Recaps

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan entered the Strong Ranking Tournament, where Pan Gate’s contestants advanced through a series of fights and trials. Xiao Fan reached the top ten and began his decisive match against Liu Qing, ending the stretch as he prepared an Earth Tier Dou Technique.

• Xiao Yan defeated Bai Cheng in the Arena, then joined Xiao Fan in preparing for the tournament as the Inner Academy dealt with the Fallen Heart Flame’s rising heat.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao refined a Sixth-Grade Earth Spirit Pill before the tournament began, while Xiao Fan learned that Mo Shang had left the Black-Corner Region with Eagle Protector.
• Pan Gate entered the tournament, and Xiao Yan, Xun'er, Wu Hao, and Xiao Fan won their first-round matches while Hu Jia was eliminated.
• Xiao Yan defeated Yao Sheng by burning away his Black Water Realm and striking him with Eight Extremes Collapse, while Xun'er overcame Han Yue and Xiao Fan defeated Ying Feiyu.
• The First Elder used an Array Disk to test the twenty-five winners’ willpower, eliminating five and announcing that the remaining contestants would compete for the top ten.
• Xun'er defeated Huang Yaolin, Xiao Fan beat Qiu Buyu, and the tournament narrowed its field to ten contestants.
• Lin Yan defeated Qian Mo, and Zi Yan made Qin Zhen surrender by throwing him into the stage barrier.
• Xiao Fan fought Liu Qing evenly, then countered Liu Qing’s Great Coffin Splitting Claw with a Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus and readied an Earth Tier Dou Technique against his Great Splitter Spear.

Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan survived the Inner Academy trials and fought Han Feng’s forces as the Fallen Heart Flame escaped its seal. The arc ended with them confronting the Invisible Fire Python while Han Feng watched and his own Sea Heart Flame stirred.

• Xiao Fan defeated Liu Qing, while Xiao Yan advanced to the top five by defeating Yan Hao and Xiao Xun'er defeated Lin Xiuya.
• Ling Quan came to take Xun'er back to her clan, but Xiao Fan defeated his soldiers and Ling Quan before Xun'er said farewell to Xiao Yan.
• After Xiao Fan recovered from the strain of his transformations, he and Xiao Yan joined the Top Ten students for heart-fire tempering in the Heavenly Flame Qi Refining Tower.
• The Fallen Heart Flame erupted from the magma as a gigantic Fire Python, forcing the elders to evacuate students and strengthen the tower's seals.
• Han Feng arrived with outside forces to seize the Heavenly Flame, and his allies attacked the Inner Academy while Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan faced Fan Lao.
• Xiao Fan trapped the battlefield with the Five-Direction Space-Sealing Formation, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Fan cornered Fan Lao before Xiao Fan killed him.
• The Fallen Heart Flame shattered the elders' Thousand-Layer Seal and escaped the tower, then targeted Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan as they tried to find its hidden essence.
• Xiao Yan's attack failed to harm the Fire Python, while Xiao Fan pierced its back with the Thousand-Flame Spear and withdrew as invisible fire spread across its scales.

Xiao Fan survived the Fallen Heart Flame, returned to the Inner Academy as a Dou Emperor, and joined Xiao Yan in the Black-Corner Region. He left the Earth Flame Sect’s surviving elders under his control and headed for Chuangu City.

• Xiao Fan and Xiao Yan weakened the Fire Python, but Han Feng and the Gold and Silver Elders fought the Inner Academy elders for the Fallen Heart Flame.
• You Ruo rescued Xiao Fan, and Han Feng withdrew after Xiao Fan demanded compensation, and soon afterward, the Fire Python consumed Xiao Fan.
• Xiao Fan survived inside the Fallen Heart Flame, sacrificed it to strengthen his Chaos Flame, and absorbed its power with You Ruo.
• After a year underground, Xiao Fan and You Ruo broke the seal, returned to the Inner Academy, and Xiao Fan calmed the eruption of magma.
• The First Elder explained that the Inner Academy had fought the invading factions for a year, while Xiao Fan gave him a container filled with Chaos Flame disguised as the Fallen Heart Flame.
• Hu Jia told Xiao Fan that Yue Yao had gone home and gave him her moon-shaped jade pendant, and Xiao Fan then left for the Black-Corner Region with You Ruo and Zi Yan.
• Xiao Fan learned that the Earth Flame Sect and the Eight Gates planned to attack the Deathless Gate, then joined Xiao Yan’s forces at Chuangu City.
• Xiao Fan revealed his Dou Emperor strength, defeated Ku Lai and other Earth Flame Sect elders, and forced the survivors to accept Black Flame Seeds and obey him.

Xiao Fan helped Jia Nan Academy defeat Han Feng’s Black Alliance, then hurried back to the Jia Ma Empire with You Ruo. They reached the Snake-People Tribe, where You Ruo declared her intention to marry Xiao Fan and prepared her people for possible war.

• Xiao Fan joined Su Qian’s forces in Maple City, defeated Han Feng, and helped crush the Black Alliance after rejecting the Sand Protector’s offer to join the Hall of Souls.
• Xiao Fan pursued the Spotted Emperor and struck a deal with him, but the Silver Elder ambushed Xiao Fan before You Ruo killed him and the Gold Elder escaped.
• Xiao Fan recovered from his injuries, advanced to a Five-Star Dou Emperor, and set out with You Ruo for the Jia Ma Empire while Xiao Yan took Zi Yan toward Wutan City.
• Xiao Fan crossed Demon-Suppressing Pass, completed his system mission, and advanced to a Six-Star Dou Emperor before accompanying You Ruo toward her tribe.
• Xiao Fan visited the Iron Cavalry Mercenary Group in Sand City and decided to discard Han Jue after sensing his growing ambition.
• You Ruo returned to the Snake-People Tribe, ordered its leaders to gather in the Holy City, and learned that they had focused on defense during her absence.
• The Four Great Elders approved of You Ruo and Xiao Fan’s relationship, but their plan to offer Yue Mei and Hua She'er to Xiao Fan angered You Ruo.
• You Ruo subdued Mo Bass, ordered the tribe to prepare for possible war with the Jia Ma Empire, and declared Xiao Fan her future husband, and the chiefs questioned whether he met their standards for her mate.