Recaps

Xiao Hua learned that Shang Hua Ming had a Marrow Cleansing Pill formula and arranged to gather herbs while concealing his own supply of Zhe Wu Grass. After emerging from a hidden spot with spirit herbs, he was met by his excited senior brothers and Xiao Xianrui, who marveled at his apparent luck.

• Xiao Xianrui explained that even her father knew little about the ancient art of refining pills without a furnace, while Gong Mingwei warned Xiao Hua not to enter the restricted cave.
• Xiao Hua delivered Jiang Li’s invitation talisman and Jiang Fan’s Qi Nurturing Pill to Xiao Xianrui, who accepted the pill with shy delight.
• Xiao Hua cultivated and planned to use Marrow Cleansing Pills to improve his cultivation, then asked Xiao Yuehong about their ingredients.
• Xiao Yuehong said Shang Hua Ming had the Marrow Cleansing Pill formula, named Black Ginseng and Famu Wood as its main ingredients, and promised Xiao Hua half the Qi Nurturing Pills if he found aged herbs.
• Xiao Hua went to a hidden spot, gathered Zhe Wu Grass and other spirit herbs from his space, and sent a communication talisman to summon the others.
• Zhang Qingxiao, Gong Mingwei, and Xiao Xianrui arrived, and Zhang Qingxiao teased Xiao Hua after spotting the herbs in his hands.

Xiao Hua found a hidden cave full of mature spirit herbs, and Xiao Yuehong agreed to let him learn pill refinement once he advanced further. The next day, Xiao Hua joined the others to observe Xiao Yuehong begin refining Qi Nurturing Pills, and he reacted with shock and confusion as the process started.

• Xiao Hua showed Xiao Yuehong and his senior siblings the Zhe Wu Grass and other spirit herbs he had found in a hidden cave, explaining that Little White had led him there.
• Xiao Yuehong questioned Xiao Hua about the herbs, then eased his suspicions after seeing the cave and told Gong Mingwei to teach Xiao Hua the Herb Gathering Art as a sign he intended to accept him into the sect later.
• Xiao Yuehong joked that he would accept Xiao Hua immediately if he found three-hundred-year-old Linglong Grass the next day, while Xiao Hua secretly knew he could produce such grass in the future.
• The next morning, Xiao Hua and the other disciples gathered at the pill room on Xihua Peak to watch Xiao Yuehong refine Qi Nurturing Pills.
• Gong Mingwei started the earth fire, and Xiao Yuehong turned the flames azure with a scarlet gourd before forming a complex spell gesture; Xiao Hua watched with shock and bafflement.

Xiao Hua watched Xiao Yuehong refine a Qi Nurturing Pill and found that the alchemy hand seals seemed familiar, deepening his doubts about his own background. After Xiao Yuehong left him to guard the furnace with Zhang Qingxiao, Zhang Qingxiao questioned him about the different hand seals Xiao Hua had made.

• Xiao Yuehong lit the earthfire and began refining the Qi Nurturing Pill, while Xiao Hua recognized the purpose of his hand seals despite having no alchemy experience.
• Xiao Xianrui and Gong Mingwei explained that Qi Cultivation disciples could use costly yellow talismans to assist with alchemy.
• When the furnace trembled, Xiao Yuehong stabilized it with hand seals and used a reusable Core Melting Talisman before leaving to recover his spiritual power.
• Gong Mingwei assigned Xiao Hua to guard the furnace, and Zhang Qingxiao chose to stay with him.
• Zhang Qingxiao asked why Xiao Hua's fingers had moved during Xiao Yuehong's demonstration, and Xiao Hua claimed he had merely tried to imitate the hand seals.

Zhang Qingxiao confronted Xiao Hua about his strange talent with hand seals and his unknown origins, then affirmed his determination to protect Shang Hua Ming. After Zhang Qingxiao left Xiao Hua to watch the pill furnace, Xiao Hua pondered his past, his plans for alchemy, and the unusual movements his hands seemed to remember.

