Chapter Summaries

The Chen Residence’s defenders gained support from Five Mountains Academy while Elder Shi faced Luo Ping and revealed overwhelming strength. The chapter ended with Chen Xiaojun realizing Elder Shi was Zhu Hongzhen, the Zhu Family’s last surviving ancestor, who had been hiding his identity.

• Luo Ping identified Elder Shi as the Chen Clan elder whose clan chief he had injured, then attacked him with Demon Scythe Judgment.
• Luo Derun said the shattered Exquisite Ball could summon Chen Menglin and ordered Li Lingfeng to deal with him when he arrived.
• Xia Yun and the Five Mountains Academy Soul Masters joined the battle, disrupting the attackers and healing the Chen Residence’s wounded.
• Elder Shi blocked Luo Ping’s scythe, counterattacked with his Stone Armor Shield, and revealed himself as a level 94 Titled Douluo.
• Ding Bingming and Zhu Changyun recognized Zhu Hongzhen, while Chen Xiaojun deduced that Elder Shi had concealed his identity using the Bone-Shrinking Technique and Ye Xiuxin’s Twin Full Hands.

Chen Hong arrived at the Chen Residence and fought Ming Xiangyun, while Zhu Hongzhen also revealed himself as a Titled Douluo. Yuwen Changtai slipped past the defenders and continued toward the northeastern buildings to kill the Chen Clan’s young genius.

• Li Lingfeng and Luo Derun recognized Zhu Hongzhen as the Chen Clan’s hidden Level 94 Titled Douluo.
• Ming Xiangyun moved to fight Zhu Hongzhen while ordering Yuwen Changtai to kill the target.
• Chen Hong broke through the Dark Luo Tian Net and engaged Ming Xiangyun, trading soul skills and sword strikes.
• Ma Zhibin and Lian Changzhi fought three Soul Douluo as Yuwen Changtai slipped through a gap in their defenses.
• Yuwen Changtai vanished into the northeastern buildings, determined to complete the mission to kill the Chen Clan’s young genius.

Chen Menglin confronted Li Lingfeng, while Luo Derun expanded the Dark Luo Tian Net to seal them away and sent Chou Long toward the northeastern tower. Yang Jingxue intercepted Yuwen Changtai and battled him with her Five Spirits Radiant Wheel and Golden Crow arrows, leaving Luo Derun uneasy but determined to continue the attack.

• Chen Menglin arrived to defend the Chen Clan, and Li Lingfeng met him with the Blood Fierce Sword.
• Luo Derun expanded the Dark Luo Tian Net around Chen Menglin and Li Lingfeng, then ordered Chou Long to finish the operation.
• Yang Jingxue blocked Yuwen Changtai near the northeastern corner and used her Five Spirits Radiant Wheel to wound him.
• Yang Jingxue unleashed her Golden Crow arrow against Yuwen Changtai's Eternal Night Ice Prison and shattered its crystal pillars.
• Yang Jingxue recalled Bo Xian'er assigning her to protect the young talents traveling to Heaven Dou.
• Luo Derun realized the Chen Clan had more Titled Douluo than expected but insisted that Chou Long's attack proceed.

The wounded Chang'an Team fought five Soul Saints at the loft, with Xiao Yi supporting them through her Life Force Field and Wish-Granting Disc. The Soul Saints unleashed powerful counterattacks, leaving several fighters injured again as the battle continued.

• Xiao Yi used Life Force Awakening and the Wish-Granting Disc’s three halos to strengthen the Chang'an Team, helping He Qiang, Chu Youwei, Ji Boda, and Liu Ruyan pressure the halberd-wielding Soul Saint.
• Chen Shurui, Chen Bin, and Chen Mu held back the hammer-wielding Soul Saint, while Lian Shouzhong, Shi Fei'ang, and Zhu Taihong kept the whip-wielding Soul Saint at bay.
• Shen Youchu, Chen Ze, and Dugu Fu coordinated attacks against the axe-wielding Soul Saint, striking his joints and weakening his protective aura.
• Zhu Wuneng and Gao Cuilan invoked the North Pole Marshal Tianpeng Martial Soul Fusion Skill and drove the spear-wielding Soul Saint toward a broken pillar.
• The axe-wielding Soul Saint unleashed a sweeping shock wave that sent Shen Youchu flying, disrupted Chen Ze’s formation, and slowed Dugu Fu.
• The halberd-wielding Soul Saint activated his Martial Soul Avatar and unleashed a storm of Soul Power blasts, breaking the four fighters’ assault and cutting them with fresh wounds.

