Recaps

Xiao Yan used the Seven-String Spirit-Quelling Melody and Life Devouring Pills to help forty-five Xiao Clan members reach Dou Wang, then gave Xiao Yi Xian the last pill and helped her break through to the same realm. He told her to prepare for a journey to the Chu Yun Empire to seek a lasting solution to her poison body.

• Xiao Yan introduced the twin sisters to his family, while Xiao Li kept quiet to avoid their father's marriage pressure.
• Xiao Zhan and Ya Fei gathered the qualified clan members, and Xiao Yan distributed forty-five Life Devouring Pills.
• Xiao Yan played the Seven-String Spirit-Quelling Melody and used the Horse Talisman's power to remove the pills' side effects as the clan members broke through to Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian the final Life Devouring Pill, and she advanced from Da Dou Shi to Dou Wang.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian to pack for a trip to the Chu Yun Empire, where he planned to seek the Netherworld Poison Flame and resolve her poison body.

Cai Lin and her sister left for the Snake-People Tribe with four Sect Breaking Pills from Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian traveled to the Chu Yun Empire to seek the Netherworld Poison Flame. They reached the Ten Thousand Poisons Abyss, where Xiao Yi Xian found the poisonous air comfortable.

• Cai Lin asked Xiao Yan for permission to visit the Snake-People Tribe with her sister, and he gave her four Sect Breaking Pills for the tribe's elders.
• Cai Lin kissed Xiao Yan and took the initiative before leaving his residence.
• The next day, Cai Lin and her sister left Wutan City, and Xiao Yan set out with Xiao Yi Xian and Heavenly Fire Venerable for the Chu Yun Empire.
• Heavenly Fire Venerable opened a Space Rift and brought them to the area near the Ten Thousand Poisons Abyss.
• Xiao Yan left Heavenly Fire Venerable on guard and took Xiao Yi Xian into the abyss, where she felt at ease in the poisonous air.

Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian found the Netherworld Poison Flame beneath the Poison Marsh, and Xiao Yan captured it so Xiao Yi Xian could refine it and cure her Woeful Poison Body. After preparing pills and explaining the process, Xiao Yan began helping her prepare for the painful refinement.

• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian traveled through the poisonous mist, and Xiao Yan killed a beast that ambushed them.
• Yao Lao sensed the Netherworld Poison Flame and told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian’s poison body could be cured with it.
• Xiao Yan carried Xiao Yi Xian into the Poison Marsh, where they found the Netherworld Poison Flame inside a failing Restriction.
• Xiao Yan dissolved the Restriction, captured the fleeing Netherworld Poison Flame, and reduced it to a palm-sized Heavenly Flame Origin.
• Xiao Yan explained the refining process to Xiao Yi Xian, prepared three seventh-grade Pills, and sent Yao Lao away before asking Xiao Yi Xian to prepare.

Xiao Yan helped Xiao Yi Xian refine the netherworld poison flame, allowing her Woeful Poison Body and the flame to reach a stable balance. Xiao Yi Xian prepared to cultivate in seclusion while Xiao Yan secured the area and gave her a way to summon him if she was in danger.

• Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yi Xian pills and carefully explained how to refine the heavenly flame origin.
• Xiao Yi Xian swallowed the Ice Vein Pill and heavenly flame origin, then used the talismans and other pills to withstand and refine the flame.
• Xiao Yi Xian's cultivation rose into the Dou Huang realm as her Woeful Poison Body and the netherworld poison flame devoured and absorbed each other.
• Xiao Yan sent the Spirit Nurturing into Xiao Yi Xian, and she completed the refinement as the flames around her vanished.
• Xiao Yi Xian chose to cultivate in seclusion amid the poisonous fumes, and Xiao Yan scouted the area, set up protections, and gave her a Spatial Jade Slip to summon him.

After spending over a month helping Xiao Yi Xian refine the Netherworld Poison Flame, Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City and learned that Nalan Yanran had been waiting for him. She asked him to save Yun Yun, who had disappeared after investigating corruption and human experiments within the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Yan agreed to help.

• Xiao Yan left Xiao Yi Xian to cultivate, then learned from Yao Tianhuo that he had spent more than a month in the Ten Thousand Poisons Abyss and released Yao Lao from the Bone Flame Ring.
• Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City, where Nalan Yanran had been waiting for several days and urgently asked him to help her missing teacher, Yun Yun.
• Nalan Yanran explained that Yun Yun had investigated the Misty Cloud Sect after Xiao Yan warned her about a traitor, uncovered Mo Cheng's corruption and the Mo Family's human experiments, and then vanished after raiding the family.
• Xiao Yan suspected Yun Yun had been detained by Yun Shan or someone from Soul Hall and agreed to help after resting for a day.
• Nalan Yanran offered to become Xiao Yan's servant or slave, but he stopped her from kneeling and told her to wipe her face before leaving.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xun'er and took her, Cai Lin, Cai Die, and Nalan Yanran to the imperial capital, where Hai Bodong welcomed them at the Mittel Family estate. After settling the group in, Xiao Yan prepared to visit the Misty Cloud Sect.

