Star Luo Empire

Biodata

Background / History

The Star Luo Empire's political core is controlled by the Dai imperial clan and the Zhu family. Their inherited martial souls, respectively the Evil Eye White Tiger and Nether Civet, have been joined through arranged marriages for generations; the inheritors of both martial souls are expected to become partners and jointly maintain the empire's central power 2 18.

Its imperial succession follows an exceptionally harsh, strength-based system. The empire recognizes only one heir; defeated contenders are “erased,” with possible outcomes including death, crippled Soul Power, or lifelong imprisonment. Fear of this fratricidal struggle drove Third Prince Dai Mubai to flee Star Luo 2 106 111.

The empire maintains a large army whose yearly costs exceed those of the Heaven Dou Empire, contributing to its stronger military. It is described as a major power despite lacking an internal Titled Douluo 110 111 199.

Although the Dai family's ruthless succession system helped the empire expand from a much smaller territory into one of the continent's two great empires, it also left its current royal line with few viable competitors. An old minister attributed the empire's rise to its iron-blooded throne competition, while privately worrying that Dai Weisi's near-guaranteed succession had made him unfit to rule 199.

Shrek Academy's expansion has given it an established presence within the empire. Tang Hao later learned that the academy operated branches throughout the Heaven Dou Empire, the Star Luo Empire, and Spirit City, reinforcing its influence across the continent's major powers 292.

The Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament reopened the imperial succession struggle. Dai Mubai helped defeat Dai Weisi while competing for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, prompting the emperor to strip Dai Weisi of his princely title. The emperor subsequently prevented his execution after discovering that Dai Mubai had become a eunuch, placing preservation of the Dai bloodline above the previously declared succession rules 331 332 335 336.

After learning that Dai Mubai and Tang San were undertaking divine trials, the emperor promised national resources to support their pursuit of godhood. The party's return journey from Spirit City was interrupted by a Spirit Hall ambush intended to seize their cultivation methods and eliminate witnesses 336 337 338.

Government and Succession

• Star Luo Emperor — Holds supreme authority, personally handled the detention of First Prince Dai Weisi, and demonstrated a pragmatic willingness to yield when confronted by Shrek Academy's Titled Douluo-level backing 108 111.
• Imperial court — Ministers advise the emperor and oversee state affairs; during the Shrek incident, some called for Shrek Academy to be destroyed while others warned that Dai Weisi's safety required restraint. After Dai Mubai fled, the court was described as consisting entirely of the eldest prince's supporters 108.
• Imperial guards — Black-armored guards accompany the emperor and enforce order in Star Luo City. Guards at the Shrek Academy confrontation were Soul Kings, but could not force open the academy gates 109.
• Succession principle — The throne belongs to the strongest contender, making royal bloodline, cultivation, and combat ability central to imperial politics. The emperor publicly reaffirmed that whichever prince survived and defeated the other would qualify to inherit, even when Dai Mubai competed for Heaven Dou Royal Academy 106 109 111 331.
• Current succession conflict — After Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai clashed over Zhu Zhuqing during Shrek Academy's freshman tournament, the emperor decreed that the two must fight to the death: the winner would inherit the throne, while the loser would die. Dai Mubai later won their tournament confrontation, but the emperor stopped Dai Weisi's execution after learning that Dai Mubai could not father children. His subsequent offer to make Dai Mubai Crown Prince while having Dai Weisi produce an adopted heir was rejected 229 331 332 335 336.
• Consequences for betrothed partners — The succession struggle also threatens the lives of the princes' fiancées. Zhu Zhuyun understood that Dai Weisi's defeat would condemn her to death alongside him, despite her resentment toward him 320 332.
• Enforcement against flight — When ordering the brothers to settle the succession, the emperor warned Dai Mubai that the imperial army would hunt him throughout Douluo Continent if he attempted to flee again 229.
• Policy toward Shrek Academy — Despite the humiliation suffered during the Star Luo branch incident, the emperor has treated avoiding further conflict with Shrek Academy as a state priority. He later warned Dai Weisi that any further provocation of the academy would result in execution, even if Dai Weisi remained his son 112 247.
• Support for divine trials — Upon learning of Dai Mubai's and Tang San's pursuit of godhood, the emperor promised to devote the nation's resources to supplying the treasures and cultivation materials needed for their trials 336.

Military Strength

The empire's military superiority over Heaven Dou rests partly on its much greater annual army expenditure. Nevertheless, its lack of a Titled Douluo leaves it vulnerable when confronting organizations possessing such experts 110 111 199 337.

