Chapter Summaries

Xiao Yi and the others tested ice and fire spring water on spirit crops, discovering that rice could not withstand its full strength while medicinal herbs endured it. The Azure Vine Clan officially named Xiao Yi its Holy Maiden after recognizing her Emperor Bloodline, and Chen Xiaojun realized she had a destiny and path of her own.

• Chen Xiaojun suggested testing the spring water with a dipper, and Ding Daoheng found that it rapidly grew spirit crystal rice before the stalks froze and burst.
• Zhu Jiazhen tested the water on medicinal herbs, which withstood it, and the group prepared to dilute it further before trying again.
• Elder Qing announced that Xiao Yi had inherited the Immortal Evergreen Vine and would officially become the Azure Vine Clan's Holy Maiden.
• The Azure Vine Saint King explained that the Vine Pattern Marks on Xiao Yi's hands, feet, and hair signified her Emperor Bloodline.
• Chen Xiaojun reflected on Xiao Yi's strength and concluded that she would forge her own destiny rather than rely on his protection.

Xiao Yi accepted her role as the Azure Vine Clan’s Holy Maiden, and Elder Qing announced that her investiture ceremony would be held the next day. The chapter ended as Elder Qing and the Azure Vine Saint King summoned the clan’s spiritual entities and drew powerful vine Soul Beasts to the altar.

• Xiao Yi thanked Elder Qing and the others, pledged to honor the Azure Vine Clan, and vowed to walk beside Chen Xiaojun.
• Elder Qing announced that Xiao Yi’s investiture ceremony would take place the next day to protect her, with a future coronation planned when she could defend herself.
• The Chen Clan members agreed to attend Xiao Yi’s ceremony.
• Elder Qing and the Azure Vine Saint King used the altar to send a soul resonance throughout the Vine Sea Secret Realm.
• The clan members’ spiritual entities awakened and gathered at the square as powerful vine Soul Beasts, including Black Elder, answered the summons.
• The assembled spiritual entities formed a vast soul formation, shaking the secret realm as the gathering prepared to witness a new beginning.

Aunt Yue reunited with Mo Yun, Qing Lin, Qing Yun, and Qing Xiu on the viewing platform before the investiture ceremony. As the Azure Vine Clan prepared to safeguard the ceremony, Qing Xiu vowed to grow strong and support her family.

• Aunt Yue greeted Mo Yun, Qing Lin, Qing Yun, and Qing Xiu, and Qing Yun congratulated her on reaching the Saint King realm.
• Qing Lin and Aunt Yue wondered whether Elder Huang was sleeping and discussed Elder Qing’s possible breakthrough, but Mo Yun said he did not know.
• Aunt Yue explained that Mo Yun kept silent because he guarded the clan’s secrets and protected its people.
• Qing Lin reminded everyone that they had a duty to safeguard the investiture ceremony, and Aunt Yue agreed to help.
• Qing Yun advised Qing Xiu to cultivate patiently, and Qing Xiu vowed to become the strongest Soul Beast in the clan.

Powerful soul beasts and members of the Chen Clan gathered to watch the Azure Vine Clan’s Holy Maiden investiture ceremony, while discussing the Altar and the forces present. As Elder Qing began the ceremony, Chen Yu’s group turned their attention to the square.

• Spicy Phoenix arrived with Xuanyang and Void on the left viewing platform, and they discussed the powerful figures gathered for the ceremony.
• Black Elder joined Old Poison, Chanyu, Xue'er, Old You, and Thorn on the right platform, where they learned the ceremony was for the Azure Vine Clan’s Holy Maiden.
• The gathered soul beasts discussed the secret realm’s nine Saint Kings and compared their strength with figures including Mo Yun and the Qing brothers.
• Xue'er explained that someone from the Chen Clan had brought the Holy Maiden, prompting the group to suspect the ceremony had greater significance.
• Ding Daoheng and Chen Yu discussed the Altar while Chen Cong and Cheng Wenge explained the strength of the soul beasts on the viewing platforms to Chen Xiaojun.
• Elder Qing stirred in the square, and Chen Yu urged the Chen Clan group to stop talking and watch as the ceremony began.

