Recaps

Chen Xiaojun’s teams dominated the Fasno tournament as Chang’an Academy secured the provincial championship and Canghui Academy’s final defeat sparked a confrontation. Xiao Yi treated Canghui’s students, and she received the Star-Inlaid Chief Jade Token as Fasno’s chief student.

• Chen Xiaojun proposed annual competitions in Tianling City, while Five Mountains Academy defeated Yuesi Academy and rose into a tie for first place.
• Chen Xiaojun defeated Lyon Academy alone with Mysterious Heaven Frost Realm, then helped Chang’an overcome Yueyang and Tidecall with his powerful techniques.
• Five Mountains Academy revealed its revised lineup and defeated Canghui Academy, with Xia Shuyao overcoming Shi Fei'ang before both collapsed.
• Yuesi Academy defeated Canghui Academy in a brutal match, leaving Canghui needing a win against Chang’an to avoid elimination.
• Chen Xiaojun learned from Xia Yun that tournament qualification involved political arrangements and that eliminating Canghui could provoke the Central Region.
• Chen Xin Yi faced Canghui Academy alone and shattered its Seven-in-One Fusion Skill, securing Chang’an’s victory and the championship.
• After Canghui’s students collapsed, Xiao Yi broke the Seven Asura Illusion Realm, then fought Lian Changzhi until Wang Wei and Yue Qiansong stopped him.
• Xiao Yi cleared the students’ mental backlash and warned them against using soul power for three days, and Yin Duruo awarded Chang’an the trophy and Xiao Yi the Star-Inlaid Chief Jade Token.

The Chen Clan expanded its influence through academies and developed the Like a Flower puppets into a coordinated military project. Tang Yuchen earned a place in the clan and began turning his designs into the Hundred Blossoms Throne and Puppet Army Project.

• Lian Shouzhong warned Lian Changzhi that Chen Xin Yi’s formation concealed a second layer that seemed to seal her power, and Lian Changzhi later offered to serve Chen Xiaojun and draw the Glazed Holy Hall closer to the Chen Clan.
• Si Baining sought Chen Xiaojun’s support for Heavenly Peak Academy, while Chang'an Academy’s tournament victory brought rapid enrollment, expansion, and new partnerships.
• The Chen Clan sent personnel to help manage Heavenly Wolf Academy, and Zhuang Mocheng and Wang Wei concluded that the Si Family intended to offer Heavenly Peak Academy as a dowry.
• Chen Yunxiang, Chen Haoxuan, Ji Tiantian, Chen Zhouzhao, and Chen Jieqi fought Xia Shuyao’s sixteen coordinated Like a Flower puppets and destroyed them with their combined sword techniques.
• Chen Xiaojun and Tie Fu'er explained that the puppets could support the Mountain Camp, generate revenue, bind the Three Great Families through supply chains, and protect the Chen Clan’s transport network.
• Xia Qingyun and Chen Xun learned that Zhuo Qianren had been followed by a Titled Douluo with a Blood Fierce Sword, which they identified as a remnant of the Li Clan’s weapon.
• Chen Xiaojun accepted Tang Yuchen’s account of his break with the Clear Sky Sect and promised the clan would protect him, while Tang Yuchen recalled how the sect’s pressure had driven him from his family and into the Heartless Tower.
• After Tang Yuchen’s failed ambush against Chen Xiaojun, the Chen Clan sent him to atone in Chenlin Village, where he became a blacksmith, joined the Soul Tool workshop, and was accepted into Hundred Flowers Village.
• Tang Yuchen and Chen Xiaojun developed plans for specialized Like a Flower units and a command model named the Hundred Blossoms Throne, and Tang Yuchen presented the wider Puppet Army Project.
• Chen Surong recalled Tang Yuchen’s hammer blows in their old tournament match, then praised the Hundred Blossoms Catalog and its coordinated legion-building strategy.

Chen Xiaojun learned about the Yellow Emperor Tang Family’s hammer arts and persuaded the Chen Clan to prevent the Clear Sky Sect from absorbing the family. The clan prepared to negotiate or intervene, while Chen Xiaojun’s projects advanced and a new super martial soul stirred interest across the continent.

• Chen Xiaojun learned from Tang Yuchen about the Hundred Blossoms Throne’s puppet network and ordered a proposal for Chen Xin Towers to extend communications and other powers across the clan’s territory.
• Tang Yuchen explained the Yellow Emperor Tang Family’s Ninefold Earth Hammer Method and Great Kunlun Hammer, and Chen Xiaojun connected their history to the Clear Sky Sect’s hammer inheritance.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed that the Chen Clan protect the Yellow Emperor Tang Family, despite warnings that intervention could provoke the Clear Sky Sect and disrupt the clan’s trade, alliances, and forest route.
• Chen Xiaojun argued that the two hammer traditions might combine into a formidable path, then revealed his master’s visions of their potential connection to godhood and convinced the clan leaders to act.
• Chen Xun ordered the clan to pursue negotiation with the Clear Sky Sect while preparing to stop its expansion, and Chen Hong tasked Chen Xiaojun with contacting the sect during his trip to Heaven Dou City.
• The Chen Xin Tower project received top priority and full resources, Tang Yuchen became its lead, and Tie Fu’er left to compete in the Gaoying Tournament.
• Xia Qingyun discovered that fighting Chen Yu’s Rakshasa poison had fused her arts and produced signs of the Ten Suns Sacred Flame, while Chen Xiaojun and Chen Hong visited the secret realm and received Life Spirit Milk from Elder Qing.
• Qian Xizi and Bo Shala’s group sensed a new super martial soul, while Bo Saixi set out for Heaven Dou City to observe the younger generation and challenge Donghuang.

Chen Zixiu’s Seven Kill Sword advanced, while Xiao Yi and Bo Xian'er gained new insights and powers. Chang'an Academy entered the tournament semifinals, defeated Elephant Armor Academy, and faced Godwind Academy, whose coordinated attacks converged on Chen Xiaojun.

• Bo Xian'er confirmed that Chen Zixiu’s Seven Kill Sword had become a super martial soul named Azure Void Seven Kill Sword.
• Xiao Yi attained spirit vine true heart and five elements true meaning, then stabilized her new eye power and strengthened her Five Elements Immortal Robe after Yang Jingxue contained the dangerous fluctuations.
• Bo Xian'er grasped the three selves theory from Chen Xiaojun’s explanation and reshaped her Sea God Martial Soul, revealing power near the Level 99 Peerless Douluo realm.
• Li Lingfeng assigned Gray Serpent to observe Chen Xiaojun and the Chen Clan’s younger generation in Heaven Dou City without making contact or intervening.
• Chang'an Academy entered the tournament semifinals and defeated Elephant Armor Academy through Xiao Yi’s support, Zhu Wuneng’s domain, and coordinated attacks.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi countered pressure from Xue Shiming, Tang Chen, and Ning Zhongtian before Ye Zijun interrupted the standoff.
• Ning Zhongtian led Heaven Dou Team One to victory over Vast Sea Academy while Chen Xiaojun’s group assessed their opponents’ strength.
• Chen Xiaojun led Chang'an against Godwind Academy, whose Feng Yu, Wind Luan, and Feng Mountain-Breaker launched a coordinated killing blow at him.