Recaps

Xiao Yan faced Hun Xuzi’s challenge for the title of Continent’s Number One Alchemist as the Medicine Ceremony progressed from its opening contests to the main event. After the Yao Clan’s young alchemists finished, Xiao Yan donned his alchemist robe and Hun Xuzi entered the arena, leaving their contest about to begin.

• Hun Xuzi challenged Xiao Yan to compete for the title of Continent’s Number One Alchemist, and Yao Dan allowed him to remain as a guest under the Medicine Clan’s rules.
• The Medicine Ceremony began, and the Yao Clan’s younger alchemists competed for more than half a month while Xiao Yan and the other masters watched.
• Yao Wangui was released from the Nightmare Sky Mist, and Yao Tian took first place, Yao Ling second, Yao Xingji third, and the woman fourth.
• Yao Ling encouraged Yao Tian to learn humbly from Xiao Yan, and Yao Tian set aside his jealousy as he anticipated the main competition.
• Xiao Yan put on his alchemist robe and prepared to compete as Yao Dan invited the four masters into the arena; Hun Xuzi appeared first and declared his intention to claim the title.

Hun Xuzi, Elder Wanhuo, Old Man Shen Nong, and Xiao Yan prepared to compete for the Medicine Ceremony championship, displaying their Heavenly Flames before the contest began. Xiao Yan chose Yao Chen’s Bone Chiling Flame and formed his Refining Heaven Ancient Formation, leaving the story at the start of the alchemy contest.

• Elder Wanhuo and Old Man Shen Nong challenged Hun Xuzi’s claim to the title of Continent’s Number One Alchemist, and Xiao Yan joined them in the sky.
• Hun Xuzi summoned a Fire Cauldron made from the Void Swallowing Flame’s Sub-flame and invited the others to show their Heavenly Flames.
• Elder Wanhuo revealed the Nine Serene Wind Flame, and Old Man Shen Nong displayed the Life Spirit Flame.
• Xiao Yan briefly brought out Xiao Yi and Mao Wu, then summoned the Bone Chiling Flame and said he would use it in the contest.
• Yao Dan announced the start, and Xiao Yan formed the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation with the Bone Chiling Flame.

Xiao Yan, Hun Xuzi, Old Man Shen Nong, and Yao Wanhuo began refining Ninth Grade Mysterious Pills at the Medicine Ceremony. Xiao Yan gained an early lead by finishing his ingredient preparation first and claiming the scarce power of heaven and earth, but the other three joined the struggle, turning the Medicine Realm sky into a violent storm.

• Xiao Yan, Hun Xuzi, Old Man Shen Nong, and Yao Wanhuo each began refining a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill, with Old Man Shen Nong using the Life Spirit Flame to grow and prepare medicinal ingredients.
• Yao Dan identified the pills the four were making, and the spectators recognized the enormous quantity of ingredients required for their simultaneous attempts.
• After about a week of preparation, Xiao Yan finished extracting his ingredients first and used Gather Heaven Power to draw the surrounding energy into his Refining Heaven Ancient Formation.
• Hun Xuzi, Old Man Shen Nong, and Yao Wanhuo realized Xiao Yan intended to monopolize the energy and hurried to finish their preparations.
• Two days later, the other three began competing with Xiao Yan for the power of heaven and earth, and their Soul Power clash shattered the sky above the Medicine Realm.
• Yao Dan raised a protective barrier over the spectators as the four alchemists fought over the energy needed to complete their pills.

Xiao Yan used his advance calculations and stored heaven-and-earth energy to complete a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill after the other alchemists exhausted the surrounding energy. As Old Man Shen Nong recognized Xiao Yan’s mastery, Hun Xuzi attacked Yao Wanhuo and Shen Nong to steal their energy, then turned his attention toward Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan’s three rivals struggled for five days to absorb the energy needed for their pills, exhausting the energy across the surrounding thousand li.
• When the four alchemy furnaces fell short of the energy required, Xiao Yan melted crystals made by Ancient Devouring Insects to supply the final energy for his pill.
• Old Man Shen Nong realized Xiao Yan had calculated the pill’s exact energy requirements and had likely refined a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill before.
• Hun Xuzi used his Void Swallowing Flame sub-fire to drain energy from Yao Wanhuo’s and Old Man Shen Nong’s furnaces despite their attempts to stop him.
• After checking that his own pill still lacked energy, Hun Xuzi turned his ruthless gaze toward Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan refined a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill and brought life-giving Pill Rain to the Medicine Realm. As he claimed the pill, Hun Xuzi revealed a massive store of Soul Origin and hinted that the pill he was refining surpassed the Greater Soul Black-Purple Pill.

