Chapter Summaries

Du Gu Fu’s poison formation shielded Chen Mu and the others as the Blazing Light Guardian Beasts and Shadow Scale Armor Beasts began a devastating battle. Both clans’ shared energy forms collapsed, and as their close-quarters fighting left heavy casualties, a powerful unknown aura appeared on the battlefield.

• Du Gu Fu’s poison fog was held back by the Blazing Light Guardian Beasts’ united light, while Zhang Ci and his group arrived and the Shadow Scale Armor Beasts halted nearby.
• Chen Mu and the others regrouped behind Du Gu Fu’s poison formation, discussed the danger and waited to see whether the rival clans would fight.
• The Shadow Scale Armor Beasts and Blazing Light Guardian Beasts formed their respective energy bodies and clashed in the air.
• Du Gu Fu shrank the poison formation when a powerful shockwave swept toward the group.
• Both energy bodies eventually broke apart, and the two clans launched into brutal close combat with mounting casualties.
• As the exhausted clans continued fighting, a powerful aura belonging to neither side appeared on the battlefield.

Chen Xiaojun’s team attacked the two weakened beast tribes while they fought the Azure Scaled Serpent, then sent Ma Liang and Zhang Ci to raid the Blazing Light Guardian Beasts’ valley. After the battle, Chen Xiaojun began absorbing the Shadow Guardian Beast leader’s Soul Ring for his Nethersea Seven Kill Sword.

• Chen Xiaojun decided the team should strike before the beast tribes could retreat, and the Azure Scaled Serpent attacked both tribes with poisonous acid rain and whips.
• The two tribes joined forces against the serpent, giving Chen Xiaojun’s team a chance to target their wounded Beast King Level fighters.
• Chen Xiaojun’s team defeated its targets, and Chen Shurui and Chen Bin went to absorb their chosen Soul Rings.
• Chen Xiaojun sent Ma Liang and Zhang Ci to the Blazing Light Guardian Beast valley, where Ningxia and Cuilan were already waiting, to search the lair for spoils.
• After learning that Du Gu Fu had exhausted his poison reserves, Zhu Wuneng noticed Chen Xiaojun preparing to absorb the Shadow Guardian Beast leader’s Soul Ring.
• Chen Xiaojun began merging the roughly forty-five-thousand-year Soul Ring into his Nethersea Seven Kill Sword.

Chen Xiaojun defeated the Shadow Scale Armor Beast’s spirit in his Upper Soul Nest, using his divine sword spirits and Nethersea Seven Kill Sword to strengthen his mind and repair part of the Heavenly Scar. As his companions collected soul-beast corpses, a greedy black-robed stranger appeared and challenged their right to the spoils.

• Du Gu Fu and Zhu Wuneng questioned Chen Mu about Chen Xiaojun absorbing a soul ring before reaching level 60, and Chen Mu explained that Chen Xiaojun possessed a second martial soul, the Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Xiaojun used Divine Sword Spirit Transformation to have five spirit beasts surround and weaken the Shadow Scale Armor Beast, then destroyed it with the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword’s Final Judgment.
• The Shadow Scale Armor Beast’s mental energy repaired part of the Heavenly Scar and expanded Chen Xiaojun’s Mental Sea of Consciousness.
• Zhang Ci and Su Ningxia cleared the Blazing Light Guardian Beasts in Blazing Light Valley, then headed toward their cave while Ma Liang and Gao Cuilan collected the corpses.
• Chen Mu, Zhu Wuneng, Du Gu Fu, and Ma Wencai searched the battlefield for valuable materials until a black-robed man appeared and claimed he might take a share of their spoils.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Mu and the black-robed Soul Emperor engage in a battle.
• Du Gu Fu faces off against a Wolf-type Soul King.
• Zhu Wuneng uses his Six Ding Divine Fire to reveal and combat a Fox-type Soul Emperor hiding with illusionary clones.
• Chen Xiaojun and the others continue absorbing their soul rings.

Character Developments

• Chen Mu demonstrates his strength and calm demeanor against the black-robed Soul Emperor.
• Du Gu Fu shows his strategic thinking and combat skills against the Wolf-type Soul King.
• Zhu Wuneng showcases his intelligence and powerful soul skills, particularly his Six Ding Divine Fire, in dealing with the Fox-type Soul Emperor.
• Chen Xiaojun and the others continue their soul ring absorption, showing their dedication and focus.

Significant Themes

• Strength and power: Characters demonstrate their abilities and combat skills.
• Intelligence and strategy: Characters use their wits and planning to outmaneuver their opponents.
• Teamwork: Characters work together to protect each other and overcome challenges.

