Chapter Summaries

Chen Cong identified Xiao Wuneng’s Marshal Canopy as a mutated Ninth Grade Martial Soul combining the Stone Armor Porcupine and the Nine-Toothed Rake. After it awakened a spiritual connection with Zhu Hongzhen’s Stone Armor Pig King, Chen Cong suggested it might be the embryonic form of a Super Martial Soul.

• Chen Cong explained that Xiao Wuneng’s Marshal Canopy was a special humanoid Martial Soul and compared its form to the Six-Winged Angel and Sea God Martial Souls.
• Xiao Wuneng confirmed that Marshal Canopy had metal, earth, water, fire, and strength attributes.
• Zhu Hongzhen revealed his Stone Armor Pig King, which had gained four attributes after his breakthrough to Titled Douluo.
• Marshal Canopy opened its eyes, and the Stone Armor Pig King reacted with reverence and intimacy, forming an unusual spiritual resonance with Xiao Wuneng’s Martial Soul.
• Chen Cong concluded that Marshal Canopy was at least Ninth Grade and might be an early-stage Super Martial Soul, while Zhu Yanfeng celebrated Xiao Wuneng’s potential.

Xiao Wuneng’s martial soul mutation was linked to the Zhu Clan’s Stone Armor Porcupine entering its transformation period, and his Innate Soul Power proved to be an unprecedented 9.1 for the clan. Zhu Hongzhen agreed to bring in the Chen Clan’s elders to guide Xiao Wuneng’s development, leaving the Zhu Clan’s future closely tied to his cultivation.

• Chen Cong concluded that the Zhu Clan’s Stone Armor Porcupine had entered its transformation period after Xiao Wuneng’s martial soul changed dramatically, and the gathered elders congratulated Zhu Hongzhen and Zhu Yanfeng.
• Chen Yu asked Xiao Wuneng to reveal his Innate Soul Power, and Xiao Wuneng answered that it was 9.1, astonishing the crowd.
• Zhu Hongzhen celebrated Xiao Wuneng’s exceptional aptitude and recognized his potential to become a Titled Douluo.
• Zhu Yanfeng asked Zhu Hongzhen to help guide Xiao Wuneng, and Zhu Hongzhen proposed that Chen Cong, Ding Bingyuan, and the other elders plan the boy’s development together.
• Chen Yu’s decision to bring Xiao Wuneng to Chen Lin Village was explained as a way to support his cultivation, prepare him to work alongside Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi, and strengthen ties with the Zhu Clan.

Zhu Hongzhen agreed to absorb the Blood Armor Beast King's Torso Bone so he could protect his family, while Chen Xiaojun advised Xiao Wuneng on choosing a first soul skill. Chen Cong revealed that Xiao Yi's chosen Sword Willow Vine was seven hundred years old, and Xiao Yi chose to risk absorbing its soul ring despite only fifty percent odds.

• Chen Zixiu urged Zhu Hongzhen to absorb the Blood Armor Beast King's Torso Bone, and Zhu Hongzhen agreed after his family encouraged him to grow stronger.
• Xiao Wuneng asked about obtaining his first soul ring, and Chen Xiaojun recommended a boosting skill focused on earth or metal attributes.
• Chen Cong revealed that the Sword Willow Vine chosen for Xiao Yi was seven hundred years old and explained how her Ageless Evergreen Ivy could help her absorb it.
• Chen Cong estimated Xiao Yi had a fifty percent chance of surviving the soul ring, and Xiao Yi volunteered to try.

Chen Xiaojun, Xiao Yi, and Zhu Wuneng fought a seven-hundred-year Sword Willow Vine while Chen Cong, Chen Xun, and Zhu Hongzhen kept the other vines at bay. The children struck the vine’s core, leaving it dying as the surrounding vines mourned.

• Chen Xiaojun, Xiao Yi, and Zhu Wuneng asked Chen Cong, Chen Xun, and Zhu Hongzhen to hold back the other Sword Willow Vines while they attacked the youngest vine.
• Xiao Yi restrained the Sword Willow Vine with her Ageless Evergreen Ivy, Chen Xiaojun attacked with his two swords, and Zhu Wuneng fought at the front with his Nine-Toothed Rake.
• As the battle wore the Sword Willow Vine down, Zhu Wuneng pinned its branches, Xiao Yi bound it, and Chen Xiaojun’s Sword God Pearls pierced it.
• Chen Xiaojun cut through the vine’s roots and exposed its core, allowing Xiao Yi to strike the core with her Ageless Evergreen Ivy.
• The Sword Willow Vine’s core was damaged, its branches and roots withered, and the surrounding Sword Willow Vines let out mournful cries.

