Chapter Summaries

Qian Chaoguang criticized the Tang Sect’s stubborn recruitment standards and proposed that they hire the Pixiu Merchant Association to handle Soul Tool repairs. Wang Dong listened as he explained that the partnership would also help his group establish a foothold in Shrek City before returning there.

• Wang Dong admitted that Tang Ya and Beibei would not listen to her, Xiao Xiao, or Sister Nannan about recruiting members.
• Qian Chaoguang argued that the Tang Sect’s demand that recruits win the New Student Competition made it nearly impossible to attract anyone.
• Qian Chaoguang offered to discuss a business idea with Beibei and Tang Ya, and Wang Dong eagerly asked to hear it.
• Qian Chaoguang proposed that the Pixiu Merchant Association sign a strategic cooperation contract and serve as the Tang Sect’s after-sales maintenance department.
• Wang Dong questioned whether his Soul Engineers could repair the Zhuge Soul Tool Cannon, and Qian Chaoguang explained that he had helped build its prototype and design key parts.

Qian Chaoguang explained his role in the Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannon and used the patent discussion to advance his covert plan to control the Tang Sect’s Soul Tool industry. He intended to make the sect dependent on his manufacturing and service network, leaving it vulnerable if war with Tang San became unavoidable.

• Qian Chaoguang told Wang Dong that he had co-created and improved the Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannon, while Huo Yutong and He Caitou described their work on its next generation.
• Qian Chaoguang said he would seek patent profits indirectly and arrange for his people to discuss the deal with Beibei and Tang Ya.
• Qian Chaoguang recalled how Huo Yutong and He Caitou’s involvement, along with his Pixiu Merchant Association and undead Soul Engineers, had enabled his plan to control the Tang Sect’s lifeline.
• Qian Chaoguang planned to underbid competitors and take over the Tang Sect’s manufacturing and after-sales service, making it difficult for the sect to escape its dependence.
• Qian Chaoguang viewed the plan as a way to weaken Tang San’s influence and prepare for the inevitable conflict between them.

Qian Chaoguang admitted to Huo Yutong that he intended to take control of the Tang Sect, then told Electrolux what he had learned about Tang San and Wang Dong. Electrolux was horrified to learn that Tang San had separated Tang Wutong’s childhood memories and soul fragment, leaving Wang Dong as a new consciousness nurtured by Da Ming and Er Ming.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong left dinner with Wang Dong and returned to the academy with He Caitou.
• Huo Yutong asked Qian Chaoguang whether he was trying to control the Tang Sect, and he confirmed that he was.
• Huo Yutong trusted Qian Chaoguang’s judgment, while He Caitou said he would follow his decisions.
• Qian Chaoguang entered the Undead Demi-plane and urgently explained Wang Dong and Tang Wutong’s situation to Electrolux.
• Electrolux condemned Tang San after Qian Chaoguang explained that he had separated Tang Wutong’s six years of memories and soul from Wang Dong.
• Qian Chaoguang concluded that Wang Dong’s consciousness had formed on a blank soul and was virtually separate from Tang Wutong’s former self.

Qian Chaoguang and Electrolux discussed Tang San’s manipulation of Tang Wutong’s soul and the danger of visiting the Clear Sky Sect. Electrolux revealed that Tang San would need at least seven days in the God Realm to recover from sending another Soul Fragment across planar barriers, leaving him unable to watch the lower realm for seven years.

• Qian Chaoguang concluded that Tang San had created a new soul by combining fragments and memories, and stopped blaming Wang Dong and Tang Wutong.
• Electrolux condemned Tang San’s treatment of souls and his Ten-Thousand-Year Plan, which had endangered countless lives for Tang Wulin’s sake.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that he feared Tang San might have a contingency in the Clear Sky Sect or target him and Xiao Tong, despite wanting the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Jade Marrow Bed.
• Electrolux said he had arranged for Tang Wutong’s Soul Fragment to shatter if Tang San tried to send it through the spatial barrier again.
• Electrolux estimated Tang San would need at least seven days in the God Realm to recover, giving Qian Chaoguang seven years in the lower realm without Tang San’s attention.

