Recaps

Mo Shang discovered that Star-Picking Old Ghost and White Heavenly Venerate had vanished, while Venerable Feng brought Yao Lao and Xiao Yan to Starfall Pavilion. Yao Lao returned as its Pavilion Master, and the disciples welcomed Xiao Yan as the Young Pavilion Master.

• Hai Miao identified a blood trace as A Bo's and inferred that a sharp weapon had killed him, prompting Mo Shang to investigate the nearby hall.
• Mo Shang found Star-Picking Old Ghost and White Heavenly Venerate missing from the Cold Pool and ordered the area sealed while promising to report the deaths to headquarters.
• Venerable Feng revealed the hidden entrance to Starfall Pavilion and led Xiao Yan, Yao Lao, and their companions inside.
• Venerable Feng welcomed Yao Lao back as Starfall Pavilion's Pavilion Master and suggested that Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan take on responsibility.
• Xiao Fan introduced Xiao Yan's accomplishments to the assembled disciples, who welcomed him as the Young Pavilion Master.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan joined Yao Lao at the Starfall Pavilion, where the group assessed the Hall of Souls’ looming retaliation. Xiao Fan urged them to strike the Yellow Springs Pavilion first, and Iron Sword Venerable backed his plan.

• Xiao Yan accepted the Starfall Pavilion disciples’ welcome as their Young Pavilion Master.
• Venerable Feng brought Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan into the hall, where Yao Lao thanked Heavenly Fire Venerable for helping his disciples.
• Xiao Fan revealed that he had killed Yin Gu, Star-Picking Old Ghost, and White Heavenly Venerate in addition to other Hall of Souls Dou Zun, alarming the group about the coming retaliation.
• Xiao Fan proposed striking the Yellow Springs Pavilion before it could join the Hall of Souls and other enemies against them.
• Iron Sword Venerable supported Xiao Fan’s plan and urged Venerable Feng and Yao Lao not to hesitate.

Mo Shang learned why Eagle Protector had supported his rise in the Hall of Souls and was appointed Hall Master of the Eternal Luo Hall. Meanwhile, Xiao Fan and the Venerables set out to confront the Yellow Springs Pavilion, arriving at its desert headquarters.

• Mei Lin told Mo Shang that Eagle Protector had once rejected a plan to possess Mo Shang's body for Eagle Protector's benefit.
• Mo Shang explained the events surrounding Old Ghost and White Heavenly Venerate's disappearance to Mei Lin, Feng Hua, and Miao Qi.
• Mei Lin appointed Mo Shang Hall Master of the Eternal Luo Hall and gave him its Token and scrolls.
• Xiao Fan and the Iron Sword Venerable arrived by wormhole at the Yellow Springs Pavilion's desert headquarters.

Xiao Fan, Xiao Yan, and Iron Sword Venerable reached the Yellow Springs Pavilion and launched an attack on Yellow Springs Venerable. Iron Sword Venerable’s Heaven and Earth Sword broke through Yellow Springs Venerable’s defenses and sent him crashing beneath the desert, while the pavilion’s formations began to crack under the battle’s shock waves.

• Iron Sword Venerable led Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan to the Yellow Springs Pavilion’s headquarters, leaving Venerable Feng, Heavenly Fire Venerable, and Yao Lao at Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Fan used his soul power to locate Yellow Springs Venerable, who emerged after sensing the probe.
• Iron Sword Venerable attacked Yellow Springs Venerable with sword energy and ignored his angry questions.
• Iron Sword Venerable unleashed Heaven and Earth Sword, while Yellow Springs Venerable formed an enormous energy cauldron to defend himself.
• The giant sword shattered the cauldron and struck Yellow Springs Venerable, sending him into the ground as the Yellow Springs Pavilion’s formations cracked from the shock waves.
• Yellow Springs Venerable burst out from beneath the desert with his appearance drastically changed.

Xiao Fan and Iron Sword Venerable killed Yellow Springs Venerable and took control of Yellow Springs Pavilion. Xiao Fan spared those below Dou Zong and gathered all Dou Zong powerhouses, leaving Yellow Springs Pavilion's fate unresolved as two fire dragons descended on them.

