Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaojun, a transmigrator living in Chen Lin Village, reflected on his upcoming martial soul awakening and his family’s Seven Kill Sword heritage. He returned home with Zhu Wuneng for dinner, where his mother told him his grandfather and brother were waiting.

• Chen Xiaojun sat beside Shaolin Lake and thought about his martial soul awakening, his training, and the century separating him from Tang San’s birth.
• Chen Xiaojun recalled changing his name from Chen Jianxin and considered why the Chen Clan concealed its identity.
• Zhu Wuneng found Chen Xiaojun and escorted him home, joking with him about their upcoming awakenings and Zhu Wuneng’s build.
• Chen Xiaojun and Zhu Wuneng reached the family compound, where Ye Xiuxin told Chen Xiaojun to wash up and join his waiting grandfather and brother.

Chen Yu told Chen Xiaojun about the Seven Kill Sword and the Chen Clan’s troubled history as Chen Xiaojun prepared for his Martial Soul awakening. The family discussed Chen Jianjun’s studies and cultivation, and he revealed that he had already reached rank thirty.

• Chen Yu said Chen Xiaojun’s father would return before his birthday with an Awakening Stone so the family could awaken his Martial Soul.
• Chen Yu explained that the Chen Clan had only thirty-two direct-line inheritors and had repeatedly suffered destruction and displacement because of the Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Yu described how Chen Xili and Chen Feiyi developed the Upright Sword Qi Technique and Seven Kill Qi Concealment Technique to manage the sword’s killing intent and protect the clan.
• Ye Xiuxin comforted Chen Yu, while Chen Xiaojun privately wondered whether the clan might eventually be wiped out.
• Chen Yu asked Chen Jianjun which academy he planned to attend, and Chen Jianjun said he had not chosen one because he had been focused on reaching Soul Elder and defeating Chen Jianzun.
• Chen Jianjun announced that he had already reached rank thirty.

Chen Jianjun celebrated reaching Soul Elder, and Chen Yu explained the Soul Nests and the major cultivation thresholds to Chen Xiaojun. Chen Yu planned to take Jianjun to hunt a third soul ring, while Xiaojun continued preparing for his Martial Soul awakening.

• Chen Jianjun revealed that he had broken through to Soul Elder two days earlier, and Ye Xiuxin checked that his meridians and Lower Soul Nest were unharmed.
• Chen Yu explained how the Lower, Middle, and Upper Soul Nests worked and described the thresholds for Soul Elder, Soul Sage, and Titled Douluo.
• Chen Xiaojun compared the Soul Nests to the Dantians from his previous life and asked Chen Yu about the third cultivation threshold.
• Chen Jianjun chose a Wind Attribute or light-attribute speed-boosting soul beast for his third soul ring, and Chen Yu agreed to search for an Azure Gale Grey Wolf with him.
• Chen Yu told Ye Xiuxin he would leave with Jianjun soon, and instructed Xiaojun to take two more medicinal baths before his awakening.

Chen Xiaojun followed a disciplined daily routine of cultivation, study, and sword training while awaiting his martial soul awakening. Three days before the awakening, Chen Xun returned with Awakening Stones and learned that Chen Jianjun had gone with Chen Yu to hunt a spirit beast for his third soul ring.

• Chen Xiaojun trained sword techniques, practiced his family's Sword Step, and sparred with Zhu Wuneng as part of his regular routine.
• Chen Xiaojun spent his afternoons learning with the clan children, rested by Shaolin Lake, and read or took medicinal baths at night.
• On June 17th, Chen Xun returned to the main courtyard with Zhu Tianhao and greeted Ye Xiuxin and Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Xun brought six Awakening Stones for Chen Xiaojun's awakening on June 20th.
• Ye Xiuxin told Chen Xun that Chen Jianjun had reached level 30 and gone with Chen Yu to Shaolin Mountain to hunt a Thousand-Year Spirit Beast for his third soul ring.

Chen Jianjun hunted for a third soul ring with Chen Yu and fought a sixteen-hundred-year-old Lightning Wind Shadow Peng, which Chen Yu subdued so Jianjun could absorb its ring. Jianjun returned home with a powerful wind-and-lightning skill, while Chen Xiaojun planned to roast the Peng’s wings.

