Chapter Summaries

Qian Chaoguang secretly infiltrated the Lake of Life and overheard Di Tian and the other Beasts of Calamity preparing a massive Beast Tide against humanity, with Shrek City as their likely target. He returned with vital intelligence after Di Tian sensed his presence, while the Beast Tide’s preparations remained underway.

• Qian Chaoguang planted a teleportation point at the edge of the Star Dou Great Forest’s core area and sent a spiritual-body external avatar toward the Lake of Life.
• Qian Chaoguang saw Qiu'er struggling to ride a bicycle before reaching the Lake of Life and hiding in a tree.
• Bear Monarch, Scarlet King, Bi Ji, Ten Thousand Demons King, and Di Tian gathered to discuss preparations for the Beast Tide, including troop strength and food supplies.
• Di Tian ordered the Soul Beasts to prepare for an attack, said Shrek City would be a key target, and directed nearly every Soul Beast above the Hundred Thousand Year level to mobilize.
• Qian Chaoguang disintegrated his spiritual body and returned to his cave after Di Tian attacked the tree where he had hidden.
• Qian Chaoguang discovered that a Death Knight had beaten the Explosive Lava Bear while trying to discipline it.

Qian Chaoguang learned that the Star Dou Great Forest was preparing a Beast Tide against Shrek and warned the Body Sect and Shrek Academy, prompting preparations for a four-party meeting. Before the leaders could find a solution, the Sun Moon Empire launched its war with a devastating attack on the Mingdou Mountain Range, leaving the Star Luo Empire’s front line in ruins.

• Qian Chaoguang told Huo Yutong about the planned Beast Tide and arranged to warn the Body Sect and Shrek Academy.
• Du Busi and Yan Shaozhe learned of the threat, and Shrek convened a Sea God Pavilion Meeting while Song Lao carried Xuan Zi’s letter to Star Luo City.
• The four parties gathered for another meeting, but an urgent report from the Yu Ming City Branch announced that war had begun.
• The Sun Moon Empire fired Rank Nine Fixed Soul Cannon Shells at the Mingdou Mountain Range, shattering the Star Luo Empire’s defenses.
• Dai Hao survived because Xu Jiawei had ordered him away from the main position, but the Northwest Army Group suffered catastrophic losses and the Mingdou Mountain Range fell.

After the Sun Moon Empire broke through the Mingdou Mountain Range, Qian Chaoguang advised the Star Luo and Heaven Dou Empires on how to respond and kept Shrek’s strength home to guard against the Beast Tide. During a lull in the fighting, he secretly approached the Sun Moon Empire’s detection equipment and discovered an unexplained force resisting his ascent at high altitude.

• Qian Chaoguang announced that the Sun Moon Empire had breached the Mingdou Mountain Range, and he urged Xu Jiujiu to return to Star Luo while warning Vina that Heaven Dou was the likely true target.
• Qian Chaoguang persuaded Shrek’s leaders to keep their powerhouses in Shrek City to defend against Di Tian and the Beast Tide, while preparing the city and its forces for war.
• Xu Jiawei reinforced the Star Luo front, Heaven Dou strengthened its western defenses after scouts found Holy Spirit Cult ambushes, and Star Luo and Dou Ling troops gathered near Tianming City.
• The Sun Moon Empire held its forces in place and used detection equipment to prevent Star Luo from scouting, while Qian Chaoguang remained convinced that Heaven Dou would be attacked.
• Qian Chaoguang secretly flew toward a level-eight Ultra-High Altitude Detection Soul Tool to steal it for study, but he felt an unknown force increasingly resist him as he climbed above one thousand meters.

Qian Chaoguang infiltrated the Mingdou Mountain Range, discovered the God of Death Soul Tool guarded by Ye Xishui, and warned Dai Hao against attacking. He then headed for the Heaven Dou Empire as Ju Zi tightened surveillance after several detection devices vanished.

• Qian Chaoguang stole the Sun Moon Empire’s ultra-high-altitude detection soul tools and surveyed its defenses around the Mingdou Mountain Range.
• Qian Chaoguang brought Dai Hao a detailed deployment map and revealed that Ye Xishui and the God of Death Soul Tool made an attack on the range disastrous.
• Xu Jiujiu advocated a major assault, but Qian Chaoguang urged the Star Luo commanders to abandon reconnaissance and counterattack plans.
• Qian Chaoguang explained that the God of Death Soul Tool consumed tens of thousands of souls to fire and could devastate even powerful opponents.
• Qian Chaoguang left Tianming City for the Heaven Dou Empire while Dai Hao weighed defying the emperor’s orders.
• Ju Zi ordered tighter surveillance of the Star Luo border after learning that three ultra-high-altitude detection soul tools had disappeared.

