Recaps

Xiao Yan brought Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy, where Xiao Xun'er asked to speak privately with Xiao Yi Xian. While waiting, Xiao Yan encountered Han Xian, whose excited greeting drew a crowd eager to see the famous alchemist.

• Xiao Yan arrived at Xiao Xun'er's courtyard with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, and Ling Ying welcomed him after recognizing him.
• Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yi Xian agreed to talk alone, leaving Xiao Yan outside to wait while he went for a walk.
• Xiao Yan wandered through the Inner Academy Plaza, anxious about how the conversation between the two women might end.
• Han Xian recognized Xiao Yan and credited his earlier alchemy lesson with helping him become a Fifth-Rank Alchemist.
• Students gathered around Xiao Yan after recognizing his Flame Mask and speculating about his alchemy rank and abilities.

Xiao Yan invited Han Xian to join the Tian Shu Alliance as an elder of its planned Pill Hall, then learned Xiao Xun'er accepted his relationship with Xiao Yi Xian but needed time alone. With Xiao Xun'er’s future freedom in mind, Xiao Yan decided to pursue the Yin-Yang Dual Flame and asked Yao Tianhuo if he wanted to be revived.

• Han Xian thanked Xiao Yan for helping him become a Fifth-Rank Alchemist, and Xiao Yan offered him an elder position in the Tian Shu Alliance’s planned Pill Hall after graduation.
• Xiao Yan returned to the courtyard and found Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Xun'er leaving; Xiao Xun'er said she knew about his relationship with Xiao Yi Xian and asked to be alone for a while.
• Xiao Xun'er accepted Xiao Yan’s Storage Ring and urged him not to let Xiao Yi Xian down, while Xiao Yan promised to oppose the Ancient Clan restricting her freedom.
• Xiao Yan concluded he needed strength enough to withstand a Semi-Saint and resolved to subdue the Yin-Yang Dual Flame, but first wanted to leave the Tian Shu Alliance a powerful fighting force.
• Xiao Yan sent a voice transmission to Yao Tianhuo and asked whether he wanted to be revived.

Xiao Yan offered to resurrect Yao Tianhuo, who eagerly agreed to help him afterward. Xiao Yi Xian recalled Xiao Xun'er’s surprising acceptance of her relationship with Xiao Yan, then joined him on the way to Yan City, where Zi Yan appeared and asked for help defeating a white magical beast.

• Xiao Yan offered to resurrect Yao Tianhuo, and Yao Tianhuo agreed to follow his arrangements after being revived.
• Xiao Yi Xian recalled how Xiao Xun'er welcomed her as Xiao Yan’s partner and asked her to satisfy him while Xiao Xun'er waited until she became a Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian to return to the small courtyard in Yan City while he went to the Vientiane Auction House for medicinal ingredients.
• Zi Yan appeared and asked Xiao Yan to help her defeat a big white monkey blocking her path to something valuable.
• Xiao Yan recognized the beast as a likely Snow Demon Sky Ape and recalled the Earth Core Tempering Milk.

Xiao Yan sought Earth Core Tempering Milk to improve his chances of advancing to Dou Venerate, and used his Myriad Beast talent to make the Snow Demon Sky Ape lead him to it. He collected the treasure while leaving some behind to regenerate, and anticipated Shi Tian’s return with the Beast Flame needed to refine a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill.

• Xiao Yan agreed to help Zi Yan confront the Snow Demon Sky Ape after learning that Earth Core Tempering Milk could improve his chances of breaking through to Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yan used his Myriad Beast talent to command the Snow Demon Sky Ape, who led Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian into a hidden cave passage.
• Xiao Yan followed the earth’s power through an underground world to a stalactite holding Earth Core Tempering Milk.
• Yao Lao identified the liquid inside the stalactite and said it could strengthen the pill formula he was preparing for Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan collected most of the Earth Core Tempering Milk, left some behind to form again, and looked forward to Shi Tian returning with the Beast Flame.

Xiao Yan collected diluted Earth Core Tempering Milk for Zi Yan and gave the Snow Demon Sky Ape an Ice Marrow Fruit, leading the ape to become Zi Yan’s little brother. In Yan City, Xiao Yan began seeking rare ingredients for pills to revive Venerable Skyfire and considered asking the Ancient Clan for a Saint Bone to revive Yao Lao.

