Chapter Summaries

Chen Hong returned to Chenlin Village and unleashed his ninth soul skill against the Wolf Bandits, then killed Muhammad Vasquez as most of the raiders were defeated. After the battle, Mu Lingyun spent her own vitality to save the dying Chen Zixiu and collapsed just as Chen Cong and Chen Hong arrived.

• Chen Hong flew ahead of Chen Cong and used his ninth soul skill to sweep the Wolf Bandits into a sword-shadow vortex.
• Chen Hong fought and killed Muhammad Vasquez, while Chen Cong, Zhu Hongzhen, and the other soul masters pursued the fleeing Wolf Bandits.
• Most of the Wolf Bandits were killed, though some escaped, and the fighters could not find Dashi Rahman Khan or his corpse.
• Mu Lingyun tried to heal Chen Zixiu, but Rakshasa divine power repelled her soul power as his condition worsened.
• Mu Lingyun used her Green Lotus Chain to share her vitality and soul power with Chen Zixiu, then collapsed from exhaustion as Chen Cong and Chen Hong arrived.

At an Expanded Meeting, Chen Yu heard reports on the Gale Wolf Bandits’ assault, the village’s casualties and material damage, and the spoils recovered from the expedition and battle. The village had suffered devastating losses, but its surviving Soul Bones and other gains offered some compensation.

• Chen Wenchao reported that the Gale Wolf Bandits had launched a planned attack in retaliation for the death of the Hurricane Demon Wolf King’s son, and accepted responsibility for Sword Shadow Hall’s failure to anticipate it.
• Ling Yunxiao reported that the Garrison Team had lost thirty-four Soul Masters, including two Soul Emperors, five Soul Kings, and twenty-seven Soul Ancestors.
• Chen Yu’s younger sister reported that more than thirty villagers had died, bringing the village’s total losses to nearly seventy people.
• Zhu Yanfeng reported extensive damage to village enterprises, including the Ma Family’s Pasture, the Ding Family’s Farmland, and the Zhu Family’s Ranch.
• Zhu Yanfeng listed the expedition’s Soul Bones and wolf bodies, then reported that the village battle yielded eight more Soul Bones and left twenty-nine Soul Bones after prior allocations.

Chen Yu distributed soul bones and compensation to the village households, then announced he would resign as clan leader and recommend Chen Hong as his successor. Chen Xiyuan rallied the meeting against his resignation, framing the costly battle as a victory that had strengthened Chenlin Village and the Chen Clan.

• Chen Yu assigned Chen Hanxin to distribute the soul bones, ordered death benefits and treatment for the wounded, and directed the village to use the captured corpses and supplies to rebuild and train.
• Chen Yu announced that he would step down as clan leader and recommended Grand Elder Chen Hong, prompting objections from Chen Wenchao, Ling Yunxiao, Chen Cong, Zhu Hanshu, and others.
• Chen Xiyuan opposed Chen Yu's resignation and argued that the village's sacrifices had eliminated the threat of the Howling Moon Silver Wolf King and forty thousand Wolf Bandits.
• Chen Xiyuan praised the clan's gains, including powerful soul rings and bones and advances by Chen Hong and Chen Cong, and called the outcome the Chen Clan's vast and glorious fortune.
• The meeting rallied behind Chen Xiyuan, and Chen Hong urged Chen Yu not to abandon his responsibility as clan leader.

Chen Xiaojun blamed himself for the chain of events that led to the Wolf Bandits’ attack, but Chen Yu and Chen Cong reassured him that his actions had also helped protect the village. As Chen Zixiu remained near death, Ye Xiuxin said only an immortal herb might save him, and Chen Xiaojun claimed he knew where to find one.

• Chen Yu and Chen Cong waited outside while Ye Xiuxin treated Chen Zixiu, whose Rakshasa Divine Power had flared up again.
• Chen Xiaojun confessed that his earlier choices might have contributed to the Wolf Bandits’ attack, and Chen Yu and Chen Cong reminded him that his actions had also helped the village survive.
• Ye Xiuxin warned that Chen Zixiu might not wake and could lose the ability to use soul power even if he did.
• Chen Xiaojun and the other children kept vigil beside Chen Zixiu, who lay pale and trembling as Xiao Yi recovered her soul power nearby.
• Ye Xiuxin said an immortal herb might give Chen Zixiu a chance, and Chen Xiaojun announced that he knew where to find one.

