Recaps

Lin Feng used the Green Lotus Core Flame and his Five Elements techniques to turn Xie Bi Yan’s poison needles against the Myriad Scorpion Sect, helping Cai Lin wipe out most of its fighters. Xie Bi Yan summoned his Scorpion Poison Beast, but Lin Feng answered with a formation that called forth the Five Elements Sacred Beasts, leaving the battle poised for its next clash.

• Xie Bi Yan attacked Lin Feng with the Myriad Poisons Sect - Scorpion Tail Needle, while Lin Feng told Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian to help Cai Lin destroy the remaining sect members.
• Lin Feng revealed the Green Lotus Core Flame and used the Five Elements Seal Technique to stop Xie Bi Yan’s poison needles.
• Lin Feng reversed control of the needles and sent them toward Cai Lin’s opponents, and Cai Lin used her spatial abilities to evade them as they killed many Myriad Scorpion Sect fighters.
• Cai Lin killed several more elders, and Xie Shan begged Xie Bi Yan to stop Lin Feng before the sect was wiped out.
• Xie Bi Yan summoned the Scorpion Poison Beast and threatened Lin Feng, who formed a Five Elements Seal that called forth the Five Elements Sacred Beasts.
• The Scorpion Poison Beast trembled at the ancient roars, and a huge claw emerged from Lin Feng’s formation.

Lin Feng battled Xie Bi Yan while Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian defeated the Myriad Scorpion Sect’s remaining Dou Emperors. Xie Bi Yan died after his final attack struck Lin Feng, leaving the others rushing to check whether Lin Feng was safe.

• Xie Bi Yan unleashed his Myriad Poisons Devour Heart technique, and Lin Feng countered with the Five Elements Killing Strike.
• Cai Lin attacked Xie Shan and the other Dou Emperor while Zi Yan struck Xie Shan from behind with a Dragon Seal, helping Cai Lin kill him.
• Zi Yan ambushed the remaining Dou Emperor with another Dragon Seal, and he died before he could buy Xie Bi Yan time to escape.
• Lin Feng emerged battered but recovered with healing pills, and he and Cai Lin struck Xie Bi Yan into a mountainside.
• Xie Bi Yan redirected his final blood-arrow attack toward Lin Feng, then collapsed and died; Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian rushed to Lin Feng.

Lin Feng neutralized Xie Bi Yan’s Blood Poison Arrow with the Five Elements Seal and turned its energy into a prize for his cultivation. After capturing Xie Bi Yan’s soul and taking the sect’s remains and treasures, Lin Feng led Cai Lin and the others toward the Myriad Scorpion Sect to claim their spoils.

• Xiao Yi Xian found the Blood Poison Arrow entrenched in Lin Feng’s body and warned that only a Dou Zun might be able to remove it.
• Lin Feng used the Five Elements Seal to purify the Blood Poison Arrow and produced a ball of energy that Zi Yan wanted to eat.
• Lin Feng took the Demonic Core from Xie Bi Yan’s Storage Ring and stored the corpses of Xie Bi Yan and Xie Shan for puppet refinement.
• Lin Feng caught Xie Bi Yan’s escaping soul, rejected his offer of the Myriad Scorpion Sect’s treasures, and sealed him in a Storage Ring.
• Lin Feng led Cai Lin and the others toward the Myriad Scorpion Sect to claim its spoils.

Lin Feng and his companions looted the Myriad Scorpion Sect, spared its surviving disciples, and returned to the Snake People Tribe. There, Cai Lin asked Lin Feng to temper her body with Heavenly Flames so she could overcome the limits of her bloodline and keep pace with him.

• Lin Feng and his companions took the Myriad Scorpion Sect's treasures, and Lin Feng ordered its disciples to disband the sect and never use its name again.
• Cai Lin asked Lin Feng why he had spared the disciples, and he explained that they had shown no hatred and that the sect's powerful fighters were dead.
• Lin Feng, Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian traveled back to the Snake People Tribe, stopping along the way to explore cities and search for Spiritual Herbs.
• In Wu Tan City, Xiao Yan endured painful training under Yao Chen and asked whether he could reach Lin Feng's level as an alchemist; Yao Chen encouraged him while privately acknowledging Lin Feng's talent.
• After returning to the Snake People Tribe, Cai Lin asked Lin Feng to temper her body with Heavenly Flames, explaining that her beast-soul bloodline had restricted her potential after she reached Dou Zong.

