Chapter Summaries

After Murong Zhe and Hu Lenghui’s fight wrecked shops and injured bystanders, Shen Lang and the Ten Great Houses made them compensate for the damage and accept Chang’an’s rules against private fighting. Gao Ying mediated the dispute, and the pair left to settle their grudge at the Great Soul Arena.

• Shen Lang demanded one million each from Hu Lenghui and Murong Zhe for the shops they damaged, and both paid.
• Shen Lang, Ji Chengjian, Chu Tianshu, and Liu Yirong confronted the pair over the injured civilians and their disturbance of Chang’an City.
• Gao Ying arrived and proposed using part of the compensation for the injured while requiring Hu Lenghui and Murong Zhe to avoid private fights in Chang’an.
• Shen Lang and He Qingchuan declared that Chang’an’s rules had prohibited such fights for three years and warned the pair against breaking them again.
• Murong Zhe challenged Hu Lenghui to finish their fight at the Great Soul Arena, and she accepted before leaving with him.

He Qingchuan announced a ban on street fights between visiting High-Rank Soul Masters in Chang'an City, backed by the Ten Great Houses, the Chen Clan, and the authorities. Hu Lenghui and Murong Zhe realized their clash had made them examples and left each other with warnings.

• Gu Qianli and the others celebrated the Chang'an Great Houses’ chance to establish rules with the Chen Clan’s support.
• The nine leaders lent He Qingchuan their soul power, and he declared that visiting Soul Masters could settle grudges only in the Great Soul Arena.
• Chen Menglin displayed a massive Seven Kill Sword manifestation as a luminous swan appeared above the City Lord's Residence, endorsing the declaration.
• Chen Xiaojun recognized that the joint declaration and the authorities’ endorsement had raised the Chen Clan’s standing and warned Soul Masters to obey the law.
• Hu Lenghui and Murong Zhe stopped in the street, admitted they had become examples for the new rules, and traded barbed warnings.

Ma Zhibin and Ma Rulong discussed the Chen Clan’s growing influence in Chang'an City and the Ma Family’s place among its allies. Ma Zhibin insisted that Wencai should follow Chen Xiaojun, leaving Ma Rulong to consider his argument in silence.

• Ma Rulong explained that he had agreed to involve the Great Soul Arena in the Chen Clan’s plans to attract duels and boost business.
• Ma Zhibin and Ma Rulong discussed how the Chen Clan had gathered Chang'an City’s major powers around it.
• Ma Zhibin argued that Xiao San was the Ma Family’s future and that the family should support him and Wencai in the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.
• Ma Zhibin told Ma Rulong that he planned to have Wencai follow Xiaojun so his son could advance more easily and the Ma Family could benefit from the Chen Clan.
• Ma Zhibin compared Wencai’s proposed path with the Zhong Family’s ties to the captain, and Ma Rulong fell silent as he drank.

Ma Zhibin tried to persuade Ma Rulong to return to his family and sought the chief steward position in Chang'an, but Ma Rulong warned that the coveted post would not go to the Ma Family. At Spirit Hall, Beiming Xinghai and Luo Tian discussed the Chen Clan’s growing power and the Crimson Church’s attacks, concluding that Spirit Hall needed to take a stand.

• Ma Zhibin urged Ma Rulong to return to Soul Fighting City and pursue a breakthrough, then revealed his interest in becoming chief steward of the Chang'an operation.
• Ma Rulong told Ma Zhibin that the Ma Family would not get the chief steward position because many powerful factions were waiting for his term to end.
• Beiming Xinghai and Luo Tian watched the spectacle above Chang'an City and lamented that Spirit Hall lacked the strength to challenge the Chen Clan.
• Luo Tian reported that rumors credited the authorities and Chen Clan with repelling the Crimson Church, while evidence suggested Chen Yu had fought and been injured in Wushan Prefecture.
• Beiming Xinghai ordered Luo Tian to prepare a detailed report and discussed the Crimson Church’s probing attacks and gaps in Spirit Hall’s intelligence on the Chen Clan.
• Beiming Xinghai concluded that the Chen Clan’s influence and wealth were growing too quickly and said Spirit Hall had to take a stand.

At a restaurant gathering, Gao Ying told the Ten Great Houses that Chen Xiaojun had upgraded Cui Lan’s martial soul to the peak seventh grade using rare spirit medicines. The others asked about the method and supplies, then agreed to ask the Chen Clan about them at an upcoming banquet.

