Chapter Summaries

Xu Jiawei and his ministers decided to ask Jiang Yuheng to suppress the growing unrest, accepting that his help might cost the Star Luo Empire dearly. Jiang Yuheng sent his Frost Dragon against the rebels, whose camp detected a sudden, extreme drop in temperature.

• Xu Jiawei agreed to invite Jiang Yuheng to intervene, and Dai Hao and Xu Jiujiu endorsed the plan.
• Xu Jiawei entrusted Dai Hao with negotiating with Jiang Yuheng and promised to meet his demands unless they were especially excessive.
• Jiang Yuheng arrived at the border and dismissed the Star Luo Empire’s thugs as enemies who deserved to die.
• Wang Dong'er warned Jiang Yuheng not to kill indiscriminately, but he summoned the Frost Dragon and ordered it to leave no one alive.
• The rebels’ Soul Tool monitoring system registered a sharp temperature drop, and a deputy commander suspected the Frost Dragon Butterfly had returned.

Jiang Yuheng returned to the Star Luo Empire and confronted the Sun Moon Empire commanders, freezing the territory with his Extreme Ice powers. He rejected their offers to buy their lives and continued closing in on them.

• The commanders dismissed the warning that Jiang Yuheng might return, but the temperature rapidly dropped as an alarm sounded.
• Heavy snow covered the territory, freezing the ground, streams, trees, and Soul Tools, and the commanders realized Jiang Yuheng had come back.
• Jiang Yuheng arrived on the Frost Dragon, trapped the local thugs, and taunted the commanders as they faced him.
• One commander accepted his death, while the others and the Deputy Commander knelt and offered cooperation and money in exchange for their lives.
• Jiang Yuheng rejected their offers and froze three commanders into Ice Sculptures; the Deputy Commander then offered to pay a high price for his life.

Jiang Yuheng let the Sun Moon Empire commanders buy their freedom with money and rare metal, then allowed them to head for the harbor without clarifying what would happen next. One commander revealed a plan to retaliate against Jiang Yuheng and defend the Rask Family’s honor, despite the danger.

• The Deputy Commander offered Jiang Yuheng five million Gold Soul Coins and fifty tons of rare metal in exchange for his life, but Jiang Yuheng said the commanders first had to pay what they owed.
• Jiang Yuheng accepted the commanders’ goods in exchange for their safety, and they asked whether they could leave by ship.
• Jiang Yuheng neither confirmed nor denied that the commanders could leave, so the Deputy Commander led them toward the nearest Harbor Port.
• A commander said he had told the Star Luo Imperial Family that Jiang Yuheng let them go, intending to avoid returning empty-handed and to protect the Rask Family’s honor.
• The Deputy Commander warned that provoking Jiang Yuheng could destroy the empire or the commander’s family, while the others discussed the Rask Family’s history of unstable heirs.

After entering Sun Moon Continent territory, Jiang Yuheng ignored the Star Luo Empire Prime Minister’s demand for an explanation and arranged for Huo Yuhao to identify treacherous commanders. The Prime Minister confronted Jiang Yuheng over releasing enemy commanders, and Jiang Yuheng calmly defended his decision as business.

• Jiang Yuheng received an invitation from the Star Luo Empire Prime Minister asking why he had released the Sun Moon Empire commanders.
• Jiang Yuheng told Huo Yuhao to identify several treacherous commanders expected to land in the Harbor District in fifteen days, while warning him not to target innocents.
• Jiang Yuheng spoke with Wang Dong'er about Luo Yuexi and said he had to handle an unexpected problem before returning.
• The Star Luo Empire Prime Minister confronted Jiang Yuheng and demanded to know why he had let the enemy commanders go.
• Jiang Yuheng said they had paid for their lives and accused the Prime Minister of venting his frustration over his own inability.

Jiang Yuheng confronted the Star Luo Empire’s Prime Minister over his insults and threatened to cancel their cooperation unless the matter was resolved. He insisted the Prime Minister remain alive, and Xu Jiujiu crippled him before Jiang demanded the empire appoint a smarter replacement.

