Recaps

Zhao Nan entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Ace Hyde to train and pursue the Profundity of Earth Laws. After traveling deep into the range, he began comparing Earth mysteries with the Wind mysteries he had already comprehended.

• Zhao Nan checked his status and saw that taking Ace Hyde as a disciple had raised his Earth Element aptitude to ultra-super, while Linley Baruch and Ace continued advancing in their training.
• Zhao Nan carried Ace into the Magical Beast Mountain Range and, once they were inside, taught him warrior training as they traveled deeper.
• Zhao Nan and Ace spent thirteen days crossing more than a hundred kilometers without encountering powerful magical beasts.
• Zhao Nan reviewed the six mysteries of the Earth Laws and compared them with his Wind Laws, considering which mysteries might share common ground.
• Zhao Nan wondered whether Vitality could connect to the Clone Technique through the life force that sustained living beings.

Zhao Nan trained in Earth Laws and swordsmanship while traveling through the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Ace. He comprehended the Pulse of the Earth and reached the range’s exit, where he checked his and his disciples’ status.

• Zhao Nan quickly comprehended the Earth Element profundity but failed to make progress on Gravity Space, so he began studying the Pulse of the Earth through warrior training.
• Zhao Nan set his system weapon as a heavy sword and practiced basic sword techniques, while teaching Ace the same moves.
• After perfecting his sword techniques, Zhao Nan increased the sword’s weight and repeated his training for three months.
• Near the exit of the Magical Beast Mountain Range, Zhao Nan swung his sword and sent a shock wave through a mountain, confirming that his training had worked.
• Zhao Nan promised Ace a treat as they left the range, then checked the system panel, which showed his Pulse of the Earth progress and the status of Linley Baruch and Ace Hyde.

Zhao Nan refined six ultimate moves during his time in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, then traveled with Ace to the Eighteen Duchies of the Northern Territory to find the five Amanda brothers. He reached Muqiu Duchy, assessed the brothers’ potential, and introduced himself to them as a Saint-level mage.

• Zhao Nan named six moves based on his wind and earth proficiencies, including the fused attacks Extreme Space Rift and Dragon Startles a Hundred Miles.
• Zhao Nan left the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Ace and rested with him in a remote city before sending Ace’s letter to Vincent through the Dawson Chamber of Commerce.
• Zhao Nan gave a Dawson Chamber of Commerce representative a golden tree leaf engraved with “Nan” as a token they could use to call in a favor.
• Zhao Nan learned that the five Amanda brothers served in Muqiu Duchy under Barker, then traveled there by carriage.
• Zhao Nan discovered that Barker had S potential, Gates had SS potential, and the other brothers each had at least A potential before introducing himself as a Saint-level mage.

Zhao Nan revealed his Saint-level power to the Barker Five Brothers, then offered to take them as his disciples. He hinted that he knew the brothers’ hidden past and why they could not cultivate battle qi, leaving them eager for answers.

• Zhao Nan overwhelmed the Barker Five Brothers with his aura for ten minutes, then released them.
• Barker asked Zhao Nan why he had come, and Zhao Nan said he had good news before asking to be taken to their home.
• After Barker served tea, Zhao Nan announced that he wanted to take the five brothers as his disciples.
• Gates explained that the brothers were orphans who could not cultivate battle qi, and Zhao Nan recognized his potential and intelligence.
• Zhao Nan claimed to know the brothers’ past and why they could not cultivate battle qi, and Barker pleaded with him to explain.

Zhao Nan revealed that the five Barker brothers belonged to the Armand clan, one of the Four Ultimate Warrior Clans, and told them where they could find the manual needed to cultivate battle qi. The brothers accepted his offer and became his disciples.

• Zhao Nan told the five brothers that they were Undying Warriors from the Armand clan.
• The brothers questioned how they could belong to a famed warrior clan when they had always been orphans.
• Hazer recalled a story that each Ultimate Warrior clan had its own battle qi manual, surprising Zhao Nan.
• Zhao Nan said he knew who had the Undying Secret Manual, which would let the brothers cultivate battle qi.
• Barker, Ankh, Hazer, Boone, and Gates knelt and accepted Zhao Nan as their teacher.

Zhao Nan explained that the Undying Secret Manual might be with Cesar, the King of Assassins, and described his bond with the Undying Warrior ancestor Amanda. He assessed the Bark Five Brothers and assigned them disciple ranks, leaving them accepted as disciples under four-year-old Ace.

