Chapter Summaries

Key plot points and events

• Chen Mo takes the Level 2 Soul Engineer Assessment under Level 7 engineer Ning Tao, who was appointed to avoid accusations of favoritism from Dean Jing Hongchen.
• Using only the permitted tools and his martial soul, Chen Mo makes a Level 2 longsword in one hour and fifty-three minutes—far faster than Ning Tao’s own seven-hour completion time.
• In the observation room, Meng Hongchen celebrates Chen Mo’s achievement, while Jing Hongchen takes pride in his student.
• Kong Deming, the powerful former master of Virtuous Hall and current master of the Offering Hall, arrives unexpectedly. Xuan Ziwen had summoned him, hoping he could meet Chen Mo.
• Kong examines the longsword himself and declares it a perfect-grade Level 2 Soul Tool, ordering Chen Mo’s pass to be announced and asking to meet him.
• Before he can be brought upstairs, Chen surprises everyone by asking to continue directly to the Level 3 assessment.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mo demonstrates exceptional speed, precision, and confidence, then raises the stakes by requesting a higher-level assessment.
• Ning Tao is stunned by Chen’s skill and speed, which surpass his own experience.
• Jing Hongchen is proud of Chen but also protective and possessive of his promising student; he suspects Kong wants to recruit or claim Chen.
• Xuan Ziwen is eager for Kong to meet Chen and relieved when his teacher arrives.
• Kong Deming shows both authority and personal interest in Chen, while lightly chiding Xuan Ziwen to improve his soul power.
• Meng Hongchen enthusiastically supports Chen and praises his accomplishment.

Significant themes

• Exceptional talent and disciplined practice: Chen’s familiarity with the longsword model turns skill into remarkable speed and accuracy.
• Merit versus favoritism: Jing arranges an independent proctor to protect the assessment’s credibility, though his concern over Kong’s interest reveals competing claims over Chen.
• Ambition and rising expectations: Passing Level 2 is not enough for Chen; he immediately seeks a greater challenge.

Plot points and events

• After Chen Mo passes the Level Two Soul Engineer Assessment, he asks to attempt Level Three—an unusually advanced step for a freshman and a record-breaking pace.
• Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen discuss Chen Mo’s talent. Jing privately regrets not knowing sooner and plans to bring him into the Illustrious Virtue Hall for personal instruction.
• Kong openly offers to take Chen Mo as his student, with Xuan Ziwen enthusiastically supporting the idea. Jing is alarmed by their attempt to poach him.
• The assessment is approved, and Chen Mo chooses to build a Level Three Hovering Cannon. Using his third soul skill to ensure precision, he completes it in two hours and fifty-three minutes.
• Kong, Xuan Ziwen, and Jing inspect the cannon. Xuan Ziwen judges it a high-quality Level Three tool with excellent formation cores. Kong then directly asks Chen Mo to become his student.

Character developments

• Chen Mo demonstrates exceptional soul-tool ability, technical precision, and confidence, while remaining unaware of the rivalry his talent has sparked.
• Jing Hongchen is proud of Chen Mo but also possessive and anxious about losing him; he intends to offer him closer, one-on-one teaching.
• Kong Deming becomes impressed enough to openly pursue Chen Mo as a student.
• Xuan Ziwen recognizes Chen Mo’s skill and eagerly anticipates him joining their teacher’s lineage.

Themes

• The chapter highlights extraordinary talent and the value of disciplined craftsmanship.
• It also explores mentorship, institutional pride, and competition among powerful teachers over a promising student.
• Chen Mo’s rapid progress contrasts with his classmates’ struggles, emphasizing both his exceptional standing and the envy it provokes.

Character interactions

• Jing and Kong trade polite words that mask a contest over Chen Mo’s allegiance.
• Xuan Ziwen joins Kong’s bid, further frustrating Jing.
• Chen Mo behaves respectfully toward the senior figures but focuses mainly on completing his assessment, leaving the chapter’s final choice—whether to accept Kong’s offer—unresolved.

