Arc 28The Siege of Shrek

Long Zhanye gathered forces and manipulated the Holy Spirit Cult as the Sun Moon Empire moved against Shrek and invaded the Dou Ling Empire. The arc left Xuan Zi gravely wounded, Huo Yuhao newly emerged to face Di Tian, and Meng Hongchen charging Tian Yang Douluo amid the battle for Ling Dou City.

  • Long Zhanye won the Sea Princess clan’s trust by promising to protect it, and its chief became Vina’s Spirit Soul, strengthening her and the companions who shared the chief’s remaining energy.
  • Long Zhanye took control of the Body Sect, met his gifted children, and arranged the invasion of Ling Dou City while his Scapegoat persuaded Zhongli Wu to ally with him and release the Fallen Ones.
  • Long Zhanye’s Scapegoat found Yan Qingjie at Shrek, revealed their family’s past, and brought him to Dantai Jing, after which Yan Qingjie renounced Shrek and left with Huang Yue'er.
  • Di Tian confronted Shrek for Huo Yuhao, then fought Xuan Zi above the city while Xuan Zi protected Yuhao’s breakthrough and risked his life by awakening Taotie’s ancient power.
  • Huo Yuhao emerged and returned Di Tian’s Black Dragon Reverse Scale, but Zhongli Wu’s attack struck Xuan Zi with a blood-red spear and left him gravely wounded.
  • Long Zhanye’s Scapegoat dissuaded Zhongli Wu from pursuing Xuan Zi while Di Tian remained nearby, and Zhongli Wu turned his attention to the campaign against East Star Luo.
  • Xiao Hongchen and Xia Xuanchen’s forces destroyed Ling Dou City with Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannons, while Jing Hongchen occupied the ruins and secured the surrender of many Dou Ling troops.
  • Tian Yang Douluo returned to Ling Dou City and attacked the occupying forces, but the Imperial Dragon and Evil Monarch regiments’ linked defenses held as Meng Hongchen revealed her strength and dove at him with both swords.
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Ch. 681Ice Sea, Sea Princess Clan

Long Zhanye learned that the six-hundred-thousand-year-old Sea Princess lived in the Ice Sea and led his companions there to find her. After arriving, he confronted a wary Sea Soul Beast and demanded to be taken to her clan leader.

  • Sea Elephant Douluo persuaded the other three Sacred Pillar Guardians to follow Long Zhanye.
  • Long Zhanye asked about nearby soul beasts over five hundred thousand years old, and Sea Phoenix Douluo told him about the Sea Princess in the Ice Sea.
  • Despite the guardians’ warnings about the Sea Princess’s strength, Long Zhanye opened a spatial rift and led everyone to the Ice Sea on the Bone Dragon King.
  • The group found a Sea Soul Beast with roughly ten-thousand-year cultivation near floating ice, and Long Zhanye asked her to take him to her clan leader.

Ch. 682Sea Princess Clan Chief

Long Zhanye sought the Sea Princess chief’s help with his godhood trial and revealed himself as the Sea God’s successor. When he asked her to become Vina’s Spirit Soul instead of dying, the chief refused, choosing to defend her clan and the Ice Sea.

  • Sea Elephant Douluo introduced Long Zhanye as the Sea God’s successor, and the mermaid guard agreed to summon the Sea Princess chief.
  • The chief surfaced with her clan, questioned Long Zhanye’s claim, and accepted him after he revealed the Sea God’s power and Seagod Trident.
  • Long Zhanye asked the chief to give her life for his trial, then offered her the alternative of becoming Vina’s Spirit Soul.
  • The chief recalled Huo Yuhao’s Soul Spirit Contract and Liya’s new life, but decided she could not abandon her people and challenged Long Zhanye to fight.
  • Long Zhanye considered using the remaining divine power within him to kill the chief, but knew the cost would be too high.

Ch. 683The Heaven-Favored Seventeen

Long Zhanye promised to protect the Sea Princess Clan, and its leader agreed to become Vina’s Soul Spirit, passing leadership to her daughter Lijing. After the contract greatly strengthened Vina, Long Zhanye passed the God of Destruction’s first trial and gained the Overlord Bow; the clan leader’s remaining energy then raised the cultivation of all seventeen companions.