• Jiang Yuheng let the Prime Minister vent, then rejected his objections and warned that he was petty and would make him live to witness Jiang’s rule over Douluo Continent.
• Jiang told the Prime Minister that he would reconsider the Spirit Pagoda’s cooperation with the Star Luo Empire unless the empire dealt with him and its remaining troublemakers.
• Dai Hao proposed stripping the Prime Minister of his title and banishing him, while Xu Jiujiu called for his execution and the extermination of his clan.
• Jiang clarified that he wanted the Prime Minister to live and told Xu Jiujiu to replace him with someone smarter.
• Xu Jiujiu crippled the Prime Minister by destroying his Soul Power, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down.

Xu Jiujiu and Dai Hao settled the Star Luo Empire’s crisis, and Jiang Yuheng resumed his voyage to the Sun Moon Empire. When the Dou Ling Empire asked him to clear out its troublemakers, he rejected its low offer and left the envoy to reconsider the price.

• Xu Jiujiu crippled the Prime Minister for endangering the Star Luo Empire and disrespecting the Frost Dragon Butterfly, and Dai Hao sent him home to retire.
• Xu Jiujiu thanked Jiang Yuheng for helping the Star Luo Empire and reassured him that the Prime Minister’s views were not shared by the Empire.
• Jiang Yuheng boarded a merchant ship and continued toward the Sun Moon Empire.
• Mu En told Jiang Yuheng that the Dou Ling Empire wanted the Frost Dragon Butterfly to clear out thugs, but Jiang rejected its offer of just over a dozen jin of Rare Metals.
• Mu En told the Dou Ling Empire’s envoy to offer an appropriate price and suggested asking the other two Empires what the Frost Dragon Butterfly charged.

Tang Ya volunteered to become the first test subject for Xuan Ziwen’s Artificial Soul Spirit experiment, despite Bei Bei’s objections and the risks to her ninth Soul Ring. The experiment remained undecided as Tang Ya challenged Bei Bei for how he had addressed her.

• The Envoy of Heaven Spirit Empire pleaded with Mu En to leave his empire some resources, but Mu En directed him to seek Xu Sanshi’s help instead.
• Xuan Ziwen and Bei Bei completed an Artificial Soul Spirit prototype whose measurements differed from the expected value by 0.25 millimeters.
• Xuan Ziwen wanted to repeat the experiment, while Bei Bei argued that they should test the prototype rather than continue consuming scarce rare metals.
• Tang Ya offered to serve as the experimental subject, and Xuan Ziwen recognized that her cultivation and need for a ninth Soul Ring made her a suitable candidate.
• Bei Bei warned Tang Ya that a failed experiment could ruin her life, but Tang Ya insisted the ninth Soul Ring offered a better chance of success and challenged him over what he had called her.

Tang Ya asked Jiang Yuheng to appoint her acting Tower Master so she could use her ninth Spirit Ring as the test subject for the Artificial Soul Spirit experiment. After Jiang Yuheng approved, Tang Ya entered the Experiment Area; later, she told Luo Yuexi that the Artificial Soul Spirit had stabilized in her body and promised to repay her help.

• Tang Ya called Jiang Yuheng and asked to become acting Tower Master so she could undergo the Soul Spirit Experiment.
• Jiang Yuheng warned Tang Ya about the risk of using her ninth Spirit Ring, but Tang Ya insisted and he appointed her acting Tower Master.
• Bei Bei tried to stop Tang Ya, but she declared that she wanted to prove herself and walked into the Experiment Area.
• Aboard a merchant ship, Jiang Yuheng wondered how Tang Ya had obtained a Lan Ya communicator.
• At the back mountain outside Shrek City, Tang Ya told Luo Yuexi that the Artificial Soul Spirit had stabilized and thanked her for helping.

