Recaps

Xiao Yan negotiated with Jin Shi to cure his Fire Poison and hidden injuries in exchange for rare ingredients and access to a secret area beneath the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool. He sent Nalan Yanran into the pool with precious pills and the Life Flame to help her advance, while she wondered whether their past engagement could ever have changed their relationship.

• Xiao Yan identified Jin Shi’s Fire Poison and proved his alchemy skill with two Tier 7 Peak pills before negotiating a cure.
• Jin Shi offered access to a secret, Fire Poison-filled area beneath the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool and agreed to provide True Origin White Qi and other ingredients for Xiao Yan’s help.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran passed through the Rat Tide Sonic Wave Formation and reached the Space Barrier beneath the pool.
• Xiao Yan gave Nalan Yanran a Huangji Pill, a Grandmaster Pill, and the Life Flame before she entered the secret area to cultivate.
• Nalan Yanran wondered whether her life with Xiao Yan would have been different if she had not broken off their engagement, then recalled that he had already loved someone else.

Xiao Yan treated Jin Shi’s Fire Poison and hidden injuries while the successors of the Four Directions Pavilions broke through to Dou Zun and challenged him ahead of their assembly. After Nalan Yanran emerged from a two-month cultivation, she and Xiao Yan traveled to Wind and Thunder City to meet the Flame Alliance, where Life Flame showed Xiao Yan a private image of her.

• Xiao Yan refined medicinal liquid to remove Jin Shi’s Fire Poison and made a Rank 7 Intermediate-Level Medicinal Pill to heal his hidden injuries.
• Feng Qing'er, Wang Chen, Mu Qingluan, and Tang Ying emerged from the blood pool as Dou Zuns, and Feng Qing'er challenged Xiao Yan over Three Thousand Lightning Movement before leaving for the Wind and Thunder Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan stayed in the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range to train while Nalan Yanran cultivated for two months and broke through to Dou Zun.
• Nalan Yanran joined Xiao Yan on the journey to Wind and Thunder City, where she went to find the Flame Alliance’s headquarters.
• Life Flame showed Xiao Yan an image of Nalan Yanran wondering whether their lives would have been different if he had not called off their engagement, and Xiao Yan watched it before she returned.

Xiao Yan reunited with the Flame Alliance and began preparing to confront the Wind and Thunder Pavilion by strengthening Venerable Tian Huo. After securing the ingredients for a Fu Ling Qing Pill, he completed the pill embryo, leaving the final refinement ahead.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Qing Lin, Nalan Yanran, Hai Bodong, and Jia Xing Tian at the Flame Alliance camp, then learned that Thunder Venerable was likely a Three-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan declared that the Wind and Thunder Pavilion would fall if it blocked his path and asked the alliance to gather ingredients for a Fu Ling Qing Pill to raise Venerable Tian Huo's strength.
• Yue Er, Xin Lan, Nalan Yanran, and Qing Lin went to Wind and Thunder City, where they bought enough ingredients for one Fu Ling Qing Pill, including a Tier 8 Magic Core.
• Xiao Yan began refining the pill inside Venerable Tian Huo's Space Lock, using eight fused Heavenly Flames, Black Demon, and Mao Wu to handle the Magic Core's resentment.
• Xiao Yan spent seven days refining the ingredients and another three days measuring and blending them into a pill embryo.

Xiao Yan completed the Fu Ling Qing Pill while the Flame Alliance faced a tense standoff with the Wind and Thunder Pavilion. The pill reached Tier 8 and promised to restore Venerable Tian Huo to the Three-Star Dou Zun realm, leaving him bound by his bargain to join Xiao Yan’s Soul Hall.

