Recaps

Xiao Yan confronted Han Feng over his betrayal of Yao Chen and led a force of experts against him in Maple City. As the city-wide battle began, Xiao Yan borrowed Yao Lao's power and prepared to face Han Feng himself.

• Han Feng offered Elder Ban an Emperor's Extreme Pill and a Sect Breaking Pill in exchange for help, and Elder Ban agreed to fight the other attackers.
• Xiao Yan ordered his forces to attack, and Han Feng swallowed a Blood-Burning Qi Burst Pill before summoning his heavenly flame to battle the Amethyst Winged Lion King.
• Queen Medusa went to fight Elder Ban while Yun Yun, Gu He, Lu Man, and White Fang engaged Han Feng's Dou Wang subordinates.
• Xiao Yan asked Yao Lao to lend him power so he could fight Han Feng in his teacher's place, and Yao Lao agreed.
• Xiao Yan unleashed terrifying pressure, shocking everyone in Maple City with the arrival of another powerful expert.

Xiao Yan pursued Han Feng, revealed himself as Yao Lao’s disciple, and defeated him with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame. He killed Han Feng and destroyed his soul, avenging his teacher and taking the Sea Heart Flame.

• Han Feng fled from the battle, but Xiao Yan stopped the Amethyst Winged Lion King from pursuing him and chased Han Feng himself.
• Xiao Yan showed Han Feng the Bone Spirit Cold Flame and declared that he had come to clean house for his teacher, Yao Lao.
• Xiao Yan overwhelmed Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame, battered him, and crippled all four of his limbs.
• Han Feng realized that Yao Lao was alive, and Xiao Yan crushed his neck, killing him.
• Han Feng’s soul begged Xiao Yan for mercy and offered the Sea Heart Flame and information about another Heavenly Flame, but Xiao Yan burned it away with the Bone Spirit Cold Flame.

Xiao Yan killed Han Feng, took the sea heart flame and his treasures, and began refining the flame as Maple City fell under his control. News of the Alchemy Emperor’s death shook the Black-Corner Region, and Jia Nan Academy’s Su Qian weighed how to respond to its powerful new neighbor.

• Xiao Yan claimed Han Feng’s sea heart flame after Han Feng’s soul dissipated, while the city’s defenders lost their will to fight.
• Queen Medusa and the Amethyst Winged Lion King killed Elder Ban, and Yun Yun, White Fang, and Lu Man defeated Maple City’s remaining forces.
• Xiao Yan ordered Yun Yun to spare surrendered people unless they had committed unforgivable crimes, then secluded himself to refine the sea heart flame using materials from Han Feng’s Nether Sea Ring.
• Gu He’s soul power helped purge Maple City of those guilty of unforgivable evil, while news of Han Feng’s death and Elder Ban’s downfall spread through the Black-Corner Region.
• Su Qian and two elders discussed the threat posed by the experts who had taken Maple City, and Su Qian chose to observe their attitude toward Jia Nan Academy before acting.

Xiao Yan founded the Flame Alliance in Flame City, assigned its leaders and halls, and directed it to gather resources and produce pills for his cultivation. Half a month later, he broke through to the ninety-ninth stage of Dou Qi, and a pillar of crimson radiance rose from his chamber as the alliance watched in awe.

• Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion after absorbing the Sea Heart Flame, advancing his Flame Mantra to Low Earth Tier and reaching the ninety-second stage of Dou Qi.
• Xiao Ding and Yun Yun reported on Flame City's condition, and Xiao Yan approved a purge of people guilty of monstrous crimes.
• Xiao Yan named his faction the Flame Alliance and appointed its hall masters, deputy hall masters, and deputy alliance leader.
• Xiao Yan ordered the alliance to gather resources and have Gu He produce pills, promising him insights to help him become a Seventh-Rank Alchemist after three years.
• Half a month later, Xiao Yan absorbed another Energy-Gathering Pill and reached the ninety-ninth stage of Dou Qi, releasing a pillar of crimson radiance that astonished the alliance.
• Nalan Yanran saw Xiao Yan's breakthrough and wondered whether taking Energy-Gathering Pills would destabilize his Dou Qi.

