Xiao Fan

Biodata

Feature	Value
Name	Xiao Fan (萧凡)
Alias(es)	Mo Shang, an assumed identity; Blood Venerable, a title earned through killing Hall of Souls Dou Zun experts 58 80 738
Species/Race	Human; member of the Xiao Clan 1 233
Gender	Male
Age	Eighteen at Jia Nan Academy registration 92
Origin	Transmigrator from Blue Star 1 3
Affiliation	Xiao Clan; Yao Lao’s disciples; Jia Nan Academy; Pan Gate; Starfall Pavilion. Earlier recruited into the Hall of Souls under his Mo Shang identity 80 90 130 661
Occupation/Role	Cultivator, alchemist, Xiao Yan’s senior fellow disciple, and founder of Pan Gate 90 483 520
System	Strongest Supporting Character System, nicknamed “Pidàn” 1 3
Highest Documented Cultivation	Peak Seven-Revolution Dou Zun 797
Highest Documented Soul Realm	Heaven soul realm 797
Highest Documented Alchemist Rank	Eighth Tier 671
Status	Survival uncertain after a black-flame explosion engulfs him and his Soul Clone 801
First Appearance	Chapter 1, “Strongest Supporting Character System” 1

Power Progression

Cultivation and Physical Advancement

“Dou Master” is used interchangeably with Dou Shi in the supplied passages; “Great Dou Master” and Da Dou Shi likewise refer to the same stage 55 83.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Sixth-stage Dou Qi	1	Starting cultivation, confirmed during the Xiao Clan youth test.
Seventh-stage Dou Qi	3	Reconstruction through the Chaos Flame Body raises his cultivation by one stage.
Eighth-stage Dou Qi — conflicting report	6 8	Chapter 6 describes advancement as a quest reward, but Chapter 8’s status panel still lists seventh-stage Dou Qi.
One-Star Dou Zhe	10	His Radiant Sun cultivation method becomes usable after entering Dou Zhe.
Six-Star Dou Zhe	14	Updated panel after completing the quest to leave Wutan City.
Seven-Star Dou Zhe	21	Confirmed while escaping the Wolf Head Mercenary Group’s hunt.
Eight-Star Dou Zhe	32	Starting realm immediately before his rapid breakthrough in the valley.
Two-Star Dou Shi	32	Advances from Eight-Star Dou Zhe in just over two hours; gains a pale-red Dou Qi Veil. The system confirms no harmful side effects.
Four-Star Dou Shi	48	Confirmed by his status panel before unifying Desert City.
Five-Star Dou Shi	55	The Desert City quest grants 100 Dou Qi points, taking his total from 420 to 520.
Six-Star Dou Shi	65	Absorbing the Green Lotus Core Flame raises his Dou Qi value from 573 to 690. He postpones claiming the quest reward while surrounded by stronger opponents.
One-Star Great Dou Master	74	System-assisted advancement condenses liquid Dou Qi into a Dou Crystal; Dou Qi Armor replaces his Veil.
Two-Star Great Dou Master	80	Claims stored rewards of 5,000 Source Coins and 100 Dou Qi points at the Black Skull Tomb.
Four-Star Great Dou Master	83	Swallows two self-refined Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills and stabilizes the advancement in half an hour.
Five-Star Great Dou Master — declared	92	Reports this rank to Ruo Lin, although he privately notes that he still needs to absorb 100 stored Dou Qi points.
Dou Ling	138	Already the only Dou Ling among his immediate group; the exact breakthrough is not shown.
Four-Star Dou Ling	159	Spectators identify his realm when he overwhelms Xi Ying with a spear sweep.
Six-Star Dou Ling	193	Status panel lists 698 Dou Qi points before his next breakthrough.
Seven-Star Dou Ling	193	Advances through personal cultivation while recovering with diluted earth core body tempering milk.
Dou Ling, 980/1,000 Dou Qi points	236	His points climb from 700 to 980, leaving him close to Dou Wang.
Dou Emperor	264 276	Revealed after surviving a year beneath the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower; later explains that he devoured the Fallen Heart Flame.
Four-Star Dou Emperor	284	Reveals his cultivation while killing Old Man Yin Gu.
Five-Star Dou Emperor	294	System-assisted breakthrough also produces a subtle transformation in his soul power.
Six-Star Dou Emperor	310	Base cultivation before activating the Fourth Transformation against Yun Shan.
Seven-Star Dou Emperor — retrospective	441	Hai Bodong and Jia Xingtian recall this as his earlier cultivation when comparing it with his new Dou Zong strength.
Dou Zong	397	Exerts Dou Zong pressure while seeking information about Xiao Yi Xian.
One-Star Dou Zong	434	Confirmed after he releases the temporary enhancement used against Xie Biyan.
Four-Star Dou Zong	450	Reveals his permanent cultivation while defeating the Mulan Three Elders.
White-jade physical tempering	496	Surviving the pressure near the ancient stone gate greatly strengthens his body; he judges that even a high-rank Dou Zong would struggle to penetrate his defenses.
Five-Star Dou Zong	500	Stated as his cultivation before claiming the completed magma-world mission.
Eight-Star Dou Zong	500	Mission rewards raise him three stars after he wakes from nearly half a month of unconsciousness.
Nine-Star Dou Zong	533 534	Absorbs crimson liquid in the Lava Cave, repeatedly rebuilding his meridians.
Dou Zun	547	Reveals the realm to Venerable Feng, Lin Yan, and Mu Qingluan.
Peak Five-Star Dou Zun	641	Base cultivation before his enhanced clash with Huang Luo.
Six-Star Dou Zun	681	Uses a soul-devouring formation, stored soul origin, and three captured Dou Zun souls to advance.
First-Revolution Dou Zun	713	Confirmed before acquiring Great Heaven Creation Palm; he restrains further attacks to protect Mo Shang’s cover.
Two-Revolution Dou Zun	773	Base cultivation during Yan Ling’s test.
Stele-enhanced physical strength	787	Energy from the second stele transforms his body beyond the normal limits of Two-Revolution Dou Zun; its strength may rival a peak Dou Zun.
Peak Seven-Revolution Dou Zun	797	Revealed when he returns to the Starfall Pavilion battlefield.