• Chen Xuanqi and Chu Tianshu teased Gao Ying about Chen Xiaojun visiting his house, while You Dongshan explained that his granddaughter had told him about it.
• Gao Ying revealed that Chen Xiaojun had brought Cui Lan spirit medicines and upgraded her martial soul to the Dragon-Phoenix Gold-Silver Rings, peak seventh grade.
• Chu Tianshu and the others pressed Gao Ying for details, and he explained that Chen Xiaojun used two eighth-grade medicines, dragon-phoenix grass, and spirit light grasses.
• The gathered house representatives discussed the medicines’ rarity and cost, and Shen Lang said he did not know whether the main clan could grow them in its plant-type secret realm.
• He Qingchuan suggested asking Chen Xiaojun about the medicines, and Shen Lang proposed that everyone ask together at the main clan’s banquet in a few days.

The clan leaders discussed the Chen Clan’s expected meeting and teased Chu Tianshu about Chu Youwei’s relationship with He Qiang. They agreed that He Qingchuan would formally propose once He Qiang recovered, while Yan Jinzhong called the friendly scene an act.

• Chu Tianshu suggested Chen Xiaojun had planned further surprises, prompting Shen Lang to deny knowing anything about them.
• Chu Tianshu argued with He Qingchuan over Youwei caring for the injured He Qiang and complained that they were not yet betrothed.
• Chen Xuanqi, Gao Ying, Ji Chengjian, and Liu Yirong urged Chu Tianshu to accept the couple’s mutual feelings and let the families arrange a marriage.
• He Qingchuan agreed to visit and propose after He Qiang recovered, and Chu Tianshu warned him not to let Youwei suffer.
• You Dongshan joked that Chu Tianshu and He Qingchuan seemed like the couple, and Yan Jinzhong said their show of harmony was an act.

The Chang'an factions learned about Xiao Yi’s skill in curing Black Fiend Bee venom and her place beside Chen Xiaojun. Shen Lang urged the families to build ties with her, as Xiaojun would soon oversee the Duke’s Mansion while Heaven and Earth recovered.

• Gao Ying told the gathered experts that Cui Lan had been poisoned by Black Fiend Bees, but Chen Xiaojun killed the Bee Queen and Xiao Yi cured her.
• Zhu Baiwan criticized Zhu Feifei for Shen Lang’s active role in mediating between the Chang’an families and reminded her that Shen Fei, not Shen Canghai, was the Shen family’s young master.
• Gao Ying revealed that Xiao Yi was Chen Xiaojun’s fiancée, and Shen Lang clarified that no marriage contract had been settled but her future position in the Chen Clan was secure.
• Shen Lang announced that Heaven and Earth was injured and Chen Xiaojun would preside over the Duke’s Mansion during his recovery.
• Shen Lang advised the families to build relations with Xiao Yi by having their children cooperate with her at Chang’an Academy and during the Elite Tournament.

At Cloudsplendor Tower, Gao Ying revealed that Xiao Yi had given Gao Cuilan the dragon-phoenix grass, while Chen Xiaojun had provided rare medicines and a forty-thousand-year soul bone that helped her reach the Soul Ancestor realm. The gathering recognized the Gao Family’s special favor from Chen Xiaojun, while You Dongshan worried that his house lacked a successor of comparable promise.

• Gao Ying told the assembled guests that Xiao Yi had gifted Gao Cuilan the dragon-phoenix grass.
• Gao Ying revealed that Gao Cuilan had reached level 40 after receiving rare spirit medicines and a forty-thousand-year soul bone from Chen Xiaojun.
• Ji Chengjian said Chen Xiaojun favored the Gao Family, and Gao Ying pledged that his family would remember and repay the kindness.
• Yan Jinzhong noted that thirteen-year-old Gao Cuilan had reached the Soul Ancestor realm and had a martial soul comparable to the Golden Generation.
• You Dongshan grew anxious about his house’s lack of a strong young successor, and Yan Jinzhong comforted him.

The alliance leaders discussed Chen Xiaojun’s plans for the Elite Tournament and learned that Xiao Yi was both a healer and a controller. Ji Chengjian revealed that his eldest brother had gone to the main family for advanced training, leaving the others to wonder what that training meant for a Soul Douluo.

• Gao Ying explained that his family had benefited by following Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi closely.
• Shen Lang confirmed that Xiao Yi would compete for Chang'an Academy as a dual-type Soul Master specializing in healing and control.
• Gao Ying revealed that Chen Xiaojun had assigned Gao Cuilan to serve as the primary controller during the provincial preliminaries.
• Ji Chengjian said his eldest brother had gone with Shen Lang's younger brother to the main family for advanced training.
• Shen Lang listed the training's subjects, prompting Chu Tianshu to suspect the brothers were preparing to become Titled Douluos or gain comparable combat strength.

Youguang Zhou ambushed Chen Yu on his way through Zibai Mountain, but Chen Yu broke free from his attacks and tried to flee. He was left unconscious for seven or eight days in Chenlin Village, while a second assailant appeared to block his escape.

