Recaps

Jiang Ming’s efforts helped Shrek win the tournament, while his absence brought the Body Sect into conflict with Shrek and Jing Hongchen negotiated an exchange between the academies. After reaching Level Eighty and gaining a spatial Spirit, Jiang Ming left Bright Virtue Hall to seek a Soul Ring and became trapped with other captives at West Mountain.

• Lang Ya told Du Busi about Jiang Ming’s Golden Second Awakening, prompting Du Busi to prepare the Body Sect to recruit him.
• Ming Jiang helped Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy plan for the final, then met Xuan Zi outside Star Luo City for a fierce spar intended to push Jiang Ming toward a breakthrough.
• Shrek Academy won the tournament after defeating Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, while Ming Jiang returned badly injured and warned Xiao Hongchen not to confront Shrek.
• Jing Hongchen rescued Ming Jiang’s group from attackers near the border, and Du Busi later demanded that Shrek hand Jiang Ming over before Mu En forced him to withdraw.
• Jing Hongchen and Mu En arranged a student exchange between Shrek Academy and Sun Moon Royal Soul Master Academy, and Jing Hongchen gave Mu En a Rank 9 Soul Tool.
• After recovering in Radiant City, Ming Jiang studied Soul Tools with Xuan Ziwen and finally broke through Level Eighty, gaining the spatial Spirit Little Void.
• Ming Jiang emerged from two months of seclusion at Level Seventy, left Bright Virtue Hall to seek his own Soul Ring, and became lost west of Radiant City.
• The Holy Spirit Cult’s black-clad leader used West Mountain to test captured Soul Masters, and Jiang Ming was trapped there as a golden-silver light pulled him and the captives toward a vast lake.

Jiang Ming survived the Valley of Qiankun's Love Inquiry, earned the God of War inheritance, and absorbed a Four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring. He returned to Shrek, reunited with Zhang Lexuan, and began inspiring students with his demanding training methods.

• Jiang Ming passed the Valley’s true-heart test and defeated the Eight-Ring Tang San, then refused to choose which of Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, Ling Luochen, and Meng Hongchen would live in the deadly third trial.
• Jiang Ming bargained with Dai Mubai by revealing secrets about the First Generation Shrek Seven Devils, then defeated Dai Mubai after fusing with his Spirits.
• Jiang Ming accepted the God of War inheritance after Dai Mubai agreed to seek an inheritance for Zhang Lexuan, and he absorbed a Four Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring for his Golden Heart Martial Soul.
• Jiang Ming left the valley, discovered the Holy Spirit Cult had tested it and killed the captured Soul Masters, then traveled north and learned the Ice Empress had disappeared.
• Jiang Ming returned to Clear Water City, defeated Nie Heng in a spar, and repelled a Golden Body Douluo who tried to abduct him for the Body Sect.
• Jiang Ming returned to Shrek, told the Elders about his journey and new Soul Ring, then reunited with Zhang Lexuan, who at first failed to recognize his changed appearance.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan spent time together at Shrek, dismissed Bai Yifan’s attempt to provoke them, and visited the Outer Court, where Zhou Yi asked Jiang Ming to teach her students.
• Jiang Ming challenged Zhou Sichen and the class to endure a painful strengthening method, and Zhou Sichen persisted until he felt his Soul Power increase and his meridians clear.

Jiang Ming strengthened Shrek’s Soul Tool research and proved his might in battles and the Inner Court assessment while deepening his ties with Zhang Lexuan and Huo Yuhao. As Mu En approached death, Jiang Ming devised a secret method and prepared to use it at Sea God Pavilion.

• Jiang Ming joined the Soul Tool Department, exposed a flawed Core Magic Array design sold by Bright Virtue Hall, and began planning a large defensive array for Shrek.
• Jiang Ming sparred with Shrek’s Titled Douluo and Elders, revealing three red Soul Rings and overpowering the gathered experts before Mu En helped stabilize his cultivation.
• Jiang Ming questioned Huo Yuhao about Ice Empress, then spent three months helping the Soul Tool Department reconcile its research with Bright Virtue Hall’s methods.
• Ma Xiaotao and Ling Luochen reported more Evil Soul Master activity near the Sun Moon Empire’s borders, while Jiang Ming cultivated to Level Eighty-Five and chose to join the Inner Court assessment.
• Jiang Ming replaced Xuan Zi as examiner, advised the Inner Court Disciples, and fought Zhang Lexuan, Ma Xiaotao, and Ling Luochen while revealing his three red Soul Rings.
• Jiang Ming stabilized Wu Ming’s Golden Crow True Flame after her fire lotus erupted, and a month later he learned that Mu En had little time left to live.
• Jiang Ming spent half a month researching a secret method, then explained his plan to Mu En before preparing to begin it as Mu En lay near death.

Jiang Ming began rebuilding Mu En’s body while Ming Jiang advanced rapidly as a Soul Engineer in the Sun Moon Empire. After the auction and Count Karl’s disappearance, Ming Jiang was assigned to lead Bright Virtue Hall students on a Soul Beast hunt.

• Jiang Ming began rebuilding Mu En’s body with the help of the Elders and his Spirits, then traveled with Zhang Lexuan to the Ice and Fire Yin Yang Well to have Youyou treat poison in Mu En’s Torso Bone.
• Jiang Ming and Zhang Lexuan promised to become gods together, while he led the exchange students to Maple Leaf City and returned to Shrek before setting off for the Sun Moon Empire.
• Ming Jiang arrived at Bright Virtue Hall with a Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Ring, impressed Jing Hongchen with his strength, and became the youngest Rank 8 Soul Engineer in history.
• Xiao Hongchen and Meng Hongchen passed Zhang Lexuan’s Inner Court Assessment, while the Body Sect discussed winning Jiang Ming’s goodwill by offering him the stolen Hundred-Thousand-Year Soul Beast Embryo.
• Ming Jiang and Xuan Ziwen tested their Rank 8 Golden Battle Armor, then attended an auction where Ming Jiang bought two Soul Tools and Jing Hongchen acquired rare metals and Magic Pattern Divine Gold.
• Count Karl confronted Ming Jiang with Divine Wind Douluo, but Ming Jiang took them to Our World and defeated them before returning to test his new flying Soul Tool.
• Ming Jiang denied involvement in Count Karl’s disappearance, while Little Void secretly robbed noble treasuries and Ming Jiang’s Rank 9 Soul Masters produced Soul Tools for him.
• Jing Hongchen assigned Ming Jiang to lead five Bright Virtue Hall students on a Soul Beast hunt, and Ming Jiang flew them to the Jingyang Mountain Range, where they learned he was twenty-three.