Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yuheng deduced that Kong Deming’s assault on South City was meant to spread fear, and he urged the Star Luo Empire to harass the Sun Moon Empire until its troops could no longer endure the pressure. He then made an agreement with President Zhong to use fear against the enemy while limiting harm to Star Luo civilians, as Ju Zi received Kong Deming’s report and considered how to respond.

• Jiang Yuheng studied South City’s reports and concluded that Kong Deming’s attack was meant to divert attention and spread fear rather than simply conquer territory.
• Xu Jiujiu connected Sun Moon Empire troop panic to the campaign’s purpose, and the Star Luo leaders ordered relentless harassment and sent West City’s remaining Soul Engineer Legion to aid South City’s flanks.
• President Zhong visited Jiang Yuheng, who confirmed their plan to prolong the enemy’s physical and psychological strain and offered financial support on the condition that the Holy Spirit Cult avoid massacring Star Luo civilians.
• Ju Zi received Kong Deming’s report that West City had been reclaimed by the Star Luo Empire while the South City offensive continued with newly developed weakening-type Soul Tools.
• Ju Zi praised the enemy’s blood-for-blood strategy, and her confidant asked whether they should send the latest Soul Guide Cannonballs to help Kong Deming take South City quickly.

Ju Zi directed the Sun Moon Empire’s campaign from behind the lines while Kong Deming captured South City and prepared to advance on West City. Outside the city, Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong’er questioned why the civilians feared the invaders and suspected a Soul Tool was influencing them.

• Ju Zi reviewed Kong Deming’s unusually frequent reports, learned Wang Dong’er had reached the Star Luo Empire’s Imperial Palace, and ordered the army to follow Jiang Yuheng’s plans while warning Kong Deming to be cautious.
• The Sun Moon Empire captured South City after a brief defense, killing its lord and fifty thousand defenders and capturing or killing civilians who resisted.
• Kong Deming warned his Royal Dragon Soul Engineer Legion commander not to underestimate Jiang Yuheng, while the commander eagerly accepted the promised chance to lead the Royal Soul Engineer Corps.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong’er discussed the invaders’ restraint toward civilians and suspected that a Soul Tool was causing the Star Luo Empire’s people to fear the Sun Moon Empire’s soldiers.

Jiang Yuheng discovered traces of a Soul Tool that had been used to control South City's citizens and brought the evidence to the White Tiger Duke and Princess Xu Jiujiu. He agreed to help locate the device, while the Star Luo Empire kept its suspected mole under watch rather than risk exposing its investigation.

• Jiang Yuheng found deep marks in a concealed site that might have come from a Soul Tool and drew a copy for Wang Dong'er to deliver to the White Tiger Duke and Princess Jiujiu.
• Jiang Yuheng told Wang Dong'er that they should move the captured Interference Soul Tools to the front lines and keep harassing South City while the Sun Moon Empire installed its device.
• At West City, Jiang Yuheng presented his evidence, and the White Tiger Duke and Princess Xu Jiujiu concluded that a Soul Tool had caused South City's citizens to become listless.
• Jiang Yuheng advised the group not to expose the mole before identifying which of the three suspects it was, and the White Tiger Duke agreed.
• Princess Xu Jiujiu and the White Tiger Duke maneuvered Jiang Yuheng into taking charge of finding the Soul Tool, and Wang Dong'er hurried him out of the meeting after he made an embarrassing remark about filling up on gas.

Xu Jiujiu agreed to let the Spirit Pagoda establish itself in South City in exchange for Jiang Yuheng destroying the Soul Tool harming civilians and driving the Sun Moon Empire out. As Jiang Yuheng entered South City to investigate, Tang Hao prepared to attack him despite the Azure Ox’s warning.

• Xu Jiujiu negotiated with Jiang Yuheng and agreed to give the Spirit Pagoda seventy percent of its profits in South City, and Jiang Yuheng promised to expel the Sun Moon Empire within fifteen days.
• Jiang Yuheng pressured President Zhong into helping him enter South City, and President Zhong killed nearly fifty elite Soul Engineers to cover his entry.
• Jiang Yuheng used his Level 6 Soul Engineer medal to enter South City, surveyed the city, and decided to wait for Kong Deming to reveal clues about the Soul Tool.
• The Sun Moon Empire retaliated by attacking West City and defeated the Star Luo Empire’s forces, while Xu Jiujiu and Dai Hao discussed their losses and the civilians’ plight.
• The Azure Ox warned Tang Hao not to attack Jiang Yuheng, but Tang Hao remained intent on striking while Jiang Yuheng was alone.

