Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaojun defeated Yan Zaiyang with the Heart-Shattering Palm, leaving him gravely injured but alive. As Heaven Dou Academy treated Yan Zaiyang, Yu Wennan chose Ling Xinyao to face Chen Xiaojun next, while spectators celebrated his eighth consecutive victory.

• Chen Xiaojun struck Yan Zaiyang with the Heart-Shattering Palm, knocked him out of the arena, and warned Yu Wennan that his internal injuries needed immediate treatment.
• Yu Wennan and the Heaven Dou Academy students treated Yan Zaiyang, and healer Old Li said he would survive but need at least three months to recover.
• Ge Tianhao volunteered to fight Chen Xiaojun, but Ling Xinyao challenged his judgment and Yu Wennan selected her for the next battle.
• Spectators cheered Chen Xiaojun as the Peerless Young Master and praised his fist and palm techniques after his eighth victory.

Xixi and Xiao Yi explained that Chen Xiaojun had sealed his soul skills and was relying on strength and technique during his matches. After his fight, Shen Youchu arrived and reunited with Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan, whose tense relationship revealed Shen Youchu as Liu Ruyan’s chief rival for Ji Boda’s affection.

• Xixi questioned why Chen Xiaojun was not using several soul skills, and Xiao Yi explained that he had sealed them on Grandpa Cong’s instructions.
• Chen Xiaojun’s match ended to loud applause, easing Xixi’s worries, while Zhu Wuneng remarked that he could win without soul skills.
• Shen Youchu arrived and told Ji Boda, Liu Ruyan, Mu Zilian, and Li Jinghua that she had seen Chen Xiaojun’s swordsmanship during his match against Song Renjun.
• Shen Youchu explained that her Blood Jade Sword Shen Family belonged to the Chen Clan and that she had learned of Ji Boda and Liu Ruyan joining the main family while visiting Chang'an Villa with her grandfather.
• Liu Ruyan reacted sharply to Shen Youchu’s closeness with Ji Boda, while Ji Boxiao told Zhu Wuneng that Shen Youchu was Liu Ruyan’s biggest rival in love.

Chen Cong advised Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi to limit or seal their powerful soul techniques so they could strengthen their foundations. The two accepted his guidance and left determined to focus on swordsmanship and control.

• Chen Cong told Chen Xiaojun to seal his soul rings in fights for the next two years and rely on his martial soul while deepening his understanding of the Sword God Pearls.
• Chen Cong praised Chen Xiaojun's self-created soul skills and suggested they might develop into the Eight or Nine Absolutes of Sword Command.
• Chen Cong warned Xiao Yi that overreliance on her Azure Vine Formation could undermine her control training as she faced stronger opponents.
• Xiao Yi agreed to prioritize control and stop relying too heavily on the Azure Vine Formation secret technique.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi exchanged a knowing smile and left Chen Cong's study.

Chen Xiaojun faced Ling Xinyao, the Heaven Dou Academy Soul Master known as the Snow Princess, and learned the strengths of her ice-based martial soul. As Ling Xinyao prepared her skills, Chen Xiaojun resolved to end the match quickly.

• Ling Xinyao introduced herself as a level forty-four control-type Battle Soul Ancestor, and Chen Xiaojun formally greeted her as Great Siming Xiao Hongchen.
• Ling Xinyao asked about the title Great Siming, and Chen Xiaojun explained that it governed fate and death.
• Ling Xinyao awakened her martial soul, releasing an intense icy aura that startled the spectators and drew admiration from Zhu Wuneng.
• Xixi complained to Xiao Yi that Chen Xiaojun had praised Ling Xinyao with poetry, but Xiao Yi silently watched her until she looked away.
• Ling Xinyao summoned an ice staff with her first soul skill and formed ice armor with her second, while Chen Xiaojun assessed her abilities and decided to finish the match swiftly.

