Recaps

Xiao Yan returned to Jia Ma, where the Little Doctor Immortal won the Alchemist Grand Meeting before he challenged Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect. After leaving the sect, Xiao Yan traveled with the Little Doctor Immortal and Qing Lin toward the Black Corner Region, where an armed tribe stopped their carriage.

• Xiao Yan confronted Yue Mei near the Snake People’s territory, then witnessed Queen Medusa’s evolution and protected the royal city before returning to Jia Ma with Little Doctor Immortal, Qing Lin, and Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House, and the Little Doctor Immortal refined the Life Flame to reach Nine-star Dou King before entering the Alchemist Grand Meeting.
• At the Nalan Family banquet, Xiao Yan knocked Mu Zhan unconscious after Mu Zhan attacked him and claimed Ya Fei as his intended wife.
• The Little Doctor Immortal passed the Grand Meeting’s rounds, refined a nearly perfect sixth-grade Azure Glaze Crimson Fire Pill, and was declared champion over Yan Li.
• Xiao Yan went to the Misty Cloud Sect to meet Yun Yun, but Yun Leng’s reception led him to challenge Nalan Yanran, who fought him while Yun Yun’s array protected the sect.
• Xiao Yan left the sect with Little Doctor Immortal and Qing Lin, traveled across the plains, and entered the Black Corner Region after an arrow stopped their carriage near a small tribe.

Xiao Yan escorted Little Doctor Immortal and Little Qing Lin across the Black Corner Region, then reunited with Xun'er at Jia Nan Academy and fought through the selection competition. The five leading contestants were named, and the group gathered at the Library Pavilion to enter it.

• Xiao Yan joined Duo Ma’s convoy to Black Seal City, where he attended the auction and saw Fan Ling buy the Thunder Bat Sky Wings while Little Doctor Immortal won the Earth Core Fire Mushroom.
• At the auction’s climax, the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill was offered under the condition that its buyer perform two tasks, and Xiao Yan left before the bidding ended.
• Fan Lao ambushed Elder Qing’s party for the pill, while Fan Ling attacked Black Skeleton Tomb members to seize the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and a Fragmented Map.
• Xiao Yan stole the scroll from Fan Ling, killed him, and continued toward Jia Nan Academy as the concealed black-robed pursuers withdrew without confronting him.
• At Peace Town, Huo De recognized Xiao Yan and arranged for him, Little Doctor Immortal, and Little Qing Lin to travel to Jia Nan City, where Xiao Yan helped Xiao Ning and arrived just in time for the competition.
• Xiao Yan defeated Xue Beng and Lu Mu, then faced Bai Shan during the melee elimination round and used a fire lotus to defeat Bai Shan, Wu Hao, and Hu Jia.
• The judges named Little Doctor Immortal, Qing Lin, Xiao Yan, Xiao Xun’er, and Wu Hao the top five, and Xiao Yan later joined Wu Hao and Hu Jia at the Library Pavilion.

Xiao Yan led the new students through the Inner Academy’s Fire Energy Hunt, founded Pan Gate, and fought to protect it from rival factions. After Little Doctor Immortal defeated the Medicine Gang in an alchemy contest, Xiao Yan defeated Bai Cheng and challenged an unseen senior who had targeted him.

• Hu Gan led Xiao Yan and the other newcomers to the Library Pavilion, where Xiao Yan claimed the Lion-Tiger Golden Shattering Roar before they entered the Inner Academy.
• Elder Su launched the Fire Energy Hunt, and Xiao Yan’s group defeated veteran teams until Elder Su declared them successful and admitted them to the Inner Academy.
• After older students extorted the newcomers, Xiao Yan founded Pan Gate and led its members into the Heavenly Flame Refining Qi Tower, where he discovered the danger of the heart flame.
• Fu Ao threatened Pan Gate, but Xiao Yan incapacitated him and drove off the Bai Gang before Bai Cheng began obstructing Pan Gate’s trade and training.
• Han Xian challenged Pan Gate’s alchemy business, but Little Doctor Immortal refined a genuine Dragon Strength Pill and won the contest, securing five trading locations and ending the Medicine Gang’s restrictions.
• While Xiao Yan was away meditating, Bai Cheng attacked Pan Gate and injured Hu Jia, then fought Wu Hao until Little Doctor Immortal took his place.
• Xiao Yan joined the battle and defeated Bai Cheng after revealing his nine-star Dou Ling strength, prompting the Bai Gang to surrender.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Little Doctor Immortal, Little Qing Lin, and Xun'er, then challenged the unseen senior whose domineering aura had targeted him.

Xiao Yan rose to the top of the Strong Ranking, then watched Xun'er return to the Gu Clan and joined the academy’s effort to contain the escaping Fallen Heart Flame. The tower was temporarily sealed, but Xiao Yan warned that the flame could not be held and that Black Corner Region experts were about to move.

• Liu Qing challenged Xiao Yan to face him at the Strong Ranking Grand Competition, while Xiao Yan learned he had earned the thirty-fourth place after defeating Bai Cheng.
• Xiao Yan met Zi Yan in the medicinal storeroom, refined pills for her, and learned she was the Strong Ranking’s first-ranked student and a two-star Dou King.
• Xiao Yan learned that Soul Hall had attacked the Xiao Family and that Saint Yao Chen had taken them to the Central Plains in search of the Ancient Emperor Tuoshe Jade.
• Xiao Yan defeated Bai Cheng and Yao Sheng in the competition, then beat Liu Qing to claim first place as Zi Yan placed second and Xun'er placed third.
• Xun'er chose to return to the Gu Clan with Ling Quan, while Xiao Yan resolved to grow stronger and marry her.
• Su Qian took Xiao Yan and the other Strong Ranking experts below the tower, where the Fallen Heart Flame broke through its seals and escaped as the Formless Fire Python.
• Su Qian and the elders used the Thousand Layer Seal Array to hold back the Formless Fire Python, while Han Feng sensed the Heavenly Flame and summoned allies to Maple City.
• Hu Gan and Outer Academy experts reinforced the defense, and Su Qian drove the Formless Fire Python back into the tower and sealed its peak as Xiao Yan warned that the Black Corner Region experts were about to act.