Recaps

Xiao Yan battled the Foreign Territory, pursued the Flame God Cauldron, and survived a near-fatal confrontation with Ares. The arc left him facing a Quasi-Divine Tribulation as the Great Thousand Coalition Army defended him.

• Evil Xiao Yan stole the soul God Source while Xiao Yan lost the star-map fragment to Tang Feng, and Xiao Yan later entered the Mouth of Nether Abyss as it consumed the Demon Sea.
• Xiao Yan defeated Demon Venerable and endured the fusion of ten Sacred Flame Origins, while Feng Luanyi faced the Dark Holy Emperor and the Foreign Territory’s forces.
• Xiao Yan made alliances and fought across the Monster Realm, the Hell Realm, and the Demon Realm, while Yaoji’s false counterpart was exposed and the Weird Thunder Lord destroyed the Holy Light See.
• Xiao Yan reached the forbidden land and, with Xiao Tianyuan’s help, mastered the Fourth Realm of the Flame Mantra before the Flame God Cauldron became central to his fight against Ares.
• After a year in the Dragon Burial Pool, Xiao Yan awakened with the Tianshu Dragon Bone and reached the Ninth-Reincarnation Stage, though he could not use Demon Power for a time.
• The Demon Robe revived Xiao Yan in the Demon Abyss as Ares and Bailin descended to kill him.
• Xiao Yan confronted his Quasi-Divine Tribulation with the Fifth Realm Flame Mantra as the Great Thousand Coalition Army defended him and the Darkborn Demon Shadow absorbed the Holy King’s attack.

Xiao Yan and his allies faced powerful enemies, pursued inheritances, and strengthened their abilities while the Outer Realm Evil Clan and other forces moved against them. The arc ended with Xiao Yan confronting Buddha's demand and Xun'er discovering a Calamity Mourner atop an Ice Phoenix.

• Tou She Ancient God entrusted Xiao Yan with the Emperor Flame Ring and the task of restoring the Golden Dragon King, who joined him as Martial Grandmaster.
• Feng Luan awakened Xun'er's Reincarnation Seal and identified her as the Samsara Runner of Fire Master Jiuxuan, while Tianyuanzi sacrificed himself to activate the Creation Heavenly Map Array.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er used six Holy Flames to seal Blood King Mo, and Xiao Yan destroyed King Xuan Ling with the Kong Ling Tear before a space storm formed above the altar.
• Xiao Yan and Mu Yingying purified the corrupted gatekeepers of the Holy Flame Hall, and Xiao Yan passed the Stone Hall's tests to obtain the Sky Shifting Ruler scroll.
• Xiao Yan and his allies battled threats including Magic Shadow, the Netherworld Twin Venerables, and Xuan Mo, while Zhu Jin's group planned to rescue Yan Chi from the Underground Palace.
• Xiao Yan cultivated the Shadow Sovereign into the Lord of Fire Guards and began devouring the Great Heaven Seed, Crimson Flame, as Buddha set out to confront him over Motuo's death.
• Xiao Yan returned from nearly three years of seclusion and distributed pills to his allies before Buddha demanded an audience with him.
• Xun'er followed her Reincarnation Seal's guidance to Ice and Snow Peak, where the Five-Footed Golden Crow revealed an Ice Phoenix carrying a figure it recognized as a Calamity Mourner.

Xiao Yan confronted enemies and pursued several paths to greater power, while revelations about ancient wars and the approaching return of the Outer Realm Evil Clan raised the stakes. The arc left him climbing the Emperor Road as he prepared for a breakthrough.

• Xiao Xuan and Dragon King Baxia told Xiao Yan that the injured Golden Dragon King had entered the Dragon Tomb while the Silver Dragon King’s forces guarded its entrance, and Xiao Yan prepared to break through the blockade.
• Xiao Yan escaped the collapsing pocket dimension with Yue Ru, later agreed to help cure Yue Yu, and accepted an honorary elder position in the Alchemist Association.
• Cai Lin and Mu Yingying fought Angel Kelly until Xiao Gui, Xiao Zifan, Yu Rou'er, and Luo Menglan arrived, while Xiao Yan later killed Kelly and declared that the Holy See would be next.
• Xiao Yan fought Qi Haoran and Qi Haoqing in the Forest of Death, then completed his Dragon God Transformation Fourth Tier training and broke through to seven-star Dou Xian perfection after clashing with Xun'er's Golden Crow.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er killed a magic whale before the Evil God attacked them, and the invaders at the Taixu Divine Palace revealed that they were draining the captured immortals’ life and origin power.
• Xiao Yan defeated Feng Ling by comprehending the third ruler of the Seven-layered Heaven Breaking Ruler, then encountered a chained Holy Flame and learned that the Xuan Ling Imperial Family planned to sacrifice Yan Chi.
• Tou She Ancient God restored the Golden Dragon King’s soul, explained Xiao Yi’s Reincarnation Seal and the war against the Outer Realm Evil Clan, and asked Xiao Yan whether he wanted to cultivate the true Flame Mantra.
• Lu Luan gave Xiao Yan Zhou Yuan’s sealed stone box and array materials before becoming the Emperor Road’s array veins, and Xiao Yan began climbing its hundred steps to strengthen his Spiritual Power.

Xiao Yan fought threats across several realms, strengthened alliances, and reunited with the Xiao Clan after setting out to obtain a Plane Pistil and upgrade the Dou Qi Continent. The story left him learning that Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan had been taken by experts from a distant starry sky.

• Xiao Yan left the Endless Flame Alliance with Cai Lin, Yun Yun, the Hell Demon Dragon, and Fire Master Jiuxuan, then helped Mu Yingying prepare for her Dou Di Tribulation.
• Xiao Yan fought through conflicts involving Wuliang Mountain, the Netherworld, and the Three Royal Clans, while his return saved the Endless Fire Domain from Ren Yuanzi’s attack.
• Xiao Yan pursued the Sky Shifting Ruler’s mysteries, defeated Xuan Mu and Lang Long, and exposed Xuan Ming’s alliance with the Seven-Eyed Evil God.
• Xiao Yan gained the Ye Clan’s support through the Three-Strike Pact and continued through the Sect Tournament and the dangers of the Underground Palace and Poison God’s resting place.
• Xiao Yan and the Ancient Seven Clans’ patriarchs confronted the Holy See at the Holy City, where Blake began a public trial and the Son of Light escaped amid the fighting.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Dou Qi Continent, helped defend it from the Elder Chieftain and other attackers, and arranged for his family to move to the Endless Fire Domain.
• Xiao Yan left for the Yuanhai Continent to seek a Plane Pistil, then helped defeat the invading kings before returning to Wutan City and reuniting with the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan introduced Mu Yingying as his third wife, then learned that Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, and Zi Yan had been taken by experts from a distant starry sky.