Chapter Summaries

Lu Jingming and Chang Li reviewed Haiyuan City's three great legions and its five-hundred-strong Magma Knights, revealing the city's formidable military power. The chapter left Haiyuan City prepared for the coming war, while Xing Xiao's Antimatter Legion remained a potential force with technology beyond the Sun Moon Empire's.

• Chang Li showed Lu Jingming the Golden Guards, whose ten thousand defenders used Mystic Turtle Shields and defensive formations capable of withstanding devastating attacks.
• Chang Li displayed the Fatui Legion, whose varied elemental troops and elite units were led in training by Yu Mengdi and Ye Wuqing.
• Chang Li showed the thirty-thousand-strong Night Watch Army, which handled intelligence, logistics, and long-range support for Haiyuan City's three great legions.
• The three legions' simulated battles showed that they could defeat the Star Luo Empire's Northwest Army Group and overwhelm most other empires' armies.
• Lu Jingming reacted excitedly to the five hundred Magma Knights, whose Titled Douluo-level mechas were commanded by Liu Ying and remained under his control.
• Lu Jingming considered Xing Xiao's Antimatter Legion and its advanced cosmic technology, while noting that she treated the Sun Moon Empire as a tool.

Lu Jingming considered the Sun Moon Empire’s limits in mecha production and Haiyuan City’s expanding military, economy, and population. As Haiyuan City continued attracting Soul Master families and civilians with its opportunities and protections, he planned to delegate routine authority while keeping its decisive power under his control.

• Lu Jingming judged that the Sun Moon Empire could produce only a few dozen powerful mechas and could not match Haiyuan City’s Magma Mecha or technological advantages.
• Chang Li rejected Lu Jingming’s attempt to embrace her, urged him to win over her disciple Jing Xi first, and prompted him to promise he would pursue Jing Xi after the Holy Grail War.
• Lu Jingming assessed Haiyuan City’s growing population, expanding legions, and dependence on relocated Soul Master families, and planned to cultivate capable leaders and delegate minor responsibilities.
• Lu Jingming accepted that families might seek modest benefits through their positions as long as they remained loyal and served Haiyuan City, which rewarded contributions with valuable Stigmata.
• Lu Jingming surveyed the city and reflected on its order, civilian protections, free martial soul awakenings, and subsidies that drew civilians and low-level Soul Masters to Haiyuan City.

Lu Jingming gathered Haiyuan City's Masters and Servants and departed for Mingdu aboard the newly built Hyperion to take part in the Holy Grail War. As the battleship headed for the Sun Moon Empire, Zhigeniao stayed behind with San Yueqi and Elysia, who celebrated the coming birth of her daughter, Lu Mingyin.

• Lu Jingming assembled his allies and made plans to travel to Mingdu, while preparing backup forces and support in case Xu Tianran's Holy Grail War plan went awry.
• Lu Jingming brought Wang Qiuer, Gu Yue, the other Masters and Servants, Liu Ying, and Castorice aboard the Hyperion, while Zhigeniao, San Yueqi, and Elysia remained in Haiyuan City.
• Lu Jingming ordered the Hyperion to depart for Mingdu, and the Artificial Intelligence guided the battleship into the sky and out of Haiyuan City.
• San Yueqi and Elysia returned with Zhigeniao and discussed making clothes and preparing gifts for her unborn daughter, Lu Mingyin.

Lu Jingming’s group entered Mingdu for the Continental Advanced Soul Master Elite Competition and encountered Tang Wutong, whose awakening had changed her demeanor, alongside her Servant Vita and Vita’s acquaintance Hanabi. The reunion with Shrek Academy left Xiaoxiao and the others unsettled by how unfamiliar Tang Wutong seemed.

• Lu Jingming led his group through Mingdu’s registration checkpoint, where the Sun Moon Empire photographed entrants and recorded their names.
• Lu Jingming recognized Tang Wutong, Vita, Da Ming, Er Ming, and the Clear Sky Sect disciples near the city entrance.
• Vita reunited with Hanabi, who greeted Tang Wutong warmly and revealed that she could see through Niu Tian and Titan’s true forms.
• Hanabi and Vita exchanged cryptic remarks about the coming spectacle before Shrek Academy arrived.
• Xiaoxiao reunited with Tang Wutong, but she and the other Shrek members sensed that Tang Wutong’s changed presence made her seem like a stranger.