• Yellow Springs Venerable tried to raise his cultivation with a secret technique, but Xiao Fan stabbed him with the Thousand-Flame Spear and killed him while Iron Sword Venerable and Xiao Yan watched.
• Xiao Fan ordered that people below Dou Zong be allowed to leave, and Iron Sword Venerable sealed Yellow Springs Pavilion inside a sword-energy boundary.
• Four Dou Zong powerhouses attacked Iron Sword Venerable; he killed three, while Xiao Fan caught and killed the one who fled.
• Xiao Fan ordered every Dou Zong powerhouse, including visitors, to assemble in a marked area, and Yellow Springs Pavilion's members separated from the outsiders.
• After the allotted time passed, Xiao Fan sent two fire dragons roaring toward the assembled crowd.

Xiao Fan destroyed the remaining loyalists of the Yellow Springs Venerable and returned to the Starfall Pavilion, fearing the Hall of Souls would soon target them. He then learned the system could refresh specified Shop items, giving him a possible way to find something that would restore Yao Lao’s Soul Origin.

• Xiao Fan killed two fleeing Dou Zong powerhouses and forced the gathered experts to identify the Yellow Springs Venerable’s loyal followers.
• Two Dou Zong powerhouses exposed themselves by defending each other, and Xiao Fan killed them before leaving with Xiao Yan and the Iron Sword Venerable.
• The Yellow Springs Pavilion’s remaining occupants fled, leaving the faction to be carved up by other groups.
• Yao Lao, Venerable Feng, and the Heavenly Fire Venerable discussed the danger posed by the Hall of Souls and the need to find allies.
• Xiao Fan returned to the safe Starfall Pavilion and worried that he could not restore Yao Lao’s Soul Origin before the distant ancient ruins appeared.
• The system revealed that Xiao Fan could spend Source Coins to refresh specified Shop items, offering him a possible way to find a remedy for Yao Lao.

Xiao Fan spent his source coins to obtain a Soul Infant Fruit for Yao Lao and supplies to prepare for the coming battle with the Hall of Souls. After Yao Lao began recovering in seclusion, Xiao Fan started refining another Bone-Melting Blood Fusion Pill before the watching Starfall Pavilion disciples.

• Xiao Fan refreshed the system shop for a Soul Infant Fruit, exchanged the treasures in Yellow Springs Venerable's and his other enemies' Storage Rings, and bought the fruit, the Soul-Absorbing Art, and the Fire Tortoise Grand Array Disk.
• Xiao Fan gave the Soul Infant Fruit to Yao Lao, who entered the Starfall Pavilion Tower to recover while Venerable Feng and Heavenly Fire Venerable stood guard.
• Xiao Yan arrived, learned that Yao Lao could recover, and told Xiao Fan that he had given Yao Lao the Bone-Melting Blood Fusion Pill; Xiao Fan assured him he had ingredients to refine another.
• Xiao Fan began refining the pill outside the tower as Mu Qingluan cordoned off the area and Starfall Pavilion disciples gathered to watch.
• Xiao Fan used his soul power to refine dozens of medicinal ingredients at once, astonishing Xiao Yan with his control and speed.

Xiao Fan continued refining the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill while Starfall Pavilion disciples learned that he and Xiao Yan had helped destroy the Yellow Springs Pavilion. The Heavenly Fire Venerable agreed to join Starfall Pavilion, and Yao Lao recovered as he tried to persuade the Iron Sword Venerable to join as well.

• Xiao Fan spent seven days refining most of the Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill’s ingredients as Starfall Pavilion disciples gathered to watch.
• A returning disciple revealed that Xiao Yan, Xiao Fan, and the Iron Sword Venerable had destroyed the Yellow Springs Pavilion, and Xiao Yan confirmed the news.
• The Starfall Pavilion disciples celebrated Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan’s achievement, while Mu Qingluan resolved to work harder.
• Venerable Feng invited the Heavenly Fire Venerable to join Starfall Pavilion, and the Heavenly Fire Venerable accepted.
• Yao Lao appeared fully recovered and urged the Iron Sword Venerable to join Starfall Pavilion, enticing him with access to high-tier pills and the prospect of future advancement.

