Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaojun reflected on how his actions had helped bring the age of great contention forward, then discussed the raid on the Bao Family and its consequences with Chen Zhang. They recognized Li Lingfeng’s intervention as an effort to preserve the Ming Family, and Chen Xiaojun anticipated further clashes with him.

• Chen Xiaojun considered how exposing Crimson’s plans had accelerated the coming upheaval and wondered how powerful he could become.
• Chen Zhang told Chen Xiaojun that the raid had killed two Titled Douluos and five Soul Douluos, while he and Eighth Uncle had been wounded.
• Chen Zhang explained Eighth Uncle’s injury and his fear of the demanding elder sister who had raised and trained him.
• Chen Xiaojun teased Chen Zhang about taking Yan Xiaolai as a disciple, and Chen Zhang reminded him that he had introduced Du Ling to Sixth Uncle.
• Chen Zhang said Li Lingfeng had risked himself to save Ming Xiangyun because the Li Clan and Ming Family depended on one another.
• Chen Zhang explained that Li Lingfeng held a blood feud against the Chen Clan because Chen Xiaojun’s great-grandmother had killed an elder of the Li Clan.

Chen Xiaojun learned from Chen Zhang about the Blood Desire Cult, its history, and the ten great Evil Soul Master organizations. After recent raids weakened several factions but failed to capture the cult leader, they expected more political fallout with the Chen Clan caught in the turmoil.

• Chen Zhang warned Chen Xiaojun not to underestimate Titled Douluo and explained that the Blood Desire Cult had repeatedly survived purges.
• Chen Zhang described clandestine groups, including the Sand Mother Cult, and identified nine major groups alongside the Crimson Church as the ten great Evil Soul Master organizations.
• Chen Zhang revealed that the Blood Desire Cult raised an evil spirit called the Blood Desire Egg, a level 96 monster that wounded all five Titled Douluo who fought it.
• Chen Xiaojun noted that the raid had killed the monster and badly wounded the cult leader, while Chen Zhang said a joint operation had also uprooted a Black Nether Legion base.
• Chen Xiaojun and Chen Zhang anticipated further political upheaval after the operations and the national Gaoying Tournament, with the Chen Clan near its center.

Chen Xiaojun reflected on the dangers and political consequences of the battle against the Blood Desire Cult, then decided to research the Sand Mother Cult and other hidden organizations. His spirits lifted when he reunited with Big Yellow and met the three young men gathered with Zhu Wuneng.

• Chen Xiaojun considered the Blood Desire Cult, the escaped Ming Xiangyun, the Sand Mother Cult, and the threats facing the Chen Clan.
• Chen Xiaojun decided to rest and later search the Duke's Mansion's library or archives for information about the Sand Mother Cult and the Court's officials.
• Chen Xiaojun encountered Big Yellow in a courtyard, and the dog greeted him with enthusiastic affection.
• Zhu Wuneng and An Mingyuan, Yuan Run, and Qiu Qingquan noticed Chen Xiaojun and stood up.

Chen Xiaojun learned why An Mingyuan, Yuan Run, and Qiu Qingquan had come to Heaven Dou: they planned to intern there and watch the National Tournament. A joke about eating dog meat enraged Big Yellow, who attacked Zhu Wuneng and was still lunging at him as the chapter ended.

• An Mingyuan, Yuan Run, and Qiu Qingquan told Chen Xiaojun they had come from Three Mountains Academy to intern in Heaven Dou and watch the National Tournament.
• An Mingyuan said Zhu Wuneng had told them about Xiao Yi’s arena victories and revealed identity as Donghuang.
• Chen Xiaojun questioned the group about what Zhu Wuneng had been shouting, and Yuan Run admitted they had argued over whether to eat pork or dog meat.
• Big Yellow heard the talk of dog meat, charged Zhu Wuneng, and clamped down on his trouser leg.
• Zhu Wuneng begged Big Yellow to let go and promised they would eat pork, while Chen Xiaojun offered Big Yellow a cucumber strip; Big Yellow kept lunging at Zhu Wuneng.

