Chapter Summaries

Snow Empress infiltrated a heavily guarded underground warehouse and collected its valuable Rare Metals while disabling its defenses. She reached a hidden arsenal room and discovered a Ninth-Grade Fixed Soul Guidance Shell.

• Snow Empress used Ice Crystal Keys to open a concealed door leading to the second-level warehouse.
• Snow Empress froze a Soul Saint guard before he could raise the alarm.
• Snow Empress disabled the alarm systems and collected all the Rare Metals on the second level.
• Snow Empress entered the third-level arsenal and passed its rows of weapons and ammunition.
• Snow Empress opened a hidden room and found a Ninth-Grade Fixed Soul Guidance Shell.

The Snow Empress looted several secret vaults in the Sun Moon Empire’s palace, then joined Du Busi and the Body Sect as they set out to infiltrate it. Meanwhile, Ju Zi left Xu Tianran’s study, and an unidentified powerful figure appeared above it, triggering the palace guards’ alarm.

• The Snow Empress marked a Ninth-Grade Fixed Soul Guidance Shell with icy patterns and collected it and other valuables from several hidden storage vaults.
• The Snow Empress met Du Busi and warned that powerful auras in the imperial palace could overwhelm him without her help.
• Du Busi led dozens of Body Sect experts toward a scouted secret tunnel to the imperial palace.
• Xu Tianran told Ju Zi to make Lin You completely his, and Ju Zi left the study after waiting for the right moment.
• An aged figure appeared above Xu Tianran’s study, and palace guards rushed to surround it as Xu Tianran demanded to know what had happened.

Du Busi and the Snow Empress confronted Long Xiaoyao and Kong Deming above Xu Tianran’s study, then a hidden blast devastated the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial palace. The palace collapsed and erupted in flames, leaving Mingdu in chaos.

• Du Busi appeared before Long Xiaoyao and threatened him after mocking him for serving as a watchdog.
• Kong Deming detected the Snow Empress’s arrival, and she appeared beside Du Busi.
• Du Busi declared that the time was right, and Kong Deming sensed a growing energy surge beneath the palace.
• Kong Deming rushed to stop the impending disaster, but the palace grounds sank and a chain of explosions engulfed the complex.
• Long Xiaoyao struggled to defend himself as the blast tore apart the imperial palace, while residents across Mingdu awoke in terror.

A devastating explosion destroyed the Sun Moon Empire’s palace, injuring Long Xiaoyao, Du Busi, and Snow Empress. Long Xiaoyao demanded they settle their conflict in the sky, but Du Busi blamed the destruction on the Empire’s own Ninth-Grade Fixed Soul Guidance Shells and left Long Xiaoyao speechless.

• Long Xiaoyao surveyed the palace reduced to a crater and realized the explosion could have killed even him at its center.
• Du Busi and Snow Empress emerged from the smoke and formed a standoff with Long Xiaoyao.
• Long Xiaoyao invoked the rule that Title Douluo must settle their disputes in the sky to protect ordinary people.
• Du Busi denied attacking the mundane world and claimed the palace had been destroyed by the Sun Moon Empire’s own Ninth-Grade Fixed Soul Guidance Shells, which he had taken from its secret warehouse.
• Long Xiaoyao could not refute Du Busi’s accusation and silently questioned which side he belonged to.

Kong Deming emerged from the palace ruins to find the emperor and most of the imperial household dead, with Crown Prince Xu Tianran barely alive. As Kong Deming fought Du Busi in the sky while Long Xiaoyao and Snow Empress clashed nearby, a majestic light descended over the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.

• Kong Deming rescued the severely injured Xu Tianran from the palace ruins and discovered that the emperor and the other palace residents had been killed.
• Kong Deming attacked Du Busi, and Long Xiaoyao and Snow Empress led the fighting high above Mingdu to spare the city further destruction.
• Long Xiaoyao transformed into the Dark Holy Dragon and fought Snow Empress, while Du Busi and Kong Deming battled in their transformed forms.
• The explosion and its shock waves alarmed the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, where instructors prepared to go to the palace.
• A gentle but majestic radiance descended from the sky and enveloped the entire academy.

Mu En suppressed the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s experts, claiming he had come to protect his students. At the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters, Beast God Di Tian’s overwhelming presence forced most of the cult to kneel, while Ye Xishui confronted him.