Xiao Yi absorbed a seven-hundred-year soul ring with the help of the Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream and her Ageless Evergreen Ivy, setting a new record for a first Soul Ring. Chen Xiaojun said one step remained, and the others watched as the Ageless Evergreen Ivy began to change after absorbing the Sword Willow Vine’s energy.

• Chen Xiaojun urged Xiao Yi to stay calm and asked Chen Cong to watch over her as she began absorbing the soul ring.
• The soul ring’s powerful energy overwhelmed Xiao Yi, so Chen Xiaojun told her to circulate the Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream.
• Xiao Yi used the art and her Ageless Evergreen Ivy to absorb and refine the energy, recovering as her Soul Power, constitution, and Sea of Soul Consciousness grew.
• Chen Cong praised the compatibility between Xiao Yi’s martial soul and the art, noting that her seven-hundred-year first Soul Ring had set a record.
• Chen Xiaojun said one step remained, and Xiao Yi’s Ageless Evergreen Ivy visibly changed after absorbing the Sword Willow Vine’s energy.

Xiao Yi's Ageless Evergreen Ivy awakened the Metal Attribute after absorbing a Soul Ring beyond its usual limit. Chen Cong recognized Chen Xiaojun's plan to develop Xiao Yi's Martial Soul toward a Super Martial Soul, and Xiao Yi finished absorbing the ring with her Soul Power at rank 15.

• Xiao Yi's Ageless Evergreen Ivy gained the Metal Attribute, its leaves and vines developing metallic scales and patterns.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that the Devouring and Life Attributes had helped the Martial Soul absorb and evolve through the Soul Ring.
• Chen Cong deduced Chen Xiaojun's plan to gather Yin Yang and all Five Elements Attributes, supported by paired immortal herbs and nine Vine Soul Beasts, to pursue a Super Martial Soul.
• Chen Cong praised the plan as the most complete and feasible Super Martial Soul breakthrough he had seen.
• Xiao Yi finished absorbing the Soul Ring, and Chen Xiaojun asked how she felt.
• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun that she was fine and her Soul Power had reached rank 15.

Xiao Yi demonstrated her First Soul Skill, impressing Chen Xiaojun and the others with its power and agility. Chen Xiaojun named it Drifting Willow Catkin, and Xiao Yi then showed how it enhanced her Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream.

• Xiao Yi used her First Soul Skill to increase her Soul Power and agility, float through the trees, and move with remarkable speed and control.
• Chen Cong explained that Xiao Yi’s Soul Skill had three functions and a passive Sword Transformation effect, making it a top-tier First Soul Skill.
• Chen Xiaojun suggested names for Xiao Yi’s Soul Skill, and she chose Drifting Willow Catkin.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Xiao Yi to use Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream, and she sent sword-shaped leaves flying into a large tree, carving deep gashes into it.

Chen Xiaojun tested Xiao Yi’s improved defenses and attacks, then discussed how to build on Xiao Wuneng’s elemental affinities. The chapter ended with Chen Xiaojun’s plan to use the Heart of the Divine Tree to prepare Marshal Canopy for a Wood Attribute soul ring.

• Xiao Yi used Thousand Leaf Barrier to block Chen Xiaojun’s Fleeting Light Shadow, then struck the Chengying Sword with Green Vine Thrust.
• Xiao Yi defended against Chen Xiaojun’s stronger attacks and countered with Flying Leaf Vine Whip until he stopped and praised her strength.
• Chen Xiaojun said he had used seventy percent of his strength, and Xiao Yi thanked him for helping her improve.
• Chen Cong noted that Xiao Wuneng had four of the Five Elements and explained how the elements could coordinate attacks and support Soul Power growth.
• Chen Xiaojun said Xiao Wuneng might need more than a Wood Attribute soul beast, then revealed his plan to have him absorb the Heart of the Divine Tree’s aura before obtaining his First Soul Ring.

