Chapter Summaries

Yan Wushuang’s Demon Dragon Legion attack on Moonlight City faltered when he found himself unable to overcome Leng Qingqiu. He struck the city to draw her away, then fled, leaving his forces to escape as best they could.

• Yan Wushuang fought Leng Qingqiu, but her spatial abilities, stellar-enhanced soul power, and Mountains and Rivers Sword Intent prevented him from gaining an advantage.
• Yan Wushuang sensed Miu Anxiu’s death and ordered a retreat as the Crimson Legion’s position worsened.
• Yan Wushuang reconsidered the Chen Clan’s defenses and concluded that Leng Qingqiu was the hidden power protecting Moonlight City.
• Yan Wushuang attacked the ruined inner city with a blast of demonic energy, forcing Leng Qingqiu to turn toward the explosion.
• Yan Wushuang used the opening to flee, while the Soul Douluos pursuing below saw his Demon Dragon silhouette disappear into the distance.

After the Demon Dragon Legion’s attack on the Medicinal Market was repelled, Leng Qingqiu’s newly revealed Title Douluo strength made the Leng Family a First-Tier power. As she warned that the feud with the Crimson Church would continue, she promised compensation from the Chen Clan, prompting the other leaders to question her authority to speak for it.

• Zheng Youde, Wang Jiamu, and You Jingqiao returned from pursuing the attackers without capturing their Soul Douluo targets, though they had wounded them and stopped several Crimson Soul Saints.
• Leng Qingqiu accepted the leaders’ congratulations on reaching the Title Douluo Realm, and Zheng Youde declared that the Leng Family had become a First-Tier power.
• Xue Chufan warned that revealing Leng Qingqiu’s status earlier might have drawn an even more dangerous attack, and Leng Qingqiu said the Crimson Church feud remained a serious threat.
• Li Ming asked how they should handle the ruined Medicinal Market, and Leng Qingqiu ordered its reconstruction and said the Chen Clan would contribute to compensation for the casualties.
• Mao Jiyun agreed, while the other leaders exchanged wary looks at Leng Qingqiu’s apparent authority to speak for the Chen Clan.

Leng Qingqiu revealed that she had become a Title Douluo and an enshrined elder of the Seven Kill Sword Chen Clan, then directed Moonlight’s leaders to strengthen the city’s defenses and expand the Medicinal Herbs Market. After dismissing the others, she kept Xue Chufan behind to discuss Moonlight City’s future and the Silver Plume Alliance’s plans.

• Leng Qingqiu announced her new status as a Title Douluo and Chen Clan enshrined elder, surprising the assembled leaders and dashing Li Ming’s hopes of recruiting her for Spirit Hall.
• Mao Jiyun proposed expanding the Medicinal Herbs Market, and Xue Chufan backed the plan, seeing an opportunity for Moonlight City and the Silver Plume Alliance.
• Leng Qingqiu asked Li Ming, Yue Jixin, and Jiliao to seek reinforcements from their organizations, while Xue Chufan promised to request more troops for the city.
• Leng Qingqiu sent Leng Buqun to coordinate with the Moon Palace and secretly told him to warn Xia Ruxin at the Chen Clan Ancestral Land about possible retaliation.
• Leng Qingqiu ordered Mao Jiyun to request additional Chen Clan personnel, dismissed the other leaders, and asked Xue Chufan to stay for a private conversation.

The injured Chang'an team suspected that Heaven Dou had manipulated the tournament schedule to wear them down and block their championship chances. They were left facing more matches despite their severe injuries, while Sixth went to visit Xiao Yi.

• Zhu Wuneng complained that Heaven Dou had arranged a brutal schedule, and Chen Shurui, Chen Bin, and Dugu Fu discussed whether Xue Shiming was behind it.
• The team recalled how the explosion between Xiao Yi and the Snow Empress had overwhelmed their defenses and worsened their injuries.
• Chen Mu warned that losses in the next two matches would give Chang'an three defeats and end their hopes of reaching the top three.
• Ma Liang and Zhu Wuneng argued that the schedule favored Heaven Dou and Moonlight, while Chang'an was set up to fight Moonlight before Heaven Dou's rested final match.
• Chen Shurui said Sixth had gone to see Xiao Yi.

