Recaps

Xiao Yan sent Venerable Skyfire to the Star Meteor Pavilion with a letter for Venerable Wind. Feng Xian read the letter, whose contents were not revealed before the chapter ended.

• Xiao Yan left Xiao Yi Xian to protect their teacher and returned to the Tian Shu Alliance's main hall in Yan City.
• Xiao Yan gave Venerable Skyfire a letter for Venerable Wind of the Star Meteor Pavilion.
• Venerable Skyfire reached the Heavenly Star Mountains and revealed his Four-Star Dou Venerate aura to attract the pavilion's attention.
• Feng Xian sent Mu Qingluan to invite Venerable Skyfire inside, then received him at the Star Meteor Pavilion.
• Venerable Skyfire explained that he had come on behalf of the Tian Shu Alliance, and Feng Xian opened Xiao Yan's letter.

Feng Xian rushed to the Tian Shu Alliance after receiving news about Yao Chen, where Xiao Yan told him that Yao Chen’s soul had recovered and that he had prepared a body for his resurrection. With Yao Chen merging with the body and expected to wake soon, Xiao Yan invited Feng Xian to the Northwest Continent for their reunion.

• Feng Xian read Yao Tianhuo’s letter and hurried with him from the Central Plains to the Tian Shu Alliance in Yan City.
• Xiao Ding told Feng Xian that Xiao Yan was in the Pill Hall, where Feng Xian saw Xiao Yan’s powerful puppets and met him.
• Xiao Yan privately told Feng Xian that Yao Chen’s soul had recovered and recounted how they had obtained a soul cultivation technique.
• Feng Xian worried that the Star Meteor Pavilion had fallen behind the Tian Shu Alliance, and Xiao Yan assured him that the pavilion’s strength would be useful as the alliance expanded.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had refined a body for Yao Chen and that Yao Chen’s soul was merging with it, then invited Feng Xian to come with him to the Northwest Continent.

Yao Chen was resurrected as a Two-Star Dou Saint and reunited with Feng Xian, while Xiao Yan revealed that he had already killed Han Feng and Mu Gu. Yao Chen’s strength surpassed Xiao Yan’s expectations, leaving him ready to move ahead with his plans involving the Nine Netherworld Python Clan.

• Xiao Yi Xian congratulated Yao Chen on his resurrection, and Yao Chen asked where Xiao Yan had gone.
• Feng Xian arrived with Xiao Yan and joyfully reunited with Yao Chen after years of searching for him.
• Xiao Yan gave Feng Xian Han Feng’s Soul Body and explained that he had killed Han Feng and destroyed Mu Gu.
• Feng Xian warned Yao Chen and Xiao Yan about Soul Hall’s powerful Dou Venerate and Dou Saint experts.
• Yao Chen demonstrated that he could command the power of heaven and earth, revealing that he had broken through to Dou Saint.
• Yao Chen told Xiao Yan that his cultivation had reached Two-Star Dou Saint, encouraging Xiao Yan to pursue his plans involving the Nine Netherworld Python Clan.

After Yao Chen’s breakthrough to Two-Star Dou Saint, Xiao Yan used his strength to secure the loyalty of the Northwest Continent’s sects and returned with his companions to Yan City. Yao Chen stayed to protect the Tian Shu Alliance, while Xiao Yan prepared to deal with the two Semi-Saint Fire Lizards in the Earth Core Magma World.

• Shi Tian and the other Dou Venerates learned that Yao Chen’s casual stretch had split the clouds and that he had become a Two-Star Dou Saint.
• Shi Tian offered Xiao Yan a congratulatory gift, but Xiao Yan praised the Lion Underworld Sect’s loyalty and promised it a place in the Northwest Continent and Central Plains.
• The other Dou Venerates asked to join the Tian Shu Alliance, and Xiao Yan directed them to discuss it with Xiao Ding in Yan City.
• Xiao Yan, Yao Chen, Xiao Yi Xian, and Feng Xian left the Heavenly Snake Empire and returned to Yan City, where Xiao Yan introduced Yao Chen to Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Hai Bodong.
• Yao Chen stayed with the Tian Shu Alliance to protect Xiao Yan, while Feng Xian returned to the Star Meteor Pavilion and said he would later yield the pavilion master position to Yao Chen.
• Xiao Yan turned his attention to the two Semi-Saint Fire Lizards in the Earth Core Magma World.

