Chapter Summaries

Qian Qin sacrificed herself to awaken Qian Ran’s Angel Martial Soul, but Huo Yuhao and Electrolux rescued her soul and joined it with the statue so she could remain with her son. Qian Ran achieved Innate Full Soul Power, while Xu Jie’s explanation recalled why Huo Yuhao had not been taught the cultivation technique before his awakening.

• Qian Qin’s Angel Mark summoned the Angel God statue, which awakened Qian Ran’s three-winged Angel Martial Soul as Qian Qin began to fade.
• Electrolux used Xu Jie’s Ultimate Light to preserve Qian Qin’s soul and reunite it with the statue’s severed hand, then fused the hand back into the statue surrounding Qian Ran.
• Qian Ran sensed his mother’s presence in the Angel Mark, thanked Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao, and withdrew his Martial Soul.
• Xu Jie tested Qian Ran with a blue crystal ball, which shone brightly to show that Qian Ran had Innate Full Soul Power.
• Xu Jie’s thoughts explained that he had taught Qian Ran the Pure Yang Wuji Art but had avoided teaching Huo Yuhao before awakening because of Duchess White Tiger’s likely reaction.

Xu Jie checked Qian Ran’s Spiritual Sea of Consciousness and confirmed that Qian Qin’s soul was safe but would need to sleep for at least twenty years. Qian Ran revealed his three-winged Angel martial soul, learned he could fly, and was taken to stay at Shrek Academy.

• Xu Jie entered Qian Ran’s Spiritual Sea of Consciousness and found that the ruined temple had stopped the golden energy from leaking through its cracks.
• Xu Jie examined the Angel God statue and confirmed that Qian Qin had only overdrawn her strength, though she would sleep for at least twenty years.
• Xu Jie, Huo Yuhao, and Dugu Lu saw Qian Ran summon three Angel Wings and wondered whether he would spin while flying.
• Qian Ran flew steadily in the courtyard, then landed when Huo Yuhao warned him not to rise above Shrek City’s walls.
• Xu Jie and the others brought Qian Ran to Shrek Academy, where Dugu Lu took him into his two-person dormitory.

Xu Jie decided that Huo Yuhao should leave Shrek Academy for the Body Sect and began teaching him sword techniques to attract the Sword Fanatic. Their training was interrupted when Sea God Island erupted with golden light.

• Xu Jie recalled the Body Sect and considered bringing Huo Yuhao there, while also planning to lure the Sword Fanatic with sword techniques.
• Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao found Mu En absent from his usual spot and went to train beside Sea God Lake.
• Xu Jie taught Huo Yuhao the basic Wudang Swordplay, then demonstrated a move from the Thirteen Swords of Shenmen.
• Huo Yuhao memorized the move and prepared to try it, but golden light suddenly erupted from Sea God Island.

As Mu En died, he transformed into a white dragon and bestowed golden light on chosen Shrek Academy students, raising Huo Yuhao’s cultivation to level thirty-five. His warning to the soul beasts was cut off by a blond man at the Lake of Life, who sensed his lord had awakened.

• Mu En named Xuan Zi his successor and told Xuan Zi, Xian Lin'er, and Qian Duoduo to watch the students close to Wang Dong, who was connected to the child foretold to change the continent’s fate.
• Mu En released his final power, transformed into a white dragon, and sent golden rays to students he had chosen, including Beibei and Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao absorbed Mu En’s gift and advanced from level thirty-three to level thirty-five, drawing a puzzled look from the white dragon.
• Mu En turned toward the Star Dou Great Forest and roared a warning to the soul beasts.
• A blond man appeared above the Lake of Life, used dark energy to block Mu En’s Radiant Holy Dragon power, and knelt as he announced that his lord had awakened.

The Golden Ancient Tree’s light empowered Shrek Academy’s Core Disciples, while the Star Dou Great Forest’s ruler ordered Di Tian not to provoke the academy and to keep watch over the Three-Eyed Golden Lion. After the academy explained the gift, Xu Jie and Huo Yuhao took Qian Ran to Shrek City to buy supplies for Huo Yuhao’s trip to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Guidance Academy.

• The ethereal voice told Di Tian to calm the Soul Beasts, avoid provoking Shrek Academy, and keep the Three-Eyed Golden Lion in the core region.
• The white dragon dissolved into golden motes that entered the Golden Ancient Tree, and Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie discussed the Soul Power Huo Yuhao had received.
• Huo Yuhao and Xu Jie found that Dugu Lu had become a Soul King after receiving golden light, then explained the white dragon’s gift to him.
• An inner courtyard teacher explained that Mu En had bestowed the golden lights on Shrek Academy’s Core Disciples and described his life to the students.
• Wang Yan granted Xu Jie, Huo Yuhao, and Qian Ran three days of leave, and the three went to Shrek City to buy pill ingredients, clothes, and core metals.

