Recaps

Xiao Fan won the selection tournament, secured a powerful Dou Technique, and led the newcomers into the Inner Academy’s Fire Energy competition. After uniting the new students against several senior teams, he faced Luo Hou and the White Fiend Team at the gate.

• Xiao Fan defeated Yue Yao in the tournament, and Xiao Yan arrived in time to knock Xue Beng off the stage with one punch.
• Xiao Fan revealed his encounter with the Eagle Protector and his suspicion that the Hall of Souls had taken Xiao Zhan, while Xiao Yan showed evidence that his father was alive.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan advanced through the tournament rounds, then fought each other with their flames and strongest techniques until the blast obscured the stage.
• Hu Gan named Xiao Fan the champion, and Xiao Fan claimed his rewards before entering the Library Pavilion and retrieving the Earth Tier Shadow Prison technique.
• Xiao Fan and his companions entered the Inner Academy’s Fire Energy competition, ambushed senior students, and recruited the newcomers to surround three Inner Academy teams.
• The newcomers defeated the three teams and then the Black Fiend Team, taking their Fire Energy and deciding to face the White Fiend Team next.
• At the Inner Academy gate, Luo Hou refused to let the newcomers pass and sent Wu Hao flying with an ice-covered staff.

Xiao Fan helped establish Pan Gate, explored the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, and pursued the ingredients and strength he needed. When Eagle Protector’s mark threatened to expose him, Xiao Fan prepared a trap and attempted to split his Soul Origin, but Medusa intervened and formed a Symbiotic Contract with him.

• Xiao Fan defeated Luo Hou’s team, earned Fire Energy rewards, and entered the Inner Academy, where he advanced to one-star Dou Ling.
• Xiao Fan pushed back senior students demanding Fire Energy from the freshmen, then helped establish Pan Gate with Xiao Yan as its leader.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, endured its Heart Fire, and learned about the Fallen Heart Flame’s fire spirit.
• Xiao Yan defeated Fu Ao and secured a six-month reprieve from the White Gang, while Xiao Fan invited Yue Yao to cultivate with him.
• Xiao Fan traded for ingredients and treated Lin Yan’s fire poison, but still lacked mountain essence for Medusa’s Spirit Fusion Pill.
• When Eagle Protector’s mark grew hot, Xiao Fan accepted Medusa’s help, prepared a Five-Direction Space-Sealing Formation, and lured her with him to a secluded valley.
• Xiao Fan attempted to split his Soul Origin and lost consciousness before completing the division, as Medusa entered his consciousness to help.
• Medusa divided Xiao Fan’s Soul Origin, formed a Symbiotic Contract with him, and returned to find a contract rune on his forehead.

Xiao Fan returned to the Inner Academy, defeated Bai Cheng after the White Gang hurt Yue Yao, and helped Pan Gate begin selling pills to fund its growth. When the Medicine Gang interfered with Pan Gate’s supplies, Xiao Yan challenged Han Xian to an alchemy contest, and Xiao Fan joined after receiving a system mission to defeat Xiao Yan in alchemy.

• Xiao Fan separated Mo Shang from himself, helped Medusa lure Eagle Protector, and later gave her the ingredients needed to negotiate Mo Shang’s release.
• Xiao Fan refined a Spirit Fusion Pill for You Ruo and returned to the Inner Academy, where the system’s promised punishment instead improved his status and assigned him a new mission.
• After finding Yue Yao injured by Xi Ying, Xiao Fan defeated Bai Cheng and made the White Gang members responsible apologize to her.
• Xiao Fan claimed the Radiant Sun Transformation, cured Lin Yan’s fire poison, and helped Pan Gate address its dwindling funds by selling pills.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan refined Qi Recovery Pills, Body Recovery Pills, and Ice Purity Pills, and Pan Gate’s sales drew buyers as well as the Medicine Gang’s hostility.
• Han Xian’s group blocked Pan Gate’s access to ingredients and bullied its members, so Xiao Yan led Pan Gate to confront the Medicine Gang and challenged Han Xian to an alchemy contest.
• Elder Hao set a surprise Dragon Strength Pill challenge for Xiao Yan and Han Xian, and Xiao Fan joined after the system assigned him a mission to defeat Xiao Yan in alchemy.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan won the alchemy contest, trained in the mountains, and claimed earth core body tempering milk before returning to a stronger Pan Gate. As the Strong Ranking Tournament approached, Xiao Yan prepared to challenge Bai Cheng, who secretly received a pill from Han Xian.

• Xiao Fan refined a fifth-grade Dragon Strength Pill, and Xiao Yan succeeded after his cauldron exploded, while Han Xian failed all three attempts and conceded the Medicine Gang’s five territories.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan arranged Pan Gate’s pill production and left to train, where they practiced Three Thousand Lightning Movement and Xiao Yan gained insight into his ruler technique.
• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan encountered Lin Xiuya’s group fighting a Snow Demon Ape, then planned to take the earth core body tempering milk from its lair.
• Xiao Fan held off the Snow Demon Ape while Xiao Yan collected the concentrated and diluted milk, and the brothers escaped before Xiao Fan broke through to Seven-Star Dou Ling.
• Yao Lao used the milk to prepare body-tempering baths, and Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan both strengthened themselves before returning to the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Fan learned that Pan Gate had expanded and that Zi Yan had been looking for him, while Lin Yan asked Xiao Yan to refine a fifth-grade pill for the Strong Ranking Tournament.
• Xiao Fan visited the Arena with Yue Yao and learned about its matches and Strong Ranking challenges, while Xiao Yan prepared to challenge Bai Cheng.
• Xiao Yan gave Lin Yan the pill and announced his challenge to Bai Cheng, who accepted after Han Xian left him a Beast Strength Pill with side effects.