Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and Dugu Luo prepared to search for the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well despite drawing misfortune for all three routes, while Huo Yuhao promised to suppress Dugu Luo’s poison. After they split from Zhang Lexuan’s group, Xuan Ziwen spotted Huo Yuhao’s mental abilities and judged him perfect for Sun Moon.

• Huo Yuhao drew sticks showing great misfortune for the left, middle, and right paths to the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, and he and Dugu Luo decided to scout the area the next morning.
• Huo Yuhao grilled the Three Soul Ghost Mantis for Xuan Zi and the disciples, while Zhang Lexuan stopped Xuan Zi from having him roast a twenty-five-thousand-year chicken.
• Huo Yuhao told Dugu Luo he could make an Antidote Pill to slow her Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison, and Dugu Luo resolved to find a complete cure.
• The next morning, Zhang Lexuan found a thousand-year Binding Spirit Vine for Tang Ya, while Huo Yuhao and Dugu Luo departed along a different route toward the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Xuan Ziwen observed Huo Yuhao using Mental Detection and taking pills, then told Xu Sheng that Huo Yuhao was perfect for Sun Moon.

Huo Yuhao and Dugu Luo fought their way through the poisonous forest, killed a six-thousand-year Cave Demon Spider, and reached the outer barrier of the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well. There, Huo Yuhao received three quest options for entering the well, including a chance to obtain another Sub-fire of Strange Fire.

• Xuan Ziwen judged that Huo Yuhao's frequent use of pills and strong Mental Power suggested talent for Soul Tool research, while Xu Sheng trusted his assessment.
• Huo Yuhao and Dugu Luo traveled through the poisonous forest using Mental Detection and Simulation, and decided to cross the territory of a six-thousand-year Cave Demon Spider rather than detour.
• The Cave Demon Spider attacked, and Huo Yuhao and Dugu Luo killed it with Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus and Dugu Luo's Jade Serpent Poison Spear.
• Huo Yuhao created a simulated spider to deter other Soul Beasts, and he and Dugu Luo continued to the Three-Way Intersection before the rainbow-colored poison barrier.
• Huo Yuhao saw three quest options for entering the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, with rewards that included a Soul Hall cultivation technique, the Ten Thousand Beasts Cauldron, or opportunities tied to the immortal herbs.

Huo Yuhao and Dugu Luo scouted the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well, then camped nearby while Huo Yuhao refined Antidote Pills. Xuan Ziwen and Xu Sheng met them, and after learning about Huo Yuhao’s Martial Soul, Xuan Ziwen invited him and Dugu Luo to study at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Huo Yuhao chose to pursue a sub-fire of Strange Fire and used Bone Spirit Cold Fire to protect himself from the poisonous mist as he and Dugu Luo scouted the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well.
• Huo Yuhao said they would return when his Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus gained one or two more colors, while Xu Sheng and Xuan Ziwen followed their decoys before spotting them leaving the poisonous mist.
• At camp, Huo Yuhao refined Antidote Pills and Soul Return Pills, and Dugu Luo took an Antidote Pill that neutralized some of the deadly toxins in her body.
• Xuan Ziwen bought an Antidote Pill from Huo Yuhao for one hundred Gold Soul Coins and learned that Huo Yuhao sought revenge for his mother's death and had no academy.
• Huo Yuhao told Xuan Ziwen that his Martial Soul was the Mental Attribute Original Martial Soul Spirit Eyes, and Xuan Ziwen invited him and Dugu Luo to attend the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

Tang Ya gained confidence after absorbing an over-limit Soul Ring, while Zhang Lexuan and Huo Yuhao prepared to travel to Heaven Dou City. Xuan Ziwen urged Huo Yuhao and Dugu Luo to consider the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, then wrote a brief recommendation letter for Huo Yuhao.

