Recaps

Tang Yan deciphered and learned the first move of the Flame Burst Palm, but its enormous cost in true qi left him unconscious. After recovering and training for three days, he met Ge Ming at the Tang Family home and learned that he owed the Wonderful Elixir Workshop 3.3 million taels of silver, shocking Old Master Tang.

• Tang Yan studied the Flame Burst Palm and realized its first move required making space vibrate through the release of true qi.
• After many failed attempts, Tang Yan broke a thick tree with the palm strike, exhausted his true qi, and collapsed.
• Guards brought Tang Yan back to his room, where he recovered and doubled Xiao Cui's monthly wages.
• Tang Yan spent three days training and then went to meet Ge Ming, who had come to settle the Tang Family's account.
• Ge Ming revealed that the Tang Family owed the Wonderful Elixir Workshop 3.3 million taels of silver, and Old Master Tang demanded to know what Tang Yan had bought.

The Tang Family received its first monthly payment from the Wonderful Elixir Workshop for Meridian Tempering Powder, and Old Master Tang urged Tang Yan to focus on cultivation and attend an auction. Tang Yan and Zi Yun arrived at the Heavenly Treasure Auction House, where all four great lineages of Cloud City had gathered.

• Ge Ming delivered the Tang Family 3.3 million taels of silver and said its monthly earnings from Meridian Tempering Powder would rise to at least five million taels.
• Tang Yan told Old Master Tang that his master had supplied the pill formula and that a jade-slip cultivation method required Profound Tier strength to use effectively.
• Old Master Tang gave Tang Yan the money and suggested he attend the Heavenly Treasure auction that night.
• Tang Yan and Zi Yun headed to the auction, and Zi Yun said she expected to reach Earth Tier in two days and might soon leave Cloud City.
• Tang Yan teased Zi Yun about living at the Tang Family home, and she kicked him as they continued to the auction house.
• Tang Yan and Zi Yun took the Tang Family seats at the packed auction, where Tang Yan saw all four great lineages and resolved to outbid them.

Tang Yan recognized a Three-Leaf Blood-Activating Herb as a valuable Spirit-Refining Herb and bought it for fifty thousand taels, then acquired three more spirit herbs during the auction. The auction’s final item, the incomplete yellow tier middle grade Thousand Mountains Fist, drew intense interest as bidding began.

• Xie Zhang opened the auction and presented a Three-Leaf Blood-Activating Herb, which Tang Yan recognized as a herb that could temper mental power.
• Tang Yan bid fifty thousand taels for the herb, startling the crowd and prompting Zi Yun to question his spending.
• Tang Yan bought three more spirit herbs as the auction continued, while Zi Yun made no bids.
• Xie Zhang introduced the incomplete Thousand Mountains Fist, explained that its first two punches could be practiced, and announced that it was yellow tier middle grade.
• Bidding for the Thousand Mountains Fist began at one hundred thousand taels, and the first bidder offered two hundred thousand.

Tang Yan provoked Qin He into bidding two million taels for a martial technique, then stopped when he saw Qin He could not afford it. Xie Zhang demanded payment or compensation from the Qin Family, leaving Qin He unable to pay on the spot.

• The Wu and Qin Families competed for a martial technique until Tang Yan repeatedly outbid Qin He by a thousand taels.
• Qin He accused Tang Yan of bidding without enough money, but Xie Zhang defended the auction’s rules and continued the bidding.
• Tang Yan kept raising the price until Qin He bid two million taels, then revealed he had only brought three thousand taels and let Qin He win.
• Qin He admitted that the Qin Family could not produce the money and argued that Tang Yan had also violated the rules.
• Xie Zhang rejected Qin He’s request for one day to pay and demanded five hundred thousand taels in compensation if he could not pay.

Tang Yan paid for the Thousand Mountains Fist scroll and escaped Zi Yun’s pursuit only to be beaten when she caught up with him. Back at the Tang Family, he studied the technique, realized its forms might connect into a chain of punches, and began testing a third punch.

• The Qin Family paid Heavenly Treasure Auction House five hundred thousand taels, and Tang Yan produced enough banknotes to pay for the Thousand Mountains Fist scroll.
• Tang Yan left the auction house with Zi Yun following him, then fled when she tried to kick him; she caught up and beat him before they reached the Tang Family.
• Tang Yan took a healing pill and studied the Thousand Mountains Fist, noticing that its second form built on the first and might lead to further punches.
• Tang Yan went into the courtyard and practiced the first two forms in succession before launching a third punch.

