Chapter Summaries

Chen Yu and Chen Cong discovered that High Priest Bo Xian'er was their mother and reunited with her in the Council Hall. Bo Xian'er’s openly acknowledged family ties stunned Sea God Island and hinted at a major shift in its relationship with the Chen Clan.

• Chen Yu recognized Bo Xian'er as his mother, and Chen Cong realized she was the mother he had never met.
• The chapter recounted how Bo Xian'er and Chen Zixiu fell in love, married in secret, and had Chen Yu and Chen Cong.
• Chen Yu and Chen Cong bowed to Bo Xian'er and called her Mother, and she welcomed them with tears and a smile.
• Chen Clan members greeted Bo Xian'er as their Fourth Aunt and grandmother, while they celebrated the advantage her strength and Sea God Island connection brought.
• Coi Russell watched quietly as Long Ma, Ou Ya, and the other Sea God Island representatives chose not to comment on Bo Xian'er's breaking with custom.

Bo Xian'er and Chen Zixiu apologized to Aier for the death of his elder brother fifty years earlier and presented him with valuable gifts as the Chen Clan’s sincere remorse. Chen Zixiu also promised gifts for the families of the warriors who died, seeking to settle old grievances before future cooperation with Sea God Island.

• Bo Xian'er identified herself as the Chen Clan's elder matriarch and solemnly apologized to Aier for his elder brother's death.
• Aier said his brother had died fulfilling his duty and that the Nanook Family held no resentment, then asked Bo Xian'er and the Chen Clan to rise.
• Chen Zixiu offered Aier a seventy-thousand-year ice-type left arm bone, a Wind Breathing Technique, and his insights on Human and Sword as One.
• Aier accepted the three gifts after Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er urged him to do so.
• Chen Zixiu thanked Coi Russell and Sea God Island's other powerful figures and promised gifts for the families of the warriors who died fifty years earlier.

Bo Xian'er introduced Xixi as her god-granddaughter and welcomed Chen Xiaojun as her great-grandson before asking Chen Yu to reveal the Chen Clan's strength and traditions. She urged Sea God Island to cooperate with the clan and learn from the outside world, leaving both groups to consider how they would work together.

• Xixi embraced Bo Xian'er and learned that the High Priest considered her a god-granddaughter because she had awakened the Sea God martial soul.
• Chen Yu encouraged Chen Xiaojun to greet Bo Xian'er as his great-grandmother, moving Chen Zixiu as four generations reunited.
• Bo Xian'er asked Chen Yu about the Chen Clan's forces, strengths, and ancestral precepts, and he reported nine Titled Douluos, over fifty Soul Douluos, more than 150 Soul Saints, and over four thousand Soul Masters.
• Chen Yu said the Chen Clan excelled at education, while Chen Zixiu noted that the clan could no longer conceal its strength.
• Bo Xian'er told Sea God Island that it needed to leave behind its isolation and seek guidance from the Chen Clan, then asked everyone to consider how they would cooperate.

Chen Xiaojun recounted his past to Bo Xian'er, whose Testing Orb revealed that his innate soul power had risen to level fifteen. He declared his ambition to pursue immortality and build the Chen Immortal Clan, then learned what innate soul power levels meant for reaching Peerless Douluo and godhood.

• Chen Xiaojun told Bo Xian'er the story of his exploits after she asked him to start at the beginning.
• Bo Xian'er tested Chen Xiaojun's innate soul power and found it had reached level fifteen, matching Little Xixi.
• Bo Xian'er praised Chen Xiaojun's gifts and suggested he might have attempted the Sea God Trial, but he said he sought immortality and hoped to establish the Chen Immortal Clan.
• Bo Xian'er warned that the world and Divine Realm might reject an immortal path, while Chen Zixiu and Chen Xiaojun urged patience.
• Chen Xiaojun asked about innate full soul power, and Bo Xian'er explained that level ten marked martial soul perfection while level twenty represented the makings of a god.

Chen Xiaojun learned how laws, rules, and divine power affected soul masters, while Chen Zixiu discovered that his innate soul power had risen to level fourteen after his injuries healed. The family decided to investigate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, where Chen Zixiu might find a chance to advance.

