Chapter Summaries

Leng Qingqiu explained to Lu Xueying how the Chen Clan’s main lineage planned to rise as a Super Power by expanding its influence, coordinating its branches, and challenging the Soul Master World’s established order. He left her with the understanding that the clan’s next moves would bring it into conflict with major forces, ultimately including Spirit Hall.

• Lu Xueying asked Leng Qingqiu about the main lineage’s strategy and admitted she felt uncertain about the future.
• Leng Qingqiu argued that the major churches had conditioned the Soul Master World to submit to powerful overlords and suppress challengers.
• Leng Qingqiu described the Chen Clan’s plan to unite its branches, build influence from the Great Northwest, and work with Soul Fighting City’s allied families.
• Leng Qingqiu explained that the first Sunset Glow group would focus on the north and that handling the Plant Guild, Mystic Night Pavilion, and World-Protecting Nine Imperial Sects would shape the next stage.
• Leng Qingqiu said the clan would eventually have to confront Spirit Hall, while Lu Xueying recognized how difficult the whole strategy would be.

Leng Qingqiu and Lu Xueying discussed which Sword Canon techniques to cultivate before setting out after Yan Wufeng appeared in the west. Yan Wufeng fled toward the Alps Mountain Range, but Silver Wing Douluo Zhuo Qianren intercepted him and attacked.

• Leng Qingqiu and Lu Xueying weighed their choices among the Chen Clan’s profound techniques, including Da Luo Dongguan and Seven Kill Sky Interception.
• After thunder sounded in the west, Leng Qingqiu and Lu Xueying decided to set out according to their plan.
• Yan Wufeng fled Sea Lake Manor toward the Alps Mountain Range, grieving the losses among the Yan Family and Demon Dragon Legion.
• Zhuo Qianren intercepted Yan Wufeng with Silver Falcon Absolute Kill and wounded him despite his Demon Dragon Wings.
• Yan Wufeng launched Dragon Soul Tear, but Zhuo Qianren evaded it with his speed and Dimensional Warp before counterattacking with silver wind blades.

Zhuo Qianren, Lu Xueqi, and Chen Hong pursued Yan Wufeng while Shen Tianjun watched the battle against Yan Jiu and declared it was time to close the net. Shen Tianjun then trapped the battlefield in a blood-colored dome, where Yan Jiu braced against his sword qi and prepared to resist.

• Zhuo Qianren chased Yan Wufeng through the forest, harrying him with his superior speed as Yan Wufeng used his Ninth Soul Skill to force a path to escape.
• Lu Xueqi and Chen Hong arrived to join the pursuit of Yan Wufeng.
• Chen Wu, Shen Lang, and Xi Li Dao Gao drove Yan Jiu back with coordinated sword attacks, but Yan Jiu trapped them in his Demonic Dragon Vortex.
• Chen Wu, Shen Lang, and Xi Li Dao Gao defended against the vortex and Yan Jiu’s Ninth Soul Skill with their strongest techniques.
• Shen Tianjun announced it was time to pull in the net and enclosed the battlefield in a vast blood-colored dome.
• Yan Jiu raised a Demonic Dragon Barrier beneath the dome and blocked Shen Tianjun’s falling sword qi with the dragon’s scales.

After the Chen Clan’s forces destroyed the Crimson Church stronghold at Sea Lake Manor, Ximen Rongcheng’s group finished killing Xiong Ba and Yan Jiu died after revealing his title, Dragon Nine Douluo. Shen Tianjun and his allies began clearing the battlefield and discussed the ongoing fight against Yan Wufeng in the west.

• Lu Xueying helped Ximen Rongcheng, Xi Men Rongchen, and Zhong Bai kill Xiong Ba, then left for the Central Courtyard.
• Yan Jiu confessed that he had stayed behind to buy time for Yan Wufeng, gave his title as Dragon Nine, and died after explaining he had no regrets.
• Shen Tianjun ordered the survivors to search Sea Lake Manor and gather its resources and information after the Demon Dragon Legion suffered devastating losses.
• Shen Tianjun, Leng Qingqiu, and Lu Xueying discussed the blow to the Crimson Church and prepared for its retaliation.
• Zhang Xiaofan returned from guarding the north and east, and Shen Tianjun said the battle in the west should soon be over.

Lu Xueqi, Chen Hong, Yang Jingxue, and Zhuo Qianren defeated Yan Wufeng, severing both his arms before he escaped with a desperate technique. The Chen Clan recovered Crimson Church resources and intelligence, and news of its victories spread across Fasinuo Province, leaving other forces wary of its growing power.

