Chapter Summaries

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.

Meng Hongchen absorbed a Thousand-Year Soul Ring and reached level twenty-three, while Toji returned to Mingdu and rushed with Di Qiu'er and Ju Zi's father toward Ju Zi's home. They arrived as Ju Zi and her mother were preparing to leave their border town, and a man called out from outside their door.

• Meng Hongchen absorbed the Thousand-Year Soul Ring, gained a purple ring, and reached level twenty-three, surpassing Xiao Hongchen.
• Xiao Hongchen asked Toji to teach him, and Toji agreed to train him after they returned to Mingdu.
• Toji left Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen under guard, then hurried back to Mingdu and reunited with Di Qiu'er.
• Toji and Di Qiu'er took Ju Zi's father and traveled to Ju Zi's home in a border town.
• Ju Zi and her mother prepared to leave because unfamiliar Soul Masters had made the town unsafe, as a man called out asking for Ju Zi's home.

Toji returned to Ju Zi’s home with Di Qiu’er and reunited Ju Zi and her mother with Ju Zi’s father, whom he had rescued. After discussing the growing Clear Sky Sect presence, Toji proposed testing whether he and Di Qiu’er could fuse their Qi and blood more deeply, leaving her flustered by what that might involve.

• Toji asked Ju Zi’s mother about the gray-clad men, and she said they had questioned the household about the earlier scene before leaving.
• Toji revealed Ju Zi’s father, and the family embraced as he explained that Toji had saved him.
• Toji and Di Qiu’er stepped outside and discussed the Clear Sky Sect’s growing presence and their plan to reach the Sun Moon Empire before returning to the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Toji told Di Qiu’er he was nearing his sixth awakening and asked about her progress with the Qi and blood technique.
• Toji explained his experiment with Meng Hongchen, promised Di Qiu’er a Level 8 Soul Tool, and proposed a deeper fusion of their Qi and blood.
• Di Qiu’er blushed and began to suggest that such a deeper fusion might require them to do something more intimate.

Toji and Di Qiu'er fused their Bloodline Power, sublimating Di Qiu'er's Golden Dragon bloodline and raising her cultivation while giving Toji a dragon bloodline. Their spectacular breakthrough drew the attention of nearby Clear Sky Sect elders, forcing Toji to urge Ju Zi's family to flee.

• Toji explained that he meant to fuse their Bloodline Power, then joined hands with Di Qiu'er and guided her Golden Dragon bloodline toward its ancestral form.
• Toji and Di Qiu'er circulated their cultivation techniques together, unleashing a powerful dragon roar and a pillar of gold and crimson light that shattered windows nearby.
• Di Qiu'er's Bloodline Power technique broke through to the fourth tier and her Soul Power Level rose to seventy-seven, while Toji gained some of the Golden Dragon bloodline.
• Toji warned Ju Zi and her family that the commotion might attract Soul Masters and told them to pack and leave at once.
• At a Clear Sky Sect camp three miles away, two gray-robed elders sensed the Golden Dragon bloodline and ordered everyone to assemble.

Toji fought off Clear Sky Sect elders and disciples while Di Qiu'er evacuated Ju Zi and her parents. Surrounded by an array that amplified the elders’ power, Toji faced a mountain-sized Clear Sky Hammer as its wielder prepared to strike.

• Gray-robed Clear Sky Sect elders arrived in town and ordered their disciples to trap the target before he could escape.
• Toji told Di Qiu'er to take Ju Zi and her parents to safety while he held off the attackers.
• Toji blocked a Clear Sky Hammer strike with his fist, then knocked its wielder away when the elder tried to attack Di Qiu'er.
• Toji shattered the second Soul Douluo’s Clear Sky Hammer Martial Soul and smashed him into a crater with Playful Cloud.
• Clear Sky Sect Soul Saints and other disciples surrounded Toji, formed an array that weighed down his body, and empowered the wounded elder.
• The elder enlarged his Clear Sky Hammer to the size of a mountain and unleashed his Soul Skill as the ground cracked beneath its pressure.

Toji overpowered the Clear Sky Sect’s gray-robed elders and tore through their formation with Playful Cloud and the Blade of Life's Watch. As he finished off a Soul Douluo, a Titled Douluo arrived and attacked him with a massive black hammer.

• Toji blocked the gray-robed elder’s Eighth Soul Skill with Playful Cloud, cracked the Clear Sky Hammer Avatar, and hurled the elder into a mountainside.
• Toji used the Blade of Life's Watch to kill gray-robed disciples and carve a gap in the Clear Sky Grand Formation.
• Toji fought the gray-robed elder with Playful Cloud, then switched to the Blade of Life's Watch and pierced the elder’s defenses with Ignore Defense, killing him.
• A Titled Douluo arrived and sent a giant black hammer crashing toward Toji.