Chapter Summaries

Wang Qiu'er became Qian Ran's disciple and received enough Soul Tool theory to believe she could craft high-level Soul Tools. Qian Ran took her to his office, where she massaged him before Han Ruoruo arrived to report to him.

• Wang Qiu'er accepted Qian Ran as her teacher, encouraged by Dong'er and the prospect of unlocking a master-and-disciple attribute.
• Qian Ran transferred extensive Soul Engineer knowledge into Wang Qiu'er's mind, and she believed she could make Level 4 or Level 5 Soul Tools.
• Qian Ran teased Wang Qiu'er about maintaining their relationship, then took her to his office.
• Wang Qiu'er agreed to massage Qian Ran's feet after he reminded her that he had taught her Soul Tool theory.
• Han Ruoruo knocked and entered to report to Qian Ran, who eagerly welcomed her.

Han Ruoruo began assisting Qian Ran as his secretary and learned that he planned to attempt a Level 9 Soul Tool. She arranged for her boyfriend, Wang Yan, to observe, while Wang Qiu'er grew jealous of Qian Ran’s attention to Han Ruoruo.

• Han Ruoruo arrived to assist Qian Ran and hesitated to admonish him, mindful of his status and accomplishments.
• Qian Ran checked in with Han Ruoruo and received the Divine Artifact Immortal-Binding Rope.
• Qian Ran gave Han Ruoruo authority over routine work and asked her to prepare rare metals for his next project.
• Han Ruoruo learned that Qian Ran intended to make a Level 9 Soul Tool and asked if Wang Yan could watch.
• Qian Ran agreed, and Wang Qiu'er pinched his calf and complained when she saw him staring at Han Ruoruo.

Qian Ran indulged in a possessive encounter with Wang Qiu'er while Han Ruoruo left his office uneasy about working under him. Wang Yan persuaded Han Ruoruo to keep the job, and her growing awareness of the gap between Qian Ran and her boyfriend left her feeling bitter.

• Qian Ran pulled Wang Qiu'er onto his lap, spanked her for getting jealous, and began lifting her top.
• Wang Yan met Han Ruoruo outside Qian Ran's office and asked how her new job was going.
• Han Ruoruo told Wang Yan she might not be suited to the Soul Tool Department, but he urged her to stay and learn from Qian Ran.
• Han Ruoruo told Wang Yan that Qian Ran had agreed to let her watch him make a Level 9 Soul Tool.
• Wang Yan celebrated the chance to observe Qian Ran, while Han Ruoruo felt bitter comparing Qian Ran's achievements with her boyfriend's.

Wu Ming visited Qian Ran after hearing he would attempt to become a Level 9 Soul Engineer, and he promised her his first Level 9 Soul Tool. Han Ruoruo later overheard them and, comparing Wu Ming’s good fortune with her own troubles, felt jealous.

• Wu Ming rushed to Qian Ran after learning from Han Ruoruo that he planned to attempt Level 9 Soul Engineer status.
• Qian Ran promised Wu Ming his first Level 9 Soul Tool, and she excitedly thanked him with a kiss.
• Wu Ming became absorbed in Qian Ran’s scent and physique as they grew intimate.
• Han Ruoruo, wearing an office outfit arranged by Xian Lin'er, heard strange sounds outside Qian Ran’s room and recognized Wu Ming’s voice.
• Han Ruoruo realized Qian Ran planned to give Wu Ming a Level 9 Soul Tool and felt jealous while worrying about her own future and Wang Yan’s requests.

Han Ruoruo secretly watched Wu Ming behave intimately with Qian Ran, then entered his office with files and materials while Wu Ming hid beneath his desk. As Han Ruoruo spoke with Qian Ran, she tried to conceal what she had witnessed, while Wu Ming secretly teased him.

• Han Ruoruo peered through the door and watched Wu Ming kneel before Qian Ran, becoming increasingly fascinated by her friend's behavior and Qian Ran's appeal.
• Qian Ran called Han Ruoruo into the room, and he pushed Wu Ming beneath the desk before Han Ruoruo could see her.
• Han Ruoruo entered with files and reported that the materials Qian Ran requested were available in the academy's warehouses.
• While Han Ruoruo spoke with Qian Ran, Wu Ming secretly removed his shoes and pinched and bit his feet, and Han Ruoruo admired how calmly he acted.

