Chapter Summaries

Chen Yanwu and six members of the Chen family challenged the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu again, using the Big Dipper Seven-Star Sword Formation to attack the enormous beast. The battle continued as the Xuanwu’s enhanced strength and defense withstood their coordinated strikes.

• Chen Jianzun asked how many times the group had challenged the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu, and Chen Mu recalled their three previous defeats.
• Chen Yanwu urged the group to keep fighting, and Chen Jianjun led the seven in activating the Big Dipper Seven-Star Sword Formation.
• The Spirit Abyss Xuanwu emerged from the Darkwater Pool and used Power Gigantification to enlarge its body and strengthen its defense.
• Chen Jianzun collided with the Xuanwu’s claw and was sent flying, while the beast staggered but remained standing.
• Chen Bin and Chen Shurui combined their dark and bright sword attacks, but the enlarged Xuanwu blocked them without injury.
• Chen Mu and Chen Feng followed with coordinated attacks that put pressure on the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu.

Chen Yanwu and Chen Jianjun used the Big Dipper Seven-Star Sword Formation to exploit a weakness in the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu’s defenses and wound it for the first time. The Xuanwu retaliated with a massive tail strike.

• Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong discussed the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu’s formidable defenses and the sword formation’s role in suppressing its Yin-Yang Magic Domain.
• The Spirit Abyss Xuanwu summoned a giant water-earth spirit current that swept across the clearing, forcing Chen Feng and the others to dodge within the formation.
• Chen Yanwu used Heavenly Balance Moon-Slasher to strike the Xuanwu with a mental attack and make it roar in pain.
• Chen Jianjun seized the opening in the Xuanwu’s Yin-Yang Mystic Shield and wounded its flank with Yao Guang Soul-Destroyer.
• The injured Spirit Abyss Xuanwu lashed its enormous serpent tail toward the fighters.

The Chen Clan used the Seven-Star Protection Diagram to suppress and imprison Spirit Abyss Xuanwu, but the beast countered with Yin-Yang Reversal and a mental attack. Chen Yanwu dispelled its Silent Sound Wave, yet Spirit Abyss Xuanwu shattered the formation with Spirit Abyss Waterfall, blasting the seven members away.

• Chen Jianzun knocked aside Spirit Abyss Xuanwu’s serpent tail with his Azure Sea Heavenly Sword, and Chen Mu caught the injured Chen Jianjun.
• Chen Yanwu led the seven members of the Chen Clan in forming the Seven-Star Protection Diagram, suppressing Spirit Abyss Xuanwu’s yin-yang domain and confining it.
• Spirit Abyss Xuanwu reversed its yin and yang energy, shaking the diagram and leaving the Chen Clan members dizzy.
• Chen Yanwu strengthened the formation and used Great Sound Has No Voice to dispel Spirit Abyss Xuanwu’s Silent Sound Wave and steady her allies.
• Spirit Abyss Xuanwu unleashed Spirit Abyss Waterfall, shattering the Seven-Star Protection Diagram and blasting the seven members away, though their individual barriers protected them.

The Chen Clan’s swordsmen suppressed the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu’s water attack, but the beast absorbed the Seven Stars Sword Formation’s starlight and countered with Yin-Yang Reversal. The formation collapsed and its members were injured, leaving the battle unresolved as the Xuanwu paused to recover.

• Chen Jianzun combined his sword techniques into Stars and Moon Shine Together and suppressed the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu’s Spirit Abyss Waterfall.
• Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun discussed the Big Dipper Seven Star Formation’s limits and the possibility of adapting it for other sword-type Martial Souls.
• The Spirit Abyss Xuanwu absorbed starlight through its shell, destabilizing the Seven Stars Sword Formation, so Chen Yanwu and the other six launched the Big Dipper Sword.
• The Big Dipper Sword broke through the Xuanwu’s silver defense and split its shell, drawing blood and provoking an agonized roar.
• The Spirit Abyss Xuanwu unleashed Yin-Yang Reversal, healed its wounds, and reflected the absorbed starlight at the formation.
• The reflected attack shattered the Seven Stars Sword Formation and wounded the Chen Clan members, while the exhausted Xuanwu lowered its head and watched its surroundings.

