Recaps

Xiao Yan passed Hun Xuzi’s test by refining three Third Grade Dou Armor Pills, then entered the Heaven-Tier Treasure Hall. There he discovered a dark planet in the void that appeared to be the birthplace of the Nihility Devouring Flame.

• Xiao Yan calmly prepared to refine a pill and chose the Dou Armor Pill, whose ingredients suited his current strength.
• Xiao Yan controlled the Bone Chiling Flame, extracted the ingredients’ essences, purified the Magic Core’s resentment, and fused the materials.
• Xiao Yan produced three Dou Armor Pills in one furnace, impressing Hun Xuzi with his achievement.
• Hun Xuzi declared that Xiao Yan had passed the test and opened a black-hole passage to the Heaven-Tier Treasure Hall.
• Xiao Yan passed through the passage and saw a dark planet split open in the void, which he recognized as the Nihility Devouring Flame’s birthplace.

Xiao Yan searched the Hun Clan’s treasury on the Void Swallowing Flame’s birthplace for a Heavenly Flame Source Fire Seed. After a black fire gathered enough remaining flames to form a fist-sized sub-flame, he sensed that it contained the Source Fire Seed he sought.

• Xiao Yan used the Soul Token to approach the dark star and inspected the rewards available to a Heaven Rank evaluator.
• Xiao Yan considered the Emperor's Soul Decree but set it aside because he lacked its prerequisite and had come to seek a Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan found the Skyfire Three Mysterious Change Secret Method, examined its dangerous requirements, and tossed it aside.
• The planet’s remaining Void Swallowing Flame gathered at a point in space and formed a black fire.
• Xiao Yan sensed a Heavenly Flame Source Fire Seed inside the fist-sized fire and identified it as the Void Swallowing Flame's Sub-flame.

Xiao Yan discovered that the Treasure Hall’s reward was an intelligent Void Swallowing Flame Sub-flame, which took the form of a tiny black cat. After Xiao Yan refined it, the sub-flame escaped his Soul Collection, but its love of pills and magical cores gave him a way to win its favor.

• Xiao Yan learned from Hun Xuzi that the Void Swallowing Flame Sub-flame could be refined like a Heavenly Flame, then carefully picked it up in the Treasure Hall.
• The sub-flame opened its eyes and meowed before the Soul Token returned Xiao Yan to reality with it on his shoulder.
• Xiao Yan recognized the black cat as a newly born Heavenly Flame Spirit and tried to convince it to sleep inside his Soul Collection.
• Xiao Yan refined the sub-flame with the Flame Mantra, but it walked out of his body and demonstrated its ability to pass between void and reality.
• The sub-flame ate Xiao Yan’s Ice Heart Pills, then eagerly gnawed on a Magical Beast Magic Core he offered it.

Xiao Yan refined the Void Swallowing Flame sub-flame, which evolved the Flame Mantra to Xuan-Rank Low-Level and helped him break through to Dou Shi. After testing his new flame and strength, he checked his Soul Token and found he had 11,060 Soul Points to spend.

• Xiao Yan used magic cores to feed the Void Swallowing Flame, then guided it into his Soul Collection to begin evolving the Flame Mantra.
• The Void Swallowing Flame fused with Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi and Bone Chilling Flame, raising the Flame Mantra to Xuan-Rank Low-Level and transforming his Qi cyclone into liquid as he broke through to Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan formed the Void Black Flame in his palm and tested it in his alchemy furnace, but his attempt to refine a pill failed because he could not adjust to the flame’s speed.
• Xiao Yan tested his new strength and formed Black Flame Gauze Armor, celebrating his advancement to Dou Shi.
• Xiao Yan checked his Soul Token and found an Earth Rank Low-Level evaluation and 11,060 Soul Points.

Xiao Yan left the Soul Path and visited the Soul Offering Old Shop to spend his Soul Points on information about Heavenly Flames. He learned that Han Feng was targeting Jia Nan Academy’s Fallen Heart Flame and discovered that the weaker Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame was in the Magical Beast Mountain Range.

• Xiao Yan returned from the Soul Path after less than two days had passed outside, despite experiencing at least four days within it.
• Hun Lao Gui explained that Soul Points could buy goods and services from the Soul Hall through the Soul Offering Old Shop.
• Xiao Yan asked about Heavenly Flames, and Hun Lao Gui revealed that Han Feng was targeting the Fallen Heart Flame at Jia Nan Academy.
• Hun Lao Gui offered to help Xiao Yan take Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame, but Xiao Yan rejected the plan.
• Hun Lao Gui disclosed that the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame was in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, warning Xiao Yan that the location was dangerous for someone of his strength.

