Chapter Summaries

Xu Tianran prepared to trap the foreign factions in Ming Capital and planned to seize the throne, while Chen Junting met with Xu Jiujiu, Vina, and Zhang Lexuan to coordinate their escape and a diversion. The chapter left the women aware that Chen Junting planned to attack the garrisoned army corps using undead Evil Soul Masters, though he concealed their identities.

• Xu Tianran ordered his forces to make the west seem like the weakest escape route and planned to arrest the foreign factions on the eve of the Finals.
• Xu Tianran told Zhongli Wu that he would act on the eve of the Finals and frame the factions for attacking the palace.
• Xu Jiujiu, Vina, and Zhang Lexuan met Chen Junting to discuss the Sun Moon Empire's defenses and the factions' escape from Ming Capital.
• Chen Junting advised abandoning the west and assaulting the east, then asked when the factions would carry out their planned operation.
• Xu Jiujiu and Vina planned to target the Armory, Granary, or Xu Tianran after the Finals, while Chen Junting revealed that he intended to attack the garrisoned army corps.
• Chen Junting said unnamed undead Evil Soul Masters would cause the diversion, and the women praised the supposed heroes as he called them Anonymous.

Chen Junting told Xu Jiujiu and Vina that Xu Tianran planned to raid the imperial palace and kill his father and brothers, then frame them for it. The next morning, Chen Junting briefed Huo Yuhao and the others on their operation, and Dugu Xin offered a plan he called somewhat crude.

• Chen Junting revealed that Xu Tianran planned to attack the imperial palace and that he intended to kill his father and brothers, then blame the deed on Xu Jiujiu and Vina.
• Xu Jiujiu and Vina decided to turn Xu Tianran’s scheme against him and make him pay for it through the empire.
• Chen Junting told Huo Yuhao and the others that their operation would begin that night, with the group targeting the Armory and Granary after the competition.
• Ning Tian raised concerns about timing and drawing the city’s experts away, and Chen Junting agreed to switch the order and explained that Dugu Xin’s group could use Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons as a distraction.
• Dugu Xin said the plan was too merciful and announced that he had another plan.

Dugu Xin proposed poisoning the Sun Moon Empire’s supplies, first suggesting a deadly, contagious toxin that Ning Tian and Chen Junting rejected as too cruel. He then offered a poison that caused incapacitating diarrhea, and Chen Junting approved using it in battle.

• Dugu Xin described a two-stage poison that could contaminate Mingdu’s reservoir and kill its people, soldiers, and officials.
• Ning Tian rejected the deadly plan, citing the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect’s reputation and the harm to innocent people, while Chen Junting also disapproved.
• Dugu Xin proposed a second poison that caused severe diarrhea, explaining that it could incapacitate Sun Moon Empire troops during battle.
• Wu Feng supported the diarrhea plan, and Chen Junting agreed to use it when the time came.

Chen Junting, Gu Tianchen, and Dugu Xin infiltrated the Ming Capital Official Granary and poisoned its grain while using formations to fool the storage Soul Tools. They were discovered by Li Hua as they prepared to leave, but Chen Junting knocked him unconscious and erased his memories before the trio escaped.

• Gu Tianchen opened a Void Gate and brought Chen Junting and Dugu Xin into the Granary’s unguarded Storage Area.
• The three entered the grain storage vault and discovered its Soul Tool granaries might detect Dugu Xin’s poison.
• Gu Tianchen opened holes in the granary roofs while Chen Junting concealed the interiors with formations, allowing Dugu Xin to spread poison across the grain.
• Li Hua opened the vault door during a routine inspection and recognized the three Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect members.
• Chen Junting immobilized Li Hua, erased his memories, and left with Gu Tianchen and Dugu Xin through the Void Gate.

Huo Yuhao won the tournament and accepted its rewards while refusing Ye Yulin’s offer to become his disciple. After leaving with Ye Guyi, he reunited with Chen Junting and his allies, who waited for a signal from the imperial palace.