• Xiao Yan found Xun'er chatting and laughing with Cai Lin and Cai Die, then invited them to join him on a trip to the imperial capital.
• Xiao Yan took the three girls to meet Nalan Yanran and flew with the group to the imperial capital using Telekinesis.
• Xiao Yan brought everyone to the Mittel Family estate, where Hai Bodong greeted him and nervously recognized Cai Lin and Cai Die as Medusas.
• Hai Bodong arranged lodging for the group, and Xiao Yan set out to visit the Misty Cloud Sect.

Xiao Yan brought Nalan Yanran to the Misty Cloud Sect to rescue Yun Yun and confronted Yun Shan’s sect. After crushing Yun Leng, Xiao Yan sensed Protector Wu’s presence in the Back Mountain and prepared to seal off the area with his teacher.

• Xiao Yan took Nalan Yanran to the Misty Cloud Sect after assuring her that Yun Yun would be safe.
• Yun Shan visited the imprisoned Yun Yun, who questioned why he had allied with the enemy and endangered the sect.
• Xiao Yan surveyed the Misty Cloud Sect and demanded that Yun Shan come out, drawing the attention of Yun Yun, Jia Xingtian, and others.
• Yun Leng challenged Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan crushed him under immense pressure before Yun Shan could intervene.
• Xiao Yan sensed Protector Wu in the Back Mountain and told his teacher to seal the space so they could trap and attack him.

Xiao Yan rescued Yun Yun from the Misty Cloud Sect’s secret chamber and confronted Protector Wu, who had been controlling Yun Shan. The chapter ended with Xiao Yan stopping Wu Ying’s scythe with one finger.

• Yun Shan questioned Xiao Yan’s origins, but Xiao Yan accused him of imprisoning Yun Yun and pulled her from the secret chamber through a Space Rift.
• Xiao Yan restored Yun Yun’s Dou Qi, and Yun Yun left with Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Yan sensed Protector Wu hiding in the Back Mountain and blasted apart the mountaintop to expose him.
• Protector Wu attacked Xiao Yan with the Soul-Devouring Scythe, but Xiao Yan blocked it with one finger and identified him as Wu Ying.

Xiao Yan destroyed Protector Wu’s Soul-Devouring Scythe and brutally mutilated him, while Yun Shan secretly redirected his attack to strike Protector Wu. Protector Wu then unleashed a blood-and-soul-devouring array that trapped the Misty Cloud Sect, and Xiao Yan prepared to respond by summoning a Seven-String Guqin.

• Xiao Yan shattered Protector Wu’s Soul-Devouring Scythe and used its fragments to wound him as he tried to evade the attacks.
• Protector Wu demanded Yun Shan’s help, and Yun Shan sent a Great Wind Hand Seal that Xiao Yan redirected toward Protector Wu.
• The combined attack mutilated Protector Wu, who then hid in black mist and activated the Nine Forests Hundred Soul Devouring array.
• The array trapped Jia Xingtian and the other experts while draining the blood and souls of Misty Cloud Sect disciples, Yun Shan, and several Elders.
• Yun Yun’s sword strikes failed to affect the mist, so Xiao Yan stopped her and summoned a Seven-String Guqin.

Xiao Yan freed the Misty Cloud Sect from Protector Wu, captured his soul and kept his body for a future Heavenly Demon Puppet. After returning to the ruined sect, he addressed Jia Xingtian and the other leaders of the Jia Ma Empire, leaving them uneasy about what he intended.

• Xiao Yan used his zither music to dispel the black aura controlling the Misty Cloud Sect disciples and Yun Shan, then shattered Protector Wu's formation and injured him.
• Protector Wu fled as black mist, but Xiao Yan trapped him with Spatial Lockdown and cut his body in half.
• Xiao Yan pulled Protector Wu's soul from his body, sealed it with Fallen Heart Flame in a Jade Bottle, and repaired the body for a future puppet.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao returned to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Shan and Yun Yun thanked Xiao Yan and the gathered leaders paid their respects.
• Xiao Yan asked whether everyone with influence in the Jia Ma Empire was present, and Jia Xingtian felt a strong sense of foreboding.

