Recaps

Yongye attacked Leng Xiyue but Xiao Bai took control of her body and drove him off, allowing him to escape with Luo Yuanji. Afterward, Leng Xiyue ordered the defeated forces and battlefield remains collected for Psionic Energy Experience, while wondering how Yongye had earned merit despite leading the Eternal Night Council.

• Leng Xiyue teleported away from Yongye’s attack, but his Light Cone shattered her Golden Body until Xiao Bai possessed her and halted the strike.
• Xiao Bai spent two hundred thousand Psionic Energy Experience to wound Yongye, who introduced himself before escaping with the frozen Luo Yuanji and badly injuring Long Tianhe.
• Xiao Bai explained that Yongye had little baleful aura and considerable merit, while Leng Xiyue questioned why the leader of the Eternal Night Council had earned it.
• Leng Xiyue ordered Tian Meng and the others to subdue the Puppet Legion and collect the battlefield remains for conversion into Psionic Energy Experience.
• Leng Xiyue absorbed the remains of thirteen Titled Douluo, gaining 1.6 million Psionic Energy Experience and anticipating that the remaining spoils might help Xiao Bai form a new body.

Leng Xiyue collected Psionic Energy Experience from the battlefield, triggering a system upgrade, and began creating a Second Martial Soul for Xiao Bai. While the system and Xiao Bai continued their work, Leng Xiyue dreamed of a mysterious woman who looked like her and woke as the upgrade neared completion.

• Leng Xiyue and Xiao Bai harvested Psionic Energy Experience from the battlefield until the system consumed thirty million for a one-day upgrade, leaving Leng Xiyue with seven million.
• Leng Xiyue and Xiao Bai decided to create a Second Martial Soul for Xiao Bai, allocating five million Psionic Energy Experience to it and the rest to Leng Xiyue and the two empresses.
• Xiao Bai inscribed a silver Soul Mark on Leng Xiyue's chest and told her to sleep while she completed the remaining work during the system upgrade.
• Leng Xiyue dreamed of a woman who resembled an older version of herself, who urged her to rebuild what they had once achieved and told her to take good care of someone.
• Leng Xiyue woke in her Soul Space after twenty-two hours and heard the system speak as its upgrade neared completion.

Leng Xiyue received an Ancient Protoss infrastructure pack and learned from Xiao Bai how its rewards could support development in the Northern Land. As they traveled toward Extreme Ice City, Leng Xiyue planned new defenses and infrastructure for the region.

• Leng Xiyue opened the system upgrade pack and received an Ancient Protoss Nexus, Probius, two High Templar, and 20,000 Minerals.
• Leng Xiyue reunited with Xiao Bai, who told her that Tian Meng and the others had occupied Extreme Ice City.
• Leng Xiyue and Xiao Bai boarded a Main Battle Tank driven by a Puppet and set off for Extreme Ice City.
• Xiao Bai explained that the Nexus could support civilization-level development, Probius was a celebrated hero, Minerals could build Protoss infrastructure, and the High Templar could manage regional affairs.
• Leng Xiyue planned to replace the old Bunkers with new fortifications and build a reinforced-concrete wall separating the Northern Province from the Heaven Dou Empire.
• Tian Meng had brainwashed more than one and a half million prisoners, who would be reorganized into the Northern Land's army, while Leng Xiyue's stored crops could feed them.

Leng Xiyue entered the liberated Extreme Ice City, where its people hailed her as their savior, and Huang Yan persuaded her to accept the crown as Northern Province’s empress. She ascended the altar before a vast crowd and prepared to address them, leaving her speech and the destruction of the Demon God's statue for what followed.

• Leng Xiyue arrived in Extreme Ice City amid celebrations as people mourned their losses and welcomed the liberation.
• Huang Yan urged Leng Xiyue to accept the crown, arguing that her rule would reassure the people, and she agreed to be enthroned.
• Huang Yan revealed that the ceremonial robes and crown had been found in the Governor's Residence and arranged a procession to Central Square.
• Leng Xiyue learned that the altar had been used for the Governor's Residence's rituals and was told to speak to the people and destroy the Demon God's statue.
• Leng Xiyue climbed the altar as the crowd cheered, looked over the city's prosperity and poverty, and raised her hands to begin her address.

