Chapter Summaries

Qian Chaoguang’s undead overwhelmed Luo Ya’s Vengeful Spirit Fire Spirits with holy light and Holy Flame, while Su Yu continued feeding energy into the Blood Claw to revive her lord. The Fire Spirits were wiped out, but the Liches were still preparing a large-scale spell as the battle continued.

• Luo Ya broke apart into Netherworld Ghost Flames that possessed his summoned souls and turned them into Vengeful Spirit Fire Spirits.
• Qian Chaoguang ordered the Liches to cover the battlefield with Holy Light Baptism and Divine Blessing, then sent the Death Knights to attack with Holy Flame-coated weapons.
• The holy light weakened the Fire Spirits and empowered the Death Knights, who rapidly cut through Luo Ya’s forces.
• Luo Ya demanded that Su Yu wake his lord before the undead reached them, but Su Yu told him to wait while she gathered more energy through the Blood Claw.
• The five Death Knights destroyed the last Fire Spirit, while the five Liches continued chanting to prepare a large-scale spell.

Qian Chaoguang’s forces pressed their attack on Luo Ya and Su Yu until Wu Mengsheng emerged from Su Yu’s shadow and challenged him. Wu Mengsheng summoned two Quasi-Titled Douluo figures, leaving Qian Chaoguang facing a greater threat than before.

• Qian Chaoguang sent the five Death Knights charging at Luo Ya again, while Su Yu severed her link to the Claw of Blood and unleashed a powerful shadow that stopped their formation.
• Wu Mengsheng emerged from Su Yu’s shadow with eight Spirit Rings and demanded that Qian Chaoguang leave, claiming they belonged to the same Holy Sect.
• Qian Chaoguang rejected Wu Mengsheng’s claim and ordered the Death Knights to attack again as the Liches gathered fire and light element.
• Qian Chaoguang recognized Wu Mengsheng as a severely injured rank-ninety Soul Master whose Shadow Martial Soul had hidden him, but he remained cautious about the danger posed by evil soul masters.
• Wu Mengsheng burned and merged his eight Spirit Rings, summoning two dark-flamed figures with Quasi-Titled Douluo auras.

Qian Chaoguang faced two unusually powerful undead who appeared to possess the Martial Souls of descendants of the Strength Clan and Breaking Clan. After they clashed with his summoned undead, he ended Legion Descent and reduced his foes’ numbers.

• Qian Chaoguang recognized the towering undead’s Great Strength Ape-like form and the other undead’s Soul Breaking Spear, suspecting they were descendants of the Tai Family and Yang Family.
• The Strength Clan undead smashed into the Death Knights’ Light-Dark Arrow Formation, damaging their armor and nearly scattering the Undead Warhorse’s flames.
• Su Yu used a Soul Tool to shield himself and protect the dying Luo Ya from flying debris.
• The five Liches unleashed Holy Flame Storm, but the spear-wielding undead split the spell with his spear intent while Wu Mengsheng tried to shield the walls from the heat.
• Qian Chaoguang considered capturing the undead to investigate their origins, then ended Legion Descent and cut the summoned undead forces in half.

Qian Chaoguang used an Ice Explosion to devastate the evil soul masters and deployed his Undead Legion to overwhelm their forces. He captured the badly injured Strength undead and advanced toward the remaining enemies.

• Qian Chaoguang detonated the frozen corpses with Ice Explosion, killing Luo Ya and leaving Wu Mengsheng and Su Yu injured.
• Su Yu drained Luo Ya’s blood to heal herself and Wu Mengsheng, while Qian Chaoguang’s six Gray Bone Skeletons returned to the Undead Subplane.
• Qian Chaoguang summoned his Undead Legion and led it forward behind a line of Abominations.
• Qian Chaoguang found the Strength undead badly wounded and ordered zombies to drag him away as Liches bound him with Soul Binding Locks.

