Chapter Summaries

Chen Cong explained how Chen Xiaojun’s Sword God Pearls and left arm soul bone had caused his third soul ring and skills to evolve. Chen Xiaojun revealed a powerful burst attack that could rival the Tang Family’s Ring Detonation, and promised to raise his third soul ring to ten thousand years when he was stronger.

• Chen Cong reasoned that the Sword God Pearls absorbed the soul bone’s Dao resonance, causing Chen Xiaojun’s third soul ring to mutate and its age to increase.
• Chen Cong explained that objects with Dao resonance, including immortal herbs and soul bones, could help the Sword God Pearls evolve toward becoming a super martial soul.
• Chen Xiaojun described how his third soul skill gained fire and water damage, while his left arm bone skill gained a powerful burst mode called Water and Fire Merciless.
• Chen Xiaojun calculated that his combined skills could raise his three-hit attack to 450%, 500%, and 600% power before accounting for attribute damage.
• Chen Cong said the Chen Clan’s five inherited techniques and a domain could further amplify Chen Xiaojun’s attacks beyond tenfold, potentially rivaling or surpassing Ring Detonation.
• Chen Cong urged Chen Xiaojun to raise his third soul ring to ten thousand years, and Chen Xiaojun solemnly agreed to try.

Chen Xiaojun asked Chen Cong how many Soul Masters lived on the continent, and Chen Cong explained the continent’s population, the distribution of Soul Masters, and how their numbers changed over time. He left Chen Xiaojun with a clearer sense of the scale of the Soul Master population and the heavy losses caused by conflict and calamities.

• Chen Xiaojun asked Chen Cong how many Soul Masters lived across the continent.
• Chen Cong said the Douluo Continent covered roughly 55 million square kilometers and had more than 1.5 billion people, according to the Spring and Autumn Pavilion.
• Chen Cong estimated that Soul Masters made up about one person in a thousand, for a total exceeding 1.5 million, and outlined how they were distributed among Spirit Hall, the empires, organizations, academies, and other groups.
• Chen Cong warned that gray-area Soul Masters and at least 20,000 to 30,000 Evil Soul Masters posed serious dangers.
• Chen Cong explained that about 20,000 people became Soul Masters each year, while at least 10,000 died, with wars and calamities causing especially heavy losses.
• Chen Cong concluded that the Soul Master population grew slowly overall, with new arrivals generally balancing losses across a century.

Chen Xiaojun identified the whale-brain substances as whale rubber and whale glue, while Sea God Island and the Heaven Dou Empire established diplomatic ties. In the aftermath of the minor beast tide, the Chen Clan and its allies profited from a booming trade in soul beast corpses and expanded commerce with Sea God Island.

• Chen Cong delivered three gelatinous substances recovered from whale-type sea soul beasts, and Chen Xiaojun identified two as thousand-year whale rubber and one as ten-thousand-year whale glue.
• Sea God Island absorbed the remaining Banner Tribe members and decided to send a delegation to the Heaven Dou Empire for talks.
• Sea God Island and the Heaven Dou Empire agreed to exchange envoys and cooperate in trade, information sharing, maritime rescue, anti-piracy operations, and other matters.
• Trading companies, auction houses, and independent merchants rushed to buy and sell the more than a hundred thousand soul beast corpses in Vast Sea City.
• The Chen Clan, the Glazed Tile Trading Company, and the Turtle Alliance amassed resources, earned substantial profits, and expanded trade with organizations under Sea God Island.
• The Great Soul Arena profited from competitions and ventures involving high-level soul beast corpses, while Long Zhenrang, Ning Chi, Hua R ubi, Gui Mingyun, and Luo Zongyan celebrated their achievements.

Xue Tianming and Chief Priest Coi Russell finalized major terms for Sea God Island to bring in the Great Soul Arena. The Crimson Church Leader learned of Sea God Island’s growing involvement in continental affairs and planned to use its tensions with the Banner Tribe and Sailfish Holy Land to the Church’s advantage.

