Chapter Summaries

The Federation declared Shrek Academy and Tang Sect terrorist organizations, ordered their personnel arrested and property seized, and warned Shrek City residents to evacuate before the military assault. Yun Ming prepared Shrek Academy and Tang Sect for war and sought help from the Star Luo Empire and Dou Ling Empire, while Xu Lang began a combat meeting that excluded officers whose loyalties were uncertain.

• The Federation Speaker announced that Shrek Academy and Tang Sect would be outlawed, their property nationalized, and their personnel arrested, while warning students, graduates, and government employees not to assist them.
• Xu Lang said the Federation would use troops and heavy weapons against Shrek City and urged residents to evacuate, promising housing and compensation while warning that the attack would proceed regardless of civilian presence.
• The Federation's press conference spread across the Federation, provoking public outrage and support as Shrek Academy and Tang Sect learned of the government's stance.
• Yun Ming ordered Shrek Academy and Tang Sect into a state of war, activated prepared countermeasures, and contacted the Star Luo Empire and Dou Ling Empire about cooperating in a landing.
• Chen An attended Xu Lang's military conference with Yu Guanzhi and Central Legion division commanders, while Xu Lang excluded the Chief of General Staff Shen and others whose loyalties were uncertain.

Chen An attended Xu Lang’s briefing on the Federation’s operation against Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, which began with plans to destroy Tang Sect Branches outside Shrek City. Xu Lang sought commitments from the participating factions and families, but they hesitated to take responsibility for attacks without military support.

• Xu Lang presented a map and intelligence on the Tang Sect Branches, while Chen An noticed that the Federation was unaware of the seven hidden underground bases.
• Xu Lang announced that the Federation planned to eliminate all 268 branches within three months and said Chen An had volunteered to take responsibility for 100.
• Xu Lang asked the factions and families to handle the remaining 168 branches, hoping their commitment would prevent betrayal during the operation.
• The factions and families hesitated because they feared facing retaliation from Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect without the Federation Army leading the attacks.
• Qiangu Dongfeng also hesitated, and the military officers waited silently to see whether the factions and families would commit.

Chen An claimed sole responsibility for destroying all 268 Tang Sect Branches within three months, while Xu Lang assigned him the task and limited his share of the spoils to ten percent. Xu Lang then ordered surveillance of Shrek Academy graduates in the Federation and turned to planning the siege of Shrek City.

• Chen An volunteered to uproot all 268 Tang Sect Branches within three months after other factions hesitated to take the lead.
• Qiangu Dongfeng and other faction leaders offered assistance, but Chen An refused to share the task or its benefits with them.
• Xu Lang entrusted the operation to Chen An after he issued a military pledge, requiring him to give ninety percent of the seized wealth to the Federation.
• Xu Lang ordered personnel to monitor Shrek Academy graduates in important Federation positions and prepare to deal with anyone suspected of disloyalty.
• Xu Lang introduced the siege of Shrek City as the third and most important matter.

Xu Lang organized the Federation’s forces and major powers for a joint operation against Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, while recognizing that several legions were no longer under the Federation’s control. Qiangu Dongfeng pledged substantial Spirit Pagoda forces, and the chapter left the other powers’ contributions unanswered.

• Xu Lang announced that fifty thousand soldiers from each of the Northern and Northwest Legions and one hundred thousand from the Central Legion would form the Joint Counter-Terrorism Legion, and the three Legion Commanders accepted the requirements.
• The Federation remained unable to secure support from the Southern, Sea God, and Northern Sea Legions, and it recognized that several legions had slipped beyond its control.
• Xu Lang offered the major powers and great families rewards, including a share of Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect’s assets, in exchange for their participation.
• Qiangu Dongfeng pledged five Super Douluo, ten Titled Douluo, two hundred Soul Douluo, four God-Level Mechas, and one hundred Black-Grade Mechas from the Spirit Pagoda.

Spirit Pagoda and the other factions pledged experts for the Federation’s campaign against Shrek Academy and Tang Sect, bringing the announced force close to a hundred Titled Douluo. Xu Lang outlined a three-month plan to purge Tang Sect branches while the legions assembled and trained, then attack Shrek City after civilians had time to evacuate.

• Qiangu Dongfeng pledged Spirit Pagoda’s experts, including dozens of Titled Douluo, to the Federation’s operation.
• Xu Lang promised Spirit Pagoda greater support, prompting other factions to increase the forces they would send.
• Chen An counted nearly seventy pledged Titled Douluo and considered how many more experts the factions, military, and other organizations could muster.
• Xu Lang arranged for the Tang Sect branch purges and the preparations to besiege Shrek City to proceed simultaneously.
• Xu Lang set a three-month timeline for the legions to assemble and train while civilians evacuated Shrek City.

