Chapter Summaries

After confirming Xu Tianran had become a Holy Spirit Cult Corpse Puppet, Qian Chaoguang and the empires chose to conceal their role in his death while strengthening their forces and spreading rumors against the Sun Moon Empire. In the Undead Subplane, Qian Chaoguang offered Sky Dream Ice Silkworm a chance to rebuild his body and learn magic, and Sky Dream chose to undergo the risky transformation.

• Qian Chaoguang explained that Xu Tianran's shattered soul fragments controlled a Corpse Puppet, prompting the group to consider how to handle the Sun Moon Empire without admitting to the attack.
• Vina and Xu Jiujiu returned to their empires, while Qian Chaoguang advised them to spread reports about the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon Imperial Family's ties to it.
• The Heaven Dou Empire and Star Luo Empire focused on rearmament as Qian Chaoguang expanded the Pixiu Merchant Guild, supplied Shrek's Soul Tool Department, and equipped his Undead Legion.
• Qian Chaoguang learned that the Golden Ancient Tree seemed to be withering, but Xuan Zi trusted that Chaoguang would warn him if there were danger.
• Qian Chaoguang told Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that his Spiritual Origin had been restored and offered to help him rebuild a body through a risky transformation ritual.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm accepted the danger and asked Qian Chaoguang to help him cultivate the soul system and learn magic so he could become strong enough to protect Bing Bing.

Ju Zi reflected on the Holy Spirit Cult’s growing control of the Sun Moon Empire and the danger of its war preparations, while the God of Destruction considered expanding the God Realm and resented Tang San’s influence. The chapter left the continent’s powers preparing for a delayed war as tensions in the God Realm continued to build.

• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm left the Sea of Consciousness to prepare with Electrolux for the Reincarnation Ritual, while the Ice Empress admitted she was unsure of her feelings for him.
• Ju Zi watched the Corpse Wizard Puppet Xu Tianran eat human flesh and considered how the Holy Spirit Cult had used him to seize control of the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ju Zi reflected that the Holy Spirit Cult’s military buildup was draining the empire, while its failed ambush on Shrek and the Body Sect had made it delay the war.
• The Star Luo Empire, Heaven Dou Empire, Shrek Academy, and the Body Sect prepared defenses as the Sun Moon Empire and Holy Spirit Cult expanded their forces.
• The God of Destruction monitored the Lower Realm and resolved to expand the God Realm, resenting Tang San for blocking his plans and consolidating power.

Rong Nianbing learned from the God of Destruction that the God Realm had no limit on how many relatives a deity could bring when ascending, and that Sea God had misled his successor. Meanwhile, Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong returned to Star Luo City to visit their old forging teachers, where they learned Old Tie had died and were recognized by his son.

• Rong Nianbing asked the God of Destruction whether deities above the First Level could bring more than two relatives to the God Realm, explaining that his successor had refused his Divine Throne over the restriction Sea God described.
• The God of Destruction said no such restriction existed and accused Sea God of deceiving the successor, then told Rong Nianbing he could reassure her.
• The God of Destruction complained to the Goddess of Life about Sea God obstructing the God Realm's expansion, and she urged him to raise his concerns for discussion rather than act rashly.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong returned to Star Luo City and went to visit Old Tie and Old Dai, recalling how the blacksmiths had taught Qian Chaoguang forging.
• Tie Yong told Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong that Old Tie had died two years earlier, then recognized them.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong returned to places tied to their childhood, met old friends, and visited their family graves. They honored their loved ones and reflected on how far they had come, leaving their revenge against the White Tiger Duke’s family still ahead.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong reunited with Tie Yong at the Blacksmith Shop, and Qian secretly left him a valuable Storage Soul Tool containing a Spirit Forging Method book, metal ingots, and a letter granting discounts and assistance.
• Tie Yong discovered the gift, read the Spirit Forging Method through the night, and realized that Chaoguang and Xiao Tong had made something of themselves.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong returned to their old courtyard, where they reunited with Da Huang and Xiao Bai, and Qian strengthened the animals’ vitality before leaving.
• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Qian Duoduo climbed the mountain near the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, where Qian Duoduo affirmed that he would support his disciples while they handled their family matters privately.
• Huo Yutong wept at her mother Huo Yun’er’s grave, while Qian Chaoguang cleaned and honored his grandfather Zhu Qichen’s grave.
• Qian Chaoguang told Zhu Qichen about his and Huo Yutong’s success at Shrek, the Pixiu Merchant Guild, and the Spirit Forging Method.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong went to the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion, where Qian Chaoguang revealed his connection to the old butler and Huo Yutong told Dai Hao that he was her biological father. The chapter ended with Dai Hao and his sons stunned by her revelation.

