Chapter Summaries

The Chen Clan’s competition continued into the evening as guests celebrated and negotiated business. Chen Yu and Chen Xiaojun arranged for the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s Glazed Tile Merchant Guild to distribute Bing Huo in Two Heavens across the Silves Kingdom, while also advancing plans for their joint Finance Academy.

• The Chen Clan’s arena matches continued through more than thirty bouts, and only one contestant cleared the second round to win the special reward.
• As evening fell, guests gathered for a buffet while the arena competition advanced to Soul Elder bouts.
• Chen Yu told Ning Ruiting that the Glazed Tile Merchant Guild could pursue distribution rights across the Silves Kingdom instead of limiting itself to the Southern Five Commanderies.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed supplying thirty million bottles of Bing Huo in Two Heavens annually at 1.3 gold coins each, and the parties agreed on a fifteen-million annual distribution fee.
• Chen Yu offered the guild the possibility of distribution rights in the Heaven Dou Empire’s Central District if its Silves Kingdom market share proved satisfactory.
• Ning Ruiting agreed to provide instructors and resources for the families’ Finance Academy and arrange short-term training for Chen Clan finance personnel through Ning Jiang.

Chen Yu sold Ning Ruiting a Ninth-Grade Luxurious Xiling Flower, which helped him evolve his Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda into an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda. Ning Ruiting agreed to buy the Chen Clan’s future flowers and offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s help in exchange for priority access.

• Chen Yu gave Ning Ruiting a Luxurious Xiling Flower and explained how to absorb its essence, while Ning Ruiting paid ten million Gold Soul Coins.
• Ning Ruiting absorbed the flower for half an hour and broke through to level eighty, evolving his martial soul into an Eight Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda.
• Chen Xiaojun recognized the flower as an unevolved form of aromatic silk beauty and privately felt relieved when the medicine worked.
• Ning Ruiting asked whether the Chen Clan had more flowers, and Chen Yu said it could provide roughly one mature plant every few years.
• Ning Ruiting agreed to buy all future flowers for ten million each and offered the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect’s assistance.
• Chen Yu presented Ning Ruiting with a list of requested goods and asked the Glazed Tile Merchant Guild for high-grade spirit medicine seeds.

Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er discussed the previous calamity with the Blond Youth, who revealed how their factions’ sacrifices helped end it early. He warned that the next calamity would arrive sooner and hit harder, while Spirit Hall had lost its spy within the Crimson Church.

• Chen Zixiu asked the Blond Youth whether he had caused the attack on the Chen Clan fifty years earlier, and the Blond Youth denied involvement beforehand but admitted to exploiting the aftermath.
• The Blond Youth explained that the Chen Clan’s upheaval weakened the Crimson Church, allowing him to kill its leader and force an early withdrawal.
• The Blond Youth recalled how Soul Fighting City and Sea God Island helped turn the tide, while Chen Zixiu mourned the heavy losses at Soul Fighting City and the ambush of his clan.
• The Blond Youth warned that the Crimson Church and the Otherworlders had preserved much of their strength, making the next calamity likely to come sooner and strike harder.
• The Blond Youth said he was too injured to fight and that Spirit Hall had lost its contracted spy inside the Crimson Church, leaving it without intelligence on the church’s plans.

Qian Zhongling pressed Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er about their intelligence on the Crimson Church, then warned Soul Fighting City against major action. As they left, Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er reconsidered the past calamities as a possible joint conspiracy and resolved to grow stronger while pursuing their own vendettas.

• Qian Zhongling questioned Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er about their spies in the Crimson Church, then advised Soul Fighting City to avoid major moves.
• Chen Zixiu and Bo Xian'er discussed his warning and considered that several powers might have joined forces to weaken Soul Fighting City during the Great Beast Tide.
• Chen Zixiu recounted how the Crimson Church ambushed the Chen Clan after someone exposed Uncle Jin Wen's innate full soul power.
• Bo Xian'er and Chen Zixiu questioned Qian Zhongling's claims about his informants and injuries, and Chen Zixiu suspected he had come seeking the Chen Clan's help.
• Chen Zixiu urged them to reach the Peerless Douluo realm quickly, then affirmed that Qian Zhongling's account of the attack on the Chen Clan was trustworthy.

