Chapter Summaries

After realizing that the original story could no longer reliably predict events, Qian Chaoguang returned from seclusion and reunited with Huo Yutong and Qian Duoduo. He handed over treasures extorted from the Star Luo Emperor and learned that Qian Duoduo had advanced to Rank 95 and become a Rank 9 Soul Engineer.

• Qian Chaoguang reflected on how his actions had changed events and warned himself not to rely blindly on his knowledge of the original story.
• After sixty-three days of deep meditation, Qian Chaoguang returned to the Soul Tool Department and caught Huo Yutong as she leaped into his arms.
• Qian Chaoguang gave Qian Duoduo Storage Soul Tools filled with Rare Metal, Soul Tool blueprints, and other treasures taken from the Star Luo Emperor.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that he had demanded compensation after a Star Luo Guardian Douluo attacked him, and he divided the loot with Qian Duoduo.
• Qian Duoduo revealed that he had reached Rank 95 and crossed the threshold to become a Rank 9 Soul Engineer.

Qian Chaoguang learned that Qian Duoduo and his wife had both broken through after following his romantic advice, then returned to the dormitory and watched Wang Dong meditate for hours. Wang Dong finally woke up late at night, and Qian Chaoguang asked why she had meditated so long.

• Qian Duoduo told Qian Chaoguang that he and his wife had both broken through after trying the romantic method Qian Chaoguang had suggested.
• Qian Chaoguang told Qian Duoduo that Mu En had accepted him and Huo Yutong as disciples, then gave him a Soul Bone and Bright Light Saber to help fuse.
• Qian Chaoguang returned to the dormitory and found Wang Dong meditating in a spotless room with Golden Gleam and Light Dispelling Evil glowing from her arms.
• Qian Chaoguang bathed, washed his clothes, went shopping, and waited while Wang Dong continued meditating.
• Wang Dong woke at nine-thirty at night, complained that she was hungry, and ate food Qian Chaoguang heated for her.
• Qian Chaoguang asked Wang Dong why she had meditated until so late.

Wang Dong resumed cultivating while Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong set out with Elder Xuan to find Soul Rings in the Star Dou Great Forest. The siblings entered the forest eager to test their training and find suitable Soul Beasts.

• Wang Dong ate the meal Qian Chaoguang prepared, then returned to meditation while he continued cultivating.
• Elder Xuan escorted Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong out of Shrek Academy, then disappeared to follow them secretly.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong flew to the Star Dou Great Forest and continued on foot after recovering their Soul Power.
• The siblings discussed possible Soul Rings for Qian Chaoguang’s Heart of Light and Huo Yutong’s Spiritual Eye as they approached the forest.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong crossed into the Star Dou Great Forest.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong traveled into the Star Dou Great Forest while he used Divine Sense to scan for a Thousand Year Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and avoid other Soul Beasts. After camping overnight, Qian Chaoguang led them sideways near the Mixed Area, convinced something worthwhile was nearby.

• Qian Chaoguang used Divine Sense to map their surroundings and frightened away nearby Ten Year Soul Beasts with simulated Soul Emperor-level pressure.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong crossed the Outer Area, gathered useful herbs, and made camp while Xuan Zi watched over them.
• Xuan Zi appeared when he saw them cooking over a fire, then supplied top-grade ingredients and shared dinner with them.
• After spending the night in the tent, Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong ate breakfast with Xuan Zi and set out again.
• Qian Chaoguang chose to search sideways near the Mixed Area instead of heading deeper, saying he sensed something worthwhile nearby.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong searched the Star Dou Great Forest for a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, and Xuan Zi helped them locate it. Xuan Zi killed the bear with a single tap, leaving Qian Chaoguang to see whether it would produce a Soul Bone.

• Qian Chaoguang wondered about the Star Dou Great Forest’s Soul Beast population while searching with Huo Yutong for a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear.
• Xuan Zi questioned whether Qian Chaoguang’s sense of the bear’s location was reliable as they searched for most of the day.
• Qian Chaoguang detected a Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear and told Xuan Zi that he suspected it might drop a Soul Bone.
• Xuan Zi carried Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to the bear, which attacked him with its Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
• Xuan Zi appeared above the bear and destroyed its skull with a light tap.

After Qian Chaoguang killed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear, Elder Xuan discovered it had dropped a rare External Soul Bone, which Qian gave to Huo Yutong. As Huo Yutong struggled through the fusion, Qian drew an Emerald Green Dagger from his brow, leaving Elder Xuan stunned.