  • Long Zhanye used the Sea God Helmet to spread Sea God's Light across the Ice Sea and promised to protect the Sea Princess Clan for ten thousand years, convincing its leader to guide the group to the undersea palace.
  • The Sea Princess clan leader named her eldest daughter Lijing as her successor and handed her the coral scepter.
  • Long Zhanye performed the Soul Spirit Contract ritual, and Vina gained four six-hundred-thousand-year Soul Rings, a six-hundred-thousand-year Torso Spirit Bone, and peak Level 96 cultivation.
  • Long Zhanye passed the God of Destruction's first trial and received the Overlord Bow as a divine artifact.
  • Long Zhanye divided the clan leader's remaining energy among the seventeen companions, raising their cultivation; Jiang Yixi and Gu Tong reached Level 90 but still needed ninth Soul Rings.

Ch. 684All Under Heaven as the Board, Each Man a Piece

Long Zhanye returned to the Heaven Dou Empire and learned that the Sun Moon Empire had crushed the remaining forces of the Dou Ling and Heaven Dou Empires and was preparing to besiege Shrek City. As war approached, he positioned his forces and infiltrated Shrek Academy, intent on carrying out his own revenge.

  • Long Zhanye ordered the four Sacred Pillar Guardians to gather more than 4,300 Sea Soul Masters at Sea God Village and sent a Scapegoat to investigate the war while remaining at the Body Sect.
  • The Body Sect elders reported that the Sun Moon Empire had defeated the allied remnants and was surrounding Shrek City with three Soul Engineer Regiments; they were astonished that all thirteen of Long Zhanye's companions had become Title Douluos.
  • Ju Zi ordered Long Zhanye's Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment to work with the Terrorclaw Soul Engineer Regiment and steadily pressure Shrek City as 300,000 troops prepared for the siege.
  • Long Zhanye resolved to kill Xuan Zi and Ma Xiaotao and make Shrek Academy pay, seeing the coming battle as part of his revenge trial.
  • A second Scapegoat disguised himself and slipped into Shrek City, secretly entering Shrek Academy while its defenders watched the enemy army approach.

Ch. 685Body Sect, a Successor at Last

Du Busi formally made Long Zhanye the Body Sect’s sect master as its forces gathered thirty-two Title Douluo and prepared to join the Sun Moon Empire and Holy Spirit Cult against Shrek. Long Zhanye reunited with his seven-year-old children and discovered that both had extraordinary talent, while his daughter possessed two mysterious Martial Souls and a strange innate Soul Ring.

  • Du Busi passed the sect master position to Long Zhanye, who planned to crush Shrek by uniting the Body Sect, Sun Moon Empire, and Holy Spirit Cult.
  • Du Busi brought Long Zhanye and Ye Guyi to meet their seven-year-old son and daughter, who had innate Full Soul Power.
  • Du Busi explained that Long Zhanye’s son had an eight-winged angel Martial Soul with a Heavenly Eye, which Long Zhanye named the Divine-Eyed Angel.
  • Long Zhanye’s daughter revealed Chaos as her first Martial Soul and Medusa as her second, leaving him shocked by their origins.
  • Elder Gu and Du Busi said the girl had awakened at rank ten and gained a gray Soul Ring on her own, but neither could determine its age or level.

Ch. 686Openly Repair the Plank Road, Secretly Cross at Chencang

Ju Zi ordered Long Zhanye’s regiments to bypass the front and strike the Dou Ling Empire’s capital, while Long Zhanye warned Zhongli Wu that Ju Zi might spare Shrek because of her feelings for Huo Yuhao. Zhongli Wu agreed that Shrek had to be destroyed, leaving the surprise attack and the alliance’s plans unresolved.

  • Ju Zi ordered Long Zhanye’s Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment and Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Regiment to secretly infiltrate the Dou Ling Empire and destroy Ling Dou City.
  • Long Zhanye arranged for Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to take command, Jing Hongchen to coordinate troops in Heaven Dou City, and Ji Juechen and Xia Xuanchen to lead a Beast King-level regiment toward the border.
  • Long Zhanye’s Scapegoat secretly entered Zhongli Wu’s tent and argued that Shrek, not the Dou Ling Empire, was their true enemy.
  • Long Zhanye told Zhongli Wu that Ju Zi’s lingering feelings for Huo Yuhao could prevent her from delivering a fatal blow to Shrek.
  • Zhongli Wu accepted Long Zhanye’s warning and declared that Shrek had to be destroyed at any cost.

