Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaojun and Chen Hong concluded that Lu Xueqi’s martial soul had broken through to become a Super Martial Soul, and Chen Hong inferred that Chen Xiaojun’s Sword God Pearl was one as well. Chen Hong dismissed a connection between Lu Xueqi’s breakthrough and Xiao Yi’s finger movement, then gave Chen Xiaojun an invitation to meet with the Tang Clan.

• Chen Hong judged that Lu Xueqi had most likely broken through to Level 98’s realm of Ultimate Ice, transforming her martial soul into a Super Martial Soul after cultivating in the Yin Yang Well’s Greater Yin Water.
• Chen Hong concluded that Chen Xiaojun could sense the breakthrough because his Sword God Pearl was already a Super Martial Soul that had begun unifying illusion and reality.
• Chen Xiaojun asked whether Xiao Yi’s sleeping finger movement had been caused by sensing Lu Xueqi’s breakthrough, but Chen Hong argued it was probably an unrelated reaction during her recovery.
• Chen Hong stopped Chen Xiaojun as he was leaving and handed him an invitation from the Tang Clan to meet in a few days, asking him and A-Zhang to prepare.

The four remaining members of the Secret Chamber argued over Number Four's capture and suspected that a hidden infiltrator had enabled the precise raid. They ordered investigations and severed vulnerable contacts, leaving the alliance in mutual suspicion as the hunt began.

• Number Five accused Number One of failing to warn Number Four before the Supervision Department destroyed his hideout.
• Number One said the raid bypassed their underground surveillance, while Number Two blamed Number Four's ties to the Crimson Church.
• Number Three challenged Number Two over his dealings with You Guangzhou, and Number Five warned that the raid suggested a new investigative method or a mole within the alliance.
• Number Two and Number Five raised the possibility that Number Four and Number Six had been removed as part of a deliberate effort to target the remaining members.
• Number One ordered the members to cut exposed contacts and use shared channels to spread traps and bait, while Number Five demanded proof of innocence or evidence against another member.
• Number Three assigned Number Five to investigate the Supervision Department's raid and Number One to search the Ghost Market's records, then told Number Two to watch the Crimson Church; she said members could leave Heaven Dou City if it became unsafe.

Ye Xiuxin explained that the four titled lords’ curses had been temporarily suppressed, but she could offer only a dangerous treatment with a thirty percent chance of success. With the curse set to worsen within days, their families accepted the risk and entrusted the lords to her.

• Ye Xiuxin told the gathered relatives and imperial physicians that the Nine Revolutions Soul Returning Dew had stabilized the four titled lords and explained how healing energy had strengthened their curses.
• Prince Xue Jiqing silenced a relative who blamed the imperial physicians and defended their efforts to buy time.
• Ye Xiuxin described a forceful collision-and-neutralization method that could destroy the curses but might also kill the patients, and said the medicine would hold for no more than three days.
• Old Black Tortoise Douluo Shi Wen'an urged Ye Xiuxin to proceed, and Ji Hongyan entrusted his second brother Ji Hongming to her care.

Ye Xiuxin used Yin Yang Soul Refining Liquid to suppress the blood curses afflicting four Titled Douluo, pulling them back from immediate death despite the dangerous treatment and her own exhaustion. Their curses remained and required close observation before a second cleansing in two days.

• Ye Xiuxin treated Shi Yuanyuan with diluted Greater Yin Water, Sun Yang Water, and Life Dew, using his strong physique to guide the medicinal power against the curse.
• Ye Xiuxin carefully treated Ji Hongming, whose Vast Righteous Qi emerged and stabilized his heart meridian, sea of consciousness, and Soul Power.
• After two hours, Ye Xiuxin told Shi Wen'an and Ji Hongyan that Shi Yuanyuan and Ji Hongming were temporarily out of danger but still faced a high-risk period and needed another cleansing in two days.
• The Lei and Tong families begged Ye Xiuxin to treat Lei Xing and Tong Yangyuan, and she agreed despite her exhaustion.
• Lei Xing's lightning and Tong Yangyuan's fire and sacred attributes helped them resist the curses as Ye Xiuxin guided the treatment.
• After more than ten hours of continuous treatment, Ye Xiuxin finished suppressing all four curses and emerged barely able to stand as their relatives gathered to ask about their condition.

