Chapter Summaries

Jun Xuehan lost his duel with Chen Xin, then accepted the Duke title and Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud from Xue Qinghe. Ning Fengzhi offered to help him form a Soul Master Team, but Jun Xuehan rejected the idea and provoked Ning Rongrong.

• Chen Xin defeated Jun Xuehan in their spear-and-sword clash and ended the match.
• Xue Qinghe gave Jun Xuehan the Noble Title of Duke and the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and they agreed to call each other Brother Xue and Xuehan.
• Ning Fengzhi asked about Jun Xuehan's declining sect, and Jun Xuehan said he intended to restore it.
• Ning Fengzhi offered team members, resources, and training grounds from the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, including Ning Rongrong as a Support System Soul Master.
• Jun Xuehan rejected the offer and called potential teammates burdens, prompting Ning Rongrong to confront him.

Ning Rongrong’s outburst complicated Ning Fengzhi’s attempt to recruit Jun Xuehan, while Chen Xin praised Jun Xuehan’s exceptional strength and talent. Back at his residence, Jun Xuehan examined the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and decided to wait for Qian Renxue before testing it.

• Ning Rongrong challenged Jun Xuehan, and Ning Fengzhi ordered her to sit down before apologizing and ending their visit.
• Ning Fengzhi and Chen Xin discussed Jun Xuehan’s talents and the difficulty of bringing him into the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi told Ning Rongrong to try to build a good relationship with Jun Xuehan, and she reluctantly agreed.
• Jun Xuehan examined the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and decided to have Qian Renxue test it so he would not risk attracting the God Realm’s attention.

Qian Renxue activated the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, drawing out the Sea God's Divine Sense, which recognized her as a potential inheritor but learned she already served the Angel God. When the Sea God's phantom tested Jun Xuehan instead, it discovered his Silver Dragon King martial soul and was seized by a mysterious silver power in his Spiritual Sea.

• Qian Renxue used her blood to activate the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and the Sea God's phantom appeared before her.
• The Sea God's phantom sensed that Qian Renxue could bear the Power of the Vast Sea but regretted that she was already the Angel God's inheritor.
• The Sea God's phantom sent the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud flying at Jun Xuehan, and it cut his arm, allowing his blood to enter the shroud.
• The Sea God's phantom entered Jun Xuehan's Spiritual Sea and discovered his Silver Dragon King and Silver Dragon Spear martial souls.
• A silver halo severed the Sea God's phantom's connection to his true body, and silver chains dragged him into the light despite his struggles.

After the seed absorbed the Sea God's Divine Sense in Jun Xuehan's Spiritual Sea, he and Qian Renxue kept the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud and shared a tender moment as she treated his wound. In the Divine Realm, the Sea God discovered his Divine Sense had vanished and set out to investigate.

• A glowing seed took root in Jun Xuehan's Spiritual Sea and devoured the Sea God's Divine Sense, leaving Jun Xuehan relieved that the Divine Realm had not discovered him.
• Jun Xuehan told Qian Renxue they should keep the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud, and she stored it in her Soul Tool.
• Qian Renxue fetched medicine and applied it to Jun Xuehan's arm wound.
• The Sea God discovered that the Divine Sense he had left in the Heart of the Sea God had vanished and suspected a powerful god had interfered with his inheritance.
• The Sea God left his temple to investigate the disappearance and locate the Heart of the Sea God.

Qian Renxue realized she had fallen for Jun Xuehan, while Jun Xuehan remained unaware of her feelings. Over breakfast, he warned her that recruiting Yang Wudi or the Breaking Clan into Spirit Hall would be nearly impossible.

• Qian Renxue recalled Jun Xuehan's kindness and admitted to herself that she had fallen for him, wondering whether he liked her too.
• Jun Xuehan ended his meditation, admired the night sky, and went to sleep.
• At breakfast, Qian Renxue warmly served Jun Xuehan and invited him to meet Yang Wushuang.
• Jun Xuehan explained that Yang Wudi might be able to cure Xue Ye's Seven-Colored Poison because it came from the Breaking Clan.
• Jun Xuehan warned Qian Renxue that Yang Wudi and the Breaking Clan were unlikely to join Spirit Hall, and Qian Renxue asked why.

Jun Xuehan proposed creating a secret force to recruit the Defense Clan and Breaking Clan to support Qian Renxue’s plans in the Heaven Dou Empire. Though he intended to leave for the Extreme North after a year, he agreed to handle the force’s creation and said he needed Yang Wushuang to have a seventy percent chance of subduing the Breaking Clan.

