Chapter Summaries

Jiang Yi helped drive off the Holy Spirit Cult’s forces in Bright City, froze their remaining base, and gained the people’s faith as Shrek’s reputation rose. He then blocked Xu Tianran’s forces from pursuing the fleeing academies, leaving the Sun Moon Empire’s escapees protected behind him.

• Jiang Yi and the Snow Empress and Ice Empress helped force Ye Xishui, Long Xiaoyao, and the surviving Evil Soul Masters to retreat when Bright City’s stationary Soul Tools threatened the battle.
• Jiang Yi froze the Holy Spirit Cult’s base and its remaining Evil Soul Masters, while a Sun Moon Empire official publicly thanked Shrek for helping Bright City.
• Bright City’s citizens cheered for Jiang Yi, and he saw their golden power of faith gather around him as Ye Guyi noticed his glow.
• Xu Tianran rebuked the official for praising Shrek, then ordered his guard to pursue the fleeing Star Luo Empire and Heaven Soul academies while sparing Shrek.
• Jiang Yi arrived at the imperial city gates, carved a massive rift in the ground, and blocked the pursuit until the hour of the tiger.

Jiang Yi forced Xu Tianran to tolerate his presence at the palace, then departed with Ye Guyi as the empire learned Jing Hongchen had defected with the Sun Moon Royal Academy and emptied Virtue Hall. Elsewhere, Ye Xishui confessed her past deception to Long Xiaoyao, but Zhongli Wu revealed himself as a Limit Douluo and attacked them with the Abyss’s chains.

• Xu Tianran ordered Zhongli Wu to seize Jiang Yi, but Zhongli Wu fled, and Ju Zi volunteered before Xu Tianran instead ordered the imperial guards to assist Jiang Yi in protecting the palace.
• Jiang Yi teased Ye Guyi in a grove outside the imperial city, then carried her away as dawn broke.
• Xu Tianran learned that Jing Hongchen had defected with the Sun Moon Royal Academy and emptied Virtue Hall, and he collapsed after spitting blood.
• Ye Xishui confessed to Long Xiaoyao that she had deceived him and Mu En, then revealed that she had borne Long Xiaoyao a child; Long Xiaoyao forgave her after learning their descendant was at Shrek.
• Zhongli Wu entered the underground palace, revealed his Limit Douluo strength, and unleashed the Abyss’s chains on Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao.

The Abyssal Sage King ordered Zhongli Wu to foment conflict while he plotted to seize the Douluo Plane’s core, and Zhongli Wu turned Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao into puppets. Jiang Yi reunited with the survivors near Bright City and welcomed Jing Hongchen’s Sun Moon Royal Academy faction into Shrek, while Xu Jiujiu and Vina considered the political gains ahead.

• The Abyssal Sage King told Zhongli Wu to spread turmoil and slaughter so he could seize the Douluo Plane’s core and sever its link to the Divine Realm.
• Zhongli Wu revealed that he had refined Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao into puppets, then left with them to take control of the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Jiang Yi arrived at the Western Mountain Range camp with Ye Guyi and confirmed that the survivors had escaped Bright City.
• Jiang Yi welcomed Jing Hongchen and the Sun Moon Royal Academy students and instructors into Shrek, promising support for their families and education.
• Xu Jiujiu and Vina reflected on Jing Hongchen’s defection and the advantages their empires might gain through cooperation with Shrek.

After the tournament collapsed, Xu Tianran recovered and prepared to accelerate his plans while Jing Hongchen settled into life at Shrek. The chapter ended with the Demon Empress angrily rejecting Jiang Yi as he approached her and Lan Fozhi.

• Xu Jiujiu and Vina said farewell to Jiang Yi and left with their groups, while Shrek and the Tang Sect returned home.
• Xu Tianran woke after his anger-induced collapse, learned Jing Hongchen had defected, and ordered that he be taken to Elder Kong to advance his plans.
• The tournament ended without a declared champion, and Sun Moon placed a massive bounty on Jing Hongchen’s head.
• At Shrek, Xuan Zi and Jing Hongchen brawled after Xuan Zi claimed victory at Five-in-a-Row, while Xiao Hongchen hurried to the Combat Zone after receiving a challenge.
• The Demon Empress watched Lan Fozhi playing near the Golden Tree, then angrily rebuffed Jiang Yi and accused him of pursuing Tang Wutong for access to the Divine Realm.

