Recaps

Ma Hongjun fought a Lava Crimson Flame Vulture with support from Ning Rongrong and Oscar after Qin Muchu identified it as a suitable soul beast. The battle left both Ma Hongjun and the vulture injured, and the fight was still underway.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed a suitable Lava Crimson Flame Vulture approaching, and Qin Muchu told Ma Hongjun to fight it himself with Ning Rongrong and Oscar supporting him.
• Oscar gave Ma Hongjun Flying and Recovery Sausages, while Ning Rongrong used her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda to enhance his strength and speed.
• Ma Hongjun attacked with Phoenix Fire Line, but the vulture dodged and clawed his shoulder.
• Ning Rongrong maintained her enhancements as Ma Hongjun used a Recovery Sausage and unleashed Phoenix of Rebirth.
• Ma Hongjun and the diving vulture collided in midair, leaving Ma Hongjun bloodied and the vulture badly burned.

Ma Hongjun defeated the Lava Crimson Flame Vulture and absorbed its Soul Ring, reaching level thirty-one and gaining the Explosive Meteor Crash skill. He explained how the attack worked and offered to use it against heavily armored opponents.

• Ma Hongjun clung to the Lava Crimson Flame Vulture and killed it with Phoenix Fire Line before it could crash them into the ground.
• Oscar gave Ma Hongjun a Recovery Sausage, and Qin Muchu praised him for winning the fight.
• Ma Hongjun began absorbing the vulture's two-thousand-year Soul Ring while his companions guarded him and Ning Rongrong helped stabilize his Soul Power.
• After nearly an hour, Ma Hongjun completed the absorption, reached level thirty-one, and strengthened his phoenix wings.
• Ma Hongjun announced that his Third Soul Skill was Explosive Meteor Crash and described how he would dive like a flaming meteor and detonate his Evil Fire on impact.

After Ma Hongjun successfully absorbed his third soul ring, Qin Muchu recognized the nearby people as the Peerless Dragon Snake couple and their granddaughter Meng Yiran, who was dying after absorbing a Man Faced Demon Spider soul ring beyond her limits. He brought Flender’s group to help, and they arrived as Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang confronted them.

• Ma Hongjun showed off his new phoenix-wing skill, then returned with the others under Flender’s direction.
• Qin Muchu heard a woman’s scream and learned from the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that a young girl was in mortal danger after absorbing an excessive soul ring.
• Qin Muchu identified the girl as Meng Yiran and persuaded Flender to approach the Peerless Dragon Snake couple, saying they might gain powerful allies.
• Meng Shu tried to stabilize Meng Yiran’s chaotic soul power while Chao Tianxiang anxiously watched over her.
• Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang noticed Qin Muchu’s group approaching, and Chao Tianxiang summoned her six soul rings and ordered them to leave.

Qin Muchu used the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Mental Power to help Meng Yiran withstand the Man Faced Demon Spider’s resentment and complete her Soul Ring absorption. Just as her grandparents believed she was safe, Meng Yiran screamed and collapsed again, and Qin Muchu seemed to recognize what was happening.

• Flender persuaded Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang to let Qin Muchu and his students try to save Meng Yiran.
• Ning Rongrong revealed her Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Pagoda Martial Soul and boosted Meng Yiran, startling the Peerless Dragon Snake couple with her connection to the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Qin Muchu asked the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to stabilize Meng Yiran’s Sea of Consciousness and shield her from the Man Faced Demon Spider’s resentment.
• Meng Yiran recovered enough to absorb the Soul Ring, and three rings appeared at her feet as Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang rejoiced.
• Meng Yiran suddenly screamed and collapsed again, and Meng Shu and Chao Tianxiang urgently asked Qin Muchu what was happening.

Meng Yiran survived the Man Faced Demon Spider attack and gained an External Soul Bone, while Qin Muchu and Xiao Wu returned to Shrek Academy with the others. Meng Shu offered Qin Muchu his family’s gratitude and hinted at a match with Yiran, and an unseen observer watched Qin Muchu and Xiao Wu holding hands.

