Xiao Yan/Cultivation

This Article is based on the Official Translations of the Light Novel series! The information and terminology in the article will be based on the source material rather than the Donghua (Anime) or Manhua.

Overview

Relationships

Abilities

Cultivation

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Quotes

Fights

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Although Xiao Yan had spent an unimaginable amount of effort compared to an ordinary person during his training journey, his journey was still considered smooth sailing. This kind of feeling where one was not even able to advance an inch over decades was something that he had never experienced nor did he wish to experience. Perhaps, this route might be one that many people would have to undergo, but he knew that for him, who was practicing Flame Mantra, his journey to obtain strength would be different from others, similarly, however, this route would also possess a much greater risk than usual training.

Dou Qi Cultivation

Level	Chapter	Manhua	Donghua	Age	Details
1. Dou Zhi Qi / Dou Disciple
1st Stage	-	-	-	4	Normal training
2nd Stage	-	-	-	4	Normal training
3rd Stage	1	1	NewS1-EP1 OldS1-EP1	12~15	Regressed from 1-star Dou Zhe due to Yao Lao absorbing all of his Dou Qi and continued to do so for 3 more years.
4th Stage	15	6	OldS1-EP4	15	Absorbing Foundation Elixir made by Yao Lao
5th Stage	19	7		15	Cruel training and absorbing more Foundation Elixir
6th Stage	26	9	OldS1-EP5	15	Intensive training for 3 months
7th Stage	27			15	Using Foundation Elixir for one month
8th Stage	36	10		16	Comical breakthrough (Breakthrough while half asleep)
9th Stage	53	13	OldS1-EP9	16	Breakthrough in the sleep with Xun Er's help
2. Dou Zhe / Dou Practitioner
1-Star	65	13	OldS1-EP10	16	Consuming Qi Gathering Pill and condensing a Dou Qi Cyclone
2-Star	83??			16	Normal training
3-Star			OldS1-EP11	16	Normal training
4-Star	96	19		17	Consuming Yao Lao's elixirs and doing alchemy
5-Star	119		OldS1-EP12	17	Training under Yao Lao
6-Star	121		S2-EP1	17	Dodging Yao Lao's thick logs
7-Star	130	26		17	Training
8-Star	143	30	S2-EP3	17	Assimilating Amethyst Lion Birth Essence with Yun Yun's help
9-Star	143	30		17	Assimilating Amethyst Lion Birth Essence with Yun Yun's help
3. Dou Shi / Dou Master
1-Star	159	39	S2-EP6	17	Qi Method Evolution
2-Star	202	40		17	Training on the Green Colored Lotus Platform Manhua: Training in the Desert while looking for Heavenly Flames
3-Star	231	52	S3-EP8	17	Achieved with the help of the Green Lotus Core Flame
4-Star				17	Achieved with the help of the Green Lotus Core Flame
5-Star	267		S4-EP2 (Unmentioned)	18	Consuming Core-Fire Lotus Seed
6-Star				18	Consuming Core-Fire Lotus Seed
7-Star	291		S4-EP8	18	Absorbing Searing Poison while treating Nalan Jie
8-Star	331	65	S4-EP24	18	Consuming the Three Lines Green Spirit Pill
9-Star				18	Consuming the Three Lines Green Spirit Pill
4. Da Dou Shi / Dou Grandmaster
1-Star	331	73	S4-EP24	18	Consuming the Three Lines Green Spirit Pill
2-Star	369		S4 Special-EP11	18	Leftover medicinal strength of the Three Lines Green Spirit Pill
3-Star	370			18	Leftover medicinal strength of the Three Lines Green Spirit Pill
4-Star	376	91	S5-EP4 (Mentioned)	18	An escape from the mouth of a Dou Wang class Magical Beast in addition to some leftover medicinal strength of the Three Lines Green Spirit Pill
5-Star	-	-	-	-	-
6-Star	423	110	S5-EP8	18	Advancement during the fight against Bai Shan
7-Star	478	124	S5-EP17	19	Training in the 2nd level of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower for four days
8-Star	491	128	S5-EP19	19	Training in the 4th level of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower
9-Star	520	128	S5-EP23	19	The washing and refining of bones by the Core Quenching Body Milk
5. Dou Ling / Dou Spirit
1-Star	521	140	S5-EP23	19	The washing and refining of bones by the Core Quenching Body Milk
2-Star	549	150	S5-EP28 (Mentioned)	19	Fighting against the challengers on the Strong Ranking
3-Star	554			19	Training in Room No. 1 in 6th level of the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower
4-Star	-	-	-	-	-
5-Star	582		S5-EP33	19	After Fighting against Liu Qing in the Strong Ranking Grand Competition
6 to 9-Star	-	-	Skipped	19~20	Skipped
6. Dou Wang / Dou King
1-Star	616	157	S5-EP41	20	Being grilled by the Fallen Heart Flame for one year
2 to 8-Star	-	-	Skipped	20~21	Skipped
9-Star	620	161	S5-EP42	21	Merging of the Green Lotus Core Flame and the Fallen Heart Flame
7. Dou Huang / Dou Emperor
1-Star	751	173	S5-EP63	22	Normal Cultivation
2-Star	810	191	S5-EP73	22	Refining the thread of the Demon Poison Spot
3-Star	814			23	Fight against various Magical Beasts
4-Star	855	204		23	Refining medicinal pills and absorbing energy from the green-red blood of a rank 7 magical beast.
5-Star	894			23	Normal training after the fight against Old Ground Demon Ghost
6-Star	906	208		23	Consuming at least 50 fire beads of the Fire Lizard Race and training in the magma world under the Blazing Sky Qi Refining Tower
7-Star	937	221		24	Refining the Heaven Soul Blood Bone Pill while in the Pill Spirit Realm and using the lightning strength from the Pill Lightning
9-Star	976	235		24	Consuming the Mighty Huang Pill
8. Dou Zong / Dou Ancestor
1-Star	1011	236		24	Absorbing energy at the bottom of the Heavenly Mountain Blood Pool
2-Star	1077	255		24	Refining the Demon Poison Spot
3-Star	1113			24	Refining the Demon Poison Spot
4-Star	1114	263		25	Completely refining the Demon Poison Spot and absorbing the energy within medicinal ingredients
9-Star	1207	292		26	Swallowing the Three Thousand Burning Flame
9. Dou Zun / Dou Venerate
1-Star	1231	303		27	Activated effect of the Yin-Yang Mysterious Dragon Pill and 1 year of collecting energy
2-Star	1277	323		27	Experiencing battles and consuming Dou Sheng's bone marrow gel
4-Star	1293	329		27	Swallowing the Bone Chilling Flame
5-Star	1310	335		28	Training in the Void Lightning Pool
6-Star	1345	344		28	Absorbing Energy Cores
8-Star	1364	354		28	Absorbing energy from the blood pool left by Xiao Xuan
9-Star	1412	368		28	Training in the Heaven Demon Blood Pool
Nine Change Peak	1426	374		28	Experiencing 100 reincarnations with the help of Bodhisattva Ancient Tree
10. Ban Sheng / Half Saint
Initial	-	-	-	-	Skipped
Intermediate	-	-	-	-	Skipped
Advanced	-	-	-	-	Skipped
11. Dou Sheng / Dou Saint
1-Star	1438	379		31	Refining the Bodhisattva Heart
2-Star	1484	404		31	Having his body tempered by the bloodline
5-Star	1524			33	Swallowing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame
6-Star	1582			34	Refining a portion of the Tier 9 Mysterious Pill
7-Star	1614			34	Consuming the Lightning Calamity Pill
12. Dou Di / Dou God
Dou Di	1644			35	Inheritance of the Tou She Ancient God