• Leading imperial experts — The Star Luo Emperor and the Duke of Nether are both Soul Douluos and are counted among the empire's foremost experts. The emperor's Soul Power exceeds rank eighty 338.
• Royal guard strength — The imperial guard includes Soul King-level personnel, a Soul Sage who accompanied the emperor to Shrek Academy, and several Soul Douluo core guards in the delegation returning from Spirit City 109 110 337 338.
• Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill — The emperor can perform a Martial Soul Fusion Skill with his wife. He could not use it during the Spirit Hall ambush because she was absent, while his compatibility with the Duke of Nether was insufficient. Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun could also fuse, but their Soul Ancestor cultivation was inadequate against the attackers 337.
• Interest in the Sunflower Manual — After witnessing Dai Mubai's strength without using his martial soul, the Duke of Nether suspected that the emperor coveted his cultivation method as a potential means of strengthening the imperial army. No adoption of the method by imperial troops was established 326.

Relations

• Star Luo Emperor — The empire's reigning sovereign. He initially confronted Shrek Academy over Dai Weisi's capture, then publicly supported the academy after facing Dai Tianling and another stronger figure. He later fought Ghost Douluo during Spirit Hall's ambush; his eventual fate remained unconfirmed 108 111 112 338 351.
• Dai Weisi — Eldest Prince and later-described Crown Prince. His public defeat and confinement at Shrek Academy triggered the empire's confrontation with the academy; he subsequently resumed appearing with the imperial delegation but remained under his father's strict warning not to provoke Shrek again. After losing to Dai Mubai's side in the Continental Tournament, he was stripped of his princely title and nearly executed, but was spared to preserve the imperial bloodline. During Spirit Hall's ambush, he offered to become its puppet emperor in exchange for his life 107 108 199 213 247 332 335 336 338.
• Dai Mubai — Third Prince who fled the empire rather than participate in its lethal succession struggle. The emperor regards his flight as cowardice, yet later compelled him to face Dai Weisi in a fatal contest for the throne. Dai Mubai eventually defeated his brother, but rejected a conditional offer of the Crown Prince position after the emperor refused to execute Dai Weisi. His claim to be undertaking the God of Love's trials secured an imperial promise of support before Spirit Hall captured him 2 107 206 229 331 335 336 338.
• Zhu family — Imperial allied family whose Nether Civet inheritors traditionally marry the Dai family's Evil Eye White Tiger inheritors 2 18.
• Zhu Zhuyun — Dai Weisi's fiancée and daughter of the Duke of Nether; she accompanied Dai Weisi to investigate Shrek Academy. Dai Weisi's interest in replacing her with Zhu Zhuqing caused her to feel discarded and resentful. He later compelled her to cooperate in their Martial Soul Fusion Skill by reminding her that his defeat would also mean her death. Following their tournament loss, she believed she faced execution under imperial rules 106 109 213 228 320 332.
• Zhu Zhuqing — Zhu Zhuyun's younger sister and Dai Mubai's fiancée. Dai Weisi sought to obtain her hand as a means of connecting the empire to Shrek Academy, while the emperor offered her the position of empress regardless of which prince inherited the throne; Shrek Academy rejected imperial interference in her future 213 228 229.
• Duke of Nether — Zhu Zhuyun and Zhu Zhuqing's father, who attended the emperor's visit to Shrek Academy and expressed disappointment in Zhu Zhuyun's conduct. He later joined the emperor in attempting to arrange Zhu Zhuqing's future. A Soul Douluo, he fought alongside the emperor against Ghost Douluo during the ambush 109 228 229 338.
• Dai Yueyan — A Shrek Academy student whose resemblance to the imperial Dai family provoked succession rumors. He stated that he had no connection to the current emperor 106 109.
• Dai Tianling — Dai Yueyan's father and a White Tiger Titled Douluo. His intervention compelled the emperor to accept Shrek Academy's terms. He is also Dai Yun'er's father and later instructed her and Zhu Zhuqing at the Star Luo City branch 111 266.
• Dai Yun'er — A level 53 Soul King with the Hell Spirit Cat Martial Soul. Her martial soul caused the emperor to speculate about a blood relationship with the Dai imperial family; she later explicitly identified Dai Tianling as her father 214 266.
• Wu Siduo — A Shrek Academy student whose self-created Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill impressed both the emperor and the Duke of Nether. They regretted that an individual with her exceptional compatibility did not belong to the empire 224 226.
• Shrek Academy — A powerful academy operating a branch in Star Luo City under the emperor's formal endorsement. Its Star Luo branch is associated with Yun Ming, who is identified as a branch dean, while the academy later expanded branches throughout the empire 112 147 187 292.
• Heaven Dou Empire — The empire's principal rival. Following Crown Prince Xue Qinghe's disappearance, Emperor Xue Ye baselessly suspected the Star Luo Empire of abducting him and ordered agents to infiltrate Star Luo territory in search of evidence. The empires' rivalry continued through their royal academies' tournament matches, although Shrek Academy's presence was described as making open war between them less likely 275 324 331.
• Tang San — Joined Dai Mubai in defeating Star Luo Royal Academy while representing Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team. The emperor later extended support to their pursuit of godhood, and Tang San traveled with the imperial party before being captured by Chrysanthemum Douluo 331 332 336 338.
• Spirit Hall — Initially exercised caution to avoid unnecessarily antagonizing Star Luo, but later dispatched Chrysanthemum Douluo, Ghost Douluo, and a force of high-level soul masters to ambush the imperial delegation. The attackers intended to capture Tang San and Dai Mubai and kill the remaining witnesses 108 337 338.