Lin Feng prepared Cai Lin to temper her body with the Green Lotus Core Flame, and she survived the process and evolved into a Sky Swallowing Python. The Snake People Tribe rejoiced outside the island as Cai Lin fell asleep as a tiny seven-colored snake on Lin Feng’s neck.

• Lin Feng spent more than half a month studying records and preparing pills to protect Cai Lin during her Heavenly Flame body tempering.
• Lin Feng and Cai Lin went to her island, where Cai Lin swallowed the pills and transformed into her serpent form beside the Ice Spirit Cold Spring.
• Lin Feng used the Green Lotus Core Flame to refine Cai Lin’s blood while helping her recover with Wood Attribute Dou Qi.
• A black lightning bolt struck Cai Lin, and she emerged from her charred serpent body alive before transforming into a seven-colored Sky Swallowing Python.
• Lin Feng fed the tiny snake a lotus seed, and it curled around his neck and fell asleep as the Snake People Tribe, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian celebrated Cai Lin’s success.

Lin Feng and Cai Lin departed with Zi Yan after Cai Lin recovered from her evolution, while Xiao Yan began preparing to train in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. Lin Feng arrived at Peace Town with his companions and was warmly welcomed by Jia Nan Academy’s Enforcement Team.

• Lin Feng told the Snake People Tribe’s Grand Elder that Cai Lin had succeeded in evolving into a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and was resting, and Cai Lin later asked Lin Feng to fuse the new body’s two souls with a soul pill.
• Cai Lin and Zi Yan teased each other aboard Lin Feng’s Griffon as they traveled, with Cai Lin warning Zi Yan to keep an eye on Lin Feng’s romantic encounters.
• Elder Yao urged Xiao Yan to leave Wutan City and gain combat experience in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, promising not to intervene unless Xiao Yan faced death.
• Xiao Yan reached the peak of the sixth stage of Dou Qi after absorbing medicinal liquid and prepared to seek a battle that could help him advance.
• After more than ten days, Lin Feng, Cai Lin, Zi Yan, and their companions arrived at Peace Town, where Lin Feng gave cultivation pills to the Enforcement Team members before leaving with the girls.

Lin Feng returned to Jia Nan Academy with Cai Lin and Zi Yan, surprising Grand Elder Su Qian with their strength and Lin Feng’s Green Lotus Core Flame. Su Qian explained the origins of the academy’s Fallen Heart Flame and revealed that Lin Feng’s new Heavenly Flame complicated the academy’s plan to have him subdue it.

• Lin Feng introduced his wife Cai Lin to Grand Elder Su Qian as Queen Medusa, and Cai Lin asked him to call her by her name.
• Zi Yan revealed that she had advanced to the Dou Emperor realm, then Lin Feng displayed his Intermediate Dou Emperor aura and explained his rapid growth as the result of fortunate opportunities.
• Lin Feng showed Su Qian the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Su Qian recognized it as the Heavenly Flame ranked nineteenth.
• Su Qian recounted how the academy’s Headmaster had captured the sentient Fallen Heart Flame with the Thousand-Layer Seal and used it to establish the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Su Qian said the academy had planned for Lin Feng to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame, but his possession of another Heavenly Flame meant they would have to find a different solution.

Xiao Yan gained combat experience in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and began breaking through to the eighth stage of Dou Qi, while Lin Feng advanced to five-star Dou Emperor in secluded cultivation. Lin Feng emerged from his breakthrough with most of Xie Bi Yan’s essence blood still available to fuel his future cultivation.

• Xiao Yan killed a tiger-like magical beast with the Heavy Black Ruler and Suction Palm after days of fighting beasts under Yao Chen’s watch.
• Xiao Yan sensed that he was about to break through and sat down to cultivate while Yao Chen stood guard.
• Xiao Yi Xian entered secluded cultivation to absorb the poison-attribute spiritual materials taken from the Myriad Scorpion Sect.
• Lin Feng absorbed Xie Bi Yan’s Dou Zong essence blood in secluded cultivation, which brought him close to four-star Dou Emperor.
• Lin Feng broke through to five-star Dou Emperor after more than a month, with most of the essence blood still remaining.

