Recaps

Chen Mo absorbed the Seventy-Thousand-Year Spirit Vein Brocade-Scale Python’s soul ring, reached the peak of level thirty-four, and demonstrated his new third soul skill to Du Busi. The next morning, he flew ahead to the Body Sect using a Level 3 Soul Tool Flying Device, while Du Busi watched with interest.

• Chen Mo absorbed the python’s soul ring and gained three levels, reaching the peak of level thirty-four.
• Du Busi explained why Ultimate Martial Soul Masters advanced slowly after level thirty and described the benefits they gained after level seventy.
• Chen Mo used All-Domain Shared Search on Du Busi, demonstrating its wide-area detection, extended straight-line range, and ability to reveal soul power and life energy when combined with Three-Flower Pupils: Illusion Break.
• Chen Mo canceled the skill, and Du Busi envied its combined and growing effects.
• The next morning, Chen Mo flew toward the Body Sect with his Level 3 Soul Tool Flying Device while Du Busi and the other disciples traveled by carriage.

After the system gave Chen Mo a mission to help the Ice Empress survive her approaching four-hundred-thousand-year heavenly tribulation, Electrolux awakened in Chen Mo’s Sea of Consciousness and accepted him as a disciple. Chen Mo then devised a Faraday cage to shield the Ice Empress from the lightning, but still needed materials and help to build it.

• The system warned Chen Mo that the Ice Empress’s heavenly tribulation would arrive in one month and tasked him with reaching her first and helping her survive it.
• Electrolux spoke to Chen Mo from within his Sea of Consciousness and explained that Chen Mo’s Soul-Nurturing Art had helped restore him.
• Electrolux offered to teach Chen Mo Spiritual Power and the power of light, and Chen Mo accepted him as his master.
• Chen Mo realized that he could use a Faraday cage to protect the Ice Empress from the tribulation’s lightning and sketched a design using rare materials.
• Chen Mo finished the design and called for his master’s help, forgetting that Du Busi had not yet returned.

Chen Mo tested his Faraday Cage with lightning-attribute Soul Beasts, proving it could safely ground their attacks. Du Busi became so absorbed in the test that he kept asking for more, while Chen Mo planned further improvements before trying it against Tribulation Lightning.

• Chen Mo showed Du Busi the Faraday Cage, and Du Busi doubted it could withstand Tribulation Lightning.
• Du Busi took Chen Mo to the back mountain, where Demon Fist guarded more than a dozen thousand-year lightning-attribute Soul Beasts.
• Chen Mo persuaded Du Busi to sit inside the cage without using his Martial Soul or Soul Power, then asked Demon Fist to release the Soul Beasts.
• The Soul Beasts repeatedly attacked the cage with lightning, which the cage directed into the ground without taking damage.
• Du Busi asked for more attacks until the Soul Beasts were exhausted, and Chen Mo recorded the results and planned to improve the cage.

Chen Mo traveled to the Far North with his modified Faraday Cage, hoping to use it to help the Ice Empress survive her Four Hundred Thousand Year Tribulation. The Ice Empress endured several increasingly powerful lightning strikes but was left on the verge of defeat, just as Chen Mo came rushing toward her out of control.

• Chen Mo finished modifying the Faraday Cage, prepared for the Far North's cold, and secretly set off from the Body Sect.
• Chen Mo reached the Far North and used the system's navigation to head toward the Ice Empress, while Electrolux wondered about his claimed fortuitous opportunity.
• The Ice Empress realized that eating Ten-Thousand-Year Profound Ice Marrow had caused her Four Hundred Thousand Year Tribulation to arrive early, and she chose to face it without asking the Snow Empress for help.
• The lightning tribulation began, and the Ice Empress survived the first two bolts using her domain, Ice Emperor's Protection, and her Ultimate Ice abilities.
• The fifth bolt left the Ice Empress badly injured and despairing, when Chen Mo's panicked voice announced that he could not stop sliding toward her.

Chen Mo reached Ice Empress during her Four Hundred Thousand Year Tribulation and tried to persuade her to use his Faraday Cage. She rejected his claims and his device, so Chen Mo challenged her to a bet.