• Mu En appeared above the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and immobilized its experts with his Limit Douluo pressure.
• Mu En told Jing Hongchen that he had come to protect his students and asked the academy’s people to remain calm.
• Jing Hongchen accused Mu En of planning his arrival and struggled to decide how to respond.
• Beast God Di Tian entered the Holy Spirit Cult headquarters and forced nearly everyone there to kneel beneath his pressure.
• Ye Xishui, Zhongli Wu, and Feng Ling resisted Di Tian’s pressure as Ye Xishui addressed him.

Di Tian invaded the Holy Spirit Cult to avenge the Soul Beasts it had slaughtered and to protect the Soul Beast race’s future, overwhelming Ye Xishui with his power. As battle loomed, Xuan Zi and Yan Shaozhe arrived, with Yan Shaozhe declaring that the Holy Spirit Cult Master was his opponent.

• Di Tian unleashed his pressure in the Holy Spirit Cult’s hall, crushing Ye Xishui’s resistance and incapacitating many Evil Soul Masters.
• Di Tian confronted Ye Xishui over the Holy Spirit Cult’s slaughter and enslavement of Soul Beasts, including a Hundred-Thousand-Year Bone Dragon.
• Zhongli Wu challenged Di Tian and declared that the Holy Spirit Cult would join forces to defeat and refine him.
• Di Tian explained that the Holy Spirit Cult’s Evil Soul Secret Technique threatened the Soul Spirit System and the Soul Beast race’s future, so he intended to eradicate the cult.
• Xuan Zi charged into the Devil Forest, followed by Yan Shaozhe, whose Power of Light cleared the miasma.
• Yan Shaozhe appeared before the group and declared that the Holy Spirit Cult Master was his opponent.

Di Tian, Shrek Academy, and allied Soul Masters launched a battle against the Holy Spirit Cult in Devil Forest, while Lin You’s Resentment Detectors helped coordinate a nationwide assault on the cult’s hidden branches. The fighting spread across the Sun Moon Empire as the conflict against the Evil Soul Masters escalated.

• Yan Shaozhe arrived with Shrek Academy’s Sea God Pavilion elders, and Feng Ling recognized him with hatred over the past that had transformed her Martial Soul.
• Di Tian and Ye Xishui clashed in Devil Forest, where Di Tian evaded her Death God Tower’s attacks using his mastery of spatial power.
• Xuan Zi attacked Zhongli Wu, while Yan Shaozhe and Feng Ling fought with their opposing Light Phoenix and Evil Phoenix flames.
• Shrek’s elders and allied Title Douluo fought the Holy Spirit Cult’s other elders across Devil Forest.
• Soul Masters used Lin You’s Resentment Detectors to locate and raid hidden Holy Spirit Cult strongholds in cities throughout the Sun Moon Empire.

Xu He revealed his identity and rallied the Sky Splitting Soul Engineer Corps against Xu Tianran, while Song Yi prepared to march on Mingdu. At the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy, Lin You exposed the former emperor’s murder and announced Xu He’s return, with Ju Zi confirming his account.

• Xu He removed his disguise at the Sky Splitting Soul Engineer Corps’ base and called on the soldiers to punish Xu Tianran and restore the rightful line.
• Shi Xuan and the Sky Splitting Soul Engineer Corps pledged to follow Xu He and set out to act against the traitors.
• Song Yi received word of Xu He’s revelation and ordered Dongyang City’s guards and willing Soul Masters to march to Mingdu.
• Jing Hongchen tried to break out of the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy while Mu En suppressed its top combatants.
• Lin You told the academy that Xu Tianran had murdered the previous emperor with the Holy Spirit Cult and that Xu He had returned to settle the blood debt.
• Ju Zi arrived beside Lin You and confirmed that his claims were true.

Ju Zi denounced the Sun Moon Empire’s rulers and rallied Soul Engineers behind Xu He by promising reform and doubled research funding, while Lin You protected her from Jing Hongchen. At the ruined imperial palace, Xu Tianran awoke to the destruction, then collapsed from his injuries and grief.

• Ju Zi accused the royal family of tyranny and described how its rule had destroyed ordinary families.
• Jing Hongchen attacked Ju Zi, but Lin You shielded her, and Mu En restrained Jing Hongchen.
• Ju Zi promised that Xu He would eradicate the Holy Spirit Cult and double the academy’s research funding, winning the Soul Engineers’ support.
• Lin You publicly guaranteed Xu He’s promises as Jing Hongchen suspected Shrek Academy of plotting to overthrow the imperial rule.
• Xu Tianran awoke among the palace ruins, saw the destruction, and lost consciousness again after crying out in grief and rage.

