Chapter Summaries

Qian Chaoguang prepared to teach forging at Shrek and spent three months upgrading his equipment before joining an exchange delegation to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. As the group prepared to depart, he revealed that He Caitou had Twin Martial Souls and connected him to the Sun Moon Empire.

• Qian Chaoguang convinced Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er to approve forging education at Shrek, and they scheduled a Sea God Pavilion Meeting to discuss its launch.
• Qian Chaoguang entered seclusion in the Soul Tool District laboratory to cultivate and upgrade his weapons and equipment.
• Mu En told Qian Duoduo, Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and He Caitou that they would leave for Maple Leaf City in three days to meet the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy delegation.
• Qian Duoduo accepted responsibility for leading the exchange, while He Caitou pledged to act as a shield for Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong.
• As they crossed Sea God Lake, Qian Chaoguang revealed that He Caitou had Twin Martial Souls, and Huo Yutong asked whether his second martial soul was the sun.

Qian Chaoguang revealed that Mu En had long known He Caitou’s Sun Moon Imperial Family identity and had tested his loyalty before allowing him to join the exchange plan. The group discussed their differing loyalties and held a private dinner, where Dai Luoli mentioned Zhang Bowen, who had nearly been forgotten.

• Qian Chaoguang told He Caitou that Mu En had known about his inherited sun martial soul and had tested his loyalty to Shrek Academy.
• Huo Yutong reassured He Caitou that Mu En trusted him, and Qian Chaoguang predicted he could eventually rise to a senior position in the academy.
• Qian Chaoguang said he would host a private dinner with He Caitou, Huo Yutong, Dai Luoli, and Xiao Xiao, while saving a separate farewell banquet for Bei Bei and the others because their loyalties differed.
• Qian Chaoguang realized the group had forgotten Zhang Bowen, but only remembered him after Dai Luoli mentioned him at dinner.
• Dai Luoli described how he had advanced toward Soul Ancestor and become an Outer Academy core disciple, while Zhang Bowen remained around Soul King level.

Wang Dong struggled with the growing gap between herself and Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong because a hidden force prevented her from using Soul Tools. After enjoying a few days in Shrek City, Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong prepared to leave for the Sun Moon Empire, where they would attend an exchange program.

• Wang Dong envied Huo Yutong's strength and resented the mysterious intent that stopped her from using Soul Tools.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong spent three days relaxing and exploring Shrek City together.
• Qian Chaoguang secretly gave Huo Yutong a Storage Ring filled with trinkets, then received a three-thousand-word self-criticism from Mu En for sneaking into her dormitory.
• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and the other exchange students gathered at the Academy gates as their friends came to see them off.

Qian Chaoguang and the Shrek delegation traveled to Maple Leaf City on their way to Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where their exchange would begin the next day. After arriving, Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and He Caitou met Ye Xiaosheng, the sole Rank 6 Soul Engineer among the other Inner Academy students.

• Qian Chaoguang flew away from Shrek with the ten-person delegation, including Ma Xiaotao, and looked forward to testing his group's research at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• The narration described the Soul Engineer students' qualifications and explained how imagination and talent became crucial for advancing beyond Rank 6.
• Qian Chaoguang's delegation reached Maple Leaf City that afternoon, and Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo settled the students into a hotel for the night.
• After Yan Shaozhe dismissed the students, Ye Xiaosheng introduced himself to Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong, then greeted He Caitou.

Qian Chaoguang and his group met the Shrek exchange students and made clear they would not challenge Ye Xiaosheng’s leadership before the academies completed their handover. As the group departed for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Qian Chaoguang and Qian Duoduo examined Jing Hongchen’s flying Soul Tool.

• Qian Chaoguang reassured Ye Xiaosheng that his group would not compete for leadership, and Ye Xiaosheng left satisfied.
• Yan Shaozhe and Qian Duoduo led the Shrek delegation to Maple Leaf Square for the handover with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Qian Chaoguang wore a Rank 1 Soul Engineer badge, while Huo Yutong wore a Rank 4 badge, puzzling the Hongchen siblings.
• Qian Chaoguang taunted Xiao Hongchen about his strength as the groups passed, and their teacher pulled the furious Xiao Hongchen back.
• Yan Shaozhe flew away without a Flying Soul Tool, while Jing Hongchen welcomed the Shrek students and demonstrated his own flying Soul Tool.
• Qian Chaoguang and Qian Duoduo followed Jing Hongchen and studied the structure of his Soul Tool.

Jing Hongchen showcased Mingde Hall’s Flying Soul Tool while bringing the Shrek students to Mingdu, and Qian Chaoguang considered the Sun Moon Empire’s technological progress. Seeing Mingdu’s modern skyline left him longing for his lost homeland on Blue Star and wondering whether he could ever return.

