Chapter Summaries

After the lotus platform crashed, Chen Xiaojun was left critically injured, and Chen Mu led the battered team south to hide in a cave. With their strength nearly exhausted and the Wolf Bandits’ whereabouts uncertain, Chen Mu ordered Ma Liang to watch for pursuers and Du Gu Fu to conceal them if they appeared.

• Ma Liang used Phoenix Nirvana and Soul Power chains to slow the falling lotus platform, but it shattered on impact and Chen Xiaojun lost consciousness with severe injuries.
• Su Ningxia treated Chen Xiaojun, while Zhu Wuneng and Du Gu Fu arrived and joined the injured group.
• Chen Mu organized the survivors’ escape south, assigning scouts and guards as they fled before the Wolf Bandits could reach them.
• Hours later, the team sheltered in a rock cave, where Chen Mu learned that several members were unconscious or badly hurt and their combat strength had fallen below one-fifth.
• Chen Bin reported that the route led toward the Mist Forest and Mist Valley, while Chen Shurui and Ma Liang said they had seen no pursuers during their watch.
• Chen Mu ordered Ma Liang to monitor the rear for two days and told Du Gu Fu to use his Black Fiend Bee Queen Soul Bone Skill to hide the group if the Wolf Bandits appeared.

Chen Mu checked on the injured Chen Xiaojun and discussed why he had risked the team's escape to attack the Wolf Bandit Priest. The survivors rested in the cave, where Zhu Wuneng was left uncertain about his feelings for Gao Cuilan.

• Chen Bin and Chen Shurui recovered with the Nine Yin Manual's Healing Chapter while Chen Mu went to check on Chen Xiaojun.
• Su Ningxia told Chen Mu that the feverish Chen Xiaojun was calling for Xiao Yi and described the medicine treating his injuries.
• Gao Cuilan asked Chen Mu why Chen Xiaojun had attacked the Wolf Bandit Priest instead of escaping, and they considered that he might have discovered a serious threat.
• Gao Cuilan said she trusted Chen Xiaojun and joked that he should cook the team a feast once he recovered.
• Du Gu Fu teased Zhu Wuneng about his feelings for Gao Cuilan, but Zhu Wuneng admitted he did not know what he felt.

While Yan Xiaolai remained ill in the cave, Ji Tiantian confessed to Gao Cuilan that she blamed herself for his injuries and cared deeply for him. Chen Xiaojun woke after two days, learned the group had escaped the Wolf Bandits, and secretly sent Ma Liang to confirm a suspicion before preparing to speak seriously with Chen Mu.

• Gao Cuilan comforted Ji Tiantian as she watched over Yan Xiaolai, and Ji Tiantian admitted she intended to stay by his side despite not knowing whether he understood her feelings.
• Gao Cuilan took over watching Yan Xiaolai so Ji Tiantian could rest, then exchanged a knowing smile with Zhu Wuneng.
• Chen Xiaojun woke and drank warm water brought by Su Ningxia, then learned from Chen Mu that they were sheltering in Youlan Stream Valley and had not been pursued by the Wolf Bandits.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Chen Shurui to fetch Ma Liang and quietly instructed Ma Liang to confirm a guess, while telling Chen Mu he could not yet explain.
• After Su Ningxia left, Chen Xiaojun and Chen Mu joked briefly before Chen Mu asked what Chen Xiaojun wanted to discuss.

Chen Xiaojun explained to Chen Mu that he had killed the Wolf Bandit Priest to avenge the attack on Chen Lin Village and to weaken the wolf bandits if their camp fell. He suspected the camp was already in danger and that an outside force might be behind the wolf bandits’ sudden assault, leaving the group to recover in hiding and prepare for what came next.

• Chen Mu realized Chen Xiaojun had deliberately taken charge of the group and questioned him about his plans and the decision to kill the Wolf Bandit Priest.
• Chen Xiaojun identified the priest’s Gale Wolf Spear totem as belonging to the former Astana Tribe, whose lord had died in the attack on Chen Lin Village seven years earlier.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that the priest could soon have reached leader level, and that killing it would remove a dangerous source of strength for the wolf bandits.
• Chen Xiaojun reasoned that Darcy Rahman Khan had likely united the surviving forces of the four tribes into a large wolf bandit force, and that the camp was probably in grave danger after their surprise attack.
• Chen Xiaojun said the group would stay in their concealed refuge to recover, while keeping his backup plan secret and promising to bring everyone back safely.
• Chen Xiaojun speculated that an outside force might have provoked the wolf bandits, and said the priest’s death could weaken them and aid Chang'an Academy’s effort to retake the camp.