• Ye Yulin announced the Ordinary Alliance’s victory, and the Xishui Alliance members reacted with anger at their losses and at Ye Guyi’s Angel Martial Soul.
• Ye Yulin suppressed Nangong Wan and Nether Thunder Douluo’s killing intent, then presented Huo Yuhao with rare metals, a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shell, and the Sun Moon Divine Needle.
• Huo Yuhao declined Ye Yulin’s offer of discipleship because he already had a Teacher, but accepted Ye Yulin’s name card.
• Shangguan Weier told An Litong that Huo Yuhao and Ye Guyi had joined the Ordinary Alliance on their own, prompting interest from the other factions.
• Nangong Wan left to attend to another matter, while Nether Thunder Douluo unexpectedly headed east instead of following Huo Yuhao and Ye Guyi.
• Huo Yuhao met Chen Junting, Gu Tianchen, and Dugu Xin in a courtyard, where they waited for a signal from the imperial palace and Dugu Xin recounted their operation.

Xu Tianran staged a palace coup, blaming the Three Great Empires for the princes’ deaths before revealing his plot to the old emperor. After the old emperor saw through him, Xu Tianran killed his father and prepared to claim the throne and suppress opposition.

• Xu Tianran told the old emperor that all his younger brothers were dead and presented false evidence blaming the Three Great Empires.
• As a night raid began at the palace, the old emperor saw through Xu Tianran’s deception and accused him of treason.
• Xu Tianran defended his coup by invoking the old emperor’s own violent seizure of the throne, then struck him dead.
• Xu Tianran ordered Eunuch Li to announce that the old emperor had died from grief and rage, and restored Jing Hongchen’s post and title.
• Xu Tianran instructed Jing Hongchen to kill ministers who questioned the death and ordered Eunuch Li to confine the Princes to their residences.

After Xu Tianran seized the throne, the staged battle at the imperial palace turned into a real clash when Xuan Zi, Du Busi, and other experts attacked. The chapter ended with Du Busi and Xuan Zi confronting the wounded Long Xiaoyao, whose first exchange with them ended without either side gaining the upper hand.

• Xuan Zi, Du Busi, Elder Song, Zhiyong, and other experts prepared to attack the imperial palace and prioritized buying time for the children.
• Xu Tianran signaled for the staged battle to end, but real casualties followed, prompting him to order Jing Hongchen to protect the palace.
• Long Xiaoyao appeared above the palace and challenged the hidden attackers, while Du Busi emerged, killed an Evil Soul Master, and accused Long Xiaoyao of serving Xu Tianran.
• Long Xiaoyao and Du Busi traded insults, and Long Xiaoyao threatened to kill Du Busi over his brother's death.
• Du Busi and Xuan Zi attacked Long Xiaoyao together, and their first clash sent all three fighters flying back without giving Long Xiaoyao the advantage.

Xu Tianran called for reinforcements as the battle at the imperial palace worsened, while Huo Yuhao and Chen Junting used the chaos to infiltrate an armory near Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. After subduing Li Chong, Chen Junting read his memories, leaving the group poised to proceed.

• Xu Tianran ordered Jing Hongchen to summon the Level 9 Soul Engineers, then agreed to invite Kong Deming from the Enshrinement Hall as Long Xiaoyao came under attack from four powerful opponents.
• Chen Junting and Huo Yuhao led their group toward the courtyard beside Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, concealed by Huo Yuhao's spiritual power.
• A distress signal and the sounds of battle prompted eight figures to fly from the courtyard toward the imperial palace, leaving Li Chong behind to guard the armory.
• Chen Junting's group knocked Li Chong unconscious, and Chen Junting read his memories related to the armory.

Dugu Xin, Huo Yuhao, Chen Junting, and Gu Tianchen infiltrated the Sun Moon Empire’s underground armory, stealing the first warehouse’s metals and preparing to enter the second level. They reached the next door, while Chen Junting said he had another way to access the deeper vaults.

