Recaps

Xiao Yan strengthened the Desert Iron Mercenary Group, aided by Qing Lin and Hun Ruoruo, while Ruoruo secretly pursued her own plans and then left him. As Xiao Yan prepared for the Three-Year Pact, Soul Hall agents began targeting the Xiao Family Patriarch and the Mo Family’s crimes came to light.

• Hun Ruoruo called Xiao Yan her husband, and Xiao Ding agreed to cover for him while Xiao Yan admitted she was the one he liked.
• Hun Ruoruo teased Xiao Yan and Qing Lin, then revealed her interest in Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and used them to explore the connection between souls.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Li defeated Luobu’s Sand Mercenary Group, while Qing Lin led them to Queen Medusa’s aura and Xiao Yan recovered the Green Lotus Platform and subdued the Double-Headed Python.
• Xiao Yan gave Hun Ruoruo the Green Lotus Platform as thanks, but she declined it and accepted only a few Earth Fire Lotus Seeds.
• Hun Ruoruo placed Soul Seals in the two linked souls within the Little Snake, gave Qing Lin a scroll for Xiao Yan, and left after urging him to keep up with the Three-Year Pact.
• Hun Ruoruo harvested Beast Souls as a weapon against a Dou Zong, then met Protector Wu, who recruited her into Soul Hall and assigned her to find Xiao Yan’s father.
• Hun Ruoruo weighed her Soul Hall mission against her attachment to Xiao Yan, while Yun Leng learned that two Dou Emperors had destroyed the Mo Family and admitted he had used its supply of souls to advance.
• Yun Leng changed his mission to finding the Xiao Family Patriarch and resolved to leave no trace.

Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Family, learned that Xiao Zhan had been abducted, and uncovered signs linking the Misty Cloud Sect to the Soul Hall. After winning the Alchemist Tournament, he confronted Nalan Yanran at the Three-Year Pact, freed them both from their marriage agreement, and challenged Yun Leng.

• Nalan Yanran showed Liu Ling a Soul Light Cluster, then secured Hun Ruoruo’s help by offering a plant as part of the Alchemist Tournament champion’s reward.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Family, learned that Xiao Zhan was missing, and killed Jia Lie Bu and other enemies who had attacked the clan.
• Xiao Yan traced the attack on his family to the Misty Cloud Sect’s Azure Firmament Sword Skill and resolved to win the Alchemist Tournament and confront the sect.
• Xiao Yan won the tournament while Hun Ruoruo exposed and killed the foreign spy Yan Li, then secretly met Xiao Yan and linked Yun Leng to the Soul Hall and the Mo Family.
• Hun Ruoruo confronted Yun Leng over Xiao Zhan’s abduction as Xiao Yan entered seclusion, gave Hai Bodong the Spirit Revival Purple Pill, and prepared for the Three-Year Pact.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Misty Cloud Sect with his Dou Qi hidden and defeated Nalan Yanran despite her powerful sword techniques.
• Nalan Yanran admitted defeat, and Xiao Yan destroyed their marriage contract and freed them both from its terms.
• Xiao Yan dismissed Yun Leng’s rebuke and challenged him to fight, shocking the Misty Cloud Sect disciples and watching guests.

Xiao Yan killed Yun Leng, then joined Hun Ruoruo and Old Man Yao in destroying Protector Wu and the Misty Cloud Sect’s old order. After recovering from the battle and learning Xiao Zhan was safe, Xiao Yan joined Hun Ruoruo’s Soul Hall operation and reunited with his father.

• Xiao Yan challenged Yun Leng over the Xiao Family’s suffering, then killed him despite Yun Shan’s intervention, while Hun Ruoruo killed Yun Shan and absorbed his soul.
• Protector Wu attacked Hun Ruoruo and Old Man Yao, but Xiao Yan, Medusa, and Hun Ruoruo fought back, destroying the Misty Cloud Sect in their final clash.
• Hun Ruoruo told Xiao Yan that Yun Leng had taken Xiao Zhan as a substitute and that the Soul Hall likely wanted the Ancient Jade, then Xiao Yan embraced her in relief.
• Hun Ruoruo left Nalan Yanran to lead the surviving Misty Cloud Sect, while Xiao Yan woke at the Mittel Family and discovered his Dou Jing had shattered and his Dou Qi had spread through his body.
• Old Man Yao taught Hun Ruoruo the Spirit Ascension Technique to slow her soul erosion, and Hun Ruoruo treated Xiao Yan as he recovered from his injuries.
• Hun Ruoruo gave Xiao Yan a Soul Token and recruited him as the Flame Soul Emissary, promising they would head to Jia Nan Academy after recovering.
• Xiao Yan helped the Xiao Family settle into its new Imperial Capital residence, then followed Hun Ruoruo’s soul coordinates and reunited with Xiao Zhan.

Xiao Yan reunited with his family and returned to Jia Nan Academy with Hun Ruoruo, where Han Feng's connection to Old Man Yao gave him a new target. He entered the Inner Academy after defeating the senior students in the Fire Energy Hunt Competition, and the arc ended with him and Hun Ruoruo crossing the checkpoint together.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Zhan that he had defeated Nalan Yanran but spared her, then learned that Ruoruo had rescued Xiao Zhan from Yun Leng.
• Xiao Yan admitted that he could accept no one else in his life, and Xiao Zhan urged him to cherish Ruoruo before Xiao Yan promised to bring her home.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo set out for Jia Nan Academy, where they encountered Li during a Black Storm and learned that Han Feng's Seventh-grade Pill would feature at the Black Seal City Auction Conference.
• Old Man Yao revealed that Han Feng had been his disciple before betraying him, and Xiao Yan resolved to take Han Feng's Sea Heart Flame and avenge him.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er at the Inner Academy Selection Competition and effortlessly defeated Xue Beng, then joined the other successful students on their journey to the Inner Academy.
• Hu Gan announced Hun Ruoruo as the Special Enrollment Student, and Xiao Yan and Hun Ruoruo helped the Freshmen seize Fire Energy from the senior students.
• Xiao Yan faced Sha Tie and Luo Hou despite his injuries, then used the Myriad Beasts Spirit Flame to restore his strength and defeat them.
• Su Qian declared the Freshmen the winners, and Xiao Yan healed Hun Ruoruo before crossing the checkpoint with her into the Inner Academy.