Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaojun and Xia Yun suspected that Si Baining’s actions reflected the Si Clan’s interest in Zhuo Qianren’s breakthrough. Lian Changzhi came to explain his offense against Chen Xinyi, resigned from Canghui Academy, and offered to join the Chen Clan while using his influence to build ties with the Glazed Tile Holy Hall.

• Chen Xiaojun and Xia Yun discussed the Si Clan’s strategic move and suspected Si Baining was reacting to Zhuo Qianren becoming a Titled Douluo.
• Ning Jiang brought Lian Changzhi to meet Chen Xiaojun and Xia Yun, then left them to talk.
• Lian Changzhi apologized for injuring Chen Xinyi and announced that he would resign from Canghui Academy and place himself at Chen Xiaojun’s command.
• Lian Changzhi argued that the Chen Clan could use his position and the Glazed Tile Holy Hall to extend its influence into the central region and Canghui Academy.
• Lian Changzhi vowed to seek the Glazed Tile Holy Hall’s understanding, and Chen Xiaojun welcomed him into the Chen Clan.

Chen Xiaojun arranged for Lian Changzhi to join the Chen Clan’s command and sent aid and an invitation to Canghui Academy. Meanwhile, Yu Haiyun’s analysts assessed Chang’an Academy’s strength and warned that it could pose a serious threat to Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

• Chen Xiaojun told Xia Yun he would make full use of Lian Changzhi, then left Wei Xinzhi’s proposal for Xia Yun and the elders to decide.
• Liu Ruyan told Chen Xiaojun that he needed a new portrait for the provincial competition and urged him to support Chang’an Academy’s publicity campaign.
• Zhu Wuneng and Su Ningxia delivered medicine and an Eighth Grade Mental Spirit Herb to Lian Changzhi for Lian Shouzhong and the injured Canghui students.
• Zhu Wuneng gave Lian Changzhi an invitation, and Lian Changzhi promised to help bring its proposal about.
• Yu Haiyun reviewed battle analyses of Chang’an Academy and other teams, learned Chen Xinyi could rival the Genius List’s top twenty, and concluded Chang’an Academy might have a formidable surprise for Heaven Dou Royal Academy.

Chang'an Academy celebrated its provincial competition success as a surge of new students, funds, and expansion work transformed the school. With staff stretched thin, Zhuang Mochen sought help from the Chen family, whose donations and services supported the academy's rapid growth.

• Chang'an Academy's recruitment drive drew students from across the province, while Lian Changzhi resigned from Canghui Academy and left it an unknown Trump Card.
• Chang'an Academy counted thirty-seven new students with Innate Soul Power at Level Seven and admitted 650 students in advance, with enrollment projected to exceed 800.
• Chang'an Academy began expanding its campus and struggled to recruit enough teachers for its growing Lower, Middle, and Advanced Departments.
• Chang'an Academy received more than eight million gold coins in competition-related income, alongside a five-million-coin emergency allocation from the City Lord's Mansion.
• Zhuang Mochen went to the Chen family for help, and the family contributed three million gold coins, construction support, transport, and student aid loans.

Fasinuo and the Great Northwest saw a wave of new academies, military recruitment, and anti-cult operations, while the Six Kingdoms established the Continental Xie Luo Mountain Range United Nations Security Council. At the Chen Clan’s residence, Chen Hua and Xia Yun planned to staff Skywolf Academy, and Xia Yun prepared to return to the village.

• Yin Duoruo and three northern governors announced a Northern Advanced Soul Master Academy Invitational and proposed an annual Fasinuo Province Academy League.
• The Chen Clan’s Brocade-Clad Guards began recruiting academy graduates as commanderies launched operations against the Scarlet Cultist and its strongholds.
• The Six Kingdoms and Sea God Island established the Security Council, with its headquarters in Chang'an City and the Chen Clan granted permanent director status.
• Chen Hua and Xia Yun discussed the Heavenly Wolf County governor’s requests and agreed to send Chen Zhaoyang, Cong Ding'an, Xiang Chuyue, An Heqin, and Ping Anbo to help build Skywolf Academy.
• Xia Yun said he would return to the village to report the decision and visit its juniors and the children at Ze Ji Study.

