Recaps

Jiang Donghua defeated Yao Long in a Fire Spirit Pill contest, refining a pill-pattern pill with exceptional flame control and winning their wager. The Medicine Family later revealed that Yao Long had hidden a Spirit Mark in his pill to investigate Jiang Donghua, but the mark was cut off, and the elders recognized Jiang’s talent as nearing the Fifth grade.

• Onlookers recognized Jiang Donghua, and Yao Long of the Medicine Family challenged him to a Fire Spirit Pill contest with the loser surrendering their pill.
• Jiang Donghua accepted Yao Long’s wager, and Bai Xiaofeng bet one million gold coins on Jiang’s victory.
• Yao Long displayed Sixth-order Crimson Flame Demonic Phoenix beast fire, but Jiang Donghua controlled nine strands of flame and refined a pill-pattern Fire Spirit Pill.
• Yao Long completed a superior-grade pill, admitted defeat, and gave it to Jiang Donghua, while Bai Xiaofeng collected his winnings.
• Jiang Donghua suspected Yao Long had an ulterior motive, and the Medicine Family elders learned that Yao Long’s Spirit Mark had been cut off after Jiang received the pill.
• The Medicine Family elders concluded that Jiang Donghua’s easy pill-pattern refinement showed he had likely advanced halfway toward the Fifth grade.

The Medicine Family elders plotted to recruit or eliminate Jiang Donghua, while Jiang Donghua anticipated their next move and visited Pill Heart Pavilion with his companions. He reached the pavilion’s guarded second floor, where the Medicine Family displayed a Sixth-grade Emperor Pill.

• The Medicine Family elders discussed Jiang Donghua’s ties to Heavenly Snake City and ordered an investigation, preparing to recruit him through a damaged Sixth-grade Pill Recipe or kill him if necessary.
• Jiang Donghua told Bai Xiaofeng and Hong Ling that the Medicine Family would approach him again, while secretly noticing watchers nearby.
• Jiang Donghua’s group entered Pill Heart Pavilion, where they saw rare medicinal herbs sold at prices far above the market.
• Shi Wuhen, a Six-star Dou Huang guarding the stairs, allowed Jiang Donghua, Qin Wuye, and the Ninth Young Master to enter the second floor while the others stayed below.
• Jiang Donghua gave Hong Ling two Fire Spirit Pills to sell as he went upstairs, and she began auctioning them to the pavilion’s customers.
• Jiang Donghua, Qin Wuye, and the Ninth Young Master saw a Sixth-grade Emperor Pill displayed on the second floor.

Jiang Donghua and his companions encountered Myriad Medicine City's great elder, Yao Jidao, while examining a Sixth-grade Emperor Pill that could only be exchanged for goods or conditions. Yao Jidao invited Jiang Donghua to discuss alchemy with the promise of showing him an incomplete Ancient Pill Recipe, and Jiang accepted as Qin Wuye left.

• Yao Jidao appeared on the second floor and explained that the Emperor Pill was not for sale with gold.
• Yao Jidao praised Jiang Donghua's alchemy and pressed Qin Wuye about a solution he had previously offered.
• Qin Wuye refused Yao Jidao's proposed solution because it would cripple all the Dou Qi in his body.
• Jiang Donghua and Qin Wuye tried to leave after Bai Xiaofeng admitted they were only browsing.
• Yao Jidao invited Jiang Donghua to discuss alchemy and offered to show him an incomplete Ancient Pill Recipe.
• Jiang Donghua accepted Yao Jidao's invitation, while Qin Wuye went downstairs.

Jiang Donghua learned that Yao Jidao knew he had detected Yao Long’s tampering with the Fire Spirit Pill, then faced an offer to join the Medicine Family backed by powerful Dou Huang elders. He appeared to accept while asking how the Medicine Family would handle Heavenly Snake City, and Yao Jidao began explaining what he needed to do.

