Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaojun questioned the true nature of the vast world around him, while Xiao Yi promised to explore it with him. After the Heaven Dou Second Team lost all three matches, Chen Xiaojun declined Old Man Withered Glory’s invitation and prepared to leave with his companions.

• Watching the Great Emperors fight, Chen Xiaojun wondered whether his world was a parallel version of Douluo or part of a much larger realm.
• Xiao Yi took Chen Xiaojun’s hand and reassured him, then agreed to accompany him as he searched for the truth.
• Ji Boxiao celebrated the Heaven Dou Second Team’s defeat, while Liu Ru Xue, Liu Ru Yi, Mu Zilian, and Li Jinghua discussed the matches and Chen Xiaojun’s role in the victories.
• Li Jinghua told Chen Xiaojun that Old Man Withered Glory wanted to meet him, but Chen Xiaojun politely declined because he needed to return home.
• Xixi urged Li Jinghua to stop delaying them and let everyone go celebrate their victory and eat.

The Golden Generation discussed Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda’s recent improvements and their prospects in the coming tournament. They resolved to aim for the championship, but recognized that stronger rivals and a shortage of capable substitutes threatened their chances.

• He Qiang, Chen Ze, and Yu Youwei praised Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda for their rapid combat growth, while the group joked about Yu Youwei and He Qiang’s past remarks.
• Liu Ruyan said she and Ji Boda had improved through new insights into their families’ inherited martial arts, and the others let the subject drop.
• Gu Wuyan and Chen Ze said the pair’s progress had balanced the team’s control and offensive power, and Yu Youwei asked Ji Boda how soon he might reach level fifty.
• Chen Ze warned that Heaven Dou Academy, Star Luo Academy, and Spirit Hall would make the tournament fiercely competitive, but He Qiang and Yu Youwei urged the team to pursue the championship together.
• Gu Wuyan, Chen Ze, Shen Youchu, and Ji Boda discussed the team’s disadvantages in the finals, including the loss of senior students to the age limit and the lack of strong substitutes.

Chang'an Academy's team discussed their weaknesses and the strength of Heaven Dou Academy's rising talents, then considered how their roster might improve over the next three years. Gu Wuyan suggested kidnapping Chen Mu to recruit him, and He Qiang asked whether the Peerless Young Master might transfer to Chang'an Academy.

• Chen Ze and Liu Ruyan assessed Heaven Dou Academy's formidable prospects and the weaknesses of Chang'an Academy's roster.
• Ji Boda stopped Liu Ruyan from revealing anything about Ito Makoto's ties to the Crimson Church.
• He Qiang, Gu Wuyan, and Liu Ruyan identified their team's lack of strong substitutes, decisive attacking power, and healing abilities.
• Ji Boda said Chen Mu could reach Soul Ancestor in three years and become a powerful agility attacker for the team.
• Gu Wuyan proposed kidnapping Chen Mu after praising his ten consecutive victories, and He Qiang asked Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan whether the Peerless Young Master might transfer to Chang'an Academy.

Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda revealed that ten-year-old Chen Xiaojun had reached soul power level 39 and that their families had pledged allegiance to the Chen Clan, alongside the Shen family. The group discussed joining forces to invite Chen Xiaojun to their academy, with Shen Youchu suggesting a united approach and Liu Ruyan proposing they seek Headmistress Xue Churan’s help.

• Liu Ruyan revealed that Chen Xiaojun was only ten, shocking the group with his level 39 soul power and reputation as the Chen Clan’s greatest genius.
• Shen Youchu explained that the Shen family belonged to the Chen Clan’s direct-line branch and that the Ji and Liu Families had also pledged allegiance to the main family.
• He Qiang suggested that Chen Xiaojun join their academy, but Ji Boda warned that the main family would carefully decide his schooling.
• Shen Youchu proposed that Chang’an’s families unite to invite Chen Xiaojun to their academy after the Chen Clan emerged from seclusion on August eighteenth.
• Liu Ruyan suggested asking Headmistress Xue Churan to support the invitation through Chang’an Academy.
• Ji Boda told the group that Chen Xiaojun had held back even after defeating ten opponents, leaving everyone stunned.

Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda told the others about Xiao Yi’s extraordinary power and her complete domination of them in a sparring match. Meanwhile, Chen Xiaojun and Xixi discussed the elite Soul Masters they had met, then embarrassed the girls with a bawdy joke.

• Liu Ruyan revealed that ten-year-old Xiao Yi was a level 44 control-healing Soul Master and Chen Xiaojun’s girlfriend.
• Liu Ruyan explained that Xiao Yi’s Immortal Evergreen Vine was a rare king martial soul, and Ji Boda said she had almost no weaknesses.
• Ji Boda recalled how Xiao Yi defeated him and Liu Ruyan in a two-on-one spar, then healed their injuries with Life Dew.
• Chen Xiaojun thanked Xixi for helping him, and they discussed the strength of the elite disciples and Xixi’s travels.
• Xixi asked whether Gao Cuilan and Zhu Wuneng might become a couple, and Chen Xiaojun teased her with a crude remark about women’s figures, making the girls blush.

Chen Xiaojun recovered from his injuries during the carriage ride, thanks to the Nine Yang Divine Skill and Xiao Yi’s healing soul power. As the group admired Meandering Gorge, Cheng Yun suddenly ordered the carriage to stop.

• Chen Xiaojun told Xixi that his injuries had mostly healed after using the Nine Yang Divine Skill and Xiao Yi’s healing abilities.
• Xixi teased Chen Xiaojun about being difficult to kill and called Xiao Yi a dual red-and-blue healer, embarrassing Xiao Yi.
• Xixi asked Ou Ya to slow the carriage so the group could admire Meandering Gorge.
• Su Ningxia explained that the gorge was usually crowded but was quiet because it was evening and the summer holidays had begun.
• As the carriage approached the end of the gorge, Cheng Yun abruptly ordered it to stop, and Ou Ya pulled the reins.

An attacker from Heartless Tower ambushed the carriage in the canyon, and Cheng Yun prepared to confront him after Chen Xiaojun enhanced her. More assassins then attacked, and Ou Ya fought off one Soul Saint, while the attackers’ assault remained underway.

• Cheng Yun sensed danger ahead and activated Vast Eagle Eye as a winged attacker struck the carriage with Bing Huo Double Explosion.
• Ou Ya shielded the carriage with Heavenly Sea Azure Shield, and Cheng Yun identified the attacker as the Bing Huo Glazed Bird from Heartless Tower.
• Chen Xiaojun used Peerless Nobility to boost Cheng Yun, who charged toward the attacker and warned Ou Ya that more assassins were nearby.
• Black-clothed assassins emerged from the canyon groves, and a Soul Saint attacked the carriage with Blood Shadow Frenzied Slash.
• Ou Ya countered with Sea-Splitting Wingbreak Charge and Sea-Shaking Wave Fist, knocking the Soul Saint off balance and hurling him away.

Cheng Yun’s warning flare revealed the Heartless Tower ambush as Ou Ya tried to protect the children from an overwhelming assassin team. The children faced a spreading poisonous attack as Xiao Yi and the assassins prepared to clash.

• Cheng Yun launched the Chen Clan’s red warning firework and fought the Soul Douluo with the Bing Huo Glazed Bird in the sky.
• A hammer-wielding Soul Emperor shattered the carriage, and Ou Ya drove him back before ordering the children to run.
• A hidden second Soul Douluo attacked Ou Ya and forced him away from the children while the other assassins closed in.
• Xiao Yi summoned Immortal Evergreen Vines to block Thorn’s attack and climbed onto a towering tree.
• Shadow Butterfly released poisonous powder toward the children.

Chen Xiaojun strengthened his companions with Peerless Nobility as they fought a group of high-level assassins targeting someone among them. The battle remained unresolved as the assassins intensified their attacks before the warning fireworks ran out.