Qian Chaoguang and Electrolux discussed how excessive Power of Faith could corrupt Tang San’s divine soul, then decided that confronting a remnant of his Divine Sense could be a valuable opportunity. Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong set out with Wang Dong for the Clear Sky Sect, where Huo Yutong gave Wang Dong a powerful Flying Soul Tool.

• Electrolux warned that absorbing too much Power of Faith could overwhelm Tang San’s divine soul, especially because he held two opposing god positions.
• Electrolux urged Qian Chaoguang to face Tang San without fear and said he could capture any Divine Sense they encountered for study.
• Qian Chaoguang vowed to cut Tang San down and obtained Qian Duoduo’s permission to visit the Clear Sky Sect with Huo Yutong.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong packed and met Wang Dong at the Pixiu Soul Tool Shop before setting off for the Clear Sky Sect.
• Outside Mingdu, Huo Yutong gave Wang Dong a Class 6 Flying Soul Tool that she and Qian Chaoguang had made for him.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong showed Wang Dong their Soul Tool flight gear as the group set off for the Clear Sky Sect, and Wang Dong warned them that her family disliked Soul Tools. Meanwhile, Nana led an advance team toward Shrek City to negotiate with the Tang Sect and prepare the Pixiu Merchant Association’s expansion.

• Huo Yutong explained that Wang Dong’s new Flying Soul Tool accommodated her wings, while Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong demonstrated their more advanced armor-like flight prototypes powered by Milk Bottles.
• Qian Chaoguang gave Wang Dong flight goggles, and Huo Yutong learned that Wang Dong’s family used oil lamps and candles instead of Soul Guiding Lamps.
• Wang Dong warned Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to use Soul Tools sparingly at her family’s castle, and the three headed east toward the Clear Sky Sect.
• Nana led twenty Soul Masters southeast from Mingdu toward Shrek City to coordinate with the Tang Sect and prepare the Pixiu Merchant Association’s expansion into Rare Metal transport and sales.
• Nana carried ten Intermediate Undead Beings in her Space Soul Tool, while Qian Chaoguang remained ready to provide rapid backup if the advance team encountered danger.

Nana brought a letter and token from Qian Chaoguang to Shrek Academy, prompting a Sea God Pavilion Meeting. The elders considered his proposal to supply Shrek with Rare Metal at reduced prices, and the meeting was left weighing a lucrative trade plan.

• Nana led the Pixiu Merchant Caravan to Shrek Academy and delivered Qian Chaoguang's letter and token to Xian Lin'er.
• Xian Lin'er presented the letter and token at a Sea God Pavilion Meeting, where Mu En confirmed Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong as full members.
• The elders read Qian Chaoguang's letter and reacted with astonishment to the matters he described.
• Xian Lin'er urged the elders to accept Qian Chaoguang's plan to buy Rare Metal in the Sun Moon Empire and resell it cheaply in the Three Douluo Kingdoms.

Mu En and the Shrek elders approved Qian Chaoguang’s Rare Metal trade proposal, seeing it as a major opportunity for the academy and its Soul Tool Department. The academy began arranging a site and negotiations, while Mu En privately worried that he could not see Qian Chaoguang’s fate.

• Yan Shaozhe, Elder Lin, and Xuan Zi supported Qian Chaoguang’s cooperation proposal, citing its favorable prices and Shrek’s shortage of Rare Metal.
• Mu En held a vote, and all the elders raised their hands in favor of the deal.
• Mu En ordered Xian Lin'er to coordinate with the merchant association, allocate land near the Tang Sect, and have Shrek’s construction team build its base quickly.
• Xuan Zi volunteered to help excavate a warehouse beneath the site.
• After the meeting, Mu En reflected on Huo Yutong’s limitless potential and his inability to see Qian Chaoguang’s fate.
• A Martial Soul Department teacher escorted Nana and the others to the Soul Tool Department headquarters for negotiations.

Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong reached the Clear Sky Sect, where Huo Yutong entered a state of enlightenment and Qian Chaoguang discovered the sect’s hidden energy barrier. His investigation suggested that the golden clouds around the peak contained Spiritual Qi from the God Realm, possibly brought down by Tang San.

• Qian Chaoguang asked Wang Dong whether her family would resent his surname, and she assured him that the Angel Family’s inheritance had long been severed.
• The group flew to the Clear Sky Sect’s towering mountain, where Wang Dong explained how difficult it was to reach her home without a Flying Soul Tool.
• Qian Chaoguang installed a Milk Bottle into Wang Dong’s Flying Soul Tool, and Wang Dong and Huo Yutong admired its thoughtful design.
• At the mountainside, Huo Yutong entered a state of enlightenment while Wang Dong summoned gray-robed disciples and went to find Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Qian Chaoguang compressed his Divine Sense until it pierced an invisible barrier, revealing that the golden clouds were masses of high-energy matter that he suspected contained God Realm Spiritual Qi.

Qian Chaoguang and Electrolux examined the divine barrier around the Clear Sky Sect, and Electrolux tested it without Tang San noticing. Reassured that Tang San could not constantly observe the lower realm, Qian Chaoguang decided to seek samples of his power at Qiankun Valley of Love and Emotion.

• Qian Chaoguang sensed the Clear Sky Sect's barrier and recognized traces of the Law of Light within it.
• Electrolux analyzed the barrier's runes and said they were crude combinations of laws that could provide useful research material.
• Electrolux secretly opened and repaired a hole in the barrier, sampled its golden mist, and found that Tang San did not notice.
• Electrolux told Qian Chaoguang that Tang San could not observe the lower realm continuously and asked him to collect samples of Tang San's divine power and soul.
• Qian Chaoguang decided to visit Qiankun Valley of Love and Emotion to seek a sample of Tang San's divine soul.

Huo Yutong comprehended a powerful new technique, Spiritual Judgment, while Qian Chaoguang considered his plans to investigate the God Realm. Wang Dong led them to Clear Sky Fortress, where they began their visit to her home.

• Huo Yutong combined Mind Storm and Purple Demon Eyes to create Spiritual Judgment, which Qian Chaoguang recognized as a formidable mental attack.
• Wang Dong dismissed the Clear Sky Sect disciples and warned Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong that they would have to climb the mountain on foot.
• Qian Chaoguang noticed that the writing on Clear Sky Fortress resembled Tang San's handwriting and considered searching for the old Tang Sect plaque.
• Wang Dong welcomed Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to her home and invited them to stay and cultivate there.
• Qian Chaoguang praised Clear Sky Fortress as an ideal place to cultivate, while Wang Dong said she had been bored there as a child.

Wang Dong brought Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to the Clear Sky Sect, where Er Ming tested Qian Chaoguang and earned Wang Dong’s angry rebuke. Wang Dong then showed her friends around the fortress and led them to a special room on the second floor.

• Er Ming appeared and pressed Qian Chaoguang with his aura, but Qian Chaoguang’s blade intent broke through the pressure and earned Er Ming’s admiration.
• Wang Dong scolded Er Ming for testing her friends, then introduced him to Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong as her Second Father, Uncle Tai.
• Er Ming apologized to Qian Chaoguang and welcomed the visitors, while Wang Dong sarcastically accused him of undermining her assurances.
• Er Ming awkwardly left to check on the welcoming banquet, and Wang Dong began showing Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong around the fortress.
• Qian Chaoguang scanned the fortress and discovered hundreds of powerful soul masters, including at least thirty Titled Douluo, on the main peak.
• Wang Dong led Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to the second floor and brought them into a special room.