• Hong Ling worried when Bai Xiaofeng and Qin Wuye told her Jiang Donghua was discussing alchemy with Yao Jidao.
• Yao Jidao revealed that he knew Jiang Donghua had detected Yao Long’s Cold Marrow Guiding in the Fire Spirit Pill.
• Yao Jidao offered Jiang Donghua Fifth-grade Pill Recipes and invited him to join the Medicine Family, promising he could become a Sixth-grade Alchemist within ten years.
• Four Medicine Family elders appeared and surrounded Jiang Donghua, including a Peak Dou Huang who made his Dou Qi sluggish.
• Jiang Donghua feigned gratitude for the offer but asked whether the Medicine Family could secure his release if Heavenly Snake City refused to let him go.
• Yao Jidao reassured Jiang Donghua and began telling him what he needed to do next.

Jiang Donghua pretended to accept Yao Jidao’s recruitment while secretly recognizing the Medicine Family’s plans to control and eventually kill him and his companions. He left Pill Heart Pavilion with Bai Xiaofeng and Senior Sister, unsure whether Bai Xiaofeng had discovered what happened upstairs.

• Jiang Donghua feigned gratitude as Yao Jidao promised to arrange the deaths of Qin Wuye and the others after they left Myriad Medicine City.
• Yao Jidao gave Jiang Donghua Fifth-grade Pill Recipes that secretly carried an icy aura, and Jiang accepted them while promising to cooperate.
• After Jiang Donghua left, Yao Jidao told the elders to use Yao Mei'er’s charm arts or Heart-Corroding Powder to keep Jiang in the Medicine Family.
• Senior Sister told Jiang Donghua that the two Fire Spirit Pills had sold for more than three million gold coins and asked what he had discussed with Yao Jidao.
• Bai Xiaofeng questioned Jiang Donghua, then led him and Senior Sister out of Pill Heart Pavilion; Jiang wondered whether Bai had asked casually.

Jiang Donghua realized that both Heavenly Snake City and the Medicine Family planned to use or eliminate him, so he devised a scheme to make them suspect each other and escape amid the confusion. Hong Ling reluctantly agreed to help, while warning him not to let his feigned interest in Biyao and Hong Yu become real.

• Bai Xiaofeng sent Biyao and Hong Yu to buy medicinal herbs and questioned Jiang Donghua about his conversation with the Medicine Family's Great Elder.
• Jiang Donghua concluded that both Heavenly Snake City and the Medicine Family intended to use him, and decided to make them restrain each other before escaping.
• Biyao and Hong Yu returned with spirit medicines, and Jiang Donghua formed a plan after seeing them approach.
• That night, Jiang Donghua explained to Hong Ling that he would feign interest in Biyao to prompt her to report to Bai Xiaofeng and fuel suspicion between him and the Medicine Family.
• Hong Ling agreed to the plan and threatened to castrate Jiang Donghua if he became too involved in the act.

Jiang Donghua and Hong Ling playfully prepare to deceive the Ninth Young Master's maids, while Jiang Donghua secretly decides to handle Hong Yu and Biyao himself. He catches the maids eavesdropping and unsettles them before asking whether they truly think he is that brutal.

• Hong Ling kissed Jiang Donghua, teased him about his first kiss, and insisted they put on a show the next day.
• Jiang Donghua sensed Hong Yu and Biyao outside the door and decided not to rely on the Ninth Young Master, instead planning to deal with the two maids himself.
• Jiang Donghua produced a dark-red pill and invited the eavesdroppers to join in putting on a show.
• Hong Yu and Biyao were caught outside the door and, fearing Jiang Donghua would report them, fell to their knees and begged for mercy.
• Jiang Donghua helped the frightened maids up and gently asked whether they really thought he was that brutal.

Jiang Donghua brought Hong Yu and Biyao to Bai Xiaofeng’s bedchamber to discuss an important matter, refusing their attempts to distract him. After Jiang announced himself, Bai Xiaofeng dismissed the women and invited him inside.

• Hong Yu and Biyao tried to win Jiang Donghua’s mercy, but he ordered them to lead him to the Ninth Young Master.
• The maidservants guided Jiang to Bai Xiaofeng’s bedchamber, where he waited outside amid the ongoing revelry.
• Jiang called out to Bai Xiaofeng with his battle qi, bringing the activity inside to a sudden halt.
• Bai Xiaofeng opened the doors, joked with Jiang, and dismissed the women before inviting him in.

