Recaps

Xiao Yan accompanied Feng Qing'er into the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, where she faced Huang Bao'er, a rival competing for entry to the Heavenly Phoenix Blood Pool. At Feng Qing'er's residence, she explained the selection and revealed that her Phoenix Race could secretly open the pool's barrier for Xiao Yan.

• Feng Qing'er brought Xiao Yan, disguised in a Soul Robe, into the clan and claimed he was an Alchemist she had invited.
• Huang Bao'er challenged Feng Qing'er and tried to recruit Xiao Yan after he revealed a Zong Restoration Pill, but Xiao Yan rejected her offer.
• Xiao Yan followed Feng Qing'er to her residence, startled her, and stopped her from threatening him with a sword.
• Feng Qing'er explained that the Heavenly Phoenix Blood Pool held ancient Heavenly Phoenix Essence Blood and was guarded by clan Elders and a Dou Zun Peak Supreme Elder.
• Feng Qing'er revealed that her Phoenix Race could secretly open the pool's protective barrier and let Xiao Yan enter, while Xiao Yan asked whether Huang Bao'er could pass the selection.

Xiao Yan used the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and Nine Dragons Thunder Flame to temper Feng Qing’er’s body, raising her to Nine Star Dou Ancestor and strengthening her Wind and Thunder Body. When Huang Bao’er’s people confronted them, Feng Qing’er fought Ying Jing with the Demon Phoenix Bell and shattered his bell.

• Xiao Yan learned Feng Qing’er wanted to defeat Huang Bao’er and offered to strengthen her Wind and Thunder Body with Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan fused the Wind Fury Dragon Flame and Nine Dragons Thunder Flame and subjected Feng Qing’er to two days of painful body tempering.
• Feng Qing’er survived the tempering, broke through to Nine Star Dou Ancestor, and sensed that her bloodline power had increased.
• Ying Jing arrived with several dozen followers to invite Xiao Yan to Huang Bao’er’s residence, but Xiao Yan refused and insulted her.
• Ying Jing’s group drew their weapons, so Xiao Yan ordered Feng Qing’er to handle them.
• Feng Qing’er and Ying Jing clashed with their Demon Phoenix Bells, and Feng Qing’er’s bell shattered Ying Jing’s on impact.

Feng Qing'er defeated and brutally injured Ying Jing, then entered the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's selection for the Heavenly Phoenix Blood Pool under Xiao Yan's threat. She launched into battle with Huang Bao'er, who attacked with her Heavenly Phoenix Black Flame, and the fight continued as Huang Bao'er charged at her with overwhelming speed.

• Feng Qing'er trapped Ying Jing inside her Demon Phoenix Bell and tortured him until Feng Lan ordered her to stop.
• Feng Qing'er told Feng Lan that Ancient Phoenix Blood Essence had strengthened her bloodline, then arrived at Heavenly Phoenix Holy City for the selection.
• Feng Lan announced that only ten clan members could enter the Heavenly Phoenix Blood Pool, and Huang Bao'er arrived with her fiancé, Huang Pei.
• Xiao Yan secretly threatened Feng Qing'er to ensure she passed, and she challenged Huang Bao'er as the selection began.
• Huang Bao'er attacked Feng Qing'er with her divine sword and Heavenly Phoenix Black Flame, but Feng Qing'er used a Three Thousand Lightning Illusion Body to strike her from behind.
• Huang Bao'er recovered and charged Feng Qing'er at great speed as the watching clan members reacted to her movement technique.

Feng Qing'er awakened her Wind and Thunder Body and defeated Huang Bao'er, securing a place in the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan's Heavenly Phoenix Blood Pool. Xiao Yan then entered her isolated pool with Mao Wu and drew out ancient Heavenly Phoenix Essence Blood, causing the pool to erupt with blood flame that he began absorbing.

• Feng Qing'er awakened her Wind and Thunder Body, endured Huang Bao'er's attacks, and pierced through Huang Bao'er's perfected Demon Phoenix Bell with the Wind and Thunder Kill Finger.
• Feng Qing'er won the selection competition, and Elder Feng Lan opened ten Space Wormholes so the chosen disciples could enter the blood pool for half a year.
• Feng Qing'er chose a Space Wormhole and found a small Heavenly Phoenix Blood Pool, where Xiao Yan appeared and sealed the barrier with his Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan sent Mao Wu into the pool, causing hidden ancient Heavenly Phoenix Essence Blood to erupt and flood the area with blood flame.
• Xiao Yan removed his Soul Robe and unfolded his Bone Wings to absorb the blood flame.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Heavenly Phoenix Blood Pool, reaching Three-Star Dou Venerable and transforming his Bone Wings into living Ancient Phoenix wings. After Huang Pei entered the barrier and attacked, Xiao Yan captured his soul and used it to further evolve the wings.

