Recaps

Gu He destroyed the Soul Hall’s Human Hall, rescued its captives, and advanced his soul, while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen became entangled in the Soul Hall’s reprisals. Gu He then controlled the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and empowered its members with Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruits, as Xiao Yan reached Starfall Pavilion and awaited Venerable Wind.

• Gu He annihilated the Human Hall’s Soul Hall forces, freed its prisoners, and established Fengdu in the Nine-Colored Realm with Gu You as its Ghost King.
• Gu He absorbed the Soul Origin and reached the Great Perfection Heavenly Realm, while the Soul Hall discovered the Human Hall’s destruction and began searching for Gu You.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen escaped the Soul Hall’s massacre of Ling City with help from Dan Xu, and Mu Gu reported that Yao Chen was alive.
• Gu He planted Puppet Seeds in Xue He’s subordinates and misdirected investigators looking into Liu Ling and the expanding Mercenary Guild.
• Liu Ling refined an Eighth-Grade Pill that became a white leopard, then Gu He controlled Crimson Phoenix and the Heavenly Demon Three Phoenixes and gave them Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruits.
• Gu He controlled Xuan Feng and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s gathered elites, then brought them to the Nine-Colored Realm and distributed Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruits among them.
• Elder Yao guided Xiao Yan to Starfall Pavilion’s hidden headquarters, where Mu Qingluan recognized him and said Venerable Wind was expected to return that day.
• A spatial gate opened behind Xiao Yan and Elder Yao, and an elderly man in green appeared.

Liu Ling brought the Mercenary Guild to Sacred Pill City, defended Qing Lin and the Ye Family, and entered the Pill Gathering. He completed his ingredient mission in the Pill Realm and strengthened his soul before leaving the mountain range.

• Venerable Wind reunited with Elder Yao, welcomed him back as Starfall Pavilion's Pavilion Master, and promised to secure the pill and body needed to resurrect him.
• Liu Ling led the Mercenary Guild delegation to the Pill Region, refused Ye Zhong's marriage proposal, and agreed to support the declining Ye Family.
• Liu Ling reached Sacred Pill City, obtained a certified Seventh-Grade Alchemist badge, and established Ye Courtyard as the Guild's base.
• Qing Lin bought an ancient copper fragment at the trading fair, and Liu Ling drove off Chen Xian and Elder Xuan when they tried to take it.
• The Ye Family withdrew from the Five Great Families' assessment, and Liu Ling entered the Pill Gathering's Soul Illusion Realm.
• Liu Ling passed through the illusion trial first and reached the Pill Realm, where he collected Earth Yellow Essence, Earth Core Jade Mother, and Earth Core Soul Marrow.
• Liu Ling met Xiong Zhan in the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, found the Demonic Blood Spirit Fruit Paste, and gathered ingredients to harmonize the soul marrow.
• Liu Ling consumed the harmonized Earth Core Soul Marrow, felt his soul power surge without advancing beyond the middle stage of the Spirit Realm, and left as Xiong Zhan went to confront intruders.

Liu Ling won the Pill Gathering with an extraordinary Eighth-Grade Pill, then entered the Star Domain and subdued Three Thousand Burning Flame despite Mu Gu and the Soul Hall’s interference. He returned as a Nine-star Dou Zun with a new Heavenly Flame, while the Xuanming Sect arrived seeking revenge over Dan Chen’s death.

• Liu Ling refined an Eighth-Grade Pill that produced Six-Colored Pill Lightning, then won the Pill Gathering after his pill’s golden dragon subdued the other spiritual pills.
• Xuan Kong Zi named Liu Ling a candidate for a future Pill Tower giant and announced that the top ten contestants would enter the Star Domain to subdue Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Mu Gu awakened Three Thousand Burning Flame by destroying the scale on its forehead, then revealed his Soul Hall allegiance as the flame’s seal began to break.
• Mu Gu and three Soul Hall experts formed the Lifebound Soul Lock Formation to bind Three Thousand Burning Flame, but the flame broke free and its Origin Fire injured them.
• Mu Gu exploded himself, killing one Soul Hall Venerable and damaging the flame’s Origin Fire, while Liu Ling confronted Three Thousand Burning Flame and swallowed it to refine it.
• Liu Ling erased Three Thousand Burning Flame’s consciousness, endured its eruption, and fused it with his Green Lotus Core Flame to create Three Thousand Green Lotus Fire and reach nine-star Dou Zun.
• Liu Ling emerged from the Star Domain with his new flame, then joined Qing Lin and his companions at the Pill Tower as Yao Chen left with Xiao Yan for Starfall Pavilion.
• The next morning, Qing Lin told Liu Ling that the Xuanming Sect had come seeking revenge, and Liu Ling questioned why they blamed him for Dan Chen’s death.

Liu Ling killed Chen Tiannan, expanded the Mercenary Guild across the Central Plains, and traveled with Xiao Yi Xian and Nalan Yanran to the Gu Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony. The trio entered the Ancient Realm, where Liu Ling learned that the ceremony was tied to the Heavenly Tomb and met members of the Yan Clan.

• Chen Tiannan demanded revenge for Chen Xian, but Liu Ling killed him with spatial energy and challenged the remaining Xuanming Sect members to seek revenge.
• Liu Ling announced the Mercenary Guild’s expansion into the Central Plains, while Gu He strengthened Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, and Han Xue and welcomed them back to the Nine-Colored Realm.
• Xiao Yi Xian, Nalan Yanran, Han Yue, and Han Xue joined Liu Ling’s Mercenary Guild, and Liu Ling agreed to move its headquarters to the Central Region as the guild rapidly expanded.
• Liu Ling and Xiao Yi Xian established the guild’s Eastern Headquarters, then accepted an invitation to the Gu Clan’s coming-of-age ceremony and traveled to Ancient Saint City with Nalan Yanran.
• At the city’s tavern, Liu Ling learned about the Gu Clan’s younger commandants, met Huo Zhi and other Yan Clan members, and encountered Soul Hall members who threatened him before leaving.
• A Gu Clan Half-Saint opened the spatial gate, and Liu Ling, Xiao Yi Xian, and Nalan Yanran entered the Ancient Realm among the gathered guests.
• Huo Xuan introduced Liu Ling to the Shuttle Space Boat and explained that the ceremony was linked to the Heavenly Tomb, where visitors could absorb ancient experts’ imprints.
• Xiao Yi Xian and Huo Xuan explained the Heavenly Tomb’s time difference and the Gu Clan’s concern for its bloodline, while Liu Ling agreed to spar with Huo Zhi.