Chapter Summaries

After absorbing the Exploding Flame Giant Bear Soul Ring, Quan Yi discovered that Scorching Ray consumed too much soul power at his current level, while his physical strength and Blazing Sun Gauntlets had greatly improved. Quan Yue examined the gauntlets and concluded that their dark-gold change had made them a top-tier Tool Martial Soul.

• Quan Yi and Su Ling'er concluded that Scorching Ray's immense power drained his limited soul power, so Quan Yi planned to use it at reduced output until he reached the Soul Ancestor level.
• Quan Yi summoned his Blazing Sun Gauntlets and noticed they had grown heavier and taken on a dark-gold sheen after he absorbed the Soul Ring.
• Quan Yue picked up Quan Yi's gauntlet and found it weighed roughly twenty to thirty kilograms, then tested its hardness against his own Black Iron Gauntlets.
• Quan Yue explained that Soul Rings could change a Martial Soul and that Quan Yi's gauntlets had developed into a powerful Tool Martial Soul with strength and defensive qualities.
• Quan Yi put the gauntlets back on and found their increased weight suited his enhanced strength.

Quan Yue and Su Ling'er sent Quan Yi back to the academy alone while they focused on expanding firearm production, insisting that cultivation remained his priority. After arriving late to classes, Quan Yi reunited with Huo Wu, who challenged him to a soul fight under the condition that he not use his martial soul.

• Quan Yue announced that he and Su Ling'er would oversee the secret expansion of gunpowder and metal mining, and told Quan Yi to return to the academy alone.
• Quan Yi agreed to focus on cultivation after his parents explained that his growth mattered more to the family than his immediate help with its affairs.
• Su Ling'er left Blacksmith Yuan and some staff at the Ironware Research Institute, transferred most personnel to production, and put the Gunpowder research institute in Quan Yi's hands.
• Quan Yi shared a final meal with his parents, then traveled by carriage to the academy, arriving a week after classes had begun.
• Huo Wu told Quan Yi about her summer training and Bronze Soul Badge, then challenged him to a soul fight without using his martial soul.
• Huo Wu summoned her Flame Fiend and began using Flame Fiend Whip Dance to pressure Quan Yi.

Quan Yi tested his defense against Huo Wu’s flaming whip and endured her sustained attacks without being seriously hurt. After breaking free from her binding, he charged toward her, and Huo Wu fired her Flame Bullet as he advanced.

• Huo Wu struck Quan Yi with her whip, but he used his Self-Created Soul Skill to harden a line of defense along the whip’s path.
• Huo Wu increased the whip’s speed and repeatedly attacked, while Quan Yi continued defending against each strike.
• Huo Wu wrapped the Flame Serpent around Quan Yi, but he grabbed the whip and tried to pull her closer.
• Huo Wu made the whip intangible to escape his grasp, and Quan Yi broke free and charged at her.
• Huo Wu retreated while swinging her whip, then launched her First Soul Skill, Flame Bullet, at Quan Yi.

Quan Yi defeated Huo Wu in a duel, then trained with her as she reflected on the gap between them and noticed his sudden physical improvement. Huo Wu suspected he had fused with a Spirit Bone and warned him to keep a low profile, while Quan Yi teased her about trying to control him.

• Quan Yi dodged Huo Wu's Flame Bullet and whip attacks, then used Sharpness to deflect her Ring Fusion-powered Flame Fiend Whip Dance and win the duel.
• Huo Wu accepted the loss without despair, acknowledged she needed to work harder, and trained with Quan Yi afterward.
• Quan Yi realized his improved strength kept him from reaching his limits during training and decided to add weighted gear.
• Huo Wu observed Quan Yi's unusual progress, suspected he had fused with a Spirit Bone, and resolved to protect his secret.
• Huo Wu gravely advised Quan Yi to stay at school and avoid attracting attention, and Quan Yi teased her about trying to control his relationships.