Xiao Yan announced a banquet at the Mittel Family and left the Misty Cloud Sect, alarming Jia Xingtian and the other leaders with his overwhelming strength. Yun Shan learned that Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran had broken off Xiao Yan’s engagement, then resolved to make the most of the Misty Cloud Sect’s chance to rise again.

• Xiao Yan invited the Jia Ma Empire’s leaders to a banquet in three days, and Jia Xingtian realized the Xiao Clan had two Dou Zongs.
• Jia Xingtian and the other leaders agreed to attend Xiao Yan’s banquet before leaving the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Yun told Yun Shan that she and Nalan Yanran had been the ones to break off Nalan Yanran’s engagement to Xiao Yan, enraging him.
• Nalan Yanran explained that the broken engagement had caused her grandfather Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison to flare up and leave him bedridden.
• Yun Shan forgave Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, then resolved to seize the chance to strengthen the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Yun Yun promised Nalan Yanran that she would ask Yun Shan to examine Nalan Jie the next day.

Xiao Yan returned to the Mittel Family after killing a Soul Hall Protector and arranged a banquet, while Xun'er learned her clan might soon summon her home. As Xiao Yan and Xun'er explored the Imperial Capital, Yun Shan revealed that Nalan Jie was near death and that only an Alchemist with a Heavenly Flame or Xiao Yan might save him.

• Ling Ying told Xun'er that Xiao Yan had killed a disguised Soul Hall Protector and that a Dou Zun expert was secretly protecting him.
• Ling Ying warned Xun'er that her clan had begun showing signs of wanting her to return, leaving her reluctant to part from Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan told Hai Bodong to arrange a banquet in three days and said he would use force if necessary.
• Cai Lin and Cai Die's Little Sky Swallowing Pythons began stirring, so the sisters went into seclusion while Xiao Yan and Xun'er went shopping.
• Yun Shan told Nalan Su, Nalan Yanran, and Yun Yun that Nalan Jie's Brand Poison was beyond his ability to cure and that Xiao Yan or an Alchemist with a Heavenly Flame might be able to save him.

Nalan Yanran begged Xiao Yan to save her grandfather from Brand Poison, and Xiao Yan agreed to treat Nalan Jie in exchange for the Nalan Family. That evening, Xiao Yan learned that Yun Yun had been waiting to see him at the Mittel Family.

• Yun Shan told the Nalan Family that Xiao Yan might be able to remove Brand Poison, and Nalan Yanran resolved to ask him for help.
• Nalan Yanran saw Xiao Yan and Xun'er shopping together and, after approaching them, knelt in the crowded street to beg Xiao Yan to save her grandfather.
• Xiao Yan took Nalan Yanran and Xun'er to a private room, heard how Brand Poison was threatening Nalan Jie, and agreed to visit him the next day in exchange for the entire Nalan Family.
• Nalan Yanran accepted Xiao Yan's condition and left relieved, while Xiao Yan and Xun'er continued shopping.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Mittel Family that evening and learned Yun Yun had been waiting for him in the Reception Hall.

Yun Yun visited the Mittel Family estate to ask Xiao Yan to treat Nalan Yanran’s grandfather, where she encountered Cai Lin and learned that she had advanced to Dou Zong. After agreeing to help, Xiao Yan asked Yun Yun to show him the Misty Cloud Sect’s Gate of Life and Death, and Yao Lao sensed something mysterious about it.

• Yun Yun went to the Mittel Family estate to seek Xiao Yan’s help for Nalan Yanran’s grandfather and encountered Cai Lin, who warned her not to get any other ideas about Xiao Yan.
• Yun Yun waited for Xiao Yan, then thanked him and asked him to treat her disciple’s grandfather.
• Xiao Yan told Yun Yun he had already promised to help Nalan Yanran the next day.
• Xiao Yan asked Yun Yun about the Gate of Life and Death, and she agreed to take him there.
• Yun Yun and Xiao Yan went to the Misty Cloud Sect, where Yun Shan welcomed them and led them through the restrictions to the ancient gate.
• Yao Lao sensed that the Gate of Life and Death held something mysterious.

Xiao Yan secretly explored the Gate of Life and Death with the Sheep Talisman's power and discovered a powerful Wind-Attribute Wonder inside. Beneath its platform, he found a hidden chamber containing the apparently living founding patriarch of the Misty Cloud Sect, Yun Potian.

