Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi protected Chen Xiaojun as he began absorbing the Silver Wolf True King's soul ring, while the Silver Wolf Saint King attacked them in a fury over its brother's death. Xiao Yi survived its first strike but was badly injured as its next attack bore down on them.

• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun that she had removed the Silver Wolf True King's soul body, and Chen Xiaojun decided to absorb its soul ring despite already having a forty-five-thousand-year ring on his second martial soul.
• Xiao Yi enclosed Chen Xiaojun in a vine cage, watched the battlefield, and healed injured soul masters while he began absorbing the ring.
• The Silver Wolf Saint King sensed the Silver Wolf True King's death and, while trapping Chen Menglin in its Moon God Realm, heard his phantoms attack the realm with Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin, Sword Splitting into Myriad Forms.
• The Silver Wolf Saint King flew toward Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi and struck them with Moonlight Rending Sky; Xiao Yi's Thunder Forest and Golden Bell Shield broke, leaving her badly injured.
• The Silver Wolf Saint King launched Howling Moon Silver Light Burst at them, and the wounded Xiao Yi prepared to defend Chen Xiaojun again.

Ma Zhibin and Xue Chuxin arrived in time to save Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi from the Silver Wolf Saint King's attack. After Xue Chuxin healed the survivors, Xiao Yi sensed the formidable rank of her Life Attribute and considered her potential to reach the Ultimate Attribute.

• Xiao Yi prepared to face the Silver Wolf Saint King's enormous silver soul power sphere while the distant Chen Clan fighters could not help her.
• Ma Zhibin unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Blazing Fire Lightning Storm, and destroyed the silver sphere in a violent collision.
• Xue Chuxin used Emerald Firmament to shield Xiao Yi, Chen Xiaojun, and Ma Zhibin from the explosion's aftershock.
• Xue Chuxin used Emerald Light Wave to heal the survivors and restore their strength.
• Xiao Yi sensed that Xue Chuxin's Life Attribute had reached second-rank perfection and could potentially become an Ultimate Attribute.

Xue Chuxin and Ma Zhibin drove the Silver Wolf Saint King from the battlefield while Shen Lang killed Darcy Rahman Khan. After Chen Xiaojun finished absorbing the soul ring, the survivors regrouped and learned that the wolf bandits and silver wolves had been nearly wiped out, though Nelson Astana escaped.

• Xue Chuxin, Ma Zhibin, and Chen Menglin pursued the fleeing Silver Wolf Saint King as Chang'an Academy's teachers and students hunted down the remaining wolves and Wolf Bandits.
• Shen Lang trapped Darcy Rahman Khan in his Green Blood Sword Domain, overwhelmed him with Sword Heart Clarity, and pierced his chest with the Green Blood Sword.
• Darcy Rahman Khan died lamenting the Four Tribes' losses, and Shen Lang declared that the Chen Clan would allow no one to bully it.
• Chen Xiaojun completed absorbing the soul ring, and the Silver Wolf True King's Mental Power repaired and strengthened his Upper Soul Nest.
• Xiao Yi treated the returning wounded, and the group learned that nearly all the wolf bandits and silver wolves had been killed, while Nelson Astana escaped with a few chiefs.

Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi watched the battle from concealment and discussed the Crimson Church’s failed ambush and plans against the Chen Clan. They blamed Xue Chuxin for thwarting their scheme and agreed she would have to be countered in future operations.

• Li Lingfeng asked Yan Qi why he was not helping the Silver Wolf Saint King, and Yan Qi said the mountain’s soul beasts might decide the battle.
• Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi recalled their past encounters with Chen Cong and discussed the ambush arranged by Yan Wufeng and Elder You.
• Yan Qi explained that Chang'an Academy had been targeted to draw Chen Cong away and lure Chen Yu into an ambush, with further moves still planned.
• Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi assessed Chen Menglin’s strength and said the operation had given them a clearer view of the Chen brothers.
• Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi agreed that Xue Chuxin’s strength and intervention had ruined their three-year scheme and would obstruct future plans unless they found a countermeasure.

Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi discussed the threat posed by Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi, then confirmed that the Chen Clan was their sect’s main target. They left before Xue Chuxin and Chen Menglin could return, while Li Lingfeng vowed the Chen Clan would eventually fall.

• Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi identified Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi as dangerous young talents and debated whether to kill them, but Yan Qi urged caution because Shen Lang was nearby and the family head needed to direct the plan.
• Yan Qi explained that the sect was targeting the Chen Clan because its influence was growing and its past conflict had contributed to the Holy Sect’s defeat in the last Holy War.
• Li Lingfeng warned Yan Qi that the nearby clans coordinated closely and that opportunities to strike would be rare, while Yan Qi admitted he had not found the mole among his placed personnel.
• Yan Qi warned Li Lingfeng that Xue Chuxin and Chen Menglin might return, so the two men departed.
• Li Lingfeng looked toward the Chen Clan’s people and vowed that their decline would begin when they met again.

After the Silver Wolf Saint King escaped with help from a Gale Battle Eagle, Xue Chuxin and the others regrouped with the Chen Clan and learned why she had arrived. Chen Menglin rebuked Chen Xiaojun for absorbing a soul ring during battle, but Xiao Yi claimed she had urged him to do it.

• Ma Zhibin and Chen Menglin reported that the wounded Silver Wolf Saint King had escaped with help from a Saint King Level Gale Battle Eagle, which Xue Chuxin identified as one of the beasts involved in attacking Old Bookworm.
• Chen Menglin thanked Xue Chuxin for saving Chen Xiaojun and the others, and she revealed that Chen Xiaojun had sent her a message through Teacher You.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that he had suspected Old Bookworm was the Wolf Bandits' target and had gambled that Xue Chuxin could help.
• Chen Menglin scolded Chen Xiaojun for absorbing a soul ring on the battlefield, while Chen Mu complained that Chen Xiaojun had nearly swept him and others away with the flood.
• Chen Xiaojun admitted he had acted recklessly, but Xiao Yi stepped forward and said she had told him to absorb the soul ring.
• Ma Zhibin teased Chen Xiaojun about being bewitched by Xiao Yi.

Xue Chuxin explained the condition of Chen Xiaojun’s injured allies while Chen Menglin praised Xiaojun’s leadership and ordered him to report for punishment. As Xue Chuxin prepared to leave, her gaze lingered on someone in the crowd, and Chen Xiaojun and Chen Mu noticed.

• Xiao Yi tried to defend Chen Xiaojun, but Chen Menglin said Xiaojun still had to answer for ignoring the time and place when absorbing the soul ring.
• Chen Menglin praised Chen Xiaojun for leading Chang'an teachers to survive, then ordered him to report to Old Bookworm for punishment and reflection.
• Chen Xiaojun asked about Teacher You and his second grand-uncle, and Xue Chuxin said Teacher You was recovering while Xiao Cong remained unconscious with difficult Dao Injuries.
• Chen Mu said Chen Xiaojun had deliberately helped provoke the Silver Wolf Saint King, and Chen Menglin warned Xiaojun they would settle the matter later.
• Xue Chuxin said she was leaving, and Chen Xiaojun and Chen Mu noticed her complex gaze resting on someone among the Chang'an Academy crowd.

Xue Chuxin learned that the Wolf Bandits had devastated Heavenly Wolf County’s Skywolf Forging Market and stayed to heal the wounded. Afterward, Chen Xiaojun warned her that the Crimson Church’s next target might be the imperial court, putting her and Xue Chu Ran in danger.

• Xue Chuxin told Chen Xiaojun that the Wolf Bandits had breached Heavenly Wolf Mountain’s defenses, looted military supplies, and inflicted heavy casualties.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Xue Chuxin to treat the critically injured, including Director Li Jinghua, and she agreed before returning with the others.
• Xue Chuxin praised Xiao Yi’s healing skills and revealed that Xiao Yi absorbed Life Soul Power at an extraordinary rate and possessed immense Life Force.
• Chen Xiaojun privately warned Xue Chuxin that the attack on the forging market had not benefited the Crimson Church enough to end its campaign, and he predicted that its next move would target the imperial court.
• Chen Xiaojun said the Crimson Church might threaten Xue Chuxin and Xue Chu Ran even without directly colluding with anyone in the imperial court.