Lin Feng agreed to refine Pills to Break Dou Zong for Vice Principal Hu Gan and Commander Wu Tianlang, then spent time with Zi Yan, Cai Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian. After delivering the pills, he gave Elder Huo one as well, and Su Qian suggested that Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang cultivate within the Inner Academy to conceal their breakthroughs.

• Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang brought Lin Feng six sets of ingredients and asked him to refine Pills to Break Dou Zong.
• Lin Feng tended the peach tree with Wood Attribute Dou Qi until Zi Yan and Cai Lin returned and Zi Yan explained the tree’s story.
• After half a month of cultivation and leisure, Lin Feng presented Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang with pills he had refined from all six ingredient sets.
• Lin Feng gave Elder Huo an extra Pill to Break Dou Zong in exchange for medicinal ingredients.
• Su Qian urged Hu Gan and Wu Tianlang to undergo Secluded Cultivation in the Inner Academy, and they agreed.

After six months of secluded cultivation, Lin Feng and his companions had grown stronger, and Xiao Yi Xian’s unleashed Calamity Poison Body had advanced rapidly but become harder to control. Lin Feng took her to a secluded cave beneath a waterfall to help her absorb the Netherworld Poison Flame, while Cai Lin and Zi Yan guarded them.

• Over half a year, Zi Yan reached three-star Dou Huang, Lin Feng reached mid-six-star Dou Huang, Cai Lin advanced to mid-to-late five-star Dou Zong, and Xiao Yi Xian reached three-star Dou Huang.
• Lin Feng and Xiao Yi Xian unsealed her Poison Body Origin, but her control worsened, so Lin Feng used the Five Elements Sealing Technique to contain it.
• The group searched for a secluded place to refine the Netherworld Poison Flame and chose a cave beneath a waterfall outside the Inner Academy.
• Lin Feng carved out cave dwellings and set up a barrier, then asked Cai Lin and Zi Yan to guard the area.
• Cai Lin and Zi Yan agreed to protect them and looked forward to traveling to the Middle Continent with Lin Feng after the secluded cultivation.
• Lin Feng and Xiao Yi Xian entered the cave to begin refining the Netherworld Poison Flame.

Lin Feng prepared Xiao Yi Xian to refine the Netherworld Poison Flame while Xiao Yan secretly advanced and practiced alchemy in the Jia Ma Empire. After joining Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Yan left for another year of training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Lin Feng gave Xiao Yi Xian protective pills and the Green Lotus Core Flame lotus seat, and she swallowed the Netherworld Poison Flame to begin refining it.
• Xiao Yan had reached five-star Dou Zhe during his travels but hid his strength, revealing only the eighth stage of Dou Qi to the Xiao Clan and the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan refined a First-grade Healing Pill under Yao Chen's guidance, and Yao Chen promised to help him obtain Beast Flames to upgrade the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan joined Jia Nan Academy and took a year of leave, while Lin Feng's help had raised Instructor Ruo Lin to Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yan said goodbye to Xiao Zhan and Xun Er, then set off for the Magical Beast Mountain Range carrying his Heavy Black Ruler.

Xiao Yan trained in the Magical Beast Mountain Range while Yao Chen urged him to grow strong enough to absorb a Heavenly Flame. Lin Feng emerged from seclusion alone, explained that Xiao Yi Xian had begun a further transformation, and entered seclusion again to pursue a breakthrough.

• Xiao Yan killed a peak first-tier magical beast and lamented that it had no Demonic Core.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to prepare for absorbing a Heavenly Flame and to reach at least the middle stage of Dou Shi.
• Lin Feng emerged from a month of seclusion and told Cai Lin and Zi Yan that Xiao Yi Xian had refined the Netherworld Poison Flame and entered another stage of cultivation.
• Cai Lin opened a cave and went into seclusion, while Zi Yan took Lin Feng's pills and promised to cultivate.
• Lin Feng entered seclusion to use Xie Bi Yan's remnants to reach Peak Six-star Dou Huang before taking the Emperor-grade Pill.

Xiao Yan reached the peak of First-grade Alchemist and advanced to the Dou Shi realm after training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, so Yao Chen decided they would leave to search for Heavenly Flames. At the same time, Yun Yun sent Nalan Yanran to the range to train for their Three-Year Agreement, leaving both rivals headed toward the same region.