• Xiao Yan mixed Rank 8 medicinal ingredients into the blood pool, cultivated in it, and refined his Bone Wings while Feng Qing'er absorbed the remaining energy.
• Xiao Yan allowed Feng Qing'er to enter the pool after she completed her task, and she slowly tempered her body beside him.
• Huang Pei entered the barrier, accused Feng Qing'er of colluding with an outsider, and attacked Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan subdued Huang Pei with a Soul Illusion Realm and emerged from the pool at Three-Star Dou Venerable with flesh-grown Ancient Phoenix wings.
• Xiao Yan extracted Huang Pei's soul and merged it into the Bone Wings, causing black feathers and Ancient Phoenix Black Flame to appear.

Xiao Yan completed his Heavenly Phoenix Wings, left Feng Qing'er to conceal Huang Pei's death, and returned to the Flame Alliance to reunite with his family. There, he learned that Ya Fei had bought the Mysterious Yellow Flame and asked where she was.

• Xiao Yan's refined wings became Tian-class Heavenly Phoenix Wings, frightening Feng Qing'er with their powerful bloodline aura.
• Xiao Yan gave Feng Qing'er the remaining blood essence in the pool as a reward and warned her to lie about Huang Pei's death and obey him.
• Xiao Yan collected Huang Pei's corpse, departed with Mao Wu, and crossed the continent to return to the Flame Alliance in five days.
• Xiao Yan found Cai Lin away in secluded cultivation, then reunited with Xiao Xiao, Xiao Cai, Qing Lin, and his family at the Xiao clan courtyard.
• Xiao Ding told Xiao Yan that Ya Fei had bought the Mysterious Yellow Flame at an auction, and Xiao Yan asked where she was.

Xiao Yan reunited with Ya Fei after she narrowly escaped an attack by the Return South Sect, then arranged for Xiao Ning to lead Xing Tian in punishing the sect. Ya Fei gave Xiao Yan a low-ranked Heavenly Flame before sending him on to seek Xun Er, and Xiao Yan successfully refined the Mysterious Yellow Flame, whose true power remained unknown.

• Xiao Yan learned Ya Fei had not returned, set out to find her, and met her and Hai Bodong near the Jia Ma Empire border.
• Xiao Yan discovered that Ya Fei had been injured after the Return South Sect intercepted her, and sent Xiao Ning with Xing Tian to deal with the sect.
• Xiao Yan treated Ya Fei's bruises, and Ya Fei gave him a Heavenly Flame before urging him to find Xun Er.
• Xiao Yan released the Mysterious Yellow Flame from its storage ring and refined it into his Soul Collection in less than fifteen minutes.

Xiao Yan refined the Mysterious Yellow Flame, then traveled to the Hall of Souls’ Heaven Hall for its ten-year ceremonial assembly. After arriving, he drew the attention of the assembled Dou Zun, who questioned the identity of the unfamiliar Yan Tianzun.

• Xiao Yan sensed that the Mysterious Yellow Flame might be a Human Emperor Flame that enhanced fortune, and its power improved his alchemy and cultivation.
• Xiao Yan left Cai Lin in seclusion, received her warning to be careful, and traveled to Misty Cloud Mountain when his Soul Token activated.
• Xiao Yan met Xiao Li, Venerable Tian Huo, and Venerable Qing Hai at the Hall of Souls, then entered the Soul Path with Qing Hai and cultivated until his Soul Power reached the late Spirit Realm.
• Xiao Yan and Venerable Qing Hai arrived at the Heaven Hall, where Xiao Yan examined its ancient murals and joined the gathered Soul Hall Dou Zun.
• Beast Force Venerable asked about Xiao Yan, and the assembled Dou Zun discussed the unfamiliar Yan Tianzun because none recognized his title.

Xiao Yan entered Soul Hall as Yan Tianzun and established his authority by defeating Star Plucking Tian Zun in a fight. As the ceremonial gathering began, Black White Tian Zun and the Nine Heavenly Lords arrived, including Ninth Tian Zun Mo Yu.

