Chapter Summaries

Huo Yuhao and the other young fighters briefly cracked Zhong Liwu’s blood-sacrifice formation before Xuan Zi and Du Busi arrived to protect them. Long Xiaoyao then appeared and demanded that Zhong Liwu end the sacrifice, leaving the three powerful visitors facing a tense standoff.

• Huo Yuhao linked the surviving fighters through Spirit Sharing and directed them to attack one weak point in the formation.
• Ji Juechen, Wang Qiuer, Xiao Hongchen, and the others combined their attacks to crack the formation briefly, but Zhong Liwu answered with a giant palm of death.
• Xuan Zi appeared inside the formation and swallowed Zhong Liwu’s attack, while Du Busi struck the formation and weakened it.
• Long Xiaoyao arrived, ordered Zhong Liwu to end the sacrifice, and asked Xuan Zi and Du Busi to take the injured children away.

Xuan Zi and Du Busi fought Long Xiaoyao while Jing Hongchen and Yan Shaozhe battled Zhong Liwu, buying time for the younger generation to break the Blood Sacrifice Great Array in Maple Leaf City. The teams destroyed three of its nine Array Eyes, but Huo Yuhao feared they could not reach the remaining six before the sacrifice began.

• Xuan Zi and Du Busi attacked Long Xiaoyao, who absorbed their blows and held them off.
• Jing Hongchen and Yan Shaozhe combined Soul Tool firepower and Holy Flame against Zhong Liwu, but the fight remained deadlocked.
• After healers stabilized the wounded and Soul Tool Milk Bottles restored their strength, Huo Yuhao located and marked the array's nine Array Eyes.
• Beibei organized mixed teams that split across Maple Leaf City to destroy the Array Eyes while Nana and Jing Yu handled communications and warnings.
• The teams destroyed three Array Eyes, weakening the array, but Huo Yuhao warned that the remaining six were too scattered and heavily guarded to reach in time.

The three great Soul Engineer Legions shattered the Blood Sacrifice Great Array over Maple Leaf City, forcing the Holy Spirit Cult to retreat. Emperor Xu Tianran then declared war on the former Three Empires and Shrek Academy, leaving the young tournament participants facing a continent-wide conflict.

• The Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion, the Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Legion, and the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion destroyed the weakened barrier around Maple Leaf City with a combined strike.
• Long Xiaoyao and Zhong Liwu withdrew with the remaining Holy Spirit Cult members after Zhong Liwu recognized that their blood sacrifice plan had failed.
• Xu Tianran addressed Maple Leaf City, blamed the former Three Empires and Shrek Academy for the massacre plot, and declared war on them.
• Huo Yuhao, Ji Juechen, Xiao Hongchen, Wang Qiuer, Beibei, Ye Guyi, and Long Aotian realized that their next meeting might be on a real battlefield.

As war spread across the continent, Sword Pavilion and the Tang Sect’s core members trained in the Time Wheel and Golden Ancient Tree secret realms while also taking part in missions and relief efforts. They emerged as Soul Douluo, ready to head toward the Heaven Dou Empire, where the war’s fate was being decided.

• The Sun Moon Empire launched offensives across multiple fronts, capturing provinces and besieging strongholds as civilians fled the fighting.
• Ji Juechen and Sword Pavilion underwent cultivation in Mingde Hall’s Time Wheel Secret Realm, while Huo Yuhao, Wang Donger, and the others trained beneath Shrek Academy’s Golden Ancient Tree.
• Sword Pavilion carried out infiltration and decapitation missions, and Tang Sect members used Huo Yuhao’s Mental Probe Sharing to support rescues and guerrilla operations.
• Ji Juechen broke through to Soul Douluo with an eighth soul ring carrying traces of Annihilation, and the other Sword Pavilion members also reached level eighty.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Donger, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, He Caitou, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao emerged as Soul Douluo from secluded cultivation.
• The two teams turned their attention toward the Heaven Dou Empire as the war intensified there.

