Recaps

Xiao Yan strengthened Panmen, advanced his cultivation, and won several Inner Academy matches while sharing a farewell with Xun'er. After returning to find the Xiao Clan devastated by the Misty Cloud Sect, he prepared to lead the survivors against it.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er and Qing Lin, then helped Nalan Yanran cultivate, find a suitable sword technique, and advance to Dou Ling.
• After older students told Xiao Yan about bullying and extortion, he founded Panmen with Nalan Yanran and assigned its members roles and rules.
• Xiao Yan cured Lei Yan's Fire Poison and uncovered the first transformation of Burning Flame Valley's Heavenly Flame Three Profound Transformations, then mastered Three Thousand Lightning Movements.
• Xiao Yan returned to find the Medicine Sect had attacked Panmen, and accepted Ling Feng's pill-refining challenge for the district's selling rights.
• Xiao Yan defeated Lin Feng in the Dragon Power Pill contest, advanced through the ranking matches, and defeated Zhao Lei and Liu Qing, while Nalan Yanran also won her match against Zhou Hao.
• Xun'er gave Xiao Yan the Emperor Seal Art before leaving for the Ancient Clan, and Xiao Yan promised to find her and reunite.
• Xiao Yu told Xiao Yan that the Misty Cloud Sect had attacked the Xiao Clan, and Xiao Yan reached the stronghold, treated Xiao Li, and prepared to lead the survivors against the sect.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran broke through to Four-star Dou Ling during the tower's body tempering, then left as the elder announced the upcoming Inner Academy trials.

Xiao Yan survived the Fallen Heart Flame, defeated Han Feng’s forces, and strengthened the Xiao Clan before leading an expedition that yielded new Heavenly Flames, Heaven Burning Art, and valuable treasures. He left the arc with powerful seals mastered and seven enhanced puppets ready to aid him.

• Su Qian and the Inner Academy elders temporarily sealed the Fallen Heart Flame, but Han Feng and Bone Elder attacked and broke the seal, leaving Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran engulfed in flame.
• Xiao Yan and Nalan Yanran endured the Fire Prison as Xiao Yan subdued the Fallen Heart Flame and fused it with his other flames, while Medusa completed her transformation and Nalan Yanran reached Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, Cai Lin, and the Purple Crystal Winged Lion King escaped the Sealing Chamber, then Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan and helped repel the Blood Sect attack.
• Xiao Yan and his allies defeated Han Feng and the Soul Hall experts, though a Soul Devouring Envoy escaped with Han Feng’s soul and Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Li auctioned Han Feng’s trove and recruited cultivators for the growing Xiao Clan, while Elder Yao awakened and urged Xiao Yan to prepare for the Soul Hall threat.
• Xiao Yan led Qing Lin, Yan Ran, Yun Yun, Cai Lin, and Zi Yan through the West Hall ruins, where they acquired the Crimson Flame Key, subdued a Flame Giant Python, and found the Heaven Burning Art.
• Xiao Yan subdued the Yin Yang Twin Flames and claimed Heaven Burning Art after defeating the Magma Giant Beast with a Four-Colored Buddha Flame Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan mastered the Mountain Opening Seal and Sea Turning Seal, then created seven enhanced Dou Huang puppets and left the cave with them.

Xiao Yan led the Yan Alliance’s forces against the Misty Cloud Sect, then helped the Poison Sect repel the Myriad Scorpion Sect while seeking a way to save Xiao Yi Xian and recover Elder Yao. The arc left Xiao Yan traveling toward the Black Corner Region to obtain the ingredient for Cai Lin’s Dragon Marrow Pill.

• Xiao Yan gathered the Xiao Clan and allied factions, returned to the Jia Ma Empire, and destroyed the Misty Cloud Sect, but a Soul Hall expert abducted Elder Yao and left Xiao Yan gravely wounded.
• Yun Yun disbanded the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Yan recovered, advanced to Two-star Dou Huang, and founded the Yan Alliance with support from the Jia Ma Empire’s leaders.
• Xiao Yan and his companions defended the Yan Alliance headquarters, then Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and gave her a method for controlling her Poison Body of Calamity.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin destroyed the Golden Swan Sect and Mulian Valley camps, then joined Xiao Yi Xian at the Poison Sect to prepare for the Myriad Scorpion Sect’s attack.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian defeated traitorous Poison Sect elders, and Xiao Yan killed Xie Shan after he poisoned him with a deadly needle.
• Xiao Yan suppressed the poison, killed a Soul Hall Protector with Cai Lin’s help, and refined Xie Shan into a Dou Zong-level puppet while recovering at Blackwood Cliff.
• The Great Elder confirmed that Cai Lin was carrying Xiao Yan’s child and explained that a Seventh-grade Dragon Marrow Pill could nurture its soul.
• Xiao Yan promised to obtain the pill’s main ingredient, gave Cai Lin communication talismans, and traveled toward the Black Corner Region with Yun Yun and ten Snake People hunters.

Xiao Yan secured the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva, defeated Han Feng and Earth Demon Old Ghost, and strengthened his allies and resources before setting out for the Alchemist Conference. Spatial turbulence separated him from his companions, and he began recovering under Han Xue’s care while preparing to search for them.

• Xiao Yan obtained the Bodhi Body Transformation Saliva at the auction, then ambushed Old Man Eagle Mountain in Black Wind Valley and survived Han Feng’s Soul Devouring Explosion with his companions.
• Xiao Yan collected the Demon Phoenix’s essence blood and core, then returned to Jia Nan Academy, where he helped defeat Earth Demon Old Ghost and destroyed him with a four-flame Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan recovered, advanced to Six-Star Dou Huang in the magma pool, acquired Yao Tian’s Fallen Heart Flame and Five-Wheel Separation Flame Method, and later defeated Han Feng at Demonic Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yan shared treasures and a tamed Fallen Heart Flame with his allies, then agreed to help Xin Lan’s Ye Family compete for the Three Thousand Burning Flame at the Alchemist Conference.
• Xiao Yan suppressed Xiao Yi Xian’s Poison Body of Calamity and promised to stay with her, then refined Earth Demon Old Ghost into a powerful puppet and used it to complete a Dragon Marrow Pill for Cai Lin.
• Xiao Yan left Jia Nan Academy aboard the Light Chaser, but Spatial Turbulence separated him from his companions and cast him injured into the Central Plains.
• Han Xue rescued Xiao Yan and brought him to safety, where he recovered over several days and resolved to stabilize his cultivation before searching for his companions.