• Xiao Yan summoned Xing Tian to deter Hun Xuzi, who attacked Yao Wanhuo and Old Man Shen Nong and stole their embryonic pills to feed the Void Swallowing Flame.
• Hun Xuzi unleashed the Netherworld Army of a Hundred Ghosts, but Xiao Yan had Xiao Yi use the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame to dispel the soul technique.
• Xiao Yan completed the Hundred Lifetimes Pill Fusion Method, forming a Ninth Grade Mysterious Pill whose Pill Rain spread vitality across the Medicine Realm.
• Xiao Yan took his Mysterious Pill as Hun Xuzi produced a huge mass of Soul Origin and told him that the pill he was refining was the true source of the Greater Soul Black-Purple Pill's formula.

Xiao Yan revealed that his unfinished Thunder Tribulation Pill could be refined into a living Ninth Grade Golden Pill, surpassing Hun Xuzi’s Devouring Heaven Myriad Soul Pill. His achievement made him the Medicine Ceremony’s undisputed champion and honored the alchemy technique of his teacher, Yao Chen.

• Hun Xuzi completed the Devouring Heaven Myriad Soul Pill, whose purple-black Pill Rain could strengthen souls and raise a six-star Dou Sheng by one star.
• Xiao Yan released his nearly finished Thunder Tribulation Pill and used the Refining Heaven Ancient Formation to make it devour his newly refined Mysterious Pill.
• Xiao Yan combined three Heavenly Flames and used his soul power to control the formation, then announced that he was demonstrating the technique created by his teacher, Yao Chen, whom the Yao Clan had cast out.
• Xiao Yan’s blood mist helped the Nine Mysterious Golden Dragon become real as the Thunder Tribulation Pill gained complete self-awareness and life.
• The pill formed a golden Pill Rain thundercloud, and the alchemists recognized Xiao Yan had created a living Ninth Grade Golden Pill and won the title of the Dou Qi Continent’s number one alchemist.

Xiao Yan’s golden pill became the Nine Mysterious Golden Dragon, survived the heavenly lightning, and reached the peak of Seven Star Dou Saint strength. As the Medicine Ceremony ended with Xiao Yan recognized as the continent’s foremost alchemist, Hun Xuzi demanded to borrow the Yao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• The Nine Mysterious Golden Dragon faced the Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning alone and absorbed its baptism, raising its strength to Seven Star Dou Saint Peak.
• Yao Dan and the Yao Clan elders realized their clan had lost its standing as the continent’s leading alchemy force, while Xiao Yan’s reputation and the Flame Alliance’s influence soared.
• The Nine Mysterious Golden Dragon shrank into a tattoo on Xiao Yan’s arm and chose to guard him for a hundred years.
• Old Man Shen Nong and Yao Wanhuo acknowledged Xiao Yan’s alchemy skill, and Yao Dan accepted him as the new number one alchemist.
• Hun Xuzi proposed that the Hun Clan temporarily borrow the Yao Clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade, shocking Xiao Yan and the Yao Clan elders.

At the Medicine Ceremony, Hun Xuzi revealed his strength and declared that the Hun Clan had targeted the Medicine Clan. He sealed off the Medicine Realm with the Nihility Devouring Flame, leaving Xiao Yan and everyone else trapped as the attack began.

• Hun Xuzi provoked Yao Dan by demanding the Tou She Ancient God Jade, then defeated Old Man Wanhuo with power that revealed he was a Seven Star Dou Saint.
• Yao Dan recognized Hun Xuzi as the mastermind behind the Spirit Clan and Shi Clan disappearances and tried to alert the Yan Clan and Lei Clan, but Hun Xuzi blocked all transmissions.
• Hun Xuzi let the ceremony’s guests attempt to flee, then black flames erupted around the Medicine Realm and killed those who had reached its edge.
• Hun Xuzi announced that the Yao Clan was finished as the Nihility Devouring Flame enveloped the realm and began draining everyone’s Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan sensed that the Nihility Devouring Flame had sealed the Medicine Realm in Void Space, preventing anyone from sending news outside.