• Zi Yan took all the diluted Earth Core Tempering Milk after Xiao Yan refused to give her the real supply, which he needed for pill refining.
• Xiao Yan gave the Snow Demon Sky Ape an Ice Marrow Fruit, greatly increasing its strength, but refused to take it as his mount.
• Zi Yan invited the Snow Demon Sky Ape to follow her as her little brother, and it agreed.
• Xiao Yan left Zi Yan and the Snow Demon Sky Ape with Xiao Yi Xian in Yan City, then asked Hai Bodong to find ingredients for two revival pills.
• Hai Bodong reported that the auction house lacked several key ingredients, so Xiao Yan offered a reasonable request to anyone who brought him a Soul-Returning Demon Fruit.
• Xiao Yan considered asking the Ancient Clan for a Saint Bone in exchange for the Tou She Ancient God Jade so Yao Lao could be revived as a Saint.

Xiao Yan offered a request in exchange for a Soul-Returning Demon Fruit, and Master Yao asked for the Thousand Medicine Workshop to join the Tian Shu Alliance. Xiao Yan accepted the deal and turned his thoughts to finding the magical beast essence blood needed to revive Venerable Skyfire.

• The Vientiane Auction House announced Xiao Yan's bounty for a Soul-Returning Demon Fruit, and Xiao Yan spent the following days cultivating and sparring with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Hai Bodong brought Mo Tianxing to Tian Shu Hall, where Mo Tianxing revealed that the Thousand Medicine Workshop had found a Soul-Returning Demon Fruit.
• Master Yao met Xiao Yan and requested that the Thousand Medicine Workshop join the Tian Shu Alliance in exchange for the fruit.
• Xiao Yan accepted Master Yao's request and told her to hand over the Soul-Returning Demon Fruit.
• Xiao Yan wondered which magical beast's essence blood to use to revive Venerable Skyfire.

Xiao Yan received the Soul-Returning Demon Fruit, accepted Beast Flames from Mo Tianxing, and discussed the Tian Shu Alliance’s future expansion. He refined the Yin-Yang Life-Soul Pill for Venerable Skyfire and considered obtaining Tier 8 Magical Beast essence blood from the Fire Lizards beneath Jia Nan Academy.

• Master Yao gave Xiao Yan the Soul-Returning Demon Fruit, and he accepted Thousand Medicine Workshop into the Tian Shu Alliance.
• Mo Tianxing presented Xiao Yan with Seventh-Rank and Sixth-Rank Beast Flames, and Xiao Yan told him to prepare the Black Emperor Sect for the alliance’s expansion into the Northwest Continent.
• Xiao Yan returned to his courtyard and began refining the Yin-Yang Life-Soul Pill with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan completed the pill, while the Earth Demon Puppet endured its Pill Lightning and absorbed its power.
• Xiao Yan considered using Tier 8 Magical Beast essence blood for Venerable Skyfire’s resurrection and recalled the Dou Venerate-level Fire Lizards beneath Jia Nan Academy.

Xiao Yan persuaded Yao Lao to let him enter the underground Magma World despite the danger posed by a Semi-Saint Fire Lizard. After arranging for Jia Nan Academy’s students to evacuate, he descended into the magma and discovered that the Semi-Saint Fire Lizard had been guarding the depths all along.

• Xiao Yan convinced Yao Lao that his spatial concealment and the Yin-Yang Profound Dragon Pill gave him enough protection to enter the Magma World.
• Xiao Yan left Xiao Yi Xian a note and told Su Qian that his trip beneath the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower might cause disturbances.
• Su Qian evacuated the students, and Xiao Yan explained the reason and gave pills to those whose cultivation had been interrupted.
• Xiao Yan entered the Magma World under a Spatial Barrier and passed lower-level Fire Lizards without attacking them.
• Xiao Yan sensed a high-level Fire Lizard, and Yao Lao recognized its aura as the Semi-Saint Fire Lizard that had remained there since their previous encounter.

