Recaps

Xiao Yan killed Mu Li, escaped the Magical Beast Mountain Range with Xiao Yi Xian, and settled in Qingshan Town to study medicine under her. Their brief peaceful stay ended when the Wolf Head Mercenary Group surrounded the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan killed Mu Li after rejecting his pleas and took his Storage Ring, while the surviving mercenaries fled.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he would not harm her, and she summoned her Blue Eagle, Little Lan, to carry them out of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian returned to Qingshan Town and stayed in guest rooms at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, where she taught him Pharmacology and Medicine.
• Xiao Yan learned to prepare basic healing medicines in three days, and rumors about him and Xiao Yi Xian spread through town.
• On the fourth day after their return, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group gathered almost all its forces and surrounded the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.

Xiao Yan’s first potion-making attempt embarrassed Xiao Yi Xian before the Wolf Head Mercenary Group surrounded the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, demanding her and Xiao Yan along with a treasure. As Gan Mu and He Meng charged inside to seize them, both were thrown back out, leaving Mu She’s force facing an unknown opponent.

• Xiao Yan secretly made a potion from ingredients Xiao Yi Xian recognized as intended for use between men and women, and she angrily told him to stay away from her.
• A girl warned Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had surrounded the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and demanded they come out.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian and went to confront the mercenaries, while she hid behind him.
• Mu She demanded Xiao Yi Xian and the murderer of his son, but his true aim was to obtain the treasure tied to his son’s death.
• The Myriad Medicine Pavilion’s owner ordered his guards to stand aside, and Mu She sent Gan Mu, He Meng, and other mercenaries inside.
• Gan Mu and He Meng were hurled back out of the pavilion within seconds.

Xiao Yan revealed the Profound Tier, Advanced Level Mad Lion's Roar to draw out the mercenaries of Qingshan Town, then used it to devastate the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. Mu She survived the attack but realized too late that Xiao Yan was a Da Dou Shi, and the group faced destruction.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the Myriad Medicine Pavilion after badly injuring Gan Mu and He Meng, while Mu She accused him of killing his son.
• Xiao Yan displayed the Mad Lion's Roar and revealed its grade, drawing greedy attention from Mu She and the gathered mercenaries.
• Mu She offered to end the feud in exchange for the Dou Technique, but Xiao Yan refused and provoked him as more spectators arrived.
• Mu She promised Gold Coins and access to the technique to anyone who wounded or killed Xiao Yan, prompting the mercenaries to charge.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the Mad Lion's Roar, killing or incapacitating nearly all the mercenaries and damaging the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• Mu She was left gravely wounded and realized Xiao Yan was a Da Dou Shi, as the Wolf Head Mercenary Group faced ruin.

After destroying the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, Xiao Yan spent half a month in Qingshan Town cultivating and studying medicine with Xiao Yi Xian. He agreed to find a Tier 3 Poison-Type Magical Beast for her Poison Agent, then located a suitable target deep in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian Mu She's Storage Ring contents after killing Mu She and wiping out the Wolf Head Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yan mastered Eagle Wings and advanced to Three-Star Da Dou Shi, while Xiao Yi Xian remained a One-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yan to obtain a Tier 3 Poison-Type Magical Beast's Magic Core, then accidentally kissed him and was ordered out of his room.
• Xiao Yan entered the Magical Beast Mountain Range alone and chose to search the depths for Xiao Yi Xian's requested Magic Core.
• Xiao Yan made a cave his base and, on the fourth day, found a Tier 3 plant-type Magical Beast called the Demon Fusion Flower.

Xiao Yan lured out and defeated a third-tier Demon Fusion Flower, obtaining the poison-type Magic Core Xiao Yi Xian had requested. As he prepared to return, he witnessed two powerful beings battling in the distant sky.

• Xiao Yan used a Savage Bear head to lure the Demon Fusion Flower into feeding, then attacked it with Great Flame Palm.
• Xiao Yan seized the flower’s vines and used his Eagle Wings to pull its main root out of the ground.
• Xiao Yan weakened the fire-vulnerable Demon Fusion Flower from the air and shattered its main root with Mad Lion's Roar.
• Xiao Yan collected the jade-green Magic Core in a Jade Bottle and prepared to return to Xiao Yi Xian.
• A thunderous clash shook Xiao Yan as he saw green and purple orbs colliding in a battle across the sky.

Xiao Yan hid from a battle between two Dou Emperor experts in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, then rescued the defeated woman he found injured in a waterfall. As he prepared to treat her, she woke and demanded to know what he was doing.

