Chapter Summaries

Zhu Hongzhen arrived at the Southeast Gate to help defend against Günter Strick and the Wolf Bandits, while Chen Xiaojun recognized a sudden attack as the chance to wipe out the invaders. Chen Zixiu, the Chen Clan’s former patriarch and a level 97 Peak Douluo, appeared and destroyed more than a thousand elite Wolf Bandits, leaving the village’s defenders cheering.

• Zhu Hongzhen reunited with Ding Dang, healed her injuries, and confronted Günter Strick as Wolf Bandits poured through the Southeast Gate.
• Chen Xiaojun told Ling Xinghe that an opportunity had arisen to eliminate every Wolf Bandit in the village.
• A massive column of energy crossed the sky, drawing the defenders’ attention and signaling to Chen Xiaojun that their chance had come.
• Chen Zixiu unleashed his ninth Soul Skill, Accumulated Destruction Shatters the Bones, and annihilated more than a thousand elite Wolf Bandits at the Southeast Gate.
• The defenders recognized Chen Zixiu as the Chen Clan’s former patriarch and learned that the level 97 Peak Douluo had survived the catastrophe fifty years earlier despite carrying the Rakshasa God’s lingering divine power.

Chen Zixiu arrived at the Southeast Gate after suppressing the Rakshasa Divine Power, revealing his Titled Douluo strength to the attacking Gale Wolf Bandits. He faced Muhammad Vasquez in a tense standoff, leaving the bandits intimidated but the confrontation unresolved.

• Chen Zixiu had been forced to suppress the Rakshasa Divine Power in the Ancestral Hall, while Zhu Hongzhen stayed to guard him and neither could join the battle outside.
• After the divine power's upheaval eased, Chen Zixiu and Zhu Hongzhen went to the battlefield.
• Chen Zixiu appeared above the Southeast Gate with his Seven Kill Sword and nine Soul Rings, whose oppressive energy kept the Gale Wolf Bandits at a distance.
• Muhammad Vasquez recognized Chen Zixiu as a Titled Douluo and worried that his strength threatened the Vasquez Tribe.
• Muhammad Vasquez tried to find a way to break Chen Zixiu's pressure while Chen Zixiu watched him in silence.

Zhu Hongzhen battled Günter Strick after Strick tried to leave and join Dashi Rahman Khan and Muhammad Vasquez. Zhu Hongzhen’s Earth God's Wrath injured Strick, but Strick recovered and the two continued fighting.

• Dashi Rahman Khan and Muhammad Vasquez agreed to test Chen Zixiu and summoned Günter Strick to join them.
• Günter Strick left his fight with Zhu Hongzhen, but Zhu trapped him with Fourth Soul Skill-Gravity Mire.
• Zhu Hongzhen unleashed Eighth Soul Skill-Earth God's Wrath, and Günter Strick countered with Earth-Devouring Fangs.
• Their attacks collided, sending Günter Strick crashing to the ground while Zhu Hongzhen remained standing.
• Günter Strick rose and charged Zhu Hongzhen, and the two resumed their fierce battle.

Chen Zixiu used his advanced sword command and newly comprehended Soul Suppression Domain to defeat Dashi Rahman Khan and Muhammad Vasquez’s attacks. Although the two bandit leaders recovered and sent thousands of Gale Wolf Bandits against him, Chen Zixiu held the city wall and controlled the battlefield.

• Dashi Rahman Khan and Muhammad Vasquez attacked Chen Zixiu with Phantom Wolf Shadow and a tornado.
• Chen Zixiu used Stars Shift and Stars Move to disperse both attacks and counter them with his Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Zixiu unleashed Soul Suppression Domain, immobilizing Dashi Rahman Khan and Muhammad Vasquez before striking and wounding them with Sword Radiance.
• Dashi Rahman Khan healed his wounds, and Muhammad Vasquez called thousands of Gale Wolf Bandits to attack Chen Zixiu.
• Chen Zixiu flickered between the bandit forces and held his ground on the city wall as their assault intensified.