• Yun Yun told Nalan Yanran that Xiao Yan had regained his talent and was training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, then ordered her to train there with a Dou Ling elder protecting her.
• Xiao Yan completed an excellent peak first-grade Recovery Pill, and Yao Chen praised his alchemy before reminding him he still had much to learn.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen discussed how Beast Flames had strengthened the Flame Mantra and decided to search for Heavenly Flames now that Xiao Yan had reached the Dou Shi realm.
• The next morning, Xiao Yan left the Magical Beast Mountain Range to begin his search for Heavenly Flames.
• Nalan Yanran left the Misty Cloud Sect with a female Dou Ling elder and vowed to train in the range so she could defeat Xiao Yan at the Three-Year Agreement.

After reaching Eight-star Dou Huang, Lin Feng left seclusion to guard Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian and study Yao Chen’s alchemy inheritance. He found a route to an underground magma region and took Zi Yan to explore it while the others continued cultivating.

• Lin Feng emerged from seclusion after advancing to Eight-star Dou Huang and began studying Yao Chen’s inheritance while guarding Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Zi Yan emerged from seclusion at Four-star Dou Huang and asked Lin Feng to take her somewhere to fight opponents.
• Lin Feng decided to search for an underground route to the magma beneath Jia Nan Academy without leaving Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian unguarded.
• Lin Feng used his Soul Force to locate violent Fire Attribute energy deep beneath the earth.
• Lin Feng used Heavenly Piercer to bore through the ground until he reached the magma, then reinforced the barrier around Cai Lin and Xiao Yi Xian’s cave.
• Lin Feng flew into the opening with the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Zi Yan followed him.

Lin Feng and Zi Yan hunted magma-dwelling Lizardmen for their energy beads, while Xiao Yan traveled toward the Tagor Desert and Nalan Yanran trained in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. The chapter left all three advancing toward their goals in separate parts of the empire.

• Lin Feng found Lizardmen beneath the magma and enclosed the area with a Five Elements Barrier so they could not escape.
• Zi Yan defeated several Lizardmen and obtained an energy bead that Lin Feng said could help them advance quickly.
• Xiao Yan crossed the Tagor Desert, thinking of his brothers as he continued his arduous cultivation.
• Nalan Yanran killed a Crimson Flame Tusker Beast, and Elder Yun Ling praised her growing combat skill.
• Nalan Yanran resolved to keep training until she could challenge the Da Dou Shi realm and prove to Xiao Yan that they were not suited for each other.

Xiao Yan entered Desert Iron City and sought the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, while Lin Feng and Zi Yan discovered Yao Tianhuo and the infant Fallen Heart Flame in a hidden space beneath the magma. Yao Tianhuo asked Lin Feng for help restoring his Soul Force, and Lin Feng responded with a suggestion.

• Xiao Yan explored Desert Iron City, bought supplies, and learned where the Desert Iron Mercenary Group had its headquarters.
• Lin Feng and Zi Yan fought Dou Emperor-level Lizardmen until the Green Lotus Core Flame sensed another Heavenly Flame nearby.
• Zi Yan located a hidden spatial passage, and Lin Feng and Zi Yan entered a sealed space beneath the magma.
• Lin Feng discovered Yao Tianhuo hiding in a Storage Ring, and Yao Tianhuo revealed the infant Fallen Heart Flame.
• Yao Tianhuo offered the infant Fallen Heart Flame in exchange for help leaving the space and restoring his Soul Force, and Lin Feng proposed an alternative.

Lin Feng negotiated with Yao Tianhuo, offering to restore his soul and eventually resurrect him in exchange for becoming Lin Feng’s guardian. After Yao Tianhuo agreed and handed over the Fallen Heart Flame and the Five Rounds Separation Fire Disk, Lin Feng and Zi Yan prepared to leave the dangerous magma region.

