Recaps

Xiao Yan returned from the Bodhi Ancient Tree, remembered his failures in the Hundred Generations of Reincarnation, and pursued alliances while navigating the Gu Clan’s politics. He took command of the Third Unit and began restoring its reputation, ending the stretch by intervening as Gu Jin attacked Ling Quan.

• The Bodhi Ancient Tree showed Yun Ying Xiao Yan’s reincarnation, and she left after asking it to erase his memories of her and send him into another life.
• Xiao Yan awoke at Starfall Pavilion, reunited with his family, and resolved to follow the Righteous Path more effectively after remembering his repeated failures to save an unnamed girl.
• Xiao Yan met representatives of the Yao, Yan, and Thunder Clans, arranged for them to assess the Tianhe Alliance, and gained Lei Dong’s agreement to serve as his deputy.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Stone and Spirit Clans were reported destroyed, then welcomed their delegations while he and Lei Dong privately investigated whether they were genuine.
• Xiao Yan visited the Gu Clan with Xun'er and requested an alliance, while Gu Yuan and the Elders considered using Gu Qinghan as a marriage partner for him.
• Xiao Yan outmaneuvered Ling Quan in a dispute over unpaid liangfen, and Gu Lie punished Ling Quan and his soldiers for their conduct.
• Gu Lie asked Xiao Yan to lead the Third Unit through the Martial Competition, and Xiao Yan introduced himself as their acting commander and promised to improve their conduct and strength.
• Xiao Yan made the Third Unit apologize to residents and volunteer while training, then appeared when Gu Jin prepared to kill Ling Quan after their duel.

Xiao Yan entered the Heavenly Tomb, received Xiao Xuan’s help in restoring his bloodline, and brought the ancient clan souls out with him. As the Soul Clan’s plot to steal the Tou She Ancient God Jade unfolded, Xiao Yan rescued Gu Qinghan and joined the two Gu Clan pieces of the jade, then agreed to attend Feng Qing’er’s wedding.

• Gu Qinghan nearly confessed her feelings to Xiao Yan, while Gu Lie arranged for her to lead younger Gu Clan members to the Tianhe Alliance instead of entering a political marriage.
• Xiao Yan put the Third Unit through harsh training, and they impressed the Gu Clan at the Black Seal Army competition despite finishing last.
• Gu Yuan sent Xiao Yan into the Heavenly Tomb, where Xiao Yan met Xiao Xuan and learned the history of the Xiao Clan’s destruction.
• Xiao Xuan used the Xiao Clan’s stored Dou Di bloodline to transform Xiao Yan, but Hun Diao’s soul invaded him before Soul Spirit destroyed it.
• Xiao Yan emerged from the Heavenly Tomb at Mid Four-star Dou Sheng, reconciled Xiao Xuan and Gu Yuan, and helped arrange a body for Xiao Xuan.
• Gu Qinghan escaped the Gu Clan with Gu Yao and Gu Zhen, then led the Black Seal Army against Hun Yu’s forces after discovering the Soul Clan had stolen the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Yan rescued Gu Qinghan, defeated the Soul Clan attackers, and took the jade back to the Starfall Pavilion, where Xiao Xuan fused it with the Gu Clan’s piece.
• Huang Tian approved of Xiao Yan and Feng Qing’er, invited Xiao Yan to their wedding, and Phoenix summoned Feng Qing’er to the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.

Xiao Yan helped the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan save Feng Li and then joined its alliance with the Tianhe Alliance. He rescued Xiao Yu from Ancient Dragon Island, but returned to find the Tianhe Alliance in ruins.

• Feng Qing'er reunited with Qi Feng, then revealed to the clan that Xiao Yan was her husband as Huang Tian arranged their wedding.
• Hun Mo and the Soul Clan attacked the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Qi Feng helped the Soul Clan break the seal that held Feng Li’s remnant soul.
• Xiao Yan and his allies stopped Feng Li from destroying the clan by using Qi Feng’s soul fragment to restore her consciousness, and Feng Li later recovered.
• Xiao Yan agreed to help the Ancient Void Dragons after Yun Ying brought news of Xiao Yu and the Joyful Venerables, then departed for Ancient Dragon Island with his companions.
• On the island, Xiao Yan overcame Hun Yan’s illusions and reached the Bone Tower, where Lei Dong and Gu Qinghan freed Xiao Yu from her cage.
• Xiao Yan killed Hun Yan, and his group left the island after Zhu Ming and Zhu Li set out to reunite the Ancient Void Dragons.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Tianhe Alliance with Xiao Yu and the others and found its headquarters in ruins.

Xiao Yan rescued Yao Chen, pursued the Soul Clan’s schemes, and helped Xiao Yi Xian control her Calamitous Poison Body. Three years later, he prepared for the emergence of the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame while confronting old family conflicts and the arrival of Yao Wangui.

• Xiao Yan rescued the survivors of the Tianhe Alliance, learned that Yao Chen had been abducted, and entered Soul Hall to save her, with Lei Jing’s help.
• Xiao Yan returned wounded with Yao Chen, then learned that Xiao Yu had recovered and joined the Tianhe Alliance before Xiao Yi Xian disappeared to seek a cure for her Calamitous Poison Body.
• Nalan Yanran gave Xiao Yi Xian a method to control her poison body, fought Hun Hong, and later killed him and other Soul Clan elders at the destroyed Shi Clan.
• Xiao Yan helped Xiao Yi Xian control her Calamitous Poison Body, then decided to accept Nalan Yanran’s feelings and told Cai Lin he might marry her.
• Over the following three years, Xiao Yan’s alliance expanded, Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan had a son named Xiao Yi, and Yao Chen considered becoming Xiao Yan’s wife.
• After learning the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame might soon emerge, Xiao Yan asked the Yan and Yao Clans to avoid war over it and rejected Yao Tian’s attempt to reconcile over Yao Wangui.
• Xiao Yan gave Ya Fei Fragmented Maps to investigate, then faced Yao Wangui when he arrived at the Tianhe Alliance and spared him after Yao Tian ordered him to apologize.