Ju Zi ordered the Sun Moon Empire’s advance toward Heaven Dou City while Star Luo’s dare-to-die squad destroyed many of its reconnaissance Soul Tools at terrible cost. After the raid, Dai Hao and Xu Jiujiu planned to exploit the surveillance gaps, and Qian Chaoguang arrived in Heaven Dou City to visit the Body Sect.

• Ju Zi ended the wait, ordered the Sun Moon Empire to attack toward Heaven Dou City the next morning, and tasked Ye Yulin with coordinating the Holy Spirit Cult.
• Xuanji Douluo led a dare-to-die squad against the Sun Moon Empire’s High-Altitude Detection Soul Tools, and the God of Death Tower’s attack killed two Titled Douluo and more than ten Soul Douluo while the squad destroyed about two-thirds of the detectors.
• Dai Hao proposed probing the new surveillance blind spots and sending forces into Sun Moon territory, while Xu Jiujiu ordered Dai Yueheng to stay alive and protect the empire’s future.
• Dai Hao and Xu Jiujiu discussed their weakened position and agreed to seek more Fixed Soul Cannon Shells while preparing further attacks.
• Qian Chaoguang arrived in Heaven Dou City and presented his Body Sect and Heavenly Soul Imperial Family tokens at the Imperial Guard camp.

Qian Chaoguang joined Du Busi at the Heavenly Soul Empire’s court and learned that the Sun Moon Empire had broken through the border, while the emperor’s scorched-earth strategy was slowing its advance. Ju Zi’s forces captured cities but struggled with empty granaries, missing officials, and resistance from the population, leaving her to seize noble property and press onward.

• Qian Chaoguang told Du Busi that Ye Xishui held the Mingdou Mountain Range and that reinforcements from Dou Ling and Star Luo were heading toward Heaven Dou City.
• Du Busi brought Qian Chaoguang to court, where he introduced him to the Heaven Soul Emperor as a close disciple of Mu En and a leading decision-maker in Shrek’s Sea God Pavilion.
• The Heaven Soul Emperor committed to abandoning the western border, evacuating resources, and concentrating his forces at Heaven Dou City, while Qian Chaoguang recognized that the empire could not defeat the Sun Moon Empire outright.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s army advanced slowly as Heaven Dou’s people evacuated supplies, cities surrendered after exhausting their weapons, and Ju Zi’s forces had to leave troops behind to govern captured towns.
• Ju Zi ordered her army to confiscate nobles’ property for supplies, while Feng Ling promised the Holy Spirit Cult would handle frightened nobles back home.
• Ju Zi learned that the Eternal God Cult’s ordinary believers were helping pacify civilians but refused to reveal where the missing officials and grain had gone.

Ju Zi considered the Eternal God Cult’s practical charity and the spread of its faith as the Sun Moon Empire advanced toward Heaven Dou City. As the Heaven Dou Empire prepared for its last stand, Qian Chaoguang sought out Long Aotian before the coming battle.

• Ju Zi recalled how the Eternal God Cult’s useful Divine Statues and open-handed aid had won believers across the Four Great Empires.
• Qian Chaoguang’s investment of Faith Power in the statues helped the cult attract followers, while the Sun Moon Empire’s leaders concluded it posed little threat to them.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s forces surrounded Heaven Dou City, where the Heaven Dou Empire gathered its remaining troops and allied reinforcements for a final defense.
• The Heaven Soul Emperor rallied his officials to defend the city, while Qian Chaoguang and Du Busi watched and prepared for the possibility of retreat.
• Du Busi arranged to move Body Sect disciples and resources to Shrek City, and Qian Chaoguang bought a hotel as a temporary refuge.
• Qian Chaoguang sought out Long Aotian before the Heaven Dou Defense War, hoping to prevent his friend from dying in the battle.

Qian Chaoguang gave Long Aotian an Invincible Barrier before the Sun Moon Empire launched its assault on Heaven Dou City. The battle began with competing cannon fire, and Heaven Dou’s powerful soul masters repelled the first counterattack even as the technological gap became clear.

• Qian Chaoguang gave Long Aotian a Rank 6 Invincible Barrier, and Vina arrived carrying one of her own.
• The Sun Moon Empire’s forces assembled outside Heaven Dou City as Ju Zi ordered them to advance and the Heaven Soul Emperor prepared the city’s defenses.
• Qian Chaoguang explained to Huo Yutong how soul tools were reshaping warfare and making artillery the decisive force.
• The Heaven Soul Emperor ordered the Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannons to fire, but the Sun Moon Empire’s anti-air defenses and Four Guardian Hands intercepted nearly all the shells.
• The Sun Moon Empire counterattacked with cannons and Fixed Soul Cannon Shells, and Heaven Dou’s Titled Douluo and Soul Douluo repelled the opening barrage with their soul skills.

