Recaps

Jiang Donghua reunited with Elder Mo Xuan, who scolded him for neglecting alchemy despite his rapid cultivation. Elder Mo Xuan offered him the Earth Spirit Cauldron if he could refine a Bone-Mending Pill before the day ended, and Jiang Donghua began refining one in front of the watching students.

• Elder Mo Xuan sensed Jiang Donghua had advanced to Four-star Dou Master and went to find him in the Alchemy Department.
• Elder Mo Xuan cleaned Jiang Donghua’s clothes and hair, then rebuked him for focusing on combat instead of alchemy.
• Elder Mo Xuan challenged Jiang Donghua to refine a Bone-Mending Pill before the end of the day, promising him the Earth Spirit Cauldron if he succeeded and daily medicine testing if he failed.
• Jiang Donghua accepted the challenge, borrowed an ordinary cauldron, and began refining the herbs with a deep azure flame.
• Elder Mo Xuan was surprised by Jiang Donghua’s skillful fire control as the refinement began.

Jiang Donghua refined a high-quality Bone-Mending Pill on his first attempt and won the Earth Spirit Cauldron from Mo Xuan. As news of his cultivation and alchemy talent spread through the Outer Court, Liu Qingya grew furious and plotted to expose him.

• Jiang Donghua refined a patterned Bone-Mending Pill before the stunned students, and Mo Xuan handed him the Earth Spirit Cauldron as promised.
• Mo Xuan questioned Jiang Donghua about his alchemy skills, then challenged him to refine a Second-grade Pill within a month for another treasure.
• Jiang Donghua's return and achievements became widely known across the Outer Court, prompting Lei Tian and the elders to discuss nurturing him and keeping him out of trouble.
• Liu Qingya blamed Mo Xuan for secretly tutoring Jiang Donghua and vowed to expose him before everyone.

Liu Qingya rejected his companions’ warnings and plotted to destroy Jiang Donghua and Elder Mo Xuan’s reputations with fabricated rumors. Jiang Donghua prepared to refine a Second-grade Explosive Qi Pill as rumors spread across Jia Nan Academy, leaving Liu Qingya confident that his scheme would ruin them.

• Liu Qingya accused Jiang Donghua of cheating and vowed to expose him, while his companions abandoned him and secretly warned Jiang Donghua.
• Jiang Donghua accepted the warning and promised the turncoats benefits after dealing with Liu Qingya.
• Jiang Donghua studied Elder Mo Xuan’s Explosive Qi Pill recipe and prepared to refine it, carefully reviewing the process and relying on the AFK System to build proficiency.
• Students spread salacious rumors that Jiang Donghua’s success came from a special relationship with Elder Mo Xuan.
• Liu Qingya paid his lackeys to spread claims that Mo Xuan had traded pills for Jiang Donghua and planned to intensify the rumors the next day.

Jiang Donghua answered rumors that he had advanced through Elder Mo Xuan’s “special care” by accepting Liu Qingya’s challenge to refine Bone-Mending Pills, with expulsion from Jia Nan Academy and the Azure Flame Cauldron at stake. As the contest began under Elder Li Changhai’s supervision, Jiang Donghua used the mysterious Earth Spirit Cauldron to refine an entire batch of ingredients at once, leaving the result unresolved.

• Rumors spread through Jia Nan Academy that Jiang Donghua had become a First-grade Alchemist through an improper relationship with Elder Mo Xuan, while Jiang Donghua remained calm and said the truth would wash the lies away.
• Liu Qingya rallied the students to demand a public challenge, and Jiang Donghua emerged from the Alchemy Department and asked who wanted to face him.
• After Liu Qingya insulted Elder Mo Xuan, Jiang Donghua agreed to compete for the Azure Flame Cauldron, while Liu Qingya demanded that Jiang Donghua leave the academy if he lost.
• Elder Li Changhai agreed to judge the contest, set a one-incense-stick limit for refining Bone-Mending Pills, and brought out a Pill-Judging Ruler to assess the results.
• Liu Qingya began refining with the Azure Flame Cauldron, while Jiang Donghua used the Earth Spirit Cauldron to put all the ingredients in at once.
• As both cauldrons shook near the end of the contest, Elder Li Changhai moved closer to watch the still-unfinished refinement.

Jiang Donghua won the pill-refining match after Liu Qingya ruined his own pill, then claimed Liu Qingya’s Azure Flame Cauldron. Afterward, Jiang Donghua ordered Liu Qingya’s former followers to punish the students who had spread rumors about him, leaving them with three days to prove their loyalty.

