Chapter Summaries

After Chen Feng and Chen Mu teased Chen Xiaojun about arranging Xixi’s arena appearance, the tournament continued with Zhao Mingsheng defeating Huyan Zan and several Chen Clan allies winning their matches. The Chen Clan’s strength was on display as the Soul Ancestor Realm competition continued.

• Chen Mu and Chen Feng thanked Chen Xiaojun for helping arrange Xixi’s arena appearance, then joked that he would have to explain it to the Sea God Island seniors.
• Chen Xiaojun called after Chen Feng and Chen Mu about hidden techniques they had not used, and the two hurried away.
• Zhao Mingsheng defeated Huyan Zan with the Heart-Shattering Palm, earning recognition for the Zhao Family.
• Cheng Tai, Zhu Wukui, Liu Ruyan, Ma Wenyu, Shen Youchu, and Xi Li Deng Yuan won their matches, while Qin Huacheng lost to Yan Zaiyang.
• The Chen Clan’s Soul Ancestor Realm lineup began the competition with more wins than losses.

Zhu Wuxin, the Chen Clan’s Personal Attendant, stepped in to face Ling Xinyao when the Snow Princess challenged Chen Yanwu. The chapter detailed Zhu Wuxin’s skills and training as she pressed her attack, leaving the match underway.

• Ling Xinyao challenged Chen Yanwu, but Zhu Wuxin intervened and said Ling would have to defeat her first.
• Zhu Wuxin introduced herself as Chen Yanwu’s Personal Attendant and revealed her Nine-Toothed Rake, a seventh-rank martial soul.
• Zhu Wuxin charged Ling Xinyao, used the rake to fend off her ice spikes, and suddenly produced three figures with Spiral Nine Shadows.
• Zhu Wuxin relied on the Bone-Marrow Refining Chapter, Five-String Plucking, and the Sound Breathing Method to boost her strength, control, and striking speed.
• Zhu Wuxin had reached level 45 and ranked first in strength among the new generation of the original Retainer Families from Chenlin Village.

Zhu Wuxin fought Ling Xinyao, breaking through her ice attacks with her clones and Nine-Toothed Rake before unleashing a powerful fire domain. Ling Xinyao countered with her secret technique, Ice Seal Three Thousand Li, and the chapter ended as their expanding worlds of ice and fire collided.

• Ling Xinyao attacked Zhu Wuxin with a barrage of ice spikes, but Zhu Wuxin's two clones shattered and swept aside the attacks with their whirlwinds.
• Zhu Wuxin closed the distance and struck Ling Xinyao's Ice Prison with Fire Wheel, then shattered it with Endless Echoing Slash.
• Ling Xinyao concealed herself in freezing mist, but Zhu Wuxin activated Prison Wheel and spread a fire domain that burned the mist away.
• Ling Xinyao used Ice Seal Three Thousand Li to summon a vast blizzard and towering ice pillars against Zhu Wuxin's fire domain.
• Zhu Wuxin gripped her rake and prepared to face Ling Xinyao's ice as the two powers collided.

Zhu Wuxin broke through Ling Xinyao’s ice defenses with a fierce dual-rake attack, but Ling Xinyao unleashed Absolute Zero and froze them both. Their families rescued them, and the match ended in a draw.

• Zhu Wuxin used Martial Soul Clone to wield two Nine-Toothed Rakes and smashed through Ling Xinyao’s Ice Seal Three Thousand Li with Dragon Wheel and Phoenix Wheel.
• As Zhu Wuxin closed in, Ling Xinyao unleashed Absolute Zero, freezing the arena and immobilizing both fighters.
• Zhu Wuxin hurled her two wheels at Ling Xinyao, but Ling Yunxiao and his Fan Shadow Split knocked them aside and helped absorb Ling Xinyao’s cold.
• Zhu Yanfeng and Ding Bingyuan freed Zhu Wuxin, and both families treated the unconscious fighters.
• Zhu Yanfeng declared the match a draw because Ling Xinyao and Zhu Wuxin had lost the ability to fight at the same time.

