Recaps

Xiao Yan unleashed the Nine Profound Annihilation Burning Heaven Eyes and a Demon Fury Fire Lotus empowered by the Nine Ancestral Symbols against Heavenly Demon Emperor Slaying Heaven. The two survived the devastating clash but were gravely wounded, and Xiao Yan urged Qing Yanjing to escape through the Teleportation Spirit Array.

• Xiao Yan used the fused Ancestral Symbol Eye and Demon Emperor Eye to send Heavenly Demon Emperor Slaying Heaven flying, but the attack destroyed both his eyes.
• Xiao Yan formed a Demon Fury Fire Lotus empowered by every flame in his body and the Nine Ancestral Symbols, then launched it at Heavenly Demon Emperor Slaying Heaven.
• Heavenly Demon Emperor Slaying Heaven used the Blood Demon Duan Tian Slash to clash with the fire lotus, and their attacks destroyed the lower plane and dozens of nearby continents.
• Qing Yanjing survived the explosion behind the Boundless Light Body and Saint Buddha Tower, while the Great Thousand Palace’s rankings showed Xiao Yan had gained tens or hundreds of millions of demon-slaying points.
• The storm left Xiao Yan badly injured and Heavenly Demon Emperor Slaying Heaven cracked and bleeding, with his bone blade shattered; he collapsed as Xiao Yan told Qing Yanjing to leave through the Teleportation Spirit Array.

Xiao Yan and Qing Yanjing were trapped when Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor arrived with several other Heavenly Demon Emperors. Xiao Yan sent Qing Yanjing toward the Teleportation Spirit Array, then devoured multiple Demon Emperor corpses and prepared to face the attackers despite his body breaking down.

• Xiao Yan sensed several approaching auras stronger than Heavenly Demon Emperor Slaying Heaven as Qing Yanjing tried to lead him to the Teleportation Spirit Array.
• Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor appeared with several Heavenly Demon Emperors and vowed to kill Xiao Yan before he could grow stronger.
• Xiao Yan told Qing Yanjing to escape through the array, then struck her toward it while the Demon Emperors focused on him.
• Xiao Yan devoured Heavenly Demon Emperor Slaying Heaven's corpse, destroying Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor's Black-and-white Saint Demon Flame attack with the resulting power.
• Xiao Yan devoured several more Demon Emperor corpses, suffering bloody fissures as his aura surpassed Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor's, and challenged the gathered Demon Emperors.

Xiao Yan used the demonic energy inside him to overpower the Heavenly Demon Emperors, then faked a desperate final attack to escape through the Teleportation Spirit Array. The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor believed the corruption would eventually turn Xiao Yan into a mindless killer in the Great Thousand World.

• Xiao Yan attacked the Heavenly Demon Emperors with his blood-red Dragon Slaying Sword, despite the demonic energy tearing apart his body and fueling his killing intent.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor realized Xiao Yan might detonate himself, so the Heavenly Demon Emperors avoided confronting him directly.
• Xiao Yan launched a massive blade of light, then let it dissipate while he slipped into the Teleportation Spirit Array.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor pursued Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan's Fire Lotus exploded and engulfed the Heavenly Demon Emperors as he escaped.
• The Saint Heavenly Demon Emperor told the others that Xiao Yan's body and mind would be corrupted by their demonic energy, potentially unleashing a slaughtering beast upon the Great Thousand World.

Demon-possessed Xiao Yan was thrown tens of thousands of years into the past, where he slaughtered both sides in the Great Thousand World’s decisive battle. After the Four Divine Beasts tried to seal him on the ancient Dou Qi Continent, Xiao Yan regained some awareness and turned against the Dragon Slaying Sword’s power.

• Demonic aura destroyed Xiao Yan’s teleportation passage and drove him into a space-time storm, which sent him tens of thousands of years into the past and left his treasures, the Plane Spirit, and Little Yao dormant.
• Xiao Yan appeared in the decisive battle between the Great Thousand World and the Extraterritorial Evil Clan and slaughtered fighters from both sides with the Blood-Colored Long Sword.
• The Great Thousand World’s forces chose four Immortal Grade Heavenly Sovereign divine beast kings to seal Xiao Yan on the ancient Dou Qi Continent.
• After seven days of pursuit, the Four Divine Beasts formed the Four Divine Beasts Sealing Heaven Formation, but Xiao Yan’s sword shattered the seal.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Four Divine Beasts to keep sealing him, then stabbed the Dragon Slaying Sword into his chest and drew its absorbed blood fiendish aura into his body.

