Chapter Summaries

After the Magic Sheep Sect assault, Chen Hong and the other leaders assessed the battle’s outcome and discussed the threat posed by Spirit Hall. Yang Jingxue had gained spatial will, while the survivors turned to counting casualties and confirming the remaining operations.

• Chen Hong and Chen Xun met Ximen Rongcheng at the plaza as escaping enemies caused destruction near the mountain.
• Fang Yuan and Gui Changhao arrived, with Gui Changhao carrying Bartosz Weiss’s corpse; Yang Jingxue then returned with Yona Weiss’s head and revealed she had gained spatial will.
• Chen Hong, Fang Yuan, Gui Changhao, and the others discussed the aftermath of the battle and the potential response from Spirit Hall, including the possibility that Qian Chongling was still alive.
• Cheng Nanxing reported more than twenty severely wounded and a dozen or so dead, while Qu Yixiang said the other operations against the Magic Sheep Sect were expected to succeed.

After destroying the Magic Sheep Sect, Fang Yuan and the Soul Fighting Legion looted its treasure vault and divided valuable items among the leaders and clan representatives. They evacuated Red Forest Mountain before dawn, leaving the sect erased from history and its Three-Eyed Magic Sheep Martial Soul nearly extinct among humans.

• Fang Yuan broke into the Magic Sheep Sect's treasure chamber and found seven Soul Bones along with rare minerals, blood, a dragon scale, armor, and a damaged Jade Crown.
• Fang Yuan proposed that each person present take one item, then chose the nearly fifty-thousand-year fire-type left arm Soul Bone first.
• Chen Xun took the Dark Gold blood, Yang Jingxue chose Secret Demon Silver, and the others selected Soul Bones or artifacts suited to them.
• Fang Yuan ordered his men to inventory and remove the remaining treasure and captives before dawn, and the party evacuated Red Forest Mountain.
• Star Luo Empire officials arrived to find the Magic Sheep Sect looted and destroyed, and the sect's remaining members could no longer openly uphold its name.

After the Magic Sheep Sect was wiped out, officials in the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires concluded that Soul Fighting City was responsible and considered how to respond. Star Luo Emperor Dai Yifeng ordered a formal investigation and punished Xiao Ruiyang, while Heaven Dou Emperor Xue Yintao chose to wait and watch other powers; Duke of the North Shui Rong then raised unrest among the Tianshan Snowmen.

• Tantai Youchun reported that an elite force had destroyed the Magic Sheep Sect and killed its personnel in Yi Er City and Avant-Garde Town.
• Dai Dingyi identified Soul Fighting City as the likely culprit, and officials linked the attack to the Magic Sheep Sect and Xiao Ruiyang demanding shares from the Yi Er City Great Soul Arena.
• Ling Daokun advised Dai Yifeng to pursue the culprits publicly, protect the survivors, and send the sect’s youths to Star Luo Academy; Dai Yifeng ordered the plan and stripped Xiao Ruiyang of his office and title.
• Lan Yuancheng told Xue Yintao that Soul Fighting City was likely behind the destruction, and Shui Rong advised the Heaven Dou court not to act first and to observe other powers.
• Xue Yintao told Lan Yuancheng to follow Shui Rong’s advice, and Shui Rong explained that the Tianshan Snowmen had grown restless after recovering from a calamity fifty years earlier.

Tang Yue prepared Tang Chen to represent Haotian Sect at Heaven Dou Royal Academy as storms approached the continent. In Glazed Tile City, Ning Rui Ting ordered Ning Ze to begin negotiations while considering the wider consequences of Soul Fighting City’s latest move.

• Tang Yue received an urgent message about the families of old friends and told Tang Chen it would not affect Haotian Sect.
• Tang Yue praised Tang Chen’s progress in Chaotic Cloak and Clear Sky True Yang Force, then promised to teach him the Clear Sky Nine Wonders.
• Tang Yue told Tang Chen to attend Heaven Dou Royal Academy in a month and represent Haotian Sect amid approaching continental turmoil.
• Ning Rui Ting reviewed a report from Ning Ze and instructed his subordinate to tell Ning Ze to begin negotiating their matter.
• Ning Rui Ting reflected that Soul Fighting City’s major move might signal an end to peaceful development and affect the continent.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan discussed its high rate of martial soul mutations and decided to expand its bloodline by having more children, including illegitimate ones. In Spirit City, Qian Xizi heard a report on Soul Fighting City’s destruction of the Three-Eyed Magic Sheep Sect and ordered continued surveillance before heading to the Worship Hall.

