Recaps

Yu Jun reprimanded Yu Baiwei for disrespecting Jiang Fan and warned that Anshintang needed a fourth-generation Blood Replenishing Agent to compete with rival companies. Yu Baiwei found residue from Jiang Fan’s soup and brought it to Professor Xu, whose tests revealed its extraordinary energy, leaving her stunned by the prospect of a powerful new product.

• Yu Jun reminded Yu Baiwei of Anshintang’s rules and scolded her for mistreating Jiang Fan, who had spent 100,000 Blue Star Coins in the shop.
• Yu Jun told Yu Baiwei that rival companies had released more effective, cheaper Blood Replenishing Agents and that Anshintang needed a fourth-generation formula.
• Yu Baiwei blamed Jiang Fan for her grandfather’s rebuke and searched the Chinese medicine decoction room for evidence that he was a swindler.
• Yu Baiwei found a bottle containing dried residue from Jiang Fan’s Blood Replenishing Soup, sealed it, and took it to Professor Xu for testing.
• Professor Xu found that the residue was nontoxic and contained so much energy that, even diluted, it nearly matched Anshintang’s third-generation product.

After Anshi Hall dismissed his traditional-medicine remedy, Jiang Fan turned to Lei Zhendong for help selling it. Lei Zhendong doubted the medicine but agreed to arrange a test, leaving with Jiang Fan to investigate its effects.

• Jiang Fan left Anshi Hall and decided to seek help from Thunder Martial Hall instead.
• At Thunder Martial Hall, Lei Zhendong worried that Jiang Fan’s choice to attend Fifth High School would harm his prospects, then offered him training and guidance.
• Jiang Fan showed Lei Zhendong a bottle of Spirit Turtle Blood Replenishing Soup and said it was stronger than third-generation blood-replenishing medicine.
• Lei Zhendong hesitated over the unverified traditional-medicine remedy, but agreed to take Jiang Fan with him to arrange a test.

Jiang Fan tested his medicinal potion on Li Hui and discovered that it sharply increased the martial artist’s qi and blood and combat power. Lei Zhendong recognized the potion’s commercial potential but concluded that they would need to partner with one of the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups.

• Lei Zhendong had Li Hui drink Jiang Fan’s potion, and Li Hui felt intense heat before practicing his boxing technique to absorb its effects.
• Li Hui tested his qi and blood and combat power, finding that both had increased significantly, and excitedly asked to buy more of the potion.
• Lei Zhendong questioned Jiang Fan about the potion, and Jiang Fan explained that he could make as many as needed if he had enough ordinary medicinal herbs, though the key steps required hand processing.
• Lei Zhendong explained that the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups controlled Jiang City’s sales channels and proposed cooperating with one of them.
• Jiang Fan considered the partnership, and Lei Zhendong said the terms would depend on what the pharmaceutical group offered.

Jiang Fan followed Lei Zhendong’s advice and took his potion to an underground auction to find buyers. After reaching Lu Bo through Lei’s contact, Jiang Fan showed him a sample, but Lu Bo questioned whether it worked.

• Lei Zhendong told Jiang Fan to build interest in the potion through an underground auction and gave him a contact’s address.
• Lei Zhendong gave Jiang Fan 50,000 Blue Star Coins to make more potions and warned him to hide his identity at the auction.
• Jiang Fan bought ingredients and prepared more potion at Zhenyao Workshop before disguising himself and heading to Seven Treasures Street.
• Jiang Fan found the underground auction beneath Wanquan Tavern and met Lu Bo.
• Jiang Fan gave Lu Bo a bottle of potion, and Lu Bo asked whether it was effective.

Jiang Fan left a medicine bottle with Lu Bo for auction and cultivated until his qi and blood rose to 16.3. He challenged the Third Trial but was struck by an unseen attack from the armed Imperial Guard, then returned home to find Ma Ning waiting with a bottle of something.

• Lu Bo confirmed the medicine was twice as potent as third-generation products and agreed to arrange an auction within three days, notifying the three major pharmaceutical groups.
• Jiang Fan consumed his remaining Spirit Turtle Blood Replenishing Soup over two days, reaching 2,185 combat power and 16.3 qi and blood.
• Jiang Fan entered the Third Trial and faced an Imperial Guard wielding a Xiuchun saber, but an unseen attack struck his skull before the opponent reached him.
• Jiang Fan tried the trial several more times without progress, then returned home and learned Ma Jiang would resume work with the patrol team the next day.
• Ma Ning waited up for Jiang Fan and quietly placed a bottle in his hand, leaving him frozen in surprise.