• Chen Yu and Chen Jianjun searched Shaolin Mountain for a suitable Wind Attribute soul beast after finding the Azure Gale Grey Wolves had disappeared.
• Chen Jianjun fought a Lightning Wind Shadow Peng alone, but Chen Yu intervened when the beast unleashed its ultimate attack.
• Chen Yu restrained and crippled the Lightning Wind Shadow Peng, allowing Chen Jianjun to kill it and absorb its soul ring.
• Chen Jianjun told his family that his new third soul ring boosted his speed, attack, and strength by one hundred percent for ten minutes and added wind and lightning attributes.
• Chen Xiaojun asked about the Peng’s body and announced that the family would roast two of its wings.

Chen Yu explained to Chen Xiaojun how Martial Soul grades, Super Martial Souls, and God-level Martial Souls compared, reassuring him before his awakening. Chen Xiaojun ended by asking how many kinds of God-level Martial Souls existed.

• Chen Yu and Chen Xun brought Chen Xiaojun to Chen Yu’s study, where Chen Yu asked whether he was nervous about his Martial Soul awakening the next day.
• Chen Xiaojun recited the Martial Soul grades, and Chen Yu explained the traits of God-level Martial Souls, including excess innate soul power, Domains, and Ultimate Attributes.
• Chen Yu described how Top Martial Souls could evolve into Super Martial Souls and said they could stand against God-level Martial Souls.
• Chen Yu explained the Ning Family’s difficult quest to pass down or reproduce the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, which two historical Nine Treasures Titled Douluo had gained using top-grade Natural Treasures.
• Chen Yu reassured Chen Xiaojun that either his father’s Seven Kill Sword or his mother’s Seven-Colored Begonia Bracelet could evolve, and Chen Xiaojun thanked him before asking about the Chen Clan’s knowledge and God-level Martial Souls.

Chen Yu explained the origins of God-level Martial Souls and the clan’s theory of awakening to Chen Xiaojun before accompanying him to the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall on his sixth birthday. The chapter ended with the family arriving at the hall ahead of Chen Xiaojun’s Martial Soul awakening.

• Chen Xiaojun asked Chen Yu about God-level Martial Souls, the Crimson Church, and how Martial Soul awakening worked.
• Chen Yu explained that the clan’s ancestor Chen Qianhua linked Innate Qi to Martial Soul formation and Soul Power Affinity, and that the Chen children received medicinal care to strengthen their bodies.
• Chen Yu asked Chen Xun about trouble involving the Xi Li Clan and Soul Fighting City, and Chen Xun reported that the situation remained manageable.
• On June 20, Chen Xiaojun sensed changes in his body on the day he turned six, then completed his morning training and prepared for the awakening ceremony.
• Chen Yu led Chen Xiaojun and their relatives and followers to the Chen Clan Ancestral Hall, whose layout and ancestral traditions were described.

Chen Xiaojun awakened the Sword God Pearls, a martial soul containing ten miniature ancient divine swords, and revealed Innate Full Soul Power. Chen Yu ordered the clan to report his Soul Power as level nine and took Chen Xiaojun, Chen Xun, and the young men aside.

• Chen Yu led the awakening ceremony as Chen Xiaojun stood among the six Awakening Stones.
• Chen Xiaojun awakened ten linked sword pills, and visions of ancient divine swords appeared in his consciousness.
• Chen Hong and Chen Yu sensed sword intent, and Chen Xiaojun explained that the sword pills held ten ancient divine swords that would emerge as he gained soul rings.
• Chen Xiaojun named his martial soul the Sword God Pearls, and he explained that one soul ring might awaken a paired set of pearls.
• Chen Xiaojun tested at Innate Full Soul Power, and Chen Yu ordered the clan to announce his level as nine.
• Chen Yu dismissed the gathered clan members and took Chen Xiaojun, Chen Xun, and the young men to the side hall.

Chen Yu explained why Chen Xiaojun’s Innate Full Soul Power made him a target, and taught him how innate power, martial soul quality, and rare mutations shaped a soul master’s potential. The clan leaders suspected a past ambush had been deliberate, and Chen Xiaojun learned how Twin Martial Souls could arise from beneficial mutation.