Wang Dong confronted Da Ming and Er Ming after they tested Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong out of suspicion about Qian Chaoguang’s surname and light Martial Soul. Her family’s distrust compounded years of pressure and resentment, and the chapter left her breaking down in front of them.

• Wang Dong showed Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to a stone-furnished room, where Qian Chaoguang identified Frozen Spring water and explained its benefits.
• Qian Chaoguang absorbed the Frozen Spring’s energy, and Huo Yutong tried the water and agreed it might help them advance at the Clear Sky Sect.
• Er Ming complained to Da Ming that their test of Qian Chaoguang had been unnecessary and had embarrassed Wang Dong.
• Wang Dong entered and demanded to know why Da Ming and Er Ming had distrusted her and treated her friends so rudely.
• Wang Dong defended Qian Chaoguang and condemned the brothers for holding old grudges against a possible descendant of Qian Renxue.
• Wang Dong became overwhelmed by years of pressure and her family’s suspicion, grabbed her hair, and roared at Da Ming and Er Ming.

Wang Dong confronted Da Ming and Er Ming after their actions upset her, and Da Ming apologized and promised to help her friends. Er Ming then denounced Tang San to Da Ming, while Qian Chaoguang learned of their resentment and began cultivating in the Clear Sky Sect with Huo Yutong.

• Wang Dong broke down in tears, and Er Ming stopped Da Ming from arguing with her.
• Da Ming apologized, promised Wang Dong's friends access to Ascension Pavilion and Heaven Character Room Number Two, and swore to trust her.
• After Wang Dong returned to her room, Er Ming blamed Tang San for exploiting the brothers and mistreating his former companions, while Da Ming silently acknowledged his points.
• Qian Chaoguang withdrew his Divine Sense after hearing the brothers' dispute and concluded that Tang San could not safely intervene in the lower realm.
• Qian Chaoguang began cultivating opposite Huo Yutong, and the Ice and Snow Two Empresses' powers merged as their phantoms appeared.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong absorbed the Cold Jade Marrow Bed’s energy and the Ice Empress’s Origin Power, pushing their cultivation toward a bottleneck while Qian Chaoguang completed the Golden Body Art’s second realm. Electrolux secretly monitored Da Ming and Er Ming and discovered a chance to act against Tang San’s influence before his Divine Sense returned.

• Ice Empress and Snow Empress unsealed their Origin Power as Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong cultivated together on the Cold Jade Marrow Bed.
• Qian Chaoguang endured bone-tempering pain while refining the bed’s energy, and he and Huo Yutong absorbed nearly all of its power.
• Da Ming and Er Ming lamented Tang San’s control over Xiao Dong and revealed the trident marks that surveilled them; Er Ming left to investigate Ascension Pavilion.
• Electrolux overheard the brothers, planted a hidden alarm to detect Tang San’s return, and resolved to tell Qian Chaoguang what he had learned.
• Qian Chaoguang’s bones turned fully golden, his three sealed Soul Rings became red, and the Golden Body Art’s second realm reached completion.

After advancing his cultivation at the Clear Sky Sect, Qian Chaoguang suspected Da Ming and Er Ming were secretly working against Tang San and discovered Tang San’s Divine Sense had stopped suppressing Wang Dong’s use of Soul Tools. The chapter ended with Wang Dong happily accepting Qian Chaoguang’s sword, Frostmourne, as her first usable Soul Tool.

• Qian Chaoguang finished cultivating on the Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Jade Marrow Bed and discussed Da Ming and Er Ming’s hostility toward Tang San with Electrolux.
• Qian Chaoguang suspected Da Ming and Er Ming had invited him and Huo Yutong to obtain Soul Rings in order to hinder Tang San’s recovery.
• Wang Dong visited and jokingly asked Qian Chaoguang to compensate her for the jade marrow bed, but she refused his offer of ten Level 8 Milk Bottles.
• Qian Chaoguang gave Wang Dong a greatsword, and she discovered that her usual revulsion toward Soul Tools had disappeared.
• Qian Chaoguang named the sword Frostmourne, and Wang Dong eagerly accepted it as her first Soul Tool she could use in battle.

