Recaps

Xiao Yan rescued the Han Family, secured its allegiance to the Taiqing Gate, and supplied it with pills before the family faced the Hong Family’s challenge. At the contest, Han Chi told Fei Tian to scram, and Xiao Yan arrived to make clear that he meant the Wind Lightning Pavilion should leave Tianbei City and the Northern Region.

• White Fang carried Xiao Yan’s party to the Ten Thousand Snake Gorge, where Medusa killed Xia Mang after he threatened the Han Family caravan.
• Xiao Yan reached Tianbei City with Han Yue and Han Xue, and Han Fei pledged the Han Family’s allegiance to the Taiqing Gate after learning Xiao Yan’s identity and receiving pills.
• Han Fei accepted Han Yue and Han Xue becoming Xiao Yan’s concubines, and the Han Family prepared to face the Hong Family’s contest.
• Fei Tian arrived at the Heavenly Stone Platform with Hong Chen and the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s backing, while Han Chi told him to scram.
• Xiao Yan arrived on White Fang and told Fei Tian that Han Chi meant for the Wind Lightning Pavilion to leave Tianbei City and the Northern Region.

Xiao Yan defeated Fei Tian to protect the Han Family and declared his identity as master of the Taiqing Gate, an Eighth-Rank Alchemy Grandmaster, a Little Pill Tower elder, and a Xiao Clan disciple. When Feng Qing'er demanded Zi Yan and the remains of a Heavenly Demon Phoenix, Xiao Yan seized her and rejected the clan elder’s demand to take her back.

• Han Chi invoked the Taiqing Gate, and Xiao Yan dismissed Fei Tian’s threat and provoked him into attacking.
• Fei Tian charged Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan trapped him with his Spirit Realm soul power and Essence Fire, leaving him badly injured and unconscious.
• Xiao Yan announced his titles and name, while Feng Qing'er recognized the significance of his Xiao Clan connection.
• Feng Qing'er spotted Zi Yan’s bone spikes and demanded that Xiao Yan hand over the girl and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix remains.
• Xiao Yan grabbed Feng Qing'er by the neck, and Cai Lin intercepted a black phoenix attack from an old man who emerged from the void.
• The old man offered to end the dispute if Xiao Yan returned Feng Qing'er, but Xiao Yan tossed her to Cai Lin and insulted the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.

Xiao Yan used the bloodline pressure of Zi Yan and Nine Nether to subdue the Heavenly Demon Phoenix elder and sent the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s elders away with a threat to attend the Four Pavilions Assembly. In the Gu Clan, Gu Xun’er appeared to break through to a tenth-grade bloodline, while Feng Qing’er awoke captive in the Han Family courtyard under Zi Yan’s watch.

• Xiao Yan called on Zi Yan and Nine Nether, whose bloodline pressure forced the black-robed Heavenly Demon Phoenix elder to his knees.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s elders to report his warning to their pavilion master and said he would attend the Four Pavilions Assembly in four months.
• Gu Yuan told Gu Lie he believed Xiao Yan’s potential surpassed the Gu Clan youths who coveted Gu Xun’er.
• Gu Xun’er’s bloodline test nearly produced a tenth star before the compass cracked, and she sensed she had broken through the barrier.
• Feng Qing’er awoke restrained in the Han Family courtyard, where Zi Yan revealed her Ancient Void Dragon identity and warned Feng Qing’er that Xiao Yan was the only reason she remained alive.

Zi Yan ranked Xiao Yan's companions in a mock harem contest, and Xiao Yan entered seclusion to strengthen his cultivation before the Four Pavilions Assembly. The Yao Clan discussed his rise and Gu Xun'er's devotion, while a Yao Clan woman set out to challenge him; at the Han Family estate, Han Yue and Han Xue offered themselves to Xiao Yan.

