Chapter Summaries

Kong Deming prepared a trap in Mu City after receiving intelligence that the Heaven Dou Empire was planning an ambush, while Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er discussed the danger of facing the Sun Moon Empire's Soul Engineer Legions. The chapter ended with Wang Dong'er making clear that she was worried about her own safety, not Jiang Yuheng's.

• Kong Deming ordered Zhongli Wu to leave his command tent and said he would notify the Holy Spirit Cult when a mission required it.
• Kong Deming's adjutant reported that Heaven Dou forces were preparing an ambush in northwest Mu City, and Kong Deming and his student considered whether it was a decoy.
• The Dragon Emperor Legion commander proposed turning Mu City into a trap, and Kong Deming agreed to lead the operation and promised the legion a promotion if they captured the city.
• Wang Dong'er warned Jiang Yuheng that he had ventured deep into danger against two Rank 9 Soul Engineers and a Level 10 Soul Engineer.
• Jiang Yuheng said he had a strategy and accepted the risks, and Wang Dong'er struck his forehead and told him she was worried about herself.

Jiang Yuheng directed Huo Yuhao to tell Princess Vina that a night attack on the Sun Moon Empire’s main camp could turn the war around, while Vina’s efforts to form a King-level Soul Engineer Legion met resistance from senior commanders. The chapter ended with Elder Dai refusing to lead his legion into battle, leaving Vina facing a crisis of command as the empire’s fate hung in the balance.

• Jiang Yuheng told Huo Yuhao to urge Princess Vina to attack the Sun Moon Empire’s main camp that night using the newly formed King-level Soul Engineer Legion.
• Princess Vina pushed ahead with reorganizing the military despite exhaustion and objections from commanders who distrusted Jiang Yuheng’s judgment.
• Huo Yuhao delivered Jiang Yuheng’s message and left the command tent, prompting Vina to demand that the commanders seize the opportunity.
• Elder Dai argued that the Heaven Dou Empire should abandon Mu City rather than face the Imperial Dragon Legion and Terrorclaw Legion.
• Elder Dai refused to lead his legion into battle, and Princess Vina confronted him over the consequences of his decision.

After Elder Dai opposed Princess Vina’s proposal, Jiang Yuheng decided to seek Xuan Zi’s help rather than focus on persuading the influential elder. Xuan Zi cautioned him that Shrek Academy’s neutrality and Elder Dai’s influence could complicate his plan.

• Princess Vina went to speak with Elder Dai after he publicly opposed the proposal, while Jiang Yuheng’s companions worried that their new legion could not face Kong Deming’s forces alone.
• Jiang Yuheng argued that the Heaven Dou Empire needed a battlefield victory and decided to proceed with his plan despite Wang Dong’er and Huo Yuhao reminding him they lacked decision-making authority.
• Jiang Yuheng asked where Xuan Zi was and said he would invite him to join the battle, leaving the Heaven Dou Empire free to participate or not.
• Jiang Yuheng found Xuan Zi in the Heaven Soul Mountain Range by following the smell of chicken soup and explained Elder Dai’s opposition and his next steps.
• Xuan Zi warned Jiang Yuheng that Shrek Academy remained neutral and that Elder Dai’s influence among the Soul Engineer Legions made opposing him dangerous.

Jiang Yuheng and Xuan Zi went to Mu City to confront the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult, while Wang Dong'er, Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao prepared to intercept the enemy. At the border, Xuan Zi clashed with Zhongli Wu, and Kong Deming appeared before Jiang Yuheng.

• Jiang Yuheng agreed to help Shrek Academy and the Spirit Pagoda establish their strength against the Sun Moon Empire, and Xuan Zi agreed to join him.
• Jiang Yuheng assigned Wang Dong'er, Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao to intercept the enemy while he and Xuan Zi went to confront Zhongli Wu at the border.
• Xuan Zi reprimanded Jiang Yuheng for failing to report Zhongli Wu's presence to the Heaven Dou Empire, and they traveled toward the enemy command site using a shielding device.
• Xuan Zi released his Level 98 Soul Power, disabling the detection-type Soul Tools and drawing Zhongli Wu out of the command room.
• Xuan Zi and Zhongli Wu began fighting, while Jiang Yuheng killed Zhongli Wu's approaching subordinates with a Soul Ray Cannon.
• Kong Deming appeared behind Jiang Yuheng, who turned and greeted him respectfully.

