Recaps

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran began their three-year-agreement duel at the Cloud Mist Sect, where Xiao Yan quickly overwhelmed her. Yun Shan intervened and conceded on Nalan Yanran’s behalf before Xiao Yan could continue attacking.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Cloud Mist Sect, drawing the attention of the assembled factions and VIP guests.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran accepted the duel and confronted the grievances surrounding their broken engagement.
• Xiao Yan charged Nalan Yanran with the Mystic Heavy Ruler and shattered her sword with a single strike.
• Xiao Yan kicked Nalan Yanran across the square, leaving her unable to continue the fight.
• Yun Shan appeared before Xiao Yan and conceded on Nalan Yanran’s behalf, asking him to show mercy.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran and chose not to enforce their old agreement, ending their feud. After learning that he was also Yan Xiao, Nalan Yanran was left stunned, while Yun Shan compensated Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family.

• Yun Shan intervened after Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran, and Xiao Yan accepted the result without killing her.
• Nalan Yanran tried to take her own life to avoid becoming Xiao Yan’s servant, but Xiao Yan knocked her sword away with his Beast Flame.
• The onlookers recognized Xiao Yan’s flame and discovered that he was Yan Xiao, leaving Nalan Jie regretful and Nalan Yanran shocked.
• Yun Yun and Yun Shan reprimanded Nalan Yanran, while Xiao Yan told her he did not want her as a servant or maid.
• Yun Shan gave Xiao Yan a Storage Ring as compensation, and Xiao Yan declared that their grudges were wiped clean.

After the Three-Year Agreement, Xiao Yan renewed his connection with Qi Lin and stayed at the Misty Cloud Sect to seek his guidance. Qi Lin exposed Old Yao’s presence in Xiao Yan’s ring and agreed to teach them both, while a mysterious black mist entered the sect.

• Xiao Yan told Qi Lin that the Xiao Family regarded him as its leader, and Qi Lin praised the family and offered Xiao Yan cultivation guidance.
• Yun Shan invited Xiao Yan to stay at the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Yan accepted.
• Xiao Yan repeatedly sought Qi Lin’s advice on cultivation and alchemy, eventually asking questions on Old Yao’s behalf.
• Qi Lin revealed that he had sensed Old Yao in Xiao Yan’s ring and invited him to ask questions directly.
• Old Yao emerged from the ring, apologized to Qi Lin, and began seeking his guidance.
• A black-mist Protector entered the Misty Cloud Sect to investigate the disappearance of Protector Wu.

After Qi Lin guided Xiao Yan in alchemy, Old Yao judged him to be a likely Ninth Grade Golden Pill Alchemist. As Qi Lin prepared to leave the Cloud Mist Sect with the women, a Soul Hall protector attacked Yun Shan, who confidently repelled his chains.

• Old Yao told Xiao Yan that Qi Lin's alchemy surpassed even Ninth Grade Treasure Pill Alchemists and might have reached the Ninth Grade Golden Pill level.
• Qi Lin returned to the palace, spoke with the women, and decided it was time for them to leave the Cloud Mist Sect.
• Yun Yun felt reluctant about Qi Lin leaving and hoped Yun Shan would persuade him to stay.
• A Soul Hall protector appeared before Yun Shan and demanded information about Protector Wu.
• The protector attacked Yun Shan with black chains, but Yun Shan blasted them away and stood ready to face him.

Yun Shan fought a Soul Hall Protector who came to question him about Protector Wu, initially holding his own with one hand. The protector powered himself up to Five-star Dou Ancestor, and Yun Shan unleashed a powerful sword technique as the battle reached its climax.

• Yun Shan countered the Soul Hall Protector’s chains with his Wind Spirit—Fractal Sword technique, shaking the Cloud Mist Sect’s main hall.
• Qi Lin reassured Yun Yun and the other women that Yun Shan could handle the Soul Hall Protector, then led them to watch the fight.
• Yun Shan continued to overpower the protector while keeping one hand behind his back, enraging his wounded opponent.
• The Soul Hall Protector used Soul Devouring to absorb phantom souls and raise his unstable strength to Five-star Dou Ancestor.
• Yun Shan faced the powered-up protector with both hands and began Extreme Wind: Setting Sun Radiance.

Yun Shan defeated the Soul Hall Protector who attacked the Cloud Mist Sect and captured his soul. The captive revealed that he was Iron Protector, sent to investigate Protector Wu’s disappearance in the Jia Ma Empire.

