Recaps

Xiao Qing impressed the Thousand and Hundred Elders by revealing that he was a seven-year-old Eight-Star Da Dou Shi who could refine Fifth Grade medicinal pills. After Hu Gan brought him and the other top students into the Library Pavilion, a red streak shot out of one of the room’s energy barriers.

• The Thousand and Hundred Elders questioned Xiao Qing about his master and learned that Fire Elder taught him alchemy.
• Xiao Qing said he could refine Fifth Grade medicinal pills, and the Elders accepted his claim and remembered his name.
• The Thousand and Hundred Elders opened the Space Lock, and Hu Gan led Xiao Qing and the other students into the Library Pavilion.
• Hu Gan explained that each student could take one item and had one hour to choose, then the five entered the pavilion.
• Xiao Qing and the others found a bright room lined with energy barriers, and a red streak shot out from one of them.

Xiao Qing obtained the Intermediate Earth Tier Dou Technique Demonic Lightning Body from the Library Pavilion and learned it required lightning to temper the body. After leaving the pavilion, he returned to his dormitory and considered waiting for a thunderstorm to begin cultivating it.

• Xiao Qing ignored a High Xuan Tier cultivation method and used his soul power to locate a deep black energy cluster in the Library Pavilion.
• Xiao Qing seized the ancient scroll Demonic Lightning Body and stored it in his Storage Ring as the other four students waited outside.
• Xiao Qing and the others left the Library Pavilion after the Thousand and Hundred Elders warned them to keep their discoveries secret.
• Hu Gan told Xiao Qing and the others to report back in four days so he could take them into the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Qing read that Demonic Lightning Body required lightning to form thirty-six patterns and decided he would need to wait for a thunderstorm.

Xiao Qing traveled with the Outer Academy students to the hidden entrance of the Inner Academy. After Hu Gan led them through a concealed silver gate, Inner Academy elders noticed Xiao Qing’s Eight-Star Da Dou Shi cultivation and wondered whether he was the exceptional newcomer Hu Gan had promised.

• Xiao Qing joined the students gathering at Hu Gan’s study, and Hu Gan announced they would travel to the Inner Academy on Griffin Beasts.
• Hu Gan and three elderly Dou Emperors protected the group as they flew through the forest, killing magical beasts that attacked them.
• At a ravine, Hu Gan revealed a hidden silver gate and led the students and Griffin Beasts through it.
• Two Inner Academy elders greeted Hu Gan and questioned him about the new students.
• The elders identified Xiao Qing as the group’s strongest student and were surprised he was only an Eight-Star Da Dou Shi, since the Fire Energy Hunting Competition captains were Dou Lings.

Xiao Qing entered the Fire Energy Hunting Competition alone and quickly overwhelmed a group of old students who tried to ambush him. After taking the Fire Energy from four of them, he challenged their two-star Dou Ling leader, who realized Xiao Qing was only an eight-star Da Dou Shi.

• Elder Su and Elder Qing gave the new students crystal chips and explained that they had to cross the forest while old students tried to seize their Fire Energy.
• Xiao Qing separated from the other top students and used his soul force to search the forest as he headed toward the Inner Academy.
• Four old students ambushed Xiao Qing, but he struck them down with his Scarlet Fire Seal.
• Xiao Qing transferred the four students' Fire Energy to his own card, then demanded that their leader hand over his Fire Energy.
• The handsome young leader leaped down to face Xiao Qing and was astonished to discover that Xiao Qing was only an eight-star Da Dou Shi.

Xiao Qing defeated He Haoran and the Black Fiend Team, using the First Change of the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame to overcome He Haoran’s Earth Tier technique. After recovering and claiming 270 Fire Energy, he headed toward the Inner Academy, where Elder Su and Elder Qing prepared to meet him.

• He Haoran introduced himself to Xiao Qing, then attacked with his Frost Heavenly Chill Halberd after Xiao Qing demanded his Fire Energy.
• Xiao Qing’s Scarlet Fire Seals failed to stop the halberd, so he activated the First Change of the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Flame and reached Dou Ling strength.
• Xiao Qing countered the halberd with emerald Scarlet Fire Seals and defeated He Haoran with another pair, leaving him in a deep pit.
• Xiao Qing recovered, took 270 Fire Energy from He Haoran’s Fire Crystal Card, and left the five defeated members of the Black Fiend Team behind.
• Elder Su and Elder Qing watched Xiao Qing’s fight, praised his strength, and vanished to wait for him at the Inner Academy’s finish line.
• Xiao Qing headed toward the Inner Academy as senior students gathered around a rocky area near the route.

