Chapter Summaries

Chang'an Academy and Blazing Fire Academy agreed to decide their match with a single formation battle art, then unleashed rival sun-like attacks that devastated the arena. The blast subsided, revealing both teams at the crater’s edges, but the chapter left the winner unclear.

• Huo Ying proposed a one-move formation battle, and Chen Xiaojun accepted.
• Huo Ying gathered Blazing Fire Academy’s power into her incandescent Huo-Wu-Shining-Sun.
• Gu Wuyan, Ma Wencai, and Chang'an Academy’s other fighters combined their abilities into the World-Burning Sun, which Chen Xiaojun joined with his Nine Yang Great Thunderclap.
• Huo Ying and Chen Xiaojun sent their suns toward each other, and the collision unleashed a destructive blast that strained the arena’s barrier and forced both teams to defend themselves.
• The smoke cleared to reveal a huge crater and both teams at the arena’s edges, with the match’s outcome still unknown.

The Chang'an Team defeated the Blazing Fire Team, prompting Captain Huo Ying to concede, while spectators discussed the limits of current talent rankings. Five Mountains Academy then overcame Thunder in a costly battle, leaving the tournament’s rising teams battered but advancing.

• Huo Ying conceded after the Blazing Fire Team suffered far greater injuries than the Chang'an Team.
• Xia Yun praised Ma Wencai’s battlefield ingenuity, while Wang Wei and the others debated how the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking struggled to assess young competitors’ potential and immediate strength.
• Five Mountains Academy faced Thunder, with Zhu Luoxi directing Five Mountains’ tactics and Xia Shuyao and Ye Fei combining their abilities against the stronger team.
• Xia Shuyao and Ye Fei’s techniques helped Five Mountains eliminate Lei En, Lei Tian, Lei Zhu, and Lei Dong, swinging the battle in their favor.
• Yu Zhijun, Ao Lie, and Yu Awakening of Insects counterattacked, but Lin Chiluan seized an opening created by Xia Shuyao and Ye Fei to knock Yu Zhijun down.
• Five Mountains Academy won after a costly fight that left Lin Chiluan severely wounded and several teammates injured.

Chen Xiaojun and the Chen residence council discussed the shifting tournament schedule, Fasinuo Province’s strong results, and the need to win more matches as other divisions began targeting them. After arranging talks with the other academies, Chen Xiaojun met Elder Shi in the garden and learned that the steward had unusually high standing within the Chen Clan.

• Jixiang and Yan Nan explained the revised tournament schedule, while Ji Shuran and Jixiang warned that growing attention and possible new qualification spots would make Fasinuo’s academies targets for rival teams.
• The council reviewed Fasinuo Province’s strong records and Yellow Emperor Academy’s defensive lineup, noting that the division’s combined points had risen to first place.
• Wang Wei, Lian Changzhi, and Ma Zhibin discussed the pressure to win more matches, and Chen Xiaojun asked Wang Wei to invite the other academies’ decision-makers to a meeting.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Yan Chengyi about the finalized third-round matchups as He Qiang, Xiao Yi, and Xixi listened.
• Elder Shi brought Chen Xiaojun Seven-Turn Snow Reishi Brew to soothe the strain from his Nine Yang Great Thunderclap, then remarked that his seniority surpassed that of Yan Feng and Bing Yuan.

Under the moon, Elder Shi explained how the Royalist Faction could use provincial competition to contain the Chen Clan’s growing influence and assessed Xue Jiqing’s pragmatic politics. He urged Chen Xiaojun to stop overprotecting Xiao Yi, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yi saying Elder Shi seemed familiar.

• Chen Xiaojun told Elder Shi about the tournament’s allocation rules, and Elder Shi linked them to a Royalist plan to intensify rivalry among provinces and limit the Chen Clan’s expansion in Fasno.
• Chen Xiaojun asked about Xue Jiqing, and Elder Shi judged that the military leader’s contrasting treatment of Xue Chuxin and Xue Churan reflected pragmatic moderate conservatism.
• Chen Xiaojun voiced concern that the Royalist Faction might ally with the Clear Sky Sect, while Elder Shi said the situation had not reached that point.
• Elder Shi told Chen Xiaojun that Xiao Yi’s strength had already made others wary and warned him not to let fear make him overprotect her.
• After Elder Shi left, Chen Xiaojun asked Xiao Yi what she thought, and she said her grandmother had offered similar advice.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Xiao Yi what she thought of Elder Shi, and she replied that he seemed familiar.