The Hun Clan attacked the Yao Clan, and Yao Dan activated the clan’s ancient grand array and summoned the Medicine Emperor’s remnant mark to defend it. Nihility Devouring Flame overpowered the defense by sacrificing descendants of the Yao, Shi, and Spirit Clans, leaving the array close to breaking as Xiao Yan remained unchallenged in his role as Hall Master of the Hall of Souls.

• Yao Dan ordered the Yao Clan to activate the Heaven Transformation Medicine Array, and the clan poured its energy into the formation.
• Nihility Devouring Flame appeared and attacked the array with black fire, while Yao Dan used the clan’s stores of medicinal pills to summon the Medicine Emperor’s remnant mark.
• The Medicine Emperor’s mark repelled Nihility Devouring Flame’s first attack, but repeated black-flame strikes cracked its medicinal cauldron.
• Nihility Devouring Flame sacrificed descendants of the Yao, Shi, and Spirit Clans to create a blood sphere that shattered the cauldron and battered the grand array.
• Xiao Yan judged that the array was about to break and wondered why Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Xuzi had ignored him, since he was now Hall Master of the Hall of Souls.

Nihility Devouring Flame destroyed the Yao Clan’s protective array and attacked the clan as its members fought desperately to survive. As Soul Clan reinforcements arrived, Yao Dan entrusted Xiao Yan with the Medicine Clan’s young survivors and begged him to preserve their bloodline.

• The Yao Clan’s remnant Dou God soul attacked Nihility Devouring Flame and was destroyed, after which the clan’s Grand Array shattered.
• Yao Dan led the Yao Clan in a desperate counterattack, but Nihility Devouring Flame absorbed their attacks with a black-hole vortex.
• Nihility Devouring Flame unleashed Tunling Clan incarnations that killed Yao Clan members and devoured their Dou God Bloodline.
• Yao Dan ordered the Medicine Clan’s experts to self-destruct and make an escape route for their young, while Hun Xuzi summoned Hun Jing, Hun Yan, and other Soul Clan fighters.
• Hun Jing rejected Yao Dan’s refusal to make the Medicine Clan a Soul Clan vassal and ordered the clan killed; Yao Dan then gave Xiao Yan the young Medicine Clan members and begged him to protect their bloodline.

Xiao Yan refused Yao Dan’s plea to save the Medicine Clan, revealing that he was the Hall Master of the Hall of Souls and declaring the Flame Alliance neutral. As the Medicine Clan sacrificed itself to breach the seal and help Old Man Shen Nong lead survivors out, Hun Yan blocked their escape, and Xiao Yan remained an onlooker.

• Yao Dan begged Xiao Yan to help the Medicine Clan escape, but Xiao Yan revealed his identity as the Hall Master of the Hall of Souls and refused to intervene.
• Yao Dan ordered Old Man Shen Nong to lead Yao Tian, Yao Ling, and the other survivors away while Medicine Clan members self-destructed to weaken the seal.
• Hun Jing disrupted the sacrifices, while Yao Dan and Elder Wanhuo led the Medicine Clan elders into battle against the Hun Clan.
• Medicine Clan elders broke the seal with further self-destructions, and Old Man Shen Nong led the survivors toward the opening as the Hun Clan and Tunling Clan attacked.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame warned Xiao Yan about the Life Spirit Flame, but Xiao Yan threatened it and forced it to withdraw.
• Hun Yan blocked Old Man Shen Nong and the survivors, and Xiao Yan closed his eyes instead of changing his decision to remain neutral.

The Soul Clan destroyed the Yao Clan and erased the Medicine Realm, while Xiao Yan remained in place and did not intervene. After the Yan and Lei clans discovered the disaster, Xiao Yan's allies confirmed he was alive, and the chapter ended with Hun Xuzi presenting him the winning medicinal pill and repeating the Soul Clan's offer of an alliance.