Xiao Qing reached the Inner Academy ahead of the other new students after defeating the Black Fiend Team, earning a Green Fire Crystal Card loaded with fifty days of Fire Energy. Elder Su then escorted him to a quiet pavilion assigned to him alone, where Xiao Qing began his stay in the Inner Academy.

• Xiao Qing emerged from the forest, and the old students recognized him as Fire Elder's seven-year-old disciple, an eight-star Da Dou Shi and alchemist.
• Elder Su congratulated Xiao Qing for arriving first and defeating the five members of the Black Fiend Team, rewarding him with a Green Fire Crystal Card and fifty days of Fire Energy.
• Elder Su explained the crystal card rankings and had Xiao Qing transfer the Fire Energy from his black card before taking it back.
• Elder Su led Xiao Qing into the Inner Academy and assigned him a quiet pavilion apart from the other top students.
• Elder Su left Xiao Qing at the pavilion, and Elder Qing remained behind to await the other new students.

Xiao Qing cultivated in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and discovered that the Heart Flame was refining residue from the Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva into a miniature Bodhi Seed. He left the nearly empty tower as an elderly man wondered whether he was the Xiao Qing Old Su had mentioned.

• Xiao Qing waited for the tower to open, entered, and used the Heart Flame to temper his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Qing rented an intermediate cultivation room with his Green Fire Crystal Card and cultivated until the bell rang.
• Xiao Qing searched his body for fire poison and discovered a miniature Bodhi Seed forming in his dantian.
• Xiao Qing realized continued cultivation could temper the residue into a complete Bodhi Seed and protect him from fire poison.
• Xiao Qing left the tower, where an elderly man watched him and wondered if he was the Xiao Qing Old Su had mentioned.

Xiao Qing impressed Elder Liu by enduring the Heart Flame without fire poison, and Elder Liu let him cultivate on the fourth floor of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. While Xiao Qing cultivated in seclusion, news of his victory over the Black Fiend Team spread through the Inner Academy, and factions began seeking to recruit him.

• Elder Liu met Xiao Qing and agreed to let him bypass the new-student restriction and cultivate on the fourth floor.
• Elder Liu escorted Xiao Qing down to the fourth floor, where Xiao Qing entered a vacant high-grade cultivation room and began cultivating.
• The Black Fiend Team returned after the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, and students learned that Xiao Qing had defeated all five members.
• Older students were astonished to learn that Xiao Qing was seven years old, a Fourth-Grade Alchemist, and an eight-star Da Dou Shi.
• Inner Academy factions searched for Xiao Qing and learned he was cultivating in the tower, so they waited for him to emerge.

After three months of cultivating with the Heart Flame, Xiao Qing broke through to Dou Ling and drew the Azure Sky Transforming Dragon Technique, which required Heavenly Dragon Aura to cultivate. He considered using Zi Yan’s essence blood to meet that requirement, then emerged from the cultivation chamber to find faction members waiting to recruit him.

• Xiao Qing completed his breakthrough from an Eight-Star Da Dou Shi to a One-Star Dou Ling after three months of cultivation.
• Xiao Qing used his remaining draw and received the Azure Sky Transforming Dragon Technique, an ultimate art created by Qing Zhi.
• Xiao Qing learned that the technique required Heavenly Dragon Aura and considered using Zi Yan’s essence blood as a substitute.
• Xiao Qing emerged from the cultivation chamber, and his Dou Ling aura startled the senior students waiting to recruit him.
• The senior students realized Xiao Qing was stronger than expected and reconsidered trying to force him to join their factions.

Xiao Qing lured Zi Yan to his room by refining a Fire Spirit Pill, then negotiated a deal with the Ancient Void Dragon hatchling. Zi Yan agreed to take him treasure hunting in the mountains, while Xiao Qing hoped to use the opportunity to obtain her blood essence and find Earth Core Tempering Milk.

• Xiao Qing returned to his pavilion and began refining a fifth-grade Fire Spirit Pill to attract Zi Yan.
• As the pill neared completion, Zi Yan entered Xiao Qing's room through a ripple in space, drawn by the treasure's scent.
• Zi Yan offered to refine rare medicinal ingredients into pills for her in exchange for protecting Xiao Qing in the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Qing asked Zi Yan to take him along on future mountain treasure hunts, and she questioned whether he would hold her back.
• Xiao Qing promised to follow Zi Yan's directions in the mountains.

