Recaps

After Xiao Yan’s alliance crippled the Soul Clan and seized its resources, four Extraterritorial Evil Clan pillars appeared and began empowering the Heavenly Demon Phoenixes. Xiao Yan united the major clans against the invaders, strengthened Origin Return Manor’s preparations, and returned to pursue the Soul Imperial State.

• Xiao Yan forced Gu Yuan to let Origin Return Manor retreat by threatening the Ancient Clan Three Immortals, then the manor’s forces withdrew with Xiao Yan’s allies.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian redirected Mu Wei’s raid to seize souls from Soul Halls, and Wang Yun agreed to revive the captured souls in exchange for rare treasures.
• Liang Mengying joined Origin Return Manor, while Lei Qingyue opposed the Thunder Clan elders’ attempt to use Lei Jingxiao’s relationship with Zi Yan for political advantage.
• Zhukun defeated Lei Jingxiao in their sparring match, then froze when a new presence struck him with a sense of danger.
• Four black pillars appeared near the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, killing more than a million beings and spreading black mist that empowered the Heavenly Demon Phoenixes.
• Xiao Yan, Zhukun, Gu Yuan, and Soul Heavenly Emperor agreed to unite against the Extraterritorial Evil Clan, whose representatives claimed the world for the Holy Clan and offered to spare them as servants.
• Xiao Yan helped Origin Return Manor improve its fighting-qi filtering with the Nihility Devouring Flame and Child Flames, then trained with Qing Lin in the Grand Splendor Yin-Yang Rotation.
• Xiao Yan joined Zhukun, Yan Jin, and other experts to fire the Soul and Ancient Clans’ giant cannons at the black pillars, disrupting the Heavenly Demon Phoenix’s absorption of black qi, then returned to refine a Tier 9 Medicinal Pill.

Xiao Yan led Origin Return Manor into the Demon Flame Space to claim the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame and fought the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the Extraterritorial Evil Clan. After the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint sealed the flame for him, Xiao Yan joined the battle outside the Demon Flame Space and helped stabilize the Continental Allied Army’s front.

• Xiao Yan refined a Tier 9 Precious Medicinal Pill, then led Origin Return Manor toward the Demon Flame Space as the Central Plains’ major factions and the Extraterritorial Evil Clan gathered.
• Xiao Yan entered the Demon Flame Space through Little Scale, reunited with Xun'er and their allies, and rescued the Xiao Clan ancestor Xiao Chen from the flame’s control.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Feng joined forces against Feng Qing'er, while Xiao Chen and Xiao Yan confronted the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame as it attacked the allied fighters.
• Xiao Yan trapped Feng Qing'er and helped Jiang Yunyan defeat the Heaven Demon Phoenix attackers as the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint fought to regain control of his corrupted flame.
• The Purifying Lotus Demon Saint sealed the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in a talisman and entrusted it to Xiao Yan, then faded away after Hun Feng challenged Xiao Yan over his promise.
• Xiao Yan restored his Eight-Star Dou Saint strength, released the Three Great Living Dead, and fought the Heaven Demon Phoenix experts while Zhukun and the other peak fighters faced the Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s leaders.
• Xiao Yan trapped Feng Chu in his Nihility Vortex, then sent Little Scale’s Fire Lotuses to reinforce the allied army’s battered battle lines.

Xiao Yan and Little Scale turned Feng Ye against the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan before the Extraterritorial Evil Clan withdrew its forces. As the enemy expanded its territory, Xiao Yan advanced to the Soul Imperial State and refined a Ninth-Grade Mystic Pill while his allies prepared for another battle.

• Xiao Yan fought Feng Ye inside the Nihility Vortex, killed Feng Chu, and exhausted Feng Ye through a soul clash so Little Scale could take control of him.
• Nine Phoenix gravely wounded Zi Yan and killed Qing Mu and Lei Miao as they helped Lei Jingxiao escape with her.
• Xiao Yan unleashed the controlled Feng Ye against the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, enabling an allied counterattack before the Extraterritorial Evil Clan ordered its forces to withdraw.
• The Extraterritorial Evil Clan planned to weaken the world's restrictions and capture more candidates for power infusions while Wang Yun worked to revive fallen allied experts.
• Lei Jingxiao vowed to kill Nine Phoenix and began absorbing the purifying lotus demon flame, while Qing Lin entered seclusion with Huang Quan’s blood essence.
• Xiao Yan absorbed stored Soul Hall souls and advanced to the Soul Imperial State as the Extraterritorial Evil Clan expanded and the opposing armies entered a cautious stalemate.
• Xiao Yan discovered shrinking black mist territory and a concealed enemy area, while the Soul Heavenly Emperor offered Gu Yuan a deal involving the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Yan refined a Ninth-Grade Mystic Pill close to a Ninth Grade Golden Pill and destroyed its Black Demon Lightning with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.