Chen Xiaojun obtained a three-thousand-year spirit ring from a Five-Colored Deer that willingly accepted its death, and its gentle energy transformed his Martial Soul Sword God Pearl into the Chunjun Sword. He was left grieving and unable to feel joy at gaining the sword, while Zhu Hongzhen and Chen Cong remained silently at his side.

• After six days of searching, Chen Xiaojun found a three-thousand-year Five-Colored Deer whose age and strength met his requirements.
• The Five-Colored Deer approached Chen Xiaojun and asked through intent whether he wanted its spirit ring, then accepted its death and told him to use the ring well.
• Chen Xiaojun solemnly bowed to the Five-Colored Deer and later grieved over its composed corpse.
• The Five-Colored Deer's gentle spirit-ring energy strengthened Chen Xiaojun's body, Soul Power, and Mental Power as his Chunjun Pearl transformed into the Chunjun Sword.
• Chen Xiaojun felt no excitement at obtaining the sword, and Zhu Hongzhen and Chen Cong quietly stayed beside him.

Chen Xiaojun won the Nine Yin Manual and Nine Yang Manual in his second system lottery and brought the books out to share with the Chen Clan. Chen Cong recognized their value and began reading the Nine Yin Manual, praising its teachings.

• Chen Xiaojun started his second lottery and landed on the technique category.
• Chen Xiaojun chose the middle card and received the Nine Yin Manual and Nine Yang Manual as a set.
• Chen Xiaojun saw that the other cards contained the Muscle Change Classic and Marrow Washing Classic, and the Dragon Elephant Prajna Art.
• Chen Xiaojun took out the metal-bound manuals and told Chen Cong that his Master had left them as rewards.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that the manuals could help Chen Cong advance his Yin Yang Qiankun Domain.
• Chen Cong read passages from the Nine Yin Manual and praised its profound teachings.

Chen Xiaojun explained the Nine Yin Manual and Nine Yang Manual to Chen Cong, then shared selected techniques with Zhu Hongzhen and the others. When Chen Cong compared the Nine Yang Manual with the Clear Sky Sect’s cultivation inheritance, he discovered that both used the same names for the Nine Yang.

• Chen Cong struggled to understand the Nine Yin Manual, and Chen Xiaojun explained how its Daoist principles and the Buddhist martial Chan tradition related to soul-master cultivation.
• Chen Cong noticed that the Big Dipper Grand Technique resembled the Chen Clan’s Upright Sword Qi Technique and his Ninth Soul Skill, and he suggested combining them.
• Chen Xiaojun gave Zhu Hongzhen the Heart Shattering Palm and Golden Bell Shield techniques, explaining how they could strengthen the Zhu Clan’s martial skills and defenses.
• Chen Xiaojun distributed other manuals and techniques to Chen Xun, Xiao Yi, and Chen Cong, while planning to study the Nine Yang Manual himself.
• After reading the Nine Yang Manual, Chen Cong connected its Nine Yang names to the Clear Sky Sect’s Clear Sky Nine Yang Skill, whose direct male disciples each cultivated one of nine forces.

Chen Shihua and Yang Buer fought off Mystic Night Pavilion assassins while fleeing through Sunset Forest, then revealed that the assassins were hunting Chen Shihua’s grandson, whom he had rescued from a hidden training camp. As they went to find Su Rong and the boy, a Night-Rank Assassin appeared outside the forest.

• Mystic Night Pavilion’s assassins pursued the wounded Chen Shihua and Yang Buer, who used their soul skills to break through the encirclement and escape deeper into Sunset Forest.
• Yang Buer asked why the assassins were pursuing them, and Chen Shihua explained that he had rescued his grandson, a Seven Kill Sword heir, from a hidden training camp in the Heaven Dou Mountain Range.
• Chen Shihua and Yang Buer escaped the squad, but Yang Buer heard the assassins approaching again, and Chen Shihua said Su Rong had taken the boy and fled.
• Chen Shihua and Yang Buer headed into the woods to find Su Rong and the boy.
• Two Mystic Rank Assassins waited outside Sunset Forest as a Night-Rank Assassin arrived through the air.

