Recaps

Xiao Ling strengthened the Xiao Family, helped Xiao Yan resolve his engagement, and advanced to Four-star Dou Huang while deepening ties with Yao Chen and the Alchemist Guild. After aiding Nalan Jie and the Mittel Family, he prepared to return to Jia Nan Academy as Xun'er learned he was back in the empire.

• Xiao Ling returned to the Xiao Family, gave the clan techniques and pills, and showed Zi Yan the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Ling uncovered Yao Chen in Xiao Yan’s Bone Flame Ring, and Yao Chen agreed to teach Xiao Ling alchemy while taking Qing Lin as his disciple.
• Xiao Yan regained his cultivation and broke his engagement with Nalan Yanran after defeating her in a duel at the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Ling emerged from seclusion as a Four-star Dou Huang and distributed rare cultivation techniques and treasures to Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Ling removed Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison with his Green Lotus Core Flame and exchanged a Spirit Ascension Pill for a mysterious Jade Pendant at the Alchemist Guild.
• Xiao Ling accepted honorary elder status in the Alchemist Guild, learned the Illusory Dream Spirit Shadow Dou Technique, and helped the Mittel Family by refining a Spirit Recovery Purple Pill.
• Elder Ling told Xun'er that Xiao Ling had returned to the Jia Ma Empire and reached the Dou Huang Realm, while Xiao Ling decided to return to Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Ling refined a seventh-grade pill, defeated Protector Wu, and brought his companions to Jia Nan Academy, where he reunited with Xiao Xun’er and negotiated over the Tou She Ancient God Jade. After mastering Three Thousand Lightning Movement, he helped Yao Chen kill Han Feng and claim the Sea Heart Flame, then found an icy blue bottle in Han Feng’s storage ring.

• Xiao Ling refined the Seven Illusory Soul Clearing Pill, and he and Yao Chen defeated Protector Wu and sealed his soul.
• Xiao Ling returned to Jia Ma Holy City, recovered with his companions, and set out for Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Ling reached Jia Nan Academy, introduced Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin to Su Qian, and reunited with Xiao Xun’er, who revealed her identity as Gu Xun’er.
• Xiao Ling offered Xiao Xun’er the Tou She Ancient God Jade in exchange for help obtaining a Dou Sheng body and Ninth-order Magical Beast blood essence for Yao Chen’s revival.
• Xiao Xun’er met Yao Chen and secured his promise to guide Xiao Ling wholeheartedly, while Xiao Ling also reconciled with Han Yue after neglecting her.
• Xiao Ling refined pills for Su Qian, mastered the Lightning Flash realm of Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and set out with Yao Chen to confront Han Feng.
• Yao Chen defeated Han Feng, destroyed his soul, and gave Xiao Ling the Sea Heart Flame, which Xiao Ling stored away.
• Xiao Ling took Han Feng’s Nether Sea Storage Ring, broke its restriction, and found an icy blue bottle inside.

After returning from the Black Corner Region, Xiao Ling helped his companions grow stronger and devoured the Fallen Heart Flame, reaching the Dou Zong Realm. While he stabilized his new cultivation and explored his latest rewards, Gu Xun'er returned to the Ancient Clan with the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Xiao Ling returned to Jia Nan Academy after killing Han Feng, then shared Han Feng’s poisons and resources with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin and prepared to refine the Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Ling refined the Sea Heart Flame and reached Dou Huang Peak, then supported Xiao Xun’er’s return to the Ancient Clan and saw her depart with Gu Yan.
• Xiao Ling helped Qing Lin tame a sixth-tier Shadow Demon Python, and the group explored Mo Yun’s underground palace before Xiao Ling honored the dead Dou Zun and helped Qing Lin subdue three more snakes.
• Zi Yan emerged from her cocoon with an adult appearance but soon shrank back to normal, while Xiao Ling asked Su Qian for permission to devour some of the restless Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Ling and the elders contained the Fallen Heart Flame with the Thousand Layer Seal, and Xiao Ling subdued its source before entering the Underground Magma World to refine it.
• Xiao Ling refined the Fallen Heart Flame for nearly half a year and broke through to three-star Dou Zong, while Gu Xun’er gave Gu Yuan the Tou She Ancient God Jade and explained the Xiao Family’s conditions.
• Xiao Ling stabilized his cultivation and used ten System draws, gaining several items including the Meteor Tear, the Great Evolution Art, the Dragon Abyss Ethereal Gauntlets, and the Spirit Rhinoceros Pendant.

Xiao Ling secured the Fallen Heart Flame and Yao Tianhuo’s cooperation, then left Jia Nan Academy with his companions to return to the Jia Ma Empire. He helped his friends, reunited with his family, and arrived at the Alchemist Tournament as Xiao Yan prepared to compete.

• Xiao Ling found Yao Tianhuo beneath the magma, took the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, and promised to help restore Yao Tianhuo’s soul and body.
• Xiao Ling escaped the Flame Lizardmen, returned to Jia Nan Academy, and used a Soul Spirit Returning Pill to help Yao Tianhuo recover.
• Xiao Ling learned Han Yue planned to return to her family, obtained the Sky Demon Puppet method from Magic Flame Valley, and made her a powerful puppet before she departed.
• Xiao Ling and his companions left Jia Nan Academy and returned to the Jia Ma Empire, where Xiao Ling recovered a black jade fragment from the Alchemist Guild and reunited with the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Ling opened the jade fragment to learn the first transformation of the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Changes, then refined an Imperial Extreme Pill for Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Ling used the Heavenly Capital Fire Seal to suppress Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body, helping her advance to Dou Huang Five-star.
• Xiao Ling accompanied Xiao Yan to the Alchemist Tournament, where Xiao Yan vowed to win and Xiao Ling took his place in the VIP section.