Jiang Yuheng continued searching South City for the Interference Soul Tool while weighing a faster way to disrupt the Sun Moon Empire’s plans. He visited a Citizen Representative in West City under the Star Luo Emperor’s authority and began addressing the representative’s inaction.

• Tang Hao rejected Azure Ox’s warning and vanished, while Azure Ox resolved to find someone else to help Jiang Yuheng.
• Titan Giant Ape worried that Jiang Yuheng could not withstand Tang Hao, but Azure Ox said they had no other choice but to trust him.
• Jiang Yuheng kept exercising and searching South City as the Sun Moon Empire maintained its occupation and pressured the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires.
• Luo Yuexi told Jiang Yuheng that his cautious approach was too slow, and Jiang Yuheng decided to force the Sun Moon Empire’s hand through the Citizen Representatives.
• Jiang Yuheng visited a young Citizen Representative in West City, showed him the Star Luo Emperor’s token, and said he had come because of the representative’s nonresistance and inaction.

Jiang Yuheng’s warning about a hidden Soul Tool sowed suspicion among the South City Citizen Representatives and the Sun Moon Empire’s command. Kong Deming promoted the informant and ordered him to hunt for a supposed Star Luo infiltrator, leaving the Soul Tool’s location and the true source of the intelligence exposed only to Jiang Yuheng.

• Jiang Yuheng confronted a Citizen Representative with evidence that he knew about the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool in South City and threatened him for betraying the Star Luo Empire.
• The Citizen Representatives argued over how the information had leaked, but five rejected the composed representative’s calls to investigate Jiang Yuheng and left him behind.
• The composed representative reported the intelligence to the Royal Dragon Legion Commander, who suspected the Star Luo Empire had planted false information to expose the Soul Tool’s location.
• The Royal Dragon Legion Commander tried to shoot the representative for urging attacks on civilians, but Kong Deming’s Invincible Shield stopped him.
• Kong Deming heard the representative’s account, named him South City’s Citizen Representative, and promised him a noble title if he found the supposed infiltrator.

Kong Deming appointed a ruthless citizen representative to lead the others and suppress suspected traitors, using him as a tool to secure control of the city. After the representative ordered mass arrests and executions, the remaining five representatives turned against him, and the young representative vowed revenge.

• Kong Deming told the Royal Dragon Legion Commander that the citizen representative was a useful weapon because he had no faction and would fight to rise in rank.
• The representative ignored the Night Curfew Order, led soldiers through South City, and threatened residents with death or imprisonment if they fled.
• When the other five representatives confronted him, he claimed Kong Deming had made him their leader and defended the crackdown as an order to eliminate threats.
• The young representative challenged his authority and accused him of using Kong Deming’s name for his own purposes, temporarily keeping the confrontation from escalating.
• The next morning, the representative executed suspected traitors in the square, displayed their bodies, and warned the citizens against hiding anyone.
• The remaining five representatives watched in fury as the representative left with his Soul Engineer squad, and the young representative vowed to make him pay.

Jiang Yuheng learned that a Citizen Representative had seized power and begun slaughtering commoners, and he negotiated an alliance with another representative who offered land in exchange for his help. After agreeing to protect the representatives and their families, Jiang Yuheng received a written deduction that placed the sought Soul Tool in West City.

• A young Citizen Representative rushed to Jiang Yuheng's home after a crisis erupted in the central plaza, and Jiang Yuheng helped him recover from his shock.
• The representative asked Jiang Yuheng for help and an alliance, explaining that a lowly commoner representative had risen to power and was slaughtering people across the city.
• Jiang Yuheng questioned the representative's motives, and the representative recognized him as the renowned savior of the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Jiang Yuheng demanded a benefit in exchange for helping, and the representative offered him a plot of land in South City's southern district for the Spirit Pagoda.
• The representative wrote out his reasoning that the Soul Tool was in West City, and Jiang Yuheng agreed to protect the representatives and their families if the alliance succeeded.
• Jiang Yuheng memorized the analysis and advised the representative to destroy it and keep their meeting secret.