Xiao Yan learned that the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame might be in the dangerous Magical Beast Mountain Range, bought soul-cultivation information and Ice Spirit Cold Spring from Hun Lao Gui, and traveled to Green Mountain Town. He arrived with Mao Wu and prepared to seek the Heavenly Flame despite the uncertain reports and powerful beasts.

• Xiao Yan discovered that Soul Hall’s information about the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame was only a deduction based on the Magical Beast Mountain Range’s dense population of beasts and reports of fire-attributed energy.
• Xiao Yan complained about the information’s price, then exchanged Soul Points for the Spirit Heart Soul Gathering Art and a crate of Ice Spirit Cold Spring after Hun Lao Gui refused to provide his requested medicinal ingredients.
• Hun Lao Gui warned Xiao Yan to beware of the Yao Clan and Yan Clan, two Dou God Clans, if he sought Heavenly Flames.
• Ten days later, Xiao Yan traveled toward Green Mountain Town with Mao Wu and practiced the Spirit Heart Soul Gathering Art, using a Soul Robe to help gather soul particles.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Green Mountain Town, where mercenaries gathered before entering the Magical Beast Mountain Range, but found no news about Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan bought a batch of Yellow Lotus Essence and secretly obtained a rare Blood Lotus Essence before joining Ten Thousand Medicines Hall’s escort team into the Magical Beast Mountain Range. He earned the last spot by overpowering two mercenaries, while Xiao Yi Xian watched with interest.

• Xiao Yan recognized a piece of Blood Lotus Essence in a medicine shop and bought it along with more than ten jin of overpriced Yellow Lotus Essence.
• Xiao Yan discovered that only one piece of the herb was Blood Lotus Essence and heard that Xiao Yi Xian was the town’s famous physician.
• Xiao Yan learned that Ten Thousand Medicines Hall was recruiting escorts for a herb-gathering trip into the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where Xiao Yi Xian would also travel.
• Xiao Yan disguised himself, suppressed his cultivation, and claimed the last escort spot.
• Xiao Yan forced two Two-Star Dou Zhe mercenaries to the ground, impressing the registrar and drawing Xiao Yi Xian’s curious attention.

Xiao Yan followed Xiao Yi Xian after noticing her secretly descend a cliff while the Herb Gathering Team rested. When she attacked him to keep him from discovering what lay below, he restrained her and demanded an explanation.

• Xiao Yan impressed the Herb Gathering Team by dodging a Snake-Tailed Leopard and kicking it away.
• Xiao Yan sensed someone heading below a cliff and left the resting group to investigate.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Yi Xian gathering White Orchid Fruit below the cliff and helped her climb back up.
• Xiao Yi Xian sprayed white powder at Xiao Yan when he tried to look beneath the cliff, but his black Flame absorbed it.
• Xiao Yan pinned Xiao Yi Xian's arm behind her back and plucked one of her hairs as he demanded to know what was below.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to explore a hidden mountain cave together, then descended the cliff at night and entered it. After Xiao Yan defeated a Rock Snake, they reached a dead end deep inside the cave.

• Xiao Yan forced Xiao Yi Xian to reveal a hidden cave beneath the cliff, and they agreed to return after nightfall.
• Xiao Yan followed Xiao Yi Xian from the camp, then carried her down the cliff on a rope to the cave entrance.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian encountered a Rock Snake, which Xiao Yan dodged and sent tumbling off the cliff.
• Xiao Yan led Xiao Yi Xian through the dark cave until they reached a passage with no way forward.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian explored a poison master's tomb chamber, found valuable herbs and treasures, and uncovered a Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and a Flight Dou Technique. Mu Li arrived with mercenaries to seize them, and Xiao Yan prepared to fight as Xiao Yi Xian faced him.

• Xiao Yi Xian discovered how to open the Stone Gate, and she and Xiao Yan entered the tomb chamber.
• Xiao Yan secretly took a strange paper from the skeleton while Mao Wu burned the bones, and the pair split the medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian opened the first two boxes, finding the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture and the Flight Dou Technique: Eagle Wings.
• Mu Li entered with mercenaries and ordered them to attack Xiao Yan while claiming Xiao Yi Xian for himself.
• Xiao Yan drew the Heavy Xuan Ruler and told Xiao Yi Xian to handle Mu Li as he faced the mercenaries.

Xiao Yan protected Xiao Yi Xian from Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, revealing overwhelming strength as he killed the attackers. He left Mu Li helpless and asked whether he had any final requests.

