Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yuheng fought Long Xiaoyao in East City while Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao battled their way toward Xu Tianran. The chapter left Long Xiaoyao preparing to unleash his full strength as the others struggled to push through the defenders before the Evil Lord Soul Engineer Corps returned.

• Long Xiaoyao summoned the Dark Holy Dragon and challenged Jiang Yuheng, who warned that he would not spare Mingdu's great families during the battle.
• Jiang Yuheng's bloodline and Martial Soul overwhelmed Long Xiaoyao, while their fight left the defenses of the other three cities vulnerable to heavy losses.
• Long Xiaoyao shifted from defense to offense and drew the surrounding world into darkness as he tried to regain the peak of his strength.
• Jiang Yuheng used his Time Domain to read Long Xiaoyao's movements and expanded the Frost Dragon's space within the dark domain.
• Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao found that Jiang Yuheng's pills had reduced their lifespans but caused few physical effects, and they continued fighting toward Xu Tianran.
• Huo Yuhao warned that the Evil Lord Soul Engineer Corps was rapidly returning, while Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao struggled to get past the Soul Engineers without harming Mingdu's commoners.

Jiang Yuheng, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er created a staged attack on Mingdu to draw the Soul Engineer Corps away, while Ju Zi used the Emperor's Token to order the army back. The chapter ended with Ju Zi insisting that her judgment of Jiang Yuheng was right, despite having no evidence.

• Jiang Yuheng approved Xiao Xiao and Wang Dong'er’s plan to damage Mingdu’s wealthy districts and provoke the Soul Engineer Corps into returning, while they avoided causing casualties.
• Jiang Yuheng kept Long Xiaoyao occupied as Huo Yuhao went out to intercept the approaching Evil Lord Soul Engineer Corps.
• Ju Zi returned to the Heaven Dou Empire General Command and faced commanders who condemned her for abandoning the operation near Dragon City.
• Ju Zi presented Xu Tianran’s Emperor’s Token and ordered the army to withdraw, leaving the commanders unable to object.
• The Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps’ vice commander questioned Ju Zi’s decision, and Ju Zi explained that she trusted her judgment of Jiang Yuheng and their rivalry.

Sun Moon Empire withdrew from Heaven Dou Empire after Jiang Yuheng’s strategy helped end the invasion, leaving widespread devastation and heavy casualties. When the returning army found Mingdu ruined, its soldiers learned that only four people had attacked the capital.

• Sun Moon Empire withdrew its troops in batches, leaving Heaven Dou Empire’s cities devastated and its people grieving their dead.
• Mu En and Xuan Zi mourned the fallen, while Yan Shaozhe delivered the battle report and Mu En said they should wait for Jiang Yuheng’s return.
• Yan Shaozhe called Cai Mei'er about his bet with Xuan Zi, and Cai Mei'er praised Jiang Yuheng’s insight into Soul Tools.
• Five days later, Ju Zi and the allied army returned to Mingdu and found it reduced to ruins.
• A furious Soul Engineer commander questioned a civilian, who said four people—not the Star Luo Empire’s army—had attacked Mingdu.

After Mingdu was destroyed, the returning Sun Moon Empire legion commanders reported that four powerful Spirit Masters had overwhelmed the city. Xu Tianran questioned them about their delayed return, and Ju Zi took responsibility for the defeat, prompting the commanders to plead for her.

• A soldier reported that four enemies, including an Ice Attribute Spirit Master, had restrained Dragon Emperor Douluo and devastated Mingdu.
• The legion commanders organized supply distribution and civilian protection, then went to the Imperial Palace to meet Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianran demanded to know why the legions had returned late, and commander Zhang began admitting his misjudgment.
• Ju Zi knelt and claimed responsibility for the defeat, saying her decision to continue the offensive had exposed Mingdu to destruction.
• The legion commanders pleaded for Ju Zi's lenient treatment and offered their military merits in exchange.

