Sun Moon Empire

Biodata

Background / History

The Sun Moon Empire is a technologically advanced western power whose territory was initially confined west of the Mingdou Mountain Range. Its rulers regarded its superior Soul Tool technology as an unrealized advantage while the Star Luo, Heavenly Soul, and Dou Ling Empires remained powerful rivals. 272 351

The empire hosted the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Tournament, spending three months preparing and expanding Ming Capital's hotel capacity to accommodate competitors and merchants. Its prizes were Level 9, Level 8, and Level 7 Soul Guidance Devices for the three highest-ranked teams, making the event both a commercial opportunity and a demonstration of strategic technological superiority. 271 Long Zhanye, competing under the identity of Po Hongchen, helped the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy defeat Shrek and win the tournament, becoming a celebrated hero among the empire's citizens. Jing Hongchen subsequently disqualified and expelled Shrek and the Tang Sect over accusations of cheating. 334 356 357

Ming Capital suffered a catastrophic disaster when an underground arsenal detonated. Sixteen Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells and more than ten thousand lower-level shells exploded in a chain reaction, destroying much of the ancient capital and inflicting enormous civilian losses. The destruction also erased strategic stores of rare metals, completed Soul Guidance Devices, and supplies intended to equip a super-army. 367 369 The chain reaction began after Huo Yuhao's group looted the underground warehouse and left timed high-explosive Soul Guidance Devices behind. 367

After succeeding to the throne, Xu Tianran rebuilt Ming Capital, settled disaster victims, and publicly maintained restraint while preparing for war. The government used public grief and anger over the catastrophe to accelerate military recruitment, Soul Tool development, and an arms race against the other empires. 374 415

Under Xu Tianran and Ju Zi, the empire launched campaigns supported by the Holy Spirit Cult. Its forces captured much of the Heavenly Soul Empire and later joined the Holy Spirit Cult in seizing the Mingdou Mountain Range and western Star Luo territory. 567 571 593 The empire subsequently crushed the remaining combined resistance of the Dou Ling and Heavenly Soul Empires with overwhelming Soul Tool firepower. 684

During the Heaven Worship Ceremony, the Snow Empress's attempted self-destruction threatened Ming Capital. Xu Tianran used the Sun Moon Altar of Heaven to channel four immense pillars of light into a barrier over the capital. The ensuing battle and freezing of Ming Capital cost millions of lives, although the imperial government presented the outcome as a victory that preserved the empire's foundations. 607 609

The campaign against Shrek Academy became a severe strategic setback: the Sun Moon Empire lost more than ninety percent of its deployed troops and five Level 9 Soul Engineer Regiment commanders. 740 Soon afterward, Ju Zi ordered Long Zhanye's elimination as a suspected traitor and redistributed command of his regiments; Xu Tianran then died suddenly, plunging Ming Capital's court into a succession crisis. 746 748

Ju Zi's attack on Long Zhanye followed a secret agreement with Huo Yuhao, who warned her about Long Zhanye's concealed allegiance and growing independence. She promised ten years without war against Shrek in exchange for assistance eliminating him, recalled the armies for a victory banquet, and personally served him poisoned wine. Ye Yulin's subsequent ambush used eleven Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannons, but Long Zhanye survived and escaped with the Green Emperor, while the imperial court believed him dead. 743 744 746

Kong Deming rejected Ju Zi's attempt to restrain his authority and led the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Regiment from Ming Capital in pursuit of his own campaign against Shrek Academy and its allies. During the ensuing conflicts, he demonstrated the fusion of his Martial Soul with a Level 10 Soul Tool and deployed the Royal Regiment against powerful Spirit Master forces, the Clear Sky Sect, and a massive Soul Beast tide. 748 757 774 784

