Chapter Summaries

Chen Hua and the Chen Clan held their formation against the maddened flying soul beasts as the Fear Griffon unleashed Frenzy. The fighters remained under pressure, but Chen Hua’s Eighth Soul Skill helped stem the assault while the wounded regrouped.

• Chen Hong ordered Cheng Nanxing, Cheng Yun, and Ma Zhibin to return to the formation, and they fought through the pursuing birds to reach its center.
• The Fear Griffon used Frenzy, driving hundreds of raptors to attack the sword formation without regard for their lives.
• Chen Hua activated his Eighth Soul Skill, Dark Binding Sword Domain, binding Iron Beak Azure Eagles and concealing himself within its dark realm.
• The Chen Clan’s three-layered formation held against attacks from multiple directions as Chen Hong guarded against threats from above.
• Zhu Jiazhen healed the wounded, and Chu Tianshu thanked Ma Zhibin for saving him before they spoke of their long friendship and their families’ connections.

Chu Tianshu and Ma Zhibin endured the frenzied beast tide while Zhu Jiazhen healed the wounded and Zhuo Qianren continued absorbing power to reach Title Level. Ma Zhibin explained that their all-Soul Douluo squad could withstand the strategic-level assault because they had faced a comparable battle before, at Flowing Light Slope seven years earlier.

• Chu Tianshu warned Ma Zhibin that the beasts’ relentless attacks might kill them, and Ma Zhibin took a Ma Family healing pill for his wounds.
• Zhu Jiazhen used his Sixth Soul Skill, Flower's Wild Dance, to heal the injured members of the group.
• Chu Tianshu noticed that Zhuo Qianren’s Soul Power fluctuations were stabilizing, but flying beasts swept past their defensive formation before he finished absorbing power.
• Ma Zhibin took a Limitless Pill and discussed the unprecedented scale of the beast tide and their squad’s all-Soul Douluo strength with Chu Tianshu.
• Ma Zhibin said their team could hold on because it was their second such battle, reminding Chu Tianshu of the Wolf Extermination War at Flowing Light Slope seven years earlier.

Ma Zhibin and Chu Tianshu discussed why the Chen Clan had sent only Soul Douluo-level fighters and concluded that the Chen Clan would not let their group fall. Their conversation was interrupted by the arrival of the Crystal Winged Dragon Peng and a new flying army, forcing them back into battle.

• Ma Zhibin reflected that the Chen Clan’s Soul Douluo team had stronger coordination and might be training for future battles.
• Chu Tianshu questioned how the soul beasts had organized an encirclement so quickly, and Ma Zhibin kept the Chen Clan’s earlier kills secret.
• Ma Zhibin told Chu Tianshu that the Chen Clan would not let them fall, since their deaths would badly damage the clan’s rising reputation.
• Chen Hong called out to Ma Zhibin just as the Crystal Winged Dragon Peng gave a piercing cry from the distance.
• Chu Tianshu identified the Crystal Winged Dragon Peng and explained that it had arrived from Mystic Crystal Mountain with an army of iron-feather guards.
• Ma Zhibin stood and told Chu Tianshu they had to return to the fight.

Zhu Jiazhen used his Ninth Soul Skill to heal and restore the fighters, while Chen Hong drew his sword and unleashed a vast sword domain against the soul-beast horde. Chen Hong left the Thunder Warhawk and Fear Griffon weakened and exposed to Yang Jingxue’s arrows as the battle continued.

• Zhu Jiazhen used Emerald Star Healing to restore the Soul Douluo and purge the dark-corrosion power, then swallowed Limitless Pills to recover his Soul Power.
• Chen Hong drew his sword and used Ten Thousand Swords Return to Origin: Deep Sea Vortex to shred the flying soul beasts attacking the formation.
• Chen Hong expanded his Vast Sea Azure Sky sword domain and killed or scattered the avian soul beasts beneath its emerald dome.
• Chen Hong redirected the Thunder Warhawk’s lightning chains and the Fear Griffon’s corrosive attacks, while his sword strikes disrupted the griffon’s sonic attack.
• Yang Jingxue fired five arrows through Chen Hong’s sword domain, forcing the Thunder Warhawk to climb higher.

