Recaps

Chen Cong led Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi to the hidden entrance of the Chen Clan’s spatial secret realm and guided them through its unstable passage. They arrived safely in a vast forested realm, where an unseen person challenged them.

• Chen Cong took Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi from the Chen Clan Villa to Zibai Mountain on his Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Cong warned Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi to follow his steps carefully through the dangerous spatial nodes.
• Chen Cong opened the concealed entrance by channeling the Chen Clan’s Impartial Sword Qi Art into the rock face.
• Chen Cong used his soul power to protect Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi as they crossed the unstable spatial passage.
• Chen Cong, Chen Xiaojun, and Xiao Yi entered the secret realm and heard someone shout, “Who goes there?”

Chen Cong reunited with three elderly clan guardians, while Chen Xiaojun learned that several of them possessed Title Douluo-level combat strength despite remaining Soul Douluos. The elders welcomed Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi as the clan’s future, and the group awaited Zhu Hongzhen’s return.

• Ding Daoheng mistook Chen Cong and his companions for intruders until Chen Cong identified himself.
• Cheng Wenge and Zhu Jiazhen arrived after receiving Ding Daoheng’s signal, and Chen Cong told the elders that Zhu Hongzhen would soon return.
• Chen Cong said Zhu Hongzhen had gained opportunities at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and invited the three elders to visit it.
• Chen Xiaojun recognized Ding Daoheng, Cheng Wenge, and the Zhu Family elder as powerful clan guardians, with some able to match Titled Douluo in combat.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi greeted the elders, who urged them to cultivate diligently and uphold the clan’s hopes.

Chen Xiaojun and the elders explored the Vine Sea, a secret realm suited to Xiao Yi’s cultivation and search for a third soul ring. Xiao Yi revealed her exceptional attributes and requested a five-to-six-thousand-year vine soul beast, leaving the elders astonished by her potential.

• Chen Cong explained that the Vine Sea was rich in vine soul beasts and ideal for Xiao Yi’s growth and third soul ring.
• Chen Xiaojun said Xiao Yi needed a vitality-focused vine soul beast, and Xiao Yi requested one aged five to six thousand years.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that Xiao Yi’s life and devouring attributes let her absorb older soul rings, including her two-thousand-year second ring.
• Xiao Yi revealed that her martial soul had metal, wood, water, fire, and earth attributes, which Chen Cong said formed the Five Elements Generating ability.
• Cheng Wenge and Ding Daoheng praised Xiao Yi, while Zhu Jiazhen compared her seven-attribute martial soul to the Seven Extremes Bow.
• Chen Cong privately noted that Chen Xiaojun already possessed eight attributes through his three divine swords.

Chen Xiaojun and the elders discussed potential vine soul beasts for Xiao Yi’s third soul ring, focusing on the stellar jade vine and the life vine. Chen Cong revealed that the secret realm’s treasure spring was the spring of life, whose vitality sustained the entire forest.

• Chen Cong told Ding Daoheng that Zhu Wuneng had awakened all five elemental attributes, delighting Ding Daoheng and prompting Cheng Wenge to tease him.
• Chen Xiaojun and the elders praised the younger generation before Cheng Wenge urged them to find a suitable vine soul beast for Xiao Yi’s third soul ring.
• Zhu Jiazhen described the stellar jade vine’s healing and protective abilities and explained that life vines had mutated beside the treasure spring.
• Chen Cong explained that the treasure spring was the secret name for the spring of life, which nourished the forest and sustained the secret realm.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions explored the Vine Sea Secret Realm, where Chen Cong explained that its life spring nourished the realm and its terrain resembled the Xieluo Mountains. They visited the stellar jade vines and discovered their powerful vitality and resonant stellar soul power.

• Chen Xiaojun asked to see the secret realm’s soul beasts, and Chen Cong flew with the group toward its tallest peak on the Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Xiaojun noticed that the realm’s terrain resembled the Xieluo Mountains, and Chen Cong confirmed that spatial secret realms were often connected to famous mountains and natural energy.
• Zhu Jiazhen led the group to a hill covered in stellar jade vines, which Xiao Yi admired and Chen Xiaojun examined.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi felt the vines’ soul power resonate with their own, and Ding Daoheng explained that the eighth-grade plant soul beasts absorbed stellar power and could benefit cultivation.

