Recaps

Xiao Xuan left the Xiao Realm to seek power and experience, gaining inheritances, allies, and a breakthrough to Four-Star Dou Saint. He returned to the Central Plains and supported Dan Chengzi’s decision to keep the Dan Tower independent of the Emperor Clans.

• Xiao Xuan studied the clan’s techniques, encouraged controlled competition for the Patriarch position, and represented the Xiao Clan at the inter-clan martial festival.
• Xiao Xuan traveled alone, won the Ice Spirit Cold Saliva and Bodhi Pill at auction, killed the Masked Demon Sect ambushers, and trained until he reached five-star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Xuan joined Tang Xiao and Dan Chengzi at the Beast Ruins, gained the Yin Yang Saint’s inheritance, and advanced to Nine-Turn Dou Zun and the Heavenly Realm.
• Xiao Xuan gave Dan Chengzi a cultivation method and Tang Xiao the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, then traveled to the Bodhi Ancient Tree and helped it dispel the Dou Emperor’s resentment.
• Xiao Xuan survived the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s trial and emerged as a Four-Star Dou Saint before returning to the Xiao Realm and reuniting with Xiao Feng, Gu Qin, and Xiao Ruoruo.
• Xiao Xuan spent six years cultivating, traveled with Xiao Ruo, and met Nangong Ling'er, who joined their journey to Shengdan City.
• Xiao Xuan met the ancient-clan leaders at the Little Dan Tower and backed Dan Chengzi when he refused their offers to bring the Dan Tower under their clans.
• Xiao Xuan warned Dan Chengzi to be cautious of Hun Tiandi, while Dan Chengzi said advancing beyond one-star Dou Saint could take centuries.

Xiao Xuan tried to preserve the Xiao Clan through reincarnation and sought to master the Plane Embryo, but its backlash trapped his Primordial Spirit in another world. Reborn with amnesia as a disabled child at Qingyun, he studied and cultivated for years before returning from seclusion to learn of the war and Zhang Xiaofan’s departure to Ghost King.

• Xiao Xuan rescued Feng Yu from Nether Town, absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame, and later married Nangong Ling'er before confronting Hun Shengtian and warning the Xiao Clan that its declining bloodline threatened its survival.
• Xiao Xuan hid Xiao Clan infants across the continent, learned the history of the Plane Embryo, and joined the Emperor Clans in destroying the Tunling Clan, then pursued Samsara beneath the Black Sacred Tree.
• Xiao Xuan brought the Samsara Ancient Tree into the Xiao Realm, arranged for dying elders to reincarnate, and sent Xiao Wu to contemplate beneath the tree as Hun Tiandi pursued the Ancient Emperor Jade.
• After Xiao Xuan was suppressed while trying to refine the Plane Embryo, he sent Xiao Clan elders to reincarnate, assigned Xiao Wu to manage clan affairs, and arranged protection for the elders’ descendants.
• The Plane Embryo trapped Xiao Xuan’s Primordial Spirit in the Five Elements Illusory World, where he was reborn as an amnesiac child named Xiao Xuan and taken in by Tian Buyi and Su Ru at Dazhu Peak.
• Xiao Xuan studied Qingyun’s scriptures, cultivated Taiji Xuanqing Dao, and traveled alone through the Northern Plains, where a mysterious voice helped him begin tempering his Divine Soul.
• Xiao Xuan joined the conflict at Liupo Mountain, advised the Orthodox factions to withdraw rather than challenge Ghost King’s capture of the Kui Ox, and returned to Qingyun before entering seclusion in Huanyue Cave Abode.
• After seven years, Xiao Xuan emerged at Peak Shangqing and learned that Zhang Xiaofan had joined Ghost King following the war, then urged Daoxuan to confront the Zhuxian Evil Power and gave him an ancient scroll.

Xiao Xuan strengthened his power, guided the Xiao Clan and its allies, and helped Xiao Yan advance while preparing for the conflict over the Ancient Jades. He then sent his consciousness across other worlds, returning from a martial-arts life before entering a new war against the Spirit Race.

• Xiao Xuan returned to the Jia Ma Empire, protected Qing Lin and Xiao Yan’s family, and arranged for Qing Lin and the girl with the Woeful Poison Body to be trained by Feng Yu.
• Xiao Xuan helped Nalan Yanran and Yun Yun enter Tianque, then spent three years cultivating while they rose in rank.
• Xiao Xuan removed the Heavenly Tomb Soul, absorbed its power, and later let Hun Tiandi gather the Ancient Jades to draw out the Ancient Emperor Cave Abode.
• Xiao Yan refined the Fallen Heart Flame and advanced to Dou Wang, while Gu Yuan sought the Xiao Clan’s support against the Hun Clan.
• Xiao Xuan accompanied Xiao Yan’s group to the Space Exchange Fair, traded for rare treasures, and arranged Yao Chen’s revival with a powerful Xiao Clan corpse.
• Xiao Wu brought Yao Chen to the Xiao Realm, where Xiao Xuan’s phantom explained his plan for Hun Tiandi and the Ancient Jades.
• Xiao Xuan lived for years as a martial artist on Black Wood Cliff, taught Ren Yingying and Qu Feiyan, advised Yue Buqun, and later returned to his true body with a stronger Divine Soul.
• Xiao Xuan joined Lu Yan at the southern front, where Zhu Rong threatened the city and Lu Yan ordered the soldiers to charge.

Xiao Xuan reunited with his original self and gave Xiao Yan the Heavenly Flames before beginning another incarnation as Qin Hao. Qin Hao grew into a formidable cultivator, reunited with Shi Hao, and witnessed the Lower Realm’s great calamity begin.

• Xiao Xuan returned to the Dou Qi Continent, merged with his Primordial Spirit clone, and gave Xiao Yan his Life Flame and other Heavenly Flames before sending him to the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Xuan’s incarnation was born as Qin Hao, trained at Mount Eternal, and traveled to Heaven Mending Pavilion, where he joined the Ancient Saint Academy.
• Qin Hao mastered the Heaven Mending Technique, opened ten Cave Heavens, and perfected the Spirit Transformation Realm before leaving the academy.
• Qin Hao reunited with Shi Hao, exchanged techniques with him, and was welcomed by the people of Shi Village.
• Shi Hao defeated Shi Yi in the Void God Realm, while Qin Hao killed an old woman who had attacked Shi Hao and later blocked a divine-flame man’s strike.
• Qin Hao returned to Heaven Mending Pavilion, accepted the position of Young Pavilion Master on the condition it remain secret, and cultivated to the limit of the Inscription Realm.
• The Gate of the Firmament exploded, Order Divine Chains seized Venerables across the Lower Realm, and Qin Hao began comprehending the laws behind the calamity.