The Sword Pavilion infiltrated the Heaven Dou Empire and discovered a weak node in the Imperial Palace’s Extreme Ice Guardian Array. After confirming a plan to disrupt the array for 3.7 seconds, Ji Juechen prepared to strike Guardian Douluo Xue Kui.

• Jing Ziyan briefed the Sword Pavilion on Xue Kui and the Imperial Palace’s defenses, while Jing Yu sensed a faint redundant node in the array.
• Ji Juechen assigned Nana to locate the node and gave Xiao Hongchen, Jing Ziyan, and Gu Yi supporting roles in the mission.
• The Sword Pavilion crossed the Heaven Dou Empire, overcoming patrols and elite soul masters without raising a major alarm.
• After seven days, Nana confirmed the node lay beneath the Imperial Palace’s Ice Cellar and had comparatively weak defenses.
• Xiao Hongchen calculated that a modified Rank 8 Fixed Soul Cannon Shell could sever the node’s connection for 3.7 seconds, giving Ji Juechen an opening to target Xue Kui.

Ji Juechen assassinated the Heaven Dou Empire’s emperor in the Imperial Study after Xiao Hongchen disrupted the protective array. The emperor’s death triggered a crisis of succession and command paralysis, allowing Ju Zi’s forces to break the empire’s front line.

• Xiao Hongchen struck an auxiliary energy node beneath the Imperial Study with the Space Ripper, disrupting the Extreme Ice Guardian Array.
• Ji Juechen used the array’s disturbance to enter the Imperial Study and evade Xue Kui’s attention with his Absolute Silence Domain.
• Ji Juechen killed the emperor with Annihilation: Regicide, bypassing Xue Kui’s attack and the emperor’s defensive Soul Tools.
• Ji Juechen escaped with Nana as Xue Kui ordered Heaven Dou City sealed and the assassin captured.
• News of the emperor’s assassination caused a power vacuum and disarray in the Heaven Dou Empire’s command structure.
• Ju Zi launched a general offensive, and the Heaven Dou Empire’s defensive line collapsed without unified command.

After the Heaven Dou Empire collapsed, Xu Tianran ordered the Sword Pavilion to prepare to attack the Star Luo Empire. Star Luo mobilized for war and sought allies as the Sword Pavilion recovered in North Sea Province before its next campaign.

• After the emperor’s assassination, succession disputes and broken command left the Heaven Dou Empire’s forces divided, allowing Ju Zi to launch a decisive offensive.
• The Sun Moon Empire captured Heaven Dou City, where Xue Kui died defending the capital, and Xu Tianran annexed the former Heaven Dou territory as two provinces.
• Xu Tianran ordered the Sword Pavilion to rest in North Sea Province and prepare to invade the Star Luo Empire.
• The Star Luo Emperor declared a state of war, strengthened the borders, and sent envoys to seek an alliance with the Dou Ling Empire, Shrek Academy, and the Body Sect.
• The Sword Pavilion recovered at its secret base while Ji Juechen reflected on the suffering caused by the war and looked south toward the coming battle.

Ju Zi ordered Sword Pavilion to begin Operation Broken Spine, targeting Star Luo’s commanders and supply network instead of forcing a costly frontal advance. In Luo Er City, Ji Juechen’s team assassinated the city guard commander and destroyed an armory, beginning a shadow campaign against the Star Luo Empire.

• Ju Zi ordered the frontal legions to maintain pressure while Sword Pavilion hunted Star Luo commanders and disrupted its communications and logistics.
• Jing Hongchen accepted Ju Zi’s order to launch Operation Broken Spine.
• A Sword Pavilion assassin killed Luo Er City’s Six-Ring Soul Emperor commander in his study.
• Jing Ziyan ordered Shadow to erase traces and Heavy Hammer to destroy the city’s armory.
• Ji Juechen and his team regrouped as Jing Ziyan reported that the strike would delay supplies to the Iron Shield and Gale Legions by at least seven days.

