Chapter Summaries

Qian Chaoguang learned that Di Tian was preparing a Beast Tide and warned Shrek, the Body Sect, and the empires, but before their leaders could agree on a response, the Sun Moon Empire launched its invasion. Its surprise attack shattered the Star Luo Empire’s defenses at the Mingdou Mountain Range, though Xu Jiawei’s precautions kept Dai Hao away from the initial blast.

• Qian Chaoguang told Huo Yutong that Di Tian was planning a Beast Tide, and they agreed to warn the other factions.
• Qian Chaoguang and Yan Shaozhe informed Du Busi and the Shrek leaders, prompting emergency meetings and preparations.
• Elder Song carried Elder Xuan’s letter to Star Luo City while representatives of the four factions met through the night.
• The Sun Moon Empire fired Level Nine Fixed Soul Cannonballs at the Mingdou Mountain Range, collapsing the front line and beginning the war.
• Dai Hao survived because Xu Jiawei had ordered him to withdraw to Tianming City, but the Star Luo Empire’s armies suffered devastating casualties and lost the Mingdou Mountain Range.

After the Mingdou Mountain Range fell, Qian Chaoguang advised Star Luo and Heaven Dou on how to respond while keeping Shrek’s strongest fighters in reserve against the Beast Tide. He then infiltrated the front lines to steal an Ultra-High-Altitude Detection Soul Tool, where he discovered that flying above the ground sharply increased his Soul Power consumption.

• Qian Chaoguang announced that the Sun Moon Empire had breached the Mingdou Mountain Range and routed the Northwest Group Army, prompting Xu Jiujiu and Vina to panic.
• Qian Chaoguang urged Xu Jiujiu to return to Star Luo City and advised Vina that Heaven Dou was the Sun Moon Empire’s true target, while warning Jin Peng to keep Du Busi out of enemy territory.
• Qian Chaoguang persuaded Xuan Zi and the Sea God Pavilion elders to keep Shrek’s strongest fighters at home and strengthen the city’s defenses against the Beast Tide.
• Star Luo gathered most of its Soul Master Corps at Tianming City while the Sun Moon Empire held its position; Heaven Dou reinforced its western border after scouts discovered Holy Spirit Cult members lying in ambush.
• Qian Chaoguang secretly entered the Mingdou Mountain Range confrontation zone to steal an Ultra-High-Altitude Detection Soul Tool for Xuan Ziwen to study.
• Qian Chaoguang flew above the detection tools and found that his Soul Power consumption rose sharply with altitude, reaching an alarming rate at three thousand meters.

Qian Chaoguang scouted the Sun Moon Empire’s defenses, warned Star Luo’s commanders that Ye Xishui and the Death God Soul Tool made an assault on Mingdou Mountain Range suicidal, and left for Heaven Dou as Ju Zi reacted to missing detection tools. The chapter ended with Dai Hao weighing defiance of the emperor’s orders while Ju Zi strengthened surveillance along the Star Luo border.

• Qian Chaoguang dismantled and stole an Ultra-High-Altitude Detection Soul Tool, then mapped the Sun Moon Empire’s defenses around Mingdou Mountain Range and discovered the Death God Soul Tool.
• Qian Chaoguang visited Dai Hao’s headquarters, presented his map, and explained that the Sun Moon Empire had shifted its main forces toward Heaven Dou rather than preparing to invade Star Luo.
• Xu Jiujiu proposed an assault on Mingdou Mountain Range, but Qian Chaoguang warned that Ye Xishui and the soul-powered Death God Soul Tool would destroy any force sent against them.
• Dai Hao accepted Qian Chaoguang’s warning, while Xu Jiujiu agreed to consult her brother about redirecting Dou Ling reinforcements toward Heaven Dou.
• Qian Chaoguang left for Heaven Dou as Ju Zi learned that three Ultra-High-Altitude Detection Soul Tools had disappeared and ordered tighter reconnaissance along Star Luo’s western frontier.
• Dai Hao considered defying the imperial decree to put pressure on the Sun Moon Empire, while Ju Zi continued implementing her war plan.

Ju Zi launched her attack on the Heaven Dou Empire as Star Luo’s Suicide Squad destroyed much of the Sun Moon Empire’s aerial surveillance before being devastated by the Death God Tower. Dai Hao and Xu Jiujiu planned further resistance, while Qian Chaoguang arrived in Heaven Dou City and presented his credentials at the Body Sect’s barracks.