Chen Xiaojun explained how the Chen Clan was expanding its influence through southern academies while Chang'an Academy’s recruiting surge brought a flood of donors and cooperation offers. The chapter ended with Xia Yun and Zhuang Mochen realizing that Si Baining intended to offer Tian Feng Academy itself to the Chen Clan.

• Zhuang Mochen complained that Chang'an Academy’s recruitment success had overwhelmed him with donors seeking strategic cooperation, while Chen Xiaojun defended the academy’s ambitions.
• The Chen Clan described its support for Five Mountains Academy, Starfall Academy, and San Shan Academy, including plans to help promising Soul Emperor educators advance to Soul Saint.
• Xia Yun reported that Si Baining had persuaded many Tian Feng Academy graduates to join the Brocade-Clad Guards, and Chen Xiaojun said she had proposed three conditions.
• Zhuang Mochen judged that Si Baining was positioning Tian Feng Academy for a coming academy league, while Wang Wei suspected she had deeper plans.
• Xia Yun identified Si Baining’s hidden aim, and Zhuang Mochen concluded that the Si Clan meant to send Tian Feng Academy to the Chen Clan as a dowry.

Chen Xiaojun reunited with younger Chen Clan relatives before Chen Yunxiang and Chen Haoxuan entered the arena to fight two mechanical puppets called Flower-Like. The brothers damaged the puppets but found that they could keep attacking even after being cut apart or decapitated, and the fight was still underway.

• Chen Zhouzhao, Chen Jieqi, Chen Yunxiang, and Chen Haoxuan greeted Zhuang Mochen, Wang Wei, Xia Yun, and Chen Xiaojun before preparing for the test.
• Chen Yunxiang explained that Chen Haoxuan was still resentful because Du Ling had beaten him despite only recently starting sword training.
• Chen Yunxiang and Chen Haoxuan began their arena test against two identical mechanical puppets marked No. 1 and No. 2.
• Chen Haoxuan cleaved No. 1 apart, but its two halves continued attacking, while Chen Haoxuan decapitated No. 2 and it lunged at the brothers with spinning sickles.
• Chen Haoxuan targeted No. 2's joints while Chen Yunxiang struck the mechanisms in No. 1's upper half, then heard several sounds of Void Break.

Chen Yunxiang and Chen Haoxuan fought a coordinated squad of four Flower-Like puppets and began exploiting their mechanical weaknesses. As observers analyzed the battle, another group of puppets emerged from the corridor, and Chen Xiaojun warned that eight more might be coming.

• Flower-Likes Numbers 3 through 6 attacked Chen Yunxiang and Chen Haoxuan with armored limbs, chains, poison needles, and explosive pellets.
• Chen Yunxiang and Chen Haoxuan countered the puppets by targeting their joints and power mechanisms, destroying several and pressing Number 6.
• Zhuang Mochen, Wang Wei, Chen Xiaojun, and Xia Yun identified the puppets’ tactics, weapon designs, and vulnerabilities as they watched the fight.
• Chen Yunxiang and Chen Haoxuan broke the puppets’ coordinated formation, though Haoxuan injured his hand while deflecting an enhanced explosive.
• A sound came from the corridor doorway, and Chen Xiaojun warned that eight more puppets might be coming.

Ji Tiantian entered the arena to rescue Chen Yunxiang and Chen Haoxuan from Ruhua’s overwhelming formation, revealing that she had twin martial souls and was also known as Chen Duling. The chapter left her fighting at level thirty-one while Chen Xiaojun explained her dual name and secret return to the Chen Clan.

• Ruhua units 7 through 14 surrounded Chen Yunxiang and Chen Haoxuan with coordinated attacks, leaving the brothers badly wounded and close to defeat.
• Ji Tiantian swept into the arena with twin swords and used her level-thirty-one soul power to disrupt Ruhua’s formation and give the brothers room to recover.
• Wang Wei and Zhuang Mochen recognized Ji Tiantian and were shocked to learn that she had twin martial souls.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed that Ji Tiantian was also called Chen Duling and explained that she retained her Ji name while entering the Chen Clan genealogy under her other name.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that Ji Tiantian had secretly come to Chen Lin Village with Xue Shiqiong to undergo Clan Recognition and seek a soul ring for her Wen Hua Brush martial soul.

Chen Yunxiang, Chen Haoxuan, and Chen Duling fought back against the Flower-Likes, but a sudden trap left Chen Haoxuan on the verge of death. A mysterious white ray destroyed the poisoned claws attacking him, revealing a power that did not use Soul Power.

