Recaps

Xiao Yan destroyed the Human Hall, strengthened his soul and alliances, and helped Old Yao return to the Yao Clan. The arc ended as the Pill Codex began, with Hun Xuzi challenging Xiao Yan and Old Yao for the title of the continent’s top alchemist.

• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin defeated Huang Tian, then hurried to Void Space when Xiao Yan sensed Zi Yan was in danger from the North Dragon King.
• Xiao Yan rescued Zi Yan, defeated the Great Heavenly Venerate, and later broke through to Two-star Dou Sheng before leading an assault on the Human Hall.
• Xiao Yan and his allies destroyed the Human Hall, freed its imprisoned souls, and took its Soul Origin, while the Soul Hall Deputy Master escaped.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Soul Origin until his soul reached Heavenly Realm Great Perfection, then subdued the Nine Profound Golden Thunder and advanced to late-stage Five-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan helped secure alliances with the Ancient Void Dragon Clan and the Nine Nether Nether Python Clan, then accompanied Old Yao to the Yao Clan for the Pill Codex.
• When Yao Wangui and other Yao Clan members insulted Old Yao, Xiao Yan fought back and demanded an apology, while Elder Wanhuo intervened to enforce a compromise.
• At the Pill Codex, Hun Xuzi arrived and declared his intention to claim the title of the continent’s number one alchemist, and Yao Dan began the ceremony after forbidding a fight.

Xiao Yan refined a Nine-Rank Profound Pill as Hun Xuzi attacked the Yao Clan, then escaped with its survivors and warned the Ancient Clan about the Hun Clan’s campaign. The ancient clans formed an alliance after the Hun Clan stole their ancient jades, and Gu Yuan agreed to let Xiao Yan enter the Heavenly Tomb to seek Xiao Xuan.

• Xiao Yan used Little Yi to purify Hun Xuzi’s stolen pill embryo, then completed his Nine-Rank Profound Pill with the embryos Shennong Elder and Elder Wanhuo gave him.
• Hun Xuzi revealed the true Nihility Devouring Flame and led the Hun Clan’s assault on the Yao Clan, whose members sacrificed themselves to help Xiao Yan and the young survivors escape.
• Xiao Yan fled with Yao Ling and Yao Tian, fought Hun Sha, and reached the Ancient Clan, where he warned Gu Yuan that the Hun Clan had destroyed the Yao, Spirit, and Shi Clans.
• Xiao Yan refined the remaining pill energy and raised his strength to Mid Six-Star Dou Sheng, then fought Lei Dong and faced Lei Ying in the Ancient Clan’s training ground.
• Hun Tiandi arrived with the Nihility Devouring Flame and the Soul Clan’s Four Demon Saints as Xiao Yan realized the Hun Clan was stealing the Gu Clan Ancient Jade.
• Lei Ying and Yan Jin learned that their clans’ ancient jades had also been stolen, and Gu Yuan called for an alliance to reclaim the jades before the Hun Clan opened the Tou She Ancient God’s cave dwelling.
• Xiao Yan asked to enter the Heavenly Tomb again to seek Xiao Xuan, and Gu Yuan agreed.

Xiao Yan reached the Emperor Realm of the soul, helped the allied clans survive the Hun Clan’s attack, and took charge of the Heavenly Mansion Alliance. As both sides searched for Tou She Ancient God’s Cave Mansion, the Soul Clan invaded the Black Corner Region, and Xiao Yan arrived to defend Jia Nan Academy.

• Gu Yang revealed that Lord Void had fused with him, then self-destructed near the barrier and sent the Tou She Ancient God Jade flying, but Nihility Devouring Flame seized and swallowed it.
• Xiao Xuan extracted the Soul of the Heavenly Tomb’s Soul Origin and gave it to Xiao Yan, who refined it, reached the Emperor Realm of the soul, and left the Heavenly Tomb as Xiao Xuan’s remnant soul faded.
• Xiao Yan joined Gu Yuan and the allied forces at the Burial Sky Mountain Range, where Hun Tiandi arrived with the Soul Clan army and the great war began.
• Xiao Yan took control of Hun Yuantian’s Door of Silence, then helped the allied forces break the Death World Formation and defeat the Soul Clan’s resurrected elders.
• Xiao Yan accepted leadership of the Heavenly Mansion Alliance, destroyed Soul Hall strongholds, and refined a Nine-Rank Profound Thunder Tribulation Pill in the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yan investigated Jia Nan Academy after learning that Soul Clan forces had appeared in the Black Corner Region, while Hun Tiandi used the eight Ancient Jade pieces to uncover the cave mansion’s location.
• Hun You attacked Jia Nan Academy and ordered his forces to kill everyone, but Xiao Yan appeared, killed the Soul Clan Dou Sheng, and drove Hun You to flee.
• Xiao Yan and allied experts cleared the remaining Soul Clan forces from the Black Corner Region, and Xiao Yan offered to shelter Jia Nan Academy’s students in the Heavenly Tomb as Mang Tianchi warned that a major event was approaching.