Recaps

Zhao Nan, a transmigrator in the Coiling Dragon World, used his newly awakened Teacher System to prepare to recruit Linley as his disciple. He watched Linley continue training in Wushan Town while considering his plans.

• Zhao Nan watched the young boys train outside Wushan Town and noted Linley's strong will.
• Zhao Nan recalled that he had been reborn in the Yulan Continent eighteen years before the events he knew, with exceptional affinity for wind magic and unusual mental strength.
• Zhao Nan's Teacher System awakened on his eighteenth birthday, allowing him to share the talents and cultivation experience of disciples who met its requirements.
• Zhao Nan received a Level Seven Mage strength card, a Level Seven Warrior strength card, and evolving equipment, then reached Level Seven.
• Zhao Nan left the Ernst Institute to seek Linley as a disciple, and watched as the other children rested while Linley kept training.

Zhao Nan convinced Hogg Baruch to let him take Linley Baruch as his disciple and began teaching the boy magic. He demonstrated his power against a group of Sawtooth Boars and left Linley to inspect the fallen beasts with a weapon.

• Zhao Nan told Hogg Baruch he was an eighteen-year-old Level Seven Mage and Warrior and asked to take Linley as his disciple.
• Hogg agreed, and Linley accepted Zhao Nan as his teacher; the system then listed Linley as Zhao Nan’s fully shared SSS Rank disciple.
• Zhao Nan agreed to stay at the Baruch residence and took Linley out to demonstrate magic.
• Zhao Nan found a group of Sawtooth Boars and killed them with a volley of Wind Blades while Linley watched.
• Zhao Nan gave Linley a weapon and instructed him to search the boars for Magic Cores or bring home their meat.

Zhao Nan shared Linley’s elemental talents and discovered that the system could accelerate his disciples’ cultivation. After returning to Wushan Town with Linley, Zhao Nan spoke with Hogg about the Four Ultimate Warriors, hoping to influence the events that would shape Linley’s future.

• Zhao Nan shared Linley’s Supreme Wind and Earth talents and Medium Fire talent, strengthening his own Wind Element talent and unlocking Level One Acceleration.
• Zhao Nan explained that the system could accelerate a disciple’s comprehension and cultivation while he taught them.
• Zhao Nan harvested three Level Three Magic Cores from the Sawtooth Boars, gave them to Linley for Hogg, and brought a beast corpse back to Wushan Town.
• Linley gave the Magic Cores to Hogg, then played with his younger brother Wharton while Zhao Nan and Hogg watched.
• Zhao Nan and Hogg discussed the history and culture of the Yulan Continent, and Zhao Nan steered their conversation toward the Four Ultimate Warriors.

Zhao Nan told Hogg that Blue Heart Grass could make drinking live dragon blood safer and awaken the Baruch bloodline. Hogg realized the missing parts of his family’s Dragonblood Secret Codex may have contained this method and thanked Zhao Nan.

• Hogg told Zhao Nan about the Baruch Clan and lamented that he could not awaken its bloodline.
• Zhao Nan asked whether the family records described a way to awaken the bloodline without relying on a method Hogg knew.
• Hogg eagerly asked Zhao Nan to explain how to awaken the bloodline himself.
• Zhao Nan said Blue Heart Grass could reduce dragon blood’s violence and claimed he had found the information in the Ernst Institute’s records.
• Hogg remembered that parts of the Dragonblood Secret Codex were missing and concluded they may have described awakening the bloodline with live dragon blood.
• Hogg bowed deeply to Zhao Nan in gratitude.

Zhao Nan trained Linley in both warrior and mage disciplines for half a year, then returned to the Ernst Institute. Back at the institute, Zhao Nan considered finding more disciples and decided he could not rely on Linley’s eventual transcendence alone.

• Zhao Nan taught Linley the Yunqi Style, guided him through meditation, and explained magic, battle qi, magical beasts, and herbs.
• After half a year, Linley had become a first-level warrior and a first-level mage, and Zhao Nan said goodbye to Linley and Hogg, promising to return in a year.
• Zhao Nan returned to the Ernst Institute and reunited with his dormmate As, who planned a meal with their other roommates that evening.
• Zhao Nan considered his Teacher System and concluded that he needed to rely on himself rather than assume Linley would safely transcend.