Old Man Withered Glory confronted Zhi Xing over Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s empire-wide recruitment for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Tournament, while Chen Xiaojun used his Jiang Mo Seal against Ling Xinyao in the arena. The Ice Prison shattered under the attack, leaving Ling Xinyao exposed and pale.

• Old Man Withered Glory accused Zhi Xing of poaching talent from academies and distinguished families across the empire to strengthen Heaven Dou Royal Academy’s tournament team.
• Zhi Xing admitted the academy hoped to end its championship drought, and Old Man Withered Glory noted that its young prodigies were not yet ready for central roles.
• Chen Xiaojun launched his Jiang Mo Seal at Ling Xinyao, who responded with her Frost Mist Chill soul skill.
• Ling Xinyao used Ice Prison as a defensive barrier and reinforced it with soul power from the Proud Chill Ice-Heart Mantra.
• Chen Xiaojun’s Jiang Mo Seal shattered the Ice Prison, leaving Ling Xinyao exposed and deathly pale.

Chen Xiaojun used his newly mastered Fatal Sword-Drawing Technique to defeat Ling Xinyao after two attacks, leaving her badly wounded in the arena. As the crowd celebrated, Xiao Yi explained that Chen Xiaojun had developed the technique himself, while the narration revealed his ambition to advance it further.

• Chen Xiaojun struck through Ling Xinyao’s Ice Seal Three Thousand Li with the Fatal Sword-Drawing Technique, shattering her defenses and injuring her.
• Ling Xinyao coughed up blood and collapsed, while Chen Xiaojun sheathed his sword and turned away.
• The audience cheered Chen Xiaojun’s victory and praised his swordsmanship.
• Xixi recognized the move as an advanced Sword-Drawing Technique, and Xiao Yi confirmed that Chen Xiaojun had created it himself.
• Zhu Wuneng explained that YYDS meant “forever a god” as he praised Chen Xiaojun.
• The narration explained that Chen Xiaojun had developed the Fatal Sword-Drawing Technique over four years and aimed to create an even greater Heaven-Slaying Draw Sword Technique.

After Ling Xinyao lost to Chen Xiaojun, Ge Tianhao mocked her and boasted that he could win, prompting the sixth prince Xue Shiming to take Heaven Dou Academy’s tenth match himself. Xue Shiming introduced himself to Chen Xiaojun and revealed a powerful bird Martial Soul with a rich phoenix aura, leaving Chen Xiaojun to face a formidable new opponent.

• Ling Xinyao left the arena injured, and Chen Xiaojun bowed to her in respect and apology.
• Ge Tianhao mocked Ling Xinyao and taunted Liu Dieyun and Yun Luo, then claimed he could defeat Chen Xiaojun.
• Xue Shiming arrived and told Ge Tianhao that the match was beyond his abilities, volunteering to defend Heaven Dou Academy’s reputation.
• Xue Shiming introduced himself to Chen Xiaojun as the empire’s sixth prince, and the two exchanged respectful greetings before their match.
• Xue Shiming announced that he was a rank forty-eight Battle Soul Ancestor and summoned a majestic white bird Martial Soul that Chen Xiaojun recognized as a king Martial Soul.

Chen Xiaojun faced Xue Shiming, the Heaven Dou Imperial Family’s prodigy, in an arena duel as the Sixth Prince revealed the lineage and divine attributes of his holy light flying luan. The two prepared to fight, leaving the spectators waiting for the battle to begin.

• Liu Ruyan identified Xue Shiming as a high-rank Soul Ancestor and said she favored Chen Xiaojun in a battle between the two geniuses.
• Old Man Withered Glory questioned Zhi Xing about Xue Shiming’s arrival, and Zhi Xing said the prince had come to Chang'an City for his own reasons.
• Xue Shiming told Chen Xiaojun that his holy light flying luan was the imperial family’s mutated swan martial soul, descended from the honghu and the other Five Phoenixes.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xue Shiming exchanged courtesies, then prepared to fight as Xue Shiming mounted and merged with his martial soul.
• The spectators watched as the two opponents raised their auras, while the chapter described the holy light flying luan’s divine powers and resemblance to the holy angel.

