Chapter Summaries

After Chen Xiaojun and Qian Daoliu ended their clash in a stalemate, the spectators and elders assessed the battle and Chen Xiaojun’s abilities. While recovering, Chen Xiaojun discussed his combat system and Daoist cultivation with Chen Cong, leaving his future Nethersea Seven Kill Sword skill undecided until after his fifth soul skill was settled.

• The spectators discussed the Big Dipper Heavenly Array’s Titled-level power and predicted that Chen Xiaojun, Qian Daoliu, and the Chen family youths would rise in the rankings.
• Chen Yu and the elders praised Chen Xiaojun’s techniques, while Fang Yuan asked about the purple qi and starlight surrounding him and Chen Yu called it body-shaping amplification.
• Tang Chen recognized that Chen Xiaojun’s level, battle experience, techniques, and control put him ahead, and resolved to keep working toward the other geniuses’ level.
• Chen Xiaojun returned with the Chen Family Nine Stars to recover, then told Chen Cong that using the Seven Injuries Seal had slightly damaged his meridians and that his Dao domain remained untested against a true domain.
• Chen Xiaojun analyzed his Gan Jiang Mo Xie swords, Black Tortoise abilities, and combat system, then explained Daoist cultivation, yin and yang, and the relationship between cultivation and soul master advancement to Chen Cong.
• Chen Xiaojun discussed the Black Tortoise True Water and Sea Heart Flame, said he would balance their yin qualities with a yang-aligned future soul ring, and postponed choosing a group-attack skill for his Nethersea Seven Kill Sword until after securing his fifth soul skill.

Chen Xiaojun discussed his Fifth Soul Ring options and the evolution of his swords with Chen Cong, then revealed his Master’s vision of a future in which the Chen family was nearly wiped out. He explained that events had already changed and urged the clan to prepare for upheaval by gathering strength and shaping its own destiny.

• Chen Cong showed Chen Xiaojun rare soul beasts for his Fifth Soul Ring, and Chen Xiaojun favored the Star Dragon Azure Lotus while agreeing to temper his cultivation before reaching level 50.
• Chen Xiaojun discovered that the Fish Intestine Sword had gained the Nether Attribute, improved sharpness, and a tracking passive skill called See Blood, and he told Chen Cong that Gan Jiang Mo Xie and Seven Stars Long Yuan had stronger, distinctive powers.
• Chen Xiaojun analyzed Qian Daoliu’s aptitude and Soul Rings with Chen Cong, then explained that his Master had foreseen Qian Daoliu, Xi Xi, and Tang Chen becoming Peerless Douluo.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed that the vision showed the Chen family nearly extinct, with only his brother’s son surviving, and said the Wolf Bandits’ attack on the village had been a turning point that changed the future.
• Chen Xiaojun told Chen Cong that the vision also showed major changes across the continent and the disappearance of many sects, then said the coming era would bring upheaval and that the clan had to fight for destiny.
• Chen Xiaojun said he wanted to prepare the Chen family for the coming changes and named Yanwu as the younger generation’s strongest leader after himself.

Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong discussed Qian Daoliu’s hidden strength, the Angel inheritance, and the Soul Master world’s methods for passing down and extracting soul bones. They then weighed the risks of unveiling the Ziwei Great Emperor and Big Dipper Seven Stars, and Chen Xiaojun decided to let the news spread gradually while he planned their next moves.

• Chen Xiaojun asked Chen Cong about Qian Daoliu’s hidden Fourth Ring and soul bones, and Chen Cong concluded that Qian Daoliu had not begun the Angel God Test and was likely preparing for it.
• Chen Cong explained how Angel inheritors timed their god tests, why they delayed absorbing their soul bones, and how Angel Soul Bones could be amplified and passed between qualified inheritors.
• Chen Cong revealed that powerful clans, including Chen Clan, had their own Bone Extraction Secret Techniques, and hinted that the Angel Soul Bone set included more than six pieces because there were two Angel Gods.
• Chen Cong questioned why Chen Xiaojun had introduced the Ziwei Great Emperor so quickly, and Chen Xiaojun said the Coming Out Feast and Qian Daoliu’s identity provided an opportunity that might not come again.
• Chen Xiaojun promised to manage their next moves carefully and let the renown of the Ziwei Great Emperor and Big Dipper Seven Stars spread gradually, then said they should let the shells fly for a while.

