Recaps

Qian Xunzong used the Azure Evolution Sword to severely wound the Soul-Calming Giant Octopus and drive it into the deep sea, then slowed the Cloud Stairway Radiance Chariot’s voyage. A week later, the group encountered a ship from the Bright Moon Empire, and Suo Yun asked its captain for permission to come aboard.

• Qian Xunzong unleashed the Twin-Sleeved Azure Serpents, severing several of the Soul-Calming Giant Octopus’s tentacles and forcing it to retreat into the abyss.
• Xinghe warned Qian Xunzong that traveling too quickly through the deep sea could attract dangerous Ferocious Beasts, so Qian Xunzong ordered the chariot to slow down.
• After a week at sea, a Soul Engineer spotted a ship ahead, and Qian Xunzong ordered the Cloud Stairway Radiance Chariot to approach it.
• Captain Mo Shan recognized the chariot as an extraordinary Soul Tool and warned his crew to pull in their fishing nets and avoid offending its occupants.
• Qian Xunzong sent Suo Yun to ask whether they could board the ship, and Mo Shan eagerly agreed.

Qian Xunzong and his companions boarded Mo Shan’s ship to reach the Sun and Moon Continent, where they learned about its rival empires and advanced Soul Tool factions. Qian Xunzong suspected that his mother, who had left more than ten years earlier, might have helped end the Radiant Sun Empire’s rebellion and advance its Soul Tool technology.

• Mo Shan welcomed Qian Xunzong and his companions aboard his ship and ordered his crew to prepare their finest seafood for them.
• Qian Xunzong explained to Xinghe that people on the Sun and Moon Continent mostly cultivated Soul Tools, though some also cultivated martial souls.
• A crewman described the Bright Moon Empire and Radiant Sun Empire, their three leading Soul Tool factions, and the Radiant Sun Empire’s rapid progress after a rebellion more than ten years earlier.
• Qian Xunzong connected the timing of the rebellion and technological breakthrough to his mother, whose surname was Xu and who had left more than ten years earlier.
• Qian Xunzong recalled his mother’s advanced Soul Tool work and wondered how she was doing, while Xinghe reassured him that she was likely safe and powerful.

Qian Xunzong and his companions arrived on the Sun and Moon Continent and traveled to Cloud Sea City, where they learned that registration had opened for the annual Soul Tool Tournament. The chapter ended with Mo Shan revealing that this year's All-Continent Soul Tool Grand Finals would take place in the Radiant Sun Empire's imperial capital.

• Qian Xunzong and the Soul Engineers sailed to the Bright Moon Empire's coast and disembarked at a harbor under Cloud Sea City's jurisdiction.
• Mo Shan led the group toward Cloud Sea City, where Qian Xunzong observed how deeply Soul Tool technology shaped daily life.
• After entering the city, Qian Xunzong and his companions saw crowds rushing toward the center and learned that registration had opened for the Soul Tool Tournament.
• Mo Shan explained the tournament's path from city qualifiers to the All-Continent Soul Tool Grand Finals.
• Mo Shan told Qian Xunzong that this year's finals would be held in the Radiant Sun Empire's imperial capital.

Qian Xunzong arrived in Cloud Sea City and chose to delay searching for his mother until he understood the Sun and Moon Continent’s powers. After gaining complete Level-Six Soul Tool knowledge, he headed to the Soul Tool Association to obtain the certification needed to enter the tournament.

• Qian Xunzong considered the risks of investigating his mother’s location in the Radiant Sun Empire and decided to establish himself before searching for her.
• Qian Xunzong gave Mo Shan a Level-Six Soul Tool ship as thanks for guiding the group.
• Qian Xunzong reached the Cloud Sea City tournament plaza and signed in, gaining complete Level-Six Soul Tool knowledge and the skills of a peak Level-Six Soul Engineer.
• Tournament staff told Qian Xunzong he needed an official Soul Engineer identity token to register, so he and his group left for the Cloud Sea City Soul Tool Association.

