Chapter Summaries

Xia Ruxin countered Heavenly Fiend Douluo Jiang Maoxing’s soul attacks with her Big Dipper formation and cherry-blossom purification technique, while Chen Hanxin unleashed her Moon God Realm against Lu Chenfeng, Yan Banqing, and two Soul Sages. Chen Hanxin killed the Soul Sages and badly wounded the two Soul Douluo, while Xia Ruxin left Jiang Maoxing weakened.

• Jiang Maoxing attacked Xia Ruxin with his eighth soul skill, but her Big Dipper Nine Stars Array swallowed the strike and locked onto his soul.
• Jiang Maoxing broke Xia Ruxin’s soul chains with his ninth soul skill, Heavenly Fiend Soul Breaking Roar, and sent a powerful shock wave at her.
• Xia Ruxin answered with Thousand Cherry Blossoms Snow Burial Soul Song, whose cherry-snow storm purified Jiang Maoxing’s attack and weakened him.
• Chen Hanxin used Illusory Sea Tide to retreat, then activated her Moon God Realm to trap Lu Chenfeng, Yan Banqing, and two approaching Soul Sages.
• Chen Hanxin killed the two Soul Sages with Moonlight Westward and left Lu Chenfeng and Yan Banqing bloodied and badly wounded.

Chen Hanxin killed Lu Chenfeng and collapsed after Yan Banqing escaped, while Mo Qiyuan wounded Lao Nianchao with a life-risking sword technique. Xuan Zixian and Qing Yue arrived with Moon Palace forces, turning the battle against the invaders.

• Chen Hanxin killed Lu Chenfeng with her sixth soul skill, and Yan Banqing escaped by using Netherworld Blood Burst despite his grave injuries.
• Chen Hanxin exhausted her soul power and collapsed as the Moonlight Domain faded.
• Mo Qiyuan used Thousand Shadow Devouring Life Armor to empower his five afterimages, and their six sword strikes critically wounded Lao Nianchao.
• Mo Qiyuan's six figures merged back into one after Lao Nianchao crashed into a wall, though the attack left Mo Qiyuan pale and bloodied.
• Xuan Zixian arrived from the southern horizon and announced his presence as Moon Palace's Vice Palace Master and a Level Ninety-Six Super Douluo.
• Qing Yue led the Silver Moon Guard to the battlefield, saw Chen Hanxin collapse, and prepared to act against the attackers.

The Chen Clan, Moon Palace, and Qing Yue turned the Demon Dragon Army’s assault into a rout, with the survivors fleeing under pursuit. Qing Yue remained above the battlefield as the chapter explained the Nine Heavens Moon’s origins and power, revealing her as an honored level 88 Soul Douluo.

• Jiang Maoxing sensed Xuan Zixian’s arrival and fled, prompting the Demon Dragon Army’s Evil Soul Masters to break and run.
• Mo Qiyuan urged the Chen Clan guards to pursue, while Qing Yue ordered Moon Palace to intercept and kill the fleeing enemies.
• The Chen Clan and Moon Palace counterattacked across the battlefield, and Lao Nianchao escaped into a dark valley with his fate unknown.
• Qing Yue hovered above the battle as the chapter described the Nine Heavens Moon and Moon Palace’s standing among the World-Protecting Nine Imperial Sects.
• The chapter explained the Nine Heavens Moon’s three defining traits and stated that Qing Yue’s fourth soul ring had grown into a ten-thousand-year Black Soul Ring.

Qing Yue used the Nine Heavens Moon’s powers to heal the Chen Clan warriors and purify the battlefield, obliterating the Demon Dragon Army’s lingering evil. The battle ended with the mountain fortress cleansed, while Mo Qiyuan reflected on the Moon Palace’s strength and the Nine Heavens Moon’s power.

