Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaojun broke through the Meteor Vine’s final root barrier with his sword skills, and Xiao Yi destroyed its exposed core. After the victory, the group questioned Chen Cong about Chen Xiaojun’s extraordinary third Soul Ring, and Chen Cong explained that he worried the young man’s growing fame and sharpness could put him at risk.

• Chen Xiaojun used his six Sword God Pearls to cut through the Meteor Vine’s roots but could not break its strongest root barrier.
• Xiao Yi healed Chen Xiaojun with Sweet Dew, and he used his Fish Intestine Sword’s Triple Strike to shatter the barrier and expose the purple core.
• Xiao Yi used Moonlight Divine Light to drain the core’s life force, killing the Meteor Vine.
• Qing Xiu, Qing Lin, and Old Heaven noticed Chen Xiaojun’s third purple Soul Ring, and Chen Cong revealed it was 9,900 years old.
• Chen Cong said Chen Xiaojun was exceptionally talented but had become too eager to stand out, which could draw dangerous attention.

After defeating the twenty-thousand-year Meteor Vine, Xiao Yi began absorbing its Black Soul Ring and faced its remnant consciousness in a brutal battle within her Sea of Consciousness. She used the Nine Yin Soul Shifting Great Law to resist, but the Meteor Vine's overwhelming power continued to wear her down.

• Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun watched the Meteor Vine's Black Soul Ring rise after their battle, and Xiao Yi said she had half her soul power remaining.
• Old Green, Old Heaven, and Chen Cong warned Xiao Yi about the danger of absorbing the twenty-thousand-year soul ring and its Soul Shock.
• Xiao Yi entered the ring-drawing stage and drew the Meteor Vine's soul ring toward herself.
• The Meteor Vine's Spiritual Soul Body attacked Xiao Yi in her Sea of Consciousness, and her Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream could not hold back its assault.
• Xiao Yi summoned the Nine Yin Soul Shifting Great Law and used its nine cyclones to bind and wear down the Meteor Vine, but her Mental Power began to falter.

While Xiao Yi absorbed her soul ring, Shadow Saint King and other Vine Clan powers confronted the Green Vine Clan over the Meteor Vine’s death. The Green Vine Clan gathered its full strength to defend Xiao Yi, leaving both sides poised for war.

• Shadow Saint King attacked Xiao Yi, but Old Heaven blocked the purple vine while the three Qing guarded Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun.
• Shadow Saint King accused the Green Vine Clan and humans of breaking their agreement, while Azure Eldest argued that Xiao Yi’s fight with the unintelligent Meteor Vine was an internal clan dispute.
• Qing Lin exposed Ghost King Vine King hiding in the valley, and Black Old, Old Green, Chan Yu, Xue'er, Thorn Vine King, and Old Poison arrived or spoke up, escalating the confrontation.
• Mo Yun Saint King and more than a dozen Green Vine Clan powerhouses released their Soul Power, revealing the clan’s full strength and readiness to fight.
• Shadow Saint King recognized that the Green Vine Clan had gathered an unprecedented force, and the assembled factions faced each other as battle threatened to break out.

Phoenix Immortal, the Shadow Saint King, and Old Poison demanded an explanation for the Meteor Vine’s death, while Aunt Yue tried to prevent the dispute from escalating. Old Huang then pressed Old Green for an answer, but Old Green’s limits on whom the Green Vine Clan would protect reignited the confrontation, leaving the Saint Kings facing a possible fight.

• Phoenix Immortal arrived and questioned how Qing Xiu had killed the Meteor Vine at level 40, while the Shadow Saint King demanded that the Green Vine Clan pay for its death.
• Aunt Yue arrived and urged Phoenix Immortal, the Shadow Saint King, and Old Poison to accept that the Meteor Vine had lost in a life-or-death struggle; they agreed to give the Green Vine Clan a chance to explain.
• Old Huang appeared and asked Old Green to explain the clan’s position, offering a path to avoid a wider conflict.
• Old Green said the Holy Maiden would not harm the Saint Kings but that some people fell outside the clan’s protection, prompting the Shadow Saint King to accuse the Green Vine Clan of making enemies.
• Old Heaven declared he was ready to fight, and an avatar of the Mo Yun Saint King appeared as Phoenix Immortal fixed her gaze on Old Green.