• Zhang Qingxiao questioned Xiao Hua about imitating Xiao Yuehong’s hand seals and wondered whether someone had possessed him.
• Zhang Qingxiao declared that he would protect Shang Hua Ming and its people, and Xiao Hua assured him that he regarded the sect as home.
• Zhang Qingxiao explained the benefits and drawbacks of medicinal pills, including why Qi Nurturing Pills could still help Shang Hua Ming’s disciples.
• Zhang Qingxiao left Xiao Hua to guard the pill furnace and told him to use his communication talismans if anything went wrong.
• Xiao Hua examined his snake-shaped ring, resolved to uncover his origins by strengthening Shang Hua Ming, and considered learning alchemy himself.
• Xiao Hua watched the furnace and practiced instinctive hand seals while Exotic Starlight later enveloped it during his cultivation.

Xiao Yuehong completed a batch of Qi Nurturing Pills and gave Xiao Hua half of them for finding the spirit herbs. Xiao Hua asked to spend more time in the pill chamber, then took a pill and cultivated through the night, ending with uncertainty about how many more he would need to reach the second layer of Qi Cultivation.

• Xiao Yuehong completed the pill refinement, and Gong Mingwei collected twenty-four Qi Nurturing Pills from the furnace.
• Xiao Yuehong credited Xiao Hua’s high-quality spirit herbs for the increased yield and gave him twelve pills, which Xiao Hua accepted after his companions urged him.
• Xiao Yuehong sent Gong Mingwei and the other disciples to Jingxin Cave to take their pills, and allowed Xiao Hua to visit the pill chamber to pursue his memories of alchemy.
• Xiao Hua swallowed a Qi Nurturing Pill on Guzhang Peak and cultivated through the night as Exotic Starlight mingled with the pill’s refined medicinal power.
• Xiao Yuehong secretly watched Xiao Hua and the others cultivate, while Xiao Hua awoke disappointed that one pill had not raised his cultivation to the second layer.

Xiao Hua took several Qi Nurturing Pills but remained at the first layer of Qi Cultivation, while his senior brother and senior sister advanced to the eleventh layer after one pill each. Xiao Yuehong set out to refine more pills for the disciples, and Zhang Qingxiao tried to claim Xiao Hua’s remaining pills.

• Xiao Hua took one Qi Nurturing Pill each day for three days and felt his spiritual power grow, though his cultivation stayed at the first layer.
• Zhang Qingxiao, Gong Mingwei, and Xiao Xianrui rushed to Minsi Peak to tell Xiao Yuehong they had all reached the eleventh layer after refining one pill each.
• Xiao Yuehong examined one of their pills but could not identify what made it so effective, and he refused to take their remaining pills.
• Xiao Hua admitted that he had taken three pills and was still at the first layer, though each pill had advanced his cultivation about as much as a year of ordinary practice.
• Xiao Yuehong told the disciples to keep cultivating and flew to Xihua Peak to refine twenty-four more Qi Nurturing Pills.
• Zhang Qingxiao suggested taking Xiao Hua’s remaining pills, but Gong Mingwei rebuked him.

Xiao Hua used twelve Qi Nurturing Pills to break through to the second layer of Qi Cultivation, while his senior brothers and sister advanced in their cultivation. After testing the new pills, Xiao Yuehong and the others found that they lacked the strange medicinal property of the previous batch.

• Xiao Hua spent six days cultivating but remained at the first layer of Qi Cultivation, while Gong Mingwei, Zhang Qingxiao, and Xiao Xianrui stayed in seclusion.
• Xiao Hua took his final two Qi Nurturing Pills at Zhang Qingxiao's urging and broke through to the second layer of Qi Cultivation.
• Zhang Qingxiao told Xiao Hua that he had reached the initial stage of the eleventh layer, while Gong Mingwei had reached its middle stage.
• Xiao Hua joined his senior brothers and sister in the pill room, where Xiao Yuehong criticized him for needing all twelve pills to advance.
• Xiao Yuehong gave each of them a pill to test, and Gong Mingwei reported that the new pills lacked the strange property found in the previous batch.

