Recaps

Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi strengthened their bond and drew new allies into the Chen Clan’s orbit through ceremonies, gifts, and carefully arranged ties. The stretch ended with Chen Zixiu negotiating skill exchanges and resource shares with the Yang and Ximen families.

• Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi manifested their complementary True Love and Life Intent Realms, and Xiao Yi joined Chang'an Academy, where she passed her combat test by trapping three teachers in her Sky Azure Vine Formation.
• Chen Hua and Chen Xiaojun visited Ji Xiang’s family, delivered invitations to Chen Xinyi’s ceremonies, and revealed Chen Xiaojun’s Intent Realm, while Xue Shiqiong reunited with Bo Xian'er and accepted Chen Hua as Ji Tiantian’s master.
• Bo Xian'er welcomed Xue Shiqiong and Ji Tiantian into the family, and Xue Shiqiong absorbed a Mystic Nether Phoenix Immortal Lotus that strengthened her martial soul and raised her Soul Power to level 76.
• Xiao Yi recruited Su Ningxia and Gao Cuilan as followers through an ancient ceremony, and Chen Xiaojun recognized its connection to the Yin Yang School and Xiao Yi’s memories of her previous life.
• Chen Hua formally accepted Ji Tiantian as his disciple, while Zhuo Qianren received a Titled Package from Chen Cong in exchange for protecting Chen Xiaojun and the others at the Gao Ying Competition.
• Yang Jingxue persuaded Xue Chuxin to visit Xia Qingyun, and Xue Chuxin and Xue Churan concluded that Chen Xiaojun had used Yang Jingxue to draw them closer to the Chen Clan.
• Chen Xiaojun and Chen Hua discussed Ji Tiantian’s training, the Big Dipper Grand Technique, and Chen Mu’s possible role in the Organization Department, while Xue Churan and Xue Chuxin considered how the Chen Clan’s support could strengthen their faction.
• Yang Jingxue and Ximen Xiaoran negotiated Tiangang Grade places and skill exchanges with Chen Zixiu, who granted both families access to Golden Bell Shield for their main lines.

Chen Xiaojun turned Chang'an Academy’s student rivalry into a selection trial, assembled the school team, and launched demanding competition training. As he advanced plans to expand the academy, Xiao Yi began sharpening her sword skills in the Great Soul Arena.

• Xue Churan proposed that Xue Shiqing accompany Chen Qiujun to Sword Rain Academy, while Chen Jianjun told Ximen Chuixue that his grandfather had been gravely wounded by Crimson Church Titled Douluo.
• Chen Jianjun and his teammates studied intelligence on Chang'an Academy and learned that Xiao Jun’s return, together with Xiao Yi’s healing and control abilities, made their rivals especially formidable.
• Yu Tianya briefed Heaven Dou Royal Academy on Chang'an Academy’s victories in Zhongnan Mountain, and Xue Shiming urged the team to learn from and defeat Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Xiaojun returned to Chang'an Academy, helped Xiao Yi address injuries from her cultivation, gave her the sword Zhao Jun, and intervened when student factions fought over competition selections.
• Chen Xiaojun established fair selection rules and a ten-win challenge, while Ma Wencai defeated Aaron Frayke to earn his place on the team.
• Chen Xiaojun and Zhuang Mochen discussed expanding Chang'an Academy into a university city on White Deer Plain, and Zhuang Mochen agreed to support his plans.
• Yan Chengyi named Chen Xiaojun captain and commander of the school team, and Chen Xiaojun began intensive arena training with strict win-rate requirements.
• At the Great Soul Arena, Xiao Yi fought Flame Hell and then Inferno, won her match, and healed injured teammates as Chen Xiaojun prepared the team for the next phase of training.

The Chen Clan and their allies fought a massive soul beast horde while Chen Hong and Lu Xueqi battled the Peng Emperor. The Peng Emperor unleashed a powerful ancestral transformation as the battle continued, while Xia Changyuan returned to Phoenix Platform and entered the fight against the horde.

• The defenders used coordinated formations, poison, illusions, and sword attacks to hold back the flying and ground-based soul beasts, while Ximen Rongcheng fought the Purple Lightning Swift Tiger and the group stopped the Beacon Fire Iron Elephant.
• Chen Hong guarded Zhuo Qianren as he absorbed a soul ring, then confronted the Crystal Winged Dragon Peng and gravely wounded it with an icefire black hole before the Peng Emperor arrived and challenged him.
• Chen Hong and the Peng Emperor exchanged devastating attacks, and Lu Xueqi appeared to protect Chen Hong and fight the Peng Emperor as a coordinated human assault against the southern territory was revealed.
• Shen Tianjun, Lu Xueying, and Leng Qingqiu joined the battle, helping the defenders break the beasts’ formations and drive back the horde while Zhuo Qianren badly wounded the Fear Griffon.
• Lu Xueqi shattered the Peng Emperor’s attacks with her lightning sword art, and Chen Hong used the Profound Nether Taiji Diagram to bind its shadow before Lu Xueqi wounded the Peng Emperor and forced it to the ground.
• The Peng Emperor activated Bloodline Returning to Ancestry and transformed into the Ten Thousand Blades Wind Roc, while Lu Xueqi summoned the Heavenly Azure Ice Soul Dragon and clashed with it in a battle that shattered the surrounding land.
• The allies discussed their losses, the escaped Thunder Warhawk, and the danger posed by the Eagle Peng Clan and its allies as they wondered who was leading the other into a trap.
• Xia Changyuan returned to Phoenix Platform with the Blackbird Legion and ordered Lie Feng’s archers, Yuchi Gang’s shield soldiers, and Bing Ruibo’s cavalry to counterattack, but a Crimson Flame Demon Tiger threatened Bing Ruibo.