Xiao Yi used the forbidden Nine Palaces Soul Shifting Technique against the Meteor Vine, but a giant jade finger appeared and destroyed its Spiritual Soul Body. The phenomenon’s aura reached the Saint Kings, who abandoned their confrontation and dispersed.

• Xiao Yi formed seals and began chanting the Nine Palaces Soul Shifting Technique as she prepared to attack the Meteor Vine.
• A vast Mental Power vortex formed above Xiao Yi and the Meteor Vine, freezing their battle and pinning the nine-palace cyclones in place.
• A giant blue-jade finger emerged from the vortex and burst the Meteor Vine’s Spiritual Soul Body into dissipating Mental Power.
• Xiao Yi recognized the finger as belonging to Him, and her Sea of Consciousness absorbed the Meteor Vine’s spiritual stardust and expanded with new Life Force.
• The ancient aura from Xiao Yi’s side startled the Saint Kings, who chose to disperse rather than fight.
• Qing Xiu asked Old Green why they had left, and he claimed they had feared starting a war.

The author laid out a proposed soul power system centered on the Soul Power Seed, Original Soul Power, and Refined Soul Power, explaining how cultivation, combat, and level advancement worked. The chapter also described how soul bones stored soul beast power and were activated, while External Soul Bones grew alongside their hosts.

• The author introduced the Soul Power Seed as the source of Original Soul Power and explained how the three elements supported and strengthened one another.
• The author described how martial souls, Meditation Methods, Mental Power, and the Soul Power Seed refined external soul power for cultivation and combat.
• The author explained that a soul master's level depended on the growth of the Soul Power Seed and Original Soul Power, while soul rings and soul bones enabled breakthroughs by supplying soul beast Original Soul Power.
• The author proposed that soul bones contained fixed Soul Power Seeds that could be nurtured to strengthen Soul Bone Skills but could not normally surpass their age-based limits.
• The author outlined how soul masters mobilized their own soul power to activate, fuse with, and release Soul Bone Skills.
• The author explained that External Soul Bones lacked their own Soul Power Seed and instead drew on their host's seed, growing together with the soul master.

Xiao Yi completed the absorption of the Meteor Vine’s soul ring, reaching Soul Ancestor level as her strength and Mental Power increased. Her Emperor Mark evolved into a cyan-and-white robe, mask, and Wheel Fan, and she awakened the soul ring’s powerful ability.

• Xiao Yi guided the soul ring’s energy into her body, strengthening her Original Soul Power and Soul Power Seed while her Mental Power expanded her Sea of Consciousness.
• Xiao Yi’s Soul Power Seed broke through to Soul Ancestor level, and she refined the Original Soul Power inside her Silver Wolf Skull.
• Chen Xiaojun, Old Green, and Chen Cong remarked on Xiao Yi’s unusually rapid absorption, while Qing Xiu noticed her Emperor Mark beginning to evolve.
• Xiao Yi’s External Soul Bone marks absorbed vital essence and spread into a cyan-and-white magic robe, mask, and Wheel Fan.
• Xiao Yi absorbed the final trace of energy, completed the black soul ring’s integration, and sensed its powerful soul skill.

Xiao Yi awakened her Law Robe Body, an emperor-exclusive battle form with a unique Wheel Fan that can store Life Force or Soul Power. After learning about its varied abilities, Chen Xiaojun was stunned by how powerful it was.

• Xiao Yi appeared in a gorgeous Law Robe Body, and Chen Xiaojun and the others admired her transformation.
• Old Green explained that the Law Robe Body was an emperor’s sign and battle equipment that strengthened its wearer in multiple ways.
• Xiao Yi willed her mask away and replaced it with a translucent veil, revealing her face.
• Old Heaven noted that Xiao Yi’s Wheel Fan seemed able to store Life Force or Soul Power.
• Old Green described the Law Robe Body’s offensive, defensive, control, and support abilities, including the Wheel Fan’s energy storage.
• Chen Xiaojun marveled that the Law Robe Body was far more powerful than an External Soul Bone.

