Chapter Summaries

Chen Xiaojun proposed that the Great Kunlun Hammer and Great Sumeru Hammer might be complementary techniques, then asked Tang Yuchen about their origins. Tang Yuchen revealed that the ancestors Tang Xuan Yellow Emperor and Tang Haotian developed the techniques after returning from an ancient ruin, and both died from the aftermath of fighting Crimson’s level 99 Peerless Douluo.

• Chen Xiaojun suggested combining the Great Kunlun Hammer, the Great Sumeru Hammer, the Earth Origin Ninefold Earth Formula, and the Clear Sky Sect’s Nine Suns Force.
• Tang Yuchen explained that twin ancestors Tang Haotian and Tang Xuan Yellow Emperor entered an ancient ruin and adopted the names Clear Sky and Yellow Emperor after returning.
• Tang Yuchen said the Great Sumeru Hammer and Great Kunlun Hammer first appeared after the brothers returned, though the family records no longer revealed whether the ruin had given them the techniques.
• Tang Yuchen recounted that the two ancestors, both level 98 Supreme Douluos, killed Crimson’s level 99 Peerless Douluo through their combined efforts.
• Tang Yuchen said Tang Xuan Yellow Emperor died and became a stone statue, while Tang Haotian succumbed to his injuries a few years later.

Chen Xiaojun explained to Tang Yuchen that the Great Sumeru Hammer evolved the Martial Soul Avatar into a colossal, physically solid hammer, making that transformation the foundation of its monstrous power. Tang Yuchen understood the implications for the Great Kunlun Hammer, but neither he nor Tie Fu’er knew the mountains Mount Sumeru and Mount Kunlun.

• Chen Xiaojun argued that the Martial Soul Avatar was a rule-level ability that formed the foundation of the Great Sumeru Hammer’s power.
• He explained that the Great Sumeru Hammer reshaped and enhanced the Clear Sky Hammer far beyond an ordinary Martial Soul Avatar, giving it a mountainlike scale and physical substance.
• Tang Yuchen realized that the Great Kunlun Hammer might similarly transform the Yellow Emperor Hammer into a true, immortal mountain.
• Chen Xiaojun asked Tang Yuchen whether he had heard of Mount Sumeru and Mount Kunlun, but Tang Yuchen said the names were unfamiliar.
• Chen Xiaojun lowered his eyes and kept his thoughts to himself.

Chen Xiaojun proposed that the Chen Clan support the Yellow Emperor Tang Family against the Clear Sky Sect and potentially bring them into the clan’s fold. The joint meeting began weighing the proposal, with Lu Xiaoxiao supporting it for its technical potential and the artisans it could bring.

• Tang Yuchen told Tie Fu'er that he had spoken candidly because he wanted to see how Chen Xiaojun would respond to what he had learned.
• Xia Qingyun, Chen Xiaojun, and the department ministers attended the Chen Clan’s first joint meeting since its reforms, where the departments reported their work and plans.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed that the clan help the Yellow Emperor Tang Family withstand the Clear Sky Sect and possibly accept them as vassals or followers.
• Chen Xun asked whether Chen Xiaojun understood the consequences, and Chen Xiaojun firmly confirmed his proposal.
• Lu Xiaoxiao argued that integrating the Tang Family’s rune system with the Chen Xin Tower could improve energy efficiency and strengthen the clan’s forging capabilities, so he supported the plan.

Chen Shihua and the others weighed the risks and strategic benefits of bringing the Yellow Emperor Tang Family in Lankai Commandery into their sphere of influence. Chen Zhang proposed a new north-south strategic route, but Ximen Shaoping raised a practical concern before the discussion could continue.

• Chen Shihua warned that openly supporting the Yellow Emperor Tang Family could provoke the Clear Sky Sect and unsettle other powers in the central and western regions.
• Ling Yunxiao explained that the Clear Sky Sect wanted the family as a foothold near Tianling Pass and said open intervention would make conflict nearly inevitable.
• Chen Hua cautioned that a western territorial struggle would drain resources and threaten the Chen Clan’s developing ties with the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect and the Imperial Family.
• Chen Zhang proposed using Lankai Commandery to build a new strategic route linking the Silves Kingdom, Tianling City, Marinford, and Chang'an, while acknowledging its weak foundations and risks.
• Ximen Shaoping said the Yellow Emperor Tang Family was not essential to Chen Zhang’s proposed route and pointed to a practical concern.

