Chapter Summaries

Luo Ya transformed his summoned souls into Vengeful Spirit Fire Spirits, but Qian Chaoguang’s Light Undead Legion overwhelmed them with Holy Light and Holy Flame. As Luo Ya’s forces fell, Su Yu continued channeling energy through the Blood Claws into her shadow while the liches prepared a large-scale spell.

• Luo Ya split into Netherworld Ghost Fires and ignited the souls he had summoned, turning them into Vengeful Spirit Fire Spirits that halted the Death Knights’ advance.
• Qian Chaoguang ordered the liches to blanket the battlefield with Holy Light and commanded the Death Knights to coat their weapons in Holy Flame.
• Holy Light weakened the fire spirits and strengthened the Light Element Undead, allowing the Death Knights to destroy the summoned forces.
• Luo Ya called to Su Yu for help as his fire spirits dwindled, but Su Yu said their lord needed more time to recover and continued feeding energy through the Blood Claws into her shadow.
• The five Death Knights defeated the last fire spirit, while the five liches continued chanting to prepare a large-scale spell.

Qian Chaoguang’s forces fought Su Yu and Luo Ya until Su Yu awakened Wu Mengsheng, a badly injured Soul Douluo whose power neared the Titled Douluo level. Wu Mengsheng summoned two Quasi-Titled Douluo-like figures, leaving Qian Chaoguang facing a new threat.

• Qian Chaoguang sent the five Death Knights charging at Luo Ya again, while Luo Ya had no strength left to defend himself.
• Su Yu severed her connection to the Blood Claw, and her shadow erupted into a giant fist that shattered the Death Knights’ formation before revealing Wu Mengsheng.
• Wu Mengsheng awakened and demanded that Qian Chaoguang leave, but Qian Chaoguang refused and ordered his forces to attack.
• Qian Chaoguang recognized that Wu Mengsheng was seriously injured and used his Divine Sense to see through his strength and bluff.
• Wu Mengsheng merged his eight Soul Rings into two dark flaming beams, summoning two figures with Quasi-Titled Douluo auras.

Qian Chaoguang recognized two powerful undead as possible descendants of the Strength Clan and Breaking Clan as they fought his forces. After observing their unusual abilities, he ended Legion Descends and recalled half of his undead army.

• The two newly revealed undead displayed a Great Strength Gorilla-like form and a Soul Breaking Spear, leading Qian Chaoguang to suspect they were descendants of the Strength Clan and Breaking Clan.
• The Strength Undead leaped into the Death Knights' Light-Dark Arrow Formation and nearly overwhelmed it, while Su Yu shielded Luo Ya from the flying debris.
• The liches unleashed Holy Flame Storm, but the Breaking Undead split the spell apart with his spear intent.
• Qian Chaoguang assessed the undead's strange physical and spiritual nature and considered capturing them to investigate their origins.
• Qian Chaoguang ended Legion Descends, causing half of the Undead Beings to vanish.

Qian Chaoguang detonated the frozen corpses of five Soul Emperors and a Body Sect Soul Douluo, badly injuring Wu Mengsheng and Su Yu’s forces. He then advanced with his Undead Legion and captured the wounded Strength Undead, while the other suspected descendant remained alive.

• Qian Chaoguang used Ice Blast to detonate the frozen corpses, killing Luo Ya and leaving Wu Mengsheng gravely wounded.
• Su Yu drained Luo Ya’s blood to heal herself and Wu Mengsheng as Qian Chaoguang’s undead returned to the Undead Demi-plane.
• Three Gates of the Undead opened, and Qian Chaoguang led his assembled Undead Legion toward the enemy.
• Qian Chaoguang’s Divine Sense confirmed that the Strength Undead and Breaking Undead had survived the blast, though both were badly injured.
• Qian Chaoguang’s zombies dragged the wounded Strength Undead away, and liches restrained it with Soul Binding Locks.

Qian Chaoguang defeated and sealed two powerful Undead, then destroyed Wu Mengsheng and Su Yu’s underground stronghold and captured their remaining souls. He continued toward another Holy Spirit Cult branch, while two days later a Soul Saint delivered a report to a gathering of Titled Douluo at the cult’s temporary headquarters in Mingdu.

• Qian Chaoguang sealed the Breaking Undead and Strength Undead and had them taken to the Demi-plane for preservation.
• Wu Mengsheng triggered a collapse by self-destructing, and Qian Chaoguang’s forces evacuated through the Gates of the Undead.
• Qian Chaoguang confirmed that Wu Mengsheng, Su Yu, and the other target were dead, then captured two lingering souls in a magic array.
• Electrolux warned Qian Chaoguang not to pursue revenge recklessly, and Qian Chaoguang went to another Holy Spirit Cult branch disguised as Chen Tianyong.
• Two days later, a Soul Saint knelt before eight Titled Douluo at the Holy Spirit Cult’s temporary headquarters in Mingdu.