• Jiang Donghua refined a Double-Patterned Bone-Mending Pill, while Liu Qingya lost control of his cauldron and destroyed his pill.
• Li Changhai declared Jiang Donghua the winner, and Jiang Donghua took the Azure Flame Cauldron from Liu Qingya, who fainted after spitting blood.
• Jiang Donghua warned the crowd that he would settle accounts with the students who had spread rumors about him.
• Jiang Donghua summoned Liu Qingya’s former followers to his Pill Room and told them to give the rumor-mongers an unforgettable memory.
• Jiang Donghua gave the former followers three days to show results, and they left agreeing to act as his blades.

After defeating Liu Qingya, Jiang Donghua cultivated in seclusion, rapidly expanding his alchemy knowledge and refining pills with astonishing ease. He emerged with Double-Patterned Explosive Qi Pills and asked Elder Mo Xuan for more advanced recipes, leaving his teacher stunned.

• Elder Mo Xuan praised Jiang Donghua for defeating Liu Qingya, and Jiang Donghua announced that he would cultivate in seclusion and prove his alchemy talent further.
• Jiang Donghua's victory and Double-Patterned Bone-Mending Pill spread through Jia Nan Academy, while students who had spread rumors about him suffered injuries and cultivation setbacks.
• Jiang Donghua secluded himself to absorb the Alchemy Department's library knowledge and practice refining pills, while visitors were turned away from the department's gates.
• Jiang Donghua refined eight Double-Patterned Bone-Mending Pills in succession, then produced a patterned Explosive Qi Pill on his first attempt and a Double-Patterned one on his second.
• After more than half a month, Jiang Donghua showed Elder Mo Xuan two Double-Patterned Explosive Qi Pills and asked for more recipes, shocking his teacher.

Jiang Donghua proved he had become a Second-grade Alchemist by refining a dual-pattern Explosive Qi Pill in front of Elder Mo Xuan and the Alchemy Department. As the academy marveled at his progress, Liu Qingya remained broken by their duel, while Jiang Donghua looked ahead without pity.

• Elder Mo Xuan demanded that Jiang Donghua demonstrate his Second-grade alchemy, then hurried him to the Alchemy Hall and supplied the ingredients.
• Jiang Donghua refined a dual-pattern Second-grade Explosive Qi Pill in front of the Alchemy Department, stunning the gathered disciples.
• Elder Mo Xuan praised Jiang Donghua as his personal disciple, and Jiang Donghua teased the others by saying he might reach third grade by their next meeting.
• News of Jiang Donghua's achievement spread through Jia Nan Academy, where students discussed his growing mastery and expressed awe rather than jealousy.
• The disciples reported that Liu Qingya had shut himself away, muttering about the Azure Flame Cauldron and appearing mentally shattered after losing the duel.
• Jiang Donghua stood above the academy and reflected on Liu Qingya's fate without pity, recognizing the harshness of the cultivation world.

Jiang Donghua accepted Mo Xuan’s challenge to restore the incomplete Mystic Spirit Pill recipe in exchange for a Mysterious-grade Combat Skill. He went to the Pill Room and slept while his AFK System worked, completing the restoration in twenty hours.

• Mo Xuan questioned how Jiang Donghua had mastered Second-grade pill refining and tested his claim by giving him an incomplete Mystic Spirit Pill recipe.
• Jiang Donghua agreed to restore the recipe within ten days, and Mo Xuan promised him a Mysterious-grade Combat Skill if he succeeded.
• Jiang Donghua entered the Pill Room and set the AFK System to repair the recipe while he slept.
• The AFK System completed the Mystic Spirit Pill recipe, and Jiang Donghua’s idle gains increased.

Jiang Donghua used the AFK System to complete the Mystic Spirit Pill recipe during ten days of seclusion, then proved his work by refining the Third-grade pill before Elder Mo Xuan and the Alchemy Department students. Mo Xuan was stunned by Jiang Donghua’s skill and demanded to know who he really was.

• Jiang Donghua waited in the Pill Room while the AFK System deduced the Mystic Spirit Pill recipe and he cultivated and daydreamed.
• Alchemy Department students gathered outside the Pill Room and speculated about whether Jiang Donghua had completed the recipe.
• Jiang Donghua presented the completed recipe to Elder Mo Xuan, who questioned how he had deduced it so quickly.
• Jiang Donghua offered to prove the recipe by refining a batch, and Mo Xuan agreed to watch.
• Jiang Donghua refined a Mystic Spirit Pill before the gathered students, suppressing the furnace’s surging energy and producing a finished pill.
• Elder Mo Xuan confronted Jiang Donghua and demanded to know who he really was.