Jiang Yi teased the Demon Empress while accepting her determination to seek revenge, then considered his path to reaching the Divine Realm. Meanwhile, Long Xiaoyao infiltrated the Star Luo imperial palace and began a massacre.

• Jiang Yi held the Demon Empress, demanded payment for the immortal herb Lan Fozhi had eaten, and teased her while Lan Fozhi played nearby.
• Lan Fozhi returned to the pavilion, spoke with Jiang Yi, and left after he reminded her to report to the Outer Academy soon.
• The Demon Empress insisted she would pursue revenge, and Jiang Yi promised to save her when the time came.
• Jiang Yi thought about becoming a Limit Douluo and contacting the Divine Realm while Tang San remained constrained by the God of Destruction.
• Long Xiaoyao emerged from a vortex in the Star Luo imperial palace, killed an old man, absorbed his life, and began slaughtering those inside.

Jiang Yi learned that Xu Jiawei had been assassinated by an Evil Soul Master and set off for Star Luo City. There, Dai Hao discovered that Zhu Lu had become the Princess’s Personal Guard Commander after Dai Huabin broke off their engagement.

• Zhang Lexuan told Jiang Yi that Xu Jiawei had been killed during a court assembly, apparently by Long Xiaoyao.
• Jiang Yi left for Star Luo City and asked Zhang Lexuan to warn the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Star Luo City was placed under martial law as soldiers searched for Evil Soul Masters.
• Dai Hao arrived at the city gates, where guards told him that the Princess had forbidden troops from entering.
• Zhu Lu escorted Dai Hao into the city and told him that Dai Huabin had cast her off and that she had agreed to break their engagement.
• Dai Hao silently resolved to punish Dai Huabin for ending the engagement without telling him.

With the Star Luo throne vacant and the princes too frightened to claim it, Xu Jiujiu struggled to choose a successor while the empire faced turmoil and a looming threat from the Sun Moon Empire. As Zhu Zhuqing prepared to intervene, an unknown figure appeared and urged Xu Jiujiu to become emperor herself.

• Xu Jiujiu confronted her nephews, but the princes refused to claim the throne, leaving her frustrated and uncertain.
• Xu Yun'er comforted Xu Jiujiu, who lamented that her niece would make a better ruler if she were a prince.
• Dai Hao returned to the capital without troops, mourned Xu Jiawei, and was sent to the Palace of Heavenly Purity to pay his respects.
• Xu Jiujiu asked Zhu Lu who should take the throne, but Zhu Lu said she did not know and left; Zhu Zhuqing decided she would have to step in herself.
• Xu Jiujiu mourned beside the dragon throne, and a mysterious figure appeared and told her to become emperor herself.

Jiang Yi comforted Xu Jiujiu after Xu Jiawei’s death and persuaded her to claim the Star Luo Empire’s throne, then the two became intimate in the sealed imperial hall. Outside, Zhu Zhuqing took control of Zhu Lu to advise Xu Jiujiu, only to discover Jiang Yi on the throne and panic.

• Xu Jiujiu broke down in Jiang Yi’s arms, and he urged her to become empress and placed the Imperial Heirloom Seal in her hands.
• Xu Jiujiu accepted the idea of claiming the throne, questioned Jiang Yi’s motives, and pulled him onto the dragon throne.
• Jiang Yi and Xu Jiujiu kissed and became intimate while the hall remained sealed.
• Zhu Zhuqing explained to Zhu Lu why Xu Jiujiu needed to inherit the throne, then took control of Zhu Lu when Xu Jiujiu called her inside.
• Zhu Zhuqing entered the hall, recognized Jiang Yi’s presence, and regretted taking over Zhu Lu’s body.

