Donghua Season 5

This Article is based on the **Donghua**, which is an adaptation of the Light Novel Series! The information and terminology in the article will be based on the Donghua.

Season 5 is Currently Airing Every Sunday💖😍

*A New Plot: Jia Nan Academy, Fallen Heart Flame and Black Corner Region*

Check Season 5 Trailers/Season 5 Songs

## Season Information

### AKA

Doupo Cangqiong: Nian Fan
Fights Break Sphere Season 5
Battle Through The Heavens Season 5

### Producers

Tencent Penguin Pictures
China Literature Limited

### Adapted From

Doupo Cangqiong
Tian Can Tu Dou

### Genres

Action, Adventure,
Romance, Martial Arts,
Fantasy

## Overview

Many Donghua fans had been anxiously waiting for updates about the next chapter in the story of Battle Through The Heavens. Upon the finale of its most recent special episodes, the Three-Year Agreement last January, it was revealed that Xiao Yan’s journey continues in Battle Through The Heavens: Origin (Yuanqi) which is the reboot of the first season and with a bit of a twist and additional scenes as well as its upcoming sequel, **Battle Through The Heavens Season 5** (Nian Fan).[1]

Almost after half-year after the release of Three Year Agreement, fans were able to get news about Battle Through The Heavens: Origin and Season 5 through a new trailer which features familiar faces such as Yao Lao in his prime as the famous Dou Venerate Yao zun-zhe, it also shows a new and even better design for Gu Xun-er, and the Fallen Heart Flame as a gigantic fiery serpent, the next Heavenly Flame that Xiao Yan’s will dare to refine.[2]

On June 12, 2022; the new trailer for Battle Through the Heavens: Origin & Season 5 was posted on the official Weibo page of the donghua. As I’ve mentioned earlier, it features a sneak peek into the life of Yao Lao in his prime as Battle Through the Heavens: Origin will not only serve as a remake of the first season from a different perspective but will also showcase Yao Lao’s journey as his first student Han Feng has betrayed him. Hence, this leads to his death and the reason why he is in his spiritual form as shown in the series.[3]

We were also able to get a glimpse at some action that awaits Xiao Yan in his life in the Black-Corner Region, the chaotic and lawless region far from the Jia Ma Empire and where the infamous Jia Nan Academy is located. Xiao Yan will fight several factions and demonic sects here up to the point that he’ll have to fight a Dou Emperor (Huang) named Fan Lao since he killed the latter’s son.[4]

As he enters the Jia Nan Academy, he’ll meet some of his relatives there while he will also have to deal with a new set of challenges. As a student, he’ll have new allies and enemies, he’ll have his long-awaited reunion with Gu Xuner, and he’ll have to come face to face with a Heavenly Flame that already gained an intelligent, the Fallen Heart Flame.[5]

Battle Through The Heavens Season 5 will also highlight Xiao Yan’s encounter with Han Feng, the first student of Yao Lao, a tier-6 alchemist who will compete with him in claiming the Fallen Heart Flame. Luckily, we still have Queen Medusa occasionally appear this time. The real unbothered queen comes and goes whenever she wants but still saves Xiao Yan at the end of the day.[6]

## Animation Studio & Release Date

Motion Magic returns as the production team for Battle Through The Heavens: Origin and its 5th season (Nian Fan). While many fans are speculating that the donghua will be released after Martial Universe Season 3, it actually turns out to be true after its production team has unveiled that Battle Through The Heavens Season 5 release date is scheduled on July 31, 2022; but before that, Yuanqi (Origin) will premiere on July 17, replacing Martial Universe Season 3 on Tencent Video’s Sunday timeslot.[7]

## What to Expect

### Xiao Yan’s Arrival Black-Corner Region

Xiao Yan will arrive in the Black-Corner Region, a lawless, rather anarchic region in the Dou Qi Continent, where criminal and outcast lurks in the dark. Therefore, this is a place where crime rates are at their peak and notorious in the entire continent with this reputation.

Here, Xiao Yan will gain treasures that will be helpful in his cultivation later on but some of these will also put him in grave danger later such as the corpse of a member of the Heaven Demon Phoenix Tribe, a powerful race within the Magical Beast world. Xiao Yan also had various encounters with new foes in the Black-Corner Region such as Fan Lao of the Blood Sect, whose son was killed by him.

### The Infamous Jia Nan Academy

Even more famous than the Misty Cloud Sect of the Jia Ma Empire is the Jia Nan Academy which sits within the Black-Corner Region. Various students from different parts of the continent and with varying backgrounds are coming to this school to study and cultivate. They are known for their Qi-Refining Tower which accelerates the student’s cultivation of Dou Qi. But there’s a trick on this and that’s something that we have to look forward in the series.

