Sun Moon Empire

Biodata

Government and Political Landscape

• The empire is ruled by an imperial house whose direct bloodline is identified through the inherited Sun Martial Soul; its collateral branches hold far lower status. 13
• The imperial court is unstable following an earlier palace coup. Crown Prince Xu Tianran, who lost the use of his legs in an assassination attempt, has eliminated or outlasted rival princes while securing his position. 15 18
• Xu Tianran views talented royal descendants as threats to his succession. After learning of Ye Chenxing’s claimed royal blood and dual ultimate attributes, he orders indirect action against him through outside forces. 18
• The Hall of Consecration, led by Kong Deming, can counterbalance the throne. Kong’s authority, ties to the imperial family, and influence over Rank Nine Soul Engineers make him effectively untouchable in Ming Capital. 17 39
• Kong Deming distinguishes loyalty to the empire from loyalty to any individual ruler; he is willing to oppose imperial factions that endanger the nation’s future. 17 39
• The empire’s upper ranks may be infiltrated by organized evil soul masters, whose alliance with Xu Tianran is particularly dangerous because Ultimate Light naturally restrains them. 20 39
• Kong publicly warned every imperial prince that cooperation with outside forces against the empire or harm to Ye Chenxing, whom he considers a cornerstone of the empire’s future, would invite his personal intervention. 39
• Xu Tianran considers Star Tower’s civilian projects a political threat, believing that Ye Chenxing is using imperial resources and popular support to establish a rival power base. He sends Ju Zi to infiltrate the organization and report on its activities. 56
• The Holy Spirit Cult has not yet fully penetrated the empire as it did in the original timeline. Apart from Xu Tianran’s faction, the empire has become more hostile toward evil soul masters following Ye Chenxing’s arrival and Kong Deming’s early emergence from seclusion. 56
• The Holy Spirit Cult maintains a covert Ming Capital branch with a small number of core operatives, coerced members, peripheral agents, and at least one known Soul Saint-level elder. 56
• The Xishui Alliance operates as an underworld organization within the empire while covertly serving as a public-facing affiliate of the Holy Spirit Cult. 99

History and National Identity

The empire retains a collective grievance over the ancient war following the collision of the continents. Its people remember defeat, territorial concessions, and the forced renaming of their ancestral Sun Moon Continent as Douluo Continent. 16 42

This historical humiliation is central to academy instruction and national identity. Students are taught that soul tools are the means by which the Sun Moon Empire can surpass the former Three Douluo Kingdoms. 42

• The empire’s conflict with the former Three Douluo Kingdoms remains unresolved; open war is restrained by the opposing side’s top-level combatants and Shrek Academy’s strength. 39
• Within three years, the empire is expected to launch a major offensive against the former Three Douluo Kingdoms. 49
• The empire’s military advantage lies in soul-guide technology, though it is comparatively weaker in top-tier martial-soul experts and lacks experience raising ultimate-attribute soul masters. 14 20
• Despite the expected conflict, trade and travel between the Sun Moon Empire and the former Three Douluo Kingdoms continue publicly, as none of the states has yet openly abandoned diplomatic restraint. 80
• The empire’s technological reserves of rare metals and systematic soul-tool knowledge have increasingly reshaped the continent’s economy, placing traditional commercial powers at a substantial disadvantage. 90
• Shrek Academy remains a major source of national resentment. Jing Hongchen regards the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament as an opportunity to challenge Shrek’s longstanding dominance over the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. 89 95

Soul Engineering

The Sun Moon Empire possesses the continent’s most advanced soul-engineering technology, with Ming Capital serving as its technological center. 12 14

Illustrious Virtue Hall

• Illustrious Virtue Hall controls much of the empire’s soul-tool infrastructure and is led by Rank Nine Soul Engineer Jing Hongchen. 15 17
• Its facilities include confidential testing chambers, advanced experimental districts, classified equipment, and underground laboratories for high-level Soul Engineer examinations. 14 16 44 48
• The hall provides elite students with access to high-grade defensive devices, flying soul tools, rare metals, research resources, and technical expertise. 24 41
• Jing Hongchen and his family attempt to remain politically neutral because their technological importance makes involvement in succession disputes dangerous. 15
• Following an earlier information leak concerning Ye Chenxing’s assessment, Jing Hongchen purged suspected spies from his subordinates and personally assisted with Ye’s top-secret Soul Engineer examination. 48
• The hall has committed expanded personnel, funding, and technical resources to Star Tower, including additional support for its continent-wide civilian development plans. 49 89