After a Federation meeting, Chen An heard Xu Lang and Xu Lin describe how Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect had influenced several legions to resist deployment. They also discussed War God Hall members who refused to follow Federation orders, leaving the Federation wary of internal opposition as it prepared its operation.

• Chen An joined Xu Lang, Xu Lin, and others for dinner after the military meeting.
• Xu Lang explained that the Southern Legion, Northern Sea Legion, and Sea God Legion had refused deployment, while the Eastern Sea Legion and members of other legions showed signs of dissent.
• Xu Lin said the Central Legion had sent only part of its troops because it had to guard against resistance from within.
• Xu Lang complained that most of the War God Hall had refused deployment under Chen Xinjie and Guan Yue's influence.
• Chen An recalled how War God Hall members had treated Tang Wulin and his companions leniently, and concluded their current refusal was unsurprising.

Chen An and Xu Lang discussed why removing Legion Commanders aligned with Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect could provoke resistance and costly casualties, so they agreed to address those legions only if they later turned against the Federation. Chen An then traveled with Di Tian and the Dragon Kings to infiltrate the evacuated Mingdu Tang Sect Branch and search for its hidden underground warehouses.

• Xu Lang explained that replacing the Yue, Chen, and Shen families’ commanders could trigger legion resistance, while removing Guan Yue and the other War God Hall traitors would also be dangerous.
• Chen An rejected a preemptive assault on the legions because linked soul tool attacks could kill Limit Douluos, and he noted that the Central Legion’s reserve forces could handle any legions that betrayed the Federation.
• After leaving the Federation Base, Chen An met Di Tian, and they used a Space Channel to reach the shielded Mingdu Tang Sect Branch.
• Chen An summoned the Fire Dragon King, Mountain Dragon King, and Time Dragon, then had the Mountain Dragon King take them underground toward the branch.
• The Mountain Dragon King found a tunnel leading beneath the branch, and Chen An decided to inspect the branch before searching nearby underground warehouses for the Tang Sect’s valuables.

Chen An, Di Tian, and their companions entered the Mingdu Tang Sect Branch and used the Suiyue Liuli Lamp's Time Power to freeze its personnel and slow its automated defenses. They advanced toward the only detected group of survivors while the branch's attacks struck behind them, and the Tang Sect's self-destruction mechanism remained ahead.

• Chen An chose to enter from underground to avoid spatial traps, though he no longer needed to hide their arrival.
• The branch's detectors sounded an alarm, and its thirty remaining Tang Sect personnel activated the automated combat system and moved to their stations.
• The Time Dragon spread Time Power through the branch, freezing everyone below Super Douluo level, including the personnel in the control room.
• Chen An, Di Tian, the Fire Dragon King, and the others emerged and evaded the slowed lasers, cannon shell, and other attacks as they headed toward the life signs Di Tian sensed.
• The group avoided buried high-explosive landmines while the automated system continued firing, with the branch's self-destruction mechanism still containing four Grade 9 Fixed-Position Soul Guidance Cannon Shells.

Chen An and four Ultimate Douluo seized the Mingdu Tang Sect Branch, using Time Power to overcome its automated defenses and shut them down. By stealing the memories of the branch’s commander, Chen An learned where Tang Sect had moved its people and supplies: a hidden underground shelter near Mingdu.

• Chen An led four Ultimate Douluo through an underground passage into the Mingdu Tang Sect Branch, while the Fire Dragon King and Mountain Dragon King guarded the control room against its attacks.
• Chen An used the Soul-Seizing Bell and Time Power to control the branch’s commander and steal his memories from the past half month.
• Chen An accessed the control console and shut down the automated attack system, bringing the Soul Tools to a halt.
• Chen An learned that Tang Sect had evacuated the branch and moved its people and valuables into a concealed underground shelter about ten kilometers away.
• Chen An realized that the shelter’s location had been unknown even to Zang Xin, who knew only that such shelters existed.

Chen An seized the Mingdu Tang Sect Branch, ordered its weapons dismantled, and arrested its members for public execution. After leaving the Federation forces to secure the site, he headed to Dragon Valley Space to find Gu Yue Na.

• Chen An ordered the Time Dragon to knock out the Tang Sect members, then shut down the branch's barrier and called in the Sixteenth Division to arrest them.
• The barrier fell, and onlookers saw the damage inside as they speculated about the battle.
• Two hundred soldiers arrived, and Chen An ordered them to dismantle the branch's Soul Tools while leaving four Grade 9 cannon shells to Federation experts.
• Chen An warned the soldiers about buried landmines, had thirty Tang Sect members arrested, and left to visit Dragon Valley Space.
• Police and Federation Research Institute Soul Engineers arrived to secure the branch and handle the mines and cannon shells, while onlookers and hidden observers reacted to the Federation's easy victory.

