Recaps

Toji returned to his base after escaping with Ju Zi's father, then went to Mingdu and confronted Xu Tianran after secretly listening to his negotiations with the Holy Spirit Cult. He left Xu Tianran at knifepoint and demanded to know what he had done about the note Toji gave him.

• Toji reunited with Di Qiu'er, crossed into the Heaven Dou Empire with Ju Zi's father, and told Liang Wu to look after the man.
• Xu Tianran denied ordering the attack on the Zhongli brothers and persuaded Nangong Wan that the Holy Spirit Cult's cooperation should continue.
• Nangong Wan left after Xu Tianran promised the cult protection and pointed to the benefits it would gain from the war.
• Toji appeared behind Xu Tianran with a blade at his neck and revealed that he had heard the negotiations.
• Toji warned Xu Tianran not to betray him and asked how much of the note's instructions he had carried out.

Toji forced Xu Tianran to fulfill the conditions on his note, including granting him a legal identity, providing resources, and handing over information about the Illustrious Virtue Hall. Toji left after warning Xu Tianran that his brothers were plotting against him and that someone might save his life if he went out more.

• Xu Tianran offered to make Toji an adviser to his personal captain of the guard, while Toji pressed him for details about the note's conditions.
• Xu Tianran explained that the Holy Spirit Cult had not yet yielded information about the Evil Soul Master Toji sought.
• Xu Tianran gave Toji a Storage Soul Tool containing rare treasures, and Toji claimed they had been his already.
• Xu Tianran handed Toji a file on Illustrious Virtue Hall members who were Level 6 Soul Engineers or higher, and Toji agreed their deal would continue.
• Toji warned Xu Tianran that his brothers were plotting to kill him, advised him to take more walks, and departed to contact Shanggong Wei'er about visiting the Illustrious Virtue Hall.

Toji and Di Qiu'er went to the Ordinary Alliance to secure a quiet mansion after Toji said Xu Tianran had agreed to cooperate. Shanggong Wei'er offered her own residence, and Toji left pleased with her deferential attitude while Di Qiu'er remained wary of her.

• Toji told Di Qiu'er that Xu Tianran had agreed and suggested they find a mansion to live in.
• Toji brought Di Qiu'er to the Ordinary Alliance headquarters, where Shanggong Wei'er welcomed them and invited them to her office.
• Shanggong Wei'er offered the pair the highest level of treatment and teased Toji by offering to serve him personally, prompting Di Qiu'er to interrupt.
• Shanggong Wei'er warned that the order to hunt Toji was still active, and Toji revealed that he had won over the newly appointed crown prince.
• Shanggong Wei'er gave Toji a key to her quiet residence, and he accepted it as Di Qiu'er cautioned him not to fall for her charms.

Toji and Di Qiu'er settled into a luxurious mansion provided by Shanggong Wei'er, whose flirtation with Toji made Di Qiu'er jealous and suspicious. Toji asked Di Qiu'er to guard him while he refined the heavenly treasures Xu Tianran had given him, and she told him to do it in an upstairs bedroom.

• Shanggong Wei'er escorted Toji and Di Qiu'er to a lavish mansion and offered Di Qiu'er a blue crystal from the Far North.
• Shanggong Wei'er flirted with Toji and invited him to ask her for anything, while Di Qiu'er criticized her intentions after she left.
• Toji joked that he might test dual cultivation with Shanggong Wei'er, and Di Qiu'er accused him of being desperate.
• Toji asked Di Qiu'er to stand guard while he refined Xu Tianran's heavenly treasures.
• Toji began taking off his clothes in the main room, so Di Qiu'er told him to use an upstairs bedroom and said she would guard the door.

Toji refined the heavenly treasures Xu Tianran and Du Busi had given him, breaking through to Level 59 and healing some of his hidden injuries. Di Qiu'er warned him about the dangers of pursuing the Snow Empress or Ice Empress, while Shanggong Wei'er witnessed the immense energy storm from the courtyard; the chapter ended as footsteps approached Toji and Di Qiu'er.

• Toji laid out the heavenly treasures and told Di Qiu'er he intended to refine them all to reach Level 59.
• Toji and Di Qiu'er discussed his plan to seek the Snow Empress or Ice Empress as a Wisdom Soul Ring, and Di Qiu'er warned him that the risks could kill him.
• Toji began refining the treasures, unleashing a powerful energy storm that drew primordial Qi from across a hundred miles.
• Shanggong Wei'er watched the energy rush toward the bedroom and wondered what kind of monster Toji was.
• Toji absorbed the energy, broke through to Level 59, and found that some of his hidden injuries had healed.
• Di Qiu'er entered the bedroom after Toji finished, and both of them turned toward approaching footsteps.