Chen Xiaojun and Xue Shiming tested their inherited techniques in a fierce duel, each countering the other’s attacks. The chapter ended with Chen Xiaojun’s sword qi evaporating Xue Shiming’s Water Blades.

• Xue Shiming used Divine Blessing to strengthen himself, then attacked Chen Xiaojun with Divine Golden Feathers.
• Chen Xiaojun unleashed Eternal Radiance, and his golden-red sword qi clashed with Xue Shiming’s feather storm.
• Xue Shiming praised Chen Xiaojun before using Swan Goose First Strike-Divine Lock to send platinum chains after him.
• Chen Xiaojun evaded the chains and cut through them with Azure Sea Sky Sword, but Xue Shiming dodged the pursuing sword radiance and blocked it with Still Water.
• Xue Shiming turned the remaining water power into Water Blades, and Chen Xiaojun’s Twin-Blooming Green Lotus sword qi evaporated them into mist.

Chen Xiaojun and Xue Shiming traded powerful attacks before discussing Tang Chen and their standing as talented young soul masters. Xue Shiming resumed the duel with a physical clone and his Swan Goose Ten Strikes, leaving Chen Xiaojun under pressure as the attack closed in.

• Xue Shiming's Swan Goose ice claw clashed with Chen Xiaojun's Hundred-Step Flying Sword, and both fighters were driven backward by the impact.
• Xue Shiming praised Chen Xiaojun and explained that he had sparred with Tang Chen, describing their fights as a draw because of his advantage in the air.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xue Shiming exchanged modest compliments about their talents and the Heaven Dou Empire's rising generation.
• Xue Shiming created a powerful physical clone with his fourth soul skill, then activated the Heavenly Feather Sacred Canon and unleashed the Flowing Wind strike of Swan Goose Ten Strikes with his clone.
• The two Xue Shimings swept toward Chen Xiaojun at high speed, surrounding him with cutting winds as the spectators watched.

Chen Xiaojun used his dual-sword techniques to counter Xue Shiming and his clone, but Xue Shiming trapped him in the Sacred Rain magic domain. Chen Xiaojun summoned Golden Bell Shield to suppress the sacred water and try to break the domain.

• Chen Xiaojun drew the Chun Jun Sword and Chengying Sword and used Cloudwater Twin Swords to withstand Xue Shiming and his clone’s attacks.
• Xue Shiming unleashed Sacred Rain, forming a sacred water magic domain that strengthened him and restricted Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Xiaojun realized his Nine Yang Divine Skill could not yet evaporate the sacred water and decided he had to break the domain quickly.
• Chen Xiaojun summoned Golden Bell Shield, whose toll calmed the sacred water and suppressed the magic domain.
• The chapter explained that Chen Xiaojun had cultivated Golden Bell Shield to its fourth level, despite his Level 39 cultivation.

Chen Xiaojun struggled against Xue Shiming’s magic domain and relentless attacks, then used his Nine Yang Divine Skill to drive Xue Shiming’s clone back. Xue Shiming answered with two fused Swan Goose claw attacks that rushed toward Chen Xiaojun, leaving the duel at a perilous turning point.

• Xue Shiming’s sacred water magic domain and his clone’s Golden Feathers and Sky-Rending attacks battered Chen Xiaojun’s Golden Bell Shield.
• Shen Youchu, Mu Zilian, Ji Boda, Li Jinghua, and the others watched as Chen Xiaojun was forced onto the defensive, while Xiao Yi said the wind was rising.
• Chen Xiaojun ignited his Nine Yang purple mist qi inside the Golden Bell Shield, evaporating the water currents and forcing Xue Shiming’s clone to retreat.
• Xue Shiming summoned a colossal water column and fused it into a sacred-water-and-ice Swan Goose claw.
• Xue Shiming’s clone fused Divine Golden Feathers with Sky-Rending into a second claw, and Xue Shiming and his clone launched both attacks together as Twin Claws Sky-Rending.