• Qin Muchu recognized that Meng Yiran was developing an External Soul Bone, and the bone-like Spider Legs grew from her back.
• Qin Muchu explained the External Soul Bone to the others and helped Chao Tianxiang cover Meng Yiran; Yiran learned to retract her new Spider Legs.
• Meng Yiran thanked Qin Muchu and Ning Rongrong, and Meng Shu promised the Dragon Snake spouses would repay their debt.
• Meng Shu asked Qin Muchu whether he had feelings for Meng Yiran, making her blush, but Qin Muchu excused himself and left.
• Qin Muchu asked Xiao Wu whether she wanted to return to the Lake of Life; she declined, and he promised to protect her as they held hands.
• Qin Muchu and the others returned to Shrek Academy after a day's trek, while another pair of eyes watched the couple.

After two months of intense physical training, the Shrek students began the second phase of the Furnace Plan: controlling their Soul Power. Qin Muchu demonstrated precise control that amazed Flender and gave Ning Rongrong a new understanding of her sect’s reliance on incantations.

• The seven students completed their first training phase with heavier loads, improved fitness, and increased Soul Power levels.
• Flender announced that the next two months would focus on Soul Power control and explained how Oscar had learned to use his skills without incantations.
• Qin Muchu shaped and divided Soul Power into forms representing the students’ Martial Souls, then made the forms move without any leakage.
• Qin Muchu explained that precise control could replace incantations, and that Ning Rongrong could eventually enhance her companions instantly while using less Soul Power.
• Ning Rongrong realized that her decision to leave home might lead her into a new world, while Flender recognized the extraordinary significance of Qin Muchu’s skill.

Qin Muchu gave the seven students two new cultivation arts and began their two-month training in extreme soul power control. The students gathered at the cliff to start, and Ning Rongrong was chosen to attempt the first exercise.

• Flender assigned the seven students to train in soul power control under Qin Muchu for two months.
• Qin Muchu gave each student the Meditation Technique Singularity Nirvana Visualization and the mental power art String Theory Heavenly Tome.
• The students eagerly began practicing the new arts, and their effects astonished them.
• At dawn, Qin Muchu set the students a goal of controlling ten silver needles at once to carve different characters into the cliff.
• Ning Rongrong questioned the difficulty of the exercise, so Qin Muchu ordered her to go first.

Ning Rongrong and Ma Hongjun practiced controlling their Soul Power to levitate a silver needle under Qin Muchu’s guidance. Ning Rongrong managed to float a needle briefly, while Ma Hongjun formed a thread of fire before losing concentration and making it explode.

• Ning Rongrong accidentally blasted a handful of silver needles into a wall, and Ma Hongjun laughed until Qin Muchu ordered him to stop.
• Qin Muchu coached Ning Rongrong through controlling a single needle, and she made it float briefly before it fell.
• Qin Muchu told everyone to practice holding one needle in the air, and Ma Hongjun’s first attempt burst into flame.
• Qin Muchu explained that Ma Hongjun needed to guide his Phoenix Flame rather than suppress it, and Ma Hongjun kept practicing after his Soul Power dispersed.
• Ma Hongjun finally formed a crimson thread of fire, but his concentration slipped as he tried to guide it around the needle, causing it to explode.

Qin Muchu trained the Shrek students to control their soul power by keeping silver needles suspended in the air, helping each overcome the habits and distractions that made precise control difficult. By the end of the morning, Zhu Zhuqing led their progress, while Oscar quietly gained clarity about his feelings for Ning Rongrong.

