100,000 Years of Qi Refining, EP 179 recap – Xu Yang breaks into The Great Flower God Tomb

Episode 179 of the Chinese donghua 100,000 Years of Qi Refining (aka Lian Qi Shi Wan Nian) streamed earlier today and, as you might expect, it was seven more minutes of Xu Yang taking advantage of people, and then kicking other people’s ass.

This time, it happened due to Chief Manying being told, while they still couldn’t find out who killed Bai Yuanji and destroyed the Immortal Anhun Region, it had been revealed there was some major chaos going on due to The Great Flower God Tomb appearing.

A tomb that, by the way, was full of some pretty rare ancient treasures.

At that point, Xu Yang who had been half asleep, stood up and told Chief Manying to follow him, as they were off to find out what was going on at the tomb.

Well, he did hear the word “treasures”, right? And we all know how much he is motivated by those.

But, when the pair arrive outside The Great Flower God Tomb, they discover a couple of cultivators from different sects arguing with each other as they try to break in.

Manying attempts to put a stop to it by telling the men the only way to get into the tomb is with the Flower God Seal Key.

Xu Yang then asks about the key, and is informed by Manying that, without it, the tomb has many formations and locks on it that prevent anyone from breaking in.

As you would expect in any 100,000 Years of Qi Refining episode, the men then decide to attack Xu Yang as he studies the tomb’s door, so Ancestor Xu asks Manying to deal with them.

In the fight that then ensues, while Manying forces them back, she is also hurt herself.

Meanwhile, Xu Yang has opened the unopenable tomb and, after the men realize who he is, he kills them for hurting Manying.

The episode ends with The Hundreds of Regions emperor, who is also the father of the deceased Bai Yuanji, arriving in a flying ship, and asking to enter the tomb with Manying and Xu Yang.

He only wants the Leaf of Manhood, and he has the key to the tomb.

When Manying tells him “No” as the tomb is already open so they don’t need the key, he predictably sends his men to attack, which forces Xu Yang to defeat them.

The emperor then accuses Xu Yang of killing his son Bai Yuanji (of course, he didn’t), and tries to kill him. With the predictable outcome, Xu Yang stops him in mid-formation cast and walks off.

100,000 Years of Qi Refining, Episode 179 ends with Xu Yang and Manying entering the portal into the tomb, as the emperor fumes outside and threatens to send his 99 sons to kill him.

Well, yep, I knew it would end that way. Didn’t you?

Thoughts on 100,000 Years of Qi Refining, Episode 179

As usual, the latest episode is entirely predictable as Xu Yang shows his incredible power, someone else is impressed (this time Manying), and a few people get in the way, and lose their lives because of it.

Xu Yang also easily manages to do another thing hardly anyone else on earth could achieve. Open a tomb without the key, by forcing his way through over 100 formations and locks.

Yep, I expected that too.

100,000 Years of Qi Refining, Episode 179 may be predictable (but isn’t that half of the fun?), and it may feature cookie-cutter villains who always do exactly what you would expect them to.

But, let’s face it, if you have gotten 179 episodes into this really quite fun donghua like I have, don’t try fooling yourself that this isn’t exactly what you expected.

And wanted.

Also as usual, the animation is decent, the character models are good enough that they don’t detract from the story, and the plot is still moving forward.

Albeit slowly, and with the usual addition of a thousand battles with annoying a-holes who have no idea just how easy it will be for Xu Yang to make sure they no longer exist.

Throw in the most powerful character in donghua who never loses a fight (thank God, as I would be so disappointed if he did), and 179 episodes of 100,000 Years of Qi Refining is still nowhere near enough.

With at least 81 more episodes to go (who knows if animator Suoyi Technology and producer Tencent Penguin Pictures will add even more episodes onto this popular donghau’s run before we hit the current expected 260 episodes mark?), we still have many more episodes of Xu Yang easily annihilating villains while all those around him applaud.

I don’t know about you, but I am “all in” for all of it.

Unfortunately, you can’t watch 100,000 Years of Qi Refining, Episode 179 yet on Tencent Video Animation’s YouTube channel (they are always behind releasing new episodes), and it will likely be tomorrow before you can, as Episode 178 only released earlier today.

If you speak Chinese and have a VIP membership though, Tencent Video’s Chinese site is streaming it.