Luo Yuexi gave Tang Ya an unexplained gift and expressed confidence that Jiang Yuheng would succeed. Ten days later, Jiang Yuheng returned to the Sun Moon Empire, learned that the front had collapsed after the Holy Spirit Cult attacked, and warned the Guild Masters not to expose his secret return.

• Luo Yuexi told Tang Ya that helping Jiang Yuheng would be the best repayment, then touched Tang Ya's forehead and gave her an unexplained gift.
• Luo Yuexi looked toward the Sun Moon Empire and murmured that she hoped Jiang Yuheng would win, while Tang Ya questioned her confidence in him.
• Ten days later, Jiang Yuheng returned to the Sun Moon Empire and learned from the Guild Masters that the Holy Spirit Cult had attacked the South District and beheaded the nobles there.
• The First Guild Master reported that Huo Yuhao and Wang Dong'er were being held back by Titled Douluo, leaving Xiao Xiao to face the empire's army and guard against the Cult Master.
• Jiang Yuheng refused to punish the Guild Masters, reminded them that Huo Yuhao was commander, and rebuked them for risking his confidential return and surprise attack.

Jiang Yuheng returned to Mingdu’s front line after Wang Dong'er stopped him from killing the guild masters and urged him to help resolve the Holy Spirit Cult crisis. He arrived in disguise and heard how the South District had fared during his absence, while Wang Dong'er demanded that he stop eating and devise a solution.

• Jiang Yuheng threatened the First Guild Master and the other two after their actions made him distrust them.
• Wang Dong'er arrived and persuaded Jiang Yuheng to leave for the front line, though he still wanted to kill the three guild masters.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er reached Mingdu three days later, and only Wang Dong'er, Huo Yuhao, and Xiao Xiao knew Frost Dragon Butterfly had returned.
• Huo Yuhao described the Great Purge in the South District, and Wang Dong'er explained why she had gone there to confront the threat.
• Wang Dong'er scolded Jiang Yuheng for eating bread and ordered him to find a way to solve the problem.

Jiang Yuheng told Huo Yuhao to wait and publicize his return rather than attack the Holy Spirit Cult, while he watched for the Sea God's move. After Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao spread the news, panic erupted among the South District's nobles and commanders, who feared Jiang Yuheng's return and doubted Mingdu could protect them.

• Jiang Yuheng explained that attacking Long Xiaoyao and Ye Xishui could expose them to the Sun Moon Empire, so they should wait and make his return widely known.
• Jiang Yuheng put Huo Yuhao in charge of publicizing the news and warned him not to let anything go wrong.
• Over three days, Huo Yuhao, Wang Dong'er, and Xiao Xiao spread word of Jiang Yuheng's return, throwing the Sun Moon Empire into turmoil.
• South District nobles hurried to flee, while its commanders argued over whether the news was true and how to respond.
• A commander rejected the idea of seeking help from Mingdu, warning that Jiang Yuheng and his allies could threaten even the empire's strongest fighters.

South District's clan leaders agreed to contact Jiang Yuheng rather than risk opposing him, while Jiang Yuheng planned to take Mingdu without bloodshed. Huo Yuhao set out to infiltrate the sealed capital, destroy its food stores, and rescue the Hongchen Siblings, carrying Jiang Yuheng's Level 9 Soul Engineer Token.

• The South District's clan leaders chose Leader Wang to approach Jiang Yuheng and seek an arrangement.
• Huo Yuhao told Jiang Yuheng that the West District had surrendered and proposed infiltrating Mingdu to destroy its food stores and lure the Holy Spirit Cult's two Limit Douluo into a trap.
• Jiang Yuheng instructed Huo Yuhao to find Jing Hongchen and rescue the Hongchen Siblings from the Imperial City.
• Jiang Yuheng gave Huo Yuhao his Level 9 Soul Engineer Token and warned him to use it only at a critical moment.
• Huo Yuhao accepted the token, promised not to compromise their objective, and left to say farewell to his lover before entering Mingdu.