Chen Mu faced Tang Xiao in the arena and used the Lone Peak Thirteen Swords to pressure him with three rapid attacks. Tang Xiao answered with the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes, beginning a powerful hammer strike as the duel continued.

• Chen Mu entered the arena with a bold poem, drawing cheers from the crowd and remarks from the Chen Clan.
• Dugu Fu asked Zhu Wuneng whether Tang Xiao could defeat Chen Mu, and Zhu Wuneng confidently predicted Chen Mu would win.
• Chen Mu and Tang Xiao exchanged barbs before Tang Xiao charged at him.
• Chen Mu used three moves from the Lone Peak Thirteen Swords, forcing Tang Xiao to defend and slicing off a lock of his hair.
• Tang Xiao invoked the Clear Sky Nine Absolutes-Penetrating Character Formula, charging his Clear Sky Hammer with Clear Sky Force and swinging it at Chen Mu.

Chen Mu pressed Tang Xiao with the Lone Peak Thirteen Swords while Chen Xiaojun advised Dugu Fu on strengthening his attacks and heard his plan to cultivate the Five Poisons Skill. Chen Xiaojun accepted Dugu Fu as a follower, leaving Dugu Fu excited to train under him.

• Chen Mu evaded Tang Xiao's hammer and countered with Lone Peak, Misleading Shadow, Wild Geese Descending on the Sandbar, and Sword Rises from the Lone Peak.
• Chen Xiaojun reunited with Dugu Fu and Zhu Wuneng, then asked Dugu Fu about practicing the Serpent Breathing Technique and White Python Whip Technique.
• Chen Xiaojun advised Dugu Fu to train with a whip or flexible sword infused with snake-venom soul power instead of using his martial soul to strike.
• Dugu Fu said he planned to choose a spider-type soul beast and cultivate the Five Poisons Skill to gain greater strength.
• Chen Xiaojun warned Dugu Fu about the risks, then invited him to stay by his side, and Dugu Fu eagerly agreed.

Dugu Fu chose the five-elements-generating path for his Five Poisons Skill, aiming to become a control-type soul master and explore a new path for his clan. Chen Xiaojun supported his decision and identified a problem with Dugu Fu’s earth-element second soul ring that would require finding a different soul beast.

• Chen Xiaojun explained the differences between the five-elements-overcoming and five-elements-generating paths, and Dugu Fu chose generation for its control style and potential.
• Dugu Fu said his choice fit his Jade-Scaled Snake clan’s strengths and would complement the team, while Zhu Wuneng pointed out that overcoming could suit less talented clan members.
• Chen Xiaojun agreed to help Dugu Fu address his later-stage attack power, and Dugu Fu planned to tell his grandfather about the two paths for the clan.
• Chen Xiaojun noted that Dugu Fu’s Netherworld Green Snake soul ring was earth-element and said they would need to find a different target soul beast.

Chen Xiaojun helped Dugu Fu refine the Dugu Family’s plans for venomous soul beasts and offered to use the Chen Clan’s connections to find rare candidates. He then admitted that his swordsmanship lagged behind Chen Mu’s and reflected on his losing streak as a chance to improve.

• Dugu Fu outlined venomous soul beasts the family had selected for his third through sixth soul rings, including the Man Faced Demon Spider, Ice Jade Scorpion, Flying Centipede, and Manggu Vermilion Toad.
• Dugu Fu said the rarer Six-Winged Golden Centipede and Six-Winged Purple Light Spider would be better options for certain elements, but were difficult to find.
• Chen Xiaojun offered to review Dugu Fu’s plans and said the Chen Clan and its allies might know where to find rare soul beasts.
• After watching Chen Mu practice, Chen Xiaojun clarified that Chen Mu surpassed him in swordsmanship, though not necessarily in overall combat strength.
• Chen Xiaojun recalled losing most of his swordsmanship matches against Chen Mu and other peers, and resolved to treat the defeats as training toward mastery.