Xiao Fan refined a Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill and used star-shattering dust and five heavenly flames to raise its spirituality and quality. As the pill neared completion, tribulation clouds gathered above Starfall Pavilion and revealed five colors.

• Yao Lao accepted Iron Sword Venerable and Venerable Feng's decision to join Starfall Pavilion, then watched Xiao Fan refine the pill.
• Xiao Fan finished extracting the medicinal ingredients and spent three days condensing their essence into a nearly completed Bone-Growing Blood-Melting Pill.
• Xiao Fan brought five heavenly flames together inside the Myriad Beast Cauldron and refined star-shattering dust to extract its spirit.
• Xiao Fan infused the dust's spirit into the pill, while Xiao Yan and Yao Lao shielded the disciples from his soul storm and Venerable Feng and the others sealed off its aura.
• Tribulation clouds formed over Starfall Pavilion, and red, silver, yellow, blue-green, and green colors appeared in succession.

Xiao Fan completed an eighth-tier Bone-Melting Blood Fusion Pill, using the pill tribulation to advance Earth Demon Old Ghost into a golden Heavenly Demon Puppet. He gave the pill to Yao Lao after confirming that Yao Lao’s soul origin had been fully restored, and promised to find him a powerful body.

• Xiao Fan watched the pill tribulation form six-colored clouds and sent the Heavenly Demon Puppet to absorb the lightning.
• Xiao Fan apologized to the Starfall Pavilion disciples while the puppet blocked the thunder, impressing the onlookers.
• Xiao Yan explained how Earth Demon Old Ghost became a Heavenly Demon Puppet, and Yao Lao warned him to keep the method secret to prevent magical-beast hunts.
• The Heavenly Demon Puppet absorbed the remaining lightning, turned gold, and advanced beyond Peak Dou Zong before Xiao Fan stored it away.
• Xiao Fan captured the spiritual Bone-Melting Blood Fusion Pill as it tried to flee and handed it to Yao Lao, promising to find him a better body.

Yao Lao received a preserved Dou Zun body for his planned resurrection while Xiao Fan prepared to leave the Starfall Pavilion and draw its enemies away. After Xiao Fan departed, Xiao Yan broke through to Dou Zun, and Venerable Feng and the others guarded him through the advancement.

• Venerable Feng presented Yao Lao with the preserved body of an old enemy, and Yao Lao agreed to prepare for his resurrection.
• Xiao Fan gave Xiao Yan a Jade Tablet that would alert him if crushed, then left the Starfall Pavilion to draw the Hall of Souls and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan away.
• Xiao Yan resolved to grow strong enough to confront the Hall of Souls after watching Xiao Fan leave.
• Xiao Yan's grief and anger triggered his breakthrough to Dou Zun, drawing the pavilion's elders and disciples to witness it.
• Venerable Feng, Iron Sword Venerable, and Heavenly Fire Venerable supplied energy and guarded Xiao Yan until his aura stabilized at Dou Zun.

Xiao Fan left Starfall Pavilion and infiltrated the Wind Lightning Pavilion, intent on destroying it before the Hall of Souls could threaten his allies again. He killed the pavilion’s elders and gave its disciples one incense stick to flee Thunder Mountain, while Thunder Venerable remained absent and the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s Huang Luo had advanced into the Saint-Trapping Realm.

• Xiao Yan stabilized his cultivation at the Dou Zun Realm, and Venerable Feng and Heavenly Fire Venerable reassured him that Xiao Fan could handle the Hall of Souls.
• Xiao Fan traveled to Thunder Mountain and used the chaos flame to conceal himself as he entered the Wind Lightning Pavilion headquarters.
• Xiao Fan searched for Thunder Venerable but found him absent, then revealed his Dou Zun aura and alarmed the pavilion’s elders and disciples.
• The elders revealed that Thunder Venerable had sought help from Huang Luo, who had entered the Saint-Trapping Realm with the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s support.
• Xiao Fan burned one elder to ashes, killed several Dou Zong elders with soul pressure, and ordered the disciples to leave Thunder Mountain before an incense stick burned down.

