Recaps

Xiao Fan discovered that Medusa had helped split his Soul Origin, allowing him to create a separate incarnation as Mo Shang. He reunited with Medusa and explained his plan to lure out Eagle Protector, leaving them ready to put it into action.

• Xiao Fan realized Medusa had helped split his Soul Origin and formed a Symbiotic Contract with him.
• Xiao Fan transferred one Soul Origin mass into Mo Shang, restoring his control and separating their identities with Chaos Flame.
• Xiao Fan found Medusa at a cliff, thanked her, and teased her until she shoved him over the edge.
• Medusa told Xiao Fan she had suffered no loss from helping him split his origin.
• Xiao Fan separated Mo Shang from himself and explained how he and Medusa would lure Eagle Protector, with instructions to flee if the Formation failed.

Xiao Fan and Medusa used Mo Shang as bait to lure Eagle Protector into a valley, where Medusa fought him. After a fierce exchange, Eagle Protector recognized her as the Snake-People Tribe’s queen, but Medusa realized that capturing him would be difficult.

• Xiao Fan and Medusa imprisoned Mo Shang in a formation in the valley, and Xiao Fan used his soul power to trigger Eagle Protector’s brand before hiding nearby.
• Eagle Protector sensed Mo Shang’s call for help and hurried from Black Skull Tomb to the valley.
• Eagle Protector arrived and questioned Medusa, who claimed Mo Shang had offended her and continued inscribing the formation.
• Medusa attacked Eagle Protector, and the two fought until she used enough of her strength for him to identify her as the Snake-People Tribe’s queen.
• Medusa suppressed Eagle Protector but recognized that taking him alive would be difficult.

Xiao Fan abandoned his attempt to capture Eagle Protector and let Medusa trade Mo Shang for pills and ingredients. After Eagle Protector left, Xiao Fan discovered Medusa’s soul had been weakened and gave her medicinal liquid to help her recover, then planned to refine the Spirit Fusion Pill and spend a few days away before returning to the Inner Academy.

• Medusa negotiated with Eagle Protector and accepted his Storage Ring of pills and ingredients in exchange for Mo Shang.
• Eagle Protector freed Mo Shang and flew away, after which Xiao Fan reappeared beside Medusa.
• Xiao Fan entered Medusa’s mental space, found her soul weakened, and gave her medicinal liquid to repair it.
• Xiao Fan retrieved his formation flags and realized his mission had failed, though its penalty had not yet been applied.
• Xiao Fan told Medusa they would rest and travel for a few days before he refined the Spirit Fusion Pill and they returned to the Inner Academy.

Xiao Fan refined a Spirit Fusion Pill for You Ruo, with Medusa protecting the pill as it formed. Afterward, he planned to return to Jia Nan Academy the next day, while You Ruo decided to stay with him for now.

• Xiao Fan used the mountain essence and other ingredients to refine a Spirit Fusion Pill for You Ruo.
• Medusa dispelled the pill's energy ripples, allowing Xiao Fan to complete the refinement and hand her the pill.
• Xiao Fan said he would prepare to return to the Inner Academy the next day, the final day of his system deadline.
• You Ruo said she would stay with Xiao Fan for now and teased him about flirting with women.

Xiao Fan returned to the Inner Academy with You Ruo and waited for the system’s failed-mission penalty, only to discover that the punishment was fake and uncover a possible warning about the system. He resolved to keep going, saw his strength had risen to Four-Star Dou Ling, and received a new mission called Moon’s Sorrow.

• Xiao Fan spent the night outside the Mountain Cave with You Ruo, who stayed beside him to comfort him about the coming punishment.
• Xiao Fan and You Ruo returned to the Inner Academy, where You Ruo swallowed the Spirit Fusion Pill and fell asleep as a small snake coiled around his arm.
• At midnight, the system announced that the failed mission would strip Xiao Fan of his vision, but its correction instead gave him 300 Dou Qi points and 5,000 Source Coins.
• Xiao Fan found the carved message on his table—“The punishments are fake!”—and wondered whether it had been a warning about the system.
• Xiao Fan checked his status, found himself at Four-Star Dou Ling, and received the new Moon’s Sorrow mission with rewards including the Earth-tier Dou Technique Moon Shadow.

Xiao Fan discovered that the system’s blindness punishment had improved his vision and found Zi Yan near a battle between two Magical Beasts. After learning she had eaten the herbs they were guarding, he took her to safety and offered to make her bitter medicinal ingredients taste better.

