Chapter Summaries

Chen An and his allies used the Eternal Divine Fire Clock to withstand the Northern Sea Legion’s coordinated assault and charge toward its commanders. The bell smashed through barriers and mechas, leaving the Legion unable to stop its advance.

• The Fire Dragon King expanded the Eternal Divine Fire Clock to shelter Chen An, Di Tian, Bear Monarch, and the others from the Legion’s attacks.
• Di Tian, Bear Monarch, and their allies drove the bell toward Shen Hongtao and the other commanders, smashing through their defensive barriers.
• Two God-Level Mechas and more than a dozen Black-Grade Mechas tried to halt the bell, but it crushed them and killed their pilots.
• The Legion’s commanders ordered more attacks and barriers, but none could stop the bell from rampaging forward.
• Chen An’s group used the bell to preserve their strength and close in on the commanders without taking the Legion’s full firepower.

Shen Hongtao and the Northern Sea Legion failed to stop Chen An and his allies as the Eternal Divine Fire Clock crushed their defenses. Shen Hongtao fled underwater with Shen Yue and three generals, pursued by Chen An and three allies while the others stayed above the surface.

• The Northern Sea Legion's attacks failed to damage the Eternal Divine Fire Clock, and it killed two Titled Douluo generals who tried to block it.
• Shen Hongtao abandoned direct combat and headed for the sea, hoping to reach the Tang Sect undersea base.
• Northern Sea Legion soldiers and generals died trying to protect Shen Hongtao as Chen An and his allies charged after him.
• Shen Hongtao entered the sea with Shen Yue and three generals, while the rest of the legion faced attacks and internal defections.
• Chen An, the Mountain Dragon King, the Time Dragon, and the Ten Thousand Demon King pursued Shen Hongtao underwater, while the others remained above the surface.

Di Tian and the others attacked the Northern Sea Legion, using the Fire Dragon King’s true form to draw fire while they seized Soul Tool control rooms and spared soldiers who denounced Shen Hongtao. Below the sea, the Time Dragon immobilized Shen Hongtao’s group, but Chen An sensed danger and ordered everyone to withdraw within thirty seconds.

• Di Tian told Northern Sea Legion soldiers to shout that Shen Hongtao was a bastard if they did not intend to resist, then launched the attack.
• The Fire Dragon King revealed his enormous true form and burned incoming Soul Tool attacks while Di Tian and the others advanced on the control rooms.
• Soldiers who shouted against Shen Hongtao were spared as Di Tian’s group and Sun Moon Royal Academy members seized important control rooms.
• The Time Dragon used the Suiyue Liuli Lamp to immobilize Shen Hongtao and five others underwater, and the Mountain Dragon King and Ten Thousand Demon King swam toward them.
• Chen An sensed an uneasy presence below and ordered the group to withdraw within thirty seconds, warning that the Tang Sect might be preparing destructive torpedoes.

Chen An and his allies defeated Shen Yue’s group, captured Shen Hongtao, and fought their way out from the Tang Sect’s undersea base under missile fire. Chen An tried to stop the fighting at the Northern Sea Legion base by threatening Shen Hongtao, but the defenders resumed their attack.

• The Mountain Dragon King crushed four of Shen Yue’s companions with the Clear Sky Hammer, while the Ten Thousand Demon King impaled and captured Shen Hongtao.
• Chen An and his allies escaped the water as the Tang Sect’s undersea base fired tracking missiles, which the Time Dragon slowed and the others destroyed.
• Chen An carried the badly injured Shen Hongtao toward the Northern Sea Legion base, where the Fire Dragon King fought amid heavy artillery fire.
• Chen An shouted that he had captured Shen Hongtao and threatened to kill him, then severed Shen Hongtao’s left arm with his Dark Gold Claw.
• A Shen Family commander urged the defenders to keep fighting, and the Northern Sea Legion resumed its fierce attack.

Chen An used the Soul-Seizing Bell to control Shen Hongtao and halt the fighting at the Northern Sea Legion base. He gathered the officers at the main plaza, then ordered Gu Tian to eliminate the remaining Shen Family forces hiding in key control rooms.

• Chen An evaded attacks while stealing Shen Hongtao's memories and brought the Legion Commander under his control.
• Shen Hongtao announced a ceasefire, and Chen An ordered Di Tian, the Fire Dragon King, and the others to stop fighting.
• Shen Hongtao summoned the officers to the main plaza while the Mountain Dragon King, the Time Dragon, and others continued resisting shellfire at sea.
• Chen An and Shen Hongtao arrived at the plaza, where officers had gathered in opposing factions and Chen An sensed enemies still guarding important control rooms.
• Chen An ordered Gu Tian to kill everyone in the control rooms before they could use the Soul Tools and warships to attack.