• Ye Xiuxin told the people waiting outside Chen Yu's bedroom that he had taken medicine but still showed no sign of waking.
• Youguang Zhou attacked Chen Yu with the Void Dark Snake, and Chen Yu narrowly dodged his Dark Serpent Assault before turning to flee.
• Youguang Zhou trapped Chen Yu in his Shadow Cage, but Chen Yu broke it with his Sword Dance Lotus Flower Flame and Sword Light Seals the Sky.
• Youguang Zhou pursued Chen Yu as he raced away on his flying sword.
• An elegant man appeared ahead of Chen Yu, summoned the Demon Scythe, and attacked him with his Demon Scythe Avatar.

Chen Yu fought off Luo Ping and Youguang Zhou while trying to escape, but a third Title Douluo, Yan Wufeng, blocked his path. Yan Wufeng revealed that he had been waiting for Chen Yu, leaving the confrontation poised to continue.

• Chen Yu shattered Luo Ping's Seventh Soul Skill with Hundred-Step Flying Sword and rushed past him.
• Luo Ping attacked Chen Yu with Chaotic Shadow, but Chen Yu countered with Nine Yang Divine Sword Finger and then Azure Sea Sky Sword.
• Luo Ping used Demon Scythe Judgment to swallow Chen Yu's sword radiance, and Chen Yu used the opening to flee several hundred meters.
• Youguang Zhou caught up with Luo Ping, and the two pursued Chen Yu, determined to stop him.
• Yan Wufeng, whose Demon Dragon Wings held him aloft, blocked Chen Yu and said he had been waiting for him.

The chapter summarized the system lottery rewards Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi had received, including cultivation methods, combat techniques, extraordinary abilities, and second martial souls. It ended with the fifth draw’s Cosmic Creation transforming both of them and linking their robes and Lesser Siming’s cocoon.

• The system’s first draw granted Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi the purple-gold companion Lesser Siming.
• The second draw gave the Chen Clan the Nine Yin and Nine Yang Manual, which the clan adapted into cultivation techniques and mandatory arts.
• The third draw granted the Demon-Slaying Breathing Technique, a qi-blood combat and body-refinement system.
• The fourth draw granted the Eight Extraordinary Skills and divided a Second Martial Soul reward between Chen Xiaojun’s Nethersea Seven Kill Sword and Xiao Yi’s Void Willow God Vine.
• The fifth draw’s Cosmic Creation gave Chen Xiaojun an evolving Yin-Yang Immortal Robe and advanced Xiao Yi’s cultivation, abilities, and Five Elements Immortal Robe.
• Cosmic Creation linked Lesser Siming to the cocoon of light and linked Chen Xiaojun’s and Xiao Yi’s immortal robes.

Chen Yu countered Yan Wufeng's Dragon Soul Tear with his combined Seven Kill Sword technique and destroyed the demonic dragon soul. Yan Wufeng recognized that Chen Yu had attained True Image Level sword intent, foreshadowing rapid growth in his soul power.

• Yan Wufeng unleashed Dragon Soul Tear, sending a powerful black dragon soul toward Chen Yu.
• Chen Yu summoned two Seven Kill Swords and combined vertical and horizontal sword auras into a black-and-white dragon-shadow sword cone.
• Chen Yu's sword cone tore apart Yan Wufeng's dragon soul, then Yan Wufeng shattered the weakened cone with a demonic claw.
• Yan Wufeng recognized Chen Yu's sword intent as True Image Level.
• The chapter explained that Chen Yu's insight into slaughter and opposing laws in the Yin-Yang Great Dao had helped him attain that level.

Chen Yu used the Seven Wounds Seal to break Luo Ping’s powerful attack after evading Youguang Zhou’s ambush. The seven-colored forces struck Luo Ping and continued pursuing him as dragons.

• Yan Wufeng sensed Chen Yu’s growing threat and prepared to eliminate him.
• Youguang Zhou attacked Chen Yu from behind with Void Instantaneous Kill, but Chen Yu dodged and countered, wounding his own left arm in the exchange.
• Luo Ping unleashed Dark Night Ferocious Light Slash at Chen Yu.
• Chen Yu’s Seven Wounds Seal clashed with Luo Ping’s attack, then shattered its blade radiance and sent Luo Ping flying.
• Chen Yu’s seven-colored ring transformed its streams of force into seven dragons that surged toward Luo Ping.

Chen Yu overwhelmed Luo Ping with the Seven Wounds Seal and wounded him with Endless Sword Shadows, then matched Yan Wufeng’s Darkness Domain with his Slaughter Domain. Yan Wufeng marveled at Chen Yu’s strength and reflected on the Chen Clan’s history with the Crimson Church.