Leng Xiyue declared the Northern Province independent as the Jiuzhou Empire, crowned herself its first emperor, and urged its people to stand as free citizens rather than kneel to her. After the coronation, she went to the former Governor’s Residence, now prepared as her palace.

• Leng Xiyue explained how she had fought the Governor’s Residence and praised the Northern Land’s people for building factories and supporting the war effort.
• Leng Xiyue announced the founding of the Jiuzhou Empire and declared herself its first emperor, then shattered the statue symbolizing the Governor’s rule.
• The civilians knelt and cheered for Leng Xiyue, but she fired three shots and ordered them to stand, then urged them to choose their own work and live freely.
• Leng Xiyue described plans for a Senate and a consul to help govern the empire, while trusting Huang Yan to manage its affairs.
• Huang Yan escorted Leng Xiyue to the former Governor’s Residence, which had been cleaned and prepared as her palace.

Flender agreed to return to Shrek Academy with Leng Xiyue after the Jiuzhou Empire’s situation stabilized, while planning survival training for the students. Leng Xiyue then set out with Tian Meng and the others to inspect Black Demon Valley and choose a site for the Nexus.

• Flender accepted that Leng Xiyue would remain connected to Shrek Academy and considered entering the tournament through the Jiuzhou Empire.
• Leng Xiyue said she and Flender would return to Shrek after staying in the Northern Province for a few months, and Flender planned to take the students to the Far North for training.
• Leng Xiyue left with Tian Meng and the others to explore the treasure land behind the Governor’s Residence and select a location for the Nexus.
• Tian Meng described Black Demon Valley as an ancient battlefield burial ground filled with dense yin energy and the remains of at least fifty million people.
• The Snow Empress said Black Demon Valley predated her lifetime and that she had never ventured far inside because of its heavy yin energy.

Leng Xiyue used Probius to enter Black Demon Valley, where she uncovered the source of the Governor’s Residence’s Puppet Legion and decided to develop the valley as a Protoss base. After Probius sealed the hidden old monster away, Leng Xiyue began warping in a Nexus and considered the cost of expanding further.

• Xiao Bai advised Leng Xiyue to summon Probius, who purified the resentment blocking the way into Black Demon Valley and collected the metal granules it left behind.
• Tian Meng sensed a powerful being in the valley, and Xiao Bai explained that the hidden old monster had supplied the Governor’s Residence with souls and puppet soldiers for a thousand years.
• Leng Xiyue and the others found the old monster in a hut amid blood pools, and Probius sealed him inside a matrix.
• Probius showed Leng Xiyue a plan to develop Black Demon Valley with a Nexus, Assimilation Chambers, mining, farming, and automated defenses, and Leng Xiyue approved it.
• Leng Xiyue used her building card to begin warping in a Nexus atop the valley, then worried about the cost of additional facilities.

Qian Renxue received an urgent report about Leng Xiyue declaring the Northern Province independent as the Jiuzhou Empire and hurried to an imperial meeting. Xue Ye asked the assembled officials to decide how Heaven Dou should respond to the province’s secession.

• Lin Yun delivered an urgent dispatch from the Northern Fortress to Qian Renxue, who read it and rushed to the palace.
• Qian Renxue arrived at the imperial hall, where Xue Ye and the officials listened to Leng Xiyue’s coronation speech.
• Leng Xiyue declared that the Northern Province had become the independent Jiuzhou Empire and vowed to resist invaders and reject negotiations with Star Luo.
• The officials divided into factions as they considered whether Heaven Dou should pursue war or peace with the new empire.
• Xue Ye acknowledged that Heaven Dou’s neglect had led to the province’s secession and asked the officials to propose a response.

Xue Ye weighed Heaven Dou’s calls for war and peace against the risks of attacking the newly independent Jiuzhou Empire. Qian Renxue argued for negotiations and technological exchange, and Xue Ye appointed her to lead a delegation, leaving her focused on preserving peace long enough for Jiuzhou to develop.

