Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaojun pushed the Sun Breathing Technique until golden-red Marks appeared, but Xiao Yi stopped him before his incomplete recovery led to serious harm. He explained that the Marks signified advanced circulation and said the technique could still reach a higher stage.

• Chen Xiaojun recognized that extreme heat and a racing heart might awaken Marks, then took Xiao Yi to a training room to test the idea.
• Chen Xiaojun intensified his Sun Breathing Technique until golden-red Marks spread across his face and neck, strengthening his aura.
• Chen Xiaojun tried to push beyond the Marks, but unprecedented pain and trembling made Xiao Yi order him to stop.
• Xiao Yi used the Immortal Evergreen Vine to heal Chen Xiaojun, then warned him that forcing a breakthrough before recovering could backfire.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that Marks represented advanced Breathing Technique circulation and said the technique had not yet reached its highest stage.

Xiao Yi used the Radiant Clouds Breathing Technique to complete a major bloodline breakthrough, sending a powerful energy surge through the Duke's Mansion. The Chen Clan rushed to Chen Xiaojun's courtyard, mistaking the unfamiliar power for an attack, while Chen Xiaojun watched the resulting commotion.

• Xiao Yi manifested pale blue marks as her blood and vital energy reached a new height, then continued practicing toward a deeper breakthrough.
• Xiao Yi endured intense heat and pain as the marks spread across her body and her Bloodline Power surged.
• Xiao Yi completed her breakthrough, releasing energy ripples that swept through nearly the entire Duke's Mansion.
• Zhu Yanfeng, Zhu Wuneng, Su Ningxia, Chen Bin, Chen Shurui, and others hurried toward the disturbance, while Chen Menglin rose into the sky to search for an intruder.
• Chen Xiaojun realized the unfamiliar bloodline energy had come from Xiao Yi's breakthrough and watched the Chen Clan respond in alarm.

Xiao Yi activated the Mark of the Moon Breathing Method but failed to awaken its bloodline power, and Chen Xiaojun explained the difference between the two stages. The group went to Practice Ground No. 5 to test her strength, where Xiao Yi faced Cheng Yun.

• Chen Menglin sent Cheng Yun and Xia Ying to check on Xiao Yi, then led the others into the Training Room after Cheng Yun confirmed it was safe.
• Xiao Yi continued practicing the Moon Breathing Method as silvery-white markings appeared on her skin and her aura gradually strengthened.
• Xiao Yi told Chen Xiaojun she had not awakened Moon Breathing, and he explained that she had activated its Mark without awakening her bloodline.
• Mu Lingyun suggested testing Xiao Yi's strength, and Chen Chen led the group to Practice Ground No. 5.
• Xiao Yi began a fierce battle against Cheng Yun, a level seventy-seven Soul Saint, while her pale-blue Mark flickered across her face.

Xiao Yi awakened her bloodline during her fight with Cheng Yun, gaining a powerful mist-wreathed form that Chen Xiaojun named the Rosy Mist Divine Venerable Body. The battle remained unresolved as Xiao Yi’s new Unfixed Whip technique blasted Cheng Yun back.

• Xiao Yi fought Cheng Yun with her Mark state, using the Radiant Clouds Breathing Technique and Immortal Evergreen Vine to evade Cheng Yun’s attacks.
• Xiao Yi awakened her bloodline, intensifying her mist and raising her combat strength toward the High-Rank Soul Emperor level.
• Chen Xiaojun and the spectators discussed the transformation’s power and named Xiao Yi’s form the Rosy Mist Divine Venerable Body.
• Cheng Yun used her Yu Feng Divine Eagle Soul Skill to disperse the mist, but a multicolored energy barrier held around Xiao Yi.
• Xiao Yi unleashed Unfixed Whip from within the mist and blasted Cheng Yun more than a dozen meters backward.

Xiao Yi sparred with Cheng Yun, using the Radiant Mist Divine Venerable Body’s techniques to withstand Cheng Yun’s Nine Yin Divine Claw. The demonstration revealed three Foundation Arts and convinced Chen Menglin that Xiao Yi’s bloodline power could advance the family’s essence, qi, and spirit system.