• Xiao Yan fled the approaching battle between two Dou Emperor experts and took shelter in his cave.
• The battle continued until dusk, when the purple combatant defeated the green one and left after hearing a bird cry and a lion's roar.
• Xiao Yan went to a nearby waterfall to refill his water flask and found an unconscious, bloodied woman floating in the water.
• Xiao Yan carried the woman to his cave and prepared Healing Pills and medicine to treat her wounds.
• The woman opened her eyes just as Xiao Yan reached for her clothes, and he said he only wanted to apply medicine.

Xiao Yan treated the wounded Yun Zhi after her cultivation was sealed by the Amethyst Winged Lion King. Once she was stable, they exchanged false names, and Yun Zhi offered to introduce him to an Alchemist friend while warning him to stay hidden from the searching Magical Beasts.

• Xiao Yan backed away when Yun Zhi woke, and she promised not to harm him because he had saved her.
• Yun Zhi discovered that a Sealing Technique had blocked her Dou Qi and asked Xiao Yan to treat her severe wounds.
• Xiao Yan removed Yun Zhi’s armor, cleaned and stitched her claw wounds, and bandaged her.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself as Yan Xiao, while Yun Zhi gave him her name and offered to introduce him to an Alchemist friend.
• Yun Zhi agreed to rest in the cave and stay inside while Xiao Yan handled the Magical Beasts searching for her.

While Yun Zhi recovered in a cave, she and Xiao Yan shared grilled fish and talked about her life, the Magical Beast Sovereigns, and her failed attempt to obtain Purple Spirit Crystal. Yun Zhi asked Xiao Yan to help her steal the crystal during a rematch with the Amethyst Winged Lion King, and he agreed despite privately deciding the plan was too dangerous.

• Xiao Yan served Yun Zhi grilled fish, and she told him how her strict upbringing left her longing for ordinary pleasures and unwilling to join another Sect.
• Xiao Yan explained that he had come to find a material for a friend, and Yun Zhi apologized for causing the Magical Beasts outside to run wild during her battle.
• Yun Zhi described her fight with the Amethyst Winged Lion King and named the Azure Emperor Sparrow, Emperor Blind Alligator, and Mountain-Moving Ape as the other Magical Beast Sovereigns.
• Yun Zhi revealed that she had sought Purple Spirit Crystal and planned to fight the Amethyst Winged Lion King again if it refused to trade.
• Yun Zhi asked Xiao Yan to sneak into the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Cave Abode and steal the Purple Spirit Crystal while she fought it, and Xiao Yan agreed aloud while privately dreading the danger.

Xiao Yan and Yun Zhi shared a quiet meal in the cave, growing closer as he cooked Beggar’s Chicken and told her a story about hunger. When Yun Zhi’s seal began to loosen, she chose not to use her pills to hasten her recovery, hoping to prolong their time together.

• Yun Zhi offered Xiao Yan grilled fish seasoned with one of his bottles, and he stopped her from eating it after realizing it contained his special potion.
• Xiao Yan warned Yun Zhi not to leave the cave alone, then went hunting and returned with two Blackfoot Chickens.
• Xiao Yan prepared Beggar’s Chicken and told Yun Zhi the story behind the dish, which moved her.
• Yun Zhi’s seal began to loosen enough for her to access her Storage Ring, but she closed it without taking out pills to speed her recovery.

Yun Zhi regained her Dou Emperor strength and equipped Xiao Yan with gifts to help him steal the Purple Spirit Crystal from the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Cave Abode. She drew the Amethyst Winged Lion King away while Xiao Yan entered the cave, where he found many branching passages.

• Yun Zhi broke through the Amethyst Seal, regained her Dou Emperor strength, and gave Xiao Yan scrolls, a Jade Token, the Heart of the Sea Armor, and a Purple Spirit Crystal-sensing Pendant.
• Yun Zhi agreed to carry Xiao Yan to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Cave Abode and explained that she would distract the beast while he searched for the crystal.
• Yun Zhi attacked the Magical Beasts guarding the cave and lured the Amethyst Winged Lion King away from its Cave Abode.
• Xiao Yan killed the remaining Tier Three Magical Beast at the entrance and rushed into the cave without retrieving its Magic Core.
• Xiao Yan found purple ore that was not the Purple Spirit Crystal, then reached a chamber with seven or eight branching passages.

Xiao Yan used the Divine Pattern to navigate the Amethyst Winged Lion King's Cave Abode and found its treasure rooms. After the Divine Pattern let him withstand the Little Amethyst Winged Lion's Beast Flame, he followed the cub through a Purple Flame Gate and discovered a mountain of Purple Spirit Crystals.

