Recaps

Qin Yan skipped the Monthly Exam to recover, leaving tenth place vacant for Jin Gang to reclaim. Sun Kong defeated several challengers and then challenged Lu Youyou, beginning a fierce arena match that remained unresolved.

• Qin Yan submitted a leave application for the Monthly Exam and went back to sleep to recover.
• At the exam, instructor Lin Jian announced Qin Yan's absence, and Jin Gang won the fight for tenth place after a brutal free-for-all.
• Sun Kong used his Great Accomplishment Body Tempering Martial Art to defeat Zhao Qingyun and turn his attention to Lu Youyou.
• Sun Kong challenged Lu Youyou, and the two began trading heavy blows with his staff and her hammer.

Lu Youyou defeated Sun Kong and defended her arena, while Instructor Lin Jian announced doubled Credit Point rewards and the formation of a Key Class for the Academy Exchange Tournament. Qin Yan recovered from his exhaustion and, after practicing with his spear, read the school’s notices about the Monthly Exam and upcoming changes.

• Lu Youyou used the Sixth Form of Chaotic Wind to shatter Sun Kong’s Thousand Jun Strike and send him crashing out of the arena.
• Lu Youyou admitted she had tempered her skin eight times and had held back because fighting Sun Kong was fun, then the referee confirmed her successful defense.
• After no one else challenged Lu Youyou, Instructor Lin Jian announced that top-ten Credit Point rewards would double and a Key Class would be formed from the next Monthly Exam’s top thirty students.
• Qin Yan woke late, ate, and continued resting as he recovered from the previous day’s strain.
• Qin Yan practiced basic Spear Technique forms for four hours, replied to Lu Youyou’s concerned messages, and read the school notices about the Monthly Exam, doubled Credit Points, the Key Class, and the Academy Exchange Tournament.

After recovering from the mental strain of using Nourishing Spirit Pills, Qin Yan invested Skill Points in [First-Rank Alchemist] and gained extensive pill knowledge. He discovered that many formulas he had learned, including one that might repair his damaged Mental Strength, were absent from the school's records.

• Qin Yan rested and trained at low intensity for three days, refusing to take another Nourishing Spirit Pill as his mental fog and pain gradually eased.
• Qin Yan spent Skill Points on [First-Rank Alchemist], reaching 1% and acquiring knowledge and instincts for more than a dozen first-rank pills.
• Qin Yan searched the school's Pill Exchange and found that it stocked several familiar pills but did not list the Water Healing Pill.
• Qin Yan raised [First-Rank Alchemist] to 10% and learned dozens more formulas, including the Spirit Nourishing Pill, which could repair and slightly increase Mental Strength.
• Qin Yan searched the school's Resource Repository and found that nearly one-third of the formulas he had learned were missing, leading him to suspect they were unknown or lost to the school and the outside world.

Qin Yan bought ingredients and rented an alchemy chamber to refine a Spirit Nourishing Pill, using the knowledge granted by his panel to overcome his damaged Mental Strength. He successfully formed the pill and found that its fragrance eased his mental pain.

• Qin Yan regretted that his newly acquired alchemy knowledge did not include formulas for the Blood Qi Pill or Body Tempering Pill.
• Qin Yan bought a set of Spirit Nourishing Pill ingredients at Hundred Herbs Hall for 140,000 Huaxia Coins and rented an alchemy chamber.
• Qin Yan prepared the furnace and successfully refined the Calming Flower into medicinal liquid.
• Qin Yan refined several supplementary ingredients at once despite the strain on his damaged Mental Strength.
• Qin Yan fused the medicinal liquids and formed the Spirit Nourishing Pill, whose fragrance eased his mental discomfort.

Qin Yan successfully refined ten top-grade Spirit Nourishing Pills, then invested all 48 of his Skill Points in the First-Rank Alchemist profession and unlocked formulas for the First-Rank Blood Qi Pill and Body Tempering Pill. He bought the ingredients to make both pills and, after resting in his rented Pill Chamber, recovered enough to prepare for the next stage of cultivation.

