Recaps

Chen Xiaojun secured Xiao Yi’s place at Chang'an Academy, managed the fallout from the Wolf Bandits’ attack, and prepared the academy team for the Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament. He also investigated Ji Tiantian’s connection to the Chen Clan while the family’s affairs and alliances continued to develop.

• Zhuang Mocheng and the Chang'an Three Elders sought to recruit Xiao Yi, and Chen Xiaojun negotiated the best treatment for her before Chen Cong approved her enrollment as Chen Xin Yi.
• Chen Xiaojun arranged financial and reconstruction support for Chang'an Academy, then proposed that Xiao Yi learn an Ice Soul Dreamvine skill to disguise her soul rings and abilities.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed that Ji Tiantian possessed the Seven Kill Sword and learned that her mother, Xue Shiqiong, was connected to Chen Yu and Xue Chuxin, so he chose to approach the family discreetly.
• After the Wolf Bandits attacked the Heavenly Wolf Forging Market and Chang'an Academy, Chen Xiaojun and the elders planned market security measures and established an Emergency Management Department.
• Chen Xiaojun organized the tournament roster, assigned Gao Cuilan as Primary Controller, and warned the team about powerful rivals and the limits imposed by his injuries.
• Liu Ruyan and Wuyan withdrew from the preliminary lineup, and Chen Xiaojun began considering replacements while asking Gao Cuilan to arrange a visit to her family.
• Chen Xiaojun advised Chen Mu to turn his Yin-Yang imbalance into an attack, helping him conceive a new sword, while Chen Mu shared news of his father’s return and planned journey to Soul Fighting City.
• The Chen Clan discussed its growing number of children as Chen Yaoting returned with Chen Haoxuan and Chen Qingrui welcomed another son, Chen Yunze.

Chen Xiaojun reorganized clan affairs, developed plans for Tianshi City's rankings, and explored the Breathing Technique’s hidden potential as Xiao Yi awakened a Divine Venerable Body. After the clan established new cultivation essentials, Chen Xiaojun visited the Gao Family to reward Gao Cuilan for her expedition contributions.

• The Chen Clan’s growing population and resources prompted Chen Xiaojun to discuss village development, elder advancement, and sweeping reforms to the clan’s departments and leadership.
• Chen Xiaojun arranged study and training plans for younger relatives, agreed to attend Chang'an’s cultural exchange, and worked with Zhou Tianshu on new talent rankings and tournament publications.
• Chen Xiaojun and Zhou Tianshu examined rising Soul Power awakenings, population growth, Soul Beast pressures, and the tournament’s expanded finals format.
• Chen Xiaojun received the Sea God Island Saintess’s letter, while Xiao Yi sent Xixi a sealed letter and embroidered pouch and discussed the limits of her Breathing Technique.
• Chen Xiaojun tested his Sun Breathing Mark, and Xiao Yi awakened her Rosy Mist Divine Venerable Body and demonstrated its power against Cheng Yun.
• Chen Xiaojun and the clan investigated the risks of awakening Marks and Divine Venerable Bodies, Zhu Yanfeng’s attempt failed, and they named innate soul power, comprehension, meridians, and blood marrow the four essentials of cultivation.
• Chen Xiaojun and Zhu Wuneng visited the Gao Family and presented Gao Cuilan with rare spirit medicines, an eighth-grade ginseng, and a forty-thousand-year soul bone in recognition of her expedition performance.

Chen Xiaojun strengthened the Gao Family and helped Chang’an’s leaders establish rules for Soul Masters, while the Great Houses sought closer ties to the Chen Clan and Xiao Yi. As Chen Yu faced pursuit from the Crimson Church, Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi received major rewards from the system, leaving the clan with new techniques and powers.

• Chen Xiaojun traded secret techniques with Gao Ying and gave Gao Cuilan rare resources, which transformed her martial soul and raised her soul power toward Soul Ancestor level.
• Chen Xiaojun’s group encountered Hu Qian Ning fighting members of the Infinite Hall, and Hu Qian Ning defeated Mo Lichen before Liu Xinxin and the others fled.
• Hu Lenghui and Murong Zhe’s fight was halted by Chang’an’s authorities, who made them pay for the damage and established the Great Soul Arena as the place for settling grudges.
• Chang’an’s Great Houses endorsed the new rules, while Ma Zhibin planned to tie the Ma Family more closely to the Chen Clan and Spirit Hall assessed the Chen Clan’s growing influence.
• At a gathering of the house leaders, Gao Ying described Chen Xiaojun’s gifts to Gao Cuilan and revealed that Xiao Yi was his fiancée, prompting Shen Lang to urge the families to build ties with her.
• Chen Yu escaped Youguang Zhou and Luo Ping, but Yan Wufeng blocked his path as the pursuit continued.
• The system’s draws gave Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi Lesser Siming, new cultivation and combat techniques, linked immortal robes, and strengthened martial souls.

Chen Yu fought Yan Wufeng, Luo Ping, and Youguang Zhou while Chen Clan reinforcements joined the battle around Chenlin Village. After Chen Yu broke their combined dragon-and-serpent attack, Luo Ping shattered his giant sword and left him badly wounded as the Chen Clan’s experts charged the three elders.

• Chen Yu’s True Image sword intent and Slaughter World let him withstand Yan Wufeng, Luo Ping, and Youguang Zhou, then he wounded Youguang Zhou before Yan Wufeng intervened.
• Chen Yu fled under pursuit, but Youguang Zhou’s poison and Void Giant Serpent left him badly injured before he took a Chen Yuan Pill and reached Chenlin Village.
• Yan Wufeng, Luo Ping, and Youguang Zhou surrounded Chen Yu, but masked Chen Clan fighters struck them, and Cheng Nanxing, Lu Xueying, Yan Ruoyu, and Yu Jinghan joined the fight.
• The Chen Clan’s Sunset Glow Plan brought its branch-family fighters into the battle, where they used the Dustbound formations and techniques against Youguang Zhou and Luo Ping.
• Chen Yu and Shen Tianjun countered Yan Wufeng’s Demon Dragon Annihilation Claw, but Yan Wufeng’s Eye of Destruction ravaged Chen Yu’s sea of consciousness before Chen Yu suppressed it.
• Yan Wufeng and Youguang Zhou combined their soul rings to unleash Dragon-Snake Dance, overwhelming the Chen Clan fighters’ attacks.
• Chen Yu used his Four Profound Arts to become a Heaven-Piercing Giant Sword and destroyed the Void Giant Serpent and Dark Dark Demon Dragon, but the effort left him severely injured.
• Luo Ping shattered Chen Yu’s giant sword with Rakshasa Soul-Splitting Slash, and as Chen Yu struggled to stand, the Chen Clan’s experts charged Crimson and the other two elders.