Recaps

Xu Yan survived Golden Light Daoist, began cultivating, and reached Separation Valley Market in search of a fire formation. After Qi Yun’s test revealed his apparent low-grade Five-Element Mixed Spiritual Root, Xu Yan escaped an ambush and prepared to study the Redfire Burning Art.

• Golden Light Daoist tried to drain Xu Yan’s blood essence for his medicine, but the Green Pearl absorbed the spiritual energy and drained Golden Light Daoist’s life, allowing Xu Yan to survive.
• Xu Yan cultivated the Spirit Guiding Art, reached the peak of the First Layer of Qi Refining, and found the Redfire Burning Art and other treasures in Golden Light Daoist’s Storage Bag.
• Xu Yan traveled to Separation Valley Market with Du Fei, sold the Golden Cone, bought Daoist San Zui’s Fire-Type Auxiliary Formation, and advanced to the Second Layer of Qi Refining.
• At Qi Yun’s disciple-selection gathering, Xu Yan’s Spiritual Root appeared to be low-grade Five-Element Mixed, while Qi Yun selected five nominal disciples, including the Wu siblings.
• Wang Liu and Scarface Qiu ambushed Xu Yan as he left Inkstone City, striking him with a poisoned Soul-Devouring Nail before he escaped using Swift Speed Talismans.
• The Green Pearl absorbed the poison in Xu Yan’s shoulder, and he recovered in a cave on Horse Mountain before taking out the Fire Array and Redfire Burning Art.

Xu Yan advanced his cultivation, mastered alchemy, and joined the Rogue Cultivator Alliance under the name Lin Yan. After winning a wager by refining the Seven-Absolute Demon-Quelling Pill and curing Gu Feng, he claimed Wu Hua’s Jade-Eyed Cold Toad and broke through to the fourth layer of Qi Refining.

• Xu Yan adapted to the Redfire Burning Art in a Fire Array, then killed Wang Jinbiao and the bandits who attacked him after Lin Mengxi fled into his cave.
• Li Tieniu led Xu Yan to the Forbidden Ground, where Xu Yan found the remaining Hundred-Year Earth Spirit Milk, and Xu Yan later escorted Lin Mengxi home in exchange for her family’s ancestral legacy.
• Xu Yan obtained a Storage Bag and Mask from the Lin family, discovered Lin Dao’s alchemy notes, and reached the Third Layer of Qi Refining after cultivating on Golden Summit Peak.
• Xu Yan learned that the Green Pearl could remove poisons from pills and later used it to refine his alchemy skills, eventually earning First-Tier Low-Grade Alchemist certification as Lin Yan.
• Xu Yan accepted Wu Meng’s pill-refining task, secretly kept a bottle of the pills, and searched Ascendant City for materials and a Space Stone.
• Xu Yan challenged Wu Hua over Master Gu’s mission, wagered spirit stones and Wu Hua’s Jade-Eyed Cold Toad, then used the Green Pearl to process poisonous ingredients and refine the Seven-Absolute Demon-Quelling Pill.
• Xu Yan cured Gu Feng with three pills, collected his winnings and the Jade-Eyed Cold Toad, then roasted and ate the beast as Wu Hua watched.
• Xu Yan broke through to the fourth layer of Qi Refining, and a blue-robed Foundation Establishment cultivator advised him to replace the Spirit Guiding Art and visit the Alliance Technique Inheritance Hall.

Xu Yan strengthened his cultivation and weapons, hunted down the men who had ambushed him, and entered the Ancient Ruins Battlefield to find Chen Lie. At the Demonfall Pit, a blood-colored formation trapped the cultivators, and the search for a Spirit Treasure ended with the light vanishing and terrifying roars rising from below.

• Xu Yan bought the Taiyi Five Elements Art, cultivated back to the fourth layer of Qi Refining, and forged crimson pills that held compressed flames.
• Xu Yan earned Spirit Stones by refining and selling pills, then bought the Black Tortoise Shield and learned the Great Void Breath-Concealing Art and Bloodfiend Shadow-Escaping Steps.
• Xu Yan followed Wu Hua into the mountains and killed him with a crimson pill, then took his Vermilion Wood Thunderfruit and broke through to the sixth layer of Qi Refining.
• Xu Yan tracked down Wang Liu and killed him, then entered the Ancient Ruins Battlefield determined to find Chen Lie.
• Xu Yan perfected the Nine-Flame Realm of the Redfire Burning Art and killed a Demon Cultivator elder after pursuing him across the battlefield.
• Xu Yan learned of an ancient cave abode in the Demonfall Pit, forced Liu Feng and Liu Yun to reveal its location, and traveled there.
• Xu Yan reached the fissure as rogue cultivators fought waves of Ruin Beasts, while Chen Lie summoned the Sacred Sect and the Six Sects ordered rogue cultivators killed.
• A blood-colored formation sealed the area, and more than twenty rogue cultivators followed the Azure Flying Boat old man into the fissure before its light vanished and terrifying roars sounded below.

Xu Yan escaped the Ancient Ruins Battlefield with Daoist San Zui, survived Ji Heng’s attack by falling into the Ancient Demon Abyss, and gathered resources to advance his cultivation. After entering the abyss in pursuit of the Demon Ape, he discovered a fissure whose skeletons shared a distinctive trait.

• Xu Yan gathered enough blood essence to refine a Blood Demon Pill, advanced to the eighth layer of Qi Refining, and destroyed Kong Xuan’s remnant soul with the Green Pearl.
• Xu Yan killed Chen Lie, obtained the Ten Thousand Demons Bell, and joined forces with Daoist San Zui to fight toward the Ancient Teleportation Array.
• Xu Yan and Daoist San Zui killed Wang Teng, seized the Formation Banner, and escaped the Ancient Ruins Battlefield through the teleportation array.
• Ji Heng pursued Xu Yan and struck him into the Ancient Demon Abyss, where the Green Pearl saved him from the poisonous mist and black rain.
• Xu Yan explored the abyss, recovered the Azure Flood Dragon Furnace, and collected the Wonder-Yang Flower and Cold Peony after killing the Black-and-White Venom Python.
• Xu Yan refined and consumed two Yang-Nourishing Pills, advanced to the ninth layer of Qi Refining, and lured the pursuing Demon Ape into a forest.
• Xu Yan followed the Demon Ape beyond the abyss’s outskirts and found a fissure containing a plaza covered in skeletons that shared a distinctive trait.