Qian Xunzong visited the Cloud Sea City Soul Tool Association to begin the required Level-One Soul Engineer assessment, despite already being a Peak Level-Six Soul Engineer. After Xinghe crippled a mocking Level-Three Soul Engineer and his lackeys, Qian Xunzong entered the workshop and quickly forged a flawless Level-One soul tool.

• Qian Xunzong learned that Soul Engineer certifications had to be earned one level at a time and agreed to take the Level-One assessment.
• A richly dressed Level-Three Soul Engineer and his lackeys mocked Qian Xunzong for focusing on martial souls rather than soul tools.
• Xinghe used his pressure to pin everyone in the hall, then crippled the young man and his lackeys at Qian Xunzong's order.
• Qian Xunzong warned the onlookers not to underestimate martial souls and had the staff register his assessment.
• Qian Xunzong entered the workshop and forged a flawless Glimmer Lighting Soul Pendant in less than a minute.

Qian Xunzong rapidly earned Level-Five Soul Engineer certification and registered for the Cloud Sea City tournament. At the tournament’s opening, he forged a nearly Level-Six-quality Soul Tool, leaving the judge stunned as the results awaited.

• Qian Xunzong passed the Level-One through Level-Five Soul Engineer assessments in minutes, producing flawless Soul Tools at every level.
• Tai Zhen explained that Cloud Sea City could not certify Level-Six Soul Engineers, and Qian Xunzong accepted his Level-Five badge.
• Qian Xunzong registered for the tournament, shocking the plaza crowd when they learned he was its only Level-Five Soul Engineer.
• The Cloud Sea City Soul Tool Tournament began, and Qian Xunzong forged the Mystic Flame Light-Suppressing Shield with supreme craftsmanship.
• A judge inspected Qian Xunzong’s Soul Tool and exclaimed that it was a peak Level-Five masterpiece with flawless patterns and pure energy.

Qian Xunzong won first place in the Cloud Sea City Soul Tool Tournament and agreed to represent the city in the larger competition. He departed with the delegation for Sacred Far City, where he would face contestants from across the southwestern region.

• Sun Wufa examined Qian Xunzong's Mysterious Flame Light-Suppressing Shield and declared it a perfect Level-Five masterpiece.
• Sun Wufa announced Qian Xunzong as the undisputed champion of the Cloud Sea City Soul Tool Tournament.
• Sun Wufa offered Qian Xunzong five hundred thousand Sun and Moon Coins and the association's support to compete for Cloud Sea City, and Qian Xunzong accepted.
• Three days later, Tai Zhen led the Cloud Sea City contestants aboard the association's gilded gear carriage bound for Sacred Far City.
• Tai Zhen warned Qian Xunzong that the competition would be difficult, but Qian Xunzong confidently assured him that it would be easy.

The Cloud Sea City team arrived in Sacred Far City, where Qian Xunzong applied for Level-6 Soul Engineer certification. His spiritual power test stunned the examiners by reaching above the peak Level-Seven mark, and the remaining tests were still ahead.

• Tai Zhen led the Cloud Sea City team to Sacred Far City and told Qian Xunzong he could certify as a Level-6 Soul Engineer at the city association.
• Tai Zhen brought Qian Xunzong to the Sacred Far City Soul Tool Association, where the auditing elders doubted that someone so young could qualify.
• The elders agreed to examine Qian Xunzong after Tai Zhen vouched for him and explained that certification required three tests.
• Qian Xunzong injected his spiritual power into the testing crystal, which shone violet-gold and registered above the peak Level-Seven mark.

Qian Xunzong earned Level-Six Soul Engineer certification with a flawless assessment, then received a system infusion that raised his abilities to the top of Level Seven. At the Sacred Far City tournament, he advanced to the Bright Moon City semifinals as Cloud Sea City’s sole qualifier.