Chen Xiaojun argued with Xiao Yi about forfeiting the next day's match because the team lacked enough fighters, leaving them on bad terms. In the pavilion, his family teased him about the quarrel until Tao Ruyin announced that Zhu Yanfeng had arrived, and Zhu Wuneng hurried to greet him.

• Chen Xiaojun told Xiao Yi and Xixi that the team would forfeit the next day's match because too few people could fight.
• Xixi tried to explain that Chen Xiaojun was worried about Xiao Yi, but Xiao Yi turned away, hurt by their first bad parting.
• Chen Xiaojun joined the others in the pavilion, where Chen Mu remarked that he had never seen him crack before.
• Chen Shurui and Chen Bin teased Chen Xiaojun about upsetting Xiao Yi, easing the tense mood and making the others laugh.
• Tao Ruyin announced that Chief Steward Yan Feng, Zhu Wuneng's granduncle, had arrived, and Zhu Wuneng rushed outside to greet him.

The Demon Dragon Legion and the Crimson Church attacked the Chen Clan’s Ancestral Land, where Chen Hanxin, Mo Qiyuan, and the clan’s defenders fought to hold the mountain fortress. The defenders were being driven back as Chen Hanxin faced two Soul Douluos and Miao Chenfeng moved in to strike her throat.

• Miao Chenfeng and Yan Banqing charged Chen Hanxin, who was already badly wounded from fighting them.
• Mo Qiyuan used his Black Shadow martial soul to evade Lao Nianzhao’s attacks, though his burns and exhaustion worsened.
• The Demon Dragon Legion’s elite forces were revealed to have joined the attack on the Ancestral Land while its main force raided the Moonlight Medicine Market.
• The Chen Clan’s Black Scales and Dark Feather guards fought alongside more than two hundred defenders against nearly three hundred enemy soul masters.
• The defenders’ line faltered as the battle turned against the fortress, and Miao Chenfeng lunged at Chen Hanxin’s throat.

Xia Ruxin and Chen Hanxin unleashed powerful soul skills against the Evil Soul Masters attacking the Chen Clan estate. Xia weakened Jiang Maoxing, while Chen killed two Soul Saints and badly wounded Lu Chenfeng and Yan Banqing.

• Jiang Maoxing attacked Xia Ruxin with his eighth soul skill, but Xia used Star Pivot Soul Lock to absorb the strike and bind his soul.
• Jiang Maoxing broke Xia’s soul chains with his ninth soul skill and sent a devastating soul-shaking roar at her.
• Xia used Soul-Burying Song to purify and contain Jiang Maoxing’s attack, leaving him horrified and weakened.
• Chen Hanxin activated Yue Shen’s Realm, trapping Lu Chenfeng, Yan Banqing, and two Soul Saints in her domain.
• Chen Hanxin killed the two Soul Saints with Moonlight Sinks West and left Lu Chenfeng and Yan Banqing badly wounded.

Chen Hanxin killed Lu Chenfeng but collapsed from exhaustion, while Yan Banqing escaped and Mo Qiyuan badly wounded Lao Nianzhao. Xuan Zixian and Qing Yue arrived with the Silver Moon Guard as the Moon Palace joined the battle.

• Chen Hanxin killed Lu Chenfeng with her Sixth Soul Skill, and Yan Banqing escaped the Moonlight Domain using Netherworld Blood Explosion.
• Chen Hanxin exhausted her soul power and collapsed.
• Mo Qiyuan used Spiral Nine Shadows and Thousand Shadows Devouring Life Armor to strike Lao Nianzhao with six shadow swords, badly wounding him.
• Xuan Zixian arrived at the battlefield and challenged the Evil Soul Masters with his overwhelming presence.
• Qing Yue led the Silver Moon Guard to the mountain fort and saw the fallen Chen Hanxin, her killing intent rising.

