Chapter Summaries

Qian Chaoguang discussed the Tang Sect’s failure to recruit members and offered Wang Dong a business arrangement to solve its shortage of Soul Tool maintenance workers. He proposed that the Pixiu Merchant Guild become the Tang Sect’s after-sales maintenance department and establish an early foothold in Shrek City.

• Wang Dong admitted that Tang Ya, Bei Bei, and Xu Sanshi rejected her and the others’ suggestions about recruiting members.
• Qian Chaoguang criticized the Tang Sect’s strict recruitment standards and said its small membership had barely grown in nearly three years.
• Qian Chaoguang offered to help the Tang Sect and suggested that Wang Dong discuss his idea with Bei Bei and Tang Ya.
• Qian Chaoguang proposed a Strategic Cooperation Agreement that would make the Pixiu Merchant Guild the Tang Sect’s after-sales maintenance department.
• Wang Dong questioned whether his Soul Engineers could repair the Zhuge Soul Tool Cannon, and Qian Chaoguang explained that he had helped build its prototype and develop key designs.

Qian Chaoguang explained his role in improving the Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannon and discussed patent profits with Wang Dong. He revealed his plan to make the Tang Sect dependent on his manufacturing and after-sales services, leaving the sect's future under his control.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong explained how he had improved the Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannon and was helping develop its next generation with He Caitou.
• Qian Chaoguang told Wang Dong he intended to negotiate patent profits with the Tang Sect, and she left the matter to Bei Bei and Tang Ya.
• Qian Chaoguang reflected that Huo Yutong and He Caitou's ties to the Tang Sect had helped him build a plan to control its manufacturing business while keeping his own connection to it hidden.
• Qian Chaoguang planned to use the Pixiu Merchant Guild, undead workers, and idle Spirit Masters to undercut the Tang Sect's manufacturing costs and make it reliant on his services.
• Qian Chaoguang viewed the Tang Sect as a strategic target because it had been Tang San's sect and could serve as an entry point for his interference in the Lower Realm.

Qian Chaoguang admitted that he intended to take control of the Tang Sect, then told Electrolux the truth about Wang Dong, Tang Wutong, and Tang San’s interference. Electrolux was enraged by the revelation that Tang San had divided Tang Wutong’s soul and memories, leaving Wang Dong as a distinct new life.

• Qian Chaoguang and his companions ended dinner with Wang Dong and returned to Sun Moon Royal Soul Tool Master Academy.
• Huo Yutong asked whether Qian Chaoguang planned to take control of the Tang Sect, and he openly confirmed it.
• Huo Yutong trusted Qian Chaoguang’s judgment, while He Caitou said he would follow his decisions.
• Qian Chaoguang visited Electrolux in the Undead Subplane and explained the connection between Wang Dong, Tang Wutong, and Tang San.
• Electrolux condemned Tang San for sealing Tang Wutong’s memories and dividing her soul, and Qian Chaoguang concluded that Wang Dong had become a new life separate from Tang Wutong’s past.

Qian Chaoguang learned that Tang San had split and remade Tang Wutong’s soul, creating a new being from her body and the souls of Wang Dong’er and Wang Qiu’er. Electrolux explained that Tang San would need at least seven years in the Lower Realm to recover from their previous clash, leaving Qian Chaoguang to weigh a trip to the Clear Sky Sect.

• Qian Chaoguang realized Tang Wutong’s body held a different soul, formed by Tang San combining fragments and memories from Tang Wutong, Wang Dong’er, and Wang Qiu’er.
• Electrolux condemned Tang San for treating the women as expendable and warned that his long-term schemes would bring disaster to Douluo Star.
• Qian Chaoguang worried Tang San might have hidden measures in the Clear Sky Sect and might again try to force Tang Wutong’s soul fragment into the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• Electrolux revealed that he had marked the intercepted soul fragment so it would shatter during another crossing of the Space Barrier.
• Electrolux estimated that Tang San would need at least seven days in the God Realm to recover, giving Qian Chaoguang seven years in the Lower Realm before Tang San could act again.

Qian Chaoguang learned from Electrolux how excessive Faith Power could endanger Tang San’s divine soul, then agreed to visit the Clear Sky Sect with Huo Yutong and Wang Dong. The group set out, and Huo Yutong gave Wang Dong a powerful Flying Soul Tool made specially for her.

• Electrolux explained that excessive Faith Power could overwhelm Tang San’s divine soul, especially because he bore two Divine Thrones.
• Electrolux urged Qian Chaoguang to face Tang San without fear and offered to capture any Divine Sense they encountered; Qian Chaoguang vowed to kill Tang San.
• Qian Chaoguang asked Qian Duoduo for leave to visit Wang Dong’s home, the Clear Sky Sect, with Huo Yutong, and Qian Duoduo readily agreed.
• The next morning, Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong gathered their subordinates at the Pixiu Soul Tool Shop and set off with Wang Dong for the Clear Sky Sect.
• On the outskirts of Mingdu, Huo Yutong gave Wang Dong a class-six Flying Soul Tool whose performance matched a class-seven soul tool.

Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong set out for the Clear Sky Sect, discussing their flying Soul Tools and Wang Dong’s family’s dislike of technology. Meanwhile, Nana led an advance team toward Shrek City to negotiate with the Tang Sect and prepare the Pixiu Merchant Guild’s expansion.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong showed Wang Dong their custom Flying Soul Tools and explained how the devices conserved Soul Power.
• Wang Dong warned Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong that her family rejected Soul Tools and relied on oil lamps and candles, prompting Huo Yutong to speculate that this was why Wang Dong slept so much.
• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong headed east toward the Clear Sky Sect.
• Nana led twenty Soul Kings and Soul Ancestors southeast from Mingdu toward Shrek City to seek cooperation with the Tang Sect and support the Pixiu Merchant Guild’s expansion.
• Nana carried ten hidden Mid-Rank Undead Creatures as protection, while Qian Chaoguang remained ready to provide rapid reinforcements.

Nana brought Qian Chaoguang’s letter and token to Shrek Academy, prompting a Sea God Pavilion meeting. The elders reacted with astonishment to his proposal to supply Shrek with rare metals and Sun Moon Empire goods at reduced prices, and Xian Lin'er urged them to agree.

• Nana led the Pixiu Merchant Caravan to Shrek Academy and submitted Qian Chaoguang’s letter and token to the staff at the gate.
• Xian Lin'er presented the letter and token at the Sea God Pavilion meeting, where Mu En confirmed the token’s authenticity.
• The Sea God Pavilion elders read Qian Chaoguang’s letter and reacted with shock to his plan.
• Xian Lin'er supported the proposal to supply Shrek with rare metals below market price and bring in goods from the Sun Moon Empire.

Shrek Academy’s elders approved Qian Chaoguang’s rare-metal trade proposal, seeing it as a chance to supply the Soul Tool Department and profit from the business. Mu En approved plans to establish the chamber of commerce in Shrek City, then wondered whether his choice was right as he reflected on Huo Yutong’s uncertain future.

• Yan Shaozhe, Lin Lao, and Xuan Zi supported Qian Chaoguang’s proposal, citing the academy’s need for rare metals and the favorable terms.
• Mu En held a vote, and all the elders raised their hands in support of the cooperation.
• Mu En tasked Xian Lin'er with coordinating with Qian Chaoguang’s chamber of commerce members, securing land near the Tang Sect, and arranging construction.
• Xuan Zi volunteered to help build an underground warehouse, and Mu En dismissed the meeting once the plans were approved.
• After the others left, Mu En worried that he could not see Qian Chaoguang’s figure in the future he glimpsed for Huo Yutong.
• Nana and her group were invited by Martial Soul Department teachers to the Soul Tool Department headquarters for negotiations.

Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong arrived at the Clear Sky Sect, where Huo Yutong experienced a major advancement in her Mental Power. While waiting, Qian Chaoguang used his Divine Sense to uncover the sect’s hidden protective barrier and the unusual energy within its clouds.

• Wang Dong assured Qian Chaoguang that the Clear Sky Sect held no grudge against him over his surname or the Angel Family’s history.
• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong reached the Clear Sky Sect’s towering mountain, and Qian Chaoguang fitted Wang Dong’s Flying Soul Tool with a Milk Bottle.
• Huo Yutong gained sudden enlightenment while watching the sea of clouds, and her Mental Power advanced greatly.
• Wang Dong asked Clear Sky Sect disciples to guard the others and went to the mountaintop to find Da Ming and Er Ming.
• Qian Chaoguang compressed his Divine Sense until he pierced an invisible barrier and perceived pale-gold clouds formed from concentrated energy, which he suspected included Immortal Spirit Energy.

Qian Chaoguang and Electrolux examined the divine barrier around Clear Sky Sect, and Electrolux secretly sampled its energy without Tang San noticing. Convinced Tang San’s ability to monitor the Lower Realm was limited, Qian Chaoguang considered visiting Qiankun Questioning Valley to obtain a sample of Tang San’s divine soul.

• Qian Chaoguang sensed a law-infused barrier around Clear Sky Sect that contained Immortal Spirit Energy and blocked Mental Power detection.
• Electrolux identified the barrier’s runes as a crude arrangement of laws Tang San had extracted and said studying divine power could help them prepare for a future confrontation.
• Electrolux secretly opened and repaired a hole in the barrier, sampled its energy, and found that Tang San did not notice.
• Electrolux told Qian Chaoguang that no one was watching him, though two life forms stronger than Mu En were nearby, and advised him to collect samples of Tang San’s powers if possible.
• After Electrolux sensed that a disguised girl was returning and Xiao Tong was waking, Qian Chaoguang considered going to Qiankun Questioning Valley to seek a sample of Tang San’s divine soul.

