Recaps

Xiao Ting strengthened the Xiao Clan, helped Medusa evolve into Caili, and gathered more Notebook Copy holders while preparing for Jia Nan Academy. The arc leaves Yun Yun and Caili entering the Misty Cloud Sect to investigate the Soul Hall’s influence over Yun Shan.

• Xiao Ting revealed that he and Xiao Yan were First-Rank Alchemists, helped the Xiao Clan counter the Jia Lie Clan, and arranged Mittel Family support through Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Ting wounded Liu Xi and set events in motion that weakened the Jia Lie Family, while Medusa began preparing to evolve with his help.
• Xiao Ting used the Purple Heaven Sky Flame to awaken Medusa’s Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python bloodline, and she became Caili, a Dou Zong who later entered hibernation with her evolved companion Xiao Caier.
• Xiao Ting considered Fen Jue a path to greater realms, while Huo Zhi, Yao Ling, Tang Huo'er, Cao Ying, and Zi Yan joined the Notebook Copy group.
• Xiao Ting earned a Tier 3 Alchemist badge, and Xiao Yan refined the Green Lotus Core Flame to evolve Fen Jue and reach Seven-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Ting reached Six-Star Dou Ling and joined Jia Nan Academy’s admissions group with Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin, while Xun'er successfully cultivated Fen Jue to the Low Earth Tier.
• Xiao Ting gave the Xiao Clan Millennium Stalactite Liquid and arranged to attend Jia Nan Academy with Caili, asking Yun Yun to accompany him as his personal maid.
• Yun Yun brought Caili to the Misty Cloud Sect to expose the Soul Hall’s influence over Yun Shan, and Caili sensed an uncomfortable aura near the peak where he was secluded.

Yun Yun and Yun Shan uncovered the Soul Hall’s influence and formed an alliance with Xiao Ting, who gained Yun Potian’s inheritance and entered Jia Nan Academy. The arc ended with Xiao Ting choosing the Alchemy Department and preparing to refine a Tier 4 Medicinal Pill publicly.

• Caili warned Yun Shan that the Soul Hall Protector’s mark could control him, and Yun Yun persuaded him to seek Xiao Ting’s help after revealing the Soul Hall’s role in Yun Potian’s death.
• Yun Shan and Yun Yun sacrificed three Soul Hall Soul Envoys at the Life and Death Gate, and Yun Shan received an inheritance that confirmed the Soul Hall’s threat.
• Yun Shan and Yun Yun met Yao Lao at the Xiao Clan, where Yun Shan offered an alliance against the Soul Hall and Xiao Ting proposed entering the Life and Death Gate as part of their cooperation.
• Xiao Ting gained Yun Potian’s inheritance at the Gate, including the Wind Flame Meteor Slash, and learned where to search for Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Xun’er, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yan enrolled at Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Ting stunned the examination crowd by testing as a Two-Star Dou Wang at fifteen.
• Xiao Ting presented the corpse of Blood Skull Elder, earned direct admission to the Inner Academy, and received three selections from the Library Pavilion after revealing his Purple Heaven Sky Flame and alchemy rank.
• Xiao Ting claimed the Heavenly Thunder Induction, Instant Flame Thunder Shadow Step, a soul-strengthening treasure, and the Thunder Flame Indestructible Body from the Library Pavilion.
• Xiao Ting chose the Alchemy Department, arranged to refine a Tier 4 Medicinal Pill publicly the next morning, and invited Han Yue to dinner with Xun’er, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Ting killed Han Feng, secured the Fallen Heart Flame, and used his growing alchemy and cultivation to strengthen his allies and build Zixiao City. He left for Yang Spring Valley with Yun Yun after learning that a rare spirit flower there might explain Lu Wanli’s injury.

• Xiao Ting refined three top-tier Tier 4 pills, entered the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, and later defeated the Gold and Silver Elders before killing Han Feng and taking his soul and possessions.
• Xiao Ting delivered Han Feng’s soul to Yao Lao, established Zixiao City under Yun Yun’s leadership, and agreed to help Yao Lao refine an Emperor-Breaking Pill.
• Huo Zhi challenged Xiao Ting to a cultivation wager, and they signed a contract with Xun’er as their witness.
• Xiao Ting found Yao Tianhuo in the Magma World, arranged to replace the academy’s mature Fallen Heart Flame with its juvenile flame, and gave the mature flame and Yao Tianhuo’s soul to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ting absorbed traits from the Green Lotus Core Flame, Bone Chilling Flame, and Red Lotus Karma Flame, then prepared juvenile Fallen Heart and Red Lotus flames for Xun’er to refine with Fen Jue.
• After reaching Seven-Star Dou Emperor and demonstrating Fifth- and Sixth-Grade alchemy, Xiao Ting agreed to help Lu Wanli recover from a hidden dantian injury linked to a Yin-Yang Heaven Spirit Flower.
• Xiao Ting traveled to Zixiao City with Zi Yan, then took Yun Yun to Yang Spring Valley and found a Demon Flame Valley elder and a mysterious man watching the flower.

Xiao Ting expanded Zixiao City’s power, rescued Yun Yun, and broke through to Dou Zun while gathering allies and resources from the Magma World. The arc ended with Xiao Yan defeating Nalan Yanran, Feng Qing’er accepting Xiao Ting as her master, and Luo Shen recovering with the Notebook Copy.

• Xiao Ting recruited Yue Xi as his disciple, helped Yun Yun refine the Yin-Yang Heaven Spirit Flower, and later led Zixiao City’s defense against Old Demon of Earth and the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Ting killed Old Demon of Earth and several enemy Dou Emperors, defeated Protector Xuan, and secured the Black-Corner Region’s consent for Zixiao City to annex Demon Flame Valley.
• Xiao Ting took in the Han sisters, appointed Yun Yun deputy city lord, and received Plane and Great Dao Blessings on his sixteenth birthday, breaking through to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Ting rescued Yun Yun from Hui Ye, killed him, claimed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, and helped Qing Lin enslave the Eight-Winged Black Sky Python, Bai Ling.
• Xiao Ting defeated Huo Zhi for their wager and explored the Magma World, where he discovered that Flame Lizardmen’s Fire Beads could strengthen cultivation and bloodlines.
• Xiao Ting killed Venerable Chi Lian and broke through to One-Star Peak Dou Zun, then prepared to hunt Flame Lizardmen with his companions and warned Soul Hall against attacking Zixiao City.
• Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in the Three Year Agreement, while Xiao Ting subdued Feng Qing’er and began tempering her with Purple Heaven Sky Flame.
• Luo Shen received Xiao Ting’s Notebook Copy and began recovering, while Feng Qing’er accepted the prospect of becoming Xiao Ting’s mount and Yao Ling prepared to appear.