Recaps

Cao Yu finished a talk at Shrek Academy, then celebrated with his girlfriends before graduating alongside his companions. Mu En gave him a Storage Ring as an advance wedding gift and said he would not be able to attend Cao Yu’s wedding.

• Cao Yu chose Xiao Rongyu to ask the first question, and explained that he promoted scientific knowledge to offer people more paths beyond becoming Martial Soul Masters or Soul Engineers.
• After the talk, students crowded Cao Yu to ask for his phone number, but he refused and fled on his Flying Soul Tool.
• Cao Yu’s girlfriends teased him about his popularity over dinner and took turns feeding him grilled skewers until he was stuffed.
• As July arrived, Cao Yu and his companions reached graduation, and the Sea God Pavilion elders showed their reluctance to see them leave.
• Mu En gave Cao Yu a Storage Ring containing medicinal herbs and Soul Bones as an advance bride price, and asked Xuan Zi and the other elders to attend Cao Yu’s wedding in his place.

Cao Yu returned to the Star Luo Empire, reunited with Xu Jiawei and the Retirement Group, and asked for the official post they had promised him. After Xu Jiawei agreed he could become prime minister, Cao Yu hurried off to see Xu Jiujiu, who was dressing up for his arrival.

• Cao Yu and his companions left Shrek Academy and flew toward the Star Luo Empire, promising to return someday.
• Cao Yu arrived at the palace and reunited with Xu Jiawei and the Retirement Group.
• Cao Yu asked Xu Jiawei for an official post, and Xu Jiawei agreed that he could become prime minister after resting for a few days.
• Liu Kongzhu praised Cao Yu's contributions to the empire and supported appointing him prime minister.
• Xu Jiujiu rushed to her chambers to dress up for Cao Yu, and her maid Chunxue teased her about blushing.

Cao Yu and Xu Jiujiu reunited, then settled on January next year for their wedding during a family banquet. As they strolled through the empire’s bustling marketplace, Xu Jiujiu asked whether its people were living happily, and Cao Yu reflected that some might be suffering unseen.

• Cao Yu reunited with Xu Jiujiu in her bedchamber, and they spent the afternoon together.
• At Xu Jiawei’s family banquet, Xu Tianshui offered several auspicious wedding dates, and Cao Yu chose January next year.
• Cao Yu and Xu Jiujiu walked along the imperial city walls and discussed the empire’s technological progress.
• Xu Jiujiu flew down with Cao Yu to browse the crowded marketplace and asked whether the people were living happily.
• Cao Yu replied that although many people might be happy, others could be suffering in hidden corners.

Cao Yu prepared to attend morning court and reflected on the Imperial Academy, his students, and the Cao Clan’s past enemies. He arrived at the Star Luo Imperial Palace on the old blue ox, where Xu Jiawei gave him a seat before court began.

• Cao Yu got ready for morning court and considered the Imperial Academy’s growth, its teachers, and its financial aid for poor students.
• Cao Yu remembered Cao Tian and his son, whose graves he had visited with a group the previous year, and checked on the old blue ox and its nine calves.
• Cao Yu rode the old blue ox through Star Luo City toward the palace, dodging pedestrians along the way.
• Shen Cheng and other officials greeted Cao Yu, then asked why he had chosen to ride an ox instead of using a Flying Soul Tool.
• Xu Jiawei welcomed Cao Yu and offered him an upholstered armchair, surprising the assembled officials.

At court, Xu Jiawei defended rising military spending and asked Chancellor Cao Yu to weigh in, while Cao Yu backed the empire’s military preparations. The court then addressed deadly Soul Beast attacks near the Star Dou Great Forest, and Xu Jiawei ordered new weapons and defenses for frontier towns.

• He Xukun warned Xu Jiawei that military spending exceeded seventy percent of national expenditures and proposed cutting it.
• Su Wu argued that the Sun Moon Empire’s border clashes and political situation required increased military preparations, and Xu Jiawei said the spending was his decision.
• Xu Jiawei asked Cao Yu for his views, and Cao Yu supported military spending as essential to the empire’s defense.
• Shen Cheng reported that Soul Beast attacks near the Star Dou Great Forest had killed over a hundred people, seriously injured fifty-six, and left more than seventy missing.
• Xu Jiawei ordered new-model weapons and defensive fortifications for frontier towns and assigned Shen Cheng to oversee the response.

Xu Jiawei taught Cao Yu how to balance court factions and explained his strategy of allowing corrupt officials like He Xukun to amass wealth before confiscating it when the empire needed funds. Cao Yu then helped Xu Jiawei review state affairs, leaving the chapter with the two working through a large pile of documents.