Gu Yuanchao brought meat to Chen Xiaojun and his friends, along with his withdrawn son, Gu Zijian. After the father and son left, the group discussed the tragedy that had changed Gu Zijian and the uncertain path ahead for him.

• Gu Yuanchao arrived with Gu Zijian and platters of beef and lamb for Chen Xiaojun and the others.
• Gu Zijian shyly greeted An Mingyuan, Yuan Run, and Qiu Qingquan, while Gu Yuanchao offered Big Yellow a marrow bone.
• After chatting with the youngsters, Gu Yuanchao left with Gu Zijian.
• Zhu Wuneng, Qiu Qingquan, An Mingyuan, and Yuan Run reflected on Gu Zijian's lack of soul power and how Da Gu's death had changed him.
• The friends discussed Gu Zijian's plan to attend the Warrior Academy, debating whether he should train as a warrior or learn cooking.

Chen Xiaojun discussed Gu Zixing’s decision to join the academy and Jian Xinyue’s grief before assigning three young interns a task connected to the Blood Desire Cult stronghold. He left them with instructions to consult Yu Zheng-Mo Yu Zheng and prioritize safety.

• Zhu Wuneng said Gu Zixing had likely chosen to attend the academy himself, despite his father’s anger and his difficulty facing Chen Xiaojun and the others.
• Yuan Run and An Mingyuan told Chen Xiaojun that Jian Xinyue was devastated by Jian Hesong’s death, and Chen Xiaojun agreed to try to arrange more support for her.
• An Mingyuan explained that he, Yuan Run, and Qiu Qingquan were interning with the Heaven Dou Battalion’s Dark Feather Unit as the clan prepared to expand its intelligence branch in Heaven Dou City.
• Chen Xiaojun asked the three interns to inspect the Blood Desire Cult stronghold recently cleared by the Court and Supervisory Court and gauge public opinion about the operation.
• Chen Xiaojun told them to consult intelligence steward Yu Zheng-Mo Yu Zheng before going, since the site might still be dangerous.

After the Chen Clan team won its match, Chen Xiaojun visited Xiao Yi and learned that her upper soul nest had closed again. He suspected that the divine powers within both their consciousnesses had stirred during her arena fight.

• An Mingyuan, Zhu Wuneng, and Qiu Qingquan traded jokes before Chen Mu and the others returned to the courtyard.
• Chen Shurui reported that Blackwood Academy had fielded substitutes and lost quickly, while Chen Mu recounted the other matches in the final round.
• Chen Xiaojun went to Moonshadow Residence and found Ye Xiuxin leaving Xiao Yi’s room after examining her.
• Ye Xiuxin told Chen Xiaojun that Xiao Yi’s body, soul power, and mental power were recovering, but her upper soul nest had closed again.
• Chen Xiaojun recalled Xiao Yi’s vines releasing an ancient bloodline aura and sensed that Lesser Siming and the cocoon associated with Great Siming had stirred.

Chen Xiaojun worried that Xiao Yi’s sealed upper soul nest might be connected to her recent invocation of Lesser Siming. At the Spirit Hall, Qian Zhongling concluded that Xiao Yi’s extraordinary sixth soul ring was likely god-given and that her paired martial souls were divine gifts.

• Chen Xiaojun considered whether the Great Siming cocoon in his sea of consciousness and Lesser Siming in Xiao Yi were dormant deities awaiting an anchor.
• Ye Xiuxin told Chen Xiaojun that Xiao Yi’s body and powers were recovering, though the closure of her upper soul nest remained unexplained.
• Qian Xizi brought Qian Zhongling an urgent report from She Yaolei and Qiangu Hongying about Xiao Yi’s hundred-thousand-year sixth soul ring.
• Qian Zhongling explained that Xiao Yi’s soul ring could have come from a deity, since a god-given soul ring had no fixed upper limit.
• Qian Zhongling reasoned that Xiao Yi’s unusual paired martial souls, like Chen Xiaojun’s, were most likely god-given.