Ch. 687Mysterious "Hired Muscle"

Long Zhanye proposed joining forces with Zhongli Wu to exploit the war and unify the world, promising hundreds of millions of Evil Soul Masters and souls. Zhongli Wu agreed to cooperate, and Long Zhanye invited him to find hired muscle at midnight.

  • Long Zhanye revealed that his two Soul Engineer Legions had infiltrated the Dou Ling Empire and that over four thousand Sea Soul Masters and four Title Douluo waited on the Star Luo coast.
  • Long Zhanye argued that Shrek was occupied and the Star Luo Empire was stretched across multiple fronts, creating a rare chance to conquer the continent.
  • Zhongli Wu worried that Long Zhanye’s forces could turn against the Holy Spirit Cult, but Long Zhanye challenged him and promised hundreds of millions of Evil Soul Masters and souls.
  • Zhongli Wu agreed to trust Long Zhanye and said he could persuade his mother to join, while guaranteeing that Long Xiaoyao would remain neutral.
  • Long Zhanye demanded that the Holy Spirit Cult commit its full strength, then told Zhongli Wu to meet him at midnight to find hired muscle.

Ch. 688Release, Billions of Fallen Ones

Long Zhanye's Scapegoat and Zhongli Wu traveled to Slaughter City to release its hundreds of millions of Fallen Ones for the Holy Spirit Cult. By impersonating the King of Slaughter and wielding the Asura Demon Sword, Long Zhanye's Scapegoat commanded the Fallen Ones to join his call for revenge, and Zhongli Wu believed they could conquer the Star Luo Empire within days.

  • Long Zhanye's Scapegoat told Zhongli Wu that he had sealed Slaughter City's entrance after the King of Slaughter died and planned to turn its Fallen Ones into a force for the Holy Spirit Cult.
  • Long Zhanye's Scapegoat explained that only the King of Slaughter could command the Fallen Ones, disguised himself as the dead king, and persuaded Zhongli Wu to hand over the Asura Demon Sword.
  • Long Zhanye's Scapegoat opened Slaughter City's sealed entrance, releasing countless Fallen Ones into the desert.
  • Long Zhanye's Scapegoat unleashed the Asura Domain and used the Asura Demon Sword to stop the fleeing Fallen Ones.
  • Long Zhanye's Scapegoat declared that their revenge had begun, and the Fallen Ones responded with roars of support.
  • Zhongli Wu estimated that the Holy Spirit Cult could crush the Star Luo Empire in less than three days with the Fallen Ones' help.

Ch. 689Wreaking Havoc at the Sea God Fate Matchmaking Event

As the Sun Moon Empire advanced toward Shrek City, Long Zhanye’s Scapegoat infiltrated Shrek Academy during the Sea God Fate Matchmaking Event and found Yan Qingjie, the younger brother he had been separated from. After Yan Qingjie resisted him, Long Zhanye sent the truth about their family into his mind, leaving him confused and shaken.

  • Ju Zi led the Sun Moon Empire’s army toward Shrek City and issued Shrek Academy an ultimatum to hand over Huo Yuhao or face a massacre in ten days.
  • Long Zhanye’s Scapegoat entered Shrek Academy’s inner courtyard and searched the Sea God Fate Matchmaking Event for someone in the crowd.
  • When Yan Qingjie moved to approach a veiled female student, Long Zhanye’s Scapegoat intercepted him and pulled him away, warning him not to fall for someone from Shrek.
  • Yan Qingjie released his Soul Martial Soul and attacked, but Long Zhanye’s Scapegoat deflected his strikes with Killing Intent.
  • Long Zhanye’s Scapegoat sent Yan Qingjie memories of the Long Family’s destruction and their separation, leaving Yan Qingjie dazed and asking who he was.

Ch. 690A Fledgling Returns to the Nest, Thirteen Years Apart

Long Zhanye abducted Yan Qingjie from Shrek’s Sea God’s Fate event and showed him memories proving they were brothers. Yan Qingjie reunited with their mother, Dantai Jing, at the Body Sect and vowed to leave Shrek and seek revenge for their father’s death.

