Recaps

Xiao Yan conquered the Ruins of Return, claimed the Sea Heart Flame, and strengthened himself and Xiao Gate before heading to Jia Nan Academy for medicinal ingredients. When Demon Flame Valley attacked for the academy’s Heavenly Flame, Xiao Yan joined the defense and faced Earth Demon Old Ghost.

• Zi Yan claimed the Dragon Saliva Fire Spirit Grass, and Xiao Yan exposed a Dry Water Demon Python in the lake before Qing Lin gained control of it.
• Xiao Yan descended into a cavern, rejected an illusion of his former home on Earth, and discovered the Sea Heart Flame beneath a green lotus.
• Han Feng and his allies confronted Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan killed the attacking experts, defeated the Gold and Silver Elders, and captured Han Feng’s soul.
• Xiao Yan refined the Sea Heart Flame to reach One-Star Dou Zong, then accepted Hai Bodong’s plan to bring the Mittel Family into Xiao Gate.
• Zi Yan transformed into a mature woman after consuming the Dragon Saliva Fire Spirit Grass pills, while Xiao Yan condensed a Soul Flame Seed and refined pills and puppets.
• Xiao Yan, Zi Yan, and Qing Lin traveled to Jia Nan Academy, where Xiao Yan traded more than twelve hundred pills for medicinal ingredients.
• Earth Demon Old Ghost and Demon Flame Valley attacked Jia Nan Academy to seize its Heavenly Flame, and Xiao Yan joined the defenders after Fang Yan threatened Hu Gan.
• Xiao Yan devoured the elders’ Starry Sky Fire Phoenix and killed Fang Yan and the other elders, then confronted Earth Demon Old Ghost after he defeated Su Qian.

Xiao Yan captured the Fallen Heart Flame, defeated Hun Moli, and restored Yao Lao and the Heavenly Fire Venerable before returning to Wutan City. He ended his engagement to Nalan Yanran and reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, agreeing to help control her Woeful Poison Body and stay with her in the Small Valley.

• Xiao Yan tricked Earth Demon Old Ghost into capturing the Fallen Heart Flame, then killed him, refined the flame, and advanced toward Five-Star Dou Zong.
• Hun Moli pursued Xiao Yan, but he defeated her with the Demon Fury Fire Lotus, enslaved her as Yuan Li, and returned injured to Jia Nan Academy.
• Xiao Yan refined pills and absorbed underground energy until he reached Nine-Star Dou Zong, then discovered the Heavenly Fire Venerable and agreed to restore his soul.
• Xiao Yan gave the infant Fallen Heart Flame to Su Qian, restored the Heavenly Fire Venerable and Yao Lao to living bodies, and received Yao Lao’s Bone Spirit Cold Flame.
• After the Black Emperor Sect destroyed one of Xiao Gate’s auction houses, Xiao Yan killed its leaders, claimed its treasures, and decided to seek Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan returned to Wutan City, revealed himself to Nalan Yanran, and agreed to their engagement’s dissolution before she challenged him to a Three-Year Agreement.
• Xiao Zhan told Xiao Yan that Xiao Yi Xian had left Wutan City after her Woeful Poison Body awakened, and Xiao Yan found her unconscious in the Small Valley.
• Xiao Yan promised Xiao Yi Xian he could control her condition, gave her the Seven-Colored Poison Scripture, and agreed to stay with her in the Small Valley.

Xiao Yan cultivated the Unending Void Demon Body, gathered new flames, and helped Queen Medusa complete her evolution before taking his companions to the Central Plains. At Starfall Pavilion, he prepared the Xiao Clan for safety, then set out with Cai Lin and Little Yao to seek Heavenly Flames.

• Xiao Yi Xian and Xiao Yan held a mock wedding for the Heavenly Poison Woman and Demon Wrath Venerable, then confessed their feelings and spent the night together.
• Xiao Yan reached Dou Zun, returned to Wutan City, and fled the girls' rivalry before setting plans against the Misty Cloud Sect in motion.
• Xiao Yan found Yun Yun wounded by the Amethyst Winged Lion King, left her in a sealed valley, and later tricked her into believing Mo Han had died.
• Xiao Yan entered the Great Beast Den, absorbed its Blood Pool and four mutated Four Symbols Spirits, and cultivated the Unending Void Demon Body while the Demon Sword remained sealed inside him.
• Xiao Yan fused six Heavenly Flames, reached Four-Star Dou Zun, and later gave Queen Medusa the Green Lotus Core Flame to complete her evolution, resulting in the Seven-Colored Heaven Swallowing Python and the Fire Spirit Little Yao.
• Xiao Yan refined the Green Lotus Core Flame, reached Five-Star Dou Zun, and traveled with Xiao Yi Xian and the others through a Space Wormhole to Starfall Pavilion, where Yao Lao agreed to help relocate the Xiao Clan.
• Xiao Yan concealed his strength at Starfall Pavilion, arranged protection and an escape passage for the Xiao Clan, then left with Cai Lin to seek Heavenly Flames.
• Over several months, Xiao Yan refined the Mysterious Yellow Flame and Yin-Yang Twin Flames, reached six-star Dou Zun, and advanced the Flame Mantra to the intermediate Heaven Tier.

Xiao Yan deceived the ancient clans at the Fire Flood Dragon Sage’s Tomb, grew stronger by refining heavenly flames, and began destroying the Soul Hall’s branch halls. The Soul Hall blamed Hun Miesheng for the losses while Hun Dai'er began investigating Yao Chen’s new disciple.

• Xiao Yan reached the Heaven Realm by purifying the Soul Hall’s stolen soul light cluster, then went to the fake Fire Flood Dragon Sage’s Tomb to seize the gathered heavenly flames and bloodlines.
• Xiao Yan revealed himself as the tomb’s mastermind, extracted Yao Xingji’s Nine Nether Wind Flame, and poisoned the assembled clan experts before taking their treasures and souls.
• Xiao Yan fused the stolen clan bloodlines with the Four Fiends Spirit, formed the Xiao Clan’s Clan Mark, and gave Yao Lao a pill made from Yao Tian’s Dou Di bloodline.
• Xiao Yan accompanied Zi Yan to Ancient Dragon Island, where he met the Three Great Elders and learned that the clan had split into four factions after her father disappeared.
• Xiao Yan subdued the Three Thousand Burning Flame in the Pill Tower’s sealed Star Domain, refined his other heavenly flames, and broke through to Dou Sheng.
• Xiao Yan returned Cai Lin to Starfall Pavilion, then destroyed the Soul Hall’s ordinary branches and all twenty-four Earth Fiend Halls before defeating the Deputy Master of the Earth Hall and taking its soul origin.
• The Soul Hall and Hun Clan learned of the branch hall destructions, and Hun Dai'er stripped Hun Miesheng of his position and ordered an investigation into Yao Chen’s new disciple.