Character Interactions

• Chen Mu and the black-robed Soul Emperor engage in a tense battle, showcasing their skills and pride.
• Du Gu Fu and the Wolf-type Soul King clash, revealing Du Gu Fu's adaptability and resourcefulness.
• Zhu Wuneng and the Fox-type Soul Emperor face off, highlighting Zhu Wuneng's intelligence and powerful soul skills.
• Chen Xiaojun and the others continue their soul ring absorption, supported by their companions' protection.

Ma Wencai and Zhu Wuneng killed the fox Soul Master, while Chen Mu defeated the black-robed Thunder Tiger Soul Master with his newly comprehended fifteenth sword. The last wolf-type Soul Master tried to flee but was cornered by Du Gu Fu, Chen Bin, and Chen Shurui.

• Ma Wencai used Sunlight Dawn Strike in coordination with Zhu Wuneng's Six Ding Divine Fire to break the fox Soul Master's shield and kill him.
• Zhu Wuneng left Ma Wencai to guard the young masters and went to help the others.
• Chen Mu countered the black-robed man's Thunderstorm Fist with Seven Kill Extinction, then unleashed Solitary Peak Fifteen Swords—Sunless and Dark to pierce his heart.
• The wolf-type Soul Master fled as Du Gu Fu and Zhu Wuneng attacked, but Du Gu Fu's Golden Centipede Thousand Split Thrust failed to stop him.
• Chen Bin and Chen Shurui appeared in front of the fleeing wolf-type Soul Master and blocked his escape.

After the group escaped the battle, Chen Mu’s injuries and their dwindling Soul Power forced them to shelter from a storm and recover. They counted their spoils and distributed the soul bones, with Zhang Ci accepting a Wind Shadow Peng leg bone and Chen Bin agreeing to take a leader’s soul bone after learning Chen Xiaojun already had a Left Arm Bone from a seventy-thousand-year Calamity Fish.

• Chen Mu coughed up blood after killing a Soul Emperor, and the group realized his damaged meridians had worsened and their Soul Power was nearly exhausted.
• The group gathered in a secluded cave during a heavy storm, rested, and ate meat from the defeated soul beasts.
• Chen Bin revealed the soul bones they had collected, including two leader soul bones, while Zhang Ci presented Chen Xiaojun with a Wind Shadow Peng leg bone cultivated for twenty thousand years.
• Chen Xiaojun offered the Wind Shadow Peng soul bone to Zhang Ci, who accepted it after the group insisted he deserved a share of their spoils.
• Chen Xiaojun offered the Shadow Scale Armor Beast soul bone to Chen Bin and explained that he already had a Left Arm Bone from a seventy-thousand-year Calamity Fish, so Chen Bin accepted it.

After the battle, Chen Xiaojun and his companions sorted through treasures recovered from the Blazing Light Guardian Beast’s lair, distributing some and planning to cultivate others. They shared drops of the rare Light and Darkness Intertwined Dew and considered searching the Shadow Scale Armor Beasts’ base after the rain.

• Chen Xiaojun arranged for the remaining soul bones and spoils of war to be exchanged for clan points and gold coins for the group.
• Su Ningxia revealed Spirit Light Grass, and Chen Xiaojun divided it between Ma Wencai and Gao Cuilan while asking Zhang Ci to pass a suitable soul bone to Zilian.
• Chen Xiaojun kept several stalks of Spirit Light Grass to try cultivating, and the group gave him Soul Rune Jade to help with his damaged Mental Power.
• Su Ningxia presented the Light and Darkness Intertwined Dew and its black-and-white spirit herb; Chen Xiaojun planned to cultivate the plant and said the dew might benefit Old Seven and Old Eight.
• Chen Xiaojun decided not to search the Shadow Scale Armor Beasts’ base in the heavy rain and gave everyone a drop of the spiritual liquid to keep or use.

After defeating three ambushers, Chen Xiaojun’s group found a Wolf Fang Token linking them to the Gale Wolf Bandit and decided to investigate while remaining on guard. They shared a meal and wine in a cave, where Gao Cuilan finally sang “Green Plum Guide” for the group.

