Recaps

Xiao Yan’s fighting strength forced the Heavenly Puppet Sect and Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect to abandon their attack on Southern Barbarian City. The two sects retreated separately, leaving Xiao Yan’s name famous throughout the Far Southern Land.

• Xie Shan moved to attack Xiao Yan, but Li Chengxu stepped in to protect him and warned that Xie Shan was a peak Origin Emperor with extraordinary speed.
• Ancestor Fen Tian appeared to shield Xiao Yan, while Ren Kui arrived beside Xie Shan with the Vajra Puppet, preventing either side from attacking freely.
• Ren Kui ordered the Heavenly Puppet Sect to return to its sect, abandoning Xie Shan and ending the standoff.
• Xie Shan cursed Ren Kui, then led the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect in a resentful retreat as well.
• The battle at Southern Barbarian City ended on its second day, and Xiao Yan’s reputation spread across the Far Southern Land.

After helping Burning Flame Valley repel the two sects, Xiao Yan revealed his Eight-Star Origin King cultivation and explained Xiao Xuan’s disappearance to Ancestor Fen Tian. He reunited with Lian'er and found Bai Hua recovering in a courtyard with Li Bingrui.

• Ancestor Fen Tian revealed that Xiao Yan had reached Eight-Star Origin King, shocking the elders in the hall.
• Xiao Yan learned that the two sects had expanded the war east into Cloud-Hidden Pavilion’s territory.
• Ancestor Fen Tian thanked Xiao Yan for turning the battle at Southern Barbarian City in Burning Flame Valley’s favor.
• Xiao Yan told Ancestor Fen Tian that Xiao Mingyuan had taken Xiao Xuan away, and Ancestor Fen Tian explained how Xiao Mingyuan had found them.
• Lian'er embraced Xiao Yan and led him to a courtyard, where Bai Hua was recovering with Li Bingrui.

After returning to Burning Flame Valley, Xiao Yan became the focus of the brewing conflict with the two sects, while Ancestor Fen Tian and Li Chengxu worried that the Ghost Hall might join the coming war. Xiao Yan then recalled another possible way to gain help, leaving his plan unexplained.

• Xiao Yan helped Bai Hua inside, reassured him about Li Bingrui, and checked that Xiao Yi Xian was recovering safely.
• Xiao Yan's group and the Burning Flame Valley forces returned to the valley, while both sides prepared for another clash after the two sects were driven back at Southern Barbarian City.
• Ancestor Fen Tian warned the hall that the two sects were gathering experts, and the elders discussed preparations for a possible decisive battle.
• Ancestor Fen Tian told Xiao Yan and Li Chengxu that the Ghost Hall's possible alliance with the two sects posed the greatest danger to Burning Flame Valley.
• Xiao Yan said the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion could not join the regional conflict, but suggested he might have another way to secure help.

Xiao Yan traveled to Ancient Wilderness City, reunited with Gu Li and Chi Lin, and visited Elder Xuan before entering the Ginseng Spirit Realm. He surprised Qing Mu and the Thirty-Two Spirit Guards, who had mistaken his arrival for an enemy attack.

• Xiao Yan left Burning Flame Valley alone, and Liu Ya decided that the Liu Clan needed to choose a side.
• Xiao Yan arrived in Ancient Wilderness City and surprised Alchemist Guild leaders Gu Li and Chi Lin with a reunion.
• Xiao Yan briefly visited Elder Xuan at the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion before heading to Luo Ao's former courtyard.
• Xiao Yan used his jade token to enter the Ginseng Spirit Realm, prompting Qing Mu to summon the Thirty-Two Spirit Guards.
• Xiao Yan appeared before the tense Ginseng Spirit Clan and awkwardly greeted them.

Xiao Yan met Qing Mu and accepted Qing Feng’s challenge in the Ginseng Spirit Realm, revealing how much stronger he had become. He destroyed Qing Feng’s Heaven-Towering Staff with a giant flame ruler, leaving the duel unresolved.

