Chapter Summaries

Ding Lao San, Chen Chen, and Cheng Hao turned the battle against the Gale Wolves while Ling Yunxiao confronted the Hurricane Demon Wolf leader. Chen Yu brought Chen Xiaojun to watch, and Ling Yunxiao left the badly injured leader on the verge of defeat.

• Ding Lao San, Chen Chen, and Cheng Hao used their Soul Skills to overwhelm the Gale Wolves and reverse the Black Moon Wolves’ decline.
• Chen Yu arrived at the Rest Camp, praised Chen Xiaojun’s restraint, and took him to Black Moon Ridge on the Seven Kill Sword.
• The Hurricane Demon Wolf used Rapid Shuttle to wound Ling Yunxiao, then attacked him at close range as Chen Wu warned him.
• Ling Yunxiao’s clone bound the Demon Wolf with Wind Cloud Mist Lock while Chen Wu struck it with Seven Kill Extinction.
• Ling Yunxiao used Wind Cloud True Body and Azure Sea Sky Fan to smash the Demon Wolf to the ground and inflict serious injuries.

Ling Yunxiao absorbed the demon wolf leader’s Soul Ring and reached Soul Douluo level after the Black Moon Wolf Pack’s costly victory over the Gale Wolves. The survivors returned to the village, where Chen Yu explained the ranks of powerful Soul Beasts to Chen Xiaojun.

• Chen Wu’s Swordplay Vast Sea Bright Moon severely wounded the demon wolf leader, while the surviving Gale Wolves retreated and left a small force to cover them.
• Ling Yunxiao killed the demon wolf leader, absorbed its Soul Ring, and reached Soul Power Level 81; Chen Yu found a Hurricane Demon Wolf Right Leg Bone in its corpse.
• Old Black mourned the Black Moon Wolf Pack’s losses, and Chen Yu promised to investigate the attack and gave Old Black the demon wolf’s body to devour.
• Ye Xiuxin healed the fighters, and Chen Yu awarded the demon wolf’s Soul Bone to Ling Yunxiao and promised Chen Wu a ten-thousand-year wind-type Soul Bone.
• The group returned to the village at dawn, and Chen Yu later explained to Chen Xiaojun how Soul Beast ranks corresponded to Soul Master levels.

Chen Yu explained spirit-beast power thresholds, soul rings and bones, lifespans, sword techniques, and wolf lineages to Chen Xiaojun. Chen Xiaojun learned why wolf clans such as Gale Wolves and Black Wind Wolves were hereditary enemies, while he continued building his knowledge for future battles.

• Chen Yu explained how spirit-beast age and combat power corresponded to soul-master ranks, and why higher thresholds made powerful soul rings dangerous to absorb.
• Chen Yu described hundred-thousand-year spirit beasts, their transformations into humans, the risks of absorbing their soul rings, and the limits on growth-type soul skills and soul bones.
• Chen Yu explained soul-bone types, External Soul Bones, soul-master lifespans, and the six forms of sword technique to Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Yu explained how Gale Wolves and Black Moon Wolves evolved into higher varieties and how wolf names reflected their ranks.
• Chen Yu traced the opposing wolf lineages to the Howling Moon Sky Wolf and explained why Gale Wolves and Black Wind Wolves were hereditary enemies.

Chen Yu explained the Douluo Continent’s Martial Soul Inheritance Agreement and how it applied to Chen Chen and Chen Xiaojun’s family. Chen Xiaojun learned about his mother’s Ye Family heritage and her Seven-Colored Begonia Bracelet before Chen Yu took him to the Ancestral Hall.

• Chen Xiaojun asked why Chen Chen bore the Chen surname, and Chen Yu explained the inheritance agreement governing children born to members of different martial soul families.
• Chen Yu told Chen Xiaojun that Chen Chen’s second son, Ling Xinghe, had inherited the Wind Cloud Fan and might return for the Clan Celebration.
• Chen Yu revealed that Chen Xiaojun’s mother, Xiu Xin, came from the Ye Family, and explained the family’s Nine Heart Begonia and Seven-Colored Begonia Bracelet inheritances.
• Chen Xiaojun asked how the Ye Family could inherit both a Plant Martial Soul and an Equipment Martial Soul, and Chen Yu explained Tool Martial Soul Plant Transformation.
• Chen Yu told Chen Xiaojun to ask his mother about the specifics and took him to the Ancestral Hall.