• Xiao Yan ignored the Soul Hall Venerables’ doubts about his title and attacked Star Plucking Tian Zun to test his strength.
• Xiao Yan used his physical power and Heavenly Phoenix Wings to overpower Star Plucking Tian Zun, earning the other Venerables’ respect.
• Star Plucking Tian Zun struck back with Star Plucking Hand, but Xiao Yan’s winged defense rebounded the attack and badly injured him.
• Black White Tian Zun arrived and tested Xiao Yan with their combined pressure before stepping aside for the ceremonial gathering.
• Nine figures emerged from the black fog, led by Ninth Tian Zun Mo Yu, whose arrival drew Xiao Yan’s attention.

Xiao Yan attended the Hall of Souls’ grand assembly to challenge Mo Yu for the Ninth Tian Zun position, hoping to earn entry into the Hun Clan and access to its Coming-of-Age Ceremony. After the Hall Master Hun Miesheng arrived and the assembly’s rules were revealed, Xiao Yan stepped forward to challenge Mo Yu, only to find Black White Tian Zun moving to challenge him as well.

• Mo Yu eyed Xiao Yan’s Heaven Rank Flight Dou Technique, while Venerable Qing Hai warned Xiao Yan that the Hall of Souls permitted plunder and killing.
• The Nine Heavenly Lords arrived, including three Dou Shengs, and the Hall Master Hun Miesheng appeared without anyone sensing his arrival.
• Hun Miesheng opened the arena for the ten-yearly assembly, where Tian Zun could challenge the Nine Heavenly Lords for their positions.
• Xiao Yan revealed that his goal was to become the Ninth Tian Zun so he could join the Hun Clan and take part in its Coming-of-Age Ceremony.
• As Xiao Yan stepped forward to challenge Mo Yu, Black White Tian Zun also approached to challenge him, and Xiao Yan confirmed that Mo Yu was his chosen opponent.

Xiao Yan entered the contest for Ninth Tian Zun’s seat and fought Black White Tian Zun in the First Tian Zun’s expanded battlefield. After a fierce exchange, Xiao Yan wounded White Tian Zun and showed that he still had strength in reserve.

• First Tian Zun Ming Jin ruled that Yan Tianzun and Black White Tian Zun had to fight, with the winner earning the right to challenge Mo Yu.
• Xiao Yan revealed his late Spirit Realm Soul Power and used Asura Soul Severing Technique to raise his cultivation from Three Star to Five Star Dou Zun.
• Black Tian Zun attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan’s lightning clone detonated into a thunderstorm, allowing him to strike Black Tian Zun into the ground.
• Black Tian Zun bound Xiao Yan with a chain while White Tian Zun struck him with Luo Tian Yao Spirit Blade, leaving a deep wound that began to heal.
• Xiao Yan summoned his Heavenly Phoenix Wings and attacked both opponents with soul techniques, then slashed White Tian Zun through his Black Mist and sent him flying in a spray of blood.

Xiao Yan defeated Black White Tian Zun with his Six-Colored Fire Lotus and was recognized as the Soul Hall’s Tenth Tian Zun. The chapter ended with the Soul Palace Venerables kneeling before him.

• Xiao Yan gained the upper hand against Black White Tian Zun with his speed and Soul Skills, while Venerable Qing Hai realized he was still holding back his Heavenly Flames.
• Black White Tian Zun unleashed their combined Demon Subduing Flying Immortal attack, but Xiao Yan blocked it with his Ancient Phoenix Wings.
• Black White Tian Zun attacked with the Heaven Rank Yin-Yang Heaven Seal, so Xiao Yan released six Heavenly Flames and destroyed it with his Heaven's Wrath Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan's attack overwhelmed Black White Tian Zun, leaving them collapsed as his secret technique ended and his Cultivation Level returned to Three-Star Dou Zun.
• Hun Miesheng made Xiao Yan the Tenth Tian Zun, upgraded his Soul Robe, and ended the fight before he challenged Mo Yu.
• Xiao Yan sat in the hall and asked whether everyone had gone mute, prompting Venerable Qing Hai and the other Soul Palace Venerables to kneel and greet him as Tenth Tian Zun.

Xiao Yan became Soul Palace’s Tenth Tian Zun and chose Soul Origin to strengthen his soul, using the Asura Soul Severing Technique to absorb its negative energy. As Xiao Yan cultivated for two months, Hun Tiandi and his advisors watched him, and Hun Tiandi admitted that he feared both Xiao Yan’s future threat and the Ancient Clan.