After reaching the hundredth stage of Dou Qi, Xiao Yan gained a life-transcending physique and blood-vitality power that could suppress souls. When a Soul Hall Protector infiltrated the Flame Alliance to capture him, Xiao Yan revealed his strength and struck him with the Beast King Lotus Heart Flame, leaving the protector gravely weakened.

• Xiao Yan told Yao Lao that his blood and vitality had grown far stronger and could suppress souls and ghosts.
• Xiao Yan inspected the Flame Alliance and found its members occupied with managing its territory, expanding its reach, and cultivating.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that a Seven-Star Dou Huang intruder had entered the alliance and was likely targeting him.
• A Soul Hall Protector discovered Xiao Yan's hidden secret and tried to retreat after Yao Lao lent Xiao Yan his strength, raising him to Dou Zong power.
• Xiao Yan pursued the Soul Hall Protector and struck him with the Beast King Lotus Heart Flame, destroying his black mist and leaving him badly injured.

Xiao Yan defeated a Soul Hall Protector who had come to investigate his breakthrough and kept the man captive to lead him to a Hall of Souls base in the Black-Corner Region. After explaining the encounter to Queen Medusa, he learned that Qing Lin had reached Dou Shi and was training to help him.

• Xiao Yan used the Beast King Lotus Heart Flame to defeat the Soul Hall Protector, captured his wounded soul in a jade bottle, and planned to make him guide Xiao Yan to a Hall of Souls base.
• Yao Lao scolded Xiao Yan for provoking the powerful Hall of Souls, but Xiao Yan said he considered them enemies because they had harmed his teacher.
• Queen Medusa entered after hearing the commotion, and Xiao Yan explained that the intruder had been drawn by the unusual phenomenon from his breakthrough rather than by the Flame Alliance's expansion.
• Queen Medusa asked about Xiao Yan's strength; he claimed to have reached the hundredth stage of Dou Qi, then told her he had just broken through to Dou Wang, which she believed.
• Xiao Yan asked about Qing Lin, and Queen Medusa revealed that Qing Lin had reached Dou Shi two days earlier and was training hard to help him.

Xiao Yan visited Nalan Yanran after she grew discouraged by Qing Lin’s talent, then encouraged her to keep pursuing strength despite lacking a rare constitution. Nalan Yanran regained her determination and vowed not to let her resolve falter.

• Xiao Yan visited Qing Lin, tested her progress, and sparred with her, confirming that Queen Medusa had trained her well.
• Xiao Yan visited Nalan Yanran and learned she felt discouraged after Qing Lin nearly defeated her in a spar, using illusions from her Triple Jade-Green Snake Flower Pupils.
• Xiao Yan told Nalan Yanran that Qing Lin and Xiao Yi Xian possessed extraordinary talents, explaining that Xiao Yi Xian’s Woeful Poison Body had helped her reach Da Dou Shi in a year.
• Xiao Yan encouraged Nalan Yanran to rely on perseverance and conviction rather than compare her talent with others.
• Nalan Yanran regained her spirit and vowed that her resolve would not falter despite lacking a special constitution.

Xiao Yan’s strength surged as the Flame Alliance expanded, but the Gold and Silver Elders attacked its members, leaving Lu Man and White Fang badly injured. Xiao Yan arrived at a leadership meeting to hear Lu Man’s full account of the attack.

• Xiao Yan coached Nalan Yanran and gave her a Fourth-Grade Energy-Gathering Pill and Foundation-Stabilizing Pills.
• Over several months, Xiao Yan advanced from the hundredth to the three-hundredth stage of Dou Qi while Gu He worked tirelessly refining pills for the expanding Flame Alliance.
• Xiao Yan gave Gu He a child flame of the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, and Gu He summoned his disciple Liu Ling to join the Flame Alliance.
• Hai Bodong brought Liu Ling to the Black-Corner Region, joined Lion King Hall as deputy hall master, and helped the Amethyst Winged Lion King expand the alliance’s territory.
• Lu Man and White Fang returned to Flame City battered and reported that the Gold and Silver Elders had attacked them, killing the Flame Alliance members who accompanied them.
• Xiao Ding assembled the alliance leaders, Queen Medusa erupted with fury over White Fang’s injuries, and Xiao Yan arrived and asked Lu Man to explain what happened.