• Chen Yu gathered the clan’s decision-makers and ordered precautions to protect Chen Xiaojun, whose Innate Full Soul Power made him unusually valuable to enemies.
• Chen Yu warned that the Chen Clan’s limited strength made a powerful young genius vulnerable, and Chen Wenchao and Chen Hanxin recalled clues linking a past ambush to the Crimson Church.
• Chen Xiaojun asked why Innate Full Soul Power was dangerous, and Chen Yu explained that it signaled both rapid cultivation and the potential to reach the highest ranks.
• Chen Yu described the rarity of Innate Full Soul Power and outlined ordinary inheritance, beneficial mutation, God-level Martial Souls, and Twin Martial Souls as possible sources.
• Chen Yu explained that Twin Martial Souls could result when two evenly matched Top Martial Souls resisted inheriting one another and underwent beneficial mutation.

Chen Yu explained why Innate Full Soul Power was rare and why the Chen Family’s ancestors had pursued a path to Peerless Douluo. Chen Xiaojun vowed to find that path, then returned home after being told to study his Martial Soul before seeking a soul ring.

• Chen Yu described how Innate Full Soul Power and inherited strength could threaten the balance between the continent’s major factions.
• Chen Yu recounted how Ancestors Xi Li and Fei Yi became Peerless Douluo and how later Chen Family generations died trying to discover their own path to that rank.
• Chen Xiaojun and Chen Yu led the elders in honoring the ancestors, and Chen Xiaojun vowed to become a Peerless Douluo and find a way forward for the Chen Family.
• Chen Cong told Chen Xiaojun to study his Mutated Martial Soul, suitable soul beasts, and future specialization before obtaining a soul ring.
• Chen Xiaojun returned to his courtyard, where Ye Xiuxin prepared the Awakening Feast, and watched the Sword God Pearl in his hand beneath the moon.

Chen Xiaojun began his clan’s six-year Soul Master education and learned the Chen Clan’s principles for studying Martial Souls. Chen Cong explained the Seven Kill Sword’s common and exclusive traits, then started describing other Soul Ring Secret Skills.

• Chen Xiaojun arrived at the Martial Arts Hall, where Chen Yu and Chen Cong welcomed him to his Soul Master education.
• Chen Cong taught Chen Xiaojun the Chen Clan’s ancestral sayings and explained why clan members should study, travel, and develop their own abilities.
• Chen Xiaojun identified several categories of Martial Souls, and Chen Cong asked him to discover his own Martial Soul Trait.
• Chen Cong described the Seven Kill Sword’s common traits and suggested Chen Xiaojun could develop multiple swords and combine soul skills.
• Chen Cong explained the Seven Kill Sword’s killing-intent absorption and Ring Embedding, then described Ring Detonation and hinted at the dangers of discussing secret skills.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Chen Cong to explain Ring Fusion and Ring Iteration.

Chen Cong taught Chen Xiaojun about the distinctive traits of several powerful Martial Souls, including the Seven Kill Sword, Clear Sky Hammer, Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda, and Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon. He assigned Chen Xiaojun the study of Martial Soul traits as a compulsory course, leaving him with books to consult and an invitation to ask questions.

• Chen Cong explained Ring Fusion, Ring Iteration, and how the Seven Kill Sword's clan techniques helped its users comprehend slaughter-type domains.
• Chen Cong described the Clear Sky Hammer's Ring Detonation, growing weight, and advantage over most weapon Martial Souls, then outlined the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda's perception, growth-type skills, and solidified support effects.
• Chen Cong explained the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon's Dragon Might, lightning, Dragon Transformation, and frequent Martial Soul mutations.
• Chen Cong told Chen Xiaojun that Super Martial Souls could not normally be inherited and gave examples of flawed Martial Souls and the evolved Nine Heart Blood Begonia.
• Chen Cong instructed Chen Xiaojun to study books on Martial Soul traits in the rear hall's second library, and Chen Xiaojun solemnly agreed.