Quan Yi invited Huo Wu to train with him using her Flame Fiend Whip Dance to temper his flow. After fifteen minutes of increasingly intense attacks, Huo Wu’s right hand grew too tired to continue, and Quan Yi told her to switch hands.

• Quan Yi reassured Huo Wu that his low-key behavior and strength would help him handle attention over his Spirit Bone, then invited her to train together.
• Quan Yi and Huo Wu went to the academy’s Fire-attribute Training Ground, where he explained that he wanted to try a new training method.
• Quan Yi braced himself with Soul Power as Huo Wu attacked him with her Second Soul Skill, Flame Fiend Whip Dance.
• Quan Yi urged Huo Wu to whip faster while he used her attacks to temper his flow, and she continued until her right arm weakened after fifteen minutes.
• Quan Yi told the exhausted Huo Wu to switch to her left hand and keep attacking.

Quan Yi trained Huo Wu to use her whip with both hands, then resumed his cultivation routine and began assembling a machine tool to improve Musket barrels. He demonstrated a flame-ray method for fusing metal parts, astonishing Blacksmith Yuan.

• Quan Yi suggested that Huo Wu train her left hand so she could wield two whips, and they practiced until exhaustion.
• Quan Yi noticed that six-hundred-year Soul Beast Meat no longer restored him as effectively and found that advancing through the Soul Elder realm took longer than before.
• Quan Yi returned to his usual training schedule and spent weekends studying gunpowder and firearms at the Research Institute.
• Quan Yi met Blacksmith Yuan at the Yuan Family Blacksmith Shop to build a Boring Machine for producing smoother Musket barrels.
• Quan Yi put on Goggles, summoned his Blazing Sun Gauntlet, and used a flame ray to melt and fuse machine parts as Blacksmith Yuan watched in amazement.

Quan Yi completed a Gun Barrel Boring Machine using his Scorching Ray to weld its parts, and tests showed that boring a musket barrel improved its accuracy. He collected the custom Weighted Equipment made from Iron Essence and left the Research Institute wearing it.

• Quan Yi used his Third Soul Skill, Scorching Ray, to weld the boring machine's frame, astonishing Blacksmith Yuan with the speed and precision.
• Quan Yue and Blacksmith Yuan installed the remaining components, and Blacksmith Yuan used the completed Gun Barrel Boring Machine to bore a musket barrel.
• Quan Yi and Blacksmith Yuan test-fired the musket, and Blacksmith Yuan found its hit rate at one hundred meters had risen from four or five hits in ten shots to seven.
• Quan Yi asked Blacksmith Yuan to continue collecting performance data and went to inspect the commissioned Weighted Equipment.
• Quan Yi put on the Iron Essence vest, wrist guards, and ankle guards, weighing over five hundred kilograms in total, and confirmed he could exercise freely while wearing them.
• Quan Yi gave Blacksmith Yuan the Goggles and left the Research Institute without removing his Weighted Equipment.

Quan Yi built a simple Microscope and used it to examine a Thousand-Year Head Soul Bone and his own Soul Power. He discovered that both contained fluorescent fragments that could reorganize into similar structures, leaving him wondering whether this revealed how “Gang” formed.

• Quan Yi put his blueprints for a Gun Barrel Boring Machine away and assembled a Microscope from glass lenses and a tubular object.
• Quan Yi used the Microscope to inspect the tabletop and other nearby objects, then turned it toward the Thousand-Year Head Soul Bone.
• Quan Yi infused Soul Power into the Spirit Bone and saw its stable structure collapse into a fluid state of glowing fragments before reforming when he stopped.
• Quan Yi examined his Soul Power and found that its fragments gathered into an orderly structure resembling the Spirit Bone when he condensed them.
• Quan Yi wondered whether the process showed how “Gang” formed and why it resembled the Spirit Bone’s changes.

Quan Yi studied how Soul Power condensed and concluded that Spirit Bones and Gang formed from stable, compressed Soul Power. He created a Soul Power Crystal inside his body and discovered that his Dual-Mindedness let him maintain it while cultivating, though releasing it caused a sudden burst of Soul Power.

