Chapter Summaries

Chang'an Academy prepared to face Skywater Academy on its icy home arena, where Chen Xiaojun planned to avoid being drawn into Skywater’s preferred rhythm. When the match began, both teams’ opening fighters clashed across the ice, leaving Du Gu Fu and Shen Liujing locked in a stalemate.

• Chen Xiaojun reviewed Skywater Academy’s lineup with his team and reminded them to follow their plan and target their assigned breakthroughs.
• Chen Xiaojun and Shui Binglan exchanged guarded pleasantries at center arena before returning to their teams.
• Chen Xiaojun adjusted Chang'an’s formation, seeking to exploit advantages beyond a direct contest on the ice.
• Qiu Ruoyi enhanced Skywater’s team and boosted its movement as Yu Moxi, Shen Liujing, and Gu Qingying charged forward.
• Lian Shouzhong met Yu Moxi head-on, while Shen Youchu intercepted Gu Qingying in a fast-moving sword fight.
• Du Gu Fu attacked Shen Liujing with his Fire Cloud Ice Palm, but she evaded and countered with a sound-wave disruption; both fighters avoided each other’s attacks and stalemated.

Zhu Wuneng and Ma Liang attacked Skywater Academy’s formation, but Shui Binglan and Xue Qingwu unleashed their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Snow Falling, and froze the arena. Chen Xiaojun’s Sun God Pearl pushed back the extreme cold, and Shui Binglan and Xue Qingwu advanced their fusion into an Ice Phoenix.

• Zhu Wuneng used Prison Wheel and Six Ding Divine Fire to melt the ice and hinder Skywater’s vanguard, while Yuzuru Hanyu’s Ice Prism Cage briefly protected Chang'an’s fighters.
• Ma Liang sent his Phoenix Meteor Shower toward Skywater’s back line as Shui Binglan and Xue Qingwu began their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, Ice Snow Falling.
• Ice Snow Falling extinguished Zhu Wuneng’s flames, scattered Ma Liang’s meteors, and spread extreme cold across the arena.
• Xiao Yi used Life Force to help Chang'an’s teammates withstand the cold, and Chen Xiaojun summoned the Sun God Pearl to melt ice crystals and suppress the fusion skill’s freezing domain.
• Shui Binglan ordered the fusion’s second stage, and Shui Binglan and Xue Qingwu transformed the Water Condensing Flying Luan into an Ice Phoenix.

Shui Binglan and Xue Qingwu unleashed their Ice Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill against Chen Xiaojun, whose Sun God Pearl was nearly frozen. With Xiao Yi’s aid, Chen Xiaojun combined the pearl with her Big Dipper Star Swirl, turning its light purple-gold and forcing the Ice Phoenix back; Shui Binglan then called on Yuzuru Hanyu to support it with an Ice Soul Mirror.

• Shui Binglan and Xue Qingwu’s Ice Phoenix shattered Ma Liang’s Martial Soul Possession and attacked Chen Xiaojun’s Sun God Pearl.
• Chen Xiaojun activated his Sun Mark, raised his Soul Power to level 63, and strengthened the pearl enough to resist the Ice Phoenix.
• Xiao Yi activated her Moon Marks and Big Dipper Star Swirl, combining its power with the Sun God Pearl to form a vast Tiangang Big Dipper Diagram and a purple-gold torrent.
• The purple-gold torrent checked the Ice Phoenix and began to crack its tail feathers, drawing concern from Shui Rong and Prince Jiqing.
• Shui Binglan signaled Yuzuru Hanyu, who formed an Ice Soul Mirror to copy the Ice Phoenix, though its immense power strained the mirror.

Yuzuru Hanyu used his family’s Mysterious Soul Blood Pull art to copy the Ice Phoenix and sent the second one diving at Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi. Zhu Wuneng trapped it with his soul-bone and water techniques, and Ma Liang prepared a powerful strike as the copied phoenix weakened.

• Yuzuru Hanyu used Mysterious Soul Blood Pull to copy the Ice Phoenix and sent his copy toward Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi.
• Zhu Wuneng blocked the second phoenix with Five Mountains Suppress Qiankun, then combined Sea Wheel and Three Thousand Weak Waters to trap and corrode it.
• Shui Rong, Prince Xue Jiqing, Zuo Tinggang, and the spectators in Box 22 reacted to the copied phoenix and Zhu Wuneng’s counterattack.
• Ma Liang returned to the sky and used his 64,000-year Right Arm Bone to form Rainbow Ash Pierces the Firmament Tribulation.