• Chen Mo lost control of his makeshift sled, crashed near Ice Empress, and introduced himself as he approached her.
• Ice Empress questioned why Chen Mo was in the Far North and why he carried Tian Meng's aura.
• Chen Mo claimed mysterious guidance had sent him to help Ice Empress survive her tribulation, but she did not believe him.
• Chen Mo presented his Faraday Cage and promised it would give her over a ninety percent chance of surviving the tribulation.
• Ice Empress refused to enter the ugly cage and threatened to eat Chen Mo, so he challenged her to a bet.

Electrolux took over Chen Mo’s body to negotiate a wager with the Ice Empress: if Chen Mo helped her survive the Tribulation Lightning, she would guard him for ten years, and if he failed, Electrolux would shield her. Chen Mo’s Faraday Cage protected her from the remaining strikes, but although she survived and her cultivation began to rise, her essential power remained badly damaged.

• Electrolux spoke through Chen Mo and promised to take the Ice Empress’s place if Chen Mo failed to help her survive the Tribulation Lightning; the Ice Empress accepted the wager.
• The Ice Empress enclosed the area with ice walls, and Chen Mo placed her inside a Faraday Cage before running away.
• The fifth strike of Tribulation Lightning flowed through the cage’s hooks into the ground, leaving the Ice Empress unharmed.
• The Tribulation Lightning unleashed three more strikes and then a World-Destroying Thunder Dragon, but the Faraday Cage endured the assault for half an hour.
• The tribulation clouds dispersed, and the Ice Empress’s wounds began healing as her cultivation and lifespan increased, though her essential power remained further damaged.

Chen Mo used a King Ball to heal the Ice Empress's damaged essence, capture her, and give her a human form; she agreed to serve as his bodyguard for ten years. After they left the Far North, the system awarded Chen Mo several rewards, while a mysterious figure arrived at the tribulation site and apologized to Bing'er for being late.

• The Ice Empress promised to protect Chen Mo for ten years, but her injuries prevented her from assuming human form.
• Chen Mo used the King Ball on the Ice Empress, healing her injuries and establishing a contract that let her take human form and live inside the ball.
• The Ice Empress emerged as a young girl, thanked Chen Mo, and explained that the contract would recall her if she strayed too far from him.
• Chen Mo left the Far North with the Ice Empress and received system rewards, including an Eighth-Rank Alchemist's inheritance, Bone Chilling Flame, and a random thirty-thousand-year Soul Bone.
• A few days later, a graceful figure appeared at the Ice Empress's tribulation site and apologized to Bing'er for arriving late.

Chen Mo absorbed the Thirty-Thousand-Year Golden Dragon Left Arm Bone, gained three soul power levels and a new soul skill, then killed an evil soul master who tried to ambush him. As Chen Mo and the Ice Empress prepared to leave, they spotted evil soul masters chasing a teenage girl, and the Ice Empress rushed to intervene.

• Chen Mo absorbed the Golden Dragon left arm bone and reached level 37, gaining the Light Energy Aggregation soul skill.
• The Ice Empress froze an evil soul master who had tried to ambush Chen Mo and steal his soul bone.
• Chen Mo used his new soul skill to shatter the ice and kill the evil soul master.
• Chen Mo explained evil soul masters' crimes to the Ice Empress, who condemned them and Tang San.
• Chen Mo and the Ice Empress heard fighting and saw evil soul masters pursuing a teenage girl, so the Ice Empress charged in to help.

Chen Mo and the Ice Empress rescued Ye Guyi from the Holy Spirit Cult’s Evil Soul Masters while traveling to Mingdu. Ye Guyi introduced herself under the alias Ye Yiyi, and the three prepared to find shelter for the night.

