Chapter Summaries

Zhu Yanfeng auctioned the Chen Clan’s three final lots: Life Water, a Dragon Blood Diamond, and three-year agency rights for Ice and Fire Dual Heavens in the Southern Five Counties. The auction ended with major buyers securing the treasures at high prices, bringing the Chen Clan a substantial profit.

• Lü Hongtao won ten liters of Life Water for 830,000 gold coins, while Ye Xiuyuan asked Ye Xiuxin whether her family could spare some.
• A young lady won the top-grade Dragon Blood Diamond for 1.1 million gold coins.
• Zhu Yanfeng announced a pilot auction for three-year agency rights to sell Ice and Fire Dual Heavens in the Southern Five Counties of Fasinuo Province, with sales and pricing requirements.
• Zhu Baiwan of Treasure Pavilion won the agency rights for six million gold coins per year, and the auction concluded with the Chen Clan earning a rich harvest.

At the Chen Clan’s banquet, Chen Zixiu discussed the auction with a blond young man while concealing the clan’s secret realm and fundraising plans. As the martial contests began, the unruly ten-year-old Ma Liang rushed into the arena, prompting Ma Zhibin to explain his nephew’s unusual name and spoiled nature.

• Chen Zixiu claimed the Chen Clan’s auction goods were old stock and denied rumors that the clan possessed a wood-type secret realm.
• The blond young man noted that the auction had already raised more than ten million gold coins, while the Chen Clan aimed to secure fifty million for its expansion plans.
• Zhu Yanfeng announced the martial contests and began to introduce a special reward for defeating two Chen Clan youths of the same rank.
• Ma Liang dashed into the arena before the host finished speaking and declared that he wanted to fight.
• Ma Zhibin told Chen Xiaojun that Ma Liang had changed his name from Ma Lianghua and often caused trouble despite being only ten years old.

Chen Xiaojun and Ma Zhibin discussed Ma Liang’s exceptional talent and unruly personality as Ma Liang challenged the Heaven Dou Academy students. Weng Lutai took him on but was defeated, leaving Ma Liang calling for his next opponent.

• Ma Zhibin told Chen Xiaojun that Ma Liang’s Innate Soul Power was 9.4, and Chen Xiaojun considered whether Ma Liang could be disciplined.
• Ma Liang introduced himself as a ten-year-old rank 27 Soul Grandmaster and challenged the crowd, then provoked the Heaven Dou Academy students.
• Yu Zhengjun and Zhu Wuneng talked about Zhu Wuneng’s behavior during their match and grew more comfortable with each other.
• Weng Lutai accepted the challenge, introduced himself as a rank 26 Defense Type Soul Grandmaster, and activated his Mystic Armor Turtle martial soul.
• Ma Liang used Heavenly Phoenix Explosive Fist and Rainbow Phoenix Cloud Steps to get behind Weng Lutai and blast him out of the arena.

Ma Liang defeated several Heaven Dou Academy challengers before Chen Shurui answered his call and used his sword skills to seize the initiative. Ma Liang activated his Phoenix Fire Feather soul skill to counter the assault, leaving their fight unresolved.

• Ma Liang defeated Yin Shizhi and Heaven Dou Academy’s third and fourth challengers with his fast, flame-enhanced attacks.
• Zhi Xing urged Mu Xingyun to challenge Ma Liang, but Ma Liang called out the Chen Clan instead.
• Chen Shurui volunteered to fight, and Chen Mu warned him to be careful.
• Chen Shurui introduced himself as a ten-year-old rank 27 Soul Grandmaster and drew his Seven Kill Sword to begin the match.
• Chen Shurui used Heart of Light to break through Ma Liang’s afterimages and pressed him with rapid sword strikes.
• Ma Liang unleashed his second soul skill, Phoenix Fire Feather, forming a spinning shield of blazing plumes around himself.

Chen Shurui and Ma Liang fought a fierce arena match that ended with Chen Shurui outside the ring and Ma Liang barely still inside. Ma Liang won, but he recognized that Chen Shurui’s strength and swordsmanship had nearly defeated him.

