Recaps

The quarterfinals of the Personal Strength Assessment began at Heavenly Phoenix Academy, with Li Xuanqing, Li Tianhong, and Li Xuanbing winning their matches and advancing to the semifinals. The chapter ended before the final lower-bracket match between Li Huayu and Li Yuansu.

• Li Lexuan announced the quarterfinal matchups, including Li Xuanqing versus Li Huayan and Li Huayu versus Li Yuansu.
• Li Xuanqing defeated Li Huayan by overwhelming his lava attacks with the Azure Flame Phoenix’s flames and advanced to the semifinals.
• Li Tianhong narrowly defeated Li Tianhan in another brutal clash, breaking through his defense and advancing to the semifinals.
• Li Xuanbing used her Absolute Frost Domain and Ice Phoenix’s Gaze to freeze Li Yuanfeng and advance without being injured.

Li Huayu defeated Li Yuansu with a defensive strategy and an unexpected repulsion skill, then Li Xuanqing won the Personal Strength Assessment by narrowly defeating Li Xuanbing in the final. Graduates drew teams for the Team Strength Assessment, whose matches would begin the next day.

• Li Huayu used vines, healing, and a repulsion aura to send Li Yuansu out of the arena and advance to the top four.
• Li Tianhong conceded his semifinal against Li Xuanqing, while Li Xuanbing defeated Li Huayu and advanced to the final.
• Li Xuanqing narrowly defeated Li Xuanbing with Azure Flame Heaven-Burning Prison and became the Personal Strength Assessment champion.
• Li Lexuan presented awards to the top performers at the ceremony.
• The graduates drew lots for three-person teams, and the Team Strength Assessment brackets were set for the following day.

The Team Strength Assessment began with twenty-four teams competing in a single-elimination tournament. Team "Double Emperor" and Team "Spear of Heavy Assault" advanced to the finals, while Team "Miracle" showed its tactical skill on the way to the top eight.

• Enforcement Elder Li Changlong hosted the draw, and the twenty-four teams were split into upper and lower brackets.
• Team "Double Emperor" used Li Yuangang's defense, Li Xuanbing's control, and Li Xuanqing's attacks to advance to the top eight.
• Team "Spear of Heavy Assault" overwhelmed its opponents with Li Tianhong's frontal assaults and Li Yuanfeng and Li Huaying's flanking attacks, reaching the top eight.
• Team "Miracle" coordinated Li Tianyin's mental attacks, Li Huayu's support, and Li Yuansu's strikes to defeat a balanced team of three Soul Kings.
• Li Huayan's Team "Blazing Flame" broke through a defensive team's formation, but Team "Spear of Heavy Assault" defeated them in the semifinals and advanced to the finals.

Team Double Emperor defeated Team Spear of Heavy Assault in the graduation tournament final, with Li Xuanqing and Li Xuanbing turning the tide through precise timing and powerful soul skills. After the awards ceremony ended the three-day tournament, Li Xuansheng reflected on the clan’s future and his growing responsibility to lead it.

• Li Xuanbing froze Team Miracle’s members to secure Team Double Emperor’s semifinal victory, and Li Xuanqing praised their coordination and tactics.
• Li Tianhong opened the final with a Frenzy-powered assault that cracked Li Yuangang’s shield, while Li Xuanbing and Li Xuanqing worked to contain Team Spear of Heavy Assault’s attacks.
• Li Xuanqing spotted Li Tianhong’s Frenzy weakening and directed Li Xuanbing to freeze him, but Li Yuanfeng sacrificed himself to buy Li Tianhong time to retreat.
• Li Huaying tried to ambush Li Xuanbing, but Li Xuanqing countered with Azure Flame Impact and Azure Flame Heaven-Burning Prison, defeating Li Huaying and suppressing the opposing team.
• Team Double Emperor won the championship, received its award from Li Lexuan and Yuan Hui, and watched the tournament conclude as Li Xuansheng considered his responsibility to lead the clan.

The Li Clan presented the graduates with rewards for their tournament performances and began assigning them to departments. Li Tianhong chose to join the Hunting Department after three department heads competed to recruit him.

