Recaps

Xiao Yan helped the Little Doctor Immortal win the Alchemist Grand Meeting, then challenged the Misty Cloud Sect and continued toward the Black Corner Region. The group reached Black Seal City and entered its auction, where Fan Ling prepared to claim the mysterious final item.

• Queen Medusa evolved, and Xiao Yan protected the Snake People’s royal city before leaving with Little Doctor Immortal, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong.
• Little Doctor Immortal refined the Life Flame, advanced to Nine-star Dou King, and qualified as a fifteen-year-old fifth-grade alchemist for the Alchemist Grand Meeting.
• At the Nalan Family banquet, Xiao Yan knocked Mu Zhan unconscious after he attacked and claimed Ya Fei as his intended wife.
• Little Doctor Immortal completed the competition’s assessments and won the final round with her nearly perfect sixth-grade Azure Glaze Crimson Fire Pill.
• Xiao Yan visited the Misty Cloud Sect, fought Nalan Yanran, and left after Yun Yun intervened to protect the sect.
• Xiao Yan, Little Doctor Immortal, and Qing Lin crossed the Black Domain Great Plains with Duo Ma’s convoy, and Xiao Yan killed a Soul Hall member pursuing a red spiritual body.
• In Black Seal City, Little Doctor Immortal bought medicinal ingredients, and the group entered the Black Seal Auction, where Fan Ling targeted the final auction item.
• The auction began with a blue Magic Core sword and other treasures before the auctioneer presented the Thunder Bat Sky Wings, which Fan Ling said he wanted.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er, won the academy selection with his display of strength, and entered the Library Pavilion with his companions. The new students then set out for the Inner Academy, where they faced a trial to protect their Fire Energy from older students.

• Fan Ling’s group ambushed Elder Qing’s party for the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill, while Xiao Yan stole the Three Thousand Lightning Movement scroll and killed Fan Ling.
• Xiao Yan reached Jia Nan Academy with Little Doctor Immortal and Little Qing Lin, reunited with Xun'er, and defeated Xue Beng in the qualifying competition.
• Xiao Yan defeated Lu Mu with his purple flame and later crushed Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia with his green and azure flames in the melee, securing a place among the top five.
• Xiao Yan entered the Library Pavilion with Xun'er, Little Doctor Immortal, Little Qing Lin, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao, and claimed the Lion-Tiger Golden Shattering Roar.
• Xiao Yan and the other newcomers traveled toward the Inner Academy with Hu Gan and the elders, then received crystal cards holding five Fire Energy each.
• Elder Su began the Fire Energy Hunt Competition, sending Xiao Yan’s group into the forest to reach the Inner Academy while avoiding or defeating older students.

Xiao Yan led Pan Gate through the Inner Academy’s faction conflicts, helped Little Doctor Immortal defeat the Medicine Gang in an alchemy contest, and crushed Bai Cheng’s challenge. After earning a place on the Strong Ranking, Xiao Yan met Zi Yan, the academy’s top-ranked student, as the upcoming competition approached.

• Xiao Yan’s group passed the Inner Academy trial after taking Fire Energy from veteran students, and Xiao Yan agreed to lead the newcomers in a faction named Pan Gate.
• Xiao Yan discovered the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower and learned about its heart flame, while Elder Liu warned him to keep Pan Gate from fighting for its most powerful training rooms too soon.
• Xiao Yan drove off Fu Ao and the Bai Gang after Fu Ao demanded Pan Gate’s students, then led Pan Gate into the tower to train.
• When Bai Cheng obstructed Pan Gate’s pill business, Xiao Yan backed Little Doctor Immortal in a contest against Han Xian, which Little Doctor Immortal won and used to secure the Medicine Gang’s trading spots.
• After Xiao Yan returned from months of meditation, he found Pan Gate driven from a training area and Hu Jia injured, while Wu Hao fought Bai Cheng in the arena.
• Little Doctor Immortal took Wu Hao’s place, and Xiao Yan joined the battle before defeating Bai Cheng and forcing the Bai Gang to surrender.
• Liu Qing challenged Xiao Yan to fight at the Strong Ranking Grand Competition a month later, and Xiao Yan learned that defeating Bai Cheng had earned him the thirty-fourth rank.
• Xiao Yan met Zi Yan in the medicinal storeroom, helped her obtain pills, and learned that she was first on the Inner Academy Strong Ranking.

Xiao Yan rose to first place in the Strong Ranking Grand Competition, then watched Xun'er return to the Gu Clan. Soon the Fallen Heart Flame escaped the tower, drawing Han Feng and the Black Corner Region forces into battle with Jia Nan Academy as Han Feng reached for the exposed flame.

• Xiao Yan brought Zi Yan back to the Inner Academy, then learned from Xiao Yu that the Soul Hall had attacked the Xiao Family and that Saint Yao Chen had taken them to the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan won the Strong Ranking Grand Competition, defeating Yao Sheng and Liu Qing, while Xun'er took third place and Zi Yan took second.
• Ling Quan arrived to take Xun'er back to the Gu Clan, and she chose to leave with him after Xiao Yan challenged Ling Quan's insults.
• Su Qian led the top Strong Ranking experts below the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, where the Fallen Heart Flame broke through its seals and escaped as a Formless Fire Python.
• Su Qian and the academy's elders and instructors held the Formless Fire Python back, but Han Feng gathered Black Corner Region forces and attacked Jia Nan Academy to claim the flame.
• Han Feng's allies fought the academy's defenders as the tower's seal shattered, and the Formless Fire Python broke through the elders' formation and attacked the invaders.
• Han Feng weakened the Fallen Heart Flame with Heavenly Cold Qi and Sea Heart Flame, but the flame ambushed him and revealed its true body when Su Qian struck it.
• Han Feng reached the exposed Fallen Heart Flame in Sea Heart Flame armor while Su Qian faced the Golden-Silver Elders and the academy's forces moved to intercept him.