Recaps

Xiao Yan helped Xun Er learn to compress her Dou Qi, then learned from her about Jia Nan Academy's Fallen Heart Flame and from Old Yao about the Burning Art's power and promise of resurrection. He agreed to cultivate the Burning Art when he found another chance to obtain a Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yan guided Xun Er in compressing her Dou Qi, and she achieved initial success after half a month of practice.
• Xiao Yan and Xun Er headed down the Back Mountain to eat and discuss Jia Nan Academy's visit to Wutan City and his brothers' expected return.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yan about the Heavenly Burning Qi Refining Tower and the Fallen Heart Flame that could temper students' Dou Qi.
• Old Yao urged Xiao Yan to seek the Fallen Heart Flame and explained that the Burning Art could absorb multiple Heavenly Flames and evolve.
• Old Yao revealed that three compatible Heavenly Flames might let him forge a body for his soul, and Xiao Yan agreed to cultivate the Burning Art when another chance arose to find a Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yan and Xun Er joined Xiao Ding and Xiao Li at Jia Nan Academy’s recruitment, where they met Ruo Lin, Xiao Ding’s close friend. Ruo Lin brought the siblings to meet the mentor in charge of potential assessments.

• Xiao Yan and Xun Er arrived at the crowded recruitment square and ran into Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, who had both advanced to the Dou Zhe realm.
• Xiao Ding led the group past the queues, explaining that he had a connection at Jia Nan Academy who could help them avoid the preliminary test.
• Xiao Li introduced Ruo Lin as the woman Xiao Ding had saved during their travels and teased his brother about their growing closeness.
• Ruo Lin met Xiao Yan and Xun Er, was surprised by their talent, and offered to take them to the mentor handling potential assessments.

Xiao Yan and his siblings completed the entrance test at Jia Nan Academy, but Luo Suo tried to force them to wait outside in the sun. Xiao Yan attacked Luo Suo after defeating a student who offered to help him, leaving the tent stunned.

• Ruo Lin introduced Xiao Yan, Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Xun Er to the students in the tent and gave them a Test Crystal for the required test.
• Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Yan, and Xun Er each made the Test Crystal shine, showing their high Dou Qi levels.
• Luo Suo challenged Ruo Lin for allowing the children to test and ordered the group to wait outside in the sun for half an hour.
• Xiao Li prepared to fight, and Xiao Ding threatened to leave Jia Nan Academy, but Xiao Yan persuaded them to stop.
• A student with a golden star offered to help Luo Suo, and Xiao Yan grabbed him by the neck and threw him into Luo Suo, knocking Luo Suo to the ground.

Xiao Yan defeated Luo Suo and confronted Jia Nan Academy students who had tried to intimidate him. After Mentor Xi Wei intervened, Xiao Yan arranged to enroll with a long leave so he could cultivate under Yun Yun for two years before returning for an assessment and the Inner Academy Selection Tournament.

• Xiao Yan defeated Luo Suo, and the other students backed down when they saw his strength.
• Ruo Lin tried to take the blame, but Xiao Yan told Mentor Xi Wei that he had knocked Luo Suo and another student unconscious.
• Mentor Xi Wei accepted Xiao Yan's explanation, ordered the two students treated and punished, and acknowledged his talent.
• Xiao Yan told Xi Wei that Yun Yun was his teacher and asked to postpone studying at Jia Nan Academy for two years.
• Xi Wei offered to enroll Xiao Yan and secure him a long leave, with a personal assessment next year and a return for the Inner Academy Selection Tournament before the following year ended.
• Xiao Yan gave Xi Wei Beauty Balm, revealed he was a First-Rank Alchemist, and invited her to test it at the Xiao Family.

Xiao Yan prepared to leave the Xiao Family and train with Old Yao, while Xun Er chose to go to Jia Nan Academy. Outside Wutan City, Old Yao gave Xiao Yan a heavy Flame Meteor Profound Iron object to wear as he began his journey.

• Instructor Xi Wei explained the new students' potential rankings, and Xiao Yan invited Jia Nan Academy's recruitment team to the Xiao Family residence after recruitment ended.
• During the half-month recruitment period, Xiao Yan trained with his family, helped Xun Er master Flame Fist, and gave Xiao Ding and Xiao Li high-level Mystic Tier techniques.
• Xiao Yan told his family he would leave to gain experience, and Xun Er decided to travel with the team to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan said goodbye to his family, bought wilderness supplies and medicinal ingredients at the Miter Auction House, and left Wutan City alone.
• Old Yao gave Xiao Yan a heavy Flame Meteor Profound Iron object that suppressed Dou Qi and ordered him to wear it as he traveled.

