Recaps

Xiao Yan attended the Five Great Families' assessment and demonstrated overwhelming Spirit Realm Soul Power, securing the Ye Family's victory. As the final contest approached, Cao Ying asked to replace her family's participant so she could challenge him herself.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the assessment hall with Ye Zhong, where the Five Great Families and spectators gathered before the Cao Family arrived.
• Cao Ying challenged Xiao Yan over whether he intended to win the Pill Gathering, and Xiao Yan replied that he planned to become champion.
• Elder Sheng began the assessment, and Xiao Yan shattered the soul-testing stele with his Spirit Realm Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan froze hundreds of Soul Measuring Pearls in midair, leaving the other families unwilling to continue the final contest.
• Cao Ying asked to replace Cao Xiu as the Cao Family's participant, then fixed her Battle Intent on Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan and Cao Ying faced off in a Soul Power contest, where Cao Ying used the Cao Family’s Soul Seal and appeared to gain the upper hand. Xiao Yan secretly overwhelmed her with a terrifying soul attack, then conceded publicly, leaving Dan Chen to realize that he had actually won.

• Cao Ying replaced Cao Xiu as the Cao Family’s contestant, and Dan Xuan joined Xiao Yan and the other participants in the Soul Power contest.
• Xiao Yan and Cao Ying’s Spirit Realm souls collided, and the resulting Soul Storm injured Dan Xuan and threw the other contestants out of the arena.
• Cao Ying used her Soul Phoenix and then her Soul Seal against Xiao Yan, whose crude Soul Wall broke under her attacks.
• As Cao Ying prepared her final seal, Xiao Yan’s hidden soul attack immobilized her and trapped her in an abyss-like illusion.
• Xiao Yan conceded publicly, and Cao Ying accepted his handshake while the crowd praised their supposed sportsmanship.
• Dan Chen realized that Xiao Yan had won despite conceding, while Cao Ying walked away shaken and drenched in sweat.

Xiao Yan prepared for the Pill Gathering, learned that Chen Xian had hired the Soul Hall to target him, and saw Mu Gu leave with an empty Bone Flame Ring. After Zi Yan awoke in her mature form and revealed her strength, Xiao Yan went to meet Pill Tower President Xuan Kongzi, who began questioning him about the Soul Hall.

• Cao Ying recognized that Xiao Yan had used a soul illusion during their assessment and resolved to defeat him fairly at the Pill Gathering.
• Mu Gu visited Xiao Yan, revealed that the Profound Nether Sect had asked the Soul Hall to target him, and confirmed that Venerable Yao had died.
• Xiao Yan gave Mu Gu the empty Bone Flame Ring, refused to fear his threats, and warned that he might not survive the Pill Gathering.
• Zi Yan woke in her mature form, announced that she had reached strength equivalent to an Eight-Star Dou Ancestor, and then changed back into her childlike appearance.
• Elder Sheng escorted Xiao Yan into the Pill Tower to meet Xuan Kongzi, who began discussing the Soul Hall and left Xiao Yan fearing that he had been discovered.

Xiao Yan met Xuan Kongzi and learned that Soul Hall threatened the Pill Gathering and the Three Thousand Burning Flame. After seven days of preparation, the Pill Gathering began, and Xuan Kongzi announced a special reward for its champion.

• Xuan Kongzi gathered Xiao Yan, Cao Ying, Dan Chen, and Song Qing to warn them that Soul Hall might seize the Three Thousand Burning Flame or break its seal.
• Xiao Yan left with Dan Chen after turning down Cao Ying’s invitation, and he explained that his Soul Dou Technique let him resist Dan Chen’s ability before her family took her away.
• Seven days later, Xiao Yi Xian joined Xiao Yan as he set out for the Pill Gathering, where Ye Zhong and Xin Lan wished him success.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Pill Gathering and reviewed its three stages: crossing the mist, entering the Pill Realm, and refining a medicinal pill.
• Xuan Kongzi and ten other Pill Tower leaders appeared, and Xuan Kongzi announced that the champion would become a candidate for Pill Tower Giant and receive an Ancient Soul Cultivation Method.

Xiao Yan passed the first Pill Gathering trial and entered the Pill Realm, where he summoned Zi Yan to help him gather its rare ingredients and treasures. After Zi Yan suggested robbing other competitors too, the pair formed the Purple Flame Bandit Group and set out to plunder the realm.

