Chapter Summaries

Before the clan tournament began, Chen Xiaojun led four Chen Clan boys in a fiery rally that inspired the contestants and villagers. The crowd celebrated the clan’s youth and unity, and the tournament had yet to begin.

• Chen Jianzun, Chen Jianjun, Chen Feng, Chen Mu, and Chen Xiaojun discussed the tournament and the strong competitors, including Yanwu.
• Chen Xiaojun pulled the other four boys to Zhejiang Studio, where they gathered five red flags and prepared a speech to encourage everyone.
• As head referee Chen Xun prepared to start the tournament, the five boys arrived with flagpoles and shouted declarations about youthful ambition and the Chen Clan.
• Chen Jianjun called on the other contestants to join in, and more than thirty youngsters rose to repeat the slogans together.
• Chen Xiaojun declared that the Chen Clan’s youth would stand alongside the clan, prompting cheers and applause from the crowd.

Chen Yanwu defeated Qin Huacheng in the clan tournament, displaying her advanced footwork and sword skills. After reuniting with the younger Chen Clan disciples, she reminded Chen Jianzun and Chen Jianjun that this was their last tournament and urged them to win decisively for the Seven Kill name.

• Chen Yanwu used Moon-Covering Returning Snow and her sword skills to evade Qin Huacheng's spear attacks before disarming and defeating him.
• Chen Wenchao praised Chen Yanwu, while Chen Menglin credited Chen Hanxin with raising her and Chen Hanxin modestly praised her talent.
• Chen Yanwu reunited with Chen Feng, Chen Mu, Chen Jianzun, Chen Jianjun, and Chen Xiaojun, who teased her and drew her promise to test his progress.
• Chen Yanwu told Chen Jianzun and Chen Jianjun that they had raised the flag well and urged them to win their last clan tournament decisively for the Seven Kill name.

Chen Xiaojun defeated Zhao Mingsheng in his first official match by revealing a fifteen-hundred-year first soul ring and its astonishing speed-based soul skill. His victory stunned the spectators and elders, who began discussing his mutated martial soul and extraordinary talent.

• Chen Xiaojun faced level-thirty-two Zhao Mingsheng and pressed him with rapid sword strikes, while Zhao defended with his soul skills and family techniques.
• Zhao Mingsheng used Gravity Intensification to trap Chen Xiaojun before launching Great Strength Vajra Palm.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed his purple fifteen-hundred-year soul ring and used Fleeting Light, Passing Shadow to place his sword at Zhao Mingsheng's throat.
• Chen Xiaojun declared Zhao Mingsheng defeated, then sheathed his sword and left the platform as the arena erupted in applause and astonishment.
• Chen Yu revealed that Chen Xiaojun had fought a fifteen-hundred-year Pegasus alone, while Chen Jianjun explained that the Sword God Pearls helped him absorb soul rings beyond his level.

Chen Mu fought Zhu Wukui in the second round of the tournament, using his speed and sword techniques against Zhu Wukui’s formidable defense and strength. Zhu Wukui defeated him, and spectators praised both boys’ performances.

• Chen Mu and Zhu Wukui introduced themselves before their bout, with Chen Mu at level 23 and Zhu Wukui at level 33.
• Chen Mu used his speed and sword skills to attack Zhu Wukui’s weak points, while Zhu Wukui relied on his Stone Armor Boar defenses and Earthflow Fist.
• Chen Mu cut through Zhu Wukui’s Earth Vein Surge pillars and struck him with Lone Peak, Misleading Shadow, breaking his Earth Armor.
• Zhu Wukui countered Chen Mu’s Lone Wild Goose with Boundless Earth, knocking him back and weakening his sword arm.
• Zhu Wukui hit Chen Mu with Bright Wave Stone Fist, and referee Cheng Yuan declared Zhu Wukui the winner.
• Spectators praised Chen Mu for making Zhu Wukui use all three Soul Skills despite their ten-level gap.

Chen Xiaojun defeated Cheng Tai in the clan tournament with his swordsmanship and the self-created Sword-Drawing Technique. The elders praised the move and discussed adding it to the Chen Clan’s Sword Canon.