Zhao Nan considered how to cultivate spiritual power for himself and his future disciples, then realized he could use spiritual power to draw images inside his Consciousness Sea. He began testing the method by sketching with his spiritual power.

• Zhao Nan planned to focus on wind magic and considered developing a spiritual-power cultivation method beyond the earth-mage-only Flat Blade Style carving.
• Zhao Nan reasoned that activities like writing and painting could strengthen spiritual power through repeated expenditure and replenishment when a person became fully immersed.
• Zhao Nan realized he could use spiritual power as pen and ink to draw within his Consciousness Sea, much like a Visualization Technique.
• Zhao Nan closed his eyes and began sketching images inside his Consciousness Sea with spiritual power.

Zhao Nan developed a mental-energy training method by visualizing Magical Beasts and discovered that an Earth-aligned Saint-level beast greatly strengthened him. He set himself the goal of reaching Level Nine within two years so he could protect Linley from danger.

• Zhao Nan tested visualizing powerful Magical Beasts and found his mental energy increased after it recovered from faster depletion.
• Zhao Nan shared stories about the Magical Beast Mountain Range with his roommates, who left the next day to gain experience there.
• Zhao Nan repeated his experiments and guessed that visualizing a Saint-level Magical Beast stirred its Laws' Profound Mysteries.
• Zhao Nan asked an institute mentor to show him three Saint-level Magical Beasts, then found that visualizing the Earth-aligned beast increased his mental energy far more than the Water- or Thunder-aligned ones.
• Zhao Nan decided to reach Level Nine within two years so he could protect Linley from possible danger.

Zhao Nan reached eighth-rank magic after five months of cultivation and decided to return to Wushan Town to teach Linley the Visualization Technique. He left the Ernst Institute on an expedition rather than graduating, planning to strengthen himself before helping Linley awaken his Dragonblood Warrior bloodline.

• Zhao Nan checked his status panel and confirmed that he had become an eighth-rank magus and a seventh-rank warrior.
• Zhao Nan checked Linley’s progress and saw that he had reached second-rank magic while remaining a first-rank warrior.
• Zhao Nan decided to teach Linley the Visualization Technique first and postpone seeking dragon blood until he was stronger and Linley was older.
• Zhao Nan invited his three roommates to a meal at Bishui Paradise, then applied to the Ernst Institute for permission to go on an expedition.
• Zhao Nan chose to stay away from graduation and public recognition so he could build his strength and search the institute for promising disciples.

Zhao Nan returned to Wushan Town and assessed Linley’s progress, teaching him combat and magic techniques and explaining cultivation fundamentals. After three days of lessons, Zhao Nan taught Linley his Visualization Technique and stayed to see how he practiced it.

• Zhao Nan traveled from the Ernst Institute to Wushan Town and reunited with Linley, who had reached first-level mage and warrior but had not awakened his Dragonblood Warrior bloodline.
• Zhao Nan reassured Linley that he knew how to help awaken the bloodline when Linley was older and stronger, then joined Hogg for a meal.
• Zhao Nan took Linley to the hills, assessed his physical condition, and taught him a fist technique.
• Linley demonstrated Wind Blade, Earth Spike, and Fireball, and Zhao Nan explained magic fundamentals and ways to improve spellcasting.
• Zhao Nan taught Linley cultivation knowledge for three days, introduced his Visualization Technique, and stayed to observe Linley’s practice.

Zhao Nan taught Linley the Visualization Technique, and Linley’s first attempt left him exhausted. The next morning, Linley successfully outlined a stool in his Consciousness Sea, and Zhao Nan confirmed that his soul force had grown stronger.

• Zhao Nan guided Linley’s soul force as he tried to outline a stool in his Consciousness Sea, but Linley’s sea hummed and he developed a painful expression.
• Zhao Nan withdrew his soul force, and Linley said he felt exhausted before falling asleep.
• Zhao Nan reassured Hogg that Linley was safe, then kept watch over Linley through the night.
• The next morning, Linley told Zhao Nan he felt better and could control his soul force on his own.
• Linley outlined a stool in his Consciousness Sea, and Zhao Nan noticed his soul force had become more condensed before confirming the technique worked.

