Chapter Summaries

Xuan Ziwen agreed to let Meng Hongchen join his classes after Jing Hongchen tried to arrange lessons for his grandchildren. In the Laboratory, Qin Xiao amazed Ju Zi by carving multiple Magic Arrays with ease, then faced Zi Mu’s jealous insults as the other disciples arrived.

• Jing Hongchen asked Xuan Ziwen to teach Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, and Xuan Ziwen agreed to let Meng Hongchen sign up early.
• Qin Xiao successfully carved a Magic Array on his first attempt, then produced several more while Ju Zi watched in astonishment.
• Qin Xiao exhausted his mental power, and Ju Zi steadied him as Keke, Wang Shaojie, and Zi Mu entered the Laboratory.
• Zi Mu grew jealous when he saw Ju Zi supporting Qin Xiao and challenged Qin Xiao’s right to be in Xuan Ziwen’s Laboratory.
• Zi Mu mocked Qin Xiao’s Magic Arrays and called him trash, while Ju Zi was shocked and furious at the insult.

Ju Zi defended Qin Xiao’s skill and identity after Zi Mu accused him of being useless, and Xuan Ziwen confirmed that Qin Xiao was his martial uncle. Xuan Ziwen expelled Zi Mu, praised Qin Xiao’s flawless magic arrays, and gave him books and notes to study, while Qin Xiao planned to improve his strength with Jing Hongchen’s pills.

• Ju Zi told Zi Mu that Qin Xiao had engraved the magic arrays on the table, but Zi Mu wrongly credited her with the work and insulted Qin Xiao.
• Ju Zi explained that Qin Xiao was Xuan Ziwen’s friend and therefore their martial uncle, but Zi Mu refused to believe her until Xuan Ziwen arrived and confirmed it.
• Zi Mu refused to greet Qin Xiao as his martial uncle, so Xuan Ziwen ordered Wang Shaojie to remove him from the laboratory and disowned him as a disciple.
• Xuan Ziwen examined Qin Xiao’s arrays, praised their flawless workmanship, and predicted Qin Xiao could reach Soul Engineer levels beyond his own.
• Xuan Ziwen gave Qin Xiao access to books and his personal notes, then left the laboratory; Qin Xiao took out the pills Jing Hongchen had given him.

Qin Xiao absorbed the Mystic Water Pill, advanced his cultivation, and began plotting to use the continent’s factions to distract Tang San while seeking immortal herbs. At Shrek Academy, Wang Dong’s attempt to test a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with Xiao Xiao was mistaken for a seduction, leaving Wang Dong branded a scumbag; Tang San then learned that the bond he had arranged at Shrek had disappeared.

• Qin Xiao absorbed the Mystic Water Pill, raised his cultivation to level twelve, and considered using immortal herbs to cleanse pill poison and strengthen himself.
• Qin Xiao planned to divert Tang San’s attention by exploiting conflicts involving the Soul Beast Clan, the Sun Moon Empire, the Body Sect, and the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Wang Dong asked Xiao Xiao to test whether their martial souls could fuse, but Xiao Xiao mistook her request to touch her for an attempt to take advantage of her and ran away.
• Lan Susu and Lan Luoluo comforted Xiao Xiao, then helped spread rumors that Wang Dong was a scumbag; Wang Dong was recognized and chased by angry female students.
• In the Divine Realm, Tang San told Xiao Wu that his latest divination showed the bond he had arranged at Shrek Academy was gone.

Tang San blamed the God of Destruction for disrupting his plans on the Douluo Continent, fought him, and divined that the child of destiny would appear at the upcoming Soul Master Tournament. Meanwhile, Qin Xiao reached rank twenty and designed a Sniper Rifle, which Xuan Ziwen began building to test.

• Tang San accused the God of Destruction of interfering with the Douluo Continent, challenged him, and both were injured in their fight.
• Tang San divined that the child of destiny would attend the upcoming Soul Master Tournament and insisted his plan was back on track, while Xiao Wu remained uneasy.
• The God of Life healed the injured God of Destruction, who denied meddling in the Douluo Continent and vowed to interfere in retaliation against Tang San.
• After a month in the laboratory, Qin Xiao reached rank twenty, mastered Level 2 Soul Tools, and engraved a Level 3 Magic Array without pause.
• Qin Xiao showed Xuan Ziwen his Sniper Rifle design, and Xuan Ziwen recognized its Energy-Storage Magic Array could let ordinary people use it and suggested simplifying it for mass production.
• Xuan Ziwen began constructing the Sniper Rifle, finishing its hollow metal core array.

