Chapter Summaries

Qian Daoliu tested the sword formation by defending against its attacks with his Angel Martial Soul. Chen Jianzun, Chen Bin, and Chen Shurui forced him to retreat, but he remained unharmed as the formation’s assault continued.

• Qian Daoliu used Angel Wings and Angel Shield to withstand Chen Jianzun’s sea of swords, then repelled him with the shield’s burst of power.
• Chen Bin attacked Qian Daoliu with Tian Ji Revolving Kun while Chen Shurui struck with Tian Xuan Dawnbreak.
• Qian Daoliu blocked both sword techniques with First Soul Skill—Angel Assault, though their light-and-dark collision forced him back several steps.
• Chen Shurui and Chen Bin continued the planned assault, using their attacks to cover the sword formation’s next move and buy time.

Chen Yanwu followed Chen Bin and Chen Shurui’s combined attack with her own sword assault on Qian Daoliu, unleashing the Yin Yang Seven Stars Slash through the Big Dipper Seven Stars Sword Formation. Her successive strikes overwhelmed his defenses and left him reeling, though the battle continued.

• Old Man Ku Rong, Wang Wei, and Silver Emperor praised Chen Bin and Chen Shurui’s combined attack and its enhancement from the sword formation.
• Chen Yanwu attacked Qian Daoliu with Tian Quan Moon Sever, using the Seven Kill Sword and the formation’s power.
• Qian Daoliu used his Sacred Sword Soul Skill to block Chen Yanwu’s opening strike, but her follow-up left him no time to recover.
• Chen Yanwu unleashed Yin Yang Seven Stars Slash, evolving her swordplay into seven unpredictable attacks.
• Qian Daoliu struggled to withstand the slashes, was driven back ten meters, and ended the exchange dizzy and battered.

Chen Yanwu’s transformation after consuming the Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew gave her the Illusion Heart Body and greatly strengthened her sword arts. As Chen Feng and Chen Mu attacked Qian Daoliu in coordination, the battle remained underway.

• Chen Yanwu’s Yin Yang Seven Stars Slash fused Mental Power and soul power, and its final blow showed formidable might.
• The Full Moon Wearing Autumn Dew reshaped Chen Yanwu’s power, raised her Mental Power to Soul Sage quality, and advanced the Seven Kill Sword into the King Martial Soul ranks.
• Chen Yanwu gained the Illusion Heart attribute and Illusion Heart Body, strengthening her illusions and resistance to them.
• Chen Yanwu’s sword arts and those of other Chen Clan fighters were considered for inclusion in the Sword Canon.
• Chen Feng used Kai Yang Sky Piercer to send thirty-six sword lights at Qian Daoliu and suppress him.
• Chen Mu drew on the Jade Balance Star’s starlight and launched Yu Heng Skyfall at Qian Daoliu’s vital point.

Qian Daoliu fought off the Chen family’s coordinated attacks with his Angel secret arts, breaking Chen Feng’s sealing formation before Chen Yanwu freed him from Angel Divine Sense. Chen Jianjun then unleashed Purple Firmament Sword Aura as Qian Daoliu answered with Sun Holy Sword, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Qian Daoliu used Angel Wings to dispel the restraint and sent an energy Angel Holy Sword against Chen Mu’s Yu Heng Skyfall.
• Qian Daoliu struck Chen Feng with Angel Divine Sense, disrupting his thoughts and causing the thirty-six streaks of sword light to collapse.
• Chen Yanwu cut through the mental threads around Chen Feng, restoring his clarity and briefly stunning Qian Daoliu.
• Chen Jianjun gathered lightning and starlight into Purple Firmament Sword Aura and thrust it toward Qian Daoliu.
• Qian Daoliu summoned Sun Holy Sword and slashed it down against Chen Jianjun’s attack.

Chen Jianjun and Qian Daoliu traded powerful attacks as the Chen Clan youths used the Seven Stars Sword Formation to keep the battle even. The spectators recognized the fight as valuable experience for the youths, then noticed the formation beginning to change as Qian Daoliu continued to test it.

