Chapter Summaries

Chen Ze and the Chang'an Academy team analyzed their weaknesses and the strength of Heaven Dou Academy’s rising competitors as they looked ahead to the tournament in three years. Gu Wuyan and He Qiang then wondered whether the Unrivaled Young Master could be persuaded to join their academy, leaving Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan under expectant scrutiny.

• Chen Ze and Liu Ruyan warned that Heaven Dou Academy’s prodigies and Middle Department students could form a formidable team in three years.
• Chen Ze, Gu Wuyan, Liu Ruyan, He Qiang, and Yu Youwei identified their team’s shortages in reserves, defense, decisive power, and healing.
• Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan discussed the prospects of Bo Chang and Chen Mu improving enough to strengthen the team.
• Gu Wuyan joked about tying up the Unrivaled Young Master and making him join Chang'an Academy.
• He Qiang asked Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan which academy the Unrivaled Young Master belonged to and whether he might transfer to Chang'an Academy.

Liu Ruyan revealed that Chen Xiaojun was only ten, while Shen Youchu disclosed that the Chen Clan’s Main Family had gained the allegiance of the Shen, Ji, and Liu Families. The group considered how to persuade the Main Family to let Chen Xiaojun attend their academy, and learned he had held back during his recent fights.

• Liu Ruyan told the others that Chen Xiaojun was only ten, astonishing them with his age and achievements.
• Shen Youchu revealed that Chen Xiaojun belonged to the Chen Clan’s Direct Lineage and that the Shen, Ji, and Liu Families had submitted to the Main Family.
• He Qiang offered to yield his captain position if Chen Xiaojun joined their academy, but Ji Boda said the Main Family would carefully decide his schooling.
• Shen Youchu proposed that the great families jointly invite Chen Xiaojun to study at the academy after the Main Family established itself in Chang'an City.
• Liu Ruyan suggested asking Chang'an Academy president Xue Churan to support the invitation, and Ji Boda revealed that Chen Xiaojun had held back despite fighting one against ten.

Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda explained Xiao Yi’s extraordinary abilities and recalled how she had overwhelmingly defeated them in a spar. Meanwhile, Chen Xiaojun and Xi Xi discussed their travels and teased the girls about their figures, leaving Xi Xi and Xiao Yi embarrassed.

• Liu Ruyan revealed that ten-year-old Xiao Yi was a rank 44 Control and Healing type soul master, and Shen Youchu noted that Su Ningxia had become her follower.
• Liu Ruyan described Xiao Yi’s King Martial Soul, Ageless Evergreen Ivy, and Ji Boda explained that its control, attack, healing, and defense made Xiao Yi nearly without weakness.
• Ji Boda recalled that Xiao Yi had crushed him and Liu Ruyan in a two-on-one spar, then healed their injuries with Life Dew.
• Chen Xiaojun thanked Xi Xi for helping him, and Xi Xi said the trip had shown her how much more of the continent she still wanted to explore.
• Xi Xi asked whether Gao Cuilan and Zhu Wuneng had feelings for each other, and Chen Xiaojun joked that Gao Cuilan had not fully developed.
• Xi Xi understood Chen Xiaojun’s suggestive joke and blushed, while Xiao Yi also shyly checked her figure and compared herself with Mu Zilian.

As the carriage returned from Chang'an Academy, Chen Xiaojun recovered from his injuries with help from his Nine Yang Divine Skill and Xiao Yi’s soul powers. The group admired Yili Canyon until Cheng Yun suddenly ordered the carriage to stop.

• Chen Xiaojun said his injuries had mostly healed after using the Nine Yang Divine Skill and receiving Xiao Yi’s healing.
• Xi Xi teased Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi about their healing abilities, then asked Chen Xiaojun to make tomato fish for dinner.
• Xi Xi asked Ou Ya to slow the carriage so everyone could enjoy the scenery in Yili Canyon.
• Su Ningxia explained that the canyon was usually busy but was quiet because it was evening and summer vacation.
• As the carriage neared the end of the canyon, Cheng Yun abruptly ordered it to stop, and Ou Ya pulled the reins.

