Recaps

Xiao Yan crippled the Western Heaven War Emperor after he threatened him, then spent three months living with Qing Yanjing as she recovered. After Qing Yanjing regained her Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection cultivation, she told Xiao Yan she had taken a fancy to him and grabbed him by the collar.

• Xiao Yan shattered the Western Heaven War Emperor's arm and warned him to stay away, then gave Qing Yanjing a Hundred-Spirit Fruit.
• Huo Zhong thanked Xiao Yan for leaving him a chance to obtain a Hundred-Spirit Fruit and warned him about the mysterious aura within Qing Yanjing before departing.
• During the next three months, Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing lived together in a valley, where she tended dinner and teased him while he tried to cultivate spirit seedlings.
• Qing Yanjing said her injuries were nearly healed and joked that she might stay with Xiao Yan, while Taishang Laojun appeared and revealed himself to her.
• The next day, Qing Yanjing's aura spread for hundreds of miles as she reached Earthly Sovereign Great Perfection, then pulled Xiao Yan close and declared that she had taken a fancy to him.

The Old Lord wrote “I was here” on the Firmament Ledger, alarming the Great Thousand World’s experts before assuring the Ledger that Xiao Yan would soon emerge to face the Outer Realm Demons. Later, Xiao Yan emerged exhausted from time with Qing Yanjing, who suppressed Nine Nether after she teased her, then questioned Xiao Yan about their soul link.

• The Old Lord appeared in a secret realm and wrote “I was here” on the Firmament Ledger instead of his true name.
• Heavenly Sovereigns across the Great Thousand World watched the Ledger inscribe the words and wondered who had written them.
• The Old Lord told the Ledger that Xiao Yan would soon leave the Lower Plane and that the coming battle would temper his disciple.
• Xiao Yan emerged after several days with Qing Yanjing, who teased him about their intimate time together.
• Nine Nether woke inside Xiao Yan and teased Qing Yanjing, who used the Sacred Futu Pagoda to suppress her.
• Xiao Yan explained that Nine Nether was bound to him by a contract, and Qing Yanjing examined their soul link.

Xiao Yan’s master, Old Lord, rescued Qing Yanjing from Futuo Xuan after the Buddha Gu Clan elder discovered she was pregnant with Xiao Yan’s child. Qing Yanjing returned to the clan under Futuo Xuan’s protection, while Xiao Yan was sent back to Tianbei City and planned to help Xiao Yi Xian.

• Futuo Xuan went to capture Qing Yanjing, discovered her pregnancy, and threatened to kill Xiao Yan, but Qing Yanjing warned she would take her own life if he did.
• Old Lord appeared to protect his disciple, shattered Futuo Xuan’s Sacred Futu Pagoda, and forced him to beg for mercy.
• Qing Yanjing agreed to return to the Buddha Gu Clan, named her unborn child Xiao Chen, and asked Xiao Yan to come find her; Xiao Yan promised he would.
• Futuo Xuan ordered the clan not to disturb Qing Yanjing and warned its members against insulting her, while concealing how powerful Xiao Yan’s master was.
• The Plane Spirit expelled Xiao Yan from the Great Thousand World, and he returned to Tianbei City, where he decided to help Xiao Yi Xian with her Woeful Poison Body.

Zhu Kun returned from the void with news of strange Outer Realm Demons, and Xiao Yan explained what he knew about the Higher Plane. As Taiqing Gate and its allies grew stronger, Xiao Yan welcomed a gift from the Stone Clan and had Qing He demonstrate her strength to Shi Hao.

