Recaps

Lin Ming won the Medicine Ceremony by refining a Ninth Grade Golden Pill, then consumed it and broke through to Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint. When Nihility Devouring Flame and the Hun Clan attacked the Five Elements Sect, Lin Ming defeated them and began stripping the Heavenly Flame’s source, demanding the Pill Transformation Divine Art in return for preserving its intelligence.

• Hun Xuzi joined the Medicine Ceremony and confronted Lin Ming, Yao Wanhuo, and Shennong Elder in the contest for the title of Number One Alchemist of the Continent.
• As the four alchemists refined Tier 9 pills, Hun Xuzi drained energy from his rivals, but Lin Ming took Hun Xuzi’s embryonic pill and later refined it alongside the pills offered by Yao Wanhuo and Shennong Elder.
• Lin Ming used his Emperor Realm Soul to draw in distant Heaven and Earth Energy, then refined the three pills into a Ninth Grade Golden Pill that emerged as a Divine Phoenix and defeated the Nine Profound Golden Lightning.
• Lin Ming captured the Ninth Grade Golden Pill, was recognized by Shennong Elder as the alchemy world’s Number One Alchemist, and returned to the Five Elements Sect as Hun Xuzi fled.
• Lin Ming swallowed the Ninth Grade Golden Pill with the Bodhi Ancient Tree Spirit’s help and advanced to Mid-Stage Nine-Star Dou Saint while Hun Xuzi and the Hun Clan attacked the Five Elements Sect.
• Lin Ming protected the sect with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, overwhelmed the Hun Clan forces with a Yellow Springs Palm, and trapped Nihility Devouring Flame behind a Space Barrier.
• Lin Ming used the Five Elements Roulette to strip Nihility Devouring Flame’s source and demanded the Pill Transformation Divine Art, while Nihility Devouring Flame insisted that Lin Ming preserve all of him or lose the secret.

Lin Ming refined Nihility Devouring Flame, reached the Half-Emperor realm, and gathered the Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragments. He led the allied clans against Hun Tiandi, broke the Death Array, and began a devastating battle with him in the Soul Realm.

• Lin Ming extracted the Pill Transformation Divine Art from Nihility Devouring Flame, imprisoned the soul and Hun Clan members, and refined the flame beneath the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Lin Ming merged Nihility Devouring Flame with Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and his other Heavenly Flames, then broke through to the Half-Emperor realm.
• Lin Ming met Lei Ying, gave gifts to the Lei Clan, and persuaded Lei Ying to lend him the clan’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment so he could seek Source Qi and become a Dou Di.
• Lin Ming defeated Lei Ying in their challenge, gathered fragments from Yan Jin, Yao Dan, and Shi Jian, and won Gu Yuan’s agreement to give him the Ancient Clan fragment after he gathered the others.
• Lin Ming led the allied experts into the Soul Realm, where they discovered Hun Tiandi had sacrificed Hun Clan descendants to restore a Dou Di Remnant Soul and raise his power.
• Hun Tiandi and the Hun Clan elders trapped many allied experts in the Realm of Death, but Lin Ming’s Yellow Springs Heaven Rage shattered the Death Array and purified the blood pool’s resentful souls.
• The freed allies overwhelmed the Hun Clan as Gu Yuan gained the upper hand against the weakened Dou Di Remnant Soul, while Hun Tiandi challenged Lin Ming to a fight to the death.
• Hun Tiandi absorbed the blood sea and revealed his Pseudo-Blood Emperor Body, but Lin Ming summoned five enormous flame beasts that pinned Hun Tiandi amid their continuing clash.

Lin Ming destroyed Hun Tiandi and freed Zhu Kun before opening the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion. He subdued the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill and agreed to share the mansion’s Heaven Tier techniques and cultivation methods with the clans.

• Hun Tiandi activated the Emperor-Slaying Array, sacrificing Hun Clan experts and the Dou Di ancestor’s Remnant Soul, but Lin Ming’s Five Elements Power shattered the blood blade and his Five Elements Roulette erased Hun Tiandi.
• Lin Ming collected the Tou She Ancient God Jade fragments and joined Zi Yan, Gu Yuan, and the other clan leaders at Jia Nan Academy before entering the magma beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower.
• Lin Ming reunited all eight jade fragments and opened the Ancient Emperor's Cave Mansion, freeing Zhu Kun, who reunited with Zi Yan and the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Lin Ming led the group through the passage into the cave mansion, where they found a plaza displaying Heavenly Flames and a statue surrounded by Heaven Tier techniques.
• The Emperor Grade Nascent Pill fought Gu Yuan and Zhu Kun, overpowering both before Lin Ming stepped in and stopped its Emperor Origin Spear with his Five Elements Power.
• Lin Ming used the Tou She Ancient God Jade to form the Pill Transformation Ring, suppress the Emperor Grade Nascent Pill, and draw it into his palm.
• Gu Dao asked Lin Ming to share the mansion’s Heaven Tier methods and techniques, and Lin Ming agreed while asking for only one-tenth as his share.

Lin Ming inherited Tou She Ancient God’s legacy, reached the Dou Di Realm, and left the Dou Qi Continent with Zi Yan for the Great Thousand World. After arriving at Dragon-Phoenix Haven, they rescued Long Qingyue from Snake God Hall pursuers and learned how cultivators sought to qualify for its Dragon-Phoenix Platform.

• Lin Ming accepted Tou She Ancient God’s inheritance, endured its destructive power, and balanced his breakthrough by advancing the Bodhi Ancient Tree alongside him.
• Lin Ming entered the Dou Di Realm, named his cultivation method the Five Elements Universe Evolution Art, and returned to the Five Elements Sect.
• Lin Ming married Zi Yan, Ya Fei, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Yun Yun, then entrusted Ya Fei with the sect’s internal affairs and departed with Zi Yan for the Great Thousand World.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan crossed the planar passage, and Zi Yan completed her spiritual energy conversion while Luo Xiu guarded her and shared a map to Dragon-Phoenix Haven.
• Lin Ming and Zi Yan reached the Dragon-Phoenix Mountain Range, where Long Qingyue begged them for help while fleeing She Wan and two Snake God Hall subordinates.
• Zi Yan defeated She Wan’s men and severed his Snake Emperor Dharma Body, after which Lin Ming and Zi Yan left with the wounded Long Qingyue.
• Long Qingyue explained that cultivators used Dragon-Phoenix Pools to build false dragon or phoenix bodies and qualify for the Dragon-Phoenix Platform, then prepared to reveal a secret about the haven.