Toji revealed his five Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings after his breakthrough, then threatened Shanggong Wei'er when she doubted his identity. She agreed to conceal the disturbance and keep others away.

• Shanggong Wei'er rushed in and asked Toji and Di Qiu'er to explain the immense disturbance caused by his breakthrough.
• Toji displayed five Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings, shocking Shanggong Wei'er and making her question his strength and identity.
• Toji seized Shanggong Wei'er by the throat and warned that he could kill her before anyone noticed.
• Toji demanded that Shanggong Wei'er handle the factions drawn by the disturbance and prevent anyone from disturbing him.
• Shanggong Wei'er promised to obey, and Toji released her after her doubts and resistance vanished.

Shanggong Wei'er left terrified after Toji demonstrated his strength, while Di Qiu'er questioned his motives and then stood guard as he refined the energy he had absorbed. Xu Tianran learned of the energy anomaly and concealed it, hoping to recruit Toji, though he wondered why Toji wanted to meet the master of Illustrious Virtue Hall.

• Toji asked Shanggong Wei'er to resolve the matter, and she fled the room shaken by his power and five Ten Thousand Year Soul Rings.
• Di Qiu'er asked Toji whether he had truly meant to kill Shanggong Wei'er, and he explained that he had used his strength to make her submit.
• Toji told Di Qiu'er he would kill a woman who refused to obey him, but reassured her that she could leave without consequence unless she betrayed him.
• Di Qiu'er went outside to stand guard while Toji continued refining the energy and considered breaking through to level sixty.
• Xu Tianran learned that the heaven and earth energy within a hundred li had been drained, ordered his guard to cover up the anomaly, and considered recruiting Toji.
• Xu Tianran wondered why Toji wanted to accompany him to Illustrious Virtue Hall and meet its hall master.

Toji prepared to meet Jing Hongchen at the Illustrious Virtue Hall by having Di Qiu'er disguise his Soul Rings as a Soul Douluo's. He then guided her through her Bloodline Power's Second Awakening, which raised her cultivation to level seventy-six and left them on the verge of a kiss.

• Toji refined his blood and Qi while Di Qiu'er used her Spiritual Power to disguise his five black Soul Rings as a standard Soul Douluo configuration that could last half a year.
• Di Qiu'er said Toji's cultivation method had raised her to level seventy-five, and he agreed to help her achieve her Bloodline Power's Second Awakening.
• Toji guided Di Qiu'er through the painful awakening, and a dragon-shaped silhouette appeared as golden protective patterns formed over her body.
• Di Qiu'er broke through to level seventy-six but collapsed against Toji, who caught her.
• Toji held Di Qiu'er's chin and leaned toward her lips as she closed her eyes without resisting.

Toji traveled to the imperial palace to meet Xu Tianran and arrange an introduction to Jing Hongchen at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. He proposed teaching students to combine Martial Souls with Soul Tools, and Xu Tianran questioned whether Toji could prove his abilities.

• Shanggong Wei'er interrupted Toji and Di Qiu'er just before they kissed to tell him that Xu Tianran was ready to visit the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Di Qiu'er fled to the bathroom, embarrassed by her feelings, while Toji left for the palace.
• Toji noticed Soul Power users watching him as the imperial carriage carried him through the palace gates.
• Xu Tianran explained that Toji would enter the academy as an adviser to his chief guard and meet Jing Hongchen.
• Toji proposed serving as a coach to teach students to use their Martial Souls together with Soul Tools.
• Xu Tianran warned that Jing Hongchen would need proof of Toji's ability, and Toji claimed the students' progress would convince him.

Xu Tianran brought Toji to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to discuss an important imperial project with Jing Hongchen. Toji entered openly under the cover identity of a Level 8 Special Combat Soul Engineer, while secretly surveying the academy he had infiltrated before.

• Xu Tianran recalled Toji's earlier breach of the palace and set off with him after Toji changed into the clothes he had brought.
• Lin Jiayi informed Jing Hongchen that the crown prince was visiting, and Jing Hongchen decided the academy should receive him courteously.
• Xu Tianran and Toji arrived at the academy, where students admired Toji and Jing Hongchen welcomed the crown prince.
• Xu Tianran introduced Toji as his chief guard's adviser and a Level 8 Special Combat Soul Engineer who combined Soul Tools with his Martial Soul.
• Toji recognized the academy's layout from his previous infiltration and secretly considered how easily he had entered again.