After Qinghuang failed to return from pursuing Azumonke, Xue Jiqing and the empire’s forces feared the Blood Escape Curse had endangered him and launched a sweeping search of the Imperial Capital’s underground network. The Lin Family and other powerful clans joined the hunt, but Qinghuang’s whereabouts remained unknown.

• Zuo Tinggang, Shi Wen'an, and Ge Laihao realized Qinghuang’s reckless pursuit of Azumonke was out of character and suspected the Blood Escape Curse had affected him.
• Xue Jiqing sent a guard to the Lin estate, where he learned Qinghuang had been missing since the previous afternoon.
• Xue Jiqing ordered the Three Sentinels, the Internal Guard Bureau, the Military Intelligence Department, and the Supervision Department to search the underground network and pursue Azumonke’s accomplices.
• Ge Laihao mobilized the City Garrison to seal underground passages and search them throughout the Imperial Capital.
• Xue Jiqing’s letter prompted the Lin Family, the Shi Clan, the Ge Clan, and other great families to send their people into the underground network to find Qinghuang.

Mo Yuzheng led the Earth Listeners Trio to investigate the Blood Desire Cult’s ruined slaughterhouse and uncover evidence of an underground threat. A citywide military operation erupted during their search, forcing them to retreat with a dark-red crystal shard as the Imperial Capital descended into turmoil.

• Mo Yuzheng guided An Mingyuan, Qiu Qingquan, and Yuan Run past guards into the slaughterhouse stronghold to inspect the aftermath of the purge.
• Qiu Qingquan sensed dense vibrations from underground, while Yuan Run recovered rune-marked crystal fragments from congealed blood.
• Mo Yuzheng found a collapsed hidden entrance with a filthy evil Soul Power trace and ordered An Mingyuan and Qiu Qingquan to gather rumors nearby.
• Internal Guard troops and Mystic Bird Division Shadow Hunters began raiding underground entrances as the City Garrison fought desperadoes in the western tunnels.
• An Mingyuan and Qiu Qingquan reported that Qinghuang Your Majesty was missing and the prince was furious, so Mo Yuzheng withdrew the group with Yuan Run’s shard.

The Three Sentinels, City Garrison, and Imperial Inner Guard searched the Imperial Capital’s underground network, clashing with the Gray Rat Gang and Mithril Brotherhood as they uncovered evidence of Qinghuang Sword Monarch’s battle. The chapter ended with Brotherhood leader Suolun hiding in a secret chamber with a parchment listing powerful people’s names and illicit dealings.

• Shadow Fang found cursed bloodstains in secluded tunnels, and Ye Xiao followed the traces while the City Garrison arrested suspected Gray Rat Gang members.
• The Lin Family discovered signs of Qinghuang Sword Monarch’s fierce battle at a secret underground location, but his whereabouts and fate remained unknown.
• The Imperial Inner Guard raided three Gray Rat Gang black-market hubs, where gang members fought back with poisoned crossbow bolts and Soul Masters’ fireballs.
• Ge Laizheng ordered the City Garrison to search the sewers and attack the Mithril Brotherhood’s stronghold, where Suolun’s forces used traps, poison, and collapsing passages against the soldiers.
• Suolun retreated to a secret chamber and clutched a parchment listing names and illicit transactions that could ruin powerful figures and families.

As factions flooded Heaven Dou's underground network to fight over its power and resources, Chen Xiaojun and Chen Zhang decided that the Chen Clan should join the struggle with allied families. Chen Zhang sent envoys to gather intelligence and build partnerships, then set out to inform Xue Gu and hear her views.

• Mo Yuzheng reported that more than five thousand people from numerous factions had entered the underground network, where they clashed with its established powers.
• Chen Mu said attendance at the Great Arena had fallen sharply as people went underground or stayed home amid the unrest.
• Chen Xiaojun urged the Chen Clan to seize an opportunity in the underground network and proposed involving the Yang, Ximen, and Flying Dagger Li families.
• Chen Zhang ordered Mo Yuzheng and Qin Luguang to investigate the Northeast District, while Zhu Yanfeng and Xia Yun contacted allied families and the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Zhang asked Chen Bingming to accompany him to the Backyard so he could warn Xue Gu and hear her views.