Qian Chaoguang defeated two evil soul masters, captured their remaining souls, and moved on to infiltrate another Holy Spirit Cult branch. Two days later, the cult’s Mingdu leaders received alarming news about attacks on their branches.

• Qian Chaoguang sealed two Breaking Clan undead and took them back to the Undead Subplane to preserve their souls.
• Wu Mengsheng detonated himself and collapsed the courtyard, but Qian Chaoguang and his legion escaped through the Gates of the Undead.
• Electrolux confirmed Wu Mengsheng and Su Yu were dead, and Qian Chaoguang captured the two remaining Soul Echoes before heading to another target.
• Qian Chaoguang disguised himself as Chen Tianyong and demanded entry to the next Holy Spirit Cult branch.
• Two days later, a Soul Saint knelt before the Holy Spirit Cult’s Mingdu leaders, while eight Titled Douluo stood beside the high platform.

Ye Xishui ordered the Holy Spirit Cult’s elders to find the attacker who destroyed thirteen branches in Mingdu within a month. After the massacre, Qian Chaoguang withdrew to the Undead Subplane, burdened by the weight of what he had done.

• An Evil Soul Saint reported to Ye Xishui that thirteen Mingdu branches, including two Soul Tool production centers, had been destroyed and their members slaughtered.
• Long Xiaoyao and a Titled Douluo suspected an Angel Martial Soul user, possibly one with a six-winged Angel, had killed Wu Mengsheng.
• Ye Xishui told the eight elders to find the culprit within a month while she remained in the Imperial Palace and Wu Er and Feng Ling were occupied at Demon Forest.
• The Holy Spirit Cult began a sweeping search through Mingdu after losing more than a hundred evil soul masters.
• Qian Chaoguang took another day off from Liu Tiezhu and secluded himself in the Undead Subplane to recover and settle his heavy mood.

After purifying more than two hundred thousand Vengeful Spirits from thirteen Holy Spirit Cult branches, Qian Chaoguang struggled with the suffering he had witnessed. Electrolux warned him that compassion and self-discipline were essential to avoid repeating his own fall, and Qian Chaoguang reaffirmed his commitment to the Light of the Mind.

• Qian Chaoguang reflected on the Vengeful Spirits he had purified and the empty Undead Creatures left behind after their souls entered Reincarnation.
• Electrolux gave Qian Chaoguang the recovered memories of two undead and reassured him that his growing empathy was a good thing.
• Electrolux described how his own arrogance and desire for power had nearly destroyed human civilization, warning Qian Chaoguang not to follow his old road.
• Qian Chaoguang vowed that the Light of the Mind would keep him clearheaded and restrain his heart.
• Electrolux left to study two undead in hopes of developing a Black Knight useful for reincarnating undead without caster talent.

Qian Chaoguang examined the memories of Tai Yun and Yang Wusheng, descendants of the Strength Clan and Breaking Clan, and learned how the Four Attribute Clans were driven out of the Tang Sect. Their memories revealed that the brothers died in an ambush and later wandered as undead through a strange darkness.

• Qian Chaoguang viewed Tai Yun’s memory of leaving the Tang Sect with Yang Wusheng, vowing to reclaim what the Strength Clan deserved and preserve the Soul Breaking Spear inheritance.
• Qian Chaoguang learned from Yang Wusheng’s memories that the Speed and Defense Clans had already been forced out, while the Breaking and Strength Clans were suppressed and neglected.
• Tai Yun and Yang Wusheng left the Tang Sect as its last surviving heirs of their clans and traveled the continent as unaffiliated cultivators.
• Enemies ambushed the brothers on a mountain and used planted Soul Tools to blast them into a crevice, where they died after Yang Wusheng glimpsed purple light.
• Yang Wusheng’s undead memories showed him and Tai Yun wandering through a dark region of shifting colors, while Yang Wusheng repeatedly fell and stood back up.

