Recaps

Gongsun Liuli left the Sword Clan, reached Jia Nan Academy, and advanced to Dou Zong while Xiao Yan faced the Three Year Agreement and entered the Seventh Alchemist Competition. The arc ended as the competition began and Liuli watched Xiao Yan make his entrance.

• Gongsun Yu chose to give birth, and Shennong the Elder used the Life-Returning Spirit-Transforming Pill to help save her and her daughter, whose seven-colored clan mark declared her the young clan leader.
• Fifteen-year-old Gongsun Liuli, who remembered her past life as Zhang Yu, planned to travel to the Jia Ma Empire and meet Xiao Yan, then received permission from Gongsun Lin to leave for Jia Nan Academy.
• At the Coming-of-Age Ceremony, Gongsun Lan proposed to Liuli, and she received a Tenth-grade Divine Bloodline and a Seven-colored Sword Clan Mark before setting out alone across the Seeking Demon Mountain Range.
• Liuli crossed the mountain range, reached Fengxiao City, and traveled toward the Northwest Region, where she watched Nalan Yanran challenge Xiao Yan to a Three Year Agreement and later revealed herself to Ling Ying as Gongsun Lin’s daughter.
• Gongsun Yu joined Liuli on her journey to Jia Nan Academy, where Liuli enrolled, befriended Zi Yan, and secluded herself in the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Tower.
• After more than two years in seclusion, Liuli broke through to one-star Dou Zong, condensed a Sword Heart, and promised Su Qian she would help the academy if needed.
• Xiao Yan bought a mysterious black stone that revealed a map marking three Heavenly Flames, then traveled to the Seventh Alchemist Competition, where Fa Ma announced the start and Xiao Yan made a dramatic entrance.
• Liuli watched Xiao Yan at the competition and identified herself as another Jia Nan Academy student with a Heavenly Flame, while two grey-robed figures discussed their plan to win and use Poison Root warriors as leverage.

Xiao Yan wins the Alchemist Competition, secures the Spirit Fusion Pill formula, and prepares for the Three Year Agreement while Liuli maneuvers against the Misty Cloud Sect. The arc ends with Wu Ying stealing Old Yao’s ring and continuing his mission against the Xiao Family.

• Gongsun Liuli exposes Wa Ke’s sabotage of the Alchemist Competition, and Xiao Yan survives Wa Ke’s attack with help from Liuli and Yu Gongtian.
• Xiao Yan accepts Liuli’s offer of a pill formula and ingredients in exchange for a future favor, then competes against Yan Li in the Finals.
• Xiao Yan overcomes a soul trial arranged by Liuli and refines the Crimson Firmament Spirit Pill, winning the competition before Yan Li attacks him.
• Liuli wounds Yan Li and Yu Gongtian reveals she has killed his agents, while Xiao Yan absorbs the pill and breaks through to the Da Dou Shi realm.
• Xiao Yan attends the Mittel Family auction with Liuli, who outbids Yun Leng over Chong Li’s bone arms and warns Xiao Yan about the Misty Cloud Sect’s plans.
• Xiao Yan cures Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, receives the Seven-Colored Green Spirit Saliva, and hears that Nalan Yanran plans to leave the Jia Ma Empire after the Three Year Agreement.
• Wu Ying attacks Xiao Yan, severs his finger, and steals the Pitch-black Ring before Hai Bodong drives him away.
• Wu Ying captures Old Yao’s soul and heads toward the Magical Beast Mountain Range, where he defeats the Amethyst Winged Lion King before a pink-haired girl confronts him.

Liuli helped Xiao Yan reach the Three Year Agreement after his father was abducted, while the Soul Hall pursued the Xiao Clan’s Ancient Jade. Xiao Yan fought Nalan Yanran again, then faced Yun Leng and Yun Shan after refusing to accept the Misty Cloud Sect’s punishment.

• Liuli recovered Xiao Yan’s ring from Protector Wu and Elder Mo, then returned to the Jia Ma Empire and helped Xiao Yan recover from his injuries.
• After Xiao Zhan was abducted, Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Family, retaliated against the Ouba and Jia Lie Families, and hurried back toward the Misty Cloud Sect.
• A young Dou Zong pursuing the Ancient Jade attacked Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong, but Gongsun Lin killed him and took Hai Bodong away.
• Liuli delayed the Three Year Agreement, and Xiao Yan fought Nalan Yanran before Liuli healed him and stopped the confrontation.
• Nalan Yanran agreed to a second duel with Xiao Yan, who defeated her but gave her Liuli’s Three Yang Jade Qiong Pill to save her from her injuries.
• Yun Leng attacked Xiao Yan and ordered the Misty Cloud Sect elders to seize him, but Xiao Yan and Hai Bodong fought them off as Nalan Yanran recovered.
• Xiao Yan turned Yun Leng’s Heaven Devouring Palm back on him, but Yun Shan intervened and demanded that Xiao Yan spend two years in the sect’s Confinement Room.
• Xiao Yan refused Yun Shan’s demand and stood with Hai Bodong against the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yan escaped the Misty Cloud Sect with Nalan Yanran, then reached Jia Nan Academy and entered the Inner Academy’s Fire Energy Hunt. There, he fought Gongsun Liuli in a flame contest that ended with his Buddha's Fury Lotus engulfing the battlefield, while Liuli remained alive in the blast area.

• Xiao Yan burned the Letter of Divorce, escaped the Misty Cloud Sect with Nalan Yanran, and agreed to travel with her until they left the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Xun'er in Jia Nan City, defeated Niu Guli in the Inner Academy Selection Tournament, and joined the new students heading for the Inner Academy.
• Xiao Yan led his fellow newcomers in ambushes against senior students during the Fire Energy Hunt, while Gongsun Liuli rescued Yao Han and gave Xiao Yan his Fire Energy points.
• Gongsun Liuli challenged the newcomers, defeated their successive groups, and invited Xiao Yan to face her in a flame-only duel.
• Xiao Yan won the first flame round with his Green Flame Eagle, while Old Yao recognized that Gongsun Liuli had extraordinary Soul Power and might be a Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan used the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and Green Lotus Core Flame to form a Buddha's Fury Lotus, which struck Gongsun Liuli and erupted across the battlefield.
• Xiao Yan feared he had made a mistake as the firestorm swept over the new students, but Old Yao confirmed that Gongsun Liuli was still there and appeared to be in good condition.