Recaps

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao completed a Mystic Pill at the Medicine Ceremony, while Xiao Yan’s confrontation with Yao Wangui led to a resurrection technique that reshaped the trade fair. The arc ended with Origin Return Manor battling the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the North Dragon King as Xiao Yan prepared a Fire Lotus against Huang Tian.

• The Yao Clan began the Medicine Ceremony, where Xiao Yan defeated Yao Wangui’s elites and left him alive after breaking his shoulder bones.
• Wei Jiangyuan refined a Tier 9 Precious Medicinal Pill, overcame his past doubts, and invited Lei Jingxiao to join Origin Return Manor.
• Yao Dan completed a Ninth-Grade Mystic Pill, then Xiao Yan and Yao Lao fused their unfinished pills into a Clear Subtle Revival Pill.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the pill’s Black Demon Lightning with Xun Er’s help, stabilized his Late Heavenly State Soul, and watched Yao Dan apologize to Yao Lao for the clan’s past wrongs.
• Xiao Yan captured Yao Wangui’s soul and displayed Wang Yun’s resurrection technique at the trade fair, offering to revive souls for a ninth-tier Treasure Pill or for joining Origin Return Manor.
• Xiao Yan secured agreements with the Yao and Thunder Clans, including the Mystic Yellow Flame, resources for Lei Jingxiao, and two portions of Void Lightning.
• Origin Return Manor ambushed the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan in a spatial passage, where Zi Yan and Lei Jingxiao fought Huang Tian and the North Dragon King.
• Xiao Yan’s War Puppet overpowered the North Dragon King as his allies fought the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, and Xiao Yan began fusing six Heavenly Flames into a Fire Lotus against Huang Tian.

Xiao Yan and his allies faced the Soul Clan’s assault, then Xiao Xuan sacrificed the Heavenly Tomb to stop the Nihility Devouring Flame from pursuing them. Xiao Yan fought off the Flame’s attempt to possess him before the Dou Di remnants defeated a hostile outsider, leaving Xiao Yan with the Tou She Ancient God Jade and a new danger to address.

• Xiao Yan’s group defeated Huang Tian’s forces, but Nine Phoenix escaped with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s remaining hope and declared himself its leader.
• After Mu Yaoyin’s final vision and months of preparation, Xiao Yan joined Yan Jin and Qing Lin to reinforce the Yao, Thunder, and Stone Clans, only to be ambushed by the Nihility Devouring Flame and four resurrected Eight-Star Dou Shengs.
• Yan Jin held off the Four Living Dead while Xiao Yan and Qing Lin escaped toward the Northwest Region, and Xiao Xuan drew their pursuer into the Heavenly Tomb and destroyed it at the cost of his own life.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame survived and tried to take Xiao Yan’s body, but Xiao Yan used his soul techniques and six Origin Heavenly Flames to drive it out, while Qing Lin carried him onward.
• A black hole appeared and dragged the weakened Nihility Devouring Flame away, then a Holy Clan envoy emerged and immobilized Xiao Yan and Qing Lin.
• The Void Heavenly Emperor and eleven other Dou Di remnants surrounded and erased the envoy, and Xiao Wenhua revealed himself as the founder of the Xiao Clan before fading away.
• The Void Heavenly Emperor restrained Nihility Devouring Flame and gave Xiao Yan the Tou She Ancient God Jade, then gathered five masses of the outsider’s blood and explained that only Dou Di power could destroy them.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Nihility Devouring Flame with Qing Lin’s help, then joined the Void Heavenly Emperor in repairing the continent’s breach. After returning to the Northwest Region and reuniting with old friends, Xiao Yan headed to Jia Nan Academy with Qing Lin and Zi Yan, where they discovered a hidden space beneath the magma.

• The Void Heavenly Emperor revealed that the black mist lifeform was an Extraterritorial Evil Clan vanguard and gave Xiao Yan the Nihility Devouring Flame to help repair the breach.
• Xiao Yan endured the flame’s illusions and refined it with Qing Lin’s aid, while the two cultivated together and rose to the Eight-Star Dou Saint realm.
• Xiao Yan named the newly reborn flame Little Scale and agreed to help seal the breach, learning that repairing it would restore the continent’s laws and weaken future invaders.
• Xiao Yan and the Void Heavenly Emperor combined the seven Heavenly Flames with gathered materials, and the Emperor used his remaining power to seal the breach.
• Xiao Yan saved Yang Lingyan, Xu Yingwu, and Chu Qun from a Dragon Bear and its beast tide, then reunited with old friends at the Heavenly Snake Mansion.
• Xiao Yan learned that Liang Mengying had disappeared and told Ya Fei about his family before preparing to return to the Central Plains with Qing Lin.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor learned that the Nihility Devouring Flame had vanished after joining the Ancient Clan’s attack on the Thunder, Yao, and Stone Clans, and ordered the Soul Clan to find him.
• Xiao Yan, Qing Lin, and Zi Yan explored the magma beneath Jia Nan Academy, found a weak Fallen Heart Flame, and entered a hidden pocket space after Lizardmen called the area the God's Graveyard.

Xiao Yan escaped Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion with Zhukun and joined the allied forces in attacking the Soul Clan to rescue Xun Er. After the Soul Clan Ancestor entered the battle, Xiao Yan offered the lives of the Ancient Clan Three Immortals to secure a path out for Origin Return Manor.

• Xiao Yan and his companions met Zhukun in Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion, learned he was Zi Yan’s father, and used Extraterritorial Evil Clan blood to break the binding formation and escape.
• Soul Heavenly Emperor attacked Xiao Yan’s group beneath the Magma World, but Little Scale used Nihility Devouring Flame’s Child Flames to turn the Living Dead against him, and Soul Heavenly Emperor escaped after Hun Yao died.
• Xiao Yan learned Soul Heavenly Emperor had captured Xun Er, while Xiao Yi Xian organized the allied forces and Zhukun joined their planned assault on the Soul Realm.
• The allied forces shattered the Soul Clan’s protective formation, and Xiao Yan, Yan Jin, Lei Ying, Qing Lin, and Zhukun engaged the Soul Clan and Ancient Clan leaders in battle.
• Xiao Yan found and freed Xun Er as Soul Heavenly Emperor summoned the Soul Clan Ancestor, whose arrival shifted the battle against the allied forces.
• Qing Lin protected Xiao Yan and Xun Er from the Soul Clan Ancestor’s attack, while Xiao Yan asked Gu Yuan to let Origin Return Manor withdraw and offered the lives of the Ancient Clan Three Immortals in exchange.