Recaps

Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy to grow stronger, survived the Fallen Heart Flame’s escape, and emerged with new allies and a juvenile flame. After reuniting with his family in the Black Corner Region, he prepared to rescue Xiao Yu and learned that the Soul Hall may have targeted an ancient jade passed down through the Xiao Family.

• Yao Ye took charge of the Black Corner Region as Xiao Yan left for Jia Nan Academy, while Protector Xing’s mistaken abduction of Xiao Yu led Yun Ying to imprison her and punish those responsible.
• Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy and asked Su Qian to let him train in the Inner Academy, where the Fallen Heart Flame soon broke free and attacked the academy.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin were trapped beneath the tower with the Fallen Heart Flame, where they met Yao Tianhuo and Xiao Yan cultivated with her guidance.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin fought the Fallen Heart Flame on their way back to the surface, and Xiao Yan absorbed its origin heart flame after Cai Lin helped him withstand its influence.
• After more than half a year underground, Xiao Yan and Cai Lin emerged as stronger Dou cultivators, and Xiao Yan gave Su Qian a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame to help restore the tower.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Black Corner Region with Cai Lin and Zi Yan, reunited with Yun Yun and his family, and told Yun Yun that he and Cai Lin had become husband and wife.
• Xiao Yan decided to travel to Central Continent to rescue Xiao Yu, and Xiao Jing showed him an ancient jade from the Xiao Family that the Soul Hall may have originally sought.

Xiao Yan set out for the Central Continent with Cai Lin and his companions, became embroiled in the Hong Family’s conflict with the Han Clan, and survived an attack tied to the Soul Hall. He reached the Yun Family’s auction in Baiyu City, where Lei Zun Zhe challenged his relationship with Feng Qing'er.

• Xiao Yan accepted the Ancient Jade, reunited with Elder Eagle Mountain, learned about the Soul Hall and Eight Ancient Clans, and agreed to let pregnant Cai Lin accompany him to the Central Continent.
• Xiao Yan revived Yao Chen and Yao Tianhuo, then created a powerful Fire Lotus from three Heavenly Flames before setting out with Cai Lin and their companions.
• Feng Qing'er investigated the Hong Family’s killings and spared Hong Chen, while Xiao Yan’s group met Han Xue’s caravan and rescued it from Xia Mang and the Hong Family elders.
• At Hong Chen’s wedding banquet, Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er confronted the Hong Family’s forced-marriage scheme, and Hong Tianxiao attacked before Feng Qing'er exposed the family’s wrongdoing.
• Hong Tianxiao returned as a Soul Hall-powered Dou Zun and demanded the Ancient Jade, but Xiao Yan and his allies killed him before a red beam struck Xiao Yan and sealed his soul.
• Xiao Yan awoke after two weeks and learned that the Hong Family had been destroyed, then accepted Yun Ying’s invitation to attend the Yun Family’s grand auction.
• At the Yun Family, Xiao Yan encountered several Venerables, reunited with Feng Qing'er, and told her he would answer Lei Zun Zhe’s claim that he was unworthy of her friendship himself.

Xiao Yan and his allies survived the destruction of Ice River Valley, reunited Yao Chen with Feng Xian, and entered the Four Pavilion Tournament, where Feng Qing'er chose to leave her clan to protect Zi Yan. The stretch ends with Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er in Sacred Pill City, facing rules meant to bar Yao Chen from the Pill Gathering as Xiao Yan approaches the Ye Family with a deal.

• Xiao Yan challenged Ice Venerable’s demand for Xiao Yi Xian’s coffin, and Feng Xian protected Xiao Yan’s group after Yao Chen revealed herself to her.
• Xiao Yan and his allies fought Ice River Valley’s forces, while Nalan Yanran followed Tianshuangzi to Ice River Valley and killed Ice Venerable before collapsing from her injuries.
• Feng Xian reunited with Yao Chen, and Xiao Yan learned that Han Feng might have been intercepted by Soul Hall before they departed for Starfall Pavilion.
• Yao Tianhuo recovered her strength, while Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er prepared for the Four Pavilion Tournament and helped Feng Qing’er’s orphanage children in Star River City.
• Xiao Yan defeated Yan Feng and Yan Shan, then beat Feng Qing'er in the tournament’s final match before they rushed to save Zi Yan from Phoenix.
• Feng Qing'er defied Phoenix and gave up her clan essence blood to protect Zi Yan, so Xiao Yan and their allies challenged Phoenix until she returned the blood and spared them.
• Feng Qing'er awoke with her essence blood restored and told Xiao Yan she did not regret leaving her clan, while Phoenix explained that she had once regretted not fighting the Ancient Void Dragon that killed her sister.
• Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er reached Sacred Pill City, discovered that Yao Chen was barred from recommending him for the Pill Gathering, and Xiao Yan approached a Ye Family member about making a deal.

Xiao Yan secured the Ye Family’s return to the Pill Gathering, reconciled Yao Chen with Xuan Yi, and survived a Soul Hall massacre in the Pill Realm. After recovering, he entered the final alchemy stage, where his pill summoned an unprecedented fifth color of Pill Lightning.

• Xiao Yan earned Seventh Grade Alchemist certification, helped the Ye Family challenge Cao Ying, and tied her in Soul Power before defeating her in their final contest.
• Xuan Yi confronted Yao Chen over their past, then agreed to help find Han Feng and Xiao Yu and care for Yao Chen’s soul.
• Xiao Yan entered the Pill Gathering and, after Yun Ying trapped the contestants in the Myriad Medicine Mountain Range, warned them that Soul Hall was hunting them.
• Xiao Yan fought the Soul Hall attackers alongside the contestants, while Nalan Yanran battled Bai Gui and Xiong Zhan later rescued her from Night Demon Venerable.
• Xiao Yan and the three Joyful Desire Venerables survived their clash, and Venerable Qing Hua rescued Xiao Yan after the battle left only 110 of 216 contestants alive.
• Yun Ying recruited Hun Yan, Hun Mei, and Hun Shu, then sent the sisters to slaughter Tianming City and accepted the Origin Child Fire from Yun Ling.
• Xiao Yan began the final alchemy stage, where Song Qing, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Qing Hua each refined Eighth Grade Pills that summoned Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Hua both produced Eighth Grade Pills that drew Four-Colored Pill Lightning, but Cao Ying saw Xiao Yan’s lightning gain a fifth color.