Chapter Summaries

At her engagement banquet, Xu Tianzhen was unexpectedly named heir to the Sun Moon Empire by the ailing Old Emperor. Kong Deming and the Hall of Worship backed the decision, and the assembled officials and nobles accepted it, leaving Xu Tianzhen stunned by her sudden path to the throne.

• The Old Emperor arrived at Xu Tianzhen and Kong Ming'an's engagement banquet and briefly congratulated the couple.
• The Old Emperor announced that he would abdicate and named Xu Tianzhen as his successor.
• Xu Tianzhen was shocked, while Kong Ming'an realized Kong Deming and the Hall of Worship had known about the decision in advance.
• Kong Deming declared that he and the Hall of Worship had no objections, suppressing the imperial princes' attempted opposition.
• Ministers, nobles, military representatives, and Soul Master veterans voiced their support, confirming Xu Tianzhen as the empire's heir.

Xu Tianzhen learned that she had been chosen as the Sun Moon Empire’s next Emperor because she would let Kong Deming and other capable officials govern while relying on the Kong Family’s support. The arrangement required her and Kong Ming'an to produce the next ruler, and Xu Tianzhen fixated on the prospect of descendants.

• Xu Tianzhen panicked after learning that the engagement banquet had become an announcement naming her heir, and Kong Ming'an comforted her.
• Kong Deming explained that he and His Majesty had rejected Xu Tianran and the other candidates as unsuitable rulers.
• Kong Ming'an said Xu Tianzhen’s lack of ambition made her a suitable Emperor who could entrust authority to capable officials.
• Kong Deming revealed that Xu Tianzhen’s bond with Kong Ming'an and the Kong Family’s support had secured her selection.
• Kong Deming said Xu Tianzhen would not handle court affairs, but the next Emperor had to be a direct descendant of her and Kong Ming'an, leaving Xu Tianzhen focused on the prospect of descendants.

Kong Ming'an learned that Xu Tianzhen would become the next heir and that they were expected to have children to secure the succession. After Xu Tianzhen fled the room, he returned to find Meng Hongchen waiting for him in a revealing outfit.

• Kong Deming explained that the Sun Moon lineage would remain intact and told Xu Tianzhen and Kong Ming'an to have children soon to stabilize the succession.
• Kong Deming left to handle the transfer of power and coronation preparations, leaving Xu Tianzhen and Kong Ming'an alone.
• Xu Tianzhen panicked at the prospect of discussing children with Kong Ming'an and hurried out, claiming she had something to discuss with Sister Meng.
• Kong Ming'an saw his grandfather speaking with ministers and nobles, then returned to his room.
• Kong Ming'an entered his room and found Meng Hongchen reclining in a revealing white dress beside an opened bottle of wine.

Kong Ming'an returned to Meng Hongchen after reassuring Tianzhen, and Meng Hongchen teased him about becoming the Empress's Imperial Consort. She claimed she had come to provoke Tianzhen into pursuing him, then kissed him and lost control of the encounter as he turned the tables on her.

• Kong Ming'an told Meng Hongchen that Grandfather was handling matters outside and he probably would not need to intervene.
• Meng Hongchen teased Kong Ming'an about his new status and defended her late-night visit in a revealing outfit as an effort to provoke Tianzhen.
• Meng Hongchen said Tianzhen only acted when she felt threatened and claimed she was helping their relationship and the Empire's succession.
• Meng Hongchen used Martial Soul Possession and kissed Kong Ming'an, but he reversed their positions and took control.
• The lights dimmed as Kong Ming'an and Meng Hongchen continued their intimate encounter.

Xu Tianzhen privately researched how to prepare for her first time with Kong Ming'an, while Meng Hongchen woke after spending the night with him and joked about bringing Tianzhen along next time. The chapter ended with Kong Ming'an helping Meng Hongchen dress so they could get breakfast.

• Xu Tianzhen imagined Kong Ming'an overpowering her, then resolved to prepare rather than go to him immediately.
• Xu Tianzhen used her Ling Shu Network account to search for advice about having the best first-time experience and read several posts.
• Kong Ming'an carried the exhausted Meng Hongchen from the bathroom to bed and patiently dried her after their night together.
• Meng Hongchen told Kong Ming'an she regretted not bringing Xu Tianzhen so they could take turns, and he suspected she was planning something strange.
• Meng Hongchen asked Kong Ming'an to help her dress before they went to breakfast, and he fetched her clothes from the wardrobe.

After Emperor Xu died in a coup led by Crown Prince Xu Tianran, Kong Deming told Xu Tianzhen that the emperor’s final decree made her the empire’s only lawful heir. Xu Tianzhen had to set aside her plans with Kong Ming'an and immediately take charge of the shaken empire.