Starry Night Douluo ordered Mystic Night Pavilion to eliminate Chen Shihua and Yang Buer, then led the assault on them in Sunset Forest. As the two fighters were driven toward defeat, Chen Shihua unleashed her strongest Dawn Blade against his starry-night attack.

• Starry Night Douluo reprimanded Xiu Sha for provoking the Chen Clan and ordered the assassins to erase Chen Shihua and Yang Buer before their allies could react.
• Starry Night Douluo confronted Chen Shihua and Yang Buer in Sunset Forest with two Mystic Rank Assassins and two elite squads, trapping them in a desperate fight.
• Starry Night Douluo struck Chen Shihua with a palm and sent her crashing into a tree, while two Mystic Rank Assassins kept Yang Buer occupied.
• Starry Night Douluo used his Eighth Soul Skill, Starry Night Descent, to send a powerful beam of starlight toward Chen Shihua.
• Chen Shihua combined three secret arts with her Eighth Soul Skill, Dawn Blade, and launched a Titled-level attack against Starry Night Douluo.

Chen Cong arrived as a newly advanced Titled Douluo and saved Chen Shihua from Starry Night Douluo, while Chen Xun helped Yang Buer break free from the assassins. Chen Cong and Starry Night Douluo clashed with their ninth soul skills, fought to a draw, and agreed to discuss an explanation.

• Chen Shihua and Starry Night Douluo both took heavy damage, and Starry Night Douluo prepared to finish her with Starry Night Breath.
• Chen Cong intervened with Sword Universe Qiankun, revealed himself as a newly advanced Titled Douluo, and stood between Chen Shihua and Starry Night Douluo.
• Chen Xun unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin Hurricane Shadow against the assassins surrounding Yang Buer and told Yang Buer to retreat.
• Chen Cong mocked Starry Night Douluo for hunting the Chen Clan, and the two agreed to test their strength.
• Starry Night Douluo and Chen Cong exchanged Starry Night Myth and Qiankun Nine Starbursts, then drifted back from the collision without a winner.
• Starry Night Douluo and Chen Cong acknowledged each other's strength and agreed to give the Chen Clan an explanation.

After the Mystic Night Pavilion assassins withdrew, Starry Night Douluo chose to avoid further conflict and send the Chen Clan a gift. Chen Cong and Chen Xun rescued Chen Surong, and the reunited group learned Zhu Hongzhen had reached the Titled Douluo level and taken the title Yue Shi.

• Starry Night Douluo told Xiu Sha that pursuing the Chen Clan would be pointless and ordered him not to investigate further, but to prepare a generous gift.
• Chen Xun recognized the Seven Kill Sword and Sword Wings Like Flight during a distant battle, and he and Chen Cong rushed to rescue Chen Surong from Mystic Night Pavilion assassins.
• Chen Xiaojun treated Chen Surong's injuries, and Chen Surong reunited with Chen Shihua and Yang Buer.
• Zhu Hongzhen told Yang Buer that he had broken through and could be called His Eminence Yue Shi.
• Chen Cong explained that the village had experienced fighting and said Starry Night Douluo was unlikely to reveal their cultivation; Chen Shihua felt reassured, and Yang Buer took his leave.

After Chen Shihua woke from more than ten days of unconsciousness in the Chen Clan’s new secret realm, Chen Zixiu and Chen Wenchao explained the place and discussed Mystic Night Pavilion’s apology. Chen Shihua judged the gifts substantial and sincere, leaving the dispute ready to be settled.

• Yang Buer left after Chen Cong and the others thanked him, and Chen Shihua soon collapsed from exhaustion and injuries.
• Chen Shihua woke in the secret realm in Sunset Forest and learned that its medicinal plants and unusual lake water could aid her recovery and cultivation.
• Chen Zixiu explained that the Chen Clan was developing the secret realm, and Chen Wenchao arrived to welcome his cousin.
• Chen Wenchao told Chen Zixiu and Chen Shihua that Mystic Night Pavilion had offered five hundred thousand gold coins, high-grade plant seeds, and a low-rank Soul Master training manual.
• Chen Shihua called Mystic Night Pavilion’s compensation substantial, sincere, and weighty, and accepted that the matter should end there.