• Heaven Dou’s war and peace factions argued over whether to attack Jiuzhou, while Xue Ye worried that the empire lacked intelligence about the destruction of the Governor’s Residence.
• Xue Ye asked Xue Qinghe for an opinion, and Qian Renxue endorsed negotiations and cooperation with Jiuzhou.
• General Gongsun challenged Qian Renxue, but she criticized the Military Department for lacking the intelligence needed to justify a war.
• Qian Renxue warned that war could expose Heaven Dou to attacks from Spirit Hall and the Star Luo Empire, and argued that the empire should learn Jiuzhou’s technology before considering conflict.
• Xue Ye agreed with Qian Renxue and appointed her to lead negotiations with Jiuzhou, ending the court session.
• Ning Fengzhi invited Qian Renxue to visit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and she accepted while resolving to preserve peace for Jiuzhou’s development.

Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi planned a peaceful trade with the Jiuzhou Empire to strengthen Heaven Dou, benefit the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect, and expand the Crown Prince Faction. The chapter ended with Ning Fengzhi explaining that Ning Rongrong had been training to visit Shrek Academy, though Leng Xiyue might not be there.

• Ning Fengzhi asked Qian Renxue how they should handle relations with the Jiuzhou Empire.
• Qian Renxue argued that force would fail and proposed treating the Jiuzhou Empire as an equal trading partner.
• Qian Renxue outlined a plan to buy weapons from the Jiuzhou Empire and sell it goods controlled by the Seven Treasure Glazed Tile Sect.
• Ning Fengzhi said he had prepared high-quality minerals and five special metals of rank eight or above as gifts for the first visit.
• Qian Renxue asked about Ning Rongrong, and Ning Fengzhi said she had been training to visit Shrek Academy, where Leng Xiyue might not be.

Leng Xiyue completed a Protoss base in Black Demon Valley and prepared to create a custom soul skill from Ice Empress’s soul ring. Ice Empress asked Snow Empress to kill her so the ring and soul bone would appear unclaimed, setting up a private confrontation between the two; Xiao Bai then revealed she could not remember whether she had ever pursued anyone herself.

• Leng Xiyue finished her Nexus, expanded its Pylon coverage across Black Demon Valley, deployed Probes and Photon Cannons, and began producing units and equipment through the Forges.
• Leng Xiyue raised her psionic energy level to the threshold of level forty and discussed Ice Empress’s soul ring with Xiao Bai.
• Ice Empress agreed to be killed rather than sacrifice herself so Leng Xiyue could customize her soul skill, and she requested that Snow Empress carry out the process.
• Xiao Bai stopped Leng Xiyue from following Snow Empress and explained that Ice Empress intended to use the moment to reveal her feelings and test Snow Empress’s love.
• Leng Xiyue asked whether anyone had pursued Xiao Bai, and Xiao Bai said no one had dared before wondering if she had once pursued someone herself.

The Ice Empress confessed her long-suppressed love for the Snow Empress and tried to let her soul vanish in the sunlight. The Snow Empress finally admitted her own love, sacrificed her body to save the Ice Empress, and left Leng Xiyue facing an unexpected breakthrough to Soul King.

• The Ice Empress sacrificed herself and appeared as a soul, then told the Snow Empress she had loved her for tens of thousands of years and was leaving for the sunlight.
• The Snow Empress realized the Ice Empress intended to die and rushed after her, but could not catch her in her elemental form.
• The Snow Empress struck her own chest to become a soul and pulled the Ice Empress back from the sunlight.
• The Snow Empress promised never to abandon the Ice Empress, and the two embraced as Leng Xiyue arrived.
• Leng Xiyue saw the empresses' soul rings and soul bones and concluded she would have to break through to Soul King to make use of them.

Leng Xiyue absorbed the Ice Empress's and Snow Empress's Soul Rings and Soul Bones, broke through to Soul King, and examined the new abilities and structures her system unlocked. As she prepared to test her powers, Tian Meng arrived with urgent news that Old Monster had awakened.