After Chen An captured the Mingdu Tang Sect Branch with no Federation casualties, the Tang Sect sheltered its surviving members while the Federation prepared a public execution. Chen An shot the first captive on live broadcast and declared that the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy would be hunted throughout the Federation.

• The Tang Sect's upper ranks learned that the Mingdu branch had fallen without causing significant Federation casualties, while Federation supporters celebrated Chen An's swift victory.
• Tang Sect members in the hidden shelter discussed whether to evacuate, then chose to stay and trust that the captured members would not reveal its location.
• Chen An returned to the Central Legion, met Gu Yue Na in the Dragon Valley Space, and spent the night sparring, talking, and cultivating with her.
• The next morning, a crowd gathered near the Federation Base to watch the live-broadcast execution of the thirty Tang Sect members Chen An had captured.
• Chen An addressed the cameras, vowed to eliminate Tang Sect members across the Federation, and shot the nearest captive in the head.

Chen An publicly executed all thirty captured Tang Sect members by firing squad, escalating the Federation’s conflict with the Tang Sect. The broadcast ended with Chen An drawing respect as a fifteen-year-old major general while Shrek Academy and Tang Sect leaders remained furious but unwilling to leave Shrek City.

• Chen An shot the first captured Tang Sect member, and onlookers recognized the execution as a declaration of war by the Federation.
• The other Tang Sect captives cursed Chen An and struggled as soldiers restrained them, while Chen An shot them one after another.
• Shrek Academy and Tang Sect members watching the broadcast threatened revenge, but their leaders decided not to send experts to Mingdu and planned to defend Shrek City instead.
• Chen An shot the last captive, a Soul Douluo who had spat at him, completing the execution of all thirty Tang Sect members.
• Many civilians applauded the executions, while Tang Sect and Shrek supporters condemned them; Chen An returned his pistol and surveyed the crowd in his major general uniform.

Chen An continued his campaign against the Tang Sect, warning the public before leaving Mingdu with a masked man. He arrived at the Star Luo City Tang Sect branch with several Limit Douluos and shut down its defenses, leaving the branch under their control.

• Chen An accepted a temporary Major General rank but required his operation’s merits to count toward promotion beyond One-Star General.
• Chen An announced that thirty captured Tang Sect members had been executed and warned the public against associating with the Tang Sect or Shrek Academy.
• A masked man opened a Space Channel, and Chen An left with him as the public and the live broadcast audience speculated about his destination.
• The Tang Sect ordered its branches to prepare their self-destruction devices, while personnel at the Star Luo City branch braced for an attack.
• Chen An and several Limit Douluos appeared inside the Star Luo City Tang Sect branch, overcame its slowed attacks, and used a captive’s memories to disable its automatic defense system.

Chen An used the Suiyue Liuli Lamp to capture fifty evacuated Tang Sect Branches in a single day, while the Sixteenth Division moved in to secure them. His rapid victories sparked public admiration and skepticism, and he agreed to let doubters test the task themselves before continuing.

• Chen An and his companions captured the Star Luo City Tang Sect Branch, then used Di Tian's spatial travel to take another branch with little resistance.
• By a little after five in the afternoon, Chen An had captured fifty Tang Sect Branches, and the Sixteenth Division began securing each one against possible counterattacks.
• As reports spread, some people argued that capturing the nearly empty branches was easy, making Xu Lang hesitant to award Chen An much credit.
• Chen An told Xu Lang that the doubters could try capturing branches themselves and said he would give up the credit if they matched his results.
• Chen An stopped for the day and planned to let others attempt the task, while public debate over his strength and the Tang Sect's apparent retreat continued.

As Chen An continued seizing Tang Sect Branches without casualties, the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy struggled to understand how he prevented their self-destruct mechanisms from activating. At a joint meeting, Yun Ming rejected withdrawing their remaining people and proposed changing the traps to target Federation soldiers who entered the branches.

• Chen An’s rapid movement between distant cities and his group’s ability to stop branch self-destructs left the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy bewildered.
• The Tang Sect Grand Elder proposed withdrawing the people remaining in the branches to avoid pointless deaths.
• Yun Ming rejected the proposal and suggested setting the explosives to detonate when intruders entered areas storing shells.
• The meeting approved Yun Ming’s plan to use proximity-triggered Grade 6 and Grade 7 shells to set off modified Grade 9 shells.
• The Tang Sect ordered preparations for the new traps to begin immediately.