Chen Hong fought the Crystal Winged Dragon Peng with ice and sword techniques, turning its crystal-core beam and his own power into an unstable miniature black hole. The black hole exploded near the beast, scattering both sides of the battlefield and leaving the outcome of their clash unclear.

• The Crystal Winged Dragon Peng struck the Emerald Dome with its crystal-winged flames, and Chen Hong knocked it back with a towering ice sword.
• The Crystal Winged Dragon Peng unleashed a storm of explosive crystal dust, while Chen Hong froze it with an ice sword array and trapped the beast’s chain wings with Profound Nether Sword Lotus.
• The Crystal Winged Dragon Peng fired its Crystal Core Fission beam, melting the Emerald Dome, and Chen Hong shaped the clash of ice and fire into an Icefire Taiji diagram.
• Chen Hong formed a miniature black hole from the colliding energies and sent it toward the Crystal Winged Dragon Peng.
• The miniature black hole exploded near the beast, and warriors and soul beasts across the battlefield scattered for cover.

Chen Hong nearly killed the Crystal Winged Dragon Peng, but the Eagle Emperor Gilded Sky Splitting Roc intervened and stopped his final strike. Facing the flock’s leader, Chen Hong identified himself as Sword Might Douluo.

• Seasoned soul masters raised a barrier against the explosion as the Crystal Winged Dragon Peng was left gravely wounded.
• Chen Hong used Starfall Thunder Strike and Sword Qi Hundred Step Flying Sword to shatter the Crystal Winged Dragon Peng’s wing and send it crashing to the ground.
• As Chen Hong prepared to finish the Crystal Winged Dragon Peng, the Eagle Emperor Gilded Sky Splitting Roc arrived and caught his sword with its talons.
• Chen Hong and the Eagle Emperor entered a fierce standoff while the wounded Crystal Winged Dragon Peng watched.
• The Eagle Emperor demanded Chen Hong’s name, and Chen Hong introduced himself as Sword Might Douluo, Chen Hong.

Chen Hong battled the Peng Emperor in the Xie Luo Mountain Range, wielding the Seven Kill Sword and invoking his ancestor Chen Haoran’s legacy. Both fighters were wounded, and Chen Hong launched a final sword attack against the Peng Emperor’s powerful Gilded Fall Nine Nether as the fight remained unresolved.

• Chen Hong challenged the Peng Emperor and invoked the sword legacy of his ancestor, Chen Haoran.
• Chen Hong’s sword aura clashed with the Peng Emperor’s golden wind and thunder, shaking the Xie Luo Mountain Range and injuring both fighters.
• The Peng Emperor revealed that Chen Haoran had been stopped at level ninety-seven after its Nine Heavens Gale Wind Thunder Tribulation damaged his Sword Soul.
• Chen Hong used Sword Stance Seven Kill Intercept Heaven, and the resulting clash left blood on both him and the Peng Emperor.
• The Peng Emperor prepared Gilded Fall Nine Nether while Chen Hong activated Ring Embedding Technique, My Body as the Sword, and Slaughter Word Art for a decisive strike.

Chen Hong and the soul masters broke through the airborne beast formation and charged to join the ground forces, while Zhuo Qianren completed his soul-ring absorption. As the two groups clashed with the Thunder Warhawk and Fear Griffon’s forces, Yang Zhijia and You Dongshan opened a path through the flying beasts with their combined archery.

• Chen Hong, Ma Zhibin, Chen Wu, Chen Hua, Xi Li Dao Gao, Shen Lang, Xiong Mao Er, Chen Xuanqi, and Yan Jinzhong attacked the airborne beasts with powerful techniques, tearing gaps through their formation.
• The soul masters lowered their protective barrier and charged toward the ground forces at the mountain pass, with Zhuo Qianren joining them after completing and consolidating his soul ring.
• The Thunder Warhawk and Fear Griffon led more than two thousand soul beasts to block the groups from joining, while Yang Jingxue fought the Thunder Warhawk and Zhuo Qianren engaged the Fear Griffon.
• Yang Zhijia unleashed his Five Elements Revolving Wheel True Art and killed more than a hundred flying soul beasts with a five-colored arrow.
• You Dongshan followed with his Wind Walker Soul Chasing Arrow, and the two archers widened the opening in the airborne formation.