Chen Shihua and Chen Surong explained how they found Jiu Sheng in a Mystic Night Pavilion training camp and brought him back, while the Chen Family planned new education and security measures around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. The family accepted Jiu Sheng as Chen Shurui and prepared to enter him into the genealogy.

• Chen Zixiu asked Chen Cong, Chen Menglin, Chen Qiujun, and Chen Shihua to study Mystic Night Pavilion's training methods and improve cooperation among low- and mid-level Soul Masters.
• Chen Wenchao said Chen Shihua would oversee Sword Shadow Hall matters near the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after recovering, while Chen Wenchao remained stationed in Chen Lin Village.
• Chen Shihua and Chen Surong recounted finding Jiu Sheng at a Mystic Night Pavilion training camp after recognizing him as their lost grandson, and said the people who attacked Chen Surong's family years earlier were likely Evil Soul Masters.
• Chen Wenchao proposed entering Jiu Sheng into the genealogy after Chen Bin and ranking him eighth in his generation.
• Chen Surong named Jiu Sheng Chen Shurui, and Chen Shihua praised and approved the name.

Chen Xiaojun demonstrated the Chunjun Sword and revealed the overwhelming passive and active abilities of his second Soul Skill, Supreme Unrivaled. He then activated its advanced skill on Chen Menglin, leaving its effect to be seen.

• Chen Zixiu decided that Chen Surong and Shi Hua would stay to help, while Han Xin took Surong's place at Moonlight Academy, and Chen Shurui would study under Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Surong praised Chen Xiaojun's strength and told Chen Shurui that his Sixth Brother was already a level-22 Soul Grandmaster.
• Chen Xiaojun summoned Chunjun and explained its passive skills: it resisted suppression while suppressing other Martial Souls, and its charged attack gained 100% power.
• Chen Xiaojun demonstrated a charged slash that blasted a deep mark into a rock wall, stunning the Chen Clan members.
• Chen Xiaojun activated Supreme Unrivaled, increasing his attack, defense, speed, resistance, and stamina by 100% for half an hour.
• Chen Xiaojun used Supreme Unrivaled Advanced Skill on Chen Menglin, enveloping him in a flash of five-colored light.

Chen Xiaojun demonstrated that his Second Soul Skill’s Advanced Skill could greatly enhance even high-level Soul Masters, including Chen Zixiu. He suspected the skill’s unusual power came from the blessings of immortal herbs, while Chen Cong proposed that its enhancement weakened above a certain Soul Power level.

• Chen Xiaojun enhanced Chen Menglin’s five attributes by 100% for ten minutes, astonishing the gathered family members.
• Chen Xiaojun used the Advanced Skill on Chen Cong, who received a 100% enhancement for five minutes and declared it a Title Level Soul Skill.
• After resting, Chen Xiaojun enhanced Chen Zixiu by 30% for five minutes, nearly raising the Level 98 Supreme Douluo to Peerless Douluo strength.
• Chen Cong speculated that the skill’s enhancement peaked at Level 95 and declined at higher levels, and Chen Xiaojun agreed they would need to test it further.
• Chen Xiaojun attributed the Advanced Skill’s unusual power to the blessings of immortal herbs that had changed and strengthened his Sword God Pearl.

Chen Xiaojun demonstrated the evolved Han Guang Sword and confirmed that the immortal herbs had likely advanced his Chengying Sword and soul skill. He then gave the Nine Yin and Nine Yang manuals to the family elders, who classified them as top-secret scriptures, while several clans applied to exchange for martial skills.

• Chen Xiaojun tested his improved Fleeting Light Shadow on Chen Cong, then revealed the Han Guang Sword and cut off a lock of Chen Cong's hair.
• Chen Cong agreed that the immortal herbs likely caused Chen Xiaojun's Chengying Sword to evolve into twin swords with a second-stage soul skill.
• Chen Xiaojun gave Chen Zixiu the Nine Yin and Nine Yang manuals and offered copies to the elders to help heal injuries and restore their health.
• Chen Zixiu ordered Chen Cong to classify the manuals as top secret and establish merit exchange values.
• Zhu Hongzhen and Zhu Yanfeng requested exchanges for Zhu Clan martial skills, while Cheng Nanxing, Ma Zhaoyang, and Ding Bingyuan requested clan-wide exchanges for their preferred manuals and techniques.