Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaojun’s young fighters held their defensive ring under mounting pressure, while Jian Xinyue joined them and strengthened the group with her support skills. As Du Gu Fu and Ma Wencai faced a new threat on the left, a sinister voice announced that the centipede Soul King Du Gu Fu had killed was its disciple.

• Chen Zhang watched Zhu Wuneng’s formation and considered the fighters the makings of Chen Xiaojun’s personal guard.
• Jian Xinyue slowed a Bone Excavation Group Soul King with her Ink Crystal skills, and Chen Mu killed him before she joined the defensive ring.
• Jian Xinyue cast Ink Crystal Body over the fighters, easing the pressure on their line.
• Du Gu Fu killed a centipede Soul King and brushed off Ma Wencai’s concern about his condition.
• An unseen speaker taunted Du Gu Fu, calling the dead centipede Soul King his useless disciple.

Du Gu Fu, Zhu Wuneng, Gao Cuilan, and Chen Mu faced three Soul Saints who joined the battlefield and forced the fighting to intensify. Du Gu Fu trapped the Purple-Spotted Soul Saint in a deadly poison array, Zhu Wuneng and Gao Cuilan summoned their martial soul fusion form, and Chen Mu remained pinned down by the Ghost Bat Soul Saint.

• The Purple-Spotted Soul Saint emerged from the poison fog and challenged Du Gu Fu, who unleashed Azure Scale Poison Burst and formed the Five Venoms Array.
• Du Gu Fu sacrificed his blood essence to summon three venomous beast phantoms, which clashed with the Purple-Spotted Soul Saint's centipede phantoms inside the poison array.
• A Shadow Fanged Leopard Soul Saint ambushed Zhu Wuneng, blasted him backward, and drew Gao Cuilan to his side.
• Zhu Wuneng and Gao Cuilan used their martial soul fusion skill to summon True Lord Tian Peng, forcing the Shadow Fanged Leopard Soul Saint to retreat.
• A Ghost Bat Soul Saint intercepted Chen Mu, whose sword skills could not break free of the attacker's pressure.

Chen Zhang held back Zuo Jinhua while Chen Xiaojun approached a critical breakthrough, as the defenders struggled against the Bone Excavation Group's assault. An Mingyuan summoned seven powerful dog-shaped guardians, who joined the battle and began turning the tide.

• Zuo Jinhua asked Chen Zhang to let him reinforce Chen Xun, but Chen Zhang ordered him to hold position and wait for Chen Xiaojun.
• Qiu Qingquan replaced Chen Mu at the front but was wounded and called for help as Yuan Run struggled to maintain his defenses.
• An Mingyuan activated his Skull Soul Skill, Star Extreme, and used the secret art Earth Guardian Dog Command to summon seven star-infused dogs.
• Six of An Mingyuan's dogs charged the Bone Excavation Group and fought with coordinated attacks, while the White Earth Pine stayed behind to heal the others.

An Mingyuan’s Dog King Command and the stray dogs helped stabilize the defenders’ line while Chen Xiaojun stopped to complete his transformation. As the Soul Saints kept the main fighters occupied, the Bone Excavation Group broke through Yuan Run’s stone wall and surged into the defensive circle.

• An Mingyuan summoned six starlight dogs and drew nearby strays into the fight, easing pressure on Qiu Qingquan and Yuan Run.
• Chen Xiaojun stopped advancing and drew the dangerous fluctuations back into himself, giving his companions hope that he was undergoing a final transformation.
• Du Gu Fu’s poison formation, True Lord Tian Peng, and Chen Mu continued battling the enemy Soul Saints, while the Bone Excavation Group’s numbers kept the defenders under pressure.
• Bone Excavation Group Soul Kings shattered Yuan Run’s stone wall, leaving him exhausted and wounded as Qiu Qingquan rushed to pull him clear.
• An Mingyuan ordered the surviving dogs and Qiu Qingquan to hold the breach as Bone Excavation Group fighters poured into the defensive circle.