Chen Zixiu held the Southeast Gate against the Gale Wolf Bandits, then unleashed his sixth soul skill and destroyed a hundred meters of wall. Dashi Rahman Khan and Muhammad Vasquez watched for a chance to wear him down while hoping their warriors inside the village would finish the fighting.

• Chen Zixiu used his swordsmanship and Fourth Soul Skill, Endless Sword Shadows, to stop the Wolf Bandits' attacks and sweep hundreds of them into a storm of sword qi.
• Dashi Rahman Khan and Muhammad Vasquez discussed Chen Zixiu's strength and injuries, deciding to let their warriors wear him down before they struck.
• Chen Zixiu flew back and began activating My Body Is a Sword, prompting a high-ranking Wolf Bandit to urge the others to stop him.
• Chen Zixiu unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill, Move Mountains and Fill Seas, and sent twelve sword shadows crashing into the Southeast Gate.
• Chen Zixiu's sword shadows destroyed a hundred meters of wall and killed the Gale Wolf Bandits stationed there.

Chen Zixiu used his eighth soul skill to raise a towering stone sword peak that sealed the village’s southeastern approach and split the Wolf Bandits inside from their reinforcements. His display inspired the village’s soul masters to counterattack, while the Wolf Bandits outside rallied and tried to climb the barrier.

• Chen Zixiu unleashed his eighth soul skill, gathering nearby rubble and reshaping the damaged wall into a two-to-three-hundred-meter stone sword peak.
• Chen Zixiu’s sword peak blocked the reinforcements’ route and divided the Wolf Bandits inside and outside the village; the villagers marveled at his feat.
• Inspired by Chen Zixiu, the village’s soul masters counterattacked and stopped the Wolf Bandits inside from advancing.
• Outside the village, Muhammad Vasquez and Dashi Rahman Khan reacted to Chen Zixiu’s power, and Dashi urged the Wolf Bandits not to fear his spent soul power.
• The outside Wolf Bandits charged toward the sword peak and tried to climb it, but resistance drove them back.

Chen Zixiu’s defensive soul skill helped turn the battle at the Southeast Gate, while Ma Suyun set Jade Peak Mountain’s outer slope ablaze to destroy the Wolf Bandits hiding there. The fire devastated the mountain and killed most of the bandits, as Ma Suyun and the flying soul masters moved west to their next task.

• Chen Xiaojun and the others admired Chen Zixiu’s Sword Peak soul skill, and Chen Xiaojun urged them to finish the fighting in the village.
• Ma Suyun arrived at Jade Peak Mountain and ordered the defenders to burn its outer slope.
• Ma Suyun unleashed her Glazed Pure Fire Art and Fifth Soul Skill, spreading crimson-gold flames through the forest and trapping the Wolf Bandits.
• The soul masters blasted a firebreak, while Zhu Hefeng led his people southeast and Cheng Yun sent most of the flying soul masters west with Ma Suyun.
• The blaze devastated Jade Peak Mountain and burned most of the two to three thousand Wolf Bandits.

Chen Xiaojun organized a plan to use a controlled wildfire on Jade Peak Mountain and reposition the village’s forces to destroy the Wolf Bandits trapped inside Chenlin Village. The plan began to unfold as the village learned that its missing great-grandfather, a powerful Titled Douluo, had joined the battle at the Southeast Gate.

• Chen Xiaojun explained that the flames on Jade Peak Mountain exploited the Wolf Bandits’ weaknesses, while sparing Fragrant Snow Mountain and its valuable crops.
• Ling Xinghe revealed that Chen Xiaojun’s great-grandfather was a level ninety-seven Peak Douluo who had appeared at the Southeast Gate to hold back the Wolf Bandits.
• Chen Xiaojun estimated the number of Wolf Bandits remaining inside the village and argued that the villagers could defeat them once their forces on the mountains were freed.
• With Ling Xinghe’s support, Chen Xiaojun gathered the young Soul Masters and assigned them to deliver orders across the village.
• Fei Xiang was sent to Aunt Suyun to start a controlled fire on Jade Peak Mountain, while the others coordinated reinforcements, retreats, and preparations on Blueheart Mountain.
• The young Soul Masters set out to carry Chen Xiaojun’s plan into action without alerting the Wolf Bandits.