• Qian Xunzong flawlessly engraved six advanced Level-Six patterns, added two Level-Seven patterns, and passed all three certification assessments with full marks.
• The white-haired elder registered Qian Xunzong as an officially certified Level-Six Soul Engineer and presented him with his badge.
• Qian Xunzong signed in at the Sacred Far City Soul Tool Association and received a full-spectrum Level-Seven Soul Engineer experience infusion.
• The next day, Qian Xunzong dominated his tournament matches while Cloud Sea City’s other contestants were eliminated.
• Qian Xunzong secured one of five places in the Bright Moon City semifinals, outclassing the other advancing prodigies in age, rank, and strength.

After Qian Xunzong’s spectacular performance, Luan Shu visited him and offered lavish rewards to recruit him into Sacred Far City. Qian refused twice, and the chapter ended with Shen Ye confronting Luan Shu after Qian signaled him.

• The audience and Luan Shu were astonished by fourteen-year-old Qian Xunzong’s Level-6 Soul Engineering talent, and Luan resolved to recruit him.
• Qian Xunzong and his group returned to their inn, where Luan Shu arrived with guards to meet him in person.
• Luan Shu offered Qian the position of Honorary Guest Elder and extensive privileges, but Qian declined because he would not pledge himself to a city.
• Luan Shu increased his offer with a blessed estate, rare resources, blueprints, and connections, but Qian refused again.
• Luan Shu pressed Qian to reconsider, so Qian signaled Shen Ye, who revealed his Level-Eight Soul Cannon and warned Luan that Qian had already refused.

After Qian Xunzong intimidated Luan Shu into backing down, he and four other Sacred Far City contestants traveled to Bright Moon City for the empire’s Soul Tool semifinals. The chapter ended with the contestants assembled before the emperor, leading Soul Tool masters, and judges as the competition was about to begin.

• Qian Xunzong’s guard revealed a Level-Eight Soul Cannon, and Luan Shu realized Qian Xunzong’s background and power far exceeded his expectations.
• Luan Shu apologized to Qian Xunzong, then ordered Sacred Far City to protect and serve Qian Xunzong’s party and keep their identity secret.
• Qian Xunzong won first place in the Sacred Far City Junior Soul Tool Tournament and secured a place in the provincial semifinals.
• After three days of rest, Qian Xunzong and four other contestants from Sacred Far City traveled to Bright Moon City.
• Bright Moon Emperor Kong Qianqiu, four Level-Nine Soul Tool masters, and ten Level-Eight judges gathered at Myriad Souls Grand Plaza as 216 contestants prepared for the semifinals.

Qian Xunzong forged a Level-Six Early-Grade defensive Soul Tool during the Bright Moon Empire semifinals, shocking Zui Hongchen with his advanced formation work. He finished first with the Xuanbi Zhenyue Shield while the other contestants were still completing Level-Five tools.

• The chief referee announced the semifinal rules and began the two-hour competition.
• Qian Xunzong quickly forged a tool blank and engraved it with an unfamiliar formation as nearby contestants mocked his work.
• Zui Hongchen recognized Qian Xunzong's formation as an independently improved Level-Six Early-Grade Bastion Defense Formation.
• Qian Xunzong completed the Level-Six Early-Grade Xuanbi Zhenyue Shield before anyone else in the arena.

Qian Xunzong’s Gilded Blackwall Zhenyue Shield was judged to be a perfect-grade Level-Six soul tool, prompting accusations that he had cheated. Zui Hongchen vouched for Qian Xunzong’s entire forging process and declared that his achievement came from extraordinary talent.

• Qian Xunzong finished forging his shield early, and contestants accused him of making a useless fake or cheating.
• The judges examined the shield and announced that it was a perfect-grade Level-Six soul tool, exceeding the Level-Five limit of the competition.
• Contestants challenged the result, and the judges asked Qian Xunzong to forge another Level-Six soul tool on the spot to prove his innocence.
• Four contestants from Sacred Far City defended Qian Xunzong, saying they had watched him forge the shield without assistance.
• Zui Hongchen stopped the judges from requiring another forging and vouched for Qian Xunzong’s process, praising his improved defensive array and exceptional skill.

