Chapter Summaries

The Chen Clan trapped the Silver Wolf Ancient King, but the Howling Moon Silver Wolves broke through to rescue it. The Ancient King disrupted the attackers and led the pack toward a canyon, with the Chen Clan in pursuit.

• Chen Menglin used Five Swords Locking the Chain to imprison the Silver Wolf Ancient King, which tried to escape with its innate skills but failed to break free.
• The Silver Wolf Ancient King's howl rallied the Howling Moon Silver Wolves, and five wolves charged in and shattered Chen Menglin's sword formation with Moonlight Rending the Sky.
• Three Howling Moon Silver Wolves attacked Chen Menglin and the others while the Silver Wolf Ancient King cast Moonlight Illusion to confuse the Chen Clan.
• The Silver Wolf Ancient King led the remaining king-tier wolves and the pack toward the canyon as some wolves stayed behind to cover their retreat.
• Chen Menglin ordered the Chen Clan to pursue the fleeing wolves, and the soul masters launched their skills after them.

Chen Hong drove off the Silver Wolf Ancient King, who escaped using Moon Shadow Vanishing Trace, while the allied fighters defeated the remaining Howling Moon Silver Wolves. After Ling Yunxiao killed a War King tier wolf with his new soul skill, he and his companions headed to check on their people as the battle ended.

• Chen Hong shattered the Silver Wolf Ancient King's Moonlight Divine Radiance with Azure Sea Heavenly Sword, but the wolf escaped using Moon Shadow Vanishing Trace.
• Chen Menglin put away the Seven Kill Sword after the Silver Moon Wolf Queen and the wolves covering her retreat were defeated, though he had suffered injuries.
• Ling Yunxiao used Dark Azure Hurricane Fury to kill a War King tier Howling Moon Silver Wolf.
• Zhu Yanfeng, Ding Bingyuan, and Qin Lüguang praised Ling Yunxiao and urged him to check on Chen Hanxin, who was absorbing the Silver Moon Wolf Queen's soul ring.
• Ling Yunxiao remained worried about the fighters pursuing the fleeing wolves, so he and his companions went to check on them.

Yang Jingxue survived absorbing the Silver Moon Wolf King’s nearly hundred-thousand-year soul ring, reached level 91, and awakened the Yang Family’s legendary nine-ring linkage. She accepted the wolf king’s skull bone and the responsibility of inheriting the Seven Absolutes title.

• Chen Yu congratulated Yang Chenglin on Yang Jingxue’s progress and gave him the Silver Moon Wolf King’s skull bone for her.
• Yang Jingxue endured the soul ring’s physical and spiritual assault, then defeated the Silver Moon Wolf King’s spiritual entity with her spatial intent.
• The absorbed spiritual power strengthened Yang Jingxue, and all nine of her soul rings resonated in the Yang Family’s legendary nine-ring linkage.
• Yang Chenglin explained that the linkage had appeared in several Yang ancestors, including their sole Peerless Douluo, Yang Junzhi.
• Yang Jingxue’s soul power surged to level 91, and she told Yang Chenglin she needed time to recover.
• Yang Jingxue accepted the skull bone and agreed to shoulder the Yang Family’s future as the next heir to the Seven Absolutes title.

After the battle against the Silver Moon Wolves, Chen Hanxin overcame the Silver Moon Wolf Queen’s eighty-thousand-year Soul Ring and advanced to Soul Douluo. She received the Queen’s Head Soul Bone, while Chen Yu warned that the clan faced a turbulent future.

• Ling Yunxiao reported three deaths, Nan Xing’s serious injuries, and five Soul Masters absorbing Soul Rings as Chen Yu arrived at the battlefield.
• Chen Hanxin endured the Silver Moon Wolf Queen’s spiritual attacks and used her Brilliant Star Primordial Spirit Sword to destroy the Queen’s spiritual form.
• Chen Hanxin absorbed the Soul Ring, reached level 82, and gained the group-attack Soul Skill Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Origin: Moonlight Sinks West.
• Zhu Yanfeng found the Silver Moon Wolf Queen’s eighty-thousand-year Head Soul Bone, and Chen Yu gave it to Chen Hanxin because it suited her Martial Soul and mental abilities.
• Chen Hanxin accepted the Soul Bone, and Chen Yu urged her to aim for Titled Douluo as the clan faced gathering storms.

