Chapter Summaries

Shen Ranxi met her grandfather, Zhan Duanyue, and heard stories about her deceased father, Zhan Yixiao. While exploring the clan, she was challenged by Zhan Xiang and swiftly defeated him.

• Shen Ranxi told Zhan Duanyue she was doing well and said she felt regret, but no hatred, toward the parents she had never known.
• Zhan Duanyue welcomed Shen Ranxi as his granddaughter, shared a meal with her, and recounted stories about her father, Zhan Yixiao.
• Zhan Duanyue promised to take Shen Ranxi to see her father the next day and declared that no one could mistreat her.
• A servant led Shen Ranxi past the clan training grounds, where Zhan Xiang mocked her and attacked with a broadsword.
• Shen Ranxi disarmed Zhan Xiang, struck him, and pinned him to the ground, stunning the watching clan members.

Shen Ranxi defeated the Heavenblade Sect disciples who challenged her at the training grounds, earning their acknowledgment and respect. The chapter left her viewing the sect’s younger generation as the key to its future.

• Shen Ranxi answered the disciples’ insults by knocking Zhan Xiang and another attacker unconscious with a kick.
• When the disciples swarmed her, Shen Ranxi defeated them with precise, nonfatal strikes while Mo Yan and Liang Li watched.
• Oscar and Zhan Qingyun arrived at the training grounds and found the disciples sprawled across the arena.
• Liang Li reassured Mo Yan that Shen Ranxi could handle herself, and the two left together.
• The training grounds Elder ordered the defeated disciples to recover and return to training.
• The disciples admitted Shen Ranxi had won, and she recognized their acceptance of defeat and fighting spirit.

Shen Ranxi’s effortless victory over the clan’s younger generation drew admiration and alarm, prompting Zhan Xuanting to plot her death so his chosen heir could succeed. Later, she reached out to her grandfather Zhan Duanyue, leaving their relationship cautiously softened but her parents’ forgiveness unresolved.

• Shen Ranxi defeated the clan’s young fighters without using her Martial Soul, and Elder Xing explained her control and battle sense to the onlookers.
• News of Shen Ranxi’s victory reached the clan’s talented youths, while Zhan Qingyun excitedly praised his sister.
• Zhan Xuanting grew furious over Shen Ranxi’s return and ordered a plan to kill her, insisting that his You'er must become the next heir.
• Shen Ranxi found Zhan Duanyue beneath an old plum tree and accepted his invitation to share food in her father’s former courtyard.
• Zhan Duanyue asked whether Shen Ranxi had forgiven him, and she said only her parents could decide whether to forgive him before making tea she had grown herself.

Zhan Duanyue warned Shen Ranxi that the three branches threatened her safety and urged her to leave, but she insisted on staying to avenge her parents. After they reconciled over Zhan Yixiao’s final letter, Zhan Duanyue promised to recognize her publicly and told her about a reclusive Food System Soul Master who might help her companion.

• Zhan Duanyue told Shen Ranxi the three branches had helped betray her father and offered to send her away until he could cleanse the sect.
• Shen Ranxi refused to abandon the matter and vowed to avenge her parents.
• Zhan Duanyue gave Shen Ranxi Zhan Yixiao’s final letter, which revealed his hopes for his daughter and his wish for her to meet her grandfather.
• Shen Ranxi comforted Zhan Duanyue, and he embraced her and promised to recognize her in the Zhan Clan ancestral hall the next day.
• Shen Ranxi asked about a Food System Soul Master, and Zhan Duanyue explained that the senior had imprisoned herself in the Back Mountain’s ice valley.

Shen Ranxi and her companions learned about Elder Jinliang’s tragic past and went to Ice Valley so Oscar could ask her to teach him offensive abilities. Elder Jinliang refused, but Shen Ranxi ended their visit by asking whether she wanted to see her lover and Parents again.

• Shen Ranxi asked Zhan Qingyun and the others to help find records about Elder Jinliang so they could persuade her to teach Oscar.
• The group learned that Elder Jinliang had avenged the murder of her lover and Parents before retreating into Ice Valley, and Shen Ranxi and Zhan Tianqiong discussed the consequences of revenge.
• Shen Ranxi used her grandfather’s token to gain permission for the group to approach Elder Jinliang’s Wooden House.
• Oscar pleaded for Elder Jinliang to teach him how to gain offensive abilities, saying he would accept the guilt and consequences if it meant protecting his lover and Companions.
• Elder Jinliang refused to meet Oscar and asked Uncle Huaiming to take the group away, but Shen Ranxi stopped them and asked whether Elder Jinliang wanted to see her lover and Parents again.

