Recaps

Gu He protected his disciples, sent Han Yue and Zi Yan toward the Central Plains, and rescued Xiao Yi Xian from a remnant soul seeking to seize her body. Xiao Yi Xian claimed the Netherworld Poison Fire and began refining it after breaking through to Dou Emperor.

• Liu Ling completed a Fifth-Grade pill and held Yue Mei hostage until Mo Bass and Kui Xing agreed not to attack Stone Desert City, while Queen Medusa pursued Xiao Jin.
• Gu He arrived to drive off Queen Medusa, then boosted Han Yue’s cultivation and gave her and Zi Yan missions that sent them toward the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yi Xian fled into Ancient Ruin City, broke through while absorbing the swamp’s poison, and met the Silver-haired Void Beast, who protected her from Liu Rulong.
• Xiao Yi Xian discovered the Heavenly Calamity Poison Saint’s inheritance, but the Saint attacked her and tried to seize her body, so she summoned Gu He with her jade talisman.
• Gu He captured and devoured the Saint’s remnant soul, then found the Netherworld Poison Fire and gave its source to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yi Xian absorbed the swamp’s poison and broke through to Dou Emperor before preparing to refine the Netherworld Poison Fire with a Blood Lotus Pill.
• Xiao Yi Xian swallowed the Purple Butterfly and endured its assault as her Calamity Poison Body weakened it and absorbed its poison.
• After a day of recovery, Xiao Yi Xian drew the gray stone into her body and began the final stage of refining the Netherworld Poison Fire.

Gu He settled the conflict between the Snake People Tribe and the Jia Ma Empire, then raised his disciples’ strength and reunited with Yun Yun. The arc ended with Yun Yun forming a Bloodline Connection with Gu Yun You and gaining the power of a Dou Zong.

• Xiao Yi Xian emerged from the purple flame cocoon at the peak of three-star Dou Emperor and made purple flame wings for herself and the Void Beast.
• Gu He defeated the refined man who had rescued Queen Medusa, then accepted a Dou Zun Pill in exchange for swearing not to attack the Snake People Tribe for a hundred years.
• Gu Fengsheng accepted Queen Medusa as his disciple, renamed her Cai Lin, and later raised her to peak nine-star Dou Zong while giving her pills and the Heavenly Snake Art.
• Gu He trained Liu Ling, gave him the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Divine Fire Art, then sent his clone to plant a Puppet Seed in a Soul Hall venerable elder.
• Queen Medusa withdrew the Snake People Tribe from the conflict, while Yun Yun learned that Gu He had intervened and reunited with him in Stone Desert City.
• Gu He found Nalan Yanran injured in the Monster Beast Mountain Range, treated her, and raised her cultivation to eight-star Dou Ling before returning with her and Yun Yun to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Gu He presented Yun Yun with a Nine Nether Sparrow egg, which hatched into Gu Yun You, and gave Yun Yun a Nine-Colored Profound Fate Pill that raised her to peak six-star Dou Emperor.
• Yun Yun and Gu Yun You formed a Bloodline Connection, allowing Yun Yun to reach five-star Dou Zong, and Gu He promised to help her grow stronger.

Gu He expanded his control over the Soul Hall while Xiao Yi Xian defeated the Myriad Scorpion Sect and unified the Cloud Mist Empire’s sects under the Poison Sect. At the Alchemist Grand Assembly, Xiao Yan barely passed the first round after Liu Ling and Xiao Yi Xian finished ahead of him.

• Gu He used Puppet Seeds to bring Ye Ming, two Soul Hall Protectors, and Blood Heavenly Venerate under his control, then ordered Blood Heavenly Venerate to monitor Soul Hall and protect Zi Yan and Han Yue.
• Han Yue returned to the Han Family with Zi Yan, who defeated Hong Tao’s pursuers and forced Hong Li to contain the family’s response.
• Xiao Yi Xian defeated Xie Shan and the Four-Winged Heavenly Poison Scorpion, took control of the Myriad Poison Sect’s mountain, and renamed it the Poison Sect.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Little Silver confronted Xie Bi Yan, whose submission made the Myriad Scorpion Sect part of the Poison Sect under Xiao Yi Xian’s rule.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Alchemist Grand Assembly, where Fa Ma and the other dignitaries welcomed him and Liu Ling’s concealed strength drew attention.
• The first round began, and Liu Ling quickly refined a pill while Xiao Yan lost two ingredients after becoming distracted by his progress.
• Xiao Yi Xian completed her pill in disguise, and Fa Ma failed to sense her identity beneath her black robe.
• Xiao Yan salvaged his second attempt just as time expired, passed the round, and joined the remaining contestants for the Bone-Regenerating Pill test.

Liu Ling won the Alchemist Grand Assembly with a Fifth-Grade Dragon Strength Pill, while Xiao Yi Xian revealed herself as Gu He’s powerful second disciple. After returning to the sect, Gu He helped Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran advance, while Xiao Yan stole medicinal ingredients and trained with Elder Yao to strengthen himself for his coming duel.

• Fa Ma began the assembly’s final round, and Liu Ling, Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Princess Yao Yue prepared to refine their pills.
• Liu Ling used the Green Lotus Core Flame to refine a Fifth-Grade Dragon Strength Pill, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian completed powerful Fourth-Grade pills.
• Fa Ma named Liu Ling the champion, Xiao Yi Xian the runner-up, Xiao Yan third, and Princess Yao Yue fourth.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed she was Liu Ling’s senior sister and Gu He’s second disciple, then told them she had reached Eight-star Dou Huang.
• Gu He transferred power to Xiao Yi Xian, advancing her to the peak of Three-star Dou Zong, and she told him she ruled the Cloud Mist Empire and controlled the Myriad Scorpion Sect.
• Gu He sent Liu Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Nalan Yanran to Nine-Colored Valley, where he helped Nalan Yanran break through to Three-Star Battle King.
• Elder Yao urged Xiao Yan to take ingredients from the Alchemist Association’s warehouse, and Fa Ma let Xiao Yan go after he was caught stealing them.
• Elder Yao restored his soul with the stolen medicine and refined pills that helped Xiao Yan reach the peak of Nine-star Dou Shi and strengthen his meridians.