Recaps

Xiao Yan reassured Qin Tian that he would never join the Extraterritorial Evil Clan and prepared to leave the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie for the Divine Beast Continent. He secretly retrieved the Heavenly Evil God's third eye and began preparing to absorb its power, while realizing the Extraterritorial Evil Clan was nearly ready for war.

• Xiao Yan swore he would not join the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, and told Qin Tian he planned to go to the Divine Beast Continent.
• Qin Tian apologized on behalf of the Great Thousand Palace and left after Xiao Yan accepted his explanation.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that the Great Thousand World might lose the war within a hundred years, then discussed the Martial Ancestor and the missing Western Heaven Battle Emperor.
• After waiting three days for the Great Thousand Palace to stop monitoring him, Xiao Yan entered a hidden space and used the Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor to retrieve the Heavenly Evil God's eye.
• Xiao Yan recognized that the Extraterritorial Evil Clan had nearly completed its preparations, then summoned the Mysterious Yellow Flame and prepared to absorb the eye's power with a Bodhi Sublimation Pill.

Xiao Yan displayed his Immortal Grade Bodhi Sublimation Pill and offered to restore the Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor’s cultivation in exchange for guiding him through the Extraterritorial Lands. After accepting the deal, Xiao Yan used the pill to enter a month-long enlightenment, emerging with an aura that reminded the Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor of the Heavenly Evil God.

• Xiao Yan showed the Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor his Bodhi Sublimation Pill and assessed the damage to his cultivation.
• Xiao Yan offered to refine a Poria Saint Venerable Pill to restore the Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor in exchange for guiding him to cultivation sanctuaries in the Extraterritorial Lands.
• The Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor accepted Xiao Yan’s offer and pledged to serve him until the pill was refined.
• Xiao Yan sent the Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor to guard outside, then swallowed the Bodhi Sublimation Pill and entered a state of enlightenment.
• After a month of cultivation, Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion, and the Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor briefly mistook his aura for the Heavenly Evil God’s.

Xiao Yan left the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie after arranging for Xiao Yi Xian to take the Medicine Emperor Sacred Palace and its inheritances back to the Dou Qi Continent, then set out toward Saint Territory Continent. Meanwhile, Moksha Tian allied with Medicine God Emperor to target Xiao Yan and seize his Primordial Body, setting up a confrontation around the Moksha God Clan’s succession.

• Xiao Yan perfected the first level of the Evil God Asura Soul Body and planned to seek Ancestor Qi from Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor to cultivate its second level and advance his Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan entrusted Xiao Yi Xian with the Medicine Emperor Sacred Palace and its treasures, promised to resolve the Woeful Poison Body’s side effects, and then left the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie.
• News spread that the Moksha God Clan would choose a new clan leader, while rumors claimed Yan Tianzun might disrupt the ceremony to confront Moksha Tian.
• Moksha Jia learned that Xiao Yan had left for Saint Territory Continent and hoped he would not interfere with the succession ceremony.
• Moksha Tian arrived with Moksha You and Medicine God Emperor, revealed his Immortal Grade Heaven Supreme Late Stage strength, and declared that their clans would join forces to seize Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi Primordial Body and the Ancient Myriad Herbs Prairie.

Moksha Tian became the Moksha God Clan’s leader and revealed his ambition to surpass the Immortal Great Emperor by cultivating three Bodies and claiming the Battle Through the Heavens Primordial Body and the Eternal Undying Body. Medicine God Emperor offered him a Saint Breakthrough Pill to enlist his help against Xiao Yan, and Moksha Tian agreed.

• Moksha Tian completed the clan leader succession ceremony without opposition, while Moksha Jia withheld his concerns about Yan Tianzun.
• Medicine God Emperor visited Moksha Tian and asked him to obtain Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames, offering the chance to refine a Saint Grade pill in return.
• Moksha Tian said he was not afraid of Xiao Yan and could seek help from him instead, while revealing his plan to break the Immortal Great Emperor’s seal and seize the Eternal Undying Body.
• Medicine God Emperor presented Moksha Tian with a Saint Breakthrough Pill, and Moksha Tian accepted it and agreed to fulfill his request.
• Medicine God Emperor realized Moksha Tian intended to use One Qi Transforms into Three Purities to cultivate three Bodies and become the Great Thousand World’s first true Ruler.

