Recaps

Chen Hong subdued the remnant soul of Evil Soul Emperor Qian Yu and began questioning the nature of gods and Evil Soul Masters. He then explained his near-possession to his concerned relatives, while suspecting that his absent father Chen Lin might be involved.

• Qian Yu admitted that he had eaten the person he loved, and Chen Hong used the [Sage]'s Ring to capture his soul in a chaotic state.
• Chen Hong wondered whether gods had evolved by eating people and began considering whether Evil Soul Masters were the ones most likely to become gods.
• Ning Lu, Ning Quan, Ning Fengzhi, Jian Chenxin, and Ning Ji and Wife entered Chen Hong's room after Ning Lu feared he was possessed.
• Jian Chenxin mistook Chen Hong's emotionless expression for a sign that he was a fiend, but Ning Lu explained that his soul skill had stabilized his emotions.
• Chen Hong dismissed his soul rings, told his relatives that he had nearly been possessed, and withheld some details about Qian Yu.
• Chen Hong considered his fortunate family background and suspected that his absent father, Chen Lin, might be involved in the attempt against him.

Chen Hong explained how Qian Yu’s divided soul and hidden Head Soul Bone had nearly let the Evil Soul Master possess an unsuspecting victim. After Jian Chenxin confirmed Chen Hong was safe and exposed the Soul Bone’s danger, Ye Jie examined Chen Hong as he recovered.

• Chen Hong described how Qian Yu had divided his soul and hidden another part within his Blood Jade Head Soul Bone.
• Jian Chenxin examined Chen Hong’s mind, found a remnant soul and a strange Thought Domain, and confirmed Chen Hong had resisted possession.
• Jian Chenxin revealed that the Blood Jade Skull Bone carried the same soul aura as Qian Yu’s remnant soul and could have caused disaster if absorbed.
• Ning Fengzhi admitted he had planned to trade for the Soul Bone and save it for Ning Rongrong, while Chen Hong reassured everyone that Qian Yu would likely have been exposed soon.
• After Ning Fengzhi and Jian Chenxin left, Ye Jie examined Chen Hong and said that he was recovering well.

Chen Hong reunited with the Ning family and asked to keep Qian Yu’s Soul Bone so he could study it, promising not to absorb it. He explained that the Sage’s Ring made him speak unusually and demonstrated Sage’s Finger, a Self-Amplifying Soul Skill he had changed into an externally released skill.

• Chen Hong greeted Ye Jie, Ning Ji, and the others, then asked whether the Technology Guild convoy’s casualties and mercenary groups had received compensation.
• Chen Hong asked Ning Ji and Ning Quan to let him keep Qian Yu’s Soul Bone, and Ning Ji said the family had intended to give it to him anyway.
• Ning Ji asked why Chen Hong wanted the sinister Soul Bone, and Chen Hong said he wanted to study it, would not absorb it, and might damage it.
• Chen Hong explained that activating the Sage’s Ring to seal the remnant soul affected how he spoke, then demonstrated a Soul Ring and golden patterns spreading along his finger.
• Chen Hong revealed that he had changed a Self-Amplifying Soul Skill into an externally released Soul Skill called Sage’s Finger.

Chen Hong impressed Ning Ji with his technique for changing how Soul Ring skills were released, and his maternal family welcomed and supported him. At dinner, Chen Hong explained that he would not devour the Evil Soul Emperor’s soul and might seek help in Spirit City, though doing so could cost him the soul bone.

• Ning Ji recognized the potential of Chen Hong’s technique and promised to support him.
• Ye Jie explained that Ning Ji’s sour expression came from his own temper, and the family shared lunch together.
• Chen Hong realized Ning Ji had built formidable combat strength despite being unable to advance beyond level seventy-nine.
• Ning Ji asked Chen Hong how he planned to handle the Evil Soul Emperor’s soul in his mind.
• Chen Hong rejected the Evil Secret Method of Devouring Others' Souls and said he might seek a solution in Spirit City, even though he could lose the soul bone.