Ye Xishui ordered the Holy Spirit Cult elders to find the person who destroyed thirteen Mingdu branches, while Qian Chaoguang withdrew to the Undead Demi-plane, burdened by the slaughter he had carried out. The cult began hunting for the culprit as Qian tried to recover and quiet his emotions.

• An Evil Soul Saint reported to Ye Xishui that thirteen Mingdu branches, including two Soul Tool manufacturing centers, had been destroyed and their members slaughtered.
• A Titled Douluo identified an Angel Martial Soul user as the likely culprit, and Long Xiaoyao reasoned that the attacker must wield a six-winged Angel Martial Soul.
• Long Xiaoyao suspected the Sun Moon Empire might be responsible, but Ye Xishui ordered the eight elders to find the murderer within a month or face her consequences.
• The Holy Spirit Cult launched a purge across Mingdu, alarmed that more than a hundred of its members had been killed without the culprit being identified.
• Qian Chaoguang took another day off from Liu TieZhu and shut himself inside the Undead Demi-plane to recover and calm his heavy emotions after destroying the branches.

After purifying more than two hundred thousand vengeful souls from thirteen Holy Spirit Cult branches, Qian Chaoguang struggled with the weight of their suffering. Electrolux warned him against following his old path and urged him to keep his heart as a restraint; Qian Chaoguang then turned to studying two undead in hopes of creating a way for undead without Spellcaster talent to be reborn.

• Qian Chaoguang finished clearing thirteen Holy Spirit Cult branches and purified more than two hundred thousand vengeful souls.
• Electrolux offered Qian Chaoguang the traced memories of two undead and recognized that he was troubled by the souls' suffering.
• Electrolux recalled how arrogance and power had once led him toward destruction and warned Qian Chaoguang to guard his heart.
• Qian Chaoguang said the Heart of Light would keep him clear-headed and began examining the memories to study how to create Black Warriors.
• Qian Chaoguang's new undead included eight souls willing to be reborn as Undead Beings, including a vast Consciousness Aggregate formed from many fused souls.

Qian Chaoguang examined the memories of Tai Yun and Yang Wusheng, the last descendants of the Strength Clan and Breaking Clan, and learned how the Tang Sect’s other clans had been driven out or declined. Yang Wusheng’s memories ended with the brothers’ deaths and their later wandering as undead in a dark region.

• Qian Chaoguang viewed Tai Yun’s memory of leaving the Tang Sect with Yang Wusheng and swearing to reclaim the Strength Clan’s inheritance.
• Qian Chaoguang learned from Yang Wusheng’s memories that the Speed Clan and Defense Clan had been driven out, while the Breaking Clan and Strength Clan were suppressed and neglected.
• Yang Wusheng and Tai Yun left the Tang Sect, became wandering cultivators, and nearly reached the Titled Douluo level.
• The brothers were ambushed by Soul Tools while climbing an unnamed mountain and died after falling into a ravine; Yang Wusheng glimpsed a flash of purple before losing consciousness.
• Yang Wusheng’s undead memories showed him and Tai Yun wandering through darkness, with Yang Wusheng repeatedly falling and getting back up.

Qian Chaoguang investigated Yang Wusheng and Tai Yun’s mysterious origins, then checked on the former Holy Servants as they began building a settlement and joining his Undead Legion. He left them under Nana’s guidance, promising resources and rewards for their work.

• Qian Chaoguang examined Yang Wusheng’s clearer memories of a vast plain and wondered how he and Tai Yun had become stronger undead over thousands of years.
• Qian Chaoguang considered whether the two undead could eventually lead him back to the place where they had died.
• Qian Chaoguang visited a construction site where former Holy Servants and Intermediate Undead Beings were building facilities for the growing group.
• Qian Chaoguang praised Nana’s administration and told her to bring problems to Dragon One or contact him through the soul link.
• Qian Chaoguang promised to provide Rare Metal and said he would sell the Soul Tools the former Holy Servants made, returning some of the proceeds as Gold Soul Coins and resources.

Qian Chaoguang organized forging lessons for his undead followers and helped them develop their Soul Tool skills, while his life settled into a steady routine. After more than three peaceful months, he finished his first school year at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and chose to continue his research during vacation.

• Qian Chaoguang demonstrated Spirit Forging to Nana and asked her to organize forging lessons for the undead.
• Qian Chaoguang spent his days studying Soul Tools with Liu TieZhu and teaching forging, while Electrolux investigated Black Warrior reincarnation with help from six Intermediate Undead Beings.
• Nana organized the undead, and the liches quickly learned to carve first- and second-level soul tool arrays while the Death Knights took up forging.
• Qian Chaoguang considered buying a Mingdu storefront to obtain Rare Metal and give the undead and human followers work outside the Demi-plane.
• After more than three months, Qian Chaoguang completed his first school year and agreed with Liu TieZhu to continue their lessons and research during the month-long break.