• Elder Xuan extracted the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Right Palm Bone and realized it was an exceptionally precious External Soul Bone.
• Qian Chaoguang gave the Right Palm Bone to Huo Yutong, explaining that it would strengthen her close-range combat and ability to protect herself.
• Huo Yutong began fusing with the Soul Bone while Qian Chaoguang advised her to activate Mysterious Jade Hand.
• The Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's will clashed with Huo Yutong's Phantom Dance Butterfly Right Arm Bone, intensifying her pain.
• Qian Chaoguang asked Elder Xuan to seal the area, then drew an Emerald Green Dagger from within himself, astonishing Elder Xuan.

Qian Chaoguang helped Huo Yutong fuse the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear Right Palm Bone with her Phantom Dance Butterfly Right Arm Bone. After hours of pain and struggle, the fusion succeeded, leaving them exhausted but alive.

• Qian Chaoguang used Spirit's Watchblade, Holy Light, and the Ice Empress's aura to help Huo Yutong withstand the palm bone's destructive force.
• Huo Yutong endured the painful fusion while Qian Chaoguang's blade intent and healing powers suppressed the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Bear's remnant will.
• After several hours, Spirit's Watchblade withdrew, and five dark golden blades emerged from Huo Yutong's fingers before pink light merged into them.
• Qian Chaoguang collapsed from exhaustion, while Xuan Zi supported the weakened Huo Yutong and reassured them that the fusion had succeeded.

After recovering from their exhausting battle, Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong tested the fused Dark Gold Dreadclaw Soul Bone and learned its power and cost. With Xuan Zi’s approval, they set off deeper into the Mixed Area to continue searching for Soul Beasts and suitable Soul Rings.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong woke after recovering overnight, and Huo Yutong’s injuries had healed under the Power of Life.
• Huo Yutong tested the Dark Gold Dreadclaws and effortlessly sliced a large tree into smooth pieces, suggesting they could also help with cooking and carving Core Magic Arrays.
• Xuan Zi tested the claw’s Soul Bone Skill, which produced a powerful tearing attack with a mental impact, and said it could eventually threaten even Titled Douluo.
• Huo Yutong said the physical claws used almost no Soul Power, while the Soul Bone Skill consumed nearly thirty percent per use.
• Qian Chaoguang chose a direction, and he and Huo Yutong followed Xuan Zi deeper into the Mixed Area to continue hunting for Soul Rings.

After days of searching the Mixed Area for a powerful Spirit-Type Soul Beast, Qian Chaoguang received help from the newly awakened Electrolux and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm. He then asked Electrolux whether he could stop a god from implanting a Soul Fragment into someone’s Sea of Spirit, leaving Electrolux waiting for more details.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong searched the Mixed Area for ten days without finding a Spirit-Type Soul Beast with more than ten thousand years of cultivation.
• Qian Chaoguang used a private trip into a cave to reach level thirty-five and gain a ten-thousand-year Third Soul Ring, and Xuan Zi accepted the change without suspicion.
• Electrolux awakened with most of his lost memories restored, and Qian Chaoguang told him about their fruitless search.
• Qian Chaoguang asked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to search nearby for a lion-like Soul Beast with around fifteen thousand years of cultivation.
• Qian Chaoguang asked Electrolux whether he could stop a god from placing a Soul Fragment in another creature’s Sea of Spirit, then explained the ranks above Limit Douluo.

Qian Chaoguang decided not to interfere with Tang Wutong’s Soul Fragment, then found the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and planned to bargain with its fierce beast bodyguards for a suitable Soul Beast and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone. He and Xuan Zi set out for the Imperial Auspicious Beast, intending to capture her without killing her.

• Electrolux offered to help Qian Chaoguang seize Tang Wutong’s Soul Fragment and devour the trace of the God King’s Divine Sense, but Qian Chaoguang decided to let the fragment go to avoid giving Tang Fozu a chance to interfere.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed a likely target southwest of them: a three-eyed cat that Ice Empress identified as the Imperial Auspicious Beast.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that he planned to use the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s life as leverage to ask her fierce beast bodyguards for a twenty-thousand-year Silver Hero Beast and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Qian Chaoguang told Xuan Zi where to find the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, and Xuan Zi carried Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong toward her.
• Qian Chaoguang instructed Xuan Zi to pin the Three-Eyed Golden Lion down so they could negotiate with her bodyguards.

Xuan Zi captured the Three-Eyed Golden Lion so Huo Yutong could gain its Power of Destiny, then confronted Scarlet King when it rushed to defend the beast. The chapter left Xuan Zi threatening Scarlet King while keeping the Three-Eyed Golden Lion pinned.

• Qian Chaoguang explained that the Three-Eyed Golden Lion's Power of Destiny would benefit Huo Yutong more than him and warned Xuan Zi to control the beast during the transfer.
• Xuan Zi led Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to the Three-Eyed Golden Lion and attacked, pinning it beneath his foot.
• Scarlet King charged in to rescue the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, but Xuan Zi struck it and sent it crashing through trees.
• Scarlet King demanded that Xuan Zi release the Imperial Auspicious Beast, while Xuan Zi claimed he had broken no treaty.
• Xuan Zi threatened Scarlet King with the prospect of taking its Soul Bone and starting another Beast Tide.