Zhu Jiazhen led Chen Xiaojun and the others to the spring of life and explained its healing powers and importance to the Chen Clan. The chapter ended with Chen Xiaojun wondering whether the legendary Goddess of Life was the deity who ranked above the Goddess of Hunting.

• Zhu Jiazhen praised the stellar jade vine’s rare star and life attributes, and offered to reserve older vines for Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun.
• Ding Daoheng and Zhu Jiazhen traded teasing remarks before the group continued to the life vine.
• Chen Cong led the group through dense forest to a clear pool, where they saw the spring of life and the stream it nourished.
• Zhu Jiazhen explained that the spring restored vitality and healed grievous injuries, while Chen Cong said it helped the Chen Clan temper the Seven Kill Sword’s killing aura.
• Zhu Jiazhen and Chen Cong recounted legends about the Goddess of Life creating the spring, and Chen Xiaojun wondered if she was the deity above the Goddess of Hunting.

Chen Xiaojun and the others discussed how the spring of life had preserved their vitality and helped make extraordinary breakthroughs possible. At the life vine, Xiao Yi chose it for her third soul ring despite its unknown skills and lack of specimens over ten thousand years old, and Chen Xiaojun explained why it best suited her martial soul.

• Ding Daoheng and Cheng Wenge credited the spring of life with stabilizing Chen Zixiu's injuries and preserving the elders' strength.
• Chen Xiaojun concluded that nurturing the body with natural treasures before seeking a breakthrough at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well was an effective approach.
• The group found the life vine, and Cheng Wenge and Xiao Yi sensed its unusually pure soul power and immense vitality.
• Zhu Jiazhen explained that the life vine had mutated less than a hundred years ago, so none had reached ten thousand years old.
• Xiao Yi chose the life vine, and Chen Xiaojun said its concentrated life energy suited her Evergreen Vine martial soul and planned life soul skill.

Xiao Yi summoned her Immortal Evergreen Vine to face a five-thousand-five-hundred-year-old life vine, but the nearby life vines reacted violently and attacked it. Chen Cong and Zhu Jiazhen recognized that the life vines were lower-ranked soul beasts drawn to the Immortal Evergreen Vine, leaving everyone watching as they sought to merge with it.

• Xiao Yi summoned her Immortal Evergreen Vine and prepared to challenge the five-thousand-five-hundred-year-old life vine alone.
• The Immortal Evergreen Vine's appearance caused the nearby plant soul beasts to tremble, and both life vines suddenly attacked it.
• The eight-thousand-year-old life vine wrapped around Xiao Yi's vine, which then bound it in return while Chen Cong pinned down the other life vine with Sword Qi.
• The Immortal Evergreen Vine drained and destroyed the eight-thousand-year-old life vine's tendrils as it continued to coil around it.
• Chen Cong and Zhu Jiazhen identified the life vines as lower-ranked soul beasts seeking to fuse with and elevate their bloodlines through the Immortal Evergreen Vine.

Xiao Yi’s Immortal Evergreen Vine subdued an eight-thousand-year Life Vine and drew out its Soul Ring. Despite absorbing it beyond her limit and suffering through severe pain, Xiao Yi survived the ordeal with the vine’s help, and her aura steadied as she gained greater power.

• The Immortal Evergreen Vine used its upper-ranked bloodline to break free of the Life Vine’s tendrils and drain the eight-thousand-year Soul Beast’s vitality.
• A purple Soul Ring formed above the withered Life Vine, and the Immortal Evergreen Vine drew it toward itself before sending its energy into Xiao Yi.
• Ding Daoheng, Cheng Wenge, and Zhu Jiazhen warned that Xiao Yi was in danger, while Chen Cong urged them to wait because the vine seemed to have chosen the Soul Ring deliberately.
• Xiao Yi endured the painful absorption and stopped Chen Xiaojun from disturbing her, while the Immortal Evergreen Vine released energy to stabilize her.
• Xiao Yi’s aura gradually steadied, and everyone saw that she had survived absorbing the Soul Ring beyond her limit.

