Recaps

Xiao Yan fought Tang Qiying, who used a formation to activate the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire with Beast Flames and gained Dou Zun-level strength. As Tang Qiying wounded Xiao Yan and realized Xiao Yi Xian had vanished, Xiao Yan let the blades pierce him so he could restrain Tang Qiying, setting up an unseen counterattack.

• Xiao Yan used the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire again and launched a Flame Splitting Tsunami Ruler attack at Tang Qiying.
• Tang Qiying used three Beast Flames and a specialized formation to activate the same secret technique, raising his strength to the Dou Zun level.
• Xiao Yan suppressed Tang Qiying’s Beast Flames with the Red Lotus Core Flame, then clashed with his Gale-Shaking Strike using the Sea Overturning Seal.
• Tang Qiying explained that he had deciphered the secret technique and attacked Xiao Yan with his short blades, repeatedly wounding him.
• Tang Qiying noticed Xiao Yi Xian had disappeared, and Xiao Yan let Tang Qiying’s blades pierce him so he could restrain him.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian coordinated a sneak attack on Tang Qiying with poison and karma flames, but Tang Qiying quickly contained both. While he suppressed their attacks, Xiao Yan prepared a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus, whose path shifted to evade Tang Qiying’s slash.

• Xiao Yan held Tang Qiying in place despite being stabbed, while Xiao Yi Xian pierced Tang Qiying’s back with her poisonous blood.
• Tang Qiying suppressed the poison and extinguished the inner fire, then contained the remaining toxins in his body.
• Xiao Yan used the opening to fuse a Buddha Fury Fire Lotus from blood-red, sea-blue, and pale-cyan flames.
• Tang Qiying slashed through space toward the fire lotus, but the lotus changed direction and bypassed his attack.

Xiao Yan broke Tang Qiying's mountain-encircling formation by turning the assassin's slash and his Buddha Fury Fire Lotus against its weak point. He escaped toward Starfall Pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian, but Tang Qiying caught up and struck him down as the battle around the pavilion worsened.

• Xiao Yan deliberately let Tang Qiying's slash wound him so it would cut into the formation, then detonated his Buddha Fury Fire Lotus at its weak point and shattered it.
• Xiao Yan saw that the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan was overwhelming the Heavenly Luan Clan and Starfall Pavilion, with Chen Wei struggling to hold back Weng Huang.
• Tang Qiying pursued Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian, intent on killing them before his secrets could be exposed.
• When the backlash from using the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire left him weak, Xiao Yan sent his Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body away with Xiao Yi Xian and shielded her from Tang Qiying's blade.
• Tang Qiying struck Xiao Yan in the chest, and the Three Thousand Lightning Phantom Body knocked Xiao Yi Xian unconscious as it carried her away.

Tang Qiying pushed Xiao Yan to the brink of death while Weng Huang overpowered Chen Wei, but Qing Lin arrived atop a colossal python and unleashed a freezing attack that turned the battle around. As the Heaven Demon Phoenix experts were frozen, a golden flame streaked toward Tang Qiying.

• Tang Qiying repeatedly stabbed and slashed Xiao Yan, whose body kept regenerating until his strength and soul were nearly exhausted.
• Xiao Yan struck Tang Qiying with a soul attack, but Tang Qiying recovered and prepared to kill him as his healing slowed.
• Weng Huang found the core of Chen Wei's formation, offered him safety if he joined the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and attacked when Chen Wei refused.
• Qing Lin arrived on a gigantic python and launched an icy attack while Chen Wei's formation trapped Weng Huang in darkness.
• The python froze nearly all the Heaven Demon Phoenix experts, reversing the battle, and Tang Qiying saw a streak of golden flame rushing toward him.

Xun Er arrived at Starfall Pavilion and saved the gravely wounded Xiao Yan from Tang Qiying’s final attack. As the elders went to help Qing Lin, Xun Er fed Xiao Yan a Life-Returning Pill, unaware that a bloodstained woman had come to stand before them.