• Qing Mu recognized Xiao Yan’s jade token and welcomed him, while Qing Feng challenged him to a fight.
• Xiao Yan dodged Qing Feng’s attacks and escaped the vines that had bound him using the Strength Elephant Art.
• Xiao Yan shattered Qing Feng’s vine shield and punched him more than a hundred zhang away.
• Qing Feng summoned his Heaven-Towering Staff and brought it down on Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan formed a giant flame ruler and split the Heaven-Towering Staff, burning it into fragments.

Xiao Yan visited the Ginseng Spirit Realm and asked Qing Mu to lend people for Burning Flame Valley’s coming battle against two sects. Qing Mu agreed to send the Thirty-Two Spirit Guards, leaving Xiao Yan ready to return to the Far Southern Land with their support.

• After Xiao Yan defeated Qing Feng, he sat with Qing Mu and discussed his return to the Ginseng Spirit Realm.
• Qing Mu noticed Xiao Yan’s hesitation and asked why he had come; Xiao Yan requested help for the coming battle in the Southern Region.
• Xiao Yan explained the imminent conflict between Burning Flame Valley and two sects, and Qing Feng urged Qing Mu to help him.
• Qing Mu agreed to support Xiao Yan, saying the Ginseng Spirit Clan would answer his request and reveal itself to the world again.
• Qing Mu lent Xiao Yan the Thirty-Two Spirit Guards, all of whom had reached the Origin King realm, while he remained behind to guard the clan.

After recruiting the Ginseng Spirit Clan’s Thirty-Two Spirit Guards, Xiao Yan returned to Ge Thunder Mountain and entered the Void Lightning Pool to test how much its power could strengthen him. He left the Northern King to absorb the pool’s lightning while he cultivated, and his presence began to rise.

• Xiao Yan left Ancient Wilderness City with the Ginseng Spirit Clan’s Thirty-Two Spirit Guards, then recognized a familiar energy fluctuation and changed course for Ge Thunder Mountain.
• Xiao Yan recalled his past visits to the Void Lightning Pool and decided to enter it again, while the Ginseng Spirit Clan members chose to wait outside.
• Xiao Yan used the Great Dao of the Void to open a passage into the pool and swallowed a bolt of black lightning with his flames when it attacked him.
• Xiao Yan reached the core of the Void Lightning Pool, where he summoned the Northern King to absorb the incoming lightning.
• Xiao Yan sat down, circulated the Flame Mantra, and absorbed the pool’s lightning as his presence gradually rose.

Ren Kui prepared the Heavenly Puppet Sect for war against the Burning Flame Valley while the Ghost Hall refused his demand to have Xie Shan killed. Xiao Yan emerged from the depleted Void Lightning Pool at Peak Origin King, discovered the Northern King had grown powerful enough to reach Origin Emperor strength, and hurried toward the Far Southern Land after learning that more than half a month had passed.

• Ren Kui told the Ghost Hall figure that his sect was ready to attack the Burning Flame Valley and demanded that it kill Xie Shan.
• The Ghost Hall figure refused Ren Kui’s demand, reminded him that the bargain covered only Xiao Yan and the Bodhisattva Body Transformation Saliva, and warned that Ren Kui was unworthy of bargaining.
• Xiao Yan finished refining the lightning power and broke through to Peak Origin King, then discovered that the Void Lightning Pool had been completely drained.
• Xiao Yan saw that the Northern King had gained lightning runes, five silver dragon scales, and strength comparable to Origin Emperor.
• Xiao Yan left an imprint of his will on Ge Thunder Mountain as compensation for draining the pool.
• Qing Feng told Xiao Yan that more than half a month had passed, so Xiao Yan led the group toward the Far Southern Land to reach the coming battle.

The two sects launched their final assault on Burning Flame Valley, and Ancestor Fen Tian activated the Star Disk Grand Formation to defend the valley. After the formation fell and both sides suffered losses, Fen Tian confronted Ren Kui and Xie Shan while Xiao Yan remained absent.

