Fights Break Sphere: Season 1 Episode 17 Recap
> Fights Break Sphere: Season 1 Recap
Yao Chen reminded Xiao Yan in the NajiƩ space that Xiao Yan could currently only combine the Heavenly Flame and Beast Flame within the NajiƩ space. Outside, he might not be able to do it. If he couldn't control it well, everyone present, including himself, would die without a burial place. Xiao Yan kept Yao Chen's instructions in mind and continued to cultivate the Heavenly Flame.
Afterwards, Yao Chen told Xiao Yan his observations: Fan Ling's pill refining techniques were skilled, indicating no less than ten years of practice. He told Xiao Yan to be extra careful of Fan Ling and to quickly find out why Fan Ling was so meticulously participating in the competition. Meanwhile, the Chuyun Empire's imperial edict reached the students' ears. The soldiers claimed that Mi Tengshan had assassinated the Emperor and were searching everywhere for Mi Tengshan's whereabouts.
Xiao Yan was shocked when he learned about the matter and was unwilling to believe that Elder Mi Tengshan would do such a thing. In the alchemy room, Mi Tengshan came to find Fa Ma. He already knew that Fa Ma had long betrayed the Dou Qi Continent and was cooperating with the Soul Hall. Fa Ma was very surprised that Mi Tengshan could escape the encirclement of seven Blood Sect experts, so he issued a wanted order.
Mi Tengshan couldn't understand why Fa Ma, despite his high position and great power, would still be tempted by the Soul Hall. Fa Ma merely said that Mi Tengshan was not him and could not understand his thoughts. Since Mi Tengshan had come to him on his own today, he would not easily let Mi Tengshan leave. Mi Tengshan hoped Fa Ma could let him die with understanding.
Fa Ma frankly told Mi Tengshan that although he had practiced alchemy his whole life, he could not defeat death. Fa Ma was unwilling to watch himself die, so he chose to cooperate with the Soul Hall. Mi Tengshan disdained Fa Ma's ignoble clinging to life, but Fa Ma was blinded by delusion and stubbornly unrepentant. He ordered his men to capture Mi Tengshan. The Alchemist Grand Meeting entered the finals.
Gu He announced the rules for this match in place of Fa Ma. The two finalists needed to freely select medicinal ingredients within a specified time, formulate a poison for their opponent to take, and then the opponent would research an antidote based on their own poisoning condition. No one would intervene in today's match; the lives of both individuals were left to fate. Xiao Xun'er led Xiao Yixian into the arena to watch.
Hearing Xiao Yixian's address to Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun'er felt jealous. The match officially began. The two competitors each displayed their skills and produced their respective poisons. Xiao Yixian, being the Woeful Poison Body, identified the medicinal ingredients in the poison on Xiao Yan's hand and advised Xiao Yan not to take the poison, but to concede directly. Xiao Yan had already reached the finals; there was absolutely no reason for him to concede easily.
He and Fan Ling both took their respective poisons. After taking the poison, Xiao Yan's hands gradually turned purple. He endured immense pain throughout his body, and the veins on his face were faintly visible. He almost couldn't stand upright. Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yixian were both concerned for Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan lightly snapped his fingers, and Fan Ling's butt suddenly burst into Beast Flame, drawing hearty laughter from the audience.
Han Feng immediately saw that Xiao Yan was using Beast Flame to deal with Fan Ling. After hearing this, Gu He believed that one person would surely die suddenly in this match. Xiao Yan came to the NajiƩ space. He told Yao Chen about the 'poison' he had made; what he put was not poison but Beast Flame. Fan Ling would surely become a walking time bomb this time. Afterwards, Xiao Yan brought up the poison in his own body.
Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that he could resolve the first three poisons in Fan Ling's pill, but Fan Ling's medicinal primer was his heart's blood, which was a hereditary method of the Blood Sect, and only Fan Ling could resolve it. Xiao Yan returned to the arena. Fan Ling suppressed Xiao Yan, but he himself was not feeling any better.
Xiao Yan tried to persuade Fan Ling to surrender with him, but the two had no trust in each other at all and could not reach a consensus. Xiao Yixian saw Xiao Yan's suffering and pain, and she wanted to rush onto the stage to save Xiao Yan, but she was stopped by Xiao Xun'er. Xiao Xun'er wanted to wait until the final bell of the match rang before going up to save them.