• Qing Yue used her Fourth Soul Skill, Qing Yue Ying Su, to restore the wounded Chen Clan warriors’ soul power and vitality.
• Qing Yue unleashed her Sixth Soul Skill, Yin Yue Tian Shang, and its silver moonlight purified the battlefield, dissolving evil energy, corpses, and lingering grudges.
• The Xuan Lin guards stopped at Qing Yue’s Moonlight Barrier as the Demon Dragon Army’s remaining forces turned to ash beneath the moonlight.
• The last strands of soul fire beside Lao Nianchao’s remains went out, and Mo Qiyuan watched the alternating life-giving and destructive powers of the moon.
• Qing Yue’s soul ring light faded, and the chapter explained how the Nine Heavens Moon’s comprehensive powers and the Moon Palace’s inheritance had long held the Crimson Church at bay.

After the Crimson Church’s assault left the Chen family ancestral land devastated, the family honored Shentu Li’s sacrifice by admitting his clan as a following house and sent Zhao Deyun to reinforce the defenses. The story left the fortress rebuilding under severe shortages of powerful fighters, with its defenders hoping to endure five years until secluded Soul Sages advanced.

• Chen Hanxin and Mo Qiyuan assessed the heavy casualties after the battle, including the deaths of three Soul Sages, while Xia Ruxin reported Shentu Li’s sacrifice and petitioned to admit the Shentu line as a following clan.
• Four days later, the Main Lineage approved the Shentu line as the Chen Clan’s twenty-seventh Zhaowu house, and Mo Qiyuan entered the family name into the register.
• A Shentu child arrived at Chen Lin Village with the Xuan Lin Guard and paid respects to Clan Leader Chen Xun beneath the clan’s new Blood Fury Ape emblem.
• The Chen family dispatched Zhao Deyun to take command from the gravely injured Chen Hanxin and strengthen the mountain fortress’s defenses.
• Mo Qiyuan and Zhao Deyun joined forces to stabilize the ancestral land while the family faced a shortage of Soul Sages and Soul Douluo.

After the battle at the ancestral land, Zhao Deyun and the others assessed the heavy losses on both sides and arranged to reinforce the region. They settled on a broader strategy of strengthening intelligence and securing help from Sea God Island, while Xia Ruxin remained wary of the Crimson Church’s next move.

• Zhao Deyun presented the names of three Soul Saints assigned to reinforce the ancestral land, and Mo Qiyuan approved the plan after reviewing their battle losses.
• Zhao Deyun and the others tallied the severe casualties suffered by the Demon Dragon Legion and the Chen family across their recent battles.
• Xia Ruxin worried that the Crimson Church would investigate its intelligence leaks and strike more accurately next time.
• Zhao Deyun outlined the Main Lineage’s strategy to strengthen the Brocade-Clad Guards and integrate the intelligence front, and Chen Hanxin urged them to buy time and raise the stakes.
• Zhao Deyun explained that Sea God Island had agreed to send a Soul Douluo and at least two Soul Sages to help protect Moonlight Medicine Market.

After Chang'an Academy’s fighters were injured, Chen Xinyi entered the national semifinal alone to face Naraku Academy’s full seven-person Wujian Team. The Wujian fighters formed their battle formation as spectators and VIPs watched to see what Chen Xinyi would do.

• Chang'an Academy’s supporters saw Chen Xinyi emerge alone, and she confirmed to the referee that she was the only competitor representing her team.
• Naraku Academy’s substitutes angrily accused Chen Xinyi of insulting their team, but captain Ye Wuhuan silenced them and led the starters onto the arena.
• Ye Wuhuan arranged the seven Wujian fighters into an arrowhead formation as they prepared to fight Chen Xinyi.
• Han Yiyu and Xuan Qingya identified the Wujian fighters as elite disciples from powerful sects and discussed the significance of their full lineup.
• Chen Xinyi faced the seven assembled fighters with only her shadow beneath her.

Xiao Yi drank Life Spiritual Milk and recovered enough to enter the Gao Ying Competition despite Chen Xiaojun’s concerns. She unleashed a vast vine attack against the five fighters of Wujian Team, who countered with plague, poison, mental attacks, and brute force, leaving her vines struggling to hold them back.

