Recaps

Chen Xiaojun and his allies fought the Gale Wolf Bandits as a Holy King tier Howling Moon Silver Wolf approached. Chen Xiaojun survived Dashi Rahman Khan’s ambush but was badly injured, leaving the confrontation unresolved as the Silver Wolf Saint King drew near.

• Chen Xiaojun used Yin-Yang Reversal to disorient Dashi Rahman Khan, and Chen Mu struck him with Raging Wave Rending Blade, hurling him away and leaving him grievously wounded.
• Chen Bin and Chen Shurui restrained You'an Rahman Khan with Jiang Mo Seals, and Chen Mu killed him with Lone Peak Heavenfall before joining the fight against Dashi Rahman Khan.
• Chen Xiaojun recognized that the oppressive howl belonged to a Holy King tier Howling Moon Silver Wolf, whose arrival was answered by howls from the surrounding wolves.
• Chen Xiaojun told Chen Mu to evacuate Li Jinghua and the others while he held Dashi Rahman Khan back, but Dashi split into three figures and attacked both men.
• Chen Xiaojun’s Yin-Yang Seven Stars Slash destroyed Dashi Rahman Khan’s flame barrier, but Dashi’s true body ambushed him, shattered his Golden Bell Shield, and left him bleeding and unsteady.

Chen Xiaojun fought Dashi Rahman Khan with the Nine Yang Divine Sword but was left helpless as Dashi prepared to kill him. Shen Lang arrived in time to save him and overwhelmed Dashi, though Chen Bin warned that the Silver Wolf Saint King was nearly there.

• Chen Xiaojun dodged Dashi Rahman Khan's Bloodflame Greedy Wolf Claw and used the Nine Yang Divine Sword Finger Technique to fight back.
• Dashi Rahman Khan took Chen Xiaojun's Great Marsh Sword strike to land a counterattack, and the two exchanged their strongest moves, leaving both badly wounded.
• Dashi Rahman Khan advanced on the immobile Chen Xiaojun, but Shen Lang arrived and knocked aside the killing blow with his Bloodslaughter Anthem.
• Shen Lang attacked Dashi Rahman Khan with his sword skills and revealed that his blood-attribute martial soul was draining Dashi's blood.
• Chen Shurui and Chen Mu recognized Shen Lang and welcomed the rescue, while Chen Bin warned that the Silver Wolf Saint King was close; Ma Liang carried Chen Xiaojun back to safety.

Chen Xiaojun prepared for the Silver Wolf Saint King's arrival while his group assessed their severe injuries and losses. Shen Lang nearly killed Dashi Rahman Khan, but the Silver Wolf Saint King arrived with reinforcements and confronted Chen Menglin, a Titled Douluo from the Chen Clan.

• Chen Xiaojun chose the Purple Cloud Silverleaf Pill over the Ancient Chen Pill and learned that Director Li was gravely injured, fewer than thirty fighters remained, and most survivors were wounded.
• Chen Xiaojun reflected on his mistakes in battle and told Chen Mu that the outcome depended on the clan's response and how events developed.
• Shen Lang used Secret Technique: Blood Return to send a giant sword of Dashi Rahman Khan's blood energy after him, but a strike from the arriving Silver Wolf Saint King stopped it.
• The Silver Wolf Saint King arrived with over a hundred Howling Moon Silver Wolves, and Dashi Rahman Khan returned to his side.
• The Silver Wolf Saint King called out Titled Douluo Chen Menglin, recognized him as a participant in the destruction of the Silvermoon Tribe, and challenged him to settle their old grudge.

Chen Xiaojun’s group regrouped with Shen Lang and learned that Chen Menglin had survived an ambush and that forces were mobilizing around Chang’an. As Chen Xiaojun feared the plot might target more than the academy and Chen Clan, Chen Menglin battled the Silver Wolf Saint King, whose domain shattered his sword-shadow prison before Chen Menglin launched a nine-sword assault.

