Recaps

Lin Ming advanced through cultivation and alchemy while preparing to attend Jia Nan Academy, then entered the Monster Mountain Range to train. After joining Shi Shanshan in taking a Scaled Beast cub from the Pei Family, he named it Yin Lin and disappeared into the forest as Pei Xiong sought revenge.

• Lin Ming chose Explosive Thunder Fist and the Startling Swan Saber Technique, trained with them, and reached Dou Qi Stage Seven before impressing the Mittel Family at its annual meeting.
• Lin Ming rejected offers from the Royal Family and Misty Cloud Sect, chose Jia Nan Academy, and studied pharmacology and alchemy under Master Toso.
• Lin Ming reached Dou Zhe, adopted the Green Wood Blazing Sun Technique, refined an Ice Heart Pill, and absorbed the Flame Gold Flame to become a Second-Grade Alchemist.
• Lin Ming received a Thousand Illusions Mask and headed to the Monster Mountain Range, where he reached Nine Star Dou Practitioner and learned Star-Stepping Steps while fighting magical beasts.
• Lin Ming reached Peak Nine-Star Dou Practitioner, escaped a Harmonious Ape attack, and encountered Shi Shanshan after killing Pei Lang.
• Lin Ming and Shi Shanshan took a Scaled Beast cub from Pei Feng and cared for it while Pei Xiong prepared to seek revenge.
• Lin Ming named the cub Yin Lin, told Shi Shanshan to return home, and disappeared into the forest.

Lin Ming left the Monster Mountain Range, entered Jia Nan Academy, and established himself as a powerful student and gifted Alchemist. After advancing his cultivation and winning the Crimson Flow Gold Cauldron at auction, he recognized an Earth Heart Fire Stone among the final lots.

• Lin Ming killed Pei Xiong, helped Shi Shanshan’s family take over the Pei Family Mercenary Group, and focused on breaking through to Dou Master.
• Lin Ming refined Speed Qi Liquid, advanced to Dou Master, and left the Monster Mountain Range with Yin Lin before returning to the Mittel Family estate.
• Lin Ming learned the Blazing Sun Heavenly Saber and Mountain Rushing Flood Fist, then joined Jia Nan Academy as a Two-Star Dou Master and became Black Tier Class One’s leader.
• Lin Ming led Black Tier Class One to first place in the freshmen’s Monthly Competition and defeated Lin Xiuyai in a spar.
• Lin Ming proved his skill in pill refinement to Elder Huo, became the youngest Third-Grade Alchemist at Jia Nan Academy, and sold the Liquid Energy Pill formula to the academy.
• Lin Ming refined a Liquid Energy Pill, advanced to Four-Star Dou Master, and attended the Earth Tier Auction with Han Yue.
• Lin Ming bought a half Black Token and won the Crimson Flow Gold Cauldron for one million Gold Coins.
• Lin Ming recognized the auction’s Earth Heart Fire Stone as an item connected to Heavenly Flames.

Lin Ming advanced as an alchemist and fighter, joined an academy mission through the Black Corner Region, and acquired a map fragment and the Purple Crystal Wings. He returned to Jia Nan Academy as a 4th Grade Alchemist, where Zi Yan seized his newly refined pill.

• Lin Ming collected his auction winnings, tested the Crimson Flow Gold Cauldron, and accepted Elder Huo’s challenge to become a 4th Grade Alchemist within a year in exchange for the Earth Heart Fire Stone.
• Lin Ming spent months refining pills and cultivating, then placed among the ten arena champions at the Year-End Grand Competition after defeating Zuo Rulong.
• Lin Ming joined Chen Yuanlong’s mission to inspect an academy mine, where the group uncovered a shortage of reserves and suspected Steward Song’s rapid advancement was connected to the mine.
• At the Black Seal Auction, Lin Ming bought a Pure Lotus Demonic Flame Fragment Map piece and arranged for Chen Yuanlong to win the Purple Crystal Wings scroll.
• Lin Ming overcame the Purple Crystal Winged Lion’s remnant soul and refined the Purple Crystal Wings, gaining flight and strengthening his Spiritual Strength.
• The Cui Brothers ambushed Lin Ming’s group, and Lin Ming killed Cui Jian with his Blazing Sun Slash, but Cui Qiang escaped with his brother’s corpse.
• Back at Jia Nan Academy, Lin Ming studied Elder Huo’s Fire Cleansing Pill formula and successfully refined the pill, becoming a 4th Grade Alchemist.
• Zi Yan snatched Lin Ming’s Fire Cleansing Pill and demanded more pills from Elder Huo in exchange for forgiving him for taking her medicinal materials.

Lin Ming advanced his cultivation, won first place in the selection tournament, and claimed the Purple Lightning Radiant Body Technique from the Library Pavilion. After his Flame Gold Flame absorbed the Earth Heart Fire Stone and he reached Two Star Dou Grandmaster, he left for the secret Inner Academy with the other selected students.

• Lin Ming improved his alchemy and cultivation, reached Nine Star Dou Shi, then absorbed the Earth Heart Fire Stone and advanced to One Star Dou Grandmaster.
• Lin Ming defeated his opponents in the selection tournament and took first place among the fifty students entering the Inner Academy.
• Lin Ming entered the Library Pavilion with the other four finalists and obtained the Purple Lightning Radiant Body Technique after enduring its electric barrier.
• Lin Ming began cultivating the lightning-based technique, and Elder Huo gave him a Lightning Resistance Pill formula to help with future training.
• The Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire awakened, absorbed energy from Lin Ming, and helped him advance to Two Star Dou Grandmaster.
• Lin Ming boarded a Griffon Beast with the other top-ranked students, and Vice Dean Hu Gan led the selected students through a spatial gate into the Inner Academy.