Ma Liang reported that hundreds of Wolf Bandits at Eagle Beak Peak had been wiped out, and Chen Xiaojun sent him back to collect their belongings. Two days later, Director of Studies Li Jinghua fought Clark Rahman Khan and his Wolf Bandits at Mist Forest, leaving both fighters badly weakened.

• Ma Liang told Chen Mu and Chen Xiaojun that every Wolf Bandit at Eagle Beak Peak was dead and that the bodies had been there for days.
• Chen Xiaojun sent Ma Liang, Old Seven, Old Eight, Wu Neng, and Wencai to Eagle Beak Peak to collect the Wolf Bandits' belongings.
• At Mist Forest, Li Jinghua and roughly twenty companions fought several hundred Wolf Bandits led by Clark Rahman Khan.
• Li Jinghua used his Meteor War Hammer and multiple Soul Skills to kill Wolf Bandits and clash with Clark Rahman Khan, who eventually joined the battle.
• After Clark Rahman Khan's Layered Wolf Shadows wounded him, Li Jinghua unleashed his Martial Soul True Body and struck Clark Rahman Khan through the trees.
• Li Jinghua nearly collapsed from exhaustion as Clark Rahman Khan struggled back to his feet, severely injured.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions rescued Li Jinghua and turned the battle against Clark Rahman Khan’s Wolf Bandits, forcing them to retreat. Afterward, the survivors discussed the likely fall of the camp, Zhang Ci’s disappearance, and Feng Min’s connection to Feng Qisheng.

• Zhang Feng was gravely wounded while fighting Wolf Bandits, and a Soul Emperor saved Feng Min from a Wolf Bandit leader.
• As Clark Rahman Khan’s elites closed in on Li Jinghua, Chen Xiaojun and his companions arrived, rescued him, and launched a counterattack.
• Chen Xiaojun, Su Ningxia, Zhu Wuneng, Chen Bin, Chen Shurui, and Chen Mu’s group overwhelmed the Wolf Bandits, prompting Clark to order a retreat.
• The surviving Soul Masters mourned their dead, treated their injuries, and gathered around a bonfire to discuss the battle and the camp’s fate.
• Li Jinghua learned that Zhang Ci had not returned after carrying a message, while Feng Min confirmed that Feng Qisheng was her father.

Chen Xiaojun and the others learned that a large Wolf Bandit force was threatening the camp and planned how to survive without relying on timely rescue. Chen Xiaojun proposed guerrilla attacks from Mist Forest and revealed that he had enough soul beast meat to help supply their group.

• Chen Xiaojun identified the Wolf Bandits as remnants of four clans and presented a Wolf Fang Token taken from three attackers, suggesting they had been sent as messengers ahead of a larger assault on the camp.
• Feng Min and Li Jinghua explained that the camp could seal its mountain pass with Soul Power explosives, while Chen Xiaojun warned that the Wolf Bandits might encircle the camp and target its reinforcements.
• Chen Mu feared the Wolf Bandits might be targeting his grandfather, Dean Chen, but Chen Xiaojun urged him to stay calm and focus on the immediate danger.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed using Mist Forest as a base for guerrilla strikes, gathering other soul masters, and drawing Wolf Bandit troops away from the camp.
• After Feng Min raised concerns about miasma and food, Chen Xiaojun said Du Gu Fu could help scout the forest and produced piles of soul beast corpses, claiming he had a Void Bracelet.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions rescued stranded Soul Masters and defeated a pursuing pack of wolf bandits, then helped Dean Isaac return to the gathering point. In the days that followed, they continued rescuing people and killing wolf bandits, while Li Jinghua’s group retreated into the Mist Forest to evade Clark Rahman Khan’s forces.

• Chen Xiaojun’s group found Dean Isaac and six students fleeing nearly two hundred wolf bandits in a valley.
• Chen Mu, Ma Liang, Zhu Wuneng, Feng Min, Chen Bin, Chen Shurui, Chu Bohan, Chen Xiaojun, and Su Ningxia attacked the wolf bandits while Su Ningxia rescued the students.
• Dean Isaac unleashed his Thunderous Bear skills, and the group annihilated more than two hundred wolf bandits.
• Chu Bohan told Dean Isaac that the camp had been breached and that Li Jinghua was gathering survivors, so Chen Xiaojun’s group took Isaac and his students toward the gathering point.
• Over the following days, Chen Xiaojun’s group rescued more people and killed or wounded over a thousand wolf bandits, while Li Jinghua led the others into the Mist Forest ahead of Clark Rahman Khan’s pursuit.