Qian Chaoguang examined Yang Wusheng’s final memories and wondered where the naturally born undead had originated. He then checked on the former holy servants building a settlement and promised to support their cultivation and Soul Tool work.

• Yang Wusheng’s memories ended with a blurry view of a vast plain and strange stones, leaving Qian Chaoguang curious about the place where Yang Wusheng and Tai Yun had become undead.
• Qian Chaoguang considered how the two pseudo-Black Knights had survived and grown stronger over several thousand years, and hoped they might later lead him to their birthplace.
• Qian Chaoguang reflected that the Shrek Supervision Corps’ treatment of people with unusual martial souls had helped the Holy Spirit Cult grow and forced former holy servants to seek refuge.
• Nana reported that the former holy servants and undead helpers had organized the construction site and begun planning a Soul Tool production area.
• Qian Chaoguang praised Nana, assigned the former holy servants to guide newcomers, and promised Soul Engineers rare metals and a share of the proceeds from selling their Soul Tools.

Qian Chaoguang taught Nana and his other subordinates about spirit forging and encouraged the Liches to learn soul tools, while his Undead Legion steadily developed new skills and began producing soul tools. As his first year at Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy ended, he chose to spend the month-long vacation continuing his research with Liu Tiezhu.

• Qian Chaoguang explained that the Liches could study magic and learn soul tools, then revealed spirit forging to Nana and scheduled forging lessons for his subordinates.
• Qian Chaoguang settled into a routine of studying soul tools with Liu Tiezhu, teaching forging, cultivating, and sparring with Ji Juechen while Electrolux investigated Black Knight reincarnation.
• Nana organized the Undead Legion’s human forces, and the Liches rapidly learned to carve first- and second-level soul tool formations while the Death Knights took up forging.
• Qian Chaoguang considered opening a storefront in Mingdu to buy rare metals, give his idle subordinates work, and help the humans meet ordinary society; Nana, A Fan, and the Zombies also built him and Huo Yutong a small building they called an Imperial Palace.
• Qian Chaoguang completed his first school year at Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy and decided to spend the month-long vacation researching soul tools with Liu Tiezhu.

Qian Chaoguang was interrupted during cultivation when Qian Duoduo told him Ma Xiaotao had come to see him, and ordered him and Huo Yutong to take a week off. As he headed for the academy gate, Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen stopped him, eager to spar.

• Qian Chaoguang reflected on his cultivation progress and resolved to work harder after learning Huo Yutong had advanced rapidly.
• Qian Duoduo told Qian Chaoguang that Ma Xiaotao was waiting for him at the academy gate and warned him to rest.
• Qian Duoduo ordered Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to take the coming week off from cultivation and work.
• Qian Chaoguang agreed to go meet Ma Xiaotao, while privately planning to return to the Undead Subplane afterward.
• Jing Ziyan and Ji Juechen intercepted Qian Chaoguang and sought a spar, but he told them he had someone waiting.

Qian Chaoguang diverted Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan’s demand for a fight by bringing them to meet Ma Xiaotao, while Wang Dong joined the group in Mingdu. He revealed that he had bought a courtyard to support his Soul Tool and rare-metal business.

• Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan blocked Qian Chaoguang and insisted on fighting him, so he offered to introduce them to Ma Xiaotao instead.
• Qian Chaoguang led them to the academy gate, where they met Ma Xiaotao and Wang Dong.
• Qian Chaoguang introduced Ma Xiaotao as a Soul Saint and told Ji Juechen he would fight her.
• The group left the academy, and Wang Dong asked where Qian Chaoguang was taking them.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that he had bought a courtyard in Mingdu for the organization he founded to trade Soul Tools and rare metals.

Qian Chaoguang explained how his followers’ Soul Tool shop had turned into a highly profitable business in Mingdu. He brought Jing Ziyan, Ma Xiaotao, Wang Dong, and Ji Juechen to see the imposing Pixiu Soul Tool Shop, where its operations and his reasons for choosing the location were revealed.

