Recaps

Yun Yun battled the Amethyst Winged Lion King while Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, and Li Changqing watched from hiding. After being driven to the brink, Yun Yun unleashed her strongest sword technique, and the chapter ended with her attack clashing against the lion king’s purple fire.

• Yao Chen warned Xiao Yan that taking the Amethyst Winged Lion King's purple flame would be difficult, but said they might get an opportunity to take advantage of the fight.
• Yun Yun tried to escape behind an Azure Tornado, but the Amethyst Winged Lion King saw through her plan, struck her with his forepaw, and sent her crashing to the ground.
• Li Changqing noticed Xiao Yan and Yao Chen watching from nearby, while Xiao Yan gawked at Yun Yun and Yao Chen handed him a cloth to wipe his nosebleed.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King repeatedly blocked Yun Yun from fleeing, and Yun Yun took medicinal pills to restore her strength before launching Extreme Wind, Meteor Kill.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King met Yun Yun's sword ray with a pillar of purple fire, and the two attacks annihilated each other, briefly putting the lion king at a disadvantage.

Li Changqing stopped Yun Yun from escaping after the Amethyst Winged Lion King defeated her attack, and Yun Yun realized he was the beast king’s master. Xiao Yan recognized Li Changqing and asked to trade for the lion king’s Purple Flame, leaving Li Changqing to name his price.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King wore down Yun Yun’s blade of light while Yun Yun tried to flee, but Li Changqing appeared in her path.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King called Li Changqing “Master,” confirming Yun Yun’s suspicion that he was the beast king’s master.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen recognized Li Changqing from afar, and Xiao Yan decided to ask him for Purple Flame to help evolve his Flame Mantra.
• Yun Yun offered compensation for offending the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and Li Changqing directed her to a lake to discuss it.
• Li Changqing called out Xiao Yan and Yao Chen, and Xiao Yan approached on his Purple Cloud Wings.
• Xiao Yan asked Li Changqing for some Purple Flame and offered to pay with something Yao Chen owned.

Li Changqing let Xiao Yan negotiate with the Amethyst Winged Lion King, who traded a wisp of purple flame and a Purple Spirit Crystal for an Earth Tier cultivation method. He then revealed that he knew Yun Yun was the Misty Cloud Sect’s Sect Master and told her he would enter the sect’s Gate of Life and Death.

• Li Changqing let Xiao Yan handle the trade with the Amethyst Winged Lion King and declined to force the beast if it refused.
• Xiao Yan offered a low Earth Tier cultivation method for the lion king’s purple flame and a Purple Spirit Crystal, and the lion king accepted.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King gave Xiao Yan a wisp of purple flame and sent its son to guide him to the Purple Spirit Crystal.
• Li Changqing offered Yun Yun Earth Tier methods and Dou Techniques in exchange for a price, but she refused and asked how he would release her.
• Li Changqing identified Yun Yun as the Misty Cloud Sect’s Sect Master and announced he would enter the Gate of Life and Death, warning that she could not stop him.

Li Changqing forced Yun Yun to lead him into the Cloud Mist Sect’s Life-and-Death Gate by threatening the sect’s survival. While Li Changqing and Yun Yun reached the gate, Xiao Yan refined the Purple Flame and then continued toward the Tagor Desert.

• Yun Yun agreed to let Li Changqing enter the Life-and-Death Gate rather than risk the Cloud Mist Sect being destroyed.
• Li Changqing told the Amethyst Winged Lion King to guard the Blue Silver Grass, then followed Yun Yun toward the sect.
• Xiao Yan returned to the lakeside, learned Li Changqing had left with Yun Yun, and refined the Purple Flame until the Flame Mantra evolved.
• Yao Chen noticed the Blue Silver Emperor’s soul fluctuations, but the Amethyst Winged Lion King stopped Xiao Yan from pulling it up and explained it belonged to Li Changqing.
• After waiting several days for Li Changqing, Xiao Yan left for the Tagor Desert to seek the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Yun Yun secretly brought Li Changqing to the Life-and-Death Gate, where he urged her to open it.

