Recaps

Nalan Yanran visited Starfall Pavilion to seek Xiao Yan’s help with the Flower Sect crisis, where Hua Jin and her paramour sought to seize the sect master’s position and Yun Yun’s inheritance. Xiao Yan agreed to go with her, while Nalan Yanran learned that her patriarch had reached Nine-Star Dou Zun with Xiao Yan’s help.

• Nalan Yanran arrived at Starfall Pavilion and explained her connection to Xiao Yan, prompting the staff to notify Ya Fei.
• Ya Fei met Nalan Yanran in the Reception Hall, and Nalan Yanran explained the trouble facing Yun Yun and the Flower Sect.
• Ya Fei sent Xiao Yan a voice transmission, and he left his courtyard after finishing his cultivation with Cai Die and Cai Lin.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran that Yun Potian could defeat the Six-Star Dou Zun Demon Flower Evil Lord, and Ya Fei revealed that Yun Potian had reached Nine-Star Dou Zun with Xiao Yan’s help.
• Xiao Yan decided to accompany Nalan Yanran to deal with the crisis and planned to visit Burning Flame Valley for the complete Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.

Xiao Yan took Nalan Yanran to the Flower Sect to help Yun Yun face Hua Jin and the Demon Flower Evil Lord. He killed both enemies in an instant and called for the Flower Sect elders to reveal themselves.

• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran to rest at Starfall Pavilion and leave with him in ten days.
• Xiao Yan brought Nalan Yanran to the Flower Sect in an instant on the day of Yun Yun and Hua Jin’s contest.
• Hua Jin demanded that Yun Yun hand over the former sect leader’s lifetime of Dou Qi, but Xiao Yan appeared and interrupted her.
• The Demon Flower Evil Lord tried to flee, and Xiao Yan burned him into nothing; Xiao Yan then killed Hua Jin.
• Xiao Yan called for the Flower Sect elders, and a beautiful woman in green palace robes appeared before him.

Xiao Yan defeated the threat to Yun Yun and helped secure her position as Flower Sect master, then began refining Granny Hua’s sealed Dou Qi into her own. As he worked, the Demon Flower Evil Lord’s jade tablet shattered in the distant Heavenly Underworld Sect.

• Fairy Qing recognized Xiao Yan as Yao Chen’s disciple, and he explained that he had come to help Yun Yun.
• Fairy Qing named Yun Yun the Flower Sect’s new sect master and invited Xiao Yan into the sect’s reception quarters.
• Fairy Qing asked about Yao Chen, and Xiao Yan told her that his teacher was alive and had reached Late Five-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun he would refine the Dou Qi sealed inside her, then brought her to her bedchamber to begin.
• Xiao Yan used the talismans’ power to draw out Granny Hua’s sealed Dou Qi while Yun Yun circulated her cultivation method.
• The Demon Flower Evil Lord’s jade tablet shattered in the Heavenly Underworld Sect.

Xiao Yan helped Yun Yun refine Granny Hua’s Dou Qi, raising her from One-Star Dou Zun to Nine-Star Dou Zun. After Heavenly Underworld Sect elders approached the Flower Sect, Xiao Yan killed them and discovered he would need to visit their sect, then confronted a hidden Soul Hall spy.

• Xiao Yan guided Yun Yun through refining Granny Hua’s Dou Qi, strengthening and widening her meridians as her power rose.
• After ten days, Yun Yun completed her cultivation and reached Nine-Star Dou Zun, then covered herself with a quilt and hid the damaged room from Nalan Yanran.
• Nalan Yanran told Yun Yun that outsiders had entered the Flower Sect, while Xiao Yan went out to face the approaching intruders.
• Two fleeing elders tried to escape Xiao Yan by splitting up, but he killed both Six-Star Dou Zun elders and read the Gray-Robed Elder’s memories.
• Xiao Yan decided to visit the Heavenly Underworld Sect and called out a concealed Soul Hall spy.

Xiao Yan killed the Soul Hall's Ninth Heavenly Venerate, said goodbye to Yun Yun, and headed for Tianbei City to help the Han clan. He arrived at the Han clan's contest with the Hong Family just as Han Yue was about to take the stage.