A group escorting Chen Xiaojun was ambushed in a canyon by attackers from Unbenevolent Tower. Cheng Yun confronted their Soul Douluo while Ou Ya defended the carriage, and the attack continued as another enemy was blasted away.

• Cheng Yun sensed danger ahead and spotted a flying attacker using Ice Fire Double Burst against the carriage.
• Ou Ya shielded the carriage, while Cheng Yun identified the attacker’s Icefire Glazed Bird martial soul and his link to Unbenevolent Tower.
• Chen Xiaojun used Supreme Unrivaled to boost Cheng Yun, who charged the Soul Douluo and warned Ou Ya to escort the others away.
• Several black-clad attackers emerged from the woods, and a Soul Sage wielding a Dark Moon Blood Scythe launched Blood Shadow Frenzy Slash at the carriage.
• Ou Ya countered the Soul Sage’s attack with Sea Splitting Wing Strike and Sea Shaking Ripple Fist, blasting him away.

Cheng Yun raised the Chen Clan's Red Alert Fireworks while fighting a Soul Douluo, as the ambush on Ou Ya and the children escalated into a six-person killer team attack. Ou Ya was driven back, and Xiao Yi raised a vine barrier against the attackers as Shadow Butterfly released poisonous powder toward the children.

• Cheng Yun launched the Chen Clan's Red Alert Fireworks and fought the flying Soul Douluo with her Divine Eagle True Body.
• Breaking Mountain shattered the carriage with a hammer strike, and Ou Ya knocked him back before gathering the children.
• Ou Ya urged the children to flee as the attackers closed in, but a hidden Soul Douluo appeared and attacked him with Nether Poison Claw.
• The hidden Soul Douluo drove Ou Ya back with Shadow Dance Frenzy while Blood Scythe, Thorn, Breaking Mountain, and Shadow Butterfly attacked the children.
• Xiao Yi used Endless Growth to raise an Ageless Evergreen Ivy barrier against Thorn's vines, but Shadow Butterfly spread poisonous powder toward the children.

Chen Xiaojun strengthened his allies with Supreme Unrivaled as the assassins escalated their attacks against the group escorting Xi Xi. Ou Ya unleashed his Sea Horse Clan secret technique to suppress Nether Leopard, while the battle remained unresolved.

• Xiao Yi used her Ageless Evergreen Ivy to dispel the poisonous mist and counterattacked with a storm of leaf blades.
• The Breaking Mountain Soul Emperor struck Zhu Wuneng with Earth Shattering, knocking him back and making him spit blood, while Su Ningxia's flaming tornado clashed with his Heavy Hammer Whirlwind and both attacks disappeared.
• Xi Xi was driven back by the Dark Moon Blood Scythe Soul Saint, and Chen Xiaojun rushed to strengthen her allies and the others with Supreme Unrivaled.
• Chen Xiaojun poured extra Soul Power into Ou Ya, who overcame Nether Leopard's advantage and unleashed the Life-Snatching Chain secret skill.
• Ou Ya's chained punches forced Nether Leopard backward, prompting him to call for help as the assassins intensified their attacks before the Warning Fireworks' countdown ended.

Xiao Yi unleashed her modified Sky Azure Vine Formation to hold back Thorn Soul Saint, Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor, and Blood Scythe Soul Saint while Chen Xiaojun reorganized the allied fighters. Blood Scythe Soul Saint transformed and struck at Xiao Yi, who gathered power in her right eye as the battle continued.

• Thorn Soul Saint used Thorn Tsunami, and Xiao Yi answered with her modified Sky Azure Vine Formation, which held back the thorn vines despite taking heavier losses.
• Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor and Blood Scythe Soul Saint were caught in the vine formation, while the latter cut through the Ageless Evergreen Ivy pursuing him.
• Chen Xiaojun told Xi Xi and Ruia to support Zhu Wuneng and Su Ningxia, and the four allies worked together to push back the Mountain Piercing Great Hammer Soul Emperor.
• Blood Scythe Soul Saint declared that he would kill Xiao Yi and activated Blood Scythe True Body, growing into a giant and crushing the vines with his scythe.
• Xiao Yi remained calm and gathered Soul Power in her right eye as a bright full moon appeared within it and formed Moonlight Divine Light.

Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun destroyed the Blood Scythe True Body, then used their combined inherited techniques to repel the Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor’s mental attack. Their enemies recognized the threat posed by the youths and remained intent on eliminating them.

• Xiao Yi weakened the Blood Scythe True Body with Moonlight Divine Light, and Chen Xiaojun finished breaking it apart with a dual-sword strike before being thrown back by the impact.
• Xiao Yi pulled Chen Xiaojun to her side and used Heavenly Rain Dew to heal him, Xi Xi, Su Ningxia, and Zhu Wuneng.
• The Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor attacked Xiao Yi with Phantom Butterfly Shadow Annihilation while Thorn Vines continued to threaten her.
• Xiao Yi blocked the mental assault with the Nine Yin Soul Shifting Great Law, but Chen Xiaojun joined his Nine Yang Divine Skill with her Big Dipper Grand Technique.
• Their soul-skill combined attack reflected the mental assault and injured the Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor, who realized how dangerous the youths were and resolved to eliminate them.

Chen Xiaojun drew the Blood Scythe Soul Saint and Shadow Butterfly away from the others, while Xiao Yi awakened her External Soul Bone, the Law Robe Body. She stopped Shadow Butterfly from pursuing Chen Xiaojun, leaving the battle in the canyon to continue.

• Chen Xiaojun taunted the assassins and ran toward the canyon’s narrow mouth to draw them away from his companions.
• The Blood Scythe Soul Saint ordered Shadow Butterfly to pursue Chen Xiaojun, Thorn to kill Xiao Yi, and Mountain Breaker to deal with the children.
• Xiao Yi’s azure markings spread and transformed her clothes into the Law Robe Body, strengthening her soul power and combat abilities.
• Xiao Yi sent Ageless Evergreen Ivy after Shadow Butterfly, forcing the Soul Emperor to evade the vines and preventing her from catching up to Chen Xiaojun.

Xiao Yi used her law robe’s amplification to overwhelm the Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor and repel the Thorn Soul Saint’s attacks. The Thorn Soul Saint survived the clash, but was shocked by how much Xiao Yi’s power had increased.

• Xiao Yi trapped the injured Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor with her vine-leaf whips, leaving her unable to escape the relentless assault.
• The Thorn Soul Saint sent a tide of Thorn Vines toward Xiao Yi, who formed five Green Vine Flying Serpents to cut through them.
• The Thorn Soul Saint unleashed his Fifth Soul Skill, Dark Red Thorns Rainstorm, and his spikes damaged the Green Vine Flying Serpents.
• Xiao Yi used Myriad Leaves Return to One to condense nearby leaves into a Taiji Energy Ball and overwhelm the thorn storm.
• The energy storm blasted apart the attacks and damaged the battlefield, while the Thorn Soul Saint stared in astonishment at Xiao Yi’s increased strength.

Xiao Yi continued to suppress the Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor and the Thorn Soul Saint, then destroyed the Thorn Soul Saint’s transformed giant thorn with her Subduing Demon Seal. The Thorn Soul Saint staggered back but remained hostile as Xiao Yi stood calmly above the battlefield.

• The Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor revealed that she had escaped Xiao Yi’s whipping branches with her Phantom Butterfly Body and warned the Thorn Soul Saint that Xiao Yi was dangerous.
• The Thorn Soul Saint used his Seventh Soul Skill, Thorn True Body, to form a massive thorn and attack Xiao Yi.
• The giant thorn battered Xiao Yi’s five Green Vine Flying Serpents until they collapsed into broken leaves, though the thorn also lost much of its strength.
• Xiao Yi rose atop the Ageless Evergreen Ivy Tree and unleashed the Subduing Demon Seal, freezing and purifying the giant thorn until it disintegrated.
• The Thorn Soul Saint staggered back several steps while Xiao Yi remained composed above the battlefield.

