Recaps

Gu He advanced his alchemy by learning from Yao Kongzi, then destroyed Ice River Valley after it threatened his family. He shared the sect’s hidden treasury with the Pill Tower and began preparing Yang Ling Paste.

• Gu He practiced controlling the lightning in his Azure Flame, attended an exchange for Eighth-grade Alchemists, and arranged to study alchemy with Yao Kongzi.
• Gu He observed Yao Kongzi refine a Seven-colored Pill Lightning pill and spent two months learning from him, while Ice River Valley sent Tian She and others to investigate Gu He.
• Gu He captured Tian She, learned Ice River Valley had sent people to target him, and asked Heavenly Fire Venerable to gather forces against the sect.
• Gu He sealed Ice River Valley and fought Ice Venerable and Extreme Cold Venerable, killing them and destroying the valley after its disciples used the Blood Sacrifice Array.
• Gu He explained to the Pill Tower leaders that Ice River Valley had stolen his Wind Wolf Wings and threatened his family, then tortured Ice Venerable’s soul to learn the treasury’s location.
• Gu He and Yao Kongzi explored the treasury, divided its treasures, and Gu He recovered the Calamity Ice Art, the Mysterious Ice Divine Finger, Thousand Miles of Ice, and the Heavenly Crystal.
• Yao Kongzi showed Xuan Kongzi a scroll from the treasury, which Xuan Kongzi recognized as a Half-Saint Comprehension, while Gu He began refining Yang Ling Paste.

Gu He strengthened himself and his allies, brought his companions to the Central Continent, and advanced to Half-Saint before refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame. He returned to Sacred Pill City with a powerful fused Heavenly Flame and began gathering ingredients for further pill refinement.

• Gu He perfected Yang Ling Paste, used it to boost his affinity for heaven-and-earth energy, and gave some to Heavenly Fire Venerable, who advanced to six-star Dou Zun.
• Gu He helped Yao Kongzi refine the Fire Spirit Xuandong Pill, then reached peak Nine Star Dou Zun by absorbing lightning creatures in the Void Lightning Pool.
• Xuan Kongzi revealed that the Three Thousand Burning Flame was sealed in the Star Realm and asked Gu He to subdue it before the seal weakened further.
• Gu He returned to the Northwest Continent, gathered Caiyi, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, Yun Yun, and others, and brought them to Sacred Pill City.
• Gu He endured the Void Lightning Pool’s destructive black lightning and broke through to Half-Saint.
• Gu He entered the Star Realm and refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame, feeding much of its essence to his Green Lotus Core Flame and condensing the remains into Fire Lightning Seeds.
• Gu He demonstrated his fused green-black Heavenly Flame to the Pill Tower leaders, then independently refined a Void Pill that summoned Seven-colored Pill Lightning.
• Gu He arranged to gather rare medicinal ingredients through the Pill Tower and merchant groups, then stunned Yao Kongzi by displaying Soul Power that seemed to have touched the Heavenly Realm.

Gu He traded at the Spatial Trading Meet, rescued women from the Scorpion Demon Trio, joined the Small Pill Tower, and advanced his cultivation while discovering the Wind Fury Dragon Flame. The arc ended with him capturing Mu Gu and taking his memories to gain his alchemical knowledge.

• Gu He attended the Spatial Trading Meet in disguise, traded pills and techniques for a Heavenly Grade cultivation technique, and helped Xuan Kongzi secure rare items and a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill formula.
• Gu He and the three Pill Tower elders ambushed and killed the Scorpion Demon Trio after Lin Shiyun called for help, then Gu He went to the He Huan Sect and freed its captive women.
• Gu He brought Zhao Ziyue to Sacred Pill City as his disciple, allowed her to kill the condemned Human Scorpion, and agreed to join the Small Pill Tower.
• Gu He and the Pill Tower elders refined a Profound Ice Pill in the Medicine Realm, overcoming Black Demon Lightning and producing a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill.
• Gu He learned the Great Heaven Burning Technique, converted his fighting qi, and advanced to Intermediate Half-Saint while Xiao Yan traveled to Central Continent and entered the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool.
• Gu He found and absorbed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame in Falling Wind Ravine, strengthening his Heavenly Flame and naming it Saint Flame.
• Gu He confronted Mu Gu in Tian She City, sealed him, extracted his soul, and used his body to access most of his memories and alchemical knowledge.