Xiao Yan asked the Four Divine Beasts to seal him because the Demon Sword and demonic energy were overwhelming his mind, and they sacrificed themselves to imprison him. Tens of thousands of years later, after another Xiao Yan took the Demon Sword from the sealed site, the imprisoned Xiao Yan revived with Saint Grade spiritual and physical power.

• Xiao Yan asked the Four Divine Beasts to seal him, and Azure Dragon ordered them to proceed.
• Azure Dragon, Vermilion Bird, White Tiger, and Black Tortoise burned their bodies to reach Saint Grade and bound Xiao Yan with four sealing chains.
• The Four Divine Beasts buried Xiao Yan deep underground and raised barriers to suppress the demonic energy, then perished as the chains corroded them.
• Tens of thousands of years later, another Xiao Yan entered the sealed site in the Magical Beast Mountain Range and took the Demon Sword.
• After the younger Xiao Yan left, a radiant flame gathered the scattered bones, and the sealed Xiao Yan revived with Saint Grade spiritual power and physical strength.

Xiao Yan returned to the Dou Qi Continent after surviving the Extraterritorial Evil Clan and reversing tens of thousands of years with the Time Ancestral Symbol. He found the Xiao Clan flourishing at Starfall Pavilion and learned that Xun'er and the others had advanced to Dou Sheng while preparing to reunite with him.

• Xiao Yan recalled how a heavenly flame seed infused with the Time Ancestral Symbol had restored him after the seal shattered, and how his ordeal had raised his spiritual and physical cultivation to Saint Grade.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the remaining demonic energy into his Origin Spirit Clone, turning it into a powerful, demon-like trump card that remained under his control.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Dou Qi Continent and considered bringing it under the Endless Fire Domain's protection and taking possession of the Sky Luo Continent.
• Xiao Yan found that the Xiao Clan had become the leading clan on the Dou Qi Continent and that Xiao Xuan had expanded the Star Realm to match the Ancient Realm.
• Xiao Yan learned that Xun'er and the others had cultivated to Dou Sheng while hoping to ascend to the Great Thousand World and find him.

Xiao Yan reunited with his family and learned that Cai Lin had given birth to their daughter, Xiao Xiao. As he welcomed his child, Zi Yan demanded that he give her a child to play with too.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Xiao Clan and embraced Xun'er and the other women who had missed him.
• Xiao Yan learned that the women had used a pill refined by Yao Lao to keep their physiques from changing.
• Cai Lin brought Xiao Yan their daughter, Xiao Xiao, and he held her for the first time.
• Zi Yan joked about whether Xiao Xiao should call Xiao Yan Dad or Brother-in-law, then demanded that he give her a child of her own.

Xiao Yan returned to the Dou Qi Continent and offered to move the entire continent to the Great Thousand World, where he planned to help his companions grow stronger. He learned that his nominal disciple Youquan was away gaining experience and would soon return.

• Xiao Xuan welcomed Xiao Yan back and learned that he had become powerful enough to move the Dou Qi Continent to the Great Thousand World.
• Xiao Yan told Xun'er and the others he would take them and the entire continent with him, and urged them to reach the Dou Di level.
• Hun Dai'er doubted they could advance quickly, but Xiao Yan planned to help them cultivate with Supreme Spiritual Liquid rather than force a sudden breakthrough.
• Xiao Yan asked about Lin Jing, and Xiao Yi Xian said she was gaining experience with his other disciple.
• Qing Lin explained that Yao Lao had registered Ye Lingyu under Xiao Yan's name, and Xiao Yan learned his nominal disciple's name was Youquan.

After returning from his travels, Xiao Yan reunited with Lin Jing, whose feelings for him were crushed when he told her he and her adoptive mother Qingtan were together. Ye Lingyu recruited Lin Jing into a plan to pursue Xiao Yan, leaving the two disciples preparing to make their move.