Chen Xiaojun told Ma Zhibin that Ma Wencai had a chance to evolve into a top-tier martial soul, prompting Ma Zhibin to propose making his son Chen Xiaojun’s follower. The chapter ended with Ma Zhibin hoping Chen Xiaojun could give Ma Wencai a path to greater strength.

• Ma Zhibin thanked Chen Xiaojun for giving Ma Wencai the pair of Blazing Winged Spirit Luan arm soul bones and acknowledged that others had yielded them out of respect for Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Xiaojun said he had a sixty percent chance of improving Ma Wencai’s martial soul and Innate Soul Power to at least top-tier seventh grade and Level 7.
• Ma Zhibin offered his life to Chen Xiaojun in gratitude, but Chen Xiaojun refused.
• Ma Zhibin proposed that Ma Wencai become Chen Xiaojun’s follower, arguing that it would let his son access the special cultivation technique and methods.
• Chen Xiaojun hesitated because Ma Wencai belonged to the Ma Family, while Ma Zhibin reflected on his inability to secure a better future for his son alone.

After the battle, the survivors recovered while Chen Xiaojun remained unconscious from his injuries and the strain of command. Xiao Yi arrived at the cavern after hours of treating the wounded, as the others waited for news and stayed alert.

• Zhu Wuneng joked that he had lost the meridian that let him curse, while Gao Cuilan punched him for being unserious.
• Du Gu Fu complained of mental exhaustion, and Chen Mu reminded him that Xiao Yi had saved them and praised her exceptional strength.
• Chen Mu explained to Ma Liang that Xiao Yi had to be extraordinary as the Chen Clan's Mistress and that Ma Liang might someday face similar expectations as Ma Family Head.
• Chen Xiaojun slept for nearly twenty hours after commanding the battle, suffering internal injuries and profound physical and mental exhaustion.
• Zhu Wuneng recounted the Vast Sea Small Beast Tide to Du Gu Fu before footsteps outside the cavern made them grow vigilant.
• Xiao Yi entered the cavern with Su Ningxia after spending hours treating and monitoring the wounded and checking on Chen Xiaojun.

Xiao Yi stayed by Chen Xiaojun as he recovered, then joined the others after tending to the wounded. Later, she privately asked Su Ningxia whether she herself had grown close to Chen Xiaojun, leaving Su Ningxia speechless.

• Xiao Yi entered the rock cave, held Chen Xiaojun's hand, and used her soul power to keep him stable while his body recovered.
• After an hour, Xiao Yi joined the group at the bonfire and explained that Chen Xiaojun needed rest and the other injured people would need medicine.
• Su Ningxia reflected on the day's events as she ate with the group, and Xiao Yi called her away for a private conversation.
• Xiao Yi asked Su Ningxia whether she had anything to tell her and reminded her of the instruction to keep other girls away from Young Master.
• Su Ningxia said she had obeyed for three years, except for Miss Xi Xi, and fell silent when Xiao Yi asked, "What about you?"

Su Ningxia reflected on how Xiao Yi had rescued and supported her, while admitting to herself that she had quietly developed feelings for Chen Xiaojun. The next morning, Chen Xiaojun woke and learned Xiao Yi was safe and away checking on the wounded.

• Su Ningxia recalled how Xiao Yi had rescued her and helped her rise to second among the Chen Clan's Thirty-Six Heavenly Stars.
• Su Ningxia acknowledged her affection for Chen Xiaojun but kept it hidden because she respected Xiao Yi and their bond.
• Su Ningxia realized Xiao Yi had seen through her feelings by noticing her glances, distractions, and subtle movements.
• Chen Xiaojun woke after sleeping through the night, and Zhu Wuneng and Du Gu Fu welcomed him and brought him Xiao Yi's medicinal soup.
• Chen Xiaojun asked where Xiao Yi was, then relaxed when Zhu Wuneng said she was safe and checking on the wounded.

