Chapter Summaries

The Body Sect came to Shrek Academy demanding Huo Yuhao, whose awakened Body Martial Soul made them claim him as their own. Qian Chen faced the Sect’s challengers and defeated four Titled Douluos, leaving Du Busi to halt the escalating sparring.

• Yan Shaozhe asked Du Busi why the Body Sect had come, and Du Busi demanded that Shrek Academy hand over Huo Yuhao.
• Yan Shaozhe left negotiations to Qian Chen, Huo Yuhao’s teacher, who approached Du Busi and asked about the dispute with Lang Ya and Yu Tao.
• Du Busi confirmed Qian Chen’s account of the earlier incident and sent Xin Rui to test him; Qian Chen defeated her with his swordsmanship.
• Fei Long challenged Qian Chen and suffered a deep wound after Qian Chen used Ignore Defense.
• A Body Sect agility-type Titled Douluo and then a strength-type Titled Douluo also lost to Qian Chen, so Du Busi realized the sparring was costing the sect too much face.

Du Busi tested Qian Chen’s strength, then tried to recruit him as a son-in-law before negotiating for Huo Yuhao. Qian Chen proposed that Huo Yuhao compete for the Body Sect’s succession, and Du Busi agreed to a deciding match in five years.

• Du Busi tested Qian Chen with Soul Power pressure, praised his strength, and offered him a place as the Body Sect’s son-in-law.
• Qian Chen declined Du Busi’s offer, explaining that he already had a wife, then used Fatigue Recovery to restore himself.
• Du Busi demanded that Qian Chen hand over Huo Yuhao, while Qian Chen argued that the Body Sect could not simply take his disciple.
• Qian Chen used Spiritual Web to speak privately with Du Busi and learned that Long Aotian was the provisional young sect master.
• Qian Chen proposed that Huo Yuhao compete for the young sect master position, and Du Busi agreed that Huo Yuhao and Long Aotian would fight at the Soul Master Tournament in Mingdu five years later.

Qian Chen negotiated with Du Busi for Huo Yuhao to join the Body Sect while remaining Qian Chen’s student, with both sides agreeing to a future contest to determine the next sect master. After returning to Huo Yuhao, Qian Chen explained why the Body Sect had come for him, and Wang Dong’er protested that he could not leave.

• Qian Chen and Du Busi agreed that Huo Yuhao and Long Aotian would compete at the Soul Master Tournament in Mingdu five years later, with the winner becoming the Body Sect’s next sect master.
• Du Busi agreed that Qian Chen could continue teaching Huo Yuhao, visit and train him, and take him away a year before the tournament to prepare with his teammates.
• Qian Chen invited the Body Sect to the Shrek City Grand Hotel, and Zhang Lexuan escorted Du Busi and his group there while Qian Chen returned to Sea God Island.
• Qian Chen found Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong’er, Xiao Xiao, and the Auspicious Beast at his residence and told Huo Yuhao that the Body Sect had come to take him.
• Wang Dong’er shouted that Huo Yuhao could not go to the Body Sect.

Qian Chen prepared Huo Yuhao to leave Shrek Academy for the Body Sect, explaining that the move would help him grow stronger and secure a chance to become its next sect master. As Huo Yuhao got ready to go, Electrolux agreed to accompany him and protect him.

• Wang Dong'er tried to stop Huo Yuhao from joining the Body Sect, but Qian Chen challenged her argument and Tang San's influence over her ended.
• In the Divine Realm, Tang San blamed Shrek Academy for giving up Huo Yuhao and began revising his plans, reassured that Huo Yuhao would ultimately be drawn back to Tang Wutong.
• Qian Chen brought Huo Yuhao to his room, where Huo Yuhao reunited with his mother, Huo Yun'er, in his Sea of Consciousness.
• Qian Chen told Huo Yuhao to accept the Body Sect's second awakening and revealed that he had arranged a chance for Huo Yuhao to become its young sect master if he defeated Long Aotian at the next Soul Master Tournament in Mingdu.
• Electrolux agreed to leave Qian Chen's Sea of Consciousness and accompany Huo Yuhao to the Body Sect, continuing to perfect the Mysterious Heaven Skill in Huo Yuhao's Sea of Consciousness.