• Xiao Yan and the women held a contest, where Zi Yan, Xiao Yi Xian, Cai Lin, Xun'er, and Hun Dai'er all failed to overcome him.
• Hun Dai'er tried to improve her skills with Xiao Yan, but gave up after her efforts ended in humiliation.
• Lin Jing returned after reaching the Profound Life stage and was devastated when Xiao Yan told her she had to call him Dad because he was with Qingtan.
• Ye Lingyu mocked Lin Jing and proposed a plan to help her win Xiao Yan's affection.
• Lin Jing agreed to join Ye Lingyu, who headed for Xiao Yan's room and announced her arrival.

Xiao Yan studied the Heavenly Array Elder’s legacy when Ye Lingyu arrived and revealed herself as his nominal disciple. Lin Jing joined Ye Lingyu in pursuing him, leaving Xiao Yan overwhelmed by their advances.

• Xiao Yan studied the Heavenly Array Elder’s Spiritual Array legacy as he worked to improve his secondary professions.
• Ye Lingyu entered and confronted Xiao Yan over keeping her in the dark about his identity and their past.
• Ye Lingyu undressed and embraced Xiao Yan, declaring herself a rebellious disciple who intended to seize her chance with him.
• Lin Jing appeared behind Xiao Yan, embraced him, and admitted that she wanted to be rebellious too.
• Ye Lingyu began undoing Xiao Yan’s clothes as she and Lin Jing pressed their advances.

Xiao Yan returned to the Great Thousand World, gathered resources, and used his Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign strength to bring the Sky Luo Continent under the Endless Fire Domain’s control. With the continent unified, he prepared to strengthen his power base before moving the Dou Qi Continent to the Great Thousand World.

• After instructing Ye Lingyu and Lin Jing, Xiao Yan sent Xun'er and the others into the Heavenly Tomb to cultivate until they broke through to Dou Di.
• Xiao Yan crossed into the Great Thousand World, retrieved the Long Nixian Puppet from the Saint Abyss Continent, and exchanged his Demon-Slaying Points at the Great Thousand Palace for resources.
• Xiao Yan searched the Saint Abyss Continent for Qing Yanjing but found no trace of her, then resolved to visit the Buddha Ancient Clan and bring her out later.
• Xiao Yan returned to the Endless Fire Domain and used his Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign strength to crush the plans of rival Superpowers on the Sky Luo Continent.
• The Superpowers withdrew or submitted, and Xiao Yan unified the Sky Luo Continent under the Endless Fire Domain despite its weak foundations.

Xiao Yan established the Endless Fire Domain’s headquarters and discussed Qingtan’s chance to compete for leadership of the Ice Spirit Clan. Qingtan chose to pursue the opportunity, and Xiao Yan gave her a pill and two Ancestral Symbols to prepare her.

• Xiao Yan made the Profound Heaven Hall the Endless Fire Domain’s headquarters and planned to raise the domain’s reputation and recruit more experts.
• Qingtan told Xiao Yan that people from the Ice Spirit Clan had invited her to compete for clan leader, and Mandala explained that the clan’s factions might have different motives.
• Xiao Yan suspected the Ice Spirit Clan wanted to control Qingtan, but Mandala noted that Xiao Yan’s backing could change how they treated her.
• Qingtan decided to pursue the position so she could gain access to the Ice Spirit Clan’s ice-attribute legacy.
• Xiao Yan gave Qingtan a Dou Zun-Breaking Pill and returned the Ice Ancestor Symbol and Darkness Ancestral Symbol to strengthen her before the competition.

Xiao Yan gave Qingtan artificial ancestral symbols, training resources, and an upgraded weapon to help her contend for the Ice Spirit Clan Leader position, then put her through his unconventional version of special training. Afterward, he told her that Lin Jing would soon join them and that her relationship with Xiao Yan had changed, leaving Qingtan stunned.