Chen Xiaojun destroyed Xue Shiming’s clone with the Nine Yang Fatal Sword-Drawing Technique, but Xue Shiming assembled a towering Swan Goose phantom by layering his Soul Skills and secret techniques. The phantom charged Chen Xiaojun, who prepared to face its formidable attack.

• Chen Xiaojun withdrew his Golden Bell Shield and used Sword Formation: Sword Light Seals the Sky to contain the two giant claws, but the formation gradually faded.
• Chen Xiaojun poured his remaining Nine Yang Purple Mist Qi into the Chun Jun Sword and struck down Xue Shiming’s clone with the Nine Yang Fatal Sword-Drawing Technique.
• The clone and its giant claw dissolved, leaving Xue Shiming unable to use his clone Soul Skill again during the battle.
• Xue Shiming reshaped the Swan Goose Ice Claw and layered Divine Golden Feathers, Swan Goose First Strike-Divine Lock, and Swan Goose Second Strike-Flowing Wind onto it.
• Xue Shiming’s thirty-meter Swan Goose phantom surged toward Chen Xiaojun, who steadied himself and prepared to meet the attack.

Chen Xiaojun fought Xue Shiming’s Swan Goose Form, countering its attacks with sword techniques but failing to break through its defenses. The Swan Goose Form shattered his Golden Bell Shield and sent him flying, leaving him wounded on the ground.

• Chen Xiaojun’s crossing sword auras broke through the Swan Goose Form’s wind blades, but its Chain Shield blocked them.
• Chen Xiaojun dodged the Swan Goose Form’s chain attacks and countered with Azure Sea Heavenly Sword.
• Chen Xiaojun trapped the Swan Goose Form in Sword Light Seals the Sky, but its five-colored radiance tore the formation apart.
• The Swan Goose Form struck Chen Xiaojun with its talons, breaking his Golden Bell Shield.
• Chen Xiaojun was blasted more than twenty meters and landed with blood at the corner of his mouth.

Chen Xiaojun used his charged sword techniques to break through Xue Shiming’s Sacred Water construct and disable his wings. He ended the battle with his sword at Xue Shiming’s neck.

• Chen Xiaojun unleashed Sword Momentum: Vast Sea and Bright Moon, striking Swan Goose’s head, but Xue Shiming repaired the construct with his Sacred Rain power.
• Chen Xiaojun used Moon-Covering Returning Snow and Twin Swords Combined to cut apart Swan Goose’s wings and inflict severe damage.
• Xue Shiming attacked Chen Xiaojun from behind with his left-arm soul bone skill, Ice Seal Across Ten Thousand Miles.
• Chen Xiaojun countered with Fleeting Light, Passing Shadow, piercing Xue Shiming’s wings with the Chengying Sword and Hanguang Sword.
• Chen Xiaojun used Lightning, First Form: Flash to reach the falling Xue Shiming and held his sword against Xue Shiming’s neck.

Chen Xiaojun defeated Xue Shiming in the arena, then revealed he was only ten and had not enrolled in an academy. The crowd celebrated his unprecedented victory and hailed him as the Peerless Young Master.

• Chen Xiaojun and Xue Shiming acknowledged the outcome of their duel, and Xue Shiming accepted his defeat.
• Xue Shiming asked whether Chen Xiaojun had used his full strength, and Chen Xiaojun said he had used about eighty or ninety percent.
• Chen Xiaojun told Xue Shiming that he had not enrolled in an academy and was only ten years old, leaving the prince stunned.
• Chen Xiaojun bowed to Xue Shiming, took his leave, and walked toward the spectator stands.
• Students at Chang'an Academy celebrated Chen Xiaojun's victory over ten formidable opponents and praised his two Thousand-Year Soul Rings.
• The crowd chanted “Peerless Young Master” as the match became the talk of Chang'an Academy.