Zhong Kui fought the Ancient King-level Hurricane Demon Wolf at Clear Grass Stream, using the Nine Primordial Yellow Secrets and his soul skills to withstand its storm attacks. He activated Nine Dragons Unite as One and killed the wolf, but ended the battle badly wounded and exhausted.

• Chen Xiyuan urged Zhong Kui to hurry as he battled the Hurricane Demon Wolf.
• Zhong Kui used Lion's Mane, Primordial Yellow Wrath, and other techniques to damage the wolf, but it counterattacked with Storm Invisibility and Storm Strangulation.
• The wolf's storm injured Zhong Kui, who struck back with Golden Bell Shattering the Sky and knocked it down.
• Zhong Kui activated Nine Dragons Unite as One, healing his injuries and greatly enhancing his strength and soul skills.
• Zhong Kui overwhelmed the wolf with Golden Bell Suppression, Soul Bell Shockwave Explosion, and Primordial Yellow Wrath, killing it.
• After the battle, Zhong Kui coughed up blood and stood pale and exhausted.

Ma Zhibin fought a powerful Hurricane Demon Wolf with his Southern Bright Separation Fire, but its storm attacks overwhelmed him. He unleashed his strongest skill, Separation Fire Thunderstorm, and reduced the demon wolf to blackened bones.

• Ma Zhibin transformed into a fire phoenix and attacked the Hurricane Demon Wolf with pillars of Southern Bright Separation Fire.
• The Hurricane Demon Wolf countered with a Dark Azure Sword Blade and Storm Strangulation, injuring Ma Zhibin and forcing him to defend himself with several Soul Skills.
• The demon wolf used Stormheart to hurl Ma Zhibin away, and Ma Zhibin decided to risk everything.
• Ma Zhibin activated Fire-Merging Art and his Eighth Soul Skill, Separation Fire Thunderstorm, combining flames and lightning into a devastating attack.
• Separation Fire Thunderstorm broke through the demon wolf’s barrier and consumed it, leaving only blackened bones.

Yang Zhiqiang and Ning Ze fought off a Gale Wolf Pack, with Yang using his powerful wind, lightning, and ice attacks to kill its True King Hurricane Demon Wolf and wipe out hundreds of wolves. Exhausted, they saw another wave approaching while Chen Zhang and the others faced the main force.

• Yang Zhiqiang used successive Flowing Gold arrows to break the Hurricane Demon Wolf's Wind Shield and wound its head, while Ning Ze boosted his attacks.
• Yang Zhiqiang's Earthquake arrow shook the battlefield, killing and disorienting nearby Gale Wolves as the Hurricane Demon Wolf struggled to resist.
• Yang Zhiqiang unleashed Wind-Thunder Sky Dance and killed the Hurricane Demon Wolf.
• Yang Zhiqiang combined Frenzied Thunder with Frost Slaughter in Ice and Thunder Over the Mortal World, destroying hundreds of Gale Wolves as Ning Ze supported him.
• Yang Zhiqiang and Ning Ze, exhausted, saw another wolf attack approaching and prepared to fight again.

Xue Tianming and Chen Wenchao defeated two powerful Hurricane Demon Wolves through coordinated Soul Skills and sword techniques. Afterward, they discussed the battle at Flowing Light Slope and the unexpected number of Gale Wolves.

• Xue Tianming used his Brightlight Mirror skills to weaken the Hurricane Demon Wolf True King and withstand attacks from both wolves.
• Xue Tianming restrained the Hurricane Demon Wolf Ancient King with Light Binding and Illusory Palace Art, giving Chen Wenchao an opening.
• Chen Wenchao combined his inherited techniques and unleashed One Sword into Perdition, destroying the Ancient King.
• Xue Tianming used the Sword of Judgment to destroy the True King, and the two celebrated their victory.
• Chen Wenchao told Xue Tianming that the other fighters were finishing off the Silver Moon Wolf King and Queen, while they noted the unexpectedly large number of Gale Wolves.

As the united Gale Wolf Tribes overwhelmed the battlefield at Clear Grass Stream, Chen Xiyuan coordinated reinforcements while Chen Xun, Chen Qiujun, and Yang Zhiqiang unleashed powerful attacks. Yang Zhiqiang’s Catastrophe Descends nearly annihilated the wolves in front of him, but the Hurricane Demon Wolf King and the wider battle remained threats.