Qian Chaoguang and Heaven Dou City endured a probing bombardment by the Sun Moon Empire, which killed one Titled Douluo and more than ten Soul Douluo after they recklessly flew out to intercept the attacks. Ju Zi ordered the assault reduced and planned a full attack the next morning, while Qian Chaoguang suspected she might instead shift to a siege and continue her advance north.

• Qian Chaoguang warned the Titled Douluo not to charge out, but high-rank soul tools killed one Titled Douluo and more than ten Soul Douluo before Du Busi helped shield the city wall.
• Qian Chaoguang healed the wounded as the Heaven Soul Emperor ordered soul masters to stay above the wall, and low-level soul masters and ordinary people carried and charged Milk Bottles behind the lines.
• Ju Zi rejected Feng Ling's offer to send Long Xiaoyao and the Holy Spirit Cult into battle, suspecting Heaven Dou City still had a Rank Nine Fixed Soul Cannon Shell.
• Ju Zi ordered the Hand of National Protection to withdraw, reduced the other weapons' firing rate, and scheduled a full assault for the following morning.
• Qian Chaoguang noticed the Sun Moon Empire had weakened its attack and suspected Ju Zi might make one more assault before besieging Heaven Dou City and continuing north.

The Heaven Dou Empire celebrated stopping the Sun Moon Empire’s first assault, but Qian Chaoguang warned the Heaven Soul Emperor that the enemy’s real intentions remained dangerous. At dawn, the Sun Moon Empire advanced its massive soul-tool positions toward Heaven Dou City, and the defenders opened fire as the battle resumed.

• The Sun Moon Empire withdrew at dusk after a costly battle, and Heaven Dou City celebrated its first major victory against the invading army.
• Qian Chaoguang warned the Heaven Soul Emperor that Ju Zi might bypass the city and that the Sun Moon Empire’s intentions were more dangerous than they appeared.
• Ju Zi chose not to launch a beheading operation, while messengers left Heaven Dou City overnight to carry news of the victory to Star Luo and Douling.
• At dawn, the Sun Moon Empire began moving its enormous soul-tool positions toward Heaven Dou City, and the Heaven Soul Emperor recognized its intent to settle the fight in one battle.
• Qian Chaoguang told Huo Yutong to stay back and provide support rather than risk entering the front line against the Holy Spirit Cult’s experts.
• The Heaven Soul Emperor ordered the Zhuge Divine Crossbow Cannons to fire, and the Sun Moon Empire’s barriers began taking heavy bombardment.

The Sun Moon Empire launched an all-out assault on Heaven Dou City, where Ju Zi’s forces faced fierce resistance from the city’s defenders and their powerful allies. As the battle became a chaotic melee, Huo Yutong used her mental power and a hundred floating cannons to strike the enemy’s soul tool positions.

• Ju Zi ordered the Holy Spirit Cult and the Sun Moon army to attack Heaven Dou City, and Feng Ling led the assault.
• The Heaven Soul Emperor and Du Busi rallied the defenders, while Du Busi struck Feng Ling and then engaged Long Xiaoyao above the Sun Moon army.
• Jin Peng fought Feng Ling, the Body Sect’s last Super Douluo fought Zhang Peng, and Heaven Dou’s troops charged the enemy positions in waves.
• Du Busi and Long Xiaoyao’s clash disrupted the Sun Moon army’s detection tools, forcing Ju Zi to observe the battlefield directly and confront the scale of her losses.
• Huo Yutong defended a breach in the city wall with her Martial Soul Armor and mental domain, directing a hundred Class 7 floating cannons and three Class 8 Eyes of Fear at the Sun Moon army.

Qian Chaoguang sustained the Heaven Dou Empire’s forces with Angel’s Blessing, saving many wounded while the battle against the Sun Moon Empire raged. His Mental Power was exhausted after one final mass blessing, and Ju Zi began considering a retreat as the unexpected casualty ratio threatened her army’s morale.

• Huo Yutong overwhelmed the Terror Claw Soul Tool Master Legion with wide-area fire support while Vina amplified her.
• Qian Chaoguang’s Angel’s Blessing healed warriors who suffered fatal but non-instantly lethal injuries, allowing them to return to the front lines.
• The Heaven Soul Emperor and a large support team supplied Qian Chaoguang with amplification and replenished Milk Bottles as his Soul Power and Mental Power rapidly dwindled.
• Qian Chaoguang used his final Divine Sense guidance to bestow Angel’s Blessing on the warriors one last time after his Mental Power ran dry.
• Ju Zi noticed that the Heaven Dou Empire’s casualties were far lower than expected and began considering withdrawing her troops.