Chen An and his allies launched a sudden assault on the Northern Sea Legion Base, trapping the Shen Family officers beneath the Eternal Divine Fire Clock while Di Tian and the others seized the control room and warships. As the Shen Family’s forces were slaughtered and their weapons disabled, a Sun Moon Royal Academy graduate worried aloud about the consequences of killing Federation officials.

• Chen An directed Di Tian to the base’s key locations, and the Fire Dragon King dropped the Eternal Divine Fire Clock over the main square, trapping hundreds of people beneath it.
• The Shen Family members outside the square ordered the base’s weapons and main warships to fire on the clock, but Di Tian’s group infiltrated the control room and warships.
• Bear Monarch slaughtered the control-room staff and wrecked the instruments, sharply weakening the base’s attacks.
• Di Tian, Scarlet King, and Zi Ji fought their way through the warships, killing anyone who resisted and leaving the vessels unable to use their heaviest weapons against intruders aboard.
• The Fire Dragon King incinerated the officers trapped beneath the clock while the defected Sun Moon Royal Academy officers stayed beside Chen An and watched.
• A Sun Moon Royal Academy graduate asked Chen An whether killing Federation officials and Shen Family members would bring consequences.

Chen An led the purge of Shen Family officers in the Northern Sea Legion, then called on the soldiers to stop resisting. With the legion’s control room and warships captured, the fighting inside was nearly over, while the battle outside continued.

• Chen An reassured his fellow academy members and explained that he was purging the Northern Sea Legion to prevent it from rebelling against the Federation.
• Chen An ignored the Shen Family officers’ threats as the Fire Dragon King killed them, sparing Shen Hongtao for later use.
• Chen An ordered the officers who had switched sides to urge the legion’s soldiers to stop resisting and remain loyal to the Federation.
• The soldiers gradually ceased fighting as Bear Monarch took the central control room and Di Tian and the others captured the main warships.
• The fighting inside the Northern Sea Legion neared its end, but the Tang Sect continued bombarding the forces outside.

Chen An led Di Tian and the others through a secret passage from Shen Hongtao’s office into the Tang Sect’s undersea base. They launched an assault on the base, where thousands of Tang Sect personnel mobilized to defend themselves.

• Chen An brought the subdued Shen Hongtao to his office and used his memories and fingerprint to open a hidden elevator passage.
• Chen An told the Northern Sea Legion officers that the passage led to the Tang Sect’s undersea base and descended with Di Tian, the Fire Dragon King, the Bear Monarch, and the Scarlet King.
• The Bear Monarch killed two Tang Sect disciples waiting below, and Chen An ordered his group to keep the strongest enemy alive and kill the rest.
• The Tang Sect base sounded its alarms and activated its defenses, while more than three thousand personnel entered combat mode.

Chen An and his powerful companions attacked the Tang Sect’s underwater base, while Chief of General Staff Shen confronted Xu Lang and the others over Chen An’s assault on the Northern Sea Legion. The battle at the underwater base continued, and Shen demanded that Chen An be stopped.

• Di Tian, the Fire Dragon King, and the others slaughtered their way through the underwater base as Chen An used Time Power to hinder its defenders.
• Zi Ji joined the fight, while Demon Spirit brought Shen Hongtao inside; Chen An then summoned the Mountain Dragon King, the Time Dragon, and the Ten Thousand Demon King to reinforce the attack.
• The officers hesitated to join the battle, while Bear Monarch reveled in cutting down the base’s defenders.
• Chief of General Staff Shen entered the Federation Base meeting and confronted Xu Lang, Xu Lin, Yu Guanzhi, and the others over Chen An’s attack on the Northern Sea Legion.
• Shen demanded that they make Chen An stop, threatening to execute him under military law, while Xu Lang and the others considered how to deal with the unfolding crisis.

Xu Lang accused Chief of General Staff Shen of colluding with the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy, announced his suspension, and demanded that he cooperate with an investigation. Chief of General Staff Shen rejected the charges and left to summon reinforcements while Xu Lang and the others waited for a chance to arrest him.

• Xu Lang defended Chen An’s actions at the Northern Sea Legion and accused Chief of General Staff Shen of applying military rules selectively.
• Xu Lang announced that Chief of General Staff Shen would be suspended and investigated for suspected collusion with the Tang Sect and Shrek Academy.
• Chief of General Staff Shen refused to cooperate, vowed retaliation over Chen An’s attack, and left the meeting.
• Xu Lang, Yu Guanzhi, and the others followed Chief of General Staff Shen but held back because his immunity clearance remained valid inside the Federation Base.
• Chief of General Staff Shen called for reinforcements as Xu Lang and the others waited for him to leave the protected area or for Chen An to return.

Chen An finished destroying the Tang Sect’s seabed base and learned that Xu Lin’s group had turned against Chief of General Staff Shen. As Chen An and his companions recovered in Dragon Valley Space, Chief of General Staff Shen’s supporters faced a Federation Guard standoff at the Federation Base.

