Chapter Summaries

After Qian Xunzong investigated the Radiant Sun Imperial Palace and discovered a Level-97 Peak Douluo, the Radiant Sun Empire invited him to the Crimson Sun Sacred Tower for a lecture. He dismissed Chu Qianji’s teaching as basic and took up a Soul-Breaking Sword to explain his own perspective.

• Qian Xunzong told Xinghe that the palace held a Level-97 Peak Douluo and many Soul Engineers, and they agreed to avoid further investigation for now.
• Palace guards escorted Qian Xunzong to the Crimson Sun Sacred Tower, where he met fellow tournament winners Su Youqi and Chu Nianyao.
• Chu Qianji lectured the three winners on innovation and progress in Soul Tool creation.
• Qian Xunzong grew bored, then told Chu Qianji that his teachings were old clichés and too basic.
• At Chu Qianji’s invitation, Qian Xunzong picked up a Level-Six Soul-Breaking Sword to discuss his own ideas.

Qian Xunzong demonstrated how to transform the Soul-Breaking Sword into a Peak Level-Six Soul Tool, earning the Crimson Sun Sacred Tower’s admiration before heading to its Library Pavilion. There, he discovered an ancient book advocating that Soul Tools should improve ordinary people’s lives, and he wondered who in the Radiant Sun Empire had written it.

• Qian Xunzong identified the Soul-Breaking Sword’s inefficient formations and explained how minor changes could greatly improve its power.
• Qian Xunzong modified the sword, and Chu Qianji tested it by cutting through the trial rock wall with a single slash.
• Chu Qianji praised Qian Xunzong and allowed him and the others to study freely in the Sacred Tower’s Library Pavilion, forging rooms, and trial grounds.
• Qian Xunzong left the lecture hall and searched the Library Pavilion for clues about the Radiant Sun Empire.
• Qian Xunzong found and read an ancient book arguing that Soul Tools should benefit ordinary people and be used throughout daily life.

Qian Xunzong explained how Soul Tools could benefit ordinary people and identified the technical and social obstacles to achieving that goal, astonishing a mysterious woman who met his gaze before leaving. Meanwhile, Chu Qianji and two vice tower lords examined a sword Qian Xunzong had upgraded and were amazed by his skill.

• A mysterious woman asked Qian Xunzong what he admired about a book's philosophy, and he praised its vision of using Soul Tools to serve ordinary people.
• Qian Xunzong identified Soul Power requirements and entrenched prejudices as the main barriers to making Soul Tools accessible to commoners.
• The woman praised Qian Xunzong's insight, then exchanged a startled look with him before departing; he wondered why she felt familiar.
• Chu Qianji showed Xu Qingdao and Wu Qiumeng a Soul-Breaking Sword that Qian Xunzong had improved from beginner to peak Level Six.
• Xu Qingdao and Wu Qiumeng examined the sword's formation and praised Qian Xunzong as a rare genius.

A veiled woman in the Radiant Sun Imperial Palace learned that the young Soul Tool tournament champion was Qian Xunzong, whose name and appearance stirred memories of her past. She arranged to open a lecture hall at the Crimson Sun Sacred Tower the next day, leaving its masters preparing a small gathering that would include Qian Xunzong.

• The veiled woman remembered Little Six while reading an old book, and Qian Daoliu separately looked at the moon and spoke of their son.
• The woman ordered Muyou to investigate the young man she had seen, and Muyou reported that he was the tournament champion and a gifted Peak Level-Six Soul Engineer.
• When Muyou revealed the young man's name was Qian Xunzong, the woman demanded details about his background and ordered a fuller investigation within one day.
• The woman told Muyou to arrange a lecture hall at the tower for the following day, prompting Muyou to inform Chu Qianji and the other tower masters.
• Chu Qianji and the others decided to limit attendance to twenty elders with Level-Seven and Level-Eight bottlenecks and to bring Qian Xunzong to the lecture.