Tang Wutong's return to Mingdu deepened the Shrek group's doubts that she was no longer the Wang Dong'er they knew, while Lu Jingming met Shangguan Wei'er, who asked to bring the Peaceful Alliance under Haiyuan City's protection. After hearing that Xu Tianran and the Sun Moon Empire's leaders had undergone disturbing changes, Lu Jingming agreed to consider taking the alliance in after the competition.

• Tang Wutong told Beibei and the others that she had recovered her childhood memories and her true name, but her behavior and aloofness left them grieving and uncertain about her identity.
• Lu Jingming brought his group to a Wuchang Division stronghold in Mingdu, where Ji Yingying greeted him warmly and Nana was stunned by their closeness.
• Shangguan Wei'er visited Lu Jingming and asked to take the Peaceful Alliance out of Mingdu and submit to Haiyuan City.
• Shangguan Wei'er reported that Peaceful Alliance members had disappeared and that nobles and powerful officials seemed changed, while Xu Tianran inspired a bone-deep fear in her.
• Lu Jingming said the Peaceful Alliance's intelligence network and assets could be valuable, but told Shangguan Wei'er to prepare and wait for his decision after the competition.

Lu Jingming explained why Shangguan Wei'er feared the Sun Moon Empire's growing influence under Xing Xiao, while revealing that he had begun forming embryonic divine seats. At the city's exit, Shangguan Wei'er showed Ye Guyi and Leiyuan that Destruction was already eroding her will.

• Lu Jingming judged that Shangguan Wei'er genuinely wanted to defect, and he explained that the Great Lord of Annihilation was using Xu Tianran and assimilating the empire's nobles through Xing Xiao.
• Lu Jingming told Gu Yue that Xing Xiao was a vastly enhanced version of Zhigeniao, capable of imposing Destruction's ideals on others.
• Lu Jingming manifested embryonic divine seats of Thunder and Life and described his growing divine power and evolving Black Abyss White Flower martial soul.
• Ye Guyi and Leiyuan confronted Shangguan Wei'er near the main exit, where she said she had to flee before she could no longer escape.
• Shangguan Wei'er revealed her red pupil and explained that she had separated her soul from her consciousness with spiritual soul skills, but the Will of Destruction continued to erode her will.

Shangguan Wei'er revealed that the Brand of Destruction was consuming her soul, and Jing Liu prepared to kill her rather than let her become Xing Xiao's puppet. Lu Jingming stopped her and entrusted Shangguan Wei'er to Möbius for research, leaving her fate uncertain.

• Shangguan Wei'er confessed to Ye Guyi that the Brand of Destruction had invaded her soul, and Ye Guyi pleaded for a way to save her.
• Jing Liu, Istaroth, and Yulandaer judged that they could not remove the brand, so Jing Liu raised her Ice Sword to grant Shangguan Wei'er release.
• Lu Jingming arrived and said Zhigeniao might be able to help, prompting Jing Liu to lower her sword.
• Möbius volunteered to study Shangguan Wei'er, and Lu Jingming warned her not to break her while allowing her to take the Alliance Leader away.
• Möbius dragged Shangguan Wei'er through a spatial rift, and Lu Jingming tried to reassure Ye Guyi that she would return her whole.

Ju Zi faced Xing Xiao in the alternate plane and received the order to begin the destruction of Mingdu. With the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion under Xing Xiao’s control, Ju Zi activated the Destruction Totem to summon the Antimatter Legion.

• Ju Zi walked through the Fire Phoenix Soul Engineer Legion’s camp and saw that her former comrades, including Luan Feng, had become emotionless servants of destruction.
• Ju Zi entered Xing Xiao’s alternate plane, where Xing Xiao ordered her to execute the mission.
• Ju Zi returned to the camp and found the legion assembled in unnervingly precise, silent ranks.
• Ju Zi considered Xu Tianran’s plan to use the Soul Master Competition to attack rival forces and realized Xing Xiao would not follow his scheme.
• Ju Zi secretly activated a Soul Tool, then raised her Command Spell and sent the Destruction Totem blazing above Mingdu.

The Antimatter Legion invaded Mingdu through spatial rifts, unleashing indiscriminate destruction and forcing the city’s defenders and visiting experts into battle. As the defenders struggled against the advancing Void Troops, the chapter ended with a Trampler overpowering Ling Canghai and demonstrating strength on the level of a Titled Douluo.