• Xi Xi suggested Xiao Yi drink Life Spiritual Milk, and the vial restored much of Xiao Yi’s injuries and Soul Power.
• Chen Hong told Chen Xiaojun to let Xiao Yi compete after seeing her recover.
• Xiao Yi activated Life Force Awakening and Moon Marks, revealing level 71 cultivation as the match began.
• Xiao Yi cast Endless Growth, raising a hundred-meter net of Verdant Life Vines and Meteor Vines against the charging Wujian Team.
• Wu Gu, Yin Limèi, Ye Wuhuan, Tuoba Xiong, and Li Sha combined their abilities to weaken and tear through Xiao Yi’s vines.

Xiao Yi used Moonlight Divine Light to defeat Gu Lin’s airborne attack, revealing its overwhelming power against his Nether Attribute. As Hua Nongying rushed in to follow up, Xiao Yi calmly prepared another technique.

• Gu Lin tore through Xiao Yi’s vines with his Skeletal Vortex and dived at her with Dragon Spine Sky Rend Slash.
• Xiao Yi met Gu Lin’s strike with Moonlight Divine Light, which overwhelmed his bone blade and suppressed his Nether power.
• Gu Lin crashed onto the arena floor unconscious, leaving the spectators stunned by Xiao Yi’s strength.
• Hua Nongying advanced through the vines using Phantom Heart Steps and Butterfly Dance in Profusion to interfere with their sensory lock.
• Xiao Yi faced Hua Nongying without pausing and completed a hand seal for Myriad Leaves Flying Flower Stream.

Xiao Yi trapped Ye Wuhuan’s group with the Wood Ring Bind and fought Hua Nongying with life-and-death leaf strips. After binding and badly wounding Hua Nongying, Xiao Yi was struck by her Fifth Soul Skill, Seven Emotions Soul Separation, as Hua Nongying fell unconscious.

• Xiao Yi used Wood Ring Bind to trap Ye Wuhuan, Wu Gu, Yin Limèi, Li Sha, and Tuoba Xiong in a cage that absorbed Life Essence Qi.
• Hua Nongying attacked Xiao Yi with Flower Spirit Thousand Blade Dance, cutting the Life Vine leaves while struggling against the tougher Meteor Vine leaves.
• Xiao Yi used Parasitism to bind Hua Nongying with hidden vine seeds, then unleashed Body-Encircling Continuous Attack and left her covered in bloody wounds.
• As Hua Nongying collapsed, she activated Seven Emotions Soul Separation and sent a Mental Pierce into Xiao Yi’s soul.
• Hua Nongying fell unconscious in a pool of blood.

Ye Wuhuan and the Wujian Team broke Xiao Yi’s Wood Ring Bind and trapped her in the Senluo Ghost Domain, where it magnified her sorrow and left her vulnerable to Tuoba Xiong’s charge. Tuoba Xiong’s attack raced toward the dazed Xiao Yi as the chapter ended.

• Xiao Yi’s sorrow weakened the Wood Ring Bind, and Ye Wuhuan struck it with Devouring Soul Ghost Claw.
• Yin Limèi, Wu Gu, and Tuoba Xiong layered poison and corpse energy onto the ring while Li Sha shattered it with Blood Breaking Slash.
• Ye Wuhuan unleashed Senluo Ghost Domain, magnifying Xiao Yi’s grief and disrupting her movements.
• Ye Wuhuan ordered Tuoba Xiong to attack, and Tuoba Xiong charged at the disoriented Xiao Yi with God Burial Charge.

Xiao Yi emerged from the All-Embracing Ghost Domain’s influence and countered Tuoba Xiong, Li Sha, and Wu Gu with her Moonlight Divine Light and Meteor Vine Nirvana Spear. She left Tuoba Xiong scorched, Li Sha wounded, and Wu Gu unconscious, then fixed her gaze on Ye Wuhuan as he reached the battlefield.