Chang'an Academy defeated Moon Bay Academy in a costly third-round match after overcoming its disruptive control skills with coordinated combination attacks. The chapter left Moon Bay with three straight losses and emphasized Fasinuo Province’s growing dominance over Tosk Province’s academies.

• Chang'an Academy defeated Five Mountains Academy in a controlled match, beat Vast Sea Academy with its Golden Generation, and swept past Flame Radiance Academy.
• Moon Bay Academy targeted Chang'an’s quick-attack trio with its control skills and counterattacks, slowing the Golden Generation’s offense.
• Gu Wuyan weakened Moon Bay’s suppressive skills, and He Qiang and Chu Youwei broke its defense with Wind-Thunder Unity while Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda unleashed Thousand-Needle Rain.
• Chang'an’s attacks shattered Moon Bay’s coordination, but Dang Zuncheng and Chu Xiaoling launched desperate counterattacks that badly injured several Chang'an members before the match ended.
• Moon Bay’s defeat marked its third loss in three rounds, while the chapter noted that most of Tosk Province’s academies had lost to teams from Fasinuo Province.

Wang Wei and the other leaders discussed the Ministry of Education’s quota exchange and the costly battles between Fasno and Toske, before recalling Five Mountains Academy’s victory over Godwind. Chang'an Academy then faced Skywater Academy, whose team transformed the arena into an ice rink and began skating, leaving Chen Xiaojun wary of the fight ahead.

• Wang Wei, Xia Yun, and the other leaders explained that the quota exchange had pushed regional academies to target rival provinces, while Yang Guisan worried the fighting would deepen their rift.
• Xia Yun and the others praised Five Mountains Academy for defeating Godwind, and the chapter recounted how Yang Wenxiu’s archery and Luo Qianxue’s defense helped secure the win.
• Chen Xiaojun led Chang'an Academy against Skywater Academy, a powerful team whose members froze the arena and began skating across it.
• Dugu Fu, Zhu Wuneng, Gao Cuilan, Chen Shurui, and Chen Bin joked about Skywater’s skating performance, while Chen Xiaojun focused on the icy battlefield and the difficult fight ahead.

Chang'an Academy faced Skywater Academy on the frozen arena, where Shui Binglan’s team had the terrain advantage. After the captains exchanged pleasantries, the match began with both teams engaging across the ice.

• Chen Xiaojun reviewed Skywater Academy’s lineup with his teammates and told them to follow their planned openings.
• Chen Xiaojun and Shui Binglan exchanged pointed but polite remarks about the frozen arena before returning to their teams.
• Qiu Ruoyi supported Skywater Academy’s advancing attackers with recovery, resistance, and movement-speed boosts.
• Lian Shouzhong met Yu Moxi’s charge head-on while Shen Youchu intercepted Gu Qingying in a fast-moving sword fight.
• Dugu Fu attacked Shen Liujing with his Fire-Cloud Cold-Ice Palm, but she dodged and countered with sonic interference, leaving them in a stalemate.

Skywater Academy unleashed its Ice and Snow Drifting Martial Soul Fusion Skill, overwhelming the arena with extreme cold and countering Chang'an’s fire-based attacks. Chen Xiaojun used the Sun Yang God Pearl to carve out a warm refuge, but Shui Binglan and Xue Qingwu began the fusion skill’s second stage, transforming their Condensing Water Flying Luan into an Ice Phoenix.

• Zhu Wuneng used Hell Wheel and Six Ding Divine Fire to melt the ice and slow Skywater’s frontline fighters, while Yuzuru Hanyu trapped Chang'an’s fighters in Ice-Spike Cages.
• Ma Liang launched Phoenix Meteor Shower toward Skywater’s back line as Shui Binglan and Xue Qingwu began their Ice and Snow Drifting fusion skill.
• The extreme cold extinguished Zhu Wuneng’s flames and scattered Ma Liang’s meteors, while Xiao Yi used her life force to help Chang'an’s teammates withstand the freezing domain.
• Chen Xiaojun summoned the Sun Yang God Pearl, melting ice crystals and pushing back the extreme cold around Chang'an’s fighters.
• Shui Binglan ordered the fusion skill’s second stage, and Shui Binglan and Xue Qingwu transformed the Condensing Water Flying Luan into an Ice Phoenix.

Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi combined their powers into the Heavenly Stem Big Dipper Yin-Yang Strike, turning the tide against Shui Binglan and Xue Qingwu’s Ice Phoenix. As the purple-gold attack began to overwhelm the phoenix, Yuzuru Hanyu prepared an ice mirror to replicate it.

• The Ice Phoenix attacked Chen Xiaojun’s Sun Yang God Pearl, shattered Ma Liang’s Martial Soul Possession, and nearly froze the pearl.
• Chen Xiaojun activated his Sun Mark and poured supreme yang power into the pearl, allowing it to resist the Ice Phoenix’s cold.
• Xiao Yi activated Life Force Awakening, sent her Big Dipper true qi into Chen Xiaojun, and joined her Big Dipper Star Spiral with his pearl.
• Their powers formed the Heavenly Stem Big Dipper Yin-Yang Strike, whose purple-gold torrent halted the Ice Phoenix and began cracking its tail feathers.
• Shui Binglan signaled Yuzuru Hanyu, who used Ice Soul Condensation Mirror to try to replicate the Ice Phoenix, but the mirror struggled to withstand its power.

Yuzuru Hanyu used the Yuzuru Family’s secret art to copy the Ice Phoenix Martial Soul Fusion Skill and sent the second phoenix after Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi. Zhu Wuneng trapped it with his soul bone and water techniques, and Ma Liang prepared a powerful right-arm bone attack against it.

• Yuzuru Hanyu used Mysterious Soul Blood Guide to stabilize the Ice Mirror and summon a second Ice Phoenix that attacked Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi.
• Zhu Wuneng stepped in front of them and used Five Sacred Mountains Suppress Heaven and Earth to slow the copied Ice Phoenix.
• Zhu Wuneng combined Three Thousand Weak Waters with the Sea Wheel, pinning the Ice Phoenix in midair and eroding its energy.
• Ma Liang returned to the fight and formed Rainbow Ember Heaven-Piercing Tribulation with his inherited Right Arm Bone.

Zhu Wuneng and Ma Liang severely wounded the replicated Ice Phoenix, but Yuzuru Hanyu burned more of his vitality to restore its strength. The Ice Phoenix broke free and gravely wounded Ma Liang, leaving the battle in a precarious state.

• Ma Liang fired Rainbow Ember Heaven-Piercing Tribulation through the Ice Phoenix while Zhu Wuneng intensified his gravity and Weak Waters attacks, badly weakening it.
• Yuzuru Hanyu used Mysterious Soul Blood Guide again, and Qiu Ruoyi supported him with Azure Sea Green Lotus Domain.
• The empowered Ice Phoenix broke free of the Weak Waters and began rapidly repairing its chest wound with gathered ice energy.
• Zhu Wuneng detonated the five mountain phantoms to blast the Ice Phoenix, but it emerged alive and charged at him and Ma Liang.
• The Ice Phoenix's ice storm drove Zhu Wuneng backward and hurled Ma Liang into the ice, gravely wounding him.

Shen Youchu used her evolved Azure Sea Tide-Rising Sword to overwhelm Gu Qingying, while Yuzuru Hanyu drove an Ice Phoenix toward Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi despite Shen Youchu’s interception. After the Heavenly Stem Big Dipper Diagram blasted one Ice Phoenix, Chen Xiaojun cut the charging Ice Phoenix in half with the Fatal Sword-Drawing Technique, leaving Yuzuru Hanyu badly injured.

• Shen Youchu’s blood-draining sword strikes weakened Gu Qingying, and her Overlapping Waves Slash broke through Gu Qingying’s defenses and left her badly wounded.
• Yuzuru Hanyu drove his damaged Ice Phoenix toward Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi, and Shen Youchu intercepted it with her Abyssal Annihilation Slash but failed to stop its charge.
• The Heavenly Stem Big Dipper Diagram blasted away the other Ice Phoenix, which Shui Binglan controlled.
• Chen Xiaojun unleashed the Fatal Sword-Drawing Technique from within the smoke and cleaved Yuzuru Hanyu’s charging Ice Phoenix in half.
• Yuzuru Hanyu spat out blood from the backlash as the Ice Phoenix’s halves disintegrated into ice-crystal dust.

Chen Xiaojun defeated the Skywater Team’s Ice Phoenix with his sword techniques, forcing Shui Binglan to surrender. After Chang'an Team celebrated its victory, observers in VIP room No. 126 discussed Chen Xiaojun’s abilities and anticipated facing Chang'an’s twin standouts.