Xu Jie advised Huo Yuhao to seek out the Body Sect and told him about plans for his future before Huo Yuhao left Shrek Academy for a two-and-a-half-year exchange at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. After the students exchanged places in Maple Leaf City, Jing Hongchen took the Shrek delegation into the air and headed for the academy.

• Xu Jie told Huo Yuhao to join the Body Sect if he encountered its members, then revealed his plans for Huo Yuhao's future before the exchange.
• Huo Yuhao said goodbye to Xu Jie, Dugu Lu, and Qian Ran and departed with Shrek's delegation.
• The Shrek students reached Maple Leaf City, where Ye Xiaosheng introduced himself to Huo Yuhao and He Caitou.
• At Maple Leaf Square, He Caitou identified Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen as talented siblings with a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, while Jing Hongchen and Yan Shaozhe exchanged barbed remarks.
• The students switched delegations, and Jing Hongchen enveloped the Shrek students in a golden barrier and carried them toward the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy.

Jing Hongchen transported the Shrek students to Sun Moon City in a powerful Soul Tool, and Huo Yuhao observed its unusual design and comfort. They arrived at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, where staff were waiting to receive them.

• Huo Yuhao examined Jing Hongchen’s Golden Light Cicada-inspired Soul Tool and discovered that its light membrane was exceptionally tough.
• Fan Yu stopped the inner courtyard disciples from testing the membrane with their daggers, and Jing Hongchen explained the Soul Tool’s strength.
• Huo Yuhao and He Caitou discussed how comfortable the journey was compared with flying with Xuan Zi.
• Jing Hongchen brought the Shrek group to Sun Moon City and showed them its vast, brightly lit streets and tall buildings.
• Jing Hongchen landed the group at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, where a middle-aged man reported that everything was ready.

The Shrek students arrived at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, where Lin Jiayi assigned them accommodations and explained their studies and entrance assessment. Huo Yuhao settled into his dormitory cautiously, then prepared to attend the assessment in uniform while thinking about being separated from Brother Jie and the others.

• Jing Hongchen introduced Lin Jiayi as the Shrek students’ dean and left with Fan Yu.
• Lin Jiayi gave the students regulations, maps, and accommodation keys, and said they could study at Mingde Hall and take its assessments two days a week.
• Huo Yuhao examined the map, discovered its red dot tracked his location, and memorized the academy’s layout as the group headed to the sixth-grade dormitory building.
• Huo Yuhao searched his room for surveillance Soul Tools, then cleaned, settled in, and cultivated through the night.
• He Caitou and Huo Yuhao ate breakfast, received their academy uniforms, and were told to gather downstairs in half an hour.
• Huo Yuhao changed into his uniform and thought sadly about not seeing Brother Jie and the others for a while.

Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, and the Shrek disciples visited Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy’s physical testing room for their initial assessments. Ye Xiaosheng went first, and the scan recorded detailed measurements of his body before identifying him as a Soul Emperor.

• Lin Jiayi led Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, and the Shrek disciples from the dormitory to the first-year teaching building.
• Lin Jiayi explained that the Soul Body Measurement Devices tested students’ physical condition and instructed everyone to put away their Soul Guidance Devices.
• Ye Xiaosheng volunteered to take the first test and handed his Storage Soul Guidance Device to a classmate.
• A researcher scanned Ye Xiaosheng and recorded more than thirty measurements, concluding that his physical strength was at the Soul Emperor level.

Huo Yuhao worried that the Soul Body Measurement Device would expose his hidden physical strength and soul bones, so he asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress to alter the results. The test showed ordinary measurements, leaving his secrets concealed.

• Huo Yuhao realized that revealing his true physical strength could expose secrets to both the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yuhao used Spiritual Detection to study the Soul Body Measurement Device while the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm checked whether it could manipulate the results.
• He Caitou’s test revealed Rank 70 physical strength, Rank 64 resilience, Rank 51 Soul Power, and a torso soul bone.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress agreed to conceal Huo Yuhao’s physical abilities and soul bones.
• Huo Yuhao was tested and received results of Rank 38 physical strength, Rank 37 resilience, Rank 36 Soul Power, and no soul bone enhancement.

Huo Yuhao completed his physical tests while keeping his results modest, then was assigned to study under Xuan Ziwen at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. Xuan Ziwen tested him by asking him to create a Core Array, and Huo Yuhao began assembling a Soul Tool from his engraved arrays and a Colt Revolver.

