Chapter Summaries

Tang Xiao defeated Ji Bochang and challenged Chang'an Academy’s Chen Clan, but Chen Xiaojun stepped forward to face him instead. Before their battle began, Chen Xiaojun asked whether Tang Xiao was Tang Chen’s biological younger brother, and Tang Xiao confirmed it.

• Tang Xiao defeated Ji Bochang, leaving Chang'an Academy struggling in the rotation battles.
• Li Jinghua and Mu Zilian told Chen Xiaojun’s group that Heaven Dou Academy had grown formidable through its recruitment of prodigies and major sect members.
• Tang Xiao challenged Chen Mu, but Chang'an Academy’s preparation area said Chen Mu had already returned home.
• Tang Xiao challenged Chen Xiaojun, who agreed to fight after Yu Wennan confirmed it was Heaven Dou Academy’s position.
• Chen Xiaojun introduced himself as Da Siming, Xiao Hongchen, then asked Tang Xiao whether he was Tang Chen’s biological younger brother.
• Tang Xiao confirmed the relationship as the two prepared to battle before the assembled audience.

Chen Xiaojun faced Tang Xiao in the arena and countered the Clear Sky Hammer's strength with defensive and redirection sword techniques. After Chen Xiaojun's Azure Lotus Mountain Split forced Tang Xiao back, he waited calmly for Tang Xiao's next attack.

• Tang Xiao challenged Chen Xiaojun, and Chen Xiaojun revealed that he was level 39 while Tang Xiao was level 33.
• Mu Zilian told Li Jinghua that Chen Xiaojun was only ten, and Liu Ruyan noted that his Soul Power had risen two levels in half a month.
• Tang Xiao opened the fight by throwing his Clear Sky Hammer at Chen Xiaojun, who evaded it before Tang Xiao activated Clear Sky Power and struck again.
• Chen Xiaojun used Guarding Origin Returning to One to absorb the hammer's lightning and withstand its impact, though the blow pushed him back one step.
• Tang Xiao attacked with Penetrate Word Tactic, but Chen Xiaojun used Returning Wind Willow Dance to redirect the strike and Azure Lotus Mountain Split to break through Tang Xiao's offense.
• Chen Xiaojun's sword strike drove Tang Xiao back seven or eight steps, and Chen Xiaojun watched as Tang Xiao prepared to attack again.

Chen Xiaojun overwhelmed Tang Xiao in their battle, sending him flying repeatedly and leaving him badly hurt. As Tang Xiao struggled to understand his defeat, Zhu Wuneng amused the onlookers with his irreverent banter and argued with Xi Xi about proper manners.

• Tang Xiao activated Iron Blood Body, but Chen Xiaojun countered with Supreme Unrivaled, whose enhanced combat abilities gave him the advantage.
• Tang Xiao unleashed Earth Shattering, and Chen Xiaojun evaded it with Spiral Nine Shadows before striking Tang Xiao with a charged sword beam.
• Chen Xiaojun sent Tang Xiao flying for the third time, leaving him battered and questioning how Xiao Hongchen could be so strong.
• Zhu Wuneng said he was allergic to the Tang Clan, and Xi Xi challenged him about how he treated Xiaojun and whether he could behave more seriously.
• Zhu Wuneng questioned how Xi Xi knew proper manners without an academy on Sea God Island, while Gao Cuilan denied that he was her boyfriend.

Chen Xiaojun faced Tang Xiao in the Soul Duel Stage battle, where Tang Xiao unleashed the Clear Sky Fierce Yang Force and his thirty-six-hammer Chaotic Cloak attack. Chen Xiaojun countered with the Azure Sea Sky Sword, knocking Tang Xiao’s hammer away and sending him crashing to the edge of the stage.

• Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong’s discussion explained the Tang Clan’s Clear Sky Nine Yang Force and how Tang Xiao’s Fierce Yang Force combined fire’s Yang with lightning.
• Spectators praised Chen Xiaojun’s composure and sword while acknowledging Tang Xiao’s strength and determination.
• Tang Xiao refused to concede and channeled Clear Sky Fierce Yang Force into his Clear Sky Hammer.
• Tang Xiao unleashed thirty-six Chaotic Cloak hammers, and Chen Xiaojun answered with the Azure Sea Sky Sword.
• Chen Xiaojun’s sword beam knocked Tang Xiao’s hammer flying and hurled him toward the edge of the stage.
• Yu Wennan flew toward Tang Xiao to help, but Tang Xiao crashed against the stage’s edge.

