Recaps

During the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, Qin Yu unleashed a massive earth dragon against the Black Fiend Team and drained the defeated students’ Fire Energy. Elder Su and Elder Qing watched in shock as Hu Gan assured them that Qin Yu was still holding back.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked Qin Yu to let her fight the next group, and he agreed while warning her not to kill anyone.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian were surrounded by ten old students, including the Black Fiend Team and its Two-Star Dou Ling leader.
• Qin Yu summoned a huge earth dragon, whose beam and rampage scattered the old students and devastated the forest.
• Qin Yu collected the old students’ Fire Crystal Cards and drained their Fire Energy, while Xiao Yi Xian worried that they had gone too far.
• Elder Su and Elder Qing questioned Hu Gan about Qin Yu’s power, and Hu Gan said Qin Yu had not even used his Heavenly Flames.

Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian disrupted the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, helping the new students defeat the older students and win. At the Inner Academy entrance, Elder Huo of the Alchemy Department singled out Qin Yu.

• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian roamed the forest, and Xiao Yi Xian used poison to weaken older students and take their Fire Crystal Cards.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian encountered Lin Xiuyan's group and left them to fight before heading for the finish line.
• Qin Yu's earth dragon accidentally sent members of the White Fiend Team flying as they neared the finish line.
• Elder Su announced that the new students had won, gave Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian green Fire Crystal Cards, and led the students to the Inner Academy.
• Elder Huo introduced himself as an Alchemy Department elder and examined Qin Yu at the Inner Academy entrance.

Elder Huo confirmed that Qin Yu was an Earth-Attribute Battle Qi cultivator who had subdued the Green Lotus Core Flame, then arranged a private residence for him and Xiao Yi Xian in the Inner Academy. After settling in, Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian teased each other, and she narrowly escaped his playful advances.

• Elder Huo took Qin Yu aside and asked whether he was an Earth-Attribute Battle Qi cultivator, and Qin Yu displayed his Battle Qi and Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Qin Yu told Elder Huo that he had no master or sect and had learned from an inheritance, so Elder Huo arranged a residence for him and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried that Elder Huo had come to object to her Woeful Poison Body, but Qin Yu explained that he had only wanted to confirm Qin Yu's cultivation attribute.
• Elder Huo gave Qin Yu the key to a quiet private residence and asked him to visit the Alchemy Department the next day.
• After settling in, Qin Yu teased Xiao Yi Xian about her earlier remark that he could not keep up, and she kissed his cheek to escape his embrace.

Qin Yu earned Elder Huo’s approval as an Alchemist and received a token for monthly medicinal ingredients. On his way to the Medicinal Materials Vault, Shen Yuan recruited him into the Medicine Gang and introduced him to the Inner Academy’s factions.

• Qin Yu teased Xiao Yi Xian before they went to sleep, and she bit his finger when he tried to touch her.
• Qin Yu visited the Alchemy Department, where Elder Huo and several elders watched him demonstrate his abilities and gave him a token for three high-grade ingredients each month.
• Qin Yu headed for the Medicinal Materials Vault and encountered a group of older students led by Shen Yuan.
• Shen Yuan introduced himself as the head of the Medicine Gang and invited Qin Yu to join, offering access to the gang’s medicinal ingredients and protection.
• Qin Yu accepted, and Shen Yuan explained the Inner Academy’s factions as they walked together.

Qin Yu used Elder Huo’s token to gather medicinal materials for five Fifth-Rank Pills and took a rare Yin-Yang Twin-Life Flower. Zi Yan stole the flower out of curiosity, then offered to return it if Qin Yu would make her tasty pills.

• Qin Yu entered the Medicinal Materials Vault with Elder Huo’s token and collected materials for the five Fifth-Rank Pills he had to refine within a week.
• Qin Yu found a rare Yin-Yang Twin-Life Flower, recognized its value for a Sixth-Rank Pill that could suppress dangers such as the Woeful Poison Body, and took it.
• Zi Yan swooped down from a shelf and snatched the flower, asking Qin Yu why he could take so many materials.
• Qin Yu explained that Elder Huo had given him special permission to collect alchemy materials, but Zi Yan doubted the stingy elder would do so.
• Zi Yan offered to return the flower if Qin Yu would refine her some tasty pills.

Qin Yu used Elder Huo’s warrant to gather medicinal materials for a test requiring him to refine five Fifth-Rank Pills within a week. In the Medicinal Materials Vault, Zi Yan took the rare Yin-Yang Twin-Life Flower and offered to return it if Qin Yu made her some delicious pills.

