Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yuheng tried to force Ju Zi’s soldiers to reveal the location of an item, but their commander triggered an avalanche that threatened Dragon City. As the mountain collapsed, Boss Chen revealed a Trident necklace he claimed could teleport him to safety by consuming his lifespan.

• Jiang Yuheng manipulated the female commander and tried to make her detonate explosives, but a Mental Soul Tool appeared and freed her from his control.
• Jiang Yuheng controlled the Captain and demanded that the commander tell him where the item was, but she refused.
• The snow mountain began collapsing, and Jiang Yuheng warned Huo Yuhao that the avalanche could engulf Dragon City.
• Huo Yuhao confronted Boss Chen over endangering the city, and Boss Chen admitted he cared only about his own interests.
• Boss Chen revealed a Trident necklace and claimed it could carry him away from danger at the cost of his lifespan.

Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao discovered that Boss Chen had deceived the Sea God and planned to keep the Soul Tool High Explosive Bombs for himself. After Boss Chen’s arrogance drove Jiang Yuheng to reverse time across the Douluo Galaxy and restore the dead, an exhausted Jiang Yuheng entrusted Huo Yuhao with stopping him.

• Jiang Yuheng brought Huo Yuhao to safety as an avalanche buried Dragon City, then followed Boss Chen and Xiao Mu to learn what they knew about the bombs and the city’s mineral vein.
• Boss Chen told Xiao Mu he had no intention of surrendering control of his body to the Sea God and had only agreed to help because the god was useful to him.
• Jiang Yuheng explained to Huo Yuhao that Boss Chen’s cunning showed why merchants should never be underestimated.
• Boss Chen retrieved the Soul Tool High Explosive Bombs and celebrated his victory beside the buried city, angering Jiang Yuheng.
• Jiang Yuheng used Time Reversal across the Douluo Galaxy, restoring the lives lost while exhausting himself.
• Jiang Yuheng asked Huo Yuhao not to disappoint him, and Huo Yuhao prepared to stop Boss Chen from pressing the button.

Huo Yuhao and Jiang Yuheng killed Boss Chen and Xiao Mu, then found a vast Rare Metal deposit near Dragon City. Jiang Yuheng chose to use his Divine Power to claim the mineral vein despite the cost to his life, and he asked Huo Yuhao to help map its range.

• Huo Yuhao used Ultimate Ice to turn Boss Chen and Xiao Mu into crushed ice and took the Golden Trident keepsake.
• Huo Yuhao told Jiang Yuheng that he seemed increasingly emotionless and feared he might attack him; Jiang Yuheng reassured him that he had not lost his humanity.
• Huo Yuhao and Jiang Yuheng retrieved the map and discovered that Dragon City contained enormous Rare Metal resources.
• Huo Yuhao urged Jiang Yuheng to secure the mineral vein before the Sun Moon Empire could seize it.
• Jiang Yuheng chose to separate the entire mineral vein using Divine Power, despite the cost to his lifespan, and asked Huo Yuhao to help determine its range.

Ju Zi learned that Jiang Yuheng had thwarted her trap in Dragon City and reflected on her admiration for him. Xu Tianran summoned her to discuss nobles demanding an heir, leaving Ju Zi facing the emperor’s anger over the threat to his rule.

• Ju Zi received the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion’s report that Jiang Yuheng had resolved the danger in Dragon City, and she smiled as she thought of him as the partner she truly wanted.
• Captain Chen told Ju Zi that Xu Tianran wished to summon her to the Imperial Palace.
• Xu Tianran had Captain Chen leave a Level 9 soundproofing Soul Tool and ordered everyone kept out while he spoke privately with Ju Zi.
• Xu Tianran asked Ju Zi about rumors in Mingdu, then explained that nobles had petitioned him to produce an heir before he launched another war.
• Xu Tianran seized Ju Zi’s arm and condemned the nobles for exploiting his lack of an heir to challenge his authority.