Li Changqing entered the Life-and-Death Gate seeking the Yin-Yang Flame, but found no trace of it and settled down to cultivate. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan headed for the Tagor Desert, where Gu Yuena had taken control of the Snake-People Tribe after arriving there more than a year earlier.

• Yun Yun opened the Life-and-Death Gate for Li Changqing, then worried that Nalan Yanran might lose her three-year agreement with Xiao Yan and considered asking Gu He for pills.
• Li Changqing crushed the barrier in the deepest chamber and searched its records, but found no sign of the Yin-Yang Flame.
• After several days of sensing for Yin-Yang Power, Li Changqing gave up searching and began secluded cultivation inside the gate.
• Xiao Yan left the Magic Beast Mountain Range and entered the Tagor Desert.
• Gu Yuena had compelled the Snake-People Tribe to submit, studied its people and Dou Qi, and was preparing to leave when she heard about a Heavenly Flame.

Gu Yuena claimed the Green Lotus Core Flame while Xiao Yan and Yao Chen searched for it beneath the Tagor Desert. Xiao Yan hid from Gu Yuena after she emerged from the magma and sensed something nearby, leaving the flame in her possession.

• Gu Yuena ordered the Snake-People Tribe to locate the Green Lotus Core Flame, while Medusa secretly planned to kill her during its refinement and take the flame.
• Xiao Yan spent more than ten days digging beneath the desert at Yao Chen’s direction, then fell through a hole into an underground cavern.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen found a magma sea and a dead two-headed serpent, realizing someone powerful had already taken the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Gu Yuena emerged from the magma, and Xiao Yan recognized her as Yao Chen began entering his body to seize the flame.
• Gu Yuena sensed something behind Xiao Yan’s hiding place, but her Soul Force found nothing, and she flew out of the cavern.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen debated how to pursue another Heavenly Flame after Gu Yuena took the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Xiao Yan activated the jade talisman to seek Li Changqing’s help. Li Changqing sensed the call, broke out of the Life-and-Death Gate, and left Yun Yun to face Yun Leng’s investigation.

• After Gu Yuena left, Xiao Yan told Yao Chen that she was the powerful woman who had fallen alongside Li Changqing.
• Xiao Yan suggested using the jade talisman to ask Li Changqing for help, but Yao Chen proposed taking the Sea Heart Flame from Han Feng instead.
• Yao Chen explained how they could later obtain the Sand Mandala and Hai Bodong’s Pure Lotus Demon Flame map fragment, and Xiao Yan agreed to his plan.
• Xiao Yan activated the jade talisman, and Li Changqing sensed the call while cultivating inside the Life-and-Death Gate.
• Li Changqing, now a five-star Dou Ancestor, smashed through the Life-and-Death Gate because he could not open it.
• Yun Yun arrived at the damaged gate, found Yun Leng investigating, and asked him what had happened.

Yun Yun concealed the destruction of the Life-and-Death Gate while Li Changqing met Xiao Yan in Stone Desert City. Xiao Yan revealed that Gu Yuena had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame, so he and Yao Chen asked Li Changqing to help them obtain Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame instead.

• Yun Yun told the Cloud Mist Sect elders to keep the destroyed Life-and-Death Gate secret and guard the site.
• Li Changqing arrived at the Desert Metal Mercenary Group headquarters, where Xiao Ding and Xiao Li initially shielded Xiao Yan from him.
• Xiao Yan explained that someone had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame and asked Li Changqing for help.
• Yao Chen questioned Li Changqing’s confidence that he could defeat a Dou Zun, but Li Changqing said he had his methods.
• Xiao Yan revealed that Gu Yuena had taken the Green Lotus Core Flame and said he wanted Li Changqing to take Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame instead.