• Yu Zhonghe reported that three children had suffered martial soul mutations, and Yu Junhua ordered the clan to have more children, including illegitimate children.
• Yu Xiaoyi told Yu Junhua that Soul Fighting City had exterminated the Three-Eyed Magic Sheep Sect, and Yu Junhua dismissed the news as unimportant.
• A Platinum Shadow Guard Captain reported the attack on the Magic Sheep Sect to Qian Xizi, including Chen Hong’s rise to Titled Douluo and Yang Jingxue’s suspected comprehension of will.
• Qian Xizi questioned the intelligence report and told Sha Xing that the Intelligence Department needed to improve its ability to detect threats beforehand.
• Sha Xing reported that Qian Daoliu’s training in the Underground Abyss was progressing smoothly under She Yaolei’s protection.
• Qian Xizi left for the Worship Hall behind the mountain.

After Xiao Yi recovered enough to speak, Chen Xiaojun and his family welcomed her and planned to help her awaken her Martial Soul. At the ancestral hall, Chen Yu heard that the Gale Wolf Packs had vanished and ordered continued investigation into a possible powerful soul beast directing them.

• Xiao Yi woke feeling well and managed to speak to Chen Xiaojun and Ye Xiuxin for the first time.
• Ye Xiuxin prepared a feast for Xiao Yi, who ate seven bowls of rice, and Chen Yu proposed arranging her Martial Soul awakening once her recovery was confirmed.
• Chen Yu explained to Xiao Yi that everyone had an unawakened Martial Soul and that a special ceremony could awaken it.
• Ling Yunxiao told Chen Yu that absorbing the Hurricane Demon Wolf Right Soul Bone had raised him to level 82.
• Chen Wenchao reported that the Gale Wolf Packs had disappeared from their gathering places, and Chen Yu ordered him to investigate other wolf movements and prepare village security.

As the Chen Clan prepared for its Clan Ceremony, Chen Xiaojun helped at the Breeding Farm and watched Zhu Yanfeng butcher a Mud Armor Pig with remarkable skill. Xiao Yi received an official village identity and underwent her martial soul awakening, which manifested as a lush, emerald-green plant filled with Life Force.

• The Chen Clan began preparing for its five-year Clan Ceremony, and Chen Xiaojun went to the Breeding Farm to help and learn about ingredients and knife work.
• Chen Xiaojun and Little Fatty watched Zhu Yanfeng expertly butcher a Mud Armor Pig, then agreed to help drive pigs from the pens.
• Ye Xiuxin completed Xiao Yi's adoption registration, and the village women and children warmly welcomed her.
• The Chen Clan held Xiao Yi's martial soul awakening ceremony at Chen Xiaojun's family courtyard, with clan members and villagers gathering to witness it.
• Xiao Yi summoned countless emerald motes that formed a flourishing green plant with dense leaves and a powerful feeling of Life Force.

Xiao Yi awakened the king-level Ageless Evergreen Ivy Martial Soul and tested at level 9.8 Innate Soul Power, impressing the Chen Clan. Chen Yu was then summoned to meet several important visitors gathered in the Ancestral Hall Council Hall.

• Chen Cong identified Xiao Yi's Ageless Evergreen Ivy as a likely peak Ninth Grade, king-level Vine Martial Soul, and Xiao Yi put it away when she grew tired.
• Chen Xiaojun tested Xiao Yi's Innate Soul Power, and Chen Yu announced that she had reached level 9.8.
• The gathered Chen Clan members praised Xiao Yi and offered congratulations and gifts.
• Zhu Tianhao told Chen Yu that Chen Hong and other clan members were waiting with several guests in the Ancestral Hall Council Hall.
• Chen Hong and the guests drank Fragrant Snow Spirit Tea, and Ma Zhibin complained that the others had come without telling him.

