Chapter Summaries

After swallowing a Chen Yuan Pill, Chen Yu recovered enough to keep fleeing while fighting off Yan Wufeng, You Guangzhou, and Luo Ping. Near Chen Lin Village, he abruptly stopped as the three surrounded him and prepared to attack.

• Chen Yu swallowed a Chen Yuan Pill, restoring his injuries, Mental Power, and vital energy as You Guangzhou resumed pursuing him.
• Yan Wufeng and Luo Ping caught up, and the four fought for several minutes while Chen Yu used brief bursts of his domain to fend them off.
• Chen Yu continued toward Chen Lin Village, using his domain and soul skills to resist the three attackers despite mounting injuries.
• Yan Wufeng threatened to visit Chen Yu's village, but Chen Yu kept fleeing until he suddenly stopped near it.
• Yan Wufeng, You Guangzhou, and Luo Ping surrounded Chen Yu, and the tense confrontation left them poised to fight.

Chen Yu fought off You Guangzhou, Yan Wufeng, and Luo Ping as their attacks failed to break through his techniques and domains. As Yan Wufeng pressed his Darkness Domain against Chen Yu’s Slaughter Domain, an unseen domain opened a crack behind him and a sword-finger radiance shot toward his back.

• You Guangzhou sent his Eighth Soul Skill, Void Shadow Burst, at Chen Yu, who dispersed the Void Dark Serpents with Sword Control Object Star Shift.
• Yan Wufeng trapped Chen Yu in his Breath of Hell devil-crystal cage, but Chen Yu’s Slaughter Domain and Sun God Pearl melted it.
• Yan Wufeng opened his Darkness Domain and charged while You Guangzhou attacked with Dark Serpent Strangling Swarm; Chen Yu cut down the serpents with his Seven Kill Sword.
• Luo Ping attacked Chen Yu with Chaotic Flying Slash, and Chen Yu dodged with Veiling Moon Returning Snow as Yan Wufeng’s domain pressed in.
• An unfamiliar domain silently penetrated Yan Wufeng’s Darkness Domain from behind, and a sword-finger radiance shot through the opening toward him.

Yan Wufeng was wounded by a hidden sword attack as six Azure Sea Sky Swords assailed You Guangzhou and Luo Ping. You Guangzhou was driven back, while Luo Ping narrowly avoided the final strike with a desperate roll.

• Yan Wufeng barely withstood a sudden sword attack in his Devil Dragon Transformation and vomited blood, suspecting the Chen Clan had another Titled Douluo.
• Six Azure Sea Sky Swords split into groups and attacked You Guangzhou and Luo Ping from multiple directions.
• You Guangzhou used Dark Serpent Soul Devour and his fists to resist two sword beams, but the emerald-green blade struck him and sent him skidding across the ground.
• Luo Ping blocked the scarlet sword beam with Rakshasa Thousand Split Shield, then dispersed the shield and met the deep-blue beam with his Assassination Scythe.
• Luo Ping rolled aside to evade the approaching pure-white sword beam, shocking the onlookers with his undignified dodge.

Luo Ping and his allies were surrounded by powerful masked Soul Masters as Cheng Nanxing attacked You Guangzhou. You Guangzhou summoned his Void Giant Serpent, but three Chen Clan women countered it with their combined technique, leaving the two forces locked in a struggle.

• Seven masked Black-Clad Men surrounded the injured Luo Ping while Yan Wufeng and You Guangzhou were also left wounded.
• Cheng Nanxing used Thunder Divine Eagle Strike to knock You Guangzhou into the ground.
• You Guangzhou recovered and summoned his ninth soul skill, Void Giant Serpent, to attack Cheng Nanxing.
• Three female Chen Clan Soul Masters combined their power and unleashed Dust Fate Sword Demise, freezing half of the serpent's tail.
• You Guangzhou poured Soul Power into the serpent as its body alternately froze and recovered against the icebound force.

Lu Xueying, Yan Ruoyu, Yu Jinghan, and Cheng Nanxing fought You Guangzhou as he unleashed the Void Giant Serpent and tried to break their formation. You Guangzhou detonated the serpent with Void Burst, sending a devastating shockwave toward the four defenders.

