Recaps

Li Chen and Heaven Beyond Heaven conquered the Douluo world, dismantled its resistance, and then crossed into the Dou Qi continent. There, Li Chen took Xiao Yan as his disciple, revived Yao Chen, and abducted Xiao Xun'er, while Xiao Yan set out to visit his new master.

• Dugu Bo uncovered records blaming his counterpart for mass poisonings, then negotiated with the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect and offered it aromatic silk beauty in exchange for cooperation.
• The Evil Emperor took control of the Holy Spirit Cult, while Li Chen recruited Little Black and sent him through a temporary passage to sell goods in the other world.
• Li Chen's forces killed the White Tiger Duke and Mu En, took over Virtue Hall, and won the Star Dou Great Forest and the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect, and Ju Zi also killed Dai Hao.
• After most factions refused to submit, Li Chen sent his forces against them, and Mo Yuan sealed Shrek City and killed Xuan Zi and many residents.
• Li Chen destroyed the Divine Realm Core, killed Tang San, stripped the other God Kings of their cultivation, and sent the Divine Realm's and Peerless Tang Sect's energy to the Origin Plane.
• Qiong opened an End Gateway, and Li Chen led his companions to Wutan City, where he met Xiao Yan after Nalan Yanran ended their engagement.
• Li Chen accepted Xiao Yan as his disciple, restored his cultivation, revived Yao Chen, and began cultivating with the Flame Mantra and Bone Chilling Flame.
• The Evil Emperor captured Xiao Xun'er and Ling Ying, and Li Chen took Xiao Xun'er to the Sky Realm while ordering Ling Ying to send false reports, and Xiao Yan woke cured and prepared to visit his master.

Li Chen gathered allies and resources, helped Xiao Yan build power, and spread his influence across the Jia Ma Empire and beyond. The arc ended with Xiao Yan’s duel against Nalan Yanran escalating into a battle between the Xiao Clan’s forces and the Misty Cloud Sect, halted by Yun Shan’s arrival.

• Li Chen recruited Little Doctor Fairy after guiding her through an illusion that confronted her fears about her Misfortune Poison Body, then took her away from Green Mountain Town.
• Li Chen trained Xiao Yan and explained that strength rested on intelligence, fighting prowess, wealth, authority, and charisma, while Xiao Yan worked to win the Xiao Clan elders’ support.
• Li Chen refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, subdued Queen Medusa, and seized Han Feng’s Sea Heart Flame before taking the Fallen Heart Flame and entering Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s Cave Abode.
• Li Chen recruited Zhu Kun, gained the Tuoshe Ancient Emperor’s inheritance, and helped Zhu Kun reunite Ancient Dragon Island and distribute Emperor-Grade Embryonic Pills to major factions.
• Xiao Yan unified Wutan City and expanded the Xiao Clan’s influence, while Li Chen recruited Ya Fei and arranged marriages with Yao Ye and Yao Yue.
• After Gu Qingyang attacked him, Li Chen defeated him and sent him back through a Portal, then brought new instructors to help Xiao Yan develop his abilities.
• Over two and a half years, Xiao Yan’s forces occupied most of the Chu Yun Empire, and he faced Nalan Yanran at the Misty Cloud Sect with dozens of Dou Kings behind him.
• Xiao Yan defeated Nalan Yanran’s attacks, but Yun Leng accused him of driving her toward suicide, triggering a battle between the Misty Cloud Sect and Xiao Yan’s forces until Yun Shan arrived and demanded an explanation.