Xiao Hua went with Gong Mingwei to Shang Hua Ming’s hidden Inheritance Hall to receive the Qi Cultivation second-layer method. When he saw its strange divine statue, he experienced a vision of a vast wilderness beneath ten suns, then returned to the hall and paid his respects.

• Xiao Yuehong gave Xiao Hua talismans and directed him to retrieve the second-layer cultivation method from the Ancestral Hall.
• Gong Mingwei took Xiao Hua to the Secret Chamber on Minsi Peak and revealed a concealed entrance beneath the floor.
• Gong Mingwei and Xiao Hua used the talisman to enter the Inheritance Hall, where he explained its purpose and solemn customs.
• Xiao Hua saw the emerald statue of a woman with a snake tail and suddenly experienced a vision of enormous beasts beneath ten suns.
• Gong Mingwei called Xiao Hua back to his senses, then introduced him to the statue, and Xiao Hua bowed in respect.

Xiao Hua memorized and practiced Shang Hua Ming’s second-layer Qi Cultivation technique in the Inheritance Palace, but his magic power grew without his cultivation realm advancing. After Xiao Yuehong began testing whether his pill-refining method affected Qi Nurturing Pills, Xiao Hua returned to Xihua Peak and wondered why pills that affected others differently had the same effect on him.

• Gong Mingwei told Xiao Hua that Shang Hua Ming did not know whether the strange statue in the Inheritance Palace depicted its founding ancestor, then showed him the sect’s cultivation techniques.
• Xiao Hua memorized the second-layer technique quickly and circulated his qi, but realized that his realm barely progressed despite increased magic power.
• Gong Mingwei brought Xiao Hua out of the ancestral hall and explained that the entry talisman was a one-use secret known to only a few people in Shang Hua Ming.
• Xiao Yuehong decided to refine Wutuodan before making another batch of Qi Nurturing Pills to test whether the ingredients or his refining method caused the unusual results.
• After two days of cultivation, Xiao Hua returned to Xihua Peak with two Qi Nurturing Pills from Zhang Qingxiao, and both pills increased his magic power by about two years.
• Xiao Hua questioned why he needed pills or many years of cultivation to advance and why both batches of Qi Nurturing Pills affected him alike.

Xiao Yuehong and his disciples tried to discover why the first batch of pills had unusual effects, suspecting Xiao Hua was the key. They secretly watched him recreate the original circumstances, and Xiao Yuehong revealed that Xiao Hua could sense his divine sense.

• Xiao Hua arrived at the pill chamber, where Zhang Qingxiao tested Xiao Yuehong's latest Wutuodan batch and found it no different from before.
• Xiao Yuehong and Zhang Qingxiao suspected Xiao Hua's presence had affected the first batch, so Xiao Hua watched another seven-day refinement, but Zhang Qingxiao again found no unusual effect.
• Xiao Xianrui suggested recreating the first refinement, and Xiao Yuehong told Xiao Hua to cultivate in the pill chamber while he repeated the original steps.
• Xiao Yuehong and the others secretly observed Xiao Hua through a mirror technique as he meditated, but they saw nothing unusual.
• Xiao Yuehong told Gong Mingwei, Zhang Qingxiao, and Xiao Xianrui that Xiao Hua could sense his divine sense, shocking them.

Xiao Yuehong and the others discovered that Wutuodan refined while Xiao Hua guarded the furnace became supreme-grade, though none of them could explain why. Convinced Xiao Hua was responsible, they began another experiment with the sect’s final batch of Spirit Gathering Fruit and Zhe Wu Grass to refine Qi Nurturing Pills.