Qian Zhongling and Qian Xizi discussed the Chen Clan’s apparent connections to a group of deities and planned Spirit Hall’s presence at the Gaoying Tournament. A new heavenly fluctuation led them to identify Lu Xueqi of the Nine Heavens Sect as the likely source of another super martial soul promotion.

• Qian Zhongling told Qian Xizi that Chen Xiaojun’s divine projection and Chang’an’s Moon Sacrifice suggested a connected system of deities governing the stars, life, and death.
• Qian Zhongling advised watching the Chen Clan discreetly until stronger evidence emerged and learned that Old She had gone to Heaven Dou to observe.
• Qian Zhongling ordered Dali and the Seventh Enshrined Elder to accompany Spirit Hall’s promising youngsters to Heaven Dou, intending to display Spirit Hall’s strength and provoke the Heaven Dou Xue Family.
• A mysterious fluctuation swept across heaven and earth, and Qian Zhongling recognized it as a likely super martial soul promotion connected to the Chen Clan.
• Qian Xizi concluded that the promotion must have come from Lu Xueqi’s Tianya Divine Sword, since the Ice Yi’s Sword and Lunar Soul Divine Sword had already undergone their promotions.

Qian Xizi and Qian Zhongling discussed the Chen Clan’s seemingly uncanny successes and concluded that the Siming gods might govern destiny and fortune as well as life and death. Qian Xizi changed Spirit Hall’s plan for Heaven Dou City, sending observers to study the momentum surrounding Donghuang Xiuyi and Chen Xiaojun.

• Qian Xizi received an Aurora intelligence report about the Chen Clan’s latest move in Heaven Dou City and showed it to Qian Zhongling.
• Qian Zhongling suspected the Chen Clan had planted high-ranking moles and ordered Qian Xizi to send Fan Jin.
• Qian Xizi argued that the Chen Clan’s actions followed an uncanny pattern of carefully using momentum rather than relying on spies or luck.
• Qian Zhongling connected the Siming office to destiny and fortune, interpreting the clan’s coincidences as signs of influence over both.
• Qian Xizi ordered Dali, the Seventh Enshrined Elder, and Fan Jin to study the flow of momentum in Heaven Dou City, especially around Donghuang Xiuyi and Chen Xiaojun.

Qian Zhongling ordered Spirit Hall to investigate the forces shaping the Chen Clan’s fortune and decided to intensify the conflict between the Chen Clan and the Crimson Church. At Cloud-Hidden Lodge, Bo Xian'er contemplated that fortune and reached a new insight into the Emperor’s path as a channel for it.

• Qian Zhongling told Qian Xizi to redirect Fan Jin’s mission toward observing the source and workings of the momentum surrounding the Chen Clan.
• Qian Zhongling urged Spirit Hall to let the Chen Clan and the Crimson Church keep fighting, then ordered Qian Xizi to add fuel to their conflict and test how fate would respond.
• Qian Xizi agreed to make the arrangements personally and left Qian Zhongling at the waterfall.
• Bo Xian'er considered the Chen Clan’s rising fortune and realized it came from its accumulated foundations being awakened through Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi’s companion deities.
• Bo Xian'er’s contemplation stirred her Emperor’s aura, bringing her an insight that the Emperor’s deeper role was to bear and channel fortune.

Bo Xian'er connected her emperor conception to the fortunes of the Chen Clan and Sea God Island, transforming her emperor rules and advancing their fusion to about twenty percent. She began a complex path toward mastering rules as a level 99 Peerless Douluo, though completing it would likely take longer than the conventional path.

• Bo Xian'er linked her emperor aura to the Chen Clan's bloodline fortune and Sea God Island's faith and seafolk.
• Bo Xian'er formed a bridge between her emperor conception, perfected level 98 soul power, and human-shaped Sea God martial soul.
• Bo Xian'er advanced her emperor-rule fusion from roughly ten percent to around twenty percent.
• Bo Xian'er drew on the Chen Clan and Sea God Island's shared fate to clarify her domain and elevate her emperor conception.
• Bo Xian'er began refining her soul power into complex emperor rules, a process expected to take longer than ordinary rule transformation.