Jiang Donghua visited Bai Xiaofeng late at night and asked to take Hong Yu and Biyao, leaving Bai Xiaofeng suspicious that the maids had a secret. Bai Xiaofeng agreed, and the two frightened women left with Jiang Donghua to serve him.

• Bai Xiaofeng dismissed Hong Yu and Biyao so he could speak privately with Jiang Donghua, while suspecting Jiang might betray the Bai Clan.
• Jiang Donghua asked Bai Xiaofeng for Hong Yu and Biyao, saying only that the two maids were different and very special.
• Bai Xiaofeng agreed to give the maids to Jiang Donghua but secretly resolved to investigate what made them special.
• Jiang Donghua told Hong Yu and Biyao to come with him, and Bai Xiaofeng ordered them to serve Jiang Donghua well or face death.
• Hong Yu and Biyao thanked Bai Xiaofeng and Jiang Donghua, then followed Jiang Donghua away, confused and afraid.

Jiang Donghua brought Hong Yu and Biyao to Hong Ling’s pill cottage, claiming they were needed as medicinal catalysts after admitting he had lied about their status as Medicine Persons. Qin Wuye saw through the apparent deception and left believing the two women truly had special bloodlines.

• Jiang Donghua privately admitted that Hong Yu and Biyao were ordinary maids and that he had invented the Medicine Persons story to mislead Bai Xiaofeng.
• Hong Yu and Biyao followed Jiang Donghua to Hong Ling’s pill cottage, mistaking the trip for a chance to serve him before fearing Hong Ling would punish them.
• Jiang Donghua told the women they only needed to provide a few drops of blood and use their Dou Qi to help Hong Ling control the flames.
• Hong Yu and Biyao learned that Jiang Donghua had lied to Bai Xiaofeng, then entered the cottage when Hong Ling ordered them inside.
• Mo Tianhen and Yin Jiuxiao left after deciding Jiang Donghua had merely teased Bai Xiaofeng, while Qin Wuye concluded that the women likely had special bloodlines.

Bai Xiaofeng concluded that Jiang Donghua was hiding the true purpose of Hong Yu and Biyao and ordered his men to investigate them. At the medicine lodge, Hong Ling knocked the two women unconscious, and Jiang Donghua prepared to begin his work with them.

• Bai Xiaofeng told Mo Tianhen and Yin Jiuxiao that Jiang Donghua's story about Hong Yu and Biyao being Medicine Persons was likely a cover for a hidden scheme.
• Bai Xiaofeng ordered his men to keep watching Hong Yu and Biyao and bring them to him the next morning without alerting Jiang Donghua.
• Bai Xiaofeng contacted Qin Wuye, who agreed that Jiang Donghua's behavior had seemed deliberate.
• Hong Ling knocked Hong Yu and Biyao unconscious as they entered the medicine lodge and placed them beside the medicine furnace.
• Hong Ling warned Jiang Donghua against having improper thoughts about the women, and he called them tools as he prepared to begin.

Hong Yu and Biyao returned to Bai Xiaofeng after waking in Jiang Donghua’s medicine hut, where Qin Wuye and Bai Xiaofeng speculated about Jiang’s intentions. The chapter then showed Jiang Donghua secretly refining Myriad Ants Devour Heart Poison and sealing it in a Jade Bottle.

• Hong Yu and Biyao woke in the medicine hut with no memory of the night and found that Jiang Donghua and Hong Ling were gone.
• Mo Tianhen’s Shadow Blade delivered a note ordering Hong Yu and Biyao to return to Ninth Young Master, so they hurried to Bai Xiaofeng’s courtyard.
• Bai Xiaofeng struck Hong Yu and interrogated the two maids, then let them leave after they insisted they knew nothing about the night.
• Qin Wuye told Bai Xiaofeng that Jiang Donghua might not have touched the maids and may have kept them ignorant on purpose.
• Jiang Donghua refined Myriad Ants Devour Heart Poison in the Earth Spirit Cauldron and sealed the finished poison powder in a Jade Bottle.