• Ma Liang’s flame barrier repelled Chen Shurui’s sword strikes, and he attacked with Phoenix Burst Fist.
• Chen Shurui defended with Horizontal Peak Side Ridge, then dodged Ma Liang’s Phoenix Fire Feathers and countered with Dawn’s First Light.
• Ma Liang and Chen Shurui’s Phoenix Comet Fist and light sword collided, blasting them both backward.
• Ma Liang formed the Phoenix Sky Blade, while Chen Shurui answered with Azure Sea Sky Sword, and the clash sent Chen Shurui outside the arena.
• Chen Shurui conceded the match and congratulated Ma Liang, who realized Chen Shurui had nearly beaten him despite Ma Liang’s advantage as a Flying Soul Master.

After Ma Liang fought Chen Xiaojun's eighth brother to a draw, Chen Xiaojun praised his character and Phoenix Sky Blade, then arranged to train him for three days. Ma Liang recovered with a pill and chose to continue challenging the Chen Clan's young fighters.

• Chen Xiaojun and Ma Zhibin discussed Ma Liang's match, and Chen Xiaojun said he wanted to take Ma Liang as his little brother and train him for three days.
• Chen Xiaojun learned that Ma Zhibin's eleven-year-old son had nearly reached soul power level ten and recommended three Eighth Grade Purple Ganoderma when he obtained his first soul ring.
• Zhu Yanfeng asked Ma Liang whether he wanted to keep competing, and Ma Liang eagerly chose to challenge another Chen Clan talent for the promised special gift.
• Zhu Yanfeng gave Ma Liang a Purple Cloud Silver Leaf Pill to help him recover, then announced that contestants could use healing items between bouts.

Chen Xiaojun sent Zhu Wuneng to face Ma Liang, choosing him to secure an easy opening victory for the Chen Clan. Zhu Wuneng entered the arena as the crowd recognized him as a highly ranked young genius, and the match was about to begin.

• Spectators discussed Ma Liang’s winning streak, the Genius List, and the Chen Clan’s likely next contender.
• Chen Bin volunteered to fight, but Chen Xiaojun said the clan needed an easy victory and called on Zhu Wuneng instead.
• Zhu Wuneng left Yu Zhengjun, joked about being his young master’s trump card, and walked into the arena.
• Ma Liang questioned whether the stocky Zhu Wuneng was really his opponent, and Zhu introduced himself as a ten-year-old level 27 Soul Master.
• The crowd cheered for Marshal Canopy Zhu Wuneng, and spectators found his Genius List entry at rank 88, including reports of his battles against powerful foes.

Zhu Wuneng defeated Ma Liang in the arena by outmaneuvering him and countering his fire attacks with a series of varied techniques. After the match, Zhu Yanfeng advised the injured Ma Liang to get checked by healers.

• Ma Liang challenged Zhu Wuneng after learning he was on the Genius List, but Zhu Wuneng annoyed him by picking his ear instead of attacking.
• Ma Liang's Phoenix Comet Fist clashed with Zhu Wuneng's Flame Tiger, and the attacks canceled each other out.
• Ma Liang's Phoenix Sky Blade broke against Zhu Wuneng's Golden Bell Shield, after which Zhu Wuneng flew close using his Wind-Calling Ears.
• Zhu Wuneng used Twisting Vortex to break Ma Liang's flame shield, then struck him repeatedly with Unceasing Flow until Ma Liang fell and spat blood.
• Ma Liang asked if he was really so weak, and Zhu Wuneng said he was merely a little stupid before Zhu Yanfeng advised Ma Liang to see the healers.

At Zhu Yanfeng’s Golden Birthday Banquet, Zhu Wuneng defeated Yu Zhengjun with the Five Elements Extinction Divine Light, revealing his powerful Advanced Skill. After Chen Xiaojun reprimanded him for exposing his trump card, Zhu Wuneng asked what soul beast to choose for his level 30 soul ring, and Chen Xiaojun recommended a reverse Five Elements configuration.

• Yu Zhengjun challenged Zhu Wuneng to a rematch and agreed to bet 1,000 gold coins.
• Zhu Wuneng defeated Yu Zhengjun with the Five Elements Extinction Divine Light, and Yu Zhengjun accepted the loss and admired the technique.
• Zhu Wuneng returned to Chen Xiaojun, who scolded him for revealing his trump card in front of the banquet guests.
• Zhu Wuneng asked Chen Xiaojun for advice on his level 30 soul ring, and Chen Xiaojun recommended a reverse Five Elements configuration.