• Tang Qiying tried to kill the unconscious Xiao Yan with his twin blades and poisoned needles before fleeing Starfall Pavilion.
• Xun Er pierced Tang Qiying with golden flames, but he escaped by burrowing into the ground.
• Xun Er gathered Xiao Yan into her arms and ordered two elders to help Qing Lin and end the trouble.
• Xun Er gave Xiao Yan a seventh-tier Life-Returning Pill by feeding him its medicinal liquid with a kiss.
• A bloodstained woman in a white dress approached Xun Er and Xiao Yan.

Qing Lin and Xun Er’s Ancient Clan escorts stopped Ying Huang from immediately overpowering the Heavenly Luan Clan, but Ying Huang insisted on continuing the attack. The chapter ended as a powerful newcomer arrived and struck at Ying Huang with the Raging Flame Dragon Seal.

• Qing Lin used a secret technique to control seven Heaven Demon Phoenix Dou Zuns, then weakened as the giant python vanished into her eyes.
• Ying Huang recognized Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils and learned that Xun Er’s escorts belonged to the Ancient Clan.
• Ying Huang agreed to spare the Ancient Clan members but refused to stop attacking the Heavenly Luan Clan.
• Ying Huang ordered his forces to attack while the Ancient Clan elders hesitated over whether to intervene.
• A powerful man appeared, unleashed the Raging Flame Dragon Seal, and clashed with Ying Huang’s Black Flame Sacred Phoenix Manifestation.

Yan Yi and Huo Xuan drove back the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan after it attacked Starfall Pavilion, then searched for news of Huo Zhi. Xun Er told them Xiao Yan had possessed the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame for six years, leaving Huo Xuan still determined to take him away.

• Yan Yi’s radiant seal and crimson flame dragon shattered Ying Huang’s manifestation, badly wounded him, and forced the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan to flee.
• The survivors suspected someone had betrayed the Heavenly Luan Clan’s whereabouts, and Chen Wei realized Tang Qiying had been involved in the attack.
• Yan Yi revealed himself alongside Huo Xuan, and Huo Xuan explained they had come searching for his missing cousin, Huo Zhi.
• The Ancient Clan elders said they had no news of Huo Zhi, while Huo Xuan recognized Xiao Yan as the possessor of the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame.
• Xun Er told Huo Xuan that Xiao Yan had obtained his flame six years earlier, but Yan Yi insisted they still had to take Xiao Yan away.

Xun Er blocked Huo Yi’s attempt to take Xiao Yan, and Huo Xuan negotiated a compromise over the missing Huo Zhi and the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame. The Flame Clan agreed to wait until Xiao Yan woke before examining him, leaving Xun Er confident that the search would reveal no connection to Huo Zhi.

• Huo Yi announced that the Flame Clan would take Xiao Yan, but Xun Er refused and stood against his Saint-tier pressure.
• Huo Xuan intervened and offered to leave Xiao Yan with Xun Er for the time being, explaining that Huo Zhi had disappeared while searching for the Crimson Lotus Karma Flame.
• Huo Yi proposed pulling Xiao Yan’s soul from his body to question it, and Xun Er rejected his examination.
• Xun Er agreed to an examination only after Xiao Yan woke, and Huo Xuan accepted her condition.
• Xun Er recalled that Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames and movements through the Central Plains gave no reason to suspect he had encountered Huo Zhi.

Xun Er reassured Venerable Wind and helped settle the conflict after Xiao Yan’s battle, while the injured assassin Tang Qiying escaped and discovered his Dou Zun bottleneck had loosened. Back at Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan remained unconscious as Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qing Lin gathered around him, with tension beginning to form between the two women who loved him.

• Xun Er told Venerable Wind that Xiao Yan was connected to Yao Lao and assured him she would handle the matter, easing the concerns of Starfall Pavilion and the Heavenly Luan Clan.
• Mu Zi'er watched Qing Lin rush to Xiao Yan and anticipated trouble for him among the women who cared for him.
• Tang Qiying treated his wounds in a hidden cave, blamed the Heavenly Flames for foiling his assassination, and realized his Dou Zun bottleneck had loosened.
• Tang Qiying left the Sky Star Mountain Range to recover and prepare for a possible breakthrough, vowing that Xiao Yan might not always be saved.
• Xun Er, Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and the others returned to Starfall Pavilion with the unconscious Xiao Yan.
• Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian sensed each other's feelings for Xiao Yan, but both kept their growing tension contained while he remained unconscious.