The Body Sect and its allies attacked the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial palace as battles erupted across Mingdu. Long Xiaoyao fled after sensing Mu En’s return, while forces on both sides moved against the city’s military and strategic targets.

• Kong Deming fought Du Busi to a standstill above the palace ruins, while Snow Empress clashed with Long Xiaoyao.
• Long Xiaoyao sensed Mu En’s powerful aura rising from the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy and fled rather than risk facing him alongside Snow Empress and Du Busi.
• Mingdu’s alarms sounded as Ninth Level Soul Guidance Device Masters and the royal Soul Engineer Corps rushed to reinforce the imperial palace.
• Du Busi ordered the Body Sect experts to block the reinforcements, and Golden Body Douluo led disciples against the approaching Soul Guidance Device Masters.
• Sky Sun Douluo, Star Shattering Douluo, and Xuanji Douluo split off to attack the academy, research institutions, and other concentrations of talent.

Mu En blocked Ye Yulin and Jing Hongchen’s attacks at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy while Lin You and Ju Zi fought Dean Lin Jiayi below. The students watched the confrontation, uncertain whether to side with the academy’s authority or believe Lin You.

• Ye Yulin attacked Mu En with the Sun Moon Divine Needle, but Mu En stopped it with his golden light.
• Jing Hongchen joined Ye Yulin’s assault with his ninth Soul Ring and the academy’s cannons, but Mu En’s Light Domain dissolved their attacks.
• Lin Jiayi attacked Lin You and Ju Zi with several soul guidance devices, and Ju Zi used exploding oranges to fill the area with smoke.
• Lin You guided Ju Zi through Lin Jiayi’s attacks, then struck Lin Jiayi with a tungsten warhammer and forced him back.
• The smoke cleared as Lin You and Ju Zi stood together, while the watching students remained divided over whom to believe.

Lin You subdued Lin Jiayi while Mu En defeated Ye Yulin and Jing Hongchen in Shrek Academy’s attack. Mu En accused the Sun Moon Empire of collaborating with Evil Soul Masters in front of its students, leaving Jing Hongchen shocked and his authority under threat.

• Lin You pierced Lin Jiayi’s Soul Guidance shield, paralyzed him with the Calcium Element, and knocked him unconscious.
• Mu En used his Light Domain to weaken Ye Yulin and Jing Hongchen’s weapons, then struck them down with a giant golden hand.
• Jing Hongchen accused Shrek Academy of declaring war on the Sun Moon Empire and vowed the empire would never submit.
• Mu En defended Shrek’s actions by accusing the Sun Moon Empire of sheltering and cooperating with Evil Soul Masters.
• Jing Hongchen realized Mu En had exposed the empire’s secret cooperation to the students, undermining his standing.

Mu En’s accusations and a clash of overwhelming powers deepened suspicion toward Jing Hongchen, but experts from the three nations then attacked the academy’s students. Lin You stepped in and stopped Earth Splitting Demonic Bear Douluo’s strike with his sword.

• Mu En accused Jing Hongchen of sheltering Long Xiaoyao, a Limit Douluo and Holy Spirit Cult elder, while students watched the palace ruins.
• Icy-blue and dark forces clashed above the ruins, and the dark presence fled, prompting students to doubt Jing Hongchen.
• Jing Hongchen concluded that Shrek Academy had orchestrated the attack and exposure to destroy his standing.
• Sky Sun Douluo, Star Shattering Douluo, and other experts from the three nations arrived and announced their intent to kill the academy’s students.
• Earth Splitting Demonic Bear Douluo attacked the students, but Lin You blocked his strike with a metal longsword.

Mu En stopped the allied Title Douluo from slaughtering the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy’s students and teachers after the academy’s defense shield broke. The attackers hesitated under his command, while Jing Hongchen began to reassess his hatred of Mu En.

• The combined attack of the Title Douluo shattered the academy’s Ninth Level Linked Defense Soul Guidance Shield, leaving its students and teachers exposed.
• Ye Yulin fought Sky Sun Douluo with the Sun Moon Divine Needles while other attackers threatened the academy’s students and staff.
• Mu En released a vast Power of Light that drove back the attackers, healed the wounded, and restored their Soul Power.
• Mu En declared that he had not come to kill and ordered the allied Douluo not to attack the academy.
• The Star Luo Empire and Dou Ling Empire’s Title Douluo tried to justify their orders, but they hesitated to defy Mu En.
• Jing Hongchen, watching Mu En protect the academy, felt his hatred diminish and a trace of admiration emerge.

