Chapter Summaries

Long Zungui asked Wang Nan to rescue the Long Family’s children from the Evil Soul Masters, and Wang Nan sought details before deciding how to help. Xu Jiujiu arrived to invite Wang Nan into the Star Luo Empire’s Worship Hall, then left after learning he had become a Titled Douluo, while Wang Nan prepared to hear the Long brothers’ case.

• Long Zungui asked Wang Nan to save the Long Family’s children and said his clan would follow Wang Nan, but Wang Nan first asked where the children had been taken.
• Xu Jiujiu arrived at Wang Nan’s home, thanked him for saving her two years earlier, and offered help with the Long Family’s troubles.
• An elder told Xu Jiujiu that Wang Nan was a Titled Douluo, so she apologized for scrutinizing him and explained the Worship Hall’s offer and terms.
• Xu Jiujiu left, and Wang Xing learned that Wang Nan had advanced to Titled Douluo during secluded cultivation.
• Wang Nan turned back to Long Zungui and his brother to discuss rescuing the children from the Evil Soul Masters.

Wang Nan learned from Long Zungui that Evil Soul Masters had captured Long Family children in Heaven Dou City after the Sun Moon Empire conquered it. Though he suspected Long Zungui mainly wanted his protection, Wang Nan still decided to go to the city and investigate.

• Long Zungui told Wang Nan that the Sun Moon Empire’s advance had been delayed by Sea Soul Beast attacks before Heaven Dou City fell three months earlier.
• Long Zungui explained that Evil Soul Masters captured the Long Family children when the family tried to flee the city, and that their current whereabouts were unknown.
• Long Zungui asked Wang Nan to rescue the children and offered to have the Long Family revere him as their ancestor, but Wang Nan refused the offer.
• After Long Zungui and his companion left, Wang Xing observed that they seemed more interested in securing Wang Nan’s protection than saving the children.
• Wang Nan decided to travel to Heaven Dou City because he had given Long Zungui his word.

Long Zungui chose to ally the Long Family with Wang Nan, while Wang Nan traveled to the Heaven Dou Empire and discovered Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters harvesting souls from a battlefield. He left the opposing armies facing each other across the front line, with the cult’s battlefield cleanup operation exposed to him.

• Long Zungui told Long Shougui that the Long Family would rely on Wang Nan and keep its children out of clan affairs so they could awaken the Dragon Soul.
• Wang Nan entered the Heaven Dou Empire and crossed the Lima Plain toward its front line.
• Wang Nan surveyed the devastated battlefield between Heavenly Spirit City and the Sun Moon Empire’s camps after the latest attack.
• Wang Nan saw dark-clothed cleanup squads emerge from the Sun Moon Empire’s camp and collect corpses, equipment, and souls with a Soul Tool.
• Wang Nan recognized Evil Soul Masters among the squads and realized the Holy Spirit Cult was harvesting souls on the battlefield.

Zhongli Wu sent Nangong Wan to Dongyang City with collected souls for the Holy Spirit Cult. On the way, Nangong Wan encountered a powerful stranger who struck him from the sky with a Coiling Dragon Staff.

• Zhongli Wu learned that the Holy Spirit Cult had gathered many souls but little blood food, and ordered Nangong Wan to transport the souls to Dongyang City.
• Nangong Wan complained that Ten Thousand Souls and Abomination might be profiting while guarding Dongyang City, and Zhongli Wu warned him to stop speaking carelessly.
• Nangong Wan flew northwest over occupied territory and sensed an unknown presence ahead.
• A figure blinded Nangong Wan with golden light, shattered his Flying Soul Tool with a Golden Staff, and sent him falling after his Soul Power and mind were overwhelmed.

Wang Nan defeated Nangong Wan and learned that the Holy Spirit Cult had taken children from Heaven Dou City and planned to sacrifice them to a wounded whale-like Soul Beast. Nangong Wan claimed the children might still be alive in Dongyang City, but Wang Nan killed him after extracting the information.

• Wang Nan tracked down Nangong Wan and countered his poisonous attacks and attempted escape.
• Wang Nan subdued Nangong Wan with the Coiling Dragon Staff and questioned him about its secret.
• Nangong Wan revealed that the Holy Spirit Cult had learned about the Coiling Dragon Staff by interrogating children captured in Heaven Dou City.
• Nangong Wan said the children had been sent to Dongyang City to be offered to a wounded whale-like Soul Beast allied with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Nangong Wan offered to spy for Wang Nan, but Wang Nan killed him.

Wang Nan killed Nangong Wan and recovered a Soul Tool containing the souls collected on the battlefield, then witnessed the Heaven Dou Empire’s surprise attack on the Sun Moon Empire’s camp. As Du Busi and other Titled Douluo fought the defenders, Zhongli Wu harvested souls from the flames and sensed a familiar aura approaching from the north.

