Chapter Summaries

Qian Chaoguang killed a Wind Baboon and encountered Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, who began turning himself into Qian Chaoguang’s Soul Ring. Sky Dream discovered that Qian Chaoguang had no Sea of Spirit, while Electrolux’s remnant soul entered him, leaving Qian Chaoguang and Sky Dream to work together to open a Sea of Consciousness.

• Qian Chaoguang killed the Wind Baboon and sensed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm approaching.
• Qian Chaoguang flattered Sky Dream as the silkworm explained his plan to become a Soul Ring.
• Sky Dream transformed into energy and began entering Qian Chaoguang, who endured the process without passing out.
• Electrolux’s Gray Figure entered Qian Chaoguang, and Sky Dream realized there was no Sea of Spirit for them to inhabit.
• Qian Chaoguang told Sky Dream to help him open a Sea of Consciousness and activated the Golden Body Art, Qi Cultivation Art, and Spirit Communication Art.

Qian Chaoguang and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm fused their powers as Qian Chaoguang opened his Sea of Consciousness and endured the destruction and reconstruction of his meridians. The fusion left him with a Golden Base and raised his cultivation to Level 13.

• Qian Chaoguang directed Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to intensify their Spiritual Origin fusion and used it to break open his Sea of Consciousness.
• Qian Chaoguang detonated his Spiritual Power, transformed his Pseudo Divine Sense into Divine Sense, and opened his Ancestral Aperture.
• Qian Chaoguang exploded his Soul Power, shattered his meridians, and used his Divine Sense to begin reconstructing them.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm poured his remaining life energy into Qian Chaoguang as their fusion continued.
• Qian Chaoguang drew in World Origin Energy and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's remaining power to form a Golden Base in his dantian, reaching Level 13.

Qian Chaoguang survived merging with Sky Dream Ice Silkworm as his Soul Ring, gaining reconstructed meridians and new abilities before collapsing from exhaustion. Tang Ya and Beibei found him, invented an explanation for what happened, and were relieved when he woke.

• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm celebrated its freedom after merging with Qian Chaoguang and withdrew its Spiritual Power.
• Qian Chaoguang examined his new strength and abilities, then pretended to be unconscious as Tang Ya and Beibei approached.
• Tang Ya and Beibei found Qian Chaoguang beside the Wind Baboon's corpse and speculated about his origins and how he had fought it.
• Qian Chaoguang woke and weakly greeted Tang Ya and Beibei.

Qian Chaoguang revealed his newly awakened Extreme Ice Light Martial Soul and tried to secure a place at Shrek Academy while avoiding Tang Ya’s invitation to join the Tang Sect. He invented an ancestral feud with the sect and left Tang Ya and Beibei with his refusal.

• Qian Chaoguang showed Tang Ya and Beibei his white Soul Ring and the icy changes to his Extreme Ice Light Martial Soul.
• Qian Chaoguang said he wanted to study at Shrek Academy but claimed his level 13 cultivation fell short of its admission requirement.
• Qian Chaoguang told Beibei that his younger sister was already on her way to Shrek City and was talented enough to be accepted.
• Tang Ya invited Qian Chaoguang to join the Tang Sect and offered its Shrek admission quota.
• Qian Chaoguang recognized the Tang Sect but claimed his ancestors had forbidden his family from joining because of an old forging dispute with Senior Titan.

Qian Chaoguang persuaded Beibei and Tang Ya to recruit Huo Yutong into the Tang Sect and secure him a chance to take Shrek Academy’s Entrance Exam. The three then set off deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to find a soul beast for Tang Ya.

• Qian Chaoguang told Beibei and Tang Ya a fabricated story about his ancestor’s forging rivalry with the Tang Sect’s Strength Hall.
• Tang Ya explained that the Strength Hall had long since disappeared and that she was the Tang Sect’s current sect master.
• Qian Chaoguang offered to let Huo Yutong join the Tang Sect, and Tang Ya eagerly accepted.
• Beibei promised to persuade Shrek Academy to let Qian Chaoguang take the Entrance Exam, though he would have to pass on his own merits.
• The three agreed to travel deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt a soul beast for Tang Ya, while Beibei explained Shrek’s admissions process.

Qian Chaoguang used Light Impact to help Beibei defeat a thousand-year Mandala Snake, allowing Tang Ya to absorb its Soul Ring. He then misled Beibei about his abilities by presenting Light Impact as an application of Light Mimicry.