Beibei and Shrek’s companions confronted the Sword Pavilion squad on a mission to attack a Star Luo supply station. Ji Juechen chose to fight Beibei, leaving their unfinished rivalry poised to resume in the birch forest.

• Star Luo’s command learned that the Ghost Unit had assassinated city leaders and crippled communications, and Beibei agreed that Shrek and the Tang Sect would help stop it.
• Jing Ziyan led the Sword Pavilion squad toward Wolf Howl Valley’s supply station to eliminate its commanders and disrupt the Sun Moon Empire’s operations.
• Ji Juechen sensed Beibei and Shrek approaching, and Jing Ziyan’s radar confirmed that their main force was nearby.
• Beibei, Xu Sanshi, Wang Donger, He Caitou, Jiang Nannan, and Xiao Xiao surrounded the Sword Pavilion squad in the forest.
• Beibei urged Ji Juechen to stop, but Ji Juechen raised his sword and declared that Beibei was his opponent.

The Seven Monsters of Shrek and Ji Juechen’s Sword Pavilion clashed in a battlefield probe, testing their abilities and coordination without seeking a decisive fight. Both sides withdrew after revealing new tactical strengths, leaving their next encounter likely to be more serious.

• Ji Juechen deployed the Sword Pavilion and ordered a probing attack against Beibei’s Shrek group.
• Jing Ziyan, Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Nana, and Ye Guyi tested Shrek’s defenses as their opponents counterattacked.
• Huo Yuhao arrived and used Spiritual Power to coordinate Shrek’s attacks, while Ji Juechen directed the Sword Pavilion with the Team Command Link.
• The two teams’ coordinated tactics countered each other, and Huo Yuhao recognized that Nana’s interference affected his Spirit Detection.
• Ji Juechen ordered Jing Ziyan to release smoke bombs, then cut off the easiest pursuit route as the Sword Pavilion withdrew.
• Huo Yuhao and the Shrek group discussed the Sword Pavilion’s improved teamwork and ended the clash without pursuing them.

Ju Zi used a feint against Rock Fortress to draw Dai Hao’s attention while Sword Pavilion prepared to sever another Star Luo supply route. The chapter left Dai Hao defending the left flank as Ji Juechen’s squad set out for Redwood Town Hub Station.

• Dai Hao ordered the Rock Fortress defenses reinforced and kept on alert as Sun Moon Empire forces held back from a full assault.
• Ju Zi learned that the Seven Monsters of Shrek had returned with Huo Yuhao and ordered a bombardment and tactical feint against Rock Fortress’s left flank.
• Dai Hao committed forces to repel the apparent assault as shells struck the fortress and Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps advanced.
• Ji Juechen and the Sword Pavilion squad reviewed their encounter with the Seven Monsters of Shrek while resting in a concealed valley.
• Jing Ziyan received Ju Zi’s order, and Ji Juechen chose Redwood Town Hub Station as the squad’s next target to cut the route connecting the Fang and Iron Wall legions.

The Sword Pavilion squad rested in the Redwood Forest before Ji Juechen led them on a mission to cripple Redwood Town Hub Station. As night fell, the team began infiltrating the station with assigned roles and a one-shichen deadline.

• Ji Juechen used his Tactical Deduction Module to assess routes to the hub station and detected an increased chance of encountering the Seven Monsters of Shrek.
• Jing Ziyan prepared Stealth Soul Tool components while Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Nana, Ye Guyi, and Jing Yu reviewed their skills and prepared for the mission.
• As night fell, Ji Juechen ordered the squad to attack the Communication Tower and Soul Tool Train Dispatch Center and cripple them within one shichen.
• Ji Juechen assigned each teammate a role, including reconnaissance, fire support, sentry elimination, purification, communications interference, and rear protection.
• The seven members of the Sword Pavilion squad silently infiltrated toward Redwood Town.