• Dugu Xin killed the unconscious Li Chong and left Star Luo Empire silk beside the corpse as a possible false clue.
• Chen Junting used Li Chong’s memories to open the hidden passage and descend with the others through the guarded elevator.
• Huo Yuhao trapped two Level 6 Soul Engineers in an illusion, and Chen Junting killed them after searching their memories and taking their keys and Storage Soul Tools.
• The group opened the first Armory Vault, where Chen Junting explained that two more warehouses lay beyond it.
• Chen Junting used Demonic Patterns to swallow all the metals in the first warehouse, then led the others toward the second door.

Chen Junting and his companions broke into the Sun Moon Empire’s Armory, overcame the locked second-level door by using the Blade of Life’s Vigil, and seized its rare metals. On the third level, they discovered a vast stockpile of weapons and Soul Tools, and Chen Junting ordered the group to keep their find secret.

• Chen Junting explained that the five keys to the second door had been taken by the four Level 9 Soul Engineers and that only one key on his ring was for it.
• Gu Tianchen failed to open the door with his spatial abilities, so Chen Junting used the Blade of Life’s Vigil to make the metal decay.
• Huo Yuhao detected a Soul Saint behind the door, and Gu Tianchen and Huo Yuhao helped Chen Junting defeat the Level 7 Soul Engineer who attacked them.
• Chen Junting took the rare metals stored on the second level after reading the Soul Engineer’s memories and stripping him of his possessions.
• Chen Junting and his companions descended to the third level and found a huge stockpile of Soul Tools sufficient to arm four Soul Engineer Legions.
• Chen Junting told the group to keep the discovery secret as a gray figure appeared behind him.

Chen Junting opened the Necromancer Demigod Plane and sent its undead inhabitants to safely remove Soul Tools from the warehouse. Above the Sun Moon Imperial Palace, Du Busi and the other defenders combined their attacks against Long Xiaoyao, while Du Busi explained why he had adapted to the times.

• Chen Junting opened a gate to the Necromancer Demigod Plane and explained that his Teacher had created the vast, independent demiplane.
• Chen Junting used a spell to control the undead army, then ordered its members to move the warehouse's Soul Tools while avoiding their mechanisms.
• Long Xiaoyao fought Xuan Zi, Du Busi, Zhiyong, Heavenly Sun Douluo, and the Demon Tiger Soul Spirit high above the Sun Moon Imperial Palace.
• Du Busi struck Long Xiaoyao with a Level 9 Soul Guidance Device, and the defenders followed with a combined assault.
• Du Busi said he had changed his attitude toward Soul Guidance Devices because the Sun Moon Empire faced powerful enemies and the Body Sect needed to adapt.

Du Busi used a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shell to exploit Long Xiaoyao’s protective nature and injure him, then targeted Xu Tianran with another shell. Jing Hongchen was trapped by Elder Song as the new emperor faced the incoming attack.

• Jing Hongchen defended Xu Tianran from Elder Song while the palace battle continued, and Xu Tianran ordered him to attack the Super Douluo.
• Du Busi told Xuan Zi, Heavenly Sun Douluo, and Zhiyong to hold Long Xiaoyao, then released a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shell toward Xu Tianran.
• Long Xiaoyao carried the shell away from the battlefield, where it exploded and weakened him.
• Du Busi revealed that he had targeted Xu Tianran to force Long Xiaoyao to intervene, then sent a Level 8 shell toward the emperor.
• Jing Hongchen tried to rush to Xu Tianran’s aid, but Elder Song stopped him with a storm of azure attacks.

Kong Deming stopped the Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shell and confronted the forces invading the imperial palace as the battle resumed. Just as he attacked Du Busi, Beast God Di Tian appeared through a spatial rift and trapped the wounded Long Xiaoyao.

• Kong Deming slowed the Level 8 shell and made the Level 9 shell disappear into an explosion in the sky.
• Xuan Zi and the others called for a retreat, but Jing Hongchen attacked the Body Sect and Kong Deming blocked Du Busi.
• Du Busi denounced Xu Tianran and the Sun Moon Empire, prompting Xu Tianran to vow to destroy the Body Sect.
• Kong Deming attacked Du Busi while Xuan Zi and the other experts fought alongside him.
• Di Tian emerged from a spatial rift, suppressed Long Xiaoyao, and declared that he would not let him escape again.

