Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaojun learned that the new Genius List ranked him fifth and Xi Xi tenth, while Xiao Yi—listed under her full name, Donghuang Xiuyi—had taken first place. Concerned that the list exposed Xiao Yi to danger and that Heaven Knows Pavilion had discovered her identity, Chen Xiaojun left to question his grandfather.

• Zhu Wuneng brought Chen Xiaojun the latest Hidden Dragon and Phoenix Genius List, which ranked Chen Xiaojun fifth and Xi Xi tenth.
• Su Ningxia explained that Chen Xiaojun had replaced Spirit Hall's withdrawn Death Heavenly Woman, while other students rose because two people aged out of the top ten.
• Zhu Wuneng warned that Chen Xiaojun's rapid rise could attract danger, but Chen Xiaojun said he had prepared for it.
• Chen Xiaojun saw that first place was Donghuang, a girl under twelve with a Vine Martial Soul who had defeated a Soul Sage and a Soul Emperor together.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that Donghuang was Xiao Yi's surname and full name, and he and the others worried the ranking would expose her to danger.
• Chen Xiaojun suspected Heaven Knows Pavilion might have contacted the clan and hurried to find his grandfather for answers.

Shi Shouyu and Zhou Yingdong discussed the Chen Clan, Xiao Yi’s Genius List entry, and the Pavilion’s agreement with the clan. Chen Xiaojun then realized the list’s omissions and ranking changes were part of the bargain, leaving Xi Xi to understand what the Pavilions had traded for Xiao Yi’s inclusion.

• Shi Shouyu and Zhou Yingdong discussed the Genius List, concluding that Xiao Yi’s strength and the Chen Clan’s power made it best to avoid provoking them.
• Zhou Yingdong told Shi Shouyu that the Chen Clan’s Old Master, Chen Zixiu, might be recovering after a man resembling him visited the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace with a veiled woman.
• Chen Xiaojun returned to Xi Xi and said his grandfather had sensed that something had changed and told him to discuss it after the banquet.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that the Pavilions gained by listing Xiao Yi and paid by obscuring information, including his own battle record.
• Xi Xi realized the list omitted Chen Xiaojun’s later victory over Blood Scythe Soul Saint and had raised his ranking by two places.

Chen Xiaojun and Xi Xi watched major sects and officials arrive at the Chen Clan’s Golden Birthday Banquet, including Haotian Sect and Spirit Hall. After Xi Xi praised Qian Daoliu and rejected Chen Xiaojun’s suggestion that Tang Chen might suit her, the banquet continued amid growing excitement.

• Tang Yue arrived with Tang Chen and Tang Xiao, and Chen Xiaojun told Xi Xi that Tang Chen ranked just behind her on the Genius List.
• Chen Hong welcomed Tang Yue and invited Tang Chen and Tang Xiao to join the other Chen Clan youths, but Tang Chen said they would meet them later.
• Yu Yongyuan and Yu Zhonghe led the Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan’s delegation to the banquet, while Sky Pillar Sect and a Star Luo Royal Family envoy also arrived.
• Xue Churan and two other official representatives arrived, followed by Spirit Hall Saint Son Qian Daoliu and his two Titled Douluo protectors.
• Xi Xi praised Qian Daoliu’s bearing, and Chen Xiaojun teased her about judging Tang Chen harshly and suggested that Tang Chen might suit her.
• Xi Xi rejected the suggestion and ordered Ruia to bring her a black-horn steak so she could tear it apart before eating it.

Chen Xiaojun tried to discourage Xi Xi from taking an interest in Tang Chen, but Xi Xi began to suspect his unusual reaction reflected his own feelings for her. Meanwhile, Saint Son Qian Daoliu arrived uninvited at Chen Cong’s birthday banquet and chose to explore the buffet rather than join the VIP platform.

• Chen Xiaojun praised Tang Chen to irritate Xi Xi, then left to prepare for the performance while privately reflecting on his plan to keep them apart.
• Xi Xi angrily chewed her steak and complained about Chen Xiaojun, but Ruia pointed out his reaction was unusual, prompting Xi Xi to wonder what it meant.
• On the second-floor terrace, Zuo Tinggang and other guests discussed Spirit Hall’s unexpected arrival and speculated about Qian Daoliu’s purpose.
• Bei Ming Xinghai, Luo Tian, and Chen Cong hurried to greet Qian Daoliu after his arrival surprised them.
• Qian Daoliu politely apologized for coming without an invitation, declined to join the VIP platform, and said he wanted to look around Chen Clan’s buffet-style banquet.

