Recaps

Hun Xiu rescued Ling'er from the Spirit Clan, destroyed the Spirit and Stone Clans, and persuaded Gu Yuan to ally with the Hun Clan. The alliance brought Hun Xiu back together with Gu Xun'er, while Xiao Yan's arrival at the Gu Clan revived his feelings for her.

• Ling'er mistook Hun Xiu for her Brother Xiaoyao, and Bai Yueru allowed him to take her home while warning him not to cause trouble.
• Bai Yueguang and the Spirit Clan elders came for Ling'er, but Bai Yueru and Bai Yuechu resisted them before Bai Bai postponed taking the girl until her fifth birthday.
• Bai Yueru revealed that the Spirit Clan planned to sacrifice Ling'er and explained that Bai Yueguang had stolen her Divine Grade Bloodline, so she asked Hun Xiu to take Ling'er away.
• Hun Xiu secretly brought Ling'er to the Hun Realm, where Soul Emperor urged him to kill her, while the Spirit Clan leaders later learned she was missing.
• Bai Bai admitted arranging the deaths of Bai Xiaoyao’s parents, and Bai Yuechu died protecting Bai Yueru before Hun Xiu appeared and destroyed the Spirit Clan.
• Hun Xiu restored Ling'er’s Divine Grade Bloodline, erased her memories of the Spirit Clan, and named her Hun Ling'er, then joined Hun Sha in destroying the Stone Clan.
• Hun Xiu told Gu Yuan that the Hun Clan had destroyed the Spirit and Stone Clans and sought an alliance, then defeated Gu Yuan in a sparring match and secured the Gu Clan’s cooperation.
• Hun Xiu reunited with Gu Xun'er at the Gu Clan, where Xiao Yan arrived and encountered them holding hands, reviving his memories and feelings for Gu Xun'er.

Hun Xiu defeated Xiao Yan and took his Heavenly Flames, but Xiao Yan recovered and grew stronger while Hun Xiu advanced to Nine-Star Dou Saint. As factions gathered to claim the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, Hun Xiu and Xiao Yan met again at the flame’s descent.

• Hun Xiu humiliated Xiao Yan in a one-on-one fight, took his six Heavenly Flames, and had Soul Cliff and Soul Li carry him away.
• At Starfall Pavilion, the Hall of Souls’ Left and Right Protectors extorted pills from Yao Chen before Hun Bufan intervened and revealed Hun Xiu had sent him to protect Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan recovered at Starfall Pavilion, resolved to leave Gu Xun'er behind, and learned from Yao Chen that the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame could rival the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Hun Xiu broke through to Nine-Star Dou Saint and was ordered by Soul Emperor to lead Soul Jade and Hun Feng in obtaining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion as a Four-Star Dou Saint, obtained the complete map to the flame, and formed an alliance of factions opposed to the Hall of Souls.
• When the Demonic Flame descended, Xiao Yan led Starfall Pavilion’s experts to the site while Hun Xiu arrived with Hun Feng and Soul Jade.
• Hun Xiu greeted Xiao Yan and challenged him to spar again as experts gathered around the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.

Hun Xiu entered the Demonic Flame Space to subdue the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, while Xiao Yan and the other factions fought their way toward him. Xiao Chen battled the Hun Clan and Gu Nanhai as Hun Xiu watched from the shadows, and a Six-Star Dou Saint intervened to save Gu Nanhai.

• Hun Xiu rejected Xiao Yan’s challenge, confronted the West Dragon King, and killed him before Gu Xun’er arrived and reunited with him.
• Hun Xiu sent the other experts into the Demonic Flame Space, defeated the Pill Tower Ancestor, and absorbed his pill form before entering the space himself.
• Hun Xiu restrained the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and gave it a Demonic Flame Origin to absorb, while a barrier kept Xiao Yan and Xiao Chen from reaching them.
• Xiao Yan broke the illusion and gathered experts from the factions, who joined forces to crack Hun Xiu’s barrier as Xiao Chen challenged Hun Feng, Soul Jade, and Hun Miesheng.
• Xiao Chen fought Hun Miesheng and defeated him with an axe strike, then wounded Soul Jade when he tried to intervene.
• Gu Nanhai asked Xiao Chen to spare the Hun Clan members, but Xiao Chen challenged him and wounded him before agreeing to spare his life.
• Gu Nanhai refused to abandon the Gu Clan’s alliance with the Hun Clan, and Xiao Chen swung at him again as Hun Xiu called for the hidden observer to act.
• A Six-Star Dou Saint used Spatial Displacement to make Gu Nanhai vanish just before Xiao Chen’s strike landed.

Hun Bufan challenged Xiao Yan in the Demonic Flame Space, where the Purifying Demonic Saint briefly possessed Xiao Yan before Hun Xiu intervened and claimed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. Hun Xiu killed Xiao Chen and Yao Wangui, escalated the Hun Clan’s conflict with the Ancient Clans, then returned home and arranged to marry Gu Xun'er.

• Hun Bufan revealed himself as a Six-Star Dou Saint, defeated Xiao Chen, and challenged Xiao Yan, threatening the Starfall Pavilion and Heavenly Mansion Alliance if Xiao Yan refused.
• Hun Bufan’s attacks overwhelmed Xiao Yan’s allies, but the Purifying Demonic Saint possessed Xiao Yan, wounded Hun Bufan, and confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as the Demonic Flame Space collapsed.
• The Purifying Demonic Saint used the Ancient Heaven Refining Array to strip the Lotus Flame’s consciousness until Hun Xiu stopped him, overwhelmed his remnant soul, and subdued Xiao Yan.
• Hun Xiu ordered the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, whom he called Jinglian, to help Xiao Yan pursue Tou She Ancient God’s inheritance, then left the Demonic Flame Space and told the gathered factions that Xiao Yan was dead.
• When Xiao Chen attacked Hun Xiu in grief, Hun Xiu shattered his Blood Axe and killed him with the Hand of the Heavens, then let Yao Chen and the allied experts leave.
• Hun Xiu told Yao Wangui that the Hun Clan would destroy the Yao Clan, admitted that he had led the destruction of the Stone Clan and Spirit Clan, and killed Yao Wangui after he claimed to represent four clans.
• Hun Xiu’s followers captured Yao Ling while Yao Tian fled to warn Yao Dan, and Huo Yao and Lei Budong left with their clans after Hun Xiu warned them against siding with the Yao Clan.
• Hun Xiu returned to the Hun Clan, told Soul Emperor what had happened, and asked him to prepare for Hun Xiu’s wedding to Gu Xun'er, prompting the Ancient Clans to convene an emergency meeting.