• Xuan Kongzi announced the Soul Illusion Realm trial, and Xiao Yan passed it quickly before chatting with Dan Chen and ignoring Cao Ying’s advances.
• Chen Xian threatened Xiao Yan outside the Pill Realm entrance, while Xiao Yan assessed the Profound Nether Sect experts accompanying him.
• The Turtle-Riding Elder explained the Pill Realm trial: competitors had ten days to collect ingredients from random prescriptions while facing powerful Magical Beasts.
• Xiao Yan entered the Pill Realm, received a prescription for three rare Rank 7 ingredients, and used a Space Jade Pendant to summon Zi Yan.
• Zi Yan proposed robbing other competitors as well as gathering treasures, and Xiao Yan agreed while deciding not to target alchemists for their Soul Bodies.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan robbed alchemists and searched the Pill Realm for rare ingredients, and Xiao Yan found Earth Core Jade Marrow and Earth Core Soul Essence. On the third day, Xiao Yan confronted Chen Xian and had Zi Yan attack his guards.

• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan restrained alchemists, stole their valuable ingredients, and headed toward Earth Treasure Spirit Mountain.
• Xiao Yan killed a Three Stars Dou Zun who tried to keep Di Huang Essence, then uncovered Earth Core Jade Marrow containing Earth Core Soul Essence.
• Zi Yan returned with stolen medicinal ingredients, and she and Xiao Yan continued searching the Pill Realm.
• On the third day, Xiao Yan found Chen Xian and told Zi Yan to deal with the two Profound Nether Sect Elders accompanying him.
• Zi Yan struck the Elders with Space Power, revealing that she was an Eight-Star Dou Ancestor.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan defeated Chen Xian and the Profound Nether Sect elders, then spent days raiding the Pill Realm for medicinal treasures. They reached the lord of Ten Thousand Medicines Mountain Range, where their battle began with the revealed Ancient Dragon Bear.

• Zi Yan used her Ancient Void Dragon bloodline and Space Power to defeat the two Profound Nether Sect elders while Xiao Yan trapped Chen Xian in a Soul Illusion Realm and killed him.
• Xiao Yan found Rank 7 and Rank 8 ingredients, and he and Zi Yan spent several days gathering medicinal herbs and robbing alchemists throughout the Pill Realm.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan entered Ten Thousand Medicines Mountain Range seeking its gathered herbs, suspecting its lord was a Rank 8 Magical Beast.
• The pair reached the lord’s Stone Hall, where Xiao Yan sent Xing Tian to handle the guards and confronted the awakened overlord.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan attacked the burly lord, but he awakened his bloodline, revealed himself as an Ancient Dragon Bear, and raised his strength to the Two-Star Dou Venerable Late Stage.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan fought Xiong Zhan before learning that the Ancient Dragon Bear belonged to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s affiliated races. After Zi Yan’s Royal Clan identity was revealed, Xiong Zhan gave them his medicinal ingredients, and they prepared to leave the Pill Realm with him.

• Xiong Zhan awakened his bloodline and fought Xiao Yan and Zi Yan, who struck him with the Five Ring Flame Expelling Technique and Ancient Dragon Slash.
• Xiong Zhan surrendered and explained that the Ancient Dragon Bear race was affiliated with the Ancient Void Dragons, while Zi Yan admitted she had not recognized his bloodline.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiong Zhan a Seventh Grade Healing Pill, and Zi Yan persuaded him to let them take his medicinal ingredients in exchange for an Eighth Grade pill to improve his bloodline.
• Xiong Zhan said he was trapped in the Pill Realm, and Zi Yan promised to take him out.
• Xiong Zhan explained that only the Ancient Void Dragon Royal Clan could freely cross barriers and seals, revealing that Zi Yan belonged to the Royal Clan.
• Xiong Zhan packed up his medicinal ingredients and gave them to Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan rescued Cao Ying from Mu Gu’s ambush, then traded the medicinal ingredients needed for her to pass the second stage for a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill. The second stage ended with Mu Gu still hidden among the contestants, leaving his threat unresolved as the third stage began.

• Xiao Yan sensed Cao Ying was in danger and went with Xiong Zhan and Zi Yan to confront Mu Gu, who had trapped nearly a hundred alchemists and killed most of them.
• Xiong Zhan broke Mu Gu’s Space Lock, allowing Cao Ying and Song Qing to escape, but Mu Gu pursued them and nearly seized Cao Ying before Xiao Yan intervened.
• Xiao Yan and Xiong Zhan faced down Mu Gu, who withdrew after warning that he would claim the championship in the final round.
• Xiao Yan arranged to give Cao Ying the medicinal ingredients she needed in exchange for a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, and she passed the second stage after writing an IOU.
• Song Qing returned safely, but Cao Ying concealed her disgust toward him; when the second stage ended, Xiao Yan suspected Mu Gu had disguised himself and hidden among the contestants.

