Chapter Summaries

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong secretly dug into Body Sect’s tunnel beneath Mingde Hall while Body Sect attacked the Soul Engineers above. Qian sent Huo Yutong to his teacher in another plane, where she was greeted by an Undead Legion and met Electrolux.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong dug through into a passageway excavated by Body Sect as Soul Engineers were slaughtered above them.
• Qian Chaoguang used his Divine Sense to check that Body Sect had not yet reached the Snow Empress Embryo.
• Qian Chaoguang apologized to Huo Yutong, then used a Space Teleportation Array to send her to another space where his teacher was waiting.
• Huo Yutong arrived on a black plane beneath a purple sun and was surrounded by Little Skeletons and other Undead Beings welcoming her as Mistress.
• Electrolux appeared before Huo Yutong and asked if she was Qian Chaoguang’s sister.

Qian Chaoguang raced through the besieged academy to steal the Humanoid Soul Tool and its research before returning to intercept the Body Sect Soul Douluo carrying the Snow Empress embryo. He left the laboratory stripped bare and prepared for a dangerous ambush as the battle outside continued.

• Electrolux introduced himself to Huo Yutong and took her by carriage deeper into the Undead Demi-plane.
• Qian Chaoguang hurried through collapsing underground passages while Du Busi and Jing Hongchen continued fighting above.
• Qian Chaoguang entered the empty laboratory and used the Starlight Sapphire Storage Soul Tool to collect the Humanoid Soul Tool.
• Qian Chaoguang took the laboratory's records, blueprints, equipment, and Core Magic Arrays, then destroyed what remained.
• Qian Chaoguang contacted Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and prepared to kill the returning Soul Douluo to seize the Snow Empress embryo.

Qian Chaoguang killed a Soul Douluo guarding the secret armory and broke into it while the Body Sect attacked Mingde Hall. He discovered the armory held sixteen Level Nine Fixed Soul Cannonballs and hundreds of Level Eight ones, leaving him poised to seize the strategic stockpile.

• Qian Chaoguang used Heavenly Dream Finger to freeze the Soul Douluo, then killed him with Xuan Hui Saber and disposed of the body through a Spatial Rift.
• Qian Chaoguang raced against the battle outside, uncertain how the Soul Douluo's death would affect Du Busi and Jing Hongchen.
• Qian Chaoguang used a tunneling Soul Tool and Holy Flame to bore through the armory's alloy wall while its power supply was offline.
• Qian Chaoguang entered the dim secret armory and found sixteen Level Nine Fixed Soul Cannonballs alongside hundreds of Level Eight ones.

Qian Chaoguang looted a secret arsenal of powerful weapons and Soul Tools before escaping to prepare a Space Teleportation Array. In the Undead Demi-plane, Electrolux explained to Huo Yutong how a divine soul could preserve its memories in every fragment.

• Qian Chaoguang found 270 Level Eight Fixed Soul Cannonballs and 1,000 Level 8 Milk Bottles in the secret arsenal.
• Qian Chaoguang stored the supplies, escaped Mingde Hall through another passage, and returned to the dormitory to build a Space Teleportation Array.
• Electrolux welcomed Huo Yutong to the Undead Demi-plane and explained his history, the soul beasts she had met, and Artificial Soul Rings.
• Huo Yutong asked Electrolux how he had recovered his memories despite having only a trace of his soul remaining.
• Electrolux explained that his divine soul had transformed so that every fragment contained all of his information.

Electrolux explained how his remnant soul had recovered its memories before Dragon One brought him and Huo Yutong to the Gate of the Undead. They found Qian Chaoguang’s research materials pouring through the rift, where the Undead were gathering and sorting them.