Xiao Yan forced his way into the Ancient Saint Abyss and used a hidden passage to reach the Curse Wraith Clan’s territory in the Evil Domain Demon Realm. The Curse Wraith Clan’s powerhouses surrounded him, astonished that a Heaven Supreme from the Great Thousand World had arrived alone.

• Xiao Yan used the Nine Serene Wind Flame to divert the Space-Time Storm and enter the Ancient Saint Abyss.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor, who used a compass to locate the passage to the Outer Domain.
• The Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor opened the teleportation gate, and he and Xiao Yan crossed the Demonic Qi-filled passage to the Curse Wraith Continent.
• Xiao Yan arrived in the Evil Domain Demon Realm and found himself surrounded by Curse Wraith Clan powerhouses.
• A voice demanded that the Curse Wraith Clan kneel before Xiao Yan, whom it called the Saint Child.

Xiao Yan entered the Curse Wraith Clan’s heavily guarded territory with the resurrected Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor, hoping to reach the Ten Thousand Demons Hall and obtain Ancestor Qi. The clan’s current leaders rejected the old emperor’s authority and disputed Xiao Yan’s title of Saint Child, so Xiao Yan ordered the old emperor to lead him to the passage anyway.

• The Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor appeared before the army surrounding Xiao Yan, and an elder recognized him as the clan’s long-missing Old Clan Leader.
• A portal transported Xiao Yan and the Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor into the clan’s hidden Chaos Space, where Heavenly Demon Emperor Le Yuan and three peak Xuan Mo Emperors awaited them.
• Xiao Yan revealed his Endless Emperor Flame and interrupted Le Yuan and the Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor’s reunion to state that he had come for business.
• The Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor asked Le Yuan for Sacred Medicines and permission to use the passage to the Ten Thousand Demons Hall so Xiao Yan could seek Ancestor Qi.
• Heavenly Resentment Demon Emperor, Di Yuan, and Mo Yuan rejected Xiao Yan’s Saint Child title and refused to recognize the weakened Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor’s authority.
• Xiao Yan told the Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor to lead him to the passage, declaring that he would go without the clan’s permission.

Xiao Yan fought the Curse Wraith Clan’s three Top Profound Mo Emperors and demonstrated power that alarmed its Heavenly Demon Emperor, Le Yuan. After Le Yuan attacked, Xiao Yan countered with the Taiji Fire Wheel, and their clash left the outcome unresolved.

• Tian Yuan Demon Emperor challenged Xiao Yan, who stopped his sword with two Heavenly Flame-wreathed fingers and fought him with Xiao Yi’s World-Burning Fire Lotuses.
• Mo Yuan and Di Yuan joined Tian Yuan, but Xiao Yan summoned both Primordial Bodies and struck the Demon Emperors back with the Yellow Spring Palm.
• The three Demon Emperors cast Resentful Fate to weaken Xiao Yan, but his Battle Through the Heavens Primordial Body resisted the suppression and unleashed the Chaos Creation Palm.
• Le Yuan destroyed Xiao Yan’s Chaos Creation Palm and resolved not to let him return to the Great Thousand World.
• Le Yuan attacked with Resentful Rebellion Immortal Demon Light, and Xiao Yan answered with the Taiji Fire Wheel, which collided with the demonic light.

Xiao Yan battled the Curse Wraith Clan’s Demon Emperors, pierced Heavenly Demon Emperor Le Yuan with a devastating punch, and repeatedly destroyed the other Emperors’ bodies. Le Yuan drew on the Curse Wraith Continent’s resentment to grow stronger, but Xiao Yan revealed the Saint Eye and damaged Le Yuan’s Ghost Resentment Bell with the Star Heavy Ruler, leaving the two facing off.