Lin Yu led the Azure Sword Guard to the Bone Arena after evidence suggested Shadow Binder Karano had helped ambush Lin Wuyou. Amid the ensuing battle and collapse, Lin Feng found half of Lin Wuyou’s jade pendant caught on a dark gold chain.

• Lin Family investigators found Soul Binding Obsidian and broken dark gold chains at Lin Wuyou’s hidden training site, concluding that he had been ambushed and restrained.
• The Lin Family traced the chains to the vanished gladiator Karano and went to the Bone Arena to confront Marcus.
• Marcus denied knowing what had happened to Karano, so Lin Yu destroyed a weak point in the arena’s dome and ordered the Azure Sword Guard to search the ruins.
• Lin Feng fell among the rubble and discovered a dark gold chain resembling the one from Lin Wuyou’s training site.
• Lin Feng found half of Lin Wuyou’s jade pendant caught on the chain and shouted to alert the others.

After the Azure Sword Guard defeated the arena’s fighters, Lin Yu interrogated the wounded Marcus about Karano and the attack on his family. Marcus revealed leads pointing to Pi Kaiding and the information broker Black Tongue in Rust Alley, leaving Lin Yu with a new trail to pursue.

• The Azure Sword Guard crushed the arena’s resistance, and Lin Yu confronted the wounded Marcus amid the ruins.
• Lin Yu forced Marcus to explain that Karano had met with Pi Kaiding of the Gray Rat Gang before disappearing with chains, grappling hooks, and strange glowing stones.
• Marcus directed Lin Yu to Black Tongue, an information broker hidden in Rust Alley, and said Karano had taken a fist-sized, black-wrapped object with a sweet, bloody smell.
• Lin Yu recognized the object’s scent as that of a curse and ordered an Azure Sword Guard to cripple Marcus’s right leg.
• Lin Yu turned toward Lin Feng’s half jade pendant, with the trail now leading to Pi Kaiding and Black Tongue.

Lin Yu learned from Pi Kaiding’s dying words that his father, the one in azure robes, had been dragged toward the Old Pit in the Waste Abyss, and he prepared to search for Black Tongue and enter the dangerous region. Meanwhile, Chen Zhang’s plan to seize the Underground Dark City gained support, and the alliance chose to strike the Bone Excavation Group and capture Iron Jaw Barton first.

• Lin Feng gave Lin Yu the bloodstained jade pendant and pointed out that Marcus’s account of Karano’s disappearance did not explain how the Lin Family token reached the arena.
• Lin Yu found Pi Kaiding dying at the ruined Gray Rat Gang lair and questioned him about Karano and the people behind the abduction.
• Pi Kaiding muttered that a person in azure robes had been dragged toward the Old Pit, deep in the unmapped Waste Abyss, then died.
• Lin Yu decided to find Black Tongue in Rust Alley and prepare to enter the Waste Abyss with Lin Feng.
• Yang Jingxue, Ximen Wenlan, and Xi Men Wenming backed Chen Zhang’s plan to expand Soul Fighting City’s influence into the Underground Dark City.
• The alliance assigned Huagai District to the Three Great Clans, Ma Family, and Li family, and chose to attack the Bone Excavation Group by targeting its leader, Iron Jaw Barton.

The Chen Clan alliance launched a surprise assault on Iron Jaw Barton's Bone Excavation Group, fighting through deadly traps to reach its vast underground fortress. Chen Zhang confronted Barton at the stronghold, and the two sides prepared for battle.

• The Chen Clan and four allied families assembled roughly five hundred elite Soul Masters and gathered intelligence on the Bone Excavation Group's lair.
• Qin Luguang led the allied force into the mine tunnels, where poisoned crossbows and increasingly deadly traps wounded and killed several fighters.
• Chen Zhang, Zhu Yanfeng, Qin Luguang, and the others emerged into a vast cavern and discovered the Bone Excavation Group's fortified stronghold.
• Ding Bingming spotted defenders on the fortress walls, while Xia Yun urged the allies to wait for the Ximen Family and Yang Family.
• Chen Zhang and Iron Jaw Barton exchanged threats across the cavern as the allied force prepared to attack the fortress.

