Chapter Summaries

Chen Xun accepted the Si Clan into the Chen Clan as its fourteenth Zhaowu family, and the Si siblings swore allegiance on behalf of all 271 clan members. Afterward, Chen Xun reflected on his doubts as clan leader and recalled Xia Qingyun’s advice that he needed to make decisions with domineering authority.

• Meng Wei showed the Si siblings the village’s storehouses, herb gardens, soul beast grounds, and guarded Soul Tool workshop.
• Chen Xun announced that the Chen Clan accepted the Si Clan and would list it among the Zhaowu Roster.
• The Si siblings knelt and swore allegiance on an Oath Scroll on behalf of all 271 members of their clan.
• Chen Xun accepted the oath and declared the Si Clan the fourteenth Zhaowu family under the Chen Clan.
• Chen Xun recalled Xia Qingyun telling him to make firm decisions and wield domineering authority as clan leader.

Chen Xun chose to bring the ambitious Si Clan into the Chen Clan’s Zhaowu Roster and planned to strengthen its role in the clan’s expansion. He left the Si siblings in negotiations over turning Sky Peak City into a major commercial hub.

• Chen Xun reflected on Xia Qingyun’s influence and explained why he favored ambitious follower families over those content with preserving the status quo.
• Chen Xun outlined his plans to expand the Chen Clan’s Enshrinement Pavilion and its three-tier network of affiliated families.
• Chen Xun assessed the Si Clan’s strong martial foundation, including Si Bainin’s exceptional White Sparrow martial soul and Si Baining’s leadership abilities.
• Chen Xun decided to support Si Bainin’s advancement to Titled Douluo and fund Si Baining’s breakthrough to Soul Douluo.
• Chen Clan representatives negotiated with Si Bainin and Si Baining about Sky Peak City’s strategic role and plans for a large comprehensive supermarket and medicinal herb market.

Chen Xun reviewed the Chen Clan’s expanding academy and transport network across the Southern Five Counties and identified key regions where its influence remained weak. He weighed whether the clan would have to take control of chaotic San Shan City directly while pushing plans to expand beyond its core territory.

• The Chen Clan planned to upgrade Tian Feng Academy into its central training base for Flying Soul Masters, completing a network of specialized academies.
• Chen Xun assessed how Sky Peak City and other strategic towns linked the Southern Five Counties through transport routes and military support.
• Chen Xun marked Azure Lotus City as a potential pivot and considered the Mu family’s ties to the Chen Clan, then reviewed the Wei family’s influence in Heavenly Wolf County.
• Chen Xun found that San Shan City remained chaotic after the Battle Dragon Sect’s destruction, with no capable local force to restore order.
• Chen Xun considered having the Chen Clan take over San Shan City itself, despite the manpower and management costs.
• Chen Xun planned to advance the clan’s expansion into the Central Four Commanderies and Northern Four Counties before the Heaven Dou Imperial Family reacted to Fasinuo.

The Si siblings selected foundational techniques and bought resources to strengthen the Si Clan, including a sack of aphrodisiacs and two hundred Flower-Like puppets. Before they left, Chen Xun revealed the Chen Clan’s devastating victory over Crimson, and Si Baining decided the clan needed another sack of medicine.

• The Si siblings chose four foundational inheritances from the Chen Clan’s Sword Pavilion for the Si Clan.
• Si Baining bought a large sack of aphrodisiacs and ordered two hundred Flower-Like puppets for use in Sky Peak City’s hazardous terrain.
• As the siblings prepared to leave, Si Baining asked Chen Xun how the Si Clan had fared against Crimson.
• Chen Xun said the Chen Clan had killed six Titled Douluo, defeated numerous Soul Sages and Soul Douluo, and severed both arms of Yan Wufeng.
• Si Baining considered the news and concluded that the Si Clan would need another sack of medicine.

Bao Yongzhi welcomed Li Manqing and Zhang Tianhua to the Bao Residence, where they discussed the family’s textile capacity and a major clothing contract. As Zhang offered an order worth one million Gold Soul Coins with a three-month deadline, an elderly voice interrupted the tense negotiations.

• Bao Yongzhi greeted Li Manqing and Zhang Tianhua and led them through the Bao Residence’s busy dyeing and weaving workshops.
• Li Manqing asked about the Bao Family’s Ice Cicada Silk Crepe and its capacity to produce large batches of fixed-color cloth for the Sunset Legion.
• Zhang Tianhua offered the Bao Family a Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect clothing order worth one million Gold Soul Coins, due in three months, with the possibility of long-term purchases.
• Bao Yongzhi was overwhelmed by the scale and deadline of the order and looked to Li Manqing for confirmation.
• An elderly man arrived and apologized for being late as the guests presented such a generous opportunity.