• Beibei fought a thousand-year Mandala Snake while Tang Ya guarded Qian Chaoguang.
• Qian Chaoguang struck the Mandala Snake with Light Impact, letting Beibei stun it and Tang Ya kill it.
• Tang Ya began absorbing the snake's purple Soul Ring as Qian Chaoguang questioned Beibei about her Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.
• Beibei praised Qian Chaoguang's instant attacks, and Qian Chaoguang claimed they were forms of Light Mimicry that he could use repeatedly.
• Beibei was bewildered by Qian Chaoguang's explanation and admitted it seemed plausible.

After Tang Ya absorbed her Thousand Year Soul Ring, Qian Chaoguang and Beibei left the Star Dou Great Forest and spent the night cultivating. Qian Chaoguang refined his cultivation methods and imagined exploiting the sunrise to train the Purple Demon Eye around the clock, while realizing his next breakthrough would be harder than expected.

• Qian Chaoguang and Beibei studied Light Mimicry while Tang Ya absorbed her Soul Ring, and Qian Chaoguang judged the skill too costly to be practical.
• Tang Ya succeeded in absorbing the Soul Ring and hugged Beibei, then blushed when she noticed Qian Chaoguang watching them.
• Beibei urged the group to leave the Star Dou Great Forest, and they returned to their first meeting place to eat and rest for the night.
• Qian Chaoguang cultivated the Qi Refining Art and Golden Body Art, strengthening his Soul Power, Bloodline Power, and Spiritual Power.
• Qian Chaoguang tried cultivating the Purple Demon Eye with Divine Sense and imagined using a Flying Soul Tool to chase the sunrise and train for twenty-four hours a day.
• After Beibei rested, Qian Chaoguang continued cultivating and realized his Soul Power, Spiritual Power, and physical constitution would make his next breakthrough more difficult than expected.

Qian Chaoguang overheard Beibei and Tang Ya conclude that he came from a powerful hidden family, easing his worries that Beibei would investigate his origins. As the three traveled toward Shrek Academy, Qian Chaoguang’s physical stamina impressed them, while Tang Ya’s hostility toward Soul Tools made him question the Tang Sect’s stagnation.

• Beibei and Tang Ya speculated that Qian Chaoguang was human and came from a powerful hidden family with old ties to the Tang Sect.
• Qian Chaoguang pretended to wake, and the three set off west toward Shrek Academy by a route around the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Chaoguang kept pace with Beibei and Tang Ya by running on physical strength alone, while Tang Ya exhausted her Soul Power and rested.
• Beibei introduced Qian Chaoguang to Shrek Academy, and Tang Ya reacted with hostility when Qian Chaoguang said he wanted to become a Soul Engineer.
• Qian Chaoguang privately blamed the Tang Sect’s decline on complacency and suspected it had obstructed technological progress.

Qian Chaoguang arrived at Shrek Academy with Beibei and Tang Ya, reunited with Huo Yutong, and began his admission assessment. When a teacher barred him from using his forged blade, Vice Dean Qian arrived and challenged the rule.

• Beibei and Tang Ya brought Qian Chaoguang into Shrek Academy and showed him its statues and grounds.
• Huo Yutong reunited with Qian Chaoguang and met Beibei and Tang Ya.
• Beibei exchanged the Tang Sect's exemption slot and presented a recommendation letter so Qian Chaoguang could take the assessment.
• At the Beast Taming Area, an assessment teacher told Qian Chaoguang that weapons were forbidden, even if they were not Soul Tools.
• Vice Dean Qian arrived, criticized the weapon ban, and surprised the assessment teacher with his personal appearance.

Qian Chaoguang impressed Qian Duoduo with his unusual Cold Iron saber and revealed his forging skills and sister Huo Yutong’s talent. Qian Duoduo approved his Soul Engineer assessment and urged him to bring Huo Yutong to the department, and Qian Chaoguang faced his first Soul Beast as the test began.

• Qian Duoduo examined Qian Chaoguang’s saber, sensed its resistance to him, and learned it was forged from Cold Iron using Qian Chaoguang’s family technique.
• Qian Chaoguang claimed to be the last member of a declining Hidden Family and said he and his adopted sister had survived by forging.
• Qian Chaoguang told Qian Duoduo that Huo Yutong had rank 27 cultivation and Innate Level Nine Soul Power, prompting Qian Duoduo to seek her for the Soul Tool Department.
• Qian Duoduo approved Qian Chaoguang’s saber for the assessment and instructed him to bring Huo Yutong if he passed.
• Qian Chaoguang entered the Beast Taming Area, took a combat stance, and faced a fast-moving Ten Year Soul Beast as his white Soul Ring appeared and his saber glowed icy blue.

Qian Chaoguang passed Shrek Academy’s assessment by effortlessly killing a Wind Jackal with his blade and breaking a Diamond Ape’s arm with one punch. Qian Duoduo recruited him and his sister for the Soul Tool Department, and Qian Chaoguang ended the chapter discovering that his assigned dorm room was beside Huo Yutong’s.