• Xue Tianming outlined the partnership terms, including Sea God Island receiving thirty percent of proceeds, supervising the Great Soul Arena, and cooperating on security and commerce; Chief Priest Coi Russell accepted them.
• Soul Fighting City’s leadership approved the partnership, and the negotiations established a foundation for future cooperation between Soul Fighting City and Sea God Island.
• Li Lingfeng reported that Elder Dongfang was unconscious, badly injured, and had lost his left arm after Long Ma and Zuo Ting forced him and Li Lingfeng to flee.
• The Crimson Church Leader concluded that Leonard Rhodes had exposed their position and learned that Sea God Island had established formal ties with the Heaven Dou Empire.
• The Crimson Church Leader ordered the Church to deepen ties with the Sailfish Holy Land, exploit its conflict with the Banner Tribe, and intensify intelligence gathering on the continent’s powers.

Bo Saixi recounted her privileged upbringing as Sea God's heir and her journey from Sea God Island to Vast Sea City. After meeting Xiao Yi at a Soul Fighting match, she challenged her and lost, leaving her eager to understand the girl who had defeated her.

• Bo Saixi awakened the Sea God Martial Soul at six and received intensive training from her grandmother, High Priest Bo Xian'er.
• Bo Saixi persuaded Bo Xian'er to let her travel with Rhea, Long Ma, and Ou Ya, then sailed from Sea God Island to the continent.
• Bo Saixi and Rhea explored Vast Sea City and entered a Soul Fighting match, where Bo Saixi noticed Xiao Yi and Xiao Hongchen.
• Bo Saixi challenged Xiao Yi, but Xiao Yi's Immortal Evergreen Vine, refined martial arts, and steady Soul Power overcame Bo Saixi's attacks.
• Bo Saixi lost her first match against someone her own age and felt both humbled and glad to have met Xiao Yi.

Bo Saixi recounted how she grew close to Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun, discovered their ties to the Chen Clan, and witnessed Chen Xiaojun lead their group through battles during the Minor Beast Tide. The chapter ended with her explaining that god-level Martial Souls sealed their power until their owners reached the rank of Titled Douluo.

• Bo Saixi grew familiar with Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun, and Chen Xiaojun told her that Xiao Yi had the greatest Soul Power reserves among her peers.
• After Ou Ya reported that the Banner Tribe was attacking the city, Bo Saixi revealed their identities, and Chen Xiaojun disclosed that he had already recognized them as members of Sea God Island.
• Chen Xiaojun advised the group to send word to Sea God Island, then shared extensive knowledge about the island that impressed Bo Saixi and the others.
• During the Minor Beast Tide, Chen Xiaojun commanded a seven-person team and killed a nearly ten-thousand-year-old Disaster Fish, then absorbed its Soul Ring and reached level 34.
• Chen Xiaojun smashed open a ten-thousand-year-old turtle Soul Beast's shell with three Spiral Sword God Pearls after stopping Bo Saixi from using Crushing Pressure.
• Bo Saixi explained that god-level Martial Souls sealed their power during their owners' youth and would awaken fully only when they reached the rank of Titled Douluo.

Bo Saixi recounted Chen Xiaojun’s lightning-fast sword strike and his later battle against the Disaster Fish Ancient King. After Chen Xiaojun killed the beast but collapsed from his injuries, Xiao Yi treated him, and his victory helped turn the battle in the defenders’ favor.

• Chen Xiaojun used his self-created Sword-Drawing Technique to strike the Disaster Fish Ancient King with a lightning-fast charge, leaving Bo Saixi convinced he could win.
• Bo Saixi later learned that Chen Xiaojun’s attack used the first form of the Thunder Breathing Method, a new practice developed with help from the Chen Clan.
• Chen Xiaojun unleashed repeated attacks with Soul Saint-level power and killed the Disaster Fish Ancient King.
• Chen Xiaojun fell unconscious after the battle, and Uncle Luo carried him to the Watchtower while Xiao Yi channeled life energy into him to stabilize his injuries.
• The soul beast horde fell into chaos after the Disaster Fish Ancient King’s death, and a Soul Saint with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda killed the Disaster Fish Saint Queen, settling the battle.