Jiang Yuheng confronted Kong Deming over his departure from the Sun Moon Empire and accused the imperial family of imprisoning him to obtain his knowledge and keep Flawless from leaving the country. Kong Deming demanded the Level Ten Soul Tool, and the chapter ended with him attacking Jiang Yuheng and ordering him to surrender it.

• Kong Deming demanded to know why Jiang Yuheng had defected after the Empire had invested so much in him.
• Jiang Yuheng accused Xu Tianran and his father of holding him in an underground chamber and explained that he had left to protect Flawless.
• Kong Deming insisted that Flawless belonged to the Empire, while Jiang Yuheng claimed it was no longer with him and warned that he would defend himself if the Soul Engineer army attacked.
• A legion commander berated Jiang Yuheng, and Kong Deming fired a red laser at him.
• Jiang Yuheng dodged the attack with an ice shield, and Kong Deming demanded that he hand over Flawless.

Jiang Yuheng refused to hand over Flawless as Kong Deming fought him over his opposition to the Empire’s unification. Their battle remained evenly matched at first, but Kong Deming’s ranged Soul Tools forced Jiang Yuheng into a steady retreat as Kong Deming worried that reinforcements would soon arrive.

• Jiang Yuheng told Kong Deming that Flawless was no longer in his possession and challenged him to take it if he could.
• Kong Deming recalled how, as a child, Jiang Yuheng had entered the mist-covered mountains alone and wiped out the Evil Soul Master bandits in three days.
• Jiang Yuheng and Kong Deming exchanged several blows without either gaining a clear advantage.
• Kong Deming launched coordinated attacks with dozens of Soul Tool Ray Cannons and used his knowledge of Jiang Yuheng’s fighting style to keep him at a distance.
• Kong Deming taunted Jiang Yuheng while considering that Zhongli Wu was nearing defeat and that Shrek Academy’s Taotie Douluo might join the fight.

Kong Deming and Zhongli Wu claimed that Jiang Yuheng had been trapped and that fortune favored the Sun Moon Empire, but Jiang stayed confident that the battle could still turn. He expected Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao to have completed their ambush and capture the enemy’s top commanders.

• Kong Deming ordered Zhongli Wu to withdraw from his fight with Xuan Zi and revealed that their plan had already taken effect.
• Xuan Zi realized something was wrong and urged Jiang Yuheng to retreat, while Zhongli Wu mocked Jiang for supposedly losing.
• Jiang Yuheng challenged Kong Deming’s definition of victory, and Kong admitted that Jiang did not appear to have won under the current circumstances.
• Jiang Yuheng assured Xuan Zi that holding Mu City would stop the Sun Moon Empire’s invasion from advancing.
• Kong Deming and Zhongli Wu argued that luck had secured their victory and invited Jiang to join the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Jiang Yuheng warned Kong Deming to withdraw or lose, relying on Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao’s ambush against the enemy’s two highest-ranking commanders.

Jiang Yuheng and his allies returned to the Heaven Dou Empire camp after defending Mu City and learning that the empire’s forces had suffered devastating losses. Princess Vina took temporary command and apologized to Jiang Yuheng, who urged her to remove the incompetent nobles responsible for the failure.

• Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao reported that they had defeated the forces sent to attack Mu City by stealth.
• Huo Yuhao told Xuan Zi that the Sun Moon Empire had destroyed the Heaven Dou Empire’s Imperial Dragon and Terrorclaw Legions and devastated its other forces.
• Princess Vina angrily confronted the camp’s commanders for rejecting Jiang Yuheng’s plan, while learning that Elder Dai had returned to the empire without permission.
• Princess Vina handed temporary command authority to Commander Chen and prepared to return to the capital.
• Princess Vina apologized to Jiang Yuheng, who urged her to remove the corrupt nobles, and she admitted she feared the consequences of confronting them abruptly.

