Chapter Summaries

Emperor Xu Jiawei rejected the ministers’ attempt to remove Dai Hao and learned that Jiang Yuheng might be the Star Luo Empire’s best hope against the Sun Moon Empire. He sent Xu Jiujiu to Mu City to seek Jiang’s help, leaving open whether the weakened strategist would agree to come.

• Xu Jiawei silenced the ministers by demanding they name a commander capable of replacing Dai Hao, then defended Dai’s loyalty and freed him from his shackles.
• Dai Hao told Xu Jiawei that Jiang Yuheng’s command had helped the Heaven Dou Empire resist the Sun Moon Empire and urged the emperor to seek his assistance.
• Xu Jiujiu reported that Jiang was recuperating in Mu City and was too weak to get out of bed unaided, but Xu Jiawei decided to approach him with an offer of benefits.
• Xu Jiawei ordered Xu Jiujiu to travel to Mu City and convey the Star Luo Empire’s sincere request for Jiang’s advice or service, while Dai Hao offered to invite him personally.

Princess Jiujiu sought Jiang Yuheng’s help for the Star Luo Empire, but Wang Dong’er refused to let her see him while he recovered. The chapter ended with Jiujiu furious and demanding to know why Wang Dong’er was stopping her.

• Princess Jiujiu and Dai Hao discussed what gift to bring Jiang Yuheng, then chose high-grade nutritional supplements instead of rare metals.
• Dai Hao stayed behind to command at the front while Princess Jiujiu traveled to the Heaven Dou Empire with personal guards.
• Princess Jiujiu asked Wang Dong’er to let Jiang Yuheng advise the Star Luo Empire on how to survive its crisis.
• Wang Dong’er refused, saying Jiang Yuheng needed to recover and would not be allowed to leave or meet with Jiujiu.
• Princess Jiujiu grew furious and challenged Wang Dong’er to take responsibility if the Star Luo Empire fell.

Wang Dong'er rejected Princess Jiujiu's request to recruit Jiang Yuheng, following his plan to make the Star Luo Empire reveal its true offer. As Jiang recovered, he recognized that the Sun Moon Empire's supply crisis at sea offered a way to break the military stalemate.

• Wang Dong'er had her guards escort Princess Jiujiu from the Commander's tent, but Jiujiu stayed in the city and searched for Jiang Yuheng.
• Jiang Yuheng explained that Jiujiu's desperation suggested her offer had value, though the Star Luo Empire was still concealing its best resources.
• Jiang Yuheng told Wang Dong'er to keep delaying Jiujiu until she revealed the real offer, and promised he would recover enough to ease Wang's workload.
• Wang Dong'er asked Jiang Yuheng to find a way to end the stalemate as Kong Deming's nightly harassment wore her down.
• Jiang Yuheng considered the Sun Moon Empire's naval losses to marine Soul Beasts and the Beast God's authority over Soul Beasts as a potential opening for a counterattack.

Wang Dong'er recorded how her friends planned to spend the National Day holiday while Jiang Yuheng lamented that his Fourth Sequence duties would keep him working. She visited Xiao Xiao and Tang Ya, learning about a concert outing and a family trip that Xu Sanshi hoped would lead to an engagement between his son and Bei Bei's infant daughter.

• Jiang Yuheng complained to Wang Dong'er that he would be working through the holiday and asked her to seek him time off, but she refused.
• Wang Dong'er visited Xiao Xiao, who planned to attend Young Master Le's concert with Huo Yuhao, and Huo Yuhao invited Wang Dong'er to join them.
• Wang Dong'er declined the invitation because she did not want to leave Jiang Yuheng alone during their holiday.
• At Tang Ya's home, Wang Dong'er found Jiang Nannan and Xu Sanshi discussing a family trip and Xu Sanshi's wish to arrange an engagement between his son and Bei Bei's daughter.
• Bei Bei rejected Xu Sanshi's plan, while Xu Sanshi urged Jiang Nannan to persuade Tang Ya.

Wang Dong'er recorded how Luo Yuexi and Luo Ze planned to spend the National Day Holiday with friends and spouses while Jiang Yuheng remained busy with work. After submitting her task, she felt relieved that she had never become a Sequence God.

