Chapter Summaries

Chen Yu and Chen Cong explained to Chen Xiaojun how the Two Great Empires enfeoffed the great sects and how the Four Lower Sects arose from the Star Luo Empire’s efforts to resist a catastrophic Beast Tide. Chen Cong began describing the Great Ape Sect and its powerful ape-type martial souls.

• Chen Yu argued that the Heaven Dou Empire’s vast territory and population gave it legitimacy alongside Spirit Hall, and Chen Xiaojun admitted his knowledge of soul master forces was lacking.
• Chen Cong explained that the Four Lower Sects were enfeoffed by the Star Luo Empire and that the upper and lower labels referred to geography, not strength or status.
• Chen Cong traced the Four Lower Sects’ origins to the Star Luo Empire’s response to a Beast Tide during the catastrophe around 2,500 years earlier.
• Chen Cong described how soul masters gathered into sects of similar martial souls and helped repel the Beast Tide from the Three Mountains and one forest.
• Chen Cong introduced the Great Ape Sect, listing its Titan Giant Ape and other ape-type martial souls, and said the Great Strength Gorilla Tai Family of the Clear Sky Sect had originated from it.

Chen Cong explained how the Four Lower Sects defended Star Luo’s borders against soul beasts and Half-Beastmen, and how their military service earned them grand-duke titles. He concluded that the Seven Great Sects protected the nation, while Chen Xiaojun’s assumption that they were the world’s strongest sects prompted Chen Cong to disagree.

• Chen Cong described the Light Sect, Mystic Darkness Sect, and Sky Pillar Sect and explained how they fought threats along Star Luo’s eastern and western frontiers.
• Chen Xiaojun asked about Black Tortoise bloodline awakening, and Chen Cong said the Mystic Darkness Sect had secret techniques but no known ritual to awaken a Super Martial Soul.
• Chen Cong explained how the Sky Pillar Sect used Purple Radiance Bamboo formations to defend the Xie Luo Mountain Range and how its Sky Pillar Legion faced the Chang'an Legion.
• Chen Cong told Chen Xiaojun that leaders of the four great sects became dukes and later grand dukes for their service, and that the Great Ape Sect guarded the Ten Thousand Mountains against Beast Tides and Half-Beastmen.
• Chen Cong explained that the Seven Great Sects received enfeoffments and preferential treatment for protecting the nation, then rejected Chen Xiaojun’s claim that they stood above every other sect.

Chen Cong explained the World-Protecting Nine Imperial Sects and described Moon Palace’s history, power, and Moon Rabbit Martial Soul. Chen Xiaojun realized that Xiao Wu’s Martial Soul was likely the Moon Rabbit rather than the Soft Bone Rabbit.

• Chen Cong explained that the World-Protecting Nine Imperial Sects were powerful semi-hidden sects scattered across the border provinces and kingdoms.
• Chen Cong identified Moon Palace as the foremost of the nine and described its history, strength, Moonlight Academy, and ties to the Chen Clan.
• Chen Cong explained that the Moon Rabbit Martial Soul possessed powerful innate soul skills, including Teleport, Nothingness, and Invincible Golden Body.
• Chen Cong said the Moon Rabbit was a higher advanced Martial Soul than the Soft Bone Rabbit, though a Soft Bone Rabbit could occasionally awaken a peerless soul skill.
• Chen Xiaojun concluded that Xiao Wu’s hundred-thousand-year bloodline had transformed into the Moon Rabbit bloodline.

Chen Cong explained the Moon Attribute, King Martial Souls, and the Divine Maidens before introducing powerful sects across the continent. Chen Xiaojun learned about their origins and influence, while the chapter left him with more information to investigate through the village's records.

• Chen Cong explained Moon Rabbit's soul skills and described the Nine Heavens Moon as a rare King Martial Soul awakened by Qing Yue.
• Chen Cong told Chen Xiaojun about the Divine Maidens ranking and identified Xi Yuan and Yang Jingxue among its members, while Chen Yu praised Xi Yuan's prospects.
• Chen Cong described Shui Yue Sect's split from Moon Palace and warned Chen Xiaojun to be wary of Green Hill Forest and its illusion and charm arts.
• Chen Yu urged Chen Cong to shorten his explanation, and Chen Cong advised Chen Xiaojun to ask Cheng Yun and Xia Ying for information and consult the village records.
• Chen Cong listed major sects, including the Body Sect, Sun God Temple, Ancient Ice Palace, Nine Heavens Sect, Town Wave Palace, Avici Hall, and Earth Emperor Palace.