• Ye Guyi fought off the pursuing Evil Soul Masters, but they surrounded her after she purified their attacks and trapped them in her light formation.
• The Ice Empress froze and destroyed the Evil Soul Masters, then pursued their Soul Saint leader after Chen Mo revealed that the man she had struck was only a clone.
• Chen Mo recognized Ye Guyi’s holy angel martial soul, while Ye Guyi studied his unusual soul rings and his connection to the Ice Empress.
• The Ice Empress returned after killing the Soul Saint, and Chen Mo introduced her as his great-aunt after she struck him for calling her his underling.
• Ye Guyi thanked Chen Mo and the Ice Empress, gave her name as Ye Yiyi, and said the Evil Soul Masters had hunted her after she killed attackers at a village.
• The Ice Empress ended their conversation and suggested they find somewhere to stay before nightfall.

After sharing a meal, Chen Mo and Ye Guyi discovered that their Martial Souls could fuse and spent the night cultivating together. They named their Martial Soul Fusion Skill before setting out for Mingdu, while Ye Guyi declined Chen Mo’s offer to study at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy because she still had a grudge to avenge.

• Chen Mo, the Ice Empress, and Ye Guyi ate roasted Soft Bone Rabbits in a cave, and Chen Mo and Ye Guyi’s Soul Power resonated when their hands touched.
• At the Ice Empress’s direction, Chen Mo and Ye Guyi joined their Martial Souls and produced a fusion surrounded by holy light.
• Chen Mo reached level thirty-eight and Ye Guyi reached level forty-five after cultivating through their Martial Soul Fusion overnight.
• Chen Mo and Ye Guyi named their Martial Soul Fusion Skill Light and Shadow Holy Wings: World-Cleansing Slash.
• As the three headed toward Mingdu, Chen Mo invited Ye Guyi to study at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, but she refused because she still had a grudge to avenge.

Chen Mo returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy after parting ways with Ye Guyi, and impressed Jing Hongchen with his rapid cultivation and unusual third soul skill. The chapter ended when Meng Hongchen walked in and exposed Jing Hongchen's disguise.

• Chen Mo tried to persuade Ye Guyi to study at the academy with him, but she refused and gave him an address where he could find her.
• Chen Mo and the Ice Empress toured Mingdu, where she admired the city and bought candied hawthorn before returning to the Gulou Ball.
• Jing Hongchen met Chen Mo at the academy and was stunned to learn he had reached rank thirty-eight in just over a month.
• Jing Hongchen examined Chen Mo and confirmed his cultivation was solid, then learned his third soul ring was Seventy-Thousand-Year and that he had absorbed a soul bone.
• Chen Mo demonstrated his growth-type third soul skill, which gave Jing Hongchen extraordinarily clear vision, and Jing Hongchen praised its value to soul engineers.
• Meng Hongchen entered Jing Hongchen's office, greeted Chen Mo, and questioned why her grandfather was undisguised and away from the dean's office.

Jing Hongchen revealed his identity to Chen Mo, who admitted he had known all along, while Meng Hongchen learned that Chen Mo was the Body Sect’s Young Sect Master. A few days later, Meng Hongchen took Chen Mo to the Training Ground, where they encountered Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan, and Jing Ziyan stopped them to ask about Meng Hongchen’s brother.

• Jing Hongchen revealed that he was the dean of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and master of the Illustrious Virtue Hall, but Chen Mo said he had recognized him from the start.
• Chen Mo explained their hidden identities to Meng Hongchen and admitted that he was the Body Sect’s Young Sect Master, though he had truly been born a commoner.
• A few days later, Meng Hongchen took Chen Mo to the Training Ground, where Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan were fighting.
• Meng Hongchen warned Chen Mo that Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan were formidable academy seniors, then tried to leave with him unnoticed.
• Jing Ziyan spotted Meng Hongchen, asked where her brother was, and noticed Chen Mo beside her.

Chen Mo was forced into a team sparring match with Ji Juechen against Jing Ziyan and Meng Hongchen, then used his psychic and spatial abilities to support Ji Juechen. Ji Juechen knocked Jing Ziyan out of the arena, and the chapter ended with him pointing his sword at Meng Hongchen as Chen Mo declared their victory.