Chen Cong and She Yaolei began a five-move duel high above the gathering, while Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er kept a blond young man from interfering by sharing wine and talking with him. The young man revealed that he had come to investigate the new martial soul fluctuation.

• Chen Cong greeted Sa Gu'er and challenged She Yaolei to settle their old rivalry in a spar.
• Chen Cong and She Yaolei flew into the sky and agreed to decide the outcome within five moves.
• She Yaolei attacked with his Third Soul Skill, but Chen Cong's sword qi broke apart the nine slashes.
• She Yaolei used his Seventh Soul Skill to transform into a twin-headed serpent and counter Chen Cong's sword qi.
• Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er told the blond young man they meant only to delay him, then offered him Fragrant Snow Spirit Wine.
• The blond young man said he had come to investigate the new martial soul fluctuation and praised the thriving Chen Clan.

Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er explained Sea God Island’s expansion and their alliance with the Chen Clan to a blond young man, who proposed an alliance with Spirit Hall. Chen Zixiu then revealed the ancient Death Spiral Array, which could help soul masters break through to Titled Douluo and possibly Peerless Douluo, leaving the blond man to consider its implications.

• Chen Cong and She Yaolei clashed again as Chen Zixiu said his son would continue to defeat She Yaolei.
• The blond young man asked Bo Xian'er why Sea God Island had entered the Heaven Dou Empire, and she described its plan to expand exchanges across the continent.
• The blond young man proposed that Sea God Island ally with Spirit Hall, and Bo Xian'er said she needed to discuss the matter with others.
• The blond young man asked why the Chen Clan had emerged from hiding, and Chen Zixiu handed him a scroll showing the Death Spiral Array.
• Chen Zixiu explained that the array could compress soul power and help soul masters break through to Titled Douluo and possibly Peerless Douluo, prompting the blond young man to consider its significance.

Chen Zixiu explained to the blond young man that the Chen Clan planned to cripple the Crimson Church by targeting Netherworld Blood Lily cultivation while returning to the world. Meanwhile, the Chen Clan’s rising reputation drew concern, and Xue Churan announced that Chen Cong would take charge of Chang'an Academy.

• Chen Zixiu handed the blond young man the Crimson Formation and described a plan to target the Netherworld Blood Lilies needed to establish it.
• Chen Zixiu said the Chen Clan had been targeted by the Crimson Church and intended to end its two-thousand-year seclusion, while the blond young man teased him about coveting Great Northwest territory.
• The blond young man suspected that Chen Zixiu’s younger female cousin’s husband had caused the heavenly disturbance with his God-level Martial Soul, warning that its advancement could unleash great danger.
• Zhong Yao and the others praised Xiao Cong’s strength, and Xiao Lijun revealed that many Chen Clan youths appeared on the latest Genius List.
• Chen Yu called the Chen Clan’s new prominence a dangerous burden, while the gathered leaders reassured him that the clan could face any resulting pressure.
• Xue Churan announced that Chen Cong had been invited to teach at Chang'an Academy and take full responsibility for its affairs.

At Chen Cong’s golden birthday banquet, Xue Churan announced that he would lead Chang’an Academy, prompting discussion of the Chen Clan’s growing ties with Heaven Dou and other factions. After Chen Cong returned from a duel with She Yaolei, the guests concluded that Chen Cong had won, while Spirit Hall’s representatives considered what they had learned about his power.

• Xue Churan announced Chen Cong’s appointment to Chang’an Academy, and Xue Chuxin framed it as a step forward in the Chen Clan’s relationship with Heaven Dou.
• Gu Shaoyun said the Sky Pillar Sect hoped to invite the Chen Clan to teach at Sky Pillar Academy, and Xue Churan urged him to issue the invitation at once.
• Ye Chenzhi, Zhong Chunhua, and Ma Tianyang pledged their families’ support for the Chen Clan, while Ye Chenzhi warned that anyone who harmed his grandsons would make an enemy of the Begonia Ye Family.
• Chen Cong and She Yaolei returned after their duel, and She Yaolei told Qian Daoliu that he had failed to test Chen Cong’s full strength but found his Soul Power purer than his own.
• The banquet guests discussed the result of the duel and mocked Spirit Hall, while She Yaolei and Qian Daoliu wondered whether Chen Cong’s cultivation technique had changed.