Qian Chaoguang continued cultivating while worrying that Huo Yutong was quickly catching up to him, until Qian Duoduo told him Ma Xiaotao had come to see him. As he headed to the academy gate, Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen intercepted him, but he refused to spar because he had to meet Ma Xiaotao.

• Qian Chaoguang reflected on his steady cultivation progress and resolved to work harder after learning Huo Yutong had advanced rapidly.
• Qian Duoduo told Qian Chaoguang that Ma Xiaotao was waiting for him at the academy gate, likely seeking help suppressing her Evil Fire.
• Qian Duoduo ordered Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to take a week off from cultivation and rest.
• Qian Chaoguang set off to meet Ma Xiaotao and privately planned to cultivate in the Undead Demi-plane afterward.
• Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen stopped Qian Chaoguang, but he told them he could not spar because someone was waiting for him.

Qian Chaoguang redirected Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan’s persistent challenge by taking them to meet Ma Xiaotao, while Wang Dong unexpectedly appeared with her. He brought the group to a courtyard in Mingdu that he had bought for his Soul Tool and Rare Metal business.

• Ji Juechen demanded a two-on-two fight, so Qian Chaoguang offered to introduce him and Jing Ziyan to Ma Xiaotao, a Soul Saint.
• Qian Chaoguang found Ma Xiaotao with Wang Dong at the academy gates and introduced Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan to them.
• Wang Dong asked after Huo Yutong, and Qian Chaoguang said she was busy and would otherwise get into a fight with Ma Xiaotao.
• Qian Chaoguang led the group through Mingdu to his courtyard and explained that he had bought it as a base for his small Soul Tool and Rare Metal organization.

Qian Chaoguang explained how his disguised former Holy Servants built a profitable Soul Tool business in Mingdu, especially through repairs. He brought Wang Dong, Jing Ziyan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ji Juechen to the bustling Pixiu Soul Tool Shop, whose enormous premises surprised them.

• Qian Chaoguang established a chamber of commerce where former Holy Servants sold Soul Tools and bought Rare Metals under new identities.
• The chamber of commerce began earning substantial profits by repairing civilian Soul Tools, a service largely absent in the Sun Moon Empire.
• Jing Ziyan was astonished that Qian Chaoguang had started a business while studying, and Qian Chaoguang said cultivation and making money were one hobby.
• Qian Chaoguang led Wang Dong, Jing Ziyan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ji Juechen to the Pixiu Soul Tool Shop, where Ma Xiaotao questioned his description of the three-story building as small.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that he had bought the property in a busy Mingdu district for nearly a million Gold Soul Coins and described how the shop's floors were used.

Qian Chaoguang brought Ma Xiaotao to the underground ice vault to suppress her Evil Fire, then summoned Huo Yutong and revealed that they could perform a Martial Soul Fusion. He and Huo Yutong entered the vault together, where Ma Xiaotao was surprised to see her.

• Qian Chaoguang ordered the underground facility locked down and sent Jing Ziyan, Ji Juechen, and Wang Dong to rest while Jiang Ming escorted Ma Xiaotao to Area B1-1.
• Qian Chaoguang summoned Huo Yutong from the Undead Demi-plane after Ma Xiaotao left.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong combined their Soul Power and discovered that their Ice Empress and Snow Empress Martial Souls could fuse.
• Huo Yutong eagerly went with Qian Chaoguang to test their Martial Soul Fusion Skill on Ma Xiaotao.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong entered the extremely cold ice vault, and Ma Xiaotao asked Huo Yutong why she had come.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong joined their powers to help Ma Xiaotao suppress her Evil Fire. Their Martial Soul fusion created a powerful ice domain that overwhelmed Ma Xiaotao’s flames, leaving a holy, golden-patterned palm imprint descending upon her.