After decisively defeating Tang Xiao, Chen Xiaojun revealed he was the sixth-ranked member of the Chen Clan and Chen Mu’s younger clan brother. Tang Xiao accepted the loss and left the encounter with a renewed sense of his shortcomings and a belief that Chen Xiaojun resembled his brother Tang Chen.

• The crowd recognized Chen Xiaojun’s sword verse as the Chen Clan’s Poetic Title and speculated about his connection to Chen Mu.
• Yu Wennan tried to help the battered Tang Xiao, but Tang Xiao stood on his own and struggled to accept his defeat.
• Tang Xiao sensed an aura like Tang Chen’s in Chen Xiaojun and concluded that they were geniuses of the same level.
• Chen Xiaojun told Tang Xiao that Chen Mu was his Fifth Brother and that he was ranked sixth in the clan.
• Tang Xiao admitted that Chen Xiaojun’s skills had surpassed his own, and Chen Xiaojun encouraged him by saying he would surely surpass him in time.

Chen Xiaojun defeated Heaven Dou Academy’s Fang Yun with his fiery sword qi and a powerful blue sword technique. Tang Xiao was shaken by Chen Xiaojun’s Yang Attribute Soul Power and ordered Niu Chongzhi to investigate its source.

• Chen Xiaojun opened the fight with Sword Qi Like Lotus, burning through Fang Yun’s Ghost Vine and forcing him into the open.
• Tang Xiao recognized the strength of Chen Xiaojun’s Yang Attribute Soul Power and questioned how someone from the Chen Clan could wield it.
• Tang Xiao told Niu Chongzhi to test Chen Xiaojun’s Soul Power and determine whether it came from a martial soul mutation or a special cultivation method.
• Fang Yun used Nether Regeneration to cover the arena with dark vines, but Chen Xiaojun answered with Sword Qi Eternal Radiance and destroyed them.
• Chen Xiaojun’s sword qi struck Fang Yun and left him unable to continue, after Chen Xiaojun held back from a potentially fatal blow.

Chen Xiaojun faced Niu Chongzhi, a Defense Clan Soul Master whose stacked defensive skills withstood Chen Xiaojun’s sword attacks. The chapter ended with Chen Xiaojun excited to fight a worthy opponent as Niu Chongzhi’s barrier blocked his Azure Lotus Qi Transformation.

• Niu Chongzhi volunteered to fight, and Yu Wennan sent him onto the ring after Tang Xiao nodded.
• Niu Chongzhi introduced himself as a level 37 Defense Type Soul Master and revealed his Plate Armor Giant Rhinoceros martial soul.
• Niu Chongzhi activated Sudden Increase Defense and charged through Chen Xiaojun’s Infinite Lotus Rings.
• Chen Xiaojun unleashed Azure Lotus Qi Transformation, but Niu Chongzhi stacked his first two soul skills to form a Defensive Barrier that blocked it.
• Chen Xiaojun was surprised by Niu Chongzhi’s defense but grew excited to continue the fight.

Chen Xiaojun defeated Niu Chongzhi with two powerful sword techniques, leaving him seriously injured and confirming that Chen Xiaojun’s inherited heart method had a Yang Attribute. As Chen Xiaojun recovered in the arena, Zhi Xing and Old Man Ku Rong discussed Xiao Hongchen’s fighting ability, and another Heaven Dou student rushed onto the stage.

• Chen Xiaojun used Blue Lotus Reaching the Heavens to drive Niu Chongzhi back despite his Heavy Armor Defense.
• Chen Xiaojun followed with Sword Qi Hundred Step Flying Sword, shattered Niu Chongzhi’s armor, and blasted him off the arena.
• Tang Xiao checked on Niu Chongzhi, who said his qi and blood felt as if they were burning because Chen Xiaojun used a Yang Attribute inherited heart method.
• Zhi Xing asked Old Man Ku Rong to assess Xiao Hongchen, but Old Man Ku Rong said Xiao Hongchen should prove his strength in combat.
• Another Heaven Dou student charged toward the Soul Duel Stage as Zhi Xing and Old Man Ku Rong watched Xiao Hongchen.