• Quan Yi observed that compressed Soul Power became stable and reasoned that this property explained how Spirit Bones endured and could be inherited.
• Quan Yi realized that Gang resembled a Spirit Bone and, through Inner Vision, analyzed how cultivation expanded a Spirit Master's Soul Power Storage Space.
• Quan Yi compressed a small portion of Soul Power inside his body until it formed a hard object, which he named a Soul Power Crystal.
• Quan Yi used Dual-Mindedness to maintain the Soul Power Crystal while circulating Soul Power and increasing his cultivation.
• Quan Yi released the Soul Power Crystal and found that it collapsed suddenly, sending its stored Soul Power into his meridians.

Quan Yi tested the Soul Power Crystal and found that it could store an extra fifteen percent of his soul power, but maintaining it required his attention. He decided to develop Triple-Mindedness and successfully created a fragile Third Consciousness.

• Quan Yi assessed the Soul Power Crystal’s advantages and drawbacks, then chose to pursue Triple-Mindedness so he could maintain it while using Propulsion Mode.
• Quan Yi condensed a Soul Power Crystal containing fifteen percent of his soul power and assigned a separate consciousness to maintain it.
• Quan Yi established rules for when to disperse and condense the crystal, then began dividing his attention further.
• Quan Yi created a Third Consciousness, which was much weaker than his Main and Second Consciousnesses.
• Quan Yi concluded that his Gauntlets Martial Soul’s Dual-Mindedness talent had strengthened only his Second Consciousness, and planned to train the Third Consciousness over time.

Quan Yi spent the Third Semester greatly advancing his physical training and Mental Power, bringing his strength beyond a Soul Emperor’s. On the academy’s graduation day, he and Huo Wu went to congratulate Huo Wushuang, but found him surrounded by a huge crowd.

• Quan Yi began training Triple-Mindedness and wearing weights, increasing his need for rest as he trained his Mental Power.
• Over the year, Quan Yi raised his body load to one thousand kilograms, developed his Third Consciousness to match the other two, compressed about twenty-five percent of his soul power, and reached rank thirty-eight.
• Quan Yi’s comprehensive strength surpassed a Soul Emperor, and he believed even a Soul Saint would be helpless if he went all out.
• On the final day of the Third Semester, Quan Yi and Huo Wu walked to the graduation ceremony carrying flowers and talking about Huo Wushuang leaving the Primary Academy.
• Huo Wushuang called out to Quan Yi and Huo Wu from the ceremony grounds, where a huge crowd had gathered around him, making Huo Wu reluctant to go in.

Quan Yi met Huo Wu’s parents after Huo Wushuang’s graduation and was invited to their private family banquet. Huo Wu’s family welcomed him warmly, while Huo Wushuang hinted that his father might be testing whether Quan Yi was suitable for Huo Wu.

• Quan Yi waited with Huo Wu as Huo Wushuang emerged from the crowd with their parents, Huo Wuxie and Huo Wu’s Mother.
• Quan Yi congratulated Huo Wushuang with flowers, then Huo Wu introduced Quan Yi to her parents as her friend.
• Huo Wuxie recognized Quan Yi from Huo Wu’s stories and teased Huo Wu about being the one who received care from him.
• Huo Wuxie invited Quan Yi to the family banquet that evening, and Quan Yi accepted.
• Huo Wushuang teased Huo Wu that their father’s invitation might be a test, and Quan Yi promised to do well while looking at Huo Wu.

Quan Yi joined Huo Wu and Huo Wushuang for a family banquet at the Huo Family home, where Huo Wuxie later summoned him to the study to question his feelings for Huo Wu. The chapter ended with Quan Yi facing Huo Wuxie's challenge to prove he had the right to protect her.