• Chen Xiaojun killed the weakened Ice Phoenix with the Chun Jun Sword while Xiao Yi treated Ma Liang and healed the other injured teammates.
• Shui Binglan and Xue Qingwu sustained their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Chen Xiaojun trapped the charging Ice Phoenix and attacked it with his Green Lotus Sword Song.
• As Chen Xiaojun’s silver dragon purified the Ice Phoenix until it began dissolving, Shui Binglan surveyed her defeated teammates and surrendered to the referees.
• Chang'an Academy’s supporters celebrated the victory while Ji Bingyan, Bai Zeyun, and Bo Huaiyu discussed Skywater’s efforts and Chen Xiaojun’s sword skills.
• Zhan Ruoxi named the Sword Dao Chen Clan, and Bo Huaiyu said he looked forward to facing Chang'an’s twin standouts.

Chang'an Academy struggled to keep its team ready as injuries mounted ahead of two difficult tournament matches. Meanwhile, Tang Potian’s Clear Sky Sect lost two covert outposts in Lankai City, and he accepted Tang Yuchen’s challenge for a duel two days later.

• Chen Xiaojun returned to the Chen estate with his companions and assessed the team’s injuries and limited lineup options for the upcoming matches against Nine Heavens and Tianshan.
• Tang Potian learned that authorities had shut down the Clear Sky Sect’s iron delivery points in the Jiang Family Ward and raided the Fengyuan Rice Shop, arresting its staff.
• Tang Potian blamed Chen Zhang and the alliance between the Chen Clan and the Yellow Emperor Tang Family for the swift crackdown on the sect’s Lankai operations.
• Tang Potian received a challenge from Tang Yuchen, who sought to erase his defeat from twenty years earlier with a duel set for the day after tomorrow.
• Tang Potian recognized that refusing would make him appear afraid, so he accepted Tang Yuchen’s challenge.

Chang'an faced the top-ranked Nine Heavens Team in a seven-pair sword battle, with Shen Youchu returning after recovering from her injuries. As the fight progressed, Chang'an gained the upper hand in most matchups, though several duels remained even or stalled.

• The Nine Heavens Team fielded seven elite swordsmen from the sect’s main peaks against Chang'an’s Chen Xiaojun, Xiao Yi, Chen Mu, Lian Shouzhong, Zhu Taihong, Shen Youchu, and Su Ningxia.
• Shen Youchu returned to combat after the Chen Clan’s spirit herb healed the cracks in her martial soul and restored most of her strength.
• Both teams paired off across the arena, and their seven sword battles began simultaneously.
• In VIP Room 88, Murong Zhe insulted the Nine Heavens Sect, while Zhang Xiaoding and Zhang Xiaofan defended the sect and challenged him.
• Chen Xiaojun, Xiao Yi, Chen Mu, and Shen Youchu gained advantages in their duels, while Lian Shouzhong and Su Ningxia held their opponents to draws and Zhu Taihong’s attacks were stopped by Shen Yizhi.
• Chang'an’s sword light held the overall advantage as the seven fights continued.

The Nine Heavens Team unleashed the Seven Profound Qing Yun Sword Formation against Chang'an Academy, but Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi countered it with the Six Paths Sword Wheel and their combined devouring power. The Crimson Sky Pearl swallowed the Evil-Slaying Sword Rainbow, leaving the formation broken and the Nine Heavens Team exhausted.

• Xiao Wenzhou assembled the seven Nine Heavens Team members into the Seven Profound Qing Yun Sword Formation and sent the Qing Yun Sword Sea surging toward Chang'an Academy.
• Chen Xiaojun raised his soul power with Peerless Nobility and Xiao Yi's Life Force Awakening, then summoned the Six Paths Sword Wheel to meet the sword sea.
• Xiao Yi's Jiang Mo Seal struck the formation, but Xiao Wenzhou compressed its power into the Evil-Slaying Sword Rainbow, which shattered the stellar palm and targeted Chen Xiaojun.
• Xiao Yi poured her Big Dipper True Qi and soul power into Chen Xiaojun, who refined the Six Paths Sword Wheel's energy into his eighth Sword God Pearl, the Crimson Sky Pearl.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi awakened the Crimson Sky Pearl's devouring power, which consumed the Evil-Slaying Sword Rainbow and drained the Seven Profound Qing Yun Sword Formation until it collapsed.