Bao Nansong and Zhang Tianhua negotiated the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s million-unit order when a powerful attack struck the Bao Residence. Bao Nansong suspected Zhang, but Zhang escaped his grasp and countered as their confrontation began.

• Bao Nansong demanded a large advance payment and reliable Spirit Energy Crystal supplies, then negotiated the order’s terms with Zhang Tianhua.
• A fierce battle erupted around the Bao Residence, prompting Bao Nansong to activate his defenses and Bao Yongzhi to raise the alarm.
• Bao Nansong seized Zhang Tianhua’s wrist and accused him of bringing the attack, while Zhang argued that the Bao Family itself was the target.
• Bao Nansong said Zhang would remain at the residence until the cause of the attack was known, and Zhang slipped free and struck toward Bao Nansong’s palm.

Bao Nansong discovered that the attackers had disguised themselves as Zhang Tianhua and Li Manqing, while his old servant revealed himself as the Titled Douluo Ming Xingyun. Chen Zhang and Li Xunhuan exposed their identities and confronted Ming Xingyun, who attacked Chen Zhang with his Black Nightmare Ghost Claw.

• Bao Nansong and the disguised Zhang Tianhua exchanged blows, and Bao Nansong realized his opponent was a Soul Douluo impostor.
• Bao Nansong recognized that the man posing as Li Manqing was also an impostor, and the attacker admitted it.
• Zhang Tianhua identified Bao Nansong's old servant as Ming Xingyun, a Titled Douluo and Ming Xiangyun's younger brother.
• Zhang Tianhua revealed himself as Chen Zhang, while Li Manqing's disguise faded to reveal Li Xunhuan.
• Ming Xingyun threatened Chen Zhang and Li Xunhuan, then launched his Fifth Soul Skill, Black Nightmare Ghost Claw, at Chen Zhang.

Chen Zhang, Zhu Yanfeng, and Xia Yun attacked Ming Xingyun, who used his Black Nightmare Battle Armor to withstand their coordinated assault. Their battle destroyed the Bao Family’s main hall, but all four fighters remained standing amid the ruins, poised to continue.

• Zhu Yanfeng blocked Ming Xingyun’s Nether Ghost Claw with Stone Armor Shield while Xia Yun and Chen Zhang launched a combined attack.
• Ming Xingyun activated Eternal Night Guardian, absorbing most of Xia Yun’s cherry-blossom blades and withstanding Chen Zhang’s sword lotus.
• Chen Zhang, Zhu Yanfeng, Xia Yun, and Ming Xingyun continued exchanging soul skills, and their fighting reduced the main hall to ruins.
• Chen Zhang, Zhu Yanfeng, and Xia Yun took positions around Ming Xingyun atop the wreckage, and Ming Xingyun fixed his gaze on Chen Zhang.

Chen Zhang trapped Ming Xingyun in a sword-light formation while Xia Yun intercepted Bao Family reinforcements. Li Xunhuan wounded Bao Nansong with his famed flying dagger, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xia Yun moved to block the Bao Family soul masters who rushed in to reinforce Ming Xingyun.
• Chen Zhang summoned four sword-intent clones and joined Zhu Yanfeng in surrounding Ming Xingyun.
• Chen Zhang formed a thirty-six-point sword-light formation that sealed Ming Xingyun and the others inside a vast battlefield barrier.
• Li Xunhuan faced Bao Nansong, whose armor could not prevent a flying dagger from piercing his shoulder and attacking his spirit.
• Bao Nansong recognized Li Xunhuan’s legendary dagger and recalled how Li had combined four soul skills with his fifth to strike.

Li Xunhuan’s flying dagger pierced Bao Nansong’s defenses and wounded his shoulder, while the Heaven Dou Knights Order launched a surprise assault on the Bao Residence. The knights crushed the Bao Family guards but met fierce resistance from the Black Nether Legion’s Dark Nether Guard.

• Bao Nansong activated Mountain Layered Screen, but Li Xunhuan’s flying dagger broke through and pierced his shoulder.
• Bao Nansong suffered the dagger’s Soul Burning Lure effect and became terrified of Li Xunhuan.
• Xue Hongtao led the Heaven Dou Knights Order in an assault on the Bao Residence, using the imperial force to avoid leaks and gain combat experience.
• The Heaven Dou Knights Order advanced through the front courtyard, killing Bao Family guards with coordinated attacks.
• The Dark Nether Guard emerged from the courtyard’s shadows and used corrupted armor and sinister defenses to stop the knights’ advance.