• Bo Xian'er explained that Peerless Douluos grasp and command rules, while Chen Zixiu described the stages and difficulties of a soul master's cultivation.
• Bo Xian'er asked Chen Zixiu to test his innate soul power, and the Testing Orb revealed it had reached level fourteen.
• Bo Xian'er attributed Chen Zixiu's increase to the Xikang Celestial Maiden Flower and the refined crimson and Ice and Fire Dragon Kings divine powers.
• Chen Xiaojun considered the benefits and risks of divine power, and Bo Xian'er warned that accepting the Sea God’s imprint could lead to suppression by other deities and the Sea God Hall.
• Bo Xian'er suggested unclaimed Bing Huo divine power as another way to raise innate soul power and proposed that she and Chen Zixiu investigate the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.

Chen Xiaojun told Bo Xian'er and Chen Zixiu that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud in the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's treasury was the lost Sea God's Heart, prompting them to plan a trip to Heaven Dou City. He also asked why Sea God Island's High Priest Successors were mostly Holy Maidens, and Bo Xian'er explained the apparent connection between gender and divine inheritance.

• Chen Xiaojun revealed that the Heaven Dou Imperial Family's Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was the Sea God's Heart, the energy core of the Golden Trident.
• Bo Xian'er decided to travel to Heaven Dou City to recover the Sea God's Heart, and Chen Zixiu offered to accompany her.
• Chen Xiaojun suggested using Sea God Island's power as leverage if negotiations failed, while Bo Xian'er warned that the powerful treasure required caution.
• Chen Xiaojun asked why Sea God Island's High Priest Successors were mostly Holy Maidens, and Bo Xian'er said female successors made up nearly nine out of ten.
• Bo Xian'er explained that Holy Maidens rarely exceeded level fifteen innate soul power, while male successors had a higher potential limit that might relate to inheriting the divine position.

Zhu Yanfeng showed Ji Chenglie, Ji Chengjian, and Liu Yirong the land set aside for the Ji and Liu Families in Chenlin Village and welcomed them into the Eleven Surnames of Zhaowu. He then revealed that authorities had discovered a strange magic formation beneath War Dragon Mountain and went to fetch something.

• Zhu Yanfeng guided Ji Chenglie, Ji Chengjian, and Liu Yirong around Fragrant Snow Mountain and described land for their families' businesses.
• Ji Chenglie and Liu Ru Yi praised the site, and Zhu Yanfeng explained that their families would live along the Village-Circling Road with the Nine Surnames of Zhaowu.
• Zhu Yanfeng welcomed the Ji and Liu Families as part of the Eleven Surnames of Zhaowu, and Ji Chenglie guessed that the Dugu Family and Yang Family might join as well.
• Ji Chenglie recalled the Chen Clan's great strength during the battle against the Heavenly Wolf Sect, and Zhu Yanfeng explained how the Ji and Liu Families had been chosen to join the clan.
• Liu Yirong said that mutual choice forged the strongest bond, then Zhu Yanfeng told them authorities had found a strange magic formation beneath War Dragon Mountain and left to fetch something.

Ji Chenglie and Liu Yirong discussed Clan Chief Chen Yu’s intentions and concluded that Chen Xiaojun was being groomed to lead the Chen Clan’s broader strategy. Zhu Yanfeng showed them the Death Spiral Magic Formation and advised them on clan legacies, but revealed that the Chen Clan’s top special-type techniques were not available for exchange.

• Ji Chenglie and Liu Yirong speculated that Chen Yu had sent Zhu Yanfeng to encourage them to get closer to Chen Xiaojun, who was being trained in civil and martial affairs.
• Zhu Yanfeng returned with a diagram of the Death Spiral Magic Formation discovered beneath War Dragon Mountain and explained that it could help soul power liquefy, increasing the chance of reaching Title Douluo.
• Zhu Yanfeng said the Heaven Dou Imperial Family knew of the formation and that the Chen Clan would pass the intelligence to the Star Luo Empire.
• Liu Yirong asked Zhu Yanfeng how to spend their clan contribution points, and he recommended prioritizing the Nine Yin and Nine Yang Orthodox Canon’s martial skills, especially the Nine Yin skills.
• Zhu Yanfeng explained that the Nine Yang Divine Skill and Big Dipper Art were rare special-type techniques that could absorb and refine surrounding soul power, but said the main family was not currently offering them for exchange.