• Zhu Wuneng and Du Gu Fu displayed the treasures taken from the three defeated soul masters, and Chen Xiaojun found a cultivation manual called “Thunder Technique.”
• Chen Xiaojun identified a gold-inlaid Wolf Fang Token as a sign of a Wolf Bandit King and agreed with Chen Mu to pass it to Sword Shadow Hall after they returned.
• Chen Xiaojun cooked several dog-meat dishes and garlic spare ribs, and the group enjoyed the meal together.
• The group opened jars of Fifth Grade Purple Ganoderma Wine and encouraged Gao Cuilan to sing “Green Plum Guide.”
• Gao Cuilan overcame her shyness and sang as the group listened, captivated by her voice.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions fought to survive the Black Fiend Bee Swarm as the lotus platform came under relentless attack. Chen Xiaojun’s Yin Yang Field cleared a path through the swarm, and his Azure Lotus Divine Light purified the poisoned members of the group.

• Zhu Wuneng and Ma Liang combined their fire and phoenix skills to destroy the Black Fiend Bees’ Nether Bee Formation, but the swarm continued to surround the lotus platform.
• Du Gu Fu drew poison from Chen Mu, Chen Shurui, Chen Bin, Gao Cuilan, and Zhang Ci while Chen Xiaojun maintained the platform and observed the battlefield.
• As the platform’s barrier weakened, Su Ningxia used Yellow Mist Golden Light Radiance to repel the bees, and Chen Xiaojun raised the Yin Yang Dao Domain to protect everyone.
• Chen Xiaojun expanded the domain into a Yin Yang Field, immobilized the swarm, and used Yin Yang Reversal to disperse at least ten thousand bees.
• Chen Xiaojun restored his Soul Power with the Seven Stars Long Yuan Sword and used Azure Lotus Divine Light to purify the remaining poison from the five affected companions.

Chen Xiaojun revealed his domain while leading the others against the Black Fiend Bee Swarm, then directed their efforts toward its queen. After the group carved a path through the swarm, Chen Xiaojun killed the queen, scattering the remaining bees and clearing the way for them to continue.

• Zhang Ci and the others recognized that Chen Xiaojun had comprehended a domain, and Chen Xiaojun warned that their soul power was running low despite having eliminated about half the swarm.
• Chen Xiaojun concealed the worsening injury to his Upper Soul Nest and told the group that their final battle against the bees had begun.
• The group used their Soul Skills to hold off the swarm while Chen Xiaojun waited for an opening to reach the queen.
• Chen Xiaojun located the queen and led the others in a series of attacks that opened a path through the swarm.
• Chen Xiaojun struck the queen with his swords and killed it, causing the remaining bees to scatter.
• Chen Xiaojun returned to the lotus platform and told the group that the crisis was over and they could continue onward.

Chen Xiaojun recovered after the Black Fiend Bee attack, extracted a thirty-thousand-year Poison Bone from the queen, and gave it to Du Gu Fu. Elsewhere in the Xie Luo Mountain Range, You Yaqin and five students fought a swarm of Death Spiders, using coordinated soul skills to kill many of them.

• Chen Xiaojun led the group to a secluded Mountain Hollow to rest while Zhang Ci scouted the surroundings.
• Chen Xiaojun coughed up stagnant blood, reassured the others, and examined the Black Fiend Bee Queen's corpse.
• Chen Xiaojun extracted a thirty-thousand-year Poison Bone and gave it to Du Gu Fu, who accepted it.
• You Yaqin and five students were surrounded by Death Spiders, and Chen Haonan, Gao Duan, and Ji Tiantian slowed and bound the swarm with their soul skills.
• You Yaqin and You Li unleashed Wind Arrow Barrage together, piercing and killing many of the controlled spiders.

You Yaqin and the five youths fought their way out of the forest, but two powerful Death Spider leaders trapped them and their retreat collapsed into a desperate battle. Ji Tiantian’s light and the group’s soul skills briefly hindered the swarm, but the spiders broke through You Yaqin’s wind wall, leaving everyone exposed to their attacks.

• You Yaqin led the team through the spider swarm toward an open area, where Ji Tiantian became entangled in spider silk and Yan Xiaolai rescued her but was wounded by a giant Death Spider.
• You Yaqin blasted the giant spider away with Storm Arrow and ordered the youths to retreat, but a second spider leader appeared and blocked their escape.
• Ji Tiantian used Brilliant Strokes to blind and confuse the spiders, while Chen Haonan, Gao Duan, You Li, Yan Xiaolai, and You Yaqin fought to hold back the swarm.
• The larger spider leader struck the group with Death Sonic Wave, shattering Chen Haonan’s chessboard space, while the other leader split the ground with Earthquake Foot Strike.
• You Yaqin raised Wind Wall Guard to stop the cracks and shield the group, but the wall weakened under the swarm’s assault.
• A spider commander spat venom that corroded a hole through You Yaqin’s wind wall, exposing the group to the attackers.