However, Han Feng and Gu He showed no intention of ringing the bell. Fan Ling was a member of the Soul Clan, and Xiao Yan's mother was a traitor to the Dou Qi Continent. Han Feng wanted to use this as an excuse to helplessly watch the two die suddenly. Xiao Yan and Fan Ling jointly raised white flags to surrender. Gu He believed Xiao Yan was incredibly cunning. The bell rang.
Xiao Yan detoxified Fan Ling, but there was still one poison in his own body that was unresolved. Fan Ling claimed that people of their Soul Clan grew up consuming all kinds of poisons, and his poison was made from his heart's blood, so it must also be resolved with heart's blood. Xiao Yan had personally witnessed the fate of those who had consumed Blood Sect blood.
Just as Xiao Yan was hesitating, Xiao Yixian personally cut her own arm and saved Xiao Yan with the blood of her Woeful Poison Body. The Ice Emperor took Xiao Yixian home. Xiao Yan had a heart-to-heart talk with Xiao Xun'er. Xiao Xun'er was very jealous of the women appearing around Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan asked about Xiao Xun'er's admired person, and Xiao Xun'er said that the person she liked was a peerless hero.
During their conversation, Nalan Yanran came to see Xiao Yan. She said that Prince YelƔn wanted to see Xiao Yan early tomorrow morning. The next day, Nalan Yanran brought Xiao Yan to meet Prince YelƔn. Prince YelƔn frankly told Xiao Yan that the Chuyun Empire was currently in distress, and he asked Xiao Yan if he was willing to lend a helping hand. Xiao Yan asked about Mi Tengshan assassinating the Emperor.
Prince YelƔn clearly told Xiao Yan that Mi Tengshan would not assassinate the Emperor at all, because besides himself, there was not a single truly living person in the palace. Many years ago, the empire's monarch and everyone around him had already changed. Although their outward appearance hadn't changed, their souls were gone, as if they were being manipulated. Prince YelƔn believed that all of this was a conspiracy of the Soul Hall and the Blood Sect.
He had previously entrusted Mi Tengshan to help him investigate, but then Mi Tengshan disappeared. He believed this matter must be inextricably linked with the Soul Hall. Prince YelƔn handed the secret passage map of the imperial palace to Xiao Yan. At the same time, he told Xiao Yan that last night, Fan Ling entered the palace and spoke with the fake emperor. He overheard a little, and Fan Ling said that Xiao Yan possessed more than one Heavenly Flame.
Therefore, Fan Ling judged that Xiao Yan was very likely with another master, and that person's Heavenly Flame was the bane of the Blood Sect, so the Blood Sect would sooner or later act against Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan took the secret passage map. He had Elder Mi Tengshan on his mind and decided to investigate the imperial palace. That night, Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran entered the imperial palace following the secret passage map.
Nalan Yanran was extremely familiar with the secret passages. She led Xiao Yan to the entrance of Rende Palace, where they happened to witness people in the palace performing a blood pact. The two were spotted by the palace guards, and Xiao Yan quickly took Nalan Yanran and fled together. After the two escaped from the imperial palace, Xiao Yan's character drastically changed. He tightly gripped Nalan Yanran's throat, refusing to let go.
Given Nalan Yanran's familiarity with the secret passages, Xiao Yan believed that Nalan Yanran must have entered and exited the passages more than once. He guessed that Nalan Yanran had already colluded with the Soul Hall and used him. Nalan Yanran told Xiao Yan that Nalan Jie had told her before his death that the Nalan family's most important treasure was on the Emperor, so she had secretly visited the palace several times at night.
She admitted that she had used Xiao Yan to enter the palace to investigate this matter, but she swore that she had absolutely no connection with the Soul Hall and that she did not know Mi Tengshan's whereabouts. After hearing Nalan Yanran's words, Xiao Yan finally released Nalan Yanran, and his expression returned to normal. In the alchemy room, Mi Tengshan saw Nalan Jie with an empty gaze.
Fa Ma told Mi Tengshan that after Nalan Jie's death, he dug up Nalan Jie's corpse and then refined him into a medicinal puppet using puppet techniques for his own use. Mi Tengshan's abilities were highly regarded by Fa Ma. Fa Ma demanded that Mi Tengshan submit to him. If Mi Tengshan stubbornly refused, he would turn Mi Tengshan into a puppet like Nalan Jie.
