Chapter Summaries

Qian Chaoguang's team won the New Student Assessment championship, and Elder Xuan compensated him for his shattered blade with a massive piece of Frost Titanium. The chapter ended with the Sea God Pavilion Meeting erupting into an argument over which department should claim Qian Chaoguang.

• Elder Xuan gave Qian Chaoguang a huge piece of Frost Titanium to compensate for his shattered blade.
• Du Weilun announced Qian Chaoguang Team as the champions and said the awards and class assignments would take place the next morning.
• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong celebrated their victory, and Wang Dong joined the Tang Sect.
• The championship results spread through the academy, and Qian Chaoguang gained the nickname One-Blade Asura.
• The Sea God Pavilion Meeting turned chaotic as Xian Lin'er challenged Xuan Zi over his attempt to bring Qian Chaoguang into the Martial Soul Department.

Mu En settled the dispute between the Martial Soul Department and the Soul Tool Department over Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong, allowing both departments to compete for them until third year. The chapter then moved to the freshmen’s class assignments, where Du Weilun began announcing the tournament results.

• Qian Duoduo argued that Qian Chaoguang’s forging talent could shape the future of Soul Tools, while Xuan Zi challenged the Soul Tool Department’s ability to train him.
• Mu En ruled that both departments could try to win over Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong before the departments were formally divided in third year.
• After the others left, Xuan Zi questioned Qian Chaoguang’s First Soul Ring, but Mu En told him to respect the boy’s privacy and focus on the academy’s purpose.
• Mu En again urged Xuan Zi to find a wife, prompting Xuan Zi to flee the conversation.
• At Shrek Plaza, Du Weilun began announcing the top teams from the Freshman Elimination Tournament, naming Huang Chutian’s team in third place and Dai Huabin’s team in second.

Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong won the New Student Assessment and received recognition as Outer Courtyard Core Disciples. Du Weilun presented them with the academy’s confidential top-tier reward: three soul bones.

• Qian Chaoguang Team was welcomed as the undefeated champion team, and Du Weilun announced that each member could request an academy-assisted soul ring.
• Du Weilun awarded the trio an additional confidential prize for their performance, while Dai Huabin accepted their victory without resentment.
• Du Weilun named Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, Wang Dong, and other students as Outer Courtyard Core Disciples, then assigned the new students to classes.
• Du Weilun advised Huo Yutong to obtain her third soul ring during the break, and she agreed after discussing it with Qian Chaoguang.
• Du Weilun gave each of the three a leather pouch containing one of the academy’s exceptionally valuable soul bones.

Wang Dong, Qian Chaoguang, and Huo Yutong received valuable Soul Bones from Shrek while the academy's two departments competed for their loyalty. Meanwhile, Qian Duoduo urged Fan Yu to resume the Ultimate Solo Soldier Project and suggested replacing Cai Tou as its main candidate.

• Wang Dong, Qian Chaoguang, and Huo Yutong opened their pouches and received Soul Bones chosen to suit their abilities.
• Du Weilun explained each Soul Bone's powers, asked the students to keep their rewards confidential, and told them to accept future benefits from either department.
• Qian Chaoguang explained to Huo Yutong that the Martial Soul Department and Soul Tool Department would try to win them over, and she cheered at the prospect of free meals.
• Qian Duoduo asked Fan Yu whether he resented Qian Chaoguang, and Fan Yu said the trouble with Zhou Yi had been his own fault.
• Qian Duoduo told Fan Yu to continue the Ultimate Solo Soldier Project, then suggested making Cai Tou a support member and finding another main candidate.

Qian Duoduo explained his plan to build a Limit Single Soldier Combat Team around Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and He Caitou, then defended his support for the siblings to Xian Lin'er. Back in Class One, Qian Chaoguang saw expelled students had been invited back as the academy apologized and promised they could continue studying.

• Qian Duoduo proposed that Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and He Caitou form a team combining Spirit Masters and soul tools.
• Qian Duoduo told Xian Lin'er he had given Huo Yutong a rare Mental-Type Soul Bone and explained why he trusted Qian Chaoguang to understand.
• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong returned to Class One, where Qian Chaoguang recognized students who Zhou Yi had expelled.
• Wang Yan apologized on the academy's behalf and promised the reinstated students they could study in the Outer Courtyard through graduation.
• Shrek invited back twelve expelled students, waived their tests, and allowed them to resume their studies; Tai Long remained hostile toward the academy.

Shrek continued the difficult work of repairing the harm caused by Zhou Yi, while Wang Yan held an election for Class One’s monitor and vice monitor. Qian Chaoguang explained his varied abilities to the class, leaving several students stunned by his strength.