Xiao Yan entered enlightenment during the Pill Gathering’s final round after sensing that Cai Lin was about to give birth, leaving his competition in jeopardy. As he and Cai Lin shared their memories through their souls, Dan Chen and Cao Ying each completed a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, with Cao Ying producing the stronger Three-Colored Pill Lightning.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Pill Gathering’s final stage and recognized Gu He among the more than one hundred remaining Alchemists.
• Xiao Yan sensed Cai Lin’s impending childbirth across the continent and entered a state of enlightenment just as the alchemy contest began.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin met in their shared Soul World and witnessed each other’s memories, including Xiao Yan’s origins and feelings for Xun Er.
• The Pill Tower Three Giants concluded that Xiao Yan had likely lost his chance to compete after he remained in enlightenment for more than half the month-long round.
• Song Qing refined a Seventh-Rank Peak Break-Dou Zun Pill, but Dan Chen followed with a Tier 8 pill that summoned Two-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Cao Ying refined her own Tier 8 Medicinal Pill and produced Three-Colored Pill Lightning, surpassing Dan Chen’s display.

Xiao Yan ended his month-long meditation and refined a First Origin Pill in the final moments of the Pill Gathering, surpassing Mu Gu and attracting Six-Colored Pill Lightning. After absorbing the lightning, the pill was secured and Xiao Yan declared Mu Gu defeated.

• Mu Gu revealed his identity and refined an Eighth Grade Medicinal Pill that summoned Four-Colored Pill Lightning, while Xiao Yan remained in meditation.
• Xiao Yan awoke, put on Venerable Yao's champion robe and Bone Flame Ring, and began refining a First Origin Pill with two furnaces and Mao Wu's help.
• Xuan Kongzi and the others recognized Xiao Yan's unusual dual-furnace technique, while Mu Gu grew convinced that Xiao Yan could not finish in time.
• At the last moment, Xiao Yan used his Strange Flame Pill Fusion Method to complete the First Origin Pill before the hourglass ran out.
• The pill summoned Six-Colored Pill Lightning, Xing Tian absorbed it, and Xiao Yan put the pill away and told Mu Gu that he had lost.

After winning the Pill Gathering with a record-breaking Six-Colored Pill Lightning, Xiao Yan learned that his predecessor Venerable Yao had died and gave the Bone Flame Ring to Xuan Yi, who had loved him. The Pill Tower revealed Venerable Yao’s ties to the Yao Clan and awarded Xiao Yan the Taiyi Soul Skill as he prepared to pursue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.

• Xiao Yan broke Venerable Yao’s Pill Gathering record by refining an Eighth Grade Medicinal Pill that attracted Six-Colored Pill Lightning in one day, and Xuan Kongzi announced him as champion.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Ye Family Residence, celebrated with his companions, and brought Xiao Yi Xian with him to meet the Pill Tower’s Three Giants.
• Xiao Yan gave Xuan Yi the Bone Flame Ring and told her Venerable Yao had died; overcome with grief, she retired from public life and left the Pill Tower.
• Xuan Kongzi told Xiao Yan that Venerable Yao had belonged to the Yao Clan but had been framed and expelled, and advised him to be cautious if he visited the clan.
• Tian Leizi gave Xiao Yan the Taiyi Soul Skill as his championship reward, and Xiao Yan planned to return to the Jia Ma Empire before entering the Star Region in a month.

Xiao Yan returned to the Jia Ma Empire, helped Cai Lin deliver twins, and married her. As he considered how to explain the marriage to Xun Er, Venerable Tian Huo sent an urgent mission from the Hall Master: destroy Holy Pill City.

• Xiao Yan left Holy Pill City with Qing Lin and hurried back to the Jia Ma Empire while Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan stayed behind.
• Cai Lin struggled to give birth as the Four Great Elders discovered her unborn twins had extraordinary power, and Xiao Yan arrived to use his Heavenly Flames to protect her.
• Cai Lin gave birth to Xiao Xiao and a seven-colored snake egg that hatched into a little snake, and Xiao Yan asked Cai Lin to marry him.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin held a small wedding, and their family settled into a peaceful life with Xiao Xiao and the snake.
• Cai Lin asked Xiao Yan how he would explain their marriage to Xun Er, and Xiao Yan received Venerable Tian Huo's message that the Hall Master had ordered Holy Pill City destroyed.