Key plot points and events

• Kong Deming, the Empire’s foremost Level 9 Soul Engineer, offers to take nine-year-old Chen Mo as his student, openly challenging Jing Hongchen’s claim to him. He proposes letting Chen Mo decide.
• Chen Mo refuses, choosing to remain Jing Hongchen’s student. He cites Jing’s generous teaching and support, as well as Meng Hongchen’s care for him. Kong accepts the decision and urges Jing to develop Chen’s talent.
• Elsewhere, Xiao Hongchen emerges from seclusion after passing the Level 5 Soul Engineer assessment. Proud of being the youngest to achieve it, he assumes the crowd and Kong’s presence are connected to his success.
• Meng corrects him: Kong came because Chen Mo passed both the Level 2 and Level 3 assessments in one go. Xiao is stunned and struggles to accept that Chen may have surpassed him.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mo demonstrates loyalty, gratitude, and sound judgment by declining the prestige of Kong’s mentorship rather than abandoning a teacher who has supported him.
• Jing Hongchen is protective of Chen and relieved by his choice; his rivalry with Kong is expressed through their argument over who should teach the boy.
• Kong Deming is ambitious in seeking Chen as a student, but respects Chen’s refusal and recognizes his unusual character.
• Xuan Ziwen tries to persuade Chen to join Kong, hoping for a new junior brother, then reacts with disappointment.
• Xiao Hongchen remains boastful and self-absorbed, misreading events as praise for himself. Meng calmly punctures his assumptions by revealing Chen’s rapid progress.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and gratitude versus advancement: Chen values existing bonds over the opportunity to study with a more prestigious mentor.
• Talent and recognition: The chapter contrasts Chen’s rapid achievement with Xiao’s confidence in his own status.
• Pride and self-deception: Xiao’s assumptions set up a sharp reversal when he learns why Kong actually came.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Mo completes the seven-month “Surpass Yourself” mission by breaking the Sun Moon Empire’s all-time Soul Engineer assessment record and earns his Level 3 badge. His rewards include improved attributes and a limited-edition Soul Ring Absorption Card, which lets him absorb any Soul Ring with perfect success and no side effects.
• Realizing he can now use the card to absorb the Million-Year Soul Ring for his second martial soul, Dimo, Chen Mo’s disappointment turns to excitement.
• The Ice Empress asks to borrow Chen Mo’s Faraday Cage to help her sister, the Snow Empress, withstand her approaching seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation. Chen Mo agrees to accompany her to the Far North and help.
• Chen Mo begins planning upgrades to the cage, anticipating that the tribulation may be more dangerous than the Ice Empress’s previous one. As Jing Hongchen has promised to supply research materials, Chen Mo requests a costly list of metals, along with ingredients for alchemy.
• Chen Mo tells Jing Hongchen he intends to become an alchemist. Jing laughs at the idea and warns him not to poison himself; Chen Mo confidently vows that Jing will eventually ask him for pills. Jing takes him to the academy warehouse for supplies.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mo shifts quickly from frustration with his modest-seeming mission rewards to excitement over the Soul Ring card. He is also growing more ambitious: he plans to develop his second martial soul, improve his technology, and pursue alchemy.
• The Ice Empress shows unusual embarrassment when asking Chen Mo for help, then acknowledges that she owes him another favor. Though she claims she only recently sensed the Snow Empress’s tribulation approaching, the narration reveals she had actually forgotten about it while enjoying city life.
• Jing Hongchen continues to support Chen Mo as his teacher and grants access to rare materials, but remains skeptical of Chen Mo’s alchemical ambitions. Their exchange is teasing and competitive.

Significant themes

• Favors and growing obligations: The Ice Empress’s debt to Chen Mo deepens as he agrees to help save the Snow Empress.
• Ingenuity and preparation: Chen Mo treats the coming tribulation as a serious technical challenge, planning improvements to the Faraday Cage rather than relying on luck.
• Ambition and confidence: Chen Mo seeks to make use of every opportunity and resource, while his bold alchemist claim sets up a future test of his abilities.
• Humor and contrast: The Ice Empress’s grand status contrasts with her carefree shopping habits, while Chen Mo’s enormous materials request and Jing’s incredulous response provide comic relief.

Plot points

• After learning that Chen Mo has eclipsed his academy records, Xiao Hongchen arrives at class tired and resentful. When his lackeys propose attacking Chen Mo to restore his reputation, Xiao restrains them with his Soul King power and warns them not to use his name for underhanded revenge.
• Xiao explains that Chen Mo is now their grandfather Jing Hongchen’s student—and therefore, in a sense, family. If Xiao wants to reclaim his honors, he intends to do it fairly.
• Curious about Chen Mo, Xiao skips class and goes to the cafeteria. He finds Meng Hongchen feeding Chen Mo a shrimp and sits between them.
• After an awkward introduction and some teasing, Xiao and Chen quickly warm to each other. Xiao offers to protect Chen Mo from trouble at the academy. Chen then mischievously asks him to teach Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan a lesson; Xiao immediately backs down and asks him to choose someone else.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao Hongchen shifts from jealousy and wounded pride toward acceptance and protectiveness. Though he resents losing his records, he rejects dishonest retaliation and treats Chen as family. His cool persona also proves fragile: Meng’s teasing quickly exposes his bashful, goofy side.
• Meng Hongchen openly favors Chen Mo, even feeding him and defending him from Xiao’s scrutiny. She also enjoys embarrassing her brother, while still stopping before completely ruining his dignity.
• Chen Mo remains modest about his achievements but shows a playful streak, using Xiao’s generous offer to target two people Xiao clearly does not want to confront.
• The siblings’ bond is affectionate and teasing: Xiao is protective and a little jealous, while Meng is comfortable mocking him and steering the encounter.

Significant themes

• Fair competition and integrity: Xiao insists that any rivalry be settled through his own effort, not sabotage.
• Family loyalty: Despite his jealousy, Xiao considers Chen part of the family because of Jing Hongchen’s mentorship and refuses to let outsiders target him.
• Pride and vulnerability: Xiao’s public aloofness masks insecurity and embarrassment, especially around his sister.
• Humor through role reversal: The powerful senior promises to back Chen, only to retreat when Chen names the academy’s formidable Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan.