• Quan Yi and Huo Wushuang toured the academy while Huo Wu followed them quietly and seemed distracted.
• Huo Wuxie and Huo Wu's mother took Quan Yi, Huo Wu, and Huo Wushuang to the Huo Family home for a banquet.
• Quan Yi enjoyed the Soul Beast Meat and thanked Huo Wu's mother for preparing the meal.
• Huo Wuxie asked Quan Yi to come with him to the study, and Huo Wu tried to stop them before her mother led her away.
• Huo Wuxie demanded to know how Quan Yi viewed Huo Wu, and Quan Yi said she was the person he wanted to protect.
• Huo Wuxie challenged Quan Yi's right to protect Huo Wu, and Quan Yi firmly answered that he would prove it.

Huo Wuxie tested Quan Yi’s strength and sincerity before agreeing to let him train with Huo Wu at the Intermediate Academy. Quan Yi left the study with Huo Wu, who pressed him to explain what he had meant earlier, and he led her outside without answering.

• Huo Wuxie increased his soul power pressure until Quan Yi withstood level 70 without summoning his Martial Soul, then learned Quan Yi was level 38 at age nine.
• Huo Wuxie threatened Quan Yi with his Martial Soul, then praised his knowledge and asked about the Martial Soul Fusion Skill he shared with Huo Wu.
• Quan Yi said he had sensed their connection but had not told Huo Wu because the timing was not right.
• Huo Wuxie arranged for Quan Yi and Huo Wu to begin team battle training at the Intermediate Academy next semester.
• Huo Wu asked Quan Yi what he had meant earlier, and he took her hand and led her toward the courtyard fountain.

Quan Yi and Huo Wu formed a Martial Soul Fusion Skill after sharing their feelings through a Heart-to-Heart Connection. Their fusion manifested as a giant armored woman above the Huo Family territory, and the chapter ended with Huo Wu eagerly asking to test their new ability.

• Quan Yi asked Huo Wu whether she trusted him, and she firmly agreed before summoning Fire Shadow as he summoned the Blazing Sun Gauntlets.
• Their soul powers combined through their clasped hands, and Quan Yi explained that they had awakened a Martial Soul Fusion Skill belonging only to them.
• A flash of white light revealed a four-meter-tall armored woman above the Huo Family territory, while Huo Wushuang and Huo Wu's Mother recognized the display as a fusion skill.
• Huo Wuxie understood that Quan Yi had chosen this moment to reveal his feelings and entrusted Huo Wu to him.
• Inside their Spiritual Space, Quan Yi and Huo Wu shared their emotions directly, confirmed their love, and vowed to remain together.
• Huo Wu returned to her lively self and urged Quan Yi to find out what their Martial Soul Fusion Skill could do.

Quan Yi and Huo Wu formed the Blazing Sun Battle Avatar and fought Huo Wuxie so he could test their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. After their attacks failed to break through his defenses, they began adapting their tactics by winding the Avatar’s hair around his arm.

• Quan Yi and Huo Wu controlled the Female Giant, identified their weapons as the Dark Gold Shield and Blazing Sun Spear, and named their fusion skill the Blazing Sun Battle Avatar.
• Huo Wuxie transformed into the Unicorn Fire Tyrant Dragon and challenged the Blazing Sun Battle Avatar, while Aunt assured Huo Wushuang the fight was safe to watch.
• The Blazing Sun Battle Avatar charged Huo Wuxie, pierced the stone ground with its spear, and blocked his Dragon Claw with the Dark Gold Shield.
• Huo Wuxie dodged the Avatar’s kick by propelling himself through the air with flames, then endured a laser attack from its red hair using his scales.
• Quan Yi and Huo Wu changed the laser-like hair into a flexible strand that wrapped around Huo Wuxie’s right arm and began climbing upward.

Huo Wu and Quan Yi trapped Huo Wuxie with Thousand-Mile Marriage Thread and used the Sun-Chasing Spear to inject the painful Flame Fiend into his body. Although Huo Wuxie was weakened by the spreading affliction, Quan Yi realized the spear’s destruction had left them at a disadvantage, and Huo Wuxie prepared to fight with all his strength.