• Ju Zi ordered the Sun Moon Empire’s forces to attack at dawn and told Ye Yulin to seek the Holy Spirit Cult’s cooperation.
• Dai Hao sent Xuanji Douluo and a Suicide Squad to destroy the Sun Moon Empire’s High-Altitude Detection Soul Tools in the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• The Death God Tower struck the Suicide Squad, killing two Titled Douluo and more than twenty Soul Douluo, while Xuanji Douluo was critically wounded.
• Dai Hao proposed sending scouts and a second force into the Sun Moon Empire, and Xu Jiujiu ordered Dai Yueheng to remain alive and protect the empire’s future.
• Xu Jiujiu agreed to seek Fixed Soul Cannonballs from Xu Jiawei as Dai Hao prepared further resistance.
• Qian Chaoguang reached Heaven Dou City and showed his Body Sect and Heaven Dou Royal Family tokens to the guards at the Imperial Guard barracks.

Qian Chaoguang joined Du Busi at the Heavenly Soul court as the empire faced a Sun Moon invasion, while his scorched-earth strategy slowed the enemy’s advance. Ju Zi’s army captured another city but struggled with emptied granaries, missing officials, and growing resistance, leaving her frustrated by the scheme.

• Qian Chaoguang told Du Busi that the Star Luo and Dou Ling forces were moving toward Heaven Dou City, while the Heavenly Soul border had fallen after heavy losses.
• Du Busi brought Qian Chaoguang to court, where he introduced him as Mu En’s disciple, Shrek’s future Sea God Pavilion Master, and the strategist behind the Mingdu operation.
• The Heavenly Soul Emperor followed Qian Chaoguang’s advice to abandon the western region, evacuate civilians and supplies, and make the Sun Moon army fight for every city.
• Ju Zi’s forces advanced slowly as cities were emptied of grain and records, officials disappeared, and surrendered defenders forced the Sun Moon army to leave troops behind to govern.
• Ju Zi confiscated the nobles’ property for supplies, ordered troublesome nobles killed, and heard that the Eternal God Cult was helping civilians while refusing to reveal where officials and grain had gone.

As the Eternal God Cult spread through practical aid and useful divine statues, the Sun Moon Empire’s advance forced the Heaven Dou Empire to gather its remaining forces in Heaven Dou City for a last stand. With the city’s defense battle set to begin the next day, Qian Chaoguang prepared to speak with Long Aotian and hoped to keep him from dying in the war.

• Ju Zi considered how the Eternal God Cult’s useful statues and open-handed charity had won followers across the Four Great Empires, while its missionaries rejected lavish churches and golden statues.
• The Sun Moon Empire surrounded Heaven Dou City with its main forces after conquering the territory west of the capital, while reinforcements from the Dou Ling and Star Luo Empires joined the defenders.
• The Tian Hun Emperor rallied Heaven Dou City’s officials to defend the empire, and Qian Chaoguang watched as they vowed to fight to the death.
• Du Busi had evacuated Body Sect disciples and resources toward Shrek City, while Qian Chaoguang arranged a hotel and other property for their refuge.
• After the final court session, the Tian Hun Emperor went to the city walls, and Qian Chaoguang sought out Long Aotian before the battle began the next day.

Qian Chaoguang gave Long Aotian a Class 6 Invincible Barrier before the Sun Moon Empire began its assault on Heaven Dou City. As the opening exchange of the siege unfolded, the empire’s powerful Soul Masters intercepted the attackers’ first counterstrike, leaving the battle unresolved.

• Qian Chaoguang gave Long Aotian a Class 6 Invincible Barrier for protection, and Vina arrived carrying one of her own.
• At dawn, the Tian Hun Emperor and Heaven Dou City’s defenders prepared for battle as Ju Zi ordered the Sun Moon Empire’s army to advance.
• Qian Chaoguang explained to Huo Yutong that modern warfare relied increasingly on Soul Tool artillery and bombardment rather than troop numbers.
• The Tian Hun Emperor ordered Heaven Dou City’s Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannons to fire, while the Sun Moon Empire’s defenses intercepted most of the shells.
• The Sun Moon Empire launched a powerful counterattack, and Heaven Dou City’s Titled Douluo and Soul Douluo used their soul skills to stop it in midair.

Sun Moon Empire forces battered Heaven Dou City, while Qian Chaoguang helped defend the walls and tried to understand Ju Zi’s strategy. Ju Zi ordered a limited probing attack for the day and planned a full assault at dawn, leaving Qian Chaoguang suspecting her larger objective might have changed.