Qian Ran teased Han Ruoruo after she caught him and Wu Ming being intimate in the Office, while Wu Ming worried about what her longtime friend had seen. After Han Ruoruo left, Wu Ming realized she wanted Qian Ran to pursue her friend too.

• Han Ruoruo entered the Office and saw enough to make Wu Ming fear that her intimate behavior with Qian Ran had been noticed.
• Qian Ran teased Han Ruoruo about watching him, and she nervously claimed she admired his bearing before he sent her to arrange Qiu'er's Level 5 Soul Engineer certification with Xian Lin'er.
• Wu Ming emerged from beneath the desk and accused Qian Ran of letting Han Ruoruo see her, then learned he believed Han Ruoruo had caught her in the act.
• Wu Ming panicked about her image with Han Ruoruo, but Qian Ran suggested that pursuing her friend would make the embarrassment disappear.
• Wu Ming accepted Qian Ran's reasoning and began supporting the idea of him winning Han Ruoruo over.

Wu Ming agreed to help Qian Ran pursue Han Ruoruo, and Qian Ran seduced her in her office. Afterward, Wu Ming declared herself his, while Qian Ran gained the Sun Golden Crow Soul Skill and prepared for them to tidy up before someone arrived.

• Wu Ming agreed to help Qian Ran win Han Ruoruo over, while Qian Ran said he would find another position for Wang Yan rather than give up on Han Ruoruo.
• Qian Ran locked the office door and took intimate photographs of Wu Ming with a camera from his Storage Soul Tool.
• Several hours later, the system announced that Qian Ran had won Wu Ming's heart and obtained the Sun Golden Crow Soul Skill, which he equipped to his Sixth Soul Ring.
• Wu Ming told Qian Ran she was his and asked him not to abandon her, and Qian Ran helped her dress before someone could come in.

Wu Ming returned to the dorm after being intimate with Qian Ran and told Han Ruoruo how deeply she loved him. Han Ruoruo listened as Wu Ming defended her swift romance with Qian Ran and began praising him, leaving her startled by Wu Ming’s intense devotion.

• Wu Ming walked back to the Inner Court dorm, still thinking about her time with Qian Ran.
• Han Ruoruo teased Wu Ming about her lovestruck expression, and Wu Ming admitted she was happy with Qian Ran.
• Wu Ming told Han Ruoruo that Qian Ran had noticed her secretly watching him and described what had happened between them.
• Han Ruoruo questioned how quickly Wu Ming had given herself to Qian Ran, but Wu Ming said she had known from the start that he was the best man under heaven.
• Wu Ming teased Han Ruoruo about her relationship with Wang Yan, then hugged her and began listing Qian Ran’s good qualities until Han Ruoruo cried out in surprise.

Han Ruoruo and the Shrek Academy elders gathered as Qian Ran prepared to make the academy’s first Level 9 Soul Tool, a custom weapon for Wu Ming. The attempt was expected to raise the Soul Tool Department’s standing, and the chapter left the academy’s leaders awaiting Qian Ran’s work.

• Han Ruoruo wondered whether Qian Ran could succeed and reflected that his first Level 9 Soul Tool was designed for Wu Ming.
• The chapter explained that Wu Ming was the only person around Qian Ran ready to use a Level 9 Soul Tool, while Ma Xiaotao needed time to stabilize her cultivation.
• Xuan Zi asked Yan Shaozhe whether Qian Ran could make the Soul Tool, and Yan Shaozhe said he trusted Qian Ran’s abilities.
• Cai Mei'er said a successful Level 9 Soul Tool would make Qian Ran the foremost person in Shrek Academy’s Soul Tool Department.
• Han Ruoruo and Wu Ming arrived to find many academy elders gathered to watch Qian Ran’s attempt.

Qian Ran began crafting a Level 9 Soul Tool before Shrek Academy’s leaders and students, displaying skill that could transform the Soul Tool Department’s future. As he worked, Han Ruoruo’s feelings shifted, and Wang Yan started planning to study Soul Tools.

• Qian Ran carved a Soul Guidance Core Array into a silvery-white metal sphere with focused, practiced movements.
• Wu Ming admired Qian Ran’s elegance, while Han Ruoruo found herself attracted to his serious manner.
• Han Ruoruo judged that Qian Ran could succeed because his strength had reached the level needed to work with Level 9 Soul Tool materials.
• Wang Yan watched Qian Ran work and considered joining the Soul Tool Department to become a Level 8 Soul Engineer.

