Chapter Summaries

After waiting in Peace Town for Instructor Ruo Lin, Xiao Tian upgraded his Three Basic Techniques to LV7 and then left with her for Jia Lan Academy. The Griffin carried them toward the academy, leaving Xiao Tian eager to arrive.

• After Xiao Tian killed a Da Dou Shi, the law enforcers watched him while he waited for Instructor Ruo Lin to return.
• Xiao Tian spent 120,000 System Points to raise the Three Basic Techniques to LV7, leaving 60,000 points saved.
• Instructor Ruo Lin arrived, checked that Xiao Tian was real, and agreed to take him back to Jia Lan Academy.
• Ruo Lin warned Xiao Tian not to fly recklessly, and they boarded the Griffin and set off for the academy.

Xiao Tian and Instructor Ruo Lin paused during their Griffin ride to Jia Nan City, where Xiao Tian secretly targeted a nearby fifth-rank Earth-Burrowing Dragon. As Ruo Lin believed he had frightened it away, Xiao Tian sent two clones after the beast to pursue its valuable Magic Core.

• Instructor Ruo Lin offered Xiao Tian dry rations, but he shared a precious fruit with her instead.
• The Griffin sensed an approaching magical beast, and Xiao Tian secretly struck the Earth-Burrowing Dragon with his innate ability, Smite.
• Xiao Tian told Ruo Lin that he had scared the beast away, and the Earth-Burrowing Dragon surfaced before fleeing underground.
• Ruo Lin recognized the Earth-Burrowing Dragon and thanked Xiao Tian for protecting them.
• Xiao Tian concealed that his two clones had followed the Earth-Burrowing Dragon and were preparing to attack it.

Xiao Tian’s clones subdued and captured the Earth-Burrowing Dragon with a Divine Pet Capture Ball, and Xiao Tian used the system’s free upgrade to awaken its Ancient Dragon Bloodline. The captured beast became an SS-Class sixth-rank Earth War Dragon Beast.

• Xiao Tian’s second clone blasted the Earth-Burrowing Dragon out of the ground while his first clone trapped it in a Dou Qi net.
• Xiao Tian’s second clone battered the trapped beast, reducing its health until his first clone warned him not to kill it.
• Xiao Tian received three Divine Pet Capture Balls from the system and transferred one to his first clone.
• Xiao Tian’s clones weakened the Earth-Burrowing Dragon’s resistance and captured it in the Divine Pet Capture Ball.
• Xiao Tian accepted the system’s offer to awaken the beast’s Ancient Dragon Bloodline, transforming it into an SS-Class sixth-rank Earth War Dragon Beast.

Xiao Tian arrived at Jia Lan Academy and met Deputy Headmaster Hu Gan, who arranged for him to teach in the Outer Academy before recommending him for the Inner Academy. Meanwhile, the Heavenly Snake Mansion Master learned that Elder Qing had traded the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill to Ye Fan and received two perfect-quality Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pills in return.

• Xiao Tian admired his newly awakened Earth War Dragon Beast as he and Ruo Lin continued toward Jia Nan City.
• Ruo Lin brought Xiao Tian to meet Deputy Headmaster Hu Gan, who tested Xiao Tian with his Peak Dou Emperor pressure and judged him difficult to defeat.
• Hu Gan told Xiao Tian he would first teach in the Outer Academy and help the law enforcement team before Hu Gan recommended him for the Inner Academy.
• At the Heavenly Snake Mansion, Elder Qing gave the Mansion Master two perfect-quality Sixth-grade Dou Ling Pills from Ye Fan and explained the exchange.
• The Mansion Master accepted that the pills were more practical than the lost Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill and asked Elder Qing to pass along her regards to Ye Fan.

Xiao Tian met the four students assigned to his Xuan-class Class Zero and learned that Xiao Xun'er would be the fifth. Hu Gan left Xiao Tian responsible for preparing them for the Inner Academy selection in half a month.

• Hu Gan introduced Xiao Tian to Hu Jia, Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Xiao Yu as the students in Class Zero.
• Xiao Yu told the others that Xiao Tian was a Dou Ling and her clan’s prodigy.
• Xiao Tian called out Bai Shan for staring at Xiao Yu, and Bai Shan introduced himself as a Three-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Xun'er arrived with Four-Star Da Dou Shi cultivation and recognized Xiao Tian, who greeted her with delight.
• Hu Gan left the students to Xiao Tian and warned him to get them ready for the Inner Academy spots; Xiao Tian identified Xiao Yu as his main training challenge.