• Old Man Shen Nong and the surviving Yao Clan members tried to escape as Yao Clan elders self-destructed to hold back the Soul Clan, but Hun Miesheng blocked the Space Channel and drove them back into the Medicine Realm.
• The Medicine Realm vanished, leaving the Yan and Lei clan experts to suspect the Soul Clan; Gu Dao explained that the Void Swallowing Flame might have an Emperor Realm Soul, and the two clans' envoys hurried to report back.
• Xun Er told Cai Lin and the Xiao Clan that the Medicine Realm had disappeared and Xiao Yan was missing, but Xiao Yi Xian and Xun Er sensed that Xiao Yan was still alive through their connections to Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan looked over the ruined Medicine Realm and reflected that he had been unable to save the Yao Clan, while the Soul Clan experts, including the Four Demon Saints and Hun Xuzi, saluted him as Hall Master.
• Hun Xuzi gave Xiao Yan the medicinal pill he had refined and said the Soul Clan leader would make the Xiao Clan an ally if Xiao Yan won the Medicine Ceremony.

After the Hun Clan destroyed the Yao Clan, Xiao Yan accepted Hun Tiandi’s resources and began preparing to refine an Emperor Grade Pill Embryo, while negotiating to save some Yao Clan captives. He gathered three more Heavenly Flames and started cultivating in the Medicine Realm as chaos spread among the remaining clans and Gu Yuan investigated the vanished realm.

• Xiao Yan rejected Hun Xuzi’s offer of an alliance in spirit but accepted the Devouring Heaven Myriad Soul Pill as Hun Tiandi’s investment in their agreement.
• Xiao Yan questioned the Hun Clan’s plan to use Yao Ling to break through to an Emperor Realm Soul, and Hun Tiandi’s soul clone arrived and authorized Xiao Yan to use the Yao Clan’s resources.
• Xiao Yan requested the Yao Clan’s scriptures and assistance, and sought to preserve the lives of Yao Clan captives rather than let the Hun Clan consume them.
• The Hun Clan handed Xiao Yan the Nine Serene Wind Flame, Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, and Life Spirit Flame, bringing his collection to eighteen Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan began refining the Devouring Heaven Myriad Soul Pill, Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, and Nine Mysterious Golden Lightning to raise his strength.
• The remaining clans fell into chaos, and Gu Yuan visited the place where the Medicine Realm had disappeared.

Gu Yuan learned that Nihility Devouring Flame had devoured the Medicine Realm and warned that the Hun Clan was pursuing the Ancient Jades and bloodline power, so he formed an alliance with the Yan and Lei Clans. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan finished refining several Heavenly Flames, reached the Seven Star Dou Saint Middle Stage, and prepared to strengthen his soul as the allied clan leaders gathered to confront the Hun Clan’s hidden power.

• Gu Yuan concluded that Nihility Devouring Flame had swallowed the Medicine Realm and that the Hun Clan sought bloodline power and the remaining Ancient Jades.
• Gu Yuan decided the Ancient Clan could not wait passively and sent invitations to the Yan Clan and Lei Clan to discuss survival.
• Xiao Yan finished refining the Life Spirit Flame and the energies of the pill and golden lightning, stabilizing at the Seven Star Dou Saint Middle Stage.
• Xiao Yan gathered seventeen Heavenly Flames and fused them, but Fen Jue showed no sign of evolving further.
• The Yan Clan and Lei Clan agreed to ally with the Ancient Clan, and Yan Jin and Lei Ying visited Gu Yuan.
• Gu Yuan told Yan Jin and Lei Ying that Nihility Devouring Flame possessed an Emperor Realm Soul and Nine Star Dou Saint strength.

Gu Yuan revealed the Hun Clan’s jade advantage and urged Lei Ying and Yan Jin to unite their clans against Hun Tiandi. Before they could decide where to gather, Hun Tiandi arrived in the Gu Realm with Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan’s strongest fighters.