Chen Zhang’s allied forces launched a coordinated assault on Iron Jaw Fortress, overwhelming its defenses with arrows, flying attacks, and a ground advance. Ximen Wenye’s devastating strike shattered the fortress gate and opened a breach for the allied army.

• Ximen Wenye, Yang Zhicheng, and Ma Zhibin arrived with their forces, and Chen Zhang ordered the assault to begin.
• Zhu Yanfeng formed a giant shield and led the ground troops forward while Yang Zhicheng and the Yang Family unleashed a massive arrow barrage that devastated the fortress defenses.
• Ma Zhibin led the flying Soul Masters above the fortress passage to attack reinforcements as the Bone Excavation Group’s flyers and ranged fighters counterattacked.
• Qin Luguang and Yang Guisan struck the defenders at the gate while the ground force advanced under Zhu Yanfeng’s protection.
• Ximen Wenye unleashed Karma Fire Red Lotus Slash, destroying the gate and part of the wall and opening a breach into Iron Jaw Fortress.

The Chen Family Allied Forces fought their way into Iron Jaw Fortress, where the Bone Excavation Group resisted with deadly street ambushes and aerial attacks. As both sides’ strongest fighters clashed deeper inside, Zhu Yanfeng and Iron Jaw Barton met in a direct battle.

• The allied forces broke through the fortress gate and advanced under fierce resistance from the Bone Excavation Group’s desperadoes.
• Ma Zhibin’s Flying Soul Masters faced attacks from crossbows, soul skills, and swarms of Venomous Giant Bats.
• Jian Hezhi used his Ink Crystal Bottle to restrain enemies and support allied fighters, while Xia Yun unleashed illusions that confused and wounded the Bone Excavation Group’s ranks.
• The allied forces fought their way several hundred meters into the fortress, where their strongest combatants became scattered among the enemy’s core forces.
• Barton intercepted Zhu Yanfeng and attacked his Rock Giant Avatar with his Sixth Soul Skill, Iron Crocodile Crushing Bite.
• Zhu Yanfeng blocked Barton’s attack with his Secret Technique, Immovable as a Mountain, and their clash sent rubble flying.

The Chen Family allied army pressed its attack on the Bone Excavation Group while Chen Zhang coordinated the battlefield from the rear. Tang Hengyu and the Rust Brothers Company arrived as reinforcements, striking the allied army’s flank and forcing it to contract its formation.

• Ximen Wenye fought Dou Jing, meeting the Bone Excavation Group Vice Leader’s Frost Steel Forks with Karmic Fire slashes.
• Chen Zhang directed the allied army’s units as Bone Excavation Group Soul Saints joined forces to stabilize their defense and challenge Qin Luguang.
• Yang Guisan blocked Tang Hengyu’s Sixth Soul Skill, recognizing the scarred commander and his rusted Mo Dao.
• Tang Hengyu led hundreds of Rust Brothers Company soldiers in a coordinated counter-charge against gaps in the allied army’s formation.
• The Rust Brothers Company tore open a bloody gap, inflicting heavy casualties on the allied army’s flank and forcing it to pull back.

Ma Zhibin fought Tan Yashuang as the Chen Family Allied Forces struggled against the Bone Excavation Group and its reinforcements. Chen Zhang shifted his forces to stabilize the left and break through on the right, leaving the battle at a bloody stalemate as he considered committing his final reserves.

• Ma Zhibin narrowly avoided Tan Yashuang's attack, recognized her Flower Phoenix inheritance, and offered to protect her Shadow Sisterhood if she surrendered.
• Tan Yashuang rejected Ma Zhibin's offer and attacked him with her Sixth Soul Skill, Bone Corroding Cold Feathers, while he countered with Rainbow Flame Skyfall.
• The Rust Brothers Company broke through the allied forces' weak left wing as the Shadow Sisterhood tied down Chen Family Agility Attack and ranged fighters.
• Chen Zhang redirected Xia Yun and Yang Zhicheng to shore up the left, ordered the Ximen Family to cut in from the right, and sent Chen Bingming's troops forward to break the enemy formation.
• Xia Yun's Illusory Sea Cherry Tree Realm, Yang Zhicheng's attacks, and Support Soul Masters stabilized the left, while the fighting on the right became a bloody stalemate.
• Chen Zhang weighed whether to send his final fifty Reserve Team soldiers into battle.

