Recaps

Xiao Yan advanced through dangerous trials and tournament battles while uncovering threats from the Outer Realm Evil Clan. The arc ended with Xiao Yan, Liu Qing, and Muge fighting Huantong as the human forces began to lose ground.

• Xiao Yan gave Yuanyan the Qiankun Jade Wall and an Array Master’s scroll, then took a Yuan Sect cultivation formula, array insights, and a map that stirred the Undying Nether Sparrow and Undying Leaf within him.
• Xiao Yan and Muge dispelled the soul-controlling mist and confronted an Earth Demon Bear, while Xiao Yan later killed Deacon Ye after defeating his Rock Giant.
• The Alchemist Association President exposed the captured Sin Envoy, whose protective measure summoned a mysterious woman warning of turmoil in the Ghost Realm, and revealed Sin’s plans for the Eastern Continent Tournament.
• Xiao Yan trained his soul in the appraisal’s First Pass, entered the Thunder Realm tournament, and defeated opponents including Ling Yu, Leng Hanyan, Wen Yi, and Mu Xiao.
• Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Thunder Tomb, where the Xieguang Gang ambushed Yan Clan members and revealed its Outer Realm Evil Clan identity.
• Xiao Yan defeated a Thunder Eating Beast, advanced to Three-star Early-stage Dou Xian, and named his awakened Soul Clone Xiao Lei before traveling with Muge toward the Tianming Mountain Range summit.
• At the Thunder Tomb lake, Huantong confronted the gathered powerhouses and unleashed controlled companions, and Duan Qifei sent Yun Qi underwater to seek the entrance and Guardian.
• Xiao Yan completed the Purgatory Array Chart and summoned a Purgatory Flame Dragon against Huantong, but their attacks matched as Huantong resisted the formation and the human forces below lost ground.

Xiao Yan and his allies faced the Youhuan Clan, entered the Demon Suppressing Prison, and pursued treasures and a path toward the mausoleum summit. The story left Xiao Yan’s group arriving at Dead Silence Valley, where powerful Evil Beings and a hidden secret awaited.

• Xiao Yan defeated Yun Qi’s heavenly river with a holy-flame Soul Fire Tiger, then shattered Huantong’s Evil Pupil with Creation Three Fists.
• Xiao Yan found Muge in the dangerous forest, and the Nether Spirit Thunder Flood Dragon later guided Yun Qi, Liu Qing, and Duan Qifei to the Thunder Pool.
• Youhuan’s forces seized the Thunder Tomb as Duan Tianhong prepared the Forged Blade Thunder Valley for battle and sent the Eastern Continent’s contestants toward the Four Continents Tournament.
• Duan Tianhong and Xiao Yan confronted Youhuan’s forces, while Duan Qifei wounded Youhuan with Thunder Emperor Slash and Xiao Yan received permission to subdue a Great Heaven Seed.
• Guyuan escaped the Soul Hall’s prison and sent the Gu Clan elders home in secret, while Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Demon Suppressing Prison for the tournament.
• Xiao Yan’s allies fought off factions trying to use them as bait, and Xiao Yan subdued Huoyou before confronting Huoli in the ruins.
• Xiao Yan obtained a Tier 5 Immortal Grade Embryonic Pill, while Yuanyan helped guide the group to Tianwang Cang’s mausoleum and Xiao Yan overcame apparitions on the ascent.
• Xiao Yan’s group arrived at Dead Silence Valley as other factions approached its center, where a Four-star Dou Xian Outer Realm Evil Being was said to guard a secret.

Xiao Yan uncovered corruption tied to the Outer Realm Evil Clan, rescued Gu Yuan, and gained power while pursuing the Xiangsi Tree and confronting Ling Yu. After strengthening the Wanhuo Sect and bringing Xiao Gui and Luo Menglan to Diling Academy, he entered a new stage of recruitment and training.

• Xiao Yan exposed Gu Yang at the Ancient Prison entrance, then found Gu Yuan imprisoned and rescued him while Snake-Scorpion Xue'er pursued them.
• Xiao Yan freed Xiao Gui, promised to investigate his parents’ deaths, and later joined the struggle over the Xiangsi Tree, where his longing for loved ones produced two Xiangsi Fruits.
• Xiao Yan refined a Dou Xian Pill for a year and faced the Four-star Dou Xian Tribulation, while other experts entered the ruins after he drew away the Earth Spirit Blood General.
• Xiao Yan confronted the circular river blocking the Xiangsi Tree’s island and combined soul energy with flame Dou Qi to draw out its hidden Soul Beast.
• Xiao Yan challenged the Wanhuo Sect’s opposition to his leadership, then battled Ling Yu, who revealed himself as the mastermind behind Xiao Gui’s capture and devoured Feng Jie.
• The Wanhuo Sect defeated Tingfeng Pavilion’s remaining forces and took its territory along with Qingyun Pavilion’s, while Xiao Yan left Xiao Gui and Luo Menglan in its care.
• Xiao Yan met Elder Di, learned Ling Feng had been imprisoned after Ling Yu was linked to the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and was brought to meet the Academy Head.
• Earth Spirit Old Ghost brought Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui into Diling Academy, where its commanders learned that one of the newcomers possessed a Holy Flame.

Xiao Yan reunites with Xiao Gui, takes control of Wanhuo Sect, and gains strength while pursuing sacred flames and confronting enemies across several domains. The stretch ends with Xiao Zifan facing the Green Demon as Xiao Yan prepares to strike from the flank.

• Xiao Gui shielded Luo Menglan from the Ice Demon Swordsman, and Xiao Yan intervened before the swordsman chased him away from the frozen lake.
• Elder Di sent Xiao Yan and Xiao Gui to the Spirit Academy, where they were assigned to manage a sect together.
• Xiao Yan rescued the Wanhuo Sect’s Second Elder, learned Xiao Gui had been captured, and restored the Third Elder before Qing Feng could kill him.
• Xiao Yan defeated Wanhuo Sect’s ten experts, demonstrated his alchemist rank, and accepted Huo Yi’s pledge of allegiance.
• Xiao Yan killed Qing Yunkun after learning that Xiao Gui had been punished over Luo Menglan, then faced Feng Jie’s order to attack.
• Xiao Yan and the Soul Devouring Master fought Fang Hao over the Seven Crossings Soul Guiding Lamp, and Xiao Yan claimed it after his Xiao Clan Mark subdued its energy.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Undying Fire, reached Mid Five-Star Dou Xian, and joined Hao Ni’er’s campaign against the Lihun Domain’s enemies.
• Xiao Zifan lent Xiao Yan his Shadow Origin and confronted the Green Demon, who trapped the group in his Demon Devouring Field.