Ji Juechen led the Sword Pavilion team into Redwood Town and destroyed its Communication Tower, cutting contact between the Fang and Iron Wall Legions. They escaped after Huo Yuhao’s scan nearly exposed them, but the Seven Monsters of Shrek became more alert and began pursuing them.

• Ji Juechen guided the Sword Pavilion team through an abandoned drainage system while Nana and Meng Hongchen silently dealt with the guards and hidden posts.
• Jing Yu subdued two technical soldiers, and Xiao Hongchen and Jing Ziyan planted explosives and communication jammers beneath the Communication Tower.
• Huo Yuhao’s Spiritual Power scan swept over the team as they withdrew, but Jing Ziyan’s Stealth Soul Tool concealed them until the scan passed.
• The team escaped to the redwood forest, and their explosives destroyed the Communication Tower and damaged the Dispatch Center.
• Huo Yuhao, Beibei, Xu Sanshi, and Wang Donger arrived too late to stop the attack, while Ji Juechen’s system warned that future encounters would be riskier.

While Ju Zi’s artillery pinned Dai Hao’s forces at Rock Fortress, Ji Juechen and the Sword Pavilion team struck Redwood Town’s communications and supply network. Dai Hao realized the coordinated attacks were wearing down the Star Luo Empire from both sides, and the war left him facing even harder times.

• Dai Hao ordered reserve soul masters to reinforce Rock Fortress’s left wing as Sun Moon Empire bombardment battered the defenses.
• Ji Juechen led the Sword Pavilion team into Redwood Town, where Meng Hongchen subdued guards and the team infiltrated the Dispatch Center.
• Ji Juechen disabled the Dispatch Center’s core console while Ye Guyi knocked out the dispatchers, and Jing Ziyan planted explosives.
• Xiao Hongchen destroyed an anti-air Soul Cannon Turret, drawing defenders away as the team escaped and the explosives engulfed the Dispatch Center and supply trains.
• Dai Hao learned that Redwood Town’s Communication Tower and Dispatch Center had been destroyed and contact with the Fang and Iron Wall Legions had been cut off.
• Dai Hao ordered the Fang and Iron Wall Legions to use backup communications and hold their positions while awaiting reinforcements.

After Sword Pavilion escaped Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Detection, Ju Zi ordered the team to deepen its attacks behind enemy lines as pressure mounted on the main battlefield. Ji Juechen accepted the next mission and led his companions toward the Black Cloud Valley Supply Transfer Station.

• Ji Juechen diverted Sword Pavilion into the Black Wind Mountains, where the team evaded Huo Yuhao’s sweeping Spirit Detection.
• Ju Zi ordered the Imperial Dragon and Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps to bombard Rock Fortress without pause, preventing Dai Hao from sending troops to protect his rear.
• Jing Ziyan decoded Ju Zi’s order assigning Sword Pavilion three supply stockpiles and two Soul Engineer training camps as new targets.
• Ji Juechen received the mission chain “Deep Strike Annihilation” and chose the Black Cloud Valley Supply Transfer Station as their next target.
• Ji Juechen led Sword Pavilion deeper into the Star Luo Empire while artillery fire intensified behind them.

Sword Pavilion sabotaged Black Cloud Valley’s rare-metal stores and defense array, then evaded the Seven Monsters of Shrek through the Black Wind Mountains. Ji Juechen redirected the team toward Backup Rendezvous Point Three as their mission continued behind enemy lines.