• Xu Tianzhen joined Kong Ming'an and Meng Hongchen for breakfast after staying up all night studying.
• Kong Deming contacted Kong Ming'an and announced that His Majesty had died.
• Kong Deming reported that Xu Tianran had led a coup, killing several princes and ministers before being captured alive.
• Kong Deming told Xu Tianzhen that the Late Emperor’s final decree made her the empire’s only lawful heir and urged her to take charge immediately.
• Kong Ming'an and Meng Hongchen yielded the seat of honor to Xu Tianzhen as she struggled to accept her sudden elevation.

After Xu Tianran’s failed rebellion and the Late Emperor’s death, Xu Tianzhen restored order and ascended the throne as Empress. During the nationwide broadcast of her enthronement, she released silver Soul Power across the Empire, transforming the first Soul Rings and granting new cultivation knowledge to officials.

• At Tianzhen and the Kong heir’s engagement banquet, the Late Emperor named Xu Tianzhen the Empire’s sole legitimate heir.
• Xu Tianran launched a rebellion, killed the Late Emperor, and was captured alive after Kong Deming and the Imperial Royal Guard defeated his death soldiers.
• Xu Tianzhen took charge of the court, while Kong Deming suppressed the remaining rebels and gathered evidence proving Xu Tianran’s treason.
• The Empire prepared for an enthronement ceremony, and Xu Tianzhen ascended the throne as the new Empress on December 16th.
• During the ceremony’s nationwide broadcast, Xu Tianzhen spread silver Soul Power throughout the Empire, changing the first Soul Rings of registered officials and giving them knowledge of a new cultivation method.

Xu Tianzhen announced the God-Sealing Method and sweeping reforms at her enthronement, while Xu Tianran was executed as the nation celebrated. After the ceremony, the exhausted Empress shed her formal bearing and sought comfort from Kong Ming'an.

• Xu Tianzhen proclaimed the God-Sealing Method and introduced civil service examinations that let citizens earn official rank and cultivate power.
• Xu Tianzhen announced plans for further reforms, including Soul Tool technology, foundational Soul Master education, and legal changes.
• Xu Tianran realized he had been used as a pawn in the new order and was executed alongside nearly a hundred other criminals.
• After the ceremony, Xu Tianzhen dismissed her attendants, collapsed from exhaustion, and called for Kong Ming'an.
• Kong Ming'an appeared, and Xu Tianzhen leaped into his arms and sighed in relief.

Xu Tianzhen complained to Kong Ming'an about her exhausting preparations to become Empress and proposed having a child so she could hand over the throne. Kong Ming'an explained that she would still have to rule through a long transition, and a visitor's arrival interrupted their private moment as he agreed to accompany her to receive him.

• Xu Tianzhen asked Kong Ming'an if she could abdicate, then suggested having a baby who could eventually take the throne.
• Kong Ming'an explained that raising and educating a successor, followed by the empire's transition away from autocracy, would take many years and leave Xu Tianzhen with Empress duties.
• Xu Tianzhen hugged Kong Ming'an and considered taking advantage of their privacy, but a maid announced that the Star Crown Sect Master was waiting in the outer hall.
• Xu Tianzhen agreed to receive the visitor and told Kong Ming'an to come with her, and he helped her get dressed.

Xu Jiujiu’s reports convinced Xu Jiawei that the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Tool technology had advanced far beyond other nations, prompting him to secretly investigate and prepare the Star Luo Empire’s transition. The chapter left Xu Jiawei explaining Star Luo’s military weaknesses to Kong Deming as they discussed an invasion.

• During a three-month tour of Mingdu, Xu Jiujiu saw the Sun Moon Empire’s advanced Soul Tools and realized it was selling weapons that might already be outdated by its own standards.
• Xu Jiujiu returned to Star Luo City and warned Xu Jiawei about the Sun Moon Empire’s overwhelming technological advantage.
• Xu Jiawei secretly increased arms purchases and dispatched trusted subordinates to gather intelligence from the Sun Moon Empire.
• After receiving consistent reports, Xu Jiawei traveled to the Sun Moon Empire himself and returned with an urgent plan.
• Xu Jiawei transferred royal wealth and resources to the Star Crown Sect, then negotiated his abdication with the Dai Clan branch in exchange for substantial benefits.
• Xu Jiawei met Kong Deming in the Sun Moon Imperial Palace and shared Star Luo’s troop deployments, border weaknesses, noble conflicts, and resource distribution.