• Shrek invited expelled students back, began screening current and former students for injuries, and struggled to complete the aftermath work nearly three months later.
• Wang Yan announced that Class One would elect Power Attack System and Control System monitors, alternating the main and vice roles each month, and wrote ten candidates on the blackboard.
• Cao Jinxuan and Zhou Sichen questioned Qian Chaoguang’s placement in the Control System, while Wu Feng and Cui Yajie described his control abilities from their fights with him.
• Wang Yan asked Qian Chaoguang to introduce himself, and he explained that he preferred the Power Attack System but had a control skill, a sturdy body, and saber training.
• The students who had heard about Qian Chaoguang’s competition feats were left astonished, especially Dai Huabin, Zhou Sichen, and Wu Feng.

Qian Chaoguang was elected Class One’s class monitor and began learning Soul Tools with Huo Yutong. At Qian Duoduo’s test area, Huo Yutong described the accuracy and range of her Lock On skill, surprising Qian Duoduo by revealing that Qian Chaoguang’s First Soul Skill could attack from as far as five hundred meters.

• The class voted Qian Chaoguang class monitor and elected Huo Yutong vice class monitor for the Control System.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong went to Qian Duoduo’s test area to begin their Soul Tool studies.
• Qian Duoduo summoned Fan Yu to test how Huo Yutong’s Lock On skill assisted long-range Soul Tools.
• Huo Yutong said her Lock On could achieve nearly perfect accuracy within five hundred meters and might work at similar accuracy out to a thousand meters.
• Qian Duoduo learned that Qian Chaoguang’s First Soul Skill had a maximum attack range of five hundred meters and asked why he had hidden it.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong tested her Lock On skill with He Caitou’s long-range Soul Tool, impressing Qian Duoduo with how accurately it hit a fast-moving target. Qian Duoduo then took Qian Chaoguang to the forging area and demanded a demonstration, where Qian Chaoguang asked for money because he had no materials.

• Qian Duoduo introduced He Caitou to Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong as someone who would work with them in the future.
• Huo Yutong used Lock On to guide He Caitou’s Soul Tool shell into a fast-moving target from a hundred meters away.
• Huo Yutong explained that she could use Lock On dozens of times while assisting another person and even more often when using it herself.
• Qian Duoduo told He Caitou to explain Soul Tool basics to Huo Yutong, then brought Qian Chaoguang to the forging area for a demonstration.
• Qian Chaoguang showed that he had no money or materials, and Qian Duoduo complained about the Frost Titanium Xuan Zi had given him.

Qian Chaoguang used rare metals supplied by Qian Duoduo to begin forging an alloy from Heavy Silver and Bright Light Fine Gold. He drove the metals together with his hammers, Soul Power, and Bloodline Power, and the fusion was still underway when the chapter ended.

• Qian Duoduo gave Qian Chaoguang a piece of Bright Light Fine Gold and let him choose more materials from his storage drawers.
• Qian Chaoguang selected Heavy Silver and heated both metals in the furnace.
• Qian Chaoguang completed Hundred Refinements on the Heavy Silver and then on the Bright Light Fine Gold.
• Qian Chaoguang struck both metals with his Spirit Awakening Hammers, channeling Soul Power and Bloodline Power to fuse them.
• Qian Duoduo watched as the metals compressed into one piece while Qian Chaoguang's Blood Qi Wolf Smoke accelerated the fusion.

Qian Chaoguang completed a Saint Grade Thousand Refinement Fusion Forging, astonishing Qian Duoduo and He Caitou. After Qian Duoduo failed to understand the alloy, Chaoguang said he would explain the forging method, leaving him eager to learn.

• Huo Yutong asked He Caitou to tell the teacher that Chaoguang would need food after forging, then went to buy meals for them.
• Qian Chaoguang forged for another hour and completed a Saint Grade alloy with signs of successful Fusion Forging.
• Qian Chaoguang blood-sacrificed the alloy, which he judged to be divine-base metal with the potential to become God Level metal.
• Qian Duoduo and He Caitou examined the alloy in amazement, while Huo Yutong brought food for Chaoguang and their teacher.
• Qian Duoduo admitted he could not understand how Chaoguang had made the alloy, and Chaoguang said there was plenty of time to teach him.

Qian Duoduo explained the rewards and rare soul bones offered to Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong, who began absorbing them. During Qian Chaoguang’s fusion, his Bloodline Power unexpectedly began consuming the Blood Scythe Mantis Soul Bone’s energy and strengthening his body.