Zhu Wuneng and Ma Liang heavily wounded the replicated Ice Phoenix, but Yuzuru Hanyu sacrificed more of his vitality to restore its strength. The Ice Phoenix broke free and counterattacked, leaving Ma Liang severely injured and the battle unresolved.

• Ma Liang pierced the Ice Phoenix with Rainbow Ash Pierces the Firmament Tribulation while Zhu Wuneng intensified his attacks, severely weakening it but exhausting both of them.
• Yuzuru Hanyu used Mysterious Soul Blood Pull a second time, and Qiu Ruoyi supported him with Azure Sea Azure Lotus Domain.
• The Ice Phoenix broke Zhu Wuneng’s restraints and began repairing its wounds with gathered ice energy.
• Zhu Wuneng detonated his five mountain phantoms, but the Ice Phoenix escaped the blast with its wounds still open.
• The Ice Phoenix struck back with an ice storm, forcing Zhu Wuneng backward and sending Ma Liang crashing to the arena floor with severe injuries.

Shen Youchu used her evolved Azure Sea Tide Sword to badly wound Gu Qingying, while Yuzuru Hanyu drove an Ice Phoenix toward Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi. Chen Xiaojun’s side unleashed a devastating counterattack that cleaved the Ice Phoenix apart, leaving Yuzuru Hanyu gravely injured.

• Shen Youchu drew the essence from an Abyssal Sea Flood Dragon Blood Epiphyllum and evolved her martial soul into the four-attribute Azure Sea Tide Sword.
• Shen Youchu used Blood Sacrifice Touch and Surging Wave Slash to break through Gu Qingying’s defenses and leave her badly wounded.
• Yuzuru Hanyu drove his battered Ice Phoenix toward Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi, and Shen Youchu intercepted it with Abyssal Annihilation Slash but failed to stop its charge.
• The Tiangang Big Dipper Diagram blasted the Ice Phoenix controlled by Shui Binglan, while Yuzuru Hanyu’s Ice Phoenix plunged into the smoke toward Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi.
• Chen Xiaojun’s side unleashed Life Severing Sword Drawing Technique, cleaving Yuzuru Hanyu’s Ice Phoenix in half and sending a backlash through Yuzuru Hanyu.

Chen Xiaojun defeated the second Ice Phoenix with his sword and forced Shui Binglan and the Skywater Team to concede. After Chang'an Academy celebrated its victory, observers in VIP Box 126 discussed Chen Xiaojun’s abilities and anticipated facing him and Zhan Ruoxi.

• Chen Xiaojun killed the weakened Ice Phoenix with a single strike, then sent Xiao Yi to heal Ma Liang and the others.
• Shui Binglan and Xue Qingwu restored the remaining Ice Phoenix enough for it to charge Chen Xiaojun, who answered with his enhanced swords and Azure Lotus Sword Song.
• Chen Xiaojun’s silver dragon trapped and purified the Ice Phoenix until it began to dissolve, while the Skywater Team’s other fighters were left badly injured or exhausted.
• Shui Binglan conceded the match, and Chang'an Academy’s supporters erupted in celebration.
• Ji Bingyan, Bai Zerun, Bo Huaiyu, and Zhan Ruoxi discussed the Skywater Team’s effort and Chen Xiaojun’s swordsmanship, martial soul, and broad range of soul skills.
• Bo Huaiyu said he looked forward to fighting Chen Xiaojun and Zhan Ruoxi, whom he called the Chang'an Twin Gems.

Chen Xiaojun’s team returned from the semi-finals with eight injured members and prepared to rely on substitutes for the next matches. In Lankai City, Tang Potian learned that the Chen Clan had helped authorities dismantle Clear Sky Sect operations, then accepted Tang Yuchen’s challenge for a duel two days later.

• Chen Xiaojun’s team returned to the Chen Clan estate, where Old Shi had prepared a meal, and assessed their injuries and limited options for the next two matches.
• Pu Shuirou reported that the seriously injured members might recover with rest and spirit medicines, while Chen Shurui, Chen Bin, and Gao Cuilan were ready to fill roster vacancies.
• Tang Potian learned that authorities had shut down the Clear Sky Sect’s Jiang Family Workshop and Abundant Source Rice Shop, and blamed Chen Zhang and the Chen Clan’s alliance with the Mystic Yellow Tang Family.
• Tang Potian received Tang Yuchen’s challenge letter, which set their duel for the day after tomorrow.
• Tang Potian concluded that refusing would damage his reputation and the Clear Sky Sect, so he accepted the challenge.

Chang'an and Nine Heavens faced off in a seven-on-seven sword battle between teams drawn from elite lineages. As the fights progressed, Chang'an gained the advantage in four matchups, held two to stalemates, and struggled to break Shen Yizhi’s defense, leaving the overall battle unresolved.