• Leng Xiyue absorbed the Ice Empress's Soul Ring and Soul Bone, then advanced to Soul King before absorbing the Snow Empress's Soul Ring.
• The system awarded Leng Xiyue Immobility Wave, Snow Empress's Three Absolutes, new missions, and access to the Ascension Tower, Stalker, Warp Prism, and Warp Gate.
• Leng Xiyue studied the Ascension Tower's evolution paths and learned how the new structures and warp functions worked.
• Leng Xiyue prepared to leave and test her new skills while Xiao Bai finished making bodies for the Ice Empress and Snow Empress.
• Tian Meng hurried to Leng Xiyue and announced that Old Monster had awakened.

Leng Xiyue and her companions trapped Jie Yun, a powerful otherworldly cultivator, and questioned him about his past and crimes. After Jie Yun tried to kill himself, Leng Xiyue stopped him, having decided there was a fitting place to send him.

• Leng Xiyue crashed while testing her Anti-Gravity Device, then flew over to question the trapped old man with Tian Meng and the others.
• Tian Meng warned Leng Xiyue that the old man could plunder souls and was as powerful as a Limit Douluo, so Leng Xiyue ordered Kaldalis to kill him.
• Jie Yun gave his name, described his Dou Qi cultivation, and explained that he had been swept from another world into this one.
• Leng Xiyue recognized Jie Yun as a member of the Hall of Souls and asked why he had never tried to return to his world.
• Jie Yun admitted that he had prolonged his life by exploiting people and enjoyed ruling over the valley, then pulled out a knife to kill himself.
• Leng Xiyue told Jie Yun to wait because she had thought of a place suited to him.

Leng Xiyue recruited Jie Yun to serve as a controlled warden in Slaughter City, then reassured Tian Meng as he came to accept that the Ice Empress and Snow Empress belonged together. The chapter ended with Tian Meng letting go of his long-held obsession and wishing the Ice Empress happiness.

• Leng Xiyue offered Jie Yun a position overseeing Slaughter City under her control, and Jie Yun agreed to serve her.
• Probius bound Jie Yun with Psionic Energy Chains, and Xiao Bai took him away to place further restrictions on him.
• Leng Xiyue noticed Tian Meng watching the Ice Empress and Snow Empress and asked whether he was all right.
• Tian Meng admitted his obsession with the Ice Empress had faded and thought the Ice Empress and Snow Empress were better suited to each other.
• Leng Xiyue reminded Tian Meng that he and the Ice Empress were human now and promised to find him a suitable wife.
• Tian Meng accepted Leng Xiyue's advice and smiled as he watched the Ice Empress and Snow Empress together.

Leng Xiyue prepared to return to Extreme Ice City after learning that delegations from Heaven Dou and Spirit Hall had arrived. There, Huang Yan showed Qian Renxue, Ning Fengzhi, and Xue Xing the thriving city and Jiuzhou Academy, ending by inviting them to observe Miho’s lecture on Sensha-dō.

• A Royal Guard captain summoned Leng Xiyue back to Extreme Ice City, and Leng Xiyue sent a Warp Prism ahead to test its transport function.
• Qian Renxue, Ning Fengzhi, and Prince Xue Xing toured Extreme Ice City with Huang Yan and saw its rebuilt neighborhoods, abundant supplies, and organized administration.
• Huang Yan explained how the Jiuzhou Empire used technology, factories, and centralized resource distribution to support the city and its people.
• Huang Yan took the delegation to Jiuzhou Academy, where nearly thirty thousand students had enrolled within two days of its opening.
• Huang Yan spoke with female students repairing a tank, learned that Miho was giving an open Sensha-dō lecture, and invited the delegation to attend.

Miho Nishizumi showed the Heaven Dou envoys around Jiuzhou Academy and explained its educational divisions and industrial strength. Leng Xiyue arrived by warp and greeted “Xue Qinghe,” leaving the visitors face-to-face with her.

• Huang Yan introduced Miho Nishizumi to Qian Renxue, Ning Fengzhi, and Xue Xing, who had arrived after her lecture ended.
• Qian Renxue asked why students could use armored vehicles, and Miho Nishizumi explained the academy’s rules and the Empire’s industrial advantage.
• Miho Nishizumi described the academy’s basic education, Soul Master, Soul Tool, Military, and Industrial divisions, prompting Ning Fengzhi to recognize the tournament team’s potential.
• Miho Nishizumi explained that the academy’s policies aimed to give ordinary people education and livelihoods, while many students still chose the Military Academy.
• Leng Xiyue arrived through a warp in an aircraft and greeted “Xue Qinghe” after stepping out of the transport.

