Recaps

Li Ang offered Lottie a paid job cleaning his dormitory, giving her a way to support herself and preserve the Polk Lineage. After upgrading his quill and copying a spellbook, he gained a second Astral Star in his Mental World.

• Lottie told Li Ang that the Polk Lineage would lose its title unless a formal wizard oversaw it within ten years of her grandfather’s death.
• Li Ang offered Lottie two copper coins a day to clean his dormitory, and she gratefully accepted the job.
• Li Ang returned to his dormitory, bound the Inferior Gray Feather Quill, and restored his Mental Power through meditation.
• Li Ang upgraded the quill and copied a page about the Wind Blade Technique, gaining a clearer understanding of wind elements.
• Li Ang’s saturated Astral Star split into two smaller stars that began revolving around his Mental Core.

Li Ang broke through to two Astral Stars while copying spell compendiums, then attended Edwin Hayes’s potion lesson and brewed an excellent Night Owl Potion. The practical class ended in an explosion that left the apprentices in chaos.

• Li Ang reached two Astral Stars, upgraded his Acceleration Pocket Watch and Inferior Gray Feather Quill, and finished copying a second Level-1 Spell Compendium.
• Li Ang met Lottie at breakfast and attended Edwin Hayes’s lesson on preparing the Night Owl Potion.
• Li Ang upgraded his Standard Practice Cauldron and successfully brewed an excellent Night Owl Potion, while Rufus Field also produced a potion of good purity.
• An explosion erupted in the classroom, and Edwin Hayes ordered the apprentices to remain calm as chaos spread.

After Lottie’s potion exploded, Edwin reprimanded her and punished the failed apprentices. Li Ang bound and upgraded Mentor Eve’s crystal cauldron, then successfully brewed several pairs of Calming Potions, ending with two that might be top-grade.

• Lottie’s Night Owl Potion exploded, and Edwin scolded her for her careless brewing and disgracing the Polk Lineage.
• Edwin assigned failed apprentices five hundred promotional flyers each to copy as punishment, while Li Ang helped Lottie clean up before leaving.
• Li Ang returned to his dormitory, reflected on the importance of bloodlines, and later noticed Lottie was absent from lunch.
• Li Ang bound the High-Quality Crystal Cauldron in Mentor Eve’s workshop and upgraded it after restoring his mental power.
• Li Ang brewed Calming Potions two at a time, producing excellent-quality bottles before his final pair emerged unusually rich and powerful, possibly top-grade.

Li Ang earned payment for brewing two supreme-quality Calming Potions, then learned that Lottie had entered the Tower through falsified records and faced expulsion unless she condensed an Astral Star and brewed a qualified Night Owl Potion within a week. He agreed to train her and began considering how to help, deciding he would need to leave the Tower to obtain herbs.

• Ginny inspected Li Ang's two supreme-quality Calming Potions and paid him nine silver coins and several copper coins.
• Li Ang returned to his dormitory and found Lottie pale and distressed.
• Lottie confessed that her grandfather's friend had tampered with her examination records because she had never condensed an Astral Star.
• Lottie told Li Ang that Instructor Edwin had given her one week to condense an Astral Star and independently brew a qualified Night Owl Potion or lose her place at the Tower.
• Lottie offered Li Ang her grandfather's potion-brewing notebook, but he told her to keep it and asked to copy it later.
• Li Ang agreed to train Lottie starting the next morning and decided to leave the Tower to obtain herbs for Calming Potions.

Li Ang took Lottie out of the tower to buy herbs and a Magelight Lamp, then brewed her an excellent-quality Calming Potion from ordinary ingredients. After Lottie began meditating, Li Ang studied and copied the potion research in her old notebook.

• Li Ang took Lottie by carriage to Port Commercial Street and bought two sets of Calming Potion ingredients at Old Peter's Herb Shop.
• Lottie guided Li Ang through Morning Light, where he bought a Magelight Lamp, and they ate at the Giant Pincer Restaurant.
• Back in the tower, Li Ang shared his insights on condensing Astral Stars and brewed an excellent-quality Calming Potion for Lottie.
• Lottie drank the potion and began meditating on Li Ang's bed.
• Li Ang read Lottie's notebook about Tranquility Flower Stamen and copied its research onto parchment.