• Zi Yan announced rankings for Xiao Yan's companions, and Xiao Yan reprimanded her for placing herself too high.
• Xiao Yan asked Han Yue to lead him to the Han Family's secluded chamber so he could cultivate ahead of the Four Pavilions Assembly.
• Yao Clan elders gossiped about Xiao Yan's talent, his connection to Gu Xun'er, and the turmoil he had caused in the Gu Clan.
• A young woman from the Yao Clan slipped out of its territory to confront Xiao Yan, prompting Yao Dan to order her brought back.
• Han Yue and Han Xue joined Xiao Yan in the Imperial Spring and asked to attend to him; he accepted their offer.

Xiao Yan continued refining pills and strengthening Taiqing Gate’s ties between regions while the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan debated how to deal with him. The chapter ended with him branding Feng Qing’er’s soul and forcing her to become a palm-sized canary perched on his shoulder.

• Huang Xuan rejected the Soul Hall’s offer to help the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan target Xiao Yan, while the clan leader’s order was to injure Xiao Yan but avoid provoking the Pill Tower into imposing a pill restriction.
• Xiao Yan advanced to Half-Step Dou Zong, refined grade 8 pills, and received Dao Resonance from Qing He as her cultivation grew.
• Xiao Yan gave Han Fei pills to sell and ordered Qing He and Nine Nether to construct a Space Wormhole linking Tianbei City to Taiqing City.
• Xiao Yan refused requests from visiting Dou Zun experts to refine pills and hired several of them to guard the new Space Wormhole.
• Feng Qing’er, despairing that her clan had not rescued her, offered to become Xiao Yan’s mount, but he branded her soul and declared her his toy.
• Feng Qing’er transformed into a palm-sized multicolored bird and settled on Xiao Yan’s shoulder, then gave White Fang a provocative look.

Xiao Yan met the Pill Tower’s Three Giants and Cao Ying, who challenged him to a contest of soul power. He overwhelmed Cao Ying with his Spirit Realm soul and essence fire, leaving the Pill Tower elders astonished and Cao Ying humbled.

• Xiao Yan greeted Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, and Tian Leizi, who confirmed that the Pill Tower accepted him as an elder and had come to discuss the trouble he had caused with the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan.
• Cao Ying proposed sparring with Xiao Yan, and the group moved to a cleared Han Family trial ground.
• Xiao Yan released his Spirit Realm soul power and dismissed Cao Ying’s claim that her peak seventh-grade alchemy was nearly eighth grade.
• Cao Ying attacked with Soul Profound Seal Palm, but Xiao Yan casually crushed it with an invisible flame.
• Cao Ying sent a fire phoenix at Xiao Yan, who summoned an enormous fire dragon with essence fire and swallowed it, decisively defeating her.
• Xuan Kongzi and the others marveled at Xiao Yan’s power, while Cao Ying thanked him for the lesson and looked at him with renewed curiosity.

Xiao Yan learned that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan and Wind Lightning Pavilion were waiting to ambush him, while the Pill Tower agreed to offer limited support. As allies prepared for the conflict and old acquaintances learned of Xiao Yan’s rise, Nalan Yanran returned from seclusion to find her home transformed and considered going to the Central Plains.

• Xuan Kongzi warned Xiao Yan about the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan’s planned ambush, and Xiao Yan thanked him while remaining confident.
• Xuan Yi and Cao Ying departed with the Pill Tower Giants, who told Cao Ying that Xiao Yan had held back and was far beyond her strength.
• Hei Qing told Zi Yan that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan had reunited under its Clan Leader and intended to confront the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, while Zi Yan chose to stay with Xiao Yan for now.
• Yun Yun heard that Xiao Yan was in danger, and the old woman she cared for predicted that the Pill Tower would help him survive.
• Nalan Yanran emerged from the Gate of Life and Death at peak Dou Wang, then returned to find Taiqing City prosperous and her family’s guards powerful; Nalan Su told her she could seek Xiao Yan in the Central Plains.

Xiao Yan received the Pill Tower's invitation, learned of the Ancient Void Dragon Clan's support, and discovered that Zi Yan had been stealing medicinal ingredients from the Taiqing Gate. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan catching Zi Yan and preparing to punish her as she threatened to tell her father.