• Lu Xueqi, Chen Hong, and Yang Jingxue helped Zhuo Qianren overwhelm Yan Wufeng, who escaped after burning his essence blood with both arms severed.
• Lu Xueqi awarded Zhuo Qianren one of Yan Wufeng's arms, which contained an Inheritance Level Soul Bone.
• Chen Hua, Chen Wu, and the others searched the manor, recovering Soul Tools, precious materials, and documents about the Crimson Church's organization and plans.
• Shen Tianjun ordered the recovered resources stored and the intelligence analyzed while the group awaited Lu Xueqi and Chen Hong.
• News of the Chen Clan's assault on the Crimson Church and its other recent victories spread across Fasinuo Province, prompting major forces to recognize its strength.

The Chen Clan’s campaign crippled the Crimson Church’s network in the Great Northwest, prompting the church’s leaders to plot retaliation. Back in Chang’an, the Chen Clan rewarded its fighters with vast wealth and access to resources, leaving Zhuo Qianren especially strengthened by his new soul ring and soul bones.

• Officials across Fasinuo Province launched anti-crime operations using intelligence from the Chen Clan and clues from Sea Lake Manor, while the crackdown spread to neighboring regions.
• Crimson Church leaders learned of their losses and ordered their branches to gather and plan revenge against the Chen Clan.
• Ma Zhibin and Xi Men Rongchen received crystal cards representing their rewards and planned to secure their wealth before celebrating.
• The Chen Clan explained its new crystal card system and opened high-level resources for fighters to purchase, drawing on its growing spirit herb supply and other spoils.
• Ma Zhibin decided to contribute only five million gold coins to his family, while Zhuang Mochen and Wang Wei welcomed the resources for their cultivation.
• Zhuo Qianren received his Ninth Soul Ring, Yan Wufeng’s Left Arm Bone, and the Fear Griffon’s eighty-thousand-year head bone.

Chen Xiaojun discussed the Chen Clan’s growing financial ambitions with Xia Qingyun, including plans for clan-backed currency and broader industrial expansion. He also considered changes to market leadership and prepared to launch the Chen Clan’s cigarette business.

• Chen Xiaojun saw off the visiting Soul Douluo and spoke with Xia Qingyun, who recognized his plans to enter banking.
• Chen Xiaojun planned to issue Chen Clan Currency backed by spiritual herbs and related goods, using the clan’s crystal cards and market network to promote its circulation.
• Chen Xiaojun reviewed the clan’s finances, industrial growth, and possible leadership changes in its market divisions, including a potential role for Liu Ruyan.
• Chen Xiaojun prepared to launch cigarettes after the Chen Clan spent three years acquiring tobacco plantations and arranging production equipment and materials.

Ma Wencai refused the Golden Crown Eagle Skull his father offered for the Gao Ying Competition, arguing that he should strengthen his foundations and that the soul bone would help Ma Zhibin approach Titled Douluo. The conversation ended with Ma Tianyang demanding half of Ma Zhibin’s bounty for the family, while Ma Zhibin countered with an offer of two million.

• Ma Zhibin brought Ma Wencai a fifty-six-thousand-year Golden Crown Eagle Skull for the Gao Ying Competition.
• Ma Wencai refused the soul bone, explaining that he wanted to improve his skills and foundation rather than rush a breakthrough.
• Ma Wencai urged Ma Zhibin to use the skull to advance toward Titled Douluo, and Ma Zhibin praised his son’s concern.
• Ma Zhibin told Ma Wencai that his gains from fighting alongside the Chen Clan could fund cultivation to Level 90 and that he had also obtained resources for him.
• Ma Tianyang arrived and demanded half of Ma Zhibin’s bounty for the family, while Ma Zhibin offered two million.

Ma Tianyang and Ma Zhibin argued over money before discussing Ma Wencai’s future as Xiao Jun’s follower and the Ma Family’s hopes of gaining Chen Clan support. They set out for the Chen Clan, hoping to secure cultivation opportunities before the visitors left the next day.