Xiao Yan returned to the Underground Magma World with Yao Lao to confront the two Semi-Saint Fire Lizards that had repeatedly obstructed his hunts. The Fire Lizards attacked as soon as they arrived, but Yao Lao intervened before their fists could hit Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan recalled how hunting Fire Lizards had raised his cultivation to Four-Star Dou Venerate and his physical strength to the level of Six-Star Dou Venerate.
• Yao Lao offered Xiao Yan his Bone Chilling Flame, but Xiao Yan asked him to help defeat the two Semi-Saint Fire Lizards first.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao traveled to Jia Nan Academy, where Su Qian evacuated the students from the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao descended into the magma, and Xiao Yan revealed his aura to draw the two Semi-Saint Fire Lizards toward him.
• The two Semi-Saint Fire Lizards attacked Xiao Yan, and Yao Lao moved to stop their fists before they struck.

Xiao Yan tested his strength against two Semi-Saint Fire Lizards while Yao Lao restrained them, then used his fused Heavenly Flames and Flame Splitting Wave Ruler to kill them. Yao Lao told Xiao Yan to collect their valuable remains to strengthen himself.

• Yao Lao blocked the Semi-Saint Fire Lizards’ attacks and restrained them as they tried to flee, and Xiao Yan asked to test his strength against them.
• Xiao Yan’s first punch left temporary imprints on the Fire Lizards but failed to harm them, so he prepared a stronger attack with the Heavy Profound Ruler and his fused Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Yan used the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes, raising his cultivation through the Nine-Star Dou Zun level, then used Flame Burning to strengthen his strike.
• Xiao Yan struck with Flame Splitting Wave Ruler and severed both Fire Lizards’ heads while Yao Lao held them in place.
• Xiao Yan replenished his Dou Qi with his Heaven-Swallowing Talent, and Yao Lao urged him to collect the Fire Lizards’ Crimson Orbs, bones, flesh, and core blood essence.

After leaving the Magma World, Xiao Yan returned to Yan City and began absorbing the essence blood of two Semi-Saint Fire Lizards to strengthen his body. After a long period of seclusion, he absorbed the final trace of essence blood and finally awoke.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao left the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower after Xiao Yan asked Su Qian to reopen it, and Xiao Yan agreed to reserve Tian Shu Alliance places for outstanding academy graduates.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao returned to Yan City, where Xiao Yi Xian welcomed them, Zi Yan asked Xiao Yan for pills, and Xiao Yan gave her enough to last through his seclusion.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian he would use the Semi-Saint Fire Lizards' resources to improve himself, and she agreed to manage matters outside while he secluded himself.
• Xiao Yan dissected the two Semi-Saint Fire Lizards, extracted their Crimson Orbs and essence blood, and stored their remains for later use.
• Xiao Yan slowly absorbed the essence blood through his skin, enduring repeated muscle damage and healing as his physical strength and aura increased.
• After the last of the essence blood was absorbed, Yao Lao told Xiao Yan that he had finally awakened.

After waking from three months of absorbing Semi-Saint Fire Lizard blood essence, Xiao Yan learned that using his Heavenly Flames could speed up his absorption of powerful resources. He emerged from seclusion, reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan, and learned that the alliance's expansion into the Central Plains had run into opposition from Wind Lightning Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan learned from Yao Lao that he had been in seclusion for three months and worried that the slow absorption would hinder his preparations for the Three-Year Agreement.
• Soul Spirit Emperor advised Xiao Yan to use his Heavenly Flames to accelerate the absorption of Magical Beast Blood Essence, lifting Xiao Yan's concerns.
• Xiao Yan planned to check on the alliance and travel to the Central Plains to seek the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame, the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes, and the Pill Tower's Heavenly Flame.
• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion, let Xiao Yi Xian embrace him, and gave Zi Yan refined pills.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that Medusa and Qing Lin were away helping relocate the Snake-People Tribe to the Heavenly Snake Empire, and that Wind Lightning Pavilion had obstructed the alliance's expansion into the Central Plains.