• The armies of the two sects gathered outside Burning Flame Valley, and the valley’s experts worried that Xiao Yan had not returned.
• Ancestor Fen Tian reassured them that Xiao Yan would come back, then activated the Star Disk Grand Formation.
• Ren Kui and Xie Shan’s forces battered the formation, suffering heavy casualties before the two sect masters broke through it together.
• Ren Kui summoned the Vajra Puppet and joined Xie Shan in facing Ancestor Fen Tian, who met them in the air and countered their combined pressure.

Xiao Yan hurried toward Burning Flame Valley as its experts fought the forces of Heavenly Puppet Sect and Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect. When Ghost Hall appeared to reinforce the attackers, Xiao Yan arrived on the battlefield.

• After learning he had spent half a month cultivating in the Void Lightning Pool, Xiao Yan rushed from Ancient Wilderness City toward Burning Flame Valley with Qing Feng and the others following.
• Burning Flame Valley’s experts fought the two sects across the mountainside and in the sky, while its three Origin Emperors faced three powerful opponents.
• Ancestor Fen Tian fought Ren Kui, Xie Shan, and the Vajra Puppet, injuring Ren Kui but struggling against their combined attacks.
• Ren Kui called for Hall Master Xiao, and several Ghost Hall members emerged from black mist, alarming Ancestor Fen Tian.
• Xiao Yan appeared above the battlefield and faced the Ghost Hall members.

Xiao Yan returned to Burning Flame Valley as a Peak Origin King and revealed the Ghost Hall’s powerful allies, then used his Red Lotus Karmic Fire to destroy the puppets. Ren Kui prepared to attack, but Xiao Yan sent Northern King to face him.

• Xiao Yan returned to Burning Flame Valley, startling the two sects and reassuring Ancestor Fen Tian.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had advanced from Eight-Star Origin King to Peak Origin King in a month.
• The Ghost Hall hall master revealed himself as a Yuan Zong, while two other Ghost Hall experts displayed Origin Emperor strength.
• Ren Kui sent the Vajra Puppet toward Xiao Yan, who unleashed his Red Lotus Karmic Fire and melted the puppets, badly damaging the Vajra Puppet.
• Ren Kui vowed to kill Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan sent Northern King to intercept him.

Xiao Yan’s allies arrived with more than thirty Origin Kings, turning the tide against the two Ghost Hall Origin Emperors. Xiao Yan then fought Xie Shan and gained the upper hand in their opening exchanges, leaving the battle ongoing.

• The two Ghost Hall Origin Emperors moved to attack Xiao Yan as the fighting between the sects resumed.
• Qing Feng and more than thirty experts arrived, and Xiao Yan’s allies split into two groups to engage the Origin Emperors.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Thirty-Two Spirit Guards to attack the Origin Emperors while he faced Xie Shan.
• Xie Shan explained that his clan pursued those who killed its members, then fought Xiao Yan with a scythe, chain, and shortsword.
• Xiao Yan struck Xie Shan hard enough to injure his hand and arm, then blocked his counterattack and pressed forward.

Xiao Yan fought Xie Shan, using his speed, techniques, and Heavy Xuan Ruler to counter the Peak Origin Emperor’s chained weapons. After knocking Xie Shan’s short sword away, Xiao Yan sensed a deadly attack forming around him.

• Xiao Yan dodged Xie Shan’s flying sickle and charged in with the Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Xie Shan punched Xiao Yan’s ruler aside and attacked his throat with the flying sickle, but struck an afterimage.
• Xiao Yan appeared behind Xie Shan and hit him with the Wasteland-Spanning Finger, which Xie Shan blocked with an Origin Qi shield.
• Xie Shan unleashed a barrage of sword images, while Xiao Yan dodged them with Heavenly Severing Steps and the Golden Elephant Art.
• Xiao Yan identified Xie Shan’s real short sword among the illusions and knocked it away with the Heavy Xuan Ruler.
• Xiao Yan sensed killing intent surrounding him as Xie Shan invoked the Great Dao of the Undead.