Chen Xiaojun revealed his ten-thousand-year third soul ring and struck the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu with his ultimate technique, damaging its shell but failing to defeat it. The Xuanwu then spoke to him through thought, implying that it had expected his arrival and knew his power came from another super soul beast.

• Chen Xiaojun charged the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu and revealed his ten-thousand-year third soul ring, shocking Chen Jianjun, Chen Feng, Chen Mu, and the others.
• Chen Xiaojun broke the Xuanwu’s Yin-Yang Mystic Shield and earthen armor with three sword strikes, then sent it crashing to the ground with his ultimate technique.
• The Spirit Abyss Xuanwu survived, repaired its shattered shell with earth and stone, and fixed its attention on Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Xiaojun checked on his injured companions, who said their wounds were minor, and wondered why the Xuanwu’s attacks had seemed restrained.
• The Spirit Abyss Xuanwu communicated with Chen Xiaojun through thought, said it had expected him, and pointed out that another super soul beast had bestowed his soul ring.

The Spirit Abyss Xuanwu revealed that Chen Xiaojun’s Five-Colored Deer soul ring granted fate power that may have aided him and his clan. It then offered Chen Cong a bargain: it would willingly sacrifice itself and provide Chen Xiaojun with its soul ring, essence, mental power, and a high-quality soul bone.

• The Spirit Abyss Xuanwu explained that the Five-Colored Deer’s fate power could change luck and influence a clan’s fortunes.
• The Spirit Abyss Xuanwu created a powerful earthen-and-stone Xuanwu using its innate skills, then immobilized Chen Xiaojun and his companions with Xuanwu Suppression.
• The Spirit Abyss Xuanwu summoned Chen Cong and explained that it had been trapped in the secret realm, where it foresaw a calamity it could not escape.
• The Spirit Abyss Xuanwu said Chen Xiaojun’s strength and fate power had convinced it that its soul ring could serve him.
• The Spirit Abyss Xuanwu offered to sacrifice itself and willingly provide Chen Xiaojun with its soul ring, essence, mental power, and a high-quality soul bone.

Chen Xiaojun agreed to the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu’s bargain and promised to protect its two eggs and visit its ancestral homeland. After binding the eggs to him, Ling Xuange began sacrificing itself to form a soul ring for Chen Xiaojun.

• Chen Xiaojun swore an oath to accept the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu’s bargain after it assured him the arrangement posed little danger.
• The Spirit Abyss Xuanwu retrieved two eggs from the Darkwater Pool and asked Chen Xiaojun to help them hatch and raise them as war beasts.
• Chen Xiaojun agreed to take the eggs somewhere with more water of life and later visit the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu’s ancestral homeland to report what had happened.
• The Spirit Abyss Xuanwu revealed its name, Ling Xuange, and secretly told Chen Xiaojun where its ancestral homeland was located.
• After a secret-art contract bound the eggs to Chen Xiaojun, Ling Xuange began its sacrifice, and the resulting black ring drifted into Chen Xiaojun.

Chen Xiaojun absorbed the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu’s sacrifice, transforming Gan Jiang and Moye into swords as his Soul Power surged. After he collapsed, Chen Cong realized he was condensing an external Soul Bone, leaving his family to hope he could endure it.

• Chen Xiaojun absorbed the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu’s pure Soul Power, and Gan Jiang and Moye formed into twin swords within his lower Soul Nest.
• The Spirit Abyss Xuanwu died and produced a thirty-thousand-year Torso Bone, which Chen Cong said Chen Xiaojun could choose whether to use.
• Chen Xiaojun’s Soul Power broke through multiple levels as Chen Cong explained that the willing sacrifice prevented a resentful remnant soul from attacking him.
• Chen Xiaojun suddenly collapsed and trembled, alarming Chen Feng, Chen Mu, and Chen Jianjun.
• Chen Cong used Sword Eye and determined that Chen Xiaojun was condensing an external Soul Bone from the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu’s abundant essence.
• Chen Cong compared Chen Xiaojun’s condition to Xiao Yi’s and said he would be fine if he endured it, while the family complained about his luck.