After the Chen Clan’s duel with Qian Daoliu ended in a draw, Chen Yu and Xue Churan announced annual competitions and Chang’an Happy Week, showcasing Chen Xiaojun’s plans for the city and the clan. That night, Chen Jianjun resolved to cultivate the Big Dipper Grand Technique and pursue a new lightning-body tempering method, while Chen Xiaojun’s maternal cousin-uncle Xia Changyuan arrived with gifts.

• Chief Judge Zhu Yanfeng declared the Chen Clan’s Big Dipper Heavenly Array and Qian Daoliu’s duel a draw, and Chen Yu announced annual challenge matches and auctions.
• Xue Churan unveiled Chang’an Happy Week, including a Mid-Autumn celebration, cultural events, and the planned Chang’an Furong Garden.
• Chen Xiaojun teased Chen Jianjun about romance before the brothers shared wine and discussed their ambitions.
• Chen Jianjun told Chen Xiaojun he planned to cultivate the Big Dipper Grand Technique and combine it with the Nine Yang Divine Skill and Six Treasures Immortal Thief to develop a new way to temper his body with lightning.
• Chen Jianjun offered to handle Tang Chen for Chen Xiaojun, then Chen Zhang brought Xia Changyuan, who introduced himself as their grandmother’s nephew and presented gifts for the brothers and Xiao Feng.

Mu Lingyun reported the Coming Out Feast’s huge revenue, and Chen Xiaojun outlined how the Chen Clan would invest it and settle contribution points. At a private meeting, Bo Xian'er accused Poseidon of betraying the Bo Family, while Chen Xiaojun revealed a future deduction that ended with Chen Xun and Chen Xiaojun’s brother meeting grim fates.

• Mu Lingyun announced that the Coming Out Feast had generated 135.58 million in sales and agency payments, with 35.89 million still on credit.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed settling each family’s contribution points and investing the funds in market expansion, new opportunities, and the Spirit Research Department, while Chen Yu promised more plans at the next Great Soul Festival.
• Chen Zixiu told the inner circle that he and Bo Xian'er had seen Qian Chongling, and the group suspected the Mystic Night Pavilion or Plant Guild had helped orchestrate the Beast Tide scheme.
• Chen Yu said the Noble Hope Spirit Flower had helped Ning Rui Ting advance to level 80 and gain the Eight Treasure Exquisite Pagoda, while Chen Hong agreed to continue his Guardian Douluo duties and cooperate with the Ning Family.
• Chen Xiaojun recounted his Master's future deduction, and Bo Xian'er accused Poseidon of betraying the Bo Family by breaking their agreement, passing the Sea God position to an outsider, and causing Bo Saixi's death.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed that the deduction showed Chen Xun disappearing after challenging Tang Chen and his brother dying after challenging Qian Daoliu, both at level 98.

The Chen Clan considered the coming calamities and used Chen Xiaojun’s extrapolated memories to question what had happened to their families and other major forces. Chen Xiaojun explained that Tang San was likely a transmigrator aided by gods, and the chapter ended with him suggesting the gods might be seeking the world’s origin.

• Chen Zixiu urged Chen Xun to prepare to take his immortal herb, while Chen Cong warned that the Crimson Church and coming calamities threatened Chen Lin Village.
• Chen Yu and Chen Cong proposed that the Chen Clan and other forces might have survived the events in Chen Xiaojun’s extrapolated memories by hiding, withdrawing, or supporting opposing sides.
• Chen Cong connected Zhao Wuji and Flender to the Zhao and Fei families, suggesting that the Twelve Families and Soul Fighting City might still exist.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that Tang San was likely a transmigrator whose past-life memories and cultivation method had been preserved, possibly through divine interference.
• Chen Xiaojun and Bo Xian'er discussed the Sea God’s interventions and limited divine sense, and Chen Xiaojun suggested the gods might be seeking the world’s origin.

