Recaps

Chen Guan left the imperial palace to cultivate, met Xiao Yi Xian, and discovered Shu Tianhe’s sealed chamber, where he inherited the art of Puppet Mastery. After a year away, he returned to save Yaoye from a political marriage and revealed the strength and military potential of his puppets.

• Chen Guan recalled his difficult beginnings and received a testament from his dying future self, who urged him to grow stronger and stay close to Xiao Yan.
• Jia Xingtian brought Chen Guan to the Imperial Palace, where he sensed Fire Attribute Dou Qi Energy and quietly cultivated while avoiding attention.
• Chen Guan advanced rapidly, earned Yaoye’s support, and left the palace to train outside the capital after learning Xiao Yan’s cultivation had fallen.
• In Qingshan Town, Chen Guan met Xiao Yi Xian, hunted in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and repeatedly fought the Crimson Ice Snake King.
• Chen Guan followed the Snake King through a hidden stone gate beneath a lake, entered a sealed chamber, and defeated its test puppets before meeting Shu Tianhe.
• Shu Tianhe passed his Puppet Mastery inheritance to Chen Guan, who created a Crimson Ice Snake Puppet and later returned to the imperial capital on his Tier 6 Puppet, Iron Egg.
• At Yaoye’s coming-of-age ceremony, Chen Guan defeated the Ninth Prince’s champion in one move, destroyed the Ninth Prince’s foundation, and killed him when he continued attacking.
• Chen Guan told Yaoye about his year away and his puppet inheritance, while Yaoye agreed to manage the political consequences and reminded him that Yaoyue was angry about his silence.

Chen Guan left the Jia Ma Empire, gathered the people and materials he needed, and traveled to the Tagor Desert to claim the Green Lotus Core Flame. He began devouring it as Yun Shan reconsidered Soul Hall’s offer and Qing Lin waited for his return.

• Chen Guan arranged with Fama to purify the Ice Spirit Cold Spring, obtained the Misty Cloud Sect’s Spirit Absorption from Yun Yun in exchange for two puppets, and left the Imperial Capital with the Wang brothers.
• Chen Guan killed Mo Cheng when he attacked their camp, then met Xiao Yi Xian and explained the dangers of her Poison Body of Misfortune and the rare ingredients needed to control it.
• Chen Guan fought Hai Bodong over a map fragment, then agreed to find someone to refine a Barrier Breaking Pill in exchange for the fragment and Hai Bodong’s help.
• Chen Guan found Qing Lin in Shimo City, and she joined his search for the Green Lotus Core Flame despite her lack of cultivation.
• Chen Guan discovered that the Green Lotus Core Flame lay beneath the lava and helped Qing Lin awaken her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to subdue the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Chen Guan used the snake to reach the Green Lotus Core Flame, cut the flame and its Lotus Platform free, and sent Qing Lin and the Wang brothers to wait in Qingshan Town.
• Chen Guan swallowed the Green Lotus Core Flame’s fire seed and began devouring it, while Yun Shan reconsidered Soul Hall’s offer after failing to break through to Dou Zong.

Chen Guan captured a wounded Soul Hall Protector, settled matters in the Jia Ma Empire, and sent Qing Lin to Heavenly Snake Manor. He entered Jia Nan Academy, won the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, and began the Fire Energy Hunt with the other newcomers.

• Chen Guan recruited Medusa, Jia Xingtian, and Fama to help hunt the wounded Soul Hall Protector, then trapped the Protector’s weakened soul in his Soul Fire Net.
• Chen Guan gave Xiao Yi Xian a protective puppet before she left for the Chu Yun Empire, then purified the Breakthrough Pill and helped Jia Xingtian prepare for seclusion.
• Chen Guan treated Nalan Jie’s Scorching Poison in exchange for the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva and used the Primordial Bone Sculpting Pill to heal the Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon’s hidden injuries.
• Chen Guan let Lü Man take Qing Lin to Heavenly Snake Manor after she chose to go, then traveled to Jia Nan Academy with Zhao Gang.
• Chen Guan joined the academy’s classes, Alchemy Department, and Enforcement Team, broke through to Three-Star Dou Spirit, and won first place in the Inner Academy Selection Tournament.
• Chen Guan entered the Library Pavilion with the other top finishers and chose the Sky Jade Fruit as his one item.
• Chen Guan helped Hu Gan defend the students from magical beasts on the journey to the Inner Academy, where Elder Su launched the Fire Energy Hunt.

Chen Guan returned to the Jia Ma Empire, helped Medusa prepare to evolve, and dealt with Gu He’s attempt to seize his Heavenly Flame. The arc ended with Medusa’s fate uncertain as the energy between heaven and earth began to riot.

• Chen Guan won the Fire Energy Hunt, entered the Inner Academy, and began cultivating in the Heavenly Flame Refining Pagoda before Zi Yan recruited him to make pills.
• After Zhao Gang reported that the Jiama Imperial Family wanted to see him, Chen Guan left the Inner Academy with Zi Yan and decided to return to Jia Ma and fulfill his agreement with Medusa.
• Chen Guan met Yun Yun in the desert, then returned to the Imperial Capital and learned that Nalan Yanran was heading to Wutan City to break her engagement with Xiao Yan.
• Chen Guan recruited Jia Xingtian and Medusa to help kill Han Feng, and the group ambushed him in Maple City before Chen Guan captured his hidden soul.
• Medusa chose the Green Lotus Core Flame for her evolution, while Gu He learned that Chen Guan had a Heavenly Flame and led a group toward the Snake People Race’s Holy City.
• Medusa refused Gu He’s demand for the Heavenly Flames, and Chen Guan stopped Yun Yun from interfering, explaining that he would target Gu He but not her.
• Chen Guan arranged for Jia Xingtian to take the captured Gu He back to the Jia Ma Empire, while Medusa prepared to evolve with Chen Guan’s help.
• Chen Guan engulfed Medusa in Azure Flame as the Snake People Race’s leaders and Zi Yan watched, but after Medusa’s transformed body became charred and motionless, Chen Guan could not tell whether she had survived.