• Xiao Hongchen’s return and the bet: Xiao comes out of seclusion after passing the Level Five Soul Tool assessment, only to discover that Chen Mo has broken his records and taken the academy’s “greatest genius” spotlight. Meng reminds him of their wager about Chen Mo surpassing his Level Two Soul Engineer record. Xiao tries to wriggle out of paying by arguing Chen Mo broke a different record, but Meng produces a recording of the bet. He grudgingly hands over a month’s allowance.
• Chen Mo and Xiao’s uneasy camaraderie: When Jing Hongchen arrives, Xiao quickly presents himself as Chen Mo’s close friend to avoid appearing hostile in front of their grandfather. Chen Mo playfully exploits the claim, saying Xiao promised to feed him for a year. Jing dismisses the joke, confident that Xiao—though proud and competitive—doesn’t bully those weaker than himself and prefers to win through his own abilities.
• Chen Mo’s pill-refining ambition: Jing delivers the medicinal ingredients and Soul Beast blood essence Chen Mo requested. Chen Mo reveals that he plans to refine pills, astonishing Xiao and Meng, who know how rare and sophisticated pill-making is. He confidently promises results better than the well-known Soul Ascension and Mystic Water pills, relying on his Eighth-Rank Alchemist inheritance and Black Demon Cauldron. The narration hints that he will soon discover the craft is harder than he expects.
• The tournament announcement: Jing tells Chen Mo, Xiao, and Meng that he intends for them to try out as reserve members for this year’s Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, partly to give them experience for a future competition. Xiao questions whether Chen Mo, a Soul Elder, is too young to take part, but Jing says Chen Mo’s team-oriented Soul Skill makes him a good fit. Meng agrees that Chen Mo’s ability could help them dominate, though Xiao has no idea what they mean. The group heads to the Soul Fighting Arena so he can see it.
  Character developments and themes: Xiao’s boastfulness masks insecurity: he resents losing his status but remains reluctant to admit fear or defeat, while Meng uses a recording to hold him accountable. Chen Mo is confident, mischievous, and quick to turn others’ words to his advantage. Jing is a supportive mentor who recognizes Chen Mo’s potential. The chapter emphasizes rivalry tempered by respect, family teasing, accountability, and the value of teamwork.

Plot and events

• Meng Hongchen proposes a practice match in the Soul Fighting Arena: she and Chen Mo will face her older brother, Xiao Hongchen. Their grandfather, Jing Hongchen, agrees to referee.
• Meng turns the match into a wager. If she and Chen Mo win, Xiao must make them each a Level Five soul tool; if they lose, Meng will return the money she won from him and add a month of her allowance. Chen offers to contribute a month of his allowance too if they lose. Confident of victory, Xiao accepts.
• Before the fight, Meng and Chen briefly discuss tactics. In the arena, Chen uses his Jade-Eyed Three-Flower Pupils to provide all-around detection, expose Xiao’s openings, and share his vision with Meng.
• Guided by Chen’s information, Meng abandons her usual cautious approach and attacks aggressively. She dodges Xiao’s close-range bombardment, then destroys his Level Five shield with a strike from her greatsword.
• Xiao decides to target Chen, but an unexplained burst of pain disrupts him. Meng capitalizes with her strongest attack, breaks through his remaining defense, and pins him with her sword. Jing declares Meng and Chen the winners.

Character development and interactions

• Meng Hongchen is playful and opportunistic, using the wager to try to win valuable soul tools from her brother. In battle, she shows that she can adapt her fighting style and fight decisively when supported by Chen’s abilities. She even frames her brutal opening strike as a lesson for Xiao about staying focused.
• Chen Mo contributes more than support: his detection and shared vision transform Meng’s combat effectiveness. He also volunteers to share the wager’s risk, showing consideration for Meng.
• Xiao Hongchen begins overconfident, relying on his higher soul-power level and greater soul-engineering rank. He is caught off guard by Meng’s altered tactics and Chen’s interference, and his confidence proves misplaced.
• Jing Hongchen encourages the match as a way for the siblings and Chen to understand one another, then officiates it.

Significant themes

• Teamwork and complementary abilities: Chen’s perception skills enable Meng to exploit openings she might otherwise miss.
• Overconfidence and attention: Xiao’s assumption that his superior strength guarantees victory leaves him vulnerable.
• Playful rivalry and family bonds: The siblings’ taunts, wager, and combat remain competitive but familiar, while Meng presents her attack as a corrective lesson rather than simple hostility.

Key events

• Xiao Hongchen loses to Meng Hongchen and Chen Mo, then demands rematches because he does not understand how Chen Mo’s Soul Skill affected the fight.
• The trio fights several more rounds. Xiao first tries to eliminate Chen Mo early but is disrupted by Mental Rampage and defeated by Meng. He then loses a close battle of attrition.
• Xiao switches sides for a third round, teaming with Chen Mo to defeat Meng. He concludes that a team with Chen Mo is nearly unbeatable.
• Jing Hongchen reveals that he arranged the demonstration to help secure resources for Chen Mo. Kong Deming, who came to watch, is impressed by Chen Mo’s team-oriented Soul Skill and says that, if he matures, Chen Mo could ensure the empire’s stability for a century. Kong offers to help provide resources.
• Jing encourages the trio to train for the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament. After practice, Meng gives Chen Mo a Mystic Water Pill as his promised reward for passing the Level 2 Soul Engineer assessment.
• As the semester ends, Chen stays at the academy rather than returning to the Body Sect, partly to improve his Faraday Cage and partly to keep his promise to spend time with Meng.