• Xu Jiawei dismissed court and advised Cao Yu to balance the civil and military officials.
• Xu Jiawei asked Cao Yu about He Xukun, and Cao Yu recognized that Xu had been letting him grow wealthy before taking his fortune.
• Xu Jiawei explained that he wanted Cao Yu to learn the “art of raising pigs” and warned him to raise another target before moving against He Xukun.
• Xu Tianshui and Liu Kongzhu revealed that He Xukun’s family fortune could exceed the treasury many times over, and Xu Jiawei explained that an impending war would make it useful to seize.
• Xu Jiawei took Cao Yu to handle state affairs, and Cao Yu spent several hours reviewing documents until his eyes ached.

Cao Yu struggled through his first day of imperial paperwork, then visited Xiao Xiao at night and spent the night with her. The next morning, he went to the Imperial Academy, where students mistook him for a teacher.

• Cao Yu complained about the heavy workload while Xu Jiawei explained the duties of governing the Star Luo Empire.
• Cao Yu returned to the Cao Clan estate and ate dinner with his family.
• Cao Yu drew Xiao Xiao’s card and went to her bedroom, where they talked and kissed.
• Cao Yu woke to find Xiao Xiao gone, then went to the Imperial Academy after breakfast.
• Students at the Imperial Academy greeted Cao Yu and wondered whether he would teach them.

Cao Yu visited Jiang Nannan, then checked on a student team developing humanoid Soul Tools and arranged funding and support for their research. Xu Jiawei trapped him into reviewing palace documents, but Cao Yu still met Jiang Nannan that evening.

• Cao Yu visited Jiang Nannan at the Imperial Academy, and they agreed to meet that night.
• Cao Yu found Cao Goudan and five other students researching humanoid Soul Tools and advised them to develop computers and networks first.
• Cao Yu promised to connect the team with the Imperial Capital Research Institute and fund their project.
• Cao Yu went to the imperial palace, where Xu Jiawei made him work through piles of documents.
• After a full day of work, Cao Yu went to see Jiang Nannan that evening.

Cao Yu prepared for his January 12 wedding while he and his fiancées notified their families and friends. Wang Dong'er’s two fathers learned of the wedding, and Niu Tian and Tai Tan planned to attend and try to persuade her to delay it.

• Xu Jiawei gave Cao Yu a long break from court work so he could prepare for the wedding.
• Cao Yu called Xuan Zi and Xuan Ziwen to invite their groups, and Xuan Ziwen told Huo Yuhao, He Caitou, Ji Juechen, Bai Xiuxiu, and the others.
• Wang Dong'er told her Second Dad she was marrying Cao Yu, while Meng Hongchen and Cao Yu’s other fiancées notified their relatives.
• Cao Yu’s parents arranged wedding dresses, and Cao Yu increased his cultivation and spent more time with Wang Dong'er as he aimed to reach Soul Douluo before the wedding.
• Niu Tian and Tai Tan worried that they could not contact Wang Dong'er’s parents and decided to attend the wedding and see whether they could convince her to wait.

Cao Yu returned from the Star Dou Great Forest after breaking through to Soul Douluo, and the Cao Clan held a lavish wedding banquet for him and thirteen brides. The wedding bows began with Xu Jiujiu, and the ceremony continued with the next bride.

• Cao Yu absorbed the Golden Blazing Pig's Soul Ring, broke through to Soul Douluo, and left the Star Dou Great Forest.
• Di Tian, Xiong Jun, the Scarlet King, and Bi Ji discussed Little Gold's decision to marry Cao Yu.
• The Cao Clan welcomed a crowd of guests to its wedding banquet in Star Luo City, where Shrek Academy presented an enormous collection of gifts.
• Cao Yu and thirteen brides appeared before the guests, drawing astonished reactions.
• Cao Yu and Xu Jiujiu completed their wedding bows, and Xu Jiawei urged Cao Yu to treat his sister well.
• Tang Yichuan and his wife took their places as the next bride prepared to bow with Cao Yu.

Cao Yu celebrated his wedding with his wives, welcomed their relatives, and spent the following weeks in the eastern courtyard with them. After emerging exhausted and recovering with medicinal herbs, he heard that Xu Tianran’s father had begun coughing up blood.

• Cao Yu and Ju Zi completed the wedding bows, and the guests began the feast.
• Cao Yu toasted the guests and learned that Ji Juechen and Jing Ziyan planned to marry in the second half of the year.
• After nightfall, Cao Yu lifted the red cloths from his brides in their separate bridal chambers.
• Cao Yu spent more than half a month in the eastern courtyard with his wives, then emerged exhausted and used Subduing Dragon herb to recover.
• In the Sun Moon Empire’s imperial palace, Xu Tianran reacted with delight when he heard that his father had started coughing up blood.