• Xiao Yan dismissed the assembled experts and received a Tenth Tian Zun Soul Token, then entered the Treasure Hall to claim a reward.
• Xiao Yan rejected the lesser soul-enhancing options and chose Soul Origin instead of risking the Bone Soul Valley Secret Realm.
• Xiao Yan spent half a day purifying the Soul Origin’s negative energy with the Asura Soul Severing Technique, then began absorbing its power.
• Xiao Yan cultivated with the Soul Origin for two months, while Hun Tiandi, Hun Xuzi, and a black-robed man watched him through a Soul Light Membrane.
• Hun Tiandi acknowledged Xiao Yan’s strong talent and admitted he feared raising a future threat, recalling his past fear of Xiao Xuan and his concern about the Ancient Clan.

After reaching great perfection in the Spirit Realm, Xiao Yan entered the Hun Realm to attend the Hun Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, where he witnessed the clan’s bloodline tests and marks. The ceremony ended with Xiao Yan presenting a blood bottle to use despite having no Dou God Bloodline of his own.

• Xiao Yan completed his Spirit Realm breakthrough, then entered the Hun Realm through a Soul Path after Hun Xuzi announced that the ceremony was about to begin.
• Xiao Yan reached Corpse Soul City and watched the ceremony test young descendants, granting clan marks to the few who met the bloodline requirements.
• Hun Gu and other Hun Clan offspring displayed powerful cultivation and high-grade bloodlines, while Xiao Yan considered how much stronger he would need to become before going to the Gu Realm.
• Hun Yu revealed a God Grade Bloodline, creating tension with the other God Grade descendant, Hun Feng.
• When the elders called for Soul Hall Tenth Tian Zun, Xiao Yan entered the field and presented a blood bottle after they noted he had no Dou God Bloodline.

Xiao Yan underwent the Hun Clan’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, endured the integration of its Dou God Bloodline, and cultivated the Emperor Soul Art under Hun Tiandi’s watch. He reached the Heavenly Soul and left the gathered Hun Clan descendants staring at him in shock.

• Xiao Yan revealed a full bottle of Dou God Bloodline, provoking envy among the Hun Clan disciples and elders before he intimidated them with his peak Spirit Realm Soul Power.
• The elders prepared the ceremony, but Hun Tiandi arrived, recognized Xiao Yan as the Xiao Clan’s young clan leader, and personally began the ritual.
• Hun Tiandi merged the bloodline into the formation, causing Xiao Yan immense pain as he endured it and studied the Emperor Soul Art.
• After ten days of studying and further days of cultivation, Xiao Yan absorbed the Hun Realm’s soul light and broke through to the Heavenly Soul.
• The souls of Corpse Soul City’s descendants rose and bowed toward Xiao Yan, who challenged the onlookers for staring at him.

After obtaining a sixth-grade Hun Clan bloodline and reaching the Heavenly Soul, Xiao Yan sought payment from Hun Tiandi for his alchemy work and asked for help pursuing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame. He discovered that the Soul Hall’s Heaven Hall stood above the ruined Xiao Realm, learned how the other clans had divided its resources, and recognized the Xiao Clan’s Dou God in its murals.

• Xiao Yan examined how the Hun Clan bloodline strengthened his Soul Power and improved his affinity for clan Skills and Combat Techniques.
• Xiao Yan asked Hun Tiandi for intelligence and unobstructed access to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, arguing that it would help him refine an embryonic pill.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Hun Tiandi had the Xiao Realm, and Hun Tiandi revealed that Heaven Hall stood above its ruins.
• Hun Tiandi explained that the Spirit, Shi, Yao, Lei, Yan, Ancient, and Hun Clans had divided the Xiao Realm’s resources and inheritance after the Xiao Clan fell.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Heaven Hall murals’ fighting figure as Xiao Potian, the Xiao Clan’s Dou God.

Xiao Yan signed a Soul Contract with Hun Tiandi, then returned to Xiao City to pursue the Asura Soul Severing Technique and reconnect with his clan. After discovering corruption in the city’s administration, he purged its officials and left Xiao Yu in charge.