Jiang Yuheng secured an alliance with the citizen representatives and investigated the Sun Moon Empire’s plans in West District. After infiltrating the experiment area, he offered a way to reconcile a dispute over land and Soul Tool installation, leaving both sides hopeful for his solution.

• Jiang Yuheng agreed to cooperate with the young citizen representative after the representative documented and sealed the alliance’s terms.
• The young representative told five allies that Jiang Yuheng had arrived, and they began gathering information to prove their loyalty to him.
• Jiang Yuheng questioned a West District breakfast seller and learned that the Sun Moon Empire had requisitioned half the land around the district’s outskirts.
• Jiang Yuheng used a captured Soul Engineer’s identity badge and his own Level 6 Soul Engineer Medal to enter the experiment area.
• Jiang Yuheng found the experiment team and soldiers arguing over whether to install interference Soul Tools on the land reserved for experiments.
• Jiang Yuheng proposed simplifying the Soul Tool’s external components while preserving its core, which could reduce its footprint.

Jiang Yuheng resolved the dispute over the Interference Soul Tool and asked to observe the installation of a large-scale Soul Tool, earning special permission from a Rank 8 Soul Engineer. The two sides prepared to install their devices, while the researchers insisted they could handle the delicate work themselves.

• Jiang Yuheng warned that his proposed solution would weaken the Soul Tool's effects but still resolve the problem.
• Jiang Yuheng requested permission to observe the installation, and the Rank 8 Soul Engineer granted him special access to watch and take notes.
• The younger Soul Engineers envied Jiang Yuheng's chance to study a level 8 Soul Tool firsthand.
• The Rank 8 Soul Engineer set the experiment for three that afternoon and offered to help the other side install its Soul Tool.
• The installation leader warned the researchers that damaging the precious components would bring serious consequences.
• A researcher dismissed the installation team's concerns and claimed that the researchers' training made them capable of handling the Soul Tools.

Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er uncovered a Sun Moon Empire spy within the Star Luo Empire and debated how to handle him without harming their alliance. Xu Jiawei chose to deal with his imprisoned mentor, but the chancellor hinted that he had already sent information out.

• Jiang Yuheng observed a clash between Sun Moon Empire factions and concluded their infighting could benefit the Star Luo Empire.
• Wang Dong'er told Jiang Yuheng that the chancellor had alerted the Sun Moon Empire after learning he had approached West City.
• Jiang Yuheng advised Wang Dong'er to eliminate the chancellor, warning that Kong Deming's restrained response suggested someone else might be directing events.
• Wang Dong'er and Xiao Xiao urged Xu Jiawei to act against the chancellor, and Xu Jiawei asked for time to speak with his former teacher alone.
• Xu Jiawei brought food and wine to the chancellor in prison and said he would not let anything obstruct the Star Luo Empire's development.
• The chancellor laughed and claimed that killing him would not solve the problem because he had already sent information out.

Xu Jiawei told his former teacher that he would kill him without damaging his reputation or harming his family. Meanwhile, Jiang Yuheng inspected the dismantling of a Level 8 Interference Soul Tool, caught a flaw, and secured three hours to study its parts.

• Xu Jiawei accused his former teacher of hypocrisy and promised that his death would not harm his family or reputation.
• Jiang Yuheng arrived at the Soul Tool dismantling site and watched the Soul Engineers begin taking apart the Interference Soul Tool.
• Jiang Yuheng noticed that the main wheel mechanism had been left in place and warned the Rank 8 Soul Engineer that the error would weaken the device.
• The Rank 8 Soul Engineer corrected the flaw and praised Jiang Yuheng, who then asked to study the dismantled parts under supervision.
• The team captain approved Jiang Yuheng's request and gave him three hours to research the Soul Tool.

Jiang Yuheng secretly took the main screw from the modified Interference Soul Tool, while Kong Deming recognized the danger of his presence and warned the Rank 8 Soul Engineer. A disguised Lord of the Plane planned to attack Jiang Yuheng during a gods’ meeting, but the search party arrived too late and began combing the Experiment Area.