Li Changqing agreed to help Xiao Yan take Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame and flew with him to Maple City. After a guard demanded an entry fee and threatened them, Li Changqing killed him and entered the city with Xiao Yan.

• Li Changqing denied caring about Gu Yuena and asked Xiao Yan how she had learned about the Heavenly Flame; Xiao Yan said the Snake-People Tribe had been searching the desert for it.
• Xiao Yan chose Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame over the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Li Changqing prepared to leave with him.
• Xiao Yan said goodbye to Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, then Li Changqing flew with him for more than a day to Maple City in the Black-Corner Region.
• At Maple City’s gate, Li Changqing refused to pay the entry fee and killed a guard who threatened him.
• The surviving guard begged forgiveness, and Li Changqing walked into Maple City with a frightened Xiao Yan following him.

Li Changqing and Xiao Yan entered Maple City and pretended they wanted Han Feng to refine medicine, hoping to draw him out without alerting him to their real goal. Han Feng grew suspicious and changed hiding places, while Xiao Yan’s mention of trading Heavenly Flame information gave Li Changqing a new way to attract him.

• Li Changqing avoided asking about Han Feng directly, but Han Feng’s informant reported that an unfamiliar suspected Dou Zong had entered Maple City with a young companion.
• Han Feng wondered whether the stranger had come from the Central Plains to capture him, ordered his people to keep watch, and moved to a new hiding place.
• Li Changqing and Xiao Yan stopped at a tavern, where Li Changqing accidentally paid with Gold Soul Coins from the Douluo Continent.
• Li Changqing asked the waiter where the Medicine Emperor lived, while Xiao Yan learned that one of Han Feng’s people was watching them and played along with their cover story.
• Xiao Yan suggested they offer information about Heavenly Flames in exchange for medicine, and Li Changqing realized Han Feng might approach them himself.

Li Changqing and Xiao Yan tried to draw Han Feng out by offering information about a Heavenly Flame in exchange for pill refining, while Han Feng cautiously delayed meeting them. After four days, Han Feng finally arrived as Li Changqing’s confidence in the plan began to falter.

• Han Feng learned that a mysterious Dou Zong wanted him to refine a pill and offered information about a Heavenly Flame, so he sent a messenger to pretend he was away.
• Li Changqing and Xiao Yan visited Han Feng’s residence, where a guard claimed Han Feng was searching for medicinal ingredients; Xiao Yan angrily threatened to leave, and Li Changqing agreed to wait four days.
• Xiao Yan used medicinal ingredients supplied by the residence to practice refining pills while Han Feng received reports about the pair and grew more convinced they were not sent by Venerable Feng.
• Han Feng delayed until the final day, hoping to improve his bargaining position, while Li Changqing and Xiao Yan worried that he would never appear.
• A hearty laugh announced Han Feng’s arrival, and Li Changqing secretly told Xiao Yan to resume acting impatient.

Li Changqing negotiated with Han Feng to refine a pill in exchange for information about a Heavenly Flame, while concealing his plan to kill him. Han Feng accepted the lead on the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the Tagor Desert, unaware that it was already gone and that Li Changqing intended to leave him alive no longer.

• Han Feng arrived, sensed Li Changqing's formidable strength, and apologized for keeping him waiting.
• Xiao Yan accused Han Feng of putting on airs, and Li Changqing apologized for the young man's rudeness.
• Han Feng dismissed his hidden guards and raised a Soul Force barrier before discussing the Heavenly Flame.
• Han Feng asked why Li Changqing would not give the flame to Xiao Yan, and Li Changqing claimed Xiao Yan would use a different flame later.
• Li Changqing said the Heavenly Flame lay beneath the Tagor Desert and was likely the Green Lotus Core Flame, and Han Feng agreed to refine the pill.

Li Changqing attacked Han Feng to take the Sea Heart Flame and drained much of Han Feng’s power with Kun Peng’s devouring ability. He left Han Feng helpless and prepared to draw the Heavenly Flame from his body.

