Chapter Summaries

Ye Chen made breakfast for Ma Xiaotao, who asked him to stay and cultivate with her, and he promised to make time for her. He then headed to the Outer Court's Soul Tool Department, hoping Xian Lin'er would create a Level 9 Soul Tool and become the Tang Sect's spokesperson.

• Ye Chen got up early and prepared breakfast while Ma Xiaotao slept.
• Ma Xiaotao joined Ye Chen at breakfast and asked him to stay for a few more days to cultivate with her.
• Ye Chen promised to visit Ma Xiaotao daily during the upcoming academy break and cultivate with her.
• After breakfast, Ye Chen left Ma Xiaotao's place and went to the Outer Court's Soul Tool Department.
• Ye Chen thought about Xian Lin'er's help in keeping his secret and hoped she would create a Level 9 Soul Tool so he could ask her to represent the Tang Sect.

Ye Chen waited for Xian Lin'er to finish engraving a difficult Soul Tool Core Array, then cared for her as she celebrated her success. The chapter left them resting together in the laboratory while Xian Lin'er ate the food Ye Chen had brought.

• Ye Chen arrived at Xian Lin'er's laboratory and quietly waited while she worked on a nearly Level 9 Core Array.
• Xian Lin'er completed the Core Array after hours of concentrated work and came out of the isolation compartment exhausted but overjoyed.
• Ye Chen supported Xian Lin'er, brought her to a lounge chair, and offered her food from Shrek City's dessert shops.
• Xian Lin'er ate cream puffs, meat pies, and cake while explaining that she needed to finish her research in one sitting.
• Ye Chen comforted Xian Lin'er, drew her close, and kissed her cheek.

Ye Chen and Xian Lin'er grew closer while working together in the laboratory, and Ye Chen practiced Soul Tool production. After more than half a month, he reached Rank 7 Soul Engineer, while Xian Lin'er's Rank 9 Core Array neared completion.

• Xian Lin'er agreed to relax with Ye Chen after they finished eating, and they spent an intimate hour together.
• Ye Chen began practicing Soul Tool production, aiming to advance his Soul Engineer rank after reaching Soul Sage.
• Ye Chen stayed in the laboratory with Xian Lin'er, cared for her, and worked alongside her for over half a month.
• Ye Chen advanced to Rank 7 Soul Engineer, and Xian Lin'er's Rank 9 Core Array neared completion.

Xian Lin'er successfully created her first Rank 9 Core Array and revealed the massive Level 9 Soul Tool it powered, the Azure Dragon Space-Splitting Cannon. Ye Chen praised her breakthrough and considered sharing designs from the Myriad Manifestations Tome to help her advance further.

• A powerful energy resonance erupted from Xian Lin'er's laboratory, and Ye Chen recognized the newly completed Rank 9 Core Array at its center.
• Xian Lin'er told Ye Chen she had succeeded and showed him the basketball-sized Core Array assembly.
• Xian Lin'er opened a hidden room and revealed the enormous Azure Dragon Space-Splitting Cannon, which she had spent three years designing and building.
• Xian Lin'er explained that the cannon could withstand a Limit Douluo's full-force strike and fire more than a hundred blasts, though its great size and weight limited its practicality.
• Ye Chen praised Xian Lin'er's achievement and considered showing her Rank 9 Soul Tool designs from the Myriad Manifestations Tome for inspiration.

Xian Lin'er completed the Azure Dragon Space-Splitting Cannon and took it with Ye Chen to a remote mountain range to test its power. She activated the cannon, and a brilliant energy vortex began forming at its muzzle.

• Xian Lin'er installed the Core Array assembly, bringing the Azure Dragon Space-Splitting Cannon briefly to life.
• Ye Chen asked to test the cannon, and Xian Lin'er stored it in a large Storage Soul Tool.
• Ye Chen and Xian Lin'er flew to a deserted mountain range near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Xian Lin'er deployed the cannon on a hill and connected to its core with her Soul Power and Spiritual Power.
• The cannon gathered blue-white energy at its muzzle, forming a rapidly compressing vortex that lit the surrounding mountains.

Xian Lin'er tested her Azure Dragon Space-Splitting Cannon and became the first Rank 9 Soul Master in the Three Great Empires. After her advancement drew Soul Engineers from across the continent, Ye Chen arranged for her symposium to take place a month later.

