Recaps

Tang Yan ordered Reach the Summit to counter the Precious Pill Pavilion and spent seven days studying its specialty pills. After recruiting more Alchemy Masters, he announced that Reach the Summit would release its own Spirit-Rising Pill.

• Tang Yan told Du Shu to buy four Teng Cauldrons and instructed Jiang Qin and the others to practice alchemy fundamentals fifty thousand times.
• Tang Yan ordered Du Shu to buy the Precious Pill Pavilion's low-grade specialty pills and told the recruits to help suppress the rival organization.
• Tang Yan examined the Spirit-Rising Pill, Living-Spirit Pill, and Fury Pill, then spent seven days determining their formulas.
• Du Shu reported that twenty new second-tier Alchemy Masters had joined Reach the Summit, including Jing Wuhen, who had not yet agreed to the fifty-thousand-practice requirement.
• Tang Yan urged the recruits to fight the Precious Pill Pavilion, then announced that Reach the Summit would sell the Spirit-Rising Pill for five hundred Star Value.

Tang Yan gave Reach the Summit pill formulas and delegated its growing alchemy business to Du Shu before entering the Nine Nether Fire Sea to cultivate. He broke through to Earth Tier, then met Jing Wuhen and asked why he had only visited Reach the Summit once.

• Tang Yan gave Reach the Summit's Alchemy Masters the Spirit-Rising Pill formula and told them to sell the pills for five hundred Star Value to compete with the Precious Pill Pavilion.
• Tang Yan entrusted Du Shu and Fang Xuan with managing pill formulas, internal points, and the group's profits, then announced he would cultivate in seclusion.
• Tang Yan entered the fourth level of the Nine Nether Fire Sea and used its fire spirit power to strengthen his cultivation.
• Tang Yan broke through to Earth Tier and considered how to temper his strength while continuing to pursue Heaven Tier.
• Tang Yan encountered Jing Wuhen and asked why he had only visited Reach the Summit once after agreeing to join.

Tang Yan persuaded Jing Wuhen to join Reach the Summit by promising to help him become at least a fifth-tier Alchemy Master, then headed to the Arena Battle District to test himself. There, new student Chen Xiao challenged Tang Yan, who faced an Earth Tier opponent as the crowd watched.

• Tang Yan inspected Jing Wuhen's alchemy fundamentals and told him to practice them at least a hundred thousand times before returning.
• Tang Yan promised Jing Wuhen he could become at least a fifth-tier Alchemy Master before age thirty, and Jing Wuhen agreed to join Reach the Summit.
• Jing Wuhen told Tang Yan that the Peak Society had ranked him first in the Rookie District and that new students wanted to challenge him.
• Tang Yan rushed to the Arena Battle District, where he saw his name atop the Rookie Ranking and examined the Black Ranking.
• New student Chen Xiao challenged Tang Yan, revealed Earth Tier strength, and taunted him to enter the arena.

Tang Yan mocked Xue Xiao and arranged a duel with Han Gong for one month later, then faced Chen Xiao in the arena. He tricked Chen Xiao by claiming his fan was a deadly magical treasure and charged to kick him while Chen Xiao watched it.

• Tang Yan rejected Xue Xiao's taunt, and Han Gong challenged him to a fight.
• Tang Yan provoked Han Gong and proposed a duel in one month, promising Zi Yun would not interfere; Han Gong accepted.
• Tang Yan challenged Chen Xiao and claimed his fan could unleash eighteen sharp swords, frightening Chen Xiao into asking to fight barehanded.
• Tang Yan insisted on using the fan, threw it into the air, and used Phantom Shadow Steps to kick the distracted Chen Xiao.

Tang Yan tricked Chen Xiao into leaving the arena, then challenged Black Ranking senior student Qin Han and offered to pay three thousand Star Value if he lost. Qin Han accepted, and their battle began after the crowd saw Tang Yan had reached the Earth Tier.

• Tang Yan knocked Chen Xiao off the arena while everyone was distracted by his supposed Supreme Treasure, and Chen Xiao fainted after realizing he had been tricked.
• Tang Yan paid one Star Value to post a challenge announcement for Qin Han on the South Wall.
• Qin Han’s friends mocked Tang Yan’s treasure, and Qin Han said he would defeat Tang Yan and take it.
• Tang Yan announced that anyone he challenged would receive three thousand Star Value if he won, and Qin Han agreed to fight.
• Tang Yan revealed an Earth Tier aura, surprising the crowd as the battle began.