Chen Yu’s family council investigated the Gale Wolf Pack’s attack and concluded that trouble deeper in the mountains was the most likely cause. Chen Wenchao reported a Pegasus group at the Wild Horse Plains, and Chen Yu planned to take Chen Xiaojun there the next day.

• Chen Wu reported that the surviving Gale Wolves had retreated to Qianqiu Ridge and that no large soul beast groups remained near Black Moon Forest.
• Chen Xiaojun outlined three possible causes for the attack and judged that an unknown disturbance deep in the mountains was most likely.
• Chen Yu showed Chen Xiaojun the family’s Sword Sheath secret technique, which concealed the Seven Kill Sword as an Azure Steel Sword.
• Chen Yu ordered Chen Wenchao to investigate the mountains and asked Mu Lingyun to check for unusual activity near her family’s territory.
• Chen Wenchao told Chen Yu that a Pegasus group lived at the Wild Horse Plains, and Chen Yu decided to take Chen Xiaojun there the next day.

Chen Yu explained to Chen Xiaojun why the Star Dou Great Forest, Sunset Forest, and Icebound Forest were called the continent’s three great soul beast gathering places, then discussed wind-type soul beast skills and the power of the Pegasus. The chapter ended with Chen Yu affirming Chen Xiaojun’s choice of a Pegasus for his Divine Sword martial soul, just before their fight began.

• Chen Yu flew Chen Xiaojun at high speed and answered his question about the continent’s three great soul beast gathering places.
• Chen Yu explained that forests were comparatively safer and offered varied terrain, rivers, and soul beasts, and that the claim reflected Heaven Dou’s perspective.
• Chen Xiaojun categorized wind-type innate skills by their functions and listed abilities known to belong to Pegasuses.
• Chen Yu described the Pegasus as a powerful Ninth Grade Soul Beast descended from a divine beast and said it suited Chen Xiaojun’s Sword God Pearl.
• Chen Yu acknowledged Chen Xiaojun’s choice, and their fight was set to begin in the next chapter.

Chen Yu and Chen Xiaojun found the Pegasus Tribe on the Wild Horse Plains, where Chen Yu defeated and restrained the herd with his sword techniques. He took one young pegasus and flew off with Chen Xiaojun, leaving the Horse King and its herd immobilized.

• Chen Yu and Chen Xiaojun arrived in Babel City, where Cheng Yun and Ma Fan told them about a Pegasus Group on the Wild Horse Plains.
• Chen Yu and Chen Xiaojun flew across Babel Mountain and found the Pegasus Tribe, led by a Horse King with more than thirty thousand years of cultivation.
• The Pegasus Tribe launched its Divine Gale Thorns joint attack, but Chen Yu shattered its vortex shield with Azure Sea Sky Sword and injured the herd.
• Chen Yu trapped the pegasi with Sword Light Seals the Sky and Sword Chaos Universe, suppressing their Soul Power and blood qi.
• Chen Yu pulled a young pegasus from the immobilized herd and flew away with Chen Xiaojun.

Chen Xiaojun challenged a badly injured 1,500-year-old Pegasus while Chen Yu contained them within a barrier. After breaking through the Pegasus’s defenses and wounding it in close combat, Chen Xiaojun faced its desperate final charge, as the beast split into two horse bodies with Light Splitting Shadow Severing.

• Chen Xiaojun asked Chen Yu to release the Pegasus so he could challenge it himself, and Chen Yu enclosed them in a barrier.
• The Pegasus charged Chen Xiaojun with Wind Swirl Heavenly Shield, but he dodged its attacks and struck back with his sword techniques.
• Chen Xiaojun broke the Pegasus’s shield with three consecutive downward slashes and continued attacking its wounds at close range.
• The Pegasus used Fierce Wind Rebound to deflect Chen Xiaojun’s crescent sword qi and retreat before launching a desperate counterattack.
• The Pegasus split into two horse bodies with Light Splitting Shadow Severing as it charged Chen Xiaojun.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Xiaojun fights and kills a fifteen-hundred-year-old upper-tier ninth-grade top soul beast, a Pegasus, using his swordsmanship and the Upright Sword Qi Technique.
• After the Pegasus's death, a purple First Soul Ring emerges, which Chen Xiaojun absorbs.
• Chen Xiaojun absorbs the soul ring, experiencing intense pain and using the Upright Sword Qi Technique to guide the Soul Power through his meridians and into his Lower Soul Nest.
• The absorption process also repairs Chen Xiaojun's Physical Body and enhances his mental capabilities.