Xiao Yan avoided a Semi-Saint Fire Lizard and discovered that Fallen Heart Flame could combine the power of his other Heavenly Flames for a coordinated strike. Fallen Heart Flame killed a powerful Dou Venerate Fire Lizard, and Xiao Yan collected its body before the Semi-Saint arrived, completing the materials he needed for resurrection.

• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan to flee from the Semi-Saint Fire Lizard, and Xiao Yan decided to return after growing stronger.
• Xiao Yan traveled farther through the Magma World and chose a Dou Venerate Fire Lizard as his target.
• Xiao Yan learned that Fallen Heart Flame could gather the other Heavenly Flames' power if he ordered them to obey it.
• Fallen Heart Flame compressed the gathered flames into a fireline that pierced and killed the Dou Venerate Fire Lizard.
• Xiao Yan retrieved the Fire Lizard's body and Fallen Heart Flame inside the Spatial Barrier as the Semi-Saint Fire Lizard arrived and roared.

After returning from the Magma World with a Dou Venerate Fire Lizard’s remains, Xiao Yan prepared to refine a body for Venerable Skyfire while Xiao Yi Xian guarded him. Yao Lao and Xiao Yi Xian watched as Xiao Yan began the resurrection process.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower after Fallen Heart Flame killed a Dou Venerate Fire Lizard, and he praised the flame for its success.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Tianhuo that he would help resurrect him, then left the tower and returned to Yan City.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Yi Xian waiting in the courtyard and asked her to guard him while he refined a body for Venerable Skyfire.
• Xiao Yan introduced Venerable Skyfire to Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Lao emerged to observe the body-refining method.
• Xiao Yan set out Venerable Skyfire’s Dou Venerate skeleton, the Fire Lizard’s essence blood, and the Yin-Yang Life-Soul Pill, then summoned his Heavenly Flames.

Xiao Yan refined a new body for Venerable Skyfire and helped him fuse with it, restoring him as a four-star Dou Venerate. Venerable Skyfire pledged his service to Xiao Yan and became the fifth elder of the Tian Shu Alliance, just as a visitor from the Lion Underworld Sect requested an audience.

• Xiao Yan used the Dou Venerate Fire Lizard's essence blood and his Fusion Heavenly Flame to grow a complete body from Venerable Skyfire's skeleton.
• Xiao Yan guided Venerable Skyfire to swallow the Yin-Yang Life-Soul Pill and endure the Heavenly Flames as his soul fused with the body.
• Venerable Skyfire completed the fusion and reached the four-star Dou Venerate level.
• Yao Tianhuo thanked Xiao Yan and pledged to serve him, and Xiao Yan appointed him the fifth elder of the Tian Shu Alliance.
• A Vientiane Auction House staff member told Xiao Yan that Sect Master Shi Tian of the Lion Underworld Sect had requested an audience.

Xiao Yan received precious beast flames and other gifts from Shi Tian, then agreed to guide the Lion Underworld Sect’s alchemists after he finished refining a Tier 8 medicinal pill. Shi Tian left to fetch them, while Xiao Yan prepared to begin the refinement and pursue the Yin-Yang Dual Flame.

• Hai Bodong hosted Shi Tian, who noticed Hai Bodong’s rapid cultivation progress and discussed the Tian Shu Alliance’s strength.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived through a spatial crack with Yao Tianhuo, whose status as the alliance’s fifth elder surprised Shi Tian.
• Shi Tian gave Xiao Yan storage rings containing valuable beast flames and fire-attributed treasures, including three Tier 8 beast flames.
• Xiao Yan agreed to guide the Lion Underworld Sect’s alchemists after refining his Tier 8 medicinal pill, and Shi Tian left to bring them over.
• Xiao Yan prepared to refine the pill and planned to acquire the Yin-Yang Dual Flame afterward.

Xiao Yan brought Venerable Skyfire to the Tian Shu Alliance and arranged for Yao Ye to help Xiao Ding manage its affairs. He then returned to his courtyard and began preparing a pill with Yao Lao, leaving the story at the start of refining.

