Chapter Summaries

The chapter examined how Chen Xiaojun’s influence and the Chen family’s resources helped many young women reach the Genius List, then focused on Yue Qingsi, the Chrysanthemum Picking Girl from the Yue family. After learning about her rare Nine Heavens Embracing the Moon Chrysanthemum Martial Soul and Moonlight Academy background, Chen Xiaojun suspected that Yue Guan’s chrysanthemum lineage came from the Yue family.

• The chapter explained that six Chen family women appeared on the Genius List and that the family’s resources and training had helped raise its members’ standing.
• Gao Cuilan and Su Ningxia admired the quiet, gentle temperament of the Chrysanthemum Picking Girl, whom Chen Xiaojun identified as Yue Qingsi.
• Chen Xiaojun reviewed Yue Qingsi’s background as an Eighth Grade aristocratic family member whose rare Nine Heavens Embracing the Moon Chrysanthemum Martial Soul carried wood, metal, water, and moon attributes.
• The chapter noted that Yue Qingsi had joined Moonlight Academy and Moon Palace, where she was Chen Yanwu’s junior sect sister.
• Chen Xiaojun speculated that Yue Guan belonged to the Yue family and that its martial-soul heritage had helped him develop the Singular Velvet Sky Chrysanthemum Martial Soul.

As the group reviewed the Genius List, Chen Xiaojun comforted Gao Cuilan over being left off its secondary rankings and encouraged her to prove herself in the provincial competition. Gudu Fu and Xiao Yi returned, and Chen Xiaojun embraced Xiao Yi, relieved to see her again.

• Zhu Wuneng pointed out that Chen Ze and Chu Youwei had made the Genius List's secondary rankings, and Chen Xiaojun noted that many Soul Kings appeared on it.
• Chen Xiaojun noticed Gao Cuilan's sadness at being omitted and explained that her latest cultivation and martial soul improvements might not have reached the list's selectors.
• Zhu Wuneng tried to reassure Gao Cuilan, and she vowed to give her all in the provincial competition and show others her strength.
• Gudu Fu arrived and playfully slapped Zhu Wuneng after he rushed out to greet him.
• Chen Xiaojun embraced the returning Xiao Yi and told her he had worried about her while she was away.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions discussed the Soul Breaking Spear Yang Family joining their clan, while Du Gu Fu eagerly admired Ma Yinqi’s portrait in the album Twelve Golden Hairpins of the Red Chamber. Xiao Yi accepted her prominent portrait and said she could suppress anyone who challenged her ranking, as Chen Xiaojun considered how long they could keep her identity secret.

• Chen Xiaojun told Du Gu Fu that the Soul Breaking Spear Yang Family had joined the clan and would work closely with Du Gu Fu’s family.
• Du Gu Fu seized the album Twelve Golden Hairpins of the Red Chamber and declared his interest in Ma Yinqi, prompting Zhu Wuneng to insult him.
• Su Ningxia showed Xiao Yi her portrait, and Xiao Yi said she could suppress anyone who challenged her top ranking.
• Xiao Yi clarified that Chen Yanwu and the Chen Clan’s people were exceptions, while Chen Xiaojun explained that the clan would keep her identity secret.
• Chen Xiaojun admitted that his advice had influenced Xiao Yi’s prominent depiction and said they would conceal her ranking as long as possible.

Chen Xiaojun and the others discussed keeping Xiao Yi’s identity secret and learned how she used her simulation ability and branch vines. The group realized she might be able to wield six martial souls at once, while Chen Xiaojun continued to prioritize her safety.

• Chen Xiaojun said they would hide Xiao Yi’s identity through the first two rounds of the Elite Competition to reduce the chance that rivals could target her.
• Du Gu Fu worried that Ice Douluo might have seen through Xiao Yi’s identity, but Chen Xiaojun said they would respond if trouble arose.
• Xiao Yi showed that her Soul Power was Level 51 and that simulation had changed the apparent colors of her soul rings.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that the Meteor Vine was a branch vine from Xiao Yi’s Ageless Evergreen Ivy and that she had concealed the main body’s aura with simulation.
• Xiao Yi said she was exploring how to use her branch martial souls together, though Chen Xiaojun warned that it consumed enormous Soul Power.
• Du Gu Fu proposed that Xiao Yi could reveal six martial souls by releasing her branches and main body, and Zhu Wuneng marveled at the prospect.