Xiao Yi’s healing field strengthened her allies as Xi Xi, Zhu Wuneng, and Su Ningxia drove the Breaking Mountain Soul Emperor into a disadvantage. Xi Xi ordered Ou Ya to finish the fight, and he unleashed his stored Soul Power to overwhelm Nether Leopard with a relentless assault.

• Xiao Yi cast Life Force Field, drawing in life energy from the Ageless Evergreen Ivies’ remains and soothing her allies.
• Xi Xi, Zhu Wuneng, and Su Ningxia combined their attacks against the injured Breaking Mountain Soul Emperor, forcing him to struggle to defend himself.
• Xi Xi urged Ou Ya to end the battle quickly, and Ou Ya activated the Sea Horse Clan secret technique Vast Sea Boundless.
• Ou Ya unleashed a flood of Soul Skills that overwhelmed Nether Leopard, who cried for help but received no answer.

Chen Xiaojun tried to escape through the valley while Blood Scythe Soul Saint pursued and attacked him with blood blades. Chen Xiaojun wounded Blood Scythe Soul Saint, but the Soul Saint spotted a concealed figure in the distance and turned his attention toward it.

• Chen Xiaojun raced through the valley as Blood Scythe Soul Saint pursued him and launched Blood Shadow Frenzy Slash.
• Chen Xiaojun used Flash Six Sequence and the terrain to evade the blade shadows and briefly widen the gap.
• Blood Scythe Soul Saint summoned and remotely controlled two Dark Moon Blood Scythes, forcing Chen Xiaojun to dodge and use Spiral Nine Shadows to escape a strike.
• Chen Xiaojun counterattacked with Han Guang Sword, cutting Blood Scythe Soul Saint's arm and trading taunts with him.
• Blood Scythe Soul Saint noticed a dim streak of light and shadow in the distance and smiled coldly.

Chen Xiaojun was ambushed by the Blood Scythe Soul Saint and the Hell Steed Soul Saint, who broke through his Golden Bell Shield and left him badly injured. Xi Xi and Xiao Yi moved to help him, but Thorn Soul Saint and Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor intercepted them, leaving Xiao Yi to counter an illusion with her Moon Illusion Wolf Realm.

• The Blood Scythe Soul Saint struck Chen Xiaojun with Dark Moon Blood Sacrifice, and the Hell Steed Soul Saint followed with Magma Heat Crush Fist, shattering his shield and injuring him.
• Chen Xiaojun identified the attacker as the third Soul Saint killer and realized the Hell Steed Soul Saint had joined the ambush after hearing the earlier battle.
• Xi Xi left Zhu Wuneng and the others to deal with Breaking Mountain Soul Emperor and rushed toward Chen Xiaojun, with Xiao Yi following.
• Thorn Soul Saint attacked Xi Xi and Xiao Yi with Dark Red Thorns Rainstorm, and Xiao Yi blocked the spikes with a Thousand-Leaf Vine Barrier.
• Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor enveloped the battlefield in an illusion, and Xiao Yi opened her left eye to use Moon Illusion Wolf Realm.

Xiao Yi trapped the Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor and Thorn Soul Saint inside her Moon Illusion Wolf Realm, where the silver wolves attacked and drained their Soul Power. Meanwhile, Chen Xiaojun fought the Hell Steed Soul Saint and Blood Scythe Soul Saint while gravely wounded, and a devastating slash opened his chest to the bone.

• Xiao Yi replaced the Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor’s illusion with her Moon Illusion Wolf Realm, confusing the two enemies and draining their Soul Power.
• The Thorn Soul Saint and Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor struggled against the silver wolves and realized Xiao Yi was heading toward the canyon exit to save someone.
• The Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor proposed that they wait for Xiao Yi to move farther away, then attack the weakened illusion realm’s space.
• Chen Xiaojun broke the Hell Steed Soul Saint’s Hell Freezing Fist with his Life Severing Sword Drawing Technique, but his right hand lost feeling from the icy impact.
• The Blood Scythe Soul Saint attacked Chen Xiaojun with Blood Moon Rapid Light Slash, shattered his defensive sword barrier, and inflicted a deep chest wound.