• Cheng Tai warned Chen Xiaojun that he would fight seriously, then used Vast Eagle Eye and charged with the Eagle Claw Technique.
• Chen Xiaojun and Cheng Tai traded fast sword and claw attacks, with neither gaining the upper hand.
• Chen Xiaojun launched Tai Gong Fishing, and Cheng Tai countered with Gale Eagle Beak before activating Pride of the Wind.
• Chen Xiaojun used Fleeting Light, Passing Shadow to break Cheng Tai’s soul skill, then struck with Starstream Thunderstrike and placed his sword on Cheng Tai’s shoulder.
• Cheng Tai conceded defeat, and Chen Xiaojun withdrew his sword and returned his salute.
• The elders praised Chen Xiaojun’s Sword-Drawing Technique and proposed adding it to the Chen Clan’s Sword Canon.

Chen Feng lost to Zhu Wuxin in the second-round arena match, and their families discussed his injuries afterward. The tournament narrowed to the top ten, with four Chen Clan contestants and both Zhu Wuxin and Zhu Wukui advancing.

• Chen Feng fought Zhu Wuxin, whose level-31 Soul Elder strength and Nine-Toothed Rake overwhelmed his sword techniques.
• Chen Feng fell wounded after Zhu Wuxin swept away his sword qi, then accepted the loss and said he was no Xiaojun.
• Ding Dang offered to make Zhu Wuxin apologize, while Ye Xiuxin reassured Ximen Shaoping that Chen Feng had lost because of the level gap.
• Ximen Shaoping said injuries were normal for Soul Masters and asked Ye Xiuxin to examine Chen Feng later.
• Chen Yanwu, Chen Jianjun, Chen Jianzun, and Chen Xiaojun reached the top ten, as did Zhu Wuxin and Zhu Wukui, delighting Zhu Tianhao.

Chen Xiaojun faced Chen Yanwu in the tournament and impressed the spectators with his swordsmanship before losing when they used Soul Skills. He left the match with the villagers’ praise, while Chen Yanwu advanced with hopes of winning the championship.

• Chen Xiaojun and Chen Yanwu fought using only Chen Clan sword techniques, showcasing their contrasting styles and skill.
• Chen Yanwu praised Chen Xiaojun’s talent, then activated Sword Wings Like Flight as they began using Soul Skills.
• Chen Xiaojun used Fleeting Light, Passing Shadow and his returning Chengying Sword, but Chen Yanwu evaded his attacks with her perception and Mystic Footwork.
• Chen Yanwu used Glazed Brilliant Star Sword to overwhelm Chen Xiaojun and held her Seven Kill Sword to his neck.
• Chen Xiaojun conceded defeat, wished Chen Yanwu luck in the championship, and received thunderous applause for winning two of his three matches against Soul Elders.

Zhu Wuxin fought Chen Jianzun in the third round but lost after their powerful soul skills collided. The round ended with Chen Yanwu, Chen Jianzun, Chen Jianjun, Zhu Wukui, and Ma Wenyu advancing as the final five.

• Zhu Wuxin changed her tactics, but Chen Jianzun countered with his Cloudwater Sword Technique and forced her to defend.
• Zhu Wuxin and Chen Jianzun unleashed their rotating soul skills, creating a violent clash that Chen Wu and Chen Xun contained with a barrier.
• Chen Jianzun defeated Zhu Wuxin, and Chen Wu confirmed that neither contestant was seriously injured.
• Zhu Yanfeng suggested to Ding Bingyuan that Zhu Wuxin become Chen Yanwu's Personal Attendant, and Ding Bingyuan agreed to pursue the idea.
• Chen Xiaojun lost to Chen Yan, while Chen Jianjun and the other contestants won their matches, leaving five contestants in the final.

Ma Wenyu and Zhu Wukui fought for a place in the top three, with Ma Wenyu’s speed and fierce leg techniques eventually overcome by Zhu Wukui’s formidable defense. Zhu Wukui advanced, while Ma Zhaoyang remained confident that his grandson’s hard work would lead him to future success.