• Electrolux told Huo Yutong that his soul had preserved its encoded memories despite its weakened state, though restoring them had taken several years.
• Dragon One landed beside Electrolux and Huo Yutong, prompting Electrolux to shield Huo Yutong and scold the bone dragon for its rough arrival.
• Dragon One reported that something had fallen through the Gate of the Undead and presented a large Starlight Sapphire Storage Soul Tool that Qian Chaoguang had thrown in earlier.
• Electrolux took Huo Yutong to the top of Dragon One and ordered it to carry them steadily toward the Gate of the Undead.
• Electrolux and Huo Yutong arrived to find many Undead Beings collecting research materials, manuscripts, and other items falling through a Spatial Rift.

Qian Chaoguang completed a raid on Mingde Hall, sending classified Soul Tools, the Snow Empress sealed in the God Sealing Platform, and a massive stockpile of ammunition and supplies through a Spatial Rift. He reunited with Huo Yutong and prepared to return, leaving the recovered items under the Undead Beings’ guard.

• Huo Yutong and Electrolux saw dismantled Soul Tools and core magic arrays fall through the Spatial Rift, and Electrolux explained that Qian Chaoguang was pursuing the Snow Empress and another major prize.
• A frozen corpse fell through the rift, and Electrolux retrieved the God Sealing Platform containing the Snow Empress and gave it to Huo Yutong.
• A Starlight Sapphire Belt arrived with sixteen Level Nine Fixed Soul Cannonballs, 270 Level Eight Fixed Soul Cannonballs, and 1,000 Level Eight Milk Bottles inside.
• Qian Chaoguang returned through a hexagram, embraced Huo Yutong, and said they should head back after the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s fight with the Body Sect.
• Qian Chaoguang arranged the recovered strategic supplies and ordered Dragon One and the other Undead Beings to guard them without letting anything be damaged.

Jing Hongchen oversaw the devastated Mingde Hall after the Body Sect’s attack, only to learn that Experimental Subject No. 1 and the contents of Secret Laboratory No. 1 had been stolen. He vomited blood as he realized the loss could destroy the Sun Moon Empire’s greatest Soul Tool research achievement.

• Jing Hongchen led efforts to reinforce Mingde Hall’s damaged underground base while surveying its destruction and mourning the casualties, ruined equipment, and threatened structure.
• Jing Hongchen blamed the Body Sect for the attack and worried about the strength of Du Busi and Mu En.
• Lin Jiayi reported that the warehouse and its high-grade Soul Tools were safe, giving Jing Hongchen a brief moment of relief.
• Lin Jiayi revealed that Experimental Subject No. 1 was missing and that Secret Laboratory No. 1’s instruments and data had been stolen or destroyed.
• Jing Hongchen vomited blood and collapsed after realizing that the stolen Humanoid Soul Tool and research would be nearly impossible to replace.

After Experimental Subject No. 1 and Mingde Hall’s secret vault were discovered missing, Jing Hongchen suffered a severe cultivation backlash and ordered an emergency response. He learned that Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong had escaped unharmed and ordered that they be protected and compensated.

• Lin Jiayi reported that Experimental Subject No. 1 had vanished from Lab One, and Jing Hongchen ordered him to keep the matter secret.
• Lin Jiayi revealed that Number One Secret Vault had also been robbed, and Jing Hongchen fainted after hearing that its strategic supplies were gone.
• Lin Jiayi revived Jing Hongchen, who ordered the witnesses silenced, auctions monitored, Body Sect members targeted, and Mingde Hall’s defenses and operations rapidly rebuilt.
• Jing Hongchen asked about the Shrek exchange students, and Lin Jiayi reported that Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong had escaped through a tunnel without injuries.
• Jing Hongchen ordered that Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong be cared for and given four times their original resource allocation.

After accepting compensation from Lin Jiayi for Mingde Hall’s attack, Qian Chaoguang turned to his final task: communicating with Snow Empress about the Artificial Martial Soul. He used Electrolux’s newly built channel to prepare a Consciousness Projection into the God Sealing Platform.