• Qian Chaoguang and Qian Duoduo paid their respects at the old butler’s grave before heading to the White Tiger Duke’s Mansion with Huo Yutong.
• Qian Chaoguang pressured the White Tiger Guards to summon Dai Hao, warning that he would destroy the mansion if Dai Hao did not appear within ten minutes.
• Dai Hao rushed to the gate after recognizing the White Tiger Token and hearing that a man and woman had come with a powerful elder.
• Qian Chaoguang identified himself as the old butler’s adopted grandson and showed Dai Hao the Heavy Silver Storage Bracelet his grandfather had worn.
• Dai Huabin and Dai Yueheng arrived and recognized Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong, while Qian Chaoguang said he was there as Huo Yutong’s partner.
• Huo Yutong told Dai Hao that he was her biological father, leaving him and his sons in shock.

Huo Yutong confronted Dai Hao and revealed that she was his daughter, demanding justice for her mother and the Duchess’s death. When Dai Hao tried to stop her from entering the Duke’s Mansion, Huo Yutong defeated him, leaving their conflict unresolved.

• Huo Yutong showed Dai Hao the White Tiger Dagger and revealed that she was his daughter, then accused him of neglecting her and Huo Yun’er.
• Huo Yutong demanded that Dai Hao posthumously make Huo Yun’er his legal wife and that the Duchess pay for Huo Yun’er’s death.
• Dai Hao learned that Dai Huabin and Dai Yueheng had known about Huo Yutong, and he broke down in grief and guilt.
• Huo Yutong prepared to enter the Duke’s Mansion, while Qian Chaoguang restrained Dai Yueheng and Dai Huabin and Qian Duoduo held back the guards.
• Dai Hao summoned his martial soul to block Huo Yutong, and they fought outside the mansion.
• Huo Yutong struck Dai Hao with Emperor Palm: Great Cold Without Snow, freezing half his body and defeating him.

Huo Yutong confronted the White Tiger Duke’s family over Huo Yun’er’s death, defeating Dai Hao and thwarting the Duchess’s attempt to kill her. At Huo Yun’er’s grave, Dai Hao repented, while Huo Yutong turned her attention back to the Duchess and Qian Duoduo defended his disciple.

• Huo Yutong collected the White Tiger Token and White Tiger Dagger, while Dai Yueheng knelt and begged her to spare his mother; she refused to promise mercy if he ever sought revenge.
• Qian Chaoguang and Qian Duoduo defended Huo Yutong’s right to avenge Huo Yun’er, and Dai Yueheng acknowledged that Huo Yun’er and her daughter had been victims.
• The Duchess charged Huo Yutong with a Rank 7 high-explosive bomb, but Huo Yutong trapped its blast inside an Invincible Barrier, froze the Duchess, and flew with her toward the rear mountain.
• Qian Chaoguang and Qian Duoduo followed Huo Yutong, and Qian Duoduo carried the defeated Dai Hao to the graves; Dai Yueheng stayed behind and ordered preparations for his mother’s funeral.
• Dai Hao knelt at Huo Yun’er’s grave and confessed that he had wronged her, easing part of Huo Yutong’s resentment.
• Huo Yutong freed the Duchess from the ice and revealed she was the youngest Level 7 Soul Tool Master in Douluo Continent’s history, while Qian Duoduo angrily defended her.

Huo Yutong avenged her mother by killing the Duchess and reached the Spirit Domain Realm, while Qian Chaoguang and Qian Duoduo discussed the looming war against the Sun Moon Empire. Seven days later, the siblings and Qian Duoduo set out for the Body Sect to strengthen their abilities.

• Huo Yutong stabbed the Duchess with the White Tiger Dagger, and Qian Chaoguang destroyed her Life Imprint to prevent any chance of revival.
• Huo Yutong destroyed the Duchess's corpse, buried the dagger beside Huo Yun'er's coffin, and wept as she declared her mother avenged.
• Huo Yutong's grief and relief triggered a breakthrough into the Spirit Domain Realm, and her spiritual domain overwhelmed Dai Hao and nearly stunned Qian Duoduo.
• Qian Chaoguang and Qian Duoduo discussed the Sun Moon Empire's technological advantage and their bleak prospects in the coming war.
• Seven days later, Qian Duoduo accompanied Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong as they traveled to the Body Sect for their exchange visit.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong arrived at the Body Sect, where Ma Xiaotao underwent the first stage of treatment for her evil fire by absorbing the Chicken Crest Phoenix Sunflower. Qian Chaoguang then began the more dangerous second stage with a Red Pill, guiding its violent fire energy through Ma Xiaotao as Yan Shaozhe watched.