Xiao Yan arrived in Green Mountain Town after a demanding journey, during which he discussed his training and a new Qi Gathering Pill formula with Old Yao. At the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion, he found medicine prepared by Xiao Yi Xian and bought the remaining bottles before a commotion broke out at the entrance.

• Xiao Yan traveled under the Heavy Profound Ruler’s weight, and Old Yao praised his willpower and adaptability.
• Xiao Yan discussed his second-rank Qi Gathering Pill formula, which could raise a Dou Zhe’s strength by one star but carried serious drawbacks.
• Xiao Yan reached Green Mountain Town and went to the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion to look for clues about Xiao Yi Xian.
• Old Yao identified the displayed Healing Medicine as a simple mixture of herbs rather than an alchemical product.
• A one-armed shop assistant told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian had prepared the medicine, and Xiao Yan bought all five remaining bottles.
• A commotion broke out at the shop entrance as Xiao Yan prepared to leave.

Xiao Yan confronted Mu Li at the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion after Mu Li demanded the Healing Medicine he had bought. Xiao Yan swiftly defeated Mu Li’s men and left with Mu Li unconscious, while the remaining mercenaries warned him that Mu She would seek revenge.

• Lin Xiao warned Xiao Yan that Mu Li, the son of Mu She, would likely confront him over the last five bottles of Healing Medicine.
• Mu Li blocked Xiao Yan from leaving and challenged him to survive ten exchanges, but Xiao Yan seized him from a distance and knocked him unconscious.
• Six Wolf Head Mercenary Group members attacked Xiao Yan, who crippled two of them and carried Mu Li outside.
• The four remaining mercenaries fled Green Mountain Town and warned Xiao Yan that Mu She would not forgive the injury to his son.

Xiao Yan broke through to Five-Star Dou Zhe overnight, while Xiao Yi Xian—reborn with memories of her previous life—learned he was in Green Mountain Town and decided to meet him again. She left to enter the Monster Mountain Range and ordered her people to bring Xiao Yan along.

• Xiao Yan cultivated through the night under the Heavy Profound Ruler and advanced from Four-Star to Five-Star Dou Zhe.
• Mr. Yao brought Xiao Yi Xian the medicinal herbs she requested and told her Mu Li was still buying her Healing Medicine in bulk.
• Mr. Yao reported that a young man carrying a black, blunt-edged sword had defeated Mu Li and several guards the previous night.
• Xiao Yi Xian recognized Xiao Yan from her memories and went to see him at a breakfast stall, though he did not know her yet.
• Xiao Yi Xian ordered her people to prepare for her entry into the Monster Mountain Range and find a way to bring Xiao Yan with the team.

Mu She learned that Xiao Yan had defeated Mu Li and coveted the youth’s apparent Mystic Tier skills, while arranging to investigate him during the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion’s trip into the Monster Mountain Range. Xiao Yan joined the expedition, where the mercenaries recognized him as the youth who had overwhelmed Mu Li’s guards.

• Mu She heard from Mu Li that Xiao Yan had crushed a stronger opponent and decided to pursue his cultivation method and Dou skills after checking whether he had powerful backing.
• He Meng reported that Xiao Yi Xian was entering the Monster Mountain Range, and Gan Mu said the Wolf Head Mercenary Group would take the guard mission; Mu She decided to lead the team himself.
• Xiao Yan noticed the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion recruiting mercenaries near him and realized the trip was arranged with him in mind.
• The middle-aged recruiter held the last slot open until Xiao Yan finished breakfast, then accepted him into the group.
• Mercenaries who had mocked Xiao Yan recognized his Heavy Ruler and learned that he had defeated Mu Li, injured two four-star Dou Zhes, and driven off four six-star Dou Zhes.

Xiao Yan traveled with Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion’s herb-gathering party, dealt with attacks from magical beasts, and watched Xiao Yi Xian treat poisoned mercenaries. He followed her away from camp and introduced himself, while Xiao Yi Xian chose to enjoy being herself in Green Mountain Town.

• Xiao Yan used his soul perception and a breathing method to travel with the herb-gathering party while conserving his strength.
• Three Red Ice Snakes poisoned three mercenaries, and Xiao Yi Xian treated them after the snakes were killed.
• The party neared the herb-gathering area, where Xiao Yan noticed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group watching him and wondered whether Xiao Yi Xian had found the mysterious cave.
• Xiao Yan left camp and evaded the Wolf Head mercenaries who followed him into the forest.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Yi Xian at a cliff, explained that Mu Li had provoked him, and introduced himself to her.
• Xiao Yi Xian welcomed Xiao Yan and decided to live as the carefree Xiao Yi Xian of Green Mountain Town.

