Chapter Summaries

Situ Xuan reunited with Long Xiuyuan and the deans of Sun Moon Academy after three years away. He then told them he had something important to say, leaving the reunion poised for a serious conversation.

• Situ Xuan asked Yuanen Yehui to bring Dean Yang and Vice Dean Peng to him.
• Long Xiuyuan arrived in a black mecha and hurried to the classroom where Situ Xuan was waiting.
• Long Xiuyuan punched Situ Xuan, embraced him, and tearfully welcomed him back after three years.
• Yang Shuiyun and Peng Yunze joined the reunion and warmly greeted Situ Xuan.
• Situ Xuan told Long Xiuyuan, Yang Shuiyun, and Peng Yunze that he had something important to tell them.

Situ Xuan won Long Xiuyuan, Yang Shuiyun, and Peng Yunze’s support for a plan to seize Mingdu and purge the Federation’s power structure. As the National Assembly began, Speaker Yang Shao learned that Chen Xinjie would stay away, leaving the Military Department neutral.

• Situ Xuan told Long Xiuyuan, Yang Shuiyun, and Peng Yunze that he would enter the palace during the Council Assembly, then take control of Mingdu and strike Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and the Spirit Pagoda.
• Long Xiuyuan agreed to hold City Defense Department leaders for half an hour, while Yang Shuiyun and Peng Yunze agreed to stay at the academy and mobilize forces when Situ Xuan sent word.
• The Sun Moon National Assembly convened in Mingdu under heavy security, with more than two hundred political and military leaders in attendance.
• Speaker Yang Shao asked about Elder Chen’s absence, and Deputy Speaker Mo Lan confirmed Chen Xinjie would not attend, signaling that the Military Department would remain neutral.

Yang Shao shelved a proposal to restore Shrek Academy graduates’ access to politics and the military while the Federation Assembly debated young talent appointments. At Long Xiuyuan’s home, military officers discovered he had deliberately trapped them to keep them from reaching Situ Xuan at the Assembly, and Long Xiuyuan confronted them with his martial soul and Spirit Douluo power.

• A Dove Faction councilor proposed reopening the suspended issue of allowing Shrek Academy graduates to enter politics and the army without examination.
• Yang Shao shelved the proposal and redirected the Assembly to its agenda on appointing young talents.
• Long Xiuyuan told the gathered military officers that Situ Xuan had returned, prompting Li Zong to realize Situ Xuan was at the National Assembly Hall.
• Li Zong ordered the officers to return to their posts, but his guard reported that Soul Tools had sealed the area and jammed communications.
• Long Xiuyuan revealed that he had stalled the officers and declared that a military tribunal would be a Shrek tribunal as his Dragon Horn Ant martial soul appeared and his rank 83 aura overwhelmed them.

Long Xiuyuan confronted Li Zong and the officers about Shrek Academy’s long-standing abuse of the military, then sealed the house to keep them from interfering. Outside Parliament Hall, Long Tianwu and Luo Yuhang saw the stars awaken as a mysterious voice welcomed everyone into its world and starbeams teleported people away from Mingdu.

• Long Xiuyuan accused the gathered officers of having their achievements, honor, and dignity trampled by Shrek Academy.
• Long Xiuyuan activated a Soul Tool barrier around the house and declared that it would last for one hour.
• Li Zong drank heavily and cursed Long Xiuyuan for putting him in an impossible position.
• Long Tianwu and Luo Yuhang noticed that the stars above Parliament Hall were pulsing with unnatural brightness.
• A mysterious voice welcomed everyone to its world, and countless beams of starlight teleported people away from Mingdu.

Situ Xuan and his allies attacked the Sun Moon National Assembly, overpowering the War Gods and trapping the assembly members. Blazing Phoenix severed Mo Lan’s arm after warning her not to resist.

• Long Tianwu vanished in the starlight, and Luo Yuhang transformed into his Dark Emperor Dragon to escape it.
• Situ Xuan struck Luo Yuhang and hammered him against the Soul Guidance Protective Shield above Parliament Hall.
• Several assembly members charged outside but were thrown back as Xuan Sha and Blazing Phoenix entered and surrounded the hall with flames and Malevolent Qi.
• Mo Lan challenged the attackers and accused them of rebellion.
• Blazing Phoenix severed Mo Lan’s left arm with a fire feather and warned the assembly not to resist.

Situ Xuan confronted the Sun Moon Federation’s councilors, challenged their accusations of treason, and exposed the Federation’s corruption while his allies took control of Parliament Hall. The chapter ended as Vasha arrived carrying the defeated Long Tianwu.

