Recaps

Su Qingyun cleared the Ancient Clan’s trials, became its Young Clan Head, and helped Xiao Yan save Jia Nan Academy before they set out for the Pill Tower. The arc ends with Xuan Yi inviting them to the Alchemy Competition and mistaking Old Ya for their son.

• Su Qingyun cleared all eighteen Black Annihilation Passes, revealed an above-Emperor-Grade bloodline, and was named the Ancient Clan’s Young Clan Head as Gu Yan.
• Su Qingyun reached the Heaven Realm in soul power and publicly acknowledged his marriage to Xun’er, while the Soul Clan prepared to use Xiao Zhan and Xiao Ying as bait.
• Su Qingyun gave Old Ya a three-headed, six-armed body, and he and Xiao Yan confirmed that they had both come from Earth.
• Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan reached Jia Nan Academy during the Hall of Souls’ siege, where Su Qingyun killed Old Ghost Picking Stars and Old Ya killed Han Feng before Su Qingyun took the Sea Heart Flame for Xiao Yan.
• Su Qingyun warned Jia Nan Academy to evacuate before another attack, while Xiao Yu spent the night with him and Xiao Yan later gave her nourishing and fetus-stabilizing pills.
• Su Qingyun and Old Ya left Jia Nan Academy for the Pill Tower to seek the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and Xiao Yan joined them as they entered the Pill Region.
• Xiao Yan bought a dubious alchemy book, and Xuan Yi introduced herself, invited the group to the Alchemy Competition, and mistook Old Ya for their son.

Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan entered the Pill Tower’s competition, where Xiao Yan won the championship and Su Qingyun revealed his immortal pill refinement and gained the Three Thousand Burning Flame. As the Hall of Souls attacked, Su Qingyun escaped with powerful beast reinforcements, while Hun Feng’s assault on Xiao Yan was stopped by a mysterious sword.

• Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan passed the Seventh Grade alchemist assessment, and Su Qingyun refined a flawless Peak Grade 7 pill before declining to compete himself.
• Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan took pill commissions at the Pill Tower, while Xuan Yi discovered that Old Ya was Yao Chen and agreed to keep his return secret.
• Xiao Yan advanced through the Pill Gathering disguised as Yun Yan, then refined a Pseudo Ninth Grade pill with Seven Silver Markings and won the championship.
• Hun Xuzi exposed Xiao Yan’s disguise and pursued him into the Star Region, while Su Qingyun revealed himself by completing an Immortal Pill and drew Soul Miesheng’s offer to join the Hall of Souls.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame chose Su Qingyun, and the Pill Tower Ancestor rescued Xiao Yan as the Hall of Souls attacked the Pill Tower.
• Su Qingyun summoned a legion of magical beasts to fight the Hall of Souls, then escaped through a Spatial Tunnel and later took in a sub-flame of the Nihility Devouring Flame that he named Little Void.
• Su Qingyun broke through to Three-Star Dou Zun and fled the Central Plains experts, while the Pill Tower Ancestor and Elder Shennong continued fighting the Soul Clan.
• Hun Feng attacked Xiao Yan in the ruined Pill Region, but a Sky-Suspended Sword stopped his strike and chopped off his head.

Su Qingyun survived the destruction of the Pill Region, gathered Heavenly Flames, and helped unite the clans against the Soul Clan. After discovering the Soul Hall had attacked his family in the Snake-People Race, he began purging its forces across the Jia Ma Empire, where the Soul Hall took Nalan Yanran hostage.

• Su Qingyun unleashed the World-Shaking Buddha Lotus in the Pill Region, destroying Hun Xuzi, Soul Miesheng, Elder Soul Demon, and their forces before collapsing from his injuries.
• Xuan Yi used the Xuan Family Boudoir Secret Art to heal Su Qingyun, advancing to four-star Dou Sheng as he recovered to six-star Dou Zun.
• Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan left for the Medicine Clan Territory, where Su Qingyun gathered Heavenly Flame origins from the Yan Clan and Burning Flame Valley and helped form an alliance against the Soul Clan.
• Yan Jin and the other clan leaders offered Su Qingyun marriage candidates in exchange for his help, but Su Qingyun postponed the alliance marriage until after the Soul Clan was destroyed.
• Su Qingyun and Xiao Yan traveled across the continent, sharing Heavenly Flames and advancing their cultivation before deliberately leaving tracks for the Soul Clan and returning to the Jia Ma Empire.
• At Golden Snake City, Su Qingyun killed the Soul Hall forces attacking the Snake-People Race and learned that Die had lost one of their children when the Hall forced her to miscarry.
• Su Qingyun and a black-robed young man slaughtered Soul Hall forces throughout the Jia Ma Empire, while Su Qingyun trapped everyone below Dou Zun within its borders and headed to the Imperial Capital.
• The Soul Hall besieged the Imperial Family, the Mittel Family, and the Misty Cloud Sect, capturing Yun Shan and Nalan Yanran as they considered using her as a hostage against Su Qingyun.

Su Qingyun returned to the Jia Ma Empire, destroyed the Hall of Souls, and joined the Four Great Clans in confronting the Soul Clan. Captured and forced into a wedding with Hun Ling'er, he remained trapped in the bridal chamber as the Nihility Devouring Flame arrived.

• Su Qingyun returned to the Imperial Capital, reunited with his allies, and left Ya Fei with a Soul-Nourishing Card and a promise to marry her if he survived.
• Su Qingyun destroyed the Hall of Souls headquarters, killed Hun Qianmo, and declared the organization erased.
• Gu Yuan and the other clan leaders tracked Su Qingyun to the Soul Realm, where Soul Heavenly Emperor offered to rule the continent with him.
• Su Qingyun rejected Soul Heavenly Emperor, joined the Four Great Clans in battle, and absorbed rare treasures until he reached Peak Eighth-Turn Dou Zun.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor defeated Gu Yuan, bound Su Qingyun, and ordered him to marry Hun Ling'er as the Soul Clan faced the Four Clans' attack.
• Hun Ling'er learned Su Qingyun's identity, agreed to consummate the marriage after seeing him, and Hun Ruoyun began preparing them for the wedding night.
• Gu Yuan and the clan heads confronted Soul Heavenly Emperor outside the Soul Realm, while the Nihility Devouring Flame entered the bridal chamber and retreated in confusion before slipping inside.