Shrek Academy Incident

Dai Weisi's Defeat

A new Shrek Academy branch opened in Star Luo City's prosperous district beside Star Luo Royal Advanced Academy. Viewing the city as a place that should have only one academy, Dai Weisi attempted to enter and confront the institution 106.

Dai Yueyan, a five-ring Soul King with three purple and two black soul rings, defeated the four-ring Dai Weisi in one move. He carried the unconscious prince into Shrek Academy and demanded that Dai Weisi's parents retrieve him 107.

The incident became a public humiliation for the imperial family. Though the authorities contained the news within Star Luo City, the prince's defeat by a younger-looking opponent in the street damaged the empire's prestige 108.

Imperial Negotiation

The emperor personally led guards and ministers to Shrek Academy. After entering, he faced Dai Yueyan, who demanded 100 million Gold Soul Coins and five soul bones over one thousand years old for Dai Weisi's release 109 110.

Rather than immediately accept the ransom, the emperor offered to adopt Dai Yueyan and give him the Star Luo throne. Dai Yueyan refused, declaring he had no interest in acknowledging another father 110 111.

Before making the adoption offer, the emperor sent a Soul Sage guard to fight Dai Yueyan under the latter's proposed conditions. Dai Yueyan used his white Battle Armor and defeated the guard in one move, demonstrating that his strength far exceeded his Soul King cultivation 110.

Dai Tianling then appeared to protect his son, revealing Titled Douluo-level pressure. Faced with Shrek Academy's strength, the emperor admitted he had acted rashly, agreed to provide the requested resources, and offered Dai Tianling a hereditary king position. Dai Tianling declined, demanded doubled compensation without additional taxation, and required the empire to promote Shrek Academy's enrollment 111.

The hereditary kingship offer was itself unprecedented in the empire's history. A second, spear-wielding expert then appeared with an aura stronger than Dai Tianling's, reinforcing the emperor's decision to accept the academy's demands 111.

Imperial Edict

One day after the confrontation, the emperor issued an empire-wide edict that:

• Fully supported Shrek Academy's construction.
• Treated anyone obstructing or sabotaging Shrek Academy as an enemy of the Star Luo Empire.
• Allowed all suitably aged people to take the academy's entrance examination regardless of background or talent 112.

The edict was unprecedented even compared with Star Luo Royal Advanced Academy. It made Shrek Academy famous across the empire and led large numbers of applicants to Star Luo City 112 113.

Dai Weisi's Confinement

Following the incident, Dai Weisi was confined in a remote imperial side hall until the political “storm” passed. His confinement prevented him from training with Star Luo Royal Advanced Academy ahead of the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament 113 199.

While confined, Dai Weisi sought a way to seize Shrek Academy's resources and experts, but an old minister deemed this unrealistic. He also contemplated eliminating Dai Mubai and other Dai-family bloodlines to ensure that he would remain the only possible heir 199.

Shrek Academy Freshman Tournament

The Star Luo Emperor attended Shrek Academy's freshman tournament in Suotuo City alongside members of the imperial family and trusted aides. His presence alongside Emperor Xue Ye, Qian Daoliu, and leading figures from major factions reflected Shrek Academy's continent-wide influence 206.

Dai Weisi was permitted to attend after claiming that he wished to understand Shrek Academy's strength and learn humility. During the tournament, however, he attempted to use a prospective marriage to Zhu Zhuqing to establish a bridge between the empire and Shrek Academy 213.

