Recaps

Lin Yifan entered the deep mountains with Mao Mao and killed a skin-tempering Black-Spotted Panther with a single spear strike. After returning to Small Mountain Village and reassuring Lin Ruoruo, he set off for town to sell the beast, hoping to return before dark.

• Lin Yifan took Mao Mao and a spear into the deep mountains to hunt Ferocious Beasts.
• Mao Mao detected a Black-Spotted Panther, and Lin Yifan killed it with a blow to the skull as it charged.
• Lin Yifan tied up the panther and carried its corpse back to Small Mountain Village in less than half a day.
• Lin Ruoruo was startled by the panther's corpse, and Lin Yifan reassured her before telling her to stay home.
• Lin Yifan set off for town carrying the Black-Spotted Panther so he could sell it and return before dark.

Lin Fan sold a flawless Black-Patterned Leopard to the Su Family Shop for two thousand eight hundred taels, impressing Su Qingwei. Meanwhile, the White Ram Gang leader decided to gather Bone Tempering Realm experts to ambush Lin Fan, who headed back to Small Mountain Village unaware of the danger.

• Lin Fan carried a freshly killed Black-Patterned Leopard into town and brought it to the Su Family Shop.
• Su Qingwei inspected the intact pelt and offered Lin Fan two thousand eight hundred Silver Taels for the leopard.
• Su Qingwei praised Lin Fan's strength, and after he left, she watched the street, blushing and thinking of him.
• A gang member reported Lin Fan's hunt to the White Ram Gang leader, who resolved to recruit Bone Tempering Realm experts for an ambush at Small Mountain Village.
• Lin Fan hurried toward Small Mountain Village with his payment, unaware that danger was closing in.

Lin Fan hunted a Wild Boar Ferocious Beast in the mountains and killed it after a difficult chase. He ended the chapter alone in the dark forest, wary of the oppressive night but confident in his strength.

• Lin Fan deposited his silver into the system and fed medicinal pills to Golden Rat Mao Mao to strengthen it.
• Lin Fan decided to focus on perfecting his Alchemy before raising his cultivation further.
• Lin Fan searched the surrounding mountains with Mao Mao and found a Mid Skin Tempering Realm Wild Boar Ferocious Beast near sunset.
• Lin Fan chased the boar through the forest, then hurled his spear into an old abdominal wound and trapped it in the brush until it died.
• Lin Fan retrieved and cleaned his spear, then surveyed the dark forest and resolved not to fear it because of his strength.

Lin Fan got lost in the mountains after hunting a ferocious wild boar and spent the night there, while Lin Ruoruo anxiously waited for him at home. He returned safely the next morning, reassured his worried sister, and set off to sell the boar in town.

• Lin Fan realized he was lost in the dark, camped beside the wild boar carcass, and slept while Mao Mao kept watch.
• At dawn, Lin Fan climbed a tree to determine his bearings, then carried the carcass toward Small Mountain Village.
• Lin Ruoruo waited outside their cottage through the night, fearing that Lin Fan had been hurt in the deep mountains.
• Lin Fan returned to the cottage, apologized for worrying Lin Ruoruo, and comforted her.
• Lin Fan picked up the wild boar and headed into town to sell it at the Su Family Shop.

Lin Fan sold an adult mountain boar Ferocious Beast to the Su Family Shop for three thousand taels of silver. With enough money to prepare for advancing to the Bright Force Realm, he decided to stay in town, earn money through Alchemy, and seek an Inner Qi Circulation Method.

• Lin Fan carried a huge Wild Boar Ferocious Beast through town to the Su Family Shop, drawing a crowd.
• Su Qingwei examined the boar and offered Lin Fan three thousand taels of silver, which he accepted.
• Su Qingwei ordered the servants to take the boar for processing and bring Lin Fan his payment.
• Lin Fan considered that Ferocious Beasts were scarce and that his silver was now enough to attempt a breakthrough to the Bright Force Realm.
• Lin Fan decided to stay in town, refine pills to sell, and look for an Inner Qi Circulation Method through an auction or a martial faction.

Lin Fan sought a storefront to open a pill shop, but Su Qingwei offered him a position as an alchemist and guard for the Su Family instead. He accepted a reduced salary so he could prioritize cultivation and agreed to keep the family’s inherited pill formulas secret.