• Xiao Yuehong and the others speculated about Xiao Hua’s mysterious origins and abilities while watching him cultivate through a mirror technique.
• Xiao Hua guarded the pill furnace for seven days, cultivating as starlight enveloped the furnace and was absorbed by the Wutuodan.
• Xiao Yuehong collected twenty-four Wutuodan and found that one had healing effects far beyond high-grade pills, identifying the batch as supreme-grade.
• Xiao Hua denied doing anything unusual, while Zhang Qingxiao jokingly called him Shang Hua Ming’s future God of Wealth.
• Xiao Yuehong taught Xiao Hua alchemy while refining another batch, which again yielded twenty-four supreme-grade Wutuodan.
• Xiao Yuehong began refining Qi Nurturing Pills from the sect’s final batch of Spirit Gathering Fruit and Zhe Wu Grass.

Xiao Xianrui received Jiang Li’s invitation to visit Yaonong Peak, and Xiao Yuehong ended the disciples’ reflection so she could go. Xiao Xianrui departed with Gong Mingwei and Zhang Qingxiao, while Xiao Yuehong remained puzzled by the Myriad Poisons Sect and questioned Xiao Hua about the top-grade pills.

• Xiao Xianrui revealed Jiang Li’s invitation talisman, and Xiao Yuehong ended the disciples’ reflection in Jingxin Cave.
• Xiao Yuehong noticed strange thunderclouds overhead and urged Xiao Xianrui to consider staying at Huanghua Ridge, but she insisted she wanted to see the world beyond it.
• Xiao Yuehong sent Xiao Xianrui to Yaonong Peak with Gong Mingwei and Zhang Qingxiao, warning her to conceal the cause of their cultivation breakthroughs.
• After the flying boat left, Xiao Yuehong inspected Shang Hua Ming’s protective formation and wondered why the Myriad Poisons Sect had attacked only once.
• Xiao Hua asked to resume pill refining, but Xiao Yuehong chose to wait for the others’ return and asked whether Xiao Hua knew how the top-grade pills were made.
• Xiao Yuehong accepted Xiao Hua’s denial, then remarked that he had not expected Xiao Xianrui to be thinking about dual cultivation.

Xiao Yuehong explained Shang Hua Ming’s mysterious origins and discovered records describing Xiao Hua’s unusual constitution as characteristic of the Celestial Clan. The chapter left Xiao Hua stunned by the possibility that he came from overseas.

• Xiao Yuehong told Xiao Hua that he would not dare take him into Shang Hua Ming because the small sect might hinder his cultivation.
• Xiao Yuehong brought Xiao Hua to the Inheritance Palace and described its enigmatic statue of Wa, missing ancestral spirit tablets, and obscure records.
• Xiao Yuehong explained that Shang Hua Ming’s Water-attribute cultivation method suited his other disciples, while Xiao Hua’s Five Elements Pearl had shown no light.
• Xiao Yuehong revealed a jade-slip passage about the Celestial Clan on Canwu Island, whose members had constitutions unlike ordinary cultivators.
• Xiao Hua asked whether the records meant he had come from overseas, and Xiao Yuehong’s revelation left him dumbfounded.

Xiao Yuehong described the strange qualities of Xiao Hua’s meridians and questioned whether he should be accepted into Shang Hua Ming, but Xiao Hua’s Five Elements Pearl showed a faint fire attribute. As a storm gathered over Xihua Peak, Little White emerged from the stream and faced what appeared to be a lightning tribulation.

• Xiao Yuehong told Xiao Hua that his meridians seemed alive and snake-like, and that his uncertain origins made him hesitant to admit Xiao Hua into Shang Hua Ming.
• Xiao Hua’s Five Elements Pearl began glowing faint red, revealing a fire attribute; Xiao Hua denied that his physique had changed, and Xiao Yuehong sent him back to Xihua Peak.
• Xiao Yuehong returned to the Secret Chamber to search the records while ominous clouds and lightning spread over Huanghua Ridge.
• Xiao Hua felt his living meridians react to the pressure in the sky and went to the summit of Xihua Peak, where he sensed danger gathering.
• Little White flew from the mountain stream and challenged the sky as the clouds turned red; Xiao Hua realized Little White was facing a lightning tribulation, and the snake began to expand after roaring.