Wang Shaojie manipulated Zi Mu into using Ju Zi to lure Qin Xiao into a trap, while Qin Xiao and Xuan Ziwen completed and tested a powerful new sniper-rifle soul tool. The weapon exceeded their expectations, and Xuan Ziwen began considering a cheaper version for widespread use.

• Wang Shaojie told Zi Mu to conquer Ju Zi physically and offered to help him, intending to use her to draw out Qin Xiao.
• Qin Xiao made bullets powered by soul power while Xuan Ziwen built a sniper rifle from rare metals and a core array.
• Xuan Ziwen fired the rifle and watched its bullet punch through three steel plates, demonstrating power comparable to a Level 6 soul tool.
• Qin Xiao explained the weapon's high material costs, and Xuan Ziwen proposed developing a cheaper version that could threaten lower-level soul masters.
• Xuan Ziwen promised to seek cultivation pills and treasures for Qin Xiao if the new soul tool earned imperial rewards.

Qin Xiao completed a Sniper Rifle and went alone to rescue Ju Zi from Zi Mu. He killed the Soul Emperor guarding the warehouse from a distance, then used the rifle to kill Zi Mu and free Ju Zi from immediate danger.

• Qin Xiao finished the Sniper Rifle, found a kidnapping note, and used Spiritual Detection to locate Ju Zi in an abandoned warehouse with Zi Mu and a Soul Emperor.
• Qin Xiao shot the Soul Emperor through the warehouse wall while Zi Mu and the Soul Emperor argued, killing him with a single bullet.
• Zi Mu grabbed Ju Zi and threatened her, then mistakenly believed Xuan Ziwen had fired the shot that killed the Soul Emperor.
• Qin Xiao entered the warehouse and told Zi Mu that he had killed the Soul Emperor himself.
• Qin Xiao used a Soul Skill to disorient Zi Mu and shot him in the head, killing him.

Qin Xiao rescued Ju Zi from a kidnapping and identified Wang Shaojie as the likely force behind it, then agreed to travel to the Far North to seek the Ice Empress as a second martial soul. Xuan Ziwen confronted Wang Shaojie over Qin Xiao’s disappearance and began whipping him for information.

• Qin Xiao freed Ju Zi, examined the dead Soul Emperor’s armor, and concluded that Wang Shaojie had arranged the kidnapping to target him.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm urged Qin Xiao to travel to the Far North and recruit the Ice Empress, and Qin Xiao agreed.
• Ju Zi told Xuan Ziwen that Qin Xiao had rescued her, and they found a royal guard’s corpse at the warehouse.
• Xuan Ziwen took Ju Zi to confront Wang Shaojie, then carried him to the Laboratory after Wang denied knowing where Qin Xiao was.
• Xuan Ziwen chained Wang Shaojie up and whipped him when he continued denying involvement.

Jing Hongchen confronted Wang Shaojie over Qin Xiao’s kidnapping, but Wang Shaojie claimed he did not know where Qin Xiao was and was tortured again. In the Far North, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm showed the Ice Empress Qin Xiao’s mental world and memories of another timeline, leaving her stunned by his power and origins.

• Jing Hongchen arrived at the Laboratory, learned Wang Shaojie had helped kidnap Ju Zi and Qin Xiao, and ordered Xuan Ziwen to continue questioning him.
• Wang Shaojie confessed that he had arranged Zi Mu’s kidnapping attempt and sent a Soul Emperor Expert, but said he did not know where Qin Xiao was.
• After Xuan Ziwen revealed that Zi Mu and the Soul Emperor Expert were dead, Jing Hongchen ordered harsher torture of Wang Shaojie.
• In the Far North, the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm trapped the Ice Empress and urged her to follow Qin Xiao, but she doubted Qin Xiao’s strength.
• Qin Xiao let the Ice Empress enter his mental world, where she witnessed his immense power and scenes of battles across a different timeline.
• The Ice Empress recognized the Deep Sea Demonic Whale King in Qin Xiao’s memories, and Qin Xiao explained that he had helped the whale become a god in his timeline.