System, Alchemy, and Soul Milestones

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
System Level 1	1	Initially limited to accepting main quests for experience.
System Level 2; Alchemist talent	3	Encouraging Xiao Yan unlocks the Event Mall and beginner’s gift pack.
System Level 3	10	Confirmed alongside One-Star Dou Zhe cultivation.
System Level 4	21	Panel now includes character favorability ratings.
System Level 5	32	The lottery becomes the Summoning Module.
Third-Grade Alchemist	48	Confirmed in his system panel.
Peak Fourth-Tier Alchemist	83	Successfully refines two Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills after earlier failures.
Fifth-Rank Alchemist	188	Recognized by Inner Academy students during the Snow Demon Ape encounter.
System Level 6	193	Confirmed in his status panel.
Sixth-Tier Alchemist	295	Listed following his Five-Star Dou Emperor breakthrough.
Seventh-Tier Alchemist	520	Completes the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill and withstands its tribulation with his puppet.
Eighth-Tier Alchemist; Spirit Realm soul power	671	Both ranks explicitly appear in his status panel. Spirit Realm advancement had earlier been offered as a quest reward.
Heaven soul realm	797	Confirmed alongside Peak Seven-Revolution Dou Zun cultivation.

Temporary Combat Enhancements

These increases come from cards or secret arts rather than permanent cultivation.

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Five-Star Great Dou Master	54	Uses a Great Dou Master Combat Power Card against Zhu Yan; stops increasing its effect when his body approaches its limit.
Five-Star Dou Wang	233	Fourth Radiant Sun Transformation during the Ling Quan battle; strains his body.
Eight-Star Dou Wang	233	Fifth Transformation; can sustain it for only about two minutes before risking bodily failure. Collapses after the battle.
Four-Star Dou Wang	247	First three transformations while preparing the Five-Direction Space-Sealing Formation; deliberately avoids the fourth and fifth.
Peak Dou Emperor	310	Fourth Transformation raises him from Six-Star Dou Emperor against Yun Shan.
Four-Star Dou Zong	426 434	Fifth Transformation during the Xie Biyan fight; his base cultivation remains One-Star Dou Zong.
Nine-Star Dou Zong	478	First six transformations raise him from Four-Star Dou Zong against Earth Demon Old Ghost. He rejects the seventh as unsafe.
Six-Star Dou Zun	641	First Transformation raises him from peak Five-Star Dou Zun.
Peak Seven-Star Dou Zun — conflicting report	641	Sixth Transformation is initially described this way, but later narration calls the resulting strength peak Six-Star.
First-Revolution Dou Zun	683	Seventh Transformation carries his enhanced strength beyond peak Nine-Star Dou Zun against Huang Luo.
Nine-Star Dou Zun	702	Uses only six transformations while fighting Huang Luo alongside Xiao Yan and Xun’er.