After learning that Venerable Lei had secretly obstructed the Tian Shu Alliance’s expansion into the Central Plains, Xiao Yan traveled to the Wind Lightning Pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan. He introduced himself to Venerable Lei, who had dismissed the alliance’s reported strength and now faced its leaders in person.

• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that the Tian Shu Alliance had spread across the Northwest Continent but had made almost no progress in the Central Plains because Venerable Lei secretly blocked its efforts.
• Xiao Yan decided to visit the Wind Lightning Pavilion, and Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan joined him.
• Venerable Lei’s subordinate reported that the pavilion had prevented the Tian Shu Alliance from establishing a branch in the Northern Region.
• Venerable Lei dismissed the reports about Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian’s strength as fabricated rumors and ordered his subordinate to keep obstructing the alliance.
• Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan arrived at the Wind Lightning Pavilion through a spatial rift, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian introduced themselves to Venerable Lei.

Xiao Yan forced Venerable Lei to kneel and ask forgiveness for the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s obstruction of the Tian Shu Alliance. At the alliance’s Tianbei City branch, Xiao Li killed Hong Chen, escalating the conflict; days later, Wind Lightning Pavilion elders and the injured Han Fei and Hong Tianxiao confronted him.

• Xiao Yan confronted Venerable Lei, retrieved the subordinate who had exposed the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s actions, and gave Venerable Lei one chance to explain.
• Venerable Lei judged that resisting Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian would endanger his pavilion, so he knelt and begged them to spare the Wind Lightning Pavilion.
• Xiao Li praised Han Yue and the Han Clan for establishing the Tian Shu Alliance’s branch in Tianbei City despite the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s pressure.
• Hong Chen accused Han Yue’s clan of defying the Wind Lightning Pavilion, and Xiao Li killed him with a spear thrust.
• Han Yue warned Xiao Li that Hong Chen’s death would bring the Hong Clan’s Five-Star Dou Zong ancestor after him, but Xiao Li welcomed the fight.
• Several days later, the Northern Wind Lightning Pavilion’s Wind, Cloud, Thunder, and Lightning elders confronted Xiao Li at the branch alongside the badly injured Han Fei and Hong Tianxiao.

Xiao Li faced the North Pavilion of Wind Lightning Pavilion elders after they came to Tianbei City over his use of Three Thousand Lightning Movement. Badly injured and surrounded, he summoned his third brother, and a spatial rift opened as the Wind Lightning Pavilion elders sensed a formidable presence.

• Xiao Li killed Hong Chen and Hong Li, then fought Hong Tianxiao to a draw and forced him to retreat.
• Four North Pavilion of Wind Lightning Pavilion elders arrived in Tianbei City and demanded that Xiao Li answer for using Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Li emerged to face the elders, and Han Fei joined him while Hong Tianxiao took the opposing side.
• The four elders overwhelmed Xiao Li, while Han Fei and Hong Tianxiao fought until both were grievously injured.
• The elders demanded that Xiao Li reveal who gave him the Dou Skill and promise not to use it again, but Xiao Li defended Xiao Yan and activated a token.
• A spatial rift opened above Tianbei City, and the elders sensed Venerable Lei speaking deferentially to someone within it.

Xiao Yan rushed to rescue his second brother, Xiao Li, after receiving a plea for help through a Tian Shu Token. He healed Xiao Li and killed Hong Tianxiao, then turned on Venerable Lei and the Northern Wind Lightning Pavilion elders.

• Xiao Yan learned that Xiao Li had called for help and left with Xiao Yi Xian and Venerable Lei to reach him.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Li injured and surrounded by four elders of the Northern Wind Lightning Pavilion, and used his Yang Flame to heal him.
• Xiao Li asked Xiao Yan to give a healing pill to the injured Han Fei, and Xiao Yan gave Han Fei a Seventh-Tier pill.
• Xiao Yan killed Hong Tianxiao with a flick of his finger.
• Venerable Lei pleaded for the four elders, but Xiao Yan struck him and split him in half at the waist.