• Zhu Kun escaped the void creatures with the wounded Ancient Void Dragon elders and returned to his clan, where the elders discovered dragon heads hanging in the sky.
• Xiao Yan heard from Han Chi that Taiqing Gate had gained prestige and learned that Xiao Li had organized a force of loyal Dou Zong hidden guards.
• Zhu Kun brought Xiao Yan a captured void creature, and Xiao Yan identified it as belonging to a small Outer Realm Demon clan and described the threat posed by the Higher Plane.
• Yao Chen broke through to the peak of the Mid-Heavenly State, reached the Profound Pill Realm, and left Starfall Pavilion to find Xuan Yi.
• Shi Hao delivered the Stone Clan's returned Xiao Clan techniques, skills, and resources, then asked Xiao Yan to spar with him.
• Xiao Yan called Qing He to fight Shi Hao, and she sent the Four-Star Dou Zun body cultivator flying with a single punch.

Yao Chen reunited with Xuan Yi after reaching the Heavenly State, while Xiao Yan used Samadhi True Fire to refine Shi Hao’s Dou Di Bloodline and strengthen him. After improving his cultivation and refining pills, Xiao Yan learned that Burning Flame Valley was seeking powerful alchemists and prepared to travel with Xiao Yi Xian, while Qing Lin asked to join him.

• Yao Chen appeared before Xuan Kongzi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Yi, then angered Xuan Yi by proposing that she and his other romantic partners should be his wings.
• Xiao Yan used Samadhi True Fire to refine Shi Hao, awakening and purifying the Stone Clan leader’s abundant Dou Di Bloodline and adding scorching Dou Qi to his attacks.
• Xiao Yan’s cultivation rose to peak Nine-Star Dou Zong, and he continued refining high-grade pills while Nalan Yanran tried to secure his attention.
• Qing He helped Xiao Yan amplify the Samadhi True Fire with the Yang Fan as he refined a pill, while Qing Lin lounged in the courtyard and ordered two Snake Women around.
• Qing Lin told Xiao Yan that Burning Flame Valley was recruiting seventh-rank alchemists and asked to accompany him to the Pill Region with Xiao Yi Xian; Xiao Yan agreed to explain an important matter to her.

Xiao Yan used Samadhi True Fire to refine Feng Qing’er’s Ancient Heavenly Phoenix bloodline, and she endured the process until a cocoon formed around her. Meanwhile, the Gu Clan elders discussed Xiao Yan’s ability and decided to bring him to the Ancient Realm.

• Xiao Yan learned from Feng Qing’er that Shi Hao had revealed his ability to refine ancient bloodlines, and he agreed to refine hers before leaving with Xiao Yi Xian the next day.
• Xiao Yan engulfed Feng Qing’er in Samadhi True Fire, and she screamed but insisted that he continue.
• Feng Qing’er’s bloodline purity rose above the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s previous first place as her feathers and wounds repeatedly burned away and regrew.
• Feng Qing’er formed a large seven-colored cocoon, and Xiao Yan ordered Xiao Li to cordon off the area and keep everyone away.
• Gu Clan elders discussed Xiao Yan’s bloodline-refining ability and agreed to bring him back to the Ancient Realm.

The Gu, Yao, and Soul Clans discussed Xiao Yan’s ability to refine Dou Di bloodlines and considered how to bring him into their influence. Gu Yuan barred his elders from provoking Xiao Yan, the Yao Clan moved to send Yao Ling to him, and the Soul Clan ordered the Soul Hall to capture him.

• Gu Yuan stopped the Gu Clan elders from abducting or troubling Xiao Yan, and agreed that the clan could offer him resources in exchange for refining its bloodlines.
• Gu Cang criticized Gu Yuan over Xun’er and Xiao Yan, but Gu Yuan overwhelmed him with his pressure and warned the elders to obey clan law.
• Yao Dan connected Xiao Yan’s extraordinary flame and rise to an expert from another plane, then the Yao Clan elders agreed to hurry Yao Ling toward him.
• Hun Sha and Hun Tu discussed the threat Xiao Yan posed to the Soul Clan until the Nihility Devouring Flame arrived and ordered Hun Miesheng to have the Soul Hall bring Xiao Yan back.
• The Nihility Devouring Flame trapped and rebuked Hun Tu for questioning his decision, then warned the Soul Clan not to disturb Hun Tiandi during his seclusion.