• Nine Heavens fielded seven sword masters from its seven peaks, while Chang'an sent Chen Xiaojun, Xiao Yi, Chen Mu, Lian Shouzhong, Zhu Taihong, Shen Youchu, and Su Ningxia.
• Chen Xiaojun dueled Xiao Wenzhou, Chen Mu faced Lin Zhan, Lian Shouzhong fought Song Gang, and Xiao Yi clashed with Lu Liuying.
• Shen Youchu met Zeng Leyi, Su Ningxia faced Han Qingyun, and Zhu Taihong battled Shen Yizhi in three more simultaneous matches.
• Murong Zhe taunted Zhang Xiaoding over Nine Heavens, and Zhang Xiaofan predicted the Nine Heavens Team would defeat Murong’s Wujian Team.
• As the battle continued, Chen Xiaojun, Xiao Yi, Chen Mu, and Shen Youchu gained the upper hand, while Lian Shouzhong and Su Ningxia held stalemates and Zhu Taihong’s attacks failed to break Shen Yizhi’s defense.

The Nine Heavens Team formed the Seven Profound Qing Yun Sword Formation and unleashed a devastating sea of swords against Chang'an Team. Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi countered with the Six Paths Sword Wheel and the Chi Xiao Pearl’s devouring power, breaking the formation and leaving the outcome of the battle unresolved.

• Xiao Wenzhou rallied the disordered Nine Heavens Team and completed the Seven Profound Qing Yun Sword Formation, sending a vast sea of sword energy toward Chang'an Team.
• Chen Xiaojun boosted his Soul Power to level 65 and used the Six Paths Sword Wheel to clash with the formation’s sword energy.
• Xiao Yi’s Subduing Demon Seal struck the formation, but Xiao Wenzhou condensed its sword energy into an Evil-Slaying Sword Rainbow that shattered the seal.
• Xiao Yi transferred her power to Chen Xiaojun, who combined Yin Yang Power with the Six Paths Sword Wheel to create the Chi Xiao Pearl.
• The Chi Xiao Pearl absorbed the Evil-Slaying Sword Rainbow until it vanished, breaking the Seven Profound Qing Yun Sword Formation and leaving the Nine Heavens Team exhausted.

Chen Xiaojun’s reunion with Xiao Yi was interrupted by the revelation of his recurring soul-nest injury, and Chen Zhang urged him to crush the Tang siblings in the coming match. At the arena, Chen Xiaojun stopped Tang Xu’s hammer head-on, showing the strength of his Flowing Gold Jade Infused Body.

• Xiao Yi treated Chen Xiaojun’s recurring Upper Soul Nest Wall injury, and Xi Xi’s concern prompted Xiao Yi to fall into a tense silence.
• Chen Zhang told Chen Xiaojun that the Lankai Commandery plans were settled and ordered him to pound the two Tang siblings on Tianshan Team.
• Tang Xu and Tang Xi led Tianshan Team against Chang’an Team at the Chang'an Martial Soul Main Arena.
• Chen Xiaojun used Gan Jiang Crimson Flame and Mo Xie Azure Light to stop Tang Xu’s full-force Clear Sky Hammer strike.
• Chen Xiaojun’s Flowing Gold Jade Infused Body let him withstand the hammer’s force, and the chapter explained how his and Xiao Yi’s Yin Yang Treasure Scroll Bodies supported their combination skills and Martial Soul Fusion Skill.

Chang'an Team's coordinated defense stopped Tianshan's opening assault, but the Bai siblings then used their speed and illusions to attack Chang'an's rear support line. Xiao Yi answered their strike with a sweeping Life Vine counterattack, leaving the clash unresolved.

• Chen Xiaojun, Chen Mu, Zhu Taihong, and Shen Youchu each blocked one of Tianshan's four attackers and held Chang'an's defensive line.
• Gu Wuyan strengthened the front line with the Wishful Ruyi Disc, Xiao Yi maintained her Life Force Field, and Shi Feiyang disrupted Tianshan's fighters with Nightmare Whisper.
• Yang Zixiao's blessings empowered the Bai siblings, who burst toward Chang'an's rear to attack Gu Wuyan, Shi Feiyang, and Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi conjured Life Vine leaf blades and raised a canopy of thick vines as the Bai siblings closed in.
• Xiao Yi unleashed Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream: Leaf Blade Storm, sending thousands of blades across the Bai siblings' paths.