• Lin Fan asked Su Qingwei whether the Su Family had a shop to rent and what was required to open a pill shop.
• Su Qingwei offered Lin Fan a job as an alchemist and guard, initially proposing twelve hundred Silver Taels per month.
• Lin Fan asked how much time the work would require, and Su Qingwei assured him he could cultivate first and refine pills only occasionally.
• Lin Fan accepted the position for one thousand Silver Taels per month and promised to help defend the Su Family when needed.
• Su Qingwei welcomed Lin Fan as family and granted him access to the Pill Pavilion’s books, ingredients, and furnaces, while warning him not to reveal its secret formulas.
• Lin Fan promised to keep the Su Family’s pill formulas secret.

Lin Fan accepted a Su Family guest elder token, chose a residence in the Su Family Estate, and recharged most of the silver he earned into his system. He returned to Small Mountain Village that night and planned to bring his younger sister to town the next day.

• Su Qingwei gave Lin Fan a Su Family guest elder token and offered to help if anyone in the estate caused him trouble.
• Lin Fan accepted a courtyard residence in the Su Family Estate and recharged most of his 3,000 silver taels into the system.
• Lin Fan rented a carriage and left town, using his token to waive the deposit.
• Lin Fan reached the thatched hut late at night, found his younger sister asleep, and rested beside her.
• Lin Fan planned to take his younger sister to town the next morning and move her into the Su Family Estate.

The White Ram Gang abandoned its plan to kill Lin Fan after learning that he had received the Su Family’s Golden Guest Token, though its leader considered abducting Su Qingwei later. Lin Fan left Small Mountain Village with Lin Ruoruo and Mao Mao and reached town, preparing to move into the Su Family Estate.

• A scout told the White Ram Gang leader that Lin Fan had joined the Su Family and received a Golden Guest Token, so the leader called off the planned ambush.
• The White Ram Gang leader warned that attacking Lin Fan could provoke the Su Family and secretly threatened to abduct Su Qingwei if she left town.
• Lin Fan visited the villagers to say farewell, left them his address, and gave them most of the belongings from his cottage.
• Lin Fan packed Lin Ruoruo and Mao Mao into his carriage and promised Lin Ruoruo he would bring her back to visit the village.
• Lin Fan drove through the mountains and entered town, where passersby recognized him as the young martial expert who had sold Ferocious Beasts.

Lin Fan and Lin Ruoruo moved into their courtyard in the Su Family estate, where Su Qingwei supplied them with household necessities. Lin Fan warned his sister to stay within the courtyard and began cultivating as night fell.

• Lin Fan presented his Golden Guest Token at the Su Family's main gate and was escorted to Courtyard No. 9527.
• Lin Fan and Lin Ruoruo explored their new home, and Lin Fan promised to stay there with her when he was not refining medicine.
• Su Qingwei arrived with servants carrying clothes, bedding, and other necessities, then introduced herself to Lin Ruoruo.
• Lin Fan told Lin Ruoruo not to wander around the estate alone, and he decided to keep Mao Mao in the courtyard rather than release it.
• After the carriage was returned, Lin Fan began cultivating in the courtyard, and a servant delivered their dinner.

Lin Fan studied Alchemy after settling into the Su Residence, then visited its Pill Pavilion to learn how it operated. Steward Wang Delu showed him the three floors, where Lin Fan encountered an Alchemist finishing a batch of pills.

• Lin Fan shared dinner with Lin Ruoruo, then studied his basic Alchemy books instead of focusing on further cultivation.
• After breakfast, Lin Fan decided to visit the Pill Pavilion and planned to buy food for Mao Mao himself.
• Lin Fan presented his golden guest elder token to the guards at the Pill Pavilion and met its steward, Wang Delu.
• Wang Delu showed Lin Fan the trading hall, pill storeroom, and third-floor collection of texts and refining rooms.
• A fragrant medicinal scent came from one of the refining rooms as an Alchemist successfully produced a batch of pills.

Lin Fan visited the Su Family's Pill Pavilion, refined Superior Strength-Nourishing Pills, and studied alchemy until evening. He returned to his courtyard, where Lin Ruoruo and Mao Mao welcomed him.