Chen Xiaojun led the Soul Masters in guerrilla attacks that weakened the Wolf Bandits, while Clark faced pressure from the Astana Tribe and ordered a decisive assault. The Wolf Bandits attacked the Mist Forest defenses at night, and Chen Xiaojun coordinated the Soul Masters as the battle began.

• Li Jinghua welcomed Chen Xiaojun, Chu Bohan, and Dean Isaac back, and Chen Xiaojun proposed establishing a stronghold in the Mist Forest.
• Chen Xiaojun persuaded the others to avoid a direct clash and use guerrilla warfare, coordinating small groups, traps, and aerial strikes against the Wolf Bandits.
• Milo Rahman Khan told Clark Rahman Khan that the Astana Tribe's priest had vanished near Eagle Beak Peak and that scouting the forest was difficult.
• Clark ordered his main force to attack that night and led over a thousand Wolf Bandits toward the Soul Masters' defensive line.
• Feng Min's alarm traps exposed the advancing Wolf Bandits, and Chen Xiaojun ordered the ranged, control, power attack, support, and agility attack groups into battle.

Chang'an Academy’s soul masters fought off Clark’s Wolf Bandit army as Isaac and Li Jinghua faced the enemy’s strongest leaders. Chen Xiaojun redeployed his forces to reinforce the front and blunt a right-flank attack.

• Isaac held the forward line with his enhanced thunder attacks, then countered Clark’s ambush with Thunderous Roar and his Thunder God of War torso-bone skill.
• Li Jinghua joined the fight against Clark and traded powerful attacks with him, while Isaac used Thunderous Shock to scatter the Wolf Bandits surrounding him.
• Milo Rahman Khan charged Isaac to keep him from aiding Li Jinghua, identifying himself as the Soul Emperor-level commander of the frontal battlefield.
• Chen Xiaojun sent Zhang Feng to assist Isaac, Zhu Wuneng to stabilize the right front, and Du Gu Fu and Wencai to stop the right-flank attackers.
• Chen Xiaojun ordered the depleted Agility Attack Group to withdraw after it had inflicted casualties on the Wolf Bandits.

The Wolf Bandits’ assault pressed Chang'an Academy’s defensive lines, but Zhu Wuneng and Zhang Feng helped contain their attacks while Du Gu Fu unleashed the Five Venoms Array on the right. Du Gu Fu’s manifested poisonous beasts confronted Bevin Vasquez, whose resistance to poison was tested by a barrage of deadly stingers.

• Seven Neil was blasted out of the upper-right line, and Chu Bohan used Thorn Wall and Thorn Symbiosis to hold the defense together.
• Zhu Wuneng arrived, burned through the Wolf Bandits with his fused phoenix attack, then counterattacked behind his armor and Golden Bell Shield.
• Zhang Feng advanced on the front-left and helped drive the Wolf Bandits back, boosting Chang'an Academy’s counterattack.
• Du Gu Fu activated the Five Venoms Array, filling the right side with toxic mist that slowed and felled Wolf Bandits.
• Bevin Vasquez emerged and tried to devour the poison, but Du Gu Fu summoned the Nether Azure Serpent and Six-Winged Golden Centipede to attack him.
• Bevin Vasquez absorbed the serpent’s venom and fought it to a standstill, but the centipede’s Poison Stinger Barrage pierced his defenses and left him struggling.

Du Gu Fu’s poison formation fought against the wolf bandits’ renewed assault, while Zhu Wuneng battled Nelson Astana, an Astana Clan noble and peak Soul Emperor. After Ma Liang intervened with the Phoenix Sky Blade, Zhu Wuneng recovered and joined him in pressuring Nelson.

• Beven Vasquez used Wild Roar to restore the wolf bandits’ fighting spirit, and their counterattacks wounded Du Gu Fu’s Nether Azure Serpent and Six-Winged Golden Centipede.
• Nelson Astana introduced himself to Zhu Wuneng as an Astana Clan noble and attacked him with his Bright Silver Spear.
• Nelson’s Moonlight Slash and Shadow Dance Chain injured Zhu Wuneng and drove him to use his Heavenly Wheel Secret Art, Wrath Wheel.
• Nelson’s Moonfall Starfall overcame Zhu Wuneng’s Wrath Wheel and left Zhu Wuneng badly hurt.
• Ma Liang arrived with the Phoenix Sky Blade and clashed with Nelson, giving Zhu Wuneng time to heal before the two attacked Nelson together.

