Chapter Summaries

Lu Xueqi answered the Peng Emperor’s Nine Heavens Astral Wind-Thunder Tribulation with the Divine Sword Thunder-Control True Formula and defeated it in a devastating clash. The Peng Emperor lay badly wounded in the scorched valley as Lu Xueqi calmly assessed the power of her growing supreme art.

• The Peng Emperor unleashed the Nine Heavens Astral Wind-Thunder Tribulation and shattered the Dark Underworld Taiji Diagram.
• Lu Xueqi stepped in front of Chen Hong and invoked the Divine Sword Thunder-Control True Formula.
• The Peng Emperor poured its soul power into enormous wind-thunder blades to oppose Lu Xueqi’s lightning pillar.
• Lu Xueqi strengthened the pillar, absorbed the surrounding wind-thunder power, and shattered the Peng Emperor’s blades.
• Lu Xueqi’s lightning pillar struck the Peng Emperor, burning its feathers and wounds as it crashed into the ground.
• Lu Xueqi sheathed the Skyya Sword and judged that her growing art wielded power at least equal to a fully perfected peak Level 97 Profound Art.

Lu Xueqi faced the badly wounded Peng Emperor, who used a forbidden art to awaken his primordial bloodline and transform into a Ten-Thousand-Blade Wind Roc. She answered with a powerful sword art, ending the chapter as she infused the Tianya Divine Sword’s ice essence and awakened its ancient dragon soul.

• Lu Xueqi had studied the Chen Clan's Sword Canon while guarding Chenlin Village, hoping to recreate the lost Heavenly Ice Fall-to-Earth True Formula.
• The Peng Emperor tried to fly to his surviving forces, but Lu Xueqi blocked him as the Great Void Mysterious Gold Tribulation struck the battlefield.
• The Peng Emperor sacrificed blood and mental power to a forbidden secret art, awakening his bloodline and transforming into a Ten-Thousand-Blade Wind Roc.
• Lu Xueqi invoked Seven Kill Sky-Cutting and Hundred Become One, combining nine Primordial Flood Dragons into a heavenly dragon.
• Lu Xueqi used the Tianya Divine Sword to give the dragon phantom ice-attribute essence and awaken the ancient dragon soul within the sword.

Lu Xueqi summoned the Skyya Ice Soul Dragon to battle the Peng Emperor’s Ten-Thousand-Blade Wind Roc, using ice techniques to counter its attacks. The two forces collided in a massive clash of ice and fire, and the battle’s outcome remained unresolved.

• Lu Xueqi summoned the Skyya Ice Soul Dragon in place of the Water-Origin Cangming Dragon and challenged the Ten-Thousand-Blade Wind Roc.
• The Skyya Ice Soul Dragon and the Ten-Thousand-Blade Wind Roc fought in the sky, exchanging dragon breath, talons, and storms.
• The Ten-Thousand-Blade Wind Roc sent a barrage of astral wind blades at the dragon, whose ice-crystal shield began to crack.
• Lu Xueqi called out “Ice Soul Dragon's Wrath, Heaven and Earth Freeze Together,” and the dragon unleashed ice spikes that overwhelmed the wind blades and wounded the Peng Emperor.
• Lu Xueqi ordered the dragon to use “Ice Soul Dragon's Roar-Eternal Silence Reincarnation,” while the Peng Emperor fed its golden essence into the Ten-Thousand-Blade Wind Roc.
• The Ten-Thousand-Blade Wind Roc charged into the dragon’s ice pillar behind a shield of golden flame, and their collision shook the land and split the void.

Ximen Rongcheng, Yang Jingxue, Shen Tianjun, and Zhu Jiazhen watched the level-98 battle between Senior Xueqi and the Peng Emperor while discussing the Xieluo Mountains’ Beast Emperors and the danger of the coming beast tide. The Peng Emperor’s fate remained uncertain, and Yang Jingxue wondered who was truly luring whom into the trap.