Bo Saixi reflected on the beast tide and Chen Xiaojun’s ideas about Sea God Island’s weaknesses, prompting the island to pursue closer ties with the continent and consider reform. Later, Chen Xiaojun recovered stronger, and the group’s newly named Sea Sword team began winning recognition in the arena.

• Bo Saixi recalled witnessing the beast tide and hearing Chen Xiaojun urge Sea God Island to face change and improve its institutions.
• Grandma Coi brought Grandma Bo Xian'er's instructions to Vast Sea City, where Chen Xiaojun discussed the continent’s strategic landscape and Sea God Island’s outdated systems.
• Bo Saixi discussed Chen Xiaojun’s ideas with Grandma Coi and Uncle Long Ma, and Sea God Island established diplomatic relations with the Heaven Dou Empire and strengthened outside exchanges.
• Chen Xiaojun absorbed a seventy-thousand-year Soul Bone while recovering, raised his soul power to level 37, and teased Bo Saixi.
• Chen Xiaojun named the seven-member team the Sea Sword team, which fought through Soul Elder team matches and grew famous across the arena.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions reached historic Chang'an City and visited Huaqing Palace, where Xixi and Xiao Yi asked him if they looked pretty. The journey left them sightseeing together, with Xixi angrily eating an apple after Chen Xiaojun teased her.

• Chen Xiaojun reflected on Chang'an City's history and the possible connection between the Douluo Continent and his previous life.
• Chen Xiaojun and his companions left Vast Sea City with Xixi and traveled southeast through the Haagen-Dazs Kingdom and the Xieluo Mountains.
• The group arrived at Chang'an City and visited Huaqing Palace, where Xixi and Chen Xiaojun lamented its faded splendor.
• Xixi asked Chen Xiaojun whether she and Xiao Yi looked pretty, and he teased them with a backhanded compliment.
• Xixi glared at Chen Xiaojun, complained to Xiao Yi, and kept eating an apple after Chen Xiaojun pretended to apologize.

Chen Xiaojun, Xixi, Xiao Yi, and their companions climbed a scenic mountain, joking and admiring the views along the way. They reached a quiet old palace at the summit and decided to look inside.

• Chen Xiaojun teased Xixi about eating apples and her attempt to call him “Little Xiaojun,” and she playfully argued with him.
• Xixi pressed Chen Xiaojun to describe Xiao Yi, and he praised her beauty with a line attributed to Bai Juyi, making Xiao Yi blush.
• Zhu Wuneng complimented Xixi, and Luo Zhenjun urged the group to find a place to stop before dark.
• Xin Mengshen spotted a palace on a distant summit, and the group continued climbing while admiring the mountain scenery.
• The group reached the old palace surrounded by pines and cypresses, and Chen Xiaojun suggested they go inside.

Chen Xiaojun's group explored a palace devoted to the First-Generation Angel God, uncovering inscriptions about her deeds and her connection to the Sea God. After Chen Xiaojun noticed the palace's many inconsistencies, they suspected it was a spatial secret realm, but the night passed without incident and they resumed exploring at sunrise.

• Xixi identified the statue as the First-Generation Angel God and told the group about her use of the Angel Holy Sword to seal evil spirits and her friendship with the Sea God.
• Xixi deciphered a stone stele that recounted the First-Generation Angel God's deeds, blessings for humanity, and parting from the Sea God over their ideals.
• Chen Xiaojun questioned why the palace's inscriptions mentioned the Second-Generation Angel God and the Sea God, and the group continued searching the palace's rooms.
• Zhu Yanfeng pointed out that the palace lacked guards, staff, and visitors, while Chen Xiaojun noted the statue's condition and the site's obscurity as signs that something was wrong.
• Chen Xiaojun suspected the palace was a rare mobile spatial secret realm, and Zhu Yanfeng and Ou Ya took turns keeping watch through the night.
• After the night passed peacefully, Chen Xiaojun and his companions set out at sunrise to continue exploring.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions discovered the first Angel God's Angel Holy Sword in a hidden palace chamber. The Sword God Pearls resonated with it, but neither Chen Xiaojun nor the others could draw the sword.