• Qian Chaoguang killed a ten-year Wind Jackal with one swing, shocking Qian Duoduo and Beibei.
• Qian Duoduo sent out a Diamond Ape to test Qian Chaoguang without his blade, and Qian Chaoguang broke its right arm with a punch before Qian Duoduo stopped him.
• Qian Duoduo declared Qian Chaoguang had passed, gave him two Badges, and told him to bring his little sister to the Soul Tool Department before the Freshman Test.
• Qian Duoduo ordered Beibei and Teacher Liu to keep Qian Chaoguang’s test results secret from Shaozhe and Du Wilun.
• Qian Chaoguang and Beibei completed enrollment, then joined Tang Ya and Huo Yutong for a barbecue after Huo Yutong became Tang Ya’s disciple.
• At the dormitory building, Mu En told Qian Chaoguang his room was the third on the first floor, and Qian Chaoguang realized it was beside Huo Yutong’s.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong settled into Shrek Academy, where he discovered he had been assigned to Zhou Yi’s Class One despite his concerns about her expulsions. After deliberately criticizing the academy’s promotion-rate system in front of Mu En, Qian Chaoguang found that the old Limit Douluo understood his intentions and would not oppose his plans.

• Qian Chaoguang cleaned his dormitory with Huo Yutong, then registered as a soul master and collected a Gold Soul Coin.
• Qian Chaoguang hoped to avoid Tang Wutong and Zhou Yi, but the class notice assigned him to Freshman Class One under Zhou Yi.
• Qian Chaoguang told Huo Yutong that Zhou Yi had expelled nine-tenths of her previous class to maintain a high Inner Academy advancement rate.
• Qian Chaoguang argued to Mu En that expelling weaker students could artificially inflate a teacher’s advancement rate, and Mu En praised his reasoning.
• Mu En hinted that the academy would get an opportunity to address its problems, and Qian Chaoguang left confident that Mu En would not interfere with his plans.

Qian Chaoguang cultivated while considering whether his Martial Soul and Soul Rings could affect his personality, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm proposed a trip to the Extreme North. The chapter ended with Wang Dong arriving at the dormitory and Qian Chaoguang ignoring her.

• Qian Chaoguang asked Huo Yutong to punch him so he could pretend they had fought, and Mu En watched them leave while wondering about Qian Chaoguang.
• Qian Chaoguang cultivated alone, and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told him he was ready to receive a Second Martial Soul and offered Origin Power.
• Qian Chaoguang planned to visit the Extreme North in eleven months but postponed fusing Origin Power because he suspected his Martial Soul was affecting his personality.
• Qian Chaoguang worried that his Soul Rings might influence his personality and wondered whether he should cultivate Extreme Ice as his main Martial Soul.
• Mu En realized he had forgotten to ask Qian Chaoguang about his Martial Soul and decided to look for information in the Inner Academy Library.
• Qian Chaoguang returned to the dormitory, ignored Wang Dong, and began changing clothes, leaving her astonished and angry.

Wang Dong challenged Qian Chaoguang and their fight sent them flying out of the dormitory, where Mu En and the onlookers mistook their position for a public romantic encounter. After returning to the dorm, Wang Dong tried to talk to Qian Chaoguang, but he kept dismissing her and demanded that she get to the point.

• Wang Dong grabbed Qian Chaoguang and challenged him, but he threw her against the hallway wall without damaging it.
• Wang Dong charged Qian Chaoguang with her Clear Sky Hammer, and they crashed through a dorm window and landed on the grass.
• Qian Chaoguang restrained Wang Dong until Mu En pointed out that the onlookers could mistake their position for a public display of affection.
• Qian Chaoguang hurriedly put on a robe, while the embarrassed Wang Dong fled back into the dormitory.
• After Qian Chaoguang returned from bathing, Wang Dong stopped him and asked to talk, but he repeatedly told her to get to the point.

Qian Chaoguang tormented his new roommate Wang Dong with insults, chores, and teasing while focusing on cultivation. After watching him train constantly and sensing no aura from him, Wang Dong wondered if he was already a Soul Elder.

• Qian Chaoguang made Wang Dong sweep the dorm floor and warned her to move out if she refused to share the cleaning duties.
• Wang Dong broke the broom in anger, so Qian Chaoguang threw her out the window and told her she would owe a fine for the damage.
• Wang Dong returned with a new broom, paid the fifty Gold Soul Coin fine, and swept the floor.
• Qian Chaoguang changed clothes in the dorm again, teased Wang Dong for watching, and used icy mist to wash himself before leaving.
• Over the next day, Qian Chaoguang cultivated almost constantly while Wang Dong avoided speaking to him and wondered whether he was a Soul Elder.

Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong began classes at Shrek Academy and drew Zhou Yi’s attention after admitting they had fought. The other students were sent to run laps, while Zhou Yi questioned the three and left Qian Chaoguang and Wang Dong bickering over their dorm-room dispute.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong took seats in the front row, where Huo Yutong remarked on Wang Dong’s aloof appearance.
• Zhou Yi introduced herself as the head teacher and warned the class that she would expel students who failed her assessments.
• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong stood when Zhou Yi asked who had fought since registration, and Zhou Yi sent the rest of the class to run one hundred laps.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that he and Huo Yutong sparred during morning training, so Zhou Yi sent Huo Yutong to join the runners.
• Qian Chaoguang said that he and Wang Dong had fought because Wang Dong stopped him from bathing, prompting Wang Dong to deny his account.
• Zhou Yi lectured Qian Chaoguang and Wang Dong about fighting while Qian Chaoguang cultivated the Qi Refining Art.

Qian Chaoguang and Wang Dong competed during Zhou Yi’s hundred-lap run, while Qian Chaoguang later warned struggling classmates that Zhou Yi would expel anyone who failed. The class finished in time, but Zhou Yi expelled Tailong, who left to complain to the dean.

• Qian Chaoguang sprinted through the laps without using his Martial Soul, and Wang Dong struggled to keep up before claiming victory when she finished first.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong finished shortly after Wang Dong and walked around while the other students continued running.
• Qian Chaoguang warned nine classmates that Zhou Yi would expel them if they failed to finish, prompting eight of them to resume running.
• All the students except Tailong completed one hundred laps before the deadline.
• Zhou Yi expelled Tailong for failing to finish, and Tailong left to file a complaint with the dean.

Zhou Yi asserted her authority over Freshman Class One, but Qian Chaoguang’s intervention weakened the students’ fear of her. After revealing his surprisingly low Soul Power Level, Qian Chaoguang began his first lesson at Shrek.

• Zhou Yi credited Qian Chaoguang with saving eight classmates from expulsion, and he reminded them that they were a collective who should help one another.
• Zhou Yi sent the freshmen to change clothes and ordered them back within fifteen minutes, while Qian Chaoguang and Wang Dong argued at their dormitory.
• All ninety-nine freshmen returned to class, and Zhou Yi asked Qian Chaoguang to state his Soul Power Level.
• Qian Chaoguang said he was Level 13, astonishing the class after he had outperformed nearly everyone in the running test without activating his Martial Soul.
• Zhou Yi praised Qian Chaoguang’s performance to provoke the class, then wrote “Attack” and “Defense” on the blackboard to begin the lesson.

Qian Chaoguang challenged Zhou Yi’s question about Soul Master combat roles, arguing that modern Soul Tools blurred the line between offense and defense and that Soul Masters should use tools suited to them. Zhou Yi agreed with his reasoning, then announced a three-month physical training assessment that students had to pass or be expelled.

• Zhou Yi told the class that those who failed to understand her methods could remain clueless, then began a lesson on offense and defense.
• When Zhou Yi asked who was best suited to attack or defend, Qian Chaoguang argued that a Soul Master’s role depended on their own skills and choices rather than their martial soul.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that Soul Tools could change the balance of combat and that traditional Soul Masters should use suitable tools to support their abilities.
• Zhou Yi acknowledged Qian Chaoguang’s reasoning and told the class that physical fitness and Soul Ring selection were essential to survival.
• Zhou Yi assigned three months of physical training and warned that anyone who failed her assessment would be expelled like Tailong.

Zhou Yi questioned Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong about their martial souls and learned the unusual effects of their abilities. When she tried to bring them to the Soul Tool Department, Qian Chaoguang showed that they already had Soul Tool Department Badges, and she let them return to class.

• Qian Chaoguang urged his classmates not to resist using Soul Tools before he and Huo Yutong followed Zhou Yi to her office.
• Huo Yutong revealed that her martial soul was the Spiritual Eye, while Qian Chaoguang showed Zhou Yi his mysterious Extreme Ice Light martial soul and demonstrated his Light Mimicry skill.
• Huo Yutong described her Madness and Lock On skills, and Zhou Yi became excited about their potential for Soul Tool use.
• Zhou Yi prepared to take the siblings to the Soul Tool Department, but Qian Chaoguang showed her the department Badges they had received when they enrolled.
• Zhou Yi accepted that they already had a Soul Tool Department teacher and sent them back, reminding them not to be late for afternoon class.