Xiao defeated Liu Dieyun in the fifth duel, completing a run against opponents representing every type of soul master. The sixth duel began as Xiao and his opponent exchanged swordsmanship without using Soul Power, and the chapter ended with students comparing their moves to Chen Mu’s Thirteen Solitary Peak Swords.

• Xiao defeated the Lightning Falcon user Yun Luo with his footwork and a lightning slash, bringing his record to four wins.
• Xiao overcame Liu Dieyun’s mental attacks, countered with mental force and his Unparalleled Sword Finger, and won the fifth duel.
• Students noted that Xiao had now faced Power Attack, Control, Defense, Agility Attack, and Spirit types, and praised his adaptability and composure.
• Xiao and his sixth opponent exchanged the Sword Salute and began a swordsmanship match without using Soul Power.
• Spectators recognized their sword art as the Thirteen Solitary Peak Swords and debated whether it matched Chen Mu’s skill.

Chen Xiaojun defeated Song Renjun in a sword-technique contest, then prepared to face Hu Yanzan, a Level 41 Battle Soul Elder from the Elephant Armor Sect. Hu Yanzan revealed his Mammoth Giant Elephant Martial Soul and four soul rings as the next match began.

• Cheng Yun explained that Song Renjun belonged to the Clear Wind Sword Song Family, a branch of the Chen Clan, and that he and Chen Xiaojun were dueling with sword techniques without Soul Power.
• Chen Xiaojun disarmed Song Renjun and won their match, earning his opponent's respect.
• Spectators praised Chen Xiaojun's winning streak and speculated that he could defeat ten opponents from Heaven Dou Academy.
• Hu Yanzan entered the arena and challenged Chen Xiaojun after noting that he had defeated six Heaven Dou Academy Soul Elders.
• Hu Yanzan summoned his Mammoth Giant Elephant Martial Soul and displayed two yellow and two purple soul rings.

Chen Xiaojun fought Hu Yanzan, a powerful Soul Ancestor with the Diamond Mammoth martial soul, on the Soul Duel Stage. After evading Hu Yanzan’s attacks and striking with swordplay, Chen Xiaojun faced his opponent’s Mammoth Charge with a direct counter as the battle continued.

• Liu Ruyan, Li Jinghua, and Mu Zilian discussed Hu Yanzan’s strength and Heaven Dou Academy’s recruitment from Toske Province.
• Hu Yanzan awakened his Diamond Mammoth martial soul and charged Chen Xiaojun using his defensive soul skills.
• Chen Xiaojun evaded with Veiling Moon Returning Snow and struck Hu Yanzan with Sword Qi Horizontal and Vertical.
• Hu Yanzan countered with the Heavenly Elephant Earth Suppression Skill and Solid Stone Amplification, and both fighters retreated after their attacks collided.
• Chen Xiaojun used Swift Body Flying Duck and Vertical and Horizontal Swordplay to repeatedly strike Hu Yanzan, exploiting his lack of speed.
• Hu Yanzan launched Mammoth Charge, and Chen Xiaojun sprang up and aimed his sword straight at him.

Chen Xiaojun and Hu Yanzan traded powerful attacks, then Hu Yanzan trapped Chen Xiaojun with Crushing Kill. Chen Xiaojun evaded it and struck with Spirit Breaking Finger, but Hu Yanzan blocked the attack and braced for what came next.

• Chen Xiaojun battered Hu Yanzan with ten chained sword strikes, sending him flying and damaging his Copper Wall Iron Wall defense.
• Hu Yanzan countered with Mammoth Trample, smashing the arena and forcing Chen Xiaojun to defend against the shockwave.
• Hu Yanzan activated his third soul skill, Crushing Kill, and enclosed Chen Xiaojun in a heavy pressure barrier.
• Chen Xiaojun used Veiling Moon Returning Snow to escape the barrier and appeared behind Hu Yanzan.
• Chen Xiaojun fired Spirit Breaking Finger at Hu Yanzan, who used Steady as a Mountain to withstand the strike and prepare for another attack.