Elder Qing conducted the Azure Vine Clan’s ceremony to invest Xiao Yi as its Holy Maiden. After Chen Xiaojun gave her the name Donghuang Xiuyi, she felt a deep, mysterious connection to it.

• Elder Qing began the investiture ceremony and recited the Azure Vine Clan’s history and prayers.
• The Azure Vine Saint King and Qing Lin, Qing Yun, and Qing Xiu brought the clan’s ceremonial treasures to the altar.
• Elder Qing announced that Donghuang Xiuyi, who possessed the soul of the Immortal Evergreen Vine, was being invested as Holy Maiden.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that Xiao Yi had lost her childhood memories and gave her the surname Donghuang and the given name Xiuyi.
• Xiao Yi repeated the name Donghuang Xiuyi and felt an inexplicable sense of familiarity and belonging.

During Xiao Yi’s investiture ceremony, the Azure Vine Clan’s four Fortune Artifacts awakened into a magnificent Azure Vine Spirit Snake, astonishing the gathered clanspeople and Chen Xiaojun’s family. Chen Xiaojun wondered what the snake’s puzzling connection to the Vine Tribe meant, but kept his suspicions to himself.

• The Spirit Vine Serpent-Binding Chain and three other Fortune Artifacts rose into the sky and formed the Azure Vine Spirit Snake.
• Elder Qing recited the investiture prayer as the Azure Vine Saint King passed the Azure Vine Soul-Suppressing Stone to Xiao Yi, who accepted her responsibility as Holy Maiden.
• Chen Yu and Chen Cong explained that Fortune Spirit manifestations were rare and required powerful collective fortune, Fortune Artifacts, and a spirit-awakening secret art.
• Chen Cong remarked that a spirit snake was an unusual Fortune Spirit for the Azure Vine Clan and speculated that it must carry a special meaning.
• Chen Xiaojun considered a possible connection between the Vine Tribe and the spirit snake, then concealed his suspicions when Chen Cong asked what he had thought of.

Donghuang Xiuyi’s appointment as the Azure Vine Clan’s Holy Maiden triggered two heavenly portents, astonishing the assembled clans and rival Soul Beasts. The elders explained the portents’ significance and warned that Xiuyi’s rise heralded a powerful new era for the Azure Vine Clan.

• Changqing formally appointed Donghuang Xiuyi as Holy Maiden, and the Azure Vine clanspeople prayed for her and their clan’s prosperity.
• Nine deep echoes rang from the altar, and the Azure Vine Saint King identified them as the highest-ranked heavenly portent.
• A bright moon appeared and drew Xiuyi into the air, prompting Elder Qing to recognize the portent called “Reaching for the Moon from the Ninth Heaven.”
• Soul Beasts on the viewing stands reacted with shock, and Old You warned them not to threaten the Azure Vine Clan or its Holy Maiden.
• The green-haired elder explained that nine echoes signified heaven and earth’s highest acknowledgment, while the moon portent marked Xiuyi as worthy of shining alongside the sun and moon.

Xiao Yi became the Azure Vine Clan’s Holy Maiden, Lesser Siming, and her oath and ritual helped restore the clan’s fortune spirit. After the Azure Vine Spirit Snake blessed the gathering, Chen Xiaojun wondered whether the Yin-Yang Arts were connected to the Azure Vine Clan and the Immortal Evergreen Vine Martial Soul.

• Xiao Yi donned her green mask, declared herself the Azure Vine Clan’s Holy Maiden, and swore to protect the clan and guide its people.
• Xiao Yi summoned the bloodline vine seal, and the Azure Vine clansmen joined her in chanting its words.
• The Azure Vine Spirit Snake grew from three hundred zhang to four hundred zhang, restoring the strength it had lost and prompting the clan to celebrate.
• The Azure Vine Spirit Snake spread Heavenlight Blessing over the clansmen, soul beasts, and Chen Clan soul masters before vanishing into the clouds.
• Chen Xiaojun compared the snake to Xiao Yi’s Green Vine Flying Dragon technique and wondered whether the Yin-Yang Arts held secrets tied to the Azure Vine Clan.

The Azure Vine Spirit Snake’s blessing strengthened the Azure Vine Clan and their guests, raising Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi to level 39. Zhu Jiazhen then comprehended an artistic conception, liquefied his soul power, and broke through to become a level 90 Titled Douluo.