• Jing Hongchen enveloped the Shrek students in his Flying Soul Tool and explained that Mingde Hall hoped to develop a practical passenger craft.
• Qian Duoduo praised the craft, while Qian Chaoguang recognized its design limitations and considered how Soul Power and simpler mechanical structures could improve it.
• Qian Chaoguang reflected that the Sun Moon Empire might rapidly rearm and that delaying its war with the Three Douluo Kingdoms would benefit him and Shrek.
• Jing Hongchen slowed the craft over Mingdu and pointed out the vast, brilliantly lit city to the Shrek students.
• Qian Chaoguang stared at Mingdu’s buildings and nightlife, remembered Blue Star, and wondered whether he could return to his homeland.

Qian Chaoguang and the Shrek students began their exchange at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where staff arranged their studies and entrance tests. As the physical assessments revealed Shrek’s students’ exceptional strength, the academy’s instructors focused on Qian Chaoguang, whose abilities remained a mystery.

• Qian Chaoguang admitted to Huo Yutong that he missed home, and she suggested visiting their family after the exchange.
• Jing Hongchen brought the Shrek students to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and left with Qian Duoduo while Lin Jiayi arranged their enrollment.
• Lin Jiayi explained the academy’s advancement rules and led the students to physical assessments.
• Qian Chaoguang reassured He Caitou and Huo Yutong that the academy could see his physical data without believing what it revealed.
• The tests showed that He Caitou and Huo Yutong had physical abilities beyond their Soul King ranks, while Lin Jiayi waited eagerly to see Qian Chaoguang’s results.

Qian Chaoguang’s bizarre physical readings overwhelmed the Soul Tool Body Measurement Instrument until it burned out. Lin Jiayi suspected Qian had deceived the machine, leaving the academy unsure whether to trust anything he showed them.

• Qian Chaoguang entered the Soul Tool Body Measurement Instrument and let it scan his body.
• The instrument reported astonishing readings, including physical strength at Level 79, resilience at Level 91, and Soul Power at Level 44.
• The instrument struggled to assess Qian Chaoguang’s weight, bone age, and Soul Bones, displaying garbled results as his Golden Body Art cultivation confused its calculations.
• The Soul Tool Body Measurement Instrument beeped, overloaded, and burned out while Qian Chaoguang stood inside it.
• Qian Chaoguang asked Lin Jiayi whether he had to pay for the damage, and Lin Jiayi said he did not.
• Lin Jiayi recalled Qian Chaoguang’s past deceptions and concluded that the readings and even his Rank 1 Soul Engineer badge might be another trick.

Qian Chaoguang tested his striking force at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and discovered that his evolved Blood Qi Wolf Smoke carried an invisible penetrating force. His punch shattered the testing instrument’s Core Magic Array, leaving Director Lin Jiayi facing another destroyed machine.

• Lin Jiayi explained the maximum-strike-force test and allowed the students to use Soul Power and martial souls, but not Soul Tools.
• The students took turns striking the tester; He Caitou reached a level seventy rating, while Huo Yutong’s strength approached that of a Soul Emperor.
• Qian Chaoguang covered his arm with Heart of Light and Blood Qi Wolf Smoke, then punched the target with full force.
• Qian Chaoguang’s blow shattered the tester’s Core Magic Array and punched through its target area, leaving Rare Metal fragments stuck to his arm.
• Qian Chaoguang apologized to Lin Jiayi, while the onlookers realized the machine had broken because Blood Qi Wolf Smoke’s hidden force had bypassed its buffer.

Qian Chaoguang dominated the Sun Moon Academy’s reaction test after the other students took their turns, while the earlier tests left the academy’s equipment broken and his measurements impossible to reconcile. Lin Jiayi reported the results to Jing Hongchen, who asked whether the instruments had detected any Soul Bones.

• Ye Xiaosheng failed the Reaction Test immediately, while He Caitou and Huo Yutong earned excellent scores before being eliminated.
• Qian Chaoguang used his Spiritual Power and quick hands to clear the Reaction Test, exploiting its lack of safeguards by pressing multiple squares at once.
• Lin Jiayi ended the testing and told the students they would receive private dormitory rooms and uniforms the next day.
• Qian Chaoguang settled into his dormitory, confirmed there was no surveillance equipment, and began meditating.
• Lin Jiayi told Jing Hongchen that the measurement instruments had broken and reported Qian Chaoguang’s conflicting results, prompting Jing Hongchen to ask about Soul Bones.

Jing Hongchen learned that Qian Chaoguang’s physical tests had destroyed two instruments and planned to monitor him while focusing lessons on the other Shrek exchange students. He declared that the Sun Moon Empire could wait centuries to surpass Shrek; the next morning, Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong encountered Qian Duoduo at breakfast while concealing their familiarity from nearby watchers.