Chen Xiaojun endured the painful fusion of the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu's Spinal Bone with his external soul bone. The transformation left him with a black-and-white turtle shell on his back, and his family laughed at the unexpected result.

• Chen Jianjun told Chen Jianzun that he did not need to compete with Chen Xiaojun and should focus on his own life.
• Chen Mu asked Chen Cong for a soul bone, and Chen Cong revealed a seventy-thousand-year-old Left Arm Soul Bone he had saved for him but advised him to wait before absorbing it.
• Chen Yanwu noticed changes on Chen Xiaojun's back, and Chen Cong guided the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu's Spinal Bone toward him.
• The Spinal Bone merged into Chen Xiaojun, causing severe pain before a burst of black-and-white light transformed his back.
• Chen Feng and the others laughed when they saw that Chen Xiaojun's external soul bone had become a turtle shell marked with a yin-yang Taiji diagram.

Chen Xiaojun absorbed the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu’s refined true water, completing the growth of his external soul bone and gaining a tortoiseshell-shaped defense that could absorb and convert nearby energy. He named its retracted pattern the yin-yang taiji xuanwu diagram, while Chen Cong explained that Chen Xiaojun’s Torso Bone had reached the forty-thousand-year level.

• The Spirit Abyss Xuanwu’s corpse released its refined true water, which Chen Xiaojun absorbed through the rotating taiji diagram on his back.
• Chen Xiaojun rose after the painful transformation, and Chen Mu and Chen Feng teased him about his new tortoiseshell.
• Chen Cong reassured Chen Xiaojun that the unusual external soul bone’s worth depended on how he used it, and Chen Xiaojun discovered it could absorb and convert surrounding energy.
• Chen Xiaojun retracted the tortoiseshell, named the remaining pattern the yin-yang taiji xuanwu diagram, and said he had completed absorbing his Torso Bone.
• Chen Xiaojun told Chen Cong that his Torso Bone had reached the forty-thousand-year level, and Chen Cong explained that it had absorbed xuanwu true water through its connection to the external soul bone.

Chen Xiaojun learned that his Torso Bone might grow alongside his External Soul Bone and revealed its Soul Skill, Xuanwu Suppression. After the Chen Clan buried the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu, he placed its Spirit Eggs in the Spring of Life and visited the sleeping Xiao Yi.

• Chen Cong deduced that Chen Xiaojun's Torso Bone could keep growing, and Chen Xiaojun revealed that its Soul Skill was Xuanwu Suppression.
• Chen Xiaojun said he was nearly level 44, while Chen Jianzun reminded Chen Feng and Chen Mu that the Soul Sacrifice Tournament was a year away.
• Chen Cong ordered the clan members to reflect on their battle with the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu and said he would supervise their Formation Trials.
• The Chen Clan buried the Spirit Abyss Xuanwu, then Chen Xiaojun placed its two Spirit Eggs in the Spring of Life with Elder Qing's approval.
• Chen Cong and Elder Qing discussed the Azure Vine Clan guarding the Chen Clan, and Elder Qing asked for more Bing Huo Yin Yang Spring water.
• Chen Xiaojun visited Xiao Yi in the Sacred Land, told her about his new Soul Ring, Soul Bones, and Spirit Eggs, and hoped she would wake soon.

Chen Xiaojun used his reward draw after his fourth soul ring reached thirty thousand years and received the Eight Extraordinary Skills from The Outcast. He noticed the system’s artifact spirit was evolving and asked whether it was connected to his Ten Divine Swords martial soul.

• Chen Xiaojun entered the system space and learned his thirty-thousand-year fourth soul ring had earned him a non-fixed reward draw.
• Chen Xiaojun deduced that deity inheritance rewards explained how others had surpassed his earlier soul-ring records.
• The artifact spirit began the draw, and the wheel landed on Skill.
• Chen Xiaojun chose the middle card and received the Eight Extraordinary Skills manuals in his Storage Soul Tool.
• Chen Xiaojun identified three reward tiers and asked the artifact spirit whether his Ten Divine Swords martial soul was connected to her.

Chen Xiaojun received a purple-gold reward that let him create a second martial soul, then weighed the risks of choosing a god-level soul against his obligations as a Chen Clan descendant. He activated the card after making his choice, and the system began an important notification.