Tang Yan mastered the Thousand Mountains Fist by repeatedly practicing its opening moves until he discovered that the complete technique allowed him to chain increasingly powerful punches. After refining four third-tier beast cores in the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron, he broke through to Yellow Tier Seventh Grade and strengthened his flame, though the cost of beast cores limited how often he could use them.

• Tang Yan practiced the first two moves of the Thousand Mountains Fist repeatedly, and after three days he extended the technique with a third punch more powerful than the first two combined.
• After two more days of practice, Tang Yan added a fourth punch, then explained to Zi Yun that the complete technique could continue as long as the practitioner had the strength to keep punching.
• Zi Yun realized the technique was not an incomplete fragment and warned Tang Yan to keep it secret because it could attract covetous attention.
• Xiao Cui delivered Tang Yan a wooden box containing four third-tier beast cores, which he placed inside the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron.
• The cauldron refined the beast cores into spiritual liquid and energy, growing the Spirit Whirlpool Fruit seedling and helping Tang Yan cultivate to Yellow Tier Seventh Grade while strengthening his flame.
• Tang Yan concluded that spiritual treasures could nourish the cauldron and aid his cultivation, but he dismissed relying on beast cores because they were too expensive.

Tang Yan decided to temper himself in Cangyun Mountain and prepared to leave before the Eastern Region Tournament. After gaining Old Master Tang's permission and packing pills and poisons, he stepped out of the Pill Room and found Zi Yun waiting outside.

• Tang Yan considered the Tang Family's vulnerability and decided to train in Cangyun Mountain to strengthen himself.
• Old Master Tang told Tang Yan about the Eastern Region Tournament and its three places for Cloud City, including a chance to qualify for the Azure Dragon Academy.
• Tang Yan agreed to compete and told Old Master Tang he planned to train in Cangyun Mountain for two months, relying on his fictitious master to scout the routes.
• Tang Ling approved Tang Yan's plan, and Tang Yan said he would leave that night to avoid watchful eyes.
• Tang Yan prepared Hemostasis Pills, Poison-Expelling Pills, High Spirit Pills, Meridian Tempering Pills, and poisons, then found Zi Yun waiting outside the Pill Room.

Tang Yan said farewell to Zi Yun and the Tang Family before heading to Cangyun Mountain to train. On his first night in the mountains, a huge wolf pack trapped him in a tree, and he discovered that one of the wolves was a second-tier spirit beast.

• Tang Yan gave Zi Yun thirty Qi-Restoring Pills, and she gave him a Purple Bamboo Token before leaving for Purple Bamboo City.
• Tang Yan promised to meet Zi Yun at the Azure Dragon Academy, then distributed pills to his grandfather, Uncle Mo, and Mo Yanjun before leaving the Tang Family estate.
• Tang Yan slipped out of Cloud City and traveled toward Cangyun Mountain, where he rested in a tree after finding no spirit beasts.
• A pack of hundreds of wolves surrounded Tang Yan's tree and formed a wolf ladder to reach him.
• Tang Yan knocked away several wolves, then struck a larger gray-black wolf with Thousand Mountains Fist and realized it was a second-tier spirit beast.

Tang Yan fought the wolf pack until his injuries and exhaustion forced him to flee, but the battle sharpened his close-combat skills. After recovering overnight, he discovered a powerful waterfall and decided it would be an ideal place to train.

• Tang Yan was wounded while battling waves of wolves, then escaped the pack using Phantom Shadow Steps as the silver-coated wolf king howled after him.
• Tang Yan outran the pursuing wolves, treated his wounds beside a river, and resolved to keep training against the pack to improve his fighting.
• Tang Yan recovered overnight, caught and roasted a rabbit, then followed the sound of rushing water.
• Tang Yan found a towering waterfall and recognized its force as an ideal resource for his training.

Tang Yan trained beneath a waterfall and fought the wolf pack until he advanced to yellow tier eighth grade and mastered the pack’s attack pattern. After half a month of practicing the Thousand Mountains Fist under the waterfall, he began a breakthrough and unleashed a powerful fifth punch.

• Tang Yan endured the waterfall’s pressure and repeatedly trained there, growing stronger as he fought the wolves at night.
• Over seven days, Tang Yan advanced from yellow tier seventh grade to yellow tier eighth grade and began practicing the Thousand Mountains Fist beneath the waterfall.
• Tang Yan learned the Wolf King’s tactics and weakened the pack through repeated battles, deciding that further fights would only be worthwhile if the Wolf King joined in.
• Tang Yan spent half a month trying to land the fifth punch beneath the waterfall, then felt his dantian fill with true qi after throwing the fourth punch.
• Tang Yan shouted and swung his fist, unleashing a formidable surge of force beneath the waterfall.