Ju Zi secured Xu Tianran’s support and took control of the Sun Moon Empire’s military power after returning to Mingdu. As she waited at the border for news of Jiang Yuheng’s attack, she reflected on her admiration for him and accepted that they were destined to become enemies.

• Legion commander Zhang and the other commanders pressured Xu Tianran to spare Ju Zi, and he revoked her command of the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps while letting her keep her life.
• After the commanders left, Xu Tianran told Ju Zi he had cooperated with her to bring the military leaders under her control and offered to support her.
• Ju Zi returned to her private palace, where Fire Phoenix Douluo realized that a young man had advised her about the plan.
• At the Sun Moon Empire’s border, Ju Zi ordered her forces to keep gathering intelligence and waited another day for news of Jiang Yuheng.
• Alone in the mountains at night, Ju Zi thought that Jiang Yuheng was her soulmate but resolved that she might have to kill him because they were enemies.

Jiang Yuheng met Ju Zi at the Sun Moon Empire’s border and confirmed their cooperation after his attack destroyed every building in Mingdu while sparing ordinary civilians. He accepted her rare metals and agreed to a one-month ceasefire in exchange for Soul Tools, then returned with Wang Dong'er to the Western Army Group headquarters, where Dai Hao welcomed him and apologized.

• Ju Zi asked Jiang Yuheng whether Mingdu had been destroyed and what casualties his attack had caused, and he confirmed the destruction while saying he had protected ordinary civilians.
• Ju Zi paid Jiang Yuheng with a ring containing half of the rare metals collected from the Heaven Dou Empire campaign, and he accepted it.
• Ju Zi proposed a one-month ceasefire in exchange for two level 8 Soul Tools and two level 9 Soul Tool High-Explosive Bombs, and Jiang Yuheng agreed.
• Wang Dong'er asked Jiang Yuheng about his agreement with Ju Zi, and he explained that she had sent an anonymous letter and supplies while he was researching Artificial Soul Spirits.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er reached the Western Army Group headquarters, where Dai Hao embraced Jiang Yuheng and apologized for having underestimated him.

After the victory at Mingdu, Jiang Yuheng celebrated with the Northwestern Army Group and shared a private moment with Wang Dong'er. He and Huo Yuhao then set off toward the Far North to investigate why the Sun Moon Empire had targeted Dragon City, while Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao returned to oversee Spirit Pagoda affairs.

• Jiang Yuheng credited the White Tiger Duke for holding off the Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Legion, and the Northwestern Army Group celebrated their victory.
• Jiang Yuheng asked Wang Dong'er for the promised reward, and she kissed him; the next morning, he joked with Huo Yuhao about married life.
• Huo Yuhao told Jiang Yuheng that he had broken through again, and Jiang Yuheng chose the Far North as their next destination to investigate Dragon City.
• Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao reasoned that the Sun Moon Empire's decision to stop at Dragon City suggested the area held a valuable resource or treasure.
• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao decided to return to the academy and oversee the Spirit Pagoda handover, while Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao continued toward the Far North.

Jiang Yuheng took Huo Yuhao to the Far North to find a suitable Soul Spirit for his seventh Spirit Ring. With help from Ice Empress and Snow Empress, they settled on Xiao Bai, whose cultivation was just over two hundred thousand years, and headed to find him.

• Jiang Yuheng agreed to let Bei Bei manage the Spirit Pagoda while he and Huo Yuhao traveled, and Wang Dong'er kissed him goodbye.
• Jiang Yuheng asked Huo Yuhao what he needed for his seventh Spirit Ring, and Huo Yuhao said he wanted a Soul Beast over a hundred thousand years old that could form a Soul Spirit Contract.
• Ice Empress and Sky Dream Ice Silkworm discussed possible candidates, and Snow Empress suggested Xiao Bai.
• Ice Empress recalled that Xiao Bai had been depressed since Snow Empress left and noted that his cultivation made him suitable for Huo Yuhao.
• Snow Empress told Ice Empress she had never regretted becoming human, while Ice Empress teased Jiang Yuheng for his cunning.

