Recaps

Chen Xiaojun strengthened the Chen Clan after the attack on Skywolf Forging Market while preparing its team for the academy tournament and quietly investigating Ji Tiantian’s family. The stretch ended with him arranging Xiao Yi’s trip to the Icebound Forest to seek her second Soul Ring.

• Chen Xiaojun and the elders discussed Ji Tiantian’s Seven Kill Sword, and Chen Xiaojun took responsibility for discreetly learning what her family and Xue Chuxin intended.
• After the Moonlight Tribe attacked Skywolf Forging Market, Chen Xiaojun and Chen Menglin assessed the casualties and losses, reinforced the clan’s markets, and approved an Emergency Management Division.
• Chen Xiaojun coordinated the academy team’s tournament preparations, naming Gao Cuilan as its preliminary-round controller and considering Ji Bochang and Sai Wennier for the lineup.
• Chen Xiaojun warned the team about powerful rival academies, including Soul Fighting Academy, and admitted their prospects depended on his recovery, Xiao Yi, and a secret trump card.
• Chen Xiaojun and Chen Mu discussed the Chen Clan’s growing population, stores of Soul Bones, rising elders, and plans to formalize its departments and leadership.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Chen Hua to help with Ji Xiang and Winding Stream Party, then explained the Chen Clan’s strategic interests around Moonlight City and considered schools for younger relatives.
• Chen Xiaojun arranged for Xiao Yi to travel with Du Gu Fu and Third Great Uncle to the Icebound Forest, where she would hunt an Ice Silkworm for her second Soul Ring.

Chen Xiaojun advanced the Chen Clan’s Breathing Technique cultivation, helped Xiao Yi awaken the Mist Haze Godly Venerable Body, and strengthened ties with the Gao Family. The arc ended with Hu Qianning being pursued through Chang'an as Chen Xiaojun’s group was drawn into the confrontation.

• Chen Xiaojun proposed new Genius List publications and learned from Zhou Tianshu that Soul Power awakenings had risen alongside the continent’s population and soul-beast pressures.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi investigated the Breathing Techniques’ limits, and Xiao Yi awakened her markings and bloodline to manifest the Mist Haze Godly Venerable Body.
• Zhu Yanfeng attempted the same breakthrough but stopped short after Chen Menglin intervened, leading the Chen Clan to define its Four Essentials of Cultivation and formalize the Breathing Technique’s place in its cultivation system.
• Chen Xiaojun visited the Gao Family, rewarded Gao Cuilan for her expedition work, and exchanged introductions to secret technique inheritances for the Gao Clan’s confinement arts.
• Gao Cuilan absorbed rare resources, evolved her Gold Silver Ring into the Seventh Grade Dragon Phoenix Gold Silver Ring, and reached level 38 before preparing to pursue level 40.
• Chen Xiaojun chose to strengthen the Gao Family as a potential ally while watching how Chang'an’s noble families would respond to pressure from the Crimson Church.
• Cheng Yun saw Hu Qianning fleeing Soul Master pursuers, and Zhu Changyun shielded Chen Xiaojun’s group as one pursuer warned Chen Xiaojun not to interfere.

Chen Xiaojun’s circle helped establish rules for powerful soul masters in Chang’an while the great clans drew closer to the Chen Clan. Meanwhile, Chen Yu fought three Titled Douluo, awakening a stronger Slaughter Realm as his battle with Yan Wufeng remained unresolved.

• Hu Qianning defeated Gou Sheng, Liu Xinxin, and Mo Lichen with Chen Xiaojun’s group’s support, while Hu LengHui and Murong Zhe fought until Chang’an’s experts forced them to stop and pay for the damage.
• He Qingchuan announced that powerful visitors could fight only in the Great Soul Arena, and the Chen Clan’s support strengthened the new rule.
• Ma Zhibin planned for Wencai to follow Chen Xiaojun, while Bei Ming Xinghai decided that Spirit Hall should take a stance against the Chen Clan’s growing influence.
• Gao Ying told the clan leaders that Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi had helped Gao Cuilan advance to level 40 and become a powerful Soul Ancestor, prompting the clans to consider closer ties with them.
• You Dongshan ambushed Chen Yu, who fought off Luo Ping and faced Yan Wufeng as he tried to escape.
• Chen Xiaojun’s system draws granted him Shao Siming, the Nine Yin Nine Yang Manual, the Demon Slayer Breathing Technique, the Eight Wonders, and new martial soul and Dharma Robe rewards shared with Xiao Yi.
• Chen Yu fought Yan Wufeng, You Guangzhou, and Luo Ping, using the Seven Injuries Seal and awakening Time-Space Power to transform his Slaughter Domain into a Slaughter Realm.
• Chen Yu’s Slaughter Realm held against Yan Wufeng as their Seven Kill Sword and Demonic Dragon Claw shattered in a clash that injured both fighters.

The Chen Clan and its allies fought off Yan Wufeng, You Guangzhou, and Luo Ping, but Chen Yu suffered severe soul damage after the enemies escaped. As the clan strengthened its plans and alliances, Chen Xiaojun urged Xue Churan to build a powerful faction with the Chen Clan’s support.

• Luo Ping and Yan Wufeng shattered Chen Yu’s Slaughter Domain, and You Guangzhou helped drive Chen Yu toward Chen Lin Village while poison and repeated attacks wore him down.
• The Chen Clan’s reinforcements joined the battle, and its fighters stalled You Guangzhou’s Void Giant Serpent and Luo Ping’s assaults with coordinated attacks and the Chen Yuan Three Absolute Array.
• Chen Yu and Shen Tianjun countered Yan Wufeng’s attacks, but Yan Wufeng struck Chen Yu’s mind with the Eye of Destruction before he and You Guangzhou combined their powers against the Chen Clan’s experts.
• Chen Yu became a Heavenly Giant Sword and destroyed most of the combined Dark Demon Dragon and Void Giant Serpent, but Luo Ping shattered his sword form and You Guangzhou’s poison made him collapse as the enemies escaped.
• Ye Xiuxin assessed Chen Yu’s severe soul damage and cracked Upper Soul Nest Wall, while Shen Tianjun and the injured elders discussed recovery and applying for the Sunset Glow Plan.
• Zhang Ci persuaded Zhuo Qianren that Xiao Jun’s plans could strengthen the academy and that the Chen Clan’s rise was an irresistible trend.
• Zhu Wuneng and Gao Cuilan formed the Chen Clan’s first Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and their families began arranging their match.
• Chen Xiaojun advised Xue Churan not to take the governor post, then proposed helping her and Senior Silver Emperor advance so their allies could form a powerful faction.