• Xiao Fan noticed his eyesight had improved after the system’s punishment and went to investigate an explosion near the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Fan watched a Windshadow Wolf King and a Skyhowl Ape fight, then discovered Zi Yan behind him.
• Xiao Fan realized Zi Yan had eaten the herbs the beasts were guarding and carried her away from the battlefield.
• Xiao Fan gave Zi Yan companion amethyst source, and she told him she ate medicinal ingredients to grow up and change between human and Magical Beast forms.
• Xiao Fan offered to improve the taste of Zi Yan’s herbs, and she handed him an ice spirit bitter cold fruit.

Xiao Fan refined Zi Yan’s ice spirit bitter cold fruit into tasty medicinal pellets and returned with her to the Inner Academy. Back at his residence, he learned about Xiao Yan’s victory over Lei Na and saw Yue Yao arrive after Lin Yan said she had been looking for him.

• Xiao Fan used the green lotus core flame to refine the ice spirit bitter cold fruit into pellets for Zi Yan and warned her not to share them with others.
• Zi Yan agreed to return to the Inner Academy with Xiao Fan, then parted from him near the academy and said she would visit him for more candy beans.
• Xiao Fan returned to the new students’ residential area and told Lin Yan that he had made a breakthrough, while reminding him not to cultivate until his fire poison was further treated.
• Lin Yan told Xiao Fan that Xiao Yan had defeated Lei Na, a Four-Star Dou Ling, with one move in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, and that the White Gang had recently quieted down.
• Xiao Fan saw Yue Yao arrive, and Lin Yan told him that she had visited several times a day while he was away.

Xiao Fan reunited with Yue Yao in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower and agreed to take her to cultivate on the second floor. While he was away speaking to Elder Liu, Xi Ying and Bai Shan cornered Yue Yao, and Xi Ying knocked her down; Xiao Fan's icy voice then challenged them from behind.

• Lin Yan left Xiao Fan's room to clear out his Fire Poison, and Xiao Fan realized Yue Yao had broken through to Da Dou Shi.
• Yue Yao showed Xiao Fan Pan Gate's badge, which included his spear in its design, and told him she had been waiting for him.
• Xiao Fan agreed to take Yue Yao to the second floor and went to speak with Elder Liu while she waited.
• Bai Shan introduced Yue Yao to Xi Ying, who tried to approach her; Yue Yao insulted them and refused his advances.
• Xi Ying struck Yue Yao down and threatened her, but Xiao Fan's icy voice challenged him from behind.

Xiao Fan arrived as Xi Ying and his group were bullying Yue Yao, then overwhelmed them and broke Xi Ying’s hand. Before he could finish confronting them, a terrifying presence emerged from the Black Tower’s central hole.

• Xiao Fan found Yue Yao injured after Xi Ying knocked her down and gently helped her to her feet.
• Xiao Fan told Elder Liu not to interfere, then challenged Xi Ying and his companions.
• Xiao Fan’s spear shattered Xi Ying’s Dou Qi barrier and sent him and two others flying, revealing Xiao Fan’s four-star Dou Ling strength.
• Xiao Fan struck a Da Dou Shi and slapped Bai Shan before breaking Xi Ying’s right hand.
• A massive surge of energy rose through the Black Tower, and Xiao Fan turned to face a pair of enormous, icy eyes.

Xiao Fan absorbed the invisible flame within him as the Invisible Fire Python rampaged inside the Black Tower, then left with Yue Yao to confront the White Gang. Academy elders ordered the tower’s lower floors closed and its seals reinforced, while discussing Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan’s potential usefulness.

• Elder Liu warned the students to flee as the Invisible Fire Python grew agitated inside the Black Tower.
• Xiao Fan used the Chaos Flame to absorb the invisible flame within his body while Yue Yao supported him.
• The Invisible Fire Python tried to break through the seals, then retreated beneath the Black Tower as the disturbance ended.
• Xiao Fan thanked Yue Yao and took her with him to pursue Xi Ying and the White Gang.
• Academy elders ordered the tower’s lowest two floors closed and tasked an elder with reinforcing its seals.
• An instructor reported that Xiao Yan was cultivating on the second floor and Xiao Fan had entered the tower that day, and the elderly leader told them to give both youths extra care.

After Xi Ying injured Yue Yao, Xiao Fan took her to the White Gang's headquarters and challenged Bai Cheng, determined to defend her and punish the faction. Bai Cheng accepted the confrontation and cleared space for a fight as the gathered students watched.