Xiao Qing refined pills for Zi Yan, who beat up the Lion Gang leader and his men after they came to challenge him. After enjoying a stretch of peace, Xiao Qing went into the mountains to cultivate the Demonic Lightning Body, enduring a lightning strike before preparing to endure another.

• Xiao Qing gave Zi Yan the pills he had refined, and she promised to protect him from anyone who caused trouble.
• Zi Yan attacked the Lion Gang members who came to confront Xiao Qing, leaving them battered but alive.
• News of Zi Yan's intervention spread among the factions, and Xiao Qing enjoyed a period without trouble.
• Xiao Qing traveled into the mountains during a storm and used the Heavenly Thunder Guiding Method to draw lightning onto himself.
• Xiao Qing circulated the Demonic Lightning Body technique to absorb the lightning and strengthen his body, then drew down another bolt.

After tempering his body with heavenly lightning, Xiao Qing discovered an Ice Flood Dragon and a Snow Demon Ape fighting over Earth Core Tempering Milk. He waited above the valley, hoping to exploit the battle, as the Snow Demon Ape unleashed a strange red glow and attacked the Ice Flood Dragon.

• Xiao Qing completed the Demonic Lightning Body tempering and gained a powerful physique marked by twelve lightning patterns.
• Hearing two powerful beast roars, Xiao Qing abandoned his return to the Inner Academy and headed toward the mountains.
• Xiao Qing found the Ice Flood Dragon and Snow Demon Ape fighting in a valley over Earth Core Tempering Milk.
• Xiao Qing decided to wait and see whether the Snow Demon Ape would be badly injured so he could seize the treasure.
• The Snow Demon Ape surrounded itself with a strange red glow, and the Ice Flood Dragon struck it into a mountain wall before the ape counterattacked.

Xiao Qing killed the grievously wounded Snow Demon Ape, collected its Tier-Five Magic Core, and found the Earth Core Tempering Milk deep inside the cave. After using the diluted milk with medicinal ingredients to cultivate, he reached Three-Star Dou Ling.

• The Ice Flood Dragon self-destructed after biting the Snow Demon Ape, leaving the ape gravely injured.
• Xiao Qing struck down the Snow Demon Ape with two emerald-green palm prints and took its Tier-Five Magic Core.
• Xiao Qing explored the cave, found the diluted Earth Core Tempering Milk beneath a giant stalactite, and collected it.
• Xiao Qing refined medicinal ingredients into a basin, mixed in the diluted Earth Core Tempering Milk, and cultivated in the mixture.
• Xiao Qing absorbed the energy and broke through to Three-Star Dou Ling.

Xiao Qing retaliated against the factions that had planned to cripple his cultivation, defeating their leaders and limiting their future advancement. After returning to cultivate, he was visited by Zi Yan, and he offered to take her somewhere before making more pills for her.

• Xiao Qing overheard the Clear Wind Gang leader Feng and the Lion Gang leader Kuang plotting to cripple him.
• Xiao Qing defeated Feng and Kuang with his Scarlet Fire Seals and altered their bodies so they could advance only to the Dou Wang realm.
• Xiao Qing went on to challenge several other factions, and news of his victories stirred up the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Qing returned to his dormitory and cultivated while waiting for Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan appeared, asked Xiao Qing to refine more pills, and Xiao Qing offered to take her somewhere first.

Xiao Qing took Zi Yan to an underground cavern to collect Earth Core Tempering Milk, then persuaded her to help him obtain Dragon Emperor's Blood Essence. After several days of caring for Zi Yan as she recovered, he told her she could choose whether to stay or leave.

• Xiao Qing brought Zi Yan to a giant stalactite, where she helped him reach the Earth Core Tempering Milk.
• Xiao Qing collected more than half the Earth Core Tempering Milk, left some to preserve the stalactite, and gave Zi Yan one-third of his share.
• Xiao Qing promised Zi Yan his remaining milk if she helped him cultivate, then obtained a drop of Dragon Emperor's Blood Essence from her.
• Xiao Qing refined an Essence Cultivating Pill for Zi Yan and brought her to his pavilion to recover.
• Several days later, Xiao Qing served Zi Yan medicinal soup and told her she could choose whether to stay or leave once her recovery was complete.