Chen Xiaojun defeated Hu Yanzan with two powerful ice-and-fire sword attacks, extending his winning streak to seven matches. As Tang Xiao struggled with the gap between them, he realized Chen Xiaojun’s Yang Attribute mental art might explain his extraordinary Soul Power recovery.

• Chen Xiaojun activated his left arm bone skill and struck Hu Yanzan with a thirty-meter Ice and Fire Hundred Step Flying Sword.
• Hu Yanzan’s defensive skills shattered, but his defensive skull bone blocked the first strike before Chen Xiaojun’s next sword attack knocked him unconscious.
• Chen Xiaojun’s seven-match winning streak left Tang Xiao bitter as he considered how easily Chen Xiaojun had defeated him and how much younger he was.
• Yu Zhengjun and Niu Chongzhi tried to comfort Tang Xiao, who admitted Chen Xiaojun was six Soul Power levels ahead and had demonstrated three of the Seven Sword Control Absolutes.
• Tang Xiao, Yu Zhengjun, and Niu Chongzhi wondered how Chen Xiaojun sustained his attacks, and Tang Xiao concluded that his Yang Attribute mental art rapidly restored Soul Power.

Chen Xiaojun continued his one-against-seven challenge and faced Yan Zaiyang, whose Unicorn Fire Tyrant Dragon martial soul surprised him. Yan Zaiyang explained that Blazing Fire Academy's “Huo” was an honorary title rather than a surname, then opened their fight with a homing fire attack that Chen Xiaojun dodged.

• After resting briefly, Chen Xiaojun invited Heaven Dou Academy's next reserve contestant to fight.
• Yan Zaiyang introduced himself as a level 42 Power Attack Type Battle Soul Elder and revealed his Unicorn Fire Tyrant Dragon martial soul.
• Chen Xiaojun wondered why Yan Zaiyang was not surnamed Huo, and Yan Zaiyang explained that Blazing Fire Academy bestowed “Huo” as a title on outstanding students.
• Chen Xiaojun realized that other academy names, including “Lei” and “Feng,” could also be bestowed titles, and felt embarrassed by his misunderstanding.
• Yan Zaiyang attacked with his Dark Fire Spirit Bullet, which curved back toward Chen Xiaojun after he dodged it.
• Chen Xiaojun evaded the pursuing fireball again as the fight continued.

Chen Xiaojun and Yan Zaiyang fought in a fierce arena duel, with Yan using his Heavenly Flame Dragon Heart Art to strengthen his fire attacks and Chen countering with water-fire sword techniques. The two remained locked in a stalemate as Chen’s powerful sword strikes forced Yan to retreat.

• Yan Zaiyang launched a barrage of Dark Fire Spirit Bullets, and Chen Xiaojun shattered them with Paired Azure Lotus.
• Yan Zaiyang activated Flame Resonance and formed a Dark Fire Bursting Net, which Chen countered with Cloud Water Swordplay’s Flowing Water Ruthlessness.
• Yan Zaiyang charged Chen with Blazing Charge, but Chen met him with Surging Waves and retreated under the impact.
• Chen used Boundless Sea of Clouds to wrap Yan in water-fire sword qi, while Yan’s flames burned through it.
• Chen unleashed Magnificent Waves, forcing Yan to retreat step by step as their attacks continued to clash.

Yan Zaiyang unleashed his Tyrannosaurus Rage and fought Chen Xiaojun through a clash of flames and sword qi. After Yan Zaiyang endured Chen Xiaojun’s Scarlet Azure Sea Sky Sword, both fighters powered up again, and Chen Xiaojun prepared to meet Yan Zaiyang’s renewed assault with the Great Subduing Demon Fist.

• Yan Zaiyang summoned a Unicorn Fire Tyrant Dragon with his Fourth Soul Skill, Tyrannosaurus Rage, and drove it toward Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Xiaojun evaded the dragon and used Veiling Moon Returning Snow to scatter its attacks, though its heat scorched his clothes.
• Chen Xiaojun unleashed the Scarlet Azure Sea Sky Sword, which dispersed the Fire Tyrant Dragon and struck Yan Zaiyang.
• Yan Zaiyang used Dragon Heart Resilience and Tyrannosaurus Golden Flame Body to withstand the sword strike, then charged Chen Xiaojun again.
• Chen Xiaojun activated Supreme Unrivaled, gathered Nine Yang True Qi, and called out the Great Subduing Demon Fist.