• Tang Ya successfully absorbed a Thousand-Year Binding Spirit Vine Soul Ring that exceeded her endurance limit and resolved to grow strong enough to reclaim the Tang Sect's former grounds and avenge her parents.
• Zhang Lexuan offered to accompany Tang Ya to Heaven Dou City, then invited Bei Bei to go with her; Bei Bei declined.
• Huo Yuhao told Xuan Ziwen he would decide later whether to attend the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, and Xuan Ziwen described the academy's strengths and encouraged him to enroll.
• Xuan Ziwen explained how Dugu Luo's poison could be combined with Soul Guidance Shells, and Huo Yuhao agreed that the academy suited them while advising her to resolve her poison problem first.
• Xu Sheng questioned Huo Yuhao's unexplained abilities, and Xuan Ziwen dismissed the need to pry and wrote a short recommendation letter for the academy's teachers.

Wang Dong struggled with the consciousness forcing her to study Hidden Weapons Unraveling, while Tang San and the God of Destruction clashed over rotating supervision of the lower planes. Huo Yuhao returned to Heaven Dou City with Dugu Luo, Xuan Ziwen, and Xu Sheng, where Jiang Nannan barely recognized him.

• Wang Dong resisted the consciousness urging her to study Hidden Weapons Unraveling, recalled how Big Dad and Second Dad had sent her to Shrek Academy to find her biological parents, and reassured Xiao Xiao that she would deal with whoever caused it.
• The God of Destruction proposed a God King Conference to discuss rotating supervision of lower planes, and Tang San agreed while insisting that any new system first be tested on a small scale.
• After the God of Destruction left, Tang San suspected him of sabotaging his plans for the Child of Destiny and Xiao Qi, and he told Xiao Wu that Xiao Qi was living happily on the Douluo Continent with her memories sealed.
• Huo Yuhao and Dugu Luo returned to Heaven Dou City under the escort of Xuan Ziwen and Xu Sheng, where Jiang Nannan greeted Huo Yuhao but was startled by how pale he looked.

Huo Yuhao returned to Heaven Dou City and reunited with Jiang Nannan, then settled in with her and Dugu Luo at the house she had rented. Meanwhile, Xuan Ziwen arranged to send Huo Yuhao's recommendation to Mingdu, and Xu Sheng instructed the courier to show the letter to the Hall Master first.

• Jiang Nannan welcomed Huo Yuhao and met Dugu Luo, then invited her to share the house and split the rent.
• Xuan Ziwen gave Huo Yuhao a recommendation letter for the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and said he would be in Heaven Dou City paying respects to his ancestors.
• Jiang Nannan and Huo Yuhao discussed his academy options, and he explained that Elder Xuan had not recognized his talent.
• Huo Yuhao reunited with Jiang Mu, checked on her recovery, and toured the five-bedroom house with Jiang Nannan and Dugu Luo.
• Xuan Ziwen entrusted a merchant association owner with carrying Huo Yuhao's recommendation letter to Mingdu for Old Kong.
• Xu Sheng stopped the courier and told him to show the recommendation letter to the Hall Master first, and the courier agreed.

Huo Yuhao shared a warm dinner with Jiang Nannan and Dugu Luo, showing them a compilation of Xiao Wu’s Eight Section Throw before spending the night at Jiang Nannan’s home. The next day in Mingdu, Jing Hongchen read Xuan Ziwen’s recommendation letter and decided to intercept the student it named.

• Jiang Nannan prepared dinner, and Huo Yuhao wove battle scenes of Xiao Wu’s Eight Section Throw for the group to watch while they ate.
• Dugu Luo and Jiang Nannan teased Huo Yuhao as they relaxed after dinner, and Jiang Nannan later visited his room to ask when he would leave.
• Huo Yuhao told Jiang Nannan he planned to leave in a couple of days, and she hugged him before he fell asleep again.
• In Mingdu, a black-clothed man purchased failed Soul Tools from Mingde Hall and delivered Xuan Ziwen’s recommendation letter to Jing Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen read the letter, asked Lin Jiayi to analyze it, and ordered him to postpone a research project so they could intercept the recommended student.