Chen Xiaojun emerged from the Sword Cocoon as the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword phantom soul drew battlefield blood energy into the Black-Red Light Cocoon, prematurely interrupting his enlightenment and awakening an incomplete, hostile power. As the defenders continued to fall, the Ghost Bat Soul Saint wounded Chen Mu near Chen Xiaojun.

• Jian Xinyue used her Ink Crystal Bottle to control enemies, bolster the defenders, and stabilize their Soul Power as the defensive circle neared collapse.
• The Sword Cocoon cracked and shattered, and Chen Xiaojun opened his eyes with an immense, indifferent pressure that made the battlefield fall still.
• Within Chen Xiaojun's Upper Soul Nest, the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword phantom soul absorbed battlefield negative energy to force the Black-Red Light Cocoon toward awakening, interrupting his deeper Seven Kill Sword enlightenment.
• Qiu Qingquan was badly injured, Chen Shurui and Chen Bin's barrier weakened, and Ma Liang was forced to land as the defenders struggled to hold the breach.
• The Ghost Bat Soul Saint's Blood Bat Sonic Boom disrupted Chen Mu's sword momentum and wounded him, sending him crashing down near Chen Xiaojun.

Chen Xiaojun unleashed the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword’s Sin Judgement, weakening Ghost Bat Soul Saint and creating an opening for Chen Mu to kill him. The Bone Excavation Group’s assault stalled as Ghost Bat Soul Saint fell dead.

• Ghost Bat Soul Saint attacked the battered Chen Mu with Blood Prison Soul Shattering Wave while the Bone Excavation Group charged Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Xiaojun awakened the sword’s judgement domain, freezing nearby enemies and weakening Ghost Bat Soul Saint’s attack.
• Chen Xiaojun struck Ghost Bat Soul Saint’s soul with Sin Judgement, breaking his focus and injuring him.
• Chen Mu used Lightning Flash and Raging Wave Tear Blade to break Ghost Bat Soul Saint’s defense and overwhelm him.
• Chen Mu finished Ghost Bat Soul Saint with Seven Kill Extinction, severing his head.

Chen Xiaojun and True Lord Tian Peng killed the Shadow Leopard Soul Sage with a coordinated attack, then Chen Xiaojun joined Du Gu Fu and the Three-Poison Beast against the Purple Jade Centipede Soul Saint. He launched a guided Nine Yang Great Thunderbolt at the Poison Soul Saint, who had no time to evade.

• Chen Xiaojun boosted his abilities and pierced the Shadow Leopard Soul Sage's defenses with Dark Abyss Nirvana Stab, inflicting the stiffening effect.
• True Lord Tian Peng struck the immobilized Shadow Leopard Soul Sage with his enlarged Nine-Toothed Rake and killed him.
• Chen Xiaojun rushed to the battle where Du Gu Fu and the Three-Poison Beast were fighting the Purple Jade Centipede Soul Saint.
• Chen Xiaojun formed a Nine Yang Great Thunderbolt and commanded A Fu and Wencai to attack.
• Chen Xiaojun guided the blazing strike around the Three-Poison Beast's attacks toward the Purple Jade Centipede Soul Saint, who could not evade it.

Chen Xiaojun and his allies killed the Poison Soul Saint, then Chen unleashed his One Thousand and One Nights technique against the Bone Excavation Group’s remaining elites. The barrage overwhelmed their defenses as the battle continued.

• The Nine Yang Great Thunderbolt and Ma Wencai’s Sunspot Sun shattered the Poison Soul Saint’s Purple Jade Centipede True Body and left him unable to fight.
• The Three-Poison Beasts killed the fallen Poison Soul Saint, ending the last of the three Soul Saints who had attacked them.
• Chen Xiaojun used One Thousand and One Nights to send hundreds of sword-wrapped Nine Yang fireballs toward the Bone Excavation Group’s elites battling Ding Bingming and the others.
• Four enemy Soul Sages used defensive soul skills to meet the barrage, but the fireballs detonated in overlapping chains across the battlefield.