• Qian Chaoguang established a chamber of commerce where his followers sold Soul Tools and rare metals while concealing their former identities as Holy Spirit Cult servants.
• The chamber of commerce made a fortune repairing civilian Soul Tools, a service neglected by other merchants and affordable to Qian Chaoguang because his Soul Tool Masters and Liches worked for little or no cost.
• Jing Ziyan questioned Qian Chaoguang’s ability to run a business alongside his studies, and he said cultivating and making money were one hobby because both helped him grow stronger.
• Qian Chaoguang led Jing Ziyan, Ma Xiaotao, Wang Dong, and Ji Juechen to the crowded Pixiu Soul Tool Shop, whose three floors held sales, repair and custom-order services, offices, and high-end merchandise.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that he had bought the prominent shop cheaply from an owner in trouble and chose a busy commercial street because the Holy Spirit Cult could not openly attack his followers there.

Qian Chaoguang brought Ma Xiaotao to his underground facility to suppress her evil fire, then summoned Huo Yutong and revealed that their Ultimate Ice Martial Souls could fuse. The chapter ended as Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong entered the Ice Storage to test their fusion in front of Ma Xiaotao.

• Qian Chaoguang sent Jing Ziyan, Ji Juechen, and Wang Dong to rest while Jiang Ming escorted Ma Xiaotao to B1-1 Area.
• Qian Chaoguang summoned Huo Yutong from the Undead Subplane and explained that he had called her to help solve Ma Xiaotao's evil fire problem.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong joined their Soul Power and discovered that their Ice Empress and Snow Empress Martial Souls could produce a Martial Soul Fusion Skill.
• Huo Yutong eagerly headed with Qian Chaoguang to B1-1 Area to test the fusion and extinguish Ma Xiaotao's hopes.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong entered the freezing Ice Storage, where Ma Xiaotao questioned Huo Yutong's unexpected arrival.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong joined forces to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, awakening a powerful fusion of their Ice Empress and Snow Empress abilities. Their combined domain overwhelmed Ma Xiaotao’s flames and left a sacred golden palm print descending toward her.

• Huo Yutong told Ma Xiaotao that she had come with Qian Chaoguang to suppress her evil fire, then revealed the Snow Empress behind her.
• Qian Chaoguang summoned the Ice Empress, and he and Huo Yutong joined hands to fuse their auras and martial souls.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong combined Eternal Frozen Domain with Snow Dance of the Resplendent Sun, creating the Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain.
• Ma Xiaotao released her black-red flames and circulated her Soul Power as the fused domain drew in and froze the surrounding snow.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong condensed the ice and snow into a palm print that suppressed Ma Xiaotao’s flames and descended toward her with golden radiance.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong used their Martial Soul Fusion Skill to suppress Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, with Holy Ice purifying some of it at its root. After reuniting with their friends, Ma Xiaotao and Ji Juechen prepared to spar on the outskirts of Mingdu.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong’s Holy Ice purified some of Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, giving her hope that it could eventually be removed completely.
• Ma Xiaotao thanked Huo Yutong and teased her and Qian Chaoguang, while Huo Yutong jealously claimed her bond with her brother gave her an advantage.
• Qian Chaoguang led Ma Xiaotao and Huo Yutong upstairs, where they reunited with Wang Dong, Ji Juechen, and Jing Ziyan.
• Huo Yutong teased Wang Dong about her appearance, and Qian Chaoguang joined in until Wang Dong was left flustered.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ji Juechen agreed to spar, so the group headed for the desolate outskirts outside Mingdu.

After Ma Xiaotao’s battle with the Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy students, Ji Juechen decided to leave the academy so he could fight Shrek’s strongest soul masters. Jing Ziyan chased after him, leaving Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong pleased to have recruited two more talents from Illustrious Virtue Hall.