• Ximen Rongcheng and Yang Jingxue assessed the immense power of the battle between Senior Xueqi and the Peng Emperor.
• Shen Tianjun explained that the Four Emperors were powerful soul beast rulers, and Zhu Jiazhen recalled how the Snake Emperor’s attack had cost Lord Tianlin his life.
• Zhu Jiazhen and Shen Tianjun warned that the Wolf Clan’s two Beast Emperors could exploit the Peng Emperor’s possible defeat.
• Yang Jingxue noted that their group had slain nine Saint Kings but that the Crystal-Winged Dragon Roc had rescued the Wind-Thunder War Eagle.
• The group discussed the Xieluo Mountains’ vulnerable position and the gains from their operation as they turned back to watch the battle.
• Yang Jingxue wondered whether the humans or the Peng Emperor had truly set the trap.

Marshal Xia Changyuan and the Dark Bird Legion returned to Phoenix Terrace and joined the desperate battle against a massive soul beast frenzy. Their counterattack disrupted the beasts, but the chapter ended as a Holy King-tier Crimson Flame Demon Tiger attacked Bing Ruibo with a torrent of fire.

• Xia Changyuan recalled the Black Bird Guard’s return to Phoenix Terrace after sixty years as Lie Feng warned him that the battlefield was in danger.
• Xia Changyuan ordered Lie Feng’s archers, Yuchi Gang’s shield troops, and Bing Ruibo’s heavy cavalry to coordinate their response.
• Lie Feng’s fire arrows disrupted the soul beasts, while Yuchi Gang’s troops reinforced the defensive line and Bing Ruibo led a cavalry charge.
• The soul beasts remained overwhelming in number, and a Holy King-tier Crimson Flame Demon Tiger attacked Bing Ruibo with a wide torrent of fire.

Aoinuo, the Blazing Sun Douluo, rescued Bing Ruibo and turned the battle against the soul beasts, while Ma Tianyang fought the Three-Headed Red-Feathered Bird over Phoenix Mountain. Ma Tianyang began a powerful phoenix technique as the aerial battle continued.

• Aoinuo appeared on Phoenix Mountain and shielded Bing Ruibo from the Crimson Flame Demon Tiger’s flames.
• Aoinuo blasted the Crimson Flame Demon Tiger away with his Eighth Soul Skill, Sunlight Beam, then immobilized soul beasts with Solar Mirage, allowing Balak Kingdom’s soldiers to counterattack and rout them.
• The Rainbow Phoenix Ma Family’s five Soul Saints and two Soul Douluos battled Red Flying Birds above Green Peak as the Dark Bird Legion fought flying serpent soul beasts.
• Ma Tianyang used purple-black flames to destroy the Three-Headed Red-Feathered Bird’s poisoned feather attack and accused the beast’s forces of seizing Phoenix Mountain.
• Ma Tianyang invoked the Fire-Merging Art and began the Five-Wheel Phoenix Art, Phoenix Fire Assault Formation.

Ma Tianyang attacked the Three-Headed Red-Feathered Bird, but the Corrosive Phoenix intervened and forced him into battle. As Ma Tianyang fought both beasts, an unknown attacker fired a soul skill that immobilized the Three-Headed Red-Feathered Bird.

• Ma Tianyang transformed into a purple-black phoenix and badly wounded the Three-Headed Red-Feathered Bird with his talons.
• The Corrosive Phoenix appeared, saved the Three-Headed Red-Feathered Bird, and struck Ma Tianyang with a venom ball that corroded his wing.
• Ma Tianyang and the Corrosive Phoenix exchanged taunts over Phoenix Mountain before launching their respective attacks, flame phoenixes and venomous insects.
• The Three-Headed Red-Feathered Bird attacked Ma Tianyang with three pillars of flame while the Corrosive Phoenix's insects pressed him from behind.
• An unknown attacker fired the Eighth Soul Skill-Soul-Chasing Sunset Arrow at the Three-Headed Red-Feathered Bird, locking it in place.

Na Ruoyun and Ma Tianyang gained the upper hand against the Three-Headed Red-Feathered Bird, while Xia Qingyun blocked the Corrosive Phoenix from aiding it. The chapter ended with the Beast Emperor weighing the danger to its forces as the Balak Kingdom's fighters controlled the battlefield.