Li Ang discovered that Old Mr. Polk's notebook concealed a map in its unusual spacing while helping Lottie begin gathering spiritual power. He continued brewing potions and preparing workshop facilities for stronger recipes, but the hidden map remained unclear and his lingering lung pain reminded him that his health was still fragile.

• Li Ang noticed irregular gaps in Old Mr. Polk's notes and began connecting them into a concealed pattern.
• Lottie awoke from meditation with her first trace of spiritual power, and Li Ang instructed her to condense an Astral Star before returning to learn the Night Owl Potion.
• Li Ang stored the partially deciphered map and spent the next two days brewing Calming Potions while reserve apprentices copied promotional flyers.
• Li Ang bound the Magic Heat Furnace and Rune Distiller, laying groundwork for brewing more advanced potions.
• Li Ang continued studying the notebook at night as its map gradually took shape, then felt the familiar dull ache in his lungs after returning to his dormitory.

Li Ang sought Eve’s guidance before risking nearly half his savings on brewing a Beginner Lung-Healing Potion. After receiving her advice, he began brewing it, and the potion liquid started glowing as he stirred in the Moonlight Moss Extract.

• Li Ang decided to brew the Beginner Lung-Healing Potion and counted the silver coins he had saved for its costly ingredients.
• Li Ang visited Eve in her room and asked for advice on the potion’s difficult fusion and timing stages.
• Li Ang noticed Eve was reading a fantasy knight novel, and Eve brushed it off as something to pass the time.
• Li Ang collected the ingredients and prepared the powders and purified water in the workshop.
• Li Ang began brewing the potion, added the Moonlight Moss Extract, and stirred the glowing liquid according to Eve’s instructions.

Li Ang cured his lung disease and helped Lottie brew a successful Night Owl Potion after she condensed an Astral Star. Lottie then recognized something on Li Ang’s mysterious map, though she had not yet explained what she saw.

• Li Ang drank the moon-white potion and completely cured his lung disease.
• Li Ang studied the notebook’s map until Lottie arrived and announced that she had condensed an Astral Star.
• Li Ang guided Lottie as she brewed a Night Owl Potion, and she successfully produced it.
• Li Ang showed Lottie the map, and she began to recognize its winding lines.

Li Ang and Lottie followed the map in her grandfather’s notebook to a hidden passage beneath the Wizard Tower, where they found his letter. It revealed that powerful puppet guards blocked the route ahead and warned future descendants to proceed only if they were strong enough.

• Li Ang invited Lottie to explore the map her grandfather had left, and she agreed despite worrying about breaking tower rules.
• At two in the morning, Li Ang and Lottie reached the sealed stone door and opened a hidden entrance by pressing a concealed brick.
• They descended into the passage and entered a dusty room containing a letter in Lottie’s grandfather’s handwriting.
• The letter explained that the passage led to an unrecorded area beneath the tower and that two powerful puppet guards had forced him to turn back.
• Lottie’s grandfather warned his descendants to explore further only with sufficient strength and extreme caution.

Li Ang and Lottie turned back from the dangerous passage after finding her grandfather’s letter, and Lottie spent the night resting in Li Ang’s dormitory before her assessment. The next morning, Li Ang went to Mentor Eve’s workshop and learned that Eve had summoned him to her living quarters.

• Lottie asked Li Ang to stop exploring, and he agreed that they should return to the tower.
• Li Ang let Lottie sleep in his dormitory so she would not risk waking her roommates and being confined.
• Li Ang copied the Level-1 Spell Compendium while Lottie slept, deepening his understanding of spells but holding back from attempting a spell beyond his ability.
• Li Ang left quietly the next morning and went to Mentor Eve’s workshop after breakfast.
• Ginny told Li Ang that Mentor Eve wanted him to go to her living quarters.

Li Ang met with Eve, learned she was Carlos Chloe’s daughter, and told her he had already brewed a Lung-Healing Potion and recovered. Eve praised his ability and offered him a place in the Silver Crucible Potion Competition, which he accepted.