• Han Yue gave Xiao Yan the Storage Ring and relayed President Xuan Kong's request that he visit the Little Pill Tower to register.
• Xiao Yan ordered Nalan Yanran to turn the Gate of Life and Death into trial grounds and invited her to accompany him on a trip.
• Hei Qing told Xiao Yan that the Ancient Void Dragon Clan would support him against the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan, while Xiao Yan revealed that Feng Qing'er was his captive pet.
• Hei Qing reported that Zi Yan had gone to the medicinal storehouse, and Xiao Yan realized she had been stealing ingredients to get him to refine more pills.
• Zi Yan returned from the storehouse and denied being the thief, but Xiao Yan caught her as she tried to escape through the void.

Xiao Yan traveled to the Heavenly Eye Blood Pool with Zi Yan, Han Yue, and Nalan Yanran, where he secured their access by agreeing to treat the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan leader Jin Shi. He cured Jin Shi’s fire poison and learned that the clan’s restricted area at the pool’s bottom held especially concentrated energy.

• Zi Yan counted the pills Xiao Yan had given her and negotiated for even more, while Xiao Yan brought her along with Han Yue and Nalan Yanran to the Heavenly Eye Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan overheard Central Plains cultivators discussing his conflict with the Wind Lightning Pavilion and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan, then met Tang Ying, who praised the very man he had mistaken for a fellow Myriad Sword Pavilion disciple.
• Xiao Yan revealed his identity to Tang Ying and flew with the women into the Blood Pool’s energy waterfall, while Zi Yan introduced herself to the stunned Tang Ying.
• Xiao Yan met Jin Shi, the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan leader, and agreed to treat Jin Shi’s fire poison in exchange for reserved Blood Pool spots for his companions.
• Xiao Yan used a Poison-Removing Pill and his green lotus core flame to expel Jin Shi’s fire poison, then warned him not to spend too long at the bottom of the Blood Pool.

Xiao Yan accompanied the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan to the Blood Pool trials, where the humans secured their places without losing any to his group. He asked Mu Qingluan about Yao Chen and revealed that he had captured Han Feng, then learned Yao Chen was at Starfall Pavilion Headquarters and intended to visit him for a spar.

• Jin Gu led Xiao Yan and his group toward the Blood Pool while Jin Shi went into seclusion to recover.
• Jin Gu brought Xiao Yan to the final trial, where Mu Qingluan and several others crossed the Gold-Devouring Rats’ sonic attack gauntlet.
• Jin Gu clarified that Xiao Yan’s four companions would use the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan’s places, preserving all ten human places.
• Xiao Yan asked Mu Qingluan where Yao Chen was, and she nervously suggested he challenge someone at another pavilion instead.
• Xiao Yan showed Mu Qingluan Han Feng’s captured soul, and she told him Yao Chen was at Starfall Pavilion Headquarters.
• Xiao Yan said he planned to visit Yao Chen for a spar, leaving Mu Qingluan embarrassed by her earlier misunderstanding.

Xiao Yan and Zi Yan cultivated at the bottom of the Heavenly Eye Blood Pool, then emerged with greatly increased strength as Hei Qing and the Ancient Void Dragon Guards arrived to support them. Xiao Yan rewarded the expedition with a promise of pills and led the group toward the Four Pavilions Assembly, where the Ancient Void Dragons’ return threatened to turn the coming conflict into a one-sided slaughter.