• Qian Chaoguang accepted two experimental tables and a three-year cultivation-area VIP card from Lin Jiayi as compensation.
• News of Mingde Hall’s losses spread, and the Body Sect denied responsibility while a previously unknown organization claimed the attack.
• Qian Chaoguang decided to persuade Snow Empress to cooperate with the Artificial Martial Soul project.
• Electrolux used Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Spiritual Power to open a communication channel between the God Sealing Platform and Qian Chaoguang’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Qian Chaoguang sat down and covered the God Sealing Platform with his Divine Sense to form a Consciousness Projection.

After the Body Sect’s attack on Mingde Hall, Jing Hongchen suspected an insider but decided he needed the Crown Prince’s help. Qian Chaoguang concealed his involvement by giving a false account of how he and Huo Yutong escaped, then challenged a teacher who demanded to inspect their Soul Tools.

• Lin Jiayi suggested that Shrek Academy and the Body Sect had worked together, but Jing Hongchen rebuked him and said Shrek would not sacrifice its own geniuses for the attack.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Lin Jiayi to reduce the incident’s negative impact and privately resolved to seek the Crown Prince’s protection.
• A Mingde Hall teacher questioned Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong about the attack, and Qian Chaoguang claimed they had escaped through tunnels after hiding beneath a lab table.
• Qian Chaoguang threatened to accuse the teacher of molesting Huo Yutong when he glanced toward her underwear.
• The teacher asked Qian Chaoguang to hand over all his Soul Tools for inspection, and Qian Chaoguang objected that the request violated their privacy and Shrek’s interests.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong faced an inspection at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy after an attack by the Body Sect. Qian Chaoguang intimidated the questioning teacher into completing the inspection and promised compensation, then joked with Huo Yutong about his performance as they awaited Lin Jiayi.

• The questioning teacher warned Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong that refusing inspection could be considered treason, and Qian Chaoguang angrily challenged the accusation.
• Qian Chaoguang displayed Xu Jiawei’s personal greeting on his Starlight Sapphire Belt and demanded an apology and compensation from the academy.
• The teacher inspected their Storage Soul Tools, was stunned by their riches, and asked about Qian Chaoguang’s Level Nine Soul Tool, Hongchen’s Blessing.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that Jing Hongchen had given the Soul Tool to his teacher, and the questioning teacher left to ask Lin Jiayi to negotiate compensation.
• Qian Chaoguang joked with Huo Yutong about his arrogant act, and she praised his convincing performance.

After Qian Chaoguang secured compensation from Mingde Hall, the attack’s fallout spread across the continent while he prepared to contact the Snow Empress. He used Electrolux’s new passage into the God Sealing Platform to begin communicating with her.

• Qian Chaoguang accepted two experimental workbenches and a three-year cultivation-area VIP card from Lin Jiayi as compensation for Mingde Hall’s earlier mistake.
• News of the attack on Mingde Hall spread, Jing Hongchen was harshly punished, and the Body Sect’s standing rose as a terrorist organization claimed responsibility.
• Qian Chaoguang focused on persuading the Snow Empress to cooperate with his plan to create a Second Martial Soul.
• Electrolux used Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Spiritual Power to open a passage between the God Sealing Platform and Qian Chaoguang’s Sea of Consciousness.
• Qian Chaoguang sat down and projected his consciousness into the God Sealing Platform to communicate with the Snow Empress.

Qian Chaoguang entered the God Sealing Platform and brought Ice Empress in to speak with Snow Empress, who had initially attacked him. Ice Empress reunited with Snow Empress and explained how she had become Qian Chaoguang’s Second Martial Soul, leaving Snow Empress to consider the path her friend had chosen.

• Qian Chaoguang entered the God Sealing Platform through Electrolux’s backdoor, but Snow Empress attacked before hearing his explanation, so he withdrew his Divine Sense.
• Electrolux created a light door for Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to enter the God Sealing Platform and connect their Spiritual Power.
• Ice Empress reunited with Snow Empress, embraced her, and asked what had happened and why she had chosen to rebuild herself as a human.
• Snow Empress failed to recognize Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Qian Chaoguang kicked him aside when he tried to interrupt the reunion.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that Ice Empress had become his Second Martial Soul and first Soul Ring, and Ice Empress recounted how she had chosen that path.
• Snow Empress listened to Ice Empress’s account and sighed that she had never expected her friend to choose such a path.