The Soul Hall received orders to capture Xiao Yan at any cost, while Shi Xian rebuked Shi Hao for revealing that Xiao Yan had refined his bloodline and arranged to protect him. In Taiqing City, Xiao Ning arrived with Xiao Clan disciples, reunited with Xiao Yu, and met Xiao Yan.

• Hun Miesheng announced that the Soul Hall had to capture Xiao Yan and bring him back to the clan, while the Heavenly Venerates assigned Eighth and Ninth to pursue him.
• Shi Xian struck Shi Hao for revealing Xiao Yan's bloodline refinement to the Yan Clan and told him that Stone Clan experts were secretly protecting Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Ning led dozens of Xiao Clan disciples into Taiqing City, where Xiao Yu met them and arranged their lodging, supplies, and assignments.
• Xiao Yan arrived and greeted Xiao Ning, who thanked him for the Dou Wang Pill that had helped him advance three stars to Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yu scolded Xiao Ning for relying on pills, and Xiao Yan stopped her from beating him while she blushed beside him.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Desire Immortal City and discovered that the Joyous Union Sect had targeted her. Xiao Yi Xian killed the sect members who tried to abduct her, while Xiao Yan suppressed the resulting unrest in her Woeful Poison Body, leaving them poised to continue through the city.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian entered Desire Immortal City, where Joyous Union Sect members spotted them and planned to seize Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan recognized that the sect was watching them and accepted a waiter's warning, then left the restaurant intending to draw their enemies out.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian saw the city's many brothels and suspected that the Joyous Union Sect was forcing respectable women into prostitution.
• Yin Hunzi confronted Xiao Yan and proposed trading a songstress for a night with Xiao Yi Xian, so Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian to kill him and his men.
• Xiao Yi Xian killed the Joyous Union Sect attackers, and Xiao Yan used the Samadhi True Fire and Netherworld Poison Flame to suppress her Woeful Poison Body.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian headed toward Fallen God Ravine after killing Yin Lao, while their actions drew the attention of the Joyous Union Sect, Soul Hall, and Ice River Valley. Ice Venerable learned of Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body and plotted to lure her into his grasp as Xiao Yan arrived at the ravine.

• Xiao Yi Xian killed Yin Lao and the Joyous Union Sect disciples with her poison, and Xiao Yan burned Yin Lao to ashes before leading her toward Sacred Pill City.
• The Joyous Union Sect’s sect master recognized the poison and went to Ice River Valley, where Ice Venerable absorbed its effects and learned Xiao Yi Xian was headed for Fallen God Ravine.
• Mo Yu and Qiu Di sent Mu Gu to kill Xiao Yan during the Pill Tower competition and decided to go to Sacred Pill City themselves in case he needed help.
• Ice Venerable ordered Bing Tian to spread word that Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body was in Fallen God Ravine, then killed the Joyous Union Sect’s sect master.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Fallen God Ravine to find the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast and help Xiao Yi Xian control her Woeful Poison Body.

The Black Fire Sect tried to force the Ye Family to surrender its place among the Five Great Clans, but Sheng Yao drove them off by invoking Xiao Yan’s ties to the family. At Fallen God Ravine, Xiao Yan captured the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast and learned where his clan lived, then confronted Ice River Valley as it came to seize Xiao Yi Xian.

• The Black Demon Twin Fiends threatened Ye Zhong and demanded the Ye Family give up its position, but Sheng Yao intervened and warned them about Xiao Yan’s connection to Lan Xin.
• The Black Demon Twin Fiends withdrew, and Ye Xinlan assured Ye Zhong that Xiao Yan would honor his promise to help the Ye Family.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian tracked the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast through Fallen God Ravine, where Xiao Yan defeated and captured him.
• The Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast told Xiao Yan that his clan lived near the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan and served as its subordinate race.
• Mo Xie recognized Ice River Valley among the newcomers, and Ice Venerable demanded that Xiao Yan hand over Xiao Yi Xian and join his sect.
• Ice Venerable ordered his forces to kill Xiao Yan and take Xiao Yi Xian alive.

