Recaps

As Chen Yu’s soul damage left his recovery uncertain, the Chen Clan prepared for the Sunset Glow Plan while Xiao Yi gained power in the Frozen Forest. The arc ended with Xiao Yi defeating Zhan Ruoxi in a contest over the profound ice marrow.

• Youguang Zhou triggered the poison inside Chen Yu as Yan Wufeng carried him away, and Ye Xiuxin warned that his severe soul damage could leave him catatonic for years.
• Shen Tianjun entrusted Chen Yu’s recovery to Ye Xiuxin and proposed beginning the Sunset Glow Plan when Chen Zixiu returned, while the others agreed to share responsibility for what happened.
• Zhang Ci urged Zhuo Qianren to accept the Chen Clan’s growing influence over the Academy and its shift toward practical-combat training.
• Chen Xiaojun learned that Xue Churan’s political opponents were using the Heavenly Wolf Forging Market attack to challenge her plans, and she chose to focus on strengthening herself in Chang’an City instead of pursuing the governorship for now.
• Dugu Fu absorbed an Ice Jade Scorpion’s soul ring, while Xiao Yi and her companions defeated an Ice Soul Dream Vine and Xiao Yi absorbed its soul ring and skull Soul Bone.
• Xiao Yi’s skull Soul Bone evolved through fusion, and she demonstrated new mental abilities before entering a contest against Zhan Ruoxi for the ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow.
• Xiao Yi overcame Zhan Ruoxi’s ice attacks with her vines and then summoned the Howling Moon Silver Wolf True King to battle her.
• Xiao Yi disrupted Zhan Ruoxi’s soul with Nine Yin Soul Transfer, allowing the Silver Wolf True King to strike her and win the battle.

After the Chen Clan accepted the Yang Family and organized the Golden Guards, Chen Xiaojun expanded the Brocade Guard, planned new academies and recruitment networks, and received greater authority within the clan. The arc ends with Xiao Yi back in Chang’an as her striking portrait and top ranking draw attention ahead of the tournament.

• Chen Menglin stayed in Ice Seal City after Chen Xin Yi defeated Zhan Ruoxi, and Han Yiyu and Bo Dongchen recognized Xiao Yi’s likely connection to Donghuang and the Chen Clan’s growing importance.
• The Yang Family pledged itself to the Chen Clan, and Chen Xiaojun gathered the Ten Great Families to establish the Golden Guards and expand the Brocade Guard.
• Chen Qiujun revealed himself as a Titled Douluo and promised the Chen Clan would retaliate against the Crimson Church, while Chen Xiaojun announced a goal of recruiting five thousand Brocade Guard members.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed a large market and new recruitment systems, training bases, and academies for forging, animal husbandry, poison work, and scouting.
• Chen Zixiu appointed Chen Xiaojun Young Master with authority equal to the Deputy Clan Chief and assigned him to lead economic management, while reorganizing the clan’s departments and branches.
• The Red Chamber Twelve Golden Hairpins album and Xiao Yi’s minimalist portrait spread through Tianshi City, fueling speculation about her identity and anticipation for the tournament.
• Gao Cuilan felt hurt that her recent progress had not earned her a ranking, and she resolved to prove herself in the provincial tournament.
• Xiao Yi returned to Chen Xiaojun, who embraced her, and they agreed to keep her first-place ranking secret as long as possible.

Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi formed a pact that revealed powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skills and drew the Chen Clan into the mystery of the Siming deities. The arc ended with Xiao Yi and Su Ningxia awakening a separate vine-tree fusion that proved formidable but immobile.

• Chen Xiaojun explained how Xiao Yi concealed her identity and planned to investigate the cave linked to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.
• Chen Xiaojun gave Dugu Fu the Ice-Crystal Star-Anise Stamen, and Dugu Fu absorbed it to transform his Jade-Scaled Snake into the eighth-grade Xiu Snake.
• Gao Cuilan confessed her feelings to Zhu Wuneng, who accepted them, and Xiao Yi welcomed Gao Cuilan as her Follower.
• Chen Xiaojun gave Yang Bu'er and Xiao Yi cultivation methods and martial skills, while Xiao Yi reported her growing strength and Chen Xiaojun promised to find suitable soul beasts for her.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi formed a pact that enhanced their compatibility, producing a powerful phantom that shattered and restored space before the Chen Clan witnesses.
• Chen Xiaojun identified the phantom’s forces as Lesser Siming and Great Siming and warned his family not to discuss the possibly divine Donghuang Taiyi.
• Xiao Yi activated Lesser Siming’s Divine Ring, and Chen Xiaojun explained that he and Xiao Yi could form four Martial Soul Fusion Skills, and the elders also approved the title Heavenly Craft Star for Gao Cuilan.
• Xiao Yi and Su Ningxia fused into a rainbow-draped Evergreen Vine Tree, which overwhelmed Chen Xiaojun in their test but could not move because it was rooted.

Chen Xiaojun strengthened the Chen Clan’s alliances and laid out plans for its military, economic, and cultivation growth while the family investigated the forces behind the beast tide and prepared to confront the Crimson Church. The arc ended with Chen Xiaojun beginning a plan to approach Ji Tiantian’s family after Chen Zixiu learned of Chen Yu’s secret daughter and granddaughter.

• Chen Xiaojun explained Dugu Fu’s advancement and Gao Cuilan’s breakthrough, then revealed Xiao Yi’s identity as Donghuang Xiuyi to Yang Jingxue and Ximen Rongcheng.
• Chen Zixiu disclosed the Chen Clan’s hidden strength and new secret realm, and Chen Xiaojun brought the Yang and Ximen families into plans for markets, academies, and military units.
• Chen Xiaojun presented his strategy for developing the clan and Soul Fighting City, while the families agreed to cooperate and examine new weapons such as the mass-producible Like a Flower puppets.
• Chen Zixiu revealed that human intervention had contributed to the beast tide and the leak of the Chen Clan’s movements, and the group suspected the Plant Association’s Three Inner Families of obstructing aid to Soul Fighting City.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed the Sword God Pearls’ powers and planned soul-ring targets, while the elders discussed searching for a Taiyuan Heavenly Stem Tiger, a Purple-Gold Emperor Python, a phoenix, and a true dragon.
• Chen Menglin reported the Crimson Church’s gathering and the Grand Elder’s seclusion, and Chen Zixiu declared that the clan would prepare to kill its level-98 enemy.
• Chen Xiaojun sought rare vine soul beasts for Xiao Yi and proposed a Four Symbols Sword Formation, while Chen Cong shared family sword techniques and discussed the Swan Goose name’s political significance.
• Chen Cong revealed that Chen Yu had a daughter with Xue Chuxin and a granddaughter, and Chen Xiaojun began explaining how he and Sixth Uncle would approach Ji Tiantian’s family that night.