• Chen Haoxuan charged Flower-Like No. 13 with Wave Breaker while Chen Yunxiang used his twin swords to defend their group and disable Flower-Like No. 12.
• Chen Duling countered attacks from Flower-Likes Nos. 9, 10, and 14, redirecting the rope dart and striking No. 10's core.
• Flower-Like No. 14 swept its rope dart at Chen Duling's ankles as dark-green grease spread across the ground and made Chen Haoxuan lose his balance.
• Flower-Like No. 11 lunged at the exposed Chen Haoxuan with poisoned claws while Chen Duling and Chen Yunxiang tried to save him.
• A Blazing White Ray flashed from above Chen Duling and melted most of the claws before they struck Chen Haoxuan, and Chen Duling sensed that it carried no Soul Power.

Zhuang Mochen and Wang Wei learned that Ji Tiantian possessed Innate Full Soul Power and the Seven Kill Sword, while Xia Qingyun reassured Xue Shiqiong that Duling deserved the title. Zhu Qianqing visited Xia Qingyun and proudly identified Haoxuan as her son after he struck powerfully in the arena.

• Zhuang Mochen questioned how Ji Tiantian had a Seven Kill Sword, and Chen Xiaojun revealed that she was related to him through his paternal aunt, Shi Qiong.
• Chen Xiaojun confirmed that Tiantian had Innate Full Soul Power and that her sword was named Seven Kill Sword, astonishing Zhuang Mochen and Wang Wei.
• Xue Shiqiong worried that the Seven Kill title would burden Duling, but Xia Qingyun insisted Duling was worthy of it as a member of the Chen Clan's direct bloodline.
• Zhu Qianqing visited Xue Shiqiong and Xia Qingyun, relayed her mother's gratitude to Xia Qingyun, and answered that Haoxuan was her son when Xia Qingyun noticed him fighting in the arena.

Xia Qingyun questioned Zhu Qianqing about the politics behind her marriage to the Chen family and her return without Yin Zu. In the arena, Chen Zhouzhao and Chen Jieqi joined Chen Duling as sixteen Flower-Likes unleashed a coordinated assault on the five young Seven Kill Sword prodigies.

• Xia Qingyun asked Zhu Qianqing whether the imperial family and the Duke of the South Residence had allowed her and her son to return while keeping Yin Zu with the Foreign Legion.
• Zhu Qianqing acknowledged that Xia Qingyun had seen through the political pressures surrounding her family.
• Chen Zhouzhao arrived before Chen Duling and used Thunder Breathing, Fifth Form—Heat Lightning to break through the poisonous attack.
• Chen Jieqi joined Chen Zhouzhao, and the two challenged the hidden blacksmith to reveal his remaining fighters.
• Eight more Flower-Likes emerged, bringing their number to sixteen as flying poison attacks and gravity-manipulating models formed a lethal net around the five young Seven Kill Sword prodigies.

Chen Zhouzhao, Chen Jieqi, Chen Duling, Chen Haoxuan, and Chen Yunxiang fought a wave of sixteen Flower-Like puppets in the arena. Their coordinated sword techniques destroyed every puppet, leaving the five victorious amid the wreckage.

• Chen Zhouzhao raised a thundercloud shield to protect the group from the puppets’ Poison Thorns and poisonous haze.
• Chen Jieqi cut through the Mystic Iron puppets’ magnetic balance, causing their repulsion field to collapse and throwing the enemy formation into disarray.
• Chen Duling restrained the melee puppets with sword threads and struck at the exposed mechanisms of two enemies.
• Chen Haoxuan attacked the clustered puppets while Chen Yunxiang guided lightning through them, disabling nearly half the machines.
• Chen Jieqi unleashed Wind Calamity and shredded the remaining puppets and their weapons until none could move.

Chen Xiaojun explained that the Chen Clan’s mass-produced Flower-Like puppets were designed to support soul-hunting teams and protect the clan’s trade convoys. Their production and strategic value impressed the observers, leaving the puppets poised to become a major source of profit, allied cooperation, and security.

