Recaps

Wharton fused with Long Tian’s memories, developed his strength, and built new bonds with Little Gold and his academy roommates. After two years of training, he set out for the Magical Beast Mountain Range, while Linley returned to Hogg bearing the scars of his own dangerous hunt.

• Wharton underwent his first Dragonblood Transformation, and Long Tian’s soul fused with his as Beirut took notice of the unusual change.
• Wharton accepted his new identity, improved the Dragonblood Manual, and gave the revised version to Linley before leaving for the O’Brien Empire.
• Wharton entered O’Brien Warrior Academy, befriended Bulen, Kane, and Kate, and later left to train in the Magical Beast Forest.
• Wharton killed the Black-Necked Viper, survived a beast tide, and witnessed Deloris and Rastel die after their battle.
• Wharton signed an equal contract with Little Gold, helped the cub absorb Rastel’s power, and fought off the Blood Spider Syndicate’s attackers.
• Wharton sold his collected Magic Crystal Cores, bought a house near the academy, and refined pills that advanced his cultivation and strengthened Hiri and his friends.
• Wharton shared revised manuals and cultivation techniques with Kane, Kate, and Bulen, then set out toward the Holy Alliance through the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Linley gave Hogg a bag of Magic Crystal Cores, admitted he had hunted for them in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and showed Hogg his severe scars.

Wharton united the Baruch and Bole clans against the Churches while Linley trained and killed King Clyde for his mother’s abduction. After escaping the Bright Church and Fenlai City, Linley headed for the O’Brien Empire, where he reunited with Wharton.

• Linley returned Massacre to Hogg, who revealed that Claire had abducted Linley’s mother and given her to the Bright Church, while Wharton secretly helped Hogg awaken his Dragonblood bloodline.
• Wharton rescued Kane and Kate’s family from the Dark Church, then brought the Bole clan and the Wushan Town families to the O’Brien Empire to build a force against the Churches.
• Wharton helped Jason and Gibbs awaken their Tiger-Striped bloodline, trained the clan’s followers, and fell in love with Princess Nia O’Brien.
• Linley killed Clyde after learning the king had ordered his mother’s abduction, but Heidens restrained him and imprisoned him in the Temple of Light.
• The Bright Church’s attempt to enslave Linley with Divine Favor Descent failed, and a magical-beast assault on Fenlai City let Linley escape his prison.
• Linley rescued Alice, stole treasures from the palace treasury, and fled Fenlai City before killing Shak, who had recognized Clyde’s ring.
• In Hess City, Linley told Yale and George about his mother’s death and his plans to train in the Magical Beast Forest, while Wharton arrived at the Dawson Chamber of Commerce and recognized him.

Wharton forged an alliance against the Bright Church, established Four Symbols Valley, and traveled north, where he claimed the Nine-Core Ice Lotus and defeated the experts who tried to take it. After reaching the Saint Domain and killing Audley, he arrived in Profound Ice City and began fighting Rutherford’s Sword Saints.

• Wharton reunited with Linley, introduced Wharton to Vincent Hyde, and helped forge Edgeless, while Wharton recruited the Violet Flame Warrior Clan and the Dawson Chamber of Commerce into an alliance against the Bright Church.
• Wharton and Hogg led their followers into the Chaotic Lands, seized a bandit stronghold, and established Four Symbols Valley as a clan base where they trained guards and orphans.
• Wharton traveled to the North Sea with Little Gold, found a nearly mature Nine-Core Ice Lotus in an underground cavern, and gained Kullen Kates as a magical beast companion.
• Wharton claimed the matured Nine-Core Ice Lotus and fought the Saint Domain experts who ambushed him, killing Trio and several others before escaping badly wounded.
• Wharton recovered, advanced his lightning magic and warrior path to the Saint Domain, and killed Audley when he came to seize the Ice Lotus.
• Wharton refined Audley’s Divine Artifact saber Ice Soul and traveled with Little Gold and Kullen Kates to Profound Ice City, where he challenged Rutherford and fought the Light-Shadow Sword Saint and Sordis.
• Wharton overwhelmed Sordis in their aerial battle, while Sordis’s attacks failed to harm him.

Wharton explored Chi Yangzi’s hidden chamber, became a god, and returned to the Yulan Mainland after strengthening his understanding of the Laws. He reunited with his family and Nia, shared what he had learned, and promised to ask for Nia’s hand while Sally’s feelings remained unresolved.

• Wharton defeated Sordis, then spent years sparring and cultivating in Profound Ice City before leaving the Arctic Ice Plains with his companions.
• At the Ice Bear Clan’s forbidden cave, Wharton overcame an illusion, found Chi Yangzi’s remains, and discovered his records and the Qilin Jade Pendant.
• Wharton studied formations and artifact refining, forged the saber Purple Lightning, and comprehended the Burning Heat Profound Mystery.
• Wharton became a god through External Deification, forming a Fire Law Divine Clone before leaving Chi Yangzi’s chamber.
• Wharton met Hisse in Acton City, sparred with him, and helped restore his confidence with advice, manuals, and Foundation-Building Pills.
• Wharton advised Olivia to study and fuse light and darkness, then returned to his O’Brien residence and reunited with Hiri and Nia.
• Wharton told Nia about his travels, gave her a spatial ring, and promised to take her to the Arctic Ice Plains.
• Wharton reunited with Kane, Bulen, Kate, and the clan disciples, explained the dangers facing Lower Gods, and later told Nia he would ask the Emperor for her hand.