After Qian Xunzong won first place in the Semifinals, the Bright Moon Empire convoy set out for the Grand Finals in Radiant Sun City. Meanwhile, a masked Venerable Master ordered five powerful elders to intercept the convoy and kill everyone accompanying Qian Xunzong.

• Zui Hongchen vouched for Qian Xunzong’s talent, silencing accusations of cheating, and the judges announced him as the Semifinals’ first-place finisher.
• The twenty finalists were given three days to rest, then departed Bright Moon City under heavy military escort for Radiant Sun City.
• As the convoy entered the border wilderness, a black-clad subordinate reported Qian Xunzong’s achievements to the masked Venerable Master in Nether Soul Valley.
• The Venerable Master ordered the Elder Council’s five great elders to capture Qian Xunzong alive or kill him, slaughter the entire convoy, and leave no evidence.
• The subordinate summoned the five elders, including one Initial-Grade Level-Nine Soul Engineer and four Peak Level-Eight Soul Engineers.

Five Elders from the Elder Council triggered a controlled beast tide to ambush the Bright Moon convoy and kill Qian Xunzong. After his Level-9 guards exposed the plot, Qian Xunzong ordered his forces to counterattack and kill the attackers.

• The five Elders concealed themselves in Netherworld Forest and prepared a trap along the convoy's route.
• A massive beast tide struck the Bright Moon convoy, shattering its defensive barrier and overwhelming the armored cavalry.
• The leading Peak Level-Eight Soul Engineer realized the beasts had been driven mad by an evil art and warned the defenders.
• Two Level-9 guards told Qian Xunzong that five evil cultivators had targeted him from Netherworld Forest.
• Qian Xunzong ordered his guards to clear out the beast tide and kill the hidden cultivators, and his Level-9 and Level-Eight guards joined the battle.

Qian Xunzong’s convoy crushed a mind-controlled beast tide with Soul Cannons while Xinghe killed the five evil cultivators controlling it. With the threat ended, Qian Xunzong ordered the survivors to regroup and continue toward Radiant Sun City.

• Qian Xunzong’s Soul Engineers unleashed a barrage that devastated the beast tide, while Soul Tool collectors gathered the fallen beasts’ Soul Rings.
• The five black-robed elders controlling the beasts through a Soul-Driving Formation dismissed the convoy’s chances and failed to notice Xinghe approaching.
• Xinghe appeared above Netherworld Forest and killed all five elders with a single silver spear strike.
• The Soul-Driving Formation collapsed, freeing the surviving soul beasts, which fled the battlefield.
• Qian Xunzong ordered the soldiers and Soul Engineers to clear the battlefield, treat the wounded, repair their equipment, and resume the journey to Radiant Sun City.

Qian Xunzong arrived in Radiant Sun City for the All-Continent High-Grade Soul Tool Grand Finals, where he concealed his true Level-Seven skill while the contestants began the first round. As the competition started, he planned to build a Peak Level-Six Soul Tool and win without drawing excessive attention.

• Qian Xunzong and his group left the Blazing Flame Sect and traveled to Radiant Sun City for the Grand Finals.
• Emperor Xu Qingxuan opened the competition before fifty young contestants and announced its three rounds and rewards.
• The contestants began crafting Soul Tools on-site under a two-shichen time limit.
• Spectators praised Chu Nianyao and Su Youqi as leading Level-Six contenders, while Wang Hongchen mentioned a hidden Level-Six Soul Engineer on the Bright Moon Empire team.
• Qian Xunzong kept his Peak Level-Seven ability secret and decided to craft a Peak Level-Six Soul Tool.

Qian Xunzong revealed his Peak Level-Six Eight-Directional Thousand-Evolution Cannon during the tournament, defeated the other contestants, and won first place. He accepted an invitation to study advanced Soul Tool knowledge at the Crimson Sun Sacred Tower headquarters, curious to see what awaited him there.