Chen Xiaojun considered how Xiao Yi could use Heart Separation Control to coordinate her six martial souls, then listened as Du Gu Fu recounted the trip to Ice Sealed City. The clues convinced Chen Xiaojun that the cave might hold a Ten Thousand Year Mystic Ice Marrow Ore Vein and that Brother Sky Dream could become a powerful Intelligent Soul Ring, so he resolved to investigate.

• Chen Xiaojun suggested asking the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to teach Xiao Yi Heart Separation Control and considered learning it himself to control his six divine swords.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Du Gu Fu to recount the group's experiences in Ice Sealed City, and she described their journey.
• While listening, Chen Xiaojun connected the group's Ten Thousand Year Mystic Ice Marrow Ore to Brother Sky Dream and reasoned that the cave might contain an ore vein.
• Chen Xiaojun concluded that Brother Sky Dream might have surpassed one hundred thousand years of cultivation and could possess the potential to become an Intelligent Soul Ring.
• Chen Xiaojun resolved to visit the cave and investigate the ore vein and the possibility of gaining Brother Sky Dream as a soul ring.

Key Plot Points and Events

• Chen Xiaojun and his group discuss the strength of Ice Palace students.
• Chen Xiaojun warns them not to underestimate the heroes of the world, using Zhan Ruoxi and Ji Bingyan as examples.
• He highlights the strength of Bo Huaiyu, a Ninth Grade Martial Soul from the Bo Clan, and his Ice Yi Sword Martial Soul.
• Chen Xiaojun mentions Ice Palace's Martial Soul Fusion Skill, which is powerful and listed on the Thousand Year List.

Character Developments

• Chen Xiaojun demonstrates his knowledge and experience, showing that he has a deep understanding of the Soul Master World's history and powerful clans.
• Du Gu Fu and Zhu Wuneng learn from Chen Xiaojun's lecture and begin to reassess their opponents' strengths.

Significant Themes

• Humility and learning from failures (Zhan Ruoxi's growth).
• The importance of not underestimating opponents (Chen Xiaojun's warning).
• The depth of Ice Palace's foundations and the strength of its students.

Character Interactions

• Chen Xiaojun lectures Zhu Wuneng and Du Gu Fu, helping them understand the true strength of their opponents.
• Du Gu Fu and Zhu Wuneng engage in friendly banter, showing their camaraderie.
• Chen Xiaojun, Du Gu Fu, Zhu Wuneng, Xiao Yi, and Su Ningxia discuss and share information, demonstrating their teamwork and mutual respect.

Chen Xiaojun gave Du Gu Fu the Ice Crystal Eight-Angle Pistil after he had prepared to absorb its cold poison and strengthen his abilities. Du Gu Fu agreed to absorb it carefully in the Cultivation Room with his grandfather guarding him.

• Du Gu Fu asked Chen Xiaojun to honor his promise and give him the Ice Crystal Eight-Angle Pistil, hoping its cold poison would make him stronger against Ji Bingyan.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that Du Gu Fu had absorbed the Flame Heart Apricot Delight over the past three years and recently gained an Ice Jade Scorpion soul ring, making him ready for the second treasure medicine.
• Chen Xiaojun gave Du Gu Fu the Ice Crystal Eight-Angle Pistil, which had been brought back by Chen Qiujun, while Gao Cuilan watched with envy and Su Ningxia comforted her.
• Du Gu Fu and Zhu Wuneng joked about Du Gu Fu's soul skills and Fourth Soul Ring until Su Ningxia reminded them they were in Chen Xiaojun's study.
• Chen Xiaojun warned Du Gu Fu that the medicine's cold poison was dangerous and instructed him to absorb it after dinner in the Cultivation Room with his grandfather standing guard.

After Du Gu Fu teased Zhu Wuneng about Gao Cuilan and their engagement, Zhu Wuneng ran off, leaving everyone confused. Gao Cuilan confronted him at the gate and confessed how deeply she loved him, but Zhu Wuneng had not yet answered when the chapter ended.