Chen Yu explained the Soul Master World’s power rankings to Chen Xiaojun, describing the requirements for Overlord-level and top-tier powers. He also introduced the continent’s Twenty-Four Famous Clans, including the Huo Family, whose eye Martial Souls caught Chen Xiaojun’s attention.

• Chen Cong explained that the Plant Guild was an Overlord-level power and that Blackwood Cliff was a leading first-rate power.
• Chen Yu outlined the six power levels and named the eight Overlord-level powers, including Spirit Hall, the Crimson Church, Sea God Island, and the Plant Guild.
• Chen Yu explained that top-tier powers had Titled Douluo appearing across three uninterrupted generations, then listed examples among the Twenty-Four Famous Clans.
• Chen Xiaojun reacted to the mention of the Spirit Eye Huo Family, and Chen Yu described its expertise in eye Martial Souls and its friendly ties with the Body Sect.

Chen Yu and Chen Cong explained Douluo Continent’s prominent clans, royal families, neutral organizations, and power rankings to Chen Xiaojun. Chen Xiaojun learned how the rankings worked and decided to call First-rate sects upper-grade sects.

• Chen Yu described the Bei Chen Ling Family’s origins, its powerful martial soul fusion skill, and its internal disagreements, then explained the Begonia Ye Family’s standing.
• Chen Yu noted that the royal families of the ten kingdoms possessed high-grade martial souls, and Chen Xiaojun recognized that their strength was considerable.
• Chen Cong explained the abilities and influence of the ten neutral organizations, including Heaven Knows Pavilion, Unbenevolent Tower, Culinary Hall, and Law-Abiding Palace.
• Chen Yu outlined the requirements for Third-rate, Second-rate, and First-rate powers and explained why rankings shifted as powerful soul masters lived or died.
• Chen Xiaojun called the shifting ranks a power elevator and decided to refer to First-rate sects as upper-grade sects.

Chen Yu explained the Soul Master World’s guilds, alliances, and Martial Soul Unions, then discussed how Titled Douluo were distributed across the continent. The chapter left Chen Xiaojun comparing the estimated total—possibly close to two hundred—to the figures from Douluo One.

• Chen Yu described the Industry Guilds, the major guild alliances, and the Plant Guild’s roots in the Original Plant Church.
• Chen Yu explained that Martial Soul Unions crossed regional boundaries and cited the Spirit Turtle Alliance and Ape Alliance as examples.
• Chen Xiaojun asked how many Titled Douluo existed, and Chen Yu estimated at least 150 based on the continent’s soul master population.
• Chen Yu explained that Titled Douluo came from varied levels of innate soul power and that discovering, cultivating, and protecting geniuses required strong platforms.
• Chen Cong counted Titled Douluo among the Chen Clan, Ximen Family, and Yang Family, and said hidden powers could bring the total close to two hundred.
• Chen Xiaojun compared the estimate with Douluo One and concluded that the lower ratio of Titled Douluo was reasonable given the larger population.

Chen Cong and Chen Yu explained Slaughter City's location, power, and history to Chen Xiaojun, warning him not to enter. Chen Xiaojun promised to heed them, though he remained privately curious about the dangerous city.

• Chen Cong showed Chen Xiaojun that Slaughter City lay in the heart of the Three Rivers Region, a chaotic buffer zone between the Two Great Empires.
• Chen Yu described the region's four major cities and explained that Slaughter City drew criminals and desperadoes into its deadly Land of Slaughter.
• Chen Cong said Slaughter City held several powerful Titled Douluo and was kept in check by Spirit Hall and an agreement among the continent's Super Powers.
• Chen Yu and Chen Cong explained that Slaughter City's restrictions and blood sea made it difficult to enter, and that Chen Ling and a Ximen ancestor had once become slaughter gods there.
• Chen Yu revealed that the Chen Clan's Slaughter Attribute was tied to its bloodline and recounted the clan's warning against entering Slaughter City.
• Chen Cong urged Chen Xiaojun to stay away from Slaughter City, and Chen Xiaojun agreed while privately wondering what he would face if he went there.

Chen Cong and Chen Yu explained that Soul Fighting City and the other great powers were positioned to guard the Star Dou Great Forest and described how past Beast Tides shaped the continent’s alliances. They urged Chen Xiaojun to pair his cultivation with courage and responsibility, and he answered with a resolute declaration.