Representatives from several families visited the Chen Clan for its celebration, where Ning Ze asked the clan to lend a Titled Douluo to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. After Ning Ze left, Xue Tianming raised the Soul Fighting City Grand Manager’s proposal to build a clan-backed team for a future Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, leaving Chen Yu to consult his clan.

• Ma Zhibin joked with Xue Tianming and offered to help prepare the Chen Clan’s sacrificial hall before Chen Yu arrived to welcome the visitors.
• Ximen Rongcheng and Yang Zhiqiang left to visit Shaolin Lake, while Xue Tianming and Ma Zhibin departed so Ning Ze could speak privately with the Chen Clan.
• Ning Ze asked Chen Yu to provide one or two powerful fighters and invite a Chen Clan member to serve as an offering for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Yu told Ning Ze the clan needed time to discuss the request, and Ning Ze left.
• Xue Tianming returned and explained that Grand Manager Chen Weining wanted the major clans to send talented youths to Soul Fighting Academy to prepare teams for future tournaments.
• Chen Yu agreed to consider the proposal and promised Xue Tianming an answer after the Clan Celebration.

Chen Yu and Chen Hong discussed Chen Xun’s discoveries from the Magic Sheep Sect, while Ma Zhibin traded Soul Bones with the Chen Clan. The clan agreed to send Chen Jianjun to Soul Fighting Academy and considered Chen Hong’s proposed visit to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Chen Xun explained that his Vajra Giant Ape left arm Soul Bone seemed to resonate with the Dark Gold blood, and Chen Yu told him to have his second uncle examine it along with the damaged Jade Crown.
• Chen Hong offered his Darkness Attribute Head Soul Bone to the Clan Treasury, and Chen Yu suggested Jian Zun could use it.
• Ma Zhibin asked to trade his fire-type Right Arm Bone for a clan Soul Bone, and Chen Yu had Chen Xun bring him a Purple Flame Crane fire-type Left Leg Bone.
• Chen Xun, Chen Hong, and Chen Zhang discussed Xue Tianming’s proposal, and Chen Yu decided to send Chen Jianjun to Soul Fighting Academy.
• Chen Hong agreed to consider visiting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to honor the clan’s old agreement and accept the Ning Family’s offer.

Cheng Yuan reported that the wolf packs near the Chen Clan were fighting because a Howling Moon Silver Wolf was nearing the hundred-thousand-year threshold. The clan weighed the threat and its limited forces, and Chen Hong suggested contacting two families for help.

• Cheng Yuan told Chen Yu that the Silver Moon and Gale Wolf Packs had launched attacks on other wolf packs, causing thousands of casualties.
• Chen Yu explained that the Silver Moon Wolves were trying to help a Howling Moon Silver Wolf awaken its bloodline and reach one hundred thousand years by devouring Black Moon Wolves.
• Cheng Yuan reported that the wolf pack was only four or five hundred li away at Flowing Light Slope and had formidable forces, including two powerful Howling Moon Silver Wolves.
• Chen Yu, Chen Hong, and the others concluded that they lacked enough strength to defeat the wolf pack safely, while a large battle could draw attacks from nearby soul beasts.
• Ling Yunxiao said the Defense Force could mobilize three Soul Sages, ten Soul Emperors, and thirty Soul Kings without weakening local defenses.
• Chen Hong asked Chen Yu whether he had contacted two other families yet.

Chen Xun returned to the Chen Clan with Ma Zhibin, who met the newly adopted Xiao Yi and learned that Chen Xiaojun had gained an extraordinary First Soul Ring. The chapter ended with Ma Zhibin stunned after Chen Xiaojun revealed his purple, fifteen-hundred-year ring and Pegasus-patterned Sword Martial Soul.