Xu Jiawei explained the Star Luo Empire’s factions and defenses to Xu Tianzhen, revealing how he had secured the Xu Clan branch’s future by cooperating with the Sun Moon Empire. Xu Tianzhen thanked him for the intelligence, while Xu Jiawei’s account showed that he had also been tasked with exploring and colonizing another continent.

• The Dai Clan branch accepted the throne, and Dai Hao became the Star Luo Empire’s emperor while the Xu Clan branch withdrew to the Star Crown Sect’s ancestral lands.
• Xu Jiawei arrived in the Sun Moon Empire with core clansmen and resources, then met Xu Tianzhen and received her guarantee that the Empire would protect the Star Crown Sect’s lands.
• Xu Jiawei described the factions, border defenses, resource sites, and ministers’ weaknesses within the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Jiawei recalled attending a secret meeting where powerful leaders assigned him and the Heaven Dou emperor to explore and colonize another continent with the Merchant Guild’s support.
• Xu Jiawei explained that he had supported the Dai Family’s rise to secure a future for the Xu Clan branch, and Xu Tianzhen thanked him for his information.

Kong Deming and Kong Ming'an finalized plans for the Sun Moon Empire’s war to unify Douluo Continent, while Kong Ming'an considered the preparations he needed before entering Dragon Valley. After Kong Deming left, Xu Tianzhen clung to Kong Ming'an and teasingly reminded him that she was wearing a dragon robe.

• Xu Tianzhen dismissed Xu Jiawei and Xu Jiujiu after discussing the Empire’s overseas expansion, then dropped her Empress demeanor and leaned on Kong Ming'an.
• Kong Ming'an asked Kong Deming whether the Empire was ready to begin its war against Star Luo, and Kong Deming said the campaign was necessary to unify Douluo Continent and strengthen the Empire.
• Kong Ming'an considered how to prepare his nine God King-level rings before visiting Dragon Valley and facing the Dragon God.
• Kong Ming'an and Kong Deming settled matters for the coming war, and Kong Deming left to handle affairs of the newly established dynasty.
• Xu Tianzhen clung to Kong Ming'an, claimed she needed to replenish her energy by touching him, and teased him by saying she was wearing a dragon robe.

Xu Tianzhen let Kong Ming'an use a clone to handle her official audiences while she watched, then returned to the Imperial Palace and worried about her few chances to see him. At the Kong Family Residence, Kong Ming'an reviewed the Sun Moon Empire’s progress in food security, housing, and education.

• Xu Tianzhen asked Kong Ming'an to take her place at the meetings, and he controlled a Ling Shu Clone disguised as her while she watched and coached him from concealment.
• After the officials had been seen, Kong Ming'an left, and Xu Tianzhen returned to her bedchamber feeling lonely and regretting that she had not been bolder with him.
• Xu Tianzhen reassured herself that Meng was also busy, then logged into an encrypted favorites folder to review her theoretical knowledge.
• Kong Ming'an returned to the Kong Family Residence and examined the Sun Moon Empire’s recent data.
• Kong Ming'an found that improved crops, resource planning, and affordable housing had greatly strengthened civilian living conditions, while the Ling Shu Network had expanded education and talent assessment.

Kong Ming'an’s systems of education, security, and Ling Shu Judgment strengthened the Sun Moon Empire’s Order and formed part of his cultivation. Meng Hongchen then visited him after managing the Mingmeng Chamber of Commerce, reporting that preparations were progressing while postwar reconstruction plans remained difficult.

• The Ling Shu Network monitored public safety, helped prevent children with evil Martial Souls from becoming Evil Soul Masters, and sent captured offenders to the Demonic Forest.
• Cases whose evidence passed preliminary review could receive Ling Shu Judgment, with Kong Ming'an’s auxiliary intelligent brain delivering the decisive second verdict.
• Kong Ming'an considered adding Universal Cultivation to the agenda before Meng Hongchen emerged from the Silver Radiance and joined him in his office.
• Meng Hongchen told Kong Ming'an that material reserves and transport routes were planned, but preparations to restore livelihoods and Order in occupied territories remained troublesome.

Meng Hongchen and Kong Ming'an discussed Xiao Hongchen and Silver Dust joining the Sun Moon Mecha Corps, along with the factions targeting the Dai Family in the war against Star Luo. Meng Hongchen then set up a camera and a private call before kissing Kong Ming'an, leaving her plan unclear.