Chen Hong decided to preserve Qian Yu’s Head Soul Bone so he could study whether souls existed within Soul Bones and Soul Rings. With a rare soul-containing metal and the Soul Bone in hand, he wrote down his Three Souls Hypothesis, which he believed could overturn the world’s cultivation system.

• Chen Hong told Ning Ji he had ties to Hu Liena but preferred not to use her influence or let Qian Yu’s death go to waste.
• Ning Quan retrieved Qian Yu’s Head Soul Bone for Chen Hong after Ning Fengzhi warned him not to absorb it.
• Chen Hong examined the Soul Bone and Deep Sea Secret Soul Gold that Ning Fengzhi had given him in a Spatial Ring.
• Chen Hong wrote the Three Souls Hypothesis, proposing that Soul Power, Soul Rings, and Soul Bones were different forms of rules and outlining three related hypotheses.
• A later thesis by Fan Yu claimed the Three Souls Hypothesis’s author had encountered a time-traveling transmigrator, and its advisor dismissed the thesis as a pile of shit.

Chen Hong reflected on the dangers of researching Soul Power Science before meeting Ning Rongrong, who climbed over his wall to challenge his intelligence and strength. Their teasing exchange ended with Ning Rongrong accepting his claim that she was gentle, while hidden listeners reacted in the dark.

• Chen Hong wondered why the Soul Guidance Era had vanished and decided that researching weapons or godhood was dangerous for the weak.
• Ning Rongrong climbed over Chen Hong’s wall and revealed that she had come to judge the clever poor relative her father had mentioned.
• Ning Rongrong boasted that her Level 21 Soul Power made her stronger than Chen Hong and insisted violence could solve everything.
• Chen Hong’s comments about vulnerable places embarrassed Ning Rongrong, who accused him of being a pervert.
• Chen Hong praised Ning Rongrong as gentle, and she happily agreed while people hidden nearby twitched at their exchange.

Ning Rongrong’s nighttime visit ended with Chen Hong cleverly persuading her to go home, while Ning Fengzhi and the two Douluo Enshrinements discussed Chen Hong’s intelligence and his role in the Technology Guild. The elders recognized that Chen Hong was already a Soul Engineer, but Ning Fengzhi left the younger generation to handle their own affairs.

• Chen Hong flattered Ning Rongrong into believing she had climbed his wall to admire the moon, then urged her to return home safely.
• Ning Rongrong jumped down from the wall, hurt her foot, and limped back to her room without crying out.
• Ning Fengzhi, Jian Chenxin, and Gu Rong watched Ning Rongrong leave and discussed how easily Chen Hong had outsmarted her.
• Gu Rong explained that Chen Hong, not Chen Lin, was the Technology Guild’s true Soul Engineer and had created two genuine Soul Tools.
• Ning Fengzhi wondered whether Chen Hong could create powerful Soul Tools, but Gu Rong said his abilities were uncertain and his low Soul Power limited his prospects.
• Ning Fengzhi concluded that the younger generation should handle their own affairs.

Chen Hong headed down the mountain with Ning Quan to visit the Technology Guild and retrieve research materials, hoping to find a way to remove the Evil Soul Master's soul from his mind. Ning Rongrong caught up with them and insisted on joining him to see the Guild's Soul Tools.

• Ning Fengzhi arranged for Ning Quan to accompany Chen Hong to Treasure Sword City, while Ning Lu stayed behind with her family.
• Chen Hong and Ning Quan descended the mountain and discussed how the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect had earned a good reputation despite the strength-driven world.
• Ning Rongrong emerged from the bushes and accused Chen Hong of leaving without inviting her to play.
• Chen Hong asked why Ning Rongrong would not spend time with someone else, and she said she wanted to visit the Technology Guild and see its novel Soul Tools.