Ximen Shaoping, Chen Wu, Mu Lingyun, and Yu Jinghan warned Chen Xun that intervening in the conflict involving the Yellow Emperor Tang Family could provoke the Clear Sky Sect and destabilize Sunset City, damaging the Chen Clan’s trade, resources, and secret-realm access. Chen Xun then asked Xue Shiqiong for her opinion, and she began cautiously.

• Ximen Shaoping argued that intervening would break the tacit noninterference among the Seven Heavenly Martial Weapons and risk retaliation from the Clear Sky Sect and other powers.
• Chen Wu warned that conflict near Sunset City could disrupt medicinal-herb supplies and harm the development of the clan’s young Soul Masters and warriors.
• Mu Lingyun outlined how a Clear Sky Sect blockade could collapse Sunset City’s markets, paralyze logistics, halt cooperation, and endanger the clan’s hidden passage into the forest.
• Yu Jinghan warned that turmoil around Sunset City could expose the hub connecting the clan to the forest’s depths and threaten its foundations.
• Chen Xun asked Xue Shiqiong to share her thoughts, and she said she was still learning the clan’s strategic deployments and feared her views might be shallow.

Chen Xiaojun insisted that the Chen family preserve the Yellow Emperor Tang Family despite the risks of provoking the Clear Sky Sect. When challenged to explain, he began recounting the history of Tang Haotian and Tang Xuan Yellow Emperor and how the Clear Sky and Yellow Emperor lineages might complement each other.

• Xue Chuxin's daughter explained the Clear Sky Sect's expansion and outlined the Imperial Family and Silver Plume Alliance as possible but risky sources of support.
• Ye Xiuxin silently abstained, leaving Chen Xiaojun isolated as most of the family opposed his plan.
• Chen Xun asked Chen Xiaojun whether he still intended to pursue taking control of the Yellow Emperor Tang Family despite the costs.
• Chen Xiaojun declared that the family would preserve the Yellow Emperor Tang Family even if it meant war with the Clear Sky Sect.
• Chen Hong demanded Chen Xiaojun's reason, and Chen Xiaojun asked whether the elders knew of Tang Haotian and Tang Xuan Yellow Emperor before beginning their history.

Chen Xiaojun argued that the Clear Sky Hammer and Yellow Emperor Hammer might share techniques and cultivation foundations that could be combined, potentially creating a widely applicable path to overwhelming combat power. He left the elders stunned with the possibility that paired Soul Douluos could rival Titled Douluos.

• Chen Xiaojun recounted how two Level 98 Peak Douluos had defeated a Level 99 Peerless Douluo and suggested the Clear Sky Hammer and Yellow Emperor Hammer might ultimately be merged.
• Chen Xiaojun argued that Ring Detonation and Nuclear Explosion could be universal techniques rather than secrets exclusive to either hammer, while the Great Sumeru Hammer and Great Kunlun Hammer remained distinct attack methods.
• Chen Zhang questioned why the Tang Family had not discovered the fusion path, and Chen Xiaojun suggested their ancestors may have lacked the strength and resources to endure its backlash.
• Chen Xiaojun said soul-bone armaments could help two Super Douluos fuse their hammers and briefly reach Peerless Douluo combat strength.
• Chen Xiaojun proposed that the Clear Sky Nine Yang Force and Earth Origin Ninefold Earth Formula could resonate, allowing paired Soul Douluos to reach the combat strength of Level 91–92 Titled Douluos or even Level 95 at their peak.

Chen Xiaojun warned the elders that the Clear Sky Sect could use the Yellow Emperor Tang Family’s strength to dominate the central and western regions, making intervention essential for the Chen Clan’s survival. Xia Qingyun challenged his explanation and pressed him to reveal his real reason, and Chen Xiaojun began to answer.

• Chen Xiaojun argued that the Clear Sky Sect could assemble many teams of twin-hammer Soul Douluos and purge its rivals across the central and western regions.
• Chen Xiaojun warned that the Chen Clan would lose its footholds and face a far worse fate if it let the Clear Sky Sect absorb the Yellow Emperor Tang Family unopposed.
• Xia Qingyun dismissed the other elders and asked Chen Xiaojun to explain his real reason for urging intervention in Lankai Commandery.
• Xia Qingyun questioned Chen Xiaojun’s claims about universal Profound Arts, the two factions’ ability to reconcile, and the level of threat the Clear Sky Sect would pose.
• Chen Hong urged Chen Xiaojun to speak honestly, and Chen Xiaojun’s smile faded.

