Chapter Summaries

The Ten Great Clans’ spokesmen learned that Chen Xiaojun had upgraded Gao Cuilan’s martial soul to a peak seventh-grade Dragon Phoenix Gold Silver Ring using rare spirit herbs. They discussed the costly method and agreed to ask the Chen Clan about it at an upcoming banquet.

• You Dongshan revealed that Chen Xiaojun had visited Gao Ying’s home after Gao Cuilan and You Dongshan’s granddaughter crossed paths.
• Gao Ying explained that Chen Xiaojun had brought Cuilan supplies for the Provincial Preliminary Competition and upgraded her martial soul to the Dragon Phoenix Gold Silver Ring, peak seventh grade.
• Gao Ying described how Chen Xiaojun used two eighth-grade spirit herbs, one Dragon Phoenix Grass, and ten Spirit Light Grasses to bring about the upgrade.
• The clan representatives questioned whether the rare herbs could be obtained, and Shen Lang said he did not know whether the Chen Clan had them.
• He Qingchuan suggested asking about the method, and Shen Lang proposed that everyone ask together at the Chen Clan’s banquet in a few days.

The allied leaders discussed the Chen Clan’s expected meeting and teased Chu Tianshu about Chu Youwei’s closeness with He Qiang. He Qingchuan agreed to formally propose after He Qiang recovered, while You Dongshan and Yan Jinzhong privately dismissed the elders’ cheerful display as an act.

• Chu Tianshu speculated that Chen Xiaojun had more surprises prepared for them after the Chen Clan’s signal.
• Chu Tianshu argued with He Qingchuan over Chu Youwei caring for the injured He Qiang and bristled at suggestions that she was ready to marry.
• Chen Xuanqi, Liu Yirong, and Ji Chengjian encouraged Chu Tianshu and He Qingchuan to arrange a match between Chu Youwei and He Qiang.
• He Qingchuan promised to visit and propose after He Qiang recovered, and Chu Tianshu warned him to treat Chu Youwei well.
• You Dongshan remarked that Chu Tianshu and He Qingchuan seemed more like a devoted couple than the young pair, and Yan Jinzhong called their behavior an act.

At a gathering of Chang’an’s family leaders, Gao Ying revealed that Xiao Yi had cured Cuilan’s poison and was Chen Xiaojun’s future bride, while Shen Lang urged the families to build ties with her. The chapter ended with the leaders considering how their children could cooperate with Xiao Yi at Chang’an Academy’s Elite Competition as Chen Xiaojun prepared to oversee the Duke Residence.

• Gao Ying told the gathered leaders that Cuilan had been poisoned by Black Fiend Bees, and that Chen Xiaojun had killed the Queen Bee and driven off the swarm.
• Zhu Baiwan criticized Shen Lang’s political maneuvering and warned Zhu Feifei that the family’s future depended on who held power, while she defended Shen Canghai’s lack of interest in family affairs.
• Gao Ying identified Xiao Yi as Chen Xiaojun’s fiancée, and Shen Lang explained that she was favored by the Chen Main Family despite having no formal marriage contract.
• Shen Lang revealed that the injured Qiankun Crown needed time to recover and that Chen Xiaojun would preside over the Duke Residence in his place.
• Shen Lang advised the family leaders to have their children cooperate with Xiao Yi at Chang’an Academy’s Elite Competition to strengthen their ties with the Main Family.

At a gathering in Yunhua Pavilion, Gao Ying revealed that Xiao Yi had gifted Gao Cuilan the Dragon Phoenix Grass, while Chen Xiaojun had provided her with rare medicines and a forty-thousand-year soul bone. The guests recognized Xiao Jun's favor toward the Gao Clan, while You Dongshan worried that his clan lacked a strong successor.

