Chapter Summaries

Qin Ze began teaching a practical-control culture class on the development of soul tools, challenging his students’ view that they were only weapons. He left them considering how powerful soul tools had become and what uses they might have beyond destruction.

• Du Weilun and three Outer Court teachers entered the classroom and watched from the observation room as Qin Ze took the podium.
• Qin Ze introduced himself as the class teacher, quieted the students with his aura, and invited them to share their views on soul tools.
• A female student and several others described soul tools mainly as equipment that enhanced Soul Masters’ combat abilities.
• Qin Ze recounted the history of soul tools, including the Sun Moon Continent’s collision with Douluo Continent and the Sun Moon Empire’s advances.
• Qin Ze told the class that the Sun Moon Empire had developed soul tools capable of killing Titled Douluo and Super Douluo, then said soul tools were not merely destructive weapons.

Qin Ze taught Shrek Academy students to see soul tools as practical devices for everyday life as well as weapons, prompting teachers and students to reconsider their views. After his lessons sparked excitement across the academy, he found Di Yue Li tending roses in their dormitory.

• Qin Ze argued that soul tools could improve daily life through inventions such as washing machines, range hoods, mobile devices, and refrigerators.
• Du Weilun and the teachers in the observation room reflected on Qin Ze's lecture, and Li Ming praised his broader view of soul tools.
• Qin Ze taught the same lesson to third-year Classes Three and Four, stirring the Outer Court and exciting students in the Soul Tool Department.
• Qian Duoduo wondered whether Evil Soul Masters had attacked the academy after hearing that more students had been influenced by Qin Ze's ideas.
• Qin Ze found Di Yue Li tending roses and learned that she liked them best among the flowers at her home.

Qin Ze began fusing with the Snow Empress, who chose to become his sixth soul ring and leave her soul in his Sea of Consciousness. The fusion strengthened Qin Ze and began condensing a right arm soul bone, but ended with intense pain.

• Qin Ze went to the Nine Treasures Auction House cultivation chamber and asked Wu Qingyang to notify Shrek Academy if his cultivation lasted too long.
• Qin Ze unsealed the Platform for Conferring Gods, and the Snow Empress appeared in her true form and explained the fusion process.
• Qin Ze chose a right arm soul bone to complement the Ice Scorpion Left Arm Bone he already possessed.
• The Snow Empress fused her origin power into Qin Ze, raised her cultivation to the seven hundred thousand year level, and entered his Sea of Consciousness as his soul ring formed.
• The Snow Empress began condensing a soul bone on Qin Ze's right arm, causing him intense pain.

Qin Ze completed the fusion of the Snow Empress’s right arm soul bone, but the Azure Dragon’s second stage swept the Snow Empress away from his Sea of Consciousness. He discovered she had been moved into the source of his Demon Armor Martial Soul, where connecting with her granted him some of her race’s abilities.

• The Snow Empress’s soul bone shattered and rebuilt Qin Ze’s right arm, fusing with his bones and revealing the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear soul bone’s blades.
• The Azure Dragon stirred in Qin Ze’s Sea of Consciousness and sent strange light patterns toward the Snow Empress, warning her that it would erase her if she resisted.
• The light patterns merged with the Snow Empress, who vanished from Qin Ze’s Sea of Consciousness and left him fearing she was gone.
• Qin Ze summoned his Demon Armor and found the Snow Empress within the source of his Martial Soul.
• Qin Ze connected with the Snow Empress through Soul Power and Spiritual Power, gaining ice-white markings and control over Ice Attribute elements through a form of possession.

Qin Ze learned that the Snow Empress’s power had attached to his Martial Soul, making him an Extreme Ice Soul Master, and absorbed the Ice Scorpion Soul Bone. After choosing Rin Winter and Grip of Ice Mark as equipment, he awakened with Ice Element Control while Wu Qingyang and the three girls waited outside the auction house.

• The Snow Empress explained her possession would enhance Qin Ze’s Soul Skills and grant him the Extreme Ice attribute, then returned to his Sea of Consciousness and fell asleep.
• Qin Ze absorbed the Ice Scorpion Soul Bone, calming the heat from his breakthrough and gaining access to its Ice Burst Soul Skill.
• Qin Ze selected Rin Winter for the Ice Sky Snow Woman Right Arm Bone and Grip of Ice Mark for the Ice Scorpion Soul Bone, and watched them combine with the bones.
• Wu Feng, Ning Tian, and Di Yue Li visited the auction house, learned Qin Ze was still cultivating, and left after Wu Qingyang said he might remain there until the following week.
• Qin Ze awakened in the cultivation room and used Ice Element Control to spread cold air, remarking that he had accumulated many Soul Skills.