Hall of Consecration

• The Hall of Consecration is led by Kong Deming, the empire’s foremost Soul Engineer and a Rank Ten Soul Engineer. 17 39
• Kong personally protects Ye Chenxing after accepting him as a disciple, publicly warning the imperial princes against harming the empire’s future. 19 39
• The hall’s authority allows Kong to shield exceptional talent from court factions and direct imperial interference. 17 19
• Kong is recognized as the mentor or guiding influence behind virtually every Rank Nine Soul Engineer in the empire and is regarded as the father of its Rank Nine Soul Engineers. 39 51
• Kong convened nearly all of the empire’s highest-ranking Soul Engineers for a rare lecture before publicly endorsing Ye Chenxing and Star Tower. 51 52

Soul-Tool Development

• Soul tools are regarded as both military assets and the foundation of the empire’s technological superiority. 42 43
• High-altitude and long-range soul-guide research is an especially demanding, underappreciated specialization; Ye Yulin is its only Rank Nine specialist. 46
• The empire has pursued advanced concepts including autonomous devices, artificial soul rings, alternative energy sources, and high-altitude communications, though many remain beyond current materials and engineering capability. 43 44 50
• Ye Chenxing’s Soul-Control Tool Machine demonstrates the potential for standardized mass production of Soul Guide Devices, including weapons such as Fixed Soul Guidance Cannons. 48 49
• The Soul-Control Tool Machine can automatically manufacture standardized components after its core-formation pathways are entered in advance. Its initial form can mass-produce first- through fourth-grade Soul Guide Devices, while a completed sixth-grade module is intended to manufacture devices one major rank below its own level. 48
• Ye Chenxing’s modification of Ye Yulin’s Sun God Needle can operate during both day and night. Ye Yulin renamed the improved Rank Five device the Sun-Moon Needle and acknowledged it as superior to his original Rank Nine design. 45 50
• Ye Chenxing has proposed a Soul Guide Satellite for high-altitude orbital communications, a long-term relay device intended to expand the empire’s communication capabilities beyond conventional range limitations. 50
• Star Tower has developed or introduced wind-and-solar energy conversion and Sealed Milk Bottle technology capable of supplying Soul Power to civilian Soul Guide Devices without requiring a soul master as the direct energy source. 80 84

Education

Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy

The Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy is the empire’s foremost institution for training soul masters and Soul Engineers. Its enrollment day in Ming Capital displays both its high standards and entrenched social hierarchy. 12

• Commoner applicants queue outside, while nobles use a separate VIP registration area. 12
• The academy divides training primarily into theory and practical application. 42
• Its Soul Duel District is built within the Experimental District and uses high-strength barriers and energy-absorbing metal because students regularly employ destructive Soul Guide Devices. 44
• Freshman Class One is reserved for elite students; Jing Hongchen directly assigns Ye Chenxing, Qian Renxue, Xiao Hongchen, and Meng Hongchen to it after their delayed enrollment. 42
• Dean of Instruction Lin Jiayi, a Rank Eight Soul Engineer, oversees Class One and promotes both military and civilian applications of soul-guide technology. 42 43
• The academy’s upper floor contains sealed classrooms and facilities reserved for the empire’s highest-ranking Soul Engineers and specialized instruction. 51
• Gu Yuena, Gu Yeqiu, and Gu Yue later enter the academy under concealed or exceptional circumstances, further increasing the concentration of prodigies associated with Ye Chenxing. 86 95
• The academy’s established hierarchy has been disrupted by the new students. Xiao Hongchen, formerly regarded as its foremost young genius, falls to fifth place behind Ye Chenxing, Gu Yuena, Gu Yeqiu, and Meng Hongchen. 86
• Jing Hongchen approves a seven-member team of Ye Chenxing, Gu Yuena, Gu Yeqiu, Gu Yue, Qian Renxue, Meng Hongchen, and Xiao Hongchen for the upcoming Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament. 95

