Recaps

Chen Chuan passed the Wizard World trials, joined the Life Academy, and used his talents to advance as a wizard apprentice and develop his potion-making. After Alex offered him a research assistant position, Chen Chuan qualified for an upgraded apprentice rank, while strange warnings at the academy remained unexplained.

• Chen Chuan awakened the rare Spirit Branch, chose to pursue wizardry, and passed the Wizard World’s mental power and Realm of Illusion trials.
• At the academy selection, Chen Chuan joined the Life Academy, accepted an Activated Seed of Life, and arrived at the academy with an unusual connection to the Mother Tree.
• Chen Chuan analyzed and mastered the Tree of Life Meditation Method, advanced to Third-Class Wizard Apprentice, and discovered his Seed of Life strengthened him and nearby plants.
• Chen Chuan used magic power cores to improve his meditation method while concealing his progress, and he grew wary of Lili’s attempts to draw him into investigating the Mother Tree’s call.
• Chen Chuan began brewing life potions, sold them to Aikte, and earned a steady buyer after improving his skill and producing good-quality batches.
• Alex recognized Chen Chuan’s potion-making ability, gave him three potion formulas, and offered him a research assistant position if he passed the apprentice assessment.
• Chen Chuan mastered Alex’s formulas, demonstrated his spiritual power and Seed of Life resonance, and was registered as a Third-Class Wizard Apprentice.
• On his way back through the snowy academy, Chen Chuan sensed a warning from the fluorescent vines and saw a figure flash down the corridor before preparing for the apothecary assessment.

Chen Chuan passed his potionist examination, advanced as a wizard apprentice, and joined an expedition to search planar ruins for Sunflowers of Holy Light. After surviving deadly plants and monsters, he and Alia found a flower-filled cavern where the Ruin Plane Core powered a sealing formation.

• Chen Chuan passed the elementary potionist examination, joined Alex’s project group, and began studying the Heart of Light Potion.
• Chen Chuan advanced to Second-Class Wizard Apprentice, strengthened his Seed of Life, and gained the ability to summon Vitality Magic Mushrooms.
• Chen Chuan joined Alex’s expedition to planar ruins, where he met Vera and Alia Madison and traveled with the wizards into the ruins.
• After entering the ruins alone, Chen Chuan fought Winged Demon Bats and joined Alia and Vera against a Soul-Devouring Flower, which killed another apprentice.
• Chen Chuan collected the Soul-Devouring Flower’s blossom, and the group discovered a passage leading toward a source of sacred energy.
• Chen Chuan and Alia passed through a cracked runic barrier and found a cavern filled with Flowers of Light and Sunflowers of Holy Light.
• Alia identified a floating crystal as the Ruin Plane Core, and Chen Chuan collected fifteen Sunflowers of Holy Light.
• The Ruin Plane Core sent purple beams into the flowers, and Alia realized they formed a sealing formation.