• Xian Lin'er fired the Azure Dragon Space-Splitting Cannon, destroying a distant mountain peak and demonstrating its immense destructive power.
• Ye Chen congratulated Xian Lin'er on becoming a Rank 9 Soul Master, and she credited the heavenly treasure he had given her for helping her succeed.
• A few days later, news of Xian Lin'er's advancement spread across the Three Great Empires, prompting Soul Engineer organizations to seek her out.
• Xian Lin'er agreed to share some of her Level 9 Soul Tool experience, and she scheduled a symposium for one month later at Ye Chen's suggestion.

Ye Chen persuaded Xian Lin'er to combine her Rank 9 Soul Master seminar with a continent-wide Soul Tool expo hosted by Shrek Academy. After Xian Lin'er began organizing the event and sending invitations, the chapter shifted to Jing Hongchen relaxing at Mingde Hall.

• Ye Chen proposed using Xian Lin'er's seminar to host an expo where Soul Engineers and factions could display and sell their Soul Tools.
• Ye Chen explained that the event could boost Shrek Academy's Soul Tool Department and give the Tang Sect a chance to attract Mingde Hall with the creations in his Myriad Manifestations Tome.
• Xian Lin'er approved the plan, set the seminar and expo for a month later, and left to arrange the event.
• Xian Lin'er prepared invitations for major Soul Engineer factions, including several in the Sun Moon Empire, to draw exhibitors and learn about their technology.
• Jing Hongchen sat in a secluded Mingde Hall courtyard and savored tea.

Meng Hongchen asked Jing Hongchen to take her and Xiao Hongchen to Shrek Academy’s exposition, and he agreed after learning that the Tang Sect would display its Soul Tools. Jing Hongchen planned to use the visit to assess Shrek Academy while concealing the Sun Moon Empire’s real capabilities.

• Meng Hongchen told Jing Hongchen that Shrek Academy had produced a Rank 9 Soul Master, and he dismissed the news while privately acknowledging the master’s formidable strength.
• Meng Hongchen asked to attend Shrek Academy’s exposition, while Xiao Hongchen warned that traveling to enemy territory was risky.
• Jing Hongchen agreed to take the siblings to the exposition, citing his interest in the Tang Sect’s novel Soul Tools.
• Meng Hongchen praised the Tang Sect’s Photo Box, and Jing Hongchen argued that its inventions were low-level and lacked advanced Soul Tool foundations.
• Jing Hongchen decided the exposition would let him probe Shrek Academy, and he planned to display outdated Soul Tools to mislead its rivals.

As Shrek City prepared to host a continent-wide Soul Engineer exhibition, Ye Chen spent time with Jiang Nannan, Tang Ya, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress at Tang Sect headquarters. He showed them a new communication device and gave the Ice Empress a bracelet, while the Snow Empress grew more favorably disposed toward him.

• Soul Engineers from across the continent gathered near Shrek City for the exhibition, and Shrek Academy prepared a massive temporary venue.
• Ye Chen relaxed with Jiang Nannan, Tang Ya, the Ice Empress, and the Snow Empress during the holiday while others were away or busy.
• Tang Ya asked Ye Chen about the Tang Sect's exhibition displays, and Ye Chen said he had prepared several exhibits, including Rank 7 Soul Tools.
• Ye Chen gave Jiang Nannan and Tang Ya Second Generation Myriad Manifestation Communication Devices that could transmit text messages.
• The Ice Empress demanded a device of her own, and Ye Chen gave her an ornate bracelet Soul Tool, which delighted her.
• The Snow Empress saw Ye Chen's sincerity toward the Ice Empress and developed a better impression of him.

Ye Chen introduced the Super Milk Bottle, a powerful charging Soul Tool that addressed the flaws of ordinary Milk Bottles and could transform the Soul Tool market. He gave one to Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and the Ice Empress, leaving Tang Ya confident that it would help her pass the Inner Court assessment.

• Ye Chen showed Tang Ya, Jiang Nannan, and the Ice Empress his miniature charging Soul Tool and explained the limitations of ordinary Milk Bottles.
• Ye Chen described how the Super Milk Bottle could store Soul Power with minimal loss, charge high-level Soul Tools, and potentially sell for enormous sums, while keeping its technology encrypted.
• Tang Ya tested the Super Milk Bottle and realized it could greatly improve her chances in the Inner Court assessment.
• Ye Chen gave a Super Milk Bottle to Jiang Nannan and, after seeing the Ice Empress's hopeful expression, gave her one as well.

Shrek Academy opened its first Soul Tool Expo, drawing visitors from across the continent to view the latest devices. Ye Chen presented the Tang Sect’s products, including its flying Soul Tool prototype and second-generation communication device, as the expo began.