• Jing Hongchen arranged a team match, pairing Ji Juechen and Chen Mo against Jing Ziyan and Meng Hongchen.
• Ji Juechen charged into battle while Jing Ziyan filled the arena with smoke and Meng Hongchen prepared her fixed soul tool.
• Chen Mo used All-Domain Shared Search and Illusion Break to let Ji Juechen see through the smoke and locate Jing Ziyan.
• Chen Mo used Spatial Interference to redirect Meng Hongchen's cannon shells, then disrupted her with Mental Burst as she chased him.
• Ji Juechen knocked Jing Ziyan out of the arena, dispersed the smoke, and confronted Meng Hongchen as Chen Mo declared her team had lost.

Chen Mo’s team reviewed their victory and demonstrated how his Soul Skills supported them in battle, while Jing Hongchen considered their prospects for the next tournament. In the Divine Realm, the God of Destruction caught Tang San trying to intervene in the Lower Realm and forced both of them to leave the Divine Realm Center; two months later, Chen Mo completed a Level Three Formation Core.

• Chen Mo explained his detection Soul Skill to Jing Ziyan and Meng Hongchen, then used Three-Flower Pupils: Illusion Break to show how he had found Jing Ziyan through her fog.
• Jing Ziyan admitted defeat, and Meng Hongchen and Ji Juechen credited Chen Mo with redirecting the Soul Cannon rounds that helped eliminate her.
• Jing Hongchen praised Chen Mo’s potential in team battles but noted that Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan were too old to enter the next tournament.
• The God of Destruction confronted Tang San at the Divine Realm Center and proposed that both be barred from entering while the other gods investigated interference in the Lower Realm.
• Tang San left the center and threatened the God of Destruction, while two months later Chen Mo completed a Level Three Formation Core at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Chen Mo told Jing Hongchen he was ready for the Level Two Soul Engineer assessment, concealing that he had already completed a Level Three Formation Core. As the assessment began before an audience of students, Xuan Ziwen informed his teacher Kong Deming of Chen Mo’s rapid progress, and Kong Deming reacted with shock.

• Chen Mo showed Jing Hongchen a Level Two Formation Core and declared he would take the Level Two Soul Tool Assessment.
• Jing Hongchen arranged the assessment, and Chen Mo explained that he had already completed a Level Three Formation Core and spent the week practicing its techniques.
• Old Zhang brought first- and second-year students to observe Chen Mo’s assessment, with Jing Hongchen ordering them to watch without interfering.
• Xuan Ziwen encountered Chen Mo and Jing Hongchen, learned Chen Mo was taking the Level Two assessment, and hurried to contact Kong Deming.
• Xuan Ziwen told Kong Deming that Chen Mo was preparing for the Level Two assessment, and Kong Deming shouted that Xuan Ziwen should have said so sooner.

Chen Mo passed the Level 2 Soul Engineer Assessment in under two hours, impressing the proctor and earning Kong Deming’s attention. As Kong Deming arrived to meet him, Chen Mo asked to continue straight into the Level 3 assessment.

• Ning Tao explained the Level 2 assessment rules, and Chen Mo quickly crafted a longsword soul tool in one hour and fifty-three minutes.
• Ning Tao was stunned by Chen Mo’s speed and took the soul tool for appraisal.
• Meng Hongchen praised Chen Mo in the observation room while Jing Hongchen proudly credited his teaching.
• Kong Deming arrived at the academy, greeted Jing Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen, and declared Chen Mo’s soul tool a perfect-grade Level 2 Soul Tool.
• Kong Deming asked to meet Chen Mo, but Chen Mo stood up and applied to take the Level 3 Soul Engineer Assessment.

Chen Mo completed the Level Three Soul Tool Assessment by building a Hovering Cannon, impressing the senior soul engineers who watched. Kong Deming invited him to become his student, leaving Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming competing for Chen Mo's mentorship.

• After Chen Mo requested the Level Three assessment, Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen approved it and argued over who should teach him.
• Chen Mo chose a Hovering Cannon as his project and began building it with materials supplied by the academy.
• Chen Mo used his third soul skill to engrave seven interconnected Level Three Formation Cores, then assembled the Hovering Cannon in two hours and fifty-three minutes.
• Kong Deming, Jing Hongchen, and Xuan Ziwen entered the laboratory as Chen Mo finished; Xuan Ziwen judged the Hovering Cannon a superbly made standard Level 3 Soul Tool.
• Jing Hongchen introduced Kong Deming to Chen Mo, and Kong Deming asked Chen Mo to become his student.