Linley successfully learned Zhao Nan’s Visualization Technique, and Zhao Nan realized it affected his disciples differently than it affected him. After leaving Wushan Town, Zhao Nan set out to find the other Four Ultimate Warriors and take them as disciples so he could share in their awakened bloodline talents.

• Linley mastered the Visualization Technique and thanked Zhao Nan for teaching him.
• Zhao Nan examined Linley’s Consciousness Sea and found that the technique increased Linley’s mental power rather than his soul power.
• Zhao Nan considered why the Visualization Technique worked differently for other practitioners, then decided to wait until Linley grew stronger to understand.
• After staying two more days to ensure Linley had no problems, Zhao Nan left Wushan Town.
• Zhao Nan resolved to seek out the other Four Ultimate Warriors and make them his disciples so he could share in their bloodline talents.

After studying the Four Ultimate Warrior Clans, Zhao Nan decided to seek out the Hyde family in the Hanmu Kingdom. He planned to travel with a merchant caravan rather than cross the vast continent alone.

• Zhao Nan reviewed the Four Ultimate Warriors, their clans, and the methods their ancestors had prepared to awaken their bloodlines.
• Zhao Nan recalled the tragic decline of the Baruch, Armand, and Boley clans and the Hyde family's survival through swordsmithing.
• Zhao Nan chose the Hyde family as his first destination because he knew where they lived.
• Zhao Nan set out for the Hanmu Kingdom and decided to find a merchant caravan to take him there.

Zhao Nan arranged to travel with a merchant caravan to the Hanmu Kingdom, meeting its leader, Roslet, before they set out. Given a comfortable carriage and time to cultivate, Zhao Nan resolved to protect the caravan on the journey.

• Zhao Nan asked a nobleman's steward to find him a caravan traveling to the Hanmu Kingdom.
• Five days later, Zhao Nan met Roslet, the sixth-level warrior leading the caravan.
• Roslet thought highly of Zhao Nan, an eighteen-year-old fifth-level mage, and gave him one of the caravan's best carriages.
• The caravan set out, and Zhao Nan cultivated during the journey while resolving to keep everyone safe.

Zhao Nan sensed a pack of more than three hundred Wind Wolves approaching the caravan and joined Roslet’s defense. He began the fight by using Earth magic to disrupt the wolves’ formation, but most of them dodged the attack.

• After a month of travel, Zhao Nan reached Level Nine as a mage while remaining Level Seven as a warrior.
• Zhao Nan sensed more than three hundred Wind Wolves closing in on the caravan, including some that might be Level Five or Level Six.
• Zhao Nan warned Roslet, who ordered the caravan to prepare for battle and asked Zhao Nan for help.
• Zhao Nan cast an Earth spell that sent enormous boulders crashing toward the Wind Wolves, killing or injuring some while most dodged.

Zhao Nan supported Roslet and the caravan fighters against a pack of Wind Wolves while investigating why one of his Wind Blades had suddenly become much stronger. He discovered that an unusually colored, faster blade could pierce the wolves’ defenses, but the cause remained unclear.

• Zhao Nan cast Haste on the warriors and Levitation on himself, then watched Roslet charge into the Wind Wolves.
• Zhao Nan fired first-level Wind Blades at the wolves’ waists, but most only scratched their hides.
• Zhao Nan sensed one Wind Blade cut a Wind Wolf in half and continued casting while searching for what made it different.
• Zhao Nan noticed a Wind Blade that wavered, flew faster, and appeared darker, then focused on it.
• The unusual Wind Blade sliced through a Wind Wolf’s defenses, leaving Zhao Nan without an explanation for its power.

Zhao Nan investigated why some of his Wind Blades could cut through Wind Wolves with extraordinary force. After testing their power and ruling out several Wind Law Profound Mysteries, he narrowed the possibilities to Wind Element and Wind Space.