• Xiao Yi used the Immortal Evergreen Vine to dispel the poisonous mist and send a storm of leaf blades toward the female Soul Emperor and Thorn Vine Soul Saint.
• Zhu Wuneng charged the Mountain-Breaker Soul Emperor’s hammer attack but was driven back and wounded, while Su Ningxia’s Heavenly Wind Blazing Fire clashed with his Heavy Hammer Whirlwind and both attacks vanished.
• Xixi was forced back by the Dark Moon Blood Scythe Soul Saint, and Chen Xiaojun enhanced her and his other companions with Peerless Nobility.
• Ou Ya’s enhanced strength let him suppress Nether Leopard, and he unleashed his Life-Taking Chain secret technique to drive the Soul Douluo backward.
• Nether Leopard called for the assassins to hurry, prompting them to intensify their attacks as warning fireworks continued burning above the road.

Xiao Yi unleashed her Azure Vine Formation to hold back Soul Saint Thorn, Soul Saint Blood Sickle, and Soul Emperor Shadow Butterfly while Chen Xiaojun redirected Xixi and Rhea to assist Zhu Wuneng and Su Ningxia. As Blood Sickle transformed and struck at Xiao Yi, she gathered a radiant moonlight attack in her right eye.

• Soul Saint Thorn attacked Xiao Yi with his Sixth Soul Skill, Thorn Tide, and Xiao Yi countered with her Modified Second Soul Skill, Azure Vine Formation.
• Shadow Butterfly and Blood Sickle were caught in the spreading vines, while Blood Sickle retreated from Xixi and cut through the pursuing plants.
• Chen Xiaojun told Xixi and Rhea to support Zhu Wuneng and Su Ningxia against the Soul Emperor wielding the Mountain-Breaking Giant Hammer.
• Xixi and Rhea joined Zhu Wuneng and Su Ningxia, and the four worked together to pressure the hammer wielder.
• Soul Saint Blood Sickle used his Seventh Soul Skill, Blood Scythe True Body, and grew into a giant whose strike pulverized the vines in its path.
• Xiao Yi gathered soul power in her right eye, where a bright moon formed and began shining with Moonlight Divine Radiance.

Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun combined their inherited martial arts to reflect a Soul Emperor’s mental assault. The Shadow Butterfly Woman Soul Emperor staggered from the rebound but survived, recognizing the teenagers as a threat that had to be eliminated.

• Xiao Yi’s Moonlight Divine Radiance weakened the Blood Scythe True Body, and Chen Xiaojun used two sword techniques to shatter it, though the blast injured him.
• Xiao Yi pulled Chen Xiaojun back with her Immortal Evergreen Vine and used Heavenly Dew to heal him, Xixi, Su Ningxia, and Zhu Wuneng.
• The Shadow Butterfly Woman Soul Emperor attacked Xiao Yi with Phantom Butterfly Shadow Annihilation while Thorn Vines also pressured her.
• Xiao Yi blocked the mental assault with her Nine Yin-Soul-Shifting Technique, but the sustained attack overwhelmed her defenses.
• Chen Xiaojun infused Xiao Yi with Nine Yang Divine Skill, fusing it with her Big Dipper Art and reflecting the mental assault back at the Shadow Butterfly Woman Soul Emperor.
• The Shadow Butterfly Woman Soul Emperor staggered, recognized their technique as a Soul Skill combined attack, and resolved to eliminate the teenagers.

Chen Xiaojun drew Blood Sickle and Shadow Butterfly after him to split the assassins from the others. As Thorn confronted Xiao Yi, her Emperor's robe awakened and she unleashed Immortal Evergreen Vines, stopping Shadow Butterfly from pursuing Chen Xiaojun.

• Chen Xiaojun taunted the assassins about their limited time and ran toward the canyon mouth, drawing Blood Sickle and Shadow Butterfly after him.
• Blood Sickle ordered Thorn to kill Xiao Yi and Mountain-Breaker to finish off the children.
• Xiao Yi's markings awakened and formed her external soul bone, the Emperor's robe, boosting her power to the upper Soul King ranks.
• Xiao Yi summoned towering Immortal Evergreen Vines that forced Shadow Butterfly to evade and prevented her from pursuing Chen Xiaojun.

