Chapter Summaries

Ye Xishui proposed restoring the Death God Tower with resentful spirits and offered Kong Deming a way to cultivate his second Martial Soul in exchange for his help. Xu Guozhong approved the plan, and Kong Deming accepted the deal.

• Kong Deming urged Xu Guozhong to prepare for war and seek an opportunity to attack the Three Great Nations, while Xu Guozhong warned against a costly assault.
• Ye Xishui asked Kong Deming to redraw the Death God Tower's Core Magic Array so she could restore it with resentful spirits taken from people in the border regions.
• Ye Xishui explained that Kong Deming's unstable foundation and weak constitution had kept him from cultivating his second Martial Soul, then offered to resolve the problem through the Holy Spirit Cult's secret technique.
• Kong Deming hesitated over the risks of empowering the Holy Spirit Cult, but Xu Guozhong approved Ye Xishui's plan.
• Kong Deming accepted the deal, agreeing to help Ye Xishui become a Rank 10 Soul Engineer in exchange for help cultivating his second Martial Soul.

Yuwen Tuo brought Qiu'er, Ling Luochen, and Xiao Xiao to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to investigate its depths after learning Huo Yuhao had plundered many of its herbs. Beneath the springs, Qiu'er identified herself to the Icefire Dragon Kings, who stopped attacking and asked why she had brought two humans.

• Youyou told Yuwen Tuo that Huo Yuhao had forcibly taken many herbs and Blazing Sap from the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well about a year earlier, leaving it badly depleted.
• Yuwen Tuo said he had come for the two lakes, then took Qiu'er down the Blazing Yang Spring and Ling Luochen down the Extremely Cold Yin Spring while Xiao Xiao remained on shore.
• As the three descended, Yuwen Tuo sensed two powerful energies and heard the remnant souls of the Icefire Dragon Kings roar.
• The Icefire Dragon Kings ordered the humans to leave, but Qiu'er identified herself as the Emperor Rui Beast, the Three-Eyed Golden Lion.
• The Icefire Dragon Kings recognized Qiu'er and stopped their attack, then asked why she had brought the two humans there.

Qiu'er delivered the Silver Dragon King's memories to the Icefire Dragon Kings, persuading them to test Yuwen Tuo and Ling Luochen before lending them their power. Yuwen Tuo used Ling Luochen's amplification and the Ghost Valley Rebirth Art to bind the Dragon Kings' remnant souls, forcing them to break the attack with Divine Sense and lose by their agreed rules.

• Qiu'er showed the Icefire Dragon Kings a Silver Dragon Scale that shared the Silver Dragon King's memories and plan to revive the Dragon God and create the God of Fate.
• The Icefire Dragon Kings agreed to consider helping Yuwen Tuo and Ling Luochen, but the Fire Dragon King demanded they withstand a test using Mental Power at the Limit Douluo level.
• Yuwen Tuo and Ling Luochen accepted the test, and Yuwen Tuo attacked first with Extreme Cold Flame as Ling Luochen amplified his ice abilities.
• Yuwen Tuo used Avici Ice Hell and the Ghost Valley Rebirth Art to bind the Dragon Kings' remnant souls in chains.
• The Icefire Dragon Kings broke free only by unleashing Divine Sense, exceeding the agreed limit and losing the test by its rules.

Yuwen Tuo and Ling Luochen earned the Icefire Dragon Kings’ approval and formed their divine skull and torso soul bones, gaining surging ice and fire power. As they absorbed the bones and broke through their cultivation bottlenecks, the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well’s herbs began growing at an astonishing speed.

• The Icefire Dragon Kings judged Yuwen Tuo worthy of their help and invited him and Ling Luochen to touch their corpses.
• The Fire God and Water God sensed their inheritors receiving the Dragon Kings’ power and celebrated how it would strengthen their prospects of inheriting godhood.
• Yuwen Tuo and Ling Luochen drew out and formed the Fire Dragon King Torso Bone and Ice Dragon King Skull.
• Ling Luochen absorbed the Ice Dragon King Skull, while Yuwen Tuo absorbed the Fire Dragon King Torso Bone, and both broke through cultivation barriers.
• Xiao Xiao recognized the strength of the power rising from the well, while Youyou noticed the garden’s herbs were growing far faster than normal.