• The Azure Vine Spirit Snake’s clear light strengthened the spiritual entities of the Azure Vine Clan and the guests on the viewing platforms.
• Chen Xiaojun’s Ten Sword God Pearls absorbed the blessing, and his soul power rose two levels to level 39.
• Xiao Yi’s Immortal Evergreen Vine resonated with the gathered soul power, raising her soul power five levels to level 39.
• Zhu Jiazhen underwent a transformation as a massive soul power vortex gathered above the Chen Clan’s platform.
• Zhu Jiazhen comprehended an artistic conception, liquefied his soul power, and reached level 90, becoming a Titled Douluo.

During the investiture ceremony, Zhu Jiazhen’s Phoenix-Tail Flower martial soul transformed through the Azure Vine Spirit Snake’s blessing, allowing him to break through to Titled Douluo. His breakthrough unsettled the gathered factions, but Chen Yu and Zhu Jiazhen promised not to threaten their agreement or seek a soul ring in the Secret Realm, and the ceremony ended with the guests departing.

• The Azure Vine Spirit Snake’s blessing transformed Zhu Jiazhen’s Phoenix-Tail Flower into a seventh-grade, top-tier martial soul with wood, fire, and life attributes, and Zhu Jiazhen became a support-type Titled Douluo.
• The green-haired elder urged Thorn Vine King to pursue the Saint King realm and questioned Elder You about Old Ghost, while Black Elder warned that Zhu Jiazhen would need a ninth soul ring despite the Chen Clan’s strained relations with them.
• Ding Daoheng and Cheng Wenge celebrated Zhu Jiazhen’s breakthrough, and Zhu Jiazhen thanked Chen Yu and the Azure Vine Clan for the opportunity.
• Chen Yu reassured the gathered Saint Kings that the agreement with the Chen Clan remained in force, and Zhu Jiazhen promised not to obtain his soul ring in the Secret Realm.
• Sister Feng led Xuanyang and Void away, and Black Elder’s group also dispersed as the tension eased.

Zhu Jiazhen chose to seek a stellar jade vine in the Xieluo Mountains for his soul ring, avoiding conflict with the Azure Vine Clan, and Chen Xiaojun named his new martial soul and title. After discussing the Evergreen Vine ceremony and the history of divine miracles, Chen Xiaojun wondered whether their family might one day experience such a phenomenon.

• Zhu Jiazhen explained that he would obtain a life-aspected stellar jade vine from the Xieluo Mountains rather than hunt soul beasts in the secret realm.
• Chen Yu proposed scouting the area and setting out in half a month, and Zhu Jiazhen agreed to follow his arrangements.
• Chen Xiaojun suggested naming Zhu Jiazhen’s martial soul the phoenix-tailed vine spirit flower and his title Phoenix Spirit, and everyone approved.
• Chen Xiaojun told Chen Yu that the Evergreen Vine ceremony had filled him with awe, and Chen Yu and Chen Cong described past phenomena and a miracle attributed to the Rakshasa God.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Chen Yu and Chen Cong whether their family might someday trigger a phenomenon or receive a divine miracle.

At the celebration of Xiao Yi becoming the Azure Vine Clan's Holy Maiden, Chen Yu gave her a rare seventy-thousand-year Howling Moon Silver Wolf skull soul bone from the Chen Clan. Chen Cong offered her another soul bone, but Xiao Yi refused it because she believed it suited Chen Mu better, and Chen Cong put it away.

• Xiao Yi arrived at the Chen Clan's viewing platform with Elder Qing and the Azure Vine Saint King, and Chen Yu congratulated her on becoming the Azure Vine Clan's Holy Maiden.
• Chen Yu gave Xiao Yi a seventy-thousand-year Howling Moon Silver Wolf skull soul bone, explaining that its moon attribute complemented her life and wood attributes.
• Chen Cong offered Xiao Yi the seventy-thousand-year Left Arm Soul Bone of Giant Wave Douluo, the Sailfish Grand Elder, whose skill suited her need for a rapid assault.
• Xiao Yi refused Chen Cong's soul bone, saying it was better suited to Chen Mu and his Seven-Kill Sword Martial Soul.
• Chen Xiaojun supported Xiao Yi, and Chen Yu gave Chen Cong an excuse to withdraw his offer; Chen Cong put the soul bone away.