Chen Xiaojun’s explosive barrage shattered the Bone Excavation Group’s formation, allowing the allies and Reserve Team to launch a counterattack. He absorbed the battlefield’s negative energy into the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword and charged toward the Earth-Shaking Rock Rhinoceros Soul Saint fighting Ding Bingming.

• Chen Xiaojun’s fireball rain devastated the Bone Excavation Group’s elites, blocked their retreat routes, and sent the survivors fleeing.
• The four Soul Sages failed to rally their troops because Ding Bingming and the others kept them occupied, while Chen Xiaojun used a Limitless Pill and picked out the most weakened Soul Sage.
• Zhu Wuneng led the youth group in a counterattack, and Chen Zhang ordered the fifty-member Reserve Team to advance on the center-right battlefield.
• Chen Xiaojun used the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword’s Conceal Qi ability to absorb the battlefield’s negative energy and strengthen the sword.
• Chen Xiaojun charged through the enemy ranks, cutting down their fighters as he headed for the Earth-Shaking Rock Rhinoceros Soul Saint battling Ding Bingming.

Chen Xiaojun unleashed the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword’s Sword of War: Azure Yellow Soldier Tribulation, drawing the battlefield’s negative energy into a giant blade. It killed two defensive Soul Saints, and Zhu Wuneng killed a wounded Soul Emperor as the battlefield fell silent.

• Chen Xiaojun gathered the battlefield’s negative energy into a colossal black-red sword and targeted the Earth-Shaking Rock Rhinoceros Soul Saint.
• The Earth-Shaking Rock Rhinoceros Soul Saint and Dark Rock Turtle Soul Saint raised their strongest defenses against the attack.
• Chen Xiaojun’s giant sword shattered the defenses and killed both Soul Saints in one strike.
• The Earth-Shaking Rock Rhinoceros Soul Emperor cried out for his brother and tried to rush forward.
• True Lord Tian Peng killed the wounded Soul Emperor with his Nine-Toothed Rake, and Chen Xiaojun recalled his sword as the survivors stood in silence.

Chen Xiaojun’s devastating sword strike broke the Bone Excavation Group’s main force, and he and Zuo Jinhua charged toward the ancient fortress’s core. They left the routed enemies trapped between Chen Xiaojun’s advance and their own enforcers’ blades.

• Chen Xiaojun’s Azure Yellow Soldier Tribulation killed the Earth-Shaking Rock Rhinoceros Soul Saint and Dark Rock Turtle Soul Saint, shattering the Bone Excavation Group’s morale.
• Ding Bingming, Shao Chunnan, Gu Yuanchao, True Lord Tian Peng, Chen Mu, and Chen Zhang’s forces pressed the fleeing Bone Excavation Group from multiple directions.
• Zuo Jinhua joined Chen Xiaojun after defeating two Soul Emperors, and Chen Xiaojun invited him to attack the center-right passage together.
• Chen Xiaojun and Zuo Jinhua charged into the fleeing enemies toward the ancient fortress’s core.
• The Blood Fang War Elephant Soul Saint ordered the Bone Excavation Group’s enforcement team to kill retreating soldiers, forcing the survivors to regroup and face Chen Xiaojun’s advance.

Chen Xiaojun unleashed Sword Wheel: Unrivaled Blossom against the Bone Excavation Group, slaughtering its members until the Blood Fang War Elephant Soul Sage destroyed the sword wheel with a powerful counterattack. With the gang’s morale shattered and Chen Xiaojun’s allies advancing, the three surviving Soul Sages faced him at the passage mouth.

• Zuo Jinhua and Chen Xiaojun broke through the routed soldiers and charged toward the Bone Excavation Group.
• Chen Xiaojun formed six Sword God Pearls into Sword Wheel: Unrivaled Blossom and sent it tearing through the crowded enemies.
• The Blood Fang War Elephant Soul Sage used his true body and Blood Fang Sky-Shattering Strike to hit the sword wheel’s flank and destroy it.
• Chen Xiaojun retrieved the scattered Sword God Pearls as the surviving gang members and Soul Sages faced his advancing force.
• Zuo Jinhua guarded Chen Xiaojun while True Lord Tian Peng, Ding Bingyuan, Shao Chunnan, and the others surged forward.