• Luo Ping unleashed his Dark Fiend Demon Domain, but Chen Yu’s Seven Meridians Soul Severing tore through it and forced him back.
• Chen Yu used Endless Sword Shadows to strike Luo Ping several times and draw blood.
• Yan Wufeng attacked Chen Yu with Darkness Domain, and Chen Yu answered with his Slaughter Domain.
• The two domains met evenly, and Yan Wufeng wondered whether Chen Yu had innate full soul power.
• Yan Wufeng credited Chen Yu’s strength to the Chen Clan’s legacy and considered the clan’s past conflict with the Crimson Church.

Chen Yu used his rudimentary Great Luo Cave Observation to combine spacetime power with his Slaughter Domain, evolving it into the Slaughter World and turning the battle against Yan Wufeng. Luo Ping and Youguang Zhou recognized the threat he posed as the three-way fight continued.

• Youguang Zhou bombarded Chen Yu’s unstable Slaughter Domain with exploding Void Dark Snake clones, while Chen Yu struggled against the combined assault and sought a chance to escape.
• Chen Yu merged gold-and-silver spacetime power with his Slaughter Domain, stabilizing it and transforming it into the Slaughter World.
• Yan Wufeng intensified his Darkness Domain, but Chen Yu’s Slaughter World repelled it and nearly knocked him off his feet.
• Luo Ping and Youguang Zhou recognized Chen Yu’s mastery of spacetime power, and Luo Ping’s murderous intent toward him grew.

Chen Yu used his Setting Sun Sword Momentum to overpower and wound Youguang Zhou, whose soul skills and void dark snake Martial Soul Avatar failed to stop him. As Chen Yu sent another torrent of sword qi toward Youguang Zhou, a powerful expert approached at high speed.

• Chen Yu unleashed Setting Sun Sword Momentum, and Youguang Zhou countered with Dark Snake Soul-Eater and his void dark snake Martial Soul Avatar.
• Chen Yu's great setting sun shattered Youguang Zhou's shadow vortex and pierced through the void dark snake before its remaining river of sword qi pursued Youguang Zhou.
• Youguang Zhou escaped into the shadows with Shadow Stealth and Phantom Shadow Escape, but Chen Yu transformed his Sword Momentum and struck his shoulder.
• Youguang Zhou used Shadow Gale Step to evade Chen Yu's next attack, though sword qi grazed him and left him badly injured.
• Chen Yu sent another torrent of sword qi at Youguang Zhou as a powerful expert rushed toward them.

Yan Wufeng arrived to protect Youguang Zhou and challenged Chen Yu with the Dark Demon Waterspout Technique. Chen Yu broke through the attack with his eighth soul skill, and his Seven Kill Sword continued toward Yan Wufeng.

• Yan Wufeng blocked Chen Yu's sword qi with his Demon Dragon Claw and wings, preventing Youguang Zhou from suffering serious harm.
• Yan Wufeng unleashed his Dark Demon Waterspout Technique, sending a huge black tornado toward Chen Yu.
• Chen Yu shielded himself with the Slaughter World, which withstood and gradually purified the tornado's demonic aura.
• Chen Yu summoned a materialized Seven Kill Sword with his eighth soul skill, Break Branches, Shatter Mountains.
• Chen Yu's Seven Kill Sword dissipated Yan Wufeng's tornado and continued charging toward him, surprising Yan Wufeng.

Yan Wufeng unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Heaven-and-Earth Crosswise Demon Dragon Transformation, and clashed with Chen Yu’s materialized Seven Kill Sword. Their attacks destroyed each other, leaving both fighters injured as the battle continued.

• Yan Wufeng activated Heaven-and-Earth Crosswise Demon Dragon Transformation, boosting his power and taking on a dragon-like form.
• Yan Wufeng used the enhanced secret technique Demon Dragon Claw to attack Chen Yu’s Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Yu strengthened his sword with the Slaughter World and held his ground against Yan Wufeng’s strike.
• The Demon Dragon Claw and Seven Kill Sword shattered and vanished after a fierce collision, injuring both Chen Yu and Yan Wufeng.
• Yan Wufeng showed surprise at the outcome, but the battle continued.

Luo Ping unleashed the Luo Family's Limit Break and joined forces with Yan Wufeng to attack Chen Yu's Slaughter Domain. Their assault tore the domain apart, leaving Chen Yu pale and staggering backward.

• Luo Ping activated the Supreme Demon Profound Art—Limit Break and summoned his Ninth Soul Skill, Death God's Scythe.
• Luo Ping's Dark Fiend Demon Scythe struck Chen Yu's Slaughter Domain, while Yan Wufeng attacked it with his Demon Dragon Claw.
• Chen Yu poured his strength into holding the Slaughter Domain together, but Luo Ping's severing power split it with widening cracks.
• Luo Ping drove his scythe through the breach and shattered the Slaughter Domain.
• Chen Yu staggered backward, his face deathly pale.