Chapter Summaries

Tang Ya and Firefly began their battle over the Scorching Knight Legion, but Firefly’s flames quickly put Tang Ya at a disadvantage. Xu Tianran watched with satisfaction as Firefly’s strength supported his confidence in placing the legion under her and Liu Xing’s command.

• Firefly donned her silver-white mech as the Scorching Knight Legion cheered, including Feng Xiaotian and Huo Wu.
• Tang Ya summoned her Blue Silver Overlord Spear and charged Firefly.
• Firefly countered with flaming jade swords, and their first clash damaged the arena and forced Tang Ya backward.
• Zhongli Wu and Zhang Peng reacted with concern as Tang Ya’s spear softened under Firefly’s flames.
• Xu Tianran smiled, confident in Liu Xing and Firefly’s ability to lead the Scorching Knight Legion.

Firefly dominated Tang Ya with her flames, but Tang Ya unleashed her Blue Silver True Body and counterattacked with blood-colored spears. Firefly answered with a barrage of Fire Meteors as the battle entered its final stage.

• Xu Tianran trusted Kong Deming’s loyalty to the royal family and recalled how Kong’s support had helped secure the throne.
• Firefly overwhelmed Tang Ya, burning away her Blue Silver Grass techniques and inflicting several charred wounds.
• Firefly struck Tang Ya with Skyfire Bombardment, breaking her Blue Silver Overlord Spear and sending her flying.
• Tang Ya activated Blue Silver True Body, summoning black-red Blue Silver Grass that caught her and extinguished the flames.
• Tang Ya’s grass transformed into blood-colored spears, and Firefly dodged them before launching Fire Meteors toward her.

Firefly defeated Tang Ya, and Ma Xiaotao stepped forward to fight Liu Xing. Seeing that Ma Xiaotao was poisoned and controlled by an evil force, Liu Xing reflected on how Shrek Academy’s actions had helped drive her into the Holy Spirit Cult’s hands.

• Firefly defeated Tang Ya in a fiery battle, covered her with a robe, and tossed her toward the Holy Spirit Cult’s side.
• Ma Xiaotao caught the unconscious Tang Ya and placed her on a sofa before taking her position in the arena.
• Liu Xing praised Firefly playfully, then stepped into the arena to face Ma Xiaotao.
• Liu Xing saw through Ma Xiaotao’s condition and realized that toxins and an evil force controlled her mind.
• Liu Xing recalled how Xuan Zi’s treatment of Jing Hongchen and the Sword of Judgment had helped set Ma Xiaotao’s downfall in motion.

Liu Xing fought the mind-controlled Ma Xiaotao in the arena, matching her Black Phoenix flames with his Crimson Flame. He unleashed his new Soul Bone Skill, Fire Dragon King's Roar, and its beam swept away her Phoenix Meteor Shower.

• Liu Xing attacked Ma Xiaotao, and their opposing flames collided with enough force to shatter the air and scatter the clouds.
• Liu Xing summoned a Lava Sword and drove Ma Xiaotao into the sky, where she spread her black wings and blocked his Cliff Edge Sword.
• Ma Xiaotao unleashed Phoenix Meteor Shower, raining black fireballs down on Liu Xing.
• Liu Xing invoked Fire Dragon King's Roar, and a massive Crimson Beam swept away the meteor shower.

Liu Xing vaporized Ma Xiaotao with a powerful attack, but she used her Phoenix Bathing in Fire soul skill to be reborn. She transformed into a massive Black Phoenix and prepared to continue fighting him.

• Liu Xing's Fire Dragon King's Roar struck Ma Xiaotao and reduced her body to smoke, leaving the spectators stunned.
• Zhongli Wu and Zhang Peng remained calm, while Liu Xing realized he had underestimated the power of the Fire Dragon King Torso Bone.
• The remaining black flame absorbed surrounding energy, and Ma Xiaotao re-formed within an energy whirlpool through Phoenix Bathing in Fire.
• Ma Xiaotao faced Liu Xing and unleashed her Seventh Soul Skill, Phoenix Avatar.
• Ma Xiaotao transformed into a giant Black Phoenix whose black flames covered the sky and raised the temperature across the area.

Liu Xing unleashed his Mecha Spirit Avatar and battled Ma Xiaotao’s Black Phoenix above the Military Camp. He split her black flames with a golden greatsword and blocked her talons, while the fight remained unresolved.