• Ma Zhibin refused to give Ma Tianyang more than two million, and Ma Wencai slipped away while the father and son traded insults.
• Ma Tianyang learned that Ma Wencai’s martial soul might evolve further and agreed to accompany Ma Zhibin to ask the Chen Clan for help.
• Ma Zhibin suggested that Wencai’s Rainbow Phoenix heritage could help his martial soul evolve and wondered whether the Ma Family’s mutated martial souls could also be revived.
• Ma Tianyang and Ma Zhibin discussed the uncertain costs of martial soul evolution, then agreed that Wencai’s path depended on Xiao Jun and the Chen Clan.
• Ma Zhibin agreed to give Ma Tianyang five million, and Ma Tianyang urged him to leave for the Chen Clan because the visitors were departing the next day.

Chen Xiaojun proposed a five-nation Security Council to coordinate long-term suppression of the soul beasts in the Xie Luo Mountain Range and manage civilian mountain entrants. Xia Qingyun approved the idea but questioned what role the Chen Clan would hold, and Chen Xiaojun insisted the clan should claim no special position and that any chair be chosen fairly.

• Chen Xiaojun described the influx of nearly ten thousand people responding to the Soul Execution Order and proposed a Security Council led by the five great nations.
• Xue Chuxin questioned whether the nations could overcome their conflicting interests, while Xue Churan supported the Council and asked how it would make decisions.
• Chen Xiaojun outlined five permanent national seats, five rotating civilian seats, majority approval for major decisions, and a standing body for daily affairs.
• The gathered elders debated the proposal’s merits and risks, noting that the five nations would still need to negotiate power and resource allocation.
• Xia Qingyun said the Council was feasible, then asked whether the Chen Clan expected a chair or final-arbiter role.
• Chen Xiaojun said the Chen Clan would participate as an ordinary member and that any chair should be selected through a fair mechanism.

Chen Xiaojun proposed a Security Council and then outlined plans to counter the Xie Luo Mountain Range’s soul beasts and the Scarlet Cultists. The meeting ended with Sea God Island preparing to enter the conflict and Chen Xiaojun proposing a Vocational Technical Academy to train a professional force for future battles.

• Xia Qingyun and Chen Zixiu agreed that the Security Council needed more discussion and called for a dedicated meeting with representatives from the Five Great Nations and other forces.
• Bo Xian'er announced that Sea God Island would send five thousand to ten thousand troops into the Xie Luo Mountain Range to train and fight at its own expense.
• Chen Xiaojun gave Xia Qingyun and Xue Chuxin materials on Demon Dragon Legion strongholds in Fasinuo and Barak, saying they could help cripple the Scarlet Cultists’ network.
• Chen Xiaojun warned that casualties among those entering the mountains would rise and proposed establishing a Vocational Technical Academy to build a trained professional force.
• Chen Xiaojun described a six-year academy for students from age nine, followed by three years of advanced study, and proposed recruiting teachers and cooperating with Industry Guilds.

Chen Xiaojun proposed expanding vocational warrior academies across the Southern Five Counties to train hundreds of thousands of commoners, a plan that could challenge Spirit Hall’s control of soul masters and alarm the Heaven Dou Empire. He resolved to pursue the risky mass-training system anyway, using a merit system to keep its warriors under institutional control.

• Chen Xiaojun proposed building Basic Academies in every small city and vocational senior academies in medium-sized cities, estimating that the Southern Five Counties could train four hundred thousand warriors.
• Lu Xueying questioned whether the enormous academy network was affordable, and Chen Xiaojun argued that training commoners would forge a vast force capable of resisting Beast Tides.
• Xia Qingyun warned that Spirit Hall would oppose the plan, while Shen Tianjun described it as a scheme that would either provoke public outrage or let the Chen Clan reshape the continent’s power structure.
• Xue Churan warned that the plan threatened the nation’s foundation, and Chen Zixiu stopped Chen Xiaojun from answering as the others considered the empire’s likely reaction.
• Chen Xiaojun recalled how he had discovered the potential of professional warrior systems among retired soldiers and workers, then decided to develop the idea despite the dangers of creating a new armed class.
• Later historians called Chen Xiaojun’s policy the “Cure Chaos with Chaos” Extermination Plan, as its merit system bound the growing warrior force to institutional control.

Chen Zixiu, the Xue Sisters, and Chen Xiaojun settled a scaled-down plan for Warrior Academies in Fasinuo Province, with the Chang'an Military Region sharing student allocations and costs. Xia Qingyun then proposed extending the cooperation to the Balak Kingdom, while the chapter explored the place of Que Yuzhe and the challenges clans faced in supporting people without Soul Power.