The Ice Empress agreed to become Qin Xiao’s second martial soul, giving him her torso soul bone and soul ring before he obtained a Spiritual Simulation soul skill from an ice silkworm. As they reached Mingdu, Qin Xiao explained humanity’s advanced soul tools and left the Ice Empress questioning whether soul beasts could avoid extinction.

• Qin Xiao revealed his God King godhood, and the Ice Empress agreed to become his second martial soul so she could survive.
• The Ice Empress gave Qin Xiao a torso soul bone and soul ring, granting him four powerful soul skills.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm helped Qin Xiao find an ice silkworm, whose soul ring gave him the Spiritual Simulation skill.
• Qin Xiao and the others left the Far North for Mingdu, where he told the Ice Empress that powerful soul tools could threaten even top soul beasts.
• The Ice Empress asked whether soul beasts were doomed to extinction, and Qin Xiao said they could secure room to live and multiply if they chose their goals clearly.

Qin Xiao returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy after claiming he had fled to the Far North and killed a Soul Emperor who pursued him. Ju Zi, Xuan Ziwen, and Jing Hongchen believed him and blamed Wang Shaojie, who remained bound and battered as Qin Xiao’s accusations gained support.

• The Ice Empress asked Qin Xiao how soul beasts could improve their situation, and he suggested forming alliances with human powers against their common enemies.
• Qin Xiao arrived at the laboratory and found Xuan Ziwen had kept Wang Shaojie bound and beaten for a month while trying to learn where Qin Xiao had gone.
• Ju Zi and Xuan Ziwen recognized Qin Xiao, welcomed him back, and asked what had happened after he sent Ju Zi away.
• Qin Xiao claimed a Soul Emperor had ambushed him, forcing him to flee to the Far North, where he eventually killed his pursuer; he secretly blamed Wang Shaojie for the attack.
• Wang Shaojie denied sending anyone after Qin Xiao, but Xuan Ziwen and Ju Zi accepted Qin Xiao’s account and continued to hold him responsible.
• Jing Hongchen arrived, heard Ju Zi repeat Qin Xiao’s story, and agreed that a Soul Master killing a Soul Emperor was perfectly reasonable.

Qin Xiao revealed that he had awakened a second martial soul, the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion, and claimed Wang Shaojie's persecution had triggered it. Jing Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen recognized Qin Xiao's immense potential and considered how to deal with Wang Shaojie, while Jing Hongchen suspected Qin Xiao had exposed his secret to prompt him to act.

• Qin Xiao thanked Wang Shaojie, prompting Jing Hongchen, Xuan Ziwen, and Ju Zi to worry that his head injury had impaired him.
• Qin Xiao released the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion's power, freezing the Laboratory, then let the martial soul possess him.
• Qin Xiao claimed Wang Shaojie's actions had pushed him to the brink of death and awakened his second martial soul.
• Ju Zi, Jing Hongchen, and Xuan Ziwen reacted with shock because they had never heard of twin martial souls awakening this way.
• Jing Hongchen recognized Qin Xiao's potential as both a soul engineer and a soul master, while Xuan Ziwen urged him to decide how to handle Wang Shaojie.
• Jing Hongchen suspected Qin Xiao had revealed his twin martial souls to get him to eliminate Wang Shaojie.

Jing Hongchen killed Wang Shaojie, covered up his death, and gave Qin Xiao Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Balm after learning that Qin Xiao possessed the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion martial soul. He arranged for Meng Hongchen to study under Xuan Ziwen so she could get close to Qin Xiao, while Xuan Ziwen finally met his teacher, Kong Deming, after Kong failed to break through to Level 10.

• Jing Hongchen killed Wang Shaojie and planned to charge the imperial family for laboratory damage by claiming Wang had died in an accident.
• Jing Hongchen learned that Qin Xiao's martial soul was the Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion and gave him Ten-Thousand-Year Whale Balm.
• Ju Zi apologized to Qin Xiao for his danger and offered to catch fish for him as they headed to eat.
• Jing Hongchen persuaded Meng Hongchen to study under Xuan Ziwen and secretly report on Qin Xiao, presenting it as an assessment of a possible successor.
• Xuan Ziwen met Kong Deming, who admitted that he had failed to reach the Level 10 Soul Engineer realm.