• Chen Xun used Diamond Sword Wheel and Crisscrossing and Uniting to sweep through and crush waves of Gale Wolves.
• Chen Qiujun unleashed Sword Transforms into Divine Dragon, annihilating a mass of wolves before returning to the battlefield to recover his soul power.
• Chen Xiyuan learned that thousands of additional Gale Wolves were approaching and concluded that the Hurricane Demon Wolf King had united the tribes in the Xieluo Central Mountain Range.
• Chen Xiyuan sent Cheng Yuan to request reinforcements from Flowing Light Slope, ordered Chen Zhang to recall Uncle Zhiqiang and Ning Ze, and dispatched Chen Xun and Chen Wenchao to aid Ximen Rongcheng.
• Mo Yuqi relayed Chen Xiyuan’s signal, and Yang Zhiqiang and Ning Ze withdrew from their route and joined the main battlefield.
• Ning Ze boosted Yang Zhiqiang, who unleashed Catastrophe Descends and almost completely annihilated the Gale Wolves before him.

Ximen Rongcheng, Chen Wenchao, and Chen Xun battled the Hurricane Demon Wolf King, whose innate skill let it absorb attacks and heal itself. After the wolf recovered from Ximen Rongcheng’s devastating strikes, it revealed its grudge against the Seven Kill Sword wielders and attacked the three men in a raging storm.

• Ximen Rongcheng’s Heavenly Blade Splits the Firmament struck the Hurricane Demon Wolf King, but the beast used Purgatory Blood Fangs and its alternate-dimension ability to absorb the attack and counter with a shock wave.
• Chen Wenchao trapped the Hurricane Demon Wolf King with his Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Origin, while Chen Xun attacked it with ten Seven Kill Swords and several enhanced Soul Skills.
• Ximen Rongcheng unleashed Three Peerless Hell Blades, shattering the wolf’s Giant Spirit Wind Cone and Gale Domain and hurling it into a mountainside.
• The Hurricane Demon Wolf King re-formed and told the three men that its son had been killed by Seven Kill Sword wielders.
• Chen Wenchao realized that the Gale Wolves they had fought earlier belonged to the Hurricane Demon Wolf King’s tribe.
• The Hurricane Demon Wolf King blamed the three men for its son’s death and its clansmen’s deaths, then sent a sweeping storm toward them.

Ximen Rongcheng, Chen Xun, and Chen Wenchao combined their ultimate attacks to defeat the hurricane demon wolf king despite its healing and storm abilities. Chen Wenchao finished the wounded beast, whose last words promised that the wolf clan would seek revenge.

• The hurricane demon wolf king used Purgatory Bloodstorm to recover and Windstorm Desolation to trap the three men in a draining hurricane.
• Chen Wenchao unleashed Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Origin: Swords Ravage Heaven and Earth, while Chen Xun used Crisscross Sword Formation to defend and redirect attacks.
• Ximen Rongcheng struck with Hong Lian Great Dao Treasury, Karmaflame Demon Blade, exhausting himself and leaving the hurricane demon wolf king barely alive.
• Chen Wenchao caught the unconscious Ximen Rongcheng and called for Chen Xun to finish the beast.
• Chen Wenchao pierced the hurricane demon wolf king's heart with Sword Aura: Hundred-Step Flying Sword, and the dying beast threatened that its wolf clan would come for them.

Chen Xun prepared to absorb the Hurricane Demon Wolf King's eighty-thousand-year soul ring after reaching level 80 with the help of blood essence. The beast's corpse produced an unusual trunk soul bone with a sternum and ribs, and Chen Wenchao told Chen Xun to absorb it before the ring while he took the unconscious Ximen Rongcheng for treatment.

• Chen Xun asked Chen Wenchao to take Ximen Rongcheng to Xiuxin while he prepared to absorb the Hurricane Demon Wolf King's soul ring.
• Chen Xun explained that consuming some Vajra Giant Ape blood essence had raised him to level 80 and strengthened his body.
• The Hurricane Demon Wolf King's corpse produced a dark blue-green spinal bone, sternum, and ribs that formed a complete trunk soul bone.
• Chen Wenchao identified the formation as an external soul bone and explained Ancestor Chen Qianhua's theory that exceptionally strong soul beasts could develop connected bones.
• Chen Xun hesitated because Ximen Rongcheng had helped defeat the beast, but Chen Wenchao said the bone would suit the Soul Master absorbing the matching ring and promised compensation.
• Chen Wenchao carried Ximen Rongcheng away for treatment, while Chen Xun remained beside the trunk soul bone and prepared to absorb it first.