Shen Ranxi and A Yuan helped Jinliang reunite with her loved ones in a dream, and Jinliang kept her promise by explaining why Food System Soul Masters rarely gain offensive abilities. The chapter leaves Shen Ranxi and Oscar with Jinliang’s explanation of the opposing Soul Power paths behind conversion and release.

• Shen Ranxi offered to use A Yuan’s dreamweaving ability to let Jinliang see her loved ones, and Jinliang agreed to sleep while they entered her spiritual world.
• A Yuan wove Jinliang a dream from her memories while Shen Ranxi protected them with a Soul Power barrier.
• After Jinliang woke and regained her composure, Shen Ranxi gave her a Mind-Calming Pill and Jinliang promised to answer their questions.
• Jinliang explained that attack-type Soul Rings have low compatibility with Food System Martial Souls and can damage them if forcibly absorbed.
• Jinliang said Food System Soul Skills convert Soul Power into nutrients, while offensive Soul Skills release it as destructive energy, creating opposing meridian pathways.

Jinliang explained how poison mutated her Martial Soul and advised Oscar to seek a Mirror Beast in the far north for offensive abilities. Shen Ranxi prepared to enter the Heavenblade Sect’s ancestral hall, but Zhan Houhao confronted her before she could leave.

• Jinliang told Oscar that consuming Dragon Saliva Corroding Grass had mutated her Martial Soul, shortened her lifespan, and enabled her teacup to create poisonous tea.
• Jinliang advised Oscar to seek a special Mirror Beast in the far north and gave him a token to find Mohe of the Iron Wolf Mercenary Corps.
• Shen Ranxi reassured Oscar that she would help him find a willing Soul Beast, then woke up and shared a quiet morning with Feifei and A Yuan.
• Zhan Duanyue praised Shen Ranxi’s staff technique, brought her breakfast, and warned that people might cause trouble at the ancestral hall ceremony.
• On the way to the ceremony, Shen Ranxi shoulder-checked Zhan Houhao after he insulted her father and called him a skinny dog.
• Zhan Houhao recovered and hurried after Shen Ranxi, blocking her path again.

Shen Ranxi returned to the Heavenblade Sect, where she defied Third Elder Zhan Xuanting’s objections and challenged him. Elsewhere, Tang San continued training beneath a waterfall while missing her and checking her messages.

• Shen Ranxi kicked Zhan Houhao away after he insulted her, then left him raging on the ground.
• Shen Ranxi arrived at the ancestral hall, where Zhan Duanyue announced her return to the Heavenblade Sect.
• Zhan Xuanting and his faction objected to Shen Ranxi’s return, but Zhan Rutie defended her and pointed to her resemblance and awakened bloodline traits.
• Shen Ranxi confronted Zhan Xuanting and challenged him, shocking everyone in the hall.
• Tang San checked his messages from Little Xi while training beneath a waterfall, and told Tang Hao that he missed her.

Ning Rongrong took on sect responsibilities, Ma Hongjun began traveling, Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing survived an assassination attempt, and Xiao Wu decided to enter a dangerous place to seek a way to strengthen Soul Beasts. The chapter ended as a young girl faced the level seventy-three Third Elder in a challenge that alarmed the onlookers.

• Ning Rongrong worked through sect affairs despite her exhaustion, determined to prove herself to Ning Fengzhi and distract herself from missing her lover.
• Ma Hongjun said goodbye to Little Bell and set off toward a hot region of the continent with her Soul Cannons and soul missiles.
• Dai Mubai killed the last assassin while Zhu Zhuqing stood with him, and they vowed to survive the conflict over the empire.
• Xiao Wu told Da Ming and Er Ming that she would enter a perilous place to seek a way to change the fate of Soul Beasts or become a god, and Da Ming reluctantly agreed.
• A young girl faced Third Elder in a training-ground challenge as spectators questioned whether the Sect Master feared she would be beaten to death.

Shen Ranxi confronted Third Elder Zhan Xuanting in the arena and revealed extraordinary Soul Rings and what appeared to be twin Martial Souls. The elders recognized her immense talent, but Shen Ranxi declared she had no interest in becoming the heir, leaving the sect leaders to realize she had returned only to pay respects to her parents.

• Zhan Xuanting tried to provoke Shen Ranxi into attacking him first, but she insulted him and accepted the fight.
• Shen Ranxi revealed five Soul Rings, including two thousand-year rings, a ten-thousand-year fourth ring, and an Orange-Gold fifth ring, shocking the arena.
• The spectators recognized Shen Ranxi as a Soul King and suspected she had twin Martial Souls after seeing her staff and recalling her huge fish Martial Soul.
• The First Elder warned Fifth Elder and the others not to harm Shen Ranxi, impressed by her talent.
• Shen Ranxi said she had no interest in the heir position and had stayed only for Zhan Duanyue’s sake; Zhan Duanyue explained she had returned to pay respects to her parents.