The Sun Moon Empire withdrew after a devastating battle failed to take Heaven Dou City, leaving both armies exhausted and the Heaven Dou Empire’s defenders gravely depleted. Qian Chaoguang warned that the Sun Moon Empire might abandon the city and advance north, but Huo Yutong asked whether he had another way to break the deadlock without using the Undead Empire’s military power.

• The Sun Moon Empire and Heaven Dou Empire fought until both sides suffered severe losses, and Ju Zi ordered her army to withdraw rather than risk a rout.
• The Heaven Dou defenders returned to the city without pursuing, while both sides collected their dead and wounded; the Heaven Dou Emperor feared for his empire’s future.
• Qian Chaoguang surveyed the battlefield with Huo Yutong and reflected on the terrible cost, including the destruction of four Soul Tool Master Legions and heavy losses among the Body Sect and allied forces.
• Du Busi mourned the loss of a century of the Body Sect’s accumulated strength, and Qian Chaoguang predicted the next battle would be less intense if the Sun Moon Empire changed its strategy.
• Qian Chaoguang told the Heaven Soul Emperor that the Sun Moon Empire might turn north to occupy Heaven Soul territory, and that the defenders lacked the strength to stop it.
• After the Heaven Soul Emperor left, Huo Yutong asked Qian Chaoguang whether he had a way to break the deadlock without deploying the Undead Empire’s forces.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong returned to Shrek City as the Sun Moon Empire overwhelmed the Heaven Dou Empire, while Shrek prepared for a looming Beast Tide. Xuan Zi voiced his despair over the imbalance of power and urged the siblings to survive even if the academy fell.

• Qian Chaoguang and Du Busi agreed that Heaven Dou City could be defended temporarily, but the Sun Moon Empire's strength made the larger war nearly unwinnable.
• The Sun Moon Empire mounted a reduced assault on Heaven Dou City, while the Heaven Soul Emperor and Du Busi watched the enemy from the repaired walls.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong returned to Shrek City with surviving Body Sect youths, Long Aotian, Princess Vina, and members of the Heavenly Soul Imperial Family.
• Huo Yutong sensed that the Golden Ancient Tree was withering and that its thread of destiny had nearly snapped.
• Xuan Zi told Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong that the Sun Moon Empire had bypassed Heaven Dou City and seized more than a third of the Heaven Dou Empire's territory.
• Xuan Zi admitted that Shrek might fall and told the siblings to survive and consider rebuilding the academy if they reached the world's pinnacle.

Qian Chaoguang weighed Shrek’s lack of strength against the approaching Beast Tide, then met Bei Bei, who sought weapons for the academy’s Soul Tool Master legions. Qian offered Shrek large supplies of captured Sun Moon Empire military equipment, leaving Bei Bei to decide whether to accept.

• Qian Chaoguang rejected kidnapping Qiu'er as a solution to the Beast Tide unless Shrek faced absolute desperation, and recognized that Shrek lacked the strength to negotiate with Di Tian.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong encountered Bei Bei at Shrek Academy, where he explained that the academy was preparing three Soul Tool Master legions to fight the Beast Tide.
• Bei Bei gave Qian Chaoguang the legions’ equipment list, and Qian confirmed that he could provide the requested turrets and mechs within set timelines.
• Huo Yutong reminded Qian Chaoguang that Xuan Ziwen had developed Linked Soul Tools, while Bei Bei urged Qian to stop shouldering so much work alone.
• Qian Chaoguang offered to sell Shrek enough Sun Moon Empire military equipment for two Beast King Level Soul Tool Master Legions and one elite legion, and Bei Bei asked where he had obtained it.

Qian Chaoguang offered Shrek Academy a large stock of military Soul Tools to strengthen Shrek City's defenses, then visited Zhang Bowen and returned to the Demi-plane to inspect its growing operations. He left Dragon One waiting for a chance to fight on the Main Material Plane and headed toward the research zone.

• Qian Chaoguang offered Bei Bei a batch of Sun Moon Empire Soul Tools at the cost of materials, and Bei Bei hurried to seek Xuan Zi's approval for the purchase.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong visited the Eternal God Cult's headquarters, where Zhang Bowen joked with them after finishing a sermon.
• Zhang Bowen reported on his work, and Qian Chaoguang's mood lightened before he and Huo Yutong returned to the Demi-plane.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong flew with Dragon One through the busy Hub Hall toward the research zone, while Dragon One complained about being unable to leave the Demi-plane.

