Recaps

Xiao Yan won the Pill Gathering, defeated the Soul Hall's plots, and absorbed the Three Thousand Burning Flame, reaching Dou Zun. He then reunited with Medicine Elder at the Starfall Pavilion, where Mu Qingluan learned how far his strength surpassed hers.

• Xiao Yan entered the Pill Realm, where Mu Gu trapped him in a soul formation, but Xiao Yan cultivated through it and fought off the Soul Hall experts until Medusa and Ziyan rescued him.
• Xiao Yan returned to help Medusa, killed Mo Li, and struck the Soul Hall group with a devastating attack that shattered Mu Gu's barrier and freed the trapped alchemists.
• Xiao Yan gathered the required herbs, defeated the guarding bear, and returned to the Pill Gathering, where he shattered Mu Gu's body before the final round began.
• Xiao Yan refined a Poria Azure Pill whose Pill Lightning reached seven colors, winning the Pill Gathering and earning an ancient soul cultivation method from Xuan Kongzi.
• Yang Hao came to take Xun'er back to the Ancient Clan and accused Xiao Yan of killing Ling Quan, but Xiao Yan defeated him and saw Xun'er depart for her coming-of-age ceremony.
• In the Star Region, Mu Gu awakened Three Thousand Burning Flame and trapped Xiao Yan with four Soul Hall elders, but Xiao Yan killed them, devoured the Nihility Devouring Flame's Child Flame, and fled from the awakened dragon.
• Xiao Yan subdued Three Thousand Burning Flame and spent more than a year absorbing its energy before emerging as a Dou Zun and traveling with Xiao Yixian and Ziyan to the Starfall Pavilion.
• At the Starfall Pavilion, Mu Qingluan challenged Xiao Yan to a spar, exhausted herself against his defense, and learned that he had reached Dou Zun.

Xiao Yan obtained the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and survived the battle with the Void Devouring Flame Clone, but fell into a deep recovery. While he was unconscious, Yun Yun led the Tianxia Guild’s counterattack, and Xiao Yan returned in time to destroy Tianming Sect and its allies.

• Xiao Yan set out for the Ancient Ruins with Ziyan and Mu Qingluan, where he secretly turned ten Earth Monster Puppets into Heavenly Monster Puppets.
• Ziyan found the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit, and Xiao Yan fought Feng Qing’er and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix elders while Ziyan claimed the fruit.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Dragon-Phoenix Origin Fruit and survived its immense energy with help from the Yin-Yang Twin Flame, Ziyan, and Medusa.
• Xiao Yan ended his seclusion early to confront five Soul Hall Heavenly Venerables, then fought the Void Devouring Flame Clone with Medusa and Ziyan.
• Qinglin restrained the clone, but its self-destruction destroyed the ruins and gravely injured Xiao Yan, and Medusa and Medicine Elder helped keep him alive as he fell unconscious.
• Yun Yun fused with the Dou Sheng skeleton, then led the Tianxia Guild in an assault on Tianming Sect while Xiao Yan remained unconscious.
• Tianming Old Monster overwhelmed the Tianxia Guild, but Xiao Yan arrived and crushed Tianming Sect, then checked Medusa and Yun Yun before returning with the guild to Starfall Pavilion.
• The Tianxia Guild destroyed Tianming Sect, Ice River Valley, and Wind and Thunder Pavilion, and Xiao Yan arranged for Ziyan to return to Dragon Island for her inheritance.

Xiao Yan faced the Ancient Clan’s trials, fought Xun'er, and entered the Heavenly Tomb with her, where an interrupted breakthrough led him to restore her bloodline. After training with Xiao Xuan, Xiao Yan left the tomb with Xun'er and the others as she prepared to fulfill her clan responsibilities.

• Xiao Yan traveled to Ancient Saint City for Xun'er's coming-of-age ceremony, where he defeated Lin Qiao and endured the Ancient Clan commanders’ tests of his strength.
• Xiao Yan accepted Gu Qingyang’s challenge and defeated the Four Commanders, then watched Xun'er reveal her Divine-Grade Bloodline and fought her in the ceremony plaza.
• After Xiao Yan and Xun'er battled, Gu Yuan confronted Xiao Yan, but the two men gradually reconciled over meals before Xiao Yan and Xun'er entered the Heavenly Tomb.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er reached the tomb’s third level, where Xiao Yan began cultivating toward Dou Sheng while Xun'er guarded him from nearby attackers.
• Hun Li interrupted Xiao Yan’s breakthrough by revealing that Xun'er was burning her bloodline, so Xiao Yan killed Hun Li and Hun Diao and later slew Hun Lie and Hun Ya.
• Xiao Yan asked Xiao Xuan to restore Xun'er's bloodline, then fused her Ancient Clan and Xiao Clan bloodlines with the Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline in his body.
• Xiao Xuan trained Xiao Yan for more than a year, strengthening his foundation, and Xiao Yan left the Heavenly Tomb with Xun'er and the others as she prepared to handle her clan duties.

Xiao Yan acquired the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s seeds, repelled the Soul Clan, and helped reunify the Ancient Void Dragon clan while his companions grew stronger. He then joined the factions gathering around the emerging Lotus Demonic Flame and confronted the Yao Clan over Yao Chen.

• Xiao Yan traded for the Lotus Demonic Flame map fragment at the Spatial Trading Fair, then joined Xun'er, Medusa, Huo Zhi, and others on the journey to the Bodhi Ancient Tree.
• Xiao Yan resisted the Bodhi Ancient Tree’s illusions, purified its gray aura, and received its Bodhi Seeds before Hun Yu summoned Soul Clan experts to attack him.
• Xiao Yan defeated the Soul Clan’s fused Dou Sheng giant, gave Huo Zhi thirty Bodhi Seeds, and returned to Starfall Pavilion to prepare his allies for the next battle.
• Xiao Yan underwent years of reincarnation trials inside the Bodhi Ancient Tree, then left when he learned the Three Dragon Kings were attacking East Dragon Island.
• Xiao Yan rescued Ziyan, Medusa, and Qinglin, defeated the North Dragon King after he absorbed the other Dragon Kings, and entered the Dragon Emperor inheritance blood pool.
• After more than two years, Xiao Yan emerged as the Lotus Demonic Flame drew the factions together, where the Soul Hall Master warned that Nihility Devouring Flame wanted to stop him from devouring it.
• Xun'er reunited with Xiao Yan and introduced members of the Yao Clan, and Xiao Yan knocked down Yao Tian and Yao Wangui after they insulted Yao Chen, promising to avenge him at the Medicine Ceremony.