Recaps

Xiao Yan united the Mo Tie Mercenary Group, seized the Green Lotus Core Flame from Queen Medusa, and grew far stronger. After rescuing Hai Bodong from his seal, he went to Salt City to find Qing Lin and confronted Mo Cheng.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, learned they had found traces of a Heavenly Flame, and helped the Mo Tie Mercenary Group absorb the Sha Mercenary Group.
• Xiao Yan explored the magma cavern with his brothers, found the Green Lotus Core Flame missing, and watched Qing Lin awaken the Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and control the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Xiao Yan followed Gu He’s group to the Holy City, stole medicinal ingredients, and interrupted Queen Medusa’s attempt to evolve with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yan escaped with the Green Lotus Core Flame and the tiny Seven-Colored Swallowing Heavens Python, then refined the flame and advanced to three-star Da Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan returned to Mo City Rock, learned the Mo Clan had taken Qing Lin, and annihilated its forces before joining Hai Bodong to rescue her.
• Xiao Yan restored Hai Bodong’s power by breaking Medusa’s seal, then traveled with him to Salt City and met Nalan Yanran at the inn.
• Xiao Yan entered the Mo Clan with Nalan Yanran and Hai Bodong, demanded that Mo Cheng reveal Qing Lin’s whereabouts, and defeated Mo Li when he attacked.
• Xiao Yan fought Mo Cheng, destroyed his right hand, and stunned him with Soul Impact before pulling the bone spears from his back.

Xiao Yan rescued Qing Lin, developed the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, and allied with Queen Medusa before traveling to Jia Ma Holy City. There, he cured Nalan Jie, strengthened his Soul Power, entered the Alchemist Convention, and took first place in its internal test.

• Xiao Yan killed Mo Cheng and helped Qing Lin escape the cyan-clad woman, then agreed to let Qing Lin travel with Lü Man and the Eight-Winged Black Serpent Emperor to learn to control her pupils.
• Xiao Yan gave Hai Bodong the Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill formula and began designing the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, whose explosion destroyed much of the mercenary group's base.
• Xiao Yan negotiated an alliance with Queen Medusa, offering to help restore her body in exchange for her protection and the Green Lotus Core Flame if she recovered within three years.
• Xiao Yan traveled to Jia Ma Holy City with Hai Bodong, where he crippled Lei Le's hand and Hai Bodong made the Mittel Family support Xiao Yan with medicinal ingredients.
• Xiao Yan cured Nalan Jie's Branding Poison with a Heavenly Flame and absorbed the Seven Illusory Azure Spirit Saliva, raising his Soul Power to Rank 6 Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan bought a black jade slip and uncovered the Skyfire Three Mysterious Change technique, then decided to enter the Alchemist Convention.
• Xiao Yan refined the Black Iron Spirit Leaf in a single pass and earned a perfect score, taking first place in the internal test before joining the gathering for Nalan Jie's recovery.

Xiao Yan won the Alchemist Convention by refining a Fifth Grade pill, then used his fame to acquire rare ingredients through Ya Fei’s auction. After preparing for the next stage of his cultivation and helping the imperial family’s guardian, he set out to face Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yan defeated Mu Zhan at the Nalan Mansion and later learned that Yan Li, a Chuyun Empire alchemist, was a threat at the convention.
• Xiao Yan advanced through the convention’s trials and revealed that the formula’s Profound Earth Fungus caused the second-round failures.
• Xiao Yan refined a Four-Pattern White Spirit Pill, outclassed Yan Li, and won the 7th Alchemist Convention as an eighteen-year-old Rank 5 Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan demonstrated the pill’s effects, claimed his championship rewards, and entrusted Ya Fei with a Heaven Rank auction to trade his pills for rare ingredients.
• Ya Fei’s auction drew powerful buyers, and Xiao Yan exchanged his pills for valuable medicinal materials, including Transformation Grass offered by Yun Yun for the White Spirit Pill.
• Xiao Yan examined the Nethersea Flood Dragon, stabilized its injuries with the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, and accepted Yao Ye’s formula and ingredients for a Primal Bone Forming Pill.
• Xiao Yan spent a month and a half refining pills and cultivating, made a Rejuvenating Spirit Purple Pill for Hai Bodong, and prepared to travel to the Misty Cloud Sect after Nalan Yanran challenged him.

Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran, then uncovered the Soul Hall’s influence over the Misty Cloud Sect and helped Yun Yun reclaim control. He entered Soul Hall through his Soul Token and stepped into the Soul Path, leaving Yun Shan and Protector Wu to suspect he sought the Gate of Life and Death’s Heavenly Flame.

• Ya Fei sent Xiao Yan toward the Misty Cloud Sect in a jeweled sedan chair, and Yun Yun recognized him as Yao Yan when he arrived.
• Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in their duel, learned she had obtained the Yin-Yang Life-Death Flame, and asked to enter the Gate of Life and Death.
• Yun Leng accused Xiao Yan of killing Mo Cheng and ordered the Misty Cloud Sect to attack, but Yun Yun and Xiao Yan’s allies resisted him.
• Yun Shan emerged and attacked Xiao Yan, but Queen Medusa, Ling Ying, and Jia Xing Tian fought back while Ling Ying broke the sect’s protective array.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Soul Hall rank, and Yun Yun expelled Yun Leng, Yun Cha, Yun Du, and Ge Ye before allowing Xiao Yan to attempt the Gate of Life and Death.
• Xiao Yan followed the Soul Token through a Space Lock into Soul Hall, where he confronted Yun Shan and Protector Wu and learned about the organization’s ranks, prisons, and treasures.
• Xiao Yan placed his Soul Token on the Soul Offering Altar, opened the passage to the Soul Path, and entered it before Yun Shan and Protector Wu could react.