Chapter Summaries

Jesus Weiss emerged from cultivation to find the Demon Sheep Sect under attack and tried to save Wilbur, but Chen Hong arrived and killed Wilbur while shielding Chen Xun. Chen Hong revealed his Titled Douluo strength and unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill against Jesus, who tried to buy time for Jonah Weiss to escape.

• Jesus Weiss left the secret chamber, found the Demon Sheep Sect being slaughtered, and hurried to rescue his son Wilbur Weiss.
• Zhu Tianhao used his Petrification Eye on Chen Xun's attack, but Chen Xun protected himself with his Diamond Arm Soul Bone Skill.
• Chen Hong arrived and used his Eighth Soul Skill to block Jesus Weiss's strike, while Chen Xun's Sword Aura split Wilbur in two.
• Chen Hong revealed that he was a Titled Douluo, and the Demon Sheep Sect's fighters lost their will to resist.
• Jesus Weiss recognized Chen Hong as the former Blood Might Sword and learned that his title was Sword Might.
• Chen Hong unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Ten Thousand Swords Returning to the Origin: Deep Sea Vortex, while Jesus stayed silent to give Jonah Weiss time to escape.

Chen Hong defeated the Demon Sheep Sect forces and spared pregnant women and children under six at Chen Xun’s request. Afterward, he comprehended a Domain, bringing his strength closer to Chen Xun’s father.

• Jesus Weiss led the Demon Sheep Sect Soul Masters in a formation that survived Chen Hong’s first Sword Rain attack, though many were gravely injured.
• Chen Hong unleashed a sword technique combining three profound arts and crushed the Demon Sheep Avatar, killing Jesus Weiss; Chen Hong then killed Guido Weiss with a Red Lotus strike.
• Soul Fighting Legion members opened the Manor gates after defeating its defenders, and Chen Xun asked that pregnant women and children under six be spared.
• Chen Hong granted Chen Xun’s request, then watched as the surviving Demon Sheep Sect Soul Masters were restrained and guarded.
• Chen Hong experienced sudden enlightenment and comprehended a Domain, and Chen Xun congratulated him.

Yang Jingxue fought Jonah Weiss alone while the Soul Fighting City Squad battled elsewhere, using the Blind Listening Technique to overcome his Dark Miasma and unleash a decisive finishing arrow. She killed Jonah Weiss, leaving the fight on the mountain path in Soul Fighting City’s favor.

• Jonah Weiss offered to leave peacefully or help Soul Fighting City, but Yang Jingxue repeatedly challenged him to escape her.
• Jonah Weiss used his Third Soul Skill, Dark Miasma, to block Yang Jingxue’s vision and drain her Soul Power.
• Yang Jingxue used the Blind Listening Technique to hit Jonah Weiss with Flower Burial Arrows, then wounded him with her Golden Radiance attack.
• Jonah Weiss used Myriad Corrosions to destroy incoming arrows, concealed his position, and launched his Eighth Soul Skill, Demon Sheep Divine Light.
• Yang Jingxue fused her Sixth Soul Skill, Gale, and Seventh Soul Skill, Thunder Reversal, into Wind-Thunder Sky Dance and killed Jonah Weiss with a Wind-Whirling Thunderstrike Flower-Burial Arrow.

After the Demon Sheep Sect’s defeat, the elders and commanders gathered to assess the battle, Yang Jingxue’s newfound spatial intent, and the threat posed by Spirit Hall. They confirmed the casualties were limited and discussed the remaining operations against the sect.

• Chen Hong and Chen Xun returned to the palace square as Fang Yuan and Gui Changhao arrived with Bartosz Weiss’s corpse, while Jonah Weiss remained the last unaccounted-for Soul Douluo.
• Yang Jingxue arrived carrying a severed head and explained that she had been shaken by the Demon Sheep Divine Light but had comprehended spatial intent during her duel with Jonah Weiss.
• Chen Hong and the others congratulated Yang Jingxue, believing her breakthrough could make her the Yang Family’s next Titled Douluo.
• Fang Yuan warned that Spirit Hall had likely recovered to at least fifteen Titled Douluos and might still have Qian Zhongling, prompting the group to weigh the danger against their own strength and alliances.
• Cheng Nanxing reported more than twenty seriously wounded and about a dozen dead, while Qu Yixiang said operations at Yier City, Vanguard Town, and elsewhere were expected to succeed.

