Recaps

Xu Ran’s power and influence grew as he destroyed the Jia Lie Clan and helped Nalan Yanran end her engagement to Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan learned of his Dou Di Bloodline and resolved to protect the Xiao Clan’s secrets, while Xu Ran returned to Xun’er and faced her fears about her clan.

• Xiao Yan smashed Xu Ran’s Green Man Pill, but its fragrance caused the Xiao Clan members to break through, and Xiao Zhan punished him for wasting it.
• Ling Ying turned Xun’er against Xiao Yan with false claims, while Xu Ran left Wutan City for the Mist Cloud Sect and reunited with Nalan Yanran.
• Xu Ran impressed the Mist Cloud Sect elders with his claimed alchemy skill, then returned to Wutan City as the sect prepared to discuss Nalan Yanran’s engagement.
• Xu Ran killed Jia Lie Bi, Jia Lie Nu, Liu Xi, and the rest of the Jia Lie Clan, then reassured Ya Fei and promised to support the Mitre Family if it treated her well.
• Nalan Yanran rejected Xiao Yan and revealed she had reached Dou Shi Five-Star, while Xiao Yan’s return to the ninth stage of Dou Qi failed to change her mind.
• Xiao Zhan beat Xiao Yan until he knelt, and Nalan Yanran ended the engagement before Xu Ran burned the Marriage Certificate.
• Xun’er grew jealous when Nalan Yanran kissed Xu Ran, while Xiao Yan learned from Yao Lao that he carried the Dou Di Bloodline and vowed to surpass Xu Ran.
• Nalan Yanran returned to the Mist Cloud Sect after Ge Ye invited Xu Ran to visit, and Xu Ran went to Xun’er, who feared her clan would kill him if they learned of their relationship.

Xu Ran rescued Xiao Yu from Xiao Yan, whose crimes led to his expulsion from the Xiao Clan and his break with Xun'er. At Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment, Xu Ran killed two students who provoked him, then defeated Instructor Ruo Lin and revealed he was a Dou Huang so the academy would protect Xiao Yu, Xun'er, and Xiao Mei.

• Xiao Yu challenged Xu Ran’s strength, but he caught her whip, carried her into the sky, and later gave Xiao Ning pills to help him advance.
• Xiao Yan drugged Xiao Yu and tried to take advantage of her, but Xu Ran arrived with Xiao Mei and stopped him before Xun'er joined them.
• Xiao Yu exposed Xiao Yan’s actions, and Xiao Zhan ordered him beaten with two hundred strokes and expelled from the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan secretly returned to warn Xun'er, but she rejected him, and Xu Ran defeated him when he attacked.
• Xu Ran and the women reached Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment, where he overwhelmed the soldiers with his killing intent and met Xiao Yu’s friend Xue Ni.
• Xu Ran struck Luo Bu, crippled Gela, and killed both men after they provoked him and threatened Xiao Yu.
• Instructor Ruo Lin challenged Xu Ran, who froze her water-serpent attack and defeated her in their three exchanges.
• Xu Ran revealed that he was a Dou Huang and explained that he wanted Jia Nan Academy to value and protect Xiao Yu, Xun'er, and Xiao Mei.

Xu Ran secured leave from Jia Nan Academy, raised Ya Fei to the peak of Dou Huang, and left Wutan City for Qingshan Town. He befriended Little Medical Fairy and offered help with her Woeful Poison Body, then accompanied her toward a hidden cave while Xiao Yan suffered at the hands of magic beasts and Mu Li plotted against him.

• Ruo Lin granted Xu Ran leave from Jia Nan Academy and learned of his alchemy, while Xu Ran demonstrated his multiple attributes to Xun'er, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Yu.
• Xu Ran gave Ya Fei a Dou Huang Pill that raised her to the peak of Dou Huang and released medicinal energy that helped cultivators throughout Wutan City advance.
• Xu Ran reassured Xiao Yu of his feelings, accepted Xiao Zhan's request to support Xiao Yan, and departed Wutan City.
• Xu Ran identified Little Medical Fairy's Woeful Poison Body, promised to help her, and told her that the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture lay in a cave in the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Little Medical Fairy befriended Xu Ran and joined him on an expedition with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, rejecting Xiao Yan's attempts to turn her against him.
• Xu Ran's bloodline presence attracted Ape-Hybrids that targeted Xiao Yan and dragged him away after he failed to escape.
• Mu Li ordered the mercenaries to kill Xu Ran and planned to take Little Medical Fairy for himself, while Little Medical Fairy drew closer to Xu Ran.
• Little Medical Fairy secretly left camp to seek the cave, and Xu Ran followed her and carried her down a steep cliff.

Xu Ran rescued the Little Medical Fairy from the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, helped her become an alchemist, and saved Yun Yun from the Amethyst Winged Lion King. The stretch ended with Xu Ran astonishing the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild by refining nine pills from three sets of ingredients.

• Xu Ran killed Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group after they tried to seize the cave’s treasures, then promised to help the Little Medical Fairy develop her strength and learn alchemy.
• Xu Ran gave the Little Medical Fairy alchemical knowledge and the Qilin Flame, and she successfully refined pills before becoming a Third-Rank Alchemist.
• Xu Ran rescued Yun Yun from the Amethyst Winged Lion King, secured the lion king’s violet spirit crystal for her, and gave her pills that could help her advance.
• Xiao Yan escaped the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and vowed revenge on Xu Ran and the Little Medical Fairy, while Yun Yun returned to the Mist Cloud Sect with Xu Ran’s pills.
• Xu Ran and the Little Medical Fairy met Xiao Yan at the Black Rock City Alchemist Guild, where they accepted a pill-refining challenge and Xu Ran wagered that Xiao Yan would kneel if Xian'er outperformed him.
• Xiao Yan quickly refined a First-Rank Pill, while the Little Medical Fairy refined three pills from three ingredient sets and Xu Ran refined nine.
• The crowd accused Xu Ran of cheating until Yao Lao confirmed that he had not, and Foklan explained that Xu Ran’s precise control let him make three pills from each set.