Huo Yuhao left Heaven Dou City with Xuan Ziwen and Xu Sheng to join the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. On the way to Mingdu, he practiced Purple Cloud Wings, while Jing Hongchen prepared to welcome him and invited Meng to meet the young genius.

• Dugu Luo found Jiang Nannan and Huo Yuhao waking together, misunderstood their closeness, and later told Jiang Nannan she wanted to focus on resolving her Jade Phosphor Serpent Poison before pursuing romance.
• Huo Yuhao spent two days refining Antidote Pills for Dugu Luo, gave her enough for a year, and promised they would visit the Ice and Fire Yin-Yang Well when he returned.
• Huo Yuhao said goodbye to Jiang Nannan and Dugu Luo, then left Heaven Dou City with Xuan Ziwen and Xu Sheng for the Sun Moon Empire.
• As they crossed the Ming Dou Mountain Range, Xuan Ziwen gave Huo Yuhao a third-class Flight Soul Tool, but Huo Yuhao instead attempted to practice his self-created Purple Cloud Wings.
• Huo Yuhao successfully formed purple wings and flew at high speed, then began falling as his Soul Power ran low; Electrolux urged him to endure the strain rather than take a pill.
• Outside Mingde Hall in Mingdu, Jing Hongchen waited to welcome Huo Yuhao and invited his granddaughter Meng to meet a genius.

Jing Hongchen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen learned that Xuan Ziwen had brought back Huo Yuhao, whose talent and Mental Power impressed Jing. Meng Hongchen became captivated by Huo Yuhao’s appearance and carried him back to Mingde Hall, while Xiao struggled to accept that Huo might surpass him.

• Meng Hongchen questioned Jing Hongchen about the gifted student Xuan Ziwen had found, while Xiao Hongchen boasted that no ordinary genius could match him.
• Xu Sheng and Xuan Ziwen brought the exhausted Huo Yuhao into Mingdu, where Jing Hongchen greeted them and assessed Huo’s exceptional Mental Power and potential.
• Jing Hongchen arranged for Lin Jiayi to take Xuan Ziwen back to Mingde Hall and asked Meng Hongchen to help bring Huo Yuhao along.
• After seeing Huo Yuhao’s face, Meng Hongchen eagerly carried him in a princess carry and flew him back to Mingde Hall with her Flight Soul Tool.
• Xu Sheng told Xiao Hongchen that Huo Yuhao might be more talented than him, but Xiao refused to believe it and wondered why Meng had reacted so strongly to Huo’s looks.

Huo Yuhao woke in Mingde Hall, met Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen, and agreed to enroll at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. At the Council Hall, he revealed his Twin Martial Souls and Bone Spirit Cold Fire, leaving the researchers stunned as Jia Xu joined the plans for his instruction.

• Xu Sheng and Jing Hongchen agreed to arrange Huo Yuhao’s transfer assessment and assign senior instructors to him, while Xiao Hongchen worried that Meng Hongchen would favor the newcomer.
• Huo Yuhao woke in Meng Hongchen’s room, accidentally froze her pet frog, then revived it with the Mark of Life as she welcomed him and brought him food.
• Xiao Hongchen inspected Huo Yuhao and grew anxious about his looks, then accompanied him and Meng Hongchen to the Council Hall.
• Meng Hongchen explained the academy’s admission and grade system and offered to help Huo Yuhao with any problems.
• At the Council Hall, Huo Yuhao revealed his Spirit Eyes and Bone Spirit Cold Fire, shocking Jing Hongchen, Xu Sheng, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen introduced the aloof researcher Jia Xu as one of Huo Yuhao’s substitute instructors, and Huo Yuhao noticed the book Jia Xu had been reading.