Qian Ran completed Lie Yan, a Level 9 Soul Tool designed for Wu Ming, and demonstrated its immense power at Shrek Academy. Xian Lin'er and Cai Mei'er asked him to make Soul Tools for them as well.

• Qian Ran spent two days engraving and assembling a Level 9 Soul Tool while Shrek Academy's senior figures watched his progress.
• Wang Dong'er and Ma Xiaotao envied Wu Ming for receiving Qian Ran's first Level 9 Soul Tool, while Wang Dong'er considered asking Wu Ming to trade.
• Qian Ran completed a scarlet long blade called Lie Yan and explained that it was a Level 9 Soul Tool.
• Xian Lin'er admired Lie Yan and asked Qian Ran to design a Soul Tool for her, while Cai Mei'er requested one too.
• Xian Lin'er activated Lie Yan and pierced a five-meter-thick alloy wall, shocking the onlookers.

Qian Ran created Shrek Academy’s first Level 9 Soul Tool and earned recognition as a top-tier expert, a breakthrough that could transform the academy’s Soul Tool Department. Xuan Zi vowed to increase its funding so Shrek could develop Soul Tool technology and help counter the Sun Moon Empire.

• Qian Ran completed a Level 9 Soul Tool, and Xuan Zi and the other Shrek Academy experts congratulated him.
• The experts recognized that Qian Ran’s Level 9 Soul Engineer status secured his standing in the Soul Tool Department and placed him among the continent’s first-rate experts.
• Qian Duoduo praised Qian Ran’s rapid progress, while Yan Shaozhe reassured him that no one would suspect the department of misusing its resources.
• Xuan Zi explained that Qian Ran’s breakthrough could help Shrek Academy train Soul Tool experts for the Three Original Douluo Continent Kingdoms and reduce the Sun Moon Empire’s advantage.
• Xuan Zi decided to raise Shrek Academy’s investment in the Soul Tool Department to at least five times its current level, possibly ten times.

Qian Ran persuaded Shrek Academy’s leaders that investing in the Soul Tool Department could produce more Level 9 Soul Engineers. Wang Yan asked to join the department, and Xuan Zi urged him to study under Qian Ran.

• Qian Ran said Shrek Academy could train at least two more Level 9 Soul Engineers within ten years, and Xuan Zi promised the academy could invest ten billion Gold Soul Coins in the Soul Tool Department.
• Xuan Zi explained that Shrek Academy had plenty of money but needed high-grade soul tools, which the Sun Moon Empire would not sell to them.
• Wang Yan asked Qian Ran whether he was too old to learn soul tool crafting, and Qian Ran explained that patient study mattered more than starting young.
• Qian Ran praised Wang Yan’s aptitude for tedious research and said the Soul Tool Department needed someone with his abilities.
• Xuan Zi suggested that Wang Yan follow Qian Ran, noting that Wang Yan’s future research results could remain at Shrek Academy.

Qian Ran declined Wang Yan’s request to become his disciple, leaving Wang Yan to study in the Soul Tool Department while he considered asking Han Ruoruo for help. Qian Ran gave Wu Ming a Level 9 Soul Tool, and she agreed to perform a private saber dance for him.

• Xuan Zi asked Qian Ran to take Wang Yan as a disciple, but Qian Ran said he already had Wang Qiu'er as his student.
• Wu Ming teased Han Ruoruo about Wang Yan becoming Qian Ran’s disciple, leaving Han Ruoruo embarrassed and dejected.
• Qian Ran declined to take Wang Yan as a disciple immediately and suggested observing him first, while Xuan Zi arranged for Wang Yan to study in the Soul Tool Department.
• Qian Ran gave Wu Ming the Level 9 Soul Tool he had made for her, and Shrek Academy’s powerhouses congratulated him.
• Wu Ming agreed to wear a bikini and perform a saber dance for Qian Ran somewhere they could be alone.

Wang Yan asked Han Ruoruo to persuade Qian Ran to take him as a disciple, and Han Ruoruo brought his request to Qian Ran. Qian Ran declined, leaving Han Ruoruo envious of Wu Ming’s new closeness to him and making clear that the Soul Tool Department’s future depended on his support.

• Qian Ran planned more activities to help the women in his harem grow closer, especially those who had joined later.
• Wang Yan asked Han Ruoruo to put in a good word so Qian Ran would accept him as a disciple, and she agreed to try.
• Han Ruoruo entered Qian Ran’s office, where he correctly guessed that she had come about Wang Yan.
• Qian Ran said Wang Yan was talented but refused to take him as a disciple because he would not have time to teach him.
• Qian Ran explained that the Soul Tool Department’s progress depended on him and the women close to him, not on Shrek Academy alone.