Shen Ranxi fought Zhan Xuanting in the Heavenblade Sect arena, revealing her formidable talent and combat skill while the Zhan family watched. After neither fighter gained a decisive advantage, Zhan Xuanting activated his Martial Soul Avatar.

• Shen Ranxi mocked Zhan Xuanting and charged at him with her staff as Zhan Rutie celebrated her fierce temperament and the discovery of A-Xiao's child.
• Shen Ranxi's opening strike forced Zhan Xuanting to buckle, and he answered with his Sixth Soul Skill, Soul-Devouring Slash.
• Shen Ranxi split the attack with her Golden Cudgel Dharma Aspect and pressed Zhan Xuanting into a prolonged fight.
• Zhan Xuanting used Nether Ghost Howl, but Shen Ranxi countered with a fused solar attack; both remained standing, though Shen Ranxi was wounded and Zhan Xuanting's clothes were burned.
• Zhan Xuanting unleashed his Seventh Soul Skill, Martial Soul Avatar, as the spectators reacted in shock.

Shen Ranxi fought Zhan Xuanting, the Heavenblade Sect’s Third Elder, and used her Soul Skills and a powerful counterattack to overcome his Martial Soul Avatar. Despite being wounded, she reached him and slapped him repeatedly, leaving the training ground in ruins.

• Shen Ranxi faced Zhan Xuanting’s blood-red blade and mocked the Heavenblade Sect’s Soul Saints as she prepared to fight.
• Shen Ranxi trapped Zhan Xuanting with her Soul Skills and Dream Abyss Domain, impressing the elders and drawing praise from Zhan Duanyue.
• Shen Ranxi used her Golden Cudgel and Abyssal Breath Reversal to clash with Zhan Xuanting’s attack, and their collision devastated the training ground.
• Shen Ranxi broke through the blade light despite suffering a serious shoulder wound and found Zhan Xuanting injured and disoriented.
• Shen Ranxi slapped Zhan Xuanting several times while the disciples watched in shock.

Shen Ranxi fought Zhan Xuanting to near exhaustion, using her skills, weapons, and A Yuan’s support to defeat and gravely injure him. She left him humiliated on the ground as the third branch resolved that she could not be allowed to live.

• Zhan Qingxun admired Shen Ranxi’s fighting and said she wanted to be friends with her, while Zhan Duanyue recognized that her instincts had been honed through life-or-death battles.
• Shen Ranxi used Myriad Shadows, Thousand Layers to briefly immobilize Zhan Xuanting, then blasted him in the face with a violent energy attack.
• After Zhan Xuanting launched a furious counterattack, Shen Ranxi brought out a rocket launcher and coordinated with A Yuan to overwhelm him with attacks.
• Shen Ranxi vanished with Hide the Sky and Cross the Sea, teleported behind Zhan Xuanting, and struck his waist and abdomen with the Golden Cudgel.
• Shen Ranxi taunted the badly injured Zhan Xuanting as he lay on the ground, and the third branch grew furious and feared her continued growth.

Shen Ranxi survived a sneak attack by using her Fifth Soul Skill to swap places with Zhan Xuanting, causing the attack to kill him instead. She seized control of the confrontation, struck the elders who had attacked her, and declared that her rules now prevailed.

• Members of the Third and Sixth Branches launched a Soul Power attack at Shen Ranxi, and Zhan Rutie attacked them in response.
• Shen Ranxi used her Fifth Soul Skill to switch places with Zhan Xuanting, and the incoming attack struck him instead.
• Shen Ranxi grabbed the wounded Zhan Xuanting and condemned the elders for their sneak attack, declaring that she would decide their lives and deaths.
• Shen Ranxi carried Zhan Xuanting to the stands and slapped five elders while they held back because he was in her grasp.
• Shen Ranxi returned to the Training Ground and taunted the furious elders, calling them thieves and trash.

Shen Ranxi defeated and humiliated the Heavenblade Sect elders who had attacked her, declaring that only strength could protect the sect. Zhan Duanyue exposed the elders’ role in his son’s murder and secured agreement to punish them, leaving the sect’s betrayal revealed before its disciples.

• Shen Ranxi taunted the Heavenblade Sect elders and held Zhan Xuanting by the throat, forcing the assembled disciples to recognize her strength.
• Zhan Duanyue turned on the attackers and overwhelmed them with the pressure of a Titled Douluo.
• Zhan Duanyue accused the elders of conspiring with Corpse Incense Sect to murder Zhan Yixiao sixteen years earlier and presented evidence of their crimes.
• The First Elder examined the evidence, condemned the traitors, and stopped pleading for their lives, while the Second Elder followed his lead.