Xiao Yan killed the four elders of the Northern Wind Lightning Pavilion and spared Venerable Lei so he could help the Tian Shu Alliance control the Northern Region. Venerable Lei tried to prove his value by revealing that a woman named Yun Zhi possessed a Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yan killed the four Northern Wind Lightning Pavilion elders with his Yin Flame and gave their Storage Rings to Xiao Li.
• Xiao Yan healed Venerable Lei and ordered him to lead the Wind Lightning Pavilion and serve the Tian Shu Alliance.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Li a golden Heavenly Demon Puppet to refine to the strength of a seven-star Dou Venerate.
• Venerable Lei offered information about a Heavenly Flame, saying it belonged to a woman named Yun Zhi.

Xiao Yan learned that Yun Yun had obtained a Heavenly Flame and prepared to travel south to meet her and pursue the Burning Flame Valley’s Nine Dragon Lightning Flame. After giving Xiao Li powerful puppets for Tian Shu Alliance elders, Xiao Yan set out with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to find Yao Lao at the Star Meteor Pavilion before approaching the Burning Flame Valley.

• Venerable Lei told Xiao Yan that Yun Zhi, whom Xiao Yi Xian recognized as Yun Yun, had obtained a Heavenly Flame and was being sheltered by Music Valley.
• Xiao Yan had Xiao Li bond with a seven-star Dou Venerate Heavenly Demon Puppet, then gave him two more puppets to deliver to Elder Hai and Mo Tianxing.
• Xiao Yan explained that Elder Hai deserved the stronger puppet because of his longer service, while Mo Tianxing would receive the Three-Star Dou Venerate puppet.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Wind Lightning Pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian, picked up Zi Yan, and set out for the Southern Region to seek Yun Yun’s Heavenly Flame and the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.
• Xiao Yan planned to find Yao Lao at the Star Meteor Pavilion so Yao Lao could accompany him to the Burning Flame Valley.

Xiao Yan arrived at Star Meteor Pavilion, where Yao Lao had returned as its new pavilion master, and asked him to accompany him to Burning Flame Valley to obtain the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame. The next morning, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao set off for the Central Region, leaving Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan behind.

• Venerable Wind gave up the pavilion master position, and Yao Chen’s return drew faction Chiefs to Star Meteor Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan sent a flame message through the Heavenly Star Mountains’ formation, and Yao Lao welcomed him, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan inside.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that he planned to seek the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame at Burning Flame Valley and then visit Music Valley to look for Yun Yun, and Yao Lao agreed to accompany him.
• Xiao Yan met Mu Qingluan during a tour of Star Meteor Pavilion and considered bringing Zi Yan back to the Ancient Void Dragons of Eastern Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao departed for Burning Flame Valley the next morning, leaving Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan at Star Meteor Pavilion.

Yao Lao and Xiao Yan arrived at Burning Flame Valley, where Valley Master Tang Zhen welcomed them and introduced them to his daughter, Tang Huo'er. Yao Lao revealed that they had come to seek the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes.

• Yao Lao and Xiao Yan entered Burning Flame Valley through its Spatial Barrier and asked the disciples to summon Tang Zhen.
• Tang Zhen recognized Yao Lao, welcomed him and Xiao Yan, and brought them to the main hall.
• Tang Zhen introduced his daughter Tang Huo'er, who greeted Xiao Yan and asked about his cultivation.
• Yao Lao told Tang Zhen that he and Xiao Yan had come for the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes.

Xiao Yan claimed the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes for the Xiao Clan, and Tang Zhen agreed to let him cultivate it and prove his lineage. Before going to learn the technique, Xiao Yan exposed Tang Huo'er's condition and revealed that he could refine the medicine she needed.

• Xiao Yan told Tang Zhen that Xiao Xuan was his ancestor and had created the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes for the Xiao Clan.
• Tang Zhen overruled the Second Elder's objections and agreed to let Xiao Yan cultivate the technique, requiring him to remain in Burning Flame Valley until he manifested the Xiao Clan Crest.
• Xiao Yan promised to stay until he completed the technique, while Tang Zhen refused his offer to pay for it with a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill.
• Xiao Yan pointed out that Tang Huo'er had suffered backlash from a failed attempt to fuse Heavenly Flames and needed a High Seventh Grade medicinal pill.
• Tang Zhen was stunned when Xiao Yan said he could see Tang Huo'er's condition and could refine the pill himself.