After waking, Chen Xiaojun reunited with Xiao Yi and grew close to her, while reflecting on how her past-life memories had shaped her. He set aside their flirtation to ask about her new Soul King cultivation, leaving her level unrevealed.

• Xiao Yi explained that Chen Xiaojun's resilient body and recovery came from the effects of his immortal herbs and the Yin Yang Two-Life Flower.
• Chen Xiaojun pulled Xiao Yi into an embrace, then asked to see her face and gently lifted her veil.
• Chen Xiaojun considered how Xiao Yi's combat maturity and recovered memories connected her to Shao Siming from her previous life.
• As they leaned close, Chen Xiaojun stopped teasing Xiao Yi and asked what level her cultivation had reached after breaking through to Soul King.

Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun about her level 57 cultivation, Thunder Hell Vine soul ring, and a mysterious invitation from Black Old. Chen Xiaojun named her new soul skill and second martial soul, and Xiao Yi accepted both names.

• Xiao Yi revealed that she had reached level 57 after awakening from three years of sleep.
• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun that her Fifth Soul Ring came from a fifty-three-thousand-year-old Thunder Hell Vine, which she and Qing Xiu and the others had killed.
• Xiao Yi said Black Old had asked her to visit when she reached Level 60, though Old Green had warned her to ignore it.
• Chen Xiaojun named Xiao Yi's soul skill “Ninefold Purple” and proposed an incantation based on “When My Flowers Bloom, All Others Die,” which Xiao Yi accepted.
• Chen Xiaojun explained the origins of Xiao Yi's second martial soul and named it the “Void Willow God Vine,” which Xiao Yi accepted.

Chen Xiaojun learned how Xiao Yi had hurried to find him and questioned her about the Void Willow God Vine, its soul ring, and its unusual attributes. He concluded that the vine was a restricted Super Martial Soul whose birth had been concealed by the Yin Yang Great Dao.

• Xiao Yi explained that she had awakened ten days earlier, obtained the Void Willow God Vine as her second martial soul, and rushed into the mountains after hearing the search party was there.
• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun that the vine had given her a 78,000-year First Soul Ring with the Spacetime Cage skill, which had imprisoned the Silver Wolf True King's soul body.
• Xiao Yi described the vine's space, time, wood, life, and spirit attributes, along with a rare attribute whose single drop of Original Soul Power greatly increased the vine's power.
• Chen Xiaojun reasoned that the rare attribute was likely an Origin Attribute linked to life and spirit, and that the vine had become a Super Martial Soul.
• Chen Xiaojun concluded that the Yin Yang Great Dao had concealed the fluctuations caused by the Void Willow God Vine's birth and that the vine, like his Nethersea Seven Kill Sword, was a restricted Super Martial Soul.

Xiao Yi revealed that she had gained a Left Arm Bone from the Thunder Hell Vine and a Space-attribute Right Arm Bone from the Void Willow God Vine, while Chen Xiaojun assessed the strengths and weaknesses of her soul skills. The chapter ended with them concluding that her support and area attacks lacked the power to finish off strong single targets.

• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun that she had gained a Left Arm Bone from the Thunder Hell Vine and a Space-attribute Right Arm Bone from the Void Willow God Vine.
• Xiao Yi explained that her experiences during Chen Xiaojun's use of the mysterious card had helped her understand her attributes and gain insights.
• Xiao Yi described the Left Arm Bone's lightning law-domain skill and the Right Arm Bone's Space Compression skill, impressing Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Xiaojun reflected that he had failed to remember and use important soul skills during his battle with Darcy Rahman Khan.
• Chen Xiaojun pointed out that Xiao Yi lacked powerful single-target attacks, and they noted that her area attacks had failed to kill the Soul Emperor-level Wolf Bandits.

Chen Xiaojun advised Xiao Yi on developing her combat abilities after she gained the Destruction Attribute, focusing on control, Five Elements techniques, and inherited martial arts. Xiao Yi agreed to pursue the suggested training once they returned.

