Recaps

Xiao Yan protected the Han Family, then journeyed to the Southwest Continent and gained the Netherworld Poison Flame after confronting the Netherworld Poison Saint’s legacy. When a Demon Saint attacked, Hun Xue rescued and captured Xiao Yan, taking him to the Hall of Souls in the Small Soul Realm.

• Xiao Yan returned to Starfall Pavilion, then traveled with Han Yue to the Han Family and forced Hong Li to seek an apology from the Northern Wind-Thunder Pavilion.
• Thunder Venerable brought Feng Qing'er to apologize, gave Xiao Yan a map to the Nine Nether Wind Flame, and Xiao Yan left Han Yue with betrothal gifts before heading to Sacred Pill City.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Cao Ying and Dan Chen, demonstrated his alchemy, and then traveled to the Southwest Continent, where he destroyed the Poison Dragon Sect and revived the Heavenly Fire Venerable.
• Xiao Yan and his companions entered the Netherworld Poison Saint’s ruins, where Xiao Yan refined the Demon Python’s demonic qi, advanced his soul power, and received the Netherworld poison flame and the Calamity Scripture.
• Xiao Yan’s Flame Mantra evolved to Heaven Tier, and after he survived tribulation lightning, he fought the Sacred Demon Sect Master and killed him with the Reincarnation Demon-Refining Cauldron.
• A Demon Saint attacked Xiao Yan, but Hun Xue intervened and drove the fiend away before sealing Xiao Yan’s Dou Qi and carrying him to the Small Soul Realm.
• Hun Xue brought Xiao Yan to the Hall of Souls headquarters, where she ordered Hun Wuya to seal him and confine him until Hun Miaomiao emerged from seclusion.

Xiao Yan entered the Nine Nether Abyss with Hun Miaomiao and Bai Nian, absorbed the Nine Nether Wind Flame, and gained access to Sacred Artifact Mountain. After defeating the Weird Curse Demon Emperor’s lingering will, Xiao Yan survived its corruption but left with a dangerous demonic source sealed only temporarily.

• Hun Xue arranged for Xiao Yan to accompany Hun Miaomiao into the Nine Nether Abyss, where he forged fire-lotus containers and battle armor with her before the group entered.
• Xiao Yan and Hun Miaomiao fought the Fallen Heavenly Phoenix and Nine Netherworld Earth Demon Python alongside Bai Nian, then reached the Nine Nether Saint Ancestor’s corpse and heard his account of the continent’s history and the Flame Mantra.
• The Nine Nether Saint Ancestor gave Xiao Yan the Nine Nether Wind Flame and directed him to take Hun Miaomiao to the Nine Netherworld Earth Demon Python clan before ascending to strengthen the Heaven-Deceiving Array.
• Xiao Yan endured weeks of torment to absorb the Nine Nether Wind Flame, advanced to Six-Star Dou Zun, and traveled with Hun Miaomiao and Bai Nian to Sacred Artifact Mountain.
• Xiao Yan, Hun Miaomiao, and Bai Nian defeated a powerful demon creature and used their tokens to enter Sacred Artifact Mountain, where two identical monkeys disputed which one was its true artifact spirit.
• Xiao Yan exposed the Weird Curse Demon Emperor’s lingering will by heating the tokens, and the awakened true artifact spirit destroyed it, though the Demon Emperor’s curse left Xiao Yan contaminated by demonic source.
• The artifact spirit purified Xiao Yan enough to restore him, warned that his demonic source could break free, and gave him access to the Ancient Artifact Dao inheritance, which Hun Miaomiao and Bai Nian also studied.
• Little Monkey interrupted Xiao Yan’s near-entry into the Heavenly Realm to prevent corruption, advised him to seal the demonic source with a mandala flower, and offered each of the three a Saint Relic.

Xiao Yan sealed the Demon Emperor’s source, gained the Pure Lotus Demon Saint’s teachings, and returned to the Central Plains to pursue greater strength. He learned of Shi Hao’s past and was granted a chance to refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame, subject to conditions.

• Xiao Yan wielded the Heavenly Flames Eternal Ancient Ruler, then left Sacred Artifact Mountain with Hun Miaomiao and Bai Nian as Xiao Chen killed the pursuing Demon Saints.
• Hun Xue helped Xiao Yan reach Manto Mountain Manor, where the Mandala Flower sealed the Demon Emperor’s source and Xiao Yan burned away a Demon Saint imprisoned in its roots.
• After absorbing the flower’s nectar, Xiao Yan reached Seven-Star Dou Zun and traveled with Hun Xue to the Heavenly Derivation Realm, where Yan Shenzi revealed the Pure Lotus Demon Flame’s link to the True Flame Emperor’s inheritance.
• Xiao Yan devoured wisps of the Purifying Lotus Demon Flame in the Demon Saint Space, met the Pure Lotus Demon Saint, and received the method for comprehending True Flame World Purification.
• After three months of cultivation, Xiao Yan reached peak Nine-Star Dou Zun and returned to the Central Plains, where he told Yao Lao that he had to overcome the Demon Emperor’s source within three years.
• Xiao Yan reunited with Zi Yan, Han Yue, and Yao Lao, then left Starfall Pavilion for the Pill Tower to seek permission to refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame.
• Xiao Yan captured a Stone Clan Dou Zun who had attacked Shi Hao and learned that the Young Clan Chief’s Wife had ordered Shi Hao’s death.
• Xiao Yan promised to help Shi Hao seek justice, imprisoned the Stone Clan Dou Zun, and learned from the Pill Tower’s Three Giants that he could refine the Three Thousand Burning Flame under certain conditions.

Xiao Yan subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame, gathered rare ingredients for the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill, and helped bring Burning Flame Valley’s Tang Huo'er into his life. After Ice River Valley fell to the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon, Xiao Yan and Yao Lao completed the pill, and Xiao Yan emerged from seclusion at the seventh turn with strength nearing Half-Saint.

• Xiao Yan passed the Pill Tower’s eighth-tier alchemist examination by refining the Ice Spirit Mysterious Heaven Pill and earning five-colored pill lightning.
• Xiao Yan entered the Star Domain, broke the Three Thousand Burning Flame’s seal, and subdued it after a prolonged battle, reaching Four-Revolution Dou Venerate.
• Xiao Yan and Yao Lao began gathering ingredients for the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill, and Xiao Yan obtained a Burning Flame True Yang Fruit from Old Ancestor Huoyun after defeating an Ancient Fire Dragon Lizard.
• Xiao Yan helped Tang Huo'er refine the Nine Dragon Thunder Gang Fire, and the two became lovers before leaving Burning Flame Valley together.
• Xiao Yan took three stalks of ten-thousand-year ice river grass from Ice River Valley, then escaped the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon, who killed the valley’s people and drained their vitality.
• Yao Lao and Xiao Yan refined the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill, while Yao Lao enlisted major powers to join an attack on the Heavenly Underworld Sect.
• Xiao Yan faced the pill’s lightning tribulation as Yao Lao completed the pill, then announced that he would lead the assault on the Heavenly Underworld Sect and kill the Heavenly Underworld Old Demon.
• Xiao Yan swallowed the Ninefold Separation Divine Flame Pill and emerged a month later at the seventh turn, with an aura nearing Half-Saint.