Chapter Summaries

Long Wushang visited Shangguan Wei'er to collect files exposing corrupt Sun Moon Empire officials and asked about the person he had previously ordered her to find. Shangguan Wei'er handed over the records and information on Ye Guyi, while masked figures moved toward Long Wushang's soul car.

• Long Wushang arrived at the Ordinary Alliance headquarters with Tang Ya, and Shangguan Wei'er welcomed them inside.
• A young man in a restaurant sent a message through his communication soul tool as masked figures left the headquarters and headed for Long Wushang's soul car.
• Shangguan Wei'er gave Long Wushang a roster and files of officials' secrets, explaining that she was pledging allegiance to the crown prince and asking him to speak on her behalf.
• Long Wushang checked the files, condemned the officials for exploiting the empire, and stored the documents in a Soul Tool Ring.
• Long Wushang asked about the person he had previously asked Shangguan Wei'er to locate, and she handed him a report featuring Ye Guyi.

Long Wushang secured Ye Guyi’s information through Shangguan Wei'er, then discovered military-grade bombs hidden beneath his car while driving through Mingdu. He escaped the blast with Tang Ya, but the explosion devastated a busy street and left their fate unclear.

• Long Wushang refused to meet Ye Guyi at the Ordinary Alliance and gave Shangguan Wei'er a confidential letter to deliver to her.
• Long Wushang asked Shangguan Wei'er to show him around the Ordinary Alliance, and they went to the Underground Soul Fighting Arena.
• Masked figures secretly attached Fixed-Installation Soul Tool Bombs to Long Wushang's Soul Tool car while the garage guards were absent.
• Long Wushang detected the bombs beneath his car while driving with Tang Ya and realized they could explode in a crowded district.
• Long Wushang grabbed Tang Ya and escaped through the car door before the car crashed into a stone pillar and exploded, devastating the surrounding street.

After surviving an assassination attempt, Long Wushang suspected officials in the Government Department or Military Department and decided to use the press to expose their crimes. The explosion drew the attention of Xu Tianran and the Ordinary Alliance, while Long Wushang prepared to turn public scrutiny into leverage against the conspirators.

• Long Wushang escaped the blast and warned that those who targeted him would not enjoy peace again.
• A hidden observer reported the failed assassination to his accomplices and ordered them to flee Mingdu and destroy evidence.
• Xu Tianran saw the distant explosion and ordered an investigation into its cause and casualties.
• Shangguan Wei'er learned that Long Wushang's car had been deliberately bombed and rushed to the Western District, fearing the consequences for the Ordinary Alliance.
• At the cordoned-off scene, Long Wushang decided to tell reporters that he held evidence against many high-ranking officials, hoping to prevent the conspirators from escaping blame.

After an assassination attempt on Long Wushang, he used the attack to publicly accuse corrupt imperial officials and strengthen his standing, while Xu Tianran weighed how to respond. Long Wushang and the Holy Spirit Cult then prepared to confront Xu Tianran if he obstructed them.

• Long Wushang condemned the bombing, promised compensation for civilian victims, and said evidence tied the attack to high-ranking officials he was helping the Prince Regent investigate.
• Shangguan Wei'er apologized on behalf of the Ordinary Alliance and vowed to cooperate with the investigation, hoping to save the alliance.
• Xu Tianran learned that officials had targeted Long Wushang and considered launching another purge, but he reconsidered after powerful dignitaries requested audiences respectfully.
• Zhongli Wu warned Long Wushang that challenging Xu Tianran could draw fire, while Feng Ling urged him not to let Xu Tianran dominate their alliance.
• Long Wushang said the Black Dragon Merchant Association and Holy Spirit Cult would turn against Xu Tianran if he obstructed them.

While Xu Tianran struggled to contain public outrage over embezzled research funds and military Soul Tool smuggling, Long Wushang secretly led the Holy Spirit Cult in a massacre of families that had plotted to kill him. The chapter ended with Xu Tianran shaken as the killings spread and he lost control of the situation.

• Long Wushang stayed away from Xu Tianran’s envoys while reports of stolen research funds spread throughout the Sun Moon Empire.
• News broke that military leaders had smuggled forbidden military Soul Tools to the Heaven Dou Empire, prompting officials, citizens, Soul Engineers, and commanders to demand an investigation.
• Xu Tianran struggled to respond because the scandals implicated powerful figures he had promised to protect and could not be contained by suppressing a few voices.
• After securing Sister-in-law’s and Zhongli Wu’s support, Long Wushang left Mingdu and returned to the Evil Demon Forest.
• Long Wushang led Zhang Peng, enshrined elders, and Evil Soul Masters in massacres that destroyed seven families, then more than ten powerful families across the empire.
• Xu Tianran read reports of the killings in the Imperial Palace and trembled as he realized the situation was slipping beyond his control.

After the massacres destabilized the Sun Moon Empire, Xu Tianran reluctantly made Long Wushang chief of the Ministry of Finance to end the turmoil. Deep beneath the Holy Spirit Cult, the Snow Empress emerged in human form with no memories, bonded instinctively to Long Wushang, and called him “Daddy.”

• Xu Tianran realized Zhongli Wu and Long Wushang had secretly begun cooperating, while families lost faith in the emperor and started forming alliances for protection.
• Xu Tianran named small and medium-sized families and high-ranking officials as scapegoats, then made Long Wushang chief of the Ministry of Finance to settle the upheaval.
• The Snow Empress emerged from an icy cocoon in the underground Dragon Tomb, but could not remember her name or past.
• The Snow Empress sensed the soul connection to Long Wushang, rushed into his arms, and clung to him.
• The Snow Empress looked up at Long Wushang and called him “Daddy,” leaving him bewildered.