Ian became the pride of the local community, an exception as a student admitted to the Mystic Academy, becoming the academy's top student, and then personally taught by two Yanjiang masters who had been secretly watching over him all along.
Sometimes it was Cheng Yin Chuan, an irritable yet protective, generous, and open-hearted elder. Other times it was Zhe Youguang, a gentle and resilient elder who guided the way.
Regarded as a child of the younger generation, cared for by many senior brothers and sisters, that warm feeling seemed like a true family, making Ian somewhat reminisce about his old home on Earth, in that oriental country, which had some cultural similarities with Yanjiang.
It was there that he learned the truth about the 'Alien Fire Seed,' about the fierce loss of the Lost Epoch, about the boundless depths of Subspace, and even amidst the ancient seals of Yanjiang, surrounded by countless crises, he obtained the materials for his Fifth Energy Level.
