Chapter Summaries

The leader of the Attack Faction sought support to confront Jiang Yuheng, but Kong Deming refused and warned that Flawless had recognized Jiang Yuheng. The leader then recruited the Middle and Defense Factions, while Ju Zi and Kong Deming continued to consider the Empire’s position and the Holy Spirit Cult.

• The leader of the Attack Faction left the court after Zhongli Wu’s stance silenced the ministers, then went to ask Kong Deming to support using the Death God Tower against Jiang Yuheng.
• Kong Deming warned that Flawless could resist a god and had developed a mind of its own, then firmly refused to help.
• Ju Zi emerged with Anwei and told Kong Deming that cooperation with the Holy Spirit Cult had to continue because the Empire could not face Jiang Yuheng alone.
• The leader of the Attack Faction approached the Middle and Defense Factions, offering to divide captured territory and benefits if they sent troops.
• The Middle Faction agreed to discuss dividing the benefits after the territory was taken, and the leader promised to persuade the Holy Spirit Cult to join them.

Ju Zi met with Zhongli Wu to plan how to recruit Jiang Yuheng, then personally presented Jiang Yuheng with a cooperation proposal. He found the offer tempting but challenged her to consider the broader consequences rather than simply trying to buy him off.

• Ju Zi told Zhongli Wu she planned to use Jiang Yuheng’s belief in shifting interests to win him over, and Zhongli Wu agreed to support her.
• Jiang Yuheng reviewed the Soul Spirit Experiment’s progress and instructed Wang Dong’er to make the Three Great Empires bear responsibility for any risks they accepted.
• Wang Dong’er warned Jiang Yuheng that the Sun Moon Empire’s tangled factions might target him, but he said he hoped for an enemy who could become an ally.
• Ju Zi arrived at Jiang Yuheng’s territory and presented him with a cooperation proposal, explaining its benefits.
• Jiang Yuheng said the proposal tempted him personally but questioned its value to the greater cause and challenged Ju Zi’s attempt to buy him off.

Jiang Yuheng rejected Ju Zi’s offer unless it benefited the Spirit Pagoda more than He Caitou could, while making clear he intended to bring the Sun Moon Continent under his control. Later, he discussed a plan with Wang Dong'er to weaken the Sun Moon Empire and deal with the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Jiang Yuheng told Ju Zi he represented the Spirit Pagoda and insisted that any alliance had to put its interests ahead of his personal gain.
• Ju Zi revised her offer, but Jiang Yuheng refused because its benefits did not exceed what He Caitou could provide.
• Jiang Yuheng spared Ju Zi, saying she was more useful alive and that he sought control of the Sun Moon Continent; Ju Zi vowed to pursue revenge and offered to match He Caitou’s benefits.
• Wang Dong'er teased Jiang Yuheng about Ju Zi’s interest, then suggested letting the Sun Moon Empire lower its guard before striking its factions one by one.
• Jiang Yuheng invited Wang Dong'er to join him and help deal with the Holy Spirit Cult, dismissing the idea that he would ever ally with it.

Jiang Yuheng secured ten border cities while Wang Dong'er prepared to join him at the front. In Mingdu, Ju Zi gave birth to a crown prince and faced Zhongli Wu's demands for an alliance against Jiang Yuheng.

• Wang Dong'er told Jiang Yuheng she would support him and asked him to wait for her before launching the final assault.
• Jiang Yuheng led He Caitou to capture ten remote cities over the following month.
• Ju Zi safely gave birth, and Xu Tianran celebrated the crown prince's arrival across the empire.
• Zhongli Wu visited Ju Zi and urged her to help the Holy Spirit Cult kill Jiang Yuheng, warning that the cult would not tolerate a rival rising above it.
• Ju Zi agreed to honor their alliance if Xu Tianran restored her status and military power, while Zhongli Wu promised to address the matter.
• Zhongli Wu mentioned Jiang Yuheng's recent capture of ten border cities, and Ju Zi showed no surprise.

Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er reunited at Harbor Port after months apart, while they discussed the Spirit Pagoda’s Artificial Soul Spirit experiments and the risks posed by nobles. The chapter ended with Jiang Yuheng carrying Wang Dong'er on his back as they exchanged affectionate words.

• Ju Zi and Zhongli Wu discussed sending the Soul Engineer Legion to kill Jiang Yuheng, and Zhongli Wu agreed to mobilize quickly.
• Jiang Yuheng waited at Harbor Port and welcomed Wang Dong'er when her ship arrived.
• Wang Dong'er told Jiang Yuheng that Artificial Soul Spirit experiments had advanced, but only commoner Spirit Masters were willing to risk participating.
• Jiang Yuheng said Xiao Xiao should bring the bribed commoners into the Spirit Pagoda to protect them from nobles acting against the Spirit Pagoda.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er shared lunch and walked together, and he carried her on his back as she told him she missed him.
• Wang Dong'er urged Jiang Yuheng to share important information with Yuhao and Xiao Xiao, but he said she was the only person he trusted.

Jiang Yuheng, Wang Dong'er, and Huo Yuhao prepared a full-scale offensive against the Sun Moon Empire while He Caitou rallied support by exposing Xu Tianran’s crimes. Their accusations sparked unrest around Mingdu, where Ju Zi carried out Xu Tianran’s brutal reprisals.

• Jiang Yuheng explained that he wanted a controlled offensive rather than destroying the Sun Moon Empire outright, and he, Wang Dong'er, and Huo Yuhao planned to capture three cities.
• Wang Dong'er chose Mu City and promised to take it within an hour, while Huo Yuhao chose Ling City and Jiang Yuheng warned them to watch for the Holy Spirit Cult.
• He Caitou announced Xu Tianran’s crimes, including collusion with the Holy Spirit Cult and using the Death God Tower against allies, enemies, and civilians.
• The accusations reached Mingdu within hours, and residents, nobles, and the Holy Spirit Cult stirred up unrest against Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianran used his Royal Authority forces to crush the first rebel families, and Ju Zi oversaw the slaughter and display of their corpses.

Ju Zi learned that Xu Tianran intended to use the Holy Spirit Cult against Jiang Yuheng while withholding the empire’s strongest support. After sending two Soul Engineer Legions to the front, she left Zhongli Wu to mobilize the Holy Spirit Cult’s entire army and challenge Xu Tianran’s plan.

• Ju Zi reported the Zhang and Jiang families’ destruction, and Xu Tianran crushed her report without reading it.
• Xu Tianran ordered Ju Zi to send Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen to help destroy the Holy Spirit Cult during its clash with Jiang Yuheng.
• Kong Deming and Jing Hongchen advised Ju Zi to appease the Holy Spirit Cult, so she dispatched the Royal Dragon and Dread Claw Soul Engineer Legions.
• Zhongli Wu criticized the Sun Moon Empire for sending only two legions, then ordered the Holy Spirit Cult to mobilize its entire army.

Jiang Yuheng received intelligence that the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon Empire had begun fighting, and he chose to exploit the Empire’s weakness by continuing his attacks. At headquarters, Ju Zi refused to commit the Soul Engineer Legions, believing the Holy Spirit Cult was waiting to destroy the Empire after its forces collapsed.

• Jiang Yuheng paid a black-robed informant one million Gold Soul Coins for intelligence and learned that the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon Empire had clashed.
• Jiang Yuheng told Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao about the conflict, and they wondered whether Xu Tianran’s actions were part of a trap.
• Jiang Yuheng chose to keep attacking, and the Opposition Army advanced smoothly, capturing six cities in one day.
• Soul Engineer Legion Commanders urged the Deputy Commander to send them into battle, fearing that continued inaction would lead to rebellion.
• The Deputy Commander asked Ju Zi and Kong Deming for permission to deploy the legions, but Ju Zi said the Holy Spirit Cult was waiting for the Empire to collapse and ordered them to remain patient.