Character developments and interactions

• Xiao moves from disbelief and indignation to recognizing the strength of Chen Mo’s ability, though he remains competitive and eager to win.
• Meng and Xiao fall back into affectionate sibling bickering after their matches. Meng also playfully scolds Chen Mo for not going easy on her.
• Chen’s Soul Skill proves highly effective in coordinated combat, helping the group build teamwork and quickly changing the balance of each match.
• Jing is protective of Chen Mo and wants to keep him as his student, while Kong is so impressed that he again considers taking Chen Mo as an apprentice. Jing remains polite but privately resents Kong’s interest.

Significant themes

• Teamwork and adaptability: Chen Mo’s abilities can transform a team’s performance, while repeated matches force the characters to adjust their tactics.
• Mentorship and ambition: The elders recognize Chen Mo’s exceptional potential and compete to guide and support him.
• Playful rivalry and friendship: The fights strengthen the trio’s teamwork while preserving their teasing, familiar relationships.
• Potential beyond accepted limits: Kong’s speculation about Chen Mo reaching godhood challenges the continent’s assumption that such power is only legend.

Plot points and events

• The Snow Empress faces her seven-hundred-thousand-year tribulation. Her attempt to form a second soul core failed, damaging her origin and leaving her little chance of surviving.
• She plans to use a hundred-thousand-year snow lotus to take human form and cultivate anew, hoping to escape the tribulation.
• Before leaving, she names A-Tai, the Titan Snow Demon King, as the next ruler of the Far North. The Ice Empress—once the natural successor—apparently died during her four-hundred-thousand-year tribulation.
• The Snow Empress urges the Ice Bear King, Xiao Bai, to cooperate with A-Tai, then dismisses the gathered beasts.
• She enters a hidden cultivation chamber and begins refining the snow lotus.
• Meanwhile, a black-robed Soul Engineer arrives. A dream supposedly guided him to this location and helped him reach Level 90 and develop a Level 9 God-Sealing Platform. Believing he can use it to capture a transforming soul beast and gain a second martial soul, he opens the chamber and enters.

Character developments and interactions

• The Snow Empress shifts from ruler to guardian preparing for departure, making succession arrangements despite the uncertainty of her transformation.
• Xiao Bai’s grief at her leaving reveals his deep, filial attachment to her; she comforts him and asks him to stop fighting with A-Tai.
• The soul beasts show their loyalty through their reluctance to leave, but obey the Snow Empress’s command.
• The black-robed old man is newly ambitious and convinced his dream has revealed a path to ultimate power. His intrusion puts the Snow Empress’s transformation at risk.

Significant themes

• Mortality and change: Even a powerful, long-lived ruler must confront death and consider beginning life anew.
• Duty and succession: The Snow Empress prepares the Far North to endure without her.
• Loyalty and loss: Xiao Bai and the assembled beasts mourn the prospect of her departure.
• Ambition and danger: The old man’s hunger for power contrasts with the Snow Empress’s sacrifice and creates an imminent threat.

Key events

• The Snow Empress seals her immense cultivation and origin power inside a snow lotus and pellet, then begins transforming into a human. The process is agonizing, but she reaches its final stage.
• A black-robed Titled Douluo breaks into her chamber, disrupting the transformation. He intends to capture her with a God-Sealing Platform and make her his second martial soul.
• With her power sealed and her body weakened, the Snow Empress cannot defend herself and is gradually trapped.
• Rather than submit, she releases her sealed power and launches a desperate attack. She freezes the man’s legs and nearly kills him, but suddenly coughs blood and collapses.
• The old man regains the advantage and sends the God-Sealing Platform toward her. Unable to move or resist, the Snow Empress can only watch defiantly as it approaches.

Character developments and interactions

• The Snow Empress’s resolve and pride remain unbroken despite her vulnerability: she would rather die than be captured, choosing a potentially fatal counterattack over surrender.
• The old man is greedy and overconfident, convinced his capture is assured. His confidence briefly turns to panic when the Snow Empress’s power overwhelms him, then returns when she falters.
• Their confrontation is sharply unequal: the Snow Empress has vastly greater power, but her transformation leaves her physically helpless; the old man exploits that moment to seize control.

Significant themes

• Defiance and dignity: The Snow Empress embodies the principle “better to shatter as jade than remain whole as clay.”
• Vulnerability during transformation: Great power cannot protect her when she is in a critical, weakened state.
• Fate and desperation: Her brief hope of transformation is threatened by an unexpected intrusion, leaving her facing a seemingly unavoidable defeat.