After Shrek Academy's destruction, Kong Deming refused to return to the empire and instead remained with the Body Sect. The exposure of Ju Zi's poisoning of his closed-door disciple, Long Zhanye, explained his departure. Losing its foremost Soul Engineer deprived the empire of the strength to contend with the Holy Spirit Empire's two Limit Douluo and the Heaven Dou Empire, and it abandoned its continental conquest ambitions. 819

The later account again depicts Xu Tianran as emperor, stripping Ju Zi of military command and confining her to the cold palace after learning why Kong Deming had left. This conflicts with the earlier account of his death and Ju Zi's regency; no explanation for his reappearance is provided in the available passages. 747 748 819

Sixty-one years later, Long Zhanye returned with the Body Sect's powerful contingent and found Ming Capital substantially expanded and technologically transformed. The empire mobilized approximately thirty thousand Soul Engineers and four rebuilt elite legions. Long Zhanye disabled the capital's aerial detection network with Divine Sense and publicly accused Ju Zi of poisoning and murdering Xu Tianran, shaking the defenders' confidence. Ju Zi denied the accusation and ordered Circular Linkage. 827

The resulting confrontation exposed the limits of the rebuilt imperial defenses. The Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Cannon failed to damage Kong Deming's Silver Moon Divine Light Barrier, and his retaliatory Silver Moon Divine Light Wave passed through Ming Capital's Eternal Star Domain. Emperor Yun Han shielded Ju Zi but was gravely wounded; twelve Level 9 Soul Engineers were reduced to ash, more than sixty guards collapsed, and Ju Zi was injured by the edge of the attack. 828 After settling the empire's turmoil, Long Zhanye and the Body Sect continued to the Evil Demon Forest and then the western wild mountains of the Sun Moon Continent. 833

Soul Guidance Technology

Urban infrastructure

Ming Capital is characterized by metal-and-crystal structures, wide roads surfaced in dark gray material, Soul Guidance vehicles, and aerial Soul Guidance Devices. Its prosperity and precision leave outsiders with a strong sense of alienation. 76

• Soul Guidance neon can illuminate Ming Capital's night sky as brightly as day. 76
• More than twenty million people live in Ming Capital, making it the empire's political and population center. 594
• The capital's strategic industry once included thousands of tons of rare metals, vast stores of finished Soul Guidance Devices, and military supplies on a national scale. 369
• Ming Capital's Soul Guidance infrastructure and workshops far exceed those of the eastern empires, whose Soul Tool applications are comparatively crude and limited. 137 221
• Over the following sixty-one years, technologies previously confined to blueprints became operational. The capital developed a dense skyline of metallic skyscrapers, ground-based Soul Tool battle vehicles, and Soul Tool aircraft. 827

Surveillance and border control

The empire maintains strict technological security, especially along its eastern frontier.

• Rising Sun City — Entrants and departing travelers undergo strict inspections; large caravans may wait days for searches to conclude. 428
• Detection network — High-altitude and ground-to-air Soul Guidance Detectors monitor airspace, supplemented by searchlights and reconnaissance devices. 429 430
• Soul Cannon response — Border forces can answer intrusions with concentrated high-altitude bombardment, ground-to-air detection, and aerial Soul Engineer Regiment deployments. 430
• Outsider restrictions — Citizens and Soul Masters are notably wary of foreigners, particularly where sensitive Soul Guidance technology is concerned. 76
• Institutional access — Legitimate Soul Engineer institutions and advanced workshops required Long Zhanye, as an outsider, to obtain a recommendation from a certified Level 5 or higher Soul Engineer. Soldiers likewise required entry documents and directed foreign applicants toward official channels. 76
• Demonstrated vulnerabilities — Xuan Zi destroyed border detection equipment during Shrek's diversionary raid. Decades later, Long Zhanye's Divine Sense disabled every aerial Soul Guidance Detector above Ming Capital, causing the devices to spark and fall from the sky. 429 430 827