Qian Xunzong attended a lecture by the continent’s foremost Peak Level-Nine Soul Engineer and was invited to help her create a Level-Nine Soul Tool. After he claimed he would engrave its core array, she defended him from the protesting elders, who left the hall under Chu Qianji’s warning.

• Qian Xunzong checked in at the Crimson Sun Sacred Tower and gained Peak Level-Nine Soul Engineer abilities from the system.
• The mysterious woman lectured on the Myriad Tribulations Heaven-Burning Cannon and the Void World-Suppressing Disk, then invited Qian Xunzong to help create a Level-Nine Soul Tool.
• The woman rebuked the elders who objected to Qian Xunzong’s participation, and Qian Xunzong accepted her invitation.
• The woman chose to make an offensive tower-shaped Soul Tool, and Qian Xunzong volunteered to engrave its Level-Nine Core Soul Tool Array while she handled the materials.
• The elders protested again, but the woman ordered them out and Chu Qianji warned them to leave; they departed in disgrace.

Qian Xunzong and the mysterious woman worked in perfect coordination to create a Level-9 Peak Soul Tool, which he named the Nine Luminaries Firmament Tower and left at the Crimson Sun Sacred Tower. After five days of work, the hungry Qian Xunzong went with the woman when she invited him to eat.

• The mysterious woman lent Qian Xunzong her supreme engraving knife, Vast Starry Sky, and he began engraving Level-9 formations with astonishing skill.
• The woman refined materials while Qian Xunzong engraved formations, and their flawless teamwork amazed the Soul Engineers watching.
• Chu Qianji secretly brought the expelled Peak Level-Eight Soul Engineers back to observe quietly.
• After five days of work and several hours of assembly, Qian Xunzong and the woman completed a nine-tiered Level-9 Peak Soul Tool.
• The woman offered the treasure to Qian Xunzong, who named it the Nine Luminaries Firmament Tower and left it with Chu Qianji at the Crimson Sun Sacred Tower.
• Qian Xunzong grew hungry, and the woman took him with her to eat.

Qian Xunzong revealed that he came from Douluo Continent and identified himself as Xu Yanqiu’s son, reuniting with her after fifteen years apart. In the Radiant Sun Imperial Palace’s Forbidden Ground, Xu Yanqiu welcomed him, learned how he had crossed the sea, and heard him thank Muyou for protecting her.

• Xu Yanqiu received Muyou’s investigation report, which confirmed that Qian Xunzong had appeared from beyond the sea with no traceable history on the Sun and Moon Continent.
• Qian Xunzong told Xu Yanqiu that he came from Douluo Continent, then showed her his Six-Winged Angel pendant and identified himself as Qian Daoliu’s son and Spirit Hall’s pontiff.
• Xu Yanqiu recognized Qian Xunzong as her son, embraced him, and reunited with him after fifteen years apart.
• Qian Xunzong explained that Xinghe Douluo had accompanied him across the sea, and Xu Yanqiu asked after Qian Daoliu and Qian Xunji.
• Qian Xunzong admitted that he had been the intruder who broke into the imperial palace, and Xu Yanqiu scolded him for taking the risk.
• Muyou apologized for trying to stop Qian Xunzong, and Xu Yanqiu explained that Muyou had once been a Spirit Hall elder who risked her life to protect her; Qian Xunzong thanked her.

Xu Yanqiu told Qian Xunzong how war and a sea voyage had separated her from him, and how she later took control of the Radiant Sun Empire. After Qian Xunzong rejected her offer to make him emperor, she decided to move toward unifying the Sun and Moon Continent and summoned the emperor.

• Qian Xunzong explained that a reclusive soul tool family had trained him and that a Level-9 warship had carried him across the sea.
• Xu Yanqiu recounted her capture during a rebellion, her escape across the sea, her rescue by Sea God Island, and her return to the Sun and Moon Continent after her imperial family’s jade pendant shattered.
• Xu Yanqiu described how she helped stabilize the Radiant Sun Empire and placed four Level-9 Soul Engineer disciples in control of its intelligence, military, soul tool resources, and influence in the Bright Moon Empire.
• Xu Yanqiu offered Qian Xunzong the throne, then proposed conquering the Bright Moon Empire and unifying the continent; he warned that an unjustified invasion could make them appear tyrannical.
• Xu Yanqiu decided to pursue unification anyway and ordered Muyou to summon the Radiant Sun Emperor to the forbidden pavilion.