Huo Yuhao began his admission assessment preparations at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and moved into a room beside Meng Hongchen's. Meanwhile, Mu En encouraged Tang Ya to seek a Man Faced Demon Spider External Soul Bone, and Wang Dong volunteered to hunt spiders with her.

• Jing Hongchen arranged a Soul Tool assessment for Huo Yuhao and offered him introductory Core Array materials and metals to prepare.
• Jing Hongchen decided Huo Yuhao would stay in the room next to Meng Hongchen's after Xu Sheng warned that Xiao Hongchen and Huo Yuhao might not get along.
• Huo Yuhao created two romance manga Light Orbs, and Xiao Hongchen chose the one titled "His Six-Ring Soul Emperor Female Tenant" before Meng Hongchen could read it.
• Meng Hongchen and Huo Yuhao discussed how their martial souls' ice-and-fire attributes might work together, while Xiao Hongchen tried to stop them from talking about his reading preferences.
• Mu En suggested Tang Ya hunt Man Faced Demon Spiders in hopes of obtaining an External Soul Bone, and Wang Dong asked to join because she wanted to beat up spiders.

Huo Yuhao began designing a boltgun that fired weakened Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotuses as ammunition, but realized its metal casing needed to withstand their explosive force. With Electrolux's guidance, he forged Titanium Gold to the Hundred Refinements Purification level and ended the chapter drafting blueprints for his weapon.

• Xu Sheng gave Huo Yuhao Soul Engineer materials and an access card, explained the academy's flexible assessment, and took him to his Laboratory.
• Huo Yuhao asked for durable metal, and Xu Sheng let Xiao Hongchen take him to obtain Titanium Gold from the warehouse.
• Huo Yuhao considered turning Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotuses into boltgun ammunition but realized the metal would need a stronger Core Array or greater durability.
• Huo Yuhao recalled forging techniques and explained Hundred Refinements Purification to Electrolux, who offered to teach him.
• Electrolux guided Huo Yuhao as he used the Xuan Heavy Ruler to forge Titanium Gold to the Hundred Refinements Purification level.
• Huo Yuhao began designing blueprints for a Boltgun—Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus Version, while Meng Hongchen heard his hammering from next door.

Huo Yuhao crafted a boltgun that fired Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus bombs and brought it to the academy for his Soul Tool assessment. He entered the assessment grounds with the unusual weapon as Xiao Hongchen questioned its enormous barrel.

• Huo Yuhao practiced basic Core Arrays with Electrolux's guidance, then carved a lotus-shaped casing from Hundred Refinements Purification Titanium Gold and compressed a Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus inside it.
• Huo Yuhao manufactured a boltgun that held three Fire Lotus Bombs, and Snow Empress praised his potential while he explained how the weapon could deliver follow-up attacks.
• Huo Yuhao told Xu Sheng that his mother had left him a White Tiger Dagger and that he had learned about Soul Tools as a child, then agreed to take the assessment.
• Meng Hongchen teased Xiao Hongchen about Huo Yuhao becoming a first-rank Soul Engineer in one night, and Xiao complained that Yuhao's comic was pure angst.
• Meng Hongchen gave Huo Yuhao pills taken from Xiao Hongchen, who asked whether the comic had a Pure Love Version; Huo Yuhao said they could discuss it after the assessment.
• Huo Yuhao entered the assessment grounds and displayed his boltgun, prompting Xiao Hongchen to ask what kind of Soul Guidance Ray Gun had such a huge barrel.

Huo Yuhao used his Boltgun in the Mingde Hall entrance assessment and overwhelmed a group of Soul Beasts with its Fire Lotus Bombs. Jing Hongchen admitted him and invited him to enroll in Mingdu, while Xiao Hongchen asked whether he could make a Boltgun of his own.