• Li Changqing revealed that he wanted Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame and seized him by the shoulder.
• Han Feng cried for help and struggled, but Li Changqing restrained him while Xiao Yan moved away from the danger.
• Yao Chen asked Li Changqing to spare Han Feng, and Li Changqing paused before killing him.
• Han Feng covered himself and Li Changqing with the Sea Heart Flame, but Li Changqing devoured the flames along with Han Feng’s Dou Qi and Soul Force.
• Li Changqing weakened Han Feng until he collapsed, then called Xiao Yan over and began to draw out the Sea Heart Flame.

Li Changqing seized the Sea Heart Flame from Han Feng and left Yao Chen to confront his former disciple. Outside, Li Changqing killed one of Han Feng’s Dou Wang subordinates and forced the remaining four to submit.

• Li Changqing forced Han Feng to erase his soul imprint from the Sea Heart Flame, and Xiao Yan stored the weakened flame in an Alchemy Cauldron.
• Li Changqing searched Han Feng’s Ring of Holding and found the Ten Thousand Beast Cauldron and a large collection of medicinal supplies.
• Li Changqing left Han Feng with Yao Chen, whose appearance shocked Han Feng and left Xiao Yan wondering about their history.
• Li Changqing told five Dou Wangs to bring Han Feng’s medicinal ingredients, then killed one who tried to verify his order.
• The remaining four Dou Wangs fled, but Li Changqing pinned them down and made them beg for their lives.

Li Changqing forced Han Feng’s four Dou Wangs to reveal his hidden residences and collect his possessions while Yao Chen and Xiao Yan confronted Han Feng over his betrayal. After Han Feng refused to show remorse, Li Changqing killed him, and the group prepared to return to the Jiama Empire.

• Li Changqing questioned Han Feng’s four Dou Wangs about his other residences and sent them to gather his possessions, bluffing that he had placed a deadly restriction on them.
• Li Changqing found Han Feng’s hidden medicinal stores beneath the Courtyard and collected the ingredients.
• Xiao Yan rebuked Han Feng for murdering Yao Chen, while Han Feng blamed Yao Chen for withholding the Flame Mantra and insisted he had done nothing wrong.
• Yao Chen asked Li Changqing to finish Han Feng, and Li Changqing shattered Han Feng’s soul despite Han Feng’s threat that Mu Gu of the Hall of Souls would avenge him.
• Xiao Yan reassured Yao Chen, and Li Changqing offered to take them back to the Jiama Empire.

Li Changqing planned to join the Hall of Souls as a Dou Zun to search for the Yin-Yang Flame, then left Xiao Yan in Snake-People territory as Gu He arrived to trade for the Green Lotus Core Flame. The chapter ended with Mobas denying that the Snake-People Tribe possessed a Heavenly Flame, despite Gu Yuena having obtained it.

• Li Changqing collected Han Feng's possessions from four Dou Wang, admitted he had never placed a restriction on them, and flew toward the Jiama Empire with Xiao Yan.
• Li Changqing decided to join the Hall of Souls after reaching Dou Zun so he could use its intelligence network to find the Yin-Yang Flame.
• When they reached Snake-People territory, Xiao Yan asked Li Changqing to leave him there, and Yao Chen requested medicinal ingredients to help Xiao Yan absorb a Heavenly Flame.
• Li Changqing realized Gu Yuena had obtained the Green Lotus Core Flame and turned back, curious to see how the competing plans of Medusa, Gu He, Xiao Yan, and Yao Chen would unfold.
• Gu He offered the Snake-People Tribe a Transformation Pill and two Dou Ling Pills for its Heavenly Flame, but Mobas denied that the tribe had one.

Yun Yun and Gu He faced five Snake-People Tribe chiefs outside the Divine Palace while Xiao Yan and Li Changqing slipped inside. Li Changqing found Gu Yuena, revealed his overwhelming cultivation advantage, and provoked her; meanwhile, Medusa and the Elders planned to let Gu He confront Gu Yuena before deciding how to seize the Heavenly Flame.