Qin Ze met Wang Dong after leaving secluded cultivation, and Wang Dong asked him to accompany him to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to see Huo Yu Hao. Qin Ze revealed he knew Wang Dong was a girl and persuaded him to pursue Huo Yu Hao, agreeing to go with him during the break.

• Qin Ze found Wang Dong waiting at Nine Treasures Auction House, and Wang Dong asked him to accompany him to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy during the semester break.
• Qin Ze learned Wang Dong wanted to visit Huo Yu Hao because he feared girls at the academy would win Huo Yu Hao over.
• Qin Ze told Wang Dong to stop disguising himself as a boy and revealed that he had already told Huo Yu Hao that Wang Dong was a girl.
• Qin Ze warned Wang Dong that Tang Ya planned to introduce girls to Huo Yu Hao, prompting Wang Dong to decide to reveal the truth to his family and pursue Huo Yu Hao.
• Qin Ze agreed to accompany Wang Dong during the break, and Wang Dong offered him a choice of treasures from the Clear Sky Sect in return.

Qin Ze reunited with Di Yue Li, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng, then revealed his new ice-based soul skill while taking them across Sea God Lake. Back at the dormitory, he shared a quiet, rainy evening with Di Yue Li and kissed her forehead before bed, unaware she was awake.

• Wang Dong thanked Qin Ze for agreeing to help her, then hurried back to the dormitory.
• Wu Feng invited Qin Ze, Di Yue Li, and Ning Tian to share barbecue as rain began to fall.
• Qin Ze created an ice path across Sea God Lake with his new soul skill, and the four crossed to Sea God Island.
• Qin Ze and Di Yue Li returned to their dormitory, where she bathed and settled onto the bed while he ate barbecue.
• Qin Ze kissed the sleeping Di Yue Li on the forehead, but she opened her eyes and smiled after he turned off the light.

After half a year of teaching, Qin Ze saw the Soul Tool Department make progress on acupoint research and a device for fusing Soul Power with bloodline power. The researchers prepared to begin their larger plan within six months, but Yan Shaozhe summoned Qin Ze to Du Weilun's office, where several of his companions were waiting.

• Qin Ze's lectures inspired many Soul Tool Department students to research civilian-use soul tools instead of combat tools.
• Qian Duoduo brought Qin Ze to a laboratory, where Jing Ziyan showed him an Acupoint Soul Tool that could help Soul Masters below Soul King open their acupoints.
• Jing Ziyan showed Qin Ze a halo-shaped soul tool developed to contain fused Soul Power and bloodline power.
• Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo said their research could begin its next stage within half a year and might end the need to hunt soul beasts for soul rings.
• Yan Shaozhe called Qin Ze to Du Weilun's office, saying several of Qin Ze's companions were there.

Qin Ze reunited with Bei Bei and Xu San Shi, and they agreed to fight together in the Douluo Arena that afternoon. The academy announced the duel over its broadcast system, stirring excitement among the Outer Court students.

• Jing Ziyan accompanied Qin Ze from the Soul Tool Department after checking that the Civilian Department researchers were working, and she planned to find Ji Juechen.
• Bei Bei and Xu San Shi, both rank-sixty-one Soul Emperors, told Yan Shaozhe they wanted to challenge Qin Ze.
• Qin Ze arrived at Du Weilun's office, reunited with Bei Bei and Xu San Shi, and proposed that they fight him together.
• Yan Shaozhe arranged for the three students to duel at three o'clock in the Douluo Arena and told Du Weilun to announce it.
• The academy broadcast the duel several times, and Outer Court students grew excited at the chance to watch.

The Outer Court and Inner Court gathered at the Douluo Arena to watch Qin Ze duel Bei Bei and Xu San Shi. The three fighters took the stage at three o’clock, with Yan Shaozhe refereeing and Qian Duoduo’s teachers setting up a barrier.

• Jing Ziyan spread word that Qin Ze would duel Bei Bei and Xu San Shi, prompting students across the academy to head for the arena.
• Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, Di Yue Li, Ning Tian, and Wu Feng gathered at the packed Douluo Arena, where Zhang Lexuan and other Inner Court students also arrived.
• Zhang Lexuan suggested using Inner Court sparring matches to motivate Outer Court students, and Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe agreed to consider the idea.
• Tang Ya promised Bei Bei a kiss if he won, while Jiang Nannan promised Xu San Shi she would go shopping with him if he won.
• At three o’clock, Qin Ze, Bei Bei, and Xu San Shi entered the competition stage as Yan Shaozhe took the role of referee.

Qin Ze faced Bei Bei and Xu San Shi in a one-against-two duel before a packed arena. He revealed two hundred-thousand-year soul rings and began trading blows with Bei Bei, while Xu San Shi used Mysterious Nether Swap to enter the fight.