  • Yan Qingjie attacked Long Zhanye with his spiritual abilities, but Long Zhanye overwhelmed him, knocked him unconscious, and carried him away from Shrek City.
  • Long Zhanye transmitted memories of the Long Family massacre to Yan Qingjie and revealed that he was Yan Qingjie’s biological older brother.
  • After seeing evidence from Long Zhanye’s Sky-Propping Eye, Yan Qingjie chose to go to the Body Sect and see their mother, Dantai Jing.
  • At the Body Sect, Immunity Douluo Elder Yu confirmed Yan Qingjie’s identity, and Dantai Jing tearfully embraced her long-lost son.
  • Yan Qingjie renounced Shrek and vowed revenge on Xuan Zi and Ma Xiaotao, while Long Zhanye told him to stay and cultivate as his brothers handled the revenge.

Ch. 691The Beast God Di Tian Descends upon Shrek

Yan Qingjie returned to Shrek to sever his ties with the academy and bring Huang Yue'er with him, but Yan Shaozhe confronted them before Beast God Di Tian descended over Shrek City demanding Huo Yuhao. Shrek’s experts rose to face Di Tian, who refused to help against the Sun Moon Empire army and insisted he had come only to question Huo Yuhao.

  • Yan Qingjie returned to Shrek and told Huang Yue'er that they could only be together if she left the academy with him; she agreed to go.
  • Yan Shaozhe blocked Yan Qingjie and Huang Yue'er, and Yan Qingjie denounced him for his father’s death and refused to stay at Shrek.
  • Yan Shaozhe moved to seize Yan Qingjie, but Shrek City’s highest-level enemy alarm interrupted them as Di Tian appeared above the city and demanded Huo Yuhao.
  • Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, Qian Duoduo, Cai Mei'er, and Zhang Lexuan rose to confront Di Tian.
  • Yan Shaozhe pointed out the Sun Moon Empire army outside the city, but Di Tian said he had not come to help and again demanded that Shrek send Huo Yuhao out.

Ch. 692The Beast God Di Tian's Dominance

Di Tian came to Shrek City demanding to see Huo Yuhao, but Xuan Zi confronted him and revealed that Yuhao was gravely injured. Di Tian was left facing a choice between pursuing his urgent questions and helping Shrek resist the enemy outside the city.

  • Di Tian insisted that he had sensed Huo Yuhao in Shrek City and threatened Yan Shaozhe unless Yuhao appeared within ten breaths.
  • Xuan Zi arrived and challenged Di Tian, whose second Soul Core made him recognize Xuan Zi as a newly attained Limit Douluo.
  • Xuan Zi demanded an explanation, reminding Di Tian that Shrek and the Star Dou Great Forest had maintained peace and cooperated through the Spirit Pagoda.
  • Di Tian admitted that he only wanted to question Huo Yuhao, but Xuan Zi revealed that Yuhao was barely clinging to life after a powerful enemy attack.
  • Xuan Zi urged Di Tian to help Shrek resist the enemy outside the city, while Long Zhanye's Scapegoat watched the confrontation from afar.

Ch. 693Newly Advanced Xuan Zi Challenges Di Tian

Di Tian demanded to see Huo Yuhao, whose second Soul Core was forming, but Xuan Zi refused to let anyone disturb him. When Di Tian threatened to force his way through, Xuan Zi challenged him to a fight, leaving their clash poised to begin above Shrek City.

  • Di Tian said he wanted to examine Huo Yuhao's injuries and help treat him, but Xuan Zi claimed Huo Yuhao needed undisturbed rest.
  • Di Tian saw through Xuan Zi's delay and demanded to see Huo Yuhao, while Xuan Zi warned him not to break their agreement with humanity.
  • Di Tian insisted that Huo Yuhao's Power of Fate was vital to surviving his next heavenly tribulation and refused to back down.
  • Xuan Zi challenged Di Tian to reach Huo Yuhao only after defeating him, and Di Tian offered to leave if Xuan Zi endured his attacks for half an hour.
  • Xuan Zi flew into the open sky to protect people below, Di Tian appeared above him, and Yan Shaozhe, Xian Lin'er, and Qian Duoduo watched from a distance.

Ch. 694Black Dragon Appears, Zhongli Wu's Astonishment

Yan Qingjie and Huang Yue'er escaped Shrek City while Xuan Zi and Di Tian began a battle in the sky. At the Sun Moon Empire camp, Zhongli Wu recognized Xuan Zi as a Limit Douluo, then identified his opponent as the Beast God Di Tian.