• The Soul Tool Expo opened after Xian Lin'er's Rank 9 Soul Master symposium concluded successfully the previous day.
• Visitors crowded around the Sun Moon Empire exhibits, especially Mingde Hall's Level 9 Golden Cicada Wings flying Soul Tool.
• Ye Chen oversaw the Tang Sect booth, where outer disciples introduced the sect's Soul Tools to visitors.
• Ye Chen presented Aurora Shadow, a Rank 7 flying Soul Tool prototype, and invited interested visitors to schedule a test flight.
• Ye Chen demonstrated the Second Generation Myriad Manifestation Communication Device and showed its text transmission feature.

Ye Chen demonstrated the Tang Sect’s Myriad Manifestation Communication Device and Super Milk Bottle at the exhibition, drawing crowds eager to buy them. As Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan handled individual orders, Ye Chen waited for representatives of powerful nations and factions to pursue larger deals.

• Ye Chen explained that the Myriad Manifestation Communication Device could send messages over a hundred kilometers, and visitors tried the devices with excitement.
• Ye Chen demonstrated a Super Milk Bottle restoring a Soul Master’s Soul Power quickly, even while the Soul Master used a Soul Skill.
• The crowd rushed to order Super Milk Bottles, and Ye Chen directed individual customers to Tang Ya and Jiang Nannan.
• Ye Chen reflected that his goal was to secure large, long-term deals with the Three Great Empires and the Sun Moon Empire, while keeping the core technology in his hands.

Princess Xu Jiujiu of the Star Luo Empire approached Ye Chen to buy the Tang Sect’s core blueprints and manufacturing techniques for its Super Milk Bottle and Myriad Manifestation Communication Device. Ye Chen refused and stood his ground when her Title Douluo guard threatened him, reminding her that they were bound by the exhibition’s rules.

• Princess Xu Jiujiu arrived at the Tang Sect’s display with an elderly Title Douluo and asked Ye Chen to speak privately.
• Xu Jiujiu offered any price for the core technologies behind the Super Milk Bottle and Myriad Manifestation Communication Device.
• Ye Chen refused to reveal the technologies and said the Tang Sect would sell only finished products.
• Xu Jiujiu’s guard released her pressure and warned Ye Chen that buying the technologies was an honor for the Tang Sect.
• Ye Chen calmly insulted the guard and reminded her of the exhibition’s rules, causing her to withdraw some of her pressure.

Ye Chen used his ties to Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect to force Xu Jiujiu and Man Yi to back down after Man Yi threatened him. He left them with a doubled price for Tang Sect Soul Tools sold to the Star Luo Empire’s imperial household.

• Ye Chen threatened to remove the room’s shielding Soul Tool and summon Shrek Academy’s powerful figures, forcing the old woman to withdraw her pressure.
• Ye Chen introduced himself as the Tang Sect Vice Sect Master and Xian Lin’er’s sole disciple, then warned Man Yi and Xu Jiujiu that attacking him could doom the Xu Family Imperial Household.
• Xu Jiujiu apologized on Man Yi’s behalf and asked Ye Chen to calm his anger.
• Ye Chen demanded a ten-percent increase in Tang Sect product prices for the imperial household, but Man Yi rejected the deal and said the Empire could stop buying.
• Ye Chen agreed they could refuse to buy, then declared that the Tang Sect would double the price of any Soul Tool it sold to the imperial household.

Ye Chen froze and sealed Star Cloud Douluo after she threatened him, then negotiated a large Super Milk Bottle order with Xu Jiujiu. Xu Jiujiu left with a deal and a chance to recover Star Cloud Douluo, while Ye Chen used the sale to support the Tang Sect’s expansion.

• Star Cloud Douluo erupted in anger, and Ye Chen froze and sealed her before storing her in his Storage Soul Tool.
• Xu Jiujiu apologized to Ye Chen and agreed to negotiate for Star Cloud Douluo’s release.
• Xu Jiujiu paid a five-million-Gold-Soul-Coin deposit and agreed to pay half the remaining balance before Ye Chen shipped the order.
• Ye Chen raised the price by ten percent and bundled ordinary Tang Sect outer-branch Soul Tools into the sale.
• Ye Chen reflected that the order would help clear the Tang Sect’s warehouse and fund the sect’s rapid expansion.

Ye Chen met Princess Wina of the Heaven Dou Empire, who sought a lasting partnership with the Tang Sect for its advanced Soul Tools. He welcomed cooperation and product sales but refused to share the core technology, leaving negotiations focused on possible trade terms.

