Recaps

Xiao Yan traveled to Pill City, survived a Ghost Gate ambush, and obtained a powerful Soul Technique while proving his alchemy skill at the Pill Tower. After Xu Qinghe sought the badge entrusted to Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan prepared to pursue a Creation Pill for the approaching Pill Gathering.

• Xiao Yan refined the Earth Spirit Tempering Fire Pill, and the Northern King absorbed its Pill Lightning and advanced to Peak Yuan Zong.
• Xiao Yan left with Xiao Siyu and Xiao Ming for the Pill Tower, but Green Demon and three Yuan Zun experts ambushed them on the way.
• Xiao Yan used a Fire Lotus to kill a Two-Star Yuan Zun and wound Xiao Siyu’s opponent before Xiao Ming drove off Green Demon.
• In Glazed City, Xiao Yan acquired the Soul Stone Iron Scroll from a vendor and defeated Yao Shiling when he tried to take it.
• Xiao Yan reached Pill City, reunited with Murong Qianqian and Mu Leng, and demonstrated Tier Seven High-Level Alchemist skill at the Nine-Character Soul Stele.
• Xiao Yan unlocked Ten Thousand Seas Return to the Ruins from the scroll and absorbed the dangerous secret art, while learning that Leng Bingshuang had helped the Xiao Gate grow stronger.
• Xiao Yan witnessed Xu Qinghe use the Nine Heavens Azure Pagoda to subdue a Tier Eight pill, then refused to hand him Huo Zhu’s bronze badge and promised to deliver it to Liu Ya himself.
• Xiao Yan decided to refine a Creation Pill for the Pill Gathering and went with Xiao Ming and Xiao Siyu to Dustlight Pavilion to seek rare ingredients.

Xiao Yan prepared for the Pill Gathering, survived a Ghost Gate attack, and entered the competition seeking a Heaven Inquiry Pill for Bai Hua. After advancing through three trials and gaining Master Qing Li’s Pill Profound Realm, he entered the Cang Ridge Secret Realm, where a group of transformed beasts confronted him.

• Xiao Yan traded Fire Banyan Branches for a Giant Rock Horned Rhino Beast corpse and discovered a living embryo inside, then obtained thousands of medicinal herbs at Dustlight Pavilion.
• A Ghost Gate attacker trapped Xiao Yan in distorted space and tried to seize his Heavenly Flames and Northern King, but Xiao Yan broke free and returned injured to Pill City.
• Xiao Yan revived the rhino embryo with his flames, collected its Rock Rhino Horn Marrow, and entered Fallen Immortal City for the Pill Gathering.
• Xiao Yan passed the first two trials, while Yao Shiling was overwhelmed by the Heavenly Flames he had tried to capture.
• Inside the Pill Sea Illusion Realm, Master Qing Li passed Xiao Yan the Pill Profound Realm, and Xiao Yan absorbed the realm’s Pill Qi before escaping after two months.
• Yuwen Zong sent the contestants into the Cang Ridge Secret Realm to gather ingredients and make twenty Fragrance-Nurturing Pills, and Xiao Yan noticed a white-robed young man watching him.
• Xiao Yan learned the secret realm’s dangers from a transformed magical beast, then confronted a monstrous woman and her companions after they robbed another contestant.
• Xiao Yan fought the beasts with his rulers and Giant Elephant Art, but the monstrous woman summoned two more transformed beasts, including a five-star Yuan Zong, to join the attack.

Xiao Yan fought to protect Xiao Siyu and escape the secret realm while pursuing the Fragrance-Nurturing Pills and surviving attacks from powerful rivals. After returning just before the next round was announced, he qualified for the final Pill Gathering contest.

• Xiao Yan killed Cao Xi’s attackers, defeated Zi Qi and Niu Kui, and collected Fragrance-Nurturing Pills before obtaining Purple Spirit Reed Flowers from the Spiny-Scaled Poison Toad.
• Xiao Yan rescued Xiao Siyu from Daoist Xuankong, then fought Bai Hansheng until Xiang Wuhui intervened and forced Bai Hansheng to flee.
• Xiang Wuhui coerced Xiao Yan into refining his bones, but Xiao Yan escaped with Xiao Siyu after the procedure and fled through the snowy mountains.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Siyu evaded pursuers as a mysterious Yuan Zun attacked them, and Xiao Yan fled toward the exit while the Northern King carried the wounded Xiao Siyu away.
• Xiao Yan killed Daoist Xuankong but was trapped by Fu Kui, who tried to seize his Heavenly Flames before Xu Qinghe rescued him.
• Xu Qinghe escorted Xiao Yan toward the core region, and Xiao Yan gave him the bronze badge belonging to Huo Zhu before qualifying at the lake with Fragrance-Nurturing Pills.
• Xiao Yan began a Tier Eight Soul breakthrough using Daoist Xuankong’s Spirit Absorption Secret Technique and Soul-Binding Stone while Xiao Siyu waited for him.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the closing exit before Chen Xuanling announced the next round, qualified for the final assessment, and joined the pill-refining contest.