Recaps

Chen Cong defended the northern gate against Alexei Astana’s Wolf Bandits while learning that four great tribes had launched a coordinated assault on the village. Mu Lingyun and other Soul Masters arrived as reinforcements, strengthening the defenders and enabling Chen Cong to lead a counterattack.

• Alexei Astana revealed that the Wolf Bandits had targeted Chen Cong’s village after he killed their prince, and that four great tribes were attacking together.
• Three-Colored Fireworks signaled assaults elsewhere in the village as Alexei ordered his Wolf Bandits to charge the northern gate.
• Chen Cong unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill, Sword Dividing Heaven and Earth, cutting down many Wolf Bandits and holding the defensive line.
• Mu Lingyun led Zhao Derong, Ding Hui, and other Soul Masters to reinforce Chen Cong at the northern gate.
• Mu Lingyun used her Good Fortune Green Lotus’s Fifth Soul Skill, Green Lotus Bell Chime, to strengthen the defenders, and Chen Cong led them in a counterattack.

Chen Xiaojun’s predictions about the battle were confirmed as the defenders held Jade Peak Mountain and the Phantom Cherry Blossom Xia Family raised an illusion barrier on Fragrant Snow Mountain. Meanwhile, Ximen Shaoping fought through the Wolf Bandits and went to rescue the southeast gate guards, leaving the battle still raging as she worried about Feng’er.

• Chen Jianjun returned with the others, and Xiao Yi used his Immortal Evergreen Vine to help them recover while Chen Jianjun praised Chen Xiaojun’s accurate predictions.
• The Azure Shadow Divine Eagle Cheng Family and Stone Armor Boar Zhu Family held off the Wolf Bandits on Jade Peak Mountain, while the Phantom Cherry Blossom Xia Family activated an illusion barrier on Fragrant Snow Mountain.
• Chen Jianzun and Chen Feng recovered with help from Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi, and Chen Jianjun began explaining Xiaojun’s prediction to the others.
• Ximen Shaoping, Ding Dang, and Qi Shuiyue joined the defenders fighting on Southeast Avenue, where Ximen Shaoping killed several Wolf Bandit leaders with her Karmaflame Demon Blade.
• After learning that southeast gate guards were surrounded, Ximen Shaoping led reinforcements to rescue them and fought off powerful Wolf Bandit leaders using her Martial Soul Avatar.
• With Wolf Bandits continuing to pour onto the battlefield, Ximen Shaoping looked northwest and worried about Feng’er’s survival.

Chen Xiaojun accepted that his Chen Clan responsibilities required him to protect the villagers, then led his group toward the Ancestral Hall along the Third Ring Road. After defeating a large force of Wolf Bandits, they hurried toward a fierce battle between the bandits and villagers.

• Chen Jianzun and Chen Yanwu told Chen Xiaojun that, as a member of the Chen Clan's main line, he had to put the village's needs ahead of a cautious plan to protect only his group.
• Chen Xiaojun decided to lead everyone along the Third Ring Road to the Ancestral Hall, gathering villagers along the way, while Chen Yanwu stayed with him in the rear.
• Chen Xiaojun organized the nine-person group into an assault formation, and they defeated several small groups of Wolf Bandits before facing and overcoming a larger force.
• Seeing few villagers or bodies on the road, Chen Xiaojun concluded that the villagers had gathered together and urged his group to move faster.
• On the southwest Third Ring Road, several dozen villagers fought several hundred Wolf Bandits, using nearby buildings for cover as low-ranking Soul Masters and young fighters resisted the attack.

Mo Xuanbing, Qin Huacheng, Tie Fu'er, and Fei Xiang coordinated their attacks against the Wolf Bandits while their allies supported them. Fei Xiang's assault drove the Elite Wolf Bandit back, turning the battle in the young Soul Masters' favor.

• Mo Xuanbing bound the Wolf Bandits with his Shadow Binding Technique, allowing Qin Huacheng to strike them down with Layers of Spear Shadows.
• Tie Fu'er used Giant Hammer Crash to send the Wolf Bandits flying, and Fei Xiang followed with Sky-Rending Claw to attack them from the air.
• Mao Jiajia was blasted toward Tie Fu'er, who caught him as a Soul Ancestor-level Elite Wolf Bandit appeared.
• Zhao Mingchen charged the Elite Wolf Bandit with Immovable Golden Body, but the enemy evaded his attacks and nearly broke through his defenses.
• Luo Zhenjun attacked the Elite Wolf Bandit from the flank, but the enemy sensed him and knocked him back.
• Jian Xinyue protected Fei Xiang with Ink Crystal Body Guard as he struck the Elite Wolf Bandit with Gale Blade, forcing the enemy to retreat.

Fei Xiang and the young Soul Masters fought to hold off four Elite Wolf Bandits while defending against dozens of ordinary Wolf Bandits. Chen Jianzun and Zhu Wuxin arrived and swept the ordinary Wolf Bandits back with a combined assault.

• Fei Xiang restrained a high-ranking Elite Wolf Bandit as Tie Fu'er's mother was thrown from her fight, and another pack of Wolf Bandits attacked the young Soul Masters.
• Tie Fu'er, Mao Jiajia, Zhao Mingchen, Xia Yiping, Yang Chunyuan, Qin Huacheng, Mo Xuanbing, and Luo Zhenjun combined their Soul Skills to resist the Elite Wolf Bandits and protect their companions.
• The battle wore down the young Soul Masters, while Tie Fu'er, Mao Jiajia, and Luo Zhenjun struggled against the surrounding ordinary Wolf Bandits.
• Chen Xiaojun and his companions arrived after hearing the battle, and Chen Jianzun unleashed Water Blossom Heavenly Wheel against the gray Wolf Bandits.
• Zhu Wuxin used Whirling Sky Sweep alongside Chen Jianzun's attack, driving the gray Wolf Bandits back in disarray.