Xu Yanqiu revealed that Qian Xunzong was her biological son and ordered Emperor Xu Qingxuan to conquer the Bright Moon Empire so Qian Xunzong could rule a unified continent. Xu Qingxuan accepted the order and left the pavilion to prepare for war, knowing he would eventually give up the throne.

• Xu Qingxuan entered Qingning Pavilion and was shocked to find Qian Xunzong there.
• Xu Yanqiu told Xu Qingxuan that Qian Xunzong was her biological son.
• Xu Yanqiu reminded Xu Qingxuan that she had placed him on the throne and announced that Qian Xunzong would inherit a unified empire.
• Xu Yanqiu ordered Xu Qingxuan to mobilize the army and have Grand Marshal Long Wushuang lead a campaign against the Bright Moon Empire.
• Xu Qingxuan agreed to the two-year plan and accepted that he would become an idle prince after Qian Xunzong ascended the new throne.
• Xu Qingxuan left the pavilion under orders to keep the plan secret and prepare the campaign.

Xu Yanqiu explained that she controlled Xu Qingxuan and would prevent him from disrupting the transition of power. Qian Xunzong gave her a customized Four-Word Battle Armor, which she named Scarlet Luan Golden Wings, and its power healed her old injuries and strengthened her.

• Qian Xunzong asked whether Xu Qingxuan resented giving up the throne, and Xu Yanqiu said she controlled his court, military, and informants and could kill him if he rebelled.
• Xu Yanqiu gave Qian Xunzong her treasured Starry Sky Engraving Knife, and he accepted it as a gift from his mother.
• Qian Xunzong used the system to generate a Four-Word Battle Armor customized with light, fire, and holy attributes for Xu Yanqiu.
• Xu Yanqiu bound the armor with her blood and named it Scarlet Luan Golden Wings.
• Scarlet Luan Golden Wings healed Xu Yanqiu's old injuries, loosened her cultivation bottleneck, and greatly increased her strength.

After being forced to surrender the throne, Xu Qingxuan vented his fury in the palace and then ordered preparations for war against the Bright Moon Empire. He left the chapter exhausted and resigned as Jinyou carried the two imperial decrees away.

• Xu Qingxuan raged over losing the throne after fourteen years of rule, swept the imperial desk to the floor, and collapsed onto the dragon throne.
• Xu Qingxuan summoned Jinyou and ordered Long Wushuang to prepare the border army to attack the Bright Moon Empire’s passes within a month.
• Jinyou warned Xu Qingxuan that war would bring ruin, but Xu Qingxuan insisted that he draft the decree.
• Xu Qingxuan ordered Ye Qiulian to prepare large-scale war Soul Tools and send them to the border camps within a month.
• Jinyou sealed and dispatched both decrees, while Xu Qingxuan remained slumped on the throne, exhausted and resigned.

Qian Xunzong reunited Xu Yanqiu with Xinghe in Radiant Sun City as the Radiant Sun Empire issued a decree to prepare for war against the Bright Moon Empire. Ye Qiulian and Long Wushuang mobilized the Soul Tool Association and border army, leaving the empire poised to launch a full-scale offensive.

• Qian Xunzong introduced Xu Yanqiu and Muyou to Xinghe, who joyfully recognized Xu Yanqiu and welcomed her reunion.
• A palace decree ordered Ye Qiulian to prepare war Soul Tools within one month and support an attack on the Bright Moon Empire's three great passes.
• Ye Qiulian mobilized the Soul Tool Association's workshops, Soul Engineers, and resources for urgent war production.
• Long Wushuang received the imperial decree and ordered the border army to prepare weapons, supplies, equipment, and battle plans.
• The Radiant Sun Empire began coordinating its military, workshops, and logistics for a full-scale war.