Strategic weapons and systems

• Level 9 Soul Tools — Treated as national heavy weapons, these strategic devices require extraordinary materials and years or decades of work to create. Their single strikes can exceed those of an ordinary Title Douluo. 202
• Linked defensive systems — Multiple high-level Soul Tools can be synchronized into barriers controlled by a single sufficiently strong Soul Master. Regiment-scale linked formations can rotate offensive and defensive duties between units. 137 705
• Humanoid Soul Tools — Once forbidden technology, humanoid Soul Tools were later widely applied as standard battlefield equipment for imperial forces. 612 Emperor Yun Han and Ju Zi both used such equipment during the later defense of Ming Capital, with Yun Han's armor bearing tiger-striped markings. 828
• Level 10 Soul Tools — Kong Deming realized the theoretical Life-Bound Soul Tool by merging his Martial Soul with the Silver Moon Divine Light Barrier, granting the empire a weapon system capable of challenging Limit Douluo-level opponents. 757 758 Kong Deming had already claimed possession of a Level 10 Soul Tool in an earlier discussion with Long Zhanye. His subsequent defection removed his personal system and expertise from imperial service. 529 819
• Sun Moon Divine Blade — Kong Deming possesses an incomplete divine artifact of this name, which Tang Wutong identified as a broken divine artifact. 774
• Sun Moon Divine Needle — A Level 9 offensive Soul Tool awarded to Long Zhanye by Ye Yulin. Its single-target attack ranks third among known Level 9 Soul Tools, and a full-power strike is comparable to a Rank 95 Super Douluo's all-out attack. Eight operating together can rival a Limit Douluo's full-power strike. 216 758
• Sun Corona Divine Radiance — A Level 9 light-attribute area weapon jointly created by Long Zhanye and Xia Xuanchen during their seventeen-month seclusion. Shaped like a miniature sun, it absorbs sunlight, converts it into stored Soul Power, and releases numerous beams capable of killing non-defense-type Soul Douluo. 569
• Eternal Star Domain — A Level 9 Soul Tool described as the empire's strongest defense. In the later confrontation with the Body Sect, its golden barrier enclosed all of Ming Capital but could not intercept Kong Deming's Silver Moon Divine Light Wave. 637 828
• Circular Linkage — Ju Zi's command activated a vast coordinated formation of linked Soul Tools around Ming Capital. It produced multiple concentric defensive barriers and supplied the empire's large-scale offensive system. 827 828
• Purple Brilliant Heaven Destroying Cannon — A linked offensive weapon drawing on more than a thousand Soul Engineers. Seventy-two dragon-shaped openings fired purple beams at the Body Sect's sixty-five Titled Douluo. Long Zhanye judged its power comparable to Level 9 Soul Tools and potentially Level 10 at full strength, but Kong Deming's Silver Moon Divine Light Barrier remained unscathed after its barrage. 828

Research and cultivation support

• Martial Soul amplification research — Mingde Hall researched the fusion of Martial Souls and Soul Tools. Long Zhanye improved six discarded Level 5 experimental rings into a coordinated Level 7 set that doubled his original foundation and produced approximately seventy percent of a true Martial Soul Avatar's combat power while he was still a Soul Emperor. 330
• Rank-gap compensation — A fully equipped Level 8 Soul Engineer could fight a Titled Douluo-level Body Sect elder on roughly equal terms, demonstrating the empire's ability to compensate for cultivation differences through engineering. 221
• Soul Power medicines — The empire possesses secret medicinal formulas developed over generations that can forcibly raise a Spirit Master's Soul Power in a short period. Long Zhanye obtained such medicines through Xiao Hongchen. 494
• Advanced research collaboration — Kong Deming and Long Zhanye studied Humanoid Soul Tool mechanisms and discussed the possibility of Soul Tools without conventional Core Arrays. Long Zhanye also left the Green Emperor with Kong Deming for research. 612

Military

The empire's battlefield strength rests on compact, mobile Soul Engineer Regiments rather than conventional massed cavalry. Even smaller regiments can wield enough Soul Tool firepower to determine regional campaigns. 433