The emperor and Duke of Nether approached Zhu Zhuqing directly, offering to make her empress no matter whether Dai Weisi or Dai Mubai eventually took the throne. Cai Yue'er rejected the offer, declaring that outsiders could not decide Shrek Academy students' futures and threatening to send Elder Long to the Star Luo imperial palace if they persisted 228 229.

The emperor withdrew rather than escalate the confrontation, recognizing that Shrek Academy's displayed forces could not be easily challenged. Afterward, he imposed the empire's traditional final test on Dai Weisi and Dai Mubai: only one could inherit, and the loser was to die 229.

After witnessing Tang Wulin's overwhelming victory over the empire's representative, the emperor personally ordered Dai Weisi never to provoke Shrek Academy again, threatening immediate execution for disobedience 247.

Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament

Imperial Expectations

Three days before the tournament, the emperor warned Dai Weisi that his performance would determine his future and that losing to Dai Mubai would mean death. He also stated that he could father additional princes rather than tolerate an inadequate heir 320.

A confidential report that Shrek Academy would send only a team of two-ring soul masters encouraged Dai Weisi to promise victory. He emphasized that Star Luo Royal Academy retained its complete lineup, unlike Heaven Dou Royal Academy, which had lost two core members to Shrek Academy. To prepare, he demanded Zhu Zhuyun's cooperation in practicing their Martial Soul Fusion Skill, invoking their shared risk of execution 320.

Both emperors attended the tournament in Spirit City. Their joint presence was unusual and was connected to Shrek Academy's decision to enter two-ring students against the established academies' stronger teams 322.

Victory over Heaven Dou's First Team

Star Luo Royal Academy defeated Heaven Dou Royal Academy's first team in a 2–0 sweep. Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun helped overwhelm their opponents, giving the Star Luo Emperor an opportunity to mock Xue Ye over their empires' relative strength 323 324.

After Dai Mubai's initial elimination by Shrek Academy, Dai Weisi publicly ridiculed his brother's unusual cultivation method and defeat. The emperor slapped him and ordered him to be silent. The Duke of Nether explained that insulting a Star Luo prince in front of Xue Ye also damaged the empire's dignity, and warned that the emperor might still arrange a private succession duel 326.

Defeat by Dai Mubai and Tang San

Xue Beng subsequently enrolled Tang San and Dai Mubai as reserves for Heaven Dou Royal Academy's second team, allowing them to compete again. Dai Weisi challenged their eligibility, while spectators condemned the exploitation of the rules. The Star Luo Emperor mocked Heaven Dou's conduct but maintained that Dai Mubai's ability to gain entry to a rival empire's team was itself a form of talent 330 331.

Dai Mubai and Tang San defeated Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun in the two-on-two match using the Sunflower Manual. They then helped dismantle Star Luo Royal Academy's formation in the seven-on-seven team battle, securing Heaven Dou's victory 331 332.

The emperor immediately stripped Dai Weisi of his title as prince and ordered that he be escorted back to the empire to await judgment. Zhu Zhuyun, aware that the succession rules also condemned the defeated prince's fiancée, regarded their loss as a death sentence 332.

Reversal of the Succession Judgment

After the tournament round, the emperor presented Dai Weisi to Dai Mubai and acknowledged the victor's right to dispose of the loser. Dai Mubai demanded his brother's death. However, when the emperor learned that Dai Mubai's cultivation involved becoming a eunuch, he urgently halted the execution, fearing both the extinction of the imperial bloodline and the disgrace of placing a eunuch on the throne 335.

Dai Mubai accused his father of abandoning the succession rules. The emperor answered that preserving the Dai family required flexibility and offered to name Dai Mubai Crown Prince while arranging for Dai Weisi to father a child who would be adopted into Dai Mubai's line. Dai Mubai rejected the arrangement and declared that he no longer cared about the throne 336.

When Dai Mubai revealed that he was undertaking the God of Love's trials, and Yu Xiaogang claimed that he and Tang San had completed the first trial, the emperor changed his approach. He praised Dai Mubai and promised the full strength of the nation to supply resources for their pursuit of godhood 336.

Ambush of the Imperial Delegation

Spirit Hall's Attack

Tang San, Dai Mubai, Yu Xiaogang, and their companions departed Spirit City with the Star Luo Emperor's party under elite guard. In a mountain valley, two attackers killed the guards at the front of the procession 336.