• Qin Yan refined ten top-grade Spirit Nourishing Pills and swallowed one to begin repairing his injured mind.
• Qin Yan invested 20 Skill Points in the First-Rank Alchemist profession and learned the formula for the First-Rank Blood Qi Pill.
• Qin Yan spent his remaining 28 Skill Points, raising his alchemist progress to 34% and unlocking the Body Tempering Pill formula.
• Qin Yan bought ingredients for the Body Tempering Pill and First-Rank Blood Qi Pill at Hundred Herbs Hall using his Diamond VIP Card.
• Qin Yan renewed his Pill Chamber rental and rested for two hours, recovering some of his Mental Strength and clearing his mind.

Qin Yan successfully refined ten Superior Blood Qi Pills and ten Superior Body Tempering Pills, overcoming his resource shortage by committing to the Alchemy Path. After leaving the pill chamber and having lunch, he ran into Wen Ning, who noticed that he looked healthier than before.

• Qin Yan refined ten Superior First-Rank Blood Qi Pills and ten Superior Body Tempering Pills.
• Qin Yan reflected that alchemy could help him overcome his lack of cultivation resources and catch up with his classmates.
• Qin Yan packed up his pills, left the pill chamber, and treated himself to lunch at a nearby restaurant.
• Wen Ning contacted Qin Yan and approached him after spotting him near the restaurant.
• Wen Ning congratulated Qin Yan on looking healthier and stronger than when they last spoke.

Wen Ning sensed that Qin Yan’s mental state was still unstable, but he reassured her and prepared to leave after meeting her at Hundred Herbs Hall. When she asked him to use his membership privileges to buy Body Tempering Pills, he agreed and offered to sell her pills he already had.

• Wen Ning sensed lingering instability in Qin Yan’s mental state and wondered if he had taken too many Nourishing Spirit Pills.
• Qin Yan told Wen Ning he felt better, learned she wanted Body Tempering Pills, and prepared to return to school.
• Wen Ning asked Qin Yan to buy pills for her using his Hundred Herbs Hall privileges and offered him 100,000 Huaxia Coins.
• Qin Yan agreed, then showed Wen Ning high-grade Blood Qi Pills and Body Tempering Pills he already owned.
• Qin Yan asked how many pills Wen Ning needed, and she said she would buy eight Body Tempering Pills.

Wen Ning bought eight high-grade Body Tempering Pills from Qin Yan and worried about her dwindling resources, then hurried to interview for a martial arts instructor job. Qin Yan trained for the Monthly Exam, confirmed alchemy did not grant Skill Points, improved his spear technique, and went to see Xiao Huo the next morning, where Lu Youyou was already waiting.

• Qin Yan sold Wen Ning eight high-grade Body Tempering Pills for a total of three hundred and eighty thousand Huaxia Coins, leaving her with only twenty thousand in savings from the deal.
• Wen Ning worried her resources would not sustain her cultivation and hurried to an interview for a Stance Training instructor position offering one hundred thousand Huaxia Coins a month.
• Qin Yan trained with his spear, confirmed that alchemy did not earn Skill Points, and later spent four Skill Points to increase his Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear Flesh and Skin Chapter progress by ten percent.
• Qin Yan took a Spirit Nourishing Pill the next morning and went to Xiao Huo's Pill Chamber, where Lu Youyou was already waiting.

Qin Yan and Lu Youyou watched Xiao Huo refine a high-grade pill before receiving his advice about their cultivation. Qin Yan learned that Xiao Wangshu had reached the Silver Skin Realm and recalled a silver moon-shaped mark in her eyes.