Little White faced the lightning tribulation needed to transform into a dragon, while the light cube in Xiao Hua’s mind diverted and absorbed the heavenly lightning meant for her. As Little White’s dragon features solidified and Xiao Hua’s body lay charred among the rocks, she believed he was enduring the tribulation for her and felt profound gratitude.

• Little White transformed into a gigantic, partially formed dragon as her tribulation clouds gathered over Xihua Peak.
• When the first bolt descended, the light cube in Xiao Hua’s mind caused half the lightning to split toward him as he tried to flee; he fainted and fell onto the rocks.
• The light cube absorbed the lightning before it destroyed Xiao Hua, while the bolt battered Little White and caused her dragon scales, horns, and whiskers to emerge.
• Xunyunzi, True Person Liukong, and Fairy Yingzhuo watched the scene through a mirror, then flew toward Huanghua Ridge after the mirror shattered.
• The second bolt struck Little White, but half of it again diverted to Xiao Hua, and the light cube absorbed both the lightning and its thread of Heavenly Dao.
• Little White recalled how Xiao Hua’s blood had saved her before and believed he was enduring the tribulation for her, filling her with gratitude.

Little White endured a fourth, green heavenly thunderbolt as its tribulation intensified, while Xiao Hua absorbed part of the lightning. Xunyunzi, True Person Liukong, and Fairy Yingzhuo arrived at Huanghua Ridge to seize Little White’s inner core, but the final strike and Little White’s dragon roar left them reeling.

• Little White sent a dark gold radiance into Xiao Hua, then used its inner core to block the third heavenly thunderbolt and completed its transformation into a dragon.
• Xiao Yuehong sensed the tribulation at Xihua Peak but could neither investigate nor use his magical power beneath the clouds.
• Xunyunzi, True Person Liukong, and Fairy Yingzhuo reached Huanghua Ridge and discussed taking Little White’s inner core to refine a Python Dragon Pill.
• When half of each thunderbolt had been absorbed by Xiao Hua, the tribulation produced a fourth, green heavenly thunderbolt, and the three cultivators took positions around Huanghua Ridge.
• The final thunderbolt struck as Little White roared, breaking the Innate Divine Restriction and knocking Xunyunzi, True Person Liukong, and Fairy Yingzhuo out of the sky until their treasures steadied them.

After Little White Dragon survived the heavenly tribulation and began rebuilding its body from Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, Xunyunzi, True Person Liukong, and Fairy Yingzhuo tried to seize its inner core. Their attacks instead fed its transformation, so True Person Liukong brought out the Dragon Slaying Sword and demanded a larger share of the spoils.

• Little White Dragon endured four bolts of heavenly lightning, emerged with an intact incorporeal dragon body, and swallowed its shattered inner core.
• Xunyunzi, True Person Liukong, and Fairy Yingzhuo flew to Xihua Peak and discovered Little White Dragon solidifying as it absorbed Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi.
• Xunyunzi attacked with the Soul-Snatching Chain Bells, but Little White Dragon appeared unaffected by their sound.
• Fairy Yingzhuo used Jian Si Tian Lei to cast a thread-net over Little White Dragon, but the net vanished and strengthened its body instead.
• Xunyunzi realized their spiritual attacks were helping Little White Dragon, while True Person Liukong drew his Dragon Slaying Sword and demanded fifty percent of the inner core.

True Person Liukong and Xunyunzi attacked Little White Dragon, while Xunyunzi killed the Shang Hua Ming sect master Xiao Yuehong when he appeared. As Liukong trapped Little White Dragon in a sword formation, Xunyunzi activated four jade talismans that ensnared them and began pulling the dragon’s inner core away.

• True Person Liukong used the Dragon Slaying Sword to wound Little White Dragon, while Xunyunzi’s four stones held the dragon in place.
• Xiao Yuehong emerged from the pill chamber and fled after spotting the three Nascent Soul cultivators attacking Little White Dragon.
• Xunyunzi attacked Xiao Yuehong with the Soul-Snatching Chain Bells, and he and Fairy Yingzhuo killed Xiao Yuehong with a net of spiritual energy.
• True Person Liukong shattered Little White Dragon’s damaged inner core and turned the sword fragments into a sword formation around him.
• Xunyunzi activated four jade talismans with his seals and natal True Essence, enclosing Little White Dragon and the sword formation in a spiritual net.
• Xunyunzi drew the dragon’s scattered inner core away from him with the net’s suction.

