Recaps

Xiao Yan subdued the Red Lotus Karmic Fire, strengthened his ties with Burning Flame Valley and the Gu Clan, and helped the Ye Family rise before the Pill Gathering. The arc ended with Xiao Yan dominating the assessment’s first two tests.

• Xiao Yan healed Xiao Yi Xian’s Calamity Poison Body, then traveled to the Tian Mu Mountain Range and subdued the Red Lotus Karmic Fire after it nearly reached his heart.
• Xiao Yan passed the Heavenly Eye Blood Pool trial, defeated Feng Qing’er, and refined a Four-Color Yin Yang Profound Dragon Pill before returning to the Ye Family.
• Xiao Yan exchanged techniques with Tang Zhen, learned Burning Flame Valley’s Heavenly Fire Three Profound Transformations, and refined a Fire Bodhi Pill for Tang Huo'er.
• Xiao Yan entered Body Burning Valley, cultivated his Soul Flame, and taught Tang Zhen the Nong Yan Jue while Gu Xun'er secured her clan’s support against Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan rejected Cao Dan’s marriage proposal for Ye Xinlan, backed the Ye Family, and helped its standing improve before the Five Great Families’ assessment.
• Xiao Yan met Gu Xun'er at the Trading Fair, exchanged secret knowledge with her, and learned that the Soul Hall planned to capture Venerable Yao.
• Xiao Yan entered the Pill Gathering assessment and scored 4073 in Soul Value, then caught 685 Soul Testing Beads to take first place in the opening tests.

Xiao Yan won the Pill Gathering, claimed Three Thousand Burning Flame, and expanded his power and alliances as the Soul Clan attacked and the Star Palace’s secrets surfaced. He ended the stretch exploring the Dou Sheng Ruins with Zi Yan and the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan.

• Xiao Yan defeated the other contestants in the soul-power test, helped the Ye Family win the assessment, and arranged for the Pill Tower to distribute Prosperous Fire.
• Xiao Yan won the Pill Gathering with the Profound Void Sacred Pill, then subdued Three Thousand Burning Flame and advanced to the peak of Four-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan helped Zi Yan complete her breakthrough, revived Three Thousand Burning Flame as Candle Star Flame, and negotiated cultivation resources with the Pill Tower and Gu Clan.
• Hun Miesheng and Hun Tiandi attacked Ye City, and Xiao Yan sent Gu Xun'er to safety before Hun Tiandi nearly killed him and Gu Yuan drove off the Soul Clan forces.
• Xiao Yan fused the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame into his Emperor Flame and encountered the Star Palace Master, whose memories revealed the Xiao Clan’s connection to the Yin and Yang Flames.
• The Ice God’s attempt to possess Xiao Yan was stopped by Emperor Xiao, and Xiao Yan sealed the Yin Yang Twin Flames before leaving the Star Palace.
• Xiao Yan helped Gu Yuan conceal a mark in Three Thousand Burning Flame, reunited with Gu Xun'er, and refined the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire.
• Xiao Yan negotiated with Yao Xiaotian, established a formation to refine magical beasts’ bloodlines, and explored the Dou Sheng Ruins with Zi Yan, collecting a Dou Sheng Skeleton and three ribs bearing the Great Heaven Creation Palm.

Xiao Yan gained power in the Heavenly Tomb, aided the Bodhi Ancient Tree, and captured the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. When the Ancient and Hun Clans clashed over the flame, Xiao Yan confronted Hun Tiandi inside the Demon Flame Space.

• Xiao Yan defeated Gu Yao at the Gu Clan’s Coming of Age Ceremony, and Gu Xun'er awakened a tenth-grade Divine Bloodline before the two entered the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yan joined Gu Xun'er and other Gu Clan members in the Heavenly Tomb, where he met Xiao Xuan and helped him defeat and refine the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yan refined the Plane Embryo’s Origin Qi, advanced to Half-Saint, and later reached the Bodhi Ancient Tree, where he helped purge its Evil Intelligence and gained its enlightenment.
• Xiao Yan refined Bodhi Seeds and the Bodhi Heart, then used Dragon Phoenix and Nether Flame Demon Saint bloodlines to advance and entered the Demon Flame Space with Xiao Xuan to rescue Xiao Chen.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan separated the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame’s Intelligence from its origin, and Xiao Yan sealed the flame in a cauldron to temper and transform his body.
• Xiao Yan spent three years refining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame while the Central Continent’s Dou Shengs gathered outside the unopened Demon Flame Space.
• Hun Xuzi entered the Demon Flame Space and revealed himself as Hun Tiandi’s split soul, while Xiao Yan rose to Eight-star Dou Sheng Initial Stage and attacked Hun Tiandi with three Heavenly Flames.
• Hun Tiandi devoured Xiao Yan’s three Heavenly Flames and suppressed their turmoil with his bloodline power.

Xiao Yan gathered inheritances and strengthened his cultivation while restoring Xiao Xuan and preparing for the Soul Clan's schemes. After Hun Tiandi and Nihility Devouring Flame destroyed the Soul Realm to escape Xiao Yan's attack, Xiao Yan trapped Hun Tiandi in the Endless Fire Domain and began breaking through his defenses.

• Xiao Yan survived Hun Tiandi's attack, helped Gu Yuan fight Nihility Devouring Flame, and returned to the Heavenly Tomb before seeking the Nine Nether Yellow Spring with Queen Medusa and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan subdued Yao Ming, obtained the Nine Nether Nether Staff, defeated the Yellow Spring Stele's trials, and received the Yellow Spring Demon Sage's inheritance.
• Xiao Yan helped Zi Yan reclaim the Dragon Emperor's throne, destroyed the Three Dragon Kings, and strengthened the Creator Heavenly Saint with his Flame Slaves and the Void Lightning Pool's lightning.
• Xiao Yan refined a Ninth Grade Profound Pill, broke through to Eight-star Dou Sheng, and refined a Nine Revolutions Emperor Soul Pill at the Pill Canon, where Hun Tiandi launched an attack.
• Xiao Yan killed Yan Jin and Lei Ying, revived Xiao Xuan, and helped him recover before preparing to temper his own body into a Dou Di Physical Body.
• Xiao Yan advanced to early Nine-star Dou Sheng and attacked Nihility Devouring Flame with fifteen Heavenly Flames, but the resulting orb annihilated the Soul Clan and its realm as Nihility Devouring Flame and Hun Tiandi escaped.
• Hun Tiandi attacked Xiao Yan after Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan arrived, but Xiao Yan formed a Small World from Nihility Devouring Flame and confined Hun Tiandi in the Endless Fire Domain.
• Xiao Yan unleashed storms, lightning, a Dragon Phoenix, White Insects, and a golden fist against Hun Tiandi, cracking his Blood-colored Armor.