• Chen Jianjun's Purple Firmament Sword Aura collided with Qian Daoliu's Sun Holy Sword, and both attacks dispersed in a huge explosion that shook the arena and its formation wall.
• Qian Daoliu launched Angel Light Slash at Chen Jianjun, but Chen Jianzun blocked the six golden sword lights with Water Origin Shocking Heaven, allowing the two to evade.
• The sword battle continued as Long Ma, Ou Ya, Aier, Russell, and Kou Yi discussed the youths' gains and the danger of Qian Daoliu discerning the formation's patterns.
• Aier predicted that the Seven Stars Sword Formation would need to change, and Ou Ya spotted it beginning to shift.

Chen Yanwu and the Chen family formed the Seven Stars Guard Diagram and unleashed Seven Stars Palm against Qian Daoliu, who countered with Angel Judgment. Their techniques collided in midair, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Chen Yanwu called for the Seven Stars Guard Diagram, and the seven fighters linked their shields with the Big Dipper's starlight.
• Chen Cong identified weaknesses in the formation's defenses, while Chen Xiaojun worried that Qian Daoliu had learned his brother's conventional position.
• Chen Yanwu summoned Seven Stars Palm, forming a massive palm of starlight infused with ice and Purification Power.
• Qian Daoliu invoked Angel Judgment and brought down a golden pillar of Light Holy Fire.
• Seven Stars Palm met Angel Judgment in a blinding clash, and the two powers restrained each other in midair.

Chen Yanwu and Qian Daoliu fought to a draw, but Qian Daoliu then found a flaw in the Chen Clan’s formation and used it to threaten its stability. Chen Jianjun’s different cultivation method caused a delay in the formation’s yin-yang conversion, and Qian Daoliu launched a follow-up attack before the Chen Clan could respond.

• Chen Yanwu’s Seven Stars Palm and Qian Daoliu’s Light Holy Fire collided and ultimately exploded in a draw, with the Chen Clan formation’s greater Soul Power reserves matching Qian Daoliu’s purer power.
• Cheng Nanxing, Ding Bingyuan, Ma Zhaoyang, and Zhao Deyun maintained the arena’s protective shield as spectators watched the clash.
• Qian Daoliu used Angel Roar to unleash a mental attack, briefly dazing younger Chen Clan members and dimming the Seven Stars Guard Shield.
• Chen Yanwu used Great Sound is Silent to disperse Qian Daoliu’s mental assault and calm the others.
• Qian Daoliu used Angel, Free Will to wrap golden threads around Chen Jianjun’s protective shield, exploiting the formation’s flaw caused by Chen Jianjun’s Nine Yang Divine Skill.
• Qian Daoliu launched a follow-up attack before the Chen Clan members could sever the threads.

Qian Daoliu attacked the Chen Clan with his Angel Domain’s Fire Phoenix Array, but Chen Xiaojun arrived in time and raised a Yin Yang Dao Domain to protect them. The group combined their Soul Power to restore the damaged Taiji defense and withstand the remaining fire phoenixes.

• Qian Daoliu summoned seven fire phoenixes with his Angel Domain and sent them diving toward the Chen Clan.
• Chen Yanwu, Chen Jianzun, and Chen Jianjun stepped out to counter the attack as Chen Xiaojun rushed in using Godspeed Six Flashes.
• Chen Xiaojun summoned Gan Jiang Mo Xie and formed the Yin Yang Tortoise Shield, reinforced by his Yin Yang Taiji Black Tortoise Diagram and Yin Yang Dao Domain.
• The shield wore down two fire phoenixes before dispersing, while the Taiji Diagram absorbed the remaining attacks and began to crack under their explosions.
• Chen Jianjun, Chen Yanwu, Chen Jianzun, and the younger members poured Soul Power into the Taiji Diagram, restoring it and allowing the group to withstand every fire phoenix.

Chen Xiaojun revealed his thirty-thousand-year Fourth Soul Ring and faced Qian Daoliu after defending against the Fire Phoenix Array. Chen Yanwu invoked the full ten-person Big Dipper Heavenly Array, and Chen Xiaojun introduced himself as the Ziwei Sword, leaving the challenge set to continue.