  • Yan Qingjie led Huang Yue'er through the crowds and out of Shrek City, then left without looking back.
  • Xuan Zi confronted Di Tian five thousand meters above the ground and unleashed a palm strike that Di Tian swallowed with the power of space.
  • Xuan Zi summoned the Godly Taotie Bull and began gathering earth-element energy from the surrounding land for Heaven's Call, Earth's Response.
  • Ju Zi and the Sun Moon Empire's experts watched from their camp, where Zhongli Wu realized Xuan Zi had become a Limit Douluo and mastered his Martial Soul's true essence.
  • Di Tian manifested an enormous black dragon that blocked the earth energy, and Zhongli Wu recognized him as the Beast God.

Ch. 695The Continent's Strongest

The Beast God, Di Tian, attacked Shrek City and confronted Xuan Zi, while Ju Zi ordered the Sun Moon Empire’s forces to prepare their soul tools. The chapter ended with Di Tian and Xuan Zi clashing in a battle that could determine Shrek Academy’s survival.

  • Di Tian’s arrival terrified the Sun Moon Empire’s army, and Zhongli Wu recognized that the Beast God had personally come to attack Shrek City.
  • Ju Zi calmly ordered the Soul Engineers to prepare their positions and long-range linked charging attack soul tools.
  • Di Tian warned Xuan Zi that Shrek City would be his if Xuan Zi died, while Xuan Zi argued that the Sun Moon Empire would threaten the Star Dou Great Forest if it conquered the continent.
  • Di Tian roared and attacked Xuan Zi, who summoned the Godly Taotie Bull to meet the Golden-Eyed Black Dragon King.
  • The two fighters’ attacks collided, unleashing a devastating burst of Soul Power that stunned Shrek City’s residents and the Sun Moon Empire’s army.

Ch. 696Zhongli Wu's Ambition

Ju Zi provoked Zhongli Wu into coveting Beast God Di Tian’s remains, but Long Zhanye’s Scapegoat warned him that an attack would devastate the Holy Spirit Cult and ruin his plans to unify the continent. Zhongli Wu abandoned the idea for now, deciding to target Di Tian only after conquering the continent.

  • Ju Zi asked Zhongli Wu how dangerous Beast God Di Tian was and suggested that his Soul Ring could be taken for the imperial family.
  • Zhongli Wu became consumed by the prospect of forging Di Tian’s remains and soul fragments into a powerful puppet, and Ju Zi agreed to let him have the corpse.
  • Long Zhanye’s Scapegoat secretly warned Zhongli Wu that defeating Di Tian would require at least three powerhouses like Long Xiaoyao and could destroy the Holy Spirit Cult.
  • Zhongli Wu argued that his hundreds of millions of Fallen Ones could wear Di Tian down, but Long Zhanye’s Scapegoat warned that the losses would end his ambition to unify the continent.
  • Zhongli Wu chose to pursue continental domination first and resolved to return to kill Di Tian afterward.

Ch. 698Burning Soul Power, Taotie Descends

Zhongli Wu rejected Ju Zi’s attempt to turn him against Di Tian and chose to keep targeting Shrek. Di Tian overwhelmed Xuan Zi, but Xuan Zi burned his Soul Power to awaken Taotie’s bloodline power and hold him off while Huo Yuhao continued his hidden breakthrough.

  • Zhongli Wu told Ju Zi that the Holy Spirit Cult should focus on Shrek and avoid provoking Di Tian, and Ju Zi reluctantly agreed.
  • Di Tian defeated Xuan Zi’s Godly Taotie Bull in their clash and nearly sent it crashing into Shrek City.
  • Xuan Zi stopped his fall above the city and refused to retreat because interrupting Huo Yuhao’s breakthrough could kill him.
  • Xuan Zi let his Martial Soul Avatar recede, then burned his Soul Power to awaken Taotie’s ancient bloodline power.
  • Di Tian recognized the dangerous Taotie aura and realized Xuan Zi was risking his life to protect whatever Huo Yuhao was doing.

Ch. 699The Beast God Knelt and Suppressed Xuan Zi

Long Zhanye's Scapegoat urged Zhongli Wu to exploit Xuan Zi's weakened state, while Di Tian prepared to kill Xuan Zi. Di Tian then knelt toward the Star Dou Great Forest as seven-colored clouds transformed his power and forced Xuan Zi's Taotie bloodline into submission.