After learning that Hun Miesheng planned to attack Holy Pill City, Xiao Yan left Cai Lin and their daughters and met Hun Xuzi to learn about the Emperor Breakthrough Pill formula hidden in the Small Pill Tower. Hun Xuzi revealed that he knew Xiao Yan wanted the Three Thousand Burning Flame and summoned him to Tiangang Hall in one year.

• Venerable Tian Huo warned Xiao Yan that the Soul Hall planned to destroy Holy Pill City, so Xiao Yan told Cai Lin he had to return there the next day.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin spent the night together before Xiao Yan left for the Soul Hall in the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan used the Soul Offering Altar to summon Hun Xuzi and asked about the pill formula the Hun Clan wanted him to find in the Pill Tower.
• Hun Xuzi explained that the formula was an incomplete Emperor Breakthrough Pill formula hidden in the Small Pill Tower, while Hun Miesheng intended to create chaos and capture Soul Bodies.
• Hun Xuzi revealed that he knew Xiao Yan wanted the Three Thousand Burning Flame, changed Xiao Yan’s Soul Token to mark him as Tianzun, and ordered him to come to Tiangang Hall in one year.

After receiving a Tianzun Soul Token that could summon a Ban Sheng protector, Xiao Yan prepared to enter the Soul Hall’s Tiangang Hall and sought to strengthen himself by obtaining the Three Thousand Burning Flame. As the Pill Tower opened the Star Region for the Pill Gathering’s top ten, Xiao Yan approached the sealed flame and began speaking to its source.

• Hun Xuzi gave Xiao Yan an upgraded Soul Token and said he could claim the Three Thousand Burning Flame for himself.
• A year later, Xiao Yan returned to Holy Pill City and learned from Venerable Tian Huo that Mu Gu had proposed using the Star Region opening as cover for a Soul Hall attack to capture Soul Bodies.
• Xiao Yan agreed to turn Mu Gu’s plan against him, then studied the Taiyi Soul Skill and reached its entry level before the Star Region opened.
• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi opened the Star Region, and Qiu Ling led Xiao Yan and the other top ten participants to the sealed Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yan entered the flame’s body with his Soul Power, found its miniature Ancient Void Dragon source, and told it he had come to fulfill his promise.

Xiao Yan pretended to fail to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame while Mu Gu used Soul Hall methods to break its seal and unleash it. The Three Thousand Burning Flame escaped, and Mu Gu summoned three Soul Palace Venerables to help overpower it as the Pill Tower faced attacks on two fronts.

• Xiao Yan told the Three Thousand Burning Flame he had failed to win its trust, then warned Dan Chen about its nature while Mu Gu prepared to act.
• Mu Gu used his Soul Token's Black Mist to corrode the Pill Tower's seal, allowing the Three Thousand Burning Flame to break free.
• Qiu Ling fought Mu Gu while the Three Thousand Burning Flame's escape caused the Star Region to collapse, and Mu Gu revealed that Holy Pill City was under attack.
• Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi confronted five Soul Hall leaders, including Mo Yu and Xue He, and learned that the Hall Master of the Hall of Souls was also involved.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame rejected Mu Gu's offer and struck him, so Mu Gu summoned three Soul Palace Venerables to help attack and suppress it.

Xiao Yan entered the collapsing Star Region and revealed that he had arranged with the Soul Hall to sacrifice Mu Gu in exchange for the Pill Tower's trust. After Mu Gu was killed, Xiao Yan persuaded the Three Thousand Burning Flame to leave with him, and Zi Yan's Dragon King pressure made it submit to her.

• Xiao Yan advanced into the sea of flames with Xing Tian while Qiu Ling evacuated Dan Chen, Cao Ying, and the other alchemists.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had changed Mu Gu's mission with the Soul Hall's consent, and the Soul Hall Venerables turned on Mu Gu.
• Venerable Tian Huo killed Mu Gu, and Venerable Qing Hai captured his Soul Body before Xiao Yan let Qing Hai keep it as payment for a Medicinal Pill.
• Xiao Yan faced the Three Thousand Burning Flame alone and explained its connection to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan through the Dragon Seal inside it.
• Zi Yan appeared and used her Dragon King might to make the Three Thousand Burning Flame submit to her.