• Lin Fan learned from Wang Delu how the Pill Pavilion was organized and that he could refine pills when needed rather than report every day.
• Lin Fan collected ingredients, entered an empty alchemy room, and refined eight Superior Strength-Nourishing Pills in his first batch.
• Lin Fan refined the rest of his ingredients, registered the pills, and returned them to the second floor.
• Lin Fan spent the day reading alchemy books and planned to master the Pill Pavilion's knowledge before focusing on cultivation.
• Lin Fan returned to his courtyard, where Lin Ruoruo opened the gate and Mao Mao climbed onto his shoulder.

Lin Fan mastered the Pill Pavilion’s alchemy books, then overheard the other alchemists complain about his salary and work habits. He challenged them to an alchemy contest with half his monthly salary at stake if he lost.

• Lin Fan used the 1,000-fold cultivation effect acceleration to master the books and Su Family prescriptions on the Pill Pavilion’s third floor.
• Lin Fan overheard the alchemists complain that his thousand-tael salary was unfair and doubt his alchemy skills.
• The alchemists apologized when Lin Fan appeared, and Wang Delu offered to discipline them.
• Lin Fan challenged each alchemist to compete using pills they chose, wagering half his salary if he lost and asking them to stop complaining if they did.

Lin Fan accepted the alchemists’ challenge and wagered half his monthly salary on a pill-refining contest, despite Wang Delu’s attempt to steer him toward a fairer arrangement. Su Qingwei hurried to the Pill Pavilion and sent for Su Yuanshan after learning Lin Fan would compete against each alchemist’s specialty.

• Wang Delu urged Lin Fan to let him choose the pills for the contest, but Lin Fan insisted on proceeding.
• The alchemists accepted Lin Fan’s wager and asked for assurances that he would pay if he lost.
• Lin Fan proposed inviting senior Su Family members to witness the contest, and Wang Delu sent a medicine boy to notify Su Qingwei.
• Lin Fan and the alchemists sent pill boys across the estate to summon witnesses.
• At the Su Family Shop, Su Qingwei heard about the wager and learned Lin Fan planned to refine the pills each alchemist knew best.
• Su Qingwei rushed to the Pill Pavilion and sent two servants to notify Su Yuanshan.

Su Yuanshan went to the Pill Pavilion as Lin Fan prepared to face five alchemists in a public contest over a wager. With the family head present as witness, Lin Fan reaffirmed the terms, and the contest was poised to begin.

• Su Yuanshan learned that Lin Fan had challenged the Pill Pavilion's alchemists and worried the dispute could harm the Su Family's standing.
• The five alchemists chose thirteen different pills for the contest, while Wang Delu declined to compete.
• A crowd gathered at the Pill Pavilion and mocked or doubted Lin Fan as he waited calmly.
• Su Yuanshan arrived at the Pill Pavilion, and the crowd bowed as his Late Bone Tempering Realm aura filled the courtyard.
• The lead alchemist asked Su Yuanshan to witness the wager, and Lin Fan confirmed that he would pay five hundred taels monthly if he lost, while the alchemists would apologize if he won.

Lin Fan faced five experienced Su Family alchemists in a public contest, where he had to refine fifteen batches against their three each. He completed his first batch quickly and produced high-grade Bone-Fixing Pills, leaving the gathered spectators astonished as the contest continued.

• Su Yuanshan agreed to witness Lin Fan's wager and moved the contest to the Pill Pavilion courtyard.
• Su Yuanshan announced that time and pill quality would decide the winner, with cheating punished by expulsion from the Su Family.
• The five Su Family alchemists began refining their chosen pills while Lin Fan calmly prepared fifteen portions of ingredients.
• Lin Fan's furnace showed signs of completion before the others, drawing the crowd's attention.
• Lin Fan produced high-grade Bone-Fixing Pills, and Su Family inspectors confirmed their quality and fine pill patterns.

Lin Fan rapidly refined two high-grade pills, winning the first two rounds of the Su Family’s alchemy contest. He began refining a Qi-Blood Pill as the contest continued.

• The Su Family appraised Lin Fan’s Bone-Fixing Pill as high-grade and awarded him the first point for finishing before the other alchemists.
• Lin Fan began refining a Blood-Reviving Pill while the elderly alchemist competing in that round hurried to catch up.
• The Su Family appraised Lin Fan’s Blood-Reviving Pill as high-grade, while the other alchemist accidentally burned his pills and produced only low-grade ones.
• The Su Family declared Lin Fan the winner of the second round and awarded him another point.
• Lin Fan selected ingredients for a Qi-Blood Pill and began the third round.