Xu Tianran forced Ju Zi to bear an heir through another man, but she secretly prepared to fake a pregnancy and choose a child as a substitute. Meanwhile, Jiang Yuheng told Spirit Pagoda leaders that he intended to keep the vast quantity of Rare Metal he had obtained.

• Xu Tianran explained that his disability made it impossible for him to father a child and ordered Ju Zi to become pregnant by a distant relative so their child could inherit the throne.
• Xu Tianran had the Royal Family Guard escort Ju Zi to the rear palace, where she resolved to resist becoming his prisoner and preserve her position.
• Ju Zi secretly took out a Soul Tool injector designed to create a false pregnancy and planned to adopt a young child as a substitute.
• Jiang Yuheng returned to the Spirit Pagoda with Huo Yuhao and recounted his experiences in Dragon City to its trusted upper-level members.
• Jiang Yuheng told Bei Bei and the others that he would keep the Rare Metal rather than divide it among the Spirit Pagoda or other nations.

Jiang Yuheng and the others decided how to use their newly acquired resources while Bei Bei asked him to bring Xiaoya back before war resumed. Later, Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er found his noodle-shop recipe had become unexpectedly popular, and he suggested they eat hot pot instead.

• Bei Bei expressed relief that Jiang Yuheng would use the Spirit Pagoda's resources, and Jiang Yuheng explained the Pagoda's research plans for Artificial Soul Spirits and Battle Armor.
• Jiang Yuheng, Huo Yuhao, and the others decided to devote most of the rare metal to Artificial Soul Spirit research, give the remainder to Xuan Ziwen's Soul Tool research, and keep any surplus in reserve.
• Bei Bei told Jiang Yuheng that the Sun Moon Empire could attack again within three months and asked him to bring Xiaoya back.
• Jiang Yuheng said Xiaoya's rescue would take time because she was the Holy Spirit Cult's Saintess, and that the Sun Moon Empire would need to attack first.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er visited one of the noodle shops that had spread through Shrek City, where Jiang Yuheng was surprised by the long line of customers.
• Jiang Yuheng chose to cook hot pot for himself and Wang Dong'er instead of waiting for noodle soup.

After three days of vacation with Wang Dong'er, Jiang Yuheng was summoned to the Sea God's Pavilion to discuss the Heaven Dou Empire's desperate request for aid. He agreed to go assess the situation in person, while keeping his potential trump card and plans for He Caitou secret.

• Jiang Yuheng insisted on a private hot pot meal with Wang Dong'er, and she gave him a quick kiss before they went to a high-end restaurant.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er spent three days enjoying their time off before Yan Shaozhe interrupted their vacation to bring them to a Sea God's Pavilion meeting.
• The elders explained that the Heaven Dou Empire's forces and territory had been devastated, leaving it vulnerable to surrender or another Sun Moon Empire attack.
• Jiang Yuheng said Shrek could not quickly overcome the Sun Moon Empire's lead in Soul Guide Technology, though he concealed that he had a possible solution he was not ready to use.
• Jiang Yuheng agreed to travel to the Heaven Dou Empire and make plans after examining conditions there, prompting Xuan Zi to welcome his direct involvement.

Jiang Yuheng and Shrek Academy prepared to aid the Heaven Dou Empire, while Mu En warned them that the Holy Spirit Cult and its two Limit Douluo could complicate the conflict. After reaching the border, the group met princess Vina and learned that the empire faced public resistance and a severe disadvantage in military technology.

• Mu En warned Jiang Yuheng that the Holy Spirit Cult’s two Limit Douluo might join Kong Deming, and Jiang Yuheng said he would handle Kong Deming while relying on Mu En and Xuan Zi against the cult.
• The Sea God's Pavilion Meeting assigned Jiang Yuheng, Wang Dong'er, Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Bei Bei to aid the Heaven Dou Empire, with Xuan Zi as their leader.
• Jiang Yuheng and the others reached the Heaven Dou Empire’s border and were escorted to princess Vina after Xuan Zi showed his Sea God Pavilion Vice Master token.
• Vina welcomed the Shrek Academy team and explained that commoners favored the Sun Moon Empire because of its useful Soul Tools and its treatment of them.
• Vina told the group that the Heaven Dou Empire needed to regain public support and quickly strengthen its forces before the Sun Moon Empire returned.

Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er met Princess Vina as the ruined Heaven Dou Empire sought Shrek Academy's help against the Sun Moon Empire. Vina urgently asked Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda for Soul Tools, and Jiang Yuheng hesitated because he could not speak for Shrek Academy alone.

• Princess Vina asked Jiang Yuheng for his thoughts on her request, but he asked to rest and organize his thoughts first.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er settled into their lodgings, joked about whether the Heaven Dou Empire would put itself on the line, and complained about the meager dinner.
• Princess Vina arrived at Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er's room with more than a dozen Soul Sage experts and apologized for coming before they had rested.
• Princess Vina asked Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda to provide Soul Tools, promising repayment, while Jiang Yuheng said he could not fully represent Shrek Academy.

Princess Vina sought Jiang Yuheng’s help for the Heaven Dou Empire, and Wang Dong’er persuaded him to offer five captured High-altitude Detection Soul Tools while keeping the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek neutral. When Vina tried to win his support by offering herself and the empire’s obedience, Jiang Yuheng remained unmoved.

• Princess Vina accepted that Jiang Yuheng could not make decisions for Shrek and thanked him respectfully.
• Wang Dong’er suggested giving the Heaven Dou Empire low-spec High-Altitude Reconnaissance Soul Tools to earn its gratitude and deflect future suspicion over Dragon City’s missing mineral veins.
• Jiang Yuheng offered Princess Vina five High-altitude Detection Soul Tools seized from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Princess Vina offered Jiang Yuheng a hereditary foreign-prince title and the empire’s highest treatment, but he reaffirmed that the Spirit Pagoda and Shrek would remain neutral.
• Princess Vina offered herself and the Heaven Dou Empire’s obedience in exchange for Jiang Yuheng’s support, but he was not swayed by her seduction.

Jiang Yuheng rejected Princess Vina’s attempt to win him over and handed over the Sun Moon Empire’s detection Soul Tools in exchange for better support for the Spirit Pagoda branch. After an attack on the Heaven Dou Empire, he proposed that its emperor address internal corruption with a complete overhaul, leaving Xuan Zi to consider the scale of the task.

• Jiang Yuheng politely sent Princess Vina away after agreeing to provide the collected detection Soul Tools, and she arranged improved meals and faster construction for the Spirit Pagoda branch.
• Wang Dong'er teased Jiang Yuheng about Princess Vina’s advances, and he reaffirmed his love for Wang Dong'er before embracing her.
• The next morning, Xuan Zi and Bei Bei told Jiang Yuheng and the others that the emperor wanted to meet them and discuss the Heaven Dou Empire’s future after the attack.
• Xuan Zi asked Jiang Yuheng for his views before the imperial meeting, and Jiang Yuheng recommended fixing the empire’s internal problems before facing outside threats.
• Xuan Zi understood Jiang Yuheng’s metaphor as a call for a complete overhaul of the Heaven Dou Empire, and Jiang Yuheng said the decision belonged to the emperor.

Jiang Yuheng offered the Heaven Dou Emperor advice on how to address the empire’s internal crisis, urging him to root out disloyal nobles before fighting external threats. Princess Vina supported the plan, but most nobles feared the consequences, leaving the emperor facing a difficult decision.

• Jiang Yuheng told Wang Dong'er that he had supported the Heaven Dou Empire because it could not fall and had given the Rare Metals to the Spirit Pagoda rather than let the Sun Moon Empire take them.
• The Heaven Dou Emperor welcomed Xuan Zi and Jiang Yuheng, promised support for Shrek Academy, and sought Jiang Yuheng’s help after learning the value of the detection Soul Tool.
• Jiang Yuheng advised the emperor to eliminate nobles who were undermining the empire before resisting external threats.
• Princess Vina urged her father to act and promised to bear responsibility, while her supporters knelt in agreement.
• Most of the nobles feared that the purge would implicate them and their families, leaving the emperor silent.

