Chapter Summaries

Yuwen Changtai died at the hands of Han Yiyu and Shui Rong, while other Crimson Church allies escaped with serious injuries. The Heaven Dou City operation had collapsed, leaving Luo Derun and Luo Ping to face the losses and report Yan Choulong’s death.

• Han Yiyu and Shui Rong stopped Yuwen Changtai’s attempted self-detonation and killed him, but feared his brother Yuwen Shang would take control of the Frost Legion and seek revenge.
• Youguang Zhou escaped into the Shadow World after the Ghost King wounded him with a Soul-Shattering Palm, making his former refuge unsafe.
• Li Lingfeng fled through Heaven Dou City’s sewer system and hid in its filthy waters.
• Luo Ping and Luo Derun lamented the failed operation, the deaths of dozens of High-Rank Soul Masters, and the loss of Yan Choulong’s Netherworld Dark Night Demon Dragon Martial Soul Fusion.

Luo Derun and Luo Ping discussed the Chen Clan’s surprising strength and whether Zhu Hongzhen and Chen Yu had survived, then discovered three old enemies waiting for them. The Chen Clan Four Generals confronted them to settle old debts, while Luo Derun challenged their ability to stop him and his nephew.

• Luo Ping and Luo Derun speculated that Zhu Hongzhen and Chen Yu might still be alive and discussed the Chen Clan’s possible method for purging divine power.
• Luo Derun revealed that his scythe strike had targeted Zhu Hongzhen’s middle soul nest, then Swift as the Wind-Cheng Wenge appeared above them.
• Fierce as Fire-Ding Daoheng arrived and vowed to settle the score from Sunset Gorge, the Chen Clan’s blood debt, and Zhu Hongzhen’s revenge.
• Move as Quietly as a Forest-Xia Ruxin emerged, and Luo Derun recognized Cheng Wenge, Ding Daoheng, and Xia Ruxin as the Chen Clan Four Generals, all of whom had become Title Douluos.
• Xia Ruxin declared that the three had come to make Luo Derun and Luo Ping repay their old debts, and Luo Derun challenged them to try to keep him and his nephew there.

Cheng Wenge revealed that he had predicted Luo Derun and Luo Ping’s escape route, then joined Ding Daoheng and Xia Ruxin in ambushing them in a gorge. As the Title Douluo-level battle erupted, Luo Derun realized Xia Ruxin’s forest prison was an illusion created by her Phantom Cherry Tree.

• Cheng Wenge explained that Luo Derun and Luo Ping were trying to cross the Tianling Mountains and Tosk Province to return to their hideout beneath the Eastern Great Rift.
• Luo Ping recognized that the attackers were stalling and ordered Luo Derun to retreat.
• Cheng Wenge transformed into an azure eagle, Ding Daoheng became a fiery giant, and Xia Ruxin used clones and a forest formation to attack and trap the pair.
• Luo Derun unleashed his twin demon scythes while Luo Ping used his Demon Scythe Avatar and Eighth Soul Skill to counter the assault.
• The five Title Douluo-level powers collided, shattering the gorge walls and filling the valley with a violent energy storm.
• Luo Derun saw the Phantom Cherry Tree behind Xia Ruxin’s apparent forest prison and realized he had already been caught in her illusion.

Luo Derun unleashed his ninth soul skill to break through the Chen Clan pursuers’ illusion, but a giant Three-Eyed Demon Ape blocked his escape and smashed him back into their encirclement. The ape revealed itself as the 100,000-Year Beast Emperor who had once accompanied Zhang Xiaofan, leaving Luo Derun facing a seemingly hopeless battle.

• Luo Derun expanded his Red Scythe World blood-miasma domain and tore open a breach in Xia Ruxin’s illusion as he tried to escape through the southern mountain pass.
• A small gray spirit monkey transformed into a forty-meter Three-Eyed Demon Ape and blocked Luo Derun’s route.
• Luo Derun’s desperate cross-shaped scythe attack cracked the ape’s fist, but the ape overpowered him and hurled him back into the breach.
• Cheng Wenge ordered the others to surround Luo Derun while Ding Daoheng and Xia Ruxin closed in.
• Luo Derun recognized the ape as the spirit monkey that had accompanied Blood Emperor Zhang Xiaofan, and the Beast Emperor declared that Luo Derun would not see the next sunrise.