• Xiao Yan gave Mu Qingluan a jade bottle for Venerable Yao and revealed that Feng Qing'er had become his willing servant, leaving Mu Qingluan astonished.
• Xiao Yan sent Han Yue, Nalan Yanran, and Feng Qing'er to cultivate in the Blood Pool while he and Zi Yan entered its dangerous depths.
• Xiao Yan and Zi Yan cultivated at the pool’s bottom, and Xiao Yan broke through to Four-Star Dou Zong while Zi Yan reached Peak Dou Emperor.
• Hei Qing and nearly a thousand Ancient Void Dragon Guards gathered outside the valley, and Hei Qing knelt to welcome Zi Yan as their young lady.
• Xiao Yan promised pills to the Ancient Void Dragon Guards and set off with them for the Four Pavilions Assembly.
• Jin Shi and Jin Gu watched the Ancient Void Dragons depart and decided that the Gold-Devouring Rat Clan would withdraw from the world.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Four Pavilions Assembly with Feng Qing'er and Zi Yan, drawing the attention of the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan and the Pill Tower. As the tournament began, Feng Qing'er eliminated Wind Lightning Pavilion competitors, while Qing He stopped the Yellow Springs Venerable from interfering when Feng Qing'er killed Wang Chen.

• Yao Chen and Gu Ling accepted Han Feng from Mu Qingluan, and Yao Chen agreed to repay Xiao Yan by attending the gathering with Gu Ling.
• Huang Xuan pressed the Wind Lightning Pavilion to find Xiao Yan, while Star-Picking Old Ghost offered him Soul Hall rewards to help capture Xiao Yan.
• Thunder Venerable opened the Four Pavilions Assembly as Yao Chen, Gu Ling, Huang Xuan, and Qiu Ling arrived; Qiu Ling said the Pill Tower had sent him to protect Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan arrived on Feng Qing'er with Zi Yan and declared Feng Qing'er his competitor, provoking Huang Xuan and shocking Thunder Venerable.
• Feng Qing'er defeated the Wind Lightning Pavilion competitors, while Xiao Yan secretly pulled Lin Yan away from Wang Chen's fatal attack.
• Xiao Yan ordered Feng Qing'er to kill Wang Chen, and Qing He restrained the Yellow Springs Venerable until Feng Qing'er struck Wang Chen down.

Xiao Yan’s prepared forces faced the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan after Feng Qing’er won the Four Pavilions Assembly. Qing He destroyed the clan’s first assault, and Hei Qing arrived with a host of Ancient Void Dragons to confront Chen Huang.

• Feng Qing’er won the tournament, with Mu Qingluan placing second and Tang Ying third.
• Huang Xuan surrounded Xiao Yan with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Enforcement Team and demanded that he return to the clan; Feng Qing’er refused to go back.
• Xiao Yan ordered Qing He to leave none alive, and she defeated Huang Xuan and annihilated the Enforcement Team.
• Chen Huang arrived and demanded that Xiao Yan submit, refusing Yao Chen’s offer of a Ninth-grade Pill in exchange for his release.
• Xiao Yan called on Zi Yan, and Hei Qing emerged from a void rift with numerous Ancient Void Dragons to face Chen Huang.

Hei Qing revealed that Zhu Kun had returned and the Ancient Void Dragons had crushed the rebellion, leaving Chen Huang and the Heavenly Demon Phoenix Clan at their mercy. After Zi Yan departed with the dragons, news of the upheaval reached the Gu Clan, where Gu Yuan warned the elders that Xiao Yan’s backing surpassed the Ancient Eight Clans, while Xun’er advanced to Dou Zun.

• Hei Qing confronted Chen Huang, announced Zhu Kun’s return and the defeat of the three rebellious Dragon Kings, and offered Chen Huang to Xiao Yan for judgment.
• Xiao Yan spared Chen Huang for Zhu Kun to decide his fate, claimed Feng Qing'er as his pet, and watched Zi Yan leave with more than a thousand Ancient Void Dragons.
• Thunder Venerable begged Xiao Yan for mercy, while the onlookers recognized that the Wind Lightning Pavilion and Yellow Springs Pavilion faced ruin and the Taiqing Gate would rise.
• Gu Yuan told the Gu Clan elders that Xiao Yan’s backing exceeded the Ancient Eight Clans and urged them to treat him carefully as the clans prepared to discuss the Soul Hall.
• Gu Xun'er learned that Xiao Yan had gained several romantic entanglements, then revealed her Dou Di bloodline and advanced to the Dou Zun realm.

