Recaps

Xiao Lin defeated Hun Zhan, took the Nihility Devouring Flame’s Sub-Flame, and brought Ling Miao and the surviving Ling Clan members into the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace. While the Hun Clan investigated the Ling Clan’s destruction, Han Feng attacked Jia Nan Academy for the Fallen Heart Flame, where Xiao Yan confronted him and faced his Sea Heart Flame and profound origin heavy water.

• Xiao Lin fought Hun Zhan, trapped him in the Minor Zhoutian Star-Dipper Formation, and destroyed him with a summoned star.
• Xiao Lin sealed Hun Zhan’s Sub-Flame inside the Three Thousand Burning Flame, then revealed his identity to Ling Miao and invited her and the four Ling Clan survivors into the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace.
• Ling Miao accepted Xiao Lin’s offer and became Grand Elder, while Xiao Lin’s cultivation rose to Late Five-Star Dou Sheng and his Soul Power reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection.
• Nihility Devouring Flame discovered that Hun Zhan had not returned and could not trace Xiao Lin, while the Hun Clan concealed the Ling Clan’s destruction and investigated the other Emperor Clans.
• The Fallen Heart Flame rampaged beneath Jia Nan Academy as a powerful unknown life-form rose through the Underground Magma World, and Su Qian began evacuating students.
• Han Feng gathered Black-Corner Region forces and attacked Jia Nan Academy after agreeing to give Mu Gu the Flame Mantra in exchange for help seizing the Fallen Heart Flame.
• While Jia Nan Academy’s fighters were occupied, Han Feng headed for the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, but Xiao Yan blocked him and Yao Lao revealed himself as Han Feng’s betrayed teacher.
• Xiao Yan fought Han Feng, raised his cultivation with Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, and faced Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame combined with profound origin heavy water.

Xiao Yan killed Han Feng, survived the academy’s battle, and entered the Fallen Heart Flame to absorb the Sea Heart Flame and challenge the Fallen Heart Flame. As he neared the end of his refinement, the flame triggered a dangerous desire in both him and Medusa while she completed her soul merger.

• Xiao Yan used a Two-Colored Fire Lotus against Han Feng, but Mu Gu rescued Han Feng and Protector Xuan ambushed Xiao Yan before Medusa intervened.
• Zhu Fang fought Mu Gu while Yao Lao took control of Xiao Yan’s body, defeated Han Feng, and crushed his escaped soul.
• Xiao Yan sealed the Sea Heart Flame, then joined Medusa inside the escaped Fallen Heart Flame to refine it while Medusa defended them.
• Han Feng’s death broke the Black-Corner Region alliance, while Zi Yan returned with Flame Lizardmen who captured the Fallen Heart Flame and returned it beneath the tower.
• Nalan Yanran reported that Xiao Yan had killed Han Feng and been swallowed by the Fallen Heart Flame, but Xiao Lin assured the academy that Xiao Yan was safe and should remain below.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Sea Heart Flame, reached five-star Dou Emperor, and advanced the Flame Mantra to low Earth tier before using three Heavenly Flames to attack the Fallen Heart Flame’s origin.
• As Xiao Yan refined the Fallen Heart Flame, Medusa began merging her soul with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python, while the flame secretly kindled desire in both of them.
• The Fallen Heart Flame’s final counterattack intensified Xiao Yan’s desire, and Yao Lao decided to leave him and Medusa together as each other’s antidote.

After absorbing the Fallen Heart Flame, Xiao Yan faced the consequences of his intimacy with Medusa and explored deeper into the Underground Magma World. Meanwhile, Yun Shan fought Venerable Qing Hai to protect the Xiao Household, until Xiao Lin appeared and revealed the greater threat surrounding his family.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame, advanced his cultivation and Flame Mantra, and spent an unknown time with Medusa while they were both overwhelmed by the flame’s influence.
• Medusa spared Xiao Yan and left for the Tagor Desert, while Xiao Yan resolved to visit her after investigating an attraction deeper in the Underground Magma World.
• Yun Shan celebrated his breakthrough to the Dou Zun Realm before Venerable Qing Hai arrived and accused the Xiao Household of being connected to Wu Ying’s disappearance.
• Yun Shan fought Qing Hai to protect the Xiao Household, but Qing Hai used enslaved Soul Bodies to overpower and gravely wound him.
• Xiao Zhan offered himself to Qing Hai to protect his family, and Xiao Lin’s hidden phantom emerged from him and killed Qing Hai with one finger.
• Xiao Lin returned to the Xiao Household, told Xiao Zhan he was a Dou Sheng, and revealed that the Hun Clan sought the Tou She Ancient God Jade because of an ancient blood feud.
• Xiao Lin explained that the Xiao Household had once been an Emperor Clan and that Xun’er belonged to the Gu Clan, while concealing his true reasons for hiding his strength from Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Lin healed Yun Shan and learned that Yun Shan wanted him to take Yun Yun to the Central Plains, leaving Yun Shan to manage the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Lin advanced his cultivation while working to free Zhukun, and his plans drew the Hun and Gu Clans’ attention toward the rumored Tou She Ancient God Jade. At Jia Nan Academy, Zi Yan defeated Xiao Yan’s challenge for the Strong Ranking’s top spot, while Xiao Lin’s test of the Emperor Array revealed a mysterious figure he suspected was Tou She Ancient God.

• Xiao Lin took Yun Yun from the Misty Cloud Sect to the Central Plains, encouraged her feelings for Xiao Yan, and later supported her decision to roam the region.
• Ji Li returned to the Myriad Formation Spirit Palace after inheriting the power of a high-star Dou Sheng, where he and Ling Miao resolved their misunderstanding and learned about each other’s pasts.
• Xiao Lin told Ji Li and Ling Miao to spread a rumor about the Tou She Ancient God Jade, drawing the Hun and Gu Clans into a contest over the supposed auction.
• Xiao Lin studied the Emperor Array with Zhukun, advanced to Early Six-Star Dou Sheng, and persuaded Zi Yan to visit Zhukun every three months.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Nalan Yanran, told Su Qian about a second fallen heart flame, and challenged Zi Yan for the top position on the Strong Ranking.
• Zi Yan overwhelmed Xiao Yan with her spatial control and defeated his strongest attack, winning the challenge while Xiao Yan exhausted his Dou Qi.
• Xiao Lin found that he could pass through the Emperor Array’s boundary wall while Zhukun could not, and the wall revealed an illusory figure that Xiao Lin suspected was Tou She Ancient God.