After Lu Man recounted the Gold and Silver Elders’ ambush, Xiao Yan concluded that the Black Emperor Sect was the likeliest force behind it and ordered retaliation. He proposed using a Sect Breaking Pill as bait to draw out the elusive elders.

• Lu Man told the Flame Alliance leaders that the Gold and Silver Elders had ambushed her and White Fang while they were targeting Redfire City.
• Queen Medusa and Xiao Ding reasoned that a hidden faction had directed the unaffiliated elders, and Xiao Ding identified the Black Emperor Sect as the most likely culprit.
• The Amethyst Winged Lion King, Hai Bodong, and Queen Medusa called for action against the attackers, while Xiao Yan ordered the Lion King to hunt Black Emperor Sect experts outside their territory.
• Xiao Yan vowed to avenge Lu Man, White Fang, and the fallen alliance members, then suggested using a Sect Breaking Pill to lure the Gold and Silver Elders out of hiding.

Xiao Yan announced that the Flame Alliance would auction a Sect Breaking Pill in six months, drawing the attention of the Gold and Silver Elders and the Black Emperor Sect. Mo Tianxing arranged to ally with Demon Flame Valley against the Flame Alliance, suspecting it planned to dominate the Black-Corner Region, and wondered whether it had a seventh-rank alchemist.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ding to announce the auction and gather ingredients, while ordering the Flame Alliance not to expand for six months.
• News of the Sect Breaking Pill auction spread across the Black-Corner Region, and the Gold and Silver Elders regretted attacking the Flame Alliance but feared attending the auction.
• Mo Ya reported to Mo Tianxing that the Flame Alliance was assassinating Black Emperor Sect experts, while Demon Flame Valley was still considering an alliance.
• Mo Tianxing told Mo Ya to offer Demon Flame Valley a sixth-grade alchemist in exchange for destroying the Flame Alliance.
• Mo Tianxing explained that he suspected the Flame Alliance intended to dominate the Black-Corner Region and asked Qi Shan whether it might have a seventh-rank alchemist.

Hu Gan asked Su Qian to secure a Sect Breaking Pill so he could reach Dou Zong, while Xiao Xun'er admitted she missed Xiao Yan but chose not to disturb him. Outside Flame City, Xiao Yan successfully fused two Heavenly Flames into a Two-Colored Fire Lotus and tested its devastating power on a mountain.

• Hu Gan asked Su Qian to bid on a Sect Breaking Pill for him at the auction, and Su Qian agreed.
• Xiao Xun'er told Xiao Yu she missed Xiao Yan but believed he would come see her when the time was right.
• Xiao Yan began fusing the green lotus core flame and myriad beast spirit flame despite Yao Lao's warning that they could explode.
• Xiao Yan used his soul power to stabilize the flames and successfully formed a Two-Colored Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan threw the Fire Lotus at a mountain, destroying it in a massive explosion that shocked the Flame Alliance experts watching from Flame City.

Xiao Yan successfully created the Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus and later met with Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran, who had found Life Devouring Pills and their formula. He offered a way to mitigate the pills’ drawback and arranged a deal that would help Nalan Yanran grow stronger.

• Xiao Yan tested the fusion of two Heavenly Flames, named the resulting technique Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus, and later mastered Fire Lotuses of up to four colors.
• Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian played chess in a bamboo grove, where Xiao Yi Xian defeated him again.
• Yun Yun and Nalan Yanran brought Xiao Yan two Life Devouring Pills and their formula, which they had found while traveling.
• Xiao Yan explained that an Azure Nether Longevity Pill could extend a Life Devouring Pill user's life long enough to pursue a breakthrough to Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan offered Nalan Yanran a Life Devouring Pill, an Emperor's Extreme Pill, a sixth-grade Energy-Gathering Pill, and a Dou Ling Pill, and she eagerly accepted.

Nalan Yanran advanced to Dou Wang after refining the Life Devouring Pill, and Xiao Yan and Xiao Yi Xian spent the night together. Xiao Yan then set out for Jia Nan Academy, where an elder confronted him upon his arrival.