Xiao Yan attacked Ice River Valley after its forces surrounded Fallen God Ravine, then revealed his identity and the power of the Taiqing Gate. Ice Venerable recognized him only after Xiao Yan’s flames overwhelmed the valley’s defenses, and Xiao Yan declared that Ice River Valley would be destroyed.

• Xiao Yan burned Bing Xuan to ashes and blasted Bing Hua into a bloody mist, prompting Tian Shuangzi to order Ice River Valley’s forces to form up.
• Tian Shuangzi used the assembled disciples’ formation to fire the Ice God Arrow at Xiao Yan, who countered with Haodong Palm, Lifetime After Lifetime.
• Ice Venerable shattered Xiao Yan’s palm strike and attacked him with two black ice dragons, but Xiao Yan strengthened his samadhi true fire with his Spirit Realm Soul.
• Xiao Yan told Ice Venerable that he had founded the Taiqing Gate, causing Ice Venerable to recognize him and recall his status as an Eighth-Tier Alchemist prodigy.
• Xiao Yan declared that Ice River Valley no longer needed to exist.

Xiao Yan rejected Ice Venerable’s offer to settle their dispute with compensation and challenged him to withstand one blow from his staff. The blow crushed Ice Venerable before a crowd outside Fallen God Ravine.

• Ice Venerable offered Xiao Yan three high-grade Earth-tier ice techniques and twenty-three fifth- and sixth-grade pills to settle the matter, but Xiao Yan refused.
• Xiao Yan proposed that Ice Venerable take one blow from his staff, and Ice Venerable agreed.
• Xiao Yan’s staff expanded into a massive black pillar and pinned Ice Venerable beneath it.
• Ice Venerable begged for his life and offered the Ice River Valley, but Xiao Yan’s staff crushed him into a mist of blood.
• Onlookers outside Fallen God Ravine watched in shock as Ice Venerable was killed.

Xiao Yan defeated Ice River Valley, took Mo Xie to the Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Clan to obtain a Magic Core, and uncovered the clan elders’ crimes. As the Alchemist Tournament approached in Sacred Pill City, Yao Chen noticed members of the Ancient Eight Clans arriving, including the Yan Clan, whose Huo Zhi insisted they treat Xiao Yan with respect.

• Bing Yuan begged Xuan Kongzi to avenge Ice River Valley’s dead leader, but Tian Leizi revealed Xiao Yan was a Pill Tower Elder and rebuked the valley for attacking him.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian examined Bing He’s shattered Storage Ring, then had Mo Xie lead them toward the Beast Region to seek a tier-eight Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s Magic Core.
• Xiao Yan killed Mo Ke and took his Magic Core after learning the Scorpion Dragon Clan planned to pledge allegiance to the North Dragon King, who had already been killed by Zhu Kun.
• Xiao Yan returned to destroy the Grand Elder after discovering the Grand Elder had poisoned and assassinated two East Dragon Island experts, then left the matter of the Scorpion Dragon Clan to Zhu Kun.
• Yao Chen and Xuan Yi spotted members of the Ancient Eight Clans, including the Soul Clan, arriving in Sacred Pill City and planned to deal with Old Man Mu Gu.
• In a teahouse, Huo Zhi rebuked Yan Clan members for disrespecting Xiao Yan, while the party’s leader questioned whether Xiao Yan could truly refine bloodlines.

Yao Ling met Huo Zhi and learned that the Yan Clan planned to return what it had taken from the Xiao Clan, then left in embarrassment after her words about visiting Xiao Yan were misunderstood. Meanwhile, Xiao Yan used a tier-eight magic core to help prepare for suppressing Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body and began forcing its poison into one place with Samadhi True Fire.