• Qian Duoduo, Qian Chaoguang, and Huo Yutong reached the Body Sect, where Du Busi welcomed them and teased Qian Duoduo about claiming Huo Yutong as his heir.
• After the welcome feast, Ma Xiaotao visited Qian Chaoguang and agreed to undergo treatment for her evil fire.
• Qian Chaoguang gave Ma Xiaotao the Chicken Crest Phoenix Sunflower, and she absorbed it in a Cultivation Room while he and Yan Shaozhe waited outside.
• Ma Xiaotao completed the first stage, purging much of her evil fire and strengthening her foundation despite losing more than one level of Soul Power.
• Qian Chaoguang gave Ma Xiaotao a Red Pill and used his Soul Power and Holy Light to protect her meridians as she fought to refine its violent fire energy.

Qian Chaoguang removed Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire and helped her achieve Ultimate Fire, then accepted Du Busi’s deep-sea entrance test to learn the Body Sect’s cultivation methods. After surviving the trial and advancing his Golden Body Art, he told Du Busi that his family’s body-refining method was incomplete and asked to exchange knowledge.

• Qian Chaoguang used the Blade of Life’s Watch and Purification Light to eradicate Ma Xiaotao’s evil fire, while the Red Pill and Chicken Crest Phoenix Sunflower helped her refine her flames.
• Ma Xiaotao awakened as an Ultimate Fire Phoenix at Quasi-Soul Douluo level, celebrated by spinning Qian Chaoguang, and heard him remind Yan Shaozhe about the promised Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring and Soul Bone.
• Du Busi told Qian Chaoguang that Huo Yutong was recovering after the Body Sect’s entrance test and explained that extreme cultivation could trigger a Martial Soul’s second awakening.
• Qian Chaoguang accompanied Du Busi to the sea and endured a dive to 1,500 meters before swimming back to the surface, where the pressure and exertion helped him advance the Golden Body Art.
• Du Busi used his Body Sect techniques to treat Qian Chaoguang, noticed his powerful Bloodline Power, and heard Qian Chaoguang explain that his inherited body-refining method was incomplete and ask to exchange knowledge.

Qian Chaoguang explained his extreme body-refinement method to Du Busi and won the Body Sect master's help by offering cooperation with the Pixiu Merchant Guild. After forty-eight days of dangerous deep-sea training, Qian had reached a threshold for a possible Martial Soul Second Awakening, and Du Busi feared the final attempt could make him responsible for a catastrophe.

• Qian Chaoguang described the brutal stages of his cultivation method, and Du Busi reluctantly agreed to study it and help refine it.
• Qian offered the Body Sect a discount and access to strategic materials through the Pixiu Merchant Guild, revealing that he had founded it.
• Huo Yutong began recognizing the Body Seed while Qian trained in the sea under Du Busi's supervision, lighting fifty-one stars in forty-eight days.
• Du Busi explained that the next attempt could trigger signs of Qian's Martial Soul Second Awakening, but worried because no signs had appeared so far.
• Du Busi admitted he feared the final cultivation because it required exposing Qian to genuine life-and-death pressure, beyond the controlled danger of their earlier sessions.

Qian Chaoguang fought a Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark in the ocean as the final trial Du Busi had arranged to push his cultivation. Near death after the shark trapped and bit him, he began activating his seventh Spirit Ring, leaving Du Busi uncertain whether to intervene.

• Qian Chaoguang accepted Du Busi as his teacher and insisted on facing a dangerous cultivation trial, so Du Busi sent him into the sea and promised not to interfere.
• Du Busi drenched Qian Chaoguang in Spirit Fish Blood, attracting a Hundred-Thousand-Year Demon Soul Great White Shark that Qian Chaoguang attacked with his blade and Ice Emperor Martial Soul.
• Qian Chaoguang used his Yin Yang Domain and fourth blade technique, Yin Yang, to redirect the shark's wave attack and wound its tail, but the shark's Devil Shark Domain began overwhelming him.
• Qian Chaoguang activated the Eternal Frozen Domain and blasted the shark with exploding ice, but the shark formed a powerful vortex that dragged him in and crushed his left arm in its jaws.
• As the shark prepared a finishing attack, Electrolux and Du Busi prepared to rescue Qian Chaoguang, but blue and gold light appeared around him and ice-blue patterns climbed over his seventh Spirit Ring.

