Recaps

Xiao Qian awakens his power and discovers that Xiao Xun'er's affection opens his dantians, while he builds a bond with Xiao Yan and helps the Xiao Clan destroy the Jia Lie Family. The arc ends with Xiao Qian and Xiao Xun'er secretly growing closer as she searches Xiao Zhan's room for an ancestral treasure.

• Xiao Xun'er breaks Xiao Qian's suppression, awakening his power and giving him nine dantians, though he threatens her before learning that only the flame's main body can fully free him.
• Xiao Qian cultivates by eating magical beast meat and discovers that guiding Dou Qi into a golden-chain-wrapped dantian lets him advance.
• Xiao Qian catches Xiao Yan in Xiao Xun'er's room, strikes him, and later agrees with him to become rivals in cultivation.
• Xiao Qian discovers that nurturing Xiao Xun'er's meridians opens another dantian, while the same method has no effect on Xiao Yan.
• After Xiao Yan challenges him at the annual test, Xiao Qian defeats him in the arena, and the two sneak away together for a night out.
• Jia Lie Ao's ambush traps Xiao Qian, Xiao Yan, and Xiao Yu, but Xiao Qian defeats the attackers and kills Jia Lie Lin with help from Xiao Xun'er.
• Xiao Qian and Xiao Xun'er turn Jia Lie Ao into a puppet, then Xiao Qian kills Jia Lie Bi and Jia Lie Ao during the public exchange, allowing the Xiao Clan to attack the Jia Lie Family.
• A year later, Xiao Yan reveals that his Dou Qi has been vanishing, while Xiao Qian demonstrates power from three dantians and later catches Xiao Xun'er searching Xiao Zhan's room for an ancestral treasure.

Xiao Qian and Xiao Xun'er confessed their feelings before parting, and he traveled with Nalan Yanran to claim the promised magical beast skeletons. While refining his puppet in the Nalan family arena, Xiao Qian encountered Ling Qingzhu, whose soul entered the puppet and killed the Mighty Demon Bull.

• Xiao Xun'er revealed that the Gu Clan sought the Tou She Ancient God Jade, and an eighth golden chain entered Xiao Qian and opened his eighth dantian.
• Xiao Qian built a puppet capable of wielding his magic core’s power, while Xiao Xun'er sculpted its face.
• Nalan Yanran challenged Xiao Yan to dissolve their engagement, and Xiao Yan rejected her and vowed to face the Misty Cloud Sect in three years.
• Xiao Qian fought Nalan Yanran, then read her letter and confronted her about its cryptic message and Yun Leng’s instructions.
• Xiao Qian and Xiao Xun'er admitted their love, shared a final day together, and parted as the chains in his dantian shattered.
• Xiao Qian traveled with Nalan Yanran to the Nalan estate to collect three fourth-order beast skeletons, and Nalan Su challenged him to obtain the Mighty Demon Bull’s remains himself.
• Xiao Qian’s Fairy Spirit Puppet fought the Demon Bull as he refined its magic core, and his soul was drawn into another realm where he encountered Ling Qingzhu.
• Ling Qingzhu’s soul entered the puppet and killed the Demon Bull, after which Xiao Qian removed its magic core and offered the beast’s meat to the Nalan family.

Xiao Qian stunned the Misty Cloud Sect with his mountain-gate test and earned entry to the Inner Sect after defeating Yang Yuan. As he trained with Ling Qingzhu and grew closer to Nalan Yanran, he pursued a path toward becoming a direct disciple.

• Xiao Qian revealed the Heaven-Burning Flame after reaching ninth-stage dou qi in all nine dantians, then refused Nalan Jie’s proposal to marry Nalan Yanran.
• Xiao Qian raced up Misty Cloud Mountain, overcame the disciples who blocked his way, and recorded an unassignable rating with eighty-one stages of Dou Qi.
• Yun Lei offered Xiao Qian direct admission, and Xiao Qian joined the Misty Cloud Sect after Yun Leng promised a chance to approach the Nihility Devouring Flame.
• Xiao Qian defeated Yang Yuan, who revealed his breakthrough to Dou Shi, then used his Golden Flame claw to shatter Yang Yuan’s Dou Qi Veil and secure Inner Sect admission.
• Nalan Yanran brought Xiao Qian to live beside her residence, defended him from Lin Ye and Liu Ling, and shared her magical beast meat with him.
• Ling Qingzhu taught Xiao Qian Flower Shadow Shatter, and they compared martial arts with Dou Techniques before Xiao Qian practiced through the night.
• Xiao Qian defeated Nalan Yanran in a spar, asked about powerful Dou Techniques, and followed her to the Cultivation Technique Hall to test his compatibility with Extreme Wind.

Xiao Qian inherited the Wind Cloud Art, conquered Wind Thunder Gorge, and trained under Yun Yun while Lin Ye and Liu Ling schemed against Nalan Yanran. The Imperial Capital Hunting Competition began with Xiao Qian leading the Nalan team through its first round, then helping Nalan Yanran face a stronger pack of wolves.

• Xiao Qian passed the Wind Cloud Art’s compatibility test, inherited the technique, and chose Extreme Wind: Setting Sun Radiance before entering Wind Thunder Gorge.
• Xiao Qian set successive records in Wind Thunder Gorge, reached its seventeenth level, and absorbed a wind spirit’s power with Yun Yun’s help, advancing all four dantians to Nine-Star Dou Zhe.
• Yun Yun trained Xiao Qian in the sect’s core wind techniques, and he emerged from the gorge after two months to learn that Nalan Yanran had returned to her clan.
• Liu Ling and Lin Ye tried to make Nalan Yanran turn against Xiao Qian in exchange for pills and support, but she refused, and Nalan Jie later advised the family to support her connection with Xiao Qian.
• Xiao Qian joined Nalan Yanran’s team for the Imperial Capital Hunting Competition, where all three Nalan teams drew the same field and Xiao Qian killed two Magic Wolves to secure his team’s advancement.
• Liu Ling merged the next arenas and released eight stronger Magic Wolves, and Xiao Qian directed Nalan Yanran to attack their assigned wolf while he created an opening.