• Chen Shurui, Chen Bin, Chen Mu, and Chen Xiaojun revealed that they had recognized the Wolf Bandits’ deaths as the work of a hidden swordsman and had suspected Chen Mu would come to help.
• Shen Lang arrived, said Mu Lingyun had sent him ahead with Chen Chen, Cheng Yun, and Shen Fei, and planned to keep confronting Dashi Rahman Khan until the others arrived.
• Shen Lang told the group that Chen Menglin had survived an ambush by two Titled Douluo and two soul beast Saint Kings, with Great General Chuxin arriving to help him badly wound one attacker.
• Shen Lang reported that academy reinforcements had failed to retake the mountain camp and that Chang'an forces were mobilizing; Chen Xiaojun worried the enemy’s scheme might target more than the camp and Chen Clan.
• Chen Menglin fought the Silver Wolf Saint King with his Seven Kill Sword, then trapped him with Nine Swords Locking in a Chain.
• The Silver Wolf Saint King used Yue Shen's Realm to break Chen Menglin’s sword-shadow space, so Chen Menglin summoned nine Azure Sea Heavenly Swords and bore down on him.

Chen Menglin and the Silver Wolf Saint King traded powerful attacks, culminating in a clash between Moonlight Divine Radiance and Heavenly Sword Slashes the Moon. Both fighters withdrew before the unstable energy center collapsed, leaving the battle’s outcome undecided.

• The Silver Wolf Saint King transformed into a colossal beast and attacked Chen Menglin’s nine Azure Sea Heavenly Swords with Howling Moon Silver Light Break.
• Chen Menglin’s nine swords and the Silver Wolf Saint King’s silver sphere struggled against each other until both attacks dissipated.
• Chen Menglin challenged the Silver Wolf Saint King and raised his Seven Kill Sword as the Saint King fired Moonlight Divine Radiance.
• Chen Menglin unleashed Heavenly Sword Slashes the Moon, and the two attacks collided with enough force to tear open space.
• Chen Menglin and the Silver Wolf Saint King pulled back before their attacks’ energy center collapsed and burst into brilliant, scorching fragments.

As more than a hundred Howling Moon Silver Wolves charged the hillside defended by Chen Xiaojun’s battered party, the survivors prepared to meet them head-on. Shen Lang entered the fray with Chen Xiaojun’s Peerless Excellence boosting his power, and his sword attack collided with Dashi Rahman Khan’s claw as the battle began.

• Zhu Wuneng joined Chen Xiaojun’s group despite his injuries, and he and Gao Cuilan vowed to face the battle together.
• Chen Xiaojun said the group would have to meet the wolves head-on because few of their survivors could fight.
• Over a hundred Howling Moon Silver Wolves charged the hillside, and Shen Lang told Xiaojun he would finish quickly before confronting Dashi Rahman Khan.
• Chen Xiaojun’s Peerless Excellence empowered Shen Lang as he unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Jade-Blood Sword Sea.
• Dashi Rahman Khan countered with True Greedy Wolf Claw and activated Moon Wolf Guard while the silver wolves unleashed their abilities, beginning the battle.

Cheng Yun arrived to hold off the Silver Wolf True King while Chen Xiaojun and the others prepared to face the remaining enemies. Xiao Yi then made a dramatic entrance, and Su Ningxia’s reverent greeting revealed her allegiance, leaving Chen Xiaojun stunned.

• Cheng Yun summoned her Divine Eagle Avatar and fought the Silver Wolf True King, with Chen Xiaojun strengthening her through [Peerless Excellence].
• Chen Xiaojun and the others regrouped to face the remaining Howling Moon Silver Wolves and Wolf Bandits.
• Xiao Yi appeared atop a colossal vine tree, drawing the group’s astonished attention.
• Gao Cuilan, Chen Mu, Chen Bin, Zhu Wuneng, and Chen Shurui recognized Xiao Yi and called out to her.
• Su Ningxia addressed Xiao Yi as “Miss,” shocking the Chang'an Academy teachers and students by revealing herself as Xiao Yi’s follower.
• Chen Xiaojun stared at Xiao Yi, overcome and unable to react.

Xiao Yi unleashed her Withered Vine Song to scatter the Howling Moon Silver Wolves and Wolf Bandits, then reunited tenderly with Chen Xiaojun. When the wolves charged again, she used her Azure Vine Formation to bind them, leaving Chang'an Academy's teachers and students in awe.

• Xiao Yi used her Fourth Soul Skill, Withered Vine Song, to hurl the leading Silver Wolves and Beast King into the pack and disrupt the Wolf Bandits’ formation.
• Xiao Yi drew Chen Xiaojun to her side, brushed the dirt from his clothes, and refused his request for a hug.
• The Silver Wolf War King led another charge, sending ranged attacks up the mountain toward Xiao Yi and the others.
• Xiao Yi used her Modified Second Soul Skill, Azure Vine Formation, to grow a vast forest of vines that trapped the wolves and remaining Wolf Bandits.
• Chu Bo Han felt his Guardian Thorn respond to Xiao Yi’s Martial Soul and wondered what kind of power she possessed.