• Qin Yu presented Elder Huo’s warrant and entered the Medicinal Materials Vault without submitting an application.
• Qin Yu collected materials for five Fifth-Rank Pills to prove he deserved continued access to the vault’s supplies.
• Qin Yu found a rare Yin-Yang Twin-Life Flower, a core ingredient for a Sixth-Rank Pill that could help suppress the Woeful Poison Body.
• Zi Yan appeared, took the flower, and told Qin Yu she had sneaked into the vault out of curiosity.
• Qin Yu explained that he was an Alchemist with Elder Huo’s warrant, and Zi Yan offered to return the flower if he made her delicious pills.

Qin Yu refined five fifth-tier pills overnight and made sweet, chewy pills from Zi Yan’s bitter and hard medicinal ingredients. Zi Yan loved them, returned the Yin-Yang Twin-Life Flower, and claimed Qin Yu as her personal Alchemist.

• Qin Yu accepted Earth Mother Coptis and a Profound Rock Spirit Fruit from Zi Yan, agreeing to make them into sweet pills in exchange for the Yin-Yang Twin-Life Flower.
• Qin Yu finished five fifth-tier pills overnight, then refined Zi Yan’s ingredients with sweetening and fragrant herbs into amber pills.
• Zi Yan visited Qin Yu the next morning, eagerly ate several pills, and praised their taste.
• Qin Yu asked for the flower, and Zi Yan returned the Yin-Yang Twin-Life Flower.
• Zi Yan declared Qin Yu her personal Alchemist and promised to deal with anyone in the Inner Academy who caused him trouble.

Qin Yu refined flavored pills for Zi Yan, then visited the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower to test its Heartfire tempering. After easily suppressing the Heartfire with his Green Lotus Core Flame, he heard someone call his name from behind.

• Zi Yan ate Qin Yu's pills and gave him a sixth-tier medicinal herb so he could refine more in different flavors.
• Xiao Yi Xian mistook Qin Yu giving Zi Yan a pill for an improper encounter, then learned Zi Yan was his new friend and personal Alchemist customer.
• After Zi Yan left, Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian spent time together before he headed to the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower.
• Qin Yu entered the tower and used his Green Lotus Core Flame to suppress the Heartfire and temper his Dou Qi.
• Qin Yu decided the Heartfire was effective and heard someone behind him call, “Qin Yu?”

Qin Yu met Han Yue in the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower and learned about her life in the Inner Academy before descending to cultivate. He discovered that tempering Earth Vein Force with Heartfire greatly accelerated his cultivation, leaving him close to a rapid breakthrough to Dou Wang.

• Qin Yu met Han Yue at the tower entrance, and she realized his Heavenly Flame had protected him from the Heartfire.
• Qin Yu and Han Yue descended together, discussed the Inner Academy and Lin Youruo, and he told her he had joined the Medicine Gang.
• Han Yue asked Qin Yu for a discount on pills, and he teased her before heading to a deeper level of the tower.
• Qin Yu found an empty cultivation room and used the Green Lotus Core Flame to guide Heartfire through his meridians, tempering Earth Vein Force before absorbing it.
• Qin Yu found that the method had boosted his cultivation progress by at least twenty percent, then felt an inexplicable sense of loss.

Qin Yu advanced to Two-Star Dou Ling after cultivating in the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower, then agreed to accompany Xiao Yi Xian there despite concerns about her Woeful Poison Body. He went to the Medicine Gang to deliver fifth-grade pills and found Shen Yuan refining a Golden Origin Pill.

• Qin Yu cultivated for several days in the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower and advanced to Two-Star Dou Ling.
• Qin Yu gave Zi Yan ten batches of pills, then agreed to take Xiao Yi Xian to the tower if she followed his instructions.
• Qin Yu headed to the Medicine Gang with five bottles of fifth-grade pills to fulfill Elder Huo's assignment.
• A Medicine Gang member tried to shove Qin Yu, but Qin Yu knocked him aside and entered the gang.
• Qin Yu watched Shen Yuan successfully refine a Golden Origin Pill, though Qin Yu noticed the pill was still lacking something.

Qin Yu asked Shen Yuan how to earn enough Fire Energy to upgrade his Blue Fire Crystal Card, offering him a fifth-rank pill in exchange for help finding the right channels. He then delivered five requested pills to Elder Huo, who saw through his claim that he had refined them during the past two days.