• Yun Yun questioned why five Snake-People Tribe chiefs had gathered, while Gu He weighed whether to seize the Heavenly Flame by force.
• Yue Mei told the other chiefs to watch Gu He and Yun Yun, then flew away to report to Medusa.
• Xiao Yan secretly entered the Divine Palace after obtaining the Sand Mandala, hoping to find the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Li Changqing found Gu Yuena at the Cold Spring and shocked her by revealing he had reached five-star Dou Ancestor while she was only five-star Dou Huang.
• Li Changqing squeezed Gu Yuena's backside, and she drew the Silver Dragon Spear but held back from attacking him.
• Yue Mei advised Medusa and the four Elders to exploit a clash between Gu He and Gu Yuena, but Medusa ordered Yue Mei to warn Gu Yuena that Gu He would fight his way in.

Gu Yuena went to confront Gu He and his companions after they threatened to seize the Heavenly Flames, using the encounter to vent her anger at Li Changqing. She claimed the flames were in her hands, while Li Changqing secretly followed and Xiao Yan slipped into the Snake-People Tribe.

• Yue Mei told Gu Yuena that Gu He, Yun Yun, Yan Shi, and Feng Li had come to trade for the Heavenly Flames and threatened to take them by force.
• Gu Yuena agreed to meet the visitors, eager for an opponent she could vent her anger on, and Li Changqing followed her in secret.
• Li Changqing spotted Xiao Yan sneaking in, but left him to try to obtain the Green Lotus Core Flame on his own.
• Gu Yuena arrived as Yun Yun prepared to act, and the Snake-People Tribe's four Dou Wang leaders reacted nervously to her presence.
• Gu He mistook Gu Yuena for a powerful Dou Huang and asked whether she could speak for the tribe; she said the Heavenly Flames were in her hands.

Yun Yun attacked Gu Yuena after deciding Medusa was using her to buy time while devouring the Heavenly Flames. Gu Yuena overwhelmed the intruders and killed Yan Shi and Feng Li, leaving Yun Yun shaken and searching for a way to escape with Gu He.

• Gu Yuena offered additional pill-refining services in exchange for the Heavenly Flames, but refused to yield when Yun Yun threatened to fight her way in.
• Yun Yun charged Gu Yuena, and Gu He ordered Yan Shi and Feng Li to join the attack.
• Gu Yuena effortlessly knocked Yun Yun away, prompting Yan Shi and Feng Li to flee.
• Gu Yuena used Spatial Power to evade the two Dou Wang's attacks, then appeared beside them and killed them with her Silver Dragon Spear.
• Yun Yun realized she was outmatched and decided she had to escape without abandoning Gu He.

Yun Yun and Gu He fought Gu Yuena, then tried to bargain for their lives with pills. Gu Yuena spared Gu He but moved to kill Yun Yun, leaving Gu He to sacrifice himself as Yun Yun fled without looking back.

• Yun Yun and Gu He combined their techniques to stop Gu Yuena's spear beam, then fled when they realized they could not withstand another attack.
• Gu Yuena intercepted them, and Gu He offered her a Transformation Pill and a Dou Ling Pill in exchange for their lives.
• Li Changqing secretly took the pills, angering Gu Yuena, who then agreed to spare Gu He but declared that Yun Yun had to die.
• Gu He charged Gu Yuena to give Yun Yun a chance to escape, but Yun Yun fled without looking back.

Gu Yuena defeated Gu He’s self-destruction and confronted Li Changqing over the pills he had taken. He offered her powerful pills in exchange for accepting his condition, then left her to consider the deal.