• Xixi opened the chamber door and identified the sword as the first Angel God's Angel Holy Sword, explaining its connection to the second Angel God's inheritance trial.
• Chen Xiaojun's Sword God Pearls emerged and resonated with the Angel Holy Sword, especially the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Pearl and the Zhanlu Pearl.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that the resonance might help his Sword God Pearls improve and seemed to involve a deeper connection.
• Luo Zhenjun and Zhu Wuneng were thrown back when they tried to touch the sword, while Xin Mengshen caught Luo Zhenjun.
• Chen Xiaojun and Zhu Yanfeng could approach the sword, but neither could draw it.

Chen Xiaojun and Xixi discovered that the palace stele recorded the faith-based godhood method and revealed its connection to the Sea God and the Angel Gods. After exploring the palace, they found an altar where the Second-Generation Angel God may have drawn the Angel Holy Sword, and Chen Xiaojun said the evil sealed beneath the land was probably gone.

• Xixi and Chen Xiaojun warned the group not to draw the Angel Holy Sword, then led them to explore another room in the palace.
• Xixi and Chen Xiaojun deciphered the stele and learned it recorded the faith-based godhood method.
• Xixi explained that the method matched the one the Sea God had left on Sea God Island and said he had likely obtained it from the Second-Generation Angel God.
• Chen Xiaojun arranged for rubbings of the method to be made, and the group explored the palace and collected documents, ancient books, and mysterious soul tools.
• The group found a circular altar near the palace, and Chen Xiaojun identified it as the likely place where the Second-Generation Angel God drew the Angel Holy Sword.
• Zhu Wuneng asked about the evil once sealed beneath the altar, and Chen Xiaojun said he believed its power was gone.

Chen Xiaojun speculated that the evil power sealed behind the sword was the Evil God's divine sense, which the Sea God had tried to keep from escaping. The discussion ended when the statue in the Palace began emitting golden light and powerful soul-force waves surged toward the group.

• At the Altar, Xixi described the rupture between the Sea God and the Angel God, and Chen Xiaojun teased that they might have been in love.
• Chen Xiaojun argued that the Angel God saw the Sea God's interference with her sword-drawing as a betrayal because the ritual was crucial to her inheritance.
• In response to Rhea's question, Chen Xiaojun speculated that the Sea God had stopped the Angel God to prevent an evil power from escaping.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed that the evil was the Evil God's disembodied divine sense, connecting its escape to the later rise of the Evil Cult Society and the Crimson Church.
• Zhu Yanfeng asked why drawing the sword was part of the Angel inheritance, but Chen Xiaojun admitted he did not know.
• Mechanical gears suddenly ground, and the statue in the Palace released golden light and waves of soul power; Chen Xiaojun shielded Xiao Yi and Xixi as the waves rushed toward them.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions were expelled from the secret realm and left the valley, disappointed that they could not explore further. They shared a meal of Chen Xiaojun’s fish with pickled mustard greens, and the chapter ended with everyone enjoying the feast.

• Chen Xiaojun and the others were suddenly transported out of the secret realm into an empty valley, and Chen Xiaojun concluded that it had closed.
• Chen Xiaojun led the group out of the valley, and he told Zhu Wuneng that he did not know if they would ever find the moving secret realm again.
• Luo Zhenjun caught a fish, and Chen Xiaojun prepared a feast featuring fish with pickled mustard greens.
• Xixi praised the dish, Zhu Wuneng asked Chen Xiaojun to cook more often, and the group enjoyed the meal.

Over dinner, Xin Mengshen learned what Luo Zhenjun’s grandfather Qing Rui liked so she could make a good impression when she met his family. Luo Zhenjun openly held her hand and promised to protect her and their family, and Xin Mengshen pledged to stay by his side.

• Xixi and Xiao Yi pressed Chen Xiaojun to reveal his cooking secrets, and he said good food came from practice, experimentation, and loving food.
• Xin Mengshen praised Chen Xiaojun’s thoughtful cooking, and Luo Zhenjun agreed that putting one’s heart into things mattered.
• Zhu Yanfeng asked whether Luo Zhenjun planned to take Xin Mengshen to meet his grandfather Qing Rui, and Luo Zhenjun firmly said he would.
• Xin Mengshen asked what Qing Rui liked, and Zhu Yanfeng told her he collected porcelain, especially pieces with a sense of history.
• Xin Mengshen decided to search Chang'an City’s antiques market for a suitable gift, and Luo Zhenjun thanked her and held her hand in front of everyone.
• Luo Zhenjun promised to protect Xin Mengshen and their family, and she promised to stay by his side.

Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi held hands as their friends teased one another about romance and finding partners. Their gathering was interrupted when three newcomers approached, including a refined young man and a strikingly beautiful young woman.

• Chen Xiaojun took Xiao Yi's hand and promised she would find happiness, while Xixi watched them with envy.
• Zhu Yanfeng teased Zhu Wuneng about finding a girlfriend, and Zhu Wuneng declared that he would find his own happiness.
• Luo Zhenjun, Xin Mengshen, and Chen Xiaojun joked with Zhu Wuneng about his secret crush, but he refused to name the girl.
• Three people approached the group, led by a refined young man and a strikingly beautiful young woman.

Chen Xiaojun welcomed Ji Boda, Liu Ruyan, and Ito Makoto to stay and share a meal, then gave Ji Boda Immortal Dew Grass for his upcoming engagement banquet. The group parted for the night with Ji Boda preparing a tent while Ito Makoto remained visibly weak.

• Ji Boda introduced himself, his fiancée Liu Ruyan, and the frail Ito Makoto, and asked to stay overnight with Chen Xiaojun's group.
• Chen Xiaojun agreed to host the three travelers and invited them to eat with everyone.
• After tasting the fish, Ji Boda asked about its fragrance, and Chen Xiaojun gave him a bag of Immortal Dew Grass as an engagement gift.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed that he came from the Azure Steel Sword Chen Family and accepted Ji Boda's invitation to the engagement banquet in Chang'an City a week later.
• Liu Ruyan urged Ito Makoto to rest, and Ji Boda began setting up their tent for the night.

More than twenty black-clothed attackers launched a midnight raid on Chen Xiaojun's camp, forcing the group to fight for their lives. Zhu Yanfeng's powerful soul skills drove the attackers back temporarily, and the surprised leader realized a Soul Douluo was among their targets.

• Zhu Yanfeng spotted the intruders on watch, but the black-clothed leader ordered an attack instead of answering him.
• Chen Xiaojun, Xiao Yi, Zhu Wuneng, Luo Zhenjun, and Xixi joined the defense as the group formed a circle against attackers led by a Soul Emperor.
• Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan used their soul skills to slow, injure, and repel their opponents, while Ito Makoto struggled to reach them.
• Ji Boda took a Soul King's blow while protecting Ito Makoto and fell injured, and Liu Ruyan fought on until she and Ito Makoto were overwhelmed.
• Chen Xiaojun called for help, and Zhu Yanfeng used Stone Armor Shield and Petrification Eye to scatter the attackers and turn several of them to stone.
• The group regrouped around Ji Boda, Liu Ruyan, and Ito Makoto, while the black-clothed leader recognized Zhu Yanfeng as a Soul Douluo.

Chen Xiaojun, Zhu Yanfeng, and Ou Ya defeated the black-clad attackers who ambushed their group in a valley, then suspected that the assassins had been targeting Ji Boda. The chapter ended with Ji Boda inviting everyone to his engagement celebration, while Chen Xiaojun anticipated trouble.

• The Soul Emperor and several Soul Kings engaged Zhu Yanfeng while the other attackers charged Chen Xiaojun’s group.
• Ou Ya drove the attackers back with his second soul skill, then struck them with his eighth soul skill, killing or injuring many as Chen Xiaojun’s group followed up.
• The attackers retreated, but Zhu Yanfeng, Ou Ya, and the others caught and killed them; the survivors had taken poison rather than be captured.
• Chen Xiaojun told Ji Boda that the attackers had probably targeted him, and Ji Boda vowed to investigate.
• Liu Ruyan helped the injured Yin Tengcheng toward the tents while Ji Boda invited Chen Xiaojun’s group and the two seniors to his engagement celebration on the eighteenth.