The Chang'an Team’s fighters endured the Crimson Church Soul Saints’ desperate counterattack while Chen Xiaojun held back Xixi and sent reinforcements to selected battles. He suspected the enemy still had a hidden killing move, as the six Titled Douluos defending the team continued to hold off the Crimson Church’s forces.

• The whip-wielding Soul Saint disrupted the Chen Clan trio, letting the giant-hammer Soul Saint attack Gu Wuyan, but Shi Fei'ang delayed him and Zhu Taihong’s counterstrike shattered Zhu Taihong’s arm before Chen Mu wounded the giant-hammer Soul Saint with his seventy-thousand-year soul skill.
• The Spear-Wielding Soul Saint unleashed his Martial Soul Avatar and a desperate spear attack against the Nine-Toothed Rake and Marshal Tianpeng Phantom, worsening the injuries across the battlefields.
• Chen Xiaojun stopped Xixi from joining the northeastern fight and ordered Su Ningxia and Ma Liang to assist against the halberd-wielding Soul Saint, while Ma Wencai went to help A Fu’s group against the axe-wielder.
• Chen Xiaojun told Xixi that the Crimson Church’s refusal to retreat suggested it had a hidden killing move, so they needed to keep some strength in reserve.
• The chapter explained that six Titled Douluos held off the Crimson Church’s six Titled Douluos, with their presence resulting from preparations and unexpected circumstances.

Xiao Yi’s healing and Ice Soul Dream Vine disrupted the enemy Soul Saints, allowing the Chen brothers and Canghui fighters to drive two of them back. Su Ningxia and her allies combined their attacks to kill the halberd-wielding Soul Saint, leaving all seven fighters exhausted and injured.

• Xiao Yi restored her teammates’ strength with Sweet Dew Tianlin while Chen Xiaojun ordered her to release Number Two against the hammer- and whip-wielding Soul Saints.
• Xiao Yi summoned the Ice Soul Dream Vine, whose mental assault and vines disrupted the two Soul Saints and opened them to attacks from the Chen brothers, Shi Fei'ang, and Zhu Taihong.
• Su Ningxia combined four soul skills into Prismatic Sky-Splitting Slash and struck the halberd-wielding Soul Saint’s Dark-Eroding Star Shield.
• Gu Wuyan strengthened his teammates, and He Qiang, Chu Youwei, Ji Boda, and Liu Ruyan wounded and weakened the halberd-wielding Soul Saint with coordinated attacks.
• Ma Liang pierced the Soul Saint’s chest with Rainbow Ember Heaven-Piercing Tribulation, killing him as the seven fighters collapsed from exhaustion.

Chou Long launched his Abyssal Rift Devour at He Qiang and six exhausted Soul Saints, forcing Xiao Yi, Chen Xiaojun, and Xixi to join forces against his Titled Douluo power. Their combined attacks weakened his black tide and exposed his face, and Chen Xiaojun recognized him as someone from the Yan Family.

• Chou Long hid near the Northeastern Attic and abandoned his ambush plan when Chen Xiaojun stayed inside.
• Chou Long used Abyssal Rift Devour to attack He Qiang and six exhausted Soul Saints.
• Xiao Yi, Chen Xiaojun, and Xixi combined their abilities to hold back and weaken Chou Long's black tide.
• Xiao Yi, Chen Xiaojun, and Xixi were injured as their attacks and Chou Long's power tore through the battlefield.
• Chen Xiaojun saw Chou Long's revealed face and recognized him as someone from the Yan Family.

Yan Choulong attacked Chen Xiaojun and his companions, but Xiao Yi broke her soul power seal and awakened Life Force Awakening in herself, Chen Xiaojun, and Xixi. Xixi then trapped Yan Choulong in her fourth soul skill, and Chen Xiaojun’s enhancement pushed her power high enough to overwhelm even a Titled Douluo for the moment.

