Chapter Summaries

Long Zhanye used Sun Corona Divine Radiance and the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment’s weapons against Xuan Zi, but the Super Douluo endured the barrage and turned into a golden tornado. The tornado swept toward Long Zhanye’s tightly packed troops, threatening to devastate the regiment.

• Long Zhanye fired Sun Corona Divine Radiance, burning Xuan Zi and temporarily blinding him, but Xuan Zi remained combat-ready.
• Long Zhanye retreated toward the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment, intending to wear Xuan Zi down while waiting for his Scapegoat to complete a crucial task.
• Xuan Zi charged the regiment, and Xia Xuanchen ordered the Sky Net Beads to unleash Blazing Sky Net against him.
• Xuan Zi endured the Sky Net Beads and the regiment’s cannon fire, then used his fifth Soul Ring to create a massive golden tornado.
• Xuan Zi sensed Long Zhanye’s location and drove the tornado toward him, threatening to tear through the regiment’s densely packed soul masters.

Long Zhanye lured Xuan Zi away from the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment and unleashed his Heavenly Bone Divine Dragon Wave, but the attack left him exhausted and falling from the sky. A mysterious attacker struck Xuan Zi from behind, helping break his Golden Tornado and send him flying.

• Long Zhanye drew Xuan Zi away from the Evil Monarch Soul Master Regiment, but Xuan Zi caught him and hurled him downward.
• Long Zhanye redirected his fall, transformed into the Bone Dragon King, and fired the Heavenly Bone Divine Dragon Wave at Xuan Zi.
• Xuan Zi used his Golden Tornado to grind down the Divine Dragon Wave, while Long Zhanye coughed blood from the strain.
• A cyan-furred figure attacked Xuan Zi from behind, shattered his Golden Tornado, and disrupted his attack.
• The weakened Divine Dragon Wave struck Xuan Zi, broke several ribs, and sent him flying hundreds of meters.
• Long Zhanye ran out of Soul Power and fell unconscious toward the ground.

After devouring Golden Hair, Tang San transformed into a humanoid Soul Beast with cultivation above two hundred thousand years and attacked the gravely wounded Xuan Zi. Just as Tang San's spear was about to kill Xuan Zi, powerful newcomers arrived and knocked the attack off course.

• Tang San revealed itself as the Green Emperor, and Xuan Zi recognized its strange, formidable aura.
• Long Zhanye recognized Tang San and urged it to kill Xuan Zi, grieving that Golden Hair had died after willingly helping Tang San advance.
• Tang San battered Xuan Zi with repeated punches, then formed a cyan flame spear and aimed a fatal strike at his chest.
• A huge fireball struck Tang San's spear aside, saving Xuan Zi and blasting both combatants backward.
• Long Zhanye looked toward the approaching figures behind the powerful auras and wondered how they could be there.

Tian Yang Douluo and six Douling Empire experts joined Shrek’s side, turning the battle against Long Zhanye and the Holy Spirit Cult. As Green Emperor attacked Tian Yang Douluo, Long Zhanye’s planned explosion devastated Shrek City’s West City, leaving the battlefield’s fate uncertain.

• Tian Yang Douluo arrived with six Titled Douluo and helped Shrek’s forces, explaining that he opposed Long Zhanye for siding with the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Long Zhanye ordered Green Emperor to kill Tian Yang Douluo, and Green Emperor charged at him with azure flames and golden power.
• The Douling experts rescued Yan Shaozhe and Song Yunzhi, while their arrival shifted the battle decisively in Shrek’s favor.
• Long Zhanye announced a fireworks show and triggered a tremendous explosion in Shrek City’s West City, where his scapegoat had flown.

After an explosion devastated West City, Long Zhanye revealed that he had captured Tang Ya and Beibei and demanded Shrek withdraw its forces. Xuan Zi chose to save them, and Shrek's fighters withdrew toward Shrek City.