Kong Deming ordered the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineer Legions to remain idle while the Holy Spirit Cult delayed joining the fight against Jiang Yuheng. The chapter left Zhongli Wu content to let the empire suffer, believing Jiang Yuheng should destroy it if he was capable.

• Kong Deming told the Deputy Commander to refuse calls for immediate action and accept the loss of cities outside the mainline.
• The Soul Engineer Legion commanders protested their orders to stand aside, but Kong Deming forbade them from mobilizing without his permission.
• Kong Deming killed a commander who had spoken out and warned the others against secretly disobeying him.
• A Holy Spirit Cult aide questioned why the cult had not acted after three days, while Zhongli Wu said the Sun Moon Empire’s nobles could bear the losses.
• Zhongli Wu watched Jiang Yuheng’s Frost Dragon destroy a city and said he would admire Jiang Yuheng if he could destroy the entire Sun Moon Empire.

Jiang Yuheng chose to investigate the Holy Spirit Cult’s base in Kui City himself while Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao continued their campaign. He arrived at the city but struggled to find a way inside, leaving the investigation to begin at night.

• An informant told Jiang Yuheng that the Holy Spirit Cult had gathered in a prosperous city near Mingdu, and he suspected its headquarters was in Kui City.
• Wang Dong'er and Huo Yuhao offered to investigate, but Jiang Yuheng decided to go alone and told them to continue their original plan.
• Wang Dong'er warned Jiang Yuheng that the Holy Spirit Cult might act unpredictably when cornered, and he vowed to send them all to hell if they did.
• Jiang Yuheng reached Kui City and found that its people worked at night, making it difficult for him to enter without exposing his Ice Attribute Soul Power.
• Wang Dong'er advised Jiang Yuheng to enter after dark, and he agreed before noting that the Frost Dragon Butterfly made their city campaign nearly effortless.

Jiang Yuheng infiltrated the Holy Spirit Cult to kill one of its Elders and set the stage for its leaders to clash with the Sun Moon Empire. Disguised as the Sixth Elder, he entered the Cult’s headquarters as its members prepared to discuss revised cooperation terms.

• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er discussed the deadlock between their forces, the Sun Moon Empire, and the Holy Spirit Cult, and Jiang Yuheng decided to let the Cult’s leaders wear themselves down.
• Jiang Yuheng disguised himself as a dead Evil Soul Master and used a Holy Spirit Cult token to pass as an Elder.
• Jiang Yuheng found the Sixth Elder eating human organs and killed him by freezing the blood in his body.
• Jiang Yuheng disguised himself as the Sixth Elder and entered the Holy Spirit Cult’s headquarters without being challenged.
• An Evil Soul Master told Jiang Yuheng that the First Elder and the others were waiting inside to discuss the Sun Moon Empire’s proposed revisions to their cooperation agreement.

Jiang Yuheng attended a Holy Spirit Cult meeting while disguised as the Sixth Elder, where the elders rejected cooperation with the Sun Moon Empire and discussed his disappearance. The Second Elder tested Jiang Yuheng’s identity, but Jiang Yuheng maintained his disguise and overpowered him.

• Jiang Yuheng entered the elders’ meeting and heard them debate attacking him and the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineer Legion while dividing the spoils.
• Jiang Yuheng supported the Second Elder’s proposal to reject the Sun Moon Empire, and the First Elder left to report their decision to the Cult Master, ordering everyone not to start a fight before he returned.
• The Second Elder stopped Jiang Yuheng and told him that Jiang Yuheng had disappeared from an outside city, then asked him to guess where he had gone.
• Jiang Yuheng suggested that the missing Jiang Yuheng might be working undercover, and the Second Elder injected Dark Soul Power into him to test whether he was the Sixth Elder.
• Jiang Yuheng confronted the Second Elder over the test and used his superior cultivation to force him onto one knee.