• Yang Shao offered to negotiate with Xuan Sha and Blazing Phoenix, but Xuan Sha said he would soon lose his position as Federation Speaker.
• Situ Xuan shattered the Soul Guidance Protective Shield and defeated Luo Yuhang, then confronted the trapped councilors.
• Situ Xuan challenged the City Defense Department director to name the country he had betrayed and accused the Federation of serving Shrek Academy and powerful families.
• Wang Dongchen joined Situ Xuan and revealed that he had crippled his older brother to secure his place in the Wang Family.
• Blazing Phoenix killed the councilors who denounced Situ Xuan by piercing their heads with fiery feathers.
• Vasha blasted through the dome and entered Parliament Hall carrying the unconscious Long Tianwu.

Situ Xuan seized control of the Sun Moon Federation, purging the council and declaring himself president. He revealed that he intended to shatter the old order and had already lured the legion commanders toward Mingdu by claiming it had fallen.

• Vasha brought Long Tianwu to Situ Xuan, who ordered the surviving councilors to serve him and killed those who refused.
• Situ Xuan purged the parliament, leaving just over 120 of its more than 200 members alive, then abolished the speaker position and established the office of president for himself.
• Yang Shao warned Situ Xuan that his coup would encourage military factions to divide the continent and plunge it into chaos.
• Situ Xuan laughed and revealed that he wanted to destroy the federation's order so he could build a new one atop its ruins.
• Situ Xuan told Yang Shao that Yang Shuiyun had already informed several legions that Mingdu had fallen, drawing their commanders toward the city.

Situ Xuan seized control of the Sun Moon Federation, forcing its councilors to submit to his rule and placing loyal companions in powerful positions. With the takeover underway, he sent Xuan Sha and Jiang Xiujie to help Long Xiuyuan assume control of Mingdu's city defenses.

• Situ Xuan killed Yang Shao and had Wang Dongchen announce decrees establishing Situ Xuan as Grand President and restructuring the Federation.
• Wang Dongchen announced laws targeting ties to Shrek Academy, the Tang Sect, and the Spirit Pagoda, as well as reforms to finances and education.
• The councilors swore allegiance, and Vasha branded them with Star Demon Marks that would punish betrayal.
• Situ Xuan ordered the councilors escorted home and appointed his thirty-six companions to important Federation positions.
• Situ Xuan sent Xuan Sha with Jiang Xiujie to help Long Xiuyuan take over Mingdu's city defenses.

Situ Xuan prepared to defend Mingdu and welcomed the approaching army commanders, while Shrek Academy's leaders debated whether to intervene. The chapter left the academy divided over how to respond as the federation teetered on the brink of collapse.

• Situ Xuan assigned Blazing Phoenix to help defend Mingdu and sent Xuan Sha to assist Long Xiuyuan with taking over the city defense.
• Long Xiuyuan ordered Jiang Xiujie to take command of the First City Defense Brigade and tasked Li Zong with the city defense batteries and handling the Central Soul Engineer Division.
• Situ Xuan asked Vasha whether she could see his fate, and she told him it was in his own hands as he fused five kinds of power.
• Cai Yue'er urged Shrek Academy to attack Mingdu and kill Situ Xuan, while Jiang Wenyue warned that weakening the academy could invite an attack from the Holy Spirit Cult.

Yun Ming sent Lan Muzi to Mingdu to observe while preserving Shrek Academy’s neutrality, and Qiangu Dongfeng dispatched Zhang Ting, Han Tianyi, and Gu Yuena to watch the conflict and help Situ Xuan if the moment came. The Western and Central Legion commanders then began traveling to Mingdu, though neither legion moved its troops.

• Yun Ming ordered Lan Muzi to go to Mingdu, avoid fighting, and maintain Shrek Academy’s neutral position.
• Qiangu Dongfeng celebrated Situ Xuan’s coup and called Zhang Ting, instructing him to take Han Tianyi and Gu Yuena to Mingdu to watch and lend a hand when appropriate.
• Dong Zi'an departed the Western Legion’s base for Mingdu with three hundred Mechas and personal guards.
• Yu Guanzhi flew toward Mingdu from the Central Legion’s base aboard a soul guidance armed helicopter accompanied by more than thirty helicopters.

Federation forces and powerful allies converged on Mingdu as Situ Xuan awaited the coming battle at the city defenses. Mu Ye and the Body Sect arrived, reuniting with Situ Xuan and preparing to fight.

• Central Legion helicopters, Dong Zi'an's mechas, and Guan Yue's War God Temple party headed toward Mingdu while Yin Moshang's Northwest Legion reinforced the western defenses.
• Situ Xuan and Long Xiuyuan watched the sky from a tower outside Mingdu, where Situ Xuan boasted that his task would be easy.
• Mechas approached the tower, led by the red mecha Little Red, and Mu Ye landed and punched Situ Xuan for returning without contacting him.
• Long Xiuyuan stopped Mu Ye from continuing to beat Situ Xuan, and the Body Sect's several hundred members gathered at the tower.
• Zhen Hua reunited with Situ Xuan and teased him about Mu Ye worrying during his three-year absence.