• Xiao Yan had Ma Wu absorb the Beast Resentment Power from the Tier 8 Magic Core as he refined the Fu Ling Qing Pill, while Zi Yan and Nalan Yanran confronted Wind and Thunder Pavilion disciples outside the camp.
• Fei Tian, Thunder Granny, and Mad Storm Old Man arrived, but Nalan Yanran, Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Venerable Tian Huo held their ground until Thunder Venerable called off the confrontation.
• Thunder Venerable discussed Feng Qing’er’s progress learning the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body and hoped to ally the Wind and Thunder Pavilion with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Three days later, Xiao Yan fused the purified Magic Core energy with the nascent pill and completed the Fu Ling Qing Pill after more than half a month of refining.
• Xing Tian endured the pill’s silver and red Pill Lightning, evolving into an Earth Demon Puppet, while the pill’s lightning failed to reach a third color.
• Venerable Tian Huo received the Tier 8 pill, which could restore him to the Three-Star Dou Zun realm, and he and Xiao Yan laughed over the condition that he join Xiao Yan’s Soul Hall.

Xiao Yan prepared for the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly as the Flame Alliance challenged the Four Pavilions’ standing. After arriving at Thunder Mountain, he demanded a seat for the Flame Alliance and sent Nalan Yanran and Qing Lin to compete, turning the assembly into a showcase of his alliance’s strength.

• Venerable Tian Huo agreed with Xiao Yan that they might deal with Thunder Venerable after he recovered, while Xiao Yan waited for an opportunity.
• Zi Yan obtained the Heavenly Beast True Pill formula from the Han Family, and Xiao Yan arranged for her to gather its ingredients with Xin Lan’s help.
• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Yi Xian at her secluded wooden house, where she explained that she preferred to stay apart from the Flame Alliance.
• The Four Directions Pavilion Assembly began on Thunder Mountain, and Thunder Venerable, Sword Venerable, Yellow Springs Venerable, and Wind Venerable gathered as the crowd awaited the Flame Alliance.
• Xiao Yan arrived with the Flame Alliance on the Nethersea Flood Dragon and challenged the Four Pavilions over the lack of a fifth seat.
• After Thunder Venerable said the Flame Alliance would earn a seat by winning, Xiao Yan dismissed the Four Pavilions’ young fighters and sent Nalan Yanran and Qing Lin to compete.

At the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly, Feng Qing’er challenged Xiao Yan over his use of Three Thousand Lightning Movement, and he demanded the Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s secret Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body as the prize if he won. Xiao Yan entered the arena and declared he could defeat her in one move, then summoned five Heavenly Flame Beast Spirits.

• Thunder Venerable opened the assembly and sent the participants into a chaotic battle to select eight finalists.
• Qing Lin, Nalan Yanran, and the Four Directions Pavilion disciples entered the arena, while Thunder Venerable and Thunder Granny discussed the danger posed by Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• The chaotic battle ended with the Four Directions Pavilion disciples, Qing Lin, Nalan Yanran, and two Eight Star Dou Emperor geniuses among the finalists; Lin Yan was eliminated.
• Nalan Yanran challenged Feng Qing’er, but Feng Qing’er ignored her and challenged Xiao Yan, accusing him of secretly learning Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Yan demanded the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body if he won, and Feng Qing’er agreed; she privately offered him clan loyalty and an alchemist position if he lost.
• Xiao Yan entered the arena, said Feng Qing’er only needed to withstand one move to win, and summoned five Heavenly Flame Beast Spirits.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed Feng Qing'er with five Heavenly Flames and the Heaven Rank Five Ring Flame Expelling Formation, defeating her in one move. As he suppressed her after the battle, bone spurs emerged from his back and Feng Qing'er recognized them as her clan's Bone Wings.

• Xiao Yan told Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran to leave the arena, then challenged Feng Qing'er to use her full strength.
• Feng Qing'er revealed her Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan bloodline and used Bloodline Devouring Spirit to raise her strength to the Three-Star Peak Dou Zong level.
• Xiao Yan summoned five Heavenly Flames and formed the Five Ring Flame Expelling Formation, stunning the Venerables and stirring Wind Venerable with a memory of someone he suspected Xiao Yan resembled.
• Feng Qing'er defended herself with the Saintly Image Demon Phoenix Bell, but Xiao Yan's attack overwhelmed it and left her severely burned.
• Xiao Yan suppressed Feng Qing'er with Soul Power and Nihility Devouring Flame, and bone spurs appeared from his back as Feng Qing'er identified them as her clan's Bone Wings.