Plot points and events

• Ice Bear King Xiaobai races through the Far North carrying Chen Mo and the Ice Empress to the Snow Empress’s snowy peak. Chen Mo is freezing, so the Ice Empress eventually surrounds him with a soul-power barrier.
• On the way, the Ice Empress learns that Xiaobai and the Titan Snow Demon King had fought because Xiaobai wanted to guard the Snow Empress during her transformation, while the Titan Snow Demon King was following her order to keep him away.
• At the peak, the chamber door stands open and its ice wall is shattered. Inside, a black-robed Level 9 Soul Engineer is about to use a God-Sealing Platform on the weakened Snow Empress, hoping to make her his second martial soul.
• The Ice Empress interrupts him, knocks the device aside, and kills him with her ultimate-ice attack. Chen Mo then takes the man’s Storage Soul Tool and belongings.
• The Snow Empress initially recoils from Chen Mo, but the Ice Empress explains that he helped her survive her tribulation and recover her origin. Trusting her sister, the Snow Empress agrees to let Chen Mo try to save her.
• Chen Mo asks her to touch his Prism Ball. Instead of being captured inside it like the Ice Empress was, the Snow Empress transforms into an egg, leaving everyone stunned.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mo endures the freezing journey, remains practical under pressure, and eagerly loots the defeated Soul Engineer before the Ice Empress calls him back to help.
• The Ice Empress shows deep concern for her sister and fierce protectiveness, immediately attacking the intruder. Her trust in Chen Mo persuades the Snow Empress to accept his help.
• The Snow Empress, weakened and despairing, briefly believes she is seeing her sister for the last time. Though wary of Chen Mo, she chooses to trust the Ice Empress’s judgment.
• Xiaobai is devoted to the Snow Empress and wants to protect her, but is left guarding the entrance. The Ice Empress’s order to kill anyone approaching underscores her urgency.
• The black-robed Soul Engineer’s confidence and predatory attitude prove fatal: he mistakes the Ice Empress for an easy target and is swiftly killed.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and sisterly love: The Ice Empress risks everything to reach and protect the Snow Empress.
• Trust amid desperation: The Snow Empress accepts Chen Mo’s help because she trusts her sister, despite her suspicion of humans.
• Power and arrogance: The Soul Engineer’s ambition and contempt for his opponent lead to his downfall.
• Uncertainty and transformation: The Snow Empress’s unexpected egg form leaves Chen Mo’s ability—and the outcome of the rescue—unclear.

Plot points and events

• The Snow Empress has been transformed into a large, patterned egg after the Prism Ball stabilized her severely weakened condition. Chen Mo explains that she should recover when she hatches, though he cannot say when.
• Chen jokes that they should buy a chicken to incubate the egg, provoking the Ice Empress. Electrolux appears and explains that feeding the egg compatible natural treasures could make it hatch sooner.
• The Ice Empress worries that such treasures are exceptionally rare. Chen initially continues joking, but a new system quest gives him a reason to take the matter seriously: help the Snow Empress hatch early, with better rewards for a shorter incubation. The egg’s current incubation period is one year.
• Chen remembers a place where they might find ice-attributed treasures: the Earth Dragon Sect. Before he can explain, a disturbance outside interrupts them.
• The Ice Bear King and Titan Snow Demon King are fighting again. The Ice Empress breaks up the brawl and learns that the Ice Bear attacked because he thought she had ordered him to stop anyone approaching. Chen then names the Earth Dragon Sect as his lead.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mo moves from bewildered jokes about the Snow Empress egg to seriously seeking a way to shorten its incubation after receiving the quest.
• The Ice Empress is anxious about her sister’s recovery, dismissive of Chen’s chicken idea, and quick to discipline the two fighting beasts. She realizes she is partly responsible for their misunderstanding because of her earlier order.
• Electrolux, whose spiritual energy has restored much of his memory and human form, offers practical advice about speeding up the hatching.
• The Ice Bear King and Titan Snow Demon King act like frightened children once the Ice Empress intervenes, each blaming the other for the fight.

Significant themes

• Family loyalty and care: The Ice Empress is deeply concerned about the Snow Empress’s recovery.
• Comic contrast: Chen’s irreverent humor clashes with the Ice Empress’s reverence for her sister and the beasts’ imposing appearances.
• Action guided by incentives: The system quest turns Chen’s curiosity into a concrete effort to help the Snow Empress.
• Miscommunication and responsibility: The beasts’ fight stems from the Ice Bear following an earlier order too literally.

Plot points and events

• The Ice Empress learns of the Earth Dragon Sect’s hidden Cold Spring, which contains valuable ice-attribute treasures needed to help the Snow Empress hatch from her egg. She and Chen Mo set out to retrieve them.
• Before leaving the Far North, the Ice Empress explains the Snow Empress’s condition to the Titan Snow Demon King and Ice Bear King. After clarifying that Chen Mo saved the Snow Empress, she leaves the Titan Snow Demon King in charge and tells the Ice Bear King to cooperate with him.
• At the Earth Dragon Sect, the Ice Empress and Chen Mo find the sect undefended by its leader, Nan Shuishui. They knock out the disciples, enter the Cold Spring, and take all the ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow and ice extreme divine crystal.
• Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao reaches Level 20 and travels into the Far North, hoping to attract the Ice Empress and obtain a second martial soul. He and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm wait in the cold, unaware that the Ice Empress is already far away with Chen Mo.

Character developments and interactions

• Ice Empress prioritizes helping the Snow Empress but also handles her responsibilities in the Far North before leaving. She is protective and decisive, while her confidence and impatience show in her blunt dismissal of Chen Mo’s warnings and the Earth Dragon Sect’s strength.
• Chen Mo guides the expedition and takes the opportunity to claim the entire treasure trove, motivated partly by preventing Huo Yuhao from benefiting from it.
• Titan Snow Demon King accepts responsibility for ruling the Far North, though he would prefer the Ice Empress to remain. The Ice Empress insists he honor the Snow Empress’s choice.
• Ice Bear King initially threatens Chen Mo out of anger over the Snow Empress’s injury, then calms down when he learns Chen Mo saved her.
• Huo Yuhao and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm pursue their plan to find the Ice Empress, but their timing fails: she is no longer in the Far North.

