Chapter Summaries

Shen Fei, Cheng Yun, and Chen Xiaojun battled the Silver Wolf True King while Chen Chen arrived to help. The Silver Wolf True King survived their attacks and continued fighting as Chen Chen turned his Seven Kill Sword on the Wolf Bandits below.

• Chen Xiaojun used [Peerless Excellence] to strengthen Shen Fei, whose Crimson Sword Tide became a Crimson Giant Dragon and shattered the Silver Wolf True King's Moonlight Shield.
• The wounded Silver Wolf True King healed with [Yue Shen's Sacred Radiance] and used [Moon-Howling Roar] to resist attacks from Cheng Yun and Shen Fei.
• Cheng Yun and Shen Fei continued their assault on the Silver Wolf True King, starting another fierce clash.
• Chen Chen arrived beside Chen Xiaojun, and Xiao Yi explained that his Martial Soul gave him strong perception in the woods.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Chen Chen to deal with the Wolf Bandits and Silver Wolf Pack while he and the others watched the Silver Wolf True King.
• Chen Chen unleashed [Might Shakes the Four Directions], sending a sword net crashing down over the Wolf Bandits.

Chen Chen, now a Soul Saint and Operations Director, fought the surviving Wolf Bandits and overwhelmed Anos Rahman Khan, who sacrificed himself to buy Nelson Astana time to escape. Chen Xiaojun then reflected on how Shen Fei and Shen Lang resembled actors from his past life.

• Chen Chen confronted the Wolf Bandits, remembering the comrades he had lost seven years earlier in the battle against them.
• Chen Chen used his sword skills to break through Anos Rahman Khan’s Blood Explosion Art and wound him.
• Anos Rahman Khan rose and charged Chen Chen again to delay him while Nelson Astana escaped.
• Chen Chen reflected on the memories of his past life stirred by Shen Fei’s and Shen Lang’s familiar appearances.

Xiao Yi used the forbidden Nine Palace Soul-Shifting Art to restrain the Silver Wolf True King and strip away its soul, allowing Chen Xiaojun to kill it. The True King’s soul was drawn into the nine palace diagram, which returned to Xiao Yi.

• Xiao Yi healed Shen Fei and Cheng Yun with [Life Force Field], prompting the Silver Wolf True King to charge at her.
• Cheng Yun and Shen Fei tried to intercept the Silver Wolf True King, but it evaded them and rushed toward Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi invoked the Nine Palace Soul-Shifting Art, trapping the Silver Wolf True King and beginning to pull out its soul.
• Shen Fei and Cheng Yun attacked the restrained True King, preventing it from healing as Xiao Yi weakened it.
• Chen Xiaojun struck off the Silver Wolf True King’s head with his Fatal Sword-Drawing Technique.
• The Nine Palace Soul-Shifting Art absorbed the True King’s soul, then returned to Xiao Yi as a golden speck.

After Xiao Yi captured the Silver Wolf True King's soul with the Nine Palace Soul-Shifting Art, she explained to Chen Xiaojun that her second martial soul could imprison it without tainting her soul. Chen Xiaojun accepted her method and imagined combining it with the Chen Clan’s Commanding Spirits technique.

• After Shen Fei and Cheng Yun pursued the fleeing Silver Wolves and Wolf Bandits, Chen Xiaojun asked Xiao Yi about the risks of using the Nine Palace Soul-Shifting Art.
• Xiao Yi explained that she had imprisoned the Silver Wolf True King's soul in a sealed space within her second martial soul rather than absorbing it.
• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun she could control the captured soul only after refining it and applying a control mark, and that her current mental power allowed one more top-tier fifty-thousand-year soul beast.
• Chen Xiaojun reflected that soul spirits and other soul-controlling methods were forms of enslavement, then anticipated combining Xiao Yi's art with the Chen Clan's Commanding Spirits technique.