Situ Xuan welcomed Mu Ye, Zhen Hua, and the Body Sect disciples before three major forces arrived at Mingdu. He declared that the Federal Parliament had been dissolved and that he would become Grand President, prompting Dong Zi'an and Yu Guanzhi to challenge him.

• Mu Ye and the Body Sect disciples greeted Situ Xuan, while Mu Ye and Zhen Hua asked how certain he was of success and agreed to trust him.
• Dong Zi'an arrived with three hundred mechas, Yu Guanzhi arrived with the Central Legion, and Guan Yue led the War God Temple delegation to Mingdu.
• Situ Xuan greeted the assembled leaders from atop the tower and questioned why they had come in force when Mingdu was safe.
• Situ Xuan announced that the Federal Parliament had been dissolved, Yang Shao had been brought to justice, and he would serve as Grand President.
• Dong Zi'an gathered Soul Power and challenged Situ Xuan, while Yu Guanzhi warned that the Western Legion, Central Legion, and War God Temple would oppose his actions.

Situ Xuan confronted Dong Zi'an and the assembled forces at the city wall, rejecting the Federation’s authority and threatening the Western Legion commander. The Spirit Pagoda arrived claiming neutrality, but Situ Xuan exposed Lan Muzi’s hidden presence and ended by giving Dong Zi'an one last chance to retreat.

• Guan Yue, Ao Rui, Jiang Zhanheng, and Nangong Yi prepared for a fight as Situ Xuan challenged the order Dong Zi'an defended and offered him a chance to leave.
• Dong Zi'an dismissed Situ Xuan as only a rank eighty-one Spirit Douluo, while Mu Ye, Long Xiuyuan, and Zhen Hua readied their weapons on the wall.
• Han Tianyi, Gu Yuena, and Qiangu Zhangting arrived with the Spirit Pagoda, but Situ Xuan cursed Qiangu Zhangting when he greeted him as an old acquaintance.
• Han Tianyi said the Spirit Pagoda had come only to observe, and Situ Xuan ordered its members and Shrek Academy to stay away.
• Situ Xuan fired a Battle Qi bullet at a nearby hill, forcing the concealed Lan Muzi to block it with his Yang Wood Blade.
• Situ Xuan threatened Dong Zi'an again and told him to crawl back to the Western Legion or die, as Dong Zi'an’s Green-Faced Wolf aura surged.

Situ Xuan launched an assault on Yu Guanzhi while Dong Zi'an, Guan Yue, and other Federation fighters moved to stop him. The battle split into two fronts, and Situ Xuan reversed his attackers’ encirclement with Eight Extremes Heaven—Instant Shadow.

• Situ Xuan dodged Dong Zi'an's ambush and charged toward Yu Guanzhi as Guan Yue, Ao Rui, Jiang Zhanheng, and Nangong Yi attacked him.
• Mu Ye blocked Ao Rui, Jiang Zhanheng, and Nangong Yi, while a woman in Nirvana Haori and a burly man held Lan Muzi and Han Tianyi at bay.
• Situ Xuan struck Yu Guanzhi with a three-layered punch, sending him flying and injuring him despite his Four-Word Battle Armor.
• Dong Zi'an used Wolf-Slaying Inquiry of the Dao to attack Situ Xuan from behind as Guan Yue thrust down at him with the Heaven-Surpassing Divine Spear.
• Situ Xuan split into eight afterimages and unleashed eight attacks, turning the encirclement against Guan Yue and Dong Zi'an.

Situ Xuan fought Guan Yue and Dong Zi'an while Vasha overwhelmed Yu Guanzhi's beast tide with a meteor shower. Guan Yue was distracted by the spectacle, and Situ Xuan struck him with Beidou Void Slash, leaving him badly wounded.

• Guan Yue and Dong Zi'an attacked Situ Xuan together, but Situ Xuan wounded Dong Zi'an and forced the pair to give him room to retreat.
• Yu Guanzhi summoned more than a hundred Soul Beasts from the Scroll of Heaven and Earth, and Vasha answered by raining meteors down on them.
• Vasha's meteor shower destroyed the Soul Beasts, forced Yu Guanzhi to retreat, and cracked his scroll as his Soul Power drained.
• Guan Yue slowed to watch the battle in the sky, and Situ Xuan closed the distance with Eight Extremes Heaven: Violent Foot.
• Situ Xuan struck Guan Yue's spear with Beidou Void Slash, sent him flying, and carved a deep wound across his chest.