Xiao Fan destroyed Thunder Mountain and the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s lightning sea, then struck its abandoned North Pavilion and traveled to Tianbei City seeking the Han Family. Finding no sign of it, he headed to the Hong Family to ask for information and made his presence known with a massive palm strike.

• Xiao Fan used Dragon Extreme Battle Dance to burn Thunder Mountain and the disciples who had stayed there, then sent the Heavenly Demon Puppet into the lightning sea to temper it until it reached the strength of a Two-Star Dou Zun.
• Xiao Fan ordered the Heavenly Demon Puppet to destroy the remaining lightning, declared the Wind Lightning Pavilion finished, and destroyed its deserted North Pavilion after learning its other branches were likely empty.
• Xiao Fan asked a Wind Lightning Pavilion scout for directions to Tianbei City, thanked him with a bottle of pills, and reached the city in less than an hour.
• Xiao Fan searched Tianbei City with his soul power but found no Han Family, so he took out Han Yue’s jade pendant and wondered about its Moon God's Power.
• Xiao Fan went to the Hong Family to ask about the missing Han Family and struck its entrance with a gigantic palm imprint.

Xiao Fan searched Tianbei City for Han Yue but learned that her family had left centuries ago, then departed without finding her trail. In the Spirit World, Yue Yao endured a dangerous transformation in the Cold Pool as powerful figures appeared within the moonlit energy surrounding her.

• Xiao Fan questioned the Hong Family about the Han Family, and its chief explained that the once-powerful family had left Tianbei City centuries earlier.
• The Hong Family chief ordered his clan to stop targeting other families after Xiao Fan left, and Xiao Fan searched Tianbei City with his soul power before departing.
• Alone on a mountain, Xiao Fan lamented being separated from You Ruo, their child, his other companions, and Yue Yao.
• In the Spirit World, Granny and Tianchi watched Yue Yao lie in the Cold Pool as moonlight and silver energy gathered around her.
• Yue Yao's soul erupted within the pool, and the milky-white energy revealed powerful figures and a pale, grief-stricken version of her before she murmured, "Hello, my name is Yue Yao..."

After learning that a seven-day teleportation array could take him anywhere on the Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Fan spent most of his remaining source coins to travel toward the northwest. Two years later, in the Jia Ma Empire, Hua She'er cared for two muddy little ones while Kai Jin explained that Medusa was meeting visitors from the Xiao Clan.

• Xiao Fan bought the Flash Shadow Teleportation Array for 70,000 source coins and used it to teleport toward the northwest.
• The Jia Ma Empire established the Royal Academy under Empress Yao Ye, with Xiao Li serving as its head instructor.
• The Xiao Clan rose to great influence in the empire, while the Nalan Family declined after Nalan Yanran went missing.
• Kai Jin struggled to keep two little ones from playing in the mud in the depths of the Magical Beast Mountain Range.
• Hua She'er washed the two little ones and told Kai Jin that Medusa had gone to meet people from the Xiao Clan.

A mysterious spatial formation began gathering power in the Magical Beast Mountain Range, prompting You Ruo and the Snake-People Tribe to prepare for a possible threat. Jia Xingtian and Hai Bodong headed toward the disturbance with Xiao Fan’s Dou Zong-level Puppet to deliver to You Ruo.

• Hua She'er brought the children back to You Ruo, but You Ruo sensed a powerful disturbance and ordered the Snake-People Tribe grounds sealed and its weaker members evacuated.
• You Ruo and the Amethyst Winged Lion King found a formation emerging from the ground and decided to wait rather than challenge the Dou Zun-level force behind it.
• The Snake-People elders ordered the tribe guarded and told Hua She'er to protect the children, using their bloodline power if the situation became hopeless.
• Jia Xingtian sensed the fluctuations from the Imperial Capital and set out for the Magical Beast Mountain Range, joined by Hai Bodong.
• Xiao Ding gave Hai Bodong Xiao Fan’s Dou Zong-level Puppet and asked him to deliver it to You Ruo.