Chen Junting’s group emptied the Third Warehouse, then joined the raid on Mingde Hall, where Zhang Lexuan and the others seized Soul Tools before Chen Junting arrived. With Di Tian at his side, Chen Junting set out for the Sun Moon Imperial Palace and sent Huo Yuhao and Gu Tianchen to meet Ye Guyi for another major operation.

• Chen Junting’s group moved the last of the Third Warehouse’s supplies into the Necromancer Demigod Plane, leaving the warehouse empty.
• Chen Junting learned that his Second Granduncle and the others were calling for help, summoned Di Tian, and asked him to assist with an Ultimate-level target.
• At Mingde Hall, Long Aotian covered the retreat while Zhang Lexuan and Xu Jiujiu helped defeat the defenders and secure the stolen Soul Tools.
• Chen Junting arrived at Mingde Hall, where Zhang Lexuan returned his array disk and reported that the raid had succeeded despite the group being exposed.
• Chen Junting revealed that he planned to go to the Sun Moon Imperial Palace with Di Tian, then sent Huo Yuhao and Gu Tianchen to meet Ye Guyi for a major operation.

Chen Junting infiltrated a hidden armory in the Sun Moon Imperial Palace with Di Tian’s help while the palace’s forces fought outside. On the battlefield, Di Tian ignored Xu Tianran’s threat and killed Long Xiaoyao, leaving the palace’s giant cannons aimed at him.

• Chen Junting identified the palace armory holding rank-seven and higher Soul Tools and Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells as his target, and Di Tian captured its Level 8 Soul Engineer guard.
• Chen Junting read the guard’s memories, concealed his corpse, and activated the Deceiving Heaven Formation Plate to vanish from the palace.
• Di Tian left Chen Junting to reach the battlefield, where Long Xiaoyao burned his Soul Power and life force to break free and unleash Great Dark Heaven.
• Di Tian tore through Long Xiaoyao’s attack with Dragon God Claw as Kong Deming was held back by Du Busi and the others.
• Xu Tianran ordered the palace’s giant cannons to target Di Tian and threatened him with their firepower.
• Di Tian ignored Xu Tianran’s warning and killed Long Xiaoyao, whose body returned to human form and crumbled into dust.

Di Tian killed Long Xiaoyao and seized his six Soul Bones, then disrupted Xu Tianran’s defenses as the allied forces withdrew and looted Sun Moon Empire weapons elsewhere. Xu Tianran realized the attacks were a multi-pronged deception, issued a pursuit order, and called on Death God to intervene.

• Di Tian took Long Xiaoyao’s six Soul Bones, while Ye Xishui sensed that something had happened to someone close to her and learned Long Xiaoyao was missing.
• Xu Tianran ordered the imperial palace’s Soul Guidance Battle Array to fire at Di Tian, who destroyed much of the palace before leaving with a human figure in his claw.
• Xuan Zi and Du Busi ordered their forces to retreat, and Xu Tianran halted pursuit because Di Tian remained on the battlefield.
• Jing Hongchen reported that the Three Great Empires’ forces had stolen Mingde Hall’s Soul Tools and Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells, while investigators found that the palace’s remaining weapons were gone.
• Xu Tianran collapsed after Xu Guozhong realized the Armory was likely robbed too, then woke and ordered his forces to pursue the thieves and summoned Death God to act.

Ye Xishui learned that Long Xiaoyao had been killed by Di Tian and unleashed her blood souls in the ruined imperial palace, while reports revealed rebellions across the Sun Moon Empire’s corps. Outside Mingdu, Chen Junting regrouped with the allied forces as coordinated Evil Soul Master attacks ended in devastating explosions.