Lin Fan continued the alchemy contest against five veteran Su Family alchemists, producing high-grade pills batch after batch and winning the Qi-Blood Pill round. As he kept refining, Su Qingwei sent him a bottle to help restore his energy, while the exhausted veterans prepared for their final batches.

• Lin Fan carefully refined a difficult batch of Qi-Blood Pills while the veteran alchemists completed their first batches and began their second.
• Lin Fan produced a high-grade Qi-Blood Pill, and a veteran alchemist who had been shaken by the result lost control of his own batch and ruined it.
• The Su Family judges awarded Lin Fan the Qi-Blood Pill round, giving him three victories in a row.
• Lin Fan rapidly refined several more batches, each judged high-grade, while the other alchemists struggled to keep pace.
• Su Qingwei, concerned about Lin Fan's mental exhaustion, gave a porcelain bottle to a medicine attendant to deliver to him.

Lin Fan decisively won the alchemy contest, producing fifteen high-grade pills and impressing Su Yuanshan, who raised his pay to two thousand Silver Taels a month. After dismissing the crowd, Su Yuanshan asked Lin Fan and Su Qingwei to sit with him for a private conversation.

• Lin Fan refined all fifteen pills to high-grade quality far faster than the five veteran alchemists, who conceded defeat.
• Su Yuanshan inspected Lin Fan’s pills and confirmed that every one was a genuine high-grade pill.
• Su Yuanshan praised Lin Fan’s skill and temperament, then raised his monthly remuneration to two thousand Silver Taels; Lin Fan accepted and offered his service to the Su Family.
• Su Yuanshan ordered the onlookers and alchemists to leave, then kept Lin Fan and Su Qingwei behind in the courtyard.
• Su Yuanshan invited Lin Fan and Su Qingwei to sit with him for a private heart-to-heart.

Su Yuanshan proposed that Lin Fan marry Su Qingwei, and Lin Fan accepted, establishing their engagement. After Su Yuanshan left, Lin Fan and Su Qingwei promised to protect and stay by each other’s side.

• Su Yuanshan praised Lin Fan and offered him Su Qingwei’s hand in marriage along with the Su Family’s support.
• Lin Fan considered his affection for Su Qingwei and agreed to the marriage proposal, delighting Su Qingwei.
• Su Yuanshan confirmed the engagement, kept Lin Fan’s Golden Guest Elder position and stipend, and arranged for Su Qingwei to leave the shop’s affairs.
• After Su Yuanshan departed, Lin Fan promised to protect Su Qingwei, and she promised to stay by his side.

Su Yuanshan told Madam Su that Lin Fan had agreed to marry Su Qingwei, and they arranged the wedding for six days later. The Su Family began preparing the ceremony and the couple’s residence as Lin Fan walked Su Qingwei back to her parents’ courtyard.

• Su Yuanshan returned to the main residence and told Madam Su about Lin Fan’s abilities and his engagement to Su Qingwei.
• Madam Su worried that Lin Fan’s status as a wanted man might endanger Su Qingwei, but Su Yuanshan reassured her that the Su Family could protect him.
• Su Yuanshan and Madam Su planned the betrothal gifts, Su Qingwei’s dowry, and renovations to Sunset Glow Courtyard for the couple’s home.
• Su Yuanshan and Madam Su chose a wedding date six days away and sent servants and craftsmen to begin preparations.
• Lin Fan accompanied Su Qingwei to her parents’ courtyard and told her he would spend his days cultivating in his own courtyard instead of going to the Pill Pavilion as often.

Lin Fan trained in the Su Residence while the White Ram Gang weighed the danger of his engagement to Su Qingwei. He finally removed his disguise and revealed his true face to her, leaving her stunned.

