Recaps

Chen Nan escaped the Orphanage, investigated the Wang family’s trafficking and corruption, and sent evidence to the Prefecture Office while preparing to become a Transcendent. After his mysterious AI System began draining his energy, he hid in an unfinished apartment and used glucose to help it activate.

• Chen Nan survived punishment in the Orphanage by secretly healing with the ancient tree and using Rats to gather food, explore, and dig an escape tunnel.
• After the Preparatory Academy assessors dismissed him and favored Tie Dan, Chen Nan escaped to Wu City and began investigating Director Wang and the Orphanage.
• Chen Nan built a network of animal helpers, uncovered allegations of trafficking, and rented a room where he could study the city and plan his next moves.
• Chen Nan discovered that Wang Yifu had ordered Wang Yide to hunt him down, then stole files from Secretary Huang’s safe and recruited Butterfly Loves Flowers to gather evidence at Immortal Realm.
• Chen Nan planted surveillance devices at Renxin Maternity Hospital and recorded the Wang siblings discussing their crimes and plans to stop him.
• Chen Nan sent evidence of the Wang siblings’ crimes and the Prefecture Office’s corruption, demanding arrests within three days while refusing the office’s offer of protection.
• After the Wang siblings and the Prefecture Office began searching for him, Chen Nan hid in an unfinished apartment and realized his AI System was draining his energy.
• Chen Nan bought glucose injections, returned to his hiding place, and drank an ampoule as the AI System began loading into his neural electromagnetic field.

Chen Nan escaped the Wang Clan’s hunt, won a place at Wu City Preparatory Academy, and used the AI System to advance rapidly in cultivation and build a hot-pot business. The arc left him focused on reaching Luojing Transcendent Academy while Wang Bodan secretly plotted to have him killed.

• Chen Nan escaped Ghost Head’s pursuit, killed many of his attackers, and left Ghost Head to die after being wounded in the fight.
• Chen Nan’s evidence helped expose the Wang Clan’s criminal networks, and Wang Yifu and Wang Yide were sentenced to execution while Wang Yuan'e received a thirty-year sentence.
• After Wang Bodan’s tribunal appeal cost Chen Nan his free academy admission, Jiang Lili offered to help pay his entrance fee, and Chen Nan began earning money at Yang Wankun’s casino by reading dice.
• Chen Nan developed and patented a Spicy Hot Pot recipe, then passed Wu City Preparatory Academy’s assessment after Lu Fangliang persuaded Li Yu to accept him.
• Chen Nan set an academy meditation record, and Dean Li Nanchao arranged a secret education plan to nurture his talent.
• Chen Nan defeated Li Huaming with a dirty trick, then fought off senior students who attacked him and collected the winnings from bets placed on the match.
• Li Nanchao offered Chen Nan resources in exchange for aiming for a top-three result at the Luojing entrance examination, and Chen Nan learned to cast a powerful Lightning Spell using the AI System.
• Chen Nan helped expand the Spicy Hot Pot business through franchises as Wang Bodan recruited Zhang Hua to help hire an assassin, while Chen Nan continued cultivating toward the entrance exams.

Chen Nan cleared his name, developed a way to combine Transcendent and Nature Master cultivation, and reached Level Fifteen before traveling to Luojing for the academy assessment. He endured the first test longer than the Seven Great Families’ heirs, while Luojing’s department heads began planning to train him and the other candidates prepared for the next round.

• Chen Nan uncovered Du Dayu as the worker who had poisoned his hot pot, secured national safety certification, and reopened his shop with Li Nanchao’s support, while Wang Bodan died by suicide and Chen Nan arranged his funeral.
• Chen Nan combined Transcendent and Nature Master cultivation with help from the AI System, reached Level Ten, and received an enhancement ceremony in the Golden Pod, where he secretly cultivated to Level Thirteen.
• Chen Nan selected Mist Concealment Technique, trained privately, and traveled with Jiang Lili and Li Nanchao to Luojing, where he reached the required Level Fifteen and faced the Seven Great Families’ heirs.
• At the assessment site, Chen Nan defended Jiang Lili from a guard and bested Jiang Wenming, then earned an approval certificate with a test result of 15.53 QE.
• Chen Nan used the AI System and Clear Heart Incantation to endure the Meditation Qi Yin Art assessment as candidates withdrew, including Chen Wan'er and Zhao Yunlong, whose collapse ended the test before Chen Nan could continue.
• Jiang Lili decided to sell her Wu City property and savings to open a Spicy Hot Pot shop in Luojing, while Li Nanchao offered to help her find a storefront and lend her money.
• Qiu Daqiang and the department heads discussed Chen Nan’s performance and assigned Dongfang Liang, Chang Lai'an, and Liu Meie to train him in magic, sorcery, and agility, while Chen Wan'er urged the defeated candidates to focus on the second assessment.

Chen Nan earned first place in Luojing Transcendent Academy’s entrance assessments, then chose the embattled Nature Master Department over more prestigious paths. After years of research, he developed a new cultivation art and teamed up with Lin Xi for a freight escort mission, setting out with a tense group of fellow students.

• Chen Nan used his AI System to excel in the written exam, then defeated Qin Shou and Chu Yu before forfeiting to Chen Wan'er and beating Zhao Yunlong, securing a top result despite the great Lineages’ hostility.
• After the exam, Chen Nan received offers and gifts from powerful groups, enrolled at Luojing Transcendent Academy, and rejected combined training in favor of joining Yang Yugan’s Nature Master Department.
• Chen Nan endured years of slow cultivation while researching a way to combine Transcendent cultivation with Nature Master methods, eventually completing the Myriad Laws Universe Control Art.
• At the academy task office, Chen Nan offered to team up with Lin Xi, and they accepted a Level Seven escort mission through the Yellow Cloud Mountain Range.
• Chen Nan defeated Jiang Wenming after he mocked Lin Xi, and Chu Yubo’s demand for punishment led to a sealed end-of-term competition between the Nature Master and Strength Departments.
• Lu Fangliang gave Chen Nan forged Meridian Mandarin Duck Axes, which Chen Nan refined with help from his AI System before visiting Jiang Lili’s thriving spicy hot pot business.
• Chen Nan met Lin Xi, Qi Shan, Lu Zitong, Zhao Meina, and Hao Fan at Hongda Freight Station, and their convoy departed for the Yellow Cloud Mountain Range.