• Xiao Yan shattered the Chaos Space and wounded Heavenly Demon Emperor Le Yuan with Universe Eight Extremes · Collapse.
• Xiao Yan fought the Curse Wraith Clan’s Demon Emperors and repeatedly destroyed Tian Yuan Emperor Xuan Mo and Mo Yuan Emperor Xuan Mo.
• Heavenly Demon Emperor Le Yuan absorbed the continent’s Demonic Qi and resentment, raising his strength to the mid-level.
• Xiao Yan fused the Saint Eye and Heavenly Flames into the Star Heavy Ruler and clashed with Le Yuan’s Ghost Resentment Bell.
• Xiao Yan’s strike chipped the Ghost Resentment Bell, and he and Le Yuan remained locked in a standoff.

Xiao Yan demanded access to the Ten Thousand Demons Hall, but Heavenly Demon Emperor Le Yuan answered by unleashing the Curse Wraith Clan’s damaged Curse God Coffin. Xiao Yan survived its curse by revealing the full power of his Evil God Asura Soul Body, then seized the coffin and opened it himself.

• Xiao Yan told Heavenly Demon Emperor Le Yuan that he wanted passage to the Ten Thousand Demons Hall, not the Saint Child position.
• Le Yuan and the three Xuan Mo Emperors summoned the Curse God Coffin, spending the Curse Wraith Clan’s life force to open it.
• The Curse God Coffin’s curse engulfed Xiao Yan, and the assembled Demon Emperors believed it had killed him.
• Xiao Yan healed his shattered body and revealed that he possessed the Heavenly Evil God’s power through his Evil God Asura Soul Body.
• Xiao Yan’s Soul Body absorbed the evil thoughts, took control of the Curse God Coffin, and opened it halfway.

Xiao Yan opened the Curse God Coffin with the Evil God Asura Soul Body, forcing Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor to intervene before its curse could kill the continent. He kept the coffin and followed Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor to Ten Thousand Demons Hall, where they went to find Ancestor Qi.

• Xiao Yan used the Evil God Asura Soul Body to seize and open the Curse God Coffin, revealing terrifying eyes that unleashed its curse.
• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor appeared with the Saint Demon Flame and stopped the coffin’s curse, prompting Xiao Yan to close it.
• Xiao Yan kept the Curse God Coffin despite Heavenly Demon Emperor Le Yuan’s anger, while Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor reaffirmed their deal.
• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor opened a spatial passage to Ten Thousand Demons Hall and told Xiao Yan that Ancestor Qi was there.
• Xiao Yan left Curse Wraith to handle the Curse Wraith Clan and followed Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor into Ten Thousand Demons Hall.

Xiao Yan entered the Ten Thousand Demons Hall to trade two Saint Eyes for access to the Saint Clan’s Ancestor Qi and opened the Golden Holy Palace with surprising ease. As he began absorbing its Source Qi, the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor realized Xiao Yan’s claim of having a third eye disrupted the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s plan to resurrect the Heavenly Evil God.

• Xiao Yan examined the Ten Thousand Demons Hall and demanded to see the Source Qi before handing over any Saint Eyes.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor revealed the Golden Holy Palace, and Xiao Yan gave him two Saint Eyes while saying he would keep a third as a safeguard.
• Xiao Yan used his golden Holy Face soul body to open the palace doors effortlessly, alarming the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor, who summoned the great clan leaders.
• Xiao Yan entered the palace and found a chaotic realm filled with the Saint Clan’s Ancestor Qi.
• Xiao Yan called out Mysterious Yellow Flame and invited it to absorb as much Source Qi as it could.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Saint Clan’s Ancestor Qi, raising his Soul Realm to Immortal Grade and beginning his path toward sainthood. Meanwhile, the Extraterritorial Evil Clan learned that Xiao Yan possessed a tenth eye of the Heavenly Evil God, and Hun Tiandi recalled a clue linking the hidden eye to Hun Lao Gui.

