Recaps

Xiao Fan gathered powerful allies while training Yao Yue and preparing a public pill refinement to draw out the Soul Hall’s Protector Wu. The plan brought the fight to the Imperial Capital, where Queen Medusa and Hai Bodong joined Xiao Fan and Jia Xingtian against the attacker.

• Fa Ma offered Xiao Fan pill formulas and Phoenix blood, and Xiao Fan agreed to guide him after giving him a soul cultivation formula.
• Jia Xingtian asked Xiao Fan to take Yao Yue as a disciple, and Xiao Fan agreed to teach her while Zi Yan entered a cocoon and completed her evolution.
• Xiao Fan refined Imperial Extreme Pills for Hai Bodong, and Zi Yan emerged from her cocoon in a grown form before reverting to her little form.
• Xiao Fan attended Nalan Jie’s banquet, reclaimed Yun Yun’s promised reward, and warned her that Yun Shan might be dealing with the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Fan recruited Queen Medusa and Jia Xingtian to help him confront a powerful enemy, then obtained the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast’s Ganlan Water Flame and healed its injuries with a promised pill.
• Xiao Fan gave Yao Yue a Heavenly Flame sub-flame and guided her through suppressing it, then sent her back to the imperial palace with cultivation techniques.
• Xiao Fan began refining a Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill in public, and Protector Wu attacked before Zi Yan and Jia Xingtian blocked his strike.
• Queen Medusa appeared and drove Protector Wu back with a soul attack, while Hai Bodong arrived and froze the attacker’s swarm of evil ghosts.

Xiao Fan rescued Qing Lin, secured an uneasy settlement between the Snake-People Tribe and the Jia Ma Empire, and gathered allies and resources while the sisters’ Snake Marks complicated his life. As Yao Yue advanced through the Alchemist Tournament, Xiao Fan acquired a new flame and uncovered part of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations technique.

• Xiao Fan trapped Protector Wu in the Heaven Refining Ancient Array, sealed his soul, and proposed that Jia Xingtian make peace with the Snake-People Tribe.
• After Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran were abducted, Xiao Fan found them through Protector Wu’s memories and rescued Qing Lin from the Heavenly Snake Mansion with Queen Medusa’s help.
• Xiao Fan bound Lv Man as Xiao Lv, made White Fang his servant, and chose to keep Qing Lin by his side while recovering from his injuries.
• Queen Medusa and Die marked Xiao Fan with Snake Curse Seals, then joined negotiations that granted their tribe Mo City and nearby lands in exchange for peaceful coexistence.
• Xiao Fan gave Jia Xingtian a Break Sect Pill, set Yao Yue to compete in the Alchemist Tournament, and watched her outperform Yan Li in the first two rounds.
• Xiao Fan traded for a Peach Blossom Fire and discovered that a black iron sheet contained the first transformation of the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Transformations technique.
• Die taught Qing Lin about the Snake Curse Seal and shared secrets about Xiao Fan until Queen Medusa arrived and grabbed Die by the ear.

Xiao Fan guided Yao Yue to victory in the Alchemist Tournament, reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, and visited his family before heading into the Black-Corner Region. After reaching Jia Nan Academy, he joined its Alchemist Department and began investigating how to devour a cultivation method.

• Xiao Fan helped Yao Yue master the Three-Pattern Green Spirit Pill, and she won the Alchemist Tournament before he reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and learned of the Poison Sect’s plan.
• Xiao Fan left the Imperial Capital with Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Little Cai, visited the Xiao Family, and negotiated with Yao Lao for the Bone Chilling Flame and Burning Mantra.
• In Black Seal City, Xiao Fan uncovered Han Feng’s interest in the Heavenly Flame beneath Jia Nan Academy and stole Bodhi Body Saliva and a map fragment from the auction vault.
• The Blood Sect and Black Emperor tried to seize Qing Lin, but Xiao Fan and Zi Yan killed Blood Elder and Black Emperor while Lv Man killed Fan Ling.
• Xiao Fan reached Peace Town with his companions, met Hu Gan and Hu Jia, and revealed to Su Qian that he had reached the peak of Dou Ling.
• Xiao Fan gave Elder Huo his Alchemist’s Compendium, joined Jia Nan Academy’s Alchemist Department as a nominal elder, and began refining the Bone Chilling Flame.
• Xiao Fan wondered how the Spirit Devouring Art related to the Burning Mantra and considered devouring a cultivation method.

Xiao Fan entered the Inner Academy, strengthened his ties with Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Queen Medusa, and prepared to subdue the Fallen Heart Flame. As he entered the magma, Xiao Xiao Yan revealed that Queen Medusa had borne his twin daughters in their past life, and the two confronted their shared loss.

• Xiao Fan completed the Inner Academy selection, gathered Fire Energy Cards with his team, and settled into a residence with Qing Lin and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Fan and Zi Yan searched the back mountain, collected Earth Core Body Tempering Milk, and brought snake-type magical beasts back for Qing Lin.
• Xiao Fan refined a Soul Fusion Pill for Queen Medusa, and they argued before she revealed her hurt over his past abandonment.
• Xiao Fan lured the Fallen Heart Flame toward the tower, then asked Su Qian for permission to subdue it and offered pills in exchange.
• Xiao Fan visited Xiao Yu, while Queen Medusa fought Ling Ying and secured the Tou She Ancient God Jade from Gu Xun'er.
• Xiao Fan entered the magma to find the Fallen Heart Flame, and Queen Medusa used her Dou Qi to help him search inside the fire python.
• Xiao Xiao Yan told Xiao Fan that Queen Medusa had borne their twin daughters, and Queen Medusa described raising them after his death.
• Xiao Fan and Queen Medusa renewed their intimacy as she reminded him of what he owed her.