At his eightieth Golden Birthday, Chen Cong celebrated reaching the titled realm and announced a new beginning for the Chen Clan, thanking allies and inviting them to work together. The banquet ended with guests raising their cups to the clan’s future and their friendship.

• Zhu Yanfeng began the birthday ceremony as Master of Ceremonies, while Ma Zhaoyang and Ding Bingyuan joked about his appearance.
• Cheng Nanxing suggested that Zhao Deyun and Qin Luguang might be transferred back, and Qin Luguang urged Yang Buer to bring the Yang Family into the Chen Clan’s alliance.
• Luo Qingrui welcomed the Ji Clan, the Liu Clan, and members of the Dugu Family, including Dugu Lin, who had agreed to join the Chen Clan.
• Chen Cong stepped onto the stage, revealed that he had broken through the titled realm and taken the title Cosmos, and delivered a speech about the Chen Clan’s history and future.
• Chen Cong raised the prepared wine vessel and invited the guests to toast the Chen Clan’s future and their friendship.

Liu Ruyan hosted the Chen Clan’s birthday celebration for Grandpa Cong, where the young men opened with a stirring song before Chen Yanwu performed “Big Fish.” Chen Yanwu’s ethereal singing captivated the guests as her performance continued.

• Liu Ruyan introduced the celebration and announced the opening song, “Chen Clan Young Men Speak.”
• Chen Jianjun, Chen Jianzun, Chen Feng, Chen Mu, Chen Xiaojun, Chen Bin, Chen Shurui, and the other young men performed a rousing song about the Chen Clan’s ambition and youth.
• The guests applauded the performance, praising its originality and the young masters’ spirited appearance onstage.
• Ji Boda hosted the next act and introduced Chen Yanwu’s solo performance of “Big Fish.”
• Chen Yanwu sang and played the zither, drawing the guests into the song with her ethereal voice.

Chen Yanwu performed three songs on the guqin, moving the audience with their contrasting styles. The crowd hailed her as the “Goddess of Heavenly Sound,” and she felt the thrill and honor of her first great stage recognition.

• After Chen Yanwu's first song ended, the audience erupted in applause and demanded more pieces.
• At Chen Menglin's urging, Chen Yanwu played “Yu Xi Sigh,” drawing listeners into the sorrow of Consort Yu and earning thunderous applause.
• Chen Yanwu performed “Dream of Sword and Saber,” stirring the crowd with its fierce, unrestrained music.
• The audience praised Chen Yanwu's skill and shouted her name and “Goddess of Heavenly Sound” across the square.
• As the crowd celebrated her, Chen Yanwu felt the excitement and nervousness of receiving the stage's acclaim.

Chen Yanwu drew the attention of Mystic Night Pavilion and the Winding Stream Party after her musical performance, and both invited her to join them. She politely welcomed the chance to exchange ideas but revealed that Chen Xiaojun had taught her the compositions, redirecting the credit to him.

• Qing Yue asked Chen Xiyuan to let her take Chen Yanwu as her disciple, and Chen Xiyuan agreed to leave the choice to Yanwu.
• Chen Xiyuan and Qing Yue discussed the Chen Clan women's freedom to choose their schools and spouses, which was tied to the influence of the Seven Kill Sword.
• Xuan Zhuo introduced himself as the Chang'an Branch pavilion master of Mystic Night Pavilion and invited Chen Yanwu to perform and exchange ideas there.
• Liu Zi, president of the Chang'an Branch Society of the Winding Stream Party, arrived and invited Chen Yanwu to explore music with the society.
• Chen Yanwu graciously responded to both invitations and said Chen Xiaojun had taught her the three compositions and deserved the greater credit.

At Chen Lin Village’s Golden Birthday Banquet, Chen Xiaojun’s innovative performances culminated in a stirring Chen Clan sword dance set to the battle song “Victory.” The finale left the audience awestruck and established Chen Xiaojun as the creator of a song other clans wanted for themselves.

• Liu Zi and Xuan Zhuo praised Chen Yanwu’s qin performance and agreed to make arrangements for closer exchanges, while she told them to approach Chen Xiaojun directly.
• The banquet featured innovative dances and musical performances that Chen Xiaojun had helped develop by blending Blue Star’s Han-dynasty culture with Douluo Continent elements.
• Chen Yanwu led the performers into the finale, the Chen Clan Sword Dance “Sword Howling the Sky,” accompanied by the battle song “Victory.”
• Ximen Wenhua, Yang Jingxue, Tang Yue, and others praised the song, and Ma Tianyang and Fang Yuan asked Chen Xiaojun to write battle songs for their clans.
• Chen Xiaojun and six others performed the Big Dipper Seven Stars Sword Formation, gathered their power onto him, and he unleashed a huge sword strike as “Victory” ended.