Xu Tianran ordered Shadow Douluo to kill Physician Liu Zhiyuan after learning Liu had saved the emperor, while a resentful official celebrated the chance to target Liu’s daughter. After recovering at home, Cao Yu visited the palace, where his companions teased him about preparing for offspring and gave him a potent pill.

• Xu Tianran learned that Physician Liu Zhiyuan had revived his father and sent Shadow Douluo to deliver Liu a deadly gift.
• The reporting official revealed his resentment toward Liu and planned to take revenge by mistreating Liu’s daughter.
• A mysterious figure watched the official leave and dismissed his schemes as the struggles of ants.
• Cao Yu left home after more than half a month of rest and visited the imperial palace.
• Xu Tianshui and Cheng Gang warned Cao Yu about drinking, food, and cultivation because offspring were important.
• Xu Jiawei offered Cao Yu a powerful nourishing pill, and Cao Yu quickly put it away despite insisting he was healthy.

Cao Yu and Xu Jiawei discussed oil extraction, foreign espionage, and the growing threat of war between empires. More than a month later, Cao Yu learned that all thirteen of his wives were pregnant, leaving him caring for them and lamenting a year without sex.

• Cao Yu told Xu Jiawei that combustible ice might be a valuable resource, but the group agreed that exploring the dangerous seas was out of reach.
• Xu Jiawei described failed attempts by Heaven Soul and the Dou Ling Empire to steal their technology, then teased Cao Yu about their proposed royal marriages.
• Over the following month, Cao Yu learned about governing from Xu Jiawei while tensions and military preparations among the empires continued.
• At Cao Yu's suggestion, Xu Jiawei rejected Heaven Soul and the Dou Ling Empire's proposal for a mutual assistance alliance.
• Cao Yu's wives, including Ma Xiaotao and Ju Zi, showed signs of pregnancy, and examinations confirmed that all thirteen were expecting.
• Cao Yu washed Ma Xiaotao's feet and sighed that pregnancy meant a year without sex, while she offered to help him with her hands.

Cao Yu cared for his pregnant wives and discussed names for Wang Dong'er's child, while the family prepared for the babies' arrival. The chapter ended with Luo Lingyun asking her daughters-in-law whether Cao Yu had pursued them first.

• Ma Xiaotao teased Cao Yu as he washed her feet, then began cultivating.
• Cao Yu washed Wang Dong'er's feet, and they agreed to name a boy Cao Yun or a girl Cao Xurou.
• Cao Yu stopped his pregnant wives from returning to teaching because he worried about spies and their safety.
• Cao Yu comforted Meng Hongchen about giving up spicy food and stocked the System Shop with rocking horses for the children.
• Luo Lingyun and the daughters-in-law chatted in the courtyard, and she asked whether Cao Yu had pursued them first.

The women reminisced about how they had pursued Cao Yu and teased him for being shameless, while Cao Yu listened secretly from a corner. The chapter ended with his wives agreeing that he had been shameless when he asked Xiao Xiao to pursue him.

• Luo Yan recalled exchanging notes with Cao Yu at school and said she had written enough notes to fill several notebooks.
• Tang Ya, Ning Tian, and Xu Jiujiu remembered teasing Cao Yu as a child and stealing kisses from him.
• Wang Qiu'er said she had enrolled at Shrek Academy to find Cao Yu, while the Ice Empress complained that he had taken advantage of her.
• Cao Yu emerged from cultivation, grumbled about being sidelined at court, and crept into the courtyard to eavesdrop on the women.
• Xiao Xiao recalled Cao Yu asking her to pursue him, and his other wives called him shameless.

Cao Yu’s family discussed his relationship with Xiao Xiao, then learned that his grandfather had gone fishing in other towns. Months later, the old king of the Sun Moon Empire died, and Xu Tianran claimed the throne and announced a general amnesty.

• Xiao Xiao told the women that she liked Cao Yu, and Cao Yu secretly praised her.
• Cao Yu learned that his grandfather had caught all the nearby fish and planned to stock the streams with fish fry.
• Three or four months later, Cao Yu’s thirteen wives showed signs of pregnancy, leaving him nervous about becoming a father.
• The old king died after the imperial physicians failed to treat him, and Xu Tianran mourned him in front of the officials.
• The officials pledged loyalty to Xu Tianran, who took the throne before the old king’s funeral.
• Xu Tianran appeared in dragon robes at the palace and announced a realm-wide amnesty.