Yuwen Tuo and Ling Luochen absorbed the Icefire Dragon King's soul bones and gained immense strength, while the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well recovered its vitality. Yuwen Tuo then asked Youyou for Phantom Fragrance Orchid ovules to help restore Sunset Forest, promising to protect the well's poisonous defenses.

• The Icefire Dragon King's power revived the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well and transformed an eight-thousand-year ginseng into a Ten Thousand Year Ginseng King.
• Ling Luochen gained four powerful skills from the Ice Dragon King Skull and rose to Level Ninety-Six.
• Yuwen Tuo transferred his Flame Soul Core to his chest and reached the peak of Level Ninety-Seven after absorbing the Fire Dragon King Torso Bone.
• Yuwen Tuo, Qiu'er, and Ling Luochen returned to shore, where Xiao Xiao welcomed their newfound strength.
• Yuwen Tuo asked Youyou for Phantom Fragrance Orchid ovules to help restore Sunset Forest and make it safer for Body Sect disciples to obtain soul rings.
• Youyou agreed to help after Yuwen Tuo promised to leave the poisonous protection around the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well unchanged.

Xiao Xiao, Yuwen Tuo, Ling Luochen, and Qiu'er planted Phantom Fragrance Orchid seeds to restore Sunset Forest while Wei Na and her allies weighed how to secure the throne without plunging the Heaven Dou Empire into chaos. The chapter ended with Snow Heart Emperor and the Empress preparing to deal with Shrek in support of Wei Na.

• Xiao Xiao planted Phantom Fragrance Orchid seeds across Sunset Forest, while Yuwen Tuo and Ling Luochen nurtured them with ice and fire power and Qiu'er lent them the Auspicious Beast's Destiny Power.
• After three months of tending the seeds, the group saw the Phantom Fragrance Orchids begin to sprout and help restore the forest's fortune.
• Xue Mo's pro-Shrek faction and Wei Na's new government faction continued their struggle for the Heavenly Soul throne, while Wei Na rejected assassination and a violent takeover to avoid devastating the empire.
• Yuwen Tuo agreed to let Wei Na pursue her own solution, but resolved to destroy Shrek by force if she could not resolve the conflict herself.
• Snow Heart Emperor told the Empress that the time had come to deal with Shrek, and she pledged to support him for Wei Na and the Heaven Dou Empire.

Snow Heart Emperor and the Body Sect leaders discussed Shrek’s pressure on the Heaven Dou Empire, while Xue Mo knelt outside the Imperial Study to seek approval for their memorial. Meanwhile, Yuwen Tuo left Sunset Forest for the Sun Moon Empire, entrusting the newly planted seeds to the three women.

• Snow Heart Emperor returned from court furious that officials were urging him to fund Shrek Academy’s reconstruction, and Yun Yi, Miao Xin, and Lu Si appeared to advise him.
• Lu Si demanded compensation over Ao Tian’s marriage into the imperial family, and Yun Yi warned that Shrek would soon try to force Snow Heart Emperor’s abdication.
• Snow Heart Emperor ordered Xue Mo to kneel outside the Imperial Study, and Ning Yun persuaded the prince to endure the insult while pursuing approval for their memorial.
• Xue Mo knelt outside the Imperial Study and resolved not to move until Snow Heart Emperor summoned him.
• Yuwen Tuo left Xiao Xiao, Ling Luochen, and Yuwen Qiu to guard the seeds in Sunset Forest and flew toward the Sun Moon Empire.

Xue Mo confronted the Snow Heart Emperor over his support for Wei Na and discovered that Yuwen Tuo was alive and three Body Sect Titled Douluo were waiting in the Imperial Study. Ning Yun revealed that he had only pretended to support Xue Mo on the emperor’s orders, leaving Xue Mo surrounded as he tried to persuade Ning Yun to change sides.

• The Snow Heart Emperor summoned Xue Mo after making him kneel until night and criticized him for relying on Shrek to claim the throne.
• Xue Mo argued that Wei Na’s support from the Body Sect and Yuwen Tuo had given her an unfair advantage, and the Snow Heart Emperor admitted that those allies had influenced his choice.
• The Snow Heart Emperor revealed that Yuwen Tuo was alive, and Xue Mo realized his father might not let him leave the Imperial Study alive.
• God Brain Douluo, Mind Douluo, and God Finger Douluo appeared, while the Snow Heart Emperor declared that Shrek had to be destroyed.
• Ning Yun used his Seven Treasures Glazed Tile Pagoda against the Body Sect Titled Douluo, then revealed that he had served the Snow Heart Emperor all along to draw Shrek-aligned court factions together.
• Surrounded by four Titled Douluo, Xue Mo warned that killing the court factions would plunge the empire into chaos and urged Ning Yun to serve him sincerely.