Lin You and Mu En stopped the three nations’ Douluo from harming innocent people at the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy. Nana then begged Lin You to rescue her parents’ souls from a Holy Spirit Cult altar, and Mu En sent them off to deal with it.

• Lin You condemned the three nations’ indiscriminate killing and declared Shrek Academy would protect the academy’s teachers and students.
• Mu En endorsed Lin You’s position and warned the three nations’ Douluo that they would remain in Mingdu under his watch.
• Nana knelt before Lin You and asked him to save her parents, whose souls the Holy Spirit Cult had imprisoned and tortured at a branch altar.
• Lin You agreed to help Nana and asked Mu En for permission to leave; Mu En enveloped them in golden light and sent them on their way.

Lin You and Nana escaped Mingdu’s blockade and reached the Holy Spirit Cult’s hidden Sacred Altar, where Lin You neutralized its guards. They entered the underground chamber, but Lin You noticed his strength had increased again after knocking out two Evil Soul Masters.

• Nana told Lin You the Sacred Altar was beneath a Holy Spirit Cult branch in a cluster of black-roofed houses west of the city.
• Lin You and Nana bypassed the City Guard Soul Engineer Corps blockade by phasing underground and resurfacing beyond its detection range.
• Lin You altered the air in the factory to incapacitate three Evil Soul Masters, then found the hidden entrance to the underground altar.
• Lin You knocked out two Soul Ancestor-level Evil Soul Masters guarding the altar entrance.
• Lin You realized his strength had increased again after striking the guards.

Lin You freed the souls imprisoned beneath the Sacred Altar, allowing Nana and the Sacred Servants to reunite with their loved ones. When he returned to the academy, he found that the Snow Empress had brought back the battered Xu Tianran, leaving the Sun Moon Empire’s Crown Prince in their custody.

• Lin You broke open the Sacred Altar’s bronze door and released the imprisoned souls.
• Nana reunited with her parents’ souls, and the freed Sacred Servants thanked Lin You and pledged to help oppose the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Lin You settled Nana and the others in safer areas of Mingdu, then returned to the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Lin You saw that Mu En’s presence had subdued the Title Douluo from the three nations and that the academy’s teachers and students had gathered around the platform.
• The Snow Empress held the battered Xu Tianran, explaining that she had found him in the palace ruins after he woke and tried to flee.

Lin You exposed Xu Tianran’s betrayal of the empire and his collusion with Evil Soul Masters, while Ju Zi turned away from him and Snow Empress restrained him. As the Royal Soul Engineer Corps arrived at Shrek Academy, Snow Empress left to confront them.

• Xu Tianran woke in Snow Empress’s grasp, recognized Ju Zi, and accused her of betraying him.
• Snow Empress froze Xu Tianran’s mouth when he threatened Ju Zi, and Lin You condemned him for conspiring with Evil Soul Masters and presented evidence of his crimes.
• Lin You revealed that Xu He was alive and returning to reclaim the throne, shocking Xu Tianran into furious disbelief.
• Ye Yulin announced that the Royal Soul Engineer Corps had arrived outside the academy, and Snow Empress dropped Xu Tianran to the ground before vanishing toward the gates.

Snow Empress swiftly ended the threat outside Mingdu, and Xu He entered the city to claim his place as the Sun Moon Empire’s ruler. Mu En confronted Kong Deming over the empire’s alliance with the Holy Spirit Cult and demanded that he choose whether to recognize Xu He’s claim.

• Snow Empress returned after freezing the Soul Engineer Corps and its weapons, and the turmoil in Mingdu subsided under Shrek Academy’s intervention.
• Xu He led the Sky Splitting Soul Engineer Corps into Mingdu and arrived at Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Academy.
• Kong Deming descended to meet Mu En, and Xu He’s arrival ended his doubts about Shrek Academy’s purpose.
• Mu En questioned Kong Deming about the Sun Moon Empire’s ties to the Holy Spirit Cult, and Kong Deming argued that the empire had sought unconventional aid to survive among stronger rivals.
• The Douluos from the three nations departed after realizing Shrek Academy intended to support Xu He rather than weaken the Sun Moon Empire.
• Mu En asked Kong Deming to recognize Xu He as the late emperor’s eldest legitimate son and give his answer.