• Wang Dong'er reflected on her daughter studying on Douluo Continent and worried that she should make her own plans with Jiang Yuheng.
• Wang Dong'er met Luo Yuexi and Old Tang at a milk tea shop, where they discussed their holiday and Jiang Yuheng's overtime.
• Wang Dong'er visited Luo Ze, who said he planned to travel with Gu Yuena while their daughter was grown up.
• Gu Yuena arrived, took Luo Ze's hand, and said they needed to leave for a music festival.
• Wang Dong'er completed her recording task and submitted it, then felt glad she had refused to become a Sequence God.

Jiang Yuheng went to the Star Dou Great Forest to ask Di Tian to persuade the ocean Soul Beasts to attack the Sun Moon Empire’s transport ships. He explained that cutting off its maritime supply lines would strengthen the Heaven Dou Empire and constrain the Star Luo Empire’s Soul Engineer Legion.

• Jiang Yuheng told Wang Dong’er to guide Princess Jiujiu into surrendering her Rare Metal, while he went to seek Di Tian’s help.
• Jiang Yuheng rode his Frost Dragon to the Star Dou Great Forest and met Wang Qiuer, who understood his plan to disrupt the Sun Moon Empire’s supplies.
• Wang Qiuer and Jiang Yuheng discussed how severing the transport route could stabilize the Heaven Dou Empire and deter the Star Luo Empire.
• The Hell Three-Headed Dog brought Jiang Yuheng and Wang Qiuer to Di Tian after their conversation delayed their journey.
• Jiang Yuheng asked Di Tian to leave seclusion and persuade the ocean Soul Beasts to attack the Sun Moon Empire’s logistical transport ships.

Jiang Yuheng asked Di Tian to persuade the ocean-type soul beasts to help resolve the crisis between the human empires, but Di Tian refused until Gu Yuena ordered him to go. Jiang Yuheng waited while Gu Yuena escorted her master back to the Lake of Life, where Di Tian warned that Jiang Yuheng might be setting a trap.

• Jiang Yuheng revealed that he knew Di Tian could influence the ocean-type soul beasts, alarming the Ferocious Beasts, who suspected a traitor had leaked the information.
• Wang Qiuer told Bear Lord and Scarlet King to stop arguing and let Di Tian decide whether to help.
• Di Tian refused to leave the Star Dou Great Forest or disrupt the peace between soul beasts and humans, despite Jiang Yuheng pressing him.
• Gu Yuena arrived and ordered Di Tian to accompany Jiang Yuheng, agreeing to help resolve matters involving the Heaven Dou Empire and the Star Luo Empire.
• Gu Yuena escorted her master back to the Lake of Life while Jiang Yuheng waited outside, and Di Tian warned his master that Jiang Yuheng might be setting a trap.

Gu Yuena ordered Di Tian to accompany Jiang Yuheng and learn from him, despite Di Tian's distrust of humans. Jiang Yuheng headed northwest to find the Sea Cang Dragon, but after half an hour over the ocean he had not spotted any creatures.

• Gu Yuena argued that meeting the marine Soul Beasts could improve relations and ordered Di Tian to follow Jiang Yuheng and learn from him.
• Di Tian took Jiang Yuheng and Wang Qiuer toward the Sun Moon Empire's ocean territory and named the Demon Soul Great White Shark, Deep Sea Whales, and Sea Cang Dragon as its major groups.
• After Di Tian described the gentler Sea Cang Dragon, Jiang Yuheng asked for their location and learned they were likely northwest.
• Wang Qiuer offered to help, but Jiang Yuheng set off alone with his Flying Soul Tool to search for the Sea Cang Dragon.
• Jiang Yuheng searched the ocean for half an hour without seeing any large creatures or even tuna.

Jiang Yuheng searched the ocean for the Sea Cang Dragon tribe and enlisted Wang Dong'er’s advice to question other oceanic Soul Beasts. After meeting Bai Xiuxiu and the Demon Soul Great White Shark King, he persuaded the king to guide him to the Sea Cang Dragons, though the king warned him that the outcome would not be under his control.