Feng Qing'er exposed Xiao Yan's use of Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Blood Essence and threatened to call her clan's Execution Squad, so Xiao Yan decided to kill her after she threatened the Flame Alliance. Xiao Yan revealed his Ancient Phoenix Demon Wings, pursued the fleeing Feng Qing'er, and caught her with an Asura Soul Chain.

• Feng Qing'er accused Xiao Yan of refining her clan's Bone Wings and Ancient Heavenly Phoenix Blood Essence, then threatened him with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's rules and Execution Squad.
• Xiao Yan ordered Venerable Tian Huo to hold off Thunder Venerable and vowed to kill Feng Qing'er after she threatened the Flame Alliance.
• Feng Qing'er recognized Xiao Yan as an Eighth Grade Alchemist and fled, while Thunder Venerable offered compensation in exchange for her life.
• Xiao Yan transformed his Bone Wings into Ancient Phoenix Demon Wings with the Heavenly Flame Dou Technique—Beast Spirit Descent and pursued Feng Qing'er as Venerable Tian Huo, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin blocked her allies.
• Xiao Yan caught Feng Qing'er, bound her hands with an Asura Soul Chain, and seized her by the neck.

Xiao Yan captured Feng Qing'er, revealed himself as a Soul Hall Venerable, and used an Asura Slave Seal to control her before questioning her about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan. After learning that the clan had split into four Dragon Islands and was fighting a civil war, he confronted Thunder Venerable and prepared to negotiate for money.

• Xiao Yan restrained Feng Qing'er and threatened to use her body and soul for alchemy after she invoked the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Soul Hall identity and used a Medicinal Pill and the Asura Slave Seal to bind Feng Qing'er’s soul to his will.
• Xiao Yan questioned Feng Qing'er about the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and learned that it had split into four Dragon Islands amid a civil war.
• Xiao Yan considered what the clan’s civil war meant for Zi Yan and her journey to find her family.
• Thunder Venerable arrived, and Venerable Tian Huo emerged after failing to prevent his escape.
• Thunder Venerable apologized to Xiao Yan and Venerable Tian Huo, and Xiao Yan told him to discuss money instead.

Xiao Yan forced Thunder Venerable to surrender the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body scroll and gather rare ingredients in exchange for Feng Qing'er, then learned that Wind Venerable had been searching for Venerable Yao. After Xiao Yan revealed that Venerable Yao’s soul had dissipated, Wind Venerable left grieving.

• Xiao Yan demanded rare medicinal ingredients and Tier 8 Magic Cores from Thunder Venerable, who handed over the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body scroll and accepted a three-day deadline to gather them.
• Xiao Yan ended the fighting at the Wind and Thunder East Pavilion, and Thunder Venerable ordered the assembly dismissed and the Wind and Thunder Pavilion’s disciples to withdraw.
• Xiao Yan brought Feng Qing'er to an inn, where she described the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s civil war and Zi Yan declared she still intended to return and learn why her parents had left her.
• Wind Venerable asked Xiao Yan whether he practiced Fen Jue and recognized the Bone Flame Ring as the Storage Ring he had made for Venerable Yao.
• Xiao Yan told Wind Venerable that Venerable Yao’s soul trace had dissipated, and Wind Venerable broke down before leaving with the ring on the table.

Xiao Yan investigated Feng Qing’er’s lightning-resistant Soul Body while preparing to cultivate the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body, then exchanged her return for Rank 8 ingredients from Thunder Venerable. After Feng Qing’er returned to the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, Thunder Venerable urged her to report Xiao Yan to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and she quietly agreed.

• Xiao Yan had Feng Qing’er verify the Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body scroll, and she explained that it required Heavenly Thunder Soul Forging; he tested her resistance with the Nine Dragons Thunder Flame and discovered that her Soul Power grew stronger.
• Xiao Yan refined a Rank 7 High-Level pill for Zi Yan, who reached Five-Star Dou Ancestor after refining it, while rumors spread that Xiao Yan could not really be an Eighth Grade Alchemist.
• Thunder Venerable arrived on the third day and gave Xiao Yan more than a dozen Brocade Boxes of Rank 8 medicinal ingredients and Magic Cores in exchange for Feng Qing’er’s release.
• Xiao Yan returned Feng Qing’er to Thunder Venerable and taunted the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, while Thunder Venerable warned him that the Middle Continent held many powerful experts.
• Thunder Venerable urged Feng Qing’er to report Xiao Yan’s treatment of her to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and she nodded without revealing what she was thinking.