Xu Jiujiu brought Zhu Lu to Jiang Yi, who began inspecting her Martial Soul while Zhu Zhuqing coached her from the Divine Realm. Meanwhile, Ning Rongrong discovered she was pregnant and teased Zhu Zhuqing about motherhood, leaving her confused.

• Xu Jiujiu invited Zhu Lu into the hall, and Zhu Lu agreed to accompany her and Jiang Yi despite her initial shock.
• Xu Jiujiu pulled Zhu Lu into Jiang Yi's arms, and Jiang Yi asked her to reveal her Martial Soul.
• Zhu Zhuqing coached Zhu Lu from the Spirit Sea as Jiang Yi overwhelmed the inexperienced Zhu Lu.
• Zhu Zhuqing went to bathe, while Xiao Wu brooded over her guilt about betraying Tang San.
• Ning Rongrong discovered life energy in her abdomen and realized she was pregnant.
• Zhu Zhuqing joined Ning Rongrong in the bathing pool, and Ning Rongrong asked whether mothers needed large breasts to feed their children.

Xu Jiujiu became empress of the Star Luo Empire with Jiang Yi’s help, while Xu Tianran launched the Sun Moon Empire’s invasion of the Heaven Soul Empire. In Heaven Dou City, Vina recognized a shower of incoming Fixed-Installation Soul Tools and raced toward the palace as the attack began.

• Xu Jiujiu ascended the throne after Jiang Yi secretly created a celestial sign that persuaded the imperial clan to accept her rule.
• Xu Tianran ordered the Sun Moon Empire’s forces across the Mingdou Mountain Range and declared war on the Heaven Soul Empire.
• Vina watched civilians flee Heaven Dou City and reflected on how the imperial family had sidelined her after Long Aotian’s death.
• Vina recognized the stars appearing over Heaven Dou City as Fixed-Installation Soul Tools and fled toward the palace with Mu Xue.
• Figures flew into the sky as someone shouted that the city was under attack.

Sun Moon Empire forces and the Holy Spirit Cult attacked Heaven Dou City, and Vina escaped the palace as the Heaven Soul emperor stayed behind and died. Vina vowed to take her family to Shrek City and preserve the Heaven Dou Empire.

• Level 9 Fixed Soul Guidance Shells devastated the palace district, while Jin Peng and other Body Sect elders fought the Fire Phoenix and Evil Eye Soul Engineer Corps.
• Vina and Mu Xue returned to the palace, discovered Evil Soul Masters slaughtering guards, and used a secret passage to reach the Heaven Soul emperor.
• The emperor refused to flee, believing his death would protect Vina, and ordered her to take her younger siblings to Shrek.
• Vina left with Mu Xue, and the emperor died when the palace hall collapsed around him and the Evil Soul Masters.
• After the passage collapsed behind them, Vina vowed to take her family to Shrek City and led Mu Xue toward the city’s outskirts.

After the Sun Moon Empire and the Holy Spirit Cult captured Heaven Dou City, Ju Zi questioned the massacre of its civilians and tried to stop the slaughter. Vina and the Heaven Soul Imperial Family were cornered in the forest, but blazing red and blue figures arrived to confront the Evil Soul Masters.

• Zhongli Wu reported Heaven Dou City's fall to Ju Zi and celebrated the massacre.
• Ju Zi rescued a girl from an Evil Soul Master and questioned whether her revenge justified killing innocents.
• Ju Zi persuaded Zhongli Wu to end the slaughter early, while the Evil Soul Masters hunted down the Heaven Soul Imperial Family.
• Vina led the fleeing royals toward Shrek City, but Evil Soul Masters surrounded them and killed most of their guards.
• As Vina and the survivors faced capture, more than a dozen streaks of light descended, and red and blue powers struck the attackers.

After Shrek rescued Vina and the Heaven Soul survivors, the Sun Moon Empire conquered Heaven Dou City and drove Heaven Soul’s forces into retreat. With the Heaven Soul Empress healed at Shrek, Vina knelt before Jiang Yi and begged him to save Heaven Soul.