After returning to the capital, Princess Vina repeated Jiang Yuheng’s advice and urged the emperor to act against the Dai Clan. At the imperial conference, the emperor instead focused on future goals and driving out the Sun Moon Empire, while the imperial family and Elder Dai’s military faction fought over who was to blame for the defeat.

• Jiang Yuheng warned Princess Vina that failing to act decisively would bring trouble, then left to cook for his beloved.
• Three days later, Princess Vina and her companions returned to the capital and reported their intelligence to the emperor, who showed killing intent toward the Dai Clan.
• Princess Vina advised her father to seize the opportunity to act against the Dai Clan, and the emperor praised her decisiveness.
• The emperor ordered Princess Vina to summon the princes, nobles, and ministers for a court conference about the Empire’s future and expelling the Sun Moon Empire from the border.
• At the conference, the emperor stopped Princess Vina from challenging the agenda, signaling support for Elder Dai’s military faction.
• The imperial family blamed Elder Dai’s indecision for the defeat, while Elder Dai blamed poor equipment, prompting a prince to angrily confront him.

Princess Vina opposed the Emperor and Elder Dai’s plan to abandon Mu City, while Elder Dai moved to imprison the Imperial Family Members and clear the way for the Sun Moon Empire. As reinforcements failed to arrive, Jiang Yuheng considered defending Mu City with an encirclement tactic.

• Elder Dai rebuked the prince, and the Soul Engineer Legion Commanders sided with him as Princess Vina intervened.
• The Emperor proposed withdrawing the King-level Soul Engineer Legion from Mu City until allied reinforcements arrived, prompting Princess Vina and the Imperial Family Members to object.
• Elder Dai urged the Emperor to imprison the dissenting Imperial Family Members so they could not interfere with his plan or warn Jiang Yuheng.
• At the border command tent, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao worried about defending Mu City without reinforcements.
• Jiang Yuheng considered using his Frost Dragon to defend the surrounding mountain ranges and suggested an encirclement tactic.

Jiang Yuheng abandoned the plan to trade bases and decided to face the Sun Moon Empire’s forces alone with a devastating strategy drawn from his past. Wang Dong'er understood why he believed extreme measures were necessary and promised to share the consequences with him.

• Jiang Yuheng ordered Huo Yuhao to learn when the enemy would march and have the group prepare to intercept them, while he took responsibility for the main force alone.
• Wang Dong'er questioned Jiang Yuheng privately about his plan, and he recalled a creature from an ice-covered planet whose freezing ability had inspired his idea.
• Jiang Yuheng said he needed to create overwhelming deterrence against the Sun Moon Empire, even if his methods made future relations more difficult.
• Wang Dong'er accepted that the Heaven Dou Empire’s dire situation demanded harsher measures and promised to face the consequences alongside Jiang Yuheng.

As the Sun Moon Empire prepared to seize Mu City, Kong Deming remained uneasy despite the apparent certainty of victory because Jiang Yuheng was involved. He approved the planned assault and set out with the main force, while the four other Soul Engineer Legions moved to occupy the surrounding mountain ranges.

• Jiang Yuheng gave his allies additional battle instructions, including the need for Soul Tools capable of withstanding the cold.
• Kong Deming reviewed the Sun Moon Empire's apparent advantages but worried that Jiang Yuheng could overturn the expected outcome.
• The Imperial Dragon Legion commander told Kong Deming that the planted mole had completed his mission and was asking for further orders.
• Kong Deming scolded the commander for treating victory as certain before the battle had been decided.
• The Imperial Dragon Legion and Dread Claw Soul Engineer Legion commanders speculated that Kong Deming feared Jiang Yuheng and discussed their former fellow disciple.
• After the other four Soul Engineer Legions departed to occupy the mountain ranges around Mu City, Kong Deming ordered the main force to set out.

