Chapter Summaries

Qian Chaoguang, a transmigrated boy in the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, trained his body and cultivated an unusual method while preparing for his Martial Soul Awakening. After dinner, he brought food to a mother and daughter in the mansion but was stopped by two hostile servants.

• In the God Realm, a blue-haired man noticed an unknown change in the Child of Destiny.
• Qian Chaoguang finished his daily saber practice and calculated that his Martial Soul Awakening was only days away.
• He cultivated the Golden Body Art, using an energy in his dantian to strengthen his body before awakening his Martial Soul.
• At dinner, Qian Chaoguang reassured the old butler about his prospects and agreed to bring food to a mother and daughter in the mansion.
• Two vicious servants confronted Qian Chaoguang on his way to deliver the food and accused him of defying Madam's orders.

Qian Chaoguang fought off two servants who tried to stop him from delivering food to Huo Yun'er and her daughter, then reminded Huo Yun'er that Huo Yutong’s Martial Soul Awakening was the next day. He returned to his room but could not settle into cultivation, thinking about the girl as her awakening approached.

• Qian Chaoguang warned two servants to stop harassing him, then injured them when they tried to seize his lunchbox.
• Qian Chaoguang delivered food to Huo Yun'er and Huo Yutong in the Firewood Room.
• Qian Chaoguang told Huo Yun'er to take Huo Yutong to her Martial Soul Awakening the next day.
• Qian Chaoguang returned to his room, abandoned his cultivation attempt, and rested while thinking about Huo Yutong.

Qian Chaoguang rescued a young Huo Yutong from bullies and discovered that she was Huo Yun'er’s daughter—and the Huo Yuhao he had expected, somehow born as a girl. He reconsidered his plans to acquire Electrolux and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm, deciding to befriend Huo Yutong and recruit her as an ally.

• Qian Chaoguang found several servants’ children bullying a little girl and drove them off before taking her to his courtyard.
• The girl introduced herself as Huo Yutong, and Qian Chaoguang realized she was Huo Yun’er’s daughter.
• Qian Chaoguang’s grandfather approved of him defending Huo Yutong and arranged clean clothes and food for her and her mother.
• Qian Chaoguang concluded that Huo Yutong was the Huo Yuhao from the original story, but had been born female.
• Qian Chaoguang decided to adjust his plans and try to befriend Huo Yutong while still seeking Electrolux and the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Qian Chaoguang improved Huo Yutong’s health over three years, hoping to raise her Innate Soul Power and protect her from the Duchess. During the awakening ceremony, Huo Yutong awakened her Spirit Eye and Innate Level 9 Soul Power, leaving the old butler fearing that her newfound potential would put her and Huo Yun’er in greater danger.

• Qian Chaoguang and the old butler improved Huo Yutong’s living conditions with regular meals and exercise for three years.
• Qian Chaoguang learned that Awakening Stones were controlled by major powers and that poor families could struggle to access Martial Soul awakenings.
• Huo Yutong awakened a Body Martial Soul in her eyes, while the Duchess watched and hoped she would not inherit the White Tiger Martial Soul.
• Huo Yutong’s Crystal Ball blazed, revealing Innate Level 9 Soul Power and filling Huo Yun’er with joy.
• The old butler realized the Duchess would likely target Huo Yun’er and Huo Yutong because of Huo Yutong’s powerful potential.

Qian Chaoguang awakened a strange, cold Light Martial Soul but tested at only Level 1 Innate Soul Power, leaving his grandfather worried. He planned to learn forging, and the old butler agreed to take him to the Duke's Mansion blacksmiths.

• The Duchess watched Huo Yun'er and Huo Yutong leave and resolved to eliminate them before Dai Hao could return.
• Qian Chaoguang underwent Martial Soul Awakening and manifested a clear light on his chest that carried a chilling aura.
• The middle-aged man tested Qian Chaoguang's Innate Soul Power at Level 1, and the old butler confirmed the Crystal Ball was working properly.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that he would work hard, then proposed learning forging so he could pursue Soul Engineering and support himself.
• The old butler agreed to take Qian Chaoguang to the Duke's Mansion blacksmiths that afternoon.

After awakening an unusual light-and-ice Martial Soul, Qian Chaoguang tested its power and named it Extreme Ice Light, then began learning forging under the old butler’s guidance. His strenuous work accelerated his Golden Body Art cultivation, while the Duchess continued plotting against the household.

