Recaps

Xiao Yan helped the Four Sects battle Lu Huangtian and destroy the blood-red eye, then parted from Xiao Xun'er and left Tianlan City with Zi Yan. Their journey stopped when Chen Lingxu revealed himself as the former Void Heavenly Emperor and named Xiao Yan one of his inheritors.

• Xu Ce severed Xu Chengzze’s arm but let him remain Echo Sect’s sect master as Lu Huangtian’s Black Pearl suppressed Xiao Yan’s flame and awakened more than a thousand puppets.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er fought Lu Chen, and Xiao Yan’s Crimson Lotus Karma Flame consumed the puppets as he advanced to Dou Zun and destroyed Lu Zhi’s puppet.
• Lu Huangtian absorbed the remaining puppets and reached five-star Dou Zun, but Xiao Yan, He Kui, and their allies attacked him and tried to break through his defenses.
• Lu Huangtian sacrificed Lu Ling and killed Xu Ce, Shi Ye, and Xu Chengzze before raising the Blood Sacrifice Sacred Relic over Tianlan City and trapping the survivors behind its barrier.
• Jiang Ye pierced the blood-red eye with his Soul-Locking Arrow, but the eye grew stronger and killed most of Tianlan City’s population as Xiao Yan prepared a three-colored fire lotus.
• Xiao Yan launched the fire lotus at the eye, and Gu Yuan stopped the blast, restored Xiao Xun'er, destroyed the eye, and killed Lu Huangtian after learning of the Holy Clan’s role.
• Xiao Xun'er left for the Ancient Clan with Qing Lin, while Xiao Yan and Zi Yan stayed behind, said their farewells to their allies, and departed Tianlan City.
• Chen Lingxu stopped Xiao Yan and Zi Yan in midair, put Zi Yan into a harmless sleep, and told Xiao Yan that he was one of the former Void Heavenly Emperor’s inheritors.

Xiao Yan returned to Jia Ma amid a spreading poisonous fog, reunited with old allies, and secured Hai Bodong’s map fragment. At Black Mountain Fortress, he and Zi Yan joined the battle against the five-nation alliance, where Zi Yan faced Xie Biyan.

• Di Nian revealed that Xiao Yan’s arrival had followed a spatial breach caused by his breakthrough, and explained how the Lu Clan had manipulated the Tunling Clan and devastated the continent.
• Xiao Yan left the Ten Thousand Beasts Space with Zi Yan, reached the Jia Ma Empire, and learned that Chuyun’s poisonous fog was driving a crisis at Black Mountain Fortress.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan found Xiao Yi Xian at the center of the fog, where Soul Hall members were trying to contain her Woeful Poison Body, and Yan Di rescued her and took Xiao Yan toward the Flame Clan.
• Xiao Yan warned Jia Ma’s leaders that the fog could spread across several provinces, then obtained three Sand Mandalas from Queen Medusa and traveled to Mo City.
• Xiao Yan refined a Misfortune-Breaking Pill for Hai Bodong, restored his Dou Emperor strength, received the map fragment, and sparred with him before returning toward Black Mountain Fortress.
• The five-nation alliance attacked Jia Ma, and Qin Huan injured Queen Medusa and Yun Yun before Xiao Yan and Zi Yan intervened.
• Zi Yan fought Xie Biyan in the fourth wager match, resisted his poison, and transformed into a five-star Dou Zong, but a tiny black streak struck her chest as she pursued him.

Xiao Yan and his allies defeated the Five Nations Alliance and repelled Wu Huai’s attempt to seize Jia Ma, while Xiao Yan helped protect the empire’s people. As he prepared to leave for the Flame Clan, personal appeals and political offers followed him, and he confronted Gu He with a request.

• Zi Yan killed Xie Biyan, and Qin Huan killed Xie Shan before Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi fought Ye Guan and Ye He, whose blood figures were overcome by their merged Crimson Lotus Karma Flames.
• Steward Wu revealed the Heavenly Snake Mansion’s plan to take Jia Ma, but Xiao Yan presented his King Snake Token and fought back as the mansion’s forces and the Five Nations Alliance turned on him.
• Huo Zhi helped Xiao Yan kill Yan Luotian, then Xiao Yan killed Wu Huai with their fused flame, while Zi Yan killed Qin Huan and the surviving alliance fighters fled.
• Xiao Yan joined the effort to evacuate Jia Ma’s people and reunited with Ya Fei, who told him her family intended to make her Gu He’s concubine and asked to become Xiao Yan’s instead.
• Jia Xingtian offered Xiao Yan rule of Jia Ma and marriage to Ya Ye and Yao Yue, but Xiao Yan refused and said he would leave in a few days.
• Nalan Yanran apologized and confessed her feelings to Xiao Yan, but he rejected her, and Yun Yun visited him before leaving to handle matters involving the major factions.
• Yang Lingyan told Xiao Yan that Gu He had come to Black Mountain Fortress with a Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Yan met Gu He and asked him for a favor.

Xiao Yan left the Jia Ma Empire with Zi Yan and Huo Zhi, then was caught in a Soul Hall ambush while traveling to the Flame Clan. Yan Di fought the Soul Hall experts as Xiao Yan and his companions struggled to survive, and the arc ended with Yan Di preparing to unleash his full power.

• Xiao Yan defeated Gu He in an alchemy contest, won Ya Fei’s freedom from their engagement, and later agreed to marry her as Empress before leaving for the Central Plains.
• Xiao Yan traveled with Zi Yan, Yan Di, and Huo Zhi, brewing medicinal wine that helped Zi Yan cultivate and restored Yan Di’s strength.
• Sacrificial Spirit Heavenly Venerate and Venerable Hui You intercepted the group, and Yan Di turned against them after appearing to surrender Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian.
• Yan Di fought the Soul Hall experts through spatial rifts while Xiao Yan, Huo Zhi, and Zi Yan battled Chen Xiao and the Soul Hall Protectors.
• Xiao Yan shattered Xiao Yi Xian’s ice coffin to break the protectors’ chain formation, and her uncontrolled poison qi helped the group escape the trap.
• The Soul Hall Protectors unleashed their hidden power, severely injuring Xiao Yi Xian and forcing Yan Di to shield Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi.
• Yan Di drank Xiao Yan’s medicinal wine, revealed his Fire Spirit Body and seven-star Dou Zun strength, and prepared to unleash the Great Flame Sun Art at full power.