Recaps

Xiao Yan left the Xiao Clan to train with Yao Lao, formed bonds with Xiao Yi Xian and Yun Yun, and gained the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. After returning to the valley, he continued training and planned to attend the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Conference, where Yun Yun promised to bring him a Beast Flame.

• Xiao Yan ended Nalan Yanran’s attempt to annul their betrothal, met Yao Lao in his mother’s ring, and accepted him as his teacher.
• Xiao Yan rapidly advanced his cultivation and alchemy, then left the Xiao Clan after entrusting Xiao Zhan with pills and a warning about the clan’s growing wealth.
• Xiao Yan joined Xiao Yi Xian in a hidden cave, defeated Mu Li’s mercenaries, and settled with her in a secluded valley while teaching her alchemy.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao helped Yun Yun weaken the Amethyst Winged Lion King, then Xiao Yan took its Purple Spirit Crystal and Companion Amethyst Source and strengthened his body with magical beast blood essence.
• Xiao Yan discovered Xiao Yi Xian’s Woe Poison Body and promised to help her control it, while he and Yun Yun hunted powerful beasts and prepared to pursue the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame.
• Xiao Yan and Yun Yun killed the Silver Moon Wolf King, and Xiao Yan absorbed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, advancing his cultivation and awakening the Myriad Beast ability.
• Xiao Yan returned to the valley, where Yun Yun promised to meet him at the Jia Ma Empire Alchemist Conference with a Beast Flame, and Xiao Yan spent the following month training with Xiao Yi Xian.

Xiao Yan reunites with his brothers, advances to Dou Wang, and bargains with Queen Medusa by helping her evolve with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. After Medusa becomes a Dou Zong and gives him the Green Lotus Core Flame, Xiao Yan absorbs it and reaches Four-Star Dou Wang.

• Xiao Yan left Xiao Yi Xian with a Child Flame before traveling to Black Rock City, where he proved his skill as a Sixth-Rank Alchemist by refining a Dou Ling Pill.
• Nalan Yanran asked Xiao Yan to treat Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, and he agreed to help when he returned to the capital for the Alchemist Conference.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in Stone Desert City, gave them Myriad Beast Blood Pills, and took Qing Lin under his care.
• Xiao Yan found the Earth Fire Lotus Platform in the Magma World and used its seeds to break through from Dou Ling to One-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan met Queen Medusa and offered to help her evolve with the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame in exchange for the Green Lotus Core Flame, then protected Yun Yun from Medusa’s attempt to kill her.
• Xiao Yan helped secure Yun Yun’s freedom and Nalan Yanran’s release, then refined a pill from his blood and the Snake-People Tribe’s herbs to aid Medusa’s evolution.
• Medusa evolved into a Nine-Colored Heaven-Swallowing Python and reached Dou Zong, then gave Xiao Yan the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame and advanced to Four-Star Dou Wang.

Xiao Yan advanced his cultivation and alchemy, acquired the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, and strengthened his ties with Medusa and the Snake-People Tribe. Back in Salt City, his conflict with the Mu Clan brought his alchemical reputation into the open, and Jia Xingtian realized Xiao Yan might be able to refine the pill he needed.

• Xiao Yan created the Yin-Birth Yang-Death Pill, endured its Pill Lightning, and gave it to Medusa in exchange for her help locating the Wind Fury Dragon Flame.
• Medusa took Qing Lin as her student, while Xiao Yan found and absorbed the Wind Fury Dragon Flame, evolving the Burning Mantra and reaching Seven-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan met Hai Bodong in Desert City, arranged for the Mittel Family to support the Xiao Clan, and returned to the Snake-People Tribe, where he absorbed Medusa’s heartblood essence.
• Lu Man abducted Qing Lin, but Xiao Yan defeated Lu Man and White Fang, rescued Qing Lin, and forced Lu Man to serve the Snake-People Tribe.
• After strengthening the tribe with pills, Xiao Yan visited Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, killed Mo Lan, and took the Mo Clan’s Transplantation Technique before returning to Salt City.
• Mu Zhan attacked Xiao Yan at the Mittel auction house, and Xiao Yan had Mu Zhan crippled while Hai Bodong fought Mu Chen.
• Xiao Yan rejected Jia Xingtian’s attempt to end the dispute and declared he would settle accounts with the Mu Clan, while Nalan Yanran recognized him as Master Yan Xiao.
• Fama invited Xiao Yan to demonstrate alchemy at the Alchemist Conference, Mu Chen offered half the Mu Clan’s resources as compensation, and Jia Xingtian realized Xiao Yan might refine the Break-Ancestor Pill.

Xiao Yan treated Nalan Jie, advanced his alchemy and cultivation, and learned that Xiao Yi Xian had become a Dou Emperor and founded the Poison Sect. After reaching Dou Emperor himself, he returned to Wutan City and reunited with Xiao Zhan before the Three-Year Agreement.

• Xiao Yan treated Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison, received the Seven Illusion Green Spirit Saliva, and advanced to Eight-Star Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan exchanged alchemy notes with Fama, then refined a Tier 7 Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill at the Alchemist Conference and withstood its Pill Lightning.
• Xiao Yan exposed Yan Li’s disguised identity and learned from him that Xiao Yi Xian had founded the Poison Sect and become a Dou Emperor.
• Ling Ying told Xiao Yan that Xun Er had sent him to help before the Three-Year Agreement, and Xiao Yan asked him to bring Queen Medusa to oppose the Soul Hall Protector.
• Xiao Yan refused Yun Shan’s demand for the Ice-Fire Energy Gathering Pill but agreed to visit the Misty Cloud Sect in half a month.
• Xiao Yan cultivated from Eight-Star Dou Wang to Dou Emperor by consuming pills, the Earth Flame Fruit, and Beast Flames.
• Xiao Yan traveled to Wutan City with Hai Bodong and Mittel Teng Shan, then reunited with Xiao Zhan, who learned that his son had become a Dou Emperor.