• Chen An told Xu Lin that the Northern Sea Legion had been subdued and a Tang Sect seabed base destroyed, then agreed to return after recovering for half an hour.
• Chen An ordered the officers to leave the seabed base and barred anyone from returning while Bear Monarch and the others finished killing its defenders.
• Bear Monarch brought the base’s sole survivor to Chen An, who took him and Shen Hongtao into Dragon Valley Space to recover using the Suiyue Liuli Lamp.
• Chief of General Staff Shen advanced toward the Federation Base exit with dozens of supporters as Xu Lin, Yu Guanzhi, and the Federation Guard surrounded them.

Yu Guanzhi’s forces confronted Chief of General Staff Shen’s assembled supporters outside the Federation Base while waiting for Chen An’s Limit Douluo to arrive. Chen Xinjie called to challenge the planned action, but Yu Guanzhi warned him that the Chen Family and Sea God Legion could face the same fate as the Shen Family if they continued supporting Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect.

• Federation staff argued over whether Chief of General Staff Shen deserved to be targeted, and most supported action against him.
• Chief of General Staff Shen gathered hundreds of supporters, including ten Titled Douluo and two God-Level Mecha, as forces from the Central Legion, Sun Moon Royal Academy, and Xu Family arrived to oppose him.
• Yu Guanzhi and Xu Lang held their forces back and planned to move the confrontation away from civilians while waiting for Chen An and his six combat-oriented Limit Douluo.
• Chen Xinjie called Yu Guanzhi to condemn the planned action against the Shen Family and warn that it could make reconciliation impossible.
• Yu Guanzhi defended the operation as punishment for the Shen Family’s collusion with Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect, then warned Chen Xinjie that the Chen Family and Sea God Legion could share the Shen Family’s fate.

Chen Xinjie refused Guan Yue’s request to aid Chief of General Staff Shen, fearing that Chen An’s powerful allies would kill him. He urged Guan Yue to focus on moving Eternal Heaven out of Federation custody, leaving the Shen Family to escape on its own.

• Chen Xinjie angrily ended his call with Yu Guanzhi and concluded that the Federation was using the Shen Family to intimidate Shrek Academy and Tang Sect allies.
• Guan Yue told Chen Xinjie that Chief of General Staff Shen had asked for help and asked whether he should intervene.
• Chen Xinjie weighed the danger posed by Chen An and his allies and told Guan Yue to stay out of the conflict.
• Chen Xinjie urged Guan Yue to move Eternal Heaven away from the War God Hall so the Federation could not use it against Shrek City.
• Guan Yue accepted Chen Xinjie’s advice and hoped that Chief of General Staff Shen and his people could reach Shrek City safely.

Chief of General Staff Shen fled Mingdu as Xu Lang, Yu Guanzhi, and Xu Lin pursued him while the Shen Family fought the Federation across several fronts. When two Shen Family elders sacrificed their vitality to stop the pursuers, Yu Guanzhi stayed to confront them while Xu Lang and Xu Lin continued after Shen.

• Chief of General Staff Shen left the Federation Base by fighter jet as Yu Guanzhi, Xu Lang, and their forces followed him out of Mingdu.
• The Shen Family ordered its members to evacuate toward Shrek City or fight the Federation where they were, and several divisions and cities began mobilizing against it.
• The Shen Family attacked the pursuing Federation forces, starting a battle between hundreds of soldiers, Titled Douluo, and God-Level Mechas.
• Xu Lang, Yu Guanzhi, and Xu Lin pursued Shen’s fighter jet but held back, sensing powerful experts aboard and waiting for Chen An’s reinforcements.
• Two Shen Family elders emerged from the fighter jet and burned their vitality and Martial Soul Source to attack the pursuers.
• Yu Guanzhi stayed to stop the elders with his Divine Brush Martial Soul while Xu Lang and Xu Lin continued the pursuit.

Xu Lin pursued Chief of General Staff Shen’s damaged aircraft while Yu Guanzhi and Xu Lang held off three Shen Family experts who had burned themselves to gain quasi-demigod strength. Shen made his final arrangements and prepared to die in battle, but Bear Monarch emerged through a Space Channel as Time Power slowed Shen and his companions.

• Yu Guanzhi stalled two self-sacrificing Shen Family elders while Xu Lang and Xu Lin continued after Chief of General Staff Shen.
• A third Shen Family veteran burned himself to attack, and Xu Lang stayed behind so Xu Lin could continue the pursuit.
• Xu Lin damaged Shen’s aircraft despite its pilot’s evasive maneuvers and missiles, while Shen contacted Yun Ming to ask for help preserving the Shen Family Bloodline.
• Yun Ming agreed to shelter Shen’s family in Shrek City but said Shrek Academy and the Tang Sect could not send forces to rescue them.
• Shen and two Super Douluos abandoned the crashing aircraft and charged Xu Lin, but Bear Monarch emerged from a Space Channel and Time Power slowed them.