• Yun Shan and the Soul Hall Protector unleashed powerful attacks that shook the imperial capital as onlookers watched.
• Yun Shan killed the Soul Hall Protector with a sword strike and seized his soul before it could escape.
• Qi Lin and the women approached, and Yun Shan exchanged pleasantries with Qi Lin.
• Yun Shan interrogated the captive and learned that Iron Protector had come to investigate Protector Wu’s disappearance after following his trail to the Cloud Mist Sect.

After Iron Protector revealed the location of a Soul Hall branch, Qi Lin destroyed it from afar with a single attack. He later revealed his Dou Di strength through his guidance, and Yun Yun joined his Myriad Flowers Marriage Record.

• Yun Shan killed Iron Protector after hearing his explanation, and Qi Lin located the Soul Hall branch in Sky Burial Canyon.
• Qi Lin fired a golden attack through a Spatial Rift, obliterating the Sky Burial Canyon branch and everyone in it, including its two Dou Zun Hall Masters.
• Over the next half month, Xiao Yan, Old Yao, and others sought Qi Lin's guidance, and his ability to instruct the Sky-Reaching Saint revealed that he was a Dou Di.
• Encouraged by someone from the Heavenly Water Girls Team, Yun Yun visited Qi Lin's bedchamber at night, and her name was added to the Myriad Flowers Marriage Record.

After Zhu Kun became a Dou Di, the Primordial Void Dragon Clan confirmed his breakthrough, sending the Central Continent and the Ancient Eight Clans into turmoil. Gu Yuan decided to visit the Primordial Void Dragon Clan with Gu Lie to congratulate Zhu Kun.

• Qi Lin stayed at the Cloud Mist Sect because of Yun Yun, while news of a strange phenomenon in the Beast Region spread across the Central Continent.
• Members of the Primordial Void Dragon Clan revealed that Zhu Kun had returned and become a Dou Di.
• An Eight-Star Dou Sheng from the Primordial Void Dragon Clan took the Three Thousand Burning Flame from the Pill Tower, and witnesses confirmed the news of Zhu Kun's breakthrough.
• The Ancient Clan elders discussed Zhu Kun's breakthrough and considered what it meant for their own hopes of reaching Dou Di.
• Gu Yuan ordered Gu Lie to accompany him to visit the Primordial Void Dragon Clan and congratulate Zhu Kun.

Hun Tiandi suspected Zhu Kun had used the Emperor Pill Embryo to break through to Dou Di and decided to investigate the Primordial Void Dragon Clan. Qi Lin brought the women and Sky-Reaching Saint to Ancient Dragon Island, while Xiao Yan prepared to return to his clan.

• Hun Tiandi discussed Zhu Kun's reported breakthrough with Void Engulfing Flame and resolved to visit the Primordial Void Dragon Clan to learn where Zhu Kun had obtained Origin Qi.
• Gu Xun'er and Gu Yuena told Qi Lin that they had refined the Ancient Emperor Fortune Pill and reached Two-star Dou Sheng, though they had not absorbed all its energy.
• Qi Lin offered to take Shui Bing'er and Shui Yue'er to Ancient Dragon Island, and Yun Shan, Yun Yun, Xiao Yan, and Old Yao saw the group off from the Cloud Mist Sect.
• After Qi Lin departed, Xiao Yan told Yun Shan he was returning to his clan, and Yun Shan welcomed him to visit again.
• Qi Lin, Sky-Reaching Saint, and the women arrived above Ancient Dragon Island through a Spatial Rift.

Qi Lin and his companions arrived at Ancient Dragon Island, where Zhu Kun welcomed them and recognized Sky-Reaching Saint. Meanwhile, Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi met outside the island and proceeded there together, leaving their true intentions unresolved.

• Zhu Kun greeted Qi Lin and his companions on Ancient Dragon Island and invited them to the central hall.
• Qi Lin introduced Sky-Reaching Saint, and Zhu Kun recognized his reputation and discussed his revival.
• Zhu Kun sensed more guests had arrived and sent Zhu Huo to receive them.
• Gu Yuan and Gu Lie encountered Hun Tiandi and Hun Xuzi outside Ancient Dragon Island, and Gu Yuan stopped Gu Lie from attacking.
• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi exchanged polite remarks about Hun Tiandi’s recovery and traveled toward the island together, while Gu Lie and Hun Xuzi remained hostile.
• Zhu Huo welcomed Gu Yuan, Hun Tiandi, Gu Lie, and Hun Xuzi when they arrived at Ancient Dragon Island.

Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi arrived at Ancient Dragon Island to meet Zhu Kun and encountered Qi Lin, whom they recognized as a Dou Di. After Qi Lin warned Zhu Kun that Hun Tiandi could become a calamity, Zhu Kun trapped and killed him.