• Xiao Yan searched the Ninth Heavenly Venerate's soul for Soul Hall branch locations, then killed him and destroyed all traces of his presence.
• Xiao Yan gave Yun Yun a Spatial Jade Slip before leaving the Flower Sect, while Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran struggled to hide their feelings.
• Xiao Yan traveled east to Tianbei City, intending to resolve the Han clan's troubles and stop Hong Chen.
• Hong Chen challenged the Han clan at the Heavenly Stone Platform, and Han Yue rose to meet him.
• Xiao Yan crashed onto the platform in a bolt of golden lightning, and Han Yue recognized him as Junior Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Han family's arena and killed Hong Chen and Hong Li with ease, shocking the crowd and the Wind and Thunder Northern Pavilion elder Shen Yun. He left Shen Yun trembling before demanding to know where Hong Chen had stolen the Three Thousand Lightning Movement.

• Han Yue recognized Xiao Yan as he appeared in the arena, while Han Xue and the Han family wondered whether she had invited him as an outside helper.
• Hong Chen attacked Xiao Yan with Three Thousand Lightning Movement, but Xiao Yan stopped the blow and caused Hong Chen to burst into a mist of blood.
• Hong Li charged Xiao Yan in a rage, but Xiao Yan exhaled and turned him into ice that scattered away.
• Xiao Yan approached Shen Yun of the Wind and Thunder Northern Pavilion, who bowed and promised to answer his questions.
• Xiao Yan asked Shen Yun where Hong Chen had stolen the Three Thousand Lightning Movement.

Xiao Yan accused the Wind and Thunder Pavilion of stealing the Three Thousand Lightning Movement and sent Shen Yun back to summon its leadership. After hearing of the deaths of Hong Li and Hong Chen and Xiao Yan’s challenge, Thunder Venerable set out for Tianbei City, joined by an eager female disciple.

• Xiao Yan publicly claimed the Three Thousand Lightning Movement belonged to him, forced Shen Yun to summon the person in charge of the Wind and Thunder Pavilion, and then greeted Han Yue before visiting the Han Family.
• Hong Tianxiao learned that Hong Li and Hong Chen had been killed and hoped the Wind and Thunder Pavilion would take revenge on Xiao Yan.
• Shen Yun reached the Wind and Thunder Northern Pavilion, where its leaders decided to report Xiao Yan’s challenge to the Main Pavilion.
• Thunder Venerable ordered several elders to accompany him to Tianbei City, and a female disciple asked to go with them.

Feng Qing'er chose to prepare for the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool while Thunder Venerable led Wind and Thunder Pavilion forces to attack the Han estate. Xiao Yan destroyed their array and crippled Thunder Venerable, then demanded to know where he had obtained the Three Thousand Lightning Movement cultivation method.

• Feng Qing'er emerged from seclusion and agreed to focus on the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool instead of joining Thunder Venerable's expedition.
• Thunder Venerable gathered Wind and Thunder Pavilion experts and traveled to Tianbei City, where Hong Tianxiao offered to guide them to the Han estate.
• Thunder Venerable ordered the Nine Heavens Thunder Prison Array formed around the Han estate, but Xiao Yan killed Hong Tianxiao with one hand.
• Thunder Venerable attacked Xiao Yan with lightning, but Xiao Yan absorbed the strike and answered with golden lightning that shattered the array and gravely injured the elders.
• Xiao Yan crippled Thunder Venerable, stepped on his head, and demanded to know where he had obtained the Three Thousand Lightning Movement cultivation method.

Xiao Yan defeated Wind Lightning Pavilion, used the Sheep Talisman to make its members obey him, and arranged for them to support the Han family in the Northern Region. He then traveled to Burning Flame Valley to obtain the complete Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, where Tang Zhen sensed his arrival.