• Lin Feng told Yao Tianhuo he could restore his soul and asked him to wager on Lin Feng becoming an Eighth-rank Alchemist in exchange for serving as his guardian after resurrection.
• Yao Tianhuo agreed to Lin Feng’s conditions and gave him the young Fallen Heart Flame and the Five Rounds Separation Fire Disk.
• Lin Feng sealed the Heavenly Flame, then warned Zi Yan that the Dou Zong-level Lizardmen ahead were too dangerous to fight.
• Lin Feng told Zi Yan to release her Dragon Seal and wait briefly for a response before they fled toward the surface.
• Yao Tianhuo entered his Storage Ring, and Lin Feng collected the ring and Yao Tianhuo’s remaining bones.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen searched the Tagor Desert for a Heavenly Flame, while Lin Feng and Zi Yan were seized by a mysterious force beneath the magma. They awoke before a burly man who recognized Zi Yan as his child, leaving Lin Feng to cautiously ask why they had been brought there.

• Xiao Li complained that the mercenaries had searched the desert for days without finding the spiritual treasure, while Xiao Ding defended Xiao Yan's teacher's guidance.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan he had found a passage leading to the earth's core and suspected the Heavenly Flame beneath the magma might already have been subdued.
• Lin Feng sensed powerful Lizardmen approaching beneath the Black Corner Region and told Zi Yan to leave, but her Dragon Seal awakened an enormous presence deep below the magma.
• A giant magma claw seized Lin Feng and Zi Yan, while the Lizardmen were burned to ashes and Yao Tianhuo sensed an aura more terrifying than a Dou Saint's.
• Lin Feng and Zi Yan awoke in a hidden space before a burly man who called Zi Yan his child, and Lin Feng asked the senior why he had brought them there.

The Old Dragon Emperor revealed himself as Zi Yan’s father, but their reunion turned tense when Zi Yan struggled with her resentment and he seized Lin Feng after sensing their shared Dragon Qi. Meanwhile, Yao Chen confirmed that someone had already subdued the Heavenly Flame beneath the Tagor Desert.

• The Old Dragon Emperor claimed Zi Yan as his daughter, and Lin Feng challenged him to prove it, reminding him that Zi Yan had grown up alone.
• The Old Dragon Emperor blamed Tou She Ancient God for trapping him and apologized to Zi Yan for failing to protect her.
• Zi Yan asked Lin Feng whether she should acknowledge her father, then attacked the Old Dragon Emperor when he grabbed Lin Feng over their shared Dragon Qi.
• The Old Dragon Emperor explained that he had only tested Lin Feng, while Zi Yan rejected his excuses and asked Lin Feng what she should do.
• Lin Feng told Zi Yan he would support her choice, then took Healing Pills and began recovering.
• Beneath the Tagor Desert, Yao Chen concluded that someone had already subdued the Heavenly Flame.

Lin Feng and Zi Yan began absorbing Zhu Kun’s energy, while Xiao Yan’s return helped the Desert Iron Mercenary Group destroy the Sand Mercenary Group. After training alone in the desert, Xiao Yan encountered the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, which Yao Chen recognized as his next opportunity.

• Zhu Kun enclosed Lin Feng in a cocoon of light so he could absorb energy, then began cultivating the True Dragon Body Refining Technique.
• Rob’s Sand Mercenary Group attacked the Desert Iron Mercenary Group while Xiao Yan was away, but Xiao Yan returned and killed Rob with the Heavy Black Ruler.
• Xiao Ding and Xiao Li ordered the Desert Iron Mercenary Group to annihilate the Sand Mercenary Group, and Xiao Yan helped defeat the remaining mercenaries.
• After celebrating, Xiao Yan left to train in the desert for his coming battle with the Young Sect Master of the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yao Chen recognized a massive sandstorm as the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, ranked eighteenth on the Heavenly Flame Ranking.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen accepted that the Green Lotus Core Flame was gone and resolved to seek another way to strengthen Xiao Yan. Meanwhile, Zhu Kun prepared to reward Lin Feng for helping Zi Yan, giving him a Dragon Seal and three drops of essence blood as Zi Yan received his inheritance.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen found only the roots where Lin Feng had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Yan thanked his master for helping him grow.
• Zhu Kun told Lin Feng that Zi Yan was receiving his inheritance and would emerge at least at the Dou Zong level.
• Zhu Kun decided Lin Feng had potential and planned to use the Dragon Clan's support to help him study at the Pill Tower and advance as an alchemist.
• Zhu Kun explained that Tou She Ancient God had trapped him and said he would give Lin Feng a Dragon Seal to secure the Dragon Clan elders' support.
• Zhu Kun praised the True Dragon Body Forging Technique and gave Lin Feng three drops of essence blood, one for cultivation and two to protect him and Zi Yan.