Jiang Donghua’s extraordinary alchemy and cultivation drew suspicion from Elder Mo Xuan and Elder Bing Hong, who connected him to a missing Blood Demon Sect disciple. Bing Hong planned to test Jiang Donghua in three days, while he began devising a way to handle Mo Xuan’s suspicions.

• Jiang Donghua celebrated his Third-grade alchemy achievement, and Mo Xuan promised him a Mysterious-grade Combat Skill.
• The Alchemy Department students struggled to believe Jiang Donghua’s rapid progress, and his feat became a taboo topic at Jia Nan Academy.
• Mo Xuan grew suspicious of Jiang Donghua’s sudden rise and went to question Bing Hong.
• Bing Hong revealed that she was investigating Jiang Donghua because his arrival coincided with Blood Fiend Son’s disappearance from the Blood Demon Sect.
• Bing Hong proposed testing Jiang Donghua under the pretext of giving him alchemy guidance in three days, threatening to destroy him if he proved to be a sect traitor.

Bing Hong and Lei Tian arranged a secret investigation of Jiang Donghua, suspecting he was Blood Fiend Son, while Mo Xuan struggled between defending his disciple and fearing the suspicion was true. The next morning, Jiang Donghua followed Mo Xuan to the Alchemy Pavilion, unaware that powerful elders were waiting to test him.

• Bing Hong told Mo Xuan she would recruit Lei Tian and elders skilled in soul detection to investigate Jiang Donghua, and Mo Xuan demanded an apology if his disciple proved innocent.
• Mo Xuan reflected on the suspicions surrounding Jiang Donghua and resolved either to defend him or personally kill him if he was a Blood Demon Sect spy.
• Bing Hong and Lei Tian agreed to secretly watch Jiang Donghua and prepare to suppress him before he could use his Secret Method.
• Jiang Donghua arrived at the Alchemy Department expecting the promised Mysterious-grade Combat Skill and noticed others acting strangely around him.
• Mo Xuan gave Jiang Donghua an ancient scroll and led him to the Alchemy Pavilion, where Lei Tian, Bing Hong, and three elders skilled in soul detection were secretly waiting.

Jiang Donghua passed the Soul-Suppressing Jade’s test, clearing him of suspicion, while Mo Xuan extorted compensation from the Academy’s elders for investigating his disciple. The Blood Demon Sect spy remained hidden, and Jiang Donghua chose to focus his system’s idle gains on cultivation as he prepared for the Academy Tournament.

• Three Dou Wang Elders investigated Jiang Donghua’s soul and cultivation, then reported to Lei Tian that he appeared to be a genuine youth; Bing Hong insisted he touch the Soul-Suppressing Jade.
• Jiang Donghua touched the jade without triggering it, and Mo Xuan gave him the Heavenly Gang Overlord Fist before asking about his rapid progress; Jiang Donghua attributed it to cultivating quickly.
• Mo Xuan confronted Bing Hong and the elders who had investigated Jiang Donghua, demanding compensation and receiving pill materials, armor, a secret technique, and the Bloodfang Blade for his disciple.
• Tie Xing cleared Jiang Donghua but mobilized the Disciplinary Hall to hunt for the Blood Demon Sect spy using a Soul Devouring Crystal; a hidden sect member dismissed the crystal as ineffective.
• Jiang Donghua weighed improving his combat skills against advancing his realm, then prioritized cultivation so he could reach Da Dou Shi and improve his chances in the Academy Tournament.

Jiang Donghua tried to improve his Third-grade pill refining, but a failed attempt and Senior Brother Lin’s warning about the Disciplinary Hall heightened his unease. After sensing someone watching him, he stayed overnight in the Alchemy Department, while Blood Fiend Son watched from afar and considered recruiting him as a shield.

• Jiang Donghua studied Third-grade pill patterns, then ruined a Mystic Spirit Pill when his Soul Force faltered during refinement.
• Senior Brother Lin teased Jiang Donghua about the failed furnace and warned him to be careful because the academy was tense and the Disciplinary Hall had been watching him.
• Jiang Donghua sensed a watcher outside the Alchemy Department, rushed back inside, and spent the night in a private alchemy room.
• The next morning, Jiang Donghua received admiring greetings from the Alchemy Department students, sensed the watcher again, and decided to lure them out.
• Blood Fiend Son and Black Robe watched Jiang Donghua from hiding, and Blood Fiend Son considered recruiting him into the Blood Demon Sect as a shield, threatening to kill him if he interfered or learned the truth.