Huo Yutong awakened and demonstrated a new soul-force attack, Mental Judgment, before she and Qian Chaoguang followed Wang Dong to Clear Sky Fortress. Qian Chaoguang recognized signs of Tang San’s influence there and saw the fortress as a valuable cultivation site, while Wang Dong invited them to stay.

• Huo Yutong emerged from her epiphany and used Mental Judgment, a technique she said she had created by combining Mind Storm and Purple Demon Eye.
• Wang Dong dismissed the Clear Sky Sect disciples and led Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong up the mountain on foot.
• Qian Chaoguang noticed that the writing on Clear Sky Fortress resembled Tang San’s writing and carried an aura like the Sect Protecting Array.
• Wang Dong invited Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to stay at the fortress, whose Heaven and Earth Origin Power exceeded that of the Sea God Pavilion’s Cultivation Room.

Er Ming tested Qian Chaoguang’s strength, then apologized after Wang Dong angrily called him out. Wang Dong took Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to explore Clear Sky Fortress, where Qian Chaoguang noticed the sect’s formidable strength and kept its secrets to himself.

• Er Ming pressured Qian Chaoguang, who countered with a sharp Blade Intent that impressed him.
• Wang Dong scolded Er Ming for testing her friends, and he introduced himself as Uncle Tai before apologizing to Qian Chaoguang.
• Wang Dong sarcastically needled Er Ming until he awkwardly left to check on the welcome feast.
• Wang Dong showed Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong around Clear Sky Fortress and explained its three floors.
• Qian Chaoguang scanned the fortress and found hundreds of powerful Spirit Masters, including at least thirty Titled Douluo.

Wang Dong welcomed Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to the Clear Sky Sect, where they discovered the room’s Frozen Spring and began investigating its treasures. Meanwhile, Wang Dong confronted Da Ming and Er Ming for testing her friends, and her accumulated pressure and hurt pushed her toward a breakdown.

• Wang Dong arranged for Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to share a room and told them to find its hidden treasure.
• Qian Chaoguang tested the Frozen Spring and explained its benefits, while Huo Yutong tried it and felt its effects.
• Er Ming complained to Da Ming that their test of Qian Chaoguang had been unjustified, and Da Ming admitted he had been mistaken but defended his caution.
• Wang Dong entered and angrily accused Da Ming and Er Ming of distrusting her and humiliating her guests.
• Wang Dong reminded them that Qian Chaoguang had feared their judgment and argued that old grievances should not be passed on to him.
• Wang Dong broke down under the weight of the confrontation and the pressures that had built up over the years.

Wang Dong confronted Da Ming and Er Ming over their distrust, and Da Ming apologized and promised to trust her and reward her friends. After Er Ming condemned Tang San’s motives and control of the God Realm, Qian Chaoguang listened in, judged that Tang San could not intervene directly, and began cultivating with Huo Yutong.

• Wang Dong broke down in tears, and Er Ming scolded Da Ming for trying to justify their actions.
• Da Ming apologized to Wang Dong, promised never to doubt her again, and offered her friends Spirit Rings and lodging in the Clear Sky Sect.
• After Wang Dong left, Er Ming accused Tang San of reviving the brothers for his own benefit, and Da Ming silently agreed with much of his criticism.
• Qian Chaoguang withdrew his Divine Sense after overhearing the brothers and reasoned that Tang San could not safely descend to the Lower Realm in person.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong meditated as the Ice and Snow Two Emperors’ powers intertwined and continued to grow.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong cultivated on the Ten Thousand Year Cold Ice Jade Marrow Bed while the Ice Empress and Snow Empress released their sealed Source Power, greatly strengthening them. Qian Chaoguang completed the Golden Body Art’s second realm, while Electrolux learned of Tang San’s surveillance and prepared an alarm to detect his return to the Lower Realm.

• The Ice Empress and Snow Empress opened their seals as Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong cultivated together on the Cold Ice Jade Marrow Bed.
• Qian Chaoguang endured the pain of tempering his bones while absorbing the bed’s energy and the Ice Empress’s Source Power; Huo Yutong absorbed power alongside him.
• Da Ming and Er Ming discussed Tang San’s control over Xiao Dong and complained about the divine mark that monitored them, unaware Electrolux could hear them.
• Electrolux planted a dormant Divine Sense monitor beneath Da Ming and Er Ming to warn him if Tang San’s divine presence returned to the Lower Realm.
• The Cold Ice Jade Marrow Bed and the Ice Empress’s Source Power were exhausted as Qian Chaoguang’s bones turned golden and his first three Spirit Rings became blood-red.
• Qian Chaoguang completed the Golden Body Art’s second realm, while his cultivation reached a bottleneck that required a Spirit Ring to advance further.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong completed a day-long cultivation session at the Clear Sky Sect, while Qian Chaoguang deduced that Da Ming and Er Ming might be covert allies working against Tang San. The chapter ended with Wang Dong discovering she could use soul tools again and accepting Qian Chaoguang’s sword, Frostmourne.