Chen Xiaojun directed the nine young soul masters in a coordinated attack that broke the Wolf Bandits’ formation and turned the battle in the villagers’ favor. The group killed several Elite Wolf Bandits, and the remaining Gray Wolf Bandits were pushed into retreat.

• Chen Feng’s sword skill scattered the Gray Wolf Bandits, while Chen Jianjun and Mo Xuanbing killed an Elite Wolf Bandit with a combined strike.
• Zhu Wukui replaced Xiong Er and fought the High-Rank Elite Wolf Bandit attacking Zhao Mingchen, while Xiao Yi and Chen Yanwu cut down Gray Wolf Bandits.
• Chen Xiaojun’s group killed sixty or seventy Gray Wolf Bandits and one Elite Wolf Bandit, shifting the battle decisively toward the villagers.
• Chen Xiaojun assigned the young soul masters to clear out the remaining Gray Wolf Bandits and finish off the Elite Wolf Bandits.
• Chen Xiaojun intercepted the fleeing High-Rank Elite Wolf Bandit and killed him, while the other Elite Wolf Bandits also fell under the group’s attacks.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions joined Ling Xinghe’s battle against the Wolf Bandit leader, whose greater strength kept them locked in a fierce contest. Ling Xinghe bound the leader with his Whirlwind Barrier after Chen Xiaojun’s group attacked from behind, leaving him trapped.

• Chen Xiaojun sent some companions to support the female Soul Masters and took Yanwu, Jianjun, and Sword Sovereign to help Ling Xinghe.
• Ling Xinghe used Wind Blade Array and Wind and Cloud Body to withstand the stronger Wolf Bandit leader’s relentless attacks.
• Ling Xinghe unleashed Wild Wind Dance, and its collision with the leader’s spiked club sent both fighters reeling.
• Chen Xiaojun’s group attacked the Wolf Bandit leader from behind with more than a hundred streaks of Sword Qi.
• Ling Xinghe used Whirlwind Barrier to bind the Wolf Bandit leader while he struggled against the Sword Qi.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions coordinated their attacks to break through the Wolf Bandit captain’s Wild Frenzy defenses. Ling Xinghe and the others overwhelmed the captain, leaving him defeated and dead.

• Chen Jianjun and Chen Jianzun combined their sword attacks, breaking through the Wolf Bandit captain’s defenses and sending him flying.
• Chen Yanwu distracted the captain with illusionary sword strikes, and Chen Xiaojun landed a series of blows with his Spiral Sphere Sword God Pearls.
• Ling Xinghe used his fifth soul skill, Eye of the Storm, to overpower and injure the captain.
• Ling Xinghe, Ling Yunxiao, Chen Xiaojun, and his companions attacked together as the captain’s Wild Frenzy weakened.
• The group broke through the captain’s defenses and killed him.

After defeating the Gale Wolf Bandits attacking their area, Chen Xiaojun learned that the village faced a larger assault through the southeast gate. He studied the village’s defenses and began planning a response, but the chapter ended before he revealed how they could address the open gate.

• Ling Xinghe, Chen Xiaojun, and the others helped rout the Gale Wolf Bandits, and the Soul Masters regrouped to recover and treat injuries.
• Zhu Wukui questioned the young Soul Masters about their arrival, and Zhao Mingchen explained that they had been at a barbecue party at Tie Fu'er's home.
• Tie Fu'er reported that his mother's internal injuries remained serious but that Xiao Yi had stabilized her condition.
• Ling Xinghe told Chen Xiaojun and the Chen Clan that a large force had entered through the southeast gate and that fighting had begun along Southeast Avenue.
• Chen Xiaojun assessed the village's scattered defenses, concluded that the open southeast gate was the most urgent problem, and began devising a plan to counter the numerical disadvantage.

Ximen Shaoping and her companions were trapped by overwhelming Wolf Bandit forces while their leaders debated how to press the attack. As the defenders prepared for a desperate last stand, Ximen Shaoping tried to send the flying Soul Masters away, but Ding Dang and the others refused to abandon her.

• Thousands of Wolf Bandits stormed through the southeast gate as Ximen Shaoping and her companions fought a losing battle on a knoll.
• Muhammad Vasquez urged Dashi Rahman Khan to act, while Günter Strick led his elites toward the village; Dashi Rahman Khan stayed behind, confident in his plans.
• A wounded guard blamed himself for Ximen Shaoping’s predicament, and she ordered Ding Dang to break out and Ma Suyun and the flying Soul Masters to escape.
• Ding Dang refused to leave and charged the Wolf Bandits with her Nine-Toothed Rake, while Qi Shuiyue accepted her fate and hoped the Sword Sovereign would survive.
• Ximen Shaoping mourned that she might never see her fifth husband again, as the wounded guard rallied everyone to charge.

Günter Strick overwhelmed Ding Dang until a white-haired old man appeared and protected her from his attack. The old man unleashed his Stone Armor Berserk skill, scattering the Wolf Bandits, and Ding Dang recognized him as her grandfather.

• Günter Strick neutralized Ding Dang’s Dragon-Pattern Phoenix Seal Strike and wounded her with his attacks.
• Ximen Shaoping rushed to help Ding Dang, but Feren Strick blocked her path.
• A white-haired old man appeared and shielded Ding Dang from Günter Strick’s Dark Surge Wave.
• The old man used Stone Armor Berserk to send Günter Strick and the other Wolf Bandits flying.
• Günter Strick got back to his feet, and Ding Dang called the old man Grandpa.

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.