The author reflected on how Volume One’s wolf invasion was designed to explain the Chen Clan’s losses, develop Soul Fighting City’s alliances, and advance its characters while showcasing its combat techniques. The volume ended, and the story moved into the next volume, “Wandering Youth.”

• The author explained how Chen Xiaojun’s actions and the Wolf Bandits’ attack brought disaster to the Chen Clan and changed the clan’s fate.
• The author described how the war introduced Soul Fighting City’s factions and strengthened the Chen Clan and its allied families.
• The author reviewed the volume’s fighting styles, sword arts, domains, intents, and soul skills.
• The author discussed the book’s pacing, structure, and limited focus on Chen Xiaojun, then thanked readers for their support.
• The author ended Volume One, “Slay, Shatter, Wolf,” and announced the start of “Wandering Youth.”

Chen Xiaojun led his family into Sunset Forest to find the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and save Chen Zixiu. They found its hidden natural formation, but still needed to discover the key that would open it.

• Chen Xiaojun described the hill and hollow that marked the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, and Chen Yu and Chen Cong concluded it might be a secret realm.
• Chen Yu, Chen Cong, Chen Xiaojun, Ye Xiuxin, Zhu Hongzhen, Xiao Yi, and Chen Zixiu searched Sunset Forest for several days, facing dangerous terrain and soul beasts.
• The group found the five-hundred-meter hill and descended into the hollow, where they discovered a powerful natural formation.
• Chen Cong warned that attacking the formation could alert nearby soul beasts and explained that a nearby key or method would be needed to enter the secret realm.

Xiao Yi and Chen Cong used the Evergreen Vine’s rhythm and their martial arts to open the Natural Formation and lead the group into the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well. They found a spring divided between hot and cold waters, surrounded by abundant immortal herbs, and Chen Cong asked Ye Xiuxin to look for healing medicines.

• Xiao Yi sensed an ancient rhythm in the Evergreen Vine and discovered it resonated with the Natural Formation.
• Chen Cong matched his sword formation intent to the vine’s rhythm, and he and Xiao Yi opened a passage through the formation’s outer layers.
• Chen Cong broke the remaining light curtain with his sword qi, allowing the group to enter the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well.
• The group saw the spring’s separate milky-white and vermilion waters and the many immortal herbs growing around it.
• Ye Xiuxin became absorbed in identifying the herbs, and Chen Cong asked whether any could be used for healing.

Ye Xiuxin identified the many immortal herbs in the hidden garden, some of which could treat Chen Cong's father. Chen Xiaojun's ten Sword God Pearls reacted to the herbs and paired with them, leaving the group watching as the pearls and plants began to resonate.

• Ye Xiuxin recognized many immortal herbs and explained that some could help heal Chen Cong's father, though several had yet to mature.
• Chen Yu noticed Chen Xiaojun's ten Sword God Pearls circling out of control, and Chen Cong told him to release them.
• The Sword God Pearls flew freely through the garden, drawing glowing responses from nearby immortal herbs.
• The pearls settled above different herbs, including narcissus jade muscle bone, ink jade divine bamboo, Lovesick Heartbreak Red, and singular velvet sky chrysanthemum.
• Chen Xiaojun recognized several matches and suspected the pearls were drawn to herbs with temperaments like their own.
• The Sword God Pearls and the herbs began resonating together, joined by a web of shimmering light.

Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi’s martial souls resonated with the immortal herbs, strengthening their spiritual awareness and revealing that both might be nascent super martial souls. Chen Cong began studying the Natural Formation, while Chen Yu explained that the clan’s new herb-filled Secret Realm was its second hidden sanctuary and a major resource for its revival.