Huo Yuhao entered Mingdu under a false identity and went to the Underground Black Market, where he tried to meet contacts while navigating the locals’ suspicion. He left the staff member’s guarded apology unresolved, still facing the challenge of making connections in the city.

• Huo Yuhao’s friend helped him enter Mingdu secretly and advised him to use the Underground Black Market to reach the Imperial Palace.
• Huo Yuhao recalled Jiang Yuheng’s earlier purchases of rare metals and wondered about his teacher’s plans for conquering the Sun Moon Empire.
• At a black market tavern, Huo Yuhao told a staff member he came from the South District and warned that the Frost Dragon Butterfly could sweep away everything in his path.
• After the staff member treated him as a suspicious stranger, Huo Yuhao criticized the Empire’s distrust and moved to a nearby coffee shop.
• The staff member returned with coffee to apologize, but Huo Yuhao challenged whether the apology showed genuine trust and said there was no need for formalities.

Huo Yuhao investigated the Underground Black Market and reported Mingdu’s shortages and the suffering of its commoners to Jiang Yuheng. Jiang Yuheng refused to promise that his forces would spare the city, leaving Huo Yuhao to proceed without that assurance.

• Huo Yuhao entered the Underground Black Market and rejected a staff member’s proposal to do business together.
• Huo Yuhao learned that Mingdu’s stores held plenty of Rare Metals but too little food, while Jiang Yuheng’s siege had cut off supplies and spread panic.
• Huo Yuhao reported the situation to Jiang Yuheng and suggested promising not to massacre Mingdu to win public support.
• Jiang Yuheng refused to rule out massacring the city and warned Huo Yuhao not to let compassion cloud his judgment.
• Wang Dong'er confronted Jiang Yuheng about his disregard for the commoners, and he admitted he preferred being a villain to letting others use a promise against him.

Wang Dong'er questioned Jiang Yuheng’s decision to force Huo Yuhao to grow through hardship, but Jiang Yuheng insisted his disciple could endure it. Meanwhile, Huo Yuhao received a visit from the Underground Black Market’s staff member, whose ruthless view of power hinted at the dangers of their business dealings.

• Wang Dong'er objected to Jiang Yuheng pushing Huo Yuhao into painful trials, but Jiang Yuheng said Huo Yuhao needed to grow quickly to face the Sea God.
• After speaking with Xiao Xiao, Huo Yuhao remained troubled and reflected on the conflict between strategic interests and concern for ordinary people.
• Huo Yuhao spotted the Underground Black Market’s staff member outside his supposedly secret residence and suspected either his aristocratic contact or the market’s network had exposed him.
• Huo Yuhao let the staff member inside and deliberately displayed his expensive tea to signal his wealth.
• The staff member condemned the Frost Dragon Butterfly for betraying the Sun Moon Empire and said he would kill anyone who harmed or opposed him.

Huo Yuhao rejected the Underground Black Market staff member’s attempt to recruit him into a rebellion, then negotiated over supplying food and water. The staff member reported the encounter to Kong Deming, who praised Frost Dragon Butterfly while condemning the people of the South District.

• Huo Yuhao refused to join a rebellion and demanded that the staff member discuss business or leave.
• The staff member offered documents listing the Underground Black Market’s food and water needs, and Huo Yuhao mocked their plan to resell the supplies at high prices.
• Huo Yuhao gave the staff member two choices: reveal the group’s trump card and cooperate sincerely, or let Huo Yuhao share the information with another potential partner.
• The staff member handed Huo Yuhao the documents, then returned to the Underground Black Market and reported the encounter to Kong Deming.
• Kong Deming compared Huo Yuhao’s cautious tactics to Frost Dragon Butterfly and denounced the people of the South District.

Kong Deming suspected Jiang Yuheng’s food deal was part of a scheme to take control of Mingdu, but he moved to secure the supplies before his rivals could. Jiang Yuheng resisted Wang Dong’er’s plea to help the starving commoners, leaving her to try a more personal appeal.