• Huo Ling explained to Huo Zhi that Shi Hao had grown much stronger and that he was investigating who had leaked information about him.
• Yao Ling appeared before Huo Zhi and the Yan Clan members, saying she had come to see the flame that could refine Dou Di bloodline.
• Huo Zhi said the Yan Clan would return all the resources it had taken from the Xiao Clan and offer additional gifts, while Yao Ling claimed her own visit was a gesture from the Yao Clan.
• Yao Ling realized her remarks sounded like a personal offer to Xiao Yan, blushed, and hurried away while resolving to judge his alchemy for herself.
• Xiao Yan inspected a tier-eight magical beast’s magic core and told Xiao Yi Xian it would improve their chances of suppressing her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan released Xiao Yi Xian’s seal and sent Samadhi True Fire through her body to force the poison back toward her abdomen.

Xiao Yan subdued the evil thoughts born from Xiao Yi Xian’s transformed Woeful Poison Body and helped her form a Poison Pill, restoring her vitality as her cultivation surged. Meanwhile, Qiu Di and Mo Yu learned Xiao Yan had killed Ice Venerable Bing He and feared for Mu Gu, while Cai Lin awaited Xiao Yan’s return at the Taiqing Gate.

• Xiao Yan dragged the Woeful Poison Body’s evil spirit out of Xiao Yi Xian and killed it after it invaded his soul and found no exploitable evil thoughts.
• Xiao Yan used a tier-eight Heavenly Poison Scorpion Dragon Beast’s Magic Core to help Xiao Yi Xian form a Poison Pill, then nourished her with Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva.
• Xiao Yi Xian regained control of her Woeful Poison Body, broke through to the peak of Five-Star Dou Zun, and fell asleep after being intimate with Xiao Yan.
• Qiu Di and Mo Yu discovered that Xiao Yan had killed Ice Venerable Bing He, then realized Mu Gu had already entered Sacred Pill City and feared he would encounter Xiao Yan.
• Cai Lin waited at the Taiqing Gate’s Main Altar with the Snake-People Tribe and wondered what name Xiao Yan would choose for their unborn daughter.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian arrived in Sacred Pill City, where the Pill Tower planned to give Ice River Valley’s estate to Taiqing Gate as compensation. Yao Chen reunited with Yao Ling and faced a gathering of furious former lovers, while Xiao Yan met young members of the Yan Clan.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian spent several days together after she mastered her woeful poison body and reached peak Six-Star Dou Zun.
• Xuan Kongzi, Xuan Yi, Tian Leizi, and Yao Chen agreed to hand Ice River Valley’s estate to Taiqing Gate, and Yao Chen sent a soul crane to deliver the message.
• Yao Chen met Yao Ling in Sacred Pill City, where Xuan Yi welcomed her as an aunt and Yao Ling explained that she had left the Medicine Realm to meet Xiao Yan.
• Several powerful women confronted Yao Chen, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian later heard that the resulting brawl had left his face swollen.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian entered Sacred Pill City, joked about his romantic troubles, and accepted an invitation to meet young Yan Clan members.
• Huo Ling tested Xiao Yan with a strand of Dou Qi, which Xiao Yi Xian caught and crushed, revealing her peak Six-Star Dou Zun strength.

Xiao Yan met with the Yan Clan, received cultivation methods and techniques once taken from the Xiao Clan, and learned that more than ten thousand Xiao Clan descendants still lived under Yan Clan protection. After Xiao Yan left, Huo Zhi and Huo Ling discussed his extraordinary command of fire and the strengths of the Ancient Eight Clans.

• Huo Ling introduced Huo Zhi to Xiao Yan, and the Yan Clan returned Xiao Clan cultivation methods and Dou Techniques to him.
• Huo Zhi told Xiao Yan that the Gu Clan had taken most of the Xiao Clan's resources and that many of its descendants had survived under Yan Clan protection.
• Xiao Yan agreed to meet Xiao Ling and the remaining Xiao Clan descendants, whose leader was a Peak Nine-Star Dou Emperor.
• Huo Zhi attacked Xiao Yan with a flaming finger, and Xiao Yan countered it with a dragon of Samadhi True Fire.
• Huo Ling and Huo Zhi discussed Xiao Yan's power and observed that he seemed to be gathering the strengths of the Ancient Eight Clans.