Ning Rongrong joined Chen Hong and Ning Quan on their trip down the mountain after Ning Quan accepted that she needed to undergo the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect heir’s Worldly Training. In Treasure Sword City, Chen Hong compensated the injured convoy guards and proposed hiring the surviving mercenaries to form a Technology Guild Security Department.

• Ning Rongrong asked to travel with Chen Hong, and Ning Quan agreed after Jian Chenxin conveyed that she should go out for Worldly Training.
• Chen Hong accepted Ning Rongrong’s company, and the three traveled down the mountain to Treasure Sword City.
• Chen Hong met the Technology Guild convoy staff and the two Soul Master Mercenary Groups at their inn.
• Chen Hong apologized for the casualties and promised healing, triple severance pay, and additional compensation for the families.
• Chen Hong offered the surviving mercenaries generous salaries to join the Technology Guild.

Chen Hong brought two Soul Master Mercenary Groups into the Technology Guild and began examining Deep Sea Secret Soul Gold in his workshop. While he focused on his experiment, Ning Rongrong discussed where she wanted to travel, leaving the group preparing for her journey down the mountain.

• Wang Bu and Li Bei pledged their mercenary groups to Chen Hong, who handed them over to Ning Shan.
• Chen Hong moved Soul Tool equipment into a wooden house and inspected the Deep Sea Secret Soul Gold with his Martial Soul and Mental Power.
• Chen Hong cut a tiny shaving from the metal and placed it in a glass vial for closer observation.
• Ning Quan led Ning Rongrong out of the workshop so Chen Hong could work undisturbed.
• Ning Rongrong told Ning Quan she wanted to visit a big city while keeping her trip within limits that would not cause trouble for the sect.

Ning Rongrong asked Ning Quan to take her to Suotuo City, and his praise led her to pretend she had proposed it out of foresight rather than a desire for fun. Meanwhile, Chen Hong studied Deep Sea Secret Soul Gold, discovered a soul-absorbing magnetic field containing fragments of rules, and began envisioning a stealth coating made from its properties.

• Ning Rongrong asked Ning Quan if she could accompany him to Suotuo City, and he praised her supposed foresight about the city's growth.
• Ning Rongrong accepted the flattering explanation despite privately admitting she mainly wanted to enjoy the excitement and visit the Technology Guild Headquarters.
• Chen Hong spent half a day examining Deep Sea Secret Soul Gold with his Martial Soul Psychic Power and found that it produced a magnetic field that drew in spiritual and soul-related things.
• Chen Hong detected fragments of Soul Power, which he identified as Fragments of Rules or Rule Patterns, within the metal's Soul Absorption magnetic field.
• Chen Hong named the phenomenon the Secret Soul Divine Mark and considered using it to make coatings that could keep Spirit Masters from detecting people with Mental Power.

Chen Hong considered how Deep Sea Secret Soul Gold and Soul Power could advance research beyond the traditional Spirit Master system, then began documenting experiments he hoped could transform the emerging Industrial Age. While repairing the Soul-Powered Truck with the Technology Guild, he bantered with Ning Rongrong, who challenged his claim that he had thought of its power system with his toes.

• Chen Hong reflected that Spirit Masters’ reliance on soul beasts and rigid education threatened the world’s future, and he dismissed Yu Xiaogang’s research as ultimately self-destructive.
• Chen Hong theorized that the Secret Soul Divine Mark might help absorb Mental Turbulence and accelerate the cultivation of Soul Power and Spiritual Power, and he recorded his ideas in his work journal.
• Chen Hong packed up his tools and joined the Technology Guild in repairing the Soul-Powered Truck, postponing further research until he understood Deep Sea Secret Soul Gold.
• Ning Rongrong watched Chen Hong work on the truck and marveled at how its power-transmission system made other parts turn.
• Chen Hong said he had thought of the mechanism with his toes, and Ning Rongrong retorted, “Why don't you say you thought of it with your little head?!”

Chen Hong repaired the Technology Guild’s Soul-Powered Trucks in Treasure Sword City and arranged for the guild’s next road to connect the city with Suotuo City. Three days later, the convoy set off for Suotuo City, leaving Chen Hong planning the guild’s future expansion.

