Chapter Summaries

After Soul Fighting City helped Ghost Kill and Nether Armor overthrow Situ Taiyuan and Ice and Fire Douluo, Chen Weining met them to discuss the spoils and the new balance of power. Nether Armor began rebuilding Unbenevolent Tower, while Chen Weining pressed him to publicly reconcile with Soul Fighting City.

• Chen Weining met Ghost Kill and Nether Armor in a grove beyond Nether Ghost City after Unbenevolent Tower was left in ruins.
• Ghost Kill complained that Soul Fighting City’s forces had looted Unbenevolent Tower, his families’ shops and warehouses, and the Black Market Alliance’s secret vaults.
• Chen Weining defended the plunder as payment for helping eliminate Situ Taiyuan and Ice and Fire Douluo and clearing obstacles to Ghost Kill’s control.
• Chen Weining turned to Nether Armor, acknowledged the damage to Unbenevolent Tower, and urged him to reconcile publicly with Soul Fighting City when the time was right.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Weining offers Soul Fighting City's cooperation to Unbenevolent Tower, led by Nether Armor, to handle a list of names in exchange for payment and recognition.
• Nether Armor agrees, seeing it as a way to stabilize his position and demonstrate control.
• Chen Weining also offers potential cooperations to Ghost Kill, leader of the Ghost Market, involving goods circulation, information exchange, and market expansion.
• Nether Armor asks about Situ Taiyuan's fate, and Chen Weining reveals that he is no longer alive.
• Ghost Kill and Nether Armor leave, deterred by Chen Menglin's presence.
• Chen Weining and Chen Menglin discuss their plans and the Chen Clan's recent developments.

Character Developments

• Chen Weining: Shows his strategic mind and manipulative skills in dealing with Unbenevolent Tower and the Ghost Market. He is calm, collected, and focused on regaining power and preventing further harm to his family.
• Chen Menglin: Breaks through to the Titled Realm, strengthening the Chen Clan's power. He is serious, reserved, and shows a hint of his past experiences.
• Nether Armor: Struggles to maintain his position and the stability of Unbenevolent Tower after the recent calamity. He is forced to accept Chen Weining's offer to appease Soul Fighting City.
• Ghost Kill: Initially cautious and unwilling to cooperate with Chen Weining, but eventually considers the offer due to the potential benefits. He is wary of the Chen Clan's power.

Significant Themes

• Power struggle and manipulation in the Soul Master World.
• The importance of cooperation and balance between different factions.
• The consequences of past actions and the need to protect one's family and interests.

Character Interactions

• Chen Weining and Nether Armor: Chen Weining manipulates Nether Armor into accepting his offer, showing his strategic prowess and Nether Armor's desperation to maintain his position.
• Chen Weining and Ghost Kill: Chen Weining offers potential cooperations to Ghost Kill, who is initially cautious but considers the benefits.
• Chen Weining and Chen Menglin: The two discuss their plans and the Chen Clan's recent developments, showing their close relationship and shared goals.

Chen Cong, Chen Hong, and Chen Xiaojun returned to Chang'an and learned that the Crimson Church had ambushed their forces at Battle Dragon Sect, targeting Xue Chuxin. As they discussed the attack and Xue Churan, a report announced that Xue Churan had arrived to visit.

• News spread that Heavenly Wolf Gate and Battle Dragon Sect had been destroyed, and the City Lord's Mansion revealed evidence that both had betrayed the nation and colluded with the Crimson Church.
• Chen Cong, Chen Xiaojun, and the others returned to Chang'an on July seventeenth and met with Chen Hong, Long Ma, and Xi Xi.
• Long Ma recounted how You Guangzhou escaped a trap at Battle Dragon Sect before Yan Wufeng and two other Titled Douluo ambushed the Chang'an forces.
• Long Ma explained that Yan Wufeng had targeted Xue Chuxin, who survived the attack after using a soul bone skill, though Brother Zuo was badly wounded.
• Chen Cong asked about Xue Churan, and a messenger announced that City Lord Xue Churan had arrived to visit.

Xue Churan visited Chen Clan Villa to check on Long Ma and discuss Great General Chu Xin’s injuries, then sought Chen Cong’s assessment of the Crimson Church’s plans. Chen Cong identified the You Family and Yan Family as the chief threats in Fasinuo Province and outlined a strategy for exploiting the Crimson Church’s concentrated forces, leaving Xue Churan with a clearer picture of the empire-wide conflict.