• Su Ningxia explained how Du Gu Fu's teasing had upset Zhu Wuneng, and Chen Xiaojun and Du Gu Fu criticized Zhu Wuneng for keeping Gao Cuilan at a distance.
• Zhu Wuneng ran out, and Gao Cuilan chased after him while Du Gu Fu, Chen Xiaojun, and Su Ningxia wondered what had hurt him.
• Chen Xiaojun and Su Ningxia suggested that Zhu Wuneng might have private worries, and Du Gu Fu said he would apologize once Zhu Wuneng calmed down.
• Gao Cuilan confronted Zhu Wuneng at the courtyard gate and described how her tastes had changed since meeting him three years earlier.
• Gao Cuilan confessed her love, demanded to know whether Zhu Wuneng hated her, and offered to face the elders if their objections were holding him back.
• Du Gu Fu felt guilty, Chen Xiaojun watched tensely, and Su Ningxia cried as Xiao Yi quietly observed the confrontation.

Zhu Wuneng confronted his insecurity about Gao Cuilan’s devotion, but learned that she had secretly intercepted his love letters and still chose him. Just as the pair reconciled, Xiao Yi released a powerful aura and asked Gao Cuilan to become her follower.

• Zhu Wuneng told Gao Cuilan he felt unworthy of her, and she reassured him that her love was sincere and unwavering.
• Chen Mu and the others encouraged Zhu Wuneng to accept Gao Cuilan’s feelings, while Su Ningxia revealed that Gao Cuilan had intercepted the love letters he received.
• Gao Cuilan admitted she had kept the letters from reaching Zhu Wuneng, and he accepted that his insecurity had been misplaced.
• Xiao Yi approached with a powerful aura, then asked Gao Cuilan whether she was willing to become her follower.

Xiao Yi accepted Gao Cuilan as a follower, and Du Gu Fu used the Ice Crystal Eight-Angle Pistil alongside the effects of the Flame Heart Apricot Delight to transform his Azure Scaled Serpent martial soul. The transformation raised it to an eighth-grade spirit, while the chapter ended with an author’s question about whether Du Gu Fu should be called Heavenly Sin Star or Heavenly Injury Star.

• Xiao Yi invited Gao Cuilan to become her follower, and Gao Cuilan eagerly accepted.
• Chen Xiaojun welcomed Gao Cuilan and said they would hold her follower ceremony after she reported to her clan.
• Du Gu Fu consumed the Ice Crystal Eight-Angle Pistil and used his poison art to absorb its cold poison alongside the fire poison already in his body.
• Chen Xiaojun and Dugu Lin recognized that the five-colored mist around Du Gu Fu signaled a transformation of his Azure Scaled Serpent martial soul.
• Du Gu Fu’s Azure Scaled Serpent emerged with a new five-colored pattern, and Dugu Lin and Yang Buer identified it as an eighth-grade spirit.

After absorbing the Ice Crystal Eight-Angle Pistil, Du Gu Fu underwent a transformation, evolving his Azure Scaled Serpent Martial Soul and reaching Innate Soul Power Level 9.2. Chen Xiaojun explained that Du Gu Fu’s Five Elements Poison Art remained incomplete, but its eventual perfection might raise his Martial Soul to King grade.

• Du Gu Fu emerged from his transformation with improved poison resistance and an evolved eighth-grade Azure Scaled Serpent Martial Soul.
• Chen Xiaojun had Du Gu Fu test his Innate Soul Power, which reached Level 9.2 after the effects of two complementary treasure medicines.
• Dugu Lin joyfully thanked Chen Xiaojun, seeing Du Gu Fu’s new strength as hope for the Du Gu Family to produce a Titled Douluo.
• Chen Xiaojun warned Du Gu Fu that his Five Elements Poison Art lacked supporting wood- and fire-type soul skills, and Du Gu Fu agreed he needed poison beasts to complete it.
• Dugu Lin asked whether Du Gu Fu could reach ninth grade, and Chen Xiaojun said that completing the Five Elements Poison Art might even let him advance to King Martial Soul.

Du Gu Fu renamed his evolved martial soul the Xiu Serpent and tested his improved physique in a hand-to-hand spar with Zhu Wuneng. After their draw, Chen Xiaojun assigned Du Gu Fu new ice-and-fire techniques and recommended a long-range palm skill for Zhu Wuneng.

