Recaps

Xia Mo left Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan, returned to the Jia Ma Empire, and reunited with Xiao Yan at the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild. He passed the Fourth-grade Alchemist assessment, while Xiao Yan passed the Second-grade assessment.

• Xia Mo defeated Li Qiang, formed the Dog Beating Gang with Zi Yan as its First Elder, and learned the Dragon Phoenix Heavenly Pattern Sound.
• Xia Mo and Zi Yan retrieved Earth Core Body Tempering Milk from the Snow Demon Sky Ape’s valley, and Xia Mo accepted the ape as his subordinate.
• Xia Mo received Su Qian’s permission to leave Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan, said farewell to Xiao Yi Xian, Hu Jia, and Xiao Xun'er, and set out for the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xia Mo and Zi Yan reached Town Ghost Pass and Black Rock City, where Xia Mo heard news about Xiao Yan and planned to visit the Alchemist Guild.
• Xia Mo reunited with Xiao Yan at the Guild, and they entered after their flames impressed the guards despite lacking recommendation letters.
• Xiao Yan passed the Second-grade Alchemist assessment, while Xia Mo showed his Jia Nan Academy badge and began the Fourth-grade assessment.
• Xia Mo used his Dragon Phoenix Flame to refine Qi Gathering Powder, and Frank and Otto confirmed that its Pill Pattern meant he had passed the Fourth-grade assessment.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yan traveled into the Tagor Desert, where they allied with Hai Bodong and reunited with Xiao Yan’s brothers. Qing Lin’s discovery led them to search underground for the Green Lotus Core Flame, with Xia Mo, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Ding entering the passage.

• Xia Mo obtained the Ice Spirit Cold Spring from Gute, and Xiao Yan traded with the Alchemist Association before the group left Black Rock City for the desert.
• Old Yao refined Xiao Yan’s Blood Lotus Pill aboard a flying beast, and Xia Mo killed the alchemists who tried to force their way into the room.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan confronted Hai Bodong over the Fragmented Map, then agreed to help lift his seal and refine a pill in exchange for information, the map fragment, and medicinal herbs.
• Xia Mo accepted Old Yao’s high-grade Earth-tier cultivation method as they crossed the Tagor Desert and trained while traveling toward a possible Heavenly Flame site.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan helped the Iron Mercenary Group during a fight with Snake People, then took shelter from a sandstorm and traveled with the group to Stone Desert City.
• Xia Mo befriended Qing Lin, recognized her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and learned she had sensed a powerful aura in the southeastern part of the city.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan searched for the hidden site with Qing Lin’s help, and Xia Mo forced Luo Bu to keep the Sand Mercenary Group away from it.
• After the Iron Mercenary Group found a possible underground passage, Xia Mo left Xiao Li in command above and entered it with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Ding to search for the Green Lotus Core Flame.

Xia Mo and Xiao Yan searched the magma beneath the desert for the Green Lotus Core Flame, then followed its trail to Queen Medusa as she attempted to evolve. Medusa emerged as a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, while Xiao Yan secured the flame and the pair prepared to leave the city.

• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan found that Queen Medusa had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame from its lotus, and they collected the lotus pedestal and its Earth Fire Lotus Seeds.
• Xia Mo and Xiao Yan traveled into the Tagor Desert, evaded Yue Mei and the Snake People, and reached the city as Gu He’s group sought an audience with Queen Medusa.
• Queen Medusa rejected Gu He’s offer for the Heavenly Flame, while Xia Mo secretly tracked its aura to an island with an Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Xia Mo found Queen Medusa preparing to use the Green Lotus Core Flame for her evolution, and she freed the flame from its barrier above the spring.
• Queen Medusa entered the Green Lotus Core Flame as Xiao Yan arrived, and a lightning strike interrupted the transformation while Xia Mo and Xiao Yan approached the diminished flame.
• Queen Medusa transformed into a giant purple snake and plunged into the Azure Flame as Gu He and the others rushed toward the site.
• The giant snake’s body exploded, and a seven-colored little snake approached Xia Mo, whom Old Yao identified her as the newly born Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Xia Mo let the little snake sleep in his sleeve, and Xiao Yan drew the Green Lotus Core Flame into the Green Lotus Flower Seat before they prepared to leave the city.

Xia Mo returned to Stone Desert City, defended Qing Lin from the Mo Clan, and reunited with Xiao Yan after he obtained the Heavenly Flame. The group secured Hai Bodong’s map fragment and traveled to Yan City, where a new confrontation with the Mo Clan began.

• Xia Mo returned to Stone Desert City and drove off the Sand Mercenary Group after Mo Ran attacked the Iron Mercenary Group over Qing Lin.
• Xia Mo defeated Luo Bu’s forces, learned the Mo Clan sought Qing Lin for her unusual eyes, and promised to protect her.
• Xia Mo killed Mo Cheng and his followers when they came to claim Qing Lin, then prepared for the Mo Clan’s retaliation.
• Xiao Yan returned from the desert, and he and Xia Mo traveled with their companions to Desert City to meet Hai Bodong.
• Old Yao refined the Po E Dan, and Xia Mo exchanged it for Hai Bodong’s Fragmented Map.
• Hai Bodong regained his Dou Emperor strength and agreed to help Xiao Yan at the Misty Cloud Sect in two months.
• Xia Mo’s group traveled to Yan City, where they learned the Mo Clan had reserved the inns and clashed with Ling Lin before accepting rooms from a middle-aged man.