• Jing Yuan warned that the Antimatter Legion’s appearance signaled an unprecedented calamity, while Jeanne d'Arc saw a vision of Mingdu in ruins and Fei Xiao ordered Vina to prepare for slaughter.
• Lu Jingming sent Buer away to carry out an urgent task, then revealed that Xing Xiao had chosen to crush her opponents directly with the Sun Moon Empire’s assistance.
• Spatial rifts opened around Mingdu, and Void Troops poured through to kill civilians and destroy buildings as experts and guardians rushed to defend the city.
• Fei Xiao and Ye Yulin attacked the Void Troops, but the creatures’ numbers and resistance overwhelmed their efforts, while Jing Hongchen questioned Xu Tianran’s role in the invasion.
• Lu Jingming and Wang Qiuer fought Ravagers as the defenders faced mounting pressure and Wang Qiuer warned that their Soul Power would eventually run out.
• A Trampler demolished a residential building with a Wind Element arrow, then struck Ling Canghai through his Weapon Soul True Body and blasted him through a building.

As Mingdu was ravaged by the Antimatter Legion, Lu Jingming secretly preserved the souls of civilians while Xing Xiao absorbed the destruction’s power. In the imperial palace, Kong Deming confronted Xu Tianran over his plan to pursue godhood at the cost of the empire, and Xu Tianran urged him to take Xu Tianzhen and flee.

• Ling Canghai led the surviving disciples toward the east of the city as Ma Xiaotao, Artoria, Nan Qiuqiu, Sik Ke, and Bai Xiuxiu fought to protect civilians from the Void Troops and a Trampler.
• Ju Zi’s Command Spell opened more spatial rifts across Mingdu, while Xing Xiao absorbed the fear, Soul Power, and deaths through her black star ring.
• Zhongli Wu ordered the Holy Spirit Cult elders to find whoever was taking the dead souls, unaware that Lu Jingming had sent over five hundred thousand souls into the dream space.
• Xu Tianran revealed that he had accepted the destruction of Mingdu as part of his pursuit of godhood, and Kong Deming confronted him and sealed the bedchamber with the Silver Moon Divine Light Shield.
• Xue Chen and several Titled Douluos stood between Kong Deming and Xu Tianran, who then told Kong Deming to take Xu Tianzhen away from Mingdu.

Xu Tianran revealed a god-making form of the Purple Blazing Sky Dragon to Kong Deming, while Huo Yuhao’s blood moon summoned Hu Lei and the Buli Wolfmen against Shrek Academy’s group. Jing Yuan clashed with Hu Lei, scattering the group through the city, and He Caitou found himself separated from his companions with only Karna beside him.

• Xu Tianran manifested a molten-gold Purple Blazing Sky Dragon and told Kong Deming its power could make him a god.
• Huo Yuhao summoned a blood moon as Shrek Academy’s group escorted civilians through Mingdu, and Jeanne d'Arc shielded them from the Antimatter Legion.
• Xuan Zi and the others fought the regenerating Buli Wolfmen, while Jing Yuan identified them as forcibly transformed fiends controlled by Hu Lei.
• Hu Lei appeared and attacked Jing Yuan, who met his battle blade with his Formation Saber and golden lightning.
• Jing Yuan and Hu Lei’s clash unleashed a shockwave that devastated the streets and scattered Shrek Academy’s group, while Jeanne d'Arc protected the civilians.
• He Caitou recovered in an unfamiliar alley with Karna supporting him, separated from the rest of his companions.

He Caitou and Karna headed for the imperial palace as He Caitou embraced his long-buried revenge against the Sun Moon Empire. Elsewhere, Huo Yuhao confronted Dai Huabin amid the battle in Mingdu, and Yae Sakura was forced by her contract to hold off Siegfried while Huo Yuhao prepared to attack.

• Karna killed two Ravagers and an Obliterator, and He Caitou chose to go to the palace rather than search for their separated companions.
• He Caitou armed himself with Soul Tools and flew with Karna toward the imperial palace, driven by memories of his mother and sisters being killed.
• Siegfried protected Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu from the Void Troops as Huo Yuhao appeared and confronted Dai Huabin.
• Siegfried severed Huo Yuhao's left arm, but Huo Yuhao reattached it and regenerated it almost instantly.
• Yae Sakura intervened to protect Huo Yuhao and fought Siegfried, while Huo Yuhao relied on Tang Ya's Command Spell and planned to deal with Dai Huabin.