Jiang Donghua prepared for the threat from Myriad Medicine City while Hong Yu and Biyao sought his protection after fleeing Ninth Young Master. He set out with Bai Xiaofeng, Hong Ling, and the two women, unaware that a shadow was following the carriage.

• Jiang Donghua explained that Myriad Ants Devouring Heart Poison could cripple even a Peak Dou Huang, and warned that he would retaliate if anyone attacked them.
• Hong Yu and Biyao returned to Jiang Donghua, confessed that Ninth Young Master had forced them to answer his questions, and begged him for protection.
• Hong Ling broke the Soul Jade Token, while Mo Xuan persuaded Lei Tian to hurry to the Black Corner Region to help Jiang Donghua.
• Bai Xiaofeng visited Jiang Donghua to ask about the medicinal herbs, and Jiang Donghua agreed to leave immediately with Hong Ling, Hong Yu, and Biyao.
• The group departed by carriage, unaware that a shadow had slipped after them from the roof of the medicine hut.

Jiang Donghua’s party was ambushed by the Medicine Family elders in a gorge, but Bai Yan intervened on behalf of the Bai Clan. Bai Xiaofeng revealed that he had secretly alerted his clan and ordered Tie Shan to take Jiang Donghua and the others back to Heavenly Snake City.

• Jiang Donghua rested in his carriage while the three Medicine Family elders followed and planned to kill his party in a remote area.
• Lei Tian and Mo Xuan shadowed the elders, worried that the ambush could turn into a dangerous fight.
• The Medicine Family elders attacked as the carriage entered a gorge, but Bai Yan appeared and blocked Yao Jidao’s strike.
• Bai Yan and Yao Jidao exchanged powerful attacks while Jiang Donghua, Hong Ling, and Bai Xiaofeng reacted to the clash.
• Bai Xiaofeng accused Jiang Donghua of conspiring with the Medicine Family and revealed that he had secretly notified the Bai Clan’s great elder.
• Bai Xiaofeng ordered Tie Shan to take Jiang Donghua and the others back to Heavenly Snake City.

Jiang Donghua revealed that he had lured Bai Yan out by manipulating Bai Xiaofeng, allowing the Medicine Family to turn the battle against the Bai Clan. As the Medicine Family slaughtered the Bai Clan’s fighters, Lei Tian and Mo Xuan watched and wondered whether Jiang Donghua had another trump card.

• Jiang Donghua revealed that he had anticipated Bai Xiaofeng’s betrayal and used him to lure Bai Yan out, while Yao Sha killed Tie Shan.
• Yao Jidao struck Bai Yan while he was distracted, and the Medicine Family gained the upper hand.
• Qin Wuye activated the Blood Fiend Soul Burning Technique, fought Yao Ming with a blood saber, then detonated himself and blasted Yao Ming into a mountain wall.
• Yao Sha hunted down the fleeing Bai Clan Dou Ling fighters, while Hong Ling killed Hong Yu and Biyao after they pleaded for their lives.
• Lei Tian and Mo Xuan watched the battle and discussed whether Jiang Donghua had a hidden trump card.

Jiang Donghua and Hong Ling escaped while Bai Yan used a life-burning secret technique to hold off Yao Jidao and Yao Sha. Lei Tian and Mo Xuan prepared disguises and disappeared into the forest, while Hong Ling brought Jiang Donghua to a concealed cave and sealed their auras.

• Poisoned and trapped, Bai Yan tried to flee, but Yao Sha intercepted him.
• Jiang Donghua urged Hong Ling to escape with him, pretending they would seek reinforcements while secretly abandoning Bai Yan to fight.
• Bai Yan used Snake Spirit Possession to burn his life and hold off Yao Jidao and Yao Sha as Jiang Donghua and Hong Ling fled.
• Lei Tian and Mo Xuan disguised themselves with black robes and Illusion Silk Masks, then vanished into the forest.
• Hong Ling carried Jiang Donghua across two cities, carved a cave into a hidden mountain wall, and set restrictions to conceal their auras.

