Recaps

Xiao Ce left Wutan City for Jia Nan Academy, built influence through Yuan Yi, and gathered allies while pursuing powerful resources. At the Black Seal City auction, he defeated Han Feng and the Black Emperor Sect’s allies, captured Han Feng’s soul, and left Yuan Yi in control of the city’s remaining forces.

• Xiao Ce left Wutan City with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, subdued Yuan Yi in Black Seal City, and made him a servant who would gather resources and trade pills through the Eight-Fan Sect.
• Xiao Ce secured a guest elder position at Jia Nan Academy, where Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian became Inner Academy disciples, and he began gathering ingredients with Zi Yan.
• Xiao Ce harvested Earth Core Body-Tempering Milk with Zi Yan and refined Earth Origin Marrow-Refining Pills, while Xun'er arrived at the academy and joined the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Ce accompanied Yuan Yi to Black Seal City for an auction of high-grade pills, drawing the attention of Han Feng, Mo Tianxing, and Demon Flame Valley.
• Xiao Ce entered the auction disguised as Xuantian, then fought off the Gold and Silver Elders and Demon Flame Valley’s elders when they tried to seize his pills.
• Xiao Ce killed the gold-robed elder and Fang Yan, then confronted Protector Xuan after the Dou Zong attacked him with chains.
• Xiao Ce killed two Demon Flame Valley elders and Han Feng, sealed Han Feng’s weakened soul in a jade bottle, and drove Protector Xuan back.
• Qi Shan surrendered to Yuan Yi and helped kill Mo Tianxing and Mo Ya at Xiao Ce’s order.

Xiao Ce expanded his power by killing Old Demon Di Mo, securing Qing Lin’s inheritance, and forging ties with Xiao Yan, Queen Medusa, Ya Fei, and the Heavenly Snake Mansion. He returned to the Jia Ma Empire, removed a Soul Hall threat within the Misty Cloud Sect, and began an exchange meeting that drew the empire’s major powers.

• Xiao Ce killed Old Demon Di Mo, took the Heavenly Demon Puppet method, and later refined Protector Yin, Di Mo’s corpse, and a seventh-tier Magic Core into Puppet One.
• Xiao Ce and Xiao Yan joined forces against the Soul Hall, while Xiao Ce struck a deal with the Heavenly Snake Mansion to support Qing Lin’s inheritance in exchange for its pupil technique.
• Xiao Ce gave Queen Medusa a Spirit Fusion Pill that restored her control over her body, defeated her in a fight, and secured her agreement to serve him in private.
• Xiao Ce told Xiao Yan about the Xiao Tribe, the Soul Clan, and Xun’er’s identity, then returned with Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Queen Medusa to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Ce reunited with Ya Fei, helped her improve her cultivation, and arranged for her to manage commercial affairs for his force in the Black-Corner Domain.
• Xiao Ce exposed and killed Protector Wu inside the Misty Cloud Sect, removed the Soul Hall brand from Yun Shan, and later found the jade fragment containing the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Changes.
• Xiao Yan removed Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, while Xiao Ce announced an exchange meeting where he would trade pills for suitable rewards.
• Xiao Ce arrived at the exchange meeting and offered pills including the Green Nether Longevity Pill and the Sect Breaking Pill, drawing an eager offer from a Dou Wang.