• Xuan Ziwen noticed that the Boltgun's design seemed unable to withstand firing, but Huo Yuhao explained that he had strengthened its Titanium Gold with metal purification.
• At Jing Hongchen's approval, the invigilating teacher released three weaker Soul Beasts and a Thousand-Year Wind Baboon for Huo Yuhao's assessment.
• Huo Yuhao fired three Fire Lotus Bombs from the Boltgun, destroying the Wind Baboon and defeating the other charging Soul Beasts in the blast.
• Jing Hongchen and the others praised the Boltgun's power and its strengthened metal, and the invigilating teacher announced that Huo Yuhao had passed and gave him his admission notice.
• As Jing Hongchen led the group back to Mingde Hall, Huo Yuhao explained that the Boltgun drew inspiration from his Buddha's Wrath Fire Lotus technique.
• Xiao Hongchen studied the Boltgun's blueprints and asked whether he could Condense one himself, but Huo Yuhao said its Fire Lotus Bombs could only be made by him.

Huo Yuhao revealed Hundred Refinements Purification and his Spirit Eyes’ 3D Detection Map to the Sun Moon Soul Engineers, impressing Jing Hongchen and earning admission to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. The chapter left Huo Yuhao touring campus with the Hongchen Siblings as students gossiped about him and Meng Hongchen.

• Xiao Hongchen compared his cultivation with Huo Yuhao’s, while Meng Hongchen and Xu Sheng explained that Huo Yuhao’s pills did not raise cultivation.
• Jing Hongchen asked how Huo Yuhao strengthened Titanium Gold, and Huo Yuhao explained Hundred Refinements Purification and described Thousand Forging and Spirit Forging as later stages.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Mingde Hall’s Soul Engineers to learn Hundred Refinements Purification and awarded Huo Yuhao a First-Level Soul Engineer badge.
• Huo Yuhao shared his Spirit Eyes’ 3D Detection Map with Jing Hongchen, Xu Sheng, and Xiao Hongchen, who marveled at its usefulness for Soul Tools.
• Xu Sheng began Huo Yuhao’s enrollment at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, while the Hongchen Siblings showed him around campus and overheard students gossiping about him and Meng Hongchen.

Huo Yuhao strengthened his bond with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen at the academy, while Jing Hongchen sought Kong Deming’s advice on how to nurture Yuhao’s exceptional talents. Jing ended by revealing his plan for Yuhao’s teachers, friends, and potential lover, leaving Kong stunned.

• Huo Yuhao explained to Xiao Hongchen that his Innate Soul Power had been only level one and showed him a fabricated battle to support the story.
• Meng Hongchen reassured Xiao Hongchen that she was happy with Yuhao’s company, and Xiao accepted their growing closeness while praising Yuhao’s support ability.
• Jing Hongchen and Xuan Ziwen reported Yuhao’s talents and entrance-exam performance to Kong Deming, who urged Jing to build Yuhao’s sense of belonging and confidently nurture him.
• Kong Deming reassured Jing that the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy could guide Yuhao’s Martial Soul training and provide resources for his future development.
• Jing Hongchen outlined his intended roles for Yuhao’s teacher, friend, and lover, naming himself, a talented male student, and his granddaughter Meng Hongchen.

Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming agreed to support Huo Yuhao’s growth, while Jing arranged for him to explore possible Martial Soul enhancements with Xiao and Meng Hongchen. Huo Yuhao attended his first class with Jia Xu and was then recruited by Xiao to test his Mental Detection Soul Skill at the training field.

• Kong Deming agreed that Xiao and Meng Hongchen should spend time with Huo Yuhao and promised not to interfere excessively with his development.
• Xiao Hongchen asked Huo Yuhao to assist him with his Soul Guidance Cannons, and Huo Yuhao agreed to help after school.
• Jing Hongchen visited the students and asked Xiao and Meng to test for special enhancement effects between their Martial Souls with Huo Yuhao, recording their attempts.
• Huo Yuhao joined Jia Xu’s Class 1, Grade 2, where Jia introduced his Shield of Shared Defense and explained that it let allies share damage.
• After class, Xiao and Meng came to collect Huo Yuhao, and he told Xiao that helping with both cannon construction and firing would cost extra.

