Recaps

Xiao Yan repaired his Heavy Xuan Ruler, forced Li Gan to yield a Void Lightning Pool Invitation, and revealed his formidable soul power to the Alchemist Guild. As the Alchemist Grand Meeting approached, he agreed to compete and uncovered the story of Zhou Tong’s cauldron and his enemy, Futu Hao.

• Xiao Yan entrusted his damaged Heavy Xuan Ruler to Luo Ao for repair, then stood his ground when Li Kang and Li Gan confronted him.
• Xiao Yan fought Li Gan above Ancient Wilderness City, and when Li Gan threatened to self-destruct, Luo Ao intervened and forced him to apologize and hand over the Void Lightning Pool Invitation and a crystal stone.
• Xiao Yan tested his soul power at the Alchemist Guild, shattered the Spirit Testing Stele, and learned from Gu Li that his soul had reached Emperor Realm Second Stage.
• Gu Li made Xiao Yan a titular elder and privately asked him to compete in the Alchemist Grand Meeting, while Elder Xuan Ye brought him to meet the Cloud-Hidden Pavilion master.
• Luo Jin told Xiao Yan that the Four Great Sects had found sealed inheritances in the Heavenly Severing Ancient Tomb, and Xiao Yan agreed to cooperate with him to obtain two of them.
• Xiao Yan refined his two incarnations, then agreed to compete in the Alchemist Grand Meeting after Gu Li explained the Guild wanted him to help win the championship.
• Xiao Yan examined the cracked Luo Heavenly Divine Cauldron, and Gu You revealed Zhou Tong’s remnant soul and helped Xiao Yan obtain the saber Qi’s insights.
• Zhou Tong identified Futu Hao as the person who injured him and entrusted Xiao Yan with seeking revenge, while Gu You gathered Zhou Tong’s dispersing soul essence for Xiao Yan’s ancestor.

Xiao Yan advanced his strength while defeating Mo Zhai’s assassins and returning to the Alchemist Grand Meeting, where he killed Wei Yi and was appointed the Alchemist Guild’s chief alchemist. The arc ended with Xiao Yan confronting Zhou Tai, a former chief alchemist and Third-Tier Alchemist, and striking him by surprise.

• Xiao Yan joined Gu Li, Elder Xuan, and Qin Zhong at the Alchemist Grand Meeting, where Mo Zhai and Wei Yi challenged him over their flames and Xiao Yan revealed his Heavenly Flames.
• Mo Zhai conspired with Wei Yi to kill Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan killed Wu Mohui and defeated the pursuing Fang Xun and Wang Qi, killing Fang Xun and taking Wang Qi’s Beast Flame.
• Xiao Yan’s Spiritual Strength avatar broke through to Nine-Star Dou Sheng and fused with his other avatars, forming a One-Star Half-Emperor avatar that helped defeat Wang Qi’s flame-lion form.
• Xiao Yan survived the spatial vortexes and Void Lightning Beast, awakened his Dou Di and Dragon-Phoenix bloodlines, and grew stronger by absorbing spatial power.
• After a month’s absence, Xiao Yan returned to the meeting and entered the Emperor Grade Pill competition against Mo Zhai and Wei Yi with the Luo Heavenly Cauldron and the Emperor Tribulation Pill formula.
• Wei Yi attacked Xiao Yan during the competition, but Xiao Yan caught and shattered his saber with two fingers, then burned Wei Yi away with Heavenly Flames.
• Gu Li declared Wei Yi a traitor and appointed Xiao Yan the Alchemist Guild’s new chief alchemist, while Mo Zhai left the plaza.
• Zhou Tai arrived and challenged Xiao Yan with his soul power, but Xiao Yan evaded his attack through a Space Wormhole and struck him into a tea table.

Xiao Yan survived Hei Mu’s attack on Elder Luo’s mountain domain and was captured before escaping with Gu You’s help. After recovering, Xiao Yan confronted Hei Mu again, and their battle culminated in a clash between Xiao Yan’s Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus and Hei Mu’s Heaven-Seizing Claw.

• Elder Luo’s Ginseng Spirit Trees trapped Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan fought them with his Heavenly Flames as Hei Mu secretly empowered them.
• Xiao Yan’s Heavenly Flames Eternal Ruler broke the vine dragon, but Hei Mu released Death Spirit Poison and attacked Xiao Yan with a poison beast.
• Nihility Devouring Flame lent Xiao Yan power, and Xiao Yan escaped the beast’s attack through a Void Wormhole before Hei Mu possessed Qing Mu and captured him.
• Gu You rescued Xiao Yan from Hei Mu’s vine prison, while Elder Luo postponed the Alchemist Grand Meeting for one month after overpowering Mo Zhai.
• Xiao Yan recovered to Late-Stage Three-Star Half-Emperor strength and returned to challenge the weakened Hei Mu, exchanging blows with him across the mysterious space.
• Xiao Yan combined five Heavenly Flames into Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus as Hei Mu used Heaven-Seizing Claw, and the two techniques clashed in a violent spatial storm.
• Hei Mu strengthened Heaven-Seizing Claw with essence blood, Dou Qi, and soul power, then struck at Xiao Yan’s surging wave of flame.

Xiao Yan defeated Hei Mu, helped restore the Ginseng Spirit Clan’s control of its space, and gained Hei Mu’s power and treasures. After recovering and reclaiming the Heavy Xuan Ruler, he returned to the Alchemist Grand Meeting and punished the Half-Emperors who had injured Qin Zhong.

• Elder Luo sent the Thirty-Two Spirit Guards to guard the mountain as Xiao Yan and Hei Mu’s battle shook the earth, while Xiao Yan unleashed the Buddha’s Fury Fire Lotus against Hei Mu’s Heaven-Seizing Claw.
• Xiao Yan’s lotus shattered the claw, but Hei Mu consumed the Ginseng Spirit Root to regain his strength before Gu You emerged from Xiao Yan and trapped him in a Heavenly Flames cage.
• Gu You severed Hei Mu’s connection to the Ginseng Spirit Root and seized his soul, accidentally catching part of Qing Mu’s soul as well, then gave Hei Mu’s sealed soul to Xiao Yan.
• Xiao Yan refined Hei Mu’s soul in the Luo Heavenly Cauldron, and Xiao Xuan’s remnant soul began absorbing the purified Soul Origin while Qing Mu awakened and gave Xiao Yan his own Soul Origin.
• Xiao Yan refined Hei Mu’s Dou Qi and reached the peak of the late Three-Star Half-Emperor stage, while Gu You erased Hei Mu’s Soul Imprint and Qing Mu restored the Ginseng Spirit Space to the clan.
• Xiao Yan left the Ginseng Spirit Space with Qing Mu, then received the repaired Heavy Xuan Ruler from Elder Luo and agreed to win the Alchemist Grand Meeting after staying with the clan for three days.
• Xiao Yan broke through the barrier on Hei Mu’s Storage Ring and found Emperor Grade Pill Formulas, treasures, and the Heart-Shattering Palm jade slip.
• Xiao Yan returned to the arena, healed Qin Zhong, defeated the four Half-Emperors who had demanded his Void Lightning Pool Invitation, and burned away the right arm of the old man who had injured Qin Zhong.