Jiang Donghua and Hong Ling hid in a cave after escaping their pursuers, but two masked Peak Dou Huang experts found them. Jiang Donghua agreed to swallow their soul-controlling poison pill to save Hong Ling, only for the second masked figure to intervene and call him a disciple.

• Jiang Donghua gave Hong Ling pills and stood guard while she recovered in the cave.
• Two masked Peak Dou Huang experts entered, and Jiang Donghua tried to bargain for their lives by offering his services as a Fourth-grade Alchemist.
• One masked expert subdued Hong Ling and demanded that Jiang Donghua swallow a poison pill.
• Jiang Donghua agreed to take the pill to save Hong Ling, despite her protests.
• As Jiang Donghua swallowed the pill, the second masked expert knocked it away and called him his dear disciple.

Jiang Donghua learned that Mo Xuan and Lei Tian had staged the crisis as a test, then traveled with them and Hong Ling back toward Jia Nan Academy. Hong Ling’s feelings toward Jiang Donghua grew more intense, while he became inspired by flying and vowed to become a Dou Wang.

• Mo Xuan and Lei Tian revealed themselves and explained that the danger had been a test for Jiang Donghua and Hong Ling.
• Lei Tian warned that the Bai Clan and Medicine Family would seek revenge, then led the group away for Jia Nan Academy.
• Hong Ling reflected on Jiang Donghua’s willingness to risk his life for her and decided she wanted to make him hers.
• Mo Xuan and Lei Tian carried Jiang Donghua and Hong Ling into the sky on their Dou Qi wings.
• Jiang Donghua marveled at flying and vowed to become a Dou Wang before the group reached Jia Nan Academy at dawn.

Jiang Donghua returned to Jia Nan Academy's Outer Court with Mo Xuan and Lei Tian, drawing the students' attention before Hong Ling prepared to leave for the Inner Academy. He gave her Fire Spirit Pills, and she hugged and kissed him before running off, leaving him dazed and delighted.

• Mo Xuan brought Jiang Donghua back to the Outer Court, where students admired his strength and alchemy talent.
• Jiang Donghua told Lei Tian and Mo Xuan that he dreamed of surpassing them and eventually running rampant across the Battle Qi Continent.
• Hong Ling said she was returning to the Inner Academy's Qi Refining Tower, but Jiang Donghua stopped her as Mo Xuan and Lei Tian departed.
• Jiang Donghua gave Hong Ling more than a dozen Fire Spirit Pills to support her cultivation.
• Hong Ling hugged and kissed Jiang Donghua, then ran off while he stood stunned and smiling.

Jiang Donghua gave Mo Xuan four Fifth-grade Pill Recipes taken from Yao Jidao, and Mo Xuan began removing their Soul Force imprints. Yao Jidao discovered the imprints were erased and, furious at Jiang Donghua for helping provoke the Medicine Family’s conflict with the Bai Clan, vowed to remember him.

• Jiang Donghua returned to the Alchemy Department and went to see Mo Xuan after parting from Hong Ling.
• Jiang Donghua showed Mo Xuan four Fifth-grade Pill Recipes bearing Yao Jidao’s Soul Force imprint and said they were compensation from the Medicine Family.
• Mo Xuan began erasing the imprints and allowed Jiang Donghua to choose a recipe to study.
• Yao Jidao sensed that the imprints on the recipes had been erased and smashed his altar in rage, worsening his injuries.
• Yao Jidao blamed Jiang Donghua for inciting the Medicine Family and Bai Clan to fight and vowed to remember him.

Jiang Donghua learned that he would need to reach the Dou Ling realm before he could study the Medicine Family’s Fifth-grade pill recipes, then broke through with practice and received the Sixth-tier Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire from Mo Xuan. The chapter ended as Jiang Donghua prepared to refine the Beast Fire.

• Mo Xuan warned Jiang Donghua that his Soul Force was too weak to read the Fifth-grade pill recipes and promised to return them after he reached Dou Ling.
• Mo Xuan promised Jiang Donghua the Sixth-tier Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire once he broke through, while Jiang Donghua continued guiding junior students in alchemy and fire control.
• Jiang Donghua broke through from Nine-star Great Dou Master to Dou Ling after reflecting on how teaching had deepened his alchemy understanding.
• Mo Xuan gave Jiang Donghua a Storage Ring containing the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire and explained the dangers of refining it.
• Jiang Donghua declared that he was ready to begin refining the Beast Fire.