Zhu Yanfeng explained the Chen Clan’s dispersed branch families and collateral lineages, revealing their great strength and far-reaching influence. Ji Chenglie and Liu Yirong learned that the Wind Sword Sect was a major Chen Clan offshoot in the Star Luo Empire.

• Zhu Yanfeng advised Ji Chenglie and Liu Yirong on cultivation methods and ninth-grade spirit medicine that could improve innate soul power.
• Zhu Yanfeng explained that branch families and collateral lineages lived elsewhere, and that the main family and Retainer Families had seven Titled Douluos and hundreds of other Soul Masters.
• Zhu Yanfeng said the Chen Clan had fourteen branch families and nineteen collateral lineages, dispersed long ago to preserve the bloodline from its pursuers.
• Zhu Yanfeng described the branch families’ ranks and said the Chen Clan’s total Soul Master numbers reached about four thousand when collateral families were included.
• Ji Chenglie guessed that the strongest branch family was the Feng Family of the Wind Sword Sect, and Zhu Yanfeng confirmed it.
• Zhu Yanfeng explained that the Wind Sword Sect included other Chen Clan offshoots and, alongside Sword Rain Academy, served as a major Chen Clan force in the Star Luo Empire.

Zhu Yanfeng explained the identities and histories of the Chen Clan’s remaining eminent masters, including Lu Xueqi and the clan chief’s Titled Douluo wife. He revealed that the Chen Clan’s assembly and Martial Soul Grand Sacrifice would take place in a year, when Lu Xueqi might return, and invited the other families’ children to enter the Youth Clan Competition.

• Zhu Yanfeng named Zhu Jiazhen and Zhu Hongzhen as the sixth and seventh eminent masters and said they were guarding the family’s secret grounds.
• Zhu Yanfeng identified the eighth eminent master as Lu Xueqi and described how she had helped protect the Chen Clan during and after its past calamity.
• Zhu Yanfeng said the ninth eminent master might be the clan chief’s wife, who was also a Titled Douluo, but declined to explain her identity or strength further.
• Zhu Yanfeng said Lu Xueqi had gone into seclusion with her husband and might attend the Chen Clan’s assembly in a year.
• Zhu Yanfeng explained the assembly’s purpose and announced that the children of Ji Chenglie’s and Liu Yirong’s families could enter the Youth Clan Competition.

Zhu Yanfeng discussed Chang'an City's powers and the Chen Clan's new Economic Management Department as he prepared to become Chief Steward of the Chang'an Duke's Mansion. He explained that Young Master Xiaojun would lead the department and oversee plans for the War Dragon Sect's former holdings.

• Zhu Yanfeng asked Ji Chenglie and Liu Yirong about the Gao Family, learned of its livestock business, and considered proposing a partnership with the Zhu Family.
• Zhu Yanfeng announced that he would become Chief Steward at the Chang'an Duke's Mansion, and Ji Chenglie and the others congratulated him.
• Ji Chenglie described how Chang'an City's powers were positioning themselves to claim the War Dragon Sect's former territory, and Zhu Yanfeng advised them to consult Young Master Xiaojun.
• Zhu Yanfeng explained the Chen Clan's voting rights and the authority of its elders, Followers, Grand Elder, and Clan Chief.
• Zhu Yanfeng described the new Economic Management Department, led by Young Master Xiaojun with Mu Lingyun and Ling Yunxiao as deputy ministers, and said Liu Ru Yan was regarded highly by the Young Master.

Zhu Yanfeng explained the Chen Clan’s plans for Chang’an, including the new Economic Management Department, its partnership with Chang’an Academy, and its efforts to build influence across the Southern Five Commanderies. He reassured Ji Chenglie and Liu Yirong about the clan’s political backing, then asked Ji to describe Chang’an’s power groups.

• Zhu Yanfeng appointed capable women, including Liu Ruyan, to form the backbone of the Economic Management Department and asked Ji Chenglie to recommend male talent as well.
• Zhu Yanfeng revealed that Master Cong had accepted the post of Chief Vice President of Chang’an Academy and that Young Master Xiaojun would enroll there.
• Zhu Yanfeng outlined the Chen Clan’s plans to expand its economic, educational, and popular influence in the Southern Five Commanderies, while Ji Chenglie agreed to help secure the clans’ support in Chang’an.
• Zhu Yanfeng said the Chen Clan’s strength, allies, and ties with the authorities would protect its position, and disclosed that Xue Chuxin supported the clan.
• Zhu Yanfeng asked Ji Chenglie to explain Chang’an’s local power structure, and Ji began describing its organizations, clans, and gangs.