• A massive explosion lit up West City, leaving the Sea God Pavilion elders and battlefield fighters stunned.
• Long Zhanye's Scapegoat returned with Tang Ya and Beibei captured, and Long Zhanye threatened to kill them unless Shrek withdrew.
• Xuan Zi weighed saving Tang Ya and Beibei against continuing the fight and leaving the Star Luo Empire without support.
• Xuan Zi ordered the Shrek forces to withdraw, and the Sea God Pavilion elders and Titled Douluo flew toward Shrek City.

Long Zhanye forced Shrek to withdraw by destroying the Tang Sect and taking Thunderbolt Beibei and Tang Ya hostage, then his side defeated the Shrek forces at heavy cost. After Zhongli Wu killed the exposed traitor Nangong Wan, Long Zhanye returned Tang Ya and asked Zhongli Wu to help him deal with Xu Tianyuan.

• Long Zhanye revealed that his Scapegoat had infiltrated the Tang Sect disguised as Huo Yuhao, captured Thunderbolt Beibei and Tang Ya, and detonated a Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Cannon that destroyed the sect.
• Xuan Zi withdrew Shrek's forces with Thunderbolt Beibei after Long Zhanye promised to release Tang Ya in three days, and Tian Yang Douluo also retreated.
• Long Zhanye and Zhongli Wu discovered that Nangong Wan had betrayed their forces, and Zhongli Wu killed him after Nangong Wan admitted that Shrek had forced him to reveal the plan.
• The battle ended with nine of Long Zhanye's Title Douluo and eleven of Shrek's Title Douluo dead, leaving Long Zhanye grieving the Body Sect's losses.
• Long Zhanye handed Tang Ya back to Zhongli Wu and indicated that he wanted help dealing with Xu Tianyuan, prompting Zhongli Wu to approach the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Regiment commander.

After Zhongli Wu killed Xu Tianyuan, Long Zhanye took command of both the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Regiment and his own regiment, then sought imperial approval. In Ming Capital, Xu Tianran accepted Juzi’s advice to appoint Long Zhanye commander for now and eliminate him after the war.

• Zhongli Wu killed Xu Tianyuan and intimidated the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Regiment into lowering their Soul Tools.
• Long Zhanye declared Xu Tianyuan dead in battle, took temporary command of the regiment, and won the reluctant recognition of its vice commander, Xu Wen, and the other soul engineers.
• Long Zhanye sent Xu Tianran a battle report claiming credit for the victory and requesting appointment as acting commander of the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Regiment.
• Xu Tianran celebrated the reported losses inflicted on Shrek, then grew troubled by Xu Tianyuan’s death and angry at Long Zhanye’s request for power.
• Juzi persuaded Xu Tianran to appoint Long Zhanye as the regiment’s true commander and suggested killing him after he was no longer useful.

After the Holy Spirit Cult and Sun Moon Empire seized half of the Star Luo Empire, Zhongli Wu declared himself emperor of the West Star Luo Empire. Xu Tianran was furious, but Juzi persuaded him to support Zhongli Wu and let the Holy Spirit Cult weaken itself before the Sun Moon Empire struck.

• Feng Ling and the Sun Moon Empire's soul engineer legions captured the Mingdou Mountain Range and half of the Star Luo Empire, suffering heavy losses among their Title Douluo and Level 9 Soul Engineers.
• Xu Tianran celebrated the victories and believed the Sun Moon Empire could unify the continent within ten years.
• Long Zhanye persuaded Zhongli Wu that Xu Tianran was using the Holy Spirit Cult, and Zhongli Wu proclaimed himself Holy Spirit Emperor in Gengxin City, founding the West Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Tianran raged when he learned of Zhongli Wu's declaration, but Juzi urged him to support the new empire and use it to exhaust their enemies.
• Xu Tianran accepted Juzi's plan, while Long Zhanye aimed to make the Sun Moon Empire and Holy Spirit Cult weaken each other as he grew stronger amid the conflict.

Xu Tianran and Juzi arrived at the Sun Moon Empire’s Grand Heaven Worship Ceremony, where millions of citizens gathered beneath heavy military guard. As the people hailed him, Xu Tianran took pride in how far he had risen despite his crippled legs.

