Recaps

Xiao Yan and Mo Zhai competed to refine Emperor Grade Pills, while Mo Zhai used forbidden pills and relied on Yan Bing and Old Monster Hu to survive the Pill Lightning. Xiao Yan completed an Emperor Grade Complete Pill and won the judges’ verdict, but Mo Zhai challenged the appraisal as Xiao Yan called on Elder Xuan.

• Gu Li began the final round, and Xiao Yan revealed the Myriad Beast Cauldron to challenge Mo Zhai.
• Xiao Yan and Mo Zhai began refining their pills, and Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames extinguished Mo Zhai’s flame before Xiao Yan started work on the Emperor Tribulation Pill.
• Mo Zhai used Blood Soul Pills to boost his soul power and attacked Xiao Yan with a Soul Storm, but Xiao Yan ruined Mo Zhai’s nascent pill with the Ancient Emperor Seal.
• Yan Bing and Old Monster Hu intervened on Mo Zhai’s behalf, and Mo Zhai completed his Sumeru Pill while Xiao Yan continued refining.
• Yan Bing and Old Monster Hu fought off the Pill Lightning for Mo Zhai, while Qin Zhong, Elder Xuan, and the Northern King protected Xiao Yan as his Emperor Tribulation Pill formed.
• The Northern King absorbed Xiao Yan’s Pill Lightning and grew to Six-Star Half-Emperor strength, while the Sumeru Pill and Emperor Tribulation Pill briefly escaped their cauldrons.
• Xiao Yan stopped the Emperor Tribulation Pill from escaping, suppressed its attempt to self-destruct, and presented it for appraisal against Mo Zhai’s Sumeru Pill.
• Gu Li declared Xiao Yan’s pill a superior Emperor Grade Complete Pill, and after Mo Zhai challenged the result, Xiao Yan called on Elder Xuan to appraise it.

After winning the Alchemist Grand Meeting, Xiao Yan refined Qing Mu’s Soul Origin, advanced his soul power, and developed a powerful ruler technique. As the Void Lightning Pool approached, he protected Qin Zhong, killed Li Gan, and faced Half-Emperor experts who wanted his invitation, turning the contest into a wager backed by the Northern King.

• Elder Xuan and Zhou Tai confirmed Xiao Yan’s Emperor Tribulation Pill was an Emperor-grade Complete Pill, and Zhou Tai declared Yan Xiao the Grand Meeting’s champion.
• Zhou Tai explained the Alchemist Alliance to Xiao Yan, who left Ancient Wilderness City’s crowds behind and entered the Ginseng Spirit Realm to cultivate.
• Xiao Yan refined Qing Mu’s Soul Origin, reached the peak of the Late Emperor Realm in soul power, and attempted to condense a Soul Bead.
• After the attempt left Xiao Yan weakened, he gained insight from the Ginseng Spirit Trees’ movements and exchanged techniques with Luo Jin, creating the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler.
• As the Void Lightning Pool opening drew near, Qin Zhong sought Xiao Yan’s help, and Xiao Yan struck Li Gan for trying to seize Qin Zhong’s invitation.
• Xiao Yan defeated and killed Li Gan, then summoned the Northern King when Half-Emperor experts demanded his Void Lightning Pool Invitation.
• Xiao Yan challenged a Seven-Star Half-Emperor to wager for the invitation and raised the stake to two hundred thousand Spirit Coins.
• The Seven-Star Half-Emperor attacked, but the Northern King blocked his punch, and the old man agreed to Xiao Yan’s wager.

Xiao Yan defeated Lu Du and the twin Half-Emperors, then turned challenges for his Void Lightning Pool Invitations into a profitable auction. As the auction began, Luo Jin trapped Mu Han and his companions in a sealed VIP room, while he and Xiao Yan reaffirmed their bond.

• Xiao Yan defeated Lu Du with his Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler and won his wager, then accepted Lin Feng and Lin Yu’s challenge after they threatened Qin Zhong.
• Xiao Yan defeated Lin Feng and Lin Yu with the Heart-Shattering Palm, while Mu Han learned that Xiao Yan was blamed for Wu Mohui’s death and vowed revenge.
• Xiao Yan opened five days of challenges for his invitations, winning Spirit Coins and additional invitations before proposing an auction to stop the crowd from fighting over them.
• Xiao Yan announced that he would auction six Void Lightning Pool Invitations, and Mu Han realized he needed to buy one to enter the pool and help kill him.
• At the auction house, Mu Han struck Xiao Yan with a Soul Storm, but Xiao Yan stopped Luo Jin from confronting him and concealed his anger.
• Song Gang began the auction after the house’s formation concealed the attendees and blocked soul probing, with all six invitations secured in his Storage Ring.
• Luo Jin lured Mu Han and his companions into a VIP room, sealed it with the Taiyi Star Disk, and returned to explain the trap to Xiao Yan.
• A great clan’s ancestor won the Howling Wind Method at a high price, and Luo Jin told Xiao Yan that he and Fifth Grandfather viewed their help as an investment before Xiao Yan called Luo Jin his brother.

Xiao Yan entered the Void Lightning Pool with allies and confronted Mu Han’s group, while a secretive Ghost Hall master sent four Sovereigns after the Heavenly Severing Steps. Xiao Yan endured Mu Han’s attacks and weakened his Vajra Formation, then shattered its shield with Buddha's Fury Reincarnation.

• Mu Han’s scheme to seize the auction’s final Void Lightning Pool Invitation failed to hide his interest in Xiao Yan, who claimed the invitation after Mo Zhai paid four Emperor Grade Pills and a pill formula.
• Old Monster Hu revealed that Mu Han, Yan Bing, and Mo Zhai wanted revenge on Xiao Yan, then agreed to fight for Xiao Yan in exchange for three Emperor Grade Pills and a promise of assistance.
• Xiao Yan, Gu Li, and Chi Lin prepared for the Void Lightning Pool, and Elder Xuan arrived to support Xiao Yan against Mu Han’s group.
• Xiao Yan’s group defended Qin Zhong from Blood Snake and other Half-Emperors, then followed Mu Han’s group into the Void Lightning Pool after it opened.
• A Ghost Hall master identified Xiao Yan as the holder of the Heavenly Severing Steps and sent four Sovereigns to take the technique while leaving Xiao Yan alive.
• Xiao Yan and his allies fought Mu Han’s group inside the pool, and Old Monster Hu betrayed Mu Han by striking Yan Bing from behind.
• Mu Han trapped Xiao Yan, Gu Li, and Chi Lin in a formation and defeated Gu Li and Chi Lin, while Xiao Yan and Zhong Li weakened the barrier from opposite sides.
• Xiao Yan used a soul clone’s explosion to injure Mu Han slightly, then evaded the Soul Suppressing Seal, struck Mu Han’s Vajra Formation, and shattered its weakened shield with Buddha's Fury Reincarnation.