Xiao Yan tricked the Three Thousand Burning Flame into lending him its strength by claiming he was an alchemist of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, while Zi Yan negotiated a medicinal-pills deal in exchange. Outside the collapsing Star Region, Xiao Yi Xian nearly forced her way in to rescue Xiao Yan, but he emerged safely before she could act.

• The Three Thousand Burning Flame submitted to Zi Yan, and Xiao Yan warned it that the Pill Tower might kill it if it left the Star Region alone.
• Zi Yan bargained with Xiao Yan for Tier 8 Medicinal Pills and then assigned the Three Thousand Burning Flame to follow him.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan persuaded the Three Thousand Burning Flame that he was the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's exclusive alchemist, and it agreed to lend him its strength.
• After the Soul Hall withdrew, Xiao Yi Xian demanded that the Pill Tower open the collapsing Star Region, but Xuan Kongzi and Qiu Ling warned her that doing so could destroy Holy Pill City.
• Xiao Yi Xian swallowed Xiao Yan's Poison Pill and unleashed her Woeful Poison Body, prompting Xuan Yi to order the Star Region opened.
• The Three Thousand Burning Flame tore through the Star Region's barrier, and Xiao Yan walked out safely as Xiao Yi Xian prepared to enter.

Xiao Yan emerged from the Star Region after defeating the Soul Palace Venerables with the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then began refining the Heavenly Flame and cultivating. After half a year, he broke through to Dou Zun and prepared to take Zi Yan to Dragon Island.

• Xiao Yan gave Xuan Kongzi Mu Gu’s corpse and explained that he had allied with the Three Thousand Burning Flame, which agreed to be refined in exchange for freedom a hundred years later.
• Xiao Yan asked Xuan Kongzi to find an Eighth Grade Magical Beast medicinal formula and reminded Cao Ying that she owed him a Medicinal Pill.
• Xuan Yi encouraged Xiao Yi Xian to be more proactive, and Xiao Yi Xian kissed Xiao Yan before hurrying away in embarrassment.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Star Region, prepared medicinal liquid, and began refining the Three Thousand Burning Flame with Zi Yan beside him.
• Xiao Yan refined the Three Thousand Burning Flame and absorbed its energy for nearly six months, eventually reaching One-Star Dou Venerable and awakening with the power to control space.
• Xiao Yan woke Zi Yan and told her they were going to Dragon Island, reassuring her that the Flame Alliance would remain her home if her clansmen rejected her.

After breaking through to Dou Zun in the Star Region, Xiao Yan discovered that Zi Yan’s sealed Ancestral Dragon bloodline was preventing her from advancing and that Xing Tian had evolved into a puppet with Two-Star Dou Venerable strength. He learned of a crisis involving his marriage and Xun Er but left the explanation to himself, then declined the Pill Tower’s offer of a leadership position so he could focus on his coming plans.

• Xiao Yan sensed the Ancestral Dragon power sealed in Zi Yan’s bloodline and concluded that he needed to take her back to Dragon Island to unlock it safely.
• Xiao Yan tested Xing Tian and found that the Heavenly Demon Puppet had surpassed its limits, reaching physical strength comparable to a Two-Star Dou Venerable after absorbing the Three Thousand Burning Flame and Pill Lightning.
• Ling Ying learned that Xiao Yan had married Medusa, but Cai Lin asked him to let Xiao Yan explain the matter to Xun Er himself when he visited the Ancient Clan.
• Xuan Kongzi gave Xiao Yan an eighth-tier Desolate Beast Heavenly Spirit Pill recipe and a Pill Tower Giant’s token, which could grant access to the Small Pill Tower.
• Xuan Kongzi offered Xiao Yan a vacant Pill Tower Giant position, but Xiao Yan refused the appointment and token because he needed to return Zi Yan to Dragon Island and prepare for his trip to Tiangang Hall.

Xiao Yan refused the Pill Tower’s offer to become a Giant and returned to find the Heaven Nether Sect demanding revenge for Chen Xian’s death. He declared that the conflict concerned the Flame Alliance, revealed his growing strength and allies, and began fighting Chen Tiannan, leaving Yi Chen stunned by Xiao Yan’s power.