• Qian Chaoguang warned the Soul Masters not to rush out, but a barrage of high-level Soul Tools killed one Titled Douluo and more than ten Soul Douluo before Du Busi blocked the remaining attacks.
• Qian Chaoguang healed the wounded as the Tian Hun Emperor ordered Soul Masters below Soul Ancestor rank to fill Milk Bottles in the rear and keep them away from the front lines.
• Ju Zi rejected Feng Ling’s offer to send Long Xiaoyao and the Holy Spirit Cult into battle, choosing to test Heaven Dou City’s defenses while guarding against its possible Level Nine Fixed Soul Cannonballs.
• Ju Zi ordered the Hand of the Nation Protector to withdraw, reduced the firing rate, and scheduled a full assault on Heaven Dou City for dawn the next day.
• Qian Chaoguang observed the Sun Moon Empire’s weakened bombardment and inferred that Ju Zi might besiege the city while leading her forces north if the next assault failed.

Heaven Dou City repelled the Sun Moon Empire’s first attack, but Ju Zi prepared a massive direct assault the next morning. As the armies entered firing range, the Tian Hun Emperor ordered Heaven Dou City’s cannons to open fire, beginning the decisive battle.

• The Sun Moon Empire retreated after its first assault, and Heaven Dou City celebrated its costly victory while messengers carried news to Star Luo and Dou Ling.
• Qian Chaoguang warned the Tian Hun Emperor that Ju Zi’s true intentions made the coming battle dangerous, and Ju Zi chose not to launch a decapitation attack that night.
• At dawn, Ju Zi advanced the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool Array Position toward Heaven Dou City, while Feng Ling and Ye Yulin faced the defenders above the western gate.
• Qian Chaoguang told Huo Yutong to stay back and support the defenders from range unless they were forced to fight directly.
• As the Sun Moon army entered firing range, the Tian Hun Emperor ordered the Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannons to fire, and their bombardment shattered several Soul Guide Shields.

Ju Zi launched the Sun Moon Empire’s full assault on Heaven Dou City, but Du Busi and the defenders disrupted her plans as both sides fought a desperate battle. Huo Yutong stood at the breached wall, using her Spiritual Domain to direct a barrage against the Sun Moon army.

• Ju Zi ordered the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon forces to attack Heaven Dou City, and Feng Ling led the assault.
• The Tian Hun Emperor and Du Busi joined the defense, while Du Busi struck Feng Ling and killed a Rank 9 Soul Engineer as Long Xiaoyao confronted him.
• Du Busi and Long Xiaoyao fought above the Sun Moon army, disrupting its detection network, while Jin Peng and other powerful fighters engaged their opponents.
• Heaven Dou’s forces poured out of the city in a determined charge against the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool array positions.
• Ju Zi observed the battle outside her command tent and grew furious as the defenders’ weapons and attacks inflicted heavy losses.
• Huo Yutong used her Spiritual Domain to protect the breach and guide a hundred Level 7 Floating Cannons and three Level 8 Eyes of Terror against the Sun Moon army.

Qian Chaoguang used Light Share to heal and protect thousands of Heaven Soul fighters, keeping them in the battle while his power rapidly dwindled. Ju Zi noticed that Heaven Soul’s casualties were far lower than expected and began considering a withdrawal as losses mounted on both sides.

• Huo Yutong overwhelmed the Sun Moon Clawed Soul Engineer Regiment with long-range attacks while Vina enhanced her.
• A Body Sect disciple survived a nearly fatal Soul Tool Ray wound thanks to Angel’s Blessing, then returned to the fight after recovering.
• Qian Chaoguang used Light Share and Angel’s Blessing to heal allied fighters across the battlefield, drawing on Milk Bottles and support from the Tian Hun Emperor and others.
• Qian Chaoguang’s spiritual power ran dry, so he used his final Divine Sense guidance to grant the fighters one last collective Angel’s Blessing.
• The battle continued with Heaven Soul’s warriors fighting fiercely, while Long Xiaoyao battled Du Busi in the sky.
• Ju Zi saw that Heaven Soul’s casualties were unexpectedly low and considered withdrawing as Sun Moon’s losses approached her limit.

Heaven Dou City survived the Sun Moon Empire’s assault, but the defenders suffered devastating losses, leaving Qian Chaoguang unsure whether they could withstand another attack. He predicted the enemy would shift to a war of attrition and expand northward, while Huo Yutong and Du Busi wondered if he had another way to break the deadlock.