• Lu Xueying, Yan Ruoyu, and Yu Jinghan restrained You Guangzhou's Void Giant Serpent with frost and sword attacks.
• Cheng Nanxing charged toward You Guangzhou, but the serpent's devouring suction disrupted his flight and forced him to veer away.
• You Guangzhou used his family's devouring secret art to draw Heaven and Earth Soul Power into the Void Giant Serpent.
• You Guangzhou activated Void Burst, detonating the serpent and directing its destructive shockwave at the four soul masters.

Lu Xueying, Yan Ruoyu, and Yu Jinghan used their Ice World Stillness secret art to withstand You Guangzhou’s explosion, while Cheng Nanxing was injured by the aftershock. On the second battlefield, Qin Lang, Gai Chenliang, and Leng Qingqiu unleashed the Chen Yuan Three Absolute Array and matched Luo Ping’s strongest attack.

• Lu Xueying, Yan Ruoyu, and Yu Jinghan joined their Soul Power to form ice walls that held back the blast from You Guangzhou’s attack.
• The explosion’s aftershock injured both sides, threw Cheng Nanxing to the ground, and left You Guangzhou staggering.
• Luo Ping used Breaking the Limit and his Eighth Soul Skill, Dark Night Ferocious Light Slash, against Qin Lang, Gai Chenliang, and Leng Qingqiu.
• Qin Lang and Gai Chenliang infused their Soul Power into Leng Qingqiu, who summoned the Chen Yuan Killing Blow Demon with the Chen Yuan Three Absolute Array.
• The giant sword clashed with Luo Ping’s slash until both attacks vanished, forcing Luo Ping and the three Soul Masters to retreat.

The chapter explained the Chen family’s far-reaching branches and introduced the six Titled Battle Powers chosen for the Sunset Glow Plan. It also described why several families could not participate and ended with Yu Jingsheng asking the Chen family Main Lineage to support his younger sister, Yu Jinghan.

• The chapter identified the Chen family’s branches and separate lineages across the continent and explained how the Medicinal Materials Market could support them discreetly.
• Chen Xiaojun’s family selected Lu Xueying, Yan Ruoyu, Gai Chenliang, Qin Lang, Leng Qingqiu, and Shen Tianjun as the Sunset Glow Plan’s six Titled Battle Powers.
• The chapter explained that the plan’s first group focused on inheritors of Top Martial Souls, while Leng Qingqiu represented a Sixth Grade branch with unusual potential.
• The Xi Li Family’s veteran elders needed more time to recover, the Wind Family’s elder had to guard the Wind Sword Sect, and the Yu Family and Hua Family lacked suitable veteran elders.
• The chapter recounted how Yu Jinghan and Chen Wenchao married after he supported her family during a disaster, and Yu Jingsheng asked the Chen family Main Lineage to support her.

The Chen Yuan Three Absolute Array’s strengths and its researchers’ work were described as Shen Tianjun joined Chen Yu against Yan Wufeng. Yan unleashed his Devil Dragon All-Annihilating Claw, and Chen Yu answered with Limitless Sword Qi of Heaven and Earth.

• The chapter explained how the Chen Yuan Three Absolute Array’s cloud attribute enabled its strongest combination moves and how Shen Tianjun could form Whale Fall with Lu and Yan.
• The Sunset Glow seeds and senior researchers in Chen Lin Village perfected the Three Absolute Array and developed new combination skills, while Shen Tianjun was assigned to help Chen Yu fight Yan Wufeng.
• Shen Tianjun launched a rapid series of sword attacks against Yan Wufeng after a successful sneak attack, but Yan endured them with his Devil Dragon Transformation defenses.
• Chen Yu taunted Yan Wufeng, prompting Yan to unleash his ultimate technique, Devil Dragon All-Annihilating Claw.
• Chen Yu gathered his strength and used Limitless Sword Qi of Heaven and Earth to form a sword-qi net against one of Yan’s enormous claws.