Zhan Duanyue purged Heavenblade Sect traitors, allowing Shen Ranxi to acknowledge her ancestry and gain the sect’s admiration. He unexpectedly named her the sect’s heir, but opponents from the three branches challenged the appointment by invoking an ancestral test in the forbidden grounds.

• Zhan Duanyue killed the traitors who opposed Shen Ranxi and announced their crimes, while Shen Ranxi defeated an enraged man who attacked her.
• Shen Ranxi acknowledged her ancestry, offered incense to her parents, and gained the submission of the sect after most of the three branches were purged.
• Zhan Duanyue declared Shen Ranxi Heavenblade Sect’s heir and handed her the ancestral saber token, surprising her and provoking objections from the elders.
• The three branches’ opponents entered the hall and demanded that Shen Ranxi subdue the thing in the forbidden grounds to qualify as heir.

Shen Ranxi agreed to enter the Heavenblade Sect’s forbidden ground after the system revealed that an Ice Valley there held a Heavenly Flames and offered a rare reward for subduing it. With her entry set for three days later, she prepared for the danger, sent Oscar to pursue his own path, and began making preparations in her Space.

• The system urged Shen Ranxi to accept the challenge, revealing the Heavenly Flames and the Lotus Ruyi Golden Winnowing Basket reward.
• Shen Ranxi agreed to enter the forbidden ground despite Zhan Duanyue and Zhan Rutie warning her of its dangers, and the sect set her entry for three days later.
• The Elders decided to send disciples above level thirty-five into the forbidden ground for training, prompting widespread complaints.
• Shen Ranxi gave Oscar supplies and a Soul Beast contract formation, told him to go after Rongrong, and promised they would meet at the summit.
• Shen Ranxi asked Zhan Duanyue for medicinal herbs and went with Feifei into the herb valley Inside the Space to prepare for the Heavenly Flames.

Shen Ranxi healed from her battle with a Soul Saint, practiced refining a pill to protect her meridians from Heavenly Flames, and prepared to enter Heavenblade Sect’s forbidden Ice Valley. She left with her companions as the sect’s elders watched over the departure, and the chapter ended with the group arriving at Ice Valley.

• Shen Ranxi endured the Ice and Yang Springs to heal her injuries and strengthen her bones and meridians.
• Shen Ranxi attempted to refine the Nine Revolutions Meridian-Protecting Pill, failing five times before spending more than ten days preparing for her journey.
• Liang Li, Mo Yan, and Zhan Rutie gave Shen Ranxi supplies and precious items, while Zhan Duanyue urged her to return alive.
• Zhan Duanyue explained the three-day trial in Ice Valley and warned the disciples about its harsh climate and Soul Beasts.
• Shen Ranxi departed with Zhan Tianqiong and Zhan Qingyun, and the group reached Ice Valley with two Elders.

Shen Ranxi entered Ice Valley’s core area, where she discovered a mysterious ice cavern and learned that a dangerous flame lay within. Meanwhile, conspirators prepared to use Blood Soul Incense to provoke a beast tide and make her death look accidental.

• An Elder warned the Disciples not to cross the red boundary if they were below Level Forty and allowed them to seek Soul Beasts and treasures in the outer area.
• Zhan Qingxun offered to team up with Shen Ranxi and drove off a rude disciple after he mocked them.
• Shen Ranxi entered the blizzard toward the core area while Zhan Tianqiong and Zhan Qingyun waited behind and promised to rescue her if needed.
• Two black-robed men plotted to use Blood Soul Incense and trigger a beast tide to kill Shen Ranxi and other disciples without leaving evidence of human involvement.
• Shen Ranxi entered a vast ice cavern with Feifei and learned from the system that the Nine Nether Mystic Ember Flame had fused with Nine Heavens Mystic Ice.

Shen Ranxi followed a procession of Soul Beasts into an ice cavern and discovered the sealed Nine Nether Mystic Ember Flame. A juvenile Frost Demon Dragon caught her and Feifei, leaving them in a tense standoff as Feifei recognized the dragon as a rare mutation.

• Shen Ranxi and Feifei fell through an ice-floor opening and avoided spikes while descending through a Gravity Field.
• Shen Ranxi followed a tribute procession of Soul Beasts through the cavern, hoping it would lead her to the Heavenly Flames.
• Shen Ranxi found the Nine Nether Mystic Ember Flame sealed inside an enormous ice lotus beneath a young dragon.
• The dragon noticed Shen Ranxi and grabbed her and Feifei while the Soul Beasts roared in alarm.
• Feifei recognized the dragon as a mutated Frost Demon Dragon with dual time-and-ice attributes, and the dragon threatened to crush them unless they kept talking.