Chapter Summaries

Hu Gan gave Xiao Tian an elder badge and asked him to look after Hu Jia and the other students in the Inner Academy. Two days later, Xiao Tian escorted the fifty new students toward the hidden academy, bringing up the rear as Hu Gan led the way through a dangerous forest.

• Hu Gan told the students to prepare for their trip to the Inner Academy and gave Xiao Tian an azure elder badge, asking him to look after Hu Jia and the others.
• Two days later, Hu Gan addressed the fifty students before ten griffins arrived to carry them toward the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Tian waved goodbye to Xiao Ning, Xiao Mei, and the others, then rose into the air on Dou Qi Wings, astonishing the students.
• Hu Gan and Xiao Tian flew with the griffins, with Hu Gan leading and Xiao Tian bringing up the rear.
• The group traveled for over an hour through a primeval forest, where Hu Gan's Peak Dou Emperor presence kept hungry magical beasts at bay.

Xiao Tian fought off an ambush by the Emperor-class Fire-Tailed Cloud Leopard and its gathered beasts while protecting the griffins carrying the students to the Inner Academy. He left the leopard badly hurt and still battling his Earth War Dragon Beast.

• Xiao Tian flew backward behind the griffins and taunted the Fire-Tailed Cloud Leopard that had been following him.
• The Fire-Tailed Cloud Leopard retreated, but King-class and Fourth-Order beasts continued to pursue the griffins as Hu Gan cleared a path ahead.
• Xiao Tian sensed spatial fluctuations and summoned his sixth-order Earth War Dragon Beast to strike the leopard when it appeared overhead.
• Xiao Tian used clones to shield the griffins and students from the battle’s energy, then attacked the ambushing beasts with Smite and Divine Needle Shakes the Sea.
• Xiao Tian charged the leopard and landed a guaranteed head strike with Staff Strike to the Head, making it howl in pain.

Xiao Tian and the Earth War Dragon Beast fought the Emperor-rank Fire-Tailed Cloud Leopard while Hu Gan led the children through the magical beast attack. Xiao Tian killed the leopard, and Hu Gan continued toward their destination.

• Hu Gan saw Xiao Tian battling the Emperor-rank Fire-Tailed Cloud Leopard and entrusted him with guarding the rear.
• Xiao Tian and the Earth War Dragon Beast battered the Fire-Tailed Cloud Leopard, and Xiao Tian used Kamui to tear open its abdomen.
• The Fire-Tailed Cloud Leopard tried to flee, but Xiao Tian used Kamui to destroy one of its energy wings.
• Xiao Tian struck the falling leopard with Staff Strike to the Head and killed it.
• The Earth War Dragon Beast used Dragon Destruction Orb to destroy the Fire-Tailed Cloud Leopard's body.

After killing the Fire-Tailed Cloud Leopard, Xiao Tian discovered he needed one million system points to attempt a breakthrough to Dou Emperor and tried to lure more emperor-class beasts for points. The Griffins reached the Inner Academy entrance, and Xiao Tian followed the students through its silver gate.

• The Fire-Tailed Cloud Leopard's death earned Xiao Tian 250,000 system points, a sixth-tier magic core, and fragmented materials, while the students admired him and his Earth War Dragon Beast.
• Xiao Tian learned that attempting to break through to Dou Emperor required one million system points, then ordered the Earth War Dragon Beast to lure emperor-class beasts to fight.
• The Earth War Dragon Beast returned after failing to attract any emperor-class beasts, and Xiao Tian considered earning points by fighting Dou Emperors in the Inner Academy.
• The Griffins arrived at a mountain ravine, where Xiao Tian anticipated the Inner Academy's Fire Energy snatching and imagined Xun'er troubling the veterans.
• Xiao Tian stored the Earth War Dragon Beast in his Divine Pet Space and followed the students through the silver gate into the forest beyond.

Xiao Tian and the five successful Outer Academy students met the Inner Academy elders, who explained the Fire Energy Hunting Competition and sent the newcomers through the forest toward the Inner Academy. As the competition began, Xiao Tian suggested raising its difficulty.

• Hu Gan introduced Elder Su and Elder Qing to Xiao Tian and the five students who had placed in the top five.
• Elder Su warned the newcomers that they still had to reach the Inner Academy through the forest to gain entry.
• Elder Su gave the newcomers crystal cards holding five units of Fire Energy, which the older students would try to seize.
• Elder Su started the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, and Xun'er and the other four set off together.
• Hu Gan left for the Outer Academy, and Xiao Tian told Elder Su that the competition's difficulty should be raised.

Xiao Tian and the elders watched the Fire Energy Hunt as Xiao Xun'er’s group defeated the Inner Academy veterans they encountered. The chapter ended with Xun’er revealing her overwhelming strength by defeating the Black Fiend Team and taking its Fire Energy.

