Recaps

Xiao Yan won the Strong Ranking Tournament and faced Xun Er’s departure before the Fallen Heart Flame broke free at Jia Nan Academy. He refined the Fallen Heart Flame and Sea Heart Flame after defeating Han Feng, then began fusing and absorbing the Fallen Heart Flame with Queen Medusa guarding him.

• Xiao Yan defeated Sun Qingyang, Xu Kun, and Gu Qingyang, then won the Strong Ranking Tournament and secured Origin Heart Flame body-tempering slots for Xun Er and Yao Ling.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yan she had to return to the Ancient Clan, and they spent their final days together before she departed with the Black Annihilation Army.
• The Fallen Heart Flame broke free of its seal, and Xiao Yan persuaded Su Qian to let it reach him so he could refine it.
• Xiao Yan swallowed and refined the Fallen Heart Flame’s Origin Flame Seed while Han Feng and Black Corner Region fighters attacked the academy.
• Xiao Yan and Old Yao defeated Han Feng and the invading experts, captured Han Feng’s soul, and took the Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan left for the Back Mountain with Old Yao, where Queen Medusa joined him and he began preparing to refine the Fallen Heart Flame and Sea Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan fused the Cobalt Blue Flame with the Fallen Heart Flame, then swallowed a Jade Heart Pill and began absorbing the Fallen Heart Flame as Queen Medusa and the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python helped cool him.

Xiao Yan gained the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, strengthened the Xiao Sect, and mastered the first stage of Three Thousand Lightning Movement before leaving the Inner Academy for the Jia Ma Empire. He reunited with his family, became engaged to Ya Fei, and learned that the Xiao Family’s ancestral jade was part of the Tou She Ancient God Jade.

• Xiao Yan met Yao Tianhuo beneath the magma and accepted the infant Fallen Heart Flame and Five Wheel Separation Fire Method in exchange for helping him restore his soul and body.
• Xiao Yan advanced his alchemy and techniques, received the Blood Soul Art from Hun Li Li, and helped several women close to him while Xiao Yi Xian returned as the Xiao Sect’s deputy leader.
• Xiao Yan defeated Mo Tianxing, killed Mo Ya with Xiao Yi Xian, and claimed the Black Emperor Sect’s resources, including a scroll for Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Yan used Zi Yan’s secret method to draw down astral winds and lightning, refined the power into a Wind Lightning Seed, and mastered the Lightning Flash stage of Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Yan left the Inner Academy with Yao Ling, Shi Xuanxuan, Huo Zhi, Ling Yanfei, and Zi Yan, then defeated Deputy Commander Meng Li at Ghost Suppression Pass and removed the Misty Cloud Sect’s Tracking Seal.
• Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City, reunited with Ya Fei, Hai Bodong, and Xiao Zhan, and accepted an engagement with Ya Fei after Xiao Zhan approved it.
• Xiao Yan recognized the Xiao Family’s ancestral jade as part of the Tou She Ancient God Jade and promised Xiao Zhan he would visit the Misty Cloud Sect to repay Yun Yun.

Xiao Yan reunited with Ya Fei and his companions, grew closer to Yun Yun, and returned to Jia Ma with plans to strengthen the Xiao Family and its alliances. The arc ended with him organizing the Imperial Capital expansion while helping Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu advance their cultivation.

• Xiao Yan reunited with Yun Yun in the Monster Mountain Range, helped her recover from the Amethyst Winged Lion King’s attack, and became intimate with her before they killed the beast and gathered its treasures.
• Xiao Yan returned to the valley with the Amethyst Winged Lion Cub and reunited with Yao Ling, Shi Xuanxuan, Huo Zhi, Zi Yan, and Ling Yanfei before heading back to the Xiao Family.
• Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City, promised Xiao Zhan resources and a base in the Imperial Capital, and gave Xiao Mei medicinal supplies and techniques to help her cultivate.
• Ya Fei and Mite'er Tengshan agreed to support Xiao Yan’s plans, and Xiao Yan proposed consolidating Jia Ma’s forces and working with the Mittel Family.
• Xiao Yan gave Ya Fei the Mystic Ice Spirit Marrow, promised to make up for his absence, and supported her wish to grow strong enough to fight beside him.
• Xiao Yu confessed her feelings, and Xiao Yan offered her a chance to catch up to him by cultivating with the resources and techniques he provided.
• Xiao Yan led a meeting to organize the Xiao Family’s Imperial Capital headquarters and alliances, then offered to teach Dou Skills to Xiao Mei and Xiao Yu.

Xiao Yan helped Queen Medusa secure the Snake-Person Tribe’s migration and won the Jia Ma Empire’s factions over through negotiation, battle, and alchemy. After receiving his Sixth-Grade Alchemist badge, he began planning how to separate Medusa’s soul from the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.

• Xiao Yan revealed his Eight-Star Dou Wang strength at the Xiao Family’s coming-of-age ceremony, then refined the Sea Heart Flame and broke through to peak Two-Star Dou Emperor while Queen Medusa guarded him.
• Xiao Yan proposed moving the Snake-Person Tribe near Wutan City, and Queen Medusa agreed to consider the plan before declaring him her Prince Consort Candidate.
• Xiao Yan defeated the tribal leaders’ challenge, won their approval, and helped Queen Medusa complete her altar baptism before she accepted his marriage proposal and gave him her blood essence.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Imperial Capital as the tribe’s representative, defeated Jia Xingtian after he resisted the migration plan, and secured support from the Jia Ma Imperial Family, Nalan Clan, Mittel Family, and Alchemist Guild.
• Xiao Yan healed the Deep Sea Flood Dragon with a Hunyuan Bone-Shaping Pill, winning its loyalty and confirming the imperial family’s support for the alliance.
• Xiao Yan received his Sixth-Grade Alchemist badge after refining an Imperial Extreme Pill in one attempt, and Fa Ma told the guild leaders that Xiao Yan was their alliance leader.
• Xiao Yan consulted Old Yao and Venerable Skyfire about the Soul Fusion Pill formula, asking Old Yao to adapt it to separate Queen Medusa’s soul from the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.