• Ma Xiaotao unleashed her Martial Soul Avatar after Liu Xing enraged her, despite the Holy Spirit Cult’s control over her.
• Liu Xing transformed his flames into Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame and summoned his Mecha Spirit Avatar.
• Ma Xiaotao’s Black Phoenix charged through a sea of black fire, and Liu Xing split the flames with a golden greatsword, carving a fissure over a thousand meters long.
• The Black Phoenix rushed the mecha and struck its Golden Light Shield with its talons, but Liu Xing’s defense held.
• Liu Xing slashed at the Black Phoenix, which evaded the attack with an aerial roll and retreated to hover at a distance.

Liu Xing overwhelmed Ma Xiaotao’s Black Phoenix with the giant Mecha’s golden flames and prepared a decisive attack. The golden energy sphere raced toward the Black Phoenix, which had no time or room to evade.

• The giant Mecha spread six golden fire wings and tore through the Black Phoenix’s torrent of black flames.
• Ma Xiaotao drove the Black Phoenix into a reckless, high-speed assault, ignoring its injuries as it attacked the Mecha.
• Liu Xing decided to end the fight and concentrated Golden Flame into a massive sphere with the Sun Wheel.
• Liu Xing used his sword strike to force the Black Phoenix to evade, then fired the golden sphere at it.
• The Black Phoenix sensed the fatal threat but could not dodge the rapidly approaching sphere.

Liu Xing defeated Ma Xiaotao in their battle over the Scorching Knight Legion, and his flames broke the Holy Spirit Cult’s control over her. As Ma Xiaotao’s memories returned, she was overwhelmed by guilt over the innocent people she had killed while controlled.

• Liu Xing’s golden energy strike severely wounded the Black Phoenix, forcing Ma Xiaotao to leave her Martial Soul Avatar and crash into the military camp.
• Liu Xing landed nearby as Ma Xiaotao struggled out of the crater, leaving her defeat clear even though she had not yet admitted it.
• Liu Xing realized that his Sun Wheel Golden Wing Flame had damaged the Holy Spirit Cult’s control technique and freed Ma Xiaotao from its influence.
• Ma Xiaotao recalled her past at Shrek Academy and her time under the Holy Spirit Cult’s control, including the killings committed while she was manipulated.
• Ma Xiaotao was overcome with guilt when she remembered that many of her victims had been helpless civilians, including children and babies.

Haunted by the innocent people she had killed under the Holy Spirit Cult’s control, Ma Xiaotao begged Liu Xing to kill her. Liu Xing agreed and launched a spear attack as the onlookers watched in shock.

• Ma Xiaotao, overwhelmed by guilt after regaining her memories, silently pleaded with Liu Xing to kill her.
• Liu Xing recalled Ma Xiaotao’s fall into the Holy Spirit Cult’s control and decided to grant her request.
• Liu Xing summoned the Flame Light Spear and aimed it at Ma Xiaotao, startling Zhang Peng, Zhongli Wu, Xu Tianran, and the people of Eternal Night Palace.
• Liu Xing invoked “Death, Doom, Annihilation!” and surged toward Ma Xiaotao with destructive Spear Intent.

Liu Xing killed Ma Xiaotao, who thanked him before dying, and covered her corpse with his coat. As Zhang Peng attacked Liu Xing and the confrontation escalated, Zhongli Wu demanded an explanation, leaving the powerful figures facing off.

• Liu Xing pierced Ma Xiaotao through the heart, and she thanked him before dying; he covered her body with his coat.
• Zhang Peng attacked Liu Xing with his Scorpion Tail Needle, while Firefly, Gu Yuena, and the Snow Maiden prepared to intervene.
• Guinaifen blocked Zhang Peng’s attack and revealed her nine soul rings, including a hundred-thousand-year ring, before confronting him.
• Luocha, You Xiang, and Chong Yun appeared to stop Zhongli Wu, who then demanded that Liu Xing explain why he had killed Ma Xiaotao.

Liu Xing refused to justify Ma Xiaotao’s death, provoking Zhongli Wu, but Xu Tianran defused the confrontation by offering the Holy Spirit Cult Soul Guidance Mechs as compensation. Zhongli Wu accepted the offer and left with a grudge against Liu Xing and Eternal Night Palace.

• Liu Xing calmly said Ma Xiaotao’s death in the arena had freed her from a fate she could not control, enraging Zhongli Wu.
• Zhongli Wu unleashed his Rank 98 Soul Power, but Chong Yun met the pressure with Ultimate Ice.
• Xu Tianran urged Zhongli Wu to calm down, and Zhongli Wu held back after sensing Kong Deming’s spiritual power and recognizing Eternal Night Palace’s strength.
• Xu Tianran offered the Holy Spirit Cult a batch of Soul Guidance Mechs, and Zhongli Wu accepted the compensation while threatening Liu Xing.
• Zhongli Wu left with Zhang Peng and Tang Ya, and Liu Xing thanked Xu Tianran for preventing the conflict from escalating.