Tang Yan defeated Qin Han after using their prolonged sword fight to improve his swordsmanship, then immediately challenged Heng Yuan. As the second match continued, Tang Yan turned Heng Yuan’s speed and tricky dagger attacks back against him and seized the advantage.

• Tang Yan fought Qin Han with the Wuxie Sword, gradually growing stronger until he blocked Qin Han’s Profound Tier martial skill and stopped his sword at Qin Han’s throat.
• Tang Yan thanked Qin Han, took a High Spirit Pill, and asked the girl with willow-leaf eyebrows to post a challenge to Heng Yuan.
• Heng Yuan met Tang Yan in the arena, concealed a dagger, and nearly struck him with a surprise attack, but Tang Yan dodged with Phantom Shadow Steps.
• Tang Yan matched and surpassed Heng Yuan’s speed and unpredictable attacks, forcing Heng Yuan from offense into defense.

Tang Yan continued challenging senior students, then cultivated in the Nine Nether Fire Sea until he discovered that stable cultivation let him absorb its Fire Spirit Qi and advance rapidly. After reaching a new breakthrough, he returned to Reach the Summit, where Du Shu reported the faction’s growth and said Zi Yun had asked to see him.

• Tang Yan defeated Heng Yuan, challenged more senior students, and eventually won twenty-two consecutive fights before returning to the Nine Nether Fire Sea.
• After realizing the arena fights were not dangerous enough to hone him quickly, Tang Yan chose to cultivate in seclusion until his cultivation stabilized and he broke through.
• Tang Yan concluded that he could use the Nine Nether Fire Sea to advance rapidly whenever his dantian and meridians were stable, so he left for Reach the Summit’s base.
• Yang Li told Tang Yan that Fang Xuan had made uniforms for the faction, and Tang Yan praised the idea as a way to strengthen belonging.
• Du Shu told Tang Yan that Reach the Summit’s pill business was thriving, the Precious Pill Pavilion was close to shutting down, and Zi Yun had asked to see him.

Tang Yan planned Reach the Summit’s expansion into Ming City and ordered its martial artists to train so they could defend the organization. He then returned to Zi Yun with the pills he had promised, but her displeasure had not fully lifted.

• Tang Yan chose Ming City as Reach the Summit’s next expansion site after Du Shu raised concerns about its dangers.
• Tang Yan told Reach the Summit’s members that the organization aimed to expand beyond the academy and ordered its martial artists to train until they advanced.
• Tang Yan authorized Du Shu to buy Martial Skills as needed and learned the organization had 1.3 million Star Value remaining.
• Wan Fei and Lin Dongxue recalled Tang Yan’s rapid rise in cultivation, inspiring the other members to strengthen themselves.
• Tang Yan visited Zi Yun and offered her a Spirit Transformation Pill and several other pills, but her pressure on him remained.

Tang Yan asked Zi Yun to protect Reach the Summit while he trained, then bought an expensive mission booklet and set out to improve his combat skills. After half a month of fighting Spirit Beasts, he planned to study the Second-Tier Formation Martial Arts Diagram before going deeper into the mountain forest.

• Tang Yan promised Zi Yun skin-whitening pills, and she agreed to protect Reach the Summit members while he was away, though she warned she might leave Azure Dragon Academy in three or four months.
• Tang Yan visited the mission hall, learned about the threats posed by the Three Flowers Association and the Jungle Killers, and paid five hundred Star Value for a mission booklet without realizing he could take missions without buying one.
• Angry at the Third Elder for not telling him sooner, Tang Yan vowed to complete every mission in the booklet.
• For half a month, Tang Yan fought third- and fourth-tier Spirit Beasts while suppressing his strength, improving his combat ability and consolidating his gains from the Nine Nether Fire Sea.
• Tang Yan defeated a Golden-Feathered Leopard, reached late Earth Tier Second Grade, and decided to practice his Second-Tier Formation Martial Arts Diagram before venturing farther into the forest.

Tang Yan mastered and tested the Blazing Flame Heaven-Burning Formation, then was ambushed by a peak fifth-tier Golden-Fanged Lion. He fought back with his fists and sword, but the lion bristled for another attack.

• Tang Yan studied Elder Huo's Formation Martial Arts Diagram and successfully formed the Blazing Flame Heaven-Burning Formation, which melted and shattered a boulder.
• Tang Yan sensed a concealed hunter and summoned formation points, but a Golden-Fanged Lion suddenly lunged at him.
• Tang Yan recognized the lion as a peak fifth-tier spirit beast and dodged its attack with Phantom Shadow Steps.
• Tang Yan struck the Golden-Fanged Lion in the flank and followed with Thousand Mountains Fist, but the lion quickly recovered and pressed its assault.
• Tang Yan used Mountain-Crushing Wave-Treading Sword to meet the lion's charge, and the clash drove them both back.
• Tang Yan saw the Golden-Fanged Lion's fur bristle and realized another attack was coming.