You Ruo guarded a spatial formation with the Amethyst Winged Lion King until Xiao Fan emerged from it. She attacked him in anger for nearly two incense sticks before embracing him, while the onlookers realized how powerful he had become.

• Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian arrived with a Dou Zong-level puppet from Xiao Ding, which You Ruo accepted and controlled.
• The formation gathered spatial force and formed a silver gateway, unleashing a space storm that You Ruo blocked.
• Xiao Fan stepped out of the gateway, and You Ruo immediately attacked him with the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python.
• Xiao Fan recognized You Ruo through their bond, defended himself without striking back, and let her vent her anger while the onlookers watched.
• You Ruo's attacks weakened, and Xiao Fan pulled her into an embrace and apologized for coming back late.
• You Ruo vanished after telling Xiao Fan to let go, and he looked down at the formation as it sank into the ground.

Xiao Fan returned to the Jia Ma Empire through a teleportation array and reunited with You Ruo after greeting the empire’s leaders. After spending time alone together, they flew toward the Snake-People Tribe as sunset fell.

• Xiao Fan explained that the teleportation array needed time to gather the Jia Ma Empire’s spatial force, then greeted Hai Bodong, Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and the others.
• Xiao Fan excused himself to find You Ruo, while Hai Bodong and the others returned toward the Imperial Capital and the Amethyst Winged Lion King went to reassure the Snake-People Tribe.
• Xiao Fan found You Ruo on a mountaintop, and they embraced before he used black flame to make a chamber inside the mountain.
• Xiao Fan and You Ruo spent time together in the chamber, but You Ruo kicked him through the mountaintop and destroyed the chamber’s bedding.
• Xiao Fan and You Ruo flew together toward the Snake-People Tribe’s territory as the sun set.

Xiao Fan returned to the Snake-People Tribe with You Ruo and found their newborn children sleeping in a guarded Palace. He shared a tender moment with them before You Ruo teased him by asking which child was older.

• You Ruo returned with Xiao Fan and assured Hua She'er and the other leaders that everything was fine.
• Xiao Fan sensed two familiar auras and slipped into the guarded Palace, where he found Yan Ci hiding above the ceiling.
• Xiao Fan restrained Yan Ci to keep him from alerting the guards, then revealed himself and saw the sleeping infants.
• The younger sister in pink grabbed Xiao Fan's finger in her sleep, filling him with joy that You Ruo sensed through their mental connection.
• You Ruo joined Xiao Fan by the bedside, and Xiao Fan kissed her before she asked him which of the two children was older.

Xiao Fan met his newborn children, Xiao Qi'an and Xiao Lening, and felt remorse for worrying You Ruo. He left the Palace to find gifts for them, then bargained with the system over Memory Pendants.

• You Ruo introduced Xiao Fan to his children, Xiao Qi'an and Xiao Lening, and Xiao Fan apologized for making her worry.
• When Qi'an and Lening woke, You Ruo took them to feed and sent Xiao Fan out of the Palace.
• Xiao Fan searched his Storage Rings and the system Shop for suitable gifts, settling on Dou Zun-level Memory Pendants.
• Xiao Fan exchanged his Storage Rings for Source Coins and haggled with the system until the pendant's price dropped to 40,000 Source Coins.
• The figure bound by Black Chains heard Xiao Fan's bargaining and vowed not to let him get the better of it again.

Xiao Fan bought three Dou Zun-grade Memory Pendants and reunited with You Ruo and their newborn twins, Qi'an and Lening. After discovering that Lening had a Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python spirit and Qi'an carried chaos flame, he gave the family the pendants, each with an image of himself inside.

• Xiao Fan bargained with the system and bought three Dou Zun-grade Memory Pendants, then customized them for You Ruo, Qi'an, and Lening.
• Xiao Fan found You Ruo holding the twins, and both Lening and Qi'an crawled into his arms to play.
• You Ruo told Xiao Fan that Lening had inherited the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python as a contracted spirit beast and that Qi'an had once manifested a black flame.
• Xiao Fan recognized Qi'an's flame as chaos flame, and the system confirmed that both children's unusual gifts came from it.
• Xiao Fan gave Qi'an and Lening their pendants, then presented You Ruo with hers and placed images of himself inside all three.