Qian Chaoguang reviewed the Undead Empire research department’s achievements and discovered that Electrolux’s artificial soul ring experiment had reached a crucial stage. Ji Juechen successfully formed a blank soul ring and began the difficult attempt to condense a soul skill.

• Qian Chaoguang visited Xuan Ziwen, who gave him a catalog of the research department’s achievements compiled at Huo Yutong’s request.
• Qian Chaoguang reviewed powerful new Soul Tools and cannon shells, renamed the first Rank Nine Fixed Soul Cannon Shell Dongfeng, and found the Heart of Soul listed as the final achievement.
• Qian Chaoguang hurried to Electrolux’s laboratory and found Ji Juechen cooperating with the artificial soul ring experiment.
• Ji Juechen formed a blank soul ring and established an initial connection with the Law, reaching the experiment’s most difficult stage: condensing a soul skill.

Qian Chaoguang and Electrolux witnessed Ji Juechen nearly complete an artificial Spirit Ring, but its foundation collapsed under the power of the generated soul skill. They then discussed how few Spirit Masters could use the method and examined the instability of the Pseudo-Heart of Soul.

• Electrolux isolated Ji Juechen's Spirit Ring when it became unstable, but it cracked apart and exploded before the artificial Spirit Ring could be completed.
• Qian Chaoguang healed Ji Juechen, who insisted the experiment had proved the method could work and proposed strengthening the Spirit Ring's carrying capacity before generating the soul skill.
• Electrolux ordered the researchers to analyze the experiment, while his report showed that the Law-contact process was so difficult that only a handful of highly capable Spirit Masters could attempt it safely.
• Electrolux explained that Mo Xuan might manage the method because of his Martial Soul's affinity with rules, while Bo Wen and Dai Loli were unlikely to establish contact with the laws.
• Electrolux showed Qian Chaoguang the Pseudo-Heart of Soul, whose incomplete transformation and unstable structure caused it to leak soul power and lose strength over time.

Qian Chaoguang learned that Electrolux could use a Pseudo-Heart of Soul to delay Di Tian but could not defeat him, while Huo Yutong told Bei Bei that the Iron Blood Sect had been nearly wiped out defending Heaven Dou City. The war then continued to grind down the Heaven Dou Empire as Dai Hao’s raids slowed the Sun Moon Empire’s advance but failed to end the siege.

• Electrolux explained that a Pseudo-Heart of Soul could briefly empower him and the three dragons without lasting harm, but it would not let them defeat Di Tian and could leave Electrolux weakened afterward.
• Qian Chaoguang asked Electrolux to control his body, but Electrolux struck him and warned that doing so could severely damage both their bodies and souls.
• Huo Yutong returned to the Tang Sect and told Bei Bei that the Iron Blood Sect’s Soul Ancestors and stronger members had died defending Heaven Dou City, leaving Tang Ya able to defeat its remaining members.
• Bei Bei reflected that the Iron Blood Sect had fought bravely against the Sun Moon Empire despite being the Tang Sect’s enemy and the sect responsible for Tang Ya’s parents’ deaths.
• Dai Hao’s forces scattered five soul engineer legions and sent five thousand Spirit Masters across the border to raid the Sun Moon Empire, slowing its advance and forcing it to divert troops.
• The Sun Moon Empire continued besieging Heaven Dou City, inflicting heavy losses and exhausting the Heaven Dou Empire in a war of attrition.

Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong investigated Dragon City and uncovered evidence that its lord had betrayed the Heaven Dou Empire to the Sun Moon Empire and provided information about rare-metal mines. After marking the lord as a possible accomplice in their grandfather’s death, they turned their attention to the mining operation, while Ju Zi’s forces prepared to exploit the Far North deposits.

• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong flew to Dragon City to investigate the Sun Moon Empire’s mining operation and found the city largely undamaged after its rapid surrender.
• The Dragon City branch manager described how the city lord had ordered a brief fight before surrendering, while the Sun Moon Empire began distributing Soul Tools and courting local merchants.
• Qian Chaoguang and Huo Yutong infiltrated the City Lord’s Mansion and overheard the city lord admit that he had given Ju Zi information about several rare-metal mines.
• Qian Chaoguang suspected the city lord had betrayed his own father and might have helped cause their grandfather’s death, while Huo Yutong marked him with a red chain so she could track him.
• Ju Zi commanded a twenty-thousand-strong force near the Far North and prepared to secure the vast rare-metal deposits, which she needed to support the Sun Moon Empire’s war effort.