• Ning Rongrong challenged Chen Hong, who answered with a suggestive remark that made her blush, kick him, and run off.
• Chen Hong inspected all eight Soul-Powered Trucks and fixed the hidden dangers he found.
• Chen Hong had Ning Shan contact the lord of Treasure Sword City about building a road between Treasure Sword City and Suotuo City.
• Chen Hong planned to use the Technology Guild’s technology to expand its influence and make surrounding forces suppliers of raw materials.
• Three days later, Chen Hong rode with the convoy as Ning Quan and Ning Rongrong drove the trucks out of Treasure Sword City toward Suotuo City.

The Technology Guild convoy returned safely to Suotuo City after an attack by Evil Soul Masters, and Chen Lin used the moment to seek Spirit Hall’s endorsement for a Guild armed force. Bishop Suotuo agreed to offer protection, setting the stage for the Technology Guild to develop an officially recognized Armament Department.

• Chen Hong reprimanded Ning Rongrong and Ning Quan for driving without licenses and warned them not to use the vehicles until they passed the test.
• The Technology Guild convoy entered Suotuo City as civilians and Spirit Masters cheered its safe return.
• Chen Lin told Bishop Suotuo that the Technology Guild needed its own defensive force, having recognized an opportunity to seek Spirit Hall’s support.
• Bishop Suotuo agreed that Spirit Hall should protect the Guild and offered assistance.
• The chapter described the future prospect of a modernized Soul Guidance Device army taking the field under the Technology Guild’s authority.

Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City and encountered the Technology Guild’s convoy, while Zhao Wuji and Li Yusong worried that the Guild might recruit Shrek Academy’s members. Back at the Guild headquarters, Chen Hong put off guiding his relatives and began studying the Deep Sea Secret Soul Gold’s magnetic field.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City from Nuoding City and were amazed by its size and prosperity.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu encountered the Technology Guild’s convoy, and Tang San recognized the Guild as the maker of the Soul Engine and Soul-Powered Trucks.
• Zhao Wuji and Li Yusong discussed how the Technology Guild might invite Shrek Academy members to serve as guards after the Guild Master's Wife and young son were attacked.
• Ning Lu told Chen Hong to guide his uncle and cousin around Suotuo City, but Chen Hong postponed the outing until the next day.
• Chen Hong returned to his room and began studying the magnetic field of the Deep Sea Secret Soul Gold.

Chen Hong brought Ning Rongrong to meet Flender at a curio shop and proposed that the Technology Guild sponsor Shrek Academy in exchange for establishing a School Board. Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived at the shop, while Flender agreed to the sponsorship and said Ning Rongrong could try the academy if she was strong enough.

• Chen Hong planned to persuade Ning Rongrong to attend Shrek Academy so he could leave her there.
• Chen Hong and Ning Rongrong visited Flender's curio shop on Suotuo City's commercial street.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu entered the shop and noticed Chen Hong and Ning Rongrong.
• Chen Hong observed Tang San and Xiao Wu and sensed that they seemed unusual.
• Flender accepted Chen Hong's proposal for the Technology Guild to sponsor Shrek Academy in exchange for establishing a School Board, and invited Ning Rongrong to try the academy if she was strong enough.

Chen Hong considered how to reshape Shrek Academy into a talent pipeline for the Technology Guild, while Flender weighed the proposed partnership. At Flender’s curio shop, Chen Hong discovered a crystal containing Dragon Whisker Gold and took it as payment, leaving Flender lamenting the loss.

• Chen Hong planned to use the Technology Guild’s support to turn Shrek Academy’s staff and students into skilled workers and develop its Soul Tool specialization.
• Tang San bought a yellow crystal from Flender while Chen Hong watched, and Flender later realized Tang San might have spotted its value.
• Chen Hong searched Flender’s dusty antiques and found another yellow crystal, which Ning Quan and Ning Rongrong suspected was valuable.
• Chen Hong used Psychic Power to reveal Dragon Whisker Gold particles inside the crystal and took it as payment for explaining Flender’s mistake.
• Chen Hong left the shop with Ning Quan and Ning Rongrong while Flender wailed over the lost treasure.