The Heaven Dou Knights Order became bogged down in a brutal battle against the Black Nether Legion, suffering heavy casualties from the enemy’s poisonous attacks and savage close combat. Ning Hai’s powerful amplification support turned the tide, strengthening the knights and allowing their line to slowly break through the Black Nether Legion’s defenses.

• The Black Nether guards and aerial cavalry attacked the Heaven Dou knights with bone spikes, corrupt blood javelins, poisonous smoke, soul shrieks, and deadly close-combat strikes.
• The knights’ advance stalled as both sides suffered enormous casualties across the blood-soaked battlefield.
• Ning Hai directed his seven-colored pagoda’s amplification beams onto the Heaven Dou knights, increasing their strength, speed, and defense.
• The enhanced knights shoved back the Dark Nether guards, pierced their barriers, and countered their attacks with greater speed and resilience.
• The Heaven Dou Knights Order began pushing through the Black Nether Legion’s dark fortress as the stalemate broke.

Dark Soul Chanters and Curse Masters strengthened the Dark Nether Guard and ravaged the Heaven Dou Knights Order with corrosive and spiritual curses, while Ning Hai and the knights’ Support Masters helped the army withstand the counterattack. The Knights Order kept advancing and gained a narrow, costly advantage on the battlefield.

• Dark Soul Chanters amplified the Dark Nether Guard’s armor and attacks with curses and berserk arts.
• Curse Masters struck the Knights Order with Bone-Corroding Acid Rain, Heavy Mud Swamp, and spiritual attacks, causing heavy casualties and disrupting its ranks.
• The Knights Order’s Support Soul Masters reinforced its defenses, purified curses, and raised barriers to help its soldiers regroup and resist the Dark Nether Guard.
• Ning Hai’s holy-light amplification combined with the Knights Order’s support system to keep the battered Dark Silver front line advancing.
• The Heaven Dou Knights Order slowly secured a sliver of battlefield initiative at the cost of many lives.

Black Nether Soul Douluo ambushes pinned down the Heaven Dou Knights Order’s strongest fighters on both flanks, crippling the knights’ offensive. The left and right wings were left without their elite support as the battle became deadlocked.

• Three Black Nether Soul Douluo trapped Xi Men Wenming and Zhong Feng with binding cages, ghost seals, and a wraith’s soul-piercing shriek.
• Xi Men Wenming and Zhong Feng were forced into a deadlock and could no longer support the knights’ left-wing advance.
• Four Black Nether Soul Douluo attacked Gui Minghao and Fang Tingbo with a sandstorm, a Devil Ape, poisonous thunder nets, and a soul-devouring whip.
• Gui Minghao and Fang Tingbo were pinned down, leaving the knights’ right wing exposed to the advancing Dark Nether Guard elites.

Xue Hongtao and Ma Zhibin watched the Heaven Dou Knights Order battle the Black Nether Legion at Bao Family Villa and discussed the Crimson Church’s strength and the legions’ histories. As fighting continued below, Ma Zhibin’s eagerness to join the battle grew.

• Xue Hongtao and Ma Zhibin watched the Black Nether Legion clash with the Heaven Dou Knights Order and compared it with the force Ma Zhibin had faced in Fasinuo.
• Xue Hongtao explained that the Black Nether Legion had nearly two thousand troops at the workshops and that the Bao Family was a branch of the Ming Family.
• Xue Hongtao and Ma Zhibin discussed the Crimson Church’s legion sizes, its hidden forces, and the growing population that could supply more soul masters.
• Ma Zhibin listed the ancient sect lineages behind several legions, and Xue Hongtao blamed those old powers for creating hidden threats and Half-Beastmen tribes.
• Ma Zhibin questioned why the Abyss Faction had traded deployments with the Demon Dragon Legion, but Xue Hongtao said he did not know and reminded him that his soldiers were dying.
• Ma Zhibin watched the battlefield below and felt eager to fight.

Ma Zhibin and Xue Hongtao joined the battle against the Dark Nether forces, targeting their Soul Sages with powerful attacks. Elsewhere, Han Yiyu and Xuan Qingya combined their ice and moon powers to suppress Wan Hanyou.

• Ma Zhibin used his sixth soul skill to kill one Dark Nether Guard Soul Sage and badly injure another with demon flames.
• Xue Hongtao followed Ma Zhibin into battle and launched cyan-gold wind blades at two more Dark Nether Guard Soul Sages.
• Han Yiyu created an icy domain around the front courtyard with her Tianshan Snow Lotus martial soul.
• Xuan Qingya summoned her Maha Moon, and she and Han Yiyu worked together to suppress Wan Hanyou.