• The Stone Willow phantom awakened Xiao Yi’s resolve, and she raised a vine shield against Tuoba Xiong’s charge.
• Xiao Yi blasted Tuoba Xiong backward with Moonlight Divine Light while her Meteor Vine Nirvana Spear shattered Li Sha’s Blood Breaking Slash and pierced his shoulder.
• Wu Gu’s Pain Soul Curse Chain broke against Xiao Yi and backlashed, leaving Wu Gu unconscious as its healing power flowed into Tuoba Xiong.
• Ye Wuhuan and Yin Limèi saw their fighters defeated or incapacitated in a single exchange.
• Xiao Yi turned her gaze toward Ye Wuhuan, overwhelming him with her pressure.

Tuoba Xiong and Li Sha forced themselves back into the fight, but Xiao Yi answered their charge by revealing her left-eye skill, Moon Illusion Wolf Realm. The silver wolves overwhelmed the battlefield and drained Soul Power from the trapped Wuji fighters as Xiao Yi's aura rose.

• Tuoba Xiong used Nine Nether Soul Return and Body of the Drought Demon to repair and harden his battered body.
• Li Sha activated Blood Burning Soul Slaying, temporarily burning away the gray corrosion on his arm, and charged alongside Tuoba Xiong.
• Prince Xue praised the four fighters’ grit, while Ghost King privately reflected on how their ferocity helped them hold their position.
• Xiao Yi declared that the four deserved to die and unleashed her previously unseen left-eye skill, Moon Illusion Wolf Realm.
• Xiao Yi’s silver wolf pack trapped Ye Wuhuan, Yin Limèi, Tuoba Xiong, and Li Sha in an illusion, attacked them, and siphoned their Soul Power.

Xiao Yi defeated Naraku Academy’s team alone with the Moonlight Illusion Realm and Moonlight Divine Light, winning the match for Chang'an Academy. As the arena erupted in celebration, Yang Jingxue stood and drew the crowd’s attention.

• Tuoba Xiong and Li Sha weakened as the silver wolves in Xiao Yi’s illusion regenerated faster than they could destroy them.
• The Ghost King recognized Xiao Yi’s attack as a scene-type illusion, while spectators marveled at her abilities and inherited techniques.
• Xiao Yi combined Moonlight Divine Light with Moon Illusion Wolf Realm and struck Ye Wuhuan, breaking through his and Yin Limèi’s defenses and knocking him unconscious.
• Han Yiyu and Xuan Qingya realized Xiao Yi possessed a Saint King Level head bone and decided to join Yang Jingxue by the field.
• Xiao Yi’s illusion receded, revealing all seven Naraku Academy fighters defeated; the referee declared Chang'an Academy the winner.
• Yang Jingxue stood from her seat beside the arena, surprising the crowd as the first Titled Douluo to step onto the arena floor.

After Chen Xinyi single-handedly defeated Wujian Team, rival teams assessed her frightening strength ahead of Chang'an Team’s next battle. Chen Yanwu recognized the significance of Xinyi’s eyes, privately recalling how the phrase “Eyes That Look Down on All Beings” had once described the women on a Genius List poster.

• Spectators in the Chang'an stands celebrated Chen Xinyi’s victory over Wujian Team.
• In VIP Box No. 100, Xue Shiming ordered Chang'an Team to review its intelligence before tomorrow’s match, while Tang Chen and the others discussed Chen Xinyi’s abilities and threats.
• In VIP Room No. 54, Chu Tianshu congratulated Zhou Tianshu for ranking Chen Xiaojun first on the Senluo Scroll, but Zhou said Chu did not understand.
• In Moonlight Team’s private box, Yun Yingluo worried about Chen Xinyi’s eyes, Hua Xiyan warned that they could not be taken lightly, and Chen Yanwu stayed silent.
• Chen Yanwu recalled that people had mocked a Genius List poster as “Eyes That Look Down on All Beings,” then privately reflected on its image of lofty, indifferent eyes.

After Chen Xinyi defeated Wujian Team, Chen Hong faced the Ghost King’s displeasure while Xiao Yicai intervened on his behalf. The powerful figures then discussed reports of suspicious activity across the borders and at a newly discovered ruin.