Ning Yun explained why he joined forces with the Snow Heart Emperor: Shrek’s control of talent had weakened his sect, and Shrek had also turned his daughter Ning Tian into a son. The Snow Heart Emperor and Ning Yun then had the Body Sect’s three experts begin making Xue Mo their puppet.

• Ning Yun said he hated Shrek for monopolizing talent and forcing the Nine Treasures Glazed Tile School into seclusion.
• Ning Yun complained that Shrek had returned Ning Tian to him as a son, and the Snow Heart Emperor comforted him.
• Xue Mo realized his father probably did not intend to kill him, but the Snow Heart Emperor said he would sacrifice even his son for the empire’s cause.
• The Snow Heart Emperor ordered Lu Si, Miao Xin, and Yun Yi to act on Xue Mo.
• Lu Si, Miao Xin, and Yun Yi used soul, mind, and memory-control skills together to turn Xue Mo into their puppet.

Yun Yi altered Xue Mo’s memories so he would carry out Snow Heart Emperor’s plan to use the Sun Moon Empire against Shrek. Yuwen Tuo flew toward Mingdu, where Meng Hongchen kept his old room ready for him, and Jing Hongchen’s compass suggested he was already inside Illustrious Virtue Hall.

• Yun Yi changed Xue Mo’s memories, and Xue Mo pledged to secretly collude with the Sun Moon Empire against Shrek.
• Xue Mo warned Snow Heart Emperor that the plan could cost Heaven Dou Empire territory and might require the Emperor himself to die; Snow Heart Emperor said Yuwen Tuo would handle the rest.
• Yuwen Tuo flew toward Mingdu, postponing an attack on the Holy Spirit Cult so he could use the Sun Moon Empire against Shrek without revealing that he was alive.
• Meng Hongchen tended the room Yuwen Tuo had once used in Illustrious Virtue Hall, while Xiao Hongchen teased her about her devotion to him.
• Jing Hongchen checked his compass and said its reaction made it seem that Yuwen Tuo was inside Illustrious Virtue Hall.

Yuwen Tuo revealed himself to the Hongchen family after using his Mental Power to evade their senses, and reassured Meng Hongchen that he was alive. He then asked Jing Hongchen to join the coming war between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Sun Moon Empire.

• Meng Hongchen mistook the compass’s signal for proof that Yuwen Tuo was nearby, though she and her family could not see him.
• Yuwen Tuo ended his concealment and startled Xiao Hongchen, while Meng Hongchen embraced him and feared he was a ghost.
• Jing Hongchen confirmed that Yuwen Tuo was alive, and Meng Hongchen checked that he was real before happily clinging to him.
• Yuwen Tuo explained that his Mental Power had deceived the family’s senses and described Jing Hongchen’s weaknesses without Soul Tools.
• Yuwen Tuo asked Jing Hongchen to join the war that might soon break out between the Heaven Dou Empire and the Sun Moon Empire.

Yuwen Tuo asked Jing Hongchen to restrain the Sun Moon Empire’s forces from harming civilians during the coming war and persuaded him with reason, the Fire God Sword, and personal deference. Jing Hongchen agreed, and Yuwen Tuo offered to tempt him with the prospect of becoming a Rank 10 Soul Engineer.

• Jing Hongchen rejected Yuwen Tuo’s request to betray the Sun Moon Empire but agreed to hear him out after Yuwen Tuo restored the shattered table.
• Yuwen Tuo asked Jing Hongchen to prevent massacres and civilian suffering if the Sun Moon Empire entered the Heaven Dou Empire, promising to restrain his own side in return.
• Jing Hongchen questioned how the Sun Moon Empire could break through while Yuwen Tuo remained alive, so Yuwen Tuo revealed the Fire God Sword and his progress through seven of the Nine Ordeals of a God.
• Yuwen Tuo warned that he could defeat the continent’s opposition by force, but framed his request as a plea to reduce casualties.
• Jing Hongchen agreed after recognizing Yuwen Tuo’s appeals to reason, intimidation, and emotion, and Yuwen Tuo offered to help him become a Rank 10 Soul Engineer.