Chen Xiaojun awakened the Fish Intestine Sword’s true power and used its ultimate skill to fatally wound the Blood Scythe Soul Saint. The Blood Scythe Soul Saint struck Chen Xiaojun from behind with his hidden clone weapon, leaving both of them collapsed and gravely injured.

• Chen Xiaojun unleashed Ruthless Water and Fire and awakened the Fish Intestine Sword, transforming his third soul ring into a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Chen Xiaojun used World in Mourning to break through the Blood Scythe Soul Saint’s Dark Moon Guardian and drive him into a mountain wall.
• The Blood Scythe Soul Saint’s armor and body were shattered by Chen Xiaojun’s Triple Strike, leaving him on the verge of death.
• The Blood Scythe Soul Saint stabbed Chen Xiaojun from behind with his hidden Dark Moon Blood Scythe clone, and Chen Xiaojun collapsed.
• The Blood Scythe Soul Saint told Chen Xiaojun that killing him made his mission worthwhile.

After Chen Xiaojun was gravely wounded, Xiao Yi invoked Shao Siming in a desperate attempt to save him as the battle turned against her allies. The appearance of the immense divine construct drew Chen Cong, Zuo Tinggang, and Xue Churan toward the battlefield.

• Xi Xi struck the Hell Steed Soul Saint with her Golden Trident and rushed to attack him while Xiao Yi cradled Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Xiaojun wished Xiao Yi a happy birthday before losing consciousness, and Xiao Yi failed to stop his life from fading.
• The Hell Steed Soul Saint knocked Xi Xi down, the Thorn Soul Saint charged toward Xiao Yi and Xi Xi, and the other fighters faced mounting danger.
• Xiao Yi laid Chen Xiaojun down, chanted a prayer, and summoned a towering image of the goddess Shao Siming.
• Chen Cong sped toward the battlefield, while Zuo Tinggang and Xue Churan followed the red Seven Kill Sword Fireworks and warned each other about the divine power.

Possessed by Shao Siming’s divine soul, Xiao Yi unleashed devastating techniques against the assassins. She killed four powerful Soul Saints and Soul Douluo, but her body showed increasing signs of breaking apart.

• Shao Siming possessed Xiao Yi, transformed her appearance, and ordered everyone to retreat.
• Xiao Yi used One Finger Severing Yin Yang to annihilate Hell Steed Soul Saint and Thorn Soul Saint.
• The surviving assassins panicked as Xiao Yi’s body began to fragment, but she continued her attack.
• Xiao Yi used Two Fingers Overturning Life to kill Avian Soul Douluo and Nether Leopard Soul Douluo.
• Avian Soul Douluo’s corpse fell from the sky as Xiao Yi grew paler and her body’s fragmentation worsened.

Xiao Yi killed the attackers who threatened the group and used the life force she absorbed from two Soul Douluos to try to save Chen Xiaojun, who had stopped breathing. As Chen Cong and others arrived, Xiao Yi continued treating Chen Xiaojun, whose faint pulse had returned.

• Xiao Yi used her finger techniques to kill Hell Steed Soul Saint, Thorn Soul Saint, and two Soul Douluos, leaving two weakened Soul Emperors behind.
• Xi Xi discovered that Chen Xiaojun was not breathing and cried out in despair.
• Xiao Yi checked Chen Xiaojun's pulse, told Xi Xi to be quiet, and poured the absorbed life force into him until his bleeding eased and a faint pulse returned.
• Xiao Yi crushed an eighth-grade healing spiritual medicine and applied it to Chen Xiaojun's chest wound.
• Chen Cong arrived, and Cheng Yun and Zhu Wuneng explained what had happened; Zuo Tinggang, Xue Churan, and another Flying Soul Master arrived afterward.
• Xiao Yi fed Chen Xiaojun healing pills prepared by Ye Xiuxin and continued using her life force to treat him.