Tang Yan gained insight into Tai Chi while fighting the Golden-Fanged Lion, learning to redirect its strength and turn its attacks against it. He killed the beast but exhausted his true qi, then took a pill and began recovering.

• Tang Yan activated Qi Meridian Transformation and exchanged blows with the enraged Golden-Fanged Lion, but its strength and speed left him at a disadvantage.
• After a claw wounded him, Tang Yan recalled his Tai Chi training and realized he could borrow the lion's force to deflect its attacks.
• Tang Yan used Tai Chi to redirect the Golden-Fanged Lion's charges, throwing it aside and slamming it into the ground as he grew more proficient.
• Tang Yan used Phantom Shadow Steps and a dagger to severely wound the Golden-Fanged Lion, then followed up until it died.
• Tang Yan deactivated Qi Meridian Transformation, swallowed a pill, and sat down to recover his depleted true qi.

Tang Yan awakened the Heart of Taiji through practicing Tai Chi and spent three days mastering it before finding seven men attacking a wounded girl in green. He intervened with formations and revealed himself, leaving the men facing him.

• Tang Yan practiced Tai Chi until he entered a mysterious state, awakened the Heart of Taiji, and sensed the life and movement around him.
• Tang Yan spent three days fighting spirit beasts and practicing until he could wield the Heart of Taiji with ease.
• Tang Yan discovered seven men surrounding a wounded girl in green, who claimed to be Zi Yun and threatened them with her ties to Purple Bamboo City.
• Tang Yan secretly activated a Blazing Flame Heaven-Burning Formation, injuring the men, then launched another formation that seriously wounded one of them.
• Tang Yan approached the group with a folding fan as the seven men turned to face him.

Tang Yan confronted seven forest killers who threatened a girl in green, then killed them all despite agreeing to a harmless exchange of moves. After collecting their belongings and learning what forest killers were, he asked the rescued girl how she would thank him.

• Tang Yan agreed to exchange one move with Lu, the scar-faced leader, and sensed Lu's intent to kill him.
• Tang Yan used his hidden abilities to kill Lu, then defeated and killed the other six attackers.
• Tang Yan searched the bodies and took their heads and identifying name-bearing cloth after the girl explained that forest killers were a loose group, not an organization.
• Tang Yan turned to the girl in green and asked how she would thank him.

Tang Yan saved Zi Yun from the Jungle Killers, then traveled with her as she sought Ice Heart Jade Marrow to save her poisoned father. When Tang Yan mentioned the Nine-Turn Reforging Pill, Zi Yun recognized a Jade Token in his hand and reacted with shock.

• Tang Yan threatened Zi Yun for her bracelet, but let her leave without taking it.
• Zi Yun reconsidered and followed Tang Yan, who eventually stopped trying to lose her and cultivated alongside her.
• After several days together, Zi Yun told Tang Yan that she needed Ice Heart Jade Marrow to keep someone important alive.
• Tang Yan explained that the marrow could be refined into a Nine-Turn Reforging Pill, and Zi Yun revealed that her father had been poisoned for more than ten years.
• Zi Yun noticed the Jade Token in Tang Yan's hand and stared at it in astonishment.

Tang Yan promised Qing Xuan he would try to obtain a Nine-Turn Reforging Pill for her father and took one bottle of her ice heart jade marrow. In the forest, he found a Dragon Snake Fruit and snatched it before a tiny white beast could claim it, provoking the creature’s fierce roar.

• Qing Xuan revealed her real name, gave Tang Yan one of her three bottles of ice heart jade marrow, and accepted his promise to seek a Nine-Turn Reforging Pill within a year.
• Qing Xuan gave Tang Yan a jade token for finding her in the Imperial City, then left to return to her sick father.
• Tang Yan decided to cultivate for five more days before returning to Azure Dragon Academy ahead of his duel with Han Gong.
• Tang Yan found a Thunder Leopard facing off against a tiny white spirit beast and sensed the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron reacting to a nearby treasure.
• Tang Yan recognized a Dragon Snake Fruit tree and took its three fruits, after which the Thunder Leopard fled and the little beast roared at him.

Tang Yan fed Little Dot First Spirit Pills, then refused Chu Wen's offer to buy the spirit beast. When Uncle Guan threatened him, Tang Yan used a formation as a feint, grabbed Qiu Shao, and escaped.