Tang Yan broke through during waterfall training and demonstrated the power of his seventh punch. When he went to confront the Wolf King, he found Wan Fei and Chang Ying battling the poisoned wolf pack, only for Green Wolf and five armed companions to arrive and challenge them over the prey.

• Tang Yan shattered the waterfall with his fifth punch, then used the Thousand Mountains Fist to blast a crater with his seventh punch.
• Tang Yan judged that his new strength could let him fight a profound tier first grade expert and decided to test it against the Wolf King.
• After hearing anguished howls, Tang Yan found Wan Fei and Chang Ying fighting wolves weakened by Essence-Scattering Powder, while the Wolf King lay poisoned.
• An unseen archer shot the Wolf King and the surrounding wolves, leaving the Wolf King wounded in the throat.
• Green Wolf arrived with five companions, and Wan Fei challenged him for trying to steal her prey.

Tang Yan interrupted Qing Lang's gang as they threatened Wan Fei and Chang Ying, then took the White Wolf King's Beast Core and mocked Qing Lang. When Qing Lang sent Third to seize him, Tang Yan swiftly broke Third's wrist and both knees.

• Qing Lang threatened Wan Fei and said Chang Ying could leave, but Wan Fei had to stay with his gang.
• Tang Yan emerged from the shadows, claimed the White Wolf King as his pet, and extracted its Beast Core.
• Tang Yan mocked Qing Lang by pointing out that people had surely taken things from him before, while Wan Fei resented being called an auntie.
• Qing Lang ordered Third to grab Tang Yan, and Third charged at him.
• Tang Yan broke Third's right wrist and left knee, then shattered his right kneecap and forced him onto both knees.

Tang Yan crippled Third Brother and three more members of the Blue Wolf Group after demanding thirty million taels for the White Wolf King. With Blue Wolf still preparing to fight, Tang Yan urged the injured Wan Fei to attack him.

• Tang Yan broke Third Brother’s hands and feet, then kicked him between the legs and knocked him unconscious.
• Tang Yan demanded thirty million taels from Blue Wolf as compensation for the White Wolf King, which he claimed had been his pet.
• Blue Wolf ordered his men to attack Tang Yan, Wan Fei, and Chang Ying.
• Tang Yan defeated Second Brother, Fourth Brother, and Fifth Brother with swift punches, leaving Blue Wolf and Sixth Brother as the remaining opponents.
• Tang Yan asked Blue Wolf to pay and encouraged Wan Fei to exploit an opening on Blue Wolf’s right.

Tang Yan helped Wan Fei defeat Green Wolf and Xiao Liu, then received a map of the Cangyun Mountain Range in exchange for giving Wan Fei and Chang Ying the White Wolf King's pelt. The map showed nearby spirit beasts and gave Tang Yan new places to find training opponents.

• Tang Yan called out Green Wolf's openings, and Wan Fei killed him and Xiao Liu.
• Wan Fei thanked Tang Yan, then angrily protested when he repeatedly called her an auntie.
• Chang Ying explained that he and Wan Fei were mercenaries who had come to Cangyun Mountain for the White Wolf King.
• Tang Yan agreed to let them take the wolf pelt, and Chang Ying gave him their sheepskin map of the Cangyun Mountain Range.
• Tang Yan recognized the map's accurate markings of spirit beasts, including the area where he had encountered the Nether Leopard.

Tang Yan left Wan Fei and Chang Ying, then traveled deeper into Cangyun Mountain to find stronger opponents. He began fighting a troop of Fire Apes, overpowering one in single combat before the troop charged him together.

• Tang Yan told Wan Fei to return after completing her mission and hurried away, while Wan Fei and Chang Ying praised his strength and speculated they might meet him at the Eastern Region Tournament.
• Tang Yan studied the map, chose a peak inhabited by Fire Apes, and trained beneath the waterfall for three more days before setting out.
• Tang Yan reached the Fire Apes’ territory and strode toward the troop, ignoring their warnings.
• Tang Yan traded punches with one Fire Ape and knocked it back twice, making it realize it could not defeat him alone.
• The Fire Ape howled for help, and the rest of its troop rushed at Tang Yan.

Tang Yan repeatedly fought the Fire Apes, fleeing to recover between bouts and steadily improving his combat skills. After disrupting their usual day-and-night routine for ten days, he returned at dawn to find them assembled as a powerful Fire Ape watched him.