Chen Xiaojun argued that the Great Sumeru Hammer and Great Kunlun Hammer might lead to the divine path, making it dangerous for the Clear Sky Sect to obtain both inheritances. The Chen Clan abandoned its cautious stance and reached a silent consensus to prevent the Clear Sky Sect from absorbing the Yellow Emperor Tang Family.

• Chen Xiaojun told Xia Qingyun, Chen Xun, and Chen Hong that his master's visions suggested the two hammer arts could lead to godhood.
• Chen Xun explained that Chen Xiaojun's mysterious master might be a God King and that Tang San was a figure from visions of the future.
• Chen Xiaojun said the future Clear Sky Sect had never absorbed the Yellow Emperor Tang Family and insisted that they must ensure the same outcome in their own time.
• Chen Xun recalled that the clan had previously chosen to monitor the Clear Sky Sect and Tang Chen because it considered them manageable threats.
• Chen Xun, Xia Qingyun, and Chen Hong silently agreed that the Chen Clan needed to intervene and stop the Clear Sky Sect from gaining both hammer inheritances.

Chen Xiaojun warned Xia Qingyun that the ruins Tang Haotian and Tang Xuan Yellow Emperor discovered might contain a deity inheritance, but accepting divine power could bind them to a god’s will. Outside the hall, the Chen Clan members discussed Xiaojun’s schemes and their young talents’ upcoming tournament clashes, leaving them wary that the clan would draw even more attention.

• Chen Xiaojun told Xia Qingyun that deity inheritances could impose spiritual shackles and argued that people should forge their own paths to godhood.
• Chen Zhang, Chen Shihua, Chen Wu, Chen Hua, and Lu Xiaoxiao waited outside the hall and joked about how Xiaojun had persuaded them to support his plans.
• Lu Xiaoxiao explained that his son had gone to Moonlight Academy after Yanwu trapped him in a wager during the Clan Sacrifice.
• Chen Zhang and Chen Hua discussed their sons’ progress at Sword Rain Academy and in the Soul Fighting team.
• Chen Wu listed the Chen Clan’s promising young talents expected at the Gaoying Tournament, while the others worried their success would make the clan a target.

Chen Xun formalized the Chen Clan’s strategy to contain the Clear Sky Sect through negotiation first and force if necessary, while imposing strict secrecy around the operation and its deeper origins. He authorized Chen Xiaojun to make personal contact with the sect in Heaven Dou City and act as circumstances required.

• Chen Hua and Chen Wu suggested that Chen Zhang recruit Uncle Panda and capable disciples from the Ji and Liu families to strengthen the External Relations Department.
• Chen Xun announced that the Chen Clan would seek courtesy and negotiation with the Clear Sky Sect before using any means necessary to stop its expansion into the central and western regions.
• Chen Xun directed all twelve departments to draft action plans, and Chen Hong set Level 7 and Level 6 classifications for the strategy and its implementation, with some details eligible for Level 5.
• Chen Xun classified the origins and potential threat of the Great Sumeru Hammer and Great Kunlun Hammer as Level 8.
• Chen Hong told Chen Xiaojun to make personal contact with the Clear Sky Sect during his trip to Heaven Dou City and authorized him to decide as circumstances demanded.

Chen Xiaojun was given authority over operational decisions for the plan to strike the Clear Sky Sect. Three days later, Tang Yuchen received approval and senior appointments for the Chen Xin Tower project, while Tie Fu'er prepared to leave for the Gaoying Tournament.

• Chen Hong told Chen Xiaojun that he had to take responsibility for the plan he had designed, and Chen Xiaojun jokingly protested that he was still a child.
• Tie Fu'er brought Tang Yuchen official notice that the Chen Xin Tower project had been approved at Grade A Superior priority with full resource support.
• Tang Yuchen learned that he had been appointed project lead and Deputy Technical Director, giving him new authority and hope of securing the resources needed to reach Soul Saint.
• Tang Yuchen urged Tie Fu'er to leave for the Star Luo Empire's Gaoying Tournament rather than miss his chance to compete.
• Tie Fu'er agreed to go, then returned to tell Tang Yuchen that the Clan Chief wanted to see him.

