Recaps

Chen Xiaojun defeated Ling Xinyao and Xue Shiming, then watched Chang’an Academy’s team win its match. As the academy’s members weighed their tournament prospects, they learned Chen Xiaojun was only ten and discussed inviting him to join them.

• Chen Xiaojun defeated Ling Xinyao with his swordsmanship, then faced Xue Shiming, the empire’s sixth prince.
• After a fierce duel, Chen Xiaojun overcame Xue Shiming’s Swan Goose attacks and won, revealing that he was ten years old and had used only about eighty or ninety percent of his strength.
• Chang’an Academy’s team defeated the Heaven Dou Second Team through coordinated attacks from Liu Ruyan, Ji Boda, Yu Youwei, Chen Ze, Shen Youchu, He Qiang, and their teammates.
• Chen Xiaojun declined Old Man Withered Glory’s invitation to meet, while Xiao Yi reassured him as he wondered about the nature of his world.
• Chang’an Academy’s team discussed its weaknesses and the coming tournament, including its lack of strong substitutes, decisive attackers, and healers.
• Liu Ruyan revealed Chen Xiaojun’s age and level 39 soul power, and Shen Youchu explained the Shen, Ji, and Liu families’ ties to the Chen Clan.
• Shen Youchu proposed that Chang’an’s families invite Chen Xiaojun to Chang’an Academy after the Chen Clan emerged from seclusion, and Ji Boda told them Chen Xiaojun had held back in his ten victories.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions were ambushed by assassins from Heartless Tower, and Xiao Yi summoned Lesser Siming’s power to save Chen Xiaojun at great cost to herself. Chen Xiaojun recovered, while Xiao Yi was taken to the Life Essence Pool, where she began a long adaptation to the divine power within her.

• Xiao Yi’s rare Immortal Evergreen Vine and strength became known as Chen Xiaojun and his companions traveled through Meandering Gorge, where Cheng Yun sensed danger and stopped the carriage.
• Assassins led by Blood Sickle, Thorn, Shadow Butterfly, and Nether Leopard attacked the group, and the children fought alongside Ou Ya as warning fireworks called for help.
• Xiao Yi held off Shadow Butterfly and Thorn while Xixi, Zhu Wuneng, Su Ningxia, and Ou Ya battled other assassins, but Chen Xiaojun was gravely wounded by Blood Sickle and Hell Horse.
• Xiao Yi summoned Lesser Siming’s phantom and used divine techniques to kill several attackers, then poured life force into Chen Xiaojun and used Life Resonance to save him, collapsing afterward.
• Chen Xiaojun woke to learn that Xiao Yi had exhausted her life force to heal him, and she briefly woke to receive his red birthday bracelet before her condition worsened.
• Chen Cong took Xiao Yi to the Vine Sea Secret Realm, where Elder Qing and others placed her in the Life Essence Pool and determined that she had received a Deity Inheritance from Lesser Siming.
• Azure Water Caltrop Healer said Xiao Yi was safe but might need two or three years or longer to awaken, and Chen Cong agreed to seek treasures that could strengthen her sealed Upper Soul Nest.

While Chen Xiaojun recovered from the assassination attempt, he and the elders planned how to use immortal herbs and discussed his evolving sword. Chen Yu and Chen Cong then revealed the continent’s power structure, leaving Chen Xiaojun resolved to learn more and act cautiously.

• Chen Xiaojun reassured Xixi about her fighting ability, and she agreed to rest while concealing how he had killed Blood Sickle.
• Chen Cong said Xiao Yi’s recovery could take years and discussed using immortal herbs for her, Chen Xiaojun, and other clan members.
• Chen Xiaojun showed Chen Cong his evolved Fish Intestine Sword, and Chen Cong advised him to hide its ten-thousand-year soul ring skill.
• Chen Yu recommended the Yin-Yang Twin Lives Flower for Xiao Yi and discussed how the clan could allocate immortal herbs to strengthen its members.
• Chen Yu and Chen Cong explained the history and relative strength of the great sects, hidden powers, and other organizations across the continent.
• Chen Yu and Chen Cong warned Chen Xiaojun about Slaughter City and described the responsibilities powerful soul masters bore in defending the continent.
• Chen Yu outlined Spirit Hall’s leaders, armies, and governing structure, while Chen Xiaojun recognized its strength and agreed to study it.
• Chen Yu and Chen Cong explained Soul Fighting City’s defenses and the reorganizations of major powers, and Chen Xiaojun resolved to act cautiously and bravely.

The Chen Clan rose openly as it destroyed the Heavenly Wolf Sect with help from its allies and Heaven Dou’s forces, while Chen Xiaojun learned more about the rankings and the dangers facing the clan’s young members. The arc left Chen Yu and the Chen Clan’s seven Titled Douluo confronting the Heartless Tower and the Ghost Market over the assassination attempt on Chen Xiaojun.

• Chen Yu declared that the Chen Clan would lead the Greater Northwest and settle its blood debt with the Crimson Church, while Chen Xiaojun proposed ways to strengthen the clan and protect its blood relatives.
• Chen Hong and Chen Cong led the attack on the Heavenly Wolf Sect, and the Chen Clan’s allies overwhelmed its defenses as Heaven Dou’s forces fought the War Dragon Sect.
• Chen Xiaojun and Ling Yunxiao coordinated the mountain assault, while Chen Wenchao, Chen Shihua, Chen Xun, and Chen Cong defeated the sect’s leaders and Luo Zongyan’s family and other allies hunted down its fleeing members.
• The victors seized the Heavenly Wolf Sect’s treasures, soul bones, and cultivation manuals, while Yang Bu’er and Dugu Lin discussed the rewards and aid they had received from the Chen Clan.
• Chen Xiaojun learned about the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking and the risks faced by its members, then declared that he would meet future dangers and strive to stand foremost beneath the sky.
• Chen Yu and six other Titled Douluo reached the Heartless Tower headquarters in Ghost City and demanded that Bing Huo answer for the assassination assignment against Chen Xiaojun.
• Gui Sha and four masked men joined the fight, and Zhong Yao’s bell attack devastated the defenders before the Monsters and Demons formed the Ghost Slaughter Magic Formation against him.