• Ginny explained that Eve was called the Reclusive Princess because she rarely left her workshop and was Carlos Chloe’s daughter.
• Eve offered Li Ang a Beginner Lung-Healing Potion, but he revealed that he had brewed one himself and fully recovered.
• Eve praised Li Ang’s talent and said his potion-brewing ability exceeded that of an ordinary apprentice.
• Eve told Li Ang about the Silver Crucible Potion Competition and offered to help him enter.
• Li Ang accepted the invitation, and Eve said the competition would take place in one month.

Li Ang learned the rules of the Silver Crucible potion competition and heard from Lottie that contestants often won with minor tweaks to existing formulas. He resolved to create a potion for the competition and began considering one that could help build muscle.

• Ginny explained the Silver Crucible competition to Li Ang, who asked her to call him by name when they were alone.
• Li Ang submitted six copied spellbooks and the original compendium, earning four copper coins after costs were deducted.
• Li Ang shared a meal with Lottie, who thanked him for helping her pass her assessment and said Mentor Edwin had forgiven her.
• Lottie explained that potion contestants often spliced or adjusted known formulas because genuinely new recipes were rare.
• Li Ang decided to pursue the competition's reward and wondered whether he could create a potion that helped people grow muscle.

Li Ang considered developing a safe muscle-building potion and wrote a knight novel to give Mentor Eve as a gift. After a practical lesson extracting scorpion venom, he visited Eve to ask whether a potion that strengthened the body already existed.

• Li Ang decided a muscle-building potion could be useful and wrote a knight novel inspired by a broken-engagement tale, hoping to please Mentor Eve.
• Mentor Karin taught the Potion School apprentices to extract venom from Greyrock Venom-Tailed Scorpions, and Li Ang finished among the first.
• Rufus told Li Ang he would beat him next time, while Lottie also completed her venom extraction.
• Li Ang worked at Mentor Eve's workshop, then visited her living quarters and found her hiding a brightly illustrated novel.
• Li Ang asked Mentor Eve whether a safe potion could strengthen the body and promote muscle growth for the Silver Crucible competition.

Li Ang sought advice from Eve about changing his physique, then visited the Faction Library to research potion ingredients. There, he met the furious dwarf apprentice Shandrameya Maxwell, who demanded an apology and submission.

• Eve told Li Ang that wizards focused on spiritual power and magic rather than physical appearance, and suggested he consult the Faction Library.
• Li Ang gave Eve his manuscript, and after he left, she read it and became absorbed in the story of Xiao Yilisha Yanfeng.
• Li Ang went to the sixth-floor Faction Library and selected books about herbs, medicinal ores, and Devil Beast materials.
• As Li Ang searched the library shelves, Shandrameya Maxwell kicked his shin and accused him of blocking her light.
• Shandrameya introduced herself as a princess of Ironforge and demanded that Li Ang apologize, kneel, and kiss her boots.

Li Ang studied potion ingredients while Shandra Meiya backed down after he warned her not to risk disqualification from the Silver Crucible competition. As Lottie advanced to Formal Apprentice and moved into the room opposite his, Li Ang arrived at the first potion assessment, where exceptional apprentices could become disciples of Mentor Karin or Mentor Edwin.

• Li Ang teased Shandra Meiya, then reminded her that causing a scene could get her disqualified from the Silver Crucible competition, and she left.
• Li Ang borrowed three reference books and spent days researching ingredients and problems involved in creating a muscle-building potion.
• Lottie cast Spark Spell, became a Formal Apprentice, and was accepted as Mentor Karin's personal disciple.
• Lottie moved into the room opposite Li Ang's, and she explained that mentors earned faction contributions through teaching and could pursue promotion to professor and faction head.
• Li Ang arrived at the first potion assessment and learned that exceptional apprentices could become disciples of Mentor Karin or Mentor Edwin.

Li Ang won the Cold-Repelling Potion assessment with the fastest and highest-quality brew, while Rufus and Lottie placed second and third. After the mentors selected their personal disciples, Li Ang borrowed a book on potion-property fusion and unexpectedly encountered Kavi in the library corridor.

