Recaps

Gu He transformed the Black Corner Region by secretly devouring its powerful leaders and taking their treasures, then used Yun Protector’s identity to infiltrate the Soul Guard Assembly and slaughter its assembled factions. He left the region in ruin and continued raiding its hidden treasuries while Jia Nan Academy prepared for a possible Soul Hall attack.

• Queen Medusa evolved into the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, reached Three-star Dou Zong, and agreed to give Gu He the remaining sixty Sixth-Grade Spirit Medicines within three months.
• Gu He entered the Black Corner Region, learned about Han Feng and his Sea Heart Flame, and secretly devoured two Soul Hall deacons during a storm.
• Gu He assassinated Fan Lao and the leaders of several major factions, then killed Han Feng and took Sea Heart Flame and their treasures.
• Gu He refined Earth Core Soul Marrow and broke through to a Spirit Realm soul, then captured Yun Protector and used Soul Fusion Art to take his appearance.
• At the Soul Guard Assembly, Gu He posed as a Soul Hall figure, killed Old Ghost Demonic Earth and the gathered leaders, and trapped the experts inside a Purple Flame net.
• Gu He collected the leaders’ souls and treasures as Soul Hall forces swept through the Black Corner Region, while Zi Yan’s visit alarmed the Grand Elder with news of its destruction.
• Gu He broke into Old Ghost Demonic Earth’s treasury, claimed its cultivation methods and Heavenly Demon Puppet art, and set out for Black Emperor Sect’s treasury as Jia Nan Academy prepared to defend itself.

Gu He reached Dou Zun, joined Jia Nan Academy, and took Zi Yan as his disciple while preparing to seize the Fallen Heart Flame. The arc ended as the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower erupted and a Soul Hall intruder attacked the academy.

• Gu He created a Peak Nine-Star Dou Zong Soul Avatar and an Earthly Demon Puppet, then refined a Pill to Break Dou Zun and advanced to Dou Zun.
• Nalan Yanran killed a Blood Burst Ape and grew stronger, while Liu Ling continued training in the Tagor Desert and Xiao Yi Xian killed Wan Hai.
• Gu He joined Jia Nan Academy as an elder and received access to its medicinal ingredient repository, where he met Zi Yan and accepted her as his disciple.
• Gu He helped Zi Yan advance to high Tier Five, gave her a Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill and taught her the Aurora Palm, then refined pills for her and shared half of them with the academy.
• Gu He fused twenty-four years of cultivation to reach Two-star Dou Zun, then investigated the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and recognized the Formless Fire Python as Fallen Heart Flame’s spirit.
• Han Yue asked Gu He to accept her as a disciple, and Gu He secretly prepared beneath the tower as his Soul Avatar approached.
• The Formless Fire Python erupted from the tower’s abyss and broke through Su Qian’s seals as the Headmaster’s barrier struggled to contain the magma.
• A Soul Hall shadow arrived to seize the Heavenly Flame, overwhelmed Su Qian, and triggered the tower’s destruction as a pillar of magma burst out.

Gu He seized the Fallen Heart Flame, strengthened his disciples, and uncovered Zi Yan’s connection to Zhu Kun while exploring the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion. As Gu He entered seclusion, Little Poison Girl became the target of a pursuit after the four great clans placed a bounty on her.

• The Formless Fire Python broke free and attacked Jia Nan Academy, but Black Robe and the academy’s Guardians helped drive it off while Gu He pursued it and seized the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Gu He returned to Jia Nan Academy, where Zi Yan won the Strong Ranking Tournament and he refined a Seventh-Grade Pill as her reward.
• Gu He accepted Han Yue as his disciple, helped her advance to Dou Wang, and created a two-star Dou Zun clone using the Nine Revolutions Soul Splitting Art.
• Gu He found Yao Tianhuo beneath the magma and continued to the Ancient Emperor’s Cave Mansion, where Zhu Kun revealed that Zi Yan was his daughter.
• Gu He promised Zhu Kun he would take Zi Yan to Dragon Emperor Island when she was strong enough, then returned and gave her a pill made from Zhu Kun’s essence blood.
• Zi Yan broke through to Dou Emperor and then advanced to Five-star Dou Emperor through Gu He’s cultivation transfer, while Han Yue also reached Dou Wang.
• While Gu He entered seclusion, the four great clans placed a bounty on Xiao Yi Xian, who attended an auction in Dark Harbor under the name Little Poison Girl.
• Black Robe bought a Three-Eyed Sand Spider at the auction, but Ma Dayuan and the other family experts recognized her as Little Poison Girl and pursued her into a pool.

Xiao Yi Xian escaped her pursuers and entered the ruins of the Sacred Fallen Land, while Nalan Yanran and Xiao Yan crossed paths with the struggles around Qingshan Town and Stone Desert City. Xiao Yan’s fight with Liu Ling brought Xiao Jin into the conflict, and the Snake People’s invasion ended with Yue Mei captured as Queen Medusa’s forces prepared their response.

• Xiao Yi Xian escaped Dark Harbor, broke through to Dou Wang, and entered the Sacred Fallen Land ruins after a black rift opened in Fallen Forest.
• Nalan Yanran killed Mu She and disbanded the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, while Xiao Yan learned of her victory and traveled toward Stone Desert City.
• Xiao Yan defended the Desert Iron Mercenary Group against Liu Ling, but Xiao Jin drove Elder Yao from Xiao Yan’s body and left Xiao Yan buried in the desert.
• Xiao Yan recovered and set out deeper into the desert as Queen Medusa ordered the Snake People armies to invade the Jia Ma Empire.
• The Snake People attacked Stone Desert City, where Liu Ling defended the walls and Xiao Jin arrived to defeat Yue Mei and capture her.
• Liu Ling sealed Yue Mei’s cultivation, and the Snake People leaders gathered outside Stone Desert City to await Queen Medusa’s decision.
• A few days later, Hua She’er entered the palace as a red ball of light flew toward Stone Desert City.