Chapter Summaries

During the Sea God’s Fate matchmaking event, Qian Chaoguang stunned the Sea God Fairies with his achievements, wealth, and strength while making clear that he would fight anyone who pursued Huo Yutong. The Love at Second Sight introductions continued, leaving Qian Chaoguang’s performance as the spectacle the other male students had to follow.

• Jiang Nannan extinguished her light for Xu Sanshi, and the second round eliminated many male students, leaving twenty-four.
• Zhang Lexuan explained the rules for Love at Second Sight, and Qian Chaoguang drew the first turn.
• Qian Chaoguang introduced his martial souls, Soul Tool expertise, Spirit Forging Method, and merchant association, prompting Wu Ming and Xian Lin'er to confirm his accomplishments.
• Qian Chaoguang displayed five hundred-thousand-year soul rings and used his power to freeze and then melt part of Sea God Lake.
• Qian Chaoguang warned the male students not to pursue Huo Yutong unless they were ready to fight him, then returned to his water lily as the remaining introductions began.

At the Shrek matchmaking event, He Caitou accidentally revealed that Qian Chaoguang owned the Pixiu Merchant Guild, drawing the Inner Courtyard students’ interest in working for him. The next segment began with students choosing partners, and Wang Dong removed her mask after arriving beside Qian Chaoguang to tease him.

• He Caitou introduced himself, then revealed that Qian Chaoguang was his boss and that he earned a high salary as a technical cadre in the Pixiu Merchant Guild.
• Qian Chaoguang confirmed he had founded the guild and invited the Inner Courtyard students, especially Soul Tool specialists, to work for him.
• Xiao Xiao showed interest in He Caitou, while Xu Sanshi confessed to Jiang Nannan, misread her reaction, and jumped into the lake; Huo Yutong froze the water beneath Jiang Nannan to keep her from falling in.
• Zhang Lexuan began the partner-selection segment, and Hua Yao introduced herself before choosing a male student.
• The masked second female student flew to Qian Chaoguang, revealed herself as Wang Dong, and teased him after he said he had recognized her as a girl from the beginning.

The Sea God Fairy matchmaking continued as Qian Chaoguang deflected Ma Xiaotao’s and Ning Tian’s advances and helped Wu Feng and Ning Tian confront their feelings for each other. Han Ruoruo asked interested men to step forward, and a middle-aged teacher unexpectedly volunteered, leaving his identity and her response unknown.

• Wang Dong realized Qian Chaoguang and others had long seen through her disguise, while He Caitou and Xiao Xiao chatted about his armor.
• Ma Xiaotao announced she wanted to steal a kiss from Qian Chaoguang, and he agreed to help suppress her evil fire.
• Ning Tian chose Qian Chaoguang as a partner, but he pointed out Wu Feng’s feelings for her and urged the two women to pursue each other.
• Wu Feng pulled a bewildered Ning Tian aside after Qian Chaoguang privately encouraged her to act on her feelings.
• Han Ruoruo invited anyone who liked her to step forward, and a middle-aged man from the teachers’ ferryboat appeared and asked if he might.

Wang Yan confessed to Han Ruoruo, and she accepted him, while the fourth segment of the matchmaking event ended with Huo Yutong choosing Qian Chaoguang. The final segment, A Hundred Years of Harmony, began with the remaining male students set to make the choices.

• Qian Chaoguang encouraged Wang Yan, who confessed his feelings to Han Ruoruo, and she accepted his proposal.
• Elder Xuan and Elder Mu approved of Wang Yan and Han Ruoruo's relationship, and the two left the event together.
• Ling Luochen joined Ma Xiaotao in teasing Qian Chaoguang, while the crowd realized several women had chosen him.
• Huo Yutong crossed Qian Chaoguang's ice Magpie Bridge and joined him in his arms as the fourth segment ended.
• Bei Bei announced the fifth segment, A Hundred Years of Harmony, in which the male students would make the final choices.

The Sea God's Fate ceremony paired Gu Fan and Hua Yao, then turned to Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong as Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen challenged them to a two-on-two wedding-crashing battle. The couples accepted the fight, and Qian Chaoguang chose to battle on the lake as his presence began to seem almost divine to Ma Xiaotao.