• Xiao Yan introduced Venerable Skyfire to Xiao Ding and welcomed him as an elder of the Tian Shu Alliance.
• Xiao Yan proposed that Yao Ye assist Xiao Ding, and Xiao Ding agreed to ask Jia Lao to approve her transfer.
• Xiao Yan returned to his courtyard with Xiao Yi Xian to refine a medicinal pill, while she guarded the area.
• Xiao Yan gave Yao Lao an Emperor Rank soul cultivation method and worked with him to improve and finalize the pill prescription.
• Xiao Yan gathered the Beast Flames, fire-attributed Medicinal Herbs, and Earth Core Tempering Milk, then fused his Heavenly Flames with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame in the lead.

Xiao Yan refined a Tier 8 pill using Beast Flame as its energy source, and the pill drew Four-Colored Pill Lightning before taking shape. Its appearance convinced spies in Yan City that the Eighth-Rank Alchemist was connected to the Tian Shu Alliance, while Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to give the pill to Yan'er so he could break through to Dou Venerate.

• Xiao Yan used his Fusion Heavenly Flame to suppress and compress the Beast Flames, then refined medicinal herbs and Earth Core Tempering Milk into layers around their energy.
• Xiao Yan added a drop of blood imbued with his Myriad Beast talent, completed the pill, and watched Four-Colored Pill Lightning gather without the purple clouds appearing.
• Xiao Yan sent the Earth Demon Puppet to block the lightning, further strengthening it as spies across Yan City suspected the Eighth-Rank Alchemist belonged to or supported the Tian Shu Alliance.
• Xiao Yan caught and suppressed the completed pill, and Yao Lao told him to let Yan'er take it and break through to Dou Venerate.

Xiao Yan swallowed the Myriad Beast Fire Pill and drew on his seven Heavenly Flames to absorb an immense amount of fire-attributed energy. He broke through from the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zong to Dou Venerate as seven flame phenomena appeared above Yan City.

• Xiao Yan named the pill the Myriad Beast Fire Pill, swallowed it, and began refining its energy with the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan’s aura climbed to the peak of Nine-Star Dou Zong, then stopped as he stabilized his realm.
• Xiao Yan summoned the seven Heavenly Flames, which unleashed the pill’s energy and strained his body as his aura surged.
• The seven Heavenly Flames manifested as enormous phenomena above Yan City and drew fire-attributed energy from across the Black-Corner Region and neighboring nations.
• The Earth Fire Lotus Platform channeled the gathered energy into Xiao Yan, and an earth force helped him absorb it.
• Xiao Yan shattered the barrier between Dou Zong and Dou Venerate and completed his breakthrough.

Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Venerate with the help of his Heavenly Flames and discussed his new strength and plans with Yao Lao and Xiao Yi Xian. Outside, factions changed their stance toward the Tian Shu Alliance after attributing the breakthrough phenomenon to Venerable Skyfire, while Xiao Yan prepared to gather supplies and guide the alliance’s Alchemists before setting out for the Yin-Yang Dual Flame.

• Xiao Yan explained that his Heavenly Flames had absorbed the pill’s energy to stabilize his breakthrough, and he described his improved Dou Qi and spatial control to Yao Lao and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yao Lao urged Xiao Yan to obtain the Yin-Yang Dual Flame, and Xiao Yan agreed to rest before setting out with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Factions across the Northwest Continent changed their attitude toward the Tian Shu Alliance after believing Venerable Skyfire had emerged as a veteran four-star Dou Venerate.
• Yao Tianhuo brought Yao Ye to Yan City and accepted Xiao Yan’s assignment to construct a spatial passage between the Jia Ma Empire and Yan City.
• Xiao Yan obtained medicinal ingredients from Hai Bodong and planned to refine pills while holding an exchange gathering to guide Shi Tian and the alliance’s Alchemists.

Xiao Yan hosted an alchemy exchange meeting, demonstrated his skill by refining several Tier 6 pills, and instructed Shi Yan and Gu He before preparing to leave for the Yin-Yang Dual Flame. When he returned to his courtyard, someone concealed inside his bedroom surprised him with a familiar declaration.

• Xiao Yan opened the exchange meeting and began refining pills while the assembled Alchemists watched.
• Xiao Yan rapidly produced several Tier 6 Medicinal Pills, including pills intended for his journey and for the Tian Shu Alliance.
• Xiao Yan ended the alchemy demonstration and gave Shi Yan and Gu He guidance on refining Tier 7 Medicinal Pills.
• Xiao Yan handed the meeting over to Gu He and returned to his courtyard, planning to depart for the Yin-Yang Dual Flame the next day.
• A hidden figure grabbed Xiao Yan from behind in the bedroom and said, "Little man, this King is done for."