• Vina and Mu Xue helped Ma Xiaotao and her companion defeat the Evil Soul Masters and rescue the Heaven Soul royals, then Shrek’s group carried them to safety.
• At Shrek, Vina’s younger sister blamed the rescuers for arriving too late, and Vina slapped her before Ling Luochеn offered the survivors refuge.
• Zhongli Wu, Ju Zi, and Kong Deming discussed Shrek’s intervention and the war as the Sun Moon Empire pressed its campaign against Heaven Soul.
• The Sun Moon Empire captured Heaven Dou City, prompting panic, defections, and a retreat by Du Busi’s army under attacks that included linked Soul Tools.
• Bi Ji healed the Heaven Soul Empress at Shrek, and Vina knelt before Jiang Yi to ask him to save Heaven Soul.

Jiang Yi rejected Vina’s request for Shrek’s help because she lacked the authority to represent Heaven Soul, prompting her to resolve to take power. After Heaven Soul’s army collapsed and Du Busi fell, Jiang Yi ordered Shrek to rescue the routed troops and prepare the academy for war.

• Jiang Yi told Vina she could not negotiate on Heaven Soul’s behalf, then kissed her before leaving her to resolve to gain authority.
• Xue Lian overheard Vina and decided to seek help from her older sister so her daughter would not face Heaven Soul’s crisis alone.
• Tang Ya reported that Du Busi’s forces had suffered devastating losses and Sun Moon’s soul engineer corps were advancing through Heaven Soul’s cities.
• A messenger announced that Xu Tianran had used himself as bait, the Body Douluo had fallen, and Heaven Soul’s army had routed.
• Jiang Yi ordered Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe to gather the surviving troops without engaging the enemy, and directed Shrek to prepare its defenses and contact Star Luo and Dou Ling.

Xu Jiujiu sent Zhu Lu and the Northern Legion to support Shrek as the Sun Moon Empire conquered most of Heaven Dou. Xu Tianran installed Heaven Dou's third prince as a puppet emperor to undermine the resistance, while Vina grieved over her family's deaths until a familiar face offered her another choice.

• Xu Jiujiu ordered Zhu Lu to lead the Northern Legion to Shrek City and authorized her to enter Heaven Dou and draw on the Northwest Group Army if needed.
• The Sun Moon Empire seized nearly two-thirds of Heaven Dou, while Vina rallied its routed troops with Shrek's help and held a third of the territory around Shrek City.
• Xu Tianran persuaded the captured third prince of Heaven Dou to become emperor and join him in suppressing the rebels.
• The third prince proclaimed himself emperor, blamed his dead eldest brother for rebellion, and demanded that Shrek return the Heaven Soul Imperial Family members in its care.
• Jiang Yi dismissed the puppet emperor's demand and considered using another prince or princess in response.
• Vina mourned her dead eldest brother and Uncle Xue Yu until a familiar face told her she still had another choice.

After the Third Prince surrendered to the Sun Moon Empire, Vina accepted the Heaven Soul Imperial Seal and her mother’s support to claim the throne. She was crowned empress outside Shrek City, vowing to reclaim lost territory, rescue abducted people, and defeat the false emperor.

• Vina angrily condemned the Third Prince’s surrender and hesitated when Jiang Yi asked whether she wanted to become sovereign.
• Jiang Yi left the Heaven Soul Imperial Seal with Vina, and she feared her mother was in danger until he explained that the empress had given it to him willingly.
• Jiang Yi spoke with Xue Lian, who backed Vina’s succession and urged him to bring the treacherous Third Prince to justice.
• Two days later, Vina ascended the throne at Heaven Soul’s military camp outside Shrek City, holding the Late Emperor’s Edict.
• Vina vowed to reclaim the fallen lands, recover abducted people, and strike down the false emperor, as officials hailed her as empress.

The Sun Moon Empire attacked Shrek City, with Xu Tianran using Heaven Soul’s third prince as a pretext to besiege it. Vina wounded the prince with a crossbow, but Shrek’s golden barrier stopped the empire’s opening linked Soul Tool assault, and Xu Tianran recognized Jing Hongchen among the defenders.