• Lu Youyou and Qin Yan arrived at the Pill Chamber and watched Xiao Huo refine ten powerful pills.
• Xiao Huo praised Qin Yan's recovery but urged him to prioritize Martial Dao cultivation and aim for the Key Class in the Monthly Exam.
• Xiao Huo told Lu Youyou that she was ready to prepare for a breakthrough into the Silver Skin Realm.
• Lu Youyou lamented that Xiao Wangshu had already reached the Silver Skin Realm, and Xiao Huo explained that her talent and Dean Grandpa's support helped her advance quickly.
• Qin Yan recalled seeing a silver moon-shaped mark in Xiao Wangshu's eyes and wondered if it was an innate phenomenon.

Lu Youyou asked Xiao Huo for help refining high-grade Bone-Forging Pills, and he identified the mistakes that caused her furnace to explode. Qin Yan then borrowed the Pill Chamber to try refining a Freshness Pill again, preparing to demonstrate his Alchemy skills to Xiao Huo.

• Lu Youyou told Xiao Huo that she could only refine medium-grade Bone-Forging Pills and asked for his guidance.
• Lu Youyou's attempt ended in a furnace explosion during pill condensation, leaving her embarrassed.
• Xiao Huo reassured Lu Youyou and explained that she had formed the pill too soon and had not refined the Iron Bone Essence long enough.
• Lu Youyou understood Xiao Huo's advice and thanked him.
• Qin Yan asked to borrow the Pill Chamber to try refining a Freshness Pill again, and Xiao Huo supplied the ingredients.
• Qin Yan reviewed the Freshness Pill's refining steps before beginning.

Qin Yan refined ten high-grade Freshness Pills on his second proper attempt at alchemy, shocking Xiao Huo and Lu Youyou. He credited his sudden improvement to Nourishing Spirit Pills and focused study, then learned two new pill formulas from Xiao Huo.

• Qin Yan warmed the furnace smoothly and refined the Freshness Pill ingredients with increasing confidence.
• Qin Yan produced exactly ten high-grade Freshness Pills, and Xiao Huo and Lu Youyou were stunned by his results.
• Qin Yan told Xiao Huo that Nourishing Spirit Pills and his recent deductions had made his Mental Strength more active and clarified his understanding of alchemy.
• Xiao Huo accepted Qin Yan's explanation and praised him, then guided Lu Youyou while Qin Yan observed.
• Xiao Huo gave Qin Yan the First-Rank Blood Qi Pill and Body Tempering Pill formulas and demonstrated refining a Blood Qi Pill.
• Qin Yan attempted the Blood Qi Pill himself and deliberately made a small timing error while tempering a supplementary herb.

Qin Yan impressed Xiao Huo and Lu Youyou by refining two kinds of first-rank pills on his first attempts, while deliberately limiting their quality to avoid attracting dangerous attention. Xiao Huo added Qin Yan and Lu Youyou to the Teacher-Student Group, where they learned that their senior brothers and sisters were fighting on the Alien Battlefield.

• Qin Yan successfully refined six low-grade Blood Qi Pills on his first attempt, astonishing Xiao Huo and leaving Lu Youyou doubting her own talent.
• At lunch, Lu Youyou called Qin Yan a freak, and Qin Yan kept quiet about his hidden advantages.
• Qin Yan refined six low-grade Body Tempering Pills after Xiao Huo demonstrated the process, while Lu Youyou later made three high-grade Bone-Forging Pills with Xiao Huo's guidance.
• Xiao Huo authorized Qin Yan to use the Academy Public Alchemy Room and encouraged him to ask Lu Youyou for help with pill refining.
• Xiao Huo added Qin Yan and Lu Youyou to the Teacher-Student Group, where Fang Da welcomed them and Xiao Huo explained that their other senior brothers and sisters were on the Alien Battlefield.

Qin Yan returned from training and used his Skill Points to advance the [Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear], then visited a free Alchemy Chamber at Magic Capital Martial University. He browsed pill-refining missions and calculated that selling his current pills could earn him 68 Credit Points.

