Chapter Summaries

After Shrek defeated the Sun Moon Empire’s army, the front settled into a temporary truce while both sides recovered. At Shrek Academy, Vina drew close to Jiang Yi, and the two ended the night together in what history called Fireside Night Talk.

• Kong Deming used the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield to escape with the gravely injured Xu Tianran, while the Sun Moon Empire’s remaining troops fled and Shrek’s defenders pursued them.
• Jiang Yi found Zhu Zhuqing after the battle and realized she was not Zhu Lu; Zhu Zhuqing switched their consciousness, and Zhu Lu shyly greeted him.
• The Sun Moon Empire suffered a crushing defeat, surrendered territory, and withdrew to defend Heaven Dou City as both sides paused to recover.
• Ju Zi persuaded Xu Tianran to recall the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps, and he agreed before returning to Bright City to recuperate.
• At Shrek Academy, Vina discussed the Heaven Dou Empire’s recovery with Jiang Yi, then confessed her desire for him and kissed him.
• Jiang Yi and Vina spent the night together, an encounter later known as Fireside Night Talk.

Two years into the war, Huo Yutong led Shrek’s White Tiger Army in capturing Heaven Dou City while Vina’s Heaven Soul forces reclaimed it. Vina ordered humane treatment for the prisoners, many of whom chose to join Heaven Soul, and credited the Pavilion Master’s advice for her approach.

• Sun Moon Empire soldiers on Heaven Dou City’s walls received meager porridge and insulting gifts, then faced an approaching Heaven Soul army.
• Huo Yutong led the White Tiger Army in an assault on Heaven Dou City, while Adjutant Dai guided the unit through the gates after the defenders surrendered.
• Huo Yutong captured Liao Mengkai, and the Terror Claw Soul Engineer Legion was taken prisoner as Heaven Soul forces secured the city.
• Vina entered Heaven Dou City and ordered that prisoners who wished to stay could become citizens, while those wanting to go home received travel money.
• Former Sun Moon Empire soldiers recognized relatives among the prisoners and chose to join Heaven Soul, praising Vina as a benevolent ruler.

Huo Yutong returned to Shrek City, where Jiang Yi’s cultivation had advanced enough to awaken Ah Yin’s true consciousness. Ah Yin warned him that his divine body and divine sense brought him close to a godhood tribulation, then withdrew into the Master Ball as visitors arrived.

• Vina urged Huo Yutong to stay overnight in Heaven Dou City, but Huo Yutong declined and left for Shrek with her companions.
• Xixi entertained a storytelling hall with tales of Jiang Yi until Huo Yutong returned and took her to the Sea God Pavilion.
• Inside the Golden Tree, Ah Yin awakened in control of her avatar and reacted awkwardly when Jiang Yi mistook her for the avatar and kissed her.
• Ah Yin sensed that Jiang Yi’s spiritual power had reached the divine origin realm and warned him to prepare for the godhood tribulation.
• Ah Yin returned control to her avatar and slipped into the Master Ball, while Xixi greeted Jiang Yi outside and declared it was their turn that night.

Jiang Yi comforted Huo Yutong as she postponed confronting Dai Hao until the war ended, while the Sun Moon Empire’s Xu Tianran dismissed the fall of Heaven Dou City and continued relying on the Holy Spirit Cult. Kong Deming left the palace convinced Xu Tianran was beyond saving and resolved to make other plans.

• Jiang Yi teased Xixi about her cultivation and sent her into the Golden Tree to cultivate.
• Jiang Yi comforted Huo Yutong, who refused to let her personal grudge against Dai Hao affect the war, and the two shared an intimate moment beneath the Golden Tree.
• Xu Tianran entertained himself in the palace until Kong Deming arrived with a report that Heaven Dou City had fallen.
• Xu Tianran dismissed the loss and insisted that the Imperial Preceptor would help them reclaim the city, while Kong Deming condemned the Holy Spirit Cult’s growing influence.
• Kong Deming left Xu Tianran to resume his revelry and decided to start a new account.

Ju Zi allied with Kong Deming to plan a campaign against the Holy Spirit Cult while secretly positioning herself to take control of the Sun Moon Empire. Meanwhile, Vina urged Xu Jiujiu to join Heaven Soul in an invasion as the Sun Moon Empire continued losing ground.

• Ju Zi left her daughter Xin'er with Keke and met Kong Deming, who urged her to help remove the Holy Spirit Cult from court.
• Ju Zi agreed to Kong Deming's plan for Ancestor Worship Day and offered to prevent the frontline troops from being drawn into a civil war.
• After Kong Deming left, Ju Zi gave Keke a letter and prepared medicinal soup for Xu Tianran.
• Vina captured more than a dozen cities after taking Heaven Dou City, pushing the Sun Moon Empire back to the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Xu Jiujiu considered Vina's proposal for a joint army and asked Jiang Yi for his opinion.