• Gu Fan chose Hua Yao, took her hand, and completed the ceremony as the first newly paired couple.
• Wang Dong declined to fight, while Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen volunteered to challenge Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong; Wu Feng and Ning Tian forfeited and left together.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen proposed a two-on-two fight, and Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong accepted.
• Bei Bei told Zhang Lexuan that Huo Yutong had reached level sixty-seven and possessed Ultimate Ice, after which Zhang Lexuan approved the match.
• Qian Chaoguang chose to fight on the lake, and Ma Xiaotao sensed his aura rising until he seemed like a deity or emperor.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong revealed the Ice and Snow Two Emperors and their combined Ultimate Ice, stunning Shrek Academy’s audience. As Ma Xiaotao attacked, Huo Yutong countered with spiritual skills and unveiled a heavily armed white battle armor, leaving the battle poised to continue.

• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen froze most of Sea God Lake to prepare for their fight.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong revealed the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, and their combined Ultimate Ice froze the entire lake.
• Mu En and the other elders recognized the Ice and Snow Two Emperors, while Ling Luochen gave up her feelings for Qian Chaoguang after seeing Huo Yutong's matching Ultimate Ice.
• Ma Xiaotao launched Phoenix Meteor Shower, but Huo Yutong weakened the attack with her Spirit Eyes and Soul War Song.
• Huo Yutong deployed a white battle armor equipped with numerous Soul Tools and fired a volley that destroyed Ma Xiaotao's attack.
• The Snow Empress's phantom shrank and merged into Huo Yutong's battle armor.

Huo Yutong demonstrated her new Martial Soul Armor, and Qian Chaoguang explained how it differed from Battle Armor and mechas. The chapter ended with Huo Yutong describing the mecha’s advantage against low-level soul masters and its limits against stronger opponents.

• Huo Yutong’s Martial Soul Armor cooled its weapons, took in Milk Bottles, and fired a powerful cannon blast into the sky above Sea God Lake.
• Huo Yutong revealed that she and Qian Chaoguang had developed Martial Soul Armor, then changed her armor from a ranged combat configuration to a close-combat form with an ice-blue longsword.
• Qian Chaoguang showed his Battle Armor and explained how it enhanced a soul master’s abilities, while Martial Soul Armor emphasized Soul Tools and mechas relied on Soul Tool weaponry.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that mechas were intended to help Support System soul masters and ordinary people defend themselves and fight, especially in large-scale battles.
• Huo Yutong said mechas equipped with multiple Milk Bottles could overwhelm soul masters below five rings, though their strength fell behind against Soul Saints and stronger opponents.

Qian Chaoguang explained the different strengths and limitations of mechas, Martial Soul Armor, and Battle Armor before demonstrating his and Huo Yutong’s power by freezing Ma Xiaotao with their Martial Soul Fusion Skill. The bride-snatching challenge ended, and the academy’s students recognized the pair’s strength and the promise of their soul tool innovations.

• Qian Chaoguang compared the development and battlefield roles of mechas, Martial Soul Armor, and Battle Armor, noting that Battle Armor remained experimental.
• Ling Luochen declined to fight, but Ma Xiaotao demanded that Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong demonstrate their combined power and suppress her evil fire.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong unleashed Snow Dance Extreme Ice Domain, overcame Ma Xiaotao’s Phoenix Flame, and froze her; Mu En recognized the Ice and Snow Emperors and felt confident about Shrek’s future.
• Qian Chaoguang melted the ice and freed Ma Xiaotao, while Huo Yutong revealed that the burst of power had drained all ten of her Class Six Milk Bottles.
• Huo Yutong asked Zhang Lexuan and Bei Bei to end the bride-snatching, and the students cheered their union while Wang Dong complained that they had frozen her watermelon.
• Zhang Lexuan announced the end of the event, and Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong left as the academy recognized their strength and soul tool innovations.

After Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong pledged themselves to each other, the Sea God Pavilion elders arranged a meeting to discuss their new equipment and formally establish their status. The meeting began with academy business, then turned to Qian Chaoguang’s promised introduction of the three types of equipment.

• Yan Shaozhe proposed questioning Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and He Caitou about their equipment, but Mu En and the elders told him not to disturb the couples.
• Mu En called a Sea God Pavilion Meeting for the next morning to formally establish the siblings’ status and discuss their innovations.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong discussed getting married after graduating and planned to visit Huo Yutong’s mother and grandfather after the tournament.
• Qian Duoduo woke Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong and told them to attend the Sea God Pavilion Meeting.
• Mu En confirmed Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong as formal Sea God Pavilion members, and Xian Lin'er presided over the meeting.
• Qian Chaoguang stood to introduce the three types of equipment he, Huo Yutong, and He Caitou had developed.

Qian Chaoguang demonstrated Battle Armor and explained his plans to share research on Battle Armor, Martial Soul Armor, and mechas with Shrek Academy. Huo Yutong and He Caitou demonstrated their technologies as well, leaving the elders astonished by the innovations and Qian Chaoguang’s willingness to teach them.

• Qian Chaoguang demonstrated how his Battle Armor boosted his cultivation and described its limits, production challenges, and future research goals.
• Xian Lin'er offered to help test Spirit Forging formulas, and Mu En approved Qian Chaoguang’s plan to teach Inner Courtyard students and compile books on the technologies.
• Qian Chaoguang rejected concerns that sharing his work would cost him profits, arguing that wider research would help develop the technologies and support the academy.
• Huo Yutong demonstrated Martial Soul Armor and explained how it strengthened Soul Tool Masters for combat and battlefield survival.
• He Caitou demonstrated his mecha, which the elders recognized as a weapon for ordinary people and Support System Spirit Masters to fight across battlefields.
• The elders remained surprised that Qian Chaoguang would teach valuable technologies, while he trusted his foundational knowledge to keep him ahead of future researchers.

Mu En named Qian Chaoguang the Sea God Pavilion Master First in Line Successor and placed Huo Yutong in the succession line, while their three technologies were sealed as red-level secrets. Qian Chaoguang later brought Xuan Ziwen, Ji Juechen, and Jing Ziyan to the Undead Subplane, where Xuan Ziwen handed over his Sealed Baby Bottle technology.

• Mu En established Qian Chaoguang as the Sea God Pavilion Master First in Line Successor and gave Huo Yutong her choice of a future Inner Courtyard dean position and reserve succession status; the elders approved unanimously.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong recorded their Battle Armor, mecha, and Martial Soul Armor technologies, and Elder Xuan sealed the manuscripts in the Sea God Pavilion Library.
• Qian Chaoguang arranged Inner Courtyard lectures with Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er, then left for the Pixiu Merchant Guild to travel through the Undead Subplane.
• Qian Chaoguang brought Xuan Ziwen, Ji Juechen, and Jing Ziyan to the Undead Subplane, where Xuan Ziwen and Electrolux began discussing Soul Tool research and alchemy, while Ji Juechen fought the Death Knights.
• Qian Chaoguang gave Electrolux thirty kilograms of Cosmos Star Silver to study for the Teleportation Array, and Xuan Ziwen handed over his Sealed Baby Bottle technology.

Qian Chaoguang told Xuan Ziwen that his preparations for war and relentless growth were meant to let him resist the God Realm and eventually slay Tang San, not simply to pursue power. Xuan Ziwen accepted the evidence of divine power, while Qian Chaoguang explained his ambitions for the continent and the limits he would place on its unification.

• Xuan Ziwen explained that he had left Illustrious Virtue Hall because Jing Hongchen’s alliance with Xu Tianran had pulled the academy into the succession struggle and threatened his stable research life.
• Xuan Ziwen warned Qian Chaoguang that he and Xiao Tong were pursuing too many paths, and Qian Chaoguang sealed the room before revealing that he expected to fight gods.
• Qian Chaoguang showed Xuan Ziwen a crystal ball containing Tang San’s Sea God Power and explained that he had damaged Tang San’s soul and expected the God Realm to sanction him.
• Xuan Ziwen believed Qian Chaoguang after examining the divine power, and Qian Chaoguang said he would unify the continent if necessary but would not allow Xu Tianran or anyone cooperating with evil soul masters to prevail.
• Qian Chaoguang drained his tea and teleported back to Shrek City.