Social Structure

• Soul masters occupy a privileged position above ordinary citizens, while noble birth and official recommendations further affect access to education and influence. 12
• The imperial surname is Xu; clans such as the Wang branch rely on distant imperial connections and marriage ties rather than direct succession rights. 12 13
• A direct Sun Martial Soul is accepted as absolute proof of imperial ancestry, granting its wielder overwhelming political status. 13
• The empire offers soul-engineering advancement to people with soul power even when their martial-soul talent is limited, allowing effort and technical study to supplement cultivation potential. 49
• Ye Chenxing identifies domestic inequality and social pressure as factors strengthening the empire’s pro-war faction. 49
• The widespread use of cultivation medicines is a defining feature of the empire’s Soul Engineer-centered culture. Although this can rapidly increase Soul Power, it may leave hidden instability in a soul master’s foundation. 94
• Star Tower’s low-cost rentals, trial services, recharging stations, and medical branches have begun extending advanced Soul Guide Devices and treatment to commoners and low-level soul masters. 55
• The prospect of allowing civilians without soul power to use Soul Guide Devices threatens established distinctions between nobles, soul masters, and ordinary people, making Star Tower’s work politically sensitive. 49 80

Star Tower

Star Tower is an independent civilian-oriented soul-engineering organization proposed and named by Ye Chenxing, with Kong Deming’s backing. 49 50

• Its headquarters is to be established in Ming Capital’s outer city so that it can appear politically independent and operate in a commercially diverse environment. 50
• Star Tower is intended to distribute soul-guide technology throughout the continent rather than function as an openly state-controlled Sun Moon institution. 50
• Its planned focus includes medical, communication, entertainment, energy, and other civilian Soul Guide Devices. 49
• Ye Chenxing intends to research sealed energy sources and alternative power systems so civilians without soul power can use soul tools. 49
• The organization is explicitly meant to avoid prioritizing military mass production despite the Soul-Control Tool Machine’s potential wartime value. 49
• Kong Deming, Jing Hongchen, and Ye Yulin are among Star Tower’s earliest and most important supporters. Kong personally recruited leading Soul Engineers by offering immediate consecrated-elder status with broad autonomy. 52
• Xu Ping became the organization’s fifth recorded member after unexpectedly volunteering to join Kong Deming’s initiative. 52
• Star Tower selects its core members personally and restricts them from simultaneously belonging to other organizations, while ordinary members may retain outside affiliations. Its core membership is intended for Soul Engineers who genuinely support civilian Soul Tool development. 55
• Within three months of its establishment, Star Tower built branches in Ming Capital’s surrounding cities and released civilian products including Qi-Blood Scanners, Soul Guide Game Consoles, Soul Guide Vehicles, and Soul Guide Communicators. 55
• Its business model charges high-level soul masters and nobles premium prices while offering commoners and low-level soul masters inexpensive rentals, in-tower experiences, recharging, and treatment services. 55
• The organization refuses to produce warfare-oriented Soul Guide Devices even though its alternative-energy technology could allow ordinary people to operate powerful equipment. 80
• Star Tower’s medical services have become credible enough to attract patients from the former Three Douluo Kingdoms, including Jiang Nannan, who chooses to bring her terminally ill mother to Ming Capital for treatment rather than submit to the Xuanming Sect’s coercion. 80
• The Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect accepted Star Tower’s conditions for cooperation after receiving proof that the organization possesses an Aromatic Silk Beauty Immortal Herb petal. The sect must follow Star Tower’s sales structure, avoid exploiting commoners through inflated prices, and refrain from using its own name to dominate the partnership. 84 90
• Star Tower has continued expanding through the Star Luo and Heavenly Soul Empires, while its progress in the more conservative Dou Ling Empire remains limited. 98
• Ye Chenxing views the organization’s continental expansion as a means of improving civilian life, reducing militarism, reshaping public opinion, and gathering Faith Power for his future path to godhood. 49 89

Story Role and Major Arcs

Ye Chenxing’s Entry into Ming Capital

Ye Chenxing and Qian Renxue arrive in Ming Capital to enroll at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy. Ye uses Angel-derived Ultimate Fire and Ultimate Light to disguise his true Six-Winged Angel Martial Soul as a Sun Martial Soul, allowing him to claim the identity of a lost imperial descendant. 12 14

The deception grants him immediate protection and access to elite resources, while his displayed dual ultimate attributes shock the academy and Illustrious Virtue Hall. 13 14 16

Protection Under Kong Deming

Kong Deming accepts Ye as his disciple after Ye rejects the imperial throne in favor of pursuing godhood and personal cultivation. Kong then orders the imperial clan informed of Ye’s discipleship while keeping his dual-ultimate nature confidential. 19

