Recaps

Fang Chi accused Xiao Yan and his companions of being spies from the Heavenly Puppet Sect and crushed them with his Origin King pressure. Xiao Yan briefly resisted to protect Xiao Yi Xian, but Fang Chi broke through his defenses and left the group kneeling as he defended his suspicions.

• Fang Chi unleashed his pressure, forcing Xiao Yan and his companions to their knees and injuring Xiao Yi Xian.
• Xiao Yan used the Giant Elephant Art to rise and shield the others, briefly holding Fang Chi’s pressure at bay.
• Fang Chi intensified his pressure, shattered Xiao Yan’s golden barrier, and made him cough blood.
• Luo Jin and the others challenged Fang Chi’s accusation, while Fang Chi cited Xiao Yan’s healing offer, the Heavenly Puppet Sect’s pursuit, and his puppet as evidence of a plot.
• Zhou Tai appealed to his standing as an Alchemist Alliance elder, but Fang Chi questioned whether he had served another faction before joining the Alliance.

Fang Chi, increasingly suspicious and seemingly overcome by a dark influence, attacked his own clan elders while Xiao Yan and his companions were suppressed. When Fang Chi was about to kill an elder, a force awakened inside Xiao Yan and hurled Fang Chi into a wall, leaving the elders stunned.

• Fang Chi accused Xiao Yan and his companions of belonging to the Heavenly Puppet Sect and used his overwhelming power to suppress them.
• The three Fang Clan elders questioned Fang Chi's suspicions, but he accused them of disloyalty and attacked them with Origin Qi.
• The elders blocked Fang Chi's attack, and the blast knocked Xiao Yan and his companions down as Xiao Yan heard something break inside him.
• A messenger announced that the poison in Fang Zhicong's body had flared up again, but Fang Chi shouted that Fang Zhicong should die and lunged at an elder.
• A mysterious energy vortex formed around Xiao Yan and blasted Fang Chi into the wall, stunning the elders.

Xiao Xuan’s power surged through Xiao Yan and destroyed the Fang Clan’s council hall, but Xiao Xuan did not respond when Xiao Yan tried to reach him afterward. Fang Chi recovered and tried to approach Xiao Yan, while the three Fang Clan elders blocked him.

• Xiao Yan absorbed the Origin Qi gathering around him as Xiao Xuan’s immense power shook the ruins and startled the Fang Clan disciples.
• The three elders stopped the disciples from entering the council hall and recognized that the power surrounding Xiao Yan belonged to someone far stronger than them.
• Fang Chi broke free of the collapsed wall, remembered his earlier attack, and realized with alarm that he had nearly struck an elder.
• Xiao Yan searched for Xiao Xuan but found no trace of him, then stood and saw Fang Chi nearby.
• Fang Chi tried to explain himself to Xiao Yan, but the three elders stepped between them and warned him not to attack again.

After Fang Chi’s actions endangered Xiao Yan and his companions, the Fang Clan elders suspended him as clan head and named Xiao Yan an honored elder. Xiao Yan agreed to treat Fang Zhicong’s poison only after Fang Chi apologized to Xiao Yi Xian, then led her toward the courtyard.

• Fang Chi apologized to Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan refused to let the matter go easily.
• The three elders suspended Fang Chi as clan head and made Xiao Yan an honored elder of the Fang Clan.
• Fang Chi asked Xiao Yan to treat Fang Zhicong after the poison flared up again.
• Xiao Yan agreed to treat Fang Zhicong on the condition that Fang Chi bow and apologize to Xiao Yi Xian.
• Fang Chi apologized to Xiao Yi Xian in front of the Fang Clan, and Xiao Yan accepted before taking her toward the courtyard.

Xiao Yan examined Fang Zhicong after finding him unconscious and discovered that the poison in his body had erupted and spread far faster than before. He slowed its spread and warned Fang Chi not to suppress it again, but the cause of the sudden flare-up remained unknown.

• Xiao Yan stopped Xiao Yi Xian from touching Fang Zhicong because the poison in his body was too dangerous.
• Xiao Yan found that Fang Zhicong's poison had spread rapidly, turned his arm black and blue, and reached the surface of his skin.
• Xiao Yan used a pale green flame to strike Fang Zhicong's key points and slow the poison's spread.
• Fang Chi prepared to suppress the poison, but Xiao Yan warned that doing so would make Fang Zhicong impossible to save.
• Fang Chi withdrew his Origin Qi and accepted Xiao Yan's warning, while Xiao Yan wondered why the poison had suddenly grown fiercer.