Xiao Yi completed the absorption of a six-thousand-year soul ring at an extraordinary pace, revealing her manifest soul physique to the elders. She emerged stronger and more closely bonded with the Immortal Evergreen Vine, while the elders learned that Chen Xiaojun’s potential was even greater and vowed to protect them both.

• Cheng Wenge used Vast Eagle Eye and discovered that all three of Xiao Yi’s soul nests were absorbing soul power simultaneously.
• Chen Cong confirmed that Xiao Yi had the legendary manifest soul physique, astonishing Cheng Wenge, Ding Daoheng, and Zhu Jiazhen.
• Zhu Jiazhen recalled Chen Yu’s warning to care for Xiao Yi, and Chen Cong revealed that Chen Xiaojun had level twelve innate soul power and that both youths’ potential was a family secret.
• The elders recognized the danger surrounding Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun and resolved to protect and support them.
• Xiao Yi finished absorbing the soul ring, which had merged with the Immortal Evergreen Vine, and felt her strength and bond with it grow.

Xiao Yi survived absorbing an 8,000-year Soul Ring, but excess vital essence overwhelmed her body and triggered a painful transformation. As Chen Xiaojun and the elders watched, her Immortal Evergreen Vine began absorbing and purifying the excess energy, leaving her body covered in vines.

• Xiao Yi finished absorbing the Soul Ring, and Chen Xiaojun embraced her in relief before she suddenly collapsed in pain.
• Cheng Wenge diagnosed Xiao Yi with an excess of vital essence, and Chen Cong told everyone to observe her because her life was not yet in danger.
• Chen Xiaojun held Xiao Yi's hand and encouraged her as she fought to control the energy surging through her body.
• Xiao Yi's Immortal Evergreen Vine released Life Soul Power and used its Devouring Attribute to absorb, purify, and return the excess vital essence.
• Xiao Yi's body painfully changed as greenish-white hair, woody creases, tendrils, and leaves appeared, until vines enveloped her like a humanoid plant.

Xiao Yi survived an excess of essence that caused her to grow an external soul bone through her skin and hair. With Chen Cong’s guidance, she learned to retract most of its appearance, and the chapter ended with her relieved and embracing Chen Xiaojun.

• Chen Cong told Chen Xiaojun that Xiao Yi was growing an external soul bone because excess essence was manifesting through her skin and hair.
• Xiao Yi’s trembling stopped, she recovered consciousness, and Chen Cong explained that her Immortal Evergreen Vine had absorbed the excess essence.
• Xiao Yi saw her torn clothes and vine-covered body and cried, asking Chen Xiaojun if she had become ugly.
• Chen Cong advised Xiao Yi to retract the external soul bone, and Chen Xiaojun encouraged her to try.
• Xiao Yi focused her soul power and withdrew the greenery, leaving green tattoos around her wrists and ankles and one green lock in her purple hair.
• Chen Xiaojun reassured Xiao Yi that she looked beautiful, and she thanked him and hugged him tightly.

After absorbing the Life Vine, Xiao Yi struggled to accept her strange External Soul Bone but discovered that her Soul Power had reached rank thirty-four. She revealed her Third Soul Skill, Spring of Life, a powerful group-healing domain, leaving the others impressed by its potential.

• Chen Xiaojun comforted Xiao Yi about her Hair-and-Skin Soul Bone, while Chen Cong advised her to learn to control it.
• Ding Daoheng and Cheng Wenge pointed out that Xiao Yi's Soul Power had risen to rank thirty-four after absorbing the Soul Beast.
• Xiao Yi demonstrated her Third Soul Skill, Spring of Life, and its domain quickly healed Chen Xiaojun's self-inflicted cut and eased everyone's fatigue.
• Xiao Yi explained that Spring of Life restored allied living beings' health and vitality, and Zhu Jiazhen praised it as a rare, powerful group-healing skill.
• Xiao Yi said the Soul Skill had mutated through its connection to the Immortal Evergreen Vine, possibly strengthening its healing effect.