• Xiao Fan led Yue Yao toward the White Gang's headquarters, and the system assigned him a mission to challenge Bai Cheng for Dou Qi points, Source Coins, and the Radiant Sun Transformation secret art.
• Xi Ying returned from the Black Tower with his right hand badly injured, prompting Bai Cheng to gather the White Gang and set out to confront Xiao Fan.
• At the White Gang's gates, one of Bai Cheng's subordinates identified Xiao Fan, and Bai Cheng accused him of coming to apologize too late.
• Xiao Fan sent Yue Yao aside, said he had attacked Xi Ying because the White Gang had bullied one of his own, and challenged Bai Cheng with his Thousand-Flame Spear.
• Bai Cheng ordered the White Gang members to make room for the fight while onlookers gathered, expecting Xiao Fan to lose.

Xiao Fan fought Bai Cheng, a higher-ranked earth-type cultivator, and used his spear and green Heavenly Flames to gain the upper hand. After disarming Bai Cheng and driving him back, Xiao Fan forced him to pull something from his Storage Ring.

• Bai Cheng and Xiao Fan exchanged spear attacks, with Xiao Fan thwarting Bai Cheng's attempt to trap him with earth-type Dou Qi.
• Xiao Fan intensified his attacks with Heavenly Flames, steadily wearing down Bai Cheng's Dou Qi Armor.
• Xiao Fan knocked Bai Cheng's spear from his hands and sent it crashing into the paving.
• Xiao Fan pressed his unarmed opponent until Bai Cheng took a blow head-on, opened some distance, and pulled something from his Storage Ring.

Bai Cheng swallowed a powerful pill that restored his strength and injuries, but Xiao Fan broke through his defense and defeated him with Hidden Force. The White Gang members backed down as the spectators admired Xiao Fan.

• Bai Cheng swallowed a pill that restored his strength and healed most of his injuries, then charged Xiao Fan.
• Bai Cheng caught Xiao Fan's spear and kicked him away, while Han Yue arrived and stood beside Yue Yao to watch the fight.
• Xiao Fan struck the same spot on Bai Cheng's Dou Qi Armor repeatedly, then shattered it with Eight Extremes Collapse and sent Bai Cheng crashing to the ground.
• Xiao Fan used Hidden Force to trigger explosions inside Bai Cheng's body, knocking him unconscious.
• Xiao Fan challenged the White Gang members, who had no answer after their strongest fighter fell, while the spectators admired him.

Xiao Fan confronted the White Gang over its members bullying Yue Yao in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower and demanded an apology. After Pan Gate arrived and the White Gang backed down, its members apologized, and Xiao Fan left with Yue Yao.

• Xiao Fan demanded that the White Gang members who had bullied Yue Yao come forward and apologize or fight him.
• Xun'er, Hu Jia, and other Pan Gate members arrived after hearing that Xiao Fan had stormed the White Gang.
• Pan Gate learned that Xiao Fan had defeated Bai Cheng, a six-star Dou Ling and Strong Ranking member.
• The White Gang's tall, thin Dou Ling ordered Xi Ying and the other offender brought out, and the members involved in the incident apologized to Yue Yao.
• Xiao Fan accepted the apologies, took Yue Yao's hand, and left with her as Xun'er led Pan Gate back to its territory.

After defeating Bai Cheng, Xiao Fan returned to the Pan Gate, where he urged its members to become stronger and prepared for the White Gang's likely retaliation. He later joked with Xun'er and Hu Jia about Yue Yao and the Pan Gate's future before returning to his room.

• Xiao Fan led the Pan Gate members back after news of his victory over Bai Cheng spread through the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Fan told the group how the fight began, and the members teased him and Yue Yao about their closeness.
• Xiao Fan warned the Pan Gate that the White Gang remained strong and urged everyone to train so the group could defend itself.
• After the others left, Xun'er teased Xiao Fan about inviting Yue Yao to move in, while Yue Yao exchanged a quiet look with Xun'er.
• Hu Jia complained that she and Xun'er were left managing the Pan Gate, and Xiao Fan joked about his rapid improvement before returning to his room.

Xiao Fan claimed the reward for defeating Bai Cheng and received the Radiant Sun Transformation secret art, which he understood as the Nine Radiant Sun Transformations. He tested the first transformation and found its boost was slight because the energy sphere had barely begun to form.