Little White Dragon exploded its gathered body to break the Dragon Slaying Sword formation and escaped as an essence soul, leaving Xunyunzi, True Person Liukong, and Fairy Yingzhuo fighting to capture it. Xunyunzi lost the chase near Xihua Peak and attacked Gong Mingwei and Zhang Qingxiao after they spotted his Nascent Soul.

• Little White Dragon gathered Heaven and Earth Spiritual Qi, enlarged its body, and exploded, destroying many Dragon Slaying Swords and making True Person Liukong lose control of the formation.
• Little White Dragon’s essence soul fled north, absorbed Fairy Yingzhuo’s spiritual-qi net, and used its speed to pierce the jade talisman’s net despite Xunyunzi’s Soul Capturing Ring.
• Xunyunzi sent his Nascent Soul after Little White Dragon’s essence soul but lost its trail after pursuing it for a dozen or so li.
• Gong Mingwei and Zhang Qingxiao saw Xunyunzi’s Nascent Soul near Xihua Peak and mistook it for a baby or a Nascent Soul senior.
• Xunyunzi’s Nascent Soul struck Gong Mingwei and Zhang Qingxiao with Palm Thunders.

After killing two Shang Hua Ming disciples, Xunyunzi negotiated with True Person Liukong and Fairy Yingzhuo over Little White Dragon’s inner core and remains. He later searched for the Dragon Transformation Art without success, then destroyed Xihua Peak, burying Xiao Hua’s corpse beneath the rubble.

• Xunyunzi killed the two men who had fallen from Xiao Yuehong’s flying boat, while his Nascent Soul returned to his body.
• Xunyunzi, True Person Liukong, and Fairy Yingzhuo argued over the inner core and agreed to divide Little White Dragon’s flesh and blood, with Xunyunzi refining Python Dragon Pills for them.
• Xunyunzi collected Little White Dragon’s remains in the Primordial Cauldron and distributed portions to True Person Liukong and Fairy Yingzhuo.
• After the others left, Xunyunzi revealed he had stayed behind under a spirit talisman and searched Xihua Peak and the surrounding area for the Dragon Transformation Art.
• Unable to find the art, Xunyunzi unleashed Palm Thunders that collapsed Xihua Peak and buried Xiao Hua’s charred corpse.

While Xiao Hua lay buried beneath Xihua Peak, Suo Guang revealed secrets about Light Escape and the Dragon Transformation Art. He eventually emerged alive, worried about Little White, and flew toward Minsi Peak to seek answers.

• Xunyunzi, True Person Liukong, and Fairy Yingzhuo searched the ruined Xihua Peak but found nothing and left.
• Inside Xiao Hua’s mental space, the Heavenly Dao Starry Sky appeared, and Suo Guang revealed that he must cultivate the Five Elements Evasion Techniques and temper his bones before learning Light Escape.
• Xiao Hua discovered that the snake-shaped ring had become a dragon tail and transmitted the Dragon Transformation Art to him, which he studied as Suo Guang’s golden shadow repeated its movements.
• After many days, Xiao Hua burst from the rubble, shed his charred skin, put on a Taoist robe, and found bloodstains on the ruined peak.
• Xiao Hua wondered whether Little White had survived its lightning tribulation and decided to ask the sect master about the disaster and his mental space.
• Xiao Hua flew toward Minsi Peak, where an unseen voice demanded to know who he was.

Xiao Hua returned to Huanghua Ridge and learned that the Hundred Herbs Sect had occupied Shang Hua Ming after its Sect Master and two senior brothers were reported dead. He found Xiao Xianrui alive at Minsi Peak, where the two reunited in grief.