• Chen Xiaojun realized that Spirit Hall and the three great super neutral organizations surrounded the Star Dou Great Forest to guard against its powerful soul beasts.
• Chen Cong explained that repeated Beast Tides had devastated the four great churches, and that the Heaven Holding Sect had destroyed the weakened War God Church after a major attack from the east.
• Chen Cong said the six great families had united to destroy the Heaven Holding Sect, while Soul Fighting City and the Alliance of Weapons now helped guard the eastern region.
• Chen Yu and Chen Cong described the responsibilities that powerful soul masters and organizations bore during crises, including Spirit Hall and Slaughter City.
• Chen Yu urged Chen Xiaojun to cultivate a proper worldview and an upright heart alongside his Soul Power, and Chen Xiaojun vowed to advance fearlessly.

Chen Yu explained Spirit Hall’s armed forces and nine organizational systems to Chen Xiaojun, including the Qian Family’s enduring control of the Adjudication Elder position. Chen Xiaojun recognized how Spirit Hall’s structure could shape its future dealings with him and resolved to study it.

• Chen Yu described the Pope’s Guards, Angel Legion, and Dark Garrison Legion, explaining the Garrison Army’s harsh deployments, ranks, and direct command by the Chief Adjudication Elder.
• Chen Yu compared Spirit Hall’s elite forces with Soul Fighting City’s Soul Fighting Legion and said the Garrison Army’s full strength was difficult to compare with the city’s force.
• Chen Yu listed Spirit Hall’s nine great systems, outlining the four civilian systems and five armed systems and their responsibilities.
• Chen Yu explained that the Adjudication Elder led the Nine Great Elders and headed Elder Hall, and that the Qian Family had held the post for thousands of years.
• Chen Xiaojun reflected on the Qian Family’s influence and suspected Bibi Dong had come from the Garrison Army line; Chen Yu urged him to study Spirit Hall, and Chen Xiaojun agreed.

Chen Yu and Chen Cong explained Spirit Hall’s hierarchy, military, and origins to Chen Xiaojun, who compared its strength with Soul Fighting City and other powers. The chapter left Chen Xiaojun considering how Soul Fighting City could match its rivals, while Chen Yu described the inheritance that made the Plant Guild a superpower.

• Chen Yu explained Spirit Hall’s rank-based robes, six levels of halls, and the duties and authority of its bishops and officials.
• Chen Yu described Spirit Hall’s directly governed territory, trained armies, and large population, prompting Chen Xiaojun to call it a small independent kingdom.
• Chen Xiaojun asked what Soul Fighting City relied on, and Chen Cong described its population, high-level soul masters, and cooperation with Weapons City.
• Chen Yu recalled that his family had been ambushed by the Crimson Church while heading to support Soul Fighting City during a Beast Tide catastrophe fifty years earlier.
• Chen Yu explained that Spirit Hall had reorganized from the Angel Church to withstand disasters, while Chen Cong described similar reorganizations by the Plant Church and Dark Night Church.
• Chen Yu said the Plant Guild’s unique path to advancing Super Martial Souls helped preserve its status as a superpower despite losing its God-level Martial Soul.

Chen Yu and Chen Cong explained that the Chen Clan had to emerge and gamble on becoming the first super clan, turning its exposed strength into a chance to prepare for the next calamity and avenge the Crimson Church. Chen Yu then gave Chen Xiaojun Spring and Autumn Pavilion estimates of the continent’s high-level soul masters.

• Chen Xiaojun realized that the Chen Clan’s seven Titled Douluo could help it become an Overlord-level Super Power, and Chen Cong and Chen Yu confirmed that was their goal.
• Chen Yu and Chen Cong said the Crimson Church and other major forces already knew of the Chen Clan’s strength, leaving the clan with no realistic way to stay hidden.
• Chen Yu declared that the Chen Clan would seek leadership in the Great Northwest, establish itself as a Super Power, and prepare to avenge the Crimson Church’s past attack.
• Chen Xiaojun understood that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had brought the clan both fortune and danger, while Chen Yu reassured him that the older generation would bear the burden.
• Chen Yu explained that Spring and Autumn Pavilion estimated roughly 1,500 Soul Douluo and 10,000 Soul Sages, with fewer than 15,000 high-level soul masters in total.