Chen Xiaojun and the Chen Clan discussed how gods might be conspiring to seize their world’s World Origin and examined the Sea God’s hidden role in past events. Chen Zixiu took Chen Xiaojun’s Daoist cultivation advice to heart and suddenly sublimated his Void Sword Intent, gaining a clearer direction toward becoming a Peerless Douluo.

• Chen Xiaojun explained that taking a World Origin could devastate a world, and the family suspected Tang San and several gods of conspiring to exploit their home world.
• Bo Xian'er described how the Sea God had refused to aid Sea God Island during its territorial losses and revealed that his divine sense was attached to the Golden Trident.
• Chen Xiaojun suggested that the Sea God might have hidden multiple wisps of divine sense in the Golden Trident, prompting Bo Xian'er to question whether his actions had been planned in advance.
• Chen Cong urged Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er to advance their cultivation, then Chen Xiaojun shared the Daoist cultivation principles of Shattering the Void, going with the flow, and following one's heart.
• Chen Zixiu experienced sudden enlightenment, sublimated his Void Sword Intent, and said he had gained a direction toward the Peerless realm rather than a complete breakthrough.

Chen Zixiu began fusing his Void Sword Intent, while Ma Zhibin fought to reserve Purple Ganoderma for his son. Elsewhere, a sinister clan head ordered surveillance of the Chen Family, and Zhou Tianshu and Zhou Yingdong learned that Shi Shouyu’s Time Reversal could not reveal what had killed the assassins, leaving them to consider whether the Chen Clan had godlike power.

• Chen Zixiu made his first preliminary fusion with Void Sword Intent, and Ma Tianyang and Ma Zhibin mistook the sword light for a new Chen Family technique.
• Ma Zhibin refused to surrender his Purple Ganoderma to the clan treasury, arguing that three stalks might improve his son Ma Liangcai’s aptitude.
• After reading intelligence about the Chen Family, a sinister old clan head ordered Yan Jiu to intensify surveillance and obtain details about the Big Dipper Heavenly Array.
• The clan head learned that his spies had been killed, suspected a leak within his ranks, and ordered further tracking of Qian Daoliu while wondering whether the news was a trap.
• Zhou Tianshu told Zhou Yingdong and Shi Shouyu that Chen Hong had exposed his identity and warned him about their treatment of the Chen Family.
• Shi Shouyu revealed that Time Reversal showed nothing about the killings and described two flashes that killed Soul Sages and Soul Douluo, prompting Zhou Yingdong to suspect godlike power and ask whether he should still visit the Chen Clan.

The Heaven Dou Academy delegation left Chang’an after the Genius List highlighted the Chen Family’s rising young swordsmen, while Chen Xiaojun’s harsh lesson transformed Ma Liang’s attitude. Soon afterward, Zhong Chunhua and his clansmen were killed in an ambush, prompting the Chen Family and other powers to investigate as Chen Yu feared the murder marked the start of a wider storm.

• The new Genius List raised Chen Xiaojun and several members of the Chen Family Seven Stars Sword, while other young talents also gained recognition.
• Tang Chen, Tang Xiao, and the Heaven Dou Academy delegation departed Chang’an, and Ling Xinyao exchanged farewells and gifts with Chen Yanwu and Zhu Wuxin.
• Chen Xun and Ma Zhibin shared wine, and Ma Liang arrived subdued after Chen Xiaojun had kept him buried in a box for three days; Ma Liang resolved to live up to his name.
• Zhong Chunhua and his Zhong Family clansmen were reported killed in an ambush while returning through the Balak Kingdom, and the Zhong Family, Medical Alliance, and local powers began pursuing the culprit.
• Chen Yu ordered condolences for the Zhong Family, stronger ties with the Hua Family, and an investigation into the killers, while warning Chen Xun that the attack might be only the beginning.

In Year 2539, Chen Xiaojun returned to Chang'an Academy after leading its students to victory in the Soul Master Theory Grand Prix, and he reviewed the Chen Clan’s growing business and public ventures. He ended by ordering the Ning Family to surrender its Ice and Fire Dual Heavens agency in Silves Kingdom in exchange for a ten-year contract covering the Heaven Dou Empire’s Central District.