After Chen An seized fifty Tang Sect Branches, other factions and families attempted to occupy branches themselves, only to face the Tang Sect’s powerful defenses. Qiangu Dongfeng stayed out of the attacks and waited to see the outcome as one raiding party suffered heavy casualties without reaching a branch’s control room.

• Qiangu Dongfeng rejected pressure to join the factions planning to occupy Tang Sect Branches, suspecting the Tang Sect would not abandon them easily.
• Chen An went to the Dragon Valley Space, where Gu Yue Na voiced her anger at people dismissing his success; Chen An told her they would soon see how difficult the branches were to take.
• Later that night, factions, families, and Federation officials surrounded Tang Sect Branches in several cities and prepared Soul Tools to counter their defenses.
• A group led by one Super Douluo and three Titled Douluos shattered a branch’s Energy Shield, but its coordinated Soul Tool systems inflicted casualties and blocked their advance.
• Tang Sect personnel in the control room activated manually operated weapons and prepared to make the attackers pay, while refraining from triggering the self-destruct device because Chen An was not present.

Federation leaders learned that Tang Sect Branches had repelled three attacks with powerful Soul Guidance systems, while a fourth raid triggered a devastating self-destruction blast that killed the attackers and caused massive civilian casualties. The Federation Speaker urgently contacted Xu Lang to discuss the disaster.

• The Star River Tang Sect Branch repelled an attack by more than four hundred people, seriously injuring four Titled Douluos with its advanced weapons.
• Xu Lang, Yu Guanzhi, and the Federation Speaker learned that all four teams attacking Tang Sect Branches had been defeated, with one team completely wiped out.
• The final team broke through a Branch’s defenses, but its self-destruction device detonated two Grade 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon Shells and leveled the Branch.
• The explosion devastated buildings across a five-kilometer radius and was estimated to have caused more than ten thousand civilian casualties.
• The Federation Speaker panicked and called Xu Lang to discuss how to handle the disaster.

After Federation forces suffered devastating losses attacking Tang Sect Branches, Chen An discussed the operation’s difficulty and his military merit with Xu Lang. Xu Lang agreed to help him receive the credit he deserved as the Federation faced mounting public pressure.

• The Federation Speaker rushed to the explosion site, while the Tang Sect learned that three Branches had repelled attackers and another had destroyed itself, killing its attackers and causing civilian casualties.
• Chen An returned from Dragon Valley Space and found dozens of missed calls from Xu Lang, his teacher, and his martial uncle.
• Xu Lang told Chen An that four teams had failed to seize Tang Sect Branches, with severe losses among three teams and the fourth wiped out by an explosion.
• Chen An said his military merit should reflect the difficulty of taking the Branches, arguing that each capture deserved four-star merit.
• Xu Lang agreed to support Chen An’s claim and said the Federation could no longer dismiss his work as easy.

After the attack on a Tang Sect Branch caused massive civilian casualties, Chen An advised Xu Lang on how the Federation should respond and agreed to take charge of future operations. Public reaction turned against the Federation’s handling of the operation and raised Chen An’s standing, while pressure mounted for the Federation Government to answer for the disaster.

• Chen An told Xu Lang that the Federation should acknowledge its mistakes, apologize, compensate victims, warn residents to evacuate, and place responsibility on the Tang Sect where possible.
• Chen An offered to attend the press conference and take responsibility for future operations, and Xu Lang agreed that he should lead them.
• Chen An watched reports showing craters, collapsed buildings, and apparent civilian casualties around the destroyed Tang Sect Branch.
• News channels and StarNet users criticized the Federation, with some demanding that its government be dissolved and others arguing Chen An should have led the operation.
• Public discussion praised Chen An and his group for taking Tang Sect Branches without casualties, while condemning the Federation’s decision to send other personnel.

After civilian deaths in an explosion during the Federation’s operation against Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, public and political pressure forced the Federation Speaker to hold a live press conference. The officials clashed over who was responsible, and the story left the Federation’s campaign against the two groups still unresolved.

• Governors, senior officials, military leaders, and councilors challenged the Federation Government over the civilian casualties and called its fitness to govern into question.
• The Federation Speaker arranged a live press conference, attended by Xu Lang, Chen An, Chief of General Staff Shen, and the Federation Vice Speaker.
• The Federation Speaker apologized for the operation and promised compensation, while he and the others bowed in mourning.
• Reporters questioned whether an apology and compensation were enough and warned that future operations could cause even more civilian deaths.
• Xu Lang rejected calls to halt the operation and said the Federation would intensify it, blaming the Tang Sect for the explosion.
• Chen An accused Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect of using civilian casualties to pressure the Federation, but Chief of General Staff Shen argued that the Federation had driven the Tang Sect to retaliate.