Recaps

Jiang Donghua strengthened his body through sparring with Hong Ling, then traveled with her into the Black Corner Region for combat experience. After they destroyed the Bone Sect, Hong Ling and Jiang Donghua reached Heavenly Snake City to qualify for a major auction, attracting the attention of a young master.

• Jiang Donghua obtained Earth Core Fire Jade Marrow and delivered harmonized medicinal liquid to Lei Lie, Xiao Han, and Liu Qingsi for their future breakthroughs.
• Hong Ling repeatedly sparred with Jiang Donghua, helping him advance his Heavenly Thunder Body Tempering Technique until Mo Xuan sent him to the Black Corner Region for combat experience.
• Hong Ling accompanied Jiang Donghua into the Black Corner Region, where they survived a bandit ambush, escaped an Earth Fiend Demonic Lizard, and defeated Black Robe.
• Jiang Donghua killed Third Master Bone, and he and Hong Ling entered the Bone Sect to punish it for its attacks.
• Hong Ling killed Gu Qiansha after he ignored her mercy, and the Golden Saber Sect and Poison Scorpion Gang moved to seize the Bone Sect’s territory.
• Hong Ling broke through to Nine-Star Dou Ling, then brought Jiang Donghua to Heavenly Snake City to qualify for its auction with his Fourth-grade Fire Spirit Pill.
• The auction attendant watched Hong Ling and Jiang Donghua leave and decided to report them to a young master.

Jiang Donghua used Bai Xiaofeng’s rivalry with his siblings to gain recipes, herbs, and influence while refining Fire Spirit Pills. After surviving attacks on the road to Myriad Medicine City, he arrived with Bai Xiaofeng and Hong Ling and watched Yan Jin defeat Mu Xuan in an alchemy contest.

• Hong Ling and Jiang Donghua entered the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s VIP room, where Bai Xiaofeng and Bai Wuchen competed to recruit Jiang Donghua with pill recipes, rare herbs, and other offers.
• Jiang Donghua backed Bai Xiaofeng, secured medicinal herbs, and refined Fire Spirit Pills that helped Bai Xiaofeng gain wealth and attract the attention of rival factions.
• Bai Xiaofeng took Jiang Donghua and his guards to the auction, where Jiang Donghua bought a Soul Barrier Pill Recipe and rare herbs before agreeing to refine more Fire Spirit Pills.
• Bai Xiaofeng escorted Jiang Donghua toward Myriad Medicine City, but hired assassins and bandits ambushed the convoy until Qin Wuye intervened and killed Blood Blade and Shadow King.
• Bai Xiaofeng and Jiang Donghua reached Myriad Medicine City, where Elder Yao welcomed them and offered to take them to Pill Heart Pavilion.
• The Medicine Family elders decided to test Jiang Donghua before trying to recruit or control him, while Qin Wuye sought to use Jiang Donghua’s influence to meet the Medicine Family Ancestor.
• Jiang Donghua, Bai Xiaofeng, and Hong Ling watched Yan Jin defeat Mu Xuan in an alchemy contest by refining a peak Fourth-grade Azure Spirit Healing Pill.

Jiang Donghua navigated the Medicine Family’s schemes and escaped their ambush with Hong Ling before returning to Jia Nan Academy. After advancing to Dou Ling and absorbing the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire, he tested his new power against Demonic Beasts.

• Jiang Donghua defeated Yao Long in a Fire Spirit Pill contest, then drew the Medicine Family’s attention and was offered a place among them.
• Yao Jidao tried to recruit Jiang Donghua and arranged to keep him by force, while Jiang pretended to cooperate and plotted to set the Medicine Family against Bai Xiaofeng.
• Jiang Donghua used Hong Yu and Biyao to mislead Bai Xiaofeng, then departed Myriad Medicine City with Hong Ling and the two maids.
• Yao Jidao’s elders ambushed the party, and Bai Yan joined the fight after Bai Xiaofeng revealed his suspicions about Jiang Donghua.
• Yao Sha killed Tie Shan, Qin Wuye sacrificed himself to attack Yao Ming, and Hong Ling killed Hong Yu and Biyao as the battle turned against the Bai Clan.
• Jiang Donghua fled with Hong Ling, but Mo Xuan and Lei Tian revealed that they had staged a test and escorted them to Jia Nan Academy.
• Jiang Donghua reached Dou Ling, received the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire from Mo Xuan, and endured the elders’ help while refining it into his Battle Crystal.
• Jiang Donghua mastered the beast fire and tested it in the mountains, defeating lesser Demonic Beasts before confronting a powerful Water Lizard in a swamp.

Jiang Donghua strengthened his ties with Liu Mingyu and Liu Yuting by taking them into Black Abyss Valley, while testing his own fire techniques deeper in the dangerous terrain. After returning to the Outer Court and receiving a protective jade slip from Xiao Han, he joined Hong Ling to investigate a Blood Spirit Demonic Flower in the Black Mist Mountain Range.

• Jiang Donghua hunted powerful beasts in the mountains, killed a Mountain Coiling Rock Python, and gave its magic core and the Crimson Heart Profound Spirit Fruit to Elder Mo Xuan for pill refining.
• Jiang Donghua copied and developed more than a hundred First-grade Pill formulas, then supervised an assessment where Lin Chen and Ye Han distinguished themselves and 496 apprentices passed.
• Tie Xing overcame the illusions of his slain enemies and broke through to Dou Zong, then refused Ye Tianxing’s offer of the Inner Academy great elder position.
• Jiang Donghua sparred with Hong Ling, then learned Liu Mingyu and Liu Yuting were away on a mission, after Liu Mingyu was poisoned, Jiang treated him and gave the siblings valuable equipment.
• Jiang Donghua took the recovered Liu siblings into Black Abyss Valley, where they fought Demonic Beasts, Liu Mingyu advanced two stars, and Jiang identified Liu Yuting’s Cold Marrow Spirit Body.
• Jiang Donghua gave Liu Yuting the Frost Heart Art and left the siblings to continue deeper into the valley, where he tested his fire techniques against a Shadow Demonic Mink before fleeing an Earth Dragon.
• Xiao Han visited Jiang Donghua after reaching Dou Wang, gave him a jade slip containing a powerful soul imprint, and departed Jia Nan Academy.
• Hong Ling took Jiang Donghua to the Black Mist Mountain Range, where they followed a strange scent and found a Blood Spirit Demonic Flower growing beside skeletons.