• Xiao Yan used the Mysterious Yellow Flame to draw in Saint God’s Luck and merged the Saint Clan’s Ancestor Qi into his Evil God Asura Soul Body.
• Xiao Yan’s Soul Realm broke through to Immortal Grade and continued to rise as he absorbed the powerful Source Qi.
• The Heavenly Demon Emperors gathered in the Ten Thousand Demons Hall and learned that Xiao Yan had helped collect the Heavenly Evil God’s nine eyes.
• Hun Tiandi told the gathering that Xiao Yan was an Immortal Grade Grandmaster of Pill Refining, while the Dark Heavenly Demon Emperor proposed recruiting or killing him.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor revealed that Xiao Yan claimed to possess another eye of the Heavenly Evil God, shocking the gathered leaders.
• Hun Tiandi recalled Hun Lao Gui’s role in improving the Asura Soul Severing Technique and suspected that an accident had been involved.

Hun Tiandi warned the Evil Race that capturing Xiao Yan would be dangerous, but Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor decided to demand the third eye from him after his cultivation. Xiao Yan remained in the Golden Holy Palace for half a year, draining its Ancestor Qi and transforming his soul and Saint Eye, before emerging to face thirteen Heavenly Demon Emperors.

• Hun Tiandi argued that Xiao Yan had been chosen by the Evil God's Eye and warned that trying to capture him could create a powerful enemy for the Evil Race.
• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor decided to ask Xiao Yan for the third eye and threaten him if he refused.
• Xiao Yan stayed in the Golden Holy Palace for half a year, absorbing its Ancestor Qi as Mysterious Yellow Flame strengthened and his soul and Saint Eye evolved.
• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor surrounded the Golden Holy Palace with ten Heavenly Demon Emperors, while Heavenly Demon Dragon Emperor and Slaying Heaven Demon Emperor joined him outside.
• Xiao Yan opened his eyes, sent a golden beam through the palace dome, and emerged to find thirteen Heavenly Demon Emperors waiting for him.

After emerging from the Golden Holy Palace, Xiao Yan faced thirteen Heavenly Demon Emperors who demanded Heavenly Evil God's eye and tried to detain him. Having reached a Saint Grade Soul and strengthened his Exotic Flame, he fought his way toward the exit but was stopped by the Saint-bodied Heavenly Demon Dragon Emperor.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the Golden Holy Palace and found thirteen Heavenly Demon Emperors waiting for him.
• Xiao Yan produced Heavenly Evil God's final eye but refused to stay in the Saint Demon Clan, despite the Heavenly Demon Dragon Emperor and Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor demanding answers.
• The Heavenly Demon Dragon Emperor attacked Xiao Yan with his aura, but Xiao Yan shattered the pressure with his Saint Grade Soul Power.
• Xiao Yan revealed his strengthened Saint Grade Exotic Flame and used two Fire Lotuses to blast past two low-level Heavenly Demon Emperors as he raced for the exit.
• The Heavenly Demon Dragon Emperor blocked Xiao Yan with a Saint Grade physical-body punch, and Xiao Yan met it with his Taiji Fire Wheel, which shattered and forced him back.

Xiao Yan unleashed the Saint God-like power of his Evil God Asura Soul Body in the Ten Thousand Demons Hall, controlling demons and using the Golden Holy Palace to overwhelm the Heavenly Demon Dragon Emperor and Slaying Heaven Demon Emperor. As he tried to escape, Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor blocked his path, and Hun Tiandi appeared as a member of the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.

• After the Heavenly Demon Dragon Emperor's punch caved in Xiao Yan's chest, Xiao Yan healed with Saint Light and revealed his Saint Eye, raising his Cultivation Level to Early Stage Saint Grade.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Evil God Asura Soul Body and cast Divine Domain Descent, transforming Demonic Qi and controlling several Heavenly Demon Emperors with Saint Light.
• The Heavenly Demon Dragon Emperor attacked, and Xiao Yan countered with Black Flame, while the Slaying Heaven Demon Emperor tried to kill him and struck only a soul illusion clone.
• Xiao Yan controlled the Golden Holy Palace, blasted the Slaying Heaven Demon Emperor with Saint Eye Extinction, and smashed both him and the Heavenly Demon Dragon Emperor into ruin.
• As Xiao Yan reached the exit, Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor blocked him, and Xiao Yan summoned the Burning Flame Dharma Body and Battle Through the Heavens Primordial Body.
• Hun Tiandi entered the Ten Thousand Demons Hall, and Xiao Yan was shocked to learn that he belonged to the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.

