Recaps

Tang San’s admission to Nuoding Academy brought humiliation, debt, and growing hostility toward Lu Chen, while Lu Chen entered Huo Yuhao’s timeline and became the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s host. The arc ended with Lu Chen overpowering Bei Bei and demanding the Tang Sect Secret Arts as Huo Yuhao woke and urged Tang Ya to refuse.

• Ma Xiunuo exposed Yu Xiaogang’s plagiarism and had him expelled from Spirit Hall, while Tang San refused an offer to study there and learned his stipend had been suspended.
• Tang San passed Nuoding Academy’s entrance assessment after Xiao Chenyu beat him and a doctor treated him, then Lu Chen defeated him in Dorm Seven and Xiao Wu kissed Lu Chen in front of him.
• Tang San’s crooked nose and work assignments added to his humiliation, and he failed to find a smithy job without agreeing to report the purpose of his weapons.
• Tang San discovered Yu Xiaugang had spent his money on research books about evolving Sanpao, leaving Tang San angry at his teacher’s priorities.
• Lu Chen entered Huo Yuhao’s timeline, befriended him over meals, and offered to help him hunt a Soul Beast as Tang Ya and Bei Bei followed them toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Lu Chen defeated a Wind Baboon, but Huo Yuhao chose to absorb its ten-year Soul Ring, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm instead selected Lu Chen as its host.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm merged with Lu Chen, raising his Soul Power to Level 30 before Lu Chen crushed its resistance and left its gray bead in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Lu Chen revealed his four black Soul Rings, subdued Bei Bei, and demanded the Tang Sect Secret Arts from Tang Ya as Huo Yuhao woke and told her not to agree.