy and report that she had encountered Xu Ran.
• Xiao Yu told Xue Ni that Xu Ran had prepared gifts for the women and Ruo Lin, while Xun’er, Xiao Mei, and Ya Fei hoped to see him again.