• Tie Fu'er explained that the Flower-Like puppets relied on numbers and coordination, while Chen Zhouzhao teased him about their fragility after the battle.
• Xia Shuyao offered to command another fight, but Xia Yun and Chen Xiaojun said the demonstration had served its purpose.
• Chen Xiaojun told Zhuang Mochen that the puppets were intended for Mountain Camp soul-hunting teams and could help the camp stand out beside Chang'an Fortress.
• Tie Fu'er described the puppets' automated combat, replaceable standardized parts, and modular attack systems.
• Tie Fu'er revealed that the Chen Clan could produce one hundred Flower-Like units per day, shocking Wang Wei and Zhuang Mochen.
• Chen Xiaojun's plans for the puppets included earning revenue, strengthening ties with the Yang and Ximen Families, and protecting the Chen Clan's expanding logistics network.

Chen Xiaojun and Tie Fu'er presented the Flower-Like puppets as mass-producible support for soul-hunting teams, convoy escorts, and the Mountain Camp. Their production potential and strategic value impressed Wang Wei and Zhuang Mochen, while the Chen Clan planned to use them to earn money, strengthen alliances, and protect its expansion.

• Tie Fu'er explained that the Flower-Like puppets relied on numbers and coordination, and that Chen Zhouzhao's attacks had wrecked the demonstration units.
• Xia Shuyao offered to command another group, but Xia Yun and Chen Xiaojun told her the puppets were intended for ordinary warriors rather than Mental Power experts.
• Chen Xiaojun described how the puppets could equip the academy's Mountain Camp and help it stand out from Chang'an Fortress.
• Tie Fu'er explained that the puppets used standardized replaceable parts and could be produced at a rate of one hundred units per day.
• Wang Wei and Zhuang Mochen reacted with shock at the production capacity as Chen Xiaojun's plans for profit, alliances, and convoy security became clear.

Chen Xiaojun secured Chang'an Academy’s support for the Flower-Like puppet project and left its trade negotiations to Ling Yunxiao. In a private meeting, Zhuo Qianren identified the Titled Douluo who had spied on him as a possible Bloodthirsty Sword Li, prompting Xia Qingyun and Chen Xun to recognize the Li family’s surviving threat.

• Chen Xiaojun discussed the Type Eight Flower-Like puppet’s missing defense component with Tie Fu'er, who explained the difficulty and cost of making a suitable shield.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Zhuang Mochen and Wang Wei to help introduce the Flower-Like, and Zhuang Mochen agreed in view of the Chen Clan’s support for Chang'an Academy and the weapon’s potential to save lives.
• Chen Xiaojun left Ling Yunxiao to negotiate the Flower-Like transaction with Zhuang Mochen and Wang Wei, while he departed with the young heroes and Xia Yun.
• Chen Xun and Zhuo Qianren joined Xia Qingyun in the warm pavilion, where Zhuo Qianren recognized her as the famed Golden Crow Your Majesty from the Gao Ying Competition.
• Zhuo Qianren reported that a Titled Douluo and a Soul Douluo attendant had spied on him, and he identified the Titled Douluo’s blood-soaked ancient sword as belonging to the old evil remnant of 'Crimson,' the Bloodthirsty Sword Li.
• Xia Qingyun and Chen Xun concluded that the Li family had survived its destruction and might be targeting the younger generation.

The narrator recounted his rise as a gifted Mystic Yellow Tang Family blacksmith and the family’s decline under Clear Sky Sect pressure. After losing his great-grandfather and grandfather and seeing clansmen consider surrender, he stormed out of the family residence in anger.

• At six, the narrator awakened the Mystic Yellow Hammer with more than Innate Level 8 soul power, and at twenty-five he graduated as a Soul King.
• At the Gao Ying Competition, Tang Potian defeated the narrator, leaving him with a lasting sense of humiliation.
• The narrator became a Blacksmith Grandmaster at twenty-seven while the Clear Sky Sect’s influence threatened the Mystic Yellow Tang Family’s livelihood.
• The narrator’s great-grandfather died when old injuries flared up, and his grandfather later died after being gravely wounded in a clash with a Clear Sky Sect envoy.
• As the family debated accepting the Clear Sky Sect’s harsh cooperation terms, the narrator denounced his uncles and left the family residence.

A Soul Emperor recounted how desperation drove him to join Unbenevolent Tower and accept a mission targeting Chen Xiaojun, despite fearing the consequences for his family. When the ambush began, he held back against Chen Xiaojun’s young allies and witnessed an astonishing display of power.