The Second Elder proposed that Jiang Yuheng join him in slaughtering Sun Moon Empire commoners to strengthen the Holy Spirit Cult, but Jiang rejected the plan and returned to his quarters. The Second Elder still sought a way to prepare for the Frost Dragon Butterfly and the coming battles.

• The Second Elder told Jiang Yuheng that his spy believed Jiang Yuheng had infiltrated the Holy Spirit Cult, and admitted he was both watching and suspecting him.
• The Second Elder gave Jiang Yuheng a plan to kill hundreds of thousands of Sun Moon Empire commoners under the cover of war to rapidly increase the cult's Soul Power.
• Jiang Yuheng warned that the massacre would provoke both the Sun Moon Empire and Jiang Yuheng, then rejected the proposal as a self-serving scheme.
• Jiang Yuheng said his Martial Soul had reached a bottleneck and that killing more people would not benefit him, then returned to his quarters.
• The Second Elder remained determined to gain strength to face the Frost Dragon Butterfly and regretted that he might have to approach Zhongli Wu.

The Second Elder rejected Zhongli Wu’s reluctance and set out to attack the Harbor District, while Jiang Yuheng, disguised as the Sixth Elder, warned his allies to stay alert. The Second Elder’s destination was the very district Jiang Yuheng had ordered watched, and the chapter ended with the Guild Masters sensing that the Holy Spirit Cult might strike.

• The Second Elder urged Zhongli Wu to take ruthless action against the Sun Moon Empire and Jiang Yuheng, but Zhongli Wu refused to get involved.
• The Second Elder chose the Harbor District as his target and hurried there under cover of night.
• Jiang Yuheng, disguised as the Sixth Elder, told Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er to watch the city and warn He Caitou of a likely attack.
• Jiang Yuheng sensed that Zhongli Wu had returned to the tower but kept his true infiltration hidden.
• The Third Guild Master voiced concern about a possible Holy Spirit Cult attack, and the Second Guild Master grew uneasy as his eyelid twitched.

A lone Holy Spirit Cult Super Douluo massacred Harbor Port, prompting Wang Dong'er and Jiang Yuheng to decide on retaliation. The chapter ended at sunrise with Harbor Port reduced to a silent, bone-strewn ruin, while Jiang Yuheng planned to strike Kui City.

• A spy reported that a Holy Spirit Cult attacker had killed the civilians and nobles in Harbor Port’s western city, and the Second Guild Master and Third Guild Master alerted He Caitou.
• He Caitou informed Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er, who suspected the massacre was a display meant to provoke them.
• Wang Dong'er told Jiang Yuheng about the attack and argued they needed a devastating response to preserve their public standing.
• Wang Dong'er proposed responding with “a tooth for a tooth, an eye for an eye,” and Jiang Yuheng promised to turn Kui City into an Ice Amusement Park by morning.
• Six hours later, Harbor Port lay silent, filled with the bones of its slaughtered residents.

Jiang Yuheng learned that the Holy Spirit Cult had slaughtered Harbor Port and set out for Kui City, while Zhongli Wu left the city to prepare for the possibility of Jiang Yuheng taking revenge. Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er arrived and anticipated that Jiang Yuheng would destroy the cult members, then asked to join the fight.

• The Second Elder left Harbor Port after draining its people of Soul Power and nearing Level 98.
• Zhongli Wu worried that Jiang Yuheng might slaughter a city, so he left Kui City under cover of night.
• The First, Second, and Third Guild Masters surveyed Harbor Port and found its residents dead and reduced to bones.
• Jiang Yuheng arrived, reassured the guild masters, and heard their account of the massacre before heading toward Kui City.
• Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er returned, expected the Holy Spirit Cult to be destroyed, and asked to fight alongside Jiang Yuheng.

Jiang Yuheng confronted the Holy Spirit Cult’s Third Elder in Kui City and slaughtered the city in retaliation for the Cult’s repeated attacks on civilians and violations of his rules. Afterward, Wang Dong'er joined him, and he said he would show no mercy to anyone from the Cult who broke those rules.