• Qian Chaoguang finished cultivating on the Ten Thousand Year Mysterious Ice Jade Marrow Bed and learned from Electrolux that Da Ming and Er Ming resented Tang San.
• Qian Chaoguang reasoned that Da Ming and Er Ming might have arranged the God-given Soul Rings to hinder Tang San’s recovery, making them potential allies.
• Huo Yutong finished cultivating, and Wang Dong visited them and joked that Qian Chaoguang should compensate her for using her family’s jade marrow bed.
• Qian Chaoguang offered Wang Dong ten Eighth-Rank Baby Bottles, but she refused them and explained that the bed had been given to them for their cultivation.
• Qian Chaoguang gave Wang Dong the Quasi-Seventh Level soul tool sword Frostmourne, and she discovered that the revulsion preventing her from using soul tools had disappeared.

Wang Dong discovered she could use Frostmourne, and Er Ming took Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong through a spatial rift to a hidden ruin. Qian Chaoguang recognized it as the original Sea God Island and secretly collected a sample of the lingering Sea God Power before the group explored further.

• Wang Dong celebrated being able to wield Frostmourne and hoped she could use other soul tools as well.
• Er Ming invited Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong to eat, then offered to take Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to Ascension Pavilion for Spirit Rings.
• Er Ming opened a spatial rift and led the group to an ancient, desolate ruin surrounded by a protective array.
• Qian Chaoguang recognized the ruin as the original Sea God Island and identified the temple behind the group as the Sea God Hall.
• Qian Chaoguang covertly gathered the lingering Sea God Power from the Sea God Hall and sent the sealed sample into the Undead Subplane.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong entered the Sea God Hall, where Er Ming used a Totem Pillar to create a God-given Soul Ring for Qian Chaoguang. The pillar drew power from Tang San’s Godhood and repeatedly damaged him in the God Realm, while Qian Chaoguang stored the ring away for later examination.

• Er Ming escorted Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong into the Sea God Hall and warned them to keep the forbidden ruins secret.
• Qian Chaoguang examined the Totem Pillar and, with Electrolux, inferred that it could draw energy from Tang San’s Godhood to create God-given Soul Rings.
• Er Ming activated the pillar, and Qian Chaoguang received a pale-golden soul ring, which he secretly stored without testing it.
• The pillar’s extraction of divine power disrupted Tang San’s effort to repair his divine soul and forced him to sever his connection to Asura faith.
• The extraction force struck Tang San repeatedly, leaving him weakened and unable to identify what was taking his power.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong received four God-given Soul Rings from Er Ming and chose to save them for future use. After meeting Da Ming and settling into a new residence at Clear Sky Fortress, they spent nearly a month there training and receiving guidance.

• Er Ming explained how to use the God-given Soul Rings and warned that they would not raise a Spirit Master's level beyond helping break a bottleneck.
• Huo Yutong and Qian Chaoguang chose to save their rings, hoping to use them later for Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Rings; Qian Chaoguang privately planned to have Electrolux inspect and reverse-engineer them.
• Er Ming told the siblings to keep the God-given Soul Rings secret from outsiders.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong met Da Ming, who offered them cultivation guidance and arranged a residence with dense Heaven and Earth Origin Power.
• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong spent nearly a month at Clear Sky Fortress while Er Ming visited often to eat with them and advise them on cultivation.

Qian Chaoguang reviewed the Pixiu Merchant Guild’s growing trade operations and searched for a material to power a fixed cross-plane teleportation array, but Nana’s discoveries did not include a suitable core. After helping his undead workers rotate shifts, he entered the Undead Subplane and found the trade warehouse already filled with rare metals for Shrek Academy.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong resumed cultivating, while Wang Dong celebrated her ability to use Soul Tools and received a fifty-million-Gold-Soul-Coin custom equipment budget from Er Ming.
• Nana reported that the Pixiu Merchant Guild’s contracts and Shrek City land purchase were progressing, and Qian Chaoguang arranged for undead workers to prepare Tang Sect’s cannon order and Shrek City’s goods.
• Nana presented seven silver objects for Qian Chaoguang to examine, but none could serve as the spatial core he needed for a fixed teleportation array.
• Qian Chaoguang told Nana to analyze and store an extraterrestrial meteorite, sell the other objects, and continue searching for possible materials.
• Qian Chaoguang returned to the Undead Subplane and found rare metals for Shrek Academy stacked inside a large warehouse, where Dragon One watched from an unfinished opening in the roof.