• Li Yuanhui congratulated the graduates and announced the tournament rewards.
• Li Lexuan awarded Li Tianhong, Li Xuanbing, and Li Xuanqing valuable Soul Bones, pills, and an immortal herb for their individual rankings.
• Team Double Emperor and the other top teams received rewards based on their tournament results.
• Li Tianji, Li Changlong, and Li She Long each tried to recruit Li Tianhong to their departments.
• Li Tianhong chose the Hunting Department, and Li Tianji welcomed him to join.

The Li Family assigned Heavenly Phoenix Academy’s graduating Soul Masters to departments according to their talents. The ceremony ended with the graduates pledging to serve the family as they began their new posts.

• Li Yuansu chose Li Changlong’s Law Enforcement Department, while Li Huayu chose to remain at the academy under Ya Li and Li Lexuan.
• Li Yuanfeng joined the Law Enforcement Department, Li Huayan joined the Hunting Department, and Li Tianhan was recruited by the Guard Department.
• Li Xuanqing chose Li Tianji’s Hunting Department, while Li Xuanbing joined Heaven Hall to focus on cultivation.
• The family assigned the remaining graduates to departments suited to their abilities, and Li Yuanhui declared the ceremony concluded.
• The graduates answered Li Yuanhui’s charge by pledging to fight for the Li Family’s glory.

The new semester began at Heavenly Phoenix Academy as Li Xuansheng and Ye Qi pursued their studies and training. Meanwhile, newly appointed Hunting Department captain Li Xuanqing proved his strength in battle, leaving the family’s newest generation to advance on separate paths.

• Li Xuansheng returned to the Advanced Division, welcomed classmates, and demonstrated precise Soul Power control during Li Lexuan’s lesson.
• Li Xuanmeng saw Li Xuansheng’s control and resolved to work harder to keep up with him.
• Ye Qi impressed his Intermediate Division class with his thirty-third-level Soul Power, accepted his teacher’s warning to develop beyond raw strength, and shared his study insights with classmates.
• Students across Heavenly Phoenix Academy resumed training and practical combat as the new semester’s competition intensified.
• Li Xuanqing led Hunting Department Squad Three in defeating a ten-thousand-year Blazing Flame Lion and ordered the squad to collect its materials.

Li Clan graduates settled into roles across the family, strengthening their skills and taking on new responsibilities. As the Mining Department began work at the Huangqi Mine under Guard Department protection, the clan’s quiet stability remained shadowed by brewing trouble.

• Li Xuanbing absorbed the Fragrant Chrysanthemum Jade Flower soul bone and resumed cultivating to strengthen herself.
• Li Yuansu identified clues that helped expose a suspect’s lie during a Law Enforcement Department investigation.
• Li Tianhong recovered from his wounds and looked forward to testing his strength in the Hunting Department.
• Li Huayu reviewed a healing lesson plan and found fulfillment in teaching at Heavenly Phoenix Academy.
• The Mining Department launched its first operation at the Huangqi Mine, with Li Yuran and three Guard Department squads assigned to protect the site.

Heavenly Phoenix Academy held its first-semester assessment tests, where several Li family students demonstrated their growth in combat and cultivation. Li Xuansheng watched and advised his classmates as the tests continued.

• Li Xuanmeng defeated Hua Xuan by neutralizing his attack and offering him guidance on his technique.
• Li Xuanzhong overcame Li Huaming’s Thorn Vine skills and stopped his halberd just before his opponent’s chest.
• Li Xuansheng observed the tests and gave Li Yuanhao precise advice about a delay in his soul-skill transition.
• Li Xuanchang defeated Li Hualing after twenty exchanges, showing improved battle awareness and control.
• Li Xuanqing tested at level fifty-one and defeated a defense-type Battle Soul King with his fifth soul skill.

Students at Heavenly Phoenix Academy demonstrated their growing strength during the three-day assessments, while Ya Li and Li Lexuan reviewed the improved results. The chapter ended with Li Xuansheng reflecting on his responsibilities and meditating as he prepared to break through to level sixty-five.