Qian Chen arranged for Electrolux to accompany Huo Yuhao to the Body Sect, where he would recover and protect him. Huo Yuhao said goodbye to his mother and friends before Qian Chen took him to meet the waiting sect elders.

• Qian Chen brought Electrolux into Huo Yuhao’s Sea of Consciousness, where Electrolux agreed to protect Huo Yuhao and rest there while recovering.
• Huo Yuhao said goodbye to Huo Yun’er, who returned to Qian Chen’s Sea of Consciousness, and promised to grow strong enough to resurrect her.
• Qian Chen told Huo Yuhao to pack for the journey to meet Body Sect Master Du Busi, while Wang Dong’er, Xiao Xiao, and the Auspicious Beast waited to see him off.
• Xiao Xiao and the Auspicious Beast wished Huo Yuhao well, and Wang Dong’er embraced him and asked him to return to her.
• Qian Chen ended the farewell and carried Huo Yuhao on the Seven Kill Sword toward the Shrek City Grand Hotel, where the Body Sect’s Titled Douluo were waiting.

Qian Chen brought Huo Yuhao to meet Du Busi and the Body Sect's Titled Douluos, who were astonished by his Soul Skills and powerful Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul. Du Busi decided Huo Yuhao would become the Body Sect's next sect master and welcomed Qian Chen as the sect's best friend.

• Qian Chen brought Huo Yuhao to the banquet, where Du Busi welcomed him as a member of the Body Sect.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his mutated first Soul Ring, impressing the Titled Douluos with its all-around perception.
• Huo Yuhao demonstrated Seven Kills Descent with a simulated Seven Kill Sword, making the Titled Douluos believe the hotel had collapsed before they realized it was an illusion.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his Ice Jade Emperor Scorpion Martial Soul and genuine Two-Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, and Qian Chen explained its Ultimate Ice attribute.
• Du Busi privately resolved to make Huo Yuhao the Body Sect's next sect master, then declared Qian Chen the sect's best friend and invited him to drink.

Du Busi gave Qian Chen two hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones as thanks for teaching Huo Yuhao, then hurried away with Huo Yuhao. Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan discussed their future, and he led her somewhere so he could make the promise she wanted beneath the silver moon.

• Du Busi offered Qian Chen two hundred-thousand-year Soul Bones, and Qian Chen accepted them after Du Busi insisted.
• Qian Chen gave the Silver Moon Wolf King Soul Bone to Zhang Lexuan because it suited her Silver Moon Martial Soul.
• Du Busi picked up Huo Yuhao and quickly left Shrek City with the Body Sect.
• Zhang Lexuan told Qian Chen she no longer wanted to attend Sea God's Fate and regarded Tang San as a selfish false god.
• Qian Chen suggested that they return to Watch Valley and marry, but Zhang Lexuan said she only wanted his promise beneath the silver moon.
• Qian Chen understood Zhang Lexuan's wish and led her somewhere to make the promise.

Qian Chen and Zhang Lexuan made vows to each other beneath the moon, while the Holy Spirit Cult and Clear Sky Sect began a bloody conflict. After learning that Yan Shaozhe was keeping Feng Ling as a mistress, Qian Chen chose to let the rival factions keep fighting rather than expose her.

• Qian Chen took Zhang Lexuan to a mountain outside Shrek City, promised to love and support her, and held a simple wedding with her beneath the moon.
• Bibi Dong grew upset in Qian Chen's Sea of Consciousness, while Tang San's Divine Sense stopped controlling Wang Dong'er after Du Busi took Huo Yuhao away.
• Qian Chen sent the Golden-Feathered Scarlet Eagle to search for Feng Ling and learned she was living secretly with Yan Shaozhe outside Shrek City.
• Zhang Lexuan told Qian Chen that the Shrek Inspection Corps' intelligence department was in disarray and that Evil Soul Masters had gathered near the Clear Sky Sect's secluded mountain home.
• Qian Chen realized the Holy Spirit Cult had mistaken his ice-attribute Clear Sky Hammer for a Clear Sky Sect weapon and decided to let the two enemy factions continue fighting.

Qian Chen struggled to advance as a Soul Engineer while considering whether to study in the Sun Moon Empire. Jing Hongchen arrived at Shrek Academy with his ill granddaughter Meng Hongchen, seeking help for injuries left by the tournament, and Elder Zhuang explained that healing Soul Skills could not remove the stagnant blood and impurities in her body.

