Recaps

Xu Ran brought Ruo Lin to the Black Mark City Grand Auction House and revealed that he had taken it over after destroying the Six Fan Gate. Their visit turned awkward when Ya Fei arrived, recognized Ruo Lin as a Jia Nan Academy instructor, and teased her about Xu Ran.

• Ruo Lin asked Xu Ran about the Black Mark City Auction House, and he told her it was his property and that he had wiped out the Six Fan Gate.
• Xu Ran explained that the Six Fan Gate had tried to steal from him, while Ruo Lin realized he had used his wealth to lure them into attacking.
• Ya Fei came over, saw Ruo Lin with Xu Ran, and guessed that she was Instructor Ruo Lin from Jia Nan Academy.
• Ruo Lin recognized Ya Fei and grew mortified, knowing that Ya Fei was famous at the academy for reaching the peak of Dou Huang with Xu Ran's pill.
• Ya Fei teased Ruo Lin about Xu Ran's tastes, then kissed Xu Ran and said she would host the auction.

Xu Ran reassured Ruo Lin after Ya Fei discovered their relationship, then Ya Fei auctioned pills in the Black-Corner Region while Han Feng feared the Hall of Souls and Yao Chen. Han Feng knelt before Xu Ran to beg for protection and asked where Yao Chen was, revealing that he still wanted his former master dead.

• Xu Ran reassured Ruo Lin that Ya Fei would keep their relationship secret and offered to help her break through to Dou Ling.
• Ya Fei auctioned pills to the Black-Corner Region’s factions, who admired her strength and suspected a powerful alchemist stood behind her.
• Han Feng feared that the Hall of Souls would target him and that Yao Chen, whom he had betrayed, might return to take revenge.
• After the auction, Han Feng asked Ya Fei to introduce him to Xu Ran, and she led him to meet Xu Ran.
• Han Feng knelt before Xu Ran and begged him to save his life, then asked where Yao Chen was while secretly hoping to kill him.

Ruo Lin watched Medicine Emperor Han Feng kneel before Xu Ran and saw her admiration for powerful experts collapse. Han Feng offered to serve Xu Ran, but Xu Ran agreed to help only if Han Feng became his dog, leaving Han Feng furious and humiliated.

• Ruo Lin recognized Han Feng and was shocked that the famed alchemist knelt before Xu Ran.
• Han Feng offered his knowledge of the Black-Corner Region and his service in exchange for Xu Ran's help.
• Xu Ran told Han Feng he would help only if Han Feng agreed to be his dog.
• Han Feng protested that Xu Ran was bullying and humiliating him despite his reputation and skill as a Sixth-Rank Alchemist.

Xu Ran forced Han Feng to submit and become his servant, binding him with a mark that let Xu Ran control his life and promised protection from the Hall of Souls. Ruo Lin watched in shock as Han Feng crawled away, leaving her to question Xu Ran’s domineering conduct.

• Xu Ran threatened Han Feng with overwhelming killing intent and offered him the choice of becoming a powerful servant or dying.
• Han Feng accepted Xu Ran as his master, hoping to gain strength and escape capture by the Hall of Souls.
• Xu Ran ordered Han Feng to crawl to him and mocked him over his betrayal of Yao Chen.
• Xu Ran planted a blood-red mark in Han Feng’s mind that could destroy his soul, while also protecting him from the Hall of Souls.
• Xu Ran kicked Han Feng away, and Han Feng crawled out before standing once he was at a safe distance.
• Ruo Lin questioned Xu Ran’s domineering treatment of Han Feng and reflected on how power had made the Medicine Emperor beg for mercy.

Ya Fei claimed Xu Ran’s attention, then left him to return to Jia Nan Academy with Ruo Lin, who wrestled with her growing feelings and unease about his power. Xu Ran explained why he relied on strength to control Han Feng, then reminded Ruo Lin that his academy elder status outranked her instructor position.

• Ya Fei sat beside Xu Ran, kissed him, and declared that she was going to balance the auction house accounts.
• Xu Ran told Ya Fei to keep the auction earnings and gave her a list of medicinal ingredients so he could refine more pills for monthly auctions.
• Xu Ran returned to Jia Nan Academy with a quiet Ruo Lin, who thought about his power, his kindness, and her attraction to him.
• Ruo Lin admitted she was a little afraid of Xu Ran after seeing how he treated Han Feng, and Xu Ran said strength mattered more than courtesy with someone like Han Feng.
• Xu Ran teased Ruo Lin by reminding her that his position as a Jia Nan Academy elder outranked hers as an Outer Academy instructor.

