Recaps

After destroying the Misty Cloud Sect, Xiao Yan left the Jia Ma Empire with Qingtan and joined the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan. They trained in the Nine Nether Secret Realm, where Xiao Yan faced illusions of the Flame Emperor, Lin Dong, and Mu Chen as the trial’s final battle escalated.

• Xiao Yan destroyed the Misty Cloud Sect after Yun Yun chose to stand with it, and the sect’s members turned against her before she took her own life.
• Xiao Yan annihilated the sect on Misty Cloud Mountain, then prepared to leave for the Great Thousand World and said farewell to his family and companions.
• Xiao Yan and Qingtan crossed the Plane Passage, adapted to spiritual power, and joined the Nine Nether Sparrow Clan after Patriarch Tianhuang recognized Xiao Yan’s bloodline.
• Xiao Yan earned a place on the Nine Nether Enforcement Team by fighting Qin Wan'er, then claimed divine arts and trained before entering the Nine Nether Secret Realm.
• Xiao Yan and Qingtan passed the first trial by climbing through crushing gravity and lightning, then endured fifteen days of cold waves and Ice-Bone Spirit Pythons in the second trial.
• Xiao Yan created the Divine Art-level Flame Splitting Wave Ruler during the second trial, while Qingtan advanced to Third-Rank Supreme and mastered the basics of the Ice Crystal Divine Art.
• In the third trial, Xiao Yan fought illusions of the Flame Emperor, Lin Dong, and Mu Chen, breaking Mu Chen’s Spiritual Array and summoning the Four Fiends Spirit after his Flame Emperor Body proved weaker than expected.
• Xiao Yan reached the seventh-rank Supreme level and traded attacks with the trio, whose strength surged to the peak of the eighth-rank Supreme level.

Xiao Yan escaped the World Will’s restrictions, strengthened his abilities, and joined Qin Wan'er’s expedition to the Dragon God Ruins. After reaching Ninth-Rank Supreme and claiming treasures, he faced a massive Dragon Bone Guard and learned it had been seeking release.

• Xiao Yan defeated the Flame Emperor, the Martial Ancestor, and Mu Chen with Mortal Annihilation, then learned from the World Will about the coming Extraterritorial Evil Clan calamity and the force manipulating destiny.
• The World Will remade Xiao Yan’s Supreme Sea into the Fortune Green Lotus, and Xiao Yan witnessed the birth of the universe before returning from the Nine Nether Secret Realm severely depleted.
• Xiao Yan cultivated in the Heavenly Tomb, improved the Demon Fury Nine Arts, and joined Qin Wan'er’s team to investigate the Dragon God Ruins on the Divine Beast Continent.
• In Sun-Moon Town, Xiao Yan bought the Heart Demon Pill formula and a Spiritual Array diagram, encountered the legacy of Blood Battle King, and helped trigger a war among the factions before the ruins opened.
• Xiao Yan found and took the Nine-Revolution Green Lotus, used its White Jade Lotus Seed to advance to Ninth-Rank Supreme, and discovered an army of Dragon Bone Guards and valuable artifact-forging divine stone.
• Xiao Yan upgraded his Divine Artifacts and Xuan Heavy Ruler, then confronted a massive Dragon Bone Guard that shattered his attacks and armor.
• Xiao Yan entered a pseudo-heart demon state, concealed his vitality, and used Eight Extremes Collapse to strike the Dragon Bone Guard’s energy core, but it moved again and thanked him for helping it find release.

Xiao Yan killed Long Nixian, grew stronger, and gained a Heavenly Sovereign Puppet before joining forces with Mandala. After learning Qingtan was being hunted, he engineered a conflict between the Ice Spirit Clan and Saint Demon Palace, leaving both sides locked in battle.

• Long Fan revealed Long Nixian’s betrayal of the Dragon God and entrusted Xiao Yan with battle-formation knowledge, two Flames of Battle Intent, and the Dragon Spirit Pearl before losing consciousness.
• Xiao Yan encountered Long Nixian possessing Zong Yang, then used Spiritual Arrays and the Dragon Bone Guards to kill him after Long Nixian restored his strength.
• Xiao Yan refined Long Nixian’s corpse, broke through to Earth Supreme, and turned the remains into a Spirit Grade Heavenly Sovereign Puppet.
• Xiao Yan gathered flames across Sky Luo Continent and found Mandala beneath a volcano, where she offered to guide him to the Saint Flood Dragon Flame in exchange for help against Lu Heng.
• Xiao Yan removed Mandala’s curse and traveled with her to the Southern Region, where he learned Qingtan was being pursued by the Ice Spirit Clan.
• Xiao Yan found the wounded Qingtan, then attacked the Ice Spirit Clan camp and disguised himself to lure Lu Heng and the clan’s elders into fighting each other.
• Xiao Yan secretly used soul attacks to intensify the battle as Lu Heng and the Ice Spirit Clan elder revealed their powerful Supreme Dharma Bodies.

Xiao Yan established the Endless Fire Domain, broke the Southern Region Alliance’s blockade, and set out for the Ancient Sacred Abyss to seek power. Inside the Abyss, he found the Heavenly Array Elder’s ruins and defeated Qing Yanjing, then decided to use her Buddha Ancient Clan bloodline to cultivate the Great Buddha Art.

• Lu Heng and the Ice Spirit Ancestor unleashed their Supreme Divine Abilities, but Xiao Yan disrupted their spiritual power and caused a backlash that destroyed their Dharma Bodies and devastated the battlefield.
• Xiao Yan claimed the Saint Demon Palace’s treasures, made it his base, and renamed it the Endless Fire Domain, while Mandala and Qingtan received the Great Solar Undying Body and Ice God Dharma Body methods.
• Xiao Yan used his hidden supply of medicinal herbs to outlast the Southern Region Alliance’s blockade, then crushed its smaller factions through a commercial counterattack and absorbed them into the Endless Fire Domain.
• After learning the Ancient Sacred Abyss was about to open, Xiao Yan traveled to Saint Abyss Continent, entered the Abyss alone, and followed a compass toward the Heavenly Array Elder’s ruins.
• Xiao Yan recognized that a vast desert was a Spiritual Array, found its weak points, and broke through to the hidden cave abode, where Qing Yanjing tried to take the treasures.
• Qing Yanjing trapped Xiao Yan in her Saint Buddha Tower and spiritual arrays, but he escaped and defeated her Boundless Light Body with the Four Fiends Demon-Sealing Array.
• Xiao Yan subdued Qing Yanjing, searched her memories for the Great Buddha Art, and decided to cultivate it using her Buddha Ancient Clan bloodline.