• Qian Duoduo confirmed that Qian Chaoguang would receive Core Disciple resources from both departments and explained that Huo Yutong’s Illusory Dance Butterfly Right Arm Bone came from a beast over seventy thousand years old.
• Huo Yutong began fusing with the Illusory Dance Butterfly Soul Bone, while Qian Chaoguang chose to absorb the Blood Scythe Mantis Right Arm Bone.
• Qian Chaoguang’s Bloodline Power surged through his right arm during the fusion, and he used his Divine Sense to monitor the unusual change.
• Qian Chaoguang realized that his Bloodline Power was consuming the Soul Bone’s energy and feeding it back into his body as he grew stronger.

Qian Chaoguang absorbed a Blood Scythe Mantis right arm bone, strengthening his body and gaining the Blade Light skill, while suspecting he might be able to absorb more Spirit Bones without fixing their skills in place. Qian Duoduo arranged for him and Huo Yutong to study and train in soul-tool research, with Qian Chaoguang focusing on cold-weapon and armor-based close-combat tools.

• Qian Chaoguang completed the transformation of his meridians and blood vessels as the Spirit Bone strengthened his body.
• Qian Chaoguang received the Blade Light skill and guessed that he might be able to keep absorbing Spirit Bone energy and gaining skills without making them quick-cast.
• Qian Chaoguang finished cultivating while Huo Yutong continued fusing with her Spirit Bone, and Qian Duoduo praised his improved physique and new skill.
• Qian Duoduo told Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong to study with him daily and have dinner with him privately.
• Qian Chaoguang chose close-combat soul tools centered on cold weapons and armor, and Qian Duoduo offered him time and equipment for forging.

Qian Chaoguang demonstrated his knowledge of Soul Tools to Qian Duoduo, who welcomed him and Huo Yutong into the Soul Tool Department’s studies. Back at the dormitory, Wang Dong resolved to train harder, while the three students settled into an intense routine of classes, cultivation, and forging.

• Qian Chaoguang explained Soul Tool basics to Qian Duoduo, but withheld his knowledge of the technology’s distant future.
• Qian Duoduo praised Qian Chaoguang’s forging ability, offered to teach him, and asked him to forge a new blade.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong returned to the dormitory near midnight and found Wang Dong cultivating.
• Wang Dong said she planned to grow stronger and defeat Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu after being inspired by Qian Chaoguang’s battle record.
• Qian Chaoguang, Huo Yutong, and Wang Dong began a demanding routine of classes, cultivation, Soul Tool study, and forging.
• Huo Yutong completed her first Thousand Refinement with Lapis Lazuli Iron and gained the same Spirit Awakening effect as Qian Chaoguang.

Qian Chaoguang adapted his studies of Soul Tools after discovering that Blue Star technology and experiments did not transfer directly to the Douluo Continent. Eight months after the New Student Competition, he and Huo Yutong worked on carving a tier-three Core Array as their first school-year vacation began.

• Qian Chaoguang found that boiling water and a familiar gunpowder formula behaved differently on the Douluo Continent, so he abandoned copying Blue Star's technology unchanged.
• Qian Duoduo, Fan Yu, and Xian Lin'er taught Qian Chaoguang Soul Tool theory as he absorbed knowledge far faster than Huo Yutong.
• After eight months, the first-year students finished their school year and began a month-long vacation before their promotion exams.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong worked in Qian Duoduo's laboratory, where Huo Yutong carved a tier-three Core Array into Thousand Refined Metal.
• He Caitou realized that Huo Yutong's tier-three Core Array was close to completion.

Huo Yutong became a Level 3 Soul Tool Master by crafting a powerful Hand Cannon, and Qian Chaoguang completed a Level 3 half-body armor after eight months of study. Their success impressed Qian Duoduo, Fan Yu, and He Caitou, and Qian Chaoguang gave the armor to Huo Yutong.

• Huo Yutong infused Soul Power into her Core Array and assembled a Third Level Hand Cannon, becoming a genuine Third Level Soul Tool Master.
• Qian Chaoguang used Divine Sense and Light Mimicry to guide his carving of the armor’s Core Arrays.
• Qian Chaoguang checked the four Core Arrays, assembled the materials, and completed a Level 3 half-body armor for Huo Yutong.
• Huo Yutong complained that Qian Chaoguang always made Soul Tools for her, then accepted the armor and embraced him.
• He Caitou was stunned by the siblings’ skill, while Qian Duoduo applauded their success.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong were awarded Third Level Soul Tool Master badges, and Qian Duoduo offered to take them to obtain Spirit Rings during vacation. Qian Chaoguang declined and revealed his supposed ability to discern fate, beginning to prove it by identifying the connection between Bei Bei and the old man Mu En.

