Recaps

Xiao Yi Xian defeated Mu Ling, while Gu He advanced to Dou Zun and strengthened his allies and Gu Ling Pavilion. He obtained the Fallen Heart Flame for Qing and used its aura to answer the Heavenly Fire Venerable’s summons beneath the magma.

• Xiao Yi Xian defeated Mu Ling with Thousand Flame Sword Qi, but Mu Ling killed himself before she could learn who had incited him.
• Gu He broke through to Dou Zun, restored the Small Valley, and warned Queen Medusa against risking her life to advance alongside him.
• Gu He returned to the Black Corner Region, strengthened Gu Ling Pavilion, and sealed the passage leading to the Flame Lizard Tribe and the Dou Di cave dwelling.
• Gu He refined Spirit Dou Pills for the pavilion’s alchemists, then prepared Earth Spirit Pills and other medicines for Qing’s attempt to absorb the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Gu He secretly entered Jia Nan Academy’s Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, marked the rocks near the sealed magma, and escaped as the Fallen Heart Flame erupted.
• After Qing awakened as a Dou Huang, Gu He helped him adapt to his strength and captured the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin for him.
• Qing swallowed and endured the Fallen Heart Flame for sixty-seven days, then sealed it in a spirit receptacle after its resistance vanished.
• Gu He took the flame’s origin and answered a summons beneath the magma, leading the Heavenly Fire Venerable to trust that Gu He might rescue him.

Gu He restored Heavenly Fire Venerable, strengthened his techniques, and dealt with the Soul Hall’s plot against him while preparing for the Myriad Sects Convention. At the convention, he discovered that Li Wu possessed the Netherworld Poison Flame and chose not to seize it.

• Gu He found Yao Tianhuo’s hidden space, agreed to restore his remnant soul, and received the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame and Heavenly Fire Venerable’s Mysterious Fire Art.
• Gu He returned a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame to Su Qian, then hunted Flame Lizardmen and escaped a group of powerful pursuers through a Space Channel.
• Gu He restored Heavenly Fire Venerable’s soul, returned to the Small Valley, and helped Qing Lin, Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yi Xian cultivate with the Fallen Heart Flame and Earth Core Body Tempering Milk.
• Yun Leng used Sun Yi to learn Gu He’s location, and Wu Protector tried to recruit Gu He before Gu He captured him and confronted Yun Shan.
• Gu He poisoned Yun Shan to secure his cooperation against the Soul Hall plot, learned Yun Leng had killed Sun Yi, and offered Sun Yunxin a chance to study under President Fama.
• Gu He exchanged the Five Rounds of Fiery Law with Heavenly Fire Venerable for the Profound Gang Spirit Splitting Sword, then developed the five-fire formation and advanced his sword technique.
• Gu He and Queen Medusa traveled to Heavenly Poison City for the Myriad Sects Convention, where Gu He confirmed that Li Wu possessed the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Gu He refused to seize Li Wu’s Heavenly Flame, explaining to Queen Medusa that he intended to reach the peak of the Dou Saint realm before openly showing himself.

Gu He strengthened his allies, helped secure an alliance between Jia Ma and the Snake People, and oversaw Xiao Yan’s defeat by Nalan Yanran. He left for the Central Continent after entrusting Qing Lin to Queen Medusa, while Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City as Soul Hall approached.

• Gu He killed Li Wu, gave Yan Da and Yan Ming the Demise Pill for their plan against Yan Luotian, and consumed the Netherworld Ghost Flame’s essence to reach high-level Four-star Dou Zun.
• Gu He refined a Bone-Regenerating Blood-Melding Pill and restored Heavenly Fire Venerable to a living body, then helped Qing Lin subdue Fourth Tier magical beasts as Zi Yan emerged from her cocoon at Dou Huang.
• Gu He warned Jia Xingtian that Xie Biyan’s rise threatened Jia Ma and proposed an alliance with the Snake People, which Jia Xingtian and Queen Medusa later formalized.
• At the Alchemist Conference, Yue Er won first place while Xiao Yan placed second, and Gu He warned Xiao Yan that he had discovered Yao Chen in the ring before the duel with Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Yanran revealed her Two-star Dou Wang strength and defeated Xiao Yan, after which Gu He stopped her final attack and Xiao Yan accepted the loss and annulment.
• Gu He left for the Central Continent, gave Yun Yun pills, exchanged cultivation techniques with Queen Medusa, and entrusted Qing Lin to her care.
• Yao Chen confronted Soul Hall’s Tie Xuan near Wutan City while Xiao Yan headed back to evacuate his family and grow stronger.

After Tie Xuan’s self-destruction devastated Wutan City, Gu He traveled to the Central Continent and helped establish the Pill Fire Pavilion as a major alchemy faction. He refined an Eighth-grade pill, advanced his cultivation, and earned an eight-star Pill Tower badge in Sacred Pill City as he prepared for the Ancient Cave Mansion expedition.

• Tie Xuan self-destructed above Wutan City, killing nearly all its residents, while Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family escaped and Yao Chen rescued Qian Yue.
• Gu He reached the Central Continent, found Heavenly Fire Venerable, and accepted the role of sole deputy pavilion master of the Pill Fire Pavilion.
• Gu He refined the Poria Azure Pill, survived its pill lightning with his Earth Demon Puppet, and gave the finished pill to Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Gu He secured apologies and compensation from Forest Sea City’s three alchemists, restored the Pavilion’s earth-fire trade, and advanced to high-stage Five-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan found the Life Devouring Pill in a cave dwelling and took it despite Yao Chen’s warning, gaining Dou Wang strength but only three years of vitality.
• Chen Huo invited Gu He to join the Pill Tower and told him about the Ancient Cave Mansion, which Gu He planned to explore with Heavenly Fire Venerable and other Dou Zuns.
• Gu He traveled with Chen Huo to Sacred Pill City and passed Bai Zhong’s Eighth-grade Alchemist assessment by refining ingredients in thirteen Medicine Cauldrons.
• Gu He received an eight-star Pill Tower badge, and Chen Huo proposed that they rest before meeting President Xuan Kongzi the next day.