• Huo Yuhao kept his strength reading at level forty and passed the remaining physical tests without help from his soul beasts.
• Lin Jiayi led the Shrek students to meet the sixth-year teachers, who drew lots to choose their students.
• Xuan Ziwen drew Huo Yuhao's name and took him to the Third Laboratory, where he said Huo Yuhao had to pass a test to become his student.
• Xuan Ziwen gave Huo Yuhao fifteen minutes to create his best Core Array, and Huo Yuhao engraved different numbers of third-level Explosion Arrays on three metal pieces.
• Huo Yuhao asked to assemble and test his design, then fitted the engraved pieces into cartridge cases and loaded the bullets into a Colt Revolver as Xuan Ziwen watched.

Huo Yuhao tested the Colt Revolver and offered it to Xuan Ziwen for research on the condition that its findings would not be given to the Sun Moon Empire's government. Xuan Ziwen agreed, shared his ambition to develop civilian Soul Tools, and accepted Huo Yuhao as his disciple.

• Huo Yuhao fired three Soul Guidance Bullets into an alloy target, piercing through it with accurate shots.
• Xuan Ziwen examined the Colt Revolver and its casings, noting that the weapon’s power depended on its bullets and that the casings wore down with use.
• Xuan Ziwen offered to buy the Colt, but Huo Yuhao instead offered it for research if Xuan Ziwen kept the results from the Sun Moon Empire's government.
• Xuan Ziwen agreed to Huo Yuhao’s condition and explained his dream of making Soul Tools accessible to ordinary people.
• Huo Yuhao mentioned that Xu Jie understood civilian Soul Guidance Devices, then asked whether he had passed the test.
• Xuan Ziwen confirmed that Huo Yuhao had passed and made him his disciple.

Xu Jie withdrew from Shrek Academy so he could care for Qian Ran, then moved with him into the Lonely Cloud Merchant Association in Shrek City. He told Dugu Lu that he planned to take Qian Ran out to hunt a soul in the coming days.

• Xu Jie submitted his withdrawal application, and Wang Yan approved it while inviting Qian Ran to enroll at Shrek Academy when he was old enough.
• Xu Jie completed the withdrawal paperwork and told Dugu Lu that he and Qian Ran would remain in Shrek City for at least six months.
• Xu Jie packed their belongings and left Shrek Academy with Qian Ran and Dugu Lu, briefly looking back at the academy and Tang San's statue.
• Dugu Lu asked Steward Li to arrange a room for Xu Jie and Qian Ran at the Lonely Cloud Merchant Association.
• Xu Jie and Qian Ran settled into a room with two beds, and Xu Jie told Dugu Lu not to visit for a few days because he planned to take Qian Ran out to hunt a soul.

Huo Yuhao learned Soul Tool theories from Xuan Ziwen and met Ju Zi, whose missed lunch led her to demand that Huo Yuhao cook for her. The chapter left Huo Yuhao outside the laboratory, eating one of Ju Zi’s oranges while she cleaned herself up.

• Xu Jie led Qian Ran south toward the Star Dou Great Forest to search for a light-attribute soul beast.
• Xuan Ziwen taught Huo Yuhao Soul Tool theories, gave him the laboratory key, and told him to cultivate until he reached Rank 40.
• Ju Zi arrived late to the laboratory and fell asleep while Huo Yuhao cultivated.
• Ju Zi woke after missing lunch and threw oranges at Huo Yuhao for failing to wake her.
• Huo Yuhao offered to cook for Ju Zi, who chased him out of the laboratory after he pointed out that she had drooled in her sleep.
• Huo Yuhao peeled and ate one of the oranges Ju Zi had thrown at him.

Huo Yuhao and Ju Zi prepared food together beside the river at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy. Ju Zi tasted Huo Yuhao’s roasted beef and was moved by its familiar flavor before learning his name.

• Ju Zi led Huo Yuhao to a clearing beside the academy river, where he discovered it had almost no fish because students tested Soul Tools there.
• Ju Zi produced ingredients and a Soul Guidance Stove, then began cooking while Huo Yuhao examined the stove’s Core Array.
• Ju Zi gave Huo Yuhao a piece of beef and challenged him to make it taste good, so he gathered firewood and roasted it with his own seasonings.
• Ju Zi tasted Huo Yuhao’s beef, recognized a familiar flavor, and quietly shed tears.
• Ju Zi asked Huo Yuhao’s name, and he told her that he was Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao bonded with Ju Zi over cooking and learned about the grief behind her attachment to his food. After sharing their painful pasts, Huo Yuhao reaffirmed his determination to avenge his mother, while Ju Zi privately hoped he would not interfere with her own revenge against Duke White Tiger.