The elders agreed that Xiao Yi could absorb a Seventy Thousand Year Soul Bone and chose a twenty-thousand-year Falling Star Vine as her next soul beast. Chen Xiaojun supported her decision, then revealed that his Gan Jiang Moye Pearls could each bear a soul skill and explained why he planned to delay his next level breakthrough.

• Chen Cong and the elders discussed Xiao Yi’s strength and concluded that she could safely absorb the Seventy Thousand Year Soul Bone and break through to level 40.
• Chen Cong estimated that Xiao Yi could absorb a soul ring of around twenty thousand years, and Elder Qing and the Azure Vine Saint King proposed the Falling Star Vine.
• Chen Yu asked Xiao Yi whether she would accept the Falling Star Vine as her next soul beast, and Xiao Yi agreed.
• Chen Xiaojun supported Xiao Yi’s choice and said he needed to hold his level while deepening his spiritual communication with his fourth soul ring.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed his two Gan Jiang Moye Pearls, and Chen Cong reasoned that each could bear a separate soul skill.

Chen Xiaojun explained that his paired Sword God Pearls needed a Soul Beast with both yin and yang attributes, ideally from Xuanwu’s lineage, and calculated that his fourth Soul Ring called for one with roughly thirty thousand years of cultivation. He also revealed that the Gan Jiang and Moye Pearls could teleport to each other, leaving the Chen Clan elders amazed by his Martial Soul’s abilities.

• Chen Xiaojun told Chen Cong that he wanted a Yin-Yang Soul Beast, preferably one from Xuanwu’s direct lineage, to match his Gan Jiang and Moye Pearls.
• Chen Xiaojun calculated that the two pearls required sixteen thousand years of Soul Power to unlock and said he could withstand a Soul Beast with roughly thirty thousand years of cultivation.
• Chen Yu, Chen Cong, the elders, and Xiao Yi reacted with astonishment to Chen Xiaojun’s unusually high fourth Soul Ring requirement.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that the years required could be split between two Soul Beasts, then displayed the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Pearl and described its spiritual power.
• Chen Cong noticed the Gan Jiang Pearl teleporting beside the Moye Pearl, and Chen Xiaojun explained that the paired pearls could shift to each other and that their traits could become his own powers.

Chen Xiaojun learned that a Spirit Abyss Xuanwu in the secret realm could provide the fourth soul ring he needed for Gan Jiang and Moye. The elders agreed to take him to Darkwater Pool when he was ready to hunt it.

• Chen Xiaojun explained that the Sword God Pearls’ teleportation range depended on his cultivation and the pearls’ spirituality.
• Elder Tian revealed that a roughly thirty-thousand-year-old direct descendant of Xuanwu had entered the secret realm five years earlier.
• Chen Cong explained that the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu was a transcendent soul beast with six attributes and extraordinary strength, defense, and mental power.
• Elder Tian said the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu had driven the Water Cloud Vine from Darkwater Pool and was now sleeping there.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Elder Tian to take them to see the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu, and Chen Yu confirmed the elders would help when Xiaojun came to hunt his soul beast.

Chen Xiaojun learned that his Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Pearl had reached a second stage of unsealing and discussed how to use its powers. Chen Yu granted him the right to attend the Family Meeting, making him a formal participant in the Chen Clan’s important affairs.

• Chen Xiaojun explained that the Seven-Star Dragon Abyss Pearl had absorbed the Angel Holy Sword’s Dao resonance and the Azure Vine Spirit Snake’s blessing, advancing its unsealing and revealing its attributes.
• Chen Yu and the elders agreed that Xiao Yi should absorb the Moon Wolf Skull in the clan’s Sacred Land, where the spring of life essence could protect her.
• Chen Yu and the three clan elders prepared to return, while Chen Xiaojun stayed behind and learned that his grandfather would arrange help for him.
• Chen Yu congratulated Xiao Yi on her coming breakthrough and wished her success in absorbing the Soul Bone, hunting a Soul Beast, and reaching Soul Ancestor.
• Chen Yu told Chen Xiaojun that the Family Meeting had approved his right to attend and present proposals, and Chen Xiaojun vowed to bring greater glory to the clan.

