Recaps

Xiao Yan defeats the demon emperors threatening the Greater Western Heaven Realm and uses the spoils to strengthen his allies and the Endless Fire Domain. After building alliances and helping five experts ascend to Heavenly Sovereign, he leaves for seclusion in the Heavenly Tomb while Lin Dong heads toward the Ice Spirit Clan.

• Xiao Yan withstands Withered Bone Emperor Xuan Mo’s Corpse God’s Three Kowtows, captures him, then battles Demon Emperor Xuanyan Xuan with the awakened Primordial Fire Saint Ancestor’s power and seals Xuanyan Xuan and two other Xuan Mo Emperors.
• Xiao Yan, Tou She Ancient God, and the Howling Silver Wolf King defeat the remaining Nether Demon Emperors, and Xiao Yan refines nine of them into Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pills.
• Xiao Yan accepts Zhan Xuantian’s alliance and thirty-seven subordinate continents for the Endless Fire Domain, then gives pills to the Western Heaven War Emperor’s three elders, who break through to Heavenly Sovereign.
• Xiao Yan returns to Flame Emperor Hall, reveals the captured Xuan Mo Emperors, and gives Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pills to Luo Tianshen, Blind Elder, Heavy Sword King, Earth Dragon Emperor, and Qingyun True Monarch.
• Luo Tianshen and the four other recipients successfully become Heavenly Sovereigns, and Xiao Yan creates a ranking of twenty Heavenly Sovereigns with himself first and Lin Dong second.
• Lin Dong and Symbol Ancestor leave for the Ancestral Stone Continent to investigate Ying Huanhuan’s summons from the Ice Spirit Clan, while Xiao Yan prepares to enter seclusion.
• Xiao Yan asks Emperor Xiao and the Progenitor to oversee the Endless Fire Domain, then enters the Heavenly Tomb’s World of Time to refine and study Soul Nurturing Pills.

Xiao Yan helped Shiluo rise to Heavenly Sovereign and establish the Great Luo Heaven Domain’s dominance in the Northern Domain, while Mandala defeated Lu Heng and ended their feud. The rival leaders then maneuvered to seek Shiluo’s favor, and True Monarch Purple Cloud arrived first to meet Mandala.

• Xiao Yan gifted Luo Tianshen a Spirit Grade Soul Nurturing Pill, then used three more to revive Fire Phoenix Venerable, Black Flame Ancestor, and Immortal Flame Lady, who pledged themselves to him.
• Xiao Yan freed Mandala from Lu Heng’s Eternal Life Curse and asked her to locate the Ancient Heavenly Palace, while he secretly accompanied Shiluo’s forces to the Northern Domain Hegemony Competition.
• Shiluo defeated the three hegemonic forces and their Earthly Sovereign allies, then absorbed their Sacred Artifacts and tribulation to become the Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign Dragon Subduing Arhat.
• Shiluo claimed nearly half the Northern Domain for the Great Luo Heaven Domain, and the northern factions began considering allegiance under his protection.
• Lu Heng sacrificed Holy Demon Palace disciples and elders to fuse with the Blood Dragon Nether Demon Emperor’s spine, but Mandala used Shiluo’s Arhat Dharma Decree to destroy Lu Heng and his soul.
• True Monarch Purple Cloud, Venerable Leiyin, and the Golden Eagle Emperor formed a wary alliance, then separately raced to submit to the Great Luo Heaven Domain.
• True Monarch Purple Cloud reached the Great Luo Heaven Domain first and presented his calling card, where Mandala came out to receive him.

Xiao Yan defeated the Demon Emperors sealed in the Wisdom King Secret Realm, gained new allies, and established the Yan Alliance. The arc left the alliance growing while regional powers debated whether to oppose him.

• Shiluo secured the allegiance of True Monarch Purple Cloud, Venerable Leiyin, and Golden Eagle Emperor, and Xiao Yan agreed to accompany them to Dragon Eagle Cave.
• At Dragon Eagle Cave, Xiao Yan defeated Dragon Eagle Great Emperor in a brief clash, then helped Golden Eagle Emperor break through to Early-stage Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign with a Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pill.
• Xiao Yan killed the Nether Demon Emperors sealed in the first sixteen hells, then defeated and sealed Dragon Skeleton Emperor Xuan Mo on the seventeenth level.
• Xiao Yan exposed the Ancient Three-Headed Flood Dragon’s deception, defeated it after reaching late Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign, and transformed it into the Buddhist monk Guangli Bodhisattva.
• Golden-Winged Great Wisdom King Bodhisattva passed his remains and inheritance to Dragon Eagle Great Emperor, while Xiao Yan promised to develop an Immortal Grade Soul Nurturing Pill to restore him.
• Xiao Yan refined Life-Reversing Demon Venerable Pills and established the Yan Alliance as a branch of the Endless Fire Domain, appointing Mandala to verify Demon Emperor information and manage contributions.
• The Ghost Emperor gathered regional powers to discuss opposing Xiao Yan, but True Person Qing Mu favored joining him and Ancestor Danyang warned that Xiao Yan was dangerous to challenge.