• Chen Cong explained that Chen Xiaojun’s Sword God Pearls were exchanging Dao resonance with the immortal herbs, and Chen Xiaojun gained insight into martial souls and life.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Xiao Yi to release her Immortal Evergreen Vine, which resonated with the Sword God Pearls and the herbs and grew purer and stronger.
• Chen Cong concluded that Xiao Yi’s Immortal Evergreen Vine was likely the nascent form of a super martial soul, while Chen Xiaojun urged Chen Cong to study the Natural Formation’s patterns.
• Chen Cong examined the formation and tested its principles with his sword, sensing that it mattered to his future path.
• Chen Yu called the immortal-herb sanctuary the Chen Clan’s second Secret Realm and revealed that Chen Xiaojun’s great-grandfather was recuperating in the clan’s first Secret Realm.
• Chen Yu explained that powerful clans kept Secret Realms hidden as vital resources and fallback measures.

Chen Xiaojun told Chen Yu and Chen Cong that a powerful master had taught him about the gods and given him a Lottery System, which had created Xiao Yi from a reconstructed soul. He returned to the others hoping his explanation would protect his privacy, while Chen Yu and Chen Cong accepted that he still had secrets and trusted his loyalty to the Chen Clan.

• Ye Xiuxin handed out antidote pills while the group examined the immortal herbs, and Chen Yu summoned Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong to question him about his knowledge of them and Slaughter City.
• Chen Xiaojun claimed that a master called a Great Power of the Heavens had taught him about the Divine Realm, the gods, and the worlds beyond it.
• Chen Xiaojun said his master had explained Slaughter City and the conflict between the Asura God and the Rakshasa God.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed that his master had given him a Lottery System that rewarded him when he gained a soul ring, and that Xiao Yi had been its first reward, created from a reconstructed soul.
• Chen Xiaojun returned to Xiao Yi and the others, reflecting that his invented master would help shield his origins and explain future discoveries.
• Chen Cong suspected Chen Xiaojun was still withholding something, but Chen Yu argued that his loyalty to the Chen Clan mattered more than his secrets, and they anticipated his impact on the clan's destiny.

Chen Xiaojun helped Xiao Yi discover that planting her Immortal Evergreen Vine in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well let it grow into a vine tree and rapidly restore her strength. The group planned to remain in the Secret Realm, while Chen Xiaojun learned that Xiao Yi could train there and might later visit the Chen Clan’s own plant-based Secret Realm.

• Chen Yu asked Zhu Hongzhen to help carve out caves for the Chen Clan’s stay, while reminding him to consult Xiuxin before altering the surroundings.
• Seeing Xiao Yi exhausted from channeling life soul power into Chen Zixiu, Chen Xiaojun told her to plant her Immortal Evergreen Vine in the soil and keep growing it until she could go no further.
• Xiao Yi’s vine absorbed the area’s energy and transformed into a larger, more vigorous vine tree; sitting on it helped her recover quickly.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s life-rich soil benefited plants, and Chen Cong said Xiao Yi’s martial soul likely had a devouring attribute and room to become a super martial soul.
• Chen Cong described the well as a top-tier plant-type Mimicry Training Ground, and Chen Yu promised Chen Xiaojun that he could visit the Chen Clan’s plant-based Secret Realm after they returned.

Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong discovered a valuable Dragon Blood Diamond, while Ye Xiuxin used Xiao Yi’s life energy and three medicinal treasures to heal Chen Zixiu. Chen Zixiu recovered his vitality as the Rakshasa Divine Power was forced back into his Soul Nest.

• Chen Xiaojun dug up a Dragon Blood Diamond, and Chen Cong identified it as a rare gemstone worth at least a million gold coins.
• Ye Xiuxin reported that the group had found 142 identifiable immortal herbs and outlined her plan to treat Chen Zixiu.
• Ye Xiuxin channeled life Soul Power from Xiao Yi’s Immortal Evergreen Vine into Chen Zixiu and gave him Ninth-Grade Earth Vein Purple Lingzhi juice.
• Ye Xiuxin applied Dragon Heart Grass juice to Chen Zixiu, strengthening his heart and improving his blood flow.
• Ye Xiuxin spread Xikang Celestial Maiden Flower juice over Chen Zixiu’s wounds, forcing the Rakshasa Divine Power back into his Soul Nest and repairing his injuries.
• After two hours of treatment, Chen Zixiu had regained his vitality and his wounds had begun to close.