• Two Hundred Herbs Sect disciples challenged Xiao Hua on Huanghua Ridge and claimed the territory belonged to their sect.
• Xiao Hua learned that the Sect Master and his two senior brothers had reportedly fallen, while Xiao Xianrui was alive and had returned more than a month earlier.
• Martial Uncle Xing ordered a disciple to take Xiao Hua to the Young Sect Master, who was with Xiao Xianrui at Minsi Peak.
• The Hundred Herbs Sect disciple led Xiao Hua to Shang Hua Ming's open Secret Chamber, where Xiao Xianrui recognized him and rushed into his arms, sobbing.

Xiao Hua returned to Huanghua Ridge and learned the full extent of the deaths that had befallen Shang Hua Ming. As Jiang Fan urged Xiao Xianrui and Xiao Hua to rebuild the sect together, Xiao Xianrui rejected the idea, pointing out that Xiao Hua had never officially been accepted into Shang Hua Ming.

• Xiao Hua found Xiao Xianrui grieving in his arms, and Jiang Fan comforted her and encouraged her to let out her sorrow.
• Jiang Fan questioned Xiao Hua about his absence and bald head, and Xiao Hua lied that he had searched for Zhe Wu Grass and lost his hair in a pill-refining accident.
• Xiao Hua entered the secret chamber, mourned before Xiao Yuehong and Gong Mingwei’s coffins, and found Zhang Qingxiao’s coffin empty.
• Jiang Fan explained that Zhang Qingxiao’s remains were never found and that Xiao Yuehong’s scattered remains had been gathered and placed in his coffin.
• Jiang Fan said Xiao Hua and Xiao Xianrui could support each other and rebuild Shang Hua Ming, but Xiao Xianrui refused, saying Xiao Hua had never been accepted into the sect.

Xiao Hua refused Jiang Fan’s offer to remain as a medicinal herb planting boy in the Hundred Herbs Sect and chose to leave Huanghua Ridge to seek his origins. Xiao Xianrui gave him talismans, Wutuodan, and the Peacock Illusion before Jiang Fan escorted him down the mountain.

• Xiao Xianrui explained that Xiao Hua had never formally joined Shang Hua Ming and asked Jiang Fan to take him into the Hundred Herbs Sect, but Jiang Fan could offer only a temporary position planting medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Xianrui warned Xiao Hua that staying meant relying on Jiang Fan’s protection, while leaving would end his ties to Shang Hua Ming; Xiao Hua chose to leave and seek his origins.
• Xiao Xianrui offered Xiao Hua her storage pouch, but he declined it and accepted talismans and Wutuodan passed to him by Jiang Fan.
• Xiao Xianrui gave Xiao Hua the Peacock Illusion as a birthday gift, recalling that the day marked three years since Xiao Yuehong had brought him to Huanghua Ridge.
• Xiao Hua left the secret chamber, and Jiang Fan ordered a disciple to open the grand formation so he could escort Xiao Hua down the mountain.

Xiao Hua left Huanghua Ridge after being expelled from Shang Hua Ming, enduring Jiang Fan’s test of his abilities and accepting Xiao Xianrui’s suggestion to seek entry into the Huanhua Sect. After evading the divine sense following him, he returned to the mountains and hid in a cave, where memories of Zhang Qingxiao and the others overwhelmed him.

• Jiang Fan flew ahead with Xiao Xianrui while Xiao Hua followed slowly, then a formation trapped him among deadly wind blades.
• Xiao Hua feigned helplessness until the disciple who had gone ahead opened a gap in the barrier and let him escape.
• Xiao Xianrui told Xiao Hua that the Huanhua Sect was recruiting disciples and pointed him toward it after reminding him that Shang Hua Ming was gone.
• Xiao Hua flew toward the Huanhua Sect until the divine sense tracking him disappeared, then turned back toward Huanghua Ridge at full speed.
• Xiao Hua found a concealed cave Zhang Qingxiao had once mentioned, blocked its entrance, and wept as memories of his former companions returned.