Xun Er and the others watched as Huo Yi treated Xiao Yan, but he found no trace of Yan Di or Huo Zhi and discovered that Xiao Yan had fused three Heavenly Flames. Huo Yi and Huo Xuan left after Xun Er invoked her agreement with them, while Huo Xuan revealed he planned to protect Xiao Yan as he pursued Xun Er.

• Xun Er confirmed that Xiao Yan was stable enough for Huo Yi to begin treating his severe injuries.
• Huo Yi used a crimson flame to heal Xiao Yan, searching his body for signs of Yan Di and Huo Zhi.
• Huo Yi found no trace of either person but discovered that Xiao Yan had fused three Heavenly Flames.
• Xun Er reminded Huo Yi of their agreement, and Huo Xuan left with him after saying they would not disturb the group.
• Huo Yi asked why Huo Xuan had not let him cripple Xiao Yan, and Huo Xuan said he would make anyone who touched Xiao Yan his enemy.

Huo Xuan refused to use schemes against Xiao Yan and vowed to defeat him fairly, but Huo Yi secretly arranged to force Xiao Yan to seek his help. As Xiao Yan recovered at Starfall Pavilion, Xun Er resolved to become strong enough to help him after returning to the Gu Realm.

• Huo Xuan told Huo Yi he would protect Xiao Yan from being killed by others and would challenge him openly, even if Xiao Yan might someday claim the Flame Clan's Heavenly Flames.
• Huo Yi secretly revealed that he had tampered with Xiao Yan's recovery so that Xiao Yan would fail to break through to Dou Zun and eventually seek help from him in the Flame Clan.
• After Xiao Yan was confirmed safe, the exhausted group rested, while Xiao Yi Xian fainted and Qing Lin began recovering from her exertions.
• Xun Er stayed beside the sleeping Xiao Yan, reflected on his stubbornness and the dangers he faced, and decided to return to the Gu Realm for seclusion so she could gain the strength to help him.

After the battle at Starfall Pavilion, rumors spread across the Central Plains about Xiao Yan killing Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring. As Xiao Yan remained unconscious, the power of fortune purged Huo Yi’s hidden energy and triggered his breakthrough, while Xiao Yi Xian and Xun Er prepared to talk.

• News of the battle at Starfall Pavilion spread, and Xiao Yan’s killing of Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring shocked the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan remained asleep for four days, and Mu Yaoyin assured everyone that he was no longer in danger.
• Huo Yi’s hidden fire-attributed energy disrupted Xiao Yan’s body, but the power of fortune found and purified it.
• The purified Dou Qi merged into Xiao Yan, broke his eight-star Dou Zong bottleneck, and began his breakthrough.
• Xun Er sensed Xiao Yan’s breakthrough and stood guard, while Xiao Yi Xian asked her to talk later, and Xun Er agreed.

After Xiao Yan’s breakthrough threatened to carry him toward Dou Zun while he remained unconscious, Xun Er used his devouring power to stabilize him. She then comforted Xiao Yi Xian, and the two women began to understand each other more openly.

• Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi surged after he reached nine-star Dou Zong, and Xun Er feared his unconscious advance toward Dou Zun would injure him.
• Xun Er prepared to stop the breakthrough, but the devouring force in Xiao Yan’s right hand absorbed his excess energy and settled his Dou Qi.
• Xun Er reassured Xiao Yi Xian that Xiao Yan was safe, then spoke with her about their connection to him.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yi Xian that Xiao Yan’s willingness to take a sword for her showed how important she was to him, and Xiao Yi Xian broke down in tears.
• Xun Er embraced Xiao Yi Xian and comforted her, and the two women later sat together on the roof as Xiao Yi Xian asked why Xun Er had treated her kindly.

