Chapter Summaries

Xu Tianran reprimanded Xu Tianyao for provoking the Hongchen Family, then promised to seek a marriage alliance with Meng Hongchen if Xu Tianyao awakened a strong Martial Soul. Xu Tianran discovered a letter about the Holy Spirit Cult, while Xu Tianyao awaited his awakening the next day with anxious hopes.

• Jing Hongchen confronted Xu Tianran over Xu Tianyao stealing Meng Hongchen’s first kiss and beating her brother, then left to report the matter to the Emperor.
• Xu Tianran scolded Xu Tianyao, who claimed he had meant to win over the Hongchen Family and admitted he liked Meng Hongchen.
• Xu Tianran promised to petition the Emperor for Xu Tianyao’s marriage to Meng Hongchen if his Martial Soul awakening was sufficiently impressive.
• Xu Tianran read a sealed letter about the Holy Spirit Cult after Xu Tianyao left.
• Xu Tianyao stayed awake imagining his Martial Soul awakening and hoped his bloodline would not produce a harmful mutation.

Xu Tianyao underwent his Martial Soul Awakening ceremony after Xu Tianzhen awakened a pure Sun Martial Soul with rank-nine Innate Soul Power. His awakening produced a golden sun and a silver moon, leaving the hall stunned by the possibility that he possessed Twin Martial Souls.

• Jing Hongchen began the imperial clan and noble children’s Martial Soul Awakening ceremony with the Empire’s advanced devices.
• Several noble descendants and imperial children awakened powerful Martial Souls with rank-seven to rank-nine Innate Soul Power.
• Xu Tianzhen awakened the purest imperial Sun Martial Soul and tested at rank nine Innate Soul Power.
• Xu Tianyao stepped onto the Awakening Platform as Jing Hongchen hoped he would awaken a weak Martial Soul and end the rumored match with Meng Hongchen.
• Xu Tianyao released a blazing golden sun and then a freezing silver moon, prompting Jing Hongchen to exclaim that he might have Twin Martial Souls.

Xu Tianyao awakened Sun Moon Twin Martial Souls with Innate Soul Power at Level 15, and the emperor named him Prince Ming and First Prince. Xu Tianran then proposed his marriage to Meng Hongchen, and the court waited for her to be brought to the palace to give her answer.

• Jing Hongchen discovered Xu Tianyao had Twin Martial Souls and Innate Soul Power at Level 15, astonishing the court.
• The emperor named Xu Tianyao Prince Ming and First Prince, while the other princes realized the succession struggle remained unsettled.
• Xu Tianran asked the emperor to arrange Xu Tianyao's marriage to Meng Hongchen, citing their closeness and the alliance it could bring between the Imperial House and Mingde Hall.
• The emperor asked Jing Hongchen for his view, and Jing Hongchen requested time to consult Meng Hongchen.
• Xu Tianyao suggested summoning Meng Hongchen to the palace, and Jing Hongchen sent a guard to bring her from Mingde Hall.

Meng Hongchen accepted Xu Tianyao’s proposal before the court, and the old emperor decreed their marriage pact. After the ceremony, he kept Xu Tianyao behind because someone else wanted to see him.

• Meng Hongchen entered the hall and greeted the old emperor while Xu Tianyao waited nervously.
• The old emperor asked Meng Hongchen whether she would accept a marriage pact with Xu Tianyao, and she agreed despite Jing Hongchen’s concern.
• The old emperor decreed that Meng Hongchen would marry the fourth prince, Xu Tianyao, when they came of age.
• After the awakening ceremony, the old emperor kept Xu Tianyao behind and revealed that someone else wanted to see him.

Xu Tianyao rejected the throne and openly declared that only his eldest brother deserved to become Crown Prince, provoking the old emperor’s apparent fury. In the side hall, Kong Deming confronted Xu Tianyao about his extraordinary Martial Soul Awakening and asked whether a god had blessed him.

