Recaps

Xiao Qing advanced under Old Yao’s tutelage, gained powerful flames and talents, and helped restore Hai Bodong’s cultivation in exchange for the Fragmented Maps. He followed their lead to the Tagor Desert and reached the chamber where the Green Lotus Core Flame lay.

• Xiao Qing became a Dou Zhe, advanced his Fire Control talent, and concealed his rapid cultivation at the Xiao Family test.
• Xiao Qing broke through to Dou Shi, awakened his Emperor Dou Bloodline, and accepted Old Yao as his master after Old Yao emerged from the black ring.
• Xiao Qing absorbed the Bone Chilling Flame Sub-flame, advanced the Burning Mantra, and refined a Grade 4 Foundation Solidifying Pill that restored Yan Qian’s health and helped Xiao Zhan reach Dou Ling.
• Xiao Qing trained with Old Yao, left Wutan City, and defeated the Demon Flame Wolf before gathering herbs and advancing to Dou Ling in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Qing killed the Heaven-Swallowing Demon Snake, obtained its Devour Talent, and watched Old Yao refine a Spirit-Nourishing Pill that raised his soul power to Peak Mortal Realm.
• Xiao Qing met Gu Xian'er and learned that her mother, Gu Ting, suffered from poison linked to Xiao Yi Xian’s Innate Woe Poison Body, then traveled to the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Qing broke Hai Bodong’s Snake Sealing Curse in exchange for the Fragmented Maps, restoring Hai Bodong’s cultivation and earning his token.
• Xiao Qing followed the Green Lotus Core Flame’s signal, opened a passage into the underground world, and dove beneath the Lava Lake to reach the chamber where Old Yao identified the flame.

Xiao Qing subdued Queen Medusa, helped her evolve, and was drawn with her into an ancient Small World where he uncovered a clan legacy while Old Yao fell into a deep slumber. After returning to the Xiao Family with Qing Lin, Xiao Qing crushed threats to his family and prepared to leave Wutan City, having strengthened the family’s position.

• Xiao Qing refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, broke through to Three-Star Dou Wang, and defeated Queen Medusa before securing her agreement to serve him for ten years in exchange for helping her evolve.
• Xiao Qing refined pills for the Snake-People Tribe, then guided Queen Medusa through her evolution into an Eight-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python, but a spatial rift pulled them into a ruined Small World.
• Xiao Qing defeated Saint Xueyou with the Golden Book, but Old Yao expended his recovering Soul Origin to protect him and fell into a deep slumber.
• Xiao Qing found Queen Medusa fighting corrupted beasts, and they reached the Sky Temple, where Saint Qingling began Medusa’s bloodline inheritance and gave Xiao Qing the Heavenly Snake Canon and Annihilation Sword Art.
• Xiao Qing returned to the Tagor Desert, found Qing Lin after her grandmother died, comforted her, and took her to the Xiao Family as his younger sister.
• Xiao Qing stopped assassins hired by Jialie Bi to capture Xiao Ding, destroyed Jialie Bi and the Council Hall, and drove Nalan Jie from the Xiao Family’s Council Hall.
• Xiao Qing gave Xiao Zhan pills and the Flame Sun Technique, helped strengthen the Xiao Family and its influence in Wutan City, and prepared to leave while entrusting Qing Lin and Gu Xun'er to Xiao Zhan’s care.

Xiao Qing won the Alchemist Conference, restored Old Yao, and destroyed the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect before returning to Wutan City to entrust Gu Xun’er with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin. He then entered the Black Abyss Mountains and began refining a Humanoid Transformation Pill for Zi Yan.

• Hai Bodong asked Xiao Qing to refine a Restoration Purple Pill, and Xiao Qing accepted the Soul Infant Spirit Pill formula and ingredients as payment.
• Xiao Qing traveled with Hai Bodong to the Imperial Capital, where he won the Alchemist Conference by refining a Tier 6 Emperor Ultimate Pill.
• Xiao Qing refined a Break Sect Pill for Yun Shan, broke through to Six-Star Dou Wang, and secretly awakened Old Yao with Soul-Warming Spirit Liquid.
• After the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect attacked the border, Xiao Qing and Hai Bodong invaded its stronghold and killed Xie Biyan, while Xiao Qing captured Iron Protector.
• Xiao Qing discovered and subdued the Nether Poison Flame, then returned to the capital as news of his victory spread across the empire.
• Xiao Qing brought Gu Ting and Xiao Yi Xian to Wutan City and asked Gu Xun’er to protect Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin while he was away.
• In the Black Abyss Mountains, Xiao Qing met Zi Yan, agreed to refine her a Humanoid Transformation Pill for a drop of her origin essence blood, and began the refinement.

Xiao Qing avenged Yao Chen, grew stronger through pill refinement and the Fallen Heart Flame, and prepared to confront Demon Flame Valley. The arc ended with Earth Demon Old Ghost facing Xiao Qing above Demon Flame City.

• Xiao Qing transformed Zi Yan into a human girl, then traveled with her to Black Seal City and killed Fan Xian and Fan Tong after they attacked him.
• At the Eight Fan Gate auction, Xiao Qing traded pills for the Heavenly Lightning Body Tempering Method, then killed Fan Lao and other pursuers in the Withered Bone Wasteland.
• Xiao Qing broke through to Eight-Star Dou Wang, defeated Han Feng in Maple City, and erased his soul to avenge Yao Chen.
• Xiao Qing joined Su Qian and Jia Nan Academy for the Black Emperor Pavilion Auction, where he won the Heavenly Fire Lightning Tribulation Liquid and killed a Demon Flame Valley ambush party.
• At Jia Nan Academy, Xiao Qing refined Break-Venerable Pills and created the Lightning Tribulation Pill by combining captured Pill Lightning with body-tempering ingredients.
• Xiao Qing cultivated beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower, absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame, and gave Jia Nan Academy its infant flame before agreeing to revive Venerable Skyfire in exchange for his service.
• Xiao Qing left Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan and Old Yao to seize Demon Flame Valley's stores and obtain the Heavenly Demon Puppet's refining method.
• Xiao Qing arrived above Demon Flame City, where Earth Demon Old Ghost confronted him after reaching Seven-Star Dou Zong.