Xiao Yi unleashed the Leaf Blade Wind Storm against the Howling Moon Silver Wolves and Wolf Bandits trapped in the Azure Vine Formation, while the Immortal Evergreen Vine drained the fallen. The Heavenly Howling Moon Wolf and Xiao Yi then clashed with matching Moonlight Divine Radiance attacks, leaving their contest unresolved.

• Xiao Yi performed the Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flower Flow-Leaf Blade Wind Storm, cutting through the wolves and Wolf Bandits restrained by the Immortal Evergreen Vine.
• The Immortal Evergreen Vine secretly drained life force and soul power from the newly slain and from the Wolf Bandits' remains left by earlier battles.
• The Silver Wolf War King called on the surviving pack to channel their power into the Heavenly Howling Moon Wolf's energy body, which fired Moonlight Divine Radiance at Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi answered with the Moonlight Divine Radiance from her right pupil, and the two beams collided in a blinding clash.
• The Silver Wolf War King and pack increased the power they poured into their attack as the beams struggled for dominance against Xiao Yi's immense soul power.

Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi combined their powers against the Howling Moon Silver Wolves, and Xiao Yi awakened her fifth soul skill as the battle turned in their favor. After the wolf energy body collapsed and many enemies fell, Dugu Fu and Zhu Wuneng reacted to Xiao Yi’s astonishing strength.

• Chen Xiaojun transferred stellar soul power to Xiao Yi, and they unleashed their combined skill, Heavenly Stem Big Dipper Yin-Yang Strike, weakening the Howling Moon Silver Wolf energy body.
• Chen Xiaojun used his Yin-Yang Domain and Yin-Yang Reversal to deflect the Wind Wolf Spear aimed at Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi awakened her fifth soul skill and covered the Azure Vine Formation with Thunder Radiance that struck the wolves and Wolf Bandits.
• The Howling Moon Silver Wolf energy body collapsed, and at least half of the wolves and more than two hundred Wolf Bandits were killed or wounded.
• Dugu Fu marveled at Xiao Yi’s ten-thousand-year soul rings, while Zhu Wuneng praised her and grew emotional over seeing her fight again.

Xiao Yi used her Life Force Field to heal and restore the group, then joined Chen Xiaojun in descending the mountain as the others charged the Howling Moon Silver Wolves and Wolf Bandits. The Immortal Evergreen Vine trapped the fleeing enemies, and Xiao Yi continued controlling it with Everlasting Vitality.

• Xiao Yi cast Life Force Field, healing the group’s injuries and restoring their soul power while also purging Gao Cuilan’s Black Fiend Bee poison.
• Zhu Wuneng praised Xiao Yi’s support abilities, while the group wondered at the vast power she was transferring from the corpses absorbed by the Immortal Evergreen Vine.
• Chen Mu led the rejuvenated group down the mountain to attack the Howling Moon Silver Wolves and Wolf Bandits, with the instructors following.
• Chen Xiaojun took Xiao Yi’s hand, and she rode a vine down the slope with him.
• The Silver Wolf War King and the other enemies tried to flee, but the Immortal Evergreen Vine trapped them as Xiao Yi used Everlasting Vitality to keep the vines attacking.

Anderson Strick, Anos Rahman Khan, and the Silver Wolf War King stayed behind to cover their allies’ retreat, unleashing deadly forbidden arts against Chen Mu’s group. Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi intervened, and the chapter ended with Xiao Yi binding the Silver Wolf War King’s body and soul.

• Anderson Strick prepared to sacrifice himself with Blood Explosion Disintegration Art, while Anos Rahman Khan urged Nelson Astana to escape and charged back into battle.
• Anos Rahman Khan unleashed a Soul Saint-level Blood Blade Qi attack, but Xiao Yi formed a Thousand-Vine Barrier that stopped it.
• The Silver Wolf War King sent the Silver Wolf Beast King away with half the pack and sacrificed the fallen wolves to power Blood Sacrifice Forbidden Moon.
• The Silver Wolf War King raised the Crimson Blood Sphere and began using Moon’s Silence, Heaven’s Fall against the battlefield.
• Chen Xiaojun slowed the Silver Wolf War King and blood sphere with Yin-Yang Domain, while Xiao Yi used Nine Yin Soul-Shifting Technique to bind the wolf’s body and soul.