Old Green explained Xiao Yi’s Law Robe Body, revealing that it could link and strengthen soul bones as the foundation of a Soul Bone Set. He also answered Chen Cong’s questions about the Vine Clan’s ancient secrets and humanlike traits, while leaving the origins of several mysteries unknown.

• Old Green explained that Xiao Yi’s Law Robe Body came from an awakened inheritance and let her vow to use its power to protect what she cherished.
• Old Heaven revealed that the robe could connect to and strengthen soul bones, and Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong recognized it as an embryonic Soul Bone Set.
• Chen Cong asked Old Green about the Vine Clan’s genealogy, Fortune Artifact, altar, Spirit of Fortune, and external incarnations.
• Old Green said the altar protected Vine Clan spiritual bodies but restricted them from harming others, and that he did not know the origins of the clan’s ancient relics or snake-shaped Spirits of Fortune.
• Old Green traced the Vine Clan’s external incarnation talent to the Origin Nine Vines and described the clan as a distinct race between soul beasts and humans.

Xiao Yi finished absorbing the twenty-thousand-year soul ring and reached Level 45, revealing a Fourth Soul Skill that combined death and destruction. Chen Cong and the others discussed her martial soul’s unusual growth and powerful Devouring Attribute, then asked Xiao Yi what she thought was behind it.

• Xiao Yi withdrew her dharma robe and revealed that her Soul Power had reached Level 45 after seven days of cultivation.
• Xiao Yi demonstrated her Fourth Soul Skill, Death Destruction Frenzy, which combined death and destruction and formed a powerful field within a certain range.
• Xiao Yi explained that she sensed the true intents of death, destruction, and stars, though her martial soul had not fully gained those attributes.
• Chen Cong and Old Green praised the Ageless Evergreen Ivy’s rapid evolution and speculated that it had absorbed the Meteor Vine’s attributes through its Devouring Power.
• Chen Xiaojun and Old Heaven asked Xiao Yi what she thought about her martial soul’s unusually powerful Devouring Attribute.

Xiao Yi explained that the Nine Palaces Soul Shifting Technique could devour souls and alter a user’s soul, prompting Chen Xiaojun to fear that Xiao Yi might no longer be herself. She reassured him that she remained the Xiao Yi he knew and explained how she controlled the technique, leaving him calmer but still reconsidering its nature.

• Xiao Yi revealed that the Nine Palaces Soul Shifting Technique was a forbidden art that transferred soul power and could mix or divide souls.
• Chen Xiaojun realized the technique had combined with Xiao Yi’s Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream and Ageless Evergreen Ivy, giving her the power to devour souls and other forms of energy.
• Chen Xiaojun feared that Xiao Yi might have devoured another soul and no longer be her original self.
• Xiao Yi stopped Chen Cong from interrupting and assured Chen Xiaojun that she had never changed.
• Chen Xiaojun asked for more details, and Xiao Yi explained that she controlled the technique and used it against soul beasts only in critical moments.

Chen Xiaojun pieced together how Xiao Yi’s past, the Nine Palaces Soul Shifting Technique, and the spirit of Shao Siming were connected. He concluded that Xiao Yi had become Shao Siming’s incarnation, with divine potential, and realized she had never been an ordinary girl.

• Chen Xiaojun connected Xiao Yi’s origins to Shao Siming and the paired deities described in Nine Songs.
• He deduced that the Yin Yang School had used Xiao Yi and Xiao Ling in its five-year plan to restore Shao Siming’s spirit through the Nine Palaces Soul Shifting Technique.
• Chen Xiaojun concluded that Xiao Ling had understood Xiao Yi’s fate and sacrificed himself to help her complete the transformation.
• He reasoned that Xiao Yi’s soul had fused with Shao Siming’s spirit, giving her divine power and potential rather than leaving her doomed to die from the technique.
• Chen Xiaojun recognized that Xiao Yi was now the incarnation of Shao Siming and saw that she had never been as simple as she appeared.

Chen Xiaojun revealed that Xiao Yi’s past life was Shao Siming of the Yin Yang School, a deity whose power she had begun to awaken. He explained her connection to the school and its gods but kept the source of his own knowledge secret.