Background / History

Before transmigrating, Xiao Fan was a devoted reader of Battle Through the Heavens, having read it at least twenty times. He arrives as a young Xiao Clan member at the beginning of Xiao Yan’s decline, with extensive knowledge of the original story but no cultivation method or Dou Technique 1.

The Strongest Supporting Character System offers him a choice: help Xiao Yan or Hun Tiandi unite the Dou Qi Continent. He immediately chooses Xiao Yan because he trusts his loyalty and character. Only afterward does he learn that the mission has a ten-year deadline and annihilation as its failure penalty. His first assignment is to restore Xiao Yan’s spirits after the clan’s humiliating cultivation test 1.

Although he initially treats foreknowledge as a reliable advantage, his interventions change encounters, relationships, and faction politics. He eventually concludes that the novel is a reference rather than a fixed blueprint, and pursues independent cultivation instead of following Xiao Yan at every step 8 16 44.

Appearance

• Face and build: Handsome, with rugged features; Xiao Yi Xian later notices that his youthful innocence has given way to greater maturity 32 90 405.
• Eyes: Naturally black; his Golden Eyes ability produces a golden flash when activated 496 595.
• Clothing: Early travels feature expensive robes trimmed with soft mulberry silk. He also wears black robes during desert training 15 17 57.
• Moon-associated mark: Absorbing the pendant’s power leaves a temporary crescent on his forehead. Later manifestations are called a Moon Wheel or Moon Shadow 483 678 782.
• Disguises: Uses the Shadowless Mask to change his appearance and conceal his identity and cultivation 10 80.

Personality

Xiao Fan is irreverent, teasing, and conscious of his assigned supporting role. He nicknames the system “Pidàn,” complains about being made to clear Xiao Yan’s dangers, and repeatedly jokes about the privileges of a protagonist. Despite these complaints, he increasingly accepts the system as part of his own strength 3 10 166 523.

His loyalty develops beyond the practical goal of earning rewards. He defends Xiao Yan’s dignity before the Xiao Clan elders, refuses to abandon him during Yao Lao’s test, and risks severe physical injury against Ling Quan. He also values personally earned progress, taking particular pride in his Seven-Star Dou Ling breakthrough 6 193 233.

He combines generosity toward allies with calculated brutality toward enemies. He shares treasures according to need, rewards a frightened scout, and spares defeated opponents when he has no deep grievance. Conversely, he tortures Huang Qing’s soul for information and consumes captured souls to advance. His killing of Old Man Yin Gu establishes a specific moral boundary: he refuses to recruit someone who treats defenseless people as livestock 16 284 450 561 664 681.

Abilities & Skills

Strongest Supporting Character System

• Quest rewards: Grants experience, Dou Qi points, talents, techniques, items, and Source Coins for supporting Xiao Yan or completing related objectives 1 3 55.
• Rapid advancement: System-granted cultivation increases are repeatedly described as having no adverse effects, though separate physique reconstruction and soul tempering cause intense pain 3 32 55 74.
• Shopping and summons: The Event Mall, Summoning Module, and refreshed Shop provide equipment, skills, puppets, and temporary combat cards 3 32 55 446.
• Accelerated technique learning: Experience cards and Source Coins reduce training time. Learning the basics of Shadow Prison costs him 5,000 Source Coins 8 117.
• Relationship tracking: Favorability ratings help him monitor allies’ trust and changing attachments 21 295.
• Limits: Summons are restricted by his level; powerful abilities may exceed what his body can safely withstand. Rare Shop items can also be prohibitively expensive 32 446 622.