Xiao Tian reunited with Xiao Xun'er at Jia Nan Academy and learned she had secretly left the Gu Clan. He demonstrated his Heavenly Fallen Divine Tiger Flame to intimidate the students he had been assigned to train, then provoked Xiao Yu into attacking him.

• After Hu Gan left, Xiao Tian embraced Xun'er and asked about her hidden cultivation and how long she planned to stay.
• Xun'er told Xiao Tian she had snuck out of the Gu Clan and wanted him to stop anyone who tried to take her back.
• Hu Jia complained about Xiao Tian and Xun'er cuddling, and Xiao Tian joked that their relationship was inappropriate now that he was an instructor.
• Xiao Tian warned the students to claim the top five spots in the Inner Academy selection battle and burned a huge crater into the ground with his Heavenly Fallen Divine Tiger Flame.
• Hu Jia protested that Xiao Tian was treating Xun'er differently, and Xiao Tian singled out Xiao Yu as the one he was most worried about.
• Angered by Xiao Tian's remark, Xiao Yu drew her sword and attacked him.

Xiao Tian forced Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia to attack him together, then demonstrated his superior skill by batting away their strongest techniques. The three realized their half-month training under him would be harsh.

• Xiao Tian showed Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia how he had defeated and bound Xiao Yu using calculated footwork.
• Xiao Tian challenged Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia to attack him together while sparing Xun'er.
• Bai Shan persuaded Wu Hao and Hu Jia to join him, and the three unleashed their strongest Dou Techniques.
• Xiao Tian formed a flame-wreathed Dou Qi staff and knocked the three attacks into the sky, where they exploded.
• Xun'er recognized how Xiao Tian had stabilized and redirected the attacks, while Bai Shan dreaded the coming training.

Xiao Tian gave his students pills intended to raise their strength before the Inner Academy quota competition, but Bai Shan, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao doubted his unfamiliar formula. He forced a Three-Pattern Clear Spirit Pill on Xiao Yu, whose surging Dou Qi showed she was on the verge of reaching Da Dou Shi.

• Xiao Tian untied Xiao Yu and warned her that Bai Shan might have improper intentions toward her because she was weak.
• Xiao Tian promised to help the group rise two stars in half a month and offered them pills, but Bai Shan and Hu Jia questioned whether they were safe or effective.
• Xiao Tian called the Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill a Da Dou Shi Star-Raising Pill, making Hu Jia and Wu Hao wary of taking one.
• Bai Shan warned Xiao Yu not to approach Xiao Tian, but Xiao Tian carried her off and made her swallow a Three-Pattern Clear Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Yu felt her Dou Qi surge, and Bai Shan, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao realized she was showing signs of breaking through to Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Tian gave Xiao Yu a Three-Pattern Clear Spirit Pill and helped her reach One-Star Great Dou Master, then had Bai Shan and Wu Hao take perfect-quality Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills. The chapter ended with Hu Jia realizing the pills let them advance two stars and angrily confronting Xiao Tian about the pill he had given her.

• Xiao Yu broke through to One-Star Great Dou Master after taking Xiao Tian's Three-Pattern Clear Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Tian gave Bai Shan a perfect-quality Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill, and Bai Shan advanced from Three-Star Da Dou Shi to Five-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Bai Shan praised the academy's decision to appoint Xiao Tian as instructor, earning Xiao Tian 0.5 Achievement Points from the system.
• Wu Hao took a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill and also advanced two stars to Five-Star Da Dou Shi.
• Hu Jia saw Wu Hao's breakthrough and accused Xiao Tian of giving her the wrong pill after he called it a Da Dou Shi Star-Raising Pill.

Xiao Tian’s unconventional training left Hu Jia complaining, but Hu Gan recognized its value and urged her to take it seriously. Later, Xun’er visited Xiao Tian and gave him several powerful birthday gifts, ending with her teasing him about supporting her.

• Hu Jia complained to Hu Gan that Xiao Tian had made the students run a hundred laps, and she credited her cultivation increase to his pill rather than the exercise.
• Hu Gan checked Hu Jia and explained that Xiao Tian’s demanding treatment prepared her to survive future battles; Hu Jia accepted his advice.
• Hu Gan considered introducing the hundred-lap run as academy-wide training after Hu Jia left.
• Xun’er visited Xiao Tian’s quarters and gave him several birthday gifts, including valuable Dou Techniques and a cultivation method.
• Xiao Tian called Xun’er a rich girl who could support him, and she replied that she was waiting for him to support her.