Xu Ran revealed that he had become Jia Nan Academy’s Alchemy Elder, easing Ruo Lin’s reservations about dating him. Ruo Lin agreed to date Xu Ran but asked him to keep their intimacy private, and the chapter ended with her bashfully calling him “Daddy” in public.

• Xu Ran showed Ruo Lin his Elder Token and explained that he had become the Inner Academy’s Alchemy Elder.
• Ruo Lin reflected on Xu Ran’s rapid rise and wondered whether to treat him as her student, an alchemist, or an elder.
• Xu Ran and Ruo Lin shook hands as Elder Xu Ran and Instructor Ruo Lin, and Ruo Lin accepted his proposal to date.
• Ruo Lin asked Xu Ran not to be perverted or intimate with her in front of people at the academy.
• Xu Ran teased Ruo Lin until she softly called him “Daddy” while students were nearby.

Wu Hao challenged Xu Ran to a duel over Xun'er, while Xu Ran joked that Wu Hao had nothing to lose. Hu Jia joined the crowd and, disappointed by what she saw, accused Xu Ran of being too cowardly to accept the challenge.

• Wu Hao confronted Xu Ran and demanded that he leave Xun'er if he lost a duel.
• Ruo Lin told Xu Ran that Wu Hao was a powerful Outer Academy student and one of Xun'er's suitors.
• The gathered students gossiped about Xu Ran and Ruo Lin as Wu Hao offered to stay away from Xun'er if he lost.
• Xu Ran teased Wu Hao by pointing out that Wu Hao was not with Xun'er, while Xu Ran claimed he kissed and embraced her every day.
• Hu Jia stepped forward and challenged Xu Ran, then criticized him for not accepting Wu Hao's challenge.

Xu Ran provoked Hu Jia by calling her a witch and criticizing her for pursuing Xun'er, so she attacked him at Jia Nan Academy. After he easily countered her first strike and mocked her weakness, Hu Jia became furious and prepared to fight him seriously.

• Xu Ran called Hu Jia a witch and told her to change her temper, angering her and drawing attention from Wu Hao and the surrounding students.
• Hu Jia accused Xu Ran of being a pervert and launched a vicious kick at him.
• Xu Ran caught Hu Jia's leg and pulled her into a split, leaving her in pain and humiliating her.
• Hu Jia tried to strike Xu Ran again, but he continued mocking her as weak and a pathetic rookie.
• Hu Jia resolved to fight Xu Ran in earnest, deciding that Xun'er would have no reason to blame her.

Hu Jia grew frustrated as Xu Ran effortlessly dodged her attacks, then drew her whip and unleashed her signature technique. When she attacked with countless whip shadows, Xu Ran caught the whip barehanded, leaving Hu Jia stunned and unable to pull it free.

• Bai Shan and Wu Hao recognized Xu Ran's strength, and Bai Shan persuaded Wu Hao to help if Hu Jia began to tire.
• Hu Jia drew her whip and attacked Xu Ran with her Darkwood Venomous Snake Vine technique.
• Xu Ran mocked Hu Jia's speed and dodged her strikes while she insisted she was strong and accused him of distracting her.
• Hu Jia unleashed countless whip shadows, but Xu Ran stood still, caught the whip barehanded, and held it fast.

Xu Ran overpowered Hu Jia, bound her with her own whip, and spanked her after she challenged him. When Bai Shan and Wu Hao attacked, Xu Ran killed Bai Shan with one punch and left Wu Hao terrified and questioning whether he still wanted to fight.

• Xu Ran caught Hu Jia's whip barehanded and taunted her, offering to teach her cultivation if she called him her dear big brother.
• Hu Jia abandoned her whip and attacked Xu Ran, who wrapped her in it and spanked her in front of the onlookers.
• Hu Jia called on Bai Shan and Wu Hao to join forces against Xu Ran.
• Xu Ran rushed at Bai Shan and blasted him to pieces with a single punch.
• Wu Hao stopped his attack and backed away in horror as Xu Ran asked whether he still wanted to fight.