Xia Qingyun continued purging the Rakshasa poison from Chen Yu and discovered that the struggle had begun to fuse her Great Sun Heaven-Burning Art with the Nine Yang Divine Skill into a nascent Ten Suns Sacred Flame. Xue Shiqiong suggested that this power might lead beyond Nine Yang, and Xia Qingyun contemplated pursuing it while questioning what it truly meant to become a god.

• Xia Qingyun told Xue Shiqiong that only one stubborn clump of Rakshasa poison remained in Chen Yu, though Luo Ping's divine power made it difficult to remove.
• Xia Qingyun revealed that battling the poison had forced her Great Sun Heaven-Burning Art and Nine Yang true qi to fuse, producing signs of the Ten Suns Sacred Flame.
• Xue Shiqiong proposed that mastering the Ten Suns might allow Xia Qingyun to surpass Nine Yang and discover a new path of Ten Suns Return to One.
• Xia Qingyun considered whether the Ten Suns Sacred Flame could reach a higher rank and become a divine flame.
• Xia Qingyun asked whether gods truly existed, privately reflecting on Chen Xiaojun's claim that one could attain godhood through oneself.

Chen Xiaojun and Chen Hong prepared to leave the Vine Sea Secret Realm with Xiao Yi after visiting the high-level Soul Masters training there. Elder Qing gave them precious Life Spirit Milk, while Black Elder appeared to ask Xiao Yi to return when she reached level sixty, leaving the reason unexplained.

• Chen Xiaojun and Chen Hong met Luo Qingrui and the Soul Saints training in the secret realm.
• Elder Qing gave Xiao Yi two bottles of Life Spirit Milk and Chen Xiaojun one, then charged him to protect Xiao Yi.
• Elder Qing explained how the Spring of Life compared with the Lake of Life in the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Black Elder appeared and asked Xiao Yi to return to the secret realm at level sixty so he could entrust something to her.
• Chen Xiaojun, Xiao Yi, and Chen Hong left the secret realm.

The birth of another super martial soul stirred the Spirit Hall and Sea God Island, while Qian Xizi considered confronting the Chen Clan and Bo Saixi prepared to travel to Heaven Dou City. The chapter ended with Bo Saixi setting out to challenge Donghuang and agreeing to deliver a letter in Chang'an City.

• Qian Xizi sensed a new super martial soul, and the blond youth with him noted its piercing, mysterious aura and wondered whether one of his descendants had awakened it.
• Qian Xizi raised concerns about the Chen Clan, but the blond youth reminded him of Chen Zixiu's aid and warned him to consider the traces Lu Xueqi and Zhang Xiaofan had left in the Xieluo Mountains before sending anyone against them.
• Bo Shala and Bo Saixi sensed the new super martial soul but could not identify its location, and Bo Saixi confirmed that Uncle Carol would lead her team on its training journey.
• Bo Saixi told Bo Shala that she planned to go ahead to Heaven Dou City to observe the younger generation and challenge Donghuang, the top-ranked Heavenly Prodigy.
• Bo Shala agreed to let Bo Saixi take Long Ma for safety and asked her to deliver a letter to her grandmother in Chang'an City after the competition.

Bo Xian'er sensed that Chen Zixiu’s Seven Kill Sword had broken through the top-tier ninth-grade limit and become a super martial soul. She explained why he might not yet have reached level 99, but said the breakthrough would accelerate his path to Peerless Douluo.

• Bo Xian'er sensed a transformation in the Chen Clan heartland and announced that Chen Zixiu’s Seven Kill Sword had slashed through its top-tier ninth-grade barrier.
• Chen Cong and other Titled Douluo of the Chen Clan felt faint bloodline responses to the breakthrough, while Chen Hong and Chen Cong reacted with shock and joy.
• Bo Xian'er confirmed that the distinctive slashing intent belonged to Chen Zixiu’s Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Cong asked whether Chen Zixiu had also advanced to Peerless Douluo, noting that he had explored the realm for nearly four years.
• Bo Xian'er explained that Chen Zixiu’s early comprehension of Shattering the Void and its space-and-time rules had made his fusion with the rules more difficult.
• Bo Xian'er concluded that the super-tier Seven Kill Sword showed Chen Zixiu’s comprehension had advanced and that his progress toward level 99 and Peerless Douluo would accelerate.