Note

T/N: '??' is written because it is not known but estimated to have reached due to a dialogue while '-' means skipped.
T/N: Many of the ranks are not like broken through but known to have broken through before and other people realizing it.
T/N: "S?-EP?" means, BTTH Donghua Season '?' Episode '?'. For Example: S1-EP1 means BTTH Donghua Season 1 Episode 1.
T/N: "S? Special-EP?" means, BTTH Donghua Season ? Special Episode ?. For Example: S1 Special-EP1 means BTTH Donghua Season 1 Special Episode 1.
T/N: "(New-2022)"/"NewS?-EP?" means, the episodes of "Fights Break Sphere: Origin" or "Doupo Cangqiong: Yuanqi" brought by "Motion Magic Studio" Aired - Jul 17, 2022 to Jul 24, 2022 and "(Old-2017)"/"OldS?-EP?" means, the episodes of "Fights Break Sphere" or "Doupo Cangqiong" brought by "Foch Films Studio" Aired - Jan 7, 2017 to Apr 1, 2017. BTTH Season 1 (New-2022) is the Remake of BTTH Season 1 (Old-2017).
T/N: "(Unmentioned)" means, in the episode the scene appeared just like the story was written in BTTH official novel when Xiao Yan advanced his cultivation level, but in the dialoge there was no mention of Xiao Yan"s Cultivation Advancement.
T/N: "(Mentioned)" means, in the episode the scene did not showen or Skipped unlike the story was written in BTTH official novel when Xiao Yan advanced his cultivation level, but the dialoge did mention of Xiao Yan"s Cultivation Advancement.