• Wang Dong'er reminded Jiang Yuheng to ask other oceanic Soul Beasts for help locating the Sea Cang Dragons, and he followed her suggestion.
• Jiang Yuheng used his Frost Dragon to compel a shark-like Soul Beast to lead him to the Demon Soul Great White Shark tribe.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark King demanded that Jiang Yuheng leave, but Jiang Yuheng threatened the tribe and asked its members about the Sea Cang Dragons.
• Jiang Yuheng befriended the curious young Bai Xiuxiu with milk tea, and she offered to take him to her Cang Dragon uncle.
• The Demon Soul Great White Shark King questioned Jiang Yuheng’s goal and agreed to guide him to the Sea Cang Dragons, warning that he would resist if Jiang Yuheng threatened them.

Jiang Yuheng negotiated with Sea Cang Dragon for the marine Soul Beasts to join the Spirit Pagoda in exchange for help against the Sun Moon Empire’s ships. After securing their cooperation, he returned to Di Tian and Wang Qiuer, where Di Tian challenged his use of the Spirit Pagoda as a bargaining chip.

• The Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan Leader brought Jiang Yuheng and Bai Xiuxiu to the deep-sea region, where the Ink Turtle Clan Leader objected to a human meeting Sea Cang Dragon.
• Jiang Yuheng teleported into Sea Cang Dragon’s territory with Bai Xiuxiu, leaving the marine Soul Beast leaders to wait outside.
• Jiang Yuheng offered the Sea Cang Dragon Clan a place in the Spirit Pagoda to protect its future, and Sea Cang Dragon agreed to attack Sun Moon Empire logistics ships.
• Jiang Yuheng returned and told the Demon Soul Great White Shark Clan Leader that Sea Cang Dragon had agreed, then left for the surface.
• Wang Qiuer asked how Jiang Yuheng had convinced the marine Soul Beasts, and he explained that he had promised them a chance to join the Spirit Pagoda.
• Di Tian criticized Jiang Yuheng for using the Spirit Pagoda as a bargaining chip, and Jiang Yuheng blamed Di Tian’s refusal to help.

Luo Yuexi brought Jiang Yuheng to Luo Ze to be tested as a candidate for the Fourth Sequence, whose power governed time. Jiang Yuheng passed a trial of loneliness, learned to control time, and began preparing to return to the Douluo Continent.

• Luo Ze agreed to test Jiang Yuheng before allowing Luo Yuexi to teach him the Fourth Sequence inheritance.
• Luo Yuexi explained that Luo Ze's trial tested both Jiang Yuheng's isolation and his humanity, then sent him into a silent black space.
• After hundreds of alternations of light and darkness, Luo Ze told Luo Yuexi that Jiang Yuheng had passed the test.
• Luo Yuexi brought Jiang Yuheng out of the black space and began teaching him, and he mastered time manipulation after three days.
• Jiang Yuheng chose to learn space as well so he could prepare for his return to the Douluo Continent.

Jiang Yuheng returned to Mu City with Di Tian, whose appearance revealed the Star Dou Great Forest’s alliance with the Heaven Dou Empire. After reuniting with Wang Dong'er and reviewing intelligence with Huo Yuhao, Jiang Yuheng took command and ordered a covertly prepared all-out attack on the Sun Moon Empire’s occupied borders.

• Di Tian denied that he intended to hold the Heaven Dou forces back, then flew Jiang Yuheng to Mu City and appeared before Kong Deming’s Soul Engineer Legion.
• Jiang Yuheng asked Di Tian to clarify the terms of their cooperation, and Di Tian offered to return whenever his help was needed before taking the Auspicious Beast back.
• Wang Dong'er welcomed Jiang Yuheng and, exhausted, fell asleep in his embrace; he decided to move from command to the front line and end the battle quickly.
• Jiang Yuheng compared intelligence with Huo Yuhao, then reviewed the Sun Moon Empire’s expenditures with the Soul Engineer Legion commanders.
• Jiang Yuheng ordered the Soul Engineer Legions to launch an all-out attack on the occupied borders and promised a three-level promotion for the whole legion if they killed Soul Engineers and seized supplies.
• Jiang Yuheng told the commanders to prepare in small portions so Kong Deming would not notice anything unusual.

Kong Deming prepared to sacrifice his command camp with hidden explosives to stop Heaven Dou reinforcements, then waited for Jiang Yuheng to arrive. Jiang Yuheng confronted him and the two legion commanders, and as the battle began, Kong Deming revealed that he had anticipated the attack and planned to destroy Jiang Yuheng’s Soul Engineer Legion.

