Recaps

Lu Heng rose from a newly advanced Dou Zhe to a successful alchemist, and his Beast Power Pill brought the Miteer Auction House wealth and attention. After giving Ya Fei a cultivation aid and promising to return, he traveled to Green Mountain Town, where Lai San arranged an ambush as Lu Heng entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Lu Heng broke through to One-Star Dou Zhe, received an alchemist inheritance, and refined a Blood Coagulation Pill that impressed Gu Ni.
• Lu Heng created the Beast Power Pill, and a test showed it could temporarily give Zhao Hu strength and defense enough to overpower a stronger opponent.
• Ya Fei and Lu Heng agreed on the pill’s profits, and the Miteer Auction House launched it at auction, where rival families competed to buy it.
• Lu Heng awakened and strengthened his Azure Wood Body and Li Fire Body, advanced to six-star Dou Zhe over six months, and refined Yuan-Nurturing Powder for Ya Fei.
• Lu Heng and Ya Fei spent a day together before he departed to train near the Magical Beast Mountain Range, promising to return to her.
• Lu Heng reached Green Mountain Town, struck down Lai San when he demanded a toll, and saw Xiao Yi Xian tending injured mercenaries at the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion.
• Lai San persuaded Scorpion and Scarface to help him rob Lu Heng, and Lu Heng sensed the three men following him as he entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Lu Heng returned to Wutan City as a Nine-Star Dou Zhe, broke through to Dou Master, and used his pills to earn millions at Ya Fei’s auction. After crippling Jia Lie Xiong while defending Xiao Yi Xian, he left the city’s factions searching for the mysterious alchemist and ended the stretch by offering to protect her.

• Lu Heng killed Lai San, Scarface, and Scorpion, then hunted magical beasts until he neared a breakthrough to Nine-Star Dou Zhe.
• Lu Heng saved Mad Blade’s group from a Bloodthirsty Demon Ape, accepted Purple Heart Grass, and spent five months training before taking Eagle Wings and a fragmented map from a hidden cave.
• Lu Heng returned to Wutan City, reunited with Ya Fei, and broke through to Dou Master with a Yuan-Gathering Pill.
• Lu Heng revealed medicines that could help Dou Zhes and Dou Masters advance, and Ya Fei arranged an auction that brought the city’s major families and Black Rock City buyers into competition.
• Lu Heng’s Yuan-Gathering and Yuan-Coagulating Pills sold for millions of gold coins, while Ya Fei concealed his identity as their maker.
• Lu Heng defended Xiao Yi Xian from Jia Lie Ao and Jia Lie Xiong, defeating the guards and crippling Jia Lie Xiong before escaping with her through back alleys.
• Ya Fei told the visiting buyers that the anonymous alchemy master had no pills left, as Wutan City’s families resolved to find him first.
• Lu Heng offered to protect Xiao Yi Xian by the river, and she asked why he had helped her.

Lu Heng protected Xiao Yi Xian, strengthened his ties with Ya Fei, and advanced to Seven-Star Dou Master while the Xiao Family faced pressure from its rivals. He left Wutan City with Jia Nan Academy’s recruits and arrived at the academy, where Vice Dean Hu Gan reacted with alarm to his strength.

• Lu Heng protected Xiao Yi Xian from the Jia Lie Family, and she later returned to Green Mountain Town despite his offer to shelter her.
• Ya Fei helped Lu Heng obtain cultivation resources, and he awakened his Thick Earth Physique, advanced his other physiques, and reached Two-Star Dou Master.
• Over the following year, Lu Heng cultivated and reached Seven-Star Dou Master, while Xiao Yan’s cultivation declined as the old man in his ring siphoned his Dou Qi.
• Lu Heng confessed his love to Ya Fei, and she accepted their relationship before helping him prepare for Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment.
• Ruo Lin assessed Lu Heng as a twelve-year-old S-Rank recruit, then upgraded his result to Super S-Rank after learning he was a Seven-Star Dou Master.
• Lu Heng left Wutan City with Xiao Yu and Xueni, frightened Luo Bu into backing down aboard the flying beast, and completed the two-month journey to Jia Nan Academy.
• Ruo Lin brought Lu Heng to Vice Dean Hu Gan and revealed his age and strength, prompting Hu Gan to rush over and inspect him.

Lu Heng settled into Jia Nan Academy, displayed his cultivation and alchemy skills, and arranged to sell his pills through the Jia Nan Auction House. After defeating Wang Yan in a refining contest, he attended the auction with Ruo Lin, Xiao Yu, and Xueni as his pills were announced as the event’s finale.

• Hu Gan registered Lu Heng in Ruo Lin’s Yellow Class Two, granted him special academy access, and gave him a secluded courtyard after Lu Heng pledged to place first at next year’s tournament.
• Lu Heng entered the Core Area to cultivate, impressed the students with his ability to withstand its pressure, and began refining pills to earn money and build connections.
• Lu Heng showed Ruo Lin, Xiao Yu, and Xueni his pills, and Ruo Lin agreed to take them to the Jia Nan Auction House.
• Hu Shan arranged an appraisal, and Elder Huo confirmed the pills’ quality before Lu Heng revealed that he had refined them himself.
• Wang Yan challenged Lu Heng’s claim, so Lu Heng challenged him to a pill-refining contest and won by producing a perfected Yuan-Coagulating Pill while Wang Yan burned his pill.
• Lu Heng agreed to supply Hu Shan with pills every three months and refused Elder Huo’s offer to join the Alchemist Department, choosing to remain free under Hu Gan’s arrangements.
• Ruo Lin accompanied Lu Heng to the auction, where he gave Xiao Yu and Xueni Spirit-Nurturing Powder and considered bidding on Purple Heart Grass.
• Qing He escorted Lu Heng and his companions to the Heaven-Grade VIP Box as Shen Jian announced that the night’s finale would feature miraculous pills, whose authenticity Elder Huo had confirmed to Liu Qing.