Xiao Yan learned that Cai Lin was pregnant and took her and Yao Chen to the Nine Netherworld Python Clan to seek a pregnancy-protecting pill formula and access to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs. After the clan leader Yao Xiaotian refused him, Xiao Yan and Yao Chen secretly entered the springs to release the imprisoned Yao Ming.

• Yao Chen learned that Xiao Yan’s companions included Qing Lin, Xiao Yi Xian, and Cai Lin, and Xiao Yan said they were all his wings.
• Yun Yun believed Xiao Yan had died, but the old woman revealed that he had survived and helped the Ancient Void Dragon Clan subdue the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• The Snake-People elders confirmed that Cai Lin was pregnant, and Cai Lin planned to return to the Taiqing Gate Headquarters while Xiao Yan arranged to send her a Pregnancy-Calming Pill.
• Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Yao Chen visited the Nine Netherworld Python Clan, but its representative refused access to the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and offered only a seventh-grade pill formula.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen evaded the clan’s spiritual surveillance and entered the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to reach the imprisoned Yao Ming.
• Yao Xiaotian dismissed the risk of offending Xiao Yan and insisted that the Nine Netherworld Python Clan would not yield to him.

Xiao Yan and Yao Chen found the imprisoned Yao Ming at the bottom of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and learned how Cai Lin’s clan branch had been driven away. Xiao Yan agreed to rescue Yao Ming in exchange for making Cai Lin the Nine Netherworld Python Clan’s holy maiden or junior clan leader, leaving Cai Lin with renewed confidence to face Gu Xun’er.

• Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Yao Chen descended through the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, battling the black snakes that swarmed around them.
• Yao Chen and Xiao Yan discovered Yao Ming bound beneath the Yellow Springs, and Xiao Yan uncovered him from the mud-like mass holding him.
• Cai Lin explained that her branch had left the clan after Yao Xiaotian and the Grand Elder killed their supported candidate during a brutal succession conflict.
• Yao Ming revealed that his younger brother Yao Xiaotian had betrayed and imprisoned him, and he offered to make the rescuers honored guests of the clan.
• Yao Ming gave Xiao Yan the remaining yellow springs blood crystal, and Xiao Yan agreed to rescue him if Cai Lin became the clan’s holy maiden or junior clan leader.
• Cai Lin understood that Xiao Yan wanted to give her a powerful force of her own, accepted his reassurance, and imagined facing Gu Xun’er with greater confidence.

Xiao Yan, Cai Lin, and Yao Chen found the imprisoned Yao Ming at the bottom of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and agreed to rescue him in exchange for making Cai Lin the Nine Netherworld Python Clan's holy maiden or young clan leader. The chapter left Cai Lin leaning against Xiao Yan, resolved to stand on equal footing with Gu Xun'er, while Yao Ming remained chained.

• Xiao Yan and Yao Chen fought through the black snakes and descended to the bottom of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs, where they found Yao Ming bound by chains.
• Xiao Yan freed Yao Ming from the mud, and Yao Ming recognized Cai Lin as a member of the Nine Netherworld Python Clan despite her awakened Nuwa Bloodline.
• Cai Lin explained that her branch had left the clan during a bloody succession struggle after Yao Ming disappeared and Yao Xiaotian took power.
• Yao Ming revealed that his younger brother Yao Xiaotian had trapped and tortured him for the clan leadership, then gave Xiao Yan the remaining Yellow Springs Blood Crystal.
• Xiao Yan agreed to rescue Yao Ming on the condition that Cai Lin become the clan's holy maiden or young clan leader, and Yao Ming accepted.
• Cai Lin understood Xiao Yan was securing her a powerful backing and embraced him, while Yao Ming and Yao Chen privately reacted to the couple's affection.

Xiao Yan freed Yao Ming from the Nine Nether Yellow Springs and helped him reclaim the Nine Netherworld Python Clan from Yao Xiaotian. After Zhu Kun killed Yao Xiaotian, Yao Ming became clan leader again, and Zhu Kun told Xiao Yan that Zi Yan missed him and wanted him to visit.