Hand of Protecting the Nation

• The Royal Regiment and the palace Worship Hall are regarded as the imperial family's two principal pillars. 433
• The empire also fields regular Soul Engineer Regiments of roughly 500 members, stationed at important border strongholds, alongside local regiments maintained by military districts, nobles, and meritorious families. 433
• The military expanded from ten to fifteen Soul Engineer Regiments after war began. 570
• The five elite regiments can form Soul Tool air forces capable of maneuvering across large armies. 433
• At the height of his authority, Long Zhanye commanded both the Evil Monarch and Imperial Dragon Regiments, totaling more than 7,000 Soul Engineers. 592
• Long Zhanye's expansion transformed the Evil Monarch and Imperial Dragon Regiments into a combined force of more than 5,000 personnel, including over 1,000 formal combat Soul Engineers and thousands of recruited reserves. 704
• After Long Zhanye's presumed death, Ju Zi assigned Starry Sky Douluo Ye Yulin and Shadow Douluo Xue Chen to command the Evil Monarch and Imperial Dragon Regiments respectively. 746
• The Royal Regiment's arsenal contains fifteen Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannons, more than half of the empire's known stockpile. 784
• Kong Deming personally forged and commanded the Royal Regiment's elite organization. Even during Xu Tianran's reign, mobilizing it required his approval, and he later took the entire regiment out of Ming Capital despite Ju Zi's opposition. 748
• During Long Zhanye's seventeen-month research seclusion, Xu Mochen's recruitment teams gathered more than two thousand prospective students from the four empires for the Evil Monarch Regiment. Ji Juechen also joined at his own request. 569
• Sixty-one years later, the empire had rebuilt four elite legions and mobilized approximately thirty thousand Soul Engineers to defend Ming Capital against the Body Sect. 827
• Twelve Level 9 Soul Engineers and more than sixty guards attempted to shield Emperor Yun Han from Kong Deming's Silver Moon Divine Light Wave. The Soul Engineers were incinerated and the guards collapsed despite activating their defensive equipment. 828

Government and Leadership

• Xu Tianran — Crown prince who became emperor, rebuilt Ming Capital after the Day of Destruction, launched expansionist wars, and sought to unify the continent. He later died suddenly following the victory banquet. 415 595 747 A subsequent account nevertheless depicts him ruling and punishing Ju Zi for driving Kong Deming away, without explaining the contradiction with his previously reported death. Long Zhanye later publicly accused Ju Zi of poisoning and murdering him. 819 827
• Ju Zi — Xu Tianran's consort and military strategist. Her command ability helped exploit the advantages of the imperial army; following Xu Tianran's death, she secured support across the royal family and assumed control as Empress-Regent for Crown Prince Xu Yunhan. Her rule was threatened by Kong Deming's opposition and widespread court distrust. 595 747 748 She was subsequently described as stripped of military authority and confined to the cold palace after her poisoning of Long Zhanye became known. Sixty-one years later, she appeared as Empress Dowager, a Rank 92 food-type Titled Douluo, and again commanded the capital's defenders. She denied Long Zhanye's accusation concerning Xu Tianran's death and was injured during Kong Deming's attack. 819 827 828
• Xu Yunhan / Yun Han — Initially presented as Xu Tianran and Ju Zi's young son and designated crown prince. Ju Zi claimed to govern only until he reached adulthood. 595 747 Sixty-one years later, he is the Sun Moon Emperor and a Rank 97 Super Douluo. His mutated Three-Eyed White Tiger Martial Soul surprised both Long Zhanye and Huo Yuhao because the White Tiger is associated with the Star Luo imperial lineage. He shielded Ju Zi from Kong Deming's attack and was gravely wounded despite his Martial Soul Avatar, Humanoid Soul Tool, and escort's defenses. 827 828
• Kong Deming — Silver Moon Douluo, former Offering Hall Master, and formerly the empire's foremost Soul Engineer. He commanded exceptional influence over the Royal Soul Engineer Regiment and the empire's Level 9 Soul Tool production. After advancing to Rank 95 and becoming a Level 10 Soul Engineer, he fused with the Silver Moon Divine Light Barrier and emerged as a power capable of confronting Limit Douluo-level enemies. 503 748 757 758 He later severed ties with the empire over Ju Zi's poisoning of his disciple and joined the Body Sect. There, he advanced to Rank 97 and perfected his Level 10 defensive system to the point of challenging a Level 100 powerhouse. During the later confrontation at Ming Capital, he acted as the Body Sect's seventh Offering Elder and directly attacked Ju Zi. 819 828
• Mingde Hall — A major center of Soul Tool research and talent cultivation, founded by Kong Deming. 179 It was devastated in an earlier attack, while the later Ming Capital arsenal disaster further destroyed the empire's technological resources and caused Jing Hongchen's political standing to collapse. 159 369 569
• Jing Hongchen — Former Mingde Hall Master whose influence declined after Mingde Hall's destruction and Xu Tianran's loss of confidence. Following the succession crisis, he departed with Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to seek refuge with the Body Sect. 569 748
• Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy — A central institution for training imperial Soul Engineers, closely associated with Mingde Hall. Its students' average Soul Power surpassed that of other continental academies, including Shrek, and its tournament team achieved a celebrated victory over Shrek with Long Zhanye's participation. 155 179 334 356