• Xiao Yan gave Qingtan two artificial ancestral symbols, a Supreme Dharma Body scroll, Divine Abilities, and an offer to reinforce her sickle.
• Xiao Yan promised Qingtan a one-on-one special training session to help her break through to the Earth Supreme, and the two spent the night together.
• Xiao Yan told Qingtan that he had visited Lin Jing and could bring the Dou Qi Continent's coordinates to the Sky Luo Continent so they could meet.
• Xiao Yan explained that Lin Jing's relationship with him had become like Qingtan's, and Qingtan realized Lin Jing would likely call her older sister.

Xiao Yan refused to end his relationship with Qingtan after Lin Jing became his woman, brushing aside Qingtan’s concerns about their mother-in-law and son-in-law roles. After Qingtan grew accustomed to the arrangement and advanced to Earth Supreme, Xiao Yan sent her toward the Ice Spirit Clan with protection, then turned to his own plans.

• Qingtan tried to end her relationship with Xiao Yan because Lin Jing was now his woman and Qingtan considered herself Lin Jing’s mother, but Xiao Yan dismissed her objections.
• Qingtan sought help from Mandala, who joined in briefly before giving up on mediating.
• Xiao Yan opened a passage between the Dou Qi Continent and the Sky Luo Continent and repeatedly brought Qingtan and Lin Jing together, until Qingtan grew accustomed to their relationship.
• Qingtan advanced to Earth Supreme under Xiao Yan’s tutoring, qualifying her to contend for the Ice Spirit Clan Leader position.
• Xiao Yan gave Qingtan a Jade Fragment and placed a wisp of Emperor Flame within her before sending her to the Ice Spirit Clan.
• After Qingtan departed, Xiao Yan prepared to build his reputation and carry out plans he had long intended.

Xiao Yan traveled to Burning Heaven Mountain to refine the powerful Burning Heaven Spirit Flame and strengthen his Emperor Flame. Afterward, he set off for the prosperous Fire Spirit Clan, intending to make a name for himself there.

• Xiao Yan arrived at the Volcano Continent and sent the Flame Ancestral Symbol to absorb energy from its volcanoes.
• Xiao Yan entered Burning Heaven Mountain and refined the Burning Heaven Spirit Flame, increasing his strength.
• Xiao Yan recalled that he had learned about the flame from the memories of a Demon Emperor he had devoured and had devised a plan against the Extraterritorial Evil Clan.
• Xiao Yan put away the Flame Ancestral Symbol and headed for the Fire Spirit Clan to find more fire and make a name for himself.
• Xiao Yan prepared to challenge the powerful Fire Spirit Clan, whose ancient ancestor and fire-control techniques had deterred other factions.

Xiao Yan, the Demon Emperor of the Endless Fire Domain, visited the Fire Spirit Clan and challenged them to a Fire Duel for their Clan-Protecting Divine Flame. He wagered the Burning Heaven Spirit Flame against it, and the Fire Spirit Clan Chief accepted.

• The Fire Spirit Clan Chief and several Grand Elders confronted Xiao Yan after his aura shrouded the Fire Spirit Continent.
• Xiao Yan introduced himself and asked to test the clan's Fire-Control Technique.
• The Fire Spirit Clan elders debated whether to accept Xiao Yan's challenge, while the Chief agreed to a contest.
• Xiao Yan proposed a Fire Duel, wagering the Burning Heaven Spirit Flame against the clan's Clan-Protecting Divine Flame.
• The Fire Spirit Clan Chief accepted the wager after seeing the Burning Heaven Spirit Flame.

Xiao Yan challenged the Fire Spirit Clan Chief to a flame-control contest and defeated him with the Flame Ancestral Symbol and his twenty-two heavenly flames. The clan’s Grand Elders then joined the fight and formed the Sacred Flame Heaven-Burning Array, summoning a massive crimson dragon.

• The Fire Spirit Clan Chief accepted Xiao Yan’s wager and summoned a flaming tiger to attack him.
• Xiao Yan used the Flame Ancestral Symbol and twenty-two heavenly flames to overwhelm the Chief’s Fire Beasts, leaving the Chief injured by the backlash.
• The Grand Elders refused to accept the Chief’s defeat and challenged Xiao Yan together.
• Xiao Yan’s heavenly-flame beasts tore through the Grand Elders’ Fire Beasts until the leading Grand Elder called for the Sacred Flame Heaven-Burning Array.
• The Grand Elders combined their flames into a huge pillar of energy, from which an enormous crimson dragon emerged.