• Na Ruoyun wounded the Three-Headed Red-Feathered Bird with her Soul-Chasing Sunset Arrow and followed with a rain of golden arrows.
• Ma Tianyang joined Na Ruoyun in a pincer attack, using the Phoenix Huo Wu Formation as they drove the Three-Headed Red-Feathered Bird into retreat.
• Xia Qingyun appeared before the Corrosive Phoenix and stopped it from reaching the battle.
• The Corrosive Phoenix recognized Xia Qingyun and saw that the Three-Headed Red-Feathered Bird was badly wounded while Ao Yiruo held the Crimson Flame Demon Tiger.
• The chapter described the relative strength and numbers of the Four Emperors' forces, including why Xue Chuxin remained stationed in Fasinuo Province.

Xia Qingyun fought the Corrosive Phoenix in the Xieluo Mountains and decisively outmatched the Beast Emperor. A Ximen Family blade cultivator joined the battle, leaving the Corrosive Phoenix trapped beneath a devastating fire-lotus attack.

• The chapter explained why humans could withstand the powerful soul beasts of the Xieluo Mountains, citing terrain, technology, city defenses, skilled soul masters, factional rivalries, and human pressure from surrounding lands.
• The Corrosive Phoenix charged Xia Qingyun with black mist, but she countered with a Sun Divine Bird attack and remained unmoved by their collision.
• Xia Qingyun mocked the Corrosive Phoenix and used the Sun Wheel Technique to break apart its poisonous sound wave.
• Xia Qingyun pursued the Corrosive Phoenix with a torrent of Heaven-Burning Flame, which it barely swallowed with a dark-green barrier.
• A Ximen Family blade cultivator struck from above with a hundred-zhang fire lotus, trapping the Corrosive Phoenix and forcing it to raise a poison barrier and defend itself with its tail feathers.

After Xia Qingyun killed the Corrosive Phoenix, the soul beast horde fled and the Dark Bird Legion celebrated her as the Balak Kingdom’s Supreme Princess. With Phoenix Mountain secured, she ordered the kingdom’s forces to advance toward the Feng-Tai Route and join the southern barbarians.

• The Corrosive Phoenix’s corpse crashed into the soul beast horde, killing many beasts and driving the survivors into a panicked retreat.
• The Dark Bird Legion cheered Xia Qingyun and the Balak Kingdom after the soul beasts lost their leaders and fled.
• Xia Changyuan reported that Phoenix Mountain had been taken and that the Crimson Scales Legion, Crimson Rainbow Legion, and Burning Flame Legion were approaching.
• Xia Qingyun ordered the army to march on Five Phoenix Mountain in half an hour, join the southern barbarians, and break through the Feng-Tai Route.

Xia Qingyun secured Phoenix Terrace and planned to strike the soul beasts of Danya Commandery while Chang'an handled the main operation. She ordered Aoinuo to remain behind as she and the others set out to confront the Snake Emperor.

• Aoinuo reported that the Corrosion Old Monster had been slain and the Feng-Tai Route could be cleared, and Xia Qingyun ordered Phoenix Terrace's defenses reinforced.
• Xia Qingyun discussed the Crimson Church's attacks in Balak and said she wanted to target the soul beasts in the southwest.
• Na Ruoyun warned that opening the Feng-Tai Route could leave nearby commanderies isolated, while Aoinuo and Ma Tianyang assessed the likely risks.
• Xia Qingyun proposed going to Danya Commandery to confront the Snake Emperor, and Ximen Xiaoran said subduing it could make the lower reaches' soul beasts hesitate.
• Xia Qingyun said she still wanted revenge for her husband's injury, ordered Aoinuo to oversee Phoenix Terrace, and left with the others to meet the Snake Emperor.

Xue Chuxin’s forces attacked the southern Sky Eagle Domain, with the Chang’an Guard pushing the land soul beasts back while the Demon Sky Eagle stalled the aerial advance. Ying Gu and Uncle Qiu arrived at Xue Chuxin’s summons to help deal with the eagle.

• The Sun Yang Holy Hall’s history and the Xia Family’s control over the Balak Kingdom were described, along with Na Ruoyun’s suitability for the expedition.
• Flying Soul Douluos battled the Demon Sky Eagle as Ge Yingtian led the Chang’an Guard against the land soul beasts.
• Xue Chuxin’s adjutant reported that the Wandering Dragon Guard had entered the enemy formation and the Chang’an Guard had encircled its defenders, but the Flying God Guard was held back.
• Xue Chuxin promised to promote Ge Yingtian to commander of the Chang’an Guard if he broke through the enemy line within ten minutes.
• Ying Gu and Uncle Qiu arrived with Xue Chuxin’s token, and she asked them to deal with the Demon Sky Eagle.