The Ice Empress explained why she had given up hope of becoming a god and introduced Qian Chaoguang to the Snow Empress, who was impressed by Electrolux's power. Qian Chaoguang laid out the two choices for the Snow Empress: become Huo Yutong's Second Martial Soul or lose her intelligence and become her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.

• The Ice Empress said the Sea God's victory over the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King had shaken her faith that soul beasts could become gods, but meeting Chaoguang had given her hope again.
• The Snow Empress asked who Electrolux was, and he identified himself as Chaoguang's teacher and an Intermediate Undead Being.
• Electrolux claimed that he had once been the God of Death in his former world and explained why gods there were prisoners of the laws.
• Qian Chaoguang interrupted their conversation and told the Snow Empress that the Ice Empress's plea did not mean he would save her without conditions.
• The Snow Empress threatened to return to nature, but Qian Chaoguang said she could either become Huo Yutong's Second Martial Soul or have her intelligence erased and become her Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Qian Chaoguang told the Snow Empress that Huo Yutong's path to godhood did not depend on her, and explained why making her a Second Martial Soul would benefit his little sister.

Qian Chaoguang persuaded Snow Empress to accept his offer of survival and a chance to become a god, while Ice Empress clung to her and pleaded for her to stay. Snow Empress then learned that Qian Chaoguang knew how she had been sealed, leaving her shocked and afraid of his mysterious knowledge.

• Snow Empress discovered that she could no longer reach her Origin Power or self-destruct, while Qian Chaoguang waited for her to accept his offer.
• Ice Empress hugged Snow Empress and pleaded with her to agree, and Qian Chaoguang kicked Sky Dream Ice Silkworm back into his Sea of Consciousness.
• Snow Empress asked how Qian Chaoguang could guarantee Ice Empress would reach godhood, and he said he would take his sister with him when he ascended.
• Qian Chaoguang hinted that he knew more about the God Realm than he could safely reveal, and Snow Empress finally nodded in agreement.
• Ice Empress asked how Snow Empress had been sealed, and Snow Empress was shocked when Qian Chaoguang recounted what had happened.

Qian Chaoguang arranged Snow Empress’s fusion as Huo Yutong’s Second Martial Soul, with Snow Empress agreeing to sign a Soul Contract and preserve her abilities. Huo Yutong met Snow Empress inside the God Sealing Platform and put her at ease by comparing terrifying beings to familiar animals.

• Qian Chaoguang bluffed Snow Empress by claiming his Destiny Ability revealed that she had a son, and she explained that she had adopted Little White, an Ice Bear King.
• Qian Chaoguang told Snow Empress that she would have to sign a Master-Servant Soul Contract with Huo Yutong, and Snow Empress accepted.
• Electrolux explained that the Martial Soul Bestowal would preserve Snow Empress’s abilities as Soul Rings and Soul Bones if she followed his instructions.
• Qian Chaoguang guided Huo Yutong’s Spiritual Power into the God Sealing Platform, where she met Electrolux and Snow Empress.
• Huo Yutong admired Snow Empress’s appearance and described the frightening, icy ruler she had imagined, while Snow Empress clarified that she had lived in an ice cave.
• Huo Yutong said that familiarity made frightening things seem ordinary and recalled how the three-headed Scarlet King resembled Big Yellow.

Huo Yutong and Snow Empress formed a Soul Contract, then Electrolux began the unprecedented ritual to make Snow Empress Huo Yutong’s Second Martial Soul. The fusion was underway when Snow Empress’s soul sphere entered Huo Yutong’s Sea of Consciousness and Electrolux released an extreme chill.