Chen Xiaojun and Zuo Jinhua drove the Chen Clan’s counterattack through the Bone Excavation Group’s collapsing defenses. Chen Xiaojun killed the Blood Fang War Elephant Soul Sage, while Zuo Jinhua struck down the Black Skeleton Soul Sage and the Dark Wind Weasel Soul Sage fled.

• Chen Xiaojun used Lightning Flash and Nether Abyss Erosion Wave to destroy a Bone Excavation Group flank squad and open a path through its ranks.
• Zuo Jinhua charged toward the three Soul Sages, but the Blood Fang War Elephant Soul Sage and Dark Wind Weasel Soul Sage attacked him.
• Chen Xiaojun used Bloodlust Edge to pierce and kill the Blood Fang War Elephant Soul Sage.
• The Dark Wind Weasel Soul Sage abandoned his attack and retreated after seeing the Blood Fang War Elephant Soul Sage die.
• Zuo Jinhua used Fierce Ghost Earth Shatter to pierce the Black Skeleton Soul Sage and hurl him into the ruins.
• The Chen Clan’s counterattack swept into the Bone Excavation Group’s collapsed remnants.

Chen Xiaojun led the Chen Family Allied Forces from their victory on the right flank toward the central battlefield as the Bone Excavation Group’s leader, Barton, unleashed a desperate secret art and ordered a retreat. Chen Xiaojun’s Sin Domain Judgment helped the allied forces capture or defeat the remaining Soul Douluo and Soul Sages, while Barton fled deeper into the fortress pursued by Zhu Yanfeng.

• Chen Xiaojun absorbed the battlefield’s negative energy, then led his forces toward the central battlefield instead of chasing the fleeing soldiers.
• Barton used Bone-Blood Frenzy Burning: Iron Crocodile Severing Tail to strike Zhu Yanfeng’s shield and ordered the Bone Excavation Group to retreat.
• Barton fled into the fortress, and Zhu Yanfeng pursued him as the Bone Excavation Group scattered in panic.
• Chen Xiaojun activated Sin Domain Judgment, suppressing nearby enemies and strengthening the Chen Family Allied Forces.
• Ximen Wenye used Karmic Fire Evil Incineration to defeat and capture Dou Jing.
• Qin Luguang and the Chen Clan forces defeated or captured Li Wuya, Yin Jiu, Mo Li, and Rock Tremor under the Judgment Aura’s suppression.

The Chen Family Allied Forces defeated the Bone Excavation Group at Iron Jaw Fortress, while the Rust Brothers Company and Shadow Sisterhood agreed to cease fighting and negotiate. As the Chen Family began dealing with prisoners and the new order in Huagai District, Chen Xiaojun examined dark-red crystal shards that seemed linked to the Black-Red Light Cocoon in his sea of consciousness.

• Chen Zhang persuaded Tang Hengyu to stop the Rust Brothers Company’s resistance and discuss the future of Huagai District.
• Ma Zhibin and Chen Zhang convinced Tan Yashuang to call the Shadow Sisterhood off the battlefield and negotiate.
• The Chen Family Allied Forces captured the Bone Excavation Group’s leaders and many of its fighters as the battle’s mopping-up began.
• Chen Zhang surveyed the prisoners and considered the work of consolidating the victory and establishing a new order.
• Chen Xiaojun examined the dark-red crystal shards Yuan Run had brought back and sensed that their pulsing matched the Black-Red Light Cocoon in his sea of consciousness.

Xiao Yi awakened in a series of strange inner worlds and searched for a way out of each one. After finding no exit in the Ageless Evergreen Ivy world or the Void Willow God Vine world, she plunged toward the largest, most chaotic cyclone in a vast sea of qi.