After returning from the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly, Xiao Yan strengthened the Flame Alliance and spent six months training for the Pill Gathering, raising his cultivation and refining pills. He left seclusion when Cai Lin called, learned that their child was due in about six months, and faced the prospect of traveling to the Central Region for the competition.

• Nalan Yanran stayed in the Central Region to accompany Yun Yun, and Xiao Yan promised to find her after traveling to the Pill Domain.
• The Lion Nether Sect, Thunder Sect, and other Northwest Region forces sought the Flame Alliance’s protection and submitted to its growing influence.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, trained until he reached Four-Star Dou Ancestor, and entered seclusion to improve his cultivation and prepare for the Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Yan refined pills and trained for six months in the Flame Pill Tower, then exited seclusion after sensing Cai Lin calling for him.
• Xiao Yan visited Cai Lin and saw that her pregnancy had advanced; she told him their child was expected in about six months.
• Xiao Yan realized that his upcoming trip to the Central Region for the Pill Gathering could keep him away as Cai Lin’s due date approached.

Xiao Yan learned that Ice River Valley and the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe had attacked the Flame Alliance to seize Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and he refused to surrender either woman. As the Alliance leaders looked to him for a response, Xiao Yan faced the threat of a wider conflict.

• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin shared a tender moment with their unborn child and discussed names, while Cai Lin insisted she could protect herself and the baby.
• Gu Xun Er reached Nine Star Dou Ancestor in the Gu Realm, learned of Xiao Yan's achievements as an Eighth Grade Alchemist, and decided to leave the realm to seek him.
• Queen Yao Ye and Ya Fei told Xiao Yan that Ice River Valley had rallied forces against the Flame Alliance, allegedly to seize Xiao Yi Xian's Calamity Poison Body for Ice Venerable.
• Xiao Yan learned that Burning Flame Valley's Tang Zhen had helped halt an assault by Ice River Valley and the Wind and Thunder Pavilion near the Northwest Region.
• Xiao Ding reported that the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe had threatened to raze the Flame Alliance unless Qing Lin was handed over.
• Xiao Yan rejected Qing Lin's suggestion that she might surrender, telling her not to say such things, as the Alliance leaders asked how he would respond.

With the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe threatening the Flame Alliance, Xiao Yan prepared to take Qing Lin to the Pill Domain and compete in the Pill Gathering while Xiao Ding led the alliance in retreat. Xiao Yan secured Venerable Qing Hai's help against the Ice River Valley, then departed for the Pill Domain with his companions, leaving Cai Lin and the others to protect their people.

• Xiao Yan and his allies assessed the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe's threat, and Xiao Ding ordered the Flame Alliance to stop expanding and avoid fighting for six months.
• Xiao Yan decided to take Qing Lin and Elder Yao to the Pill Domain, while Cai Lin refused to leave her people and Xiao Yan told her where to seek shelter if a Dou Sheng arrived.
• Xiao Yan visited a Soul Hall branch, offered Venerable Qing Hai a pill formula, and recruited him to seal the space around the Ice Venerable so the target could not escape.
• Xiao Yan shared a farewell kiss with Cai Lin, then accepted Ya Fei's Space Wormhole ship and set out for the Pill Domain with his companions.

Xiao Yan arrived in Ye City and secured the Ye Family’s agreement to support him in the Pill Gathering, while arranging to lure Ice River Valley into a trap. The chapter ended with him asking to cultivate at the Ye Family’s One Yang Fire Ancient Altar.