• Xiao Yan forced Thunder Venerable to admit that he had stolen Three Thousand Lightning Movement.
• Xiao Yan sealed the area and used the Sheep Talisman to rewrite Thunder Venerable and Wind Lightning Pavilion's elders, making them loyal to him.
• Xiao Yan told Han Chi that Wind Lightning Pavilion would help the Han family establish dominance in the Northern Region.
• Xiao Yan left Tianbei City and traveled to Burning Flame Valley to obtain the complete Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Xiao Yan entered Burning Flame Valley and headed toward its great hall, where Tang Zhen sensed his presence.

Xiao Yan visited Burning Flame Valley to reclaim the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, a secret technique belonging to his Xiao Clan, and Tang Zhen and Old Ancestor Huoyun agreed to let him have it. Tang Huo'er challenged the elders’ praise of Xiao Yan, then followed them as they led him to the technique’s Inheritance Crystal.

• Old Ancestor Huoyun emerged from seclusion after sensing Xiao Yan’s powerful aura, and Xiao Yan introduced himself as Yao Chen’s disciple from Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan told Tang Zhen and Old Ancestor Huoyun that he was a descendant of the ancient Xiao Clan and had come for the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Tang Zhen and Old Ancestor Huoyun recognized Xiao Yan’s claim and agreed to give him access to the family technique.
• Tang Huo'er entered the hall, doubted that Xiao Yan could outmatch her father, and was reprimanded by the elders.
• Tang Zhen and Old Ancestor Huoyun led Xiao Yan toward the technique’s Inheritance Crystal, while Tang Huo'er followed in irritation.

Xiao Yan absorbed Burning Flame Valley’s inheritance for the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations, impressing Tang Zhen and Old Ancestor Huoyun with his talent. At dinner, Tang Zhen revealed that Tang Huo’er was dying from damage caused by the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and asked Xiao Yan to help save her.

• Tang Zhen explained the Inheritance Crystal and told Tang Huo’er that the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations had originally belonged to Xiao Yan’s family.
• Xiao Yan triggered a brilliant red light while receiving the inheritance, astonishing Tang Huo’er, Tang Zhen, and Old Ancestor Huoyun.
• Old Ancestor Huoyun and Tang Zhen teased Tang Huo’er about Xiao Yan, who later told them he already had six wives.
• At dinner, Tang Zhen explained that Tang Huo’er had suffered severe damage after trying to fuse with the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire and would die within a year without treatment.
• Tang Zhen asked Xiao Yan to help refine a high-grade seventh-tier Fire Bodhi Pill to save Tang Huo’er, offering whatever compensation Xiao Yan requested.

Xiao Yan healed Tang Huo'er and learned what Tang Zhen and Old Ancestor Huoyun knew about Sound Valley before returning to Starfall Pavilion. There, he decided to destroy the Heavenly Underworld Sect, unaware to its members as they went about their peaceful day.

• Xiao Yan used the Horse Talisman to heal Tang Huo'er’s injuries, astonishing Tang Zhen and Old Ancestor Huoyun.
• Tang Zhen described Sound Valley’s secluded ways, Soul Power cultivation, sonic techniques, and likely strength, while Old Ancestor Huoyun mentioned its connection to the Azure Luan Clan.
• Xiao Yan left Burning Flame Valley, postponed visiting Sound Valley, and returned to Starfall Pavilion to target the Heavenly Underworld Sect.
• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao and Feng Xian that he planned to destroy the sect after learning of its ties to Soul Hall, and they agreed to support him.
• Xiao Yan told the four women his plan, then prepared to test whether they had kept up their training; meanwhile, the Heavenly Underworld Sect remained unaware of the threat.

After learning that Xiao Yan was linked to the deaths of four Heavenly Underworld Sect elders, Tian Mingzi ordered an attack on Starfall Pavilion. Xiao Yan instead arrived at Mingluo Valley with Cai Lin, Cai Die, and Xiao Yi Xian to destroy the sect, and the Heavenly Underworld Sect lost its ancestor and any hope of survival.