Jiang Fan arranged to auction his blood-replenishing drug while planning to use the proceeds to help Ma Ning. The Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups investigated the drug, and Yu Jun learned that Yu Baiwei had brought a similar one to Anshi Hall days earlier.

• Ma Ning gave Jiang Fan her school-reward tonic, but he insisted she keep it and promised to bring her something better soon.
• Jiang Fan met Lu Bo, who scheduled the blood-replenishing drug’s auction for the following evening and confirmed that the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups would attend.
• Xia Chengyang ordered Zhenyao Workshop to keep investigating the drug after learning it might outperform its fourth-generation product.
• Sikong Yao told Professor Zhang that Miaofang Pavilion had to investigate the drug despite his doubts about the report.
• Professor Xu told Yu Jun that Yu Baiwei had brought a potent drug to Anshi Hall three days earlier, and Yu Jun urgently summoned her.

Yu Baiwei admitted to Yu Jun that she had driven away Jiang Fan and concealed his unusually effective medicinal serum, prompting Yu Jun to decide Anshi Hall had to attend an auction. Jiang Fan arrived at the underground auction house the following evening, where he collided with someone who recognized him; the chapter ended before their reaction was revealed.

• Yu Baiwei ruined a medicinal decoction, then ignored the servant’s order to see Yu Jun immediately so she could change and shower.
• Yu Jun questioned Yu Baiwei about the young man she had driven away and learned she had concealed his serum while trying to analyze it herself.
• Yu Jun scolded Yu Baiwei for missing a chance to cooperate with the serum’s maker, then decided Anshi Hall had to attend the auction.
• Jiang Fan arrived early at the underground auction house and learned that officials knew about it and tolerated its operation.
• Jiang Fan accidentally collided with a passerby, and both froze when they turned to look at each other.

Jiang Fan confronted Jiang Li at the underground auction house, where an attendant identified him as an important invited customer and stopped Jiang Li from demanding that he leave. Jiang Fan then joined Lu Bo to watch the auction, which began with the sale of a King Kong Tiger cub, and learned that the underground auction house secretly dealt in prohibited mutant beasts.

• Jiang Li mocked Jiang Fan for living in the Outer City, and Jiang Fan seized him by the neck until an attendant intervened.
• The attendant warned Jiang Li that Jiang Fan was an important customer invited by the auction house and led Jiang Fan away.
• Lu Bo told Jiang Fan that the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups had arrived early for his medicine, which would be auctioned last, and offered to cut the commission from twenty percent to ten percent.
• Jiang Fan and Lu Bo watched the auction begin from a table by the window, while the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups occupied private rooms across from them.
• The auction opened with a month-old King Kong Tiger cub, and Lu Bo explained that the underground auction house sold prohibited mutant beasts to people who wanted to raise them as pets.

Jiang Fan watched the auction, hoping to find a suitable cultivation technique, before the final item—a blood-enhancing potion—sparked a bidding war among the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups. The price climbed as each group fought to secure the potion, leaving Anshintang determined not to lose its chance to compete with its rivals.

• A buyer purchased the King Kong Tiger for 86,000 Blue Star Coins, and an incomplete cultivation technique received no bids.
• Jiang Fan learned that the auction's final item was a potion that could increase a Martial Artist's vitality and blood.
• Anshintang bid 100,000 Blue Star Coins, after which Zhenyao Workshop and Miaofang Pavilion joined the contest.
• Xia Chengyang ordered Zhenyao Workshop to keep bidding so its rivals could not obtain a potion that might surpass its fourth-generation product.
• Sikong Yao directed Miaofang Pavilion to keep following the rising bids.
• Yu Jun insisted that Anshintang continue bidding, and Yu Baiwei agreed despite worrying about the price.

Jiang Fan explained why the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups had stopped bidding at 510,000 and left Lu Bo to handle their inquiries while keeping his identity secret for three days. After the auction, Yu Baiwei recognized a familiar figure on the stairs and told the group she might have seen the consignor.