• Chen Xiaojun explained that his Fourth Soul Ring came from a sacrifice by a thirty-thousand-year Spirit Abyss Black Tortoise, while the Chen family concealed the secret of his Third Soul Ring and sword intent.
• Qian Daoliu recognized Chen Xiaojun as Xiao Hongchen, praised his defense, and asked what he would do next; Chen Xiaojun hesitated to concede because his family remained unwilling to admit defeat.
• Chen Yanwu argued that Chen Xiaojun's entry had not violated the rules because the Big Dipper Seven Stars Formation was only part of the full Big Dipper Heavenly Array.
• Chen Yanwu summoned Chen Zhouzhao and Chen Jieqi, completing the ten-person formation and prompting Qian Daoliu to agree to face it.
• Chen Xiaojun declared his title as the Ziwei Sword and explained that Ziwei meant Beichen, the North Star.

Chen Yanwu and the Chen Clan prepared the ultimate variation of the Big Dipper Heavenly Array to test its power against Qian Daoliu. As the nine clan members performed the sword dance “Wandering the World,” Chen Xiaojun stood ready to take part in the array’s final formation.

• Qian Daoliu understood how the Big Dipper Nine Stars Array, the Seven Stars Ziwei Array, and the North Star combined into the complete Big Dipper Heavenly Array.
• Chen Yanwu proposed testing the array’s ultimate variation, and she encouraged Chen Xiaojun to do his best.
• The Chen Clan activated the formation, with the seven star phantoms, Dongming, Yinyuan, and the North Star taking their places in the sky.
• The nine Chen Clan members performed the synchronized sword dance “Wandering the World” and chanted its verses while Chen Xiaojun watched from the side.
• The elders discussed the poem’s words and meaning as the Chen Clan prepared to use the formation against Qian Daoliu.

Chen Xiaojun formed the Ziwei Battle Armor through the Big Dipper Heavenly Array, then faced Qian Daoliu in an aerial sword fight. Their battle began with both fighters revealing Soul Sage-level strength.

• Chen Xiaojun combined the nine-star formation’s radiance and blessing to manifest the silver-and-gold Ziwei Battle Armor with mismatched wings.
• Chen Xiaojun recalled how he had proposed combining the Big Dipper Heavenly Array with armor, and Chen Cong explained how the formation’s stars empowered different combat abilities.
• Qian Daoliu used Angel’s Blessing to restore his life force and some soul power as he prepared to face Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Xiaojun and Qian Daoliu exchanged polite challenges and rose into the air to fight.
• Chen Xiaojun struck with Gan Jiang Mo Xie and Horizontal and Vertical Swordplay, while Qian Daoliu countered with his Sacred Flame Swordplay.

Chen Xiaojun pressed Qian Daoliu with a rapid sword assault, then unleashed his newly refined Yin Yang Seven Stars Slash, combining the Gan Jiang Sword’s Power of Destruction with the Mo Xie Sword’s Power of Divine Erosion. Qian Daoliu’s wings were wounded and his Angel Shield was strained as he prepared a new soul skill.

• Chen Xiaojun used Great Serpent Turns Over and Chops Down Sword to drive Qian Daoliu backward with a rapid series of strikes.
• Chen Xiaojun knocked Qian Daoliu away with a final heavy slash, then began Yin Yang Seven Stars Slash.
• Chen Xiaojun combined the Gan Jiang Sword’s Power of Destruction and the Mo Xie Sword’s Power of Divine Erosion to strengthen his Yin and Yang attacks.
• Qian Daoliu dodged the first attacks with his Angel Wings, but Chen Xiaojun controlled the sword lights to pursue him and cut his wings.
• Qian Daoliu shielded himself with Angel Shield as the attacks battered its barrier, then activated a new soul skill.

Qian Daoliu revealed the strength of his high-age soul rings and used Angel Hymn to empower his defenses and attacks against Chen Xiaojun. Chen Xiaojun endured Qian Daoliu’s mental assault and met his Sacred Sword with a fused-sword technique, leaving their clash unresolved.