After defeating Xue Shiming and sweeping through Heaven Dou Academy’s Middle Division, Chen Xiaojun drew praise and a debate over which academy should recruit him. Back with his companions, he concealed his injuries until Xiao Yi healed him, and he thanked her for being there.

• Zhi Xing and Old Man Withered Glory discussed Chen Xiaojun’s victory and agreed he had extraordinary potential.
• Zhi Xing argued that Chen Xiaojun should study at Heaven Dou Academy, while Old Man Withered Glory pointed out his ties to Fasno and Chang'an Academy.
• Zhi Xing and Old Man Withered Glory agreed to hold the Higher Division match as a team battle.
• Chen Xiaojun returned to the viewing platform, where everyone greeted him as the Peerless Young Master; he said he preferred to be called Great Siming.
• Xixi congratulated Chen Xiaojun and asked him to cook a celebratory dinner, but her punch revealed that he was injured.
• Xiao Yi healed Chen Xiaojun with her life Soul Power, and he thanked her for being there.

Chen Xiaojun celebrated his victory over Xue Shiming and discussed his sword skills with his companions. After meeting Shen Youchu, he realized that several people connected to Chang’an Academy were familiar figures from his past-life knowledge, leaving him astonished by the gathering.

• Ji Boxiao and Liu Ru Yi praised Chen Xiaojun for defeating Xue Shiming, while Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda reacted to their teasing.
• Cheng Yun asked about Chen Xiaojun’s sword formations and sword momentum, and he explained how he had learned and practiced them.
• Shen Youchu congratulated Chen Xiaojun and introduced herself as a member of the Blood Jade Sword Shen Family.
• Chen Xiaojun recognized Shen Youchu’s name and asked whether Yu Youwei and He Qiang were present.
• Ji Boda and Liu Ru Yi explained that Yu Youwei, He Qiang, Gu Wuyan, and Chen Ze were associated with Chang’an Academy’s school team, and Chen Xiaojun wondered inwardly why so many famous figures had gathered.

Chang'an Academy’s Golden Generation faced the Heaven Dou Second Team in a team battle, where Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda’s coordinated control overwhelmed their opponents. Yu Youwei then attacked from above, targeting Li Xiafeng as the fight continued.

• Chang'an Academy’s team and the Heaven Dou Second Team took their positions, and the referee started the match.
• Liu Ruyan filled the arena with mist using Drizzle Haze, then attacked through it with Drizzle Frenzy and Flowers Raining from the Sky.
• Ji Boda used his flute’s Slowing and Sound Wave Vibration skills to weaken the opponents and disrupt their concentration.
• Liu Ruyan and Ji Boda combined their attacks, hindering Li Xiafeng and leaving Aosilang numb and unable to fight effectively.
• Yu Youwei took to the air and used Crane Dancing Across the Nine Heavens to rain feather attacks down on Li Xiafeng.

Chang'an Academy's team used Chen Ze's chessboard control, Shen Youchu's sword attacks, and Gu Wuyan's support to overwhelm the Heaven Dou Second Team. He Qiang broke Lin Yixuan's restraint and drove the opposing fighters back, leaving the battle still underway.

• Chen Ze used his Ancient Patterned Chessboard to restrain Li Tiancheng and Han Tieshan and weaken Zhao Mengqi's support.
• Shen Youchu attacked the restrained fighters with rapid sword strikes until Shi Meng blocked her with his shield.
• He Qiang strengthened himself with Dragon Soul Awakening and battered Shi Meng while Gu Wuyan's Enhancement Halo empowered Chang'an Academy's team.
• He Qiang tore apart Lin Yixuan's Spider Web Restraint with Dragon Halberd Whirlwind and rampaged across the battlefield.
• He Qiang blasted Li Tiancheng and Han Tieshan into the air, and Shen Youchu's sword shadows wounded them as they tried to escape.