Recaps

After forcing the Soul Clan and Ancient Clan to cooperate, Xiao Yan learned that the Extraterritorial Evil Clan had arrived and was empowering the Heavenly Demon Phoenixes. He organized the alliance’s response while strengthening Origin Return Manor, and the arc ended with him facing the lightning tribulation of a Tier 9 Medicinal Pill.

• Xiao Yan withdrew Origin Return Manor’s forces from the Ancient Clan after threatening to use the Three Great Living Dead, and Soul Heavenly Emperor chose not to pursue them.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian redirected the Soul Hall raid to seize stored souls, then arranged for Wang Yun to revive the souls that retained their reason.
• Liang Mengying joined Origin Return Manor, while Lei Qingyue challenged the Thunder Clan elders’ plans to use Lei Jingxiao’s marriage to Zi Yan for political advantage.
• The Extraterritorial Evil Clan’s black pillars appeared near the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, killing more than a million beings and empowering the Heavenly Demon Phoenixes.
• Xiao Yan, Zhukun, Gu Yuan, and Soul Heavenly Emperor agreed to cooperate against the invaders, who demanded that the continent’s inhabitants become their servants.
• Xiao Yan briefed Origin Return Manor and its allied clans, then helped disciples improve their gathered fighting qi and prepared with Qing Lin to master the Grand Splendor Yin-Yang Rotation.
• Xiao Yan joined Zhukun, Yan Jin, and other experts to fire cannons at the black pillars, disrupting the transfer of power to the Heavenly Demon Phoenixes.
• Xiao Yan began refining a Tier 9 Medicinal Pill, and Little Scale helped him withstand its Black Demon Lightning tribulation.

Xiao Yan and the Continental Allied Army entered the Demon Flame Space to claim the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame, where they faced the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the Extraterritorial Evil Clan. Xiao Yan secured the flame and helped hold the allied front, but ended the stretch confronting Feng Ye, a Nine-Star Dou Saint.

• Xiao Yan led Origin Return Manor into the Demon Flame Space, where the rival clans and the Extraterritorial Evil Clan also sent fighters to claim the flame.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er and Origin Return Manor's experts, then rescued Blood Axe Xiao Chen from the flame's control and learned he had entered to obtain the flame for his cousin.
• The Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame rampaged through the hall, and Xiao Yan restrained it while the allied forces fought the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Xiao Yan and the Purifying Lotus Demon Saint subdued the corrupted flame, and the Demon Saint sealed it in a talisman before entrusting it to Xiao Yan.
• Jiang Yunyan and the allied forces struck back against the phoenixes, while Xiao Yan consumed the black mist and helped destroy their attacks.
• Xiao Yan restored his Eight-Star Dou Saint strength, released the Three Great Living Dead, and fought the Heaven Demon Phoenix powerhouses as the wider battle intensified.
• Xiao Yan trapped Feng Chu in his Nihility Vortex and sent Fire Lotuses made by Little Scale across the battlefield to reinforce the allied army.
• Feng Ye revealed his Nine-Star Dou Saint strength after killing three allied Dou Sheng Experts, and Xiao Yan faced him directly.