Recaps

After Bronze City began rebuilding, Lu Yuan left for the northern Knight Academy, stopping to help Black Well Town defeat a Heat Eater. He reached Snow Owl City, where the Night Watchers supplied him with warm gear and rare materials before his academy recruitment assembly.

• Klaus arranged for Lu Yuan to travel to the Knight Academy, while Lu Yuan checked on Leike, learned of the Old Dean’s recovery, and helped Agnes enter the Forbidden Society.
• Lu Yuan said farewell to Bronze City’s Night Watchers and departed with Blue Knight after Leike’s insect body stirred beneath The Tree.
• During the journey north, Blue Knight explained the Knight Academy’s origins and entrance test, while Oden warned Lu Yuan about its possible links to the Four Knights Society and a Taboo.
• In Black Well Town, Lu Yuan identified a Heat Eater in the mine and drew it out with a great fire, allowing Blue Knight to kill it.
• Lu Yuan continued north with Blue Knight and reached Snow Owl City, where Blue Knight left him to wait for the Knight Academy assembly.
• At the Snow Owl City Night Watcher branch, Captain Norbert confirmed Laurina Caster was safe and helped Lu Yuan exchange points for protective clothing, Eerie materials, and rare supplies.
• Lu Yuan spent points on Fire-veined Stone and other special materials, collected his currency and badge, and arranged for his purchases to be delivered to the Knight Academy’s temporary branch.

Lu Yuan reached the Knight Academy, where the four statues rejected him as a heretic even as he passed the first test. He entered the academy after the combat matches and began planning his studies while considering how to develop his abilities and Time Bestower.

• Lu Yuan awakened his garment with the Inscription Array, learned about the Knight Academy’s recruitment trials, and traveled with the other candidates from Snow Owl City.
• At the academy, Lu Yuan recited the Four Oaths and ignited Peace, Abundance, and Life, but Health declared him a heretic and ended his test.
• The academy named Lu Yuan and six other candidates as first-round successes, and the Astrologer Grand Knight Commander chose Eli as his prophesied student and ordered him to fight Lu Yuan.
• Blue Knight advised Lu Yuan to lose his match, and Lu Yuan fought Eli with Time Bestower, firearms, and his strength before pretending to collapse so Eli could win.
• Lia used an inscribed emblem to borrow the Blue Knight’s power against Leon, but Leon defeated her with his freezing ability and blazing sun.
• Blanca defeated Roland with the Desolate Horn, and she later told Lu Yuan that he had not shown his full strength.
• Blue Knight gave the students course recommendations, and Lu Yuan chose subjects to improve his body, sanity, languages, alchemy, and knowledge of Eerie beings while considering asking Rock Grand Knight Commander about Time Bestower.

Lu Yuan joined the Knight Academy, developed his skills, and intervened when a student’s Pathway ran out of control. As unrest spread across the Northern Territory, Oden urged him to build an organization, and Lu Yuan went to Abundance Tower to acquire materials.

• Lu Yuan turned Stonefire Bug Hide into Fire Talismans, a gauntlet, and a storage pouch, then agreed to make Blanca a Dust-Cleansing Sachet in return for Knight Tokens.
• At the Knight Academy, Lu Yuan began Knight Body Technique training and learned that his Peace, Abundance, and Life affinities were strong while his Health affinity test failed.
• Lu Yuan made Blanca a Dust-Cleansing Sachet and gained Eerie Inscription Affinity by using one himself.
• When a Frost Embracer’s Pathway ran out of control, Lu Yuan used his Stonefire Gauntlet and Time Bestower to subdue him and calm the rampage.
• Lu Yuan attended lessons on Sanity Management and Restraint, where the Lantern Knight explained the risks of Sanity fluctuations and Pathway backlash, while Oden warned that sudden Sanity surges could be fatal.
• Lu Yuan entered the Library, gained the Stargazer passive from Eli’s star chart, and learned that Withered City was under attack amid rising activity from the Visarion Empire and suspected smuggling in the Northern Territory.
• Oden warned Lu Yuan that imperial conflict could bring death, Eerie entities, Contamination, and heretics, then advised him to build an organization around his abilities.
• Lu Yuan went to Abundance Tower to browse materials for destructive Eerie items, and Oden urged him to buy Frostberries.

Lu Yuan prepared for the Northern Territory’s growing crisis while gathering materials, studying ancient languages, and earning his Intermediate Potion Master certification. The stretch leaves him beginning the Intermediate Inscription Studies exam with Oden choosing materials for his creation.

• Lu Yuan explored Abundance Tower’s supplies, learned about Dragonblood Resin and a powerful potion from Oden, and spent Knight Tokens on ingredients before discovering the academy’s paid-task hall.
• Lu Yuan registered for Pharmacology and Inscription Studies certifications, then joined Blanca, Leon, and Harvey as Blanca warned that smugglers and evacuations could bring dangerous missions to the Northern Territory.
• Lu Yuan practiced Four Breaths, attended lessons on Eerie creatures and ancient languages, and used the Gray-White Text to read the story of the knight Aldrich’s tomb.
• Lu Yuan took the Intermediate Pharmacology exam and, with Oden controlling his left hand, made a Calming Potion, a Greater Flame Potion, and a Bloodthirst Potion.
• The String Knight approved Lu Yuan’s Intermediate Potion Master certification, and Lu Yuan asked to study Ancient Music Theory with him.
• Lu Yuan began the Intermediate Inscription Studies exam, and Oden selected Copper Crystal Ore, a creature’s core, a pair of eyes, and Glow Moss Spore Powder for his work.