• Cheng Yun attacked Xiao Yi with the Nine Yin Divine Claw, and Xiao Yi countered with the Radiant Mist Rend Wave before evading the weakened attack.
• Cheng Yun praised Xiao Yi’s bloodline power, while Chen Mu considered adapting its concealed Soul Power to his sword techniques.
• Chen Xiaojun identified three Foundation Arts within Xiao Yi’s divine venerable body, including the Unfixed Whip and Radiant Mist Rend Wave.
• Chen Xiaojun assured Chen Menglin that Xiao Yi’s divine venerable body could reach Titled Douluo-level potential.
• Chen Menglin said the Foundation Arts advanced the family’s essence, qi, and spirit system and its pursuit of immortality.

Chen Xiaojun demonstrated his Sun Breathing Technique in a spar with Shen Fei, then discussed breathing techniques and a soul-bone trade with him. The chapter ended with Chen Xiaojun agreeing to find Shen Fei a fifty-thousand-year blood-attribute soul bone, likely for Shen Youchu.

• Chen Xiaojun revealed his Sun Breathing mark and challenged Chen Chen to spar, but Shen Fei whisked him onto the Martial Arts Platform first.
• After their ten-minute spar, Shen Fei praised Chen Xiaojun’s Sun Breathing Technique, and Chen Xiaojun suggested he study the blood attribute using future breathing-technique research.
• Shen Fei told Chen Xiaojun that Shen Lang had recovered a sixty-thousand-year soul bone from Dacey and asked how they should handle it.
• Chen Xiaojun offered to exchange the soul bone for a fifty-thousand-year one, and Shen Fei requested one with a blood attribute.

Zhu Yanfeng attempted to awaken his bloodline and push toward a Divine Venerable Body, but Chen Menglin stopped him when the strain became dangerous. After recovering, Zhu Yanfeng realized that activating his marks had made his blood surge and driven him to ignore Chen Xiaojun’s warning to proceed cautiously.

• Zhu Yanfeng decided to attempt bloodline awakening despite Chen Xiaojun and Zhu Wuneng warning him of the risks.
• Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi shared their breakthrough experiences as Zhu Yanfeng practiced Stone Breathing and awakened his marks.
• Zhu Yanfeng pushed toward a Divine Venerable Body, but Chen Xiaojun urged Chen Menglin to stop him when he began trembling in pain.
• Chen Menglin suppressed Zhu Yanfeng’s surging blood vitality, halting the marks and ending the attempt in failure.
• Mu Lingyun and Xiao Yi treated Zhu Yanfeng, who later recognized that activating his marks had made his blood surge and clouded his judgment.

Chen Cong and the others analyzed why Chen Xiaojun, Zhu Yanfeng, and Xiao Yi had struggled to awaken Divine Venerable Bodies, focusing on breathing techniques, meridians, and blood marrow. They established innate soul power, comprehension, meridians, and blood marrow as the Chen Clan’s four essentials of cultivation, elevating breathing techniques alongside soul power.

• Chen Cong and the others compared the failed breakthroughs of Chen Xiaojun and Zhu Yanfeng with Xiao Yi’s experience and concluded that the most difficult breathing techniques made awakening a Divine Venerable Body especially challenging.
• They determined that Xiao Yi’s stronger meridian network, especially her collateral meridians, had given her a crucial advantage over Zhu Yanfeng during her breakthrough.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that blood marrow supplied blood’s strength and vitality, shaped future potential, and was profoundly activated when a Divine Venerable Body awakened.
• The group distinguished activating a mark from awakening a Divine Venerable Body and agreed that the latter required caution.
• The Chen Clan formally named innate soul power, comprehension, meridians, and blood marrow its four essentials of cultivation, placing breathing techniques alongside soul power.

Chen Xiaojun brought Xiao Yi and his companions to visit the Gao Family in Chang'an, where he presented rare gifts to the family elders. The meeting was still underway as Su Ningxia prepared to reveal a spirit herb.