• Li Xuanyan defeated a control-type Battle Soul Ancestor with his Ice Phoenix Halberd, while Li Xuanyao earned a Grade A for his Soul Power-recovery Phoenix Fruit.
• Li Xuanbei defeated Li Yuanze by combining the Book of Nature's elemental skills to defend against his flames and counterattack with wind blades.
• Eleven-year-old Ye Qi tested at level thirty-four and easily defeated a level-twenty-six opponent, impressing his teacher Li Yuankong.
• Li Yuanyao tested at level thirty-eight, and Ya Li and Li Lexuan reviewed reports showing that the students' overall standard had risen nearly twenty percent.
• Li Xuansheng watched Li Xuanchang and Li Xuanyan practice, then returned to his dormitory and meditated as the bottleneck at level sixty-four loosened.

At the graduation ceremony, Li Xuanshu and Li Yuanqi received appointments in the Li Family departments as the family’s next generation continued to grow stronger. Li Xuansheng remained focused on his impending breakthrough and the family’s future, while Li Lexuan affirmed her decision to stay at the academy.

• Ya Li presided over the graduation ceremony as Li Xuanshu and Li Yuanqi stood out among the graduating students.
• Li Lexuan appointed Li Xuanshu captain of the Hunting Department’s Third Squad and Li Yuanqi deputy leader of the Intelligence Department’s Sparkfire Group.
• Li Xuanshu told Li Xuansheng he would wait for him in the Hunting Department, and the brothers exchanged a farewell fist bump.
• Li Xuansheng reflected on the younger generation’s progress and his level-sixty-nine bottleneck, which had begun to loosen.
• Ya Li encouraged Li Xuansheng to balance his cultivation and Soul Power compression, and he left to continue training.
• Li Lexuan told Ya Li she had decided to remain at the academy, where teaching the children helped deepen her understanding of the Moon Law.

The Li Family finalized Wenying Pavilion’s membership and appointed Li Lexuan to oversee it while remaining at the academy. Li Xuansheng proposed hunting a 120,000-year Moonlight Heavenly Phoenix for his seventh Soul Ring, and Li Yuanhui agreed to support him as he prepared a detailed plan.

• Li Yuanhui confirmed six members for Wenying Pavilion, including Li Xuansheng and Li Xuanyin, and the elders unanimously chose Li Lexuan as its first Pavilion Master.
• Li Lexuan asked to remain at the academy, citing its need for protection, her cultivation, and her wish to guide the young members; the elders approved her as vice principal overseeing Wenying Pavilion.
• Li Xuansheng announced that he intended to absorb a 100,000-Year Soul Ring as his seventh ring, and he outlined a plan to hunt a 120,000-year Moonlight Heavenly Phoenix during the Azure Emperor’s All-Spirits Pilgrimage Day.
• Li Yunming gave Li Xuansheng seven days to refine the plan before Heaven Hall considered it at a special meeting.
• Li Xuansheng told Li Yuanhui that the family needed to show its strength before the Continental Youth Competition of All Major Powers, and Li Yuanhui agreed to support his attempt.

The Li Family inaugurated Wenying Pavilion and assigned its members trials, while Li Xuansheng prepared for his dangerous hunt for a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast. He secured extra protections and promised Li Xuanbei that he would return before departing in ten days.

• Li Yuanhui read the decree establishing Wenying Pavilion, and Li Lexuan bestowed command tokens that could protect their holders and grant access to most of the family's resources.
• Li Lexuan showed the pavilion members Yinghua Hall's facilities and assigned them three-month trials; Li Xuanshu, Li Yuanqi, Li Xuanqing, Li Xuanbing, and Li Xuanyin each proposed a different task.
• Li Lexuan told Li Xuansheng that Heaven Hall had approved his hunt, arranged an elite escort, and gave him a Moonlight Talisman capable of blocking a Super Douluo's full-force strike.
• Li Xuansheng met Li Xuanbei on the Starwatch Platform and asked him to lead Wenying Pavilion if he failed to return; they promised each other that Li Xuansheng would come back alive.
• Li Xuansheng exchanged 600 Summoning Points for a Substitute Puppet and a Divine Healing Pill, then reviewed his hunting plan and felt his level-sixty-nine breakthrough approaching.

Li Xuansheng broke through to Soul Power Level 70, triggering the Summoning System's upgrade to Version 3.0. He claimed a large reward of summoning cards and resources and decided to use them immediately.