After gaining strength from immortal herbs, Chen Mu faced Tang Xiao in a duel. Chen Mu stopped Tang Xiao’s final Chaotic Cloak attack head-on and won, leaving the match behind with a sword at Tang Xiao’s neck.

• Chen Mu’s soul power rose to level 48, his lower soul nest improved, and he moved the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword into his newly opened middle soul nest.
• Tang Xiao used Clear Sky Power and Ironblood Tyrant Body to strengthen himself and trade blows with Chen Mu.
• Chen Mu combined Sword Shadow Form, Sword Wings Like Flight, and Swift Body to outpace Tang Xiao, then struck him with Plum Blossoms Ninefold.
• Tang Xiao blocked most of Chen Mu’s sword qi with Clear Sky Body Protection and launched his thirty-six-strike Chaotic Cloak attack.
• Chen Mu met Tang Xiao’s hammer storm with Wind Breathing, Ninth Form-Skanda Typhoon, halted it, and placed his sword against Tang Xiao’s neck to win.

After Chen Mu defeated Tang Xiao, Tang Chen helped his brother reflect on the match and recognize the Chen Clan’s growing strength. Tang Xiao identified the Clan’s inherited techniques as a broad fighting system, leaving Tang Chen concerned that the Tang Family understood little about its rivals.

• Chen Mu defeated Tang Xiao, and the crowd discussed the gap between the two young fighters.
• Tang Xiao told Tang Chen that he could not determine whether Chen Mu had concealed his yang-attribute Soul Power or simply held back his strength.
• Tang Chen praised Chen Mu’s composure and experience, then recalled how the Chen Clan had survived the Wolf Bandits’ attack four years earlier.
• Tang Chen asked Tang Xiao to recall Chen Mu’s techniques, and Tang Xiao recognized the Blade Storm’s powerful effect despite its low Soul Power use.
• Tang Xiao described seeing the Chen Clan and its followers apply similar inherited techniques to several different attributes.
• Tang Chen concluded that the Chen Clan had developed new cultivation methods and an expanding martial skill inheritance, and that it was no longer what it once was.

Chen Xiaojun and Zhu Wuneng discussed the strength and hardships of Chen Feng and Chen Mu while watching the tournament. Chen Feng won his arena battle, and the older generation reconsidered how little support they had given him and Chen Mu.

• Chen Xiaojun noted that Fifth Young Master had held back many techniques, and Zhu Wuneng praised Chen Feng and Chen Mu for their resilience despite limited resources.
• Dugu Fu recognized Zhu Wujie fighting in the arena, and Zhu Wuneng explained the strength and future importance of the Retainer Families' competitors.
• Chen Feng shouted an ambitious verse after his victory, and Zhu Wuneng explained to a confused Dugu Fu that Chen Feng and Chen Mu had borrowed the lines from their young master.
• Chen Yu, Chen Hong, and Chen Cong realized they had favored Chen Xiaojun and Chen Jianjun over Chen Feng and Chen Mu, and Chen Hong regretted doubting their places on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking.

Chen Xiaojun learned about the strange Serpent Saint martial soul fusion skill shared by the Dugu and Chao families and suspected it was connected to a supreme powerhouse from his previous life. The chapter ended with him wondering whether the skill, the system, and creation energy all traced back to that being.

• Zhu Wuneng admired Dugu Yue before Dugu Fu revealed she was his older sister, and the group joked about their fierce sisters.
• Zhu Wuxin arrived to ask Chen Xiaojun for entrance verses on behalf of the three Chen clan heirs, who offered to pay.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Dugu Fu about the Dugu and Chao families' martial soul fusion skill, which Dugu Fu described as unstable and known as the Serpent Saint.
• Dugu Fu explained that only women had achieved the fusion, which summoned a snake-tailed woman holding a Serpent Cane and whose true name could not be remembered or recorded.
• Chen Xiaojun reacted with dread to the description and wondered whether the Serpent Saint, the system, and creation energy were connected to a supreme powerhouse.