Xiao Yan spent three days using his Heavenly Flames to purge the poison from Fang Zhicong, but a tiny amount of the poison had secretly entered Xiao Yan’s body. After Fang Zhicong recovered, the poison blocked Xiao Yan’s meridians, and Xiao Yi Xian found him unconscious on the floor.

• Fang Chi arranged a secluded room so Xiao Yan could purge Fang Zhicong’s poison without interruption.
• Xiao Yan enveloped Fang Zhicong in Heavenly Flames and spent three days refining the poison away, unknowingly drawing a tiny trace into his own body.
• Fang Zhicong’s poison was completely purged, but Xiao Yan’s Origin Qi was nearly depleted and his mind grew hazy.
• Xiao Yan discovered a mass of black poison blocking his meridians and collapsed.
• Xiao Yi Xian heard a thud, opened the door, and found Xiao Yan unconscious.

Xiao Yan collapsed after curing Fang Zhicong, and Xiao Yi Xian determined that a specially refined poison had harmed him. Fang Chi confirmed his son was safe, then clashed with Bai Hua and Luo Jin over Xiao Yan’s condition before someone ordered everyone out.

• Xiao Yi Xian found Xiao Yan unconscious and recognized that he had been poisoned.
• Luo Jin and Bai Hua examined Xiao Yan, while Xiao Yi Xian explained that the poison contained its creator’s power and might require the original antidote.
• Fang Chi arrived and confirmed that the poison had been expelled from Fang Zhicong’s body.
• Bai Hua demanded that Fang Chi explain the poison, and Fang Chi used his pressure to force Bai Hua back.
• Luo Jin confronted Fang Chi, who suspected Xiao Yan’s companions had powerful backing, before an unknown speaker ordered everyone out.

Xiao Yi Xian tried to keep the spreading poison from destroying Xiao Yan, drawing it out through their linked meridians. When activating her Woeful Poison Body still proved insufficient, she kissed him to absorb the poison faster.

• Fang Chi carried Fang Zhicong out after Xiao Yi Xian ordered him to leave, and Luo Jin and Bai Hua carried the unconscious Xiao Yan to the bed.
• Xiao Yi Xian examined Xiao Yan and found that the poison had occupied his Qi cyclone, devoured his Origin Qi, and spread through his meridians.
• Xiao Yi Xian guided strands of poison from Xiao Yan into her own body, but the poison spread faster than she could absorb it.
• Xiao Yi Xian activated her Woeful Poison Body, increasing her absorption until it only matched the poison's spread.
• Xiao Yi Xian kissed Xiao Yan to draw the poison from his body into hers more quickly.

After Xiao Yi Xian removed the poison from Xiao Yan, he thanked the Fang Clan and prepared to leave with his companions. Before departing for Burning Flame Valley’s sect competition, he reminded Fang Chi that the clan still owed him a favor.

• After three days, Xiao Yi Xian emerged from Xiao Yan’s room, and the group confirmed that Xiao Yan had recovered and his poison was gone.
• Fang Zhicong thanked Xiao Yan for saving his life and apologized for Xiao Yan being poisoned because of him.
• Fang Chi gave Xiao Yan the medicinal ingredients he had requested, and Xiao Yan announced that his group would leave the Fang Clan.
• Xiao Yan told Fang Chi that the group was traveling to Burning Flame Valley to watch its sect competition.
• As Xiao Yan and his companions departed, he reminded Fang Chi that he still owed him a favor.

Xiao Yan and his companions traveled toward Burning Flame Valley after learning of the Fang Clan’s ties to the sect and the valley master’s failed attempt to cure Fang Zhicong. At the edge of the Crimson Flame Mountain Range, Xiao Yan gave his companions ice crystals to withstand the heat, then sensed a terrifying presence behind him.

• Fang Zhicong told Xiao Yan that the Fang Clan served Burning Flame Valley and had joined it in hopes that the valley master would cure Fang Zhicong’s poison.
• Fang Zhicong explained that Burning Flame Valley’s master had reached the Origin Ancestor Great Realm but had still been unable to remove the poison.
• Xiao Yan and his companions left the Fang Clan and traveled east toward Burning Flame Valley, wary of the sect after seeing the Fang Clan’s conduct.
• Xiao Yan’s group reached the outskirts of the Crimson Flame Mountain Range, where the intense heat overwhelmed his companions.
• Xiao Yan handed out ice crystals that cooled the air, but a sudden bone-chilling presence made him turn toward a pair of dark red eyes filled with killing intent.