• Wang Nan killed Nangong Wan, searched his Storage Soul Tool, and took the Soul Tool containing the collected souls.
• A Rank 9 Fixed Soul Tool detonated in the Sun Moon Empire’s camp, destroying hundreds of tents and killing many Soul Engineers.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s commander ordered a counterattack and sent emergency signals to nearby Soul Engineer Legions.
• Du Busi attacked the camp while two Titled Douluo arrived from Heavenly Spirit City, and the commander flew out to fight them.
• Zhongli Wu absorbed souls from the burning camp and sensed a familiar aura approaching from the north.

Wang Nan confronted Zhongli Wu, who demanded revenge for his nephews and the return of the Black Dragon Dragon Soul. Wang Nan halted Zhongli Wu’s Bone Dragon and evaded its attack, then reappeared behind him and began a powerful counterattack.

• Zhongli Wu confronted Wang Nan and accused him of killing his three nephews and releasing the Black Dragon Dragon Soul.
• Zhongli Wu summoned the Bone Dragon and attacked Wang Nan with its wind power.
• Wang Nan used his Golden Dragon Armor and Coiling Dragon Staff to pin the Bone Dragon’s skull in place.
• Wang Nan avoided the Bone Dragon’s blast by teleporting behind Zhongli Wu.
• Wang Nan activated several Soul Rings and swung his Coiling Dragon Staff at Zhongli Wu.

Wang Nan fought Zhongli Wu, whose Martial Soul Avatar and Bone Dragon could barely withstand the Indomitable Staff Technique. As Du Busi joined the battle, Wang Nan turned Zhongli Wu’s fire attack back against him with the Fire Dragon King’s aura.

• Wang Nan struck Zhongli Wu with the fourth form of the Indomitable Staff Technique, forcing Zhongli Wu to use his Martial Soul Avatar and scythe to meet the blow.
• Wang Nan and Zhongli Wu were both knocked back, but Zhongli Wu’s Bone Dragon emerged from the void and carried him into the fight.
• Du Busi defeated the elderly woman facing him, then flew toward Wang Nan and Zhongli Wu despite his unhealed injuries.
• Zhongli Wu attacked Wang Nan with wind and fire from the Bone Dragon, but the flames turned around and swept back toward Zhongli Wu when the Fire Dragon King’s aura emerged.

Wang Nan resisted Zhongli Wu’s domain and gained the upper hand in their clash of power. When Du Busi arrived, Zhongli Wu tried to use the Bone Dragon’s impending detonation and a sneak attack to kill Wang Nan, but Wang Nan revealed he had expected the ambush.

• Zhongli Wu trapped Wang Nan inside his domain, but Wang Nan used his Mystic Dragon Shifting Stars skill to return Zhongli Wu’s scythe attack.
• Wang Nan’s domain clashed with Zhongli Wu’s, and Wang Nan’s Spiritual Power overwhelmed him enough to rupture the domain.
• Du Busi arrived and struck Zhongli Wu, who sent the Bone Dragon forward to detonate its Beast Spirit.
• Du Busi warned that Zhongli Wu was about to detonate the Bone Dragon, while Zhongli Wu appeared behind Wang Nan to launch a sneak attack.
• Wang Nan said he had been waiting for the attack, and Zhongli Wu watched a streak of golden light draw closer as the darkness faded from him.

Wang Nan used his Ninth Soul Skill to suppress Zhongli Wu and kill him, while the battle’s consequences reached Ye Xishui and Xu Tianran. The chapter left Xu Tianran awaiting news of the missing National Preceptor.

• Zhongli Wu attacked Wang Nan from behind, but Wang Nan activated his torso bone skill and unleashed his Ninth Soul Skill, Sleeping Dragon Returns to the Universe.
• Wang Nan’s domain suppressed Zhongli Wu’s martial soul and Soul Power, then Wang Nan struck him down with the Coiling Dragon Staff.
• Ye Xishui sensed a loss and a release from long-standing shackles as Long Xiaoyao arrived beside her.
• Xu Tianran rose from bed with Ju Zi’s help and learned that the Body Sect had attacked the imperial camp, killing the Fire Phoenix Douluo and leaving the National Preceptor missing.

Xu Tianran ordered the Sun Moon Empire’s forces to intensify their offensives after Zhongli Wu disappeared. At Heavenly Spirit City, Wang Nan helped Du Busi repel the attack, then rested and reflected on the hidden power of his Ninth Soul Ring and the gains from his battle.