After Zhu Wuneng demonstrated the Five Elements Extinction Divine Light, the adults discussed its power and worried about the attention he would attract. Yang Jingxue recognized the technique as a reversal of the Five Spirits and, eager to learn about the Five Elements, dragged Chen Cong away to explain it.

• Chen Xiaojun advised Zhu Wuneng to choose Metal, Fire, Water, and Earth attributes for his next four soul rings, and Zhu Wuneng agreed to consult his elders about a Metal Attribute soul beast.
• Zhao Deyun and the other guests discussed Zhu Wuneng's divine light, comparing its power to a Soul King's full-force strike and praising his skill and potential.
• Luo Qingrui and Zhu Hanshu worried that Zhu Wuneng's performance would draw more attention to the Chen Clan and expose how low his Genius List ranking was.
• Yang Jingxue recognized the divine light as a phenomenon of Five Spirits reversal and realized its potential to transform the Yang Family's martial system.
• Yang Jingxue demanded that Chen Cong explain the Five Elements immediately, then grabbed his clothes and dragged him downstairs despite his reminder that it was his birthday.

Ma Zhibin comforted Ma Liang after Zhu Wuneng defeated him, while Chen Cong taught Yang Jingxue and Yang Zhiqiang the Five Elements and Yin Yang theories. The chapter ended with Yang Jingxue asking where the Chen Clan had learned the theories, and Chen Yu and Chen Cong sharing a mysterious smile.

• Ma Zhibin told Ma Liang that Zhu Wuneng had used tricks to unsettle him and explained why the experienced Chen Clan Trump Card had won without revealing his full strength.
• Ma Zhibin praised Ma Liang for defeating Chen Xiao Ba and forcing Zhu Wuneng to appear, then said Zhu Wuneng's Young Master was Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Cong explained the Five Elements Theory to Yang Jingxue and Yang Zhiqiang, who questioned where the Chen Clan had obtained it.
• Chen Yu asked Chen Cong to explain Yin Yang Theory, and Chen Cong described how it complemented the Five Elements and could benefit the Yang Family's Myriad Fusion Art and Yang Jingxue's Nine Rings Linkage.
• Yang Jingxue thanked Chen Yu and Chen Cong, then asked whether they had discovered new ruins; the two Chen brothers exchanged mysterious smiles.

Chen Yu explained Donghuang Xiuyi’s connection to the Chen Clan and asked Yang Jingxue to accept her as a granddaughter and share the Yang Family’s inheritance with her. Yang Jingxue agreed, and Chen Yu revealed that Xiao Yi would one day be the mistress of his Chen Clan.

• Chen Yu told Yang Jingxue that Donghuang Xiuyi had explained the Yin Yang Five Elements theory and was Xiaojun’s child bride.
• Chen Yu explained that Unbenevolent Tower’s assassins had seriously injured Xiao Yi while she rescued Xiaojun, and said avenging them had motivated him to attack the organization.
• Chen Yu asked Yang Jingxue to take Xiao Yi as her granddaughter so their future marital statuses would be well matched.
• Yang Jingxue agreed to treat Xiao Yi as family, and Chen Yu asked the Yang Family to teach her the Myriad Fusion Art and consult her about her inherited knowledge.
• Chen Yu said Xiao Yi would become the mistress of his Chen Clan.

Yang Jingxue learned that Chen Yu had changed Chen Xiaojun’s position in the succession order and resolved to bring the Yang Family closer to the Chen Clan’s plans. She decided to teach Xiao Yi the Yang Family’s inheritance, hoping to strengthen their alliance and gain lasting benefits as the Chen Clan prepared to reemerge.