• Tang Yan gave Little Dot seven First Spirit Pills after it demanded the Dragon Snake Fruit, and Little Dot clung to his leg as he prepared to leave.
• Chu Wen and his group encountered Tang Yan, and Qiu Shao asked for Little Dot, but Tang Yan refused to sell it even when offered ten million taels of silver.
• Uncle Guan threatened Tang Yan after he refused to hand over Little Dot, so Tang Yan launched a Rain Blades formation that Uncle Guan shattered.
• Tang Yan used Phantom Shadow Steps to reach Qiu Shao, grabbed her chest, and fled while she screamed and Chu Wen looked furious.

Tang Yan followed Young Master Chu and his companions to a hidden cave, where they uncovered a chamber guarded by bronze men. He slipped inside to discover a scroll and a porcelain bottle on a stone platform, while the bronze men attacked the others.

• Uncle Guan pursued Tang Yan, but Tang Yan escaped into a forest and lost him.
• Tang Yan returned to track the group, then followed them to a cliff where Uncle Guan used a treasure map to reveal a cave entrance.
• Tang Yan incapacitated the guards outside with Spirit-Dispersing Powder and entered the cave, leaving Little Dot at the entrance.
• After passing eighty-one bends, Tang Yan found a sealed chamber containing a scroll and a porcelain bottle on a stone platform.
• Nearly a hundred bronze men attacked Uncle Guan, Chu Mo, and Miss Qiu as they approached the treasures.

Tang Yan stole two objects from the stone platform while Uncle Guan and the others fought the Bronze Men, then escaped Uncle Guan’s pursuit. After the Chu group planned to hunt him down, Tang Yan examined the cultivation method and found it was called “Qi Meridian Transformation.”

• Tang Yan watched Uncle Guan, Chu Mo, and Qiu Shao battle the Bronze Men before using Phantom Shadow Steps to snatch the two objects from the stone platform.
• Uncle Guan abandoned his pursuit to protect Qiu Shao, then chased Tang Yan as he fled with the little one.
• Tang Yan taunted Uncle Guan and escaped by taking secluded paths that left no trace.
• Uncle Guan returned to Chu Mo and Qiu Shao, and Qiu Shao proposed setting a citywide hunt and ambushing Tang Yan on his way back to Azure Dragon Academy.
• Tang Yan reached a secluded spot and discovered that the cultivation method was called “Qi Meridian Transformation.”

Tang Yan discovered the second part of the Qi Meridian Transformation and used Azure Dragon blood essence to strengthen his body and break through to Earth Tier Third Grade. Hearing a fight nearby, he concealed himself and approached, where he overheard people planning to intercept a boy returning to the Azure Dragon Academy.

• Tang Yan read the second part of the Qi Meridian Transformation and learned how it could strengthen his qi meridians and bloodline.
• Tang Yan swallowed a drop of Azure Dragon blood essence, and the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron suppressed the Azure Dragon's Divine Sense before he could be harmed.
• Tang Yan continued cultivating and broke through to Earth Tier Third Grade, then demonstrated his strength by punching through an ancient tree.
• Tang Yan heard fighting nearby and hurried over while concealing his presence.
• Tang Yan overheard a group say their lineage would send elites to intercept and kill a boy along the route back to the Azure Dragon Academy.

Tang Yan secretly attacked the Chu Family after Uncle Guan confronted Yu Juechen’s group and demanded information about him. The fight began with Tang Yan and his friends facing the remaining Chu Family fighters.

• Tang Yan hid as Uncle Guan, Chu Mo, and Qiu Shao approached, then followed them to Yu Juechen’s group.
• Uncle Guan showed the group a portrait of Tang Yan and threatened them unless they identified him.
• Yu Juechen disguised Tang Yan’s identity with a false description while Tang Yan scattered Spirit-Dispersing Powder and silently counted to thirty.
• Tang Yan killed six Chu Family fighters by surprise before Uncle Guan ordered the attack.
• Yu Juechen and his companions fought alongside Tang Yan, refusing to betray him.
• Uncle Guan threatened to kill Tang Yan’s friends unless Tang Yan surrendered.

Tang Yan bluffed Uncle Guan with a supposed magical fan, then attacked him and forced the Chu Family guards to halt their assault. Yu Juechen and his companions exploited the opening to wound several enemies, leaving the Chu Family stunned by the Azure Dragon Academy students’ tactics.