Xiao Yan fought Xie Shan, who revealed that he had been concealing Yuan Zong-level strength. After escaping into the void while badly wounded, Xiao Yan learned that Xie Shan planned to seize control of the Far Southern Land by letting the other fighters kill one another.

• Xie Shan unleashed his Great Dao of the Undead, surrounding Xiao Yan with deadly black scythes, while Xiao Yan used Heavenly Flames to weaken their chill.
• Xiao Yan broke through most of the scythes with the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler, but the attack left a deep wound across his back.
• Xie Shan appeared before Xiao Yan at unexpected speed and pierced his chest through his defenses with a scythe.
• Xiao Yan escaped into the void after Xie Shan prepared to strike again, then reappeared badly injured and recognized Xie Shan as a Yuan Zong.
• Xie Shan admitted he had hidden his strength and revealed that he intended to let the others exhaust or kill one another before claiming the Far Southern Land.

Xiao Yan used his nine avatars to form a powerful fighter and joined forces with it against Xie Shan, but the Yuan Zong overwhelmed them and severely wounded Xiao Yan. As Xie Shan impaled the battered avatar, it began to self-destruct, leaving him caught in the coming explosion.

• Xiao Yan fused his nine Two-Star Origin King avatars into one with Seven-Star Origin King strength and attacked Xie Shan from both sides.
• Xie Shan blocked Xiao Yan and the avatar’s ruler strikes with twin Life-Reaping Scythes, then battered the avatar and severely wounded Xiao Yan with a palm strike.
• Xie Shan pursued and repeatedly struck the avatar until he punched through its chest.
• The avatar’s power surged as it began to self-destruct, and it warned Xie Shan that he was too late to escape.
• A thunderous explosion rang out across the sky.

Xiao Yan killed Xie Shan with the Buddha Fury Samsara Wheel, shifting the battlefield in Burning Flame Valley’s favor, but the fight’s outcome still depended on Ancestor Fen Tian and Hall Master Xiao. After taking medicinal pills, Xiao Yan began preparing another attack as their battle continued.

• Xie Shan transformed into his beast form and unleashed Ghost Scythe Soul Hook indiscriminately at Xiao Yan and the nearby fighters.
• Xiao Yan used the Buddha Fury Samsara Wheel to devour Xie Shan’s attack and destroy him.
• Xie Shan’s death weakened the two opposing factions, though their forces continued fighting across the battlefield.
• Ren Kui’s Vajra Puppet was reduced to scrap by the Northern King, while the Ghost Hall experts struggled against the Thirty-Two Spirit Guards.
• Xiao Yan watched Ancestor Fen Tian and Hall Master Xiao’s unresolved battle, swallowed medicinal pills, and summoned three flames.

After killing Xie Shan, Xiao Yan fused four Heavenly Flames into a Fire Lotus while Hall Master Xiao tried to stop him. The Fire Lotus exploded in Hall Master Xiao’s hand, leaving him gravely wounded as the fighters fell from the sky.

• Xiao Yan gathered his remaining Child Flame with three other flames and began fusing them into a Fire Lotus.
• Hall Master Xiao noticed the forming Fire Lotus and rushed toward Xiao Yan, despite Ancestor Fen Tian striking him.
• Ancestor Fen Tian pursued Hall Master Xiao with a fire dragon, but Hall Master Xiao used a Great Dao Technique and a backward palm strike to keep advancing.
• Hall Master Xiao reached Xiao Yan just as the Fire Lotus bloomed and seized it in his hand.
• The Fire Lotus exploded, engulfing the battlefield in destructive energy and knocking the fighters down onto the mountain.
• Ancestor Fen Tian emerged relatively unharmed, while Hall Master Xiao survived but was severely injured.

After Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus left both sides devastated, Hall Master Xiao crushed a blood-red jade slip and summoned a terrifying presence from a shattered void. The presence overwhelmed the Ginseng Spirit Clan's Thirty-Two Spirit Guards and seized Xiao Yan, pulling him toward the void as his companions cried out helplessly.

• Xiao Yan and the surviving fighters were left gravely injured, while the Ginseng Spirit Clan's Thirty-Two Spirit Guards survived with little serious harm.
• Ancestor Fen Tian confronted the mutilated Hall Master Xiao, who admitted that the Ghost Hall's plan had failed before vowing to take Xiao Yan away.
• Hall Master Xiao crushed a blood-red jade slip, unleashing an invisible force that blasted Ancestor Fen Tian aside and opened a shattered void.
• A terrifying presence from the void broke through the Thirty-Two Spirit Guards' defense and formed an invisible hand around Xiao Yan.
• Bai Hua, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others tried to stop it, but the force blasted them away as Xiao Yan was dragged toward the void.

Zhu Hao rescued Xiao Yan from the Ghost Fiend Gate’s invisible grasp, then fought the mysterious gate master but was overwhelmed and bound. An unknown force freed Zhu Hao and repelled the chains reaching for Xiao Yan, leaving its source to be revealed.

• Hall Master Xiao watched as the Ghost Fiend Gate pulled Xiao Yan toward the shattered void, but Zhu Hao arrived, broke the invisible force, and rescued him.
• Zhu Hao mocked the Ghost Fiend Gate and identified himself as a member of the Blood Flame Bird clan before battling its mysterious gate master.
• Zhu Hao unleashed his Radiant Sun techniques, but the gate master’s chains broke through the flames and bound him.
• The gate master tried to seize Xiao Yan and threatened to tame Zhu Hao, but an unknown force repelled the chains and freed Zhu Hao.
• An unseen speaker mocked the Ghost Fiend Gate for targeting Origin Kings while a Yuan Zun caused trouble.

A mysterious elder from the Cloud Immortal Sect drove off the Ghost Fiend Gate's attacker and saved Xiao Yan from capture. After taking an invisible flame from Xiao Yan and replenishing his strength, the elder vanished, leaving Burning Flame Valley victorious over the Heavenly Puppet Sect and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect.

• The elder destroyed the Ghost Fiend Gate's invisible chains with a mysterious flame and forced its attacker to withdraw, taking Hall Master Xiao with him.
• The elder reassured Zhu Hao and the others, then drew an invisible flame out of Xiao Yan and took it away.
• The elder poured the Origin Qi gathered from the surroundings into Xiao Yan, who slowly absorbed it as his Flame Mantra circulated.
• The elder's presence vanished, leaving the two defeated sects' wounded behind and Xiao Yan recovering his strength.
• Burning Flame Valley defeated the Heavenly Puppet Sect and the Ten Thousand Scorpion Sect, becoming the sole overlord of the Far Southern Land.

After Burning Flame Valley became the Far Southern Land’s dominant power, Xiao Yan spent two months in seclusion and broke through to Origin Emperor. He emerged to reunite with Xiao Yi Xian and the others, while the old man in the Central Region was left holding an invisible flame and thinking of Xiao Yan.

• An old man in the Central Region gazed at an invisible flame in his palm and said it had finally returned, adding that he would speak with Xiao Yan when they met.
• Burning Flame Valley took control of the defeated sects’ resources and rebuilt, while Li Chengxu refused Fang Zhicong’s request for the Fang Clan to join the valley.
• Xiao Yan continued cultivating in seclusion as the vast Origin Qi in his body brought him close to a breakthrough.
• After two months, Xiao Yan released a powerful presence from his room and broke through from peak Origin King to Origin Emperor.
• Li Chengxu, Ancestor Fen Tian, Xiao Yi Xian, and the others gathered outside Xiao Yan’s room and waited for him.
• Xiao Yan emerged and apologized for worrying everyone; Xiao Yi Xian greeted him tenderly, while Li Bingrui glared at him.

