Recaps

Xiao Yan cured Xiao Yi Xian, rescued Yun Yun, and strengthened his ties with the Jia Ma Empire’s powers while founding the Flame Alliance. After helping Xun’er face her return to the Gu Clan, he came back to find Ya Fei confronting Mu Zhan.

• Xiao Yan gave the Xiao Clan members Life Devouring Pills, then took Xiao Yi Xian to the Ten Thousand Poisons Abyss and helped her refine the Netherworld Poison Flame to cure her poison body.
• Xiao Yan learned Yun Yun had disappeared, confronted Yun Shan and Protector Wu, rescued Yun Yun, and killed Protector Wu after the Soul Hall protector unleashed a soul-devouring array.
• Xiao Yan found Yun Potian alive beyond the Gate of Life and Death, restored him, and cured Nalan Jie of his Brand Poison.
• Xiao Yan gathered Jia Ma’s powers at a banquet, founded the Flame Alliance, and secured the Alchemist Guild’s support while refusing the Imperial Family’s initial bid to join.
• Xiao Yan made the Jia Ma Imperial Family hand over control of the empire in exchange for Sect Breaking Pills and prepared the Snake-People Tribe’s relocation.
• Xiao Yan demonstrated his alchemy before the Alchemist Guild, helped Gu He overcome an alchemy blockage, and found a hidden jade slip while helping Xue Mei obtain a Peach Blossom Flame seed.
• Xiao Yan promised Xun’er he would seek her hand from the Gu Clan, spent several days with her at the Small Mountain Valley, and watched her depart with the Black Annihilation Army.
• Xiao Yan drove Ling Quan and the Black Annihilation Army from the valley, then returned to the Imperial Capital, where Ya Fei faced Mu Zhan at the Mittel Auction House.

Xiao Yan reunited Zi Yan with Zhu Kun, strengthened the Flame Alliance, and traveled with Zi Yan and Yao Lao to the Central Plains. After securing treasures in the Dou Saint Ruins and learning the Great Heaven Creation Palm, Xiao Yan faced a sudden pressure as Zi Yan summoned her clansmen.

• Xiao Yan reunited Zi Yan with Zhu Kun beneath the Heavenly Flame Refining Tower, then hunted lizardmen in the Magma World and brought Zhu Kun’s Origin Essence Blood back for Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan absorbed Crimson Fire Beads, broke through to Dou Zun, and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian before preparing to leave the Jia Ma Empire.
• Xiao Yan received the Xiao Clan’s ancestral Ancient Jade and traveled with Yao Lao and Zi Yan to Starfall Pavilion, where Feng Xian reunited with Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Yao Lao explored the Dou Saint Ruins, gathered treasures, and found the Dragon Phoenix Origin Fruit for Zi Yan.
• Xiao Yan took control of the Stone Statue Puppets and fought the awakened Dou Sheng Skeleton, then stored its remains after its lingering will vanished.
• Xiao Yan chose to accompany Zi Yan to Dragon Island, while Yao Lao briefly recalled the name “Sister Shan.”
• As Zi Yan summoned her clansmen, Xiao Yan refined the Dou Sheng Skeleton’s rune-marked ribs and learned the Great Heaven Creation Palm.
• Xiao Yan awoke with a strengthened right palm as a terrifying pressure descended.

Xiao Yan helped Zi Yan reunite Dragon Island, refined a Ninth-grade pill, and restored Yao Lao to a living body. He then joined the Pill Tower, won an alchemy contest, and entered the Star Domain to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, emerging as its flames threatened to overwhelm the seal.

• Zhu Ling arrived and recognized Zi Yan, then brought her and Xiao Yan to Dragon Island, where Zi Yan used Zhu Kun’s phantom to claim the Dragon Emperor’s title and Zhu Ling killed the Three Great Dragon Kings.
• Zi Yan restored Dragon Island and awakened her Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline while Xiao Yan advanced his soul, refined a Ninth-grade Treasure Pill, and earned the support of the Ancient Void Dragons.
• Xiao Yan used the North Dragon King’s body and Zhu Kun’s blood essence to give Yao Lao a new body, then spent a year refining Dou Sheng Marrow and advancing to Two-Turn Dou Zun.
• Xuan Yi brought Xiao Yan to the Pill Tower, where he agreed to join and sought a chance to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yan defeated Old Monster Hou in an alchemy contest by refining two Ninth-Tier Pills at once and surviving their Black Demon Lightning.
• Xiao Yan entered the Star Domain to subdue the Three Thousand Burning Flame, and after two months of confinement, he emerged through a rift and stopped its escaping flames.

Xiao Yan refined a powerful puppet, healed Dan Chen, reunited with his loved ones, and advanced to Half-Saint after absorbing the Nine Nether Wind Flame. After rescuing Qing Lin and meeting again with Yao Lao, he prepared to take his four wives to the Central Plains and settled them at Starfall Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan reached Peak Nine-Turn Dou Zun, refined the South Dragon King into a puppet named Wangcai, and gathered materials to make pills.
• Xiao Yan cured Dan Chen’s imbalance with a pill and talisman powers, then collected the Azurefall Life-Nourishing Root and other herbs.
• Xiao Yan made cultivation and body-strengthening pills, recruited ten Dan Family alchemists, and returned to the Flame Alliance, where he reunited with Cai Lin, Cai Die, Xiao Yi Xian, and Ya Fei.
• Xiao Yan shared time with the four women at their secret valley, then obtained Bodhi Body-Transforming Saliva and absorbed the Nine Nether Wind Flame, advancing the Flame Mantra to low-level Heaven Tier.
• Xiao Yan broke through to Half-Saint on Dragon Island, then rescued Qing Lin from three elders seeking her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yan helped Qing Lin subdue an Ancient Heavenly Snake soul, reunited with Yao Lao, and learned that Cai Lin and Cai Die had reached Nine-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Yan left the Flame Alliance under Xiao Ding’s management and traveled with his four wives to Starfall Pavilion, where Mu Qingluan showed them around and Xiao Yan arranged nearby residences for them.