• Jun Xuehan explained that the Strength Clan and Speed Clan could not be recruited, while the Defense Clan and Breaking Clan might serve a force without knowing it was Spirit Hall.
• Jun Xuehan suggested creating an unknown force to recruit the two clans and openly assist Qian Renxue.
• Qian Renxue asked Jun Xuehan to stay in Heaven Dou City and help her, but he said he would leave for the Extreme North after a year.
• Qian Renxue realized she had fallen for Jun Xuehan and resolved to use the remaining year to learn whether he liked her too.
• Jun Xuehan agreed to establish the force and said he needed Yang Wushuang to have a seventy percent chance of subduing the Breaking Clan.

Jun Xuehan recruited Yang Wushuang into his newly planned Wind Snow Pavilion and arranged to travel with him to the Breaking Clan. Qian Renxue confronted Yang Wushuang over concealing that Yang Wudi could cure the Seven-Colored Poison, then questioned whether Jun Xuehan was moving too quickly.

• Qian Renxue asked Jun Xuehan whether he needed only Yang Wushuang to build his force, and Jun Xuehan said he had ways to obtain money and resources.
• Qian Renxue and Jun Xuehan visited Yang Wushuang, who admitted that Yang Wudi could cure the Seven-Colored Poison.
• Qian Renxue warned Yang Wushuang to report everything truthfully and ordered him to follow Jun Xuehan.
• Jun Xuehan told Yang Wushuang that he would belong to Wind Snow Pavilion, which had only Jun Xuehan and Yang Wushuang so far.
• Jun Xuehan instructed Yang Wushuang to deliver the Seven-Colored Poison to Qian Renxue and then travel with him to the Breaking Clan.
• Qian Renxue asked Jun Xuehan whether they should discuss how to subdue the Breaking Clan before setting out.

Jun Xuehan and Yang Wushuang traveled to Longxing City to persuade the Breaking Clan to join Wind Snow Pavilion, with plans to approach the Defense Clan afterward. After nearly a month on the road, they arrived and decided to go straight to the Breaking Clan.

• Jun Xuehan told Qian Renxue that the Breaking Clan could be recruited because it hated the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao, and Qian Renxue warned Yang Wushuang to protect him.
• Yang Wushuang explained that the Breaking Clan and Defense Clan were the likeliest recruits, while the Strength Clan and Speed Clan were unlikely to join.
• Jun Xuehan decided to meet Yang Wudi at the Breaking Clan first, then visit the Defense Clan.
• After nearly a month of travel, Jun Xuehan and Yang Wushuang arrived in Longxing City.
• Jun Xuehan chose to go directly to the Breaking Clan rather than rest.

Yang Wushuang returned to the Breaking Clan with Jun Xuehan and urged Yang Wudi to join Wind Snow Pavilion. Jun Xuehan began discussing his offer by asking whether Yang Wudi still resented Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao.

• Yang Wushuang revealed himself at the Breaking Clan's gate, and the clansmen brought him and Jun Xuehan inside.
• A clansman explained that the Breaking Clan had dwindled to around a hundred members and lived modestly.
• Yang Wudi welcomed Yang Wushuang back and thanked Jun Xuehan for saving him.
• Yang Wushuang invited Yang Wudi to join Wind Snow Pavilion, and Jun Xuehan said the clan could become one of its veteran-level members.
• Yang Wudi agreed to hear Jun Xuehan's offer in the main hall, where Jun Xuehan asked if he still resented Clear Sky Sect and Tang Hao.

Jun Xuehan offered Yang Wudi proof that he had killed Tang Hao and presented the Breaking Clan with Aromatic Silk Beauty to secure its allegiance. Yang Wudi accepted the flower and agreed to have the entire Breaking Clan join Wind Snow Pavilion.

• Jun Xuehan told Yang Wudi that Tang Hao had died by his hand and offered Tang Hao’s soul bones as proof.
• Yang Wudi examined the two inherited soul bones and accepted Jun Xuehan’s claim, then asked for his second token of sincerity.
• Jun Xuehan presented Aromatic Silk Beauty, and Yang Wudi recognized its value to the Breaking Clan’s medicine-making.
• Yang Wudi agreed that the entire Breaking Clan would join Wind Snow Pavilion in exchange for Aromatic Silk Beauty.
• Jun Xuehan handed the flower to Yang Wudi, saying that Yang Wudi could bring out its greatest effect.

Jun Xuehan persuaded Yang Wudi to bring the Breaking Clan into Wind Snow Pavilion and discussed moving the clan to Heaven Dou City. Yang Wudi agreed to help introduce Jun Xuehan to the Defense Clan, while the Breaking Clan prepared to welcome Yang Wushuang.