• The Sun Moon Empire prepared Ming Capital for Xu Tianran’s Grand Heaven Worship Ceremony, mobilizing over one hundred thousand soldiers and building a vast seven-tier altar in the southern outskirts.
• Millions of citizens gathered around the altar as the ceremony’s hour approached, while troops and Soul Tools secured the area.
• Xu Tianran and Juzi arrived in a Dragon Carriage carried by 1,024 men, and soldiers commanded the crowd to hail the emperor.
• The citizens prostrated themselves and cried, “Long live,” as Xu Tianran surveyed the crowd and the altar.
• Xu Tianran remembered his despair after losing his legs, then exchanged a smile with Juzi as he took pride in becoming emperor.

Xu Tianran used the Heaven Sacrifice to proclaim his ambition to unite Douluo Continent, after consolidating his rule through war and domestic reforms. Juzi accompanied him to the Sun Moon Altar, where he ascended alone and declared that the continent would bow beneath him.

• Xu Tianran diverted domestic opposition by launching a war, then slowed the offensive to consolidate occupied territory and strengthen the empire’s internal stability.
• Juzi gave birth to Yun Han, whose appointment as crown prince helped secure loyalty, though she knew Xu Tianran was not his biological father.
• Xu Tianran and Juzi arrived at the Heaven Sacrifice before millions of cheering citizens, with Long Zhanye among the empire’s officials at the altar.
• Xu Tianran released Juzi’s hand at the sixth level and ascended alone to the altar’s sacred seventh level.
• Xu Tianran worshiped Heaven and declared that the Sun Moon Empire would unite all under Heaven and that Douluo Continent would bow beneath him.

At the Sun Moon Empire’s Sacrificial Ceremony, Xuan Ziwen was brought out for execution after enduring torture and mutilation for betraying the empire. Long Zhanye and Xu Tianran waited for Huo Yuhao to attempt a rescue, while the ceremony grounds were sealed with an extensive trap.

• Fifty strongmen pushed Xuan Ziwen, bound to a huge execution cart, toward the center of the ceremony as the crowd pelted him with refuse and stones and shouted curses.
• Long Zhanye recognized Xuan Ziwen as Kong Deming’s former student and recalled capturing him and later handing him over to Kong Deming.
• The chapter revealed that Xuan Ziwen had been tortured, blinded in one eye, and had both hands chopped off, leaving him near death.
• The crowd and dignitaries waited for Huo Yuhao to come rescue his teacher, while hidden Soul Tool positions, experts, and reconnaissance Soul Tools watched the grounds.
• Xu Tianran and Long Zhanye searched the crowd for Huo Yuhao, confident he might appear.

Four Super Douluo attacked the crowd and explosions struck Ming Capital as Shrek’s apparent diversion unfolded during Xu Tianran’s Sacrificial Ceremony. Xuan Zi emerged from the clouds and attacked the Sun Moon Empire’s experts, while Xu Tianran’s trap remained in place.

• Four Super Douluo rampaged through the crowd, killing more than a hundred people before the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Regiment drove them away.
• Explosions rocked an ammunition depot in Ming Capital, but the empire’s experts held their positions around the altar.
• Xuan Zi appeared beneath dark clouds, denounced Xu Tianran, and drew the empire’s experts into the air to attack him.
• Xu Tianran ordered the experts to slay Xuan Zi and raised a golden barrier around the imperial family and dignitaries on the altar.
• Blasts erupted at all four corners, and Xuan Zi unleashed tremendous pressure that forced the attacking experts back onto the altar.

Xuan Zi confronted Long Xiaoyao and revealed that he had advanced to Level 99, while Huo Yuhao attempted to rescue Xuan Ziwen from the execution cart. Huo Yuhao was driven back, then revealed himself and faced five powerful opponents converging on him.