Xiao Yi Xian learned that Xiao Yan was only ten and offered to take him to a hidden cave in the Monster Mountain Range. After she left, Xiao Yan worried that several women in his life might have been reborn.

• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yan about his age and learned that he was ten, while he asked her to keep his secret.
• Xiao Yi Xian considered her memories of Xiao Yan’s future and chose not to warn him about his cultivation setback yet.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Xiao Yan a hidden cave behind unusual trees and asked him to help her enter it.
• Xiao Yan agreed, and Xiao Yi Xian left while he said he would circle back later.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether Xun Er, Nalan Yanran, Yun Yun, Xiao Yi Xian, Queen Medusa, and Ya Fei had been reborn.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian secretly left camp to go to a cave while Mu She was incapacitated by poison. As the poison wore off, Mu She’s eyes turned purple and he attacked his own men.

• Xiao Yan showed the mercenaries a Swift Wind Wolf’s Magical Core and rebuffed Mu She’s attempt to recruit him, reminding Mu She of his son’s wrongdoing.
• The group reached a herb-filled basin, where Xiao Yan secretly collected ingredients for Old Yao’s Blood Burning spirit liquid.
• After dinner, Xiao Yan left camp at midnight and met Xiao Yi Xian, who had prepared their departure so they could travel to the cave undisturbed.
• Mu She lay paralyzed in his tent after being poisoned and suspected Xiao Yi Xian had poisoned the tea she gave him.
• As his strength returned and his eyes turned purple, Mu She stabbed Gan Mu through the heart and prepared to kill everyone present.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian descended into a cliffside cave, where Xiao Yan protected her from a hidden snake and helped her through the cold. Xiao Yi Xian opened the glowing stone door at the cave’s end, and they prepared to enter.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian used a rope to descend the cliff, with Xiao Yan holding her close as they swung down.
• A Vine Snake ambushed them when they landed, but Xiao Yan blocked its attack and knocked it away.
• Xiao Yan cleared the cave entrance, and Xiao Yi Xian followed him inside while trying to hide her blush.
• Xiao Yan draped a blanket over Xiao Yi Xian and used his Fire-attributed Dou Qi to warm her as they approached the cave’s end.
• Xiao Yi Xian found and pressed a mechanism beneath the glowing stone door, opening it before inviting Xiao Yan inside.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian explored a hidden chamber, divided its treasures, and found several scrolls, including the Seven-Colored Poison Manual. Xiao Yan called Xiao Yi Xian his friend, and she accepted the friendship while feeling a trace of disappointment.

• Xiao Yan checked the stone chamber for danger before entering with Xiao Yi Xian, then stored the gold and valuables and offered her half.
• Xiao Yi Xian collected several medicinal herbs, while Xiao Yan claimed the Ice Spirit Flame Grass and stored the remaining herbs for her.
• Xiao Yan took the keys from the skeleton, accidentally pulled off its arm, and discovered a hidden scroll inside it.
• Xiao Yan opened the three boxes and found the Seven-Colored Poison Manual, Eagle Wings, and Mad Lion Roar; Xiao Yi Xian let him keep the scrolls and store her herbs.
• Xiao Yan promised to get Xiao Yi Xian a Storage Ring and said that friends mattered more than the ring, and Xiao Yi Xian agreed that being his friend sounded nice.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian returned to camp after Mu She and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group were found dead, and Xiao Yi Xian concealed that she had poisoned them. After the herb-gathering party returned safely to Green Mountain Town, Old Yao studied the Woe Poison Body described in the Seven-Colored Poison Manual.

• Xiao Yan agreed to return to the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian after he mastered a flying Dou Technique, then they found the camp covered in blood.
• Xiao Yan learned that Mu She and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group had died, and Xiao Yi Xian pretended Mu She had gone berserk during cultivation while secretly removing poison from his body.
• Xiao Yi Xian distributed Antidote Pills to mercenaries who had handled the corpses to prevent traces of poison from harming them.
• Old Yao examined the Seven-Colored Poison Manual and focused on its account of the Woe Poison Body, which he had encountered before.
• The herb-gathering party returned to Green Mountain Town, and Xiao Yan earned the mercenaries' admiration with his decisive actions on the journey.

