Recaps

Xiao Yan joined Little Fairy Doctor to uncover treasure beneath the Bottomless Cliff, then helped her defeat the Wolf Head Mercenary Group before training in the Magical Beast Mountain Range. There he met Yun Zhi and helped her obtain Violet Spirit Crystal, while Yao Wan trained Nalan Yanran and continued telling her a story.

• Xiao Yan trusted Little Fairy Doctor because of Wan Guniang’s recommendation and followed her to a hidden cave beneath the Bottomless Cliff, where they found treasure, rare herbs, and the Poison Scripture.
• Mu Li and his men invaded the cave, but Xiao Yan killed them, took the treasures, and left with Little Fairy Doctor.
• After Mu She accused Little Fairy Doctor of taking Mu Li, Xiao Yan challenged the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and killed Mu She with the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Xiao Yan promised Little Fairy Doctor he would return after training, then spent half a year in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and reached Five Star Dou Shi.
• After the Amethyst Winged Lion King wounded Yun Zhi, Xiao Yan brought her to his cave, treated her, and guarded her while they grew closer.
• Xiao Yan discovered a Beast Spirit that Yao Lao suspected might be connected to the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, and he and Yun Zhi agreed to help each other find a Heavenly Flame and Violet Spirit Crystal.
• Yun Zhi lured the Amethyst Winged Lion King away while Xiao Yan entered its cave, took the Violet Spirit Crystal and Amethyst Accompanying Source, and escaped with her.
• Yao Wan continued training Nalan Yanran and telling her Journey to the West, while Xiao Yan and Yun Zhi sheltered together for the night in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

Xiao Yan refined the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire with help from Yun Zhi, Yao Lao, and Yao Wan, gaining a stronger Flame Mantra and new control over beast spirits. Yao Wan left Nalan Yanran and traveled to the Tagor Desert, where she negotiated with Hai Bodong for two remnant maps and his service as her bodyguard.

• Xiao Yan and Yun Zhi found the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire underground, but the Amethyst Winged Lion King's beast spirit badly wounded Yun Zhi when she challenged it.
• Xiao Yan treated Yun Zhi's burns, then spent months refining beast spirits as she recovered and quietly supported him.
• Xiao Yan struggled to refine the Amethyst Winged Lion King's unusually powerful beast spirit until Yao Wan's Scrolls protected him and taught him the Past Emperor Soul Decision.
• Yao Wan arrived as Xiao Yan refined the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Fire, which clashed with the Netherworld Poison Flame inside him, and used her Life Spirit Flame to calm him before knocking him unconscious.
• Yao Wan left Xiao Yan in Yao Lao's care, and Xiao Yan later discovered he had reached Nine Star Dou Shi and that his Flame Mantra had advanced to Profound High-Rank.
• Yao Wan returned to Nalan Yanran, urged her to keep training for the Three-Year Agreement, and left her with a cultivation pill before traveling to the Tagor Desert.
• Yao Wan found Hai Bodong in Desert City and offered to remove his seal and raise his cultivation in exchange for his two remnant maps and two years as her bodyguard.

Yao Wan restored Hai Bodong, reunited with Xiao Yan, and accompanied him into the Tagor Desert to obtain the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame. After Yao Wan defeated Queen Medusa and helped Xiao Yan refine the flame, Xiao Yan advanced, while Yun Yun learned that the Mo Family had been destroyed and was ordered to investigate.

• Yao Wan modified Hai Bodong’s Barrier Breaking Pill formula, refined an improved pill, and restored his Dou Emperor strength in exchange for the fragmentary map.
• Yao Wan and Hai Bodong traveled to Stone Desert City, where she waited for Xiao Yan, met Qing Lin, and rejoined Xiao Yan after he arrived.
• Xiao Yan carved Yao Wan a wooden figure, and Yao Wan asked him to investigate the Eastern Suburbs while she and Hai Bodong secretly visited the Mo Family’s fortress in Salt City.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Wan he planned to seek Queen Medusa’s Heavenly Flame, and they traveled into the Tagor Desert together.
• Yao Wan and Xiao Yan disguised themselves as snake-people and watched Queen Medusa evolve into a Dou Zong using the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame.
• Yao Wan defeated Queen Medusa, restrained the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python’s soul, and gave Xiao Yan the transformed Queen Medusa as a small snake before they took the Heavenly Flame and left.
• Yao Wan helped Xiao Yan endure the Azure Lotus Earth Core Flame’s energy, breaking through to Dou Emperor as Xiao Yan refined the flame, evolved the Flame Mantra, and advanced to three-star Da Dou Shi.
• Yao Wan proposed a final trial for Xiao Yan before the Three-Year Agreement, while Yun Yun’s teacher left Secluded Death Meditation and Yun Ling reported that the Mo Family had been wiped out.

Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran explored the Xiao Clan ruins while Yao Wan helped them grow stronger and revealed part of the clan’s history. Back in the imperial capital, Xiao Yan treated Nalan Jie’s poison and prepared for the Alchemist Convention as Nalan Yanran faced the approaching Three-Year Agreement.

• Nalan Yanran agreed to train with Yao Wan, who took her away from Yun Lan Mountain while Xiao Yan followed a blood-marked cloth toward the hidden realm.
• Yao Wan brought Qing Lin with her after defending the girl from Lü Man, while Xiao Yan met Nalan Yanran in disguise and they entered the Xiao Clan ruins together.
• Yao Wan absorbed the Yin Yang Dual Flames from the Life Spirit Crystal, and Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran explored the inheritance and each advanced one star.
• Yao Wan revealed that the ancient Xiao Clan had fled Central State after the Hun Clan drove it out, and she taught Xiao Yan the Blood Sacrifice Method to collect the clan’s inheritance.
• After nearly a year of cultivation, Nalan Yanran reached Dou Ling before Xiao Yan, who then broke through to Dou Ling before they left the ruins.
• Yao Wan took Xiao Yan to the imperial capital, where he met Hai Bodong and promised Ya Fei he would try to cure Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison in exchange for a soul-nourishing ingredient.
• Xiao Yan treated Nalan Jie, entered the Alchemist Convention, and agreed to trade a Soul Fusion Pill for Queen Medusa’s protection.
• Xiao Zhan arrived in the imperial capital, and Nalan Yanran recognized and greeted him near the Nalan Residence.