After their dangerous spar ended in a draw, Ling Xinyao and Zhu Wuxin recovered in a Chen Clan healing room and spoke about their ages, training, and Chen Xiaojun's techniques. Ling Xinyao left reassured that Zhu Wuxin also could not withstand the Jiang Mo Seal or Fatal Sword-Drawing Technique.

• Zhu Shiqing treated Ling Xinyao and Zhu Wuxin, gave each a Purple Cloud Silverleaf Pill, and told them Yanwu and the Sword Sovereign were waiting outside.
• Zhu Wuxin got up to fix her smudged makeup while Ling Xinyao stayed in bed to rest after hearing her father was outside.
• Zhu Wuxin told Ling Xinyao she attended Moonlight Academy, had skipped a year, and would turn seventeen in three months.
• Zhu Wuxin reminded Ling Xinyao that their draw meant she had passed the test, but agreed that she could not defeat the Eldest Miss.
• Ling Xinyao asked whether Zhu Wuxin could withstand Chen Xiaojun's Jiang Mo Seal and Fatal Sword-Drawing Technique, and Zhu Wuxin said she could not withstand either move.
• Ling Xinyao felt relieved that Zhu Wuxin would also struggle against Chen Xiaojun's techniques.

Dugu Fu and Zhu Wuneng discussed Zhu Wuneng’s sister and watched Zhu Wukui lose to Ge Tianhao in the arena. Liu Ruyan then defeated Ge Tianhao by exploiting her Martial Soul, techniques, and combat experience.

• Dugu Fu flirted with Zhu Wuneng about his sister, but Zhu Wuneng warned him that she already liked someone and judged men by their looks.
• Zhu Wuneng explained that Zhu Wukui’s stone armor boar Martial Soul put him at a disadvantage against Ge Tianhao’s Yazi Martial Soul, and Zhu Wukui lost the fight.
• Dugu Fu and Zhu Wuneng watched Liu Ruyan enter the arena and use her needles against her opponent.
• Ge Tianhao reflected on how Liu Ruyan’s Origin Spirit Water-Fire Needles, Nine Yin Manual techniques, control skills, and greater experience had overwhelmed him.

After Shen Youchu lost to Yang Lu, Beiming Lingyu unexpectedly entered the arena and challenged the Seven Extremes Bow prodigy. The chapter ended with Yang Lu and Beiming Lingyu, both fifteen-year-old Soul Ancestors, poised to begin their duel.

• Dugu Fu and Zhu Wuneng discussed Shen Youchu's defeat and wondered who would challenge Yang Lu next.
• Beiming Lingyu jumped into the arena and asked Yang Lu to fight him.
• Beiming Lingyu introduced himself as a fifteen-year-old rank forty-five Soul Ancestor from the Beiming Family and revealed his Guang Ling Ice Bow.
• The spectators recognized Yang Lu and Beiming Lingyu as similarly ranked young archers, and four Chen Clan Soul Saints activated the arena's Grand Barrier.
• Yang Lu and Beiming Lingyu took their positions and prepared to duel beneath the stars.

Beiming Lingyu and Yang Lu fought an intense archery duel, trading rapid volleys and powerful soul skills. Their strongest attacks collided, and both retreated, leaving the match undecided.

• Beiming Lingyu opened with Shadowless Arrow, but Yang Lu dodged his shots and sent her Returning Wind Dances with the Willow arrows back at him.
• Beiming Lingyu evaded Yang Lu’s arrow net with Light and Shadow Step, then used Scattering Stars to clash with her arrows.
• Beiming Lingyu unleashed Ice Wings and froze Yang Lu’s Blazing Prairie Fire dragon with the Ice Soul Technique.
• Yang Lu fired Falling Meteor as Beiming Lingyu countered with High-Explosive Piercing Strike, and their attacks collided in a destructive blast.
• Beiming Lingyu and Yang Lu each retreated about a dozen steps after the clash, and the duel remained undecided.