• Xiao Tian warned the Inner Academy students to flee if they encountered a beautiful girl, while Elder Su and Elder Qing began the pursuit and monitored the forest with him.
• Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia defeated their first opponents and stole their Fire Energy, surprising Elder Su.
• Xiao Xun’er’s team defeated and robbed each Inner Academy group they encountered as Xiao Tian watched with confidence.
• The Black Fiend Team gained the upper hand after Sha Tie defeated Bai Shan, but Xiao Xun’er turned the fight around with a palm strike and defeated Sha Tie in fewer than ten moves.
• Xiao Xun’er’s group wiped out the Black Fiend Team and seized its Fire Energy, leaving Elder Su astonished at her hidden strength.

Xun'er’s team confronted the White Fiend Team in the final round of the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, while a large group of newcomers arrived to support them. Xun'er defeated captain Luo Hou with a golden-flame palm strike, leaving Elder Su to wonder whether Xiao Tian had trained her.

• Elder Su hoped the White Fiend Team would humble the newcomers, while Xiao Tian and Elder Su secretly followed Xun'er’s team.
• Sha Tie warned Luo Hou that the newcomers were formidable, and Luo Hou ordered Sha Tie to leave after the Black Fiend Team’s defeat.
• Luo Hou refused Bai Shan’s request to let the newcomers pass, and Hu Jia proposed robbing the White Fiend Team instead.
• Forty-five newcomers emerged from the forest, and Luo Hou sent Ye Han to stop them while he faced Xun'er’s group.
• Xun'er told Xiao Yu and the others to handle the White Fiend Team’s remaining members, then fought Luo Hou herself.
• Xun'er struck Luo Hou in the chest with a golden-flame palm and sent him flying, prompting Elder Su to ask Xiao Tian if he had trained her.

After the newcomers won the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, Elder Su rewarded them and brought them into the Inner Academy. Xiao Tian registered as an elder and asked to spar with Dou Emperor elders, so Elder Su offered to be his partner and invited him to show what he could do.

• Elder Su congratulated the newcomers on their victory and awarded them Fire Energy, with Xiao Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia receiving Azure Fire Crystal Cards and extra Fire Energy.
• Elder Su explained the Fire Crystal Card grades and their cultivation access, then told the newcomers to transfer their Fire Energy into their new cards.
• Elder Su led the newcomers into the Inner Academy and helped Xiao Tian register as an elder, giving him a Purple Fire Crystal Card with three months of Fire Energy.
• Xiao Tian asked Elder Su to introduce him to Dou Emperor elders so he could spar and temper his Dou Qi.
• Elder Su offered to spar with Xiao Tian, who wondered whether his strength might injure the elder.

Xiao Tian sparred with Su Qian and unexpectedly hurt him with the hidden force in his staff strike, earning System Points when Su Qian showed weakness. Su Qian invited Xiao Tian to join the Law Enforcement Team in the chaotic Black-Corner Region, but Xiao Tian kept trying to provoke him into sparring again.

• Su Qian asked Xiao Tian to attack him with his strongest move, and Xiao Tian struck at his head with the Adamantine Staff.
• Xiao Tian's hidden force hurt Su Qian despite his energy palm blocking the staff, forcing Su Qian to unleash Dou Zong-level Dou Qi to protect himself.
• Su Qian warned Xiao Tian that the move was dangerous, then suggested he join the Law Enforcement Team in the Black-Corner Region.
• The System awarded Xiao Tian 100,000 points for making Su Qian show weakness, and Xiao Tian asked him to spar again.
• Su Qian refused to attack, while Xiao Tian continued begging him to show the power of a Dou Emperor.

Xiao Tian endured Su Qian’s powerful attacks, then extorted three months of Fire Energy from him by pretending to be badly injured. After collecting his reward, Xiao Tian encountered a White Gang member demanding a protection fee and kicked him aside as he went to find Xun'er.

• Su Qian attacked Xiao Tian with the Mountain-Overturning Furious Wave Palm, but Xiao Tian blocked it with Divine Needle Shakes the Sea and earned thirty thousand System Points.
• Su Qian used the Great Compassion Seal, leaving Xiao Tian injured and buried beneath a crater.
• Xiao Tian pretended to be near death and demanded an Emperor's Extreme Pill, but accepted three more months of Fire Energy instead.
• Xiao Tian strolled through the Inner Academy, pleased with his reward.
• A White Gang member demanded ten days of Fire Energy from Xiao Tian as a protection fee, and Xiao Tian kicked him away before going to find Xun'er.