The Chen Clan’s seven-person sword formation and Chen Xiaojun’s final strike stunned the crowd, while Tang Xiao and Tang Chen discussed Chen Xiaojun’s strength and the threat his cultivation method might pose to their clan. Qian Daoliu and the Chang’an Main Temple elders acknowledged the Chen Clan’s power and decided to wait and see.

• The spectators marveled at the sword formation’s power and learned that Chen Xiaojun, the Unrivaled Young Master, ranked fifth on the Genius List.
• Tang Xiao told Tang Chen that Chen Xiaojun had defeated him and used a cultivation method resembling the Tang Clan’s Clear Sky Nine Yang Force.
• Tang Chen learned that Chen Xiaojun had also defeated Xue Shiming and had risen to fifth on the Genius List.
• Tang Xiao left to join his classmates, while Tang Chen watched Chen Xiaojun depart.
• Qian Daoliu and She Yaolei discussed the formation’s origins and recognized that the Chen Clan’s strength exceeded their expectations.
• Bei Ming Xinghai asked about the Pope’s instructions concerning the Chen Clan, and Qian Daoliu said the Chang’an Main Temple would wait and see.

At the Chen Clan's Golden Birthday Banquet, guests praised Xiao Jun's talents before Zhu Yanfeng unveiled a rare jar of Eighth Grade Wine Spirit Wine for auction. Chen Yu shared more jars with his friends and Xue Chuxin, while the guests began competing to secure supplies.

• Liu Zi, Ding Mo, and Liu Niangzi praised Yan Wu's performance and learned that Xiao Jun had created the music and culinary innovations.
• Liu Zi proposed that they invite Xiao Jun to teach the Culinary Hall and discuss his compositions.
• Zhu Yanfeng presented the Chen Clan's Eighth Grade Wine Spirit Wine and announced that the jar would go to the highest bidder.
• Ding Mo and Liu Zi both declared that they wanted to buy the wine as the guests began bidding.
• Chen Yu revealed another jar for Ma Tianyang and his friends, then gave a jar to Xue Chuxin for her and Zuo Tinggang's injuries.
• Yang Jingxue and Ning Rui Ting tried to arrange larger purchases, but Fang Yuan objected that there was not enough wine to share.

Chen Yu offered to sell Wine Spirit Wine to friendly forces and used the Chen Clan’s first auction to establish it as a flagship product. Bei Ming Xinghai won an Eighth Grade Wine Spirit Wine jar for 300,000 gold coins, and Chen Yu then discussed private purchases and offered Seventh Grade wine to those unable to obtain the limited Eighth Grade supply.

• Chen Yu agreed to allocate limited Wine Spirit Wine to Ma Tianyang, Yu Zhonghe, Schrödinger, Yang Jingxue, and Tang Yue according to their needs.
• At the auction, Ling Changchuan, Ding Mo, He Ming, Liu Zi, Xuan Zhuo, and Bei Ming Xinghai raised bids for a ten-jin jar of Eighth Grade Wine Spirit Wine.
• Bei Ming Xinghai won the jar for 300,000 gold coins and told Qian Daoliu that the price was inflated, while Qian Daoliu said he wanted to taste the wine and bring it to High Ancestor.
• Chen Yu reassured the Titled Douluo that they could discuss a satisfactory private price, then revealed he had only twenty jars of Eighth Grade wine but two hundred jars of Seventh Grade wine.
• Ning Rui Ting requested fifty jars of Seventh Grade Wine Spirit Wine, and Chen Yu agreed.

At Chen Yu’s Golden Birthday Banquet, guests bought Wine Spirit Wine and Chen Yu arranged future supplies and a bulk allocation to Xue Chuxin’s and Gu Shaoyun’s forces. The second rare-treasure auction began with an Eighth Grade Purple Ganoderma said to offer people with low Innate Soul Power a chance to reach Soul Venerable, drawing an urgent reaction from the assembled clans.