Xu Tianran brought Toji to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and asked Jing Hongchen to assess his combat abilities and ideas about combining Martial Souls with Soul Tools. Toji faced Jing Hongchen in the academy’s testing ground, where the chapter ended as Jing Hongchen launched an attack.

• Xu Tianran introduced Toji to Jing Hongchen as his chief bodyguard consultant and praised his combat experience and ideas about combining Martial Souls and Soul Tools.
• Jing Hongchen discussed the empire’s difficulty using Soul Tools against high-level Soul Masters and agreed to test Toji at the academy’s experimental testing ground.
• Toji asked Jing Hongchen to attack him directly, and Xu Tianran assured Jing Hongchen that Toji was confident in his abilities.
• Toji revealed eight Soul Rings, while Jing Hongchen revealed nine and prepared his red crystal Soul Tool.
• Jing Hongchen fired seven red beams that joined into a net and descended toward Toji.

Toji fought Jing Hongchen in a test arena, evading his Soul Tools and striking his Level 9 defense with the Dark Gold Dreadclaw. Jing Hongchen then fired his Piercing Cannon at Toji, leaving the outcome unresolved.

• Toji teleported away from Jing Hongchen's Level 7 beam net without showing any Soul Ring fluctuations.
• Toji used twelve Level 7 thrusters to charge Jing Hongchen, who deployed twelve linked Level 8 turrets and fired at him.
• Toji dodged the barrage, appeared behind Jing Hongchen, and left five claw marks on his Red Dust Protection with the Dark Gold Dreadclaw.
• Toji drew a Level 7 greatsword and challenged Jing Hongchen to continue fighting.
• Jing Hongchen brought out his Level 8 Piercing Cannon and fired a white beam at Toji.

Toji concealed his true weapon while using Playful Cloud to split Jing Hongchen's Piercing Cannon beam, though Jing Hongchen sensed that Toji's power exceeded what his Level 7 Soul Tool could produce. After the demonstration, Toji agreed to coach the academy's students in Soul Tool combat and help them prepare to defeat Shrek Academy.

• Toji secretly switched to Playful Cloud and cleaved Jing Hongchen's Piercing Cannon beam in two, then let his Level 7 saber shatter to disguise the weapon's power.
• Xu Tianran's attendant and Jing Hongchen suspected Toji had unleashed more power than the saber alone could provide, but Jing Hongchen found no trace of another weapon.
• Xu Tianran praised the sparring match, and Jing Hongchen proposed having Toji assist with research into combining Soul Tools and Martial Souls.
• Toji said he could teach practical Soul Tool combat rather than inventing, including ways to combine Soul Tools with Martial Souls and strengthen the students.
• Jing Hongchen agreed to make Toji a coach, hoping his instruction would help the academy defeat Shrek Academy at the All-Continent Elite Tournament.

Toji settled into his role as practical combat instructor at the Illustrious Virtue Hall while planning to recruit talented Soul Engineers for the Heaven Dou Empire. Jing Hongchen announced mandatory combat classes with major rewards and penalties, leaving the students eager to compete.

• Toji planned to use his position at the academy to help Di Qiu'er meet Xuan Ziwen and eventually recruit Xuan Ziwen and other gifted Soul Engineers.
• Jing Hongchen gathered students under twenty at the Soul Tool trial grounds and introduced Toji as their new practical combat instructor.
• Jing Hongchen required students to attend weekly sparring sessions, with eligible students allowed to challenge Toji while he used no Soul Power.
• Jing Hongchen offered Illustrious Virtue Hall admission, one hundred thousand Gold Soul Coins, a custom Soul Tool, and possible tournament selection to anyone who defeated Toji, while poor performers would lose a month's materials.
• More than three hundred students signed up to compete within half a day, leaving Lin Jiayi dismayed by the packed registration desk.

Toji began the practical combat course at the academy, defeating and criticizing the eager Soul Engineer students who challenged him. After an entire day of beatings, he ended the session and left the students terrified of tomorrow’s class.