• Kong Deming decided to withdraw his metal Soul Engineers and plant high explosive bombs around the command camp as bait for Jiang Yuheng.
• Jiang Yuheng arrived with a Soul Engineer Legion, and he and Kong Deming exchanged accusations about their past and Jiang Yuheng’s departure from the Sun Moon Empire.
• Kong Deming and the legion commanders taunted Jiang Yuheng and challenged him to come closer, but Jiang Yuheng ordered Commander Chen and the others not to act without his permission.
• Jiang Yuheng warned Kong Deming that his broken space Soul Tool would not protect the three men as dark clouds gathered and icy rain began to fall.
• Kong Deming revealed that he had anticipated Jiang Yuheng’s move and declared that Jiang Yuheng and his Soul Engineer Legion would die.

Jiang Yuheng repelled the Sun Moon Empire forces at the Heaven Dou border and urged Vina to prioritize stability and recovery. Meanwhile, Kong Deming took command on the Star Luo front and forced Jing Hongchen to remain as an advisor because Jiang Yuheng was coming to confront them.

• Jiang Yuheng stopped Commander Chen from pursuing Kong Deming and told him to focus on restoring stability in the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Vina announced the victory, exempted the country from taxes for three years, and arranged aid and rebuilding based on Jiang Yuheng's suggestions.
• Jing Hongchen received Xu Tianran's order appointing Kong Deming commander and making him deputy commander.
• Kong Deming took over command and faced complaints about losses in the King-level Soul Engineer Legion, while Jing Hongchen offered to return to Mingde Hall.
• Kong Deming refused Jing Hongchen's resignation and ordered him to stay as an advisor, explaining that Jiang Yuheng was coming to the Star Luo front to confront them.

After the Heaven Dou Empire defeated the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Jiawei and his advisers debated how to secure Jiang Yuheng’s help against the coming threat to Star Luo. The chapter ended with Xu Jiawei asking Dai Hao for another way to persuade Jiang Yuheng, while Dai Hao insisted that Star Luo had to offer a truly substantial show of sincerity.

• Kong Deming removed Jing Hongchen as deputy commander but kept him as a staff officer, and Jing Hongchen pledged to obey and help defeat Jiang Yuheng.
• Xu Jiawei received news that the Heaven Dou Empire had driven out the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineer Legions without losing a soldier.
• Xu Jiawei privately asked Dai Hao whether Star Luo should invite Jiang Yuheng to serve as its commander, and Dai Hao urged him to offer attractive benefits.
• Xu Jiujiu objected to giving Jiang Yuheng half of Star Luo’s Rare Metal, while Dai Hao warned that the empire faced overwhelming forces without Jiang Yuheng’s support.
• Xu Jiawei stopped their argument and asked Dai Hao whether another way existed to persuade Jiang Yuheng; Dai Hao said a few gifts would not prove Star Luo’s sincerity.

Xu Jiawei sided with Dai Hao on resisting the rare-metals deal, but the imperial family postponed a decision on handing over the materials. As Dai Hao headed to Shrek Academy to negotiate with Jiang Yuheng, Jiang continued his Artificial Soul Spirit experiments and anticipated that the Sun Moon Empire would eventually seek his help.

• Princess Jiujiu urged Xu Jiawei to reject Dai Hao's advice and preserve the Star Luo Empire's rare metals, but Xu dismissed them so he could consider the matter.
• Dai Hao confronted Princess Jiujiu after she left the palace, suspecting that she was an impostor or spy; she denied it and said the imperial family opposed deepening ties with Jiang Yuheng.
• The next morning, Xu Jiawei agreed with Dai Hao's position but said the imperial family had not reached agreement on the rare metals, and he sent Dai Hao to Shrek Academy to negotiate with Jiang Yuheng.
• Jiang Yuheng continued developing Artificial Soul Spirits at the Spirit Pagoda while Wang Dong'er reported that Dai Hao was coming to Shrek Academy.
• Jiang Yuheng said he expected the Sun Moon Empire to approach him with its greatest sincerity when it launched a full-scale attack.

Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er refused to commit the Spirit Pagoda to helping the Star Luo Empire unless Dai Hao offered substantial resources, while Dai Hao hesitated to surrender the empire’s Rare Metal reserves. After Jiang Yuheng emerged from his laboratory, he agreed to wait until the empire became more desperate, then learned that Huo Yuhao and Xiao Xiao had been watching Dai Hao.

• Wang Dong'er hosted Dai Hao at Shrek Academy but delayed discussing the Star Luo Empire’s crisis until he asked to speak with her privately.
• Wang Dong'er told Dai Hao the Spirit Pagoda had suffered heavy losses helping the Heaven Dou Empire, rejected his gifts as inadequate, and left before he could persuade her.
• Dai Hao explained his failed appeal to the Sea God's Pavilion, where Yan Shaozhe noted the Star Luo Empire still had an advantage and was reluctant to risk its Rare Metal reserves.
• Dai Hao worried that withholding Rare Metal would cost him Jiang Yuheng’s help, while offering it would hinder the empire’s future development.
• Jiang Yuheng emerged from the laboratory and agreed with Wang Dong'er that they should wait until the Star Luo Empire offered more resources.
• Huo Yuhao told Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er that he and Xiao Xiao had watched Dai Hao for a while before coming to the cafeteria.

Huo Yuhao reported that Dai Hao had secretly followed Jiang Yuheng before suddenly leaving, while Dai Hao struggled to understand his own retreat. The Sea God revealed that he was manipulating events in the Lower Realm, then faced the God of Destruction, who suspected him of violating the Divine Realm’s rules.

• Huo Yuhao told Jiang Yuheng that Dai Hao had followed him from the Spirit Pagoda, and Jiang Yuheng ordered closer surveillance of the Star Luo Empire.
• Dai Hao wondered why he had withdrawn despite believing his plan to use Jiang Yuheng against the Sun Moon Empire was sound.
• The Sea God watched the conflict in the Lower Realm and resolved to disrupt Jiang Yuheng’s plans.
• The God of Destruction confronted the Sea God about Divine Power affecting the Douluo Continent, and the Sea God denied violating the rules.
• The God of Destruction grew more certain that the Sea God was interfering after observing his reaction.

The God of Destruction exposed the Sea God’s interference in the Lower Realm, while Jiang Yuheng learned that the Sea God had spies in the Star Luo Empire. After the Star Luo Emperor chose to resist the Sun Moon Empire without Spirit Pagoda support, Kong Deming launched an attack and the Royal Dragon Soul Engineer Legion seized a border city.

• The God of Destruction confronted the Sea God and demanded a Divine Realm Committee meeting to investigate his interference in the Lower Realm.
• The Sea God contacted his son, Little San, and asked him to clean up the traces of their plan.
• The God of Destruction warned Jiang Yuheng that the Sea God had spies and pawns in the Star Luo Empire, but Jiang Yuheng chose not to act yet.
• Dai Hao returned without securing Spirit Pagoda support, and Xu Jiawei decided to resist the Sun Moon Empire rather than offer Jiang Yuheng the Rare Metal.
• Kong Deming ordered the Royal Dragon, Terrorclaw, and Mingde Hall Soul Engineer Legions to attack, and the Royal Dragon Legion seized the first border city.
• The Royal Dragon Legion commander considered killing the civilians in the captured city, but the Terrorclaw commander arrived to stop him.

The Sun Moon Empire concealed its occupation of three Star Luo border cities while Ju Zi and Xu Tianran prepared to seize the entire empire. Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er grew suspicious of the Star Luo leadership’s failure to notice the scheme and sent Huo Yuhao to investigate.

• The Royal Dragon Legion commander withdrew after agreeing to Ju Zi’s order, leaving the civilians with the Terrorclaw Legion commander as the Sun Moon Empire sealed off information about the occupied cities.
• Xu Tianran received a week of favorable battle reports, while Zhongli Wu pressed to send Holy Spirit Cult members into Star Luo and then left to prepare their mobilization.
• Ju Zi ordered Kong Deming not to rush the advance, and she hoped Jiang Yuheng would appear on the battlefield.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er discussed the suspicious silence from the Star Luo Empire and agreed to gather intelligence before intervening.
• Huo Yuhao accepted a reconnaissance mission to Star Luo, and Jiang Yuheng warned that Dai Hao might be connected to someone powerful rather than replaced.