Xuan Zi forced Scarlet King to trade a spirit-type Soul Beast and a Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone for the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, while Qian Chaoguang regretted not demanding more. After shaving the captive beast’s golden mane, Qian Chaoguang had Huo Yutong press her forehead to its third eye.

• Xuan Zi threatened to keep crushing the Three-Eyed Golden Lion unless Scarlet King exchanged it for a twenty-thousand-year Silver Hero Beast and a Hundred Thousand Year Spirit System Soul Bone.
• Scarlet King agreed to the deal and left to find the requested offerings, while Xuan Zi stayed with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Qian Chaoguang complained that they had asked for too little and estimated they had lost out on at least one more Hundred Thousand Year Soul Bone.
• Qian Chaoguang shaved the golden fur around the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s neck and stored the bundle in his Storage Bracelet.
• Qian Chaoguang told Huo Yutong to press her forehead against the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s third eye while Xuan Zi restrained it.

Huo Yutong and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion underwent a power-filled forehead contact while Qian Chaoguang and his allies blocked Tang San’s attempt to transfer a Soul Fragment. After the exchange, Electrolux revealed memories from the fragment that left Qian Chaoguang stunned, while Huo Yutong and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion stared at each other in a daze.

• Qian Chaoguang used Spirit's Watchblade and the Power of Life to empower Huo Yutong as she touched foreheads with the Three-Eyed Golden Lion, while a surge of power also reached Wang Dong at Shrek Academy.
• Qian Chaoguang, Electrolux, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm formed a temporary soul-defense barrier to stop Tang San from forcing a Soul Fragment into the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Tang San’s attempt nearly broke the barrier, but the Three-Eyed Golden Lion remained unchanged, and Qian Chaoguang celebrated that Wang Qiu'er should no longer be born.
• Electrolux told Qian Chaoguang he had read memories from the Soul Fragment and sent him the images, leaving him astonished.
• The Three-Eyed Golden Lion and Huo Yutong regained their composure and stared at each other while Qian Chaoguang reviewed the copied memories.

As Huo Yutong and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion began merging memories, Qian Chaoguang examined the extracted fragments and Tang San’s attempt to interfere with them failed. Tang San retreated to plotting in the God Realm, furious that his scheme to claim the Auspicious Beast’s soul, fortune, and Golden Dragon Spear had been blocked.

• Qian Chaoguang asked Xuan Zi to leave, and Xuan Zi carried him, Huo Yutong, and the restrained Three-Eyed Golden Lion to the outskirts of the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Huo Yutong and the Three-Eyed Golden Lion continued exchanging memories while Qian Chaoguang examined the fragments Electrolux had extracted.
• Tang San raged in the Sea God Palace after a barrier damaged his Divine Sense and disrupted his attempt to place his daughter’s Soul Fragment inside the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Tang San recalled that he planned to merge his daughter’s soul with the Auspicious Beast to claim its Dragon God Bloodline, Golden Dragon Spear, and accumulated fortune.
• Tang San gave up on the failed intrusion and resolved to keep acting covertly, since God of Destruction still held power in the God Realm.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong traded the Three-Eyed Golden Lion for a rare Soft Bone Rabbit Soul Bone and a Silver Hero Beast, then returned to Shrek Academy. Huo Yutong began absorbing the beast’s Soul Ring as Mu En called Qian Chaoguang inside to speak with him.

• Scarlet King brought a twenty-five-thousand-year Silver Hero Beast and a ferocious-beast-level Soft Bone Rabbit right leg bone, which Qian Chaoguang recognized as an extraordinary find.
• Xuan Zi returned the Three-Eyed Golden Lion to Scarlet King and took the Silver Hero Beast and Soul Bone back to Shrek Academy with Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong.
• Qian Chaoguang said the Soul Bone likely held Invincible Golden Body and Teleportation, and Xuan Zi let Huo Yutong keep it.
• Huo Yutong killed the Silver Hero Beast and began absorbing its black Soul Ring.
• Mu En called Qian Chaoguang into Sea God Pavilion to speak with him.

Qian Chaoguang reported the Star Dou Forest expedition to Mu En, who gave him a Level Nine defensive Soul Tool and ordered him and Xiao Tong to prepare for an exchange at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Mu En revealed that his life was running short, and Qian Chaoguang left to begin an intensive training schedule.