• Xue Churan brought tonics and medicines for Long Ma, who dismissed his injuries as minor, and she reassured Chen Cong that Great General Chu Xin would recover despite her serious wounds.
• Xue Churan asked the gathering to discuss the Crimson Church, and Chen Cong linked recent attacks to the You Family and Yan Family, identifying You Guangzhou and Yan Wufeng as their main adversaries in Fasinuo Province.
• Chen Cong explained that the You Family and Yan Family had begun coordinating their efforts, while Xue Churan noted that their opponents were now clearly identified and that recent confrontations had protected the Ji and Liu Families and thwarted the Crimson Church’s plans.
• Xue Churan asked who handled other regions of the Heaven Dou Empire, and Chen Cong named the Yuwen Family for the Tianshan Plateau and the Ming Family for the area around Sunset Forest.
• Chen Cong said the Crimson Church’s Fundamentalist forces were concentrated across the continent’s north and proposed that a well-timed strike could shatter their unity and provoke internal turmoil.

Chen Xiaojun advised Xue Churan to turn Chang'an City into a major manufacturing center and use Heavenly Wolf Gate’s former properties as part of a broader industrial strategy. He pointed to the Chen Clan’s herbal-medicine market proposal, which Xue Churan supported, as a starting point for developing related industries.

• Xue Churan asked Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun how Heavenly Wolf Gate’s former site and properties should be handled.
• Chen Xiaojun confirmed Xue Churan’s authority over the South Five Counties and argued that the region’s industries should be planned strategically.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed expanding Chang'an City's role beyond military and commercial functions to include large-scale manufacturing.
• Chen Xiaojun said Chang'an City would need integrated resources, technological innovation, trained talent, and a complete industrial chain to become a manufacturing center.
• Xue Churan said she supported the Chen Clan’s herbal-medicine market proposal and praised the fifteen percent share it offered the City Lord's Mansion.

Chen Xiaojun presented Xue Churan with a plan to industrialize the Southern Five Counties through specialized markets, local industries, and improved roads. Xue Churan was impressed by the proposal’s potential, while Chen Xiaojun saw a chance for the Chen Clan to benefit by working with the authorities.

• Chen Xiaojun proposed turning the former Heavenly Wolf Gate site into a forging trade market and inviting the Forging Alliance to establish an industrial chain there.
• Chen Xiaojun outlined specialized development for Five Mountains County’s forests, Starfall County’s animal husbandry and War Beasts, and Nottingham Shire’s agriculture.
• Chen Xiaojun urged Xue Churan to fund wider roads and consult the Xi Li Clan, arguing that transport would connect local products to larger markets.
• Chen Xiaojun described how manufacturing and diversified industries could make Chang'an City a major southwestern center, and Xue Churan considered the political rewards and challenges of the plan.
• Chen Xiaojun saw Xue Churan’s ties to Chen Cong, Chen Yu, and Xue Chuxin as an opportunity for the Chen Clan to gain official support and profit from the transformation.

Xue Churan praised Chen Xiaojun and invited Chen Cong to become Chang'an Academy’s Chief Vice-Dean and Honorary Dean, with full authority over its affairs. Her offer stunned everyone, while Chen Xiaojun recognized that his victory over Xue Shiming had brought him unwanted attention and a more perilous future.

• Xue Churan praised Chen Xiaojun’s talent and discussed his victory over her nephew, Xue Shiming, while Chen Cong defended the Sixth Prince’s potential.
• Chen Xiaojun reflected that defeating Xue Shiming had suddenly raised his standing on the Genius List and made him a target of attention.
• Xue Churan praised the Chen Clan’s rising generation and invited Chen Cong to join Chang'an Academy as Chief Vice-Dean and Honorary Dean, overseeing the academy’s affairs.
• Xue Churan argued that Chen Cong’s leadership would benefit the academy and the Chen Clan, help recruit soul masters, and protect Chen Xiaojun if he enrolled.
• Xue Churan privately concluded that the academy’s vice-deans should have secured Chen Cong’s appointment first, then invited Chen Xiaojun to join him.