Xiao Yan learned that Han Feng had betrayed Yao Lao and used Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus to kill the three Dou Wangs pursuing him. The next morning, Xiao Tian began a bell-snatching training exercise at Jia Lan Academy.

• Xiao Tian spent 100,000 System Points to strengthen his cultivation and body, then slept beside Xun'er.
• Yao Lao revealed that the Medicine Emperor Han Feng had once been his disciple and had betrayed him for the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan resolved to avenge Yao Lao, and Yao Lao urged him to use Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus against the three pursuing Dou Wangs.
• Xiao Yan fused his purple lotus heavenly flame with Yao Lao's bone spirit cold flame and killed all three Dou Wangs with Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Tian challenged Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Bai Shan to take four bells from him before noon, with extra laps and no lunch as penalties.

Xiao Tian made the students compete to snatch four bells from him, and his overwhelming physical strength left them struggling to land a single touch. After Xun'er successfully took a bell, the others regrouped and began planning a coordinated attack.

• Xiao Tian set the students a four-bell challenge and gave them several hours to catch him among the trees.
• Bai Shan, Wu Hao, Hu Jia, Xiao Yu, and Xun'er attacked together, but Xiao Tian kicked Bai Shan away and warned that his feet would not go easy on them.
• Xun'er used her exceptional speed to take a bell, prompting Hu Jia and Xiao Yu to accuse Xiao Tian of favoritism.
• Bai Shan returned to the contest, but Xiao Tian repeatedly dodged the students and knocked Bai Shan and Hu Jia down.
• Wu Hao proposed that the students coordinate their attacks and use the terrain to catch Xiao Tian.

Xiao Tian put Hu Jia, Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Xiao Yu through an exhausting bell-seizing trial, letting Wu Hao and Xiao Yu obtain bells while he evaded Hu Jia and Bai Shan’s attacks. After declaring that everyone had passed, he stunned them by serving them a leg from a fifth-rank Silver-Winged Thunder Lion for lunch.

• Hu Jia attacked Xiao Tian while coordinating with Bai Shan, and Wu Hao and Xiao Yu obtained bells after Xiao Tian held back.
• With one bell left and time running out, Bai Shan launched Thunder-Shaking Earth Arc Explosion while Hu Jia tried to restrict Xiao Tian’s movements.
• Xiao Tian dodged Bai Shan’s lightning attack, leaving Bai Shan exhausted and Hu Jia discouraged.
• When the trial ended, Xiao Tian told everyone they had passed and said they would have to cook lunch themselves.
• Xiao Tian produced a Silver-Winged Thunder Lion leg, leaving Hu Jia, Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Xiao Yu astonished.

Xiao Tian trained Hu Jia, Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Xiao Yu, helping them grow stronger before the competition for Inner Academy places. On the eve of the competition, Hu Gan told Xiao Tian that he could enter the Inner Academy alongside the top five students.

• Xiao Tian cooked the Silver-Winged Thunder Lion's meat, and Wu Hao, Xiao Yu, and Hu Jia concluded that he was a Dou Wang.
• After resting and eating, Xiao Tian ordered everyone to run 300 laps, while Xun'er kept up her energetic act.
• Bai Shan, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Xiao Yu made rapid progress during training, and Xiao Yu reached Five-Star Da Dou Shi with Xiao Tian's extra help.
• Xiao Tian received 0.5 Achievement Points each from Hu Jia, Bai Shan, and Wu Hao.
• Hu Gan summoned Xiao Tian and told him the Inner Academy had approved his entry after the competition, along with the top five students.

Xiao Tian spent System Points to reach Nine-Star Dou Wang and gained the Teleport innate ability, which let him travel to any place shown on a mental map. The next morning, he attended Jia Lan Academy’s Inner Academy tryouts as the first-round free-for-all began.

• Xiao Tian traded 1.5 Achievement Points for 100,000 System Points and used them to improve his Dou Qi cultivation, physical strength, and soul strength.
• Xiao Tian reached Nine-Star Dou Wang and drew the Teleport ability, which let him teleport anywhere after channeling for five seconds, with a three-hour cooldown.
• Xiao Tian discovered that Teleport displayed a map of places he had visited, then fell asleep beside Xun'er.
• Xiao Tian joined Instructor Ruo Lin at the Outer Academy training ground, where Hu Gan announced the start of the first-round free-for-all.
• Xiao Tian told his five students to rely on their connections, charm, and methods, and Bai Shan vowed he would not be eliminated after taking Xiao Tian's pills.

