Recaps

After defeating King's Hall, Xiao Han returned to the Xiao Clan to recover and guide its younger generation, while Xiao Yan discovered the truth behind his lost cultivation and became Elder Yao’s disciple. The story left Xiao Yan learning alchemy as Huang Yue of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan arrived at Langya Pavilion.

• Wang Dian used the Evil Emperor Life Devouring Array to absorb the Demon Generals’ power, but Xiao Han defeated King's Hall and survived at the cost of his cultivation.
• Fallen Thunder Crystal Ice brought Xiao Han out of the Sealed World, where Ye Jianxin and Yi Huang learned of his weakened state and Lei Ling joined Langya Pavilion as a guest elder.
• Yi Huang sent Ye Shenghan, Xiao Wu, and Yin Xin to the Gu Tribe’s Coming-of-Age Ceremony, where Ye Shenghan defeated Gu Yue before the group ambushed Blood River Heavenly Venerate and Soul Hall fighters.
• Xiao Han ordered the Langya Guard to destroy seven Soul Hall branch halls, prompting Soul Hall to attack Langya Pavilion’s territories while Pill Tower considered an alliance.
• Xiao Han stayed with the Xiao Clan to recover and advised Xiao Zhan to let Xiao Yan endure the loss of his cultivation, then trained Xiao Yan alongside Xun Er.
• Nalan Yanran came to dissolve her engagement to Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yan learned that Elder Yao had absorbed his Dou Qi for three years before accepting him as a teacher.
• Xiao Han gave Xiao Zhan a jade talisman to guard against Elder Yao, while Elder Yao taught Xiao Yan about Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and began refining it with his Bone Chilling Cold Fire.
• Huang Yue arrived at Langya Pavilion with a Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan delegation and demanded that its Pavilion Master greet him, so Yi Huang went to meet them.

Xiao Han returned to Langya Pavilion, defeated Soul Hall and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan forces, and secured ransom before agreeing to a limited peace with Soul Hall. While Xiao Yan prepared to pursue the Burning Flame Art and attend Canaan Institute, Xiao Han investigated Evil Qi and entered the Spirit Realm, where its leader proposed an alliance.

• Huang Yue offered Yi Huang an alliance and a place in the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s genealogy, but Yi Huang refused and warned him before he left in anger.
• After restoring his cultivation to early Eight Star, Xiao Han returned to Langya Pavilion and joined the fight against Soul Hall and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan forces, capturing several Dou Shengs.
• Xiao Han ransomed the captured fighters from Thunder Phoenix and Huang Tian, then agreed to a contract with Hun Miesheng to end the immediate conflict with Soul Hall.
• Xiao Han returned to Langya Pavilion with his gains, agreed with Yi Huang to continue opposing Soul Hall on a limited scale, and set out to investigate Evil Qi and the Soul Clan’s possible ties to the Evil Clan.
• Elder Yao taught Xiao Yan the risky Burning Flame Art and urged him to pursue Strange Fires, prompting Xiao Yan to plan for Canaan Institute and a journey to Tagor Desert.
• Xiao Yan enrolled at Canaan Institute with Xun Er, while Yun Shan apologized to Xiao Zhan over Nalan Yanran’s broken engagement and Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Han found Evil Qi in the Ten Thousand Cloud Mountain Range and accepted Ling Yi’s invitation to enter the Spirit Realm.
• Ling Yuexian proposed a life-and-death alliance with Xiao Han and revealed that the Spirit Race sought an alliance with the eight-star Dou Sheng Ice Saint.

Xiao Han pursued cooperation with the Spirit Clan and arranged a campaign against the Soul Hall’s forces, while Xiao Yan’s training brought him closer to Yun Yun and reunited him with his family in the Jia Ma Empire. The arc ended as Xiao Yan treated Nalan Jie and the Xiao Clan prepared to enter the Alchemist Grand Meeting.

• Ling Yuexian confirmed that a calamity threatened the Spirit Clan, and Xiao Han arranged for five young Spirit Clan Dou Zun to join Langya Pavilion while refusing to take Ling Yi.
• Xiao Yan rescued Yun Yun after her fight with the Amethyst Winged Lion King, then ventured into its cave in search of the Amethyst Spirit Crystal before Elder Yao warned him away from a strange black hole.
• Xiao Han killed Yi Mu and his Soul Hall Protectors, learned that Poison Scorpion threatened the Xiao Clan, and persuaded Yun Shan to fight him by offering a Venerable Zenith Pill and other rewards.
• Xiao Yan visited Xiao Ding in Stone Desert City and learned about Qing Lin’s Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, while Xiao Wu and Xian'er arrived in Wutan City and were welcomed by Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Han searched for signs of the Evil Clan, then traveled to Eastern Dragon Island and asked Zhu Li to arrange a meeting with the Candle Flame Grand Elder.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Garma Holy City for the Alchemist Grand Meeting, where Xian'er sensed an Exotic Fire and Ya Fei told Xiao Yan that the Nalan Family was seeking an alchemist to cure Nalan Jie.
• Xiao Yan treated Nalan Jie under the alias Yan Xiao, while Xiao Zhan arranged for a Xiao Clan alchemist to compete in the Alchemist Grand Meeting.

Xiao Yan won the Alchemist Grand Meeting and defeated Nalan Yanran, after which Xiao Zhan revealed the Xiao Clan’s history and plans for Xiao Yan. As Xiao Yan headed toward Canaan Institute, Xiao Han strengthened Langya Pavilion’s ties with Eastern Dragon Island and revealed that Zi Yan was the Void Ancient Dragon Tribe’s heir.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Wu Yue refined Fifth Grade pills and were named joint champions of the Alchemist Grand Meeting.
• Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran in the Three-Year Agreement, and Yun Shan declared their grudges settled.
• Xiao Zhan revealed that the Xiao Clan descended from an Ancient Tribe, explained Elder Yao’s place in its plans, and told Xiao Yan about his clan’s power and Xun Er’s intended role.
• Yun Shan decided to disband the Yun Lan Sect temporarily, and Yun Yun chose to join the Flower Sect before going to see Xiao Yan.
• Soul Hall’s Poison Scorpion ordered further investigation of the Jia Ma Empire and planned to send Heavenly Guardians against the newly discovered force.
• Xiao Han stopped the Three Great Dragon Islands’ invasion of Eastern Dragon Island and arranged for the captured Void Ancient Dragons to be ransomed.
• Xiao Wu received Elder Yao’s Poison Pill method for Xian’er, while Xiao Yan continued toward the Black-Corner Region and Canaan Institute.
• Xiao Han gave Candle Flame Zi Yan’s blood and invited the Void Ancient Dragon elders to meet their orthodox heir.