Huo Yuhao confronted Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu over the abuse he had suffered as a child, overwhelming them with his powers and freezing their Hell White Tiger fusion into an ice sculpture. Siegfried saw the defeat and used Dragon Blood Armor to withstand Yae Sakura’s attacks as he reacted to the crisis.

• Huo Yuhao struck Dai Huabin with Mental Shock, then Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu attacked him together using their martial souls.
• Huo Yuhao evaded their attacks, countered with Ultimate Ice and spiritual power, and knocked both of them back with an ice wall.
• Huo Yuhao reminded Dai Huabin of his childhood cruelty, and Dai Huabin recognized him as the half-brother he had bullied.
• Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu activated their Hell White Tiger Martial Soul Fusion Skill, but Huo Yuhao transformed into an icy wolf-like beast and froze the fused tiger with a devastating blow.
• Siegfried saw the Hell White Tiger’s defeat and endured Yae Sakura’s sword strikes with his Dragon Blood Armor.

Yae Sakura held Siegfried back to protect Tang Ya and preserve her hope of seeing Kallen, but she unleashed her sealed power when Siegfried used his Noble Phantasm. Their devastating clash shook Mingdu, while the scattered allies weighed whether to help Dai Huabin; the chapter ended with Lu Jingming joining Jiang Nannan’s group.

• Yae Sakura continued to restrain Siegfried without fighting to kill, while Siegfried grew desperate as Dai Huabin’s aura weakened.
• Siegfried unleashed Fantasy Great Sword Heavenly Demon Fall, forcing Yae Sakura to release her purple flames and meet his attack head-on.
• The two Servants’ attacks collided in a cataclysmic explosion that devastated Mingdu and drew the attention of fighters across the city.
• Cú Chulainn recognized Siegfried’s aura, while Xu Sanshi agreed to help Beibei support Dai Huabin for Shrek Academy’s sake.
• Jiang Nannan’s group decided not to approach the clash, and Lu Jingming appeared before them in an alley.

Lu Jingming rescued Jiang Nannan, Xiaoxiao, Song Que, and Qing Que from the ruined streets of Mingdu while Tartaglia and Xing Jianya fought the Antimatter Legion. Meanwhile, Kong Deming chose to support Xu Tianran’s bid for victory and sent Xu Tianzhen away with Jing Hongchen, who reluctantly ordered his grandchildren’s Servants to aid their teacher.

• Lu Jingming reunited with Jiang Nannan, Xiaoxiao, Song Que, and Qing Que, then destroyed three Trampler and more than a hundred Void Troops and led the group toward safety.
• Tartaglia and Xing Jianya cut through the Antimatter Legion while Meng Hongchen worried about Lu Jingming and Jing Hongchen waited for Kong Deming’s decision.
• Kong Deming returned from the palace with Xu Tianzhen and ordered Jing Hongchen to take her and his grandchildren out of Mingdu.
• Kong Deming revealed that he would stay and help Xu Tianran defeat their enemies, while Jing Hongchen recognized that his teacher had chosen the imperial bloodline over the civilians.
• Jing Hongchen asked Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen to have their Servants help Kong Deming, and the two grandchildren looked to their Servants for a response.

During the attack on Mingdu, Xing Jianya chose to protect civilians while Fei Xiao confronted Xing Xiao’s Doomsday Beast. He Caitou and Karna destroyed the Imperial Palace, and as the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Legion surrounded them, Karna detected that its members had been corrupted.

• Xing Jianya left Meng Hongchen and Jing Hongchen to defend civilians from the Antimatter Legion, while Tartaglia agreed to fight for whichever side offered battle.
• Fei Xiao moved to aid Jing Yuan against Hu Lei, but Xing Xiao stopped her by summoning the Doomsday Beast above Mingdu.
• The Doomsday Beast attacked Fei Xiao and Mingdu, and Fei Xiao met its assault head-on with her wind-powered battle axe.
• Du Busi decided to leave Princess Vina and the others with the elders and rush to the palace, hoping to kill Xu Tianran amid the chaos.
• He Caitou and Karna destroyed the Imperial Palace with Karna’s Anti-Army Noble Phantasm, drawing the Sun Moon Royal Soul Engineer Legion into battle.
• Karna sensed that Xu Tianyuan and many members of the legion had been corrupted as hidden Soul Tools rose from beneath the ground and aimed at him and He Caitou.