Xiao Qing refined Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor’s Blood Essence with the Azure Sky Transforming Dragon Technique, forming a bloodline connection between them, then spent two years cultivating to Three-Star Dou Wang and obtaining the Seed Flame of the Life Spirit Flame. Finding the Inner Academy’s training chamber no longer useful, he considered leaving the academy, but Zi Yan appeared in his room as he returned.

• Xiao Qing swallowed Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor’s Blood Essence and cultivated the Azure Sky Transforming Dragon Technique, causing purple-gold scales and a dragon aura to emerge as Zi Yan sensed their bloodline connection.
• Xiao Qing told Zi Yan he did not need more of her blood essence for now, and she was disappointed that her medicinal soup supply might end.
• Xiao Qing exchanged pill refining for Fire Energy and trained in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower while occasionally gathering herbs and making pills for Zi Yan.
• Over two years, Xiao Qing advanced to Three-Star Dou Wang and drew the Seed Flame of the Life Spirit Flame, which improved his Dou Qi and cultivation speed.
• Xiao Qing decided the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower offered little benefit and considered leaving the academy; when he returned to his room, Zi Yan suddenly appeared.

After receiving a letter from Xiao Zhan, Xiao Qing decided to return to the Xiao Household and travel for a while, and Zi Yan asked to accompany him. Su Qian approved their leave, and they departed the Inner Academy through its barrier, where an elder arranged a Griffin Beast for their long journey to the Jia Ma Empire.

• Zi Yan gave Xiao Qing a letter from Xiao Zhan, who asked him to return to the Xiao Household for help.
• Xiao Qing decided to visit home and travel, and Zi Yan persuaded him to take her along if Su Qian approved.
• Xiao Qing and Zi Yan asked Su Qian for permission to leave, and he agreed to let Zi Yan accompany Xiao Qing.
• Xiao Qing and Zi Yan reached the Inner Academy barrier, where an elder opened a silver gate for them.
• After they flew through the gate, the elder suggested they use a Griffin Beast for the journey to the Jia Ma Empire.

Xiao Qing said farewell to Fire Elder and left Jia Nan Academy with Zi Yan to travel back toward the Jia Ma Empire. After arriving at Ghost Suppression Pass, they set off into the empire, though Xiao Qing decided to travel around before heading to Wutan City.

• Xiao Qing visited Fire Elder, revealed he had refined a sixth-grade Dou Ling Pill, and bid farewell before returning to his clan and traveling for experience.
• Xiao Qing reunited with Zi Yan at the Griffin Beast plaza, gave her medicinal pellets, and they flew toward Canaan City.
• After two months of travel, Xiao Qing and Zi Yan arrived at Ghost Suppression Pass, the border of the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Qing bought a map, then he and Zi Yan flew away from the pass beneath onlookers' astonished gazes.
• When Zi Yan asked whether they were going straight to Wutan City, Xiao Qing said they would travel around first and look for opportunities.

Xiao Qing and Zi Yan traveled to Mo City to investigate an opportunity linked to the Heavenly Flames, where Xiao Qing found a fragment map in Hai Bo Dong’s shop. When Hai Bo Dong demanded information about the map and attacked, Xiao Qing’s palm strike shattered his ice defense and hit him.

• Xiao Qing and Zi Yan flew into Tagor Desert, and Xiao Qing told her he sensed an opportunity there.
• In Mo City, Xiao Qing asked Zhang Tie where to buy a desert map and followed his directions to Gu Tu.
• Xiao Qing warned Zi Yan that giving pills to strangers could bring them trouble, then bought a map at Hai Bo Dong’s shop.
• Xiao Qing examined a fragment map associated with the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, but Hai Bo Dong said it was not for sale.
• Hai Bo Dong demanded information about the fragment map and attacked Xiao Qing with freezing air.
• Xiao Qing struck Hai Bo Dong with a crystalline green palm print that melted his ice mirror and slammed into him.

Xiao Qing defeated Hai Bo Dong and took the other half of the fragment map before continuing into the desert with Zi Yan. There, he found a young girl named Qing Lin imprisoned in a caravan and recognized her special constitution.

• Xiao Qing defeated Hai Bo Dong in the map shop and took the other half of the fragment map.
• Xiao Qing and Zi Yan rested in Mo City, then flew into the desert before dawn.
• A caravan carrying captive snake women traveled toward Stone Desert City, and Xiao Qing noticed a human-looking girl with faint green scales.
• Xiao Qing descended to the caravan and told Zi Yan the girl's constitution could let her cultivate as quickly as he did.
• Xiao Qing asked the girl her name, and she timidly answered that her mother had named her Qing Lin.

