Recaps

Chen Cong fought the Netherworld Dark Night Demon Dragon while the Ji and Liu alliance recovered from the poison and uncovered Kong Youde’s betrayal. As Chen Xiaojun forged closer ties with the families and Sea God Island, the Crimson Church’s retreat left Zhu Yanfeng facing a Titled Douluo.

• Chen Cong used the Big Dipper Heaven and Earth Formation to break the Netherworld Dark Night Demon Dragon’s chains, while Chen Xiaojun’s aromatic silk beauty pollen freed poisoned Ji-Liu fighters and Liu Yirong stabilized Ji Chenglie and Ji Chengjian.
• Liu Yirong, Ji Chenglie, and Ji Chengjian connected Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun to the Chen Clan and resolved to investigate the Crimson Church, while Liu He’s injuries led them to place Liu Ruyan in charge of the Liu Family.
• Feng Qisheng defeated Kong Youde after their fight, and Kong revealed how the Crimson Church and Yan Wufeng had used him to infiltrate the Ji Family before dying and entrusting Chen Xiaojun with his cookbook.
• Chen Xiaojun and Feng Qisheng explained Kong Youde’s final choices to the Ji and Liu families, and Ji Chenglie ordered Kong’s paired arm Soul Bones given to the mother and daughter he had protected.
• Chen Xiaojun confirmed his Chen Clan lineage to Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan, while Xixi announced that Sea God Island would work with the Chen Clan as its continental point of contact.
• Chen Xiaojun, Liu Ruyan, and their allies suspected Ito Makoto and the Crimson Church were tied to Grandpa Liu’s death, and Liu Ruyan vowed to seek justice.
• He Tiancheng fought Zhu Yanfeng until Zhu’s techniques overwhelmed him, prompting He Tiancheng to whistle for a Crimson Church retreat as Ji and Liu fighters pursued the fleeing Black-Clothed Men.
• Zhu Yanfeng defeated He Tiancheng, but an illusory Crimson Church Titled Douluo struck Zhu with Void Instantaneous Kill and challenged him to survive another move.

The Chen Clan and Long Ma stopped the Crimson Church’s assault on the Ji and Liu Families, then began planning new alliances and business ventures in Chang'an City. Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda uncovered Ito Makoto’s warning and evidence about the Church, while Chen Cong accepted imperial honors and prepared to leave for the clan’s secret realm.

• Long Ma broke Nine Hells Douluo’s Shadow Cage and helped Chen Cong defeat the Netherworld Dark Night Demon Dragon, though Nine Hells Douluo escaped with He Tiancheng and Pang Yanfeng.
• Chen Cong’s group returned to the Chen Clan residence, where Chen Cong warned that the Crimson Church might retaliate and learned that attacks and unrest had kept Chang'an City’s forces from aiding the Ji Family.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed expanding the Chen Clan’s influence in the Underworld and building a medicinal herb market with the Medical Alliance and Sea God Island, and Chen Cong approved the plans.
• Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda found Ito Makoto’s hidden note, chest of nether blood lilies, and letter revealing his Crimson Church origins and warning that the Church had targeted their families.
• Xue Churan accepted Chen Cong’s help in investigating the attackers, and Chen Cong agreed to strengthen the clan and expand into Soul Tool production, Soul Master services, and the medicinal herb trade.
• Chen Cong accepted imperial honors from Xue Churan and Zuo Tinggang, then arranged to leave with Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi for the Chen Clan’s secret realm while Long Ma guarded the villa.

Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong brought Xiao Yi to the secret realm, where she gained a powerful life-vine soul ring and was recognized as the Evergreen Vine clan’s new sovereign. As the Chen Clan explored the realm’s resources and planned a medicinal trade market, Chen Yu pushed Chen Xiaojun to propose broader reforms to strengthen the clan.

• Chen Cong led Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi into the secret realm, where the guardians welcomed them and showed them the stellar jade vines and Spring of Life.
• Xiao Yi chose a five-thousand-five-hundred-year-old Life Vine for her third soul ring, and her Immortal Evergreen Vine absorbed it despite the danger.
• Xiao Yi survived the absorption, gained an external Hair-and-Skin Soul Bone, and reached rank thirty-four with the healing skill Spring of Life.
• Elder Qing recognized Xiao Yi as the Evergreen Vine clan’s new Emperor Bloodline Successor and promised to teach her inherited techniques while warning that powerful Soul Beasts might covet her martial soul.
• Elder Qing assessed potential vine Soul Beasts for Xiao Yi’s future soul rings, while Chen Xiaojun planned to balance her life attribute with an opposing yin attribute.
• Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun toured the Chen Clan’s plantation, where the elders explained their medicinal herbs and spirit crystal rice cultivation.
• Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun told the elders they planned to establish a Medicinal Herbs Trade Market in Chang’an City and expand the clan’s cultivation and sales.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed using seeds from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and recruiting families to staff the secret realm, and Chen Yu urged him to prepare a complete plan and support broader reforms to strengthen the clan.

Xiao Yi inherited the Azure Vine Clan’s techniques and became its Holy Maiden in a ceremony that strengthened both the clan and its guests. As Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun prepared for their next breakthroughs, Chen Yu and Chen Cong considered Xiaojun’s succession and the Chen Clan’s growing strength.

• Xiao Yi accepted the azure vine inheritance and practiced compatible cultivation arts that Elder Qing and Chen Cong believed could lead her to the highest Douluo levels.
• Xiao Yi created a miniature Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well in the Premium Garden, and Elder Qing and the Azure Vine Saint King negotiated exchanges for its growth-enhancing resources.
• Elder Qing invested Donghuang Xiuyi as the Azure Vine Clan’s Holy Maiden, and nine altar echoes and a moon portent accompanied her appointment.
• Xiao Yi summoned the bloodline vine seal, and the Azure Vine Spirit Snake bestowed a blessing that raised her and Chen Xiaojun to level 39 and helped Zhu Jiazhen reach level 90.
• Zhu Jiazhen promised to obtain his ninth soul ring outside the Secret Realm and accepted Phoenix Spirit as his title after his martial soul transformed.
• Xiao Yi accepted Chen Yu’s Howling Moon Silver Wolf skull soul bone and chose the Falling Star Vine for her next soul ring, while Chen Xiaojun sought a Spirit Abyss Xuanwu for his Gan Jiang Moye Pearls.
• Chen Yu granted Chen Xiaojun the right to attend Family Meetings and discussed making him the next clan leader, while Chen Cong proposed that his Sword God Pearls could ultimately become a God-Level Sword of God.
• Chen Yu planned further clan breakthroughs at the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Chen Cong concluded that Chen Xiaojun pursued opportunities because he feared a backlash from fortune.