Luo Derun used Limit Break to regain level 97, but Zhang Xiaofan and the Chen Clan’s forces surrounded him and his nephew in a death trap. After the two Crimson Luo relatives fell, Zhang ordered the battlefield concealed, while Chen Hong drew Zhuo Qianren aside to address his suspicions about the Chen Clan.

• Luo Derun activated Supreme Demon Profound Art: Limit Break and forced his soul power back to level 97.
• Zhang Xiaofan appeared on the Demon Ape Emperor’s shoulder as Zhuo Qianren, Chen Hong, and Chen Menglin arrived, completing the encirclement with the other Chen Clan fighters.
• The group’s combined assault killed Luo Derun and his nephew, leaving Chen Menglin to reflect on the Chen Clan’s long-awaited revenge.
• Zhang Xiaofan contained and erased Luo Derun’s rakshasa divine power, then ordered the others to remove all traces of the battle before the Crimson stronghold learned what had happened.
• Chen Hong led the uneasy Zhuo Qianren aside, while Zhuo suspected the Chen Clan was hiding far more strength than he had imagined.

On the fourth day after the attack on the Chen Residence, Chen Xiaojun woke and learned about the casualties and the survivors’ condition. He discovered that Zhu Wuneng’s great-grandfather had survived but lost the origin of his martial soul, leaving the room in grief.

• Chen Xiaojun woke from his injuries and asked Tao Ruyin who remained at the residence.
• Zhu Wuneng came to Chen Xiaojun and recounted how Xiao Yi had exhausted herself saving Zhu Hongzhen and others, then recovered after three days of sleep.
• Zhu Wuneng told Chen Xiaojun that more than sixty people had died, including household guards, servants, and lecturers and assistants from Chang'an Academy and Five Mountains Academy.
• Zhu Wuneng explained that the Grand Elder, Grandpa Meng Lin, and Dean Zhuo were still pursuing the attackers, while other powerful figures guarded the residence.
• Zhu Wuneng revealed that his great-grandfather had survived but that the blood-tainted divine power had annihilated the origin of his Stone-Armored Boar Emperor martial soul.

Chen Xiaojun learned that Chang'an’s battered team had barely survived three tournament matches and now faced Tianling Academy with only eight injured fighters available. The chapter ended as spectators expected Tianling to win, leaving Chang’an’s prospects grim.

• Chen Xiaojun urged Zhu Wuneng to hide his grief in front of his great-grandfather and asked whether a letter had been sent to his mother; Zhu Wuneng said it was being rushed to Fasno.
• Chen Xiaojun learned that Xiao Yi had gone to the tournament grounds despite recently waking from a three-day sleep, and he reluctantly let her be.
• Zhu Wuneng reported that Chang'an’s roster was riddled with injuries, with He Qiang and Youwei using injury replacement slots and Seventh Young Master and Eighth Young Master taking their places.
• Zhu Wuneng recounted Chang'an’s lukewarm loss to Qing Lin Academy, narrow victory over Shui Yue Academy, and costly win over Coastal Academy, which left Wencai and Shi Fei'ang unable to fight.
• Chen Xiaojun learned that Chang'an’s opponent that day was Tianling Academy and that only eight injured fighters remained available.
• Spectators discussed Chang'an’s decline and Tianling Academy’s powerful Baxia martial soul fusion, with tournament bettors strongly favoring Tianling.

Xiao Yi led Chang'an's remaining team into its match against Tianling Academy, concealing her weakened state while Prince Xue Jiqing discerned that her soul power had reached Level 59. She unleashed the Annihilation Vine without restraint, and Tianling's Gui Ran and Fang Yirong summoned Baxia to withstand its assault.

• Xiao Yi emerged with Chen Mu and the others, and Chang'an's supporters welcomed their last competing team with cheers and grief.
• Zhu Wuxin and Chen Yanwu worried about Xiao Yi's health, while Xue Jiqing saw through her concealment and detected her Level 59 soul power.
• Xiao Yi assigned her teammates their targets and told Chen Mu to handle Zhong Weiyun, reserving Gui Ran's Baxia for herself.
• The Heavenly Spirit Battle Team charged, and Xiao Yi summoned her Annihilation Vine, hurling several opponents backward with its overwhelming waves.
• Gui Ran and Fang Yirong joined their soul power and manifested Baxia, which stood firm against the vine's crushing attack.