• After Shen Yuan completed a fourth-rank Golden Origin Pill, Qin Yu advised him to use fiercer heat when merging and condensing pills.
• Qin Yu asked Shen Yuan how many pills he would need to refine to upgrade his Blue Fire Crystal Card to red, and Shen Yuan said it required three hundred days of Fire Energy.
• Qin Yu showed Shen Yuan a fifth-rank Red Lotus Pill and offered to refine another for him if he found the right channels; Shen Yuan agreed to help.
• Qin Yu visited Elder Huo and delivered the five fifth-rank pills Elder Huo had requested.
• When Qin Yu claimed he had refined the pills over the past two days, Elder Huo pointed out that Qin Yu had spent that time in the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower and told him to deliver future tasks earlier.

After two months of cultivating in the tower, Qin Yu reached Six-Star Dou Ling and agreed to help Han Yue refine an Ice Spirit Pill. Zi Yan arrived at his dormitory, misread the scene, and quickly left without explaining why she had come.

• Qin Yu advanced from Two-Star Dou Ling to Six-Star Dou Ling through two months of cultivation in the tower.
• Han Yue asked Qin Yu to refine a fourth-tier Ice Spirit Pill to help her prepare for her breakthrough to Dou Ling, and he agreed once she gathered the ingredients.
• Xiao Yi Xian came to the doorway and stayed close to Qin Yu while Han Yue clarified that she only wanted his help with the pill.
• Zi Yan arrived late at night, noticed Qin Yu with Xiao Yi Xian and Han Yue, and ran off without saying what she had come to tell him.

Qin Yu gave Zi Yan her pills and discussed the Inner Academy Strong List with Xiao Yi Xian, deciding to wait before competing. He went to the Medicine Gang to replenish his Fire Energy and learned that the young man avoiding him was Han Xian.

• Han Yue left the courtyard while Xiao Yi Xian laughed at Qin Yu, who then prepared more snacks for her and Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan returned for the pills Qin Yu had promised, received three bottles, and teased him before flying away.
• Xiao Yi Xian came downstairs and asked whether Qin Yu would enter the Inner Academy Strong List competition; he chose to wait until his cultivation improved further.
• Qin Yu went to the Medicine Gang to arrange more Fire Energy and saw a young man who hurried away from him.
• Shen Yuan told Qin Yu that the young man was called Han Xian.

Qin Yu learned that competing in the Strong List tournament could earn him Fire Energy, so he went to the arena and answered Wang Teng’s taunts by stepping in to fight. After restoring Wang Teng’s Dou Qi with a Qi-Gathering Pill, Qin Yu faced him on equal terms.

• Qin Yu asked Shen Yuan about pill orders and learned that the Strong List tournament offered rewards even to students ranked below the top ten.
• Qin Yu arrived at the Inner Academy arena and saw Wang Teng defeat Liu Qing before mocking the freshmen and calling Qin Yu a coward.
• Liu Qing recognized Qin Yu in the stands, and Qin Yu joined him onstage and announced that he was the freshman Wang Teng had been challenging.
• Qin Yu dismissed Wang Teng as too weak to fight him, then flicked a pill into Wang Teng’s mouth.
• Wang Teng feared Qin Yu had poisoned him, but realized the Qi-Gathering Pill was restoring his Dou Qi; he threatened Qin Yu, who welcomed the challenge.

Qin Yu climbed to twenty-fifth place on the Strong List by defeating a series of opponents, including Chen Xiu, while concealing his strength until the decisive moment. Afterward, Han Yue introduced him to Lin Youruo, who wanted him to spar with her in exchange for a medicinal herb, though she did not truly intend to fight him.

• Qin Yu defeated Wang Teng in seconds and decided to challenge stronger opponents to raise his ranking before the month ended.
• Qin Yu sent challenge letters and fought for three days, rising to twenty-fifth place on the Strong List.
• Qin Yu defeated Chen Xiu after stopping his strongest attack with rock armor, and Chen Xiu conceded around the fifteenth exchange.
• Observers suspected Qin Yu was deliberately ending his matches around the fifteenth move, but they kept their suspicions to themselves.
• Han Yue met Qin Yu after his match and introduced him to Lin Youruo, who had agreed to provide a medicinal herb if Han Yue brought Qin Yu to spar with her.

Lin Youruo teased Han Yue about using her charms to persuade Qin Yu to help obtain a medicinal ingredient, leaving Han Yue embarrassed before she later brought Qin Yu a jade box. Qin Yu also learned that Zhou Yuan, a powerful Strong List fighter, wanted to test him, and Han Yue arrived at his dormitory as Liu Qing mistakenly read their relationship as romantic.