• Chen Xun and Chen Zhang returned to the Chen Clan with Ma Zhibin, who joked that Xiao Yi was Chen Xun's daughter.
• Ye Xiuxin explained that Xiao Yi had lost her memory, become attached to Chen Xiaojun, and been adopted by the family.
• Ma Zhibin greeted the children and jokingly asked them to call him their foster father.
• Chen Xun learned that Chen Xiaojun had hunted a Pegasus for his First Soul Ring at Wild Horse Plains.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed that his First Soul Ring was fifteen hundred years old and displayed his purple ring and Pegasus-patterned Sword Martial Soul, leaving Ma Zhibin astonished.

Chen Xiaojun revealed his mutated Chengying Sword and demonstrated its powerful first soul skill, Fleeting Light Shadow, to Ma Zhibin. Ma Zhibin praised his talent and predicted he would reach the pinnacle of soul masters.

• Chen Xiaojun explained that Chengying was a mutated martial soul whose trait let him absorb soul rings beyond his level.
• Chen Xiaojun demonstrated Fleeting Light Shadow against Ma Zhibin, who blocked the sword and countered with his Phoenix fire techniques.
• Ma Zhibin ended the sparring match and warned Chen Xiaojun that his flames could have injured him if he had not held back.
• Chen Xiaojun explained soul beasts and soul rings to Xiao Yi, who admired his sword.
• Ma Zhibin praised Chen Xiaojun's thousand-five-hundred-year first soul ring and predicted that he would eventually stand at the pinnacle of soul masters.

Ma Zhibin revealed that he had a son with a commoner woman he met after being gravely wounded, but his father rejected their relationship. He had placed the boy near Suotuo City, and the chapter ended with the others learning that the child had inherited his mother’s low-level Brocade Chicken Martial Soul.

• Chen Xun said Xiao Jun had probably written the impressive line, and Ma Zhibin praised the boy and again asked to become the children’s godfather.
• Chen Xun and Chen Zhang realized Ma Zhibin had a child, and Ma Zhibin told them he had fallen in love with a gentle, cultured commoner after a soul-beast ambush left him near death.
• Ma Zhibin recalled that his father had refused to accept the woman, and he hinted that she had since died before explaining that he had settled their son outside Suotuo City.
• Ma Zhibin explained that his son had not suffered a Martial Soul mutation but had inherited his mother’s low-level Brocade Chicken Martial Soul.
• Chen Xun realized the boy was old enough to have awakened his Martial Soul, and Ma Zhibin protested that the child was only a year older than Xiao Jun.

Ximen Rongcheng visited Chen Yu to discuss his unstable Demonic Blade Qi and seek Xiu Xin’s help, while Yang Zhiqiang asked about a soul beast for his sister’s Ninth Soul Ring. Chen Yu revealed a nearly one-hundred-thousand-year-old Howling Moon Silver Wolf, leaving the Yang Family to decide whether to pursue it with Yang Cheng Lin’s help.

• Ximen Rongcheng told Chen Yu that his damaged meridian had destabilized his fire qi and Mental Power, and that he wanted Xiu Xin to examine him before he left to travel.
• Yang Zhiqiang told Chen Yu that his older sister was preparing to break through to Level 90 and needed a suitable soul beast of at least ninety thousand years for her Ninth Soul Ring.
• Chen Yu confirmed that he had information about a suitable soul beast, and Yang Zhiqiang eagerly asked what it was.
• Chen Yu revealed that the soul beast was a nearly one-hundred-thousand-year-old Howling Moon Silver Wolf, whose Moon Attribute could complement his sister’s Golden Feather Golden Crow soul ring.
• Chen Yu explained the situation and said Yang Cheng Lin would need to personally lead the effort if Yang Zhiqiang’s sister wanted to pursue the wolf, so Yang Zhiqiang needed to send word home.

The Chen Clan held its ancestor worship and feast before beginning a children’s martial arts competition. As the contestants gathered, visitors discussed the Chen family’s young generation and its losses, and Xue Tianming asked Zhong Kui whether one contestant was his son.