After securing Jing Hongchen’s cooperation by offering a path toward becoming a Rank 10 Soul Engineer, Yuwen Tuo left the Sun Moon Empire. Wu Yan then secretly entered Mingdu and asked Ye Yulin to arrange a meeting with the emperor, seeking Sun Moon Empire cooperation on Prince Xue Mo’s behalf.

• Yuwen Tuo offered Jing Hongchen a Ten Thousand Year Immortal Ginseng prescription to help him break through to Level Ninety-Five and promised further help after the Sun Moon Empire surrendered.
• Yuwen Tuo left the Sun Moon Empire, and Wu Yan arrived near the imperial palace at midnight and was spotted by its aerial detection Soul Tool.
• Ye Yulin confronted Wu Yan, who revealed his identity as the Heaven Dou Empire’s Red Dragon Douluo and said he had come under Prince Xue Mo’s orders to seek cooperation.
• Wu Yan explained that Xue Mo faced a powerful rival in Princess Wei Na, and Ye Yulin agreed to take him to meet the Sun Moon Empire’s emperor.

Wu Yan offered Xu Guozhong an alliance on behalf of Prince Xue Mo, promising that the Heaven Dou Empire would become a vassal state of the Sun Moon Empire in exchange for help securing the throne. He presented Tianling City and three other cities as the first token of allegiance, then revealed that the second was Du Busi’s life.

• Wu Yan told Xu Guozhong that Xue Mo would submit the Heaven Dou Empire as a vassal state if the Sun Moon Empire helped him eliminate Princess Wei Na and seize the throne.
• Wu Yan presented a map showing a route from Maple Leaf City to Tianling City, and Kong Deming explained the strategic value of the four cities.
• Wu Yan assured Xu Guozhong and Kong Deming that the offer was genuine and described how occupying the cities in sequence would protect the Sun Moon Empire’s supply route.
• Xu Guozhong hesitated over the offer, then asked Wu Yan to explain the second token of allegiance.
• Wu Yan declared that Xue Mo was offering the life of Du Busi, shocking Xu Guozhong, Kong Deming, and Ye Yulin.

Wu Yan persuaded the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders to cooperate with Tianhun in a plan to lure and kill Du Busi, and Kong Deming prepared to use a powerful soul tool array. As officials debated the invasion, Jing Hongchen concealed that Yuwen Tuo was still alive and volunteered to lead the advance into Maple Leaf City.

• Wu Yan described Ning Yun’s plan to Xu Guozhong, Ye Yulin, and Kong Deming, promising the Sun Moon Empire an opportunity to kill Du Busi in Tianling City.
• Xu Guozhong agreed to guarantee the Tianhun prince’s throne if he carried out the plan, and Wu Yan departed.
• Ye Yulin supported the gamble, while Kong Deming insisted he would handle Du Busi himself using the High-Energy Compression Array Soul Tool.
• Xu Guozhong summoned key officials, including Jing Hongchen, to discuss the plan, and most favored sending troops.
• Jing Hongchen chose not to reveal that Yuwen Tuo was alive and volunteered to lead the First Soul Engineer Legion into Maple Leaf City.

Jing Hongchen volunteered to lead the Sun Moon Empire’s advance into Maple Leaf City as part of Yuwen Tuo’s plan to seize Tianling City. Meanwhile, Shrek Academy began rebuilding, though Huo Yuhao doubted Yuwen Tuo was dead and Bei Bei worried about finding Xiao Ya.

• Jing Hongchen urged Xu Guozhong to seize Tianling City and volunteered to command the vanguard, while Xu Guozhong assigned him thirty thousand troops and Illustrious Virtue Hall’s Soul Engineer Legion.
• Jing Hongchen accepted the order, intending to follow Yuwen Tuo’s plan and avoid provoking him, while the Sun Moon Empire prepared a larger force to support the advance.
• Shrek Academy’s ruins were being rebuilt with funding from the Heavenly Soul treasury, and Yan Shaozhe vowed to restore the academy’s glory.
• Huo Yuhao said he suspected Yuwen Tuo had survived, so Tang Wutong proposed helping him reach rank 80 before returning to the Clear Sky Sect to check on the divine trial.
• Bei Bei insisted Yuwen Tuo could not have survived the blast and focused on finding Xiao Ya, whom Long Xiaoyao had promised to return.