• Xu Tianran ordered a search for Zhongli Wu and commanded the forces at Mingdou Mountain Range and the Heaven Dou front to advance.
• Du Busi returned to Heavenly Spirit City injured, while the Heaven Dou army attacked the disorganized Sun Moon Empire camp.
• Du Busi thanked Wang Nan for helping the Body Sect, and Jin Peng revealed that he and Wang Nan had met before.
• Wang Nan went to a quiet room to recover and sensed an unexplained power within his Ninth Soul Ring.
• Wang Nan reflected on his fight with Zhongli Wu and realized Bone Tempering had elevated the power of his Soul Bones.

Wang Nan gained an insight into the fifth form of his Indomitable Staff Technique and quietly broke through in cultivation. Meanwhile, Vina led a Heaven Dou delegation to Clear Sky Fortress to seek help against the Sun Moon Empire, but the sect refused to intervene.

• Wang Nan studied Zhongli Wu’s concealed attack and realized its focused, restrained power could inform his staff technique.
• Wang Nan repeatedly deduced the fifth form of the Indomitable Staff Technique and silently advanced his cultivation.
• Vina and her companions left the occupied outskirts of Heaven Dou City and traveled to Clear Sky Fortress.
• Vina asked the Clear Sky Sect to help defend the Heaven Dou Empire, but a sect elder said they would not interfere in worldly affairs.
• Vina appealed to the old ties between the Xue Family and the Clear Sky Sect, reminding them that one of her ancestors had once become a sect member’s disciple.

Vina failed to persuade the Clear Sky Sect to aid the Heaven Dou Empire, while Wang Nan learned that the Sun Moon Empire’s advance had put the Star Luo Empire in grave danger. The chapter left the allied empires facing a worsening war as Yuming City was expected to fall.

• Vina and Long Aotian left Clear Sky Fortress after the burly man refused to let the Clear Sky Sect interfere in mortal affairs.
• The burly man and the teal-haired man discussed Dong'er, whose Spiritual Sea had kept her from awakening.
• Wang Nan awoke after several days and learned from Long Aotian that strict defenses made travel to Heaven Dou City dangerous.
• Long Aotian brought Wang Nan to the City Lord's Mansion, where Jin Peng reported that the Death God Douluo had captured the Mingdou Mountain Range and Dawn City.
• Jin Peng warned that the Star Luo Empire had retreated to Yuming City, which likely would not withstand the Sun Moon Empire's assault.

Wang Nan left Heavenly Spirit City to return to the Star Luo Empire, while Jin Peng warned Long Aotian to preserve the Body Sect’s legacy if the city fell. As the Sun Moon Empire attacked Yuming City, Shrek Academy’s arrival prompted Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao to intervene.

• Wang Nan refused Jin Peng’s request to stay in Heavenly Spirit City and departed for the Star Luo Empire.
• Jin Peng told Long Aotian that the Sect Master wanted him to lead the Body Sect’s remaining disciples to safety if Heavenly Spirit City fell.
• Dai Hao discussed his injuries and the condition of the Star Luo Empire’s Titled Douluo with Dai Yueheng as the Sun Moon Empire advanced on Yuming City.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s linked Soul Tools shielded its army, and a powerful beam shattered Yuming City’s barrier before ox horns and earthen-yellow light stopped it.
• Long Xiaoyao sensed that people from Shrek Academy had arrived, and Ye Xishui decided to attack after concluding that her promise not to harm the academy no longer applied.
• A messenger watched Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao leave, then concealed his hatred.

As the Sun Moon Empire attacked Yuming City, Elder Xuan and Shrek’s forces joined Dai Hao to repel the assault while Ye Xishui’s terrifying aura threatened the defenders. Dai Hao ordered a counterattack, strengthened by Mo Xuan’s battlefield-wide support, and the fighting continued as Pan Yue led his clan against the enemy.

• Elder Xuan blocked an attack and sent Shrek’s Soul Douluo into the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineer Legion while Shrek’s people installed new Soul Tool Cannons on Yuming City’s walls.
• Ye Xishui’s aura swept over the battlefield, and Huo Yuhao asked Electrolux about the power she possessed.
• Elder Xuan flew to confront Ye Xishui, while Dai Hao stayed to command the troops and ordered the city gates opened for a counterattack.
• Mo Xuan enhanced the Star Luo Empire’s soldiers across the battlefield, helping them overwhelm the disrupted Soul Engineer Legion.
• Pan Yue charged into the Sun Moon Empire’s army with his clan, warning a clan member to stay safe.

Xuan Zi and Shrek Academy’s Titled Douluo fought Ye Xishui, but Long Xiaoyao intervened and urged them to withdraw. Xuan Zi refused to abandon Shrek’s cause and resumed the fight, while Pan Yue’s group continued battling below.