• Zhu Huo escorted Gu Yuan, Hun Tiandi, Gu Lie, and Hun Xuzi into Ancient Dragon Island to meet Zhu Kun.
• Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi saw Qi Lin with Zhu Kun and realized he was another Dou Di.
• After Zhu Kun teased Hun Tiandi about his name, Hun Tiandi changed it to Hun Tian.
• Qi Lin warned Zhu Kun that Hun Tiandi might become a future calamity, and Hun Tiandi fled the hall.
• Zhu Kun stopped Hun Tiandi with his power and killed him.

Zhu Kun killed Hun Tiandi and accepted gifts from Gu Yuan and Hun Xuzi, sparing Hun Xuzi in exchange for his service on Ancient Dragon Island. Gu Yuan and Gu Lie considered striking the weakened Soul Clan before Xun Er arrived and surprised Gu Yuan.

• Zhu Kun crushed Hun Tiandi with a single strike, and Qi Lin collected his remains and Storage Ring.
• Gu Yuan presented Zhu Kun with a trove of treasures and a Ninth Grade Profound Pill as congratulatory gifts.
• Hun Xuzi offered his fortune and pleaded for his life, so Zhu Kun ordered him to remain on Ancient Dragon Island and serve the Primordial Void Dragon Clan.
• Gu Yuan and Gu Lie considered taking advantage of the Soul Clan's weakened state to attack it.
• Xun Er entered the hall, and Gu Yuan exclaimed in surprise and asked why she was there.

Gu Yuan and Gu Lie discovered that Gu Xun'er was with Qi Lin on Ancient Dragon Island, where Gu Yuan learned Qi Lin had no plans to rule the continent. Three days after Qi Lin returned, he received word that Qian Renxue and Hu Liena had encountered trouble with the Wind Lightning Pavilion in the Northern Region of Central Continent.

• Gu Yuan and Gu Lie were astonished to find Gu Xun'er living among the Primordial Void Dragon Clan and realized she was close to Qi Lin.
• Gu Xun'er explained that she had come as Qi Lin's guest, and Qi Lin assured Gu Yuan that he loved her and would not abandon her.
• Gu Yuan explained his visit, and Zhu Kun promised that he had no interest in ruling the continent.
• Gu Yuan learned how Zhu Kun had broken through to Dou Di but did not ask for an Ancient Emperor Fortune Pill.
• After a banquet, Gu Yuan stayed on Ancient Dragon Island while Gu Lie returned to the Gu Clan with news.
• Qian Renxue and Hu Liena told Qi Lin they needed help after encountering a powerful opponent from the Wind Lightning Pavilion.

The Han Family faced pressure from the Hong Family and the Wind Lightning Pavilion, but Qian Renxue assured them that Qi Lin’s backing could counter their enemies. Qi Lin arrived in Tianbei City and met Han Xue, who was immediately impressed by him.

• Han Chi and Han Tian discussed the Hong Family’s demand to hand over Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and Han Xue, and considered secretly sending the women away.
• Qian Renxue told the Han Family that they had stronger outside support than the Hong Family, and Han Chi realized her allies could make the Wind Lightning Pavilion wary.
• Han Xue asked Qian Renxue and Hu Liena whether Qi Lin could stand against the Wind Lightning Pavilion, and both women praised him.
• Qi Lin arrived at the bamboo grove alone, reunited with Qian Renxue and Hu Liena, and was introduced to Han Xue.
• Han Xue greeted Qi Lin as Big Brother Qi after seeing him and finding him exceptionally handsome.

Qi Lin reunited with Qian Renxue and Hu Liena while Han Xue discovered that his casual welcome gift was an extraordinarily powerful pill. After learning of Qi Lin’s likely status as an Eight-grade Alchemist, Han Chi felt confident that the Han Family could withstand the Wind Lightning Pavilion and planned a visit after the reunion.

• Qi Lin welcomed Han Xue and gave her a jade bottle containing a pill, then embraced Qian Renxue and Hu Liena after their two years apart.
• Han Xue opened the bottle and felt the pill’s fragrance loosen her cultivation, then wondered why Qi Lin had given her such a precious gift.
• Han Chi examined the pill and judged it likely to be above Grade Seven, while Han Xue told him Qi Lin had casually refined it.
• Han Chi concluded Qi Lin’s backing would deter the Hong Family and Wind Lightning Pavilion, then planned a banquet and a visit with the Han Family elders.
• Han Xue reminded Han Chi that Qi Lin and the two women had just reunited, so he agreed to wait before visiting.