After the Demon Sheep Sect was destroyed, Fang Yuan and the other victors looted its hidden Treasure Vault and divided some of its rarest contents. They left Red Forest Mountain before dawn, and the Demon Sheep Sect vanished from the continent’s history.

• Fang Yuan broke through the Treasure Vault’s concealed wall and revealed seven Soul Bones and several rare treasures.
• Fang Yuan proposed that the eleven leaders each choose one item, and he took the nearly fifty-thousand-year-old Fire Type Left Arm Soul Bone.
• Chen Xun chose Dark Gold blood, Yang Jingxue took Secret Magic Silver, and the others selected Soul Bones, armor, a dragon scale, and a Jade Crown.
• Fang Yuan ordered his men to inventory the vault, remove the prisoners and spoils, and withdraw from Red Forest Mountain before dawn.
• The Star Luo Empire’s officials arrived after the sect had been looted, and the Demon Sheep Sect disappeared as a major power.

The Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires assessed Soul Fighting City’s destruction of the Demon Sheep Sect and considered how to respond. Star Luo punished the corrupt city lord while shielding itself from direct conflict, and Heaven Dou chose to wait and consult the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect; Shui Rong then raised trouble from the Heaven Mountain Snowmen.

• Tantai Youchun reported that a highly skilled force had wiped out the Demon Sheep Sect and identified Soul Fighting City as one of the likely perpetrators.
• Dai Dingyi linked the attack to the Demon Sheep Sect’s demand for a larger share of Yier City’s Great Soul Arena and Earl Xiao Ruiyang’s additional levy.
• Ling Daokun advised Star Luo to issue a formal search proclamation and protect the survivors, and Dai Yifeng ordered the plan carried out while stripping Xiao Ruiyang of his office and title.
• Yu Yuancheng told Xue Yingtao that Soul Fighting City was probably responsible, and Shui Rong advised Heaven Dou not to react first but to ask the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect where it stood.
• Xue Yingtao told Yu Yuancheng to observe the other powers, and Shui Rong reported that the Heaven Mountain Snowmen had grown restless.

Tang Yue received news of a major event involving old friends’ families, then prepared Tang Chen to represent the Clear Sky Sect at Heaven Dou Royal Academy. In Glazed Tile City, Ning Ruiting ordered negotiations to begin and wondered what consequences Soul Fighting City’s punishment would bring to the continent.

• Tang Chen practiced the Chaotic Cloak Hammer technique as Tang Yue watched at Clear Sky Sect.
• A disciple delivered Tang Yue an urgent message, and Tang Yue said old friends’ families had done something significant.
• Tang Yue praised Tang Chen’s progress, agreed to teach him the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, and told him to study at Heaven Dou Royal Academy in a month.
• Ning Ruiting told a subordinate to maintain good relations with their outside allies and begin negotiations with Ning Ze.
• After his subordinate left, Ning Ruiting reflected that Soul Fighting City’s punishment might end a peaceful period and affect the whole continent.

The Blue Lightning Tyrant Dragon Clan discussed its growing problem with detrimental martial soul mutations and decided to increase the number of children born to its main lineage. In Spirit City, Qian Xizi received a report on Soul Fighting City's destruction of the Three-Eyed Demon Sheep Sect and ordered continued surveillance before going to the Worship Hall.

• Yu Zhonghe reported that three children had experienced martial soul mutations, and Yu Junhua ordered the clan to have more children, including illegitimate ones, to strengthen its main lineage.
• Yu Xiaoyi told Yu Junhua that the Three-Eyed Demon Sheep Sect had been wiped out by Soul Fighting City, and Yu Junhua chose not to intervene.
• The Shadow Guard Captain reported to Qian Xizi that Soul Fighting City had destroyed the Demon Sheep Sect with few losses and that Chen Hong had become a Titled Douluo.
• The Shadow Guard Captain said Yang Jingxue may have comprehended will during the battle and described how other powers had reacted to the sect's destruction.
• Qian Xizi criticized Sha Xing's intelligence department for failing to anticipate the attack, then heard that Qian Daoliu's training in the Underground Abyss was progressing smoothly.
• Qian Xizi left for the Worship Hall behind the mountain.