Long Wushuang led a million Radiant Sun Empire soldiers in a surprise attack on the Bright Moon Empire’s border, bombarding Zhenyue Pass. After receiving an urgent report, the Bright Moon Emperor ordered Ruo Rufeng to lead one hundred thousand imperial guards to reinforce the threatened frontier.

• Long Wushuang ordered the million-strong Radiant Sun army to march on the Bright Moon Three Passes without declaring war.
• The complacent defenders at Zhenyue Pass panicked as the Radiant Sun army arrived and opened a massive Soul Cannon bombardment.
• A border messenger reported the invasion and Zhenyue Pass’s imminent fall to the Bright Moon Emperor in the Golden Hall.
• The Chancellor urged the Emperor to dispatch Ruo Rufeng and mobilize provincial garrisons as reinforcements.
• The Bright Moon Emperor granted Ruo Rufeng command of the frontline, and Ruo Rufeng left to lead one hundred thousand imperial guards toward the border.

The Radiant Sun Empire’s army swiftly captured Zhenyue Pass and launched a devastating assault on Canglan Pass, overwhelming its defenses with superior soul-tool artillery. As Canglan Pass neared collapse, Ruo Rufeng rushed toward the southern border with 100,000 Imperial City Guards, but the reinforcements were still far away.

• Long Wushuang ordered his million-strong army to leave Zhenyue Pass and advance on Canglan Pass after capturing the first pass in less than half a day.
• Canglan Pass’s commander prepared the defenders and ordered five Level-Eight Fixed-Mount Soul Cannons and thirteen Level-Seven Fortification Soul Cannons to fire on the approaching army.
• Long Wushuang’s Level-Eight Anti-Air Interception Soul Cannons destroyed every Bright Moon artillery strike before it could reach the Radiant Sun army.
• Long Wushuang ordered a saturation bombardment with Level-Eight Chain Soul Cannons, shattering Canglan Pass’s defensive barrier and devastating its walls and defenders.
• Ruo Rufeng led 100,000 Imperial City Guards toward the southern border, while Canglan Pass remained on the verge of collapse.

Long Wushuang’s Radiant Sun army captured Canglan Pass and Luoxia Pass, completing the fall of all three southern passes. As Bright Moon gathered more than a million troops, the two empires settled into a bloody stalemate, and urgent reports reached Radiant Sun Imperial City.

• Long Wushuang ordered the Radiant Sun army to storm Canglan Pass, which fell after half an hour of battle.
• Long Wushuang led the assault on Luoxia Pass, and his army breached its northern gate on the fifth day, completing the capture of all three passes.
• Long Wushuang halted his advance and fortified his position when Bright Moon reinforcements converged on Luoxia Pass.
• Bright Moon Marshal Ruo Rufeng ordered his armies to fight in rotation, while Long Wushuang chose to wear down Bright Moon’s supplies, morale, and reinforcements rather than seek a decisive battle.
• Both empires amassed more than a million troops around Luoxia Pass as the fighting devolved into a prolonged stalemate, and urgent border reports reached Radiant Sun Imperial City.

Xu Qingxuan ordered Radiant Sun’s forces to secure supplies and hold their positions as Bright Moon mobilized for a prolonged war. Qian Xunzong saw that Bright Moon City was poorly defended and left to carry out a plan to threaten the capital with forces of his own.

• Xu Qingxuan learned that Long Wushuang had captured three passes and that Bright Moon had gathered more than seven hundred thousand reinforcements.
• Xu Qingxuan ordered nationwide provision mobilization, increased Soul Tool Workshop production, and instructed Long Wushuang to hold the line rather than seek a decisive battle.
• Xu Yanqiu told Qian Xunzong that Bright Moon had nearly a million troops at the border but fewer than twenty thousand defenders in Bright Moon City.
• Qian Xunzong proposed besieging Bright Moon City, arguing that the capital’s vulnerability could force Kong Qianqiu to surrender or risk losing the empire.
• Despite Xu Yanqiu’s doubts about finding enough troops, Qian Xunzong said he had his own methods and left to threaten Bright Moon’s imperial rule.

