Recaps

Yan led the Spirit Team through the tournament, then pursued alliances and helped Ning Fengzhi evolve his Martial Soul. The story left Yan visiting Heaven Dou Royal Academy, where he reunited with Dugu Yan and met Ye Lingling.

• Xie Yue defeated Feng Xiaotian with his Soaring Full Moon, and Yu Xiaoxuan beat Tuo Ba Hong before Yan quickly defeated Yu Xiaoxuan.
• Yan defeated Dai Wuji in the individual final, then led the Spirit Team to crush the Heaven Dou Royal Team in under fifteen minutes.
• Yan defeated the Star Luo Team, but Dai Wuji took his own life, leaving Yan to protect Xu Yanyan and Zhu Yunxi.
• Yan took Zhu Zhuyun in and later arranged for her to return to the Star Luo Empire, where she would monitor Zhu Yunxi and Xu Yanyan.
• Yan proposed negotiating with Sea God Island and helped Ning Fengzhi evolve his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Yan continued teasing Ning Rongrong and received a letter from Dugu Yan, then took Ning Rongrong to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.
• Dugu Yan greeted Yan warmly and introduced him to Ye Lingling.

Yan recruited Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling, built ties with the Five Element Academies, and trained at Skywater Academy before setting out toward Sea God Island. After establishing a base on Purple Pearl Island, he began preparing a major soul-ring expedition with Pope Bibi Dong.

• Yan defeated Yu Tianheng after he attacked over Dugu Yan, then invited Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to join Spirit Hall despite the Heaven Dou Royal Academy committee's objections.
• Yan forced Prince Xue Xing to approve the transfers, brought Dugu Yan and Ye Lingling to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and grew closer to both women and Ning Rongrong.
• Yan visited the Five Element Academies Gathering, defeated Huo Wushuang, sparred with Huo Wu, and gained support from Huo Wu and Feng Xiaotian for cooperation with Spirit Hall.
• Yan trained at Skywater Academy's Crystal Lake and Dragon Gate Waterfall, then cultivated his Core Flame on a snowy summit and offered the academy a choice of Spirit Hall resources.
• Yan traveled to Vast Sea City, obtained the Dragon Abyss Boat and ships, and sailed out with Spirit Hall forces toward Sea God Island.
• Yan captured Purple Pearl and took control of her island, then persuaded her to share information about Sea God Island and the surrounding sea clans.
• Yan tested the Dragon Abyss Boat, encountered Evil Spirit Orcas attacking White Whales, and captured the orcas for study.
• Yan had Purple Pearl absorb an Evil Spirit Orca's soul ring, discovered Whale Rubber in its corpse, and summoned three hundred experts as Pope Bibi Dong arrived on Purple Pearl Island.

Yan helped Spirit Hall defeat the Evil Spirit Orcas and confronted Bo Saixi before turning the Gate of Time and Space toward the Longinus Continent. He moved the Dragon Domain to Douluo Continent, forged a divine battle armor, gained new allies and power, and left Moonlight Pavilion after learning Ning Rongrong had run away from home.

• Bibi Dong and Spirit Hall helped Xiao Bai defeat the Evil Spirit Orcas, and Bibi Dong absorbed the Evil Orca King’s soul ring and Soul Bone.
• Bo Saixi confronted Bibi Dong, but Yan proposed cooperation between Sea God Island and Spirit Hall and offered her Azure Sea Nectar as a path to an heir.
• Yan discovered the Longinus Continent through the Gate of Time and Space and located its hidden Dragon Domain.
• Yan, Bibi Dong, and Qian Daoliu moved the Dragon Domain to Douluo Continent, where Yan worked with Noksi to forge the Blade of Noxie and the Withered Wood Dragon's Roar battle armor.
• Yan tested the armor, met Ye Yinzhu and Xing Can, then captured Hongling and formed Blood Contracts with two Golden Armor Forbidden Bugs.
• Yan returned to Douluo Continent, gained a sixth soul ring from the Dark Flame Demon King's flame true spirit with Flame, and reached rank sixty-three.
• Yan attended Moonlight Pavilion’s graduation ceremony to search for Tang Hao, then left after learning Ning Rongrong had run away from home.

Yan confronted Tang Hao, took Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing from Shrek Academy, and brought them to the Star Dou Great Forest. He then traveled to Sun Moon Continent to study its resources and Soul Tool research, ending his search in the Jingyang Mountain Range amid a fight with a Silver Moon Wolf King.

• Yan fought Tang Hao with Ghost Douluo, Chrysanthemum Douluo, and the Steel Dragon, forcing Tang Hao to flee underground after a devastating battle.
• Yan intervened when Dai Mubai attacked Ning Rongrong, crippled Dai Mubai, defeated Tang San and Shrek's teachers, and took Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing with him.
• Yan brought Zhu Zhuqing and Ning Rongrong to the Rose Hotel, where Zhu Zhuyun confronted Zhu Zhuqing and declared her support for Yan and Spirit Hall.
• Yan traveled with Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing to the Star Dou Great Forest, reunited with Xiao Wu, and obtained a trace of destiny power from the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Yan took Bai Xiuxiu to Sun Moon Continent to study its resources and prepare for Spirit Hall's future expansion, then reached Sun Moon City and met the secluded Soul Master Dike.
• Yan helped Dike take revenge on the marquis who had killed his family, then left Dike in charge of his affairs and traveled north to the Jingyang Mountain Range.
• Yan killed a Ten-Thousand-Year Gold Wolf King and extracted golden liquid from its spinal marrow, then fought a Ten-Thousand-Year Silver Moon Wolf King near a cliff.