After recovering from her treatment, Xiao Yi spoke for the first time and enjoyed a hearty meal with the Chen family. Chen Yu then discussed the approaching Martial Soul awakening ceremony and investigated mass wolf migrations in the mountains, leaving the clan on alert as its celebration approached.

• Xiao Yi woke feeling well, and Chen Xiaojun discovered that she could speak without pain.
• Xiao Yi called Ye Xiuxin Auntie, then ate seven bowls of rice and enjoyed the dishes Ye Xiuxin prepared.
• Chen Yu told the family they could arrange Xiao Yi's Martial Soul awakening in a few days, and Chen Xiaojun explained the ceremony to her.
• Ling Yunxiao reported that absorbing the Hurricane Demon Wolf's right-side Soul Bone had raised him to level 82.
• Chen Wenchao told Chen Yu that several Gale Wolf Packs had vanished, and the men suspected a higher-order Soul Beast had driven their migration.
• Chen Yu ordered the investigation to continue and told Ling Yunxiao to prepare security for the clan celebration.

As the Chen Clan prepared for its five-year ancestral ceremony, Chen Xiaojun helped at the livestock farm and watched Zhu Yanfeng expertly butcher a Mud Armor Pig. Xiao Yi received an official village identity and began her martial soul awakening, where an emerald-green plant appeared above her palm.

• The Chen Clan prepared for its ancestral ceremony, and clan members returned for the five-year clan ceremony.
• Chen Xiaojun visited the livestock farm with Zhu Wuneng and watched Zhu Yanfeng skillfully butcher a Mud Armor Pig.
• Ye Xiuxin registered Xiao Yi's adoption at the village logistics center, and the villagers showered her with gifts and affection.
• Chen Han Xin, Chen Cong, Mu Lingyun, Chen Xiyuan, Ding Dang, Xia Lin, and others gathered at Xiaojun's courtyard for Xiao Yi's martial soul awakening.
• Xiao Yi calmed herself as the awakening stones formed a golden dome around her, and a flourishing emerald-green plant emerged above her palm.

Xiao Yi awakened a king-class Immortal Evergreen Vine martial soul and displayed nearly rank-ten innate soul power, astonishing the Chen Clan. The chapter then shifted to the Ancestral Hall Council Chamber, where Chen Yu was summoned to meet several important guests.

• Mu Lingyun, Ye Xiuxin, and Chen Cong recognized Xiao Yi's Immortal Evergreen Vine as a likely peak ninth-grade king-class martial soul.
• Ye Xiuxin told Xiao Yi to withdraw her martial soul, and Chen Xiaojun praised it before testing her innate soul power.
• Xiao Yi's Soul Testing Ball lit up to ninety-eight percent, revealing innate soul power of rank nine point five or higher.
• The Chen Clan members congratulated Xiao Yi and offered to help prepare her awakening banquet.
• Zhu Tianhao told Chen Yu that Chen Hong, Chen Xun, and Chen Zhang had returned with several guests, and Chen Yu went to the Ancestral Hall Council Chamber.
• Xue Tianming praised the Chen Clan's Fragrant Snow Spirit Tea, while Ma Zhibin teased him and complained that the others had not told him about the Clan Sacrifice.

The Chen Clan hosted relatives and allies for its celebration while the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and Soul Fighting City sought the clan’s support. Chen Yu left both requests for discussion, and Xue Tianming departed awaiting an answer after the celebration.

• Ma Zhibin joked with Xue Tianming while the guests waited for Chen Yu in the Chen Clan’s ancestral hall.
• Chen Yu welcomed Ximen Rongcheng, Yang Zhiqiang, and the other guests, then met privately with Ning Ze after the others stepped away.
• Ning Ze asked the Chen Clan to lend powerful fighters to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and to provide a Titled Douluo as a retainer; Chen Yu said the clan would discuss it.
• Chen Yu recalled Xue Tianming and asked whether Chief Steward Chen had sent instructions for his visit.
• Xue Tianming explained that Soul Fighting City planned to prepare young recruits from the major families for a future Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Elite Tournament, with a second batch as backup.
• Chen Yu said the clan needed time to consider the tournament plan, and Xue Tianming agreed to wait for an answer until after the celebration.