• Xu Tianran marched a three-hundred-thousand-strong army toward Shrek City and ordered Heaven Soul’s third prince to provoke its defenders.
• Vina used a custom Godly Zhuge Crossbow to shoot the third prince after he demanded Shrek surrender.
• Xu Tianran declared that Shrek was sheltering rebels and ordered the Sun Moon forces to attack from three directions.
• Kong Deming led the Royal Soul Engineer Corps in a linked Soul Tool assault, but Shrek’s golden barrier absorbed the blast.
• Xu Tianran spotted Jing Hongchen on Shrek’s walls and realized he had revealed the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool technology.

Shrek City’s defenders repelled the Sun Moon Empire’s assault with the Golden Tree’s shield, Soul Tools, and powerful Soul Masters. Frustrated by the deadlock, Xu Tianran sent Zhongli Wu to attack, and Zhongli Wu summoned his mother and Long Xiaoyao before Long Xiaoyao struck at Jing Hongchen.

• Jing Hongchen explained that Shrek City’s defensive shield absorbed attacks, while Heaven Soul’s ruler and ministers took comfort in the Golden Tree’s protection.
• The Sun Moon Empire launched a three-sided assault, but Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, other defenders, and the city’s Soul Tool cannons inflicted heavy casualties.
• Xiao Xiao and Huo Yutong defended the eastern wall with undead skeletons that self-destructed against the attacking soldiers.
• Xu Tianran blamed Jing Hongchen for the empire’s difficulties and asked Zhongli Wu to capture Shrek City, promising him three days to slaughter its residents.
• Zhongli Wu flew to Shrek City, summoned his mother and Long Xiaoyao, and ordered Long Xiaoyao to attack Jing Hongchen.

Jiang Yi arrived on Di Tian to turn the battle around, then fought Zhongli Wu and his puppets as the Abyssal Sage King warned Zhongli Wu to flee. Zhongli Wu escaped with a burst of powerful purple light, leaving Jiang Yi to suspect the Abyssal Sage King was still alive.

• Jing Hongchen nearly died when Long Xiaoyao attacked, but Di Tian appeared and knocked Long Xiaoyao out of his Martial Soul Avatar.
• Jiang Yi arrived atop Di Tian, earning cheers from Shrek's side, while Zhongli Wu revealed that Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao had become his puppets.
• Jiang Yi invoked Unity of Heaven and Man with Ah Yin, prompting the Abyssal Sage King's remnant soul to identify him as the Son of the Plane and order Zhongli Wu to escape.
• Ye Xishui and Long Xiaoyao blocked Jiang Yi as Zhongli Wu fled, but Jiang Yi shattered the Death God Tower and cleaved Ye Xishui in two.
• Di Tian forced Zhongli Wu out of a spatial rift, but Zhongli Wu escaped again in purple light that broke through Di Tian's seal.
• Jiang Yi noticed the Heavenly Saint Abyss-Splitting Halberd resonated with the purple power and suspected the Abyssal Sage King had survived.

As Di Tian and a beast tide broke the Sun Moon army’s assault, Xu Tianran retreated under the protection of his elite forces. Zhu Zhuqing, empowered by Zhu Lu’s Teacher Possession, broke through the troops and attacked Xu Tianran, then faced Kong Deming’s counterattack.

• Di Tian’s beast tide threw the Sun Moon army into chaos, forcing Xu Tianran to order a retreat and abandon the conscripted soldiers.
• Zhu Lu led silver-armored cavalry through the army toward Xu Tianran, but the Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion stopped their charge.
• Zhu Zhuqing left the cavalry formation, evaded Liao Mengkai’s strike, and pierced Xu Tianran’s waist through his defensive soul tools.
• Kong Deming attacked Zhu Zhuqing with a spatial lockdown and a powerful beam of silver light, but she survived the blow and taunted him.
• Jiang Yi watched Zhu Zhuqing confront Kong Deming and wondered at her strength as a Soul Emperor.