Xiao Yi used her Immortal Robe’s amplification to overwhelm the female Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor and clash with the Thorn Soul Saint. She destroyed his Dark Red Thorn Downpour with Ten Thousand Leaves Return to One, leaving him astonished by her increased power.

• Xiao Yi trapped the injured female Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor in a barrage of leafy whips, steadily wearing her down.
• The Thorn Soul Saint sent Thorn Vines toward Xiao Yi, who summoned five Azure Vine Flying Snakes to cut through them.
• The Thorn Soul Saint unleashed his Fifth Soul Skill, Dark Red Thorn Downpour, and his thorns began tearing through the flying snakes.
• Xiao Yi gathered leaves into a Taiji energy sphere with Ten Thousand Leaves Return to One and used it to break apart the Thorn Soul Saint’s attack.
• After the energy storm subsided, the Thorn Soul Saint wondered how Xiao Yi’s Soul Power and combat strength had increased so much.

Xiao Yi continued fighting Shadow Butterfly and Thorn, exploiting her enhancements and control abilities to withstand their attacks. Thorn's Soul Saint transformation destroyed her flying vines, but Xiao Yi countered with the Jiang Mo Seal and shattered his enormous thorn vine, leaving him staggered and still hostile.

• Shadow Butterfly escaped the whips with her Phantom Butterfly Body and warned Thorn that Xiao Yi was a formidable opponent.
• Thorn unleashed his Seventh Soul Skill, Thorn True Form, and formed a massive thorn vine.
• The thorn vine battered Xiao Yi's five Azure Vine Flying Snakes until they broke apart, though the assault also weakened the thorn vine.
• Xiao Yi rose atop the Immortal Evergreen Vine and launched the Jiang Mo Seal, freezing and purifying Thorn's thorn vine until it collapsed.
• Thorn staggered back with killing intent while Xiao Yi remained composed above the battlefield.

Xiao Yi expanded her Life Force Field to heal and support her allies as they pressed Soul Emperor Mountain-Breaker and the other assassins. Ou Ya unleashed Boundless Ocean to overwhelm Nether Leopard, while Mountain-Breaker remained trapped under the group’s attacks.

• Xiao Yi used Life Force Field to draw in nearby life energy and ease her companions’ exhaustion.
• Xixi, Zhu Wuneng, and Su Ningxia attacked Soul Emperor Mountain-Breaker together, forcing the injured Soul Emperor onto the defensive.
• Xixi ordered Ou Ya to end the battle quickly, and he activated his ultimate art, Boundless Ocean, releasing his stored soul power.
• Ou Ya amplified Life-Taking Chain with a relentless sequence of soul skills and drove Nether Leopard toward defeat.

Chen Xiaojun fled through a valley while the Blood Sickle Soul Saint pursued him with relentless scythe attacks. Chen wounded the Soul Saint with an unseen sword technique, but the Soul Saint noticed a streak of light and shadow in the distance, leaving his next move unclear.

• Chen Xiaojun used Thunder Form One-Sixfold Flash to dodge the Blood Sickle Soul Saint’s Blood Shadow Frenzied Slash and gain a little distance.
• The Blood Sickle Soul Saint summoned two remotely controlled Dark Moon Blood Scythes, which Chen Xiaojun evaded with Sword Step and Spiral Nine Shadows.
• Chen Xiaojun’s repeated dodges slowed him, allowing the Blood Sickle Soul Saint to close the gap to about fifteen meters.
• Chen Xiaojun used Fleeting Light, Passing Shadow and Hanguang Sword to cut the Blood Sickle Soul Saint’s arm.
• The Blood Sickle Soul Saint spotted a concealed streak of light and shadow in the distance and smiled coldly.

A third Soul Saint assassin, the Hell Horse Soul Saint, joined the Blood Sickle Soul Saint in a coordinated ambush that badly wounded Chen Xiaojun. Xixi and Xiao Yi rushed to help him, but the assassins intercepted Xiao Yi, who countered their attacks and activated her soul bone skill.