• Xiao Wu helped Zhu Zhuqing soften her aggressive soul power, and Zhu Zhuqing soon made a silver needle hover steadily.
• Dai Mubai accidentally blasted a hole in the wall, so Qin Muchu explained that he needed to practice precision despite his power-focused fighting style.
• Oscar and Ning Rongrong made needles hover, but Qin Muchu noticed Oscar's unstable soul power and told him to clear his mind.
• Oscar recognized that his feelings for Ning Rongrong were distracting him, then steadied his focus and made his needle hover without trembling.
• By the end of the morning, Zhu Zhuqing could move two needles slowly, Oscar and Ning Rongrong could control two suspended needles or move one, Dai Mubai could move one slowly, and Ma Hongjun could barely keep one aloft.

Qin Muchu taught the group how soul skills were formed through four stages and assigned them to practice breaking down their first and second skills. The lesson ended with Ma Hongjun failing to slow his Phoenix Fire Line, causing flames to explode in his throat.

• The students returned to the academy dejected after a difficult morning, and Li Yusong teased them at the gate.
• Qin Muchu explained how soul power gathered, circulated through meridians, took a skill's form, and was released.
• Ma Hongjun realized that knowing another person's soul power route would not let him use their soul skill without the right martial soul.
• Qin Muchu assigned the group to master the breakdown of their first and second soul skills over the next month.
• Qin Muchu ordered Ma Hongjun to release Phoenix Fire Line over ten breaths, but the flames exploded in his throat on the third breath.

Qin Muchu taught the Shrek students to slow down and analyze how their soul power formed their skills. The students began correcting flaws in their techniques, and Qin Muchu showed Oscar how to improve his soul-powered sausage.

• Qin Muchu guided Ma Hongjun to notice the instinctive acceleration of soul power in his throat as he practiced Phoenix Fire Line.
• Qin Muchu told the others to break down a soul skill’s release process, and Dai Mubai used Ma Hongjun’s advice to get his White Tiger Fierce Light Wave past a bottleneck.
• Xiao Wu explained that Zhu Zhuqing needed to direct more soul power toward her index, middle, and ring fingers, helping her shape Hell Stab’s claws.
• Oscar realized his sausage’s soul power was distributed chaotically, and Qin Muchu demonstrated that a spiral arrangement could improve its recovery effect.

Qin Muchu taught Oscar to reconstruct his sausage soul skill, greatly increasing its recovery effects, and then showed Ning Rongrong how to improve her amplification skills. Flender and Zhao Wuji watched the students train and anticipated that they would usher in a new golden age.

• Oscar followed Qin Muchu's instructions and created a sausage with a spiral weave of soul power.
• Dai Mubai tested the sausage and found it restored soul power twice as quickly and replenished seventy percent more than before.
• Qin Muchu told Oscar to practice arranging his soul power more efficiently, inspiring the others to train harder.
• Qin Muchu explained how Ning Rongrong could use soul power to condense her amplification skill and reduce its dispersal, and she began practicing.
• Flender and Zhao Wuji watched the students and Flender predicted they would usher in an unprecedented golden age.

Qin Muchu put the students through nighttime Micro-Control Sparring, pairing them to fight inside a small circle with limited soul power. Ma Hongjun and Zhu Zhuqing began the first match, each countering the other's attacks as the spar remained unresolved.

• After the students finished dinner, Qin Muchu summoned them to the Training Ground and explained the Micro-Control Sparring rules.
• Qin Muchu paired Ma Hongjun with Zhu Zhuqing, Oscar with Ning Rongrong, and gave Dai Mubai a choice between Xiao Wu and himself.
• Dai Mubai chose Xiao Wu, explaining that Qin Muchu needed to referee, and Xiao Wu accepted his explanation.
• Zhu Zhuqing opened the match with Hell Stab, but Ma Hongjun redirected the attack with a precise Phoenix Fire Line.
• Zhu Zhuqing followed with a low attack and a sweeping kick, while Ma Hongjun dodged her strikes with fire, a drop to the ground, and a burst of Phoenix Flame.
• Ma Hongjun sprang upright and fired another Phoenix Fire Line toward the spot where Zhu Zhuqing was about to plant her foot.