• Qin Ze agreed to fight Bei Bei and Xu San Shi one against two, and Yan Shaozhe was appointed to judge the duel.
• Lower-year students cheered Qin Ze with banners and drums as the three took their positions.
• Bei Bei and Xu San Shi revealed their six soul rings, then Qin Ze displayed his own six rings, including two hundred-thousand-year rings.
• Bei Bei attacked Qin Ze with Thunder Dragon Claw, but Qin Ze summoned Demon Armor and shattered the attack with a punch.
• Qin Ze dodged Bei Bei's follow-up strike with Lightning Step and countered with a punch, but Xu San Shi used Mysterious Nether Swap to take Bei Bei's place and prepared Mysterious Nether Shock.

Qin Ze fought Bei Bei and Xu San Shi in the arena, countering their attacks with his Demon Armor and powerful soul skills. He ended the chapter meeting their combined assault head-on with the attached skills of Grip of Ice Mark and Master's Power—Strong Attack.

• Qin Ze blasted Xu San Shi back, then sent spinning blades after Bei Bei, who used Wrath of Thunder and Ghost Shadow Perplexing Track to fend them off.
• Xu San Shi struck the ground with Mysterious Nether Shock, but Qin Ze dispelled the shock wave and spread the black field of his fourth soul skill across the platform.
• Bei Bei and Xu San Shi attacked Qin Ze together, but Qin Ze endured Bei Bei's Thunder Dragon Claw and absorbed the Lightning Forest with the ring of light from Witch's Cloak.
• Bei Bei used King's Descent as Xu San Shi charged with his fifth soul skill, and Qin Ze answered their combined attack with the attached skills of Grip of Ice Mark and Master's Power—Strong Attack.

Qin Ze defeated Bei Bei and Xu San Shi in a destructive duel, impressing the spectators and unsettling Xiao Hong Chen. After the fight, Jiang Nannan invited Xu San Shi to dinner, giving him hope that their relationship was progressing.

• Qin Ze overwhelmed Bei Bei and Xu San Shi with a powerful attack, and the three agreed to end the duel after wrecking the competition stage.
• Yan Shaozhe declared the duel over and announced that Inner Court students would hold a duel every half month, drawing cheers from the crowd.
• Tang Ya checked on Bei Bei, while Xu San Shi admired Qin Ze’s Demon Armor and Xiao Hong Chen grew wary of Qin Ze’s strength.
• An elder treated Bei Bei and Xu San Shi in the infirmary, and Jiang Nannan told Xu San Shi that her mother had invited him to dinner.
• Bei Bei teased Xu San Shi about finally making progress with Jiang Nannan, and everyone laughed.

After the Inner Court celebrated its victory, Qin Ze’s friends settled into peaceful lives during a school break. Qin Ze stayed behind to accompany Wang Dong to Clear Sky Sect, hoping to use the Ice Marrow Cold Jade Bed to advance toward Soul Saint before the coming conflict with the Sun Moon Empire.

• Zhang Lexuan checked on Bei Bei, and Qin Ze assured her that he was recovering; Ji Juechen also sensed something unusual about her.
• Xu San Shi happily promised Qin Ze he would be his future child’s godfather, while Bei Bei and Tang Ya left together after discussing having a child of their own.
• Shrek Academy required Inner Court students to take turns fighting in the Douluo Arena, and nearly three months passed as students pursued their studies and projects.
• The academy began a one-month vacation, with Ning Tian, Wu Feng, Di Yue Li, Bei Bei, Tang Ya, Xu San Shi, and Xiao Xiao each making plans to leave or pursue their own affairs.
• Qin Ze stayed behind instead of returning home, explaining that Wang Dong had asked him to do something; he considered the approaching Soul Fighting Competition and the Sun Moon Empire’s growing threat.
• Qin Ze planned to visit Clear Sky Sect with Wang Dong and see whether the Ice Marrow Cold Jade Bed could help him reach Soul Saint and begin condensing his Soul Core.

Wang Dong and Qin Ze traveled to the Ming Capital, where Wang Dong planned to meet Huo Yu Hao and consider revealing her identity as a woman. Meanwhile, Nana sought Huo Yu Hao’s help rescuing her parents’ souls, and Qin Ze noticed her leaving the academy with killing intent.

• Qin Ze urged Wang Dong to try returning to women’s clothes and let Huo Yu Hao’s reaction decide what happened.
• Huo Yu Hao met Nana in secret, learned that her parents’ souls were being tormented by Evil Soul Masters, and told her to wait for Qin Ze and check whether their Soul Saint-level leader was present.
• After several days of travel, Qin Ze and Wang Dong arrived in the Ming Capital and decided Wang Dong would visit Huo Yu Hao the next day.
• Qin Ze left Wang Dong at the hotel after noticing something, while Nana left the academy and headed toward her destination with killing intent.

