Recaps

Xiao Zhen won the Alchemist Grand Meeting, then left the Xiao Clan with Die to search for a Heavenly Flame. They found the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the Tagore Desert and set out to return home.

• Xiao Zhen tricked Blood Dragon into overpaying for a Colorful Spirit Bird egg, then won the Heavenly Flame Furnace after Fa Ma bought it and gave it to him.
• Xiao Zhen became a Fifth-grade Alchemist, taught Xiao Yan, and won the Alchemist Grand Meeting with his Dragon Power Pill.
• Xiao Zhen and Die left the Xiao Clan, passed through Wu Tan City, and learned that magical beasts were gathering to attack the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Zhen and Die headed to the Tagore Desert while Queen Medusa secretly followed them in search of the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Zhen and Die found the Magma Sea, where Xiao Zhen persuaded the Twin-headed Fire Spirit Snake to submit and descended toward the flame.
• Xiao Zhen retrieved the Green Lotus Core Flame and its lotus, stored the Twin-headed Fire Spirit Snake in Mecha Beast World, and went with Die to rest in Shimo City.

Xiao Zhen brought Qing Lin into the Xiao Clan, dealt with his engagement to Yao Ye, and absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame while entangling himself with Medusa and Chiyu. After a public duel with Yun Yun, he helped Li Hua spread scandalous novels about her, leaving the feud simmering.

• Xiao Zhen treated Qing Lin and agreed with Die to bring her and her grandmother to the Imperial Capital, where Xiao Lin welcomed Qing Lin into the Xiao Clan as Xiao Qing.
• Fa Ma told Xiao Zhen that he was engaged to Yao Ye, and the imperial family visited the Xiao Clan to confirm the arrangement.
• Xiao Zhen encountered Chiyu, brought her to the Imperial Capital, and began preparing an ambush in case he could not stop her planned beast tide.
• Xiao Zhen absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame and reached two-star Dou Huang, then secretly reunited with Medusa and tied a Red Thread around Chiyu’s wrist.
• At the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Yun challenged Xiao Zhen, and their duel ended with the Long Rainbow Sword shattered and Xiao Zhen pretending to be defeated.
• Xiao Zhen reforged the sword as the Flying Rainbow Sword and persuaded Li Hua to write a novel aimed at Yun Yun, while Jia Nantian paid him two million gold coins to keep Chiyu placated.
• The Misty Cloud Sect tried to destroy copies of the scandalous novel, while Xiao Yan continued helping Li Hua write its later volumes in secret.

Xiao Zhen rescued his followers, established the Shadow Organization, restored Xiao Lin’s arm, and married Chiyu. He brought Hanako and Ash to the Xiao Clan, allied with Yao Chen, and began arranging pills and family ties across the empire.

• Xiao Zhen rescued his captured followers from Yun Leng’s forces, then established the Shadow Organization with Mitel Haoyu as its manager.
• Xiao Zhen refined a Limb Regeneration Pill that restored Xiao Lin’s severed arm and helped him approach a breakthrough to Dou Huang.
• Xiao Zhen promised Chiyu that he would become her family and married her, while Tyrannosaurus God challenged Iron Claw Black Eagle Emperor over the beasts’ plans.
• Xiao Zhen brought Hanako and Ash from Pallet Town to the Xiao Clan, where Ash met Xiao Yan and the family welcomed them.
• Xiao Zhen met Yao Chen in the Black Ring, restored his Soul Power, and showed him the Tou She Ancient God Jade to prove their shared Xiao Clan connection.
• Yao Chen demonstrated his alchemy to Xiao Yan and Ash, then helped provide mild Fifth-grade pills that safely strengthened the children.
• Xiao Yan took a pill from Xiao Zhen to Nalan Yanran, while Xiao Zhen gave pills to Ya Fei and Jia Tiannan’s daughter Ye’er.

Xiao Zhen advanced the Flame Mantra with Beast Flames before traveling to another world, where he defeated Gao Fei and helped Erina Nakiri and Nakiri Mana recover from the drawbacks of the God's Tongue. He left Erina with a promise to return after her graduation and went back to the Dou Qi Continent to congratulate Fa Ma on becoming a Sixth-grade Alchemist.

• Xiao Zhen replaced his cultivation technique with the Flame Mantra, devoured the Alchemist Guild's Beast Flames, and broke through to Seven-star Dou Huang.
• Xiao Zhen traveled to another world, sabotaged Gao Fei's cooking, then beat him with Buddha Jumps Over the Wall and devoured his Gourmet System.
• Xiao Zhen guided Hisako Arato to his mountain cabin and agreed to help Erina Nakiri after she pleaded for her friend.
• Xiao Zhen sealed some meridians in Erina's tongue, allowing her to taste and enjoy food again, and later agreed to treat her mother, Nakiri Mana.
• Xiao Zhen sealed Nakiri Mana's God's Tongue, and she began recovering with porridge, soup, and medicine.
• Xiao Zhen stayed at the Nakiri residence, secretly visited Erina at night, and accepted Senzaemon Nakiri's invitation to remain longer.
• Xiao Zhen promised to visit Erina and bring her to the Dou Qi Continent after her graduation, then returned to congratulate Fa Ma on becoming a Sixth-grade Alchemist.