• Tang Yan warned Uncle Guan that Spirit-Dispersing Poison threatened his meridians, but Uncle Guan took a third-tier antidote pill and prepared to fight for the cave’s cultivation method and porcelain bottle.
• Tang Yan claimed his battered fan could unleash a Heaven Tier expert’s strike and threatened to use it, then threw it into the air as a distraction.
• Tang Yan used Qi Meridian Transformation and Flame Burst Palm to strike Uncle Guan, who was forced to step back despite his Earth Tier Eighth Grade strength.
• Tang Yan ordered everyone to stop moving or face his next palm strike, and the Chu Family guards halted their fighting.
• Yu Juechen, Wan Fei, and Lin Dongxue attacked the distracted Chu Family members, wounding three of them.
• The Chu Family members were shocked by Tang Yan and his companions’ cunning tactics and reconsidered their view of Azure Dragon Academy students.

Tang Yan captured Chu Mo and fled with his companions while Uncle Guan pursued them. Tang Yan misled the pursuers through the forest, then used the smell of roast meat to draw them into a stop as his group continued toward the Azure Dragon Academy.

• Tang Yan tricked Uncle Guan with a feint and a formation, then seized Chu Mo and forced the Chu Family’s guards to retreat.
• Tang Yan sealed Chu Mo’s Dantian, bound him, and led Lin Dongxue and the others toward the Azure Dragon Academy.
• Uncle Guan pursued Tang Yan’s group for hours, while Tang Yan’s careful route through the forest concealed their tracks and left the pursuers lost.
• Uncle Guan’s group eventually spotted Tang Yan’s companions, but the aroma of Tang Yan’s roast meat distracted the exhausted guards.
• Tang Yan hoisted Chu Mo onto his shoulder and continued onward while Uncle Guan ordered Sanqi to hunt for food.

Tang Yan’s group evaded Uncle Guan’s exhausted pursuers while Tang Yan prepared Nine-Toxin Incense and used it to bait them with roast boar. After Uncle Guan’s men ate the poisoned meat and caught up, several figures blocked Tang Yan’s group of five.

• Uncle Guan led the Chu Family men in pursuit of Tang Yan’s group, following them for another twelve hours toward Azure Dragon Academy’s territory.
• Tang Yan’s group stopped by a stream, where Wan Fei roasted a wild boar and Tang Yan prepared medicinal ingredients for Explosive Spirit Pills.
• Tang Yan sprinkled Nine-Toxin Incense onto the remaining roast boar and explained that it weakened anyone who ate it by constricting their meridians.
• Tang Yan sensed the pursuers approaching and led his companions away, leaving the scented roast boar behind.
• Uncle Guan and his men ate the leftover meat while chasing Tang Yan’s group, unaware that it contained Nine-Toxin Incense.
• After running for a little over an hour, Tang Yan’s group of five encountered several figures blocking their path.

Tang Yan and his companions killed Uncle Guan’s group after Tang Yan crippled Chu Mo, prompting the Chu Family to launch a search and put a kill order on Tang Yan. A month later, Tang Yan’s new-student faction had become a subject of discussion at Azure Dragon Academy.

• Tang Yan provoked Uncle Guan, and Yu Juechen held Chu Mo at dagger-point to stop Uncle Guan from attacking.
• Tang Yan kicked Chu Mo toward Uncle Guan, then fought him; Uncle Guan tried to flee, but Tang Yan’s group killed the pursuers and left with their spoils.
• Tang Yan and his companions discussed the Chu Family’s strength and agreed to be cautious while training.
• Chu Jiang learned that the missing group’s clothes had been found and ordered a search for Little Mo, a kill mission for Tang Yan, and surveillance of him.
• After a month, a faction founded by a new student had become a topic of discussion at Azure Dragon Academy.

Reach the Summit’s affordable pills and copied signature formulas drew customers and alchemists, putting the Precious Pill Pavilion and Sacred Pill Alliance under pressure. Meng Xing persuaded Yang Xia to help undermine Reach the Summit, and Tang Yan returned to find Han Gong and the Precious Pill Pavilion protesting outside its base.

• Students praised Reach the Summit’s pills, and two alchemists considered joining it despite its five-year service requirement.
• Meng Xing met Yang Xia and offered the Precious Pill Pavilion a new pill formula if it helped bring down Reach the Summit.
• Yang Xia accepted Meng Xing’s offer in principle and asked to see the formula, which Meng Xing handed him.
• Tang Yan and his companions returned to Reach the Summit’s Trading Base and found Han Gong and the Precious Pill Pavilion’s crowd displaying banners accusing Tang Yan of breaking his challenge and Reach the Summit of stealing pill formulas.
• Tang Yan suspected Xue Xiao had stirred Han Gong into the confrontation but wondered why Han Gong had joined the Precious Pill Pavilion.