Significant themes

• Loyalty and duty: The Ice Empress leaves to help the Snow Empress while entrusting the Far North to its appointed ruler.
• Greed and opportunism: Chen Mo and the Ice Empress strip the Cold Spring of every valuable resource, treating the mission as a robbery.
• Irony and missed timing: Huo Yuhao’s search for the Ice Empress comes just after she has left, and the treasure he might have sought has already been taken.

Plot points and events

• In the Divine Realm, Tang San is furious that the God of Destruction’s interference—and their mutual surveillance—has restricted his ability to meddle in the Lower Realm. He tells Xiao Wu a self-serving version of events, portraying himself as the Child of Destiny’s protector and Destruction as the villain.
• Xiao Wu suggests that Tang San use a clone to evade surveillance. Tang San adopts the idea and recruits Oscar to help.
• To distract the God of Envy, Oscar creates an illusion of Tang San that flies away. While Envy follows it, Oscar helps Tang San make a real clone: a remote-controlled duplicate with a wisp of Tang San’s consciousness and initially Limit Douluo-level power.
• Before it reaches Douluo Star, a life-goddess-like figure intercepts the clone. Believing it is too powerful for the Lower Realm, she reduces it to Rank 29 Soul Grandmaster before sending it onward.
• Meanwhile, at a hotel in the Heaven Dou Empire, Chen Mo’s attempt to test whether a hen could help hatch the Snow Empress’s egg goes badly. The hen freezes, and the returning Ice Empress catches Chen Mo with it. She freezes him in place and beats him.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San remains determined to control events in the Lower Realm. He manipulates Xiao Wu’s trust, then schemes with Oscar to bypass the divine surveillance.
• Xiao Wu accepts Tang San’s account without question and unintentionally gives him the idea for the clone.
• Oscar helps Tang San execute the deception, while teasing him about their long-standing kidney problems.
• The God of Envy notices Tang San’s suspicious departure and follows the illusion, unaware it is a decoy.
• The life goddess acts to limit the clone’s strength, preventing Tang San from sending a powerful divine agent into the Lower Realm.
• Chen Mo and the Ice Empress continue their comic, volatile dynamic: his reckless experiment provokes her anger, and she responds physically.

Significant themes

• Deception and manipulation: Tang San disguises his motives from Xiao Wu and uses an illusion to evade the God of Envy.
• Checks on power: The divine surveillance and the life goddess’s intervention constrain Tang San’s attempts to interfere below.
• Comedy amid conflict: The clone plot is balanced by the slapstick hen-and-egg incident and the Ice Empress’s chase.

Key plot points and events

• In the Divine Realm, Tang San is furious that the God of Destruction has blocked his plans and that the Child of Destiny’s fortune has suddenly declined. Since Tang San and Destruction are both under surveillance, he decides to find a way to interfere in the Lower Realm without being caught.
• Xiao Wu suggests that Tang San use a clone. Tang San asks Oscar for help, and Oscar first creates a decoy using his Illusion Skull to lure away the God of Envy, who is monitoring them.
• With Oscar’s assistance, Tang San creates a powerful clone: a near-double with a fragment of his divine consciousness, Blue Silver Grass, and the strength of a Level 99 Limit Douluo. He sends it toward Douluo Continent.
• Before it reaches the Lower Realm, an emerald-clad goddess—later identified as the Goddess of Life—intercepts it. To limit Tang San’s interference, she reduces its power to Level 29, then sends it onward.
• Meanwhile, at a hotel in the Heaven Dou Empire, Chen Mo’s attempt to test whether a hen can help incubate the Snow Empress’s egg goes badly. The hen freezes, and the returning Ice Empress catches him. She freezes Chen Mo in place and beats him.

Character developments and interactions

• Tang San remains manipulative and determined to pursue his plans despite restrictions. He misrepresents events to Xiao Wu, casting himself as a selfless protector and the God of Destruction as the villain.
• Xiao Wu trusts Tang San without question. Her casual suggestion gives him the idea of using a clone.
• Oscar helps Tang San evade surveillance, though he teases him about his long-standing kidney problems.
• The Goddess of Life acts to restrain Tang San’s influence, showing that the other gods are alert to his attempts to meddle.
• Chen Mo and the Ice Empress continue their comic, combative dynamic: his reckless curiosity provokes her anger, while he tries unsuccessfully to escape punishment.