Chen Xiaojun and Ye Xiuxin investigated Xiao Yi’s brief finger movement while she remained unconscious, but they could not determine what it meant. Ye Xiuxin treated the movement as a hopeful sign and ordered everyone to keep watch as Chen Xiaojun stayed by Xiao Yi’s bedside.

• A powerful, icy surge of soul power from the distant horizon reminded Chen Xiaojun of Chen Zixiu’s breakthrough, and he wondered whether it came from Lu Xueqi.
• Su Ningxia and Gao Cuilan told Chen Xiaojun and Ye Xiuxin that Xiao Yi’s fingers had briefly moved.
• Ye Xiuxin examined Xiao Yi and found her pulse and upper soul nest unchanged, then asked the attendants to describe the gesture.
• Gao Cuilan identified Xiao Yi’s hand position as an Orchid Finger, but Chen Xiaojun and Su Ningxia could not determine what it meant.
• Ye Xiuxin called the movement a positive sign, ordered Tao Ruyin and Su Ningxia to feed Xiao Yi medicinal broth, and arranged overnight watches.
• Chen Xiaojun stayed beside Xiao Yi as the night grew darker.

Ye Xiuxin was summoned to the Royal Hospital after four Titled Douluo fell into comas from a suspected delayed Blood Curse released by Azmonk. She arrived as their conditions worsened and prepared to examine them.

• Jixiang told Ye Xiuxin that Ji Hongming had suddenly collapsed and was critically ill, so she hurried to the Royal Hospital.
• Ye Xiuxin instructed Chen Xiaojun to stay home and look after Xiao Yi before leaving with Jixiang and Medical Officer Li.
• Medical Officer Li explained that Ji Hongming, Thunderclap, Xuanwu, and Tong Yangyuan had developed identical symptoms after their shared battle against Azmonk.
• The imperial physicians suspected that Azmonk's Blood Escape Secret Art had left a delayed Blood Curse in the four Titled Douluo, and their condition continued to deteriorate despite treatment.
• Ye Xiuxin ordered the emergency room opened and requested all diagnostic records and treatment details.

Chen Xiaojun learned that Lu Xueqi’s Martial Soul had broken through to become a Super Martial Soul with Ultimate Ice, while Chen Hong concluded that Chen Xiaojun’s Sword God Pearls were also a Super Martial Soul. The chapter ended with Chen Hong giving Chen Xiaojun an invitation from the Tang Family for a meeting in a few days.

• Chen Hong deduced that Lu Xueqi’s Martial Soul had broken through while she cultivated in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, transforming into a Super Martial Soul with Ultimate Ice.
• Chen Hong concluded that Chen Xiaojun’s ability to sense the breakthrough proved his Sword God Pearls were a Super Martial Soul beginning to achieve Unity of Illusion and Reality.
• Chen Xiaojun asked whether Xiao Yi’s finger movement during the disturbance meant she had sensed it, but Chen Hong judged it was probably caused by changes in her Sea of Consciousness or recovery.
• Chen Hong gave Chen Xiaojun a Tang Family invitation and told him and A Zhang to prepare for a meeting in a few days.

Four surviving members of the secret organization argued over Number Four’s destruction and suspected that an unknown infiltrator had exposed his hideout. They ordered investigations and severed contacts, leaving the group distrustful and preparing for a hunt within their own ranks.

• Number Five challenged Number One over failing to warn Number Four before the Supervisory Court destroyed his lair.
• Number One blamed the raid on intelligence reaching the Supervisory Court, while Number Two linked Number Four’s fate to his dealings with the Crimson Church.
• Number Three accused Number Two of providing a channel for Youguang Zhou, and Number Two denied revealing his lair.
• Number Five proposed that the raid was a test or a trap and warned that an unknown blade could be targeting the surviving members.
• Number One ordered the group to cut outside contacts, destroy incriminating records, and use shared channels only to report traps and bait.
• Number Three assigned investigations into the raid, the intelligence source, and the Crimson Church’s response before dismissing the meeting.