Xiao Yi demonstrated that her Spring of Life could instantly restore 70% of one person's health, and Chen Xiaojun encouraged her as she began to accept her power. Chen Cong then visited Black Elder, who warned that the powerful soul beasts of the Vine Sea had noticed Xiao Yi's martial soul and viewed soul masters as potential prey.

• Xiao Yi explained that Spring of Life's range and number of targets depended on her soul power, and revealed that it could restore 70% of a single target's health instantly.
• Chen Xiaojun held Xiao Yi's hand and urged her to believe in herself, and she clasped his hand in return.
• Chen Cong left the group and traveled to a dark forest hill twenty li away to meet Black Elder, a powerful Dark Blue Silver Vine soul beast.
• Black Elder teased Chen Cong about reaching Titled Douluo and said he had sensed Xiao Yi's martial soul aura.
• Black Elder told Chen Cong that other powerful soul beasts had likely noticed Xiao Yi and explained that soul beasts hunted soul masters to gain power for their evolution.

Chen Cong warned Black Elder to stay away from Xiao Yi, but Black Elder hinted that other beings in the Vine Sea were also interested in her martial soul. At the Spring of Life, Elder Qing awakened and sensed Xiao Yi’s Immortal Evergreen Vine, leaving the group braced for his arrival.

• Chen Cong confronted Black Elder over his interest in Xiao Yi, and Black Elder claimed he was only curious about her rare martial soul while warning that others might covet it too.
• Chen Cong threatened to tear up the Chen Clan’s agreement and fight if Black Elder harmed Xiao Yi, then departed with his nine soul rings released.
• Black Elder mused about Xiao Yi’s life and devouring attributes and predicted that an old soul beast would soon awaken.
• A towering vine tree rose beside the Spring of Life, and its mental power swept across the area before identifying the aura of the Immortal Evergreen Vine near Xiao Yi.
• Chen Cong, Ding Daoheng, Cheng Wenge, and Zhu Jiazhen realized Elder Qing had awakened and discussed the danger of his learning that Xiao Yi absorbed a Life Vine.
• Chen Cong warned Xiao Yi that Elder Qing might come to inspect her, and the group waited tensely as his mental power approached.

Elder Qing recognized Xiao Yi’s Immortal Evergreen Vine as the sovereign of the evergreen vine race and bowed to her. He revealed that he had waited a thousand years for the previous sovereign’s successor, leaving the Chen Clan stunned by Xiao Yi’s identity.

• Elder Qing appeared in spiritual entity form and fixed his gaze on the Immortal Evergreen Vine behind Xiao Yi.
• Chen Cong and the others stepped in to protect Xiao Yi, fearing Elder Qing might act against her.
• Elder Qing identified the vine as the Immortal Evergreen Vine and bowed to Xiao Yi, calling her the returned sovereign.
• Elder Qing explained that the previous sovereign had taken human form and left the secret realm about a thousand years earlier.
• Elder Qing said the previous sovereign had entrusted him with guarding the evergreen vine race and the Spring of Life until a new sovereign arrived.

Elder Qing revealed that Xiao Yi was the new Emperor Bloodline Successor of the Evergreen Vine clan and explained the nature of her Immortal Evergreen Vine martial soul. He exposed Black Elder as a dangerous dark blue silver grass who coveted Xiao Yi, while Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun pledged to face their difficult paths together.

• Elder Qing explained the Evergreen Vine clan’s life-type soul power and identified Xiao Yi as its new Emperor Bloodline Successor.
• Elder Qing clarified that Xiao Yi’s Immortal Evergreen Vine was an emperor martial soul that could eventually become an independent soul beast.
• After Chen Cong described Black Elder’s interest in Xiao Yi, Elder Qing revealed that Black Elder’s true form was dark blue silver grass.
• Elder Qing explained that Black Elder possessed life and devouring attributes and had repeatedly survived the Chen Clan’s attempts to kill him.
• Xiao Yi took Chen Xiaojun’s hand and promised they would face their challenging paths together.
• Elder Qing watched Xiao Yi with approval and decided he would need to make preparations.

