Recaps

Lin Ming settled into the Inner Academy, strengthening his cultivation through the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, lightning training, and alchemy. After Xu Shilin graduated and left, Lin Ming joined Zi Yan in seeking the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s treasure and uncovered Earth Heart Body Tempering Milk.

• Lin Ming evaded the Old Students during the Fire Energy Hunt, reached the Inner Academy, and joined Xu Shilin’s Medicine Gang.
• Lin Ming cultivated with the Heart Flame in the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, refining it into stronger Dou Qi while managing the Fire Poison.
• Lin Ming refined pills for the Medicine Gang and Zi Yan, trained beneath thunderclouds with the Purple Lightning Radiant Body Technique, and advanced his cultivation.
• Lin Ming refined a Purple Heart Barrier Breaking Pill and spent the next year cultivating until he reached Nine-star Dou Grandmaster.
• Lin Ming and Xu Shilin competed to refine the Tier 5 Instant Qi Pill, then Xu Shilin graduated and left Jia Nan Academy after the gang named Lin Ming its next leader.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan lured the Snow Demon Sky Ape away from its cave, waited for its Berserk Bloodline to fade, and entered its lair.
• Lin Ming explored an underground cavern and collected genuine Earth Heart Body Tempering Milk from inside a stalactite.

Lin Ming advanced to Dou Ling, defeated Lei Qian, and joined Zi Yan and the Snow Demon Sky Ape in claiming the Azure Blood Divine Marrow. After sending gifts to Ya Fei, he reached Nine Star Dou Spirit and entered the Strong Ranking Tournament, where his match against Lei Qian was drawn and Zi Yan won her opening bout.

• Lin Ming absorbed the Earth Heart Body Tempering Milk, completed the second layer of the Chaos Spirit Five Elements Art, and advanced to One-Star Dou Spirit with a body as strong as a Tier 4 Magical Beast.
• Lin Ming defeated Xu Ke on the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower’s fifth floor, then beat Lei Qian in the Arena and earned thirtieth place on the Strong Ranking.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan found the Iron Blood Violent Bear King guarding the Azure Blood Divine Marrow and recruited the Snow Demon Sky Ape to help fight it.
• Lin Ming, Zi Yan, and the Snow Demon Sky Ape defeated the Iron Blood Violent Bear King, divided the Azure Blood Divine Marrow, and returned to the academy.
• Lin Ming sent Ya Fei a marrow pendant and diluted Earth Heart Body Tempering Milk through Tang Xi, then advanced to Nine Star Dou Spirit while the Snow Demon Sky Ape guarded him.
• Lin Ming led the Medicine Gang to the Strong Ranking Tournament, where Su Qian began the opponent draw and paired Lin Ming with Lei Qian.
• Zi Yan drew the first match and knocked her Seven-Star Dou Spirit opponent unconscious with one punch.

Lin Ming won the Strong Ranking Tournament, completed Heart Flame Body Tempering, and prepared to leave Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan. After passing Elder Huo’s graduation assessment, Lin Ming departed, while the Mittel Family discussed his absence and letters to Ya Fei.

• Lin Ming defeated Lei Qian, advanced through the tournament, and beat Bai Wei in the second round.
• Lin Ming reached the top ten, then challenged Jin Feng and Shao Qing together and won the match, earning second place in the Strong Ranking.
• Lin Ming refined pills for several days and selected a successor contest for the Medicine Gang before joining the top ten at the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Lin Ming and four other students endured the Origin Heart Flame body tempering, while five students failed and were rescued.
• Lin Ming awakened stronger as a Nine Star Dou Spirit, and he agreed to face Jin Feng and Shao Qing again at the next Strong Ranking Tournament.
• Zi Yan told Great Elder Su Qian she would leave the academy with Lin Ming, and Su Qian accepted her decision.
• Elder Huo gave Lin Ming the Crystal Vein Pill formula as his graduation assessment, and Lin Ming passed by refining the pill.
• Lin Ming kowtowed to Elder Huo and left with Zi Yan, while Mite'er Tengshan, Elder Liu, and Master Toso discussed Lin Ming and his letters to Ya Fei.

Lin Ming returned to the Mittel Family, helped prepare for Zi Yan’s breakthrough, and refined Spirit Dou Pills before seeking a Heavenly Flame in the Tagor Desert. He reunited with Hai Bodong and set out for the area near Stone Desert City.

• Lin Ming and Zi Yan attended Black Emperor City’s auction, where Lin Ming bought Spirit Absorption and then left the Black Corner Region with Zi Yan.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan fought three Dou Spirit brothers, found a Thousand Spirit Fruit, and killed the Variegated Tiger King that had guarded it.
• Lin Ming returned to the Mittel Family and told Mittel Tengshan, Grandpa Liu, and Master Toso about his cultivation, his alchemy, and Yun Shan’s dangerous breakthrough.
• Nalan Yanran annulled her engagement to Xiao Yan, who vowed to challenge the Misty Cloud Sect in three years.
• Zi Yan entered a concealed formation to begin her long transformation, while Lin Ming guarded her and then left to pursue his own plans.
• Lin Ming refined five Spirit Dou Pills with Master Toso’s help and obtained ice-attributed treasures from Grandpa Liu before traveling to the Tagor Desert.
• Lin Ming found the Pure Lotus Demonic Flame Fragment Map in Hai Bodong’s shop, fought Hai Bodong, and revealed that he was Lin Long’s son and Lin Hao’s grandson.
• Hai Bodong gave Lin Ming a map marking three possible Heavenly Flame locations, and Lin Ming headed east toward Stone Desert City to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame and Qing Lin.