Recaps

Lin Ming earned Blazing Flame Valley’s trust, then fought Ice River Valley to protect Xiao Yi Xian before Zi Yan’s identity as East Dragon Island’s princess was revealed. On East Dragon Island, Lin Ming strengthened his companions and completed the Bone-Regenerating Soul-Melding Pill, leaving Elder Yao’s revival ready to begin.

• Lin Ming impressed Tang Zhen by enduring the Heavenly Flame trial, completed the Fire Bodhi Pill after Master Huan’s fusion failed, and earned Blazing Flame Valley’s Guest Elder token and the Heavenly Fire Three Xuan Transformations.
• Lin Ming left for the Pill Region with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, defeated Ice River Valley pursuers, and refused to surrender Xiao Yi Xian when Elder Heavenly Serpent confronted them in the Central Region.
• Lin Ming used his five Heavenly Flames and the Five Rounds Leaving Fire Array to kill Elder Heavenly Serpent and grievously injure Tian Shuang Zi, but Ice River arrived and trapped Lin Ming and his allies in deadly frost.
• Hei Qing emerged, rescued Lin Ming and his companions, and defeated Ice River after recognizing Zi Yan as the princess of East Dragon Island.
• Zi Yan ordered Hei Qing to kill Bing He and Tian Shuang Zi, then brought Lin Ming, Xiao Yi Xian, and Elder Yao with her to East Dragon Island.
• Lin Ming and Xiao Yi Xian recovered and advanced in cultivation, while Lin Ming found the Snow Bone Ginseng needed for Elder Yao’s pill and Xiao Yi Xian studied the Calamity Poison Scripture.
• Lin Ming refined the Bone-Regenerating Soul-Melding Pill, and Puppet One absorbed its three-colored pill lightning and advanced into a Gold Heavenly Demon Puppet.
• The pill became a Flood Dragon and tried to escape, but Puppet One trapped it, allowing Lin Ming to seal it and prepare for Elder Yao’s revival.

Lin Ming revived Yao Tianhuo, helped Xiao Yi Xian control her Calamity Poison Body, and strengthened his cultivation and puppets before confronting the Cao Family and preparing for the Pill Gathering. The group left Ye City for Sacred Pill City, where the Ye Family must place in the top three to retain its Elder Seat in the Pill Tower.

• Lin Ming used the Half-Saint Remains to restore Yao Tianhuo to a living body, and Yao Tianhuo broke through to Peak Nine-Revolution Dou Venerate.
• Lin Ming helped Xiao Yi Xian condense her poison into a Poison Pill, raising her cultivation to Five-Star Dou Venerate and restoring her control over her power.
• Lin Ming made the Ice Puppet and Frost Puppet from the remains of Venerable Bing He and Tian Shuang Zi, then brought his group into the Void Lightning Pool to strengthen them and himself.
• Mang Tianchi taught Lin Ming the Rainbow Lightning Venerate Body Technique, and Lin Ming formed its first Lightning Pattern before leaving to prepare for the Pill Gathering.
• Lin Ming received the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's Elder Dragon Seal for the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then departed for Middle Continent with Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Tianhuo.
• At the Ye Family, Lin Ming drove off Cao Dan and the Cao Family with his puppets, then used the Yang Fire Ancient Altar to find an Earth Heart Fire Pearl and strengthen his Flame Gold Earth Heart Fire.
• Lin Ming practiced pill refining with rare medicinal materials until he produced a pill with four-colored Pill Lightning, then left Ye City with Ye Zhong, Xin Lan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Tianhuo.
• Ye Zhong explained that the Ye Family had to place in the top three at the Five Great Families Assessment to retain its Pill Tower Elder Seat as they traveled toward Sacred Pill City.

Lin Ming earned a Pill Tower badge, secured rare treasures at the Alchemist Trade Fair, and led the Ye Family to victory in the Five Great Families Assessment. The arc left him preparing to meet Pill Tower’s leaders as Soul Hall’s plans for the Three Thousand Burning Flame threatened to draw him into a wider conflict.

• Lin Ming passed the Seventh Grade Intermediate Alchemist assessment, defeated Cao Ying, and earned the respect of Deacon Han Li.
• Lin Ming reunited with Xu Shilin at the Alchemist Trade Fair, traded for Bodhi Treasure Liquid by promising Master Di a Soul Infant Fruit, and acquired an ancient copper plate from Old Yan.
• Elder Yao extracted Spirit Nurturing Dust from the copper plate, and Lin Ming used it to reconstruct an ancient soul cultivation method and reach Spirit Realm Grand Perfection.
• Lin Ming joined the Ye Family delegation at the Five Great Families Assessment and released a Soul Value of 2499, far surpassing Cao Ying’s record and securing first place for the Ye Family.
• Cao Ying made Cao Dan apologize to Lin Ming, and Elder Sheng invited Lin Ming to meet the Pill Tower chairman.
• Elder Mu Gu tried to recruit Lin Ming into Soul Hall, but Elder Yao and Xuan Kongzi intervened and drove him away.
• Xuan Kongzi warned Lin Ming about Soul Hall’s pursuit of the Three Thousand Burning Flame and invited him to discuss cooperation at the Pill Tower, and Lin Ming accepted.

Lin Ming entered the Pill Gathering to thwart Soul Hall, survived the Pill Realm, and reached the finals after killing Elder Mu Gu. As Xiao Yan, Dan Chen, Cao Ying, and Qing Hua revealed powerful Tier 8 pills, Lin Ming remained the last major contestant whose result was still unknown.

• Elder Sheng brought Lin Ming to the Pill Tower, where Xuan Kongzi and Xuan Yi asked him to defeat Soul Hall’s alchemist at the Pill Gathering, and Lin Ming agreed.
• Lin Ming entered the Soul Illusion Realm, broke through its illusions, then entered the Pill Realm and gathered medicinal ingredients while fighting its dangers.
• Lin Ming defeated the Ancient Dragon Bear without using Dou Qi, and Zi Yan arrived and had Xiong Zhan gather rare herbs for him.
• Elder Mu Gu and black-robed attackers slaughtered contestants, but Lin Ming and his puppets killed Elder Mu Gu and saved Cao Ying and the other survivors.
• Lin Ming completed the Pill Realm trial and joined the final contest, where he claimed the central platform and began refining an original pill for Ya Fei.
• Xiao Yan’s fused Heavenly Flame matched Lin Ming’s Purple Extreme Annihilation Flame, while Lin Ming struggled to balance the powerful ingredients in his pill.
• Song Qing completed a Seventh Grade Peak Pill, Dan Chen and Cao Ying revealed Tier 8 pills, and Xiao Yan and Qing Hua each produced Three-color Pill Lightning.
• The crowd turned its attention to Lin Ming as he continued refining, leaving his pill’s result unrevealed.