Recaps

Xiao Ling returned to the Jia Ma Empire, reunited with his family and companions, and secured powerful allies and gifts while helping Xiao Yan prepare for the Alchemist Conference. The conference advanced to its third round as Xiao Yan faced the disguised foreign Alchemists, while Medusa and Jia Xing Tian formed an alliance between their peoples.

• Xiao Ling returned to Jia Nan Academy with the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, reached the Dou Zong Realm, and introduced Heavenly Fire Venerate to Yao Chen and his companions.
• Xiao Ling refined a pill that restored Heavenly Fire Venerate’s Soul Power, gave Zi Yan a Dragon Scale Body Tempering Pill, and supported Han Yue’s decision to return to her clan.
• Xiao Ling traded pills to Old Ghost Di Mo for the Sky Demon Puppet refining method, then refined a peak Dou Zong Earth Demon Puppet and gave it to Han Yue before she left.
• Xiao Ling left Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan, returned to the Jia Ma Empire, and found the Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations in a jade shard from the Alchemist Guild.
• Xiao Ling gave Xiao Yan the Six Harmonies Spirit Flame Cauldron, refined an Imperial Pill for Hai Bodong, and sealed Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body, allowing her to absorb its poisonous mist and advance to five-star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan excelled in the first two rounds of the Alchemist Conference, while Xiao Ling recognized that Yan Li and two other foreign Alchemists had disguised themselves and offered to compete if Xiao Yan could not meet the threat.
• Xiao Ling helped Medusa negotiate an alliance with Jia Xing Tian, granting the Snake People Race territory in the Magical Beast Mountain Range in exchange for military aid.
• Xiao Ling attended the conference’s third round with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin as Zi Yan and Medusa returned to the Snake People Sacred City, and Xiao Yan answered Yan Li’s taunts confidently.

After Xiao Yan won the Alchemist Conference, Xiao Ling helped prepare the Jia Ma Empire for the Tri-Empire Alliance’s planned invasion and secured the Xiao Family with an Earth Demon Puppet. He then led his companions to Turtle Spirit Venerate’s ruins, where he faced a test for the Venerate’s Heavenly Flame and inheritance.

• Xiao Yan won the Alchemist Conference, and Xiao Ling killed Yan Li, Xie Yun, and their two companions after learning of the Tri-Empire Alliance’s plans to attack the Jia Ma Empire and Snake People Race.
• Xiao Ling urged Jia Xing Tian, Hai Bodong, and Fa Ma to strengthen the empire, refined pills for its factions, and gave Xiao Yan Earth Core Body Tempering Milk as his reward.
• Xiao Ling healed the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast, refined an Earth Demon Puppet, and entrusted it to Xiao Zhan to protect the Xiao Family while he was away.
• Xiao Ling gave Yun Yun the Sect Breaking Pill for Yun Shan in exchange for the Misty Cloud Sect’s Spirit Origin Marrow Cleansing Pill recipe, then left for Turtle Spirit Venerate’s ruins with his companions.
• Xiao Yi Xian defeated the Abyssal Water Crocodile Emperor in the guardian’s trial, then cured it, and the guardian gave her its Deep Wave Source Crystal before showing the group the entrance to the inheritance.
• Xiao Ling’s group harvested the ruin’s medicinal garden, gathered techniques and pills, and discovered the Spirit Gathering Cauldron and Turtle Spirit Venerate’s alchemy records.
• Xiao Ling found Turtle Spirit Venerate’s hidden resting place, where the Venerate’s will demanded a fight for the inheritance and Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Ling accepted the test alone.

Xiao Ling gained the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, returned to find the Jia Ma Empire at war, and helped defeat the Tri-Empire Alliance and its Soul Hall ally. After Medusa completed her bloodline evolution, she agreed to travel with Xiao Ling to the Central Plains while entrusting the Snake People Race to its elders.

• Xiao Ling defeated Turtle Spirit Venerate, inherited the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame and his alchemical memories, then escaped the collapsing ruins with his companions.
• Xiao Ling helped Qing Lin subdue the Purple Flame Wind Winged Snake, which became her servant Xiao Zi, and returned with the group to Jia Ma Holy City.
• After nearly a year refining the Turtle Spirit Earth Flame, Xiao Ling fused five Heavenly Flames, reached six-star Dou Zong peak, and learned to create Spiritual Energy.
• Xiao Ling joined the battle at Black Mountain Fortress, where he defeated Iron Protector and helped Xiao Yi Xian kill Xie Biyan while the Tri-Empire Alliance retreated.
• Xiao Ling secretly looted the weakened enemy sects, gathered resources and corpses, and reunited with his companions at Medusa’s palace.
• Xiao Ling used Fallen Heart Flame to help Medusa endure her bloodline evolution, and she emerged with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python soul inside her body.
• Medusa agreed to travel with Xiao Ling to the Central Plains to seek a way to fuse the souls, entrusted the Snake People Race to its elders, and asked him to forge two protective puppets.

Xiao Ling secured the Bodhi Body Saliva, defeated the forces who tried to take it, and plundered the Black Corner Region before cultivating the Life Transformation Flame. After Zi Yan reached the Dou Ancestor Realm and Xiao Ling made plans with Ye Xin Lan, he left Jia Nan Academy with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin, bound for the Central Plains.

• Xiao Ling completed his Sky Demon Puppets, reunited with Xiao Yan, and returned to Jia Nan Academy, where he prepared Sovereign Grade Pills and set out with his companions for the Black Emperor Auction.
• At the auction, Xiao Ling won the Sky Demon Phoenix corpse and exchanged two pills for the Bodhi Body Saliva, then left Black Emperor City with his group.
• Fang Yan, Eagle Mountain Old Man, Mo Tianxing, and Old Ghost Di Mo attacked Xiao Ling’s party, but Xiao Ling’s golden Sky Demon Puppet killed their leaders and Xiao Ling collected their souls and bodies.
• Xiao Ling looted the Black Emperor Sect and Magic Flame Valley, recovered Old Ghost Di Mo’s techniques and treasures, and returned to Jia Nan Academy with the True Flame Controlling Art for Elder Huo and Xiao Yan.
• While Zi Yan cultivated toward a breakthrough, Xiao Ling entered the Underground Magma World, killed Flame Lizardmen, and spent half a year refining the Life Transformation Flame in a hidden cave.
• Zi Yan emerged as an Ancient Void Dragon at the Dou Ancestor Realm, and Xiao Ling later reunited with her and promised to help find her clan.
• Ye Xin Lan asked Xiao Ling to help the Ye Family with Danta’s assessment and gave him the Spirit Flame Cauldron Art, which he accepted before teaching her alchemy and preparing to leave.
• Xiao Ling said goodbye to the academy, departed with Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin on Xiao Zi, and headed for Tianya City to reach the Central Plains through its Space Wormhole.