• Ma Wenyu and Zhu Wukui activated their martial souls and began their match, with Ma Wenyu powering up through his first soul skill.
• Ma Wenyu used his leg techniques and enhanced speed to study Zhu Wukui’s defenses, then broke through his Earth Armor with Lie Yan Trample.
• Zhu Wukui countered Ma Wenyu’s attacks with Earth Vein Surge and Earth Rampage, sending Ma Wenyu flying and leaving him badly injured.
• Ma Wenyu unleashed Warhorse Explosive Strike as Zhu Wukui answered with Bright Wave Stone Fist, and both fighters were thrown across the arena.
• Zhu Wukui was the only one left standing and advanced to the top three.
• Ma Zhaoyang disputed the result but praised Ma Wenyu’s perseverance and predicted that his hard work would eventually bring success.

Chen Jianjun and Chen Jianzun fought a fierce duel, which Jianjun won after revealing his Sword Aura and stronger wind-and-lightning Soul Skill. The elders celebrated the younger generation’s talent but worried that sending Jianjun to the Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament could expose him to danger.

• Chen Jianjun challenged Chen Jianzun to the long-awaited battle between the two Soul Elders.
• Chen Jianjun and Chen Jianzun exchanged dozens of attacks, then escalated the fight with their second and third Soul Skills.
• Their clash shattered Chen Jianzun’s Sword Qi vortex and left both men seriously wounded.
• Chen Jianzun unleashed Threefold Waves of Emerald Water, but Chen Jianjun answered with Sword Aura and stood victorious.
• Ye Xiuxin went to treat the injured fighters while Chen Xiyuan watched from the relatives’ section.
• Chen Yu and the other elders discussed Jianjun’s talent and the danger of sending him to the tournament, and Chen Yu said hardship would hone him.

Chen Yanwu defeated Chen Jianjun in the clan tournament final after their swords and supreme techniques clashed. She was crowned champion, while Ye Xiuxin resolved to master Sword Momentum: Blue Sea, Bright Moon.

• Chen Jianjun opened the final by unleashing his Soul Skills and pressing Chen Yanwu with Vertical and Horizontal Swordsmanship, but she met his attacks with layered sword defenses.
• Chen Jianjun used Sword Aura: Hundred-Step Flying Sword, and Chen Yanwu answered with Sword Qi: Eternal Radiance, causing their attacks to collide across the arena.
• Chen Jianjun charged through the haze, but Chen Yanwu interrupted his strike with Peerless Sword Finger: One-Character Zen.
• Chen Yanwu struck Chen Jianjun with Brilliant Star Eye Sword, knocking him down and forcing him to concede the match.
• Chen Xun announced Chen Yanwu as the clan tournament champion, while Ye Xiuxin vowed to comprehend Sword Momentum: Blue Sea, Bright Moon.

After the tournament, Chen Yu presented the prizes and delivered a speech urging the young contestants to keep their youthful spirit. The gathered clan leaders praised the Chen children’s prospects, revealed Chen Xiaojun’s hidden talent, and warned that the clan’s rise would follow a catastrophe that had cost their families dearly.

• Chen Xun announced the tournament results, and Chen Yu awarded the winners their swords and the top ten their badges before giving his closing speech.
• Xue Tianming, Ma Zhibin, Ximen Rongcheng, Zhong Kui, Ning Ze, and Yang Zhiqiang praised the Chen children and discussed their promising futures.
• Zhu Yanfeng and the other elders discussed the tournament results, then revealed that Chen Xiaojun had innate full soul power and that his martial soul comprised ten swords, though only one had been unsealed.
• Cheng Nanxing wondered whether Chen Xiaojun’s martial soul could evolve into a super martial soul, and Zhao Deyun said turbulent times were approaching.
• The elders recalled how the catastrophe fifty years earlier had killed many members of their families and curtailed the Chen Clan’s rise, then urged one another to prepare for the clan’s resurgence.

After the clan tournament, Chen Jianzun accepted his defeat and resolved to improve his Cloudwater Sword Technique. His grandfather’s words challenged him to discover what his sword meant, leaving him to confront the emptiness in his swordsmanship.