• The old emperor asked Xu Tianyao whether he wanted to become emperor, and Xu Tianyao said he preferred a military career and supported his eldest brother as Crown Prince.
• The old emperor erupted in anger and ordered Xu Tianyao to reflect in the side hall, but Xu Tianyao repeated that he would accept no other heir before leaving the main hall.
• After Xu Tianyao left, the old emperor’s fury faded and he praised the young man.
• Xu Tianyao met Kong Deming in the side hall and respectfully paid his respects to the empire’s Level 10 Soul Engineer.
• Kong Deming examined Xu Tianyao’s twin Martial Souls and level-fifteen Innate Soul Power, then asked whether a god had favored him during his awakening.

Xu Tianyao learned from Kong Deming that their Sun and Moon Twin Martial Souls could not be cultivated together without causing their Soul Power to collide. Kong Deming explained that Xu Tianyao might find a way to overcome the flaw and, in doing so, help Kong escape his own cultivation bottleneck.

• Xu Tianyao questioned whether the Sun Moon Empire had ever received divine favor, and Kong Deming brought him to a laboratory.
• Kong Deming revealed his Sun and Silver Moon Twin Martial Souls and told Xu Tianyao that he shared the same inability to cultivate both at once.
• Kong Deming described how he sealed his Sun Martial Soul and focused on the Silver Moon, only to find that using the Sun's power later made his Soul Power run amok.
• Kong Deming demonstrated that the two Martial Souls' Soul Power exploded when he tried to merge them.
• Kong Deming explained that Xu Tianyao would have to abandon one Martial Soul unless he could solve the conflict, and hoped Xu Tianyao might discover a solution that could help them both.

Kong Deming discussed the obstacles to cultivating Xu Tianyao’s Twin Martial Souls, and Xu Tianyao tried to become his disciple. Kong Deming revealed that he was Xu Tianyao’s grandfather, leaving Xu Tianyao shaken but eager to show respect.

• Xu Tianyao explained why Twin Martial Souls could help produce a Limit Douluo, while Kong Deming asked how they could solve the cultivation problem.
• Xu Tianyao knelt and asked Kong Deming to take him as his disciple, but Kong Deming said he had not come for that purpose.
• Kong Deming showed Xu Tianyao a photograph of himself with Xu Tianyao’s late mother and confirmed that he was her father.
• Xu Tianyao questioned why no one had told him about their relationship and struggled with what Kong Deming’s ties to the imperial family might mean.
• Xu Tianyao bowed to Kong Deming as his grandfather and explained that he had simply been overwhelmed, though Kong Deming remained unconvinced.

Kong Deming took Xu Tianyao to his underground laboratory and revealed the Sun-Moon Dual Coexistence Device, a Soul Tool designed to let Xu cultivate his Sun Moon Martial Souls together. Xu sat in the device and activated it, beginning the experiment as Kong Deming warned him to relax and follow the guiding energy.

• Kong Deming apologized for neglecting Xu Tianyao and said he had ended his seclusion to help solve the problem of cultivating the Sun Moon Martial Souls at the same time.
• Kong Deming led Xu Tianyao through his underground Soul Tool laboratory to a sealed chamber containing a massive ring-shaped device.
• Kong Deming introduced the device as the Sun-Moon Dual Coexistence Device and placed its auxiliary Sun Moon Ring around Xu Tianyao's neck.
• Xu Tianyao sat in the device, fastened his seat belt, and pressed the activation button on the Sun Moon Ring.
• The device began rotating as its red and blue crystals lit up and energy surged through its patterns, while Kong Deming told Xu Tianyao to relax and not resist.

Xu Tianyao endured the Sun Moon Twin Coexistence Device’s painful process and successfully balanced his Sunlight and Bright Moon Martial Souls, allowing both to cultivate at once. Kong Deming realized the balance still depended on the device and began considering a Soul Core as a permanent solution.