• Zhao Nan summoned unusually powerful Wind Blades by increasing and compressing his magic power, then focused his spiritual power on the blades containing more Wind Element.
• Zhao Nan sent one unusual Wind Blade at a Level Five Wind Wolf fighting Roslet, and it cleaved the beast in two before nearly collapsing.
• Zhao Nan tested another unusual Wind Blade on a Level Four Wind Wolf while considering which Wind Law Profound Mystery gave it its power.
• Zhao Nan ruled out Sound, Clone Technique, Wind Movement Technique, Dimension, and fast and slow, leaving Wind Element and Wind Space as the remaining possibilities.

Zhao Nan comprehended the Wind Blade’s mysteries, became a Saint, and drove off the Wind Wolves attacking the caravan. He then resumed secluded cultivation to understand Wind Element and Wind Space and began trying to fuse their Profundities.

• Zhao Nan’s insight into the Wind Blade transformed his spiritual power into soul power, advancing him to Saint.
• Zhao Nan cut down many Wind Wolves with Wind Blades, and the survivors fled toward the woods.
• Roslet ordered the guards to tend their wounds and clear the battlefield without chasing the wolves.
• Zhao Nan returned to his carriage and told Roslet not to disturb him while he cultivated.
• Zhao Nan flew into the woods to practice Wind Blades, entered the Profundities of Wind Element and Wind Space, and began attempting to fuse them.

Zhao Nan made progress fusing the Wind Element and Wind Space Mysteries while cultivating in a mountain cave. After achieving an initial fusion, he decided to catch up with Roslet’s caravan to the Hanmu Kingdom and resolved not to follow Linley’s dangerous Path of Transcendence.

• Roslet’s caravan left for the Hanmu Kingdom without waiting for Zhao Nan.
• Zhao Nan spent several days studying how to fuse the Wind Element and Wind Space Mysteries, using his Wind Blades to guide his comprehension.
• Zhao Nan realized that Wind Element materialized attacks while Wind Space restrained and stabilized them.
• Zhao Nan accidentally achieved a sliver of fusion between the two Mysteries while handling a Wind Blade.
• Zhao Nan left the cave to catch up with Roslet and decided to avoid Linley’s Path of Transcendence because he could not accept the risks of Soul Mutation.

Zhao Nan reached Muhan City after traveling with Roslet’s caravan and set out for the Hyde Clan at Hyde Ridge. He arrived near the clan’s home, where several armed people stopped him.

• Zhao Nan checked his status panel, then flew toward the Hanmu Kingdom and caught up with Roslet’s caravan.
• Zhao Nan declined Roslet’s offer of Magic Cores and asked him to keep his strength and Earth magic secret.
• Zhao Nan practiced his Visualization Technique during the journey and found that it still worked, though less effectively than before.
• After two and a half months, the caravan reached Muhan City, and Zhao Nan learned the location of the Hyde Clan.
• Zhao Nan traveled by carriage toward Hyde Ridge, walked on after the road became blocked, and was stopped by several armed people.

Zhao Nan visited the Hyde Clan and offered to take one of its young members as his disciple. After Vincent Hyde welcomed him, Zhao Nan settled in while the clan gathered to discuss the offer.

• Zhao Nan impressed the guard captain with his Saint-level aura, and the captain escorted him to meet Vincent Hyde.
• Zhao Nan pressured the Hyde Clan members with his aura after they doubted he was an honored guest.
• Zhao Nan introduced himself to Vincent and said he wanted to choose a young Hyde Clan member as his disciple.
• Vincent welcomed Zhao Nan and invited him inside, while anticipating disputes within the clan over the chance to become Zhao Nan’s disciple.
• Zhao Nan accepted Vincent’s hospitality and began cultivating in his room as the Hyde Clan convened a meeting.

Vincent convened the Hyde Clan’s leaders to decide how to choose a disciple for Zhao Nan, while the clan’s branches argued over who would get a chance. Resting in his guest room, Zhao Nan reflected on his plan to pursue the innate divine abilities of divine beasts with the system’s help.