• Lu Youyou encouraged Qin Yan to improve his strength and aim to enter the Key Class, then went into her manor with Xiao Wangshu.
• Qin Yan completed four hours of training and invested two Skill Points in the [Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear], raising its Flesh and Skin Chapter progress by 5%.
• Qin Yan went to the Alchemy Academy and entered the Yellow 110 Alchemy Chamber using his student ID.
• A staff member saw that Qin Yan had free-use privileges and inferred that the university regarded him as a key talent.
• Qin Yan browsed first-rank pill-refining missions and calculated that exchanging his ten First-Rank Blood Qi Pills, two Body Tempering Pills, and two Nourishing Spirit Pills would earn him 68 Credit Points.

Qin Yan earned Credit Points by recycling pills and refining batches of Superior pills, then spent his earnings on resources to accelerate his cultivation. After reaching Fourth Skin Tempering and the Fifth Turn of the Flesh and Skin Chapter, he committed to a demanding routine of alchemy and spear training.

• Qin Yan recycled two Superior Nourishing Spirit Pills for 20 Credit Points and bought materials to refine First-Rank Blood Qi Pills and Body Tempering Pills.
• Qin Yan produced ten Superior pills of each kind, exchanged some for 32 Credit Points, and kept the rest in reserve.
• Qin Yan bought Golden Body Herbal Bath ingredients and combined the bath with pills and the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear to temper his body.
• On the third night, Qin Yan completed Fourth Skin Tempering and advanced the Flesh and Skin Chapter of the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Art to the Fifth Turn.
• Qin Yan saw that his resources were nearly depleted and that Jin Gang had reached six rounds of Skin Refining, so he resolved to keep pushing himself.
• Over the following week, Qin Yan refined two batches of pills each morning when possible and devoted his afternoons to spear training.

Qin Yan rapidly improved his cultivation, spear art, and Mental Strength by converting his alchemy earnings into training resources. After completing his sixth Skin Tempering, he met Lu Youyou for breakfast and left the story with the two of them eating together.

• Qin Yan used his alchemy earnings to buy ingredients, gained 28 Skill Points, completed his fifth Skin Tempering, and recovered his Mental Strength to 52 Hz.
• Qin Yan broke through to the sixth revolution of the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear on September 17 and completed his sixth Skin Tempering on September 22.
• Qin Yan checked his status panel and found that his Blood Qi had risen to 160 Cal, while his spear technique and alchemy had also improved.
• Qin Yan met Lu Youyou at the student cafeteria the next morning, brought her breakfast, and sat down to eat with her.

Qin Yan showed Lu Youyou his exceptional skill at refining First-Rank Blood Qi Pills and then taught her his methods. After two days of guidance, Lu Youyou successfully refined ten Superior pills herself.

• Lu Youyou invited Qin Yan to the Alchemy Chamber, hoping to guide him, but watched him refine eight Superior First-Rank Blood Qi Pills and later heard Xiao Huo praise his talent.
• Qin Yan refined ten Superior First-Rank Blood Qi Pills in front of Lu Youyou and offered to teach her how to improve her technique.
• Qin Yan explained his methods for refining First-Rank Blood Qi Pills, and Lu Youyou listened closely and adopted his techniques.
• After two days of instruction, Lu Youyou refined ten Superior First-Rank Blood Qi Pills and admired Qin Yan's alchemy talent.

After helping Lu Youyou refine Blood Qi Pills, Qin Yan focused on training for the Monthly Exam but fell short of reaching the seventh Skin Tempering. At the exam, he learned Xiao Wangshu had reached the Second-Rank Bone Forging Realm, and he watched the early matches while waiting for the stronger competitors to appear.