• Yao Lao sensed immense Soul Power and a dense Wind-Attribute Wonder beyond the Gate of Life and Death.
• Yun Shan explained that only those recognized by the gate could enter it, and they had one trial entry and one entry after death.
• Xiao Yan used the Sheep Talisman's power to send his consciousness through the gate without opening it.
• Xiao Yan crossed an illusion-filled mist and found a gorge containing a cyan Wind-Attribute Wonder bound above a Stone Platform.
• Xiao Yan sensed a hidden presence beneath the platform and discovered Yun Potian sitting in a secret chamber, still alive.

Xiao Yan discovered that Yun Potian, the Misty Cloud Sect’s founder, was trapped near death inside the Gate of Life and Death by a power left by Xiao Yan’s future self. He borrowed Yao Lao’s strength to reach Dou Zun and entered the spatial rift with Yun Shan and Yun Yun to rescue him.

• Xiao Yan found Yun Potian frozen at the brink of death and recognized his future self’s power and the carved message, “Xiao Yan was here!”
• Xiao Yan returned to the Gate of Life and Death and told Yun Shan and Yun Yun that he had found their founder alive inside it.
• Xiao Yan explained that Yun Potian was barely alive and promised he could try to save him.
• Xiao Yan borrowed Yao Lao’s power, rose to Dou Zun, opened a crack in space, and brought Yun Shan and Yun Yun with him.

Xiao Yan used the Horse Talisman to restore Yun Potian, who recognized him as the Young Master, then visited the Nalan Family and cured Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison. Nalan Jie woke after Xiao Yan had left and asked who had saved him.

• Xiao Yan restored Yun Potian’s body, soul, and cultivation with the Horse Talisman.
• Yun Potian recognized Xiao Yan as the Young Master, thanked him, and returned with the group to the Misty Cloud Sect.
• Xiao Yan left the sect after learning Yun Potian had little useful knowledge about the future, and Yao Lao was shaken by their conversation about the past, present, and future.
• Xiao Yan visited the Nalan Family and cleared Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison and hidden injuries with the Horse Talisman.
• Nalan Jie woke as Nalan Yanran cried beside him and asked who had saved him.

Xiao Yan gathered the Jia Ma Empire’s factions to establish the Flame Alliance, quickly securing the Xiao Clan, Mittel Family, Snake-People Tribe, Misty Cloud Sect, and Alchemist Guild. He rejected the Jia Ma Imperial Family’s attempt to negotiate benefits and drove Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye from the meeting.

• Xiao Yan hosted a lavish banquet attended by the empire’s major factions, while Jia Xingtian grew alarmed at the powerful experts gathered around him.
• Xiao Yan announced his plan to establish an alliance, and Xiao Zhan, Hai Bodong, Cai Lin, and Yun Potian pledged their factions’ unconditional support.
• Other factions agreed to join, and Fa Ma committed the Alchemist Guild after Xiao Yan revealed he was an Eighth-Tier Alchemist with a Heavenly Flame.
• Yao Ye asked what the Imperial Family would gain by joining, and Xiao Yan declared that he did not care whether they joined.
• Xiao Yan ordered Jia Xingtian and Yao Ye out of the meeting, then drove them away with his pressure when they tried to object.

Xiao Yan established the Flame Alliance, delegated its work, and helped its members and the Xiao Clan prepare for the future. When he returned to the Mittel Family, he learned that Jia Xingtian had come to visit him again.

• Xiao Yan announced the Flame Alliance’s establishment, warned its members against betraying it, and left its affairs to Ya Fei and the others.
• Xiao Yan told Cai Lin he would lead the Snake-People Tribe out of the desert and later entrusted Ya Fei with Alliance work.
• Xiao Yan gave Hai Bodong Earth Tier Cultivation Methods and Combat Skills, along with a Medicinal Herb List for Pills to strengthen him.
• Xiao Yan met Xiao Zhan, Xiao Ding, and Xiao Li as they prepared to establish a Xiao Clan branch in the Imperial Capital.
• After seeing the Flame Alliance begin to run smoothly, Xiao Yan returned to the Mittel Family and learned that Jia Xingtian had come to visit.

Xiao Yan refused Jia Xingtian’s request to join the Flame Alliance but agreed to exchange three Sect Breaking Pills for the Jia Ma Empire’s right to govern. As the Alliance strengthened under Cai Lin’s management, Xiao Yan and Cai Lin prepared to relocate the Snake-People Tribe and announce peaceful coexistence between the two races.