Xiao Yan reunited with Medusa, Qing Lin, Zi Yan, and Xiao Yi Xian after returning. As he welcomed Qing Lin's new confidence, Xiao Yi Xian reminded him not to hurt Xun Er again, and Xiao Yan resolved to help her retrieve the Tou She Ancient God Jade for the Ancient Clan.

• Xiao Yan recognized Medusa, reunited with her, and learned that Qing Lin had advanced to Dou Wang while Xiao Yi Xian had arranged their private meeting.
• Xiao Yan and Medusa spent the night together, and he defeated her in their contest.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Yi Xian, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin in the courtyard, and Zi Yan asked him for pills.
• Xiao Yan greeted Qing Lin warmly, and she showed more confidence while holding his arm.
• Xiao Yi Xian cautioned Xiao Yan not to make Xun Er sad again, and Xiao Yan resolved to help her return the Tou She Ancient God Jade to the Ancient Clan.

Xiao Yan went to Jia Nan Academy to meet Xiao Xun'er and reveal the Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment he wanted to trade with the Ancient Clan for cultivation resources. Xiao Xun'er learned of his alchemy achievements and reacted in shock when he showed her the fragment.

• Xiao Yan left Xiao Yi Xian in charge of Yan City and traveled through a spatial rift to Jia Nan Academy.
• Bai Lie and Qian Mo sensed that Xiao Yan had grown stronger, while Ling Ying let him enter Xiao Xun'er's courtyard.
• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yan she had missed him, then was delighted to learn he had refined an eighth-tier four-color medicinal pill alone.
• Xiao Yan hugged Xiao Xun'er and said he had an important matter to discuss.
• Xiao Yan showed Xiao Xun'er the Emperor Jade Fragment, and she gasped in shock.

Xiao Yan gave Xiao Xun'er the Tou She Ancient God Jade fragment and helped her summon her father, Gu Yuan, rather than return to the Ancient Clan alone. Gu Yuan arrived, and after pressuring Xiao Yan over Xiao Xun'er's sadness, he apologized when she explained the reason.

• Xiao Yan revealed that he knew Xiao Xun'er had come from the Ancient Clan to seek the Ancient Jade, and she anxiously assured him that she had stopped pursuing it.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Xun'er that he valued her more than the jade and placed the fragment in her hands.
• Xiao Xun'er explained that returning the jade to the Ancient Clan could keep her away from Xiao Yan for years, so Xiao Yan suggested she use her token to summon Gu Yuan.
• Xiao Xun'er sent Gu Yuan a message through the token, and Gu Yuan appeared moments later.
• Gu Yuan noticed Xiao Xun'er's sadness and directed his displeasure at Xiao Yan, but Xiao Xun'er defended him and explained she was sad about returning to the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Yuan understood and apologized to Xiao Yan for reacting too quickly.

Xiao Yan told Gu Yuan that he had reached One-Star Dou Venerate before the age of twenty, astonishing him with his talent despite lacking an Emperor Clan’s resources and bloodline. Xiao Yan revealed his Flame Control Technique and introduced his teacher, Yao Chen, whose surviving soul surprised Gu Yuan with its strength and potential as a Ninth-Rank Alchemist.

• Xiao Yan told Gu Yuan he had recently reached One-Star Dou Venerate, and Gu Yuan realized he had achieved it in less than fifteen years of cultivation.
• Gu Yuan compared Xiao Yan’s circumstances and talent with Xiao Xuan’s, then judged that Xiao Yan was worthy of Xiao Xun'er despite the difficulty of reaching Dou Saint without a Dou God Bloodline.
• Xiao Yan displayed his Fallen Heart Flame and Flame Control Technique when Gu Yuan asked about his other abilities.
• Xiao Yan named Yao Chen as his teacher, and Gu Yuan recognized him as the Yao Clan outcast who had won the Alchemist Conference and was believed dead.
• Xiao Yan brought Yao Lao’s Soul Body out of the Bone Flame Ring, and Gu Yuan observed that his soul had reached Peak Spirit Realm and showed potential as a Ninth-Rank Alchemist.

