Recaps

Xiao Yan accepted Nalan Yanran’s Three-Year Pact, awakened Yao Chen, and rapidly advanced his cultivation and alchemy while strengthening the Xiao Clan. After leaving Wutan City, he survived dangers in the Misty Forest, joined forces with Xiao Yi Xian, and met Yun Yun while confronting the Purple Gold Winged Lion King.

• Xiao Yan discovered that Yao Chen had been absorbing his Dou Qi, accepted Nalan Yanran’s Three-Year Pact, and awakened Yao Chen as his master.
• With Yao Chen’s training, Xiao Yan advanced in cultivation and alchemy, defeated Liu Xi’s flawed pills in public, and helped the Xiao Clan’s pill business flourish.
• Xiao Yan foiled Jia Lie Ao’s ambushes and left Wutan City to travel, while Xun'er stayed behind to manage the Alchemy Workshop.
• Xiao Yan hunted and gathered resources in the Misty Forest, met Xiao Yi Xian, and explored a hidden cave with her, where they found treasures and a fragmentary map.
• Lei Batian’s mercenaries pursued Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, but Xiao Yan escaped, learned Flame Splitting Wave Ruler from Yao Chen, and prepared to retaliate.
• Xiao Yan found the wounded Yun Yun, treated her under the alias Yun Zhi, and helped her search the Purple Gold Winged Lion King’s lair.
• The Purple Gold Winged Lion King attacked Yun Yun and Xiao Yan, but Yao Chen possessed Xiao Yan and subdued the beast, which became a purple cub.

Xiao Yan refined new flames, reunited with his brothers in the Tagor Desert, and awakened Qing Lin’s rare ability before taking the Green Lotus Core Flame from Medusa’s cave. After fusing two Heavenly Flames and returning to Hai Bodong, Xiao Yan began refining the pill that could restore Hai Bodong’s strength while Qing Lin waited outside.

• Xiao Yan refined the Purple Gold Winged Lion King’s Beast Fire, broke through to six-star Dou Zhe, and merged the Purple Cloud Wings with his body.
• Xiao Yan found the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire in the valley near Black Wind Cliff, refined it, and advanced to the Dou Shi Realm.
• Xiao Yan killed Zhao Hu and destroyed Wolf Fang Stockade before the Calamity Poison Body eruption forced Xiao Yi Xian to leave him.
• Xiao Yan met Hai Bodong, agreed to refine a Po E Pill in exchange for the Quicksand Secret Path Map and three years of protection, then traveled into the Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at Stone Spring Oasis and welcomed Qing Lin despite her Snake People heritage.
• Qing Lin awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and subdued the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Python, which guided Xiao Yan to the Heart Burning Cave.
• Xiao Yan took the Green Lotus Core Flame from Medusa’s cave after her failed breakthrough, rescued Yun Yun, and later fused the flame with the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Ink Iron Mercenary Group with Qing Lin, then began refining Hai Bodong’s Spirit-Restoring Purple Pill while she waited outside.

Xiao Yan restored Hai Bodong, protected Qing Lin, and confronted the Misty Cloud Sect as Nalan Yanran chose to leave it and join him. After learning the sect had attacked the Xiao Clan and abducted Xiao Zhan, Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City, took revenge on the clan’s attackers, and set out to rescue his father.

• Xiao Yan and Elder Yao refined three Spirit-Restoring Purple Pills, restoring Hai Bodong’s strength and earning his promise to protect Xiao Yan for three years.
• When three Heavenly Snake Mansion Dou Huangs attacked to take Qing Lin, Xiao Yan fused three Heavenly Flames into a Buddha Flame Fire Lotus that killed one attacker and drove the others away.
• Xiao Yan confronted the Mo Clan over its betrayal, and the Purple Gold Winged Lion King killed Mo Chen and Zhao Lie before Xiao Yan left, determined to settle accounts with the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan saved Nalan Jie from Soul Erosion Miasma, received soul-nourishing ingredients for Elder Yao, and became closer to Nalan Yanran while defending her from Poison Scorpion’s attack.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran went to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Nalan Yanran refused to fight him or end their marriage, and Queen Medusa intervened when Yun Shan blocked their departure.
• Queen Medusa required Xiao Yan to refine a Soul Revival Pill within a year, then agreed to help him protect the Xiao Clan in exchange for an Ice Lotus Core.
• Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City and Queen Medusa killed Jia Liebi, Ao Bapa, and their followers after they attacked the Xiao Clan.
• Elder Xiao Shan told Xiao Yan that Yun Ling and four black-cloaked men had abducted Xiao Zhan, so Xiao Yan arranged the clan’s evacuation and led Xiao Yong and other able clansmen against the Jia Lie and Ao Ba Families.

Xiao Yan avenged the Xiao Clan, escaped the Misty Cloud Sect, and took valuable treasures from the Black Corner Region before returning to Jia Nan Academy. There, his companions passed the Inner Academy trials, united the freshmen against veteran teams, and settled into a shared courtyard.

• Xiao Yan killed Yun Ling with a Tri-Colored Exotic Flame Lotus, but Yun Shan wounded Yun Yun and trapped Xiao Yan and Medusa in the Cloud Smoke Covering Sun Formation.
• Yun Yun broke the formation, and Xiao Yan escaped with her and his companions as Elder Yao, Hai Bodong, and the Shadow Guards held off their pursuers.
• Xiao Yan spared Zhao Kun and vowed to return for Yun Shan before leading Qing Lin, Nalan Yanran, and Yun Yun toward Jia Nan Academy.
• At the Ghost Market auction, Xiao Yan recognized a map fragment linked to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and watched Xue Wushang win it and Three Thousand Lightning Movements.
• Xiao Yan killed Xue Wushang and four Blood Sect Dou Wangs, taking the map fragment, Three Thousand Lightning Movements, and the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill before fleeing the Black Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy, reunited with Gu Xun Er, and passed the selection trials alongside Nalan Yanran and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan led the freshmen to defeat veteran teams in Black Stone Canyon, reclaiming stolen Fire Energy and bringing the allied students to the finish.
• Xiao Yan chose the Embrace the Moon Courtyard as a home for himself, Gu Xun Er, Nalan Yanran, and Qing Lin, and the group celebrated their plans to grow stronger.