Chen Zhouzhao and Chen Jieqi sat out the arena matches while Shen Lang and Xi Li Dao Gao discussed business opportunities and the main family’s plans. Shen Lang agreed to combine their families’ strengths in a consortium, then described the Treasure Gathering Pavilion’s regional alliance structure and the prospect of expanding distribution across Fasinuo Province.

• Chen Zhouzhao ate with Chen Jieqi and his grandfather, Xi Li Dao Gao, while the two boys remained sidelined because they were too weak to compete.
• Shen Lang learned that Xi Li Dao Gao’s family was overwhelmed by construction projects and advised him to let the main family manage the business side of a consortium.
• Xi Li Dao Gao invited Shen Lang’s family to join the consortium, proposing that his family handle construction, Shen Lang’s family manage accounts, and the main family secure contracts.
• Shen Lang agreed to join the consortium and said he and Xi Li Dao Gao should discuss it with Young Master Xiaojun.
• Shen Lang explained that the Treasure Gathering Pavilion had won distribution rights for Bing Huo in Two Heavens in the Southern Five Commanderies and that he aimed to expand its channels across Fasinuo Province.
• The chapter described the Treasure Gathering Pavilion as an alliance of commercially rooted families that divided regional territories, with the Zhu Family controlling the Northwest.

Xixi challenged Chen Mu and Chen Feng, prompting Chen Mu to face her in the arena. After Xixi held the advantage through their exchange, Chen Mu unleashed his strongest sword strike, and the chapter ended as she met it head-on.

• Xixi entered the arena and called out Chen Mu and Chen Feng over their titles and reputation.
• Chen Mu stepped forward to fight Xixi while Zhu Wuneng told Dugu Fu that Xixi was standing up for Chen Xiaojun, who remained lost in thought.
• Xixi suppressed Chen Mu despite his wind and stellar techniques, and his sword qi slowed as it approached her water power.
• Chen Mu warned Xixi that his next move was beyond his control, then declared himself the Chen Clan's Jade Balance Sword.
• Chen Mu used Lone Peak Fourteen Swords-Lone Peak Heavenfall, and Xixi braced herself to meet the annihilating strike.

Chen Mu revealed his self-created Lone Peak Fourteenth Sword and clashed with Xixi’s Water-Control Art, showing the Chen Clan how far his talent had taken him. Xixi won the match, and Chen Mu left the arena after accepting her praise and challenge.

• Chen Mu unleashed Lone Peak Heavenfall, whose annihilating sword intent stunned the spectators and impressed Chen Cong with its power.
• Ma Liang learned that Chen Mu was his older cousin, while Ma Suyun wept with pride at her son’s achievement.
• Xixi summoned an oceanic phantom and attacked Chen Mu with Water-Control Art-True Sky-Piercing.
• The clash sent Chen Mu out of the arena and drove Xixi backward, though neither ultimate move clearly overpowered the other.
• Chen Mu conceded the match and left, and Xixi told him he was first-rate while declaring herself beyond first-rate.

Tang Chen and Tang Xiao learned that Chen Mu had lost to Bo Saixi, the Sea God Holy Maiden ranked tenth on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking. The crowd celebrated both fighters, and Chen Mu left the match with greater fame and honor for the Chen Clan.

• Tang Chen and Tang Xiao discussed Chen Mu’s defeat and recognized that his opponent was an extraordinary genius.
• Tang Xiao found Bo Saixi on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking and discovered she was ranked tenth, just ahead of Tang Chen.
• Onlookers connected Bo Saixi to Xiao Hongchen and the group that had fought a Soul Douluo from the Crimson Church.
• Tang Chen suggested that he might seek to become acquainted with Bo Saixi because of her ties to major powers.
• The crowd cheered for Chen Mu and Bo Saixi as Chen Mu earned acclaim for his swordsmanship and established the name of the Chen Clan’s Seven Stars.