Kong Deming tried to recruit Chen Mo, but Chen Mo stayed loyal to Jing Hongchen and refused to change teachers. Meanwhile, Xiao Hongchen emerged as a Level 5 Soul Engineer and discovered that Chen Mo had passed both the Level Two and Level Three Soul Tool Assessments, leaving him stunned.

• Kong Deming offered to take Chen Mo as his disciple, prompting Jing Hongchen to insist that Chen Mo choose for himself.
• Chen Mo declined Kong Deming's offer and said he would remain Jing Hongchen's student.
• Kong Deming accepted Chen Mo's choice and urged Jing Hongchen to teach him well.
• Xiao Hongchen left the laboratory wearing a five-star badge and bragged that he was the youngest Level 5 Soul Engineer in history.
• Meng Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen that Kong Deming had come for Chen Mo, who had passed the Level Two and Level Three Soul Tool Assessments.
• Xiao Hongchen disbelieved Meng Hongchen and wondered if he was hallucinating.

After completing the mission and earning his Level 3 Soul Engineer badge, Chen Mo received a Soul Ring Absorption Card and agreed to help the Ice Empress protect the Snow Empress during her approaching tribulation. He began planning upgrades to the Faraday Cage and asked Jing Hongchen for costly materials, while revealing he intended to become an alchemist.

• Chen Mo completed the seven-month mission, passed the Level 3 Soul Engineer assessment, and received stat boosts and a Soul Ring Absorption Card.
• The Ice Empress asked Chen Mo to lend her the Faraday Cage so the Snow Empress could use it to survive her approaching seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation, and he agreed to help.
• Chen Mo began planning improvements to the Faraday Cage and wrote a list of rare metals and medicinal ingredients he needed.
• Chen Mo asked Jing Hongchen for the materials, explained he planned to start an alchemy business, and promised Jing Hongchen would eventually ask him for pills.
• Jing Hongchen took Chen Mo to the Academy Warehouse to look for the requested materials.

After resenting Chen Mo for eclipsing his achievements and drawing Meng Hongchen’s attention, Xiao Hongchen confronted his lackeys for plotting to provoke the younger boy. He met Chen Mo in the cafeteria, promised to protect him, and immediately regretted it when Chen Mo asked him to teach Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan a lesson.

• Xiao Hongchen arrived at class tired after brooding over Meng Hongchen abandoning him to have breakfast with Chen Mo.
• Xiao Hongchen restrained his lackeys with metal and warned them not to use his name to provoke Chen Mo.
• Xiao Hongchen learned that Jing Hongchen had taken Chen Mo as a student and decided to meet him.
• Xiao Hongchen found Meng Hongchen feeding Chen Mo, sat between them, and introduced himself to Chen Mo.
• Meng Hongchen embarrassed Xiao Hongchen by revealing his awkwardness around girls, and Xiao Hongchen soon warmed to Chen Mo.
• Xiao Hongchen offered to back Chen Mo up, then balked when Chen Mo named Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan as people he wanted taught a lesson.

Xiao Hongchen learned that Chen Mo had broken his Soul Engineer records and was forced to pay Meng Hongchen their bet. Jing Hongchen delivered Chen Mo’s requested ingredients and announced that Chen Mo, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen would try out as reserve team members for the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.

• Xiao Hongchen tried to avoid paying Meng Hongchen, but she produced a recording of their bet, so he handed over a month’s allowance.
• Jing Hongchen arrived and learned Xiao Hongchen had passed the Level Five Soul Tool Assessment, then gave Chen Mo a Storage Soul Tool containing medicinal ingredients and Soul Beast blood essence.
• Chen Mo said he planned to refine pills, astonishing Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen with his claim that they would surpass existing pills.
• Jing Hongchen announced that the three of them would try out as reserve team members for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament.
• Meng Hongchen said Chen Mo’s Soul Skill could help them sweep the competition and led the others toward the Soul Fighting Arena to show Xiao Hongchen its power.