• Chen Yu told Yang Jingxue that Chen Xiaojun had moved ahead of Chen Jianjun in the succession order, while the Yang Family members considered the change and its implications.
• Yang Jingxue reflected on the Chen Clan’s wealth, its recent personnel changes, and the benefits it had brought the Yang Family, including the Wolf King skull and the Heart of the Divine Tree.
• Yang Jingxue recalled that she had consulted Yang Cheng Lin and the Yang Family Elders, and that they had agreed to follow the Chen Clan through both opportunities and difficulties.
• Yang Jingxue concluded that the Chen Clan was poised to reshape the continent and that the Yang Family should integrate more closely into its strategy.
• Yang Jingxue decided that teaching Xiao Yi the Myriad Fusion Art could secure the Chen Clan’s Future Matriarch’s favor and help the Yang Family advance its cultivation.

Chen Yu’s plans to strengthen the Chen Clan’s alliance with the Yang Family continued as Chen Cong asked Yang Jingxue about Su Ningxia’s Seven-Colored Mist Martial Soul. Yang Jingxue offered what help she could, while recognizing the Chen Clan’s growing fortune and ambition.

• Chen Cong asked Yang Jingxue about Su Ningxia’s Seven-Colored Mist Martial Soul and its origins.
• Yang Jingxue explained that the Seven-Colored Mist and the Five Spirits Bow had produced the Seven Absolute Bow, and described the secretive Gongyang-Su family that possessed the Rainbow Dragon and Mist Martial Souls.
• Yang Jingxue said the family might live in a hidden Space Secret Realm, but the Yang Family had lost contact with them after a Su ancestor married into the family.
• Yang Jingxue offered to search for the ancestor’s cultivation insights and said the Yang Family could guide Su Ningxia in fusion techniques.
• Chen Cong revealed Su Ningxia’s rank 8.8 Innate Soul Power and her place on the Genius List, leaving Yang Jingxue struck by the Chen Clan’s apparent good fortune.
• Yang Jingxue concluded that the Chen Clan was using its rising fortune to advance its power and position.

The Chen Clan’s arena matches drew an unprecedented number of bouts before the gathering shifted into an evening feast. Chen Yu and Chen Xiaojun negotiated with Ning Rui Ting to give the Glazed Tile Merchant Guild agency rights in Silves Kingdom and cooperate on a Finance Academy, with the academy scheduled to open next year.

• The Chen Clan’s young fighters and visiting guests competed through more than thirty bouts, and one person passed the second round to win the special reward.
• As the matches advanced to the Soul Venerable Realm, the guests gathered for an evening banquet at the Chen Clan venue.
• Ning Rui Ting asked Chen Yu why he had told the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to stop competing for the Ice and Fire Dual Heavens agency rights, and Chen Yu offered the Silves Kingdom instead.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed selling thirty million bottles annually at three gold coins each, with a reduced supply price of 1.3 gold coins per bottle and a fifteen-million-gold annual agency fee; Ning Rui Ting agreed.
• Chen Yu offered the Imperial Central District of the Heaven Dou Empire as a future agency territory if sales in Silves Kingdom went well.
• Chen Xiaojun and Ning Rui Ting agreed to open their joint Finance Academy next year and arrange short-term training for financial staff, with Ning Jiang overseeing the preparations.

Chen Yu sold Ning Rui Ting a Noble Hope Spirit Flower, which helped him evolve his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. The Ning Family agreed to buy future treasure medicines from the Chen Clan, and Chen Yu asked them for high-grade spirit herb seeds and other supplies.

• Chen Yu offered Ning Rui Ting a Ninth Grade Treasure Medicine-level Noble Hope Spirit Flower for ten million Gold Soul Coins, and Ning Rui Ting accepted it and began absorbing its essence.
• After half an hour, Ning Rui Ting reached level eighty and evolved his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Chen Xiaojun confirmed that the flower's medicinal power had caused the evolution, and Ning Rui Ting asked whether the Chen Clan had more of the same treasure medicine.
• Chen Yu said the Chen Clan had a few plants and promised to prioritize the Ning Family in future transactions, while warning that the medicines matured only every few years.
• Ning Rui Ting and Ning Ze offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's help, and Chen Yu presented a list of supplies and requested high-grade spirit herb seeds from the Glazed Tile Merchant Guild.

Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er learned how the blond young man had helped end the last catastrophe and heard that the next one would arrive sooner and hit harder. They accepted that Sea God Island and their forces could not avoid the coming conflict, while the loss of Spirit Hall's highest-placed spy left them blind to the Crimson Church's plans.