Qian Ran confessed to Han Ruoruo and kissed her despite her protests, arguing that her tentative match with Wang Yan did not make them a true couple. Han Ruoruo resisted at first but gradually found herself drawn to Qian Ran, and the chapter ended with him kissing her again.

• Qian Ran told Han Ruoruo that he liked her and offered to help Wang Yan pursue further studies in the Soul Tool Department.
• Qian Ran moved close to Han Ruoruo and kissed her, while she tried and failed to push him away before eventually stopping her resistance.
• After the kiss, Han Ruoruo scolded Qian Ran for taking her first kiss even though she was not single.
• Qian Ran dismissed Han Ruoruo's Sea God's Fate match with Wang Yan as not a true relationship and insisted that he wanted her.
• Qian Ran kissed Han Ruoruo again, and she did not resist as she felt herself growing attracted to him.

Qian Ran used kisses and sweet talk to persuade Han Ruoruo that her physical reaction meant she had feelings for him, and she began accepting that she should be with him rather than Wang Yan. The chapter left Han Ruoruo resting in Qian Ran’s arms, embarrassed and angry but no longer resisting the idea of marrying him.

• Qian Ran kissed Han Ruoruo again and touched her until she became flustered and told him he had gone too far.
• Qian Ran argued that Han Ruoruo’s bodily response proved she liked him, and she began to believe his reasoning.
• Qian Ran contrasted Han Ruoruo’s intimacy with him against Wang Yan’s lack of contact with her, leaving her unsure what to do.
• Qian Ran offered to make Wang Yan his disciple’s disciple, while Han Ruoruo laughed at his boastful proposal.
• Han Ruoruo rested in Qian Ran’s arms and concluded she could not remain involved with Wang Yan after becoming intimate with Qian Ran.

Han Ruoruo broke up with Wang Yan and accepted a place in Qian Ran’s household, while Wu Ming explained its informal hierarchy. The chapter ended with Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er massaging Qian Ran.

• Han Ruoruo told Wang Yan she wanted to break up, and he accepted her decision.
• Han Ruoruo offered Wang Yan the chance to become Qian Ran’s granddisciple, and Wang Yan agreed.
• Wu Ming teased Han Ruoruo about joining Qian Ran’s household and its rules for seniority.
• Wang Qiu'er stepped on Qian Ran’s back while Wang Dong'er massaged his feet.

Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er joined Qian Ran, and Qiu'er’s bond with him greatly increased her cultivation and transformed her Golden Dragon Martial Soul. In the Divine Realm, Tang San sensed his daughter being violated again and, unable to reach the Douluo Continent, asked whether he should go there himself.

• Wang Dong'er asked Qian Ran for a Level 9 Soul Tool, then offered herself and Wang Qiu'er to persuade him to make one.
• Wang Qiu'er gave Qian Ran a Soul Ring and gained a major boost to her cultivation and bloodline through their connection.
• Wang Qiu'er broke through to Soul Saint, and her simulated Golden Dragon Martial Soul evolved into a true Golden Dragon.
• Qian Ran speculated that Auspicious Beasts could rival the Dragon God’s bloodline and grow into formidable Soul Beast Emperors.
• Tang San sensed his daughter being violated, raged at the unknown perpetrator, and asked whether he should descend to the Douluo Continent.

Xiao Wu received Tang San’s permission to descend to the lower realm and reunite Tang Wutong’s souls, while Qian Renxue sensed the Divine Realm passage opening. Qian Ran and the others suspected Xiao Wu was coming, but Qian Renxue warned that fighting her could alert Tang San.

• Xiao Wu anxiously asked Tang San to let her descend, and he agreed that she should take Wutong and reunite their daughter’s souls.
• Qian Renxue sensed the Divine Realm passage open and ended her cultivation to investigate.
• Wang Qiu'er and Wang Dong'er felt an unexplained connection, and Qian Renxue joined them and Qian Ran to discuss a possible divine arrival.
• Qian Renxue and Qian Ran concluded that Xiao Wu might be the one descending because Tang San could not enter the Douluo Continent himself.
• Qian Renxue said Xiao Wu was no match for her but advised against fighting because Tang San might sense Xiao Wu’s actions.