• Chen Xiaojun deduced that the artifact spirit had influenced his martial soul awakening and drew his variable reward.
• The wheel awarded Chen Xiaojun a purple-gold card that could become any second martial soul he imagined or named.
• The artifact spirit warned Chen Xiaojun that the reward was a one-time opportunity and that he would not receive similar rewards again.
• Back in reality, Chen Xiaojun considered several powerful martial souls, including the Six-Winged Angel and the Sea God Martial Soul, but worried about the risks of choosing a god-level soul.
• Chen Xiaojun decided to choose a martial soul in light of his responsibilities as a direct-line descendant of the Chen Clan, then activated the card as the system began a notification.

Chen Xiaojun upgraded the Seven Kill Sword into the sealed Nethersea Seven Kill Sword, then transferred the excess creation energy to Xiao Yi to heal and modify her. He left the Life Sanctuary pondering the system’s limits and origins, with a slight pain in his lower soul nest.

• Chen Xiaojun confirmed the Seven Kill Sword’s fusion with the Nethersea Sword, creating the sealed Nethersea Seven Kill Sword under Heaven and Earth Rules.
• Chen Xiaojun transferred the excess creation energy to Xiao Yi, who recovered in the Life Essence Pool and gained a blank second martial soul slot.
• Chen Xiaojun considered the system’s creation energy, its divine-grade limits, and the artifact spirit’s inability to alter its core settings.
• Chen Xiaojun questioned the system’s origins, its purpose, and what price its rewards might demand.
• Chen Xiaojun felt swelling pain in his lower soul nest, then emerged from the Life Sanctuary and encountered Chen Cong before bidding Elder Qing farewell.

Chen Xiaojun revealed his Nethersea Seven Kill Sword to Chen Cong and explained its connection to a divine sword, giving the Chen Clan evidence that the Seven Kill Sword could reach god level. The sword’s emergence stirred powerful figures across the continent, while Chen Cong saw a path for the clan’s martial-soul inheritance.

• The appearance of Chen Xiaojun’s Nethersea Seven Kill Sword sent a powerful fluctuation across the continent, drawing reactions from figures including the Grand Elder, the King of Slaughter, Jing Ye, and the president of the Plant Association.
• Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er discussed the brief fluctuation and wondered whether a super martial soul’s promotion had succeeded or failed.
• Chen Xiaojun manifested his Nethersea Seven Kill Sword, and Chen Cong recognized it as the Seven Kill Sword and exclaimed that Chen Xiaojun possessed twin martial souls.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword was a king martial soul and a divine sword embryo leading toward the Nethersea Sword, then unsealed it before Chen Cong.
• After Chen Xiaojun explained the non-fixed lottery and the Nethersea Sword, Chen Cong concluded that the Seven Kill Sword lineage might be able to advance to god level.

Chen Xiaojun revealed that he had awakened the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword, relieving Chen Jianjun of the burden of carrying the direct line’s Seven Kill Sword legacy. Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong discussed the sword’s known and hidden attributes, leaving Chen Cong convinced that it possessed at least six attributes like other god-level martial souls.

• Chen Mu and Chen Feng came to ask Chen Cong about the surge of Sword Qi, and Chen Cong announced that Chen Xiaojun would practice the formation with them the next day.
• Chen Xiaojun summoned the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword, and Chen Jianjun and the others reacted with astonishment to his new martial soul.
• Chen Jianjun told Chen Jianzun that Chen Xiaojun’s awakening had eased the burden of carrying the direct line’s Seven Kill Sword, and he said he had found his own place in the clan.
• Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun discussed how the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword could temporarily advance into a super martial soul and might conceal further secrets.
• Chen Xiaojun described the sword’s metal, water, mental power, slaughter, erosion, and blood attributes, and Chen Cong explained that god-level martial souls had multiple associated attributes tied to their primary attribute.

Chen Cong explained why Chen Xiaojun could safely add a soul ring to his Nethersea Seven Kill Sword and recommended a powerful area-attack skill while keeping his twin martial souls secret. After examining Chen Xiaojun’s lower soul nest, Chen Cong found that it was struggling to keep up with his many powerful martial souls, leaving them to seek a solution.