Zhuo Qianren fought the Fear Griffon, using his Silver Emperor Sky Falcon abilities to evade its attacks and deal devastating damage. The griffon began recovering with its Blood Curse Regeneration, but Zhuo Qianren struck it with his Eighth Soul Skill, leaving it badly weakened.

• Zhuo Qianren used his Wind Falcon True Eye, Void Thunder Claw, Three-Phase Law Chain, and Void Thunder Burst to harass and injure the Fear Griffon.
• Zhuo Qianren dodged the griffon's Fear Shriek and Ultrasonic Shockwave with his heightened perception and Dimensional Warp.
• Zhuo Qianren struck the Fear Griffon with Silver Emperor Judgment, breaking its wings and cutting a deep cross-shaped wound into its body.
• The Fear Griffon spread Nether Rot Mist and used Blood Curse Regeneration to suppress the silver light and begin restoring its wounds.
• Zhuo Qianren unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Void Thunder Strike, and the lightning pillar struck the recovering griffon, leaving it weak and badly damaged.

Chen Hong was wounded after clashing with Peng Emperor, but Lu Xueqi arrived to protect her disciple and challenged the Eagle Roc Clan leader. Their battle escalated into powerful sword and lightning techniques, with both sides still fighting.

• Peng Emperor struck Chen Hong with Gilded Fall Nine Nether, leaving both fighters wounded after their clash.
• Lu Xueqi appeared before Chen Hong and identified herself as the Sky Glazed Douluo, a Level 97 Peak Douluo.
• Lu Xueqi vowed to kill Peng Emperor for threatening her disciple, and the two clashed in an even exchange.
• Lu Xueqi used Ice Devours the Firmament as Peng Emperor formed a golden bell and sent nine violet lightning chains toward Chen Hong.
• Lu Xueqi severed the chains, then countered Peng Emperor's Golden Feather Wind Thunder Array with nine Xuan Bing flood dragons.

Lu Xueqi and Chen Hong fought the Peng Emperor while a messenger reported that Chang'an Fortress had launched a major attack on Sky Eagle Domain’s southern territory. Lu Xueqi confirmed the humans’ scheme, leaving the enraged Peng Emperor facing a collapsing defense line and a battle on two fronts.

• The chapter explained that Seven Kill Sky Interception was a rare Third Order secret technique, and that Lu Xueqi had earned the qualification to study it through her Water Lineage.
• The nine black-ice flood dragons and the Peng Emperor’s golden-feather astral winds clashed in an evenly matched contest.
• A Golden Crown Eagle arrived and reported that Chang'an Fortress had launched a sudden large-scale attack on the southern territory, where Demon Sky Eagle could not hold the humans back.
• The Peng Emperor realized that the humans’ attack and the deaths of several Saint Kings had been coordinated to pin down his forces.
• Lu Xueqi admitted to the scheme with a mocking remark, and the furious Peng Emperor unleashed his surging Soul Power.

Shen Tianjun, Lu Xueying, and Leng Qingqiu joined the battle with a powerful combination attack that gravely wounded the Beacon Fire Iron Elephant. They then attacked the Purple Lightning Swift Tiger with successive sword beams, leaving it battered as the battle continued.

• Shen Tianjun, Lu Xueying, and Leng Qingqiu masked themselves and flew toward the battlefield after learning Xue Qi had made her move.
• Leng Qingqiu used the Chen Yuan Three Absolute Array with Shen Tianjun and Lu Xueying to summon a giant sword that pierced the Beacon Fire Iron Elephant.
• Gui Mingyun and Fang Yuanbo's Baxia summoned its stone tablet and brought it down on the wounded Beacon Fire Iron Elephant.
• Shen Tianjun, Lu Xueying, and Leng Qingqiu raced to help Ximen Rongcheng against the Purple Lightning Swift Tiger and each unleashed a sword beam.
• The Purple Lightning Swift Tiger dodged Leng Qingqiu's attack only to be hit, barely stopped Shen Tianjun's beam, and was struck again by Lu Xueying's beam.

Shen Luleng and the other Titled Douluo struck the flying Soul Beast force with the Chen Yuan Three Absolute Array, breaking its formation and sending it fleeing. With the Soul Douluos counterattacking, Shen Tianjun directed his allies to pursue the wounded Saint Kings and target the healing Azure Light Swift Elephant.