• Mu Li revealed that Xiao Yi Xian's assistant had betrayed her and that he had killed the assistant, then demanded the cave's treasures and threatened Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan killed a Three-Star Dou Zhe with one swing of the Heavy Xuan Ruler, stunning Xiao Yi Xian and the mercenaries.
• Mu Li ordered the mercenaries to attack from all sides, but Xiao Yan blocked their assaults and killed their hidden attackers.
• Xiao Yan accepted Mu Li's challenges to fight without his weapon and then without Combat Techniques, killing more mercenaries with his fists and a kicked-up blade.
• Xiao Yan sat down with his hands behind his back and used Soul Impact to kill the remaining mercenaries as they rushed him.
• Xiao Yan asked Mu Li if he had any other requests before he died.

Xiao Yan defeated Mu Li and opened the third stone box, finding a Mystic High-Rank Combat Technique called Lion's Roar. After escaping the tomb with Xiao Yi Xian, they parted ways, while she wondered about a strange feeling she had when she first found the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.

• Xiao Yan used Soul Impact to kill the mercenaries, then kicked Mu Li out of the chamber and killed him.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian opened the third stone box and found the Mystic High-Rank Combat Technique Lion's Roar, which Xiao Yi Xian let Xiao Yan keep.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian a Tier 2 Small Return Pill, then burned the cave and its contents to hide evidence of the remnant map.
• Xiao Yi Xian summoned her Blue Eagle, and Xiao Yan dealt with the mercenaries watching the cliff before they prepared to part ways.
• Xiao Yi Xian flew toward the Herb Gathering Team and wondered what had caused the strange feeling she experienced when she first found the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture.

Xiao Yan settled in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, mastered the Amethyst Cloud Wings, and began searching the three locations marked on the Soul Hall's map. After more than four months of cultivation, he reached three-star Dou Shi but found that the last unsearched location was inside the Cave Mansion of a sixth-rank Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King.

• Xiao Yan made a cave dwelling near the three suspected locations of the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame and began cultivating there.
• Xiao Yan overcame the soul sealed in the Eagle Wings scroll and learned to summon the Amethyst Cloud Wings, though using the Void Swallowing Flame made them difficult to control.
• Mao Wu reacted to a faint pink lotus on the incomplete map, leading Xiao Yan to suspect it was connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame.
• Xiao Yan set out to explore the Magical Beast Mountain Range and attacked a second-rank giant bear with Eight Extremities Collapse.
• Over four months, Xiao Yan raised his cultivation from one-star to three-star Dou Shi and found no Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame at the first two locations.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the final location was inside the Cave Mansion of the powerful Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King, which he could not defeat.

Xiao Yan watched the Amethyst Winged Lion King's cave while improving his combat skills and refining a Tier 3 pill. Three days after deciding to wait for a better chance, he saw Yun Yun arrive to challenge the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

• Xiao Yan investigated the cave and concluded that the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame was likely inside, but refused to hire a Soul Hall Dou Emperor because he feared betrayal.
• Xiao Yan killed a Rank 3 Earth White Snake, then returned to his waterfall cave and practiced alchemy with its Magic Core.
• Mao Wu devoured the Magic Core's resentment, allowing Xiao Yan to refine five Rising Flame Pills and judge himself a Tier 3 Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan decided to wait another month before pursuing the cave, planning to return after reaching Dou Ling if no opportunity arose.
• Three days later, Xiao Yan hid near the cave and watched Yun Yun confront the Amethyst Winged Lion King.

Xiao Yan secretly watched Yun Yun negotiate with the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King for a Purple Spirit Crystal, then witnessed their battle end with Yun Yun’s Dou Qi sealed and her falling from the sky. He decided to intervene so he could gain the powerful Dou Emperor’s help in entering the Cave Mansion.

• Xiao Yan recognized Yun Yun as the Misty Cloud Sect’s leader and learned she wanted a Purple Spirit Crystal, but the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King demanded a Transformation Pill in exchange.
• Xiao Yan recalled the Amethyst Pill recipe and worried that Nalan Yanran’s rapid cultivation came from support and pills provided by Yun Yun and Gu He.
• Yun Yun and the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King fought fiercely, while Xiao Yan hid nearby and observed their Dou Emperor-level battle.
• The Lion King used the Amethyst Seal to seal Yun Yun’s Dou Qi after she wounded it with Wind's End: Meteor Kill, leaving her to fall helplessly.
• Xiao Yan decided to save Yun Yun so she would owe him a favor and could help him enter the Cave Mansion.

