Recaps

Chen Nan defeated Zhao Meina, strengthened the Nature Master Department, and advanced his cultivation before taking an escort mission that led him to investigate a kidnapped girl. He discovered the girl was being held in the Patrol Bureau prison and prepared to rescue her with his companions.

• Chen Nan led the convoy survivors through a Mutated Beast ambush in the Yellow Cloud Mountain Range, then gave Manager Liu evidence suggesting a summoner had orchestrated the attack.
• Chen Nan challenged Zhao Meina to a duel, defeated her and her Yellow Rock Pigs, and won the support of students and academy leaders.
• Lu Fangliang and Yang Yugan rewarded Chen Nan with resources and authority, while Chen Nan accepted elective students and taught them the Clear Heart Incantation.
• Chen Nan cultivated to Level Forty, became the chosen next Sect Master, and joined Susanna and three companions on a mission escorting a Jialuo Kingdom drug trafficker.
• The Zhiyun Patrol Bureau chief asked Chen Nan to rescue his kidnapped daughter, and Chen Nan agreed while also promising to deliver the prisoner safely.
• Chen Nan investigated the ransom note, traced its clippings to officer Zhang Hua, and sent Qi Shan to watch him while his companions searched for evidence.
• Chen Nan used rats to search the Patrol Bureau and found the chief’s daughter confined in an isolated prison cell, so he and his companions planned a midnight rescue.

Chen Nan rescued the director’s daughter, survived a Transcendent ambush, and returned to Luojing to teach the Myriad Laws Universe Art and climb the Diligence Ranking. After losing his first match against Jiang Wenyu, Chen Nan used lightning and mist to challenge Jiang Wenyu again, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Chen Nan’s team rescued the director’s daughter from the underground prison, then Chen Nan evaded an ambush and killed Zhou He during the escort to Luojing.
• Chen Nan taught the Myriad Laws Universe Art to Nature Master students, helped improve their cultivation, and reached Transcendent Level Forty-One.
• Chen Nan registered for the Diligence Ranking and defeated Meng Fanyu in their third match after conceding their second fight to conceal his abilities.
• Chen Nan confronted Zhao Yunlong’s group at his Spicy Hot Pot shop, then climbed the ranking while occasionally conceding matches to avoid drawing too much attention.
• Chen Nan challenged Jiang Wenyu for rank 202, but conceded their first match after failing to break through Jiang Wenyu’s defense.
• Chen Nan returned to face Jiang Wenyu, used lightning to slow his movements, and cast the Mist Concealment Technique as Jiang Wenyu prepared for his next attack.

Chen Nan built up the Nature Master Department while concealing his growing strength and weathering financial pressure and attacks. After Zhao Yunlong’s group assaulted the department’s training base, Yang Yugan confronted the five Lineage patriarchs and warned them to leave his disciples alone.

• Chen Nan defeated Jiang Wenyu with a concealed lightning attack, briefly reached rank 202, then conceded matches to settle at rank 205 while developing martial arts lessons for the Nature Master Department.
• Chen Nan and his allies expanded the department as it faced an academy inspection, financial penalties, and disputes over inheritances, while Chen Nan secretly redirected Fu Long’s and Gao Haitao’s estates to support it.
• As turmoil spread between Qingyang Kingdom and the Demonic Beast nations, lawless Transcendents attacked Chen Nan’s stores, and Liu Mingtao killed one of the attackers after the man murdered a shop clerk.
• Li Yunfeng revealed to Chen Shimei that Chen Nan was their son, and Chen Shimei arranged to help him secretly as supplies and cultivation resources began reaching the department through an unknown benefactor.
• Chen Nan advanced to Path Entry, received a refined short sword from Yang Yugan, and helped the department’s students train with Capacity Expansion Pods while Susanna learned about the private base and told her father.
• Zhao Yunlong’s group attacked the training base and badly injured its students, but Chen Nan arrived, rescued Liu Mingtao, and killed the attackers’ subordinates while sparing the descendants of the five great Lineages.
• Yang Yugan treated Liu Hongtao with an ancient life-preserving pill, then attended a banquet where the five patriarchs demanded an explanation, and he defended Chen Nan, threatened retaliation, and escaped using spatial displacement.
• Chen Shimei persuaded the other patriarchs not to continue the conflict after Yang Yugan warned them against attacking the Nature Master Department.

Chen Nan uncovered Susanna’s betrayal, strengthened his Nature Master Department, and entered the Chen family while protecting Li Yunfeng. He brought Lin Xi to the Seven Great Families’ ball, where Ye Zixin challenged him to perform.

• Chen Nan broke up with Susanna after suspecting her father had leaked information, then cared for Lin Xi after Susanna shoved her down the stairs.
• Chen Nan killed five Demonic Orcs who attacked him and Lin Xi, while Susanna’s father revealed himself as a spy and began targeting the Nature Master Department.
• Chen Nan forged fifteen powerful flying swords, while Madam Chen found Li Yunfeng and revealed that she was Chen Nan’s mother and Chen Shimei was his father.
• Chen Nan flew to Wu City and rescued Li Nanchao, Jiang Lili, and the others from six Transcendents sent to kill them.
• Chen Nan went to the Chen family, where Chen Shimei stepped down as head and introduced him as his son, and Chen Shiyou became the new Lineage Head.
• Chen Nan joined the Chen genealogy despite its unequal oath, killed a servant who insulted Li Yunfeng, and then took her back to the Nature Master Department’s training base.
• Chen Nan returned to the academy, invited Lin Xi to the Seven Great Families’ ball, and brought her to live at the training base to learn cultivation and music-related spells.
• Chen Nan and Lin Xi attended the ball, where the guests excluded and mocked them before Ye Zixin challenged Chen Nan to perform.