The chapter explained the cultivation tracks of the Douluo world, distinguishing Martial Souls, Soul Power, Mental Power, body refinement, soul-beast bloodlines, and minor paths. During the battle, Chen Yu wore down one of Yan Wufeng’s Demon Dragon Obliteration Claws, while Shen Tianjun’s new True Qiankun Finger weakened another before its remaining power sent him flying.

• Chen Xiaojun’s framework described the main cultivation tracks and how they could eventually connect to rules.
• Shen Tianjun gathered power to unleash True Qiankun Finger, which fused his study of the Nine Yang Divine Sword Finger with the Qiankun Finger.
• Chen Yu’s second-tier sword-qi ultimate skill bound Yan Wufeng’s Demon Dragon Obliteration Claw and eroded it until it vanished.
• Shen Tianjun’s True Qiankun Finger collided with Yan Wufeng’s other Demon Dragon Obliteration Claw and erased more than half its demonic power.
• The remaining demonic qi sent Shen Tianjun tumbling through the air, but he steadied himself with only a slightly pale face and no serious injuries.

Yan Wufeng struck Chen Yu with his Eye of Destruction while Chen Yu was trying to save Shen Tianjun. Chen Yu’s Primal Spirit Brilliant Star Sword ultimately destroyed the attack, but left him exhausted and his sea of consciousness damaged.

• As Chen Yu sent sword energy toward Yan Wufeng’s Demon Dragon Obliteration Claw, Yan Wufeng fired the Eye of Destruction into Chen Yu’s Upper Soul Nest.
• The Light of Destruction ravaged Chen Yu’s sea of consciousness, and Chen Yu spat blood as Shen Tianjun cried out in alarm.
• Chen Yu summoned the Primal Spirit Brilliant Star Sword and used his Head Bone Skill—Tidal Surge to restore Mental Power while the sword fought the gray light.
• The Primal Spirit Brilliant Star Sword pierced the Eye of Destruction’s core and suppressed the remaining gray light until it dispersed.
• Chen Yu survived the attack but was left weak, with his Mental Power drained and cracks in his spatial array walls.

Yan Wufeng and You Guangzhou unleashed their combined Ring Iteration technique, summoning a Dark Demon Dragon and Void Giant Serpent to turn the battle against the seven great experts. Their creatures effortlessly neutralized the experts’ attacks, leaving the confrontation tilted heavily in their favor.

• Yan Wufeng realized his ambush had failed and that approaching reinforcements would soon trap his side.
• Yan Wufeng and You Guangzhou joined forces and used “Dragon and Serpent Dance Together” to merge their eighteen soul rings.
• Their combined technique summoned an enormous Dark Demon Dragon and Void Giant Serpent, empowered by their Darkness Attribute.
• Gai, his companion, and Leng attacked with Killing Blow Demon, while Lu, Yan, and Yu used Dust Fate Sword Demise and Shen Tianjun unleashed True Qiankun Finger.
• The Dark Demon Dragon and Void Giant Serpent destroyed or deflected all three attacks, overwhelming the seven great experts.

Chen Yu unleashed the Chen Clan’s Four Great Profound Truths and fused himself with his sword to repel Yan Wufeng and You Guangzhou’s combined attack. The clash destroyed the Void Giant Serpent and fatally damaged the Dark Demon Dragon, leaving Chen Yu and both of his opponents badly injured as the survivors prepared to escape.

• Chen Yu transformed into a Heavenly Giant Sword by combining his body with the sword and stacking the Four Great Profound Truths, reaching attack power on the level of 98.
• Chen Yu’s sword clashed with the Dark Demon Dragon and the Void Giant Serpent, shattering space and annihilating the serpent while reducing the dragon to half its body before it dispersed.
• Yan Wufeng and You Guangzhou remained standing despite serious wounds, and You Guangzhou urged them to leave while Yan Wufeng said their escape depended on Old Luo.
• Chen Yu’s Heavenly Giant Sword was left cracked with its nine Blue Stars dimmed, and Chen Yu hovered in the air pale and bleeding after the costly strike.

