Recaps

After the Hu Family Manor massacre, Hu Fangyuan gained the Heaven Refining inheritance and reached Eastsea Academy, where he refined Gu to improve his aptitude and strength. He committed to staying at the academy under Wu Changkong’s support, then revealed his hidden combat skill during training as Wu Changkong raised the stakes with his Heavenly Frost Sword.

• Hu Fangyuan survived the Hu Family massacre, gained the Heaven Refining inheritance, killed Hu Heming, and used the Blood Skull Gu to improve his aptitude before escaping to Eastsea City.
• Hu Fangyuan enrolled at Eastsea Academy after demonstrating his strength alongside Gu Yue, then rented a house where he could refine Gu in seclusion.
• Hu Fangyuan refined a high-grade Moonlight Pearl Gu and considered leaving Eastsea Academy, but accepted Wu Changkong’s offer of monthly funding in exchange for applying to Shrek Academy within five years.
• After reading The True Man's Biography, Hu Fangyuan refined a top-grade Copper Bone Gu and merged it with his bones, greatly strengthening his body.
• Wu Changkong began evening training for the Class Promotion Tournament and warned Tang Wulin that he might lose his place on the team unless he met the requirements.
• Wu Changkong challenged Hu Fangyuan to show his full ability, and Hu Fangyuan admitted he had been holding back before attacking with controlled water and fire techniques.
• Hu Fangyuan’s layered attacks forced Wu Changkong to defend and dodge, and their final water-and-fire spear snapped Wu Changkong’s belt in two.
• Wu Changkong praised Hu Fangyuan, then summoned his Heavenly Frost Sword and lowered the training ground’s temperature to begin the next stage of the test.

Hu Fangyuan trained his spiritual power and elemental control, then carried Class Five through the promotion tournament while drawing the attention of Guang Biao and Wu Changkong. After Wu Changkong drove Guang Biao away, Hu Fangyuan prepared to refine a stronger Gu, and the story closed with Sui discovering Flame Gu and bringing fire to humanity.

• Hu Fangyuan trained with Gu Yue, advanced to Soul Power Level twenty-five, and helped Class Five prepare for the tournament as Wu Changkong set demanding team drills.
• Hu Fangyuan defeated Class Four alone with water and fire attacks, then went to the East Sea Trading Company to buy materials for refining Gu worms.
• Hu Fangyuan and Gu Yue helped Tang Wulin confront Guang Long, and Hu Fangyuan defeated Guang Long after exploiting gaps in his defenses.
• Hu Fangyuan defeated the Gu Brothers of Class Three in the tournament, prompting Ye Yingluo to concede and Wu Changkong to warn him not to go too far.
• Guang Biao surrounded Eastsea Academy and demanded Hu Fangyuan and the others, but Wu Changkong defeated him with the Heavenly Frost Sword and sent him away.
• Hu Fangyuan left to refine Iron Skin Gu and Brute Flesh Gu for his planned Four Symbols Iron Body Gu.
• Sui left his cave to explore the darkness, met the newly formed Flame Gu, and returned to spread fire through the settlements, where later generations revered him as Suirenshi.