• Lin Youruo teased Han Yue about Qin Yu liking her legs and suggested she use her charms to get his help gathering a medicinal ingredient.
• Qin Yu told Han Yue to come to his place later to discuss the herbs, then left the arena while Han Yue regretted bringing Lin Youruo along.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Qin Yu that she had reached Seven-Star Da Dou Shi, and Liu Qing warned him that Zhou Yuan, the ninth-ranked Strong List fighter, wanted to fight him.
• Liu Qing reported that Lin Xiuyan was earning Fire Energy through business while a Dou Ling was repeatedly challenging Lin Yan and taking his Fire Energy.
• Han Yue arrived at Qin Yu's courtyard with a jade box, and Liu Qing left with a knowing grin that embarrassed her.

Han Yue asked Qin Yu to obtain an Ice Soul Mysterious Flower for her Ice Spirit Pill, and he agreed in exchange for Fire Energy. The next morning, Wu Zun invited Qin Yu to join the Law Enforcement Team, while Elder Huo warned him that most of its missions took place in the Black-Corner Region.

• Han Yue showed Qin Yu the ingredients she had gathered and asked him to get an Ice Soul Mysterious Flower, offering twice its market price.
• Qin Yu agreed, accepted Han Yue's Fire Crystal Card as a deposit, and watched her leave before Xiao Yi Xian teased him about staring at Han Yue's legs.
• Qin Yu collected the Ice Soul Mysterious Flower from the medicinal herb repository the next morning.
• Elder Huo introduced Qin Yu to Wu Zun, captain-general of the Law Enforcement Team, who invited Qin Yu to join.
• Elder Huo objected and warned Qin Yu that most Law Enforcement Team missions took place in the Black-Corner Region, while Wu Zun told Qin Yu to think it over.

Qin Yu prepared Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan before entering secluded cultivation in the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower. In Wutan City, Xiao Yan reached the sixth stage of Dou Qi and renewed his determination to catch up to Xun'er.

• Qin Yu refined an Ice Spirit Pill for Han Yue, then climbed from twenty-fifth to fifteenth place on the Strong List while Zhou Yuan remained absent.
• Qin Yu used Green Lotus Core Flame to suppress Xiao Yi Xian's Woeful Poison Body and eased her pain with a pill he had made for her.
• Qin Yu made ten bottles of pills for Zi Yan, then entered secluded cultivation in the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Yan reached the sixth stage of Dou Qi after four months of cultivation and reflected on how the Xiao Household now ruled Wutan City.
• Yao Lao promised Xiao Yan a treasure after he broke through to Dou Zhe and urged him to become strong enough to catch up to Xun'er.
• Yao Lao wondered where to find Heavenly Flames if Xiao Yan chose to cultivate the Flame Mantra, considering the Green Lotus Core Flame and Wind Fury Dragon Flame in the nearby desert.

After returning from three months of cultivation as a Nine-Star Dou Ling, Qin Yu learned that Zhou Ye had harassed and spread rumors about Xiao Yi Xian. He prepared a challenge for Zhou Ye and sent Zi Yan to deliver it, leaving the confrontation to come.

• Qin Yu returned to the dormitory and learned from Zi Yan that Xiao Yi Xian was troubled.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Qin Yu that Zhou Ye had tried to force himself on her, been poisoned by her, and then spread rumors about her.
• Qin Yu gathered injury-treatment herbs from the medicinal herb storehouse and prepared something in the alchemy room.
• Qin Yu gave Zi Yan an envelope and asked her to leave it on Zhou Ye's bed.
• Qin Yu told Xiao Yi Xian that the envelope contained a challenge he expected Zhou Ye to accept.

Qin Yu brutally beat Zhou Ye in the arena to avenge Xiao Yi Xian, then explained his actions to Grand Elder Su Qian. Su Qian let him off with a warning to make his next beating less ugly.

• Qin Yu faced Zhou Ye in the arena and repeatedly slapped him until he lost consciousness, then left him healing medicine and departed with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried Qin Yu would be punished, but he said he had controlled his strength and given Zhou Ye medicine.
• The elders debated Qin Yu’s conduct, and Grand Elder Su Qian decided to handle the matter himself.
• Su Qian visited Qin Yu and asked why he had beaten Zhou Ye, and Qin Yu said he had acted quickly to defend his people and accepted being called a bully.
• Su Qian warned Qin Yu to be more careful and not leave people’s faces looking so awful.