• Ma Tianyang, Ximen Wenhua, Ye Chenzhi, Zhong Chunqiu, and Iron Hand Douluo ordered Seventh Grade Wine Spirit Wine from Chen Yu.
• Xue Chuxin asked Chen Yu to supply Fifth and Sixth Grade wine to the Chang'an Military Region, and Gu Shaoyun requested wine for the Sky Pillar Legion.
• Chen Yu offered five hundred jars of Sixth Grade wine and one thousand jars of Fifth Grade wine, allocating seventy percent to Xue Chuxin and thirty percent to Gu Shaoyun.
• Chen Yu promised another batch of Fifth and Sixth Grade wine in three years and Seventh and Eighth Grade wine in five years, and the guests completed the transaction.
• Shen Youchu presented three Eighth Grade Earth Vein Purple Ganoderma mushrooms at the second rare-treasure auction.
• Zhu Yanfeng announced that Purple Ganoderma had a thirty-percent chance of helping someone with low Innate Soul Power reach Soul Venerable, prompting Yu Weilin and Ma Zhibin to demand confirmation.

Zhu Yanfeng explained the effects and limitations of the Earth Vein Purple Ganoderma before beginning the auction of three Eighth Grade stalks. On the second-floor terrace, Chen Yu told the gathered experts he had six Eighth Grade and eighteen Seventh Grade Purple Ganodermas available, prompting them to negotiate trades.

• Ye Chenzhi confirmed that Eighth Grade Earth Vein Purple Ganoderma could theoretically help a low-level soul master break through, and Zhu Yanfeng said its success rate was thirty percent for those at the level 29 bottleneck.
• Zhu Yanfeng warned that failed breakthroughs would not be the Chen Clan’s responsibility, then announced that three Eighth Grade Purple Ganodermas would be auctioned separately.
• Xiang Renyu, Ma Tianyang, Yu Yongyuan, Xue Churan, Ye Chenzhi, and Zhong Chunhua asked Chen Yu to trade them Purple Ganoderma.
• Chen Yu said he had only six Eighth Grade Purple Ganodermas left, but also had eighteen Seventh Grade stalks with a ten percent breakthrough chance.
• The gathered experts brightened and began discussing trades with Chen Yu.

The Chen Clan auctioned rare purple ganoderma while protecting the secret of the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and the chapter outlined the clan’s systematic preparations to help soul masters break through the Title Bottleneck. The auction continued with rare soul beasts and plants, ending with Zhi Xing buying an eighty-thousand-year-old Sky Azure Vine branch.

• Zhu Yanfeng sold three Eighth Grade Purple Ganoderma for 550,000, 530,000, and 600,000 gold coins, then auctioned ten Seventh Grade Purple Ganoderma for at least 100,000 gold coins apiece.
• The Chen Clan sold less than half its Wine Spirit and purple ganoderma stock to keep the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s accelerated-growth secret hidden.
• Chen Xiaojun’s proposal led the Chen Clan elders to develop a Title breakthrough system using Wine Spirit Wine, purple ganoderma, Life Spring Water Essence, the Nine Yin Manual, and three cultivation techniques.
• Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong planned to adapt the Death Spiral Array to draw power from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, adding to the clan’s preparations alongside Sword Ganoderma, Dragon Blood Diamond, and Chen Xiaojun’s Eight Wonders.
• Zhu Yanfeng presented a twenty-thousand-year Meteor Vine root, sixth-grade soul beast eggs, and an eighty-thousand-year-old Sky Azure Vine branch at the auction.
• Zhi Xing bought the Sky Azure Vine branch, which Old Heaven had brought to trade for Ice and Fire Yin Yang Spring Water.

The auction continued with rare goods drawing fierce bids, while Chen Xiaojun met Ma Zhibin in the performers' rest area. Chen Xiaojun agreed to give Ma Zhibin fifty jars of Seventh Grade Wine Spirit Wine and two Eighth Grade Purple Ganoderma, leaving Ma Zhibin hopeful for his son's future.

• The auction sold rare goods including the Chen Clan's tea, Icefire Spirit Crystal Rice, Life Vine branches, and the Dragon Pattern Profound Iron Stone to interested factions.
• Liu Zi of the Winding Stream Party bought Duke Cong's calligraphy for one hundred and fifty thousand Gold Soul Coins, and the Treasure Pavilion won the ceremonial jade disc.
• A gang bought the Heavenly Wolf Gate's Thousand Mile Wolf Walk footwork for six hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins as the auction continued.
• Ma Zhibin told Chen Xiaojun that Seventh Grade Wine Spirit Wine eased his meridian pain and asked for several dozen jars.
• Chen Xiaojun agreed to give Ma Zhibin fifty jars of wine and two Eighth Grade Purple Ganoderma for Ma Zhibin's son, who had a Brocade Chicken Martial Soul.