• Lu Youyou blushed as she remembered Qin Yan’s ear brushing her lips, and Qin Yan reminded her to focus on refining the next batch.
• Qin Yan stopped instructing Lu Youyou and devoted his days to alchemy and his nights to spear training and Golden Body Herbal Baths.
• On September 29, Qin Yan assessed his progress at six Skin Temperings and 160 Cal of blood qi, still short of the seventh Skin Tempering and the Nine Revolutions Golden Body Spear’s Seventh Turn.
• At the September 30 Monthly Exam, Lu Youyou told Qin Yan that Xiao Wangshu had recognized his six Skin Temperings, and Qin Yan realized Xiao Wangshu had reached the Second-Rank Bone Forging Realm.
• Director Lin Jian began the exam, and Qin Yan watched the early matches, judging the lower-ranked challengers weak and anticipating the contest for the top thirty Key Class places.

Qin Yan revealed that he had reached six Skin Temperings and reclaimed the tenth-ranked spot when Jin Gang conceded their Arena Tournament match. He then watched Leng Feng battle Sun Kong, discovering that the sixth-ranked spearman had mastered a Body Tempering Martial Art.

• Qin Yan defeated the former fourteenth-ranked student with one spear thrust, revealing his six Skin Temperings and Third-Stage Mid-Level Spear Art.
• Jin Gang realized Qin Yan could outfight him despite his own seven Skin Temperings and grew anxious about a rematch.
• Qin Yan challenged Jin Gang on No. 10 Arena, and Jin Gang conceded rather than risk another public defeat.
• The referee declared Qin Yan the winner and the new tenth-ranked contender.
• Qin Yan observed the top arenas and saw Leng Feng use powerful spear techniques and a mastered Body Tempering Martial Art against Sun Kong on No. 4 Arena.

After Leng Feng defeated Sun Kong and claimed a place in the top five, Lu Youyou challenged Lu Qingfeng in a fierce clash between two top-ranked students. The fight revealed that both had reached the Silver Skin Realm, leaving their battle unresolved.

• Leng Feng defeated Sun Kong, who conceded, and became the Monthly Exam’s biggest dark horse by entering the top five.
• Lu Youyou challenged Lu Qingfeng, drawing Qin Yan and the spectators’ attention to their match.
• Lu Youyou unleashed the Chaotic Wind Hammer Technique, while Lu Qingfeng met her attacks with his Third-Stage Army-Breaking Slash.
• After fighting evenly, Lu Youyou revealed that she had entered the Silver Skin Realm.
• Lu Qingfeng revealed that he had also reached the Silver Skin Realm.

Lu Youyou and Lu Qingfeng fought to a draw, leaving Lu Qingfeng in second place as the Monthly Exam ended. Qin Yan reflected on the strength gap between himself and the top prodigies, then headed to the Alchemy Chamber with his resources and rankings in hand.

• Lu Youyou and Lu Qingfeng unleashed their strongest attacks, damaged the arena, and staggered back exhausted after an even clash.
• The referee declared Lu Qingfeng the winner by defense, so he kept second place while Lu Youyou returned to No. 3 Arena disappointed.
• Lin Jian announced the Monthly Exam’s end, the distribution of Credit Points, and the top thirty students’ entry into the Key Class.
• Qin Yan considered the nearly 50-Cal gap between his Blood Qi and the finalists’ strength, then tallied his Credit Points and stored pills.
• Qin Yan headed to the Alchemy Chamber of the Sixth Academy to use the remaining morning for alchemy.

Qin Yan attended the Key Class’s first special training session, where instructor Lin Jian explained that students would compete for ten places in the National Top Academy Exchange Tournament. He introduced premium cultivation resources and other benefits available to the class, leaving Qin Yan with the prospect of receiving specialized spear guidance.

• Qin Yan returned to his villa after refining two batches of pills and spent the afternoon training his Spear Technique.
• Qin Yan entered the First Academy’s Key Class on October 1st and sat near Lu Youyou and Xiao Wangshu.
• Lin Jian told the class that the top ten students in two months would represent Magic Capital Martial University in the National Top Academy Exchange Tournament.
• Lin Jian distributed a list of rare cultivation resources that Key Class students could access with priority.
• Lin Jian described additional benefits, including one-on-one instruction and limited free access to special cultivation areas, and considered Qin Yan’s potential to reach Fourth Rank in Spear Technique.