Chen Xiaojun launched a coordinated counterattack against the Wolf Bandits, using ranged attacks, poison, fire, and fast assaults to break their formations. The battle turned decisively against the bandits as Chen Mu’s charge shattered the left-front line, while Beven Vasquez was cornered by Chen Bin, Chen Shurui, and Feng Min.

• Chen Xiaojun decided the Reserve Team should begin the decisive battle, assigning Su Ningxia’s ranged group to cut off the Wolf Bandits’ support line and ordering Chu Bohan’s control group to hold the front.
• Su Ningxia led the ranged group in a fierce attack that disrupted the upper-right Wolf Bandits and opened a gap in their formation.
• Ma Wencai combined his eclipse soul skill with Du Gu Fu’s poison to unleash an explosive attack that killed dozens of Wolf Bandits and sent the survivors fleeing.
• Chen Bin, Chen Shurui, and Feng Min led the Agility Attack Group through the right-side battlefield, then cornered the fleeing Beven Vasquez after intercepting him with sword attacks.
• Chen Mu replaced Zhang Feng on the left front, swept through the Wolf Bandits with his sword skills, and helped the counterattack collapse their defensive line.

Chen Xiaojun’s pincer attack shattered the Wolf Bandits’ formation and turned the battle decisively in the Soul Masters’ favor. As the bandits were encircled and killed, Isaac defeated Milo with his lightning techniques.

• Chu Bohan reinforced the front line with thorn Soul Skills and secret arts, stopping the Wolf Bandits’ assault and giving Chen Xiaojun time to form the pincer attack.
• Chen Xiaojun ordered the flanks to advance while Su Ningxia led the ranged group forward to bombard the Wolf Bandits’ rear.
• The Soul Masters pressed their advantage, splitting the Wolf Bandits’ forces and driving them into a desperate retreat.
• Nelson Astana rallied the Wolf Bandits, but their leaders remained pinned down as Beven Vasquez was surrounded and killed.
• Isaac used Thunderous Grip, Thunderstorm, and Thunderous Punishment to overpower Milo, whose body was consumed by lightning.

After the wolf bandits’ defeat, Li Jinghua incapacitated Clark, but an approaching force led by the Soul Douluo-level Wolf Bandit Leader Darcy Rahman Khan forced the exhausted soul masters to withdraw and prepare for a new fight. The chapter ended as Darcy confronted Li Jinghua and asked whether he had harmed the tribe’s warriors.

• Nelson escaped the battlefield, while Ma Liang and Zhu Wuneng pursued him; Clark ordered the wolf bandits to retreat as their forces collapsed.
• Li Jinghua used his Heaven Shocking Hammer Technique to defeat Clark, who fell unconscious after being struck by Hammer Falls on the Stars.
• A huge explosion and a powerful wolf howl alerted the soul masters to an approaching threat, and Li Jinghua ordered an organized withdrawal to camp.
• Ma Liang returned wounded with the unconscious Zhu Wuneng and warned Chen Xiaojun and Li Jinghua that a Soul Douluo-level Wolf Bandit Leader was pursuing them.
• Darcy Rahman Khan arrived with several hundred elite wolf bandits, and Chen Xiaojun asked Li Jinghua to hold off the leader.
• Darcy Rahman Khan confronted Li Jinghua and asked whether he had harmed many warriors of the tribe.

Chen Xiaojun and Li Jinghua devastated the Wolf Bandits with their boosted attacks, then fled from Darcy Rahman Khan’s pursuit using the lotus platform and terrain-altering sword skills. As Darcy caught up and launched Shadow Wolf Fang, Chen Xiaojun counterattacked with the twin swords’ God of Destruction Corrosion, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Chen Xiaojun boosted himself and Li Jinghua with the Chunjun Sword, then used Gan Jiang Mo Xie’s Yin Yang Reversal Cut to inflict heavy casualties on the Wolf Bandits.
• Li Jinghua unleashed Wind Sweeps Away Clouds, scattering and killing more Wolf Bandits with powerful wind spheres.
• Darcy Rahman Khan used Layered Wolf Shadows to clear a path through the battlefield and pursue Chen Xiaojun and Li Jinghua.
• Chen Xiaojun combined Spirit Earth Body Sculpting and Spirit Abyss Water Waterfall to create mud that slowed the Wolf Bandits, then drove the lotus platform away.
• Darcy Rahman Khan caught up and attacked with Shadow Wolf Fang, but Chen Xiaojun formed a giant sword and fired God of Destruction Corrosion at him.