Xiao Yi treated Chen Xiaojun’s recurring soul-nest injury, but her tense exchange with Xixi drove him to leave. Chen Zhang reported that affairs in Lankai Commandery were settled and urged Chen Xiaojun to hammer the Tianshan Team’s Tang siblings; the match began with Chen Xiaojun stopping Tang Xu’s powerful strike.

• Xiao Yi checked Chen Xiaojun’s pulse and explained that fighting had repeatedly loosened the old crack in his upper soul nest.
• Xixi urged Chen Xiaojun to fight less, and Xiao Yi’s cold, silent reaction prompted him to slip away from the courtyard.
• Chen Zhang told Chen Xiaojun that the Chen Clan had secured footholds in Lankai Commandery, coordinated with the Yellow Emperor Tang and Clear Sky Sect, and expected Tang Potian to face Yuchen soon.
• Chen Zhang told Chen Xiaojun to hammer Tang Xu and Tang Xi in the upcoming match against the Tianshan Team.
• The Chang'an Team and Tianshan Team began their match, and Chen Xiaojun used Gan Jiang and Moye to stop Tang Xu’s Clear Sky Hammer strike head-on.

Chang'an's fighters countered Tianshan's assault with coordinated defenses, layered support, and psychic interference, but the Bai siblings launched a high-speed attack against the rear line. Xiao Yi stopped maintaining her Life Force Field and answered with a storm of life-powered leaf blades as the chapter ended.

• Chen Xiaojun, Chen Mu, Zhu Taihong, and Shen Youchu each intercepted one of Tianshan's four frontline attackers.
• Gu Wuyan strengthened Chang'an's fighters with three support skills, while Xiao Yi maintained her Life Force Field and Shi Fei'ang disrupted Tianshan's attackers with Nightmare Whisper.
• Yang Zixiao's blessings empowered Bai Ruoyu and Bai Ruo Yu, who activated their Soul Skills and rushed toward Chang'an's rear support fighters.
• Bai Ruoyu sent phantoms after Gu Wuyan and Shi Fei'ang, while Bai Ruo Yu and her phantoms targeted Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi evaded the attack, raised a canopy of life vines, and unleashed Leaf Blade Wind Storm across the Bai siblings' paths.

Chen Xiaojun and his allies pressed the Tianshan team with coordinated attacks, wounding Tang Xi and forcing Tang Xu to rescue her. Tang Xu and Tang Xi unleashed opposing yang-thunder attacks, and Chen Xiaojun answered with Abyssal Mountain Art, raising a lava-marked earth barrier and an icy water curtain.

• Bai Ruoyu and Bai Ruoyu used their speed-enhancing skills to evade Xiao Yi's Leaf Blade Wind Storm, after which Xiao Yi sent pursuing torrents of leaves after the survivors.
• Shi Fei'ang used Dreamweaving Cocoon to disrupt Niu Hengzhi while Zhu Taihong fought him, weakening Niu Hengzhi's control of his soul power.
• Chen Xiaojun used Sun Moon Shine Together to absorb Tang Xu's lightning assault and disrupt his momentum with Moye's mental chill.
• Chen Xiaojun threw Moye toward Tang Xi, and Jun Xiaocheng teleported to catch it; Shen Youchu wounded Tang Xi as she dodged, then Chen Xiaojun's Gan Jiang strike sent her flying.
• Tang Xu caught Tang Xi and launched Earth Yang Thunder while Tang Xi attacked with Water Yang Thunder, but Chen Xiaojun countered with Abyssal Mountain Art's earth barrier and water curtain.

Chen Xiaojun countered the Tang siblings’ attacks with his Yin-Yang Swordsmanship, then unleashed Positive and Negative Yin-Yang Slash. Tang Xu and Tang Xi were badly wounded as the multiplying tomoe fragments overwhelmed their defenses.

• Chen Xiaojun used his lava barrier and indigo water curtain to absorb the siblings’ lightning and recover energy.
• Chen Xiaojun struck Tang Xu with Earth Vein Mountain-Shaking Strike and Tang Xi with Soul Abyss Thousand Waves Draw, blasting them apart and injuring both.
• Chen Xiaojun formed two tomoe with Positive and Negative Yin-Yang Slash and sent them after the siblings.
• Tang Xu used Space-Rending Hammer Burst to shatter the blazing-white tomoe, causing both tomoe to split and multiply into a swarm of smaller blades.
• Tang Xi used Clear Sky Body Protection to shield herself and Tang Xu, but the tomoe fragments multiplied against their defenses and pierced their skin.