Chen Hong identified Dragon Whisker Gold as a natural Strong Interaction Force material, but found himself too weak to process it, so he planned to have the Technology Guild collect more. After several days of cultivation, he found Ning Quan and Ning Rongrong had wrecked his beloved Wind Chaser, then gave the motorcycle to Ning Rongrong and promised her a Dayun next time.

• Chen Hong recognized the golden bead as Dragon Whisker Gold and realized it was a rare, naturally occurring Strong Interaction Force material.
• Chen Hong failed to penetrate the Dragon Whisker Gold’s atomic forces and decided to add it to the Technology Guild’s collection list.
• Chen Hong continued cultivating and studying the Secret Soul Divine Mark in hopes of removing the remnant soul from his head.
• Chen Hong found Ning Quan and Ning Rongrong after they had badly damaged his Wind Chaser motorcycle.
• Ning Rongrong excitedly thanked Chen Hong for the motorcycle, and he promised to give her a Dayun next time.

Chen Hong brought Ning Rongrong and Ning Quan back to the city, repaired Windchaser, and rode with Ning Rongrong toward Shrek Academy while Ning Quan followed. On the way, Chen Hong warned Ning Rongrong to think carefully about her role as the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect's heir, then used Sage's Tremor Wave to silence her after she kept headbutting him.

• Chen Hong explained what a mud head truck was and took Ning Rongrong and Ning Quan back to the Technology Guild to clean up and repair Windchaser.
• Chen Hong repaired Windchaser and rode toward Shrek Academy with Ning Rongrong, while Ning Quan followed on foot.
• Ning Rongrong reflected on the Technology Guild's growth and compared its future to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Chen Hong told Ning Rongrong to understand what the sect needed and what she truly wanted instead of being swayed by flattery.
• Ning Rongrong grew angry at Chen Hong's teasing and repeatedly headbutted his back, so he unleashed Sage's Tremor Wave to quiet her.

Li Yusong tested applicants at Shrek Academy, where Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing qualified as three “little monsters.” Ning Rongrong and Chen Hong then arrived on Soul-Powered Motorcycles, and Chen Hong introduced himself as a famous good-for-nothing.

• Li Yusong rejected applicants who failed Shrek Academy’s strict requirements and refused to refund their registration fees, driving most of the crowd away.
• Tang San persuaded Xiao Wu to stay, and he and Zhu Zhuqing joined her to take the admission tests.
• Dai Mubai returned with Ma Hongjun and Oscar, and he falsely told Li Yusong that “Geneva” was praise, prompting Li Yusong to repeat it to the applicants.
• Li Yusong tested Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing and was surprised when all three qualified.
• Ning Rongrong arrived on a Soul-Powered Motorcycle, followed by Chen Hong on the Wind-Chasing Motorcycle, and Chen Hong called himself a famous good-for-nothing.

Chen Hong, Shrek Academy’s biggest financial backer, inspected the academy and questioned Ma Hongjun and Oscar about funds meant to treat Ma Hongjun’s martial-spirit side effects. After learning Flender had built a place for that purpose, Chen Hong suspected he had used the education funds to open a brothel.

• Li Yusong checked Chen Hong’s age and Soul Power, but Chen Hong said he had come to inspect Shrek Academy rather than take its entrance examination.
• Chen Hong marked the academy’s gate and other features in his checklist while Li Yusong sent Ma Hongjun and Oscar to keep an eye on him.
• Dai Mubai led Tang San and the other new students deeper into the academy, while Ning Quan stayed behind and challenged Li Yusong.
• Chen Hong asked Ma Hongjun where the funds for treating his martial-spirit side effects had gone, but Ma Hongjun struggled to answer.
• Oscar said Flender had built a place for Ma Hongjun’s treatment, though Oscar had never seen it and Dai Mubai often took Ma Hongjun there.

