Recaps

An Yi reunited with Medusa, entrusted Azure Scale to Lu Man, and grew powerful enough to return to the Jia Ma Empire and settle scores with the Mo Clan. After saving Nalan Jie and receiving Medicine Elder’s alchemy inheritance, An Yi began refining pills and headed to the Alchemist Convention and the Nalan Family banquet.

• An Yi escaped the Tagor Great Desert with Yun Yun, then left Azure Scale in Lu Man’s care at Sky Serpent Mansion.
• An Yi punished Mo Cheng for trying to steal his treasure, killed him at the Mo Clan banquet, and reached Dou King after retreating to a remote cave.
• An Yi devoured the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Medusa awakened and revealed that the Seven-Colored Heaven-Devouring Python’s soul was struggling with her for control.
• An Yi burned Leile to ashes and subdued Leou at the Mittel auction house, then treated Nalan Jie’s Brazing Poison with his Vermilion Bird Divine Flame and advanced to Three-Star Dou King.
• An Yi revealed himself to Nalan Yanran, then met Xiao Yan and Medicine Elder, whom he identified as Yao Chen, and traded for Yao Chen’s alchemy inheritance.
• An Yi studied Yao Chen’s inheritance, refined exceptional Blood-Replenishing Pills, and planned to seek the Soul-Melting Pill prescription for Medusa.
• An Yi accepted Ya Fei’s invitation to the Nalan Family banquet, where Pill King Gu He would learn about him, and set out for the gathering.

An Yi stunned the Jia Ma Empire’s alchemists by refining a peak Fifth-Rank Dou Spirit Pill despite his inexperience, then reunited with Yun Yun and confronted Queen Medusa’s jealousy. The arc ended with Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran’s Three-Year Pact duel halted as a draw after An Yi contained their destructive attacks.

• At the Nalan Family banquet, An Yi crippled Mu Zhan with a bare-handed strike, then told Ya Fei and Nalan Yanran about his dangerous travels and recent rise to Three-Star Dou King.
• An Yi intercepted Jia Xingtian during the Imperial Capital’s clash of Dou Emperors, then fell asleep at the Alchemist Convention after days of studying alchemy.
• Despite having little experience, An Yi passed the convention’s rounds with extraordinary pills and refined a peak Fifth-Rank Dou Spirit Pill in the final, while Xiao Yan won the championship.
• Fa Ma gave An Yi the Soul-Merging Pill formula and ingredients in exchange for the Dou Spirit Pill, and An Yi returned Medicine Elder’s ring to Xiao Yan.
• At Yao Ye’s banquet, An Yi revealed his identity to Yun Yun in private, kissed her, and then faced Queen Medusa, who reacted jealously and stabilized his exhausted soul.
• An Yi cultivated with rare herbs and Magic Cores, recovered to Four-Star Dou Wang by dawn, and told Medusa he wanted to face a Dou Zong.
• At the Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran fought their Three-Year Pact duel before gathered dignitaries, while An Yi set limits on their attacks.
• Xiao Yan’s Three-Colored Fire Lotus collided with Nalan Yanran’s technique, and An Yi swallowed the resulting storm before declaring the duel a draw despite Yun Leng’s objection.

An Yi helped defeat Protector Wu, then plundered the Blood Sect and earned a fearsome reputation in the Black-Corner Region. He reunited with Xun'er at Jia Nan Academy, began studying alchemy, and headed to the Selection Tournament’s final round.

• An Yi, Yun Shan, Yun Yun, Medusa, and Medicine Elder defeated Protector Wu after exposing his Soul Imprint, and An Yi survived Protector Wu’s self-detonation with help from the others.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Hall of Souls had taken Xiao Zhan, settled his household in the Imperial Capital, and left for Jia Nan Academy to grow stronger.
• An Yi left Misty Cloud Mountain with Medusa, then killed Blood-Hand Tu Qian and traveled toward Black Seal City, where he joined Xiao Yan against Fan Lao’s Blood Sect ambush.
• An Yi killed Fan Ling and Fan Lao, looted the fallen Blood Sect fighters, and gave Xiao Yan the Pure Lotus Demon Fire Remnant Map before setting out to plunder the Blood Sect.
• An Yi’s exploits spread as the White Old Devil, while Xun'er waited for him at Jia Nan Academy and Xiao Yan arrived for the Inner Academy Selection Tournament.
• An Yi reached Jia Nan Academy, revealed his identity as Nangong Yi, reunited with Xun'er and Ruo Lin, and was allowed to bypass the regular tournament competition.
• An Yi rejected Hu Jia’s possessive challenge, intimidated Bai Shan, and revealed to Ruo Lin and Xun'er that he was a Five-Star Dou King and the White Old Devil who had destroyed the Blood Sect.
• An Yi began alchemy training, agreed to refine a Dou Spirit Pill for Xun'er, received basic recipes and herbs from Elder Hu, and carried Xun'er and Ruo Lin to the tournament’s final round.