Xiao Yan returned to Green Mountain Town and joined Xiao Yi Xian at the Ten Thousand Medicine Pavilion, where they discussed the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and prepared for his stay. Xiao Yi Xian privately worried that keeping pace with Xiao Yan might force her to awaken the Woe Poison Body again.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian and learned that Qin Lang, the Wolf Head Mercenary Group's leader, was a three-star Dou Master.
• Xiao Yan asked Old Yao about refining Blood Burning, and Old Yao said they could begin that night.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan that Mr. Yao would negotiate with the Wolf Head Mercenary Group and brought him to stay in her courtyard.
• Xiao Yi Xian served Xiao Yan flower tea and remembered how their paths had diverged in her previous life.
• Xiao Yi Xian worried that she might need to activate the Woe Poison Body to keep up with Xiao Yan, though she did not want to become the emotionless Heavenly Poison Maiden again.

Xiao Yan examined the Purple Cloud Wings with Old Yao and destroyed the Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle’s remnant soul with the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire. The Heavenly Flames refined the flying Dou Technique into sixth-rank wings, which Xiao Yan attached to his back.

• Xiao Yan returned to his room, checked that it was secure, and summoned Old Yao to inspect the black scroll.
• Xiao Yan opened the scroll and read that the Eagle Wings, also called Purple Cloud Wings, had been made from a Black Flame Purple Cloud Eagle.
• The eagle’s remnant soul attacked Xiao Yan, but he burned it away with the Myriad Beast Spirit Fire and refined the wings with his Heavenly Flames.
• Old Yao judged that the wings had advanced from fifth rank to sixth rank after the refinement.
• Xiao Yan poured Dou Qi into the wings, which entered his meridians and burst from his back.

Xiao Yan tested the Purple Cloud Wings, examined a fragmentary map tied to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, and studied the Mad Lion Roar Dou Technique. He then flew with Xiao Yi Xian to a secluded valley in the Monster Mountain Range, where he planned to cultivate until he reached the Dou Master realm.

• Xiao Yan tested the Purple Cloud Wings and learned from Old Yao that he needed to reach the Dou Master realm to use them for sustained flight.
• Old Yao identified a parchment as a fragmentary map connected to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and explained the Heavenly Flame’s power and danger.
• Xiao Yan showed Old Yao the Mad Lion Roar scroll, and Old Yao advised him to study the high-level Mystic Tier Dou Technique.
• After three days, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian left Green Mountain Town and flew into a hidden valley deep in the basin of the Monster Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan decided to cultivate in the valley until he reached the Dou Master realm, while Xiao Yi Xian suggested they first build a place to live.

Three months later, Xiao Yan reached Seven Star Dou Practitioner and refined his first Second-Tier pill, the Qi Gathering Pill. Old Yao praised his exceptional alchemy talent, and Xiao Yan was left eager to keep advancing.

• Xiao Yan used Mad Lion Roar with the Heavy Profound Ruler to blast a crater into the mountainside, and Old Yao praised his combat approach.
• Xiao Yan continued cultivating, practicing alchemy, and hunting magical beasts, reaching Seven Star Dou Practitioner and preparing to refine a Second-Tier pill.
• Xiao Yan refined the medicinal ingredients for the Qi Gathering Pill and carefully fused and nourished them in his cauldron.
• Xiao Yan produced a pale-red Qi Gathering Pill and asked Old Yao whether he now counted as a Second-Tier Alchemist.
• Old Yao praised Xiao Yan's alchemy, soul strength, and flame control, while Xiao Yan credited Old Yao's teaching.

The Xiao Family’s new medicines gave it the upper hand over the Jia Lie Clan and Ao Ba Clan, while Hun Li Li arrived in Wutan City and discovered that Xiao Yan’s story had changed dramatically. She decided to seek him out at Jia Nan Academy and make ties with Gu Xun’er as a possible refuge from the Soul Clan.

• The Xiao Family gained customers and prestige by releasing Blood Coagulation Powder, Qi Replenishment Powder, the Qi Circulation Pill, and Minor Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid, leaving the Jia Lie Clan and Ao Ba Clan unable to compete.
• Jia Lie Bi realized that the Xiao Family’s alchemist was likely a powerful Fourth-Tier Alchemist and lost the courage to oppose the family.
• Xiao Zhan consulted the three elders, who agreed to target the Jia Lie Clan first and leave the fence-sitting Ao Ba Clan alone for now.
• Hun Li Li secretly investigated the Xiao Family and learned that Xiao Yan had left to gain experience at age ten while Gu Xun’er had already gone to Jia Nan Academy.
• Hun Li Li concluded that she could not rely on the Three-Year Agreement or search the Monster Mountain Range for Xiao Yan, so she planned to wait for him at Jia Nan Academy and befriend Gu Xun’er as an alternative refuge from the Soul Clan.