Qing Yue and the Moon Palace turned the Demon Dragon Army’s assault on the Chen Clan fortress into a rout, while the Chen Clan defenders pursued the fleeing Evil Soul Masters. The chapter then described the Moon of the Nine Heavens, Qing Yue’s martial soul, and its immense power and potential.

• Jiang Maoxing sensed Xuan Zixian’s presence and fled, triggering the Demon Dragon Army’s retreat.
• Mo Qiyuan and the Chen Clan defenders broke free and pursued the fleeing Evil Soul Masters as Qing Yue ordered the Moon Palace to intercept them.
• Lao Nianzhao escaped into a dark mountain valley, while one other enemy escaped and another died.
• Qing Yue remained above the battlefield, and the narration identified her as the current sovereign of the Moon of the Nine Heavens.
• The narration explained the Moon of the Nine Heavens’ purity, lunar powers, and Soul Rings that grew with its wielder’s strength.

Qing Yue used her moon-based soul skills to heal the Chen Clan fighters and erase the Demon Dragon army’s corruption and remains from the battlefield. The fortress fell silent as Mo Qiyuan witnessed the moon’s power, and the chapter explained why the Moon Palace had long resisted the Crimson Church.

• Qing Yue used Azure Moon Nourishment to restore the Chen Clan warriors’ soul power and heal their wounds.
• Qing Yue unleashed Silver Moon Heavenly Sorrow, which purified the battlefield and dissolved the evil soul power, corpses, and other corruption.
• The Black Scale Guards watched from beyond a barrier as the moonlight destroyed the remaining Demon Dragon forces.
• Mo Qiyuan observed Qing Yue’s life-giving and annihilating moonlight and recognized it as a manifestation of yin and yang.
• The narration explained that the moon of the nine heavens countered evil and that the Moon Palace’s legacy had helped it withstand the Crimson Church for thousands of years.

After the Crimson Church attack devastated the Ancestral Land’s defenders, Xia Ruxin secured the Shentu Family’s admission as a follower family in recognition of Shentu Li’s sacrifice. Zhao Deyun arrived to reinforce the fortress, where he and Mo Qiyuan would have to hold the defenses until the clan’s cultivators grew stronger.

• Xia Ruxin reported Shentu Li’s valor and petitioned the Chen Clan Main Lineage to admit the Shentu Family as a follower family.
• Four days after the battle, the Main Lineage accepted the Shentu Family as the twenty-seventh follower house, and Mo Qiyuan entered its members into the Blue-Gold Register.
• A Shentu child arrived in Chenlin Village to pay respects to Clan Chief Chen Xun, carrying the family’s new Red Copper Emblem.
• The Main Lineage sent Zhao Deyun to take charge of the fortress while Chen Hanxin recovered from her wounds.
• Mo Qiyuan welcomed Zhao Deyun and recognized that they would need to hold the Ancestral Land’s defenses for five years.

After the Ancestral Land battle, Zhao Deyun and the others assessed the heavy losses suffered by the Chen Clan and the Demon Dragon Legion and planned how to protect their forces. The chapter ended with Sea God Island agreeing to send Soul Masters to help defend Moonlight City, while the Crimson Church’s next moves remained uncertain.

• Zhao Deyun assigned Lin Jingshuo, Yang Zhihe, and Shi Mingrui to reinforce the Ancestral Land after the battle left only two of its five mountain guards alive.
• Mo Qiyuan and Zhao Deyun reviewed the eight battles and the severe casualties suffered by both the Chen Clan and the Demon Dragon Legion.
• Xia Ruxin worried that the Crimson Church would investigate its intelligence leaks, and Zhao Deyun outlined the Main Lineage’s plan to strengthen the Brocade Guard and integrate its intelligence network.
• Chen Hanxin urged the others to raise the stakes to buy time, while Leng Buqun asked what support the Main Lineage could provide.
• Zhao Deyun revealed that Sea God Island had agreed to send a Soul Douluo and at least two Soul Saints to help secure Moonlight City.