Xu Tianran’s hidden palace defenses countered He Caitou and Karna’s assault, while the besieged fighters assessed the battle and regrouped. At Wuchang Division headquarters, Lu Jingming sheltered civilians and reconsidered the Holy Grail War’s plan as Xing Xiao continued feeding on Mingdu’s Negative Energy.

• Xu Tianran survived the palace attack behind the Cosmos-Turning Bowl and ordered hundreds of Soul-Guided Cannons to fire at He Caitou and Karna.
• Karna used “O Sun, Become Armor!” to shield himself and He Caitou from the cannon barrage.
• Xuan Zi noticed He Caitou’s attack on the palace, while Aglaea told Han Ruoruo and Ma Xiaotao that Mingdu was surrounded but their allies still had a chance; the three then headed to join the main force.
• Lu Jingming and his allies defended Wuchang Division headquarters as civilians gathered there for shelter, food, and medical care.
• Lu Jingming realized the surplus Negative Energy could allow the planet to evolve and form multiple divine seats without forcing every Servant to die.
• Lu Jingming sensed Xing Xiao absorbing the Negative Energy produced by Mingdu’s destruction and despair to strengthen himself and the summoned Servants.

Lu Jingming accepted the sacrifices behind the planet’s transformation and sent his allies to pursue the remaining Servants. As Hanabi abandoned her ruined script to create a new game in the clock tower, Lu Jingming sensed that trouble was brewing.

• Lu Jingming sensed Negative Energy flowing through the Earth Veins toward Xing Xiao and the Holy Grail, and vowed to resurrect the civilians who died in Mingdu.
• Hysilens told Lu Jingming that the planet was growing and its energy was spreading, then agreed to hunt enemy Servants for a divine seat.
• Lu Jingming sent Kritias and Hysilens into battle and told Raiden Yae they would meet Vita.
• Gu Yue sent Wang Qiuer and Yulandaer to find and kill Tang Wutong so Wang Qiuer could become whole, while Istaroth declined to join the contest.
• Angry that Xing Xiao had wrecked her script, Hanabi chose to create a new game in the clock tower ruins instead of searching directly for the mastermind.
• Lu Jingming sensed that someone might be plotting against him and worried that Hanabi and Vita could cause trouble together.

Yae Sakura, Siegfried, and Huo Yuhao survived the nuclear blast, but Huo Yuhao turned his attention to killing Dai Huabin before Cú Chulainn stopped him. Beibei reunited with the mind-controlled Tang Ya, who wounded him, and Huo Yuhao offered to help save her if Beibei joined the Holy Spirit Cult.

• Yae Sakura and Siegfried emerged from their clash badly wounded, while Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu survived the blast inside Huo Yuhao's ice protection.
• Huo Yuhao attacked Dai Huabin, but Zhu Lu shielded him and Cú Chulainn arrived to stop the killing blow.
• Beibei and Xu Sanshi confronted Huo Yuhao, who sent Tang Ya to attack them; Beibei recognized her and rushed toward her, only to be impaled by her spear.
• Tang Ya briefly struggled against the control of the Holy Spirit Cult, and Huo Yuhao explained that the cult's secret technique and poison had corrupted her and left her near death.
• Huo Yuhao told Beibei that Tang Ya could not leave the cult without dying and invited him to join it if he wanted to save her.

Beibei agreed to defect to the Holy Spirit Cult, hoping it could restore Tang Ya’s memories, while Huo Yuhao revealed Xiao Wu as his powerful hidden ally. Xu Sanshi refused to abandon the others and prepared to hold off Xiao Wu as Beibei left with Huo Yuhao.

• Huo Yuhao persuaded Beibei that joining the Holy Spirit Cult could give him a chance to protect Tang Ya and restore her memories.
• Beibei apologized to Xu Sanshi, then joined Huo Yuhao; Huo Yuhao struck Xu Sanshi with a Mental Shock, and Beibei knocked him down with a Thunder Dragon Head.
• Xiao Wu appeared and blasted Cú Chulainn through the ruins with a single kick, revealing Huo Yuhao’s trump card.
• Beibei asked Huo Yuhao to guarantee Tang Ya’s return, and Huo Yuhao assured him the Cult would value Beibei and negotiate for her.
• Xu Sanshi refused to leave Dai Huabin, Zhu Lu, and the injured Siegfried behind, used Black Tortoise Teleportation to bring Dai Huabin and Zhu Lu to him, and formed a defensive shield array.