• Xiao Yan sensed temperature differences with the Divine Pattern and followed the passages to the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cavern.
• Xiao Yan searched for Purple Spirit Crystals, then entered a treasure room filled with withered herbs and Magic Cores.
• The Little Amethyst Winged Lion attacked Xiao Yan, but he awakened the Divine Pattern and resisted its purple Beast Flame.
• The Little Amethyst Winged Lion fled, and Xiao Yan followed it through a gate wreathed in purple flames.
• Xiao Yan suppressed the gate's flames with the Divine Pattern and found a mountain-high pile of Purple Spirit Crystals.

Xiao Yan took Purple Spirit Crystals and collected purple liquid from a sealed orb in the young Amethyst Winged Lion’s cave, then escaped with Yun Zhi’s help. He survived a fall into the abyss, but the Soul Imprint on his Heavenly Flames coordinate map began flickering.

• Xiao Yan used a Purple Spirit Crystal to loosen the orb’s seal and collected three bottles of its purple liquid, leaving about half behind.
• Yun Zhi feinted against the Amethyst Winged Lion King, then grabbed Xiao Yan as he emerged from the cave.
• When the king attacked, Xiao Yan gave Yun Zhi a Purple Spirit Crystal and threw himself into the abyss so she could escape at full speed.
• Yun Zhi flew away while the Amethyst Winged Lion King pursued her, then the king returned to its cave believing Xiao Yan would not survive.
• Xiao Yan activated his Eagle Wings and glided through the Astral Gale until he landed safely at the bottom of the abyss.
• The Soul Imprint on Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames coordinate map began to flicker.

Xiao Yan followed the Heavenly Flames Coordinate Map into Fallen Emperor Gorge and discovered a graveyard filled with peacefully dead Magical Beasts. In the graveyard’s center, his Divine Pattern warned him of danger as flame-shaped beasts appeared and surrounded him.

• Xiao Yan recovered his Dou Qi and followed the Heavenly Flames Coordinate Map deeper into Fallen Emperor Gorge.
• Xiao Yan entered a fogless, increasingly hot area and found the corpse of a Mountain-Bearing Beast.
• Xiao Yan discovered more than a hundred Rank Four to Rank Six Magical Beast corpses and realized the gorge was a graveyard where the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame could have formed.
• Xiao Yan reached the graveyard’s center, where the coordinate map’s soul power ran out.
• Xiao Yan’s Divine Pattern flashed as the ground split and a Flame Giant Python attacked him.
• Xiao Yan dodged the python and struck back at a Flame Giant Eagle, but a Flame Giant Ape, Flame Tiger, and Flame Giant Elephant formed around him.

Xiao Yan escaped the Flame Magical Beasts guarding the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and decided he was not strong enough to claim it. A final Soul Imprint on the Heavenly Flames Coordinate Map led him to a cave, where he found a skeleton and a dusty scroll.

• Xiao Yan flew above the gorge to evade twelve Flame Magical Beasts, but their fireballs and attacks rapidly drained his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Yan escaped beyond the beasts’ range and concluded they were fragments of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame rather than Heavenly Flames themselves.
• Xiao Yan recovered his Dou Qi, judged the flame too powerful to pursue, and decided to return after growing stronger.
• Xiao Yan noticed the final Soul Imprint on the Heavenly Flames Coordinate Map pointing to a cave across the gorge.
• Xiao Yan checked the cave with an Illumination Stone, entered, and found a skeleton beside a dust-covered scroll.

Xiao Yan found Lu Chang’s remains and belongings, including his Alchemy book and a single Ice Heart Pill. The book revealed how to subdue the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, giving Xiao Yan a chance to pursue the Heavenly Flame while honoring Lu Chang’s final wish.

• Xiao Yan read Lu Chang’s final letter, promised to return his remains to the Lu Family in the Chu Yun Empire, and placed the skeleton in a wooden box inside the Storage Ring.
• Xiao Yan opened Lu Chang’s Storage Ring and found medicinal ingredients, numerous pills, a Pill Cauldron, and a detailed book on Alchemy.
• Xiao Yan studied Lu Chang’s handwritten Pill Formulas and reflections on a lifetime of failures, changing how he viewed the Alchemist profession.
• Xiao Yan discovered Lu Chang’s instructions for subduing the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, including its weaknesses and the need to use the Ice Heart Pill before touching it.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Ice Heart Pill in Lu Chang’s Storage Ring was the last one and praised the Alchemist’s noble deed.