• The Third Elder questioned his guard about the Cult Master’s absence and news from Harbor Port, then warned him not to speak ill of the Cult Master.
• Jiang Yuheng appeared beside the Third Elder and explained that the Holy Spirit Cult had broken his rules by harming civilians and damaging Harbor Port’s reputation.
• The Third Elder blamed Zhongli Wu’s actions on the unpredictable Second Elder, but Jiang Yuheng rejected his explanation and killed the people of Kui City.
• After the slaughter, Jiang Yuheng admired the ice castle he had made from the city’s frozen victims.
• Wang Dong'er came to Jiang Yuheng, leaned against him, and asked whether he would continue his campaign against the Holy Spirit Cult; he said he would not hold back against those who broke his rules.

Jiang Yuheng decided to continue massacring cities until the Holy Spirit Cult was eliminated or the Sun Moon Empire handed over its Cult Master, and Wang Dong'er insisted on joining him with Huo Yuhao. His ultimatum exposed the Holy Spirit Cult’s collusion with the imperial family and sparked unrest across the empire, leaving Jing Hongchen and the other officials scrambling for a response.

• Wang Dong'er agreed with Jiang Yuheng’s plan on the condition that he spared innocent civilians, then insisted that she and Huo Yuhao accompany him.
• Jiang Yuheng asked Wang Dong'er to inherit the Sixth Sequence, but she rejected it and said she wanted a carefree life instead.
• Jiang Yuheng declared that he would keep massacring cities until the Holy Spirit Cult’s members in the Sun Moon Empire were killed, and Wang Dong'er warned him about civilians being used as hostages.
• Over the next three days, Jiang Yuheng announced that the massacres would continue until the empire handed over the Holy Spirit Cult’s Cult Master or found him themselves.
• Civilians learned of the Holy Spirit Cult’s collusion with the imperial family and protested in major cities, while Jing Hongchen, Kong Deming, and the Soul Engineer Legion commanders gathered in alarm.

The Sun Moon Empire leaders debated how to quell unrest caused by the Holy Spirit Cult, while Ju Zi allowed a Soul Engineer Legion to seek the cult’s help. Zhongli Wu rejected their offer and vowed that the Holy Spirit Cult would not aid the empire, even if it fell.

• The Soul Engineer Legion commanders argued over whether to suppress the rioters or hand the Holy Spirit Cult over, and Kong Deming urged them to surrender the cult members.
• Ju Zi arrived and ordered the commanders to let the Holy Spirit Cult decide whether to resume cooperation.
• Kong Deming issued a troop deployment order, warning that the commanders and their families would face consequences if their mission failed.
• Several Soul Engineer Legion commanders went to Mingdu and offered Zhongli Wu one-third of the benefits from reclaimed cities in exchange for the Holy Spirit Cult’s help.
• Zhongli Wu rejected the offer, saying the Holy Spirit Cult would not help the Sun Moon Empire even if the entire empire were destroyed.

Zhongli Wu expelled the others and chose not to exploit the conflict between Jiang Yuheng and the Frost Dragon Butterfly, while Jiang Yuheng continued his campaign against criminal nobles. He handed command to Huo Yuhao, then left to hear Long Xiaoyao’s personal request for cooperation.

• Zhongli Wu sent everyone away before the Frost Dragon Butterfly’s attack, and the First Elder warned him that Jiang Yuheng’s absolute defense made the opportunity dangerous.
• Over three days, Jiang Yuheng’s forces killed criminal nobles while sparing unarmed civilians, and Huo Yuhao noted that the Holy Spirit Cult and Sun Moon Empire seemed wary of each other.
• Jiang Yuheng gave Huo Yuhao the commander’s token and left him in charge of the next battle.
• Two days earlier, Jiang Yuheng sensed someone approaching the camp and went to meet them after telling Wang Dong’er to wait.
• Long Xiaoyao met Jiang Yuheng in person and asked to cooperate on his own behalf, and Jiang Yuheng questioned why he should agree.