Chen Xun reported the Demon Sheep Sect expedition, and the clan discussed its spoils and a proposed exchange with Soul Fighting City. Chen Yu agreed to send Chen Jianjun to Soul Fighting Academy, while Chen Hong considered visiting the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.

• Chen Xun told Chen Yu about the trip, showed that his Vajra Giant Ape Left Arm Soul Bone resonated with the dark gold blood, and was asked to have his second uncle examine both the blood and Chen Hong's damaged jade crown.
• Chen Hong offered the Dark Blood Demon Wolf Head Soul Bone to the clan treasury, and Chen Yu suggested that Jianzun might use it.
• Ma Zhibin traded his fire-attribute right arm soul bone for the clan's eighteen-thousand-year Purple Flame Crane left leg soul bone.
• Chen Yu, Chen Hong, Chen Xun, and Chen Zhang discussed Xue Tianming's proposal and agreed that Chen Jianjun should go to Soul Fighting Academy.
• Chen Hong said he could consider going to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect to honor the clan's old agreement and pursue the benefits offered by the Ning family.

Cheng Yuan reported that a near-century-old Howling Moon Silver Wolf was driving wolf packs to attack the Black Moon Wolves, and the Chen Clan discussed the danger it posed to Wushan Prefecture. The clan weighed its limited forces against the powerful wolf pack, and Chen Hong proposed seeking help from two families.

• Cheng Yuan told Chen Yu that the Silver Moon and Gale Wolf packs were destroying rival packs, and that the fighting had drawn in several other wolf groups.
• Chen Yu explained that a Howling Moon Silver Wolf was attacking Black Moon Wolves to awaken its Heavenly Howling Moon Wolf bloodline and improve its chance of breaking through to one hundred thousand years.
• Cheng Yuan reported that the wolf pack included a Saint King over eighty thousand years old, nine True Kings, fifteen Beast Kings, and hundreds of lesser wolves, while his scouts had suffered injuries but no deaths.
• Chen Yu and the others concluded that their available forces could not safely defeat the pack, and Ling Yunxiao estimated the garrison could spare three Soul Saints, ten Soul Emperors, and thirty Soul Kings.
• Chen Hong suggested that Chen Yu approach the two families for help.

Chen Xun returned to the Chen Clan with Chen Zhang and Ma Zhibin, where they met the newly adopted Xiao Yi and learned about Chen Xiaojun’s first soul ring. The chapter left Ma Zhibin stunned after Chen Xiaojun revealed that his first ring was 1,500 years old.

• Chen Xun and Chen Zhang returned to the Chen Clan with Ma Zhibin, who joked about the gathering and complimented Ye Xiuxin’s cooking.
• Ye Xiuxin introduced Xiao Yi as the girl she had adopted after Xiao Yi lost her memory, and Chen Xun welcomed her as another daughter.
• Ma Zhibin met Chen Xiaojun and Jianjun, then jokingly asked the boys to call him their godfather.
• Chen Xun learned that Chen Xiaojun had hunted a Pegasus Soul Beast and obtained his first soul ring on Wild Horse Plain.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed his 1,500-year purple first soul ring and Pegasus-patterned sword martial soul, leaving Ma Zhibin astonished.

Chen Xiaojun revealed his mutated Chengying Sword and demonstrated its extraordinary speed and power to Ma Zhibin. After Ma praised his potential, Chen Xiaojun declared that every generation produced its own remarkable talents.

• Chen Xiaojun explained that his mutated Chengying Sword let him absorb Soul Rings beyond the usual age limit.
• Ma Zhibin tested Chen Xiaojun’s first Soul Skill, Fleeting Light, Passing Shadow, and blocked the sword with his fire-based Soul Skills.
• Chen Xiaojun evaded Ma Zhibin’s attacks with his Sword Step before being knocked back safely by a firebird.
• Chen Xiaojun explained his new Soul Skill’s limits and told Xiao Yi that her vine Martial Soul could benefit from plant-type Soul Beasts.
• Ma Zhibin praised Chen Xiaojun’s strength and predicted he could absorb increasingly powerful Soul Rings and reach the pinnacle of Soul Masters.
• Chen Xiaojun proclaimed that every generation brought forth its own talents.