• The Ghost King told Chen Hong that Chen Xinyi had shamed Wujian, then said he would accept the loss.
• Xiao Yicai advised Chen Hong to let the Ghost King vent, and the Ghost King and Xiao Yicai briefly clashed with their powers.
• Prince Xue Jiqing and Mo Tiancheng discussed damaged You Guangzhou, Beast Tide outbreaks, and suspected Sha Mu Cult activity in the northwest.
• Xue Jiqing reported abnormal Soul Power fluctuations at eastern black-market strongholds, and Xiao Yicai tacitly confirmed the information’s value.
• Yu Yongyuan, Long Jing'an, and the other powerful figures discussed eastern-border anomalies, frontier tensions, and a newly discovered ancient ruin.

After the competition, Chen Hong returned to the Chen Residence for the seventh-day memorial of the disaster that had struck his clan. He found the residence in mourning and prepared to receive condolences from powerful sects and imperial representatives.

• Prince Xue Jiqing sent Zuo Tinggang to offer condolences on behalf of the Imperial Court, while Xiao Yicai also said he would attend.
• Ghost King declared that Avici Hall owed the Chen Clan a favor for helping heavily injure You Guangzhou.
• Zhu Yanfeng greeted Chen Hong at the mourning-draped gate after rushing back from Chang'an City on a Golden Crown Eagle.
• Zhu Yanfeng reported that the Sea God Island Embassy, Sect Master Ning, clan representatives, and other honored guests were waiting inside the residence.
• Chen Hong instructed Zhu Yanfeng to receive Zuo Tinggang and Xiao Yicai carefully, then learned that Xiao Yi had gone to see Xiao Jun and change clothes.

Chen Hong visited the Central Courtyard memorial for the Chen Residence’s dead, including the three Soul Saint powerhouses who had led its defense. The chapter ended with synchronized funeral rites honoring the fallen across the Chen Clan’s strongholds.

• Chen Hong arrived at the rows of coffins and comforted Ji Chengjian, Yan Jinzhong, and their grieving families.
• Chen Hong acknowledged Jian Hezhi and Jian Xinyue, and Jian Hezhi said Jian Hesong had died fulfilling his duty by protecting the children.
• Chen Hong paid his respects to the fallen Chang'an Academy teachers, Five Mountains Academy soul masters, and Chen Estate guards.
• Funeral bells and memorial ceremonies sounded across the Chen Clan’s strongholds as Chen Cong, Xia Ruxin, Shen Tianjun, Chen Xun, and Leng Qingqiu read memorial orations.

Black-Clad Men overwhelmed the Central Courtyard, killing Ji Shuran and Yan Chengyi as they tried to protect their allies. At the final gate to the Chen Residence's inner quarters, Jian Hesong and the Chen Family defenders were still holding off the attackers, but their defenses were close to breaking.

• Ji Shuran used the Nine Phoenix Auspicious Xiao to hold back three Soul Sages until an ambush sent him onto hidden stone spikes and killed him.
• Yan Chengyi diverted a chain-spear away from Feng Min, but a Nether Claw Soul Douluo struck his exposed back and killed him.
• Jian Hesong defended the rockery entrance with support from Chen Family Soul Masters against two Soul Sages and a Power Attack Type Soul Douluo.
• A wounded Chen Family Soul Emperor warned Jian Hesong that their position could not hold.

Jian Hesong sacrificed himself by detonating his Ink Crystal Bottle Martial Soul True Body, killing enemy fighters and protecting the young disciples. The Chen Clan held a solemn funeral for the fallen heroes and began escorting their coffins to the cremation site.

• Jian Hesong unleashed his Martial Soul True Body and drew the enemy Soul Douluo and two Soul Sages into its suction.
• Jian Hesong detonated the Ink Crystal Bottle, killing the two Soul Sages and gravely wounding the Soul Douluo as the nearby grounds were destroyed.
• The Chen Clan gathered at the Central Courtyard for a funeral attended by family members, disciples, and guests.
• Chen Hong read a funeral oration honoring Shu Ran and Jian Hesong among the fallen heroes.
• Chen Zhang presided over the offerings and rites before disciples and cultivators lifted the coffins and escorted them toward cremation.