Recaps

After defeating Yin Li, Xiao Yan left Tianbei City with Lin Wan'er to enter the Wind Lightning Trial, but Elder He delayed him while Yellow Springs Pavilion prepared an ambush. Xiao Yan escaped into a stone forest, where he killed one pursuer and faced two more as Old Ghost Liu watched.

• Xiao Yan defeated Yin Li and exposed his plan with Lin Zhenshan to murder Lin Zhentian’s family, then Lin Zhentian imprisoned the traitor and warned that Yellow Springs Pavilion would retaliate.
• Xiao Yan accepted Chen Yuanzhou’s invitation to the Wind Lightning Trial and left Tianbei City with Lin Wan'er after sparring with Lin Li.
• During the journey, Xiao Yan advanced to level 56, practiced the Soul Refining Technique, and developed Twin Flame Wings that let him glide and maneuver briefly in the air.
• At Wind Lightning Pavilion, Elder He postponed Xiao Yan’s trial, and Tan Bin warned him that Elder He was repaying a favor to Yellow Springs Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan tried to leave Wind Lightning City with Lin Wan'er, but Elder He stopped them and Yellow Springs Pavilion’s Old Ghost Liu arrived with three Dou Emperors.
• Xiao Yan fled from Old Ghost Liu using a Cold Heart Lotus Explosion, then entered a stone forest and killed a Seven-Star Dou Huang with a coordinated Soul and flame attack.
• As the two remaining Dou Emperors attacked together, Xiao Yan spread his Everfrost Domain, bound an Earth Dragon Roar with Netherworld Lock, and summoned Eternal Frost Mourning Demons to stop the wind-attribute fighter’s sword light.

Xiao Yan survived Old Ghost Liu’s attack with Venerable Feng’s intervention, recovered at Starfall Pavilion, and returned to the Douluo Continent. There, he faced Bibi Dong and unleashed Venerable Feng’s sealed strike, forcing Spirit Hall’s leaders to defend Spirit City.

• Xiao Yan wounded the earth-attribute Dou Emperor, endured Old Ghost Liu’s assaults, and fused with his Clone Martial Soul to unleash the Radiant Heaven World-Burning Spear.
• Venerable Feng appeared, stopped the battlefield’s destructive energy, recognized Yao Lao’s connection to Xiao Yan, and drove Old Ghost Liu and the remaining Dou Emperors away before carrying Xiao Yan to Starfall Pavilion.
• Xiao Yan recovered with a Mystic Spirit Nourishing Rhyme Pill, advanced his Soul Power, and explored Starfall Pavilion with Mu Qingluan.
• Xiao Yan cultivated Starfall Power, developed the Startling Soul Spike, and adapted the Green Bat Wings to improve his Twin Flame Wings.
• Venerable Feng gave Xiao Yan a stone containing a powerful strike and speed-enhancing wind power, and Xiao Yan used his Gate of the Mystic Realm to return to the Douluo Continent.
• Bibi Dong attacked Xiao Yan at the Pope’s Palace and pursued him into the sky, seeking to capture him and learn about the other world.
• Xiao Yan used Venerable Feng’s stone to evade Bibi Dong, then activated its sealed strike and released a colossal cyan sword radiance above Spirit City.
• Bibi Dong, Yue Guan, and Gui Mei prepared layered defenses against the sword while Qian Daoliu watched from the Elder Hall without intervening.

After destroying the Pope’s Palace, Xiao Yan escaped Spirit Hall’s pursuit and followed clues to Zhu Zhuqing’s Dark Hall in Heaven Dou City. He reached the hidden residence but was mistaken for an enemy and began fighting its guards.

• Xiao Yan’s sword strike wrecked the Pope’s Palace, and Bibi Dong sent Yue Guan and Gui Mei after him as news of the attack spread.
• Xiao Yan fled into the Star Dou Great Forest, where the Titan Giant Ape and Sky Azure Bull Python drove off his pursuers, and he reunited with Xiao Wu before leaving to find Zhu Zhuqing.
• In Star Chasing City, Xiao Yan used his Soul Division Martial Soul to meet Dai Wusi, learned Zhu Zhuqing was in Heaven Dou City, and injured Han Jiang while escaping detection.
• Xiao Yan broke through to level sixty-six on his way to Heaven Dou City, while the emperor, the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and Qian Renxue responded to reports of his attack on Spirit Hall.
• Xiao Yan passed through Heaven Dou City in disguise, discreetly intervened when Xue Beng harassed a vendor, and followed Dark Hall signals to a concealed residence.
• The Dark Hall guards mistook Xiao Yan for an enemy and attacked, so he summoned Bone Spirit Cold Flame, revealed his six Soul Rings, and clashed with the Soul Emperor.

Xiao Yan rebuilt the Dark Hall, strengthened it with pills, and forged an alliance with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect before setting out with Zhu Zhuqing. After Zhu Zhuqing vanished while saving him from a mysterious old man, Xiao Yan reached Jia Nan Academy and joined Xiao Huohuo against Han Feng and the Black Alliance, where the battle remained unresolved.

• Xiao Yan returned to the Dark Hall, revealed himself as its master, and gave its members pills while promising to establish a Pill Hall.
• Xiao Yan helped Tie Gu, Xue Shou, and You Ying break through, then assigned the Dark Hall’s members to organize pill sales and auctions.
• Xiao Yan visited Qian Renxue, secured her support for an auction, and helped the Dark Hall sell pills to Heaven Dou’s major factions.
• Xiao Yan won Ning Fengzhi’s alliance for the Dark Hall, then left with Zhu Zhuqing for Slaughter City as she advanced to Soul Emperor and gained a new Soul Ring.
• At Slaughter City’s ruins, a white-haired old man overwhelmed Xiao Yan and Zhu Zhuqing, and Zhu Zhuqing protected Xiao Yan, vanished into the Nether Swift Shadow God’s trial, and Xiao Yan lost consciousness.
• Xiao Huohuo returned to Jia Nan Academy after fusing with the Fallen Heart Flame, while Han Feng rallied the Black Alliance to attack the academy.
• Xiao Yan emerged at Jia Nan Academy and joined Xiao Huohuo, Medusa, and the academy fighters against Han Feng’s forces, but Protector Wu revealed that Han Feng had targeted Yao Lao’s soul.
• Xiao Yan fought the Gold and Silver Elders while Xiao Huohuo battled Han Feng, and Xiao Yan severed Elder Yin’s arm, and the elders combined their power against his Radiant Heaven World-Burning Spear as the other fights continued.