Xiao Yan rescued Yun Yun from the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King and escaped with her using Soul Impact and the Black Flame of Nihility Devouring Flame. Back at the cave, they revealed they both wanted something from the beast’s lair, and Xiao Yan offered to remove the seal on her Dou Qi.

• Xiao Yan charged through the Magical Beasts and caught Yun Yun as she fell, then used Soul Impact and Black Flame to escape the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King with her.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun returned to the cave, where he recovered his Dou Qi while she changed her torn clothes.
• Yun Yun introduced herself as Yun Zhi, and Xiao Yan gave the false name Yao Yan while admitting he had saved her so she could help him enter the beast’s Cave Mansion.
• Yun Yun revealed she also needed the Purple Spirit Crystal from the Cave Mansion and worried that the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King would recover.
• Xiao Yan showed Yun Yun a wisp of Black Flame and said he could use it to remove the seal on her Dou Qi.

Xiao Yan used the Nihility Devouring Flame to break the seal on Yun Yun, secretly absorbing a trace of her Dou Qi as he worked. Once Yun Yun recovered, she lent Xiao Yan her power to fly, and they headed to confront the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King for the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame.

• Xiao Yan began devouring the Amethyst Crystal Fire sealing Yun Yun’s meridians, and Yun Yun endured the process in embarrassment.
• After training, Xiao Yan discovered he had absorbed a small amount of Yun Yun’s Dou Qi and used the Flame Mantra to refine it into his cultivation.
• Over the next three days, Xiao Yan removed most of Yun Yun’s seal while privately anticipating the energy he might gain from finishing the job.
• Yun Yun broke through the remaining seal, regained her strength, and formed her cyan Wings of Wind.
• Yun Yun transferred Dou Qi to Xiao Yan so he could fly for two hours, and they flew toward the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King’s cave.

Xiao Yan and Yun Yun distracted the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King so Xiao Yan could search its cave for the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame. He found a weak fragment of the flame sealed beneath the Symbiotic Purple Crystal Source, but a shadow appeared behind him.

• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun agreed that Yun Yun would draw the Amethyst Crystal Winged Lion King away while Xiao Yan searched its cave.
• Yun Yun attacked the beast’s territory with tornadoes, provoking it into a battle in the sky.
• Xiao Yan concealed his aura with a Soul Robe and entered the cave, avoiding the passage leading to the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Xiao Yan found the treasure vault and Mao Wu swallowed the Symbiotic Purple Crystal Source whole.
• Xiao Yan uncovered a sealed fragment of the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame, then noticed a black shadow silently appear behind him.

Xiao Yan fought the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King in the Cave Mansion and used tricks to escape with Purple Spirit Crystal and the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame. The Amethyst Winged Lion King realized Xiao Yan had taken the flame and suspected he had come from the Beast Tomb.

• The Little Amethyst Winged Lion King ambushed Xiao Yan, and he fought back with Dou Techniques before spotting the Purple Spirit Crystal necklace around its neck.
• Xiao Yan and Mao Wu clashed flames with the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King, so Xiao Yan tried to distract it with Rising Flame Pills.
• Xiao Yan froze the Little Amethyst Winged Lion King with Ice Spirit Cold Spring, took a piece of Purple Spirit Crystal, and absorbed the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame before fleeing.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King attacked Xiao Yan as he escaped, but Yun Yun shielded him and flew away with him.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King found the Rising Flame Pills and discovered the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame was gone, leading it to suspect Xiao Yan had come from the Beast Tomb.

Xiao Yan obtained the Purple Spirit Crystal, but the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame fused with his body and overwhelmed his reason until Yun Yun purged its beastly will. After she left, Xiao Yan discovered he could use the flame to transform his body into one as powerful as a Magical Beast.

• Xiao Yan returned to Yun Yun with the Purple Spirit Crystal, then suffered as the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame spread through his flesh and bones.
• Yun Yun used her Dou Qi to suppress the flame, but its Beast Spirit Intent transformed Xiao Yan into a feral Magical Beast who bit and drank her blood.
• Yun Yun cleared the Beast Spirit Intent from Xiao Yan, carried him into the cave, and left him two technique scrolls before departing.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had regained awareness and pretended to remain unconscious as Yun Yun left.
• Xiao Yan tested the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame and transformed his body into a powerful Magical Beast form.