Qian Chaoguang warned Cai Meier about dangers awaiting Shrek’s Soul Hunting Operation and advised how to secure both the team and valuable soul bones. Back at the Sea God Pavilion, exhaustion finally overtook him, and he slept until noon the next day.

• Xuan Ziwen left after speaking with Qian Chaoguang, intrigued by the deeper purpose of their work against the Deities and Tang San.
• Qian Chaoguang told Cai Meier that three Holy Spirit Cult Soul Douluo brothers could ambush the Inner Courtyard team in the Star Dou Great Forest, and Mu En ordered Xuan Zi and Xiao Song to provide backup.
• Qian Chaoguang advised Cai Meier to search for three mutated ten-thousand-year Wolf Apes whose soul bones granted Teleport, then contacted Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er before returning to Huo Yutong.
• Qian Chaoguang talked about his workload with Huo Yutong, fell asleep in her arms, and slept until noon the next day.
• Huo Yutong gave Qian Chaoguang water and used Ultimate Ice to wake him fully.

Qian Chaoguang and Electrolux forged Cosmos Star Silver into teleportation array cores, allowing Shrek to establish a network between its bases and mining areas. After installing the arrays and granting access to their allies, Qian Chaoguang returned to his routine, with an open Spirit Forging class awaiting him the next day.

• Qian Chaoguang traveled to the Undead Subplane, where Electrolux scolded him for leaving his teacher stranded there overnight.
• Qian Chaoguang forged thirty kilograms of Cosmos Star Silver into a Spirit Refined piece, and Electrolux divided it to make teleportation array cores.
• Electrolux explained that the arrays could connect locations as far apart as Mingdu and Shrek City, then ordered Qian Chaoguang to study space magic while he refined them.
• Electrolux finished five cores, and Qian Chaoguang installed arrays in Shrek City, Mingdu, Star Luo City, and two mining areas before granting access to contracted humans and Mid-Rank Undead Creatures.
• Qian Chaoguang returned to his daily routine and prepared to teach an open Spirit Forging class at the Soul Tool Department.

Qian Chaoguang taught a packed class for Shrek’s Soul Tool Department, explaining how blacksmiths could advance from top-grade Hundred Refinements to Thousand Refinements. He left the students with two ways to communicate with metal: build deep familiarity through study and practice, or diagnose the metal’s properties directly while forging.

• Qian Chaoguang arrived at the new Spirit Forging First Teaching Laboratory with Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er, who showed him its facilities and explained that teachers and students would attend his lecture.
• Teachers and students from the Soul Tool Department filled the laboratory, while Fan Yu and Ye Xiaosheng watched Qian Chaoguang prepare the demonstration.
• When the class began, Qian Chaoguang asked what Thousand Refined Metal was, and a student described its purification and transformation through communication and emotion.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that blacksmiths could reach Thousand Refinements either by learning metal properties through study and practice or by directly diagnosing the metal as they forged.

Qian Chaoguang taught Shrek Academy’s students and teachers how to approach different metals and break through to Thousand Refinement, prompting the whole class to practice. Mo Xuan achieved Thousand Refinement, and Qian Chaoguang urged him to perform the Blood Sacrifice before the beginner guarantee passed.

• Qian Chaoguang demonstrated how different metals responded to distinct forging techniques and explained the progression from Thousand Refinement to Heavenly Forging.
• Students and teachers began practicing under Qian Chaoguang’s guidance, while He Caitou, Huo Yutong, Qian Duoduo, and Xian Lin’er helped those attempting breakthroughs.
• Qian Chaoguang noticed Mo Xuan, a rare Halo Martial Soul support Soul Master, attempting Thousand Refinement and recognized his potential to support armies across a vast area.
• Mo Xuan completed Thousand Refinement, and Qian Chaoguang quickly cut his wrist with a Light Element dagger so his blood could activate the Heavy Silver’s new vitality.