Situ Xuan fought Guan Yue and Dong Zi'an, growing stronger as his conviction and Heaven-Swallowing Earth-Devouring Domain fed his power and repaired his wounds. His physical cultivation began breaking through the barrier to Seven-Turn Myriad Phenomena, and the battle continued with neither opponent defeated.

• Situ Xuan and Dong Zi'an exchanged attacks, while Guan Yue equipped his Heaven-Surpassing Battle Armor and wounded Situ Xuan with his spear.
• Guan Yue and Dong Zi'an repeatedly wounded Situ Xuan, but his battle intent and Exo-Energy surged, loosening the barrier to Seven-Turn Myriad Phenomena.
• Situ Xuan unfolded his Heaven-Swallowing Earth-Devouring Domain, strengthening himself while draining and slowing his opponents.
• Guan Yue clashed head-on with Situ Xuan as Dong Zi'an attacked from the side, but Situ Xuan's wounds healed rapidly and his body grew tougher.
• Situ Xuan struck Dong Zi'an's armor with Black Tiger Steals Heart, then dodged Guan Yue's spear and countered with Blade Chaos Thunder.
• Guan Yue avoided Situ Xuan's kick and thrust at his abdomen, but Situ Xuan rolled aside, leaving the spear to blast a crater in the ground.

Situ Xuan fought Guan Yue and Dong Zi'an despite suffering severe injuries, forcing both opponents to burn their vital blood as he grew stronger. Guan Yue's blood-red spear attacks then pierced Situ Xuan repeatedly, leaving him battered on the ground.

• Situ Xuan wounded Guan Yue and Dong Zi'an in close combat, breaking Dong Zi'an's armor and injuring Guan Yue.
• As Situ Xuan's power continued to rise, Guan Yue and Dong Zi'an agreed to risk their lives and burned their vital blood.
• Guan Yue's empowered spear pierced Situ Xuan's shoulder and chest, then struck him across the waist and sent him tumbling across the ground.

Situ Xuan was driven to the brink by Guan Yue and Dong Zi'an, then broke through into the Seven-Turn Myriad Phenomena Realm as their combined attacks shattered against his power. He vanished into the surrounding heaven and earth, leaving both opponents unable to locate him.

• Guan Yue used his burning essence blood and superior spear technique to repeatedly wound Situ Xuan, while Dong Zi'an waited in a spatial rift for an opening.
• Guan Yue and Dong Zi'an attacked Situ Xuan simultaneously, and he blocked them with a shield formed from five powers.
• Situ Xuan drew on the surrounding Malevolent Qi and Yuan Qi, transforming his body and forcing Guan Yue and Dong Zi'an back.
• Situ Xuan merged with heaven and earth, hiding his presence from Guan Yue's spiritual sense and Dong Zi'an's spatial perception.
• Situ Xuan spoke from every direction and asked what Guan Yue and Dong Zi'an were looking for.

Situ Xuan completed the Seven-Turn Myriad Phenomena realm and used his command of heaven and earth to overwhelm Guan Yue and Dong Zi'an. After Guan Yue refused to surrender despite his grievous injuries, Situ Xuan moved to deliver a final, decisive blow.

• Situ Xuan completed the Immortal Wind Cloud Body Technique's Seven-Turn Myriad Phenomena and gained control over the surrounding forces of nature.
• Situ Xuan struck Dong Zi'an from the sky and kicked him into a distant hill, leaving him badly injured.
• Guan Yue attacked with the Heaven-Surpassing Divine Spear, but Situ Xuan stopped it with his bare hand and threw Guan Yue to the ground.
• Situ Xuan repeatedly defeated Guan Yue in direct combat, shattering his hands, knee, armor, and ribs while Guan Yue continued to fight.
• Guan Yue stood on one leg and declared that he had never bowed his head, so Situ Xuan promised him a dignified end and punched toward his chest.

Chen Xinjie intervened to stop Situ Xuan, but after their clash he surrendered and asked him to halt the battle. Situ Xuan agreed to hear him out while the War God Temple fighters continued to be overwhelmed.

• Chen Xinjie used Vast Sea Seal to delay Situ Xuan and appeared before him to ask for a chance to speak.
• Situ Xuan attacked Chen Xinjie, who summoned the Sea God Trident and knocked Guan Yue away from the fight.
• Situ Xuan and Chen Xinjie clashed, each taking a step back, while Situ Xuan's fist suffered only a white mark.
• Chen Xinjie dropped the trident, raised his hands, and surrendered to keep Situ Xuan from killing his old subordinates.
• Chen Xinjie asked Situ Xuan to stop the fighting before the devastated battlefield suffered further damage, and Situ Xuan agreed to listen.