Xue Chuxin and her allies drove the Demon Sky Eagle into retreat while Ge Yingtian led the Chang'an Guard to break the soul beasts’ line, and forces across the region continued their campaigns. The chapter ended with Gu Shaoyun ordering the Sky-Piercing Legion and three hundred sword cultivators to march on Mysterious Crystal Mountain.

• Xue Chuxin healed the injured soldiers and supported Lu Xueying and Leng Qingqiu as they fought the Demon Sky Eagle, who escaped after shedding three tail feathers.
• Ge Yingtian used a life-risking secret technique to lead the Chang'an Guard through the soul beasts’ battle line, scattering the land-dwelling beasts.
• The allied forces completed their clearing operations around Chang'an Fortress and expanded its defensive lines.
• The Yue Family attacked Wolf Clan tribes in Fengzi Commandery, advancing more than a hundred li with the Pegasus Emperor’s support.
• Three hundred sword cultivators from Sacred Sword City assembled before Gu Shaoyun, who ordered the Sky-Piercing Legion to move out for Mysterious Crystal Mountain.

Lu Xueqi defeated the Peng Emperor with her Freeze Dao sword strike, but it escaped the ice and fled. A blood-red domain then caught the wounded beast, and the Peng Emperor fell beneath the Ninefold Infinite Hells.

• Lu Xueqi unleashed Firmament Freeze, and the Tianya Ice Soul Saint Dragon froze the Peng Emperor and shattered its Ten-Thousand-Blade Wind Roc.
• The Peng Emperor broke free using a forbidden art and fled, while Lu Xueqi told Chen Hong it would not escape.
• A blood-red fissure opened in the sky, and the Ninefold Infinite Hells trapped the Peng Emperor beneath seven Rakshasa phantoms.
• The phantoms tore apart the Peng Emperor, which fell from the sky and died as the Head of the Eagle-Peng and one of the Four Emperors.

After Lu Xueqi and Zhang Xiaofan killed the Peng Emperor, the gathered experts learned their identities and discussed the Chen Clan’s plan. Zhang Xiaofan shared the Peng Emperor’s spoils with Lu Xueqi and Chen Hong, leaving the clan with several valuable treasures.

• Lu Xueqi and Zhang Xiaofan’s defeat of the Peng Emperor shocked the gathered experts, who recognized them as Tianya Douluo and Blood Emperor, two of the world’s top ten.
• Chen Hua explained that killing the Peng Emperor would disrupt the soul beasts and protect Chang'an City and the Fasno region.
• Shen Tianjun and Yang Jingxue discussed the power of Zhang Xiaofan’s ultimate blood cultivation.
• Zhang Xiaofan offered Lu Xueqi the Peng Emperor’s right arm soul bone, and she accepted it.
• Zhang Xiaofan gave Chen Hong a bottle of the Peng Emperor’s blood essence and showed him the beast’s remaining inner core.

Chen Hong explained how yin-yang theory reshaped his Dark Nether Sword Intent and advised Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi to merge their cultivation arts. Afterward, Panda and the others assessed the spoils from the battle, realizing the soul beast corpses and soul bones were worth a fortune.

• Zhang Xiaofan praised Chen Hong’s Ice-Water Dark Underworld Taiji Diagram and pressed him to explain his understanding of yin-yang theory.
• Chen Hong described water’s three realms and explained how he was melding ice and water to reforge his Dark Nether Sword Intent.
• Chen Hong advised Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi to fuse their cultivation powers and manifest yin and yang within themselves.
• Panda, Chu Tianshu, Chen Xuanqi, and the others complained and joked while sorting through the soul beast corpses and sharing Wine Reishi Wine.
• Gu Qianli estimated that the corpses could fetch at least a billion, while the soul bones and other valuable remains could raise the total further.
• You Dongshan, He Qingchuan, and Panda counted the valuable beasts and discussed how much the battle’s spoils might earn each of them.

The group pressed Panda about the masked Excellency, who revealed himself as Shen Tianjun, newly advanced to Title Douluo with the title Azure Sea. Shen Tianjun thanked the fighters, then approached Zhuo Qianren to discuss matters after Zhuo chose the title Silver Wing Douluo.