This protection turns Ye into a politically sensitive figure: too valuable for the empire to ignore, yet dangerous to Xu Tianran’s claim to the throne. 18 19

Assassination Crisis

Xu Tianran spreads news of an Ultimate Light wielder in Ming Capital, leading to an ambush by Holy Spirit Cult forces in the Jingyang Mountain Range. 18 36

After Ye survives and kills Soul Douluo Zhongli Ren, Kong publicly threatens every prince against harming his disciple or cooperating with outsiders against the empire. 36 39

The assassination attempt exposes the danger posed by the Holy Spirit Cult’s covert presence in Ming Capital. Ye later uses Star Tower recruitment to identify and interrogate Nana, a coerced cult operative, gaining intelligence on the local branch’s structure and limited strength. 56

Technological Development

Ye’s ideas on civilian technology, automated production, and future soul-guide innovation transform how the empire’s leading engineers view him. 43 48

Kong Deming, Jing Hongchen, and Ye Yulin recognize that Ye’s Soul-Control Tool Machine could rapidly alter both the empire’s industrial capacity and the balance of the coming war. Ye instead directs its intended use toward civilian development through Star Tower. 48 49 50

Ye’s Sun-Moon Needle, alternative-energy concepts, Soul Guide Satellite proposal, and comprehensive understanding of civilian Soul Tools establish him as an innovator whose ideas extend beyond the current limits of imperial research. 45 50

Star Tower’s Expansion

With the support of Kong Deming, Illustrious Virtue Hall, and multiple Rank Nine Soul Engineers, Star Tower rapidly develops from a proposal into a growing civilian organization with branches, rental services, medical treatment, and accessible Soul Guide Devices. 52 55

Its independence allows it to expand beyond the Sun Moon Empire, but this same influence alarms Xu Tianran and attracts the attention of traditional powers such as the Nine Treasure Glazed Tile Sect. 56 84 90

Tournament Preparations

Jing Hongchen seeks to use the Continental Advanced Soul Master Academy Soul Fighting Tournament to promote Star Tower and challenge Shrek Academy’s longstanding suppression of Sun Moon Empire teams. 89

Although Jing initially favors treating Ye Chenxing’s group as a reserve team for safety, Ye insists on preparing them to contend with Shrek’s main force within a year. The resulting seven-member academy team becomes a symbol of the empire’s new generation of martial-soul and Soul Engineer talent. 95

Notable Figures

• Kong Deming — Master of the Hall of Consecration, Rank Ten Soul Engineer, and Ye Chenxing’s mentor; prioritizes the empire’s stability and technological future over imperial succession. 17 19 39
• Jing Hongchen — Master of Illustrious Virtue Hall and Rank Nine Soul Engineer; supplies resources and protection for Ye Chenxing while managing the empire’s most important soul-tool institution. 16 24
• Lin Jiayi — Dean of Instruction at the Sun Moon Imperial Soul Engineering Academy and a Rank Eight Soul Engineer. 13 42
• Xu Tianran — Crown Prince whose political position is threatened by Ye Chenxing’s claimed imperial ancestry and exceptional talent. 18 39
• Ye Yulin — Rank Nine Soul Engineer specializing in high-altitude and long-range Soul Guide Devices; creator of the original Sun God Needle. 45 46
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen — Jing Hongchen’s grandchildren and academy prodigies, with soul powers of Rank 36 and Rank 35 respectively at age eleven. 13
• Ye Chenxing — Kong Deming’s disciple, a claimed imperial descendant, Rank Six Soul Engineer, founder of Star Tower, and the empire’s most politically significant young prodigy. 19 49 52
• Xu Ping — Deputy commander of the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Corps and an early Star Tower member who assists the organization’s growth. 36 52
• Ju Zi — Xu Tianran’s subordinate and covert Star Tower recruit whose loyalty to the crown prince is transactional and tied to her personal pursuit of revenge against the Star Luo Empire. 38 56
• Nana — A former coerced Holy Spirit Cult operative exposed by Ye Chenxing during Star Tower recruitment; she later serves as Star Tower’s Heavenly Soul supervisor and negotiator. 56 84 90
• Qiangu Dongfeng — A Star Tower subordinate responsible for reporting on the organization’s expansion and resistance across the former Three Douluo Kingdoms. 98 99