• Qian Daoliu used Angel Hymn to strengthen his attack, defense, and soul power recovery, and his ten-thousand-year Fourth Ring and other powerful soul rings alarmed the observers.
• Qian Daoliu focused Angel Roar on Chen Xiaojun, who resisted the mental attack with the Tian Quan Helmet and Chunjun Sword’s Nobility skill.
• Qian Daoliu launched his empowered Sacred Sword at Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Xiaojun fused Gan Jiang and Mo Xie, reinforced the weapon with the Yao Guang Sword art, and countered with the Life Severing Sword Drawing Technique.
• The Sacred Sword and Chen Xiaojun’s strike collided in a dazzling burst of energy, and the outcome remained uncertain.

Qian Daoliu and Chen Xiaojun traded increasingly powerful attacks, matching the Angel Judgment and Purification with Chen Xiaojun’s starlight seals. Their techniques compressed and erupted in a massive explosion, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Qian Daoliu amplified his strength with his right arm soul bone and charged the Sun Holy Sword.
• Chen Xiaojun boosted himself with Supreme Unrivaled and met Qian Daoliu’s Sun Holy Sword with the Big Dipper Heavenly Sword.
• Qian Daoliu struck Chen Xiaojun with Angel Judgment, and Chen Xiaojun countered with the Subduing Demon Seal.
• Qian Daoliu added Angel Purification to the judgment, scorching and cracking Chen Xiaojun’s starlight palm.
• Chen Xiaojun summoned a second palm with the Seven Injuries Seal and wrapped the purifying sphere in a Seven-Colored Halo that disrupted Qian Daoliu’s mind.
• Qian Daoliu used the Angel God Shield to steady himself, and the sphere and halo compressed before erupting in a vast explosion.

Chen Xiaojun’s Starlight Seven Injuries Seal collided with Qian Daoliu’s Angel Purification, triggering an unexpected explosion of immense power. Chen Xiaojun survived the shockwave with layered defenses and received starlight support from the Chen Clan, while the battle’s outcome remained unresolved.

• The chapter explained how the Chen Clan had adapted the Nine Yang Divine Sword into the Seven Injuries Seal and how Chen Xiaojun’s Starlight Seven Injuries Seal combined ice and star power.
• The Seven Injuries Seal and Angel Purification compressed, collapsed, and detonated together, creating a destructive shockwave and a mysterious rainbow light.
• Chen Xiaojun activated his Yin Yang Tortoise Shield and starlight-infused Golden Bell Shield to endure the blast, but both defenses were badly damaged and he was injured.
• Chen Yanwu called for the Chen Clan’s nine members to release starlight, and their beams helped repair Chen Xiaojun’s armor, replenish his Soul Power, and steady him.

Qian Daoliu recovered from Chen Xiaojun’s attack and unleashed an enhanced Fire Phoenix Array, forcing Chen Xiaojun’s Yin Yang Dao Domain and Xuanwu into a defensive struggle. Chen Xiaojun combined his earth and water soul skills to reinforce and regenerate Xuanwu, which came alive with a spirit-like black-and-white light.

• Qian Daoliu used Angel Hymn and Angel’s Blessing to recover his Soul Power and heal his injuries after being blasted back.
• Qian Daoliu praised Chen Xiaojun’s strength, then warned that their next exchange would be even more dangerous.
• Qian Daoliu summoned seven stronger fire phoenixes with his Angel Domain—Fire Phoenix Array and sent them against Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Xiaojun formed his Yin Yang Dao Domain and manifested Xuanwu, but the fire phoenixes began to wear down its defenses.
• Chen Xiaojun combined Spirit Earth Body Sculpting and Spirit Abyss Water Waterfall to armor and replenish Xuanwu.
• A black-and-white spirit-like light fused with Xuanwu, bringing it to life as it roared and displayed renewed power.

Chen Xiaojun discovered that the Spirit Abyss Black Tortoise’s preserved Soul Imprint had shaped and empowered his External Soul Bone, then used their combined Black Tortoise form to battle Qian Daoliu’s fire phoenixes. Qian Daoliu greatly amplified his Angel Martial Soul, making the remaining five phoenixes grow larger and more powerful as the clash continued.