• Tian Mingzi learned that Xiao Yan and Starfall Pavilion were connected to the deaths of the Demon Flower Evil Lord and three investigating elders, then ordered the sect to annihilate Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Mingluo Valley with Cai Lin, Cai Die, and Xiao Yi Xian, whose Dou Sheng auras overwhelmed the Heavenly Underworld Sect.
• Xiao Yan ordered the sect to spare those who surrendered and kill anyone who resisted, while Tian Mingzi activated the Ten Thousand Nether Blood Fiend Formation.
• Xiao Yan caught the fleeing Heavenly Underworld Old Demon and crushed his body and soul in front of the sect's members.
• Xiao Yan declared that the Heavenly Underworld Sect would meet its end.

Xiao Yan and the women destroyed the Heavenly Underworld Sect and began absorbing its forces into Starfall Pavilion. He arranged to visit Sound Valley with Mu Qingluan and, after preparing for the Four Pavilions Assembly, left with her for the Wind and Thunder Mountain Range.

• Cai Lin shattered the Heavenly Underworld Sect's protective formation, and she and the other women killed Tian Mingzi and the sect's loyal followers while capturing those who surrendered.
• Ya Fei and Feng Xian organized Starfall Pavilion's takeover of the Heavenly Underworld Sect's forces, cities, and resources.
• Xiao Yan asked Mu Qingluan about her Azure Luan Clan's ties to Sound Valley, heard her complaints about its eccentric people, and persuaded her to take him to the next exchange in two months.
• Xiao Yan decided to attend the Four Pavilions Assembly in Venerable Feng's place and sought combat and soul-cultivation advice from the Yellow Springs Demon Saint.
• Two days later, Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan left Starfall Pavilion for the Wind and Thunder Northern Pavilion in the Wind and Thunder Mountain Range.

At the Four Pavilions Assembly, Xiao Yan arrived with Mu Qingluan, and Thunder Venerable and the Wind and Thunder Pavilion elders immediately knelt before him. Feng Qing'er recognized Xiao Yan and refused to believe what she saw until Thunder Venerable ordered her to kneel as well.

• Visitors gathered at Thunder Mountain for the Four Pavilions Assembly, where rumors about Thunder Venerable’s encounter with a young man angered Feng Qing'er.
• Thunder Venerable, Sword Venerable, and Yellow Springs Venerable took their seats before Xiao Yan and Mu Qingluan arrived from Starfall Pavilion.
• Thunder Venerable, Fei Tian, and the Wind and Thunder Pavilion elders knelt respectfully before Xiao Yan, shocking the assembly.
• Feng Qing'er recognized Xiao Yan as the man she considered a threat to her pavilion and shouted in disbelief.
• Thunder Venerable ordered Feng Qing'er to kneel at once.

Xiao Yan arrived at the Four Pavilions Assembly and used his overwhelming influence to stop Wang Chen from killing Lin Yan after Lin Yan surrendered. He ordered Yellow Springs Venerable to deal with Wang Chen, threatening the Yellow Springs Pavilion if he was dissatisfied.

• Thunder Venerable forced Feng Qing'er to kneel, and Xiao Yan arrived with Mu Qingluan before appearing on the high platform.
• Xiao Yan ordered the kneeling Wind and Thunder Pavilion members to rise and announced that he had come on behalf of Starfall Pavilion.
• The Four Pavilions Assembly began, and Mu Qingluan joined the contestants while Xiao Yan watched from the sidelines.
• Lin Yan surrendered to Wang Chen, but Wang Chen tried to stab him, so Xiao Yan froze him with a gesture.
• Xiao Yan rebuked Yellow Springs Venerable and ordered him to deal with Wang Chen, threatening to destroy the Yellow Springs Pavilion if he was not satisfied.

Xiao Yan forced Yellow Springs Venerable to kill Wang Chen and compensate Lin Yan, then watched Mu Qingluan defeat Feng Qing'er and leave her humiliated. Back at Starfall Pavilion, Xiao Yan announced that he would attack the Soul Hall’s branch halls to gather Soul Origin and advance his soul realm.