Chaos Flame Body and Chaos Flame

• Fire affinity: Receives the Chaos Flame Body from the beginner’s gift pack through painful bodily reconstruction 3.
• Non-destructive absorption: Can absorb Heavenly Flame energy without destroying the flame, allowing Xiao Yan to obtain it afterward 10.
• Origin fusion: Bone Spirit Cold Flame, Purple Flame, and Green Lotus Core Flame origins converge into a black flame-like form in his dantian 74.
• Survival and concealment: Credits his innate Chaos Flame and You Ruo with surviving the Fallen Heart Flame. The flame later hides him and erases his traces during his magma escape 276 500.
• Protection: Uses Chaos Flame to resist the shockwaves of his Three-Colored Fire Lotus 435.
• Secrecy: Yao Lao warns him not to reveal his constitution; Xiao Fan likewise treats Chaos Flame as a concealed trump card 70 639.

Cultivation Methods and Nine Solar Transformations

Method / Secret Art	Documented Grade	Function
Radiant Sun Art / Radiant Sun Mantra	Black Tier, high grade	Original fire cultivation method granted by the system 3 10.
Nine-Star Radiant Sun Art	Earth Tier, high grade	Provides abundant Dou Qi for sustained combat 162 193.
Nine Suns Tempering the World Art	Heaven Tier	Later cultivation method listed in his panel 671.
Radiant Sun Transformation / Nine Solar Transformations	Secret art	Stores energy in up to nine internal spheres or “suns,” then releases it through successive strength-enhancing transformations 166 434.

• Stored energy accumulates over time without constant active cultivation 166.
• Higher transformations impose greater physical requirements and increasingly dangerous aftereffects 166.
• Overuse strains his body, exhausts his soul power, and can leave him unconscious for days 193 233 500.
• He learns to stop below his maximum when prolonged combat or recovery matters more than immediate power 247 478.
• After his cultivation method evolves, the manifested golden suns also heal lingering injuries 641.

Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus

• Fuses different flames into a destructive lotus; he pursues it because he knows the technique’s potential from the original story 41.
• Combines green Heavenly Flame and purple beast flame to defeat Yue Yao’s giant water whale and counter Liu Qing’s Great Coffin Splitting Claw 102 225.
• A Three-Colored Fire Lotus annihilates Iron Protector and tears open a spatial rift 435.
• Later uses a Four-Colored Annihilation Fire Lotus during his escape from the Fire Lizardmen 500.
• Treats unstable combinations as dangerous trump cards: he avoids a Five-Colored version against Huang Luo, while a Six-Colored explosion nearly kills him after exhausting both Dou Qi and soul power 641 707.

Five-Wheel Flame Separation Art

• Listed as a high-grade Earth Tier technique at proficient mastery 671.
• Uses flame spirits to form the Five-Wheel Flame Disk, choosing it over an unstable Fire Lotus during the Sacred Pill City battle 641.
• Detonates the disk after a surprise soul attack to seriously injure Huang Luo 684.
• Can shape multiple Heavenly Flames into defensive constructs, including a giant fire-spirit turtle against Yan Ling 773.

Spear Combat and Dragon Extreme Battle Dance

• Cloud Crane Shadow: Low-grade Earth Tier spear technique emphasizing fearlessness, steady hands, and precise, natural movement. His early practice creates a wind blade that blasts a crater dozens of feet wide 32.
• Battle-earned mastery: The final clash with Zhu Yan raises Cloud Crane Shadow from beginner to proficient; it later reaches major accomplishment 55 193.
• Tactical spear fighting: Reads Bai Cheng’s earth trap, damages his armor with Heavenly Flames, disarms him, and prevents him from recovering his weapon 162.
• Dragon Extreme Battle Dance: Self-created Earth Tier technique; eventually uses it to engulf and erase Thunder Mountain 671 664.

Great Heaven Creation Palm

• Low-grade Heaven Tier inheritance contained in the Saint of Creation’s three ribs 713.
• Unlocking it requires eight hours of Heavenly Flame burning; the resulting energy shatters and rebuilds the bones of his hand 713.
• Learns its principles and meridian pathways directly through the Saint’s memory space 713.
• Counters Yan Ling’s Heaven Tier attack and later overwhelms the Third Heavenly Venerate’s Earth Tier technique 773 801.
• Its enormous expenditure leaves him visibly weakened after the Half-Saint clash 801.

