Recaps

Xiao Yan gathered rare ingredients, rescued Murong Qianqian from Xu Songming’s family, and established his strength in Yan City. At the auction, he traded Thousand-Fan Leaves for the Blazing Flame Flower and then watched bidding for a fourth-tier pill escalate when Jin Yao revealed a Spirit Class cultivation method.

• Jin Yao helped Xiao Yan obtain medicinal ingredients and let him take a mysterious array disc fragment from the Thousand Medicine Pavilion’s hidden chamber.
• Xiao Yan rushed to Murong Qianqian’s aid when Xu Songming and his granddaughter confronted her, then defeated Xu Songming with borrowed soul power and drove him from the pavilion.
• Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian went to the auction, where Xiao Yan blocked an Eight-Star Half-Emperor’s punch with one hand and entered ahead of the crowd.
• Xiao Yan’s Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline dispelled the Phoenix Feather Finger’s phantom, and he explained the mishap in a way that helped Fang Qian keep the auction going.
• Xiao Yan exchanged a Thousand-Fan Leaf for the Blazing Flame Flower after Xu Songming offered twenty Emperor Grade Pills.
• Xiao Yan considered seeking the remaining Ice Spirit Pill ingredients and preparing to devour the Bone Spirit Cold Flame while the auction continued.
• Fang Qian revealed the fourth-tier Ultimate Transformation Pill, whose owner requested a Spirit Class cultivation method or equivalent materials.
• After Xiao Yan bid another Thousand-Fan Leaf, bidders offered rare materials until Jin Yao presented the Low Spirit Class Thunderclap Method.

Xiao Yan secured the Blazing Flame Flower, then faced Zhao Xian’s ambush and survived with help from Jin Yao and Murong Hao. After recovering, Xiao Yan confronted the wounded Zhao Xian to claim the Ultimate Transformation Pill, and the fight ended with Zhao Xian trying to consume his soul power.

• Jin Yao offered the Black Nether Method and its matching Black Nether Palm for the Ultimate Transformation Pill, and Fang Qian confirmed their value before Zhao Xian won the auction.
• Xiao Yan collected the Blazing Flame Flower from Fang Qian, then left Yan City with Murong Qianqian as Jin Yao secretly followed them.
• Zhao Xian ambushed Xiao Yan and Murong Qianqian, and Jin Yao joined the fight before Xiao Yan helped her escape the formation with Murong Qianqian and the Northern King.
• Xiao Yan stopped to face Zhao Xian, who badly wounded him, but Murong Qianqian defended him until Murong Hao arrived and forced Zhao Xian to flee.
• Murong Hao took Murong Qianqian away, while Xiao Yan healed over seven days and prepared to pursue his plans.
• Xiao Yan ambushed Zhao Xian when he returned for his severed arm and Storage Ring, then fought him for hours and struck him down with his Heavenly Fire-enhanced ruler.
• Zhao Xian’s soul emerged and tried to kill Xiao Yan, but Xiao Yan trapped him with seven curtains formed from the Power of the Great Dao.
• Zhao Xian used Soul Expansion Art to draw in Xiao Yan’s soul power, and Xiao Yan infused his soul with Heavenly Flames to blunt the suction before letting Zhao Xian continue.

Xiao Yan gained strength from Zhao Xian’s Soul Origin and searched Hanxi City for rare ingredients and soul treasures. After the Sun and Bai Clans tried to capture him, he fought off hundreds of Half-Emperors and badly wounded Sun Shuo with Buddha's Fury Reincarnation.

• Xiao Yan erased Zhao Xian’s consciousness with his Heavenly Flames, then absorbed the purified Soul Origin and raised his Spiritual Strength to roughly Xu Songming’s level.
• Xiao Yan learned from Gu You how the Power of the Great Dao formed curtains, then traveled through the Western Lin Region seeking medicinal ingredients and soul-strengthening treasures.
• At the Four Pavilions in Hanxi City, Xiao Yan obtained three ingredients and learned of a Soul-Congealing Fruit in nearby ancient ruins.
• Bai Ye alerted Clan Head Sun to Xiao Yan’s presence, and Sun Shuo and Bai Ying agreed that their clans would compete to capture him.
• Xiao Yan defeated Sun Huo and Bai Ye, then faced the Sun Clan’s forces after Sun Shuo blocked his escape.
• After Bai Ying forced Sun Shuo to withdraw, Xiao Yan challenged the gathered Half-Emperors and used his Dragon-Phoenix Bloodline to raise his strength to Middle Six-Star Half-Emperor.
• Xiao Yan overwhelmed hundreds of Half-Emperors with the Sevenfold Heaven-Breaking Ruler, then unleashed Buddha's Fury Reincarnation when they charged him as he weakened.
• Sun Shuo rushed at Xiao Yan to seize his technique, but Xiao Yan’s black pillar of light penetrated Sun Shuo’s defenses and decomposed part of his chest.

After surviving Sun Shuo’s assault, Xiao Yan prepared for the Ancient Ruins while refining a pill that strengthened the Northern King. In Xilin City, the Four Great Clans assembled and clashed, while Bai Zhan concealed his strength ahead of the expedition.

• Xiao Yan escaped Sun Shuo with Bai Ying’s help, refused to join the Bai Clan, and later advanced to Middle Six-Star Half-Emperor before heading toward the Ancient Ruins.
• In Xilin City, Xiao Yan witnessed a mysterious man endure the Emperor Tribulation and then refined a pill while his nine avatars cultivated.
• Xiao Yan used the pill’s lightning to strengthen the Northern King, who absorbed the thunderclouds and neared the Dou Di realm.
• The Zhuo and Huo Clans arrived in Xilin City, followed by Bai Ying and Sun Shuo, whose renewed fight ended when their sons intervened.
• Xiao Yan learned that Bai Ying’s son, Bai Zhan, was concealing Two-Star Dou Di strength as the Four Great Clans prepared for the ruins.
• Sun Hanxi defeated Bai Zhan in public, but Bai Zhan endured the beating to fool the Sun and Huo Clans about his true strength.
• Bai Zhan told Bai Ying that the deception had worked, while Bai Ying worried Zhuo Lin might see through it as more experts gathered in Xilin City.