Xiao Yan visited the Little Pill Tower with Xiao Yi Xian and Yao Chen, where Yao Chen revealed his extraordinary soul power and challenged Elder Hou to an alchemy contest. After Yao Chen won by refining a ninth-grade Treasure Pill, the Grand Elder asked how his abilities had advanced, and Yao Chen pointed to Xiao Yan as the reason.

• Xiao Yan met Yao Chen, who explained that bloodline talent could limit the Ancient Eight Clans and boasted that he had relied on his own alchemy talent.
• Xuan Yi led Xiao Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, and Yao Chen into the Little Pill Tower, where they encountered its elders and learned about its ten elder seats.
• Yao Chen provoked Elder Hou into an alchemy contest and summoned his Black Demon Cauldron and Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• Yao Chen refined a ninth-grade Spirit-Clearing Pill, endured its Black Demon Lightning tribulation, and won the contest against Elder Hou.
• The Grand Elder questioned Yao Chen about his peak Heavenly Realm Soul, and Yao Chen credited Xiao Yan with his growth.

Xiao Yan earned the Little Pill Tower’s trust by explaining his connection to its ancestor and demonstrating how to refine powerful Pill Puppets. The elders embraced the technique, and Xiao Yan left with the Pill Tower’s support for his future plans.

• The Little Pill Tower elders questioned Xiao Yan about his master and tradition, and he named Taiqing Dao De Tianzun and the Daoist School.
• Xiao Yan explained that the Xiao Clan ancestor had given him a token, and the Grand Elder welcomed him as a friend of the Little Pill Tower.
• Xuan Kongzi revealed that Xiao Yan was already a Pill Tower elder, prompting a joking dispute with the Grand Elder.
• Xiao Yan demonstrated how to refine a Pill Puppet and explained that alchemists could strengthen them to improve their combat power.
• The Grand Elder thanked Xiao Yan for sharing the method, while Yao Chen began gathering materials to make a Pill Puppet of his own.

Xiao Yan accepted an elder seal from the Little Pill Tower and secured an alchemist for Taiqing Gate. In Sacred Pill City, Cao Ying learned that Xiao Yan had become a Little Pill Tower elder and realized he might enter the upcoming Five Great Clans' competition.

• The Grand Elder gave Xiao Yan a Little Pill Tower elder seal and offered to support Taiqing Gate by sending an alchemist to reside there.
• White Crane Hermit and his disciple agreed to leave the Little Pill Tower for Taiqing Gate, and Xiao Yan welcomed them.
• Cao Ying entered the hall and was shocked when Xuan Kongzi told her Xiao Yan had become a Little Pill Tower elder.
• Xiao Yan asked Cao Ying about the upcoming Five Great Clans' competition, and she realized he might be entering it.

Xiao Yan explained that he had agreed to help the Ye Family in exchange for its support of Taiqing Gate, then explored Sacred Pill City with Cao Ying. After spotting Dan Chen, he considered bringing the Dan Family into his service, and Cao Ying led him toward the Alchemist Trade Fair.

• Xiao Yan told Cao Ying that Ye Xinlan had asked him to help the Ye Family, which had promised to support Taiqing Gate.
• Cao Ying coaxed Xiao Yan into agreeing to teach her the Pill Slave Method, while Xiao Yi Xian set a three-day condition for helping her cultivate with the Netherworld Poison Flame.
• Xiao Yan and Cao Ying visited a market stall, where Cao Ying paid a Sixth-Rank Blood Calamity Pill for a black iron fragment that Xiao Yan sensed contained soul-strengthening liquid.
• Xiao Yan and Cao Ying saw Dan Chen arrive in a Ten-Horse Carriage, and Cao Ying explained her exceptional, difficult-to-control soul power.
• Xiao Yan decided to visit the Alchemist Trade Fair and considered bringing the Dan Family into his service, so Cao Ying took him toward the crowded market.