• Qian Chen repeatedly failed to create a Level 8 Soul Tool and wondered whether he needed to study in the Sun Moon Empire to progress.
• More than a month later, Jing Hongchen and Meng Hongchen arrived at Shrek Academy, and Jing Hongchen asked to visit Qian Chen and the academy.
• Yan Shaozhe gathered Qian Duoduo, Xian Lin'er, Qian Chen, and Zhang Lexuan to welcome Jing Hongchen at the Sea God Pavilion.
• Jing Hongchen explained that Wang Qiu'er's spear wound had left Meng Hongchen with stagnant blood obstructing her circulation, and he asked Shrek Academy to treat her.
• Cai Mei'er summoned Elder Zhuang, who said healing Soul Skills could not clear the stagnant blood and impurities from Meng Hongchen's body.

After Elder Zhuang failed to heal Meng Hongchen, Qian Chen offered to use a purification Soul Skill at his residence, provided she kept it secret. Yan Shaozhe’s suspicions and resentment toward Qian Chen persisted as Jing Hongchen followed them away.

• Elder Zhuang used his ninth Soul Skill on Meng Hongchen, but her condition returned as soon as the healing ended.
• Yan Shaozhe suggested seeking help from Wang Xian'er, but Jing Hongchen doubted she would treat a Sun Moon Empire genius.
• Meng Hongchen told Qian Chen that her teacher, Feng Luan, had recommended she ask him for help, prompting Yan Shaozhe to question their connection.
• Qian Chen offered to try his purification Soul Skill after deciding Meng Hongchen could be trusted to keep his secret.
• Qian Chen took Meng Hongchen and Jing Hongchen to his residence on Sea God Island, while Qian Duoduo, Xian Lin'er, Yan Shaozhe, and Cai Mei'er stayed behind in the Sea God Pavilion.

Qian Chen secretly used his purification soul skill to restore Meng Hongchen’s health, while Jing Hongchen began devising a plan to ask him to treat Crown Prince Xu Tianran. Back at the Sea God Pavilion, Jing Hongchen offered Shrek Academy a Level 9 Soul Ring Storage Soul Tool, whose limited function drew differing reactions from the group.

• Qian Chen sealed Huo Yuhao’s former room and secretly purified Meng Hongchen’s stagnant blood and impurities, then asked her to keep his martial soul and soul rings secret.
• Meng Hongchen recovered her strength, and Jing Hongchen thanked Qian Chen before the four returned to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Jing Hongchen considered whether Qian Chen could remove the poison that had left Crown Prince Xu Tianran unable to stand, and formed a rough plan.
• Yan Shaozhe, Cai Mei'er, Qian Duoduo, and Xian Lin'er were surprised to see Meng Hongchen restored, while Qian Chen explained that his purification soul skill had cleared her impurities.
• Jing Hongchen offered Shrek Academy a Level 9 Soul Ring Storage Soul Tool and explained that it could store a soul ring for around ten days.

Jing Hongchen proposed an exchange in which Shrek Academy would send a Titled Douluo to teach at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, while a Level 9 Soul Engineer would guide Shrek’s Soul Tool Department. Qian Chen agreed to go after discovering Jing Hongchen also hoped he would treat Xu Tianran, and he secured access to both academy libraries before stating his second request.

• Jing Hongchen proposed exchanging a Level 9 Soul Engineer from the Sun Moon Empire for a Titled Douluo teacher from Shrek Academy.
• Yan Shaozhe explained that Shrek had no available Titled Douluo to send, and Jing Hongchen insisted that the exchange teacher come from the Martial Soul Department.
• Qian Duoduo volunteered, but Jing Hongchen rejected him and demanded that Shrek send Qian Chen instead.
• Qian Chen used the Eye of the Mind to discover that Jing Hongchen hoped he would cure Crown Prince Xu Tianran’s poison, then agreed to serve as an exchange teacher.
• Qian Chen requested access to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s public and internal libraries, and Jing Hongchen agreed.
• Qian Chen began to state his second request, but the chapter ended before he revealed it.