• Zhao Nan told the Bark Five Brothers that Cesar might possess the Undying Secret Manual and recounted Cesar and Amanda's history during the ancient era of upheaval.
• Black Shark asked about bloodline awakening, and Zhao Nan explained that Four Ultimate Warriors could not cultivate battle qi before their bloodlines awakened.
• Zhao Nan used the system's assessments to classify Barker and Gates as outer disciples and Anke, Black Shark, and Buen as nominal disciples.
• Zhao Nan introduced Linley Baruch and Ace Hyde as his personal disciples and named Ace the Bark Five Brothers' second senior brother.
• The Bark Five Brothers accepted their disciple ranks, bowed to Zhao Nan, and greeted Ace, who happily responded.

The Bark Five Brothers discussed why Zhao Nan had taken them as disciples and wondered how their ranks compared with Ace and Linley. Zhao Nan sent the brothers to resign from their posts, then visited the Saber Organization’s branch to ask its senior instructor to contact Cesar and mention Amanda.

• The Bark Five Brothers gathered in Barker’s room and concluded that Zhao Nan had chosen them because they were Undying Warriors.
• Barker wondered what potential Zhao Nan saw in them and how far Ace and Linley might advance, but the brothers reached no conclusions.
• Zhao Nan told the Bark Five Brothers to resign from their posts and said he would obtain the Undying Secret Manual before taking them to train.
• Zhao Nan asked the Dawson Chamber of Commerce for the location of the Saber Organization’s branch, then went to its bread shop headquarters.
• Zhao Nan told Simon Yate to ask the Saber Organization’s senior instructor to contact Cesar and find out whether he remembered Amanda.

Zhao Nan trained Ace and the Bark Five Brothers, gained their talents, and reached the level of a ninth-level warrior. After Cesar gave him the Undying Secret Manual, Zhao Nan studied it and began cultivating its battle-qi method, building up battle qi to the level of an eighth-level warrior.

• Zhao Nan trained the Bark Five Brothers with Gravity Spells, physical exercises, and his Visualization Technique.
• Zhao Nan assimilated the brothers’ talents, gaining the Undying Warrior bloodline and reaching a ninth-level warrior level.
• Cesar visited Zhao Nan, asked him to look after Amanda’s descendants, and gave him the Undying Secret Manual before disappearing.
• Zhao Nan read the manual and told Ace and the Bark Five Brothers to wait while he studied its method.
• Zhao Nan cultivated the Undying Secret Manual in his room, and after an hour his battle qi reached the level of an eighth-level warrior.

Zhao Nan reached the Kingdom of Fenlai with Ace and the Barker Five Brothers after a journey of more than half a year, and brought them to Wushan Town to meet Linley. He introduced the six as Linley’s junior disciples and then checked whether Linley had found the Coiling Dragon Ring.

• Zhao Nan recovered his Eighth-level Warrior battle-qi and taught the Barker Five Brothers the basics of the Undying Secret Manual.
• Zhao Nan led Ace and the Barker Five Brothers across the continent, training them in combat and teaching them Warrior cultivation along the way.
• After reaching the Kingdom of Fenlai, Zhao Nan rested with his group before traveling on to Wushan Town.
• Zhao Nan met Hillman, Hogg, and Linley, then introduced Ace and the Barker Five Brothers as Linley’s junior disciples.
• Zhao Nan learned that the weakest of the Barker Five Brothers had become a Sixth-level Warrior and checked whether Linley had found the Coiling Dragon Ring.

Zhao Nan recognized Linley's Coiling Dragon Ring and later used it to help Linley claim it as his master. The ring began glowing and trembling, signaling Doehring Cowart's awakening.

• Zhao Nan visited Hogg's home, spoke with the family, and examined Linley's cultivation in his old room.
• Zhao Nan asked Hogg for the Baruch Clan's Dragonblood Secret Codex, and Hogg gave it to him.
• Zhao Nan reviewed the story's upcoming events and decided to help Linley awaken the Coiling Dragon Ring and Doehring Cowart.
• Zhao Nan read the Dragonblood Secret Codex, then found Linley training with Ace, Barker, and the others and asked for his ring.
• Zhao Nan had Linley drip blood onto the Coiling Dragon Ring, which absorbed it and began glowing and trembling as Linley watched in amazement.