• Chen Cong explained that successful twin martial soul users balanced their physique, soul power, soul rings, and cultivation progress, and said Chen Xiaojun could withstand a twenty- or thirty-thousand-year ring.
• Chen Cong said Chen Xiaojun’s matching sword martial souls and shared cultivation art avoided conflicts, while hiding the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword among his Sword God Pearls would protect his secret.
• Chen Xiaojun said he wanted an area-attack soul skill, and Chen Cong agreed that it was a suitable direction.
• Chen Xiaojun reported that his lower soul nest had ached and swollen twice that day, so Chen Cong guided his soul power inside to inspect it.
• Chen Cong found that Chen Xiaojun’s lower soul nest was struggling to contain his powerful martial souls, and Chen Xiaojun asked how to solve the problem.

Chen Xiaojun revealed his Yin-Yang Five Elements Eyes and explained their power to perceive the rules of heaven and earth, then gave Chen Cong a manual of the Eight Extraordinary Skills. Chen Cong finished reading its descriptions and asked what Chen Xiaojun planned to do with them.

• Chen Cong advised Chen Xiaojun to strengthen his physique and open his middle soul nest to address the danger in his lower soul nest.
• Chen Cong praised the potential of Chen Xiaojun's new external soul bone, and Chen Xiaojun revealed that he had gained another one.
• Chen Xiaojun activated his Yin-Yang Five Elements Eyes and explained that they could perceive the rules of heaven and earth, though only for ten seconds without harming him.
• Chen Cong warned Chen Xiaojun to keep the eyes' rule-perceiving ability secret, and Chen Xiaojun agreed.
• Chen Xiaojun gave Chen Cong a golden manual describing the Eight Extraordinary Skills, and Chen Cong read it before asking what Chen Xiaojun intended to do.

Chen Xiaojun explained how the Eight Extraordinary Skills could benefit the Chen Clan and proposed prioritizing research into Commanding Spirits. He argued that it might control martial souls, prompting Chen Cong to agree to immediate experiments.

• Chen Xiaojun described how Wind-After Wonder Gate and Divine Mechanism Hundred Refinements could advance the clan’s formations, combat forces, and industry.
• Chen Xiaojun discussed Heavenly Talisman and Great Luo Cave Observation, identifying Xiao Yi and the clan’s elders as possible practitioners.
• Chen Xiaojun said Six Treasury Immortal Thief, Twin Full Hands, and Qi Body Origin Flow could strengthen the clan’s bodies, minds, and cultivation, supporting its plans for godhood and immortality.
• Chen Xiaojun recommended keeping the Eight Extraordinary Skills restricted to clan members who earned or were assigned them, and Chen Cong agreed to pass on the suggestion.
• Chen Xiaojun argued that Commanding Spirits could control martial souls because they were manifestations of spirits, and Chen Cong recognized its potential to transform the Soul Master World.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed testing Commanding Spirits on each other before trying it on Mo Yuqi’s clan’s black shadow martial souls, and Chen Cong agreed to begin.

As nobles and representatives gathered for Chen Cong’s eightieth birthday celebration, Xue Chuxin, Xue Churan, and Zuo Tinggang discussed the influential families, the Chen Clan’s markets, and their plans to attend. They left for the mansion, unaware that a blond young man in the next room had overheard their conversation.

• Xue Chuxin and Xue Churan observed the many powerful families and guilds arriving for Chen Cong’s birthday celebration.
• Zuo Tinggang discussed the Chen Clan’s lucrative markets with Xue Churan and asked about her research into a copied magic formation.
• Xue Churan and Xue Chuxin urged Zuo Tinggang to recover from his injuries and drink less, and he promised to stop drinking until he healed.
• Xue Churan told Xue Chuxin that Mu Lingyun had slapped her before offering her some consolation, and the two discussed Mu Lingyun’s view of household authority.
• Zuo Tinggang interrupted their conversation, and he, Xue Chuxin, and Xue Churan set off in a procession for the Chen Clan’s mansion.
• A blond young man in the next room revealed that he had overheard their conversation and remarked, “Interesting.”