Recaps

Xiao Yan endured Yao Chen’s final trial and resumed cultivating while Xiao Lin forged the Nine Heavens Star Record, broke through to Dou Saint, and prepared new opportunities for his family. Xiao Lin then met Xiao Yi Xian and revealed the truth about her Woeful Poison Body as Xiao Yan neared the Dou Zhe Realm.

• Xiao Lin told Xiao Zhan and Yang Xiyue that Yao Lao was testing Xiao Yan, then took Xiao Ding to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace after his coming-of-age ceremony.
• Xiao Ding joined the palace as an ordinary disciple and learned that Xiao Lin was its Palace Master, while Xiao Yan received visits from Nalan Yanran and Xun'er.
• Yao Lao repeatedly drained Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi to test his determination, and Xiao Yan finally swore to overcome the setbacks before Yao Lao revealed the test and gave him a cultivation formula.
• With Yao Lao’s help, Xiao Yan regained the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi and began learning alchemy, while Xiao Lin completed the Nine Heavens Star Record during a lunar eclipse and survived a Black Demon Lightning tribulation.
• Xiao Lin broke through to late-stage One-Star Dou Saint, tested his new abilities, and asked Ji Li and the Eight Elders to seek Earth Attribute Heaven Rank Cultivation Methods.
• Xiao Lin found the evolved Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, strengthened it with a formation, and left a map so Xiao Yi Xian could eventually guide Xiao Yan to it.
• Disguised as a beggar, Xiao Lin befriended Xiao Yi Xian at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion and identified her Woeful Poison Body, explaining that the Netherworld Poison Flame could delay its aftereffects.
• Xiao Lin praised Xiao Yan to Xiao Yi Xian, who became eager to meet him, while Xiao Yan reached the Ninth Stage of Dou Qi for the third time and Yao Lao urged him to reach the Dou Zhe Realm.

Xiao Lin brought Xiao Li, Xue Lan, and Qing Lin to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, revealed his identity to his closest allies, and oversaw the sect’s tournament and Tian Huangzi’s return. As the disciples entered the Realm of Formations, Xiao Yan reached Dou Zhe and asked Yao Lao for a stronger cultivation method.

• Xiao Lin returned to Wutan City, took Xiao Li on a journey for experience, and brought him to Stone Desert City to find Qing Lin and Xue Lan.
• Xiao Lin helped Xue Lan and Qing Lin escape the Sand Mercenary Group and brought them with Xiao Li to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, where Xiao Li reunited with Xiao Ding.
• Xiao Lin taught Xiao Li two Heaven Rank Dou Techniques, and Xiao Ding explained their grandfather’s power and the palace’s strength.
• Xiao Lin revealed his true identity to Ji Li and the Eight Elders, who accepted his reasons for concealing it and agreed to keep it secret.
• Xiao Lin and the palace leaders prepared the Realm of Formations and held a ranking tournament, where Lei Guang and Lei Ya dominated the core disciples.
• Tian Huangzi emerged from the Realm of Formations after thirteen years, defeated Lei Guang and Lei Ya, and became the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s chief disciple.
• Zuo He announced Tian Huangzi as chief disciple and named the Top Ten Sequence Disciples, then thirty ranked disciples entered the Realm of Formations.
• Xiao Yan reached Dou Zhe, demonstrated his strength by smashing a rock, and asked Yao Lao to teach him the promised top-tier cultivation method.

Xiao Yan began his training under Yao Lao, grew stronger in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, and defeated the Wolf Head Mercenary Group after Mu Li accused him of theft. Meanwhile, Xiao Lin investigated Xiao Ding’s disappearance and reached Sound Valley, where its leader welcomed him while secretly hoping to keep him there.

• Xiao Yan accepted Yao Lao as his master, inherited the Flame Mantra, and left Wutan City to train after promising his family and Xun'er he would return.
• Xiao Lin helped Xiao Yan choose three Profound Rank Dou Techniques before Xiao Yan set out for the Magical Beast Mountain Range, while Xiao Lin developed two Heaven Rank star-attribute techniques and visited Yun Shan.
• After more than a year of training, Xiao Yan reached one-star Dou Master, sold his gathered materials in Qingshan Town, and attracted Mu Li’s attention.
• Mu Li and Zhang Houzi accused Xiao Yan of stealing the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s goods, but Xiao Yan killed Mu Li and Mu She when they attacked him.
• Xiao Yi Xian secretly followed Xiao Yan after leaving Green Mountain Town, while Xiao Lin learned Xiao Ding had disappeared near Sound Valley and went to investigate.
• Sound Valley’s Yan Suxin revealed that the group had detained Xiao Ding after he crossed the Heaven-Stacking Maze, and she prepared for Xiao Lin’s arrival.
• Xiao Lin studied Mist Valley’s natural formation for half a month, dispersed the mist, and entered Sound Valley.
• Yan Suxin welcomed Xiao Lin after he identified himself as the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace’s Palace Master and asked to see Xiao Ding, then sent Caiyi to lead him to his grandson.

Xiao Lin brought Xiao Ding out of Sound Valley, defeated a Soul Hall ambush, and formed an alliance with the valley before returning to the Xiao Household. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian uncovered the Woeful Poison Body, as Protector Wu began plotting against the Xiao Household through the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Lin rescued Xiao Ding from Sound Valley, challenged the Old Man of Sound Valley, and won their agreement to let them leave.
• Xiao Lin arranged an alliance between Sound Valley and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace, then advanced to Two-Star Dou Saint after three months of cultivation.
• Xiao Lin and the Sound Valley delegation left Mist Valley, where Xiao Lin defeated Shaluo, Shuo Wu, and the Soul Hall members who ambushed them.
• Xiao Lin staged severe injuries to mislead the Soul Hall, and the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace and Sound Valley publicly announced their alliance.
• Xiao Yan rescued Xiao Yi Xian from a pack of Wind-Chasing Wolves, and they took shelter together in his cave while he recovered.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian explored a hidden chamber and found the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, after which Xiao Yi Xian revealed she had the Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Lin returned to the Xiao Household, while Protector Wu investigated it, encountered Ling Ying, and went to enlist Yun Shan and the Misty Cloud Sect against it.