Recaps

Xiao Tianci earned his Third-Tier Alchemist badge, then sought rare ingredients for a Resurrection Pill and traded Demon-Subduing Golden Dragon essence blood to Gute for two of them. After learning Azure Cloud Sacred Ice might lie in the Tager Desert, Xiao Tianci set out for the empire’s eastern border, bound for a nearby city by White-Winged Giant Falcon.

• Xiao Tianci passed the Second- and Third-Tier Alchemist examinations in Black Rock City and agreed to represent its guild at the Alchemist Conference in six months.
• Xiao Tianci obtained the Resurrection Pill formula and asked Frank and Otto to help locate its three rare ingredients, learning that Gute might possess the Immortal-Slaying Underworld Flower.
• Xiao Tianci traded Demon-Subduing Golden Dragon essence blood and a Tier 6 Wood-Attribute Monster Core to Gute for the Immortal-Slaying Underworld Flower and Yin-Yang Immortal Spring.
• Gute told Xiao Tianci that Azure Cloud Sacred Ice might be in the deepest part of the Tager Desert, within Snake-People Tribe territory, and Xiao Tianci accepted a mission to seek it and refine the Resurrection Pill.
• Xiao Tianci gathered supplementary ingredients, promised Otto and Frank he would attend the Alchemist Conference, and prepared pills for his journey east.
• Xiao Tianci exchanged a Three-Pattern Spirit Clearing Pill for a place in line at the Flight Transport Agency, then boarded a White-Winged Giant Falcon bound for a nearby city with Green Ox.

Xiao Tianci traveled to the Tagor Desert, acquired half of a map fragment from Hai Bodong, and gained a promise of service in exchange for finding the ingredients to break Hai Bodong’s seal. After reaching six-star Dou Wang, Xiao Tianci rescued the Desert Iron Mercenary Group from the Snake-People and agreed to travel with them to Stone Desert City.

• Xiao Tianci drew the Cold Sky Sword during his flight east, then used green dou qi to stabilize the White-Winged Giant Falcon as the sword absorbed energy.
• Ha Lang and three alchemists tried to seize Xiao Tianci’s sword, but Xiao Tianci killed Ha Lang with Samadhi True Fire and forced the others off the falcon before leaving for the Tagor Desert.
• In Desert City, Xiao Tianci challenged the mapmaker Hai Bodong over a map fragment, then learned Hai Bodong was the Ice Emperor, weakened by Queen Medusa’s Snake Sealing Curse.
• Xiao Tianci agreed to find Sand Mandala and refine a sixth-grade pill for Hai Bodong in exchange for Hai Bodong’s service as a Dou Emperor fighter, and received a map of desert resources.
• Xiao Tianci used a system-gifted Limitless Dou Ling Pill to reach six-star Dou Wang, then traveled into the desert seeking medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Tianci rescued Dan Zai and agreed to help the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, whose members were surrounded by Snake-People.
• Xiao Tianci killed the attacking Snake-People with the Cold Sky Sword and Great River Sword Intent, then defeated their leader with Sun True Fire.
• Xue Lan promised Xiao Tianci the group’s medicinal herbs and invited him to travel with them to Stone Desert City, and Xiao Tianci accepted.

Xiao Tianci reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in Stone Desert City, advanced to the Dou Emperor realm, and pursued the Red Water Spirit Root at an oasis. After confronting the Sand Mercenary Group, he led a team into a hidden cave beneath the lake to search for what lay below.

• Xiao Tianci arrived at the Desert Iron Mercenary Group’s headquarters, reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and asked them to keep his strength secret while he offered to refine pills for the group.
• Xiao Tianci comforted Qing Lin despite the hostility she faced over her human-snake bloodline, then refined a Limitless Dou Ling Pill while she watched.
• Xiao Tianci swallowed the pill and cultivated until he reached the Dou Emperor realm, then tested his strength in the desert before joining the group’s quarterly trial.
• Xiao Li challenged Xiao Tianci to a duel, but Xiao Tianci defeated him without using Dou Qi and revealed that he sought Azure Cloud Sacred Ice and the Red Water Spirit Root.
• Xiao Tianci investigated an oasis with Qing Lin, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li, and Qing Lin sensed that an injured aura had taken the Red Water Spirit Root.
• Xiao Ding organized a search beneath the oasis lake, while Xiao Tianci drove off Mo Xing and forced Sha Luo to keep the Sand Mercenary Group away from the site.
• Xiao Tianci’s team uncovered a hidden cave entrance beneath the lake, and he prepared to descend with Qing Lin, Xiao Ding, and selected mercenaries.

Xiao Tianci found the Red Water Spirit Root and Qing Lin gained control of the Two-Headed Snake Beast before he set out alone for the Tagor Desert. There he clashed with Yue Mei and reunited with Yun Yun as Gu He’s group pursued the Green Lotus Core Flame.

• Xiao Tianci led Xiao Ding and Qing Lin through a scorching underground passage to a magma cavern, where he froze the Two-Headed Snake Beast and collected two mature Red Water Spirit Roots.
• As the group left, the thawing Two-Headed Snake Beast seized Qing Lin, whose Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils compelled it into a contract.
• Xiao Tianci refined pills for the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, then left Stone Desert City and traveled toward the deepest reaches of the Tagor Desert.
• Needing water, Xiao Tianci entered an oasis and encountered Yue Mei, then killed her guards and overwhelmed her when she attacked him.
• A group led by Gu He arrived seeking an audience with Queen Medusa, and Yue Mei fled from Feng Li and Yan Shi while Xiao Tianci left the oasis.
• Gu He questioned Xiao Tianci about the slain guards, but let him go, and Yue Mei escaped her pursuers by scattering into energy serpents.
• Yun Yun left Gu He’s group and reunited with Xiao Tianci, who told her he was training and searching for medicinal ingredients.
• Yun Yun warned Xiao Tianci about Queen Medusa and confirmed Gu He sought the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Xiao Tianci revealed his Samadhi True Fire and gave Yun Yun a Taiping Golden Pill.