Qian Xunzong entered Bright Moon City with seven Soul Engineers and demanded that Kong Qianqiu surrender, then withdrew after his men killed hundreds of Imperial Guards. That night, he prepared to summon an army outside the city.

• Qian Xunzong gathered two Level-9 Soul Engineers and five Level-Eight Soul Engineers, then flew openly to Bright Moon City.
• Qian Xunzong demanded Kong Qianqiu surrender the imperial seal and abolish imperial authority, giving him one day to decide.
• Kong Qianqiu ordered the Imperial Guards to seize Qian Xunzong, but Han Luo, Su Xuan, and the other Soul Engineers killed hundreds of guards as Qian Xunzong departed.
• Kong Qianqiu placed Bright Moon City under martial law and summoned officials to discuss the threat.
• Qian Xunzong landed outside Bright Moon City that night and ordered the System to summon an army to besiege it.

Qian Xunzong surrounded Bright Moon City with a million troops and forced its court to surrender, capturing Kong Qianqiu and taking the Imperial Jade Seal. He left troops to occupy the city and headed back to the Radiant Sun Imperial City, planning for Long Wushuang to end the border standoff.

• Qian Xunzong summoned more than a million armored soldiers from System Space and surrounded Bright Moon City.
• Kong Qianqiu called an emergency court session after learning the city was encircled, and Han Luo demanded surrender on Qian Xunzong's behalf.
• Bright Moon's officials and generals seized Kong Qianqiu, stripped him of his Soul Power, and agreed to surrender the city.
• The prime minister handed Qian Xunzong the Imperial Jade Seal, and Qian Xunzong demanded that the officials surrender ninety percent of their family assets.
• Qian Xunzong left three hundred thousand troops to guard Bright Moon City and took the remaining troops back into System Space as he headed toward the Radiant Sun Imperial City.
• Qian Xunzong said Long Wushuang would make his entrance and end the border standoff, though the two armies there still did not know Bright Moon City had fallen.

At the northern border, Long Wushuang received news that Bright Moon’s capital had fallen and the dynasty had surrendered, while Ruo Rufeng struggled to keep his soldiers fighting. A bloodied messenger arrived with urgent news from the capital, leaving Ruo Rufeng’s last hope shattered.

• Long Wushuang received Xu Yanqiu’s letter reporting that Bright Moon’s court had surrendered, Kong Qianqiu had been forced to abdicate, and the Imperial Jade Seal had fallen to Radiant Sun.
• Long Wushuang ordered his army to proclaim Bright Moon’s surrender, throwing Ruo Rufeng’s soldiers into confusion.
• Ruo Rufeng denounced the news as an enemy trick, rallied his troops with war drums, and ordered them to attack.
• Long Wushuang insisted that Bright Moon had truly fallen and explained how the court had surrendered the capital.
• A bloodied messenger arrived from the imperial capital and cried out that disaster had struck, shattering Ruo Rufeng’s remaining hope.

After learning that Bright Moon had fallen, Ruo Rufeng challenged Long Wushuang to a duel so his soldiers could surrender without further loss. Ruo Rufeng lost, entrusted his young son to Long Wushuang, and died by self-destruction; Long Wushuang ordered the fighting stopped and the fallen honored.

• A messenger told Ruo Rufeng that Bright Moon’s capital had fallen and its court had surrendered, leaving the army grief-stricken.
• Long Wushuang urged Ruo Rufeng to surrender, and Ruo Rufeng ordered his soldiers to lay down their weapons before challenging Long Wushuang to a duel.
• Ruo Rufeng and Long Wushuang removed their external aids and fought a prolonged battle, which Long Wushuang narrowly won.
• Ruo Rufeng entrusted his ten-year-old son to Long Wushuang, then destroyed his meridians, dantian, and Martial Soul and died declaring farewell to Bright Moon.
• Long Wushuang ordered all troops to cease hostilities and called for Ruo Rufeng and the fallen soldiers to receive honorable burials.