Recaps

Xiao Qing advanced rapidly at Jia Nan Academy, becoming a powerful alchemist and earning a place among the Inner Academy’s top five. Meanwhile, the Xiao Household destroyed the Jia Lie Family and took control of Wutan City, while Xiao Qing entered the Library Pavilion with the academy’s elders.

• Xiao Qing reached the Eighth Stage of Dou Qi at four, qualified for Jia Nan Academy, and received cultivation resources from the Xiao Household before leaving with Ge Long.
• Xiao Qing became a One-Star Dou Zhe, obtained the Scarlet Flame Manual from Hu Gan, and accepted Fire Elder as his alchemy master.
• Xiao Qing reached Peak Fourth-Grade Alchemist and Six-Star Da Dou Shi, received a Seventh-Grade Alchemist’s inheritance, and agreed to send Qi Gathering Powder to Xiao Yan through Xiao Ding.
• Jia Lie Bi led an attack on the Xiao Household, but Xiao Zhan defeated him and the black-robed attackers, then destroyed the Jia Lie Family and secured the Ao Ba Family’s withdrawal from Wutan City.
• Xiao Qing advanced to Eight-Star Da Dou Shi and the Late Mortal Realm, then defeated his first tournament opponent before reaching the final fifty through later forfeits.
• Hu Gan named Xiao Qing among the five leading tournament qualifiers, and Xiao Qing won the tournament without being challenged.
• Hu Gan led Xiao Qing and the other four finalists through a hidden passage to the Library Pavilion, where Thousand Elder praised Xiao Qing and Hundred Elder asked whether he had a master.

Xiao Qing entered the Inner Academy, grew stronger through cultivation and dangerous encounters, then left with Zi Yan to explore the Jia Ma Empire. After claiming the Green Lotus Core Flame and rescuing Qing Lin, he recruited Hai Bo Dong by offering to remove the seal suppressing his strength.

• The Thousand and Hundred Elders admitted Xiao Qing to the Library Pavilion, where he took the Demonic Lightning Body scroll, and Hu Gan later led the new students into the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Qing defeated He Haoran and the Black Fiend Team during the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, then entered the Inner Academy and began cultivating in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Qing broke through to Dou Ling, gained Zi Yan’s protection, completed the Demonic Lightning Body’s first twelve patterns, and took Earth Core Tempering Milk after the Ice Flood Dragon and Snow Demon Ape fought.
• Xiao Qing defeated faction leaders who plotted against him, cultivated with Zi Yan’s Dragon Emperor’s Blood Essence, and advanced to Three-Star Dou Wang over two years.
• After Xiao Zhan’s letter arrived, Xiao Qing and Zi Yan left the Inner Academy, traveled to the Jia Ma Empire, and headed into the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Qing defeated Hai Bo Dong, took the other half of the fragment map, rescued Qing Lin from a caravan, and left Zi Yan to help her cultivate.
• Xiao Qing entered the magma and took the Green Lotus Core Flame before Queen Medusa arrived, then returned to Mo City and gave Zi Yan Earthfire Lotus Seeds.
• Xiao Qing offered to remove Hai Bo Dong’s seal in exchange for his temporary service, then used the Life Spirit Flame to burn away the Dark Cyan Snake Seal and restore his strength.

Xiao Qing restored the Xiao Household’s fortunes, strengthened his companions, and learned how to control Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamitous Poison Body. The arc ended with Xiao Qing confronting Yao Chen about the Soul Hall and learning how its Venerable Elders and Guardians had brought him low.

• Xiao Qing returned to Wutan City, cured Xiao Yan’s lost Dou Qi, and confronted Yao Chen, who admitted absorbing Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi to prepare him for an apprenticeship.
• Xiao Qing advanced his alchemy and cultivation, awakened Qing Lin’s snake-controlling eyes, and departed Wutan City with Zi Yan and Qing Lin.
• At Jia Ma Sacred City, Xiao Qing auctioned a Huangji Pill, helped Fa Ma advance toward becoming a Sixth-Grade Alchemist, and arranged for Fa Ma and Hai Bo Dong to protect the Xiao Household.
• Xiao Qing found Xiao Yi Xian and brought her to a secluded valley, where he revealed that her Calamitous Poison Body could be controlled with the Venomous Pill Technique and listed the rare ingredients needed.
• Xiao Qing and Zi Yan killed the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, recovered its treasure, and returned to the valley with materials for Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin.
• After refining pills for his companions, Xiao Qing flew to Xiao Yan’s room and told Yao Chen he had found a third Heavenly Flame in his teacher’s hands.
• Xiao Qing obtained Yao Chen’s method for controlling Xiao Yi Xian’s constitution and two Earth Tier cultivation methods, then asked about the Soul Hall and learned why its Venerable Elder had plotted against Yao Chen.

Xiao Qing explored the Misty Cloud Sect’s Secret Realm, mastered the Life-and-Death Seal and Space Ancestral Symbol, and returned with his companions stronger. He captured Mobasi and Medusa, then subdued the four Elders and put the Snake-People city to sleep.

• Xiao Qing entered the Life-and-Death Gate, defeated the energy forms of past Misty Cloud Sect leaders, and advanced to Nine-Star Dou Wang before Yun Potian attacked him.
• Xiao Qing found Yun Potian’s hidden chamber, claimed its treasures and the Life-and-Death Seal, then used a Dou Zun-level Energy Core to break through to Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Qing returned to the Jia Ma Empire, learned Medusa had invaded, and brought Zi Yan, Qing Lin, and Xiao Yi Xian into the Secret Realm.
• Xiao Qing used the Space Ancestral Symbol’s trial to comprehend space, refine the symbol, and advance to Six-Star Dou Huang while Zi Yan cultivated in a Light Cocoon.
• Zi Yan emerged from her cocoon but returned to her juvenile form, and Xiao Qing explained that she needed much higher cultivation to reach maturity.
• Xiao Qing took his companions to the Snake-People Tribe, where Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control Mobasi after Xiao Qing defeated him.
• Xiao Qing entered the Snake-People Holy City and defeated Medusa, whom he captured because of her ancient magical beast bloodline and potential to evolve.
• Xiao Qing bound and incapacitated the four Elders with Spatial Power, then used his soul power to put the noisy Snake-People city to sleep.