Yao Chen revealed himself to Ling Ying and enlisted his help to subdue the Wind Fury Dragon Flame so Xiao Yan could absorb it. Ling Ying restrained the Heavenly Flame while Yao Chen struck it with an Earth Tier Dou Skill, then entered the tornado to find its Origin Flame.

• Yao Chen took control of Xiao Yan’s body, revealed himself to Ling Ying, and asked him to lead the attack against the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Ling Ying used Ten Directions Annihilation to collide with the Heavenly Flame’s tornado, but the attack only paused it briefly.
• Ling Ying swallowed a medicinal pill, raised his strength to Two-star Dou Zong, and prepared a sealing technique to end the battle quickly.
• Ling Ying used Darkness Descends to restrain the tornado, and Yao Chen struck it with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler.
• Yao Chen plunged into the sealed tornado to locate and capture the Wind Fury Dragon Flame’s Origin Flame.

Yao Chen subdued the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and brought Xiao Yan deep into the Tagor Desert to prepare for its refinement. The Jia Ma Empire’s investigators failed to track them, while Yao Chen privately spoke with Ling Ying about Xiao Yan’s relationship with the young lady.

• Yao Chen used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame to seize the Wind Fury Dragon Flame’s Origin Flame, then Ling Ying carried Xiao Yan away under concealment.
• Yun Yun, Gu He, Fa Ma, Hai Bodong, and other leaders arrived and confirmed that someone had subdued the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, but they could not find the person’s trail.
• Ling Ying took Xiao Yan into the Tagor Desert, where they killed a fourth-tier Scorpion Tiger Beast and settled in its territory so Xiao Yan could absorb the Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan to prepare to refine the Heavenly Flame and called Ling Ying aside for a private conversation.
• Yao Chen said he would not interfere in the young lady’s affairs and recalled sensing what he believed was the Golden Emperor Burning Heaven Flame on her.

Yao Chen asked Ling Ying to recruit Lin Feng to protect Xiao Yan at the Misty Cloud Sect, offering alchemy knowledge and pill recipes in exchange. After Xiao Yan absorbed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and evolved the Flame Mantra, Yao Chen fell into slumber, leaving Xiao Yan to seek a way to restore him and grow independently.

• Yao Chen learned from Ling Ying that Lin Feng was a Peak Sixth-Grade Alchemist and Dou Emperor, then asked him to invite Lin Feng and Queen Medusa to protect Xiao Yan at the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yao Chen offered Lin Feng information about advancing to an Eighth-rank Alchemist, five Eighth-grade Pill Recipes, and a request to refine herbs that could restore Soul Force.
• Ling Ying stayed hidden to guard Xiao Yan while he absorbed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, but the flame scorched Xiao Yan's meridians and Yao Chen used his Soul Force to protect him.
• Xiao Yan successfully absorbed the Heavenly Flame and evolved the Flame Mantra, but Yao Chen's soul fell into slumber.
• Ling Ying told Xiao Yan to travel to the Jia Ma Imperial Capital, temper his abilities, and seek pills to repair Soul Force; Xiao Yan vowed to find a spiritual treasure to restore Yao Chen.
• Yao Chen reflected that Xiao Yan had reached Five-star Great Dou Master and needed to grow independently while his master was absent.

Xun Er learned of Xiao Yan’s progress and sought Lin Feng’s help to protect him during the Three-Year Agreement. Meanwhile, Cai Lin emerged from seclusion and waited for Lin Feng as he began to awaken from a purple-gold cocoon.

• Ling Ying reported Xiao Yan’s recent progress to Xun Er, including his cultivation, Yao Chen’s identity, and Yao Chen’s request for Lin Feng and Queen Medusa to protect Xiao Yan during the Three-Year Agreement.
• Xun Er persuaded Vice Principal Hu Gan to let her and Ling Ying enter the Inner Academy to seek Lin Feng.
• Cai Lin reached the Six-star Dou Zong realm after nearly a year of secluded cultivation and wondered when Lin Feng and Zi Yan would return.
• A purple-gold cocoon beneath the waterfall cracked, and Lin Feng opened his eyes as Cai Lin’s name came to mind.