Recaps

Lu Heng reunited with Liu Qing and Liu Fei at the Liu Residence, where Liu Qing introduced him to his parents as a Dou Zun and Eighth-Rank Alchemist. Liu Zhen doubted the claim until Lu Heng produced his Pill Tower token and eight-star badge.

• Liu Fei greeted Lu Heng warmly, and Liu Qing led him and his cousin to meet Liu Zhen and Su Wan.
• Liu Qing announced that Lu Heng was a Dou Zun and an Eighth-Grade Alchemist, shocking his family.
• Liu Zhen accused Liu Qing of being fooled and warned Lu Heng not to deceive the Liu Clan.
• Lu Heng placed his Pill Tower token and Eighth-Rank High-Level Alchemist badge on the table.

Lu Heng revealed his Eighth-Grade Alchemist credentials to Liu Zhen, who welcomed him as an honored guest and offered the Liu Clan’s support. As the clan hosted a feast, Lu Heng discussed visiting the Burning Flame Valley, while Liu Fei grew increasingly attentive to him.

• Liu Zhen verified Lu Heng’s Pill Tower Gold Token and Eighth-Grade Alchemist badge, then apologized and welcomed him as a guest of the Liu Clan.
• Lu Heng explained that he had come to visit Liu Qing and refine pills, and Liu Zhen offered him the clan’s high-grade medicinal ingredients.
• Liu Zhen offered to have Liu Qing introduce Lu Heng to Elder Chi Huo at the Burning Flame Valley, which Lu Heng planned to visit.
• Liu Zhen arranged a feast, and Liu Fei brought Lu Heng flower cakes that he praised.
• Liu Qing teased Liu Fei about changing clothes and acting unusually attentive toward Lu Heng.

Lu Heng used the Liu Clan’s medicinal stores and pill-refining chamber to make more than thirty pills over three days. He presented the pills to Liu Zhen and the clan, leaving them stunned by his results.

• Liu Fei blushed at Liu Qing’s teasing before Lu Heng settled into a guarded guest room for the night.
• Liu Qing took Lu Heng to breakfast, and Liu Zhen led them through the clan’s wards into its storeroom.
• Lu Heng chose two eighth-rank ingredients and several supplementary herbs, then entered the Liu Clan’s Alchemy Room to refine pills.
• Lu Heng refined pills for three days using the Myriad Beast Cauldron and two heavenly flames.
• Lu Heng presented Liu Zhen with more than thirty pills, including sixth- and seventh-grade pills, leaving the Liu family speechless.

Lu Heng rested after refining high-grade pills for the Liu Clan, then accompanied Liu Qing to Burning Flame Valley’s Tianhuang City office. There, Liu Qing introduced him to Elder Chi Huo, who doubted that someone so young could be an alchemist.

• Lu Heng handed Liu Zhen the pills he had refined and went to rest in the East Wing.
• Liu Zhen planned to send Liu Fei to attend to Lu Heng, but Liu Qing warned that the scheme could offend him and damage their friendship.
• Liu Heng spent two days recovering, and the medicinal energy further condensed his Chaos Dou Qi.
• Liu Qing brought Lu Heng to Burning Flame Valley’s office, where Elder Chi Huo berated several alchemists who had failed to meet his standards.
• Liu Qing introduced Lu Heng to Elder Chi Huo, who mocked the idea that the young man could be an alchemist.

Lu Heng used the Pill Tower Gold Token to prove his standing to Elder Chi Huo and agreed to travel to Burning Flame Valley to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Zhen. He parted ways with Liu Qing, who warned him about the valley and mentioned Liu Fei'er, before Elder Chi Huo led him toward a spatial passage.

• Lu Heng showed Elder Chi Huo the Pill Tower Gold Token and explained that Xuankong Zi had given it to him.
• Elder Chi Huo learned Lu Heng was an Eighth-Rank High-Level Alchemist and treated him with deference, then asked him to help refine the Fire Bodhi Pill.
• Lu Heng agreed to visit Burning Flame Valley, and Elder Chi Huo offered to open the station's dedicated spatial passage.
• Lu Heng said goodbye to Liu Qing, leaving him pills and a communication jade talisman for the Liu Clan's protection.
• Liu Qing warned Lu Heng to be careful around Tang Zhen and teased him about Liu Fei'er before Elder Chi Huo went to open a concealed door.

Lu Heng arrived at Burning Flame Valley with Elder Chi Huo and saw the sect’s powerful fire-rich homeland. In the main hall, he encountered Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er arguing over her attempt to refine the Fire Bodhi Pill and absorb the nine dragon thunder gang fire.