• At the Chen Clan compound, Xiao Yi gave Chen Xiaojun Moon-Opening Flowers, while Chen Jianjun, Chen Feng, and Chen Xiaojun joked about their tournament results.
• Chen Jianzun told his family that Yanwu and Chen Jianjun had surpassed him through greater focus and years of practice.
• Chen Jianzun resolved to train until he developed Sword Momentum and asked to change his name to Chen Jianzun; Chen Hong approved and gave him a forty-thousand-year-old Dark Blood Demon Wolf Head Soul Bone.
• Zhong Kui gave Chen Jianzun a twenty-thousand-year-old water-type left arm bone and permission to learn his family’s Mysterious Yellow Resonant Sound Art, provided he kept it secret.
• Chen Hong described the meanings and varied spirits a sword could embody, then told Chen Jianzun that he had only been using the Cloudwater Sword and that his sword had no soul.

Chen Yanwu discussed her cultivation and future at Moonlight Academy with Chen Menglin and Chen Hanxin, who offered to continue guiding her. The conversation ended with them considering Zhu Wuxin as Chen Yanwu’s Personal Attendant.

• Chen Menglin thanked Chen Hanxin for raising and teaching Chen Yanwu, and Chen Yanwu expressed her gratitude to her great-aunt and great-uncle.
• Chen Yanwu said she was doing well at Moonlight Academy and explained that Chen Surong had left after receiving urgent news about a matter concerning her mother.
• Chen Yanwu planned to practice Sword Qi: Eternal Radiance, the Sword-Controlling Art, and sword sound, and Chen Hanxin offered to teach her in the mornings.
• Chen Hanxin revealed that Zhu Yanfeng and Ding Bingyuan had suggested Zhu Wuxin accompany Chen Yanwu to Moonlight Academy, likely as her Personal Attendant.
• Chen Yanwu considered Zhu Wuxin a suitable partner because they got along and their combat styles could complement each other, while Chen Menglin raised no objection.

Zhu Yanfeng and Ding Bingyuan urged Zhu Wuxin to attend Moonlight Academy and follow Miss Yanwu, despite her parents’ fears about the danger. Zhu Wuxin declared that she wanted to pursue the heights of Soul Master cultivation, leaving her parents to face her firm resolve.

• Zhu Yanfeng admired Zhu Wukui’s Third Place prize, the Copper-Inlaid Jade Seven Kill Sword, while he and Ding Bingyuan traded insults.
• Zhu Yanfeng and Ding Bingyuan praised Zhu Wuxin for becoming a young Soul Elder and placing in the Top Ten.
• Zhu Yanfeng revealed that he and Ding Bingyuan had spoken with Manager Han Xin about Zhu Wuxin attending Moonlight Academy and following Miss Yanwu.
• Zhu Tianhao and Ding Dang worried that Zhu Wuxin would face danger, especially as her brothers were also expected to serve the Chen family.
• Zhu Yanfeng and Ding Bingyuan argued that Zhu Wuxin’s talent and the opportunity to grow under Miss Yanwu made the risks worthwhile.
• Zhu Wuxin announced that she wanted to pursue Soul Master cultivation, and Zhu Wuneng voiced his support.

Chen Xiaojun advanced to Level 14 and reviewed the clan tournament, using its matches to deepen his understanding of swordsmen and the Chen Clan’s inherited combat paths. He realized that the clan’s sword techniques and soul skills formed a carefully coordinated system for guiding each swordsman toward sword intent.

• Chen Xiaojun cultivated beneath the moon, broke through to Level 14, and wondered why his progress had been so fast.
• Chen Xiaojun summarized nine abilities a swordsman needed, drawing on the tournament and his second granduncle’s teachings.
• Chen Jianjun reviewed the clan’s sword techniques and combat paths, while Chen Xiaojun acknowledged how much stronger Chen Yanwu was and rejected pride in his own achievements.
• Chen Xiaojun compared the clan’s techniques with sword styles he remembered from his previous life and considered whether this world was stronger than Douluo I.
• Chen Xiaojun realized that the clan’s foundational techniques, inherited secrets, and soul skills were designed to harmonize with a swordsman’s nature and guide them toward sword intent.

Chen Cong and Chen Yu concluded that Chen Xiaojun’s innate soul power had actually been level twelve, likely because of his ten Sword God Pearls. They warned him and Xiao Yi to keep the secret and advised Xiaojun to build his training around resonance, sword formations, and the Chen Clan’s Seven Sword-Controlling Absolutes.