• Tang Yan nearly fell to the Fire Apes after exhausting his stamina, but used the Heaven-Earth Creation Flame to create an opening and escape.
• Tang Yan rested, reviewed his mistakes, and returned to Fire Ape Peak, where he fought the troop for four hours before withdrawing to recover.
• Tang Yan resumed battling the Fire Apes after healing and restoring his stamina, managing to counterattack more effectively before escaping again.
• Tang Yan repeatedly fought and fled for ten days, disrupting the Fire Apes' customary schedule as his fighting ability improved.
• Tang Yan arrived at Fire Ape Peak at dawn and found the Fire Apes waiting in formation, with a more powerful Fire Ape standing behind them.

After Tang Yan fought the Fire Apes and escaped the coordinated attacks directed by their king, he reflected on his recent battles and entered the combat realm. He began fighting by instinct, displaying a wide range of unorthodox techniques.

• Tang Yan battled the Fire Apes until their king began coordinating their attacks, leaving him nearly out of true qi.
• After taking a blow and facing a combined assault, Tang Yan stayed down, slipped through a gap, kicked an ape, and escaped.
• Tang Yan returned to his resting place, swallowed a pill, and tried to recover from the fight.
• As he reviewed more than ten days of near-death battles, Tang Yan’s close-quarters fighting became instinctive.
• Tang Yan suddenly sprang up and fought in a clearing, entering the combat realm.

Tang Yan entered the Combat Realm, broke through to Profound Tier, and learned more about controlling the Heaven-Earth Creation Flame. He returned to Fire Ape Peak and fought the Fire Ape King after defeating most of the Fire Apes.

• Tang Yan broke through to Profound Tier and planted a seed of combat within himself after entering the Combat Realm.
• The Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron revealed advanced instructions for strengthening and using the Heaven-Earth Creation Flame.
• Tang Yan returned to Fire Ape Peak, where the Fire Apes attacked him under the Fire Ape King's command.
• Tang Yan injured eight of the thirteen Fire Apes, prompting the Fire Ape King to enter the battle.
• Tang Yan fought the Fire Ape King for nearly an hour, then seized an opening and unleashed the Thousand Mountains Fist.

Tang Yan completed his two-month training journey by defeating a Fire Ape King, refining his combat skills, and mastering Flame Burst Palm beneath a waterfall. He returned to Cloud City at Profound Tier and entered the Pill Room to prepare medicine for himself and Tang Ling.

• Tang Yan defeated and killed the Fire Ape King with Thousand Mountains Fist, then refined its Beast Core in the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron as the other Fire Apes fled.
• He spent six days hunting three third-tier spirit beasts while challenging himself to fight with less strength than he possessed.
• Tang Yan trained beneath a forty-meter waterfall, advancing from three punches of Thousand Mountains Fist to five.
• On the final day, Tang Yan successfully used Flame Burst Palm beneath the waterfall and blasted the entire curtain of water apart.
• Tang Yan returned to the Tang Family compound before dawn and resolved to treat Tang Ling's damaged meridians.
• He entered the Pill Room to refine pills for Tang Ling and a new batch suited to his own cultivation.

Old Master Tang waited anxiously for Tang Yan, who had been gone for two months, as Cloud City began selecting its representatives for the Eastern Region Tournament. While rumors spread about Tang Yan’s absence and the selection opened, Tang Yan returned to the Tang Family residence, where Xiao Cui barely recognized him.

• Old Master Tang worried that Tang Yan had not returned and agreed with Uncle Mo to send the Tang Family's elite forces to Cangyun Mountain if he remained missing another day.
• Old Master Tang and Uncle Mo went to the Cloud Platform, where the crowd speculated about Tang Yan's absence and repeated rumors that he was afraid, injured, or dead.
• City Lord Lin Xiao announced that Cloud City would select three representatives for the Eastern Region Tournament and that anyone from the city could enter the selection.
• Tang Yan finished refining pills, cleaned up, and returned to the Tang Family residence.
• Xiao Cui saw Tang Yan and exclaimed in surprise, and he asked irritably whether she no longer recognized him after only two months.

Tang Yan returned to Cloud City and interrupted the Eastern Region Tournament selection, challenging the proposed rules and demanding a direct fight with Liu Zhi. City Lord Lin Xiao approved the match, leaving Tang Yan and Liu Zhi about to battle on the Cloud Platform.