• Jiang Yuheng used his pass to move more freely and realized the main screw controlled the Interference Soul Tool’s range.
• Kong Deming inspected the modified Soul Tool, learned that a young Level 6 Soul Engineer had worked on it, and suspected the person was Jiang Yuheng.
• Kong Deming warned the Rank 8 Soul Engineer about outsiders in disguise and urged him to make amends before Jiang Yuheng left.
• A disguised Lord of the Plane received word that the gods would soon be unable to use Divine Power, and learned that Tang Hao had been told to attack Jiang Yuheng during the meeting.
• Jiang Yuheng sensed someone approaching, took the main screw, and escaped before the Rank 8 Soul Engineer and his men entered.
• The Rank 8 Soul Engineer ordered a search, while an Experiment Area representative questioned whether Kong Deming had truly issued the order and warned them not to disrupt the restricted site.

An installation commander discovered that a Rank 8 Soul Engineer had been tricked by someone impersonating Kong Deming into disrupting the Experiment Area and targeting Jiang Yuheng. Kong Deming and his two legion commanders learned of the incident, but the impostor’s identity remained unknown as they prepared to investigate.

• The installation commander confronted the Rank 8 Soul Engineer, who claimed Kong Deming had ordered the search, and revealed that Kong Deming had never visited the site.
• When the Rank 8 Soul Engineer became agitated and refused to believe he had been deceived, the installation commander locked him in a containment device.
• The installation commander reported the impersonation and disturbance to Kong Deming, who was shocked that someone had acted in his name to frame Jiang Yuheng.
• The Royal Dragon Legion Commander suspected the Star Luo Empire, while the Terrorclaw Legion Commander argued that the Frost Dragon Butterfly’s infiltration made that unlikely and that Jiang Yuheng would not risk using a fake body.
• Kong Deming remained calm as his students debated who had impersonated him, and the Terrorclaw Legion Commander called for a careful investigation.

Kong Deming told his commanders that the legends of gods might explain the strange events in South City, while Jiang Yuheng suspected someone had impersonated Kong Deming and possibly acted under the authority of the Lord of the Plane. Kong Deming met Jiang Yuheng in West City and persuaded him to help investigate the deranged assistant by offering civilian treatment and a share of South City’s Rare Metals.

• Kong Deming told the Terrorclaw Legion Commander and Royal Dragon Legion Commander that the history of gods might be true and could explain the strange events, then considered consulting the Frost Dragon Butterfly.
• Jiang Yuheng returned to safety with the core component, told Huo Yuhao, Xiao Xiao, and Wang Dong'er what happened in South City, and agreed that Kong Deming might have been an impostor.
• Jiang Yuheng privately suspected Tang Hao, possibly acting as the Lord of the Plane of the Douluo Continent, had disrupted his investigation.
• Kong Deming flew to West City and asked Jiang Yuheng to help examine his deranged assistant, whom the empire’s medical technology could not diagnose.
• Kong Deming offered to distribute an antidote to civilians in South City and give Jiang Yuheng forty percent of its Rare Metals, and Jiang Yuheng agreed to help.

Jiang Yuheng told Wang Dong'er about his meeting with Kong Deming and the Rare Metals hidden in South City, then revealed that Tang Hao had disguised himself as Kong Deming to manipulate their conflict. They headed to meet Kong Deming, who waited outside South City with his students as Jiang Yuheng failed to arrive on time.

• Kong Deming challenged Jiang Yuheng to meet him at the Commander's Headquarters the next day and promised to face him and his companions.
• Wang Dong'er found Jiang Yuheng on the mountain, checked that he was unharmed, and heard about his late-night meeting with Kong Deming.
• Jiang Yuheng told Wang Dong'er that the Star Luo Empire had hidden a large cache of Rare Metals in South City, giving them leverage for negotiations.
• Jiang Yuheng revealed that Tang Hao had impersonated Kong Deming to provoke conflict while Jiang Yuheng was undercover in South City, and promised to kill him if he threatened Wang Dong'er.
• Kong Deming arrived outside South City with the Royal Dragon Legion Commander and the Terrorclaw Legion Commander, and one student suspected Jiang Yuheng had stood them up.