• Yang Wudi accepted the Aromatic Silk Beauty and told Jun Xuehan that the Breaking Clan had 102 members, including himself, an eighty-second-level Soul Douluo.
• Jun Xuehan invited the Breaking Clan to develop in Heaven Dou City, and Yang Wudi agreed after raising concerns about the clan’s income and living expenses.
• Jun Xuehan decided to delay the relocation until Wind Snow Pavilion was established, while privately considering how to fund it without Spirit Hall’s resources.
• Yang Wudi offered to introduce Jun Xuehan to the Defense Clan, and Jun Xuehan proposed trying to recruit them into Wind Snow Pavilion.
• A Breaking Clan member informed Yang Wudi that the banquet to welcome Yang Wushuang had been prepared.

Jun Xuehan rested at the Breaking Clan after Yang Wudi welcomed him, then sensed an unknown seedling in his Spiritual Sea and decided to ask Gu Yuena about it. Yang Wudi questioned Yang Wushuang about Jun Xuehan before they planned to visit the Defense Clan the next day.

• Yang Wudi invited Jun Xuehan and Yang Wushuang to dine at the Breaking Clan, where the brothers shared their recent experiences over food and wine.
• After Yang Wudi arranged a room for Jun Xuehan, Jun Xuehan climbed onto the roof and discovered a snow-white four-leaved Tender Seedling in his Spiritual Sea.
• Jun Xuehan decided to ask Gu Yuena about the mysterious Tender Seedling and then began meditative cultivation, nearing a breakthrough to level forty-four Soul Ancestor.
• Yang Wudi asked Yang Wushuang whether following Jun Xuehan was the right choice, and Yang Wushuang praised Jun Xuehan's talent and unusual soul ring configuration.
• Yang Wudi accepted Yang Wushuang's account and said they would visit the Defense Clan the next day, while Yang Wushuang privately acknowledged that he knew little about Jun Xuehan.

Jun Xuehan, Yang Wudi, and Yang Wushuang traveled to the Defense Clan to discuss construction for Wind Snow Pavilion. Niu Gao estimated that Jun Xuehan’s blueprints would cost around three million Gold Soul Coins to build.

• Yang Wudi set out with Jun Xuehan and Yang Wushuang for the Defense Clan after the Breaking Clan joined Wind Snow Pavilion, and Jun Xuehan advanced to level forty-four.
• The group arrived at the Defense Clan, where Niu Gao greeted Yang Wudi and teased him about Jun Xuehan’s appearance.
• Yang Wudi introduced Jun Xuehan as Wind Snow Pavilion’s Pavilion Master and told Niu Gao that the Breaking Clan would move to Heaven Dou City.
• Jun Xuehan gave Niu Gao several building blueprints and asked for a construction estimate.
• Niu Gao examined the designs and estimated that building the complex would cost about three million Gold Soul Coins.

Jun Xuehan tried to recruit Niu Gao and the Defense Clan into Wind Snow Pavilion, but Niu Gao rejected his offer. Jun Xuehan proposed a wager to win their allegiance, and the chapter ended as Niu Gao agreed to defend himself against three attacks inside the hall.

• Jun Xuehan invited Niu Gao to join Wind Snow Pavilion, but Niu Gao said he would only consider it if Jun Xuehan offered terms that persuaded him.
• Yang Wudi mentioned that Tang Hao had fallen at Jun Xuehan’s hands, but Niu Gao said Tang Hao’s death had no bearing on the Defense Clan.
• Jun Xuehan wagered six high-quality soul bones that he could break Niu Gao’s defense within three strikes, despite their forty-level Soul Power gap.
• Jun Xuehan admitted he had a soul bone skill for breaking defenses but promised not to use it, and Niu Gao agreed to use only Soul Power for defense.
• Niu Gao accepted the wager and chose to hold the contest in the hall with Yang Wudi as witness.

Jun Xuehan challenged Niu Gao to break through the Defense Clan leader’s defenses, first testing them with his Silver Dragon Spear and fourth soul skill before revealing the Reverse Scale God Slaying Spear. He pierced Niu Gao’s layered defenses and stopped just short of striking him, leaving Niu Gao’s breach of their agreement as the deciding point of the bet.

• Niu Gao released his Plated Giant Rhino martial soul and Soul Power barrier, while Yang Wudi and Yang Wushuang doubted Jun Xuehan could break through his defense.
• Jun Xuehan’s ordinary spear strike and fourth soul skill, Dark Annihilation, only made Niu Gao’s barrier tremble.
• Jun Xuehan put away his martial soul and began charging his self-created Spear Art: Rivers of Blood with the Reverse Scale God Slaying Spear.
• Niu Gao sensed the attack’s power and used multiple soul skills to build defenses, breaking his agreement with Jun Xuehan.
• Jun Xuehan’s spear shattered Niu Gao’s barrier and defenses, stopping just short of his body, and Yang Wudi confirmed Niu Gao had broken the rules of the bet.

Jun Xuehan offered Niu Gao a second wager to settle the Defense Clan’s refusal to join Wind Snow Pavilion. After enduring three unarmed strikes without leaving the contest, Jun Xuehan declared that he had won, leaving Niu Gao to honor his promise.