The chapter explained the Chen family's adaptation of the Nine Yang Divine Skill and the benefits of Chen Xiaojun's cultivation and physical foundation. It ended with Chen Xiaojun's Great Subduing Demon Fist colliding with Yan Zaiyang's Twin Dragon Fist in a violent explosion.

• The Chen family adapted the Nine Yang Divine Skill and Big Dipper Grand Technique to the eighth layer, while the final two Nine Yang realms remained under study.
• Chen Xiaojun reached the peak of Nine Yang Meridian Fusion, strengthening his meridians, Inner Force, healing, and resistance to poison.
• Chen Xiaojun and the other cultivators built strong foundations through wolf blood, spirit medicines, and the Ice and Fire Medicinal Bath, helping them withstand powerful techniques and grow rapidly when absorbing soul rings.
• Chen Xiaojun unleashed his Great Subduing Demon Fist, forming a purplish-red fist force more than ten meters long.
• Yan Zaiyang answered with his Secret Skill Twin Dragon Fist, and the two attacks collided, shaking the arena and filling the battlefield with dust and smoke.

Chen Xiaojun defeated Yan Zaiyang with the Heart Shattering Palm, leaving him badly injured but alive. As Heaven Dou Academy treated Yan Zaiyang, Yu Wennan sent Ling Xinyao to face Chen Xiaojun next, while the crowd celebrated Chen Xiaojun’s eighth victory.

• Chen Xiaojun struck Yan Zaiyang with the Heart Shattering Palm, knocking him unconscious and out of the arena.
• Chen Xiaojun urged Yu Wennan to treat Yan Zaiyang’s internal injuries before leaving to recover his own strength.
• Yu Wennan’s students treated Yan Zaiyang, and Lao Li reported that he would survive but needed at least three months of bed rest.
• Ge Tianhao volunteered to fight Chen Xiaojun, but Ling Xinyao warned that he was underestimating Chen Xiaojun’s remaining strength.
• Yu Wennan chose Ling Xinyao to fight next because her Control Type abilities suited the battle better.
• The spectators praised Chen Xiaojun’s fist and palm techniques and celebrated his eighth victory.

Xi Xi learned that Chen Xiaojun had sealed his soul skills to train his strength and technique after he won his match against Yan Zaiyang. Shen Youchu arrived and reunited with Ji Boda, Liu Ruyan, and the others, bringing tensions over her ties to Boda and her rivalry with Ruyan to the fore.

• Xi Xi questioned why Chen Xiaojun was fighting without his usual soul skills, and Xiao Yi explained that Grandpa Cong had told him to seal them and focus on strength and technique.
• Chen Xiaojun won the match, easing Xi Xi’s concern, while Zhu Wuneng remarked that the Young Master could win without soul skills.
• Shen Youchu arrived and greeted Ji Boda, Liu Ruyan, Mu Zilian, and Li Jinghua, explaining that she had come after hearing news of the match.
• Shen Youchu said she had learned that Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan would work under the Main Family after visiting Grandpa Chen Cong with her grandfather, Shen Lang.
• Liu Ruyan reacted sharply to Shen Youchu’s closeness with Ji Boda, while Ji Boxiao told Zhu Wuneng that Shen Youchu was Ruyan’s biggest love rival and that she had often disciplined the Ji youths.

Chen Cong advised Chen Xiaojun to deepen his connection with the Sword God Pearl by fighting without soul rings, and urged Xiao Yi to prioritize control instead of relying on her powerful Sky Azure Vine Formation. Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi accepted his guidance and left with a shared understanding.

• Chen Cong told Chen Xiaojun that the Chen Clan’s strength came from its sword path and urged him to seal his soul rings in battle for the next two years.
• Chen Cong praised Chen Xiaojun’s self-created soul skills and suggested they might develop into the Sword Control Eight Absolutes or Nine Absolutes.
• Chen Cong explained that Xiao Yi’s Endless Growth and Sky Azure Vine Formation were powerful but could make her neglect the control essential to her fighting style.
• Xiao Yi agreed to put control training first and rely less on Sky Azure Vine Formation.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi exchanged a smile and left, while Chen Cong watched them with satisfaction.