Lin Jian explained that scarce school resources could only be exchanged for Credit Points, then Fang Yan introduced the Key Class’s training plan to prepare students for the year-end Exchange Tournament. The first stage would focus on reaching higher floors in the Mystic Tower and surviving longer in Mechanism Alley, and Qin Yan began studying how the facilities worked.

• Lu Qingfeng asked whether students could buy rare resources with Huaxia Coins, but Lin Jian said they required Credit Points and promised exclusive missions with generous rewards.
• Fang Yan introduced himself as the Key Class’s homeroom teacher and said the class was formed to win glory for Demon Capital University in the Exchange Tournament.
• Fang Yan criticized the students’ lack of combat experience, noting that many had struggled against experienced Fishman Warriors despite their strength on paper.
• Fang Yan announced that Key Class students could use the Mystic Tower and Mechanism Alley for free without entry limits, and said their progress would inform stage assessments.
• Qin Yan read the school’s information about Mechanism Alley and considered how its traps would train movement, reflexes, and crisis response.

Qin Yan and his classmates learned about the mysterious Mystic Tower and the October training plan’s generous Credit Point rewards. Qin Yan resolved to try the tower after class, while the students realized they could earn ample resources by completing the challenges.

• Qin Yan read that the Mystic Tower contained ninety-nine floors of energy puppets and offered combat training against opponents of different strengths.
• Lu Youyou asked Xiao Wangshu about the tower, and Xiao Wangshu said Magic Capital Martial University's previous Old Principal had found it in the ruins of the Five Elements Sect, but experts had never fully controlled it.
• Qin Yan grew curious about the tower and decided to experience it after class.
• Qin Yan read the Mechanism Alley rewards, which granted cumulative one-time Credit Point milestones for lasting longer in the training.
• Qin Yan read that Mystic Tower clearances and monthly rankings also offered large Credit Point rewards, prompting surprise and discussion among the students.

Qin Yan, Lu Youyou, and Xiao Wangshu visited the Mystic Tower with their classmates and discovered a heavily guarded area filled with strange structures and a forbidden zone behind a towering wall. They met Jiang Mo, the tower’s administrator, who welcomed the freshmen to the ancient Mystic Tower.

• After class, Lu Youyou urged Qin Yan and Xiao Wangshu to visit the Mystic Tower, and the three followed their Smart Bracelets to the southern district.
• The students passed strict security checks and entered a vast area containing several bizarre structures guarded by powerful instructors.
• A student approached the Hundred-Meter Wall, but a red-armored soldier blocked him and warned that the area beyond it was restricted.
• Jiang Mo sent his voice into the students’ minds and called them over, while Lu Youyou identified the technique as Mental Strength voice transmission.
• Jiang Mo introduced himself as the Mystic Tower’s administrator and revealed the ancient tower behind him.

The Key Class entered the Mystic Tower, where Qin Yan began clearing its early floors with ease. As he advanced past the sixth floor, the tower’s observers wondered whether anyone could reach the tenth floor or earn its recognition.

• Jiang Mo explained the Mystic Tower’s rules and encouraged confident First-Rank students to challenge its tenth floor for possible rewards.
• The Key Class students approached the tower and were transported inside, while Lin Jian and Fang Yan discussed whether anyone besides Xiao Wangshu could clear the tenth floor and earn the tower’s recognition.
• Qin Yan appeared alone on the first floor and quickly defeated its early First-Grade Energy Minion.
• Qin Yan recognized that each floor’s guardian grew stronger according to its number of Skin Tempering rounds and defeated the second- and third-floor guardians.
• Qin Yan swept through the fourth, fifth, and sixth floors, using his spear skills to overcome their increasingly strong guardians.