You Yaqin and the others were nearly overwhelmed by Death Spiders until Zhang Ci, Ma Liang, Zhu Wuneng, and other reinforcements joined the battle. After the group reached safety, Chen Xiaojun arrived and met the students, while Ji Tiantian reacted nervously to him.

• You Yaqin used Storm Law Domain to open a path, but the Death Spider commanders counterattacked, trapping her and Ji Tiantian in their silk.
• Ji Tiantian cut You Yaqin free before Zhang Ci arrived and rescued Ji Tiantian; Ma Liang and Zhu Wuneng then fought the spider commanders.
• Gao Cuilan shielded the students from the fiery debris, and Chen Mu, Chen Bin, Chen Shurui, Su Ningxia, Du Gu Fu, and Ma Wencai joined the fight.
• Chen Xiaojun met the students and recognized Ji Tiantian, who grew flustered as Yan Xiaolai and You Li tried to explain her nervousness.

Chen Xiaojun welcomed the younger students as his brothers and comforted Ji Tiantian, while several groups fought and defeated Death Spider commanders. After the battles, the students explained how they had been driven deep into the forest by Gale Wolf Bandits, prompting Chen Xiaojun to question what had happened.

• Chen Xiaojun invited You Li, Gao Duan, Yan Xiaolai, and Ji Tiantian to call him Sixth Brother, and he reassured Ji Tiantian about the dangers of adventure.
• Su Ningxia, Du Gu Fu, and Ma Wencai coordinated their soul skills to defeat a Death Spider swarm.
• Zhang Ci and You Yaqin defeated another spider commander, while Chen Mu, Ma Liang, Chen Shurui, Chen Bin, and Zhu Wuneng brought down a great spider commander.
• Gao Duan checked Zhu Wuneng's injuries, and Zhu Wuneng and Du Gu Fu teased each other about being tired and needing sleep.
• Gao Duan told Chen Xiaojun that the group had fled from Gale Wolf Bandits and become lost, and Yan Xiaolai revealed that their leader had been a Soul Sage.

After learning that hundreds of Gale Wolf Bandits, including a leader-level bandit, might be moving against Chang'an Academy’s camp, Chen Xiaojun organized warnings and a detour while splitting up the teachers’ duties. He led the students toward camp and began assessing their abilities so he could form a team.

• Yan Xiaolai and You Yaqin confirmed that they had seen at least five hundred Gale Wolf Bandits led by a powerful bandit, and Chen Xiaojun reasoned that the bandits might be targeting Chang'an Academy’s camp.
• Chen Xiaojun told Zhang Ci to warn the camp, arrange scouts, and request reinforcements, while the students would avoid the bandits by taking a southwest detour.
• Chen Xiaojun gave You Yaqin a purple-gold token and sent her on a separate mission; she agreed to leave the students under his command, and Zhang Ci flew back toward camp.
• Chen Xiaojun took charge of the students and began recording their combat abilities, including Chen Haonan’s and Gao Duan’s skills and Ji Tiantian’s support abilities and secret technique.
• Chen Xiaojun learned that the students had not formally trained in large-scale team coordination and considered how to organize them.

Chen Xiaojun organized the team for its journey, assigned Gao Cuilan as third-in-command, and privately asked Chen Mu to investigate an unusual trait he had noticed in Ji Tiantian. The group encountered a hundred wolf bandits in Emerald Shadow Stream Valley, and the battle began with Chen Bin and Chen Shurui attacking the enemy vanguard.

• Chen Xiaojun assigned roles and a command order for the expedition, naming Gao Cuilan third-in-command after encouraging her to accept the responsibility.
• Zhu Wuneng bragged about the Black Fiend Bee Swarm, and Chen Xiaojun explained why its queen was guaranteed to drop a soul bone.
• After noticing something unusual about Ji Tiantian with his Yin Yang Five Elements Eyes, Chen Xiaojun asked Chen Mu to investigate discreetly through Sword Shadow Hall.
• Chen Shurui discovered a hundred-man wolf bandit squad blocking the route through Emerald Shadow Stream Valley, and Chen Xiaojun ordered the team to fight.
• Chen Bin and Chen Shurui launched the team's opening assault, killing several wolf bandits and countering the Elite Wolf Bandits' attacks.

Gao Cuilan coordinated Chen Xiaojun’s group through a fierce battle against the Wolf Bandits, using layered restraints and timed attacks to defeat nearly all of them. After the survivors were eliminated and the area searched, Chen Xiaojun praised Gao Cuilan’s command and advised her to think strategically about the bigger picture.

