Recaps

Xiao Yan accepted Nalan Yanran’s Three-Year Pact, regained his strength under Yao Chen’s guidance, and trained the Xiao Family’s younger disciples. After returning to Wutan City, he attacked the Gale Family in response to its harassment of Xiao Yu, and she stepped in to protect him from Gale Bi.

• Xiao Yan’s engagement to Nalan Yanran became a Three-Year Pact, and he began learning from Yao Chen after she admitted to taking his Dou Qi for three years.
• Xiao Yan gave the Xiao Family the Eight Extremes Collapse, defeated Gale Ao, and obtained money and medicinal ingredients through Ya Fei at the Miter Auction House.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen produced Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, which Xiao Yan used to help train the Xiao Family disciples on the Back Mountain.
• Xiao Yu returned to Wutan City, drove off Liu Xi and Gale Ao after they harassed her, and found Xiao Yan training with the disciples.
• After three months, Xiao Yan had reached Dou Zhe and brought more than twenty disciples home, all of whom had also advanced to Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Gale Family’s Hui Chun San was hurting the Xiao Family Market and that its men had harassed Xiao Yu, then set out to confront them.
• Xiao Yan defeated Gale Ao and broke Gale Bi’s arm, but Gale Bi blasted him into a wall before Xiao Yu blocked his next attack.

The Xiao Family overcame its rivalry with the Gale Family, celebrated its unity, and welcomed Qing Lin as Xiao Yan’s resolve to travel and refine his Righteous Path grew. After learning Yao Chen’s hope for a body and taking up Fen Jue, Xiao Yan joined Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Xun'er to register at Jia Nan Academy.

• Xiao Zhan accepted Ya Fei’s terms to avert a fight with Gale Bi, while Gale Bi ordered Gale Nu to seek Liu Xi’s teacher and help take revenge on the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yu confronted Yao Chen about Xiao Yan’s lost Dou Qi, and Yao Chen admitted she had helped Xiao Yan and the Xiao Family Disciples advance.
• After the Gale Family vanished and the Xiao Family took over its marketplaces, Nalan Yanran arrived and declared that she hoped to marry into the Xiao Family.
• At the Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Xiao Yan defeated Xiao Ning in a fierce match, then cheered Nalan Yanran up and gave her an Exquisite Bracelet.
• Xiao Jing introduced Qing Lin and recounted how prejudice against snake-people had led to her parents’ deaths, while Xiao Jing vowed to end the hatred between humans and snake-people.
• The Xiao Family celebrated New Year together, and Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, Nalan Yanran, and Qing Lin each found new resolve before Xiao Yan announced his intention to travel and refine his Righteous Path.
• Yao Chen taught Xiao Yan about Fen Jue, a technique that evolved by devouring Heavenly Flames and might give her a body, and Xiao Yan vowed to cultivate it despite the danger.
• Xiao Yan joined Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, and Xiao Xun'er to register at Jia Nan Academy, and the four passed the recruitment requirements before hearing someone inside warn the freshmen not to get arrogant.

Xiao Yan left home to temper himself and encountered Yun Zhi, who protected him from an assassin before parting ways. He then reached Green Mountain and agreed to retrieve a dangerous herb for Boss Yao in exchange for the rare Blood Lotus Essence.

• Xiao Yan won Ruo Lin’s approval for a year’s leave, recovered from his injuries, and said goodbye to his family and friends as they departed for Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan left home carrying the Black Xuan Heavy Ruler and confronted robbers on the road, but his disappointment when they resumed robbing led the Black Qi to drive him to kill three bandits.
• Xiao Yan buried the bandits and met Yun Zhi, who insisted on traveling with him despite his efforts to send her away.
• Yun Zhi and Xiao Yan shared meals on the road, and Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that Yun Zhi had fallen for him even as he recognized she did not return his feelings.
• A black-cloaked Dou Wang attacked Xiao Yan, and Yun Zhi defeated him before learning that he had taken an assassination commission through the Black Corner Region.
• Yun Zhi killed the assassin and parted from Xiao Yan near Green Mountain, while Yao Chen scolded Xiao Yan for letting her go.
• At Myriad Medicine Pavilion, Xiao Yan met Boss Yao, who had raised and taught Xiao Yi Xian, and learned that a sick grandmother needed an herb from an area inhabited by Second-tier Magical Beasts.
• Xiao Yan offered to retrieve the herb in exchange for the mislabeled Blood Lotus Essence, and Boss Yao gave him maps before deciding that Xiao Yan should meet Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan rescued Xiao Yi Xian, exposed Mu Li’s greed, and took responsibility for clearing her name before fleeing Mu She’s attack. In the Monster Mountain Range, he treated the Little Purple Crystal Winged Lion King, reunited with Yun Zhi, and chose to postpone using the Companion Purple Crystal Source while she remained vulnerable.

• Xiao Yan saved Xiao Yi Xian from a Crimson Ice Snake, joined her mercenary group, and followed her to a hidden chamber where he accepted its treasures only after the skeleton offered them as a gift.
• Mu Li demanded the chamber’s treasure, and Xiao Yan killed the mercenaries who attacked before leaving with Xiao Yi Xian and helping her return to Boss Yao.
• Mu She spread rumors accusing Xiao Yi Xian of poisoning the mercenaries, so Xiao Yan confronted the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and admitted publicly that he had killed them.
• Mu She attacked Xiao Yan, who escaped toward the Monster Mountain Range on Xiao Lan while Xiao Yi Xian and Boss Yao watched.
• Xiao Yan refined a Third-grade Pill, then went to the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King’s cave and let Yao Chen treat its sick son.
• The Purple Crystal Winged Lion King weakened Yun Zhi after she tried to take its Purple Spirit Crystal, then relented when it learned she knew Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan recognized Yun Zhi, helped her recover, and carried her to their cave after the Lion King gave her a Purple Spirit Crystal and Xiao Yan the remaining Companion Purple Crystal Source.
• Xiao Yan decided to delay using the Companion Purple Crystal Source while Yun Zhi’s strength was sealed, and told Yao Chen he thought a future with Yun Zhi was unrealistic.