Chen Zixiu began recovering after Ye Xiuxin used the Xikang Celestial Maiden Flower’s life force to suppress the Rakshasa divine power, but the power would eventually return. Chen Xiaojun proposed that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well might help and revealed the Dragon Blood Diamond as a possible means to address the problem.

• Chen Zixiu woke with his pain gone and the Rakshasa divine power suppressed in his middle soul nest.
• Ye Xiuxin explained that the Xikang Celestial Maiden Flower could only suppress the Rakshasa divine power, while the Chen Clan could not accept Spirit Hall’s demand that Chen Zixiu become a consecrator in exchange for angel divine power.
• Chen Xiaojun suggested that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well might resolve the Rakshasa divine power in Chen Zixiu’s body.
• Chen Yu told the others that Chen Xiaojun had received a deity’s legacy, and Chen Xiaojun showed them the Dragon Blood Diamond.

Chen Xiaojun revealed that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well had formed from the bodies and power of the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King, and proposed using a Dragon Blood Diamond to help remove the Rakshasa Divine Power from Great-Grandfather. The group learned the history behind the Divine Realm war and left with renewed hope that Great-Grandfather could be saved.

• Chen Xiaojun gave Ye Xiuxin and Xiao Yi Dragon Blood Diamonds and explained that he planned to use one to neutralize Great-Grandfather's Rakshasa Divine Power.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed that the Ice Dragon King and Fire Dragon King had fallen beneath the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well, whose power and treasures came from their remains.
• Chen Xiaojun recounted how the Dragon God's madness had led the Nine Great Dragon Kings and human God Kings into a devastating war in the Divine Realm.
• Chen Cong asked whether the Dragon Kings' power could overcome the Rakshasa Divine Power, and Chen Xiaojun said Great-Grandfather had a reasonable chance of expelling it.

Chen Xiaojun and his family investigated the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to learn whether its power could help resist Rakshasa divine power and protect their patriarch. Zhu Hongzhen tested the spring with a Dragon Blood Diamond, and its response suggested the well was linked to the Dragon King.

• Chen Xiaojun advised the family to study the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and awaken Dragon King divine power before bringing the patriarch there.
• Chen Cong sensed the well’s intertwined cold and heat, while Ye Xiuxin identified the Octagonal mysterious ice grass and infernal delicate apricot as dangerous immortal herbs.
• Zhu Hongzhen entered the well to test its power, enduring its freezing and burning force with his soul power.
• Chen Xiaojun tossed Zhu Hongzhen a Dragon Blood Diamond, which strengthened him and helped him gather the spring water into a giant sphere.
• Chen Cong said the Dragon Blood Diamond might contain the Dragon King’s blood, and Chen Xiaojun urged Zhu Hongzhen to touch it to the spring water.

Zhu Hongzhen used the Dragon Blood Diamond to unleash the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well's power, evolving his Stone Armor Boar Martial Soul and pushing his Soul Power to level 90. He became a Quasi-Titled Douluo.

• Zhu Hongzhen struck the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well with the Dragon Blood Diamond and endured its extreme energies as he unleashed the well's power.
• Zhu Hongzhen manifested the defensive intent Steadfastness, and Chen Cong exclaimed that the method had worked.
• Zhu Hongzhen's Stone Armor Boar Phantom Soul merged with its physical form, evolving his Martial Soul from high-grade to top-grade.
• Zhu Hongzhen absorbed the well's energy as his Soul Power was purified and transformed from gaseous to liquid.
• Zhu Hongzhen broke through to level 90 and became a Quasi-Titled Douluo.