• Elder Chi Huo used a Jade Token to open the secret passage, and Lu Heng left with him while Liu Qing resolved to work harder.
• Lu Heng crossed the spatial passage unharmed as his chaos Dou Qi neutralized the spatial turbulence, impressing Elder Chi Huo.
• Lu Heng arrived at Burning Flame Valley, admired its volcanic landscape and dense fire energy, and flew with Elder Chi Huo to the main hall.
• Tang Huo'er argued that she could refine the nine dragon thunder gang fire without the Fire Bodhi Pill, while Tang Zhen warned that the attempt could kill her.
• Elder Chi Huo brought Lu Heng into the hall, and Tang Zhen looked him over with a frown.

Lu Heng arrived at Burning Flame Valley seeking the bounty to refine a Fire Bodhi Pill, but Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er doubted his youth and ability. He demonstrated control of two Heavenly Flames, leaving them stunned and Tang Zhen asking if they were both Heavenly Flames.

• Elder Chi Huo introduced Lu Heng to Tang Zhen as a grandmaster who had come to refine the Fire Bodhi Pill.
• Tang Huo'er mocked Lu Heng's age, and Tang Zhen ordered him to be hosted and escorted out because he did not believe he could refine the pill.
• Lu Heng asked Tang Zhen to let him take the test, while Tang Huo'er warned him that the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire could badly injure him.
• Tang Zhen asked Lu Heng to show his Alchemist Badge or let him probe his soul, but Lu Heng instead offered to demonstrate his fire control.
• Lu Heng summoned a deep azure flame and a deathly white flame, calmly weaving them together as the hall's fire energy receded.
• Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er stared in shock, and Tang Zhen asked whether Lu Heng had two Heavenly Flames.

Lu Heng demonstrated that he possessed three Heavenly Flames and Dou Zun strength, stunning Tang Zhen and Tang Huo'er. After Tang Zhen apologized and welcomed him, Lu Heng secured permission to take part in the Fire Bodhi Pill test, while keeping the secret of how he controlled the flames.

• Lu Heng revealed Green Lotus Core Flame, Fallen Heart Flame, and Sea Heart Flame, then released Dou Zun pressure that overwhelmed Tang Huo'er and Elder Chi Huo.
• Tang Zhen shielded Tang Huo'er and asked Lu Heng in shock whether he was a Dou Zun.
• Lu Heng withdrew his flames and pressure and asked to take part in the Fire Bodhi Pill test.
• Tang Zhen apologized, welcomed Lu Heng as Grandmaster Lu, and ordered tea and spirit fruit; Tang Huo'er also apologized.
• Tang Zhen asked how Lu Heng subdued three Heavenly Flames, and Lu Heng said only that his cultivation method was unusual.

Lu Heng negotiated compensation with Tang Zhen for refining the Fire Bodhi Pill, asking for rare cultivation resources or a dangerous place rich in energy. Tang Zhen offered access to Burning Flame Valley’s forbidden Heavenly Flame Melt Abyss, whose fire and metal energies could aid Lu Heng’s cultivation.

• Tang Zhen acknowledged Lu Heng’s eighth-rank alchemy status and asked what payment he wanted for helping Burning Flame Valley.
• Lu Heng requested eighth-rank-or-higher treasures of the five elements, but Tang Zhen explained that the valley lacked most non-fire materials.
• Lu Heng asked about dangerous cultivation grounds, and Elder Chi Huo suggested the Earth Core Flame Cavern.
• Tang Huo'er doubted Lu Heng could endure the cavern, but Lu Heng pointed out that he controlled three heavenly flames.
• Tang Zhen offered Lu Heng access to the forbidden Heavenly Flame Melt Abyss, and Lu Heng showed interest when he learned it contained baleful metal energy.

Lu Heng agreed to refine the Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Zhen and asked to enter Burning Flame Valley’s Heavenly Flame Melt Abyss. Tang Zhen recognized Lu Heng as the man who had destroyed Ice River Valley, leaving Tang Huo'er stunned and curious about the woman behind his actions.

• Tang Zhen told Lu Heng that the Heavenly Flame Melt Abyss contained dense metal, fire, and earth baleful energies that were dangerous to most cultivators.
• Lu Heng realized those energies would nourish his Five Spirits Chaos Art and Five Elements Spirit Body, then asked Tang Zhen to let him enter the abyss before refining the pill the next day.
• Tang Zhen agreed, and Tang Huo'er wondered how someone so young could already be a Dou Zun.
• Tang Zhen connected Lu Heng’s name and abilities to reports about the destruction of Ice River Valley, and Lu Heng confirmed that he had wiped it out.
• Tang Huo'er asked whether Lu Heng had really killed Bing He and whether the woman who angered him was prettier than her; Lu Heng replied that she was a peerless fairy.