• Gao Ying told the guests that Xiao Yi, not Chen Xiaojun, had given Gao Cuilan the Dragon Phoenix Grass.
• Gao Ying revealed that Cuilan had reached level 40 after receiving an eighth-rank Nine-Leaf Black Ginseng, Light and Darkness Intertwined Dew, and a forty-thousand-year soul bone.
• Ji Chengjian said Xiao Jun favored the Gao Clan, and Gao Ying vowed that his clan would repay Xiao Jun's kindness.
• Yan Jinzhong praised thirteen-year-old Cuilan's Soul Ancestor realm and advanced martial soul, while You Dongshan lamented his clan's lack of a promising successor.
• The chapter described the alliances among the Ten Great Clans and the close ties between their younger generations.

The families discussed Chen Xiaojun’s support for the Gao Clan and the implications of Xiao Yi joining Chang’an Academy’s Elite Competition team as both a healer and a control master. Ji Chengjian revealed that his eldest brother had gone to the Main Family for further training, leaving the gathering to wonder what such training meant for a Soul Douluo.

• Chu Tianshu asked Gao Ying why Chen Xiaojun had favored the Gao Clan, and Gao Ying said the family was following Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi because of Gao Cuilan.
• Shen Lang confirmed that Xiao Yi would compete for Chang’an Academy as a dual-system healer and control master, alarming Chen Xuanqi because she could affect Chen Ze’s place on the team.
• Gao Ying reassured Chen Xuanqi that Chang’an Academy had planned for Xiao Yi’s role, noting that Gao Cuilan had led as the main control during the Provincial Preliminary Competition.
• Chu Tianshu, Gu Qianli, and Chen Xuanqi asked Ji Chengjian about his absent eldest brother, and Ji Chengjian said he had gone to the Main Family for further training.
• Shen Lang described the training as covering physical conditioning, secret techniques, cultivation methods, intent, soul master theory, and broader knowledge, prompting the others to suspect the Soul Douluo was pursuing greater power.

Chen Yu was ambushed by You Guangzhou while traveling through Purple Cypress Mountain and fought his way out of a dark-energy cage. As You Guangzhou pursued him, a mysterious handsome man appeared ahead with a summoned magic scythe, while Chen Yu later lay unconscious in Chen Lin Village.

• Chen Yu remained asleep in Azure Jade Hall for seven or eight days, and Ye Xiuxin told the people waiting outside that he still showed no sign of waking.
• You Guangzhou ambushed Chen Yu with his Void Dark Serpent, but Chen Yu dodged the first attack using Sword Wings Like Flight.
• You Guangzhou trapped Chen Yu with Shadow Cage, and Chen Yu broke free with Sword Dance Lotus and his thirty-six-sword array.
• Chen Yu fled toward the way he had come as You Guangzhou pursued him through the air.
• A handsome man appeared in Chen Yu's path, summoned a black-purple magic scythe, and transformed it into an enormous energy body.

Chen Yu fought off Luo Ping and You Guangzhou while trying to flee, but a third Titled Douluo, Yan Wufeng, blocked his way. The chapter ended with Yan Wufeng revealing that he had been waiting for Chen Yu.

• Chen Yu shattered Luo Ping’s Dark Fiend Demon Scythe attack with his Hundred Step Flying Sword and continued onward.
• Luo Ping attacked Chen Yu with Chaotic Shadowing, but Chen Yu countered with the Nine Yang Divine Sword Finger.
• Chen Yu’s Azure Sea Sky Sword clashed with Luo Ping’s Demon Scythe Judgment, and Chen Yu used the opening to fly away.
• You Guangzhou caught up with Luo Ping, and the two pursued Chen Yu, determined to stop him.
• A third Titled Douluo, Yan Wufeng, appeared ahead of Chen Yu and said he had been waiting for him.

The chapter catalogued the system’s lottery rewards and the cultivation abilities, martial souls, and transformations they granted Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi. It ended with the fifth draw’s Creation reward linking their powers and awakening a light cocoon connected to Shao Siming.