Chen Xiaojun chose to pursue an all-around Soul Master path guided by the temperaments of his ten Sword God Pearls rather than follow an established Seven Kill Sword specialization. Chen Cong judged that Xiaojun’s Martial Soul might be the embryonic form of a Super Martial Soul, prompting Chen Yu to increase his studies and Chen Cong to assign him books on soul beasts and skills.

• Chen Cong explained the Seven Kill Sword’s established Soul Master paths and stressed that a mature path required a coherent set of soul skills and suitable soul beasts.
• Chen Xiaojun rejected choosing a single specialization and declared he would build a versatile path that suited his mutated Martial Soul and its ten divine swords.
• Chen Xiaojun showed the elders a Sword God Pearl that conveyed an affinity for refined and elegant soul beasts, and Chen Cong reacted with alarm.
• Chen Cong theorized that Xiaojun’s Martial Soul was the embryonic form of a Super Martial Soul and that its pearls would awaken as his Soul Power advanced.
• Chen Yu agreed to reconsider Xiaojun’s training, while Chen Xiaojun vowed to work hard and pursue his ambition.
• Chen Cong gave Xiaojun three books to study and tasked him with planning his early soul skills after learning about soul beasts and the Seven Kill Sword.

Chen Yu explained the Chen family’s One Foundation, Three Pillars, Five Elements cultivation system and its ultimate sword techniques to Chen Xiaojun. Chen Xiaojun reflected on the family’s combat strength and how its balanced cultivation might suit him.

• Chen Yu explained how the Seven Kill Sword, soul power, physique, and Mental Power formed the foundation and pillars of Chen family cultivation.
• Chen Yu described the family’s Upright Sword Qi Technique, Sword Shadow Body, Sword Eyes, Seven Kill Qi Concealment Technique, and swordsmanship.
• Chen Yu outlined how five profound techniques could unite into Sword God Descent, a divine skill used by Peerless Douluo.
• Chen Xiaojun considered Chen Xin’s strength relative to Tang Xiao and Tang Hao, and reflected on the Chen family’s cultivation system and its similarities to Daoist methods.

Chen Yu explained the Chen Clan’s sword intent, inherited secret techniques, history, and domain cultivation to Chen Xiaojun. He then prepared to pass on the formal cultivation methods.

• Chen Yu explained sword intent and said Chen Xiaojun’s Top Sword Martial Soul suited him to inherit the clan’s secret techniques.
• Chen Yu recounted how Ancestor Xi Li created the Upright Sword Qi Technique and how the Xi Li Clan branched off from the Chen Clan.
• Chen Yu explained the Chen Clan’s ties with its Branch Families and Separate Lineages and described how Sword Shadow Body used a phantom soul.
• Chen Yu told Chen Xiaojun that he was a Level 95 Titled Douluo called Sword Hero and that Grandfather Hong was a Level 94 Titled Douluo called Sword Might.
• Chen Yu explained that the clan’s domain secret method emerged from cultivating several inherited techniques, then prepared to teach Chen Xiaojun the formal methods.

Chen Xiaojun developed his cultivation routine with the Chen Clan’s Upright Sword Qi Technique and expanded his sword training while studying Soul Master theory to prepare for choosing his first soul skills. He continued nurturing his divine sword pearls, though he had not yet fully opened his Lower Soul Nest.

• Chen Xiaojun began cultivating the Upright Sword Qi Technique and reasoned through how its breathing, meridian circulation, and soul power worked.
• Chen Xiaojun added soul-power methods and new sword techniques to his daily training, growing stronger as Little Fatty repeatedly lost their sparring matches.
• Chen Cong taught Chen Xiaojun about martial soul attributes, soul beast compatibility, and the functions and combinations of soul skills.
• Chen Xiaojun studied books on rare soul beasts and targeted soul skills, sought advice from elders, and spent each night using soul power to nurture and communicate with his divine sword pearls.

Chen Xiaojun discussed the Sword God Pearl’s traits and his first three Soul Skills with Chen Yu and Chen Cong, then prepared to train in Black Moon Forest and pursue a thousand-year First Soul Ring. He left with a new Storage Soul Tool and a broader question to investigate: whether his ten connected pearls formed the embryonic shape of a Super Martial Soul.