Chen An and his allies captured Chief of General Staff Shen and moved to eliminate Shen Family commanders embedded in the legions. At the Fifth Division’s garrison, Di Tian struck down the commander as he rallied soldiers to rebel.

• Bear Monarch killed two Super Douluos and, with the others’ help, subdued Chief of General Staff Shen, preventing him from burning his Martial Soul Source.
• Chen An ordered Xu Lin to take Chief of General Staff Shen for interrogation while he went after the Shen Family members in the legions.
• Di Tian opened a Space Channel, and Chen An’s group traveled to the Fifth Division’s garrison.
• The Fifth Division’s commander rallied officers and soldiers to resist the Federation, but Di Tian appeared behind him and pierced his body with a dragon claw.
• The stunned soldiers released their Martial Souls and raised their weapons to attack.

Chen An and his allies carried out the Federation-authorized purge of Shen Family officers in the Central Legion, then arrived at the Western Legion to demand the removal of its Shen Family members. Legion Commander Dong Zi'an verified Chen An’s authorization but questioned whether the Federation had gone too far.

• Di Tian killed the Fifth Division commander, and Chen An warned its soldiers to remain in place while his allies killed Shen Family members and anyone who resisted.
• Chen An and his allies subdued the Eighth Division, killed its Shen Family commander and other resisters, and eliminated nearly a thousand people.
• Chen An’s group traveled to the Western Legion, where Demigod Dong Zi'an detected their arrival and led officers to meet them.
• Chen An presented the Federation’s special authorization and explained that Shen Family members in the Western Legion had to be removed.
• Dong Zi'an confirmed the authorization but asked whether the Shen Family had truly fallen so far and whether the Federation had gone too far.

Chen An forced Dong Zi'an to let his group eliminate every Shen Family member in the Western Legion, warning that resistance would bring the legion into conflict with them. The ensuing slaughter revealed that the Shen Family had prepared to destroy the Western Legion with explosives, but Di Tian and the others killed them before they could carry out their plan.

• Chen An told Dong Zi'an that the Shen Family had betrayed the Federation and demanded that all its members in the Western Legion be killed.
• Chen An warned that the Western Legion could suffer the same fate as the Northern Sea Legion if it sheltered the Shen Family.
• Dong Zi'an agreed to cooperate as long as Chen An's group harmed no one outside the Shen Family.
• Dong Zi'an led Chen An's group to the Shen Family members, and Di Tian, Bear Monarch, and the others killed them during a half-hour slaughter.
• The Shen Family members fought back and revealed they had prepared shells to destroy the Western Legion on Chief of General Staff Shen's orders.

After crushing Shen Family resistance across several legions, Chen An helped the Federation justify its crackdown by extracting Chief of General Staff Shen’s confession. The Southern and Eastern Sea Legion commanders then faced the prospect of Chen An’s arrival and debated whether to surrender Tang Sect personnel or resist.

• Chen An’s group killed the Shen Family members in the Western Legion, earning Dong Zi'an’s gratitude after their plot to destroy the legion was uncovered.
• Chen An had Di Tian take the group to the Northwest and Northern Legions to eliminate their Shen Family members, then returned to Mingdu while planning to target Tang Sect personnel in the Eastern Sea Legion later.
• Chen An used the Soul-Seizing Bell to interrogate Chief of General Staff Shen, and the Federation publicly convicted him and issued a warrant for the Shen Family.
• The Legion Commanders of the Southern Legion, Eastern Sea Legion, and Sea God Legion held a video conference to discuss how to respond to Chen An’s likely arrival.
• Chen Xinjie rejected any thought of compromise, while the Southern and Eastern Sea Legion commanders hesitated over whether to surrender Tang Sect members or fight.

Yue Zhengen weighed the Southern Legion’s options as Chen Xinjie proposed an alliance against Chen An, while officers debated whether to resist or avoid being branded rebels. The chapter ended with Sima Jinchí arguing that aiding Shrek Academy and Tang Sect could bring ruin upon the Southern Legion.

• Chen Xinjie and the Eastern Sea Legion discussed relocating west or meeting the Sea God Legion in the southern waters to form an alliance against Chen An.
• Yue Zhengen considered the Southern Legion’s isolation and rejected relocation as impractical because its industries and roots were tied to the region.
• Yue Zhengen ended the call and convened the Southern Legion’s officers to prepare for a possible confrontation with Chen An.
• Some officers argued that the Southern Legion could defeat Chen An’s group, but another officer warned that the Federation could send additional forces if they resisted.
• Sima Jinchí questioned why the Federal Army should support Shrek Academy and Tang Sect, warning that ties to them could destroy the Southern Legion.