Recaps

Xiao Yan rebuilt his cultivation with Taishang Laojun’s guidance, strengthened the Xiao Clan, and set out to train with Xiao Yi Xian. After gaining new techniques and confronting the Amethyst Winged Lion King, he began the journey home with Xiao Yi Xian at his side.

• Xiao Yan learned that Nalan Yanran intended to break their engagement, and the Three-Year Agreement was set for them to fight on equal terms.
• Xiao Yan met Taishang Laojun, received the Eight-Nine Arcane Arts and a Mystic Staff, and rose to One-Star Dou Zhe.
• Xiao Yan used alchemy to create Blood-Replenishing Powder, giving the Xiao Clan an edge over the Jia Lie Family and impressing the Mittel Auction House.
• Xiao Yan sold pills at Ya Fei’s auction, helped the Xiao Clan acquire an Advanced Black Rank cultivation method, and revealed himself as a Three-Rank Alchemist.
• Before leaving to train, Xiao Yan killed Liu Xi, secured Ya Fei’s support for the Xiao Clan, and learned that Gu Yuan knew of Taishang Laojun.
• Xiao Yan met Xiao Yi Xian, killed Mu Li and the Wolf Head Mercenary Group members who pursued them, and let her keep the cave’s poison-related treasures.
• Taishang Laojun helped Xiao Yan obtain the Netherworld Poison Flame, which he shared with Xiao Yi Xian, and gave him a flying technique infused with Ancient Golden Crow blood essence.
• Xiao Yan helped Yun Yun escape the Amethyst Winged Lion King, collected Companion Amethyst Source, and then flew home with Xiao Yi Xian, who had decided to accompany him.

Xiao Yan strengthened his allies, secured Queen Medusa’s promise of marriage, and used his growing power to protect the Snake-People Tribe from an attack. The arc ended with his family arriving for the wedding and Xiao Yi Xian having departed for the Chu Yun Empire.

• Xiao Yan strengthened the Xiao Clan, reached Five-Star Dou Master, and set out with Xiao Yu and Xiao Yi Xian for Jia Nan Academy’s entrance assessment.
• Xiao Yan defeated Luo Bu, earned a year’s leave from Jia Nan Academy, and passed the Three-Rank Alchemist examination in Black Rock City.
• Xiao Yan recruited Hai Bodong, reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li, and met Qing Lin before helping her tame the Two-Headed Fire Spirit Snake.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, confronted Queen Medusa, and agreed to help her in exchange for sparing Hai Bodong and Qing Lin.
• After spending half a year refining Pills for the Snake-People Tribe, Xiao Yan agreed to marry Queen Medusa and began preparing a pill to draw out her bloodline’s potential.
• Old Lord refined a ninth-grade pill for Medusa, and Xiao Yan planned to gather the Fragmented Maps and enter the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame’s space to rescue Xiao Chen.
• Hai Bodong, Gu He, Yun Yun, Yan Shi, and Feng Li confronted the Snake-People Tribe over the Heavenly Flames, but Xiao Yan rescued Yue Mei and forced the attackers to withdraw.
• Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, Xiao Zhan, and Qing Lin arrived for Xiao Yan’s wedding, and he learned that Xiao Yi Xian had left for the Chu Yun Empire.

Xiao Yan strengthened the Xiao Clan, exposed a tournament cheat, and dealt with threats to Qing Lin and Nalan Yanran. After destroying the Mo Clan, he set out with his companions for the Black-Corner Region.

• Queen Medusa completed her evolution, married Xiao Yan, and announced that he was the Snake-People Tribe’s King Consort.
• Xiao Yan guarded Qing Lin from Mo Bass, defeated Mu Zhan, and revealed Yan Li’s age fraud during the Alchemist Tournament before the poison in Yan Li’s pill killed him.
• Xiao Yan cured Nalan Jie, gained the Nalan Family’s submission, and forced Yun Yun to accept a Binding Curse while asking her to watch Yun Shan for ties to the Soul Hall.
• Lu Man and White Fang took Qing Lin because of her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils, but Xiao Yan recovered her and made White Fang her guard.
• Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Wang, displayed the Mystic Staff, and received the Ancient Jade from Xiao Zhan.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, then traveled to Salt City with Yao Ye and exposed the Mo Clan’s crimes and plot against Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan killed Mo Cheng and ordered the Mo Clan destroyed, while Yao Ye’s troops uncovered more than a hundred buried victims.
• Xiao Yan refined a Primordial Bone-Shaping Pill for Yao Ye, then departed for the Black-Corner Region with his companions atop White Fang.

Xiao Yan traveled through the Black-Corner Region, gained new flames and resources, and returned to Jia Nan Academy to reunite with Xiao Xun'er and establish the Dao Sect. After confronting the Gu Clan’s soldiers and helping the academy’s students, he advanced in cultivation and went to the eastern district market seeking medicinal materials.

• Xiao Yan entered Black Seal City, sold pills at the auction, acquired Han Feng’s Storage Ring and Sea Heart Flame, and later rescued Elder Qing from Fan Lao’s Blood Sect.
• Xiao Yan reached Jia Nan Academy, defeated Bai Shan in the selection arena, reunited with Xiao Xun'er, and declared her his primary wife.
• Xiao Yan joined the Inner Academy assessment, gathered Fire Energy, and named a new-student faction the Dao Sect with Hu Jia and Wu Hao.
• When Gu Clan soldiers arrived to take Xiao Xun'er back, Xiao Yan defeated Ling Quan and warned them he would confront the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Yi Xian explained that poison and the Netherworld Poison Flame were changing her body, while Xiao Yan later captured heartfire in the Sky Burning Qi Refining Tower and protected the students.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Fallen Heart Flame’s heartfire and advanced to Two-Star Dou Wang, then visited the Dao Sect and went with Xiao Yu to the eastern district market.
• Lin Yan demanded four hundred heavenly fire energy or an Earth Tier Cultivation Method for the emerald-green herb Xiao Yan wanted.