• The Blood Sickle Soul Saint unleashed Dark Moon Blood Sacrifice while the Hell Horse Soul Saint struck Chen Xiaojun from behind with Magma Thermal-Pressure Fist, breaking his shield and injuring him severely.
• Chen Xiaojun recognized the attacker as the seventh assassin they had encountered and realized the Hell Horse Soul Saint had joined the ambush after spotting him at the canyon exit.
• Xixi left the Mountain-Breaker Soul Emperor to Zhu Wuneng and his companions and sprinted toward Chen Xiaojun, with Xiao Yi following on her Immortal Evergreen Vine.
• The Thorn Soul Saint attacked Xiao Yi with Dark Red Thorn Downpour, but Xiao Yi raised a Thousand-Leaf Vine Barrier that stopped the thorn spikes.
• The female Shadow Butterfly Soul Emperor trapped Xiao Yi in Butterfly Shadow Illusory Realm, and Xiao Yi opened her left eye to activate Illusory Moon Wolf Realm.

Xiao Yi trapped the Soul Emperor Shadow Butterfly Woman and Soul Saint Thorn in her Illusory Moon Wolf Realm, where they struggled against its attacks and soul-power drain. Meanwhile, Chen Xiaojun fought two Soul Saint assassins while grievously wounded, and Blood Sickle's strike left him with a bone-deep chest wound.

• Xiao Yi engulfed Shadow Butterfly Woman's Butterfly Shadow Illusory Realm with her Illusory Moon Wolf Realm, trapping Shadow Butterfly Woman and Thorn inside.
• Shadow Butterfly Woman failed to dispel the realm, and she and Thorn realized it drained their soul power and weakened them as silver wolves attacked.
• Shadow Butterfly Woman deduced that Xiao Yi was heading toward the canyon exit to rescue someone, and Thorn planned to break through once her control weakened.
• Chen Xiaojun countered Hell Horse's Hell-Freeze Fist with the Fatal Sword-Drawing Technique, wounding Hell Horse but leaving his right arm numb and iced over.
• Blood Sickle rushed Chen Xiaojun with Blood Moon Swift-Light Slash, shattered his defensive sword qi, and inflicted a deep chest wound that exposed bone.

Chen Xiaojun awakened the Fish Intestine Sword and used its ultimate technique to defeat the Blood Sickle Soul Saint, but the Soul Saint struck him from behind before dying. Both combatants were left gravely wounded, with Chen Xiaojun unable to move.

• Chen Xiaojun unleashed Water and Fire Merciless and awakened the Fish Intestine Sword, transforming his third soul ring into a Ten Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Chen Xiaojun used Funeral White Across the Land to shatter the Blood Sickle Soul Saint's Dark Moon Guard and drive him into a mountainside.
• Chen Xiaojun's ultimate technique devastated both fighters, leaving the Blood Sickle Soul Saint impaled and Chen Xiaojun gravely injured.
• The Blood Sickle Soul Saint used his duplicate Dark Moon Blood Sickle Blade to stab Chen Xiaojun from behind, and Chen Xiaojun collapsed unable to move.

Chen Xiaojun lay dying after being struck by the Hell Horse Soul Saint, while Xiao Yi tried to save him and Xixi fought to protect them. As the battlefield turned against their allies, Xiao Yi summoned the goddess Lesser Siming, and Chen Cong, Zuo Tinggang, and Xue Churan rushed toward the strange power.

• Xixi struck the Hell Horse Soul Saint with the Golden Trident and rushed to Chen Xiaojun, while Xiao Yi supported his dying body.
• Chen Xiaojun wished Xiao Yi a happy birthday before losing consciousness, and her Soul Power failed to stop his life from fading.
• The Hell Horse Soul Saint knocked Xixi down, the Thorn Soul Saint broke free of the illusion, and the other fighters faced mounting danger.
• Xiao Yi laid Chen Xiaojun down and performed a prayer that summoned the enormous phantom of Lesser Siming.
• Chen Cong accelerated toward the energy construct, while Zuo Tinggang and Xue Churan hurried toward the battlefield and warned each other to be careful.