• Ju Zi ordered the Sun Moon Empire to withdraw rather than risk greater losses, and the Heaven Dou Empire’s forces returned to the city without pursuing them.
• Qian Chaoguang assessed the devastating casualties, including the destruction of four Soul Engineer legions and heavy losses among the Body Sect and reinforcements.
• Du Busi dismissed Qian Chaoguang’s attempt to heal him and lamented that the battle had nearly destroyed the Body Sect’s accumulated strength.
• Qian Chaoguang told Du Busi and the Tian Hun Emperor that the next battle would likely be less intense, but warned that Heaven Dou City could not survive another full assault.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that the Sun Moon Empire would likely abandon Heaven Dou City and advance north, while the Tian Hun Emperor left in despair.
• Huo Yutong asked Qian Chaoguang whether he had any way to break the deadlock without using the Undead Empire’s forces, as Du Busi listened.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong returned to Shrek City with survivors from the Body Sect as the Sun Moon Empire rapidly overran the Heaven Dou Empire. Elder Xuan revealed his despair over the approaching Beast Tide and the likely fall of Shrek, leaving Qian Chaoguang to consider how to protect the academy’s future.

• The Sun Moon Empire reduced its forces at Heaven Dou City, while the Tian Hun Emperor and Du Busi watched the city hold without knowing how the empire could survive.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong returned to Shrek City with Golden Body Douluo Jin Peng, Long Aotian, Princess Veena, and other Body Sect and Heavenly Soul survivors.
• Huo Yutong saw signs that the Golden Ancient Tree was withering, and Elder Xuan said the academy had been unable to stop its decline.
• Elder Xuan told Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong that the Sun Moon Empire had seized more than a third of the Heaven Dou Empire and was driving northeast as the Dou Ling Empire sent reinforcements.
• Elder Xuan explained that Shrek was focusing on defending itself against the Beast Tide and admitted he expected the academy might fall, urging the siblings to survive and rebuild it if they could.
• Qian Chaoguang promised that they would find a way, while Elder Xuan sent the siblings to rest and handle the problems awaiting them.

Qian Chaoguang weighed Shrek Academy’s lack of leverage against the Beast Tide, then met Beibei to arrange weapons for the Academy’s Soul Engineer Corps. He offered to supply Shrek with captured Sun Moon Empire military equipment, leaving Beibei stunned and awaiting his decision.

• Qian Chaoguang rejected kidnapping Qiu'er or seeking help from Da Ming and Er Ming as viable ways to stop Di Tian, and concluded Shrek lacked the strength to negotiate with the soul beasts.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong encountered Beibei, who explained that Shrek’s Soul Engineer Corps had been selected but still needed weapons and equipment.
• Qian Chaoguang reviewed the Academy’s order list and realized Xuan Ziwen had already developed Linked Soul Tools, which Huo Yutong reminded him he had approved.
• Qian Chaoguang promised that the Academy’s All-Terrain Self-Propelled Turrets could be delivered immediately, its mechs within a month, and the remaining equipment within three months.
• Qian Chaoguang offered Beibei enough Sun Moon Empire military supplies to equip two Beast King Level Soul Engineer Corps and one elite Soul Engineer Corps, asking only for material costs.

Qian Chaoguang offered Shrek Academy a large cache of Sun Moon Empire Soul Tools at a steep discount, while he and Huo Yutong visited Zhang Bowen and toured the growing operations in the demi-plane. The chapter left Qian Chaoguang heading toward the research district as Dragon One hoped for a chance to enter the outside world.

• Qian Chaoguang offered Beibei a batch of fourth- to seventh-class Soul Tools for Shrek Academy to buy at the cost of materials, and Beibei hurried to consult Elder Xuan.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong passed the Body Sect's new site and visited the Eternal God Cult's headquarters, where Zhang Bowen joked with them about the god's automatic replies.
• Zhang Bowen reported on the cult's work, and Qian Chaoguang's spirits lifted as he and Huo Yutong returned to the demi-plane.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong saw the busy Hub Hall and flew with Dragon One toward the research district.
• Dragon One complained about being confined to the demi-plane, and Qian Chaoguang promised he would eventually get a chance to enter the main material plane.

Qian Chaoguang reviewed the Imperial Research Department’s achievements and discovered that its researchers had made major advances in Soul Tools and artificial Soul Rings. He rushed to Electrolux’s laboratory, where Ji Juechen had formed a blank Soul Ring and was attempting to give it a Soul Skill.

• Huo Yutong went to assess the factory’s production capacity while Qian Chaoguang visited Xuan Ziwen at the research area.
• A lich gave Qian Chaoguang the Imperial Research Department Achievement List, which Xiao Tong had arranged to keep updated.
• Qian Chaoguang read about the department’s new Soul Tools, including powerful Fixed Soul Cannonballs, improved Charging Towers, and linked Soul Tools, and renamed the first Level Nine Fixed Soul Cannonball East Wind.
• Qian Chaoguang found the list’s final entry, Heart of the Soul (Pseudo), and hurried to Electrolux’s laboratory.
• Ji Juechen condensed a blank Soul Ring and established an initial connection with the laws as Electrolux guided the experiment toward creating a Soul Skill.