• Du Gu Fu asked for a new name for his multicolored martial soul, and Chen Xiaojun suggested Xiu Serpent, which Du Gu Fu accepted.
• Du Gu Fu and Zhu Wuneng sparred at the Number Five Martial Arts Training Ground using only fists, kicks, and attribute-less Soul Power, and the match ended in a draw.
• Dugu Lin and Yang Buer praised Du Gu Fu's improved physique and skill with palm arts after the spar.
• Chen Xiaojun offered Du Gu Fu the Fire Cloud Ice Palm and Fierce Yang Wind Snow Saber techniques, noting that personal points would be deducted.
• Chen Xiaojun advised Zhu Wuneng to learn the Nine Yang Thunderbolt Divine Palm while continuing to practice Heart Shattering Palm.

Chen Xiaojun advised Yang Buer on which skills and martial techniques the Yang Family should select, taking their Soul Breaking Spear and fierce offensive style into account. Yang Buer settled on three main choices, while Chen Xiaojun also recommended additional techniques for defense, healing, and weapon control.

• Yang Buer asked Chen Xiaojun to advise the Yang Family on choosing three skills or martial techniques.
• Chen Xiaojun recommended the Starry Sky Formless Scripture, explaining that it suited the whole clan better than the physically demanding Pure Yang Limitless Skill.
• Chen Xiaojun suggested the Fire Breathing Technique and the Muscle and Bone Forging Sutra to strengthen combat ability and physique.
• Yang Buer summarized the choices as the Starry Sky Formless Scripture, the Fire Breathing Technique, and the Muscle and Bone Forging Sutra.
• Chen Xiaojun urged the Yang Family to consider the Golden Bell Shield for defense, the Healing Chapter for internal injuries, and Hand Waving Five Strings to improve their spear handling.

Chen Xiaojun gave Yang Buer six complementary cultivation methods and martial techniques after the Yang Family joined the Chen Clan, then checked Xiao Yi’s rapid cultivation progress and shared a restricted copy of the Nine Yin Manual with her. Xiao Yi began studying its techniques and was advised to seek guidance from the Liu Clan women in the residence.

• Chen Xiaojun selected six top-tier methods for Yang Buer, covering cultivation, combat support, defense, healing, and finger flexibility.
• The Yang Family decided to place itself under the Chen Clan amid rising tensions and the Crimson Church’s activity, and Yang Buer was moved by the generous gift.
• Chen Xiaojun found Xiao Yi cultivating the Muscle and Bone Forging Sutra, and she said she expected to reach moderate attainment that month.
• Xiao Yi described her progress with martial arts and secret arts, including mastering the Lesser Yin Sword and beginning the Seven Injuries Seal while studying Tongtian Lu and other materials.
• Chen Xiaojun gave Xiao Yi a newly compiled Nine Yin Manual, urged her to study its Acupuncture Chapter and finger techniques, and told her to consult Liu Ru Yan or Liu Yueyi while keeping the manual inside the residence.

Chen Xiaojun gave Xiao Yi cultivation notes and discussed how they could complete their Soul Bone Sets as their soul rings and Soul Bone Skills grew stronger. The chapter left him reassuring Xiao Yi that they would find enough suitable soul bones despite the scarcity of powerful vine-type Soul Beasts.

• Chen Xiaojun gave Xiao Yi the family's cultivation insights on the Six Treasures Immortal Thief and said more notes from his siblings would arrive soon.
• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun that absorbing the Ice Soul Dream Illusion Vine Skull had raised it to Eighty-Four Thousand Years and strengthened its original Soul Bone Skill.
• Chen Xiaojun planned to pursue increasingly powerful soul rings and gather soul bones to complete their Soul Bone Sets.
• Xiao Yi hesitated because her Soul Beasts needed to be vine-type, making one-hundred-thousand-year specimens difficult to find.
• Chen Xiaojun comforted Xiao Yi, promising they would search widely and could stack soul bones until she reached one hundred thousand years.

Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi worried that her advancement required rare vine soul beasts, but he promised to search for them rather than abandon the Vine Origin path. Xiao Yi explained her soul skills, and Chen Xiaojun began considering how her Mental Seal could help the team counter Spirit Type opponents.

• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun that the difficulty in her advancement lay in finding enough vine soul beasts, especially Hundred-Thousand-Year ones.
• Chen Xiaojun argued that abandoning the Vine Origin path would cripple the Ageless Evergreen Ivy’s potential and its Branch Vine technique.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed asking Old Green for advice and mobilizing the Green Vine Clan and Chen Clan to search widely for suitable soul beasts.
• Xiao Yi accepted Chen Xiaojun’s reassurance and said she believed him.
• Xiao Yi explained the attacks of Nine Yin Soul Shifting and her Mental Seal, prompting Chen Xiaojun to ask whether she could use the seal against Spirit Type soul masters.