Foreign Relations and Conflicts

• Heavenly Soul Empire — A principal rival whose capital and much of its territory fell to Sun Moon campaigns; the empire later claimed to have unified it. 567 595
• Star Luo Empire — A major military rival. Sun Moon forces and Holy Spirit Cult allies seized the Mingdou Mountain Range and western Star Luo territory, while later events led to the collapse of Star Luo resistance. 593 709
• Dou Ling Empire — A neighboring state eventually overwhelmed alongside remnants of the Heavenly Soul Empire. Its capital, Ling Dou City, was destroyed in a surprise attack by the Imperial Dragon and Evil Monarch Regiments, after which Heaven Dou forces occupied the ruins. 684 703 Ju Zi ordered the two regiments to withdraw secretly from the Shrek front and carry out the capital strike, while Long Zhanye's true body mobilized Heaven Dou forces to coordinate with it. 686
• Holy Spirit Cult — A wartime ally that provided Evil Soul Masters for frontal assaults, infiltration, and sabotage. Their relationship deteriorated after Zhongli Wu established the West Star Luo Empire; the Holy Spirit Cult's occupied Star Luo territory was later known as the Holy Spirit Empire, making a future conflict of interests unavoidable. 503 571 593 742 Ju Zi advocated letting the cult exhaust itself conquering the continent before eliminating it. Zhongli Wu likewise benefited from weakening both Sun Moon and Shrek during their disastrous battle. After Kong Deming's defection, the empire could no longer match the Holy Spirit Empire's two Limit Douluo. 593 740 819
• Shrek Academy and Tang Sect — Tournament rivals expelled from the empire after accusations of cheating; later became major wartime opponents. Kong Deming held Shrek responsible for repeated attacks on Ming Capital and mobilized the Royal Regiment against it after Xu Tianran's death. 357 748 Earlier, eight Sea God Pavilion elders led by Xuan Zi and Elder Song destroyed border defenses, aerial Soul Engineers, granaries, and armories as a diversion for Tang Sect infiltration. 429 430 Ju Zi later demanded that Shrek surrender Huo Yuhao within ten days or face the city's destruction, before secretly cooperating with him against Long Zhanye. Shrek's eventual destruction did not restore Sun Moon supremacy, because Kong Deming chose to remain with the Body Sect afterward. 689 743 819
• Body Sect — Publicly believed to have been destroyed by the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment, though Long Zhanye used the regiment's banners and uniforms to conceal the sect's survival from the imperial court. The sect later became a direct opponent of Kong Deming and the Royal Regiment. 567 568 569 757 Kong Deming eventually joined the sect, reversing his allegiance after learning about Ju Zi's poisoning of Long Zhanye. The empire subsequently abandoned its conquest ambitions, while Long Zhanye rejected his elders' proposals for immediately destroying both Sun Moon and the Holy Spirit Empire. Sixty-one years later, the Body Sect confronted the imperial court in Ming Capital and overcame its principal defensive systems. 819 827 828
• Clear Sky Sect — Kong Deming clashed with Clear Sky Sect elders and Tang Wutong after refusing Niu Tian's demand to submit. 774
• Soul Beasts — The Royal Regiment's later battle with the Beast Tide escalated into mass artillery bombardment. Its Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannons wounded Di Tian, while Kong Deming used the Silver Moon Divine Light Barrier to restrain the Beast God. 784
• Long Zhanye — Originally a foreign student and celebrated tournament champion who became Kong Deming's closed-door disciple and commander of two elite regiments. Kong Deming knew of his Body Sect background and accepted his loyalty to his homeland, hoping Soul Tools would promote human development rather than harm humanity. 179 356 529 592 Ju Zi's attempt to poison and execute him transformed this relationship into open hostility and ultimately cost the empire Kong Deming's allegiance. On his later return, Long Zhanye publicly called for a change of dynasty. 744 746 819 827