Xuan Ziwen introduced Qin Xiao and his copied Sniper Rifle to Kong Deming, who invited Qin Xiao to cultivate at the Imperial Palace. Qin Xiao weighed the offer against staying at the academy, but Jing Hongchen arrived before he answered.

• Xuan Ziwen showed Kong Deming the Sniper Rifle and explained that Qin Xiao had invented it, prompting Kong Deming to seek out the young engineer.
• Qin Xiao and Ju Zi ate grilled fish by the lake, where Meng Hongchen bought the five remaining fish for five Gold Soul Coins and urged Qin Xiao to sell grilled fish full-time.
• Xuan Ziwen brought Qin Xiao to meet Kong Deming and introduced him as his close friend.
• Kong Deming praised Qin Xiao and asked whether he would consider cultivating somewhere else, while Qin Xiao weighed the Imperial Palace against the academy.
• Jing Hongchen entered the laboratory and greeted Kong Deming, who suspected he had come to interfere with the conversation.

Kong Deming learned about Qin Xiao’s twin martial souls and Spiritual Detection, then agreed to let him compete in the Continental Soul Master Academy Tournament before considering Imperial Palace training. Meng Hongchen prepared to study under Xuan Ziwen and told Xiao Hongchen about Qin Xiao, who became eager to face his new rival.

• Jing Hongchen persuaded Kong Deming that Qin Xiao’s Spiritual Detection could help the academy win the tournament, so Kong Deming delayed taking Qin Xiao to the Imperial Palace and arranged pills to help him reach rank thirty.
• Qin Xiao overheard Kong Deming privately instruct Jing Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen to train him firmly and improve his cultivation quickly.
• Meng Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen she would stop attending school with him, then fired at him with Soul Guidance Ray Guns after he mistakenly thought she was being sent away to marry.
• Meng Hongchen revealed she would study under Xuan Ziwen and, after bargaining for Gold Soul Coins, told Xiao Hongchen about Qin Xiao and Jing Hongchen’s assignment for her to watch him.
• Xiao Hongchen praised Qin Xiao’s talent and boasted that he wanted a strong rival, while Meng Hongchen challenged him to compete against Qin Xiao.

Qin Xiao woke at level 24 after taking Kong Deming’s pills and whale blubber, then accepted Xiao Hongchen’s challenge when Xiao offered a bottle of cultivation pills as the prize. Qin Xiao won by carving a working Level 2 magic array in thirty seconds, and Meng Hongchen stayed behind, saying they were classmates now.

• Qin Xiao woke in Laboratory No. 3 at level 24 after his cultivation rose three levels overnight, and he washed off the impurities expelled from his body.
• Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen visited the laboratory to find Qin Xiao, and Xiao challenged him to a Soul Engineer contest.
• Qin Xiao accepted Xiao Hongchen’s challenge to carve a Level 2 magic array, with Xiao wagering a bottle of cultivation pills.
• Qin Xiao finished a working magic array in thirty seconds, defeating Xiao Hongchen and astonishing him with his skill.
• Xiao Hongchen handed over the pills and left, while Meng Hongchen gave them to Qin Xiao and said they were classmates now.

Meng Hongchen learned that Qin Xiao was Xuan Ziwen’s senior in their teacher’s circle, while Qin Xiao focused on rapidly boosting his cultivation. In the Star Luo Empire, Xu Jiawei offered Xu Jiujiu a chance to absorb a sealed hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo that might grant her a second martial soul, but she refused.

• Meng Hongchen joined Xuan Ziwen’s class and asked whether she should call Qin Xiao her senior brother, but Ju Zi corrected her and explained that Xuan Ziwen treated Qin Xiao as a brother and close friend.
• Qin Xiao entered his private cultivation room and used high-quality spirit medicines, expecting to become a Soul King before turning fourteen.
• Xu Jiawei showed Xu Jiujiu a Level 9 Soul Tool called the God-Sealing Platform, which contained a hundred-thousand-year soul beast embryo.
• Xu Jiawei told Xu Jiujiu that absorbing the embryo might give her a second martial soul, possibly an ultimate ice martial soul, and could help secure the Star Luo Empire’s future.
• Xu Jiujiu considered the offer but ultimately refused to take the risk, leaving Xu Jiawei asking her why.