• The system’s first draw gave Chen Xiaojun Shao Siming, a god-potential companion with two sides in one body.
• The second draw granted the Chen Clan the Nine Yin Nine Yang Manual, while the third gave Chen Xiaojun the Demon Slayer Breathing Technique.
• The fourth draw awarded Chen Xiaojun the Eight Wonders and split a second martial soul reward between him and Xiao Yi: the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword and Void Willow God Vine.
• The fifth draw’s Creation energy transformed Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi, giving Chen Xiaojun a Yin Yang Dharma Robe and a Shao Siming-linked light cocoon while advancing Xiao Yi’s cultivation, Dharma Robe, martial soul, and eyes.
• The transformations linked Shao Siming to the light cocoon and connected Chen Xiaojun’s Yin Yang Dharma Robe to Xiao Yi’s Five Elements Dharma Robe.

Chen Yu countered Yan Wufeng’s Dragon Soul Tear with the Seven Kill Swords’ Sword Qi Vertical and Horizontal Combination, destroying the dragon soul before Yan Wufeng shattered the weakened sword cone. Yan Wufeng recognized Chen Yu’s True Image Sword Intent, which could help him reach Level 97 within a few years.

• Yan Wufeng unleashed Dragon Soul Tear, sending a giant black dragon soul surging toward Chen Yu.
• Chen Yu wielded two Seven Kill Swords and combined vertical and horizontal sword qi into a black-and-white Dragon Shadow Sword Cone.
• The sword cone and dragon soul clashed in a vast torrent of energy until Chen Yu’s sword intent tore the dragon soul apart.
• Yan Wufeng used dark power to shatter the weakened Dragon Shadow Sword Cone.
• Yan Wufeng recognized Chen Yu’s True Image Sword Intent and realized Chen Yu could reach Level 97 within a few years.

Chen Yu fought off You Guangzhou and Luo Ping as Yan Wufeng recognized him as a growing threat. Chen Yu wounded Luo Ping with the Seven Injuries Seal, but the attack continued pursuing him as the chapter ended.

• Yan Wufeng sensed a crisis from Chen Yu's True Image Sword Intent and resolved to kill him before he could become a formidable figure.
• You Guangzhou used Void Instant Kill to attack Chen Yu from behind, but Chen Yu dodged and knocked him back with Azure Sea Sky Sword, though his left arm was cut.
• Luo Ping launched Dark Night Ferocious Light Slash at Chen Yu with three enormous blade lights.
• Chen Yu summoned the Seven Injuries Seal and unleashed Seven Pulses Soul Severance, shattering Luo Ping's blade lights and sending him flying.
• The Seven Injuries Seal transformed into seven energy dragons and continued to pursue Luo Ping.

Chen Yu overwhelmed Luo Ping with the Seven Injuries Seal and wounded him with Overlapping Sword Shadows, then met Yan Wufeng’s Darkness Domain with his Slaughter Domain. Yan Wufeng wondered whether Chen Yu had Innate Full Soul Power as their domains clashed evenly.

• Luo Ping summoned the Dark Baleful Demon Domain, but Chen Yu’s Seven Pulses Soul Severance tore through it and forced him back.
• Chen Yu used Overlapping Sword Shadows to strike Luo Ping repeatedly, leaving him bleeding.
• Yan Wufeng unleashed his Darkness Domain, and Chen Yu answered by opening his Slaughter Domain.
• Chen Yu’s Slaughter Domain and Yan Wufeng’s Darkness Domain canceled each other out, surprising Yan Wufeng.
• Yan Wufeng wondered if Chen Yu had Innate Full Soul Power and reflected on the Chen Clan’s strength and its history with the Crimson Church.

Chen Yu struggled against You Guangzhou’s explosive ranged attacks and Yan Wufeng’s Darkness Domain until he combined his Slaughter Domain with Da Luo Dongguan’s Time-Space Power to create the Slaughter Realm. Its strength surprised his opponents and left Luo Ping increasingly wary as the three-man battle continued.