• Qian Chaoguang manifested a blue light that chilled the room and froze a sheet of paper, then named his Martial Soul Extreme Ice Light.
• The Duchess dismissed Qian Chaoguang as weak and ordered her subordinate to carry out her plans, refusing to tell the Duke about another child’s powerful Body Martial Soul and Soul Power.
• The old butler gave Qian Chaoguang a meditation method and took him to the mansion’s Forging Room to learn from the Old Blacksmith.
• Qian Chaoguang’s Golden Body Art circulated as he forged, impressing the blacksmiths and improving his cultivation faster than expected.
• Qian Chaoguang returned to the courtyard exhausted, estimating that continued intensive forging could let him finish the first level of the Golden Body Art in under five years.

Qian Chaoguang continued training and forging while Huo Yutong endured worsening oppression in the Duke's Mansion. When she reached rank ten, she and the old steward prepared to travel to the Soul Beast Forest for her first Spirit Ring, and she broke down as she hugged Qian Chaoguang goodbye.

• Qian Chaoguang refined his forging technique and strengthened his body through intensive training and medicinal baths, though his Soul Power remained at rank one.
• The old steward told Qian Chaoguang that the Duchess had increasingly mistreated Huo Yutong and Huo Yun'er, while he struggled to protect them.
• Huo Yutong told the old steward she was ready to leave for the Soul Beast Forest after reaching rank ten, and he instructed Qian Chaoguang to prepare for the trip.
• Qian Chaoguang congratulated Huo Yutong and encouraged her to keep working toward moving out of the Duke's Mansion with her mother.
• Huo Yutong hugged Qian Chaoguang and sobbed, and, prompted by the old steward, he held her gently.

Huo Yutong broke down over the abuse she and Huo Yun'er had suffered, and Qian Chaoguang comforted her before they traveled with the old butler to a Soul Beast Forest. There, the old butler taught them about soul beasts, and Huo Yutong sensed an approaching creature just before a jackal pounced on them.

• Huo Yutong cried over the hardships she and Huo Yun'er had endured, and Qian Chaoguang held and comforted her.
• The old butler told Qian Chaoguang that Duchess's mistreatment had worsened and Huo Yun'er had become seriously ill.
• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and the old butler traveled for three days to a Soul Beast Forest known for its Psychic Soul Beasts.
• The old butler guided the children through the forest, explaining how to recognize soul beasts and letting them prepare to practice against a weak one.
• Huo Yutong sensed an approaching creature, and a gray-black jackal sprang out of the bushes in front of the group.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong trained in the forest while searching with the old butler for a suitable Psychic Soul Beast. After Qian Chaoguang swiftly killed a Wind Jackal and Huo Yutong improved in combat, the group camped for the night and prepared fish together.

• Qian Chaoguang killed a twenty-year Wind Jackal with two saber strikes, shocking the old butler and Huo Yutong.
• The old butler explained that the Wind Jackal's corpse could be left behind and led the children onward to search for a Psychic Soul Beast.
• Qian Chaoguang killed another ten-year Soul Beast, while Huo Yutong gradually improved and killed one herself in her fifth fight.
• The old butler caught fish for supper, and Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong prepared and seasoned them together at camp.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong shared grilled fish with Grandpa Zhu, who discovered their long-standing morning-run-and-barbecue routine. That night, Huo Yutong happily slept curled around Qian Chaoguang, leaving him restless until he eventually fell asleep; by morning, he had prepared breakfast for them.

• Grandpa Zhu teased Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong about sneaking off to grill fish during their morning runs, and Qian Chaoguang explained that they had done it for years.
• Huo Yutong grilled fish and gave the largest one to Grandpa Zhu, who eagerly ate it and praised its flavor.
• After dinner, Grandpa Zhu let the six-year-old Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong share a tent, where Huo Yutong curled around him while he struggled to sleep.
• Qian Chaoguang distracted himself by thinking about cultivation until he finally fell asleep beside Huo Yutong.
• Qian Chaoguang got up early, practiced boxing, and prepared breakfast before Huo Yutong woke and joined him and Grandpa Zhu.

On the fourth day in the Soul Beast Forest, Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and the old steward encountered a rare Blood Tiger suited to Huo Yutong’s first Spirit Ring. Qian Chaoguang fought it himself and, after resisting its Confusion skill, struck it with a burst of blue blade light.