Huo Yuhao used Mental Detection Sharing to help Xiao Hongchen precisely bombard moving targets, while Xu Sheng and Jia Xu prepared to patent Huo Yuhao’s Hundred Refinements Purification technique. The chapter ended with Xiao Hongchen questioning who would own Huo Yuhao’s Boltgun patent, prompting Meng Hongchen to threaten him over the patent fees.

• Xiao Hongchen offered Huo Yuhao money and pills to use Mental Detection to support his Soul Guidance Cannon practice, and Huo Yuhao agreed to test the skill’s combat applications.
• Meng Hongchen lent Huo Yuhao her Flight Soul Tool, and Huo Yuhao promised to prioritize making her something like Soul Guidance Armor once his Forging Technique improved.
• Huo Yuhao shared Mental Detection with Xiao Hongchen, who used it to accurately hit moving targets with his Soul Guidance Cannons and became eager to keep using the skill.
• Huo Yuhao eventually stopped sharing Mental Detection, then restarted it after Xiao Hongchen persuaded him and promised him Nourishing Pills; Xiao Hongchen unleashed another barrage and boasted about their prospects in the Soul Master Competition.
• Xu Sheng told Jia Xu about Hundred Refinements Purification and showed him the Patent application signed by Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming, while Meng Hongchen showed Huo Yuhao that his Boltgun had entered the Creativity Ranking.
• Xiao Hongchen asked who would own Huo Yuhao’s Boltgun patent, and Meng Hongchen warned him not to pursue the patent fees.

Huo Yuhao divided the Hundred Refinements Purification patent with Mingde Hall and helped Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen attempt the Hall Master’s requested Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The chapter ended with Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen awkwardly testing poses while Meng recorded them, before Huo Yuhao and Meng tried their own pairing.

• Huo Yuhao gave Mingde Hall a share of the Hundred Refinements Purification patent, and Meng Hongchen offered to sponsor him with her allowance.
• Xu Sheng took Huo Yuhao and the others to register the patent, while Xuan Ziwen told Ju Zi and Ke Ke that Huo Yuhao’s Metal Purification innovation had impressed him.
• Huo Yuhao, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen went to the Soul Guidance Training Ground to attempt a Martial Soul Fusion Skill for the Hall Master.
• Huo Yuhao and Xiao Hongchen released their Martial Souls and tried several awkward poses as Meng Hongchen recorded them.
• Xiao Hongchen suggested they had done enough, but Meng Hongchen urged him and Huo Yuhao to keep trying before she and Huo Yuhao took their turn.

Wang Dong, Xiao Xiao, and Bai Yunli discussed Wang Dong’s strange prompting to explore Martial Soul Fusion and learned how the Speed Clan left the Tang Sect over its resistance to Soul Tools. At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen tested their Martial Souls, and their Ice attributes finally began to react to each other.

• Wang Dong told Xiao Xiao that a subconscious awareness had started urging her to study Martial Soul Fusion with someone she liked, and Xiao Xiao offered to try it with her.
• Wang Dong and Xiao Xiao met Bai Yunli, who revealed that the Speed Clan and the other Single-Attribute Clans had left the Tang Sect after its leader rejected Soul Tools, and that the Tang Sect now had only two members.
• The three girls discussed Ma Hongjun and Bai Chenxiang’s relationship, then complained about Zhou Yi’s class methods and her decision to assign Xiao Xiao to the Support System.
• Huo Yuhao and Meng Hongchen tried to create a Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but their Jade Sunny Ice Toad and Bone Spirit Cold Fire did not react.
• Huo Yuhao released his Origin Ice Martial Soul and controlled its power as Meng Hongchen released hers; their Ice-attributed Soul Power interwove, and the particles of Meng Hongchen’s Martial Soul began to tremble.