Lu Heng entered Burning Flame Valley’s Heavenly Flame Melt Abyss to cultivate, absorbing its baleful energies as he descended. He plunged past the fourth level toward the Earth Core Flame Eye, forcing Tang Zhen to follow.

• Tang Zhen took Lu Heng to the sealed entrance of the Heavenly Flame Melt Abyss, and Tang Huo'er joined them to test how far Lu Heng could descend.
• Tang Zhen opened the barrier and warned Lu Heng that the abyss had five levels and that even he could not remain long at the Earth Core Flame Eye.
• Lu Heng absorbed the violent energy at the entrance and dove into the abyss without activating protective Dou Qi.
• Lu Heng passed through the second and third levels, absorbing earth and fire baleful energy with his Five Spirits Chaos Art and Five Elements Spirit Body.
• Lu Heng swept past the fourth level's stone chambers and plunged toward the fifth, while Tang Zhen followed with a shield of thunder and flame.

Lu Heng explored the magma lake beneath the Earth Core Flame Eye and retrieved an Earth Vein Golden Fiend Fruit. He returned unharmed and told Tang Zhen he would begin refining Huo'er’s Fire Bodhi Pill the next morning.

• Lu Heng sensed a hidden energy vortex beneath the magma and asked Tang Zhen to watch above before diving into the lake.
• Lu Heng found an Earth Vein Golden Fiend Fruit embedded in the rock bed and subdued its violent metal fiend qi.
• Lu Heng sealed the fruit in a Warm Jade Box, stored it, and surfaced through the magma unharmed.
• Tang Zhen was astonished to see Lu Heng return without a scorch mark and heard him describe the treasure as a little trinket.
• Lu Heng told Tang Zhen they could leave and that he would refine Huo'er’s Fire Bodhi Pill the next morning.

Lu Heng returned unharmed from the Heavenly Flame Melt Abyss, and Tang Zhen arranged for him to stay at Red Feather Courtyard. Tang Huo'er began to trust him with refining the Fire Bodhi Pill before her attempt to fuse with the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.

• Lu Heng emerged from the abyss unharmed, astonishing Tang Huo'er and reassuring Tang Zhen.
• Tang Zhen sent Tang Huo'er to escort Lu Heng to Red Feather Courtyard so he could rest before refining the Fire Bodhi Pill.
• Lu Heng asked Tang Huo'er to call him Big Brother Lu Heng, and she agreed.
• Tang Huo'er showed Lu Heng the quiet courtyard and reminded him that her attempt to fuse with the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire depended on him.
• Lu Heng entered the courtyard, meditated, and decided to wait until after refining the pill before absorbing the Earth Vein Golden Fiend Fruit.

Lu Heng and Tang Zhen began refining the Fire Bodhi Pill in a sealed chamber, with Tang Zhen supplying the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and Lu Heng controlling the ingredients. By the morning of the third day, the medicinal liquids had fused into a shrinking mass that was beginning to form pill patterns.

• Tang Huo'er brought Lu Heng three sets of medicinal ingredients to the pill-refining chamber on Red Cloud Peak's Back Mountain.
• Tang Zhen summoned the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and sent Tang Huo'er to guard the chamber for three days.
• Lu Heng used his soul power and the Myriad Beast Cauldron to temper Tang Zhen's flame and extract the ingredients.
• After a day, the ingredients had become thirty-six clusters of medicinal liquid, and Lu Heng began fusing them while Tang Zhen sustained the flame.
• By the morning of the third day, the liquids had fused into a dark-red mass that was shrinking and developing pill patterns as fiery medicinal mist rose above the chamber.

Lu Heng refined a peak seventh-grade Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Huo'er and effortlessly absorbed its pill lightning. Tang Zhen honored Burning Flame Valley's promise, and Lu Heng planned to cultivate in the Heavenly Flame Melt Abyss after resting.

• Tang Huo'er and Elder Chi Huo waited outside the cavern as pill lightning gathered over Red Cloud Peak.
• Lu Heng emerged with Tang Zhen and revealed the peak seventh-grade Fire Bodhi Pill, which could greatly improve Tang Huo'er's chances of merging with the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• Lu Heng absorbed and dispersed the pill lightning with his Five Elements Roulette, leaving Tang Huo'er and the guards stunned.
• Tang Zhen thanked Lu Heng, gave him permission to choose three treasures from Burning Flame Valley, and reaffirmed their offer of access to the Heavenly Flame Melt Abyss.
• Lu Heng chose to cultivate in the Heavenly Flame Melt Abyss, and Tang Zhen suggested he rest until the next day.