• The Pill Tower’s old ancestor tested Xiao Yan’s intentions, then told Xuan Kongzi and Tian Leizi to let events take their course.
• Xiao Yan learned Xiao Yi Xian was refining her Poison Pill and left with Zi Yan, but Cao Ying warned him that the Heaven Nether Sect had come looking for him.
• Chen Tiannan demanded that the Pill Tower hand over Xiao Yan, while Yi Chen threatened that the Heaven Nether Sect might side with the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan admitted killing Chen Xian, rejected the idea that the Pill Tower needed to protect him, and declared that he represented the Flame Alliance.
• Xiao Yan summoned Xing Tian and Xiong Zhan to attack Chen Tiannan, then revealed his One-Star Dou Venerable cultivation and challenged his opponents to survive one of his moves.

Xiao Yan defeated Chen Tiannan with his newly acquired Three Thousand Burning Flame, left Holy Pill City, and captured Chen Tiannan’s soul for his plans. After traveling to the Beast Domain with Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan, he followed Zi Yan through a hidden passage toward the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s Dragon Island.

• Xiao Yan revealed that he had reached One-Star Dou Venerable and rejected Yi Chen’s offer to settle the conflict with the Profound Nether Sect.
• Yi Chen fled as Xiao Yan used Three Thousand Dragon Flame to defeat Chen Tiannan, then Qiu Ling ordered the Profound Nether Sect’s disciples sent to work in Holy Pill City’s medicine fields.
• Xiao Yan said goodbye to Dan Chen and Cao Ying, then left Holy Pill City with Zi Yan and Xiong Zhan.
• Inside the Void Space, Mao Wu used a Soul Chain to extract Chen Tiannan’s Soul Body for Xiao Yan’s Soul Points.
• After three days of travel, Zi Yan sensed and revealed a hidden Void Passage that led toward the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s territory.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan reached Ancient Dragon Island, where Zhu Li discovered that Zi Yan carried the Dragon King Bloodline and was the missing Old Dragon Emperor’s daughter. Zi Yan chose to stay and reunite the divided clan, while Xiao Yan prepared medicinal pills to support her before they parted.

• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Xiong Zhan arrived on Ancient Dragon Island and were surrounded by Hei Qing and other Ancient Void Dragon warriors.
• Zhu Li examined Zi Yan’s bloodline and revealed that she was the Old Dragon Emperor’s child, causing the island’s dragons to bow to her.
• Zhu Li explained that the Old Dragon Emperor’s disappearance had led the Three Great Dragon Kings to divide the clan and fight over the island.
• Zi Yan decided to remain on Dragon Island and reunite the Ancient Void Dragon Clan, and Xiao Yan agreed to help her with medicinal pills.
• Xiao Yan spent a month refining pills for Zi Yan and gave her pills and medicinal candy before promising to rely on her protection once she became Dragon Emperor.

Xiao Yan accompanied Zi Yan to the Ancient Void Dragon Clan’s inheritance grounds, then followed Hei Qing to steal spiritual fruits from the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. After learning about the Heavenly Phoenix Blood Pool, Xiao Yan decided to seek entry so he could strengthen himself, while Feng Qing’er learned that the clan’s orchard had been robbed.

• Xiao Yan saw Zi Yan enter the Dragon King Ruins to awaken her royal bloodline and prepare for cultivation in the Dragon Tomb.
• Hei Qing took Xiao Yan to a Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan orchard, where Xiao Yan ate White Jade Fruits and secretly harvested the orchard’s mature spiritual fruits.
• Hei Qing told Xiao Yan about the Heavenly Phoenix Blood Pool, and Xiao Yan resolved to find a way to enter it and improve his strength before going to Tiangang Hall.
• Feng Qing’er learned that someone had stolen a large number of spiritual fruits from the orchard.

Feng Qing'er learned that the Heavenly Phoenix Blood Pool selection would be her last chance for four years, while her clan ordered her to apologize to Xiao Yan after his Pill Gathering victory. Xiao Yan summoned her to Heavenly Phoenix City, used the Soul Chain to subdue her, and demanded that she secure him a Blood Pool slot; Feng Qing'er said she had a way.

• Feng Qing'er asked Elder Feng Lan about the Heavenly Phoenix Blood Pool opening and insisted on entering the selection despite the risks.
• Elder Feng Lan told Feng Qing'er that the clan had ordered her to apologize to Xiao Yan and avoid making an enemy of him.
• Xiao Yan's voice summoned Feng Qing'er to Phoenix Pavilion, where he was waiting in Heavenly Phoenix City.
• Xiao Yan demanded that Feng Qing'er obtain him a slot in the Heavenly Phoenix Blood Pool and restrained her with the Soul Chain when she objected.
• Feng Qing'er submitted to Xiao Yan's demand and told him she had a way to enter the Blood Pool.