Movement, Restraint, and Close Combat

• Purple Cloud Wings: Flying Dou Technique obtained from the treasure cave; practices using the wings for agile combat movement 16 28 43.
• Three Thousand Lightning Movement: Low-grade Earth Tier movement technique used to escape the Snow Demon Ape and cross the Black-Corner Region rapidly 193 295.
• Three Thousand Lightning Illusory Body: Obtained from Wind Lightning Zi in exchange for sparing his disciples; later listed as a mastered stage of his lightning movement skill 561 671.
• Shadow Prison: Intermediate Earth Tier domain that boosts his speed and conjures a cage around an opponent. Initially sustains a cage for only about three seconds 117.
• Void Blade: Mid-grade Profound Tier technique he intends to pair with Shadow Prison for a sudden lethal strike 117 193.
• Eight Extremes Collapse: High-grade Profound Tier close-combat technique; defeats Old Man Yin Gu with one strike 10 284.
• Other early techniques: Suction Palm, Fire Cloud Palm, and Startling Dragon Steps—also rendered as Dragon-Shocking Steps 10 21.

Alchemy

• Receives Alchemist talent as his first mission reward, then develops through practice, system knowledge, and Yao Lao’s guidance 3 83 500.
• Refines Purple Heart Barrier-Breaking Pills, the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill, and the Bone-Melting Blood Fusion Pill 83 520 661.
• His pills affinity talent gives a chance of producing double output during refinement 671.
• Refines an unusually spiritual Bone-Melting Blood Fusion Pill using starshatter dust and five Heavenly Flames; its tribulation reaches six colors 661.
• Uses his puppet to absorb pill lightning, turning tribulation into a means of strengthening it 520 661.

Soul Power, Control, and Second Body

• System-assisted major breakthroughs temper his soul using power left by Yao Lao 74.
• Uses spiritual brands to control subordinates and communicate with Han Jue across great distances through a system item 55 83.
• Plants Chaos Flame seeds in defeated faction leaders to secure submission 284.
• Advances through a soul-devouring formation fueled by collected soul origin and captured Dou Zun souls 680 681.
• Lands a surprise soul attack on Huang Luo to create an opening for his Flame Disk 684.
• Later operates two bodies strategically: Xiao Fan’s battlefield arrival distracts Xuan Yi while Mo Shang escapes. Chapter 801 separately mentions his Soul Clone within the explosion 797 801.

Formations and Spatial Skills

• Secretly plants flags for the Five-Direction Space-Sealing Formation during the Inner Academy battle 247.
• Recognizes battle formations as an underdeveloped avenue on the Dou Qi Continent and plans to use system-provided formations for ambushes 304.
• Studies spatial force through Zi Yan’s attacks 446.
• Repairs Tianya City’s Space Wormhole by clearing chaotic spatial force and reinforcing worn markings between nodes; the work deepens his spatial understanding 523.

Golden Eyes and Moon God’s Power

• Golden Eyes: Sees through the cultivation of experts up to two major realms above him 595.
• Moon God’s Power: Absorbed from the jade pendant connected to Yue Yao; initially manifests as a forehead mark with no clearly identified cultivation benefit 483.
• Protective resonance: The mark softens destructive energy during the ice-blue spear encounter and shields him from the emperor-like aura in the ancestral mural 678 782.

Equipment / Weapons / Items

• Thousand-Flame Spear — System-granted main weapon; described as indestructible and increases fire damage by 10% 10.
• Shadowless Mask — Conceals appearance, identity, and strength; even Eagle Protector fails to detect his disguise 10 80.
• Storage Rings — Carry supplies, treasures, weapons, and captured remains. Later acquires a crimson ring belonging to a Dou Sheng expert 16 21 500.
• Sea Heart Soft Armor — Absorbs an attack that enables him to break the Seven-Star Sword Formation; later listed as damaged 233 295.
• Space-Piercing Blade — Offered as a Jia Nan Academy quest reward and later included in his inventory 81 193.
• Heavenly Flame maps — Receives a Green Lotus Core Flame map from the system and secretly retrieves a Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame map from the treasure cave 10 16.
• Jia Nan Academy invitation — Special-admission document used to enter the academy 10 90.
• Combat Power Cards — Obtains Great Dou Master and Dou Wang-level cards to compensate for his low cultivation during dangerous early conflicts 54 55.
• Puppets — Early summons include a Great Dou Master puppet. Later constructs an Earth Demon Puppet and uses lightning to strengthen a Heavenly Demon Puppet to Two-Star Dou Zun 55 489 664.
• Moon jade pendant — Connected to Yue Yao and Han Yue; contains the energy identified as Moon God’s Power 266 483 664.
• Fixed-Point Teleportation Talisman — Purchases for 10,000 Source Coins before exploring the magma settlements 489.
• Luo Family token and Space Ship — Rewards for repairing Tianya City’s wormhole; the token grants free future use 523.
• Jiao Pearl — Investigation draws his consciousness into Qing Jue’s body in an ancient setting 752.