• Yun Yun flew away from Gu He, who began to self-destruct after Gu Yuena pierced him with the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Gu Yuena survived Gu He’s explosion unharmed, and the five Snake-People Tribe chieftains bowed to her.
• Gu Yuena returned to the Cold Spring and called for Li Changqing, who appeared behind her and admitted he was a Seventh Grade Alchemist.
• Gu Yuena demanded the pills Li Changqing had taken, but he refused and offered to refine stronger pills for her in exchange for accepting his condition.
• Li Changqing invited Gu Yuena to find him in the Magic Beast Mountain Range of the Jiama Empire, then vanished; Gu Yuena rejected the idea of selling herself.

Li Changqing returned to the Magic Beast Mountain Range, rewarded the Amethyst Winged Lion King with a Transformation Pill, and watched him take human form. Ah Yin accepted that she could not take revenge and asked Li Changqing to make her a Transformation Pill too, promising to do anything for it.

• Li Changqing returned to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave and gave him the promised Transformation Pill.
• Ah Yin told Li Changqing she still felt hatred but had let go of revenge because she had no hope of succeeding and owed him for saving her.
• Li Changqing teased Ah Yin by stroking her vines, then stopped when he grew bored.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King refined the pill, transformed into a burly man, and thanked Li Changqing for his gift.
• Ah Yin asked Li Changqing for a Transformation Pill, and he agreed to refine one before suggesting she consider what she had promised in return.

Li Changqing refined a seventh-grade Transformation Pill for the Blue Silver Emperor, and his Yin-Yang Sword absorbed the Pill Lightning that descended during the process. After the Amethyst Winged Lion King tried to secure the pill for his son, Li Changqing gave it to the Blue Silver Emperor and offered to make another if they found more Transformation Grass.

• Li Changqing refined the Transformation Pill in the Myriad Beast Cauldron while the Blue Silver Emperor watched.
• Pill Lightning formed over the cauldron, and Li Changqing sent the Yin-Yang Sword to absorb it and grow stronger.
• Li Changqing restrained the restless Transformation Pill with Soul Force and erased its spiritual intelligence.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King and the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion congratulated Li Changqing and sought the pill for the son.
• Li Changqing gave the Transformation Pill to the Blue Silver Emperor and told the Amethyst Winged Lion King he would refine another if they found Transformation Grass.

Li Changqing gave the Blue Silver Emperor a Transformation Pill, and she transformed into a human woman named Ah Yin after seven days. Afterward, Li Changqing claimed the reward she had promised, and their encounter lasted two days before he returned his attention to cultivation.

• The Amethyst Winged Lion King left with his son to search the Magic Beast Mountain Range for a Transformation Herb.
• The Blue Silver Emperor sensed awareness in the Transformation Pill, then accepted it from Li Changqing and began refining it inside a cocoon of vines.
• After seven days, the cocoon broke open and the Blue Silver Emperor emerged as a naked woman; she covered herself with a blue-gold dress and thanked Li Changqing for the pill.
• Li Changqing reminded Ah Yin that she had promised to do anything, pulled her into his arms, and she built a vine cottage around them.
• Li Changqing and Ah Yin spent two days together before she surrendered from exhaustion, and Li Changqing decided not to neglect cultivation for pleasure.

Li Changqing broke through from peak Dou Ancestor to Dou Zun in the Magic Beast Mountain Range, sending a powerful aura across the Jiama Empire. The empire’s strongest figures sensed it during the Alchemist competition and feared a Dou Zun had appeared or arrived nearby.

• Li Changqing continued cultivating with Ah Yin, who reached Dou Huang with his help, while the Jiama Empire’s powers abandoned plans for revenge after learning a mysterious Dou Ancestor protected the Snake-People Tribe.
• A year later, Li Changqing asked the Amethyst Winged Lion King to let him cultivate in his cave so he could attempt a breakthrough.
• Li Changqing circulated the Kunpeng Method for ten days, then shattered the Dou Ancestor barrier and released a Dou Zun’s aura.
• Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and Fa Ma sensed the aura during the second round of the Alchemist competition and wondered whether a Dou Zun had emerged in the Magic Beast Mountain Range or come from elsewhere.