Yang Lu and Beiming Lingyu fought an exhausting archery duel until Yang Lu surrendered because her soul power was nearly depleted. Beiming Lingyu won and, unable to leave the arena to follow her, chose to challenge another opponent.

• Beiming Lingyu's shadowless arrows froze against Yang Lu's Five-String Flying Frost, and Yang Lu countered his attacks with Phoenix Feather Arrow and Swamp Binding Arrow.
• Yang Lu and Beiming Lingyu's powerful arrows clashed repeatedly, but neither could gain a decisive advantage.
• Yang Lu surrendered when her soul power ran low, and Beiming Lingyu accepted the win, then called her Big Sister Lu as she left.
• Beiming Lingyu tried to follow Yang Lu, but Zhu Yanfeng explained that he had to defend the arena or challenge someone else.
• Beiming Lingyu chose to challenge another opponent, and Zhu Yanfeng gave him a Purple Cloud Silverleaf Pill and fifteen minutes to recover.

Yang Jingxue secured a deal with Chen Yu to obtain Ninth-Grade Treasure Medicine for Xiao Lu, offering the Yang Family’s goods at a steep discount in return. Chen Yu also invited the Yang Family to invest in a timber trade market, while they discussed the threat posed by the Beiming Family’s gifted archer; later, Qian Daoliu praised Beiming Lingyu, whose innate soul power was revealed to be level 9.3.

• Yang Jingxue asked Chen Yu for Ninth-Grade Treasure Medicine to raise Xiao Lu’s innate soul power and offered a thirty-percent discount on the Yang Family’s goods in exchange.
• Chen Yu accepted Yang Jingxue’s offer and invited the Yang Family to invest in a timber trade market in Wushan Prefecture, which she agreed to do.
• Chen Yu and Yang Jingxue discussed the Beiming Family’s gifted archer and compared his physical resilience with Xiao Lu’s strengths in reflexes and spiritual perception.
• Qian Daoliu praised Beiming Lingyu’s performance, and Beiming Xinghai revealed that Lingyu’s innate soul power was level 9.3.
• She Yaolei boasted that Lingyu surpassed Sagur’s grandson, and Sagur retorted that his grandson still outranked those who had failed to make the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking.

Chen Xiaojun secured the Medical Alliance’s initial purchase of Purple Cloud Silverleaf Pills and then watched Chen Yanwu make a dramatic entrance to face Beiming Lingyu. Chen Yanwu’s display impressed Beiming Lingyu and the elders watching from above.

• Chen Xiaojun presented the Purple Cloud Silverleaf Pill to the Medical Alliance elders, who praised its ingredients and effects.
• Chen Xiaojun offered the pills for three thousand gold coins each, and Zhong Chunhua agreed to an initial order of one thousand.
• Ye Xiuyuan praised Chen Xiaojun’s business skills and asked who the Chen Clan would send against Beiming Lingyu; Chen Xiaojun said Chen Yanwu would handle him.
• Beiming Lingyu called for a Chen Clan opponent, and Chen Yanwu flew into the arena on her Seven Kill Sword while reciting a verse.
• Beiming Lingyu admired Chen Yanwu’s entrance and learned that she was the Tianquan Sword.
• Ma Tianyang praised Chen Yanwu’s verse to Chen Menglin from the second floor.

Chen Yanwu faced Beiming Lingyu in a demonstration match, evading his archery techniques with her Sword Steps. Beiming Lingyu unleashed Ultimate Ling Light, and Chen Yanwu answered with her Fourth Soul Skill, Falling Moon, leaving the duel poised for its clash.

• Ma Tianyang asked Chen Menglin whether Chen Yanwu had opened her Upper Soul Nest, and Chen Menglin confirmed that she had.
• Chen Yanwu and Beiming Lingyu introduced themselves and began their match, with Chen Yanwu revealing that she had reached Level 49.
• Beiming Lingyu attacked with Seven Stars Linked Shadowless Arrow and Scattering Stars, but Chen Yanwu avoided both with her Sword Steps.
• Chen Yanwu continued evading Beiming Lingyu's archery, including his Lingyu Cloud-Piercing Arrow, without drawing her sword.
• Beiming Lingyu unleashed his secret ultimate technique, Ultimate Ling Light, and Chen Yanwu used Phantom and Spiral Nine Shadows to meet the attack.
• Chen Yanwu invoked her Fourth Soul Skill, Falling Moon, and formed a luminous moon above the battlefield.