• Chen Xiaojun said Xiao Yi had recovered knowledge of the Yin Yang School after fusing with the Green Vine Spirit Serpent, though she had not regained her personal memories.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed that Xiao Yi’s past life was Shao Siming, a god worshiped by a powerful nation, and said she might carry Shao Siming’s divine spirit.
• Old Green and Qing Lin described the awe-inspiring aura they had sensed from Xiao Yi, which the Saint Kings had taken for divine power.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that Xiao Yi’s past-life legacy included the Nine Palaces Soul Shifting Technique and was linked to the devouring power of her Ageless Evergreen Ivy.
• Chen Xiaojun said the Yin Yang School had roughly nine god-titled leaders and might exist in another world, then refused to explain how he knew about it.
• Old Green stopped Qing Xiu from pressing Chen Xiaojun further, while he and Old Heaven privately marveled at his hidden secrets.

After Shao Siming’s power destroyed the Meteor Vine inside Xiao Yi’s soul, Chen Xiaojun suspected the deity might be dormant within her body. Xiao Yi believed the presence would not harm her, and Chen Xiaojun reassured her that she would remain herself as they tried to understand the divine power.

• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun that a sapphire-jade finger had crushed the Meteor Vine and that she had sensed Shao Siming, possibly inside her body.
• Chen Xiaojun and the others considered whether the force was only Shao Siming’s divine will or whether the deity herself had descended into Xiao Yi and fallen asleep.
• Chen Cong asked whether Shao Siming’s Divine Body and equipment were also inside Xiao Yi, and Chen Xiaojun suggested she might be a spiritual entity without a physical body.
• Xiao Yi said Shao Siming would not harm her, though she could not yet control the deity’s power, and she wanted to return to being herself.
• Chen Xiaojun promised to support Xiao Yi and reminded her that she would always be their friend and companion, while Qing Xiu teased that he was her lover and made everyone laugh.

After Xiao Yi revealed that she bore the God Spirit of Shao Siming, the Green Vine Clan accepted her destiny and examined her new soul skill and evolved Devouring Attribute. The group left the site with Meteor Vine materials, unaware that a hidden voice had reacted to the mention of a god.

• Chen Xiaojun assured the Green Vine Clan that Shao Siming was a righteous deity compatible with them, and Xiao Yi said she was ready to face the difficult path ahead.
• Old Green told Old Heaven and Mo Yun that Xiao Yi’s God Spirit brought both destiny and a trial, and that the clan’s fate was bound to hers.
• Xiao Yi demonstrated her Fourth Soul Skill, and the group named it Silent Extinction Vine Language.
• Chen Cong described Xiao Yi’s advanced Devouring Attribute, and Chen Xiaojun proposed the name Primal Chaos Attribute, which Old Green approved.
• Chen Xiaojun collected most of the Meteor Vine’s remains, but Old Heaven reminded him to leave the roots in case the plant could regrow.
• After the group departed, a hidden voice underground laughed at the mention of a god.

Chen Xiaojun gave Zhu Jiazhen, Ding Bingyuan, and Cheng Wenge breathing technique manuals and asked them to explore ways to strengthen their combat abilities and improve the techniques for the village. The elders agreed to experiment with the inheritance, including after they were sent to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

• Chen Xiaojun asked Zhu Jiazhen whether he could fight Soul Masters of increasingly higher ranks, then had Chen Cong demonstrate the power of the Spiral Pill.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that Zhu Jiazhen could use his control skills and breathing techniques to challenge stronger opponents, and Zhu agreed to try them.
• Chen Xiaojun gave Zhu Jiazhen the Flower, Insect, and Fire Breathing Technique manuals, suggesting ways each might suit his abilities.
• Chen Xiaojun handed Ding Bingyuan Water and Fire Breathing Technique manuals and gave Cheng Wenge Wind, Thunder, and Sound Breathing Technique manuals to adapt.
• Chen Cong said the village would send replacements and arrange for the three elders to visit the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where they could cultivate and improve the techniques for the village.

Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi returned from a secret realm with their cultivation greatly advanced, leaving Xi Xi and Zhu Wuneng envious. Xiao Yi shared rare cultivation treasures with Xi Xi and Ruia, while the secret realm’s details remained undisclosed.

• Xi Xi and Zhu Wuneng complained about Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun’s rapid cultivation gains, and Chen Cong and Long Ma urged them to cultivate patiently.
• Zhu Wuneng asked when he could visit Sea God Island, and Xi Xi said she would take him once his Soul Power Level caught up to hers.
• Xi Xi asked what had happened in the secret realm, but Chen Xiaojun teased her and kept it secret.
• Xiao Yi gave Xi Xi Life Spring Water Essence and gave Xi Xi and Ruia Seventh Grade Spirit Heart Clear Grass.
• Xiao Yi gave Xi Xi and Ruia green vine bracelets that increased the efficiency of absorbing Soul Power, and they eagerly put them on.

Chen Xiaojun treated Xi Xi, Zhu Wuneng, and the others to new rice, spirit fish, and Green Vine Wine. Meanwhile, Chen Cong’s return stirred Chang'an City’s factions into action, and the chapter ended as he arrived to visit the city lord.

• Chen Xiaojun gave Xi Xi and Zhu Wuneng Ice Spirit Fire Crystal Rice and spirit fish, then led the group to prepare a feast with Green Vine Wine.
• Xue Churan reacted to Chen Cong’s return, while Ji Chengjian told Ji Sijian to prepare a Name Card and visit the Chen Residence.
• Liu Ruyan told Liu Yirong she intended to secure the best possible future for the weakened Liu Clan.
• Ning Jiang ordered the Glazed Tile Merchant Guild to investigate the Chen Clan, and Ma Rulong looked forward to meeting Chen Cong in Soul Fighting City.
• Bei Ming Xinghai and Luo Tian discussed the Chen Clan’s intentions and ordered a closer investigation of the Crimson Church.
• Chen Cong arrived to visit the city lord.

The Chen Clan moved to take control of the gangs around Shi Xiu Ward, recruiting the Azure Lion Gang and Iron Palm Gang while wiping out two others. Chen Xiaojun received the report as the operation reached several blocks around the Medicinal Materials Market.

• Cheng Yun used her Illusory Moon Maze Realm to incapacitate the Azure Lion Gang members while Mo Yuqi, Zhu Hefeng, and Xia Ying confronted Guan Wuzuo and Min Zhiyun.
• Zhu Hefeng offered the gang a place under the Chen Clan, and Guan Wuzuo and Min Zhiyun accepted; Mo Yuqi took a nominal post as their gang leader.
• Xia Ying revived the gang members and instructed Min Zhiyun to organize them while Guan Wuzuo accompanied the group to approach the Iron Palm Gang.
• Two hours later, Zhu Hefeng and Mo Yuqi reported to Chen Xiaojun that the Red Sand Gang and Wandering Dragon Gang had been wiped out and the Azure Lion Gang and Iron Palm Gang had submitted.

Chen Xiaojun reorganized Guan Wuzuo and Qiu Tianfeng’s merged gangs as the Brocade-Clad Guards and arranged their training and livelihoods. He then planned an assault on the Ghost Wolf Gang, whose leader had ties to the Heavenly Wolf Gate, and the attack began under cover of night.

• Chen Xiaojun ordered Guan Wuzuo and Qiu Tianfeng to screen their members, punish notorious offenders, and end most illegal income sources.
• Chen Xiaojun named the merged gang the Brocade-Clad Guards and tasked Mo Yuqi with training them.
• Xi Li Junyi said the manor and surrounding area could be rebuilt to fit Chen Xiaojun’s market plan, with the main structure taking half a year.
• Cheng Hao reported that the Ghost Wolf Gang had more than a thousand members and that its leader, Lang ZhengHui, was linked to the Heavenly Wolf Gate.
• Chen Xiaojun assigned his allies to defeat the Ghost Wolf Gang’s leaders and joined the force with Xi Xi.
• Cheng Yun and the Sword Shadow Hall squad silently cleared the guards as Chen Xiaojun ordered the assault to begin.