Xiao Yan confronted Hun Tiandi and the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor in the Ten Thousand Demons Hall, then surrendered the Evil God's Eye and took the Golden Holy Palace as he left. After learning his eye was a mysterious tenth eye from the Five Elements Spirit Earth, the others realized Xiao Yan had received the Heavenly Evil God's inheritance and wondered how he possessed a supposedly nonexistent Supreme Dharma Body.

• Xiao Yan recognized Hun Tiandi, who revealed that he was now the leader of the Evil Soul Clan, and refused Hun Tiandi's offer of partnership.
• Xiao Yan demanded an exit from the Ten Thousand Demons Hall, and the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor ordered it opened rather than risk fighting him.
• Xiao Yan tossed the Evil God's Eye to Hun Tiandi and took the Golden Holy Palace with him as he prepared to leave.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor revealed that Xiao Yan's eye was the Evil Clan's tenth, while the other nine were known to him.
• Xiao Yan said he had found the eye in the Five Elements Spirit Earth, and the Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor realized it was not among the nine buried eyes.
• The others learned Xiao Yan had obtained the Heavenly Evil God's inheritance from the eye and questioned how he could possess a Supreme Dharma Body that did not exist.

Xiao Yan left the Saint Demon Continent with Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor’s permission after revealing that his Evil God Asura Soul Body was not inherited at Northern Wilderness Hill. He visited the Curse Wraith Clan, then returned alone to the Great Thousand World and arrived at the Mountain Sea Continent.

• Xiao Yan told Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor that he had never met Heavenly Evil God, and Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor ordered the Demon Emperors not to attack him.
• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor declared that if Heavenly Evil God had fallen, Xiao Yan would become the Saint Child and next Heavenly Evil God designated by his will.
• Xiao Yan visited Curse Wraith Heavenly Demon Emperor, accepted sacred medicines and followers, and assigned Curse Wraith to explore beyond Dou Qi Continent while protecting Xiao Yan’s homeland.
• Hun Lao Gui told Hun Tiandi how seeing a trinity-like Evil God had inspired him to create the Asura Soul Severing Technique, and Hun Tiandi suspected the Slaying Emperor Ghost Blood Blade held the source of a Soul Power resembling Xiao Yan’s Soul Body.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Great Thousand World and arrived at the Mountain Sea Continent, where the Phoenix Clan lived.

Xiao Yan, Nalan Yanran, and Yun Yun traveled to Mountain Sea Phoenix City to trade for ingredients and explore its treasures. There, Xiao Yan discovered a rare Dragon Fire Snake Grass, and the chapter ended as its seller confirmed its identity and legendary rarity.

• Xiao Yan met Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun on the polluted Divine Beast Continent, then agreed to visit Mountain Sea Phoenix City to seek ingredients for the Dragon Phoenix Tianzun Pill.
• The three arrived at the Phoenix Clan's aerial trading city, where they saw Princess Qing Er pass by in her carriage.
• Visitors recognized Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun as Demon Slayers who had supposedly quelled the recent Beast Tide, though Xiao Yan had actually resolved the crisis and given them the credit.
• Xiao Yan and his companions browsed the city's wares while onlookers envied him for walking with Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun.
• Xiao Yan examined a small loach-like creature in a crystal tank, and his Soul Power caused it to grow and blaze with flames.
• Xiao Yan identified the creature as Dragon Fire Snake Grass, and Old Phoenix Bird confirmed it was a rare treasure said to help the Dragon Race improve its bloodline.