• Jing Hongchen heard that Qian Chaoguang’s tests had overwhelmed the body-measurement instrument and smashed the strength-measurement instrument, leaving his physical abilities impossible to assess.
• Jing Hongchen suspected Qian Chaoguang was Dragon God Douluo’s disciple and ordered Lin Jiayi to monitor him, while identifying Huo Yutong and He Caitou as students worth special attention.
• Jing Hongchen instructed Lin Jiayi to arrange a top-tier Rank 8 Soul Engineer for Qian Chaoguang and predicted that the Sun Moon Empire would eventually conquer the continent.
• Qian Chaoguang finished his morning cultivation in his dormitory and noted that the academy’s food and cultivation environment were inferior to Shrek’s.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong met Qian Duoduo in the cafeteria and pretended they were not close while surveillance watched them.

Qian Chaoguang began studying at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and was assigned to a stern, muscular teacher instead of Xuan Ziwen. His new teacher brought him to a vast, disorderly laboratory, where Qian Chaoguang praised a smelting furnace and learned that the teacher had created it.

• Lin Jiayi explained the Shrek students’ study arrangements, including their first month of lessons and a later assessment for access to Mingde Hall.
• The teachers drew student assignments, and the square-faced teacher called Qian Chaoguang’s name before Huo Yutong was assigned to Xuan Ziwen.
• The square-faced teacher led Qian Chaoguang to Laboratory One, a huge space filled with metals, tools, and half-forged components.
• Qian Chaoguang admired the laboratory’s multifunctional smelting furnace, and the teacher proudly revealed that it was one of his own creations.

Qian Chaoguang demonstrated his forging skill to Liu TieZhu, turning raw iron ore into Hundred Forgings Iron Mother in under a minute. Liu TieZhu introduced himself as Qian's teacher and candidly explained that his specialty was Close-Combat Soul Tools and Soul Armor.

• Liu TieZhu asked Qian Chaoguang what he could do, and Qian said he could forge because it was a family tradition.
• Qian Chaoguang used the workshop furnace and his Spirit Forging Spirit Awakening Hammers to refine iron ore into a block of Hundred Forgings Iron Mother with exactly thirty strikes.
• Liu TieZhu inspected the finished metal, praised Qian's work, and offered him one of the room's tiny stools after explaining that he had melted the chairs for materials.
• Liu TieZhu introduced himself as Qian Chaoguang's teacher for the next two and a half years and bluntly repeated Lin Jiayi's description of Qian as a hostage Shrek had sent to be taught casually.
• Liu TieZhu explained that he researched Close-Combat Soul Tools and Soul Armor, then named Liao Mengkai and his Level Nine Demon God Blade as a rare example of a high-level Soul Engineer using a close-combat weapon.

Qian Chaoguang learned that Liu TieZhu was a top Rank 8 Soul Engineer and the creator of the Sword of Judgment, and Liu offered him Soul Tool armor technology and training in exchange for his forging skills. Qian refused to share his technique, unwilling to risk it reaching the Sun Moon Empire’s royal family or Jing Hongchen.

• Liu TieZhu revealed that Lin Jiayi had assigned Qian Chaoguang to him expecting him to struggle with Soul Tool studies, but Liu believed Qian’s forging talent made him suited to Close-Combat Soul Tools.
• Liu TieZhu offered to teach Qian everything he knew, including Mingde Hall secrets, in exchange for seeing Qian’s full forging ability.
• Qian asked about the Sword of Judgment, and Liu revealed that he had created it and offered to make Qian two of them.
• Qian said he would only trade the technique he had demonstrated once his cultivation reached Super Douluo, and warned that the Sun Moon Empire mastering it could hasten war.
• Liu TieZhu offered Qian full-body Soul Tool armor technology, Close-Combat Soul Tool knowledge, and a place in Mingde Hall, but Qian refused to become his disciple.
• Qian explained that he trusted Liu TieZhu personally but not the Sun Moon Empire’s royal family or Jing Hongchen, and declined to share his technique.

Qian Chaoguang began his first Soul Tool lesson with Liu TieZhu and discovered that the Rank 8 Soul Engineer’s unconventional research focused on enhancing Soul Masters and their Martial Souls. As they exchanged ideas, Liu TieZhu realized Qian Chaoguang understood his far-ahead theories and treated him as a kindred spirit.

• Liu TieZhu postponed trading for advanced forging techniques and began testing Qian Chaoguang’s knowledge in their makeshift classroom.
• Liu TieZhu explained his research into specialized Soul Tools that could enhance Soul Masters and address the weakness of Waste Martial Souls.
• Qian Chaoguang realized Lin Jiayi had likely arranged the lessons to sabotage an ordinary exchange student, but his own ideas and materials made him an exception.
• Qian Chaoguang asked insightful questions and shared his understanding of Close-Combat Soul Tools, inspiring Liu TieZhu.
• Liu TieZhu’s surprise grew into astonishment as he recognized Qian Chaoguang as a kindred spirit.