• Xiao Yan reached Ye City with Xin Lan, Qing Lin, and his companions, then went with Xin Lan to meet the Ye Family elders.
• The elders revealed they had arranged for Xin Lan to marry Cao Dan, but Xiao Yan introduced himself and promised to win first place in the assessment.
• Great Elder Ye Zhong accepted Xiao Yan’s conditions in exchange for the Flame Alliance’s help, and Zi Yan brought in two captured Black Fire Sect members.
• Xiao Yan learned the Black Fire Sect had ties to Ice River Valley and released Zhao Hei and Qin Mo after marking them, instructing them to report that he had brought the Woeful Poison Body to the Pill Domain.
• Xiao Yan asked Ye Zhong to let him cultivate at the Ye Family’s One Yang Fire Ancient Altar.

Xiao Yan cleared the blockage beneath the Ye Family’s Yang Fire Ancient Altar, found an Earth's Core Pearl, and resumed cultivating. Ice River Valley then surrounded the Ye Family Residence to seize the Woeful Poison Immortal, while Xiao Yan’s allies and reinforcements prepared to fight; elsewhere, Xun Er arrived with powerful forces to support him.

• Ye Zhong led Xiao Yan to the Yang Fire Ancient Altar and explained that it had stopped producing Yang Fire after an Earth's Core Pearl blocked its Earth Eye.
• Xiao Yan sent the Fallen Heart Flame into the Earth Eye, where it retrieved the Earth's Core Pearl and restored the flow of Yang Fire.
• Xiao Yan cultivated for seven days before Ice River Valley surrounded Ye City and demanded that he hand over the Woeful Poison Immortal.
• Venerable Tian Huo broke Ice River Valley’s formation, but the Smoke Serpent Venerable, Tian Shuangzi, and Tian She attacked Xiao Yan and his allies; Qing Hai appeared to confront them.
• Xun Er arrived at a Space Wormhole with powerful reinforcements and vowed that anyone who touched Xiao Yan would die.

Xiao Yan’s forces battled Ice River Valley after Ice Venerable Bing He emerged and demanded Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body. Xiao Yi Xian revealed her Five-Star Dou Zun strength and overwhelmed Bing He with her poison, while Xiao Yan fought Tian She and Qing Hai sealed the battlefield.

• Qing Hai joined Xiao Yan’s side, and Zi Yan and Qing Lin attacked Ice River Valley’s elders and disciples.
• Xiao Yan offered Smoke Serpent Venerable a healing pill to capture Tian Shuangzi, but Smoke Serpent Venerable refused and declared that the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils must be destroyed.
• Bing He emerged from hiding and demanded Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Yan’s offer of the Poison Pill Method failed to sway him.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed her Five-Star Dou Zun cultivation, and Qing Hai used the Eight Gates Sky Locking Formation to trap Bing He.
• Xiao Yan used the Skyfire Three Mysterious Change to reach Half-Step Dou Zun and attacked Tian She, while Xiao Yi Xian’s poison destroyed Bing He’s ice throne and pierced his body with a dark-green flame thread.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian defeated the Ice Venerable and his forces, but the Smoke Serpent Venerable escaped through a gap in the sealing formation. Xiao Yan then reunited with Xun Er after six years, only to collapse as Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian met and began a quiet contest.

• Xiao Yi Xian overwhelmed the Ice Venerable with her Heavenly Flame while Xiao Yan killed Elder Tian She and revealed that he had lured Ice River Valley into their trap.
• The Ice Venerable tried to seize Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Venerable strength and launched his Nine-Colored Fire Lotus as Xiao Yi Xian struck the Ice Venerable with her Calamity Demon Poison Claw, killing him.
• Xiao Yan captured the Ice Venerable's soul and dealt with Ice River Valley's remaining fighters, while Venerable Qing Hai killed Tian Shuangzi.
• The Smoke Serpent Venerable escaped through a gap in the sealing formation, but Xun Er and her Elders intercepted him, and Xiao Yan recognized Xun Er's voice after six years apart.
• Xun Er introduced herself to Xiao Yi Xian, and the two women clasped hands as their powers clashed; Xiao Yan then spat blood and fell, prompting Xun Er to catch him.