• Ma Xiaotao celebrated being able to fight at full strength without being overwhelmed by her evil fire and resolved to keep the siblings’ secret.
• Ji Juechen excitedly asked Qian Chaoguang whether he could fight Ma Xiaotao every day if he joined Shrek.
• After Ma Xiaotao agreed to fight him, Ji Juechen announced he was dropping out and hurried away.
• Qian Chaoguang told Jing Ziyan to stop Ji Juechen from leaving before they returned to Shrek, and Jing Ziyan flew after him.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong exchanged smiles over recruiting the two Illustrious Virtue Hall students, while Wang Dong realized what had happened.

Wang Dong invited Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to visit the Clear Sky Sect, promising that her family had a treasure that could help them advance through their upcoming cultivation bottlenecks. Qian Chaoguang was tempted by the opportunity but worried about the dangers tied to the sect, leaving their decision unresolved.

• Huo Yutong bragged that she hoped to lure away a Rank 8 Soul Tool Master from Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy, and Qian Chaoguang defended their poaching as a long-term gain.
• Ma Xiaotao flew away, and Qian Chaoguang teased Wang Dong about being abandoned before Wang Dong snapped back at him.
• Wang Dong invited Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to the Clear Sky Sect, noting that Qian Chaoguang was nearing Soul King and Huo Yutong was level fifty-seven.
• Huo Yutong revealed that she had awakened an Ultimate Ice Second Martial Soul, and Wang Dong said her family could help the siblings advance to Soul Emperor and Soul King.
• Wang Dong explained that the Clear Sky Sect had no captive Psychic Soul Beasts but hinted that Huo Yutong could obtain a suitable soul ring; Qian Chaoguang remained conflicted about accepting the invitation.

Qian Chaoguang delayed answering Wang Dong’s invitation to visit the Clear Sky Sect while he assessed the risks and arranged to consult Electrolux. He and Huo Yutong spent the day showing Wang Dong around Mingdu, and the chapter ended with the friends sharing news about Shrek Academy’s rapidly growing Soul Tool Department.

• Qian Chaoguang told Wang Dong he needed to ask Jing Hongchen and Qian Duoduo for permission before agreeing to the trip, citing the exchange students’ sensitive status and the Holy Spirit Cult threat.
• Huo Yutong proposed that they tour Mingdu, share dinner at Pixiu Soul Tool Shop, and ask the academy for leave afterward; Wang Dong eagerly requested grilled fish.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong showed Wang Dong several of Mingdu’s sights, then Qian Chaoguang brought He Caitou out of the Undead Subplane to join their gathering.
• Wang Dong told the group that Shrek Academy had established a separate Soul Tool branch academy, added Soul Tool operation as a required course, and created new assessment standards.
• Qian Chaoguang reflected that the Soul Tool blueprints and Experimental Table he had sent to Shrek had helped narrow its technological gap, while He Caitou listened happily to the academy’s progress.

Huo Yutong asked how the Tang Sect was developing, and Wang Dong revealed that it had a framework but lacked the people needed to operate it. Qian Chaoguang identified its strict loyalty demands and refusal to recruit or pay ordinary Soul Engineers as the reasons it could not fulfill even a promising cannon order.

• Huo Yutong asked Wang Dong about the Tang Sect and explained how its techniques and teachings had helped her.
• Wang Dong said the Tang Sect's leaders had made cultivation progress, but the sect remained an empty shell because it lacked manpower.
• Wang Dong explained that the academy had ordered forty Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannons, but the Tang Sect had no Soul Engineers available to maintain them.
• Qian Chaoguang pointed out that the sect could afford to recruit Soul Engineers and said the cannons were modular and straightforward to maintain.
• Wang Dong admitted Tang Ya and Bei Bei required Soul Engineers to swear lifelong loyalty before accessing core secrets.
• Qian Chaoguang concluded that the Tang Sect's strict conditions and disdain for less-skilled recruits had driven capable Soul Engineers away and stalled its development.