• Chen Zixiu asked the blond young man whether he had been involved in the attack on the Chen Clan fifty years earlier, and he admitted that he had guided events afterward.
• The blond young man explained that he had killed the Crimson Church Master after the church lost much of its high-end combat strength, forcing it to withdraw early.
• Chen Zixiu recalled the half-month defense of Soul Fighting City, where thousands of elite soul masters and ten Titled Douluo died, and described the slaughter of the Chen Clan on the way there.
• The blond young man warned that the Crimson Church's surviving forces and the Foreign Races had grown stronger, making the next catastrophe likely to come sooner and more fiercely.
• Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er accepted that their forces and Sea God Island could not stay out of the coming conflict.
• The blond young man revealed that his highest-placed spy in the Crimson Church had been exposed, leaving Spirit Hall without access to its upper ranks or knowledge of its plans.

Qian Chongling questioned Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er about their intelligence on the Crimson Church and urged Soul Fighting City to avoid major moves. Afterward, Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er considered his warning and suspected several factions had conspired to weaken their forces and ambush the Chen Clan.

• Qian Chongling challenged Bo Xian'er and Chen Zixiu over their limited information from spies inside the Crimson Church, then told Chen Zixiu that Soul Fighting City should act cautiously.
• Bo Xian'er and Chen Zixiu interpreted Qian Chongling's warning as advice to preserve the current balance while taking only moderate action on smaller matters.
• Bo Xian'er suggested multiple factions might have cooperated in the past conspiracy, and Chen Zixiu concluded they had used the great Beast Tide to weaken Soul Fighting City and the Chen Clan.
• Chen Zixiu recalled that the Crimson Church had learned of Jin Wenshu's Innate Full Soul Power, leading to the Chen Clan's devastating ambush, but said the clan's blood feud remained separate from Soul Fighting City's affairs.
• Bo Xian'er and Chen Zixiu questioned Qian Chongling's claims about his informants and injuries, and Chen Zixiu suspected he had come to the Chen Clan for a reason.
• Chen Zixiu said Qian Chongling's account of the attack on the Chen Clan was credible because he was Spirit Hall's Grand Offering and the Soul Master World's number one expert.

Chen Mu faced Tang Xiao in a public duel, taunting him before using the Thirteen Solitary Peak Swords to put him under pressure. Tang Xiao responded by unleashing the Clear Sky Nine Wonders, and the battle remained unresolved.

• Chen Mu entered the arena with a boastful poem, drawing cheers from the Chang'an Academy crowd.
• Du Gu Fu asked Zhu Wuneng whether Tang Xiao could defeat Chen Mu, and Zhu Wuneng insisted that Chen Mu was the stronger fighter.
• Chen Mu and Tang Xiao exchanged barbs before Tang Xiao charged at him.
• Chen Mu used three swift moves from the Thirteen Solitary Peak Swords, dodging Tang Xiao's Clear Sky Hammer and slicing off a lock of his hair.
• Tang Xiao invoked the Clear Sky Nine Wonders' Penetrate Word Tactic and swung his lightning-wreathed Clear Sky Hammer at Chen Mu.

Chen Mu used a series of Solitary Peak sword techniques to press Tang Xiao, while Chen Xiaojun agreed to take Du Gu Fu under his wing as the young man pursued the dangerous Five Venoms Art. The story left Du Gu Fu excited to follow Chen Xiaojun and develop his poison skills.

• Chen Mu used Solitary Peak Illusory Shadow, Wild Geese Descend on Flat Sand, and Sword Rise Solitary Peak to pursue Tang Xiao with his Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Xiaojun met Du Gu Fu and Zhu Wuneng, then corrected Du Gu Fu’s approach to practicing the Serpent Breathing Technique and White Python Whip Technique.
• Du Gu Fu said he wanted a spider-type soul beast for his third soul ring and hoped to cultivate the Five Venoms Art using the Five Elements theory.
• Chen Xiaojun warned Du Gu Fu that the Five Venoms were dangerous, but agreed to let him follow and train under him.
• Du Gu Fu eagerly accepted, while Zhu Wuneng teased him about calling Chen Xiaojun “Young Master.”