• Huo Yutong offered to settle for any hundred-year Spirit Ring because she worried about her mother, but Qian Chaoguang and the old steward refused.
• Qian Chaoguang sensed danger, and a Blood Tiger charged toward the group.
• The old steward identified the Blood Tiger as a rare psychic-type soul beast and said it could give Huo Yutong a suitable skill.
• Qian Chaoguang asked to fight the Blood Tiger himself and wounded its left forepaw with three rapid slashes.
• The Blood Tiger used Confusion to disrupt Qian Chaoguang’s mind, but he roared through the pain and drove blue light from his blade into its waist and abdomen.

Qian Chaoguang discovered that his Extreme Ice Light Martial Soul could project a blade of light as he helped Huo Yutong defeat a Blood Tiger, and Huo Yutong absorbed its Spirit Ring to become a soul master. Back at the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, Huo Yutong reunited with her mother, while Qian Chaoguang returned to training.

• Qian Chaoguang used a blue blade of light from his sword to wound the Blood Tiger, and Grandpa Zhu knocked it unconscious so Huo Yutong could deliver the final blow.
• Huo Yutong absorbed the Blood Tiger's yellow Spirit Ring and gained the soul skill Madness, while Qian Chaoguang realized his Martial Soul could extend his attacks with a blade of light.
• Huo Yutong awoke as a soul master, thanked Qian Chaoguang and Grandpa Zhu, and hugged Qian Chaoguang while crying with joy.
• The three returned to the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, where Huo Yutong told her mother she had become a soul master and the two embraced in tears.
• Qian Chaoguang rested briefly, then reported to Old Blacksmith and resumed cultivation.

Three years after leaving the White Tiger Duke's Mansion, Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong lived in Star Luo City with the old butler after Huo Yun'er died. When the old butler returned mortally wounded, he gave Qian Chaoguang his belongings, warned him to protect Huo Yutong, and died in his arms.

• Huo Yun'er died when Huo Yutong was seven, and the old butler took Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to live in Star Luo City.
• Huo Yutong cultivated relentlessly and became a two-ring Soul Grandmaster, while Qian Chaoguang advanced his forging and prepared to begin practicing the Qi Refining Art.
• The old butler returned home half a month after leaving, gravely wounded and bleeding from his waist and abdomen.
• The old butler gave Qian Chaoguang his silver bracelet and instructed him to burn his corpse and the bloodstained belongings, warning him not to seek revenge and to care for Huo Yutong.
• Qian Chaoguang promised to protect Huo Yutong, and the old butler died after stroking his head.

After Zhu Qichen died, Qian Chaoguang buried him beside Huo Yun'er and found his final letter, which urged the children to seek admission to Shrek Academy. Qian Chaoguang resolved to honor the request and pursue the power to bring Zhu Qichen back.

• Qian Chaoguang found Zhu Qichen dead, and Huo Yutong rushed in and grieved with him.
• Qian Chaoguang comforted Huo Yutong, who fainted after believing both her mother and grandfather had left her.
• Qian Chaoguang secretly took Zhu Qichen's body to Huo Yun'er's grave, cremated him, and buried his ashes there.
• Qian Chaoguang examined Zhu Qichen's belongings and found a White Tiger Duke token, a Golden Spirit Fruit, candy, and a letter with two recommendation letters.
• Qian Chaoguang read Zhu Qichen's advice to try for Shrek Academy or the Body Sect and decided to honor his final wish by trying Shrek.

Qian Chaoguang used a Golden Spirit Fruit to complete the Flawless Body and then trained until he reached rank ten, while Huo Yutong watched him retreat into grief and relentless cultivation. He continued compressing his Mental Power through the Spirit Connection Art and was nearing completion of its Mortal Transcendence stage as the siblings approached age ten.

• Huo Yutong mourned the old butler and devoted herself to cultivation, while Qian Chaoguang swallowed a Golden Spirit Fruit and used the Golden Body Art to temper his body.
• Qian Chaoguang broke through the Flawless Body after six years of cultivation, allowing him to begin the Qi Refining Art and rapidly advance his Soul Power.
• Over the following half-year, Qian Chaoguang became withdrawn and reached rank ten, while Huo Yutong recognized that his smiles concealed his grief.
• Qian Chaoguang began cultivating the Spirit Connection Art and spent a week learning to visualize its pattern before steadily compressing his Mental Power.
• As Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong neared age ten, he recorded details from the original work and compressed his Mental Power to the size of a longan, nearing the end of Mortal Transcendence.

On his birthday, Qian Chaoguang received a piece of Lapis Lazuli Iron from Huo Yutong and began forging it, hoping to advance beyond Hundred Refinements. As the metal resonated with his hammer blows, he entered an unusual state and sensed that a breakthrough might be possible.