• Chen Zixiu reduced Chen Xiaojun's academy proposal to a maximum of one hundred Basic Academies and one advanced academy per prefecture, and Xue Chuxin and Xue Churan agreed on condition that the Chang'an Military Region jointly allocate graduates.
• Chen Zixiu agreed that the Brocade-Clad Guards and Chang'an Military Region would share student quotas and split expenses, with the military region taking a larger share and guiding retirees toward the Guards.
• Xia Qingyun asked Chen Xiaojun whether the Balak Kingdom could adopt the same cooperation model, and Chen Zixiu approved the proposal.
• Xia Qingyun and Xue Chuxin discussed reviving the Divine Bird Sect's Que Yuzhe unit as a path for people without Soul Power who had flying martial souls.
• The chapter explained how Top Martial Soul branch systems grew over generations and described the positive and negative ways clans' members without Soul Power could respond to their circumstances.

Chen Xiaojun outlined plans to build vocational academies with the Xue and Xia families and expand the Brocade-Clad Guards by recruiting and training warriors across their territories. The chapter left his ambition to turn the Chen Clan into a true superpower, able to face Spirit Hall head-on, still in the process of being realized.

• Chen Xiaojun explained how Chen Clan resources could help the Xue and Xia branch families train people without soul power and form larger Que Yuzhe forces.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed building several vocational and technical Basic Academies and one advanced academy in each of the two families’ domains.
• Lu Xueqi, Leng Qingqiu, and Lu Xueying acknowledged the academy plan, while the chapter described Lu Xueqi’s role in the Enshrinement Pavilion and its place in the Chen Clan.
• The Brocade-Clad Guards expanded across several regions, with warriors as their foundation, soul masters supporting the middle ranks, and elite camps forming their core.
• Chen Xiaojun planned a future Sharp Warrior Camp with a Soul Sage entry threshold, inspired by the Wind Sword Sect’s sword arrays and intended to rival Spirit Hall’s Angel Legion.
• Chen Xiaojun pursued a Brocade-Clad Guards structure capable of helping the Chen Clan become an overlord that could fight Spirit Hall without relying on the Two Great Empires.

Chen Xiaojun explained that he had accelerated the Chen Clan Crystal Card and cigarette launches to raise funds for large-scale vocational warrior academies. The chapter left the academy plan facing an enormous annual budget, with ten counties slated for early construction requiring 100 million gold coins a year just for training costs.

• The newly titled elders’ accumulated sword intent and soul power drove their combat strength sharply upward, while Zhu Hongzhen and the other elders also advanced in soul power.
• Chen Cong realized that Chen Xiaojun had pushed the crystal card and cigarette plans forward to finance the academies, and Chen Xiaojun confirmed it.
• The Battle in the Mountains yielded materials worth more than 1.2 billion, and the Chen Clan planned to pay participants through a mix of contribution points, crystal cards, and limited material exchanges.
• Chen Xiaojun calculated that academy training would cost about 500 gold coins per student each year, requiring subsidies and arrangements for graduates to serve the parties funding their education.
• The early plan targeted ten counties across the Southern Five Counties, Barak, Tuosike, and the East Sea Coast, bringing annual training expenses to 100 million gold coins before construction costs.

Chen Xiaojun negotiated with allied powers over the Chen Clan’s academy funding and currency plans as the clan reshaped its leadership. After turning down Ma Tianyang and Ma Zhibin’s request to take Ma Wencai as his follower for now, he left the matter open until after the provincial preliminaries.

• The Chen Clan agreed to build an academy on land it provided, with ownership shared equally between the clan and its partner.
• Chen Xiaojun discussed expanding the Chen Clan Crystal Card and future currency swaps with Bo Xian'er, Xia Qingyun, Xue Chuxin, and Xue Churan, while Soul Fighting City began preparing its own Crystal Card System.
• Chen Zixiu, Bo Xian'er, Lu Xueqi, and Zhang Xiaofan met privately as the Chen Clan’s new core power circle, with Lu Xueqi officially taking up her posts as Second Seat Elder and Deputy Pavilion Master.
• Ma Tianyang and Ma Zhibin pressed Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun to accept Ma Wencai as Chen Xiaojun’s follower.
• Chen Xiaojun said Ma Wencai needed more tempering and postponed his decision until after the Provincial Preliminary Competition of the Gao Ying Competition, remarking that he would accept Ma Liang immediately.

Xia Qingyun met Xue Shiqiong at the Chen Residence, where Xue Shiqiong revealed that she recognized Xia Qingyun as her master. The unexpected connection left the others stunned and exposed a secret behind the meeting.