Xu Ran intimidated Hu Jia after killing Bai Shan, but Hu Qian arrived and thanked Xu Ran for disciplining his granddaughter instead of rescuing her. Hu Jia was left bewildered by her grandfather’s sudden change in attitude.

• Xu Ran warned Wu Hao to stop meddling, and Wu Hao left after realizing Xu Ran had spared him.
• Xu Ran frightened Hu Jia into promising she would no longer compete with Xun'er, while Ruo Lin asked him to let her go.
• Hu Qian arrived and scolded Hu Jia for her behavior instead of blaming Xu Ran.
• Hu Qian apologized to Xu Ran and thanked him for teaching Hu Jia a lesson.
• Hu Jia protested that Xu Ran had tied her up and spanked her, then wondered why her grandfather had changed.

Hu Qian curried favor with Xu Ran and secured a sixth-rank pill, while Hu Jia reluctantly apologized but remained determined to defeat him. After learning what Xu Ran had offered Hu Jia, Hu Qian was devastated that she had rejected the opportunity.

• Hu Qian scolded Hu Jia and praised Xu Ran, then dismissed her accusation that Xu Ran had killed Bai Shan by calling Bai Shan a villain and promising Xu Ran merit.
• Hu Qian poured tea for Xu Ran and made Hu Jia apologize; Xu Ran teased her and told her she could come to him whenever she wanted.
• Hu Qian privately discussed matters with Xu Ran and obtained a sixth-rank pill to help clear his meridians and improve his chances of advancing.
• Hu Qian returned home and questioned Hu Jia about Xu Ran; after hearing her account, he lamented that she had let a valuable opportunity slip away.
• Hu Jia insisted that Hu Qian could train her until she became strong enough to defeat Xu Ran.

Hu Qian explained Xu Ran’s extraordinary alchemy skills and influence to Hu Jia, who finally understood why Xun'er and the others admired him. Xu Ran then defended his treatment of Hu Jia to Xun'er and the others, who recognized that the academy’s vice dean was accommodating him because of his special status.

• Hu Jia asked Hu Qian why everyone feared Xu Ran and insisted she could improve enough to surpass him with Elder Huo’s help.
• Hu Qian told Hu Jia that Xu Ran was at least a Seventh-Rank Alchemist, might be an Eighth-Rank Alchemist, and had helped people make astonishing breakthroughs in cultivation.
• Hu Qian cited Xu Ran’s influence and the many breakthroughs in the Jia Ma Empire, and Hu Jia realized why Xun'er and the others valued him so highly.
• Hu Qian told Hu Jia that Xu Ran was an elder whose position outranked Elder Huo’s, then went to find Elder Huo to boast about receiving a pill from Xu Ran.
• Xun'er and the others confronted Xu Ran for bullying Hu Jia and killing Bai Shan, and Xu Ran said Hu Jia had needed the lesson and the vice dean had praised him.
• Xiao Yu explained that the vice dean treated Xu Ran leniently because of his special status, while Xiao Mei had assumed the vice dean was simply kind.

Xu Ran gave Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei pills and cultivation guidance, rapidly raising their strength at Jia Nan Academy. The academy’s elders discussed Xu Ran’s growing influence and his future conflict with the Hall of Souls, while Hu Jia regretted offending him and wondered whether she could still ask for his help.

• Xu Ran gave the women pills and cultivation techniques, then began guiding their training, focusing on Xun'er's foundations and directly boosting Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei.
• Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei surged to Great Dou Master and began advancing toward Dou Ling, drawing Dou Qi toward their courtyard.
• The Inner Academy's elders were alerted by the breakthroughs, and Jia Nan Academy's guardians and First Elder Su Qian discussed Xu Ran's power and the danger of his conflict with the Hall of Souls.
• Hu Jia brooded over her missed chance to win Xu Ran's help and feared he would mock her if she approached him now.

Hu Jia discovered that Xu Ran’s courtyard was filled with dense Heaven and Earth Energy and that Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei had become Dou Lings. She sought Xu Ran’s favor and tried to remain near the courtyard, but he dismissed her.

• Hu Jia hurried to Xun'er and the others’ room after hearing that Xu Ran could help people break through.
• Hu Jia found the courtyard’s Heaven and Earth Energy as dense as the energy in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and realized Xu Ran had transformed it.
• Hu Jia saw that Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei had all become Dou Lings and worried she would lose her place among the Outer Academy’s top five.
• Xu Ran caught Hu Jia peering through the window, and she apologized and praised him to win his favor.
• Xu Ran forgave Hu Jia and told her to leave, but she tried to stay by saying she had come to visit Xun'er and the others.