Chen Xiaojun and Li Jinghua fought Darcy Rahman Khan long enough for Chen Xiaojun to reach the Soul Masters’ camp, where Darcy regrouped his wolf bandits and claimed Dean Chen Cong was gravely injured. Chen Mu challenged Darcy’s claim, but Darcy ordered an assault, and Li Jinghua met him in battle as the Soul Masters prepared to fight or escape.

• Chen Xiaojun and Li Jinghua combined their attacks against Darcy Rahman Khan, and Chen Xiaojun used the opening to rush toward the Soul Masters’ encampment.
• Darcy Rahman Khan regrouped the scattered wolf bandits, learned that Clark had fallen, and told Nelson that he saw him as the Four Great Tribes’ future.
• Darcy confronted the Soul Masters and claimed Chen Cong was too badly injured to rise, prompting Chen Mu to dispute him and declare that Chen Cong was his grandfather.
• Chen Xiaojun accused Darcy of making an enemy of the Chen Clan, while Nelson reported that the wolf bandits were ready.
• Darcy ordered the wolf bandits to attack, and Li Jinghua charged him while assigning Hongchen to lead the others and prepare a possible retreat.

Li Jinghua fought Darcy Rahman Khan while Nelson commanded the wolf bandits in a fierce assault against the soul masters. As the battle remained deadlocked, Chen Xiaojun launched a Chen Clan Warning Fireworks into the sky, hoping to draw nearby allies and lure out the enemy commander.

• Li Jinghua traded blows with Darcy Rahman Khan as their duel intensified.
• Darcy Rahman Khan appointed Nelson commander of his guard and urged him to withdraw if the battle turned against them.
• Nelson's wolf bandits used coordinated short-assault tactics and ranged attacks to pressure the soul masters.
• Chen Xiaojun ordered the soul masters into flexible mixed squads, temporarily stabilizing their defense against the wolf bandits.
• Chen Xiaojun and the Chen Clan members identified Nelson's position at the rear but could not reach him through the enemy ranks.
• Chen Xiaojun rode into the sky with Chen Mu and the others and set off a blood-red Chen Clan Warning Fireworks.

Chen Xiaojun sent Chen Mu, Chen Bin, and Chen Shurui to disrupt the Wolf Bandits and draw their forces into a trap, while Nelson tried to keep control of the battlefield. The brothers’ empowered attacks devastated the bandits, but Yuan Rahman Khan used a forbidden technique to destroy their sword vortex, leaving both sides battered.

• Chen Xiaojun revealed his plan to make the Wolf Bandit Leader take the bait and sent Chen Mu, Chen Bin, and Chen Shurui to stir up the bandits’ flank.
• Nelson recognized Chen Xiaojun as a dangerous commander and ordered Yuan Rahman Khan to contain the brothers without committing the Dire Wolf forces.
• Chen Mu, Chen Bin, and Chen Shurui charged the Wolf Bandits under Supreme Unrivaled, with Chen Mu unleashing Solitary and Absolute Skyfall and the other two forming Light and Darkness Sword Vortex.
• Yuan Rahman Khan led reserve troops to block the brothers, but their combined attacks caused heavy casualties among the Wolf Bandits.
• Yuan Rahman Khan used Blood Explosion Technique and Wolf Fang Slash to shatter the sword-energy vortex, though the Wolf Bandits suffered devastating losses.

Chen Xiaojun and Nelson directed a fierce battle between Chang'an Academy and the Wolf Bandits as the academy’s defenses began to collapse. When Nelson’s Dire Wolf Squad broke through the center, Chen Xiaojun unleashed the stream’s floodwaters against the Wolf Bandits, and declared it was time to end the battle.

• You An rallied the Wolf Bandits after his powerful sword strike, while Chen Mu attacked him and Nelson coordinated the bandits’ assault against the academy.
• Nelson recognized that the Warning Fireworks and the Chen Clan brothers’ advance were pressuring his troops, but he chose to keep pushing forward.
• Su Ningxia, Du Gu Fu, Ma Wencai, Gao Cuilan, and their allies reinforced the right flank and tore through the enemy soul master ranks as the center of the academy’s line weakened.
• Nelson sent the Dire Wolf Squad to exploit the gap, and they broke through the defense led by Chu Bohan, threatening the academy’s vulnerable rear.
• Chen Xiaojun flew to the left flank and used Fourth Soul Skill—Spirit Abyss Water Waterfall to unleash the stream across the Wolf Bandits, sweeping many away and forcing the rest to flee or seek higher ground.
• Chen Xiaojun watched the flood devastate the battlefield and said it was time to end the battle.