Significant themes

• Power and accountability: Tang San seeks to bypass oversight and influence the Lower Realm, while the Goddess of Life intervenes to keep his power in check.
• Deception and trust: Tang San manipulates Xiao Wu’s perception and uses a decoy to evade the God of Envy.
• Comic experimentation and consequences: Chen Mo’s absurd attempt to use a hen to incubate a supernatural egg ends in a frozen bird and a beating.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Mo advises Du Busi to delay deciding whether the Body Sect should cooperate with the Heaven Dou Empire. He wants to gradually change Du Busi’s skepticism toward Soul Tools and steer him toward a future partnership with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Du Busi worries about Princess Vina, who claims a family connection to him. Chen Mo argues that her duty is to the Heaven Dou Empire and that her claimed ancestry does not prove she is Du Busi’s descendant. Du Busi accepts the caution.
• Chen Mo says he may compete as a reserve for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy in the next All-Continent Advanced Elite Soul Master Tournament. Du Busi refuses to attend, dismissing him as unlikely to compete, though Chen Mo expects his master will secretly come.
• When Chen Mo declines to return to the Body Sect, Du Busi tricks him into paying for their meal, then slips away.
• At Shrek Academy, Tang Wu—Tang San’s clone, sent to become a teacher and cultivate Huo Yuhao—claims to be a Level 99 Limit Douluo and demands the post of dean. His revealed Martial Soul and Soul Rings show he is only a Level 29 Soul Grandmaster, so Shrek expels and beats him.
• Tang San senses the clone’s failure in the Divine Realm. Unable to intervene directly, he seeks an indirect remedy by contacting Wang Yan.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mo shows strategic patience with Du Busi, choosing persuasion over confrontation. He is also blunt about Vina’s uncertain connection to the sect master.
• Du Busi remains proud and skeptical of Soul Tools, but is receptive to Chen Mo’s reasoning about Vina. His sharp tongue and mischievous, affectionate side emerge when he tricks Chen Mo into paying.
• Tang Wu begins with unjustified confidence in the power and memories assigned to him, then is humiliated and left confused by the discrepancy between his supposed identity and actual strength.
• Tang San is bewildered by his clone’s weakness and shifts to indirect intervention.
• Chen Mo and Du Busi’s conversation mixes serious political counsel with teasing familiarity; Tang Wu’s encounter with Shrek is openly hostile and ends in physical punishment.

Significant themes

• Political strategy and persuasion: Chen Mo believes lasting cooperation requires gradually reshaping Du Busi’s views rather than forcing a conclusion.
• Identity versus reality: Tang Wu’s implanted memories and grand claims clash with his actual abilities.
• Pride and humiliation: Du Busi’s stubbornness is played for humor, while Tang Wu’s arrogance leads to a harsher downfall.

Key plot points and events

• Chen Mo tests his third soul skill, All-Domain Shared Search, with Xiao Hongchen, combining its long-range detection and precision guidance with Xiao’s fixed-installation soul cannon.
• The support lets Xiao hit distant targets with astonishing accuracy. He becomes so enthusiastic that his exaggerated praise and suggestive phrasing embarrass Meng Hongchen and disgust Chen Mo.
• Meng and Xiao bicker over Meng’s romance novel, The Overbearing CEO Falls in Love with Me. Meng silences Xiao with an ice cube before he can reveal more.
• Remembering that Meng’s martial soul is ice-attribute, Chen Mo gives her a piece of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow, which can aid ice-attribute cultivation. Her martial soul reacts eagerly to it, though she initially tries to refuse the valuable gift.
• Xiao repeatedly tries to claim a share, but backs off when Chen explains that the marrow would harm soul masters without ice attributes.
• The Ice Empress teases Chen for using the treasure to impress a girl. Chen denies understanding romance, while Meng looks back and thinks that an overbearing younger boy might be appealing.

Character developments and interactions

• Chen Mo shows both technical ingenuity and generosity: he discovers a powerful application for his detection skill and gives Meng a treasure suited to her cultivation. His thoughts also reveal a growing interest in winning her over.
• Xiao Hongchen is thrilled by the new precision his soul cannon gains, becoming even more boastful and shamelessly eager for Chen to continue supporting him. His affection for Meng shows through their teasing, and he readily yields to her.
• Meng Hongchen is embarrassed by her brother’s behavior but confidently keeps him in line. She initially resists accepting Chen’s gift, then appears touched by his consideration.
• The Ice Empress acts as a teasing commentator, openly interpreting Chen’s gift as romantic.

Significant themes

• Teamwork and complementary abilities: Chen’s detection skill greatly enhances Xiao’s soul-tool combat.
• Generosity and courtship: Chen chooses a gift based on Meng’s specific needs, quietly signaling his interest.
• Sibling affection and comic embarrassment: Meng and Xiao’s playful squabbling provides much of the chapter’s humor.

Plot points

• At Shrek Academy, dean Yan Shaozhe tells Elder Xuan that the tournament’s official team is set: Ma Xiaotao will captain a strong, balanced lineup, with Dai Yueheng as vice-captain. Their weakest member is still a Level 55 Soul King.
• The reserve team has not yet been chosen. Xuan Zi agrees to lead both teams on a pre-tournament mission to hunt evil soul masters, confident that his Level 98 strength will keep everyone safe.
• Xuan Zi also takes charge of the reserve-team selection, overruling the need to consult the other senior elders.
• At the Sun Moon Empire’s Royal Offering Hall, Jing Hongchen proposes including Chen Mo, a Soul Elder, among the reserve candidates. Kong Deming warns that Shrek’s ruthless tournament conduct could put him at risk. Jing Hongchen insists and threatens to bring powerful Level 9 Soul Tools if Shrek mistreats Chen Mo, securing his place in the selection.