Luo Ping used Rakshasa Soul Sever to shatter Chen Yu’s Heavenly Giant Sword and exploit the weakness in his Sword and Man as One state. Chen Yu was gravely wounded, while Yan Wufeng claimed victory and the Chen Clan’s experts charged at him and his allies.

• Luo Ping unleashed Rakshasa Soul Sever and enlarged the Dark Fiend Demon Scythe into a massive blow against Chen Yu.
• The strike shattered Chen Yu’s Heavenly Giant Sword by attacking his soul and will while his defenses were exposed.
• Chen Yu spat blood and struggled to remain standing after the backlash from his broken Sword and Man as One.
• Yan Wufeng revealed that exploiting Chen Yu’s weakness had been the goal of his desperate gamble and declared that Chen Yu had lost.
• The Chen Clan’s experts charged toward Crimson and the other two in fury.

Chen Yu collapsed after You Guangzhou triggered poison in his body, and Yan Wufeng escaped with You Guangzhou while Luo Ping fled separately. In the present, Ye Xiuxin explained that Chen Yu’s injuries left his chances of recovery uncertain, though she planned to research treatments for his damaged soul and Upper Soul Nest Wall.

• Yan Wufeng grabbed You Guangzhou and fled as You Guangzhou’s Void Shadow Burst blocked the Chen Clan pursuers.
• You Guangzhou triggered the poison inside Chen Yu, causing the wounded Chen Yu to drop the Seven Kill Sword and collapse.
• Yan Wufeng and You Guangzhou escaped, while Luo Ping slipped away and the injured Cheng Nanxing could not pursue them.
• Ye Xiuxin told Shen Tianjun that Chen Yu’s poison and Dao Injuries were partly suppressed by the Nine Yang Divine Skill, but his severe soul damage and cracked Upper Soul Nest Wall remained difficult to treat.
• Ye Xiuxin said she would research Spirit Type medicines and hoped to use Axun’s Spirit Type Ninth Grade Treasure Medicines or master the Dual Mastery Hand to help Chen Yu.

After Chen Yu was severely injured in the Crimson Church’s attack, Shen Tianjun assigned Ye Xiuxin to treat him and decided to report his condition to Xiao Cong and the others. He planned to carry out the Sunset Glow Plan early, leaving the clan elders united in accepting responsibility for the attack.

• Xi Li Ru Feng demanded revenge against the Crimson Church, while Shen Tianjun told him to focus on recovering from his injuries.
• Shen Tianjun asked Ye Xiuxin to oversee Chen Yu’s recovery and sent Cheng Nanxing to inform Xiao Cong and the others about Chen Yu’s condition.
• Shen Tianjun said he would apologize to Chen Zixiu, but the others insisted they would go with him and share responsibility.
• Shen Tianjun proposed applying for the Sunset Glow Plan as soon as Chen Zixiu returned, despite concerns about its risks and his own injuries.
• Shen Tianjun argued that the Crimson Church had targeted the Chen Clan and its allies, then regretted that the elders had failed to protect the younger generation.

Zhuo Qianren and Zhang Ci discussed Xiao Jun’s proposal to expand the mountain stronghold and what it revealed about the Chen Clan’s influence over Chang'an Academy. Zhang Ci argued that the academy’s commoner faction might benefit from aligning with the Chen Clan, leaving Zhuo Qianren to reconsider his fears about losing the academy’s independence.

• Zhang Ci told Zhuo Qianren that he had revised Xiao Jun’s original mountain-stronghold expansion proposal, which Xiao Jun had given him in the mountains.
• Zhuo Qianren and Zhang Ci agreed that forward strongholds could have reduced the casualties from the Wolf Bandits’ attack.
• Zhuo Qianren explained how Chen Cong had improved the academy’s finances, raised its profile through competitions, and funded Zhongnan Mountain’s reconstruction.
• Zhang Ci recognized that the proposal could shift the academy toward practical combat training and said the change would chiefly affect the Commoner Faction.
• Zhang Ci argued that the Commoner Faction might gain more by serving the Chen Clan, while Zhuo Qianren silently reconsidered his concern that the academy would become a family vassal.