Xiao Yi protected Chen Xiaojun as he began absorbing the Silver Wolf True King's soul ring, while the Silver Wolf Saint King rushed to avenge its younger brother. Xiao Yi was badly injured defending Chen Xiaojun from the Saint King's attacks, and a second devastating attack bore down on them.

• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun that she had extracted the Silver Wolf True King's soul form and that he could safely absorb its soul ring.
• Chen Xiaojun began absorbing the soul ring while Xiao Yi built a vine barrier around him and healed wounded soul masters nearby.
• The Silver Wolf Saint King sensed its younger brother's death and attacked Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi, leaving Chen Menglin trapped in Yue Shen's Realm.
• Xiao Yi used Forest of Lightning and Golden Bell Shield to block Moonlight Rending the Sky, but the attack shattered both defenses and wounded her.
• The Silver Wolf Saint King launched Howling Moon Silver Light Break, and Xiao Yi prepared to protect Chen Xiaojun despite her injuries.

Ma Zhibin and Xue Chuxin arrived in time to save Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi from the Silver Wolf Saint King's devastating attack. After healing the survivors, Xue Chuxin showed Xiao Yi how close her life attribute was to becoming an ultimate attribute.

• Xiao Yi braced for the Silver Wolf Saint King's enormous Soul Power Ball as Chen Xiaojun and the distant fighters could not help them.
• Ma Zhibin arrived and used his Eighth Soul Skill, Separation Fire Thunderstorm, to destroy the silver attack.
• Xue Chuxin used Jadeite Firmament to shield Xiao Yi, Chen Xiaojun, and Ma Zhibin from the explosion's aftershocks.
• Xue Chuxin healed the group with Jadeite Light Wave, and Xiao Yi sensed that Xue Chuxin's life attribute had reached the perfected second tier.

Xue Chuxin, Ma Zhibin, and Chen Menglin drove the Silver Wolf Saint King from the battlefield while Shen Lang killed Dashi Rahman Khan. After Chen Xiaojun finished absorbing his soul ring, the survivors regrouped and learned that the Wolf Bandits and silver wolves had been almost completely wiped out, though Nelson Astana and a few others escaped.

• Xue Chuxin, Ma Zhibin, and Chen Menglin pursued the fleeing Silver Wolf Saint King as the remaining Wolf Bandits and wolves scattered.
• Shen Lang trapped Dashi Rahman Khan in his Jade-Blood Sword Domain and killed him with a strike through the chest.
• Chen Xiaojun completed absorbing his soul ring, and the Silver Wolf True King's mental power repaired some of the damage to his upper soul nest.
• Xiao Yi treated the injured Chang'an Academy teachers and students after they returned to the hill with Cheng Yun, Shen Fei, and Chen Chen.
• The survivors learned that nearly all the Wolf Bandits and silver wolves had been killed, while Nelson Astana, a few Wolf Bandit Chiefs, and a handful of silver wolves escaped.

Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi watched the battle from concealment and discussed the Crimson Church’s failed ambush against Chen Cong, along with Yan Wufeng’s broader plans. They concluded that Xue Chuxin’s strength and tactics threatened the Church’s future operations, leaving them needing a way to counter her.

• Li Lingfeng asked Yan Qi why he was not helping the Silver Wolf Saint King, and Yan Qi said the Soul Beasts might still prevail without their intervention.
• Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi recalled their past intelligence work and discussed Dongfang Long’s injuries and the uncertain outcome of Yan Wufeng and Elder You’s ambush against Chen Yu.
• Li Lingfeng praised Yan Wufeng’s plan to use the Wolf Bandits and Soul Beasts to draw Chen Cong away from Chang'an and lure Chen Yu into an ambush.
• Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi assessed Chen Menglin’s combat strength and agreed that the Chen Clan’s Titled Douluo were formidable.
• Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi blamed Xue Chuxin for thwarting their attempt to kill Chen Cong and agreed that the Church needed a countermeasure against her.

Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi discussed the threat posed by Chen Xiaojun, Xiao Yi, and the rising Chen Clan, while weighing whether to attack the young prodigies. They decided to withdraw before Xue Chuxin and Chen Menglin returned, leaving their plans against the clan unresolved.

• Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi identified Xiao Hongchen as Chen Xiaojun and discussed his and Xiao Yi's abilities and background.
• Li Lingfeng proposed killing Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi, but Yan Qi warned that Shen Lang and the pair's strength made an attack too risky without the clan head's coordination.
• Yan Qi explained that the Holy Church was prioritizing the Chen Clan because its growing influence and alliances threatened the church's future holy wars.
• Li Lingfeng agreed to report the plan to headquarters and cautioned Yan Qi about the other major clans and his unsolved search for a mole.
• Yan Qi urged Li Lingfeng to leave before Xue Chuxin and Chen Menglin returned, and Li Lingfeng vowed that the Chen Clan's decline would begin when they met again.
• Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi vanished from the area.

Chen Menglin and the others returned after the Silver Wolf Saint King escaped with help from a Storm War Eagle, and Xue Chuxin confirmed that powerful Soul Beasts were behind the attack. The elders then confronted Chen Xiaojun for absorbing a Soul Ring during battle, but Xiao Yi took responsibility for urging him to do it.

• Ma Zhibin and Chen Menglin reported that the Silver Wolf Saint King escaped after a Holy King tier Storm War Eagle intervened, and Xue Chuxin confirmed the eagle had helped attack the old bookworm.
• Chen Menglin thanked Xue Chuxin for saving the Chen Clan, and she explained that Chen Xiaojun had sent her a letter asking for help.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that he had suspected the old bookworm was the Wolf Bandits' target and had summoned Xue Chuxin as a precaution.
• Chen Menglin and Ma Zhibin scolded Chen Xiaojun for absorbing a Soul Ring on the battlefield, while Chen Mu complained that Xiaojun's actions had nearly swept him and others away.
• Xiao Yi stepped forward and said she had asked Chen Xiaojun to absorb the Soul Ring, prompting Ma Zhibin to tease them about her influence over him.

Chen Xiaojun learned that Teacher You had survived and that his Second Granduncle’s serious Dao Wounds would take time to heal. As Xue Chuxin prepared to leave, her attention lingered on someone among the Chang'an Academy teachers and students, which Chen Xiaojun and Chen Mu noticed.

• Chen Menglin praised Chen Xiaojun for leading Chang'an's teachers to safety but ordered him to accept punishment from Old Bookworm for his mistake.
• Xue Chuxin told Chen Xiaojun that Teacher You was stabilized but had to remain at the fortress, and that his Second Granduncle would need a long recovery from his Dao Wounds.
• Chen Menglin confirmed that Old Bookworm remained unconscious but was not in immediate danger, then explained that he had hurried back to protect the young people before encountering the Silver Wolf Saint King.
• Chen Mu said Chen Xiaojun had deliberately stirred up old grudges to provoke the Wolf Bandits Lord and the Silver Wolf Saint King, while Chen Xiaojun insisted it had been a coincidence.
• Xue Chuxin announced that she was leaving, and Chen Xiaojun and Chen Mu noticed her complex gaze lingering on someone among the Chang'an Academy teachers and students.

After the Wolf Bandits devastated Heavenly Wolf Mountain’s forging markets, Xue Chuxin helped treat the wounded while Chen Xiaojun warned her that the Crimson Church’s attack was likely only the beginning. He suspected their next move would involve the Imperial Court, putting Xue Chuxin and Xue Churan in danger.

• Xue Chuxin told Chen Xiaojun that the Wolf Bandits had breached the Heavenly Wolf Three Trials, invaded the mountaintop, stolen military supplies, and caused heavy casualties.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Xue Chuxin to treat the critically wounded, including Director Li Jinghua, and she agreed before returning to the mountain.
• After treating the wounded, Xue Chuxin praised Xiao Yi’s healing talent and vitality, then returned Chen Xiaojun’s Purple-Gold Great Sun Token.
• Chen Xiaojun warned Xue Chuxin that the Crimson Church had gained too little from the raid for the conflict to be over.
• Chen Xiaojun predicted that the Crimson Church’s next move would involve the Imperial Court and warned that Xue Chuxin and Xue Churan could be targeted.