• Lin Fan returned to his courtyard, where Lin Ruoruo greeted him with Mao Mao and food.
• The White Ram Gang's leader learned Lin Fan and Su Qingwei would marry in six days and decided not to confront the Su Family directly.
• Lin Fan trained the Azure Cloud Method each day and grew stronger, while Su Qingwei often visited him with tea snacks.
• Su Qingwei asked Lin Fan about their future home, and he accidentally snapped his chopsticks with his growing strength.
• Lin Fan told Su Qingwei about the Imperial Court's warrant and removed his disguise, revealing his real face.
• Su Qingwei stared at Lin Fan's handsome appearance, touched his face, and asked if it was truly his own.

Lin Fan and Su Qingwei married in a grand ceremony at the Su Residence, then settled with Lin Ruoruo and Mao Mao in Sunset Glow Courtyard. As the household began a peaceful routine of cultivation and alchemy, Lin Fan prepared to keep a low profile and strengthen his cultivation.

• Lin Fan and Su Qingwei held their wedding at the Su Residence, with Su Yuanshan and Madam Su witnessing their vows.
• Lin Fan moved into Sunset Glow Courtyard with Su Qingwei, Lin Ruoruo, and Mao Mao, and promised to protect his new wife.
• Lin Fan and Su Qingwei settled into quiet days of cultivation, while Lin Fan also refined pills for the Pill Pavilion.
• Su Qingwei reached the Late Skin Tempering Realm, and Lin Ruoruo was found to have Fourth-Grade Bone Aptitude and began learning basic cultivation methods.
• Mao Mao secretly ate a Qi-Nourishing Pill and raced around the courtyard, so Lin Fan began preparing small portions of pills for him.

Lin Fan continued prioritizing cultivation while studying in Sunset Glow Courtyard, and after nearly a month he broke through to the Mid Bone Tempering Realm. Su Yuanshan recognized the breakthrough and realized Lin Fan’s rapid progress might come from a hidden advantage.

• Lin Fan focused on training with the Azure Cloud Method and used the study’s books to rest and broaden his knowledge.
• Lin Fan watched Su Qingwei guide Lin Ruoruo and privately considered how he might use his future Inner Qi to help them advance.
• After nearly a month of accelerated training, Lin Fan’s sinews and bones rang as he reached the Mid Bone Tempering Realm.
• Su Yuanshan heard the breakthrough from the hall and hurried to Sunset Glow Courtyard with Madam Su and two guards.
• Su Yuanshan confirmed Lin Fan’s new realm and wondered whether a treasure or another secret explained his rapid cultivation.

Lin Fan learned that a Late Bone Tempering Realm Flower Thief was targeting wealthy families in nearby towns, while he continued cultivating and the Su Family prepared for a possible attack. The threat had not yet reached their town, and Lin Fan remained confident in his strength and defenses.

• Su Yuanshan and Madam Su praised Lin Fan and offered him medicinal herbs before leaving Sunset Glow Courtyard.
• Lin Fan learned that Uncle Wang and the Small Mountain Village hunting party remained safe after his departure.
• Lin Fan read in the Su Family Gazette that a Flower Thief suspected to be in the Late Bone Tempering Realm had attacked nearby towns and martial forces.
• Su Yuanshan ordered more guards and stronger patrols at the Su Residence because its women could be targets.
• Lin Fan stayed calm, continued cultivating, and considered increasing his system boost if the Flower Thief came to town.
• Lin Ruoruo played with Mao Mao as Lin Fan wondered whether the Golden Rat was nearing the Skin Tempering Realm.

Lin Fan prepared for a possible attack while the Su Family remained on alert and the Flower Thief’s whereabouts stayed unknown. Meanwhile, the White Ram Gang leader failed to break through to the late Bone Tempering Realm, suffered severe backlash, and considered turning to the demonic path.

• Lin Fan sharpened his senses, refined high-grade combat pills, and gave some to Su Yuanshan while the Su Family guarded its estate.
• The Su Family learned that the Flower Thief had vanished, leaving it unclear whether he had left the area or was approaching.
• Lin Fan’s cultivation continued to improve, and he grew more at ease with Su Qingwei as Lin Ruoruo and the Golden Rat played in the courtyard.
• The White Ram Gang leader failed in his breakthrough, spat blood, and destroyed a stone table in rage over his injuries and lost chance to surpass the Su Family.
• The White Ram Gang leader blamed his stagnation and Lin Fan’s advantage, then decided to consider the demonic path after normal cultivation failed.
• The Su Family received no further news about the Flower Thief from its scouts or the Imperial Court.