• Chen Xiaojun showed Chen Yu and Chen Cong three Sword God Pearls and explained that they represented refinement, an unrivaled sword, and a powerful assassination sword.
• Chen Xiaojun planned a speed or flight First Soul Skill, a buff Second Soul Skill, and an attack Third Soul Skill, while Chen Cong explained the importance of speed skills and Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed that activating his pearls would absorb Soul Power during Soul Ring acquisition, leading Chen Yu and Chen Cong to consider a roughly fifteen-hundred-year soul beast for his First Soul Ring.
• Chen Xiaojun chose a Pegasus as his priority target, and Chen Yu ordered Chen Wu to take him to Black Moon Forest to spar with soul beasts under Old Black’s supervision.
• Chen Yu gave Chen Xiaojun the Shining Light Bracelet, and Chen Xiaojun described the pearls’ distinct abilities and connections as Chen Cong identified them as a rare set martial soul and suggested studying them as one embryonic Super Martial Soul.

Chen Xiaojun entered Black Moon Forest to gain combat experience, killing several Soul Beasts and narrowly defeating a Shadowless Leopard while learning the limits of his skills. After spending the night at a Chen Clan Rest Camp and planning to find Heiyue and challenge the Black Moon Wolf clan’s Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts, he fought more Soul Beasts the next day and found his Soul Power growing rapidly during meditation.

• Chen Wu sent Chen Xiaojun into Black Moon Forest alone so he could face Soul Beasts without being protected.
• Chen Xiaojun killed a Gale Wolf with his sword techniques, then hunted an ox-type Soul Beast and prepared its meat.
• A Shadowless Leopard ambushed Chen Xiaojun while he butchered the ox, but he used a Sword God Pearl and a fast sword-drawing attack to kill it.
• Chen Xiaojun spent the night at a Chen Clan Rest Camp, cooked tomato beef, and planned to find Heiyue and challenge the Black Moon Wolf clan’s Thousand-Year Spirit Beasts.
• The next day, Chen Xiaojun fought more than a dozen hundred-year Soul Beasts, then meditated as his Soul Power rapidly increased.

Chen Xiaojun heard a battle erupt between the Gale Wolf Pack and the Black Moon Wolf Pack near Black Moon Ridge, then recognized a Chen Clan warning signal and stayed by his cave. As Ling Yunxiao and other clan fighters headed to investigate, the chapter revealed the two packs locked in a fierce fight, with the Black Moon Wolves’ leaders battling powerful Gale Wolves.

• Chen Xiaojun woke refreshed, planned to challenge the Black Moon Wolves the next day, and heard chaotic howls from a large battle in the night.
• Chen Xiaojun used his Sword Eye to glimpse the fighting, saw a yellow Seven Kill Sword warning firework, and chose to stay near his cave rather than join the battle.
• Ling Yunxiao ordered Cheng Hao to scout the battle and set out with Ding Lao San and Chen Chen, leaving Zhao Lin to guard the North Gate.
• At Black Moon Ridge, about three hundred Gale Wolves and Azure Gale Grey Wolves attacked seventy or eighty Black Moon Wolves and Black Moon Grey Wolves.
• Old Black fought two Hurricane Demon Wolves while the wounded Black Moon Wolf Queen faced another Hurricane Demon Wolf and an Azure Gale Grey Wolf King.

Chen Wu fought the Hurricane Demon Wolf leader, discovered it had True King Level strength, and sent up a warning signal. Ling Yunxiao arrived to help, and they prepared to attack the beast together.

• Cheng Hao reported that Old Black and the others were under attack, and Chen Wu was facing the wolf leader.
• Chen Wu wounded one Hurricane Demon Wolf with Sword Qi Hundred Step Flying Sword, then fired a warning signal after realizing the leader was True King Level.
• Chen Wu traded attacks with the leader while it used its wolf pack to pressure Old Black and target the Black Moon Wolf queen.
• The leader’s howl briefly stunned Chen Wu, but Ling Yunxiao arrived and blocked the incoming Dark Azure Sword Blades with Wind and Rain Swaying.
• Chen Wu warned Ling Yunxiao about the leader’s strength, and they agreed that Ling Yunxiao would take its attacks while Chen Wu prepared a heavy strike.