  • Long Zhanye's Scapegoat warned Zhongli Wu that Xuan Zi was vulnerable and urged him to kill him.
  • Zhongli Wu agreed and secretly ordered the Holy Spirit Cult's leading experts to act.
  • Di Tian concluded that Huo Yuhao's work threatened the Star Dou Great Forest and prepared to unleash his full strength against Xuan Zi.
  • Xuan Zi awakened the Taotie bloodline within him, weakening Di Tian's aura, but Di Tian knelt toward the Star Dou Great Forest.
  • Seven-colored clouds spread over the forest, transforming Di Tian's aura and creating a silver domain around him.
  • Xuan Zi felt an overwhelming force make the Taotie phantom submit, and he stared at the seven-colored sky in horror.

Ch. 700Huo Yuhao Emerges from Seclusion

Huo Yuhao emerged from seclusion and halted Di Tian just as the Beast God was about to strike Xuan Zi. After Huo Yuhao returned Di Tian’s Black Dragon Reverse Scale, Di Tian realized he had reached a level beyond what he had thought possible.

  • Di Tian drew on a terrifying power that suppressed Xuan Zi and raised his Black Dragon Sword to strike.
  • Huo Yuhao appeared in the sky and told Di Tian to state what he wanted.
  • Xuan Zi recognized Huo Yuhao’s emergence and asked whether he had succeeded; Huo Yuhao nodded.
  • Huo Yuhao returned Di Tian’s Black Dragon Reverse Scale, revealing that he had removed it from his body.
  • Di Tian became wary and concluded that Huo Yuhao had touched that level.

Ch. 701Blood Sea Resentful Spirit Spear

Huo Yuhao challenged Di Tian after successfully cultivating the Yin-Yang Complementary Dual Soul Core, but their duel was interrupted when Zhongli Wu launched a blood-red spear attack against the weakened Xuan Zi. Xuan Zi was gravely wounded, though his counterattack struck the Sun Moon Empire’s defenses and weakened several Evil Soul Masters.

  • Huo Yuhao challenged Di Tian, who accepted and prepared to test what Huo Yuhao had comprehended.
  • Huo Yuhao and Di Tian built up their auras as they prepared to fight, but a dark-red spear formed in the Sun Moon Empire’s camp from gathered resentful spirits.
  • Ju Zi realized Zhongli Wu had disobeyed her and attacked Xuan Zi, whose strength had fallen below thirty percent after his battle with Di Tian.
  • Xuan Zi blocked the incoming attack briefly, but the blood-red spear pierced his chest and unleashed resentful spirits and a sea of blood that overwhelmed him.
  • Xuan Zi counterattacked with a dragon-claw strike that damaged a linked defensive barrier and caused four Evil Soul Masters and Zhongli Wu to suffer injuries.

Ch. 702Sneak Attack on Xuan Zi, Severely Wounding Xuan Zi

Zhongli Wu’s Blood Sea Resentful Spirit Spear severely wounded Xuan Zi, who fled toward Shrek Academy as Huo Yuhao and the Sea God Pavilion elders followed. Long Zhanye’s Scapegoat stopped Zhongli Wu from attacking Shrek, and the chapter ended with him judging Huo Yuhao’s new strength while keeping Xuan Zi as his target.

  • Xuan Zi endured the resentful spirit toxin in his chest and hurried toward Shrek Academy, with Huo Yuhao and several Sea God Pavilion elders pursuing him.
  • Zhongli Wu decided to lead twelve Evil Soul Masters into Shrek City to kill the wounded Xuan Zi.
  • Long Zhanye’s Scapegoat blocked Zhongli Wu and warned that attacking Shrek while Di Tian remained nearby could leave the Holy Spirit Cult vulnerable.
  • Zhongli Wu accepted that Xuan Zi’s injuries had already weakened him severely and agreed to rest before sending the Death God Douluo to join the campaign against East Star Luo.
  • Long Zhanye’s Scapegoat assessed Huo Yuhao’s recent breakthrough and concluded that Xuan Zi remained the more tempting prey.