• Ji Juechen led Sword Pavilion into Black Cloud Valley, where Meng Hongchen took down sentries and Jing Ziyan and Ye Guyi planted explosives in Warehouse Three and the Number Seven storage yard.
• Xiao Hongchen destroyed the valley entrance Defense Array, throwing the garrison into chaos as Sword Pavilion withdrew up the cliff.
• Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Lock marked the team, and the Seven Monsters of Shrek pursued them into the Black Wind Mountains.
• Ji Juechen used Tactical Deduction and Team Command Link to guide Sword Pavilion through the terrain and evade the pursuit.
• Sword Pavilion escaped the Spirit Lock in a Spirit Power Disturbance Zone, and Ji Juechen ordered the team toward Backup Rendezvous Point Three.

After Sword Pavilion requested a strategic redeployment, Ju Zi ordered Ji Juechen and his companions to withdraw toward the Rust Mountains while the Sun Moon Empire intensified its frontal attacks. As they set out, Dai Hao and the Seven Monsters of Shrek began planning a trap to eliminate them.

• Ji Juechen assessed Sword Pavilion’s fatigue and depleted supplies, then sent the Command Center a request to change their mission.
• Ju Zi approved the redeployment to the Rust Mountains and ordered Royal Dragon and the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps to distract Star Luo’s forces with stronger attacks on Rock Fortress.
• Ji Juechen received the order, instructed the group to rest before departing, and began planning a concealed route westward.
• Dai Hao judged Sword Pavilion’s westward movement to be a strategic withdrawal and insisted they still had to be eliminated.
• Huo Yuhao suggested preparing a battlefield to lure Sword Pavilion into a trap, and Beibei began considering their likely next target.

Sword Pavilion hid in the Rust Mountains to recover and prepare for its next mission while Ji Juechen’s system detected rising enemy activity. Huo Yuhao and Beibei persuaded the Star Luo Empire’s western governor to begin a targeted hunt, leaving both sides preparing for a dangerous search through the mountains.

• Ji Juechen led Sword Pavilion to a concealed cave in the Rust Mountains, where the team rested, set defenses, and assessed its dwindling supplies.
• Ji Juechen assigned the team recovery and preparation tasks, including mapping nearby terrain, maintaining Soul Tools, and reinforcing the cave defenses.
• The western governor read a report placing Sword Pavilion in the Rust Mountains and asked Huo Yuhao for a plan.
• Huo Yuhao proposed that the Seven Monsters of Shrek search with elite local troops while the governor’s forces monitored supply routes, and Beibei stressed that Sword Pavilion would need to resupply.
• The governor approved the plan, and Ji Juechen’s system warned that regional intelligence activity had increased and the enemy might be narrowing down Sword Pavilion’s location.

Ji Juechen received the Empire’s highest-priority order to destroy the Ring of Giant Trees supply center in the Sever Flow mission. Despite the system estimating the Sword Pavilion’s survival rate at below fifteen percent, he accepted the mission and began preparations for the strike.

• Ji Juechen received the Sever Flow directive to cripple the Ring of Giant Trees supply center and briefed the Sword Pavilion on its objective.
• The Sword Pavilion members prepared for the destruction-class mission, with Ji Juechen assigning each of them tasks for the next twelve hours.
• Ju Zi explained to Jing Hongchen that destroying the supply center would enable the Thunder plan against Rock Fortress, and declared that every cost was acceptable.
• Ji Juechen’s system calculated a survival rate below fifteen percent, but he rejected reassessment and committed himself to carrying out the order.

Sword Pavilion raided the Ring of Giant Trees, exploiting a brief fluctuation in its shield to break inside and attack its Soul Tool facilities. Ji Juechen reached a production workshop and Rare Metals store, where three Titled Douluo stood ready to stop him.

• Ji Juechen identified a 0.7-second shield gap and assigned Sword Pavilion members roles for the raid.
• Jing Ziyan triggered interference while Ji Juechen cut through the shield, allowing Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to follow him inside.
• Nana scanned the interior as Jing Yu and Ye Guyi held off the guards outside the breach.
• Ji Juechen, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen fought through defenders and Soul Tool defenses while following Nana's directions.
• Ji Juechen broke into a workshop and Rare Metals store, where he faced three Titled Douluo.