Recaps

Flowing Cloud secured the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, took control of the Li Family, and arranged a major auction while advancing as an alchemist. The auction began with valuable treasures and system rewards, leaving Flowing Cloud poised to gain more resources.

• Flowing Cloud refined the Purple Flame, recruited the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, and traveled with Nameless to Black Rock City.
• Flowing Cloud entered the Alchemist Guild and passed both the First-grade and Second-grade examinations, astonishing its members with his age and Pill Patterns.
• Flowing Cloud traded Companion Purple Crystal Source with Gute for the Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Flowing Cloud forced the Li Family to submit, supplied its auction treasures, and ordered it to promote the event throughout Black Rock City.
• Flowing Cloud refined a Third-grade Pill and attended the City Lord’s Mansion banquet, where Feilin and the city’s leaders learned about his talent.
• Flowing Cloud arranged for Nameless to raid Gute’s treasury during the auction and agreed to let the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King reclaim its son there.
• Flowing Cloud attended the Black Rock Auction with Ao Tuo, Fu Kelan, and Xue Mei as Feilin won the Purple Spirit Crystal for 150,000 Gold Coins.
• Flowing Cloud received Ten Thousand Year Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and an Eighth-order Fire Attribute Demonic Core through the system as the auction continued.

Flowing Cloud used the Black Rock City auction to gain rare treasures, secure the Li Family as a branch of his Flowing Cloud Pavilion, and prepare to leave for the Tagor Desert. In Mo City, he found a Nether Flame Fragment Map in Hai Bodong’s shop and fought the old mapmaker over it.

• Flowing Cloud won system rewards for several auction items, including a Myriad Poison Beast Egg, a Void Burrowing Beast cub, and thousands of bottles of Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• After the City Lord's Mansion released the Young Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, Flowing Cloud reunited it with its mother and used the source to strengthen Nameless and the magical beasts.
• Flowing Cloud advanced to Four-Star Da Dou Shi, while City Lord Yu Guang confronted the Li Family and demanded compensation for the auctioned cub.
• Flowing Cloud arrived with Nameless, made the Li Family a branch of Flowing Cloud Pavilion, and gave Li Yuan Demonic Cores and Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• Flowing Cloud passed the Third-grade Alchemist assessment, obtained poisonous herbs, and departed Black Rock City aboard a flying beast bound for Mo City.
• During the journey, Flowing Cloud refined a Fourth-grade Pill, defeated and killed four alchemists who attacked him, and absorbed three of their souls before flying on to Mo City.
• Flowing Cloud found Hai Bodong’s map shop and recognized a fragment as part of the Nether Flame Fragment Map.
• Hai Bodong refused to sell the fragment and attacked Flowing Cloud, who resisted with his Black Tortoise True Armor and Purple Fire Dou Qi before their clash continued with Wind Thunder Slash and Ice Mirror.

Flowing Cloud enlisted the Mittel Mercenary Group to locate the Green Lotus Core Flame, then ventured into the lava and claimed it. Queen Medusa confronted him over the Heavenly Flame, but Nameless and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King captured her alive.

• Flowing Cloud defeated Hai Bodong with the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, learned that Hai Bodong was the Ice Emperor, and agreed to find Sand Mandara in exchange for information about the Heavenly Flame.
• Flowing Cloud traveled to Shimo City, treated Xiao Ding’s poison, and helped him advance to Seven-Star Dou Shi with Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• Flowing Cloud asked the Mittel Mercenary Group to search for an underground fire treasure, and he drove the Sand Mercenary Group away after Mo Xing threatened the search.
• The Mittel Mercenary Group found a cave entrance, and Flowing Cloud followed the Void Burrowing Beast through its passages into a fiery underground world.
• Flowing Cloud and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King captured the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, which led him through the lava to the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Flowing Cloud cut the Green Lotus free and returned from the lava, but Queen Medusa confronted him and demanded the Heavenly Flame.
• Nameless fought Queen Medusa while Flowing Cloud summoned the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, and the three pursued her across the desert.
• The Void Burrowing Beast wounded Queen Medusa, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King and Nameless knocked her unconscious before Flowing Cloud confirmed she was alive.

Flowing Cloud returned to Mo City with Queen Medusa and Qing Lin, secured Hai Bodong’s support, and reclaimed his standing in the Mittel Family while preparing major auctions. The Li Family’s rising auction drew the attention of Grand Princess Yaoye, who sent Aunt Qing to investigate its mysterious backer.

• Flowing Cloud brought the injured Queen Medusa back to Mo City, where he met Hai Bodong and revealed that he had obtained the Heavenly Flame.
• Flowing Cloud raised Little Black and helped Qing Lin bond with the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake, while Queen Medusa awoke and agreed to help remove Hai Bodong’s seal in exchange for lifting her own.
• Queen Medusa gave Flowing Cloud a Snake Seal that restored Hai Bodong’s Dou Emperor strength, and Hai Bodong agreed to support Flowing Cloud’s takeover of the Mittel Auction House.
• Flowing Cloud returned to the Imperial Capital with Hai Bodong and Qing Lin, persuaded Mittel Tengshan to back his claim, and received Hai Bodong’s endorsement before the family elders.
• Flowing Cloud reunited with Ya Fei, gave her Companion Purple Crystal Source and a Myriad Poison Pearl, and ordered her to prepare a Heaven-tier Auction.
• Flowing Cloud visited the Li Family in Black Rock City, rewarded its members, and ordered Nameless to protect them as they prepared their auction.
• Hai Bodong overruled the Mittel elders, declared Flowing Cloud the family’s Young Master, and ordered the transfer of the Mittel Auction House to him.
• Flowing Cloud showed Ya Fei his auction treasures, while Grand Princess Yaoye sent Aunt Qing to investigate the Li Family’s mysterious backer.