Chen Xiaojun used the Gan Jiang and Mo Xie swords to overpower Tang Xu and wound Tang Xi, while Shen Youchu shifted toward Heavenly Mountain’s support fighter. As Tang Xu and Tang Xi unleashed their Clear Sky Hammer techniques, Chen Xiaojun raised a dual sword barrier to meet them.

• Bai Ruoyu and Bai Ruoyu used Evasion and their speed-enhancing abilities to dodge Leaf Blade Storm, while Xiao Yi redirected the remaining leaves into tracking torrents against the six surviving targets.
• Shi Feiyang cast Dream Weaving Cocoon on Niu Hengzhi, disrupting his Soul Power as he fought Zhu Taihong.
• Chen Xiaojun used Sun and Moon Shine Together to absorb Tang Xu’s Thunderous Rampage and disrupt his Mental Core.
• Chen Xiaojun threw Mo Xie at Tang Xi, then used Shared Grief to teleport to the sword and strike her with Gan Jiang; Shen Youchu wounded Tang Xi and then moved toward Yang Zixiao.
• Tang Xu caught Tang Xi and unleashed Earth Yang Thunder, while Tang Xi countered with Water Yang Thunder.
• Chen Xiaojun planted Gan Jiang and drew Mo Xie to form the Water-Earth Dual Sword Barrier against the siblings’ attacks.

Chen Xiaojun turned the Tang Siblings’ attack into a counteroffensive with his paired swords, then unleashed Yin Yang Reversal Cut. Tang Xu and Tang Xi tried to defend against the multiplying magatama, but the fragments pierced their armor and left them badly wounded.

• Chen Xiaojun’s Lava Barrier and Indigo Water Curtain absorbed the Tang Siblings’ Yin and Yang Thunder and converted some of their force into Origin Energy.
• Chen Xiaojun struck Tang Xu with Earth Vein Mountain Shaker Strike and attacked Tang Xi’s soul with Soul Abyss Thousand Wave Guide, knocking them apart and injuring them.
• Chen Xiaojun sent two Source Point Magatama after the airborne siblings with Yin Yang Reversal Cut.
• Tang Xu used Rift Sky Hammer Burst to shatter the white magatama, triggering both magatama to split into swarms of smaller projectiles.
• Tang Xi used Clear Sky Body Protection to shield the siblings, but the magatama fragments multiplied when struck and pierced their defenses, leaving both bleeding and badly injured.

Chen Xiaojun pressed the exhausted Tang Siblings with his Yin Yang sword techniques while Xiao Yi defeated the Bai Siblings with a storm of vine leaves. The Tang Siblings survived Lovebirds' Tribulation, but Chen Xiaojun launched Twin Demise at them as they struggled to recover.

• Chen Xiaojun rushed the bloodied Tang Siblings instead of asking them to concede, drawing concern from Tang Yue and a measured reply from Chen Menglin.
• Shen Youchu, Chen Mu, and Shi Feiyang kept Tianshan Team's rear line under pressure as Yang Zixiao and Niu Hengzhi struggled to resist.
• Xiao Yi trapped the Bai Siblings in a Vine Leaf Storm, shattered Bai Ruoyu's Wind Breath Barrier, and knocked both siblings unconscious with a final attack.
• Chen Xiaojun used Lovebirds' Tribulation to lock onto Tang Xu and Tang Xi, but Tang Xi disrupted the sword storm with Qiankun Inversion while Tang Xu struck its core with Soaring Sky Strike.
• Chen Xiaojun fused Gan Jiang and Mo Xie into Twin Demise and plunged toward the exhausted Tang Siblings.

Chen Xiaojun’s team defeated the Tianshan Team, leaving Tang Xu and Tang Xi badly injured and the Clear Sky Sect’s delegation stunned. The story then shifted to Lankai City, where Tang Potian and Tang Yuchen fought a duel watched by the city’s influential factions.

• Tang Xu and Tang Xi combined their final strength to strike Chen Xiaojun’s gray-eroding sword, but the attack failed and left them badly injured beside a destructive Yin Yang Rift.
• Chen Xiaojun placed his twin swords against Tang Xu and Tang Xi, while the chapter explained the six inherited special skills behind his Yin Yang Swordsmanship and Twin Demise.
• Heaven Dou Team One watched in silence as the injured Tianshan Team left the arena, and Xue Shiming silently showed support for Tang Chen.
• In Lankai City, officials, military leaders, clan elders, and other influential spectators gathered to watch Tang Potian and Tang Yuchen’s duel.
• Tang Potian used Clear Sky Power and his Golden Red Iron Blood Body against Tang Yuchen, who relied on Kun Yuan Transformation and the Nine Heavens Force to counter his hammer strikes.

