Recaps

The Ji and Liu Families survived the Crimson Church’s attack, while Chen Xiaojun uncovered the depth of the Church’s infiltration and helped strengthen ties with the Chen Clan and Sea God Island. The battle ended with Long Ma confronting the Crimson Church’s Nine Nether Douluo.

• Chen Xiaojun neutralized the paralysis with Aromatic Silk Beauty pollen, allowing the Ji and Liu forces to counterattack as Liu Yirong treated Ji Chenglie and Ji Chengjian and the elders recognized Chen Xiaojun’s connection to the Chen Clan.
• Ji Chenglie and Liu Yirong resolved to investigate the Crimson Church and strengthen their alliances, while Liu Ruyan prepared to take charge of the Liu Clan and postpone her wedding.
• Feng Qisheng fought Kong Youde, who revealed his tragic past and infiltration of the Ji Clan before dying peacefully after entrusting Chen Xiaojun with his recipe book.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed his Chen Clan lineage to Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan, and Xi Xi announced Sea God Island’s plan to ally with the Chen Clan.
• Chen Xiaojun and his companions connected Ito Makoto to the Netherworld Blood Lily and the Crimson Church, and Liu Ruyan vowed to seek justice for Grandfather Liu and the two families.
• Zhu Yanfeng defeated He Tiancheng, forcing the Crimson Church forces to retreat, but a hidden Titled Douluo attacked Zhu Yanfeng and trapped him in Shadow Cage.
• Long Ma broke Zhu Yanfeng free, struck Pang Yanfeng down, and challenged the Crimson Church’s Nine Nether Douluo after identifying his Void Dark Serpent martial soul.

After the Crimson Church’s attack on the Ji and Liu Families, Chen Xiaojun advanced plans for the Chen Clan’s influence and a medicinal materials market. Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda uncovered Ito Makoto’s warning, while Chen Cong accepted an imperial title and took Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi to the Chen family Secret Realm.

• Long Ma and Chen Cong’s forces repelled the attackers, and Chen Cong identified Nine Nether Douluo as You Guangzhou, a leader of the Crimson Church’s fundamentalist branch.
• The Ji and Liu Families restored order and pursued the attack’s backers while Chen Xiaojun urged the Chen Clan to expand its security, underground influence, and medicinal materials trade.
• Chen Xiaojun arranged a medicinal materials market with Chen Chen, Ling Yunxiao, Zhao Lin, the Medical Alliance, and Sea God Island, which secured a fifteen-percent share.
• Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda found Ito Makoto’s hidden letter and Netherworld Blood Lilies, learning that the Crimson Church planned to attack their families the following year.
• Xue Churan accepted Chen Cong’s help investigating the Crimson Church, and he received a duke’s title and imperial gifts from the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Chen Cong left Long Ma to guard Chen Clan Villa and took Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi to the Chen family Secret Realm to obtain Xiao Yi’s third soul ring.
• Ding Daoheng, Cheng Wenge, and Zhu Jiazhen welcomed Chen Cong’s group, and Chen Cong told them Zhu Hongzhen would return soon.

Xiao Yi obtained an eight-thousand-year Life Vine soul ring, awakened her healing ability, and learned that her Ageless Evergreen Ivy carried the Evergreen Ivy Clan’s Emperor Bloodline. As Old Green and Chen Yu prepared her for future growth and the Chen Clan’s expansion, Xiao Yi began learning inherited techniques that could lead her toward the highest level of cultivation.

• Chen Xiaojun and the elders helped Xiao Yi choose the Life Vine for her Third Soul Ring, and her Ageless Evergreen Ivy devoured the eight-thousand-year vine and absorbed its soul ring despite the dangerous process.
• Xiao Yi survived the absorption, gained an External Soul Bone and reached rank 34, then revealed her Spring of Life healing skill.
• Old Green awoke and recognized Xiao Yi as the returning emperor of the Evergreen Ivy Clan, explaining that her Ageless Evergreen Ivy carried the Emperor Bloodline and warning that Black Old coveted her Martial Soul.
• Old Green alerted the secret realm’s powerful Soul Beasts to protect Xiao Yi and agreed to guide her growth, while Chen Xiaojun discussed how to keep her attributes balanced and select future Soul Beasts.
• Chen Xiaojun and the clan elders toured the medicinal and spirit fields, then proposed building a Herbal Medicine Market in Chang'an City to link cultivation, processing, and sales.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed opening the secret realms to Soul Saints of the Zhaowu Nine Clans, and Chen Yu urged him to prepare a careful plan that addressed manpower, recruitment, and the clan’s wider interests.
• Old Green and Sky Azure offered Xiao Yi inherited Vine Clan techniques, and Old Green taught her the Evergreen Heart Sutra.
• Xiao Yi began combining the Evergreen Heart Sutra with the Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream and the Big Dipper Grand Technique, and Chen Cong said the fusion could give her a strong chance of reaching level 99 Peerless Douluo.

Xiao Yi became the Green Vine Clan’s Holy Maiden, and the clan’s ceremony blessed the gathered soul masters and helped Zhu Jiazhen become a Titled Douluo. As Chen Xiaojun planned his next soul ring and gained a greater role in Chen Clan affairs, Xiao Yi absorbed the Moon Wolf Skull and reached rank 40.

• Chen Xiaojun encouraged Xiao Yi to combine her cultivation techniques, and she demonstrated how her Life Force Field restored people and strengthened herbs.
• Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun helped the Green Vine Clan develop a nourishing pool, and Old Green declared Xiao Yi its Holy Maiden because she had inherited the Ageless Evergreen Ivy Emperor Bloodline martial soul.
• Old Green and the Green Vine Saint King gathered the clan’s Spiritual Soul Bodies for Xiao Yi’s Conferment Ceremony, where Chen Xiaojun named her Donghuang Xiuyi.
• The ceremony’s blessing transformed the Green Vine Spirit Serpent and strengthened the gathered souls, raising Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi to level 39 and helping Zhu Jiazhen become a Titled Douluo.
• Chen Yu gave Xiao Yi a seventy-thousand-year Moon Wolf Skull Soul Bone, and she agreed to pursue a Meteor Vine for her next soul ring while Chen Xiaojun sought a thirty-thousand-year Yin Yang Soul Beast for his own.
• Old Heaven told Chen Xiaojun about a thirty-thousand-year Spirit Abyss Black Tortoise in the secret realm, while Chen Yu informed him that the Family Meeting had approved his participation in clan affairs.
• Chen Yu and Chen Cong discussed Chen Xiaojun’s possible succession and planned to strengthen the clan as his achievements and influence reshaped its fortunes.
• Old Green guided Xiao Yi through the Holy Land ritual, where she absorbed the Moon Wolf Skull and Spring of Life essence, broke through to Soul Ancestor, and reached rank 40.