• Chang'an Academy students welcomed Chen Xiaojun home after he won gold in the Soul Master Theory Grand Prix, and Old Man Ku Rong arranged a celebration banquet.
• Chen Xiaojun, Su Ningxia, Zhu Wuneng, and Du Gu Fu rested in their courtyard before Su Ningxia summarized the Chen Clan’s annual revenue, spending, research, and charitable work.
• The chapter recounted how Chang'an Happy Week and the Chen Clan’s Youth Elite Challenge had grown into major commercial and cultural events across the continent.
• Su Ningxia told Chen Xiaojun that the Ning Family wanted to renew its Ice and Fire Dual Heavens agency rights in Silves Kingdom, while Du Gu Fu confirmed that his family’s local channels were ready.
• Chen Xiaojun rejected renewal and instructed Su Ningxia to offer the Ning Family a ten-year agency contract for the Heaven Dou Empire’s Central District, backed by a promise that the Chen Clan would stay out of that market for a century.

Chen Xiaojun returned to managing the Chen Clan’s affairs and was pestered by his friends and family for story updates before learning about the latest Genius List. At Chang’an Academy, he proposed using reserve students in the provincial preliminaries of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition, and the academy approved the plan and began preparing the team.

• Su Ningxia briefed Chen Xiaojun on heat-pump agency requests, Finance Academy graduates, product promotions, and visitors who had sought meetings while he was away.
• Chen Mu, Chen Bin, Chen Shurui, and others urged Chen Xiaojun to update his popular story, including relaying Bo Xian'er's request to make the Holy Maiden gentler.
• Chen Mu showed Chen Xiaojun the new Genius List, where Chen Mu had risen to thirty-second, and asked him to lead Chen Bin, Chen Shurui, and Zhu Wuneng on a soul-beast hunt.
• Chen Cong and the academy’s senior staff asked Chen Xiaojun for his views on the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed that reserve team members compete in the provincial preliminaries while He Qiang and the senior team conserved their strength, and the academy accepted the arrangement.
• Chen Cong assigned Li Jinghua and Zhang Ci to organize the reserve team and ordered special training for the main team, including formation drills and simulated combat.

Chen Xiaojun used the system’s Balance Creation card to stabilize Xiao Yi and himself after the Yin Yang Two-Life Flower’s power went out of control, triggering major transformations in both of them. The crisis ended with Xiao Yi gaining new abilities and a second martial soul, while a mysterious light entered Chen Xiaojun’s Upper Soul Nest.

• Chen Xiaojun helped Xiao Yi consume the Yin Yang Two-Life Flower, but its power surged out of control and injured them both as Shao Siming’s phantom released energy.
• Chen Yu, Chen Cong, Old Green, Old Heaven, and Qing Xing joined forces to protect the cave and buy Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun time.
• Chen Xiaojun activated his Balance Creation card, whose black-and-white aura sealed the raging energies and guided transformations in both their bodies.
• Xiao Yi advanced her Big Dipper technique, fused her life-force methods, gained the Five Elements Life Dharma Robe, and absorbed the Void Divine Vine as her second martial soul, which became the Time-Space Divine Vine.
• Chen Xiaojun gained a Yin Yang Dharma Robe and a mysterious light associated with Shao Siming, while both he and Xiao Yi stabilized.
• Chen Xiaojun later learned from the Artifact Spirit that the Balance Creation card was his Fifth Soul Ring’s non-fixed reward and that Creation Energy drew on cosmic void energy, fortune, and a trace of World Origin.

Chen Xiaojun awakened a self-comprehended Yin Yang Domain, then learned that the Void Divine Vine had once been a branch severed from the Willow God and recognized it as the source of Xiao Yi’s second martial soul. After recovering, he secured permission to join a soul-beast hunt and proposed a political strategy to protect Xue Churan’s influence in Chang’an City.

• Chen Xiaojun opened his Upper Soul Nest, comprehended the Yin Yang Domain, and collapsed when a surge of Mental Power damaged its wall.
• Qing Xing confirmed that Xiao Yi needed months to recover and that Chen Xiaojun had to avoid domain use while his Upper Soul Nest healed.
• Covering Moon revealed that the Void Divine Vine had grown from a Willow Branch she once severed, and Chen Xiaojun recognized it as the Willow God.
• Chen Cong allowed Chen Xiaojun to join a soul-beast hunt and told him that the Crimson Church had targeted the Medical Alliance in the past.
• Chen Xiaojun suggested that Xue Churan accept the governor’s post and move the Governor’s Office to Chang’an City, and Chen Cong decided to sound out her attitude.