Elder Qing unleashed his Soul Power to warn the powerful Soul Beasts of the Vine Sea Secret Realm against targeting Xiao Yi. The secret realm settled into a brief calm, and Elder Qing revealed that it contained seven true Holy King-tier Soul Beasts, including himself.

• Elder Qing's Soul Power surged through the secret realm, stirring its powerful vine-type Soul Beasts and prompting several to complain, challenge him, or hide.
• Ding Daoheng and the others gathered beside Elder Qing, who said he had warned the older Soul Beasts and assured them that the younger ones would avoid attacking Xiao Yi unless she provoked them.
• Cheng Wenge said the group could handle Soul Beasts below the Holy King tier, while Elder Qing's display made hostile creatures rein in their auras.
• Chen Xiaojun expressed disbelief that the secret realm held so many powerful Soul Beasts, and Elder Qing clarified that only seven had truly reached the Holy King tier.
• Chen Cong remarked that the Xieluo Mountains' Soul Power reserves could sustain many powerful Soul Beasts in the secret realm.

Elder Qing explained the Secret Realm’s unusual Soul Beast population and assessed the Immortal Evergreen Vine Tree’s imprints and Xiao Yi’s potential advancement. The chapter ended with him advising Chen Cong to seek ninth-grade vine Soul Beasts to strengthen Xiao Yi’s Martial Soul.

• Elder Qing told Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong that the Chen Clan and his allies could contend with the powerful Soul Beasts, and noted the clan’s strength.
• Elder Qing explained that rare vine Soul Beasts had mysteriously appeared in the Secret Realm, increasing its Heaven and Earth Soul Power and attracting more Soul Beasts.
• Elder Qing identified Sword Willow Vine, Azure Vine, and Life Vine imprints within the Immortal Evergreen Vine Tree and explained how they formed part of Xiao Yi’s Martial Soul.
• Chen Cong described Xiao Yi’s awakened Devouring Attribute and five elemental attributes, and Elder Qing welcomed the news and judged her condition stable.
• Elder Qing said nine suitable vine Soul Beasts could elevate Xiao Yi’s Martial Soul, recommending ninth-grade Soul Beasts where possible and eighth-grade ones if necessary.

Elder Qing approved Chen Xiaojun’s yin-yang theory for choosing future Soul Beasts for Xiao Yi, while warning that attribute balance was essential to avoid backlash. He offered to pass on the Evergreen Vine clan’s inherited techniques, and three days later Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong arrived at the Chen Clan’s plantation for an inspection.

• Elder Qing assessed the Soul Beast attributes and said the life-focused Azure Vine, Life Vine, and Sword Willow Vine were suitable choices for Xiao Yi.
• Chen Xiaojun explained the plan to balance Xiao Yi’s life attribute with an opposing yin attribute, and Elder Qing cautioned that death, destruction, slaughter, or devouring could cause harm if not carefully balanced.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Elder Qing to help evaluate future Soul Beast candidates, and Elder Qing agreed to teach Xiao Yi the Evergreen Vine clan’s inherited techniques.
• Three days later, Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong visited the Chen Clan’s plantation, where Ding Daoheng welcomed them and said Zhu Jiazhen would explain the grounds.

Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun toured the Chen Clan Plantation to assess its medicinal herbs and spirit rice ahead of the Medicinal Herbs Trade Market. The chapter ended with Ding Daoheng explaining how spiritual land, soul arts, and magic formations enabled the plantation to grow spirit crystal rice.

• Zhu Jiazhen introduced the Medicinal Herb Fields, Spirit Fields, and Premium Garden, describing spiritheart grass, purple cloud lingzhi, and nightglow grass.
• Zhu Jiazhen and Ding Daoheng explained that diluted Spring of Life water, careful pruning, and weed removal improved the medicinal herbs’ growth and quality.
• Cheng Wenge showed Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun the Spirit Fields, where Ding Daoheng cultivated spirit crystal rice as a signature product.
• Ding Daoheng explained that limited spiritual land and seed degeneration restricted spirit crystal rice production.
• Ding Daoheng described the careful seed management, soul arts, and magic formations required to cultivate spirit crystal rice.