• Li Xuansheng broke through the level-sixty-nine bottleneck by cultivating the Heavenly Phoenix Nirvana Art and reached level seventy.
• The Summoning System upgraded to Version 3.0, adding identity implantation, a Young Prodigy Summoning Card, and other features.
• Li Xuansheng reviewed the completed Soul Sage Rank task and claimed its rewards, including eight cards and 1,000 Summoning Points.
• Li Xuansheng saw that his Summoning Points balance had risen to 2,225 and decided to use his newly acquired cards immediately.

Li Xuansheng used the summoning cards to strengthen the Li Family with a clan-protecting divine artifact, powerful elders, and talented young members. The new arrivals were given identities tied to existing family members, and the chapter left the younger generation’s tournament team taking shape.

• Li Xuansheng summoned the Realm-Sealing Stele, which could boost family fortune, record deaths, protect the territory with a grand formation, and enhance newborns’ bloodlines.
• Li Xuansheng summoned Bo Saixi as Li Qianqian, Li Tianhai’s younger twin sister, who had just emerged from seclusion as a level 99 Limit Douluo.
• Li Xuansheng summoned Li Chenxin, Li Duoduo’s wife Xian Lin'er, and Li Qingluan, connecting the three powerful newcomers to Chen Jianjun, Li Duoduo, and Li Guangling.
• Li Xuansheng summoned Li Xiaochen and Li Mengchen, gifted young Soul Engineers with advanced Soul Tool skills, and Li Longyue, a top-tier power-type talent.
• Li Xuansheng concluded that the young summons could form the core of the Li Family’s team for the youth tournament.

Li Xuansheng strengthened two soul rings and summoned the Earth Dragon Sect as a returning branch of the Li Family. Three days later, Li Yuanhui welcomed the clan home and restored it to the family genealogy.

• Li Xuansheng used a Five-Thousand-Year Soul Ring Age Increase Card on his first and fourth soul rings, raising their ages to 5,423 and 11,800 years.
• Li Xuansheng used a Family Faction Summoning Card to bring the Earth Dragon Sect north as the Li Family’s Southern Migration Branch.
• Li Xuansheng sensed the Earth Dragon Sect convoy traveling toward Heavenly Phoenix City and reflected on the family’s newfound strength and upcoming challenges.
• Li Yuanhui and Li Family members welcomed Li Shuishui, her elders, her daughter Qiuqiu, and the returning clan outside Heavenly Phoenix City.
• Li Shuishui asked to rejoin the ancestral hall, and Li Yuanhui accepted the branch into the Li clan genealogy.

The Earth Dragon Sect returned to the Li Family, bringing experienced Soul Masters, Soul Tool technology, intelligence, and Dragonblood Body-Tempering Pills. The family integrated the newcomers, while Li Xuansheng prepared to pursue a hundred-thousand-year seventh soul ring in ten days.

• Li Shuishui and the Earth Dragon Sect's core members met Li Yunming and the Li Family's elders, whose strength astonished her.
• Li Shuishui described the sect's history and its decision to flee the Great Liang Dynasty's succession conflict and return north.
• Li Shuishui presented Soul Tool blueprints, metal-smelting formulas, maps, trade-route intelligence, and Dragonblood Body-Tempering Pills as the sect's gift to the family.
• Li Yuanhui and Li Shuishui agreed on assignments for the newcomers and plans to develop the Soul Tool technology and pill formula; Li Qiuqiu entered the Wenying Pavilion system as a core disciple.
• Li Yuanhui told Li Xuansheng that the family now had 2,843 Soul Masters, and Li Xuansheng explained that its foundation still needed time, innovation, and experience.
• Li Yuanhui urged Li Xuansheng to obtain a hundred-thousand-year seventh soul ring, and Li Xuansheng vowed to return with it in ten days.

Li Xuansheng secured a Spatial Locator Talisman and saw the Li Family’s returning members and new allies gather in Heavenly Phoenix City. He then joined the final briefing for a hunt targeting the 120,000-year Moonlight Heavenly Phoenix, with the operation scheduled to exploit the beast’s weakness during the Triple Full Moon.