Jiang Donghua told Mo Xuan that he felt watched, and Mo Xuan warned him that someone might be using him as a scapegoat. Mo Xuan and Bing Hong uncovered signs of a wider Blood Demon Sect infiltration and suspected the real Blood Fiend Son had entered Jia Nan Academy’s upper ranks.

• Jiang Donghua told Mo Xuan that he felt watched and described Lin Yue’s questions about the Disciplinary Hall.
• Mo Xuan gave Jiang Donghua a Soul Protection Jade and told him to avoid acting alone or revealing information to Lin Yue.
• Blood Fiend Son ordered Lin Yue to proceed with the plan to use Jiang Donghua as a smokescreen and kill Mo Xuan if he interfered.
• Mo Xuan confronted Bing Hong about Lin Yue, and she showed him records of Lin Yue’s suspicious behavior and other abnormal disciples.
• Bing Hong revealed that the Blood Demon Sect’s infiltration was extensive and suspected the real Blood Fiend Son had infiltrated Jia Nan Academy’s upper ranks.

Mo Xuan and Bing Hong suspected Blood Fiend Son had infiltrated the academy by devouring an elder and stealing their memories, so they planned to use Jiang Donghua as bait. Mo Xuan gave Jiang Donghua the Bloodfang Blade and then privately discussed the investigation with him, but Jiang Donghua guessed that Mo Xuan’s suspicions had advanced.

• Bing Hong warned Mo Xuan that Blood Fiend Son could impersonate an elder using the Blood Demon Sect’s Soul Devouring Spirit Stealing art.
• Mo Xuan and Bing Hong agreed to investigate the elders carefully and use Jiang Donghua as bait to draw Blood Fiend Son out.
• Mo Xuan decided Jiang Donghua needed protection and brought him the Bloodfang Blade, forged from a Tier 5 Demonic Beast.
• Jiang Donghua eagerly accepted the blade and teased Mo Xuan about giving him such a valuable gift.
• Mo Xuan took Jiang Donghua to a soundproof room, where Jiang Donghua guessed the academy had rewarded Mo Xuan for his suspicions.
• Mo Xuan told Jiang Donghua that suspicion without conclusive evidence was not enough to earn a reward.

Jiang Donghua learned that Mo Xuan had helped secure his acceptance and gave him the Bloodfang Blade, then received a Profound-tier High Grade body-tempering technique in exchange for spying on Lin Yue. He suspected Lin Yue had hidden knowledge and baited him into arranging a meeting, leaving Jiang Donghua prepared to investigate him.

• Mo Xuan told Jiang Donghua that academy experts had secretly examined him and warned him to keep a low profile while carrying the Bloodfang Blade.
• Mo Xuan gave Jiang Donghua the Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Technique and asked him to gather information if Lin Yue approached him again.
• Jiang Donghua suspected Lin Yue after realizing he had known about the Law Enforcement Department's investigation, and he worried about the Blood Demon Sect's infiltration.
• Jiang Donghua demonstrated his alchemy skills to apprentices, hoping to make himself seem valuable enough to attract Lin Yue.
• Lin Yue invited Jiang Donghua to discuss an Ancient Pill Recipe at his residence, and Jiang Donghua agreed to meet him that night in the eastern district's small bamboo grove courtyard.

Jiang Donghua met Lin Yue in the bamboo grove, where Lin Yue exposed himself as a Blood Demon Sect agent and attacked him. Mo Xuan intervened after the fight destroyed the grove, and Lin Yue died in a self-detonation; Mo Xuan kept some Blood Fiend Qi to pursue the sect, while Jiang Donghua was ordered to return to cultivation.

• Jiang Donghua went to meet Lin Yue, protected by Mo Xuan’s Mystic Turtle Spirit Armor and carrying a Soul Jade Token.
• Lin Yue tried to ensnare Jiang Donghua with a pill recipe and Blood Fiend Incense, then accused him of being connected to the Blood Demon Sect and attacked.
• Jiang Donghua resisted Lin Yue’s techniques, but Lin Yue transformed and raised his strength to Dou Ling Peak, wrecking the dormitory and bamboo grove.
• Mo Xuan arrived, shattered Lin Yue’s attack, and struck him down.
• Lin Yue detonated himself, but Mo Xuan shielded Jiang Donghua and collected the remaining Blood Fiend Qi for the investigation.
• Mo Xuan told Jiang Donghua to return to the Alchemy Department and master the Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Technique.