• Chen Xiaojun explained Chang'an's districts and landmarks to Xiao Yi as their carriage traveled to the Gao Family residence.
• Gao Yunpeng and his entourage welcomed Chen Xiaojun, and the guests exchanged formal greetings with Gao Ying and the other Gao Family members.
• Chen Xiaojun and Zhu Wuneng presented Gao Ying with a rare white jade lotus, which delighted the lotus-loving elder.
• Su Ningxia stepped forward carrying a wooden box containing a vibrant spirit herb.

Chen Xiaojun visited the Gao Family and presented generous gifts, including rare spirit medicines and a soul bone, to reward Gao Cuilan for her contributions. He explained the value of her work and his expedition’s immense haul, leaving the family pleased and warmly welcoming Zhu Wuneng.

• Chen Xiaojun gave Gao Yunpeng and Gao Ying two seventh-grade spirit medicines that aided mental power, and Gao Yunpeng asked why he had come.
• Chen Xiaojun said Gao Cuilan deserved a share of the expedition’s gains, and Zhu Wuneng presented eighth-grade nine-leaf profound ginseng and a forty-thousand-year Redgold War Wolf right arm bone.
• Gao Duan exclaimed at the sight of the soul bone, and Gao Yunpeng rebuked him before Chen Xiaojun explained its attack skill and suitability for Gao Cuilan.
• Chen Xiaojun recounted the expedition’s many battles and treasures, totaling more than ten million gold coins, and said the gifts were justified by Gao Cuilan’s performance.
• Chen Xiaojun praised Gao Cuilan’s tournament achievements and teamwork, while Gao Ying and Gao Yunpeng welcomed Zhu Wuneng and encouraged him to visit more often.

Chen Xiaojun proposed exchanging the Chen Clan’s inherited techniques for the Gao Family’s Restraining Arts, and Gao Ying agreed to a family-wide exchange. The discussion ended with Chen Xiaojun asking to include the Gao Family’s other restraint techniques as well, which Gao Ying also approved.

• Gao Cuilan and Zhu Wuneng grew flustered when their elders encouraged their relationship, and Cheng Yun, Zhu Wuneng, Su Ningxia, and the others left with members of the Gao Family.
• Chen Xiaojun presented Gao Ying and Gao Yunpeng with information on the Heavenly Wolf Sect’s Secret Techniques and proposed exchanging them for the Gao Family’s Restraining Secret Techniques.
• Gao Ying questioned Xiao Yi about her role at Zhongnan Mountain and her relationship with Chen Xiaojun, who revealed that she was his fiancée.
• Gao Ying agreed to exchange techniques between the families and ordered Gao Yunpeng to bring all five of the Gao Family’s Restraining Secret Techniques.
• Chen Xiaojun asked to include the Gao Family’s other restraint techniques of various attributes, and Gao Ying agreed.

After Chen Xiaojun left the Gao Family estate, Gao Ying, Gao Yunpeng, and Gao Yunhe discussed the thirteen secret techniques he had exchanged with them and the gifts he had given Gao Cui Lan. They concluded that the gifts could help her prepare for the Continental Advanced Elite Tournament, and Gao Ying sent Gao Yunpeng to fetch her.

• Chen Xiaojun's carriage left the Gao Family estate as Su Ningxia hoped the family understood his intentions and Cheng Yun warned that they would cut ties if it disappointed them.
• Gao Yunpeng, Gao Ying, and Gao Yunhe discussed the thirteen secret techniques Chen Xiaojun had exchanged, including techniques inherited from the Heavenly Wolf Sect and the Demon Sheep Sect.
• Gao Ying said the techniques would strengthen the Gao Family's main lineage and followers.
• Gao Yunhe reasoned that Chen Xiaojun had formally presented Gao Cui Lan with an eighth-grade nine-leaf profound ginseng and a forty-thousand-year Soul Bone to help her advance before the Continental Advanced Elite Tournament.
• Gao Ying ordered Gao Yunpeng to bring Gao Cui Lan to them.

Gao Cuilan revealed that Sixth Brother had chosen her to be the primary controller in the provincial preliminaries, and her family prepared her to advance and strengthen her abilities. Gao Ying and his sons recognized that Xiaojun’s support for Cui Lan would pressure the other great houses to invest in their own candidates.