A black-robed man appeared and attacked Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan’s allies and counterattack could not stop him. As the stranger moved to kill Xiao Yan, Xiao Xuan suddenly emerged and blasted him away.

• A black-robed man appeared on a distant mountain and declared that he had come to kill Xiao Yan.
• Luo Jin, Bai Hua, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others shielded Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan broke free of the stranger’s pressure with his Heavenly Flames.
• The black-robed man launched an energy spike that shattered space and blasted a distant hill, but Xiao Yan vanished from his original position.
• Xiao Yan emerged from a dark curtain and struck with the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler, but the black-robed man severed the attack with one finger.
• The black-robed man reached for Xiao Yan’s head, and Xiao Xuan appeared to pierce his arm and send him flying.

Xiao Xuan appeared and overwhelmed the black-robed man, revealing that he was a Five Star Origin King and had recovered his strength. As the two experts began fighting, Xiao Yan and the others withdrew to watch, and Xiao Yan told Luo Jin that Xiao Xuan was his ancestor.

• Xiao Xuan struck the black-robed man and sent him flying, shocking Luo Jin and the others with his power.
• Xiao Xuan checked that Xiao Yan was unharmed, joked about the Sea Tribe's treasures, and demanded to know why the black-robed man had attacked him.
• When the black-robed man refused to answer, Xiao Xuan attacked him with sword Qi, and the two clashed fiercely.
• Xiao Yan and the others retreated among the barren mountains as the battle's shockwaves split a nearby mountain.
• Luo Jin asked Xiao Yan who Xiao Xuan was, and Xiao Yan said he was his ancestor.

Xiao Yan revealed that the resurrected expert was his ancestor, Xiao Xuan, who defeated the black-robed attacker. The attacker admitted that he was Hui Fu of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, sent to kill Xiao Yan.

• Xiao Yan confirmed to Bai Hua and Xiao Yi Xian that he had succeeded in resurrecting Xiao Xuan and introduced him as his ancestor.
• Xiao Xuan fought the black-robed man, whose poison attacks and weapons could not penetrate Xiao Xuan’s defenses.
• The black-robed man used armor formed from the Power of the Great Dao and charged Xiao Xuan, but Xiao Xuan trapped him with the Heaven-Imprisoning Formation.
• Xiao Xuan unleashed the Heaven-Gathering Strike, broke the man’s armor, and defeated him in less than half an hour.
• Xiao Yan and the others identified the defeated man as a member of the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, and he named himself Hui Fu and said the sect master had ordered him to kill Xiao Yan.

Xiao Yan questioned Hui Fu about why the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect wanted him dead, but Hui Fu claimed he did not know. Xiao Xuan released Hui Fu, who departed after exchanging names with Xiao Yan and Xiao Xuan, and the group learned Xiao Xuan had recovered to the strength of a Five Star Origin King and a Seventh-Tier Formation Master.

• Xiao Yan questioned Hui Fu about the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect's order to kill him, but Hui Fu said he knew nothing about the reason.
• Xiao Yan suggested killing Hui Fu, but Xiao Xuan released him from the Heaven-Imprisoning Formation.
• Hui Fu asked Xiao Xuan and Xiao Yan their names, said their battle was not over, and flew south.
• Xiao Xuan praised Xiao Yan's cultivation and revealed that his Spiritual Strength had recovered and grown stronger.
• Xiao Xuan told Xiao Yan and the others that he was roughly a Five Star Origin King with seventh-tier Spiritual Strength.

Xiao Xuan explained the limits of his formation abilities, and Luo Jin gave him three sealed scrolls containing powerful seventh-tier formations. Xiao Yan’s group entered the scorching Crimson Flame Mountain Range toward Burning Flame Valley, where they encountered another Origin King Great Realm expert and Xiao Yan welcomed the chance to test himself among the strong.

• Xiao Xuan explained that his cultivation, limited knowledge, and lack of seventh-tier formation scrolls kept him from reliably assembling seventh-tier formations.
• Luo Jin offered Xiao Xuan three sealed seventh-tier formation scrolls, and Xiao Xuan accepted them after Xiao Yan encouraged him.
• Xiao Yan’s group used the Extreme Cold Ice Soul to travel through the heat of the Crimson Flame Mountain Range toward Burning Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yan noticed that many outsiders were heading to Burning Flame Valley’s sect competition, while the heat drained the Origin Qi of those without sufficient power.
• Xiao Yan saw an Origin King Great Realm expert leading a group moving faster than his own, then looked forward to the trials of the Far Southern Land.