• Lin Jiayi struggled to organize the students as they rushed to register for Toji’s course, and Jing Hongchen discussed the schedule and resources with Toji.
• Toji arrived at the packed Soul Tool testing ground and announced that students had to beat him to win, while losers would be sent to the infirmary.
• Toji punished the student who interrupted him, swiftly defeating him and criticizing his reckless fighting technique before sending him to the infirmary.
• Toji defeated students throughout the day, breaking Soul Shields, dragging down students using High-Speed Soul Wings, and overcoming those who attacked together.
• Toji ended the course after the final student collapsed, while the students recoiled from him and Jing Hongchen and the other high-level Soul Engineers watched thoughtfully.

Toji spent a week mapping Illustrious Virtue Hall’s security so he could bring Di Qiu'er inside safely. After slipping past the wall’s defenses, they headed across the rooftops, with Di Qiu'er struggling to keep up.

• Jing Hongchen ordered the Soul Engineers to monitor Toji closely and record his combat methods to uncover the secrets of his Soul Tool equipment.
• Toji taught the academy students by day and studied patrol routes and monitoring Soul Tools by night for a week.
• Toji damaged a monitoring Soul Tool and met Di Qiu'er outside the academy, then warned her not to cross the guarded wall on her own.
• Toji carried Di Qiu'er over the wall while using his ability to avoid triggering alarms, and she hurried after him once they landed.
• Toji led Di Qiu'er across the rooftops to avoid ground patrols, but she asked him to slow down.

Toji brought Di Qiu'er into the academy to find Xuan Ziwen and help him advance the sealed Milk Bottle technology. After reaching the underground Illustrious Virtue Hall, Di Qiu'er found Xuan Ziwen’s thread of fate, and Toji led her back out while disguising their intrusion.

• Toji quieted Di Qiu'er as a Soul Engineer patrol passed, then brought her to his quarters and asked her to locate Xuan Ziwen’s thread of fate.
• Di Qiu'er said she needed to get closer to Xuan Ziwen, so Toji gave her a disguise and led her toward the Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Toji used a stolen identity card to enter the disguised building and guided Di Qiu'er through its defenses to the underground facility.
• Toji destroyed the elevator’s surveillance device, and Di Qiu'er injected Soul Power to take them down to the Illustrious Virtue Hall.
• Di Qiu'er sensed Xuan Ziwen’s thread of fate, and Toji wrote “The Soul Engineer Killer was here” inside the elevator before taking her back out.

Jing Hongchen learned that the Soul Engineer Killer had broken into the Illustrious Virtue Hall again and ordered an investigation while instructing Lin Jiayi to scrutinize the new combat instructor. Meanwhile, Toji continued his class and became interested in recruiting Jing Ziyan, the only person at the academy who could communicate with Ji Juechen.

• Lin Jiayi told Jing Hongchen that two surveillance Soul Tools had been destroyed and showed him the message “Soul Engineer Killer was here” inside the elevator.
• Jing Hongchen ordered Lin Jiayi to investigate the guards and elevator access, increase security checks, and sound out the new practical combat instructor.
• Toji defeated fifteen student challengers during his practical combat class at the Soul Tool testing grounds.
• Jing Ziyan introduced herself as an Illustrious Virtue Hall Soul Engineer and stepped into the arena.
• Toji recognized Jing Ziyan as a talented all-rounder with Soul Tools and considered recruiting her because she could communicate with Ji Juechen.

Toji tested Jing Ziyan in a practical combat duel, effortlessly countering her Soul Tools and shattering her Invincible Shield with one punch. After Jing Ziyan accepted her defeat, Ji Juechen stepped forward to challenge Toji, ending the chapter as the two faced each other.

• Jing Ziyan challenged Toji with her Soul Tools, but he evaded and countered every attack without striking back.
• Toji ended Jing Ziyan’s attack and shattered her Invincible Shield with a punch that stopped just short of her face.
• Toji praised Jing Ziyan’s performance, and she accepted her loss and promised to return.
• Ji Juechen claimed the next turn and walked onto the stage to face Toji.
• Ji Juechen introduced himself as a sharp sword-like pressure filled the arena and drew Toji’s attention.

Toji faced Ji Juechen, whose Unity of Heaven and Man and swordsmanship made him a dangerous opponent. Toji won their fierce duel, but Ji Juechen acknowledged that a better sword might have changed the result.