Xiao Yan demonstrated his alchemy skill to Gu Yuan by rapidly refining an Imperial Extreme Pill barehandedly. He revealed that he had independently refined an Eight-Rank Four-Color pill and had reached Eight-Rank Five-Color with Yao Lao’s assistance, greatly raising Gu Yuan’s estimation of him.

• Xiao Xun'er urged Xiao Yan to reveal his specialty, and Gu Yuan listened in with curiosity.
• Xiao Yan took out Imperial Extreme Pill herbs and refined them barehandedly with the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Gu Yuan recognized that Xiao Yan’s speed and control exceeded what a seventh-rank alchemist could manage.
• Xiao Yan completed a high-tier tier 6 Imperial Extreme Pill, which he said he had refined to the peak of the sixth grade.
• Gu Yuan asked about Xiao Yan’s highest alchemy achievement, and Xiao Yan said he had refined Eight-Rank Five-Color with Yao Lao’s help and Eight-Rank Four-Color on his own.

Gu Yuan approved of Xiao Yan’s cultivation and alchemy talent, accepted him as Xiao Xun’er’s prospective husband, and granted him three years to prove himself before the Ancient Clan came to take her back. After claiming the Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment, Gu Yuan offered Xiao Yan compensation, leaving Xiao Yan ready to make a request.

• Gu Yuan recognized Xiao Yan as an Eight-Rank Four-Color Alchemist and told him to call him Uncle.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun’er clasped hands as Gu Yuan approved of their relationship.
• Gu Yuan promised Xiao Yan three years before the Ancient Clan sent people to take Xiao Xun’er back, and urged him to become strong enough to win the clan’s recognition.
• Xiao Yan resolved to grow stronger and thought critically about Gu Yuan’s influence over the Ancient Clan.
• Gu Yuan confirmed that Xiao Xun’er’s Tou She Ancient God Jade Fragment was genuine, took it, and offered Xiao Yan compensation because he had given it to her.

Xiao Yan openly admitted that he had traded the Ancient Jade Fragment partly to obtain resources from the Ancient Clan, and Gu Yuan agreed to provide him with a Dou Saint Skeleton and five portions of Ninth-Rank Magical Beast Blood Essence. Xiao Yan accepted the arrangement and urged Gu Yuan to keep the jade fragment on his person.

• Xiao Yan admitted to Gu Yuan that he had hoped to obtain resources from the Ancient Clan by giving Xun Er the Ancient Jade.
• Xiao Yan requested a Dou Saint Skeleton, a Ninth-Rank Magical Beast Beast Flame, and two portions of Ninth-Rank Magical Beast Blood Essence.
• Gu Yuan explained that the Ancient Clan could not readily provide Ninth-Rank Beast Flames, then offered five portions of Ninth-Rank Magical Beast Blood Essence instead.
• Xiao Yan chose to keep the Dou Saint Skeleton in his requests because he intended to use it to revive Yao Lao.
• Gu Yuan agreed to deliver the resources within two to six months, and Xiao Yan asked him to keep the Ancient Jade Fragment on his person.

Xiao Yan warned Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan might be seeking the Ancient Jades and could infiltrate the Ancient Clan to steal its fragment. Gu Yuan decided to keep the Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade himself and gave Xiao Yan a protective token, leaving Xiao Yan eager to use it to pursue resources and grow stronger.

• Xiao Yan told Gu Yuan that the Soul Clan was targeting the Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade and might use spies or coercion to gather all the Ancient Jades.
• Gu Yuan considered the possibility of a spy reaching the Ancient Clan's Ancient Jade in the ancestral hall and realized Xiao Yan's warning had merit.
• Gu Yuan decided to keep the Xiao Clan's Ancient Jade on his person and spread the news that the Soul Clan would have to defeat him to collect every fragment.
• Gu Yuan gave Xiao Yan a token that could protect him from danger and let him send important messages to Gu Yuan.
• Xiao Yan realized the token would let him safely venture into the underground Magma World and planned how to use the next three years to gather resources, advance, and revive Yao Lao.