After defeating Ice River Valley, Xiao Yan reunited with Xun Er and recovered from his injuries while the Ancient Clan elders noticed Soul Hall Venerable Qing Hai’s escape. Xun Er told Xiao Yan about the Heaven Tomb and gave him an invitation to the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, leaving him with three years to earn entry to the Tomb.

• Xun Er reunited with injured Xiao Yan and fed him a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, while Xiao Yi Xian and Venerable Tian Huo watched.
• Xiao Yi Xian sealed Smoke Serpent Venerable, and Xiao Yan introduced Xun Er to his companions before leading everyone back to the Ye Family.
• The Ancient Clan elders recognized the departing Qing Hai as a Soul Hall Venerable, while Ye Zhong and the Ye Family welcomed Xiao Yan’s group.
• Xiao Yan recovered, met privately with Xun Er, and promised to propose to the Ancient Clan within three years.
• Xun Er gave Xiao Yan an invitation to the Ancient Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony and explained that the Heaven Tomb would open in more than three years, though the Xiao Clan’s entry quota had been reassigned.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er rekindled their feelings, but an interruption and Xun Er’s unawakened bloodline forced them to postpone marriage and intimacy until her Coming-of-Age Ceremony. When the Ancient Clan sent Ling Quan to escort Xun Er home and confront Xiao Yan about the Ancient Jade, Ling Quan challenged him, and Xiao Yan answered with a Heavenly Flame-refined Lightning Illusion Body.

• Xiao Yan lifted Xun Er and declared that the Heaven Tomb was her betrothal gift, and they kissed passionately before an Ancient Clan Elder interrupted them.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yan that her bloodline had not fully awakened and that they had to wait until her Coming-of-Age Ceremony before becoming intimate; she then left to meet the Ancient Clan Elders.
• Xiao Yan spent the following days exploring Ye City with Xun Er and Little Doctor Fairy, until Ling Quan arrived with the Black Submerging Army to escort Xun Er back to the Gu Realm.
• Xiao Yan promised Xun Er he would visit the Ancient Clan in three years, while Ling Quan invoked an order from the Council of Elders to question Xiao Yan about the Ancient Jade.
• Ling Quan revealed that he had reached Five Stars Dou Zong and challenged Xiao Yan, who showed that he had reached the same level and summoned a Lightning Illusion Body refined with Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan defeated Ling Quan and the Black Submerging Army with his lightning clone, then saw Xun Er off as she returned to the Ancient Clan. Afterward, he and Xiao Yi Xian helped Qing Lin subdue Smoke Serpent Venerable, leaving him as her controlled Snake Slave.

• Xiao Yan's Lightning Illusion Body badly injured Ling Quan and routed the Black Submerging Army, while Ling Quan's secret technique and Xiao Yan's Heavenly Punishment lightning left him incapacitated.
• Xiao Yan asked Xun Er to stay for two more days, and they spent their final time together touring Ye City before she departed with the Ancient Clan elders.
• Lin Lao warned Xun Er that Xiao Yan might be connected to the Soul Hall, but she rejected the accusation and threatened to punish anyone who spread it.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian confronted Smoke Serpent Venerable in the Ye Residence basement, and Xiao Yi Xian weakened him so Qing Lin could control him with her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Qing Lin successfully made Smoke Serpent Venerable her Snake Slave, and Xiao Yan urged her to cultivate by using the captured Dou Venerable's power.

Xiao Yan refined Ice Venerable’s Acquired Calamity Poison Body into a Poison Pill, uncovered Ice River Valley’s hidden treasure map, and prepared to take the Ye Family examination in Holy Pill City. After arriving, he found no sign that his ancestor’s Yin-Yang Twin Flame reacted to Three Thousand Burning Flame, but Zi Yan sensed something mysterious in the city’s Inner City.