• Xiao Yan made Yellow Springs Venerable kill Wang Chen, then had him give Lin Yan a Storage Ring as compensation.
• Mu Qingluan defeated Feng Qing'er in the Four Pavilions Assembly final and slapped her when she refused to accept her loss.
• Xiao Yan left the Wind and Thunder Mountain Range with Mu Qingluan after altering Yellow Springs Venerable’s consciousness to stop him retaliating against Lin Yan.
• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion and told Yao Lao and Feng Xian about his display of strength at the assembly.
• Xiao Yan revealed his plan to attack Soul Hall branch halls and collect their Soul Origin to reach Heaven Realm Great Perfection.

Xiao Yan began his sweep of the Soul Hall’s Twenty-Four Earth Fiend Halls, destroying their branches and uncovering the Soul-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation. After clearing the regions he targeted, he reached the final Earth Fiend Hall in the Dead Soul Mountain Range and prepared a Five-Colored Fire Lotus for it.

• Xiao Yan learned from a message jade slip that Cai Lin, Cai Die, and the other two women had returned to the Northwest Continent, then rested before beginning his campaign against the Soul Hall.
• Xiao Yan found the hidden Ten Thousand Souls Cave and destroyed its hall and inhabitants with Yellow Springs Heavenly Wrath.
• Xiao Yan discovered runes of the Soul-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation beneath the hall and destroyed them.
• Xiao Yan swept through the Soul Hall branches across the Southern, Eastern, Central, and Northern Regions, collecting Soul Origins and destroying the formations he found.
• Xiao Yan arrived at the last Earth Fiend Hall in the Dead Soul Mountain Range and formed a Five-Colored Fire Lotus circled by a Golden Lightning Dragon.

Xiao Yan destroyed the Soul Hall and attacked its Human Hall with hundreds of lightning-enhanced Fire Lotuses. He captured the Great Heavenly Venerate and restored him, intending to use him for information about the other halls.

• Xiao Yan created a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus enhanced with Nine Profound Golden Lightning and destroyed the Soul Hall in the Dead Soul Mountain Range.
• Xiao Yan traveled to the Corpse Burial Mountain Range and located the Human Hall using the Ninth Heavenly Venerate's memories.
• Xiao Yan made nearly a hundred lightning-enhanced Fire Lotuses and sealed the space around the Human Hall.
• Xiao Yan's Fire Lotuses annihilated the Human Hall and its defenders, while he walked through the explosions unharmed.
• Xiao Yan found the badly wounded Great Heavenly Venerate, took him away from the blast zone, and used the Horse Talisman to restore him.

Xiao Yan enslaved the Soul Hall's Great Heavenly Venerate, seized the Mortal Hall's Soul Origin, and traveled with him to the Earth Hall. He arranged to gather the Earth Hall's leaders and prepared to reveal himself as their Hall Master.

• Xiao Yan revealed that he was a descendant of the Xiao Clan, then used the Sheep Talisman's power to rewrite the Great Heavenly Venerate's consciousness and learn the Earth Hall's location.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Great Heavenly Venerate to bring him the Mortal Hall's Soul Origin and release its surviving captives; the Great Heavenly Venerate returned with the Soul Origin, and Xiao Yan found that no other Soul Hall members had survived.
• Xiao Yan erased the Mortal Hall's remains and traveled with the Great Heavenly Venerate to the Xuanming Mountains, where the Earth Hall was hidden beneath the central peak.
• Xiao Yan entered the Earth Hall in concealment and told the Great Heavenly Venerate to gather its leaders under the pretext of a meeting.
• The Great Heavenly Venerate summoned the deputy hall master and the Second, Third, and Fourth Heavenly Venerates, then knelt toward the entrance and addressed Xiao Yan as Hall Master.

Xiao Yan seized control of the Soul Hall’s Meeting Hall, killing two Heavenly Venerates and forcing the others to kneel before him. Hun Miesheng arrived and found everyone greeting Xiao Yan as Hall Master.