• Jia Xingtian asked Xiao Yan to let the Imperial Family join the Flame Alliance, but Xiao Yan rejected the request.
• Jia Xingtian asked Xiao Yan to refine a Sect Breaking Pill, and Xiao Yan demanded the Jia Ma Empire’s right to govern in exchange.
• Jia Xingtian agreed to hand over governance for three Sect Breaking Pills, which Xiao Yan gave him.
• Cai Lin joined the Flame Alliance’s management, while Cai Die returned to organize the Snake-People Tribe’s relocation.
• Xiao Yan and Cai Lin planned to settle the Snake-People Tribe near the Magical Beast Mountain Range and announce an agreement for peace between humans and Snake-People.

Xiao Yan visited the Alchemist Guild with Xun'er and met Pill King Gu He, who challenged him to discuss alchemy. Fa Ma revealed that Xiao Yan was an eighth-tier Alchemist, leaving Gu He stunned as preparations began for a public demonstration.

• Xiao Yan invited Xun'er to visit the Alchemist Guild with him, and she happily agreed.
• Xiao Yan met Gu He in Fa Ma's office and learned that the Pill King had recently left seclusion.
• Gu He, eager to prove his alchemy skill, proposed discussing alchemy with Xiao Yan, who arranged for them to do so at a public demonstration.
• After Xiao Yan and Xun'er left, Fa Ma told Gu He that Xiao Yan was an eighth-tier Alchemist, and Gu He stood speechless with shock.

Xiao Yan demonstrated his alchemy as an Eighth-Tier Alchemist before the guild, earning the admiration of its members and guiding Gu He. After settling the guild’s affairs, he took Xun'er to explore the trading area in search of a fateful opportunity.

• Lin Fei and Xue Mei learned that the invited high-tier Alchemist was the young Flame Alliance Leader, Xiao Yan.
• Fa Ma introduced Xiao Yan to the guild as its Alliance Leader and an Eighth-Tier Alchemist, shocking Lin Fei and Xue Mei.
• Xiao Yan refined the Dou Ling Pill, Emperor's Extreme Pill, and Life Devouring Pill while the gathered Alchemists watched.
• Xiao Yan answered the Alchemists’ questions, and Gu He gained valuable insight before Xiao Yan declined to take him as a disciple.
• Xiao Yan took Xun'er through the guild’s trading area to look for a fateful opportunity.

Xiao Yan helped Lin Fei and Xue Mei expose a dishonest stallholder, then obtained a jade slip that seemed to hold the opportunity he had been seeking. He learned that the Gu Clan planned to summon Xun'er back, but her departure date remained unanswered.

• Xiao Yan recognized that Lin Fei and Xue Mei were being cheated over a Peach Blossom Flame seed and found a crudely shaped jade slip at the stall.
• Xiao Yan stopped the stallholder from attacking the women, crushed his wrist, and warned him not to cheat anyone again.
• Xiao Yan gave the Peach Blossom Flame seed to Xue Mei and secretly took the jade slip before leaving with Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan asked Xun'er whether her clan was calling her back, and she confirmed that it was.
• Xiao Yan embraced Xun'er and quietly asked when she would leave.

Xiao Yan and Xun'er spent her final month with him on a romantic journey before settling in the Small Mountain Valley. The Gu Clan's Black Annihilation Army arrived to take Xun'er home, leaving Xiao Yan to part with her as Ling Quan and the soldiers reacted with hostility.

• Xiao Yan and Xun'er agreed to travel together for the month before the Black Annihilation Army arrived.
• They explored the Jia Ma Empire and neighboring kingdoms, then repaired the Small Wooden House in the Small Mountain Valley and lived there in seclusion.
• Xiao Yan and Xun'er shared meals, quiet nights, and a kiss while discussing their future together.
• Ling Quan arrived with the Black Annihilation Army and told Xun'er it was time to return to the Gu Clan.
• Xiao Yan embraced Xun'er and reassured her that he would come to ask for her hand, while Ling Quan and the soldiers grew hostile.

Xiao Yan watched Xun'er leave, then humiliated Ling Quan and the Black Annihilation Army before returning to the Imperial Capital. After catching up with Cai Lin and helping Hai Bodong prepare to break through to Dou Zong, Xiao Yan found Mu Zhan pestering Ya Fei at the Mittel Auction House.

• Xun'er flew away, and Xiao Yan pinned Ling Quan down, mocked him, and drove the Black Annihilation Army from the valley.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Imperial Capital and learned from Cai Lin that the Snake-People Tribe's relocation was going smoothly and its strength had grown.
• Xiao Yan met Hai Bodong, who had reached Peak Dou Emperor, and gave him a Sect Breaking Pill to help him attempt to advance to Dou Zong.
• Xiao Yan went to find Ya Fei and discovered Mu Zhan pestering her at the Mittel Auction House.
• Ya Fei warned Mu Zhan that she already had a man and released her One-Star Da Dou Shi aura against him.