Xiao Yan toured the Alchemist Trade Fair with Cao Ying, whose public intimacy with him stirred gossip and alarm among the Five Great Clans. At a furnace workshop, Xiao Yan showed Lin Ding the Mystic Staff, whose immense weight smashed through the floor and left the blacksmith unable to lift it.

• Cao Ying walked hand in hand with Xiao Yan through the fair, prompting clan disciples to gossip and report their relationship to their elders.
• A Cao Family elder treated Xiao Yan with great respect, and Xiao Yan declined Cao Ying's offer to have her family surrender some of its share in the fair.
• Cao Ying showed Xiao Yan the Pill Flame Beasts and then took him to Lin Ding's casting workshop.
• Lin Ding offered to forge or improve Xiao Yan's weapon, so Xiao Yan handed him the Mystic Staff to inspect.
• The Mystic Staff's weight drove Lin Ding through the floor and created a huge pit, leaving him unable to lift it.
• Xiao Yan summoned the staff back to his hand, and it vibrated as he stroked it.

Xiao Yan obtained the ingredients for his eighth-tier pill through his Little Pill Tower Elder status, then confronted Gu Zhen and two Black Annihilation Army commanders over the Gu Clan’s meager return of Xiao Clan resources. After Yang Hao and Lin Xiu attacked him, Xiao Yan killed them both, leaving Gu Zhen shocked and fearful.

• Cao Ying led Xiao Yan to Elder Yan, who recognized Xiao Yan as a Little Pill Tower Elder and gave him plastic spirit dust and a ten-thousand-year snow-skin bone flower without charge.
• Gu Zhen arrived with Yang Hao and Lin Xiu, offering Xiao Yan a Storage Ring of resources and inviting him to visit the Gu Clan to refine its younger generation’s bloodlines.
• Xiao Yan rejected the Gu Clan’s offer, criticized its taking of Xiao Clan resources, and accused Gu Zhen of letting his subordinates provoke him while pretending to be a peacemaker.
• Yang Hao attacked Xiao Yan with the Mountain Splitting Seal, but Xiao Yan countered with his Threefold True Dragon technique.
• Yang Hao and Lin Xiu joined forces against Xiao Yan, who transformed into a giant phantom and killed Yang Hao with his Mystic Staff and Lin Xiu with a crushing palm.
• Gu Zhen watched Xiao Yan return to his original form and told him he had gone too far.

Xiao Yan defeated Gu Zhen after the Gu Clan tried to seize him, prompting the Pill Tower to defend its elder and advise him about the danger of refining Ancient Bloodlines. He began refining the Heavenly River Cleansing Pill, while Gu Yuan confronted the Gu Clan elders over the deaths of two Black Annihilation Army Commanders.

• Xiao Yan spared Gu Zhen but warned the Gu Clan not to provoke him again, and Xuan Yi, Tian Leizi, and Xuan Kongzi arrived to challenge Gu Zhen’s actions.
• Gu Zhen claimed the Gu Clan had tried to bring Xiao Yan to safety, but Tian Leizi defended Xiao Yan as a Pill Tower elder and Xuan Kongzi swept Gu Zhen away.
• The Pill Tower Giants warned Xiao Yan that the Gu Clan and other major powers might target him, and Xuan Yi suggested seeking protection from the Ancient Void Dragon Clan; Xiao Yan said he had other support.
• Xiao Yi Xian kept Xiao Yan occupied in the courtyard for several days, then he began refining the eighth-tier Heavenly River Cleansing Pill with Samadhi True Fire.
• Gu Yuan angrily rebuked the Gu Clan elders for disobeying his orders and demanded to know who had provoked Xiao Yan before two Black Annihilation Army Commanders died.