• Xiao Yan studied the Heaven Hall murals and reflected on the disappearance of the Dou Gods and the decline of the Xiao Clan.
• Hun Tiandi secured Xiao Yan’s help refining the Emperor Pill with a Soul Contract and promised him the Xiao Realm and support in obtaining the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Hun Tiandi told Nihility Devouring Flame to prepare to exploit the nearly depleted Spirit Clan, while he gathered alchemists for his long-awaited plan to become a Dou God.
• Xiao Yan traveled to Xiao City, reunited with Xiao Yu and Xiao Mei, and visited Jia Nan Academy before inspecting the city.
• Xiao Yan uncovered widespread corruption in Xiao City and dismissed or killed half its administrators, then kept Xiao Yu in charge while promising to check on the city more often.

Xiao Yan returned to Peace Town and obtained Hun Lao Gui’s complete Heaven Rank High-Level Asura Soul Severing Technique after agreeing to use it to challenge Hun Tiandi. He survived its initial cultivation and set his sights on preparing for the Heaven Tomb and his coming visit to the Gu Realm.

• Xiao Yan left Xiao City after making his return known and traveled to Peace Town to meet Hun Lao Gui.
• Hun Lao Gui offered Xiao Yan the complete Asura Soul Severing Technique in exchange for Xiao Yan using it to challenge Hun Tiandi, and Xiao Yan accepted.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the scroll’s soul information and spent a month cultivating until the Asura Shadow grew into a three-headed, six-armed figure resembling him.
• Xiao Yan suppressed the new Asura with eleven fused Heavenly Flames and learned from Hun Lao Gui that the technique’s final tribulation had defeated him.
• Xiao Yan departed for the Flame Alliance, calculated that less than two years remained before the Heaven Tomb opened, and resolved to grow stronger before meeting Xun Er in the Gu Realm.

Cai Lin told Xiao Yan about a dangerous ancient forest that might contain serpent-sage ruins, so he traveled with her and Qing Lin to investigate and improve his strength. After Qing Lin advanced to Dou Zun, they reached Strange Serpent Forest and learned that Nine Serpent Ridge had just opened, though its rumored Ancient Heavenly Serpent ruins might be a false legend.

• Cai Lin negotiated with her officials over the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool and then reunited with Xiao Yan and their daughter, Xiao Xiao, in the palace garden.
• Xiao Yan told Cai Lin he planned to stay in the Flame Alliance for nearly two years before going to the Gu Realm, and she told him Qing Lin had sensed a frightening presence in an ancient forest.
• Xiao Yan traveled with Cai Lin to Northern Border City, refined a pill for Qing Lin, and helped her break through to Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Qing Lin went to Strange Serpent Forest and asked a stall owner about the newly opened Nine Serpent Ridge.
• The stall owner said Nine Serpent Ridge was rumored to have formed from an ancient heavenly serpent but claimed the Strange Serpent Tribe had invented the ruins story to attract visitors.

Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Qing Lin entered Nine Serpent Ridge to find the Ancient Heavenly Serpent Ruins, following the strange voices Qing Lin heard. A buried serpent skeleton emerged and revealed the ruins, drawing the Strange Serpent Tribe and rival factions underground to compete for its power.

• Xiao Yan learned that visitors to Nine Serpent Ridge had to surrender half their harvest to the Strange Serpent Tribe, then obtained a map from a stall owner.
• Xiao Yan concealed his identity with Cai Lin and Qing Lin and entered Nine Serpent Ridge after crushing their jade pendants.
• Qing Lin heard nine voices and led Xiao Yan and Cai Lin to a barren area where the power of heaven and earth seemed diminished.
• The ground erupted, exposing the enormous black bones of a serpent and draining the surrounding land of life.
• Serpent Eight Heads declared the skeleton to be his tribe's ancestor and led the Strange Serpent Tribe underground to seek its Essence Blood and bloodline power.
• The Nine Serene Earthly Underworld Python Tribe, the major factions, and other cultivators followed underground to compete for the Ancient Heavenly Serpent Ruins.

Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Qing Lin entered an underground world and discovered the remains of a Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent, while the other factions searched for treasures. Black insects awakened and attacked the intruders, and Cai Lin charged through the swarm toward the serpent’s Rank 9 Magic Core as Xiao Yan remained unable to act.

• Serpent Eight Heads and the arriving factions discovered an underground world containing the enormous skeleton of a Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent and began searching among its remains.
• Xiao Yan recognized that the serpent’s remnant soul might still linger and secretly began sealing the space while the factions gathered treasures.
• Black insects erupted from the bones, drained several people of their flesh and blood, and trapped the survivors inside the underground world.
• Xiao Yan spotted the serpent’s perfectly preserved Rank 9 Magic Core, and Cai Lin declared she would seize it while Xiao Yan completed the spatial seal.
• Cai Lin crossed through the black insect swarm using her three Heavenly Flames and raced toward the Magic Core as the factions recognized Queen Medusa.