• Anshintang won the potion with a bid of 510,000 after Zhenyao Workshop and Miaofang Pavilion stopped bidding.
• Jiang Fan told Lu Bo the groups would likely seek a partnership with the potion’s owner and said he would keep them waiting before revealing his identity in three days.
• Jiang Fan left the auction house as Yu Jun, Yu Baiwei, Xia Chengyang, and Sikong Yao headed to Lu Bo’s room to ask about the consignor.
• Lu Bo said the consignor had left nearly twenty minutes earlier and refused to disclose his identity without authorization.
• Yu Baiwei told the group she thought she had seen the consignor on the stairs, shocking everyone.

Yu Baiwei told Yu Jun that she had seen Jiang Fan leaving the auction, prompting Anshi Hall to plan a search for him. Jiang Fan then confronted Jiang Zhihe before returning home, where he learned Ma Jiang had been fired from the patrol team and Ma Ning offered to sell her restorative medicine.

• Yu Baiwei recounted seeing Jiang Fan leave the auction, and Yu Jun ordered Professor Xu summoned and planned a search of the major high schools.
• Xia Chengyang and Sikong Yao sent groups to investigate the potion’s consignor and the connection to Anshi Hall.
• Jiang Zhihe confronted Jiang Fan near Jiangcheng Third High School, but lowered his hand and let Jiang Fan leave.
• Jiang Fan returned home and learned Ma Jiang had been fired from the patrol team because his disability affected the work.
• Ma Ning offered to sell the restorative medicine she had been rewarded to help the family.

Jiang Fan used his auction earnings to support Ma Jiang’s family and buy Ma Ning medicine to cultivate, while concealing that he had already become a Martial Artist. After three days of intensive cultivation, his combat power reached 4435 and his vital energy and blood reached 35.2, but the expense pushed him toward meeting the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups.

• Jiang Fan refused to let Ma Ning use the school’s potion reward and gave Ma Jiang and Su Qingwan 100,000 Blue Star Coins, explaining that he had earned money by selling a medicine he refined.
• Jiang Fan gave Ma Ning a Level One Gene Potion and several replenishing potions, while Ma Jiang accepted them but warned him to be cautious when dealing with the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups.
• Jiang Fan returned to cultivating without telling his family that he had already become a Martial Artist, and Ma Jiang hoped he would awaken soon too.
• The next morning, Jiang Fan bought materials at the Zhenyao Workshop, refined Spirit Turtle Blood Replenishing Soup, and cultivated at Thunder Martial Hall for three days.
• Jiang Fan tested at 4435 combat power and 35.2 vital energy and blood, having spent 150,000 Blue Star Coins, and decided to meet the Three Major Pharmaceutical Groups.

After failing to identify the serum’s owner, the three pharmaceutical groups were summoned to the underground auction house for a meeting. Jiang Fan appeared before Yu Jun, Xia Chengyang, and Sikong Yao, leaving them stunned that the client was a high school student.

• Xia Chengyang and Sikong Yao ordered their groups to watch their rivals after their searches for the client failed, while Yu Jun grew anxious that Anshintang could not reproduce the superior serum or find its owner.
• Yu Jun learned that Lu Bo had not revealed the client’s identity, then received word that the client was willing to meet Anshintang.
• Xia Chengyang and Sikong Yao rushed to the underground auction house, where they joined Yu Jun and agreed to hear the client out, though Yu Jun refused to promise he would not bid.
• Lu Bo introduced Jiang Fan, who walked into the room and sat beside him, shocking all three pharmaceutical bosses with his apparent youth.

Jiang Fan met with the heads of three pharmaceutical groups to negotiate over his serum, refusing to sell its formula and proposing a joint venture with Anshi Hall. Yu Jun considered the offer but ended the chapter bargaining for a smaller share of the profits.

• Lu Bo introduced Jiang Fan to Sikong Yao, Xia Chengyang, and Yu Jun, and Sikong Yao questioned whether he was really their client.
• Jiang Fan confirmed that he was a high school student who had refined the serum and said he wanted to jointly develop a product rather than sell the formula.
• Sikong Yao offered five million for the serum, while Xia Chengyang said he could consider a reasonable purchase price but could not yet approve a partnership.
• Yu Jun asked Jiang Fan how he would cooperate, explaining that Anshi Hall had no Fourth Generation product to fall back on.
• Jiang Fan proposed providing the formula and refining techniques in exchange for half the profits, and said he could reduce production costs further while keeping the serum more effective than a Fourth Generation product.
• Yu Jun rejected the fifty-fifty split and countered with a forty-six percent share.