• Chen Cong, Chen Hong, Chen Yu, and Chen Wu led the Chen Clan through the ancestor-worship rites and offerings.
• The clan distributed the sacrificial meat and held a feast, with Chen Xiaojun credited for helping provide the meat.
• At two in the afternoon, the children’s competition began at the Martial Arts Training Ground with thirty-nine participants, including Chen Xiaojun, who had insisted on entering.
• Xue Tianming and Ma Zhibin discussed the Chen Clan’s children and high casualty rate while observing the contestants.
• Xue Tianming asked Zhong Kui whether one of the participating children was his son.

Zhong Kui reflected on his family tensions and Chen Jianzun’s prospects in the clan competition, while elders gathered for the Clan Ceremony. Cheng Nanxing revealed that the Chen Clan had wiped out the Magic Sheep Sect and began explaining Soul Fighting City’s latest punitive campaign.

• Zhong Kui and Xue Tianming discussed Chen Jianzun’s talent, arrogance, and chances in the competition, while Ma Zhibin teased Xue Tianming about visiting Chen Xun’s home.
• Qin Luguang, Zhu Yanfeng, Zhao Deyun, and Ding Bingyuan traded jokes about their descendants and the upcoming matches.
• Ma Zhaoyang asked Cheng Nanxing whether something major had happened, and Cheng Nanxing confirmed that the Chen Clan had wiped out the Magic Sheep Sect.
• Xia Yun asked whether Soul Fighting City’s punitive actions had begun again, and Cheng Nanxing explained that competition over the Great Soul Arenas’ wealth had driven the conflict.
• Zhu Yanfeng asked how the battle had gone, and Cheng Nanxing began recounting what happened.

As the Chen Clan’s competition was about to begin, Chen Xiaojun led four boys in a stirring youth-themed cheer that inspired the contestants and villagers. The celebration opened amid roaring applause and renewed determination to strengthen the clan.

• Chen Jianzun, Chen Jianjun, Chen Feng, Chen Mu, and Chen Xiaojun discussed the competition and their rivals while waiting in the Contestant Seats.
• Chen Xiaojun took the four boys to fetch five red flags from Ze Ji Study so they could encourage the competitors.
• Just before Chen Xun began the competition, the five boys planted their flags and recited slogans about youthful ambition and the Chen Clan.
• Chen Jianjun urged the other competitors to join in, and more than thirty youths shouted the slogans together.
• Chen Xiaojun declared that the family and clan were bound together and that the Chen Clan’s young people would carry its future.
• The villagers cheered and applauded, celebrating the youths’ words and the spirit of the Clan Celebration.

Chen Yanwu defeated Qin Huacheng in the clan competition with her superior swordsmanship and soul skills. After rejoining the Chen Clan disciples, she reminded Chen Jianzun, Chen Jianjun, and Chen Xiaojun that they had to win the championship decisively.

• Chen Yanwu used Veiling Moon Returning Snow and her defensive soul skills to disarm Qin Huacheng and defeat him.
• Chen Wu announced Chen Yanwu as the winner, while Qin Huacheng accepted his loss and encouraged his companions.
• Chen Wenchao praised Chen Yanwu’s abilities, and Chen Menglin and Chen Hanxin discussed how she had been raised and educated.
• Chen Yanwu reunited with the Chen Clan disciples, teased Chen Xiaojun, and told the group to prove the name of Seven Kills by winning the championship.

Chen Xiaojun defeated Zhao Mingsheng in a public match by revealing his extraordinary purple 1,500-year First Soul Ring and its Fleeting Light Shadow skill. The villagers and clan elders were left astonished by his strength and unusual martial soul.

• Chen Xiaojun faced rank-32 Zhao Mingsheng and pressed him with rapid sword strikes, but Zhao blocked his attacks and trapped him with Gravity Increase.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed his purple 1,500-year Soul Ring and used Fleeting Light Shadow to place his sword at Zhao’s throat, winning the match.
• Chen Yu told the elders that Chen Xiaojun had soloed a 1,500-year Pegasus, while Chen Qiujun questioned how dangerous the feat had been.
• Ma Zhibin and the other VIPs recognized the Soul Ring’s significance, and Yang Zhiqiang identified Chen Xiaojun’s martial soul as mutated.
• Ye Xiuxin and the relatives praised Chen Xiaojun as the crowd erupted in cheers and discussion over his first Soul Ring.