• Ximen Rongcheng wounded the Purple Lightning Swift Tiger with Three Hellish Absolute Blades while it was already losing to him.
• Shen Luleng and two other Titled Douluo reached the mountain and attacked the Soul Beast force from behind and both sides.
• Yang Jingxue blasted the Thunder Warhawk away, while Zhuo Qianren pinned down the Fear Griffon.
• Shen Tianjun, Lu Xueying, and Leng Qingqiu activated the Chen Yuan Three Absolute Array, slaughtering Soul Beasts and shattering the flock's golden shield.
• The wounded leaders' collapse sent the flock scattering, and Shen Tianjun assigned Leng Qingqiu and Yang Jingxue to fight the Thunder Warhawk while he and Lu Xueying targeted the Azure Light Swift Elephant.
• The Soul Douluos mounted a coordinated counterattack as the Sword Cultivators and Flying Soul Masters pursued the fleeing flock.

Lu Xueqi unleashed her Ninth Soul Skill, Extreme Cold Nine Heavens, and drove the Peng Emperor onto the defensive. After her Xuan Bing sword cracked his shield, she declared that her disciple would make him understand the Chen Clan's sword dao and the meaning of Eternal Dust.

• The Peng Emperor attacked Lu Xueqi with his Purple Lightning Thunder Spear, and she answered with Extreme Cold Nine Heavens, condensing a giant Xuan Bing sword.
• Lu Xueqi's sword shattered the thunder spear and battered the Peng Emperor's golden shield until cracks spread across it.
• The narration explained that Lu Xueqi's ninety-eight-thousand-year Ninth Soul Ring gave her a powerful single-target attack, while Chen Hong's group-attack skill was less suited to duels between top-ranked experts.
• The Peng Emperor accused Lu Xueqi of holding back, while she stood firm with her nine Primordial Jiaolongs still circling around her.
• Lu Xueqi told the Peng Emperor that her disciple would show him what the Chen Clan's sword dao and Eternal Dust meant.

Chen Hong used his Profound Nether Taiji Diagram to suppress the Peng Emperor Shadow attacking Lu Xueqi, revealing how he had fused Yin Yang Theory with his Profound Nether Sword Intent. Lu Xueqi recognized his unique path and saw that the technique still had room to grow.

• The Peng Emperor summoned its Gilded Peng Emperor Shadow and sent it toward Lu Xueqi.
• Chen Hong rose from his recovery and used the Profound Nether Taiji Diagram to bind and suppress the shadow with ice and water.
• Chen Hong’s mastery of Yin Yang Theory and its fusion with his sword intent was described, along with the role it played in his cultivation progress.
• Lu Xueqi marveled at Chen Hong’s unique sword path and judged that the Profound Nether Taiji Diagram had not reached its full potential.

Lu Xueqi confronted the Peng Emperor after his Nine Heavens Gale Wind Thunder Tribulation shattered the Profound Nether Taiji Diagram. She unleashed the Divine Sword Control Thunder True Art and defeated him, leaving him badly wounded and unable to recover as the battle continued elsewhere.

• The Peng Emperor used Nine Heavens Gale Wind Thunder Tribulation to shatter the Profound Nether Taiji Diagram and attack Chen Hong.
• Lu Xueqi stepped in front of Chen Hong and summoned the Divine Sword Control Thunder True Art with the Sky Glazed Sword.
• The Peng Emperor poured his Soul Power into giant wind-and-thunder blades, which clashed with Lu Xueqi’s Lightning Pillar.
• Lu Xueqi strengthened the Lightning Pillar, absorbed the surrounding wind and thunder, and shattered the Peng Emperor’s attacks.
• The Lightning Pillar struck the Peng Emperor, scorching and wounding him before he crashed into the ground.
• Lu Xueqi sheathed her sword and regarded the fallen Peng Emperor, whose wounds were kept from regenerating by lingering Thunder Radiance.

Lu Xueqi faced the wounded Peng Emperor as it used a forbidden art to awaken its Primordial Bloodline and transform into a Ten Thousand Blades Wind Roc. She summoned a colossal dragon with the Heavenly Zenith Divine Sword and infused it with the sword’s ancient dragon soul, leaving their clash poised to erupt.