The Luo Family and flying Soul Masters unleashed a flood that breached Chenlin Village’s embankment and swept through the battlefield, devastating the Wolf Bandits. The flood finally crashed into Chen Zixiu’s Sword Peak, while the battle continued amid the survivors’ efforts to escape.

• The Luo Family and flying Soul Masters combined water and wind skills to break the embankment and direct the flood toward the Wolf Bandits.
• Chenlin Village’s Soul Masters escaped to rooftops, while Chen Wu and his companions retreated to higher buildings, the Zhu Family defended the right side of Southeast Avenue, and Ximen Shaoping’s group sheltered on a hill.
• The flood swept through the Wolf Bandits besieging the Ancestral Hall, killing more than half of them almost instantly.
• The main force pursuing Chen Wu and his companions was caught by the flood on Southeast Avenue, while some Wolf Bandits fled toward the mountains and others struggled against the current.
• The Luo Family and flying Soul Masters continued guiding the waves until the flood crashed into Chen Zixiu’s Sword Peak.

Chen Zixiu’s fire and flood devastated the Wolf Bandits, while Chen Cong tried to identify the strategist behind the village’s plan. Alexei Astana confronted Chen Cong and launched an attack, leaving their battle about to begin.

• Chen Zixiu held his ground atop Sword Peak as the flood crushed Wolf Bandits and his defensive Soul Skill endured the impact.
• The Wolf Bandits fled the flames and flood, while Dashi Rahman Khan mourned the loss of thousands of warriors and a chieftain-level fighter.
• Chen Cong suspected Chen Xiaojun might have devised the village’s strategy, then recognized Alexei Astana as a powerful Soul Douluo.
• Alexei Astana confronted Chen Cong and threatened revenge for the Wolf Bandits’ losses.
• Astana howled and hurled his spear toward Chen Cong.

As the battle raged through the village, Chen Xiaojun found a way to help without sending the children to the front lines. He led Chen Yanwu and the other youths in singing a stirring anthem that rallied the Soul Masters and disrupted the Wolf Bandits.

• Astana reinforced the Wolf Bandits while Soul Masters inside the village rejoined the fight.
• Chen Jianjun wanted to join the battle, but Ling Xinghe told the children their help was no longer needed on the front lines.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed inspiring the fighters with music, and Chen Yanwu agreed to help.
• Chen Yanwu, Zhu Wuxin, Yang Chunyuan, Jian Xinyue, and Xia Yiping sang a passage from Victory while the boys accompanied them with gongs and drums.
• The anthem strengthened the Soul Masters' attacks and left the Wolf Bandits disoriented.

The Soul Masters routed the Wolf Bandits, and Zhu Hongzhen fought Günter Strick in a decisive duel. Zhu Hongzhen unleashed Mountain God's Descent, crushing Günter Strick beneath a massive mountain as the battle ended.

• The Luo Family and the Soul Masters attacked the Wolf Bandits with water, ground, and aerial assaults as Victory’s song strengthened their counterattack.
• The Wolf Bandits’ lines collapsed, and the villagers led by the Chen Clan celebrated after the attackers were routed.
• Zhu Hongzhen continued fighting Günter Strick, using the muddy ground to strengthen Gravity Mire and slow his opponent.
• Zhu Hongzhen activated his Martial Soul Avatar and Stone Armor Berserk, then used his modified Mountain God's Descent to hurl a massive mountain at Günter Strick.
• Günter Strick countered with his right-arm Soul Bone skill, Earth-Devouring Fangs, but the clash failed to stop Zhu Hongzhen’s attack.
• Zhu Hongzhen accelerated the descending mountain and crushed Günter Strick beneath it, then watched the dust settle in exhaustion.