• Panda and Chu Tianshu joked about receiving extra compensation for their dangerous work, while Liu Yirong treated the group's fatigue with acupuncture.
• Chen Xuanqi and the others questioned Panda about the masked Excellency, whose Azure Sea Tide-Rising Sword resembled Youchu's Martial Soul.
• Shen Tianjun arrived, removed his mask, and was recognized by Panda and the others as Panda's father and their long-missing Uncle Tianjun.
• Shen Tianjun announced that he had become the Title Douluo Azure Sea, thanked the fighters, and promised the Main Family would reward them fairly.
• Shen Tianjun approached the injured Zhuo Qianren, who chose Silver Wing as his title, and said he wanted to discuss some matters with him.

As five nations launched an unprecedented offensive against soul beasts, the Chen Clan’s ruthless role in the campaign alarmed the continent’s major factions. They suspected the Clan was directing events, but the chapter revealed that Xia Qingyun was secretly behind the strategy.

• Five nations attacked the Xieluo Mountains, while Fasno and Barak drew attention by killing powerful soul beasts and reclaiming key strongholds.
• Xia Qingyun and Ximen Xiaoran fought the Snake Emperor, suppressed its flames, and withdrew safely with help from Ma Tianyang and Na Ruoyun.
• The major factions learned that the Chen Clan had helped kill the Peng Emperor and several Saint Kings, prompting comparisons to its earlier revenge against the Heartless Tower and Heavenly Wolf Sect.
• The Chen Clan’s expanding strength became apparent as its allies and newly revealed Titled Douluo joined the campaign, while Soul Fighting City’s families accepted their growing dependence on it.
• The major factions speculated that someone from the Chen Clan was directing the campaign, but the chapter revealed that Xia Qingyun was the strategist behind it.

Xia Qingyun united five powers for a campaign in the Xieluo Mountains, while Chen Xiaojun’s proposal led to a continent-wide Soul-Slaying Decree that opened bases and support services for civilian participants. The decree drew crowds of Soul Masters and professionals to the mountains, sustaining pressure on the soul beasts as the campaign expanded.

• Xia Qingyun secured the participation of Xue Chuxin, the Southern Kingdom, the Yue Family of Häagen-Dazs, the Sky-Piercing Legion, and Sacred Sword City in the joint campaign.
• The five powers entered the Xieluo Mountains to target the Corrosive Phoenix and Peng Emperor, open the Feng-Tai Route, and clear Xieluo Pass while diverting the Wolf Clan’s attention.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed turning the localized campaign into a continent-wide Soul-Slaying Decree, combining military operations with civilian participation and shared benefits.
• The Chang'an and Southwest Military Districts issued the decree and opened Chang'an Fortress, Zhongnan Mountain, and Phoenix Terrace as bases, offering participants supplies, services, markets, and rewards.
• The campaign weakened soul beast powers in the Xieluo Mountains, and the Chen Clan prioritized further weakening the Beast Emperors and Eagle-Peng Clan while surveying the region.
• Large numbers of Soul Masters and professionals gathered at the newly opened locations and entered the mountains to join the clearance operation.

The chapter described the many professions that complemented soul master cultivation and explained their origins, abilities, and role in the continent’s conflicts. After the countries opened mountain gateways to lower-level fighters, mass adventuring spread around the Xieluo Mountains and gradually developed into a major industry.

• The chapter outlined professions such as Body Cultivator Warriors, Sound Controllers, Beast Tamers, Spirit Summoners, and Spirit Patternists, and connected many of them to the Industry Guilds.
• The chapter explained that the Ferocious Beast Faction had created Half-Beastmen as weapons against beast tides and Otherworlders, sparking conflict with the Divine Beast Faction before the Half-Beastmen turned against human soul masters.
• The countries opened mountain routes without fees and provided adventurers with safety, support, and assured earnings, drawing large numbers of lower-level fighters to hunt low-tier soul beasts.
• Successful adventurers gained combat and organizational experience, and some were recruited by the Chen Clan's Brocade Guard, prominent families, and armed merchant organizations.
• The other three countries followed suit, and a wave of mountain adventuring spread across the western continent while top-tier soul beasts remained inactive.
• Over the following years, adventuring around the Xieluo Mountains grew into an industry that affected the economy and society of the Five Provinces Nation.