Relationships

• Xiao Yan — Junior fellow disciple and central mission beneficiary. Their initially practical alliance becomes a family-like bond; Xiao Fan mentors him while worrying that excessive protection may encourage dependence 1 276 534 547.
• Yao Lao / Yao Chen — Master. Treats Xiao Fan as a cherished disciple, guides his foundations, and values his safety above Heavenly Flames. Xiao Fan helps rescue him and prepares the pill needed for a new body 104 276 520 661.
• Xiao Yi Xian — Romantic bond beginning with a cliffside rescue. Xiao Fan promises to resolve her Woeful Poison Body, later reunites with her, and remains deeply concerned for her safety 15 43 402 443.
• Yun Yun / Yun Zhi — Romantic partner whose affection shifts toward Xiao Fan through his intervention in the original story. She considers returning to fight Yun Shan beside him and later chooses independent cultivation 44 310 443.
• You Ruo — Publicly introduced as his girlfriend; accompanies him, helps him survive the Fallen Heart Flame, and shares a contract that lets her understand his feelings. Later passages refer to their children 264 276 295 681.
• Qi’an and Lening — Children associated with Xiao Fan and You Ruo’s household at the Snake-People Tribe 671 676 681.
• Medusa / “Shasha” — Snake-form companion whom he feeds companion amethyst source. He treats her familiarly while recognizing the possibility of retaliation and retaining supplies as bargaining leverage 74.
• Yue Yao — Academy companion and romantic attachment. He protects her from Xi Ying, searches for her after her departure, and pursues greater strength to help her survive the Moon God Trials 159 266 713.
• Xiao Xun’er — Trusted clan and academy acquaintance. Helps him reach Ruo Lin, joins Xiao Yan in saving his life, and becomes an important source of information about Yue Yao 91 707.
• Xiao Zhan — Clan leader who supports his defense of Xiao Yan. Xiao Fan arranges a contingency to protect him after the Three-Year Agreement 6 8 83.
• Han Jue — Branded subordinate and Iron Cavalry Mercenary Group leader. Provides Desert City’s resources and receives instructions to protect Xiao Zhan; his affinity later declines during Xiao Fan’s absence 55 83 295.
• Zi Yan — Protected companion and trainee. Xiao Fan supplies pills, makes her spiked gauntlets, investigates her spatial abilities, and seeks resources important to her Ancient Void Dragon heritage 247 446 521 611 694.
• Lin Yan and Hu Jia — Pan Gate companions who welcome him back and keep him informed about the faction and Yue Yao 264 266 483.
• Venerable Feng — Yao Lao’s loyal friend and rescue ally; supplies a jade token through which the disciples can request help 547.
• Eagle Protector — Captor and coercive Hall of Souls recruiter. Xiao Fan outwardly submits while refining away most of the controlling imprint and preserving part for possible future use 80 104.
• Huang Luo — Repeated Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan rival. Xiao Fan wounds him through soul attacks and flame techniques but repeatedly recognizes the danger of a prolonged fight 641 681 684.
• Tianchi — Spirit Clan guide who reveals ancestral murals, examines his transformed body, and warns him against studying further steles before reaching Dou Sheng 782 787.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Xiao Clan and Departure

• Encourages Xiao Yan after the clan test and earns his first system rewards 1 3.
• Rejects sacrificing Xiao Yan’s dignity for Nalan Yanran’s Qi Gathering Powder and publicly supports the Three-Year Agreement 6.
• Leaves Wutan City to clear future obstacles while establishing an independent cultivation path 8 10 14.

