Recaps

Xiao Yan rescued the trapped Sea Tribe youths, then risked his life to save Hai Ling'er and Xue Mian before refining the Sea Heart Flame in the Hidden Dragon Abyss. After reaching the Middle Origin Transformation Realm, he learned Xiao Yi Xian was in danger and rushed to protect her.

• Xiao Xuan stabilized the failing Undersea Void Realm while Xiao Yan broke its formations and led the trapped Sea Tribe youths to safety.
• Xiao Yan reentered the collapsing realm, found Hai Ling'er and Xue Mian, protected them from magical beasts, and escaped just before the entrance vanished.
• Xiao Yan advanced to eight-star Dou Di, accepted the joint elder title, and entered the Hidden Dragon Abyss to refine the Sea Heart Flame.
• After nearly a year of refining, Xiao Yan reached the Origin Transformation Realm, and three years later he emerged at the Middle Origin Transformation Realm with the Sea Heart Flame subdued.
• Xue Mian told Xiao Yan that poison masters had found Xiao Yi Xian at the source of a poisonous fog, and Xiao Yan recognized her in the image of the island battle.
• Xiao Yan hurried to the island, cut off the short elder's hand as he attacked Xiao Yi Xian, and carried her to safety before warning the surrounding experts not to move.

Xiao Yan rescued Xiao Yi Xian, defeated Qin Xu, and established Xiao Gate in Feng City to gather strength against the Ghost Fiend Gate. After returning to the Western Region, he rescued Leng Bingshuang from Ye Luotian’s attack, then tried to handle the dangerous effects of her extreme yin physique.

• Xiao Yan fought off the attackers on the island, reunited with Xiao Yi Xian, and learned that the Ghost Fiend Gate had taken Xun’er hostage for the Tou She Ancient God Jade.
• Xiao Yan rescued Cai’er from Qin Xu’s public attempt to take her Illusory Spirit Eyes, defeated Protector Huan, and left Mount Beiji with Cai’er, Xiao Yi Xian, and Qin Xu.
• Cai’er awoke during the journey and killed Qin Xu to avenge Zhu Qiang, while Xiao Yan brought her and Xiao Yi Xian to Feng City for the five-year grand event.
• Xiao Yan revealed that he had killed Qin Xu, founded Xiao Gate, and recruited Fang Tonghui and Liu Cheng, then spent months building the faction and bringing Feng City’s factions under its control.
• Xiao Yan drove off three rival faction leaders, recruited experts for his campaign, and led Xiao Gate through Wu City’s teleportation array to the Western Region to find Ye Luotian.
• Xiao Yan reached Xilin Mountain Range as Ye Luotian and Qinhuang Lost Valley attacked Leng Bingshuang, and he blasted Ye Luotian away before defeating Qin Shuo and the other attackers.
• Xiao Yan treated Leng Bingshuang as the extreme cold ice soul threatened her life, but her extreme yin physique awakened and froze the cavern as she attacked him.
• Xiao Yan sent Tian Ying and the others to rest, urged Cai’er to consider her own path, and was slapped by Xiao Yi Xian and Leng Bingshuang before Leng Bingshuang killed a messenger from Qinhuang Lost Valley.

Xiao Yan freed the Heaven-Reaching Giant Ape and Ye Luotian’s enslaved experts, then gathered allies for the battle against Qinhuang Lost Valley and Ghost Hall. At Shahepu, the fighting began, and Xiao Yan faced Hall Master Gui inside his Domain of Darkness.

• Xiao Yan reopened the Ancient Ruins, freed the Heaven-Reaching Giant Ape, and refined a Purple Jade Pill that restored the ape’s cultivation enough to secure its allegiance.
• Murong Xuan joined Xiao Gate’s coming fight, and Bai Zhan warned Xiao Yan that Ye Luotian controlled dozens of experts with the Withered Leaf Gu.
• Xiao Yan infiltrated Pingshan Western Hollow, freed Lü Zhongtian and the other prisoners from the Gu, and brought them to safety.
• Xing Qian refused to send Alchemist Alliance fighters but gave Xiao Yan a Dragon Bone Pill and warned him about its risks.
• Xiao Yan led Xiao Gate to Shahepu, where Qinhuang Lost Valley joined forces with Ye Luotian and Ghost Hall against him.
• Lü Zhongtian and the freed experts arrived to reinforce Xiao Yan, while the fighters paired off and Xiao Yan sent the Northern King after Ye Luotian.
• Xiao Yan battled Hall Master Gui, who engulfed him in the Great Dao of Darkness and prevented him from forming a Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus.
• Xiao Yan injured Hall Master Gui’s arm with a black steel needle and struck his heart with the Heart-Shattering Palm.

Xiao Yan defeated Hall Master Gui and then accompanied Leng Bingshuang to confront the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan. When Sea Cloud Palace attacked Qingyang City, Xiao Yan broke through the regional barrier and rescued Bai Hua and the Liu Clan, leaving the Ghost Hall’s interference exposed.

• Xiao Yan defeated Hall Master Gui, ended the battle at Shahepu, and destroyed three Ghost Hall branches before Murong Xuan returned seeking Leng Bingshuang.
• Murong Xuan revealed that Leng Bingshuang was the last Ice Phoenix, and Xiao Yan accompanied her to confront the Heaven Demon Phoenix Clan.
• At Goshawk Fort, Xiao Yan fought Feng Xiangyu after Leng Bingshuang refused to return, and he left Feng Xiangyu gravely wounded before collapsing beside her.
• After learning Sea Cloud Palace threatened the Liu Clan, Xiao Yan found Lengcui City devastated and broke the Provincial Region Barrier with a Buddha's Fury Fire Lotus.
• Mu Han and Sea Cloud Palace attacked Qingyang City, trapped its defenders in a killing formation, and forced Bai Hua to surrender to save Murong Qianqian.
• Xiao Yan arrived, rescued Murong Qianqian, and defeated Sea Cloud Palace’s Dou Di fighters and two Origin Transformation Realm experts.
• Xiao Yan shattered Chen Yan and his companion’s formations, stopped Mu Han’s self-destruction with Heavenly Flame, and learned the Ghost Hall had tampered with him.
• The Ninefold Lightning Formation dissipated after Mu Han died, and Xiao Yan treated the wounded survivors as Bai Hua explained the Liu Clan’s conflict with Sea Cloud Palace.