Recaps

Xiao Ming returned to Jia Nan Academy, exchanged the Fallen Heart Flame, and broke through to Dou Zong while helping restore Yao Tian Huo. He then left for the Jia Ma Empire, where news of his arrival reached the capital and Hai Bodong asked him to refine a Purple Spirit Restoration Pill.

• Xiao Ming returned to Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, explained that the Nether Poison Flame had resolved Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body, and proposed exchanging the Fallen Heart Flame with the academy.
• Xiao Ming and Su Qian arranged the exchange, and Xiao Ming drew out the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin before entering the Lava World to cultivate.
• Xiao Ming broke through to Dou Zong, met Yao Tian Huo beneath the lava, and agreed to restore his soul in return for his help and the weakened Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Ming returned with a Young Heavenly Flame for the academy, restored some vitality to Yao Tian Huo’s soul, and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• Zi Yan emerged from her cocoon after breaking through, briefly took on a mature form, then shrank back into a little girl.
• Xiao Ming told his companions he planned to leave the academy, selected Emperor’s Flowing Sap through the Simulator, and refused Zi Yan’s request to taste it before he refined it.
• Xiao Ming returned to the Xiao Family, gave Xiao Shan a belated wedding gift, and agreed to attend Xiao Yan’s fight with Na Lan Yan Ran at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Ming traveled to Jia Ma Holy City with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, where Hai Bodong visited and asked him to refine a Purple Spirit Restoration Pill.

Xiao Ming treated Gu He and negotiated with Yao Chen over Han Feng, then attended Xiao Yan’s duel with Na Lan Yan Ran. After Xiao Yan won, the dispute over Gu He’s stolen Heavenly Flame erupted into a battle, and Xiao Yan’s escape was halted by iron chains from beneath Misty Cloud Mountain.

• Xiao Ming healed Gu He’s injuries and accepted the Misty Cloud Sect’s rewards, while Yun Yun learned he was a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ming recognized Xiao Yan beneath his disguise and negotiated with Yao Chen, exchanging Han Feng’s soul for cultivation and alchemy methods and a promise to protect Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ming arrived with Medusa and Zi Yan to watch Xiao Yan fulfill the Three-Year Agreement, and Xiao Yan defeated Na Lan Yan Ran before declaring their marriage ended.
• Yun Leng accused Xiao Yan of attacking Gu He and stealing his Heavenly Flame, and Yun Shan confronted Xiao Yan after emerging from seclusion.
• Xiao Ming fought Yun Shan while Xiao Yan tried to escape, but the Misty Cloud Sect sealed the plaza with its formations.
• Medusa and the Bald Great Commander broke open the barrier as Xiao Yan, empowered by Yao Chen, fought Yun Yun and flew out of the formation.
• Black mist rose beneath the Misty Cloud Sect and iron chains seized Xiao Yan as a hoarse voice declared he could not escape.

Xiao Ming defeated the Three-Nation Alliance, saved Medusa, and created a powerful Human Puppet. At the Snake People’s territory, he confronted Gu Qing Yang over the Tou She Ancient God Jade and decisively won their fight.

• The Hall of Souls Protectors captured Old Man Yao and unleashed a soul formation against the Misty Cloud Sect, but Xiao Ming killed Spirit Protector and survived Wu Protector’s explosive attack after Venerable Tian Huo shielded the mountain.
• Xiao Ming claimed Old Man Yao’s alchemy inheritance, helped Yun Shan recover from the Hall of Souls seal, and departed Jia Ma Holy City with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan as the Three-Nation Alliance threatened the empire.
• Yue Mei told Xiao Ming that the Chu Yun Empire had devastated the Snake People and left Medusa near death, so Xiao Ming agreed to treat Medusa after helping defend Black Mountain Fortress.
• Xiao Ming killed Yan Luotian, two of the Mulan Three Elders, and Xie Biyan, ending the Three-Nation Alliance’s assault, though Xie Biyan left a Demonic Poison Spot in Xiao Ming before Xiao Yi Xian killed him.
• Xiao Ming treated Medusa with a Life Returning Pill, then fused his five Heavenly Flames into the White Glass Heart Flame and used it to seal and refine the Demonic Poison Spot.
• Xiao Ming forged Xie Biyan’s corpse into a bronze Human Puppet with Three-star Dou Zong strength, while Medusa considered seeking a Heavenly Flame to evolve.
• Gu Qing Yang and the Ancient Clan’s Four-Winged Unicorn Beasts attacked the Snake People, then Gu Qing Yang demanded the Tou She Ancient God Jade under an alleged ancestral agreement, which Xiao Ming denied possessing.
• Xiao Ming accepted Gu Qing Yang’s Blood Essence Demonic Fruit as compensation for a fight, shattered his Mountain Splitting Seal, evaded his spatial movement, and struck him hard enough to send him crashing to the ground.

Xiao Ming brought his companions from the Snake-People Race to the Central Plains, where he reached the Pill Tower and pursued the Earth Core Soul Marrow. The arc left him refining Emperor's Flowing Sap in Holy Pill City as Pill Lightning gathered overhead.

• Xiao Ming defeated Gu Qing Yang, helped Medusa undergo her evolution, and left with the Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python after it attached itself to him.
• Xiao Ming reunited with Qing Lin at Jia Nan Academy, then led his companions across the Jia Ma Empire and through a Spatial Wormhole to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Ming earned Grade Seven Alchemist certification and defeated the Joyful Union Sect attackers, Bing Xun, and Yao Yun’s group with his companions.
• Hei Qing brought Zi Yan to Dragon Island, while Xiao Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin continued to Holy Pill City.
• Xiao Ming earned a Grade Seven High-level badge, traded for Snow Bone Ginseng, and learned that the Earth Core Soul Marrow would be the prize in a Pill Tower competition.
• The Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python ate an Earth Fire Lotus Seed and briefly transformed into Queen Medusa before changing back into a little snake.
• Xiao Ming refined Emperor's Flowing Sap for seven days, and Pill Lightning gathered above Holy Pill City as old alchemists recognized that he had made three pills in one cauldron.