At the Gaoying Tournament semifinal, Chen Xin Yi entered the arena as Chang'an Academy’s sole competitor, facing Infinite Academy’s seven-person lineup. The chapter ended as both sides prepared to fight, with spectators and VIP guests waiting to see what Chen Xin Yi would do.

• Chang'an Academy supporters worried about the team’s injuries before Chen Xin Yi emerged from the tunnel alone.
• Chen Xin Yi confirmed to the referee that she was the only Chang'an competitor, making her the first person in National Tournament history to face an entire team alone.
• Wang Muxuan, Liu Xinxin, and Gou Sheng angrily urged Infinite Academy to punish Chen Xin Yi, while captain Ye Wuhuan ordered them to be quiet.
• Ye Wuhuan led Infinite Academy’s seven starters onto the field, and they formed a battle formation against Chen Xin Yi.
• Han Yiyu and Xuan Qingya recognized Infinite Academy’s competitors as prominent disciples of several major lineages and watched for Chen Xin Yi’s response.

Xiao Yi used Life Spirit Milk to recover enough to compete, then opened her match against the Infinite Hall Team with a vast vine attack. Her opponents combined their abilities to break through the vines and press toward her alone.

• Xixi remembered Xiao Yi had Life Spirit Milk, and Xiao Yi drank it to heal her injuries and restore her soul power.
• Chen Hong told Chen Xiaojun to let Xiao Yi compete after seeing her recover.
• When the match began, Xiao Yi unleashed Everlasting Vitality, covering the field with a hundred-meter net of life vines and Falling Star Vines.
• Wu Gu, Yin Li Mei, and Ye Wuhuan weakened and disrupted the vines with plague rain, poison miasma, and a mental assault.
• Tuo Ba Xiong and Li Sha battered through the slowed vines, as the five Infinite Hall fighters advanced together toward Xiao Yi.

Xiao Yi stopped Gu Lin’s attack with a single blast of Moonlight Divine Radiance, leaving him unconscious and gravely injured. As Hua Nongying rushed in to exploit the opening, Xiao Yi formed a seal to counter her.

• Gu Lin tore through Xiao Yi’s vines with Bone Vortex and launched a diving strike with Dragon Spine Sky-Splitting Slash.
• Xiao Yi fired Moonlight Divine Radiance from her right eye, overwhelming Gu Lin’s bone blades and purifying his netherworld power.
• Gu Lin crashed onto the arena floor unconscious, shocking the spectators and halting Tuoba Xiong’s charge.
• Hua Nongying used her pollen and movement skills to evade the vines and rush toward Gu Lin.
• Xiao Yi ignored Gu Lin’s fall and completed a seal with her left hand as Hua Nongying approached.

Xiao Yi trapped Ye Wuhuan's group and overwhelmed Hua Nongying with vine attacks, leaving Hua Nongying unconscious after she unleashed her fifth soul skill. The chapter ended without revealing the effect of the mental spike on Xiao Yi.

• Xiao Yi used Wooden Ring Bind to trap Ye Wuhuan, Wu Gu, Yin Li Mei, Li Sha, and Tuo Ba Xiong in a life-vine cage.
• Hua Nongying attacked Xiao Yi with Flower Spirit Thousand-Blade Dance, but her blades struggled to cut the Falling Star Vine leaf strip.
• Xiao Yi used Secret Art-Parasitism to bind Hua Nongying with vine threads, then slashed her with Circular Body Combo Attack.
• Hua Nongying unleashed her fifth soul skill, Seven Emotions Soul-Severing, at Xiao Yi before collapsing unconscious.