Zhang Ci urged Zhuo Qianren to accept the Chen Clan’s growing role in the academy, arguing that their alliance with City Lord Xue Churan and Xiao Jun’s plans made the change an irresistible trend. Zhuo Qianren remained thoughtful as Zhang Ci and Mu Zilian voiced their support for the Chen Clan’s leadership.

• Zhang Ci argued that City Lord Xue Churan and the Chen Clan were aligned and that allowing the Chen Clan to recruit academy graduates served the City Lord’s interests.
• Zhang Ci revealed that Xiao Jun had rewarded him with Soul Bones, a Spirit Herb, and gold, and said he supported Xiao Jun’s plan to make the academy economically self-sufficient.
• Zhang Ci acknowledged Zhuo Qianren’s concerns about future political changes but trusted Xiao Jun to handle them.
• Mu Zilian supported the Chen Clan taking responsibility for the academy, while Zhang Ci told Zhuo Qianren to gain influence by becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Zhang Ci recited a poem about the river flowing east and told Zhuo Qianren that the Chen Clan’s rise was an irresistible trend.

Chen Xiaojun reflected on his progress in painting and awaited Gao Cuilan’s return from a targeted soul beast hunt. He recalled how he had helped Gao Cuilan and Zhu Wuneng awaken a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, leaving the Chen Clan with its first such pair.

• Zhu Wuneng told Chen Xiaojun that Grandpa Cong was calling for him, and Chen Xiaojun paused his painting to ask what his second grand-uncle wanted.
• Chen Xiaojun discussed his unfinished “Qingming Shanghe Tu” and recalled how sword practice had deepened his painting.
• Chen Xiaojun asked whether Gao Cuilan had returned from her soul beast hunt, and Zhu Wuneng said her father and the Gao Clan’s Estate Grand Manager were accompanying her.
• Chen Xiaojun recalled that Gao Cuilan and Zhu Wuneng’s martial souls had resonated after he used Dragon Phoenix Grass to upgrade her.
• The dragon-and-phoenix markings on their spirit items enabled Gao Cuilan and Zhu Wuneng to form the Chen Clan’s first Martial Soul Fusion Skill, delighting Gao Cuilan.

After Zhu Wuneng and Gao Cuilan revealed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, the Zhu Clan moved to secure their marriage while Chen Xiaojun urged them to train together. He then discussed the Imperial Court’s pressure over the Skywolf Forging Market attack with Xue Churan and proposed giving up her planned governor post.

• The Zhu Clan celebrated Zhu Wuneng and Gao Cuilan’s Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Zhu Yanfeng and Zhu Hefeng visited the Gao Clan with gifts to confirm the match.
• Gao Yunpeng and Zhuang Yucheng took Gao Cuilan into the mountains to hunt for a soul ring, while Chen Xiaojun told Zhu Wuneng to practice fighting alongside her.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Zhu Wuneng how long Xiao Yi had been gone, and Zhu Wuneng reassured him that she was safe with Grandpa Meng and Venomous Snake Fu’s grandfather.
• Xue Churan explained that Imperial Court opponents were using the Skywolf Forging Market attack to challenge her and oppose moving the Governor’s Office to Chang’an City.
• Chen Xiaojun considered Xue Churan’s situation and suggested that she not take the governor post after all.

Chen Xiaojun advised Xue Churan to stop pursuing office for now and use the years remaining in her term to advance to Titled Douluo, strengthening their faction. Xue Churan recognized the significance of the Chen Clan’s support, and Chen Cong revealed that the clan had no fewer Titled Douluo than the imperial family.

• Xue Churan agreed that her faction’s foundation was not yet solid and said she could step down as city lord without letting others dictate her path.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that his opponents targeted Xue Churan because she was not yet a Titled Douluo and wanted to sever her ties with the Chen Clan.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed that the Chen Clan support Xue Churan’s advancement and help Senior Silver Emperor advance, so their allies could form a powerful faction.
• Xue Churan questioned whether she could advance within five years, and Chen Xiaojun said he had a Ninth Grade Treasure Medicine to help her.
• Xue Churan asked Chen Cong how many Titled Douluo the Chen Clan had, and Chen Cong replied that they had no fewer than the imperial family.