Qian Chaoguang completed his Martial Soul Second Awakening during Du Busi’s trial, gaining the Light Ice God Body and defeating the Hundred Thousand Year Demon Soul Great White Shark. After absorbing its Soul Ring and Head Soul Bone, he began preparing to challenge Soul Forging as Huo Yutong started the Body Seed inheritance trial.

• Qian Chaoguang’s Ice Emperor Martial Soul awakened into the Ice God after the Water Dragon King’s remnant power fused with it, and he killed the Hundred Thousand Year Demon Soul Great White Shark with a single blade strike.
• Qian Chaoguang secretly refined the remnant Divine Throne power and absorbed the Demon Soul Great White Shark’s Soul Ring and Head Soul Bone, reaching Soul Power rank seventy-three and a half and gaining Slaughter State.
• Du Busi gave Qian Chaoguang a brief rest after the trial, and Qian Chaoguang gave him three Soul Ring Storage Devices.
• Qian Chaoguang learned that Huo Yutong had gained the Body Seed’s recognition and begun the inheritance trial, then applied for a Forging Room to attempt Soul Forging.

Qian Chaoguang used his dual Divine Fire and the powers of life and soul to Soul Refine Netherworld Spirit Steel, completing the process and advancing to an eighth-rank Saint Craftsman. The finished metal gained the fused traits of light and undeath, bringing him closer to Heavenly Forging.

• Qian Chaoguang began forging Netherworld Spirit Steel and used his Spirit Awakening Hammer, Bloodline Power, and Divine Sense to complete Thousand Refinement and Spirit Refinement.
• Qian Chaoguang activated his golden and black wheels of light, infused the metal with his powers and inheritance, and achieved an echo that marked the first milestone of Soul Forging.
• The Netherworld Spirit Steel attempted to break free, but Qian Chaoguang restrained it with Soul Power and Mental Deterrence before beginning Soul Solidification.
• Qian Chaoguang completed Soul Solidification and Soul Awakening, creating Soul Refined metal that responded to him and covered his Spirit Awakening Hammers.
• Qian Chaoguang became an eighth-rank Saint Craftsman, and his Soul Refined Netherworld Spirit Steel gained the traits of light and undeath.

Qian Chaoguang upgraded his equipment, then trained under Du Busi to develop his Bloodline Power and temper his body in the Body Sect’s Thunder Sea. His progress impressed Du Busi and Jin Peng, who began to consider whether the Body Sect’s secret method could lead to a third Martial Soul Awakening.

• Wang Dong, He Caitou, Xiao Xiao, and Dai Loli discussed their sparring with Long Aotian, and Wang Dong encouraged him to adopt Soul Tools.
• Du Busi explained that Qian Chaoguang should use Bloodline Power to temper his body, but discovered that Qian Chaoguang already had a Golden Heart that functioned as a blood qi core.
• Du Busi took Qian Chaoguang to the Thunder Sea and had him endure lightning from the Thunderclap Hell Prison Vine while cultivating without using his Martial Soul.
• Qian Chaoguang guided the lightning through his body with the Golden Body Art and Bloodline Power, tempering his acupoints and awakening energy from his Water Fire Dragon King Torso Bone.
• Jin Peng watched Qian Chaoguang withstand the heavenly thunder, and Du Busi speculated that the Body Sect’s Innate Secret Method could advance to a third Martial Soul Awakening.

Du Busi reviewed the Body Sect’s progress in accepting Soul Tools while Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong spent a year cultivating and Qian secretly influenced the empires’ preparations for war. Meanwhile, the Eternal God Cult’s charitable work drew the Sun Moon Empire’s attention, but Zhongli Wu and Kong Deming chose only to monitor it.

• Du Busi learned that Shrek’s students were adapting well to the Body Sect, that the hair-martial-soul girls had achieved low-level second awakenings, and that the disciples’ resistance to Soul Tools was easing.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong devoted themselves to a year of cultivation by Thunder Sea, while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm completed his reincarnation and trained in mental power, Soul Tools, and magic.
• Qian Chaoguang sent Xu Jiawei and the Heaven Dou imperial family secret warnings about the Sun Moon Empire’s plans and the risks posed by the Dou Ling Empire.
• Nana expanded Pixiu Soul Tool Shops and Taotie businesses across the continent, and the Pixiu Merchant Guild eliminated a local sect that tried to extort one of its shops.
• Ministers reported that the Eternal God Cult helped commoners with farming, repairs, food, education, and medical care across several nations, including the Sun Moon Empire.
• Zhongli Wu, Ju Zi, and Kong Deming discussed the Eternal God Cult after court, and Kong Deming advised monitoring it because its work eased public discontent.