Xiao Yan easily defeated the Fire Spirit Clan elders’ combined flame attack and demanded the guardian divine flame he had won in their wager. When the patriarch refused, Xiao Yan subdued the clan with his Saint Grade pressure, prompting an ancient powerhouse from the Fire Spirit Clan to emerge.

• Xiao Yan compressed his Heavenly Flames into a fire lotus that shattered the elders’ crimson dragon in a single strike.
• Xiao Yan reminded the Fire Spirit Clan patriarch that the wager entitled him to their guardian divine flame.
• The patriarch refused to surrender the flame and offered peerless divine abilities as compensation, but Xiao Yan rejected them.
• Xiao Yan threatened to take the divine flame by force and released his Saint Grade pressure, leaving the clan unable to move.
• A powerful aura rose from the depths of the Fire Spirit Continent and countered Xiao Yan’s pressure, and he recognized its source as an old monster of the Fire Spirit Clan.

Xiao Yan drew out the Fire Spirit Ancestor to claim the Fire Spirit Clan’s Clan-Protecting Divine Flame, but the ancestor refused to surrender it and challenged him to battle. In an abandoned Lower Plane, the ancestor revealed his Ancient Flame Dragon Halberd, while Xiao Yan summoned a Demon Sword that surpassed it and suppressed its dragon bloodline.

• The Fire Spirit Ancestor emerged from seclusion and rebuked the Fire Spirit Clan Chief for blaming Xiao Yan after losing their wager.
• The Fire Spirit Ancestor recognized Xiao Yan as a young Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign, and Xiao Yan mocked the clan for sending its ancestor after its younger members had lost.
• The Fire Spirit Ancestor refused to hand over the Divine Flame and opened a Spatial Rift to move their battle to an abandoned Lower Plane.
• The Fire Spirit Ancestor summoned the Ancient Flame Dragon Halberd, a Peerless Sacred Artifact forged from an Ancient Flame Dragon.
• Xiao Yan summoned his blood-red Demon Sword, whose greater grade and dragon-suppressing power made the halberd dim and tremble.

Xiao Yan defeated the Fire Spirit Ancestor by suppressing his weapon and destroying his Supreme Divine Ability with the Emperor Flame. The Fire Spirit Ancestor admitted defeat, leaving Xiao Yan to claim the Fire Spirit Clan’s Clan-Protecting Divine Flame under their wager.

• The Fire Spirit Ancestor put away the suppressed Ancient Flame Dragon Halberd and summoned his blazing sun scorching body.
• The Fire Spirit Ancestor unleashed the Great Sun Heaven-Incinerating Fall at Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan formed a Fire Lotus from the Emperor Flame and dissolved the giant sun on contact.
• The Fire Spirit Ancestor recognized that he could not win and conceded the battle.
• Xiao Yan reminded the Fire Spirit Ancestor of their wager and claimed the Fire Spirit Clan’s Clan-Protecting Divine Flame.

After defeating the Fire Spirit Clan, Xiao Yan gained fame across the Great Thousand World, strengthening the Endless Fire Domain and attracting new experts. As he reviewed the Domain’s growth, Mandala told him a woman from the Buddha Ancient Clan had come to see him, and he wondered if she was Qing Yanjing.

• News of Xiao Yan’s defeat of the Fire Spirit Clan spread, and the Ice Spirit Clan’s Grand Elders agreed to make Qingtan their next Clan Leader.
• Rival powers abandoned their plans against the Endless Fire Domain after learning of Xiao Yan’s strength.
• Xiao Yan sold his pills at major auction houses, earning renown as a Saint Grade Grandmaster Alchemist and helping the Endless Fire Domain recruit experts.
• Xiao Yan absorbed the Clan-Protecting Divine Flame but remained at peak Early Saint Grade, short of a breakthrough to Middle Saint Grade.
• Xiao Yan spoke with Mandala and the others about the Domain’s growing ranks, then heard that a woman from the Buddha Ancient Clan was waiting for him.
• Xiao Yan wondered whether the visitor was Qing Yanjing.

