Recaps

Xiao Yan led an alliance that destroyed the Misty Cloud Sect, but the battle cost Liuli a dangerous breakthrough and left Xiao Yi Xian overwhelmed by her Calamity Poison Body. After recovering and preparing for the Northwest Region Sect Competition, Xiao Yan and Liuli entered Heavenly Pool to search for Xiao Yi Xian.

• Xiao Yan gathered the Jia Ma Empire’s factions and allies to attack the Misty Cloud Sect, while Yun Shan arranged a rival alliance and ceremony at Yun Lan Peak.
• Xiao Yan’s forces stormed the Misty Cloud Sect, and he killed Yun Shan, but Yun Shenghao ambushed him and gravely wounded him.
• Liuli broke into the Dou Venerate realm to fight Yun Shenghao, then unleashed her other persona and killed him before collapsing.
• Old Yao helped Xiao Yan overcome Han Feng’s intrusion and break through to seven-star Dou Huang, while Liuli recovered from her battle wounds.
• Liuli misunderstood Xiao Yan’s intimacy with Medusa, then learned the truth and agreed to join the Flame Alliance as Xiao Yan prepared for the Sect Competition.
• Xiao Yan and Liuli confronted Xiao Yi Xian in Heavenly Poison City, where she confessed her desire to transform Xiao Yan so they could live together before sinking into Heavenly Pool.
• Xiao Yan and Liuli entered the ink-black Heavenly Pool to search for Xiao Yi Xian, and Liuli lost her nerve in the darkness as Xiao Yan teased her.

Xiao Yan traveled with Liuli and Zi Yan to the Sect Convention, where he won matches and learned that the Spirit Imprisonment Realm held a thousand-year Divine Tree. After the Northwest Region’s factions agreed to explore it together, Hua Ji asked Xiao Yan about Yao Lao and the item he resided in.

• Xiao Yan and Liuli broke through the lakebed barrier, found Xiao Yi Xian beneath a Suspended Coffin, and met a Remnant Soul who returned her, sealed power into Xiao Yan, and sent him toward the Spirit Imprisonment Realm.
• Xiao Yan, Liuli, and Zi Yan traveled to Tian Xing City, where Xiahou Wenxin explained that the Spirit Imprisonment Realm was Qian Ji Pavilion’s sealed spatial world.
• At the Sect Convention, Xiao Yan defeated Xuan Ling Sect’s Huang Yizhong and later beat Yan Qianjun, while Liuli hid her weakening Sword Heart from him.
• Yao Jiangcang and Mo Xiu announced an expedition to the Spirit Imprisonment Realm, whose Divine Tree bore fruit that could help a Peak Dou Zong become a Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yan warned the gathered factions that Qian Ji Pavilion’s Dou Saint might still pose a danger, then demanded more information about the realm.
• Yao Jiangcang revealed that a Dou Venerate puppet guarded the passage, and the factions agreed to join forces to overcome it.
• Hua Ji teased Liuli, then asked Xiao Yan about Yao Lao and the item he resided in, so Xiao Yan invited her to speak privately.

Xiao Yan and Liuli entered the Spirit Imprisonment Realm, where they raided Qian Ji Pavilion and became entangled in the struggle over the Sky-reaching Tree. The arc ended with Xiao Yan helping the outnumbered Yao Family forces while Liuli fought Qiu Gu and threatened to kill his Protectors.

• Xiao Yan discovered the Profound Yellow Flame, but its guardian refused to trade it, until Liuli won the Little Earth Spirit Beast over with Spiritual Liquid and the promise of more.
• Yao Jiangcang opened the Spirit Imprisonment Realm, where Bronze Puppets slaughtered many cultivators before Liuli destroyed them and brought the survivors through the passage.
• Liuli and Xiao Yan looted Qian Ji Pavilion’s outer storehouse, taking valuable pills, Magical Cores, and a Pill Beast for the Flame Alliance.
• Soul Hall attacked Yao Hongwu and Uncle Meng near the Divine Tree, killing Uncle Meng and capturing Yao Hongwu before Yao Jiangcang arrived to challenge Mo Xiu, Shi Tian, and Qiu Gu.
• The Sky-reaching Tree mistook Xiao Yan for its master, and Xiao Yan persuaded its spirit to reserve fruit for him, Liuli, and his disciple.
• Qiu Gu attacked Xiao Yan and Liuli with Corpse Worms, but Liuli fought him with Heavenly Flames and space power while Xiao Yan flew to assist the outnumbered Yao Family forces.
• Qiu Gu formed his Corpse Gu Domain and sent corpse-worm swords at Liuli, who burned them away and struck the Heaven-tier Protector fighting Xiao Yan, threatening to kill Qiu Gu’s Protectors.

Liuli and Xiao Yan survived the Inner Realm’s trials, reunited, and learned that an ancient Outer Realm Evil Clan powerhouse threatened the continent. After Su sacrificed himself to repair the seal, Xiao Yan left to seek medicine, while Liuli encountered Nalan Yanran fleeing a massacre in Zhu City.

• Liuli killed Qiu Gu with Heart Rain’s A Fleeting Bloom, then collapsed from the strain on her Sword Heart.
• Xiao Yan and Liuli recovered beneath the Sacred Tree as Qiu Heng opened the Inner Realm, and Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Zong while Liuli advanced to Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yan and Liuli entered the Wood Kite, where Yao Jiangcang and Mo Xiu died amid the beast horde and the White Phantom named Xiao Yan the true inheritor.
• Yao Chuanqiong demanded Xiao Yan’s Six Seals, but Liuli sent Xiao Yan through a Space Passage and shattered her own Sword Heart to fight Yao Chuanqiong.
• The White Phantom brought Xiao Yan into Liuli’s dream, where Xiao Yan reassured her and they reunited after she feared she had lost him.
• Su revealed the history of the Outer Realm Evil Clan and the damaged seal beneath Qian Ji Pavilion, then merged into Xiao Yan and sacrificed himself to repair it.
• Xiao Yan returned severely injured, then left to seek the Six Yang Fire Marrow Grass while Liuli stayed with Zi Yan and Chi Ling.
• Liuli went to Zhu City for seasonings, sensed a massacre, and recognized Nalan Yanran among the pursued survivors.