Jiang Yuheng confronted the Sun Moon Empire commanders, froze the Royal Dragon Legion Commander after detecting divine influence, and helped treat a Rank 8 Soul Engineer whose mind had been guided by a god’s power. Kong Deming acknowledged the threat and proposed a bet that Jiang Yuheng would annihilate the god that night.

• Jiang Yuheng arrived with Wang Dong'er and challenged the Royal Dragon Legion Commander’s insults, prompting Kong Deming to order his student to apologize.
• When the Royal Dragon Legion Commander’s emotions seemed unnaturally inflamed, Jiang Yuheng struck him and froze him into an Ice Sculpture.
• Kong Deming explained that Jiang Yuheng had acted to save the Royal Dragon Legion Commander from divine influence, while the Terrorclaw Legion Commander remained doubtful that gods existed.
• Jiang Yuheng examined the Rank 8 Soul Engineer and confirmed that an outside force had guided and amplified his emotions with the power of a Second-level God.
• Jiang Yuheng removed the impurities from the Soul Engineer’s mind, then hurried away to recover his own Mental Power.
• Kong Deming challenged the Terrorclaw Legion Commander to bet that Jiang Yuheng would meet and annihilate the god that night.

Jiang Yuheng prepared to confront Tang Hao, who had secretly injured him and planned to restore the timeline by erasing Xiao Dong’s memories. Their encounter outside South City ended with Jiang revealing that he was a Supreme God King from beyond Douluo Continent.

• Kong Deming wagered that Jiang Yuheng would solve their problem, while the Terrorclaw Legion Commander remained skeptical of gods.
• Jiang Yuheng told Wang Dong'er that Divine Power was rampaging through his body, and the Azure Ox warned him that Tang Hao might act against him.
• Wang Dong'er worried as Jiang Yuheng left to face a god, while Kong Deming interpreted the young man's apparent recklessness as evidence of his unusual nature.
• Tang Hao met Jiang Yuheng outside South City, admitted he had disguised himself as Kong Deming and damaged two people's nerves, then prepared to attack.
• Jiang Yuheng identified Tang Hao and revealed that he was Wang Dong'er's husband, the Fourth Sequence of the Divine Realm, and a Supreme God King.

Jiang Yuheng erased Tang Hao after trapping him in a Time Domain, then secured doubled resources from Kong Deming instead of killing him. He left South City with Wang Dong'er and called for Yuhao to come to West City as the war continued.

• Jiang Yuheng told Tang Hao he had planned for a long time, erased him, and let a trace of Divine Sense escape as bait.
• Kong Deming sensed the disturbance and recognized Jiang Yuheng's power, while Jiang Yuheng decided not to kill him because his death would benefit the Star Luo Empire.
• Wang Dong'er helped Jiang Yuheng recover, and the two agreed that Kong Deming's death would not serve their interests.
• Kong Deming ordered the Terrorclaw Legion Commander to deliver twice the promised resources, and Jiang Yuheng collected them the next day.
• Jiang Yuheng left South City with Wang Dong'er and asked her to summon Yuhao to West City; the Azure Ox and Titan Giant Ape joined them.

Jiang Yuheng secured Azure Ox’s support and prepared to confront the Sun Moon Empire, while Huo Yuhao advanced to Titled Douluo with a Soul Ascension Pill. As the Sun Moon Empire launched a massive assault near West City, Jiang Yuheng ordered Star Luo’s forces to hold the line until he could turn the war around.

• Azure Ox pledged to report Divine Realm developments to Jiang Yuheng, who left with Wang Dong'er and promised to care for her.
• Kong Deming worried about the danger Jiang Yuheng posed, while the Royal Dragon Legion Commander and Terrorclaw Legion Commander dismissed his fears.
• Jiang Yuheng told Huo Yuhao that he had fought the Lord of the Plane and gave him a Soul Ascension Pill, allowing Huo Yuhao to break through to Titled Douluo.
• Wang Dong'er joined Jiang Yuheng and Huo Yuhao’s planned border mission, hoping to train toward the Titled Douluo realm.
• Xu Jiujiu reported that the Sun Moon Empire had launched an unprecedented assault near West City, and Jiang Yuheng ordered Star Luo’s forces to resist for one day.