Recaps

The Chen Clan expanded its commercial ties and showcased the strength of its young fighters, while Chen Xiaojun helped set up support for Chen Mu and Chen Feng’s paths. The Soul Ancestor competition continued with Zhu Wuxin facing Ling Xinyao as their fire and ice powers clashed.

• Chen Xiaojun negotiated broad Bing Huo in Two Heavens distribution with Ning Ruiting, who also gained an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda after absorbing a Luxurious Xiling Flower.
• Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er questioned Qian Zhongling’s account of the Crimson Church and considered the threats still facing Soul Fighting City and the Chen Clan.
• Chen Mu defeated Tang Xiao, then pushed Xixi to a close contest before conceding after their ultimate techniques collided.
• Chen Feng fought Xixi in a fierce duel, but her water dragon shattered his sword formation and knocked him from the arena.
• Chen Xiaojun arranged Xixi’s matches to display Chen Mu and Chen Feng’s strength, and Chen Cong agreed to guide the brothers as Chen Feng pursued sword formations and Chen Mu developed the Lone Peak Thirteen Swords.
• The Chen Clan’s Soul Ancestor competitors recorded more wins than losses as the arena matches continued.
• Zhu Wuxin intercepted Ling Xinyao’s challenge against Chen Yanwu and used her Nine-Toothed Rake, clones, and fire techniques to counter Ling’s ice attacks.
• Ling Xinyao unleashed Ice Seal Three Thousand Li, summoning a blizzard and towering ice pillars against Zhu Wuxin’s fire domain.

Chen Yanwu and Chen Jianjun won major arena duels, while Chen Jianjun and Ximen Chuixue discovered a powerful Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The arc left Chen Xiaojun considering how that fusion might relate to the Star Luo Imperial Family’s White Tiger techniques.

• Ling Xinyao and Zhu Wuxin froze the arena with Absolute Zero and ended their duel in a draw, allowing Zhu Wuxin to pass the test.
• Yang Lu surrendered to Beiming Lingyu after their archery duel, and Beiming Lingyu then lost to Chen Yanwu’s Falling Moon, earning her the title Heavenly Music Sword Lord.
• Chen Jianjun fought Tang Chen with lightning-enhanced sword techniques and the Nine Yang Divine Skill, then won by blasting Tang Chen’s hammer out of the arena with Great Thunder Benevolence.
• Tang Yue explained the dangers and costs of the Clear Sky Sect’s Great Sumeru Hammer inheritance, while Tang Chen chose Elder Yang Force and resolved to grow stronger.
• Chen Jianjun and Ximen Chuixue’s Martial Souls resonated into the Purple-Blue Mask Knight, whose weapon shifted through several forms and whose Thunderfire Domain impressed the gathered observers.
• Chen Cong explained the Star Luo families’ White Tiger fusion techniques, and Chen Xiaojun connected the possibility of a Holy Light White Tiger with Dai Mubai and Zhu Zhuqing.

The Chen Clan displayed its growing strength through Chen Jianzun’s arena victories and a prolonged battle between its sword formation and Qian Daoliu. After Chen Xiaojun joined the fight, Qian Daoliu agreed to face the complete ten-person Northern Dipper Heavenly Dipper Formation.

• Ximen Rongcheng considered sending Ximen Chuixue to train with Chen Jianjun at the Soul Fighting Academy, while Chen Xiaojun named their fusion skill the Heavenly Sin Knight.
• Bo Xian'er revealed that the Vast Sea Cosmic Shroud was Sea God Island’s sacred Sea God’s Heart, and Xue Chuxin returned it in exchange for a Sea-Lan Jade Lotus while Xue Churan received a Ninth-Grade Treasure Medicine.
• Chen Jianzun defeated Ma Liangxiang and several other challengers with his modified water-based fifth soul skill, then overcame He Qiang and Mo Xiaotian to end the competition.
• Qian Daoliu entered the arena to test the Chen Clan’s Big Dipper Seven-Star Sword Formation, and Chen Yanwu led six clan members against him.
• Chen Yanwu and the other fighters pressed Qian Daoliu with coordinated sword techniques, while he countered with his angel martial soul and eventually exploited a delay in their formation.
• Qian Daoliu sent seven fire phoenixes at the Chen Clan, and Chen Xiaojun used the Yin-Yang Dao Domain to help the fighters withstand their explosions.
• Chen Yanwu called for a full test of the ten-person Northern Dipper Heavenly Dipper Formation, and Chen Xiaojun introduced himself to Qian Daoliu as the Purple Star Sword.

Chen Xiaojun tested the Chen Clan’s formation against Qian Daoliu, then returned to Chang’an as the clan investigated looming threats and prepared for the next tournament. After a dangerous transformation involving Xiao Yi and the Balance Creation card, Chen Xiaojun joined plans to strengthen the clan’s position in a troubled Soul Master World.

• Chen Xiaojun used the Big Dipper Nine Stars Formation’s power to fight Qian Daoliu, whose Angel Domain and Five-Headed Fire Phoenix ultimately matched Chen Xiaojun’s Spirit Abyss Xuanwu.
• Qian Daoliu ordered an investigation of Chen Xiaojun and the Chen Clan, while Chen Xiaojun discussed his abilities, future cultivation, and the clan’s foretold calamities with Chen Cong.
• Chen Xiaojun told the clan leaders that Tang San and the gods might be pursuing the world’s origin, and Chen Zixiu gained insight into Void Sword Intent.
• Chen Zixiu began fusing Void Sword Intent as reports of a massacre, Zhong Chunhua’s murder, and growing surveillance deepened the clan’s concerns.
• Chen Xiaojun returned to Chang’an Academy, refused to renew the Ning family’s Silves distribution rights, and proposed granting them rights in the Heaven Dou Empire’s Central District instead.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed using reserve students in the provincial tournament preliminaries while the regular team trained, and Chen Cong approved the plan.
• Six months earlier, the Yin-Yang Twin Lives Flower and Lesser Siming’s power nearly destroyed Xiao Yi and Chen Xiaojun, until Chen Xiaojun’s Balance Creation card transformed them and gave Xiao Yi the Void Divine Vine as a second martial soul.
• After the Black-Red Cocoon injured Chen Xiaojun’s upper soul nest, he learned that the Crimson Church had targeted Zhong Chunhua and his maternal grandfather, then proposed moving the governor’s office to Chang’an if Xue Churan accepted the governorship.