• Lei Ying questioned Xiao Yan’s connection to the Void Swallowing Flame, and Gu Yuan explained what he knew about Xiao Yan, the ancient jade, and the Emperor Grade Pill Embryo.
• Gu Yuan warned Lei Ying and Yan Jin that the Hun Clan’s next target would be their clans and proposed gathering their people and resources in one realm, but both leaders said they needed to consult their clans.
• Gu Yuan sensed Hun Tiandi approaching, and the Ancient Clan sounded alarms and assembled its forces as Lei Ying and Yan Jin took their places beside Gu Yuan.
• Hun Tiandi emerged from a spatial vortex with Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan Four Demon Saints, then implied that the Soul Clan had destroyed the Spirit, Stone, and Medicine Clans.
• Nihility Devouring Flame declared that he had reached Nine Star Dou Saint, alarming Lei Ying and Yan Jin.

Hun Tiandi occupied Gu Yuan and the Ancient Clan's leaders while Gu Yang stole the Ancient Jade from the Ancestral Hall. As Gu Yuan and Hun Tiandi clashed and the other clans fought Nihility Devouring Flame, Gu Qingyang led a search while Xun Er watched anxiously from the Xiao Realm.

• Gu Qingyang realized that the Hun Clan was keeping the Ancient Clan's strongest fighters occupied and warned them that the Ancient Jade might be the target.
• A wounded guard reported that Gu Yang had injured the Ancestral Hall elders and stolen the Ancient Jade, confirming the Hun Clan's scheme.
• Gu Yuan ordered the Gu Realm sealed and sent Gu Dao and the others to search for Gu Yang, but the Four Demon Saints moved to block them.
• Gu Yuan attacked Hun Tiandi, while Yan Jin and Lei Ying charged to assist him and Nihility Devouring Flame intercepted them.
• Gu Dao ordered Gu Qingyang and the other elders to search the mountains as the remaining Ancient Clan forces guarded the realm.
• Xun Er watched the crisis through a heavenly mirror in the Xiao Realm, but Xiao Chen and Xiao Yi Xian urged her not to enter the battle.

The Ancient Clan activated its protective formation to find Gu Yang, only to discover that the Elder was a Hun Clan infiltrator carrying the Tou She Ancient God Jade. As Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan clashed over the Jade, the Hun Clan army arrived, and both clans unleashed enormous formations against each other.

• Gu Qingyang activated the Ancient Di Formation, which exposed Gu Yang hiding in magma, and the Black Submerging Army tried to capture him.
• Gu Yang revealed that Lord Nihility had fused his soul with the real Gu Yang's a hundred years earlier, then fought the Ancient Clan's experts while Hun Yan and Gu Lie clashed.
• Gu Yang self-destructed and sent the Tou She Ancient God Jade flying toward Hun Tiandi, but Gu Qingyang slowed it before Hun Tiandi and Gu Yuan's giant hands collided over it.
• Hun Tiandi declared that the Ancient Clan was a thousand years too late to stop him, and a spatial rift opened to reveal the mobilized Hun Clan army.
• The Hun Clan summoned the Destruction Seal, the Ancient Clan raised the Ancient Di Mirror, and the two formations collided above the mountain range.

The Soul Clan defeated the Ancient Clan, seized its Ancient Jade, and secretly stole the Lei and Yan Clans’ pieces, assembling all eight Tou She Ancient God Jades. Xiao Yan broke through to the Emperor Realm Soul in the Medicine Realm and confronted Hun Tiandi, recognizing that he had gathered the jades.

• Nihility Devouring Flame took the Ancient Jade during the battle as Hun Tiandi held off Gu Yuan and led the Soul Clan through the Space Rend.
• Lei Ying and Yan Jin learned that Soul Clan agents had stolen the Lei and Yan Clans’ Ancient Jades, leaving the Soul Clan with all eight pieces.
• Xiao Yan cultivated in the Medicine Realm as Yao Ling’s sacrifice helped preserve the surviving Yao Clan descendants.
• Xiao Yan broke through to the Emperor Realm Soul, and his power spread across the Medicine Realm.
• Xiao Yan sensed Hun Tiandi’s traces and asked whether he had gathered all the Tou She Ancient God Jade; Hun Tiandi appeared before him.