Xiao Tian visited Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Hu Jia in their dorm and encouraged them to form their own faction, which they tentatively named the Fairy Gang. After he rested, he heard a man threaten Xiao Yu and rushed downstairs to attack him.

• Xiao Tian lounged in Xun'er's room and joked that he could use his elder privileges to improve the girls' living arrangements.
• Hu Jia told Xun'er that Bai Shan had invited them to join the White Gang, and Xiao Tian suggested they start their own faction instead.
• Xiao Tian proposed the name Fairy Gang, which Hu Jia liked, while Xun'er and Xiao Yu hesitated over it.
• Bai Cheng promised Bai Shan benefits for the four friends if they joined the White Gang and ordered him to help deal with Song Ji's beating and collect protection fees from newcomers.
• A man told Xiao Yu he would leave Xiao Tian alone if she became his girlfriend, and Xiao Tian rushed downstairs and punched him.

Xiao Tian defeated Fu Ao after he came with Song Ji to cause trouble, then made Fu Ao compensate Xiao Yu and warned Bai Shan against pressuring Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Hu Jia to join the White Gang. Xiao Tian announced that Xun'er would lead the new Pan Gate and threatened Bai Shan into considering a switch from the White Gang.

• Xiao Tian knocked Fu Ao through a wall after Fu Ao and Song Ji arrived to stir up trouble.
• Bai Shan returned and revealed that Xiao Tian was an elder, leaving Song Ji and Fu Ao shocked.
• Xiao Tian ordered Fu Ao to compensate Xiao Yu with Fire Energy and warned Bai Shan not to force the women to join the White Gang.
• Xiao Tian announced that Xun'er would lead Pan Gate, with Xiao Yu and Hu Jia joining, and Wu Hao approved of the name.
• Xiao Tian invited Bai Shan to leave the White Gang for Pan Gate and threatened to break his legs when Bai Shan refused.

Xiao Tian was assigned by Great Elder Su Qian to investigate reports of a possible Heavenly Flame and faction activity in the Black-Corner Region. He set off with Law Enforcement Team Commander Wu Tianlang aboard his Thunder-Winged Black Tiger after impressing the beast with his speed.

• Xiao Tian threatened Bai Shan into leaving the White Gang, but Great Elder Su Qian interrupted and summoned him.
• Su Qian introduced Xiao Tian to Wu Tianlang, the Peak Dou Emperor and commander of the Law Enforcement Team.
• Su Qian explained that Wu Tianlang had reported a possible Heavenly Flame and suspicious gatherings in the Black-Corner Region, and assigned Xiao Tian to gather intelligence.
• Wu Tianlang invited Xiao Tian to ride his Thunder-Winged Black Tiger to a secret base in the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Tian landed on the proud emperor-class beast's back before it could react, surprising Wu Tianlang.

Xiao Tian investigated the false Heavenly Flame rumors at Jia Lan Academy’s secret base in the Black-Corner Region and discovered he could teleport between the base and the Inner Academy. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan entered Jia Lan Academy’s Outer Academy and discussed how to reach the Fallen Heart Flame with Yao Lao.

• Xiao Tian traveled with Commander Wu to the Enforcement Team’s hidden base in the Black-Corner Region and learned from Ji Er that the Heavenly Flame rumors were likely a trap for Jia Lan Academy.
• Xiao Tian recalled his grudge against Han Feng and considered how events had changed because the Fallen Heart Flame had not erupted and Fan Lao had died.
• Xiao Tian learned how to enter and leave the secret base, then discovered that his Teleport ability let him travel between it and the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Tian disguised himself and headed toward Black Seal City to explore the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan joined Jia Lan Academy’s Outer Academy as a student in Profound Class Two and spoke with Yao Lao about reaching the Fallen Heart Flame.

Xiao Tian infiltrated the Black Seal Auction House and learned that Su Mei, sect master of the Rakshasa Gate, was discussing a Heavenly Flame with Yuan Yi on Han Feng’s behalf. After ambushing Su Mei in disguise, Xiao Tian struck at her with his Adamantine Staff, leaving her desperate to defend herself.

• Xiao Tian noticed Yuan Yi talking with Su Mei outside the Thousand Medicine House and suspected she could provide information about Han Feng.
• Xiao Tian infiltrated the Black Seal Auction House but could not hear Yuan Yi and Su Mei’s conversation through the room’s soundproof barrier.
• Su Mei warned Yuan Yi that serving Han Feng would not necessarily benefit him, and Yuan Yi said he would relay her message to the Medicine Emperor.
• Xiao Tian followed Su Mei out of Black Seal City, disguised himself as Yuan Yi, and attacked after hearing her mention Han Feng’s desire for a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Tian used Kamui to sever Su Mei’s arm, and she recognized that her attacker was not Yuan Yi.
• Su Mei unleashed Wild Dance of Flying Catkins, but Xiao Tian’s golden staff broke through her technique and came crashing down as she raised her sword to block.