• Xiao Yan gave Nalan Yanran the Life Devouring Pill and had her refine it on the Green Lotus Platform.
• Nalan Yanran broke through to Dou Wang and told Xiao Yan she would still challenge him when the Three-Year Agreement came due.
• Xiao Yan persuaded Xiao Yi Xian to stay the night, and they woke together the next morning.
• Xiao Yi Xian urged Xiao Yan to visit Xun'er at Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Yan agreed.
• Xiao Yan gave the remaining Life Devouring Pill to Xiao Li, then traveled to Jia Nan Academy the following day.
• An elder confronted Xiao Yan at Jia Nan Academy, and Xiao Yan introduced himself as a representative of the Flame Alliance.

Xiao Yan visited Jia Nan Academy and met its dean, Hu Gan, while seeking his Xiao clan relatives and discussing a transaction. When Xiao Yan and Hu Gan found Xiao Ning being pressured over Xun'er, Hu Gan arrived just as Bai Shan ordered his lackeys to teach Xiao Ning a lesson.

• Hu Gan doubted Xiao Yan's identity because his aura seemed like that of a Four-Star Dou Ling, but accepted his claim and agreed to guide him through the academy.
• Xiao Yan told Hu Gan that Xiao clan members studied in the Outer Academy and that he wanted to visit them and discuss a transaction.
• Xiao Yan and Hu Gan noticed a commotion involving Bai Shan and learned that Xiao Ning was among the students there.
• Xiao Ning refused to help Bai Shan pursue Xun'er, and Bai Shan ordered Zhang Cheng and Li Xiao to teach him a lesson.
• Hu Gan and Xiao Yan approached, and Hu Gan challenged Bai Shan to explain the academy rules he had invoked.

Xiao Yan arrived at Jia Nan Academy with Dean Hu Gan and stood up for Xiao Ning after learning Bai Shan had threatened him over Xiao Xun'er. He left Bai Shan and his lackeys badly injured, while Hu Gan treated the attack as a lesson and Xiao Ning basked in the attention.

• Bai Shan admitted he had gone too far with Xiao Ning and offered to accept punishment from the Disciplinary Team.
• Xiao Ning recognized Xiao Yan, who introduced him to Hu Gan as his cousin and learned Bai Shan had been pursuing Xiao Xun'er and threatening Xiao Ning.
• Xiao Yan pressured Bai Shan with his spiritual power, prompting Bai Shan to kneel and apologize for coveting Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Yan sent Bai Shan and his lackeys flying with a blast of energy, then apologized to Hu Gan for being heavy-handed.
• Hu Gan ordered students to take Bai Shan and the others away to recover, while Xiao Ning showed off Xiao Yan's support.

Xiao Yan visited Jia Nan Academy, where he gave Xiao Ning supplies for their clansmen and searched for Xiao Xun'er. He found her on a mountain and reunited with her, while she remained under pressure from the Gu Clan to return.

• Xiao Yan told Xiao Ning to gather their clansmen so he could give them supplies, and Xiao Ning accepted.
• After Xiao Yan left, students flattered Xiao Ning, who boasted about his cousin; stories of Xiao Yan spread through Jia Nan Academy the next day.
• Hu Gan showed Xiao Yan around the Outer Academy and asked him to tell Xiao Xun'er to keep her distance from Hu Jia.
• Xiao Yan used his soul power to find Xiao Xun'er on a mountaintop, where she complained to Ling Ying about the Gu Clan urging her to return.
• Xiao Yan called to Xiao Xun'er, who ran into his arms, and he apologized for arriving late.

Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Xun'er, told her about his exploits, and recruited the Xiao Clan members to help the Flame Alliance find talent. The next morning, Lingquan and the Black Annihilation Army arrived, and Xiao Xun'er demanded to know who had sent them.

• Xiao Yan recounted his adventures to Xiao Xun'er, then assured her he would one day ask the Gu Clan for her hand openly and honorably.
• Xiao Ning brought fourteen Xiao Clan members to Xiao Xun'er's courtyard, where Xiao Yan gave Xiao Yu pills and asked her to recruit talent for the Flame Alliance at Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he led the Flame Alliance and had killed Han Feng, astonishing Xiao Yu and the other Xiao Clan members.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan that a group of powerful people was approaching, and Xiao Yan joined Xiao Xun'er in the courtyard to face them.
• Lingquan arrived with the Black Annihilation Army on Four-Winged Unicorns and introduced himself as the army's newly appointed Deputy Commander.