• Qian Duoduo presented Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong with their Third Level Soul Tool Master badges, and Fan Yu and He Caitou congratulated them.
• Qian Duoduo offered to take the siblings to the Star Dou Great Forest for Spirit Rings, noting that Huo Yutong might even attempt a ten-thousand-year ring.
• Qian Chaoguang told Qian Duoduo that he would not go with him and asked whether he could trust his teacher completely.
• Qian Duoduo swore by his martial soul and Shrek's honor that he would not harm Qian Chaoguang or Huo Yutong.
• Qian Chaoguang claimed he could sometimes discern fate and said he had sensed that Bei Bei and the old man at the dormitory entrance were grandson and grandfather, identifying the old man as Mu En.

Qian Chaoguang proved his uncanny ability to infer secrets to Qian Duoduo, then revealed that his First Soul Ring was truly ten thousand years old and that his premonition pointed him toward the Far North. The chapter left Qian Duoduo stunned by the revelation and by the strength Qian Chaoguang must have possessed to withstand the ring.

• Qian Chaoguang explained how library research and his vague sense of Destiny led him to identify Mu En as Bei Bei’s ancestor and uncover Zhou Yi’s secret.
• When Qian Duoduo demanded direct proof of Qian Chaoguang’s ability, Qian Chaoguang hinted at private details about Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er, convincing his teacher before he could finish speaking.
• Qian Chaoguang reassured Qian Duoduo that Xian Lin'er cared for him and advised him to make a romantic move, which the two discussed together while Huo Yutong remained confused.
• Qian Chaoguang revealed that his First Soul Ring was actually ten thousand years old, while the ten-year ring he had shown before was an illusion created with Light Mimicry.
• Qian Chaoguang said his Martial Soul had long urged him toward the Far North, where he expected to gain a major improvement and possibly obtain another ten-thousand-year or even Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring.
• Qian Duoduo accepted the revelation but was shocked that Qian Chaoguang’s body and Mental Power had once withstood a ten-thousand-year First Soul Ring.

Qian Chaoguang convinced Qian Duoduo to let him travel alone to the Far North by revealing his soon-to-awaken Ultimate Ice Second Martial Soul. Mu En supported trusting Qian Chaoguang’s choice, while Qian Duoduo considered sending him to the Martial Soul Department and was challenged to reconsider.

• Qian Duoduo offered to accompany Qian Chaoguang to the Far North, but Qian Chaoguang refused and revealed his coming Ultimate Ice Second Martial Soul as his reason for going alone.
• Qian Chaoguang reassured the worried Huo Yutong and explained that revealing secrets to Qian Duoduo was a way to earn Shrek’s trust and support.
• Mu En praised Qian Chaoguang’s sincerity and ability, then told Qian Duoduo to trust him and let him make his own choices.
• Qian Duoduo proposed letting Qian Chaoguang join the Martial Soul Department, but Mu En challenged his assumption that it would be best for the boy.

Mu En persuaded Qian Duoduo to let Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong cultivate both the Soul Tool and martial soul departments, with a final assessment planned for next year. Qian Chaoguang reached the outskirts of the Far North, where he revealed to the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that he had known about its escape and the Ice Empress; the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm was stunned.

• Mu En convinced Qian Duoduo to support the siblings as dual-department Core Disciples and promised a final assessment after school resumed next year.
• Qian Chaoguang left Huo Yutong and traveled alone toward the Far North, reaching the Icebound Forest on the fifth day.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm used its Sloughed Skin to protect Qian Chaoguang from the Far North's cold.
• Qian Chaoguang told the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm he would reveal part of his secrets after they met the Ice Empress and urged it to lead the way.
• Qian Chaoguang revealed that he had deliberately waited for the Sky Dream Ice Silkworm after its escape, leaving it shocked.

Qian Chaoguang persuaded Sky Dream Ice Silkworm to trust him and guided him through the Far North toward the core region. After preparing a warm Ice House and eating hot pot, Qian Chaoguang began the plan to draw out powerful Soul Beasts using Sky Dream Ice Silkworm's Mental Power.

• Qian Chaoguang confessed that he knew their plan would succeed and convinced Sky Dream Ice Silkworm that they could cooperate as brothers in pursuit of immortality.
• Sky Dream Ice Silkworm guided Qian Chaoguang deeper into the Far North, and together they avoided the Titan Snow Demon King.
• At the edge of the core region, Qian Chaoguang put away his Skis and continued on foot using Extreme Ice Light to move across the snow.
• Qian Chaoguang dug an underground Ice House, warmed himself by a fire, and ate hot pot while Sky Dream Ice Silkworm worried about the danger.
• Qian Chaoguang and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm began their plan, spreading the silkworm's vast Mental Power across the Far North's core region.