Qin Yu sought information about the Black-Corner Region and spent the next month preparing to break through to Dou Wang. On the eve of entering the tower for secluded cultivation, he visited Wu Zun to discuss the Law Enforcement Team.

• Elder Liu asked Qin Yu to refine a difficult Fifth-Rank Pill, and Qin Yu requested detailed information about the Black-Corner Region as payment.
• Zi Yan overheard Qin Yu discussing the Black-Corner Region and eagerly asked to join him, but Qin Yu said they would discuss it after he reached Dou Wang.
• Elder Liu brought Qin Yu the pill ingredients and an initial report on the Black-Corner Region's powers and experts.
• Qin Yu fought on the Strong List, defeated Zhou Yuan's attacks with his defenses, and secured second place behind Zi Yan.
• After stabilizing his Nine-Star Dou Ling cultivation and accumulating enough Fire Energy, Qin Yu visited the Law Enforcement Team office and told Wu Zun he wanted to discuss the team.

Qin Yu broke through to One-Star Dou Wang after four months of seclusion and returned to the courtyard. He reunited with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, leaving the three together after Zi Yan stumbled away from seeing them embrace.

• Qin Yu told Wu Zun he planned to join the Law Enforcement Team after reaching Dou Wang, then later leave the academy to explore the Black-Corner Region.
• After four months of cultivation in the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower, Qin Yu broke through to One-Star Dou Wang and left the tower.
• Qin Yu found Zi Yan sleeping in a tree and woke her, then flew away as she chased him angrily.
• Qin Yu returned to the courtyard, where Xiao Yi Xian embraced him before telling him to bathe.
• Zi Yan rushed into the courtyard, saw Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian embracing, then tried to leave and tripped over the threshold.

After advancing to Dou Wang, Qin Yu chose the golden Fusion Monster trait and planned to test its ability to absorb bloodlines. He told Xiao Yi Xian they would soon explore the Black-Corner Region, then promised Zi Yan he would not leave the academy in the next few days.

• Qin Yu drew Endless Longevity, Fusion Monster, and Clear Spirit, then chose Fusion Monster for its ability to absorb bloodlines and refine spiritual objects.
• Qin Yu and Xiao Yi Xian discussed leaving the academy for the Black-Corner Region and her frustration at being left alone during his long cultivation sessions.
• Qin Yu explained that his rapid progress had made Xiao Yi Xian feel she had to work harder to keep up.
• Zi Yan grabbed Qin Yu's leg the next morning, afraid he would leave the academy without her.
• Qin Yu promised Zi Yan he would stay for several days and said he would give her little pills after he returned.

Qin Yu joined the Law Enforcement Team after learning he could freely access the academy’s collection if he refined Sixth-Rank Pills. Back at the dormitory, he agreed to take Zi Yan to the Black-Corner Region if Su Qian approved and collected three drops of her blood for an undisclosed purpose.

• Qin Yu told Elder Huo he had become a Dou Wang, and Elder Huo urged him to try refining Sixth-Rank Pills for access to Jia Nan Academy’s treasures.
• Wu Zun gave Qin Yu a Law Enforcement Team token and mission intelligence, prompting Elder Huo to grapple with him over the distraction from pill refining.
• Qin Yu returned to find Zi Yan clinging to Xiao Yi Xian and told Zi Yan to get Su Qian’s approval before joining them in the Black-Corner Region.
• Qin Yu asked Zi Yan for a few drops of blood, and she agreed after he promised not to use it for anything bad.
• Qin Yu collected three drops of Zi Yan’s purple, faintly golden blood so he could try the Fusion Monster’s ability.

Zi Yan insisted on accompanying Qin Yu to the Black-Corner Region, and Su Qian agreed to discuss the request with him. After Qin Yu absorbed Dragon Emperor Bloodline, Su Qian asked him to watch over Zi Yan, and Qin Yu promised to protect her if she joined him.

• Zi Yan barged into Su Qian's room and demanded permission to go to the Black-Corner Region with Qin Yu, but Su Qian initially refused.
• Su Qian agreed to speak with Qin Yu after Zi Yan stopped pestering him and promised to behave.
• Qin Yu absorbed several drops of Dragon Emperor Bloodline, strengthening his body and giving his Dragon Fist attacks Dragon Might.
• Su Qian asked Qin Yu whether he planned to enter the Black-Corner Region directly or begin by staying in Peace Town, and Qin Yu chose to familiarize himself with the region first.
• Su Qian explained that Zi Yan could be targeted if her magical beast identity became known and asked Qin Yu to protect her; Qin Yu promised to do his best.