Nana asked Qin Ze to help her take revenge on the Evil Soul Masters at a stronghold in Ming Capital, and he agreed to attack it that night. After learning that the stronghold held several Evil Soul Masters and people being controlled, Qin Ze and Nana prepared to enter.

• Qin Ze met Nana on the street and brought her to his hotel room, where Wang Dong learned she had helped Qin Ze at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Nana begged Qin Ze for help, explaining that Evil Soul Masters at the stronghold had been leaving more often and that she had overheard them mention evil demons.
• Qin Ze told Nana he would deal with the stronghold that night and asked her to stay at the hotel afterward before joining him and Wang Dong on their journey the next day.
• Nana told Qin Ze that several people inside were being controlled and had agreed to stay in their rooms during her revenge attempt.
• Qin Ze and Nana reached the stronghold at night, and Nana changed into her special outfit and knocked on its door with five knocks.

Qin Ze and Nana infiltrated the stronghold and killed its guards as they made their way to the secret room. Qin Ze attacked the Great Holy Spirit and the Second Holy Spirit, leaving their fate obscured by the destruction of his strike.

• Qin Ze killed the black-clad Soul King at the entrance, and Nana led him toward the black-roofed building.
• Nana used a skull token and password to lower the four white-clad Evil Soul Masters’ guard, and Qin Ze killed them with his Spinning Blades.
• Qin Ze told Nana that his Spiritual Power had located two people in the secret room, whom Nana identified as the Great Holy Spirit and the Second Holy Spirit.
• Nana opened the hidden passage, but Qin Ze rushed past her and entered the secret room first.
• Qin Ze struck the Great Holy Spirit and the Second Holy Spirit with his Dark Gold Dreadclaw, then followed up with ice shards as an explosion tore through the room.

Qin Ze defeated the Great Holy Spirit and the Second Holy Spirit, then freed the souls imprisoned by the Holy Spirit Cult. After the Saints reunited with their loved ones, he warned them to leave and stay away from Ming Capital before the elder returned.

• Qin Ze purified six people whose bodies had been turned into skeletons, freeing their souls to pass on.
• Nana found her parents' souls sealed inside a stone pillar and told Qin Ze that other Saints' families were imprisoned there too.
• The Azure Dragon awakened in Qin Ze's Sea of Consciousness, and Qin Ze understood its message after it sent him a flash of cyan light.
• Qin Ze purified the stone pillar and freed the imprisoned souls, allowing Nana and the eight Saints to speak with their loved ones.
• Nana and the Saints thanked Qin Ze, and he told them to leave and stay far from Ming Capital before the elder returned.

Nana and the eight Saints agreed to follow Qin Ze, who sent them to join the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect before setting a trap at the ruined stronghold. The next morning, Wang Dong reunited with Huo Yu Hao at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and the group headed to a restaurant to talk.

• Nana and the eight Saints pledged to serve Qin Ze, and he gave them a letter of introduction to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• The group left Ming Capital, while Qin Ze planted an Inductive Blast Soul Missile at the stronghold and erased his traces.
• Qin Ze returned to the hotel and told Wang Dong to invite Huo Yu Hao out before they traveled to the Clear Sky Sect.
• Wang Dong found Fan Yu at the academy, and Fan Yu sent He Caitou to fetch Huo Yu Hao.
• Huo Yu Hao met Wang Dong at the academy gate, struggled with his feelings after learning Wang Dong's true gender, and followed the group to Huixiang Pavilion.

Qin Ze reunited with Huo Yu Hao, He Caitou, Fan Yu, and Wang Dong in Ming Capital, then set off with Huo Yu Hao and Wang Dong for training. Their flight ended in a desolate hilly region where Qin Ze recognized the sound of exploding Soul Tool Shells and suspected they had encountered the battle described in the original work.

• Qin Ze told Fan Yu and the others about the academy's new Combat and Civilian Soul Tool Departments and its Practical Control Soul Tools course.
• Wang Dong asked Fan Yu to let Huo Yu Hao train with her, and Fan Yu quickly agreed.
• Qin Ze suggested that Huo Yu Hao use his Simulated Soul Skill to bring Wang Dong to the dormitory, and Wang Dong accepted the invitation.
• Qin Ze advised Huo Yu Hao to follow his heart after Wang Dong revealed her feelings, and the three of them left Ming Capital the next day.
• Qin Ze, Huo Yu Hao, and Wang Dong landed in a barren hilly region to rest, where Qin Ze identified distant explosions as Soul Tool Shells.