• Li Xuansheng exchanged 500 Summoning Points for a Spatial Locator Talisman as a life-saving escape tool.
• Li Xiaochen and Li Mengchen worked on a blueprint and potions, while Li Longyue and Li Xuanbei sparred in Heavenly Phoenix City.
• Qianqian returned from the Tidecall Cavern secret realm and silently entered the Li Family’s inner courtyard.
• Li Xuansheng joined Li Tianwu, Li Haiwang, Li Hailong, Li Yuanfeng, Li Yuanyan, and Li Yuanxin to review the hunting plan.
• Li Tianwu outlined the route and schedule for approaching Moonshadow Lake, while Li Haiwang described their concealment measures.
• Li Hailong explained that the Triple Full Moon would suppress the Moonlight Heavenly Phoenix’s strength for one shichen.

Li Xuansheng completed preparations for a dangerous hunt in Azure Jade Forest, where he would seek a soul ring from the Moonlight Heavenly Phoenix. After receiving a strengthened Moonlight Talisman from Li Lexuan, he departed with the elders and Li Yuanfeng's group for the forest.

• Li Tianwu assigned Li Xuansheng to deliver the final blow and absorb the soul ring, while Li Yuanfeng and two others would guard the perimeter.
• Li Xuansheng reviewed escape routes and warned Li Tianwu that rival Soul Master factions might target the group; Li Tianwu promised to prepare countermeasures.
• Li Lexuan strengthened the Moonlight Talisman and ordered Li Xuansheng to take it for protection.
• Li Xuansheng reported to his father and Grand Elder Li Yunming, visited his siblings, and meditated through the night before departure.
• Before dawn, Li Xuansheng, Li Tianwu, Li Haiwang, Li Hailong, Li Yuanfeng, and two others rode out of Heavenly Phoenix City toward Azure Jade Forest.

Li Xuansheng and the Li Family group traveled deep into Azure Jade Forest and prepared a concealed camp while planning to hunt the Moonlight Heavenly Phoenix. As the eve of All-Spirits Pilgrimage Day approached, Li Haiwang warned that their operation would be dangerous and offered to sacrifice his life if necessary to buy Li Xuansheng time to absorb a Soul Ring.

• Li Xuansheng and the group crossed into Azure Jade Forest, where Li Tianwu and Li Haiwang helped them avoid powerful Soul Beasts.
• On the third evening, Li Tianwu chose a secluded valley for their camp, and Li Yuanfeng, the Yuanyan brothers, and Li Xuansheng helped secure it.
• Li Xuansheng distributed Intermediate Breath-Concealing Talismans to conceal the group from Soul Beasts.
• Li Tianwu explained that their chance to act would come after sunset on the eve of All-Spirits Pilgrimage Day, and Li Hailong said the Moonlight Heavenly Phoenix was likely to remain in its nest.
• During his watch with Li Haiwang, Li Xuansheng asked whether the elder could distract enemies if they were discovered, and Li Haiwang said he would give his life to buy time for the Soul Ring absorption.

Li Xuansheng and the Li family prepared to hunt the Moonlight Heavenly Phoenix during the Pilgrimage Day gathering of ancient beasts. After the Phoenix finished cultivating beneath the triple full moon, Li Tianwu and Li Hailong launched their planned ambush, wounding it before it counterattacked.

• Li Xuansheng spent 550 Summoning Points on an Advanced Divine Healing Pill and a Soul Power Burst Potion.
• When dozens of powerful beasts gathered in the Azure Jade Forest, Li Tianwu’s group learned that no beast auras were moving toward Moonshadow Lake and headed there.
• The six found the Moonlight Heavenly Phoenix on the island and waited for it to finish its hour-long cultivation beneath the triple full moon.
• Li Haiwang concealed the group with his Mirage skill as Li Hailong struck the Phoenix with Sea Dragon Heaven-Breaking Strike and Li Tianwu followed with Star Severing.
• The Phoenix’s moonlight shield shattered, and Li Tianwu’s sword wounded its left wing, but the Phoenix unleashed Moonblade Storm against the attackers.

Li Xuansheng killed the 120,000-year Moonlight Heavenly Phoenix and began absorbing its soul ring, while his companions collected its soul bone and concealed their presence. Before he could finish, the 770,000-year Tiger Emperor arrived with two Radiant Tiger Kings and attacked, leaving Li Tianwu and the others to defend Li Xuansheng.