• Qian Xunzong crafted and registered the Peak Level-Six Eight-Directional Thousand-Evolution Cannon, which could transform between artillery, cannon, shield, and dismantled Soul Cannons.
• Qian Xunzong used the dismantled cannons to lead his team past the first round and advance to the top twenty-five.
• Several Level-Five Soul Engineers attacked Qian Xunzong together in the battle royale, so he fully deployed his cannon and blasted them out of the battle zone.
• Qian Xunzong showed the registration record, and the referee verified that his versatile Soul Tool had been crafted on-site and that he had not cheated.
• Qian Xunzong won the tournament, followed by Chu Nianyao in second place and Su Youqi in third.
• Xu Qingxuan presented awards to the top contestants and announced a month of advanced study at the Crimson Sun Sacred Tower headquarters for the top three.

After Qian Xunzong’s investigation linked the Radiant Sun Empire’s secret Soul Tool reforms to a powerful member of the imperial family, he infiltrated the imperial palace to seek clues about his mother. A Rank 97 Peak Titled Douluo caught him in the Forbidden Ground, and their fierce battle began.

• Qian Xunzong’s Level-Eight Soul Engineer squad reported that a powerful imperial family member had secretly led the Radiant Sun Empire’s Soul Tool reforms, strengthening his suspicion that his mother was involved.
• Qian Xunzong decided to infiltrate the imperial palace, and Xinghe warned him of the danger before agreeing to support him if he became trapped.
• Qian Xunzong used the Azure Moonlight Dome to evade the palace’s detection systems and guards, but a woman confronted him upon entering the deepest Forbidden Ground.
• Qian Xunzong and the woman exchanged a powerful palm strike, and she revealed herself as a Rank 97 Peak Titled Douluo with Blood Moon Twin Blades.
• Qian Xunzong revealed his extraordinary seven-ring configuration, summoned the Judgment Blade, activated Heavenly Radiance Augmentation, and charged into the woman’s blade assault.

Qian Xunzong fought Mu Han, the Radiant Sun Empire’s Level-97 Peak Douluo, in the Imperial Palace’s Forbidden Ground before using the Judgment Domain and his concealment to escape. Mu Han reported the encounter to her mysterious master, who ordered her not to pursue him and became curious about the prodigy.

• Qian Xunzong and Mu Han exchanged dozens of attacks, with neither gaining a decisive advantage.
• Qian Xunzong trapped Mu Han in his Judgment Domain, but she shattered it with her Blood Moon Heaven-Shaking Slash.
• Qian Xunzong escaped using his speed and the Azure Moonlight Dome’s concealment before palace reinforcements could catch him.
• Ouyang Feng arrived with Soul Engineer guards, and Mu Han ordered them not to pursue the escaped intruder.
• Mu Han told her master that the intruder was a Soul Sage with rare Hundred Thousand Year Soul Rings who had fought her evenly.
• Mu Han’s master refused to mobilize the Dark Rain Guard, leaving Mu Han wary and curious about Qian Xunzong.

After Qian Xunzong investigated the Radiant Sun Imperial Palace and discovered a Level-97 Peak Douluo, the Radiant Sun Empire invited him to the Crimson Sun Sacred Tower for a lecture. He dismissed Chu Qianji’s teaching as basic and took up a Soul-Breaking Sword to explain his own perspective.

• Qian Xunzong told Xinghe that the palace held a Level-97 Peak Douluo and many Soul Engineers, and they agreed to avoid further investigation for now.
• Palace guards escorted Qian Xunzong to the Crimson Sun Sacred Tower, where he met fellow tournament winners Su Youqi and Chu Nianyao.
• Chu Qianji lectured the three winners on innovation and progress in Soul Tool creation.
• Qian Xunzong grew bored, then told Chu Qianji that his teachings were old clichés and too basic.
• At Chu Qianji’s invitation, Qian Xunzong picked up a Level-Six Soul-Breaking Sword to discuss his own ideas.