• Xiao Fan claimed his mission reward, gaining 100 Dou Qi points, 2,000 Source Coins, and the Radiant Sun Transformation secret art.
• Xiao Fan studied the technique and learned that it could form up to nine energy spheres, each enabling a stronger transformation with increasingly dangerous aftereffects.
• Xiao Fan circulated the Green Lotus Core Flame through the prescribed meridians and formed a small energy sphere near his Dou Crystal.
• Xiao Fan activated the first transformation and felt a slight improvement in his physique as golden energy spread through his body.
• Xiao Fan concluded that the technique’s immediate boost was small, but its energy would accumulate over time without active cultivation.

Xiao Fan used his green lotus core flame to purge all the fire poison from Lin Yan’s body. Lin Yan thanked him and promised to remember the favor.

• Xiao Fan entered Lin Yan’s room to treat him after preparing a fresh medicinal liquid to draw out the fire poison.
• Xiao Fan stopped Lin Yan from getting out of the tub and told him to remain still for the treatment.
• Xiao Fan channeled his green lotus core flame into Lin Yan’s body and trapped the fleeing fire poison.
• Xiao Fan burned away all the fire poison and confirmed that Lin Yan’s body was clear.
• Lin Yan thanked Xiao Fan and promised to help him if he ever needed anything.

Xiao Fan learned Pan Gate was running out of Fire Energy and agreed to let Xun'er and Hu Jia sell his Fire Poison-suppressing pills to raise funds. The chapter left Pan Gate with a possible new source of income.

• Xiao Fan told Lin Yan to resume cultivation in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, but to cultivate for three days and rest for one to prevent Fire Poison from returning.
• Yue Yao brought Xiao Fan to meet Xun'er, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao, who had skipped the Arena after Hu Jia stopped him.
• Hu Jia complained that Xiao Fan, Wu Hao, and Xiao Yan were neglecting Pan Gate's affairs and leaving the work to her and Xun'er.
• Xun'er and Hu Jia told Xiao Fan that Pan Gate was running out of Fire Energy because its growing membership and reward system were draining its reserves.
• Hu Jia proposed selling Xiao Fan's Fire Poison-suppressing pills, and Xiao Fan approved the idea.

Xiao Yan returned from a month of cultivation to learn that Xiao Fan had defeated Bai Cheng after the White Gang attacked Pan Gate. Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan agreed to refine and sell pills to address Pan Gate’s shortage of resources.

• Xiao Fan proposed spending Pan Gate’s remaining funds on ingredients for pills that could suppress fire poison, then selling the finished products.
• Xiao Yan returned from the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower and reunited with Xun'er, while Hu Jia teased him about neglecting Pan Gate.
• Hu Jia told Xiao Yan that the White Gang had bullied Xiao Fan and Yue Yao while Pan Gate members were away, making Xiao Yan furious.
• Hu Jia explained that Xiao Fan had defeated Bai Cheng and secured an apology from the White Gang, and Xiao Yan was astonished that Xiao Fan had beaten a six-star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yan agreed with Xiao Fan’s plan to refine pills, and Hu Jia decided they would buy the medicinal ingredients and sell their products as exclusive suppliers.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan chose three pills to sell in order to earn Fire Energy for Pan Gate, then obtained the ingredients and examined the Medicine Gang’s competing products. They left the chapter confident that their higher-quality pills could challenge the Medicine Gang’s grip on the Inner Academy market.

• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan decided to refine Qi Recovery Pills, Body Recovery Pills, and Ice Purity Pills for students who needed to restore Dou Qi, heal injuries, or suppress Fire Poison.
• Xiao Fan gave Hu Jia a list of ingredients and Fire Energy to fund purchases, and Hu Jia and the others spent the next day collecting the supplies.
• Hu Jia reported that the ingredients had cost nearly three hundred days’ worth of Fire Energy, including contributions from A-Tai and other members; Xiao Yan asked her to record those contributions so Pan Gate could repay them twice over.
• Xiao Yan challenged Xiao Fan to a pill-refining contest, and Yao Lao emerged to judge as both prepared their Medicine Cauldrons.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan examined the Medicine Gang’s Spring Return Pill and its healing pill, judged them ordinary, and concluded that competing with better-quality products would be easy.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan spent a full day refining pills, using different techniques while Yao Lao watched. They finished hundreds of pills and fell asleep from exhaustion, leaving Xun'er and the others to handle their sale.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan began refining pills, with Xiao Fan keeping his Chaos Flame hidden and choosing to use the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Fan refined several ingredients at once, while Xiao Yan followed a more conventional method, and Yao Lao observed their differing techniques.
• Xun'er, Hu Jia, Wu Hao, Yue Yao, and the others waited downstairs for nearly a day as the refining continued.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan emerged exhausted, and Xiao Fan announced they had made 159 Qi Recovery Pills, 120 Body Recovery Pills, and 70 Ice Purity Pills.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan fell asleep, Xun'er covered them with blankets, and Yue Yao settled Xiao Fan's head in her lap.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan learned that Pan Gate’s first pill sale had brought in nearly two hundred points of Fire Energy, helped by Xiao Fan’s reputation and Lin Yan’s recovery from Fire Poison. The group celebrated their success but recognized that they needed more Alchemists to keep production going.