• Ju Zi praised Huo Yuhao's cooking and asked him to make her a meal each day in exchange for her help with Soul Guidance Knowledge.
• Over the next three days, Huo Yuhao studied under Xuan Ziwen and Ju Zi and cooked lunch for Ju Zi every day.
• Ju Zi told Huo Yuhao that his cooking reminded her of her father's food and explained how war had killed her father and left her an orphan.
• Huo Yuhao shared his past with Ju Zi, including his mother's death and his connection to Duke White Tiger, while saying Xu Jie had helped him endure.
• Huo Yuhao vowed to avenge his mother, and Ju Zi wondered whether he would stand in the way when she sought revenge against Duke White Tiger.

Xu Jie and Qian Ran traveled across the Lima Plains and entered the Star Dou Great Forest, where they camped for the night. After remembering the suffering they had endured at Duke White Tiger's Mansion, Xu Jie resumed his journey with Qian Ran the next morning.

• Xu Jie and Qian Ran crossed the Lima Plains, and Xu Jie carried the exhausted seven-year-old after he ran out of Soul Power.
• Xu Jie recovered some Soul Power at the forest entrance, then led Qian Ran into the Star Dou Great Forest before nightfall.
• Xu Jie caught rabbits for dinner and burned Soul Dispelling Incense to keep Soul Beasts away.
• Xu Jie told Qian Ran a story by the campfire, but Qian Ran fell asleep before it ended.
• Xu Jie recalled Duke White Tiger, Duchess White Tiger, and Dai Huabin, then meditated through the night and woke Qian Ran in the morning.

Xu Jie took Qian Ran into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a light-attributed soul beast and located a Fluorescent Butterfly colony. While they waited for nightfall, Qian Ran sensed something drawing him toward a nearby pool, where a mysterious winged girl appeared and searched the area.

• Xu Jie woke Qian Ran, led him into the forest, and had him gather wild fruit for breakfast.
• Xu Jie studied a map and carried Qian Ran toward a Fluorescent Butterfly colony after Qian Ran suppressed his aura with a breathing method.
• Xu Jie and Qian Ran hid in a tree near a pool and watched Light-chasing Mongoose Beasts beneath the butterfly cocoons.
• Qian Ran told Xu Jie that something in the pool was drawing him in, just as a Yellow-skirted Girl with snow-white wings descended into it.
• Xu Jie suspected the girl's martial soul had mutated, but she failed to notice them and flew away; Qian Ran said she had not felt familiar to him.

Xu Jie helped Qian Ran obtain a soul ring from a Fluorescent Butterfly, and Qian Ran acquired the Flash Technique. They followed the Yellow-skirted Girl to a pond, where she found the Angel Holy Sword, and Xu Jie rushed to stop her.

• Xu Jie and Qian Ran ambushed the Fluorescent Butterfly leader, and Qian Ran shot it down with a Soul Guidance Gun.
• Qian Ran absorbed the resulting yellow soul ring while Xu Jie fought off the Light-chasing Mongoose Beasts and carried him away.
• After Qian Ran completed his absorption and learned he had gained the Flash Technique, the Yellow-skirted Girl's aura swept toward a nearby pond.
• The Yellow-skirted Girl retrieved an ancient golden longsword from the pond, and Qian Ran recognized it as the Angel Holy Sword.
• Xu Jie charged the Yellow-skirted Girl, who used her fifth soul skill, Holy Sword, to engulf him in a huge Sword Ray.

Xu Jie fought the Yellow-skirted Girl over the Angel Holy Sword, using his martial techniques and Ultimate attributes to challenge her despite her greater cultivation. After protecting Qian Ran from the battle’s final explosion, Xu Jie fled with him into the Star Dou Great Forest, intending to pursue the sword another time.

• Qian Ran’s Angel Mark and wings appeared as Xu Jie survived the Yellow-skirted Girl’s sword strike unharmed.
• Xu Jie countered the Yellow-skirted Girl’s attacks with Tai Chi, Ultimate Light, and Ultimate Fire, then broke his seal and raised his cultivation to rank forty.
• Xu Jie used a Soul Tool blade and his martial techniques to press the Yellow-skirted Girl and try to take the Angel Holy Sword.
• The Yellow-skirted Girl released the sword and redirected her attacks toward Qian Ran, so Xu Jie abandoned his attempt to seize it and shielded him.
• After a clash caused a violent explosion and nearby soul beasts roared, the Yellow-skirted Girl escaped with the sword, and Xu Jie carried Qian Ran toward the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.