• Long Xiaoyao appeared and tried to persuade Xuan Zi to stop killing, but their clash revealed that Xuan Zi had reached Level 99.
• Four black-clad Super Douluo launched attacks from different directions, while Long Zhanye noticed that Xian Lin'er and Cai Mei'er had also grown stronger.
• Huo Yuhao emerged from the crowd and attacked Jing Hongchen with Haodong Palm, leaving him frozen in grief.
• Long Zhanye threw his Golden Dragon Spear at Huo Yuhao, forcing him to abandon his attempt to free Xuan Ziwen.
• Huo Yuhao revealed his five Spirit Souls, and five powerful opponents rose to surround him.

Huo Yuhao unleashed a devastating ice-based combination against Long Zhanye, but Long Zhanye’s domains and the surrounding Soul Engineers overwhelmed his defenses. The chapter left Huo Yuhao badly wounded as the Level 9 Soul Engineers prepared a second barrage.

• Song Yunzhi intercepted the five Level 9 Soul Engineers while Kong Deming aimed a massive cannon at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao summoned the Ice Empress and Snow Empress, then attacked Long Zhanye with Emperor Sword, Eternal Frozen Domain, and Ice Explosion Technique.
• Long Zhanye countered with the Asura Circular Killing Array and Chaos Divine Wheel Heaven Burial, forcing Huo Yuhao to raise the Life Reflection Shield.
• Jing Hongchen, Liao Mengkai, Luan Feng, and Zheng Zhan broke past Song Yunzhi as Kong Deming fired his cannon at Huo Yuhao.
• Huo Yuhao’s Ice Emperor Body Protection and Life Reflection Shield shattered, and Snow Empress and Ice Empress took part of the damage, but a cannon blast left him with a severe chest wound.
• The Level 9 Soul Engineers repositioned and began preparing their second attack against the wounded Huo Yuhao.

Huo Yuhao used the Morning Dew Blade and a series of copied abilities to attack the Sun Moon Empire’s execution ground, rescue Xuan Ziwen, and seize Xu Tianran. Long Zhanye disrupted Huo Yuhao’s balance and freed the emperor, then prepared to strike him with his ninth Soul Ring.

• Xuan Ziwen warned Huo Yuhao that the execution was a trap, but Huo Yuhao refused to abandon his teacher and drew the Morning Dew Blade.
• Huo Yuhao froze nearby Soul Tools and used Invincible Golden Body to withstand attacks from dozens of high-ranked Soul Engineers.
• Huo Yuhao used Black Tortoise Displacement to appear beside Xu Tianran and attacked him with Soul Shock, but the emperor’s Level 9 crown reduced its power.
• Huo Yuhao unleashed the Octagonal Mysterious Ice Grass’s abilities, subdued Xu Tianran, and threatened to kill him if anyone approached.
• Long Zhanye used his Left Arm Spirit Bone to make Huo Yuhao lose his balance, allowing Xu Tianran to escape, then prepared to attack with his orange-gold ninth Soul Ring.

Key Plot Points and Events

• The chapter begins with a mysterious event: a sudden, inexplicable power outage in the city.
• The protagonist, John, wakes up to find his apartment building dark and silent, with no electricity or running water.
• He ventures out to investigate and finds the city deserted, with no signs of life or activity.
• John encounters a mysterious, old woman who seems to know more about the situation but refuses to reveal anything.

Character Developments

• John: He shows resilience and curiosity in the face of the unknown, venturing out to understand what's happening despite the eerie atmosphere.
• The Old Woman: She remains an enigma, displaying a cryptic and evasive demeanor, hinting at a deeper knowledge about the event.

Significant Themes

• Isolation: The deserted city emphasizes John's isolation and the absence of human connection.
• Mysterious Events: The unexplained power outage and the old woman's cryptic behavior create a sense of mystery and intrigue.
• The Unknown: The chapter explores John's reaction to the unfamiliar and his desire to understand it.

Character Interactions

• John and The Old Woman: Their brief encounter is tense and unproductive, with the old woman refusing to provide any information, leaving John frustrated and confused.
• John and the City: John's interaction with the deserted city is one of exploration and bewilderment, as he tries to make sense of the empty streets and silent buildings.

