Recaps

Lin Ming won a place in the Demonic Lightning Pool, obtained Chaos Lightning, and became an honorary elder of the Lei Clan. As the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame emerged, he gathered allies and led them into its sealed space.

• Lin Ming revealed his peak One-Star Dou Saint cultivation and destroyed the Tier 9 pill’s Black Demon Lightning tribulation before studying at the Little Pill Tower.
• Mang Tianchi took Lin Ming to the Lei Realm, where Lin Ming defeated Lei Yun and fought Lei Dong to earn a place in the Demonic Lightning Pool.
• Lin Ming endured the Nine Profound Golden Lightning, advanced to Four-Star Dou Saint, and defeated the Thunder Emperor’s Guardian Soul to obtain Chaos Lightning and the Chaos Derivation World Art.
• Lei Ying made Lin Ming the Lei Clan’s first Honorary Elder, and Lin Ming returned to the Five Elements Sect as the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame began to emerge.
• Lin Ming left his companions to defend the sect and flew west, where he found a scorched desert and Hun Miesheng waiting near the spatial rift.
• Lei Clan, Yan Clan, Shi Clan, and Yao Clan leaders joined Lin Ming, then Gu Nanhai arrived with Xun Er, Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen to join the alliance.
• The spatial seal broke and released the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and Lin Ming led the gathered alliance into its sealed space after Hun Miesheng entered first.

Lin Ming led the gathered factions through the flame’s trials and helped free the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame from its illusion, then fought alongside them to seize its origin. The flame broke free of its seal and destroyed their escape route, leaving everyone trapped in the Demonic Flame Space.

• Lin Ming and Mang Tianchi escaped the Nightmare Sky Mist and reunited with the other survivors at the Giant Gate, where the gathered factions fought through Fire Slaves and reached the final hall.
• Lin Ming helped awaken Xiao Chen from the flame’s control, then exposed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s altar scene as an illusion and shattered it with a Nightmare-Breaking Talisman.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame trapped the factions in a prison of fire and unleashed Fire Slaves, so Lin Ming and Hun Miesheng organized a temporary alliance to fight it.
• Lin Ming severed the Fire Slaves’ control and took several under his command, while Hun Miesheng and the other experts sealed the flame’s origin in a black cylinder.
• Hun Miesheng tried to take the sealed origin, but Xiao Chen intervened to protect Xiao Yan and defeated Hun Miesheng, while Elder Hun Mo and the Little Pill Tower Ancestor joined the confrontation.
• The Little Pill Tower Ancestor revealed that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame had allowed itself to be sealed, and the flame broke free of the array and fought him at nearly Six-Star Dou Saint strength.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame summoned the Heaven Refining Ancient Array and destroyed the Space Passage, while Elder Hun Mo fixed his gaze on Lin Ming.

Lin Ming subdued the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, returned to the Five Elements Sect, and strengthened his allies before confronting the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. He faced the clan’s ancient great-granduncle after the elder intervened, and their battle began with the old man’s life force already failing.

• Pill Tower Ancestor and Lin Ming led an attack on the Heaven Array while Elder Hun Mo led the Four Clans against the Earth Array, but the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s light pillars killed many and struck down Hun Feng.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Saint’s remnant appeared through Lin Ming and stopped the Flame’s attack, then trapped the Flame in the Heaven Refining Ancient Array.
• Lin Ming persuaded the Saint to spare the Flame and take it into his Inner World, where the Five Elements Roulette restrained it as the Saint dissipated.
• Lin Ming absorbed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and spent a year recovering, then emerged at Peak Six-Star Dou Saint and revealed that he had also taken Hun Feng’s Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame.
• Lin Ming made the Flame’s soul accept him as Master, stored the Heaven Refining Great Array, and escaped as the Demonic Flame Space collapsed.
• Lin Ming returned to the Five Elements Sect, drove off the Soul Hall forces, and helped Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Elder Yao pursue breakthroughs.
• Lin Ming invaded the Demon Phoenix Realm and defeated Huang Tian and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s ancient array, but the clan’s great-granduncle intervened and attacked him.
• Lin Ming countered the great-granduncle’s annihilating beam with Yellow Springs Finger and Great Heaven Creation Palm, while the old man’s attacks drained his life force and made him spit out Origin Blood Essence.

Lin Ming destroyed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, reunited with Zi Yan, and strengthened himself by absorbing the Nine Profound Golden Lightning. He arrived at the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony ready to compete for Jia Nan Academy.

• Lin Ming defeated the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s elder, then used the Heaven Refining Great Array and his Emperor Realm Soul to refine the Ancient Heavenly Phoenix and the clan, collecting their treasures before leaving the ruined realm.
• After news spread of the clan’s disappearance, Lin Ming emerged from seclusion at early Seven-Star Dou Saint and reunited with Zi Yan as she became a Dragon Phoenix.
• Lin Ming accompanied Zi Yan to Dragon Island, where she punished Zhu Xu, Zhu You, and Zhu Jin, appointed clan leaders, and united the Ancient Void Dragon Clan under her rule.
• Lin Ming and the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame refined Black Demon Lightning in the Void Lightning Pool, then Lin Ming helped the Nine Profound Golden Lightning complete Spirit Gathering and brought it into his Inner World.
• Lin Ming refined the Nine Profound Golden Lightning and reached Half-Step Eight-Star Dou Saint before leaving the emptied pool for the Yao Clan’s Medicine Ceremony.
• Yao Wangui welcomed Lin Ming to Medicine Mountain, where Lin Ming discussed the final competition with Mang Tianchi and pledged to compete for Jia Nan Academy’s reputation.
• Yao Dan emerged to begin the ceremony and sensed that Lin Ming was an unreadable void as they met each other’s gaze.