Zhu Zhuqing defeated Ma Hongjun in the sparring circle by exploiting his repeated tactic, then Oscar and Ning Rongrong began an unconventional duel between two Support-Type Soul Masters. Ning Rongrong ultimately used her strength boost on Oscar to make him lose his balance and fall out of the circle.

• Zhu Zhuqing seized Ma Hongjun's wrist, swung around him, and threw him out of the circle; Ma Hongjun conceded.
• Qin Muchu praised both fighters' tactics and warned Ma Hongjun against repeating the same move.
• Oscar and Ning Rongrong entered the circle, hesitated, and then Ning Rongrong charged at Oscar with her own strength boosted.
• Oscar threw an ordinary sausage at Ning Rongrong's forehead, enraging her and starting a chase around the circle.
• Ning Rongrong studied Oscar's movements, then redirected her strength boost onto him near the boundary, causing him to lose his balance and tumble out.

Ning Rongrong defeated Oscar using her Support-Type Soul Skills in an unexpected way, and Xiao Wu beat Dai Mubai with a single move after exploiting his predictable intentions. Qin Muchu discussed their mistakes and ended the first day of the Furnace’s second-phase training, leaving everyone to reflect on what they had learned.

• Ning Rongrong defeated Oscar, and Qin Muchu praised her inventive use of support skills while suggesting Oscar make his sausages explosive.
• Xiao Wu outmaneuvered Dai Mubai by moving during his blink, then dodged his White Tiger Fierce Light Wave and drove him out of the circle with one strike.
• Dai Mubai admitted that his defensive mindset, wasted Mental Power, and obvious intentions had caused his defeat, and Qin Muchu urged him to improve.
• Ma Hongjun pointed out that the girls had won all three matches, and Qin Muchu dismissed his teasing before ending training for the day.
• The trainees returned to the Dormitory to rest and reflect on what they had learned during the first day of the Furnace’s second phase.

Qin Muchu’s training transformed the group’s control of soul power and soul skills over the course of a month. When Xiao Wu reached level sixty but realized she could no longer form a soul ring from her stored energy, Qin Muchu prepared to accompany her alone on a dangerous hunt for her sixth ring.

• Qin Muchu trained the group to control ten silver needles and dismantle and reconstruct their first soul skills, while Ning Rongrong advanced her Heart Separation Control beyond the seven apertures exquisite heart realm.
• After a month of training, Xiao Wu broke through to level sixty and became troubled because she needed to hunt a soul beast for her sixth soul ring.
• Qin Muchu offered to accompany Xiao Wu, then declined the others’ offers and told them to keep training while he was away.
• Qin Muchu said Xiao Wu’s target was so powerful that even the dean might not match it, and he rejected Ning Rongrong’s offer to ask her grandpas to join them.
• Xiao Wu reassured Ning Rongrong that she and Qin Muchu would be fine as they prepared to leave together.

Qin Muchu and Xiao Wu traveled north to find the Ice Empress and propose that she become Xiao Wu’s Soul Ring. After reaching the Far North, they entered its dangerous Core Region with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm guiding them.

• Qin Muchu convinced Xiao Wu that the Ice Empress might accept becoming her Soul Ring, and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm offered to help persuade her.
• Qin Muchu and Xiao Wu traveled for five days, left their carriage in the deep snow, and continued toward the Far North on foot.
• Qin Muchu learned that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm did not know the area, so the silkworm used his mental power to guide them toward the Core Region.
• Qin Muchu made sleds when the snow grew too deep, and Xiao Wu quickly learned to use hers.
• Qin Muchu and Xiao Wu pressed deeper into the Far North, where they saw few soul beasts but expected to encounter exceptionally powerful ones.

Qin Muchu and Xiao Wu used the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s aura to lure the Ice Empress out in the Far North. The Ice Empress arrived, while the Snow Empress followed to protect her.