Xiao Qing rescued Qing Lin from a caravan that had killed her mother, then brought her to Stone Desert City and helped her begin cultivating. After Qing Lin reached Battle Qi, Second Stage, Xiao Qing left Zi Yan to care for her while he searched for treasures in the Tagor Desert.

• Qing Lin told Xiao Qing that mercenaries had killed her mother and captured her to sell her.
• Xiao Qing freed Qing Lin from her cage, and he and Zi Yan destroyed the caravan with the Scarlet Fire Seal.
• Xiao Qing prepared medicinal liquid for Qing Lin, who cultivated in it under Zi Yan's guidance.
• Zi Yan told Xiao Qing that Qing Lin had reached Battle Qi, Second Stage and fallen asleep.
• Xiao Qing asked Zi Yan to stay with Qing Lin and flew toward the depths of the Tagor Desert.

Xiao Qing entered the underground magma in search of the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Queen Medusa detected a nearby Heavenly Flame and set out to investigate. Deep in the magma, Xiao Qing encountered and killed a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake as he drew closer to his goal.

• Xiao Qing used the Life Spirit Flame to locate the Green Lotus Core Flame and opened a pit in the desert sand.
• Queen Medusa sensed a nearby Heavenly Flame with the Snake-People Tribe's crystal sphere and flew out to investigate.
• Xiao Qing followed the Life Spirit Flame's guidance through underground passages and entered the magma protected by green flames.
• Xiao Qing descended through the magma toward the Green Lotus Core Flame as the surrounding heat increased and the molten rock turned bluish.
• Xiao Qing killed an attacking Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake with a Scarlet Fire Seal.

Xiao Qing obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame and its Earthfire Lotus Seeds from beneath the magma, then escaped before Medusa arrived. Medusa blamed Jia Xing Tian for the theft, while Jia Xing Tian sensed that something bad was coming.

• Xiao Qing collected the eleven Earthfire Lotus Seeds, cut down the Green Lotus with a jade sword, and stored it in a Storage Ring.
• Xiao Qing left the magma and flew away from the site before Medusa reached it.
• Medusa followed the lingering aura to the magma, realized a Dou Wang had taken the Heavenly Flame, and angrily blamed Jia Xing Tian and the Jia Ma Empire.
• Medusa vented her fury by blasting the sand before flying back toward the Snake-People Tribe.
• In the Jia Ma Empire's capital, Jia Xing Tian sneezed while speaking with Yao Ye and dismissed it as a cold.

Xiao Qing returned to Stone Desert City, reunited with Zi Yan and Qing Lin, and decided to recruit Hai Bo Dong as a subordinate. He revealed that the map seller was once a Dou Emperor, then confronted him at his shop.

• Xiao Qing returned to the inn, reunited with Zi Yan and Qing Lin, and gave Zi Yan several Earthfire Lotus Seeds.
• Xiao Qing told the girls to leave and said they would first recruit a subordinate rather than head to Wutan City.
• Xiao Qing used his soul power to move through Mo City unnoticed, while Zi Yan asked to learn the ability so she could steal medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Qing explained that Hai Bo Dong was once a Dou Emperor whose cultivation had been sealed by a special Dou Technique.
• Hai Bo Dong recognized Xiao Qing when he entered the shop, and Xiao Qing addressed him as Ice Emperor Hai Bo Dong.

Xiao Qing offered to remove Hai Bo Dong’s seal in exchange for his service, and Hai Bo Dong agreed after Xiao Qing revealed that he was also a Sixth Grade Alchemist. Xiao Qing began burning away the seal with the Life Spirit Flame, and Hai Bo Dong’s aura started to rise.

• Xiao Qing identified Hai Bo Dong and offered to remove his seal if he worked for him temporarily.
• Hai Bo Dong accepted the deal, and Xiao Qing gave him a pill containing a wisp of Life Spirit Flame as a safeguard.
• Xiao Qing revealed that he was a Sixth Grade Alchemist, then asked Hai Bo Dong to lead him somewhere secluded.
• Hai Bo Dong sat down in a private room, and Xiao Qing sent the Life Spirit Flame through his body to burn away the Dark Cyan Snake Seal.
• The flame repaired Hai Bo Dong’s meridians as the seal faded, allowing its Dou Qi to seep out and his aura to rise.