Recaps

Ye Chen secured the Green Lotus Core Flame, helped Queen Medusa evolve, and gathered allies and resources while pursuing Han Feng. After defeating Han Feng and claiming his Flame Mantra fragment, Ye Chen led his companions through a long Space Tunnel toward the Pill Region.

• Ye Chen found the torn map fragment at Hai Bodong’s shop and agreed to help locate Sand Mandala in exchange for the other half and information about a Heavenly Flame.
• Ye Chen met Queen Medusa, offered her pills and a way to survive evolution, and secured her promise to serve the Ye Family for ten years if she succeeded.
• Ye Chen and Queen Medusa found the Green Lotus Core Flame beneath the desert and used it in her evolution, after which she promised to join him once her strength stabilized.
• Ye Chen traded Hai Bodong the Calamity Breaking Pill, reached Dou Huang during seclusion, and set out with his companions for the Black-Corner Region.
• Queen Medusa killed the Blood Shark Gang pursuers, and Ye Chen made the Three Yao Brothers his subordinates with Seven Absolutes Soul Devouring Pills.
• Ye Chen and Queen Medusa defeated Han Feng, sealed him and the Sea Heart Flame, and recovered his treasures, including an incomplete Flame Mantra fragment.
• Ye Chen led his companions through Tianya City’s Space Wormhole, and after nearly ten months they emerged in the Central State Northern Region and prepared to continue toward the Pill Region.

Ye Chen became Xuan Kongzi’s disciple, excelled in soul control and alchemy, and reached Seventh Grade Alchemist. After returning to the Ye Family, he planned to refine a Star Origin Pill for Xinyue and gained permission to enter the Star Domain, while Cao Ying continued training for a chance to claim the Three Thousand Blazing Flames.

• Ye Chen scored 1021 in the Soul Value assessment, and Xuan Kongzi accepted him as a Core Disciple while Song Qing and Cao Ying also became disciples of Pill Tower leaders.
• Xuan Kongzi taught Ye Chen the Soul Handprint and explained the limits of Soul Value and the importance of cultivating a powerful Soul Realm.
• Ye Chen mastered the first form of the Soul Handprint, then advanced to Three-Star Dou Huang and began refining Seventh Grade Pills under Xuan Kongzi’s guidance.
• After repeated attempts, Ye Chen successfully refined Seventh Grade Pills and told Cao Ying he had become a Seventh Grade Alchemist.
• At the Alchemist Trade Fair, Ye Chen traded an Instant Qi Pill for a Ghost Face Flower and helped Dan Xuan obtain a Glimmer Shadow Branch for Dan Chen.
• Ye Chen returned to Ye City, reunited with his family and companions, and learned that Xinyue had been training relentlessly despite her lack of alchemy talent.
• Ye Chen decided to refine a Star Origin Pill for Xinyue and asked Xuan Kongzi to help him enter the Star Domain.
• Xuan Yi approved Ye Chen’s entry into the Star Domain, while Cao Ying learned he would not yet pursue the Three Thousand Blazing Flames and resolved to keep training.

Ye Chen refined the Star Origin Pill, then entered the Soul Domain with Cao Ying and advanced his soul to the Spirit Realm. While he was away, the Ye Family gained influence and Ye Xinyue established Star Pavilion at Jia Nan Academy as the Strong Ranking Tournament approached.

• Ye Chen entered the Star Domain with Xuan Kongzi, absorbed Star Light through his Star Vein Diagram, and refined the Star Origin Pill with help from the Star Chen Cauldron.
• Ye Chen stabilized the pill by feeding it Star Light, but the Three Thousand Blazing Flames stirred, so Xuan Kongzi sent him out and the Pill Tower sealed the flame again.
• Ye Chen gave his clan the pill and prepared for seclusion, then entered the Soul Domain with Cao Ying under Xuan Kongzi’s guidance.
• Ye Chen defeated Soul Bodies, learned Soul Arrow from a Pill Pagoda ancestor, and entered the Outer Domain to fight stronger foes and gather Soul Crystals.
• Cao Ying was pursued by a Spirit Realm Soul Body, and Ye Chen helped her escape before they joined forces to destroy their pursuer.
• Ye Chen absorbed Spiritual Energy and reached the Spirit Realm, gaining the Eye of Deception Piercing, while Cao Ying began transforming her soul as they hunted together.
• Ye Chen returned to his body and learned that three years had passed outside the Soul Domain, while events in Wutan City brought Xiao Yan close to beginning his alchemy training.
• Ye Xinyue founded Star Pavilion with Han Yue, advanced in strength, and aimed for a top-ten finish in Jia Nan Academy’s Strong Ranking Tournament while Zi Yan remained the favorite.