Wang Dong celebrated her newfound ability to use Frostmourne, and Er Ming took her, Qian Chaoguang, and Huo Yutong through a spatial rift to a hidden ancient ruin. Qian Chaoguang recognized it as the original Sea God Island and secretly collected a sample of the Sea God’s lingering divine power before the group continued exploring.

• Wang Dong reveled in wielding Frostmourne and planned to test whether she could use other Soul Tools after obtaining Soul Rings.
• Er Ming invited Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong to eat, then opened a spatial rift to take them to Ascension Pavilion.
• Qian Chaoguang emerged into an ancient, dust-covered ruin surrounded by a gray protective array and recognized it as the former Sea God Island.
• Qian Chaoguang examined the Sea God Palace and found faint Sea God divine power still covering its structure.
• Qian Chaoguang secretly collected some of the divine power, and Electrolux sealed the sample and sent it to the Undead Demi-plane.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong entered the Sea God Palace and used its Totem Pole to obtain God-Bestowed Soul Rings, while Qian secretly stored his away for examination. The Totem Pole’s extraction of divine power repeatedly injured Tang San in the God Realm, leaving him weak and unaware of what had drained him.

• Er Ming warned Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to keep the forbidden ruins secret, then led them into the Sea God Palace.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong inspected the Totem Pole and confirmed it could create God-Bestowed Soul Rings by drawing on power connected to Tang San’s Divine Seat.
• Er Ming activated the Totem Pole, and Qian Chaoguang received a pale golden Soul Ring that he secretly sent into his spatial storage for safekeeping.
• In the God Realm, Tang San’s attempt to refine Asura faith was interrupted when the Totem Pole extracted Divine Sense from his divine soul, worsening his injuries.
• The extraction struck Tang San repeatedly, leaving him collapsed and unable to identify the source of the force draining his power.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong obtained four God-Bestowed Soul Rings and decided to save them while Electrolux examined their secrets. They met Da Ming and spent nearly a month living and training at Clear Sky Fortress.

• Er Ming took Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong from the Sea God Temple back to Clear Sky Fortress and explained how to absorb the God-Bestowed Soul Rings.
• Qian Chaoguang learned from Electrolux that the rings contained powerful energy and customizable blank skill imprints, and he considered replicating the process to create Artificial Soul Rings.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong chose to save their rings for later, with Qian Chaoguang privately prioritizing Electrolux's safety checks and plans to reverse-engineer them.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong met Da Ming, who advised them on cultivation and arranged a residence rich in World Origin Energy.
• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong lived at Clear Sky Fortress for nearly a month while Er Ming frequently joined them for meals and cultivation guidance.

Qian Chaoguang reviewed the Pixiu Merchant Association’s progress and searched for a material to power a fixed cross-plane Teleportation Array. Unable to find a suitable spatial material, he returned to the Undead Demi-plane to handle personnel rotations and found its teleportation point inside a newly built cargo facility.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong focused on cultivation, while Wang Dong celebrated being able to use Soul Tools and received approval from Er Ming for a custom set worth fifty million Gold Soul Coins.
• Nana reported that the Pixiu Merchant Association had secured contracts with the Treasure Gathering Pavilion, Tang Sect, and Shrek Academy, along with land in Shrek City.
• Nana showed Qian Chaoguang seven silver objects, but he found no suitable core for a fixed Teleportation Array and ordered her to keep searching.
• Qian Chaoguang returned to the Undead Demi-plane to manage personnel rotations and appeared inside a large facility where Rare Metals and undead workers were gathered.
• Qian Chaoguang spotted Dragon One peering down through an opening in the facility’s roof.