Recaps

Xiao Yan returned from the Ancient Clan with Xun Er, married Xiao Yi Xian, and began building alliances against the Soul Clan and Ancient Clan. At the Flower Sect, he discovered Hua Jin carried Soul Hall aura and proposed an alliance directly to Fairy Hua.

• Xun Er left the Ancient Clan with Xiao Yan, and Gu Yuan accepted her choice while entrusting the clan’s affairs to Gu Lie during his recovery.
• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion, where Xiao Yi Xian encouraged Xun Er to stay and later joyfully accepted Xiao Yan’s marriage proposal.
• Starfall Pavilion and Medical Poison Valley held Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian’s wedding, attended by major factions and clans from across the Central Plains.
• After the wedding, Xiao Yan’s allies planned to approach Central Plains powers as equals, and Xiao Yan set out with Yao Lao and Yao Qingyu to discuss an alliance with the Flower Sect.
• Yao Lao taught Xiao Yan how to develop his Heavenly State Soul and gave him the Soul-Sealing Consciousness Suppression technique before they reached the Flower Sect.
• Hua Xia initially barred Yao Lao from entering under Fairy Qing’s order, while Xiao Yan and Yao Qingyu met with Acting Sect Master Hua Jin to discuss herbs and cooperation.
• Xiao Yan sensed Soul Hall aura on Hua Jin, so he and Yao Qingyu sought out Fairy Hua instead of revealing their alliance plans to her.
• Xiao Yan told Fairy Hua about the conflicts among the Dou Di bloodline clans and proposed an alliance, then questioned her about Hua Jin’s Soul Hall connection.

Xiao Yan secured the Flower Sect and Flame Clan for his alliance, defeated Soul Hall’s attack, and refined a Dou Sheng War Puppet. He then entered the Ancient Bodhi Tree with Huo Zhi and Hun Feng, where they faced its growing attacks and tried to rescue those trapped inside.

• Fairy Hua allied the Flower Sect with Starfall Pavilion after exposing Hua Jin’s ties to Soul Hall, and Xiao Yan took control of Demon Flower Evil Lord to feed Soul Hall false information.
• Xiao Yan and Fairy Hua ambushed Hun Yan’s force at the Flower Sect, and Yao Lao captured Hun Yan and Hun Hu for Xiao Yan to use in War Puppet research.
• Xiao Yan completed one Dou Sheng War Puppet, then traveled to the Flame Clan and gained Yan Jin’s support for the alliance after refusing Yan Jin’s proposed marriage alliance.
• Yan Jin gave Xiao Yan a Flame Clan Clan Mark and pledged the clan’s support, while Huo Zhen trained Xiao Yan in medicinal-herb extraction.
• Xiao Yan encountered the beast stampede caused by the Ancient Bodhi Tree, summoned Yan Jin, and entered the tree’s realm with Huo Zhi.
• The Ancient Bodhi Tree drew Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi inside and stripped Xiao Yan of his Dou Qi, but Xiao Yan broke free with the help of his Heavenly Flames and Hun Feng’s Child Flame.
• Xiao Yan, Huo Zhi, and Hun Feng repelled the tree’s radiance and learned it was growing stronger by absorbing the trapped people’s blood qi, while Huo Zhi tried to rescue a Dou Zun expert.

Xiao Yan overcame the Bodhi Tree’s corruption, gained the Bodhisattva Heart, and emerged from its visions with new strength. After returning to Starfall Pavilion, he rushed to East Dragon Island when the Three Great Dragon Islands attacked Zi Yan, arriving as an enemy struck him.

• Xiao Yan, Huo Zhi, and Hun Feng used their Heavenly Flames and refined Bodhi Seeds to destroy the corrupted tree shadow, and the Ancient Bodhi Tree bestowed the Bodhisattva Heart on Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan experienced a hundred different lifetimes in the Bodhi Tree’s vision, including a lifetime as Huo Zhi’s husband, before awakening with stronger cultivation and defeating Hun Feng’s attempt to attack him.
• Hun Mu attacked Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi outside the tree, but Yan Jin killed Hun Mu and drove off the Soul Clan attackers with help from Lei Qingyue’s arrival.
• Huo Zhi returned to the Flame Clan, while Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Xuan in the Heavenly Tomb and learned how the Bodhisattva Heart could strengthen his body.
• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion, stabilized his cultivation, and learned that the Nine Serene Deepground Python Clan and East Dragon Island both faced trouble.
• The North Dragon King led the Three Great Dragon Islands in attacking East Dragon Island, broke its protective formation, and captured Lei Jingxiao and Wei Jiangyuan while Zi Yan refined the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit.
• The South Dragon King struck down Qing Mu as the North Dragon King completed the Dragon-Transforming Demonic Array, and Xiao Yan broke through the encirclement to reach East Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yan charged toward Zi Yan, Lei Jingxiao, and Wei Jiangyuan, but an Ancient Void Dragon expert attacked him as he shouted, “Annihilate!”

Xiao Yan helped Zi Yan defeat the Three Great Dragon Islands’ attack, then cultivated in the Void Thunder Pool and advanced to Two-Star Dou Saint. After returning to East Dragon Island, he received Wei Jiangyuan’s formula for treating Xun Er and began preparing the pill.

• Xiao Yan killed Lie Shan, Zhu Mu, and the West Dragon King while East Dragon Island’s fighters held off the invading forces, and Zi Yan broke free of the Dragon-Transforming Demonic Array and defeated the North Dragon King.
• Zi Yan became Dragon Emperor as East Dragon Island began rebuilding, while Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan refined recovery pills and agreed to support the clan’s alliance.
• Xiao Yan gave Bodhi Seeds to Wei Jiangyuan, Lei Jingxiao, and Qingmu, and Zi Yan accompanied him to the Void Thunder Pool before returning to her clan.
• Xiao Yan cultivated in the Thunder Pool, absorbed Ancient Void Dragon blood essence and lightning, and discovered Mang Tianchi cultivating in its core.
• Xiao Yan reached Two-Star Dou Saint in the Heavenly Tomb, then met Mang Tianchi and traded him an eighth-tier medicinal pill for Magma Fire Pearls.
• Xiao Yan returned to East Dragon Island and learned that Zi Yan had rejected Lei Jingxiao’s confession, while Wei Jiangyuan completed a peak eighth-tier pill formula for Xun Er.
• Xiao Yan took Wei Jiangyuan into the Heavenly Tomb and began refining the ingredients for Xun Er’s pill, turning a Bodhi Seed into flawless jade-green liquid.