• Kong Deming taught Xu Tianyao a meditation method and started the Sun Moon Twin Coexistence Device.
• Xu Tianyao’s Sunlight and Bright Moon Soul Power clashed painfully as he circulated the method.
• The device guided both currents into balance, producing a wisp of fused Soul Power.
• Kong Deming confirmed that the two Martial Souls could coexist through a point of balance.
• Xu Tianyao completed a stable cycle and felt both Martial Souls growing simultaneously.
• Kong Deming recognized the balance was temporary and considered using a Soul Core to sustain it permanently.

Kong Deming realized Xu Tianyao could overcome the conflict between his Sunlight and Moon Martial Souls by creating a Soul Core that converted their powers into Sun-Moon Soul Power. After Xu Tianyao completed a night of cultivation, Kong Deming revealed the plan and explained how his First Soul Ring would help begin it.

• Kong Deming conceived a special Soul Core that would fuse Solar and Lunar Soul Power into Sun-Moon Soul Power, allowing Xu Tianyao to cultivate both Martial Souls.
• Kong Deming decided Xu Tianyao needed a First Soul Ring to increase his Soul Power and accelerate the process of forming the new Soul Core.
• At dawn, the Sun-Moon Dual Coexistence Device ran out of energy, and Xu Tianyao emerged exhausted before taking a Clear Consciousness Pill from Kong Deming.
• Xu Tianyao asked whether he would need to attach Soul Rings to both Martial Souls, and Kong Deming explained that one high-quality First Soul Ring and medicinal herbs could balance their powers until the Soul Core was formed.

Kong Deming began preparing Xu Tianyao to absorb a thousand-year First Soul Ring while Xu Tianran secretly allied with the Holy Spirit Cult amid the imperial succession struggle. A month later, Kong Deming and Xu Tianyao arrived at the Southern Marsh Volcano Group, where Kong Deming began explaining why Xu Tianyao had to cultivate the Sunlight Martial Soul first.

• Kong Deming decided to spend a month tempering Xu Tianyao's body so he could withstand a thousand-year First Soul Ring, and he took him into a secret room filled with Soul Guidance devices.
• Xu Tianyao disappeared from public view as the Empire kept his whereabouts secret.
• Xu Tianran ordered a black-robed envoy to tell the Holy Spirit Cult's leader that their agreed terms remained unchanged, promising to deliver what the leader wanted once the deal was done.
• Xu Tianran considered the threats posed by his brothers and other imperial princes as his cousin Xu Tianyuan quietly gathered military influence in the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion.
• A month later, Kong Deming and Xu Tianyao reached the Southern Marsh Volcano Group, where Kong Deming asked why Xu Tianyao had cultivated the Sunlight Martial Soul first.
• Xu Tianyao explained that the Sunlight Martial Soul's fierce nature and the Bright Moon Martial Soul's gentleness would help him control their power when he condensed a Soul Core, and Kong Deming said there was a more important reason.

Kong Deming revealed that he had saved a Red Sun Golden Crow for a descendant with a sun-type Martial Soul, then captured one for Xu Tianyao to use as his first Soul Ring. Xu Tianyao gained the Sunlight Scorching Light skill, and Kong Deming began to suspect that his Martial Soul wielded Ultimate Fire.

• Kong Deming told Xu Tianyao that he had discovered a Red Sun Golden Crow years earlier and had kept the opportunity for a descendant with a sun-type Martial Soul.
• Kong Deming spotted the Red Sun Golden Crow, sealed the surrounding space, and captured it despite its struggle.
• Xu Tianyao killed the captured thousand-year Soul Beast with his Level 4 Soul Guidance Ray Gun and absorbed its purple Soul Ring.
• After two hours, Xu Tianyao awakened Sunlight Scorching Light and demonstrated its destructive power by melting a rock and blasting apart a small mountain.
• Kong Deming watched the attack and wondered whether Xu Tianyao's Sunlight Martial Soul possessed Ultimate Fire.