• Ye Xishui unleashed her Blood Soul Demonic Puppet’s vengeful spirits, killing ordinary soldiers and forcing both armies to retreat from the sky’s influence.
• Xuan Zi gathered the earth’s power for an attack, but Long Xiaoyao appeared and dispersed it with his dragon breath.
• Long Xiaoyao told Xuan Zi to withdraw, and Xuan Zi questioned why Long Xiaoyao stood with Ye Xishui despite their past ideals.
• Xuan Zi refused to let Shrek’s name be diminished and attacked Long Xiaoyao again.
• Pan Yue and his guards fought on the battlefield, then noticed their weapons glowing in different colors and felt their bodies grow lighter.

Wang Nan arrived at Yuming City and revealed the power of his true Coiling Dragon Staff, drawing the attention of both armies and suppressing Ye Xishui’s resentful spirits. He confronted Long Xiaoyao, who transformed into a Black Giant Dragon as Wang Nan struck at him.

• Wang Nan’s arrival cleared the battlefield’s spiritual disturbances, and Electrolux told Huo Yuhao that he recognized Wang Nan as a secretive person like him.
• Wang Nan appeared above Yuming City, where Shrek’s fighters and Long Xiaoyao watched him enter the battle.
• Wang Nan revealed his nine Soul Rings and Heavenly Forging Floating Life Dragon, causing Pan Yue’s Coiling Dragon Staffs to tremble and Ye Xishui’s resentful spirits to recoil.
• Wang Nan challenged Long Xiaoyao for aiding evil, and Long Xiaoyao said he acted perhaps because of love.
• Wang Nan merged his powers, attacked with the Coiling Dragon Staff, and forced Long Xiaoyao to transform into a Black Giant Dragon.

Long Xiaoyao revealed his Black Giant Dragon Martial Soul Avatar above Yuming City and recognized that Wang Nan had condensed two Soul Cores. Their battle intensified as Wang Nan met Long Xiaoyao’s Limit Douluo attack head-on, leaving Yuming City’s defenders to retreat and await the outcome.

• Long Xiaoyao manifested his Black Giant Dragon Martial Soul Avatar, and the gathered Titled Douluo realized the force behind Wang Nan’s earlier strike.
• Long Xiaoyao sensed Wang Nan’s two Soul Cores and acknowledged that he had underestimated the younger fighter before launching a massive dragon-claw attack.
• Wang Nan used his Yin-Yang Complementary Soul Cores and Coiling Dragon Staff to meet Long Xiaoyao’s claw, shattering the space around their collision.
• Xuan Zi contained the expanding spatial damage while Wang Nan charged Long Xiaoyao again.
• Dai Hao caught the faltering Mo Xuan and ordered the Soul Masters to retreat into Yuming City as the aerial battle took precedence.

Wang Nan held off Long Xiaoyao and endured his devastating Dark Aura breath, then counterattacked as their battle shook both armies. Long Xiaoyao revealed that he had created Heavenly Might after studying Mu En’s Monarch Overlord technique, and prepared to demonstrate it.

• Wang Nan fought Long Xiaoyao alone while Ye Xishui remained surrounded by Xuan Zi and the others.
• Long Xiaoyao engulfed Wang Nan in a powerful torrent of dark breath, but Wang Nan’s skull bone Soul Skill let him withstand the attack.
• Wang Nan used the Indomitable Staff Technique to break through the breath and struck at Long Xiaoyao, whose clash with him sent aftershocks toward Yuming City and the Sun Moon Empire’s army.
• Long Xiaoyao recalled being defeated by Mu En and explained that he had developed his own ultimate technique, Heavenly Might, inspired by Mu En’s Monarch Overlord.

Wang Nan faced Long Xiaoyao’s overwhelming Heavenly Might with a strike from the Indomitable Staff Technique, splitting the darkened sky and surviving their clash. He then used the momentum he had built up to strike Long Xiaoyao from above and send him crashing toward the ground.

• Long Xiaoyao unleashed Heavenly Might, pressing down on Wang Nan and everyone nearby with the force of heaven and earth.
• Wang Nan gathered the chaotic powers around him and rode the Heavenly Forging Floating Life Dragon into the sky to unleash Heaven-Supporting Earth-Standing.
• Wang Nan and Long Xiaoyao collided, producing blinding light and leaving Wang Nan’s golden armor gone as sunlight broke through the sky.
• Long Xiaoyao reached for Wang Nan again, but Wang Nan used Fish Leap to appear above him with accumulated momentum.
• Wang Nan combined his soul bone skills with a heavy Coiling Dragon Staff strike and smashed Long Xiaoyao toward the ground.