• Toji recognized that Ji Juechen had reached Unity of Heaven and Man and sensed his formidable potential.
• Toji and Ji Juechen unleashed their presences, shaking the arena and startling Jing Ziyan and Jing Hongchen.
• Toji launched a devastating punch as Ji Juechen answered with his full sword strike.
• Toji’s punch shattered Ji Juechen’s sword, though the blade wounded Toji’s fist.
• Ji Juechen collapsed into a bloodied state and admitted defeat.

After a month of Deep Meditation following their duel, Ji Juechen improved his sword intent while Toji advanced his Bloodline Power technique and approached Level 60. Jing Hongchen invited Toji to teach his grandchildren after treating him to an enormous meal.

• Ji Juechen and Toji entered Deep Meditation after their clash, and Jing Hongchen suspended practical combat classes while they recovered.
• After a month, Ji Juechen awakened with transformed sword intent, while Toji refined his Bloodline Power technique and advanced to just shy of Level 60.
• Jing Hongchen witnessed their progress and recognized how formidable both students had become.
• Ji Juechen left the field with Jing Ziyan's help, while Toji remained energetic and asked Jing Hongchen for food.
• Toji ate more than a hundred plates in the cafeteria, and Jing Hongchen asked him to teach his grandson and granddaughter.

Toji accepted Jing Hongchen's offer to train his grandchildren in practical combat, then met Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen at Jing Hongchen's heavily guarded home. He began his new role by testing Xiao's awareness, while Meng immediately developed a crush on her handsome teacher.

• Jing Hongchen offered Toji room and board, a monthly salary, and ten Soul Tools in exchange for evening lessons for his grandchildren, and Toji accepted.
• Jing Ziyan asked Ji Juechen why he seemed happy despite his injuries, and he said he wanted to fight Toji again once he recovered.
• Jing Hongchen brought Toji to his home, where Toji noticed the surveillance and alarm Soul Tools covering the outer walls.
• Toji caught Xiao Hongchen by surprise and criticized his poor alertness before Jing Hongchen asked him to teach the children without killing them.
• Meng Hongchen greeted Toji politely and blushed as she decided she liked her new teacher.

Toji began a practical combat lesson with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen, using Xiao's defeat to teach them about hard work. Meng Hongchen eagerly accepted Toji as her teacher, and he promised to teach her his exclusive cultivation technique.

• Meng Hongchen blushed and gazed at Toji with growing infatuation, while Toji realized her feelings could help him win Jing Hongchen's favor.
• Toji asked the children about their cultivation levels, and Xiao Hongchen announced he was level twenty-two while Meng Hongchen was level nineteen.
• Xiao Hongchen unleashed a barrage of Soul Cannons at Toji, but Toji dodged the attacks and caught him by the collar from behind.
• Toji warned Meng Hongchen not to waste her talent like her brother and asked whether she wanted to learn from him.
• Meng Hongchen accepted Toji as her teacher, and Toji offered to teach her his exclusive cultivation technique.

Toji taught Meng Hongchen his Qi and blood cultivation method, and she reached level twenty after a month, impressing Jing Hongchen with her greatly increased strength. Toji received permission to take her to the Far North to obtain a Soul Ring, with Xiao Hongchen joining them to gain experience.

• Toji agreed to teach Meng Hongchen the first three stages of his cultivation method but refused Xiao Hongchen, criticizing his attitude and combat experience.
• After a month of training, Meng Hongchen broke through to level twenty as Toji stopped Xiao Hongchen from interrupting her.
• Meng Hongchen thanked Toji with a kiss on the cheek, then told Jing Hongchen about her breakthrough.
• Jing Hongchen examined Meng Hongchen, found her strength had increased dramatically, and thanked Toji for helping her.
• Toji persuaded Jing Hongchen to let him take Meng Hongchen to the Far North for a Soul Ring, and Jing Hongchen ordered Xiao Hongchen to go with them for experience.

Toji took Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen into the Far North, where he found Meng a Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad suited to her Martial Soul. Meng killed it and prepared to absorb its Thousand-Year Soul Ring, which Toji said her strengthened body could handle.

• Toji carved a warm cave in the snow and cooked steak for Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen.
• Toji left the siblings in the cave and had Meng teach Xiao the cultivation method.
• Toji returned carrying a wounded Vermilion-Eyed Ice Toad and told Meng it was a perfect match for her Martial Soul.
• Meng killed the toad, and its Soul Ring appeared deep purple, revealing it was around a thousand years old.
• Toji assured Meng that her strengthened body could manage absorbing the Thousand-Year Soul Ring.