Jiang Donghua prepared to refine the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire while Mo Xuan assembled other alchemists to guard him. The refining began with the Beast Fire raging inside Jiang Donghua as he struggled to bring it under control.

• Mo Xuan warned Jiang Donghua about the dangers of refining a Sixth-tier Beast Fire and gave him Vein Protecting Pills to take before the attempt.
• Mo Xuan worried about Jiang Donghua’s inexperience and sent message jade slips to Old Fire Head, Medicine Maniac, and Bing Hong, asking them to help guard the refining.
• Jiang Donghua met with Mo Xuan, Elder Bing Hong, Li Changhai, and Huang Dashan in the chamber and confirmed he had taken the protective medicines.
• Jiang Donghua opened the jade box and swallowed the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire, which unleashed extreme cold and scorching heat throughout his body.
• Mo Xuan and the three elders formed a Dou Qi barrier while Jiang Donghua used his cultivation technique and Soul Force to guide the raging Beast Fire toward his dantian.
• A strange omen of interwoven cold and flame appeared above the Alchemy Department, drawing astonished students as Jiang Donghua endured the refining’s agony.

Jiang Donghua endured the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire’s rampage and, with the four elders’ help, sealed it inside his Battle Crystal. Left alone to recover and refine it, he resolved to grow stronger and fully tame the fire.

• Jiang Donghua struggled to control the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire as it ravaged his meridians, and the elders advised him to guide it with Soul Force rather than suppress it directly.
• When the beast fire counterattacked, Mo Xuan, Elder Bing Hong, Li Changhai, and Huang Dashan poured in their battle qi to help Jiang Donghua imprison it in his Battle Crystal.
• Jiang Donghua accused the elders of letting him fight for his life, and Mo Xuan explained that the ordeal had weakened the fire and reduced the danger of future retaliation.
• Mo Xuan told Jiang Donghua to recover and refine the beast fire, then the four elders left him alone in the secret room.
• Jiang Donghua took Healing Pills, began restoring his meridians, and resolved to increase his strength until he could completely tame the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire.

Jiang Donghua successfully refined the Sixth-tier Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire and mastered its control, strengthening his standing in the Alchemy Department. He left for the mountains to test the Beast Fire against a Battle Spirit-level magical beast.

• Mo Xuan, Bing Hong, Li Changhai, and Huang Dashan emerged from the secret room while Jiang Donghua remained inside refining the Beast Fire.
• Jiang Donghua controlled the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire within his Battle Crystal and learned to shape and wield it without suffering its backlash.
• Jiang Donghua emerged from the secret room, and students congratulated him on absorbing the Sixth-tier Beast Fire.
• Jiang Donghua left the academy for the mountains to test his new flame in actual combat.
• Jiang Donghua stood atop a steep cliff at the edge of the mountain range, looking down over the forest.

Jiang Donghua tested the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire against increasingly powerful Demonic Beasts and confronted a Water Lizard in a swamp. He drove the beast from its terrain and hurt its teeth, but their fight continued.

• Jiang Donghua easily destroyed low-tier Demonic Beasts, including a Tier 2 Shadow Wolf and a Tier 3 Ironclad Rhinoceros, with the Cold Flame Flood Dragon Fire.
• Jiang Donghua sensed powerful Battle Spirit-level auras deeper in the mountain range and headed toward them.
• Jiang Donghua encountered a Water Lizard, roughly a Two- or Three-Star Battle Spirit, in a swamp and attacked when it hesitated.
• Jiang Donghua spread azure-blue flames across the swamp, evaporating the water and defeating the Water Lizard's venom attack.
• The Water Lizard tried to retreat underwater, but Jiang Donghua set the swamp ablaze and forced it out.
• The Water Lizard lunged at Jiang Donghua, who blocked it with a fire shield that froze and scorched its teeth.