Xu Tianran crushed a palace coup led by his two imperial brothers and forced the Emperor to abdicate. Xu Tianyao arrived after the battle, having advanced to level 24 with Kong Deming’s support.

• After a year in Kong Deming’s laboratory, Xu Tianyao remained out of sight as the Sun Moon Empire was transformed.
• Xu Tianran watched the coup unfold with Jing Hongchen and a masked Titled Douluo beside him, while his brothers’ forces fought the Royal Soul Engineer Legion.
• Xu Tianran summoned the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Legion, and Xu Tianyuan led it to defeat the rebels and execute the two princes, four imperial clan princes, and tens of thousands of soldiers.
• Xu Tianran confronted the dying Emperor and asked him to abdicate; the Emperor agreed.
• Xu Tianyao arrived after successfully condensing the Sun-Moon Soul Core, having reached level 24.

After Xu Tianran took power in the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Tianyao hosted envoys from the Douluo Three Kingdoms and Shrek Academy to explain the new emperor’s position. He reassured them that the empire had no immediate plans for a major war, but warned that peace depended on strength and shared interests.

• Xu Tianyao witnessed the end of the palace coup and saw Xu Tianran consolidate power as the former emperor abdicated.
• The Sun Moon Empire executed the coup’s participants and launched a nationwide purge to silence opposition.
• Xu Tianyao and Meng Hongchen welcomed Wei Na, Xu Jiujiu, Xue Lingyue, and Qian Duoduo at a banquet in Ming Capital Grand Hotel.
• Xu Jiujiu asked whether the new emperor would maintain peace with the Star Luo Empire and the other neighboring states.
• Xu Tianyao said the empire was focused on domestic stability and had no current plans for a major war, then cautioned that peace required comparable strength and aligned interests.

Xu Tianyao agreed to expand trade with the Heaven Dou and Dou Ling Empires and promised to relay Shrek Academy’s exchange requests, while refusing to approve access to Mingde Hall himself. The delegates reported that Xu Tianran did not seem likely to start a war soon, as he continued consolidating his rule at home.

• Xu Tianyao agreed to increase trade quotas and open selected cities as trade pilot zones for the Heaven Dou and Dou Ling Empires.
• Qian Duoduo asked for exchanges between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, and Xu Tianyao promised to consult Xu Tianran.
• Xu Tianyao said he could not authorize a visit to Mingde Hall and would pass the request to Hall Master Hongchen.
• After the banquet, Xu Jiujiu, Wei Na, and Xue Lingyue sent reports home about Xu Tianran’s apparent lack of short-term war plans and the trade agreement.
• Qian Duoduo prepared a report for Shrek Academy, while Xu Tianran continued reviewing memorials in Yangxin Hall.

Xu Tianran and Xu Tianyao decided to allow Shrek exchange students into ordinary teaching areas but refuse them access to Mingde Hall. At Xu Tianran's enthronement ceremony, Xu Tianyao stood behind him as the Empire's favored prince, and the two reached the platform where the imperial thrones stood.

• Xu Tianyao reported the banquet's proposals, and Xu Tianran approved pursuing trade with the Three Kingdoms.
• Xu Tianran and Xu Tianyao agreed to discuss an exchange program with Shrek while denying its request to visit Mingde Hall.
• Xu Tianran gave Xu Tianyao a custom Soul Tool crown with five uses of absolute defense and told him to follow behind at the ceremony.
• Xu Tianran emerged for his enthronement with Xu Tianyao half a step behind, publicly signaling the prince's elevated status.
• Officials, soldiers, and commoners knelt and proclaimed Xu Tianran emperor as he and Xu Tianyao climbed to the highest platform of Imperial Zenith Hall.