Chen Xiaojun discussed Canghui Academy’s illusion-based fighters with Xiao Yi and learned that she had developed her Mental Seal and comprehended a rare mental domain. He named her domain the Great Void, and Xiao Yi decided to call the combined power of her eyes the Great Void Moon Realm.

• Chen Xiaojun reviewed Canghui Academy’s Gemstone Martial Soul experts and their likely group fusion skills, explaining why Xiao Yi’s mental abilities could help counter them.
• Xiao Yi described plans to adapt Mental Seal into several different formations, and Chen Xiaojun encouraged her to develop the technique.
• Xiao Yi revealed her newly comprehended Mental Domain, which distorted perception and placed intense pressure on Chen Xiaojun’s Mental Power.
• Chen Xiaojun praised Xiao Yi’s achievement and named her domain the Great Void, relating it to the Five Elements as an opposing but complementary law.
• Xiao Yi decided that the soul skill formed by combining the powers of her two eyes would be called Great Void Moon Realm.

Chen Xiaojun revealed the Fifth Soul Ring’s fixed reward, a contract that could create a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, and Xiao Yi agreed to share it with him. Their martial souls fused in a series of powerful visions, culminating in a mysterious phantom whose Emperor’s Aura distorted space and opened cracks toward another world.

• Chen Xiaojun showed Xiao Yi the golden contract card from his Fifth Soul Ring and explained that it could let them achieve martial soul fusion.
• Xiao Yi agreed to the contract, and she and Chen Xiaojun sat facing each other as the card dissolved into golden light around them.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi summoned their dharma robes and martial souls, which resonated and produced visions of paired swords, vines, and a blood sea nourished by the Void Willow God Vine.
• Their Sun God Pearl and Big Dipper Star Swirl merged as Shao Siming and Chen Xiaojun’s Black-Red Light Cocoon emerged and drew together.
• The two manifestations fused into a towering phantom whose Emperor’s Aura twisted space and caused cracks to reveal a mysterious world.

A system linked Chen Xiaojun and Shao Siming, Xiao Yi, and attempted an extraordinary martial soul fusion that triggered an anomaly. In a cultivation room, witnesses saw a phantom shatter and mend space before unleashing overwhelming power, while the rest of Chang'an City remained unaware.

• The system established a contract between Chen Xiaojun and Shao Siming, Xiao Yi, upgraded their martial soul compatibility, and began linking their four martial souls.
• The system detected a highest-level martial soul fusion and began copying Dao Rhyme, but the process encountered an anomaly and danger warnings.
• Chen Zixiu, Bo Xian'er, Chen Menglin, Chen Xun, Chen Cong, Yang Jingxue, and Ximen Rongcheng sensed a powerful fluctuation and gathered in the Cultivation Room.
• The group saw a phantom surrounded by space that repeatedly shattered and healed, and Chen Zixiu identified the phenomenon as Shattering the Void.
• The phantom raised an arm toward the sky and released power that changed the heavens, filling the witnesses with awe.
• The display remained unseen by people in the Duke Residence and Chang'an City, where daily life continued unchanged.

The phantom’s sudden enlightenment drove Chen Zixiu’s Void Sword Intent and Seven Kill Sword toward new heights while Bo Xian’er discovered an Emperor’s Aura intent realm of her own. Those around them were affected, and Zhu Wuneng and Gao Cuilan’s martial souls fused into a divine being that bowed to the phantom.

• Chen Zixiu’s Void Sword Intent fused with his mental will and advanced toward rule-level power, while his Seven Kill Sword began evolving toward a Super Martial Soul.
• Bo Xian’er’s Sea God Martial Soul manifested an Emperor’s Aura, revealing her distinct Myriad Phenomena Level intent realm.
• Chen Cong warned Yang Jingxue and Ximen Rongcheng not to disturb his parents and shielded the children from the overwhelming vision.
• Du Gu Fu’s Xiu Serpent martial soul appeared, and Su Ningxia felt her martial soul churning as both reacted to the phantom’s power.
• Zhu Wuneng and Gao Cuilan’s martial souls fused into a golden-armored divine being wielding a Nine-Toothed Rake, which bowed to the phantom.