Ye Wuhuan and his companions broke free of Xiao Yi’s wooden rings by combining their Soul Skills and corrosive attacks. Ye Wuhuan then trapped Xiao Yi in his ghostly domain and magnified her sorrow, leaving her vulnerable as Tuo Ba Xiong charged to strike.

• Xiao Yi’s sorrow weakened the wooden rings restraining Ye Wuhuan and his companions.
• Ye Wuhuan used Soul-Devouring Ghost Claw while Yin Li Mei, Wu Gu, and Tuo Ba Xiong further weakened the rings with poison and death energy.
• Li Sha shattered the weakened wooden ring with Blood-Breaking Slash, freeing Ye Wuhuan and the others.
• Ye Wuhuan spread All-Encompassing Ghost Domain, distorting the surroundings and intensifying Xiao Yi’s grief until she froze.
• Ye Wuhuan ordered Tuo Ba Xiong to attack, and Tuo Ba Xiong charged toward the defenseless Xiao Yi with God-Burying Charge.

Xiao Yi overcame the Dark Ghost Domain and fought back against Tuo Ba Xiong, Li Sha, and Wu Gu with her moonlight and Falling Star Vine powers. She left Tuo Ba Xiong burned, Li Sha wounded, and Wu Gu unconscious, then turned her gaze on Ye Wuhuan as he entered the Vine Sea.

• Chen Xiaojun's imprint on the Stone Willow helped Xiao Yi break through her despair and regain her resolve to win.
• Xiao Yi blocked Tuo Ba Xiong's charge with Thousand-Vine Barrier, then struck him with Moonlight Divine Radiance and hurled him into the Vine Sea.
• Xiao Yi's Falling Star Vine Annihilation Spear shattered Li Sha's Blood-Breaking Slash and pierced his shoulder, draining his soul power.
• Wu Gu's Soul-Piercing Curse Chains rebounded against him, leaving him unconscious after he shared Tuo Ba Xiong's pain.
• Ye Wuhuan and Yin Li Mei witnessed the fighters' defeat as Xiao Yi faced Ye Wuhuan with an overwhelming aura.

Xiao Yi unleashed her previously hidden left-eye Soul Skill, Illusory Moon Wolf Realm, and trapped the four Infinite Hall disciples in an illusion filled with powerful wolves that drained Soul Power. The fight shifted in her favor as the wolves countered the disciples’ attacks and weakened their abilities.

• Tuo Ba Xiong used Return Soul from Nine Hells and Drought Demon Body to force himself back into the fight, while Li Sha burned his blood to suppress the corrosion and boost his strength.
• Prince Xue praised the Infinite Hall disciples’ fighting spirit, and the Ghost King calmly dismissed their desperate resistance as a sign of their inexperience.
• Xiao Yi declared that the four deserved to die and activated her left-eye skill, Illusory Moon Wolf Realm, overwhelming Ye Wuhuan’s All-Encompassing Ghost Domain.
• Xiao Yi conjured silver wolves around the four Infinite Hall disciples, and the wolves attacked while draining their Soul Power and resisting their techniques.

Xiao Yi defeated Infinite Academy’s remaining fighters by combining the Moonlight Illusion Realm with Moonlight Divine Radiance. Chang'an Academy won the match, and Yang Jingxue rose from her seat beside the arena.

• Tuo Ba Xiong and Li Sha struggled against the regenerating silver wolves while the Ghost King recognized Xiao Yi’s illusion as a Scene-Based Illusion Technique.
• Xiao Yi merged Moonlight Divine Radiance with the Illusory Moon Wolf Realm and struck Ye Wuhuan, breaking through his and Yin Li Mei’s defenses and knocking him unconscious.
• Xiao Yi’s illusion receded, revealing Ye Wuhuan, Tuo Ba Xiong, Li Sha, and Yin Li Mei all unable to continue fighting.
• The referee declared Chang'an Academy the winner, and the crowd erupted as Xiao Yi was hailed for defeating all seven opponents alone.
• Yang Jingxue rose beside the arena, drawing the attention of the spectators.