Recaps

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, gained Lei Jingxiao as a companion, and prepared for the delayed Pill Convention while confronting threats tied to the Spirit Clan. After studying how to advance his soul, Xiao Yan entered the Pill Tower and was ordered to surrender when its experts intervened.

• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Yi Xian had controlled her Woeful Poison Body with Jiang Yunyan's help, then agreed to let Lei Jingxiao travel with him for a year.
• Xiao Yan endured Lei Jingxiao's Heaven Class Dou Technique and used its lightning to strengthen his body and soul, while Lei Jingxiao accepted the year-long bet.
• Fanyin exposed Qin Tan's scheme with the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva, and Echo Valley returned the genuine substance to Xiao Yan's group.
• Lin Xiuya told Xiao Yan that the Pill Convention had been postponed for a year, and Xiao Yan traveled to Holy Pill City with his companions.
• Xuan Yi stopped Xiao Yan's reckless attempt to reach the Spiritual State Soul, then helped treat Tang Huo'er and gave Xiao Yan a jade slip about soul cultivation.
• Kang Ning revealed that the Spirit Clan was trying to predetermine the Pill Convention's winner, while Tang Zhen gave Xiao Yan Earth Core Soul Marrow.
• Xiao Yan studied Xuan Yi's teachings, learned it was Xiao Yi Xian's birthday, and set out to buy her a gift before visiting the Pill Tower.
• A black-clad alchemist attacked Xiao Yan with a Beast Flame, and Pill Tower experts appeared and ordered him to surrender.

Xiao Yan broke through to the Spiritual State Soul and two-star Dou Zun while Holy Pill City prepared for the Pill Convention. After a Spirit Clan Dou Sheng rescued Elder Mu Gu, Xiao Yan allied with the Pill Tower and went to the Dan Clan, where Dan Qiu released him from their agreement.

• Xiao Yan fought Song Qing and the Pill Tower alchemists, then chased off a gray-robed attacker before Xuan Yi introduced him to Haika, who forged Starfall Black Iron using Xiao Yan’s Red Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yan celebrated Xiao Yi Xian’s birthday, gave her a bracelet that could store his flame, and supported her plan to become Ice River Valley’s new Valley Master.
• Xiao Yi Xian took Xuan Yi’s Innate Spirit-Rekindling Pill, while Xiao Yan entered seclusion and used the Earth Core Soul Marrow to strengthen his soul.
• As Holy Pill City’s factions contested the Heavenly Secrets Talents Ranking, Xiao Yan’s breakthrough shook the city and revealed his Spiritual State Soul and advancement to early two-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan refused the Spirit Clan’s invitation and confronted Elder Mu Gu, but a Spirit Clan Dou Sheng rescued Mu Gu after Xiao Yan and his companions wounded him.
• Xuan Kongzi apologized for the Pill Tower’s failure to stop the rescue and recruited Xiao Yan to challenge the Spirit Clan for the Pill Convention championship, offering protection and rewards.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian visited the Dan Clan, where Dan Qiu released Xiao Yan from their agreement because the clan could not find anyone to fight him.

Xiao Yan entered the Pill Tower’s trials, proved his flame control, and deepened his ties with its people while Qing Lin survived a bloodline crisis. As the Spirit Clan’s influence over the Pill Tower’s affiliated families came into question, Wei Jiangyuan forced the Tower’s leaders to confront what they had concealed.

• Haika forged a medicinal cauldron for Xiao Yan and gave him the Wind-Driving Palm, while Xiao Yan asked him to reinforce the Heavy Profound Ruler and Xuan Yi showed him the Tower’s ingredient stores.
• Xiao Yan visited the Soul Skill Pavilion, where he met Su Huo and selected Frost Tail Needle, Soulflow Black Vortex, and the concealed Earth-tier Shadow Piercing Needle.
• Xiao Yan challenged the Dragon Pillar Fire Trial and lit all eight remaining pillars at once, earning a perfect score and acclaim from the crowd.
• Xiao Yan spent time with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, Lei Jingxiao, and Mu Qingluan, while Ling Zhuo prepared to challenge the 450-point threshold and a fortune-teller warned of Xiao Yan’s bloody calamity.
• Qing Lin was overcome by frigid power and royal bloodline changes, and Xiao Yan used his Heavenly Flames to help her survive and absorb the Nine Serene Deepground Python blood after Ming Mei explained her fate.
• Ling He warned Zou Wu to stop Xiao Yan from disrupting the Spirit Clan’s plans, while Xiao Yan practiced his soul techniques and learned from Wei Jiangyuan that the Cao Clan had defected over Cao Ying’s plight.
• Wei Jiangyuan brought Xiao Yan before Xuan Kongzi and demanded an explanation of the Spirit Clan’s actions toward the Cao Clan and Dan Clan, accusing the Pill Tower’s leaders of hiding the truth.

Xiao Yan won first place in the Heavenly Secrets Talents Ranking despite the Spirit Clan’s interference, then discovered the Spirit-Fusion Medicine Cauldron had been sabotaged. As the Dan Clan pledged itself to the Spirit Clan, Xiao Yan and Haika began forging a new Heavy Profound Ruler.

• Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan examined Dan Chen, learned of the Spirit Clan’s methods for creating alchemists, and failed to find a cure for her condition.
• Xiao Yan’s third trial ended with a poor score after his control over the Heavenly Flames faltered, so he focused on inventing a pill formula for the fourth trial.
• Xiao Yan completed his original formula, then used the Soul-Turning Secret Technique to overcome Ling He’s interference and climb to the ninety-sixth step of the Soul-Charging Stairway.
• Xiao Yan took first place in the ranking, rejected Ling He’s invitation to join the Spirit Clan, and received the Spirit-Fusion Medicine Cauldron as his prize.
• Ling He revealed that she had damaged three of the cauldron’s key formations, while Xiao Yan selected Formless Soul Concealment and the Heaven-Stirring Pill formula as his other rewards.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that the cauldron’s formations might take years to repair, and Xiao Yan brought rare metals to Haika to remake the Heavy Profound Ruler.
• Xiao Yan and six experts helped Haika forge the ruler, while the Dan Clan left the Pill Tower and pledged allegiance to the Spirit Clan.
• After fourteen days, Xiao Yan subdued the phoenix remnant soul in a ninth-tier magic core and forced the core into the ruler as Haika resumed the final forging step.