Xiao Yi revealed her second martial soul, the Falling Star Vine, and used a modified Sky Azure Cage to trap Baxia. The arena watched as the sevenfold cage regenerated faster than Baxia could break free.

• Spectators realized Xiao Yi possessed twin martial souls and marveled at the power of her Falling Star Vine.
• Xiao Yi activated Life Force Awakening and her Moon Mark, raising her soul power to level 63.
• Xiao Yi cast Modified Second Soul Skill—Sky Azure Cage, binding Baxia in seven layers of vines.
• Baxia snapped one vine, but the Falling Star Vine regenerated it immediately and held the beast fast.

Xiao Yi used the Five Elements Eye to analyze Baxia and defeat the Martial Soul Fusion Skill with two consecutive sealing arts. After the opposing captains fell and Su Ningxia attacked their support, Zhong Weiyun conceded.

• Xiao Yi analyzed Baxia's body and energy with the Five Elements Eye, then used the Immobilization Spell to briefly halt its charge.
• Xiao Yi sealed Baxia's body with Five Elements Origin-Sealing.
• Xiao Yi used Nine Palaces Sealing the Gods to shackle Baxia's divine soul, causing the fusion beast to collapse and Gui Ran and Fang Yirong to fall unconscious.
• Su Ningxia charged the Heavenly Spirit Battle Team's support soul master while the other fighters remained under pressure from Chen Mu and his companions.
• Zhong Weiyun raised his arm and conceded the match.

Xiao Yi’s twin martial souls and Sealing Art shocked the observers, forcing intelligence chief Zhou Tianshu to reassess her abilities. In the VIP room, academy leaders debated the technique’s threat and concluded that its visible preparation could be interrupted.

• Chu Tianshu and Zhou Tianshu watched Xiao Yi’s Sealing Art and realized the Heaven-Knowing Tower had underestimated her.
• Gui Minghao and Bai Canhong discussed how Xiao Yi had broken Baxia and what her technique could do against other opponents.
• Fang Tingbo accused Bai Canhong of trying to sow discord between their houses because Chen Xin Yi was from the Chen Clan.
• Gui Minghao explained that Body Lock and Spirit Sealing could restrain many kinds of opponents, not only Baxia.
• Zhong Feng challenged Bai Canhong to consider whether the Sealing Art could immobilize him, and Bai privately admitted it would be troublesome if it landed.
• Bai Canhong reasoned that Xiao Yi’s incantation required preparation, leaving an opening to interrupt her.

Yang Jingxue gathered the allies after the attack on the Chen Residence and proposed striking back at the Crimson Church. Chen Zhang said they would target its bases and covert networks within the Central West of the Central District, while Xiao Yi slept after exhausting herself in the arena.

• Gui Minghao, Fang Tingbo, and Zhong Feng joined the gathering in the Chen Clan’s private room, where the others discussed Xiao Yi’s sealing technique and her protection of Gui Ran and Yi Rong.
• Chen Zhang told Gui Minghao that Xiao Yi’s sealing techniques would dissolve within two hours, and revealed that she had fallen asleep from exhaustion.
• Zhong Feng praised Xiao Yi’s strength and asked after her condition, while the gathered allies acknowledged how hard she had fought.
• Yang Jingxue explained that the Crimson Church’s attack on the Chen Residence was retaliation for the destruction of Sea Lake Manor and warned that the threat extended to all of Soul Fighting City.
• Ma Zhibin called for retaliation, and Chen Zhang proposed using their intelligence on Black Nether Legion bases and covert networks within the Central District.
• Ximen Wenming agreed to seek access to Soul Fighting City’s intelligence channels, and Chen Zhang said their target should be at least as large as Sea Lake Manor.

Chen Zhang and Soul Fighting City's families agreed to join the empire’s campaign against the Crimson Church through the new Dusk and Dawn Office. He also reassured Ning Hai about the Chen Clan’s business plans and agreed to share cigarette distribution without granting exclusivity.