Chen Cong unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill against the Wolf Bandits at the north gate, but Alexei Astana’s spear blocked its second strike while the defenders remained under heavy attack. Elsewhere, Chen Zixiu fought to protect the village as the Wolf Bandits encircled him.

• Chen Zixiu heard Qu Yun singing, recognized Xiaojun and Jianjun among the children, and continued suppressing the Rakshasa Divine Power as the Wolf Bandits surrounded him.
• Alexei Astana led the Wolf Bandits’ final charge at the north gate and engaged Chen Cong in a fierce duel.
• Zhao Lin, the other Soul Saints, Chen Chen, Mu Lingyun, and support-type Soul Masters helped hold off thousands of Wolf Bandits.
• Chen Cong used his Eighth Soul Skill, Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Origin, Heaven and Earth Throw, to devastate the attackers before launching a second strike.
• Alexei Astana hurled his spear to cancel Chen Cong’s second sword attack, and Chen Cong prepared to face Astana’s counterattack.

Chen Cong fought Astana and the Gale Wolf Bandits, using the Myriad Transformations Heaven and Earth Sword Formation to kill more than half their forces. Astana survived and counterattacked, leaving the duel between them raging.

• Astana used his Soul Bone Skill, Teleportation, to strike Chen Cong from behind, but Mu Lingyun healed and strengthened Chen Cong with her Green Lotus Soul Skills.
• Chen Cong unleashed the Myriad Transformations Heaven and Earth Sword Formation, surrounding Astana and more than a thousand Gale Wolf Bandits with sword shadows.
• Astana raised an Earth Spirit Wall Pillar that blocked the sword formation and protected more than half the Wolf Bandits, but Chen Cong sustained his attack until most of them were dead.
• Astana charged with the remaining Wolf Bandits using Wolf Shadow Trail, while Chen Cong countered with Sword Formation: Heaven and Earth Reversal and continued cutting down the attackers.
• Astana summoned Wolf Shadow Fury, and its enormous wolf shadow clashed with Chen Cong's sword shadows as the two fighters continued their fierce battle.

The Xia Family, North Gate Soul Masters, and Old Black's Soul Beasts drove the Wolf Bandits into retreat as Chen Cong faced Astana in the decisive duel. Chen Cong awakened the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Domain, overwhelmed Astana, and killed him.

• The Xia Family used illusions to trap Wolf Bandits while the North Gate Soul Masters rallied and counterattacked.
• Old Black led his Black Moon Shadowkiller Wolves and over a thousand Soul Beasts from the Black Moon Forest to block the Wolf Bandits' retreat.
• Chen Cong formed Auspicious Dragon and Phoenix from his sword formation, and Astana answered with Wolf God Descends.
• Chen Cong awakened the Heaven and Earth Yin-Yang Domain, merging his strength with the sword formation and empowering the dragon and phoenix.
• The empowered attack destroyed Astana's wolf shadow and killed him, while the Wolf Bandits were overwhelmed.

After defeating Astana and the Gale Wolf Bandits alone, Chen Cong comprehended the sword formation's artistic realm and reached level 90. He ended the chapter exhausted but newly advanced, one step closer to becoming a Titled Douluo.

• Chen Cong used Auspicious Dragon and Phoenix to defeat Astana and the Gale Wolf Bandits single-handedly.
• After the battle, Chen Cong realized how Yin-Yang theory and sword formations could combine to unleash greater power.
• Chen Cong entered the sword formation's artistic realm and gained a profound understanding of power, space, and transformation.
• Chen Cong's soul power naturally rose to level 90.

Chen Cong grasped an intent and reached level 90, while Chen Xiaojun led the young soul masters to fight the remaining Wolf Bandits. At Sword Peak, Chen Zixiu used Selfless Sword Intent and Rakshasa divine power to withstand the Wolf Bandit leaders, who prepared a combined ultimate attack.