Chen Yanwu defeated Beiming Lingyu with one strike of her fourth soul skill, Falling Moon, after its illusion left him unable to defend himself. As Qian Daoliu and the others analyzed her strength, the crowd celebrated and gave her new titles.

• Chen Yanwu's Falling Moon struck Beiming Lingyu's soul and defenses, leaving him unable to move before he collapsed unconscious.
• Beiming Lingyu admitted defeat, and Beiming Xinghai carried him from the arena.
• Qian Daoliu explained how Falling Moon trapped its target in an illusion before delivering its strike, while Sagur and She Yaolei praised Chen Yanwu's mental power and speed.
• The youths below the arena discussed Chen Yanwu's victory and argued over whether to call her the Sword Lord or the Heavenly Music Goddess.
• The crowd approved the combined title Heavenly Music Sword Lord for Chen Yanwu.

After defeating Beiming Lingyu, Chen Yanwu explained that she had fused Falling Moon with the Sword-Drawing Technique to create the Heart Sword Art. Tang Chen of the Clear Sky Sect then took the arena, setting up another highly anticipated match.

• Ling Xinyao and Zhu Wuxin discussed Chen Yanwu's strength, while Qing Yue declared that she wanted to take Yanwu as her disciple.
• Chen Mu and Chen Feng recognized that Chen Yanwu's Falling Moon combined with the Sword-Drawing Technique and admired her control of its concealed and explosive power.
• Chen Yanwu named her new fusion the Heart Sword Art and said it was only a preliminary path she still needed to refine.
• Chen Yanwu reflected on Chen Xiaojun's advice that swordsmanship should have a sword heart, which became the Heart Sword Art's ultimate goal.
• Tang Chen stepped onto the arena with his lightning-wreathed Clear Sky Hammer, and the spectators anticipated a clash between the Chen Clan and the Clear Sky Sect.

Tang Chen challenged Xiao Hongchen, but Chen Jianjun stepped in as a better-matched opponent and began a fierce battle with him. The two level-48 heirs clashed with their lightning-imbued weapons, and the chapter ended while their duel was still raging.

• Tang Chen called out Xiao Hongchen at the Chen Clan camp, and Chen Xiaojun realized he had to answer the challenge.
• Chen Jianjun took the stage in Xiao Hongchen's place, explaining that he and Tang Chen were closer matches in age and family standing.
• Tang Chen agreed to fight Chen Jianjun, and both introduced themselves as level-48 Battle Soul Ancestors.
• Chen Jianjun used Sword Power and Hard Sword to strengthen and enlarge his lightning-imbued Seven Kill Sword.
• Tang Chen and Chen Jianjun traded powerful sword and hammer strikes as lightning and sparks filled the arena.

Chen Jianjun used his lightning-enhanced swordsmanship and defenses to gain the advantage over Tang Chen in their duel. As Tang Chen unleashed Yang Golden Lightning, Chen Jianjun answered with the Nine Yang Divine Skill, beginning the test Xiaojun had requested.

• Chen Jianjun revealed that Heavenly Punishment Grass had given his Seven Kill Sword a lightning attribute, and he clashed with Tang Chen using enhanced sword techniques.
• Tang Chen activated Thunderclap Rampage and Ironblood Tyrant Body, while Chen Jianjun countered with Sword Shadow Form and an enhanced Wind Chasing Lightning.
• Chen Jianjun endured Tang Chen's lightning attacks without harm, revealing his lightning immunity.
• Tang Chen's Phantom Hammer Formation failed to break Chen Jianjun's Golden Bell Shield, and its recoil injured Tang Chen's hands.
• Tang Chen unleashed Yang Golden Lightning by fusing Clear Sky True Yang Force with his lightning power, and Chen Jianjun responded with the Nine Yang Divine Skill.

