Recaps

Xiao Yuan acquired the Green Lotus Core Flame, rescued Qing Lian from the Mo Clan, and returned to the Imperial Capital with Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong. There he ended his engagement to Nalan Yanran, helped restore Yao Lao’s strength, and reunited with Ya Fei as the Nalan banquet began.

• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan infiltrated Medusa Queen’s temple, where Xiao Yuan threatened to unleash his Yin Yang Dual Flames as Medusa began her evolution with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• After Medusa’s transformation left Xiao Yuan badly injured, she gave him her excess energy and became a seven-colored snake, while Xiao Yuan passed the Green Lotus Core Flame to Xiao Yan and escaped with it.
• Xiao Yuan fought off Gu He’s party with Yun Yun’s help, sealed Medusa’s energy within himself, and broke through to Dou Grandmaster before parting from Yun Yun.
• Xiao Yuan returned to find Xiao Li wounded and Qing Lian abducted, then joined Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong in attacking the Mo Clan and rescuing her from its underground chamber.
• Qing Lian chose to join Heavenly Serpent Mansion to become stronger, while Yun Yun condemned the Mo Clan’s experiments and promised to investigate its ties to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• In the Imperial Capital, Xiao Yuan reunited with Ya Fei, secured medicinal herbs, helped Hai Bodong recover his strength, and visited the Nalan Residence to cure Nalan Jie and dissolve his engagement to Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yuan gave Xiao Yan the Seven Illusions Green Spirit Saliva, which restored much of Yao Lao’s Soul Strength and helped both brothers advance, then promised Ya Fei he would ask his father to propose to the Mittel Family.
• Xiao Yuan absorbed the purified energy from Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison and attended the Nalan banquet with Ya Fei, where Xiao Yan arrived with the Little Princess.

Xiao Yuan helped Xiao Yan win the Alchemist Convention, settled his ties with Ya Fei and Yun Yun, and traveled with his brother through the Black-Region Great Plains. After defeating Fan Lao and acquiring new treasures, the brothers reached Jia Nan Academy and Xiao Yuan intervened when youths threatened Xiao Ning over Xun Er.

• Xiao Yuan defeated Mu Zhan at the banquet, then sparred with Jia Xingtian and showed his strength before Hai Bodong took him and Xiao Yan home.
• Xiao Yan won the Alchemist Convention with Yao Lao’s guidance and Xiao Yuan’s help, while Xiao Yuan killed the gray-robed contestant who had threatened the brothers.
• Xiao Zhan joined his sons in the Imperial Capital, and the family celebrated Xiao Yan’s victory and Xiao Yuan’s arranged engagement to Ya Fei.
• Xiao Yuan visited Yun Yun at the Misty Cloud Sect, promised to return after studying at Jia Nan Academy, and parted from her with a promise to overcome what separated them.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan traveled through the Black-Region Great Plains, learned of Han Feng and the Soul Hall, and reached Black Seal City for its auction.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan bought and sold goods at the auction, then pursued the Blood Sect after Fan Ling stole the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill from Elder Qing.
• Xiao Yuan saved Elder Qing and defeated Fan Lao, while Xiao Yan recovered the Thunder Bat Sky Wings and Three Thousand Lightning Movement from Fan Ling.
• Xiao Yuan swallowed the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill, and the brothers reached Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Yuan froze youths who were harassing Xiao Ning for information about Xun Er.

Xiao Yuan led his companions through the academy competition and into the Inner Academy, where he took on veteran factions exploiting new students and formed the Lion Heart Society. After cultivating in the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda and breaking through to Dou Ling, he returned to find the White Gang had come to confront him.

• Xiao Yuan helped Xiao Yan, Xun Er, and Xiao Yu win places among the top five, then brought Qing Ning to Jia Nan Academy and entrusted her care to Mentor Ruo Lin.
• Xiao Yuan and his companions entered the Inner Academy and defeated the Black and White Fiends, earning Azure Fire Crystal Cards and a shared pavilion.
• Xiao Yuan defended the new students from older students demanding Tribute Fees, then defeated Green Mountain and named the new faction the Lion Heart Society.
• Xiao Yuan and the freshmen took Fire Energy from the White Gang and Medicine Gang, while Han Yue considered cooperating with the Lion Heart Society.
• Xiao Yuan restored the freshmen’s Fire Energy and helped them withstand the Heart Flame in the Heavenly Flame Training Pagoda, where he saw an enormous invisible fire python near the abyss.
• Xiao Yuan cultivated for five days, reached the Dou Ling level, and returned to find the Lion Heart Society organized and the White Gang approaching.

Xiao Yuan strengthened the Lion Heart Society, advanced through dangerous battles and cultivation, and helped Xiao Yan prepare for the Inner Academy’s coming crisis. The arc ended with Ling Quan arriving to take Xun Er away, and Xiao Yuan stepping in after Ling Quan attacked Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yuan defeated Bai Cheng, took his Fire Energy, and helped Xiao Yan establish the Lion Heart Society’s pill business with Han Yue.
• Han Xian’s Medicine Gang backed attacks on the Society, but Xiao Yuan defeated Yao Sheng and Lei Na, froze Han Xian, and took the gang’s Fire Energy before Elder Su banned private fights.
• Xiao Yuan and Xiao Yan cultivated in a storm, where Xiao Yuan strengthened the Demon Thunder Mirror, reached five-star Dou Ling, and learned Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Yuan helped Han Yue’s group battle the Snow Demon Sky Ape, killed it with the Nine Tribulation Demon Thunder Spear, and shared the recovered Earth Core Body Tempering Fluid with the survivors.
• Xiao Yuan reached nine-star Dou Ling after two months of cultivation, met Zi Yan, and awakened Medusa by feeding essence blood to the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Xiao Yuan advanced to Dou Wang with Su Qian’s help, then joined Zi Yan in defeating the Human-Faced Snake and claimed the Yin Yang Water-Fire Lotus and its Soul Nourishing Pearl.
• Xiao Yuan reached three-star Dou Wang, gave the Soul Nourishing Pearl to Yao Lao, and comforted Xiao Yan after Xiao Yan won the Strong Ranking Tournament.
• Ling Quan arrived with the Black Annihilation Army to escort Xun Er away, and Xiao Yuan knocked Ling Quan back when he charged at Xiao Yan.