The attackers were Chrysanthemum Douluo and Ghost Douluo. When the emperor accused Spirit Hall of provoking an all-out war, Chrysanthemum Douluo explained that killing every witness would conceal Spirit Hall's responsibility. Dozens of additional attackers emerged from the surrounding forest, including Soul Emperors, Soul Sages, and Soul Douluos 337.

The emperor considered using the Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but his wife was absent and his compatibility with the Duke of Nether was inadequate. Dai Weisi and Zhu Zhuyun's fusion was too weak to influence a battle against Titled Douluos 337.

Imperial Resistance and Losses

Chrysanthemum Douluo seized Tang San and Dai Mubai and instructed Ghost Douluo to kill the remaining witnesses. Dai Weisi begged for mercy and offered to serve as Spirit Hall's puppet emperor, enraging and humiliating his father 338.

The emperor and Duke of Nether released their martial souls and attacked Ghost Douluo together. Despite both being prominent Soul Douluos, they faced an overwhelming disadvantage. Ghost Douluo also suppressed the delegation's Soul Douluo core guards, while Spirit Hall's other forces sealed the escape routes and slaughtered the imperial guards 338.

Yu Xiaogang was gravely injured by a stray attack, Flender fought while trying to carry him to safety, and Zhao Wuji and Shao Xin collapsed after exhausting their Soul Power. Chrysanthemum Douluo departed with Tang San and Dai Mubai 338.

The emperor's death was not directly confirmed in the available account. Tang San later assumed that the emperor and the others had probably been slaughtered, but this remained his assessment rather than a confirmed report of the delegation's final fate 351.

Education

Star Luo Royal Advanced Academy

Star Luo Royal Advanced Academy is the empire's officially established highest academy. It trains talented soul masters and imperial-family members, and Dai Weisi served as captain of its academy team 112 113.

Following the emperor's edict, its dean observed Shrek Academy's recruitment personally. The dean understood that the emperor would not support an unknown academy without cause, despite the academy's sudden prominence 113.

The academy later represented the empire at the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Tournament, sweeping Heaven Dou Royal Academy's first team before losing to its second team after Tang San and Dai Mubai joined the latter 324 330 331 332.

Shrek Academy Star Luo Branch

Shrek Academy's Star Luo branch conducted wide enrollment after receiving imperial backing:

The Star Luo City branch was later part of a broader Shrek Academy network operating throughout the Star Luo Empire 292.

Zhu Zhuqing later returned to Star Luo City with Dai Yun'er for instruction under Dai Tianling. He led them to a cave emitting a frigid aura and identified it as a passage to the Demon Plane 266.

Notable Quotes

“Anyone who dared obstruct or sabotage Shrek Academy would be regarded as an enemy of the Star Luo Empire.” 112

“Your throne is nowhere near as good as my position as a teacher.” — Dai Tianling to the Star Luo Emperor 111

“If I find out that you continue provoking Shrek Academy in the future... then even if you are my son, I will immediately have you executed.” — The Star Luo Emperor to Dai Weisi 247

“Whoever survives to the end will be named my heir. As long as he can defeat the other, he is qualified to inherit the throne.” — The Star Luo Emperor 331

“From now on, while you undertake the divine trials, whatever heavenly treasures or cultivation resources you need, the Star Luo Empire will devote the full strength of the nation to supplying them!” — The Star Luo Emperor 336

Trivia

• The Star Luo Emperor's support for Shrek Academy caused outsiders, including Dai Mubai, to suspect that the empire had founded or controlled the academy; this was speculation rather than confirmed fact 147.
• The academy's gates resisted several Soul King imperial guards using Soul Power, and its internal space appeared vastly larger than its exterior 109.
• The empire's endorsement made Shrek Academy known throughout the country within a day 113.
• The emperor and Duke of Nether were particularly impressed by Wu Siduo's Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, whose compatibility appeared higher than that usually achieved by descendants of the Dai-Zhu intermarriages 226.
• Emperor Xue Ye's suspicion that Star Luo abducted Crown Prince Xue Qinghe was based on his personal grief and the perceived inferiority of the Star Luo Emperor's heirs, rather than confirmed evidence 275.
• The emperor's insistence on preserving Dai Weisi to continue the bloodline contradicted his earlier declaration that the defeated prince must die, a contradiction Dai Mubai explicitly challenged 229 335 336.
• Despite Dai Mubai fighting for Heaven Dou Royal Academy, the Star Luo Emperor presented his success as evidence of his suitability to compete for Star Luo's throne rather than conceding Xue Beng's intended political victory 331.