Symbols and Ceremonies

Sun Moon Altar of Heaven

The Sun Moon Altar of Heaven was built in the southern outskirts of Ming Capital for imperial Heaven Worship Ceremonies. It is intended as a permanent imperial site for future emperors. 594

• Its circular left half represents the sun—strength, light, and vitality—while its crescent right half represents the moon—gentleness, wisdom, and inheritance. 594
• The seven-layer, seven-colored altar rises ten zhang and is surrounded by Soul Tool positions, reconnaissance devices, defensive formations, and more than 100,000 soldiers during major ceremonies. 594
• Only the emperor may ascend to its seventh and highest level. 595
• Xu Tianran used the ceremony to rally public support, proclaim his mandate, and declare his ambition to unify the continent. 594 595
• During the Snow Empress crisis, Xu Tianran ascended the altar and channeled four pillars of white light into a vast protective barrier over Ming Capital. 607

Imperial lineage and regalia

• Inherited Martial Souls — The Sun Martial Soul is inherited by members of the imperial family, while the exceptionally powerful Purple Imperial Extinguishing Heaven Dragon appears only occasionally. Xu Tianran's possession of the latter helped support his rise to the throne. 433
• Dragon Carriage — The emperor's ceremonial carriage represents supreme authority over the sun and moon. Xu Tianran appeared in it wearing the Nine Dragon Pearl-Holding Purple Gold Crown and the Dragon Reflecting Sun and Moon Imperial Robe. 594
• Later imperial anomaly — Emperor Yun Han's Three-Eyed White Tiger differed from the Sun Moon family's established inherited Martial Souls and visibly puzzled Long Zhanye and Huo Yuhao. 828

Notable Quotes

“The Sun Moon Empire shall unite all under Heaven! My Douluo Continent shall bow beneath my feet!” — Xu Tianran 595

“The light of our Sun Moon shall shine forever upon the earth!” — Xu Tianran 607

“Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Regiment, fire the Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannons—DESTROY THE BEAST TIDE!!” — Kong Deming 784

“But I still hope that the existence of Soul Tools is meant to guide humanity's development, not to become weapons that harm humanity.” — Kong Deming 529

“Isn't it time the Sun Moon Empire had a change of dynasty today?” — Long Zhanye 827

“Mother, let me handle this!” — Emperor Yun Han, shielding Ju Zi from Kong Deming's attack 828

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