• You Guangzhou attacked Chen Yu with Void Shadow Burst, detonating more than a dozen clones against his Slaughter Domain and forcing him to endure the bombardment.
• Chen Yu recognized that he could not defeat all three opponents and resolved to deal with You Guangzhou before escaping.
• Yan Wufeng pressed Chen Yu with his Darkness Domain as Chen Yu’s unstable Slaughter Domain neared collapse.
• Chen Yu awakened a trace of Time-Space Power from Da Luo Dongguan and transformed his Slaughter Domain into the more stable Slaughter Realm.
• Chen Yu used the Slaughter Realm to repel Yan Wufeng’s Darkness Domain, while Luo Ping and You Guangzhou realized he was far more dangerous than they had expected.

Chen Yu unleashed his Limitless Sunset Sword Stance against You Guangzhou, breaking his defenses and wounding him as You Guangzhou tried to evade the attacks. Chen Yu prepared another strike, but a powerful expert suddenly rushed toward them from the sky.

• Chen Yu used Limitless Sunset, combining his Nine Yang Divine Skill with his sword stance to send a great setting sun and a surging river of sword qi at You Guangzhou.
• You Guangzhou countered with Dark Serpent Soul Devour and his Void Dark Serpent Martial Soul Avatar, but Chen Yu’s setting sun shattered both defenses and knocked him back.
• You Guangzhou used Dark Shadow Sneak and Shadow Concealment to evade the river of sword qi, but Chen Yu transformed his stance into Sunset Glow Sprinkles the Sky and struck his shoulder.
• You Guangzhou used Shadow Gale Step to dodge Chen Yu’s next attack, but sword energy grazed him and left him injured.
• Chen Yu sent another torrent of sword energy at You Guangzhou, but a powerful expert approached rapidly from the sky.

Yan Wufeng arrived to support You Guangzhou and attacked Chen Yu with Darkness Tornado, but Chen Yu answered with his Eighth Soul Skill, Pluck Branch Destroy Mountains. Chen Yu’s materialized Seven Kill Sword broke through the tornado and continued toward Yan Wufeng.

• Yan Wufeng intercepted Chen Yu’s sword energy with Demonic Dragon Claw and his combined Demon Dragon Wings, protecting You Guangzhou from further harm.
• Yan Wufeng formed a Darkness Tornado and sent it toward Chen Yu, whose Slaughter Realm held firm against the attack.
• Chen Yu summoned his Eighth Soul Skill, Pluck Branch Destroy Mountains, manifesting a massive Seven Kill Sword surrounded by deep-blue sword lights.
• Chen Yu’s Seven Kill Sword shattered the Darkness Tornado and pressed on toward Yan Wufeng, whose expression changed in surprise.

Yan Wufeng unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Heaven and Earth Unbounded Devil Dragon Transformation, and clashed with Chen Yu in a devastating exchange. Their attacks destroyed each other, leaving both injured as the battle continued.

• Yan Wufeng activated Heaven and Earth Unbounded Devil Dragon Transformation, greatly amplifying his strength and taking on the form of a dragon warrior.
• Yan Wufeng launched a massive Demonic Dragon Claw at Chen Yu's materialized Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Yu strengthened his sword with the Slaughter Realm and met Yan Wufeng's attack head-on.
• The Demonic Dragon Claw and Seven Kill Sword battered each other until both shattered into light.
• Chen Yu and Yan Wufeng suffered injuries, and Yan Wufeng showed surprise as the battle remained unresolved.

Luo Ping unleashed the Luo Family’s Break Limit secret art and used his Death God Scythe to attack Chen Yu’s Slaughter Domain. With Yan Wufeng joining the assault, they shattered the domain, leaving Chen Yu pale and staggering.

