Recaps

Xiao Yan overcame his stalled cultivation, learned alchemy from Yao Lao, and helped the Xiao Clan counter its rivals. After leaving Wutan City to grow stronger, he met Xiao Yi Xian and entered a hidden cave with her.

• Xiao Yan met Yao Lao, learned the Origin Transformation Seal, and chose to cultivate the risky Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan advanced rapidly, while Nalan Yanran came to Wutan City to end their engagement and Xiao Yan repudiated her.
• Xiao Yan refined pills and revealed his alchemy skill to the Xiao Clan, which used his medicines to counter the Jia Lie and Ao Ba Families.
• Xiao Yan left for the Magical Beast Mountain Range, fought a Scarlet Flame Leopard, and discovered the Little Mountain Valley.
• Xiao Yan trained in the valley, advanced his Dou Qi, and refined Energy-Gathering Pills with Yao Lao’s help.
• Xiao Yi Xian found Xiao Yan in the valley, accepted his healing pill, and watched him refine pills.
• Xiao Yi Xian took Xiao Yan to a hidden cave, where he drove off a Rock Snake and entered with her.

Xiao Yan wiped out the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, and secured the rare ingredients needed to absorb the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame. After refining the flame and helping the Little Lion King awaken his bloodline, Xiao Yan’s group headed toward the Tagor Desert, where he found another fragment map of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame.

• Xiao Yan killed Mu Li, Mu She, and the rest of the Wolf Head Mercenary Group, then took the Ice Spirit Flame Grass and negotiated with the Amethyst Winged Lion King for magical beast cores.
• Xiao Yan found Xiao Yi Xian confined at the Myriad Medicine Pavilion, killed Mr. Yao, and brought her to Little Mountain Valley, where he accepted her Woeful Poison Body.
• Xiao Yan and his companions discovered the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame beneath the valley, and Xiao Yan left with Xiao Yi Xian to gather the ingredients needed to absorb it.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan for the Coming-of-Age Ceremony, revealed his Ninth Stage of Dou Qi, and later watched the Jia Lie Family’s assault on the Xiao Family Market end in defeat and destruction.
• Xiao Yan cured Nalan Jie’s Brand Poison in exchange for the seven illusory azure spirit saliva, then returned to Little Mountain Valley with Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Myriad Beast Spirit Flame, advanced to the seventieth Dou Qi Segment, and helped the Little Lion King awaken the Amethyst Winged Lion Emperor bloodline.
• After a month of cultivation, Xiao Yan left Little Mountain Valley with Xiao Yi Xian and the Amethyst Winged Lion King, reached Mo City, and asked Hai Bodong about the other half of a Purifying Lotus Demon Flame map.

Xiao Yan absorbed the Green Lotus Core Flame, subdued powerful rivals, and gathered allies for a new faction in the Black-Corner Region. After departing Stone Desert City, he confronted Han Feng in Maple City and prepared to fight him with Yao Lao’s power.

• Xiao Yan revealed his alchemy skill and Heavenly Flame to Hai Bodong, who agreed to give him the rest of the fragment map in exchange for breaking his seal.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Xiao Ding and Xiao Li in Stone Desert City, where the Desert Iron Mercenary Group found an underground magma cavern and Xiao Yan descended to absorb the Green Lotus Core Flame.
• As Xiao Yan absorbed the flame, Queen Medusa, Yun Yun, and Gu He attacked the Amethyst Winged Lion King, but Xiao Yan emerged with Dou Zong power and defeated them.
• Xiao Yan forced Queen Medusa, Yun Yun, and Gu He into his service, then invited Xiao Ding, Xiao Li, and Hai Bodong to join his planned faction in the Black-Corner Region.
• Yun Yun killed Mo Cheng and confronted the Mo Family, while Hai Bodong’s seal was removed and Queen Medusa offered Qing Lin the Snake-People Tribe’s techniques.
• Xiao Yan’s party defeated White Fang and Lu Man, who submitted to Qing Lin, and the Amethyst Winged Lion King later broke through to Dou Zong and took human form.
• Xiao Yan left Stone Desert City with his companions and announced that they would kill Han Feng to establish their name in the Black-Corner Region.
• Xiao Yan confronted Han Feng in Maple City, where their forces began fighting and Xiao Yan called on Yao Lao’s power to face his former disciple.

Xiao Yan avenged Yao Lao, established the Flame Alliance, and strengthened his ties with Jia Nan Academy while confronting threats from the Gu Clan. After exploring the magma beneath the academy and acquiring a juvenile Fallen Heart Flame, he exchanged it for the mature flame and left the tower with Zi Yan on his trail.

• Xiao Yan killed Han Feng, destroyed his soul, and claimed the Sea Heart Flame before the Flame Alliance defeated the remaining forces in Maple City.
• Xiao Yan founded the Flame Alliance, advanced his cultivation, and captured a wounded Soul Hall Protector for questioning.
• After the Gold and Silver Elders ambushed Lu Man and White Fang, Xiao Yan planned to lure them out with a Sect Breaking Pill and demonstrated the destructive power of his Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan helped Nalan Yanran reach Dou Wang, then visited Jia Nan Academy, where he defended Xiao Ning, reunited with Xiao Xun'er, and promised to seek her hand honorably.
• Xiao Yan defeated Lingquan of the Black Annihilation Army after Lingquan attacked him over Xiao Xun'er and the Xiao Clan's Key Fragment.
• When the mature Fallen Heart Flame erupted from the academy's tower, Xiao Yan subdued it and descended into the magma, where he found a juvenile flame and the remnant soul of Yao Tianhuo.
• Xiao Yan exchanged the juvenile Fallen Heart Flame for the academy's mature one, formed an alliance with Jia Nan Academy, and accepted a Guest Elder position.
• Xiao Yan refined the mature flame and Blood Pearls, then left the tower, where Zi Yan tracked him by sensing the energy in his blood.