Recaps

Xiao Yan uncovered Xiao Xuan’s legacy, restored the Xiao Clan’s prospects, and built the Flame Alliance while preparing to protect his family from the Hun Clan. After reuniting with Xun Er, he helped the Xiao Clan students succeed in the selection and entered the Inner Academy, where he immediately challenged its students.

• Xiao Yan exchanged Yao Ao’s Soul Body for Soul Points, discovered the dangerous Asura Soul Severing Technique, and chose to cultivate it.
• Xiao Yan entered the Gate of Life and Death, witnessed Xiao Xuan’s memories of the Xiao Clan’s defeat, and received the hidden inheritance and instructions to seek two more Strange Flames.
• Xiao Yan refined the Yin-Yang Twin Flame, defeated Protector Wu, and helped Yun Yun close the Misty Cloud Sect as the Xiao Clan prepared to move there.
• Xiao Yan formed the Flame Alliance with the Misty Cloud Sect, the Jia Ma Empire, and the Snake-People Empire, then took control of the local Soul Hall branch as Flame Protector.
• Xiao Yan returned to Jia Nan Academy, reunited with Xun Er, and trained Xiao Ning, Xiao Yu, Xiao Mei, Xiao Meng, and Xiao Yueliang for the Inner Academy selection.
• Xiao Yan won the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill and the third Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame Remnant Map, then defeated his tournament opponents as the Xiao Clan students advanced.
• Xiao Yan helped his companions secure Books Collection Pavilion rewards, took numerous Light Spheres for the Xiao Clan, and obtained Ancient Dragon's Roar from Hun Lao Gui.
• Xiao Yan entered the Inner Academy with the new students and demanded Fire Energy Cards from the students and Elders after one student harassed Xun Er.

Xiao Yan entered the Inner Academy, built Xiao Hall, and defeated veteran students and the Medicine Gang while advancing his cultivation and alchemy. The arc ended with Xiao Yan refining the Earth Spirit Pill as Great Elder Su Qian asked him to help suppress the increasingly unstable Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Yan defeated the Black White Twin Fiends Team, earned Azure and Crimson Fire Energy Cards, and used his rewards to help Xun Er establish Xiao Hall.
• Xiao Yan offered protection to new students who joined Xiao Hall, challenged the factions demanding tribute, and entered the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower with Wu Hao.
• Xiao Yan cultivated on the tower’s sixth floor, enlisted Queen Medusa to help subdue the Fallen Heart Flame, and fought Yao Sheng after he confronted him over the stolen energy.
• Xiao Yan met Zi Yan while training in the forest, learned Ancient Dragon’s Roar from her, and used it to help Xiao Hall defeat Yao Sheng, Bai Cheng, and the veteran students at the Duel Plaza.
• Xiao Yan obtained ingredients for the Earth Spirit Pill, advanced to six-star Dou Ling, and helped Medusa absorb Heart Flame while Zi Yan stole a needed herb from the academy warehouse.
• Xiao Yan launched Xiao Hall’s pill business with Marrow Cleansing Cold Spirit Liquid, then defeated Han Xian in an alchemy contest and absorbed the Medicine Gang into Xiao Hall.
• Xiao Yan advanced to a low-level Rank 6 Alchemist and refined the Earth Spirit Pill with Mao Wu’s help.
• Great Elder Su Qian warned Xiao Yan that the Fallen Heart Flame could destroy the Inner Academy if its seal failed and asked him to help suppress it, while Xiao Yan asked for time to consider.

Xiao Yan won the Strong Ranking Tournament, then fought Ling Quan before Xun Er returned to her clan. As Han Feng attacked the Inner Academy for the Fallen Heart Flame, Xiao Yan defeated him, subdued the flame, and advanced the Flame Mantra to Quasi-Heaven Rank.

• Xiao Yan defeated the Snow Demon Sky Ape with Lin Xiuya, Han Yue, Yan Hao, and the other students, then secretly took the true Earth Core Body Tempering Milk and tempered his body.
• Xiao Yan won his tournament matches and tied with Zi Yan for first place, while Xun Er placed third and gave him the Emperor Seal Technique.
• Xiao Yan used the Heart Flame Source and a Ba Wang Pill to break through to Dou Wang, then confronted Ling Quan when he came to take Xun Er back to the Ancient Clan.
• Xiao Yan defeated Ling Quan with the Yin-Yang Twin Flame, but Elder Tong Xuan took Xun Er through a spatial rift, and Hun Xuzi later offered Xiao Yan cooperation and the Emperor’s Soul Decree.
• Han Feng and his allies attacked the Inner Academy to seize the Fallen Heart Flame, while Xiao Yan and the other students fought them and Xiao Yan defeated Han Feng with a Fire Lotus.
• The Fallen Heart Flame broke free of the Thousand Layer Seal, and Xiao Yan, Medusa, and the elders weakened it until Xiao Yan trapped and refined it into his Soul Collection.
• Xiao Yan refined the Bone Chiling Flame over a month, evolving the Flame Mantra to Quasi-Heaven Rank and reaching peak Five-Star Dou Wang.

Xiao Yan gained Venerable Tian Huo’s allegiance, defeated Han Feng, and strengthened the Flame Alliance while preparing for the Northwest Region’s growing threats. After rescuing Yun Yun from an invasion and advancing Xiao Yi Xian’s power, he reached Youdu City just as Deep Secluded Canyon’s Poison Barrier vanished.

• Xiao Yan discovered Venerable Tian Huo beneath the magma and agreed to restore his soul in exchange for ten years of service and the Five Ring Flame Expelling Technique.
• Xiao Yan refined pills for Jia Nan Academy, then led its forces against Han Feng and the Black Alliance, taking Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame and incorporating Maple City’s factions into the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Jia Ma Empire, reunited with his family, and defeated Nalan Yanran before arranging a trade with Gu He for a Sect Breakthrough Pill and a Transformation Pill.
• Xiao Yan helped Zi Yan use the Transformation Pill to become an Ancient Void Dragon, then arranged for Ya Fei to use Xiao City and the Mittel Auction House to attract alchemists.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the Snake-People Empire’s fortress and helped Yun Yun defeat the invading Dou Emperors, while Xiao Yi Xian absorbed poison and advanced to four-star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan gave Yun Yun two Huangji Pills and left with Zi Yan and Xiao Yi Xian for the Chuyun Empire, intending to confront the Poison Sect.
• Xiao Yan’s group reached Youdu City and learned that Deep Secluded Canyon’s Poison Barrier had vanished completely.