Kong Deming and Zhongli Wu approved Ju Zi’s plan to invade the Star Luo Empire, while missionaries of the Eternal God Cult quietly spread Qian Chaoguang’s faith across the continent. Liu Cai’s team continued its missionary work under undead protection, and A Fan led another squad through the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Rings for guild members.

• Kong Deming and Zhongli Wu agreed to appoint Ju Zi Empire Marshal and send troops east, setting her revenge against Dai Hao in motion.
• Liu Cai led a missionary service in a frontier village, where villagers received aid and food and recited prayers to the God of Light and Undead.
• Villagers’ prayers generated Faith Power that flowed through the Faith Network into Qian Chaoguang’s Divine Fire of Light as Zhang Bowen expanded the Eternal God Cult’s missionary network.
• Liu Cai’s team departed for another village with a Copper Skin Zombie and a Wailing Banshee serving as bodyguards.
• Liu Cai discussed her hoped-for advancement and the undead creatures’ desire to grow stronger while her team camped in the wilderness.
• A Fan led a squad of undead creatures, Soul Masters, and Soul Engineers through the Star Dou Great Forest to hunt Soul Rings for the guild members.

A Fan and his undead companions led a Soul Hunting Squad through the Star Dou Great Forest, where a hundred-thousand-year Six-Winged Dark Gold Tiger attacked while a Quasi-Soul Emperor absorbed his Spirit Ring. Just as the tiger overwhelmed the group, Qiu'er’s Golden Dragon Spear struck the ground between them, halting both sides.

• A Fan, Big Oaf, and the Wailing Banshee helped the Soul Hunting Squad kill a twenty-thousand-year Steel Wild Bull so the Quasi-Soul Emperor could absorb its Spirit Ring.
• While the group guarded the Quasi-Soul Emperor, A Fan detected a rapidly approaching hundred-thousand-year Soul Beast and organized the Soul Kings and Soul Ancestor into a defensive formation with mechas and an All-Terrain Self-Propelled Turret.
• The Six-Winged Dark Gold Tiger attacked, and A Fan and Big Oaf fought it while the mechas and turret fired; the tiger’s light- and earth-attribute defenses blocked their strongest assaults.
• The tiger’s fire attack overwhelmed the lead mecha’s defenses, forcing its Soul King pilot to escape with an Invincible Barrier as the mecha was destroyed.
• Qiu’er’s Golden Dragon Spear landed between the two sides, and A Fan recognized it and stopped the squad from acting while the tiger also halted upon recognizing the spear.

Qiu'er rescued A Fan and the others from a Six-Winged Dark Gold Tiger, then kept them in the Star Dou Great Forest because she was lonely and wanted company. After A Fan alerted him, Qian Chaoguang left the Body Sect to come help.

• Qiu'er arrived during the battle, drove off the Six-Winged Dark Gold Tiger, and rescued A Fan's group.
• Qiu'er insisted that A Fan and the injured Spirit Masters accompany her deeper into the Star Dou Great Forest, and A Fan agreed after realizing she wanted company.
• A Fan told the Wailing Banshee and Big Oaf through the Soul Network that he had called Qian Chaoguang for help.
• Qian Chaoguang learned what had happened through the Soul Link and promised to come to the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Qian Chaoguang left a Space-Time Beacon behind and teleported away from the Body Sect.

Qian Chaoguang met Qiu'er in the Star Dou Great Forest, joked with her about their past and gave her gadgets to pass the time. Her remarks about the Beasts of Calamity being busy led him to suspect they were preparing a massive Beast Tide against humanity, and he left with the danger to Shrek City on his mind.

• Qian Chaoguang used Heaven's Gate to arrive in the Star Dou Great Forest and sent A Fan and the other undead away before meeting Qiu'er.
• Qian Chaoguang asked how Qiu'er could command Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beasts, then revealed he had long known she was the Emperor Auspicious Beast and teased her by shaving his own hair.
• Qian Chaoguang and Qiu'er argued about the old grudge over her mane and the Soft Bone Rabbit leg bone, while Qian Chaoguang offered her assorted gadgets and toys.
• Qiu'er asked whether Wang Dong was doing well, and Qian Chaoguang teased her before dodging her punch.
• Qian Chaoguang inferred from Qiu'er's remarks that the Beasts of Calamity might be preparing a Beast Tide, then teleported away as Qiu'er threw her Golden Dragon Spear at him.