Maha Tian learned that Qing Yanjing had given her heart to Xiao Yan and that the Buddha Ancient Clan had rejected his marriage proposal. He ordered the Maha Gu Clan to attack the Endless Fire Domain, intending to kill Xiao Yan and bolster his prestige.

• Maha Tian asked about the Buddha Ancient Clan’s response and learned that Qing Yanjing loved someone else.
• Maha Tian learned that the man was Xiao Yan, the Demon Emperor of the Endless Fire Domain, and heard about his recent defeat of the Fire Spirit Ancestor.
• Maha Tian dismissed Xiao Yan as an upstart and ordered the Maha Gu Clan to prepare an attack on the Endless Fire Domain.
• Maha Tian planned to kill Xiao Yan to restore his marriage prospects with Qing Yanjing and demonstrate the Maha Gu Clan’s power.

Qing Yanjing found Xiao Yan and warned him that the Maha Gu Clan might target him after her clan rejected Maha Tian’s marriage proposal because of Xiao Yan. Xiao Yan learned how powerful the Maha Gu Clan was but remained confident he could defeat its strongest members.

• Qing Yanjing found Xiao Yan after hearing reports that he had fought the Fire Spirit Ancestor and confirmed he was alive.
• Qing Yanjing warned Xiao Yan that her clan had rejected Maha Tian’s marriage proposal because she had named Xiao Yan, potentially earning him the Maha Gu Clan’s resentment.
• Qing Yanjing explained that Maha Tian was a Middle Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign and that the Maha Gu Clan had two even stronger Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereign Grand Elders.
• Qing Yanjing told Xiao Yan that the Maha Gu Clan possessed a peerless Divine Ability comparable to the Eight-Part Buddha Pagoda.
• Xiao Yan said he was confident he could defeat the Maha Gu Clan’s three Saint Grade Heavenly Sovereigns even without Firmament Transformation.

Xiao Yan prepared the Endless Fire Domain for a possible attack from the Maha Gu Clan while Qing Yanjing stayed and resolved to discuss marriage with him. After refining a powerful pill, Xiao Yan sensed the clan’s arrival and confronted its hidden attackers outside the domain’s protective array.

• Xiao Yan placed the Endless Fire Domain on alert after Qing Yanjing warned him about the Maha Gu Clan, and Qing Yanjing stayed with Zi Yan and Mandala.
• Qing Yanjing recalled how Xiao Yan had saved her from the Extraterritorial Evil Clan and decided to discuss marriage with him.
• Xiao Yan refined the Dragon-Phoenix Heavenly Sovereign Pill, a Saint Grade Grandmaster-level pill capable of aiding Heavenly Sovereigns, and chose to save it for a future breakthrough.
• Maha Tian and the Maha Gu Clan attacked the Endless Fire Domain with a gigantic black palm, but its Saint Grade Grandmaster-level Spiritual Array repelled the strike.
• Xiao Yan appeared in the air, addressed the concealed attackers, and said he had been waiting for them.

Maha Tian led the Maha Gu Clan to attack the Endless Fire Domain and offered Xiao Yan a chance to submit, but Xiao Yan mocked and rejected him. Maha Tian ordered an assault and revealed the powerful maha boundless body as he confronted Xiao Yan.

• Maha Tian arrived with a vast force from the Maha Gu Clan, alarming nearby cultivators who expected the Endless Fire Domain to be overwhelmed.
• Maha Tian offered to spare Xiao Yan and let the Endless Fire Domain remain ruler of the Sky Luo Continent if they submitted to the clan.
• Xiao Yan mocked Maha Tian and refused his offer, prompting Maha Tian to order the Endless Fire Domain washed in blood.
• Maha Tian struck at Xiao Yan while his forces attacked the spiritual array, but Xiao Yan casually dispersed Maha Tian's palm wind.
• Maha Tian manifested the maha boundless body, the eighth-ranked Supreme Dharma Body, as Xiao Yan assessed its formidable reputation.