Recaps

Xiao Ling returned to Starfall Pavilion, gained Qing Zhi’s inheritance, and led its delegation to the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly, where Mu Qing Luan defeated Feng Qing’er. Afterward, Xiao Ling captured Feng Qing’er and sent agents to destroy Yellow Springs Pavilion.

• Xiao Ling took the Fate Reversing Rebirth Lotus from Sound Valley and asked Yao Chen to help develop a pill to restore Little Diao’s body.
• Xiao Ling mastered the Heaven Earth Ancient Formation, then received Qing Zhi’s Azure Heaven Dragon Transformation Art and began cultivating it.
• Xiao Ling brought Zi Yan, Medusa, Qing Lin, and Mu Qing Luan to the Four Directions Pavilion Assembly, where he reunited with Xiao Yan and Lin Yan.
• Mu Qing Luan intervened when Wang Chen tried to kill Lin Yan, and Xiao Ling stood against Yellow Springs Venerate after Wang Chen was disqualified.
• Mu Qing Luan defeated Xiao Yan and then overcame Feng Qing’er with the Dragon Soul Slaying Phoenix Sword to win the Assembly.
• Xiao Ling ordered Qing Hai, Di Mo, and Fei Tian to destroy Yellow Springs Pavilion under Soul Hall’s name, then returned to pursue Zi Yan’s promised pet.
• Feng Qing’er followed the Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence to Xiao Ling, who took her Message Jade Slip, sealed her Dou Qi, and captured her as Zi Yan’s prospective maid.

Xiao Ling helped the Ye Family keep its standing among the Five Great Families, then dominated the convention’s first assessment and entered its trials. As the Dan Realm test began, he reunited with Zi Yan and gathered the required ingredients before they approached a battle near a rare treasure.

• Xiao Ling agreed to represent the Ye Family in the Five Great Families Assessment, and Ye Xin Lan became his temporary fiancée after Zi Yan set terms for the arrangement.
• Xiao Ling won all three assessment events, leading the Ye Family to first place and earning the respect of Cao Ying and Dan Chen.
• Xiao Ling acquired Spirit Nurturing Dust from Old Yan’s Shabby Copper Piece and gave one grain to Cao Ying before Xuan Kongzi warned him that Soul Hall planned to take the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Ling reunited with Xun Er in Sacred Pill City, and she joined him and the others for the opening of the Alchemist Convention.
• Xiao Ling passed the Soul Illusion Realm, while Cao Ying also completed the first round and later allied with Dan Chen for the Dan Realm trial.
• Xiao Ling recognized Nihility Devouring Flame within Venerable Mu Gu and resolved to kill him in the Dan Realm.
• Xiao Ling entered the Dan Realm, reunited with Zi Yan, and gathered the three ingredients required for his examination.
• Xiao Ling and Zi Yan found Alchemists fighting a massive Magical Beast near an exceptionally rare treasure and prepared to drive them away.

Xiao Ling explored the Dan Realm, defeated the Soul Hall force threatening the alchemists, and returned with Xiong Zhan and rare treasures. After refining the Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame and breaking through to Five-star Dou Venerate, he prepared to face the final round of the Alchemist Convention.

• Xiao Ling and Zi Yan found Earth Core Jade Mother and Earth Core Soul Marrow, then reached the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range and discovered rare herbs guarded by Xiong Zhan.
• Xiao Ling defeated Xiong Zhan in battle, and Xiong Zhan recognized Zi Yan’s Ancient Void Dragon bloodline before trading his medicinal ingredients for pills.
• Xiao Ling obtained Pill Spirit Paste from the Blackwater Tiger Flood Dragon and sensed that Soul Hall forces were attacking the alchemists.
• Xiao Ling rescued Cao Ying and Dan Chen, sent the alchemists to safety, and used his Sky Demon Puppets to kill Venerable Mu Gu, Star Picking Old Ghost, and the other Soul Hall elders.
• Xiao Ling returned with Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Zi Yan, and Xiong Zhan, then brought Xiong Zhan to Starfall Pavilion as an elder after they left the Dan Realm.
• Xiao Ling discovered the Nihility Devouring Flame Child Flame in Venerable Mu Gu’s corpse and refined it with help from the Spirit of the Ancestral Stone, while Chu Wanqing assisted his cultivation.
• Xiao Ling broke through to Five-star Dou Venerate, and he and Chu Wanqing shared a kiss before she slipped away.
• Xiao Ling reunited with Xun Er and the others, headed to the Alchemist Convention’s final round, and joined Cao Ying and Dan Chen as Cao Ying challenged him to show his progress.

Xiao Ling won the Alchemist Convention by refining an Eighth-grade Nine-colored Reincarnation Soul Sculpting Pill, then joined Danta’s Lesser Alchemist Tower and entered the Star Domain. He persuaded Three Thousand Burning Flame to submit to him and leave with him for Ancient Dragon Island.

• Xiao Ling refined the Reincarnation Soul Sculpting Pill while Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, and Dan Chen completed their own pills, and his Nine-Colored Pill Lightning overwhelmed the convention grounds.
• Little Diao battled the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning until it dispersed, and Xiao Ling claimed the completed pill and was named Alchemist Convention champion.
• Xiao Ling received the Taigu Soul Forging Art and joined Danta’s Lesser Alchemist Tower as the top ten contestants prepared to enter the Star Domain.
• Xiao Ling gave Xun Er the Fire Tribulation Fruit, spent the night with Chu Wanqing, and later reunited intimately with Cao Ying.
• Little Diao began transforming after taking the Reincarnation Soul Sculpting Pill, while Zi Yan gave Xiao Ling an Ancient Dragon Seal and blood to use on Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Ling entered the Star Domain with the top ten contestants and used Zi Yan’s Ancient Dragon Token to persuade Three Thousand Burning Flame to leave with him.
• Three Thousand Burning Flame agreed to submit while retaining its intelligence and visiting Ancient Dragon Island, then awakened without hostility toward Xiao Ling.