Meng Hongchen and Chen Mo challenged Xiao Hongchen to a Soul Fighting Arena match, wagering soul tools and allowances. With Chen Mo’s vision-sharing and combat support, Meng defeated her brother, leaving Xiao Hongchen to owe them each a level-five soul tool.

• Meng Hongchen proposed a two-on-one match against Xiao Hongchen and wagered that he would make her and Chen Mo a level-five soul tool each if they won.
• Chen Mo offered to give Xiao Hongchen a month of his allowance if their team lost, and Xiao Hongchen accepted the bet.
• Chen Mo shared his vision with Meng Hongchen and used Omnidirectional Detection and Three-Flower Pupils: Illusion Break as the match began.
• Meng Hongchen used Chen Mo’s guidance to evade Xiao Hongchen’s carpet bombardment and destroyed his level-five Soul Tool Shield with her greatsword.
• Xiao Hongchen aimed his soul tools at Chen Mo but was struck by a mental attack, letting Meng Hongchen land her Ice-Fire Poison Dragon Drill and pin him with her sword.
• Jing Hongchen declared Meng Hongchen and Chen Mo the winners after Xiao Hongchen lost two Soul Tool Shields.

Chen Mo helped Meng Hongchen defeat Xiao Hongchen in repeated team battles, impressing Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming with his combat-supporting Soul Skill. After receiving a Mystic Water Pill from Meng Hongchen, Chen Mo stayed at the academy during the break to improve the Faraday Cage and keep his promise to spend time with her.

• Xiao Hongchen demanded a rematch after Chen Mo's Soul Skill revealed why he had lost, and Jing Hongchen refereed several more rounds.
• Chen Mo and Meng Hongchen defeated Xiao Hongchen twice before Xiao Hongchen teamed up with Chen Mo and beat Meng Hongchen.
• Xiao Hongchen predicted their team would dominate the tournament, while Meng Hongchen teased him and the siblings resumed bickering.
• Jing Hongchen showed Chen Mo's battles to Kong Deming, who praised Chen Mo's potential and promised to help provide resources for his growth.
• Jing Hongchen urged the three students to train for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, and Meng Hongchen gave Chen Mo a Mystic Water Pill.
• Chen Mo stayed at the academy for an extra month during the break to improve the Faraday Cage and spend time with Meng Hongchen.

The Snow Empress prepared to transform into a human using a hundred-thousand-year snow lotus after appointing A-Tai ruler of the Far North. As she began cultivating in secret, a black-robed Titled Douluo entered her chamber, intending to seize the transforming soul beast for his own advancement.

• The Snow Empress named A-Tai the next ruler of the Far North because the Ice Empress had apparently died during her tribulation.
• The Snow Empress instructed Xiao Bai and the other soul beasts to cooperate with A-Tai, then sent them away.
• The Snow Empress entered her secret chamber and began refining the hundred-thousand-year snow lotus to transform into a human.
• A black-robed Titled Douluo arrived at Snow Peak, guided by a dream that had helped him reach Level 90 and develop the God-Sealing Platform.
• The black-robed old man opened the secret chamber's stone door and entered the passage to claim the soul beast undergoing human transformation.

The Snow Empress began transforming into a human, but a black-robed old man interrupted her and attacked with a God-Sealing Platform. After she released her sealed power to fight back, she suddenly collapsed, leaving her unable to resist as the platform flew toward her.

• The Snow Empress sealed her cultivation and origin power in the Snow Lotus and Snow Pellet, then endured the painful final stage of her human transformation.
• The black-robed old man broke into the stone chamber and tried to capture the Snow Empress with his God-Sealing Platform, intending to make her his second martial soul.
• Unable to fight while transforming, the Snow Empress dodged the platform until she released her sealed power and charged at the black-robed old man with an ice sword.
• The Snow Empress suddenly coughed blood and was struck down by the black-robed old man, who then sent the God-Sealing Platform toward her as she lay unable to move.