Long Zhanye trapped Huo Yuhao in his ninth soul skill, but the Snow Empress took control of his unconscious body and equipped him with the ultimate Ice Extreme War God Armor. The armor pushed Huo Yuhao's power beyond the Title Douluo level as he faced Long Zhanye's attack.

• Long Zhanye unleashed his ninth soul skill, Bury the World, and its vortex drained Huo Yuhao's Soul Power while pulling in everything nearby.
• Huo Yuhao's Body Martial Soul awakened to Silver Grade, and Long Xiaoyao sealed the power of Di Tian's dragon scale before it could connect Huo Yuhao to Di Tian.
• The vortex battered Huo Yuhao until his five Spirit Souls emerged to protect him, and the Snow Empress took control of his unconscious body.
• The Snow Empress summoned the ultimate Ice Extreme War God Armor, forged from Ice Extreme Divine Crystal, and fitted it onto Huo Yuhao.
• Wearing the armor, Huo Yuhao's aura rose beyond the Title Douluo level, with the Snow Empress still controlling him.

After the Tang Sect’s destruction, Huo Yuhao gave Nan Qiuqiu an Ice Extreme War God Armor to repay her mother’s sacrifice. Possessed by the Snow Empress, he wore the other armor and attacked Long Zhanye’s black vortex, leaving them locked in a struggle of power.

• Huo Yuhao gave Nan Qiuqiu the ordinary Ice Extreme War God Armor because Nan Shui-shui had died protecting her and Xu Sanshi.
• Huo Yuhao, possessed by the Snow Empress, put on his Ice Extreme War God Armor and flew toward the edge of Long Zhanye’s vortex.
• The Snow Empress’s Ultimate Ice and Snow power began vaporizing the vortex and weakening its suction.
• Long Zhanye activated his Gold-Level Awakening and poured his power into the vortex to resist Huo Yuhao’s attack.

Long Zhanye broke through to rank ninety-five and used two Ninth Soul Skills to crush the black vortex containing Huo Yuhao and the Spirit Souls. As the vortex began to collapse, the Snow Empress prepared to unleash the dangerous power of her Source to protect Huo Yuhao.

• The Snow Empress and the four other Spirit Souls joined forces to resist Long Zhanye’s black vortex, but Long Zhanye broke through to rank ninety-five and pressed his attack harder.
• The Snow Empress revealed that she had lost half her Source power by becoming Huo Yuhao’s Spirit Soul, so the four other Spirit Souls poured their Source power into her.
• Long Zhanye used a second Ninth Soul Skill, manifesting a golden Titan Giant Ape whose palms closed around the vortex and began crushing it.
• The Snow Empress warned the other Spirit Souls that Huo Yuhao could not escape the Soul Engineers outside and stepped forward as her icy aura began to sublimate.
• The Sky Dream Ice Silkworm and Ice Empress recognized the dangerous surge of Source power and feared the Snow Empress was about to repeat the destructive release that had once threatened Clear Sky Castle.

The Snow Empress sacrificed herself, condensing her power into a sphere as the black vortex threatened to crush Huo Yuhao and the Spirit Souls inside. Outside, Long Zhanye and five Level 9 Soul Engineers attacked the vortex, while Kong Deming unleashed the Destruction Tower; the attacks converged as the sphere continued to grow.

• The Snow Empress refused to enter Yu Hao’s Undead Gate and warned the Ice Empress and Tian Meng not to sacrifice themselves because their deaths could devastate Huo Yuhao.
• The Snow Empress turned into a sphere of primal ice-and-snow power, saying farewell to Xiao Bai, the Ice Empress, and Tian Meng as the vortex compressed around them.
• Long Zhanye sensed the sphere’s overwhelming aura and feared Huo Yuhao was about to self-destruct, while five Level 9 Soul Engineers prepared attacks against the vortex.
• Ye Yulin, Luan Feng, Liao Mengkai, and Jing Hongchen fired their Level 9 Soul Tools at the vortex as Kong Deming refused Xu Tianran’s order to risk killing his apprentice.
• Kong Deming fed eighteen Level 9 Sealed Milk Bottles into the Destruction Tower and fired its blood-red ray at the vortex as the other attacks closed in.