Chen Xiaojun visited Chang'an Academy, where students chased him across campus before he reunited with Ma Liang and Ma Wencai, who were joining the academy’s soul-hunting expedition. Elsewhere, Chen Shihua warned the Hua Family about the Crimson Church, shared plans for the clan celebration, and named Hua Qian a Tianhui Star of the Chen Clan.

• Chen Xiaojun admired the students’ youthful romances, then used Spiral Nine Shadows to escape a crowd of girls pursuing him.
• Chen Xiaojun returned to his Small Courtyard and learned that Ma Liang had reached level 40 and Ma Wencai had reached level 30, so both would join the soul hunt.
• Chen Shihua told Hua Xiansheng and Hua Wenang that the Crimson Church had murdered Chunhua and was targeting the Medical Alliance and the Zhong Family.
• Chen Shihua said the Great Soul Festival would be held every five years alongside the Clan Celebration and raised the issue of an ambush against the main bloodline more than fifty years earlier.
• Chen Shihua gave Hua Xiansheng a Tiangang Token for Hua Wenang’s daughter Hua Qian and formally named her Tianhui Star of the Chen Clan’s Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars.

Chen Xiaojun’s team hunted a pair of Blazing Winged Spirit Luans, defeated them, and began absorbing their soul rings. As Zhu Wuneng and Ma Liang remained vulnerable during absorption, the parents of the slain luans arrived, and Chen Shurui and Chen Bin moved to intercept one of the powerful attackers.

• Chen Shurui, Chen Bin, Zhu Wuneng, Gao Cuilan, Su Ningxia, and Ma Liang coordinated their attacks and killed the adult Blazing Winged Spirit Luans while Chen Mu, Du Gu Fu, and Ma Wencai contained two younger ones inside the cave.
• Zhu Wuneng and Ma Liang began absorbing the adults’ roughly seven-thousand-year soul rings, while Ma Wencai prepared to absorb a younger luan’s roughly fifteen-hundred-year ring.
• Chen Xiaojun and Zhang Ci watched over the group as Ma Wencai, Chen Bin, and Chen Shurui secured their soul rings, leaving Zhu Wuneng and Ma Liang still absorbing theirs.
• Two Blazing Winged Spirit Luans with cultivation of roughly twenty to thirty thousand years approached, and Zhang Ci charged to hold one off while the others protected the cave.
• Chen Shurui and Chen Bin summoned sword wheels and sent a net of sword qi toward the furious Flame-Feather Male Luan.

Chen Xiaojun and the others killed the two Blazing Winged Spirit Luan after Ma Liang and Zhu Wuneng absorbed their Soul Rings, and Chen Xiaojun found a matched pair of 30,000-year soul bones. Ma Liang accepted the bones and gave them to Ma Wencai, who had absorbed a 1,500-year Third Soul Ring and was eager to grow stronger.

• Ma Wencai absorbed the 1,500-year Blazing Winged Spirit Luan Soul Ring after Chen Xiaojun encouraged him to endure the challenge.
• The Flame-Feather Male Luan attacked the group, but Chen Xiaojun, Su Ningxia, Du Gu Fu, Chen Mu, Chen Bin, and Chen Shurui fought it and killed it when it tried to self-destruct.
• Chen Xiaojun found a crimson soul bone in each Blazing Winged Spirit Luan corpse and explained that the paired bones were linked.
• Zhu Wuneng and Ma Liang completed their Soul Ring absorption, and Ma Wencai emerged from the cave with his new Third Soul Ring.
• Chen Xiaojun offered the two soul bones to the group, and Ma Liang accepted them before giving both to Ma Wencai because they suited him and would help him grow stronger.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions rested in a cave, where an earthquake exposed valuable Spirit Marrow Stones. He then persuaded Zhang Ci to sponsor a proposal for a mountain stronghold that would give senior students more practical combat training, leaving Zhang Ci ready to revise and submit it to the academy.

