Recaps

Lin Ran secured the Amethyst Winged Lion King's treasures, freed Yun Yun, and recruited Xiao Yi Xian by offering to control her Calamity Poison Body. After killing the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and Mr. Yao, Lin Ran took Xiao Yi Xian to Black Rock City, where he arranged to trade rare pills for materials while considering Xiao Yan's next move.

• Lin Ran killed the Amethyst Winged Lion King, collected its treasures, freed Yun Yun from the Amethyst Seal, and marked her with an imprint before she returned to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Lin Ran found Xiao Yi Xian in Qingshan Town and helped her survive a poison eruption, then offered to stabilize her Calamity Poison Body and take her with him.
• Xiao Yi Xian agreed to follow Lin Ran, and he killed Mu She, Mr. Yao, and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group after they threatened her.
• Lin Ran taught Xiao Yi Xian the Ice Venerable Strength and defensive Dou Skills as they traveled toward the Tagor Desert.
• Lin Ran and Xiao Yi Xian reached Black Rock City, where he turned a Purple Spirit Crystal bracelet into a keepsake for her by setting it with an Ice Crocodile Magic Core.
• Lin Ran presented three pills at the auction house, and Otto and Frank identified them as a high-quality Restoration Pill and two exceptional Spirit Dou Pills.
• Lin Ran arranged to exchange the two Spirit Dou Pills for rare materials, then learned Xiao Yan had not visited the Alchemist Guild and considered where he might go next.

Lin Ran displayed his alchemy skills in Black Rock City, then traveled to the Tagor Desert with Xiao Yi Xian and Green Yi. After rescuing Qing Lin from Green Man, he gathered new followers and learned that a powerful figure resembling her bloodline had once visited Desert City.

• Lin Ran drew attention at the Black Rock Premium Auction, traded for rare ingredients and the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor’s blood essence, and revealed that he was a Pill Tower-certified Sixth-Rank Alchemist.
• Lin Ran refined the Demon Transformation Pill for Green Yi, accepted her request to accompany him, and left Black Rock City with her and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Green Man discovered that Qing Lin had the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and attacked the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, killing Xiao Ding before Lin Ran intervened.
• Lin Ran defeated Green Man and the Eight-winged Black Snake Emperor, killed Green Man, rescued Qing Lin, and made the surviving White Fang and Green Yi serve him.
• Lin Ran returned Qing Lin to the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, where Xiao Li pledged himself and the group’s remnants to Lin Ran after Xiao Ding’s death.
• Lin Ran told Xiao Li he planned to hunt Queen Medusa for her essence blood, and Qing Lin recalled a powerful, injured figure with a similar bloodline who had visited Desert City three months earlier.

Lin Ran built his forces in Desert City, then fought Yao Chen and a Dou Zun before leaving Xiao Yan to recover without his teacher. He traveled to the Snake People Holy City, where Queen Medusa survived her evolution and turned against the humans gathered there.

• Lin Ran helped Xiao Li rise in strength and establish the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, while developing Qing Lin’s pupils and Xiao Yi Xian’s cultivation.
• Xiao Yan traded the Sand Mandala to Hai Bodong for the Po E Dan, then arrived in Desert City with Hai Bodong and confronted Lin Ran alongside Yao Chen.
• Lin Ran defeated Yao Chen and killed Ling Ying, but a white-robed Dou Zun intervened and fought Lin Ran until Lin Ran used a jade slip to drive him away.
• Xiao Yan fled with Hai Bodong, and Yao Chen entered a deep recovery after leaving Xiao Yan his Bone Spirit Cold Fire and instructions.
• Lin Ran left Desert City for the Snake People Holy City after learning Gu He’s group had come seeking the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Queen Medusa plunged into the Green Lotus Core Flame to attempt her evolution, and Lin Ran revived her with his essence blood after she appeared to die.
• Queen Medusa emerged as a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and ordered the humans to die, then fought Yun Yun and stopped Gu He with a sword at his throat.

Lin Ran used Medusa’s evolution and the turmoil in the Black Corner Region to expand his influence, establish the Saint Rain Sect, and eliminate the forces opposing him. The arc ended with him building the sect’s Pill Hall and refining a Venerable-level puppet as its first pill auction began.

• Lin Ran forced Queen Medusa to provide blood essence, devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame, and helped her evolve into a stronger Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python before planning a war to establish a homeland for the Snake-People.
• Lin Ran rescued Yun Yun and proposed that the Misty Cloud Sect replace the Jia Ma Empire’s royal family, while he and Medusa prepared their respective sides for war.
• At Town Ghost Pass, Lin Ran fought Han and killed three Ancient Clan elders with the Scorpion Demon Three Ghosts’ jade slips, then obtained the Great Nirvana Technique from a black jade relic.
• Lin Ran took over the Black Seal Auction, killed most of its powerful attendees, founded the Saint Rain Sect, and refined Mo Tianxing’s corpse into a five-star Dou Zong puppet.
• After recovering his blood vitality and breaking through, Lin Ran led the Saint Rain Sect against the Black Corner Region’s factions and seized several cities.
• Lin Ran killed Old Ghost of Earth Demon, Han Feng, and Revered Qin Tian, then rejected the Ancient Clan’s offer while learning how he could advance his soul strength.
• Lin Ran turned Han Feng into a six-star Dou Zong puppet, assigned him to manage the sect’s pills and auction, and began refining Revered Qin Tian’s corpse into a Venerable-level puppet as the first auction opened.