• Luo Ping activated Break Limit and summoned his Rakshasa phantom with his ninth soul skill, Death God Scythe.
• Luo Ping’s Dark Fiend Demon Scythe tore through space as he brought it down on Chen Yu’s Slaughter Domain.
• Luo Ping combined his cutting intent with Break Limit to wield the strength of a rank-96 Super Douluo.
• Chen Yu poured his Soul Power into strengthening the Slaughter Domain, but Luo Ping’s attack made cracks spread across it.
• Yan Wufeng struck the Slaughter Domain with his Demonic Dragon Claw, widening the cracks alongside Luo Ping’s assault.
• Luo Ping and Yan Wufeng shattered the Slaughter Domain, and Chen Yu staggered back, deathly pale.

The chapter compared the Chen Family’s Titled Douluo strength with the major powers across the continent and explained why the family still lacked the power to act freely. It left the Chen Family relying on the Sunset Glow Plan to build strength while keeping the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well secret.

• The chapter described the Chen Family’s current and emerging Titled Douluo, including those training at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and those guarding it.
• The chapter explained that the Chen Family could mobilize only five Titled Douluo besides Chen Xun, while Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er remained hidden as its deepest foundation.
• The chapter compared the Chen Family’s forces with the Titled Douluo numbers of the empires, Soul Fighting City, Spirit Hall, Sea God Island, and the Crimson Church.
• The chapter stated that the Sunset Glow Plan would let older branch-line powerhouses bolster the Chen Family without exposing the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The chapter concluded that the Chen Family needed more Titled Douluo, influence, prestige, and economic power to become a true super clan.

Chen Yu escaped Luo Ping, Yan Wufeng, and You Guangzhou by using clones, but You Guangzhou caught up and triggered the poison he had secretly planted in Chen Yu. Chen Yu’s poison resistance began to fail as his pursuers closed in.

• Chen Yu used five clones to evade Luo Ping’s Demon Scythe while his real body fled.
• Luo Ping, Yan Wufeng, and You Guangzhou destroyed the clones, and You Guangzhou raced after Chen Yu’s real body.
• You Guangzhou used Shadow Gale Step and several Soul Skills to harass Chen Yu, while Yan Wufeng and Luo Ping pursued behind him.
• Chen Yu adapted to You Guangzhou’s attacks with sword techniques and began moving faster, but You Guangzhou triggered the poison concealed in his attacks.
• Chen Yu’s Nine Yang Divine Skill resisted the toxin for a time, but You Guangzhou’s powerful poison began to overwhelm that resistance.

Chen Yu endured You Guangzhou’s poison and escaped after using the Nine Yang True Fire and Great Yang Sword to break free. You Guangzhou then unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, the Void Giant Serpent, leaving Chen Yu facing a colossal new threat.

• You Guangzhou attacked Chen Yu with poisonous mist and a Void Dark Serpent while waiting for Yan Wufeng and Luo Ping to arrive.
• Chen Yu lured You Guangzhou into striking range, then erupted with Nine Yang True Fire and destroyed the Void Dark Serpent.
• Chen Yu wounded You Guangzhou with the Great Yang Sword and fled while using the Nine Yang True Fire to burn away the poison in his body.
• You Guangzhou invoked his Ninth Soul Skill, Void Giant Serpent, summoning a colossal serpent that filled the sky.
• Chen Yu sensed the serpent’s overwhelming pressure and feared its attack could destroy him.

You Guangzhou unleashed his Void Giant Serpent against Chen Yu, who revealed the Nine Yang True Body and defended himself with the Golden Bell Shield. Chen Yu survived the serpent’s attack and continued fleeing from Yan Wufeng and Luo Ping while healing himself, then took out a glowing pill.

• You Guangzhou directed the Void Giant Serpent to strike Chen Yu, using its speed and Space Power to limit his escape.
• Chen Yu activated the Nine Yang True Body and formed the Golden Bell Shield to withstand the serpent’s attack.
• The Void Giant Serpent shattered Chen Yu’s golden bell and sent him flying, leaving him wounded and bleeding.
• Chen Yu used the Nine Yang Divine Skill to heal while escaping from Yan Wufeng and Luo Ping, who were closing in.
• Chen Yu produced a porcelain bottle and poured out a glowing pill.