• Xia Qingyun brought Yang Jingxue and the Xue Sisters to meet Xue Shiqiong, while Na Ruoyun stayed behind.
• Xia Qingyun entered Xue Chuxin's hall and found Mu Lingyun visiting alongside Xue Shiqiong and Ji Tiantian.
• Xia Qingyun teased Mu Lingyun about her age and cultivation, and Mu Lingyun blamed her for leaving the clan's businesses behind.
• Xue Shiqiong knelt to serve Xia Qingyun tea and hinted that she had offered tea and kowtowed to her before.
• Xue Shiqiong addressed Xia Qingyun as her master and said she had recognized her despite never seeing her face, stunning Yang Jingxue, Mu Lingyun, and Xue Chuxin.

Xue Chuxin learned that Xia Qingyun had secretly become Xue Shiqiong’s Master and struggled to understand her motives. After Xia Qingyun teased her and explained that she had noticed Xue Shiqiong’s hidden talent, the ceremony resumed, and Xia Qingyun called Xue Shiqiong outside.

• Xue Chuxin realized that Xia Qingyun was the mysterious Master who had trained Xue Shiqiong and wondered whether their years of sisterhood had concealed a scheme.
• Xue Shiqiong felt torn between gratitude toward her Master and shock that Xia Qingyun had kept the truth from her and her mother.
• Xia Qingyun teased Xue Chuxin, who asked why she had taken Xue Shiqiong as her disciple.
• Xia Qingyun said she had liked Xue Shiqiong and revealed that she had recognized the martial soul and talent hidden by Xue Chuxin’s Phoenix Blood Heart Lock.
• Xia Qingyun and Xue Chuxin exchanged barbed remarks, then the ceremony continued with Ji Tiantian offering tea and Xia Qingyun giving gifts to Xue Shiqiong and Ji Tiantian.
• Xia Qingyun called Xue Shiqiong outside.

Chang'an Academy’s large delegation departed for Heaven Spirit City to compete in the Gao Ying Provincial Preliminary Competition. Before the journey, Xia Qingyun urged Xiao Yi to stop hiding her brilliance and forge an emperor’s path of her own, while revealing that the three families intended to cultivate Xiao Yi’s God-level Martial Soul through trials.

• Chang'an Academy assembled a delegation of fifty to sixty people, including competitors, analysts, scouts, medical staff, and security, and prepared a long convoy of carriages for the trip to Heaven Spirit City.
• Xiao Yi greeted Xia Qingyun and Yang Jingxue, who joked over whether Xiao Yi should call Yang Jingxue her grandmother or god-grandmother.
• Xia Qingyun told Xiao Yi that the Genius List’s top position was an honor rather than a restraint and said Chen Xiaojun hesitated over her because he wanted her to shine but feared she would be hurt.
• Xia Qingyun urged Xiao Yi to show the authority of the Eastern Emperor and act when the time came, and Xiao Yi accepted her teaching.
• Yang Jingxue asked whether Xia Qingyun’s advice would work, and Xia Qingyun explained that Xiao Yi’s path depended on finding her own way to become an emperor and enduring trials of blood and fire.

Xia Qingyun discussed Xiao Yi’s talent and the protection surrounding her, then used wine, the Great Sun Burning Heaven Art, and the Nine Yang Divine Skill to heal injuries from her fight with the Serpent Emperor. She reassured Xue Shiqiong that she would shield her from the Heaven Dou Imperial Family, leaving Xue Shiqiong feeling less burdened and more confident.

• Yang Jingxue praised Xiao Yi’s talent, while Xia Qingyun said Xiao Yi had become strong and composed and that she wanted her grandson to have no worries.
• Xia Qingyun drank Seventh Grade Purple Wine and used the Great Sun Burning Heaven Art and Nine Yang Divine Skill to draw out and destroy the Serpent Emperor’s Fire Poison.
• Xia Qingyun reflected that combining her two cultivation arts had raised her strength to level 96 peak, with faint combat power at Level 97 Initial Stage.
• Xue Shiqiong told Xia Qingyun she preferred quiet cultivation and letting matters take their course rather than pursuing the matter they had discussed the previous day.
• Xia Qingyun promised to protect Xue Shiqiong and threatened to tear down Bright King's Lingxiao Hall if the Heaven Dou Imperial Family interfered.
• Xue Shiqiong felt moved by Xia Qingyun’s words and took comfort in the support of her master, the Chen Clan, and her mother’s growing faction.