Chen Xiaojun met with the younger Chen clan members at the Practice Ground, where Chen Zhouzhao and Chen Jieqi persuaded him to spar with them. The chapter left them preparing to begin their challenge, while Chen Xiaojun also planned to check on Xixi after hearing she seemed troubled.

• Chen Xiaojun met Chen Shurui and Chen Bin while they watched two boys sparring at the Practice Ground.
• Chen Shurui told Chen Xiaojun that Xixi had seemed troubled when he saw her walking alone, and Chen Xiaojun decided to check on her later.
• Chen Zhouzhao and Chen Jieqi approached Chen Xiaojun and asked to challenge him together.
• Chen Xiaojun agreed to trade a few moves with Chen Zhouzhao and Chen Jieqi.

Chen Xiaojun faced Chen Zhouzhao and Chen Jieqi in the arena, evading their sword attacks before defeating their Wind-Thunder Twin Swords with the Peerless Sword Finger. He then called Chen Bin and Chen Shurui up to fight, and they began attacking with their Lone Peak Thirteen Swords.

• Chen Zhouzhao and Chen Jieqi attacked Chen Xiaojun together with Crisscross Swordsmanship and the Green Lotus Sword Technique, but he evaded them with Lotus Sway in a Square Inch.
• Chen Jieqi used Wind Thorn and Chen Zhouzhao used Thunder Radiance to launch their Wind-Thunder Twin Swords against Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Xiaojun countered Chen Jieqi’s Wind Thorn with One-Line Heaven and broke Chen Zhouzhao’s Thunder Radiance with One-Finger Zen.
• Chen Zhouzhao and Chen Jieqi staggered back, unable to withstand Chen Xiaojun’s Peerless Sword Finger.
• Chen Xiaojun summoned Chen Bin and Chen Shurui to the arena, and they manifested their Seven Kill Swords and attacked with Lone Peak Thirteen Swords.

Chen Xiaojun fought Chen Bin, Chen Shurui, Chen Zhouzhao, and Chen Jieqi, revealing the strength of his dual sword style and the fully absorbed narcissus jade muscle bone. The four men unleashed their soul skills together, and their attacks closed in on him.

• Chen Bin and Chen Shurui attacked Chen Xiaojun, then Chen Zhouzhao and Chen Jieqi joined the fight.
• Chen Xiaojun escaped their encirclement with Moon-Covering Returning Snow and drove them back with A Glimpse of Startling Beauty.
• Chen Xiaojun drew the Chengying Sword and overwhelmed the four men with his dual sword style, drawing on his mastery of the Chen Clan's Seven Foundational Sword Techniques.
• Chen Xiaojun's narcissus jade muscle bone had fully merged into his body after Xiao Yi brought him back to life, boosting his swordsmanship alongside the Nine Yang Divine Skill.
• Chen Shurui used First Light of Dawn, Chen Bin used Shadow Approaches, and Chen Zhouzhao and Chen Jieqi combined their attacks with Wind-Thunder Twin Swords.

Chen Xiaojun defeated Chen Zhouzhao, Chen Jieqi, Chen Bin, and Chen Shurui in a swordsmanship match, then explained how he had developed his techniques. The others learned that his final move was Thunder Breathing, First Form: Sixfold Flash, and Chen Xiaojun discovered they had not learned the Breathing Technique.

• Chen Xiaojun used two sword aura techniques to defeat Chen Zhouzhao and Chen Jieqi, who were excited despite their injuries.
• Chen Bin and Chen Shurui combined their first soul skills with Yin-Yang Rotation, but Chen Xiaojun used Sixfold Flash to disarm the fighters and end the match.
• Chen Jieqi praised Chen Xiaojun's mastery of the Seven Foundational Sword Arts, and Chen Xiaojun explained that he had combined the spirit of Crisscross Swordsmanship with Lone Peak Thirteen Swords.
• Chen Xiaojun encouraged Chen Shurui to study swordsmanship patiently and identified his finishing move as Thunder Breathing, First Form: Sixfold Flash.
• Chen Xiaojun asked whether the others had learned the Breathing Technique, and Chen Zhouzhao admitted he did not know what it was, prompting Chen Jieqi to explain it and complain about his company.