At the Heaven Dou Empire’s morning meeting, Jiang Yuheng advised the emperor while the nobles pressured him not to abandon their interests. Afterward, Jiang reassured Bei Bei that he would bring Tang Ya back and explained how her intelligence had helped save the empire.

• The Vice Chancellor and other ministers urged the emperor to heed the nobles’ past sacrifices, and the emperor concealed his anger at their pressure.
• Jiang Yuheng and the Shrek Academy representatives left the meeting for breakfast, where Wang Dong'er and the others helped feed the starving strategist.
• Bei Bei asked Jiang Yuheng whether the time had come to rescue Tang Ya, whose memories had returned.
• Jiang activated a soundproofing soul tool and gave Bei Bei a letter from Tang Ya, explaining that she had stayed away to seek revenge and monitor the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Jiang promised Bei Bei that he would bring Tang Ya back and credited her intelligence with helping him save the Heaven Dou Empire.

Jiang Yuheng, Wang Dong'er, and Bei Bei planned to exploit divisions within the Sun Moon Empire to create a chance to rescue Xiaoya. Jiang Yuheng also encouraged Princess Vina to consider becoming empress, and he and Wang Dong'er left intending to keep reinforcing the idea.

• Jiang Yuheng explained that provoking the Sun Moon Empire into seeking help from the Holy Spirit Cult could give them a chance to rescue Xiaoya, and Wang Dong'er and Bei Bei completed his reasoning.
• Wang Dong'er warned Jiang Yuheng to stay safe during the rescue and offered to face danger alongside him.
• Jiang Yuheng read Princess Vina's letter, learning that she had persuaded her father to prepare for the Great Purge and buy the Heaven Dou Empire time to recover.
• Jiang Yuheng suggested Princess Vina could become empress, prompting her to reflect on her abilities and the royal rules that had kept her from the throne.
• Wang Dong'er asked why Jiang Yuheng raised the possibility, and he said she could keep reminding Princess Vina until the idea took root.

Jiang Yuheng agreed to join Princess Vina on a reconnaissance mission after learning the full extent of the Heaven Dou Empire’s losses. At the Sun Moon Empire’s encampment, he identified the two King-level legions and warned that Xu Tianran would see anything he coveted as his property.

• Princess Vina told Jiang Yuheng that Xuan Zi wanted him to become a future commander and asked him to help with reconnaissance.
• Princess Vina revealed the Body Sect’s heavy casualties and pleaded for Shrek and the Spirit Pagoda’s support, so Jiang Yuheng agreed to go.
• Jiang Yuheng explained his plans to Wang Dong'er, then set out with Princess Vina for the Sun Moon Empire’s encampment.
• Jiang Yuheng gave Princess Vina his telescope, and she identified the Imperial Dragon and Terrorclaw legions in the camp.
• Jiang Yuheng analyzed Xu Tianran’s intentions and warned Princess Vina that the emperor would try to claim whatever caught his attention.

Jiang Yuheng and Princess Vina discovered the Sun Moon Empire’s large combined Soul Tool and the Holy Spirit Cult’s presence near the Heaven Dou Empire. Jiang Yuheng contacted Tang Ya, who considered how to meet him and urged the Second Elder to attack rather than remain idle.

• Princess Vina worried that the Sun Moon Empire’s expansion would bring about its downfall, but Jiang Yuheng argued that its conquests would strengthen it.
• Princess Vina spotted a massive manually operated combined Soul Tool aiming at their position, and Jiang Yuheng explained that they could escape before it fired.
• Jiang Yuheng detected Tang Ya among the Holy Spirit Cult, noted that she had become a Soul Douluo, and sent her a message asking to meet.
• Jiang Yuheng took Princess Vina away before the combined Soul Tool could fire.
• Tang Ya concealed her reaction to Jiang Yuheng’s message from the Second Elder and privately considered how to pass him information safely.
• Tang Ya asked the Second Elder whether the Holy Spirit Cult should attack the Heaven Dou Empire instead of remaining stationed alongside the Sun Moon Empire.