Zhao Nan welcomed Doehring Cowart, learned that the Saint-level Magus had awakened after more than five thousand years, and asked him to help guide Linley and his other disciples. Zhao Nan explained the basics of Law Profundities and godhood to Doehring Cowart, leaving him with a new understanding of his Gravity Space ability.

• Doehring Cowart emerged from the Coiling Dragon Ring and was astonished to discover that Zhao Nan was a Saint-level powerhouse.
• Zhao Nan told Doehring Cowart that the Pu'ang Empire had fallen more than five thousand years earlier, and Doehring Cowart lamented how much time had passed.
• Zhao Nan asked Doehring Cowart to guide Linley, then introduced him to Ace and the Bark Five Brothers and entrusted their cultivation to him.
• Zhao Nan explained that Doehring Cowart's spatial pressure was the Law Profundity of Gravity Space and described how Saint-level powerhouses could become gods by fully comprehending a Law Profundity.

Zhao Nan encouraged Doehring Cowart to pursue godhood and taught him the six Profundities of the Laws of Earth. After months of cultivation, Zhao Nan heard a Velociraptor approaching, signaling that the story had begun and he could finally travel around the Yulan Continent.

• Doehring Cowart asked Zhao Nan whether he could become a god and escape the Coiling Dragon Ring, and Zhao Nan urged him to try despite the uncertainty.
• Zhao Nan explained the six Profundities of the Laws of Earth to Doehring Cowart before returning to his room.
• Over three months, Zhao Nan cultivated while Doehring Cowart helped oversee the disciples, and Zhao Nan advanced his Laws and reached the Saint level as a warrior.
• Zhao Nan reviewed his status and concluded that he needed to fuse his Gravity Space Profundity with his other Profundities.
• Half a month later, Zhao Nan heard a Velociraptor's footsteps and realized the story had begun, leaving him free to travel around the Yulan Continent.

Zhao Nan killed a purple-robed Magus who arrived in Wushan Town riding a Velociraptor, then subdued the beast and gave it to Barker as a mount. He told Linley he would wait to awaken his Dragonblood Warrior bloodline with a stronger Dragon, and looked ahead to the battle between two Saint-level powerhouses the next day.

• A purple-robed man arrived in Wushan Town on a Seventh-Level Velociraptor, and Zhao Nan warned him not to fight there.
• Zhao Nan demonstrated his Saint-level attack, Cage Dilemma, and killed the purple-robed Magus with spatial rifts.
• The Velociraptor submitted to Zhao Nan, who bound it and asked Hogg to reassure the townspeople.
• Zhao Nan told Linley to wait for a stronger Dragon to awaken his bloodline and gave the Velociraptor to Barker as a mount.
• Zhao Nan turned his attention to the battle between two Saint-level powerhouses scheduled for the next day.

Zhao Nan interrupted a confrontation between the Saint-level warrior Tyrone and the Saint-level mage Rudy above Wushan Town. He revealed that he practiced both magic and battle techniques, leaving Tyrone and Rudy to underestimate his strength.

• Zhao Nan watched Tyrone and Rudy face off above Wushan Town while Linley and the others recognized the danger of two Saint-level powerhouses.
• Hillman urged everyone to hide, but Zhao Nan reassured him that there was nothing to worry about.
• Rudy ordered his Black Dragon to attack Tyrone, and Tyrone prepared to counter with his sword and battle aura.
• Zhao Nan appeared between the two men and objected to their fighting on his territory.
• Zhao Nan introduced himself as both a mage and a warrior, and Tyrone and Rudy assumed he was a newly reached Saint who did not know his limits.

Zhao Nan confronted Tyrone and Rudy to prevent them from fighting in Wushan Town, then defeated Tyrone with one controlled strike. After seeing Zhao Nan’s strength, Rudy also backed down, and both men flew away from town.

• Zhao Nan asked Tyrone and Rudy to leave Wushan Town, but Rudy urged him to deal with Tyrone first.
• Tyrone mocked Zhao Nan and attacked him with a sword gleam.
• Zhao Nan countered with Fiftyfold Waves, overwhelmed Tyrone, and stopped short of killing him.
• Tyrone admitted defeat and agreed to leave after realizing Zhao Nan had held back.
• Rudy chose not to fight, and he and Tyrone flew out of Wushan Town as Zhao Nan descended to the ground.