• Ye Xishui arrived at the ruined palace, learned Long Xiaoyao was dead, and nearly attacked the people there before Kong Deming restrained her and she learned Di Tian had killed him.
• Deputy Commander Lu reported that the Holy Spirit Cult had thrown the corps into chaos with rebellions in the eastern suburbs and across the south, north, and west.
• Di Tian gave Chen Junting six powerful True Dragon Soul Bones, then left as Zhiyong, Yang Zihan, and other experts arrived to regroup with him.
• Chen Junting told the allied forces they would withdraw east after waiting for his people to return from a rescue mission.
• The Nether Thunder Douluo killed Commander Li and triggered an explosion at the eastern-suburbs Legion Base Camp, while another blast devastated a hidden location outside Mingdu.
• Gu Tianchen appeared at the destroyed site three breaths later and wondered how an Evil Soul Master below Super Douluo could self-detonate with such force.

Xu Tianran ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to prove its innocence by attacking the Three Great Empires’ forces, and Ye Xishui accepted, apparently confident she had a way to handle Di Tian. Meanwhile, Chen Junting helped the rescued factions organize an eastward breakout, while his group prepared to retreat by a different route and avoid detection.

• Xu Tianran demanded that Ye Xishui suppress the rebellion and assigned the Holy Spirit Cult the Three Great Empires’ forces as a test of its innocence, and Ye Xishui agreed.
• Gu Tianchen and the others arrived with the captured members of the major forces, who thanked Chen Junting and promised friendship to the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile Sect.
• Xu Jiujiu and Vina proposed an escorted breakout, offering experts and supplies, while Heavenly Sun Douluo volunteered to protect the Dou Ling Empire’s successors.
• Chen Junting gave Heavenly Sun Douluo a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shell, and the rescued factions set out east with their escorts.
• Chen Junting led his own group toward a mountain to board their transportation, and Xuan Zi and Zhiyong explained that the route would help them evade the Sun Moon Empire’s Ultra-High Altitude Detection Soul Guidance Device.

Ye Xishui persuaded the Holy Emperor to restore her injuries and backed a plan to ambush and kill Di Tian with the help of powerful soul beasts. She secured the Evil Emperor’s agreement, while the Silver Dragon King awakened briefly after sensing an unusual loss of Life Energy in the Star Dou Forest.

• Ye Xishui demanded that the Holy Emperor heal her, then proposed killing Di Tian to advance the Holy Spirit Cult’s plans.
• The Holy Emperor agreed, used the Holy Spirit Cult’s array to restore Ye Xishui to full strength, and waited to see whether the Douluo Plane noticed.
• The Silver Dragon King sensed an unusual loss of Life Energy, summoned Di Tian, and told him to come see her cautiously.
• Ye Xishui entered Demon Forest and offered the Evil Emperor a share of Di Tian’s death in exchange for help with the ambush.
• The Evil Emperor agreed after realizing Di Tian’s death could let him claim the Flesh Silkworm and prepare for future heavenly tribulations.

After escaping the Sun Moon Empire’s palace, Chen Junting and the others were ambushed by Ye Xishui, the Evil Emperor, and the Deep Sea Demon Whale Queen, who targeted them to draw out Di Tian. Chen Junting tried to summon Di Tian with his Reverse Scale, but could not reach him, leaving the group facing the three supreme powerhouses alone.

• Du Busi, Zhiyong, Xuan Zi, Long Aotian, Xu Jiujiu, and Vina thanked Chen Junting and discussed the damage their operation had done to the Sun Moon Empire.
• Chen Junting warned Xu Jiujiu and Vina that destroying supplies had not greatly weakened the Sun Moon Empire’s military, and they continued their journey while cultivating.
• Electrolux warned Chen Junting of a supreme powerhouse’s attack, and Ye Xishui, the Evil Emperor, and the Deep Sea Demon Whale Queen appeared and halted the Titan Griffon.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Snow Empress recognized the danger, while Chen Junting stayed calm and concluded that the three attackers had come to lure Di Tian out.
• Ye Xishui persuaded the Evil Emperor and the Demon Queen to attack Chen Junting’s group, and the Evil Emperor sensed Di Tian’s Reverse Scale in Chen Junting’s hand.
• Chen Junting tried to contact Di Tian as the attackers waited to ambush him, but he realized he could no longer reach him.