After the Hurricane Demon Wolf King's death, the Gale Wolf Pack fled before the Chen Clan's forces, only to meet the Blackwind Wolf Pack. The two rival packs fought a devastating battle, which ended with the Blackwind Wolves victorious and the Gale Wolf Pack wiped out.

• Reinforcements led by Chen Menglin, Zhao Deyun, Ma Zhaoyang, and Luo Qingrui helped the Chen Clan drive the Gale Wolf Pack back, while the Hurricane Demon Wolf King's death spread panic among the wolves.
• As Chen Xiyuan regrouped the pursuing Soul Masters, the Blackwind Wolf Pack emerged from the grass and attacked the retreating Gale Wolves under the Black Wind Wolf King's lead.
• The Gale and Blackwind Wolves combined their power into blue-green and black storms, whose collision shook the battlefield and forced the Chen Clan's Soul Masters back.
• The Blackwind Wolves used their speed, strength, and the terrain to wear down the weakened Gale Wolves, who had lost their numerical advantage and many leaders.
• After the last Gale Wolf fell, more than two thousand bloodied Blackwind Wolves remained on the battlefield as victors.

After the battle, Chen Xiyuan and Chen Hong negotiated with the Black Wind Wolf King over the Gale Wolf corpses. They reached an agreement that let the exhausted Chen Clan leave safely, though a new story was just beginning.

• The Blackwind Wolves mourned their fallen, cleared the battlefield, and prepared to feed on the Gale Wolf corpses.
• The Black Wind Wolf King demanded most of the Gale Wolf bodies, and Chen Xiyuan began bargaining with it.
• Chen Hong arrived and exchanged a powerful attack with the Black Wind Wolf King; neither side won.
• Chen Xiyuan and Chen Hong negotiated the final terms: half the bodies and five True King-tier Hurricane Demon Wolves.
• The Chen Clan handed over the agreed bodies, and the Black Wind Wolf King led its pack away while leaving guards behind.

After the Chen Clan’s victory over the Silver Moon and Gale Wolf packs, Chen Hong organized the battlefield cleanup and learned how much wealth and power the clan had gained. As Ximen Rongcheng remained seriously injured and Chen Xun absorbed the Hurricane Demon Wolf King’s spoils, Chen Hong went to check on him.

• Chen Hong assigned patrol and cleanup duties at Clear Grass Stream, while Chen Xiyuan invited allies to claim wolf fangs, carcasses, or other spoils.
• Zhu Yanfeng reported that the Silver Moon Wolf Pack had yielded fourteen soul bones, and Chen Hong offered the Soul Fighting City group a chance to choose one each.
• Chen Hong reflected on the Chen Clan’s recent gains, including new soul bones, breakthroughs, and Chen Yu’s advancement to level 96.
• Zhu Hanshu examined Zhong Kui and found minor internal injuries after he had fought an Ancient King Hurricane Demon Wolf alone.
• Ye Xiuxin told Chen Hong that Ximen Rongcheng was unconscious with damaged meridians and suppressed demon blade qi after fighting the Hurricane Demon Wolf King.
• Chen Hong learned that Chen Xun was absorbing the Hurricane Demon Wolf King’s soul ring and soul bones, then went with Zhao and Ma to check on him.

Chen Xun completed his fusion with the Hurricane Demon Wolf King's torso Soul Bone, gaining a stronger body and External Soul Bones in his sternum and ribs. He then began absorbing the King's Eighty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring and fought its Spiritual Entity as Chen Hong, Chen Wenchao, Zhao Deyun, and Ma Zhaoyang watched.