• The reserve apprentices began the assessment, and Li Ang, Rufus, and Lottie brewed Cold-Repelling Potions using their distinct methods.
• Li Ang finished first, followed by Rufus and Lottie, and Edwin praised Li Ang's potion for its purity, stable fusion, and excellent quality.
• Li Ang took first place, Rufus second, and Lottie third; Edwin chose Rufus as his personal disciple, while Karin took the other three apprentices who had passed.
• Li Ang returned borrowed books and checked out Theory of Potion Property Conflicts and Fusion Balance to study potion-property fusion.
• A tall attendant carrying a large burlap sack nearly collided with Li Ang in a fourth-floor corridor, and Li Ang recognized him as Kavi.

Li Ang began developing his high-level Muscle-Building Potion despite realizing the formula exceeded his current ability. After his first brewing attempt failed, he identified the ingredients’ clashing energies as the problem and returned to his dormitory to devise an improved formula.

• Kavi recognized Li Ang, begged him for forgiveness, and claimed Matthew had forced him to attack Li Ang; Li Ang walked past him without responding.
• Li Ang read that the six-ingredient Muscle-Building Potion required skills beyond those of a Level 0 Apprentice, but decided to keep trying rather than copy an existing formula.
• Li Ang used Mentor Eve’s workshop and materials to attempt the potion, but the mixture erupted when he added Frost-Patterned Tiger Blood.
• Li Ang stabilized the cauldron with his mental power and Breeze Technique, but the potion became unusable waste and nearly exhausted him.
• Li Ang analyzed the failure, concluded that the ingredients’ similar fire-aligned properties caused violent clashes, and returned to his dormitory to work on an improved formula.

Li Ang devised a compound stabilizer and a cold-extraction method for brewing potions, then successfully made the stabilizer in Mentor Eve’s workshop. He began his first cold-extraction experiment by placing a Sunflower in chilled magical water.

• Li Ang developed a compound stabilizer using Stone Root Grass Crystal, Ice Crystal Stone, and mental-strength-infused Soul Stone, and considered using cold extraction instead of constant heating.
• Li Ang bound the Everfrost Rune Cabinet and upgraded it to level 1 so he could sense and control its temperature more precisely.
• Li Ang spent several hours extracting and distilling Stone Root Grass, then ground Ice Crystal Stone and Soul Stone into fine powders.
• Li Ang combined the three materials and successfully created about 10 grams of compound stabilizer.
• Li Ang placed magical water and anticoagulant in a crucible inside the Everfrost Rune Cabinet, then added a Sunflower to begin testing cold extraction.

Li Ang tested cold extraction by leaving six fire-attribute ingredients in a low-temperature crucible overnight, then returned to add a stabilizer. Eve, curious about his progress and eager to read the rest of his unfinished novel, secretly watched him work and sensed that the potion contained several merging ingredients.

• Li Ang found that low temperatures slowed the release of the Sunflower and Dragonblood Fruit’s medicinal properties, then added four more fire-attribute ingredients to the cold crucible.
• Li Ang estimated the ingredients would need at least twelve hours to release their properties, tidied the workshop, and left for the night.
• Eve reread Li Ang’s unfinished manuscript, worried about his competition preparations, and struggled to decide whether to visit him.
• Eve went to the workshop the next morning before Li Ang arrived, intending to check on his work, and hid behind a medicine cabinet when he entered.
• Li Ang took the overnight mixture from the Everfrost Rune Cabinet and added a measured amount of grayish-blue compound stabilizer.
• Eve sensed the potion’s magical power reviving and merging, and realized that multiple ingredients were inside the crucible.

Li Ang successfully brewed a new high-level Muscle-Building Potion, shocking Eve, who had secretly watched him work. Unsure of its safety and pressed for time before the competition, he asked Eve to supervise as he tested it himself, and she agreed.

• Li Ang completed the Muscle-Building Potion using his low-temperature fusion method, while Eve watched unseen and realized it was a high-level potion.
• After Li Ang left, Eve was left stunned by his achievement and the unfamiliar brewing techniques he had used.
• Li Ang considered how to test the unverified potion, rejected using the servants, and decided to test it himself under Eve's protection.
• Li Ang ate despite having no appetite, then asked Ginny to arrange an audience with Eve, explaining that he had important progress to report.
• Li Ang presented Eve with the potion and asked to drink it under her supervision, and Eve agreed.