Xiao Tian defeated Su Mei, the leader of Rakshasa Gate, and took her to the Kamui Dimension to question her about the Heavenly Flame. After he demonstrated that he could regrow her missing arm and threatened further torture, Su Mei agreed to talk.

• Xiao Tian knocked Su Mei unconscious after overpowering her and earned 100,000 System Points for defeating her.
• Yuan Yi arrived at the destroyed battlefield and suspected that a mysterious Dou Emperor had fought Su Mei over the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Tian carried Su Mei into the Kamui Dimension and woke her by pouring water over her face.
• Xiao Tian threatened Su Mei with the Heavenly Fallen Divine Tiger Flame and demanded information about the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Tian used Flesh-Growing and Bone-Lengthening Powder to regrow Su Mei's right arm and threatened to repeatedly injure and heal her.
• Su Mei gave in and agreed to provide information.

Xiao Tian learned why Han Feng suspected a Heavenly Flame was near Jia Lan Academy and forced Su Mei to swallow a pill that made her suffer intense cold. After the effects faded, Su Mei agreed to follow Xiao Tian’s orders, and he gave her a code phrase to use when he contacted her.

• Su Mei explained that Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame had sensed a nearby Heavenly Flame, though the Black-Corner Region’s factions were not planning to attack Jia Lan Academy.
• Xiao Tian forced Su Mei to swallow a Yin-Yang Conditioning Pill and threatened to withhold its antidote unless she obeyed him.
• Su Mei suffered the pill’s freezing effects, then Xiao Tian knocked her unconscious until they faded.
• After waking, Su Mei knelt and agreed to follow Xiao Tian’s orders.
• Xiao Tian told Su Mei to remain leader of Rakshasa Gate and gave her a code phrase for future contact.

After driving Su Mei away from seeking Han Feng’s help, Xiao Tian hunted for targets to gain System Points and became notorious as the Heavenly Flames Demoness. News of her reached Han Feng, who resolved to find her after learning the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame had also been located.

• Xiao Tian threatened Su Mei with a note after sending her to a deserted wasteland, and she abandoned her plan to seek Han Feng’s help.
• Xiao Tian went to the Black Seal Auction House to find Yuan Yi, but Yuan Yi was absent.
• Xiao Tian transformed into a beautiful demoness modeled on Yan Lingji and earned 100,000 System Points by killing challengers near Black Seal City.
• Rumors of the purple-gold tiger-flame demoness spread across the Black-Corner Region and reached the leaders of its factions.
• Han Feng studied a painting of the demoness, ordered the Black Alliance factions to report any news of her, and noted that the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame had been found.

Xiao Tian used Yan Lingji’s appearance to provoke fighters into attacking him and earn points, but rumors had made most people flee. When he encountered a Blood Sect convoy, he killed its elder and a subordinate with Heavenly Flames and left the remaining escorts terrified.

• Xiao Tian complained that his Yan Lingji disguise had become ineffective because people fled or surrendered rather than fight him.
• Xiao Tian approached a cargo convoy in the barren hills, and Zuo Yuan alerted Elder Lin to her appearance.
• Elder Lin ordered Zuo Yuan to capture Xiao Tian so the Blood Sect could use her blood in its methods.
• Xiao Tian burned Zuo Yuan to cinders with a purplish-gold fire tiger after Zuo Yuan attacked her.
• Elder Lin apologized and offered compensation, but Xiao Tian attacked him with Dragon Flame Strike and burned him to ash.
• The convoy’s remaining escorts recognized Xiao Tian as the Heavenly Flames Demoness and feared her power.

After robbing the Blood Sect’s escort wagons, Xiao Tian waited for more system points while Queen Medusa prepared to break through to Dou Zong. He sent her into the Kamui Dimension for her tribulation, then returned outside to confront three Dou Wang brothers who mistook his transformed appearance for the Heavenly Flames Demoness.

• Xiao Tian counted the magic cores and herbs taken from the Blood Sect’s wagons and lamented that he was still 60,000 system points short of attempting a breakthrough to Dou Emperor.
• Queen Medusa appeared and asked Xiao Tian to send her into his strange space so she could safely break through to Dou Zong; Xiao Tian gave her the name Cai Lin.
• Xiao Tian used Kamui to take Queen Medusa into the Kamui Dimension, where she stopped suppressing her Dou Qi and her Dou Zong tribulation began.
• Xiao Tian sensed powerful cultivators approaching and left the Kamui Dimension to seek more system points.
• Three Dou Wang brothers mistook Xiao Tian’s transformed appearance for the Heavenly Flames Demoness and offered themselves and their possessions to her.