Ding Daoheng explained how the Chen Clan cultivated spirit rice and high-grade fruits and vegetables using special Soul Arts and Spring of Life Creek water. The group discussed the plantation’s potential to raise the clan’s standing in the Agriculture Association, leaving Ding Daoheng determined to produce high-grade spirit rice.

• Ding Daoheng described purifying Spring of Life Creek water and adding spirit herb essence to irrigate spirit rice, while Cheng Wenge explained how Soul Arts supported cultivation.
• Chen Xiaojun said she would ask her mother to teach her Soul Arts, and Chen Cong praised her mother’s contributions to the Chen Clan.
• Ding Daoheng showed Chen Xiaojun a white melon, and she praised its crisp, sweet flavor; he explained that the plantation’s high-grade produce was still experimental and yielded too little to sell outside the village.
• Ding Daoheng said the Chen Clan had little influence in the Agriculture Association, and Cheng Wenge and Zhu Jiazhen encouraged him to keep developing spirit crystal rice.
• Ding Daoheng looked over the spirit crystal rice fields and resolved that producing high-grade spirit rice could help the Chen Clan gain a firm foothold in the association.

Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun toured the Chen Clan’s Premium Garden and learned about its rare high-grade herbs and cultivation methods. They revealed plans for a Chang’an City Medicinal Herbs Trade Market and a wider industry chain, aiming to expand the Plantation and strengthen the clan.

• Zhu Jiazhen showed Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun the Premium Garden’s rare seventh- and eighth-grade herbs and explained how they were cultivated.
• Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong examined purple lotusheart grass, black dragon root, azure ganoderma, and other precious herbs as Zhu Jiazhen described their properties and care.
• Zhu Jiazhen explained how the clan adjusted irrigation and growing conditions for jade wave immortal grass and iceheart lotus, which could potentially reach the ninth grade.
• Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun told Zhu Jiazhen, Ding Daoheng, and Cheng Wenge that they planned to establish a Medicinal Herbs Trade Market in Chang’an City and integrate cultivation, processing, and sales.
• Chen Cong said the clan wanted to introduce more rare herbs and improve cultivation methods so the Plantation could support the planned market.

Chen Xiaojun discussed the Chen Clan’s preparations to leave the mountains, identifying a shortage of high-grade seeds and manpower in the secret realm. Chen Yu challenged his proposal to recruit more Soul Saints, leaving Chen Xiaojun asking his grandfather for instruction.

• Chen Cong told the elders that the Chen Clan was preparing to leave the mountains as the Crimson Church regained strength, and Zhu Jiazhen pointed out shortages of high-grade seeds and manpower.
• Chen Yu arrived, heard about the secret realm’s development plans, and asked Chen Xiaojun how he would address the two shortages.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed using seeds from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and opening the secret realm to Soul Saints and their families to help staff the Plantation.
• Chen Xiaojun argued that the secret realm was safer and Elder Qing would protect it while Xiao Yi was there, but Chen Yu asked how the clan could spare enough Soul Saints.
• Chen Xiaojun admitted he had not considered the Soul Saints’ existing duties and respectfully asked Chen Yu to instruct him.

Chen Yu questioned Chen Xiaojun about his plans to expand the Chen Clan and use the secret realms to nurture talent, then urged him to bring complete proposals to the elders rather than steer the clan alone. He agreed that the clan should loosen secrecy restrictions and recruit families and talent, leaving Chen Xiaojun excited by his grandfather’s support for decisive reform.

• Chen Yu proposed opening the secret realm’s opportunities to Soul Emperors and Soul Kings, recruiting more families, and strengthening the Chen Clan’s manpower and talent.
• Chen Yu pressed Chen Xiaojun to explain his concerns, and Chen Xiaojun said the clan risked missing a rare chance to grow stronger and become the Number One Family Under Heaven.
• Chen Yu told Chen Xiaojun to present complete plans for discussion with the elders and cautioned him to act with restraint and consider the greater prize.
• Chen Yu explained that the Chen Clan had endured by adapting and pooling its members’ wisdom rather than relying on one person’s schemes.
• Chen Yu declared that loosening secrecy restrictions and attracting families and talented people were pressing priorities, and Chen Xiaojun realized his grandfather supported bold reform.