Kong Deming led the Royal Dragon Soul Engineer Legion and the Dread Claw Soul Engineer Legion toward Mu City, only to find it deserted and unnaturally cold. Suspecting Jiang Yuheng had prepared a trap, Kong surrounded the city and refused to send anyone inside.

• Kong Deming led both Soul Engineer Legions toward Mu City while their commanders argued over cautious and aggressive strategies.
• The legions’ scouting Soul Tools found Mu City dark and seemingly devoid of people or animals, despite its usual prosperity.
• The temperature around Mu City plunged to an extreme cold, convincing the Terrorclaw Legion commander that something was seriously wrong.
• Kong suspected Jiang Yuheng was behind the empty city and ordered both legions to surround it without entering.
• After learning the other four mountain ranges had been occupied, Kong rejected a proposal to send a squad into Mu City, warning that Jiang would not simply surrender it.

Kong Deming and the two Legion Commanders entered Mu City to investigate its eerie emptiness, using a Spatial Transfer Soul Tool as protection. Jiang Yuheng confronted them in the mist, and Kong Deming’s pocket-watch signal suggested the legions outside would attack if they did not return within half an hour.

• Kong Deming rejected the commanders’ proposal to send ordinary soldiers into Mu City and decided to enter with them, relying on his Spatial Transfer Soul Tool.
• Kong Deming and the two Legion Commanders found the city silent and lifeless as darkness, mist, and cold deepened around them.
• Kong Deming warned the commanders that Deep Blue eyes had followed them, and Jiang Yuheng emerged from the mist.
• Jiang Yuheng said he would not have spared the soldiers outside even if Kong Deming had stayed away, then unleashed a chilling force that the commanders’ Soul Tools barely blocked.
• Kong Deming tried to persuade Jiang Yuheng to stop while watching his pocket watch, and Jiang Yuheng offered him one last chance to turn back.

Jiang Yuheng used the Frost Dragon to defeat the Sun Moon Empire’s invasion of Mu City after confronting his former teacher, Kong Deming. With the enemy repelled, he and his allies focused on uncovering a traitor within the Heaven Dou Empire and confronting the greater threat hidden there.

• Jiang Yuheng warned Kong Deming that his companions were nearby, and a Frost Dragon appeared, freezing the area and stunning the two Legion Commanders.
• Kong Deming accused Jiang Yuheng of failing to hide his talent, then used Spatial Teleportation to escape with the other commanders.
• Jiang Yuheng mounted the Frost Dragon and devastated the two King-level Soul Engineer Legions stationed before Mu City.
• Wang Dong'er joined Jiang Yuheng and admired the Frost Dragon, while Huo Yuhao, Xuan Zi, and the others arrived after defeating their own opponents.
• Xuan Zi questioned why the Sun Moon Empire had entered a trap, and Jiang Yuheng explained that they had come to investigate the Heaven Dou Empire’s strength and that a greater problem remained hidden within it.

Jiang Yuheng traveled to the Heaven Dou Imperial Palace to confront the suspected traitor Elder Dai, while Kong Deming launched another attack on Mu City. Jiang Yuheng learned that Elder Dai had imprisoned Princess Vina and the other imperial representatives, and went to the prison before meeting the Emperor.

• Wang Dong'er urged Jiang Yuheng to go to the Imperial Palace and address the suspected traitor, and he agreed while expressing distrust of Kong Deming.
• Kong Deming revealed that he had kept his main forces in reserve and sent his Soul Engineer army toward Mu City again.
• Jiang Yuheng contacted the White Tiger Duke of the Star Luo Empire and the princess of the Dou Ling Empire, whose reinforcements were expected the next morning.
• Jiang Yuheng reached the capital and learned from Princess Vina's former confidant that Elder Dai had imprisoned Vina and the other imperial representatives.
• Jiang Yuheng told the dark guard that Mu City had held and followed him to the prison to see Princess Vina.