• Xiao Cui told Tang Yan that Old Master Tang had been waiting at the gate for him, then said his grandfather had gone to watch the tournament at the Cloud Platform.
• Tang Yan arrived at the Cloud Platform, greeted Old Master Tang, and objected to the selection rules announced by Lin Xiao.
• Tang Yan said Liu Zhi, Wu Feiming, and Qin He were unqualified for the reserved contestant spots and proposed that Lin Dongxue and he qualify automatically while everyone else competed in the arena.
• Liu Zhi challenged Tang Yan to a fight, offering to enter the arena selection if Tang Yan won.
• Tang Yan accepted and requested a battle with Liu Zhi, and Lin Xiao approved the match on the Cloud Platform.

Tang Yan fought Liu Zhi on the Cloud Platform and revealed he could contend with a stronger opponent through swift attacks and the Thousand Mountains Fist. The chapter ended as Liu Zhi launched another powerful punch and Tang Yan’s aura suddenly surged again.

• Tang Yan entered the match against Liu Zhi, who intended to kill him and avenge his earlier humiliation.
• Tang Yan used swift, shifting punches to contend with Liu Zhi’s yellow tier ninth grade strength, impressing Lin Xiao with how relaxed he remained.
• Liu Zhi revealed that he had reached the profound tier, alarming the crowd and leaving them convinced Tang Yan would lose.
• Tang Yan raised his strength to yellow tier seventh grade and struck Liu Zhi with the fifth punch of the Thousand Mountains Fist, whose power Lin Xiao recognized as a low-grade profound tier cultivation method.
• After Liu Zhi prepared a stronger follow-up attack, Tang Yan’s aura suddenly surged higher.

Tang Yan defeated Liu Zhi in the selection tournament and claimed the title of Cloud City's Number One of the Younger Generation. Lin Xiao changed the tournament rules, but nobody stepped forward to challenge Liu Zhi or Lin Dongxue.

• Tang Yan advanced to Yellow Tier Ninth Grade and struck Liu Zhi with the seventh punch of the Thousand Mountains Fist, wounding him and forcing him back.
• Tang Yan asked whether Liu Zhi was convinced, and Liu Zhi refused, prompting Tang Yan to attack again.
• Tang Yan broke through Liu Zhi's defenses and kicked him off the platform, leaving him gravely injured and unconscious.
• Liu Wuhui threatened Tang Yan, but Tang Yan argued that Liu Zhi had accepted the risks of the duel, and Liu Wuhui restrained himself.
• Lin Xiao announced that the selection winner could challenge Liu Zhi or Lin Dongxue for a place in the Eastern Region Tournament, but no one challenged either of them.

After defeating Liu Zhi, Tang Yan secured a place in the Eastern Region Tournament and revealed to Old Master Tang that he had already reached Profound Tier First Grade. He gave his grandfather pills to repair his meridians and stabilize his Dantian, then planned to remove threats to the Tang Family before entering Azure Dragon Academy.

• Lin Xiao provisionally selected Tang Yan, Lin Dongxue, and Liu Zhi to represent Cloud City at the Eastern Region Tournament and told Liu Wuhui to gather them in ten days.
• Old Master Tang questioned Tang Yan about his breakthrough and the Thousand Mountains Fist, and Tang Yan revealed that he had reached Profound Tier First Grade.
• Tang Yan told Old Master Tang about his training and gave him Meridian-Moistening Spirit Pills, an Essence-Suppressing Pill, and a Yang Pill to help restore his meridians and Dantian.
• Old Master Tang hurried into seclusion after returning to the Tang Family, leaving Tang Yan alone in the carriage.
• Tang Yan resolved to eliminate threats from the Liu, Wu, and Qin Families before seeking a place at Azure Dragon Academy and looking for his parents.

Tang Yan strengthened the Tang Family while Old Master Tang recovered from his injuries and advanced to Earth Tier. After arranging pills and strategy for the family, Tang Yan left for the Eastern Region Tournament, where the City Lord warned that Profound Tier Third Grade contestants would compete.

• Tang Yan supplied pills and rewards that drove the Tang Family Guards to improve rapidly and raised his standing among them.
• Old Master Tang healed his lingering injuries and broke through to Earth Tier, while Tang Yan concealed his master's name.
• Tang Yan and Old Master Tang agreed that the Tang Family should follow a moderate path while responding decisively to attacks.
• Tang Yan stocked the family with pills and instructed Old Master Tang on how to supply the guards and elite forces during his absence.
• Tang Yan said farewell to the Tang Family and rode to the City Lord's Residence, where he met Liu Zhi and Lin Dongxue.
• The City Lord showed Tang Yan, Liu Zhi, and Lin Dongxue a map of the Eastern Domain and warned them that Profound Tier Third Grade contestants would attend the tournament in Fang City.