Jiang Yuheng and the others reunited with Snow Empress and Ice Empress in the Far North as Snow Empress revealed her power and welcomed her gathered Soul Beasts. The chapter ended with Snow Empress introducing Jiang Yuheng to Xiao Bai as his grandfather.

• Jiang Yuheng explained why he had used force to secure obedience, and Ice Empress said his mysterious power had influenced her choice to become Huo Yuhao's Soul Spirit.
• Snow Empress gathered Heaven and Earth Origin Force, transforming the snowstorm Deep Blue as Jiang Yuheng restrained the greedy Frost Dragon within him.
• Thousands of powerful Ice Attribute Soul Beasts charged toward Snow Empress and Ice Empress, then stopped and bowed to welcome them back.
• Xiao Bai, a Ferocious Beast with more than two hundred thousand years of cultivation, rushed over to reunite with Snow Empress.
• Snow Empress told Xiao Bai that Jiang Yuheng was her father and his grandfather, and ordered him to show Jiang Yuheng great respect.

Jiang Yuheng was recognized as the Ice Bear King's grandfather, while Wang Dong'er learned she had become a grandmother. Snow Empress reunited with the Titan Snow Demon Ape and introduced Jiang Yuheng to him, who asked whether Jiang Yuheng's Martial Soul was a Deep Blue giant dragon.

• Xiao Bai called Jiang Yuheng his grandfather, and Jiang Yuheng accepted him as his grandson.
• Huo Yuhao told Xiao Xiao that Jiang Yuheng had become a grandfather, and Xiao Xiao informed Wang Dong'er that she was now a grandmother.
• The Titan Snow Demon Ape arrived and greeted Snow Empress, Ice Empress, and Xiao Bai praised Snow Empress for protecting the Far North.
• Snow Empress introduced Jiang Yuheng as her father and partner, and the Titan Snow Demon Ape asked whether his Martial Soul was a Deep Blue giant dragon.

Snow Empress asked the Titan Blood Demon Ape Ah Tai to succeed her as leader of the Far North, then kept Xiao Bai by her side and revealed her ambition to become a god. She trusted Jiang Yuheng to help her pursue that goal, and Xiao Bai asked him what he should do.

• Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao recognized each other and recalled Jiang Yuheng's trip to visit Dong'er during summer vacation.
• Snow Empress asked Ah Tai to become the next leader of the Far North, and the Titan Blood Demon Ape accepted after she explained why he was suited to rule.
• Snow Empress told Ah Tai to return after consolidating the tribe, then ordered Xiao Bai to stay with her.
• Snow Empress explained that her weakened condition was an excuse to conceal the matter of Soul Spirits and said she wanted to become a god.
• Snow Empress appealed to Jiang Yuheng for help, and Xiao Bai called him Grandpa and asked what he should do.

Jiang Yuheng helped Huo Yuhao complete Ice Bear King Xiao Bai’s Soul Spirit ritual, raising Huo Yuhao to the Soul Douluo realm. The group then turned to finding what Ju Zi had hidden in Dragon City and uncovering the Sun Moon Empire’s plans.

• Snow Empress gave Xiao Bai Ten Thousand Year Profound Ice Marrow to stabilize his soul before his transformation into a Soul Spirit.
• Xiao Bai asked to become Jiang Yuheng’s Spirit Ring, but Jiang Yuheng revealed his Frost Dragon and explained that he had no room for Xiao Bai.
• Jiang Yuheng controlled the Soul Spirit ritual, and Huo Yuhao smoothly gained his eighth and ninth Spirit Rings and advanced to the Soul Douluo realm.
• Jiang Yuheng told Huo Yuhao to search for the item Ju Zi had placed in Dragon City and proposed first finding its location, then excavating it, and finally securing it.
• Jiang Yuheng reasoned that Ju Zi had left a spy in Dragon City as a contingency, while the Sun Moon Empire won local civilians’ support by distributing machinery and wealth seized from nobles.

