Recaps

Xiao Yan trained under Medicine Elder, regained strength, and made a name for himself through a clan duel and a clash with the Jia Lie Clan. He sold Foundation-Building Elixir at auction and ended the arc preparing to break through to Dou Zhe and begin learning alchemy.

• Xiao Yan discovered that Medicine Elder had absorbed his Dou Qi for three years, accepted him as his master, and began training with medicinal elixirs and harsh physical conditioning.
• Xiao Yan advanced to the fifth stage of Dou Qi, fused two Dou Techniques into Cloud-Discharging Palm, and defeated Xiao Ning in a clan-sanctioned duel.
• Xiao Yan learned Heavenly Shift from Xiao Xun’er and sparred with her while continuing his training under Medicine Elder.
• Xiao Yan broke Jia Lie Ao’s arm in the marketplace, and Xiao Zhan and the Xiao Clan elders fought Jia Lie Bi and his allies to protect him.
• Medicine Elder identified the Black Iron Piece as the Sucking Palm, which Xiao Yan learned to use to pull objects toward himself.
• Disguised as a black-robed alchemist, Xiao Yan sold five bottles of Foundation-Building Elixir at the Mitel Auction House, where Xiao Zhan, Xiao Xun’er, and other bidders secured the bottles.
• Xiao Yan completed Medicine Elder’s body-tempering regimen and shattered a massive boulder, reaching strength comparable to a mid-level first-tier magical beast.
• Xiao Yan asked Medicine Elder to prepare Gathering Qi Powder and to teach him alchemy after his breakthrough, then asked Ya Fei to find the required ingredients and a medicinal cauldron.

Xiao Yan mastered his Yin-Yang Twin Flame, broke his engagement to Nalan Yanran through a duel, and left to train in the Warcraft Mountains. After advancing and becoming an alchemist, he reached the Imperial Capital and sought certification at the Alchemist Association.

• Medicine Elder helped Xiao Yan refine a Gathering Qi Powder, and Xiao Yan became a Dou Zhe before discovering that the Yin-Yang Twin Flame had formed within his Dou Qi vortex.
• Xiao Yan learned that the Flame Mantra had evolved and could cultivate on its own, then demonstrated his breakthrough at the Xiao Clan test and reunited with Xun'er.
• Nalan Yanran came with Ge Ye to end her engagement to Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan defeated her and made her sign an annulment agreement before accepting her challenge to a duel in three years.
• Xiao Yan prepared Blood-Coagulating Powder for the Xiao Clan, then persuaded Xiao Zhan to let him train alone in the Warcraft Mountains.
• Xiao Yan fought dangerous groups of magical beasts, developed his combat skills, and survived Medicine Elder's Heavenly Flame body-tempering trial, which awakened his Clan Mark.
• Xiao Yan defeated more magical beasts, discovered that the Yin-Yang Twin Flame neutralized their poison, and learned to refine Strength-Gathering Pills and Flame-Congealing Pills.
• After three months of training, Xiao Yan reached the Imperial Capital at Five-star Dou Zhe and planned to seek the Seven-Illusion Azure Spirit Saliva and become a certified alchemist.
• Xiao Yan used an appearance-changing pill to disguise himself and entered the Alchemist Association, where he offered to prove his skills by refining a pill.

As Nie Feng, Xiao Yan impresses the Imperial Capital’s alchemists with his pill-making and sells a Longevity-Extending Pill to save Nalan Jie. He reveals his identity to Fama, gains his protection from Jia Xingtian, and leaves the Nalan Clan and other powerful figures seeking his pills.

• Xiao Yan refined a Strength-Gathering Pill before Fama and Qiemier, introduced himself as Nie Feng, and accepted a fire-attribute Dou Technique from Fama in exchange for the pill.
• After refining and selling thousands of pills, Xiao Yan impressed Gu He, Fama, and the others, then joined a friendly pill-refining contest against Liu Ling and Yaoyue.
• Xiao Yan advanced to Six-Star Dou Zhe while refining a Longevity-Extending Pill, which Fama confirmed could extend a person’s life and suppress toxins.
• Xiao Yan gave Nalan Yanran a pill for Nalan Jie and agreed to refine more pills for her and Yao Ye if they provided ingredients and rewards.
• Fama brought Xiao Yan to his residence, recognized him as Medicine Elder’s disciple, and learned his true identity as Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan asked Fama to conceal his identity from Jia Xingtian, and Fama told Jia Xingtian that Xiao Yan was a traveler from the Central Plains.
• Jia Xingtian gave Fama ingredients and payment for Longevity-Extending Pills, and Xiao Yan gave Fama Medicine Elder’s alchemy insights before examining the contents of his Storage Ring.
• Gu He used the pill to revive Nalan Jie, who ordered Nalan Yanran to prepare payment and ingredients before flying to Fama’s residence, where Mitel Tengshan and Mu Chen were also seeking Nie Feng’s pills.

After leaving the Imperial Capital, Xiao Yan used poison to turn the mercenary groups against one another and evade their search. Yao Ye identified him as Nie Feng and trapped him with a large army, but Xiao Yan continued fighting her cavalry rather than surrendering.

• Fama gave Xiao Yan the gifts from the three great clans, including the Seven-Illusion Azure Spirit Saliva, and Xiao Yan refined Longevity-Extending Pills for Fama and the clans.
• Medicine Elder taught Xiao Yan the Heavenly Net Formula, which he renamed Wind God Leg, and later studied and taught him Flame Fist before entering a Storage Ring to absorb rare herbs.
• Xiao Yan treated a white-haired stranger whose meridians had been severed, then broke through to Seven-Star Dou Zhe while the man gathered natural energy.
• After learning that mercenaries were hunting him, Xiao Yan used Seven Emotions and Six Desires Pills to provoke bloody fighting among the Mad Lion, Azure Wolf, and Fierce Tiger Mercenary Groups, then took their valuables and hid the evidence.
• Yao Ye ordered the mercenary leaders to investigate the deaths and sealed the Warcraft Mountains, while Xiao Yan used more poison to kill pursuing mercenaries and escaped in disguise.
• Yao Ye tested the Poison Pill on soldiers and sent fifty thousand Imperial Guards and flying beasts to search for Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan ran toward the gorge beyond the Imperial Capital's territory.
• Yao Ye confronted Xiao Yan at the gorge and offered him wealth and power, but Xiao Yan denied being Nie Feng and fought off successive cavalry units, killing twelve hundred men while replenishing his strength with medicinal wine.
• Yao Ye offered Xiao Yan the position of future Grand Marshal, but he refused, and she ordered the cavalry to keep attacking until he was exhausted.