Xiao Yan and his group reached Burning Flame Valley’s hidden headquarters and learned how its sect competition let outside visitors challenge its disciples for prizes. They arrived at the crowded competition plaza, where a red-robed elder came to receive them.

• Xiao Yan’s group crossed from the barren Crimson Flame Mountain Range into the green forest surrounding Burning Flame Valley’s headquarters.
• Xiao Yan saw that more than a thousand visitors, including many Origin King experts, had gathered to watch the competition.
• Burning Flame Valley disciples guided visitors up the mountain and issued jade tokens that determined their place in the challenge sequence.
• A Burning Flame Valley disciple explained that token holders could challenge ranked disciples and win prizes, while higher-ranked challenges carried the risk of forfeiting rewards.
• Xiao Yan’s group reached the competition plaza, where a fiery red-robed old man walked over to greet them.

Xiao Yan attended Burning Flame Valley’s sect competition, met the reception elder Xuan Hua, and learned that the valley master was absent despite holding the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva he sought. The competition began, leaving Xiao Yan unsure how he could meet the valley master and obtain it.

• Xiao Yan showed his numbered jade token to Xuan Hua, an Origin King-level reception elder, who led him and his companions to their seats.
• Xuan Hua deduced that Xiao Yan was not from the Far Southern Land and offered to take him as a disciple, but Xiao Yan declined because he already had a teacher.
• Xuan Hua introduced himself, and Xiao Yan gave his name before the elder left.
• Burning Flame Valley opened the arena, and its sect competition began after the elders delivered their speeches.
• Xiao Yan searched the elders’ seats for Burning Flame Valley’s valley master, but Luo Jin told him the valley master was not there, leaving Xiao Yan worried about obtaining the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva.

Xiao Yan learned that the Burning Flame Valley master would appear only when the top fifty disciples competed, and that defeating the competition’s winner could earn him a meeting. As the early matches continued, Xiao Yan dismissed the fighters, fell asleep, and drew ridicule from the spectators.

• Luo Jin told Xiao Yan that the Burning Flame Valley master usually appeared once the top fifty disciples began competing for their rankings.
• Luo Jin explained that the master would personally invite anyone who defeated the sect competition’s winner, and reassured Xiao Yan that no competitor could exceed the late Origin Return Realm.
• Xiao Yan watched the early matches and judged that the fighters displayed many openings and posed little challenge to him.
• Xiao Yan curled up in his chair and fell asleep while the competition continued.
• Spectators mocked Xiao Yan for appearing disrespectful to Burning Flame Valley and questioned why he was not seated in the front row.

As Burning Flame Valley’s competition grew more intense, Xiao Yan was disturbed by the deacon Huo Zhi and easily sent him flying after he attacked. Qin Yan stepped in to stop the other deacons and apologized to Xiao Yan on Huo Zhi’s behalf.

• Nearly a quarter of the competition’s disciples were eliminated by the end of the first day as the remaining matches grew fiercer.
• A Burning Flame Valley deacon approached Xiao Yan, who was sleeping beside the competition, and tried to wake him.
• Xiao Yan stopped the deacon’s hand and jolted him backward, tearing part of his robes.
• Huo Zhi attacked Xiao Yan in anger, but Xiao Yan dodged his palm and struck him into a pile of shattered stone chairs.
• Qin Yan stopped the other deacons from intervening, introduced himself, and apologized to Xiao Yan for Huo Zhi’s behavior.

Xiao Yan accepted Qin Yan’s public challenge to fight in Burning Flame Valley’s grand competition, despite the crowd’s certainty that Qin Yan would defeat him. Xiao Yan then stopped Qin Yan to request replacement seats for his companions after a deacon’s attack had destroyed their chairs.

• Spectators recognized Qin Yan as Burning Flame Valley’s strongest young disciple, and Xiao Yan cautiously assessed his strength.
• Qin Yan challenged Xiao Yan to compete, using Xiao Yan’s remarks to pressure him into accepting.
• Xiao Yan agreed to meet Qin Yan in the arena, drawing mockery and hostile looks from Burning Flame Valley’s disciples.
• Xiao Yan pointed out that a deacon had destroyed his and his companion’s seats, and Qin Yan offered them seats in the first row.