• Yan Choulong revealed himself as the Nether Dragon and charged at Chen Xiaojun and the others, seeking revenge for his earlier defeat by Chen Cong.
• Xiao Yi unlocked her Soul Power Seal, revealing Level 59 soul power, then awakened Life Force Awakening in herself, Chen Xiaojun, and Xixi, raising their levels sharply.
• Xixi activated the Water Breathing Technique and her bloodline power, temporarily breaking through to Soul Saint rank before confronting Yan Choulong.
• Xixi used her fifteen-thousand-year fourth soul skill, Sea of Annihilation, to trap Yan Choulong in a high-pressure water prison.
• Chen Xiaojun used Peerless Excellence to double Xixi’s combat attributes, increasing the pressure of her water prison until Yan Choulong struggled to endure it.

Yan Choulong broke free from the water prison but faced Chen Xiaojun, Xiao Yi, and their summoned Silver Wolf at greatly enhanced strength. As Xiao Yi’s mental domain weakened his Netherworld Dragon Roar, Bo Saixi launched a refined trident strike at him, and Yan Choulong countered with his Netherworld Dragon Claw.

• Yan Choulong used Netherworld Swift Movement and Netherworld Tail Strike to shatter the water-screen prison, then saw Chen Xiaojun and Xiao Yi’s boosted auras.
• Xiao Yi summoned the Silver Wolf True King, which charged toward the wounded hammer and whip Soul Saints caught in the Dreamscape Vine’s illusion.
• Yan Choulong unleashed his fifth soul skill, Netherworld Dragon Roar, but Xiao Yi’s mental domain slowed and unraveled the attack.
• Yan Choulong recognized Xiao Yi’s domain and resolved to kill her before she could grow stronger.
• Bo Saixi attacked Yan Choulong with her Golden Trident using Water-Control Art-True Sky-Piercing.
• Yan Choulong transformed his hands with Netherworld Dragon Claw and crossed them to counter Bo Saixi’s strike.

Chen Xiaojun and Yan Chou Long unleashed powerful soul skills in their battle, with Yan awakening his Netherworld Shadow Dragon bloodline and Chen summoning Xuanwu. The chapter ended as Xuanwu and Yan’s Dark Night Dragon collided in a fierce fight.

• Chen Xiaojun used his Fourth Soul Skill, Yin-Yang Scissors, to attack Yan Chou Long while Yan was locked in combat with the Golden Trident.
• Yan Chou Long activated Dragon Soul Awakening, broke free of the Golden Trident, and caught the giant scissors with his claws.
• Yan Chou Long summoned the Dark Night Dragon, which lunged toward Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Xiaojun combined Spirit Earth Shaping and Spirit Abyss Waterfall to manifest Xuanwu, then fused it with Xuanwu True Water, Seaheart Flame, and his Xuanwu Mark.
• Xuanwu blasted the Dark Night Dragon with a torrent, but the dragon tore through the current and collided with Xuanwu, beginning a massive battle.

Xiao Yi unleashed her fifth soul skill, Ninefold Purple, to attack Yan Choulong while Chen Xiaojun struggled to hold him with Yin-Yang Scissors. Yan Choulong broke free and defended against the lightning, but Xiao Yi began forming a massive lightning array over the battlefield.

• Yan Choulong's Dragon Soul Awakening let him gradually force apart Chen Xiaojun's Yin-Yang Scissors.
• Xiao Yi summoned her Immortal Evergreen Vines and unleashed her fifth soul skill, Ninefold Purple, against Yan Choulong.
• Yan Choulong activated his Martial Soul Avatar, broke the scissors apart, and leapt away as violet lightning struck him.
• Yan Choulong shielded himself inside a sphere of compressed netherworld mist while Xiao Yi's lightning continued to pursue him.
• Xiao Yi cried out Forest of Lightning, darkening the battlefield as an enormous lightning formation spread across the sky.

Xiao Yi unleashed her Five Thunder Talismans and Dark Violet Thunder Forest together, trapping Yan Choulong in the Thunder Realm and shattering his barrier. The lightning left him badly wounded and briefly kneeling, but he survived and remained furious.