After reaching the Origin Emperor realm, Xiao Yan learned how he had been saved and decided to return to the Western Region before heading to the Central Region to search for Xiao Xuan and answers about the mysterious expert. He left the chapter preparing Leng Bingshuang for the dangers ahead by obtaining earth core marrow to strengthen her.

• Xiao Yan thanked Li Bingrui for arranging Zhu Hao's intervention, but she denied helping and insisted that only she had the right to kill him.
• Xiao Yan told Xiao Yi Xian they would return to the Western Region in a few days, and later explained his plans to travel to the Central Region to Bai Hua.
• Xiao Yan discovered that the mysterious expert had drawn the Fallen Heart Flame from his body and suspected the answer lay with the Cloud Immortal Sect in the Central Region.
• Xiao Yan told Ancestor Fen Tian he intended to go to the Central Region to find Xiao Xuan and face the Ghost Hall, and Ancestor Fen Tian accepted his decision.
• Xiao Yan obtained another drop of earth core marrow from Ancestor Fen Tian to help Leng Bingshuang unleash the power of her Extreme Yin Physique before he left.

Two days after leaving Burning Flame Valley, Xiao Yan and his companions stopped in Liu Cang City and found Fu Yulong attacking the Liu Clan. Xiao Yan saved Liu Ya and crippled Fu Yulong, then confirmed that Liu Ya’s hidden powerful ally was the Blood Flame Bird clan.

• Xiao Yan and his companions traveled north toward Ancient Wilderness City and stopped when he spotted an old acquaintance in Liu Cang City.
• Fu Yulong, now an Origin King, threatened to wipe out Liu Ya’s Liu Clan while Liu Ya warned that a power beyond Burning Flame Valley would avenge them.
• Xiao Yan recognized that Liu Ya was referring to the Blood Flame Bird clan, which had ties to the Liu Clan.
• Fu Yulong attacked the weakened Liu Ya, but Xiao Yan caught his wrist, broke his arm, and struck him down.
• Xiao Yan gave Liu Ya a pill and asked whether the power he had mentioned was the Blood Flame Bird clan; Liu Ya confirmed it.

Xiao Yan spared Fu Yulong on the condition that the Sea Cloud Palace protect the Liu Clan, then continued his journey back to the Western Region. Meanwhile, a clan leader learned that a young man had spent two years training in the Dragon Cave and made remarkable progress.

• Xiao Yan defeated Fu Yulong with one strike, and Fu Yulong begged for his life.
• Xiao Yan ordered the Sea Cloud Palace to serve him and protect the Liu Clan, and Fu Yulong agreed.
• Xiao Yan promised to help Fu Yulong reach the Origin Emperor realm if he performed well, then departed with Xiao Yi Xian and the others.
• Fu Yulong left with his subordinates while Liu Ya watched Xiao Yan's group disappear.
• Long Lin told the clan leader that the young man had been inside the Dragon Cave for two years, and the clan leader noted his progress.

After returning to the Western Region, Xiao Yan reunited with Leng Bingshuang in the Xilin Mountain Range, where the two welcomed him home. Xiao Yi Xian watched their reunion from a distance, alone with the memory of Xiao Yan’s promise to her.

• Xiao Yan and his companions arrived in Lengcui City, where he recalled the Western Region’s changed balance of power and the Bai Clan’s fear of the man behind Leng Bingshuang.
• Xiao Yan led his companions into the Xilin Mountain Range, and a white-robed figure flew away after they entered.
• Leng Bingshuang welcomed Xiao Yan after his three-year absence, and he pulled her into his arms and apologized.
• Bai Hua, the One-Horned Whale Serpent, Cai'er, Lian'er, and Li Bingrui reunited and spent time together, while Xiao Yi Xian slipped away alone.
• Xiao Yan and Leng Bingshuang went to the ice palace, while Xiao Yi Xian sat on a deserted peak and cried as she remembered Xiao Yan calling her his responsibility.