Li Ang tested his Muscle-Building Potion and explained the unconventional Cold Extraction method that let him brew it. Eve recognized the method’s enormous potential and warned him that his situation was dangerous.

• Eve brought out a treasured potion box, then dismissed Ginny before Li Ang drank the Muscle-Building Potion.
• Li Ang felt the potion strengthen his muscles and body, though he thought the visible results were modest.
• Eve sensed that Li Ang’s strength, bone density, and cellular vitality had been permanently enhanced without side effects.
• Eve questioned Li Ang about how he brewed the potion, and he described Cold Extraction, a composite stabilizer, Ice Crystal Stone, and Soul Stone.
• Eve realized Li Ang’s method could let wizards brew high-tier potions without relying on exceptional mental power and warned him that he was in danger.

Eve warned Li Ang that his Muscle-Building Potion could help life break past its limits and that his Cold Extraction Method could draw the Dark Witch World’s attention. After writing his knight novel late into the night, Li Ang was woken by a knock and found an unseen visitor calling up to him.

• Eve explained that Li Ang’s Muscle-Building Potion could push living beings beyond the limits of their level of life, making him a target for factions seeking that breakthrough.
• Eve warned that Li Ang’s Cold Extraction Method threatened the established potion system and could provoke assassinations or a forced recruitment attempt by the Dark Witch World.
• Eve said Li Ang’s Compound Stabilizer would be enough to win the competition, then encouraged him to balance work with rest and agreed to read his novels.
• Li Ang brewed Underwater Breathing Potions for commissions, earned five silver coins, and wrote more than twenty chapters of his knight novel before going to sleep at three in the morning.
• An impolite knock woke Li Ang, and when he opened the door to an empty corridor, a displeased voice told him to look down.

Shandrameya Maxwell declared Li Ang her knight and paid him a gold coin, then ordered him to accompany her to the Whispering Forest. After she left, Li Ang recalled that the forest lay about fifty kilometers northwest of the Wizard Tower and was regularly cleared of dangerous magical beasts.

• Shandrameya Maxwell entered Li Ang’s room and proclaimed that she had made him her knight, but Li Ang ignored her and tried to go back to sleep.
• Shandrameya described the heroic adventures her ten knights would undertake, and Li Ang realized the knights were part of her fantasy.
• Shandrameya offered Li Ang a gold coin, and he accepted it after kissing her ring and agreeing to serve her.
• Shandrameya ordered Li Ang to leave the tower with her in two hours and travel to the Whispering Forest.
• After Shandrameya left, Li Ang recalled that the Whispering Forest was near the Wizard Tower and regularly cleared of powerful magical beasts.

Li Ang met Shandra Meiya for their expedition to Whispering Forest and learned that she planned to gather ten knights, including him, to challenge her father for the Dwarf throne. When she discovered that he had no wand, she took him to Artisan Street to buy one.

• Li Ang packed healing, antidote, and Night Owl potions before setting out to meet his employer.
• Shandra Meiya arrived in full armor and declared that she was a knight-king first and a wizard second.
• Shandra Meiya named Li Ang her first knight and future knight commander in her plan to gather ten knights and challenge her father.
• Shandra Meiya noticed that Li Ang had no wand and insisted on taking him to buy proper equipment.
• Shandra Meiya paid extra carriage fare for her warhammer as she and Li Ang rode to Artisan Street.

Li Ang chose and upgraded a basic Windhawk Wand before traveling with Shandra Meiya to the Whispering Forest. They entered the woods together, where Shandra Meiya warned him to stay alert and Li Ang noticed glowing blue companion grass.

• Shandra Meiya took Li Ang to Wisdom and Arcana and asked the shopkeeper to pick out a wand for him.
• Li Ang bought the inexpensive Windhawk Wand, bound it, and upgraded it to level one.
• Shandra Meiya bought tickets for herself and Li Ang to travel by airship to the Whispering Forest.
• Li Ang meditated during the flight and restored his mental power before the airship reached the forest.
• Shandra Meiya led Li Ang into the woods and warned him about lingering dangers as he spotted glowing blue companion grass.