Bai Shan led Xiao Xun'er’s team into the arena and invited the other contestants to join them, drawing in dozens of girls while the remaining fighters formed rival groups. Xiao Yu’s impressive performance helped the team survive the battle royale, and forty-four team members advanced alongside several unaffiliated Da Dou Shi.

• Xiao Tian encouraged Xiao Yu and the others before Hu Gan raised the arena barrier and announced the start of the battle royale.
• Bai Shan offered contestants a chance to join his group, declaring that girls would be welcomed first; more than thirty girls joined Xiao Xun'er’s team.
• Lu Mu urged the Alchemy Department girls not to join, but Bai Shan defeated him and threw him out of the barrier.
• Xiao Yu fought two Four-Star Da Dou Shi opponents, defeated one with Force-Breaking Slash, and persuaded the other to withdraw.
• Forty-four members of Xiao Xun'er’s team advanced, along with several powerful unaffiliated Da Dou Shi.

The quarterfinals became a free-for-all, leaving Bai Shan and Wu Hao to battle for a place among the top contestants. Bai Shan launched a powerful finishing move, but Xiao Tian noticed Wu Hao moving through the dust and realized Bai Shan had lost the clash.

• Hu Gan announced that the quarterfinals would be a free-for-all and warned the five students from one class not to hold back for one another.
• Hu Jia, Bai Shan, Wu Hao, Xiao Yu, and Xun'er faced opponents, and the three other Da Dou Shi were eliminated.
• Bai Shan challenged Wu Hao, and the two fought for more than thirty minutes while Xiao Tian predicted Bai Shan would lose.
• Bai Shan unleashed Thunder Shakes the Eight Desolations, and Wu Hao answered with Blood Cleaving Slash as their attacks collided.
• Bai Shan charged through the dust to follow up, but Xiao Tian spotted Wu Hao's subtle movement and concluded that Bai Shan had lost the clash.

Wu Hao and Bai Shan’s spar nearly turned deadly before Xiao Tian intervened, and Xun'er then defeated Xiao Yu and Hu Jia. Xiao Yu and Hu Jia fought for second place, with both unveiling powerful techniques as their bloody battle continued.

• Bai Shan wounded Wu Hao with his lightning Dou Qi, but Wu Hao counterattacked with a blood sword that nearly killed Bai Shan.
• Xiao Tian appeared between them, stopped Wu Hao’s sword with his bare hand, and gave Wu Hao a Rejuvenation Pill.
• Bai Shan and Wu Hao each insisted that the other had won, so Xiao Tian declared them both losers and tossed them out of the barrier.
• Xiao Yu and Hu Jia joined forces against Xun'er, but Xun'er defeated them while holding back.
• Xiao Yu and Hu Jia recovered and fought fiercely for second place, with Xiao Yu unleashing Dark Wood Venomous Serpent Vine and Hu Jia answering with Force-Breaking Slash.

After the Inner Academy contest, Xiao Tian accompanied the top five students into the Library Pavilion through a Space Lock guarded by two powerful elders. Inside, he announced plans to form Xiao Gate as Bai Shan immediately begged him for protection.

• Vice Dean Hu Gan announced that Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, and Bai Shan had taken the top five places and that the top fifty students had qualified for the Inner Academy.
• Hu Gan escorted the top five and Xiao Tian to the Library Pavilion, where two elders opened its Space Lock after acknowledging Xiao Tian's approved entry.
• Hu Gan explained the Space Lock and the Pavilion's rules: the visitors had one hour to search, but could bring out only one item each.
• Bai Shan invited Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao to join his cousin's faction in the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Tian proposed forming Xiao Gate, and Bai Shan dropped to his knees and clung to Xiao Tian's leg, begging him for protection.

Xiao Tian and the others searched the Inner Academy's energy layers for treasures and Dou Techniques, with Xiao Tian using his strength to help his companions find suitable rewards. They left with their choices settled, including Xiao Tian taking the Earth-Splitting Flame technique.

• Bai Shan explained that instructors could not join or establish student factions, and Xiao Tian released him after threatening him.
• Wu Hao caught a Wind Wing Slash scroll, while Xiao Tian grabbed several treasures and rejected most of them as unsuitable.
• Bai Shan celebrated when Xiao Tian gave him the Earth-tier Low-grade Thunder Shakes Mountains and Rivers technique.
• Xun'er offered Xiao Tian the Earth-Splitting Flame technique, while Xiao Yu warned her not to spoil him; Xun'er agreed but gave it to him anyway.
• Xiao Tian helped Xiao Yu, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, Bai Shan, and Xun'er find suitable techniques, then chose the Earth-Splitting Flame technique for himself.