Cai Lin seized the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent’s Rank 9 magic core, then faced a coalition of greedy Dou Zuns as Xiao Yan joined the battle. Xiao Yan killed Yellow Springs Venerable, while Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control two Nine Serene Deep Ground Python experts, leaving the Serpent tribes shaken and the standoff unresolved.

• Cai Lin revealed her Seven-Colored Swallowing Heavens Python bloodline and three-colored heavenly lightning as she destroyed the insect tide and swallowed the Rank 9 magic core.
• Serpent Eight Heads, Commander Jiu Xia, and other Dou Zuns surrounded Cai Lin and attacked her to claim the core.
• Xiao Yan abandoned his plan to seal the battlefield and struck Yellow Springs Venerable, killing him and the Yellow Springs Pavilion disciples.
• Xiao Yan ordered the weaker factions to surrender what they had taken from the ruin, while the Serpent tribes demanded Cai Lin give up the magic core.
• Qing Lin used her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils to control two Rank 8 Nine Serene Deep Ground Python experts, then Xiao Yan warned her to rest.

Xiao Yan overwhelmed the Strange Serpent Tribe with his five-flame technique, but the arrival of Yao Ao and other reinforcements left him facing a much stronger force. As the battle reached a standoff, Xiao Yan prepared to reveal another trump card, while Cai Lin understood he meant to use his first time here.

• Qing Lin revealed the Snake Clan members controlled by her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and Jiu Xia secretly crushed a Space Jade Pendant to summon reinforcements.
• Xiao Yan attacked the Strange Serpent Tribe, then used the Five Ring Flame Expelling Technique to defeat Serpent Eight Heads and incapacitate three of his allies.
• Yao Ao, the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe's Fourth Elder, arrived through a Space Wormhole, and his forces gathered against Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan refused Qing Lin's offer to use her pupils against the stronger enemies, and Cai Lin understood that he was preparing to use his first time here.

Xiao Yan summoned Third Tian Zun Gui Ming, who killed the Nine Serene Deep Ground Python Tribe’s attackers in exchange for a promise of a Nine Revolutions Heaven Transformation Pill. Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Qing Lin then uncovered the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent’s remains, where Qing Lin’s attempt to control its remnant soul triggered a battle that ended with Xiao Yan beginning to absorb its Soul Origin.

• Third Tian Zun Gui Ming appeared in the Small World and revealed that Xiao Yan’s Soul Hall token had summoned him.
• Gui Ming rejected Yao Ao’s offer, killed the gathered Dou Zun experts, and left after Xiao Yan promised him a Nine Revolutions Heaven Transformation Pill.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin examined the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent’s remains, while Qing Lin prepared to communicate with its remnant soul.
• Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils drew out the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent’s soul, which tried to seize control of her.
• Cai Lin and Xiao Yan restrained the serpent’s soul, and Xiao Yan used his Soul Hall techniques to seize it and absorb its Soul Origin.

Xiao Yan and Cai Lin defeated the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent’s attempt to seize Qing Lin, then brought the serpent’s ruins and treasures back to the Flame Alliance. Qing Lin later woke with the remnant soul manifested as a tattoo on her back, while Cai Lin welcomed her as a sister as they cultivated together in the blood pool.

• Xiao Yan trapped the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent with the Asura Soul Severing Technique, but the serpent self-destructed and sent its remaining soul into Qing Lin through her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yan confirmed Qing Lin was battling the serpent within her soul, then he and Cai Lin refined the serpent’s Magic Core and essence blood and divided the gains with Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan and Mao Wu swallowed the entire Small World, and Xiao Yan returned to the Flame Alliance with Cai Lin and the unconscious Qing Lin.
• After Qing Lin awoke, Xiao Yan discovered the Nine-Headed Heavenly Serpent’s soul had become a tattoo across her back and explained that her pupils would gradually absorb and control it.
• Xiao Yan began refining the essence blood to improve his cultivation, while Cai Lin and Qing Lin entered the blood pool together.
• Cai Lin asked whether Qing Lin liked Xiao Yan, then ordered her to stop calling her queen and address her as Sister Cai Lin.