Xiao Yan confronted Lingquan after Lingquan demanded that he release Xiao Xun'er and accused him of seeking the Xiao Clan's Key Fragment. Xiao Yan revealed his overwhelming Blood Qi Power and challenged Lingquan to a fight in the sky, while Jia Nan Academy's experts and students watched.

• Lingquan ordered Xiao Yan to release Xiao Xun'er, but she refused and told Xiao Yan not to hold back against him.
• Lingquan said he would capture Xiao Yan and force him to reveal the whereabouts of the Xiao Clan's Key Fragment, then attacked him.
• Xiao Yan blocked Lingquan's claw with a wall of blood-colored energy and revealed that he was far stronger than a Dou Ling.
• Xiao Yan activated his Blood Qi Power, spread his Purple Cloud Wings, and led Lingquan into the sky to fight.
• Hu Gan asked Su Qian whether the academy should intervene, but Su Qian said they had to keep watching.
• Xiao Yan challenged Lingquan to prove the Gu Clan's superiority and declared that he would beat him back to reality.

Xiao Yan effortlessly overpowered Lingquan with the strength of his Ancient Saint Body Tempering Art, shattering his pride and taking away his spear. After Lingquan used the Blood Transformation Art to raise his power from Four-Star to Eight-Star Dou Emperor, Xiao Yan revealed a pale purple Heavenly Flame and invited him to continue fighting.

• Lingquan attacked Xiao Yan with a black spear, but Xiao Yan caught the thrust with one hand and unleashed his blood-red power.
• Xiao Yan overpowered Lingquan in a fierce exchange of blows while Su Qian raised a spatial barrier to shield the onlookers from the shock waves.
• Xiao Yan bent Lingquan's spear, tore it from his hands, and tossed it away as a toy, while Xiao Xun'er and Ling Ying watched from below.
• Lingquan used the Blood Transformation Art to raise his strength from Four-Star to Eight-Star Dou Emperor.
• Xiao Yan welcomed Lingquan's increased power and revealed a pale purple Heavenly Flame.

Xiao Yan defeated Lingquan and sent the Black Annihilation Army away, then the Fallen Heart Flame erupted beneath Jia Nan Academy. The chapter ended as Su Qian arrived at the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower and ordered the elders to form a sealing array against the rampaging flame.

• Xiao Yan used the Beast King Lotus Heart Flame to overwhelm Lingquan, then knocked him unconscious and ordered the Black Annihilation Army to leave without Xiao Xun'er.
• Lingquan's knights took him away, while the Xiao Clan members and academy students celebrated Xiao Yan's victory and Bai Shan regretted having competed with him.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Xun'er, but the Fallen Heart Flame erupted, prompting Su Qian and the academy's experts to rush to the Inner Academy.
• Magma burst from the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower, and a gigantic formless python emerged as the tower's elders evacuated students and tried to bind it.
• Su Qian arrived with reinforcements and ordered the elders to form the Thousand-Layer Sealing Array.

Xiao Yan used his heavenly flame and soul power to subdue the rampaging fallen heart flame and dragged it into the depths beneath the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower. The Jia Nan Academy elders sealed the fissure, while Xiao Yan and the flame disappeared below.

• Su Qian and more than thirty Jia Nan Academy elders trapped the rampaging fallen heart flame in an energy barrier, but its strength and shrill attacks troubled them.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao discussed entering the tower’s depths, where Xiao Yan hoped to find a juvenile fallen heart flame and other treasures.
• Xiao Yan offered to help Su Qian suppress the fallen heart flame in exchange for permission to investigate the bottom of the tower.
• Xiao Yan revealed the Beast King Lotus Heart Flame, which intimidated and wounded the fallen heart flame.
• Xiao Yan seized the fallen heart flame with his soul power and dragged it into the fissure beneath the tower.
• Su Qian ordered the elders to seal the fissure, and they covered it with black light.