Xun Er and Xiao Yi Xian discussed their shared feelings for Xiao Yan and the past events that had shaped their relationships with him. Xun Er refused Xiao Yi Xian’s offer to disappear and revealed that the last material needed to control her Woeful Poison Body was at Sound Valley.

• Xun Er told Xiao Yi Xian that she had once followed Xiao Yan, who initially loved one of his cousins instead.
• Xun Er recounted their life in Wutan City, Xiao Yan’s loss of Dou Qi, and their eventual separation before he met Xiao Yi Xian in the Magic Beast Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that Xiao Yan had not been at fault for what happened between them in the magma.
• Xiao Yi Xian offered to leave Xiao Yan because she believed Xun Er was better suited to him and her Woeful Poison Body left her little time to live.
• Xun Er rejected the offer, saying Xiao Yan did not want Xiao Yi Xian to leave and should solve the trouble he had caused.
• Xun Er told Xiao Yi Xian that the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva was at Sound Valley.

While Xiao Yan slept, Starfall Pavilion expanded into the territories of Wind Lightning Pavilion and Yellow Spring Pavilion, and the Heavenly Luan Clan prepared to purge those loyal to Tang Qiying. The chapter left Venerable Wind planning to support Xiao Yan and the clan as Xiao Yan remained unconscious.

• Xun Er sensed the group spying on her and Xiao Yi Xian through the Radiant Array, while the Ancient Clan elders tried to excuse their snooping.
• Xiao Yan slept for seven days as Starfall Pavilion attracted new attention and absorbed much of Wind Lightning Pavilion and Yellow Spring Pavilion's former territory.
• Fei Tian helped Starfall Pavilion take over Wind Lightning Pavilion and became Elder Fei Tian.
• Venerable Wind kept secret that Yao Chen had survived and planned to reveal his return when the time was right.
• After Xiao Yi Xian confirmed Tang Qiying's defection, Mu Que and the others prepared to use it as bait for a purge within the Heavenly Luan Clan.

Xun Er learned that the Soul Clan may have ordered Soul Hall to target Xiao Yan, while the Ancient Clan grew unhappy with her devotion to him. The Ancient Clan’s force arrived at Starfall Pavilion, led by the formidable Gu Yao.

• The Heavenly Luan Clan’s elders became more willing to accept Xiao Yan as their future master after his feats at Starfall Pavilion, though they still hesitated to call him Master.
• The white-haired elder told Xun Er that Wind Lightning Pavilion, Yellow Spring Pavilion, and Ice River Valley had attacked at Soul Hall’s urging, possibly on the Soul Clan’s orders.
• Xun Er worried that the Soul Clan was targeting Xiao Yan, but hoped Huo Xuan’s involvement would keep Soul Hall in check.
• The Ancient Clan’s elders grew dissatisfied that Xun Er had left to be with Xiao Yan and decided they could compensate him if he objected.
• More than twenty Four-Winged Unicorns carrying Ancient Clan figures broke into Starfall Pavilion and smashed through Chen Wei’s illusion formation.
• The Ancient Clan elders recognized the leader of the arriving force as Gu Yao, an Asura Commander and contender to become the next Black Void King.

Gu Yao arrived at the Starfall Pavilion to take Xun Er back to the Ancient Clan, and his confrontation with her escalated when he threatened to involve Xiao Yan. Xun Er began preparing to leave before Xiao Yan's voice suddenly interrupted her farewell.

• Gu Yao ordered Xun Er to return to the Ancient Clan, but she refused to obey him.
• Ling Quan said the Black Void Army was following the clan elders' order, and Gu Yao backed him.
• Venerable Wind offered to host the visitors, but Gu Yao attacked him with Dou Qi, which Xun Er stopped with her golden flames.
• Gu Yao invoked Xiao Yan to pressure Xun Er, and she decided to leave rather than risk Xiao Yan being drawn into trouble at the Ancient Clan.
• Xun Er asked Xiao Yi Xian to pass a message to Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan's voice called out before she could finish.