• Huo Yutong told Ma Xiaotao that Qian Chaoguang had asked her to help suppress Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong revealed their Martial Soul phantoms and began a fusion as Ma Xiaotao sat down to circulate her power.
• Qian Chaoguang’s Eternal Frost Domain combined with Huo Yutong’s Snow Dance Shining Sun to form the Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her flames while the combined ice domain engulfed her and suppressed her Evil Fire.
• The frozen wind and snow gathered into a crystalline palm imprint that gained golden patterns and descended toward Ma Xiaotao.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to weaken Ma Xiaotao’s Evil Fire at its root, giving her hope of eventually recovering. After Ma Xiaotao thanked them and bantered with Huo Yutong, the group prepared to spar in the wilderness outside Mingdu.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong enveloped Ma Xiaotao in Sacred Ice, purifying some of the Evil Fire that had plagued her for nearly twenty years.
• Ma Xiaotao realized the Evil Fire had weakened at its foundation and excitedly praised Huo Yutong and her Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Qian Chaoguang.
• Huo Yutong and Ma Xiaotao traded teasing remarks until Qian Chaoguang urged them to join Ji Juechen, Jing Ziyan, and Wang Dong upstairs.
• Qian Chaoguang told Ma Xiaotao that the treatment would keep her free of backlash for two years, and Jiang Ming deactivated the shielding array.
• Huo Yutong and Wang Dong reunited and teased each other in the lounge while Ma Xiaotao and Ji Juechen looked forward to sparring.
• The group decided to leave Mingdu and spar in the wilderness.

Ma Xiaotao, Ji Juechen, and Jing Ziyan fought outside Mingdu, leaving Ma Xiaotao exhilarated and Ji Juechen eager to challenge her again. Ji Juechen decided to drop out of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong realized they had poached two of its top talents.

• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her flames in a battle outside Mingdu and discovered that she could fight without her Evil Fire overwhelming her.
• Ji Juechen was thrilled by his battle with Ma Xiaotao, while Jing Ziyan watched from the stands and felt discouraged by the strength gap.
• Ji Juechen asked Qian Chaoguang whether joining him would let him fight Ma Xiaotao every day, then decided to drop out of the academy.
• Qian Chaoguang urged Jing Ziyan to stop Ji Juechen until they returned to Shrek, and Jing Ziyan flew after him.
• Wang Dong realized that Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong had recruited two top students from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Wang Dong invited Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to visit the Clear Sky Sect, promising a treasure that could help them break through their cultivation bottlenecks. Qian Chaoguang weighed the invitation against the risks of visiting, while Huo Yutong remained unsure what the offer involved.

• Ma Xiaotao flew away, leaving Wang Dong behind, and Qian Chaoguang teased her about being abandoned.
• Wang Dong said she had come to invite Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to her home at the Clear Sky Sect.
• Qian Chaoguang said he had reached Level 48, while Huo Yutong revealed she was Level 57 and had awakened an Extreme Ice Second Martial Soul.
• Wang Dong promised that her family's treasure could help Huo Yutong reach Soul Emperor and Qian Chaoguang reach Soul King.
• Huo Yutong asked whether the Clear Sky Sect kept Spirit-Type Soul Beasts, and Wang Dong said the details of her plan would remain secret until they arrived.
• Qian Chaoguang considered the benefits of visiting the Clear Sky Sect alongside the dangers of attracting attention there.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong welcomed Wang Dong to Mingdu and discussed whether they could visit the Clear Sky Sect, while Qian Chaoguang planned to consult Electrolux before deciding. During their gathering, Wang Dong described Shrek Academy’s rapid development of its Soul Tool Department.

• Wang Dong invited Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to visit the Clear Sky Sect, and Qian Chaoguang said they would first ask their teachers and Jing Hongchen for permission.
• Huo Yutong arranged for Wang Dong to stay at the Pixiu Soul Tool Shop and promised to cook grilled fish for their gathering.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong showed Wang Dong around Mingdu, and Qian Chaoguang brought He Caitou to join them for dinner.
• Wang Dong told Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and He Caitou that Shrek Academy had created a Soul Tool Department branch academy and made Soul Tool Operation compulsory.
• Qian Chaoguang reflected that the blueprints and experimental table he and Huo Yutong had sent to Shrek were helping its Soul Tool Department narrow the gap with Mingde Hall.

Huo Yutong asked how the Tang Sect was doing and learned that, despite a promising Soul Tool order, it lacked the personnel needed to operate. Qian Chaoguang identified the sect’s strict loyalty demands and poor recruitment approach as the cause of its stalled growth.

• Huo Yutong asked Wang Dong about the Tang Sect’s progress and explained how its techniques had helped her and her Soul Tool work.
• Wang Dong said the Tang Sect had a framework but was still an empty shell with too few people, while Beibei and Xu Sanshi neared Soul Emperor, Xiao Xiao reached Soul King, and Tang Ya reached Soul Ancestor.
• Wang Dong explained that Shrek Academy had ordered forty Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannons, but the Tang Sect lacked Soul Engineers to provide maintenance without revealing its core technology.
• Qian Chaoguang pointed out that the cannons were modular and easy to maintain, and asked why the Tang Sect could not hire Soul Engineers in Shrek City.
• Wang Dong admitted that Tang Ya and Beibei required recruits to swear lifelong loyalty before accessing sect secrets.
• Qian Chaoguang concluded that the Tang Sect’s strict loyalty rules, unwillingness to offer proper pay, and disdain for less experienced applicants had driven capable Soul Engineers away.