• Xiao Yi formed the Dark Violet Thunder Forest and summoned five Heavenly Talismans that sent tribulation lightning crashing into Yan Choulong.
• The Thunder Realm overwhelmed Yan Choulong’s black barrier and struck him with layers of destructive lightning.
• The battle at the Chen Residence paused as everyone watched Xiao Yi’s Combination Technique.
• The lightning faded, revealing Yan Choulong kneeling on molten ground with charred wounds that began healing.
• Yan Choulong raised his eyes, burning with fury and killing intent over being brought to his knees by a temporary Soul Saint.

Xixi used her sea-based abilities to shield the mentally exhausted Xiao Yi and counter Yan Choulong’s army of ghost clones. The forces clashed in a devastating exchange, leaving Xixi injured as the battle continued.

• Yan Choulong unleashed his Sixth Soul Skill, Netherworld Ghost Shadow, multiplying into ranks of dangerous clones that charged the three fighters.
• Xixi stepped in front of the drained Xiao Yi and used True Sea Bubble to form a barrier of water bubbles against the incoming clones.
• As the bubbles began to fail, Xixi summoned Ten Thousand Beasts Together, sending an army of sea-beast phantoms into battle against the ghost shadows.
• The summoned beasts and ghost clones annihilated one another in a fierce clash, and the backlash struck Xixi through their mental link.
• Xixi coughed up blood and turned pale while continuing to hold the front line.

After the Silver Wolf True King helped Marshal Tianpeng kill the Spear-Wielding Soul Saint, Yan Choulong unleashed his Demon Dragon Claw at Chen Xiaojun and his companions. Chen Xiaojun’s first defenses faltered, but he revealed his external soul bone, the Black Tortoise Shield, to block the attack.

• The Silver Wolf True King froze the Spear-Wielding Soul Saint from behind, giving Marshal Tianpeng the opening to kill him with the Nine-Toothed Rake.
• Enraged by the Soul Saint’s death, Yan Choulong unleashed his Secret Technique: Demon Dragon Claw against Chen Xiaojun, Xiao Yi, and Xixi.
• Chen Xiaojun ordered his companions to retreat and met the attack with the Yin-Yang Mystic Shield and the Yin-Yang Taiji Diagram water seal.
• The Demon Dragon Claw shattered the Mystic Shield and cracked the water seal, while the impact injured Chen Xiaojun.
• Chen Xiaojun revealed his external soul bone, the Black Tortoise Shield, beneath the water seal as it held back the Demon Dragon Claw.

Chen Xiaojun used the Yin-Yang Domain’s reversal to repel Yan Choulong’s Demon Dragon Claw while the others defeated or drove off the remaining Soul Saints. The exhausted survivors returned to the loft as Xiao Yi watched the ongoing clash through her great void domain.

• Chen Xiaojun unleashed Yin-Yang Reversal, causing Yan Choulong’s Demon Dragon Claw to rebound and forcing him backward.
• The Silver Wolf True King killed the hammer-wielding Soul Saint with Moonlight Rending the Sky.
• The ice soul dream vine restrained the whip-wielding Soul Saint, and the group’s attacks killed him.
• The giant-axe Soul Saint escaped over a wall after being struck by Poison Cloud Twin Sunburst, but tyrant poison spread beneath his skin.
• Xiao Yi’s Immortal Evergreen Vine secretly absorbed soul power and life force from four dead Soul Saints in the northeastern ruins.
• The exhausted fighters returned to the loft while Xiao Yi used her great void domain to monitor the battlefield and danger points across the Chen Residence.

Xiao Yi sent the battered reinforcements to the failing Central Courtyard battlefield and used her Heavenly Dew skill to restore their strength, leaving Chen Xiaojun, Xixi, and herself to defend the pavilion. As Crimson’s superior forces continued to overwhelm the Chen Residence, Zhu Wuneng and Gao Cuilan forced a second martial soul fusion to confront Pang Yanfeng.

• Xiao Yi identified the Central Courtyard battlefield as close to collapse and ordered the other fighters to reinforce it.
• Xiao Yi used Heavenly Dew to heal and replenish the departing fighters, while Chen Xiaojun and Xixi remained with her at the pavilion.
• The Chang'an Team’s victory over five enemy Soul Saints failed to change the wider battle, where Crimson’s larger force and support fighters steadily broke the Chen Clan’s defenses.
• He Tiancheng badly wounded Yan Nanfei, and Pang Yanfeng smashed Ding Bingming into the rubble.
• After seeing Ding Bingming fall, Zhu Wuneng and Gao Cuilan forced a second fusion and summoned North Pole Marshal Tianpeng, who attacked Pang Yanfeng with the Nine-Toothed Rake.