• Chen Xiaojun discovered that the Spirit Abyss Black Tortoise’s Mental Power had formed a Soul Imprint attached to his External Soul Bone.
• Chen Xiaojun’s Black Tortoise form unleashed waterfalls against the seven fire phoenixes and defeated two of them.
• Qian Daoliu activated his Left Arm Bone Soul Skill to increase his attack power, empowering the five remaining fire phoenixes.
• Chen Xiaojun used the Tian Shu Armor and Yin Yang Power to strengthen the Black Tortoise’s defenses and absorb the phoenixes’ flames.
• Qian Daoliu activated Angel Avatar, expanded his Angel Domain, and empowered the five fire phoenixes until they became red-gold and over one hundred meters tall.

Chen Xiaojun strengthened Spirit Abyss Black Tortoise against Qian Daoliu’s Fire Phoenix Array by combining True Water, Heavenly Flame, and the power of the Big Dipper Heavenly Array. The North Star Ziwei Great Emperor descended, leaving the two colossal beasts poised to face each other.

• Five Fire Phoenixes attacked Spirit Abyss Black Tortoise with torrents of flame, and Chen Xiaojun used the Yin Yang Dao Domain to repair its Taiji Diagram.
• Chen Xiaojun returned Gan Jiang Sword and Mo Xie Sword to Spirit Abyss Black Tortoise, but the fire rain continued to crack its shell.
• Chen Xiaojun summoned Black Tortoise True Water and Sea Heart Flame, which settled into the Taiji Diagram’s fish eyes and enlarged Spirit Abyss Black Tortoise.
• Qian Daoliu fused the five Fire Phoenixes into a colossal Five-Headed Fire Phoenix.
• Chen Xiaojun invoked Big Dipper Blessing, Ziwei Emperor’s Descent, and a purple, star-wreathed phantom appeared above the battlefield.
• The phantom empowered Spirit Abyss Black Tortoise until it rivaled the Five-Headed Fire Phoenix, and Chen Xiaojun identified the divine being as the North Star Ziwei Great Emperor.

Chen Xiaojun explained why he had imagined the North Star Ziwei Great Emperor as Da Siming, then faced Qian Daoliu in a battle that reached terrifying levels of power. Qian Daoliu called off the fight after deciding their summoned beasts and domains were evenly matched, and Chen Xiaojun thanked him for the valuable experience.

• Chen Xiaojun told Qian Daoliu that the Ziwei Great Emperor was an imagined form, then reflected on the ancient myths and beliefs behind Siming and his choice to depict the Star Sovereign.
• Chen Xiaojun connected the Big Dipper’s rule over death with Da Siming and the Southern Dipper’s rule over birth with Shao Siming, while avoiding the names Taiyi and Haotian God out of fear of offending greater deities.
• The spectators and Titled Douluo watched in shock as Chen Xiaojun’s Yin Yang Black Tortoise and Qian Daoliu’s Five-Headed Fire Phoenix faced off with overwhelming power.
• Qian Daoliu dismissed his Five-Headed Fire Phoenix and Angel Domain, then Chen Xiaojun withdrew his Spirit Abyss Black Tortoise and Yin Yang Dao Domain.
• Qian Daoliu stopped the fight because neither fighter could overcome the other without risking a deadly battle, and Chen Xiaojun thanked him for showing mercy and giving him valuable experience.

Qian Daoliu analyzed Chen Xiaojun’s strength and hidden abilities, then ordered the Pope’s Hall to investigate him and the Chen Family. He suspected the mysterious Da Siming phantom might be a god connected to Chen Xiaojun, but the truth remained unknown.

• Qian Daoliu studied Chen Xiaojun’s entry in the Genius List and reasoned that his physique, age, soul rings, and possible soul bones made him far stronger than he had shown in battle.
• Qian Daoliu concluded that Chen Xiaojun had withheld many trump cards and questioned the nature and age of his Fourth Soul Ring.
• Qian Daoliu ordered Bei Ming Xinghai and Luo Tian to investigate Chen Xiaojun and create long-term files on the Chen Family and its followers.
• Qian Daoliu praised Chen Xiaojun as a genius comparable to himself and wondered how far his cultivation might advance.
• Qian Daoliu told the others that Chen Xiaojun had called the phantom the North Star Ziwei Great Emperor, also known as Da Siming, and wondered whether it signified a god’s inheritance.