The Silver Wolf True King returned to the battlefield and attacked Xiao Yi with Moonlight Ice Seal, but Chen Xiaojun’s Yin-Yang Dao Domain protected her. The attack freed the Silver Wolf War King’s Soul Form and sent a blood sphere toward the Chang'an teachers and students, prompting Shen Fei to absorb it and launch a powerful sword tide at the Silver Wolf True King.

• The Silver Wolf True King broke away from Cheng Yun and unleashed Moonlight Ice Seal at Xiao Yi.
• Chen Xiaojun opened Yin-Yang Dao Domain and used its defenses to hold back the freezing attack.
• The Silver Wolf True King intensified his attack as Cheng Yun gathered wind into a curtain of Wind Blades.
• The frozen Soul-Shifting Technique chains snapped, allowing the Silver Wolf War King's Soul Form to return to his body, while the blood sphere descended toward the Chang'an teachers and students.
• Shen Fei used Blood-Drinking Frenzy to draw the blood sphere into his Jade-Blood Sword.
• Shen Fei attacked the Silver Wolf True King with Blood Return and Jade-Blood Sword Tide-Layered Wave Blood Slash.

Shen Fei, Cheng Yun, and Chen Xiaojun battled the Silver Wolf True King while Chen Chen arrived to help. The Silver Wolf True King survived their attacks and continued fighting as Chen Chen turned his Seven Kill Sword on the Wolf Bandits below.

• Chen Xiaojun used [Peerless Excellence] to strengthen Shen Fei, whose Crimson Sword Tide became a Crimson Giant Dragon and shattered the Silver Wolf True King's Moonlight Shield.
• The wounded Silver Wolf True King healed with [Yue Shen's Sacred Radiance] and used [Moon-Howling Roar] to resist attacks from Cheng Yun and Shen Fei.
• Cheng Yun and Shen Fei continued their assault on the Silver Wolf True King, starting another fierce clash.
• Chen Chen arrived beside Chen Xiaojun, and Xiao Yi explained that his Martial Soul gave him strong perception in the woods.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Chen Chen to deal with the Wolf Bandits and Silver Wolf Pack while he and the others watched the Silver Wolf True King.
• Chen Chen unleashed [Might Shakes the Four Directions], sending a sword net crashing down over the Wolf Bandits.

Chen Chen, now a Soul Saint and Operations Director, fought the surviving Wolf Bandits and overwhelmed Anos Rahman Khan, who sacrificed himself to buy Nelson Astana time to escape. Chen Xiaojun then reflected on how Shen Fei and Shen Lang resembled actors from his past life.

• Chen Chen confronted the Wolf Bandits, remembering the comrades he had lost seven years earlier in the battle against them.
• Chen Chen used his sword skills to break through Anos Rahman Khan’s Blood Explosion Art and wound him.
• Anos Rahman Khan rose and charged Chen Chen again to delay him while Nelson Astana escaped.
• Chen Chen reflected on the memories of his past life stirred by Shen Fei’s and Shen Lang’s familiar appearances.

Xiao Yi used the forbidden Nine Palace Soul-Shifting Art to restrain the Silver Wolf True King and strip away its soul, allowing Chen Xiaojun to kill it. The True King’s soul was drawn into the nine palace diagram, which returned to Xiao Yi.

• Xiao Yi healed Shen Fei and Cheng Yun with [Life Force Field], prompting the Silver Wolf True King to charge at her.
• Cheng Yun and Shen Fei tried to intercept the Silver Wolf True King, but it evaded them and rushed toward Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi invoked the Nine Palace Soul-Shifting Art, trapping the Silver Wolf True King and beginning to pull out its soul.
• Shen Fei and Cheng Yun attacked the restrained True King, preventing it from healing as Xiao Yi weakened it.
• Chen Xiaojun struck off the Silver Wolf True King’s head with his Fatal Sword-Drawing Technique.
• The Nine Palace Soul-Shifting Art absorbed the True King’s soul, then returned to Xiao Yi as a golden speck.

After Xiao Yi captured the Silver Wolf True King's soul with the Nine Palace Soul-Shifting Art, she explained to Chen Xiaojun that her second martial soul could imprison it without tainting her soul. Chen Xiaojun accepted her method and imagined combining it with the Chen Clan’s Commanding Spirits technique.