Zhu Hongzhen used the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to break through to Titled Douluo at nearly a hundred and twenty, while his Stone Armor Boar martial soul advanced to the eighth grade. The chapter left him boasting that his new strength would let him rival the continent’s leading defensive Soul Masters.

• Zhu Hongzhen emerged from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well after reaching level 90, astonishing Chen Xiaojun, Chen Cong, Ye Xiuxin, and the others.
• Chen Cong congratulated Zhu Hongzhen on becoming the Zhu Family’s first Titled Douluo, and Zhu Hongzhen credited Chen Xiaojun with bringing him the opportunity.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that the well’s life energy and spring waters had strengthened Zhu Hongzhen’s physique and helped his accumulated cultivation reach a breakthrough.
• Zhu Hongzhen revealed that his Stone Armor Boar martial soul had advanced from the peak of the sixth grade to the eighth grade and gained water and fire attributes alongside earth and strength.
• Chen Cong said Zhu Hongzhen could rank among the top five defensive Soul Masters with a better soul ring, and Zhu Hongzhen declared that he feared neither the Diamond Mammoth nor the Plate Armor Giant Rhino.

Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong discussed whether divine power and the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well could help the Zhu Family’s Stone Armor Boar evolve. Zhu Hongzhen named his evolved martial soul the Stone-Armored Boar Emperor, and Chen Xiaojun turned the conversation to the area’s potential as a simulated cultivation environment.

• Chen Xiaojun suggested that divine power might have contributed to Zhu Hongzhen’s martial soul evolution, and Chen Cong agreed that compatibility and other factors could trigger a grade transformation.
• Chen Cong speculated that Zhu Hongzhen’s breakthrough might lead to the Zhu Family’s martial soul evolving over generations, while Chen Xiaojun linked the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to the growth of immortal herbs.
• Chen Xiaojun reassured Zhu Hongzhen that he could live to see the Zhu Family’s transformation and that Little Wuneng might awaken a stronger martial soul.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed several names for Zhu Hongzhen’s evolved martial soul, and Zhu Hongzhen chose Stone-Armored Boar Emperor.
• Chen Xiaojun asked whether the area’s diverse attribute-rich Soul Power made it a top-tier simulated cultivation environment.

Chen Xiaojun warned the Chen Clan that the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s immortal herbs could raise cultivation and potentially produce many Titled Douluos, making it far more valuable than a training base or herb farm. The family reconsidered its plans as it realized that even a leak about the realm could bring the entire soul master world against them.

• Chen Cong, Chen Yu, and Ye Xiuxin agreed to plant valuable medicinal herbs in the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and discuss purchasing seeds through Ning Ze.
• Chen Yu asked whether the realm should remain a secret realm or become a talent training base, and Chen Cong favored training high-ranking soul masters there.
• Ye Xiuxin cautioned that the poisonous herbs, dangerous well, and delicate plants meant only experienced, capable cultivators should enter.
• Chen Xiaojun argued that the immortal herbs could transform aptitude, increase soul power, and help produce six or seven Titled Douluos, perhaps ten or more.
• The others reconsidered their plans and recognized that any information about the herbs could make the Chen Clan a target of the entire soul master world.

Chen Xiaojun explained the powers and commercial value of the herbs in the secret realm, then proposed a long-term plan to explore, cultivate, and secure the site. Chen Yu approved the plan and said he would consult his father and coordinate with Old Hong on the clan’s deployment.

• Chen Xiaojun described how several immortal herbs could benefit the Ning family and Xiao Yi, and warned that the Snow-Colored Swan Kiss could magnify poisons into a devastating battlefield weapon.
• Chen Yu and Ye Xiuxin considered the danger and value of the herbs, while Chen Xiaojun suggested selling cultivated medicinal treasures to families afflicted by harmful mutations.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed limiting the initial personnel, exploring the realm, propagating high-grade herbs, and gradually reorganizing the site over the coming decades.
• Chen Yu acknowledged the realm’s strategic importance and said he would consult his father and discuss security and personnel with Old Hong.
• Chen Xiaojun suggested that Chen Cong study the natural formation and build additional defenses, and Chen Cong accepted the idea with approval.