• Qian Chaoguang forged Tungsten Steel into high-grade Hundred Refinements billets for a Blacksmith Shop, though he felt the work was missing something.
• Huo Yutong came to the Forging Room and gave Qian Chaoguang a costly piece of Lapis Lazuli Iron as a birthday present.
• Qian Chaoguang realized Huo Yutong had likely earned the money by secretly working and warned her that doing so was dangerous.
• After Huo Yutong left to prepare a feast, Qian Chaoguang decided to try forging the Lapis Lazuli Iron.
• Qian Chaoguang felt the Lapis Lazuli Iron resonate with his hammer blows as his Bloodline Power rose, and he thought the attempt might succeed.

Qian Chaoguang completed his first Thousand Refinement by forging Lapis Lazuli Iron and blood-sacrificing it, then spent five days turning it into a pair of Forging Hammers. When he tested the hammers on another piece of metal, an unexpected ice-blue Light Membrane formed around their heads.

• After hours of forging, Qian Chaoguang exhausted his Soul Power and used Bloodline Power to continue hammering the Lapis Lazuli Iron.
• Qian Chaoguang sacrificed his blood to the metal and completed Thousand Refinement, while Huo Yutong bandaged his wrist and examined the transformed iron.
• Huo Yutong made Qian Chaoguang stop to eat the grilled fish she had prepared for him.
• Over the next five days, Qian Chaoguang forged Huo Yutong's birthday gift into a pair of Thousand Refined Lapis Lazuli Iron Forging Hammers.
• Qian Chaoguang began testing the hammers, and an ice-blue Light Membrane unexpectedly formed around their heads when he infused them with Soul Power.

Qian Chaoguang discovered that his Lapis Lazuli Hammers’ Spirit Awakening effect made Thousand Refinements easier, then used his Flame Iron to create kitchenware for Huo Yutong. He tracked the likely timing of the original story’s events and planned to cultivate the Spirit Connection Art before heading to the Star Dou Great Forest.

• Qian Chaoguang sensed his Extreme Ice Light Martial Soul weaken while he forged Flame Iron, then completed Blood Sacrifice Thousand Refinements using the blood he had prepared.
• Qian Chaoguang named the hammers’ sublimation effect Spirit Awakening and realized it could help him explore Spirit Forging.
• Three days later, Huo Yutong received a Flame Iron barbecue grill and pot, along with a set of knives Qian Chaoguang had made for her birthday.
• Qian Chaoguang calculated that Huo Yuhao would likely reach the Star Dou Great Forest around the 21st and resolved to keep cultivating the Spirit Connection Art to improve his chances of attracting Sky Dream Ice Silkworm.

Eleven months later, Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong reached Shrek City, where Huo Yutong entered alone while Qian Chaoguang set out to meet Bei Bei and Tang Ya. After waiting by a creek near the Star Dou Great Forest, he finally encountered them and shared his grilled meat.

• Huo Yutong gave Qian Chaoguang the White Tiger Dagger, kissed his cheek, and went into Shrek City with Grandpa's recommendation letter.
• Qian Chaoguang revealed that his Mental Power had developed into Pseudo Divine Sense, then hurried toward a creek near the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Chaoguang waited several days by the creek for Bei Bei and Tang Ya to arrive.
• Tang Ya and Bei Bei appeared, and Tang Ya asked Qian Chaoguang for some of his grilled meat.
• Qian Chaoguang shared half his cooked skewers with Tang Ya and put more meat on the fire.

Qian Chaoguang shared grilled lamb skewers with Bei Bei and Tang Ya before continuing toward the Star Dou Great Forest to pursue the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Electrolux. He encountered a Wind Baboon at the forest’s edge and met its attack with his saber.

• Tang Ya and Bei Bei introduced themselves to Qian Chaoguang and enjoyed the lamb skewers he grilled.
• Tang Ya wanted to recruit Qian Chaoguang into the Tang Sect, while Bei Bei decided to follow him later and see if they could help repay his kindness.
• Qian Chaoguang reached the route to the Star Dou Great Forest, drew his saber, and cautiously entered the woods.
• A Wind Baboon ambushed Qian Chaoguang, but he struck its left claw with his saber.
• The Wind Baboon leapt at Qian Chaoguang and fired a ball of white light, while Qian Chaoguang’s bloodline power chilled the air and extended his saber’s blade with light.