• Xiao Yan used the Thousand-Eyed Night Zhen to refine Ice Venerable’s corpse into a Poison Pill, and the ashes revealed Ice River Valley’s treasure map.
• Venerable Tian Huo retrieved the treasure, including the Ninth Grade Treasure Pill formula, Taiyi Treasure Pill, and Xiao Yan gave Ice Venerable’s ice techniques to Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Ye Zhong traveled to Holy Pill City, where Xiao Yan planned to earn a Pill Tower-certified Alchemist grade badge before the Ye Family examination.
• A carriage bearing the Dan Family’s badge arrived as Xiao Yan’s group entered Holy Pill City, but Xiao Yan dismissed the encounter and went to the Ye Family residence.
• Xiao Yan found that the Yin-Yang Twin Flame did not react to Three Thousand Burning Flame, while Zi Yan sensed something mysterious both near the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s territory and in Holy Pill City’s Inner City.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan entered the Pill Tower’s Star Region, where they discovered that the Three Thousand Burning Flame bore the mark and appearance of an Ancient Void Dragon. After escaping the Pill Tower elder’s attack and gaining a breakthrough, Xiao Yan prepared for the Pill Gathering and encountered Dan Chen while seeking certification for his alchemist rank.

• Zi Yan opened a Space Channel into the Star Region, where she and Xiao Yan found the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the form of a colossal Ancient Void Dragon.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame blocked a Pill Tower elder’s attack and sent Xiao Yan and Zi Yan fleeing; Xiao Yan absorbed some of its energy and advanced to six-star Dou Zun.
• The Pill Tower elders discussed the Soul Hall’s interest in the Three Thousand Burning Flame and tightened security ahead of the Pill Gathering.
• Ye Zhong took Xiao Yan to the Pill Tower branch for rank certification, where Xiao Yan caught Dan Chen and resisted her ability to drain his Soul Power.
• Dan Chen told her cousin that Xiao Yan had touched her without suffering harm, while Xiao Yan wondered about her unusual constitution.

Xiao Yan impressed the Pill Tower assessors by earning a Rank 7 Intermediate-Level badge, then declared his support for the Ye Family and confronted the Bai and Qiu Families. The next morning, Qiu Ping apologized and offered three high-grade Rank 8 Magic Cores, which Xiao Yan accepted as he let the old grievance go.

• Xiao Yan entered the Pill Tower assessment room with Ye Zhong and silenced the Bai Family and Qiu Family members by testing for a Rank 7 Intermediate-Level badge.
• Han Li confirmed Xiao Yan’s rank, recognized him as the renowned Eighth Grade Alchemist, and agreed to send his badge to the Ye Family Residence.
• Xiao Yan used his Spirit Realm Soul Power to subdue the Bai Family members and told the Qiu Family to bring Qiu Ping to see him.
• Xiao Yan searched Holy Pill City’s trading districts, returned to the Ye Family Residence, and waited for the Alchemist Market.
• Qiu Ping came to apologize, knelt before Xiao Yan, and offered three high-grade Rank 8 Magic Cores.
• Xiao Yan accepted Qiu Ping’s gift and invited him to eat, while Xiao Yi Xian teased him about acting like a bandit.

Xiao Yan searched the Alchemist Trade Fair for treasures to increase his Soul Power and acquired an ancient Copper Fragment after rebuffing Chen Xian, the son of a powerful sect leader. After Elder Yao revealed that its rust contained Spirit-Nurturing Dust, Xiao Yan cultivated for a month and advanced to the Spirit Realm Middle Stage just as the Five Great Families' assessment began.

• Xiao Yan asked Xin Lan to look for treasures that could increase his Soul Power while he explored the upper floors of the trade fair with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Venerable Tian Huo.
• Venerable Tian Huo recognized an ancient pattern on a Copper Fragment, so Xiao Yan bought it from a Seventh Grade High-Level Alchemist with a Seventh Grade High-Level pill formula.
• Chen Xian tried to take the Copper Fragment by offering a Sixth Grade pill formula, but Xiao Yan pierced his fan, captured him, and warned him not to cause trouble again.
• At the Ye Family Residence, Elder Yao burned the fragment's patina and revealed Spirit-Nurturing Dust, which could nourish the soul and increase Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Spirit-Nurturing Dust and cultivated with his Spirit Heart Soul Gathering Art and Soul Robe for a month, reaching the Spirit Realm Middle Stage when the Five Great Families' assessment began.