Xue Churan pressed Chen Xiaojun to become the City Lord's Mansion's economic adviser, while Chen Cong revealed that the Crimson Church's Netherworld Blood Lily cultivation might be tied to an Ancient Formation that helped people break through bottlenecks. Xue Churan left to investigate the Battle Dragon Sect area and report the danger to the imperial family.

• Xue Churan invited Chen Xiaojun to serve as economic adviser, but Chen Xiaojun said he lacked the qualifications and Chen Cong asked her to give the family time to discuss it.
• Chen Cong told Xue Churan that the Crimson Church's Death Spiral Array used Netherworld Blood Lilies and could help people break through cultivation bottlenecks, potentially even to the Titled Douluo Realm.
• Chen Cong urged the imperial family to monitor places where Netherworld Blood Lilies and Netherworld Soil were found.
• Chen Xiaojun said the array also required large quantities of spiritual blood and suggested investigating the area around the Battle Dragon Sect.
• Xue Churan agreed to investigate Battle Dragon Mountain and report the information to the imperial family in Heaven Dou City.

Xue Churan and Mu Lingyun reunited in Chen Clan Villa and discussed the household, the Medicinal Materials Market, and the unresolved circumstances behind Qing Yun’s departure. Mu Lingyun left to handle household affairs while Xue Churan returned to her residence, with the secrets surrounding Qing Yun and Chu Xin still unspoken.

• Xue Churan and Mu Lingyun exchanged greetings and discussed Mu Lingyun’s plans to manage the household and the Medicinal Materials Market in Chang'an.
• Xue Churan asked why Qing Yun had not returned, and Mu Lingyun said her eldest sister-in-law had left the family more than ten years earlier.
• Xue Churan asked whether Qing Yun’s departure involved Chu Xin and Chen Yu, and Mu Lingyun said the reasons were complex and would become clear when the time was right.
• Mu Lingyun thanked Xue Churan, and the two shared a quiet moment of understanding beside the rockery pond.
• A servant summoned Mu Lingyun to handle household affairs, while Xue Churan said she would return to her residence to prepare for the evening.

After Xue Churan proposed that Chen Cong join Chang'an Academy, the Chen family discussed the benefits and agreed that building ties through the academy suited their plans. Chen Xiaojun chose to stay near the sleeping Xiao Yi, then joined the younger Chen family members as they trained and helped comfort Su Ningxia.

• After Xue Churan left, Chen Xiaojun, Chen Cong, and Chen Hong discussed her proposal for Chen Cong to join Chang'an Academy and its benefits for the Chen family.
• Chen Xiaojun said he wanted to remain near Xiao Yi while she slept, and Chen Hong endorsed Chang'an Academy as a way to build connections in the city, military, and academic circles.
• Chen Xiaojun visited the Backyard, where the Chen family's younger members were training for the Big Dipper Heavenly Array, and noticed Su Ningxia feeling lonely.
• Chen Xiaojun comforted Su Ningxia about missing the battle against Heavenly Wolf Gate, and Chen Mu invited them to spar.
• Chen Yanwu brought over a bruised Chen Feng, prompting the others to joke about her rough training and putting Su Ningxia at ease.

Chen Xiaojun agreed to teach Chen Yanwu his Sword Drawing Technique and invited her to refine it with him. Meanwhile, Chen Hong offered Chen Jianzun two soul bones to help him reach Level 50, after which he planned to help him become a Soul King.

• Chen Yanwu asked Chen Xiaojun to teach her the Sword Drawing Technique, and he agreed to work on perfecting it with her at the Martial Arts Training Ground.
• Chen Hong met with Chen Jianzun, praised his progress in the Big Dipper Grand Technique, and discussed the Water Lineage's lack of descendants.
• Chen Hong presented Chen Jianzun with a forty-thousand-year Dark Blood Demon Wolf Head Soul Bone and a fifty-thousand-year water-type Right Arm Bone.
• Chen Hong said the soul bones should raise Chen Jianzun's cultivation to Level 50 and promised to help him hunt a ten-thousand-year soul beast so he could become a Soul King.

Chen Jianzun absorbed two soul bones and broke through to the Soul King realm, while the others discussed his breakthrough and Wuneng’s connection to Gao Cuilan. Later, Xue Churan discovered a blood-soaked ancient formation and ordered her people to copy and destroy it before returning to the manor.