Xiao Yan prepared to lure the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame into a trap, using Rock-Gnawing Mice to draw away its Flame Beasts and purple liquid as bait. After waiting in hiding, he saw the fog at the Cave entrance begin to dissipate, signaling that the young beast had moved toward him.

• Xiao Yan studied the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and began learning the Explosive Step movement Dou Technique.
• Xiao Yan found Rock-Gnawing Mouse burrows and smoked out more than ten mice to use as decoys.
• Xiao Yan released the mice near the Flame Beasts, then used Explosive Step to search for the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame's true form.
• Xiao Yan laid a trail of purple liquid toward the Cave and hid on its ceiling with the remaining liquid as bait.
• Xiao Yan waited in the Cave until the fog at its entrance began to dissipate.

Xiao Yan tried to absorb the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, using the Ice Heart Pill and his Xiao Clan Divine Pattern to survive its heat. With his Dou Qi nearly exhausted and death approaching, a second Divine Pattern awakened and restored his body and strength.

• Xiao Yan drew the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame into the cave by calling to it like a puppy, and it consumed the purple liquid he had left there.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Ice Heart Pill and grabbed the Flame Seed as the Flame Puppy bit his hand, then used his Divine Pattern to devour the Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan replenished his dwindling Dou Qi with Qi-Replenishing Pills while the cave collapsed around him and the Flame Seed remained only partly devoured.
• The Ice Heart Pill's effects faded and Xiao Yan's Dou Qi began burning away, leaving him close to death as he thought of Xun'er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yun Zhi.
• A second, hourglass-shaped Divine Pattern awakened within Xiao Yan's first pattern, healing his body and restoring his pills and Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan subdued the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, gaining a major boost in strength and new abilities from his Divine Pattern. After investigating the mysterious Hourglass Divine Pattern, he recovered his belongings and headed back toward Qingshan Town, worried about Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yan lured the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, which appeared as a Little Milk Puppy, with his Fire-Type Dou Qi and successfully subdued it.
• The Myriad Beast Spirit Flame raised Xiao Yan's strength from Three-Star Da Dou Shi to Eight-Star Da Dou Shi and evolved his Xiao Clan Divine Pattern into a Double-Pattern Divine Pattern.
• Xiao Yan tested the Divine Pattern's two layers, reaching the peak of Nine-Star Da Dou Shi and then Two-Star Dou Ling, and summoned three Flame Beasts.
• Xiao Yan found the faded Hourglass Divine Pattern and suspected it had rewound his body and Dou Qi, then wondered about his mother's origins and his clan's secrets.
• Xiao Yan retrieved his hidden Storage Ring, changed into black clothes, and headed back toward Qingshan Town, concerned about Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan left Fallen Emperor Gorge and encountered the Blood Battle Mercenary Group while seeking a place to rest near Qingshan Town. After introducing himself and revealing his Eight-Star strength, he and the group were threatened by a Forest Wolf Pack.

• Xiao Yan used the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame to escape Fallen Emperor Gorge and traveled through the Magical Beast Mountain Range toward its outer region.
• Xiao Yan found a campfire and approached the Blood Battle Mercenary Group to ask for food and shelter.
• Ka Gang introduced himself and his companions, including Qing Xin, Mo Shi, Mu Lan, and Ling'er, who treated Xiao Yan with suspicion.
• Xiao Yan said he was an Eight-Star, surprising the mercenaries and provoking Ling'er’s disbelief.
• A series of howls alerted the group that a Forest Wolf Pack had targeted their camp.

Xiao Yan and the Blood Battle Mercenary Group were surrounded by Forest Wolves, which Mu Lan revealed were pursuing them because they had captured a Forest Wolf King cub. As the mercenaries were overwhelmed, Xiao Yan wiped out the pack with Mad Lion's Roar, leaving them to realize he was far stronger than an Eight-Star Dou Zhe.

• Ling'er suspected Xiao Yan of leading the Forest Wolves to the group, but Mu Lan stopped her and revealed the mercenaries had captured a Forest Wolf King cub.
• Mu Lan told Xiao Yan he hoped he would take Ling'er and escape if the battle turned against them, while Ling'er insisted on fighting beside the group.
• The Forest Wolves attacked, and Ka Gang, Qing Xin, Mo Shi, and Mu Lan fought as the mercenaries began to lose ground.
• Ling'er apologized to Xiao Yan and offered to do anything if he helped, but he scolded her for treating him poorly before asking for help and stopped her from rushing into battle.
• Xiao Yan told the mercenaries to seal their ears and unleashed Mad Lion's Roar, killing dozens of Forest Wolves in one strike.
• The mercenaries stared at Xiao Yan and concluded that he was an Eight-Star Dou Shi, not an Eight-Star Dou Zhe.