• Xiao Yi woke beneath a colossal Ageless Evergreen Ivy and realized she was trapped in a vivid world within her sea of consciousness.
• Xiao Yi tried to break through the world’s limits, then flew upward until the space shattered and transformed.
• Xiao Yi recognized a Void Willow God Vine on a solitary island in a moonlit water world and searched for an exit.
• Xiao Yi leaped into the dark water, which shattered and carried her into a vast sea of qi filled with elemental cyclones.
• Xiao Yi failed to escape by flying, entering a cyclone, or attacking with Soul Power, then headed into the largest chaotic cyclone.

Xiao Yi followed a soul-deep call through the Purple Qi Cloud Sea and found a colossal Dharma Idol of Shao Siming and a seated version of herself. When the seated Xiao Yi used an Orchid Finger to expel her, Xiao Yi resisted, and the giant vine tree and willow tree in her sea of consciousness suddenly blazed with light.

• Xiao Yi crossed into a vast Purple Qi Cloud Sea and followed a powerful call toward its source.
• Xiao Yi discovered a colossal Dharma Idol of Shao Siming and saw another version of herself seated beneath it.
• Xiao Yi challenged the seated figure, which formed an Orchid Finger and triggered a force that began dragging her from the domain.
• Xiao Yi awakened Shao Siming's divine authority and fought the force trying to eject her from the Purple Qi Cloud Sea.
• The giant vine tree and willow tree in Xiao Yi's sea of consciousness erupted with light and resonated with the other five vines.

Xiao Yi confronted the divine will within her sea of consciousness, which explained that the sealed layers were shelter protecting her from its power. She asserted control over her body and path, then mirrored the divine will’s Orchid Finger and shook the Purple Qi Cloud Sea, leaving the will bewildered.

• Xiao Yi used her sea of consciousness to stabilize her projection and pressed the seated version of herself for answers about the confinement and the closed Upper Soul Nest.
• The divine will said it was Xiao Yi, but Xiao Yi was not it, and explained that the layered spaces sheltered her fragile consciousness from the awakened divine power.
• Xiao Yi declared that her body, sea of consciousness, and path belonged to her, and used her Twin Martial Souls and Cyclone Domain to resist the divine pressure.
• Xiao Yi formed the same Orchid Finger as the seated figure, creating a resonance that shook the figure and the Purple Qi Cloud Sea.
• The two wills clashed, tearing apart the surrounding space, and the divine will asked Xiao Yi, "Thou... art me?"

Xiao Yi confronted the divine spark’s will in her sea of consciousness, resisting its attempt to control her with her own power and the Nine Palaces Soul Shifting Technique. Their opposing golden and silver formations clashed, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Xiao Yi’s Orchid Finger stirred in the real world, and Ye Xiuxin sensed her consciousness undergoing a drastic change.
• Chen Xiaojun felt the Black-Red Light Cocoon in his sea of consciousness resonate with Xiao Yi’s mental storm and whispered her name.
• Xiao Yi accused the purple-clad figure of causing the upheaval, and the divine spark’s will attacked her with a destructive strike.
• Xiao Yi defended herself with the power of seven vines, then formed the Nine Palaces Soul Shifting Technique’s Town Character Seal.
• The divine spark’s will countered with a silver Nine Palaces formation, and its nine chains clashed against Xiao Yi’s golden chains.

Xiao Yi used the Wood Department’s Nine Palaces Soul Shifting Technique to defeat the false divine will in her sea of consciousness. She learned that her opponent had been a Heart Demon empowered and distorted by its contact with the newly ascended Shao Siming.

• Xiao Yi drew on her resolve and the power in her sea of consciousness as golden light weakened the figure opposing her.
• Xiao Yi identified the figure as a Heart Demon and invoked the Nine Palaces Soul Shifting Technique’s Annihilation Formula.
• Golden chains and divine dragons shattered the silver formation and purified the Heart Demon, leaving Xiao Yi standing alone in the core of her sea of consciousness.
• Xiao Yi recognized that the Heart Demon had used stolen power from Shao Siming to imprison her, while Shao Siming’s true source will had guided her toward the exit.
• The account explained that the Heart Demon’s contact with the true god had greatly increased its power and made it believe it was Shao Siming’s divine will.