Liu Xing took command of the Scorching Knight Legion and arranged for its soldiers to receive Soul Guidance Mechs while Ma Xiaotao’s body remained in his care. The chapter ended with Liu Xing and Firefly surveying five hundred mech-equipped soldiers assembled in formation.

• Xu Tianran entrusted the Scorching Knight Legion to Liu Xing, and Kong Deming promised Mingde Hall’s logistical support as war approached.
• Liu Xing dismissed the soldiers and told them they would collect their Soul Guidance Mechs from Mingde Hall in a few days.
• Liu Xing and the others discussed Ma Xiaotao’s remains and decided she could not be returned to Shrek Academy yet.
• Liu Xing and Firefly took over the legion, and Ye Yulin custom-made Soul Guidance Mechs for Wang Qiu'er and the others.
• Five hundred members of the Scorching Knight Legion stood assembled in their silver-white Soul Guidance Mechs as Liu Xing and Firefly looked on.

Liu Xing learned from Ju Zi that war had officially begun and received orders to lead the Scorching Knight Legion in an operation against Dai Hao at the Mingdou Mountain Range. Gu Yuena explained that the apparent assault on the Star Luo Empire would distract from Ju Zi’s main attack on the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Nana delivered Ju Zi’s military communication to Liu Xing, and Ju Zi ordered him to cooperate with Wang Yihang’s legion to surround and kill Dai Hao in half a month.
• Ju Zi confirmed that the war had officially begun, prompting Liu Xing to summon Gu Yuena, Snow Maiden, and the others to the military camp.
• Meng Hongchen questioned why Ju Zi had chosen the heavily defended Mingdou Mountain Range as the first target.
• Gu Yuena explained that Ju Zi planned to use the attack on the Mingdou Mountain Range to tie down Star Luo forces while secretly striking the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Liu Xing recognized that Ju Zi’s plan depended on defeating the Heaven Dou Empire quickly before other powers could intervene.

Liu Xing learned that Ju Zi’s hatred of Dai Hao drove her to assign the Scorching Knight Legion to surround and kill him. Ye Guyi then revealed that Qian Renxue had put the Angel Legion on high alert, leaving the continent’s rival empires on the brink of war.

• Ju Zi’s past was recounted: Dai Hao’s raid killed her father, and her mother later died in grief, leaving Ju Zi with a lasting hatred of the White Tiger Duke.
• Liu Xing recognized that Ju Zi’s deepest aim was to kill Dai Hao, not merely capture the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Liu Xing asked Ye Guyi whether the Spirit Hall Empire was preparing to act, and Ye Guyi confirmed that Qian Renxue had taken command of the Angel Legion and placed it on war readiness.
• Liu Xing recalled the Angel Legion’s elite strength and its past destruction by Xiao Wu’s Wrath of the Buddha Lotus and Chen Xin’s Seven Kill Sword.
• The Sun Moon Empire and Spirit Hall Empire began mobilizing at the same time, bringing Douluo Continent closer to a major war.

At the Mingdou Mountain Range, Ju Zi gathered the Sun Moon Empire's commanders to plan an attack on Dai Hao's forces. She proposed using Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shells against White Tiger City, and Liu Xing and Firefly showed no hesitation about the brutal strategy.

• Liu Xing and Firefly led the Scorching Knight Legion into the Sun Moon Empire's military camp at the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Ju Zi met with Liu Xing, Firefly, and Wang Yihang in the Commander's Tent to discuss the mission against the Star Luo Empire.
• Ju Zi explained that Dai Hao commanded nearly six hundred thousand troops across the Mingdou Mountain Range, making a conventional attack costly.
• Ju Zi revealed that the emperor had authorized unlimited Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shells if they won the war.
• Wang Yihang worried that Liu Xing and Firefly might object, but both remained calm about using the weapons against White Tiger City.

Ju Zi outlined her plan to destroy White Tiger City, intercept the White Tiger Duke, and then attack the Heaven Dou Empire, with contingency forces stationed in the Mingdou Mountain Range. Liu Xing and Wang Yihang accepted their missions as preparations began.