• The narrator wandered through Silves Kingdom, survived on dangerous work, and found steady employment as a blacksmith in Heaven Spirit City, but his cultivation stalled after reaching Soul King.
• A mercenary acquaintance recruited him into Unbenevolent Tower, and over more than ten years of paid assassinations he advanced from rank fifty-four to the peak of rank sixty-eight Soul Emperor.
• Seeking the resources to break through to Soul Sage, the narrator accepted a high-paying team mission and learned that the target was Chen Clan descendant Chen Xiaojun and his team.
• In Chang'an City, the narrator discovered that the ambush team included two Soul Douluo and three Soul Sages, leaving him afraid to refuse or flee.
• The narrator fought Chen Xiaojun’s young allies, including a boy wielding a Nine-Toothed Rake and the Sea God Island Saintess with a Golden Trident, but deliberately held back to avoid provoking the Chen Clan.
• As the fight changed abruptly, the narrator witnessed a combatant whose power surpassed even the definition of genius.

Tang Yuchen recounted how he survived the Chen Clan’s judgment, found a new life as a blacksmith in Chen Lin Village, and eventually became Tie Fu’er’s master. After the clan ordered a test of their Flower-Like creation, he realized he would have to face Chen Xiaojun, the young master he had once helped target.

• Tang Yuchen confessed his knowledge of the Unbenevolent Tower’s operation after the Chen Clan killed the other attackers, and the clan resettled him in Chen Lin Village.
• He spent two years forging everyday tools with his Soul Power sealed, then reunited with his old classmates Tie Buyi and Lu Xiaoxiao in the workshop.
• The clan lifted his seal, and Tang Yuchen’s Soul Power surged, allowing him to break through to Rank 69 Soul Emperor.
• After regaining his freedom, Tang Yuchen chose to stay, joined Hundred Flowers Village, and became Tie Fu’er’s master.
• Tang Yuchen and Tie Fu’er developed Flower-Like creations as the Chen Clan faced turmoil, including Old Clan Leader Chen Yu’s grave injury and Chen Xun taking charge.
• The clan ordered a test of the Flower-Like, and Tang Yuchen understood that he would face Chen Xiaojun.

Tang Yuchen assessed the weaknesses of the Flower-Like and proposed developing specialized variants, especially command-type units, to coordinate them in battle. Chen Xiaojun approved the idea and heard Tang Yuchen’s plan to build expensive prototypes first, then seek cheaper replacement materials.

• Tie Fu'er felt relieved when Chen Xiaojun let go of the past and recognized the chance for Tang Yuchen to settle in Chen Lin Village.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Tang Yuchen to assess the Flower-Like, and Tang explained that exceptional fighters could overwhelm their durability and that coordinated control was needed to counter them.
• Tang Yuchen outlined three improvement paths and chose specialized Flower-Like variants as the most practical because their costs could be controlled.
• Tang Yuchen proposed a command-type Flower-Like that could coordinate units and identified challenges involving mental transmission circuits, special alloys, and a tactical-memory core.
• Tang Yuchen recommended making high-cost command-type prototypes with the best materials first, then replacing them with cheaper alternatives after proving the design worked.

Tang Yuchen explained the Hundred Flowers Compendium’s three specialized puppet paths and how the Hundred Flowers Throne would coordinate them into a unified battle system. Chen Xiaojun approved the concept, which culminated in a tiered plan for the clan’s Puppet Legion Engineering.

• Tang Yuchen described Heavenly Craftsmanship and Creation, Earthly Ingenuity and Subtle Connection, and Human Spirit Returning to Origin as the Compendium’s three specialized paths.
• Chen Xiaojun sharply questioned Tang Yuchen about Spirit Binding and Dispatching, and Tang Yuchen explained that he had overheard Dean Su Rong and Director Xia Ying mention it.
• Tang Yuchen explained that the Hundred Flowers Throne would connect specialized puppets through a Mental Network and combine their abilities to suit each battlefield.
• Chen Xiaojun affirmed the principle that battlefield suitability mattered more than any one puppet path’s superiority.
• Tang Yuchen outlined puppet grades ranging from Soul Elder-level Flower-Like units to strategic-level models, presenting the plan as the clan’s Puppet Legion Engineering.