Nineteen reinforcements joined the battle in the Central Courtyard, helping the Chen camp regain ground as the fighting intensified. Ma Zhibin intercepted He Tiancheng, while Lian Changzhi confronted three Soul Douluos and was engulfed by their combined attacks.

• Pang Yanfeng's assault struck Marshal Tianpeng's golden-armored giant with the Nine-Toothed Rake, cracking its armor and forcing both fighters back.
• Nineteen wounded Chang'an Team fighters charged into the Central Courtyard, strengthening the Chen camp's faltering battle line.
• He Tiancheng prepared an attack against the central support circle as enemies assailed the new arrivals from several directions.
• Ma Zhibin used his Demonflame Soul-Burning Formation to disrupt He Tiancheng's attack and drive him back through the air.
• Lian Changzhi planted himself before three Soul Douluos, who unleashed frost spears, bone spikes, and a molten fist aura against him.

Lian Changzhi unleashed the Lian Family’s Linked Citadels Art, combining three soul skills to overwhelm the enemy attackers and leave the Qi Family elder as the only active opponent. Badly wounded himself, he confronted the elder and recognized the blood feud that had driven him to attack.

• Lian Changzhi combined his Linked Womb Treasury Swords, Diamond Stars Fist, and Diamond Flame Whirlwind Fist into the Linked Citadels Art.
• Lian Changzhi’s freezing attack shattered the Frost Prism Spears and Hell Bone Spikes, froze the lava giant unconscious, and badly injured the ice-element Soul Douluo and the Qi Family elder.
• Lian Changzhi landed heavily with a bone spike and spear fragments embedded in his body, while hidden bone fragments also tore into him.
• Lian Changzhi advanced toward the wounded Qi Family elder and said that only the elder and his broken bone staff remained.
• Lian Changzhi recalled that the Qi elder belonged to the Demon Dragon Legion and had come seeking vengeance for his brother, who had died at Sea Lake Manor.

As the Chen Clan’s defenders struggled to hold the Central Courtyard, Chen Zhang unleashed his Holy King-tier Dragon-Headed Sword Falcon soul ring’s Eighth Soul Skill against three Soul Douluo attackers. His attack nearly killed one enemy and badly wounded the other two, leaving the battle’s outcome unresolved.

• Lian Changzhi forced himself forward despite his injuries and charged the wounded elder surnamed Qi, staking his life on earning the Chen Clan’s protection for the Lian Family.
• Wang Wei held back two power attack Soul Douluos while Xia Yun disrupted enemies with illusions and mental attacks.
• Chen Zhang withdrew to create space after two attackers faltered, then stopped the remaining pursuer with a blue sword aura.
• Chen Zhang unleashed his Eighth Soul Skill, Twelve Tribulations of the Sword Lotus, sending twelve sword lights at the three Soul Douluos.
• Eight sword strikes pierced one Soul Douluo and left him near death, while the other two defended against the remaining four and were badly wounded.

Chen Zhang used his Sword Bone soul skill to hold off two Soul Douluos, disrupting the Crimson Church’s attack and giving the Chen Clan’s fighters room to counterattack. The battle turned as Lin Jingshu and Ximen Shaohen helped drive the renewed assault, while two enemies still charged toward Chen Zhang.

• Chen Zhang swallowed two Wuji Pills and summoned four sword clones with his Sword Body Tribulation soul skill.
• Chen Zhang’s clones pinned down two enemies, while two other Soul Douluos broke away from the battlefield and rushed toward him.
• Wang Wei, Xia Yun, Ma Zhibin, and Marshal Tianpeng held the other Crimson Church experts in place, easing pressure on the Chen Clan’s fighters.
• Zhu Changyun rallied the Soul Emperors and Soul Kings to push back against the enemy.
• Lin Jingshu unleashed her Green Jade Vine Martial Soul Avatar, disrupting enemy ranks and opening space for the counterattack.
• Ximen Shaohen charged back into the melee with his Karmaflame Demon Blade despite his exhaustion and injuries.