• Huo Yutong and Snow Empress grew comfortable with each other and completed their Soul Contract under Electrolux’s supervision.
• Qian Chaoguang opened the God Sealing Platform and released Snow Empress, who had stabilized her Origin Seal in a reduced state to make the fusion easier for Huo Yutong.
• Electrolux began the soul ritual, using Qian Chaoguang’s Spiritual Power to seal and compress Snow Empress’s Origin Power.
• Qian Chaoguang reminded Huo Yutong to offer blood and joined Electrolux in chanting as her Essence Blood entered the golden chain.
• The chain pulled Snow Empress’s soul sphere into Huo Yutong’s Sea of Consciousness, and Electrolux tapped her dantian as an extreme chill spread across the ground.

Qian Chaoguang and Electrolux completed the first successful Artificial Martial Soul bestowal, giving Huo Yutong Snow Empress as her Second Martial Soul. Huo Yutong reached Rank 55 with four orange-gold Soul Rings and a Snow Empress Torso Bone, but Qian Chaoguang reminded her that Extreme Ice cultivation progressed slowly after Rank 30.

• Qian Chaoguang halted the elemental lightning tribulation as Snow Empress crossed the seven-hundred-thousand-year threshold and became Huo Yutong's Second Martial Soul.
• Electrolux completed the ritual, and Snow Empress formed a Torso Bone within Huo Yutong while her Origin Power began enhancing Huo Yutong's physique.
• Snow Empress bestowed her innate skills through the Soul Bone and four Soul Rings, which turned orange-gold.
• Huo Yutong opened her eyes with the Extreme Ice—Snow Empress Martial Soul, four Soul Rings, ten soul skills, and Rank 55 cultivation.
• Huo Yutong wondered if she could become a Soul Emperor before the next competition, and Qian Chaoguang reminded her that Extreme Ice cultivation slowed greatly after Rank 30.

After Huo Yutong gained the Snow Empress martial soul, Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong returned from the Undead Demi-plane and learned that the attack on Mingde Hall had caused heavy casualties. Liu TieZhu checked that they were safe, then lent Qian Chaoguang his valuable Soul Armor research notebook before leaving to help with repairs.

• Qian Chaoguang teased Huo Yutong about how slowly she would cultivate, and she punched him before Electrolux confirmed that Snow Empress's fusion was stable.
• Qian Chaoguang sensed a visitor and reminded Huo Yutong to conceal her Second Martial Soul at the academy before they teleported out of the Undead Demi-plane.
• Liu TieZhu visited Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong, relieved to find them unharmed, and told them the Body Sect attack had killed eight hundred enemies and a thousand of their own.
• Liu TieZhu lent Qian Chaoguang his notebook of Soul Armor theory, designs, and research insights, asking him to return it after studying.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong praised Liu TieZhu as a stand-up guy after he left to help at Mingde Hall.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong discussed how to repay Liu TieZhu and recruit Xuan Ziwen, while Qian Chaoguang kept his gains from Mingde Hall secret from Qian Duoduo. After Qian Duoduo confirmed the students were safe, the academy remained peaceful as Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong cultivated for over a month.

• Qian Chaoguang felt guilty that Liu TieZhu's Soul Armor notebook was more valuable than the gift he had prepared, but rejected Huo Yutong's suggestion to recruit Liu TieZhu to Shrek because his loyalty to the Sun Moon Empire was firm.
• Huo Yutong told Qian Chaoguang she had bet Xuan Ziwen that she could produce ten novel Soul Tools, and Qian Chaoguang suggested using his many civilian and military designs to tempt Xuan Ziwen into working with them.
• Qian Duoduo rushed back to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with the other Rank 8 Soul Engineers and students, then checked that Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong were unharmed.
• Qian Chaoguang concealed from Qian Duoduo that he had taken Mingde Hall's secret arsenal, Lab One, and the Snow Empress Embryo.
• The Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy experienced no further trouble, and Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong cultivated quietly for more than a month.