Chen Xiaojun told Ma Zhibin he had a sixty percent chance of helping Ma Wencai’s martial soul evolve further, prompting Ma Zhibin to ask that his son become Chen Xiaojun’s follower. Chen Xiaojun rejected the idea, while Ma Zhibin pressed his case, hoping to secure a better future for Ma Wencai.

• Ma Zhibin thanked Chen Xiaojun for giving Ma Wencai a pair of rare thirty-thousand-year Blazing-Wing Spirit Luan arm soul bones.
• Ma Zhibin asked how likely Ma Wencai’s martial soul was to evolve, and Chen Xiaojun said he was sixty percent confident it could reach at least seventh grade and raise Ma Wencai’s innate soul power to level seven.
• Ma Zhibin offered his life to Chen Xiaojun if Ma Wencai succeeded, but Chen Xiaojun refused to accept the offer.
• Ma Zhibin proposed that Ma Wencai become Chen Xiaojun’s follower, arguing that this would let him receive the cultivation arts and special methods needed to advance.
• Chen Xiaojun objected that Ma Wencai was still a member of the Ma Family, while Ma Zhibin revealed how much he had sacrificed to support his son and how urgently he wanted a better path for him.

After the battle, the survivors recovered while Chen Xiaojun remained in a deep coma from his injuries and exhaustion. Xiao Yi continued tending to the wounded and came to check on the group as Zhu Wuneng and Dugu Fu grew wary at approaching footsteps.

• Zhu Wuneng lamented that his meridian for cursing was ruined, and Gao Cuilan scolded him for joking around.
• Dugu Fu complained of mental exhaustion, while Chen Mu praised Xiao Yi and told Ma Liang that a future head of the Ma Family would need a capable partner.
• Chen Xiaojun slept for nearly twenty hours as his body struggled with internal injuries and the pressure of commanding the battle.
• Zhu Wuneng regaled Dugu Fu with stories until footsteps outside the cave made them tense and wary.
• Xiao Yi entered the cave with Su Ningxia after spending the day treating the wounded and checking on Chen Xiaojun.

Xiao Yi tended to the unconscious Chen Xiaojun and reassured the group that he would recover after resting, while the others ate and discussed their injuries. She later confronted Su Ningxia about whether she had feelings for Chen Xiaojun, but left before Su Ningxia answered.

• Xiao Yi stayed beside Chen Xiaojun, soothing him with soul power while his body repaired itself.
• Xiao Yi told the group Chen Xiaojun had collapsed from overexertion and needed rest, and Chen Mu said medical supplies were being gathered for their return to the Academy.
• Su Ningxia reflected on the danger they had faced and praised Xiao Yi for saving the injured.
• Xiao Yi drew Su Ningxia aside and asked whether she had something to tell her.
• Su Ningxia said she had kept other girls away from Chen Xiaojun for three years, except for Miss Xixi, and Xiao Yi asked what about her.
• Su Ningxia said nothing, and Xiao Yi left her alone with her conflicting feelings.

Su Ningxia reflected on her gratitude to Xiao Yi and the affection she secretly held for Chen Xiaojun, which Xiao Yi had already noticed. Chen Xiaojun woke the next morning, learned Xiao Yi was safe and tending to the wounded, and drank the medicinal broth she had prepared.

• Su Ningxia recalled how Xiao Yi had rescued her and how Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun had helped her rise to become a Heavenly Stem Star.
• Su Ningxia acknowledged her affection for Chen Xiaojun but resolved to keep it restrained because of his bond with Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi had noticed Su Ningxia's feelings through her glances and behavior.
• Chen Xiaojun woke after sleeping through the night, and Zhu Wuneng told him everyone had been worried.
• Dugu Fu gave Chen Xiaojun the medicinal broth Xiao Yi had prepared, and Chen Xiaojun asked where she was.
• Zhu Wuneng assured Chen Xiaojun that Xiao Yi was safe and tending to the wounded, and Chen Xiaojun drank the broth.