Character Developments

• Chen Xiaojun demonstrates exceptional courage, skill, and resilience in his battle against the Pegasus, proving himself to be a formidable opponent despite his young age and low Soul Scholar rank.
• Chen Xiaojun's absorption of the First Soul Ring strengthens his Physical Body and enhances his mental capabilities, marking a significant step in his cultivation journey.

Significant Themes

• The theme of courage and determination is highlighted through Chen Xiaojun's fearless approach to the battle against the Pegasus.
• The theme of growth and development is emphasized as Chen Xiaojun absorbs the First Soul Ring, leading to improvements in his Physical Body and mental capabilities.

Character Interactions

• Chen Yu, Chen Xiaojun's grandfather, watches the battle and expresses pride in his grandson's abilities. He provides Chen Xiaojun with healing pills and balm to aid in his recovery and supports him during the soul ring absorption process.
• The Pegasus, though an opponent, displays intelligence and strategic thinking in its attempts to defeat Chen Xiaojun, making their battle more engaging and challenging.

Chen Xiaojun awakened the Chengying Sword and demonstrated its powerful first Soul Skill before Chen Yu confronted the Pegasus Holy King and defended his actions. Chen Yu left with Chen Xiaojun after the Pegasus Holy King accepted the dead Pegasus’s fate and admitted defeat.

• Chen Xiaojun revealed the Chengying Sword and used Fleeting Light Shadow to cut down a distant pine with an invisible strike.
• Chen Xiaojun said he had reached Soul Power level thirteen, and Chen Yu planned to study the result with his second granduncle.
• The Horse King returned with the Pegasus Holy King, and Chen Yu used his Eighth Soul Skill to clash with the larger Pegasus’s attack.
• The Pegasus Holy King unleashed Overturn River World, but Chen Yu blocked it with Sword Control Object Star Shift.
• Chen Yu declared himself Sword Hero Chen Yu and flew away with Chen Xiaojun, while the Pegasus Holy King told the Horse King that the fallen Pegasus had fought honorably and that he would have lost if the battle continued.

After obtaining his First Soul Ring, Chen Xiaojun activated a bare-bones reward system and drew Shao Siming from Qin's Moon as his companion. The system said she would appear at the entrance to Chen Lin Village that day, and Chen Xiaojun set out to meet her.

• Chen Xiaojun learned that the system granted one draw for each soul ring and offered little beyond its lottery.
• Chen Xiaojun spun the reward wheel and drew a companion, then chose the middle card.
• The system identified the companion as Shao Siming of the Yin Yang School and said she would arrive at age six with her original cultivation methods and abilities.
• Chen Xiaojun learned that Shao Siming's martial soul would let her use Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream without sacrificing her life force on Douluo Continent.
• The system told Chen Xiaojun that Shao Siming would appear at the entrance to Chen Lin Village and that it only stayed active for seventy-two hours after a reward.

Chen Xiaojun welcomed the mute, amnesiac Xiao Yi into his family after she appeared at the village gate. Ye Xiuxin began examining Xiao Yi, while Chen Yu reassured Xia Lin that he knew what he was doing.

• Chen Yu and Chen Xiaojun returned to the village and learned from Xia Lin that Xiao Yi had appeared at the East Gate and would not speak.
• Xiao Yi gave Chen Xiaojun a flower, told him her name, and accepted his offer to come home with him.
• Chen Xiaojun introduced Xiao Yi to Ye Xiuxin as a girl who had forgotten her parents and might live with them.
• Chen Yu asked Ye Xiuxin to examine Xiao Yi’s throat, vocal cords, and body.
• Ye Xiuxin began a gentle examination, sending her Soul Power through Xiao Yi’s body as Xiao Yi closed her eyes.