• Gao Cuilan told Gao Ying, Gao Yunpeng, and Gao Yunhe that Sixth Brother wanted her to serve as the provincial preliminaries’ primary controller.
• Gao Ying urged Gao Cuilan to absorb the nine-leaf profound ginseng, Soul Bone, golden dew spirit liquid, and jade algae to prepare for reaching Soul Ancestor level.
• Gao Cuilan revealed that Sixth Brother had also given her interwoven light and dark dew and sixth-grade spirit light grass.
• Gao Ying ordered Gao Cuilan to begin absorbing the resources in an hour, while Gao Yunpeng and Gao Yunhe discussed how her role would spur the other great houses to invest in their candidates.
• Gao Ying led Gao Yunpeng and Gao Yunhe to stand guard while Gao Cuilan absorbed the medicinal potency.

Gao Cuilan used spirit medicines given by Young Master Xiaojun to raise her soul and mental power and evolve her Gold-Silver Rings into a seventh-rank Dragon-Phoenix Gold-Silver Rings. She reached level 38 and wept, thinking that her martial soul could finally keep up with Wuneng’s a little.

• Gao Cuilan consumed the nine-leaf profound ginseng and interwoven light and dark dew, increasing her soul power and mental power.
• Gao Ying recognized the dragon-phoenix grass Gao Cuilan revealed, and Gao Yunhe explained that Young Master Xiaojun had given it to her.
• Gao Cuilan swallowed the dragon-phoenix grass and ten stalks of spirit light grass, enduring intense pain as their power transformed her martial soul.
• Gao Cuilan’s sixth-grade Gold-Silver Rings evolved into the seventh-rank Dragon-Phoenix Gold-Silver Rings, delighting Gao Ying, Gao Yunpeng, and Gao Yunhe.
• Gao Cuilan’s soul power rose to level 38, and she wept as she thought her martial soul could finally keep up with Wuneng’s a little.

Gao Cuilan cried with relief after her martial soul upgraded to Peak Seventh Grade, giving her confidence that she could stand beside Zhu Wuneng. After learning Xiao Yi had gifted her the dragon-phoenix grass, Gao Cuilan hurried to absorb a soul bone and golden dew spirit liquid so she could raise her level and catch up to Zhu Wuneng.

• Gao Cuilan wept as she realized her upgraded Dragon-Phoenix Gold-Silver Rings made her martial soul equal in quality to the Golden Generation's.
• Gao Yunhe asked whether Chen Xiaojun had given her the dragon-phoenix grass, and Gao Cuilan said Xiao Yi had given it to her.
• Gao Cuilan praised Xiao Yi's strength and potential, surprising Gao Yunpeng, Gao Ying, and Gao Yunhe.
• Gao Yunhe suggested Gao Cuilan rest before absorbing the soul bone and golden dew spirit liquid, but she refused to wait.
• Gao Cuilan prepared to absorb the forty-thousand-year Red-Gold Wolf Right Arm Bone and golden dew spirit liquid so she could reach Level 40 and catch up to Zhu Wuneng.

Chen Xiaojun used Gao Cuilan to test whether spirit light grass could boost dragon-phoenix grass, while positioning the Gao Family as his first new ally among Chang'an's Great Houses. The chapter left him preparing to gauge the Great Houses' loyalty as pressure from the Crimson Church mounted.

• Gao Yunhe warned Gao Yunpeng and Gao Ying to protect Chen Xiaojun's secrets and handle the Gao Family's new gifts discreetly.
• Gao Cuilan absorbed the dragon-phoenix grass and spirit light grass combination as Chen Xiaojun tested its effect on her Martial Soul.
• Chen Xiaojun explained that Gao Cuilan had earned his help through her character and aptitude, and that the Gao Family was an ideal benchmark beyond the Shen, Ji, and Liu families.
• Chen Xiaojun planned to strengthen the Gao Family, deepen its ties to the Chen Clan, and use Gao Cuilan's possible breakthrough to draw attention in Chang'an.
• Chen Xiaojun viewed Chen Cong's injury and the Crimson Church's pressure as a chance to assess whether the Great Houses would stand by the Chen Clan.