Chen Jianjun's Nine Yang Divine Skill overwhelmed Tang Chen's Clear Sky True Yang Force, then Chen Jianjun launched a powerful seal attack. As Tang Chen defended with Clear Sky First Yang Force, Chen Yu revealed that the Nine Yang Divine Skill came from a chance-acquired legacy outside the Chen Clan's original inheritance.

• Tang Chen challenged Chen Jianjun to test whether the Nine Yang Divine Skill could overcome the Tang Family's Clear Sky Nine Yang Force.
• Chen Jianjun's sword broke through Tang Chen's Clear Sky True Yang Force, absorbing its yang power and forcing Tang Chen back farther than Chen Jianjun.
• Tang Yue questioned Chen Yu about the Nine Yang Divine Skill, and Chen Yu admitted the Chen Clan had obtained it from another source by chance.
• Chen Jianjun began his counterattack by unleashing the Jiang Mo Seal, a massive golden-red palm seal that descended toward Tang Chen.
• Tang Chen activated Clear Sky Body Protection and used Clear Sky First Yang Force, which the Jiang Mo Seal countered less severely than his Clear Sky True Yang Force.

Chen Jianjun and Tang Chen fought through a series of powerful attacks before agreeing to settle their duel with one final move. Chen Jianjun’s lightning overwhelmed Tang Chen’s Sky-Piercing Strike, leaving the outcome of the battle unresolved.

• Tang Chen broke the Jiang Mo Seal, and Chen Jianjun attacked him with two successive Sun Breathing forms.
• Tang Chen countered with the Chaotic Cloak and Disorder Splitting Wind Hammer, and both fighters suffered injuries in the clash.
• Chen Jianjun and Tang Chen agreed to decide the fight with one move, with Tang Chen enlarging his Clear Sky Hammer and Chen Jianjun gathering lightning through Lightning Control.
• Tang Chen unleashed Sky-Piercing Strike as Chen Jianjun fired Great Thunder Benevolence, and the lightning engulfed Tang Chen and his hammer.

Chen Jianjun defeated Tang Chen in a devastating duel, and the crowd celebrated the strength of both fighters. Chen Xiaojun watched Xixi’s reaction and realized she showed no interest in Tang Chen, while she secretly enjoyed Xiaojun’s attention.

• Chen Jianjun blasted Tang Chen’s Clear Sky Hammer beyond the arena and knocked Tang Chen out of bounds, while Chen Jianjun remained inside and won.
• Zhu Yanfeng told the battered, raggedly dressed fighters to bathe and change, as spectators praised their battle and discussed their rankings.
• Bo Saixi cheered Chen Jianjun’s victory, and Xixi teased Chen Xiaojun about Tang Chen wanting to challenge him.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that Tang Chen had come for the Nine Yang Divine Skill and felt relieved when he saw Xixi had no admiration for Tang Chen.
• Xixi secretly smiled whenever Chen Xiaojun glanced at her.

The clansmen discussed the Chen Clan’s strong competitors and the success of their recent training, while Chen Xiaojun’s preparations to help Chen Jianjun counter Tang Chen remained unknown to Chen Xun. The chapter ended with Ma Zhibin asking who from the Chen Clan would guard the competition stages.

• Ma Zhibin congratulated Chen Xun on his sons’ rankings, then persuaded him to host a private celebration after the matches.
• Ma Zhibin asked whether Chen Jianjun had been studying Tang Chen, and Chen Xun denied that Jianjun had singled him out.
• Chen Xiaojun’s earlier training had prepared Chen Jianjun with counters to the Tang Family’s inherited techniques, though Chen Xun did not know about those plans.
• The narration described how the Vine Sea training had strengthened the younger Chen Clan members and helped them achieve strong results in the matches.
• Long Wenkai, Ma Zhibin, and Xue Tianming discussed how difficult it would be for other youths to win prizes against Chen Yanwu and Chen Jianjun.
• Ma Zhibin asked Chen Xun who from the Chen Clan was guarding the stages.