• Chen Jianzun absorbed two soul bones under Chen Hong’s watch and reached level 50, prompting Chen Hong to plan a ten-thousand-year soul-beast hunt for him.
• Chen Xiaojun and the others sensed Chen Jianzun’s powerful aura and realized he had likely advanced to the Soul King realm by absorbing both soul bones.
• Chen Mu told Chen Xiaojun that Gao Cuilan had come to see Wuneng, and Chen Xiaojun explained her ties to Wuneng and her concern for his safety.
• Chen Yanwu invited Xi Xi to spar with her while Chen Xiaojun watched and offered to point out any problems.
• Xue Churan found a dangerous ancient formation in a hidden valley and ordered her men to make a rubbing, destroy it, and return to the manor.

The Profound Heaven Nine Nights discussed the battle at Unbenevolent Tower and suspected Situ Taiyuan had survived. Wind Night reported that Nether Armor had taken over the Tower Master position and was rebuilding Unbenevolent Tower while arranging new assassinations.

• Wind Night presented the Nine Nights with an account of the battle, including Jing Xue's role in defeating Situ Taiyuan.
• Dream Night and Starry Night discussed the Yang family's fighting strength and the number of Nine Divine Maidens who had become Titled Douluo.
• Wind Night said the family heads had used a secret communication channel that his Wind Media Department could not penetrate.
• Starry Night concluded that Situ Taiyuan was alive, and Mystic Night worried that the old calamity might be exposed.
• Wind Night reported that Nether Armor had become Tower Master of Unbenevolent Tower and had arranged high-level assassination missions to restore its power.

Profound Heaven Nine Nights analyzed Soul Fighting City's alliance with Nether Armor and suspected that the Chen Clan was driving the upheaval across the continent. The Pavilion Master ordered Mystic Night Pavilion to watch the Chen Clan closely and send support to Fasinuo Province without interfering, as storms approached.

• Mystic Night's group concluded that Nether Armor had allied with Soul Fighting City and that the assassination list strengthened their partnership.
• Wind Night and the others linked the attacks on Heavenly Wolf Gate and Battle Dragon Sect to a wider conflict involving the Chen Clan, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, and the Crimson Church.
• Starry Night told the Pavilion Master that the Chen Clan had grown rapidly, with Chen Xun reaching level 87 and several young members entering the Genius List's top thirty.
• Observe Night reported that his divination showed the Chen Clan's momentum was unstoppable, and the Pavilion Master decided to monitor its rise.
• The Pavilion Master directed Dream Night, Mystic Night, and Wind Night to send personnel to assist Xuan Zhuo in Fasinuo Province while observing the Chen Clan without interfering.

Xi Xi led Sea God Island’s delegation to Chen Lin Village, where Chen Yu welcomed them with a banquet and ceremony. When a Soul Power fluctuation came from Blue Heart Mountain, Chloe Russell stopped Chen Cong from investigating, leaving Chen Yu to suspect old ties between his father and Sea God Island.

• Xi Xi arrived at Chen Lin Village with Chloe Russell, Long Ma, and Sea God Island’s delegation, and exchanged formal greetings with Chen Yu.
• Chen Yu led the visitors to the Chen Clan’s Ancestral Shrine, where the clan held a welcoming ceremony and banquet.
• During the gathering, Chen Yu sensed his father’s Soul Power on Blue Heart Mountain and suspected he had met someone there.
• Chen Cong prepared to investigate, but Chloe Russell restrained him and urged everyone to keep enjoying the feast.
• Chloe Russell hinted that the disturbance involved old friends, and Chen Cong returned to his seat as Chen Yu toasted her and their families’ friendship.

Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er reunited on Blue Heart Mountain after fifty years apart, sharing the history of her sacrifice to protect the Chen Clan and his long struggle with Rakshasa God Power. Both revealed they had reached Level 98, and Bo Xian'er planned to meet Xiao Jun and the others.

• Chen Zixiu recognized Bo Xian'er as Jiang Xiaoxiao, and the two reunited emotionally on Blue Heart Mountain.
• Chen Zixiu realized Bo Xian'er had led Sea God Island's costly attack on the Crimson Church fifty years earlier to protect the Chen Clan.
• Bo Xian'er said she had endured thirty years of confinement, then gained power and had governed Sea God Island for twenty years.
• Bo Xian'er learned that Chen Zixiu had recovered from his injuries and stabilized at Level 98 after discovering the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• Chen Zixiu explained that he had avoided Sea God Island because he feared implicating Bo Xian'er, and she scolded him for enduring fifty years of Rakshasa God Power alone.
• Bo Xian'er credited Xiao Jun and the other children with helping Chen Zixiu recover and said she would meet them.