• A worker suspected Jiang Yuheng was a spy from the South District, but Kong Deming told him to speak with Jiang and prioritize buying the food.
• Kong Deming recognized that Jiang Yuheng could outmaneuver the empire’s leaders and resolved to keep the Sun Moon Empire’s remaining territory from falling into his hands.
• Huo Yuhao secured a contract and sold enough food to feed one hundred thousand people, while Sun Moon Empire soldiers privately appealed for more aid.
• Jiang Yuheng refused to provide further help, saying he would not change his principles under pressure and warning that he would destroy Mingdu if its people rebelled.
• Wang Dong’er argued that helping the commoners would benefit the Spirit Pagoda and urged Jiang Yuheng to agree for her sake.

Wang Dong'er persuaded Jiang Yuheng to support secretly supplying food to Mingdu, and Huo Yuhao arranged preparations with the South District nobles. When the Holy Spirit Cult’s occupation prevented the food from being moved, Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er agreed to deal with the cult so Huo Yuhao could remain undercover.

• Wang Dong'er convinced Jiang Yuheng that supporting Mingdu’s commoners would benefit the Spirit Pagoda, and he agreed to her plan.
• Wang Dong'er ordered Soul Engineer Legion commanders to secretly transport food into Mingdu under Frost Dragon Butterfly’s authority.
• Huo Yuhao ordered Clan Leader Wang to prepare food in the South District, but Wang explained that the Holy Spirit Cult’s Cult Master and two Limit Douluo blocked transport.
• Huo Yuhao told Clan Leader Wang to prepare anyway, then informed Jiang Yuheng of the situation while undercover.
• Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er agreed to handle the Holy Spirit Cult so Huo Yuhao could maintain his cover.

Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and Zhongli Wu discussed the threat Jiang Yuheng posed to the Holy Spirit Cult and considered joining forces with the Sun Moon Empire to counter him. Long Xiaoyao suggested that a god might be controlling Xu Tianran, but Ye Xishui and Zhongli Wu doubted him, leaving him insisting that Shrek Academy had shown him otherwise.

• Ye Xishui learned that no information was coming out of Mingdu and that Jiang Yuheng’s siege and occupation of cities favored him as the conflict dragged on.
• Long Xiaoyao described Jiang Yuheng as an overwhelming threat, and Ye Xishui asked whether he and Zhongli Wu could defeat him together.
• Zhongli Wu declared he would pay any price to preserve the Holy Spirit Cult and asked Long Xiaoyao to fight alongside them if Jiang Yuheng came.
• Ye Xishui argued that Jiang Yuheng’s uncertain return created an opportunity for a counterattack and recalled her efforts to unite the Holy Spirit Cult with the Sun Moon Empire.
• Long Xiaoyao speculated that a god might have controlled Xu Tianran, but Zhongli Wu and Ye Xishui dismissed the idea, prompting Long Xiaoyao to cite his experience at Shrek Academy.

Jiang Yuheng and Wang Dong'er began their assault on the Holy Spirit Cult in the South District, with Jiang using the Frost Dragon's illusions and power to draw out its leaders. Zhongli Wu confronted them, and Jiang demanded justice for the cult's earlier mistreatment of Wang Dong'er.

• Jiang Yuheng explained that he had used psychological hints to make Long Xiaoyao speak, then agreed to attack the Holy Spirit Cult with Wang Dong'er.
• Jiang Yuheng promised Wang Dong'er he would spare the commoners and used divine power to make people with Soul Power fall into illusions when exposed to the Frost Dragon's aura.
• Jiang Yuheng flew the Frost Dragon over the South District, freezing the Holy Spirit Cult members who rushed to attack him.
• Jiang Yuheng called out Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and Zhongli Wu and challenged them to stop hiding.
• Zhongli Wu charged out, and Jiang Yuheng told him he had come to demand justice for Wang Dong'er.