Ye Xiuxin and Chen Yu discovered that Xiao Yi had a Manifested Soul Body and treated the blockage affecting her speech, while Chen Yu explained her exceptional potential to Chen Xiaojun. Afterward, Chen Xiaojun showed Ding Dang and Xiao Wuneng his purple first soul ring and Chengying Sword.

• Ye Xiuxin identified Xiao Yi as having a Manifested Soul Body and said that a blockage between her spirit and soul caused her difficulty speaking and might be linked to her memory loss.
• Chen Yu used his soul power to repair Xiao Yi's soul, and Ye Xiuxin caught her and healed her with her Third Soul Skill, Begonia Bloom.
• Chen Yu explained the Manifested Soul Body's extraordinary cultivation potential and warned Chen Xiaojun to keep Xiao Yi's identity secret.
• Chen Yu said Xiao Yi's Martial Soul remained dormant and asked Chen Xiaojun to help advise her after she recovered.
• Ding Dang and Xiao Wuneng visited Chen Xiaojun, who revealed his purple First Soul Ring and Chengying Sword, startling them.

Chen Hong and Soul Fighting City’s forces prepared to punish the Magic Sheep Sect for opposing the Great Soul Arena. The chapter ended as Yang Jingxue led a massive arrow attack against the sect.

• Guido Weiss and Wilbur Weiss worried that Wan Ying Yi had not answered them and ordered the Magic Sheep Sect to strengthen its defenses.
• Chen Hong gathered Soul Fighting City’s elite forces outside the Magic Sheep Sect and explained the plan to surround and attack it.
• Cheng Nanxing reported that the patrols had been eliminated and the Soul Fighting Legion’s First Brigade was ready.
• Yang Jingxue activated her Seven Absolute True Body, while Ning Ze and Chen Jingyao boosted her power with support skills.
• Yang Jingxue and the other Yang Family Soul Masters unleashed tens of thousands of arrows toward the Magic Sheep Sect.

The Seven Absolute Bow Yang Family and their allies launched a devastating assault on the Magic Sheep Sect, while Fang Yuan sealed Red Forest Mountain with his Heaven Suppressing Mysterious Stele. The fighting spread across the mountain and nearby Avant-Garde Town as the attackers pressed their advantage.

• Yang Jingxue, aided by Ning Ze and Chen Jingyao, unleashed Ten Thousand Arrows Pierce the Clouds and devastated Red Forest Mountain, killing and wounding hundreds.
• Guido Weiss ordered Wilbur Weiss to take the children through the secret passage, but Ximen Rongcheng arrived with Chen Xun, Chen Jingyao, Zhu Tianhao, and others to block their escape.
• Fang Yuan covered Red Forest Mountain with his Heaven Suppressing Mysterious Stele and confronted Bartosz Weiss, who vowed to fight him to the death.
• Ximen Rongcheng struck Guido Weiss with Dragon Flame Burst Ram, and Guido Weiss countered with Great Earth Tremor as the battle erupted across the sect.
• At Avant-Garde Town, Ma Zhibin attacked the Magic Sheep Sect's Flying Soul Masters with Demon Flame Soul Burning Array while Long Wenkai urged his allies to regroup at the main peak.

Soul Fighting City’s forces overwhelmed the Magic Sheep Sect in a mountain assault, crushing its defenses across several fronts. Solidus Weiss was left severely injured after Qu Yixiang and Cheng Nanxing struck him in succession.

• Long Wenkai led a squad of fifty Soul Masters across the battlefield, using his Dark Extinction Azure Dragon to kill the Magic Sheep Sect’s fighters.
• Ma Zhibin battled Mellen Cox at the eastern pass and sent him crashing into a mountain wall.
• Xue Tianming bound the defenders on the western path with his Bright Light Mirror, while Zhong Kui’s giant Xuanhuang bell crushed them.
• Cheng Nanxing and Qu Yixiang cornered Solidus Weiss as Soul Fighting City’s forces overwhelmed the Magic Sheep Sect.
• Qu Yixiang struck Solidus Weiss with his Shadow Scorpion Lion, and Cheng Nanxing followed with a lightning attack that shattered his arm and left him severely injured.