Chen Xiaojun explained how the Chen Clan could grow into a super clan by strengthening its inheritance, population, and ties with its branches. Chen Yu and Chen Cong embraced his proposals, including childbirth incentives and inviting Chen blood relatives raised by other families to return, though the Martial Soul Inheritance Agreement raised concerns.

• Chen Yu told Chen Xiaojun that the Chen Clan needed steady growth rather than the scale of a Super Power, and asked what it should rely on to become a super clan.
• Chen Xiaojun named Law, Companion, Wealth, and Land as the essentials, then described the clan’s inheritance as its foundational law and its population as its companion.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed marriage and childbirth incentives, resource support for families, and clan care for newborns; Chen Yu eagerly approved the ideas.
• Chen Xiaojun suggested extending childbirth rewards to branch families and inviting Chen-blood descendants raised by other families back to serve the clan.
• Chen Cong was moved when Chen Xiaojun cited his daughter raised in the Azure Lotus Mu family, and Chen Yu praised the proposal to invite relatives back without requiring them to change surnames.

Chen Xiaojun laid out a plan to strengthen the Chen Clan through cultivation, companions, wealth, and land, while Chen Yu and Chen Cong discussed his strange memories and their next moves. Chen Yu assigned Chen Cong to handle the Heavenly Wolf Gate and planned to visit Unbenevolent Tower’s headquarters after Chen Xiaojun’s assassination attempt.

• Chen Xiaojun proposed improving the clan’s resources and bloodline research, expanding its income through markets and auctions, and using high-grade spirit herbs to attract the Ning Family as a powerful customer.
• Chen Xiaojun suggested seizing wealth from hostile forces such as the Heavenly Wolf Gate, then described the clan’s secret realms as valuable but imperfect foundations for its future.
• Chen Yu and Chen Cong praised Chen Xiaojun’s strategy and later speculated that his unusual misunderstandings might stem from distorted or disordered memories.
• Chen Yu said he and Chen Cong would visit Xue Churan at the City Lord’s Mansion, and noted that Yun Xiao, Yan Feng, and Chen Cong’s wife would arrive in two days.
• Chen Yu put Chen Cong in charge of the Heavenly Wolf Gate while he planned to visit Unbenevolent Tower’s headquarters in Nether Ghost City with others to deter further attacks on Chen Xiaojun.

During Heavenly Wolf Gate’s Ghost Festival feast, the sect’s elders discussed its growing fortunes and mourned losses tied to Chang’an City. Chen Hong and another Titled Douluo arrived, and Chen Hong unleashed a devastating sword attack against the sect.

• Financial Elder Kang Yuxiang and Elder Duan Ziyue celebrated Heavenly Wolf Gate’s rising income and profits, while Grand Elder Wang Zhen praised Lang ChengMing’s leadership.
• Duan Ziyue proposed expanding into Chang'an County, angering Lang Weiyuan by reminding him of Zheng Hui’s death; Lang Weihong calmed him.
• Lang Weiyuan worried that the Chen Clan might seek revenge after Unbenevolent Tower’s failed assassination mission against Chen Xiaojun.
• Two Titled Douluo and several sword-flying figures appeared over Heavenly Wolf Mountain and declared that Heavenly Wolf Gate would cease to exist that night.
• Chen Hong used his ninth Soul Skill, Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, Deep Sea Vortex, and sent a vast rain of sword lights crashing toward Heavenly Wolf Gate.

Chen Cong and Chen Hong attacked Heavenly Wolf Gate in retaliation for its attempt to assassinate the Chen Clan’s bloodline, overwhelming the sect’s defenders. Lang ChengMing fused with Wang Zhen to confront Chen Cong, and their Martial Soul Fusion Skill launched an assault on him.

• Lang Chengjin tried to protect the banquet guests from Chen Hong’s sword attack, but Chen Hong’s Ninth Soul Skill shattered his defenses and left him barely alive.
• Lang ChengMing recognized the Chen Clan’s attackers, and Chen Cong declared that Heavenly Wolf Gate would be destroyed for targeting his clan’s bloodline.
• Chen Cong unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, wounding many Heavenly Wolf Gate disciples with a rain of sword shadows.
• Lang ChengMing ordered Lang Weihong to organize resistance and evacuate the sect’s next generation, then fused with Wang Zhen into a giant wolf-bei beast.
• Chen Cong took on the fusion skill Traveling in Embarrassment while Chen Hong handled the other defenders, and the wolf-bei beast broke through the sword shadows and lunged at him.