The Chang'an Academy students discussed Chen Mu’s hidden strength, the Heavenly rankings, and the growing power of their School Team. They learned that Chen Cong would become the academy’s Chief Vice President, explaining why Chen Xiaojun and Chen Mu would join in two years, and left considering the benefits and implications of the arrangement.

• Yu Youwei, Shen Youchu, and the others discussed Chen Mu’s combat strength and agreed that few among them could confidently face him.
• Liu Ruyan revealed that her role in helping surround and kill a Crimson Church Soul Douluo had helped her reach seventy-ninth on the Heavenly Prodigy Ranking.
• Shen Youchu confirmed that Chen Xiaojun had agreed to join the academy in two years, when he would be old enough to attend.
• The group discussed how Chen Xiaojun, Chen Mu, Zhu Wuneng, and Ningxia could strengthen the School Team, while Gu Wuyan’s Heavenly Strategy Ranking showed its support talent.
• Liu Ruyan explained that Chen Cong had agreed to become the academy’s Chief Vice President, prompting He Qiang and Chen Ze to interpret the day’s matches and invitations as a carefully arranged show of strength.

Qian Daoliu and Qian Zhongling took an interest in Bo Saixi as she appeared at the matches, while Beiming Lingyu casually joined the conversation. Chen Feng then fought Xixi, using his Green Duckweed Sword Technique as he embraced the Big Dipper identity and divine name of Kaiyang, Martial Song.

• Qian Daoliu discussed Bo Saixi’s potential and future encounters with her, and Beiming Lingyu joined the conversation before being scolded by Beiming Xinghai.
• Qian Zhongling watched Bo Saixi from the Moon-Gazing Tower, having pretended not to care about the children’s matches.
• Chen Feng entered the arena, named himself the Open Sun Sword, and traded remarks with Xixi before she charged at him with her Golden Trident.
• Xixi used the Sea God Art’s trident techniques while Chen Feng countered with his fluid, change-focused Green Duckweed Sword Technique.
• Chen Feng recalled Chen Xiaojun’s account of the Big Dipper and the Seven Stars’ pledge to shoulder their divine names, including Kaiyang, Martial Song.

Chen Feng and Xixi continued their duel, with Chen Feng countering her crushing water technique and Xixi recognizing him and Chen Mu as Xiaojun’s fourth and fifth elder brothers. The match remained undecided as their sword qi and sea bubbles clashed.

• Xixi attacked Chen Feng with Water-Control Art: Pressure Damage, but Chen Feng used Moon, Fifth Form: Moon Soul Calamity Vortex to repel and disperse her torrent.
• Xixi asked whether Chen Feng had tried to unsettle her, then recognized him and Chen Mu as Xiaojun’s fourth and fifth elder brothers.
• Xixi insisted that their match continue and changed tactics, using Water-Control Art: Sea Bubble to attack Chen Feng with swarms of explosive bubbles.
• Chen Feng unleashed Sword Qi: Eternal Radiance, and his sword qi tide collided with Xixi’s sea bubbles as their duel intensified.

Xixi defeated Chen Feng in a fierce arena battle by combining her water-control intents into a powerful water dragon. Chen Feng accepted his loss, and Xixi praised his skill as they parted on good terms.

• Xixi used her Golden Trident to summon waterspouts, while Chen Feng countered with a sword formation and a rain of sword light.
• Xixi strengthened the waterspouts with her True Dragon Waterspout and True Tide Manipulation intents, forming a massive vortex that clashed with Chen Feng’s sword wheel.
• Chen Feng drove his Eternal Light Wheel toward the vortex’s core, but Xixi transformed the vortex into a water dragon that shattered the sword wheel.
• Chen Feng used the Golden Bell Shield, but the water dragon knocked him out of the arena, giving Xixi the victory.
• Chen Feng conceded wholeheartedly, and Xixi praised him before they exchanged farewells.