• Meng Hongchen told Kong Ming'an that the former Star Luo emperor's information was useful and complained that Xiao Hongchen and Silver Dust had joined the Sun Moon Mecha Corps.
• Kong Ming'an and Meng Hongchen discussed Xiao Hongchen's research on Silver Dust and the growing tendency of Mech Masters to treat their Mechas as partners or spouses.
• Kong Ming'an said Xiao Hongchen could gain battlefield experience, while Meng Hongchen noted that the Ling Shu Network could pull him back if danger arose.
• Kong Ming'an considered the forces targeting the Dai Family, including Huo Yuhao and Ju Zi, as the war against Star Luo continued.
• Meng Hongchen asked Kong Ming'an whether he had eaten Tianzhen and said she wanted help sharing the burden.
• Meng Hongchen established a private Ling Shu Network call, set a Soul Tool camera to record them, and kissed Kong Ming'an.

Meng Hongchen sent Xu Tianzhen photos of herself with Kong Ming'an, prompting Xu Tianzhen to teleport into his room and reclaim her place in his arms. After Meng Hongchen left, Xu Tianzhen confronted Kong Ming'an about his inability to refuse other women and kissed him.

• Meng Hongchen photographed herself with Kong Ming'an and sent Xu Tianzhen the pictures with a message that she was in his room.
• Xu Tianzhen teleported to Kong Ming'an's room and clung to him, declaring that he was hers.
• Meng Hongchen agreed that Kong Ming'an belonged to Xu Tianzhen, borrowed his coat, and left the room.
• Xu Tianzhen accused Kong Ming'an of getting together with Meng Hongchen and complained that he could not refuse any of them.
• Xu Tianzhen wrapped herself around Kong Ming'an and kissed him, gradually turning her attempted punishment into an earnest exploration.

Xu Tianzhen teleported to Kong Ming'an wearing only his shirt, and their playful kissing turned into intimate teasing. The Ling Shu Network connection between them remained open as she lost her composure in his embrace.

• Xu Tianzhen kissed Kong Ming'an again to prove she was a better kisser than Meng.
• Kong Ming'an realized Xu Tianzhen was wearing only his shirt, and she admitted she had teleported over without changing clothes.
• Kong Ming'an teased Xu Tianzhen by stroking her, and she became too flustered to resist.
• Xu Tianzhen tried to return to her chambers, but Kong Ming'an refused and pulled her onto the bed.
• Kong Ming'an kissed Xu Tianzhen as her helpless whimpers filled the room, while their Ling Shu Network connection stayed active.

After Xu Tianzhen regretted challenging Kong Ming'an, Meng Hongchen arrived and took her place, revealing that the two girls had arranged to take shifts with him. Kong Ming'an's days then settled into a routine of improving the God-Sealing Method and expanding the Ling Shu Network while handling the two girls' arrangement.

• Xu Tianzhen regretted provoking Kong Ming'an, and he gently massaged her sore lower belly.
• Xu Tianzhen said she should have brought Meng Hongchen along, and Meng Hongchen appeared and announced it was her turn.
• Meng Hongchen pulled Xu Tianzhen aside and kissed Kong Ming'an, leaving Xu Tianzhen stunned.
• Kong Ming'an noticed Meng Hongchen's earlier message arranging for Xu Tianzhen to go first while she rested.
• Kong Ming'an spent half his days improving the God-Sealing Method and planning the Ling Shu Network's expansion, while Meng Hongchen and Xu Tianzhen took shifts with him.

Xu Tianzhen presided over the Sun Moon Empire’s declaration of war against the Star Luo Empire, and the twenty-four elite Soul Tool legions received their orders to attack. At a White Tiger Legion encampment, Dai Huabin concealed evidence of fabricated military victories while reflecting on his rise to command.

• Kong Ming'an dressed Xu Tianzhen in her imperial robes, and she went with him to court.
• Xu Tianzhen publicly presented evidence of the Star Luo Empire’s crimes and declared war against it.
• The Supreme Command sent combat orders to the twenty-four elite Soul Tool legions stationed along the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• A soldier reported that Dai Huabin’s men had killed groups labeled as bandits and disguised the corpses to fabricate military merits.
• Dai Huabin dismissed the soldier and reflected on how his father’s rise to the Star Luo throne had advanced his own military career.

Dai Huabin’s barracks came under a sudden attack by air-dropped Mechas, which slaughtered the defenders with overwhelming force. The chapter left Dai Huabin facing the metal monster after it killed his Soul Douluo uncle in a single blow.

• Dai Huabin recalled his fear of Huo Yuhao and vowed to gain power and avenge himself.
• Dai Huabin spotted dark objects diving toward the barracks, and they crashed down, setting the camp ablaze.
• A Mecha emerged from a crater and used an overturned Large Soul Tool Mortar to crush the soldiers attacking it.
• Dai Huabin’s Soul Douluo uncle attacked the Mecha with a White Tiger Soul Skill.
• The Mecha caught the phantom White Tiger and slammed Dai Huabin’s uncle into the ground, killing him.