• Zhu Wuneng held the front line with his armor and Golden Bell Shield, then used Earthquake Wave to knock back a Wolf Bandit leader and open the way for Du Gu Fu’s poison attacks.
• Du Gu Fu combined his Golden Centipede Thousand Split Thrust, Netherworld Poison Shadow, and Azure Scale Poison Fire to devastate the Wolf Bandits, while Chen Bin and Chen Shurui advanced alongside Zhu Wuneng.
• When the Wolf Bandit elites counterattacked, Gao Cuilan directed Ma Wencai to clear the poisonous mist, Ji Tiantian to expose hidden enemies, and the control group and Chen Xiaojun to restrain them.
• Gao Cuilan ordered the front-line fighters to withdraw, then Su Ningxia, You Li, Ma Liang, and Ma Wencai unleashed attacks that destroyed most of the remaining Wolf Bandits.
• Gao Cuilan ordered further attacks and a careful search to prevent survivors from escaping or playing dead, and Chen Xiaojun praised her command before advising her to plan with a broader perspective.

Chen Xiaojun’s group discovered that the Wolf Bandits had amassed a large force at Eagle Beak Peak and chose a perilous hidden route to get past them. As they flew through the mountain’s treacherous terrain at night, a huge ball of Soul Power suddenly struck from the darkness.

• Chen Xiaojun treated the injured students and explained how tactical training and team coordination had helped his team defeat the Wolf Bandits.
• Chen Shurui reported that hundreds of Wolf Bandits guarded Eagle Beak Peak, confirming that the situation around the camp had grown dangerous.
• Chen Xiaojun rejected a direct assault and a full-group flight over the mountain, so Ma Liang scouted for a hidden route.
• Ma Liang found a dangerous path around the guards, and Chen Xiaojun decided the group would take it at night using the lotus platform where necessary.
• Chen Xiaojun led the group along the hidden path and adjusted their flight route through the mountain’s turbulent air.
• A huge ball of Soul Power flew out of the darkness and smashed toward the group as they neared a bend in the mountain.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions fought a powerful Soul Emperor-level Wolf Bandit Priest and his horde while trapped aboard the lotus platform in a narrow valley. As their defenses broke under relentless attacks, the priest strengthened the wolf bandits, leaving the group under even greater pressure.

• A Wolf Bandit Priest ambushed the lotus platform with a tracking blood arrow, but Chen Xiaojun protected the group with his Yin Yang Tortoise Shield.
• The priest and his elite guards bombarded the platform; Su Ningxia blocked a powerful Soul Power sphere, while Ma Liang attacked with Phoenix Meteor Shower, which the priest’s Blood Wolf devoured.
• Zhu Wuneng’s Golden Bell Shield shattered under the Blood Wolf’s assault, so Chen Mu, Chen Bin, and Chen Shurui joined forces to hold back its jaws with their own shield.
• The priest unleashed a blood beam and the guards’ Soul Power spheres, shattering the brothers’ Golden Bell Shield and forcing everyone to fight back while trapped in the narrow valley.
• Chen Mu intercepted a burly wolf bandit’s axe strike, and the priest then used Blood Pact · Wolf Pack Frenzy to strengthen his horde and intensify the attack.

Chen Xiaojun and his allies fought off the wolf bandits with powerful defenses and Ma Wencai’s Double Sun Burst, while Chen Xiaojun’s Fish Intestine Sword struck down the wounded Wolf Bandit Priest. The surviving wolf bandits overwhelmed the exhausted group, knocking their lotus platform into a mist-shrouded mountain ravine.

• Wolf Bandit leaders empowered the Wolf Bandit Priest, whose Giant Wind Wolf Spear shattered Chen Xiaojun’s Black Tortoise Shell and dispersed the Yin Yang Dao Domain.
• Gao Cuilan and her team slowed the Gale Wolf Energy Bodies, while Su Ningxia protected the lotus platform with Golden Light Splendor Silk Guard.
• Ma Wencai unleashed Double Sun Burst, scattering the Gale Wolf Energy Bodies and severely injuring the Wolf Bandit Priest and many wolf bandits.
• The Wolf Bandit Priest summoned Blood Skywolf, but Chen Mu, Chen Bin, and Chen Shurui joined forces to block its attack with their Golden Bell Shield.
• Ma Liang attacked with Phoenix Meteor Shower as Chen Xiaojun’s Fish Intestine Sword pierced the Wolf Bandit Priest’s defense and blasted him away.
• The surviving wolf bandits overwhelmed Chen Xiaojun’s defenses and knocked the lotus platform into a mist-shrouded mountain ravine.