Qian Chaoguang spent several days learning about Close-Combat Soul Tools from Liu TieZhu, while Huo Yutong faced Wang Shaojie and the others in Laboratory Three. Huo Yutong questioned Wang Shaojie’s claim to royal blood, leaving him unable to finish his introduction.

• Liu TieZhu and Qian Chaoguang bonded over Close-Combat Soul Tools, and Liu TieZhu suggested they become sworn brothers, but Qian Chaoguang declined.
• Qian Chaoguang spent three days discussing Close-Combat Soul Tools with Liu TieZhu, deepening his knowledge without making any Soul Tools.
• Huo Yutong waited in Laboratory Three, then activated recording Soul Tools when Ju Zi, Ke Ke, Zi Mu, and Wang Shaojie entered.
• Ke Ke challenged Huo Yutong for calling them senior students, but Huo Yutong replied that Xuan Ziwen had told her to address them that way.
• Wang Shaojie claimed royal family status and tried to assert authority over Huo Yutong, who questioned why he had the surname Wang instead of Xu.

Huo Yutong provoked Wang Shaojie and Ke Ke into threatening her, recorded their exchange, and brought the evidence to Director Lin to demand an explanation and compensation. Qian Duoduo threatened war unless the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy gave Shrek an acceptable response, and Lin Jiayi went to fetch Jing Hongchen.

• Huo Yutong taunted Wang Shaojie about his royal family background until he angrily threatened to kill her.
• Ke Ke challenged Huo Yutong to a duel and threatened to beat her, while Huo Yutong recorded the exchange with Soul Tools.
• Huo Yutong took the recording to Director Lin and accused the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy of a premeditated provocation against Shrek.
• Qian Duoduo burst into Lin Jiayi's office, threatened him, and demanded an explanation from Jing Hongchen under threat of war.
• Lin Jiayi hurried off to bring Jing Hongchen, knowing Huo Yutong and Qian Chaoguang's identities were highly sensitive.

After learning that Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy students had threatened Huo Yutong, Jing Hongchen feared Shrek’s response and moved to contain the crisis. He sent Lin Jiayi to seek the emperor’s help and went to confront the matter himself.

• Lin Jiayi rushed to Mingde Hall after learning that Wang Shaojie had threatened Huo Yutong and Qian Duoduo had nearly attacked him.
• Jing Hongchen was startled from admiring the Snow Empress embryo, then heard Lin Jiayi recount how Wang Shaojie and Ke Ke had bullied Huo Yutong and interfered with her laboratory access.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Lin Jiayi to take his token to the imperial palace and explain the incident to the emperor.
• Jing Hongchen hurried out, determined to resolve the matter because he feared Shrek would retaliate and damage the Sun Moon Empire’s relationship with the academy.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong waited for Jing Hongchen to negotiate over the bullying incident, with evidence of the confrontation in hand. Qian Chaoguang revealed his standing in Shrek and emphasized that he was Huo Yutong’s brother, leaving Jing Hongchen shocked.

• Qian Chaoguang discovered that Huo Yutong had been bullied and went with Liu TieZhu to the Academic Affairs Office.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong reviewed the recording Soul Tool footage and waited with Qian Duoduo and Xuan Ziwen for Jing Hongchen.
• Liu TieZhu challenged Jing Hongchen to remain impartial before he dragged Xuan Ziwen outside.
• Qian Duoduo sealed the office, and Jing Hongchen questioned Qian Chaoguang’s role in the meeting.
• Qian Chaoguang introduced himself as a disciple of the Dragon God Douluo, a Sea God Pavilion Member, and the Sea God Pavilion Master Successor, then said his most important connection was being Xiao Tong’s brother.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong confronted Jing Hongchen over the threats against her, using their Shrek ties to force an apology and concessions from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Jing Hongchen agreed to punish the students and extend compensation and protections to all Shrek exchange students before leaving.

• Qian Chaoguang warned Jing Hongchen that Shrek’s exchange program would end unless the academy gave a reasonable explanation for the threats against Huo Yutong.
• Jing Hongchen apologized to Huo Yutong and accepted the academy’s responsibility for failing to control its students.
• Huo Yutong complained that the academy had no place for them, while Qian Chaoguang and Qian Duoduo backed her pressure on Jing Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen promised to expel the two students, arrange their public apologies, let the exchange students keep learning materials, and admit Huo Yutong to Mingde Hall without restrictions.
• After Huo Yutong questioned whether the benefits would be used to divide the Shrek students, Jing Hongchen extended the same compensation and protections to every Shrek exchange student.
• Qian Chaoguang and Qian Duoduo accepted Jing Hongchen’s offer, and Jing Hongchen left.