Qi Lin confirmed his identity as an alchemy grandmaster to the Han Family and promised to handle the threat from the Hong Family and Wind Lightning Pavilion. While he spent several happy days with Qian Renxue and Hu Liena, Elder Shen Yun prepared to confront the Han Family in person.

• Hong Li told Hong Chen that he planned to use the dispute over the three women as an opportunity to attack the Han Family and establish the Hong Family as Tianbei City's sole hegemon.
• Han Xiu and the Han Family welcomed Qi Lin, and Chu Qian tested Qi Lin's alchemy before becoming convinced of his mastery.
• The Han Family's confidence against the Hong Family and Wind Lightning Pavilion grew, and Han Xiu entrusted the matter to Qi Lin.
• Qi Lin spent the next few days with Qian Renxue and Hu Liena, taking them around Tianbei City and to the Yellow Sand Desert.
• Shen Yun arrived at the Hong Family and decided to visit the Han Family personally the next day to demand the three women.

Shen Yun and the Hong Family confronted the Han Family, demanding punishment for Hong Chen and threatening to destroy the clan. Han Xiu called on Qi Lin, whose Dharma Body appeared and empowered Han Xiu to fight the Wind Lightning Pavilion.

• Hong Chen provoked the Han Family, while Shen Yun accused them of insulting the Wind Lightning Pavilion by injuring him.
• Han Xiu defended the family and warned Shen Yun that the Han Family had outside support, frustrating Hong Tianxiao’s plan to use the Wind Lightning Pavilion to destroy his rivals.
• Han Xiu called for Grandmaster Qi Lin, and Qi Lin sent a golden Dharma Body to appear above the Han Family.
• The Dharma Body declared that the Wind Lightning Pavilion should be destroyed and granted Han Xiu Dou Zun strength.
• Han Xiu accepted the power and agreed to destroy the Wind Lightning Pavilion.

Han Xiu used the power granted by Qi Lin's Dharma Body to defeat the Hong Family and set out to destroy the Wind Lightning Pavilion. The pavilion was left existing in name only, while Qi Lin returned to the Han Family with Qian Renxue and Hu Liena, where Han Xue found herself thinking about him.

• Han Xiu revealed Dou Venerable power, struck down Shen Yun, and killed Hong Chen, Hong Li, Hong Tianxiao, and the remaining Hong Family members.
• Han Xiu left the aftermath to Han Chi and flew toward the Northern Pavilion of the Wind Lightning Pavilion.
• Han Xiu attacked the Wind Lightning Pavilion and killed many of its higher-ups, including Venerable Lei, leaving the pavilion existing in name only.
• Qi Lin returned to the Han Family with Qian Renxue and Hu Liena, and the family members urged Han Xue to pursue him.
• Han Xue recalled Qi Lin and considered that she would be willing to become his concubine or maidservant.

Qi Lin settled into life with the Han Family, and Han Xue joined him and Qian Renxue and Hu Liena after the two women pulled her into his bedroom. The Han Family grew much stronger from Qi Lin’s pills, while Mu Gu fled his pursuers and entered their bamboo grove, where an unexpected fourth figure left him terrified.

• Qi Lin accepted Han Xue into his relationship with Qian Renxue and Hu Liena, and the three women benefited from the arrangement.
• Qi Lin gave the Han Family pills that raised Han Chi, Han Xiu, and Han Tian’s cultivation and improved their innate talent.
• Han Tian urged Han Chi to bring Han Yue back from Jia Nan Academy so she could stay beside Han Xue, and the Han Family sent her a letter.
• Mu Gu fled Venerable Feng after the Soul Clan’s destruction and entered a city near Tianbei City to hide in the Han Family’s bamboo grove.
• Mu Gu sensed three Dou Ancestor auras in the grove, then saw four figures and realized something was wrong.

Qi Lin captured Mu Gu after discovering he was an Eight-grade Alchemist and a member of Soul Hall, then reunited Venerable Feng with news that Yao Chen was alive. He gave Mu Gu to Venerable Feng, who set off for the Northwest Continent to find Yao Chen.

• Mu Gu claimed to be Gu Mu, an Eight-grade Alchemist, and asked Qi Lin to take him in, but Qi Lin exposed his real name and captured him as he tried to flee.
• Qi Lin revealed that he disliked Soul Hall and knew someone with a grudge against Mu Gu, prompting Venerable Feng to emerge from hiding.
• Qi Lin told Venerable Feng that Yao Chen was alive, living as a soul in the Bone Flame Ring, and had been in the Jia Ma Empire with a disciple.
• Venerable Feng told Qi Lin that the Soul Clan had been destroyed and that the Pill Tower was leading the hunt against Soul Hall.
• Venerable Feng asked Qi Lin for Mu Gu so Yao Chen could deal with him, and Qi Lin handed Mu Gu over without accepting payment.
• Venerable Feng took Mu Gu and hurried toward the Northwest Continent.

