Recaps

Tang Yan won the Eastern Region Tournament, secured Cloud City's place at Azure Dragon Academy, and helped the Tang Family destroy the Liu Family. After arranging pill supplies for his family and saying farewell, he left with Lin Dongxue for Azure Dragon Academy, where a fierce selection awaited.

• Tang Yan wrote the Formless Cold Scripture for Shen He and accepted Shen Shan's sword and sword technique in return.
• Tang Yan and Lin Dongxue won their tournament matches, and Tang Yan defeated Su Wei, Song Qing, Cheng Gong, and finally Fang Xuan to become champion.
• Mo Bin selected Tang Yan, Fang Xuan, Wan Fei, Du Shu, and Lin Dongxue for Azure Dragon Academy, while Lin Dongxue kissed Tang Yan after their bet.
• Tang Yan returned to Cloud City and joined Old Master Tang and Lin Xiao in the attack that destroyed the Liu Family, while Tang Yan secretly took spirit herbs from the Liu Family Storehouse.
• Tang Yan told Old Master Tang about his championship and arranged a pill partnership with Wu Xuan so the Tang Family could obtain pills in the future.
• Tang Yan gave Tang Ling Explosive Spirit Pills and left Cloud City with Lin Dongxue, while Lin Xiao stayed behind to oversee the aftermath.
• Tang Yan and Lin Dongxue joined Mo Bin in Fang City and flew toward Azure Dragon Academy, where Mo Bin explained that only eight thousand of fifty thousand candidates would remain.

Tang Yan advanced through the selection by hunting Spirit Beasts, refining pills, trading resources, and defeating challengers while growing closer to Lin Dongxue and the others. After reuniting with his companions and helping them break through, he led them to Shuilan Peak, where the Immortal Sword Gang ordered them to leave.

• Tang Yan led his group through the selection, defeated rival candidates, and helped them hunt Spirit Beasts before they split up to train and gather resources.
• Tang Yan mastered the basics of the Mountain-Crushing Wave-Treading Sword, broke through to Profound Tier Fifth Grade, and took the Spirit Baleful Orchid from Chen Cheng's group.
• Tang Yan traded High Spirit Pills for Beast Cores, fought Chen Cheng and members of the Raging Tide Gang, and amassed thousands of Beast Cores and medicinal ingredients.
• Tang Yan fed the Beast Cores into the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron, endured the Heaven-Earth Creation Flame tempering his Dantian and Meridians, then hurried to meet his companions.
• Tang Yan and his companions stood against Li Kuanglan and the Raging Tide Gang, and Tang Yan defeated Li Kuanglan after a fierce exchange of martial techniques.
• Tang Yan took Li Kuanglan's Star Value and Storage Ring, spared Zhang Peng in exchange for a map to a natural treasure near Shuilan Peak, and promised his companions Mystic Spirit Pills.
• Tang Yan revealed that he was an Alchemy Master and refined pills while his companions kept watch, and the four used them to break through during the night.
• Tang Yan led the group to Shuilan Peak, where a young man from the Immortal Sword Gang told them to leave because the mountain belonged to his gang.

Tang Yan claimed the eastern region’s spirit treasure, rescued his friends, and led them into Azure Dragon Academy, where he began cultivating and studying Formation Martial Dao. After Sun Xiaolong beat Du Shu for defending Tang Yan, Tang Yan challenged him at the arena.

• Tang Yan reached Shuilan Peak first, found Star Spirit Liquid that the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron absorbed, and used the transformed flame to reshape his body and cultivate.
• Tang Yan killed a fifth-tier Fang Beast, recruited Yu Juechen, and rescued his friends from Yun Zhonghe, Leng Ning, and Bai Yu before defeating them with Yu Juechen’s help.
• Tang Yan shared Star Value with his companions, and the group entered Azure Dragon Academy after the trial ended and Xiao Cangshan announced its rankings and rewards.
• Tang Yan accepted the Eastern District’s nomination to compete against the other district champions and met instructor Du Xin before settling into a Four-Star Dormitory with Zi Yun.
• Tang Yan trained in the Nine Nether Fire Sea, then chose to study Formation Martial Dao with Elder Zhen and quickly learned to control nine Formation Points.
• Tang Yan learned that Sun Xiaolong had badly beaten Du Shu for defending Tang Yan’s reputation, gave Du Shu elixirs, and led his companions to confront the Victory Gang.
• Tang Yan found Sun Xiaolong dominating an arena, declared he had come to beat him, slapped him, and met his charge with the sixth form of Thousand Mountains Fist.

Tang Yan defeated Qin Sheng, founded Reach the Summit, and built it into a faction through pill auctions and new alchemy members while strengthening his cultivation. He remained in the fourth level of the Nine Nether Fire Sea as the New Student Competition approached, leaving Yu Juechen prepared to compete in his place.

• Tang Yan defeated Qin Sheng after avenging his brother, then told his companions that he wanted to reach the pinnacle of Pill Dao and helped found Reach the Summit around their ambitions.
• Tang Yan cultivated in the Nine Nether Fire Sea for half a month and broke through to Profound Tier Ninth Grade.
• Du Shu auctioned Tang Yan’s pills, earning 126,900 Star Value, while Elder Huo authenticated them and later watched Tang Yan refine superior-grade Flowing Spirit Pills.
• Tang Yan learned Meridian-Altering Qi from Zi Yun’s gift, transformed his meridians, and promised to reach Heaven Tier within half a year after she challenged him.
• Tang Yan recruited Qin Yue’er and her struggling Four Directions Cauldron members into Reach the Summit, then taught them pill-refining techniques and assigned them intensive practice.
• Tang Yan entered the fourth level of the Nine Nether Fire Sea and used the Heaven-Earth Creation Cauldron to keep cultivating as it cleared his meridians.
• As the New Student Competition neared, Tang Yan remained in seclusion, and Fang Xuan decided Yu Juechen would take his place if he did not emerge.