Leng Xiyue presided over the Jiuzhou Empire’s recognition ceremony, while Qian Renxue secured a diplomatic victory for Heaven Dou at the palace gates. After Spirit Hall’s delegation departed, Leng Xiyue reunited warmly with Qian Renxue and invited her to spend the night.

• Ning Fengzhi and Qian Renxue arrived at the palace with Heaven Dou’s delegation as Spirit Hall’s delegation arrived at the same time.
• Qian Renxue challenged Yue Guan’s attempt to make Heaven Dou wait, citing the imperial family’s rights over the former Northern Province, and entered alongside Spirit Hall’s delegation.
• The Platinum Bishop presented Spirit Hall’s recognition of the Jiuzhou Empire, and Leng Xiyue signed treaties with Spirit Hall and Heaven Dou.
• Spirit Hall’s delegation departed after the signing, while Huang Yan and other officials stayed to negotiate with Heaven Dou’s representatives.
• Leng Xiyue and Qian Renxue reunited in private, and Leng Xiyue asked Qian Renxue to stay with her that night.

Leng Xiyue signed a twenty-year non-aggression treaty with Heaven Dou and negotiated trade in rifles, combat vehicles, and military advisers in exchange for resources. After settling the empire’s affairs, she told Qian Renxue she was ready to confront the continent’s Child of Destiny and the Divine Realm forces behind him.

• Ning Fengzhi proposed a twenty-year non-aggression treaty, and Leng Xiyue agreed before signing it with Qian Renxue and Ning Fengzhi.
• Leng Xiyue rejected Heaven Dou’s request to study Jiuzhou’s civilian industries but offered military exports and training in exchange for minerals, medicinal ingredients, and livestock.
• The parties agreed that Jiuzhou would export thirty thousand rifles and one thousand combat vehicles and send an Advisory Group to Heaven Dou.
• Heaven Dou agreed to pay with large quantities of high-quality minerals, which Leng Xiyue planned to use for future shipbuilding and military development.
• Late that night, Leng Xiyue told Qian Renxue she intended to face the continent’s Child of Destiny and the Divine Realm manipulators behind him.

Three months later, Tang San and Xiao Wu arrived in Suotuo City so Tang San could take an entrance exam at an academy chosen by Grandmaster. After exploring the prosperous city, they checked into the Star-Moon Hotel, where Tang San noticed merchants' excitement about the Nine Provinces Trade Guild.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu entered Suotuo City, and Xiao Wu complained that Grandmaster had sent them to take an exam at an unclassified academy.
• Tang San recalled that Spirit Hall's assassination attempt had left Grandmaster unable to walk and vowed revenge, though he planned to bide his time.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu ate and searched for lodging while Tang San observed the city's busy streets, patrols, and self-propelled steel vehicles.
• Xiao Wu chose the Star-Moon Hotel, and Tang San requested two rooms at the counter.
• Tang San overheard merchants discussing the Nine Provinces Trade Guild and remembered its name.

Tang San and Xiao Wu explored Suotuo City and learned about the powerful Nine Provinces Trade Guild before Tang San spotted a crystal that appeared to contain valuable Hair Gold. He tried to buy it from guild president Wu Rou, but the chapter ended as he offered two hundred Gold Soul Coins.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu left the Star-Moon Hotel to explore the city and shop at the Nine Provinces Trade Guild.
• Tang San learned from a clothing-store attendant that the guild provided jobs, improved life in Suotuo City, and approved shops with its seal.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu visited the guild and saw its vast selection of finely crafted tools, Soul Tools, and Soul Power Vehicles.
• Tang San spotted an apparently worthless crystal and suspected it contained Hair Gold, then asked to buy it.
• Wu Rou introduced herself as the guild president and said the guild had many similar crystals, so Tang San offered two hundred Gold Soul Coins for one.