Xu Ran explained that Xun'er and the others were rapidly improving by eating his pills, leaving Hu Jia envious of their cultivation. Hu Jia tried to move into Xu Ran’s courtyard, but his suggestive warning about what happened there left her flustered and eager to stay anyway.

• Xu Ran told Hu Jia that Xun'er and the others were cultivating, and he noted that Xun'er had reached five-star Dou Ling.
• Hu Jia reacted with despair as she realized Xun'er had far outpaced her, while Xu Ran said he planned to make more pills for the girls to eat like snacks.
• Hu Jia asked Xu Ran for pills and then followed him into the room, hoping to live in the courtyard and improve her cultivation.
• Xu Ran pointed out that the courtyard had no spare room, but Hu Jia offered to sleep outside in a tent.
• Xu Ran warned Hu Jia that the courtyard often got loud, and Hu Jia blushed before saying she would cultivate while he had his fun.

Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei made rapid breakthroughs to Dou Ling, leaving Hu Jia anxious about falling behind and eager to move into their courtyard to cultivate. After joining them, Hu Jia privately asked Xiao Mei how to win Xu Ran over and get pills from him.

• Xun'er stabilized at Eight-Star Dou Ling, while Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei reached Three-Star Dou Ling after cultivating.
• Hu Jia learned their new cultivation levels and felt discouraged about the gap between herself and the three girls.
• Hu Jia pleaded to move into their courtyard so she could cultivate there, and Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei agreed.
• Hu Jia moved her belongings in and asked Xiao Mei how to get Xu Ran to forgive her and give her pills.
• Xiao Mei told Hu Jia that making Xu Ran feel good could lead him to make her feel good too.

Xiao Mei agreed to help Hu Jia grow stronger, but turned her lessons into an excuse to take control of her. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan recruited Lu Mu to help him pursue Xiao Yu and oppose Xu Ran.

• Xiao Mei told Hu Jia to call her big sister and offered to help her reach Dou Ling by appealing to Xu Ran's preferences.
• Hu Jia agreed, but became uneasy when Xiao Mei took her whip and warned her not to back out.
• After Xiao Yu, Xun'er, and the others broke through, they took Xu Ran shopping, while Xiao Yan watched resentfully.
• Xiao Yan told Lu Mu that Xu Ran was unworthy of Xiao Yu and promised to help Lu Mu win her over.
• Lu Mu accepted Xiao Yan's offer to work with him against Xu Ran.

Xu Ran and Ruo Lin discussed the Inner Academy’s upcoming admissions and chose Xue Ni to enter as Xu Ran’s disciple. Afterward, Xu Ran and Ruo Lin left her office together, making their relationship obvious to the academy.

• Xun'er, Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and the others cultivated after breaking through to Dou Ling, while Ruo Lin lamented that her students had surpassed her.
• Ruo Lin told Xu Ran that Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Xiao Mei could claim the class’s three Inner Academy places, then explained that an elder could bring one disciple into the Inner Academy each year.
• Xu Ran chose Xue Ni as his disciple because she was close to Xiao Yu and had ties to him from Wutan City.
• Xu Ran promised to make pills to help Ruo Lin break through to Dou Wang, then stayed with her in her office.
• Xu Ran supported Ruo Lin as they walked through campus, where her outfit and closeness to him drew stares and revealed their relationship.

Xu Ran and Ruo Lin reunited with Xue Ni and offered to help her enter the Inner Academy by becoming Xu Ran’s disciple. After explaining why he preferred training ordinary students, Xu Ran promised to raise Xue Ni to at least Dou Zun, leaving Ruo Lin teasingly asking to become his disciple too.

• Ruo Lin embraced her relationship with Xu Ran, while academy students gossiped about them and Xu Ran’s closeness with Hu Jia.
• Xu Ran and Ruo Lin met Xue Ni, who admitted she wanted to enter the Inner Academy but doubted her cultivation was sufficient.
• Ruo Lin asked whether Xue Ni would become Xu Ran’s disciple, and Xue Ni was stunned that he might take her on.
• Xu Ran said he preferred turning ordinary people into powerhouses rather than teaching geniuses, then promised Xue Ni would reach at least Dou Zun.
• Ruo Lin jokingly asked Xu Ran to take her as a disciple as well.