Ma Zhibin revealed that he had a son with a commoner woman, and explained why the boy lived in a village near Suotuo City. The child had inherited his mother’s low-grade Golden Pheasant martial soul, leaving Ma Zhibin and the Chen family reflecting on his hidden past.

• Ma Zhibin praised Xiaojun’s poetic line and tried again to persuade Chen Xun to let him become the children’s godfather.
• Chen Xun and Chen Zhang realized Ma Zhibin had a child, and Ma Zhibin recounted meeting the boy’s gentle mother after he was badly wounded by soul beasts.
• Ma Zhibin explained that his father opposed the relationship and that the woman later died, leaving him with their son.
• Ma Zhibin said he had settled his son near Suotuo City because the boy inherited his mother’s low-grade Golden Pheasant martial soul.
• Chen Xun realized the boy was old enough to have awakened his martial soul, and Ma Zhibin pointed out that the child was only a year older than Xiaojun.

Chen Yu spoke with Ximen Rongcheng about the damage caused by his Karmaflame Demon Blade and then told Yang Zhiqiang that he knew of a nearly hundred-thousand-year-old Howling Moon Silver Wolf. Yang Zhiqiang planned to report the news so his sister could pursue the Soul Beast for her ninth Soul Ring.

• Ximen Rongcheng told Chen Yu he had resigned from his Soul Fighting Legion post and asked for an examination of his body before setting out to travel.
• Ximen Rongcheng explained that damage to his kidney meridian had blocked his lung meridians, destabilized his metal, fire, and spiritual energies, and left him relying on inner armor from the Demon Sheep Sect to suppress his demon blade qi.
• Chen Yu asked Yang Zhiqiang why he had come, and Yang Zhiqiang said his sister had reached rank 90 and needed a suitable Soul Beast for her ninth Soul Ring.
• Chen Yu revealed that he knew of a nearly hundred-thousand-year-old Howling Moon Silver Wolf, and Yang Zhiqiang became excited about its compatibility with his sister's Red-Feathered Golden Crow Soul Ring.
• Chen Yu advised Yang Zhiqiang to send word to his family, explaining that Yang Chenglin would need to come personally if his sister wanted to pursue the Soul Beast.

The Chen Clan held its ancestral rites and feast before gathering to watch the children's clan tournament. Chen Xiaojun entered the competition despite his youth, and the chapter ended as the guests discussed the contestants and Zhong Kui's son.

• Chen Yu led the Chen Clan through the ancestral rites, honoring the clan's distant and recent ancestors.
• The clan distributed the sacrificial meat and held a feast, with Chen Xiaojun having contributed to the supply.
• Thirty-nine children from the Chen Clan and its follower families gathered for the tournament, and Chen Xiaojun insisted on competing despite having only just obtained his first soul ring.
• Ximen Rongcheng and the other guests watched from the pavilion as Xue Tianming and Ma Zhibin discussed the Chen Clan's size and losses.
• Xue Tianming asked Zhong Kui whether his son was among the contestants.

At the Chen Clan Celebration, Zhong Kui introduced his son Chen Jianzun while elders discussed the young competitors and their families. Cheng Nanxing revealed that the Chen Clan had wiped out the Demon Sheep Sect, then began explaining why Soul Fighting City had launched punitive operations.

• Chen Hong included Zhong Kui in the Clan Sacrifice, and Zhong Kui proudly introduced Chen Jianzun to Xue Tianming and Ma Zhibin.
• Xue Tianming and Ma Zhibin discussed Chen Jianzun's talent and compared him with Chen Xun's children.
• Zhu Yanfeng, Qin Lüguang, Zhao Deyun, and Ding Bingyuan joked about their grandchildren and the upcoming matches.
• Ma Zhaoyang asked Cheng Nanxing about Chen Hong's visit, and Cheng Nanxing said they had wiped out the Demon Sheep Sect.
• Cheng Nanxing explained that growing greed over the Great Soul Arenas had helped prompt Soul Fighting City's punitive operations, then began recounting the battle.