Zhao Nan traveled to Misty Canyon to gather Blue Heart Grass for Linley and considered how his disciples might train there. He collected the rare herb and moved deeper into the canyon, where his Saint-level aura drove the dragon-type magical beasts away.

• Zhao Nan told Linley, Ace, and the Bark Five Brothers to continue studying with Doehring while he left Wushan Town for several days.
• Zhao Nan flew to the Magical Beast Mountain Range and found Misty Canyon after searching for three days.
• Zhao Nan gathered Blue Heart Grass to help awaken Linley's bloodline and decided not to interfere with Linley's chance to form an Equality Contract with Bebe.
• Zhao Nan traveled deeper into the canyon in search of the Violet Blood Soft Sword and considered bringing his disciples there to cultivate.
• Zhao Nan's Saint-level aura scattered the dragon-type magical beasts in the canyon.

Zhao Nan found Sathius in the underground cavern and offered him a chance to reach the Saint-level in exchange for becoming his disciple’s contracted magical beast. After overpowering Sathius, Zhao Nan learned that the proud dragon remained unwilling to agree, leaving his plan to take Sathius as a disciple uncertain.

• Zhao Nan found the forbidden cavern and entered it while the magical beasts watched from afar.
• Zhao Nan encountered Sathius, the Level Nine Armored Spined Dragon who had sucked Linley's blood, and offered him a chance to reach the Saint-level through an Equality Contract with one of Zhao Nan's disciples.
• Sathius doubted Zhao Nan's claim that his disciple could become a god, so Zhao Nan used spatial pressure to pin him to the ground.
• Sathius realized Zhao Nan could easily kill him but stayed silent rather than agree to the contract.
• Zhao Nan frowned because Sathius's SSS-ranked evaluation could raise the system's cultivation speed, but he wanted Sathius to become Ace's contracted beast and his own disciple.

Zhao Nan persuaded Sathius to become his disciple and uncovered a sealed platform hidden in the cave, which he concealed rather than disturb. He brought Sathius to Wushan Town and summoned Linley, Hogg, and his other disciples to meet them in the back hills.

• Zhao Nan offered to teach Sathius and explained that he could help the Level Nine Magical Beast reach the Saint level.
• Sathius agreed to become Zhao Nan's disciple but refused to call Ace his senior brother while Ace was weaker, saying he would do so once Ace surpassed him.
• Zhao Nan recalled that repeated attacks on the cave walls had revealed a sealed area, then smashed through the ceiling and uncovered a black platform with a purple longsword at its center.
• Zhao Nan concealed the platform with Earth Element energy and took Sathius out of the cave.
• Zhao Nan carried Sathius to Wushan Town and summoned Linley, Hogg, and his other disciples to the back hills, where they recoiled at Sathius's size before stopping when they saw Zhao Nan.

Zhao Nan introduced Sathius to his disciples and gave Linley and Hogg Blue Heart Grass to help awaken their Dragonblood Warrior bloodlines. After Sathius supplied living dragon blood, Linley and Hogg began cultivating the Dragonblood Secret Codex, and their bloodlines started to manifest.

• Zhao Nan introduced Sathius as his newest disciple, and Doehring Cowart translated as Sathius greeted Linley and the others.
• Sathius discussed senior and junior disciple ranks with the group, and Linley and Ace accepted him as their senior brother.
• Zhao Nan gave Linley and Hogg Blue Heart Grass and explained that it could help awaken their Dragonblood Warrior bloodlines.
• Sathius filled two buckets with his blood for Linley and Hogg, who swallowed the Blue Heart Grass and drank the living dragon blood.
• Zhao Nan told Linley and Hogg to cultivate the Dragonblood Secret Codex, and their hidden bloodlines began to manifest.

Zhao Nan helped Linley and Hogg awaken their Dragonblood Warrior bloodlines using Sathius's dragon blood. Their first transformation left them unconscious, but they woke a day later in their rooms.

• Linley and Hogg refined Sathius's dragon blood while circulating the Dragonblood Secret Codex's techniques.
• Black scales, horns, back spikes, and tails emerged as Linley and Hogg transformed into dragon-like forms.
• Dragonblood Battle Qi surged through their bodies, and the pain of growing claws made them both pass out.
• Zhao Nan reassured Ace that the transformation was not serious and carried Linley and Hogg to their rooms.
• Linley and Hogg woke up in their beds after a day.