Xu Jiujiu and Xu Jiawei decided to auction the God-Sealing Platform during the upcoming soul master tournament, while Shrek Academy prepared its teams and assigned Xuan Zi to protect them. Their preparations were interrupted by Tai Tan of the Clear Sky Sect, who arrived at Shrek with a presumptuous request.

• Xu Jiujiu rejected spending over a hundred million Gold Soul Coins to pursue a second martial soul, and she and Xu Jiawei agreed to auction the treasure during the tournament.
• Yan Shaozhe asked Xuan Zi to escort Shrek Academy's tournament teams, and Xuan Zi accepted after hearing about the main and reserve team members.
• Tai Tan appeared in the forest beside the lake, withstanding Xuan Zi's pressure and introducing himself as a visitor from the Clear Sky Sect.
• Tai Tan offered ten Soul Ascension Pills as compensation for arriving uninvited, then admitted he had come to make a presumptuous request.

Tai Tan secured Wang Dong a reserve spot on Shrek Academy’s tournament team after revealing her Clear Sky Hammer twin martial soul, while Xuan Zi replaced Ning Tian with her. At Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Jing Hongchen named newly enrolled Qin Xiao a core competitor and proposed a match to prove he belonged on the team.

• Tai Tan told Yan Shaozhe and Xuan Zi that Wang Dong was a Clear Sky Sect disciple with twin martial souls, including the Clear Sky Hammer, and requested a reserve spot for her.
• Xuan Zi agreed to Tai Tan’s request and ordered Yan Shaozhe to replace Ning Tian with Wang Dong on the reserve team.
• Yan Shaozhe announced the tournament roster, leaving Ning Tian surprised by her omission and Wang Dong puzzled by her inclusion.
• Jing Hongchen reviewed Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s roster and introduced Qin Xiao as a core competitor despite his recent enrollment.
• Meng Hongchen defended Qin Xiao after Elder Ma questioned his readiness, and Jing Hongchen proposed that Qin Xiao and the Hongchen siblings fight three team members to determine whether Qin Xiao would join the team.

Jing Hongchen arranged a training match between Qin Xiao, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen and three members of the Main Team. As the match began, Qin Xiao supported Xiao Hongchen with Spiritual Sharing and Spiritual Detection, then used his Simulation Soul Skill to fool the Main Team’s opening attack.

• Jing Hongchen persuaded Elder Ma to let Ma Rulong, Chen An, and Chen Fei fight the three juniors.
• Qin Xiao and Meng Hongchen took support roles, leaving Xiao Hongchen responsible for damage output with Fixed-Installed Soul Tools.
• Qin Xiao activated Spiritual Sharing and Spiritual Detection for Xiao Hongchen, giving him confidence that he could hit his targets.
• Chen An and Chen Fei fired their Soul Guidance Ray Guns while Ma Rulong prepared his stronger Soul Tools.
• Qin Xiao used his Simulation Soul Skill to make the trio appear in their original positions, and Ma Rulong recognized the illusion.

Qin Xiao helped Xiao Hongchen overwhelm Ma Rulong, Chen Fei, and Chen An with Fixed-Installed Soul Cannons, securing his place on the Academy’s tournament Main Team. As the Academy prepared to travel to Star Luo City, Shrek Academy also set out, with Xuan Zi planning to eliminate a group of Evil Soul Masters along the way.

• Qin Xiao, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen revealed their positions, and Xiao Hongchen’s twenty Fixed-Installed Soul Cannons trapped Ma Rulong, Chen Fei, and Chen An beneath a barrage.
• Elder Ma shielded the three from the shells, and Jing Hongchen stopped the spar before anyone was injured.
• Jing Hongchen named Qin Xiao to the Main Team, ordered the Academy to keep him out of matches until the finals, and arranged for him to obtain a Soul Ring on the journey to Star Luo City.
• Qin Xiao reflected that Shrek’s team might face disaster on the road and hoped the Holy Spirit Cult would be wiped out.
• Xuan Zi led fourteen people from Shrek Academy toward Star Luo and told them they would eliminate a group of Evil Soul Masters along the way.