Xiao Yan traded an Advanced Divine Pill for a mutated Dragon Fire Snake Grass, which he planned to refine into a pill for Qing Lin. He then entered the Phoenix Tree Hall with Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun, where he found the Phoenix Blood Heart Core Grass needed for Dragon Phoenix Tianzun.

• Xiao Yan identified the Dragon Fire Snake Grass as a defective, mutated strain and explained that its Snake Venom made it useful for the Snake Clan rather than the Dragon Race.
• Xiao Yan exchanged an Advanced Divine Pill for the Dragon Fire Snake Grass, then revealed that he intended to refine it for Qing Lin.
• Xiao Yan teased Nalan Yanran when she asked whether acting spoiled would earn her a Medicinal Pill.
• Xiao Yan and the others entered the Phoenix Tree Hall, where they saw the Phoenix Clan's rare treasures on display.
• Xiao Yan found the Phoenix Blood Heart Core Grass, the main ingredient needed for Dragon Phoenix Tianzun.

Xiao Yan visited Phoenix Tree Hall to buy Phoenix Blood Heart Core Grass, but learned it had been reserved for Feng Qing'er and offered increasingly higher prices to obtain it. After Xiang Xu invited him to join the alchemists competing to refine the Dragon Phoenix Tianzun Pill for the Phoenix Race, Xiao Yan admitted he was interested.

• Xiao Yan, Yun Yun, and Nalan Yanran explored Phoenix Tree Hall and found the rare Phoenix Blood Heart Core Grass in its medicine shop.
• Xiao Yan noticed a mysterious Elder watching him but ignored him and went to buy the Sacred Medicine.
• Xiang Xu arrived to collect the herb he had reserved, and Xiao Yan offered to pay double, then triple, its price.
• The shop assistant revealed that the herb had been reserved for Princess Feng Qing'er, and Xiang Xu explained her standing among the Phoenix Race.
• Xiang Xu invited Xiao Yan to join the alchemy selection for refining the Dragon Phoenix Tianzun Pill, and Xiao Yan said he was interested.

Xiao Yan, traveling under the name Yao Yan, followed Xiang Xu to Phoenix Qing Palace after learning the Feng Race had gathered ingredients and alchemists for Feng Qing'er's Dragon Phoenix Tianzun Pill. Feng Qing'er prepared to welcome the new alchemist, unaware that Xiao Yan had arrived, and the chapter ended as he watched her enter the banquet.

• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran he would go to the Feng Race, gave them pills, and introduced himself to Xiang Xu as Yao Yan.
• Xiang Xu escorted Xiao Yan to Phoenix Qing Palace, while Feng Qing'er learned that the ingredients for her pill were complete and hoped it would help her become strong enough to stop fearing Xiao Yan.
• Feng Qing'er heard that Xiang Xu had brought an Advanced Alchemy Grandmaster and arranged a banquet to welcome the alchemists.
• Xiao Yan passed the alchemy test as an Advanced Alchemy Grandmaster and learned from the other guests about Feng Qing'er's standing and ambitions.
• Feng Qing'er arrived at the banquet in a carriage drawn by a Seven-Colored Giant Crane, and Xiao Yan recognized her and settled in to watch what happened.

Xiao Yan revealed himself to Feng Qing'er at a gathering of alchemists preparing to refine her Dragon Phoenix Tianzun Pill, shocking her with their fraught history. After Xiao Yan secretly entered Phoenix Qing Palace, Feng Qing'er rushed after him, while Xiang Xu and Hei Shenyun plotted against him.

• Feng Qing'er welcomed the gathered alchemists and explained that they would jointly refine a Dragon Phoenix Tianzun Pill, with her controlling the Nine Dragons Heavenly Phoenix Flame and Xiang Xu directing the work.
• Feng Qing'er asked Xiang Xu where the powerful alchemist he had brought was, and he pointed out Xiao Yan sitting alone in a black robe.
• Xiao Yan revealed his face and greeted Feng Qing'er, who recognized him and froze when he warned her not to run through a Soul Transmission.
• Xiao Yan left the gathering and secretly entered Phoenix Qing Palace, while Feng Qing'er hurried after him and left the alchemists bewildered.
• Hei Shenyun and Xiang Xu suspected Xiao Yan was their rival for Feng Qing'er and agreed to join forces against him during the pill refinement.
• Feng Qing'er reached her sleeping quarters, ordered her maids and guards to leave, and dropped her composed princess act.