• Xiao Yan used four Heavenly Flames to purge some of the cold poison from Yao Ming and destroy the Yellow Springs Yin Stones, breaking his chains.
• Yao Xiaotian sensed the seal had been undone and rushed to kill Yao Ming before he could recover, bringing the Grand Elder with him.
• Xiao Yan faced Yao Xiaotian's attack until he called on Zhu Kun, whose overwhelming presence froze the battle.
• Zhu Kun killed Yao Xiaotian after Xiao Yan ordered it, while Yao Ming refused to save the brother who had betrayed him.
• Yao Ming's cultivation recovered to One-Star Dou Saint, and his former subordinates welcomed him back as clan leader.
• Zhu Kun told Xiao Yan that Zi Yan missed him and had asked him to visit the Ancient Void Dragon Clan soon.

Zhu Kun prepared to search the void for lost Ancient Void Dragon Clan experts while Xiao Yan and Cai Lin sought a pregnancy-protecting pill from the Nine Netherworld Python Clan. The Old Lord appeared, empowered Yao Chen, and refined a pill for Cai Lin before she went to use it and advance her cultivation.

• Zhu Kun told Xiao Yan he planned to search the void for missing clan experts, then warned him that the Heavenly Demon Phoenix girl was worth nurturing.
• Zhu Kun intimidated Yao Ming into submission and left the Nine Netherworld Python Clan's territory.
• Yao Ming led Xiao Yan and Cai Lin to the clan secret realm, where Yao Chen examined the available pill formulas and explained that he could not devise a higher-grade pregnancy-protecting pill.
• The Old Lord emerged from Xiao Yan's storage ring, refined a pill for Cai Lin, and raised Yao Chen's soul cultivation toward the heavenly state peak with a gift of golden light.
• Cai Lin accepted the pill and went to the bottom of the Nine Nether Yellow Springs to use it and break through the peak Dou Zong level, while Yao Ming announced her status as the clan's holy maiden.

Xiao Yan learned to form Samadhi True Fire from Taishang Laojun while Qing He developed it too. Cai Lin awakened the Nuwa Bloodline, leading the Nine Netherworld Python Clan to rename itself the Divine Nuwa Clan, and Xiao Li asked Xiao Yan for work at the Central Plains branch of Taiqing Gate.

• Taishang Laojun taught Xiao Yan how to combine his heart, kidney, and bladder fires into Samadhi True Fire, and Qing He unexpectedly formed an embryonic version as well.
• Three months later, Cai Lin’s Nuwa Bloodline manifested as a divine phantom that awed the Nine Netherworld Python Clan and drew the attention of Zhu Kun and Qing Shan.
• Cai Lin appeared at the peak of Five-Star Dou Zun and told Xiao Yan that her Nuwa Bloodline surpassed a Dou Di Bloodline; she then declined Yao Ming’s request to stay as the clan’s Holy Maiden and left with Xiao Yan.
• Yao Ming and a black-robed elder decided to rename the Nine Netherworld Python Clan the Divine Nuwa Clan.
• Xiao Li asked Xiao Yan to arrange a position for him at the Taiqing Gate branch in the Central Plains.

Xiao Yan agreed to Han Chi’s request while Xiao Li reported on the Heavenly Soldier Battle Formation and Xiao Yu arrived to see him. At Soul Hall, its leaders recognized Xiao Yan as a possible survivor of the Xiao Clan, while Xiao Yan used Samadhi True Fire to temper Qing He in Tianbei City.