• The Great Heavenly Venerate knelt and addressed Xiao Yan as Hall Master, while the Vice Hall Master realized Xiao Yan’s power and tried to summon reinforcements.
• Xiao Yan killed the Third Heavenly Venerate with a beam of golden light, then destroyed the Fifth Heavenly Venerate with a Golden Thunderbolt.
• Xiao Yan sat in the Soul Hall Master’s seat and used his draconic might to force the Vice Hall Master and the other Soul Hall members to kneel.
• Hun Miesheng returned to the Earth Hall, saw everyone kneeling before Xiao Yan, and was stunned when they greeted Xiao Yan as Hall Master.

Xiao Yan revealed himself as a powerful descendant of the Xiao Clan and confronted Hun Miesheng after taking control of the Soul Hall’s members. He defeated Hun Miesheng’s escape attempt and declared that Hun Miesheng would serve as his Deputy Hall Master.

• The Soul Hall members treated Xiao Yan as their Hall Master, and Hun Miesheng burst into the Meeting Hall in anger.
• Xiao Yan dismissed the members and told Hun Miesheng that he had destroyed the Soul Hall’s branch halls and Soul-Devouring Life-Extinguishing Formation.
• Hun Miesheng attacked Xiao Yan’s identity and threatened him, but Xiao Yan struck so quickly that he severed Hun Miesheng’s left arm.
• Hun Miesheng turned into clouds of black mist and fled, but Xiao Yan tracked him and reached for him with a huge palm.
• Xiao Yan told Hun Miesheng that he would become the Deputy Hall Master of his Soul Hall.

Xiao Yan took control of the Soul Hall, discovered where its Heaven Hall kept the collected soul origin, and refined what he had plundered. After forty days, his soul realm reached Heaven Realm Great Perfection.

• Xiao Yan subdued Hun Miesheng and used the Sheep and Dragon Talismans to erase the Nihility Devouring Flame's mark and make him a loyal vice hall master.
• Xiao Yan learned from Hun Miesheng's memories that the Soul Hall's Heaven Hall was inside the Soul Realm and held nearly a hundred masses of soul origin.
• Xiao Yan purified the soul origin he had taken from the Earth Fiend Hall and Human Hall, then began absorbing it.
• After forty days, Xiao Yan broke through to Heaven Realm Great Perfection, delighting Hun Miesheng and the other Soul Hall subordinates.

After reaching Heaven Realm Great Perfection, Xiao Yan left the Soul Hall and returned to Starfall Pavilion, where he reunited with Zi Yan and learned how his companions had advanced. Yao Lao then hinted that he had good news about Cai Lin and the others, leaving Xiao Yan eager to hear more.

• Xiao Yan tested the vast reach of his Heaven Realm Great Perfection Soul Perception and prepared to visit the Gu Clan after returning from Sound Valley.
• Xiao Yan left Hun Miesheng and the Soul Hall with communication Jade Slips and instructions to guard the hall while he was away.
• Xiao Yan arrived at Starfall Pavilion and reunited with Zi Yan, who had broken through to early Seven-Star Dou Saint.
• Xiao Yan greeted Yao Lao, Zhu Kun, Zhu Ling, Qing Lin, and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, then learned Qing Lin had reached One-Star Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao about Cai Lin and the others, and Yao Lao hinted that he had good news.

Xiao Yan arranged a future spar with Zhu Kun and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint, then followed Qing Lin into the Beast Region to find the Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake’s skeleton as a potential body for the Demon Saint’s resurrection. He discovered the enormous skeleton in a cavern, leaving the resurrection plan looking promising.

• Xiao Yan asked Qing Lin to lead him to the place where she had found the Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake’s soul, intending to use its skeleton for the Yellow Springs Demon Saint’s resurrection.
• Zhu Kun and the Yellow Springs Demon Saint agreed to fight once the Demon Saint regained a body, and Xiao Yan asked to join their spar.
• Xiao Yan gave Yao Lao and Zhu Kun a medicinal herb list for the pills and then traveled with Qing Lin to the Beast Region.
• Xiao Yan and Qing Lin reached the desolate mountain range, located the hidden cavern, and entered it.
• Xiao Yan found the Ancient Nine-Headed Heavenly Snake’s huge skeleton and sensed that its powerful bloodline had preserved it.