Ye Xiuxin revealed that she had temporarily suppressed the four Excellencies’ deadly Blood Curse and proposed a dangerous treatment with at most a thirty-percent chance of success. With the suppression lasting no more than three days, the families agreed to entrust their relatives’ lives to her, and the chapter ended with Ji Swan Goose accepting the risk to his Second Brother.

• Ye Xiuxin explained that the Nine-Turn Soul-Returning Dew had temporarily controlled the curse, which absorbed healing energy and worsened under ordinary treatment.
• Ye Xiuxin warned that forcibly neutralizing the curse could kill the patients, then said her untested method had at most a thirty-percent chance of success and the suppression would last no more than three days.
• Shi Wen'an urged Ye Xiuxin to proceed with treating Shi Yuanyuan despite the risk.
• Ji Swan Goose entrusted his Second Brother’s life to Ye Xiuxin and accepted that he might not survive.

Ye Xiuxin used Yin-Yang Soul Refinement Liquid to weaken the frigid blood curse afflicting four Titled Douluos. After more than ten hours of treatment, all four were pulled back from death’s door, but their curses remained and required close monitoring and a second cleansing.

• When the Lei Family and Tong Family hesitated to risk treatment, Ye Xiuxin began treating Shi Yuanyuan and Ji Hongming first.
• Ye Xiuxin used Yin-Yang Soul Refinement Liquid to weaken Shi Yuanyuan’s curse, while his strong constitution helped him endure the treatment.
• Ji Hongming’s noble energy stabilized his soul and heart channels as Ye Xiuxin carefully guided the medicine through his fragile body.
• Ye Xiuxin told Shi Wen'an and Ji Hongyan that Shi Yuanyuan and Ji Hongming were temporarily safe, but warned that their curses remained and could relapse within two days.
• Ye Xiuxin treated Lei Xing and Tong Yangyuan, whose lightning, fire, and divine attributes helped them resist the curse and endure the process.
• After more than ten hours of continuous treatment, Ye Xiuxin emerged exhausted, having suppressed the curses in all four Titled Douluos.

After Azure Bamboo failed to return from pursuing Azmonk, Xue Jiqing and the other officials feared the blood escape curse had endangered him and launched a massive search. The Imperial Capital’s forces and powerful families flooded into the underground network, but Azure Bamboo remained missing.

• Zuo Tinggang realized Azure Bamboo had also been afflicted by Azmonk’s blood escape curse and noted that his reckless pursuit was out of character.
• Xue Jiqing sent a guard to check Azure Bamboo’s residence, and the guard reported that Azure Bamboo had not been seen since the previous afternoon.
• Xue Jiqing ordered the Three Intelligence Bureaus to search the underground network, seal its exits, monitor suspicious activity, and investigate Azmonk’s associates.
• Ge Laihao commanded the City Guard Army to seal and search every entrance and passage beneath the Imperial Capital.
• Xue Jiqing sought imperial intervention while the Lin Family, Shi Family, Ge Family, and other powerful groups joined the search for Azure Bamboo.

Mo Yu Zheng led An Mingyuan, Qiu Qingquan, and Yuan Run on a covert investigation of the Blood Desire Cult's ruined Slaughterhouse, where they found suspicious traces beneath the site. Their reconnaissance was cut short when a citywide crackdown began, and Yuan Run escaped with a mysterious crystal fragment.

• Mo Yu Zheng took An Mingyuan, Qiu Qingquan, and Yuan Run past the guards and into the Slaughterhouse ruins to investigate.
• An Mingyuan sensed an unusual trace in bloodstained soil, while Qiu Qingquan heard faint vibrations deep underground.
• Yuan Run used Turn Stone into Mud to retrieve tiny rune-marked dark red crystal fragments from congealed blood.
• Mo Yu Zheng discovered a hidden underground doorway marked by a foul trace of evil Soul Power and ordered a brief inspection.
• Imperial Guards, Shadow Hunters, and the City Guard Army launched a citywide crackdown, while rumors spread that Azure Bamboo had gone missing and the Prince was furious.
• Mo Yu Zheng ordered the group to withdraw, and they fled with Yuan Run's crystal fragment as fighting erupted across the Imperial Capital.