Qian Chen and Jing Hongchen finalized a teaching exchange between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, with Qian Chen limiting his own teaching duties and retaining freedom to return to Shrek. After returning home, Jing Hongchen requested an audience with Xu Tianran, and Ju Zi suspected the meeting concerned the prince’s injuries.

• Qian Chen and Jing Hongchen agreed that Qian Chen would teach at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for three days each month, while a Level 9 Soul Engineer would guide Shrek’s Level 7 and Level 8 Soul Engineers.
• Yan Shaozhe approved the agreement, and the two academies settled the remaining arrangements after several hours of discussion.
• At a Sea God Pavilion meeting, Qian Chen explained that he wanted to study Soul Tool knowledge and advance to Level 9, then suggested Ma Xiaotao become Bing Ling’s assistant in the Outer Court Martial Soul Department.
• Qian Chen reassured Zhang Lexuan that he could arrange his teaching dates to make only one round trip to the Sun Moon Empire every two months.
• Jing Hongchen returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy with Meng Hongchen and sent Xu Tianran a visiting card requesting an audience.
• Xu Tianran asked Ju Zi why Jing Hongchen wanted to see him, and Ju Zi suggested the request might concern his injuries.

Xu Tianran learned that Qian Chen’s purification Soul Skill might remove the poison from his legs, though it could not restore his severed manhood. After Jing Hongchen and Ju Zi told him Qian Chen would come to the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to discover what might persuade him to provide treatment.

• Xu Tianran asked Ju Zi whether Shrek Academy could restore his severed limbs and manly vigor, then sent her to deliver his reply to Jing Hongchen and question Meng Hongchen.
• Ju Zi delivered Xu Tianran’s message to Jing Hongchen, who told her Meng Hongchen had gone to see Teacher Feng Luan.
• Jing Hongchen told Xu Tianran that Meng Hongchen had been cured at Shrek Academy and explained that Qian Chen’s purification Soul Skill might clear the poison in Xu Tianran’s legs.
• Jing Hongchen said he had invited Qian Chen to the Sun Moon Empire for an educational exchange and warned Xu Tianran that his hard-line policies might make Qian Chen unwilling to treat him.
• Ju Zi returned and told Xu Tianran that Qian Chen might help him stand again; Xu Tianran ordered her to learn Qian Chen’s interests and win his favor.

Zheng Zhan, a Level 9 Soul Engineer from the Sun Moon Empire's Illustrious Virtue Hall, arrived at Shrek Academy to teach its Soul Tool Department. After rejecting the available laboratories, he demanded to inspect the laboratory belonging to the department's junior brother, leaving Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er to handle his insistence.

• A Shrek guard escorted Zheng Zhan to the Soul Tool Department after he announced he had come to teach there.
• Qian Duoduo summoned the department's teachers and students to welcome Zheng Zhan, but Zheng Zhan said he would teach only Level 7 and Level 8 Soul Engineers.
• Qian Duoduo showed Zheng Zhan vacant laboratories, but Zheng Zhan rejected them and demanded a better one or a new laboratory built to his specifications.
• Xian Lin'er allowed Zheng Zhan to inspect the department's laboratories, and he unsettled its teachers and students by entering each one and finding fault.
• Zheng Zhan demanded to see the laboratory belonging to their junior brother, and when Qian Duoduo explained it was occupied, Zheng Zhan insisted or demanded that a new laboratory be built.

Zheng Zhan insisted on inspecting Qian Chen’s Soul Tool fabrication laboratory, provoking Ma Xiaotao and Bing Ling before Qian Chen arrived. Qian Chen rejected Zheng Zhan’s demand to take over the laboratory and challenged him to win it by defeating him, leaving Zheng Zhan to back down.

• Zheng Zhan pressed Qian Duoduo and Xian Lin'er to open Qian Chen’s laboratory, so they sent a teacher to find Qian Chen.
• Ma Xiaotao learned that Zheng Zhan wanted to inspect her big brother’s laboratory and flew with Bing Ling to confront him.
• Ma Xiaotao insulted Zheng Zhan, who challenged her and Bing Ling on behalf of Soul Engineers, but Bing Ling stopped her from accepting.
• Qian Chen appeared and explained that his agreement required him to teach at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy for three days each month, without specifying which days.
• Qian Chen told Zheng Zhan he could have the laboratory if he defeated him, and Zheng Zhan admitted he could not win.