Qian Xunzong demonstrated how to transform the Soul-Breaking Sword into a Peak Level-Six Soul Tool, earning the Crimson Sun Sacred Tower’s admiration before heading to its Library Pavilion. There, he discovered an ancient book advocating that Soul Tools should improve ordinary people’s lives, and he wondered who in the Radiant Sun Empire had written it.

• Qian Xunzong identified the Soul-Breaking Sword’s inefficient formations and explained how minor changes could greatly improve its power.
• Qian Xunzong modified the sword, and Chu Qianji tested it by cutting through the trial rock wall with a single slash.
• Chu Qianji praised Qian Xunzong and allowed him and the others to study freely in the Sacred Tower’s Library Pavilion, forging rooms, and trial grounds.
• Qian Xunzong left the lecture hall and searched the Library Pavilion for clues about the Radiant Sun Empire.
• Qian Xunzong found and read an ancient book arguing that Soul Tools should benefit ordinary people and be used throughout daily life.

Qian Xunzong explained how Soul Tools could benefit ordinary people and identified the technical and social obstacles to achieving that goal, astonishing a mysterious woman who met his gaze before leaving. Meanwhile, Chu Qianji and two vice tower lords examined a sword Qian Xunzong had upgraded and were amazed by his skill.

• A mysterious woman asked Qian Xunzong what he admired about a book's philosophy, and he praised its vision of using Soul Tools to serve ordinary people.
• Qian Xunzong identified Soul Power requirements and entrenched prejudices as the main barriers to making Soul Tools accessible to commoners.
• The woman praised Qian Xunzong's insight, then exchanged a startled look with him before departing; he wondered why she felt familiar.
• Chu Qianji showed Xu Qingdao and Wu Qiumeng a Soul-Breaking Sword that Qian Xunzong had improved from beginner to peak Level Six.
• Xu Qingdao and Wu Qiumeng examined the sword's formation and praised Qian Xunzong as a rare genius.

A veiled woman in the Radiant Sun Imperial Palace learned that the young Soul Tool tournament champion was Qian Xunzong, whose name and appearance stirred memories of her past. She arranged to open a lecture hall at the Crimson Sun Sacred Tower the next day, leaving its masters preparing a small gathering that would include Qian Xunzong.

• The veiled woman remembered Little Six while reading an old book, and Qian Daoliu separately looked at the moon and spoke of their son.
• The woman ordered Muyou to investigate the young man she had seen, and Muyou reported that he was the tournament champion and a gifted Peak Level-Six Soul Engineer.
• When Muyou revealed the young man's name was Qian Xunzong, the woman demanded details about his background and ordered a fuller investigation within one day.
• The woman told Muyou to arrange a lecture hall at the tower for the following day, prompting Muyou to inform Chu Qianji and the other tower masters.
• Chu Qianji and the others decided to limit attendance to twenty elders with Level-Seven and Level-Eight bottlenecks and to bring Qian Xunzong to the lecture.

Qian Xunzong attended a lecture by the continent’s foremost Peak Level-Nine Soul Engineer and was invited to help her create a Level-Nine Soul Tool. After he claimed he would engrave its core array, she defended him from the protesting elders, who left the hall under Chu Qianji’s warning.

• Qian Xunzong checked in at the Crimson Sun Sacred Tower and gained Peak Level-Nine Soul Engineer abilities from the system.
• The mysterious woman lectured on the Myriad Tribulations Heaven-Burning Cannon and the Void World-Suppressing Disk, then invited Qian Xunzong to help create a Level-Nine Soul Tool.
• The woman rebuked the elders who objected to Qian Xunzong’s participation, and Qian Xunzong accepted her invitation.
• The woman chose to make an offensive tower-shaped Soul Tool, and Qian Xunzong volunteered to engrave its Level-Nine Core Soul Tool Array while she handled the materials.
• The elders protested again, but the woman ordered them out and Chu Qianji warned them to leave; they departed in disgrace.