Recaps

Xiao Yan and his allies uncovered the Spirit Clan’s plot and fought Ling Zhuo, while Ling Haonan launched an assault on the Pill Tower. The arc left Xiao Yan confronting traitor Xuan Leizi as the Pill Tower’s leaders remained trapped and Holy Pill City was sealed off.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian warned Cao Ying, Dan Chen, Wei Jiangyuan, and Yao Qingyu that a Spirit Clan spy might be inside the Pill Tower.
• Ling Zhuo and the Spirit Clan attacked the Pill Tower, but Xiao Yan’s allies fought back and Qing Lin killed Ling Zhuo to seize the Source Spirit Pattern Crystal.
• Ling Haonan forced Ling Zhuo to take the Blood-Devouring Soul-Burial Pill, then empowered himself and ordered the Spirit Clan to attack the Pill Tower.
• Xiao Yan split from his allies to find Xuan Yi, killed Spirit Clan Dou Zuns, and learned from Ling Wu that Ling Haonan was a five-star Dou Sheng leading the assault.
• Xiao Yan reached the core hall and found Xuan Yi, Xuan Kongzi, and seven others trapped as Ling Haonan and Ling He fed Spirit Clan essence blood into the formation.
• Xiao Yi Xian and the others escaped the tower but found Holy Pill City surrounded by Spirit Clan Dou Zuns and sealed behind a lethal barrier.
• Xuan Leizi attacked Xiao Yan as he rushed toward Xuan Yi, revealing his betrayal and declaring that he would kill him.
• Xuan Leizi badly injured Xiao Yan and suppressed Black Flame, but an unknown force freed Xiao Yan briefly, allowing him to unleash his devouring power and swallow Spirit Clan blood essence.

Xiao Yan and his allies fought the Spirit Clan and the Heavenly Nether Sect as they held the Pill Tower experts captive. Zi Yan escaped the formation and opened a passage for a Dou Sheng expert, leaving the battle poised to change.

• Xiao Yan absorbed Spirit Clan blood essence and fused Heavenly Flames to form a Five-Colored Destruction Fire Lotus, whose explosion devastated the Pill Tower hall but failed to break Ling Haonan’s seal or free the captives.
• Qing Lin shattered part of the formation, but the Spirit Clan and Heavenly Nether Sect ambushed the rescuers, while Ling Fengzhui repaired the barrier and Tianming Old Demon fought Xiao Yan’s allies.
• Xiao Yan and Wei Jiangyuan attacked Ling Fengzhui’s repairs, and Haika delivered Xiao Yan the reforged Heavy Profound Ruler, which Xiao Yan used to help breach the barrier.
• Ling Fengzhui revealed a hidden Heavenly State Soul and reached Half-Saint strength, but Wei Jiangyuan’s Shadow Piercing Needle disrupted his soul as Xiao Yan formed another fire lotus.
• Ling Fengzhui sent Xiao Yan’s Four-Colored Fire Lotus into the Star Region and detonated it, breaking the seals that contained Three Thousand Burning Flame before inviting Xiao Yan to join the Spirit Clan.
• Zi Yan and Huo Zhi arrived through a spatial rift, and Huo Zhi’s Crimson Lotus Karma Flame broke Ling Fengzhui’s Shadow Prison, and Ling Fengzhui promised to spare Xiao Yan in exchange for Huo Zhi’s cooperation.
• Xiao Yi Xian gave Zi Yan a jade token, and Xiao Yan and Huo Zhi held off Ling Fengzhui while Zi Yan escaped through a loophole in the formation and crushed the token.
• A spatial passage opened between Holy Pill City and the outside world, and a Dou Sheng expert’s aura came from beyond it.

The Spirit Clan’s attempt to seize the Pill Tower ended when Xiao Yan destroyed its formation, though Ling Xuanmo’s strike swept him into spatial turbulence and left his friends believing he was dead. As his companions pursued their own paths to grow stronger, a trading caravan found a charcoal-covered stranger in the Flame Wasteland.

• Mu Yaoyin, the Fire Cloud Ancestor, and the Pill Tower Ancestor arrived to help, but Ling Haonan activated the Heaven-Sealing Saint-Locking Grand Formation and trapped them.
• Ling Haonan and Ling Yuan planned to seize the Mystic Pill and Pill Tower’s resources, and Ling Haonan burned his life force to activate the formation and seal Holy Pill City.
• Mu Wei identified a weak formation node, and Xiao Yan decided to break it by combining the Heavenly Flames into a fire lotus.
• Xiao Yan detonated a Six-Colored Fire Lotus at the node, destroying the Mother-Child Rune Grand Formation and freeing the Pill Tower Ancestor.
• Ling Xuanmo struck Xiao Yan with Dou Sheng-level power, shattering his body and sending him into spatial turbulence, while Jiang Yunyan later killed Ling Haonan.
• Lei Jingxiao absorbed Azure Underworld Lightning and broke through, Wei Jiangyuan stayed with the Pill Tower, and Qing Lin resolved to claim the Nine Serene Deepground Python Clan’s resources.
• Wang Linger persuaded Wang Zhuang’s caravan to investigate a charred hollow, where Old Wu and Old Han found a stranger with a faint pulse and carried them away.

Xiao Yan recovered his strength, destroyed the Soul Hall pursuers, and joined Yan Chao in escorting Flame Clan survivors after learning their clan had fallen. The survivors reached Sand City, where Xiao Yan exposed Yan Chao’s secret mission to carry the clan’s medicinal reserves to Luo City and considered the offer of rare ingredients for Yao Lao’s resurrection.

• Wang Linger cared for the burned stranger as Wang Zhuang led the convoy into the Eastern Region, where Soul Hall attackers searched for him.
• Xiao Yan revealed himself, defeated the Soul Hall Dou Zuns, and promised Wang Linger he would help her enter Medical Poison Valley.
• Xiao Yan learned from Yan Chao that the Flame Clan had been devastated, then agreed to escort Yan Chao and two children toward Sand City.
• Tang Qiying took over Huo Xuan’s body and gained the Eight Wastelands Destruction Flame, then threatened Hun Yu to keep it.
• Xiao Yan and the Flame Clan survivors reached Sand City, where Xiao Yan used his Soul Puppet Control Technique to make Black Intent Venerable let their ship pass.
• Xiao Yan confronted Yan Chao, who admitted he was carrying the Flame Clan’s rare medicinal ingredients to a secret refuge in Luo City.
• Yan Chao offered Xiao Yan any of the clan’s alchemical ingredients, including materials for ninth-tier treasure pills, and Xiao Yan considered using them to revive Yao Lao.