Cheng Yun and Zhu Changyun brought Chen Xiaojun and the others into the middle of a battle as Hu Qian Ning fought off several pursuers. After Zhu Changyun blocked an attack aimed at them, one of the pursuers confronted Chen Xiaojun and warned him not to interfere.

• Cheng Yun left the carriage to investigate the fighting and saw Hu Qian Ning fleeing across the rooftops from several pursuers.
• Hu Qian Ning used Thousand Illusions Steps and the Heart-Congealing Art to evade the vines and resist Liu Xinxin's mental attack.
• Hu Qian Ning activated Fox-Tail Bud Robe and knocked aside the burly man's Blood Circle Slash with her five-colored tails.
• Zhu Changyun shielded the group as Cheng Yun, Chen Xiaojun, Xiao Yi, Zhu Wuneng, and Su Ningxia left the carriage to watch the battle.
• Zhu Changyun cut down vines that attacked the group, and the slanted-fringe pursuer warned Chen Xiaojun not to interfere.

Chen Xiaojun and his companions encountered a clash between Qingqiu Forest and the Infinite Hall in Chang'an City, where an arrogant Infinite Hall member tried to intimidate them. As the battle continued, Chen Xiaojun learned more about the rival sects and the Infinite Hall’s role among the Nine Imperial Gates.

• A side-swept-bangs man from the Infinite Hall challenged Chen Xiaojun’s group, but Zhu Wuneng mocked him and Zhu Changyun stepped forward with his shield.
• Hu Qian Ning urged Chen Xiaojun to leave, while Chen Xiaojun and Cheng Yun discussed her five-tailed spirit fox bloodline and her chances in Qingqiu Forest’s Holy Maiden selection.
• The Infinite Hall man threatened Chen Xiaojun’s group by invoking his sect, but Chen Xiaojun and Cheng Yun dismissed his arrogance and discussed the conflict between the two factions.
• Cheng Yun identified the fighters as members of four of the Five Infinite Lineages and said an Infinite Hall expert had likely occupied Qingqiu Forest’s successor’s Dao Protector.
• Chen Xiaojun’s group watched the distant battle as Cheng Yun explained that the ruthless Infinite Hall still defended the Human Race during major crises.

Hu Qian Ning defeated Gou Sheng and resisted Liu Xinxin’s mental attack before striking back at her. Liu Xinxin was sent flying, leaving the battle unresolved.

• The chapter described Qingqiu Forest’s five fox lineages and the Spirit Fox art that could strengthen and evolve its practitioners’ martial souls.
• Hu Qian Ning used Fox-Tail Blossom and Fox-Tail Desire Blossom to break through Gou Sheng’s defenses and knock him down.
• Liu Xinxin attacked Hu Qian Ning with Dream Enchantment, but Hu Qian Ning’s focused will repelled the mental attack.
• Hu Qian Ning countered with Fox-Tail Entwined in Flames, forcing Liu Xinxin to dodge.
• Hu Qian Ning’s flaming fox tail broke through Liu Xinxin’s defense and sent her flying more than a dozen meters.

Chen Xiaojun and Zhu Changyun pressured Yu Mixuan while Hu Qian Ning fought Mo Lichen, broke his Mist Prison, and defeated him with Fox Sky Vast Sea. The battle ended with Yu Mixuan still under attack.

• Chen Xiaojun asked Zhu Changyun to stop Yu Mixuan, and Zhu Changyun forced Yu Mixuan to defend himself with his shield and Earth Vein Surge.
• Hu Qian Ning tried to dash toward Chen Xiaojun, but Mo Lichen trapped her inside his Mist Prison.
• Hu Qian Ning used Illusion Fox Shadow Clones and foxfire to break free of the mist and charge at Mo Lichen.
• Mo Lichen attacked Hu Qian Ning with Netherworld Ghost Claw, but her Illusion Fox Heavenly Dance blocked it.
• Hu Qian Ning unleashed Fox Tails Blaze Like Me and Fox Sky Vast Sea, engulfing Mo Lichen in foxfire and reducing him to ash.