After Xu Tianran’s enthronement, Xu Tianyao became regent and advanced an exchange program between Shrek Academy and the Sun Moon Empire. He then began studying at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, where Xuan Ziwen tutored him in Soul Tools.

• Xu Tianran invited Xu Tianyao to sit on a throne beside his own, then proclaimed his rule and vowed to defend the Sun Moon Empire.
• As regent, Xu Tianyao told the departing delegations that the empire would open regulated trade with the Douluo Three Kingdoms.
• Xu Tianyao approved Shrek Academy’s exchange-student program early, aiming to change how future students learned about the empire’s Soul Guidance Technology.
• Xu Tianyao enrolled at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and joined Meng Hongchen and Xiao Hongchen’s second-year Martial Soul Theory class.
• Kong Deming arranged for Xuan Ziwen to tutor Xu Tianyao privately in Soul Tool studies.

Meng Hongchen warmed to Xu Tianyao’s promise that they might travel beyond the Sun Moon Empire together, while Xiao Hongchen brooded over his sister’s growing affection for him. A week later, Qian Duoduo reported to Shrek Academy’s Sea God Pavilion that the Sun Moon Empire was prioritizing domestic development and renewed trade rather than near-term war.

• Xu Tianyao secretly held Meng Hongchen’s hand and promised to find a way to take her along when the exchange student program began.
• Meng Hongchen imagined traveling and studying with Xu Tianyao, while Xiao Hongchen broke his Soul Tool pen watching her smile at him.
• One week later, Qian Duoduo returned to Shrek Academy, and Mu En convened a Sea God Pavilion Meeting to hear about his visit.
• Qian Duoduo reported that Xu Tianran had not met the Shrek delegation and that Prince Ming Xu Tianyao had received them and wielded considerable influence.
• Qian Duoduo said the Sun Moon Empire planned no near-term war and had resumed and expanded trade with the Three Kingdoms, while restricting strategic resources.

Qian Duoduo reported on Shrek Academy’s student exchange agreement with the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy and the failed effort to access Mingde Hall. Mu En backed Qian Duoduo and reaffirmed that Shrek must develop Soul Tools, leaving his warning about the academy’s complacency unfinished.

• Qian Duoduo told Mu En that the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy had agreed to a one-year student exchange, while Jing Hongchen and Xu Tianran had rejected technical cooperation involving Mingde Hall.
• Xuan Zi criticized the exchange program and insisted Shrek should demand access to Mingde Hall, prompting Qian Duoduo to remind him that Shrek had proposed the program.
• Xuan Zi tried to defend his position by dismissing Soul Tools as inferior to Shrek’s traditions, but Mu En silenced him with a look.
• Mu En praised Qian Duoduo and stated that Soul Tools represented the future and that Shrek would not abandon their development.
• Mu En warned that Shrek’s long-standing success had made its people accustomed to looking down on others and Soul Tools, then began to reveal the bitter irony.

Mu En arranged an exchange team to study soul tool technology at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineer Academy, while Xu Tianyao advanced his studies and cultivation. After reaching Soul Elder, Xu Tianyao struggled to find a suitable third soul ring and suspected that the Snow Empress’s capture had been deliberately planned.

• Mu En ordered the Soul Guidance Department and Martial Soul Department to each select five students for an exchange trip, directing them to learn from the Sun Moon Empire rather than compete.
• Xu Tianyao began studying soul tools under Xuan Ziwen and got to know Ju Zi, Keke, and the other students.
• Xu Tianyao trained and broke through to Soul Elder before turning eight, but struggled to find a suitable ten-thousand-year fire-attributed soul beast for his third soul ring.
• Xu Tianyao considered the Snow Empress’s capture and concluded that the Level-9 Soul Engineer’s discovery of her and possession of the God Sealing Platform were unlikely to be coincidences.
• Xu Tianyao asked Kong Deming, Xu Tianran, and Jing Hongchen about the God Sealing Platform and learned that the empire had no such Soul Tool or record of its manufacture.