Xiao Yan recovered and reunited with Xun Er at Starfall Pavilion, then confronted Gu Yao and Ling Quan over their hostility toward him. He accepted Ling Quan’s challenge and prepared to fight as he declared that he would marry Xun Er.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the gathering after recovering from his injuries and embraced Xun Er.
• Xiao Yi Xian watched their reunion and privately wondered what might have happened if she had met Xiao Yan first.
• Gu Yao insulted Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan challenged him to test his strength.
• Ling Quan, jealous of Xiao Yan’s relationship with Xun Er, demanded a chance to teach him a lesson.
• Xun Er let Xiao Yan handle Ling Quan, and Xiao Yan declared that he would marry her before Ling Quan charged at him.

Xiao Yan effortlessly defeated Ling Quan with a single punch, exposing the gap between them to the Black Void Army. He then confronted Gu Yao, who invoked the Ancient Clan’s authority, and Xiao Yan openly challenged him as well.

• Ling Quan attacked Xiao Yan with a lightning spear, but Xiao Yan caught it, blocked its fragments, and dismissed Ling Quan’s combat skill.
• Ling Quan used the Mountain Opening Seal, but Xiao Yan smashed through it and struck him in the chest with his transplanted Dou Saint right arm.
• Xiao Yan’s punch sent Ling Quan flying hundreds of zhang and left him bloodied and badly injured.
• Xiao Yan pulled Ling Quan from the ruins and tossed him before Gu Yao, criticizing the Ancient Clan’s information network.
• Gu Yao warned Xiao Yan to consider the dog’s owner, and Xiao Yan answered that he would beat the owner too.

Xiao Yan accepted Gu Yao’s challenge to settle their conflict with one move, despite Xun Er’s warning and an urgent order for her return. As Gu Yao unleashed his Great Nirvana Finger, Xiao Yan completed a four-colored Buddha Fury Fire Lotus and prepared to counter.

• Gu Yao challenged Xiao Yan, while Xun Er warned that Gu Yao was a four-star Dou Zun and urged Xiao Yan not to fight.
• An urgent order instructed Gu Yao to bring Xun Er back immediately, so he proposed settling the matter with one move instead.
• Xiao Yan agreed and used two changes of the Three Mysterious Changes of Heavenly Fire to reach the initial one-star Dou Zun level.
• Xiao Yan began fusing his three Heavenly Flames as Gu Yao prepared his Heaven-tier Dou Technique, the Great Nirvana Finger.
• Gu Yao summoned a massive black finger from the clouds, while Xiao Yan completed a flame lotus that had gained a fourth, golden flame.

Xiao Yan and Gu Yao unleashed their strongest attacks against each other, and their clash threatened Starfall Pavilion. As both attacks reached their targets, Xiao Yan used a black vortex to absorb Gu Yao’s finger while Gu Yao summoned a turtle phantom to shield himself from Xiao Yan’s flames.

• Xiao Yan fused four Heavenly Flames into a four-colored fire lotus and launched it at Gu Yao’s enormous black finger.
• Xiao Yan’s fire lotus melted the finger’s tip before both attacks erupted, forcing the experts nearby to shield Starfall Pavilion from the shockwaves.
• Xiao Yan drove a pillar of four-colored flames toward Gu Yao while Gu Yao spent his remaining Dou Qi to resist and continued pressing his weakened finger toward Xiao Yan.
• Xun Er prepared to intervene if Xiao Yan faltered and murmured that she would only marry him.
• Xiao Yan opened a black vortex to devour Gu Yao’s incoming finger as his pillar of flame engulfed Gu Yao, who protected himself with an azure-black turtle phantom.

Xiao Yan defeated Gu Yao in their clash, then rejected Gu Yao’s accusations of unfairness by pointing out the advantages he had enjoyed as an Ancient Clan prodigy. After Gu Yao vowed revenge and left, Xun Er healed Xiao Yan and he asked when he could visit the Ancient Clan.