After a dispute over seating, Xiao Yan and his companions watched the Burning Flame Valley selection advance to its second round. The chaotic battle began with Xiao Yan wary of Qin Yan, whose reputation kept other contestants at a distance.

• Qin Yan ordered the stewards to let Xiao Yan and his companions sit in the first row, and Xuan Hua backed his order.
• The first round lasted three days and eliminated more than half of the original thousand contestants.
• The second round began with the remaining disciples fighting in a battle circle, where the last fifty would advance to meet the valley master.
• Burning Flame Valley raised the plaza and activated a golden dome formation before an elder announced the start of the round.
• Xiao Yan watched Qin Yan, who stood alone as other contestants kept their distance.
• A contestant launched the first attack, and the surrounding disciples quickly joined the fight.

The second round of the sect competition descended into a chaotic battle, but Qin Yan remained untouched and drove away anyone who challenged him. After selecting the fifty strongest contestants to remain, he left the arena with Xiao Yan watching his power closely.

• Contestants fought across the arena, and nearly half were eliminated during the first hour while Qin Yan remained unchallenged.
• A Burning Flame Valley disciple attacked Qin Yan from behind, but Qin Yan dodged with an afterimage and gently pushed him off the platform.
• Qin Yan's display of speed and precise control made the other contestants wary, and he exchanged a charged glance with Xiao Yan in the stands.
• Qin Yan declared which contestants could stay, igniting flames above the heads of those he had selected.
• When one contestant challenged his judgment, Qin Yan demonstrated his overwhelming strength, prompting the man and several others to withdraw.
• The remaining contestants eventually lost to the people Qin Yan had selected, leaving fifty people on the platform, including Qin Yan.

After Qin Yan ended the second selection round early, Xiao Yan’s group discussed his mastery of the Great Dao of Fire. Burning Flame Valley disciples then gathered outside to challenge Xiao Yan, who proposed fighting them all from within a circle.

• Qin Yan’s performance cut the second selection round short, leaving Xiao Yan and his companions at a well-appointed pavilion in Burning Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yan explained that Qin Yan’s flames came from the Great Dao of Fire rather than a Heavenly Flame or Beast Flame.
• A crowd of Burning Flame Valley disciples arrived at Xiao Yan’s pavilion and challenged him, while spectators gathered to watch.
• Xiao Yan led his companions outside and sensed that powerful figures were watching the confrontation.
• Xiao Yan drew a circle on the ground and declared that he would fight the disciples with the rule that he would lose if he stepped outside it.

Xiao Yan challenged Burning Flame Valley's disciples to defeat him while he stayed inside a circle, and his confidence drew the attention of Qin Yan and the Valley Master. He sent two challengers out of the circle with ease, then faced Meng Gua's powerful Dou Technique as a faint golden light spread over him.

• Xiao Yan declared that he would remain inside his circle while defeating every disciple who challenged him, and the Valley Master and Qin Yan judged him a formidable opponent.
• A furious disciple charged Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan sent him flying outside the circle and stopped him from attacking again with his overwhelming presence.
• Xiao Yan dodged another disciple's rapid punches and pushed him out of the circle, and the challenger admitted defeat and withdrew.
• Meng Gua challenged Xiao Yan with the Flame Star Hammer, Heavenly Dipper Waterfall, and Xiao Yan stood still as golden light spread over him.

Xiao Yan defeated the Burning Flame Valley disciples who challenged him, then accepted Grand Elder Li Chengxu’s invitation to tea despite threatening looks from the surrounding elders. As Xiao Yan and Luo Jin followed Li Chengxu to his tea room, Luo Jin warned him that Li Chengxu was an Origin Emperor-level expert, and Xiao Yan remained intent on gaining the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva.

• Li Chengxu arrived, dispersed the Burning Flame Valley disciples, and apologized to Xiao Yan for their behavior.
• Li Chengxu introduced himself as the Burning Flame Valley’s grand elder and invited Xiao Yan for tea.
• Xiao Yan ignored threatening gazes from nearby pavilions and accepted Li Chengxu’s invitation.
• Li Chengxu allowed Luo Jin to accompany Xiao Yan, and the three walked to Li Chengxu’s tea room while Li Chengxu questioned Xiao Yan.
• Luo Jin quietly warned Xiao Yan that Li Chengxu was an Origin Emperor-level expert.