Tang Yuchen and Tang Potian traded devastating attacks in Lankai Arena, revealing that Yuchen’s Mystic Yellow Hammer had reached ninth grade and could contend with the Clear Sky Hammer. The two then clashed through Tang Potian’s escalating Chaotic Cloak and Tang Yuchen’s Nine Bounds, with neither giving way as the battle intensified.

• Tang Jigen and Tang Jinghe praised Tang Yuchen’s forged physique and endurance as he withstood Tang Potian’s stacked Soul Skills.
• Tang Potian unleashed Mountain Shaker Tremor, and Tang Yuchen answered with Blazing Meteor Collapse, creating a massive crater and nearly breaking the arena barrier.
• Tang Potian and Tang Yuchen endured the blast with their respective defenses, while Tang Jinghe and Tang Jigen recognized the Mystic Yellow Hammer as a concealed ninth-grade Martial Soul.
• Tang Potian began Chaotic Cloak and rapidly stacked increasingly powerful hammer strikes against Tang Yuchen’s Nine Bounds.
• Tang Yuchen redirected and countered Tang Potian’s specialized hammer techniques as their exchange accelerated.

Tang Yuchen endured Tang Potian’s escalating Chaotic Cloak assault and revealed the Mystic Yellow Profound Domain and the Nine Heavens Hammer Technique’s Mountain Descent intent. Their final collision sent both fighters flying, leaving Tang Yuchen badly hurt and Tang Potian bloodied and disarmed.

• Tang Yuchen defended against Tang Potian’s chained hammer strikes, using earth intents to break his opponent’s rhythm and withstand the penetrating attack.
• Tang Yusheng and Tang Jigen recognized Tang Yuchen’s mastery of five earth intents as Tang Potian’s hammer count and pressure continued to rise.
• At the sixty-fourth hammer, Tang Yuchen unleashed the Mystic Yellow Profound Domain, increasing gravity enough to hinder Tang Potian’s Chaotic Cloak.
• Tang Potian completed eighty-one hammers and spread the Clear Sky Overlord Domain, while Tang Yuchen evolved his own domain to fivefold gravity and invoked Nine Heavens Mountain Descent.
• The two domains and ultimate hammer strikes collided, shattering the Soul Tool Shield’s barrier and blasting both fighters away; Tang Yuchen braced himself with his hammer as Tang Potian vomited blood beside his fallen Clear Sky Hammer.

Tang Yuchen and Tang Potian continued their brutal duel, with Tang Yuchen’s Mystic Yellow Hammer techniques overcoming Tang Potian’s increasingly powerful attacks. Tang Potian was left injured and half-kneeling, while Tang Yuchen endured the final exchange behind layered defenses and remained standing.

• Chen Chen explained that the Mystic Vein Golden Melon and a fifty-thousand-year Mountain Giant Ape Soul Bone had helped Tang Yuchen advance, while Xia Ying revealed that the larger plan remained hidden behind Level Eight Forbidden secrecy.
• Tang Potian launched Thunderous Rampage and Soaring Sky Strike, but Tang Yuchen countered with Po Jun Chisel and Eight Desolations Mountain Suppression, sending Tang Potian flying and forcing him to spit blood.
• Tang Potian activated Flame Yang Overlord Body and Radiant Sky Judgement, then charged Tang Yuchen with True Yang Force.
• Tang Yuchen used Indestructible Golden Body and Mystic Iron Ore Soul Art to meet Tang Potian’s burning hammer strike and pierce the weak point in its Power Core.
• The clash injured Tang Potian’s Left Arm Bone and left him half-kneeling, while Tang Yuchen was driven back but steadied himself as his armor and defenses held.

Tang Yuchen defeated Tang Potian in a brutal clash of their martial soul true bodies, but suffered severe injuries himself. As the witnesses declared Yuchen the winner and the Chen Clan moved to act, Tang Feng arrived beside his unconscious son, furious.

• Tang Potian unleashed his Clear Sky True Body and Thunder Yang Battle Soul, while Tang Yuchen countered with Kun Yuan Body and the Nine Mountain True Form soul skill.
• Tang Yuchen and Tang Potian exchanged devastating blows until both true bodies collapsed, leaving Tang Potian unconscious and Yuchen badly wounded.
• A deputy general serving as a witness declared Tang Yuchen the winner, and Chen Chen told Xiong Mao Er and Xia Ying that their plan had worked.
• Tang Yusheng tried to reach Yuchen, but Tang Jinghe restrained him and told him to be patient as the Chen Clan members left the arena.
• Tang Feng descended into the pit beside his unconscious son, Tang Potian, and glared at the scene in fury.