• Qin Muchu and Xiao Wu discussed the Far North’s Three Great Heavenly Kings as the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm sensed the Ice Empress nearby.
• Qin Muchu brought out the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s discarded husk, and Tian Meng used it to take on Qin Muchu’s appearance and provoke the Ice Empress.
• Tian Meng’s powerful Mental Power subdued most of the Soul Beasts in the Core Region, alerting the Ice Empress and the Snow Empress.
• The Ice Empress rushed from her cavern toward Tian Meng’s aura, while the Snow Empress followed, worried for Bing’er’s safety.
• The sky turned emerald green as the Ice Empress arrived and called out to Tian Meng.

The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm reunited with the Ice Empress and confessed that he had returned to save her from her coming tribulation. After the Snow Empress revealed that he had become Qin Muchu’s Soul Ring while retaining his sentience, the Ice Empress demanded an explanation.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm told the Ice Empress he had returned because her upcoming tribulation threatened her life.
• The Ice Empress appeared, revealed her scorpion form, and rejected the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s offer, calling him nourishment.
• The Snow Empress emerged and pointed out that Qin Muchu resembled the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s Spiritual Body.
• The Ice Empress recognized that the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm had become Qin Muchu’s Soul Ring but remained sentient.
• Qin Muchu introduced himself to the Snow Empress and Ice Empress, and the Ice Empress coiled her tail around the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and demanded an explanation.

Qin Muchu tried to persuade the Ice Empress to become a Wisdom Soul Ring with the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s help, arguing it was her only chance to survive her next tribulation. The Ice Empress agreed to trust him but asked what made him think he could become a god, and Qin Muchu answered by revealing his soul rings.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm explained that becoming a Wisdom Soul Ring could let soul beasts escape their tribulations by helping a human become a god, but the Ice Empress rejected the proposal.
• Qin Muchu argued that the Ice Empress believed the plan was feasible and warned that she could not safely pursue it with another human soul master without the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s help.
• The Snow Maiden supported Qin Muchu, saying that neither she nor the Ice Empress had another choice because their coming tribulations were unlikely to be survivable.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm provoked the Ice Empress by bringing up the Snow Maiden’s past rejection, so the Ice Empress struck his spiritual body and hurt Qin Muchu.
• The Ice Empress finally agreed to trust Qin Muchu and asked how he could become a god; Qin Muchu released his five soul rings, astonishing her and the Snow Maiden with his unusual configuration.

Qin Muchu revealed that nearly all his soul rings were million-year tier and proposed making the Ice Empress Xiao Wu’s second martial soul instead of her soul ring. The Ice Empress agreed to the plan and was ready to begin the transformation.

• Qin Muchu said his fourth soul ring was hundred-thousand-year tier and confirmed that his other soul rings were million-year ones, though he kept their origins secret.
• The Ice Empress agreed to join Qin Muchu’s plan after warning him not to betray her, then learned that Xiao Wu needed a soul ring rather than Qin Muchu.
• Xiao Wu revealed her identity as a transformed Soft Bone Rabbit and explained that Qin Muchu had upgraded her soul rings and that she could no longer condense them herself.
• Qin Muchu proposed making the Ice Empress Xiao Wu’s second martial soul, and the Ice Empress, Snow Girl, Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, and Xiao Wu reacted with surprise.
• Qin Muchu explained that he would create a space in Xiao Wu’s sea of consciousness for the Ice Empress to merge into, preserving her consciousness and allowing her to grow as Xiao Wu cultivated.
• The Ice Empress accepted the method and asked to begin.

Qin Muchu used the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s mental power to carve a second martial-soul space in Xiao Wu’s Sea of Consciousness and fused the Ice Empress’s spiritual origin into it. Xiao Wu gained an Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul, and began absorbing the two Soul Rings created from the Ice Empress’s sacrifice.