Chen Cong and the other Chen Clan elders attacked Heavenly Wolf Gate, killing hundreds of its disciples while Lang Weihong rallied the elite fighters into their sect-guarding formation. The formation broke the Chen trio’s sword techniques and forced them back, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Shen Lang and Xi Li Dao Gao unleashed their eighth soul skills against Heavenly Wolf Gate’s disciples, killing and injuring many.
• Chen Wenchao, Chen Shihua, and Chen Xun joined the attack with their Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin techniques.
• The Chen Clan’s attacks left four or five hundred Heavenly Wolf Gate disciples dead, most of them low-level Soul Masters.
• Lang Weihong activated the Hundred Wolfs Howling to the Sky Formation with a hundred elite disciples and two Soul Sage elders supporting him.
• Lang Weihong used Moon Shadow Reversal to shatter the Chen trio’s sword attacks and force them to retreat several steps.

Chen Hong attacked the Hundred Wolfs Howling to the Sky Formation while the others fought the Heavenly Wolf Gate disciples. The battle reached a standoff with the arrival of Lang Tiexin, who faced Chen Wenchao and Chen Shihua as Chen Xun continued fighting Lang Weiyuan.

• Chen Hong opened his Profound Nether Domain and summoned the scattered sword lights into Vast Sea Azure Sky, forming a massive illusory sword to strike the Hundred Wolfs Howling to the Sky Formation.
• Shen Lang, Xi Li Dao Gao, Chen Wenchao, and Chen Shihua charged the Heavenly Wolf Gate disciples, while Chen Xun went after Lang Weiyuan.
• Chen Xun intensified his assault on Lang Weiyuan, using his Soul Skills to overwhelm the level 86 opponent.
• Lang Tiexin arrived, and Chen Wenchao and Chen Shihua volunteered to fight him while Chen Xun kept Lang Weiyuan occupied.
• Lang Tiexin accepted the fight, and Chen Wenchao acknowledged that he and Chen Shihua had long wanted to face him.

Dugu Lin and Yang Buer helped break through the Poison Forest Array while Chen Xiaojun and Ling Yunxiao advanced with the Chen Clan forces. At Falling Rock Pass, Zhu Hanshu strengthened the Zhu Clan with his new soul skill as they began fighting the Rock Battle Wolf defenders.

• Dugu Lin used his Azure Scaled Serpent skills to absorb the poison and unleash a poisonous strike against the Azure Wood Poison Wolf Soul Masters.
• Yang Buer charged the enemy ranks and pierced through several defenders with his Soul Breaking Spear.
• Ling Yunxiao and Chen Xiaojun discussed using Dugu Lin and Yang Buer to counter the poison and demonstrate the Chen Clan's strength, while Chen Jianjun's assault team attacked the illusion-struck enemies.
• Ling Yunxiao noted that Xia Yun and Xia Ying had broken the Intelligent Illusion Wolf Soul Masters' illusion array and were heading to join the Zhu Clan.
• Zhu Yanfeng, Zhu Hefeng, and Zhu Tianhao led the Zhu Clan toward Falling Rock Pass as support teams strengthened their forces.
• Zhu Hanshu used Starry Sky Protection to empower the Zhu Clan, who smashed the falling rocks hurled by the Rock Battle Wolves.

The Zhu, Xi Li, and Shen families broke through Heavenly Wolf Gate’s Rock Battle Wolf defenders, while their Flying Soul Masters suppressed the gate’s aerial forces. Chen Xiaojun and Ling Yunxiao discussed the assault’s risks and Heavenly Wolf Gate’s history as the battle continued, expecting the thousand-year sect’s glory to end that day.

• Xi Li Junyi and Shen Fei led their families in a coordinated attack that shattered the Rock Battle Wolf formation and inflicted heavy losses.
• The Zhu, Xi Li, and Shen families pressed forward, forcing the surviving Rock Battle Wolf Soul Masters and battle wolves to retreat.
• Ling Yunxiao told Chen Xiaojun that Heavenly Wolf Gate’s two main branches had adopted the Lang surname after generations of intermarriage.
• Ling Yunxiao warned Chen Xiaojun that desperate resistance could cost many lives, and Chen Xiaojun said he wanted to bring their fewer than two hundred people home safely.
• Chen Xiaojun observed that Heavenly Wolf Gate’s Flying Soul Masters had been suppressed and predicted that the sect’s glory would end after the assault.