Tang Zhen recognized Xiao Yan's extraordinary cultivation and alchemy, then arranged for him to learn Burning Flame Valley's Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes. As Xiao Yan received the inheritance, the crystal's dazzling crimson light astonished everyone and revealed his immense talent for the technique.

• Tang Zhen learned that twenty-year-old Xiao Yan was a Dou Zong and a High Seventh Grade Alchemist, and offered him the valley's inherited insights in exchange for helping Tang Huo'er.
• Tang Zhen and the elders encouraged Tang Huo'er to spend time with Xiao Yan, and she admitted she did not dislike him, though Xiao Yan said he already had multiple companions.
• Tang Huo'er took Xiao Yan to the Dou Skill Pavilion and led him to the inheritance crystal on its third floor.
• Xiao Yan touched the crystal and received its soul information as its crimson light intensified and shone into the sky.
• Tang Huo'er, Tang Zhen, Yao Lao, the elders, and the pavilion guards gathered in shock at Xiao Yan's extraordinary talent for cultivating the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes.

After Xiao Yan’s extraordinary Heaven-Swallowing Talent impresses Burning Flame Valley, he settles there to master the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes and plan his next steps. He prepares to refine materials from Crimson Orbs and Semi-Saint Fire Lizard skeletons while waiting for Fire Cloud Ancestor to leave seclusion.

• Xiao Yan displayed a brilliance that Tang Zhen and the Burning Flame Valley elders recognized as far beyond Tang Huo'er’s Heaven-Swallowing Talent.
• Xiao Yan completed the inheritance and asked to stay in Burning Flame Valley until he mastered the Heavenly Flame Three Mysterious Changes and manifested his clan mark, and Tang Zhen agreed.
• Tang Zhen arranged for Xiao Yan to live beside Tang Huo'er, while Yao Lao stayed in Burning Flame Valley with him.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao they would discuss the Nine Dragon Lightning Flame with Fire Cloud Ancestor after he emerged from seclusion and delayed absorbing Yao Lao’s Bone Chilling Flame until after a trip to Music Valley.
• Xiao Yan planned to refine the Crimson Orbs and Semi-Saint Fire Lizard skeletons into a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, then went to ask Tang Zhen where he could refine it.

Xiao Yan agreed to refine the Fire Bodhi Pill, while Tang Zhen mistook his haste for concern over Tang Huo'er and encouraged her to believe Xiao Yan cared for her. Xiao Yan began refining the pill with his Myriad Beast Cauldron, unaware of the misunderstanding.

• Tang Zhen assumed Xiao Yan wanted to refine the Fire Bodhi Pill, and Xiao Yan accepted the misunderstanding and agreed to begin at once.
• Tang Zhen took Xiao Yan to the main hall and showed him the Mountain Melting Cauldron, but Xiao Yan used his own Myriad Beast Cauldron.
• The Second Elder brought the Fire Bodhi Pill recipe and ingredients, and Xiao Yan studied the recipe before preparing to refine the pill.
• Tang Zhen told Tang Huo'er that Xiao Yan had hurried to help her recover, and she blushed and believed he cared for her.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Yin-Yang Dual Flame and began refining the Fire Bodhi Pill.

Xiao Yan completed a Fire Bodhi Pill with the Yin-Yang Dual Flame and a Flame Control Technique that astonished Tang Zhen and the elders. As they recognized him as an Eighth-Rank Alchemist and stayed to watch, Xiao Yan prepared to refine another pill and revealed all eight of his Heavenly Flames.

• Tang Zhen recognized Xiao Yan's black-and-white fire as the Yin-Yang Dual Flame while Xiao Yan began refining the Fire Bodhi Pill.
• Xiao Yan extracted the medicinal essence in half a day with extraordinary flame control, leaving Tang Zhen and the elders convinced he surpassed ordinary Seventh-Rank Alchemists and might be an Eighth-Rank Alchemist.
• Xiao Yan condensed the essence into a pill, and Tang Zhen dispersed the High Seventh Grade pill's lightning before Xiao Yan handed the Fire Bodhi Pill to him.
• Xiao Yan announced he would refine another pill, and Tang Zhen, the elders, and Tang Huo'er remained to watch.
• Xiao Yan revealed all eight of his Heavenly Flames on the stone platform.

