Recaps

Xiao Yan recovered his cultivation, broke off his engagement with Nalan Yanran, and grew stronger through alchemy and adventures in other worlds. Back in Wutan City, he destroyed the Jia Lie and Oba clans’ forces and defeated a Soul Hall attacker, then found a strange crystal among the spoils.

• Xiao Yan drank the enhanced Foundation Establishment Spirit Liquid and used the Flame Mantra to rise from the Third Stage to the Seventh Stage of Dou Qi, then revealed his recovered strength at the clan ceremony.
• Xiao Yan met Nalan Yanran, admitted he was from the Xiao Clan, and agreed with her to end their engagement while preserving their feelings for each other.
• Xiao Yan learned alchemy from Yao Chen, devised pill-based weapons and armor, and broke through to Two-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan entered Shrouding the Heavens, protected Ye Fan and Pang Bo during the bronze coffin’s arrival, and helped them survive the journey to the Big Dipper.
• Xiao Yan reshaped the Flame Mantra with Bodhi insights and sacred fruits, left Ye Fan and Pang Bo in Weiwei’s care, then returned to his own world with a transformed body and the Samadhi True Fire.
• Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City and crushed Liu Xi’s attack on Xiao Xun'er and Xiao Yu, then warned the Jia Lie and Oba clans that they had three days before their destruction.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Samadhi True Fire into the Flame Mantra, revealed his five-star Dou Zhe cultivation to Yao Chen, and set out with Xiao Xun'er to attack the Jia Lie Clan.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Xun'er fought through the Jia Lie compound, defeated its attackers and the Soul Envoy, then Xiao Yan returned to collect Storage Rings and found a crystal resembling Beast Soul Essence.

Xiao Yan refined new flames and powers, rescued Ma Xiaotao, and led a campaign that devastated the Holy Spirit Cult before Tang San intervened. After strengthening the Douluo plane and confronting the Yao Clan, Xiao Yan completed intense alchemy training and sensed a battle between Dou Emperor-level experts.

• Xiao Yan found Xiao Yi Xian in Qingshan Town, helped her confront her Woeful Poison Body, and destroyed Mu She and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group after they pursued them.
• Xiao Yan broke through in the Beast Mountain Range, entered the Beast Mound, refined the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and encountered Ma Xiaotao in another world.
• Xiao Yan purified Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Phoenix Flame, awakened his Flame Emperor martial soul, and traveled with her to hunt soul beasts and gain power.
• Xiao Yan refined the Crimson Sun Heaven-Burning Peach’s flames and origin into a soul ring, then returned to the Flame Alliance before heading to Star Dou.
• Xiao Yan hunted down the Holy Spirit Cult’s branches and strongholds, killed Zhongli Wu and Xu Tianran, and defeated Tang San’s incarnation when he tried to intervene.
• Xiao Yan strengthened the Douluo plane, worked with Di Tian to expand the Flame Alliance, and returned to the Beast Mound to confront the Yao Clan.
• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan killed Yao Yun, then Yao Chen put Xiao Yan through intensive alchemy training as Xiao Yan prepared to demand answers from the Yao Clan.
• Xiao Yan completed his seclusion after refining a fifth-tier pill and sensed a surge of purple fire that suggested Dou Emperor-level experts were fighting.

Xiao Yan gathered allies and pursued new powers, then entered the Yang God world and advanced his cultivation while helping Hong Yi. He left the arc attacking the Great Luo Sect, with its leaders facing the descending Heavy Xuan Ruler.

• Xiao Yan rescued Yun Yun from the Amethyst Winged Lion King, obtained its purple crystal, and bound Little Zi and the Lion King to follow him.
• Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City, reunited with his family, and later visited Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in the desert, where he met Qing Lin and studied her unusual eyes.
• Xiao Yan entered the Yang God world, befriended Elder Tu and the foxes, obtained the Past Amitabha Sutra, and created a method to restore his soul.
• Xiao Yan sealed Qishan Secluded Valley, advanced through the Wheel Sea and Dao Palace realms, and formed a Fire Deity within his Heart Divine Treasury.
• Xiao Yan reached Ghost Immortal and went to help Hong Yi, defeating Zhao Feirong and learning of the Great Luo Sect’s crimes.
• Xiao Yan destroyed White Cloud Manor, then sent 2,400 flame incarnations to evacuate innocents and wipe out Great Luo Sect strongholds across the seven southern provinces.
• Xiao Yan confronted the Great Luo Sect’s leaders, overwhelmed their attacks, and sent the Heavy Xuan Ruler descending toward Mount Shuiyang.