• The Peng Emperor tried to fly to the aid of its remaining forces, but Lu Xueqi blocked its path.
• The Peng Emperor sacrificed its blood and mental power to activate Bloodline Returning to Ancestry.
• The Peng Emperor’s phantom transformed into the enormous Ten Thousand Blades Wind Roc, whose astral winds tore open the Void.
• Lu Xueqi challenged the beast and unleashed sword arts that summoned nine Primordial Jiaolong, merging them into a colossal dragon.
• Lu Xueqi infused the dragon phantom with the Heavenly Zenith Divine Sword’s Ice Attribute origin and awakened its ancient dragon soul.

Lu Xueqi summoned the Heavenly Azure Ice Soul Dragon to stand against the Peng Emperor’s Ten Thousand Blades Wind Roc. Their battle escalated as the dragon’s ice attacks battered the Roc, and the two beasts collided in a catastrophic clash of ice and fire.

• Lu Xueqi used the middle section of Seven Kill Sky Interception to summon the Heavenly Azure Ice Soul Dragon in place of the Water Essence Vast Sea Dragon.
• The Heavenly Azure Ice Soul Dragon and the Ten Thousand Blades Wind Roc clashed above the clouds, trading attacks that tore through the sky.
• The Ten Thousand Blades Wind Roc unleashed countless astral wind blades, gradually cracking the dragon’s ice shield.
• Lu Xueqi commanded the dragon to unleash Heaven and Earth Share the Cold, striking the Peng Emperor and weakening the Ten Thousand Blades Wind Roc with ice spikes.
• The dragon launched Eternal Silent Reincarnation, and the Peng Emperor fed his Essence Qi and Spirit to the Roc so it could meet the ice pillar with a shield of golden flame.
• The golden flames and blue ice collided, sending violent shockwaves across the land and causing mountains, rivers, and the earth to break apart.

Ximen Rongcheng, Yang Jingxue, Shen Tianjun, and Zhu Jiazhen watched Xue Qi battle the Peng Emperor and discussed the Xie Luo Mountain Range’s powerful Soul Beasts and their clans’ old grudges. They hoped the trap would weaken the Eagle Peng Clan, but remained wary of the Wolf Clan and wondered who was truly baiting whom.

• Ximen Rongcheng and Yang Jingxue judged that Xue Qi and the Peng Emperor were fighting with Level 98 power, while Shen Tianjun explained that the Xie Luo Mountain Range held many formidable Soul Beasts.
• Ximen Rongcheng recalled his family’s battle with the Serpent Emperor, and Zhu Jiazhen revealed that it had caused Tianlin Gong’s death and vowed the Chen Clan would seek vengeance.
• Shen Tianjun and Zhu Jiazhen discussed the trap against the Peng Emperor and the threat posed by the Eagle Peng Clan and its Wolf Clan allies.
• Yang Jingxue noted that the group had slain nine Saint Kings but that the Thunder Warhawk had escaped after the Crystal Winged Dragon Peng rescued it.
• Yang Jingxue wondered whether, in the ongoing game of chess, they or their enemies were luring the other into a trap.

Marshal Xia Changyuan led the returning Blackbird Legion to the ruined Phoenix Platform and found the Balak Kingdom’s forces close to defeat against a soul beast horde. His coordinated counterattack disrupted the beasts, but a Saint King Level Crimson Flame Demon Tiger attacked Bing Ruibo, leaving the cavalry general in mortal danger.

• Xia Changyuan returned to Phoenix Platform with the Blackbird Legion after sixty years and surveyed the battlefield nearby.
• Lie Feng warned Xia Changyuan that the Balak forces were in a perilous position as the soul beast horde overwhelmed their defenses.
• Xia Changyuan ordered Lie Feng’s archers to fire, Yuchi Gang’s shields to reinforce the line, and Bing Ruibo’s heavy cavalry to attack the flank.
• Lie Feng’s fire arrows disrupted the horde, Yuchi Gang’s shield soldiers held the defensive line, and Bing Ruibo led the cavalry charge.
• A Saint King Level Crimson Flame Demon Tiger attacked Bing Ruibo with a massive pillar of fire and threatened his life.