After killing Lin Yue, Jiang Donghua returned to the Alchemy Department while Jia Nan Academy’s leaders reacted to the Blood Demon Sect’s presence. Mo Xuan, Lei Tian, and Tie Xing traced evidence toward a hidden enemy location, and the Outer Court erupted as the academy’s experts mobilized.

• Jiang Donghua looted Lin Yue’s Storage Rings, burned his corpse, and hurried back to the Alchemy Department after sensing he might be watched.
• Jiang Donghua warned the Alchemy Department disciples to be careful, then took refuge in Mo Xuan’s alchemy chamber and examined the rings.
• Tie Xing ordered the academy sealed while Lei Tian rushed toward the battle site after sensing a Dou Wang fluctuation.
• Lei Tian and Tie Xing tracked Mo Xuan’s aura and confronted him, where Mo Xuan showed them a Blood Demon Sect Soul Imprint and evidence left by the attacker who had targeted his disciple.
• Tie Xing used the bloodstained cloth to trace a blood-red thread toward a location within the academy, and Lei Tian led the group to investigate despite Tie Xing’s warning that it might be a trap.
• The Outer Court panicked as Lei Tian and Tie Xing flew into action, and Dou Wang Enforcement Elders followed them into the sky.

Lei Tian and Tie Xing attacked Blood Fiend Son’s hideout in Jia Nan Academy, killed his Black Robe subordinates, and pursued him when he fled. They stopped his desperate counterattack, and Lei Tian killed him, leaving the academy’s threat from Blood Demon Sect without an interrogation.

• Lei Tian killed one Black Robe and Tie Xing tortured another for information, but the survivors knew little about Blood Fiend Son’s plans.
• Blood Fiend Son used the Blood Escape Great Method to flee his secret room after realizing his subordinates had been defeated.
• Lei Tian pursued Blood Fiend Son while Tie Xing trapped him with the Shadow Heavenly Net, and Blood Fiend Son sacrificed blood essence to escape the chains.
• Lei Tian vaporized much of Blood Fiend Son’s blood-mist form with Thunder God’s Spear, leaving him badly weakened.
• Blood Fiend Son launched a destructive blood wave, but Tie Xing restrained it with the Shadow Seal Demon Imprint.
• Lei Tian punched through Blood Fiend Son’s chest and reduced him to ashes.

After killing Blood Fiend Son, Tie Xing warned Lei Tian that the Blood Demon Sect could still be infiltrating Jia Nan Academy. While sorting the spoils, Jiang Donghua discovered that Yan Feng had been replaced by a Blood Puppet months earlier, then faced a returning Elder Mo Xuan he could not be sure was real.

• Tie Xing cautioned Lei Tian that the Blood Demon Sect might retaliate or already have agents inside Jia Nan Academy, but Lei Tian dismissed the threat.
• Jiang Donghua searched Blood Fiend Son's Storage Rings, kept suspicious pills and sect tokens aside, and took the ordinary pills, medicinal herbs, and formulas.
• Jiang Donghua read that Yan Feng had been replaced by a Blood Puppet seven months earlier and recognized the battle techniques and cultivation art Yan Feng had given him.
• Elder Mo Xuan entered the alchemy room and called for Jiang Donghua, who suspected the visitor might be a Blood Puppet and cautiously questioned him.

Jiang Donghua found a list identifying hundreds of Blood Demon Sect Blood Puppets in Jia Nan Academy, and Elder Mo Xuan organized a covert investigation with Lei Tian and Tie Xing. Their arrests exposed a self-destruction safeguard among the infiltrators, and the academy ordered all students to undergo identity checks after dawn.

• Jiang Donghua showed Elder Mo Xuan a book listing two or three hundred people replaced by the Blood Demon Sect, and Mo Xuan sealed the chamber and began coordinating a response.
• Elder Mo Xuan gave Tie Xing and Lei Tian the list, and they agreed to investigate suspects secretly rather than risk harming innocents.
• Lei Tian and Tie Xing captured Blood Puppets in the dormitories and had their Battle Qi crippled, but captured infiltrators began self-destructing through hidden restrictions.
• The fighting continued through the night as students feared the spies among them, and an Enforcement Team member ordered everyone to gather at the plaza after dawn for an identity investigation.