Character developments and interactions

• Xuan Zi is introduced as a lazy, perpetually hungry powerhouse whose devouring martial soul fuels both his appetite and cultivation. Flattery about his reputation as the “bane of evil soul masters” persuades him to take on the mission; beneath his carefree manner, his enthusiasm for confronting them is clear.
• Yan Shaozhe reports the roster and mission plans, flattering Xuan Zi to gain his help. He is surprised when Xuan Zi independently claims authority over reserve selection.
• Jing Hongchen shows a protective, combative streak toward Chen Mo, while Kong Deming urges caution about the danger posed by Shrek.
• Xuan Zi’s boast that nothing can go wrong is undercut by an ominous joke suggesting that danger is already on its way.

Significant themes

• Overconfidence and foreshadowing: Xuan Zi’s certainty that he can guarantee everyone’s safety hints that the mission may not go as planned.
• Rivalry and institutional arrogance: The chapter depicts Shrek as powerful and entitled, while other academies fear its influence and behavior.
• Protection versus ambition: Jing Hongchen wants Chen Mo to gain tournament experience but recognizes the risks and prepares to defend him.
• Power and responsibility: Xuan Zi’s strength makes him a natural leader, but his casual confidence raises questions about whether he appreciates the dangers involved.

Key plot points and events

• A week before the tournament, Sun Moon captain Ma Rulong challenges Dean Jing Hongchen’s decision to name Chen Mo—a Soul Elder—as a reserve. He argues that Chen Mo’s current strength is too low, despite his exceptional record-breaking talent.
• Jing proposes a three-on-three test: Chen Mo teams with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, while Ma Rulong chooses two official members, Mi Jia and Xiao Xiafeng.
• In the first match, Chen Mo’s teammates use soul cannons from the outset. His guidance makes their shots track their targets, allowing them to disable the two Soul Kings before the Hongchen siblings defeat Ma Rulong.
• Ma demands a rematch. This time, the siblings use their martial soul fusion skill, Red Dust Attachment, while Chen Mo again provides precise targeting and spatial support. They win quickly.
• Ma realizes Chen Mo’s abilities are behind the siblings’ sudden improvement. After learning more about his skill, he enthusiastically endorses Chen Mo—and even suggests making him an official member.
• Meanwhile, back in Chen Mo’s dormitory, the Snow Empress egg cracks after absorbing its final piece of ten-thousand-year profound ice marrow.

Character developments and interactions

• Ma Rulong shifts from dismissing Chen Mo as an underpowered liability to recognizing his tactical value. His initial pride and skepticism give way to excitement once he sees Chen Mo’s abilities in action.
• Chen Mo demonstrates that his contribution is not raw strength but battlefield control and support. He calmly devises the team’s strategy and helps turn the siblings’ attacks into near-inescapable strikes.
• Xiao Hongchen grows overconfident after previous success with Chen Mo’s guidance, but the match confirms the pair’s effectiveness.
• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen cooperate with Chen Mo, first using coordinated soul-cannon attacks and then their martial soul fusion skill.
• Jing Hongchen resolves the disagreement through a fair trial rather than relying on his authority, giving Ma a chance to judge Chen Mo for himself.

Significant themes

• Support can outweigh rank: Chen Mo’s lower cultivation does not prevent him from changing the outcome of a fight.
• Prejudice corrected by evidence: Ma’s assumptions about Chen Mo’s weakness collapse when he witnesses the team’s performance.
• Teamwork and tactical adaptation: The siblings’ attacks become dramatically more effective when paired with Chen Mo’s precise guidance.
• A looming new development: The cracking Snow Empress egg hints at a major change beyond the tournament preparations.

• Snow Empress hatches: After a month and seven days of keeping Snow Empress’s egg on Chen Mo’s bed, the system announces that she has hatched and rewards Chen Mo with improved physique, soul power purity, spiritual power, and a movement technique. He rushes back to his villa, where a seven-colored formation and extreme cold signal the hatching.
• A surprising new form: Ice Empress finds a little girl beside the broken eggshells, sensing that the child’s aura is identical to Snow Empress’s. The girl calls out, and transforms into Snow Empress’s adult form. Chen Mo briefly holds and teases her, while Snow Empress responds with curiosity rather than anger.
• Sisters reunite: Ice Empress throws herself into her sister’s arms and cries with relief. Snow Empress comforts her, gently teasing her for crying despite her great age. Chen Mo tries to record the emotional reunion; Ice Empress realizes what he is doing and chases him when he refuses to hand over the device.
• A startling discovery: As the others playfully chase one another, Snow Empress examines her condition with soul power. She suddenly reacts in disbelief, suggesting that hatching has brought about an unexpected change.
  Character developments and interactions: Chen Mo is excited and playful, continuing to joke even around powerful spirit beasts. Ice Empress’s fierce protectiveness gives way to open relief at seeing her sister safe, though she quickly returns to her lively, combative rapport with Chen Mo. Snow Empress appears composed and curious, and her reunion with Ice Empress reveals their deep bond.
  Themes: The chapter emphasizes sisterly love and reunion, the contrast between formidable power and affectionate vulnerability, and lighthearted companionship. Its closing revelation introduces suspense about the consequences of Snow Empress’s hatching.