Yona Weiss tried to escape Red Forest Mountain but was intercepted by Yang Jingxue. Meanwhile, Chen Xun overwhelmed Wilbur Weiss in battle until Hesus Weiss launched a powerful surprise attack.

• Yona Weiss led trusted subordinates toward a side route to the mountain gate and explained how he planned to break through Fang Yuan's seal.
• Yang Jingxue and her team intercepted Yona Weiss and his group at the southern mountain gate.
• Chen Xun used his enlarged Seven Kill Sword and Thunder-enhanced attacks to batter Wilbur Weiss and destroy his defenses.
• Wilbur Weiss's Soul Bone Skill, Magic Sheep Divine Light, failed against Chen Xun's Bright Star Primordial Spirit Sword, and Chen Xun unleashed Sword Qi Sweeps Across All Directions.
• Hesus Weiss attacked Chen Xun with his eighth Soul Skill, Magic Sheep Sky Piercing Strike.

Chen Hong arrived in time to save Chen Xun from Hesus Weiss's attack and kill Wilbur Weiss, then revealed his Titled Douluo strength and began a devastating assault on the Magic Sheep Sect. Hesus stayed to face Chen Hong and buy Yona Weiss time to escape with the surviving Weiss bloodline.

• Hesus Weiss ambushed Chen Xun while trying to save Wilbur Weiss, but Zhu Tianhao and Chen Xun's soul skills only partly deflected the attack.
• Chen Hong arrived with his Eighth Soul Skill, Vast Sea Ice Howling Wilderness, blocked Hesus Weiss's strike, and Chen Xun killed Wilbur Weiss.
• Chen Hong revealed his Titled Douluo status and corrected Hesus Weiss: his title was Sword Might, not Blood Might Sword.
• Chen Hong unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, Deep Sea Vortex, drawing weapons and metal martial souls into a massive sword vortex.
• Hesus Weiss stayed silent as the Magic Sheep Sect's fighters faltered, intending to hold Chen Hong off while Yona Weiss escaped toward the mountain gate.

Chen Hong crushed the Magic Sheep Sect’s defenders and let Chen Xun decide the fate of the survivors. After sparing pregnant women and children under six, Chen Hong comprehended a domain and felt he had finally caught up to Chen Xun’s father.

• Hesus Weiss led the Magic Sheep Sect soul masters in a combined defense against Chen Hong’s Sword Rain, but the attack left them badly wounded.
• Chen Hong summoned a hundred-meter Seven Kill Sword and crushed Hesus Weiss’s Magic Goat True Body, while Guido Weiss died trying to avenge his father.
• The Soul Fighting Legion killed the Magic Sheep Sect’s defenders and captured the surviving soul masters as their families emerged from the manor.
• Chen Xun asked Chen Hong to spare pregnant women and children under six, and Chen Hong ordered his forces to leave them unharmed.
• Chen Hong gained sudden insight into releasing and withdrawing power, comprehended a domain, and told Chen Xun he had caught up somewhat to his father.

Yang Jingxue fought Yona Weiss at the mountain gate and overcame his vision-obscuring Dark Mist with the Blind Listening Technique. She killed him with a Wind Whirlwind Lightning Burial Flower Arrow, leaving Soul Fighting City's battle against its attackers ongoing.

• Yona Weiss offered to spare Soul Fighting City and cooperate, but Yang Jingxue repeatedly challenged him to escape her grasp.
• Yona Weiss covered the battlefield in Dark Mist, but Yang Jingxue used the Blind Listening Technique to locate him and wounded him with successive Burial Flower Arrows.
• Yona Weiss countered with Myriad Transformations Corrosion, hid his position, and then unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Magic Sheep Divine Light.
• Yang Jingxue fused her Sixth Soul Skill, Sudden Wind, and Seventh Soul Skill, Reverse Thunder, into Wind Lightning Sky Dance and fired a Wind Whirlwind Lightning Burial Flower Arrow.
• Yona Weiss tried to defend with Dark Canopy, but Yang Jingxue's arrow pierced his heart and killed him.