Recaps

Xiao Yun rose from the Xiao Clan’s top young talent to a powerful alchemist and tournament champion, then entered Jia Nan Academy’s Inner Academy. The arc left him leading a freshman team through the Fire Energy Hunting Competition after defeating several older-student teams, with the White Fiend Team ahead.

• Xiao Yun shocked the Xiao Clan by reaching Dou Qi Ninth Duan, then broke through to Dou Zhe and chose Jia Nan Academy over the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yun joined Jia Nan Academy’s alchemy program, became Fire Elder’s disciple, and trained until he advanced to Dou Shi and earned a First-Tier Alchemist badge.
• Xiao Yun returned to the Xiao Clan as a Third-Tier Alchemist and Da Dou Shi, gave the clan cultivation resources and pills, and later left for the academy with Xiao Ding.
• Xiao Yun won first place in the Inner Academy Selection Tournament and entered the Library Pavilion, where he chose the Ten Thousand Thunders Body Tempering scroll.
• Xiao Yun traveled with the selected freshmen to the hidden Inner Academy and became leader of a team that included the other four tournament finalists.
• Xiao Yun’s team defeated several groups of Inner Academy students, took their Fire Energy, and helped injured freshmen during the hunting competition.
• Xiao Yun used his Purple Crystal Lion Flame to defeat Black Fiend captain Lin Dong, then ordered his teammates to rest before they faced the White Fiend Team.

Xiao Yun established Xiao Sect, advanced to Dou Ling, and returned to the Jia Ma Empire to investigate Xiao Yan’s cultivation problem. He recruited Qing Lin and followed a Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent into the magma in search of the Heavenly Flame.

• Xiao Yun defeated Xu Feng in the Fire Energy Hunting Competition, entered the Inner Academy, and began cultivating in the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and Falling Thunder Valley.
• Xiao Yun established Xiao Sect with Fang Wen managing pill sales and recruitment, then won consecutive Arena fights before defeating a Dou Ling-level opponent.
• Xiao Yun befriended Zi Yan, obtained a Purple Spirit Flower, and refined a Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pill that helped him break through to Dou Ling.
• After Xiao Zhan asked for help with Xiao Yan’s lost Dou Qi, Xiao Yun left the Inner Academy and returned to the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yun traded Earth Core Tempering Milk with Gu Te for Ice Spirit Cold Spring, then defeated Hai Bo Dong and agreed to help remove his seal in exchange for a Heavenly Flame map and information.
• Xiao Yun found Qing Lin at the City Lord’s Manor, recognized her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, and persuaded her to travel with him.
• Xiao Yun took Qing Lin into the Underground Magma World, where she bonded with a Twin-Headed Flame Spirit Serpent that revealed the Heavenly Flame lay beneath the magma.
• Xiao Yun left Purple Crystal Lion Flame to protect Qing Lin and followed the serpent into the magma.

Xiao Yun subdued the Green Lotus Core Flame, strengthened the Xiao Clan, and formed an alliance with Yao Lao while pursuing opportunities across the Jia Ma Empire. At the Mountain-Viewing Pavilion, he encountered Han Feng as Yao Lao revealed himself through the black ring.

• Xiao Yun claimed the Green Lotus Core Flame, refined it, and reached Three-Star Dou Wang before bargaining with Queen Medusa for Sand Mandrake.
• Xiao Yun found Xiao Yi Xian, recognized her Woeful Poison Body, and uncovered a hidden map to the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame in a cave.
• Xiao Yun returned to the Xiao Clan, revealed his strength, restored Hai Bo Dong’s Dou Emperor cultivation, and brought Wutan City’s factions under the clan’s authority.
• Xiao Yun met Yao Lao, agreed to help revive him, and received alchemy guidance, pill formulas, and the Bone Flame Ring.
• Xiao Yun passed the Sixth-Tier Alchemist assessment, publicly refined a Sect-Breaking Pill, and later treated Nalan Jie before leaving Hai Bo Dong to protect the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yun entered the mountain ruins, killed Fan Ling and his guards, fought off Fan Lao, and found the Three Thousand Thunder Movement and Thunderfire Flame scroll.
• Xiao Yun entered the Mountain-Viewing Pavilion and encountered Han Feng, while Yao Lao’s furious voice from the black ring revealed that he was alive.

Xiao Yun escaped Han Feng, returned to Jia Nan Academy, and settled his debts before absorbing the Falling Heart Flame and breaking through to Dou Zong. He left for the Central Plains with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan after trading for Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva, while Xiao Yan stayed behind to pursue his own strength.

• Xiao Yun escaped the ruins, restored Yao Lao’s soul, and trained in the Thunder Formation until he reached Five-Star Dou Emperor before killing Fan Lao and returning to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yun and the academy’s elders defeated Han Feng’s forces, and Xiao Yun killed Han Feng, captured his soul, and claimed the Sea Heart Flame for Fire Elder.
• Xiao Yun refined pills for the academy, gave Fire Elder the Sea Heart Flame, and began cultivating Thunderfire Flame by fusing Blood Thunder with the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• Xiao Yun reached Eight-Star Dou Emperor, subdued the Falling Heart Flame and its Source Heart Flame, then found Yao Tian Huo and agreed to help restore his soul in exchange for the juvenile flame.
• Xiao Yun emerged from the Fire Well nearly a year later, gave the juvenile Falling Heart Flame to Su Qian, and took charge of the Alchemy Department while restoring Yao Tian Huo’s soul.
• Xiao Yun refined a Seventh-Tier Pill, later used an Emperor’s Extreme Pill to break through to One-Star Dou Zong, and prepared to travel to the Central Plains with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yun advised Xiao Yan to focus on surpassing Nalan Yanran after she went to annul their engagement, then traveled with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan to Black Emperor City.
• Xiao Yun exchanged a Sect-Breaking Pill and an Emperor’s Extreme Pill with Mo Tianxing for Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva, then left Black Emperor Pavilion with Xiao Yi Xian and Zi Yan.