Xiao Yan used the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame to strengthen his body and crafted five pills to prolong its effects, then planned his next steps. As he left the cave to visit his older brothers in Desert City, Little Blue arrived wounded, making him fear that something had happened to Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yan discovered that the Ten Thousand Beast Spirit Flame had strengthened his body but would fade after only a few uses.
• Xiao Yan made Mao Wu return the Symbiotic Purple Source Crystal and used it to craft five pills that could support his Beast Transformation Form.
• Xiao Yan decided to visit the Soul Hall in the Royal Capital, settle the matter with Nalan Yanran, and return to Jia Nan Academy after half a year.
• Xiao Yan chose to rest and visit his two older brothers in Desert City, then blocked the cave entrance and left.
• Little Blue descended with a bleeding blade wound, and Xiao Yan feared that something had happened to Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan returned to Green Mountain Town and learned that Xiao Yi Xian had been blamed for a plague and captured by the Wolf Head Mercenary Group. He flew to Ten Thousand Medicines Hall to rescue her, while Mu She and Boss Yao were surprised that he had walked into their trap.

• Xiao Yan treated Blue Eagle's fresh wound and rode it toward Green Mountain Town, while the Amethyst Winged Lion King found his empty cave and decided to wait for his return.
• Xiao Yan entered Green Mountain Town in disguise and learned that Mu She and Boss Yao had accused Xiao Yi Xian of causing a plague and planned to burn her that day.
• Xiao Yan heard that the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had captured Xiao Yi Xian and flew toward Ten Thousand Medicines Hall using his Amethyst Cloud Wings.
• Boss Yao demanded that the bound Xiao Yi Xian hand over the Medicine Ceremony, but she refused and revealed she had already sent her belongings away with Blue Eagle.
• A mercenary reported that Xiao Yan had charged through the front gate, and Xiao Yi Xian smiled when she heard he had come.

Xiao Yan entered Ten Thousand Medicines Hall alone to rescue Xiao Yi Xian and confronted Mu She and Boss Yao over the cave’s treasures. After getting Xiao Yi Xian to safety, he faced more than a hundred attackers and unleashed Lion’s Roar, leaving the battle underway.

• Mu She and Boss Yao learned that Xiao Yan had arrived alone, and Mu She ordered the estate gates sealed.
• Xiao Yan met Mu She and Boss Yao at the entrance, where he offered Eagle’s Wings and an ancient prescription in exchange for Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan distracted the crowd by throwing the Combat Technique scroll, then sent Xiao Yi Xian to safety with Little Blue.
• Mu She discovered the scroll’s warning that only one person could cultivate the technique and ordered his men to kill Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan gave the surrounding fighters ten seconds to leave, then used Lion’s Roar to tear apart more than a dozen mercenaries with one strike.

Xiao Yan used perfected Lion's Roar to slaughter the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and defeat Mu She while rescuing Xiao Yi Xian. He pursued and killed Boss Yao, leaving the town to believe Boss Yao had framed Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yan activated Blood Rage Lion and used Lion's Roar to slaughter the mercenaries attacking him, then killed those who tried to flee with a ground-shattering shockwave.
• Mu She attacked Xiao Yan with his spear, but Xiao Yan shattered it with Eight Extremities Collapse and killed him.
• Xiao Yi Xian watched Xiao Yan emerge unharmed after the battle, while Xiao Yan realized Boss Yao had escaped through an underground passage with the ancient formula.
• Xiao Yan caught up with Boss Yao in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, rejected his pleas for mercy, and snapped his neck.
• Xiao Yan planned to leave poison and ancient poison-making recipes on Boss Yao so the townspeople would believe Boss Yao had framed Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan defeated Mu She and Boss Yao, exposed their plot to poison Green Mountain Town, and gave the residents Antidote Pills. He then took Xiao Yi Xian to a hidden mountain valley, where she revealed her Poison Dou Qi and rapid cultivation growth, and asked whether he knew the poison was connected to her.

• Xiao Yan realized Xiao Yi Xian had rapidly risen to Six-Star Dou Zhe and suspected that she had poisoned Blue Eagle.
• Xiao Yan freed Xiao Yi Xian, showed her Boss Yao’s Poison Formula, and explained that Mu She and Boss Yao had poisoned Green Mountain Town to frame her.
• Xiao Yan gave the town chief First-grade Antidote Pills for the residents and asked Xiao Yi Xian what she planned to do.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she would leave Green Mountain Town and guided Xiao Yan to a hidden valley rich in medicinal herbs.
• Xiao Yi Xian revealed that her innate attribute was Poison Dou Qi, her cultivation had risen rapidly since she obtained the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and she had treated every poisoned resident.