Hun Tiandi revealed that he had engineered events over a thousand years to obtain the Tou She Ancient God Jade and asked Xiao Yan to refine an Emperor Grade Pill. To measure Xiao Yan’s strength and ensure he could not seize the pill, Hun Tiandi suppressed his cultivation to Xiao Yan’s level and tested him with a fierce soul battle that continued as the chapter ended.

• Hun Tiandi explained how he had planned the Xiao Clan’s destruction, the creation of Soul Hall, and the search for an alchemist to bring events to this point.
• Hun Tiandi congratulated Xiao Yan on reaching the Emperor Realm Soul and admitted he had come because he needed Xiao Yan to refine the Emperor Grade Pill Embryo.
• Xiao Yan saw through Hun Tiandi’s plan to test him and released his Emperor Realm Soul, while Hun Tiandi suppressed his cultivation to match Xiao Yan’s Eight-Star Dou Saint level.
• Hun Tiandi and Xiao Yan clashed with their soul powers, and Xiao Yan’s perfected Asura Soul Severing Technique stopped Hun Tiandi’s Soul Blood Sea attack.
• Hun Tiandi unleashed Blood Demon Heart Erosion Lightning, sending a storm of enormous blood lightning bolts down at Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and Hun Tiandi traded three powerful soul techniques in the Medicine Realm, with Xiao Yan’s Asura Soul Severing Technique amplifying his attacks but Hun Tiandi ultimately matching him with skills rooted in the Hun Clan’s inheritance. Their final clash devastated the realm and battered Nihility Devouring Flame’s seal.

• Xiao Yan used the Asura Soul Severing Technique to amplify Yellow Spring Sky Fury and clash with Hun Tiandi’s Soul Blood Lightning, forcing Hun Tiandi to recognize the technique’s power.
• Xiao Yan turned the Asura statue’s second face forward and unleashed Nightmare Sky Mist, drawing weaker fighters into a soul illusion while Hun Miesheng and other powerful Hun Clan experts fled.
• Hun Tiandi absorbed the Blood Cloud and used Blood Soul Wasteland to counter the illusion, shattering the golden mist and revealing the immense power of his inherited soul skills.
• Xiao Yan revealed the Asura statue’s third face and attacked with Asura Soul Severing as Hun Tiandi answered with Blood Wasteland Heavenly Soul Blade.
• The two soul techniques collided, unleashing an impact that erased mountains, tore open half the Medicine Realm, and battered Nihility Devouring Flame’s seal.

Xiao Yan left the Medicine Realm after confronting Hun Tiandi and returned to the Xiao Realm, where he revealed his agreement with the Hun Clan and learned that the surviving clan leaders wanted him to oppose Hun Tiandi. He refused to join their struggle for the Emperor Grade Pill Embryo, leaving the Flame Alliance committed to neutrality.

• Xiao Yan unleashed the Asura Soul Severing Technique against Hun Tiandi, who praised his strength and allowed him to leave the Medicine Realm.
• Hun Tiandi kept Yao Ling and the surviving Yao Clan prisoners for the Emperor Pill plan while Nihility Devouring Flame recovered from his injuries.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Realm, reassured Xun Er about his agreement with Hun Tiandi, and told his companions about the Yao Clan's destruction and his role in the Hall of Souls.
• Gu Yuan, Lei Ying, and Yan Jin met Xiao Yan, learned that he had an Emperor Realm Soul and was an Eight-Star Dou Saint, and asked what he knew about Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion.
• Yan Jin offered to use the three clans' resources to raise Xiao Yan's strength so he could fight Hun Tiandi for the Emperor Grade Pill Embryo, but Xiao Yan refused and said he would not take part.

Xiao Yan refused to stake the Flame Alliance in a war against the Hun Clan, while Gu Yuan accepted that the Dou God Clans might have to fight and asked Xiao Yan to bury him in the Heaven Tomb if he died. After Xiao Yan began using the Life Spirit Flame to slowly alter Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body, Lei and Yan Clan envoys brought gifts meant to strengthen him and draw Hun Tiandi’s attention.