Jiang Fan struck a deal with Yu Jun to give Anshi Hall the potion formula for a forty-percent share of the profits, then helped its researchers prepare for mass production. With sales still months away, Jiang Fan asked Yu Jun for an advance of five million.

• Jiang Fan agreed to a four-six profit split with Yu Jun, while Xia Chengyang and Sikong Yao declined the same terms and left without a deal.
• Yu Jun apologized for Xiao Wei’s earlier behavior, and Jiang Fan brushed the incident aside before leaving for Fifth High.
• Over the next two days, Jiang Fan signed a cooperation contract with Yu Jun and taught Anshi Hall’s researchers the potion formula and mass-production steps.
• Yu Jun estimated that equipment upgrades and process training would delay the potion’s launch by about three months.
• Jiang Fan asked Yu Jun for a five-million advance, surprising him.

Jiang Fan collected five million from Anshi Hall and asked Yu Jun how to qualify to buy a home in the Inner City. Yu Jun explained the available routes and offered to help him obtain a special contribution quota, while Yu Baiwei remained resentful about Jiang Fan.

• Yu Jun told Yu Baiwei to withdraw five million for Jiang Fan and urged her to spend more time with him.
• Jiang Fan asked Yu Jun about buying a home in the Inner City, and Yu Jun described the requirements and benefits available to certified martial artists.
• Yu Jun offered to help Jiang Fan obtain a special contribution quota, but Jiang Fan declined for the time being.
• Yu Baiwei gave Jiang Fan the five-million check and saw him off, then complained to Yu Jun about his spending and questions about martial arts.
• Yu Jun reminded Yu Baiwei to treat Jiang Fan politely and said he would soon learn whether Jiang Fan could become a martial artist.

Jiang Fan went to the Jiang City Martial Arts Association to find out whether Martial Artist certification could help his family and registered for the examination. As he waited, Su Mu Qing recognized him among the students leaving after their examinations.

• Jiang Fan changed course for the Martial Arts Association to confirm what certification could do for buying an Inner City home and arranging work for Ma Jiang.
• The receptionist explained the registration process and warned that Jiang Fan might have to wait three hours; he chose to take the examination that day.
• The receptionist registered Jiang Fan and led him toward the examination area.
• Jiang Fan saw Hao Yu and Su Mu Qing leaving with students who praised them for passing their certifications.
• Su Mu Qing stopped and turned back after recognizing Jiang Fan.

Jiang Fan arrived at the Martial Artist assessment, where other candidates mocked his appearance and doubted he could pass. As he took his seat, Team Leader Wang resumed the assessment and called Chen Qiangzhuang next.

• Su Mu Qing defended Jiang Fan after Wu Hao Yu and his companions ridiculed him, while Wu Hao Yu challenged whether Jiang Fan could pass the assessment.
• A front-desk girl arranged for Jiang Fan to enter the assessment room as the final candidate of the day.
• Jiang Fan entered the room and ignored other candidates who speculated that he was too weak to pass.
• Team Leader Wang silenced the room and called Chen Qiangzhuang to begin the next assessment.

Jiang Fan watched Martial Artist examinees take their tests while considering how much technique and resources mattered after someone met the basic standards. The Martial Association President then interrupted the examination to introduce a Genius from another city with a Qi and Blood value of 20, leaving the room stunned.

• Chen Qiangzhuang passed the Qi and Blood and Combat Power tests but failed the practical combat assessment because of his poor awareness and technique.
• Jiang Fan reflected that Chen Qiangzhuang likely lacked money and martial arts instruction, and resolved to impress everyone in the college entrance examination to gain leverage for obtaining a technique.
• Examinees Number 20 and Number 21 passed their assessments, while Jiang Fan waited as the remaining candidates were tested.
• The Martial Association President arrived with an expensively dressed young man and told the staff to test him after the examinee on the platform finished.
• The Martial Association President announced that the young man was a Genius he had recruited from another city and had a Qi and Blood value of 20, astonishing everyone.

Li Yutang impressed the River City Martial Arts Association with exceptional Qi and blood and combat power readings. His practical combat test began with Wei Xin, who attacked him by surprise, and the two fought evenly as the chapter ended.

• Jiang Fan ignored a high-school-looking youth who tried to group them together and disparaged River City’s Martial Artists.
• Li Yutang recorded a Qi and blood value of 21.2, then struck the Combat Power Testing Device for readings of 2521 and 2552.
• Martial Association President praised Li Yutang’s combat power ratio and potential, then appointed Wei Xin to conduct his practical combat test.
• Wei Xin attacked Li Yutang while he was bowing, and Li Yutang blocked the blow before retreating.
• Li Yutang used his family’s Ruyi Fist Style to maneuver against Wei Xin, and Martial Association President praised his technique as they fought evenly.