• Chen Xiaojun explained that Chrysanthemum Douluo’s skills made him better suited to group control than single-target combat, then recommended that Xiao Yi prioritize control and develop single-target attacks later.
• Xiao Yi revealed that absorbing the Thunder Hell Vine’s soul ring had upgraded her destruction true meaning into the Destruction Attribute, her eighth attribute, though she did not know why her lightning appeared dark purple.
• Chen Xiaojun reassured Xiao Yi that the Destruction Attribute would strengthen her techniques and discussed how her fused heart method had enhanced the Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream.
• Xiao Yi said she would keep the name Evergreen Heart Method for her new heart method and reserve Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream for its attack moves.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed that Xiao Yi develop her Five Elements abilities and arrange inheritances and the Water-Fire-Rock Breathing Technique for her after they returned.
• Chen Xiaojun urged Xiao Yi to practice the Nine Yin Divine Sword Finger while continuing to train the Subduing Demon Great Handprint, Big Dipper Grand Technique, and Golden Bell Shield, and she nodded seriously.

Chen Xiaojun gave Xiao Yi the Eight Wonders and designed a combat system that built on her existing techniques and inheritances. Xiao Yi embraced him in gratitude, while Chen Xiaojun made clear that he intended to help her advance alongside him toward immortality.

• Chen Xiaojun gave Xiao Yi his Eight Wonders book and recommended Tongtian Lu, Spirit Binding and Dispatching, Six Treasures Immortal Thief, and Dual Mastery Hand for her.
• Xiao Yi explained that Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream drew on talisman arts and revealed the Great Azure Jade Heavenly Mandate Finger inherited from Shao Siming.
• Chen Xiaojun suggested combining Tongtian Lu with her Five Elements Attribute and explained how several secret techniques could complement her abilities.
• Chen Xiaojun outlined a combat system centered on finger techniques and life-type arts, supported by soul techniques and martial skills.
• Xiao Yi hugged Chen Xiaojun and thanked him for understanding her and helping improve her techniques.
• Chen Xiaojun’s plan was intended to let Xiao Yi’s techniques grow toward the divine realm and keep pace with his own path to immortality.

Chen Xiaojun explained the Chen Clan’s Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches training program and gave Xiao Yi her jade-inlaid token, emphasizing her importance to the clan. Xiao Yi approved giving Su Ningxia a slot and kept two slots for future candidates.

• Chen Xiaojun gave Xiao Yi her purple-gold and jade token and explained the New Star Program and the clan’s plans for cultivating future Titled Douluo.
• Xiao Yi recognized the program’s role in uniting the clan’s lineages and supporting its ambitions beyond the northwest continent.
• Chen Xiaojun explained the Di Sha Star slots and told Xiao Yi that she, too, had three places to assign.
• Chen Xiaojun said he had placed Su Ningxia’s slot under Xiao Yi’s name while she was asleep, and Xiao Yi approved the choice.
• Chen Xiaojun told Xiao Yi that she had two slots remaining and could nominate candidates whose character would be assessed.

Yan Wufeng told Yan Qi that their plan to spread news about the Skywolf Forging Market had reached the Ming Family, while revealing that an ambush against Chen Yu had failed. He left Yan Qi to accept punishment and identified Shen Tianjun as the hidden expert who had wounded him.

• Yan Qi reported that the Skywolf Forging Market news had reached the Ming Family and that Li Lingfeng cautiously supported their plan against the Chen Family.
• Yan Wufeng explained that he, Guang Zhou, and Luo Ping had attacked Chen Yu, but Chen Yu escaped after they wounded him.
• Yan Wufeng revealed that Chen Family Village had concealed numerous powerful Soul Douluo and Soul Sages, and that one expert had injured him using a domain.
• Yan Qi admitted his failure to uncover the Chen Family's hidden strength, and Yan Wufeng ordered him to receive thirty punishment lashes.
• Yan Wufeng concluded that Shen Tianjun had wounded him, surprising Yan Qi with the possibility that Shen Lang's father was still alive.