• Chen Cong told Mu Lingyun he had grasped an intent and reached level 90, then sent Zhao Lin to oversee the battlefield cleanup and flew with Mu Lingyun toward the Southeast Gate to check on his father.
• Chen Xiaojun and the others praised their new song, then set off with Ling Xinghe to fight Wolf Bandits still scattered around the village.
• Chen Zixiu fought Dashi Rahman Khan, Muhammad Basque, and the chief-level Wolf Bandits with Selfless Sword Intent, reading their attacks and countering them with precise swordsmanship.
• As the siege drained his strength, Chen Zixiu channeled Rakshasa divine power into his swordsmanship and used it to evade and neutralize the Wolf Bandits' techniques.
• Dashi Rahman Khan called for the Wolf Bandits to use their ultimate move, Wolf Formation Combined Strike.

Chen Zixiu used his Soul Suppression Domain and Sword Momentum: High Mountains and Flowing Water to devastate the Wolf Bandits and force their retreat. With the battle won, he faced the uncontrollable backlash of the rakshasa divine power as his body reached its limit.

• Chen Zixiu activated his Soul Suppression Domain, slowing most of the Wolf Bandits while their lords and leaders broke free.
• Chen Zixiu unleashed Sword Momentum: High Mountains and Flowing Water, using Sword Peak's gathered soul power to strengthen his attack and defense.
• Dashi Rahman Khan and Muhammad Vasquez launched the Wolf Formation Combined Strike, but Chen Zixiu's mountain projection withstood Muhammad Vasquez's Mad Wolf's Howl.
• Chen Zixiu overwhelmed the Wolf Bandits with rippling sword attacks and a torrent of sword momentum, grievously injuring the two lords and several leaders and killing many lower-ranking bandits.
• Dashi Rahman Khan and Muhammad Basque ordered a retreat, and the surviving Wolf Bandits fled the battlefield.
• Chen Zixiu stood over the battlefield as the rakshasa divine power's backlash surged beyond his control, leaving his exhausted body at its limit.

After the Wolf Bandits’ devastating defeat, Chen Zixiu urged Chen Cong and Zhu Hongzhen to pursue the survivors despite his grave injuries. The chase became a slaughter as the Soul Masters routed the retreating bandits, until a powerful sword technique rang out.

• Zhu Hongzhen reunited with the wounded Chen Zixiu, and Chen Cong arrived with Mu Lingyun, who tried to heal him.
• Chen Zixiu praised Chen Cong for reaching rank ninety and insisted that Chen Cong and Zhu Hongzhen hunt down the fleeing Wolf Bandits.
• Muhammad Vasquez and Darcy Rahman led the surviving bandits away, vowing revenge and planning to report their losses to the king.
• Chen Cong and Zhu Hongzhen led Soul Masters in pursuit, while flying Soul Masters attacked the bandits from above and broke their formation.
• A chieftain-level Wolf Bandit stayed behind to organize the retreat as Muhammad Vasquez withdrew, and a thunderous sword incantation sounded across the battlefield.

Chen Hong returned to Chenlin Village and unleashed his ninth soul skill against the Wolf Bandits, then killed Muhammad Vasquez as most of the raiders were defeated. After the battle, Mu Lingyun spent her own vitality to save the dying Chen Zixiu and collapsed just as Chen Cong and Chen Hong arrived.

• Chen Hong flew ahead of Chen Cong and used his ninth soul skill to sweep the Wolf Bandits into a sword-shadow vortex.
• Chen Hong fought and killed Muhammad Vasquez, while Chen Cong, Zhu Hongzhen, and the other soul masters pursued the fleeing Wolf Bandits.
• Most of the Wolf Bandits were killed, though some escaped, and the fighters could not find Dashi Rahman Khan or his corpse.
• Mu Lingyun tried to heal Chen Zixiu, but Rakshasa divine power repelled her soul power as his condition worsened.
• Mu Lingyun used her Green Lotus Chain to share her vitality and soul power with Chen Zixiu, then collapsed from exhaustion as Chen Cong and Chen Hong arrived.