Ji Juechen nearly completed an Artificial Soul Ring, but it shattered because his generated soul skill overwhelmed its foundation. The method remained difficult for nearly everyone to use, and Electrolux showed Qian Chaoguang that their Pseudo Heart of the Soul was unstable and could not last.

• Electrolux’s research team watched Ji Juechen generate a soul skill and begin imprinting it onto a Blank Soul Ring.
• Electrolux recognized that the Soul Ring was about to fail, ordered the researchers to record the data, and shielded Ji Juechen when it exploded.
• Qian Chaoguang healed Ji Juechen, who said the experiment had nearly succeeded and proposed strengthening the Soul Ring before generating the skill next time.
• Electrolux gave Qian Chaoguang a report showing that forming a connection with the laws was difficult, leaving few Soul Masters capable of using the Soul Ring Condensation Method.
• Electrolux explained that Mo Xuan might be able to use the method, while Bo Wen and Dai Luoli were unlikely to manage it.
• Electrolux showed Qian Chaoguang a model of the Pseudo Heart of the Soul, whose structure leaked Soul Power and remained unstable.

Qian Chaoguang learned that Electrolux and several Undead Beings could briefly use a Pseudo Heart of the Soul, but they could not defeat Di Tian, leaving him to seek another way to survive the Beast Tide. Huo Yutong told Beibei that the Iron Blood Sect had been almost wiped out defending Heaven Dou City, while the war continued to grind down the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Electrolux explained that he and Dragon One, Dragon Two, and Dragon Three could temporarily fight at elevated strength, but could not defeat Di Tian, and warned that taking over Qian Chaoguang's body would endanger them both.
• Huo Yutong returned to the Tang Sect and told Beibei that the Iron Blood Sect's Soul Ancestors and stronger cultivators had died defending Heaven Dou City, leaving Tang Ya able to reclaim the ancestral land easily.
• Beibei realized the Iron Blood Sect had fought bravely against the Sun Moon Empire despite being the Tang Sect's enemy, and worried how Tang Ya would react to learning that her parents' killers had died in battle.
• Dai Hao used dispersed forces and guerrilla attacks to slow the Sun Moon Empire's advance, while Heaven Dou City continued to suffer costly daily sieges.
• The Sun Moon Empire's army kept wearing down Heaven Dou City's defenses, and the Tian Hun Emperor grew increasingly desperate as the Heaven Dou Empire's resources dwindled.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong investigated Dragon City’s surrender and discovered its lord had secretly aided the Sun Moon Empire, while suspecting his role in Old Butler’s death. Meanwhile, Ju Zi prepared to exploit the rare-metal vein near the Extreme North as the Sun Moon Empire struggled with mounting military setbacks.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong traveled to Dragon City to seize the Sun Moon Empire’s mined rare metals and inspect the occupation.
• The Dragon City branch manager reported that the city had surrendered quickly, suffered no damage, and was being won over through the distribution of Soul Tools.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong investigated the City Lord’s Residence and overheard the city lord admit he had supplied Ju Zi with rare-metal vein locations.
• Qian Chaoguang concluded the city lord might have helped arrange Old Butler’s death, and Huo Yutong marked him with a supernatural red chain.
• Ju Zi remained near the Extreme North with the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Regiment, planning to mine the vein as Star Luo guerrillas and other setbacks strained the Sun Moon Empire.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong traveled to the Extreme North to drive out the Sun Moon Empire’s miners and enlist the region’s Soul Beasts in the Undead Empire. After Snow Empress summoned the beasts, Qian Chaoguang outlined a plan to ignite the Ice God’s divine fire and pass it to Huo Yutong, while the gathered Soul Beasts bowed before Snow Empress and Ice Empress.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong reached the Sun Moon Empire’s Rare Metal mining site, where Ju Zi’s troops and mining crews were extracting ore, and summoned Snow Empress and Ice Empress to reclaim the Extreme North.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong entered the Extreme North Core Area, met a family of Ice Bears, and watched Ice Empress identify herself to them and send them away as messengers.
• Snow Empress told Ice Empress that she had grown tired of her old life and admired humanity’s creativity, while Qian Chaoguang explained his plan to gather the Extreme North’s faith and transfer the Ice God’s divine fire to Huo Yutong.
• Snow Empress performed a dance that summoned thousands of Soul Beasts from across the Extreme North, and the gathered beasts prostrated themselves before her and Ice Empress.