• Xiao Yan’s Four-Colored Fire Lotus overwhelmed Gu Yao, while Xiao Yan was thrown backward by the remaining force of Gu Yao’s Heaven-tier Dou Technique.
• Two Ancient Clan elders and Mu Que rescued Gu Yao from Xiao Yan’s flames, and Xiao Yan’s gaze made clear that Gu Yao had lost.
• Gu Yao accused Xiao Yan of relying on Xun Er’s help, but Xiao Yan challenged him about the unfair advantages of his birth and upbringing.
• Gu Yao admitted that being born into the Ancient Clan was his advantage and vowed to defeat Xiao Yan when they met again.
• Xun Er replenished Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi and embraced him, and Xiao Yan asked when he could go to the Ancient Clan.

Xiao Yan assured Xiao Yi Xian that he would seek the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva to resolve her Woeful Poison Body, then asked Mu Yaoyin whether the Heavenly Luan Clan would continue to support him against Soul Hall. After Mu Yaoyin pledged the clan’s loyalty, Xiao Yan planned to travel with Qing Lin, and he suspected Mu Yaoyin intended to deal with Tang Qiying.

• Xiao Yan promised Xiao Yi Xian that they would go to Sound Valley to obtain the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva once he had settled other matters.
• Xiao Yan asked Mu Yaoyin whether the Heavenly Luan Clan would stand behind him despite the danger of opposing Soul Hall.
• Mu Yaoyin pledged that the Heavenly Luan Clan would support Xiao Yan without hesitation, even if the clan faced annihilation.
• Xiao Yan said he would go to Sound Valley and then the Dan Clan for the Pill Gathering, while Mu Yaoyin noted that the clan’s presence might cause trouble in the human regions.
• Xiao Yan named Qing Lin, now a six-star Dou Zun with Dou Zun-level magical beast companions, as the most suitable companion for the journey.
• Mu Yaoyin suggested they could use the journey to handle other matters, and Xiao Yan asked whether she meant Tang Qiying.

Xiao Yan set out from Starfall Pavilion for Sound Valley with Xiao Yi Xian, Qing Lin, and Mu Qingluan as their guide, while Mu Yaoyin pledged to deal with Tang Qiying and disloyal members of the Heavenly Luan Clan. On the journey, Xiao Yan examined Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring’s storage rings and began searching through Yellow Spring’s collection.

• Mu Yaoyin apologized for failing to recognize Tang Qiying’s dangerous nature and vowed to hunt him down and purge disloyal members of the Heavenly Luan Clan.
• Xiao Yan prepared to leave for Sound Valley with Xiao Yi Xian and Qing Lin, and Mu Qingluan joined them as their guide.
• Venerable Wind sent Xiao Yan off and heard him promise to return after the Pill Gathering to bring Yao Chen back.
• Xiao Yan’s group boarded Fei Tian’s spatial ship, and Qing Lin and Mu Qingluan took turns piloting it.
• Xiao Yan examined Venerable Lei’s damaged body as a possible vessel for Yao Chen’s resurrection, then searched the storage rings of Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring.
• Xiao Yan sorted through the rings’ pills and scrolls before turning with anticipation to Venerable Yellow Spring’s collection.

Xiao Yan searched Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring’s storage rings and found the Phantom Shadow combat skill and the final three forms of the Emperor Seal Art to study. He also gathered useful supplies, but lacking medicinal herbs, he planned to look for them in Road Mountain City before seeking the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva at Sound Valley.

• Xiao Yan finished reading both Venerable Lei and Venerable Yellow Spring’s collections but did not find the method for crafting Heartblood Clay Puppets.
• Xiao Yan chose to study Phantom Shadow, a defensive combat skill that used spatial power to make parts of the body briefly incorporeal.
• Xiao Yan examined Xun Er’s golden scroll and grasped the hand seals for the Earth Overturning Seal, Heaven Annihilating Seal, and Ancient Emperor Seal.
• Xiao Yan found a Lightning Storage Pearl in Venerable Lei’s storage ring and organized the valuable items from both rings.
• Xiao Yan realized he lacked the medicinal herbs needed to prepare pills for his visit to Sound Valley, so he planned to seek herbs in Road Mountain City.