Qingshan Town and the Tagor Desert

• Rescues Xiao Yi Xian, shares the treasure cave’s contents, and chooses an escape mission rather than betraying her 15 16.
• Kills Hao Meng, becomes the target of a mercenary bounty, and retreats into the mountains to strengthen himself before returning 21 32 34.
• Helps the Iron Cavalry Mercenary Group unify Desert City, securing Han Jue and the city’s resources 55.
• Absorbs Green Lotus Core Flame energy while relying on preparations made for the far stronger cultivators surrounding Medusa 65.
• Forms a closer bond with Xiao Yi Xian before their separation and promises to find a solution to her poison body 43.

Hall of Souls Captivity and Jia Nan Academy

• Eagle Protector takes him to the Black Skull Tomb and marks his soul. Xiao Fan uses alchemy and an assassination assignment to prepare his escape 80 83.
• Enters Jia Nan Academy through special admission and helps establish Pan Gate, declining its leadership so Xiao Yan can take the role 90 130 131.
• Defends Yue Yao, defeats Bai Cheng, and later defeats Liu Qing in the Strong Ranking competition 159 165 226.
• Risks the Fifth Transformation against Ling Quan during Xun’er’s departure, then supports the academy’s larger battle through a concealed formation 233 247.
• Survives being swallowed by the Fallen Heart Flame, returns as a Dou Emperor, and strengthens the academy’s position against Black-Corner Region factions 264 276 284.

Jia Ma Empire and Central Plains Journey

• Returns out of concern for Xiao Yi Xian, clashes with Yun Shan, and seeks protection for the Xiao Clan against sect retaliation 295 310 312 315.
• Supplies captured cultivation methods to the Xiao Clan and Flame Alliance 442.
• Begins harsh physical and Dou Qi training for Xiao Yan while preparing to travel to the Central Plains 443 446.
• Explores the magma world, survives a near-fatal escape, and completes the Heavenly Soul Blood Fusion Pill before leaving to seek help rescuing Yao Lao 496 500 520.
• Repairs Tianya City’s wormhole and reaches the Central Plains with growing spatial expertise 523.

Central Plains Conflicts and Moon God Trials

• Conflicts with the Wind Lightning Pavilion and Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan escalate as his Dou Zun strength becomes public 561 583.
• Supports Xiao Yan’s Pill Gathering journey by driving Mu Gu out of the Pill Realm 627.
• Battles multiple Dou Zun enemies around Sacred Pill City, then secretly pursues the surviving Hall of Souls leaders 641 643.
• Completes the Bone-Melting Blood Fusion Pill for Yao Lao and destroys the Wind Lightning Pavilion’s headquarters and North Pavilion 661 663 664.
• Advances by consuming captured soul resources, then deliberately draws enemy attention away from Starfall Pavilion and Xiao Yan 681.
• Acquires Great Heaven Creation Palm while preparing to help Yue Yao through the Spirit Clan’s trials 713.
• Experiences an ancient setting through the Jiao Pearl, confronts Yan Ling, and studies ancestral murals and steles 752 773 782 787.
• Returns to Starfall Pavilion as a Peak Seven-Revolution Dou Zun with Heaven Realm soul power. After confronting a Half-Saint, he is engulfed in Mo Shang’s black-flame detonation; Xiao Yi Xian rushes into the flames to reach him 797 801.

Notable Quotes

“I wasn't speaking up for Xiao Yan. I was simply following my heart.” 8

“Looks like practicing Dou Techniques also requires a solid physical foundation. Otherwise, you injure yourself before you can hurt anyone else!” 8

“I won't kneel! I won't kneel! I'll be damned if I kneel!” 496

Trivia

• Initially misreads Chaos Flame Body as “pure yang flame body” 3.
• His refusal to lead Pan Gate is explicitly tied to remembering that Xiao Yan is the protagonist and he is the supporting character 130 131.
• A statue of him stands outside the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower, contributing to his legendary reputation among later academy students 452.
• Temporarily inhabits the female body of Qing Jue while his consciousness explores the Jiao Pearl; this is separate from his ordinary identity 752.
• By the Sound Valley arc, he occupies the top position on both the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan’s and Hall of Souls’ kill lists 687.