• Niu Gao verbally agreed to join Wind Snow Pavilion after losing to Jun Xuehan, but remained unwilling to accept the wager’s result.
• Jun Xuehan offered to void the first wager and put up six more soul bones for another contest, and Niu Gao accepted.
• Niu Gao challenged Jun Xuehan to withstand three unarmed attacks and promised to lead the Defense Clan into Wind Snow Pavilion and acknowledge Jun Xuehan as his master if he succeeded.
• Yang Wushuang warned Jun Xuehan that Niu Gao’s attacks could injure him, but Jun Xuehan chose to proceed.
• Niu Gao struck Jun Xuehan three times with increasing force, and Jun Xuehan was knocked into a wall but remained in the contest.
• Jun Xuehan swallowed back the blood rising in his throat and told Niu Gao that it seemed he had won.

Niu Gao accepted defeat and pledged the Defense Clan’s loyalty to Jun Xuehan and Wind Snow Pavilion. Jun Xuehan tasked Niu Gao and Yang Wushuang with establishing the pavilion in Heaven Dou City while he stayed behind to handle other matters.

• Niu Gao weighed the risks of breaking the wager against the Defense Clan’s future and chose to honor his word.
• Niu Gao declared that the Defense Clan would obey Jun Xuehan, who took the seat of honor and asked Niu Gao and Yang Wushuang to establish Wind Snow Pavilion in Heaven Dou City.
• Jun Xuehan said he would not return to Heaven Dou City with them because he had other matters to attend to.
• Niu Gao introduced his son Niu Ben, who was surprised to learn that the Defense Clan had joined Wind Snow Pavilion and recognized Jun Xuehan as its master.
• Niu Ben announced that the meal and wine were ready, and Niu Gao and Yang Wudi challenged each other to a drinking contest.

Jun Xuehan left the Defense Clan with Yang Wudi and headed to Suotuo City to earn money by betting on Soul Arena matches he planned to fight in. After arriving a month later, he encountered Tang San, Ma Hongjun, and Dai Mubai at a restaurant.

• Jun Xuehan told Yang Wushuang he would go to the Soto Great Soul Arena with Yang Wudi, while Yang Wushuang stayed behind to help establish Wind Snow Pavilion in Heaven Dou City.
• Jun Xuehan explained to Yang Wudi that they would earn money by betting on matches he fought in at the Soul Arena.
• A month later, Jun Xuehan and Yang Wudi arrived in Suotuo City and stopped at a restaurant to eat before going to the Soul Arena.
• Tang San watched Jun Xuehan, and Jun Xuehan met his gaze before dismissing him with contempt.
• Ma Hongjun called Jun Xuehan a bitch face, and Dai Mubai agreed while insisting that his own appearance was handsome.

Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun confronted Jun Xuehan over his past fight with Tang San, but Jun Xuehan easily sent both of them flying. Tang San led the group outside to continue the fight, while Flender and Zhao Wuji discussed Jun Xuehan’s strength and possible backing, and Yang Wudi stood ready to intervene if the elders acted.

• Tang San revealed that Jun Xuehan had inflicted his injuries when he first came to Shrek Academy, but Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun dismissed the danger and approached him.
• Jun Xuehan stopped Yang Wudi from intervening and said that matters among the younger generation should be settled by them.
• Dai Mubai attacked Jun Xuehan, who caught his fist and kicked him through tables and chairs, then sent Ma Hongjun flying as well.
• Tang San stopped Dai Mubai and Ma Hongjun from charging again and challenged Jun Xuehan to fight outside, which Jun Xuehan accepted.
• Flender warned Zhao Wuji that Jun Xuehan’s Ten-Thousand-Year Soul Ring suggested he might have powerful backing, while Yang Wudi watched the elders, prepared to stop them if necessary.

Jun Xuehan fought Tang San and the other Shrek students outside a restaurant in Suotuo City, overwhelming them with his Silver Dragon Spear and control of fire. The battle ended with Jun Xuehan closing in on Tang San as fire gathered at his spear tip.

• Dai Mubai, Tang San, and the others summoned their Martial Souls, while Jun Xuehan revealed four Soul Rings, including a black one.
• Dai Mubai charged Jun Xuehan but was swiftly struck down by the Silver Dragon Spear.
• Ma Hongjun, Zhu Zhuqing, and Tang San attacked with flames, claws, vines, and Hidden Weapons, but Jun Xuehan remained unharmed.
• Jun Xuehan controlled the flames, seized Zhu Zhuqing by the neck, and sent Ma Hongjun crashing into a wall with a fiery spear strike.
• Jun Xuehan threw Zhu Zhuqing aside, and Tang San attacked him with Hidden Weapons before Jun Xuehan swept them away and advanced with fire gathering at his spear tip.