Han Yiyu and Xuan Qingya joined forces to trap Wan Hanyou in a cage of freezing ice and purifying moonlight, steadily suppressing his Ghost Realm Demon martial soul. Their coordinated assault left the battle firmly under their control.

• Han Yiyu used Jade Heaven Seal to freeze Wan Hanyou's black mist and slow his Soul Power.
• Xuan Qingya's shifting moonlight destroyed Wan Hanyou's Nether Ghost Claw and cut apart his Vengeful Soul Substitute.
• Wan Hanyou unleashed Hundred Ghosts Devour Souls, sending thousands of ghostly figures toward Han Yiyu and Xuan Qingya.
• Han Yiyu froze and shattered most of the ghosts with Ice Soul Divine Light, while Xuan Qingya's moonlight purified those that reached the ice barrier.
• Han Yiyu and Xuan Qingya continued wearing down Wan Hanyou inside their combined ice-and-moonlight cage, keeping the battle firmly under their control.

Xue Dingshi and Yang Guisan led the attackers into the Backyard, but reinforcements from the Black Nether Legion brought four Soul Douluo and turned the battle around. As Qiu Ba charged Chen Qingrui’s force, Chen Qingrui braced to hold the line.

• Xue Dingshi and Yang Guisan broke through the Bao Family’s defenses with powerful group attacks, driving the defenders back.
• A Dark Nether Guard squadron and four Soul Douluo arrived, stabilizing the Black Nether side and reversing the battlefield’s momentum.
• Dark Fire Lizard and Venomous Snake Dagger pinned down Xue Dingshi while Dark Wind Spear forced Yang Guisan into a duel.
• Qiu Ba led the Dark Nether Guard in a counterattack against Chen Qingrui, Xia Lechuan, and the other commanders.
• Chen Qingrui gathered his Soul Power and ordered his force to form up and defend against Qiu Ba’s charge.

Chen Qingrui held off Qiu Ba’s devastating axe attack with Xia Lechuan’s support, injuring Qiu Ba and damaging his weapon while suffering injuries himself. Qiu Ba then unleashed his Iron Blood True Body and Blood Devouring Butcher secret technique, leaving Chen Qingrui facing an even deadlier attack.

• Qiu Ba unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Blood Sacrifice Fury: Split the Mountain, at Chen Qingrui, and Xia Lechuan supported Chen Qingrui with her Lotus Blessing.
• Chen Qingrui used Cloud Sea Seven Kill Domain to slow Qiu Ba’s axe aura and wound his wrist and chest before the domain collapsed.
• Chen Qingrui struck a weak point in Qiu Ba’s axe with Piercing Kill Point of Cold, deflecting the blow, but the impact injured him.
• Qiu Ba grew enraged over his wounds and the dent in his axe, then activated Iron Blood True Body and prepared his Blood Devouring Butcher secret technique.
• Chen Qingrui steadied himself despite his injuries and faced Qiu Ba’s amplified attack without lowering his sword.

Xia Lechuan healed Chen Qingrui as he unleashed the Chen Clan’s sword techniques against Qiu Ba, but Qiu Ba’s attack overwhelmed him. Chen Gushan saved Chen Qingrui at the cost of grave injuries, and Qiu Ba, wounded but still strong, launched another deadly strike.

• Xia Lechuan used her Sacred Lotus Rebirth Light to heal her husband, Chen Qingrui, after Qiu Ba’s attack.
• Chen Qingrui empowered his Seven Kill True Body with Ring Embedding Technique, My Body as the Sword, and Slaughter Word Art, then clashed with Qiu Ba’s Blood Devouring Butcher.
• Qiu Ba’s attack broke through Chen Qingrui’s defenses, but Chen Gushan blocked the fatal blow with Immovable Fortress and was gravely injured.
• Chen Qingrui survived but remained badly wounded, while his sword strike left deep cuts on Qiu Ba’s chest and arm.
• Qiu Ba attacked Chen Qingrui again with a blood-red axe swing aimed at his waist.

Qin Luguang arrived in time to save Chen Qingrui from Qiu Ba’s axe and attacked the Iron Blood Soul Douluo. Qiu Ba countered with his close-combat secret technique, and Qin Luguang met the assault with his Blood Shadow True Body and Red Tassel Storm.

• Qin Luguang intercepted Qiu Ba’s axe strike and saved the wounded Chen Qingrui.
• Qin Luguang unleashed Blood Burst Divine Spear, and its corrosive shards pierced Qiu Ba’s defenses and wounded him.
• Qiu Ba retaliated with Mountain Splitting Nine Strikes, sending a storm of axe blows toward Qin Luguang.
• Qin Luguang activated Blood Shadow True Body and answered with Red Tassel Storm.