Ch. 703Dou Ling Empire, Transformation of Ling Dou

Xiao Hongchen and Xia Xuanchen led a surprise assault that destroyed Ling Dou City and wiped out the Dou Ling Empire’s ruling core. Jing Hongchen took control of the ruins for the Heaven Dou Empire, and most arriving Dou Ling forces surrendered.

  • Xiao Hongchen and Xia Xuanchen ordered two Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannons fired at Ling Dou City, devastating the capital and destroying the imperial palace.
  • Xiao Hongchen, Meng Hongchen, Xia Xuanchen, and Ji Juechen’s regiments searched the ruins and killed survivors under Long Zhanye’s orders.
  • Jing Hongchen led three thousand Heaven Dou city guards into Ling Dou City and raised the Heaven Dou Empire’s flag over the ruins.
  • Dou Ling troops arriving from across the empire saw the destroyed capital and surrendered in large numbers, while Jing Hongchen’s forces crushed the remaining resistance.

Ch. 704Circular Linkage, Soul Engineer Battle Formation

Tian Yang Douluo returned to Ling Dou City after learning it had fallen, intending to drive out its new occupiers. Xiao Hongchen and Xia Xuanchen had prepared an ambush, and the chapter ended as their Soul Engineer Regiments activated linked battle formations against the incoming Dou Ling Empire force.

  • Tian Yang Douluo saw flames rising from Ling Dou City and led six Title Douluo back to defend it.
  • Xiao Hongchen and Xia Xuanchen prepared layered ambushes among the ruins, where the royal family and three Title Douluo had been killed by Level 9 Fixed Soul Cannons.
  • Tian Yang Douluo found Jing Hongchen's forces occupying the city and burned the Heaven Dou Empire flag before ordering his men to attack.
  • Meng Hongchen warned Xiao Hongchen that Tian Yang Douluo's force had arrived, and Xiao Hongchen summoned a dark blue crystal to activate the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Regiment's Circular Linkage.
  • The Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment raised a defensive barrier as both regiments prepared for the confrontation.

Ch. 705Dou Ling Empire, the Final Dance

The Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineer regiments ambushed Tian Yang’s force and used their linked formation to repel the Title Douluo. Meng Hongchen left the formation to confront Tian Yang, revealing her Rank 95 cultivation and Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring before attacking with her Ice Jade Radiant Swords.

  • The Imperial Dragon and Evil Monarch Soul Engineer Regiments ambushed Tian Yang and his six companions, killing two Title Douluo with their opening barrage.
  • Tian Yang and the four surviving Title Douluo charged the regiments, but their linked barrier stopped Tian Yang’s attack and their coordinated fire forced the five to dodge.
  • Meng Hongchen told Xiao Hongchen she would kill the evasive enemies, and he warned her to be careful as she launched from the formation.
  • Tian Yang mocked Meng Hongchen and attacked her with his fifth Soul Skill, Blazing Sun, Ten Thousand Zhang.
  • Meng Hongchen revealed her Zhuqing Ice Toad Martial Soul, nine Soul Rings including a Hundred Thousand Year Ring, and her Level 9 Ice Jade Radiant Swords, then dove toward Tian Yang.

Ch. 706Zhuqing Ice Toad, Ice and Poison

The Imperial Dragon and Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiments ambushed Tian Yang Douluo’s group and used their linked formations to drive the five surviving Title Douluo into retreat. Meng Hongchen then left the formation to confront them, revealing her Level 95 cultivation, Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, Zhuqing Ice Toad, and twin Ice Jade Radiant Swords before attacking Tian Yang Douluo.

  • The Imperial Dragon and Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiments opened fire on the seven approaching figures, killing two Title Douluo and forcing Tian Yang Douluo and four others to attack the linked formations.
  • Tian Yang Douluo struck the Imperial Dragon formation with his Blazing Sun, Ten Thousand Zhang, but its barrier blocked the attack while the regiments’ counterfire forced him and the others to dodge.
  • Meng Hongchen asked Xiao Hongchen to let her kill the evasive opponents, and he agreed after telling her to be careful.
  • Meng Hongchen flew out to face the five Title Douluo, who mocked her for challenging them alone.
  • Meng Hongchen revealed her Level 95 cultivation, Zhuqing Ice Toad, Hundred Thousand Year Soul Ring, and two Level 9 Ice Jade Radiant Swords.
  • Meng Hongchen dove toward the stunned Tian Yang Douluo with both swords aimed at him.
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