Recaps

Zhang Yuan consolidated his power, gathered allies, and secured the Green Lotus Core Flame before claiming the Mysterious Yellow Flame and defeating Hun Mieyan. He ended the arc cultivating toward Dou Wang as the Soul Hall began investigating Hun Mieyan’s death.

• Zhang Yuan warned Yun Yun that the Soul Hall was manipulating Yun Shan and targeting the Misty Cloud Sect, then recruited her into the Divine Court.
• Zhang Yuan helped Xiao Yan and the Xiao Clan juniors prepare for Jia Nan Academy, reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and took control of Stone Desert City while recruiting Qing Lin as his head maid.
• Zhang Yuan negotiated with Medusa to oppose the Mulan Empire, restored Hai Bodong’s strength, and brought him into his service.
• Zhang Yuan moved the Green Lotus Core Flame and its Earth-Core Green Lotus into the Ancient Void Realm, where Qing Lin awakened her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and controlled a Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Zhang Yuan discovered the Mysterious Yellow Flame and faced Hun Mieyan, who tried to seize his body so he could infiltrate the Ancient Clan.
• Zhang Yuan used the Mysterious Yellow Flame and Five Dragon Thunder Gang Fire to kill Hun Mieyan, take his memories, and claim his techniques and Soul Clan secrets.
• The Soul Clan learned that Hun Mieyan’s Soul Tablet had shattered and assigned the investigation to Protector Ying, while Zhang Yuan refined Hun Mieyan’s soul power and began breaking through to Dou Wang.

Zhang Yuan brought the Snake People tribe and key figures across the Jia Ma Empire into cooperation with the Nine Abyss Mansion while helping Medusa evolve and uncovering Soul Hall’s influence over Yun Shan. The arc ended with Zhang Yuan publicly promoting Yun Shan and claiming the Misty Cloud Sect, as Protector Wu prepared to attack.

• Zhang Yuan broke through to Dou Wang, learned of the Fire Vein Array, and proposed that Qing Lin serve as the Snake People tribe’s saintess while remaining his maid.
• Zhang Yuan fought Medusa, defeated her, and persuaded her to lead the Snake People tribe into an alliance with the Nine Abyss Mansion.
• Zhang Yuan helped Nalan Jie, the Nether Sea Flood Dragon Beast, and Gu He, who became Yao Chen’s granddisciple and joined the mansion.
• Yun Yun told Zhang Yuan that Yun Shan had become a Dou Zong under Soul Hall’s influence, and Zhang Yuan went to the Snake People tribe to secure its elders’ loyalty.
• Zhang Yuan helped Medusa evolve into a Seven-Colored Sky Swallowing Python, while Qing Lin’s pupils awakened Zhang Yuan’s Soul Attachment ability.
• Zhang Yuan and Yun Yun exposed Yun Leng’s role in arranging Gu He’s proposal, while Zhang Yuan cleansed the Nihility Devouring Flame’s corruption from Yun Shan.
• Yun Shan blamed Yun Leng for the scheme, then invited the empire’s leaders to celebrate his breakthrough and the Misty Cloud Sect’s founding.
• Zhang Yuan promoted Yun Shan and publicly declared the Misty Cloud Sect’s allegiance to the Nine Abyss Mansion, prompting Protector Wu to prepare an attack.

Zhang Yuan defeated the Soul Hall’s forces, expanded Nine Abyss Mansion, and broke through to Dou Emperor while helping Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian advance. After meeting Zi Yan, he helped her transform into an Ancient Void Dragon, whose command of space offered a way to enter the Tomb Manor sooner.

• Yun Shan resisted Protector Wu, and Zhang Yuan’s allies revealed themselves as Abyss Guards before Zhang Yuan and Old Yao helped defeat and capture the three Soul Hall protectors.
• Zhang Yuan refined Protector Ying into a puppet, used his identity to mislead the Soul Hall, and manipulated Xie Biyan and the allied empires into a confrontation that ended with their leaders captured.
• Nine Abyss Mansion expanded across the region as Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran, joined Jia Nan Academy, and began recruiting for the Mansion, while Xiao Yi Xian advanced to Dou Emperor and then Peak Dou Emperor.
• Zhang Yuan broke through to Dou Emperor, and Xun Er negotiated with Gu Yuan to remain with him under conditions for her own future breakthroughs.
• Xiao Yan met Zi Yan at Jia Nan Academy and asked Zhang Yuan and Feng Xian to help her reach a treasure sealed inside a Tomb Manor.
• Zhang Yuan recognized Zi Yan as a pure-blooded Ancient Void Dragon, agreed to be her brother, and brought her to his home inside the Inner Realm.
• Zhang Yuan refined Zi Yan’s Shape-Shifting Grass, allowing her to reveal her Ancient Void Dragon form and merge with space, which suggested they could enter the Tomb Manor sooner than expected.

Zhang Yuan entered the Tomb Manor, defeated Hun Mieqing, and used its treasures and the Black Corner Region conflict to strengthen Nine Abyss Mansion. After Xiao Yan refined two Heavenly Flames and Yao Tianhuo was reborn, the emergence of a Rank 9 Pill drew Soul Hall and other challengers into a new fight.

• Zi Yan slipped through the Tomb Manor’s barrier with the Primordial Mirage Dragon Pearl, allowing Zhang Yuan and the others to enter and uncover its treasures and Dan Xuzi’s rebirth scheme.
• Zhang Yuan defeated Hun Mieqing, placed Yao Chen’s soul in the Rank 9 Pill, and learned that Yao Chen would have to merge with its spirituality within a year.
• Zhang Yuan broke through to One-star Dou Zong as Fallen Heart Flame escaped its seal, then joined Xiao Yan and Jia Nan Academy in resisting Han Feng’s invasion.
• Xiao Yan defeated Han Feng with his three-flame Fire Lotus, while Zhang Yuan devoured Sea Heart Flame and subdued the remaining attackers.
• Zhang Yuan brought the Black Corner Region’s factions under Nine Abyss Mansion’s control, arranged for Xiao Yan to refine Sea Heart Flame and Fallen Heart Flame, and sent false intelligence to Soul Hall.
• Zhang Yuan and Xiao Yan found Yao Tianhuo beneath the Heaven Burning Qi Refining Pagoda and used Hun Mieqing’s body and three Heavenly Flames to restore him.
• Zhang Yuan advanced to Peak Dou Zong while Xun Er and Xiao Yan trained in the Molten World, and Yao Tianhuo began adjusting to his new body.
• When a Rank 9 Pill appeared, Mo Yu and Venerable Three Snakes claimed it for Soul Hall and attacked Shan Meng, Lan Yan, and Qing Shuangyue, who refused to leave.