Chen Xiaojun recovered and reunited with Xiao Yi, then teased her and lifted her veil as they shared a tender, awkward moment. He ended by asking about her cultivation after her breakthrough to Soul King.

• Xiao Yi explained that Chen Xiaojun survived because his resilient body and the Yin-Yang Twin Lives Flower’s remaining effects aided his recovery.
• Chen Xiaojun pulled Xiao Yi into an embrace, and she blushed before asking him to let her go.
• Chen Xiaojun told Xiao Yi he had thought about her during their three years apart and gently lifted her veil to see her face.
• Chen Xiaojun reflected that Xiao Yi’s past-life knowledge and maturity might have merged with her present life.
• Chen Xiaojun stopped short of kissing Xiao Yi, teased her for being nervous, and asked what level she had reached after breaking through to Soul King.

Chen Xiaojun learned about Xiao Yi’s powerful fifth Soul Ring and helped name her new soul skill and second martial soul. Xiao Yi accepted the name Void Willow God Vine after hearing about its origins.

• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun that she had reached level 57 after absorbing a fifty-three-thousand-year-old Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine Soul Ring and a Soul Bone.
• Xiao Yi said Black Elder had asked her to visit him when she reached level 60, but Elder Qing had advised her to ignore him.
• Chen Xiaojun named Xiao Yi’s fifth soul skill Ninefold Purple, with the incantation “Sky-soaring ranks of fragrance pierce Chang'an; When I Bloom, All Flowers Die.”
• Xiao Yi revealed her second martial soul, and Chen Xiaojun named it the Void Willow God Vine after explaining its connection to the Willow God.

Chen Xiaojun learned how Xiao Yi had hurried to find him and questioned her about the Void Willow God Vine, whose powers and soul ring revealed it to be a restricted super martial soul. The chapter ended with Chen Xiaojun concluding that the Yin-Yang Great Dao had concealed the Vine’s emergence from the world.

• Xiao Yi explained that she had awakened ten days earlier, obtained the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine’s soul ring, and rushed into the mountains after hearing Chen Xiaojun was missing.
• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun that the Void Divine Vine had become her second martial soul and provided a first soul ring with the Time-Space Prison skill, which had originally possessed only spatial power.
• Xiao Yi revealed that the soul ring was seventy-eight thousand years old, and Chen Xiaojun realized the skill had imprisoned the Silver Wolf True King’s soul form.
• Xiao Yi described the Void Willow God Vine’s space, time, wood, life, mental, and unusual attribute, which Chen Xiaojun identified as a likely origin attribute.
• Xiao Yi said the origin attribute had restored and greatly strengthened the Vine, and Chen Xiaojun concluded that it was a restricted super martial soul whose birth the Yin-Yang Great Dao had concealed.

Chen Xiaojun learned about Xiao Yi’s two arm soul bones and their powerful skills, then assessed the gaps in her combat abilities. The chapter left him concluding that her control-focused skill set lacked the single-target power needed against stronger opponents.

• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun that the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine gave her a left arm bone and the Void Divine Vine’s legacy produced a space-attributed right arm bone.
• Xiao Yi explained that her experience during Chen Xiaojun’s system-assisted transformation had helped her life and devouring attributes advance.
• Xiao Yi described the soul bones’ skills: Lightning Magic Domain amplified her fifth soul skill, while Space Compression imposed physical and mental pressure on targets.
• Chen Xiaojun reflected that he had forgotten to use key soul skills during his battle with Dashi Rahman Khan.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi agreed that her support and area-attack skills left her without a powerful single-target attack, especially against Soul Emperor-level opponents.