Chen Yu recognized High Priest Bo Xian'er as his mother, revealing her secret marriage to Chen Zixiu and their reunion with their sons. The Chen Clan welcomed her, while Sea God Island’s envoys silently considered the implications of the High Priest openly acknowledging her family.

• Chen Yu recognized Bo Xian'er as his mother, shocking everyone in the Council Hall.
• Chen Zixiu confirmed Chen Yu and Chen Cong’s suspicion that Bo Xian'er was their mother.
• The chapter recounted how Bo Xian'er and Chen Zixiu met, secretly married, and had Chen Yu and Chen Cong.
• Bo Xian'er greeted her sons, and Chen Yu and Chen Cong bowed to her as their mother.
• The Chen Clan members welcomed Bo Xian'er as their fourth aunt and grandmother, while Sea God Island’s envoys stayed silent about her breaking custom.

Bo Xian'er and Chen Zixiu apologized to Aier and the Nanuuk Clan for the death of Aier’s brother fifty years earlier, then offered valuable gifts as compensation. Chen Zixiu also arranged gifts for the families of the Sea God Island warriors who died, seeking to clear old grievances and preserve cooperation between the Chen Clan and Sea God Island.

• Bo Xian'er and Chen Zixiu bowed to Aier and the Nanuuk Clan, and Bo Xian'er accepted responsibility for the death of Aier’s elder brother.
• Aier said his clan held no resentment and asked the Chen Clan to rise.
• Chen Zixiu offered Aier a seventy-thousand-year ice-type Left Arm Bone, a Wind Breathing Technique, and his insights on Sword and Man as One.
• Bo Xian'er urged Aier to accept the gifts, and he respectfully agreed.
• Chen Zixiu asked Chloe Russell and the other Sea God Island experts to deliver gifts to the relatives and clans of the warriors who had died fifty years earlier.

Bo Xian'er introduced Xi Xi as her god-granddaughter and welcomed Chen Xiaojun as her great-grandson before asking Chen Yu to reveal the Chen Clan's strength and traditions. She urged Sea God Island to cooperate with the Chen Clan and learn from others rather than remain isolated.

• Xi Xi embraced Bo Xian'er, who explained that Xi Xi was an awakened Sea God Martial Soul bearer and her god-granddaughter.
• Chen Yu invited Chen Xiaojun to greet Bo Xian'er as his great-grandmother, moving Chen Zixiu with the sight of four generations reunited.
• Bo Xian'er asked Chen Yu to disclose the Chen Clan's strength, and he reported nine Titled Douluo, over fifty Soul Douluo, more than one hundred and fifty Soul Sages, and over four thousand soul masters.
• Chen Yu described education as the Chen Clan's greatest strength and recited its traditions; Chen Zixiu added that the clan could no longer hide its brilliance.
• Bo Xian'er told Sea God Island that it had fallen behind and urged its people to consider cooperation with the Chen Clan and seek guidance from others.

Chen Xiaojun told Bo Xian'er about his past and revealed his ambition to establish an immortal path for the Chen family rather than pursue godhood. Bo Xian'er tested his Innate Soul Power and explained how innate rank relates to martial soul potential and the path to Peerless Douluo and godhood.

• Chen Xiaojun led Bo Xian'er and Chen Zixiu to his courtyard, where Bo Xian'er asked him to recount his experiences.
• Chen Xiaojun told Bo Xian'er his story, and she tested him with a Sea God Hall Testing Ball, which measured his Innate Soul Power at rank fifteen.
• Bo Xian'er said Chen Xiaojun's rank fifteen matched Xi Xi's talent and praised his achievements, but Chen Xiaojun rejected the Sea God Assessment and declared his goal was to become an immortal.
• Chen Zixiu praised Chen Xiaojun's ambition, while Bo Xian'er questioned whether the world and Divine Realm would accept an immortal outside their path.
• Chen Xiaojun asked what innate soul power in the teens meant, and Bo Xian'er explained that rank ten marked martial soul perfection while rank twenty represented the bearing to become a god.