After awakening as Dragonblood Warriors, Linley and Hogg tested their new strength on the back mountain under Zhao Nan’s guidance. Linley reached the sixth level when transformed, while Hogg surpassed the sixth level in human form and began testing a partial transformation.

• Zhao Nan asked the newly awakened Hogg and Linley how their bodies felt, and they noticed their strength had greatly increased.
• Zhao Nan led Hogg, Linley, and the others to the back mountain so the two could test their abilities.
• Linley shattered a rock with one punch, and Zhao Nan judged his human-form strength to be that of a fifth-level warrior.
• Linley transformed, tested his claws and tail against rocks and trees, and Zhao Nan assessed him as sixth-level while transformed.
• Hogg tested his strength, and Zhao Nan judged his human form to have reached the seventh level.
• Hogg chose to attempt only a partial dragon transformation because he thought a complete transformation would be too much for him at his age.

Zhao Nan advised Hogg to wait until he was stronger before seeking revenge and revealed that the dead could be rescued from the Netherworld. He then arranged for Linley and Ace to attend the Ernst Institute and for the Bark Five Brothers to cultivate elsewhere, while Hogg planned to take Wharton with them.

• Zhao Nan assessed Hogg's strength and urged him to reach the ninth level before pursuing revenge.
• Zhao Nan told Hogg that strong people could rescue deceased relatives and friends from the Netherworld, giving Hogg hope of seeing his family again.
• Zhao Nan proposed sending Linley and Ace to test their magical aptitude and apply to the Ernst Institute, and they reluctantly agreed.
• Zhao Nan asked Sathius to consider forming an Equality Contract with Ace, and Sathius did not refuse outright.
• Zhao Nan arranged a place for the Bark Five Brothers to train, and Hogg asked to bring Wharton along.
• Hillman and Hiri asked to accompany Hogg, but Hogg told them to stay in Wushan Town and look after it.

Zhao Nan took Hogg and the Bark Five Brothers to a cavern in the Magical Beast Mountain Range so they could cultivate, then returned to guide Linley and Ace. As the magic academy entrance tests drew near, Linley discovered a young Shadow Mouse named Bebe and considered taming him.

• Zhao Nan brought Hogg, Wharton, and the Bark Five Brothers to the Misty Canyon and led them into Sathius’s former cavern to cultivate.
• Zhao Nan returned to Wushan Town and continued guiding Linley, Ace, Sathius, and Bebe, while Linley periodically cleaned the Baruch Clan ancestral hall.
• One month before the magic academy entrance tests, Linley heard a noise near the ancestral hall and found a black mouse gnawing on rubble.
• Linley summoned Doehring Cowart, who identified the mouse as a newborn Shadow Mouse and explained its potential as a powerful magical beast.
• Doehring Cowart asked whether Linley wanted to tame Bebe, and Linley became eager to have a magical beast of his own.

Linley wanted to tame a young Shadow Mouse, but he could not catch it or set up a Soul Contract Magic Array himself. Doehring Cowart explained that Linley could win the mouse’s affection and persuade it to form an Equality Contract, though Linley considered asking Zhao Nan for help.

• Linley asked Doehring Cowart how he could tame the young Shadow Mouse.
• Doehring Cowart warned that the mouse was too fast for Linley to catch and that Linley was not strong enough to create a Soul Contract Magic Array.
• Doehring Cowart explained that a magical beast could form an Equality Contract itself and that a young, lonely beast could be won over with treats and attention.
• Linley said he could care for the Shadow Mouse like a child, drawing on his experience looking after Wharton and Ace.
• After Doehring Cowart warned that the mouse might bite him, Linley considered asking his teacher Zhao Nan to catch it.

Linley followed Doehring Cowart’s advice and began trying to tame the Shadow Mouse, Bebe, with food. Bebe remained wary after Linley offered him a rabbit, leaving the attempt unresolved.

• Doehring Cowart told Linley to feed the Shadow Mouse meat from a distance and wait for it to approach.
• Linley went to Mount Wushan, killed a rabbit with a stone spike, and decided to offer it raw before gradually switching to roasted meat.
• Zhao Nan watched Linley and Doehring Cowart from the back mountain without interfering.
• Linley returned to the ancestral hall and found Bebe gnawing on a stone.
• Linley tossed the rabbit near Bebe, but Bebe stayed still and watched him warily.