Tang Ya persuaded the Royal Dragon Soul Engineer Legion commander to support a harassment plan against seven Heaven Dou Empire border cities, using intelligence from Jiang Yuheng. After the operation began, Jiang Yuheng revealed that Bei Bei had arrived and asked Tang Ya to help him act against the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Tang Ya assured the Second Elder that the Sun Moon Empire would cooperate with her plan.
• Tang Ya persuaded the Royal Dragon Soul Engineer Legion commander by appealing to her ambition and describing the plan to harass seven border cities with small Soul Tool Bombs.
• Tang Ya and the legion commander agreed on their strategy, with Tang Ya scouting in the west and the commander leading the interference operation.
• Tang Ya met Jiang Yuheng by West City, where he served her noodle soup before discussing why he had called her there.
• Jiang Yuheng told Tang Ya that Bei Bei had arrived and asked her to help him act against the Holy Spirit Cult.

Jiang Yuheng and Tang Ya planned to fake her death in a way that would make the Sun Moon Empire appear responsible and deepen tensions with the Holy Spirit Cult. He warned Princess Vina about the cult’s infiltrators, then briefed Bei Bei, Wang Dong’er, and the others on the rescue plan as they prepared for the next step.

• Tang Ya agreed to fake her death and proposed making it look like a mistake by the Sun Moon Empire.
• Jiang Yuheng returned to Princess Vina and told her that the Holy Spirit Cult had infiltrated the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Princess Vina considered warning the troops and civilians, but Jiang Yuheng advised her to share the information only with a few trusted officials.
• Jiang Yuheng told Bei Bei, Wang Dong’er, and the others that Tang Ya could return after the mission, though the plan would require her to suffer injuries.
• Jiang Yuheng showed the group a map of the area under surveillance by the Imperial Dragon and Terrorclaw King-level Soul Engineer Legions.

Jiang Yuheng defended his risky plan to expose spies within the Heaven Dou Empire, then infiltrated the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineer camp and faced four Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo. His identity as Jiang Yuheng, the famed Light of Sun Moon, stunned them.

• Jiang Yuheng told Princess Vina to bring no more than five trusted people to the secret meeting, while Wang Dong'er warned him that Holy Spirit Cult disguises made spies especially dangerous.
• Jiang Yuheng argued that confronting the suspects could eliminate the spies in one strike, and Wang Dong'er accepted that he had his own reasons for taking the risk.
• Jiang Yuheng appeared above the Soul Engineer legions’ camp, froze its reconnaissance Soul Tools, and was surrounded by four Holy Spirit Cult Titled Douluo.
• Jiang Yuheng mocked the Holy Spirit Cult, and Nangong Wan recognized him as Kongxu, the talented Soul Engineer Tournament contestant he had once tried to recruit.
• Jiang Yuheng said he was both Kongxu and Jiang Yuheng, shocking the four Titled Douluo with his identity as the Light of Sun Moon.

Jiang Yuheng baited four Holy Spirit Cult Evil Soul Masters into attacking him while he waited for Tang Ya to arrive. Tang Ya restrained them with her Blue Silver Grass, and Jiang Yuheng froze their joints, revealing that the attackers had been surrounded all along.

• Nangong Wan threatened to turn Jiang Yuheng into a puppet as he and the other Evil Soul Masters assaulted Jiang Yuheng’s Extreme Ice barrier.
• Jiang Yuheng refused Nangong Wan’s offer to join the Holy Spirit Cult and criticized its brutal practices.
• Nangong Wan shattered the ice barrier and injured Jiang Yuheng, who noticed Tang Ya had arrived.
• Tang Ya restrained the four attackers with her Blue Silver Grass, and Jiang Yuheng froze their joints.
• Jiang Yuheng revealed that he had acted as bait while the four Evil Soul Masters were surrounded.