• Ye Chen waited at the exhibition while smaller factions placed limited orders, hoping large faction contracts would fund expanded production and an Automatic Engraving Machine.
• Princess Wina arrived with a white-clad guard, a black-robed Super Douluo, and several guards, then introduced herself to Ye Chen.
• Wina asked Ye Chen to speak privately, and he led her party to the reception room.
• Wina proposed a long-term procurement partnership with the Tang Sect and suggested cooperation in producing the Super Milk Bottle and Myriad Manifestation Communication Device.
• Ye Chen agreed to discuss stable procurement and mutually beneficial trade but refused to sell the Tang Sect's core technology.

Princess Wina sought to buy Tang Sect’s Aurora Shadow flying soul tool after Sect Master Ye refused to sell the sect’s core technologies. Seeing the purchase as a way to build a strategic relationship with Tang Sect, she accepted its six-million-Gold-Soul-Coin price despite Mu Xue’s objections.

• Princess Wina accepted Sect Master Ye’s refusal to sell Tang Sect’s core technologies and shifted the discussion to buying an Aurora Shadow.
• Mu Xue warned Wina not to trust Ye Chen’s claims without a test drive, and Wina apologized to Ye Chen for her companion’s remark.
• Ye Chen quoted a price of six million Gold Soul Coins per Aurora Shadow, prompting Mu Xue to protest that it was far too expensive.
• Ye Chen explained that the Aurora Shadow surpassed ordinary peak Rank 8 flying soul tools in speed and agility and could unleash Level 8-equivalent attacks.
• Wina said she trusted Tang Sect’s reputation and considered buying its soul tools an investment that could earn the Heaven Dou Empire favorable future access.

Wina secured a major Tang Sect supply deal for the Heaven Dou Empire, and Ye Chen later received Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen at the sect’s display stand. Meng Hongchen froze in delighted surprise when she saw Ye Chen.

• Wina inferred that Xu Jiujiu’s negotiations with the Tang Sect had gone badly and offered to buy two Aurora Shadow units for the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Wina proposed a fifty-million-Gold-Soul-Coin order for Super Milk Bottles and Myriad Manifestation Communication Devices, and Ye Chen agreed to work with her.
• Ye Chen finalized the procurement details with Wina and personally saw her off.
• Jing Hongchen arrived at the Tang Sect’s display stand with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
• Meng Hongchen saw Ye Chen, froze, and stared at him with delighted surprise.

Meng Hongchen became infatuated with Ye Chen when she saw him in person, while her brother Xiao Hongchen approached the Tang Sect on behalf of Mingde Hall. The meeting began with Xiao Hongchen asking to discuss the Super Milk Bottle.

• Meng Hongchen was overwhelmed by Ye Chen's appearance, and Jing Hongchen recognized her attraction while judging Ye Chen's prospects as a match for their family.
• Jing Hongchen sent Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to negotiate with Ye Chen as a test, after Xiao Hongchen realized the Super Milk Bottle could be invaluable to Mingde Hall's research.
• Xiao Hongchen introduced himself to Ye Chen and was warmly invited into the Tang Sect's reception room, while Meng Hongchen nervously followed and sat closer to Ye Chen than she had intended.
• Xiao Hongchen stated that he had come on Mingde Hall's behalf primarily to discuss the Super Milk Bottle.

Ye Chen and Xiao Hongchen negotiated Mingde Hall’s purchase of Tang Sect’s Super Milk Bottles, clashing over a demand for high-rank rare metals. The talks remained deadlocked as Meng Hongchen grew increasingly attracted to Ye Chen, who stayed focused on securing the metals.

• Xiao Hongchen offered to buy one thousand Rank 4 Super Milk Bottles at three times the market price.
• Ye Chen rejected payment in Gold Soul Coins and demanded rare metals at least four ranks higher than the Soul Tools being traded.
• Xiao Hongchen refused to offer Rank 8 or Rank 9 metals, arguing that the finished products did not justify the cost and Mingde Hall could eventually replicate the technology.
• Ye Chen argued that Super Milk Bottles could reshape military Soul Tools and that the advantage of acquiring the technology early was crucial.
• As the negotiation reached a stalemate, Meng Hongchen refilled Xiao Hongchen’s tea and discreetly brushed Ye Chen’s hand while admiring him.
• Ye Chen noticed Meng Hongchen’s attention but kept his focus on negotiating for Mingde Hall’s rare metals.