• Vincent asked the Hyde Clan’s leaders to discuss how to present potential disciples to Zhao Nan.
• Some clan members argued that all suitable children should be considered, while the main branch insisted that the clan first select its most promising juniors.
• The Hyde Clan’s branches continued arguing because each wanted its own candidates to meet Zhao Nan.
• Zhao Nan ignored the debate and considered pursuing transcendence through divine beasts’ innate abilities rather than the Laws’ Profound Mysteries or Fusion Profound Mysteries.
• Zhao Nan decided to rely on the system instead of risking his life on the kind of unlikely path that had enabled Linley’s success.

Zhao Nan considered whether his system could share Linley's Soul Mutation, then visited the Hyde Clan's training grounds to find a disciple. He discovered that Ace Hyde had an unawakened Violet Flame Warrior bloodline and asked the boy to become his student.

• Zhao Nan reflected on the system's limits and decided to focus on the four elemental attributes while seeking a disciple from one of the Four Divine Beasts Clan.
• The Hyde Clan's branches rejected Vincent's plan to let the main branch dominate, and Zhao Nan declined the clan's banquet invitation so he could rest.
• The next day, Vincent took Zhao Nan to the training grounds, where more than two hundred young Hyde Clan members had gathered.
• Zhao Nan scanned the young clan members and found Ace Hyde, whose SSS talent and unawakened Violet Flame Warrior bloodline set him apart.
• Zhao Nan approached Ace Hyde, patted his head, and asked whether he wanted to take him as his teacher.

Zhao Nan chose four-year-old Ace Hyde as his disciple and decided to keep him close, suspecting the boy might otherwise die young. He took Ace back to his guest room and invited him to travel the continent together.

• Zhao Nan noticed Ace Hyde among the children and chose him as his disciple.
• Vincent introduced Ace as his fifth and youngest son, then urged him to pay his respects to Zhao Nan.
• Ace bowed to Zhao Nan, who wondered why the exceptionally talented boy had not appeared in the original story.
• Zhao Nan dismissed the children and carried Ace back to his guest room.
• Zhao Nan asked Ace whether he wanted to travel the continent with him, and Ace eagerly agreed, thinking they would go play.

Vincent asked Zhao Nan to stay with the Hyde Clan, then asked him to take four-year-old Ace away because Ace was unsafe amid the clan’s internal divisions. Zhao Nan agreed to take Ace when he left but refused to help Vincent manage the clan, leaving Vincent wondering whether Ace carried the Violet Flame Warrior bloodline.

• Vincent offered Zhao Nan a position as a Hyde Clan retainer, but Zhao Nan declined because he intended to focus on cultivation and travel.
• Vincent explained that only those with the Violet Flame Warrior bloodline were true Hyde Clan members and asked Zhao Nan to take Ace away because the boy was unsafe in the clan.
• Zhao Nan agreed to take Ace with him but made clear he would not intervene in the Hyde Clan’s affairs.
• Vincent left Ace with Zhao Nan, then went to the study with his eldest and second sons, who asked whether Zhao Nan would take either of them as a disciple.
• Vincent told his sons that Zhao Nan had refused, warned them not to antagonize him, and wondered whether Ace had the clan bloodline, which could not be tested until he was eight.

Zhao Nan took Ace Hyde away to train him, revealing his Saint-level power and deterring threats to the Hyde family. He then set out alone for the Eighteen Duchies of the Northern Territory to find the five brothers descended from the Undying Warrior Amanda family.

• Vincent told his eldest and second sons that he planned to send Ace away with Zhao Nan so Ace could grow strong and later help the Hyde family address its internal problems.
• Zhao Nan spent three days bonding with Ace before promising Vincent he would care for the boy and bring him back once he could stand on his own.
• Zhao Nan flew away with Ace, revealing himself as a Saint-level expert and causing the Hyde family's enemies to halt their plans.
• Zhao Nan decided to help the Hyde family for Ace's sake, then studied a map and chose to seek out the five Amanda brothers in the Eighteen Duchies of the Northern Territory.
• Zhao Nan bought a carriage and supplies and set off alone toward the Northern Territory, planning to cross the Magical Beast Mountain Range.