• Huo Wu restrained Huo Wuxie with Thousand-Mile Marriage Thread while Quan Yi ordered her to leave the attack to him.
• Quan Yi hurled the Sun-Chasing Spear at Huo Wuxie, who used his amplified Sixth Soul Skill to meet it with his flaming unicorn horn.
• The spear exploded on impact, scorching Huo Wuxie and shattering his scale armor while the Blazing Sun Battle Avatar remained unharmed.
• Huo Wu reported that the Flame Fiend had entered Huo Wuxie's body and was spreading through him as it absorbed his Soul Power.
• Quan Yi warned Huo Wu that the spear's destruction had cost them their main attack and that Huo Wuxie still had plenty of Soul Power.
• Huo Wuxie struggled against the spreading pain and announced that he would have to use all his strength to win.

Huo Wu and Quan Yi fought Huo Wuxie after he activated his Martial Soul Avatar, using their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to endure his overwhelming attacks. They exploited the Flame Fiend’s lingering effect and knocked Huo Wuxie down with a shield-and-thread combination before their fusion dissolved.

• Huo Wuxie transformed into the Unicorn Fire Tyrant Dragon with his Seventh Soul Skill and attacked the Blazing Sun Battle Avatar with his amplified strength.
• Quan Yi defended with the Dark Gold Shield while Huo Wu withdrew her Red Silk, and Huo Wuxie enlarged his dragon form and pressed his assault.
• Quan Yi realized Huo Wu’s Flame Fiend still affected Huo Wuxie inside his Martial Soul Avatar and planned a final counterattack with her.
• Quan Yi threw the Dark Gold Shield toward Huo Wuxie, who knocked it aside, and Huo Wu used Thousand-Mile Marriage Thread to whip the shield into him.
• Huo Wuxie fell, and the Blazing Sun Battle Avatar declared victory before dispersing into white light.

Quan Yi and Huo Wu defeated Huo Wuxie in their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, then helped Huo Wu absorb the Flame Fiend. After the fight damaged the courtyard, Wu Ya sent them to rest while Huo Wuxie stayed behind to oversee the cleanup.

• Quan Yi caught the exhausted Huo Wu as their Martial Soul Fusion Skill dissipated, and they celebrated defeating Huo Wuxie.
• Huo Wu drew the Flame Fiend out of Huo Wuxie and absorbed its energy, replenishing her Soul Power.
• Wu Ya pointed out the ruined courtyard, while Huo Wuxie tried to explain away the damage and agreed to clean it up.
• Quan Yi accepted Wu Ya's invitation to stay overnight, and Huo Wushuang gave him and Huo Wu a thumbs-up.
• Wu Ya led Quan Yi and Huo Wu to their rooms, and Huo Wu hugged Quan Yi before rushing into her room.
• Quan Yi lay awake in the guest room, reflecting on the battle and reminding himself to keep working hard.

Quan Yi reflected on the strengths and limits of his Martial Soul Fusion Skill and his fight against Huo Wuxie, while Huo Wuxie explained why he wanted to cultivate Quan Yi and Huo Wu. The next morning, Huo Wu told Quan Yi that absorbing energy from their fusion with the Flame Fiend had raised her Soul Power Level to twenty-seven.

• Quan Yi reviewed the Blazing Sun Battle Avatar's three skills and recognized that he still had a large gap to overcome before matching a Spirit Saint.
• Huo Wuxie told Wu Ya that Quan Yi's potential mattered more to him than the Quan Family, and that he planned to develop Quan Yi and Huo Wu into Blazing Fire Academy's strongest trump card.
• Wu Ya warned Huo Wuxie not to sacrifice Huo Wu's happiness for victory, and Huo Wuxie reassured her about Quan Yi.
• Huo Wu hurried to Quan Yi's room the next morning and announced that her Soul Power Level had reached twenty-seven.
• Quan Yi concluded that the Flame Fiend had absorbed a Spirit Saint's energy during the Martial Soul Fusion Skill and transferred it to Huo Wu, replenishing her Soul Power and helping her break through.