Chen Hong presented Flender with a report criticizing Shrek Academy’s convictions, leadership, and reliance on powerful Spirit Master teachers. He argued that the academy’s staff had become an obstacle to its growth, leaving Flender to consider the criticism.

• Oscar told Chen Hong that Flender’s promised solution to Ma Hongjun’s Martial Soul side effects was a Mimicry Training Environment built outside the academy.
• Chen Hong went to Flender’s office with Oscar and Ma Hongjun and presented the Shrek Academy Investigation Report.
• Chen Hong explained that the report blamed Shrek Academy’s flawed convictions and narrow understanding of how to run an academy for its lack of progress despite substantial funding.
• Chen Hong challenged Flender’s belief that powerful Spirit Masters were necessarily good teachers, and Oscar suggested there was no necessary connection between the two.
• Chen Hong told Flender that the academy’s powerful teaching staff had become an obstacle because they focused on themselves instead of adapting to students’ individual needs.

Chen Hong persuaded Flender to give him authority over Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool Department, and Flender decided that Yu Xiaogang’s arrival would provide the academy with theoretical expertise. Chen Hong then walked across the training field with Ma Hongjun and Oscar and discovered that Ning Rongrong and the others were still undergoing their enrollment assessment.

• Chen Hong explained that Shrek Academy needed theoretical expertise to complement its strong teachers, and Flender agreed to put him in charge of the Soul Tool Department and its budget.
• Flender said Yu Xiaogang would come to Shrek Academy with his disciple Tang San, and he looked forward to the two experts meeting.
• Ma Hongjun and Oscar followed Chen Hong from the dean’s office, and Chen Hong told them they could call him by name or Brother Chen.
• Ma Hongjun asked about the Clear Mind Soul Tool, and Chen Hong confirmed he had designed it while sensing Soul Power fluctuations near a small courtyard.
• Chen Hong, Ma Hongjun, and Oscar heard fighting inside the courtyard and realized Ning Rongrong and the others were still taking their enrollment assessment.
• Ma Hongjun admitted that the Clear Mind Soul Tool could influence his mood but could not control his sexual arousal.

Chen Hong used his Sage soul skill on Ma Hongjun to suppress the influence of his Evil Fire, despite warning him about the skill’s side effects. Ma Hongjun emerged with a clear mind and declared that he finally understood himself.

• Ma Hongjun asked Chen Hong for a stronger remedy for his Evil Fire, and Chen Hong offered to use his soul skill instead.
• Chen Hong warned Ma Hongjun that the skill would cause distracting thoughts after it ended, but Ma Hongjun agreed to try it.
• Chen Hong told Oscar to keep an eye on Ma Hongjun, then activated the Sage: Big Head Defeats Little Head Technique.
• The skill’s Mental Impact struck Ma Hongjun, whose mind cleared as the Evil Fire’s influence subsided.
• Ma Hongjun sighed that the Phoenix’s brothel visits had not been his fault and said he finally understood himself.

Chen Hong’s First Soul Skill gave Ma Hongjun a sudden enlightenment that quieted his turmoil over his Evil Fire, leaving Oscar bewildered by his friend’s new sage-like behavior. As Chen Hong considered his next soul skill, an angry roar of “Xiao Wu!!!” came from a nearby courtyard.

• Ma Hongjun emerged from Chen Hong’s soul skill in a serene, enlightened state and told Oscar he had seen the true meaning of his life.
• Chen Hong explained that his skill affected people differently and that Ma Hongjun’s past experiences had helped bring about his sudden clarity.
• Oscar tried to stop Ma Hongjun from speaking in polished prose while Chen Hong watched them playfully.
• Chen Hong reflected on why his First Soul Skill was powerful and considered what his Second Soul Skill might do.
• Someone inside a nearby courtyard shouted, “Xiao Wu!!!”