Qian Chaoguang taught an afternoon class introducing a mecha designed to let Support System Spirit Masters fight with soul tools. His demonstration gave Mo Xuan hope that he could one day battle alongside his companions, and Qian Chaoguang began explaining the mecha’s design.

• Qian Chaoguang congratulated Mo Xuan on completing his first Thousand Refined piece, healed his bleeding wrist, and encouraged him to forge it into a hammer.
• Qian Chaoguang, He Caitou, and Huo Yutong prepared an open class for Soul Tool Department and Support System students, with He Caitou demonstrating and Huo Yutong providing technical advice.
• Mo Xuan attended the class, excited by the prospect that mecha could let a Support System Spirit Master fight on the battlefield.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that Spirit Masters could use soul tools in combat and introduced mecha as a way for Support System Spirit Masters to wield powerful weapons.
• Qian Chaoguang presented a tracked, semi-humanoid mecha and explained that its design favored stability, defense, firepower, and flexible weapon use over high-speed movement.

Qian Chaoguang demonstrated the modular mecha to his class, showing how it ran on a Sealed Baby Bottle, changed between defensive and offensive configurations, and let Mo Xuan operate powerful Soul Tools. After Qian Chaoguang used Divine Grace Aura to calm Mo Xuan, Mo Xuan saw him as a deity and his eyes suddenly lit up.

• Qian Chaoguang explained the mecha’s mobility, modular weapons, and design for Support System Spirit Masters, then invited a volunteer to test it.
• Mo Xuan climbed into the mecha and demonstrated its movements using a Sealed Baby Bottle without spending his own Soul Power.
• Qian Chaoguang explained modular weapon changes as Mo Xuan equipped the mecha with guns and then combined it with a tower shield that withstood Huo Yutong’s seventh-grade soul cannon.
• Mo Xuan mounted the Super Energy-Gathering Thunder Giant Cannon, but Xian Lin'er stopped the demonstration because the classroom could not withstand a shot.
• Qian Chaoguang used Divine Grace Aura while approaching Mo Xuan, who perceived him as a deity and suddenly brightened with a new realization.

Qian Chaoguang accidentally ignited the Divine Fire of Light when Mo Xuan’s profound faith defined his Authority as light, hope, and redemption. The eruption drew the attention of powerful beings across the universe, while Qian Chaoguang realized he had unexpectedly begun his path to godhood.

• Qian Chaoguang’s sudden divine fluctuation spread across Douluo Star, the universe, and the God Realm, startling powerful experts and the God Kings.
• The God Kings discussed the unknown life-form behind the fluctuation and agreed to watch the Lower Realm closely.
• Mo Xuan sensed a sacred bond with Qian Chaoguang and, after silently calling his name, felt Qian Chaoguang’s gaze respond through the light within him.
• Qian Chaoguang left the classroom, entered an empty laboratory, and discovered a tiny Divine Fire and rune of light within his Golden Heart.
• Qian Chaoguang realized Mo Xuan had become his first believer and Saint, defining hope and redemption within his Authority of Light.

Qian Chaoguang ignited the Divine Fire of Light and discovered that Mo Xuan had become a Saint with Authorities over redemption and hope. He met Mo Xuan at the Pixiu Merchant Guild and offered him a place among its core members in exchange for a mecha.

• Qian Chaoguang realized that Mo Xuan's faith had ignited his Divine Fire of Light and granted him the Subordinate God Authorities of redemption and hope.
• Qian Chaoguang sensed that he could command light more easily as a god, then told Electrolux about the Divine Fire and its growing Faith Power.
• Qian Chaoguang returned to his open class, finished the lesson, and left Shrek Academy with Mo Xuan for the Pixiu Merchant Guild.
• Qian Chaoguang used a Tranquility Spell to calm Mo Xuan, who asked how to learn to use a mecha and how to obtain one.
• Qian Chaoguang invited Mo Xuan to join the Pixiu Merchant Guild as a core member, offering him a mecha, training, and future upgrades in exchange for a lasting Soul Contract.