• Qian Chaoguang told Mu En about Xiao Tong’s gains from the Star Dou Forest, including the Three-Eyed Golden Lion’s memories, the Dark Gold Dreadclaw Right Palm Bone, and a fierce-beast-level Soft Bone Rabbit Right Leg Bone.
• Mu En gave Qian Chaoguang Hongchen’s Blessing, a Level Nine defensive Soul Tool crafted by Jing Hongchen, and explained that Jing Hongchen had left several high-level Soul Tools at Shrek Academy.
• Mu En told Qian Chaoguang that he and Xiao Tong would attend the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy as exchange students in two years, while Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen would study at Shrek Academy.
• Qian Chaoguang realized that Mu En’s Dragon Pill baleful aura was damaging both his body and soul, and that he could not yet treat the condition; Mu En said he expected to live at least five more years.
• Mu En assigned Qian Chaoguang and Xiao Tong a demanding seven-day training cycle, and Qian Chaoguang went to cultivate beneath the Golden Ancient Tree.

Huo Yutong began the Limit Individual Soldier Plan alongside Qian Chaoguang and He Caitou after her cultivation and spiritual power surged. Qian Chaoguang challenged the plan’s focus on making all-around Soul Engineers, but Xian Lin'er said the academy would continue it, leaving the three to train under its demands.

• Qian Duoduo announced that the Soul Tool Department would devote its resources to training Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and He Caitou under the Limit Individual Soldier Plan.
• Qian Duoduo explained that the plan aimed to train individuals who could affect the outcome of wars, with preliminary results expected within two years.
• Qian Chaoguang questioned why the plan required Soul Tools and extensive training when powerful soul masters could change a war through combat strength alone.
• Xian Lin'er agreed with Qian Chaoguang’s criticism and teased Qian Duoduo for ignoring her earlier concerns.
• Xian Lin'er told the three disciples that the academy’s plan could not be changed and that they had to train and study as hard as possible.

Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and He Caitou began an intensive training program at Shrek, where Qian Chaoguang studied across multiple disciplines and rapidly improved. His cultivation and Soul Tool abilities advanced quickly, while Huo Yutong continued to surpass him in Soul Tool talent.

• Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er decided to use the three students as examples for promoting the Limit Individual Soldier Plan if they succeeded.
• The trio began their packed lessons and extreme training, with classes in the Soul Tool Department, cultivation, theory, combat, and dining.
• Qian Chaoguang studied Light Magic, Undead Magic, and Artifact Refining under Electrolux while continuing his academy training and nighttime cultivation.
• The Soul Tool Department tested He Caitou, Huo Yutong, and Qian Chaoguang weekly, while Shrek's elders tailored demanding training and examinations for them.
• Qian Chaoguang discovered that his cultivation speed had increased to roughly five or six ranks per year, and his Divine Sense helped him learn and create advanced Core Magic Arrays.
• Huo Yutong easily produced Core Magic Arrays above her rank, and Qian Chaoguang acknowledged that she had greater Soul Tool talent than he did.

After a year and a half of growth and academy reforms, Qian Chaoguang finally crossed the threshold of Spirit Forging. His success produced the Douluo Continent’s first piece of Spirit Forged metal in a secret Shrek laboratory.

• Tang Ya chose to stay with the New Tang Sect, while Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Jiang Nannan entered the Inner Academy.
• The Shrek Seven Devils advanced in cultivation and Soul Tool studies, with Huo Yutong reaching Rank 6 as a Soul Engineer and Qian Chaoguang racing to Level 44.
• Shrek Academy introduced Soul Tool identification and use in the Outer Academy, while Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Dai Yueheng pursued their separate paths.
• Qian Chaoguang completed Spirit Forging in a classified Soul Tool Department laboratory, creating the continent’s first Spirit Forged metal.
• The Spirit Awakening Hammers in Qian Chaoguang’s hands turned pale gold as the new metal’s golden light and saber cry filled the laboratory.

Qian Chaoguang completed Spirit Forging and fused his Spirit Forged hammers with his body. Before leaving as an exchange student, he planned to share the Spiritual Forging Method, while keeping his larger ambitions for doing so to himself.

• Qian Chaoguang merged the newly Spirit Forged hammers into his body and celebrated becoming a fifth-level grandmaster forger at thirteen.
• Qian Duoduo, Xian Lin'er, Fan Yu, Huo Yutong, and He Caitou examined the Spirit Forged hammers and discussed how Spiritual Forging could transform the Soul Tool system.
• Qian Chaoguang asked Qian Duoduo, Xian Lin'er, and Fan Yu to help spread the Spiritual Forging Method after he left for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Xian Lin'er and Qian Duoduo warned Qian Chaoguang that teaching his unique craft would cost him wealth and influence, but he insisted on sharing it.
• Qian Chaoguang concealed that he wanted to use the spread of Spiritual Forging to test whether he could gather the Power of Faith.