Recaps

Jiang Donghua and Hong Ling survived the Black Corner Great Forest, shared the Crimson Flame Dragon Saliva Flower, and parted so Hong Ling could pursue her cultivation while Jiang grew stronger. Months later, Jiang won the Outer Court Selection Tournament, saw Elder Mo Xuan break through to Dou Huang, and entered the Scripture Depository to choose a reward.

• Jiang Donghua and Hong Ling escaped the rampaging Flood Dragons after stealing the Crimson Flame Dragon Saliva Flower, then shared it and gained new strength as its energies transformed them.
• Hong Ling advanced to Dou Wang and chose to remain at Jia Nan Academy while Jiang Donghua trained, promising to join her after reaching Dou Wang.
• Jiang Donghua reached Dou Ling Peak and entered the Outer Court Grand Competition, defeating his opponents with ease and qualifying for the ranking battles.
• Jiang Donghua defended the first arena against challengers, defeated Bai Qing'er and Mao Shan, and was declared champion when no one else challenged him.
• Dean Lei Tian named Jiang Donghua, Zhao Ming, Wang Han, Lin Xiu, and Bai Ling as the top five, and Elder Mo Xuan broke through to Dou Huang.
• Elder Mo Xuan gave Jiang Donghua a jade slip to help identify Earth-grade cultivation techniques before announcing his departure for the Central Plains.
• Jiang Donghua entered the Scripture Depository with the other top students, where the jade slip in his Storage Ring began to warm as he inspected the colored orbs.

Jiang Donghua secured the Burning Heaven Furnace Art, learned of Mo Xuan’s vengeance against the Netherworld Sect, and led the freshmen through the Inner Academy entrance trial. He defeated several senior teams and faced the White Fiend Team at the stone gate, where he struck their summoned flood dragon.

• Jiang Donghua helped Wang Han, Bai Ling, Lin Xiu, and Zhao Ming find useful treasures in the Scripture Depository, then obtained the Earth-tier Mid Grade Burning Heaven Furnace Art for himself.
• Elder Mo Xuan gave Jiang Donghua his Storage Ring and left for the Central Plains to settle a blood debt with the Netherworld Sect.
• Jiang Donghua learned from Lei Tian that the Netherworld Sect had abducted and killed Mo Xuan’s childhood sweetheart, Ning Ling, and began studying Mo Xuan’s pill recipes.
• Lei Tian led fifty Outer Court elites into the forest trial, and Jiang Donghua became the freshmen’s leader as Inner Academy hunters prepared ambushes.
• Jiang Donghua and the freshmen defeated the ambushing senior students, took their Fire Energy, and continued through the forest as his strength became widely feared.
• Gao Quan’s Black Fiend Team attacked the freshmen’s camp at night, but Jiang Donghua overpowered them and made them surrender their Fire Crystal Cards.
• Jiang Donghua led the freshmen to the stone gate, where Chen Ming and the White Fiend Team confronted them and summoned a gigantic ice-water flood dragon.
• Jiang Donghua advanced and struck the charging flood dragon in the head with his transformed right arm.

Jiang Donghua founded Donghua Pavilion, climbed to third place on the Strong Ranking, and set his sights on Qin Xiao. He then investigated Mu Chen’s curse, found an Old Monster Remnant Soul within it, and absorbed its attacks as Mu Chen’s cultivation recovered.

• Jiang Donghua used Pale Cold Fire and two Heavenly Gang Overlord Fists to defeat the White Fiend Team, earning a purple Fire Crystal Card and leading the freshmen to establish Donghua Pavilion.
• Lei Lie brought Jiang Donghua rare herbs and told him about the Strong Ranking, prompting Jiang Donghua to challenge its top-ranked students.
• After most challengers declined, Jiang Donghua defeated Sun Mang, then forced Xie Ying and Han Jue to surrender, claiming third place on the Strong Ranking.
• Jiang Donghua told Lei Lie he wanted to take the number one spot from Qin Xiao, then visited the Medicine Spirit Pavilion with him.
• Jiang Donghua learned Mu Chen suffered from a curse tied to his bloodline and soul, and Mu Chen showed him the living black mark on his chest.
• Jiang Donghua sent his Soul Power into the curse and found an Old Monster Remnant Soul, whose attacks strengthened his Soul Force when he absorbed them.
• As Jiang Donghua absorbed the remnant’s attacks, the Curse Mark weakened and Mu Chen’s cultivation rose from Six-star Dou Ling to late Eight-star Dou Ling.

Jiang Donghua and Mu Chen survived Venerate Huanhai’s legacy, gaining strength that transformed their paths. While Mu Chen sought Hong Ling amid the Xuan Ming Sect’s violence, Jiang Donghua returned to Jia Nan Academy, advanced his cultivation, and entered the Strong Ranking Tournament.

• Venerate Huanhai’s recording and Soul Force entered Jiang Donghua, curing Mu Chen’s curse and granting both men powerful gains.
• Mu Chen reached Three-star Dou Zong, refused Ye Tianxing’s offer to lead the Inner Academy, and left to find Hong Ling while Jiang Donghua later returned to Jia Nan Academy as a Four-star Dou Huang.
• Qin Xiao challenged Jiang Donghua to a public spar, but Jiang Donghua evaded Qin Xiao’s strongest Earth-tier attack and won.
• Mu Chen learned that the Xuan Ming Sect had massacred the Hong Family over Hong Ling, then abducted and interrogated two sect elders for information.
• Mu Chen learned that Hong Ling was likely alive but had left the Northern Region, then used Jiang Donghua’s name while attacking Xuan Ming Sect forces to draw out survivors.
• Jiang Donghua exchanged his Fire Energy for the Purple Fire Phantom Spirit Art and considered seeking a Heaven Tier cultivation method through the Pill Tower.
• At the Strong Ranking Tournament, Qin Xiao confronted Jiang Donghua, but the draw placed them in separate first-round matches.
• Liu Qingsi defeated Han Li in seconds with poisonous airflow, and Jiang Donghua recognized her techniques as a serious threat.