• Li Haiwang shielded Li Tianwu and the others from the Moonlight Heavenly Phoenix's Moonblade Storm, allowing Li Xuansheng to pierce and kill the beast.
• Li Xuansheng began absorbing the Moonlight Heavenly Phoenix's 120,000-year soul ring as Li Hailong recovered its right arm bone and the others stood guard.
• Li Xuansheng fought the beast's lingering will for hours while his companions concealed their aura and protected the island.
• The Tiger Emperor arrived with two 200,000-year Radiant Tiger Kings, shattered Li Haiwang's barrier, and wounded Li Yuanyan and Li Yuanxin with its pressure.
• The Tiger Emperor ordered the Radiant Tiger Kings to kill the humans, and Li Tianwu, Li Hailong, and Li Haiwang engaged them while protecting Li Xuansheng.

Li Xuansheng survived Tiger Emperor’s fatal attack with a Substitute Death Puppet Talisman, then used a Spatial Locator Talisman to rescue himself and the others from the Azure Jade Forest. After recovering at a camp, he examined the new powers he had gained from his seventh soul ring and soul bone.

• Tiger Emperor overwhelmed Li Tianwu, Li Hailong, and Li Haiwang before striking at Li Xuansheng as he absorbed his soul ring.
• Li Lexuan’s Moonlight Talisman blocked Tiger Emperor’s first palm, but the second shattered the shield and appeared to destroy Li Xuansheng.
• Li Xuansheng reappeared after the Substitute Death Puppet Talisman saved his life, revealed his Rank 75 Martial Soul Avatar, and promised to repay Tiger Emperor one day.
• Li Xuansheng activated a Spatial Locator Talisman and transported himself, Li Tianwu, Li Hailong, Li Haiwang, and three wounded members of Li Yuanfeng’s group out of the forest.
• At a concealed camp, Li Xuansheng distributed healing pills, and the seven survivors recuperated for three days.
• Li Xuansheng examined his new Divine Phoenix Avatar and Moonlight Heavenly Phoenix right arm bone abilities.

After completing their missions, Li Xuansheng used his rewards to summon new geniuses, a Limit Douluo, divine artifacts, and the returning Strength Clan. Seven days later, he and his companions reached Heavenly Phoenix City, where the reunited Li family welcomed them with a grand celebration.

• Li Xuansheng summoned Shui Bing'er, Long Aotian, and the Limit Douluo Li Tongyu, then obtained two divine artifacts and summoned the Strength Clan.
• Li Xuansheng decided to keep the Level-Eleven Fixed Soul Cannon hidden as a family trump card, and his group began the journey home after their injuries stabilized.
• In Heavenly Phoenix City, Li Qianqian became Heaven Hall's Grand Elder, Xian Lin'er reunited with Li Duoduo, and Li Chenxin acknowledged his father, Chen Jianjun.
• Li Tongyu returned with his wife's remains, received a family funeral for her, and joined Heaven Hall; the Strength Clan also returned and reconciled with the main branch.
• Li Xuansheng and his seven companions arrived at Heavenly Phoenix City to a massive welcome led by Li Yuanhui and attended by the family's experts and thousands of clan members.

After returning to the Li Family, Li Xuansheng reassured his father about the deadly hunt, gave his parents divine artifacts, and learned that the family would compete in the Continental Young Elite Tournament. He took charge of preparing the younger generation for the tournament, leaving determined to protect his family and strengthen the team.

• Li Xuansheng gave Li Yuanhui the Linyue Thumb Ring and recounted how the Tiger Emperor attacked during the soul-ring absorption, forcing him to use a spatial teleportation talisman to save the group.
• Li Yuanhui warned Li Xuansheng to be more cautious and told him the Continental Young Elite Tournament would take place in five months in Blue Moon City, with the Li Family's team under his command.
• Li Xuansheng gave Dongyue Qingyu the Phoenix-Wing Frostflow Dress and kept the worst dangers of his journey from her as she welcomed him home.
• Li Xuansheng briefed the Wenying Pavilion prodigies on the tournament and announced specialized preparation training would begin the next day.
• Li Xuansheng visited his younger siblings and Ye Qi, then returned home resolved to grow stronger and protect his family.