Xu Tianran rallied the Sun Moon Empire behind a coming war and appointed commanders for its Soul Engineer Corps. Less than half a month after taking the throne, he sent troops to the borders and launched simultaneous wars against the other three empires.

• Xu Tianran declared that the empire and its people were in danger and urged the crowd to support a victorious war against the three great empires.
• The gathered people cheered for the Sun Moon Empire as Xu Tianran promised it would not be treated as prey or a weak target.
• Xu Tianran reaffirmed Luan Feng as commander of the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Corps, Xu Tianyuan as commander of the Imperial Dragon Soul Engineer Corps, and Wang Yiheng as commander of the Evil Lord Soul Engineer Corps.
• Xu Tianran appointed commanders for the remaining Soul Engineer Corps, replacing some former commanders who had opposed him.
• Less than half a month after taking the throne, Xu Tianran had troops gather at the borders and launched simultaneous wars against the other three empires.

Cao Yu rushed preparations to deploy the “Big Ivans” as the Sun Moon Empire began its war, while Xuan Ziwen proposed using nine First-Generation Flying Eagle Bombers to carry them. Cao Yu also sent Shadow Clones to target the Sun Moon Empire’s commanders, then cultivated as the war’s early battles unfolded.

• Cao Yu confirmed with Xuan Zi that their people in Sunrise City were ready and asked Xuan Ziwen to deploy the unfinished weapons without testing them.
• Xuan Ziwen reported that more than eighteen “Big Ivans” had been built and proposed carrying them on nine First-Generation Flying Eagle Bombers nearing completion.
• Cao Yu used his last eight Limit Douluo Experience Cards on Shadow Clones and ordered seven of them to work with Shrek Academy to kidnap Kong Deming and the commanders of the Sun Moon Empire’s ten great divisions.
• Cao Yu sensed that he was nearing level eighty-four and cultivated for two days while Wang Dong'er refrained from cultivating for the child’s health.
• The Sun Moon Empire committed troops to Heaven Soul and the Dou Ling Empire, but the Star Luo Empire counterattacked, inflicted crushing defeats, and intercepted Soul Cannon shells, forcing several divisions in Sunrise City to mobilize early.

As the Sun Moon Empire struggled against the Star Luo Empire’s devastating weapons, Jing Hongchen was ambushed and the Sea God Pavilion elders prepared to destroy the Holy Spirit Cult. Cao Yu broke through to rank eighty-four, used five Soul Power Enhancement Cards to reach rank eighty-nine, and set out with his Limit Douluo Shadow Clone.

• Xu Tianyuan led the Sun Moon Empire’s remaining divisions to the battlefield while Xu Tianran worried that the Star Luo Empire had become too powerful.
• Jing Hongchen returned to Mingde Hall and was ambushed by two Limit Douluo.
• The Sea God Pavilion elders learned that Sunrise City’s divisions had departed and prepared to attack the Holy Spirit Cult with five powerhouses sent by Little Yu.
• Xu Tianyuan learned that the Sun Moon Empire had suffered thirty thousand deaths and faced a casualty ratio of twenty to one against the Star Luo Empire.
• Cao Yu broke through to rank eighty-four, used five Soul Power Enhancement Cards to reach rank eighty-nine, and left with his Limit Douluo Shadow Clone to deal with the Sun Moon Empire and the Evil Eye Tyrant Dominator.

Cao Yu arrived at the Star Luo Empire’s military camp with nine Flying Eagle Bombers and learned that its forces were winning against the Sun Moon Empire. He agreed to use the bombers to pressure Emperor Xu Tianran into surrender, then flew with Luo Ji toward the Evil Forest to demonstrate their power and target the Evil Eye Tyrant Dominator.

• Cao Yu and the nine pilots landed at the military camp, where White Tiger Duke Dai Hao and the commanders welcomed them.
• Dai Hao reported that the Star Luo Empire had driven the Sun Moon Empire back to the border, though enemy reinforcements could soon increase the pressure.
• Cao Yu revealed that his secret weapons could devastate the Sun Moon Empire, and Dai Hao proposed using them to force Xu Tianran to surrender.
• Cao Yu approved the plan and arranged for three bombers to fly out while the other six remained with the army.
• Cao Yu rode with Luo Ji toward the Evil Forest, accompanied by the Limit Douluo Shadow Clone in another bomber, and crossed into Sun Moon Empire airspace.

Commander Liu reported that the Sun Moon Empire’s army had captured two capitals but was surrounded by more than five hundred thousand strange troops, while the State Preceptor Sect was destroyed and Hall Master Hongchen disappeared. The chapter ended with Xu Tianran receiving news that three aircraft had scattered papers over Sunrise City and escaped beyond the reach of the empire’s forces.