At Old Yan's funeral, Jia Nan Academy mourned those exposed as Blood Demon Sect Blood Puppets, and Lei Tian restrained the students from seeking reckless revenge. Jiang Donghua vowed to avenge Yan Feng, then reunited with Liu Mingyu and Liu Yuting before they parted to pursue their own cultivation.

• Jiang Donghua mourned Yan Feng at the Heroes' Mausoleum and remembered how his mentor had protected him on the journey to Jia Nan Academy.
• Students gathered in the academy plaza to grieve for mentors and friends revealed as Blood Demon Sect Blood Puppets, and many demanded revenge.
• Lei Tian warned the students that the Blood Demon Sect had a Peak Dou Zong powerhouse and urged them to grow stronger before seeking revenge.
• Jiang Donghua vowed to avenge Yan Feng by killing a Blood Demon Sect elder when he became strong enough.
• Jiang Donghua reunited with Liu Mingyu and Liu Yuting, who thanked him for helping them gain respect and resources but said they wanted to rely on themselves.
• Jiang Donghua offered the siblings help if they faced trouble, and the three parted ways.

Jiang Donghua received access to Lei Tian’s Earth-tier Intermediate Movement Dou Technique, Lightning Shadow Step, as a reward for finding the Blood Puppet list. After the technique’s lightning seal injured him during his first attempt to study it, he entered it into the AFK System and focused on advancing his cultivation first.

• Elder Mo Xuan told Jiang Donghua that the academy would keep his discovery of the Blood Puppet list secret to protect him, though it would still reward him.
• Lei Tian offered Jiang Donghua a reward, and Jiang Donghua requested the Earth-tier Movement Technique Lei Tian had used.
• Lei Tian tested Jiang Donghua’s reflexes with a lightning bolt, then agreed to lend him Lightning Shadow Step for three days under strict conditions.
• Elder Mo Xuan admitted that he had personally pressured academy elders to obtain the Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Technique for Jiang Donghua.
• Jiang Donghua opened the Lightning Shadow Step scroll and learned its three realms and Thunder Body Tempering effect, but the technique’s lightning backlash made him bleed.
• Jiang Donghua entered Lightning Shadow Step into the AFK System and decided to advance to Da Dou Shi before cultivating it.

Jiang Donghua told Lei Tian he had only begun to comprehend Lightning Shadow Step, and Lei Tian reclaimed the technique scroll. In Blood Demon City, Protector Liu persuaded Old Ghost Blood Demon to join a plot to unleash Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame, and they agreed to proceed.

• Jiang Donghua told Lei Tian that he had barely grasped the first level of Lightning Shadow Step, and Lei Tian took back the scroll.
• Old Ghost Blood Demon killed two of his subordinates for failing to find the Heavenly Flame and grew furious that Blood Fiend Son had returned empty-handed.
• Protector Liu offered Old Ghost Blood Demon a jade slip to suppress his blood qi and promised that the Heavenly Flame could help him reach the Dou Zun realm.
• Protector Liu showed Old Ghost Blood Demon the sealed Heavenly Flame beneath Jia Nan Academy and proposed detonating it to attack the academy.
• Protector Liu revealed that two five-star Dou Zun Soul Hall Heavenly Venerables would assist, and Old Ghost Blood Demon agreed to the plan.

Old Ghost Blood Demon agreed to Soul Hall’s plan to attack Jia Nan Academy in three days, hoping to seize its Heavenly Flames and escape the fatal flaws of his cultivation. Meanwhile, Jiang Donghua discovered that records did not mention Yao Chen, then offered to demonstrate pill refining to the Alchemy Department disciples.

• Protector Liu assured Old Ghost Blood Demon that Mang Tianchi had been absent from Jia Nan Academy for ten years, and Old Ghost Blood Demon ordered the Blood Demon Sect to gather for an attack in three days.
• Old Ghost Blood Demon killed an elder who objected and revealed that he needed Heavenly Flames or a Dou Zun magical beast’s Life Fire to refine his bloodline and survive.
• Jiang Donghua found no mention of Yao Chen in the Pill Tower Competition Records, and Elder Mo Xuan insisted that no Venerable Yao had ever been famous in the Central Plains.
• Jiang Donghua wondered whether Yao Chen was not as old as he had assumed, then dismissed the discrepancy and left to finish his Mystic Spirit Pills.
• Jiang Donghua advised an alchemy apprentice and invited the disciples to observe him refining three Mystic Spirit Pills, bringing out his Earth Spirit Cauldron.