Recaps

After Xiao Xuan named Xiao Yan the Emperor’s Son, Xiao Yan punished Xiao Jiande for an attack on Seven Spirit Village and left the Xiao Realm. He became Yao Chen’s disciple, began cultivating the Flame Mantra, and arrived in Sacred Pill City, where he met Dan Chen ahead of the alchemist tournament.

• Xiao Yan stopped Xiao Jiande from harassing Xiao Yu, then caught Heavenly Dragon Fish with the clan youths and met Xiao Xuan, who named him the Emperor’s Son and passed on the Heavenly Fire Three Mysterious Transformations.
• Xiao Yan explored the clan’s Scripture Hall and Heavenly Flames Valley, then began tempering his body with the Green Lion Demon Flame.
• After Xiao Jiande’s scheme led to a stampede that devastated Seven Spirit Village, Xiao Yan used the Light Punishment Saint’s evidence to punish Xiao Jiande and his accomplices and compensate the villagers.
• Xiao Yan left the Xiao Realm with Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu, traveled to Starfall Pavilion, and persuaded Yao Chen to take him as a disciple and teach him the Flame Mantra.
• Xiao Yan abandoned his former cultivation method, used the Green Lion Demon Flame to evolve the Flame Mantra, and agreed to enter the Pill Tower’s Youth Alchemist Tournament at Yao Chen’s request.
• Yao Chen introduced Xiao Yan to the Pill Tower’s Three Giants as a Xiao Clan holy son, while Xuan Yi worried that he might challenge Cao Ying in the tournament.
• While exploring the Pill Tower, Xiao Yan met Dan Chen and followed her to the Dan Family reception room, where Danyang Zi and the Cao Family patriarch discussed the two young women’s talent.

Xiao Yan defeated Cao Ying in the flame duel and the Youth Alchemy Competition, then drew closer to Cao Ying and Dan Chen while asserting his status as the Xiao Clan’s Holy Son. When the Yin-Yang Twin Flames appeared in Dou Sheng ruins, Yao Lao prepared Xiao Yan to join the Pill Tower’s expedition.

• Xiao Yan defeated Cao Ying in a flame duel and invited her to test their alchemy at the Youth Competition.
• Xiao Yan refined an Emperor's Extreme Pill and won the competition, while Cao Ying fainted after seeing his victory.
• Xiao Yan pursued Dan Chen and Cao Ying, then challenged Song Qing after Song Qing tried to drive him away from Cao Ying and knocked him unconscious.
• Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu revealed Xiao Yan was the Xiao Clan’s Holy Son, forcing the Pill Tower Grand Elder to apologize for his attack.
• A vast ancient city fell onto the Fertile Plains, and investigators discovered that Dou Zong experts could not enter its ruins.
• Xiao Yan’s soul power rose after he took the Spirit-Nurturing Heavenly Pill, and he began improving the Emperor’s Extreme Pill in the Youth Class.
• Xuan Kongzi announced that the Yin-Yang Twin Flames lay within the ruins, and Xiao Yan kissed Dan Chen before admitting he could not offer her exclusive love.
• Yao Lao warned Xiao Yan about the ruins and gave him a scroll before the Pill Tower’s Sixth-Rank Alchemist team departed in three days.

Xiao Yan entered the Yin-Yang Evil Saint’s ruins, obtained the Yin-Yang Saint Flame, and left with Yao Ling after their cultivation together. Xiao Shaobei rescued Lang Bi and destroyed the black miasma, while Xiao Yan returned to the Pill Tower and began refining a seventh-grade pill.

• Xiao Yan arrived in Black Wind City, met Yao Ling of the Yao Clan, and entered the ruins with her to seek the Yin-Yang Twin Flames.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Ling broke the altar’s barrier, but the Yin-Yang Evil Saint appeared, expelled the other intruders, and sent Xiao Yan to the dangerous Yin Side.
• The Yin-Yang Evil Saint revealed that his corpse had become a Red-Haired Monster after contact with a Dou Di corpse, then passed the Yin-Yang Saint Flame to Xiao Yan and asked him to find Shao Bei.
• Xiao Yan refined the flame while Xiao Wen and Xiao Wu contained the spreading black miasma, and the flame evolved Xiao Yan’s Flame Mantra as Yao Ling refined the weakened twin flames.
• Xiao Yan cultivated with Yao Ling, advancing to Seven-Star Dou Huang while she reached Dou Zong, and they emerged from the ruins as Yao Tian confronted Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Shaobei arrived, stopped Yao Tian from harming Xiao Yan, then entered the ruins, reunited with Lang Bi, and destroyed the Red-Haired Monster and the black miasma.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Pill Tower, embraced Cao Ying and Dan Chen, gave Yao Lao the Yin-Yang Saint Scripture, and prepared to refine a Transformation Pill before the gathered Pill Tower.

Xiao Yan reached the Northwest Continent, found Hun Xin, and helped Ya Fei take control of the Mittel Family before dissolving his engagement to Nalan Yanran. At the Misty Cloud Sect, he freed two trapped souls, captured a Hun Clan remnant, and left Yun Shan with a Sect Breaking Pill.

• Xiao Yan became a Seventh-Rank Alchemist, then told Cao Ying and Dan Chen he would leave for the Northwest Continent to gather Heavenly Flames.
• Xiao Xuan investigated the Third-Generation Soul Emperor’s corpse at Heavenly Burial Mountain while Xiao Yan departed Sacred Pill City with Wen and Wu.
• Xiao Yan reached Wutan City, searched for Hun descendants, and chose Hun Xin as his disciple after finding her exceptional aptitude.
• Xiao Yan took Ya Fei and Hun Xin to the Imperial Capital, helped Ya Fei become Mittel Family clan head, and promised to support her ambitions.
• Xiao Yan met Nalan Yanran, dissolved their engagement, cured Nalan Jie’s poison, and declared that the Xiao Clan would protect the Nalan Family for a hundred years.
• At the Mittel Family banquet, Xiao Yan met Yun Yun and agreed to visit the Misty Cloud Sect, where Nalan Yanran asked him to help the souls trapped in a stone.
• Xiao Yan freed Yun Potian and captured a Hun Clan remnant from a World Soul Stone, then gave Yun Yun a Sect Breaking Pill for Yun Shan.