• Chen Cong and Chen Yu reasoned that Xiaojun’s rapid growth after absorbing the Pegasus meant his innate soul power had exceeded the Soul Testing Ball’s level-ten limit, and Chen Yu estimated it had reached level twelve.
• Chen Yu warned Xiaojun and Xiao Yi never to reveal the secret, recalling the deaths and devastation caused when Duke Wen of Jin’s innate full soul power became known.
• Xiaojun proposed that the ten Sword God Pearls had raised his innate soul power, and Chen Cong agreed that the pearls’ unity was likely responsible.
• Chen Yu told Xiaojun to cultivate resonance with all ten pearls and eventually train in sword formations that combined their techniques.
• Chen Yu urged Xiaojun to study all seven of the Chen Clan’s ultimate sword-controlling moves and develop a style built around his ten swords.

Chen Xiaojun explained Xiao Yi’s Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flower Flow and the yin-yang theory behind it to Chen Yu and Chen Cong. The elders recognized its potential to transform the Chen Clan’s cultivation research, and Chen Cong seized on the five elements as a possible starting point.

• Chen Cong outlined possible plant-type Meditation Methods for Xiao Yi and asked her to choose one.
• Xiao Yi revealed that she already had a technique, and Chen Xiaojun described Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flower Flow as a versatile Wood-Element Yin-Yang Art.
• Chen Xiaojun explained the theory of yin and yang, leaving Chen Yu and Chen Cong astonished by its scope and implications.
• Chen Cong proposed that yin-yang theory might help the Chen Clan develop its techniques, sublimate Martial Souls, and reach Peerless Douluo.
• Xiao Yi agreed to let Chen Yu and Chen Cong study her technique, and Chen Xiaojun suggested beginning with the five elements.

Chen Xiaojun explained the Five Elements and their relationship to yin and yang to Chen Cong, who had never encountered the theory before. Chen Xiaojun reflected on why Douluo Continent lacked systematic philosophy and wondered whether the lost civilization behind Soul Tools had once developed its own underlying logic.

• Chen Cong asked Chen Xiaojun whether Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flower Flow was the only Yin-Yang Art, and Chen Xiaojun explained that it represented the wood element among the Five Elements.
• Chen Cong described how the Yang Family’s Seven Extremes Bow used five attributes called the Five Spirits, and Chen Xiaojun realized the continent lacked a systematic theory of the elements.
• Chen Xiaojun taught Chen Cong the Five Elements’ meanings and their cycles of mutual generation and restraint.
• Chen Cong asked how yin and yang related to the Five Elements, and Chen Xiaojun explained that they were complementary aspects of one whole.
• Chen Xiaojun considered why the continent had produced little comprehensive philosophy, attributing it to the focus on survival, Martial Souls, and religious institutions.
• Chen Xiaojun recalled Soul Tools as a possible product of an earlier civilization’s understanding of Soul Power, though that civilization’s underlying thought had been lost.

Chen Xiaojun and Chen Cong discussed how to develop Xiao Yi’s Immortal Evergreen Vine martial soul, settling on a control-support path that combined weaponization, vitality, and offense. Chen Xiaojun proposed gathering the origins of nine vine soul beasts to try to elevate it into a super martial soul, and Chen Cong agreed to help research suitable candidates.

• Chen Cong identified the Immortal Evergreen Vine’s vitality, growth, toughness, and control potential, and recommended Xiao Yi become a control-support Soul Master.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed choosing soul beasts whose abilities complemented Xiao Yi’s Ten Thousand Leaves Flying Flower Flow Yin-Yang Art and suggested a Sword Willow Vine for her first soul ring.
• Chen Cong approved the Sword Willow Vine choice, and Chen Xiaojun suggested a vitality-focused vine soul beast for Xiao Yi’s second soul ring.
• Chen Yu suggested an Azure Vine, but Chen Cong and Chen Xiaojun said it would be better suited to a later offensive soul ring because it lacked healing abilities.
• Xiao Yi said she would follow Brother Xiaojun’s advice, and Chen Xiaojun proposed using nine vine soul beasts’ origins to strengthen her martial soul toward becoming a super martial soul.
• Chen Cong endorsed the idea as worth trying and promised to help research suitable vine soul beasts.