• Xiao Yan agreed with Han Chi and heard Xiao Li report that Yao Ye had reached the Dou Zong realm and that four Dou Zong served in the Heavenly Soldier Battle Formation.
• Xiao Li told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yu had come, and Xiao Yu hurried into the courtyard to see him.
• Old Man Mu Gu learned that the Soul Hall had summoned its Heavenly Venerates, and the Great Heavenly Venerate ordered him to enter the Pill Tower’s Alchemist Tournament and seek the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate and Gu You realized Xiao Yan might be a surviving member of the Xiao Clan and warned Soul Hall not to underestimate him or provoke the Ancient Void Dragon Clan.
• Xiao Yan tempered Qing He with Samadhi True Fire, while Qing Lin and White Fang joked about wanting his attention.

Xiao Yan entered a secret realm that connected the Dou Qi Continent to the Great Thousand World and learned that its opening was tied to him and the coming Child of Destiny. He arrived in the Northern Spiritual Realm, where he suspected Qing Yanjing was the key to the realm’s events.

• Xiao Yan teased Qing Lin as they left, while Feng Qing'er taunted White Fang over their positions in his favor.
• Xiao Yan learned that the secret realm admitted only people with multiple Heavenly Flames and that the passage was a personal invitation from the Great Thousand World.
• Xiao Yan brought reliable Dou Zong experts into the realm and used the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts to adapt his cultivation to its spiritual energy.
• Xiao Yan identified the realm as the Hundred Spirits Continent and realized he had arrived in the Northern Spiritual Realm before Mu Feng appeared.
• Xiao Yan concluded that Qing Yanjing was likely the key to the Child of Destiny’s birth.

Xiao Yan investigated the Hundred-Spirit Fruit gathering in Hundred Beasts City while searching for Qing Yanjing, then sensed the Beast Tide and found her gravely injured. As he left the gathering to reach her, he confronted the young man in golden armor, whom he identified as the War Emperor.

• Xiao Yan learned that the Hundred-Spirit Tree’s fruits drew prodigies to Hundred Beasts City, and he flew to the tree to await the gathering.
• Nine Nether returned to the Great Thousand World with Xiao Yan, regained her Supreme Realm cultivation, and teased him while he rested.
• Xiao Yan searched for Qing Yanjing with his soul power, detected the approaching Beast Tide, and warned the gathered prodigies.
• Xiao Yan found Qing Yanjing gravely injured with her cultivation sealed in the mountains and left the tree to reach her.
• The young man in golden armor mocked Xiao Yan for leaving, and Xiao Yan recognized him as the War Emperor and threatened him.

Xiao Yan rescued Qing Yanjing from a beast tide after her cultivation was sealed and she was badly injured. He took her to a cave and gave her a pill he had refined, beginning her recovery while her seal remained.

• The War Emperor warned Xiao Yan not to fight during the beast tide, then turned to defend against the beasts himself.
• Qing Yanjing’s formation collapsed after her sealed cultivation and injuries left her unable to resist the beast tide.
• Xiao Yan arrived, used Samadhi True Fire to drive off the beasts, and carried the unconscious Qing Yanjing to safety.
• In a mountain cave, Qing Yanjing pretended to sleep before thanking Xiao Yan for saving her.
• Xiao Yan gave Qing Yanjing a pill he had refined, and it rapidly healed her injuries.

Xiao Yan protected the injured Qing Yanjing through the beast tide and reached the Hundred-Spirit Tree, where the Hundred-Spirit Fruits ripened. When the War Emperor provoked them and attacked Xiao Yan, Xiao Yan shattered his golden spear with the Mystic Staff, which continued toward him.

• Qing Yanjing used Xiao Yan's pill to heal much of her injury, and Xiao Yan agreed to protect her while they crossed the beast tide.
• Xiao Yan carried Qing Yanjing through the beasts, using his flames to clear a path to the mountain beside the Hundred-Spirit Tree.
• Xiao Yan met Huo Zhong, and the Hundred-Spirit Tree soon ripened, drawing the surviving prodigies toward its fruits.
• The War Emperor insulted Xiao Yan and tried to lure Qing Yanjing away, so Xiao Yan took up his Mystic Staff and charged for a fruit.
• The War Emperor hurled his golden spear at Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan's Mystic Staff shattered it and kept flying toward him.