Chen Xiaojun underwent a chilling transformation as disgust and judgment toward the Bone Excavation Group awakened within him, and he entered the battlefield alone with the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword. His presence empowered nearby Chen Clan fighters, but the battle remained underway.

• Chen Xiaojun’s appearance and aura changed as he watched the Bone Excavation Group fight, and a scarlet light appeared in his eyes.
• Chen Xiaojun told Chen Zhang he would take the protruding section, then leaped from the platform as Zhu Wuneng and several other youths followed.
• Chen Xiaojun landed at the battlefield’s edge and walked into the fighting with the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Xiaojun’s judgment-like pressure spread across the battlefield and strengthened nearby Chen Clan soul masters.
• Ding Bingyuan used his renewed strength to tear apart a Bone Excavation Group fighter’s bone blade and arm.
• Gu Yuanchao gained clearer judgment amid his fight against two Soul Kings and struck one enemy with his Bull Horn Soul-Splitting Strike.

Chen Xiaojun’s Judgment Will disrupted the Bone Excavation Group while he continued toward an unknown destination, and Zhu Wuneng’s allies formed a defensive line to protect him. The battle continued around Chen Xiaojun as he remained in a strange, seemingly awakening state.

• Chen Xiaojun’s Judgment Will strengthened the Chen Clan soul masters and frightened the Bone Excavation Group, disrupting their attacks.
• The Bone Excavation Group’s Soul Sage ordered his fighters to attack Chen Xiaojun, who continued walking with the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword.
• Zhu Wuneng smashed through an attacker and directed the Chen Clan fighters to protect Chen Xiaojun until he woke.
• Lian Shouzhong joined Zhu Wuneng at the front and gained the upper hand against a giant-axe Soul King.
• Gao Cuilan used Unfixed Flying Rings to deflect a poisoned sword and destroy crossbow bolts aimed at Chen Xiaojun.

Chen Xiaojun’s companions fought to hold back the Bone Excavation Group as he continued walking forward in a soulless, muddled state. The battle remained fierce, with the group defending him from attacks on every side.

• Du Gu Fu poisoned the Bone Excavation Group’s left flank and killed charging elites with his Golden Centipede Thousand Split Thrust.
• Ma Wencai blinded enemies with brocade feathers, then ignited the toxins with his Blazing Sun Wheel, turning the left flank into a deadly poison swamp.
• Chen Bin and Chen Shurui used their Light and Darkness Sword Vortex to destroy attackers, then raised a fused shield wall to hold the right flank.
• Ma Liang fought off Bloodthirsty Iron Winged Bats with a barrage of phoenix fire attacks, though the effort drained him.
• Yuan Run trapped attackers in a quagmire and raised a stone wall while An Mingyuan and Qiu Qingquan killed enemies trying to circle around.
• The Bone Excavation Group kept rushing Chen Xiaojun from unexpected gaps as his companions struggled to protect him.

Xiao Yi’s Orchid Finger reappeared, prompting Tao Ruyin to summon Ye Xiuxin while Su Ningxia stayed by the bed. At the Bone Excavation Group fortress, Chen Mu fought at the limit to protect Chen Xiaojun’s advancing defensive circle as enemies pressed in and reinforcements remained blocked.

• Xiao Yi moved her fingers into the Orchid Finger gesture, and Tao Ruyin rushed to report it to Ye Xiuxin.
• Su Ningxia watched Xiao Yi’s hand until Ye Xiuxin arrived and saw the gesture still held.
• Chen Xiaojun and his companions pressed deeper into the fortress as the Bone Excavation Group attacked from all sides.
• Bone Excavation Group forces blocked the Chen Clan and Yang Family fighters, while a sea of fire hindered the Ximen Family’s advance.
• Chen Mu killed attackers and intercepted threats across the defensive circle, exhausting himself as he protected Chen Xiaojun.