Jiang Yuheng visited Princess Vina and the other imprisoned Imperial Family Members after helping secure Mu City, then made his way to the emperor with intelligence. He found the emperor feeding fish and questioned why the Sun Moon Empire had not taken his bait.

• Jiang Yuheng ignored a Dark Guard’s warning, entered the prison using a royal token, and told Princess Vina that Mu City was safe for now.
• Princess Vina and the other Imperial Family Members urged Jiang Yuheng to protect Mu City, but he explained that he had come to free them and learn what had happened in the palace.
• Princess Vina recounted how her father and Elder Dai had acted strangely, and she insisted that she wanted to personally avenge her father if he had been harmed.
• Jiang Yuheng promised to investigate and leave the final execution to Princess Vina, then gave the prisoners food and asked the personal guard captain to take him to the emperor.
• The personal guard captain escorted Jiang Yuheng to the inner palace, where Jiang Yuheng found the emperor feeding fish and asked why the Sun Moon Empire had not taken his bait.

Jiang Yuheng confronted the Heaven Dou Emperor over the empire’s failure to support Mu City and the recalled Soul Engineer Legion, then uncovered signs that the emperor was not who he claimed to be. As Soul Engineers surrounded him, Jiang Yuheng accused Elder Dai of being an undercover agent, and Elder Dai praised his deductions without denying it.

• Jiang Yuheng challenged the emperor over the lack of support for Mu City and the recalled King-level Soul Engineer Legion.
• The emperor blamed the legion’s withdrawal on Elder Dai and claimed the Sun Moon Empire’s attack had made retreat necessary.
• Jiang Yuheng recalled a historical plot in which a Spirit Hall Angel Saintess infiltrated the Dou Ling Empire and replaced its ruler, deepening his suspicion of the emperor.
• Jiang Yuheng left the emperor’s presence and found Soul Engineers surrounding the inner palace, with Elder Dai waiting at their head.
• Jiang Yuheng called Elder Dai an undercover agent, and Elder Dai praised his deductions without denying the accusation.

Jiang Yuheng faced Elder Dai’s attempt to detain him and threaten the Heaven Dou Empire with political chaos. He avoided killing anyone, but struck Elder Dai with an icy palm before the guards could stop him.

• Elder Dai revealed that he had trapped Jiang Yuheng and ordered him to come quietly or become an enemy of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Jiang Yuheng refused to be intimidated, and Elder Dai ordered his personal guards to escort him to the Imperial Prison.
• Jiang Yuheng froze the guards with his trunk Spirit Bone before they could seize him.
• Elder Dai claimed that Jiang Yuheng’s death would plunge the Heaven Dou Empire into chaos and help the Sun Moon Empire conquer it.
• Jiang Yuheng said he would not risk the empire for revenge, then struck Elder Dai in the heart with an icy palm and warned him not to show off before a Spirit Master.

Jiang Yuheng went to the heavenly prison to free Princess Vina and the other Imperial Family Members, believing they needed to take command of a King-level Soul Engineer Legion to break the infiltrators’ control. After freezing the prison guards and leading the group outside, he confronted Elder Dai and accused him and the palace’s supposed authorities of being disguised infiltrators.

• Jiang Yuheng struck Elder Dai, left the inner palace, and the Emperor treated Elder Dai while arguing with him about his conduct.
• Jiang Yuheng decided to free Princess Vina and the other Imperial Family Members and make Vina the candidate to lead the empire.
• Jiang Yuheng told the prison guards that the Emperor had ordered the Imperial Family Members released, then privately signaled Princess Vina that his plan had failed.
• Princess Vina said she still commanded the King-level Soul Engineer Legion stationed east of the capital, and Jiang Yuheng froze the personal guards and freed the prisoners.
• Elder Dai surrounded the heavenly prison with a Soul Engineer Legion, and Jiang Yuheng accused him and the palace authorities of being disguised infiltrators.