Xiao Fan reunited with You Ruo and their children before meeting Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and Hai Bodong in the Imperial Capital. He learned that the Mulan and Golden Goose Empires had been at war since the Mulan Three Elders disappeared, and asked Jia Xingtian about the Imperial Family Academy.

• You Ruo activated her Memory Pendant and saw Xiao Fan’s black-robed image from their first meeting in the Tagor Desert, but their reunion was interrupted when Xiao Qi'an and Xiao Lening crawled over.
• Xiao Fan left You Ruo and their sleeping children to meet Jia Xingtian, Fa Ma, and Hai Bodong, arriving through a Spatial Rift.
• Xiao Fan asked whether the Jia Ma Empire needed his help, and Jia Xingtian said the empire was stable and its academy had promising students to train.
• Jia Xingtian explained that the Golden Goose Empire had invaded the Mulan Empire after the Mulan Three Elders disappeared, triggering a war that had lasted nearly half a year.
• Xiao Fan realized he had killed the Mulan Three Elders when they attacked him and Xiao Yan, then asked Jia Xingtian about the Imperial Family Academy.

Xiao Fan discussed the Imperial Family Academy with Jia Xingtian and reassured Fa Ma that Venerable Yao had been rescued. He then returned to the Xiao Clan’s residence in the Imperial Capital, where a guard captain recognized him and rushed over to greet him.

• Jia Xingtian explained that Yao Ye had founded the Imperial Family Academy, inspired by Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan’s time at Jia Nan Academy.
• Fa Ma asked about Venerable Yao, and Xiao Fan told him that they had rescued their teacher and would settle their debts with the Hall of Souls.
• Xiao Fan left Jia Xingtian, Hai Bodong, and Fa Ma and headed to the Xiao Clan’s residence in the Imperial Capital.
• A young guard named Little Wu warned Xiao Fan not to linger outside the gates, then told Uncle Rong that the passerby looked beautiful.
• Uncle Rong recognized Xiao Fan as he approached the gates and hurried over to bow respectfully, leaving the Xiao Clan guards astonished.

Xiao Fan returned to the Xiao Clan, reassured Xiao Ding that Xiao Yan was safe and thriving in the Central Plains, and gave the clan valuable resources and a powerful guardian. He left the Heavenly Demon Puppet under Xiao Ding’s control as protection for the clan.

• Uncle Rong recognized Xiao Fan at the Xiao Clan’s gates and welcomed his return.
• Xiao Fan visited Xiao Ding and explained that Xiao Yan remained in the Central Plains while he had returned by chance.
• Xiao Fan gave Xiao Ding a Storage Ring containing Black Tier Dou Techniques and two Earth Tier manuals.
• Xiao Fan told Xiao Ding that they had rescued their teacher and that Xiao Yan had become the Starfall Pavilion’s Young Pavilion Master.
• Xiao Fan revealed that his Heavenly Demon Puppet had the strength of a Two-Star Dou Zun and gave it to the Xiao Clan for protection.
• Xiao Ding bonded with the puppet using a drop of blood under Xiao Fan’s guidance.

Xiao Fan gave Xiao Ding a Heavenly Demon Puppet to protect the Xiao Clan, then returned to the Snake-People Tribe to spend time with You Ruo and their children. After taking over childcare from Hua She'er, he flew with Qi'an, Lening, and Kai Jin into the Magical Beast Mountain Range to explore.

• Xiao Fan gave Xiao Ding the Heavenly Demon Puppet and heard that the Xiao Clan was thriving under his management.
• Xiao Ding asked Xiao Fan to remind Xiao Yan to put his safety first when rescuing their father and not to worry about the clan.
• Xiao Fan returned to the Snake-People Tribe, greeted You Ruo, and found Qi'an and Lening playing in a lake with Kai Jin while Hua She'er watched over them.
• Hua She'er lifted Qi'an and Lening from the lake, dried them, and placed them on Kai Jin before Xiao Fan offered to take charge of the children.
• Xiao Fan picked up Qi'an and Lening, then rode Kai Jin into the Magical Beast Mountain Range to explore.