• Xiao Yan rejected Yan Jin and Lei Ying’s request for his support, and Gu Yuan said he had spoken with Xiao Xuan and would fight rather than abandon the Gu Clan’s inheritance.
• Gu Yuan left for the Gu Realm after asking Xiao Yan to bury him in the Heaven Tomb if he died in battle, and Xiao Yan reassured Xun Er that matters had not reached their worst point.
• Xiao Yan began opening a new Meridian in Xiao Yi Xian’s body and infusing it with the Life Spirit Flame to gradually change her Woeful Poison Body.
• Lei Dong and Mang Tianchi brought Lei Clan treasures to the Xiao Realm and asked Xiao Yan to shelter some of the clan’s younger members in the Flame Alliance.
• Huo Zhi and Huo Xuan delivered three Heavenly Flames in the Yan Clan’s Fire Emperor Mysterious Classic, and Xiao Yan agreed to welcome suitable Jia Nan Academy members into the Flame Alliance.

Xiao Yan refused the Yan Clan’s request to preserve its inheritance, then refined three Heavenly Flames and rose to the middle stage of the Eight-Star level. Meanwhile, Hun Tiandi assembled the Tou She Ancient God Jade and began searching for the cave mansion’s location, unaware that Nihility Devouring Flame already knew it lay beneath Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Yan refused Huo Xuan and Huo Zhi’s offer of the Fire Emperor Mysterious Classic and Heavenly Flames, and Qing Lin escorted them away.
• Xiao Yan told Cai Lin that he would refine the Heavenly Flame Sources without seeking to become a God, but refining three Flames raised him to the middle stage of the Eight-Star level.
• Xiao Yan realized that Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion was beneath Jia Nan Academy, while Nihility Devouring Flame recovered from its injuries in the Hun Realm.
• Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame discussed the cave mansion, and Hun Tiandi promised to help Nihility Devouring Flame obtain what it wanted inside.
• Hun Tiandi joined the eight Ancient Jades, faced the image of Tou She Ancient God, and used Nihility Devouring Flame’s power to reveal an image of the cave mansion’s location.
• Hun Tiandi ordered the Soul Clan Four Demon Saints to identify the terrain, while Nihility Devouring Flame kept the location secret and Xiao City remained bustling outside Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Yan evacuated Xiao City and Jia Nan Academy before meeting Hun Tiandi at the magma world beneath the academy. Hun Tiandi used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to reveal and begin opening Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion, with only the Hun Clan present.

• Xiao Yan sent Xiao Yu back to Wutan City and told her to stay away from the Black-Corner Region while he waited alone for Hun Tiandi.
• Hun Tiandi arrived, and Xiao Yan explained that he knew the cave mansion's location but did not intend to compete for the Emperor Grade Pill Embryo.
• Xiao Yan, Hun Tiandi, and Nihility Devouring Flame went to the underground magma world, where Nihility Devouring Flame sealed Jia Nan Academy and summoned over a hundred Hun Clan experts, including four Eight Star Dou Saint Living Dead.
• Hun Tiandi activated the Tou She Ancient God Jade, stirring the lava and driving the Lizardmen from the expanding vortex.
• An ancient Stone Gate bearing the words “Ancient God's Cave Mansion” rose from the lava, and Hun Tiandi's Ancient Jade struck it with a light pillar.
• The Stone Gate began to crack and slowly opened.

Hun Tiandi, Xiao Yan, and the Hun Clan entered Tou She Ancient God's Cave Mansion and crossed a plaza lined with the drained remains of Heavenly Flames. After Nihility Devouring Flame revealed a colossal statue of Tou She Ancient God, the Hun Clan experts struggled to withstand its overwhelming pressure.

• Hun Tiandi led the Hun Clan through the opened Stone Gate, unknowingly awakening a creature hidden inside the Cave Mansion.
• Nihility Devouring Flame guided the group across a floating continent to an ancient Stone Hall while Soul Power remained suppressed.
• Xiao Yan discovered Heavenly Flame remains on the plaza's pillars and realized Tou She Ancient God had drained their Sources, while Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame showed fear and confusion.
• Hun Tiandi asked Nihility Devouring Flame where the Emperor Grade Pill Embryo was, and Nihility Devouring Flame cleared the mist from the Stone Hall.
• A ten-thousand-zhang Stone Statue of Tou She Ancient God appeared, forcing the Hun Clan experts to their knees under its immense pressure.