• Zhang Ci allowed the group to barbecue Blazing Winged Spirit Luans in the cave, and Chen Mu returned from scouting without finding danger nearby.
• Zhang Ci warned Chen Xiaojun that their route neared the soul beasts' core region and outlined the dangers ahead toward White Dew Mountain.
• An earthquake opened a crack in the cave, and Ma Liang found Spirit Marrow Stones that the group mined and stored for the academy.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed turning the cave into a forward stronghold where senior students could train, explore resources, and support the Mountain Patrol Division.
• Chen Xiaojun gave Zhang Ci a detailed plan and persuaded him to present it; Zhang Ci agreed to revise it and submit it to his master.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions survived a Black Fiend Bee swarm and several other soul beast attacks while crossing the forest toward White Dew Mountain. They reached the mountain after six exhausting days, while Chen Xiaojun’s Upper Soul Nest damage worsened from overusing his Mental Power.

• Chen Xiaojun’s group trapped the fleeing One-Horned Black Bear long enough for the Black Fiend Bees to kill it, then fled as the swarm pursued them.
• When Zhu Wuneng became stuck in a swamp, Du Gu Fu, Chen Xiaojun, and the others fought off the bees while Su Ningxia and Zhang Ci pulled him free.
• Chen Xiaojun carried most of the group away on his Star Dragon Azure Lotus Platform as Zhang Ci and Ma Liang covered their escape, and the swarm eventually broke off its pursuit.
• After the group resumed its journey, Chen Xiaojun explained that the lotus platform came from his Right Leg Bone, while pain from his damaged Upper Soul Nest intensified.
• The group fought off a flock of flying soul beasts on a cliff and endured further attacks along the route before reaching White Dew Mountain on the sixth day.

Chen Xiaojun used the Aromatic Silk Beauty to lure the Blazing Light Guardian Beasts away while Zhang Ci’s group attacked the Shadow Scale Armor Beasts. After a fierce battle, the group fled with the enraged beasts pursuing them, leaving the plan to bring the rival packs together underway.

• Chen Xiaojun and the others discovered that the Blazing Light Guardian Beasts lived in an unusually large pack and decided to search for Shadow Scale Armor Beasts and a way to lure both enemies together.
• Chen Xiaojun used Life Water to intensify the Aromatic Silk Beauty’s scent, then led the Blazing Light Guardian Beasts out of their valley on the Azure Lotus Platform.
• Zhang Ci led Chen Mu, Chen Bin, Chen Shurui, and Ma Liang into Shadow Scale Armor Beast territory, where they encountered a powerful leader and its pack.
• Zhang Ci, Chen Bin, Chen Shurui, Chen Mu, and Ma Liang fought the Shadow Scale Armor Beasts, killing several weaker beasts and drawing the leader’s fury.
• Zhang Ci and Ma Liang carried the others away from the battle, and the enraged Shadow Scale Armor Beasts pursued them through the forest.

Zhang Ci and his companions fought through the forest toward their destination while Chen Xiaojun faced a fierce pursuit from Blazing Light Guardian Beasts and a Wind Shadow Peng. After escaping into Du Gu Fu’s poison formation, Chen Xiaojun began recovering as Du Gu Fu unleashed a stronger poison cloud against the beasts.

• Zhang Ci led Chen Bin and Chen Shurui through the forest while the Shadow Scale Armor Beasts pursued them, and Chen Mu warned that the beasts were concentrating their attacks on Zhang Ci’s side.
• A Wind Shadow Peng ambushed Chen Xiaojun as the Blazing Light Guardian Beasts attacked; Chen Xiaojun repelled them with the Starlight Sword Dragon and fled on his Star Dragon Lotus Platform.
• Chen Xiaojun used his swords and soul skills to kill the Wind Shadow Peng, then slowed the pursuing herd with Spirit Abyss Water Waterfall and restored his Soul Power with the Seven Stars Long Yuan Sword.
• Chen Xiaojun reached Du Gu Fu’s poisonous fog formation, collapsed from exhaustion, and asked Du Gu Fu to hold off the pursuing beasts while he recovered.
• The Blazing Light Guardian Beasts used Light of Purification to disperse the fog, but Du Gu Fu countered with Poison Cloud Palm—Poison Mist Wildfire, restoring and intensifying the poison mist.