Jing Hongchen led Sun Moon Empire troops into Maple Leaf City and secured it, while Kong Deming ordered them to wait before advancing. At the Eastern Army Group, Wei Na felt uneasy and wondered about Yuwen Tuo’s plans, then learned he was helping restore Sunset Forest.

• Jing Hongchen cautiously led the Sun Moon Empire army through Maple Leaf Forest and entered Maple Leaf City after Wu Yan welcomed him and his detection Soul Tools found no danger.
• Jing Hongchen sealed Maple Leaf City, restricted civilian movement, and established defenses before reporting to Kong Deming.
• Kong Deming, reassured that Xue Mo intended to submit, ordered Jing Hongchen to hold the city for three days before advancing.
• Wei Na told Long Aotian she felt uneasy and questioned why Yuwen Tuo had not acted against the Shrek survivors.
• Long Aotian said Yuwen Tuo and his companions were farming, and Wei Na understood that he was helping restore Sunset Forest and atone for the Body Sect’s past actions.

As the Sun Moon Empire’s forces advanced toward Tianling City, Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming prepared the next stage of their plan. Du Busi and disguised Yuwen Tuo entered the city under the pretense of helping defend it, leaving Kong Deming poised to strike.

• Jing Hongchen and Kong Deming discussed Xue Mo’s cooperation and the Sun Moon Empire’s plans after capturing Tianling City.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s four hundred thousand troops entered the Immediate Horse Plains, and the Heavenly Soul Imperial Court received news of the invasion.
• Snow Heart Emperor approved Jiang Yuan’s proposal to seek Body Crown’s help defending Tianling City and to summon reinforcements.
• Du Busi set out with the Body Sect’s vice sect master and disciples, including Yuwen Tuo in disguise, to fake their deaths as part of the plan.
• A Body Sect disciple announced their arrival, and Tianling City’s defending officer opened the gates to welcome Du Busi and his group.
• Kong Deming watched Du Busi enter Tianling City and prepared to eliminate the Sun Moon Empire’s great enemy.

Kong Deming lured Du Busi and the Body Sect into an empty Tianling City and trapped them inside the Sun Moon Empire’s High-Energy Compression Array Soul Tool. The chapter ended with Kong Deming firing the array at Du Busi, who was injured while shielding himself.

• Jing Hongchen evacuated Tianling City’s civilians and used Mimic Soul Tools to make the city gates appear crowded, while Yuwen Tuo’s plan relied on avoiding harm to innocents.
• Du Busi led the Body Sect into Tianling City, discovered the streets beyond the gates were empty, and ordered everyone to leave.
• Kong Deming revealed that Prince Xue Mo had helped spread false reports to lure Du Busi into the city, then activated the High-Energy Compression Array Soul Tool and surrounded the area with a barrier.
• Kong Deming deployed over twelve hundred soul engineers and attacked Du Busi, who told Jin Peng to protect the Body Sect disciples.
• Kong Deming used the array’s scepter to unleash a massive seven-colored beam, and Du Busi was wounded while defending against it.

Du Busi revealed Diamond Fourth Awakening as the Sun Moon Empire’s Soul Engineers unleashed their full power against him and the Body Sect. Kong Deming destroyed Jin Peng and the others, then concentrated the High-Energy Compression Array’s ultimate attack on Du Busi, whose aura vanished in the blast.

• Du Busi used Diamond Fourth Awakening to resist the High-Energy Compression Array while Kong Deming ordered the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Legion to attack.
• Jin Peng protected the Body Sect disciples with Undying Golden Body, but Kong Deming’s black ray outlasted it and killed everyone caught in the blast.
• Du Busi attacked the Soul Engineer Legion with Death Feast, but Kong Deming blocked it with the Silver Moon Divine Light Shroud.
• Kong Deming used the four High-Energy Compression Array Soul Tools to blast Du Busi and activate their ultimate strike beneath Tianling City.
• After the compressed explosion dissipated, Du Busi had vanished without a trace, and everyone believed he was dead.