• Chen Xun absorbed the Hurricane Demon Wolf King's torso Soul Bone, enduring severe pain as his spine, ribs, muscles, and bones transformed.
• A fierce light surrounded Chen Xun as the Soul Bone fully fused with his body, leaving him hovering in a dark cyan glow with External Soul Bones in his sternum and ribs.
• Chen Xun began absorbing the Hurricane Demon Wolf King's Eighty-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, but the ring resisted and its Spiritual Entity attacked his consciousness.
• Chen Xun unleashed his Mental Power to battle the Hurricane Demon Wolf King's Spiritual Entity while Chen Wenchao kept watch.
• Chen Hong arrived with Zhao Deyun and Ma Zhaoyang, and Chen Wenchao explained Chen Xun's transformation and discussed his prospects for becoming a Titled Douluo.

Chen Xun absorbed the Hurricane Demon Wolf King's eighty-thousand-year Soul Ring and gained its Soul Bone Skill, reaching Level 83 and becoming a Soul Douluo. Meanwhile, Chen Wenchao realized Gale Wolf Bandits might attack Chenlin Village, and Chen Hong rushed back to warn the village.

• Ma Zhaoyang and Chen Wenchao joked about the Hurricane Demon Wolf King's death until Chen Wenchao realized the Wolf Bandits might seek revenge.
• Chen Wenchao warned Chen Hong, who ordered him to alert Old Taro and rode his Seven Kill Sword toward Chenlin Village.
• Chen Xun fought the Hurricane Demon Wolf King's spiritual form with the Brilliant Star Primordial Spirit Sword and subdued it.
• Chen Xun absorbed the eighty-thousand-year Soul Ring, strengthening his body, Soul Power, and Sea of Consciousness.
• Chen Xun gained the Torso Bone's Soul Bone Skill and reached Level 83, advancing to Soul Douluo.

Chen Chen and Zhao Lin kept watch at Chenlin Village’s north gate while the elders were away, but several thousand Gale Wolf Bandits suddenly charged toward the village. Zhao Lin raised the alarm and ordered the gate defenses activated, leaving the village braced for an attack.

• Chen Chen, Zhao Lin, and Zhu Changyun discussed the absent elders and kept watch at the north gate.
• Chen Chen spotted a huge force approaching and identified the attackers as Gale Wolf Bandits.
• Zhao Lin ordered the guards to launch all three colors of fireworks and lower the Gate-Breaking Stone.
• The guards sent sword-shaped fireworks into the sky as the Gate-Breaking Stone slammed down behind the gate.

Chen Chen and the North Gate defending squad fought to stop thousands of Wolf Bandits from breaching Chenlin Village, but the attackers overwhelmed the wall and poured into the village. As Old Zhao and the squad continued resisting, the distant ring of swords suggested reinforcements had arrived.

• Chen Chen used his Fifth Soul Skill to cut down dozens of Wolf Bandits as the cyan Wolf Bandit charged him.
• Thousands of Wolf Bandits climbed over the wall and attacked the North Gate defending squad, which had only eleven members.
• Zhao Lin ordered the defenders to regroup, and Chen Chen assigned Zhu Changyun to hold the right flank while he took the left and Old Zhao defended the front.
• Zhu Changyun activated Stone Armor Shield, while Old Zhao used Great Strength Vajra Roar to stun and scatter the Wolf Bandits.
• The Wolf Bandits renewed their assault, breached most sections of the wall, and spread through Chenlin Village as the defending squad fought on.
• Old Zhao urged the squad to keep resisting, then heard the distant ring of swords and hoped reinforcements had arrived.

Chen Cong rushed to Chenlin Village’s north gate and used his Heaven-and-Earth Sword Techniques to break the Wolf Bandits’ assault. He regrouped with the wounded defenders as reinforcements gathered, then launched another attack against the charging bandits.

• Chen Cong ordered Chen Wu to organize the village’s Soul Masters and rode his Seven Kill Sword toward the north gate.
• Families across the village rallied to reinforce the gate while scattered Wolf Bandits slowed their advance.
• Chen Cong found Zhao Lin, Chen Chen, Zhu Changyun, and a few squad members surrounded by about a thousand Wolf Bandits.
• Chen Cong used Heaven-and-Earth Sword Rain to strike the bandits from above and below, clearing the gate tower’s attackers.
• Chen Cong learned that Chen Chen had killed the strongest bandit leaders and told the defenders to hold until reinforcements arrived.
• Chen Cong used Sword Encircling Heaven and Earth to sweep the charging Gale Wolf Bandits into a raging field of energy.