Feng Qing'er submitted to Xiao Yan after he revealed that he had arranged her arrival on the Divine Beast Continent, and he came to obtain the ingredients for a Dragon Phoenix Tianzun Pill. The next morning, she opened the joint pill refinement ceremony in Phoenix Qing Palace, where Xiao Yan stood among the assembled alchemists.

• Feng Qing'er dismissed her attendants and entered her cultivation room, where she chose to submit to the Xiao Yan she believed could destroy the Phoenix Clan.
• Xiao Yan revealed himself as the Flame Hall Master, told Feng Qing'er that he had arranged her departure from the Dou Qi Continent, and assessed her cultivation.
• Xiao Yan asked Feng Qing'er for the ingredients of the Dragon Phoenix Tianzun Pill, promised to refine one for her, and left after she offered him everything she had.
• The next morning, alchemists and Phoenix Clan figures gathered in Phoenix Qing Palace, where rumors about Xiao Yan and Feng Qing'er circulated and Xiang Xu and Hei Shenyun eyed Xiao Yan with hostility.
• Feng Qing'er arrived in a black gown and ordered everyone to enter the divine platform and raise their furnaces for the joint pill refinement.

Xiao Yan secretly refined the Dragon Phoenix Tianzun Pill while sabotaging the Spirit Array and killing Xiang Xu, Hei Shenyun, and others, leaving the deaths blamed on Xiang Xu. Months later, Feng Qing'er confirmed that her clan still had a Transformation God Pool quota and told Xiao Yan that Qing Lin had found the Western Heaven Battle Emperor’s whereabouts.

• Xiao Yan used Mao Wu to siphon medicinal ingredients into his furnace and secretly refined the Dragon Phoenix Tianzun Pill while pretending to follow Xiang Xu’s assembly-line process.
• Xiang Xu triggered the Spirit Array’s rampage, and Hei Shenyun and the Xiang Family Heaven Supremes charged inside under the pretense of suppressing it.
• After the array stabilized, Feng Qing'er claimed that Xiang Xu and the others had sacrificed themselves to protect everyone and the ingredients, while Xiao Yan was presumed dead.
• An investigation traced the Spirit Array’s rampage to Xiang Xu, and the Black Heaven God Race and Medicine God Clan blamed the Xiang Family.
• Months later, Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion after completing the pill, and Feng Qing'er told him that Qing Lin had arrived with news about the Western Heaven Battle Emperor.

Xiao Yan learned that the Western Heaven Battle Emperor had been sealed in the Cosmic Void by the Martial Ancestor and decided to collect compensation from the Western Heaven Battle Hall. He arrived at the Battle Hall with Qing Lin, Nalan Yanran, and Yun Yun, where its leaders recognized him as Yan Tianzun.

• Feng Qing'er told Xiao Yan that Qing Lin was in Phoenix City, and he gave Feng Qing'er a Dragon Phoenix Tianzun Pill to secure a slot in the Transformation God Pool.
• Qing Lin reunited with Xiao Yan and explained that Xun Er's Spirit Array disk had helped her discover the Western Heaven Battle Emperor was sealed and exiled by the Martial Ancestor.
• Xiao Yan set out with Qing Lin, Nalan Yanran, and Yun Yun for the Western Heaven Continent to collect interest from the Western Heaven Battle Hall.
• Ling Zhanzi and the other disciples returned to the Battle Hall and reported that the Martial Realm would stop pursuing the matter and that the Battle Emperor's seal would last three years.
• Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Battle Hall through a passage of black flame, and Xiao Yan took the Emperor Seat.
• The Battle Hall's leaders recognized Xiao Yan as Yan Tianzun, and three of the Battle Emperor's disciples fell in fear.