Qian Chen pressured Zheng Zhan into accepting a nearby Soul Tool workshop, then pushed him to fight Bing Ling and Ma Xiaotao so Ma Xiaotao would learn not to underestimate Soul Engineers. The match began before a packed arena, where Zheng Zhan demanded recognition as a Level 9 Soul Engineer.

• Qian Chen used his strength and knowledge of the Sun Moon Empire’s interest in him to make Zheng Zhan accept a Soul Tool workshop beside his own.
• Qian Chen reminded Zheng Zhan of his challenge to Bing Ling and Ma Xiaotao, and Zheng Zhan agreed to fight them after learning their ranks.
• Qian Chen asked Bing Ling through their Spiritual Web connection not to protect Ma Xiaotao during the match, and Bing Ling reluctantly agreed.
• Students and teachers filled the Soul Fighting Arena as Bing Ling, Ma Xiaotao, and Zheng Zhan released their Martial Souls and Soul Rings.
• After the crowd reacted to his Titled Douluo rank, Zheng Zhan announced that they should call him Level 9 Soul Engineer Zheng Zhan.

Ma Xiaotao and Bing Ling defeated Zheng Zhan after breaking through his Level 9 Soul Tool, though Ma Xiaotao was badly injured by his cannon shell. Qian Chen healed her completely, and half a month later he prepared to visit the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to study Soul Tools.

• Ma Xiaotao and Bing Ling combined their fire and ice attacks to shatter Zheng Zhan's Immovable as a Mountain defense.
• Zheng Zhan fired a powerful fixed-target Soul Cannon Shell at Ma Xiaotao, knocking her unconscious, while Bing Ling froze Zheng Zhan with Ultimate Light Feather and won the match.
• Ling Luochеn thawed Zheng Zhan, who afterward stopped making trouble at Shrek Academy.
• Qian Chen healed Ma Xiaotao's injuries and hidden damage with Absolute Purification and Divine Light of Life, then told her and Bing Ling to review the battle.
• Over the next half month, Zheng Zhan diligently taught Soul Tool knowledge and fabrication to the Soul Tool Department's teachers.
• Qian Chen prepared to visit the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy to familiarize himself with the environment and study Soul Tools.

Qian Chen studied the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy library with Wang Qiu'er while Ju Zi sought a chance to approach him. After the three agreed to eat together, they met Feng Luan outside, who joined them without revealing his wariness toward Ju Zi.

• Qian Chen used Infinite Memory to rapidly read books in the academy library while Wang Qiu'er fetched them for him.
• Ju Zi approached Qian Chen and Wang Qiu'er and invited them to the cafeteria, and Qian Chen accepted her offer of a guide.
• Wang Qiu'er laughed at Ju Zi's name, then apologized after Ju Zi explained that it came from her Martial Soul and reminded her of her murdered parents.
• Wang Qiu'er introduced Qian Chen as her boyfriend, and Qian Chen avoided contradicting her before asking Ju Zi to lead the way.
• Feng Luan met the group outside the library, greeted Ju Zi, and joined them for lunch while Qian Chen noticed his wariness toward her.

Qian Chen learned Ju Zi’s connection to Xu Tianran and discovered that Xu Tianran needed his help curing a secret injury. He deliberately acted greedy and extravagant to shape Xu Tianran’s future offer, while Xu Tianran sent Ju Zi to spend more time with him and confirm her impressions.

• Qian Chen used Spiritual Web and Eye of the Mind to learn that Ju Zi served Xu Tianran, had lost her parents to the war, and was grateful to Qian Chen for hurting Dai Hao and his men.
• Qian Chen learned through Ju Zi that Xu Tianran had been mutilated by an assassin and realized Ju Zi was trying to discover what terms might persuade him to provide a cure.
• Qian Chen took Ju Zi, Feng Luan, and the Auspicious Beast to the cafeteria’s top floor and spent more than ten thousand Gold Soul Coins to appear greedy and extravagant.
• After Ju Zi left, she reported to Xu Tianran that Qian Chen seemed extremely greedy and fond of beautiful women.
• Xu Tianran agreed that Ju Zi should spend several more days with Qian Chen to confirm her assessment, though he felt reluctant to part with her.