Jiang Yi persuaded Xu Jiujiu to support a joint campaign against the Holy Spirit Cult using a Sun Moon Empire defense map. Later, he recognized that the woman with him was Zhu Zhuqing, and she fell asleep in his arms without pretending to be Zhu Lu.

• Jiang Yi showed Xu Jiujiu a letter containing the Sun Moon Empire's border defenses, troop handover dates, and passwords.
• Xu Jiujiu approved a plan for Star Luo and Heaven Soul to pin down the Sun Moon Empire's forces while Shrek fought the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xu Jiujiu left to handle affairs of state, and Jiang Yi turned his attention to Zhu Lu.
• Zhu Zhuqing resumed her familiar role with Jiang Yi, and he thanked her as the other Xiao Lu, revealing that he had recognized her.
• Jiang Yi told Zhu Zhuqing he liked both versions of Xiao Lu, and she fell asleep in his arms without switching back to Zhu Lu.

Zhu Zhuqing awoke in the Divine Realm after spending two years immersed in the lower realm, while the God of Destruction began expanding the Divine Realm. Tang San escaped confinement, joined forces with the Golden Dragon King, and declared their intent to conquer the Divine Realm; in the lower realm, the Sage King and Zhongli Wu prepared to exploit the war and seize the Plane Core.

• Zhu Zhuqing woke after two days in the Divine Realm and told Xiao Wu and Ning Rongrong that she had been watching over Xiao Lu in the lower realm.
• Xiao Wu, Ning Rongrong, and Zhu Zhuqing saw the Power of Thought Pillars rise as the God of Destruction began expanding the Divine Realm.
• The Life Goddess encountered Tang San in the Forest of Life and learned that he had released the Golden Dragon King and merged minds with him.
• The Sage King told Zhongli Wu to raise his cultivation so they could claim the Plane Core and the Douluo Continent.
• A messenger told Zhongli Wu that the Sun Moon Emperor had requested his presence.

Ju Zi and Kong Deming moved against Xu Tianran and the Holy Spirit Cult, forcing Xu Tianran to authorize Zhongli Wu’s execution. They trapped Zhongli Wu in a seven-colored formation and launched a Level 9 Fixed-Installation Soul Tool, leaving the attack underway.

• Xu Tianran discovered that Ju Zi had left their daughter Xu Xin'er behind, then went alone to the ancestral hall and reflected on his plans to gain divine power through Zhongli Wu.
• Kong Deming, Ju Zi, and their allies entered the ancestral hall and demanded that Xu Tianran issue an edict to execute the Holy Spirit Cult and Zhongli Wu.
• Xu Tianran stamped the edict, and Ju Zi took his jade seal so the palace guards could be mobilized against the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Zhongli Wu arrived at the estate with several Evil Soul Masters and was caught inside a seven-colored dome formed by a high-energy compression array Soul Tool.
• Kong Deming confronted Zhongli Wu and activated a Level 9 Fixed-Installation Soul Tool, whose white light was contained by the dome.

Zhongli Wu broke through Ju Zi and Kong Deming’s defenses, killed Xu Tianran, and attacked the surviving ministers. Jiang Yi drove Zhongli Wu off and arrived as Ju Zi’s summoned reinforcements approached to defend the throne.

• Zhongli Wu survived the Soul Tools’ bombardment, shattered the barrier, and overwhelmed Kong Deming and the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Legion with divine power.
• Zhongli Wu seized Xu Tianran and snapped his neck, then turned on Ju Zi and the ministers.
• Jiang Yi intercepted Zhongli Wu’s charge and wounded him, forcing the Abyssal Sage King to urge Zhongli Wu to retreat.
• Zhongli Wu struck at Ju Zi’s group before fleeing, and Jiang Yi blocked the attack without pursuing him.
• Jiang Yi descended to the estate as a vast cavalry force approached, revealing that Ju Zi had summoned him to defend the throne.

Jiang Nannan, Ning Tian, and Zhu Lu were possessed by awakened Divine Realm goddesses and warned Jiang Yi that the Divine Realm was in danger and that he and Xiao Qi must not ascend. In the Divine Realm, the Life Goddess attacked the God of Destruction while a blue-and-gold figure ambushed Rong Nianbing and invited the other gods to join its conquest.

• Jiang Nannan roasted rabbits for Ning Tian, Wu Feng, and Zhu Lu at the army camp outside Bright City.
• A Divine Thought awakened, and Jiang Nannan, Ning Tian, and Zhu Lu each left the camp after hearing voices in their minds.
• The three women appeared in Jiang Yi's room and warned him not to ascend with Xiao Qi because something had happened in the Divine Realm.
• The Life Goddess attacked and imprisoned the God of Destruction after the Divine Realm's expansion.
• A blue-and-gold figure ambushed Rong Nianbing, then offered the assembled gods seats on the God Realm Council if they joined its conquest.