• Chen Zhang revealed that the Crimson Church had at least thirty Title Douluos and proposed striking it in coordination with the empire’s new Dusk and Dawn Office, led by Zuo Tinggang.
• Gui Minghao agreed to the plan, and Chen Zhang said the Long Family and the Gourd Chen Family had also given their support.
• Ning Hai congratulated Chen Zhang on obtaining his eighth ring and asked about the Chen Clan’s dispute with the Clear Sky Sect and its alliance with the Yellow Emperor Tang Family.
• Chen Zhang said the Clear Sky Sect could reconcile only if it stepped aside, and promised the Chen Clan would not encroach on the Ning Family’s sales channels for at least twenty years.
• Chen Zhang agreed to give Ning Hai’s sect a share in cigarette distribution but refused to grant exclusive rights, and Ning Hai agreed to send someone to discuss the details.

Chen Xiaojun gave Xiao Yi a late birthday gift: a belt holding twelve mystic artifacts, and demonstrated their powers. The chapter ended with him explaining how the artifacts could protect, strengthen, and restrain her.

• Chen Xiaojun urged Xiao Yi to stop risking her body for the clan, but she quietly acknowledged him without changing her resolve.
• Xiao Yi brought Chen Xiaojun his medicine, and he drank it while Su Ningxia and Xixi watched.
• Chen Xiaojun gave Xiao Yi a belt of twelve beads as a belated birthday gift.
• Chen Xiaojun demonstrated the Soul-Shaking Bell, which could breach a Soul Saint's mental defenses, and the Sky-Crying Roar, which blasted a chair apart.
• Chen Xiaojun showed how the Soul-Devouring Beast absorbed soul power and how the Three Treasure Beads could defend against powerful attacks.
• Chen Xiaojun demonstrated the Six Harmonies Beads, which could bind a Soul Emperor or temporarily trap a Soul Saint.

Chen Xiaojun gave Xiao Yi a powerful Mystic Artifact belt for her birthday, and Xiao Yi shared Life Spirit Milk with Xixi. At a council meeting, the Chang'an Duke's Mansion learned that the Crimson Church had devastated its medicinal herb supply routes, and Zhu Yanfeng raged over the casualties and his father's grave wounds.

• Chen Xiaojun offered Xiao Yi a Mystic Artifact belt made from the Research Department's rarest materials, and Xiao Yi accepted it despite having no birthday gift for him.
• Xiao Yi gave Xixi a bottle of Life Spirit Milk, which Xixi silently accepted.
• Cheng Nanxing reported that the Crimson Church's Seven Demon Legion had attacked thirteen medicinal herb convoys, killing or injuring 683 people and crippling the Chen Clan's logistics.
• Zhu Yanfeng found his nephew Zhu Changhe among the dead and struck the council table in fury.
• Zhu Yanfeng remembered that his father, Zhu Hongzhen, had been gravely wounded defending the Heaven Dou residence and was near death.

After the Crimson Church annihilated three Chen Clan transport teams, Chen Wu and the leaders assessed the casualties and losses, which totaled at least twenty-five million gold coins. Cheng Nanxing proposed stronger convoys, expanded Brocade Guard recruitment and training, and Soul Douluo-level protection for every important route.

• Mu Lingyun and Chen Wu reviewed the casualty list, which included Zhu Shiheng, Zhao Quan, Ma Wei, and Meng Sheng, along with many other dead and wounded.
• Mu Lingyun asked Chen Cong whether they had advance warning, and Chen Cong said they had not.
• Mu Lingyun reported that lost cargo, death benefits, medical care, and damage in Heaven Dou brought known losses to at least twenty-five million gold coins.
• Chen Cong asked Cheng Nanxing how the Brocade Guard would respond, and Cheng Nanxing proposed larger convoys with stronger escorts and less frequent shipments.
• Cheng Nanxing recommended recruiting and training more elite Soul Masters, making Soul Ancestors the minimum rank in regular units, and adding specialists to convoy forces.
• Cheng Nanxing called for every important transport route to have at least one Soul Douluo and two Soul Saints overseeing its escorts.