• After Shen Fei and Cheng Yun pursued the fleeing Silver Wolves and Wolf Bandits, Chen Xiaojun asked Xiao Yi about the risks of using the Nine Palace Soul-Shifting Art.
• Xiao Yi explained that she had imprisoned the Silver Wolf True King's soul in a sealed space within her second martial soul rather than absorbing it.
• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun she could control the captured soul only after refining it and applying a control mark, and that her current mental power allowed one more top-tier fifty-thousand-year soul beast.
• Chen Xiaojun reflected that soul spirits and other soul-controlling methods were forms of enslavement, then anticipated combining Xiao Yi's art with the Chen Clan's Commanding Spirits technique.

Xiao Yi protected Chen Xiaojun as he began absorbing the Silver Wolf True King's soul ring, while the Silver Wolf Saint King rushed to avenge its younger brother. Xiao Yi was badly injured defending Chen Xiaojun from the Saint King's attacks, and a second devastating attack bore down on them.

• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun that she had extracted the Silver Wolf True King's soul form and that he could safely absorb its soul ring.
• Chen Xiaojun began absorbing the soul ring while Xiao Yi built a vine barrier around him and healed wounded soul masters nearby.
• The Silver Wolf Saint King sensed its younger brother's death and attacked Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi, leaving Chen Menglin trapped in Yue Shen's Realm.
• Xiao Yi used Forest of Lightning and Golden Bell Shield to block Moonlight Rending the Sky, but the attack shattered both defenses and wounded her.
• The Silver Wolf Saint King launched Howling Moon Silver Light Break, and Xiao Yi prepared to protect Chen Xiaojun despite her injuries.

Ma Zhibin and Xue Chuxin arrived in time to save Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi from the Silver Wolf Saint King's devastating attack. After healing the survivors, Xue Chuxin showed Xiao Yi how close her life attribute was to becoming an ultimate attribute.

• Xiao Yi braced for the Silver Wolf Saint King's enormous Soul Power Ball as Chen Xiaojun and the distant fighters could not help them.
• Ma Zhibin arrived and used his Eighth Soul Skill, Separation Fire Thunderstorm, to destroy the silver attack.
• Xue Chuxin used Jadeite Firmament to shield Xiao Yi, Chen Xiaojun, and Ma Zhibin from the explosion's aftershocks.
• Xue Chuxin healed the group with Jadeite Light Wave, and Xiao Yi sensed that Xue Chuxin's life attribute had reached the perfected second tier.

Xue Chuxin, Ma Zhibin, and Chen Menglin drove the Silver Wolf Saint King from the battlefield while Shen Lang killed Dashi Rahman Khan. After Chen Xiaojun finished absorbing his soul ring, the survivors regrouped and learned that the Wolf Bandits and silver wolves had been almost completely wiped out, though Nelson Astana and a few others escaped.

• Xue Chuxin, Ma Zhibin, and Chen Menglin pursued the fleeing Silver Wolf Saint King as the remaining Wolf Bandits and wolves scattered.
• Shen Lang trapped Dashi Rahman Khan in his Jade-Blood Sword Domain and killed him with a strike through the chest.
• Chen Xiaojun completed absorbing his soul ring, and the Silver Wolf True King's mental power repaired some of the damage to his upper soul nest.
• Xiao Yi treated the injured Chang'an Academy teachers and students after they returned to the hill with Cheng Yun, Shen Fei, and Chen Chen.
• The survivors learned that nearly all the Wolf Bandits and silver wolves had been killed, while Nelson Astana, a few Wolf Bandit Chiefs, and a handful of silver wolves escaped.

Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi watched the battle from concealment and discussed the Crimson Church’s failed ambush against Chen Cong, along with Yan Wufeng’s broader plans. They concluded that Xue Chuxin’s strength and tactics threatened the Church’s future operations, leaving them needing a way to counter her.

• Li Lingfeng asked Yan Qi why he was not helping the Silver Wolf Saint King, and Yan Qi said the Soul Beasts might still prevail without their intervention.
• Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi recalled their past intelligence work and discussed Dongfang Long’s injuries and the uncertain outcome of Yan Wufeng and Elder You’s ambush against Chen Yu.
• Li Lingfeng praised Yan Wufeng’s plan to use the Wolf Bandits and Soul Beasts to draw Chen Cong away from Chang'an and lure Chen Yu into an ambush.
• Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi assessed Chen Menglin’s combat strength and agreed that the Chen Clan’s Titled Douluo were formidable.
• Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi blamed Xue Chuxin for thwarting their attempt to kill Chen Cong and agreed that the Church needed a countermeasure against her.

Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi discussed the threat posed by Chen Xiaojun, Xiao Yi, and the rising Chen Clan, while weighing whether to attack the young prodigies. They decided to withdraw before Xue Chuxin and Chen Menglin returned, leaving their plans against the clan unresolved.

• Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi identified Xiao Hongchen as Chen Xiaojun and discussed his and Xiao Yi's abilities and background.
• Li Lingfeng proposed killing Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi, but Yan Qi warned that Shen Lang and the pair's strength made an attack too risky without the clan head's coordination.
• Yan Qi explained that the Holy Church was prioritizing the Chen Clan because its growing influence and alliances threatened the church's future holy wars.
• Li Lingfeng agreed to report the plan to headquarters and cautioned Yan Qi about the other major clans and his unsolved search for a mole.
• Yan Qi urged Li Lingfeng to leave before Xue Chuxin and Chen Menglin returned, and Li Lingfeng vowed that the Chen Clan's decline would begin when they met again.
• Li Lingfeng and Yan Qi vanished from the area.

Chen Menglin and the others returned after the Silver Wolf Saint King escaped with help from a Storm War Eagle, and Xue Chuxin confirmed that powerful Soul Beasts were behind the attack. The elders then confronted Chen Xiaojun for absorbing a Soul Ring during battle, but Xiao Yi took responsibility for urging him to do it.

• Ma Zhibin and Chen Menglin reported that the Silver Wolf Saint King escaped after a Holy King tier Storm War Eagle intervened, and Xue Chuxin confirmed the eagle had helped attack the old bookworm.
• Chen Menglin thanked Xue Chuxin for saving the Chen Clan, and she explained that Chen Xiaojun had sent her a letter asking for help.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that he had suspected the old bookworm was the Wolf Bandits' target and had summoned Xue Chuxin as a precaution.
• Chen Menglin and Ma Zhibin scolded Chen Xiaojun for absorbing a Soul Ring on the battlefield, while Chen Mu complained that Xiaojun's actions had nearly swept him and others away.
• Xiao Yi stepped forward and said she had asked Chen Xiaojun to absorb the Soul Ring, prompting Ma Zhibin to tease them about her influence over him.

Chen Xiaojun learned that Teacher You had survived and that his Second Granduncle’s serious Dao Wounds would take time to heal. As Xue Chuxin prepared to leave, her attention lingered on someone among the Chang'an Academy teachers and students, which Chen Xiaojun and Chen Mu noticed.

• Chen Menglin praised Chen Xiaojun for leading Chang'an's teachers to safety but ordered him to accept punishment from Old Bookworm for his mistake.
• Xue Chuxin told Chen Xiaojun that Teacher You was stabilized but had to remain at the fortress, and that his Second Granduncle would need a long recovery from his Dao Wounds.
• Chen Menglin confirmed that Old Bookworm remained unconscious but was not in immediate danger, then explained that he had hurried back to protect the young people before encountering the Silver Wolf Saint King.
• Chen Mu said Chen Xiaojun had deliberately stirred up old grudges to provoke the Wolf Bandits Lord and the Silver Wolf Saint King, while Chen Xiaojun insisted it had been a coincidence.
• Xue Chuxin announced that she was leaving, and Chen Xiaojun and Chen Mu noticed her complex gaze lingering on someone among the Chang'an Academy teachers and students.

After the Wolf Bandits devastated Heavenly Wolf Mountain’s forging markets, Xue Chuxin helped treat the wounded while Chen Xiaojun warned her that the Crimson Church’s attack was likely only the beginning. He suspected their next move would involve the Imperial Court, putting Xue Chuxin and Xue Churan in danger.

• Xue Chuxin told Chen Xiaojun that the Wolf Bandits had breached the Heavenly Wolf Three Trials, invaded the mountaintop, stolen military supplies, and caused heavy casualties.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Xue Chuxin to treat the critically wounded, including Director Li Jinghua, and she agreed before returning to the mountain.
• After treating the wounded, Xue Chuxin praised Xiao Yi’s healing talent and vitality, then returned Chen Xiaojun’s Purple-Gold Great Sun Token.
• Chen Xiaojun warned Xue Chuxin that the Crimson Church had gained too little from the raid for the conflict to be over.
• Chen Xiaojun predicted that the Crimson Church’s next move would involve the Imperial Court and warned that Xue Chuxin and Xue Churan could be targeted.