• Qin Muchu gave the Ice Empress a Beast Essence Pill, raising her cultivation to the four-hundred-thousand-year level.
• Qin Muchu carved a new space into Xiao Wu’s Sea of Consciousness while Xiao Wu endured the pain.
• The Ice Empress’s heavenly tribulation arrived, and she transformed into jade-green light around Xiao Wu.
• Qin Muchu guided the Ice Empress’s spiritual origin, enclosed in the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm’s shed husk, into Xiao Wu’s new martial-soul space.
• Xiao Wu awakened an Ice Jade Scorpion martial soul and began absorbing one of the two Soul Rings from the Ice Empress’s sacrifice.

Xiao Wu completed the absorption of Ice Empress's two Soul Rings and gained four powerful Soul Skills. Ice Empress survived the sacrifice, while Snow Girl resolved to pursue the same path; Qin Muchu refused to let Xiao Wu absorb Ice Empress's torso Soul Bone because he had other plans for her future.

• After three days of absorbing the Soul Rings, Xiao Wu awakened and described the four Soul Skills she had gained: Mind-Soul Arrow, Crescent Moon Rift, Ice Empress's Pincer, and Permafrost Mirror Image.
• Qin Muchu reassured Xiao Wu, who promised to stand by him for the rest of her life.
• Xiao Wu summoned Ice Empress, and Ice Empress told Snow Girl that she had survived the sacrifice with only some weakness.
• Seeing Ice Empress's success, Snow Girl decided to seize the opportunity to follow the same path rather than risk her coming tribulation.
• Ice Empress offered Xiao Wu her remaining torso Soul Bone, but Qin Muchu stopped her, explaining that absorbing it would interfere with his plans for Xiao Wu's future Soul Bones.

After the Ice Empress accepted the name Divine Dream Ice Emperor Scorpion and went to recover, Qin Muchu invited Snow Girl to leave the Far North with him and Xiao Wu. Snow Girl arranged for A-Tai to guard the Far North, left Xiaobai behind, and departed with them for Shrek Academy.

• Xiao Wu suggested the name Divine Dream Ice Emperor Scorpion for her new martial soul, and the Ice Empress accepted it before returning to Xiao Wu’s sea of consciousness to sleep.
• Qin Muchu invited Snow Girl to accompany them and provide Xiao Wu with a soul ring when she reached rank seventy, and Snow Girl agreed after arranging matters in the Far North.
• Snow Girl entrusted the Far North to A-Tai and told the gathered soul beasts that she and the Ice Empress would leave to seek a breakthrough.
• Snow Girl introduced Ice Bear King Xiaobai, but Qin Muchu warned that humans would target him as a hundred-thousand-year soul beast, so Snow Girl left him with A-Tai.
• Snow Girl, Qin Muchu, and Xiao Wu left the Far North, enjoyed their return journey, and then flew toward Shrek Academy.

After returning to Shrek Academy, Qin Muchu brought Snow Girl to stay there while Xiao Wu revealed her hundred-thousand-year soul ring. The group reunited at the Training Ground, where Ning Rongrong and Zhu Zhuqing’s progress during the month apart came to light.

• Qin Muchu, Xiao Wu, and Snow Girl returned to Shrek Academy and reunited with Dai Mubai, Ma Hongjun, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing.
• Xiao Wu revealed her sixth soul ring, startling everyone with its hundred-thousand-year red glow.
• Qin Muchu introduced Snow Girl to Flender and Zhao Wuji, and Flender welcomed her to the academy despite sensing her overwhelming power.
• Qin Muchu bought Snow Girl a House-Type Soul Tool in the Dormitory Area and advised her not to be overly polite to humans.
• The group gathered at the Training Ground after Furnace Plan Phase Two ended; Ning Rongrong had reached level twenty-nine, and Zhu Zhuqing had reached level thirty-one with her third soul ring, Netherworld Slash.