Tang San demonstrated the Dragon Whisker Needle to Wu Rou in hopes of trading its secrets for hair gold. Wu Rou judged it only middle grade compared with the guild’s mass-produced guns, leaving Tang San without the reward he wanted.

• Wu Rou invited Tang San and Xiao Wu upstairs after Tang San asked what he could gain by explaining how to use plate crystal.
• Wu Rou gave Tang San hair gold granules to demonstrate, and Tang San explained how hair gold could be drawn into fine, retractable needles.
• Tang San used a Dragon Whisker Needle to penetrate a Soul King-level dummy’s protective aura and damage its arm.
• Wu Rou tested the needle, recognized its insidious effect, and offered Tang San two thousand golden granules, calling the weapon middle grade.
• Tang San argued that the Dragon Whisker Needle was among the finest hidden weapons, but Wu Rou shot through a dummy’s head with a mass-produced gun and challenged him to compare them.

Tang San exchanged most of his gold grains for Nine Provinces Trade Guild credits, while Leng Xiyue and Wu Rou began undermining his confidence in his skills and planned to keep Xiao Wu away from him. Xiao Wu suspected Wu Rou was connected to her mother, and Tang San proposed seeking her out again at Shrek Academy.

• Wu Rou offered Tang San 230,000 Gold Soul Coins for his gold grains, and he kept two thousand grains while taking three debit cards for the rest.
• Leng Xiyue and Ah Yin emerged after Tang San and Xiao Wu left, and Wu Rou explained that the guild had been acquiring plate crystal to make Tang San's Hidden Weapons less useful.
• Wu Rou comforted Ah Yin, who struggled with the prophecy about Tang San, while Leng Xiyue warned that Tang San might still threaten Spirit Hall and planned to restrict Ah Yin's actions before their next meeting.
• Xiao Wu told Tang San that Wu Rou's bearing reminded her of her mother, but Tang San discouraged her from returning to the guild and suggested they might meet Wu Rou at Shrek Academy.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu decided to register at Shrek Academy the next morning, where they hoped to encounter the Trade Guild's president again.

Tang San and Xiao Wu traveled to Shrek Academy, expecting grand facilities but finding a humble village school whose reputation and entrance standards drew powerful applicants. They passed the first screening alongside Ning Rongrong, while a cold, beautiful girl remained in line behind them.

• Tang San and Xiao Wu rode from the Star-Moon Hotel, passed the Shrek Technology Branch, and met Ning Rongrong on the way to the Soul Master Academy.
• Ning Rongrong praised Shrek Academy’s teaching staff and resources, but Xiao Wu was dismayed when they arrived at its modest village entrance.
• Zhao Wuji explained the academy’s strict age, Soul Power, and fee requirements, then tested the applicants’ ages and Martial Souls.
• Ning Rongrong passed the first round, and Tang San noticed a cold, striking girl waiting behind her.
• Tang San and Xiao Wu paid their fees, revealed their Martial Souls and Soul Rings, and passed Zhao Wuji’s first test.
• Zhao Wuji noted that another Shrek student also had a Blue Silver Grass Martial Soul.

Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong advanced through Shrek Academy’s entrance tests and learned that the final assessment would be a team fight. They faced a choice between a platform of formidable-looking men and one occupied by apparently relaxed students.

• Zhao Wuji told Tang San that another Blue Silver Grass user at the academy had reached Soul Ancestor level, then led Tang San, Xiao Wu, and Zhu Zhuqing inside after they qualified to skip the first tests.
• Zhao Wuji had Tang San and Xiao Wu demonstrate their level-twenty-nine soul power, prompting Ning Rongrong to reveal the same level and Zhu Zhuqing to show level twenty-seven.
• Zhao Wuji explained that the third test involved crossing Snow Empress’s domain and an area guarded by a student with ultimate fire, but let the four newcomers skip it.
• Zhao Wuji described the fourth test: Tang San, Xiao Wu, Zhu Zhuqing, and Ning Rongrong could fight together against one opponent at a time and had to defeat two people to pass.
• Zhao Wuji warned the four not to judge the opponents by their appearances, then left to find Flender for tea.