Qi Lin and the three women left the Han Family and traveled to Sacred Pill City to visit the Pill Tower. They settled in a residence sold by Dan He, who had brought Dan Chen to the city for an alchemist assessment.

• After the women chose the Pill Tower and Flower Sect as destinations, Qi Lin decided they would visit the Pill Tower first.
• Qi Lin set out with Han Xue, Qian Renxue, and Hu Liena after Han Xue spent time with her parents, leaving Chu Gan saddened by his departure.
• Qi Lin and the women spent two months traveling aboard a Flying Ship, reaching Sacred Pill City and marveling at its size and many alchemists.
• Qi Lin bought a residence in Sacred Pill City's outer region from Dan He of the Dan Family.
• Dan He had come to Sacred Pill City to take the Dan Family's genius, Dan Chen, to the Sacred Pill Domain for an alchemist assessment.

Qi Lin took Qian Renxue, Hu Liena, and Han Xue to the Pill Tower assessment, where Dan He helped them bypass the queue. They met the timid Dan Chen and learned about her dangerous constitution, just as two more figures arrived to greet her.

• After shopping in Sacred Pill City, Han Xue spotted the Pill Tower assessment area and persuaded Qian Renxue and Hu Liena to join her in getting Alchemist badges.
• Qi Lin promised the women they would not have to wait in the long queue, then reunited with Dan He, who offered to take them directly to the assessment.
• Dan He led Qi Lin and the women into the tower with Dan Chen, and Hu Liena accidentally triggered the powerful suction of Dan Chen's constitution before resisting it.
• Dan He explained that Dan Chen could unintentionally drain others' Soul Power and had grown up without companions because she could not control her constitution.
• Two figures approached, and one called out to Dan Chen, saying they had met again.

Qi Lin brought Qian Renxue and the other two women to the Pill Tower for Low Rank 2 Alchemist assessments, only to learn that the special testing room handled Rank 5 and above. He asked Elder Han Li to make an exception, releasing Soul Power that overwhelmed everyone in the chamber.

• Cao Ying and Song Qing met Qi Lin, Qian Renxue, and the other women as Dan He escorted them toward the assessment site.
• Song Qing boasted about attempting the Low Rank 7 assessment, while Cao Ying and Dan Chen announced they would test for High Rank 5 and Mid Rank 5.
• Qian Renxue and the other two women requested Low Rank 2 assessments, but Han Li explained that the special testing room only assessed Rank 5 and above.
• Qi Lin told the women not to worry and asked Han Li for a favor as his Soul Power filled the stone chamber and left everyone horrified.

A mysterious aura stirred the Pill Tower’s elders and its Old Ancestor, while Qi Lin’s power shocked everyone in the assessment chamber. Song Qing kowtowed to Qi Lin for forgiveness and fled after being spared.

• The Pill Tower’s elders and the Little Pill Tower’s seven elders sensed a fleeting aura stronger than the Old Ancestor’s, and the Old Ancestor said its owner surpassed him.
• Han Li agreed to let Qian Renxue and the other two women take their alchemist assessments normally, and they entered the Heavenly Character Gate.
• Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Dan He, and Song Qing realized Qi Lin’s strength was far beyond what they had expected.
• Song Qing fell to his knees, kowtowed to Qi Lin, and begged forgiveness for his earlier disrespect.
• Qi Lin ordered Song Qing to leave, and Song Qing abandoned his assessment and hurried out of the chamber.
• Cao Ying gathered her courage and addressed Qi Lin after he told everyone not to feel restrained.

Qi Lin accompanied Qian Renxue and the other women as they passed their alchemist assessments and explored Sacred Pill City. During an auction, Qi Lin sensed that Zi Yan had finally broken through to the Dou Di realm.

• Cao Ying, Qian Renxue, and the other women passed their assessments and became second-tier alchemists.
• Dan He invited Qi Lin to help Dan Chen, but Qi Lin declined and Dan He resolved to visit Qi Lin with gifts.
• Cao Ying left intending to learn the location of Qi Lin's residence and later met his group again at an alchemists' auction.
• Qi Lin sensed a vast violet-gold phenomenon above Ancient Dragon Island and realized that Zi Yan had become a Dou Di.