Ling Yutang passed the Level Two Martial Artist examination, and the Martial Association President advised him to improve his combat awareness. As the examination ended, Jiang Fan was called up, drawing suspicion because he came from the Outer City.

• The Martial Association President assessed Ling Yutang's technique and combat awareness as he fought examination officer Wei Xin.
• Wei Xin pinned Ling Yutang's throat with a Cleaving Wind Palm Style, and the Martial Association President stopped the match and certified him as a Level Two Martial Artist.
• Ling Yutang stayed to watch the remaining examinations, hoping to learn from other candidates and impress the Martial Association President.
• Most of the examinees failed, and the Martial Association President explained to Ling Yutang that combat awareness and technique cultivation were important.
• The examination officers called number 58, Jiang Fan, and judged him skeptically when they saw he was a teenager from the Outer City.

Jiang Fan faced examiners who dismissed him because he came from the Outer City, then stunned them with his combat power and Qi and Blood results. He defeated Wei Xin in one blow during the practical test, leaving the Martial Association President and the examiners shocked.

• The examiners dismissed Jiang Fan’s Qi and Blood test and sent him to the Combat Power Testing Device first.
• Jiang Fan struck the device with 4678 combat power, prompting the Martial Association President to ask his age and take an eager interest in him.
• Jiang Fan’s Qi and Blood measured 35.3, and the Martial Association President concluded that he had exceptional strength and cultivation.
• Wei Xin volunteered to test Jiang Fan’s battle awareness, and the Martial Association President agreed while warning him not to injure Jiang Fan.
• Wei Xin charged Jiang Fan, but Jiang Fan struck him down in one second, and Wei Xin admitted defeat.

Jiang Fan passed the Level Two Martial Artist certification, stunning the Martial Arts Association staff and Wu Hao Yu’s group. After receiving his badge, he was invited by the Martial Association President to have a chat.

• Jiang Fan learned that he had passed the Level Two Martial Artist examination after overpowering Wei Xin, who was taken for treatment.
• The Martial Association President personally expedited Jiang Fan’s certification and asked the receptionist to enter his information.
• The receptionist revealed that seventeen-year-old Jiang Fan was a Level Two Martial Artist, leaving Wu Hao Yu and his lackeys stunned.
• The Martial Association President escorted Jiang Fan to receive his dark gold Level Two Martial Artist badge.
• After Jiang Fan accepted the badge, the Martial Association President asked whether he was free to talk.

Jiang Fan learned about the Martial Arts Association’s benefits and voluntary duties after becoming a Level Two Martial Artist. Martial Association President decided to find him after getting approval to replace Li Yutang as the Genius Competition candidate, but Jiang Fan had already left.

• Martial Association President left Jiang Fan with Team Leader Wang while he took Li Yutang upstairs to meet the president.
• Team Leader Wang explained Jiang Fan’s Level Two benefits, including a monthly subsidy, eligibility to buy a home in the Inner City, and a job opportunity for a family member.
• Team Leader Wang told Jiang Fan that missions and competitions were voluntary, though the association might ask him to represent River City.
• Jiang Fan thanked Team Leader Wang and left, saying he might return to arrange housing or work for his family.
• Martial Association President came back, learned Jiang Fan had left, and ordered Team Leader Wang to get Jiang Fan’s information so they could find him.

Jiang Fan rejected Xu Wenwen’s letter after Su Mu Qing delivered it, then left before the Martial Arts Association could recruit him for its upcoming Genius Competition. The association president learned that Su Mu Qing knew Jiang Fan and asked her about him.

• Jiang Fan encountered Su Mu Qing outside the Martial Arts Association, where she told him Xu Wenwen had left River City for Capital City First Martial Arts University and had sent him a letter.
• Jiang Fan read Xu Wenwen’s invitation to meet her at Capital City First Martial Arts University, tore up the letter, and walked away.
• The Martial Association President rushed outside with Team Leader Wang to find Jiang Fan, whom they wanted to recruit for the Genius Competition, but he had already disappeared.
• Su Mu Qing asked the association president if he was looking for Jiang Fan, and the president eagerly asked whether she knew him.