After returning to Qingshan Town, Xiao Yan discovered that the Myriad Medicine Pavilion had been sealed after a poisonous fog outbreak and found Xiao Yi Xian apparently dead in her room. As he prepared to carry her away, her heartbeat suddenly returned.

• Xiao Yan helped the Blood Battle Mercenary Group defeat the Forest Wolves and cooked wolf stew for the squad.
• The mercenaries thanked Xiao Yan and returned to Qingshan Town, while he headed for the Myriad Medicine Pavilion.
• A mercenary told Xiao Yan that poisonous fog had erupted in the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, killing some people and leaving others unconscious, and that Xiao Yi Xian was missing.
• Xiao Yan burned through the poisonous fog with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame and entered Xiao Yi Xian's bedroom.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Yi Xian pale and apparently dead, with traces of potent poison, but her hand twitched and her heartbeat resumed as he prepared to take her away.

Xiao Yan rescued Xiao Yi Xian from the poisonous fog and carried her away from Qingshan Town to the secluded valley in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. As they shared a meal, Xiao Yi Xian began to explain the Woeful Poison Body.

• Xiao Yan discovered that the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame protected him from the poison surrounding Xiao Yi Xian, who revealed that she was the source of the deadly fog.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yan to stay with her, and he reassured her that he did not consider her evil.
• Xiao Yan carried Xiao Yi Xian away as mercenaries set fire to the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, then took her to their old hut in the valley.
• Xiao Yi Xian recovered enough to walk and eat with Xiao Yan, who invited her to tell him what had happened.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yan whether he had ever heard of the Woeful Poison Body.

Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she possessed the Woeful Poison Body, a dangerous constitution that strengthened her through poison but would eventually kill her. Xiao Yan promised to seek a cure through Gu He, and after a month together, he and Xiao Yi Xian parted with hopes of meeting again.

• Xiao Yi Xian showed Xiao Yan the Seven-Colored Hidden Line and explained how her Woeful Poison Body converted consumed poison into Dou Qi while steadily bringing her closer to death.
• Xiao Yan reassured Xiao Yi Xian that he would not hate her and promised to find a way to cure her constitution, then asked her to avoid consuming poison unless she could no longer resist.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that he planned to visit the Misty Cloud Sect and learn Alchemy from Gu He, whom he believed might know how to treat her condition.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian spent another month together, during which her cultivation reached Nine-Star Dou Zhe and their bond deepened.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Xiao Yan a sachet made from flowers and plants in the valley, and Xiao Yan flew away after telling her to stay alive.

Xiao Yan arrived in Black Rock City to take the First-Rank Alchemist assessment and earn an Alchemist Badge before continuing to the Jia Ma Empire capital. After guards denied him entry, a second Fourth-Rank Alchemist arrived with a striking silver-haired girl, leaving Xiao Yan captivated by her appearance.

• Xiao Yan reached Black Rock City, where he planned to take the Alchemist Guild's First-Rank assessment before traveling to the capital.
• After resting overnight, Xiao Yan went to the Alchemist Guild but was stopped because he lacked an introduction letter or an Alchemist Badge.
• Lin Fei arrived with her teacher, Master Otto, and was admitted to the guild so she could take the First-Rank assessment.
• Xiao Yan questioned why Lin Fei could enter without credentials, and the guards explained that Master Otto's status as a Fourth-Rank Alchemist was sufficient.
• Another Fourth-Rank Alchemist arrived with a girl whose silver hair and eyebrows drew Xiao Yan's attention.

Xiao Yan tried to enter the Alchemist Guild in Black Rock City to take the First-Rank Alchemist examination, but he lacked the required recommendation. After the Guild president Frank challenged him to prove his abilities, Xiao Yan revealed a blood-red flame and claimed he had subdued a Heavenly Flame.

• Frank arrived at the Alchemist Guild with his disciple Xue Mei, who learned that Lin Fei had already come to take the examination.
• Frank asked why the guards had stopped Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan explained that he wanted to take the First-Rank Alchemist examination but had no mentor’s recommendation.
• Xiao Yan told Frank and Xue Mei that he had studied Alchemical Notes on his own for only a few months, prompting them to doubt his claim that he could refine pills.
• Frank offered to recommend Xiao Yan if he could prove that he was able to refine pills.
• Xiao Yan opened his palm and manifested blood-red flames, then explained that he was not a Fourth-Rank Alchemist and had merely subdued a Heavenly Flame.