Chen Xiaojun learned that Chen Shurui and Chen Bin were developing a complete set of soul skill fusion techniques inspired by their ancestors’ vision. He assigned them complementary cultivation arts and breathing methods to strengthen their foundation, leaving them determined to continue their work.

• Chen Xiaojun praised Chen Zhouzhao and Chen Jieqi’s Wind-Thunder Twin Swords technique and promised to practice with them.
• Chen Xiaojun walked with Chen Bin and Chen Shurui and asked about their Twin Swords of Light and Darkness soul skills.
• Chen Shurui explained how Duke Wen of Jin had envisioned a complete set of soul skill fusion techniques and how Chen Wen Chao and Chen Shi Hua were pursuing that goal through their descendants.
• Chen Shurui said he and Chen Bin had practiced together for a year and a half and had achieved minor mastery of their first two soul skills.
• Chen Xiaojun recommended the Nine Yang Divine Skill and Sun Breathing method for Chen Shurui, and the Big Dipper Art and Moon Breathing Method for Chen Bin.

Chen Xiaojun met Luo Zhenjun and Xin Mengshen, then discovered that Xixi was upset because she believed their family ties made her his aunt. Xixi left to be alone, while Chen Xiaojun silently acknowledged her feelings and faced reproach from the other girls.

• Chen Xiaojun greeted Luo Zhenjun and Xin Mengshen, congratulated them, and offered to spar with Luo Zhenjun and accompany them on their trip to the Saskol Grand Duchy.
• Chen Xiaojun found Xixi with several girls and learned she had been troubled since returning from an outing with him.
• Xixi asked Chen Xiaojun to call her Thirteenth Aunt, but he corrected her family seniority and said she was actually his Fourteenth Aunt.
• Xixi stormed out, and Chen Xiaojun caught her arm before letting her go when she asked for time alone; Rhea followed her.
• Liu Ruyan and Chen Yanwu criticized Chen Xiaojun, who privately recognized Xixi's feelings but pretended not to understand them because Xiao Yi was already by his side.
• Chen Yanwu left with Zhu Wuxin, who quietly told Chen Xiaojun that he had lost his composure.

Bo Xian'er and Chen Zixiu discussed the need to reform Sea God Island, then Bo Xian'er asked Chen Xiaojun for his honest assessment of its system. Chen Xiaojun proposed economic development and targeted reforms to build support for gradual political change.

• Bo Xian'er questioned whether her decision to reform Sea God Island was right, and Chen Zixiu encouraged her to move forward.
• Bo Xian'er recalled Chen Xiaojun's ideas about the economic base and the 80/20 rule with Chen Zixiu.
• Bo Xian'er asked Chen Xiaojun to explain his criticism of Sea God Island's tribal political system, and he said its authority failed to reach ordinary people.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed expanding manufacturing, coastal aquaculture, and tourism to increase jobs and incomes and gradually create pressure for political change.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that Sea God Hall should guide the influential twenty percent while protecting and gaining the support of the other eighty percent.

Bo Xian'er visited Xixi late at night to talk about Xixi's feelings for Chen Xiaojun and reassure her that love was her own choice. She advised Xixi to see more of the world before deciding what she truly wanted.

• Chen Zixiu told Bo Xian'er that Chen Xiaojun's inherited knowledge and powers did not change his Chen Clan blood or his loyalty to the family.
• Chen Zixiu said Chen Xiaojun was better suited to become Clan Chief than Jianjun because of his political judgment, vision, and leadership.
• Bo Xian'er went to visit Xixi, who had been sitting awake by her window and longing for someone.
• Xixi recognized Bo Xian'er and remarked that her voice sounded warmer than before.
• Bo Xian'er told Xixi she knew about her feelings for Chen Xiaojun and said that falling in love was natural, even for heirs of the Holy Maiden lineage.
• Bo Xian'er told Xixi that her romantic choices were her own, but encouraged her to travel, gain experience, and understand her heart before deciding.