Xiao Yan used eight Heavenly Flames and the [Balance] Heaven-Swallowing Talent to refine a pill from rare ingredients, including the Semi-Saint Fire Lizard’s bones and Crimson Orbs. As the pill formed, its lightning reached nine colors, leaving Tang Zhen and the elders stunned.

• Tang Zhen recognized the eight flames Xiao Yan controlled as Heavenly Flames and restrained his greed after remembering Yao Lao’s influence.
• Xiao Yan began refining the ingredients in the Myriad Beast Cauldron, using his Soul Perception and Fusion Heavenly Flame to extract their properties.
• After three days, Xiao Yan combined the extracted ingredients, and the violent energies resisted merging.
• Xiao Yan activated the [Balance] Heaven-Swallowing Talent, which calmed the ingredients and allowed the pill to take shape.
• Pill Lightning gathered above the cauldron and gained color after color until it became Nine-Colored Pill Lightning.

Yun Yun lived in Music Valley’s hidden small world and treasured a Heavenly Flame she had collected for Xiao Yan. When Music Valley’s leaders pressured her to trade it for a life-prolonging pill, she refused, unaware that they planned to take it by force if she did not yield within a month.

• A Music Valley disciple entered the sect’s hidden small world and summoned Yun Yun to the discussion hall.
• Yun Yun reminisced about Xiao Yan and looked forward to giving him the Heavenly Flame she had stored.
• Music Valley’s First Elder urged Yun Yun to trade the Heavenly Flame for a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill to extend the Valley Master’s life.
• Yun Yun refused and offered instead to search for a life-prolonging pill herself, and the Valley Master let her leave.
• After Yun Yun left, the Valley Master and First Elder discussed waiting a month before taking the Heavenly Flame by force.
• Nine-Colored Pill Lightning suddenly appeared inside Music Valley’s small world.

Music Valley and the southwestern region reacted to Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, while Music Valley’s Master suspected Burning Flame Valley had arranged for a healing pill for Fire Cloud Ancestor. At Burning Flame Valley, Yao Lao arrived as the lightning gathered, but said Xiao Yan could handle it himself.

• Music Valley’s Master ordered Yin Yuan to investigate which of Pill Tower’s Three Giants had refined the pill and suspected it was meant to heal Fire Cloud Ancestor.
• Yin Yuan urged Yun Yun to surrender her Heavenly Flame for a Tier 8 Medicinal Pill, but Yun Yun refused and left.
• Music Valley’s Master said she would tolerate Yun Yun only if she found a life-extending pill and otherwise would not keep her.
• The southwestern region saw Nine-Colored Pill Lightning above Burning Flame Valley, and Tang Zhen feared it would strike the valley.
• Tang Zhen sent the Second Elder to summon Yao Lao, but Yao Lao appeared and said Xiao Yan could handle the lightning himself.

Xiao Yan used the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning from his Tier 8 pill to temper his Heavenly Demon Puppet, making it stronger than Tang Zhen. After Tang Zhen tested him about his Heavenly Flames, Xiao Yan admitted he had no intention of hiding his abilities, and Tang Zhen asked whether he had come for Burning Flame Valley’s Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.

• Tang Zhen doubted that Xiao Yan could handle the Nine-Colored Pill Lightning, but Venerable Yao insisted he could manage it himself.
• Xiao Yan summoned the Heavenly Demon Puppet, which absorbed the lightning and grew stronger as its golden body developed a flame pattern.
• After the thunderclouds dispersed, Tang Zhen sensed that the puppet’s aura had surpassed his own.
• Xiao Yan finished refining a Tier 8 pill and told Venerable Yao and Tang Zhen that ordinary materials could still let him produce a pill that drew Six-Colored Pill Lightning.
• Tang Zhen inferred that Xiao Yan could absorb and control multiple Heavenly Flames, and Xiao Yan confirmed he was not trying to conceal his distinctive abilities.
• Tang Zhen asked whether Xiao Yan had come to Burning Flame Valley seeking its Nine Dragon Lightning Flame.