### Reunion with Xuner

Xiao Yan not only went to Jia Nan Academy to train and cultivate but also to reunite with his childhood sweetheart Gu Xuner. Therefore, we can expect that Battle Through The Heavens Season 5 will highlight Xuner as the main heroine this time with Queen Medusa having selected scenes, while all the ladies that we had seen from the previous seasons such as Ya Fei, Yun Yun, and Xiao Xi Yan will not have any screentime this season.

I won’t delve deeper into her background, but her family is one of the most powerful clans on the entire continent, and Ling Ying, the Dou Huang that helped Xiao Yan against the Misty Cloud Sect during the Three-Year Agreement was her servant. Her beauty is not inferior to any women that Xiao Yan had met and her strength is not to be underestimated too. She’s more gifted and talented than Xiao Yan, thus, she’s technically stronger than him at this stage but we’ll only get to see more of her in the 5th season as she’ll join Xiao Yan in most of the fights within the Jia Nan Academy.

### The Creation of Pan’s Gate

Pan’s Gate is a faction of students within the Inner Academy was created by Xiao Yan to fight back against the bullies. Later on, it became a powerhouse where Xiao Yan meet new allies and friends, some of them even helped him on his revenge against the Misty Cloud Sect. Some members of Pan’s Gate are his former opponents in the Outer and Inner Academy of Jia Nan Academy. Personally, I felt like this faction had let Xiao Yan enjoy a bit of his teenage and youthful days normally. Aside from Xiao Yan, Pan’s Gate is founded by Xuner, Hu Jia, and Wu Hao; the latter two are his former opponents from Outer Academy but became his close allies upon entering the Inner Academy.

### Yao Lao’s First Disciple: Han Feng

Han Feng, the first student of Yao Chen who betrayed and killed him, was one of the characters specially featured in the additional scenes for the season 1 reboot in Battle Through The Heavens: The Origin (Yuanqi). He is also an alchemist and a top-tier Dou Qi practitioner in the Black-Corner Region where he hid from the wrath of Feng zun-zhe after he killed Yao Chen. He is affiliated with the Hall of Souls and is one of the main antagonists in Battle Through The Heavens Season 5. In fact, he, along with Xiao Yan is featured in one of the key posters for Doupo Cangqiong: Nian Fan where he was shown fighting with Xiao Yan with their heavenly flames.

### Fallen Heart Flame

The next Heavenly Flame that Xiao Yan sets his eye on is the Fallen Heart Flame beneath the Qi-Refining Tower of the Jia Nan Academy, in the trailer and poster of Battle Through The Heavens Season 5, it was shown the burning fire serpent. It’s gonna be an exciting scene to watch as Xiao Yan dares to tame the Fallen Heart Flame, a much stronger flame than his Green-Lotus Flame since it already accumulated intelligence. The new season of BTTH will showcase the battle of three Heavenly Flames as Han Feng also joins in with his Sea Heart Flame as he wishes to acquire the Fallen Heart Flame and Xiao Yan’s Green-Lotus Flame.

### Xiao Gate: Gathering of Forces

After gaining some reputation on his own in the Black-Corner Region, Xiao Gate is the faction that Xiao Yan has established along with his older brother Xiao Li in order to gain allies and gather forces in preparation for his imminent return to Jia Ma Empire and destroy the Misty Cloud Sect. Among the members of this faction includes some of his friends from the Pan’s Gate, Queen Medusa, and some old opponents that he negotiated with such as former allies of Han Feng, and several independent forces outside of Han Feng’s alliance.

### Return to Jia Ma Empire

With all his training and the experiences he had gained in the Black-Corner Region, I believed that Battle Through The Heavens Season 5 will conclude with Xiao Yan’s return to Jia Ma Empire along with the allies he had to fight and eventually destroy Misty Cloud Sect. Among the highlights of this return is his reunion with Hai Bodong and Ya Fei, as he helped the declining Miteer Clan which gained the enmity of Misty Cloud Sect after they take the remnants of Xiao Clan as refugees.

Xiao Yan will also gather allies to fight the Misty Cloud Sect including Jia Xingtian, the Alchemist Association, the Mu Clan, and Nalan Clan. He’ll fight Yun Shan once again and this time, it’ll be for good, as it opened the opportunity for a new enemy to rise, as Xiao Yan has to deal directly with the Hall of Souls later on after Yao Chen has been captured by a protector.

With all of this spoiling, I guess I’ll stop right here and simply wish everyone to enjoy Battle Through The Heavens Season 5 and witness how the series which seems to be quite mediocre when it first aired has become of the most popular donghua nowadays and captivated so many fans from all over the world. It has become a craze that could even compete against the most-watched donghua of all time, Soul Land.

Meanwhile, if you’re still wondering where you can watch Battle Through The Heavens Season 5? You can check its official page on Tencent Video and several Donghua websites. You may also check its official Weibo page to get direct updates about it here: 斗破苍穹官微

## References

1. https://www.yualexius.com/2022/06/battle-through-the-heavens-origin.html

2. https://www.yualexius.com/2022/07/battle-through-the-heavens-season-5.html