• Ju Zi ordered Liu Xing to intercept the White Tiger Duke in the Mingdou Mountain Range and prevent him from returning to Star Luo Empire territory.
• Ju Zi explained that capturing Yu Ming City after killing the White Tiger Duke would let the Sun Moon Empire seize the initiative, while a fallback defense would pin down Star Luo forces.
• Ju Zi revealed that she would lead the Fire Phoenix and Imperial Dragon Spirit Tool Master Legions and one million troops to attack the Heaven Dou Empire after taking White Tiger City.
• Liu Xing pledged that the Scorching Knight Legion would give its all to kill the White Tiger Duke, and Wang Yihang made the same commitment for the Evil Monarch Spirit Tool Master Legion.
• Ju Zi reaffirmed the importance of the operation, and Wang Yihang left to arrange preparations.

Ju Zi reassured Liu Xing that the Sun Moon Empire’s advanced detection Spirit Tools would keep its preparations in the Mingdou Mountain Range hidden from the Star Luo Empire. Liu Xing and Firefly returned to the Scorching Knight Legion’s camp as the Rank 9 launchers neared completion and the empire’s overwhelming attack approached.

• Liu Xing warned Ju Zi that operating Rank 9 Fixed-Array Soul Cannon Shells could expose the Sun Moon Empire’s position.
• Ju Zi explained that Ultra-High Altitude Detection Spirit Tools and an Elite Soul Engineer Squad would detect and remove enemy spies.
• Liu Xing considered how the Sun Moon Empire’s superior Spirit Tool technology had concealed its forces and given it an advantage in intelligence and warfare.
• Liu Xing learned that Ye Yulin and other Rank 9 Spirit Tool Masters were nearing completion of the launcher preparations, which could overwhelm White Tiger City’s three Titled Douluo.
• Liu Xing and Firefly left the command tent and returned to the Scorching Knight Legion’s independent camp.

Liu Xing’s Scorching Knight Legion settled beside the Fire Phoenix Spirit Tool Master Legion, a placement Ju Zi had arranged to encourage the two groups to grow closer. The chapter then shifted to White Tiger City, where Dai Hao and powerful Star Luo Empire forces held the tense frontline while the White Tiger Lineage’s political influence was outlined.

• Liu Xing and Firefly entered the Scorching Knight Legion’s camp beside the Fire Phoenix Spirit Tool Master Legion, and the soldiers admired their fortunate location.
• Ju Zi had arranged the neighboring camps to encourage contact between the two legions and hoped their members might find love and happy families.
• Liu Xing watched his men eagerly eye the neighboring camp and refrained from criticizing them harshly.
• White Tiger City stood as a heavily defended Star Luo Empire stronghold, with Dai Hao commanding the city alongside Xuanji Douluo and Golden Spear Douluo.
• The chapter described how the White Tiger Lineage had relinquished the throne to preserve its power, while Dai Hao’s military influence rivaled Emperor Xu Jiawei’s.

Dai Hao, Xuanji Douluo, and Golden Spear Douluo discussed the White Tiger Duke’s political position and the need to keep the Star Luo Empire’s military united against the Sun Moon Empire. In a White Tiger City camp, the three examined the Mingdou Mountain Range as the enemy’s recent silence raised concern.

• Golden Spear Douluo remained neutral in Star Luo’s internal power struggles while guarding White Tiger City, though he admired Dai Hao.
• Dai Hao continued leading the military out of responsibility for the empire, despite the political pressure created by his influence and the bloc supporting his family.
• Dai Hao and Emperor Xu Jiawei maintained a public alliance and an unspoken understanding, despite knowing their former closeness had changed.
• Dai Hao, Xuanji Douluo, and Golden Spear Douluo gathered around a map of the Mingdou Mountain Range in a White Tiger City military camp.
• Xuanji Douluo and Golden Spear Douluo warned Dai Hao that the atmosphere near the front and the Sun Moon Empire’s unusual quiet might signal trouble.

Dai Hao, Golden Spear Douluo, and Xuanji Douluo investigated why Star Luo’s scouts had vanished in the Mingdou Mountain Range as they feared the Sun Moon Empire was preparing a major operation. The chapter ended when Xuanji Douluo and Golden Spear Douluo sensed an imminent crisis and flew from the Military Camp, followed by Dai Hao and Dai Yueheng.

• Golden Spear Douluo sent an elite scouting unit into the Mingdou Mountain Range, but none of the scouts returned.
• Dai Hao concluded that the Sun Moon Empire was deliberately blocking intelligence because it was planning a major operation.
• Dai Yueheng suggested that upgraded Detection Spirit Tools might have exposed the scouts, while Dai Hao and Golden Spear Douluo suspected a deeper scheme.
• Xuanji Douluo and Golden Spear Douluo suddenly cried out in alarm and rushed into the sky from the Military Camp.
• Dai Hao and Dai Yueheng followed the two Super Douluo out of the Military Camp.