Xiao Yan erased the mature Fallen Heart Flame’s intelligence and searched the underground magma world for its companion treasure, fighting Lizardmen and collecting their Blood Pearls along the way. After fleeing a vast Lizardman horde, he discovered the Heavenly Fire Venerable’s skeleton and a second, nascent Fallen Heart Flame.

• Xiao Yan destroyed the mature Fallen Heart Flame’s intelligence, and Yao Lao regretted that this removed their chance to take advantage of Jia Nan Academy’s future need to contain it.
• Xiao Yan marked his route with the Heavy Xuan Ruler and entered the magma, where he fought a Lizardman and found a crimson Blood Pearl.
• Over the next day, Xiao Yan killed more than a hundred Lizardmen and collected Blood Pearls of several tiers.
• Xiao Yan attracted thousands of Lizardmen, including a Dou Zong leader, while fighting a Dou Emperor-level Lizardman and fled from the horde.
• Xiao Yan found the Heavenly Fire Venerable’s skeleton and a nascent Fallen Heart Flame, astonishing Yao Lao.

Xiao Yan and Yao Lao found Yao Tianhuo’s remnant soul inside the white skeleton and learned how he had died while trying to control two Fallen Heart Flames. Yao Lao agreed to restore Yao Tianhuo in exchange for the Five-Wheel Flame Separation Method and his service in the Starfall Pavilion.

• Xiao Yan proposed trading the Juvenile Fallen Heart Flame to Jia Nan Academy for its mature flame, and Yao Lao agreed that the juvenile flame would be more useful to the academy.
• Yao Lao revealed Yao Tianhuo’s remnant soul inside the skeleton, and Yao Tianhuo explained that his attempt to control two Fallen Heart Flames and an attack by the Lizardmen had led to his death.
• Yao Tianhuo learned that Xiao Yan was Yao Lao’s disciple and offered the Five-Wheel Flame Separation Method in exchange for help restoring his soul.
• Yao Tianhuo promised to join the Starfall Pavilion and serve Yao Lao if he regained his peak condition, and Yao Lao accepted the deal.
• Xiao Yan wondered what he should call Yao Tianhuo, since he already called Yao Chen Yao Lao.

Xiao Yan returned from the underground magma world with the Juvenile Fallen Heart Flame and negotiated an exchange with Jia Nan Academy for its mature Fallen Heart Flame. He and Su Qian formed an alliance between Jia Nan Academy and the Flame Alliance, with both accepting nominal Guest Elder positions.

• Xiao Yan emerged from the underground magma world with the Heavenly Fire Venerable and the Juvenile Fallen Heart Flame.
• Xiao Yan showed the Juvenile Fallen Heart Flame to Su Qian and the two Dou Emperor elders, who realized it was distinct from the academy's mature flame.
• Xiao Yan offered to exchange the Juvenile Fallen Heart Flame for Jia Nan Academy's mature Fallen Heart Flame, and Su Qian agreed.
• Su Qian proposed an alliance between Jia Nan Academy and the Flame Alliance, and Xiao Yan accepted both the alliance and a Guest Elder position at the academy.
• Three days later, Xiao Yan and Su Qian became Guest Elders of each other's organizations as the two powers formed an alliance.

Xiao Yan refined the fallen heart flame and Blood Pearls in the underground Magma World, greatly increasing his strength before returning to Jia Nan Academy. There he encountered Zi Yan, who had sensed the treasure-like energy in his blood and tracked him down.

• Xiao Yan refined the fallen heart flame in three days, advancing the Flame Mantra to the intermediate Earth tier and his Dou Qi to the four hundredth stage.
• Xiao Yan spent half a month refining the Blood Pearls, astonishing Yao Tianhuo with the force of his blood energy.
• Xiao Yan decided against hunting Lizardmen and left the Magma World, greeting Elder Lu at the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower.
• Xiao Yan left the tower and was approached by Zi Yan, who sniffed him and asked whether he was a heavenly treasure that had taken human form.
• Xiao Yan realized Zi Yan had tracked him using her ability to sense treasures, drawn by the abundant energy in his blood.