The Chen Clan discussed ways to protect its shipments by mobilizing Soul Douluos and seeking Soul Saints from Branch Lines and partner families. Ling Yunxiao proposed expanding puppet production, rebuilding logistics around local warehouses, and striking Crimson hard to deter future raids.

• Cheng Nanxing proposed calling on Soul Douluos from the Main Lineage, allied families, and Chenlin Village to guard shipments, while seeking Soul Saints from Branch Lines and partner families.
• Mu Lingyun agreed that fewer shipments and better protection could reduce costs and promised a compensation proposal within three days.
• Ling Yunxiao outlined plans to equip Brocade Guard teams with Like a Flower puppets and develop stronger units and Hundred Blossoms Thrones; Chen Cong approved the plan.
• Ling Yunxiao proposed building sturdy central warehouses and smaller stations for short-haul relays.
• Ling Yunxiao called for the Chen Clan to strike Crimson forcefully, citing recent purges in the Basque Kingdom and Fasinuo Province as examples of deterrence.

Chen Cong reviewed the Brocade Guard’s rapid expansion and ordered it to recruit experienced Soul Masters while strengthening its intelligence network. Cheng Yun acknowledged that intelligence failures had left the clan vulnerable and began outlining the department’s structural shortcomings.

• Cheng Nanxing reported that recruitment had brought the Brocade Guard to 18,200 personnel, with intensive training scheduled to begin on August first at five bases.
• Chen Cong ordered Chen Hua to invite Soul Saints, Soul Emperors, and Soul Kings from Soul Fighting City’s families, partner families, and the Branch Lines, offering benefits comparable to those of the Soul Fighting Legion.
• Chen Hua worried that partner-family experts might become the majority, but Chen Cong said a strong Chen Clan Direct Lineage would keep the organization secure.
• Chen Cong instructed Cheng Yun to report the Intelligence Department’s plans, and she described the strain of overseeing both the Jianghu Department and Economic Intelligence and Analysis.
• Cheng Yun accepted responsibility for the intelligence failures and said the attack had exposed deep structural flaws in the department.

Cheng Yun proposed building a broad intelligence network to help the Chen Clan and its allies open a second front against the Crimson Church. An urgent report then revealed that Crimson forces had attacked the Chen Clan’s Star Luo City base, causing heavy casualties and gravely injuring several key figures.

• Cheng Yun proposed connecting the Chen Clan’s intelligence nodes and establishing branches in Chang’an, Glazed Tile City, Soul Fighting City, and Sacred Sword City.
• Cheng Yun urged the Chen Clan to begin its operations in Oswei Province and Silvest, using shared intelligence to stir allied forces against the Crimson Church.
• Chen Cong approved Cheng Yun’s plan and told her to prepare regulations for Shi Hua’s review.
• Cheng Yun received an urgent letter reporting that the Chen Clan’s Star Luo City base had also been attacked.
• Chen Cong reported that two Titled Douluos and nearly twenty other powerful fighters had attacked, but Chen Qiujun, the Wind Sword Sect, Sword Rain Academy, and the Xiang Family helped the base hold.
• Chen Cong reported that Feng Yangbo and several others had died, while Feng Shuiyao was gravely wounded and Chenghui, Dean Jianyu, Sword Sovereign, and Little Feng were injured.

Chen Cong reassigned clan members to shore up the Chen Clan’s stretched forces after the Crimson Church’s attacks. He sent Chen Hua to Star Luo City, asked Shen Tianjun to reinforce it, and arranged for Zhu Yanfeng and Meng Wei to take new posts.

• Chen Cong ordered Chen Hua to go to Star Luo City, bring two Soul Douluo Clan Elders from Chenlin Village, and manage relief and recovery efforts.
• Chen Cong told Chen Hua to ask Shen Tianjun to travel from Lankai Commandery to reinforce Star Luo City.
• Chen Cong instructed Zhu Yanfeng to take over as Chief Steward at the Heaven Dou Chen Residence after Bing Yuan arrived in Chang'an and received the handover.
• Chen Cong rejected moving cultivators from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well or the Ancestral Land to replace Bing Yuan in Chang'an.
• Chen Cong appointed Meng Wei as Chief Steward in Chenlin Village after learning that he had advanced to Soul Douluo.