• Xiao Fan woke with his head on Yue Yao’s lap, and he and Yue Yao waited for Xun’er and the others to return.
• Xiao Yan worried that students would not buy the Ice Purity Pills without knowing how well they worked, and Xiao Fan said he had an idea to promote them.
• Hu Jia and Xun’er reported selling fifty-seven Qi Recovery Pills, forty-three Body Recovery Pills, and thirty-eight Ice Purity Pills on the first day.
• Xun’er explained that Xiao Fan’s victory over Bai Cheng and his removal of Lin Yan’s Fire Poison had attracted buyers to Pan Gate’s stall.
• Xiao Yan pointed out that he and Xiao Fan could not produce enough pills alone, so Pan Gate needed to recruit more Alchemists.

The Medicine Gang moved to undermine Pan Gate’s pill business by buying up medicinal ingredients and disrupting its stalls. Xiao Yan gathered Pan Gate’s members and led them to the Medicine Gang’s base to demand an explanation, drawing a large crowd of spectators.

• Han Xian learned that Pan Gate’s pills included an Ice Purity Pill that could suppress fire poison, then ordered the Medicine Gang to buy up all the ingredients Pan Gate needed.
• Xiao Fan and Hu Jia counted the fire energy Pan Gate had earned from its pill sales while Xiao Yan asked why the members buying ingredients had not returned.
• A-Tai reported that Pan Gate’s members could not find ingredients and that the Medicine Gang had beaten members at the pill stalls and demanded a tax.
• Xiao Fan warned Hu Jia against charging in blindly, and Xiao Yan decided Pan Gate would visit the Medicine Gang to demand an explanation.
• Xiao Yan ordered A-Tai to gather Pan Gate’s members, and they marched to the Medicine Gang’s base as students followed and crowded the entrance.

Xiao Yan confronted Han Xian over the Medicine Gang’s harassment of Pan Gate, while Xiao Fan and Lin Yan’s support deterred the Gang from attacking. Xiao Yan challenged Han Xian to an alchemy contest at North Square the next day, with the rival groups’ pill sales and formulas at stake.

• Xiao Yan accused Han Xian of sending people to trouble Pan Gate, but Han Xian claimed he had only been helping him.
• Lin Huang and Huang Zui shielded Han Xian from Xiao Yan, and Xiao Fan’s powerful aura made them wary.
• Lin Yan arrived and declared that anyone who attacked Pan Gate would make an enemy of him because Xiao Fan had cured his fire poison.
• Xiao Yan proposed an alchemy contest, wagering Pan Gate’s pill sales against the formulas for its three pills.
• Han Xian offered five busy trading spots if he lost, and Xiao Yan agreed to have Elder Hao set and judge the contest at North Square the next day.

Xiao Yan and Han Xian began an alchemy contest judged by Elder Hao, who set them the challenge of refining a fifth-grade Dragon Strength Pill. Just as the contest was about to start, Xiao Fan joined after receiving a system mission to defeat Xiao Yan, and Elder Hao allowed him to participate separately.

• Xiao Yan and Han Xian asked Elder Hao to judge their alchemy contest, and he chose a surprise challenge for the next day.
• Elder Hao announced that the contestants would refine pills from a formula neither had seen before, then revealed the fifth-grade Dragon Strength Pill challenge.
• Elder Hao provided each contestant with three sets of ingredients and said the quality of their pills—or leftover materials if they both failed—would determine the winner.
• Xiao Fan interrupted the start of the contest and asked to join after his system assigned him a mission to defeat Xiao Yan in alchemy.
• Xiao Fan explained that he wanted to try the free formula and ingredients, and Elder Hao let him participate while keeping the original contest between Xiao Yan and Han Xian.