Xu Ran accepted Xue Ni as his first disciple and explained that his new status as a Jia Nan Academy elder would let her enter the Inner Academy. He arranged for Xue Ni to train with Xun'er and the others starting the next day.

• Xu Ran teased Xue Ni about becoming his disciple while Ruo Lin admitted that she and Xu Ran were together.
• Xue Ni realized Ruo Lin could be with Xu Ran and hoped she might stay by his side as his disciple.
• Xu Ran showed Xue Ni his elder's token and explained that she would be an elder's disciple.
• Xu Ran accepted Xue Ni as his first disciple, and she promised to work hard at cultivating.
• Xu Ran told Xue Ni she would train with Xun'er and the others starting the next day.

Xu Ran woke to find Hu Jia dressed in a maid outfit and asking him for a pill, which instantly raised her cultivation to one-star Dou Ling. Hu Jia left eager to show off her breakthrough, while Xu Ran was still curious about her fox tail.

• Xu Ran found Hu Jia in a maid outfit and suspected Xiao Mei had taught her how to act seductively.
• Hu Jia admitted she wanted sugar beans, and Xu Ran gave her a pill.
• The pill rapidly raised Hu Jia's cultivation to one-star Dou Ling.
• Hu Jia asked for more pills, but Xu Ran refused and told her to act normally.
• Hu Jia left to show off her new strength, fleeing when Xu Ran asked about her tail.

Hu Jia celebrated becoming a Dou Ling after Xu Ran helped her, then bickered with Xiao Mei over their rivalry and her revealing outfit. Xun'er, Xiao Yu, and Xue Ni joined them, and Hu Jia backed down rather than risk losing Xu Ran’s favor.

• Xiao Mei felt jealous that Hu Jia had become a Dou Ling and regretted teaching her how to please Xu Ran.
• Hu Jia thanked Xiao Mei, then teased her and rejected her claim to be mistress now that Hu Jia’s cultivation had risen.
• Xiao Mei threatened to ask Xu Ran for more pills so she could strengthen herself and make Hu Jia obey.
• Xun'er and Xiao Yu came out after hearing the argument, and Xiao Mei accused Hu Jia of seducing Xu Ran and being rewarded.
• Xue Ni arrived, was shocked by Hu Jia’s alluring outfit, and guessed that Hu Jia had fallen for Xu Ran.
• Hu Jia backed down from Xiao Mei’s challenge because she wanted to preserve Xu Ran’s good opinion and keep receiving pills.

Xue Ni joined Xu Ran and revealed that he had taken her as his final disciple, making Hu Jia envious and eager to become his disciple too. Xu Ran refused to take another disciple for now, then began training the girls with gravity-enhanced endurance exercises, which quickly tempered their Dou Qi.

• Xue Ni told Hu Jia and the others that she would live at the academy and had become Xu Ran's final disciple.
• Hu Jia envied Xue Ni and pleaded with Xu Ran to take her as a disciple, but he said she would have to prove herself.
• Xu Ran gathered the girls and promised a reward to whoever endured his training without collapsing.
• Xu Ran increased the gravity around the girls and made them run ten thousand meters under the strain.
• Hu Jia and the others felt their Dou Qi becoming denser and purer, so they pushed themselves to keep training.

Su Qian and Hu Qian discovered that Xu Ran’s Gravity Domain could greatly improve cultivation and asked him to create gravity training rooms and draw in Heaven and Earth Energy for Jia Nan Academy. Su Qian offered Xu Ran the position of vice principal, but Xu Ran refused and chose to remain free of responsibilities.

• Su Qian and Hu Qian were shocked that Xu Ran’s Gravity Domain suppressed even their powerful Dou Qi, and Su Qian explained its potential benefits for cultivation.
• Su Qian asked Xu Ran to create gravity training rooms for Jia Nan Academy, and Xu Ran said it would be easy.
• Su Qian asked whether Xu Ran could also draw in Heaven and Earth Energy after sensing the improved energy around his dormitory.
• Su Qian offered Xu Ran academy treasures and the position of vice principal in exchange for helping Jia Nan Academy.
• Xu Ran declined the position because he wanted to live freely, and Su Qian accepted that he would not agree.