• Commander Liu told Xu Tianran that the Sun Moon Empire had captured the capitals of the Heaven Soul and Dou Ling Empires but was now surrounded by strange soldiers and the Star Luo Empire.
• Xu Tianran lost his composure and shattered the throne’s armrest after hearing the army was trapped.
• An official reported that the State Preceptor Sect had been wiped out and that Hall Master Hongchen had disappeared after fighting two mysterious individuals.
• Xu Tianran ordered the officials out in anger after hearing that more than a dozen Titled Douluos, including five Limit Douluos, had overwhelmed the State Preceptor Sect.
• An official reported that three fast aircraft had scattered papers over Sunrise City and escaped, and Xu Tianran asked to see the papers.

Xu Tianran received a warning offering favorable surrender terms and announcing a test of a devastating weapon near the Evil Forest, then left its evacuation to his ministers. Cao Yu’s bombers dropped three Big Ivans on the forest, devastating the area and leaving the Evil Eye Tyrant Dominator struggling to survive underwater.

• Xu Tianran’s officials read a message offering voluntary surrender with preferential treatment, and their hesitation angered him.
• The message warned that a powerful new weapon would be tested over the Evil Forest, so Xu Tianran assigned his ministers to arrange evacuations before dismissing court.
• Cao Yu authorized the bombers to release three Big Ivans over the Evil Forest.
• The Soul Beasts fled, and the Evil Eye Tyrant Dominator plunged into the sea as the bombs detonated and raised enormous mushroom clouds.
• The blasts devastated the forest and boiled the seawater, while the Evil Eye Tyrant Dominator tried to shield himself underwater and suffered severe injuries.

After the Star Luo Empire’s devastating weapon forced the Sun Moon Empire to surrender, Cao Yu killed the gravely wounded Evil Eye Tyrant Dominator and began absorbing its 790,000-year Soul Ring. The surrender talks began with the Star Luo Empire demanding the Sun Moon Empire’s complete disappearance.

• Xu Tianran accepted that the Sun Moon Empire had no chance against the Star Luo Empire’s weapon and ordered Liu Shutong to negotiate surrender, agreeing to any demands.
• The injured Evil Eye Tyrant Dominator crawled ashore, but a Shadow Clone captured it and carried it to Cao Yu.
• At Western Mountain, Cao Yu killed the Evil Eye Tyrant Dominator and began absorbing its 790,000-year Soul Ring.
• Liu Shutong arrived at the Star Luo Empire’s military camp to negotiate, where Dai Hao’s officers demanded control of the Sun Moon Empire’s territory and the empire’s dissolution.

After the Sun Moon Empire surrendered, Dai Hao entered Sunrise City and met Xu Tianran to discuss the terms. Xu Tianran asked that Cao Yu protect his younger sister, Xu Tianzhen, then died in the palace, leaving the court and city in mourning.

• Dai Hao led the Star Luo Empire's army into Sunrise City after the Sun Moon Empire's soldiers surrendered and disarmed.
• Aircraft scattered notices of the surrender across the empire while the commanders of its ten great divisions remained powerless under sealed Soul Power.
• Xu Tianran met Dai Hao in the palace hall and explained that he had accepted defeat because he could no longer turn the war around.
• Xu Tianran asked Dai Hao to have Cao Yu take good care of Xu Tianzhen and let her live safely and peacefully.
• Xu Tianran's vitality faded, and his death sent the Sun Moon Empire's officials and citizens into mourning.

After Xu Tianran’s death, Dai Hao arranged for his body to be preserved and let the defeated Sun Moon Empire officials choose whether to leave or serve the new regime. Xu Tianzhen learned her brother was dead, while Cao Yu completed his breakthrough beyond level 100 as the system began upgrading.

• Dai Hao ordered Liu Hao and the other commanders to find Xu Tianzhen, preserve Xu Tianran’s body, and let former officials choose whether to keep serving or relinquish their positions.
• Most elderly officials left court, while the officials who stayed said they were following the new political order.
• Kong Deming told Xu Tianzhen that the Sun Moon Empire had lost the war and reassured her that she would not be implicated.
• Liu Hao’s group arrived to protect Xu Tianzhen and privately told Kong Deming that Xu Tianran had hanged himself.
• Xu Tianzhen ran toward the great hall in tears, while Liu Hao sent soldiers after her and asked Kong Deming to come with them.
• Cao Yu completed his Soul Ring fusion, broke through level 100, and heard the system announce that it was upgrading.