Chen Yu and Chen Cong discussed supporting Chen Xiaojun as the Chen Clan’s future leader despite his lack of the clan’s Seven Kill Sword. They also speculated that his Sword God Pearls might be tied to a master from another world and could eventually become a God-Level Martial Soul, leaving his future potential unresolved.

• Chen Yu told Chen Cong he had nearly decided to put Chen Xiaojun first in line to become the Chen Clan’s forty-seventh-generation leader, though his lack of a Seven Kill Sword could draw resistance.
• Chen Cong supported Chen Xiaojun’s succession, and Chen Yu said Chen Jianjun was likely eager for Xiaojun to lead because Xiaojun was better suited to guiding the clan.
• Chen Cong pointed out that no ancient books or memories identified the divine swords behind Chen Xiaojun’s Sword God Pearls, and proposed they were either far older than believed or from another world.
• Chen Cong reasoned that the Sword God Pearls’ advanced skills were temporary unsealings caused by the Heaven and Earth Rules suppressing their true forms.
• Chen Yu and Chen Cong concluded that Chen Xiaojun’s Martial Soul might ultimately become a God-Level Sword of God, and Chen Cong expressed hope that Xiaojun would reach awe-inspiring heights.

Chen Cong and Chen Yu discussed the Chen Clan’s growing strength after Chen Menglin became a Titled Douluo, bringing the clan’s total to seven. They planned to protect Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi while preparing more elders to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Chen Yu left confident the clan would rise further.

• Chen Cong and Chen Yu noted that Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi were advancing quickly, and Chen Yu vowed to assign two Titled Douluo to protect them if needed.
• Chen Menglin’s path to becoming the level 91 Titled Douluo Sword Shadow was recounted, including the clan’s medicines and his cultivation at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The clan’s success with Chen Menglin strengthened its belief that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s divine power could help other members break through.
• Chen Yu said he would arrange for Uncle Daoheng and Uncle Wenge to cultivate at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, hoping one would become a Titled Douluo.
• Chen Yu challenged the Crimson Church and other rivals to face the Chen Clan in ten years, while Chen Cong praised his leadership.

Chen Yu and Chen Cong discussed Chen Xiaojun’s influence on the Chen Clan and concluded that his extraordinary fortune shaped the clan’s rise. They left convinced that he feared fortune’s backlash and was playing a grand game against rival powers across the continent.

• Chen Yu asked Chen Cong what Chen Xiaojun feared, and Chen Cong guessed that he feared fortune.
• Chen Yu and Chen Cong listed how Chen Xiaojun’s strategies, rewards, and alliances had transformed the Chen Clan and strengthened its future.
• Chen Cong argued that Chen Xiaojun’s fortune had influenced the clan’s prosperity, its growing number of talented descendants, and major events in the secret realm.
• Chen Cong concluded that Chen Xiaojun feared a backlash from fortune and relentlessly seized opportunities to protect himself and the clan.
• Chen Cong decided that Chen Xiaojun intended to surpass rival powers such as the Clear Sky Sect, Martial God Hall, and Sea God Island, and Chen Yu called him a brat.

Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun entered the Azure Vine Clan’s sanctuary, where Elder Qing explained how the Spring of Life’s essence would aid Xiao Yi in absorbing the Moon Wolf Skull. Qing Lin, Qing Yun, and Qing Xiu shared how the Clear Light Blessing and the sanctuary had strengthened their cultivation, then stepped aside so Xiao Yi could begin; a surge of soul power soon rose from the sanctuary.

• Elder Qing led Xiao Yi, Chen Xiaojun, and the others into the sanctuary and explained the Purification Magic Formation that extracted the Spring of Life’s essence.
• Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun met Qing Lin, Qing Yun, and Qing Xiu, who were cultivating there through vine avatars.
• Qing Xiu told Elder Qing and Elder Tian how the Clear Light Blessing and life essence had improved the trio’s cultivation and abilities.
• Elder Qing explained that Xiao Yi had come to absorb a soul bone, and Qing Lin, Qing Yun, and Qing Xiu agreed not to disturb her.
• Elder Qing led Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun aside to prepare, and a surge of soul power shot skyward as Xiao Yi began absorbing the soul bone.