Chen Xiaojun discovered that his Nethersea Seven Kill Sword clearly sensed Chen Zixiu's breakthrough to a super martial soul. Chen Cong concluded that the sword's shared origin with Chen Zixiu's new Seven-Kill Sword Martial Soul created an exceptionally powerful resonance.

• Chen Xiaojun rushed in with Xiao Yi and Ji Tiantian and asked Bo Xian'er whether Chen Zixiu had broken through to a super martial soul.
• Chen Xiaojun showed the elders that five of his Sword God Pearls had reacted strongly, explaining their conceptions and the shared True Love conception he and Xiao Yi had formed through Moye and Gan Jiang.
• Chen Cong theorized that the five pearls might have reached a half-step-super level, while Bo Xian'er asked whether they had let Chen Xiaojun sense Chen Zixiu's breakthrough.
• Chen Xiaojun said the fluctuations had been clear and summoned the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword, whose reaction was stronger than the pearls'.
• Chen Cong recognized that the Nethersea Seven Kill Sword's shared origin with Chen Zixiu's new super Seven-Kill Sword Martial Soul explained its unusually clear resonance.

Chen Cong, Chen Xiaojun, and Bo Xian'er discussed why Xiao Yi could sense the fluctuations of Chen Cong's Shattering the Void rule before reaching the Titled Douluo realm. Chen Cong proposed that Xiao Yi's and Chen Xiaojun's four core martial souls might already have achieved unity between the intangible and tangible in some sense, leaving the others astonished.

• Chen Xiaojun explained that he had sensed the pure fluctuations as the lingering resonance of something breaking through its limits.
• Xiao Yi confirmed she had also sensed the fluctuations, describing how her Void Willow God Vine and Immortal Evergreen Vine resonated together.
• Chen Hong argued that the Void Willow God Vine's compatibility with spatial rules and its bond with the Immortal Evergreen Vine let Xiao Yi perceive the fluctuations.
• Chen Xiaojun suggested that perception depended on sensitivity and compatibility with the source, rather than solely on reaching the Titled Douluo realm.
• Chen Cong proposed that the Sword God Pearls, Nethersea Seven Kill Sword, Immortal Evergreen Vine, and Void Willow God Vine might already have united the intangible and tangible in some sense.

Chen Cong proposed that god-level martial souls were complete dharma forms whose power had been sealed, and Bo Xian'er confirmed her Sea God Martial Soul had simply returned to its original form when she became a Titled Douluo. Their insight explained why martial souls with matching origins and forms could resonate so strongly.

• Chen Cong argued that god-level martial souls were suppressed higher-order beings whose true forms already united the incorporeal and corporeal.
• Chen Cong asked Bo Xian'er whether her Sea God Martial Soul had bypassed the usual painful fusion during her breakthrough to Titled Douluo.
• Bo Xian'er recalled that her Sea God Martial Soul had appeared in her lower soul nest and entered its corporeal form without collision or struggle.
• Bo Xian'er confirmed Chen Cong's conjecture, describing the process as the martial soul returning to its original nature.
• Chen Cong explained that a god-level martial soul was a complete miniature dharma form, with its upper soul nest phantom serving as its synchronized projection.
• Bo Xian'er concluded that Zixiu's reconstructed Seven Kill Sword shared a true form with matching martial souls, explaining their strong resonance.

Chen Cong concluded that suppressed god-level martial souls had exceptional innate unity between their physical and ethereal bodies, giving them a natural foundation for Dharma forms. Chen Xiaojun then learned that Chen Zixiu had named his newly advanced super martial soul the Azure Void Seven Kill Sword, also called the Sky-Blue Sword.

• Chen Xiaojun argued that different martial souls experienced suppression and unsealing in different ways, while Chen Cong compared their origins and manifestations.
• Chen Cong concluded that god-level martial souls had unusually coordinated physical and ethereal bodies, allowing them to resonate with Chen Zixiu's Super Seven Kill Sword.
• Chen Xiaojun asked what Chen Zixiu planned to name his newly advanced Seven Kill Sword.
• Bo Xian'er said Chen Zixiu had chosen the name Azure Void Seven Kill Sword, which the clan would call the Sky-Blue Sword.
• Chen Xiaojun memorized the name and left with Xiao Yi and Ji Tiantian.