Xiao Yan killed a second-tier Frost Horned Wolf and showed Old Yao how far his Dou Technique talent had advanced. As he returned to the valley, Xiao Yi Xian faced an ugly figure rushing at her from the darkness.

• Xiao Yan hunted a female Frost Horned Wolf to obtain its pelt for Xiao Yi Xian and killed it with Eight Extremities Collapse.
• Old Yao praised Xiao Yan's extraordinary talent for adapting Dou Techniques, and Xiao Yan explained how he used hidden force through different strikes.
• Xiao Yan said he was developing Sucking Palm and Fire Blowing Palm into a Taiji-inspired Dou Technique that might reach Earth Tier.
• Xiao Yan dismantled the Frost Horned Wolf and flew back to the valley as night fell.
• Xiao Yi Xian warmed herself beside a bonfire before an ugly figure suddenly rushed toward her.

Xiao Yi Xian revealed that she had begun cultivating the Woe Poison Body and told Xiao Yan about her past life, believing he had been reborn too. After Xiao Yan admitted to being reborn but said he was not the person from her memories, Xiao Yi Xian asked who he really was.

• Xiao Yan returned to the valley and saw Xiao Yi Xian dissolve a Combined Ape with purple poison.
• Xiao Yi Xian admitted she had been hiding her use of the Woe Poison Body and showed Xiao Yan her three-star Dou Master battle qi.
• Xiao Yi Xian told Xiao Yan the story of her previous life, including becoming the Poison Sect's sect master and waking up again as Xiao Yi Xian of Green Mountain Town.
• Xiao Yi Xian showed Xiao Yan the seven-colored line on her abdomen and realized he knew about the Woe Poison Body.
• Xiao Yi Xian concluded that Xiao Yan had been reborn, and he admitted he had been reborn while insisting he was not the Xiao Yan she remembered.
• Xiao Yi Xian asked Xiao Yan who he really was.

Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian that he was an observer who knew her story, and the two affirmed their friendship as he promised to find a way to save her from the Woe Poison Body. Old Yao appeared and questioned Xiao Yan about his knowledge, leaving him alarmed by how much Xiao Yan knew about his past.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian he might or might not be the Xiao Yan she remembered, and she accepted him as her friend.
• Xiao Yi Xian said she would stay by Xiao Yan's side, and he promised to solve the Woe Poison Body's flaws before it killed her.
• Old Yao emerged from the Storage Ring and interrupted their embrace, prompting Xiao Yi Xian to greet him respectfully.
• Xiao Yan told Old Yao that he knew his name, his friend Feng Xian, and his traitorous senior brother Han Feng.
• Xiao Yan changed the subject by listing women Old Yao might have pursued, and Old Yao thought he should kill Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan told Old Yao the truth about Han Shanshan’s sacrifice to save him and revealed that Soul Hall and the Soul Clan would target him over a jade fragment. Old Yao resolved to find Han Shanshan and promised to help Xiao Yan grow stronger.

• Xiao Yan asked Old Yao about how he had subdued the Bone Chilling Flame and brought up Han Shanshan’s disappearance.
• Xiao Yan explained that Han Shanshan had sacrificed herself to the Medicine Emperor to reconstruct Old Yao’s body, leaving her soul imprint in the Bone Chilling Flame and losing her memories from Old Yao and Venerable Feng.
• Old Yao realized Han Shanshan’s soul might still exist and vowed to search for her, even if he had to search heaven and hell.
• Xiao Yan told Old Yao that Soul Hall and the Soul Clan sought a jade fragment passed down through the Xiao Family, making conflict with them inevitable.
• Old Yao promised to help Xiao Yan become a true powerhouse as quickly as possible.

Two months later, Xiao Yan reached the peak of the Dou Zhe realm and developed the rough outline of a Taiji Dou Technique by integrating Sucking Palm and Fire Blowing Palm. After Xiao Yi Xian returned from Green Mountain Town, they discussed their plans for training in the Tagor Desert and her future cultivation.

• Xiao Yan practiced his newly created Taiji Dou Technique, which he believed could eventually reach the Earth Tier.
• Old Yao praised the technique’s complexity and warned Xiao Yan that mastering it would take hard work and comprehension.
• Xiao Yi Xian returned on Blue Eagle, whom she and Xiao Yan had nursed back to health and named Xiao Lan.
• Xiao Yan asked whether Xiao Yi Xian was sure she wanted to train with him in the Tagor Desert, and she said she planned to stay in the Chu Yun Empire rather than attend Jia Nan Academy or establish the Poison Sect.
• Xiao Yan refused to let Xiao Yi Xian take risks alone among the Poison Masters, and Old Yao offered to guide her in controlling the Woe Poison Body.