Huo Yuhao and Jiang Yuheng went undercover in Dragon City to investigate Ju Zi’s purpose there and assess the Sun Moon Empire’s influence. They noticed ordinary residents watching them, but decided to wait and observe rather than act.

• Huo Yuhao and Jiang Yuheng discussed how Xu Tianran might choose a simpler route to conquest after the destruction of Mingdu.
• Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao disguised themselves, traveled through a town near Dragon City, and entered the city through its inspection checkpoint.
• The two observed that Dragon City residents relied on modified, coal-burning Soul Tools for warmth, then settled into an inn.
• Jiang Yuheng told the inn owner they were Ice Attribute spirit masters seeking cultivation, and accepted the owner’s offer of wine to ease suspicion.
• Jiang Yuheng used the Time Domain after noticing that a group of ordinary people had been watching them, and he and Huo Yuhao agreed to keep observing.
• The inn’s server brought their meal and offered free refills, but Jiang Yuheng insisted on paying for them.

Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao used a conversation with an inn server to feed Dragon City’s watchers false information while investigating the factions monitoring them. They kept up their routine for seven days until the inn owner went to fetch more supplies, giving them a chance to pursue their investigation.

• Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao coaxed the server into discussing rumors about Dragon City and falsely claimed they would protest the Heaven Dou Empire’s blockade.
• After leaving the dining area, Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao agreed they trusted none of the server’s claims and suspected she was using an eavesdropping device.
• Jiang Yuheng explained that Dragon City’s many factions and surveillance made their investigation difficult, and he proposed watching for staff to leave the inn for supplies.
• For three or four days, Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao explored Dragon City, gathered specimens, took photos, and asked about local customs.
• By the afternoon of the seventh day, the pair had consumed the inn’s stocked meat, fruit, and liquor, so the owner decided to visit the cellar for more supplies.

Huo Yuhao and Jiang Yuheng followed the innkeeper through Dragon City's deadly nighttime cold and uncovered his dealings with the Sun Moon Empire. They left with a clue about the Empire's plans, while the innkeeper secretly reported that the ten crates of Soul Tool High Explosive Bombs remained undiscovered.

• Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao followed the innkeeper toward the mountain vegetable garden and wondered why he could endure the freezing weather without Soul Power or a Soul Tool.
• Huo Yuhao trapped the innkeeper with the Time Domain and read his memories, discovering agreements with Sun Moon Empire personnel involving trade, intelligence, and ten crates of Soul Tool High Explosive Bombs.
• Huo Yuhao found that a mental force concealed the bombs' location, and Jiang Yuheng decided they should leave rather than press the investigation too far.
• After Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao left, the innkeeper regained his freedom and used a flashing red light to contact his Sun Moon Empire associate.
• The associate told the innkeeper that the arrangement served His Majesty's plan to unify the Heaven Dou Empire and warned him to keep the bombs' location secret.

Huo Yuhao and Jiang Yuheng discovered that the inn proprietor opposed the Sun Moon Empire’s plan to destroy Dragon City and deduced that bombs were buried in the surrounding mountains. After three days of waiting, the proprietor secretly asked them for help, and Huo Yuhao agreed while signaling that Jiang Yuheng would decide whether they cooperated.

• Huo Yuhao and Jiang Yuheng overheard the proprietor’s suspicions about the Sun Moon Empire and concluded that bombs were likely buried in the mountains around Dragon City.
• Huo Yuhao and Jiang Yuheng hinted at their strength and status, hoping the proprietor would approach them for help.
• The proprietor visited Huo Yuhao and Jiang Yuheng after three days, pretending to conduct a customer survey.
• Huo Yuhao wrote “I can” in response to the proprietor’s hidden request for help.
• Huo Yuhao told the proprietor that Jiang Yuheng held the financial authority, signaling that Jiang Yuheng would make the final decision.

Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao discussed the search for explosives and spies in Dragon City, and Jiang Yuheng questioned whether the enemy’s intelligence was genuine. He concluded that Xu Tianran and Ju Zi had likely planted false information to mislead them.

• Jiang Yuheng casually completed the inn owner’s evaluation and arranged to receive a fruit platter before eight that evening.
• Wang Dong'er scolded Jiang Yuheng for slacking, and Huo Yuhao briefed him on the missing bombs and suspected spies.
• Huo Yuhao explained that the inn owner’s memories suggested seven women were involved, though their appearances were unclear.
• Jiang Yuheng argued that deploying many informants in Dragon City made little strategic sense for Xu Tianran and Ju Zi.
• Wang Dong'er suggested the enemy had deliberately given the owner false information, and Jiang Yuheng agreed that Xu Tianran’s supposed plan was implausible.

Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao formed a cautious alliance with Boss Chen and traveled with him and Xiao Mu toward the western snowy mountains to search for a bomb. The chapter ended when Xiao Mu turned around and saw Jiang Yuheng staring at her with glowing Deep Blue eyes and undisguised killing intent.

• Jiang Yuheng warned Huo Yuhao that cooperation with Boss Chen did not mean they should trust him, and they decided to investigate before letting their contact make a move.
• Boss Chen arrived with Xiao Mu, introduced her as his trusted deputy, and brought the group a fruit platter.
• Huo Yuhao introduced himself as Huo Xiao and Jiang Yuheng as Jiang Dong, and the two sides agreed to cooperate.
• Boss Chen led Jiang Yuheng, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Mu toward the western snowy mountains, where he believed the traitor had hidden the bomb.
• Xiao Mu turned and saw Jiang Yuheng watching her with Deep Blue eyes and killing intent.

Jiang Yuheng, Huo Yuhao, Boss Chen, and Xiao Mu climbed West Mountain to locate the hidden Soul Tool High Explosive Bombs, where a Sun Moon Empire spy confronted them. Jiang Yuheng revealed his Deep Blue power and calmed the storm, leaving the confrontation poised to begin.

• Xiao Mu described seeing Deep Blue eyes, and Boss Chen helped her up before urging her to continue guiding the group.
• Xiao Mu led the group to West Mountain and recommended taking a narrow path toward its middle section as the likely hiding place.
• Jiang Yuheng agreed to protect the group in exchange for an extra ten percent, and they climbed the dangerous mountain path without encountering enemies.
• At the summit, Huo Yuhao challenged Boss Chen and Xiao Mu about not knowing the base’s location, prompting a woman in a Sun Moon Empire military uniform to reveal herself.
• The woman claimed Jiang Yuheng had walked into a trap, but Jiang Yuheng remained calm and used his Deep Blue power to still the raging weather.

Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao confronted a Sun Moon Empire infiltration force near Dragon City, while its commander tried to balance her orders with the danger of provoking an avalanche. The chapter ended with Jiang Yuheng facing down the commander and warning that her explosives could not threaten him.

• The Sun Moon Empire commander ordered her troops to pursue Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao with ranged and close attacks while avoiding weapons that could endanger Dragon City.
• The commander rejected blowing up the path at first, but agreed to block the escape route after a subordinate argued for it.
• Huo Yuhao told Jiang Yuheng that the infiltrators planned to destroy the route, and Jiang Yuheng ordered him to capture Boss Chen.
• Jiang Yuheng appeared outside the enemy base and froze the troops’ hands with the cold wind, then warned the commander that he was a Titled Douluo.
• The commander threatened to detonate the Soul Tool Bombs and trigger an avalanche, but Jiang Yuheng said the destruction could not harm him.