Qi Methods

Xiao Yan's Qi Method is Flame Mantra which can evolve and for evolution it needs Heavenly Flames.

Class	Level	Chapter	Manhua	Donghua	Details
Huang/Yellow	Low	67	14	OldS1-EP10	Xiao Yan chose Flame Mantra as his Qi Method
	Middle	160			Swallowing Purple Beast Flame
	High	-	-	-	Skipped
Xuan/Black	Low	-	-	-	Skipped
	Middle	235	50	S3-EP8	Swallowing the Green Lotus Core Flame
	High	-	-	-	Skipped
Di/Earth	Low	620	157	S5-EP41	Swallowing the Fallen Heart Flame
	Middle	-	-	-	Skipped
	High	1207	290		Swallowing the Three Thousand Burning Flame
Tian/Heaven	Quasi	1293	329		Swallowing the Bone Chilling Flame
	Low	1487	406		Swallowing the Sea Heart Flame
	Middle	-	-	-	Skipped
	High	1521			Swallowing the Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame

Spiritual Strength

It is common knowledge that the spirit is the most important foundation of an alchemist. Only with a powerful soul will one possess sufficient Spiritual Perception and Spiritual Control.

Something like the soul was too illusionary and indistinct to the experts of this era. Spiritual Strength was also colorless and without form. One would have difficulty detecting and dealing with it. Very few people had seen something similar to a human-shaped soul. After all, forming an illusionary soul into a human form, which did not scatter for a long time, was something that even some elite Dou Zuns had difficulty achieving.

The Spiritual States are divided into 4 levels. The Mortal State, Soul State, Heavenly State, and Di State, most people, even alchemists who are below the 8th tier, remain at the Mortal State.

Spiritual State		Chapter	Manhua	Donghua	Details
Mortal State		166	36	S2-EP6	After becoming alchemist, everyone is in this state
Soul State		1177	278		In Chapter 1126 Xiao Yan touched the Soul State and by consuming the Core Soul Marrow he reached the 'Soul State'
Heavenly State	Advanced	1438	379		After he became Dou Sheng, his spiritual strength reached Heavenly State
	Perfect	1493	412		Absorbing the Soul Essence from Hall of Souls
Di State		1599			Refining the Soul Essence of the Heavenly Tomb Soul

Alchemist Tier

Alchemist Tier	Chapter	Manhua	Donghua	Details
Tier 1	121 166 (Officially)	36	S2-EP6	Passing the Alchemy Test of Alchemist Association of Black Rock City in the presence of Fu Lan Ke & Ao Tuo
Tier 2	167
Tier 3	266
Tier 4	323		S4-EP20	Winning the Final Round of Alchemist Grand Meeting Competition by refining Peak Tier 4 Three Lines Green Spirit Pill
Tier 5	503		S5-EP20	Winning the Round to Han Xian by Refining the Ordinary Tier 5 Dragon Strength Pill
Tier 6	654
Tier 7	1010~1044
Tier 7 (Mid/High Grade)	1126
Tier 8	1177	278
Tier 9	1447	384
Tier Di	1599

Heavenly Flames

Heavenly Flame	Rank	Chapter	Manhua	Donghua	Location
Green Lotus Core Flame	19	227	50	S3-EP8	Tager Desert
Fallen Heart Flame	14	618	157	S5-EP41	Jia Nan Academy
Three Thousand Burning Flame	9	1206	296		Pill Tower
Bone Chilling Flame	11	1293	329		From Yao Lao
Sea Heart Flame	15	1487	406		Old Mu Gu from Hall of Souls
Purifying Demonic Lotus Flame	3	1521			Demon Flame Realm
Emperor Flame	1	1644			Ancient God Mansion

Trivia

• Back when he was four, it took him 6 years to get to 9 Duan Qi/Dou Zhi Qi. Even with his talent, getting to 7 Duan Qi/Dou Zhi Qi in just one year was hopeless.
• Even though for the past three years his Dou Qi has always been declining, his foundation in Dou Qi is much firmer than other people. In Dou Qi training, the foundation is the most important!
• To gain one Duan Qi in 3 months, although this speed is slower compared to the two months needed for reaching 5 Duan Qi, Xiao Yan was still very satisfied. When he was training before, it took him an entire half year to go from 5 Duan Qi to 6 Duan Qi.